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Genesis
The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Genesis
Genesis
Gen
The First Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Genesis
In
the
beginning
God
created
heaven,
and
earth.
And
the
earth
was
void
and
empty,
and
darkness
was
upon
the
face
of
the
deep;
and
the
spirit
of
God
moved
over
the
waters.
And
God
said:
Be
light
made.
And
light
was
made.
And
God
saw
the
light
that
it
was
good;
and
he
divided
the
light
from
the
darkness.
And
he
called
the
light
Day,
and
the
darkness
Night;
and
there
was
evening
and
morning
one
day.
And
God
said:
Let
there
be
a
firmament
made
amidst
the
waters:
and
let
it
divide
the
waters
from
the
waters.
And
God
made
a
firmament,
and
divided
the
waters
that
were
under
the
firmament,
from
those
that
were
above
the
firmament,
and
it
was
so.
And
God
called
the
firmament,
Heaven;
and
the
evening
and
morning
were
the
second
day.
God
also
said:
Let
the
waters
that
are
under
the
heaven,
be
gathered
together
into
one
place:
and
let
the
dry
land
appear.
And
it
was
so
done.
And
God
called
the
dry
land,
Earth;
and
the
gathering
together
of
the
waters,
he
called
Seas.
And
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
And
he
said:
Let
the
earth
bring forth
the
green
herb,
and
such
as
may
seed,
and
the
fruit
tree
yielding
fruit
after
its
kind,
which
may
have
seed
in
itself
upon
the
earth.
And
it
was
so
done.
And
the
earth
brought
forth
the
green
herb,
and
such
as yieldeth
seed
according
to
its
kind,
and
the
tree
that beareth
fruit,
having
seed each
one
according
to
its
kind.
And
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
And
the
evening
and
the
morning
were
the
third
day.
And
God
said:
Let
there
be
lights
made
in
the
firmament
of
heaven,
to
divide
the
day
and
the
night,
and
let
them
be
for
signs,
and
for
seasons,
and
for
days
and
years:
To
shine
in
the
firmament
of
heaven,
and
to
give
light
upon
the
earth.
And
it
was
so
done.
And
God
made
two
great
lights:
a
greater
light
to
rule
the
day;
and
a
lesser
light
to
rule
the
night:
and
the
stars.
And
he
set
them
in
the
firmament
of
heaven
to
shine
upon
the
earth.
And
to
rule
the
day
and
the
night,
and
to
divide
the
light
and
the
darkness.
And
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
And
the
evening
and
morning
were
the
fourth
day.
God
also
said:
Let
the
waters bring forth
the creeping
creature
having
life,
and
the
fowl
that
may
fly
over
the
earth
under
the
firmament
of
heaven.
And
God
created
the
great whales,
and
every
living
and moving
creature,
which
the
waters brought forth,
according
to
their
kinds,
and
every
winged
fowl
according
to
its
kind.
And
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
And
he
blessed
them,
saying:
Increase
and
multiply,
and
fill
the
waters
of
the
sea:
and let
the
birds
be
multiplied upon
the
earth.
And
the
evening
and
morning
were
the
fifth
day.
And
God
said:
Let
the
earth
bring
forth
the
living
creature
in
its
kind,
cattle
and
creeping
things,
and
beasts
of
the
earth,
according
to
their
kinds.
And
it
was
so
done.
And
God
made
the
beasts
of
the
earth
according
to
their
kinds,
and
cattle,
and
every
thing
that creepeth
on
the
earth
after
its
kind.
And
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
And
he
said: Let
us
make
man
to
our
image
and
likeness:
and let
him
have
dominion
over
the fishes
of
the
sea,
and
the fowls
of
the air,
and
the
beasts,
and
the
whole
earth,
and
every
creeping creature
that moveth
upon
the
earth.
And
God
created
man
to
his own
image:
to
the
image
of
God
he
created
him:
male
and
female
he
created
them.
And
God
blessed
them,
saying:
Increase
and
multiply,
and
fill
the
earth,
and
subdue
it,
and
rule
over
the fishes
of
the
sea,
and
the fowls
of
the air,
and
all
living creatures
that move
upon
the
earth.
And
God
said:
Behold
I
have
given
you
every
herb bearing
seed
upon
the
earth,
and
all
trees
that
have
in
themselves
seed
of
their
own kind,
to
be
your meat:
And
to
all
beasts
of
the
earth,
and
to
every
fowl
of
the air,
and
to
all
that move
upon
the
earth,
and
wherein
there
is
life,
that
they
may
have
to feed
upon.
And
it
was
so
done.
And
God
saw
all
the
things
that
he
had
made,
and
they
were
very
good.
And
the
evening
and
morning
were
the
sixth
day.
So
the
heavens
and
the
earth
were
finished,
and
all
the furniture
of
them.
And
on
the
seventh
day
God
ended
his
work
which
he
had
made:
and
he
rested
on
the
seventh
day
from
all
his
work
which
he
had
done.
And
he
blessed
the
seventh
day,
and
sanctified
it:
because
in
it
he
had
rested
from
all
his
work
which
God
created
and
made.
These
are
the
generations
of
the
heaven
and
the
earth,
when
they
were
created,
in
the
day
that
the
Lord
God
made
the
heaven
and
the
earth:
And
every
plant
of
the
field
before
it
sprung
up
in
the
earth,
and
every
herb
of
the
ground
before
it grew:
for
the
Lord
God
had
not
rained
upon
the
earth;
and
there
was
not
a
man
to
till
the
earth.
But
a
spring
rose
out
of
the
earth,
watering
all
the
surface
of
the
earth.
And
the
Lord
God
formed
man
of
the slime
of
the
earth:
and
breathed
into
his
face
the
breath
of
life,
and
man
became
a
living
soul.
And
the
Lord
God
had
planted
a paradise
of pleasure
from
the beginning:
wherein
he
placed
man
whom
he
had
formed.
And
the
Lord
God brought
forth
of
the
ground
all manner
of
trees, fair
to behold,
and
pleasant
to
eat
of:
the
tree
of
life
also
in
the
midst
of paradise:
and
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
evil.
And
a
river
went
out
of
the
place
of pleasure
to
water paradise,
which
from thence
is
divided
into
four
heads.
The
name
of
the
one
is Phison:
that
is
it
which compasseth
all
the
land
of Hevilath,
where
gold groweth.
And
the
gold
of
that
land
is very
good:
there
is found
bdellium,
and
the
onyx
stone.
And
the
name
of
the
second
river
is Gehon:
the
same
is
it
that compasseth
all
the
land
of
Ethiopia.
And
the
name
of
the
third
river
is
Tigris:
the
same passeth
along
by
the Assyrians.
And
the
fourth
river
is
Euphrates.
And
the
Lord
God
took
man,
and
put
him
into
the paradise
of pleasure,
to dress
it,
and
to
keep
it.
And
he
commanded
him,
saying:
Of
every
tree
of paradise thou shalt
eat:
But
of
the
tree
of
knowledge
of
good
and
evil, thou shalt
not
eat.
For
in
what
day soever thou shalt
eat
of
it, thou shalt
die
the
death.
And
the
Lord
God
said:
It
is
not
good
for
man
to
be
alone:
let
us
make
him
a
help
like unto
himself.
And
the
Lord
God
having
formed
out
of
the
ground
all
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
and
all
the fowls
of
the air,
brought
them
to Adam
to
see
what
he
would
call
them:
for
whatsoever Adam
called
any
living
creature
the
same
is
its
name.
And Adam
called
all
the
beasts
by
their
names,
and
all
the fowls
of
the air,
and
all
the
cattle
of
the
field:
but
for Adam
there
was
not
found
a
helper
like
himself.
Then
the
Lord
God
cast
a
deep
sleep
upon Adam:
and
when
he
was fast
asleep,
he
took
one
of
his
ribs,
and filled
up
flesh
for
it.
And
the
Lord
God
built
the
rib
which
he
took
from Adam
into
a
woman:
and
brought
her
to Adam.
And Adam
said:
This
now
is
bone
of
my
bones,
and
flesh
of
my
flesh;
she
shall
be
called
woman,
because
she
was
taken
out
of
man.
Wherefore
a
man
shall
leave
father
and
mother,
and
shall cleave
to
his
wife:
and
they
shall
be two
in
one
flesh.
And
they
were
both
naked:
to wit, Adam
and
his
wife:
and
were
not
ashamed.
Now
the
serpent
was
more subtle
than
any
of
the
beasts
of
the earth
which
the
Lord
God
had
made.
And
he
said
to
the
woman:
Why hath
God
commanded
you,
that
you
should
not
eat
of
every
tree
of paradise?
And
the
woman
answered
him,
saying:
Of
the
fruit
of
the
trees
that
are
in paradise we do
eat:
But
of
the
fruit
of
the
tree
which
is
in
the
midst
of paradise,
God hath
commanded
us
that
we
should
not
eat;
and
that
we
should
not
touch
it,
lest
perhaps
we
die.
And
the
serpent
said
to
the
woman:
No,
you
shall
not
die
the
death.
For
God doth
know
that
in
what
day soever
you
shall
eat thereof,
your
eyes
shall
be
opened:
and
you
shall
be
as
Gods,
knowing
good
and
evil.
And
the
woman
saw
that
the
tree
was
good
to
eat,
and fair
to
the
eyes,
and delightful
to
behold:
and
she
took
of
the
fruit thereof,
and
did
eat,
and
gave
to
her
husband
who
did
eat.
And
the
eyes
of
them
both
were
opened:
and
when
they
perceived
themselves
to
be
naked,
they
sewed
together
fig
leaves,
and
made
themselves aprons.
And
when
they
heard
the
voice
of
the
Lord
God
walking
in paradise
at
the afternoon
air, Adam
and
his
wife
hid
themselves
from
the
face
of
the
Lord
God,
amidst
the
trees
of paradise.
And
the
Lord
God
called Adam,
and
said
to
him:
Where art thou?
And
he
said:
I
heard thy
voice
in paradise;
and
I
was
afraid,
because
I
was
naked,
and
I
hid
myself.
And
he
said
to
him:
And
who hath
told thee
that thou wast
naked,
but
that thou hast
eaten
of
the
tree whereof
I
commanded thee
that thou shouldst
not
eat?
And Adam
said:
The
woman,
whom thou gavest
me
to
be
my companion,
gave
me
of
the
tree,
and
I
did
eat.
And
the
Lord
God
said
to
the
woman:
Why hast thou
done
this?
And
she
answered:
The
serpent deceived
me,
and
I
did
eat.
And
the
Lord
God
said
to
the
serpent:
Because thou hast
done
this
thing, thou art
cursed
among
all
cattle,
and
beasts
of
the
earth:
upon thy breast shalt thou go,
and
earth shalt thou
eat
all
the
days
of thy
life.
I
will
put enmities
between thee
and
the
woman,
and thy
seed
and
her
seed:
she
shall crush thy
head,
and thou shalt lie
in wait
for
her
heel.
To
the
woman also
he
said:
I
will
multiply thy sorrows,
and thy conceptions:
in sorrow shalt thou
bring
forth
children,
and thou shalt
be under thy
husband’s power,
and
he
shall
have
dominion
over thee.
And
to
Adam
he
said:
Because thou hast hearkened
to
the
voice
of thy
wife,
and hast
eaten
of
the
tree, whereof
I
commanded thee
that thou shouldst
not
eat,
cursed
is
the
earth
in thy work;
with labour
and
toil shalt thou
eat thereof
all
the
days
of thy
life.
Thorns
and
thistles
shall
it bring
forth
to thee;
and thou shalt
eat
the
herbs
of
the earth.
In
the
sweat
of thy
face shalt thou
eat
bread
till thou
return
to
the
earth,
out
of
which thou wast
taken:
for
dust thou art,
and
into
dust thou shalt
return.
And Adam
called
the
name
of
his
wife
Eve:
because
she
was
the
mother
of
all
the
living.
And
the
Lord
God
made
for Adam
and
his
wife,
garments
of
skins,
and
clothed
them.
And
he
said:
Behold Adam
is
become
as
one
of
us,
knowing
good
and
evil:
now,
therefore,
lest
perhaps
he
put
forth
his
hand,
and
take
also
of
the
tree
of
life,
and
eat,
and
live
for
ever.
And
the
Lord
God
sent
him
out
of
the paradise
of pleasure,
to
till
the
earth
from
which
he
was
taken.
And
he cast
out Adam;
and placed
before
the paradise
of pleasure Cherubims,
and
a flaming
sword,
turning every
way,
to
keep
the
way
of
the
tree
of
life.
And Adam
knew
Eve
his
wife:
who
conceived
and
brought
forth
Cain,
saying:
I
have
gotten
a
man through
God.
And
again she
brought
forth
his
brother
Abel.
And
Abel
was
a
shepherd,
and
Cain
a husbandman.
And
it
came
to
pass
after many
days,
that
Cain offered,
of
the
fruits
of
the
earth,
gifts
to
the
Lord.
Abel
also offered
of
the firstlings
of
his
flock,
and
of
their
fat:
and
the
Lord
had respect
to
Abel,
and
to
his
offerings.
But
to
Cain
and
his
offerings
he
had
no
respect:
and
Cain
was
exceedingly
angry,
and
his
countenance
fell.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Why art thou
angry?
and
why
is thy
countenance
fallen?
If thou
do
well, shalt thou
not
receive?
but
if ill,
shall
not
sin forthwith
be present
at
the
door?
but
the lust thereof
shall
be under thee,
and thou shalt
have
dominion
over
it.
And
Cain
said
to
Abel
his
brother:
Let
us
go forth abroad.
And
when
they
were
in
the
field,
Cain
rose
up
against
his
brother
Abel,
and
slew
him.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Cain:
Where
is thy
brother
Abel?
And
he
answered,
I
know
not:
am
I
my
brother’s
keeper?
And
he
said
to
him:
What hast thou
done?
the
voice
of thy
brother’s
blood crieth
to
me
from
the
earth.
Now,
therefore,
cursed shalt thou
be
upon
the
earth,
which hath
opened
her
mouth
and
received
the
blood
of thy
brother
at thy
hand.
When thou shalt
till
it,
it
shall
not
yield
to thee
its fruit:
a fugitive
and
a vagabond shalt thou
be
upon
the
earth.
And
Cain
said
to
the
Lord:
My
iniquity
is
greater
than
that
I
may deserve
pardon.
Behold thou dost cast
me
out
this
day
from
the
face
of
the
earth,
and
I
shall
be
hidden
from thy
face,
and
I
shall
be
a vagabond
and
a fugitive
on
the
earth:
every
one,
therefore,
that findeth
me,
shall
kill
me.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
No,
it
shall
not
be
so:
but whosoever
shall
kill
Cain,
shall
be
punished
sevenfold.
And
the
Lord
set
a
mark
upon
Cain,
that whosoever
found
him
should
not
kill
him.
And
Cain
went
out
from
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
dwelt
as
a fugitive
on
the
earth,
at
the
east side
of
Eden.
And
Cain
knew
his
wife,
and
she
conceived,
and
brought
forth Henoch:
and
he
built
a
city,
and
called
the
name thereof
by
the
name
of
his
son Henoch.
And Henoch
begot
Irad,
and
Irad
begot Maviael,
and Maviael
begot Mathusael,
and Mathusael
begot
Lamech:
Who
took
two
wives:
the
name
of
the
one
was Ada,
and
the
name
of
the
other Sella.
And Ada
brought
forth Jabel:
who
was
the
father
of
such
as
dwell
in
tents,
and
of
herdsmen.
And
his
brother’s
name
was
Jubal;
he
was
the
father
of
them
that
play
upon
the
harp
and
the organs.
Sella
also
brought
forth Tubalcain,
who
was
a hammerer
and artificer
in
every work
of
brass
and
iron.
And
the
sister
of Tubalcain
was Noema.
And
Lamech
said
to
his
wives Ada
and Sella:
Hear
my
voice, ye
wives
of
Lamech, hearken
to
my speech:
for
I
have
slain
a
man
to
the
wounding
of myself,
and
a stripling
to
my
own bruising.
Sevenfold
vengeance shall
be
taken
for
Cain:
but
for
Lamech
seventy
times
sevenfold.
Adam
also
knew
his
wife
again:
and
she
brought
forth
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Seth, saying:
God hath
given
me
another
seed,
for
Abel
whom
Cain
slew.
But
to
Seth
also
was
born
a
son,
whom
he
called Enos;
this
man
began
to
call
upon
the
name
of
the
Lord.
This
is
the
book
of
the generation
of
Adam.
In
the
day
that
God
created
man,
he
made
him
to
the
likeness
of
God.
He
created
them
male
and
female;
and
blessed
them:
and
called
their
name Adam,
in
the
day
when
they
were
created.
And
Adam
lived
a
hundred
and
thirty
years,
and
begot
a son
to
his own
image
and
likeness,
and
called
his
name
Seth.
And
the
days
of
Adam,
after
he
begot
Seth,
were
eight
hundred
years:
and
he
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
time
that
Adam
lived
came
to
nine
hundred
and
thirty
years,
and
he
died.
Seth
also
lived
a
hundred
and
five
years,
and
begot Enos.
And
Seth
lived
after
he
begot Enos,
eight
hundred
and
seven
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of
Seth
were
nine
hundred
and
twelve
years,
and
he
died.
And Enos
lived
ninety
years,
and
begot Cainan.
After
whose
birth
he
lived
eight
hundred
and
fifteen
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of Enos
were
nine
hundred
and
five
years,
and
he
died.
And Cainan
lived
seventy
years,
and
begot Malaleel.
And Cainan
lived
after
he
begot Malaleel,
eight
hundred
and
forty
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of Cainan
were
nine
hundred
and
ten
years,
and
he
died.
And Malaleel
lived sixty-five
years,
and
begot
Jared.
And Malaleel
lived
after
he
begot
Jared,
eight
hundred
and
thirty
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of Malaleel
were
eight
hundred
and ninety-five
years,
and
he
died.
And
Jared
lived
a
hundred
and sixty-two
years,
and
begot Henoch.
And
Jared
lived
after
he
begot Henoch,
eight
hundred
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of
Jared
were
nine
hundred
and sixty-two
years,
and
he
died.
And Henoch
lived sixty-five
years,
and
begot Mathusala.
And Henoch
walked
with
God:
and
lived
after
he
begot Mathusala,
three
hundred
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of Henoch
were
three
hundred
and sixty-five
years.
And
he
walked
with
God,
and
was seen
no
more:
because
God
took
him.
And Mathusala
lived
a
hundred
and
eighty-seven
years,
and
begot
Lamech.
And Mathusala
lived
after
he
begot
Lamech,
seven
hundred
and
eighty-two
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of Mathusala
were
nine
hundred
and sixty-nine
years,
and
he
died.
And
Lamech
lived
a
hundred
and
eighty-two
years,
and
begot
a
son.
And
he
called
his
name Noe,
saying:
This
same
shall
comfort
us
from
the
works
and labours
of
our
hands
on
the
earth,
which
the
Lord hath
cursed.
And
Lamech
lived
after
he
begot Noe,
five
hundred
and ninety-five
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
all
the
days
of
Lamech
came
to
seven
hundred
and
seventy-seven
years,
and
he
died.
And Noe,
when
he
was
five
hundred
years
old,
begot Sem, Cham,
and
Japheth.
And
after
that
men
began
to
be
multiplied
upon
the
earth,
and
daughters
were
born
to
them,
The
sons
of
God
seeing
the
daughters
of
men,
that
they
were fair,
took
to
themselves
wives
of
all
which
they
chose.
And
God
said:
My
spirit
shall
not
remain
in
man
for
ever,
because
he
is
flesh,
and
his
days
shall
be
a
hundred
and
twenty
years.
Now giants
were
upon
the
earth
in
those
days.
For
after
the
sons
of
God
went
in
to
the
daughters
of
men,
and
they
brought
forth
children,
these
are
the
mighty
men
of
old,
men
of
renown.
And
God
seeing
that
the
wickedness
of
men
was
great
on
the
earth,
and
that
all
the
thought
of
their
heart
was bent
upon
evil
at
all
times,
It
repented
him
that
he
had
made
man
on
the
earth.
And being touched inwardly
with sorrow
of
heart,
He
said:
I
will
destroy
man,
whom
I
have
created,
from
the
face
of
the
earth,
from
man
even
to
beasts,
from
the
creeping
thing
even
to
the fowls
of
the air,
for
it repenteth
me
that
I
have
made
them.
But Noe
found
grace
before
the
Lord.
These
are
the
generations
of Noe: Noe
was
a
just
and
perfect
man
in
his
generations,
he
walked
with
God.
And
he
begot
three
sons, Sem, Cham,
and
Japheth.
And
the
earth
was
corrupted
before
God,
and
was
filled
with iniquity.
And
when
God
had
seen
that
the
earth
was
corrupted (for
all
flesh
had
corrupted
its
way
upon
the
earth,)
He
said
to Noe:
The
end
of
all
flesh
is
come
before
me,
the
earth
is
filled
with iniquity
through
them,
and
I
will
destroy
them
with
the
earth.
Make thee an
ark
of
timber planks: thou shalt
make little
rooms
in
the
ark,
and thou shalt
pitch
it
within
and without.
And
thus shalt thou
make
it:
The
length
of
the
ark
shall be
three
hundred
cubits:
the
breadth
of
it
fifty
cubits,
and
the
height
of
it
thirty
cubits.
Thou shalt
make
a window
in
the
ark,
and
in
a
cubit shalt thou
finish
the
top
of
it:
and
the
door
of
the
ark thou shalt
set
in
the
side:
with
lower, middle chambers,
and
third stories shalt thou
make
it.
Behold
I
will
bring
the
waters
of
a great
flood
upon
the
earth,
to
destroy
all
flesh,
wherein
is
the
breath
of
life,
under
heaven.
All
things
that
are
in
the
earth
shall
be consumed.
And
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with thee,
and thou shalt
enter
into
the
ark, thou
and thy
sons,
and thy
wife,
and
the
wives
of thy
sons
with thee.
And
of
every
living
creature
of
all
flesh, thou shalt
bring
two
of
a sort
into
the
ark,
that
they
may
live
with thee:
of
the
male sex,
and
the
female.
Of fowls
according
to
their
kind,
and
of
beasts
in
their
kind,
and
of
every
thing
that creepeth
on
the
earth
according
to
its
kind;
two
of
every sort
shall
go
in
with thee,
that
they
may
live.
Thou shalt
take unto thee
of
all
food
that
may
be
eaten,
and thou shalt
lay
it
up
with thee:
and
it
shall
be
food
for thee
and
them.
And Noe
did
all
things
which
God
commanded
him.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Go
in thou
and
all thy
house
into
the
ark:
for thee
I
have
seen
just
before
me
in
this
generation.
Of
all
clean
beasts
take
seven
and
seven,
the
male
and
the
female.
But
of
the beasts
that
are unclean two
and two,
the
male
and
the
female.
Of
the fowls
also
of
the air
seven
and
seven,
the
male
and
the
female:
that
seed
may
be saved
upon
the
face
of
the
whole
earth.
For
yet
a
while,
and
after
seven
days,
I
will
rain
upon
the
earth
forty
days
and
forty
nights;
and
I
will
destroy
every substance
that
I
have
made,
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
And Noe
did
all
things
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
him.
And
he
was
six
hundred
years
old,
when
the
waters
of
the
flood overflowed
the
earth.
And Noe
went
in
and
his
sons,
his
wife
and
the
wives
of
his
sons
with
him
into
the
ark,
because
of
the
waters
of
the
flood.
And
of
beasts
clean
and unclean,
and
of fowls,
and
of
every
thing
that moveth
upon
the
earth,
Two
and
two
went
in
to Noe
into
the
ark,
male
and
female,
as
the Lord
had
commanded Noe.
And
after
the
seven
days
were
passed,
the
waters
of
the
flood overflowed
the
earth.
In
the
six
hundredth
year
of
the
life
of Noe,
in
the
second
month,
in
the seventeenth
day
of
the
month,
all
the
fountains
of
the
great
deep
were
broken
up,
and
the flood gates
of
heaven
were
opened:
And
the
rain
fell
upon
the
earth
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
In
the selfsame
day Noe,
and Sem,
and Cham,
and
Japheth
his
sons:
his
wife,
and
the
three
wives
of
his
sons
with
them,
went
into
the
ark:
They
and
every
beast
according
to
its
kind,
and
all
the
cattle
in
their
kind,
and
every
thing
that moveth
upon
the
earth
according
to
its
kind,
and
every
fowl
according
to
its
kind,
all
birds,
and
all
that fly,
Went
in
to Noe
into
the
ark,
two
and
two
of
all
flesh,
wherein
was
the
breath
of
life.
And
they
that
went
in,
went
in
male
and
female
of
all
flesh,
as
God
had
commanded
him:
and
the
Lord
shut
him
in
on
the outside.
And
the
flood
was
forty
days
upon
the
earth,
and
the
waters
increased,
and
lifted
up
the
ark
on
high
from
the
earth.
For
they overflowed
exceedingly:
and filled
all
on
the
face
of
the
earth:
and
the
ark
was
carried
upon
the
waters.
And
the
waters
prevailed
beyond
measure
upon
the
earth:
and
all
the
high
mountains
under
the
whole
heaven
were
covered.
The
water
was
fifteen
cubits
higher
than
the
mountains
which
it
covered.
And
all
flesh
was destroyed
that
moved
upon
the
earth,
both
of
fowl,
and
of
cattle,
and
of
beasts,
and
of
all creeping
things
that
creep
upon
the
earth:
and
all
men.
And
all
things
wherein
there
is
the
breath
of
life
on
the earth,
died.
And
he
destroyed
all
the substance
that
was
upon
the
earth,
from
man
even
to
beast,
and
the
creeping
things
and fowls
of
the air:
and
they
were
destroyed
from
the
earth:
and Noe
only
remained,
and
they
that
were
with
him
in
the
ark.
And
the
waters
prevailed
upon
the
earth
a
hundred
and
fifty
days.
And
God
remembered Noe,
and
all
the
living
creatures,
and
all
the
cattle
which
were
with
him
in
the
ark,
and
brought
a
wind
upon
the
earth,
and
the
waters
were abated.
The
fountains also
of
the
deep,
and
the flood gates
of
heaven
were
shut
up,
and
the
rain
from
heaven
was
restrained.
And
the
waters
returned
from
off
the
earth
going
and
coming:
and
they began
to
be abated
after
a
hundred
and
fifty
days.
And
the
ark
rested
in
the
seventh
month,
the
seven
and twentieth
day
of
the
month,
upon
the
mountains
of Armenia.
And
the
waters
were
going
and decreasing
until
the
tenth
month:
for
in
the
tenth
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
tops
of
the
mountains
appeared.
And
after
that
forty
days
were
passed, Noe, opening
the
window
of
the
ark
which
he
had
made, sent forth
a raven:
Which
went
forth
and did
not
return,
till
the
waters
were
dried
up
upon
the
earth.
He
sent
forth
also
a
dove
after
him,
to
see
if
the
waters
had now ceased
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
But
she,
not
finding
where
her
foot might
rest,
returned
to
him
into
the
ark:
for
the
waters
were
upon
the
whole
earth:
and
he
put
forth
his
hand,
and
caught
her,
and
brought
her
into
the
ark.
And having waited
yet
seven
other
days,
he
again
sent
forth
the
dove
out
of
the
ark.
And
she
came
to
him
in
the
evening, carrying
a bough
of
an
olive
tree,
with green
leaves,
in
her
mouth. Noe
therefore
understood
that
the
waters
were ceased
upon
the
earth.
And
he
stayed
yet
other
seven
days:
and
he
sent
forth
the
dove, which
returned
not
any
more unto
him.
Therefore
in
the
six
hundredth
and
first
year,
the
first
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
waters
were lessened
upon
the
earth,
and Noe opening
the
covering
of
the
ark,
looked,
and
saw
that
the
face
of
the
earth
was dried.
In
the
second
month,
the
seven
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month,
the
earth
was
dried.
And
God
spoke
to Noe,
saying:
Go
out
of
the
ark, thou
and thy
wife, thy
sons,
and
the
wives
of thy
sons
with thee.
All
living
things
that
are
with thee
of
all
flesh,
as
well
in fowls
as
in
beasts,
and
all
creeping
things
that
creep
upon
the
earth,
bring
out
with thee,
and
go ye
upon
the
earth:
increase
and
multiply
upon
it.
So Noe
went
out,
he
and
his
sons:
his
wife,
and
the
wives
of
his
sons
with
him.
And
all
living
things,
and cattle,
and
creeping
things
that
creep
upon
the
earth,
according
to
their
kinds,
went
out
of
the
ark.
And Noe
built
an
altar unto
the
Lord:
and
taking
of
all
cattle
and fowls
that
were
clean,
offered holocausts upon
the
altar.
And
the
Lord
smelled
a sweet savour,
and
said:
I
will
no
more
curse
the
earth
for
the
sake
of
man:
for
the
imagination
and
thought
of
man’s
heart
are prone
to
evil
from
his
youth:
therefore
I
will
no
more
destroy
every
living soul
as
I
have
done.
All
the
days
of
the
earth,
seedtime
and
harvest,
cold
and
heat,
summer
and
winter,
night
and
day,
shall
not
cease.
And
God
blessed Noe
and
his
sons.
And
he
said
to
them:
Increase
and
multiply,
and
fill
the
earth.
And
let
the
fear
and dread
of
you
be
upon
all
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
and
upon
all
the fowls
of
the air,
and
all
that move
upon
the
earth:
all
the fishes
of
the
sea
are
delivered
into
your
hand.
And
every
thing
that moveth
and liveth
shall
be meat
for
you:
even
as
the
green
herbs
have
I
delivered
them
all
to
you:
Saving
that
flesh
with
blood
you
shall
not
eat.
For
I
will
require
the
blood
of
your
lives
at
the
hand
of
every
beast,
and
at
the
hand
of
man,
at
the
hand
of
every
man,
and
of
his
brother,
will
I
require
the
life
of
man.
Whosoever
shall
shed
man’s
blood,
his
blood
shall
be
shed:
for
man
was
made
to
the
image
of
God.
But
increase
you
and
multiply,
and go upon
the
earth,
and fill it.
Thus
also
said
God
to Noe,
and
to
his
sons
with
him,
Behold
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you,
and
with
your
seed
after
you:
And
with
every
living
soul
that
is
with
you,
as
well
in
all
birds
as
in
cattle
and
beasts
of
the
earth,
that
are
come
forth
out
of
the
ark,
and
in
all
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you,
and
all
flesh
shall
be
no
more
destroyed
with
the
waters
of
a
flood,
neither
shall
there
be
from henceforth
a
flood
to
waste
the
earth.
And
God
said:
This
is
the
sign
of
the
covenant
which
I
give
between
me
and
you,
and
to
every
living
soul
that
is
with
you,
for
perpetual
generations.
I
will
set
my
bow
in
the
clouds,
and
it
shall
be
the
sign
of
a
covenant
between
me,
and
between
the
earth.
And
when
I
shall cover
the sky
with
clouds,
my
bow
shall
appear
in
the
clouds:
And
I
will
remember
my
covenant
with
you,
and
with
every
living
soul
that beareth
flesh:
and
there
shall
no
more
be
waters
of
a
flood
to
destroy
all
flesh.
And
the
bow
shall
be
in
the
clouds,
and
I
shall
see
it,
and
shall
remember
the
everlasting
covenant,
that
was
made
between
God
and
every
living
soul
of
all
flesh
which
is
upon
the
earth.
And
God
said
to Noe:
This
shall
be
the
sign
of
the
covenant
which
I
have
established
between
me
and
all
flesh
upon
the
earth.
And
the
sons
of Noe
who
came
out
of
the
ark,
were Sem, Cham,
and
Japheth:
and Cham
is
the
father
of Chanaan.
These
three
are
the
sons
of Noe:
and
from
these
was
all mankind spread
over
the
whole
earth.
And Noe,
a husbandman,
began
to till
the
ground,
and
planted
a
vineyard.
And
drinking
of
the
wine
was
made
drunk,
and
was
uncovered
in
his
tent.
Which
when Cham
the
father
of Chanaan
had
seen,
to wit,
that
his
father’s
nakedness
was uncovered,
he
told
it
to
his
two
brethren without.
But Sem
and
Japheth
put
a
cloak
upon
their
shoulders,
and going
backward,
covered
the
nakedness
of
their
father:
and
their
faces
were
turned
away,
and
they
saw
not
their
father’s
nakedness.
And Noe awaking
from
the
wine,
when
he
had
learned
what
his
younger
son
had
done
to
him,
He
said:
Cursed
be Chanaan,
a
servant
of
servants
shall
he
be unto
his
brethren.
And
he
said:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
God
of Sem,
be Chanaan
his
servant.
May
God
enlarge
Japheth,
and
may
he
dwell
in
the
tents
of Sem,
and Chanaan
be
his
servant.
And Noe
lived
after
the
flood
three
hundred
and
fifty
years:
And
all
his
days
were
in
the
whole
nine
hundred
and
fifty
years:
and
he
died.
These
are
the
generations
of
the
sons
of Noe: Sem, Cham,
and
Japheth:
and unto
them
sons
were
born
after
the
flood.
The
sons
of
Japheth:
Gomer,
and
Magog,
and
Madai,
and
Javan,
and Thubal,
and Mosoch,
and Thiras.
And
the
sons
of
Gomer: Ascenez
and
Riphath
and Thogorma.
And
the
sons
of
Javan: Elisa
and Tharsis, Cetthim
and
Dodanim.
By
these
were
divided
the
islands
of
the
Gentiles
in
their
lands,
every
one
according
to
his
tongue
and
their
families
in
their
nations.
And
the
sons
of Cham: Chus,
and Mesram,
and Phuth,
and Chanaan.
And
the
sons
of Chus: Saba,
and Hevila,
and Sabatha,
and Regma,
and Sabatacha.
The
sons
of Regma: Saba
and Dadan.
Now Chus
begot Nemrod:
he
began
to
be
mighty
on
the
earth.
And
he
was
a stout
hunter
before
the
Lord.
Hence
came
a proverb:
Even
as Nemrod
the stout
hunter
before
the
Lord.
And
the
beginning
of
his
kingdom
was
Babylon,
and Arach,
and Achad,
and Chalanne
in
the
land
of Sennaar.
Out
of
that
land
came
forth Assur,
and
built Ninive,
and
the streets
of
the
city,
and Chale.
Resen
also
between Ninive
and Chale:
this
is
the
great
city.
And Mesraim
begot
Ludim,
and
Anamim,
and Laabim, Nepthuim,
And Phetrusim,
and Chasluim;
of
whom
came
forth
the
Philistines,
and
the Capthorim.
And Chanaan
begot
Sidon,
his
firstborn,
the Hethite,
And
the
Jebusite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Gergesite,
The Hevite
and
the Aracite:
the
Sinite,
And
the Aradian,
the Samarite,
and
the
Hamathite:
and
afterwards
the
families
of
the Chanaanites
were
spread abroad.
And
the limits
of Chanaan
were
from
Sidon
as
one
comes
to Gerara
even
to
Gaza,
until thou
enter
Sodom
and Gomorrha,
and Adama,
and Seboim
even
to Lesa.
These
are
the
children
of Cham
in
their kindreds,
and
tongues,
and generations,
and
lands,
and
nations.
Of Sem
also,
the
father
of
all
the
children
of Heber,
the
elder
brother
of
Japheth,
sons
were
born.
The
sons
of Sem:
Elam
and Assur,
and
Arphaxad,
and
Lud,
and
Aram.
The
sons
of
Aram: Us
and Hull,
and
Gether,
and Mess.
But
Arphaxad
begot Sale,
of whom
was
born Heber.
And
to Heber
were
born
two
sons:
the
name
of
the
one
was Phaleg,
because
in
his
days
the
earth
was
divided:
and
his
brother’s
name Jectan.
Which Jectan
begot Elmodad,
and Saleph,
and Asarmoth, Jare,
And Aduram,
and
Uzal,
and Decla,
And Ebal,
and
Abimael, Saba,
And
Ophir,
and Hevila,
and
Jobab.
All
these
were
the
sons
of Jectan.
And
their
dwelling
was
from Messa
as we
go
on
as far
as
Sephar,
a
mountain
in
the
east.
These
are
the
children
of Sem according
to
their kindreds
and
tongues,
and
countries
in
their
nations.
These
are
the
families
of Noe,
according
to
their peoples
and
nations.
By
these
were
the
nations
divided
on
the
earth
after
the
flood.
And
the
earth
was
of
one tongue,
and
of
the
same
speech.
And
when
they
removed
from
the
east,
they
found
a
plain
in
the
land
of Sennaar,
and
dwelt
in
it.
And
each
one
said
to
his neighbour:
Come,
let
us
make
brick,
and bake
them
with
fire.
And
they
had
brick instead
of
stones,
and slime instead
of mortar.
And
they
said:
Come, let
us
make
a
city
and
a
tower,
the
top whereof
may reach
to
heaven:
and let
us
make
our
name
famous
before
we
be
scattered abroad
into
all
lands.
And
the
Lord
came
down
to
see
the
city
and
the
tower,
which
the
children
of Adam
were
building.
And
he
said:
Behold,
it
is
one
people,
and
all
have
one tongue:
and
they
have
begun
to
do
this,
neither
will
they leave
off
from
their designs, till
they
accomplish
them
in deed.
Come ye,
therefore,
let
us
go
down,
and
there confound
their tongue,
that
they
may
not
understand
one
another’s
speech.
And
so
the
Lord
scattered
them
from
that
place
into
all
lands,
and
they
ceased
to
build
the
city.
And
therefore
the
name thereof
was
called
Babel,
because
there
the
language
of
the
whole
earth
was confounded:
and
from thence
the
Lord
scattered
them abroad
upon
the
face
of
all
countries.
These
are
the
generations
of Sem: Sem
was
a
hundred
years
old
when
he
begot
Arphaxad,
two
years
after
the
flood.
And Sem
lived
after
he
begot
Arphaxad,
five
hundred
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
Arphaxad
lived thirty-five
years,
and
begot Sale.
And
Arphaxad
lived
after
he
begot Sale,
three
hundred
and
three
years;
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
Sale
also
lived
thirty
years,
and
begot Heber.
And Sale
lived
after
he
begot Heber,
four
hundred
and
three
years;
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And Heber
lived thirty-four
years,
and
begot Phaleg.
And Heber
lived
after
he
begot Phaleg,
four
hundred
and
thirty
years:
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
Phaleg
also
lived
thirty
years,
and
begot
Reu.
And Phaleg
lived
after
he
begot
Reu,
two
hundred
and
nine
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And
Reu
lived thirty-two
years,
and
begot Sarug.
And
Reu
lived
after
he
begot Sarug,
two
hundred
and
seven
years,
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And Sarug
lived
thirty
years,
and
begot Nachor.
And Sarug
lived
after
he
begot Nachor,
two
hundred
years:
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And Nachor
lived
nine
and
twenty
years,
and
begot Thare.
And Nachor
lived
after
he
begot Thare,
a
hundred
and
nineteen
years:
and
begot
sons
and
daughters.
And Thare
lived
seventy
years,
and
begot
Abram,
and Nachor,
and Aran.
And
these
are
the
generations
of Thare: Thare
begot
Abram, Nachor,
and Aran.
And Aran
begot
Lot.
And Aran
died
before Thare
his
father,
in
the
land
of
his nativity
in Ur
of
the
Chaldees.
And
Abram
and Nachor
married
wives:
the
name
of
Abram’s
wife
was
Sarai:
and
the
name
of Nachor’s
wife, Melcha,
the
daughter
of Aran,
father
of Melcha,
and
father
of Jescha.
And
Sarai
was
barren,
and
had
no
children.
And Thare
took
Abram,
his
son,
and
Lot
the
son
of Aran,
his
son’s
son,
and
Sarai
his daughter
in law,
the
wife
of
Abram
his
son,
and
brought
them
out
of Ur
of
the
Chaldees,
to
go
into
the
land
of Chanaan:
and
they
came
as
far
as
Haran,
and
dwelt
there.
And
the
days
of Thare
were
two
hundred
and
five
years,
and
he
died
in
Haran.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Abram: Go forth
out
of thy
country,
and
from thy
kindred,
and
out
of thy
father’s
house,
and come
into
the
land
which
I
shall shew thee.
And
I
will
make
of thee
a
great
nation,
and
I
will
bless thee,
and
magnify thy
name,
and thou shalt
be
blessed.
I
will
bless
them
that
bless thee,
and
curse
them
that
curse thee,
and
IN THEE
shall
all
the kindred
of
the
earth
be
blessed:
So
Abram
went
out
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him,
and
Lot
went
with
him:
Abram
was
seventy-five
years
old
when
he
went
forth
from
Haran.
And
he
took
Sarai
his
wife,
and
Lot
his
brother’s
son,
and
all
the substance
which
they
had
gathered,
and
the
souls
which
they
had gotten
in
Haran:
and
they
went
out
to
go
into
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
when
they
were
come
into
it,
Abram
passed
through
the
country
into
the
place
of Sichem,
as
far
as
the noble vale:
now
the Chanaanite
was
at
that
time
in
the
land.
And
the
Lord
appeared
to
Abram,
and
said
to
him:
To thy
seed
will
I
give
this
land.
And
he
built
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord,
who
had
appeared
to
him.
And passing
on
from thence
to
a
mountain,
that
was
on
the
east
side
of
Bethel,
he
there
pitched
his
tent, having
Bethel
on
the
west,
and Hai
on
the
east;
he
built
there
also
an
altar
to
the
Lord,
and
called
upon
his
name.
And
Abram
went
forward,
going,
and proceeding
on
to
the
south.
And
there
came
a
famine
in
the
country;
and
Abram
went
down
into
Egypt,
to sojourn
there:
for
the
famine
was very
grievous
in
the
land.
And
when
he
was
near
to
enter
into
Egypt,
he
said
to
Sarai
his
wife:
I
know
that thou art
a
beautiful
woman:
And
that
when
the
Egyptians
shall
see thee,
they
will
say:
She
is
his
wife:
and
they
will
kill
me,
and
keep thee.
Say,
therefore,
I
pray thee,
that thou art
my
sister:
that
I
may
be
well used
for thee,
and
that
my
soul
may
live
for thy
sake.
And
when
Abram
was
come
into
Egypt,
the
Egyptians
saw
the
woman
that
she
was
very
beautiful.
And
the
princes
told Pharao,
and
praised
her
before
him:
and
the
woman
was
taken
into
the
house
of Pharao.
And they
used
Abram
well
for
her
sake.
And
he
had
sheep
and
oxen,
and
he asses,
and
men
servants
and
maid
servants,
and she asses,
and
camels.
But
the
Lord scourged Pharao
and
his
house
with most grievous
stripes
for
Sarai,
Abram’s
wife.
And Pharao
called
Abram,
and
said
to
him:
What
is
this
that thou hast
done
to
me?
Why didst thou
not
tell
me
that
she
was thy
wife?
For
what cause didst thou
say,
she
was thy
sister,
that
I might
take
her
to
my
wife?
Now,
therefore,
there
is thy
wife,
take
her,
and
go thy way.
And Pharao
gave
his
men
orders
concerning Abram:
and
they led
him
away,
and
his
wife,
and
all
that
he
had.
And
Abram
went
up
out
of
Egypt,
he
and
his
wife,
and
all
that
he
had,
and
Lot
with
him,
into
the
south.
And he
was
very
rich
in possession
of
gold
and
silver.
And
he returned
by
the
way
that
he
came,
from
the
south
to
Bethel,
to
the
place
where
before
he
had pitched
his
tent
between
Bethel
and Hai:
In
the
place
of
the
altar
which
he
had
made
before;
and
there
he
called
upon
the
name
of
the
Lord.
But
Lot
also,
who
was
with
Abram,
had
flocks
of
sheep,
and
herds
of beasts,
and
tents.
Neither
was
the
land
able
to
bear
them,
that
they might
dwell
together:
for
their substance
was
great,
and
they
could
not
dwell
together.
Whereupon also
there arose
a
strife
between
the
herdsmen
of
Abram
and
of
Lot.
And
at
that
time
the Chanaanite
and
the Pherezite dwelled
in
that
country.
Abram
therefore
said
to
Lot:
Let
there
be
no quarrel,
I
beseech thee,
between
me
and thee,
and
between
my
herdsmen
and thy
herdsmen:
for
we
are
brethren.
Behold
the
whole
land
is
before thee: depart
from
me
I
pray thee:
if thou wilt
go
to
the
left
hand,
I
will take
the
right:
if thou choose
the
right
hand,
I
will pass
to
the
left.
And
Lot, lifting
up
his
eyes,
saw
all
the
country
about
the
Jordan,
which
was watered
throughout,
before
the
Lord
destroyed
Sodom
and Gomorrha,
as
the paradise
of
the
Lord,
and
like
Egypt
as
one
comes
to Segor.
And
Lot
chose
to
himself
the country
about
the
Jordan,
and
he
departed
from
the
east:
and
they
were
separated
one
brother
from
the
other.
Abram
dwelt
in
the
land
of Chanaan;
and
Lot
abode
in
the
towns
that
were
about
the Jordan,
and
dwelt
in
Sodom.
And
the
men
of
Sodom
were
very
wicked,
and
sinners before
the face
of
the
Lord, beyond
measure.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Abram,
after
Lot
was
separated
from
him:
Lift
up thy
eyes,
and
look
from
the
place
wherein thou
now art,
to
the
north
and
to
the
south,
to
the
east
and
to
the
west.
All
the
land
which thou seest,
I
will
give
to thee,
and
to thy
seed
for
ever.
And
I
will
make thy
seed
as
the
dust
of
the
earth:
if
any
man
be
able
to
number
the
dust
of
the
earth,
he
shall
be
able
to
number thy
seed
also.
Arise
and
walk
through
the
land
in
the
length,
and
in
the
breadth thereof:
for
I
will
give
it
to thee.
So
Abram removing
his
tent
came
and
dwelt
by
the vale
of Mambre,
which
is
in
Hebron:
and
he
built
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass
at
that
time,
that
Amraphel
king
of Sennaar,
and
Arioch
king
of Pontus,
and Chodorlahomor
king
of
the Elamites,
and Thadal
king
of
nations,
Made
war
against Bara
king
of
Sodom,
and
against Bersa
king
of Gomorrha,
and
against Sennaab
king
of Adama,
and
against Semeber
king
of Seboim,
and
against
the
king
of Bala,
which
is Segor.
All
these
came
together
into
the woodland vale,
which now
is
the
salt
sea.
For
they
had
served Chodorlahomor
twelve
years,
and
in
the thirteenth
year
they revolted
from
him.
And
in
the fourteenth
year
came Chodorlahomor,
and
the
kings
that
were
with
him:
and
they
smote
the Raphaim
in Astarothcarnaim,
and
the
Zuzim
with
them,
and
the Emim
in Save
of Cariathaim.
And
the Chorreans
in
the
mountains
of
Seir,
even
to
the plains
of Pharan,
which
is
in
the
wilderness.
And
they
returned,
and
came
to
the fountain
of Misphat,
the
same
is Cades:
and
they
smote
all
the
country
of
the Amalecites,
and
the Amorrhean
that
dwelt
in Asasonthamar.
And
the
king
of
Sodom,
and
the
king
of Gomorrha,
and
the
king
of Adama,
and
the
king
of Seboim,
and
the
king
of Bala,
which
is Segor,
went
out:
and
they
set themselves
against
them
in
battle
array
in
the woodland vale:
To wit,
against Chodorlahomor
king
of
the Elamites,
and Thadal
king
of
nations,
and
Amraphel
king
of Sennaar,
and
Arioch
king
of Pontus:
four
kings
against
five.
Now
the woodland vale
had many
pits
of slime.
And
the
king
of
Sodom,
and
the
king
of Gomorrha turned
their backs
and
were overthrown
there:
and
they
that
remained
fled
to
the
mountain.
And
they
took
all
the substance
of
the Sodomites,
and Gomorrhites,
and
all
their victuals,
and went
their
way:
And
Lot
also,
the
son
of
Abram’s
brother,
who
dwelt
in
Sodom,
and
his substance.
And behold
one
that
had escaped
told
Abram
the
Hebrew,
who
dwelt
in
the vale
of Mambre
the Amorrhite,
the
brother
of Escol,
and
the
brother
of
Aner:
for
these
had
made
league
with
Abram.
Which
when
Abram
had
heard,
to wit,
that
his
brother Lot
was
taken,
he
numbered
of
the servants
born
in
his
house,
three
hundred
and
eighteen well appointed:
and
pursued
them
to
Dan.
And
dividing
his company,
he rushed
upon
them
in
the
night:
and
defeated
them,
and
pursued
them
as
far
as Hoba,
which
is
on
the
left
hand
of
Damascus.
And
he
brought
back
all
the substance,
and
Lot
his
brother,
with
his substance,
the
women
also
and
the
people.
And
the
king
of
Sodom
went
out
to
meet
him,
after
he
returned
from
the
slaughter
of Chodorlahomor,
and
of
the
kings
that
were
with
him
in
the vale
of Save,
which
is
the
king’s vale.
But Melchisedech
the
king
of
Salem,
bringing
forth
bread
and
wine,
for
he
was
the
priest
of
the
most high
God,
Blessed
him,
and
said:
Blessed
be
Abram
by
the most high
God,
who
created
heaven
and
earth.
And
blessed
be
the most high
God,
by
whose protection
the enemies
are
in thy
hands.
And
he
gave
him
the
tithes
of
all.
And
the
king
of
Sodom
said
to
Abram:
Give
me
the
persons,
and
the rest
take
to thyself.
And
he
answered
him:
I
lift
up
my
hand
to
the
Lord
God
the
most
high,
the
possessor
of
heaven
and
earth,
That
from
the
very woof
thread unto
the
shoe latchet,
I
will
not
take
of
any
things
that
are thine, lest thou
say
I
have
enriched
Abram:
Except
such
things
as
the
young
men
have
eaten,
and
the shares
of
the
men
that
came
with
me,
Aner, Escol,
and Mambre:
these
shall
take
their shares.
Now
when
these
things
were
done,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Abram
by
a
vision,
saying:
Fear
not,
Abram,
I
am thy protector,
and thy
reward
exceeding
great.
And
Abram
said:
Lord
God,
what wilt thou
give
me?
I
shall
go without
children:
and
the
son
of
the steward
of
my
house
is
this
Damascus
Eliezer.
And
Abram
added:
But
to
me thou hast
not
given
seed:
and
lo
my servant,
born
in
my
house,
shall
be
my
heir.
And immediately
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
him,
saying:
He
shall
not
be thy
heir:
but
he
that
shall
come
out
of thy
bowels,
him shalt thou
have
for thy
heir.
And
he
brought
him
forth
abroad,
and
said
to
him:
Look
up
to
heaven
and
number
the
stars,
if thou canst.
And
he
said
to
him:
So
shall thy
seed
be.
Abram
believed
God,
and
it
was reputed
to
him unto
justice.
And
he
said
to
him:
I
am
the
Lord
who
brought thee
out
from Ur
of
the
Chaldees,
to
give thee
this
land,
and
that thou mightest
possess
it.
But
he
said:
Lord
God, whereby may
I
know
that
I
shall
possess
it?
And
the Lord
answered,
and
said:
Take
me
a cow
of
three years
old,
and
a she
goat
of
three years,
and
a
ram
of
three years,
a turtle also,
and
a
pigeon.
And
he
took
all
these,
and divided
them
in
the
midst,
and
laid
the
two pieces
of
each
one
against
the
other;
but
the
birds
he divided
not.
And
the fowls
came
down
upon
the
carcasses,
and
Abram
drove
them
away.
And
when
the
sun
was setting,
a
deep
sleep
fell
upon
Abram,
and
a
great
and darksome horror
seized
upon
him.
And
it
was
said unto
him:
Know thou beforehand
that thy
seed
shall
be
a
stranger
in
a
land
not
their
own,
and
they
shall
bring
them under
bondage,
and
afflict
them
four
hundred
years.
But
I
will
judge
the
nation
which
they
shall
serve,
and
after
this
they
shall
come
out
with
great substance.
And thou shalt
go
to thy
fathers
in
peace,
and
be
buried
in
a
good
old
age.
But
in
the
fourth
generation
they
shall
return hither:
for
as
yet
the
iniquities
of
the Amorrhites
are
not
at
the
full
until
this
present
time.
And
when
the
sun
was
set,
there arose
a
dark mist,
and
there
appeared
a
smoking
furnace
and
a lamp
of
fire
passing
between
those divisions.
That
day
God
made
a
covenant
with
Abram,
saying:
To thy
seed
will
I
give
this
land,
from
the
river
of
Egypt
even
to
the
great
river
Euphrates.
The Cineans
and Cenezites,
the Cedmonites,
And
the Hethites,
and
the Pherezites,
the Raphaim
also,
And
the Amorrhites,
and
the Chanaanites,
and
the Gergesites,
and
the
Jebusites.
Now
Sarai
the
wife
of
Abram,
had
brought
forth
no
children;
but
having
a handmaid,
an
Egyptian,
named Agar,
She
said
to
her husband:
Behold,
the
Lord hath
restrained
me
from
bearing:
go
in unto
my handmaid,
it
may
be
I
may
have
children
of
her
at least.
And
when
he
agreed
to
her
request,
She
took Agar
the
Egyptian
her handmaid,
ten
years
after
they first
dwelt
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
gave
her
to
her
husband
to
wife.
And
he
went
in
to
her.
But
she, perceiving
that
she
was
with
child,
despised
her
mistress.
And
Sarai
said
to
Abram: Thou dost unjustly
with
me:
I
gave
my handmaid
into thy
bosom,
and
she perceiving
herself
to
be
with
child, despiseth
me.
The
Lord
judge
between
me
and thee.
And
Abram
made
answer,
and
said
to
her:
Behold thy handmaid
is
in thy
own
hand, use
her
as
it pleaseth thee.
And
when
Sarai afflicted
her,
she
ran
away.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord having
found
her,
by
a fountain
of
water
in
the
wilderness,
which
is
in
the
way
to Sur
in
the
desert,
He
said
to
her: Agar, handmaid
of
Sarai, whence comest thou?
and whither goest thou?
And
she
answered:
I
flee
from
the
face
of
Sarai,
my
mistress.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
said
to
her:
Return
to thy
mistress,
and humble thyself
under
her
hand.
And again
he
said:
I
will
multiply thy
seed exceedingly,
and
it
shall
not
be
numbered
for
multitude.
And again:
Behold,
said
he, thou art
with
child,
and thou shalt
bring
forth
a
son:
and thou shalt
call
his
name Ismael,
because
the
Lord hath
heard thy affliction.
He
shall
be
a
wild
man:
his
hand
will
be
against
all
men,
and
all
men’s
hands
against
him:
and
he
shall pitch
his tents
over
against
all
his
brethren.
And
she
called
the
name
of
the
Lord
that
spoke unto
her: Thou
the
God
who hast
seen
me.
For
she
said: Verily
here
have
I
seen
the hinder parts
of
him
that seeth
me.
Therefore
she
called
that
well,
The
well
of
him
that liveth
and seeth
me.
The
same
is
between Cades
and Barad.
And Agar
brought
forth
a
son
to
Abram:
who
called
his
name Ismael.
Abram
was four score
and
six
years
old
when Agar
brought
him
forth Ismael.
And
after
he
began
to
be
ninety
and
nine
years
old,
the
Lord
appeared
to
him:
and
said unto
him:
I
am
the
Almighty
God:
walk
before
me,
and
be
perfect.
And
I
will
make
my
covenant
between
me
and thee:
and
I
will
multiply thee
exceedingly.
Abram
fell
flat
on
his
face.
And God said
to
him:
I
AM,
and
my
covenant
is
with thee,
and thou shalt
be
a
father
of
many
nations.
Neither
shall thy
name
be
called
any
more
Abram:
but thou shalt
be
called
Abraham:
because
I
have
made thee
a
father
of
many
nations.
And
I
will
make thee
increase,
exceedingly,
and
I
will
make
nations
of thee,
and
kings
shall
come
out
of thee.
And
I
will
establish
my
covenant
between
me
and thee,
and
between thy
seed
after thee
in
their
generations,
by
a
perpetual
covenant:
to
be
a
God
to thee,
and
to thy
seed
after thee.
And
I
will
give
to thee,
and
to thy
seed,
the
land
of thy sojournment,
all
the
land
of Chanaan
for
a
perpetual
possession,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
Again
God
said
to
Abraham:
And thou
therefore shalt
keep
my
covenant,
and thy
seed
after thee
in
their
generations.
This
is
my
covenant
which
you
shall
observe,
between
me
and
you,
and thy
seed
after thee:
All
the
male kind
of
you
shall
be
circumcised:
And
you
shall circumcise
the
flesh
of
your
foreskin,
that
it
may
be
for
a
sign
of
the
covenant
between
me
and
you.
An infant
of
eight
days
old
shall
be
circumcised
among
you,
every
man
child
in
your
generations:
he
that
is
born
in
the
house,
as
well
as
the
bought servant
shall
be
circumcised,
and whosoever
is
not
of
your stock:
And
my
covenant
shall
be
in
your
flesh
for
a
perpetual
covenant.
The
male,
whose
flesh
of
his
foreskin
shall
not
be
circumcised,
that
soul
shall
be
destroyed
out
of
his
people:
because
he hath
broken
my
covenant.
God
said
also
to
Abraham:
Sarai thy
wife thou shalt
not
call
Sarai,
but Sara.
And
I
will
bless
her,
and
of
her
I
will
give thee
a
son, whom
I
will
bless,
and
he
shall
become
nations,
and
kings
of
people
shall spring
from
him.
Abraham
fell
upon
his
face,
and
laughed,
saying
in
his
heart:
Shall
a
son, thinkest thou,
be
born
to
him
that
is
a
hundred
years
old?
and
shall Sara
that
is
ninety
years
old
bring
forth?
And
he
said
to
God:
O
that Ismael
may
live
before thee.
And
God
said
to
Abraham: Sara thy
wife
shall
bear thee
a
son,
and thou shalt
call
his
name
Isaac,
and
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
him
for
a
perpetual
covenant,
and
with
his
seed
after
him.
And
as
for Ismael
I
have
also
heard thee.
Behold,
I
will
bless
him,
and
increase,
and
multiply
him
exceedingly:
he
shall
beget
twelve
chiefs,
and
I
will
make
him
a
great
nation.
But
my
covenant
I
will
establish
with
Isaac,
whom Sara
shall
bring
forth
to thee
at
this
time
in
the
next
year.
And
when
he
had
left
off
speaking
with
him,
God
went
up
from
Abraham.
And
Abraham
took Ismael
his
son,
and
all
that
were
born
in
his
house:
and
all
whom
he
had
bought,
every
male
among
the
men
of
his
house:
and
he
circumcised
the
flesh
of
their
foreskin forthwith
the
very
same
day,
as
God
had
commanded
him.
Abraham
was
ninety
and
nine
years
old,
when
he
circumcised
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin.
And Ismael
his
son
was full
thirteen
years
old
at
the
time
of
his circumcision.
The selfsame
day
was
Abraham
circumcised
and Ismael
his
son.
And
all
the
men
of
his
house,
as well
they
that
were
born
in
his
house,
as
the
bought
servants
and strangers
were
circumcised
with
him.
And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
in
the vale
of Mambre
as
he
was
sitting
at
the
door
of
his
tent,
in
the very
heat
of
the
day.
And
when
he
had
lifted
up
his
eyes,
there
appeared
to
him
three
men
standing
near
him:
and
as soon
as
he
saw
them
he
ran
to
meet
them
from
the
door
of
his
tent,
and adored
down
to
the
ground.
And
he
said:
Lord,
if
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
pass
not
away
from thy
servant:
But
I
will fetch
a
little
water,
and
wash ye
your
feet,
and
rest ye
under
the
tree.
And
I
will
set
a
morsel
of
bread,
and strengthen ye
your
heart,
afterwards
you
shall
pass
on:
for
therefore
are
you come
aside
to
your
servant.
And
they
said:
Do
as thou hast
spoken.
Abraham
made
haste
into
the
tent
to Sara,
and
said
to
her:
Make
haste, temper together
three
measures
of
flour,
and
make
cakes
upon
the hearth.
And
he
himself
ran
to
the
herd,
and
took
from thence
a
calf very
tender
and very
good,
and
gave
it
to
a
young
man:
who
made
haste
and boiled
it.
He
took
also
butter
and
milk,
and
the
calf
which
he
had boiled,
and
set
before
them:
but
he
stood
by
them
under
the
tree.
And
when
they
had eaten,
they
said
to
him:
Where
is Sara thy
wife?
He
answered:
Lo, she
is
in
the
tent.
And
he
said
to
him:
I
will
return
and
come
to thee
at
this
time,
life accompanying
and Sara thy
wife
shall
have
a
son.
Which
when Sara
heard,
she laughed
behind
the
door
of
the
tent.
Now
they
were both
old,
and far
advanced
in
years,
and
it
had
ceased
to
be
with Sara
after
the manner
of
women.
And
she
laughed secretly,
saying:
After
I
am
grown
old
and
my
lord
is
an
old man,
shall
I
give myself
to pleasure?
And
the
Lord
said
to
Abraham:
Why
did Sara
laugh,
saying:
Shall
I
who
am
an
old
woman
bear
a
child
indeed?
Is
there any
thing
hard
to
God?
According
to
appointment
I
will
return
to thee
at
this
same
time,
life accompanying,
and Sara
shall
have
a
son.
Sara
denied,
saying:
I
did
not
laugh:
for
she
was
afraid.
But
the Lord
said, Nay:
but thou didst
laugh:
And
when
the
men
rose
up
from thence,
they turned
their eyes towards
Sodom:
and
Abraham
walked
with
them, bringing
them
on
the
way.
And
the
Lord
said:
Can
I
hide
from
Abraham
what
I
am about
to
do:
Seeing
he
shall
become
a
great
and
mighty
nation,
and
in
him
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
shall
be
blessed?
For
I
know
that
he
will
command
his
children,
and
his
household
after
him
to
keep
the
way
of
the
Lord,
and
do
judgment
and
justice:
that
for
Abraham’s
sake
the
Lord
may
bring
to effect
all
the
things
he hath
spoken unto
him.
And
the
Lord
said:
The
cry
of
Sodom
and Gomorrha
is multiplied,
and
their
sin
is become
exceedingly grievous.
I
will
go
down
and
see
whether
they
have
done
according
to
the
cry
that
is
come
to
me:
or
whether
it
be
not
so,
that
I
may
know.
And
they
turned themselves
from thence,
and
went
their
way
to
Sodom:
but
Abraham
as
yet
stood
before
the
Lord.
And drawing nigh
he
said: Wilt thou
destroy
the
just
with
the
wicked?
If
there
be
fifty
just
men
in
the
city,
shall
they
perish withal?
and wilt thou
not
spare
that
place
for
the
sake
of
the
fifty
just,
if
they
be therein?
Far
be
it
from thee
to
do
this
thing,
and
to
slay
the
just
with
the
wicked,
and
for
the
just
to
be
in
like
case
as
the
wicked,
this
is
not beseeming thee: thou
who judgest
all
the
earth, wilt
not
make
this
judgment.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
If
I
find
in
Sodom
fifty
just
within
the
city,
I
will
spare
the
whole
place
for
their
sake.
And
Abraham
answered,
and
said: Seeing
I
have once begun,
I
will
speak
to
my
Lord, whereas
I
am
dust
and
ashes.
What
if
there
be
five
less
than
fifty
just persons? wilt thou
for
five
and
forty
destroy
the
whole
city?
And
he
said:
I
will
not
destroy
it,
if
I
find
five
and
forty.
And
again
he
said
to
him:
But
if
forty
be
found
there,
what wilt thou
do?
He
said:
I
will
not
destroy
it
for
the
sake
of
forty.
Lord, saith
he,
be
not
angry,
I
beseech thee,
if
I
speak:
What
if
thirty
shall
be
found
there?
He
answered:
I
will
not
do
it,
if
I
find
thirty
there.
Seeing, saith
he,
I
have once begun,
I
will
speak
to
my
Lord.
What
if
twenty
be
found
there?
He
said:
I
will
not
destroy
it
for
the
sake
of
twenty.
I
beseech thee, saith
he,
be
not
angry,
Lord,
if
I
speak
yet
once
more:
What
if
ten
should
be
found
there?
And
he
said:
I
will
not
destroy
it
for
the
sake
of
ten.
And
the
Lord departed,
after
he
had
left
speaking
to
Abraham:
and
Abraham
returned
to
his
place.
And
the
two
angels
came
to
Sodom
in
the
evening,
and
Lot
was
sitting
in
the
gate
of
the
city.
And
seeing
them,
he
rose
up
and
went
to
meet
them:
and worshipped
prostrate
to
the
ground,
And
said:
I
beseech
you,
my
lords,
turn
in
to
the
house
of
your
servant,
and lodge
there:
wash
your
feet,
and
in
the
morning
you
shall
go
on
your
way.
And
they
said:
No,
but
we
will abide
in
the
street.
He
pressed
them
very
much
to
turn
in unto
him:
and
when
they
were
come
into
his
house,
he
made
them
a
feast,
and
baked
unleavened
bread
and
they
ate:
But
before
they
went
to
bed,
the
men
of
the
city beset
the
house
both
young
and
old,
all
the
people
together.
And
they
called
Lot,
and
said
to
him:
Where
are
the
men
that
came
in
to thee
at
night?
bring
them
out hither
that
we
may
know
them:
Lot
went
out
to
them,
and
shut
the
door
after
him,
and
said:
Do
not
so,
I
beseech you,
my
brethren,
do
not commit
this
evil.
I
have
two
daughters
who
as
yet
have
not
known
man:
I
will
bring
them
out
to
you,
and abuse
you
them
as
it
shall
please
you,
so
that
you
do
no evil
to
these
men,
because
they
are
come
in
under
the
shadow
of
my
roof.
But
they
said:
Get thee
back thither.
And again: Thou camest
in,
said
they,
as
a, stranger,
was
it
to
be
a
judge?
therefore
we
will afflict thee
more than
them.
And
they
pressed
very
violently
upon
Lot:
and
they
were even
at
the
point
of
breaking open
the
doors.
And behold
the
men
put
out
their
hand,
and drew
in
Lot unto
them,
and
shut
the
door:
And
them
that
were without,
they
struck
with
blindness
from
the least
to
the
greatest,
so
that
they
could not
find
the
door.
And
they
said
to
Lot: Hast thou
here
any
of thine?
son
in law,
or
sons,
or
daughters,
all
that
are thine
bring
them
out
of
this
city:
For
we
will
destroy
this
place,
because
their
cry
is
grown loud
before
the
Lord,
who hath
sent
us
to
destroy
them.
So
Lot
went
out,
and
spoke
to
his sons
in law
that
were
to
have
his
daughters,
and
said:
Arise:
get
you
out
of
this
place,
because
the
Lord
will
destroy
this
city.
And
he
seemed
to
them
to
speak
as
it
were
in jest.
And
when
it
was
morning,
the
angels
pressed
him,
saying:
Arise,
take thy
wife,
and
the
two
daughters
which thou hast:
lest thou
also
perish
in
the wickedness
of
the
city.
And
as
he lingered,
they
took
his
hand,
and
the
hand
of
his
wife,
and
of
his
two
daughters,
because
the
Lord spared
him.
And
they
brought
him
forth,
and
set
him
without
the city:
and
there
they
spoke
to
him,
saying:
Save thy
life:
look
not
back,
neither
stay thou
in
all
the
country
about:
but
save thyself
in
the
mountain,
lest thou
be
also consumed.
And
Lot
said
to
them:
I
beseech thee
my
Lord,
Because thy
servant hath
found
grace
before thee,
and thou hast
magnified thy mercy,
which thou hast shewn
to
me,
in saving
my
life,
and
I
cannot
escape
to
the
mountain,
lest
some
evil seize
me,
and
I
die:
There
is
this
city
here
at
hand,
to
which
I
may
flee,
it
is
a
little
one,
and
I
shall
be
saved
in
it:
is
it
not
a
little
one,
and
my
soul
shall
live?
And
he
said
to
him:
Behold
also
in
this,
I
have heard thy prayers,
not
to
destroy
the
city
for
which thou hast
spoken.
Make
haste
and
be
saved
there,
because
I
cannot
do
any
thing
till thou
go
in thither.
Therefore
the
name
of
that
city
was
called Segor.
The
sun
was
risen
upon
the
earth,
and
Lot
entered
into Segor.
And
the
Lord
rained
upon
Sodom
and Gomorrha
brimstone
and
fire
from
the
Lord
out
of
heaven.
And
he
destroyed
these
cities,
and
all
the
country
about,
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
cities,
and
all
things
that spring
from
the
earth.
And
his
wife
looking
behind
her,
was
turned
into
a statue
of
salt.
And
Abraham
got
up
early
in
the
morning
and
in
the
place
where
he
had
stood
before
with
the
Lord,
He
looked towards
Sodom
and Gomorrha,
and
the
whole
land
of
that
country:
and
he
saw
the ashes
rise
up
from
the
earth
as
the
smoke
of
a
furnace.
Now
when
God
destroyed
the
cities
of
that country,
remembering
Abraham,
he
delivered
Lot
out
of
the
destruction
of
the
cities
wherein
he
had
dwelt.
And
Lot
went
up
out
of Segor,
and
abode
in
the
mountain,
and
his
two
daughters
with
him, (for
he
was
afraid
to
stay
in Segor,)
and
he
dwelt
in
a
cave,
he
and
his
two
daughters
with
him.
And
the elder
said
to
the
younger
Our
father
is
old,
and
there
is
no
man
left
on
the
earth,
to
come
in unto
us
after
the
manner
of
the
whole
earth.
Come, let
us
make
him
drunk
with
wine,
and let
us
lie
with
him,
that we
may
preserve
seed
of
our
father.
And
they
made
their
father
drink
wine
that
night:
and
the elder
went
in
and
lay
with
her
father:
but
he
perceived
not
neither
when
his daughter
lay
down,
nor
when
she
rose
up.
And
the
next
day
the elder
said
to
the
younger:
Behold
I
lay
last
night
with
my
father,
let
us
make
him
drink
wine
also
to
night,
and thou shalt
lie
with
him,
that
we
may save
seed
of
our
father.
They
made
their
father
drink
wine
that
night
also,
and
the
younger daughter
went
in,
and
lay
with
him:
and
neither
then
did
he
perceive
when
she
lay
down,
nor
when
she
rose
up.
So
the
two
daughters
of
Lot
were
with
child
by
their
father.
And
the elder
bore
a
son,
and
she
called
his
name
Moab:
he
is
the
father
of
the
Moabites unto
this
day.
The
younger
also
bore
a
son,
and
she
called
his
name
Ammon,
that
is,
the
son
of
my
people:
he
is
the
father
of
the
Ammonites unto
this
day.
Abraham
removed
from thence
to
the
south
country,
and
dwelt
between Cades
and Sur,
and sojourned
in Gerara.
And
he
said
of Sara
his
wife:
She
is
my
sister.
So
Abimelech
the
king
of Gerara
sent,
and
took
her.
And
God
came
to
Abimelech
in
a
dream
by
night,
and
he
said
to
him:
Lo thou shalt
die
for
the
woman thou hast
taken:
for
she hath
a
husband.
Now
Abimelech
had
not touched
her,
and
he
said:
Lord, wilt thou
slay
a
nation,
that
is ignorant
and
just?
Did
not
he
say
to
me:
She
is
my
sister:
and
she
say,
He
is
my
brother?
in
the simplicity
of
my
heart,
and
cleanness
of
my
hands
have
I
done
this.
And
God
said
to
him:
And
I
know
that thou didst
it
with
a sincere
heart:
and
therefore
I
withheld thee
from
sinning
against
me,
and
I suffered thee
not
to
touch
her.
Now
therefore
restore
the
man
his
wife,
for
he
is
a
prophet:
and
he
shall
pray
for thee,
and thou shalt
live:
but
if thou wilt
not
restore
her,
know
that thou shalt
surely
die, thou
and
all
that
are thine.
And
Abimelech forthwith
rising
up
in
the night,
called
all
his
servants:
and
spoke
all
these
words
in
their
hearing,
and
all
the
men
were
exceedingly
afraid.
And
Abimelech
called
also
for
Abraham,
and
said
to
him:
What hast thou
done
to
us?
what
have
we
offended thee
in,
that thou hast
brought
upon
me
and
upon
my
kingdom
a
great
sin? thou hast
done
to
us
what thou oughtest
not
to
do.
And again
he expostulated
with
him,
and
said,
What sawest thou,
that thou hast
done
this?
Abraham
answered:
I
thought
with myself,
saying:
Perhaps
there
is
not
the
fear
of
God
in
this
place:
and
they
will
kill
me
for
the
sake
of
my
wife:
Howbeit,
otherwise
also
she
is
truly
my
sister,
the
daughter
of
my
father,
and
not
the
daughter
of
my
mother,
and
I
took
her
to
wife.
And
after
God
brought
me
out
of
my
father’s
house,
I
said
to
her: Thou shalt
do
me
this
kindness:
In
every
place,
to
which
we
shall
come, thou shalt
say
that
I
am thy
brother.
And
Abimelech
took
sheep
and
oxen,
and
servants
and handmaids,
and
gave
to
Abraham:
and
restored
to
him Sara,
his
wife.
And
said:
The
land
is
before
you,
dwell wheresoever
it
shall please thee.
And
to Sara
he
said:
Behold
I
have
given thy
brother
a
thousand pieces
of
silver:
this
shall serve thee
for
a
covering
of thy
eyes
to
all
that
are
with thee,
and whithersoever thou shalt
go:
and remember thou wast
taken.
And
when
Abraham
prayed,
God
healed
Abimelech
and
his
wife,
and
his
handmaids,
and
they
bore
children:
For
the
Lord
had
closed
up
every
womb
of
the
house
of
Abimelech
on
account
of Sara,
Abraham’s
wife.
And
the
Lord
visited Sara,
as
he
had
promised:
and fulfilled
what
he
had
spoken.
And
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son
in
her
old
age,
at
the
time
that
God
had foretold
her.
And
Abraham
called
the
name
of
his
son,
whom Sara
bore
him,
Isaac.
And
he
circumcised
him
the
eighth
day,
as
God
had
commanded
him,
When
he
was
a
hundred
years
old:
for
at this
age
of
his
father
was
Isaac
born.
And Sara
said:
God hath
made
a
laughter
for
me: whosoever shall
hear
of
it
will
laugh
with
me.
And again
she
said:
Who
would believe
that
Abraham
should hear
that Sara
gave
suck
to
a
son,
whom
she
bore
to
him
in
his
old
age.
And
the
child
grew
and
was
weaned:
and
Abraham
made
a
great
feast
on
the
day
of
his weaning.
And
when Sara
had
seen
the
son
of Agar
the
Egyptian playing
with Isaac
her
son,
she said
to
Abraham:
Cast
out
this bondwoman,
and
her
son:
for
the
son
of
the bondwoman
shall
not
be
heir
with
my
son
Isaac.
Abraham took
this grievously
for
his
son.
And
God
said
to
him:
Let
it
not
seem grievous
to thee
for
the
boy,
and
for thy bondwoman:
in
all
that Sara hath
said
to thee, hearken
to
her
voice:
for
in
Isaac
shall thy
seed
be
called.
But
I
will
make
the
son
also
of
the bondwoman
a great
nation,
because
he
is thy
seed.
So
Abraham
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
taking
bread
and
a bottle
of
water,
put
it
upon
her
shoulder,
and
delivered
the
boy,
and
sent
her
away.
And she departed,
and
wandered
in
the
wilderness
of Bersabee.
And
when
the
water
in
the bottle
was
spent, she
cast
the
boy
under
one
of
the trees
that
were
there.
And
she
went
her way,
and
sat
over
against
him
a great way
off
as
far
as
a
bow
can
carry,
for
she
said:
I
will
not
see
the
boy
die:
and
sitting
over
against,
she
lifted
up
her
voice
and
wept.
And
God
heard
the
voice
of
the
boy:
and
an
angel
of
God
called
to Agar
from
heaven,
saying:
What art thou doing, Agar?
fear
not:
for
God hath
heard
the
voice
of
the
boy,
from
the
place
wherein
he
is.
Arise,
take
up
the
boy,
and
hold
him
by
the
hand:
for
I
will
make
him
a
great
nation.
And
God
opened
her
eyes:
and
she
saw
a
well
of
water,
and went
and
filled
the bottle,
and
gave
the
boy
to
drink.
And
God
was
with
him:
and
he
grew,
and
dwelt
in
the
wilderness,
and
became
a
young
man,
an archer.
And
he
dwelt
in
the
wilderness
of Pharan,
and
his
mother
took
a
wife
for
him
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
At
the
same
time
Abimelech,
and
Phicol
the
general
of
his
army
said
to
Abraham:
God
is
with thee
in
all
that thou dost.
Swear
therefore
by
God,
that thou wilt
not hurt
me,
nor
my
posterity,
nor
my stock:
but according
to
the
kindness
that
I
have
done
to thee, thou shalt
do
to
me,
and
to
the
land
wherein thou hast
lived
a stranger.
And
Abraham
said:
I
will
swear.
And
he
reproved
Abimelech
for
a
well
of
water,
which
his
servants
had
taken
away
by
force.
And
Abimelech
answered:
I
knew
not
who
did
this
thing:
and thou didst
not
tell
me,
and
I
heard
not
of
it till
today.
And
Abraham
took
sheep
and
oxen
and
gave
them
to
Abimelech:
and
both
of
them
made
a
league.
And
Abraham
set
apart
seven
ewe
lambs
of
the
flock.
And
Abimelech
said
to
him:
What mean
these
seven
ewe
lambs
which thou hast
set
apart?
But
he
said: Thou shalt
take
seven
ewe
lambs
at
my
hand:
that
they
may
be
a testimony
for
me,
that
I
dug
this
well.
Therefore
that
place
was
called Bersabee:
because
there
both
of
them
did
swear.
And
they
made
a
league
for
the well
of oath.
And Abimelech,
and Phicol
the general
of
his army arose
and returned
to
the land
of
the Palestines.
But
Abraham
planted
a grove
in Bersabee,
and
there
called
upon
the
name
of
the
Lord
God
eternal.
And
he
was
a sojourner
in
the
land
of
the Palestines
many
days.
After
these
things,
God
tempted
Abraham,
and
said
to
him:
Abraham,
Abraham.
And
he
answered:
Here
I
am.
He
said
to
him:
Take thy
only begotten
son
Isaac,
whom thou lovest,
and
go
into
the
land
of vision:
and
there thou shalt
offer
him
for
an holocaust
upon
one
of
the
mountains
which
I
will
show thee.
So
Abraham
rising
up
in
the night,
saddled
his ass:
and
took
with
him
two
young
men,
and
Isaac
his
son:
and
when
he
had cut
wood
for
the holocaust
he
went
his way
to
the
place
which
God
had
commanded
him.
And
on
the
third
day, lifting
up
his
eyes,
he
saw
the
place
afar
off.
And
he
said
to
his
young
men:
Stay
you
here
with
the ass:
I
and
the
boy
will
go
with speed
as
far
as yonder,
and
after
we
have worshipped,
will
return
to
you.
And
he
took
the
wood
for
the holocaust,
and
laid
it
upon
Isaac
his
son:
and
he
himself
carried
in
his
hands
fire
and
a sword.
And
as
they
two went
on
together,
Isaac
said
to
his
father:
My
father.
And
he
answered: What wilt thou,
son?
Behold, saith
he,
fire
and
wood:
where
is
the victim
for
the holocaust?
And
Abraham
said:
God
will
provide himself
a victim
for
an holocaust,
my
son.
So
they went
on
together.
And
they
came
to
the
place
which
God
had shown
him,
where
he
built
an
altar,
and
laid
the
wood
in
order
upon
it:
and
when
he
had
bound
Isaac
his
son,
he
laid
him
on
the
altar
upon
the pile
of
wood.
And
he
put
forth
his
hand
and
took
the sword,
to sacrifice
his
son.
And
behold
an
angel
of
the
Lord
from
heaven
called
to
him,
saying:
Abraham,
Abraham.
And
he
answered:
Here
I
am.
And
he
said
to
him:
Lay
not thy
hand
upon
the
boy,
neither
do thou
any
thing
to
him:
now
I
know
that thou fearest
God,
and hast
not
spared thy
only begotten
son
for
my sake.
Abraham
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
behind
his
back
a
ram amongst
the briers sticking
fast
by
the
horns,
which
he
took
and
offered
for
a holocaust
instead
of
his
son.
And
he
called
the
name
of
that
place,
The
Lord seeth. Whereupon even
to
this
day
it
is
said:
In
the
mountain
the
Lord
will
see.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
called
to
Abraham
a
second
time
from
heaven, saying:
By
my own self
have
I
sworn, saith
the
Lord:
because thou hast
done
this
thing,
and hast
not
spared thy
only begotten
son
for
my sake:
I
will
bless thee,
and
I
will
multiply thy
seed
as
the
stars
of
heaven,
and
as
the
sand
that
is
by
the
sea
shore: thy
seed
shall
possess
the
gates
of
their
enemies.
And
in thy
seed
shall
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
be
blessed,
because thou hast
obeyed
my
voice.
Abraham
returned
to
his
young
men,
and
they
went
to Bersabee
together,
and
he
dwelt
there.
After
these
things,
it
was
told
Abraham
that Melcha
also
had
borne
children
to Nachor
his
brother.
Hus
the
firstborn,
and
Buz
his
brother,
and Camuel
the
father
of
the Syrians,
And Cased,
and Azau,
and Pheldas,
and Jedlaph,
And Bathuel,
of
whom
was
born Rebecca:
These
eight did Melcha
bear
to Nachor
Abraham’s
brother.
And
his
concubine,
named Roma,
bore Tabee,
and
Gaham,
and Tahas,
and Maacha.
And Sara
lived
a
hundred
and twenty-seven
years.
And
she
died
in
the
city
of Arbee
which
is
Hebron,
in
the
land
of Chanaan:
and
Abraham
came
to
mourn
and
weep
for
her.
And
after
he
rose
up
from
the funeral obsequies,
he
spoke
to
the
children
of
Heth,
saying:
I
am
a
stranger
and
sojourner
among
you:
give
me
the right
of
a
burying
place
with
you,
that
I
may
bury
my
dead.
The
children
of
Heth
answered,
saying:
My
Lord,
hear
us, thou art
a
prince
of
God
among
us:
bury thy
dead
in
our principal sepulchres:
and
no
man
shall
have power
to hinder thee
from
burying thy
dead
in
his sepulchre.
Abraham
rose
up,
and
bowed
down
to
the
people
of
the
land,
to wit
the
children
of
Heth:
And
said
to
them:
If
it
please
your
soul
that
I
should
bury
my
dead,
hear
me,
and
intercede
for
me
to
Ephron
the
son
of Seor.
That
he
may
give
me
the double
cave,
which
he hath
in
the
end
of
his
field:
for
as
much
money
as
it
is worth
he
shall
give
it
me before
you,
for
a
possession
of
a burying
place.
Now
Ephron
dwelt
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Heth.
And
Ephron
made
answer
to
Abraham
in
the
hearing
of
all
that
went
in
at
the
gate
of
the
city,
saying:
Let
it
not
be
so,
my
lord,
but
do thou
rather hearken
to
what
I say:
The
field
I
deliver
to thee,
and
the
cave
that
is therein,
in
the
presence
of
the
children
of
my
people,
bury thy
dead.
Abraham
bowed
down
before
the
people
of
the
land,
And
he
spoke
to
Ephron,
in
the presence
of
the
people:
I beseech thee
to
hear
me:
I
will
give
money
for
the
field:
take
it,
and
so
I
will
bury
my
dead
in
it.
And
Ephron
answered:
My
lord,
hear
me.
The
ground
which thou desirest,
is
worth
four
hundred sicles
of
silver:
this
is
the
price
between
me
and thee:
but
what
is
this?
bury thy
dead.
And
when
Abraham
had
heard
this,
he
weighed
out
the
money
that
Ephron
had
asked,
in
the
hearing
of
the
children
of
Heth,
four
hundred sicles
of
silver
of
common current
money.
And
the
field
that
before
was
Ephron’s,
wherein
was
the double
cave, looking towards Mambre,
both
it
and
the
cave,
and
all
the
trees thereof
in
all
its limits
round
about,
Was
made sure
to
Abraham
for
a
possession,
in
the
sight
of
the
children
of
Heth,
and
of
all
that
went
in
at
the
gate
of
his
city.
And
so
Abraham
buried Sara
his
wife,
in
a double
cave
of
the
field,
that looked towards Mambre,
this
is
Hebron
in
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
the
field
was
made sure
to
Abraham,
and
the
cave
that
was
in
it,
for
a
possession
to bury
in,
by
the
children
of
Heth.
Now
Abraham
was
old;
and
advanced
in
age:
and
the
Lord
had
blessed
him
in
all
things.
And
he
said
to
the
elder
servant
of
his
house,
who
was
ruler
over
all
he
had:
Put thy
hand
under
my
thigh,
That
I
may
make thee
swear
by
the
Lord
the
God
of
heaven
and
earth,
that thou
take
not
a
wife
for
my
son,
of
the
daughters
of
the Chanaanites,
among
whom
I
dwell:
But
that thou go
to
my own
country
and
kindred,
and
take
a
wife
from thence
for
my
son
Isaac.
The
servant
answered:
If
the
woman
will
not
come
with
me
into
this
land,
must
I
bring thy
son
back
again
to
the
place,
from whence thou camest
out?
And
Abraham
said:
Beware thou
never
bring
my
son
back
again thither.
The
Lord
God
of
heaven,
who
took
me
out
of
my
father’s
house,
and
out
of
my
native
country,
who
spoke
to
me,
and
swore
to
me,
saying:
To thy
seed
will
I
give
this
land:
he
will
send
his
angel
before thee,
and thou shalt
take
from thence
a
wife
for
my
son.
But
if
the
woman
will
not
follow thee, thou shalt
not
be bound
by
the
oath;
only
bring
not
my
son
back thither
again.
The
servant therefore
put
his
hand
under
the
thigh
of
Abraham
his
lord,
and
swore
to
him
upon
this
word.
And
he
took
ten
camels
of
his
master’s herd,
and departed, carrying something
of
all
his goods
with
him,
and
he
set forward
and
went
on
to
Mesopotamia
to
the
city
of Nachor.
And
when
he
had made
the
camels lie
down without
the
town near
a
well
of
water
in
the
evening,
at
the
time
when women are wont
to
come
out
to
draw
water,
he
said:
O
Lord
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
meet
me
today,
I
beseech thee,
and
show
kindness
to
my
master
Abraham.
Behold
I
stand nigh
the
spring
of
water,
and
the
daughters
of
the inhabitants
of
this
city
will
come
out
to
draw
water.
Now,
therefore,
the maid
to
whom
I
shall
say:
Let
down thy
pitcher
that
I
may
drink:
and
she
shall
answer,
Drink,
and
I
will
give thy
camels
drink
also:
let
it
be
the
same
whom thou hast
provided
for thy
servant
Isaac:
and
by
this
I
shall
understand,
that thou hast
shown
kindness
to
my
master.
He
had
not
yet
ended
these words
within
himself,
and
behold Rebecca
came
out,
the daughter
of Bathuel,
son
of Melcha,
wife
to Nachor
the
brother
of
Abraham,
having
a
pitcher
on
her
shoulder:
An
exceeding comely maid,
and
a
most
beautiful
virgin,
and
not
known
to
man:
and
she
went
down
to
the
spring,
and
filled
her
pitcher
and
was
coming
back.
And
the
servant
ran
to
meet
her,
and
said:
Give
me
a
little
water
to
drink
of thy
pitcher.
And
she
answered:
Drink,
my
lord.
And
quickly
she
let
down
the
pitcher
upon
her
arm,
and
gave
him
drink.
And
when
he
had
drunk,
she
said:
I
will
draw
water
for thy
camels
also,
till
they
all
drink.
And pouring
out
the
pitcher
into
the
troughs, she
ran
back
to
the
well
to
draw
water:
and having drawn she gave
to
all
the
camels.
But
he musing beheld
her
with silence, desirous
to
know
whether
the
Lord
had
made
his
journey
prosperous
or
not.
And
after
that
the
camels
had
drunk,
the
man
took
out
golden
earrings,
weighing
two sicles:
and
as many
bracelets
of
ten sicles
weight.
And
he
said
to
her:
Whose
daughter art thou?
tell
me:
is
there
any
place
in thy
father’s
house
to lodge?
And
she
answered:
I
am
the
daughter
of Bathuel,
the
son
of Melcha,
whom
she
bore
to Nachor.
And
she
said
moreover
to
him: We
have good store
of
both
straw
and hay,
and
a
large
place
to lodge
in.
The
man
bowed
himself
down,
and adored
the
Lord,
Saying:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
who hath
not taken
away
his
mercy
and
truth
from
my
master,
and hath
brought
me
the straight
way into
the
house
of
my
master’s
brother.
Then
the maid
ran,
and
told
in
her
mother’s
house,
all
that
she
had
heard.
And Rebecca
had
a
brother
named
Laban,
who
went
out
in haste
to
the
man,
to
the well.
And
when
he
had
seen
the
earrings
and
bracelets
in
his
sister’s
hands,
and
had
heard
all
that she related,
saying:
Thus
and
thus
the
man
spoke
to
me:
he
came
to
the
man
who
stood
by
the
camels,
and
near
to
the
spring
of water,
And
said
to
him:
Come
in, thou
blessed
of
the
Lord:
why standest thou without?
I
have
prepared
the
house,
and
a
place
for
the
camels.
And
he
brought
him
in
into
his lodging:
and
he unharnessed
the
camels
and
gave
straw
and hay,
and
water
to
wash
his
feet,
and
the
feet
of
the
men
that
were
come
with
him.
And bread
was set
before
him.
But
he
said:
I
will
not
eat,
till
I
tell
my
message.
He
answered
him:
Speak.
And
he
said:
I
am
the
servant
of
Abraham:
And
the
Lord hath
blessed
my
master wonderfully,
and
he
is
become
great:
and
he hath
given
him
sheep
and
oxen,
silver
and
gold,
men
servants
and
women
servants,
camels
and asses.
And Sara
my
master’s
wife hath
borne
my
master
a
son
in
her
old
age,
and
he hath
given
him
all
that
he
had.
And
my
master
made
me
swear,
saying: Thou shalt
not
take
a
wife
for
my
son
of
the Chanaanites,
in
whose
land
I
dwell:
But thou shalt go
to
my
father’s
house,
and shalt
take
a
wife
of
my own kindred
for
my
son:
But
I
answered
my
master: What
if
the
woman
will
not come
with
me?
The
Lord,
said
he,
in
whose
sight
I
walk,
will
send
his
angel
with thee,
and
will
direct thy
way:
and thou shalt
take
a
wife
for
my
son
of
my
own kindred,
and
of
my
father’s
house.
But thou shalt
be
clear
from
my
curse,
when thou shalt
come
to
my kindred,
if
they
will
not
give thee
one.
And
I
came
today
to
the
well
of water,
and
said:
O
Lord
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
if thou hast prospered
my
way,
wherein
I
now
walk,
Behold
I
stand
by
the well
of
water,
and
the
virgin,
that
shall
come
out
to
draw
water,
who
shall hear
me
say:
Give
me
a
little
water
to
drink
of thy
pitcher:
And
shall
say
to
me:
Both
drink thou,
and
I
will
also
draw
for thy
camels: let
the
same
be
the
woman,
whom
the
Lord hath prepared
for
my
master’s
son.
And whilst
I pondered
these things secretly
with
myself, Rebecca
appeared
coming
with
a
pitcher,
which
she
carried
on
her
shoulder:
and
she
went
down
to
the
well
and
drew
water.
And
I
said
to
her:
Give
me
a little
to
drink.
And
she speedily
let
down
the
pitcher
from
her shoulder,
and
said
to
me:
Both
drink thou,
and
to thy
camels
I
will
give
drink.
I
drank,
and
she
watered
the
camels.
And
I
asked
her,
and
said:
Whose
daughter art thou?
And
she
answered:
I am
the
daughter
of Bathuel,
the
son
of Nachor,
whom Melcha
bore
to
him.
So
I
put
earrings
on
her
to adorn
her
face,
and
I
put
bracelets
on
her
hands.
And falling
down
I adored
the
Lord,
blessing
the
Lord
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
who hath
brought
me
the straight
way
to
take
the
daughter
of
my
master’s
brother
for
his
son.
Wherefore
if
you
do
according
to mercy
and
truth
with
my
master,
tell
me:
but
if
it please
you
otherwise,
tell
me
that
also,
that
I
may go
to
the
right
hand,
or
to
the
left.
And
Laban
and Bathuel
answered:
The
word hath
proceeded
from
the
Lord,
we
cannot
speak
any other
thing
to thee
but
his pleasure.
Behold Rebecca
is
before thee,
take
her
and
go thy
way,
and
let
her
be
the
wife
of thy
master’s
son,
as
the
Lord hath
spoken.
Which
when
Abraham’s
servant
heard, falling
down
to
the
ground
he adored
the
Lord.
And
bringing
forth
vessels
of
silver
and
gold,
and
garments,
he
gave
them
to Rebecca
for
a
present.
He
offered gifts also
to
her
brothers,
and
to
her
mother.
And
a banquet
was
made,
and
they
ate
and
drank
together,
and lodged
there.
And
in
the
morning,
the servant
arose,
and
said:
Let
me depart,
that
I
may
go
to
my
master.
And
her
brother
and
mother
answered: Let
the maid
stay
at least
ten
days
with
us,
and
afterwards
she
shall depart.
Stay
me
not,
said
he,
because
the
Lord hath prospered
my
way:
send
me
away,
that
I
may
go
to
my
master.
And
they
said: Let
us
call
the maid,
and
ask
her
will.
And
they
called
her,
and
when
she
was come,
they
asked: Wilt thou go
with
this
man?
She
said:
I
will go.
So
they
sent
her
away,
and
her
nurse,
and
Abraham’s
servant,
and
his company,
Wishing prosperity
to
their
sister,
and
saying: Thou art
our
sister, mayst thou increase
to
thousands
of
thousands,
and
may thy
seed
possess
the
gates
of
their
enemies.
So Rebecca
and
her
maids, being
set
upon
camels,
followed
the
man:
who
with speed returned
to
his master.
At
the
same time
Isaac
was walking
along
the way
to
the well
which
is called
Of
the
living
and
the seeing:
for
he
dwelt
in
the
south
country.
And
he
was
gone
forth
to
meditate
in
the
field,
the day being
now well spent:
and
when
he
had
lifted
up
his
eyes,
he
saw
camels
coming afar
off.
Rebecca
also,
when
she
saw
Isaac, lighted
off
the
camel,
And
said
to
the
servant:
Who
is
that
man
who cometh towards
us
along
the
field?
And
he
said
to
her:
That
man
is
my
master.
But
she quickly
took
her cloak,
and
covered
herself.
And
the
servant
told
Isaac
all
that
he
had
done.
Who
brought
her
into
the
tent
of Sara
his
mother,
and
took
her
to
wife:
and
he
loved
her
so much,
that
it moderated
the sorrow
which
was occasioned
by
his
mother’s death.
And
Abraham
married
another
wife,
named Cetura:
Who
bore
him Zamran,
and Jecsan,
and Madan,
and Madian,
and Jesboc,
and Sue.
Jecsan
also
begot Saba
and Dadan.
The
children
of Dadan
were Assurim,
and Latusim,
and Loomin.
But
of Madian
was
born Epha,
and Opher,
and Henoch,
and
Abida,
and Eldaa:
all
these
were
the
children
of Cetura.
And
Abraham
gave
all
his possessions
to
Isaac.
And
to
the
children
of
the
concubines
he
gave
gifts,
and separated
them
from
Isaac
his
son,
while
he
yet
lived,
to
the
east
country.
And
the
days
of
Abraham’s
life
were
a
hundred
and
seventy-five
years.
And decaying
he
died
in
a
good
old
age,
and having lived
a
long time,
and being
full
of days:
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.
And
Isaac
and Ismael
his
sons
buried
him
in
the double
cave,
which
was
situated
in
the
field
of
Ephron
the
son
of Seor
the Hethite,
over
against Mambre;
Which
he
had
bought
of
the
children
of
Heth:
there
was
he
buried,
and Sara
his
wife.
And
after
his
death,
God
blessed
Isaac
his
son,
who
dwelt
by
the
well named
Of
the
living
and seeing.
These
are
the
generations
of Ismael
the
son
of
Abraham,
whom Agar
the
Egyptian, Sara’s
servant,
bore unto
him:
And
these
are
the
names
of
his
children according
to their calling
and
generations.
The
firstborn
of Ismael
was Nabajoth,
then Cedar,
and
Adbeel,
and Mabsam.
And Masma,
and Duma,
and
Massa,
Hadar,
and Thema,
and Jethur,
and Naphis,
and Cedma.
These
are
the
sons
of Ismael:
and
these
are
their
names
by
their castles
and
towns,
twelve
princes
of
their
tribes.
And
the
years
of Ismael’s
life
were
a
hundred
and thirty-seven,
and decaying
he
died,
and
was
gathered unto
his
people.
And
he
dwelt
from Hevila
as
far
as Sur,
which looketh towards
Egypt,
to
them
that
go towards
the Assyrians.
He
died
in
the
presence
of
all
his
brethren.
These
also
are
the
generations
of
Isaac
the
son
of
Abraham:
Abraham
begot
Isaac:
Who
when
he
was
forty
years
old,
took
to
wife Rebecca
the
daughter
of Bathuel
the
Syrian
of Mesopotamia,
sister
to
Laban.
And
Isaac besought
the
Lord
for
his
wife,
because
she
was
barren;
and
he
heard
him,
and
made Rebecca
to
conceive.
But
the
children
struggled
in
her womb:
and
she
said:
If
it
were
to
be
so
with
me,
what
need
was
there
to conceive?
And
she went
to
consult
the
Lord.
And
he answering
said:
Two
nations
are
in thy
womb,
and
two
peoples
shall
be
divided
out
of thy
womb,
and
one
people
shall overcome
the
other,
and
the elder
shall
serve
the
younger.
And
when
her
time
was
come
to
be
delivered,
behold
twins
were found
in
her
womb.
He
that
came
forth
first
was
red,
and
hairy
like
a skin:
and
his
name
was
called
Esau. Immediately
the
other
coming
forth, held
his brother’s foot
in
his hand,
and therefore
he
was
called Jacob.
Isaac
was threescore
years
old
when
the
children
were
born unto
him.
And
when
they
were
grown
up,
Esau
became
a
skillful
hunter,
and
a husbandman,
but
Jacob
a plain
man
dwelt
in
tents.
Isaac
loved
Esau,
because
he ate
of
his hunting:
and Rebecca
loved
Jacob.
And
Jacob boiled pottage:
to whom
Esau,
coming
faint
out
of
the
field,
Said:
Give
me
of
this
red pottage,
for
I
am exceeding
faint.
For
which
reason
his
name
was
called
Edom.
And
Jacob
said
to
him:
Sell
me thy
first
birthright.
He
answered:
Lo
I
die,
what
will
the
first
birthright avail
me?
Jacob
said:
Swear therefore
to
me.
Esau
swore
to
him,
and
sold
his
first
birthright.
And
so taking
bread
and
the pottage
of
lentils,
he
ate,
and
drank,
and
went
his way;
making little account
of having sold
his first
birthright.
And
when
a
famine
came
in
the
land,
after
that barrenness
which
had
happened
in
the
days
of
Abraham,
Isaac
went
to
Abimelech
king
of
the Palestines
to Gerara.
And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
and
said:
Go
not
down
into
Egypt,
but
stay
in
the
land
that
I
shall
tell thee.
And sojourn
in
it,
and
I
will
be
with thee,
and
will
bless thee:
for
to thee
and
to thy
seed
I
will
give
all
these
countries,
to
fulfill
the
oath
which
I
swore
to
Abraham thy
father.
And
I
will
multiply thy
seed
like
the
stars
of
heaven:
and
I
will
give
to thy
posterity
all
these
countries:
and
in thy
seed
shall
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
be
blessed.
Because
Abraham
obeyed
my
voice,
and
kept
my precepts
and
commandments,
and
observed
my ceremonies
and
laws.
So
Isaac
abode
in Gerara.
And
when
he
was
asked
by
the
men
of
that
place,
concerning
his
wife,
he
answered:
She
is
my
sister;
for
he
was
afraid
to confess
that
she
was
his
wife,
thinking
lest
perhaps
they
would
kill
him
because
of
her beauty.
And
when very many
days
were
passed,
and
he abode
there,
Abimelech
king
of
the Palestines
looking
out
through
a
window,
saw
him playing
with Rebecca
his
wife.
And
calling
for
him,
he
said:
It
is evident
she
is thy
wife:
why didst thou feign
her
to
be thy
sister?
He
answered:
I feared
lest
I
should
die
for
her
sake.
And
Abimelech
said:
Why hast thou deceived
us?
Some
man
of
the
people might
have
lain
with thy
wife,
and thou hadst
brought
upon
us
a great
sin.
And
he
commanded
all
the
people,
saying:
He
that
shall
touch
this
man’s
wife,
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
And
Isaac
sowed
in
that
land,
and
he
found
that
same
year
a hundredfold:
and
the
Lord
blessed
him.
And
the
man
was enriched,
and
he
went
on prospering
and increasing,
till
he
became
exceeding
great:
And
he
had
possessions
of
sheep
and
of
herds,
and
a
very
great family. Wherefore
the Palestines envying
him,
Stopped
up
at
that
time
all
the
wells,
that
the
servants
of
his
father
Abraham
had digged,
filling
them
up
with
earth:
Insomuch
that
Abimelech
himself
said
to
Isaac: Depart
from
us,
for thou art become
much mightier
than
we.
So
he departed
and came
to
the torrent
of Gerara,
to
dwell
there:
And
he digged
again other
wells,
which
the servants
of
his
father
Abraham
had digged,
and
which,
after
his
death,
the Palestines
had
of old
stopped
up:
and
he
called
them
by
the
same
names
by
which
his
father
before
had
called
them.
And
they digged
in
the torrent,
and
found
living
water.
But there
also
the
herdsmen
of Gerara strove
against
the
herdsmen
of
Isaac,
saying:
It
is
our
water. Wherefore
he
called
the
name
of
the
well,
on occasion
of
that
which
had happened, Calumny.
And
they digged
also
another;
and
for
that
they quarrelled
likewise,
and
he
called
the
name
of
it, Enmity.
Going forward
from thence,
he digged
another
well,
for
which
they
contended
not:
therefore
he
called
the
name thereof, Latitude,
saying:
Now hath
the
Lord
given
us
room,
and
made
us
to
increase
upon
the
earth.
And
he
went
up
from
that
place
to Bersabee,
Where
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
that
same
night,
saying:
I
am
the
God
of
Abraham thy
father;
do
not
fear,
for
I
am
with thee:
I
will
bless thee,
and
multiply thy
seed
for
my
servant
Abraham’s
sake.
And
he
built
there
an
altar:
and
called
upon
the
name
of
the
Lord,
and
pitched
his
tent:
and commanded
his
servants
to
dig
a
well.
To
which place
when
Abimelech,
and Ochozath
his friend,
and
Phicol
chief
captain
of
his soldiers
came
from Gerara,
Isaac
said
to
them:
Why
are ye
come
to
me,
a man whom
you
hate,
and
have
thrust
out
from
you?
And
they
answered:
We
saw
that
the
Lord
is
with thee,
and
therefore
we
said:
Let
there
be
an
oath
between
us,
and
let
us
make
a
covenant,
That thou
do
us
no
harm,
as
we
on
our
part
have
touched
nothing
of thine,
nor
have
done
any
thing
to
hurt thee:
but
with
peace
have
sent thee
away increased
with
the
blessing
of
the
Lord.
And
he
made
them
a
feast,
and
after
they
had
eaten
and
drunk:
Arising
in
the
morning,
they
swore
one
to
another:
and
Isaac
sent
them
away
peaceably
to
their
own home.
And behold
the
same
day
the
servants
of
Isaac
came,
telling
him
of
a
well
which
they
had digged,
and
saying:
We
have
found
water.
Whereupon
he
called
it Abundance:
and
the
name
of
the
city
was
called Bersabee,
even
to
this
day.
And
Esau
being
forty
years
old,
married
wives,
Judith
the
daughter
of
Beeri
the Hethite,
and
Basemath
the
daughter
of
Elon
of
the
same
place.
And they both offended
the
mind
of
Isaac
and Rebecca.
Now
Isaac
was
old,
and
his
eyes
were dim,
and
he could
not
see:
and
he
called
Esau,
his
elder
son,
and
said
to
him:
My
son?
And
he
answered:
Here
I
am.
And
his father
said
to
him: Thou seest
that
I
am
old,
and
know
not
the
day
of
my
death.
Take thy arms, thy
quiver,
and
bow,
and
go abroad:
and
when thou hast
taken some
thing
by hunting,
Make
me savoury meat thereof,
as thou knowest
I
like,
and
bring
it,
that
I
may
eat:
and
my
soul
may
bless thee
before
I
die.
And
when Rebecca
had
heard
this,
and
he
was
gone
into
the
field
to fulfill
his father’s commandment,
She
said
to
her
son
Jacob:
I
heard thy
father
talking
with
Esau thy
brother,
and
saying
to
him:
Bring
me
of thy hunting,
and
make
me meats
that
I
may
eat,
and
bless thee
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
before
I
die.
Now,
therefore,
my
son, follow
my counsel:
And
go thy way
to
the
flock,
bring
me
two kids
of
the
best,
that
I
may
make
of
them meat
for thy
father,
such
as
he gladly eateth:
Which
when thou hast
brought
in,
and
he hath
eaten,
he
may
bless thee
before
he
die.
And
he
answered
her: Thou knowest
that
Esau
my
brother
is
a hairy
man,
and
I
am
smooth.
If
my
father
shall
feel
me,
and perceive
it,
I fear lest
he
will
think
I would
have mocked
him,
and
I
shall
bring
upon
me
a
curse
instead
of
a
blessing.
And
his
mother
said
to
him:
Upon
me
be this
curse,
my
son:
only
hear thou
my
voice,
and go, fetch
me
the things which
I
have
said.
He
went,
and
brought,
and
gave
them
to
his
mother.
She dressed meats,
such
as
she knew
his
father liked.
And
she
put
on
him
very good
garments
of
Esau,
which
she
had
at
home
with
her:
And
the little
skins
of
the kids she
put
about
his
hands,
and covered
the bare
of
his
neck.
And
she
gave
him
the savoury meat,
and
delivered
him
bread
that
she
had baked.
Which
when
he
had
carried
in,
he
said:
My
father?
But
he
answered:
I hear.
Who art thou,
my
son?
And
Jacob
said:
I
am
Esau thy
firstborn:
I
have
done
as thou didst
command
me:
arise,
sit,
and
eat
of
my venison,
that thy
soul
may
bless
me.
And
Isaac
said
to
his
son:
How couldst thou
find
it
so
quickly,
my
son?
He
answered:
It
was
the
will
of
God,
that
what
I
sought
came
quickly
in
my
way.
And
Isaac
said:
Come hither,
that
I
may
feel thee,
my
son,
and
may prove
whether thou
be
my
son
Esau,
or
not.
He
came
near
to
his
father,
and
when
he
had
felt
him,
Isaac
said:
The
voice
indeed
is
the
voice
of
Jacob;
but
the
hands
are
the
hands
of
Esau.
And
he knew
him
not,
because
his hairy
hands
made
him
like
to
the elder.
Then
blessing
him,
He
said: Art thou
my
son
Esau?
He
answered:
I
am.
Then
he
said:
Bring
me
the meats
of thy hunting,
my
son,
that
my
soul
may
bless thee.
And
when
they
were
brought,
and
he
had
eaten,
he offered
him
wine
also,
which
after
he
had
drunk,
He
said
to
him:
Come
near
me,
and
give
me
a kiss,
my
son.
He
came
near,
and
kissed
him.
And immediately
as
he
smelled
the fragrant
smell
of
his
garments,
blessing
him,
he
said:
Behold
the
smell
of
my
son
is
as
the
smell
of
a plentiful
field,
which
the
Lord hath
blessed.
God
give thee
the
dew
of
heaven,
and
of
the fatness
of
the
earth,
abundance
of corn
and
wine.
And let
peoples
serve thee,
and tribes
worship thee:
be thou
lord
of thy
brethren,
and let thy
mother’s
children
bow
down before thee.
Cursed
be
he
that curseth thee:
and let
him
that blesseth thee
be filled
with
blessings.
Isaac
had scarce
ended
his words,
when
Jacob
being
now
gone
out abroad,
Esau
came,
And
brought
in
to
his
father meats
made
of
what
he
had
taken
in hunting,
saying:
Arise,
my
father,
and
eat
of thy
son’s venison;
that thy
soul
may
bless
me.
And
Isaac
said
to
him: Why!
who art thou?
He
answered:
I
am thy
firstborn
son
Esau.
Isaac
was struck
with
fear,
and astonished
exceedingly:
and wondering
beyond
what
can
be believed,
said
Who
is
he
then
that
even
now
brought
me venison
that
he
had
taken,
and
I
ate
of
all
before thou camest?
and
I
have
blessed
him,
and
he
shall
be
blessed.
Esau having
heard
his
father’s
words, roared
out
with
a
great
cry:
and being
in
a
great consternation,
said:
Bless
me
also,
my
father.
And
he
said: Thy
brother
came
deceitfully
and
got thy
blessing.
But
he
said again: Rightly
is
his
name
called
Jacob;
for
he hath
supplanted
me
lo
this second
time:
my
first
birthright
he
took
away
before,
and
now
this second
time
he hath stolen
away
my
blessing.
And again
he
said
to
his father: Hast thou
not
reserved
me
also
a
blessing?
Isaac
answered:
I
have
appointed
him thy
lord,
and
have
made
all
his
brethren
his
servants:
I
have
established
him
with corn
and
wine,
and after
this,
what
shall
I
do more
for thee,
my
son?
And
Esau
said
to
him: Hast thou
only
one
blessing,
father?
I beseech thee
bless
me
also.
And
when
he
wept
with
a loud
cry,
Isaac
being moved,
said
to
him:
In
the fat
of
the
earth,
and
in
the
dew
of
heaven
from
above,
Shall thy blessing
be. Thou shalt
live
by
the
sword
and shalt
serve thy
brother:
and
the
time
shall
come,
when thou shalt shake
off
and
loose
his
yoke
from thy
neck.
Esau
therefore
always
hated
Jacob
for
the
blessing wherewith
his
father
had
blessed
him:
and
he
said
in
his
heart:
The
days
will
come
of
the
mourning
of
my
father,
and
I
will
kill
my
brother
Jacob.
These
things
were
told
to Rebecca:
and
she
sent
and
called
Jacob
her
son,
and
said
to
him:
Behold
Esau thy
brother threateneth
to
kill thee.
Now
therefore,
my
son,
hear
my
voice:
arise
and
flee
to
Laban
my
brother
to
Haran:
And thou shalt
dwell
with
him
a
few
days,
till
the
wrath
of thy
brother
be assuaged,
And
his indignation cease,
and
he
forget
the
things thou hast
done
to
him: afterwards
I
will
send,
and
bring thee
from thence hither.
Why
shall
I
be deprived
of
both
my sons
in
one
day?
And Rebecca
said
to
Isaac:
I am weary
of
my
life
because
of
the
daughters
of
Heth:
if
Jacob
take
a
wife
of
the stock
of
this
land,
I
choose
not
to
live.
And
Isaac
called
Jacob,
and
blessed
him,
and
charged
him,
saying:
Take
not
a
wife
of
the stock
of Chanaan:
But
go,
and
take
a journey
to Mesopotamia
of Syria,
to
the
house
of Bathuel thy
mother’s
father,
and
take thee
a
wife thence
of
the
daughters
of
Laban thy uncle.
And
God
almighty
bless thee,
and
make thee
to
increase,
and
multiply thee:
that thou mayst
be
a multitude
of
people.
And
give
the
blessings
of
Abraham
to thee,
and
to thy
seed
after thee:
that thou mayst
possess
the
land
of thy sojournment,
which
he
promised
to thy grandfather.
And
when
Isaac
had
sent
him
away,
he
took
his journey
and
went
to Mesopotamia
of Syria
to
Laban
the
son
of Bathuel
the
Syrian,
brother
to Rebecca
his
mother.
And
Esau
seeing
that
his father
had
blessed
Jacob,
and
had
sent
him
into Mesopotamia
of Syria,
to
marry
a
wife thence;
and
that
after
the
blessing
he
had
charged
him,
saying: Thou shalt
not
take
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of Chanaan:
And
that
Jacob
obeying
his
parents
was gone
into Syria:
Experiencing
also
that
his
father
was
not well
pleased
with
the
daughters
of Chanaan:
He
went
to Ismael,
and
took
to
wife,
besides
them
he
had
before, Maheleth
the
daughter
of Ismael,
Abraham’s
son,
the
sister
of Nabajoth.
But
Jacob being
departed
from Bersabee,
went
on
to
Haran.
And
when
he
was
come
to
a certain
place,
and would
rest
in
it
after sunset,
he
took
of
the
stones
that
lay
there,
and
putting
under
his
head,
slept
in
the
same
place.
And
he
saw
in
his sleep
a
ladder
standing
upon
the
earth,
and
the
top thereof
touching
heaven:
the
angels
also
of
God
ascending
and
descending
by
it;
And
the
Lord leaning
upon
the ladder,
saying
to
him:
I
am
the
Lord
God
of
Abraham thy
father,
and
the
God
of
Isaac;
the
land,
wherein thou sleepest,
I
will
give
to thee
and
to thy
seed.
And thy
seed
shall
be
as
the
dust
of
the
earth: thou shalt
spread
abroad
to
the
west,
and
to
the
east,
and
to
the
north,
and
to
the
south:
and
IN THEE
and thy
seed
all
the
tribes
of
the
earth
SHALL
BE
BLESSED.
And
I
will
be thy
keeper whithersoever thou goest,
and
will
bring thee
back
into
this
land:
neither
will
I
leave thee,
till
I
shall
have
accomplished
all
that
I
have
said.
And
when
Jacob awaked
out
of
sleep,
he
said:
Indeed
the
Lord
is
in
this
place,
and
I
knew
it
not.
And trembling
he
said:
How terrible
is
this
place!
this
is
no
other
but
the
house
of
God,
and
the
gate
of
heaven.
And
Jacob, arising
in
the
morning,
took
the
stone,
which
he
had
laid
under
his
head,
and
set
it
up
for
a title, pouring
oil
upon
the
top
of
it.
And
he
called
the
name
of
the
city
Bethel,
which
before
was
called Luza.
And
he
made
a
vow,
saying:
If
God
shall
be
with
me,
and
shall
keep
me
in
the
way
by
which
I
walk,
and
shall
give
me
bread
to
eat,
and raiment
to
put
on,
And
I
shall
return prosperously
to
my
father’s
house:
the
Lord
shall
be
my
God:
And
this
stone,
which
I
have
set
up
for
a title,
shall
be called
the
house
of
God:
and
of
all
things
that thou shalt
give
to
me,
I
will
offer
tithes
to thee.
Then
Jacob
went
on
in
his
journey,
and came
into
the
east
country.
And
he
saw
a
well
in
the
field,
and
three
flocks
of
sheep
lying
by
it:
for
the beasts
were
watered
out
of
it,
and
the
mouth thereof
was closed
with
a
great
stone.
And
the custom
was,
when
all
the
sheep
were
gathered
together
to
roll
away
the
stone,
and
after
the
sheep
were
watered,
to
put
it
on
the
mouth
of
the
well
again.
And
he
said
to
the shepherds:
Brethren, whence
are
you?
They
answered:
Of
Haran.
And
he
asked
them,
saying:
Know
you
Laban
the
son
of Nachor?
They
said: We
know
him.
He
said:
Is
he
in
health?
He
is
in
health,
say
they:
and
behold
Rachel
his
daughter cometh
with
his
flock.
And
Jacob
said: There
is
yet
much
day remaining,
neither
is
it
time
to
bring
the
flocks into
the folds
again:
first
give
the
sheep
drink,
and
so lead
them
back
to
feed.
They
answered:
We
cannot,
till
all
the cattle
be
gathered
together,
and
we remove
the
stone
from
the
well’s
mouth,
that
we
may
water
the
flocks.
They
were
yet
speaking,
and behold
Rachel
came
with
her
father’s
sheep:
for
she fed
the
flock.
And
when
Jacob
saw
her,
and knew
her
to
be
his cousin-german,
and
that
they
were
the
sheep
of
Laban,
his uncle:
he removed
the
stone wherewith
the
well
was closed.
And having watered
the flock,
he
kissed
her:
and lifting
up
his
voice,
wept.
And
he
told
her
that
he
was
her
father’s
brother,
and
the
son
of Rebecca:
but
she went
in haste
and
told
her
father.
Who,
when
he
heard
that
Jacob
his
sister’s
son
was
come,
ran
forth
to
meet
him;
and
embracing
him,
and heartily kissing
him,
brought
him
into
his
house.
And
when
he
had
heard
the causes
of
his
journey,
He
answered: Thou art
my
bone
and
my
flesh.
And
after
the
days
of
one
month
were expired,
He
said
to
him:
Because thou art
my
brother, shalt thou
serve
me
without
wages?
Tell
me
what
wages thou wilt
have.
Now
he
had
two
daughters,
the
name
of
the
elder
was Lia:
and
the
younger
was
called
Rachel.
But Lia
was blear eyed:
Rachel
was well favoured,
and
of
a
beautiful countenance.
And
Jacob being
in
love
with
her,
said:
I
will
serve thee
seven
years
for
Rachel thy
younger
daughter.
Laban
answered:
It
is
better
that
I
give
her
to thee
than
to
another
man;
stay
with
me.
So
Jacob
served
seven
years
for
Rachel:
and
they
seemed
but
a
few
days,
because
of
the greatness
of
his
love.
And
he
said
to
Laban:
Give
me
my
wife;
for
now
the
time
is
fulfilled,
that
I
may
go
in unto
her.
And
he, having
invited
a great number
of
his friends
to
the
feast,
made
the marriage.
And
at
night
he
brought
in Lia
his
daughter
to
him,
Giving
his
daughter
a handmaid, named Zelpha.
Now when Jacob
had gone
in
to
her according
to custom when morning
was come
he saw
it
was Lia:
And
he
said
to
his father
in law:
What
is
it
that thou didst mean
to
do?
did
not
I
serve thee
for
Rachel?
why hast thou
deceived
me?
Laban
answered:
It
is
not
the
custom
in
this
place,
to
give
the
younger
in marriage
first.
Make
up
the
week
of
days
of
this match:
and
I
will
give thee
her
also,
for
the
service
that thou shalt
render
me
other
seven
years.
He
yielded
to
his pleasure:
and after
the
week
was past,
he
married
Rachel:
To whom
her father
gave Bala
for
her
servant.
And having
at
length obtained
the marriage
he wished
for,
he preferred
the
love
of
the latter
before
the former,
and
served
with
him
other
seven
years.
And
the
Lord
seeing
that
he
despised Lia,
opened
her
womb,
but
her sister
remained
barren.
And
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name Ruben,
saying:
The
Lord
saw
my affliction:
now
my
husband
will
love
me.
And
again
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
said:
Because
the
Lord
heard
that
I
was
despised,
he hath
given
this
also
to
me:
and
she
called
his
name
Simeon.
And
she
conceived
the
third
time,
and
bore
another
son:
and
said:
Now
also
my
husband
will
be joined
to
me,
because
I
have
borne
him
three
sons:
and
therefore
she
called
his
name
Levi.
The fourth
time
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
said:
now
will
I
praise
the
Lord:
and
for
this
she
called
him Juda.
And
she
left
bearing.
And
Rachel,
seeing herself
without
children,
envied
her
sister,
and
said
to
her husband:
Give
me
children,
otherwise
I
shall
die.
And
Jacob
being
angry
with
her,
answered:
Am
I
as
God,
who hath deprived thee
of
the
fruit
of thy
womb?
But
she
said:
I
have
here
my
servant Bala:
go
in unto
her,
that
she
may
bear
upon
my
knees,
and
I
may
have
children
by
her.
And she
gave
him Bala
in
marriage:
who,
When
her husband
had gone
in unto
her,
conceived
and
bore
a
son.
And
Rachel
said:
The Lord hath judged
for
me,
and hath
heard
my
voice,
giving
me
a
son,
and
therefore
she
called
his
name
Dan.
And
again Bala
conceived
and
bore
another,
For
whom
Rachel
said:
God hath compared
me
with
my
sister,
and
I
have
prevailed:
and
she
called
him Nephtali.
Lia, perceiving
that
she
had
left
off
bearing,
gave Zelpha
her handmaid
to
her husband.
And
when she
had conceived
and
brought
forth
a
son,
She
said: Happily.
And therefore
called
his
name
Gad.
Zelpha also
bore
another.
And Lia
said:
This
is
for
my happiness:
for
women
will
call
me
blessed.
Therefore
she
called
him Aser.
And Ruben,
going
out
in
the
time
of
the
wheat
harvest
into
the
field,
found
mandrakes: which
he
brought
to
his
mother Lia.
And
Rachel
said:
Give
me part
of thy
son’s
mandrakes.
She
answered: Dost thou
think
it
a
small
matter,
that thou hast
taken
my
husband
from
me, unless thou
take
also
my
son’s
mandrakes?
Rachel
said:
He
shall
sleep
with thee
this
night,
for thy
son’s
mandrakes.
And
when
Jacob
returned
at
even
from
the
field, Lia
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
said: Thou shalt
come
in unto
me,
because
I
have
hired thee
for
my
son’s
mandrakes.
And
he
slept
with
her
that
night.
And
God
heard
her prayers:
and she
conceived
and
bore
the
fifth
son,
And
said:
God hath
given
me
a
reward,
because
I
gave
my handmaid
to
my
husband.
And
she
called
his
name
Issachar.
And Lia
conceived
again,
and
bore
the
sixth
son,
And
said:
God hath
endowed
me
with
a
good dowry:
this turn
also
my
husband
will
be
with
me,
because
I
have
borne
him
six
sons:
and
therefore
she
called
his
name Zabulon.
After
whom
she
bore
a
daughter,
named Dina.
The Lord
also
remembering
Rachel,
heard
her,
and
opened
her
womb.
And she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son,
saying:
God hath
taken
away
my
reproach.
And
she
called
his
name
Joseph,
saying:
The
Lord
give
me
also
another
son.
And
when
Joseph
was
born,
Jacob
said
to
his
father
in law:
Send
me
away
that
I
may return
into
my
country,
and
to
my
land.
Give
me
my
wives,
and
my
children,
for
whom
I
have
served thee,
that
I
may depart: thou knowest
the
service
that
I
have
rendered thee.
Laban
said
to
him:
Let
me
find favour
in thy
sight:
I
have learned
by experience,
that
God hath
blessed
me
for thy sake.
Appoint thy
wages which
I shall
give thee.
But
he
answered: Thou knowest
how
I
have
served thee,
and
how great thy
possession hath
been
in
my hands.
Thou hadst
but
little
before
I
came
to thee,
and
now thou art
become rich:
and
the
Lord hath
blessed thee
at
my coming.
It
is reasonable
therefore
that
I
should
now
provide
also
for
my
own
house.
And Laban
said:
What
shall
I
give thee?
But
he
said:
I require
nothing:
but
if thou wilt
do
what
I
demand,
I
will
feed,
and
keep thy
sheep
again.
Go round
through
all thy
flocks,
and separate
all
the
sheep
of divers colours,
and
speckled:
and
all
that
is brown
and
spotted,
and
of divers colours,
as well
among
the
sheep,
as
among
the
goats,
shall
be
my
wages.
And
my
justice
shall
answer
for
me
tomorrow
before thee
when
the
time
of
the bargain
shall
come:
and
all
that
is
not
of divers colours,
and
spotted,
and brown,
as
well
among
the
sheep
as
among
the
goats,
shall accuse
me
of theft.
And
Laban
said:
I
like well
what thou demandest.
And
he
separated
the
same
day
the
she
goats,
and
the
sheep,
and
the
he
goats,
and
the rams
of divers colours,
and
spotted:
and
all
the flock
of
one colour,
that
is,
of
white
and
black fleece,
he
delivered
into
the
hands
of
his
sons.
And
he
set
the space
of
three
days’
journey betwixt
himself
and
his son
in law, who fed
the
rest
of
his
flock.
And
Jacob
took
green
rods
of
poplar,
and
of
almond,
and
of
plane
trees,
and pilled
them
in
part:
so
when
the bark
was
taken
off,
in
the parts
that
were pilled,
there appeared whiteness:
but
the parts
that
were whole remained
green:
and
by
this means
the colour
was divers.
And
he
put
them
in
the
troughs,
where
the
water
was poured
out:
that
when
the
flocks should
come
to
drink,
they
might
have
the
rods
before
their eyes,
and
in
the sight
of
them
might conceive.
And
it
came
to pass
that
in
the very heat
of coition,
the
sheep beheld
the
rods,
and
brought
forth
spotted,
and
of divers colours,
and
speckled.
And
Jacob
separated
the
flock,
and
put
the rods
in
the troughs
before
the eyes
of
the rams:
and
all
the white
and
the
black
were Laban’s:
and
the rest
were
Jacob’s,
when
the
flocks
were
separated
one
from
the
other.
So
when
the ewes
went first
to ram,
Jacob
put
the
rods
in
the troughs
of water
before
the
eyes
of
the rams,
and
of
the ewes,
that
they might conceive
while
they
were
looking
upon
them:
But
when
the latter coming
was,
and
the last conceiving,
he
did
not
put
them.
And
those
that
were lateward,
became Laban’s:
and
they
of
the first
time,
Jacob’s.
And
the
man
was enriched
exceedingly,
and
he
had
many
flocks,
maid
servants
and
men
servants,
camels
and asses.
But after
that
he
heard
the
words
of
the
sons
of
Laban,
saying:
Jacob hath
taken
away
all
that
was
our
father’s,
and
being enriched
by
his substance
is become great:
And perceiving
also
that Laban’s
countenance
was
not towards
him
as
yesterday
and
the
other day,
Especially
the
Lord
saying
to
him:
Return
into
the
land
of thy
fathers,
and
to thy
kindred,
and
I
will
be
with thee.
He
sent,
and
called
Rachel
and Lia
into
the
field,
where
he fed
the
flocks,
And
said
to
them:
I
see
your
father’s
countenance
is
not towards
me
as
yesterday
and
the
other day:
but
the
God
of
my
father hath
been
with
me.
And
you
know
that
I
have
served
your
father
to
the uttermost
of
my
power.
Yea,
your
father
also hath overreached
me,
and hath
changed
my
wages
ten
times:
and
yet
God hath
not suffered
him
to hurt
me.
If
at
any
time
he
said:
The
speckled
shall
be thy
wages:
all
the
sheep
brought
forth
speckled:
but
when
he
said
on
the contrary: Thou shalt
take
all
the white ones
for thy
wages:
all
the
flocks
brought
forth white ones.
And
God hath
taken
your
father’s substance,
and
given
it
to
me.
For
after
that
time
came
of
the ewes conceiving,
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw
in
my sleep
that
the males
which leaped
upon
the
females
were
of divers colours,
and
spotted,
and
speckled.
And
the
angel
of
God
said
to
me
in
my sleep:
Jacob?
And
I
answered:
Here
I
am.
And
he
said:
Lift
up thy
eyes,
and
see
that
all
the males leaping
upon
the
females,
are
of divers colours,
spotted,
and
speckled.
For
I
have
seen
all
that
Laban hath
done
to thee.
I
am
the
God
of
Bethel,
where thou didst
anoint
the
stone,
and
make
a
vow
to
me.
Now
therefore
arise,
and
go
out
of
this
land,
and
return
into thy
native
country.
And
Rachel
and Lia
answered:
Have we
any thing
left
among
the goods
and
inheritance
of
our
father’s
house?
Hath
he
not
counted
us
as strangers
and
sold
us,
and
eaten
up
the
price
of
us?
But
God hath
taken
our
father’s
riches,
and
delivered
them
to
us,
and
to
our
children: wherefore
do
all
that
God hath
commanded thee.
Then
Jacob
rose
up,
and having
set
his
children
and
wives
upon
camels,
went
his
way.
And
he
took
all
his substance,
and
flocks,
and
whatsoever
he
had gotten
in Mesopotamia,
and
went
forward
to
Isaac
his
father
to
the
land
of Chanaan.
At
that time
Laban
was
gone
to
shear
his
sheep,
and
Rachel
stole
away
her
father’s
idols.
And
Jacob
would
not
confess
to
his father
in law
that
he
was flying
away.
And
when
he
was
gone, together
with
all
that belonged
to
him,
and having
passed
the
river,
was going
on towards
mount Galaad,
It
was
told
Laban
on
the
third
day
that
Jacob
fled.
And
he
took
his
brethren
with
him,
and
pursued
after
him
seven
days;
and
overtook
him
in
the
mount
of Galaad.
And
he saw
in
a
dream
God
saying
to
him:
Take
heed thou
speak
not any
thing harshly
against
Jacob.
Now
Jacob
had
pitched
his
tent
in
the
mountain:
and
when
he
with
his
brethren
had
overtaken
him,
he
pitched
his
tent
in
the
same
mount
of Galaad.
And
he
said
to
Jacob:
Why hast thou
done thus,
to
carry
away, without
my knowledge,
my
daughters,
as
captives
taken
with
the
sword.
Why wouldst thou run
away privately
and
not acquaint
me,
that
I might
have
brought thee
on
the
way
with
joy,
and
with
songs,
and
with
timbrels,
and
with
harps?
Thou hast
not suffered
me
to kiss
my
sons
and
daughters: thou hast
done
foolishly:
and
now,
indeed,
It
is
in
my
power
to return thee
evil:
but
the
God
of
your
father
said
to
me
yesterday:
Take
heed thou
speak not
any
thing harshly
against
Jacob.
Suppose thou didst desire
to
go
to thy friends,
and hadst
a longing
after thy
father’s
house:
why hast thou
stolen
away
my
gods?
Jacob
answered:
That
I departed unknown
to thee,
it
was
for
fear
lest thou wouldst
take
away thy
daughters
by
force.
But whereas thou chargest
me
with theft:
with whomsoever thou shalt
find thy
gods,
let
him
be slain
before
our
brethren. Search,
and
if thou
find
any
of thy
things
with
me,
take
them
away.
Now
when
he said
this,
he
knew
not
that
Rachel
had
stolen
the idols.
So
Laban
went
into
the
tent
of
Jacob,
and
of Lia,
and
of
both
the
handmaids,
and
found
them
not.
And
when
he
was
entered
into
Rachel’s
tent,
She
in haste
hid
the
idols
under
the
camel’s furniture,
and
sat
upon
them:
and
when
he
had
searched
all
the
tent,
and
found
nothing,
She
said:
Let
not
my
lord
be
angry
that
I
cannot
rise
up
before thee,
because
it
has
now
happened
to
me,
according
to
the custom
of
women,
So
his careful
search
was
in vain.
And
Jacob being
angry,
said
in
a chiding manner:
For
what
fault
of mine,
and
for
what offence
on
my part hast thou
so
hotly
pursued
me,
And
searched
all
my
household stuff?
What hast thou
found
of
all
the substance
of thy
house?
lay
it
here
before
my
brethren,
and thy
brethren,
and
let
them judge
between
me
and thee.
Have
I therefore
been
with thee
twenty
years? thy
ewes
and
goats
were
not barren,
the
rams
of thy
flocks
I
did
not
eat:
Neither
did
I show thee
that which
the beast
had
torn,
I
made good
all
the damage: whatsoever
was lost
by theft, thou didst exact
it
of
me:
Day
and
night
was
I parched
with heat,
and
with
frost,
and
sleep departed
from
my
eyes.
And
in
this manner
have
I
served thee
in thy
house
twenty
years,
fourteen
for thy
daughters,
and
six
for thy
flocks: thou hast
changed
also
my
wages
ten
times.
Unless
the
God
of
my
father
Abraham,
and
the
fear
of
Isaac
had stood
by
me, peradventure
now thou hadst
sent
me
away naked:
God beheld
my affliction
and
the labour
of
my
hands,
and rebuked thee
yesterday.
Laban
answered
him:
The
daughters
are mine
and
the
children,
and thy
flocks,
and
all
things
that thou seest
are mine:
what
can
I
do
to
my
children,
and
grandchildren?
Come
therefore,
let
us enter
into
a
league:
that
it
may
be
for
a
testimony
between
me
and thee.
And
Jacob
took
a
stone,
and
set
it
up
for
a title:
And
he
said
to
his
brethren:
Bring hither
stones.
And
they
gathering
stones
together,
made
a
heap,
and
they
ate
upon
it.
And
Laban
called
it
The witness heap:
and
Jacob,
The hillock
of testimony: each
of
them according
to
the propriety
of
his language.
And
Laban
said:
This
heap
shall
be
a
witness
between
me
and thee
this
day,
and
therefore
the
name thereof
was
called Galaad,
that
is,
The
witness
heap.
The
Lord behold
and judge
between
us
when
we
shall
be gone
one
from
the
other.
If thou
afflict
my
daughters,
and
if thou
bring
in
other
wives
over
them:
none
is
witness
of
our speech
but
God,
who
is present
and beholdeth.
And
he
said again
to
Jacob:
Behold,
this
heap,
and
the
stone
which
I
have
set up
between
me
and thee,
Shall
be
a
witness:
this
heap,
I say,
and
the
stone,
be
they
for
a
testimony,
if
either
I
shall
pass
beyond
it going towards thee,
or thou shalt
pass
beyond
it, thinking
harm
to
me.
The
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of Nachor,
the
God
of
their
father,
judge
between
us.
And
Jacob
swore
by
the
fear
of
his
father
Isaac.
And after
he
had
offered
sacrifices
in
the
mountain,
he
called
his
brethren
to
eat
bread.
And
when
they
had
eaten,
they lodged
there:
But Laban arose in the night, and kissed his sons, and daughters, and blessed them: and returned to his place.
Jacob
also
went
on
the journey
he
had begun:
and
the angels
of God met
him.
And
when
he saw
them,
he said: These
are
the camps
of
God,
and
he called
the name
of
that place Mahanaim,
that
is, Camps.
And
he
sent messengers
before
him
to
Esau
his brother
to
the
land
of Seir
to
the
country
of Edom:
And
he commanded
them, saying: Thus
shall ye speak
to
my lord
Esau: Thus saith thy
brother
Jacob:
I
have sojourned
with Laban,
and
have
been
with
him until this day.
I
have oxen,
and asses,
and sheep,
and menservants,
and womenservants:
and
now
I send
a message
to
my
lord,
that
I
may find favour
in thy sight.
And
the
messengers returned
to
Jacob, saying:
We
came
to Esau thy brother,
and behold
he cometh
with speed
to
meet thee
with four hundred
men.
Then
Jacob
was greatly afraid;
and
in
his fear divided
the
people
that
was
with
him,
and
the flocks,
and
the sheep,
and
the oxen,
and
the camels,
into
two companies,
Saying:
If Esau come
to
one
company
and destroy
it,
the
other
company
that
is left
shall escape.
And
Jacob
said:
O
God
of
my father
Abraham,
and
God
of
my father
Isaac,
O Lord,
who saidst
to
me:
Return
to thy land
and
to
the
place
of thy birth,
and
I
will
do well
for thee,
I
am
not worthy
of
the least
of all thy mercies,
and
of thy truth which thou hast fulfilled
to thy servant.
With
my staff
I passed
over
this Jordan;
and
now
I
return
with two companies.
Deliver
me
from
the hand
of
my brother Esau,
for
I
am greatly afraid
of
him: lest
perhaps
he
come,
and kill
the mother
with
the children.
Thou didst say
that thou wouldst
do well
by
me,
and multiply
my seed
like
the sand
of
the sea, which cannot
be numbered
for multitude.
And
when
he
had slept
there
that night,
he
set apart,
of
the
things
which
he
had, presents
for
his brother
Esau.
Two hundred
she goats, twenty
he goats,
two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams,
Thirty milch camels
with their colts, forty kine,
and
twenty bulls,
twenty she asses,
and ten
of their foals.
And
he sent
them
by
the hands
of
his servants, every drove
by itself,
and
he said
to
his servants: Go before
me,
and let there
be
a space between drove
and drove.
And
he
commanded
the
first,
saying:
If thou
meet
my brother
Esau,
and
he
ask thee:
Whose art thou?
or whither goest thou?
or
whose
are
these
before thee?
Thou shalt
answer: Thy servant Jacob’s:
he hath
sent
them
as
a present
to
my lord
Esau:
and
he cometh
after
us.
In like manner
he
commanded
the second
and
the third,
and
all
that
followed
the droves,
saying:
Speak ye
the
same words
to
Esau,
when ye find
him.
And ye
shall add: Thy servant
Jacob
himself
also followeth
after
us:
for
he
said:
I
will appease
him
with
the presents
that
go
before,
and
afterwards
I
will see
him, perhaps
he
will
be gracious
to
me.
So
the
presents
went
before
him,
but
himself lodged
that night
in
the camp.
And rising early
he took
his two wives,
and
his two handmaids,
with
his eleven sons,
and
passed
over
the ford
of Jaboc.
And
when
all
things
were
brought
over
that belonged
to
him,
He remained alone:
and behold
a man wrestled
with
him till morning.
And
when
he saw
that
he
could not overcome
him,
he touched
the sinew
of
his thigh,
and forthwith
it shrank.
And
he said
to
him:
Let
me go,
for
it
is break
of day.
He answered:
I
will
not
let thee go
except thou bless
me.
And
he
said:
What
is thy
name?
He
answered:
Jacob.
But
he
said: Thy
name
shall not
be
called
Jacob,
but Israel:
for if thou hast been strong
against
God,
how
much more shalt thou prevail
against
men?
Jacob
asked
him,
Tell
me
by
what
name art thou
called?
He
answered:
Why dost thou
ask
my
name?
And
he blessed
him
in
the
same place.
And
Jacob
called
the
name
of
the
place Phanuel,
saying:
I
have seen
God face
to face,
and
my soul
has been saved.
And immediately
the sun rose
upon
him,
after
he
was past Phanuel;
but
he halted
on
his foot.
Therefore
the children
of Israel, unto
this day, eat not
the sinew,
that shrank
in Jacob’s
thigh:
because
he touched
the sinew
of
his
thigh
and
it shrank.
And
Jacob lifting
up
his
eyes,
saw
Esau
coming,
and
with
him
four
hundred
men:
and
he
divided
the
children
of Lia,
and
of
Rachel,
and
of
the
two handmaids:
And
he
put both
the handmaids
and
their
children
foremost:
and Lia
and
her
children
in
the second
place:
and
Rachel
and
Joseph
last.
And
he
went
forward
and
bowed
down
with
his
face
to
the
ground
seven
times
until
his
brother
came
near.
Then
Esau
ran
to
meet
his brother,
and
embraced
him:
and clasping
him fast
about
the
neck,
and kissing
him,
wept.
And lifting
up
his
eyes,
he
saw
the
women
and
their
children,
and
said:
What mean
these?
And
do
they
belong
to thee?
He
answered:
They
are
the
children
which
God hath
given
to
me thy
servant.
Then
the handmaids
and
their
children
came
near,
and
bowed
themselves.
Lia
also
with
her
children
came
near,
and
bowed
down
in like manner,
and last
of
all
Joseph
and
Rachel
bowed
down.
And
Esau
said:
What
are
the droves
that
I
met?
He
answered:
That
I
might
find favour
before
my
lord.
But
he
said:
I
have
plenty,
my
brother, keep
what
is thine
for thyself.
And
Jacob
said:
Do
not
so
I
beseech thee,
but
if
I
have
found favour
in thy
eyes,
receive
a little
present
at
my
hands:
for
I
have
seen thy
face,
as
if
I
should
have
seen
the
countenance
of
God:
be
gracious
to
me,
And
take
the
blessing,
which
I
have
brought thee,
and
which
God hath given
me,
who giveth
all
things.
He
took
it
with
much ado
at
his brother’s earnest
pressing
him,
And
said: Let
us
go
on together,
and
I will accompany thee
in thy
journey.
And
Jacob
said:
My
lord, thou knowest
that
I
have
with
me
tender
children,
and
sheep,
and kine
with
young: which
if
I
should cause
to
be overdriven,
in
one
day
all
the
flocks
will
die.
May
it
please
my
lord
to
go
before
his
servant:
and
I
will
follow softly
after
him,
as
I
shall
see
my
children
to
be able,
until
I
come
to
my
lord
in
Seir.
Esau
answered:
I
beseech thee,
that
some
of
the
people
at least,
who
are
with
me,
may
stay
to accompany thee
in
the
way.
And
he
said:
There
is
no necessity:
I want nothing else
but only
to
find favour,
my
lord,
in thy
sight.
So
Esau
returned,
that
day,
the
way
that
he
came,
to
Seir.
And
Jacob came
to Socoth:
where having
built
a
house,
and pitched tents,
he
called
the
name
of
the
place Socoth,
that
is, Tents.
And
he passed
over
to Salem,
a
city
of
the Sichemites,
which
is
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
after
he
returned
from Mesopotamia
of Syria:
and
he dwelt
by
the
town:
And
he
bought
that
part
of
the
field,
in
which
he
pitched
his
tents,
of
the
children
of Hemor,
the
father
of Sichem
for
a
hundred lambs.
And raising
an
altar
there,
he invoked
upon
it
the most
mighty
God
of
Israel.
And Dina
the
daughter
of Lia
went
out
to
see
the
women
of
that
country.
And
when Sichem
the
son
of Hemor
the Hevite,
the
prince
of
that
land,
saw
her,
he
was
in love
with
her:
and
took
her
away,
and
lay
with
her, ravishing
the virgin.
And
his
soul
was
fast knit unto
her,
and whereas
she
was sad,
he comforted
her
with sweet words.
And going
to Hemor
his
father,
he
said:
Get
me
this damsel
to
wife.
But
when
Jacob
had
heard
this,
his
sons
being absent,
and employed
in feeding
the
cattle,
he
held
his peace
till
they
came
back.
And
when Hemor
the
father
of Sichem
was
come
out
to
speak
to
Jacob,
Behold
his
sons
came
from
the
field:
and
hearing
what
had passed,
they
were
exceeding
angry,
because
he
had
done
a foul
thing
in
Israel,
and
committed
an unlawful
act,
in ravishing
Jacob’s
daughter,
And Hemor
spoke
to
them:
The
soul
of
my
son Sichem
has
a longing
for
your
daughter:
give
her
him
to
wife:
And
let
us contract marriages one
with another:
give
us
your
daughters
and
take
you
our
daughters,
And
dwell
with
us:
the
land
is
at
your command, till,
trade,
and possess
it.
Sichem
also
said
to
her
father
and
to
her
brethren:
Let
me
find favour
in
your
sight:
and whatsoever
you
shall
appoint
I
will
give.
Raise
the
dowry,
and
ask
gifts,
and
I
will gladly
give
what
you
shall demand:
only
give
me
this damsel
to
wife.
The
sons
of
Jacob
answered Sichem
and
his
father
deceitfully,
being enraged
at
the deflowering
of
their
sister:
We
cannot
do
what
you
demand,
nor
give
our
sister
to
one
that
is
uncircumcised,
which
with
us
is unlawful
and abominable.
But
in
this
we
may
be allied
with
you,
if
you
will
be
like
us,
and
all
the
male sex among
you
be
circumcised:
Then
will
we mutually
give
and
take
your
daughters,
and ours:
and
we
will
dwell
with
you,
and
will
be
one
people:
But
if
you
will
not
be
circumcised,
we
will
take
our
daughter
and
depart:
Their offer
pleased Hemor,
and Sichem
his
son:
And
the
young
man
made
no
delay,
but forthwith fulfilled
what
was
required,
for
he loved
the damsel exceedingly,
and
he
was
the greatest
man
in
all
his
father’s
house.
And
going
into
the
gate
of
the
city
they
spoke
to
the
people:
These
men
are peaceable
and
willing
to
dwell
with
us:
let
them
trade
in
the
land,
and till
it,
which being large
and
wide wanteth
men
to till
it:
we
shall
take
their
daughters
for
wives,
and
we
will
give
them
ours.
One
thing
there
is
for
which
so great
a good
is deferred:
We
must
circumcise
every
male
among
us, following
the manner
of
the
nation.
And
their substance,
and
cattle,
and
all
that
they possess,
shall
be ours:
only
in
this
let
us condescend,
and
by
dwelling
together,
we
shall make
one
people.
And
they
all
agreed,
and
circumcised
all
the
males.
And behold
the
third
day,
when
the
pain
of
the wound
was greatest,
two
of
the
sons
of
Jacob,
Simeon
and
Levi,
the
brothers
of Dina,
taking
their
swords,
entered boldly
into
the
city,
and
slew
all
the
men:
And
they
killed
also Hemor
and Sichem,
and
took
away
their sister Dina,
out
of Sichem’s
house.
And
when
they
were
gone
out,
the
other
sons
of
Jacob
came
upon
the
slain;
and
plundered
the
city
in revenge
of
the rape.
And
they
took
their
sheep
and
their
herds
and
their asses, wasting all
they
had
in
their houses
and
in
the
fields.
And
their
children
and
wives
they
took
captive,
And
when
they
had boldly perpetrated these things,
Jacob
said
to
Simeon
and
Levi:
You
have
troubled
me,
and
made
me hateful
to
the Chanaanites
and Pherezites,
the
inhabitants
of this
land:
we
are
few:
they
will
gather
themselves
together
and
kill
me;
and
both
I,
and
my
house,
shall
be
destroyed.
They
answered:
Should
they abuse our
sister as
a strumpet?
In
the meantime
God
said
to
Jacob:
Arise,
and
go
up
to
Bethel,
and
dwell
there,
and
make
there
an
altar
to
God,
who
appeared
to thee
when thou didst
flee
from
Esau thy
brother.
And
Jacob having
called
together
all
his
household,
said: Cast
away
the
strange
gods
that
are
among
you,
and
be
cleansed
and
change
your
garments.
Arise,
and
let
us
go
up
to
Bethel,
that
we
may
make
there
an
altar
to
God:
who heard
me
in
the
day
of
my affliction,
and accompanied
me
in
my
journey.
So
they
gave
him
all
the
strange
gods
they
had,
and
the
earrings
which
were
in
their
ears:
and
he
buried
them
under
the turpentine tree,
that
is behind
the city
of Sichem.
And
when
they
were
departed,
the
terror
of
God
fell
upon
all
the
cities
round
about,
and
they durst
not
pursue
after
them
as
they
went
away.
And
Jacob
came
to Luza,
which
is
in
the
land
of Chanaan, surnamed
Bethel:
he
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him.
And
he
built
there
an
altar,
and
called
the
name
of
that
place,
The house
of
God:
for
there
God appeared
to
him
when
he
fled
from
his
brother.
At
the
same time Debora
the
nurse
of Rebecca
died,
and
was
buried
at
the
foot
of
Bethel
under
an
oak:
and
the
name
of
that
place
was
called,
The
oak
of weeping.
And
God
appeared
again
to
Jacob,
after
he
returned
from Mesopotamia
of Syria,
and
he
blessed
him,
Saying: Thou shalt
not
be
called
any
more
Jacob,
but
Israel
shall
be thy
name.
And
he
called
him
Israel.
And
said
to
him:
I
am
God
Almighty,
increase thou
and
be
multiplied.
Nations
and peoples
of
nations
shall
be
from thee,
and
kings
shall
come
out
of thy
loins.
And
the
land
which
I
gave
to
Abraham
and
Isaac,
I
will
give
to thee,
and
to thy
seed
after thee.
And
he departed
from
him.
But
he
set
up
a monument
of
stone,
in
the
place
where God
had
spoken
to
him: pouring drink offerings
upon
it,
and pouring
oil
thereon:
And
calling
the
name
of
that
place
Bethel.
And
going
forth
from thence,
he
came
in
the springtime
to
the
land which leadeth
to Ephrata: wherein
when
Rachel
was
in travail,
By reason
of
her
hard labour
she
began
to
be
in danger,
and
the
midwife
said
to
her:
Fear
not,
for thou shalt
have
this
son
also.
And
when
her
soul
was
departing
for pain,
and
death
was
now
at hand,
she
called
the
name
of
her son Benoni,
that
is,
The son
of
my pain:
but
his
father
called
him
Benjamin,
that
is,
The son
of
the right hand.
So
Rachel
died,
and
was
buried
in
the
highway
that leadeth
to Ephrata,
this
is
Bethlehem.
And
Jacob
erected
a
pillar
over
her sepulchre:
this
is
the
pillar
of
Rachel’s monument,
to
this
day.
Departing thence,
he
pitched
his
tent
beyond
the Flock
tower.
And
when
he
dwelt
in
that
country, Ruben
went,
and
slept
with Bala,
the
concubine
of
his
father:
which
he
was
not ignorant
of.
Now
the
sons
of
Jacob
were
twelve.
The
sons
of Lia: Ruben
the first
born,
and
Simeon,
and
Levi,
and Juda,
and
Issachar,
and Zabulon.
The
sons
of
Rachel:
Joseph
and
Benjamin.
The
sons
of Bala,
Rachel’s handmaid:
Dan
and Nephtali.
The
sons
of Zelpha, Lia’s handmaid:
Gad
and Aser:
these
are
the
sons
of
Jacob,
that
were
born
to
him
in Mesopotamia
of Syria.
And
he
came
to
Isaac
his
father
in Mambre,
the
city
of Arbee,
this
is
Hebron:
wherein
Abraham
and
Isaac sojourned.
And
the
days
of
Isaac
were
a
hundred
and
eighty
years.
And
being spent
with
age
he
died,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people,
being
old
and
full
of
days:
and
his
sons
Esau
and
Jacob
buried
him.
And
these
are
the
generations
of
Esau,
the
same
is
Edom.
Esau
took
wives
of
the
daughters
of Chanaan: Ada
the
daughter
of
Elon
the Hethite,
and Oolibama
the
daughter
of Ana,
the
daughter
of Sebeon
the Hevite:
And
Basemath
the
daughter
of Ismael,
sister
of Nabajoth.
And Ada
bore
Eliphaz:
Basemath
bore Rahuel:
Oolibama
bore Jehus
and Ihelon
and Core.
These
are
the
sons
of
Esau,
that
were
born
to
him
in
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
Esau
took
his
wives
and
his
sons
and
daughters,
and
every
soul
of
his
house,
and
his substance,
and
cattle,
and
all
that
he
was able
to
acquire
in
the
land
of Chanaan:
and
went
into
another
country,
and departed
from
his
brother
Jacob.
For
they
were exceeding rich,
and
could
not
dwell
together:
neither
was
the
land
in which
they
sojourned
able
to
bear
them,
for
the multitude
of
their
flocks.
And
Esau
dwelt
in
mount
Seir:
he
is
Edom.
And
these
are
the
generations
of
Esau
the
father
of
Edom
in
mount
Seir,
And
these
the
names
of
his
sons:
Eliphaz
the
son
of Ada
the
wife
of
Esau:
and Rahuel
the
son
of
Basemath
his
wife.
And
Eliphaz
had
sons: Theman,
Omar, Sepho,
and Gatham,
and Cenez.
And Thamna
was
the
concubine
of
Eliphaz
the
son
of
Esau:
and she
bore
him Amalech.
These
are
the
sons
of Ada
the
wife
of
Esau.
And
the
sons
of Rahuel
were
Nahath
and Zara, Samma
and Meza.
These
were
the
sons
of
Basemath
the
wife
of
Esau.
And
these
were
the
sons
of Oolibama,
the
daughter
of Ana,
the
daughter
of Sebeon,
the
wife
of
Esau,
whom she
bore
to
him, Jehus,
and Ihelon,
and Core.
These
were dukes
of
the
sons
of
Esau:
the
sons
of
Eliphaz
the
firstborn
of
Esau: duke Theman, duke
Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenez,
Duke Core, duke Gatham, duke Amalech:
these
are
the
sons
of
Eliphaz,
in
the
land
of
Edom,
and
these
the
sons
of Ada.
And
these
were
the
sons
of Rahuel,
the
son
of
Esau: duke
Nahath, duke Zara, duke Samma, duke Meza.
And
these
are
the dukes
of Rahuel,
in
the
land
of
Edom:
these
the
sons
of
Basemath
the
wife
of
Esau.
And
these
the
sons
of Oolibama
the
wife
of
Esau: duke Jehus, duke Ihelon, duke Core.
These
are
the dukes
of Oolibama,
the
daughter
of Ana,
and
wife
of
Esau.
These
are
the
sons
of
Esau,
and
these
the dukes
of
them:
the
same
is
Edom.
These
are
the
sons
of
Seir
the Horrite,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
Lotan,
and Sobal,
and Sebeon,
and Ana,
And Dison,
and Eser,
and Disan.
These
are dukes
of
the Horrites,
the
sons
of
Seir
in
the
land
of
Edom.
And
Lotan
had
sons:
Hori
and Heman.
And
the
sister
of
Lotan
was Thamna.
And
these
the
sons
of Sobal:
Alvan
and Manahat,
and
Ebal,
and Sepho,
and Oman.
And
these
the
sons
of Sebeon: Aia
and Ana.
This
is Ana
that
found
the
hot waters
in
the
wilderness,
when
he fed
the asses
of Sebeon
his
father:
And
he
had
a
son Dison,
and
a
daughter Oolibama.
And
these
were
the
sons
of Dison: Hamdan,
and Eseban,
and Jethram,
and Charan.
These also
were
the
sons
of Eser: Balaan,
and Zavan,
and Acan.
And Disan
had
sons: Hus,
and Aram.
These
were dukes
of
the Horrites: duke
Lotan, duke Sobal, duke Sebeon, duke Ana,
Duke Dison, duke Eser, duke Disan:
these
were dukes
of
the Horrites
that ruled
in
the
land
of
Seir.
And
the
kings
that
ruled
in
the
land
of
Edom,
before
the
children
of
Israel
had
a
king
were
these:
Bela
the
son
of
Beor,
and
the
name
of
his
city Denaba.
And
Bela
died,
and
Jobab
the
son
of Zara
of Bosra
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
when
Jobab
was
dead, Husam
of
the
land
of
the Themanites
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
after
his
death, Adad
the
son
of Badad
reigned
in
his
stead,
who
defeated
the Madianites
in
the
country
of
Moab:
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Avith.
And when Adad was
dead,
there
reigned
in
his
stead, Semla
of Masreca.
And he being
dead,
Saul
of
the
river Rohoboth,
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
when
he also
was
dead, Balanan
the
son
of Achobor
succeeded
to
the kingdom.
This
man also
being
dead, Adar
reigned
in
his
place,
and
the
name
of
his
city
was Phau:
and
his
wife
was
called Meetabel,
the
daughter
of
Matred,
daughter
of Mezaab.
And
these
are
the
names
of
the dukes
of
Esau
in their kindreds,
and
places,
and callings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke
Jetheth,
Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,
Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar,
Duke
Magdiel, duke Hiram:
these
are
the dukes
of
Edom
dwelling
in
the
land
of their government;
the
same
is
Esau
the
father
of
the
Edomites.
And
Jacob
dwelt
in
the
land
of Chanaan wherein
his
father
sojourned.
And
these
are
his
generations:
Joseph,
when
he
was
sixteen
years
old,
was feeding
the
flock
with
his
brethren,
being
but
a
boy:
and
he
was
with
the
sons
of Bala
and
of Zelpha
his
father’s
wives:
and
he accused
his
brethren
to
his
father
of
a most
wicked crime.
Now
Israel
loved
Joseph above
all
his
sons,
because
he
had
him
in
his
old
age:
and
he
made
him
a
coat
of divers colours.
And
his
brethren
seeing
that
he
was
loved
by
his
father,
more
than
all
his
sons,
hated
him,
and
could
not
speak
peaceably
to
him.
Now
it fell
out
also
that
he
told
his
brethren
a
dream,
that
he
had
dreamed: which occasioned
them
to
hate
him
the
more.
And
he
said
to
them:
Hear
my
dream
which
I
dreamed.
I thought
we
were
binding
sheaves
in
the
field:
and
my
sheaf
arose
as
it
were,
and
stood,
and
your
sheaves
standing
about,
bowed
down before
my
sheaf.
His
brethren
answered: Shalt thou
be
our
king?
or
shall
we
be subject
to thy
dominion? Therefore
this
matter
of
his
dreams
and
words ministered nourishment
to
their envy
and
hatred.
He
dreamed
also
another
dream, which
he
told
his
brethren,
saying:
I
saw
in
a
dream,
as
it
were
the
sun,
and
the
moon,
and
eleven
stars worshipping
me.
And
when
he
had
told
this
to
his
father
and
brethren,
his
father
rebuked
him,
and
said:
What meaneth
this
dream
that thou hast
dreamed?
shall
I
and thy
mother,
and thy
brethren
worship thee
upon
the
earth?
His
brethren therefore
envied
him: but
his
father considered
the
thing
with
himself.
And when his
brethren abode
in Sichem feeding their
father’s
flocks,
Israel
said
to
him: Thy
brethren
feed
the sheep
in Sichem: come,
I
will
send thee
to
them.
And
when
he
answered:
I am ready:
he
said
to
him:
Go,
and
see
if
all
things
be
well
with thy
brethren,
and
the cattle:
and
bring
me
word
again
what
is doing.
So being
sent
from
the vale
of
Hebron,
he
came
to Sichem:
And
a
man
found
him
there
wandering
in
the
field,
and
asked
what
he
sought.
But
he
answered:
I
seek
my
brethren;
tell
me
where
they
feed
the flocks.
And
the
man
said
to
him:
They
are
departed
from
this
place:
for
I
heard
them
say: Let
us
go
to Dothain.
And
Joseph
went
forward
after
his
brethren,
and
found
them
in Dothain.
And
when
they
saw
him
afar
off,
before
he
came nigh
them,
they thought
to
kill
him.
And
said
one
to
another:
Behold
the dreamer cometh.
Come,
let
us
kill
him,
and
cast
him
into
some old
pit:
and
we
will
say:
Some
evil
beast hath
devoured
him:
and
then
it
shall
appear
what
his
dreams avail
him:
And Ruben
hearing this, endeavoured
to
deliver
him
out
of
their
hands,
and
said:
Do
not
take
away
his
life,
nor
shed
his
blood:
but
cast
him
into
this
pit,
that
is
in
the
wilderness,
and keep
your
hands harmless:
now
he
said
this, being desirous
to
deliver
him
out
of
their
hands
and
to
restore
him
to
his
father.
And
as soon
as
he
came
to
his
brethren,
they forthwith stript
him
of
his
outside
coat,
that
was
of divers colours:
And
cast
him
into
an old
pit, where
there
was
no
water.
And
sitting
down
to
eat
bread,
they
saw
some Ismaelites
on
their
way
coming
from Galaad,
with
their
camels,
carrying
spices,
and
balm,
and
myrrh
to
Egypt.
And Juda
said
to
his
brethren:
What
will
it
profit
us
to
kill
our
brother,
and
conceal
his
blood?
It
is
better
that
he
be
sold
to
the Ismaelites,
and
that
our
hands
be
not defiled:
for
he
is
our
brother
and
our
flesh.
His
brethren
agreed
to
his words.
And
when
the Madianite
merchants
passed
by,
they
drew
him
out
of
the
pit,
and
sold
him
to
the Ismaelites,
for
twenty pieces
of
silver:
and
they
led
him
into
Egypt.
And Ruben,
returning
to
the
pit,
found
not
the boy:
And rending
his garments
he
went
to
his
brethren,
and
said:
The
boy doth
not appear
and whither
shall
I
go?
And
they
took
his
coat,
and
dipped
it
in
the
blood
of
a kid, which
they
had
killed:
Sending some
to
carry
it
to
their
father,
and
to
say:
This
we
have
found:
see
whether
it
be thy
son’s
coat,
or
not.
And
the father acknowledging
it,
said:
It
is
my
son’s
coat,
an
evil wild
beast hath
eaten
him,
a
beast hath
devoured
Joseph.
And tearing
his
garments,
he
put
on
sackcloth,
mourning
for
his
son
a
long
time.
And
all
his
children
being
gathered together
to
comfort
their
father
in
his sorrow,
he
would
not receive
comfort,
but
said:
I
will
go
down
to
my
son
into hell,
mourning.
And whilst
he
continued
weeping,
The Madianites
sold
Joseph
in
Egypt
to Putiphar,
an
eunuch
of Pharao,
captain
of
the soldiers.
At
that
time Juda
went
down
from
his
brethren,
and
turned
in
to
a
certain Odollamite,
named Hiras.
And
he
saw
there
the
daughter
of
a
man
of Chanaan,
called Sue:
and
taking
her
to wife,
he
went
in unto
her.
And
she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Her.
And
conceiving
again,
she
bore
a
son,
and
called
him
Onan.
She
bore
also
a third:
whom
she
called Sela.
After
whose
birth,
she ceased
to
bear
any
more.
And Juda
took
a
wife
for
Her
his
firstborn,
whose
name
was Thamar.
And
Her,
the
firstborn
of Juda,
was
wicked
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
and
was slain
by
him.
Juda, therefore
said
to
Onan
his son:
Go
in
to thy
brother’s
wife
and
marry
her,
that thou mayst
raise
seed
to thy
brother.
He
knowing
that
the
children
should
not
be
his,
when
he
went
in
to
his
brother’s
wife, spilled
his
seed
upon
the
ground, lest
children
should
be
born
in
his
brother’s
name.
And
therefore
the
Lord slew
him,
because
he
did
a detestable thing.
Wherefore Juda
said
to Thamar
his
daughter
in law:
Remain
a
widow
in thy
father’s
house,
till Sela
my
son
grow
up:
for
he
was afraid
lest
he
also
might
die,
as
his
brethren did.
She
went
her
way
and
dwelt
in
her
father’s
house.
And
after
many
days
were past,
the
daughter
of Sue
the
wife
of Juda
died:
and
when
he
had
taken
comfort
after
his
mourning,
he
went
up
to Thamnas,
to
the
shearers
of
his
sheep,
he
and Hiras
the Odollamite
the shepherd
of
his
flock.
And
it
was
told Thamar
that
her father
in law
was
come
up
to Thamnas
to
shear
his
sheep.
And
she
put
off
the
garments
of
her
widowhood,
and
took
a
veil:
and changing
her dress,
sat
in
the cross
way,
that leadeth
to Thamnas:
because Sela
was
grown
up,
and
she
had
not
been
married
to
him.
When Juda
saw
her,
he
thought
she
was
a
harlot:
for
she
had
covered
her
face, lest
she
should
be known.
And
going
to
her,
he
said: Suffer
me
to lie
with thee:
for
he
knew
her
not
to
be
his daughter
in law.
And
she
answered:
What wilt thou
give
me
to enjoy
my company?
He
said:
I
will
send thee
a kid
out
of
the
flock.
And
when
she
said
again:
I
will suffer what thou wilt,
if thou
give
a
pledge,
till thou
send what thou promisest,
Juda
said:
What wilt thou
have
for
a
pledge?
She
answered: Thy ring
and bracelet,
and
the
staff
which thou holdest
in thy
hand.
The woman
therefore
at
one copulation
conceived.
And
she
arose
and
went
her
way:
and
putting
off
the
apparel which
she had
taken,
put
on
the
garments
of
her
widowhood.
And Juda
sent
a kid
by
his shepherd,
the Odollamite,
that
he might
receive
the
pledge
again,
which
he
had
given
to
the
woman:
but
he,
not
finding
her,
Asked
the
men
of
that
place:
Where
is
the
woman
that sat
in
the cross
way?
And
when
they
all
made
answer:
There
was
no harlot
in
this
place,
He
returned
to Juda,
and
said
to
him:
I
have
not
found
her;
moreover
the
men
of
that
place
said
to
me,
that
there
never sat
a harlot
there.
Juda
said:
Let
her
take
it
to herself;
surely
she
cannot charge
us
with
a,
lie:
I
sent
the kid
which
I
promised:
and thou didst
not
find
her.
And
behold
after
three
months
they
told Juda,
saying: Thamar, thy daughter
in law hath
played
the
harlot,
and
she appeareth
to
have
a big belly.
And Juda
said:
Bring
her
out
that
she
may
be
burnt.
But
when
she
was
led
to execution,
she
sent
to
her father
in law,
saying:
By
the
man,
to
whom
these
things
belong,
I
am
with
child.
See
whose
ring,
and bracelet,
and
staff
this
is.
But
he acknowledging
the gifts,
said:
She
is juster
than
I:
because
I
did
not
give
her
to Sela,
my
son. However,
he
knew
her
no
more.
And
when
she
was ready
to
be
brought
to bed,
there appeared
twins
in
her
womb:
and
in
the very
delivery
of
the infants,
one put
forth
a hand, whereon
the
midwife tied
a scarlet thread, saying:
This
shall
come
forth
the
first.
But
he drawing
back
his
hand,
the
other
came
forth:
and
the
woman
said:
Why
is
the partition divided
for thee?
and
therefore
called
his
name Phares.
Afterwards
his
brother
came
out,
on
whose
hand
was
the
scarlet thread:
and
she
called
him Zara.
And
Joseph
was
brought
into
Egypt,
and Putiphar
an
eunuch
of Pharao,
chief
captain
of
the army,
an
Egyptian,
bought
him
of
the Ismaelites,
by
whom
he
was
brought.
And
the
Lord
was
with
him,
and
he
was
a
prosperous
man
in
all
things:
and
he dwelt
in
his
master’s
house,
Who knew very
well
that
the
Lord
was
with
him,
and
made
all
that
he
did
to
prosper
in
his
hand.
And
Joseph
found favour
in
the
sight
of
his
master,
and
ministered
to
him:
and being
set
over
all
by
him,
he governed
the
house
committed
to
him,
and
all
things
that
were
delivered
to
him:
And
the
Lord
blessed
the
house
of
the
Egyptian
for
Joseph’s
sake,
and multiplied
all
his substance,
both
at
home,
and
in
the
fields.
Neither
knew
he
any
other
thing,
but
the
bread
which
he
ate.
And
Joseph
was
of
a
beautiful countenance,
and comely
to
behold.
And
after many days
his mistress cast
her
eyes
on
Joseph,
and
said:
Lie
with
me.
But
he,
in
no wise consenting
to
that wicked act,
said
to
her:
Behold,
my
master hath
delivered
all
things
to
me,
and knoweth
not
what
he hath
in
his own
house:
Neither
is
there
any
thing
which
is
not
in
my power,
or
that
he hath
not delivered
to
me,
but thee,
who art
his
wife:
how
then
can
I
do
this
wicked
thing,
and
sin
against
my
God?
With
such words
as
these
day
by
day, both
the woman
was importunate
with
the
young man,
and
he
refused
the adultery.
Now
it
happened
on
a
certain
day,
that
Joseph
went
into
the
house,
and
was
doing
some
business
without
any,
man
with
him:
And
she catching
the skirt
of
his
garment,
said:
Lie
with
me.
But
he
leaving
the
garment
in
her
hand,
fled,
and
went
out.
And
when
the woman
saw
the
garment
in
her
hands,
and
herself disregarded,
She
called
to
her
the
men
of
her
house,
and
said
to
them:
See,
he hath
brought
in
a
Hebrew,
to abuse
us:
he
came
in
to
me,
to
lie
with
me:
and
when
I
cried
out,
And
he
heard
my
voice,
he
left
the
garment
that
I
held,
and
got
him
out.
For
a proof therefore
of
her fidelity,
she kept
the
garment,
and shewed
it
to
her husband
when
he
returned
home:
And
said:
The
Hebrew
servant,
whom thou hast
brought,
came
to
me
to abuse
me.
And
when
he
heard
me
cry,
he
left
the
garment which
I
held,
and
fled
out.
His
master
hearing
these
things,
and
giving too
much credit
to
his
wife’s
words,
was
very
angry.
And
cast
Joseph
into
the
prison,
where
the
king’s
prisoners
were
kept,
and
he
was
there shut
up.
But
the
Lord
was
with
Joseph
and
having
mercy
upon
him
gave
him favour
in
the
sight
of
the
chief
keeper
of
the
prison:
Who
delivered
into
his
hand
all
the
prisoners
that
were
kept
in
custody:
and
whatsoever
was
done
was
under
him.
Neither
did
he
himself
know
any
thing,
having
committed
all
things
to
him:
for
the
Lord
was
with
him,
and
made
all
that
he
did
to
prosper.
After
this,
it
came
to
pass,
that two eunuchs,
the butler
and
the
baker
of
the
king
of
Egypt,
offended
their
lord.
And Pharao being
angry
with
them (now
the
one
was
chief butler,
the
other
chief
baker)
He
sent
them
to
the
prison
of
the
commander
of
the soldiers,
in
which
Joseph
also
was
prisoner,
But
the keeper
of
the
prison delivered
them
to
Joseph,
and
he
served
them.
Some little
time
passed,
and
they
were kept
in
custody.
And
they
both
dreamed
a
dream
the
same
night,
according
to
the
interpretation agreeing
to themselves:
And
when
Joseph
was
come
in
to
them
in
the
morning,
and
saw
them sad,
He
asked
them,
saying:
Why
is
your
countenance sadder
today than
usual?
They
answered:
We
have
dreamed
a
dream,
and
there
is
nobody
to
interpret
it
to
us.
And
Joseph
said
to
them: Doth
not
interpretation
belong
to
God?
Tell
me what
you
have
dreamed.
The
chief butler
first
told
his
dream:
I
saw
before
me
a
vine,
On
which
were
three
branches,
which
by little
and little
sent out buds,
and after
the blossoms
brought forth
ripe
grapes:
And
the
cup
of Pharao
was
in
my
hand:
and
I
took
the
grapes,
and pressed
them
into
the
cup which
I
held,
and
I
gave
the
cup
to Pharao.
Joseph
answered:
This
is
the
interpretation
of
the dream:
The
three
branches
are
yet
three
days:
After
which Pharao
will remember thy
service,
and
will
restore thee
to thy
former
place:
and thou shalt
present
him
the
cup
according
to thy office,
as
before thou wast wont
to
do.
Only
remember
me,
when
it
shall
be
well
with thee,
and
do
me
this
kindness:
to
put Pharao
in
mind
to
take
me
out
of
this
prison:
For
I
was
stolen
away
out
of
the
land
of
the
Hebrews,
and
here
without
any
fault
was cast
into
the dungeon.
The
chief
baker
seeing
that
he
had wisely
interpreted
the
dream,
said:
I
also dreamed
a
dream,
That
I
had
three
baskets
of meal
upon
my
head:
And
that
in
one
basket which
was uppermost,
I
carried
all meats
that
are
made
by
the
art
of baking,
and
that
the
birds
ate
out
of
it.
Joseph
answered:
This
is
the
interpretation
of
the dream:
The
three
baskets
are
yet
three
days:
After
which Pharao
will
take thy
head
from thee,
and
hang thee
on
a cross,
and
the
birds
shall tear thy
flesh.
The
third
day
after
this
was
the
birthday
of Pharao:
and
he
made
a great
feast
for
his
servants,
and
at
the
banquet remembered
the
chief butler,
and
the
chief
baker.
And
he
restored
the one
to
his
place
to
present
him
the
cup:
The other
he
hanged on
a gibbet,
that
the truth
of
the interpreter
might be shewn.
But
the
chief butler,
when
things prospered
with
him,
forgot
his interpreter.
After two
years Pharao
had
a
dream.
He thought
he
stood
by
the
river,
Out
of which
came
up
seven kine, very
beautiful
and
fat:
and
they fed
in marshy places.
Other
seven
also
came
up
out
of
the
river, ill favoured,
and leanfleshed:
and
they fed
on
the very
bank
of
the
river,
in green places:
And
they
devoured
them, whose
bodies were very
beautiful
and well conditioned.
So Pharao
awoke.
He
slept
again,
and
dreamed
another
dream:
Seven
ears
of corn
came
up upon
one
stalk full
and fair:
Then
seven other
ears
sprung
up
thin
and blasted,
And devoured
all
the beauty
of
the former. Pharao awaked
after
his rest:
And
when
morning
was
come,
being struck
with fear,
he
sent
to
all
the interpreters
of
Egypt,
and
to
all
the
wise
men:
and
they
being
called
for,
he
told
them
his
dream,
and
there
was
not
any
one
that could
interpret
it.
Then
at
length
the
chief butler
remembering,
said:
I
confess
my
sin:
The
king being
angry
with
his
servants, commanded
me
and
the
chief
baker
to
be
cast
into
the
prison
of
the
captain
of
the
soldiers:
Where
in
one
night both
of us
dreamed
a
dream foreboding
things
to come.
There
was
there
a
young
man
a
Hebrew,
servant
to
the
same
captain
of
the
soldiers:
to whom
we
told
our
dreams,
And
we heard
what afterwards
the event
of
the
thing proved
to
be
so.
For
I
was
restored
to
my office:
and
he
was
hanged
upon
a gibbet.
Forthwith
at
the king’s command,
Joseph
was
brought
out
of
the prison,
and
they
shaved
him,
and changing
his apparel,
brought
him
in
to
him.
And
he
said
to
him:
I
have
dreamed
dreams,
and
there
is
no
one
that
can expound
them:
Now
I
have
heard
that thou art very wise
at interpreting
them.
Joseph
answered:
Without
me,
God
shall
give Pharao
a prosperous
answer.
So Pharao
told
what
he
had dreamed: Methought
I
stood
upon
the
bank
of
the
river,
And
seven kine
came
up
out
of
the
river exceeding
beautiful
and full
of
flesh:
and
they grazed
on green places
in
a marshy pasture.
And
behold,
there
followed
these,
other
seven kine,
so
very ill favoured
and
lean,
that
I
never
saw
the
like
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
And
they
devoured
and
consumed
the
former,
And
yet
gave
no mark
of
their being full:
but
were
as lean
and ill favoured
as
before.
I
awoke,
and
then fell asleep again,
And dreamed
a
dream:
Seven
ears
of corn
grew
upon
one
stalk,
full
and very fair.
Other
seven
also
thin
and blasted,
sprung
of
the stock:
And
they devoured
the beauty
of
the former:
I
told
this dream
to
the conjecturers,
and
there
is
no
man
that
can expound
it.
Joseph
answered:
The king’s
dream
is
one:
God hath shewn
to Pharao
what
he
is
about
to
do.
The
seven beautiful kine,
and
the
seven full
ears,
are
seven
years
of plenty:
and both contain
the
same
meaning
of
the
dream.
And
the
seven
lean
and
thin kine
that
came
up
after
them,
and
the
seven
thin
ears
that
were blasted
with
the burning
wind,
are
seven
years
of
famine
to
come:
Which
shall
be fulfilled
in
this
order:
Behold,
there
shall
come
seven
years
of
great
plenty
in
the
whole
land
of
Egypt:
After which
shall
follow
other
seven
years
of
so great scarcity,
that
all
the
abundance before
shall
be
forgotten:
for
the
famine
shall
consume
all
the
land,
And
the greatness
of
the scarcity
shall destroy
the greatness
of
the
plenty.
And
for
that thou didst see
the
second
time
a
dream
pertaining
to
the
same
thing:
it
is
a token
of
the
certainty,
and
that
the
word
of
God cometh
to pass,
and
is fulfilled speedily.
Now
therefore
let
the
king
provide
a
wise
and industrious
man,
and
make
him ruler
over
the
land
of
Egypt:
That
he
may
appoint
overseers
over
all
the
countries:
and gather
into barns
the
fifth
part
of
the fruits, during
the
seven fruitful
years,
That
shall
now presently ensue:
and let
all
the corn
be
laid
up
under Pharao’s
hands
and
be
reserved
in
the
cities.
And
let
it
be
in readiness,
against
the
famine
of
seven
years
to
come,
which
shall oppress
Egypt,
and
the
land
shall
not
be consumed
with scarcity.
The
counsel
pleased Pharao
and
all
his
servants.
And
he
said
to
them:
Can
we
find
such
another
man,
that
is full
of
the
spirit
of
God?
He
said
therefore
to
Joseph: Seeing
God hath shewn thee
all
that thou hast
said,
can
I
find
one
wiser
and
one
like unto thee?
Thou shalt
be
over
my
house,
and
at
the
commandment
of thy
mouth
all
the
people
shall obey:
only
in
the kingly
throne
will
I
be
above thee.
And again Pharao
said
to
Joseph:
Behold,
I
have
appointed thee
over
the
whole
land
of
Egypt.
And
he
took
his
ring
from
his own
hand,
and
gave
it
into
his
hand:
and
he
put
upon
him
a robe
of silk,
and
put
a
chain
of
gold
about
his
neck.
And
he
made
him go
up
into
his
second
chariot,
the crier
proclaiming
that
all
should
bow
their
knee
before
him,
and
that
they
should know
he
was
made governor
over
the
whole
land
of
Egypt.
And
the king
said
to
Joseph:
I
am Pharao;
without thy commandment
no
man
shall move
hand
or
foot
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
he
turned
his
name,
and
called
him
in
the
Egyptian tongue,
The saviour
of
the
world.
And
he
gave
him
to
wife Aseneth
the
daughter
of Putiphare
priest
of Heliopolis.
Then
Joseph
went
out
to
the
land
of
Egypt:
(Now
he
was
thirty
years
old
when
he
stood
before
king Pharao)
and
he
went round
all
the
countries
of
Egypt.
And
the fruitfulness
of
the
seven
years
came:
and
the corn being bound up
into sheaves
was gathered together
into
the barns
of Egypt.
And
all
the abundance
of
grain
was
laid
up
in
every
city.
And
there
was
so
great
abundance
of
wheat,
that
it
was
equal
to
the
sand
of
the
sea,
and
the plenty exceeded
measure.
And
before
the
famine
came,
Joseph
had
two
sons
born:
whom Aseneth
the
daughter
of Putiphare
priest
of Heliopolis
bore unto
him.
And
he
called
the
name
of
the
firstborn Manasses, saying:
God hath
made
me
to
forget
all
my labours,
and
my
father’s
house.
And
he
named
the
second
Ephraim, saying:
God hath
made
me
to grow
in
the
land
of
my poverty.
Now
when
the
seven
years
of
the
plenty
that
had
been
in
Egypt
were past:
The
seven
years
of scarcity,
which
Joseph
had foretold,
began
to
come:
and
the
famine prevailed
in
the
whole
world,
but
there
was
bread
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
when
there
also
they began
to
be
famished,
the
people
cried
to Pharao
for
food.
And
he
said
to
them: Go
to
Joseph:
and
do
all
that
he
shall
say
to
you.
And
the
famine increased daily
in
all
the
land:
and
Joseph
opened
all
the barns,
and
sold
to
the
Egyptians:
for
the
famine
had oppressed
them
also.
And
all provinces
came
into
Egypt,
to
buy food,
and
to seek
some relief
of
their want.
And
Jacob hearing
that food
was sold
in
Egypt,
said
to
his
sons:
Why
are ye careless?
I
have
heard
that wheat
is
sold
in
Egypt:
go ye
down,
and
buy
us necessaries,
that
we
may
live,
and
not
be consumed
with want.
So
the
ten
brethren
of
Joseph
went
down,
to
buy corn
in
Egypt:
Whilst
Benjamin
was kept
at home
by
Jacob,
who
said
to
his
brethren:
Lest
perhaps
he take
any
harm
in
the journey.
And
they
entered
into
the
land
of Egypt
with others
that
went
to
buy.
For
the
famine
was
in
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
Joseph
was governor
in
the
land
of Egypt,
and corn
was
sold
by
his direction
to
the
people.
And
when
his
brethren
had
bowed
down
to
him,
And
he knew
them,
he
spoke
as
it
were
to strangers somewhat roughly,
asking
them: Whence
came
you?
They
answered:
From
the
land
of Chanaan,
to
buy necessaries
of life.
And though
he knew
his
brethren,
he
was
not
known
by
them.
And
remembering
the
dreams,
which formerly
he
had
dreamed,
he
said
to
them:
You
are
spies.
You
are
come
to
view
the weaker
parts
of
the
land.
But
they
said:
It
is
not
so,
my
lord,
but thy
servants
are
come
to
buy
food.
We
are
all
the
sons
of
one
man:
we
are
come
as peaceable
men,
neither
do thy
servants
go
about
any evil.
And
he
answered
them:
It
is
otherwise:
you
are
come
to
consider
the unfenced
parts
of
this
land.
But
they
said:
We thy
servants
are
twelve
brethren,
the
sons
of
one
man
in
the
land
of Chanaan:
the
youngest
is
with
our
father,
the
other
is
not
living.
He saith:
This
is
it
that
I
said:
You
are
spies.
I
shall
now presently
try
what
you are:
by
the health
of Pharao
you
shall
not
depart hence, until
your
youngest
brother
come.
Send
one
of
you
to fetch
him:
and
you
shall
be
in prison, till
what
you
have
said
be
proved,
whether
it
be
true
or false:
or
else
by
the health
of Pharao
you
are
spies.
So
he
put
them
in
prison
three
days.
And
the
third
day
he
brought
them
out
of prison,
and
said:
Do
as
I
have
said,
and
you
shall
live:
for
I
fear
God.
If
you
be peaceable men,
let
one
of
your
brethren
be
bound
in
prison:
and
go ye
your ways
and
carry
the corn
that
you
have bought, unto
your
houses.
And
bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me,
that
I
may find
your
words
to
be
true,
and
you
may
not
die.
They
did
as
he
had
said.
And
they talked
one
to
another:
We
deserve
to suffer
these
things,
because
we
have sinned
against
our
brother,
seeing
the
anguish
of
his
soul,
when
he besought
us,
and
we
would
not
hear:
therefore
is
this affliction
come
upon
us.
And Ruben
one
of
them,
said:
Did
not
I
say
to
you:
Do
not
sin
against
the
boy:
and
you
would
not
hear
me?
Behold
his
blood
is
required.
And
they
knew
not
that
Joseph
understood,
because
he spoke
to
them
by
an interpreter.
And
he
turned
himself
away
a little
while,
and
wept:
and
returning
he
spoke
to
them.
And taking Simeon,
and binding
him
in
their presence,
he
commanded
his
servants
to
fill
their
sacks
with
wheat,
and
to
put
every
man’s
money
again
in
their
sacks,
and
to
give
them besides
provisions
for
the
way:
and
they
did
so.
But
they having
loaded
their asses
with
the corn,
went
their
way.
And
one
of
them
opening
his
sack,
to
give
his beast provender
in
the inn,
saw
the
money
in
the sack’s
mouth;
And
said
to
his
brethren:
My
money
is given
me
again,
behold
it
is
in
the
sack.
And
they
were astonished,
and troubled,
and
said
to
one
another:
What
is
this
that
God hath
done unto
us?
And
they
came
to
Jacob
their
father
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
they
told
him
all
things
that
had befallen
them,
saying:
The
lord
of
the
land
spoke roughly
to
us,
and
took
us
to
be
spies
of
the
country.
And
we
answered
him:
We
are peaceable
men,
and
we mean
no plot.
We
are
twelve
brethren
born
of
one
father:
one
is
not living,
the
youngest
is
with
our
father
in
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
he
said
to
us: Hereby
shall
I
know
that
you
are peaceable
men:
Leave
one
of
your
brethren
with
me,
and
take ye necessary provision
for
your
houses,
and
go
your ways.
And
bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me,
that
I
may
know
you
are
not
spies:
and
you
may
receive
this man again,
that
is
kept
in prison:
and afterwards
may
have leave
to buy
what
you
will.
When
they
had told
this,
they poured
out
their corn
and
every
man found
his
money tied
in
the mouth
of
his
sack:
and
all
being astonished together,
Their
father
Jacob
said:
You
have
made
me
to
be
without
children:
Joseph
is
not living,
Simeon
is kept
in bonds,
and
Benjamin
you
will
take
away:
all
these evils
are
fallen
upon
me.
And Ruben
answered
him:
Kill
my
two
sons
if
I
bring
him
not
again
to thee:
deliver
him
into
my
hand,
and
I
will
restore
him
to thee.
But
he
said:
My
son
shall
not
go
down
with
you:
his
brother
is
dead,
and
he
is
left
alone:
if
any mischief
befall
him
in
the land
to
which
you
go,
you
will
bring
down
my
gray
hairs
with
sorrow
to hell.
In
the mean time
the
famine
was
heavy upon all
the
land.
And
when
they
had
eaten
up
all
the corn,
which
they
had
brought
out
of
Egypt,
Jacob
said
to
his
sons:
Go
again
and
buy
us
a
little
food.
Juda
answered:
The
man
declared unto
us
with
the attestation
of
an oath,
saying:
You
shall
not
see
my
face,
unless
you bring
your youngest
brother
with
you.
If
therefore thou wilt
send
him
with
us,
we
will
set
out
together,
and
will
buy necessaries
for thee.
But
if thou wilt
not,
we
will
not
go:
for
the
man,
as
we
have often
said,
declared unto
us,
saying:
You
shall
not
see
my
face
without
your youngest
brother.
Israel
said
to
them:
You
have done
this
for
my misery
in
that
you
told
him
you
had
also
another
brother.
But
they
answered:
The
man
asked
us
in
order
concerning
our
kindred:
if
our
father
lived:
if
we
had
a
brother:
and
we
answered
him regularly,
according
to
what
he
demanded:
could
we
know
that
he
would
say:
Bring hither
your
brother
with
you?
And Juda
said
to
his
father:
Send
the
boy
with
me,
that
we
may
set
forward,
and
may
live: lest
both
we
and
our
children perish.
I
take
the boy
upon
me,
require
him
at
my
hand:
unless
I
bring
him
again,
and restore
him
to thee,
I
will
be guilty
of
sin
against thee
for ever.
If
delay
had
not
been
made,
we
had
been
here
again
the second
time.
Then
Israel
said
to
them:
If
it
must needs
be
so,
do
what
you
will:
take
of
the
best fruits
of
the
land
in
your
vessels,
and
carry
down
presents
to
the
man,
a
little
balm,
and
honey,
and storax,
myrrh, turpentine,
and
almonds.
And
take
with
you
double
money,
and
carry
back
what
you found
in
your
sacks, lest
perhaps
it
was
done
by
mistake.
And
take
also
your
brother,
and
go
to
the
man.
And
may
my
almighty
God
make
him favourable
to
you;
and
send back
with
you
your
brother,
whom
he keepeth,
and
this
Benjamin:
and
as
for
me
I
shall
be desolate without
children.
So
the
men
took
the
presents,
and
double
money,
and
Benjamin:
and
went
down
into
Egypt,
and
stood
before
Joseph.
And
when
he
had
seen
them,
and
Benjamin
with
them,
he
commanded
the
steward
of
his
house,
saying:
Bring
in
the
men
into
the
house,
and kill victims,
and
prepare
a
feast:
because
they
shall
eat
with
me
at
noon.
He
did
as
he
was
commanded,
and
brought
the
men
into
the
house.
And
they being
much
afraid,
said
there
one
to
another:
Because
of
the
money,
which
we
carried
back
the
first
time
in
our
sacks,
we
are
brought
in:
that
he
may
bring
upon
us
a false accusation,
and
by violence
make
slaves
of
us
and
our asses.
Wherefore going
up
to
the
steward
of
the
house,
at
the
door,
They
said:
Sir, we desire thee
to hear
us: We
came
down
once
before
to
buy
food:
And
when
we
had bought,
and
come
to
the inn,
we
opened
our
sacks,
and found
our
money
in
the
mouths
of
the
sacks: which
we
have
now
brought
again
in
the
same
weight.
And we
have
brought
other
money besides,
to
buy
what we want: we
cannot
tell
who
put
it
in
our bags.
But
he
answered:
Peace
be
with
you,
fear
not:
your
God,
and
the
God
of
your
father hath
given
you
treasure
in
your
sacks.
For
the
money, which
you
gave
me,
I
have
for good.
And
he
brought
Simeon
out
to
them.
And having
brought
them
into
the
house,
he fetched
water,
and
they
washed
their
feet,
and
he
gave provender
to
their asses.
But
they
made
ready
the
presents,
against
Joseph
came
at
noon:
for
they
had
heard
that
they
should
eat
bread
there.
Then
Joseph
came
into
his
house,
and
they offered
him
the
presents holding
them
in
their
hands,
and
they
bowed
down
with
their face
to
the
ground.
But
he, courteously saluting
them
again,
asked
them,
saying:
Is
the
old
man
your
father
in
health,
of
whom
you
told
me?
Is
he
yet
living?
And
they
answered: Thy
servant
our
father
is
in
health,
he
is
yet
living.
And
bowing
themselves
they made obeisance
to
him.
And
Joseph lifting
up
his
eyes,
saw
Benjamin
his
brother,
by
the
same
mother,
and
said:
Is
this
your
young
brother,
of
whom
you
told
me?
And
he
said:
God
be gracious
to thee,
my
son.
And
he
made
haste
because
his heart
was
moved
upon
his
brother,
and tears gushed
out:
and
going
into
his
chamber
he
wept.
And
when
he
had
washed
his
face,
coming
out
again,
he refrained
himself,
and
said:
Set
bread
on
the
table.
And
when
it
was
set
on,
for
Joseph
apart,
and
for
his brethren
apart,
for
the
Egyptians
also
that
ate
with
him,
apart, (for
it
is unlawful
for
the
Egyptians
to
eat
with
the
Hebrews,
and
they
think
such
a
feast profane):
They
sat
before
him,
the
firstborn
according
to
his
birthright,
and
the
youngest
according
to
his age.
And
they wondered very much:
Taking
the messes which
they received
of
him:
and
the
greater mess
came
to
Benjamin,
so
that
it exceeded
by
five
parts.
And
they
drank,
and
were merry
with
him.
And
Joseph
commanded
the
steward
of
his
house,
saying:
Fill
their
sacks
with corn,
as
much
as
they
can
hold:
and
put
the
money
of
every
one
in
the
top
of
his
sack.
And
in
the
mouth
of
the younger’s
sack
put
my
silver
cup,
and
the
price
which
he
gave
for
the wheat.
And
it
was
so
done.
And
when
the
morning arose,
they
were
sent
away
with
their asses.
And
when
they
were
now
departed
out
of
the
city,
and
had
gone
forward
a little
way;
Joseph sending
for
the
steward
of
his
house,
said:
Arise,
and
pursue
after
the
men:
and
when thou hast
overtaken
them,
say
to
them:
Why
have
you returned
evil
for
good?
The
cup
which
you
have stolen
is
that
in
which
my
lord drinketh,
and
in
which
he
is wont
to divine:
you
have
done
a
very
evil
thing.
He did
as
he
had
commanded
him.
And having
overtaken
them,
he
spoke
to
them
the
same
words.
And
they
answered:
Why doth
our
lord
speak
so,
as though thy
servants
had
committed
so heinous
a fact?
The
money,
that
we
found
in
the
top
of
our
sacks,
we
brought
back
to thee
from
the
land
of Chanaan:
how
then
should
it
be
that
we
should
steal
out
of thy
lord’s
house,
gold
or
silver?
With whomsoever
of thy
servants
shall
be
found
that
which thou seekest,
let
him
die,
and
we
will
be
the bondmen
of
my
lord.
And
he
said
to
them:
Let
it
be according
to
your sentence:
with whomsoever
it
shall
be
found,
let
him
be
my
servant,
and
you
shall
be blameless.
Then
they speedily
took
down
their
sacks
to
the
ground,
and
every
man
opened
his
sack.
Which
when
he
had
searched,
beginning
at
the eldest
and
ending
at
the
youngest,
he
found
the
cup
in
Benjamin’s
sack.
Then
they rent
their
garments,
and
loading
their asses
again,
returned
into
the
town.
And Juda
at
the
head
of
his
brethren
went
in
to
Joseph, (for
he
was
not
yet
gone
out
of
the
place),
and
they altogether
fell
down
before
him
on
the
ground.
And
he
said
to
them:
Why
would
you
do
so?
know
you
not
that
there
is
no
one
like
me
in
the science
of divining.
And Juda
said
to
him:
What
shall
we
answer
my
lord?
or
what
shall
we
say,
or
be
able justly
to allege?
God hath
found
out
the
iniquity
of thy
servants:
behold,
we
are
all bondmen
to
my
lord,
both
we,
and
he
with
whom
the
cup
was
found.
Joseph
answered:
God
forbid
that
I
should
do
so:
he
that stole
the
cup,
he
shall
be
my bondman:
and
go
you
away free
to
your
father.
Then Juda
coming nearer,
said boldly:
I
beseech thee,
my
lord,
let thy
servant
speak
a
word
in thy
ears,
and
be
not
angry
with thy
servant:
for
after Pharao thou art,
My
lord. Thou didst
ask thy
servants
the first time:
Have
you
a
father
or
a
brother?
And
we
answered thee,
my
lord:
We
have
a
father
an
old
man,
and
a
young
boy,
that
was born
in
his
old
age;
whose
brother
by
the
mother
is
dead:
and
he
alone
is
left
of
his
mother,
and
his
father loveth
him tenderly.
And thou saidst
to thy
servants:
Bring
him hither
to
me,
and
I
will
set
my
eyes
on
him.
We suggested
to
my
lord:
The
boy
cannot
leave
his
father:
for if
he
leave
him,
he
will
die.
And thou saidst
to thy
servants:
Except
your
youngest
brother
come
with
you,
you
shall
see
my
face
no
more.
Therefore
when
we
were
gone
up
to thy
servant
our
father,
we
told
him
all
that
my
lord
had
said.
And
our
father
said:
Go
again,
and
buy
us
a
little wheat.
And
we
said
to
him:
We
cannot
go:
if
our
youngest
brother
go
down
with
us,
we
will set
out
together:
otherwise,
without
him
we dare
not
see
the
man’s
face.
Whereunto
he
answered:
You
know
that
my
wife
bore
me
two.
One
went
out,
and
you
said:
A beast devoured
him:
and hitherto
he appeareth
not.
If
you
take
this
also,
and
any
thing befall
him
in
the
way
you
will
bring
down
my
gray
hairs
with sorrow unto hell.
Therefore if
I
shall
go
to thy
servant
our
father,
and
the
boy
be wanting, (whereas
his
life dependeth
upon
the
life
of
him,)
And
he
shall
see
that
he
is
not
with
us,
he
will
die,
and thy
servants
shall
bring
down
his
gray
hairs
with
sorrow unto hell.
Let
me
be thy proper
servant,
who
took
him
into
my trust,
and
promised,
saying:
If
I
bring
him
not again,
I
will
be guilty
of
sin
against
my
father
for ever.
Therefore
I thy
servant
will
stay
instead
of
the
boy
in
the service
of
my
lord,
and
let
the
boy
go
up
with
his
brethren.
For
I
cannot return
to
my
father
without
the
boy,
lest
I
be
a witness
of
the
calamity
that
will oppress
my
father.
Joseph
could
no
longer
refrain
himself
before many
that
stood
by: whereupon
he commanded
that
all
should
go
out,
and
no stranger
be
present
at
their
knowing
one
another.
And
he lifted
up
his
voice
with
weeping,
which
the
Egyptians
and all
the
house
of Pharao
heard.
And
he
said
to
his
brethren:
I
am
Joseph:
is
my
father
yet
living?
His
brethren
could
not
answer
him, being struck
with exceeding great fear.
And
he
said mildly
to
them:
Come nearer
to
me.
And
when
they
were
come
near
him,
he
said:
I
am
Joseph,
your
brother,
whom
you
sold
into
Egypt.
Be
not afraid,
and
let
it
not
seem
to
you
a hard
case
that
you
sold
me
into these countries:
for
God
sent
me
before
you
into Egypt
for
your preservation.
For
it
is
two
years
since
the
famine began
to
be upon
the
land,
and
five
years
more remain,
wherein
there
can
be
neither ploughing
nor reaping.
And
God
sent
me
before,
that
you
may
be preserved
upon
the
earth,
and
may
have food
to
live.
Not
by
your counsel
was
I
sent hither,
but
by
the
will
of
God:
who hath
made
me
as
it
were
a
father
to Pharao,
and
lord
of
his
whole
house,
and governor
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
Make
haste,
and
go ye
up
to
my
father,
and
say
to
him:
Thus saith thy
son
Joseph:
God hath
made
me
lord
of
the
whole land
of
Egypt:
come
down
to
me, linger
not.
And thou shalt
dwell
in
the
land
of Gessen:
and thou shalt
be
near
me, thou
and thy
sons,
and thy
sons’
sons, thy
sheep,
and thy
herds,
and
all
things
that thou hast.
And
there
I
will feed thee, (for
there
are
yet
five
years
of
famine remaining),
lest
both thou perish,
and thy
house,
and
all
things
that thou hast.
Behold,
your
eyes,
and
the
eyes
of
my
brother
Benjamin
see
that
it
is
my
mouth
that speaketh
to
you.
You
shall
tell
my
father
of
all
my
glory,
and
all
things
that
you
have
seen
in
Egypt:
make
haste
and
bring
him
to
me.
And
falling
upon
the
neck
of
his
brother
Benjamin,
he embraced
him
and
wept:
and
Benjamin
in
like manner
wept
also
on
his
neck.
And Joseph
kissed
all
his
brethren,
and
wept
upon
every
one
of
them:
after which
they
were emboldened
to
speak
to
him.
And
it
was
heard,
and
the fame
was abroad
in
the king’s
court:
The
brethren
of
Joseph
are
come:
and Pharao
with all
his
family
was
glad.
And
he
spoke
to
Joseph
that
he
should
give
orders
to
his
brethren,
saying:
Load
your
beasts,
and
go
into
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
bring
away
from thence
your
father
and kindred,
and
come
to
me:
and
I
will
give
you
all
the
good
things
of
Egypt,
that
you
may
eat
the
marrow
of
the
land.
Give
orders
also
that
they
take
wagons
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
for
the carriage
of
their
children
and
their
wives:
and say:
Take
up
your
father,
and
make haste
to
come
with all speed:
And leave
nothing
of
your household stuff:
for
all
the riches
of
Egypt
shall
be yours.
And
the
sons
of
Israel
did
as
they
were bid.
And
Joseph
gave
them
wagons
according
to Pharao’s
commandment:
and
provisions
for
the
way.
He ordered
also
to
be
brought
out
for
every
one
of
them
two robes:
but
to
Benjamin
he
gave
three
hundred pieces
of
silver
with
five robes
of
the best:
Sending
to
his
father
as much money
and raiment, adding besides
ten
he asses
to
carry
off all
the riches
of
Egypt,
and
as many she asses,
carrying
wheat
and
bread
for
the
journey.
So
he
sent
away
his
brethren,
and
at
their departing
said
to
them:
Be
not angry
in
the
way.
And
they
went
up
out
of
Egypt,
and
came
into
the
land
of Chanaan
to
their
father
Jacob.
And
they
told
him,
saying:
Joseph thy son
is
living:
and
he
is
ruler
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
Which
when
Jacob
heard,
he awaked
as
it
were
out
of
a deep sleep,
yet
did
not
believe
them.
They,
on
the
other
side,
told
the
whole
order
of
the
thing.
And
when
he
saw
the
wagons
and
all
that
he
had
sent
his
spirit
revived,
And
he
said:
It
is
enough
for
me,
if
Joseph
my
son
be
yet
living:
I
will go
and
see
him
before
I
die.
And
Israel
taking
his
journey,
with
all
that
he
had,
came
to
the
well
of
the oath,
and killing victims
there
to
the
God
of
his
father
Isaac,
He heard
him
by
a
vision
in
the
night calling
him,
and
saying
to
him:
Jacob,
Jacob.
And
he
answered
him:
Lo,
here
I
am.
God
said
to
him:
I
am
the most
mighty
God
of thy
father:
fear
not,
go
down
into
Egypt,
for
I
will
make
a
great
nation
of thee
there.
I
will
go
down
with thee thither,
and
will
bring thee
back again
from thence:
Joseph
also
shall
put
his
hands
upon thy
eyes.
And
Jacob
rose
up
from
the
well
of
the oath:
and
his
sons
took
him
up,
with
their
children
and
wives
in
the
wagons,
which Pharao
had
sent
to
carry
the
old
man,
And
all
that
he
had
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
he
came
into
Egypt
with
all
his
seed:
His
sons,
and
grandsons,
daughters,
and
all
his
offspring
together.
And
these
are
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
entered
into
Egypt,
he
and
his
children.
His
firstborn Ruben,
The
sons
of Ruben: Henoch
and Phallu,
and Hesron
and Charmi.
The
sons
of
Simeon: Jamuel
and
Jamin
and Ahod,
and
Jachin
and Sohar,
and
Saul
the
son
of
a woman
of Chanaan.
The
sons
of
Levi: Gerson
and Caath
and
Merari.
The
sons
of Juda:
Her
and
Onan
and Sela
and Phares
and Zara.
And
Her
and
Onan
died
in
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
sons
were
born
to Phares: Hesron
and
Hamul.
The
sons
of
Issachar: Thola
and Phua
and Job
and Semron.
The
sons
of Zabulon: Sared
and
Elon
and Jahelel.
These
are
the
sons
of Lia,
whom
she
bore
in Mesopotamia
of Syria,
with Dina
his
daughter.
All
the
souls
of
her
sons
and
daughters,
thirty-three.
The
sons
of
Gad: Sephian
and
Haggi
and Suni
and Esebon
and Heri
and
Arodi
and
Areli.
The
sons
of Aser: Jamne
and Jesua
and Jessuri
and Beria,
and Sara
their
sister.
The
sons
of Beria:
Heber
and Melchiel.
These
are
the
sons
of Zelpha,
whom
Laban
gave
to Lia
his
daughter.
And
these
she
bore
to
Jacob,
sixteen
souls.
The
sons
of
Rachel
Jacob’s
wife:
Joseph
and
Benjamin.
And
sons
were
born
to
Joseph,
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
whom Aseneth
the
daughter
of Putiphare
priest
of Heliopolis
bore
him: Manasses
and
Ephraim.
The
sons
of
Benjamin:
Bela
and Bechor
and Asbel
and
Gera
and
Naaman
and Echi
and Ros
and Mophim
and Ophim
and Ared.
These
are
the
sons
of
Rachel,
whom
she
bore
to
Jacob:
all
the
souls,
fourteen.
The
sons
of
Dan: Husim.
The
sons
of Nephtali: Jaziel
and
Guni
and Jeser
and Sallem.
These
are
the
sons
of Bala,
whom
Laban
gave
to
Rachel
his
daughter:
and
these
she
bore
to
Jacob:
all
the
souls,
seven.
All
the
souls
that
went
with
Jacob
into
Egypt,
and
that
came
out
of
his
thigh,
besides
his
sons’
wives, sixty-six.
And
the
sons
of
Joseph,
that
were
born
to
him
in
the land
of
Egypt,
two
souls.
All
the
souls
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
that
entered
into
Egypt,
were
seventy.
And
he
sent Juda
before
him
to
Joseph,
to
tell
him;
and
that
he
should
meet
him
in Gessen.
And
when
he
was
come thither,
Joseph
made
ready
his
chariot,
and
went
up
to
meet
his
father,
in
the same place:
and
seeing
him,
he
fell
upon
his
neck,
and embracing
him
wept.
And
the father
said
to
Joseph:
Now
shall
I
die
with joy,
because
I
have
seen thy
face,
and leave thee
alive.
And
Joseph
said
to
his
brethren,
and
to
all
his
father’s
house:
I
will
go
up,
and
will
tell Pharao,
and
will
say
to
him:
My
brethren
and
my
father’s
house,
that
were
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
are
come
to
me:
And
the
men
are
shepherds,
and
their occupation
is
to
feed
cattle:
their
flocks
and
herds,
and
all
they
have,
they
have
brought
with
them.
And
when
he
shall
call
you,
and
shall
say:
What
is
your
occupation?
You
shall
answer:
We thy
servants
are
shepherds,
from
our infancy
until
now,
both
we
and
our
fathers.
And
this
you
shall
say,
that
you
may
dwell
in
the
land
of Gessen,
because
the
Egyptians
have
all
shepherds
in
abomination.
Then
Joseph
went
in
and
told Pharao,
saying:
My
father
and
brethren,
their
sheep
and
their
herds,
and
all
that
they possess,
are
come
out
of
the
land
of Chanaan:
and
behold
they stay
in
the
land
of Gessen.
Five
men also
the last
of
his
brethren,
he presented
before
the king:
And
he
asked
them:
What
is
your
occupation?
They
answered:
We thy
servants
are
shepherds,
both
we,
and
our
fathers.
We
are
come
to sojourn
in thy
land,
because
there
is
no grass
for
the
flocks
of thy
servants,
the
famine being
very
grievous
in
the
land
of Chanaan:
and
we
pray thee
to
give
orders
that
we thy
servants
may
be
in
the
land
of Gessen.
The king therefore
said
to
Joseph: Thy
father
and thy
brethren
are
come
to thee.
The
land
of
Egypt
is
before thee:
make
them
dwell
in
the
best
place,
and
give
them
the
land
of Gessen.
And
if thou knowest
that
there
are industrious
men
among
them,
make
them
rulers
over
my
cattle.
After
this
Joseph
brought
in
his
father
to
the king,
and
presented
him
before
him:
and
he
blessed
him.
And being
asked
by
him:
How
many
are
the
days
of
the
years
of thy
life?
He
answered:
The
days
of
my
pilgrimage
are
a
hundred
and
thirty
years,
few,
and
evil,
and
they
are
not
come
up
to
the
days
of
the
pilgrimage
of
my
fathers.
And
blessing
the king,
he
went
out.
But
Joseph
gave
a
possession
to
his
father
and
his
brethren
in
Egypt,
in
the
best
place
of
the
land,
in Ramesses,
as Pharao
had
commanded.
And
he nourished
them,
and
all
his
father’s
house, allowing
food
to
every
one.
For
in
the
whole
world
there
was want
of
bread,
and
a
famine
had oppressed
the
land:
more
especially
of
Egypt
and Chanaan.
Out
of
which
he
gathered
up
all
the
money
for
the corn
which
they
bought,
and
brought
it
into
the king’s treasure.
And
when
the buyers wanted
money,
all
Egypt
came
to
Joseph,
saying:
Give
us
bread:
why
should
we
die
in thy
presence,
having
now
no
money.
And
he
answered
them:
Bring
me
your
cattle,
and
for
them
I
will
give
you food,
if
you
have
no
money.
And
when
they
had
brought
them,
he
gave
them
food
in
exchange
for
their
horses,
and
sheep,
and
oxen,
and asses
and
he maintained
them
that
year
for
the
exchange
of
their
cattle.
And
they
came
the
second
year,
and
said
to
him:
We
will
not
hide
from
our
lord,
how
that
our
money
is
spent,
and
our
cattle
also
are
gone:
neither art thou ignorant
that
we
have
nothing
now
left
but
our
bodies
and
our
lands.
Why
therefore
shall
we
die
before thy
eyes?
we
will
be thine,
both
we
and
our
lands:
buy
us
to
be
the king’s
servants,
and
give
us
seed, lest
for want
of tillers
the
land
be
turned
into
a wilderness.
So
Joseph
bought
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
every
man
selling
his possessions,
because
of
the greatness
of
the
famine.
And
he
brought
it
into Pharao’s hands:
And
all
its
people
from one
end
of
the
borders
of
Egypt,
even
to
the other
end thereof,
Except
the
land
of
the
priests,
which
had
been
given
them
by
the
king:
to
whom
also
a
certain allowance
of
food
was
given
out
of
the public stores,
and
therefore
they
were
not forced
to
sell
their possessions.
Then
Joseph
said
to
the
people:
Behold
as
you
see, both
you
and
your
lands belong
to Pharao: take
seed
and
sow
the
fields,
That
you
may
have corn.
The
fifth
part
you
shall
give
to
the king:
the other
four
you
shall
have
for
seed,
and
for
food
for
your
families
and
children.
And
they
answered:
Our
life
is
in thy hand: only
let
my
lord
look favourably
upon
us,
and
we
will gladly
serve
the king.
From
that
time unto
this
day,
in
the
whole
land
of
Egypt,
the
fifth
part
is
paid
to
the
king,
and
it
is
become
as
a law,
except
the
land
of
the
priests,
which
was free
from
this covenant.
So
Israel
dwelt
in
Egypt,
that
is,
in
the
land
of Gessen,
and
possessed it:
and
grew,
and
was
multiplied
exceedingly.
And
he
lived
in
it
seventeen
years:
and
all
the
days
of
his
life
came
to
a
hundred
and forty-seven
years.
And
when
he saw
that
the
day
of
his
death
drew nigh,
he
called
his
son
Joseph,
and
said
to
him:
If
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
put thy
hand
under
my
thigh;
and thou shalt shew
me
this
kindness
and
truth,
not
to
bury
me
in
Egypt:
But
I
will
sleep
with
my
fathers,
and thou shalt
take
me
away
out
of
this land,
and
bury
me
in
the
burying
place
of
my
ancestors.
And Joseph
answered
him:
I
will
do
what thou hast
commanded.
And
he
said:
Swear
then
to
me.
And as
he
was
swearing,
Israel adored
God, turning
to
the bed’s
head.
After
these
things,
it
was
told
Joseph
that
his
father
was
sick:
and
he set
out
to
go
to
him,
taking
his
two
sons Manasses
and
Ephraim.
And
it
was
told
the
old
man:
Behold thy
son
Joseph cometh
to thee.
And
being
strengthened
he
sat
on
his
bed.
And
when
Joseph
was come
in
to
him,
he
said:
God
Almighty
appeared
to
me
at Luza, which
is
in
the
land
of Chanaan:
and
he
blessed
me,
And
he
said:
I
will
cause thee
to
increase
and
multiply,
and
I
will
make
of thee
a multitude
of
people:
and
I
will
give
this
land
to thee,
and
to thy
seed
after thee
for
an
everlasting
possession.
So thy
two
sons
who
were
born
to thee
in
the
land
of
Egypt
before
I
came hither
to thee,
shall
be mine:
Ephraim
and Manasses
shall
be reputed
to
me
as Ruben
and
Simeon.
But
the
rest
whom thou shalt
have
after
them,
shall
be thine,
and
shall
be
called
by
the
name
of
their
brethren
in
their possessions.
For,
when
I
came
out
of Mesopotamia,
Rachel
died
from
me
in
the
land
of Chanaan
in
the very
journey,
and
it
was springtime:
and
I
was
going
to Ephrata,
and
I
buried
her
near
the
way
of Ephrata,
which
by
another name
is
called
Bethlehem.
Then
seeing
his
sons,
he
said
to
him:
Who
are
these?
He
answered:
They
are
my
sons,
whom
God hath
given
me
in
this
place.
And
he
said:
Bring
them
to
me
that
I
may
bless
them.
For
Israel’s
eyes
were
dim
by reason
of
his great
age,
and
he
could
not
see clearly.
And
when
they
were
brought
to
him,
he
kissed
and
embraced
them.
And
said
to
his son:
I
am
not deprived
of
seeing thee:
moreover
God hath
showed
me thy
seed.
And
when
Joseph
had
taken
them
from
his father’s
lap,
he
bowed
down
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
And
he
set
Ephraim
on
his
right
hand,
that
is, towards
the
left
hand
of
Israel;
but Manasses
on
his
left
hand,
to wit, towards
his father’s
right
hand,
and
brought
them
near
to
him.
But
he stretching
forth
his
right
hand,
put
it
upon
the
head
of
Ephraim
the
younger brother;
and
the
left
upon
the
head
of Manasses
who
was
the elder, changing
his
hands.
And
Jacob
blessed
the
sons
of
Joseph,
and
said:
God,
in
whose
sight
my
fathers
Abraham
and
Isaac
walked,
God
that feedeth
me
from
my youth
until
this
day;
The
angel
that delivereth
me
from
all evils,
bless
these
boys:
and
let
my
name
be
called
upon
them,
and
the
names
of
my
fathers
Abraham,
and
Isaac,
and
may
they
grow
into
a
multitude
upon
the
earth.
And
Joseph
seeing
that
his
father
had
put
his
right
hand
upon
the
head
of
Ephraim,
was
much
displeased:
and taking
his
father’s
hand
he tried
to lift
it
from
Ephraim’s
head,
and
to
remove
it
to
the
head
of Manasses.
And
he
said
to
his
father:
It
should
not
be
so,
my
father:
for
this
is
the
firstborn,
put thy
right
hand
upon
his
head.
But
he
refusing,
said:
I
know,
my
son,
I
know:
and
this
also
shall
become
peoples,
and
shall
be multiplied:
but
this
younger
brother
shall
be
greater
than
he:
and
his
seed
shall
grow
into
nations.
And
he
blessed
them
at
that
time,
saying:
In thee
shall
Israel
be
blessed,
and
it
shall
be
said:
God do
to thee
as
to
Ephraim,
and
as
to Manasses.
And
he
set
Ephraim
before Manasses.
And
he
said
to
Joseph
his son:
Behold
I
die,
and
God
will
be
with
you,
and
will
bring
you
back
into
the
land
of
your
fathers.
I
give thee
a
portion
above thy
brethren,
which
I
took
out
of
the
hand
of
the Amorrhite
with
my
sword
and
bow.
And
Jacob
called
his
sons,
and
said
to
them:
Gather yourselves
together
that
I
may
tell
you
the
things
that
shall
befall
you
in
the
last
days.
Gather
yourselves
together,
and
hear,
O ye
sons
of
Jacob, hearken
to
Israel
your
father:
Ruben, my
firstborn, thou art my
strength,
and
the
beginning
of my sorrow: excelling
in gifts, greater
in command.
Thou art poured
out
as
water,
grow thou
not:
because thou wentest
up
to thy
father’s
bed,
and didst
defile
his
couch.
Simeon
and
Levi
brethren:
vessels
of iniquity, waging war.
Let
not
my
soul
go
into
their
counsel,
nor
my
glory
be
in
their
assembly:
because
in
their fury
they
slew
a
man,
and
in
their selfwill
they undermined
a wall.
Cursed
be
their
fury,
because
it
was
stubborn:
and
their
wrath
because
it
was
cruel:
I
will
divide
them
in
Jacob,
and
will
scatter
them
in
Israel.
Juda, thee
shall thy
brethren
praise: thy
hands
shall
be
on
the
necks
of thy
enemies:
the
sons
of thy
father
shall
bow
down
to thee.
Juda
is
a
lion’s
whelp:
to
the
prey,
my
son, thou art
gone
up: resting thou hast couched
as
a
lion,
and
as
a
lioness,
who
shall
rouse
him?
The sceptre
shall
not
be
taken
away
from Juda,
nor
a ruler
from
his thigh,
till
he
come
that
is
to
be sent,
and
he
shall
be
the expectation
of
nations.
Tying
his
foal
to
the vineyard,
and
his ass, O my
son,
to
the
vine.
He
shall
wash
his
robe
in
wine,
and
his
garment
in
the
blood
of
the
grape.
His
eyes
are more beautiful than
wine,
and
his
teeth whiter than
milk.
Zabulon
shall
dwell
on
the
sea shore,
and
in
the road
of
ships, reaching as
far as
Sidon.
Issachar shall be
a
strong ass
lying
down
between
the borders.
He
saw
rest
that
it
was
good:
and
the
land
that
it
was excellent:
and
he
bowed
his
shoulder
to
carry,
and
became
a
servant under
tribute.
Dan
shall
judge
his
people
like
another
tribe
in
Israel.
Let
Dan
be
a
snake
in
the
way,
a
serpent
in
the
path,
that biteth
the horse’s
heels
that
his
rider
may
fall
backward.
I
will
look
for thy
salvation,
O
Lord.
Gad, being girded,
shall fight before
him:
and
he
himself
shall
be girded backward.
Aser,
his
bread
shall
be fat,
and
he
shall
yield
dainties
to
kings.
Nephtali,
a hart
let
loose,
and
giving
words
of beauty.
Joseph
is
a growing
son,
a growing
son
and comely
to behold;
the
daughters
run
to
and fro
upon
the
wall.
But they
that held darts provoked him,
and quarrelled
with him,
and envied him.
His
bow rested
upon
the strong,
and
the bands
of
his
arms
and
his
hands
were loosed,
by
the
hands
of
the
mighty
one
of
Jacob: thence
he came forth
a pastor,
the
stone
of
Israel.
The
God
of thy
father
shall
be thy
helper,
and
the
Almighty
shall
bless thee
with
the
blessings
of
heaven
above,
with
the
blessings
of
the
deep
that lieth
beneath,
with
the
blessings
of
the
breasts
and
of
the
womb.
The
blessings
of thy
father
are strengthened
with
the
blessings
of
his
fathers:
until
the desire
of
the
everlasting
hills
should
come;
may
they
be
upon
the
head
of
Joseph,
and
upon
the
crown
of
the Nazarite
among
his
brethren.
Benjamin
a
ravenous
wolf,
in
the
morning shall
eat
the
prey,
and
in
the
evening shall
divide
the
spoil.
All
these
are
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel:
these
things
their
father
spoke
to
them,
and
he
blessed
every
one,
with
their proper
blessings.
And
he
charged
them,
saying:
I
am
now going
to
be
gathered
to
my
people:
bury
me
with
my
fathers
in
the double
cave,
which
is
in
the
field
of
Ephron
the Hethite,
Over
against Mambre
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
which
Abraham
bought
together
with
the
field
of
Ephron
the Hethite
for
a
possession
to bury
in.
There
they
buried
him,
and Sara
his
wife:
there
was
Isaac
buried
with Rebecca
his
wife:
there
also Lia doth lie
buried.
And
when
he
had ended
the commandments, wherewith
he instructed
his
sons,
he drew
up
his feet upon
the bed,
and died:
and
he
was gathered
to
his
people.
And
when
Joseph saw this,
he
fell
upon
his
father’s
face
weeping
and kissing
him.
And
he
commanded
his
servants
the
physicians
to
embalm
his
father.
And
while
they
were
fulfilling
his commands, there
passed
forty
days:
for
this
was
the
manner
with bodies
that
were
embalmed,
and
Egypt
mourned
for
him
seventy
days.
And
the
time
of
the
mourning being expired,
Joseph
spoke
to
the
family
of Pharao:
If
I
have
found favour
in
your
sight,
speak
in
the
ears
of Pharao:
For
my
father
made
me
swear
to
him,
saying:
Behold
I
die: thou shalt
bury
me
in
my sepulchre
which
I
have digged
for
myself
in
the
land
of Chanaan.
So
I
will
go
up
and
bury
my
father,
and
return.
And Pharao
said
to
him:
Go
up
and
bury thy
father according
as
he
made thee
swear.
So
he
went
up,
and
there
went
with
him
all
the ancients
of Pharao’s
house,
and
all
the
elders
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
And
the
house
of
Joseph
with
his
brethren,
except
their
children,
and
their
flocks
and
herds,
which
they
left
in
the
land
of Gessen.
He
had
also
in
his
train
chariots
and
horsemen:
and
it
was
a
great
company.
And
they
came
to
the threshingfloor
of
Atad,
which
is
situated
beyond
the
Jordan:
where celebrating
the exequies
with
a
great
and vehement
lamentation,
they spent
full
seven
days.
And
when
the
inhabitants
of Chanaan
saw
this,
they
said:
This
is
a
great
mourning
to
the
Egyptians.
And
therefore
the
name
of
that
place
was
called,
The
mourning
of
Egypt.
So
the
sons
of Jacob
did
as
he
had
commanded
them.
And
carrying
him
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
they
buried
him
in
the double
cave
which
Abraham
had
bought
together
with
the
field
for
a
possession
of
a buryingplace,
of
Ephron
the Hethite
over
against Mambre.
And
Joseph
returned
into
Egypt
with
his
brethren,
and
all
that
were
in
his company,
after
he
had
buried
his
father.
Now
he being
dead,
his
brethren
were afraid,
and talked
one
with
another: Lest
perhaps
he
should remember
the
wrong
he
suffered,
and requite
us
all
the
evil
that
we
did
to
him.
And
they
sent
a message
to
him,
saying: Thy
father
commanded
us
before
he
died,
That
we
should
say
thus much
to thee
from
him:
I
beseech thee
to
forget
the
wickedness
of thy
brethren,
and
the
sin
and malice
they practiced
against thee:
we
also
pray thee,
to
forgive
the
servants
of
the
God
of thy
father
this
wickedness.
And
when
Joseph
heard
this,
he
wept.
And
his
brethren
came
to
him:
and worshipping prostrate
on
the ground
they
said: We
are thy
servants.
And
he
answered
them:
Fear
not: can
we resist
the
will
of
God?
You
thought
evil
against
me:
but
God turned
it
into
good,
that
he
might exalt
me,
as
at
present
you see,
and
might save
many
people.
Fear
not:
I
will feed
you
and
your
children.
And
he
comforted
them,
and
spoke gently
and mildly.
And
he
dwelt
in
Egypt
with all
his
father’s
house:
and
lived
a
hundred
and
ten
years.
And
he saw
the children
of Ephraim
to
the third generation.
The children also
of Machir
the son
of Manasses
were born
on
Joseph’s knees.
After which
he told
his brethren: God
will
visit
you
after
my death,
and
will
make
you go
up
out
of this land,
to
the land which
he swore
to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob.
And
he
made
them
swear
to
him,
saying:
God
will
visit
you,
carry
my bones
with
you
out
of
this
place:
And
he died
being
a hundred
and ten years
old.
And
being embalmed
he
was laid
in
a coffin
in Egypt.
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The Second Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Exodus
These
are
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
went
into
Egypt
with
Jacob:
they
went
in,
every
man
with
his
household:
Ruben,
Simeon,
Levi, Juda,
Issachar, Zabulon,
and
Benjamin,
Dan,
and Nephtali,
Gad
and Aser.
And
all
the
souls
that
came
out
of
Jacob’s
thigh,
were
seventy:
but
Joseph
was
in
Egypt.
After
he
was
dead,
and
all
his
brethren,
and
all
that
generation,
The
children
of
Israel
increased,
and sprung
up
into multitudes,
and growing
exceedingly
strong
they
filled
the
land.
In
the mean time
there
arose
a
new
king
over
Egypt,
that
knew
not
Joseph:
And
he
said
to
his
people:
Behold
the
people
of
the
children
of
Israel
are
numerous
and
stronger
than we.
Come,
let
us
wisely oppress
them,
lest
they
multiply:
and
if
any
war
shall
rise
against
us,
join
with
our
enemies,
and
having overcome
us,
depart
out
of
the
land.
Therefore
he
set
over
them masters
of
the
works,
to
afflict
them
with
burdens,
and
they
built
for Pharao
cities
of tabernacles, Phithom
and Ramesses.
But
the
more
they
oppressed
them,
the
more
they
were
multiplied,
and
increased:
And
the
Egyptians hated
the
children
of
Israel,
and
afflicted
them
and mocked
them:
And
they
made
their
life
bitter
with
hard
works
in clay,
and
brick,
and
with
all manner
of
service, wherewith
they
were overcharged
in
the
works
of
the earth.
And
the
king
of
Egypt
spoke
to
the
midwives
of
the
Hebrews:
of
whom
one
was
called Sephora,
the
other Phua,
Commanding
them:
When
you
shall
do
the office
of
midwives
to
the
Hebrew
women,
and
the time
of
delivery
is come:
if
it
be
a
man
child,
kill
it:
if
a
woman,
keep
it
alive.
But
the
midwives
feared
God,
and
did
not
do
as
the
king
of
Egypt
had
commanded,
but saved
the
men
children.
And
the
king
called
for
them
and
said:
What
is
that
you meant
to
do,
that
you
would save
the
men
children?
They
answered:
The
Hebrew
women
are
not
as
the
Egyptian
women:
for
they themselves
are skillful
in
the office
of
a
midwife;
and
they
are
delivered
before
we
come
to
them.
Therefore
God dealt
well
with
the
midwives:
and
the
people
multiplied
and
grew
exceedingly
strong.
And
because
the
midwives
feared
God,
he
built
them
houses.
Pharao therefore
charged
all
his
people,
saying:
Whatsoever
shall
be
born
of
the
male sex, ye
shall
cast
into
the
river:
whatsoever
of
the
female, ye
shall save
alive.
After
this there
went
a
man
of
the
house
of
Levi;
and
took
a wife
of
his
own kindred.
And
she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son;
and
seeing
him
a goodly
child
hid
him
three
months.
And
when
she
could
hide
him
no
longer,
she
took
a
basket
made
of bulrushes,
and daubed
it
with slime
and
pitch:
and
put
the little babe therein,
and
laid
him
in
the sedges
by
the river’s brink,
His
sister
standing
afar
off,
and taking
notice
what
would be
done.
And
behold
the
daughter
of Pharao
came
down
to
wash
herself
in
the
river:
and
her
maids
walked
by
the river’s brink.
And
when
she
saw
the
basket
in
the sedges,
she
sent
one
of
her
maids
for
it:
and
when
it
was
brought,
She
opened
it
and
seeing
within
it
an infant
crying, having
compassion
on
it she
said:
This
is
one
of
the babes
of
the
Hebrews.
And
the
child’s
sister
said
to
her
Shall
I go
and
call
to thee
a
Hebrew
woman,
to
nurse
the babe?
She
answered: Go.
The
maid went
and
called
her
mother.
And Pharao’s
daughter
said
to
her.
Take
this
child
and
nurse
him
for
me:
I
will
give thee thy
wages.
The
woman
took,
and
nursed
the
child:
and
when
he
was grown
up, she
delivered
him
to Pharao’s
daughter.
And
she adopted
him
for
a
son,
and
called
him
Moses,
saying:
Because
I
took
him
out
of
the
water.
In
those
days
after
Moses
was
grown
up,
he
went
out
to
his
brethren:
and
saw
their affliction,
and
an
Egyptian
striking
one
of
the
Hebrews
his
brethren.
And
when
he
had
looked
about
this
way
and
that
way,
and
saw
no
one
there,
he
slew
the
Egyptian
and
hid
him
in
the
sand.
And
going
out
the
next
day,
he
saw
two
Hebrews quarrelling:
and
he
said
to
him
that
did
the wrong:
Why strikest thou thy neighbour?
But
he
answered:
Who hath
appointed thee
prince
and
judge
over
us? Wilt thou
kill
me,
as thou didst yesterday
kill
the
Egyptian?
Moses
feared,
and
said:
How
is
this come
to
be
known?
And Pharao
heard
of
this
word
and
sought
to
kill
Moses:
but
he
fled
from
his
sight,
and
abode
in
the
land
of Madian,
and
he
sat
down
by
a
well.
And
the
priest
of Madian
had
seven
daughters,
who
came
to draw
water:
and
when
the troughs
were
filled, desired
to
water
their
father’s
flocks.
And
the
shepherds
came
and
drove
them
away:
and
Moses
arose,
and defending
the maids,
watered
their
sheep.
And
when
they
returned
to Raguel
their
father,
he
said
to
them:
Why
are ye
come sooner than
usual?
They
answered:
A
man
of
Egypt
delivered
us
from
the
hands
of
the
shepherds:
and
he drew
water
also
with
us,
and
gave
the
sheep
to
drink.
But
he
said:
Where
is
he?
why
have
you let
the
man go?
call
him
that
he
may
eat
bread.
And
Moses swore
that
he
would
dwell
with
him.
And
he
took Sephora
his
daughter
to wife:
And
she
bore
him
a
son,
whom
he
called Gersam,
saying:
I
have
been
a
stranger
in
a
foreign
country.
And
she
bore another,
whom
he
called Eliezer,
saying:
For
the
God
of
my
father,
my helper hath
delivered
me
out
of
the hand
of Pharao.
Now
after
a
long
time
the
king
of
Egypt
died:
and
the
children
of
Israel
groaning,
cried
out
because
of
the works:
and
their
cry
went
up unto
God
from
the works.
And
he
heard
their
groaning,
and
remembered
the
covenant which
he
made
with
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob.
And
the Lord
looked
upon
the
children
of
Israel,
and
he
knew
them.
Now
Moses fed
the
sheep
of
Jethro
his father
in law,
the
priest
of Madian:
and
he drove
the
flock
to
the inner parts
of
the
desert,
and
came
to
the
mountain
of
God,
Horeb.
And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
in
a
flame
of
fire
out
of
the
midst
of
a
bush:
and
he
saw
that
the
bush
was
on
fire
and
was
not burnt.
And
Moses
said:
I
will
go
and
see
this
great
sight,
why
the
bush
is
not burnt.
And
when
the
Lord
saw
that
he
went forward
to
see,
he
called
to
him
out
of
the
midst
of
the
bush,
and
said:
Moses,
Moses.
And
he
answered:
Here
I
am.
And
he
said:
Come
not nigh hither, put
off
the
shoes
from thy
feet:
for
the
place whereon thou standest
is
holy
ground.
And
he
said:
I
am
the
God
of thy
father,
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob.
Moses
hid
his
face:
for
he durst
not
look
at
God.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
I
have
seen
the affliction
of
my
people
in
Egypt,
and
I
have
heard
their
cry
because
of
the rigour
of
them
that
are
over
the works:
And knowing
their
sorrow,
I am
come
down
to
deliver
them
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Egyptians,
and
to
bring
them
out
of
that
land
into
a
good
and
spacious
land,
into
a
land
that floweth
with
milk
and
honey,
to
the
places
of
the Chanaanite,
and Hethite,
and Amorrhite,
and Pherezite,
and Hevite,
and
Jebusite.
For
the
cry
of
the
children
of
Israel
is
come unto
me:
and
I
have
seen
their affliction, wherewith
they
are
oppressed
by
the
Egyptians.
But
come,
and
I
will
send thee
to Pharao,
that thou mayst
bring
forth
my
people,
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
Egypt.
And
Moses
said
to
God:
Who
am
I
that
I
should
go
to Pharao,
and
should
bring
forth
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
Egypt?
And
he
said
to
him:
I
will
be
with thee:
and
this thou shalt
have
for
a
sign,
that
I
have
sent thee:
When thou shalt
have
brought
my
people
out
of
Egypt, thou shalt offer sacrifice
to
God
upon
this
mountain.
Moses
said
to
God:
Lo,
I
shall
go
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them:
The
God
of
your
fathers hath
sent
me
to
you.
If
they
should
say
to
me:
What
is
his
name?
what
shall
I
say
to
them?
God
said
to
Moses:
I
AM
WHO
AM.
He
said:
Thus shalt thou
say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
HE
WHO
IS, hath
sent
me
to
you.
And
God
said
again
to
Moses:
Thus shalt thou
say
to
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
to
you:
This
is
my
name
for
ever,
and
this
is
my
memorial unto
all
generations.
Go,
gather
together
the ancients
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
The
Lord
God
of
your
fathers,
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob, hath
appeared
to
me,
saying:
Visiting
I
have
visited
you:
and
I
have
seen
all
that hath befallen
you
in
Egypt.
And
I
have
said
the
word
to
bring
you forth
out
of
the affliction
of
Egypt,
into
the
land
of
the Chanaanite,
the Hethite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and Pherezite,
and Hevite,
and
Jebusite,
to
a
land
that floweth
with
milk
and
honey.
And
they
shall
hear thy
voice:
and thou shalt
go
in, thou
and
the ancients
of
Israel,
to
the
king
of
Egypt,
and thou shalt
say
to
him:
The
Lord
God
of
the
Hebrews hath
called
us:
we
will
go
three
days’
journey
into
the
wilderness,
to
sacrifice unto
the
Lord
our
God.
But
I
know
that
the
king
of
Egypt
will
not
let
you
go,
but
by
a
mighty
hand.
For
I
will
stretch
forth
my
hand
and
will
strike
Egypt
with
all
my
wonders
which
I
will
do
in
the
midst
of
them:
after
these
he
will
let
you
go.
And
I
will
give favour
to
this
people,
in
the
sight
of
the
Egyptians:
and
when
you
go
forth,
you
shall
not depart
empty:
But
every
woman
shall
ask
of
her neighbour,
and
of
her
that
is
in
her
house,
vessels
of
silver
and
of
gold,
and raiment:
and
you
shall
put
them
on
your
sons
and
daughters,
and
shall spoil
Egypt.
Moses
answered
and
said:
They
will
not
believe
me,
nor
hear
my
voice,
but
they
will
say:
The
Lord hath
not
appeared
to thee.
Then
he
said
to
him:
What
is
that thou holdest
in thy
hand?
He
answered:
A
rod.
And
the Lord
said:
Cast
it
down
upon
the
ground.
He
cast
it
down,
and
it
was
turned
into
a
serpent:
so
that
Moses
fled
from
it.
And
the
Lord
said:
Put
out thy
hand
and
take
it
by
the
tail.
He
put
forth
his
hand,
and
took
hold
of
it,
and
it
was
turned
into
a
rod.
That
they
may
believe, saith
he,
that
the
Lord
God
of
their
fathers,
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob, hath
appeared
to thee.
And
the
Lord
said
again:
Put thy
hand
into thy
bosom.
And
when
he
had
put
it
into
his
bosom,
he
brought
it
forth
leprous
as
snow.
And
he
said:
Put
back thy
hand
into thy
bosom.
He
put
it
back,
and
brought
it
out
again,
and
it
was
like
the other
flesh.
If
they
will
not
believe thee, saith
he,
nor
hear
the
voice
of
the
former
sign,
they
will
believe
the word
of
the
latter
sign.
But
if
they
will
not
even
believe
these
two
signs,
nor
hear thy
voice:
take
of
the
river
water,
and
pour
it
out
upon
the
dry
land,
and whatsoever thou drawest
out
of
the
river
shall
be
turned
into
blood.
Moses
said:
I beseech thee,
Lord.
I
am
not eloquent
from
yesterday
and
the
day
before:
and
since thou hast
spoken
to thy
servant,
I
have
more impediment
and slowness
of
tongue.
The
Lord
said
to
him:
Who
made
man’s
mouth?
or
who
made
the dumb
and
the
deaf,
the
seeing
and
the
blind?
did
not
I?
Go
therefore
and
I
will
be
in thy
mouth:
and
I
will
teach thee
what thou shalt
speak.
But
he
said:
I
beseech thee,
Lord
send whom thou wilt
send.
The
Lord being
angry
at
Moses,
said
Aaron
the
Levite
is thy
brother,
I
know
that
he
is eloquent:
behold
he cometh
forth
to
meet thee,
and
seeing thee
shall
be
glad
at
heart.
Speak
to
him,
and
put
my
words
in
his
mouth:
and
I
will
be
in thy
mouth,
and
in
his
mouth,
and
will shew
you
what
you
must
do.
He
shall
speak
in thy stead
to
the
people,
and
shall
be thy
mouth:
but thou shalt
be
to
him
in
those
things
that pertain
to
God.
And
take
this
rod
in thy
hand, wherewith thou shalt
do
the
signs.
Moses
went
his way,
and
returned
to
Jethro
his father
in law
and
said
to
him:
I
will
go
and
return
to
my
brethren
into
Egypt,
that
I
may
see
if
they
be
yet
alive.
And
Jethro
said
to
him:
Go
in
peace.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses,
in Madian:
Go,
and
return
into
Egypt:
for
they
are
all
dead
that
sought thy
life.
Moses
therefore
took
his
wife,
and
his
sons,
and
set
them
upon
an ass:
and
returned
into
Egypt, carrying
the
rod
of
God
in
his
hand.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him
as
he
was
returning
into
Egypt:
See
that thou
do
all
the
wonders
before Pharao,
which
I
have
put
in thy
hand:
I
shall
harden
his
heart,
and
he
will
not
let
the
people
go.
And thou shalt
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Israel
is
my
son,
my
firstborn.
I
have
said
to thee:
Let
my
son
go,
that
he
may
serve
me,
and thou wouldst
not
let
him
go:
behold
I
will
kill thy
son, thy
firstborn.
And
when
he
was
in
his
journey,
in
the inn,
the
Lord
met
him,
and
would
have
killed
him.
Immediately Sephora
took
a very sharp stone,
and circumcised
the fore skin
of
her
son,
and
touched
his
feet
and
said:
A
bloody spouse art thou
to
me.
And
he
let
him
go
after
she had
said
A
bloody spouse art thou
to
me,
because
of
the
circumcision.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Aaron: Go
into
the
desert
to
meet
Moses.
And
he
went forth
to
meet
him
in
the
mountain
of
God,
and
kissed
him.
And
Moses
told
Aaron
all
the
words
of
the
Lord,
by
which
he
had
sent
him,
and
the
signs
that
he
had
commanded.
And
they came
together,
and
they
assembled
all
the ancients
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
Aaron
spoke
all
the
words
which
the
Lord
had
said
to
Moses:
and
he wrought
the
signs
before
the
people,
And
the
people
believed.
And
they
heard
that
the
Lord
had
visited
the
children
of
Israel:
and
that
he
had
looked
upon
their affliction:
and falling
down
they adored.
After
these
things
Moses
and
Aaron
went
in,
and
said
to Pharao:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
Israel:
Let
my
people
go
that
they
may sacrifice
to
me
in
the
desert.
But
he
answered:
Who
is
the
Lord,
that
I
should
hear
his
voice,
and
let
Israel
go?
I
know
not
the
Lord,
neither
will
I
let
Israel
go.
And
they
said:
The
God
of
the
Hebrews hath
called
us,
to
go
three
days’
journey
into
the
wilderness
and
to
sacrifice
to
the
Lord
our
God:
lest
a
pestilence
or
the
sword
fall
upon
us.
The
king
of
Egypt
said
to
them:
Why
do
you
Moses
and
Aaron draw
off
the
people
from
their
works? Get
you gone
to
your
burdens.
And Pharao
said:
The
people
of
the
land
is
numerous:
you
see
that
the multitude
is increased: how
much
more
if
you give
them rest
from
their works?
Therefore
he
commanded
the
same
day
the
overseers
of
the works,
and
the
taskmasters
of
the
people,
saying:
You
shall
give
straw
no
more
to
the
people
to
make
brick,
as
before:
but
let
them go
and gather
straw.
And
you
shall
lay
upon
them
the
task
of
bricks,
which
they
did
before,
neither
shall
you diminish
any
thing thereof:
for
they
are idle,
and
therefore
they
cry,
saying:
Let
us
go
and
sacrifice
to
our
God.
Let
them
be oppressed,
with
works,
and
let
them fulfill
them:
that
they
may
not
regard
lying
words.
And
the
overseers
of
the works
and
the
taskmasters
went
out
and
said
to
the
people:
Thus saith Pharao,
I
allow
you
no
straw:
Go,
and gather
it
where
you
can
find
it:
neither
shall
any
thing
of
your
work
be
diminished.
And
the
people
was
scattered
through
all
the
land
of
Egypt
to gather
straw.
And
the
overseers
of
the
works
pressed
them,
saying:
Fulfill
your
work
every
day
as
before
you
were wont
to
do
when
straw
was given
you.
And
they
that
were
over
the
works
of
the
children
of
Israel
were scourged
by Pharao’s
taskmasters,
saying:
Why
have
you
not
made
up
the
task
of
bricks
both
yesterday
and
today
as
before?
And
the
officers
of
the
children
of
Israel
came,
and
cried
out
to Pharao,
saying:
Why dealest thou
so
with thy
servants?
Straw
is
not
given
us,
and
bricks
are required
of
us
as before:
behold
we thy
servants
are
beaten
with whips,
and thy
people
is unjustly dealt withal.
And
he
said:
You
are idle,
and
therefore
you
say:
Let
us
go
and
sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
Go
therefore,
and
work:
straw
shall
not
be
given
you,
and
you
shall
deliver
the accustomed number
of
bricks.
And
the
officers
of
the
children
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were
in
evil
case,
because
it
was
said
to
them: There
shall
not
a whit
be
diminished
of
the
bricks
for
every
day.
And
they
met
Moses
and
Aaron,
who
stood
over
against
them
as
they
came
out
from Pharao:
And
they
said
to
them:
The
Lord
see
and
judge,
because
you
have
made
our savour
to
stink
before Pharao
and
his
servants,
and
you
have
given
him
a
sword
to
kill
us.
And
Moses
returned
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
Lord,
why hast thou afflicted
this
people? wherefore hast thou
sent
me?
For
since
the
time
that
I
went
in
to Pharao
to
speak
in thy
name,
he hath afflicted thy
people:
and thou hast
not
delivered
them.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Now thou shalt
see
what
I
will
do
to Pharao:
for
by
a
mighty
hand
shall
he
let
them
go,
and
with
a
strong
hand
shall
he
cast
them
out
of
his
land.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
I
am
the
Lord,
That
appeared
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob,
by
the
name
of
God
Almighty;
and
my
name ADONAI
I
did
not shew
them.
And
I
made
a
covenant
with
them,
to
give
them
the
land
of Chanaan,
the
land
of
their
pilgrimage
wherein
they
were strangers.
I
have
heard
the
groaning
of
the
children
of
Israel, wherewith
the
Egyptians
have oppressed
them:
and
I
have
remembered
my
covenant.
Therefore
say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
I
am
the
Lord
who
will
bring
you
out
from
the
work prison
of
the
Egyptians,
and
will
deliver
you
from
bondage:
and
redeem
you
with
a
high
arm,
and
great
judgments.
And
I
will
take
you
to
myself
for
my
people,
I
will
be
your
God:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
your
God
who
brought
you
out
from
the work prison
of
the
Egyptians.
And
brought
you
into
the
land,
concerning
which
I
lifted
up
my
hand
to
give
it
to
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob
and
I
will
give
it
you
to possess,
I
am
the
Lord.
And
Moses
told all
this
to
the
children
of
Israel:
but
they
did
not hearken
to
him,
for anguish
of
spirit,
and most painful
work.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Go
in,
and
speak
to Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
that
he
let
the
children
of
Israel
go
out
of
his
land.
Moses
answered
before
the
Lord
Behold
the
children
of
Israel
do
no hearken
to
me;
and
how
will Pharao
hear
me, especially
as
I
am
of
uncircumcised
lips?
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
he
gave
them
a
charge unto
the
children
of
Israel,
and unto Pharao
the
king
of
Egypt,
that
they
should
bring
forth
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
These
are
the
heads
of their
house
by their
families.
The
sons
of Rubel
the
firstborn
of
Israel: Henoch
and Phallu, Hesron
and Charmi.
These
are
the kindreds
of Ruben.
The
sons
of
Simeon: Jamuel,
and
Jamin
and Ahod,
and
Jachin,
and Soar,
and
Saul
the
son
of
a Chanaanitess:
these
are
the
families
of
Simeon.
And
these
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Levi
by
their kindreds: Gerson,
and Caath,
and
Merari.
And
the
years
of
the
life
of
Levi
were
a
hundred
and
thirty
seven.
The
sons
of Gerson: Lobni
and Semei,
by their kindreds.
The
sons
of Caath:
Amram,
and Isaar,
and
Hebron,
and Oziel.
And
the
years
of Caath’s
life
were
a
hundred
and
thirty-three.
The
sons
of
Merari: Moholi
and Musi.
These
are
the kindreds
of
Levi
by
their
families.
And
Amram
took
to
wife Jochabed
his
aunt
by
the
father’s side:
and she
bore
him
Aaron
and
Moses.
And
the
years
of
Amram’s
life
were
a
hundred
and thirty-seven.
The
sons also
of Isaar: Core,
and
Nepheg,
and Zechri.
The
sons also
of Oziel: Mizael,
and
Elizaphan,
and Sethri.
And
Aaron
took
to
wife Elizabeth
the
daughter
of Aminadab,
sister
of Nahason,
who
bore
him
Nadab,
and Abiu,
and
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
The
sons also
of Core: Aser,
and Elcana,
and
Abiasaph.
These
are
the kindreds
of
the Corites.
But
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
took
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of Phutiel:
and she
bore
him Phinees.
These
are
the
heads
of
the
Levitical
families
by
their kindreds.
These
are
Aaron
and
Moses,
whom
the
Lord
commanded
to
bring
forth
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
by
their companies.
These
are
they
that
speak
to Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
in order
to
bring
out
the
children
of
Israel
from
Egypt:
these
are
that
Moses
and
Aaron,
In
the
day
when
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
I
am
the
Lord:
speak thou
to Pharao
king
of
Egypt
all
that
I
say
to thee.
And
Moses
said
before
the
Lord:
Lo
I
am
of
uncircumcised
lips,
how
will Pharao
hear
me?
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Behold
I
have
appointed thee
the
God
of Pharao:
and
Aaron thy
brother
shall
be thy
prophet.
Thou shalt
speak
to
him
all
that
I
command thee;
and
he
shall
speak
to Pharao,
that
he
let
the
children
of
Israel
go
out
of
his
land.
But
I
shall
harden
his
heart,
and
shall
multiply
my
signs
and
wonders
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
And
he
will
not
hear
you:
and
I
will
lay
my
hand
upon
Egypt,
and
will
bring
forth
my
army
and
my
people
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
by
very
great
judgments.
And
the
Egyptians
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
who
have
stretched
forth
my
hand
upon
Egypt,
and
have
brought
forth
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
midst
of
them.
And
Moses
and
Aaron
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded:
so
did
they.
And
Moses
was
eighty
years
old,
and
Aaron
eighty-three,
when
they
spoke
to Pharao.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses
and
Aaron:
When Pharao
shall
say
to
you, Shew signs: thou shalt
say
to
Aaron:
Take thy
rod,
and
cast
it
down
before Pharao,
and
it
shall
be
turned
into
a
serpent.
So
Moses
and
Aaron
went
in unto Pharao,
and
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
Aaron
took
the
rod
before Pharao,
and
his
servants,
and
it
was
turned
into
a
serpent.
And Pharao
called
the
wise
men
and
the
magicians:
and
they
also
by
Egyptian enchantments
and certain secrets
did
in
like
manner.
And
they
every
one
cast
down
their
rods,
and
they
were
turned
into
serpents:
but
Aaron’s
rod devoured
their
rods.
And Pharao’s
heart
was
hardened,
and
he
did
not hearken
to
them,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses: Pharao’s
heart
is hardened,
he
will not
let
the
people
go.
Go
to
him
in
the
morning,
behold
he
will
go
out
to
the
waters:
and thou shalt
stand
to
meet
him
on
the
bank
of
the
river:
and thou shalt
take
in thy
hand
the
rod
that
was
turned
into
a
serpent.
And thou shalt
say
to
him:
The
Lord
God
of
the
Hebrews
sent
me
to thee
saying:
Let
my
people
go
to sacrifice
to
me
in
the
desert:
and hitherto thou wouldst
not
hear.
Thus
therefore saith
the
Lord:
In
this thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord:
behold
I
will
strike
with
the
rods
that
is
in
my
hand,
the
water
of
the
river,
and
it
shall
be
turned
into
blood.
And
the fishes
that
are
in
the
river
shall
die,
and
the
waters
shall
be corrupted,
and
the
Egyptians
shall
be afflicted
when
they
drink
the
water
of
the
river.
The
Lord
also
said
to
Moses:
Say
to
Aaron,
Take thy
rod,
and
stretch
forth thy
hand
upon
the
waters
of
Egypt,
and
upon
their
rivers,
and
streams
and
pools,
and
all
the
ponds
of
waters,
that
they
may
be
turned
into
blood:
and
let
blood
be
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
both
in vessels
of
wood
and
of
stone.
And
Moses
and
Aaron
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded:
and
lifting
up
the
rod
he
struck
the
water
of
the
river
before Pharao
and
his
servants:
and
it
was
turned
into
blood.
And
the fishes
that
were
in
the
river
died:
and
the
river corrupted,
and
the
Egyptians
could
not
drink
the
water
of
the
river,
and
there
was
blood
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
the
magicians
of
the
Egyptians
with
their enchantments
did
in
like
manner:
and Pharao’s
heart
was
hardened,
neither
did
he
hear
them,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
he
turned
himself
away
and
went
into
his
house,
neither
did
he
set
his
heart
to
it
this
time
also.
And
all
the
Egyptians
dug
round
about
the
river
for
water
to
drink:
for
they
could
not
drink
of
the
water
of
the
river.
And
seven
days
were
fully
ended,
after
that
the
Lord
struck
the
river.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Go
in
to Pharao,
and thou shalt
say
to
him: Thus saith
the
Lord:
Let
my
people
go
to sacrifice
to
me.
But if thou wilt
not
let
them
go behold
I
will
strike
all thy coasts
with
frogs.
And
the
river
shall
bring forth
an abundance
of
frogs:
which
shall
come
up,
and
enter
into thy house,
and thy bedchamber,
and
upon thy bed,
and
in
the houses
of thy servants,
and
to thy
people,
and
into thy ovens,
and
into
the remains
of thy meats;
And
the
frogs
shall come
in
to thee
and
to thy
people,
and
to
all thy servants.
And
the Lord
said
to
Moses:
Say
to Aaron, Stretch forth thy hand
upon
the
streams
and
upon
the
rivers
and
the pools,
and bring forth
frogs
upon
the land
of Egypt.
And Aaron stretched
forth
his hand upon
the waters
of Egypt,
and
the frogs
came up,
and covered
the land
of Egypt.
And
the magicians
also
by
their enchantments
did
in
like manner,
and
the brought forth
frogs upon
all
the land
of Egypt.
But Pharao
called
Moses
and
Aaron
and
said
to
them: Pray ye
to
the
Lord
to
take
away
the
frogs
from
me
and
from
my
people;
and
I
will
let
the
people
go
to sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
And
Moses
said
to Pharao:
Set
me
a time
when
I
shall pray
for thee,
and
for thy servants,
and
for thy people,
that
the
frogs
may
be driven
away
from thee
and
from thy
house,
and
from thy servants,
and
from thy people:
and
may remain only
in
the river.
And
he answered: Tomorrow. But
he said:
I
will do according
to thy word;
that thou mayst know
that there
is none
like
to
the Lord
our God.
And
the frogs
shall depart
from thee,
and
from thy house,
and
from thy servants,
and
from thy
people;
and
shall
remain only
in
the
river.
And
Moses
and
Aaron
went forth
from Pharao:
and
Moses cried
to
the
Lord
for
the
promise, which
he
had
made
to Pharao
concerning
the frogs.
And
the Lord
did
according
to
the word
of Moses:
and
the frogs died
out
of
the houses,
and
out
of
the villages,
and
out
of
the fields:
And
they gathered
them together
into immense heaps,
and
the land
was corrupted.
And Pharao seeing
that rest
was
given,
hardened
his
own
heart,
and
did
not
hear
them,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Say
to Aaron,
Stretch
forth thy rod,
and strike
the dust
of
the earth:
and
may
there
be sciniphs
in
all
the
land
of Egypt.
And
they
did
so.
And Aaron
stretched
forth
his hand, holding
the rod:
and
he struck
the
dust
of
the
earth,
and
there came sciniphs
on
men
and
on beasts:
all
the
dust
of
the
earth
was
turned
into sciniphs
through
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
the magicians
with
their enchantments practiced
in
like manner,
to
bring
forth sciniphs,
and
they
could
not
and
there
were sciniphs
as
well
on
men
as
on beasts.
And
the magicians said
to Pharao
This
is
the finger
of God.
And Pharao heart
was hardened,
and
he hearkened
not unto
them,
as
the Lord
had commanded.
The
Lord
also
said
to Moses: Arise early,
and
stand
before Pharao:
for
he
will
go forth
to
the waters:
and thou shalt say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Let
my
people
go
to sacrifice
to
me.
But if thou wilt
not let
them go, behold
I
will send
in
upon thee,
and
upon thy servants,
and
upon thy houses all kind
of flies:
and
the houses
of
the Egyptians
shall
be filled
with flies
of divers kinds,
and
the whole
land wherein
they
shall
be.
And
I
will
make
the land
of Gessen wherein
my
people
is, wonderful
in
that lay,
so
that flies
shall
not
be
there:
and thou shalt know
that
I
am
the
Lord
in
the midst
of
the earth.
And
I
will put
a division between
my
people
and thy
people: tomorrow
shall
this sign
be.
And
the
Lord
did
so.
And
there
came
a very grievous swarm
of flies
into
he houses
of Pharao
and
of
his servants,
and
into all
the land
of Egypt:
and
the land
was corrupted
by
this kind
of flies.
And Pharao
called
Moses
and Aaron,
and
said
to
them:
Go,
and
sacrifice
to
your
God
in
this land.
And
Moses
said:
It cannot
be
so:
for we
shall sacrifice
the abominations
of
the Egyptians
to
the
Lord
our
God: now if we kill
those
things which
the Egyptians worship,
in
their
presence,
they
will stone
us.
We
will
go three days’ journey
into
the wilderness:
and
we
will sacrifice
to
the
Lord
our
God,
as
he hath commanded
us.
And Pharao said:
I
will
let
you
go
to sacrifice
to
the Lord
your
God
in
the wilderness:
but
go
no farther: pray
for
me.
And Moses said: I will go out from thee, and will pray to the Lord: and the flies shall depart from Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people tomorrow: but do not deceive any more, in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
So Moses went out from Pharao, and prayed to the Lord.
And he did according to his word: and he took away the flies from Pharao, and from his servants, and from his people: there was not left so much as one.
And Pharao’s heart was hardened, so that neither this time would he let the people go.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Go
in
to Pharao,
and
speak
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
the
Hebrews:
Let
my
people
go
to sacrifice
to
me.
But
if thou
refuse,
and withhold
them
still:
Behold
my
hand
shall
be
upon thy
fields:
and
a
very
grievous murrain
upon thy
horses,
and asses,
and
camels,
and
oxen,
and
sheep.
And
the
Lord
will
make
a wonderful difference
between
the
possessions
of
Israel
and
the
possessions
of
the
Egyptians,
that
nothing
at
all
shall
die
of
those
things
that belong
to
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
appointed
a
time,
saying:
Tomorrow
will
the
Lord
do
this
thing
in
the
land.
The
Lord
therefore
did
this
thing
the
next
day:
and
all
the
beasts
of
the
Egyptians
died,
but
of
the
beasts
of
the
children
of
Israel
there
died
not
one.
And Pharao
sent
to
see:
and
there
was
not
any
thing
dead
of
that which
Israel possessed.
And Pharao’s
heart
was
hardened,
and
he
did
not
let
the
people
go.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses
and
Aaron:
Take
to
you
handfuls
of ashes
out
of
the chimney,
and let
Moses
sprinkle
it
in
the air
in
the
presence
of Pharao.
And
be
there
dust
upon
all
the
land
of
Egypt:
for
there
shall
be
boils
and swelling blains
both
in
men
and
beasts
in
the
whole
land
of
Egypt.
And
they
took ashes
out
of
the chimney,
and
stood
before Pharao,
and
Moses
sprinkled
it
in
the air:
and
there
came
boils
with swelling blains
in
men
and
beasts.
Neither
could
the
magicians
stand
before
Moses
for
the
boils
that
were
upon
them,
and
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
the
Lord
hardened Pharao’s
heart,
and
he hearkened
not unto
them,
as
the
Lord
had
spoken
to
Moses.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Arise
in
the
morning,
and
stand
before Pharao,
and thou shalt
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
the
Hebrews:
Let
my
people
go
to sacrifice
to
me.
For
I
will
at
this
time
send
all
my
plagues
upon thy
heart,
and
upon thy
servants,
and
upon thy
people:
that thou mayst
know
there
is
none
like
me
in
all
the
earth.
For
now
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
to
strike thee,
and thy
people
with
pestilence,
and thou shalt perish
from
the
earth.
And
therefore
have
I
raised thee,
that
I
may shew
my
power
in thee,
and
my
name
may
be spoken
of
throughout
all
the
earth.
Dost thou
yet hold
back
my
people:
and wilt thou
not
let
them
go?
Behold
I
will
cause
it
to
rain
tomorrow
at
this
same hour,
an
exceeding
great
hail:
such
as hath
not
been
in
Egypt
from
the
day
that
it
was
founded,
until
this
present
time.
Send
therefore
now presently,
and
gather
together thy
cattle,
and
all
that thou hast
in
the
field:
for
men
and
beasts,
and
all
things
that
shall
be
found abroad,
and
not
gathered
together
out
of
the
fields,
which
the
hail
shall
fall
upon,
shall
die.
He
that
feared
the
word
of
the
Lord
among Pharao’s
servants, made
his
servants
and
his
cattle
flee
into
houses:
But
he
that regarded
not
the
word
of
the
Lord,
left
his
servants
and
his
cattle
in
the
fields:
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Stretch forth thy
hand towards
heaven,
that
there
may
be
hail
in
the
whole
land
of
Egypt,
upon
men,
and
upon
beasts,
and
upon
every
herb
of
the
field
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
Moses
stretched
forth
his
rod towards
heaven,
and
the
Lord
sent
thunder
and
hail,
and lightning running
along
the
ground:
and
the
Lord
rained
hail
upon
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
the
hail
and
fire mixed
with
it drove
on together:
and
it
was
of
so
great bigness,
as
never
before
was seen
in
the
whole
land
of
Egypt
since
that
nation
was founded.
And
the
hail
destroyed
through
all
the
land
of
Egypt
all
things
that
were
in
the
fields,
both
man
and
beast:
and
the
hail
smote
every
herb
of
the
field,
and
it
broke
every
tree
of
the
country.
Only
in
the
land
of Gessen,
where
the
children
of
Israel
were,
the
hail
fell
not.
And Pharao
sent
and
called
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying
to
them:
I
have
sinned
this
time
also;
the
Lord
is
just:
I
and
my
people
are
wicked.
Pray ye
to
the
Lord,
that
the
thunderings
of
God
and
the
hail
may cease:
that
I
may
let
you
go,
and
that
you
may
stay here
no
longer.
Moses
said:
As
soon
as
I
am
gone
out
of
the
city,
I
will
stretch
forth
my
hands
to
the
Lord,
and
the thunders
shall
cease,
and
the
hail
shall
be
no
more:
that thou mayst
know
that
the
earth
is
the
Lord’s.
But
I
know
that neither thou,
nor thy
servants do
yet
fear
the
Lord
God.
The
flax
therefore
and
the
barley
were hurt,
because
the
barley
was green,
and
the
flax
was
now boiled:
But
the
wheat,
and other winter corn
were
not hurt,
because
they
were lateward.
And
when
Moses
was
gone
from Pharao
out
of
the
city,
he
stretched
forth
his
hands
to
the
Lord:
and
the thunders
and
the
hail
ceased,
neither
did
there drop
any
more
rain
upon
the
earth.
And Pharao
seeing
that
the
rain
and
the
hail,
and
the thunders
were
ceased,
increased
his
sin.
And
his
heart
was
hardened,
and
the
heart
of
his servants,
and
it
was
made exceeding hard:
neither
did
he
let
the
children
of
Israel
go,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Go
in
to Pharao;
for
I
have
hardened
his
heart,
and
the
heart
of
his
servants:
that
I
may work
these
my
signs
in
him.
And thou mayest
tell
in
the
ears
of thy
sons,
and
of
they
grandsons,
how often
I
have plagued
the
Egyptians,
and
wrought
my
signs amongst
them:
and
you
may
know
that
I
am
the
Lord:
Therefore
Moses
and
Aaron
went
in
to Pharao,
and
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
the
Hebrews:
How
long refusest thou
to
submit
to
me?
let
my
people
go,
to sacrifice
to
me.
But
if thou resist,
and wilt
not
let
them
go,
behold
I
will
bring
in
tomorrow
the
locust
into thy coasts:
To
cover
the
face
of
the
earth
that
nothing thereof
may
appear,
but
that
which
the
hail hath
left
may
be
eaten:
for
they
shall
feed
upon
all
the
trees
that
spring
in
the
fields.
And
they
shall
fill thy
houses,
and
the
houses
of thy
servants,
and
of
all
the
Egyptians:
such
a number
as thy
fathers
have
not
seen,
nor thy
grandfathers,
from
the
time
they
were
first
upon
the
earth,
until
this
present
day.
And
he
turned
himself
away,
and
went
forth
from Pharao.
And Pharao’s
servants
said
to
him:
How
long
shall
we
endure
this scandal?
let
the
men
go
to sacrifice
to
the
Lord
their
God. Dost thou
not
see
that
Egypt
is undone?
And
they
called
back
Moses
and
Aaron
to Pharao:
and
he
said
to
them:
Go, sacrifice
to
the
Lord
your
God:
who
are
they
that
shall
go?
Moses
said:
We
will go
with
our
young
and
old,
with
our
sons
and
daughters,
with
our
sheep
and
herds:
for
it
is
the solemnity
of
the
Lord
our
God.
And Pharao
answered:
So
be
the
Lord
with
you,
as
I
shall
let
you
and
your
children
go:
who
can doubt
but
that
you
intend some great
evil?
It
shall
not
be
so:
but
go ye
men only,
and sacrifice
to
the
Lord:
for
this
yourselves
also desired.
And immediately
they
were cast
out
from Pharao’s
presence.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Stretch forth thy
hand
upon
the
land
of
Egypt unto
the
locust,
that
it
may
come
upon
it,
and
devour
every
herb
that
is
left
after
the
hail.
And
Moses
stretched
forth
his
rod
upon
the
land
of
Egypt:
and
the
Lord
brought
a burning
wind
all
that
day,
and
night:
and
when
it
was
morning,
the burning
wind
raised
the
locusts:
And
they
came
up
over
the
whole
land
of
Egypt:
and
rested
in
all
the coasts
of
the
Egyptians innumerable,
the
like
as
had
not
been
before
that
time,
nor
shall
be hereafter.
And
they
covered
the
whole
face
of
the
earth, wasting
all
things.
And
the
grass
of
the
earth
was
devoured,
and
what
fruits soever
were
on
the
trees,
which
the
hail
had
left:
and
there
remained
not
any
thing
that
was
green
on
the
trees,
or
in
the
herbs
of
the
earth
in
all
Egypt.
Wherefore Pharao
in
haste
called
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
said
to
them:
I
have
sinned
against
the
Lord
your
God,
and
against
you.
But
now
forgive
me
my
sin
this
time
also,
and
pray
to
the
Lord
your
God,
that
he
take
away
from
me
this
death.
And
Moses
going
forth
from
the
presence
of Pharao,
prayed
to
the
Lord.
And
he
made
a
very
strong
wind
to
blow
from
the
west,
and
it
took
the
locusts
and cast
them
into
the Red
Sea:
there
remained
not
so
much
as
one
in
all
the coasts
of
Egypt.
And
the
Lord
hardened Pharao’s
heart,
neither
did
he
let
the
children
of
Israel
go.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Stretch
out
they
hand towards
heaven:
and
may
there
be
darkness
upon
the
land
of
Egypt,
so thick
that
it
may
be
felt.
And
Moses
stretch forth
his
hand towards
heaven:
and
there
came horrible
darkness
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt
for
three
days.
No
man
saw
his
brother,
nor moved
himself
out
of
the
place
where
he
was:
but wheresoever
the
children
of
Israel dwelt
there
was
light.
And Pharao
called
Moses
and Aaron,
and
said
to
them: Go sacrifice
to
the
Lord: let
your
sheep
only,
and
herds remain; let
your
children go
with
you.
Moses
said: Thou shalt
give
us
also
sacrifices
and
burnt
offerings,
to
the
Lord
our
God.
All
the
flocks
shall
go
with
us:
there
shall
not
a
hoof
remain
of
them:
for
they
are necessary
for
the service
of
the
Lord
our
God:
especially
as
we
know
not
what
must
be offered,
till
we
come
to
the
very
place.
And
the
Lord
hardened Pharao’s
heart,
and
he
would
not
let
them
go.
And Pharao
said
to
Moses: Get thee
from
me,
and
beware thou
see
not
my
face
any
more:
in
what
day soever thou shalt come
in
my
sight, thou shalt
die.
Moses
answered:
So
shall
it
be
as thou hast
spoken,
I
will
not
see thy
face
any
more.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Yet
one
plague
more
will
I
bring
upon Pharao
and
Egypt,
and
after
that
he
shall
let
you
go
and
thrust
you
out.
Therefore thou shalt
tell
all
the
people
that
every
man
ask
of
his
friend,
and
every
woman
of
her neighbour,
vessels
of
silver,
and
of
gold.
And
the
Lord
will
give favour
to
his
people
in
the
sight
of
the
Egyptians.
And
Moses
was
a
very
great
man
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
sight
of Pharao’s
servants,
and
of
all
the
people.
And
he
said:
Thus
said
the
Lord:
At midnight
I
will enter
into
Egypt.
And
every
firstborn
in
the
land
of
the
Egyptians
shall
die,
from
the
firstborn
of Pharao
who sitteth
on
his
throne,
even
to
the first born
of
the handmaid
that
is
at
the mill,
and
all
the
firstborn
of
beasts.
And
there
shall
be
a
great
cry
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
such
as
neither hath
been
before,
nor
shall
be hereafter.
But
with
all
the
children
of
Israel
there
shall
not
a
dog
make
the least noise,
from
man
even
to
beast:
that
you
may
know
how wonderful
a difference
the
Lord maketh
between
the
Egyptians
and
Israel.
And
all
these thy
servants
shall
come
down
to
me,
and
shall
worship
me,
saying:
Go
forth thou,
and
all
the
people
that
is under thee:
after
that
we
will
go
out.
And
he
went
out
from Pharao exceeding angry.
But
the
Lord
said
to
Moses: Pharao
will
not
hear
you,
that
many signs
may
be done
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
Moses
and
Aaron
did
all
the
wonders
that
are written,
before Pharao.
And
the
Lord
hardened Pharao’s
heart,
neither
did
he
let
the
children
of
Israel
go
out
of
his
land.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses
and
Aaron
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
This
month
shall
be
to
you
the
beginning
of
months:
it
shall
be
the
first
in
the
months
of
the
year.
Speak ye
to
the
whole
assembly
of
the children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them:
On
the
tenth
day
of
this
month let
every
man
take
a
lamb
by
their
families
and
houses.
But
if
the
number
be
less
than
may suffice
to eat
the
lamb,
he
shall
take unto
him
his neighbour
that joineth
to
his
house,
according
to
the
number
of
souls
which
may
be enough
to eat
the
lamb.
And
it
shall
be
a
lamb
without
blemish,
a
male,
of
one
year:
according
to which rite also
you
shall
take
a kid.
And
you
shall
keep
it
until
the fourteenth
day
of
this
month:
and
the
whole multitude
of
the children
of
Israel
shall sacrifice
it
in
the
evening.
And
they
shall
take
of
the
blood thereof,
and
put
it
upon
both
the side
posts,
and
on
the upper
door
posts
of
the
houses,
wherein
they
shall
eat
it.
And
they
shall
eat
the
flesh
that
night
roasted
at
the
fire,
and
unleavened
bread
with wild lettuce.
You
shall
not
eat thereof
any
thing
raw,
nor
boiled
in
water,
but
only
roasted
at
the
fire:
you
shall
eat
the
head
with
the feet
and
entrails thereof.
Neither
shall
there
remain
any thing
of
it
until
morning. If
there
be
any thing
left,
you
shall
burn
it
with
fire.
And
thus
you
shall
eat
it:
you
shall
gird
your reins,
and
you
shall
have
shoes
on
your
feet, holding staves
in
your
hands,
and
you
shall
eat
in
haste:
for
it
is
the Phase (that
is
the Passage)
of
the
Lord.
And
I
will
pass
through
the
land
of
Egypt
that
night,
and
will
kill
every
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt
both
man
and
beast:
and
against
all
the
gods
of
Egypt
I
will execute
judgments:
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
blood
shall
be unto
you
for
a
sign
in
the
houses
where
you
shall
be:
and
I
shall
see
the
blood,
and
shall
pass
over
you:
and
the
plague
shall
not
be
upon
you
to
destroy
you,
when
I
shall
strike
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
this
day
shall
be
for
a
memorial
to
you:
and
you
shall keep
it
a
feast
to
the
Lord
in
your
generations
with
an
everlasting observance.
Seven
days
shall
you
eat
unleavened
bread:
in
the
first
day
there
shall
be
no
leaven
in
your
houses: whosoever
shall
eat
any
thing
leavened,
from
the
first
day
until
the
seventh
day,
that
soul
shall
perish
out
of
Israel.
The
first
day
shall
be
holy
and solemn,
and
the
seventh
day
shall
be
kept
with
the
like solemnity:
you
shall
do
no
work
in
them,
except
those
things
that
belong
to
eating.
And
you
shall
observe
the feast
of
the
unleavened
bread:
for
in
this
same
day
I
will
bring
forth
your
army
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
you
shall
keep
this
day
in
your
generations
by
a
perpetual observance.
The
first
month,
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
in
the
evening,
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread,
until
the
one
and
twentieth
day
of
the
same
month
in
the
evening.
Seven
days
there
shall
not
be
found
any
leaven
in
your
houses:
he
that
shall
eat
leavened
bread,
his
soul
shall
perish
out
of
the
assembly
of
Israel, whether
he
be
a
stranger
or
born
in
the
land.
You
shall
not
eat
any
thing
leavened:
in
all
your
habitations
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread.
And
Moses
called
all
the ancients
of
the children
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them:
Go
take
a lamb
by
your
families,
and sacrifice
the Phase.
And
dip
a
bunch
of
hyssop
in
the
blood
that
is
at
the
door,
and sprinkle
the transom
of
the
door therewith,
and
both
the
door cheeks:
let
none
of
you
go
out
of
the
door
of
his
house
till
morning.
For
the
Lord
will
pass
through
striking
the
Egyptians:
and
when
he
shall
see
the
blood
on
the transom,
and
on
both
the
posts,
he
will
pass
over
the
door
of
the
house,
and
not
suffer
the
destroyer
to
come
into
your
houses
and
to hurt
you.
Thou shalt
keep
this
thing
as
a law
for thee
and thy
children
for
ever.
And
when
you
have
entered
into
the
land
which
the
Lord
will
give
you
as
he hath
promised,
you
shall
observe
these ceremonies.
And
when
your
children
shall
say
to
you:
What
is
the meaning
of
this
service?
You
shall
say
to
them:
It
is
the victim
of
the passage
of
the
Lord,
when
he passed
over
the
houses
of
the
children
of
Israel
in
Egypt,
striking
the
Egyptians,
and saving
our
houses.
And
the
people
bowing
themselves, adored.
And
the
children
of
Israel going forth
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses
and
Aaron.
And
it
came
to
pass
at midnight,
the
Lord
slew
every
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
the
firstborn
of Pharao,
who
sat
on
his
throne, unto
the
firstborn
of
the captive
woman
that
was
in
the
prison,
and
all
the
firstborn
of
cattle.
And Pharao
arose
in
the
night,
and
all
his
servants,
and
all
Egypt:
for
there
was
not
a
house
wherein
there
lay
not
one
dead.
And Pharao
calling
Moses
and
Aaron,
in
the
night,
said:
Arise
and
go
forth
from
among
my
people,
you
and
the
children
of
Israel:
go, sacrifice
to
the
Lord
as
you
say.
Your
sheep
and
herds
take
along
with
you,
as
you demanded,
and departing,
bless
me.
And
the
Egyptians pressed
the
people
to
go
forth
out
of
the
land speedily,
saying:
We
shall
all
die.
The
people therefore
took
dough
before
it was leavened:
and tying
it
in
their cloaks,
put
it
on
their
shoulders.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
as
Moses
had commanded:
and
they
asked
of
the
Egyptians
vessels
of
silver
and
gold,
and very
much raiment.
And
the
Lord
gave favour
to
the
people
in
the
sight
of
the
Egyptians,
so
that
they lent unto
them:
and
they
stripped
the
Egyptians.
And
the
children
of
Israel
set
forward
from Ramesse
to Socoth,
being
about
six
hundred
thousand
men
on
foot, beside
children.
And
a mixed multitude without
number
went
up
also
with
them,
sheep
and
herds
and beasts
of divers kinds,
exceeding
many.
And
they
baked
the meal,
which
a little
before
they
had
brought
out
of
Egypt,
in
dough:
and
they
made earth
cakes
unleavened:
for
it
could
not
be leavened,
the
Egyptians pressing
them
to
depart,
and
not suffering
them
to
make
any stay:
neither
did
they think
of
preparing
any meat.
And
the
abode
of
the
children
of
Israel
that
they
made
in
Egypt,
was
four
hundred
and
thirty
years.
Which
being expired,
the
same
day
all
the
army
of
the
Lord
went
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
This
is
the observable
night
of
the
Lord,
when
he
brought
them
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
this
night
all
the
children
of
Israel
must
observe
in
their
generations.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses
and
Aaron:
This
is
the service
of
the Phase:
No
foreigner
shall
eat
of
it.
But
every
bought
servant
shall
be
circumcised,
and
so
shall
eat.
The stranger
and
the hireling
shall
not
eat thereof.
In
one
house
shall
it
be
eaten,
neither
shall
you
carry
forth
of
the
flesh thereof
out
of
the
house,
neither
shall
you
break
a
bone thereof.
All
the
assembly
of
the children
of
Israel
shall
keep
it.
And
if
any
stranger
be willing
to
dwell
among
you,
and
to
keep
the Phase
of
the
Lord,
all
his
males
shall
first
be
circumcised,
and
then
shall
he celebrate
it according
to
the manner:
and
he
shall
be
as
he
that
is
born
in
the
land:
but
if
any
man
be
uncircumcised,
he
shall
not
eat thereof.
The
same
law
shall
be
to
him
that
is born
in
the land,
and
to
the proselyte
that sojourneth
with
you.
And
all
the
children
of
Israel
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses
and
Aaron.
And
the
same
day
the
Lord
brought
forth
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
by
their companies.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Sanctify unto
me
every
firstborn
that openeth
the
womb
among
the
children
of
Israel,
as well
of
men
as
of
beasts:
for
they
are
all mine.
And
Moses
said
to
the
people:
Remember
this
day
in
which
you
came
forth
out
of
Egypt,
and
out
of
the
house
of
bondage,
for
with
a strong
hand hath
the
Lord
brought
you
forth
out
of
this
place:
that
you
eat
no
leavened
bread.
This
day
you
go
forth
in
the
month
of
new corn.
And
when
the
Lord
shall
have
brought thee
into
the
land
of
the Chanaanite,
and
the Hethite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite,
which
he
swore
to thy
fathers
that
he
would
give thee,
a
land
that floweth
with
milk
and
honey, thou shalt celebrate
this manner
of sacred rites
in
this
month.
Seven
days shalt thou
eat
unleavened
bread:
and
on
the
seventh
day
shall
be
the solemnity
of
the
Lord.
Unleavened
bread
shall
you
eat
seven
days:
there
shall
not
be
seen
any
thing
leavened
with thee,
nor
in
all thy coasts.
And thou shalt
tell thy
son
in
that
day,
saying:
This
is
what
the
Lord
did
to
me
when
I
came
forth
out
of
Egypt.
And
it
shall
be
as
a
sign
in thy
hand,
and
as
a
memorial
before thy
eyes:
and
that
the
law
of
the
Lord
be always
in thy
mouth,
for
with
a
strong
hand
the
Lord hath
brought thee
out
of
the land
of
Egypt.
Thou shalt
keep
this observance
at
the
set
time
from
days
to
days.
And
when
the
Lord
shall
have
brought thee
into
the
land
of
the Chanaanite,
as
he
swore
to thee
and thy
fathers,
and
shall
give
it thee:
Thou shalt
set apart
all
that openeth
the
womb
for
the
Lord,
and
all
that
is first
brought forth
of thy
cattle:
whatsoever thou shalt
have
of
the
male sex, thou shalt consecrate
to
the
Lord.
The
firstborn
of
an ass thou shalt change
for
a
sheep:
and
if thou
do
not
redeem
it, thou shalt kill
it.
And
every
firstborn
of
men thou shalt
redeem
with
a
price.
And
when thy
son
shall
ask thee
tomorrow,
saying:
What
is
this? thou shalt
answer
him:
With
a strong
hand
did
the
Lord
bring
us
forth
out
of
the land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
For
when Pharao
was
hardened,
and
would
not
let
us
go,
the
Lord
slew
every
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
the
firstborn
of
man
to
the
firstborn
of
beasts:
therefore
I
sacrifice
to
the
Lord
all
that openeth
the
womb
of
the
male sex,
and
all
the
firstborn
of
my
sons
I
redeem.
And
it
shall
be
as
a
sign
in thy
hand,
and
as
a
thing hung
between thy
eyes,
for
a remembrance:
because
the
Lord hath
brought
us
forth
out
of
Egypt
by
a strong
hand.
And
when Pharao
had
sent
out
the
people,
the Lord
led
them
not
by
the
way
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines
which
is
near:
thinking
lest
perhaps
they
would
repent,
if
they
should
see
wars arise
against
them,
and
would
return
into
Egypt.
But
he
led
them
about
by
the
way
of
the
desert, which
is
by
the Red
Sea:
and
the
children
of
Israel
went
up armed
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
Moses
took
Joseph’s
bones
with
him:
because
he
had adjured
the
children
of
Israel,
saying:
God
shall
visit
you,
carry
out
my
bones
from hence
with
you.
And
marching
from Socoth they
encamped
in Etham
in the utmost coasts of the
wilderness.
And
the
Lord
went
before
them
to shew
the
way
by
day
in
a
pillar
of
a
cloud,
and
by
night
in
a
pillar
of
fire:
that
he
might
be
the
guide
of
their
journey
at both
times.
There
never
failed
the
pillar
of
the
cloud
by
day,
nor
the
pillar
of
fire
by
night,
before
the
people.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel: Let
them
turn
and
encamp
over
against Phihahiroth which
is
between Magdal
and
the
sea
over
against Beelsephon:
you
shall
encamp
before
it
upon
the
sea.
And Pharao
will
say
of
the
children
of
Israel:
They
are straitened
in
the
land,
the
desert hath
shut
them
in.
And
I
shall
harden
his
heart,
and
he
will
pursue
you:
and
I
shall
be
glorified
in Pharao,
and
in
all
his
army:
and
the
Egyptians
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
they
did
so.
And
it
was
told
the
king
of
the
Egyptians
that
the
people
was
fled:
and
the
heart
of Pharao
and
of
his
servants
was
changed
with
regard
to
the
people,
and
they
said:
What meant
we
to
do,
that
we
let
Israel
go
from
serving
us?
So
he
made
ready
his
chariot,
and
took all
his
people
with
him.
And
he
took
six
hundred
chosen
chariots,
and
all
the
chariots
that
were
in
Egypt:
and
the captains
of
the
whole army.
And
the
Lord
hardened
the
heart
of Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
and
he
pursued
the
children
of
Israel:
but
they
were
gone
forth
in
a
mighty
hand.
And
when
the
Egyptians
followed
the steps
of
them
who
were gone
before,
they found
them
encamped
at
the
sea
side:
all Pharao’s
horse
and
chariots,
and
the
whole
army
were
in Phihahiroth
before Beelsephon.
And
when Pharao
drew
near,
the
children
of
Israel, lifting
up
their
eyes,
saw
the
Egyptians
behind
them:
and
they
feared
exceedingly,
and
cried
to
the
Lord.
And
they
said
to
Moses: Perhaps
there
were
no
graves
in
Egypt,
therefore thou hast
brought
us
to
die
in
the
wilderness:
why wouldst thou
do
this,
to
lead
us
out
of
Egypt?
Is
not
this
the
word
that
we
spoke
to thee
in
Egypt,
saying: Depart
from
us
that
we
may
serve
the
Egyptians?
for
it
was
much
better
to
serve
them,
than
to
die
in
the
wilderness.
And
Moses
said
to
the
people:
Fear
not:
stand
and
see
the great wonders
of
the
Lord,
which
he
will
do
this
day:
for
the
Egyptians,
whom
you
see
now,
you
shall
see
no
more
for
ever.
The
Lord
will
fight
for
you,
and
you
shall hold
your peace.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Why criest thou
to
me?
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel
to
go
forward.
But
lift thou
up thy
rod,
and
stretch
forth thy
hand
over
the
sea,
and
divide
it:
that
the
children
of
Israel
may
go
through
the
midst
of
the
sea
on
dry
ground.
And
I
will
harden
the
heart
of
the
Egyptians
to
pursue
you:
and
I
will
be
glorified
in Pharao,
and
in
all
his host,
and
in
his
chariots,
and
in
his
horsemen.
And
the
Egyptians
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
be
glorified
in Pharao,
and
in
his
chariots
and
in
his
horsemen.
And
the
angel
of
God,
who
went
before
the
camp
of
Israel, removing,
went
behind
them:
and together
with
him
the
pillar
of
the
cloud, leaving
the forepart,
Stood behind,
between
the Egyptians’
camp
and
the
camp
of
Israel:
and
it
was
a
dark
cloud,
and
enlightening
the
night,
so
that
they
could
not
come
at
one
another
all
the
night.
And
when
Moses
had
stretched
forth
his
hand
over
the
sea,
the
Lord
took
it
away
by
a
strong
and burning
wind blowing
all
the
night,
and
turned
it
into
dry
ground:
and
the
water
was
divided.
And
the
children
of
Israel
went
in
through
the
midst
of
the
sea dried
up:
for
the
water
was
as
a
wall
on
their
right
hand
and
on
their
left.
And
the
Egyptians
pursuing
went
in
after
them,
and
all Pharao’s
horses,
his
chariots
and
horsemen
through
the
midst
of
the
sea,
And
now
the
morning
watch
was
come,
and behold
the
Lord
looking
upon
the
Egyptian
army
through
the
pillar
of
fire
and
of
the
cloud, slew
their
host.
And overthrew
the
wheels
of
the
chariots,
and
they
were carried
into
the deep.
And
the
Egyptians
said: Let
us
flee
from
Israel:
for
the
Lord fighteth
for
them
against
us.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Stretch forth
they
hand
over
the
sea,
that
the
waters
may
come
again
upon
the
Egyptians,
upon
their
chariots
and
horsemen.
And
when
Moses
had
stretched forth
his
hand towards
the
sea,
it
returned
at
the first
break
of
day
to
the former
place:
and
as
the
Egyptians
were
fleeing
away,
the waters
came
upon
them,
and
the
Lord shut
them
up
in
the
middle
of
the waves.
And
the
waters
returned,
and
covered
the
chariots
and
the
horsemen
of
all
the
army
of Pharao,
who
had
come
into
the
sea
after
them,
neither
did
there
so
much
as
one
of
them
remain.
But
the
children
of
Israel
marched
through
the
midst
of
the
sea upon
dry
land,
and
the
waters
were
to
them
as
a
wall
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left:
And
the
Lord
delivered
Israel
on
that
day
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Egyptians.
And
they
saw
the
Egyptians dead
upon
the sea shore,
and
the
mighty
hand
that
the
Lord
had
used
against
them:
and
the
people
feared
the
Lord,
and
they
believed
the
Lord,
and
Moses
his
servant.
Then
Moses
and
the
children
of
Israel
sung
this canticle
to
the
Lord:
and
said: Let
us
sing
to
the
Lord:
for
he
is
gloriously magnified,
the
horse
and
the
rider
he hath thrown
into
the
sea.
The
Lord
is
my
strength
and
my
praise,
and
he
is
become
salvation
to
me:
he
is
my
God
and
I
will glorify
him:
the
God
of
my
father,
and
I
will
exalt
him.
The
Lord
is
as
a
man
of
war, Almighty
is
his
name.
Pharao’s
chariots
and
his
army
he hath
cast
into
the
sea:
his chosen captains are
drowned
in
the Red
Sea.
The
depths have
covered
them,
they
are sunk
to
the bottom
like
a
stone.
Thy
right
hand,
O
Lord,
is magnified
in
strength: thy
right
hand,
O
Lord, hath slain
the
enemy.
And
in
the
multitude
of
they glory thou hast
put
down thy adversaries: thou hast
sent thy
wrath, which hath
devoured
them like
stubble.
And
with
the
blast
of thy
anger
the
waters
were gathered
together:
the
flowing
water
stood,
the depth
were gathered
together
in
the
midst
of
the
sea.
The
enemy
said:
I
will
pursue
and
overtake,
I
will
divide
the
spoils,
my
soul
shall
have
its
fill:
I
will draw
my
sword,
my
hand
shall slay
them.
Thy
wind
blew
and
the
sea
covered them:
they sunk
as
lead
in
the
mighty
waters.
Who
is
like
to thee,
among
the
strong,
O
Lord?
who
is
like
to thee,
glorious
in
holiness, terrible
and praiseworthy,
doing
wonders?
Thou stretchedst forth thy
hand,
and
the
earth
swallowed
them.
In thy mercy thou hast been
a leader
to
the
people
which thou hast
redeemed:
and
in thy
strength thou hast
carried
them
to thy
holy habitation.
Nations rose
up,
and
were angry: sorrows
took
hold
on
the
inhabitants
of Philisthiim.
Then
were
the princes
of
Edom troubled,
trembling
seized
on
the stout
men
of
Moab:
all
the
inhabitants
of Chanaan became stiff.
Let
fear
and
dread
fall
upon
them,
in
the
greatness
of thy
arm: let
them become unmoveable
as
a
stone,
until thy
people,
O
Lord,
pass
by:
until
this thy
people
pass
by,
which thou hast
possessed.
Thou shalt
bring
them
in,
and
plant
them
in
the
mountain
of thy
inheritance,
in thy most
firm habitation
which thou hast
made,
O
Lord; thy
sanctuary,
O
Lord,
which thy
hands
have
established.
The
Lord
shall
reign
for
ever
and
ever.
For Pharao
went
in
on
horseback
with
his
chariots
and
horsemen
into
the
sea:
and
the
Lord
brought
back
upon
them
the
waters
of
the
sea:
but
the
children
of
Israel
walked
on
dry
ground
in
the
midst thereof.
So Mary
the
prophetess,
the
sister
of
Aaron,
took
a
timbrel
in
her
hand:
and
all
the
women
went
forth
after
her
with
timbrels
and
with
dances:
And
she began
the
song
to
them, saying: Let
us
sing
to
the
Lord,
for
he
is
gloriously magnified,
the
horse
and
his
rider
he hath thrown
into
the
sea.
And
Moses
brought
Israel
from
the Red
Sea,
and
they
went
forth
into
the
wilderness
of Sur:
and
they
marched
three
days
through
the
wilderness,
and
found
no
water.
And
they
came
into Mara,
and
they
could
not
drink
the
waters
of Mara,
because
they
were
bitter: whereupon
he
gave
a
name
also agreeable
to
the
place,
calling
it Mara,
that
is,
bitterness.
And
the
people
murmured
against
Moses,
saying:
What
shall we
drink?
But
he
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
he shewed
him
a
tree,
which
when
he
had
cast
into
the
waters,
they
were
turned
into sweetness.
There
he
appointed
him
ordinances,
and
judgments,
and
there
he
proved
him,
Saying:
If thou wilt
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
do
what
is
right
before
him,
and
obey
his
commandments,
and
keep
all
his precepts,
none
of
the evils
that
I
laid
upon
Egypt,
will
I
bring
upon thee:
for
I
am
the
Lord thy
healer.
And
the children
of Israel
came
into
Elim,
where
there
were
twelve
fountains
of
water,
and
seventy
palm
trees:
and
they
encamped
by
the
waters.
And
they
set
forward
from
Elim,
and
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel
came
into
the
desert
of Sin,
which
is
between
Elim
and
Sinai:
the fifteenth
day
of
the
second
month,
after
they
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
murmured
against
Moses
and
Aaron
in
the
wilderness.
And
the
children
of
Israel
said
to
them:
Would
to
God
we
had
died
by
the
hand
of
the
Lord
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
when
we
sat
over
the
flesh
pots,
and
ate
bread
to
the
full.
Why
have
you
brought
us
into
this
desert,
that
you
might
destroy
all
the multitude
with
famine?
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Behold
I
will
rain
bread
from
heaven
for
you:
let
the
people
go
forth,
and
gather
what
is sufficient
for
every
day:
that
I
may prove
them
whether
they
will walk
in
my
law,
or
not.
But
the
sixth
day
let
them
provide
for
to
bring
in:
and
let
it
be
double
to
that
they
were wont
to
gather
every
day.
And
Moses
and
Aaron
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
In
the
evening
you
shall
know
that
the
Lord hath
brought
you
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
And
in
the
morning
you
shall
see
the
glory
of
the
Lord:
for
he hath
heard
your murmuring
against
the
Lord:
but
as
for
us,
what
are
we,
that
you mutter
against
us?
And
Moses
said:
In
the
evening
the
Lord
will
give
you
flesh
to
eat,
and
in
the
morning
bread
to
the
full:
for
he hath
heard
your murmurings,
with
which
you
have murmured
against
him,
for
what
are
we?
your murmuring
is
not
against
us,
but
against
the
Lord.
Moses
also
said
to
Aaron:
Say
to
the
whole
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel:
Come
before
the
Lord:
for
he hath
heard
your murmuring.
And
when
Aaron
spoke
to
all
the
assembly
of
the
children
of
Israel,
they
looked towards
the
wilderness:
and
behold
the
glory
of
the
Lord
appeared
in
a
cloud.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
I
have
heard
the murmuring
of
the
children
of
Israel:
say
to
them:
In
the
evening
you
shall
eat
flesh,
and
in
the
morning
you
shall
have
your
fill
of
bread:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
So
it
came
to
pass
in
the
evening,
that
quails
coming
up,
covered
the
camp:
and
in
the
morning,
a
dew
lay
round
about
the
camp.
And
when
it
had covered
the
face
of
the
earth,
it appeared
in
the
wilderness small,
and
as
it
were beaten
with
a pestle,
like unto
the hoar frost
on
the
ground.
And
when
the
children
of
Israel
saw
it,
they
said
one
to
another: Manhu!
which signifieth:
What
is
this!
for
they
knew
not
what
it
was.
And
Moses
said
to
them:
This
is
the
bread,
which
the
Lord hath
given
you
to
eat.
This
is
the
word,
that
the
Lord hath
commanded:
Let
every
one
gather
of
it
as
much
as
is enough
to eat:
a gomor
for
every
man,
according
to
the
number
of
your
souls
that dwell
in
a
tent,
so
shall
you
take
of
it.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
so:
and
they
gathered,
one
more, another
less.
And
they
measured
by
the
measure
of
a gomor:
neither
had
he
more
that
had
gathered
more:
nor
did
he find
less
that
had provided
less:
but
every
one
had
gathered,
according
to
what
they
were able
to eat.
And
Moses
said
to
them:
Let
no
man
leave thereof
till
the
morning.
And
they hearkened
not
to
him,
but
some
of
them
left
until
the
morning,
and
it
began
to
be full
of
worms,
an
it putrified,
and
Moses
was
angry
with
them.
Now
every
one
of
them
gathered
in
the
morning,
as
much
as might suffice
to eat:
and
after
the
sun
grew
hot,
it
melted.
But
on
the
sixth
day
they
gathered
twice
as
much,
that
is,
two gomors
every
man:
and
all
the rulers
of
the multitude
came,
and
told
Moses.
And
he
said
to
them:
This
is
what
the
Lord hath
spoken:
Tomorrow
is
the
rest
of
the
sabbath sanctified
to
the
Lord.
Whatsoever work
is
to
be
done,
do
it:
and
the meats
that
are
to
be dressed, dress
them:
and
whatsoever
shall remain, lay
it
up
until
the
morning.
And
they
did
so
as
Moses
had
commanded,
and
it
did
not putrify,
neither
was
there
worm found
in
it.
And
Moses
said:
Eat
it
today,
because
it
is
the
sabbath
of
the
Lord:
today
it
shall
not
be
found
in
the
field.
Gather
it
six
days:
but
on
the
seventh
day
is
the
sabbath
of
the Lord,
therefore
it
shall
not
be found.
And
the
seventh
day
came:
and
some
of
the
people
going
forth
to
gather,
found
none.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
How
long
will
you
refuse
to
keep
my
commandments,
and
my
law?
See
that
the
Lord hath
given
you
the
sabbath,
and
for
this
reason
on
the
sixth
day
he giveth
you
a double
provision:
let
each
man
stay
at
home,
and
let
none
go
forth
out
of
his
place
the
seventh
day.
And
the
people kept
the sabbath
on
the
seventh
day.
And
the
house
of
Israel
called
the
name thereof
Manna:
and
it
was
like
coriander
seed
white,
and
the
taste thereof
like
to flour
with
honey.
And
Moses
said:
This
is
the
word,
which
the
Lord hath
commanded:
Fill
a gomor
of
it,
and let
it
be
kept unto
generations
to
come hereafter,
that
they
may know
the
bread, wherewith
I
fed
you
in
the
wilderness,
when
you
were
brought
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
Moses
said
to
Aaron:
Take
a vessel,
and
put
manna
into
it,
as much
as
a gomor
can
hold:
and
lay
it
up
before
the
Lord
to
keep unto
your
generations,
As
the
Lord
commanded
Moses.
And
Aaron
put
it
in
the tabernacle
to
be
kept.
And
the
children
of
Israel
ate
manna
forty
years,
till
they
came
to
a habitable
land:
with
this meat
were
they
fed,
until
they
reached
the borders
of
the
land
of Chanaan.
Now
a gomor
is
the
tenth
part
of an ephi.
Then
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel
setting
forward
from
the
desert
of Sin,
by
their mansions,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
encamped
in Raphidim,
where
there
was
no
water
for
the
people
to
drink.
And
they chode
with
Moses,
and
said:
Give
us
water,
that we
may
drink.
And
Moses
answered
them:
Why chide
you
with
me? Wherefore
do
you tempt
the
Lord?
So
the
people
were
thirsty
there
for want
of
water,
and
murmured
against
Moses,
saying:
Why didst thou make
us
go forth
out
of
Egypt,
to
kill
us
and
our
children,
and
our
beasts
with
thirst?
And
Moses
cried
to
the
Lord,
saying:
What
shall
I
do
to
this
people?
Yet
a
little
more
and
they
will
stone
me.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
God
before
the
people,
and
take
with thee
of
the ancients
of
Israel:
and
take
in thy
hand
the
rod wherewith thou didst
strike
the
river,
and
go.
Behold
I
will
stand
there
before thee,
upon
the
rock
Horeb:
and thou shalt
strike
the
rock,
and
water
shall
come
out
of
it
that
the
people
may
drink.
Moses
did
so
before
the ancients
of
Israel:
And
he
called
the
name
of
that
place Temptation,
because
the chiding
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
for
that
they
tempted
the
Lord,
saying:
Is
the
Lord amongst
us
or
not?
And Amalec
came,
and
fought
against
Israel
in Raphidim.
And
Moses
said
to Josue:
Choose
out
men:
and
go
out
and
fight
against Amalec:
tomorrow
I
will
stand
on
the
top
of
the
hill having
the
rod
of
God
in
my
hand.
Josue
did
as
Moses
had
spoken,
and
he
fought
against Amalec;
but
Moses,
and
Aaron,
and
Hur
went
up upon
the
top
of
the
hill.
And
when
Moses
lifted
up
his
hands,
Israel overcame:
but
if
he
let
them
down
a little, Amalec overcame.
And
Moses’
hands
were
heavy:
so
they
took
a
stone,
and
put
under
him,
and
he
sat
on
it:
and
Aaron
and
Hur
stayed
up
his
hands
on
both
sides.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
his
hands
were
not weary
until sunset.
And Josue
put Amalec
and
his
people
to flight,
by
the
edge
of
the
sword.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Write
this
for
a
memorial
in
a
book,
and deliver
it
to
the
ears
of Josue:
for
I
will destroy
the
memory
of Amalec
from
under
heaven.
And
Moses
built
an
altar:
and
called
the
name thereof,
The Lord
my exaltation, saying:
Because
the
hand
of
the throne
of
the
Lord,
and
the
war
of
the
Lord
shall
be
against Amalec,
from
generation
to
generation.
And
when
Jethro
the
priest
of Madian,
the kinsman
of
Moses,
had
heard
all
the
things
that
God
had
done
to
Moses,
and
to
Israel
his
people,
and
that
the
Lord
had
brought
forth
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
He
took Sephora
the
wife
of
Moses whom
he
had
sent
back:
And
her
two
sons,
of
whom
one
was
called Gersam,
his father
saying:
I
have
been
a
stranger
in
a
foreign
country.
And
the
other
Eliezer:
For
the
God
of
my
father, said
he,
is
my
helper,
and hath
delivered
me
from
the
sword
of Pharao.
And
Jethro
the kinsman
of
Moses
came
with
his
sons
and
his
wife,
to
Moses
into
the
desert,
where
he
was
camped
by
the
mountain
of
God.
And
he
sent
word
to
Moses,
saying:
I
Jethro thy kinsman
come
to thee,
and thy
wife,
and thy
two
sons
with
her.
And
he
went
out
to
meet
his kinsman,
and worshipped
and
kissed
him:
and
they saluted
one
another
with words
of
peace.
And
when
he
was
come
into
the
tent,
Moses
told
his kinsman
all
that
the
Lord
had
done
to Pharao,
and
the
Egyptians,
in favour
of
Israel:
and
all
the labour
which
had
befallen
them
in
the
journey,
and
that
the
Lord
had
delivered
them.
And
Jethro
rejoiced
for
all
the
good
things
that
the
Lord
had
done
to
Israel,
because
he
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Egyptians.
And
he
said:
Blessed
is
the
Lord,
who hath
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of Pharao,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
who hath
delivered
his
people
out
of
the
hand
of
Egypt.
Now
I
know
that
the
Lord
is
great
above
all
gods:
because
they
dealt
proudly
against
them.
So
Jethro
the kinsman
of
Moses offered holocausts
and
sacrifices
to
God:
and
Aaron
and
all
the ancients
of
Israel
came,
to
eat
bread
with
them
before
God.
And
the
next
day
Moses
sat,
to
judge
the
people,
who
stood
by
Moses
from
morning
until
night.
And
when
his kinsman
had
seen
all
things
that
he
did
among
the
people,
he
said:
What
is
it
that thou dost
among
the
people?
Why sittest thou
alone,
and
all
the
people
wait
from
morning
till
night.
And
Moses
answered
him:
The
people
come
to
me
to
seek
the
judgment
of
God.
And
when
any
controversy falleth
out
among
them,
they
come
to
me
to
judge
between
them,
and
to shew
the precepts
of
God,
and
his
laws.
But
he
said:
The
thing thou dost
is
not
good.
Thou
are spent
with foolish labour,
both thou
and
this
people
that
is
with thee:
the
business
is
above thy strength, thou
alone canst
not bear
it.
But
hear
my
words
and counsels,
and
God
shall
be
with thee.
Be thou
to
the
people
in
those
things
that pertain
to
God,
to
bring
their
words
to
him:
And
to shew
the
people
the ceremonies
and
the
manner
of worshipping,
and
the
way
wherein
they ought
to
walk,
and
the
work
that
they ought
to
do.
And provide
out
of
all
the
people
able
men,
such
as
fear
God,
in whom
there
is
truth,
and
that
hate avarice,
and
appoint
of
them
rulers
of
thousands,
and
of
hundreds,
and
of
fifties,
and
of
tens.
Who
may
judge
the
people
at
all
times:
and
when
any
great
matter soever
shall
fall
out,
let
them refer
it
to thee,
and
let
them
judge
the
lesser
matters
only:
that
so
it
may
be
lighter
for thee,
the
burden
being shared
out unto
others.
If thou dost
this, thou shalt
fulfill
the
commandment
of
God,
and shalt
be
able
to bear
his precepts:
and
all
this
people
shall
return
to
their
places
with
peace.
And
when
Moses
heard
this,
he
did
all
things
that
he
had suggested unto
him.
And
choosing
able
men
out
of
all
Israel,
he
appointed
them
rulers
of
the
people,
rulers
over
thousands,
and
over
hundreds,
and
over
fifties,
and
over
tens.
And
they
judged
the
people
at
all
times:
and
whatsoever
was
of greater difficulty
they referred
to
him,
and
they
judged
the easier
cases
only.
And
he
let
his kinsman depart:
and
he returned
and
went
into
his own
country.
In
the
third
month
of
the
departure
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
on
this
day
they
came
into
the
wilderness
of
Sinai:
For departing
out
of Raphidim,
and
coming
to
the
desert
of
Sinai,
they
camped
in
the same
place,
and
there
Israel
pitched
their tents
over
against
the
mountain.
And
Moses
went
up
to
God:
and
the
Lord
called unto
him
from
the
mountain,
and
said:
Thus shalt thou
say
to
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
tell
the
children
of
Israel:
You
have
seen
what
I
have
done
to
the
Egyptians,
how
I
have
carried
you
upon
the
wings
of
eagles,
and
have
taken
you
to myself.
If
therefore
you
will
hear
my
voice,
and
keep
my
covenant,
you
shall
be
my peculiar
possession above
all
people:
for
all
the
earth
is mine.
And
you
shall
be
to
me
a
priestly
kingdom,
and
a
holy
nation.
Those
are
the
words thou shalt
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel.
Moses
came,
and
calling
together
the
elders
of
the
people,
he declared
all
the
words
which
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
all
the
people
answered
together:
All
that
the
Lord hath
spoken,
we
will
do.
And
when
Moses
had related
the
people’s
words
to
the
Lord,
The
Lord
said
to
him:
Lo,
now
will
I
come
to thee
in
the darkness
of
a
cloud,
that
the
people
may
hear
me
speaking
to thee,
and
may
believe thee
for
ever.
And
Moses
told
the
words
of
the
people
to
the
Lord.
And
he
said
to
him: Go
to
the
people,
and
sanctify
them
today,
and
tomorrow,
and let
them
wash
their
garments.
And
let
them
be
ready
against
the
third
day:
for
on
the
third
day
the
Lord
will
come
down
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people
upon
mount
Sinai.
And thou shalt appoint certain limits
to
the
people
round
about,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
Take
heed
you
go not
up
into
the
mount,
and
that ye
touch not
the
borders thereof:
every
one
that toucheth
the
mount
dying
he
shall
die.
No
hands
shall
touch
him,
but
he
shall
be
stoned
to death,
or
shall
be
shot
through
with arrows:
whether
it
be
beast,
or
man,
he
shall
not
live.
When
the trumpet
shall begin
to sound,
then
let
them
go
up
into
the
mount.
And
Moses
came
down
from
the
mount
to
the
people,
and
sanctified
them.
And
when
they
had
washed
their
garments,
He
said
to
them:
Be
ready
against
the
third
day,
and
come
not
near
your
wives.
And
now
the
third
day
was
come,
and
the
morning appeared:
and behold thunders
began
to
be
heard,
and
lightning
to
flash,
and
a
very
thick
cloud
to cover
the
mount,
and
the
noise
of
the
trumpet sounded
exceeding
loud,
and
the
people
that
was
in
the
camp, feared.
And
when
Moses
had
brought
them
forth
to
meet
God
from
the place
of
the
camp,
they
stood
at
the bottom
of
the
mount.
And
all
mount
Sinai
was
on
a
smoke:
because
the
Lord
was
come
down
upon
it
in
fire,
and
the
smoke
arose
from
it
as
out
of
a
furnace:
and
all
the
mount
was terrible.
And
the
sound
of
the
trumpet
grew
by degrees
louder
and
louder,
and
was drawn
out
to
a
greater length:
Moses
spoke,
and
God
answered
him.
And
the
Lord
came
down
upon
mount
Sinai,
in
the very
top
of
the
mount,
and
he
called
Moses unto
the
top thereof.
And
when
he
was
gone
up thither,
He
said unto
him:
Go
down,
and charge
the
people:
lest
they
should
have
a mind
to pass
the limits
to
see
the
Lord,
and
a
very
great multitude
of
them
should
perish.
The
priests
also
that
come
to
the
Lord, let
them
be
sanctified,
lest
he
strike
them.
And
Moses
said
to
the
Lord:
The
people
cannot
come
up
to
mount
Sinai:
for thou
did charge,
and
command,
saying:
Set limits
about
the
mount,
and
sanctify
it.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Go,
get thee
down:
and thou shalt
come
up, thou
and
Aaron
with thee:
but
let
not
the
priests
and
the
people pass
the limits,
nor
come
up
to
the
Lord,
lest
he kill
them.
And
Moses
went
down
to
the
people
and
told
them all.
And
the Lord
spoke
all
these
words:
I
am
the
Lord thy
God,
who
brought thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
Thou shalt
not
have strange
gods
before
me.
Thou shalt
not
make
to thyself
a
graven
thing,
nor
the
likeness
of
any
thing
that
is
in
heaven
above,
or
in
the
earth
beneath,
nor
of
those
things
that
are
in
the
waters
under
the
earth.
Thou shalt
not adore
them,
nor
serve
them:
I
am
the
Lord thy
God,
mighty,
jealous,
visiting
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
upon
the
children, unto
the
third
and
fourth
generation
of
them
that
hate
me:
And shewing mercy unto
thousands
to
them that
love
me,
and
keep
my
commandments.
Thou shalt
not
take
the
name
of
the
Lord thy
God
in
vain:
for
the
Lord
will
not hold
him guiltless
that
shall
take
the
name
of
the
Lord
his
God
in
vain.
Remember
that thou
keep
holy
the
sabbath
day.
Six
days shalt thou labour,
and shalt
do
all thy
works.
But
on
the
seventh
day
is
the
sabbath
of
the
Lord thy
God: thou shalt
do
no
work
on
it, thou
nor thy
son,
nor thy
daughter,
nor thy manservant,
nor thy
maidservant,
nor thy
beast,
nor
the
stranger
that
is within thy
gates.
For
in
six
days
the
Lord
made
heaven
and
earth,
and
the
sea,
and
all
things
that
are
in
them,
and
rested
on
the
seventh
day:
therefore
the
Lord
blessed
the
seventh
day,
and
sanctified
it.
Honour thy
father
and thy
mother,
that thou mayest
be longlived
upon
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee.
Thou shalt
not kill.
Thou shalt
not
commit
adultery.
Thou shalt
not
steal.
Thou shalt
not bear
false
witness
against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt
not
covet thy neighbour’s
house:
neither shalt thou
desire
his
wife,
nor
his
servant,
nor
his
handmaid,
nor
his
ox,
nor
his ass,
nor
any
thing
that
is
his.
And
all
the
people
saw
the
voices
and
the
flames,
and
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
and
the
mount
smoking:
and being terrified
and struck
with fear,
they
stood
afar
off,
Saying
to
Moses:
Speak thou
to
us,
and
we
will
hear:
let
not
the Lord
speak
to
us,
lest
we
die.
And
Moses
said
to
the
people:
Fear
not:
for
God
is
come
to prove
you,
and
that
the dread
of
him might
be
in
you,
and
you
should
not
sin.
And
the
people
stood
afar
off.
But
Moses
went
to
the
dark
cloud
wherein
God
was.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Thus shalt thou
say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
You
have
seen
that
I
have
spoken
to
you
from
heaven.
You
shall
not
make
gods
of
silver,
nor
shall
you
make
to yourselves
gods
of
gold.
You
shall
make
an
altar
of
earth unto
me,
and
you
shall
offer
upon
it
your holocausts
and
peace
offerings,
your
sheep
and
oxen,
in
every
place
where
the
memory
of
my
name
shall
be:
I
will
come
to thee,
and
will
bless thee.
And
if thou
make
an
altar
of
stone unto
me, thou shalt
not
build
it
of
hewn
stones:
for
if thou lift
up
a
tool
upon
it,
it
shall
be defiled.
Thou shalt
not
go
up
by
steps unto
my
altar, lest thy
nakedness
be discovered.
These
are
the
judgments
which thou shalt
set
before
them.
If thou
buy
a
Hebrew
servant,
six
years
shall
he
serve thee:
in
the
seventh
he
shall
go
out
free
for
nothing.
With what raiment
he
came
in,
with
the
like let
him
go
out:
if having
a
wife,
his
wife
also
shall
go
out
with
him.
But
if
his
master
gave
him
a
wife,
and
she hath
borne
sons
and
daughters:
the
woman
and
her
children
shall
be
her
master’s:
but
he
himself
shall
go
out
with
his raiment.
And
if
the
servant
shall
say:
I
love
my
master
and
my
wife
and
children,
I
will
not
go
out
free:
His
master
shall
bring
him
to
the
gods,
and
he
shall
be
set
to
the
door
and
the
posts,
and
he
shall bore
his
ear
through
with
an
awl:
and
he
shall
be
his
servant
for
ever.
If
any
man
sell
his
daughter
to
be
a
servant,
she
shall
not
go
out
as bondwomen
are wont
to
go
out.
If
she displease
the
eyes
of
her
master
to
whom
she
was
delivered,
he
shall
let
her go:
but
he
shall
have
no power
to
sell
her
to
a
foreign
nation,
if
he despise
her.
But
if
he
have betrothed
her
to
his
son,
he
shall
deal
with
her after
the
manner
of
daughters.
And
if
he
take
another wife
for
him,
he
shall provide
her
a marriage,
and raiment,
neither
shall
he
refuse
the price
of
her chastity.
If
he
do
not
these
three
things,
she
shall
go
out
free
without
money.
He
that striketh
a
man
with
a
will
to
kill
him,
shall
be
put
to
death.
But
he
that
did
not lie
in wait
for
him,
but
God
delivered
him
into
his
hands:
I
will
appoint thee
a
place
to
which
he
must
flee.
If
a
man
kill
his neighbour
on set purpose
and
by lying
in wait
for
him: thou shalt
take
him
away
from
my
altar,
that
he
may
die.
He
that striketh
his
father
or
mother,
shall
be
put
to
death.
He
that
shall
steal
a
man,
and
sell
him, being convicted
of guilt,
shall
be
put
to
death.
He
that curseth
his
father,
or
mother,
shall
die
the
death.
If
men
quarrel,
and
the
one
strike
his neighbour
with
a
stone
or
with
his
fist,
and
he
die
not,
but keepeth
his
bed:
If
he
rise
again
and
walk
abroad
upon
his
staff,
he
that
struck
him shall
be quit,
yet
so
that
he
make restitution
for
his
work,
and
for
his expenses
upon
the
physicians.
He
that striketh
his bondman
or bondwoman
with
a
rod,
and
they
die
under
his
hands,
shall
be guilty
of
the crime.
But
if
the party
remain alive
a
day
or
two,
he
shall
not
be subject
to
the punishment,
because
it
is
his
money.
If
men quarrel,
and
one
strike
a
woman
with
child,
and
she miscarry
indeed,
but live
herself:
he
shall
be answerable
for
so
much damage
as
the
woman’s
husband
shall require,
and
as arbiters
shall award.
But
if
her
death ensue thereupon,
he
shall
render
life
for
life.
Eye
for
eye,
tooth
for
tooth,
hand
for
hand,
foot
for
foot,
Burning
for burning,
wound
for
wound, stripe
for stripe.
If
any
man
strike
the
eye
of
his manservant
or
maidservant,
and leave
them
but
one
eye,
he
shall
let
them
go
free
for
the
eye
which
he
put
out.
Also
if
he strike
out
a
tooth
of
his manservant
or
maidservant,
he
shall
in
like manner make
them
free.
If
an
ox
gore
a
man
or
a
woman,
and
they
die,
he
shall
be
stoned:
and
his
flesh
shall
not
be
eaten,
but
the
owner
of
the
ox
shall
be quit.
But
if
the
ox
was wont
to push
with
his horn
yesterday
and
the day
before,
and
they
warned
his master,
and
he
did
not shut
him up,
and
he
shall
kill
a
man
or
a
woman:
then
the
ox
shall
be
stoned,
an
his
owner
also
shall
be
put
to
death.
And
if
they
set
a
price
upon
him,
he
shall
give
for
his
life
whatsoever
is
laid
upon
him.
If
he
have gored
a
son,
or
a
daughter,
he
shall fall under
the
like
sentence.
If
he assault
a bondman
or
a bond woman,
he
shall
give
thirty sicles
of
silver
to
their
master,
and
the
ox
shall
be
stoned.
If
a
man
open
a
pit,
and
dig
one,
and
cover
it
not,
and
an
ox
or
an ass
fall
into
it,
The
owner
of
the
pit
shall
pay
the
price
of
the beasts:
and
that which
is
dead
shall
be
his
own.
If
one
man’s
ox gore
another
man’s
ox,
and
he
die:
they
shall
sell
the
live
ox,
and
shall
divide
the
price,
and
the carcass
of
that which
died
they
shall
part between
them:
But
if
he
knew
that
his
ox
was wont
to push
yesterday
and
the day
before,
and
his master
did
not
keep
him
in:
he
shall
pay
ox
for
ox,
and
shall
take
the whole carcass.
If
any
man steal
an ox
or
a sheep,
and
kill
or sell
it:
he
shall restore five oxen
for
one ox,
and four sheep
for
one sheep.
If
a thief
be
found breaking open
a house
or undermining
it,
and
be wounded
so
as
to die:
he
that slew
him
shall
not
be guilty
of
blood.
But
if
he did
this
when
the sun
is risen,
he hath committed murder,
and
he
shall die.
If
he
have
not wherewith
to
make
restitution
for
the
theft,
he
shall
be sold.
If
that which
he stole
be found
with
him, alive,
either ox,
or ass,
or sheep:
he
shall restore double.
If
any
man hurt
a
field
or
a vineyard,
and
put
in
his beast
to
feed
upon
that
which
is other men’s:
he
shall restore
the best
of whatsoever
he hath
in
his own
field,
or
in
his vineyard, according
to
the estimation
of
the damage.
If
a fire breaking
out light
upon thorns,
and catch stacks
of corn,
or corn standing
in
the fields,
he
that kindled
the fire
shall
make good
the loss.
If
a
man
deliver money,
or
any vessel unto
his
friend
to
keep,
and
they
be stolen
away
from
him
that received
them:
if
the
thief
be
found
he
shall restore double:
If
the thief
be
not known,
the
master
of
the house
shall
be
brought
to
the
gods,
and
shall
swear
that
he
did
not lay
his hand
upon
his neighbour’s goods,
To
do
any fraud,
either
in
ox,
or
in ass,
or
sheep,
or raiment,
or
any
thing
that
may
bring damage:
the
cause
of
both
parties
shall come
to
the gods:
and
if
they
give judgment,
he
shall restore double
to
his neighbour.
If
a
man
deliver ass, ox, sheep,
or
any beast,
to
his neighbour’s
custody,
and
it die,
or
be hurt,
or
be
taken
by enemies,
and
no
man saw
it:
There
shall be
an oath
between them,
that
he did
not put forth
his hand
to
his neighbour’s goods:
and
the
owner
shall accept
of
the oath;
and
he
shall
not be compelled
to make
restitution.
But
if
it were taken
away
by stealth,
he
shall make
the loss good
to
the owner.
If
it
were eaten
by
a beast, let
him
bring
to
him
that which
was slain,
and
he
shall
not
make
restitution.
If
a
man borrow
of
his neighbour
any
of
these
things,
and
it
be hurt
or die,
the
owner
not being
present,
he
shall
be obliged
to make
restitution.
But
if
the owner
be present,
he
shall
not
make restitution, especially
if
it
were hired
and
came
for
the hire
of
his work.
If
a man seduce
a
virgin
not
yet espoused,
and lie
with
her:
he
shall endow
her,
and
have
her
to wife.
If
the maid’s father
will
not give her
to him,
he
shall give money according
to
the dowry, which virgins
are wont
to receive.
Wizards thou shalt not suffer
to live.
Whosoever copulateth
with
a beast
shall
be put
to death.
He
that sacrificeth
to gods,
shall
be put
to death, save only
to
the Lord.
Thou shalt
not molest
a stranger,
nor
afflict
him:
for
yourselves also were strangers
in
the land
of Egypt.
You shall
not
hurt
a widow
or
an orphan.
If
you hurt
them
they
will cry
out
to
me,
and
I
will hear
their cry:
And
my rage
shall
be enkindled,
and
I
will strike
you
with
the sword,
and
your wives
shall
be
widows,
and
your children fatherless.
If thou lend money
to any
of
my
people
that
is poor,
that dwelleth
with thee, thou shalt
not
be hard
upon
them
as
an extortioner,
nor oppress
them
with usuries.
If thou
take
of thy neighbour
a
garment
in pledge, thou shalt
give
it
him
again
before sunset.
For
that same
is
the only
thing wherewith
he
is covered,
the clothing
of
his body,
neither hath
he
any other
to sleep
in:
if
he cry
to
me,
I
will hear
him, because
I
am compassionate.
Thou shalt
not speak ill
of
the gods,
and
the prince
of thy
people thou shalt
not curse.
Thou shalt
not delay
to
pay thy tithes
and thy firstfruits: thou shalt
give
the firstborn
of thy sons
to
me.
Thou shalt do
the
same
with
the firstborn
of thy oxen
also
and sheep: seven days
let
it
be
with
its dam,
the eighth day thou shalt
give
it
to
me.
You shall be holy men to me: the flesh that beasts have tasted of before, you shall not eat, but shall cast it to the dogs.
Thou shalt
not
receive
the voice
of
a
lie:
neither shalt thou
join thy
hand
to
bear
false
witness
for
a
wicked
person.
Thou shalt
not
follow
the multitude
to do
evil:
neither shalt thou yield
in
judgment,
to
the opinion
of
the most
part,
to
stray
from
the truth.
Neither shalt thou favour
a
poor man
in judgment.
If thou
meet thy enemy’s
ox
or ass
going
astray,
bring
it
back
to
him.
If thou
see
the ass
of
him
that hateth thee
lie
underneath
his
burden, thou shalt
not pass
by,
but shalt lift
him
up
with
him.
Thou shalt
not go
aside
in
the
poor man’s
judgment.
Thou shalt fly
lying.
The
innocent
and
just person thou shalt
not
put
to death:
because
I abhor
the
wicked.
Neither shalt thou
take
bribes,
which
even
blind
the wise,
and pervert
the
words
of
the
just.
Thou shalt
not molest
a
stranger,
for
you
know
the hearts
of
strangers:
for
you
also
were
strangers
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
Six
years thou shalt
sow thy
ground,
and shalt
gather
the corn thereof.
But
the
seventh
year thou shalt
let
it
alone,
and suffer
it
to
rest,
that
the
poor
of thy
people
may
eat,
and whatsoever
shall
be
left,
let
the
beasts
of
the
field
eat
it:
so shalt thou
do
with thy
vineyard
and thy oliveyard.
Six
days thou shalt
work:
the
seventh
day thou shalt
cease,
that thy
ox
and thy ass
may
rest:
and
the
son
of thy
handmaid
and
the
stranger
may
be
refreshed.
Keep
all
things
that
I
have
said
to
you.
And
by
the
name
of strange
gods
you
shall
not swear,
neither
shall
it
be
heard
out
of
your
mouth.
Three
times
every
year
you shall
celebrate feasts
to me.
Thou shalt
keep
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread.
Seven
days shalt thou
eat
unleavened
bread,
as
I
commanded thee,
in
the
time
of
the
month
of
new corn,
when thou didst
come
forth
out
of
Egypt: thou shalt
not
appear
empty
before
me.
And
the
feast
of
the
harvest
of
the firstfruits
of thy
work, whatsoever thou hast
sown
in
the
field.
The
feast
also
in
the
end
of
the
year,
when thou hast
gathered
in
all thy corn
out
of
the
field.
Thrice
a
year
shall
all thy
males
appear
before
the
Lord thy
God.
Thou shalt
not
sacrifice
the
blood
of
my victim
upon
leaven,
neither
shall
the
fat
of
my solemnity
remain
until
the
morning.
Thou shalt
carry
the firstfruits
of
the corn
of thy
ground
to
the
house
of
the
Lord thy
God. Thou shalt
not
boil
a kid
in
the
milk
of
his dam.
Behold
I
will
send
my
angel,
who
shall
go
before thee,
and
keep thee
in thy
journey,
and
bring thee
into
the
place
that
I
have
prepared.
Take notice
of
him,
and
hear
his
voice,
and
do
not think
him
one
to
be contemned:
for
he
will
not
forgive
when thou hast sinned,
and
my
name
is
in
him.
But
if thou wilt
hear
his
voice,
and
do
all
that
I
speak,
I
will
be
an
enemy
to thy
enemies,
and
will afflict
them
that afflict thee.
And
my
angel
shall
go
before thee,
and
shall
bring thee
in unto
the Amorrhite,
and
the Hethite,
and
the Pherezite,
and
the Chanaanite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite, whom
I
will
destroy.
Thou shalt
not adore
their
gods,
nor
serve
them. Thou shalt
not
do
their
works,
but shalt
destroy
them,
and
break
their statues.
And
you
shall
serve
the
Lord
your
God,
that
I
may
bless
your
bread
and
your
waters,
and
may
take
away
sickness
from
the
midst
of thee.
There
shall
not
be
one fruitless
nor
barren
in thy
land:
I
will
fill
the
number
of thy
days.
I
will
send
my
fear
before thee,
and
will
destroy
all
the
people
to
whom thou shalt
come:
and
will
turn
the
backs
of
all thy
enemies
before thee.
Sending
out
hornets
before,
that
shall
drive
away
the Hevite,
and
the Chanaanite,
and
the Hethite,
before thou come
in.
I
will
not cast
them
out
from thy
face
in
one
year:
lest
the
land
be
brought
into
a wilderness,
and
the
beasts
multiply
against thee.
By
little
and
little
I
will
drive
them
out
from
before thee,
till thou
be
increased,
and dost
possess
the
land.
And
I
will
set thy bounds
from
the Red
Sea
to
the
sea
of
the Palestines,
and
from
the
desert
to
the
river:
I
will
deliver
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
into
your
hands,
and
will
drive
them
out
from
before
you.
Thou shalt
not enter into
league
with
them,
nor
with
their
gods.
Let
them
not
dwell
in thy
land,
lest
perhaps thy
make thee
sin
against
me,
if thou
serve
their
god: which undoubtedly
will
be
a scandal
to thee.
And
he
said
to
Moses:
Come
up
to
the
Lord, thou,
and
Aaron,
Nadab,
and Abiu,
and
seventy
of
the ancients
of
Israel,
and
you
shall adore
afar
off.
And
Moses
alone
shall
come
up
to
the
Lord,
but
they
shall
not
come nigh;
neither
shall
the
people
come
up
with
him.
So
Moses
came
and
told
the
people
all
the
words
of
the
Lord,
and
all
the
judgments:
and
all
the
people
answered
with
one
voice:
We
will
do
all
the
words
of
the
Lord,
which
he hath
spoken.
And
Moses
wrote
all
the
words
of
the
Lord:
and
rising
in
the
morning
he
built
an
altar
at
the
foot
of
the
mount,
and
twelve titles according
to
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
And
he
sent
young
men
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they
offered holocausts,
and
sacrificed pacific victims
of
calves
to
the
Lord.
Then
Moses
took
half
of
the
blood,
and
put
it
into bowls:
and
the rest
he poured
upon
the
altar.
And
taking
the
book
of
the
covenant,
he
read
it
in
the
hearing
of
the
people:
and
they
said:
All
things
that
the
Lord hath
spoken
we
will
do,
we
will
be
obedient.
And
he
took
the
blood
and
sprinkled
it
upon
the
people,
and
he
said:
This
is
the
blood
of
the
covenant
which
the
Lord hath
made
with
you
concerning
all
these
words.
Then
Moses
and
Aaron,
Nadab
and Abiu,
and
seventy
of
the ancients
of
Israel
went
up:
And
they
saw
the
God
of
Israel:
and
under
his
feet
as
it
were
a
work
of
sapphire stone,
and
as
the
heaven,
when
clear.
Neither
did
he
lay
his
hand
upon
those
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that retired afar
off,
and
they
saw
God,
and
they
did
eat
and
drink.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Come
up
to
me
into
the
mount,
and
be
there:
and
I
will
give thee tables
of
stone,
and
the
law,
and
the
commandments
which
I
have
written:
that thou mayst
teach
them.
Moses
rose
up,
and
his
minister Josue:
and
Moses
going
up
into
the
mount
of
God,
Said
to
the ancients:
Wait ye
here
till
we
return
to
you.
You
have
Aaron
and
Hur
with
you:
if any
question
shall arise,
you
shall refer
it
to
them.
And
when
Moses
was
gone
up,
a
cloud
covered
the
mount.
And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
dwelt
upon
Sinai,
covering
it
with
a
cloud
six
days:
and
the
seventh
day
he
called
him
out
of
the
midst
of
the
cloud.
And
the
sight
of
the
glory
of
the
Lord
was
like
a
burning
fire
upon
the
top
of
the
mount,
in
the
eyes
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
Moses,
entering
into
the
midst
of
the
cloud,
went
up
into
the
mountain:
and
he
was
there
forty
days,
and
forty
nights.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
bring firstfruits
to
me:
of
every
man
that offereth
of
his
own
accord,
you
shall
take
them.
And
these
are
the
things
you
must
take:
gold,
and
silver,
and
brass,
Violet
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
linen,
and
goats’ hair,
And rams’
skins
dyed
red,
and violet
skins,
and setim
wood:
Oil
to make
lights:
spices
for
ointment,
and
for sweetsmelling
incense:
Onyx
stones,
and precious
stones
to adorn the
ephod
and the rational.
And
they shall
make me
a
sanctuary,
and I will
dwell
in
the
midst
of
them:
According
to
all
the
likeness
of
the
tabernacle
which
I
will shew thee,
and
of
all
the
vessels
for
the service thereof:
and
thus
you
shall
make
it:
Frame an
ark
of setim
wood,
the
length whereof shall
be
of
two
cubits
and
a
half:
the
breadth,
a
cubit
and
a
half:
the
height, likewise,
a
cubit
and
a
half.
And thou shalt
overlay
it
with
the purest
gold
within
and without:
and
over
it thou shalt
make
a
golden crown
round
about:
And
four
golden
rings, which thou shall
put
at
the
four corners
of
the ark:
let
two
rings
be
on
the
one
side,
and
two
on
the
other.
Thou shalt
make
bars
also
of setim
wood,
and shalt
overlay
them
with
gold.
And thou shalt
put
them
in
through
the
rings
that are
in
the
sides
of
the
ark,
that
it may
be
carried
on
them.
And
they
shall
be always
in
the
rings,
neither
shall
they
at
any
time
be drawn
out
of
them.
And thou shalt
put
in
the
ark
the
testimony
which
I
will
give thee.
Thou shalt
make
also
a propitiatory
of
the purest
gold:
the
length thereof
shall be
two
cubits
and
a
half,
and
the
breadth
a
cubit
and
a
half.
Thou shalt
make
also
two cherubims
of beaten
gold,
on
the
two sides
of
the oracle.
Let
one
cherub
be
on
the
one
side,
and
the
other
on
the
other.
Let
them cover
both sides
of
the propitiatory,
spreading
their
wings,
and
covering
the oracle,
and
let
them look
one towards
the
other,
their
faces
being
turned towards
the propitiatory wherewith
the ark
is
to
be covered.
In
which thou shalt
put
the
testimony
that
I
will
give thee.
Thence
will
I
give
orders,
and
will
speak
to thee
over
the propitiatory,
and
from
the
midst
of
the
two cherubims,
which
shall
be
upon
the
ark
of
the
testimony,
all
things
which
I
will
command
the
children
of
Israel
by thee.
Thou shalt
make
a
table
also
of setim
wood,
of
two
cubits
in
length,
and
a
cubit
in
breadth,
and
a
cubit
and
half
in
height.
And thou shalt
overlay
it
with
the purest
gold:
and thou shalt
make
to
it a
golden ledge
round
about.
And
to
the ledge
itself a polished crown, four inches high:
and over
the same another little
golden crown.
Thou shalt
prepare
also
four
golden
rings,
and shalt
put
them
in
the
four
corners
of
the
same table
over
each
foot.
Under
the crown
shall
the golden
rings
be,
that
the
bars
may
be
put through
them,
and
the
table
may
be
carried.
The
bars
also
themselves thou shalt
make
of setim
wood,
and shalt
overlay
them
with
gold
to
bear
up
the
table.
Thou shalt
prepare
also
dishes,
and
bowls, censers,
and cups,
wherein
the libations
are
to be offered
of
the purest
gold.
And thou shalt
set
upon
the
table
loaves
of proposition
in
my
sight
always.
Thou shalt
make
also
a candlestick
of beaten
work
of
the finest
gold,
the
shaft thereof,
and
the
branches,
the
cups,
and
the bowls,
and
the lilies going forth
from
it.
Six
branches
shall
come
out
of
the
sides,
three
out
of
the
one
side,
and
three
out
of
the
other.
Three
cups
as
it
were nuts
to
every
branch,
and
a bowl withal,
and
a lily;
and
three
cups,
likewise
of
the fashion
of nuts
in
the
other
branch,
and
a bowl withal,
and
a lily.
Such
shall
be
the work
of
the
six
branches,
that are
to
come
out
from
the
shaft:
And
in the candlestick itself shall be
four
cups
in the manner
of a nut,
and at every one, bowls
and lilies.
Bowls
under
two
branches
in three
places, which
together make
six
coming
forth
out
of
one
shaft.
And
both
the bowls
and
the
branches
shall
be
of
the
same beaten
work
of
the purest
gold.
Thou shalt
make
also
seven
lamps,
and shalt
set
them
upon
the candlestick,
to
give
light
over
against.
The
snuffers also
and where the snuffings
shall be put out,
shall be made
of the purest
gold.
The
whole weight
of
the candlestick
with
all
the
furniture thereof
shall
be
a
talent
of
the purest
gold.
Look
and
make
it according
to
the
pattern,
that
was shewn thee
in
the
mount.
And thou shalt
make
the
tabernacle
in
this manner: Thou shalt
make
ten
curtains
of
fine
twisted
linen,
and
violet
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed, diversified
with embroidery.
The
length
of
one
curtain shall
be
twenty-eight
cubits,
the
breadth shall
be
four
cubits.
All
the
curtains shall
be
of
one
measure.
Five
curtains
shall
be
joined
one
to
another,
and
the
other
five
shall
be coupled
together
in
like manner.
Thou shalt
make
loops
of
violet
in
the sides
and tops
of
the
curtains,
that
they
may
be
joined
one
to
another.
Every
curtain
shall
have
fifty
loops
on
both sides,
so
set
on,
that
one loop
may
be
against
another loop,
and
one
may
be fitted
to
the
other.
Thou shalt
make
also
fifty rings
of
gold wherewith
the veils
of
the
curtains
are
to
be
joined,
that
it
may
be
made
one
tabernacle.
Thou shalt
make
also
eleven
curtains
of
goats’
hair,
to cover
the
top
of
the
tabernacle.
The
length
of
one hair
curtain shall
be
thirty
cubits:
and
the
breadth
four:
the
measure
of
all
the
curtains shall
be equal.
Five
of which thou shalt couple
by
themselves,
and
the
six others thou shalt couple
one
to another,
so
as
to
double
the
sixth
curtain
in
the
front
of
the roof.
Thou shalt
make
also
fifty
loops
in
the
edge
of
one
curtain, that
it
may
be joined
with
the
other:
and
fifty
loops
in
the
edge
of
the
other
curtain, that
it
may
be coupled
with
its fellow.
Thou shalt
make
also
fifty buckles
of
brass, wherewith
the
loops
may
be
joined,
that
of
all
there
may
be
made
one covering.
And that which shall remain
of
the
curtains, that
are prepared
for
the roof,
to wit, one
curtain that
is
over
and
above,
with
the
half thereof thou shalt cover
the
back
parts
of
the
tabernacle.
And
there
shall
hang
down
a
cubit
on
the
one
side,
and
another
on
the
other
side,
which
is
over
and
above
in
the
length
of
the
curtains, fencing
both
sides
of
the
tabernacle.
Thou shalt
make
also another cover
to
the roof,
of rams’
skins
dyed
red;
and
over that again another cover
of violet coloured
skins.
Thou shalt
make
also
the boards
of
the
tabernacle
standing
upright
of setim
wood.
Let
every
one
of them
be
ten
cubits
in
length,
and
in
breadth
on
cubit
and
a
half.
In
the
sides
of
the boards
shall
be
made
two mortises, whereby
one board
may
be joined
to
another board:
and
after
this
manner
shall
all
the boards
be
prepared.
Of which
twenty
shall be
in
the
south
side
southward.
For which thou shalt cast
forty
sockets
of
silver,
that
under
every board
may
be
put
two
sockets
at
the
two corners.
In
the
second
side also
the
tabernacle that looketh
to
the
north, there
shall be
twenty
boards,
Having
forty
sockets
of
silver,
two
sockets
shall
be put
under
each board.
But
on
the
west
side
of
the
tabernacle thou shalt
make
six boards.
And again
other
two which shall be erected
in
the corners
at
the back
of
the
tabernacle.
And
they
shall
be joined
together
from
beneath unto
the
top,
and
one joint
shall hold
them
all.
The
like joining
shall
be observed
for
the
two boards also
that
are
to
be put
in
the
corners.
And
they
shall
be
in
all
eight boards,
and
their
silver
sockets
sixteen, reckoning
two
sockets
for
each board.
Thou shalt
make
also
five
bars
of setim
wood,
to hold
together
the
boards
on
one
side
of
the
tabernacle.
And
five others
on
the
other
side,
and as many
at
the
west
side:
And they shall
be
put
along
by
the
midst
of
the boards
from
one
end
to
the other.
The boards
also themselves thou shalt
overlay
with
gold,
and
shall cast
rings
of
gold
to
be
set upon
them,
for
places
for
the
bars
to
hold together boardwork:
which
bars thou shalt cover
with plates
of
gold.
And thou shalt rear
up
the
tabernacle
according
to
the pattern
that
was shewn thee
in
the
mount.
Thou shalt
make
also
a
veil
of
violet
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen,
wrought
with embroidered
work,
and goodly variety:
And thou shalt
hang
it
up
before
four
pillars
of setim wood, which
themselves
also
shall
be
overlaid
with
gold,
and
shall
have heads
of
gold,
but
sockets
of
silver.
And
the veils
shall
be hanged
on
with rings,
and
within
it thou shalt
put
the
ark
of
the
testimony,
and
the
sanctuary,
and
the
holy
of
holies
shall
be
divided
with
it.
And thou shalt
set
the propitiatory
upon
the
ark
of
the
testimony
in
the
holy
of
holies.
And
the
table without
the
veil:
and
over
against
the
table
the candlestick
in
the
south
side
of
the
tabernacle;
for
the
table
shall stand
in
the
north
side.
Thou shalt
make
also a
hanging
in
the
entrance
of
the
tabernacle
of
violet
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen
with embroidered
work.
And thou shalt
overlay
with
gold
five
pillars
of setim wood, before which
the
hanging shall be drawn:
their heads shall be
of
gold,
and
the
sockets
of
brass.
Thou shalt
make
also
an
altar
of setim
wood,
which shall
be
five
cubits
long
and
as many broad,
that
is, foursquare,
and
three
cubits
high.
And
there shall
be
horns
at
the
four
corners
of
the
same:
and thou shalt cover
it
with
brass.
And thou shalt
make
for
the uses thereof pans
to receive
the
ashes,
and tongs
and fleshhooks,
and
firepans:
all
its
vessels thou shalt
make
of
brass.
And
a grate
of
brass
in manner
of
a
net:
at
the
four
corners
of which
shall be
four
rings
of
brass,
Which thou shalt
put
under
the hearth
of
the
altar:
and
the grate
shall
be
even
to
the
midst
of
the
altar.
Thou shalt
make
also two
bars
for
the
altar
of setim
wood,
which thou shalt cover
with plates
of
brass:
And thou shalt draw
them
through
rings,
and
they
shall
be
on
both
sides
of
the
altar
to
carry
it.
Thou shalt not
make
it solid,
but empty
and
hollow
in
the inside,
as
it
was shewn thee
in
the
mount.
Thou shalt
make
also
the
court
of
the
tabernacle,
in
the
south
side whereof
southward there
shall
be
hangings
of
fine
twisted
linen
of
a
hundred
cubits
long
for
one
side.
And
twenty
pillars
with
as many
sockets
of
brass, the heads
of which
with their engraving
of
silver.
In
like
manner also
on
the
north
side there
shall
be
hangings
of
a
hundred cubits
long,
twenty
pillars,
and
as many
sockets
of
brass,
and
their heads
with
their engraving
of
silver.
But
in
the
breadth
of
the
court, that looketh
to
the
west, there
shall
be
hangings
of
fifty
cubits,
and
ten
pillars,
and as many
sockets.
In that
breadth also
of
the
court, which looketh
to
the
east,
there
shall be
fifty
cubits.
In which there shall be for one
side
hangings
of
fifteen
cubits,
and
three
pillars
and as many
sockets.
And
in
the
other
side there shall be
hangings
of
fifteen cubits,
with
three
pillars
and as many
sockets.
And
in
the
entrance
of
the
court there
shall be
made a
hanging
of
twenty
cubits
of
violet
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen,
with embroidered
work: it
shall
have
four
pillars
with
as many
sockets.
All
the
pillars
of
the
court
round
about
shall
be garnished
with plates
of
silver,
silver heads
and
sockets
of
brass.
In
length
the
court shall take up
a
hundred
cubits,
in
breadth
fifty,
the
height shall be
of
five
cubits,
and it shall be made
of
fine
twisted
linen,
and shall have
sockets
of
brass.
All
the
vessels
of
the
tabernacle
for
all uses
and ceremonies,
and
the pins
both
of
it,
and
of
the
court, thou shalt make
of
brass.
Command
the
children
of
Israel
that
they
bring thee
the purest
oil
of
the
olives,
and
beaten
with
a pestle:
that
a
lamp
may
burn
always,
In
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony without
the
veil
that hangs
before
the
testimony.
And
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
order
it,
that
it
may give light
before
the
Lord
until
the
morning.
It
shall
be
a
perpetual observance
throughout
their successions
among
the
children
of
Israel.
Take unto thee
also
Aaron thy
brother
with
his
sons,
from
among
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
may
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office:
Aaron,
Nadab,
and Abiu,
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
And thou shalt
make
a
holy vesture
for
Aaron thy
brother
for
glory
and
for
beauty.
And thou shalt
speak
to
all
the
wise
of
heart,
whom
I
have
filled
with
the
spirit
of
wisdom,
that
they
may
make
Aaron’s vestments,
in
which
he being
consecrated
may
minister
to
me.
And
these
shall
be
the vestments
that
they
shall
make:
A rational
and
an
ephod,
a tunick
and
a strait linen
garment,
a mitre
and
a girdle.
They
shall
make
the
holy vestments
for thy
brother
Aaron
and
his
sons,
that
they
may
do
the office
of
priesthood unto
me.
And
they shall
take
gold,
and
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
linen.
And
they
shall
make
the
ephod
of
gold,
and
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen, embroidered
with divers colours.
It shall
have
the
two edges
joined
in
the top
on
both
sides,
that they
may
be closed
together.
The very
workmanship
also
and
all
the variety
of
the
work
shall
be
of
gold,
and
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen.
And thou shalt
take
two
onyx
stones,
and shalt grave
on
them
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel:
Six
names
on
one
stone,
and
the
other
six
on
the
other,
according
to
the
order
of
their
birth.
With
the
work
of
an
engraver
and
the graving
of
a jeweller, thou shalt engrave
them
with
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel,
set
in
gold
and compassed
about:
And thou shalt
put
them
in
both
sides
of
the
ephod,
a
memorial
for
the
children
of
Israel.
And
Aaron
shall
bear
their
names
before
the
Lord
upon
both
shoulders,
for
a
remembrance.
Thou shalt
make
also hooks
of
gold.
And
two little
chains
of
the purest
gold linked
one
to another, which thou shalt
put
into
the hooks.
And thou shalt
make
the rational
of
judgment
with embroidered
work
of divers colours,
according
to
the
workmanship
of
the
ephod,
of
gold,
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen.
It shall
be foursquare
and
doubled:
it shall
be
the measure
of
a
span both
in
length
and
in
breadth.
And thou shalt
set
in it
four
rows
of
stones:
in
the
first
row
shall
be
a sardius
stone,
and
a
topaz,
and
an emerald:
In the
second
a carbuncle,
a
sapphire
and
a jasper.
In
the
third
a ligurius, an
agate,
and an
amethyst:
In
the
fourth
a chrysolite,
an
onyx,
and
a
beryl.
They shall
be
set
in
gold
by
their
rows.
And
they
shall
have
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel:
with
twelve
names
shall
they
be engraved,
each
stone
with
the
name
of
one
according
to
the
twelve
tribes.
And thou shalt
make
on
the rational
chains linked
one
to another
of
the purest
gold:
And
two
rings
of
gold, which thou shalt
put
in
the
two
ends
at
the
top
of
the rational.
And
the
golden
chains thou shalt join
to
the
rings,
that
are
in
the
ends thereof:
And
the
ends
of
the
chains
themselves thou shalt join
together
with
two hooks
on
both
sides
of
the
ephod, which
is towards
the rational.
Thou shalt
make
also
two
rings
of
gold
which thou shalt
put
in
the
top parts
of
the rational,
in
the borders
that
are
over
against
the
ephod,
and look towards
the
back parts thereof.
Moreover
also
other
two
rings
of
gold, which
are
to
be
set
on
each
side
of
the
ephod
beneath,
that looketh towards
the nether joining,
that
the rational
may
be fitted
with
the
ephod,
And
may
be
fastened
by
the
rings thereof unto
the
rings
of
the
ephod
with
a
violet fillet,
that
the joining artificially wrought
may
continue,
and
the rational
and
the
ephod
may
not
be loosed
one
from
the other.
And
Aaron
shall
bear
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel
in
the rational
of judgement
upon
his breast,
when
he
shall
enter
into
the
sanctuary,
a
memorial
before
the
Lord
for
ever.
And thou shalt
put
in
the rational
of
judgment doctrine
and truth, which
shall
be
on
Aaron’s breast,
when
he
shall
go
in
before
the
Lord:
and
he
shall
bear
the
judgment
of
the
children
of
Israel
on
his breast,
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
always.
And thou shalt
make
the tunick
of
the
ephod
all
of
violet,
In
the
midst whereof above
shall
be
a hole
for
the
head,
and
a
border
round
about
it
woven,
as
is wont
to
be
made
in
the outmost
parts
of garments,
that
it
may
not easily
be broken.
And
beneath
at
the feet
of
the same tunick
round
about, thou shalt
make
as
it
were
pomegranates,
of
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
with little
bells
set
between:
So that there shall be
a
golden
bell
and
a
pomegranate,
and again another
golden
bell
and
a
pomegranate.
And
Aaron
shall
be vested
with
it
in
the office
of
his ministry,
that
the
sound
may
be
heard,
when
he goeth
in
and cometh
out
of
the
sanctuary,
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
that
he
may
not
die.
Thou shalt
make
also
a
plate
of
the purest
gold: wherein thou shalt grave
with engraver’s
work,
Holy
to
the
Lord.
And thou shalt tie
it
with
a
violet fillet,
and
it
shall
be
upon
the mitre,
Hanging
over
the
forehead
of
the
high priest.
And
Aaron
shall
bear
the
iniquities
of
those
things,
which
the
children
of
Israel
have offered
and
sanctified,
in
all
their
gifts
and
offerings.
And
the plate
shall
be
always
on
his
forehead,
that
the
Lord
may
be
well
pleased
with
them.
And thou shalt gird
the tunick
with
fine
linen,
and thou shalt
make a
fine
linen mitre,
and a girdle
of embroidered
work.
Moreover
for
the
sons
of
Aaron thou shalt
prepare linen tunicks,
and girdles
and mitres
for
glory
and
beauty:
And
with all
these things thou shalt vest
Aaron thy
brother,
and
his
sons
with
him.
And thou shalt
consecrate
the
hands
of
them all,
and shalt
sanctify
them,
that
they
may
do
the office
of
priesthood unto
me.
Thou shalt
make
also
linen
breeches,
to
cover
the
flesh
of
their
nakedness
from
the reins
to
the
thighs:
And
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
use
them
when
they
shall
go
in
to
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
or
when
they
approach
the
altar
to
minister
in
the
sanctuary, lest
being
guilty
of
iniquity
they
die.
It
shall
be
a law
for
ever
to
Aaron,
and
to
his
seed
after
him.
And thou shalt
also
do
this,
that
they
may
be
consecrated
to
me
in
priesthood.
Take
a
calf
from
the
herd,
and
two
rams
without
blemish,
And
unleavened
bread,
and
a
cake without leaven, tempered
with
oil,
wafers
also
unleavened
anointed
with
oil: thou shalt
make
them all
of wheaten
flour.
And thou shalt
put
them
in
a
basket
and
offer
them:
and
the calf
and
the
two
rams.
And thou shalt
bring
Aaron
and
his
sons
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
when thou hast
washed
the father
and
his
sons
with
water,
Thou shalt
clothe
Aaron
with
his vestments, that is,
with
the linen
garment
and
the tunick,
and
the
ephod
and
the rational, which thou shalt
gird
with
the girdle.
And thou shalt
put
the mitre
upon
his
head,
and
the
holy plate
upon
the mitre,
And thou shalt
pour
the
oil
of unction
upon
his
head:
and
by this rite
shall
he
be consecrated.
Thou shalt
bring
his
sons
also
and shalt
put
on
them
the linen tunicks,
and gird
them
with
a girdle:
To wit,
Aaron
and
his
children,
and thou shalt
put mitres
upon
them:
and
they
shall
be priests
to
me
by
a
perpetual
ordinance.
After thou shalt
have consecrated
their
hands,
Thou shalt
present
also
the calf
before
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
lay
their
hands
upon
his
head,
And thou shalt
kill
him
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord, beside
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
taking
some
of
the
blood
of
the calf, thou shalt
put
it
upon
the
horns
of
the
altar
with thy
finger,
and
the rest
of
the
blood thou shalt
pour
at
the bottom thereof.
Thou shalt
take
also
all
the
fat
that covereth
the
entrails,
and
the caul
of
the
liver,
and
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
upon
them,
and shalt
offer
a
burnt
offering
upon
the
altar:
But
the
flesh
of
the calf
and
the
hide
and
the
dung, thou shalt
burn
abroad, without
the
camp, because
it
is
for
sin.
Thou shalt
take
also
one
ram
upon
the
head whereof
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
lay
their
hands.
And
when thou hast
killed
him, thou shalt
take
of
the
blood thereof,
and pour
round
about
the
altar:
And thou shalt
cut
the
ram
in
pieces,
and having
washed
his
entrails
and feet, thou shalt
put
them
upon
the flesh
that
is
cut
in
pieces,
and
upon
his
head.
And thou shalt
offer
the
whole
ram
for
a
burnt
offering upon
the
altar:
it
is
an oblation
to
the
Lord,
a most sweet savour
of
the victim
of
the
Lord.
Thou shalt
take
also
the
other
ram,
upon
whose
head
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
lay
their
hands.
And
when thou hast sacrificed
him, thou shalt
take
of
his
blood,
and
put
upon
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
Aaron
and
of
his
sons,
and
upon
the
thumbs
and great
toes
of
their
right
hand
and
foot,
and thou shalt pour
the
blood
upon
the
altar
round
about.
And
when thou hast
taken
of
the
blood,
that
is
upon
the
altar,
and
of
the
oil
of unction, thou shalt sprinkle
Aaron
and
his vesture,
his
sons
and
their vestments.
And
after
they
and
their vestments
are
consecrated,
Thou shalt
take
the
fat
of
the
ram,
and
the rump,
and
the
fat
that covereth
the lungs,
and
the caul
of
the
liver,
and
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
upon
them,
and
the
right shoulder,
because
it
is
the
ram
of
consecration.
And
one roll
of
bread,
a
cake tempered
with
oil,
a
wafer
out
of
the
basket
of
unleavened
bread,
which
is
set
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
And thou shalt
put
all
upon
the
hands
of
Aaron
and
of
his
sons,
and shalt sanctify
them elevating
before
the
Lord.
And thou shalt
take all
from
their
hands,
and shalt
burn
them
upon
the
altar
for
a holocaust,
a most sweet savour
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
because
it
is
his oblation.
Thou shalt
take
also
the
breast
of
the
ram, wherewith
Aaron
was consecrated,
and elevating
it thou shalt sanctify
it
before
the
Lord,
and
it
shall
fall
to thy
share.
And thou shalt
sanctify both
the
consecrated
breast,
and
the shoulder
that thou didst separate
of
the
ram,
Wherewith
Aaron
was consecrated
and
his
sons,
and
they
shall
fall
to Aarons share
and
his
sons’
by
a
perpetual
right
from
the
children
of
Israel:
because
they
are
the choicest
and
the beginnings
of
their
peace victims
which
they
offer
to
the
Lord.
And
the
holy vesture,
which
Aaron
shall
use,
his
sons
shall
have
after
him,
that
they
may
be anointed,
and
their
hands
consecrated
to
it.
He
of
his
sons
that
shall
be
appointed high
priest
in
his
stead,
and
that
shall
enter
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
to
minister
in
the
sanctuary,
shall
wear
it
seven
days.
And thou shalt
take
the
ram
of
the
consecration,
and shalt
boil
the
flesh thereof
in
the
holy
place:
And
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
eat
it.
The
loaves
also,
that
are
in
the
basket,
they
shall
eat
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
That
it
may
be
an atoning sacrifice,
and
the
hands
of
the offerers
may
be
sanctified.
A stranger
shall
not
eat
of
them,
because
they
are
holy.
And
if
there
remain
of
the
consecrated flash,
or
of
the
bread
till
the
morning, thou shalt
burn
the
remainder
with
fire:
they
shall
not
be
eaten,
because
they
are sanctified.
All
that
I
have
commanded thee, thou shalt
do unto
Aaron
and
his
sons.
Seven
days shalt thou consecrate
their
hands:
And thou shalt
offer
a calf
for
sin
every
day
for expiation.
And thou shalt
cleanse
the
altar
when thou hast
offered
the victim
of expiation,
and shalt
anoint
it
to
sanctify
it.
Seven
days shalt thou expiate
the
altar
and
sanctify
it,
and
it
shall
be
most
holy.
Every
one
that
shall
touch
it
shall
be
holy.
This
is
what thou shalt
sacrifice
upon
the
altar:
Two
lambs
of
a
year
old
every
day
continually.
One
lamb
in
the
morning
and
another
in
the
evening.
With
one
lamb
a
tenth part
of
flour tempered
with
beaten
oil,
of the
fourth part
of
a
hin,
and
wine
for libation
of the
same measure.
And
the
other
lamb thou shalt
offer
in
the
evening, according
to
the rite
of
the
morning oblation,
and according
to
what
we
have said,
for
a savour
of sweetness:
It
is
a
sacrifice
to
the
Lord,
by
perpetual oblation unto
your
generations,
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
before
the
Lord,
where
I
will appoint
to
speak unto thee.
And
there
will
I command
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the altar
shall
be
sanctified
by
my
glory.
I
will
sanctify
also
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
with
the
altar,
and
Aaron
with
his
sons,
to do
the office
of
priesthood unto
me.
And
I
will
dwell
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
will
be
their
God:
And
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
their
God,
who
have
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
I
might
abide
among
them,
I
the
Lord
their
God.
Thou shalt
make
also an
altar
to burn
incense,
of setim
wood.
It shall
be
a
cubit
in
length,
and another
in
breadth,
that
is, foursquare,
and
two
in
height.
Horns shall
go
out
of
the
same.
And thou shalt
overlay
it
with
the purest
gold,
as well
as
the grate thereof,
as
the
walls
round
about
and
the
horns.
And thou shalt
make
to
it a crown
of
gold
round
about,
And
two
golden
rings
under
the crown
on either
side,
that
the
bars
may
be
put
into
them,
and
the altar
be
carried.
And thou shalt
make
the
bars
also
of setim
wood,
and shalt
overlay
them
with
gold.
And thou shalt
set
the altar
over
against
the
veil,
that hangeth
before
the
ark
of
the
testimony
before
the propitiatory wherewith
the
testimony
is covered,
where
I
will speak
to thee.
And
Aaron
shall
burn
sweet smelling
incense
upon
it
in
the
morning.
When
he
shall dress
the
lamps,
he
shall
burn
it:
And
when
he
shall place
them
in
the
evening,
he
shall
burn
an everlasting
incense
before
the
Lord
throughout
your
generations.
You
shall
not
offer
upon
it
incense
of
another composition
nor oblation,
and victim,
neither
shall
you
offer libations.
And
Aaron
shall pray
upon
the
horns thereof
once
a
year,
with
the
blood
of
that
which
was offered
for
sin,
and
shall make
atonement
upon
it
in
your
generations.
It
shall
be
most
holy
to
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
When thou shalt
take
the
sum
of
the
children
of
Israel
according
to
their
number,
every
one
of
them
shall
give
a
price
for
their
souls
to
the
Lord,
and
there
shall
be
no scourge
among
them,
when
they
shall
be reckoned.
And
this
shall
every
one
give
that passeth
at
the naming,
half
a sicle
according
to
the standard
of
the temple.
A sicle hath
twenty obols.
Half
a sicle
shall
be
offered
to
the
Lord.
He
that
is
counted
in
the
number
from
twenty
years
and
upwards,
shall
give
the price.
The
rich
man
shall
not
add
to
half
a sicle,
and
the
poor
man
shall
diminish
nothing.
And
the
money
received
which
was
contributed
by
the
children
of
Israel, thou shalt
deliver unto
the uses
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
that
it
may
be
a
memorial
of
them
before
the
Lord,
and
he
may
be merciful
to
their
souls.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Thou shalt
make
also
a brazen
laver
with
its foot,
to
wash
in:
and thou shalt
set
it
between
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
and
the
altar.
And
water being
put
into
it,
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
wash
their
hands
and
feet
in
it:
When
they
are
going
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
when
they
are
to
come
to
the
altar,
to
offer
on
it
incense
to
the
Lord,
Lest perhaps
they
die.
It
shall
be
an
everlasting law
to
him,
and
to
his
seed
by successions.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
Saying:
Take
spices,
of principal
and
chosen
myrrh
five
hundred sicles,
and
of
cinnamon
half
so
much,
that
is,
two
hundred
and
fifty sicles,
of
calamus
in like manner
two
hundred
and
fifty.
And
of
cassia
five
hundred sicles
by
the weight
of
the
sanctuary,
of
oil
of
olives
the measure
hin:
And thou shalt
make
the
holy
oil
of unction,
an
ointment compounded
after
the
art
of
the
perfumer,
And therewith thou shalt
anoint
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony,
and
the
ark
of
the testament,
And
the
table
with
the
vessels thereof,
the candlestick
and
furniture thereof,
the
altars
of
incense,
And
of holocaust,
and
all
the
furniture
that belongeth
to
the service
of
them.
And thou shalt
sanctify
all,
and
they shall
be
most
holy:
he
that shall
touch
them shall
be
sanctified.
Thou shalt
anoint
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and shalt
sanctify
them,
that
they
may do
the office
of
priesthood unto
me.
And thou shalt
say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
This
oil
of unction
shall
be
holy unto
me
throughout
your
generations.
The
flesh
of
man
shall
not
be anointed therewith,
and
you
shall
make
none other
of
the
same composition,
because
it
is sanctified,
and
shall
be
holy unto
you.
What
man soever
shall compound
such,
and
shall
give thereof
to
a stranger,
he
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Take unto thee
spices, stacte,
and
onycha,
galbanum
of
sweet savour,
and
the clearest
frankincense, all
shall
be
of equal weight.
And thou shalt
make
incense compounded by
the
work
of
the
perfumer, well tempered together,
and
pure,
and
most worthy
of sanctification.
And
when thou
has beaten
all
into
very small
powder, thou shalt
set
of
it
before
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony,
in
the
place
where
I
will appear
to thee.
Most
holy
shall
this incense
be
to
you.
You
shall
not
make
such
a composition
for
your
own uses,
because
it
is
holy
to
the
Lord.
What
man soever
shall
make
the
like,
to enjoy
the
smell thereof,
he
shall
perish
out
of
his
people.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Behold,
I
have
called
by
name Beseleel
the
son
of
Uri
the
son
of
Hur
of
the
tribe
of Juda,
And
I
have
filled
him
with
the
spirit
of
God,
with
wisdom
and
understanding,
and
knowledge
in
all manner
of
work.
To
devise whatsoever
may
be artificially
made
of
gold,
and
silver,
and
brass,
Of marble,
and precious
stones,
and
variety
of
wood.
And
I
have
given
him
for
his companion Ooliab
the
son
of Achisamech
of
the
tribe
of
Dan.
And
I
have
put
wisdom
in
the
heart
of
every
skillful
man,
that
they
may
make
all
things
which
I
have
commanded thee,
The
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
the
ark
of
the
testimony,
and
the propitiatory
that
is
over
it,
and
all
the
vessels
of
the
tabernacle,
And
the
table
and
the
vessels thereof,
the most
pure candlestick
with
the
vessels thereof,
and
the
altars
of
incense,
And
of holocaust,
and
all
their
vessels,
the
laver
with
its foot,
The
holy vestments
in
the ministry
for
Aaron
the
priest,
and
for
his
sons,
that
they
may execute
their office about
the
sacred
things:
The
oil
of unction,
and
the
incense
of
spices
in
the
sanctuary,
all
things
which
I
have
commanded thee,
shall
they
make.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
See
that thou
keep
my
sabbath:
because
it
is
a
sign
between
me
and
you
in
your
generations:
that
you
may
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
who
sanctify
you.
Keep
you
my
sabbath:
for
it
is
holy unto
you:
he
that
shall
profane
it,
shall
be
put
to
death:
he
that
shall
do
my
work
in
it,
his
soul
shall
perish
out
of
the
midst
of
his
people.
Six
days
shall
you
do
work:
in
the
seventh
day
is
the
sabbath,
the
rest
holy
to
the
Lord.
Every
one
that
shall
do
any
work
on
this
day,
shall
die.
Let
the
children
of
Israel
keep
the
sabbath,
and celebrate
it
in
their
generations.
It
is
an
everlasting
covenant
Between
me
and
the
children
of
Israel,
and
a
perpetual
sign.
For
in
six
days
the
Lord
made
heaven
and
earth,
and
in
the
seventh
he ceased
from work.
And
the Lord,
when
he
had
ended
these words
in
mount
Sinai,
gave
to
Moses
two
stone tables
of
testimony,
written
with
the
finger
of
God.
And
the
people
seeing
that
Moses
delayed
to
come
down
from
the
mount, gathering
together
against
Aaron,
said:
Arise,
make
us
gods,
that
may
go
before
us:
for
as
to
this
Moses,
the
man
that
brought
us
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
we
know
not
what
has
befallen
him.
And
Aaron
said
to
them:
Take
the
golden
earrings
from
the
ears
of
your
wives,
and
your
sons
and
daughters,
and
bring
them
to
me.
And
the
people
did
what
he
had commanded,
bringing
the
earrings
to
Aaron.
And
when
he
had
received
them,
he
fashioned
them
by founders’ work,
and
made
of
them
a molten
calf.
And
they
said:
These
are thy
gods,
O
Israel,
that
have
brought thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
when
Aaron
saw
this,
he
built
an
altar
before
it,
and
made
proclamation
by
a crier’s voice,
saying:
Tomorrow
is
the solemnity
of
the
Lord.
And
rising
in
the
morning,
they
offered holocausts,
and
peace victims,
and
the
people
sat
down
to
eat,
and
drink,
and
they
rose
up
to
play.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Go,
get thee
down: thy
people,
which thou hast
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt, hath sinned.
They
have
quickly strayed
from
the
way
which thou didst shew
them:
and
they
have
made
to
themselves
a molten
calf,
and
have adored
it,
and
sacrificing victims
to
it,
have
said:
These
are thy
gods,
O
Israel,
that
have
brought thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And again
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
See
that
this
people
is stiffnecked:
Let
me
alone,
that
my
wrath
may
be
kindled
against
them,
and
that
I
may
destroy
them,
and
I
will
make
of thee
a
great
nation.
But
Moses besought
the
Lord
his
God,
saying:
Why,
O
Lord,
is thy indignation
kindled
against thy
people,
whom thou hast
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
with
great
power,
and
with
a
mighty
hand?
Let not
the
Egyptians
say,
I beseech thee:
He craftily
brought
them
out,
that
he
might
kill
them
in
the
mountains,
and
destroy
them
from
the
earth: let thy
anger cease,
and
be
appeased
upon
the
wickedness
of thy
people.
Remember
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Israel, thy
servants,
to
whom thou sworest
by thy
own self,
saying:
I
will
multiply
your
seed
as
the
stars
of
heaven:
and
this
whole
land
that
I
have
spoken
of,
I
will
give
to
you
seed,
and
you
shall
possess
it
for
ever.
And
the
Lord
was
appeased
from
doing
the
evil
which
he
had
spoken
against
his
people.
And
Moses returned
from
the
mount, carrying
the
two tables
of
the
testimony
in
his
hand,
written
on
both
sides,
And
made
by
the
work
of
God:
the
writing
also
of
God
was graven
in
the tables.
And Josue
hearing
the
noise
of
the
people
shouting,
said
to
Moses:
The
noise
of
battle
is
heard
in
the
camp.
But
he
answered: It
is
not
the
cry
of
men encouraging
to fight,
nor
the
shout
of
men compelling
to flee:
but
I
hear
the
voice
of singers.
And
when
he
came nigh
to
the
camp,
he
saw
the
calf,
and
the
dances:
and
being
very
angry,
he
threw
the tables
out
of
his
hand,
and
broke
them
at
the
foot
of
the
mount:
And laying hold
of
the
calf
which
they
had
made,
he
burnt
it,
and beat
it
to
powder,
which
he strowed
into
water,
and
gave thereof
to
the
children
of
Israel
to
drink.
And
he
said
to
Aaron:
What
has
this
people
done
to thee,
that thou shouldst
bring
upon
them
a most heinous
sin?
And
he
answered
him:
Let
not
my
lord
be
offended:
for thou knowest
this
people,
that
they
are prone
to
evil.
They
said
to
me:
Make
us
gods,
that
may
go
before
us:
for
as
to
this
Moses,
who
brought
us
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
we
know
not
what
is
befallen
him.
And
I
said
to
them:
Which
of
you hath
any
gold?
and
they
took
and
brought
it
to
me:
and
I
cast
it
into
the
fire,
and
this
calf
came
out.
And
when
Moses
saw
that
the
people
were naked, (for
Aaron
had stripped
them
by occasion
of
the shame
of
the filth,
and
had
set
them naked
among
their
enemies,)
Then
standing
in
the
gate
of
the
camp,
he
said:
If
any
man
be
on
the
Lord’s side let
him
join
with
me.
And
all
the
sons
of
Levi
gathered
themselves
together unto
him:
And
he
said
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
Israel:
Put
every
man
his
sword
upon
his
thigh:
go,
and
return
from
gate
to
gate
through
the midst
of
the
camp,
and
let
every
man
kill
his
brother,
and
friend,
and neighbour.
And
the
sons
of
Levi
did
according
to
the
words
of
Moses,
and there
were slain
that
day
about
three
and twenty
thousand
men.
And
Moses
said:
You
have consecrated
your
hands
this
day
to
the
Lord,
every
man
in
his
son
and
in
his
brother,
that
a
blessing
may
be
given
to
you.
And
when
the
next
day
was
come,
Moses
spoke
to
the
people:
You
have
sinned
a
very
great
sin:
I
will
go
up
to
the
Lord,
if
by
any
means
I
may
be able
to entreat
him
for
your
crime.
And
returning
to
the
Lord,
he
said:
I
beseech thee:
this
people hath
sinned
a heinous
sin,
and
they
have
made
to themselves
gods
of
gold:
either forgive
them
this trespass,
Or
if thou
do
not,
strike
me
out
of
the
book
that thou hast
written.
And
the
Lord
answered
him:
He
that hath
sinned
against
me,
him
will
I strike
out
of
my
book:
But
go thou,
and
lead
this
people whither
I
have
told thee:
my
angel
shall
go
before thee.
And
I
in
the
day
of revenge
will
visit
this
sin
also
of theirs.
The
Lord
therefore
struck
the
people
for
the guilt
on
occasion
of
the
calf
which
Aaron
had
made.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
God,
get thee
up
from
this
place, thou
and thy
people
which thou
has
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
into
the
land
concerning
which
I
swore
to
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
saying:
To thy
seed
I
will
give
it.
And
I
will
send
an
angel
before thee,
that
I may
cast
out
the Chanaanite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Hethite,
and
the Pherezite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite.
That thou mayst
enter
into
the
land
that floweth
with
milk
and
honey.
For
I
will
not
go
up
with thee,
because thou art
a stiffnecked
people:
lest
I
destroy thee
in
the
way.
And
the
people
hearing
these
very
bad tidings,
mourned:
and
no
man
put
on
his
ornaments
according
to
custom.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel: Thou
are
a stiffnecked
people;
once
I
shall
come
up
in
the
midst
of thee,
and
shall
destroy thee.
Now presently
lay aside thy
ornaments,
that
I
may
know
what
to
do
with thee.
So
the
children
of
Israel laid aside
their
ornaments
by
mount
Horeb.
Moses
also
taking
the
tabernacle,
pitched
it
without
the
camp afar
off,
and
called
the
name thereof,
The
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
And
all
the
people
that
had
any question,
went
forth
to
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
without
the
camp.
And
when
Moses
went
forth
to
the
tabernacle,
all
the
people
rose
up,
and
every
one
stood
in
the
door
of
his pavilion,
and
they
beheld
the
back
of
Moses,
till
he
went
into
the
tabernacle.
And
when
he
was
gone
into
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
the
pillar
of
the
cloud
came
down,
and
stood
at
the
door,
and
he
spoke
with
Moses.
And
all
saw
that
the
pillar
of
the
cloud
stood
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle.
And
they
stood,
and worshipped
at
the
doors
of
their
tents.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
face
to
face,
as
a
man
is wont
to
speak
to
his
friend.
And
when
he
returned
into
the
camp,
his
servant Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
a
young
man,
departed
not
from
the
tabernacle.
And
Moses
said
to
the
Lord; Thou commandest
me
to
lead
forth
this
people:
and thou dost
not
let
me
know
whom thou wilt
send
with
me,
especially whereas thou hast
said:
I
know thee
by
name,
and thou hast
found favour
in
my
sight.
If
therefore
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
show
me thy
face,
that
I
may
know thee,
and
may
find
grace
before thy
eyes:
look
upon thy
people
this
nation.
And
the Lord
said:
My
face
shall go
before thee,
and
I
will
give thee
rest.
And
Moses
said:
If thou thyself dost
not
go
before,
bring
us
not
out
of
this
place.
For
how
shall
we
be able
to
know,
I
and thy
people,
that
we
have
found
grace
in thy
sight,
unless thou walk
with
us,
that
we
may
be glorified
by
all
people
that dwell
upon
the
earth?
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
This
word
also,
which thou hast
spoken,
will
I
do:
for thou hast
found
grace
before
me,
and thee
I
have
known
by
name.
And
he
said: Shew
me thy
glory.
He
answered:
I
will shew thee
all
good,
and
I
will
proclaim
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
before thee:
and
I
will
have
mercy
on
whom
I
will,
and
I
will
be merciful
to
whom
it
shall please
me.
And
again
he
said: Thou canst
not
see
my
face:
for
man
shall
not
see
me
and live.
And again
he
said:
Behold
there
is
a
place
with
me,
and thou shalt
stand
upon
the
rock.
And
when
my
glory shall
pass,
I
will
set thee
in
a hole
of
the
rock,
and protect thee
with
my right
hand,
till
I
pass:
And
I
will
take
away
my
hand,
and thou shalt
see
my
back
parts:
but
my
face thou canst
not
see.
And
after
this
he
said: Hew thee
two tables
of
stone
like unto
the
former,
and
I
will
write
upon
them
the
words
which
were
in
the tables,
which thou brokest.
Be
ready
in
the
morning,
that thou mayst forthwith
go
up
into
mount
Sinai,
and thou shalt
stand
with
me
upon
the
top
of
the
mount.
Let
no
man
go
up
with thee:
and
let
not
any
man
be
seen
throughout
all
the
mount:
neither
let
the
oxen
nor
the
sheep
feed
over
against
it.
Then
he
cut
out
two tables
of
stone,
such
as
had
been
before:
and
rising very
early
he
went
up
into
the
mount
Sinai,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him, carrying
with
him
the tables.
And
when
the
Lord
was
come
down
in
a
cloud,
Moses
stood
with
him,
calling
upon
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
when
he
passed
before
him,
he said:
O
the
Lord,
the
Lord
God,
merciful
and
gracious,
patient
and
of
much compassion,
and
true,
Who keepest mercy unto
thousands:
who takest
away
iniquity,
and wickedness,
and
sin,
and
no
man
of
himself
is
innocent
before thee.
Who renderest
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
to
the
children,
and
to
the
grandchildren, unto
the
third
and
fourth
generation.
And
Moses making
haste,
bowed
down
prostrate unto
the
earth,
and adoring,
Said:
If
I
have
found
grace
in thy
sight:
O
Lord,
I
beseech thee,
that thou wilt
go
with
us, (for
it
is
a stiffnecked
people,)
and
take away
our
iniquities
and
sin,
and
possess
us.
The
Lord
answered:
I
will
make
a
covenant
in
the
sight
of
all.
I
will
do signs
such
as
were
never
seen
upon
the
earth,
nor
in
any
nation:
that
this
people,
in
the
midst
of
whom thou
art,
may
see
the terrible
work
of
the
Lord
which
I
will
do.
Observe
all
things
which
this
day
I
command thee:
I
myself
will
drive
out
before thy
face
the Amorrhite,
and
the Chanaanite,
and
the Hethite,
and
the Pherezite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite.
Beware thou
never
join
in friendship
with
the
inhabitants
of
that
land,
which
may
be thy ruin:
But
destroy
their
altars,
break
their statues,
and
cut
down
their groves:
Adore
not
any strange
god.
The
Lord
his
name
is
Jealous,
he
is
a
jealous
God.
Make
no
covenant
with
the
men
of
those
countries
lest,
when
they
have committed fornication
with
their
gods,
and
have adored
their idols, some
one
call thee
to
eat
of
the things
sacrificed.
Neither shalt thou
take
of
their
daughters
a wife
for thy
son, lest
after
they
themselves
have committed fornication,
they
make thy
sons
also
to
commit fornication
with
their
gods.
Thou shalt
not
make
to thyself
any molten
gods.
Thou shalt
keep
the
feast
of
the
unleavened
bread.
Seven
days shalt thou
eat
unleavened
bread,
as
I
commanded thee
in
the
time
of
the
month
of
the
new corn:
for
in
the
month
of
the springtime thou camest
out
from
Egypt.
All
of
the male kind,
that openeth
the
womb,
shall
be mine.
Of
all beasts,
both
of
oxen
and
of
sheep,
it
shall
be mine.
The
firstling
of
an ass thou shalt
redeem
with
a
sheep:
but
if thou wilt
not
give
a
price
for
it,
it
shall
be slain.
The
firstborn
of thy
sons thou shalt
redeem:
neither shalt thou
appear
before
me
empty.
Six
days shalt thou
work,
the
seventh
day thou shalt
cease
to plough,
and
to reap.
Thou shalt
keep
the
feast
of
weeks
with
the firstfruits
of
the corn
of thy
wheat
harvest,
and
the
feast
when
the
time
of
the
year returneth
that all
things
are laid
in.
Three
times
in
a
year
all thy
males
shall
appear
in
the
sight
of
the Almighty
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
For
when
I
shall
have
taken
away
the
nations
from thy
face,
and
shall
have
enlarged thy
borders,
no
man
shall
lie
in wait
against thy
land
when thou shalt
go
up,
and
appear
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord thy
God thrice
in
a
year.
Thou shalt
not
offer
the
blood
of
my
sacrifice
upon
leaven:
neither
shall there
remain
in
the
morning
any thing
of
the victim
of
the solemnity
of
the Lord.
The
first
of
the
fruits
of thy
ground thou shalt offer
in
the
house
of
the
Lord thy
God. Thou shalt
not
boil
a kid
in
the
milk
of
his dam.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Write
these
words
by
which
I
have
made
a
covenant
both
with thee
and
with
Israel.
And
he
was
there
with
the
Lord
forty
days
and
forty
nights:
he
neither
ate
bread
nor
drank
water,
and
he
wrote
upon
the tables
the
ten
words
of
the
covenant.
And
when
Moses
came
down
from
the
mount
Sinai,
he
held
the
two tables
of
the
testimony,
and
he
knew
not
that
his
face
was horned
from
the conversation
of
the Lord.
And
Aaron
and
the
children
of
Israel
seeing
the
face
of
Moses horned,
were
afraid
to
come
near.
And being
called
by
him,
they
returned,
both
Aaron
and
the rulers
of
the
congregation.
And
after
that
he
spoke
to
them.
And
all
the
children
of
Israel
came
to
him:
and
he
gave
them
in
commandment
all
that
he
had heard
of
the
Lord
in
mount
Sinai.
And having done
speaking,
he
put
a
veil
upon
his
face.
But
when
he
went
in
to
the
Lord,
and
spoke
with
him,
he
took
it
away
until
he
came
forth,
and
then
he
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel
all
things
that
had
been
commanded
him.
And
they
saw
that
the
face
of
Moses
when
he
came
out
was horned,
but
he covered
his
face
again,
if
at
any
time
he
spoke
to
them.
And
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel
being
gathered
together,
he
said
to
them:
These
are
the
things
which
the
Lord hath
commanded
to
be
done.
Six
days
you
shall
do
work:
the
seventh
day
shall
be
holy unto
you,
the
sabbath,
and
the
rest
of
the
Lord:
he
that
shall
do
any
work
on
it,
shall
be
put
to
death.
You
shall
kindle
no
fire
in
any
of
your
habitations
on
the
sabbath
day.
And
Moses
said
to
all
the
assembly
of
the
children
of
Israel:
This
is
the
word
the
Lord hath
commanded,
saying:
Set aside
with
you firstfruits
to
the
Lord. Let
every
one
that
is
willing
and hath
a ready
heart, offer
them
to
the
Lord:
gold,
and
silver,
and
brass,
Violet
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
linen,
goats’ hair,
And rams’
skins
dyed
red,
and violet coloured
skins, setim
wood,
And
oil
to maintain
lights,
and
to make
ointment,
and most
sweet
incense.
Onyx
stones,
and precious
stones,
for the adorning
of the
ephod
and the rational.
Whosoever
of
you
is
wise, let
him
come,
and
make
that
which
the
Lord hath
commanded:
To wit,
the
tabernacle
and
the roof thereof,
and
the cover,
the rings,
and
the board work
with
the oars,
the
pillars,
and
the
sockets:
The
ark
and
the staves,
the propitiatory,
and
the
veil that
is drawn before
it:
The
table
with
the
bars
and
the
vessels,
and
the
loaves
of proposition:
The candlestick
to bear
up
the
lights,
the
vessels thereof
and
the
lamps,
and
the
oil
for
the nourishing
of fires:
The
altar
of
incense,
and
the
bars,
and
the
oil
of unction
and
the
incense
of
spices:
the
hanging
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle:
The
altar
of holocaust,
and
its grate
of
brass,
with
the
bars
and
vessels thereof:
the
laver
and
its foot:
The curtains
of
the
court
with
the
pillars
and
the
sockets,
the
hanging
in
the doors
of
the entry,
The pins
of
the
tabernacle
and
of
the
court
with their little
cords:
The vestments
that
are
to
be
used
in
the ministry
of
the
sanctuary,
the vesture
of
Aaron
the high
priest,
and
of
his
sons,
to do
the office
of
priesthood
to
me.
And
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel
going
out
from
the
presence
of
Moses,
Offered firstfruits
to
the
Lord
with
a
most ready
and devout
mind,
to
make
the
work
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
Whatsoever
was necessary
to
the
service,
and
to
the
holy vestments,
Both
men
and
women
gave
bracelets
and
earrings,
rings
and tablets:
every
vessel
of
gold
was
set aside
to
be
offered
to
the
Lord.
If
any
man
had
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice
dyed,
fine
linen
and
goats’ hair, rams’
skins
dyed
red,
and
violet coloured
skins,
Metal
of
silver
and
brass,
they
offered
it
to
the
Lord,
and setim
wood
for divers uses.
The
skillful
women
also
gave
such
things
as
they
had
spun,
violet,
purple,
and
scarlet,
and
fine
linen,
And
goats’ hair, giving
all
of
their own
accord.
But
the
princes offered
onyx
stone,
and precious
stones,
for
the
ephod
and
the rational,
And
spices
and
oil
for
the
lights,
and
for
the preparing
of
ointment,
and
to make
the
incense
of most
sweet savour.
All
both
men
and
women
with devout
mind
offered gifts,
that
the
works
might
be
done
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
All
the
children
of
Israel dedicated
voluntary
offerings
to
the
Lord.
And
Moses
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
Behold
the
Lord hath
called
by
name Beseleel
the
son
of
Uri
the
son
of
Hur
of
the
tribe
of Juda.
And hath
filled
him
with
the
spirit
of
God,
with
wisdom
and
understanding
and
knowledge
and
all learning.
To
devise
and
to work
in
gold
and
silver
and
brass,
And
in engraving
stones,
and
in carpenters’
work.
Whatsoever
can
be
devised artificially,
He hath
given
in
his
heart: Ooliab
also
the
son
of Achisamech
of
the
tribe
of
Dan:
Both
of
them hath
he instructed
with
wisdom,
to
do carpenters’
work
and tapestry,
and embroidery
in
blue
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
linen,
and
to
weave
all
things,
and
to invent
all new
things.
Beseleel,
therefore,
and Ooliab,
and
every
wise
man,
to
whom
the
Lord
gave
wisdom
and
understanding,
to
know
how
to
work artificially,
made
the
things
that
are necessary
for
the uses
of
the
sanctuary,
and
which
the
Lord
commanded.
And
when
Moses
had
called
them,
and
every
skillful
man,
to
whom
the
Lord
had
given
wisdom,
and
such
as
of
their
own
accord
had
offered
themselves
to
the
making
of
the
work,
He delivered
all
the
offerings
of
the
children
of
Israel unto
them.
And
while
they
were earnest
about
the
work,
the
people daily
in
the
morning
offered
their vows.
Whereupon
the
workmen being constrained
to
come,
Said
to
Moses:
The
people offereth
more
than
is necessary.
Moses
therefore
commanded
proclamation
to
be
made
by
the crier’s
voice:
Let
neither
man
nor
woman
offer
any
more
for
the
work
of
the
sanctuary.
And
so
they ceased
from
offering
gifts,
Because
the
things
that
were offered
did suffice,
and
were too
much.
And
all
the
men
that
were
wise
of
heart,
to
accomplish
the
work
of
the
tabernacle,
made
ten
curtains
of
twisted
fine
linen,
and
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
with varied
work,
and
the
art
of embroidering:
The
length
of
one
curtain
was
twenty-eight
cubits,
and
the
breadth
four:
all
the
curtains
were
of
the
same
size.
And
he
joined
five
curtains,
one
to
another,
and
the
other
five
he coupled
one
to
another.
He
made
also
loops
of
violet
in
the
edge
of
the
curtain
on
both sides,
and
in
the
edge
of
the
other
curtain
in
like
manner,
That
the
loops
might meet
on
against
another,
and
might
be
joined
each
with
the
other.
Whereupon
also
he cast
fifty rings
of
gold,
that might catch
the loops
of
the
curtains,
and
they might
be
made
one
tabernacle.
He
made
also
eleven
curtains
of
goats’
hair,
to cover
the roof
of
the
tabernacle:
One
curtain
was
thirty
cubits
long
and
four
cubits broad:
all
the
curtains
were
of
one
measure.
Five
of which
he
joined
apart,
and
the other
six
apart.
And
he
made
fifty
loops
in
the
edge
of
one
curtain,
and
fifty
in
the
edge
of
another
curtain, that
they might
be
joined
one
to
another.
And
fifty buckles
of
brass wherewith
the roof might
be knit
together,
that
of
all
the curtains
there might
be
made
one covering.
He
made
also
a cover
for
the
tabernacle
of rams’
skins
dyed
red:
and another cover
over that
of violet
skins.
He
made
also
the boards
of
the
tabernacle
of setim
wood
standing.
The
length
of
one board
was
ten
cubits:
and
the
breadth
was
one
cubit
and
a
half.
There
were
two mortises
throughout
every board,
that
one might
be joined
to
the
other.
And
in
this
manner
he
made
for
all
the boards
of
the
tabernacle.
Of which
twenty
were
at
the
south
side
southward,
With
forty
sockets
of
silver,
two
sockets
were
put
under
one board
on
the
two
sides
of
the corners,
where
the mortises
of
the
sides end
in
the corners.
At that
side
also
of
the
tabernacle, that looketh toward
the
north,
he
made
twenty
boards.
With
forty
sockets
of
silver,
two
sockets
for
every board.
But against
the
west,
to wit,
at that
side
of
the
tabernacle, which looketh
to
the
sea,
he
made
six boards,
And
two others
at
each corner
of
the
tabernacle behind:
Which
were
also joined
from
beneath unto
the
top,
and
went
together
into
one joint.
Thus
he
did
on
both sides
at
the
corners:
So
there
were
in
all
eight boards
and
they
had
sixteen
sockets
of
silver,
to wit,
two
sockets
under
every board.
He
made
also
bars
of setim
wood,
five
to hold
together
the
boards
of
one
side
of
the
tabernacle,
And
five others
to join
together
the
boards
of
the
other
side:
and
besides these,
five
other
bars
at
the
west
side
of
the
tabernacle towards
the
sea.
He
made
also
another
bar,
that might come
by
the
midst
of
the boards
from corner
to corner.
And
the board
works themselves
he
overlaid
with
gold, casting
for
them sockets
of silver.
And
their
rings
he
made
of
gold, through
which
the
bars might
be drawn:
and
he covered
the
bars themselves
with plates
of
gold.
He
made
also
a
veil
of
violet,
and
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twisted
linen, varied
and distinguished
with embroidery:
And
four
pillars
of setim wood, which
with
their heads
be
overlaid
with
gold,
casting
for
them
sockets
of
silver.
He
made
also a
hanging
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
violet,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twisted
linen,
with
the
work
of an
embroiderer.
And
five
pillars
with
their
heads, which
he covered
with
gold,
and
their
sockets
he cast
of
brass.
And Beseleel
made
also
the
ark
of setim
wood:
it
was
two
cubits
and
a
half
in
length,
and
a
cubit
and
a
half
in
breadth,
and
the
height
was
of
one
cubit
and
a
half:
and
he overlaid
it
with
the purest gold within
and without.
And
he
made
to
it
a crown
of
gold
round
about,
Casting
four
rings
of
gold
at
the
four corners thereof:
two
rings
in
one
side,
and
two
in
the
other.
And
he
made
bars
of setim
wood,
which
he
overlaid
with
gold,
And
he
put
them
into
the
rings
that
were
at
the
sides
of
the
ark
to
carry
it.
He
made
also
the propitiatory, that
is,
the oracle,
of
the purest
gold,
two
cubits
and
a
half
in
length,
and
a
cubit
and
a
half
in
breadth.
Two cherubims
also
of beaten
gold, which
he
set
on
the
two sides
of
the propitiatory:
One
cherub
in
the top
of
one
side,
and
the
other
cherub
in
the top
of
the
other
side:
two cherubims
at
the
two
ends
of
the propitiatory,
Spreading
their
wings,
and
covering
the propitiatory,
and
looking
one towards
the
other,
and towards
it.
He
made
also
the
table
of setim
wood,
in
length
two
cubits,
and
in
breadth
one
cubit,
and
in
height
it
was
a
cubit
and
a
half.
And
he
overlaid
it
with
the finest
gold,
and
he
made
to
it a
golden ledge
round
about.
And
to
the ledge
itself
he
made a polished crown
of
gold,
of four fingers’ breadth,
and upon
the same another
golden crown.
And
he
cast
four
rings
of
gold,
which
he
put
in
the
four
corners
at
each
foot
of
the table,
Over against
the crown:
and
he
put
the
bars
into
them,
that
the
table might
be
carried.
And
the
bars
also
themselves
he
made
of setim
wood,
and
overlaid
them
with
gold,
And
the
vessels
for
the divers uses
of
the
table,
dishes,
bowls,
and cups,
and censers
of
pure
gold,
wherein
the libations
are
to be offered.
He
made
also
the candlestick
of beaten
work
of
the finest
gold.
From
the
shaft whereof
its
branches,
its
cups,
and bowls,
and lilies
came
out:
Six
on
the
two
sides:
three
branches
on
one
side,
and
three
on
the
other.
Three
cups
in
manner
of
a nut
on
each
branch,
and bowls withal
and lilies;
and
three
cups
of
the fashion
of
a nut
in
another
branch,
and bowls withal
and lilies.
The work
of
the
six
branches
that
went
out
from
the
shaft
of
the candlestick
was equal.
And
in the shaft itself
were
four
cups after the manner
of a nut,
and bowls withal at every one,
and lilies:
And bowls
under
two
branches
in three
places, which
together make
six
branches
going
out
from
one
shaft.
So
both
the bowls,
and
the
branches
were
of
the
same,
all beaten
work
of
the purest
gold.
He
made
also
the
seven
lamps
with their
snuffers,
and
the vessels where
the snuffings were
to be put
out,
of
the purest
gold.
The candlestick
with
all
the
vessels thereof weighed
a
talent
of
gold.
He
made
also
the
altar
of
incense
of setim
wood,
being
a
cubit
on every side foursquare,
and
in
height
two
cubits:
from
the corners
of
which
went
out
horns.
And
he
overlaid
it
with
the purest
gold,
with
its grate
and
the
sides,
and
the
horns.
And
he
made
to
it
a crown
of
gold round
about,
and
two
golden
rings
under
the crown
at
each
side,
that
the
bars might
be
put
into
them,
and
the altar
be
carried.
And
the
bars
themselves
he
made
also
of setim
wood,
and
overlaid
them
with plates
of
gold.
He compounded
also
the
oil
for
the
ointment
of sanctification,
and
incense
of
the purest
spices, according
to
the
work
of
a
perfumer.
He
made
also
the
altar
of holocaust
of setim
wood,
five
cubits
square,
and
three
in
height:
The
horns whereof
went
out
from
the
corners,
and
he
overlaid
it
with plates
of
brass.
And
for
the uses thereof,
he
prepared divers
vessels
of
brass, cauldrons, tongs, fleshhooks, pothooks,
and
firepans.
And
he
made
the grate thereof
of
brass,
in manner
of
a
net,
and
under
it
in
the
midst
of
the
altar
a hearth,
Casting
four
rings
at
the
four
ends
of
the net
at
the top,
to put
in
bars
to carry
it.
And
he
made
the
bars
of setim
wood,
and
overlaid
them
with plates
of
brass:
And
he drew
them
through
the
rings
that
stood
out
in
the
sides
of
the
altar.
And
the
altar
itself
was not solid,
but
hollow,
of
boards,
and empty
within.
He
made
also
the
laver
of
brass,
with
the foot thereof,
of
the mirrors
of
the
women
that watch
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle.
He
made
also
the
court,
in
the
south
side whereof
were
hangings
of
fine
twisted
linen,
of a
hundred
cubits,
Twenty
pillars
of
brass
with their
sockets, the heads
of the
pillars,
and the whole graving
of the work,
of
silver.
In
like manner
at
the
north
side
the
hangings,
the
pillars,
and
the
sockets
and heads
of
the
pillars were
of
the same
measure,
and work
and metal.
But
on
that
side
that looketh
to
the
west, there were
hangings
of
fifty
cubits,
ten
pillars
of brass
with their
sockets,
and
the heads
of
the
pillars,
and all
the graving
of
the work,
of
silver.
Moreover towards
the
east
he prepared
hangings
of
fifty
cubits:
Fifteen
cubits
of which
were
on
one
side
with
three
pillars,
and
their
sockets:
And
on
the
other
side (for between
the
two
he made
the entry
of
the tabernacle)
there
were
hangings equally
of
fifteen
cubits,
and
three
pillars,
and
as many
sockets.
All
the
hangings
of
the
court
were woven
with
twisted
linen.
The
sockets
of
the
pillars
were
of
brass,
and
their
heads
with
all
their gravings
of
silver:
and
he
overlaid
the
pillars
of
the
court also
with
silver.
And he
made
in
the entry thereof an embroidered
hanging
of
violet,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twisted
linen, that
was
twenty
cubits
long,
and
five
cubits
high according
to
the
measure
of
all
the
hangings
of
the
court.
And
the
pillars
in
the entry
were
four
with
sockets
of
brass,
and their
heads
and gravings
of
silver.
The pins also
of
the
tabernacle
and
of
the
court
round
about
he
made
of
brass.
These
are
the instruments
of
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony,
which
were
counted
according
to
the
commandment
of
Moses,
in
the ceremonies
of
the
Levites,
by
the
hand
of
Ithamar
son
of
Aaron
the
priest:
Which Beseleel
the
son
of
Uri
the
son
of
Hur
of
the
tribe
of Juda
had
made
as
the
Lord
commanded
by
Moses,
Having
for
his companion Ooliab
the
son
of Achisamech
of
the
tribe
of
Dan:
who also
was
an excellent artificer
in wood,
and worker
in tapestry
and embroidery
in
violet,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
linen.
All
the
gold
that
was spent
in
the
work
of
the
sanctuary,
and
that
was
offered
in
gifts
was
nine
and
twenty
talents,
and
seven
hundred
and
thirty sicles according
to
the standard
of
the
sanctuary.
And it
was offered
by
them
that went
to
be
numbered,
from twenty years old
and upwards,
of six
hundred
and three
thousand
five
hundred
and fifty
men able
to bear arms.
There
were moreover
a
hundred talents
of silver, whereof
were cast
the sockets
of
the
sanctuary,
and
of
the entry
where
the veil hangeth.
A
hundred
sockets
were
made
of
a
hundred
talents,
one
talent
being reckoned
for every
socket.
And
of
the
thousand
seven
hundred
and
seventy-five
he
made
the
heads
of
the
pillars, which
also
he
overlaid
with silver.
And there
were
offered
of
brass also seventy-two
thousand
talents,
and
four
hundred sicles besides.
Of
which
were cast
the
sockets
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
the
altar
of
brass
with
the grate thereof,
and
all
the
vessels
that belong
to
the use thereof.
And
the
sockets
of
the
court
as well
round
about
as
in
the entry thereof,
and
the pins
of
the
tabernacle
and
of
the
court
round
about.
And
he
made,
of
violet
and
purple,
scarlet
and
fine linen,
the vestments
for
Aaron
to wear
when
he
ministered
in
the
holy places,
as
the
Lord
commanded
Moses.
So
he
made an
ephod
of
gold,
violet,
and
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen.
With embroidered
work:
and
he
cut thin
plates
of
gold,
and drew
them small
into
threads,
that
they might be twisted
with
the woof
of
the aforesaid colours,
And
two borders coupled
one
to
the
other
in
the
top
on either
side,
And
a girdle
of
the
same colours,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
He
prepared
also two
onyx
stones, fast
set
and closed
in
gold,
and graven
by
the art
of
a lapidary,
with
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel:
And
he
set
them
in
the
sides
of
the
ephod
for
a
memorial
of
the
children
of
Israel,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
He
made
also
a rational
with embroidered
work, according
to
the
work
of
the
ephod,
of
gold,
violet,
purple,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
fine
twisted
linen,
Foursquare,
double,
of
the measure
of
a
span.
And
he
set
four
rows
of precious
stones
in it.
In
the
first
row
was
a sardius,
a
topaz,
and emerald.
In the
second,
a carbuncle,
a
sapphire,
and
a jasper.
In
the
third,
a ligurius, an
agate,
and an
amethyst.
In
the
fourth,
a chrysolite, an
onyx,
and
a
beryl, set
and enclosed
in
gold
by their
rows.
And
the
twelve
stones
were engraved
with
the
names
of
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel,
each
one
with
its several
name.
They
made
also
in
the rational little
chains linked
one
to another
of
the purest
gold,
And
two hooks,
and
as many
rings
of
gold.
And
they
set
the
rings
on either side
of
the rational,
On which
rings
the
two
golden
chains should
hang, which
they
put
into
the hooks
that stood
out
in
the
corners
of
the ephod.
These
both
before
and behind
so answered
one another,
that
the
ephod
and
the rational
were bound
together,
Being fastened
to
the girdle
and strongly coupled
with
rings,
which
a violet fillet joined, lest
they
should flag
loose,
and
be moved
one
from
the
other,
as
the Lord commanded Moses.
They
made
also
the tunick
of
the
ephod
all
of violet,
And
a hole
for
the head
in
the upper
part
at
the middle,
and
a
woven
border round
about
the hole:
And beneath
at
the feet pomegranates
of
violet,
purple, scarlet,
and fine twisted linen:
And little bells
of
the purest gold, which
they
put
between
the pomegranates
at
the bottom
of
the tunick
round
about:
To wit,
a bell
of gold,
and
a
pomegranate, wherewith
the high priest went adorned,
when
he discharged
his ministry, as
the Lord
had commanded Moses.
They
made
also fine linen tunicks
with woven
work
for Aaron
and
his sons:
And mitres
with
their little
crowns
of fine linen:
And
linen breeches
of
fine
linen:
And a girdle
of
fine
twisted
linen, violet, purple,
and scarlet twice dyed,
of embroidery work, as
the Lord
had commanded Moses.
They
made
also
the plate
of sacred veneration
of
the purest gold,
and
they wrote
on
it
with
the engraving
of
a lapidary,
The Holy
of
the
Lord:
And
they fastened
it
to
the mitre
with
a violet fillet,
as
the
Lord
had commanded Moses.
So all
the
work
of
the tabernacle
and
of
the roof
of
the testimony
was finished:
and
the children
of Israel
did all
things
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
And
they offered
the
tabernacle
and
the roof
and
the
whole furniture,
the rings,
the boards,
the bars,
the pillars,
and
their sockets,
The cover
of rams’ skins dyed red,
and
the
other cover
of violet skins,
The
veil,
the ark,
the bars,
the propitiatory,
The table,
with
the vessels thereof,
and
the loaves
of proposition:
The candlestick,
the lamps,
and
the
furniture
of
them
with
the oil:
The altar
of gold,
and
the
ointment,
and
the incense
of spices:
And
the
hanging
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle:
The
altar
of
brass,
the grate,
the
bars,
and
all
the
vessels thereof:
the
laver
with
the foot thereof:
the hangings
of
the court,
and
the pillars
with
their sockets:
The
hanging
in
the entry
of
the
court,
and
the little
cords,
and
the pins thereof.
Nothing
was wanting
of
the
vessels,
that
were commanded
to
be
made
for
the
ministry
of
the
tabernacle,
and
for
the roof
of
the covenant.
The vestments
also, which
the
priests,
to wit,
Aaron
and
his
sons,
used
in
the
sanctuary,
The
children
of
Israel offered
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
when
Moses
saw
all
things finished,
he
blessed
them.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
The
first
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month, thou shalt
set
up
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
And shalt
put
the
ark
in
it,
and shalt
let
down
the
veil
before
it:
And thou shalt
bring
in
the
table,
and
set
upon
it
the things
that
are commanded according
to
the rite.
The candlestick shall
stand
with
its
lamps,
And
the
altar
of
gold whereon
the
incense
is burnt,
before
the
ark
of
the
testimony. Thou shalt
put
the
hanging
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle,
And
before
it
the
altar
of holocaust:
The
laver
between
the
altar
and
the
tabernacle,
and thou shalt fill
it
with
water.
And thou shalt encompass
the
court
with hangings,
and
the entry thereof.
And thou shalt
take
the
oil
of unction
and
anoint
the
tabernacle
with
its
vessels,
that
they
may
be
sanctified:
The
altar
of holocaust
and
all
its
vessels:
The
laver
with
its foot: thou shalt
consecrate all
with
the
oil
of unction, that
they may be most
holy.
And thou shalt
bring
Aaron
and
his
sons
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and having
washed
them
with
water,
Thou shalt
put
on
them
the
holy vestments,
that
they
may
minister
to
me,
and
that
the unction
of
them
may prosper
to an everlasting
priesthood.
And
Moses did all
that
the Lord
had commanded.
So
in
the first month
of
the second year,
the first day
of
the month,
the tabernacle
was
set
up.
And
Moses reared
it
up,
and placed
the boards
and
the sockets
and
the bars,
and
set
up
the pillars,
And spread
the roof
over
the
tabernacle, putting
over
it
a cover,
as
the Lord
had commanded.
And
he
put
the testimony
in
the ark, thrusting
bars underneath,
and
the oracle above.
And
when
he
had
brought
the ark
into
the
tabernacle,
he drew
the veil
before
it
to fulfill
the
commandment
of
the
Lord.
And
he
set
the table
in
the tabernacle
of
the
testimony
at
the north side without
the veil,
Setting
there
in
order
the loaves
of proposition,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
He
set
the candlestick
also
in
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
over
against
the
table
on
the south
side,
Placing
the lamps
in
order,
according
to
the precept
of
the
Lord.
He
set
also
the altar
of gold
under
the roof
of
the testimony
over
against
the veil,
And
burnt upon
it
the incense
of spices,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
And
he
put
also
the hanging
in
the entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
And
the altar
of holocaust
of
the entry
of
the testimony,
offering
the holocaust,
and
the
sacrifices
upon
it,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
he
set
the laver between
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
and
the altar, filling
it
with water.
And
Moses
and Aaron,
and
his sons washed
their hands
and feet,
When
they went
into
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and went
to
the
altar,
as
the Lord
had commanded
Moses.
He set
up
also
the court round
about
the tabernacle
and
the altar, drawing
the hanging
in
the entry thereof.
After
all things
were perfected,
The cloud covered
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
the glory
of
the
Lord filled
it.
Neither
could
Moses
go
into
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
the cloud
covering
all things
and
the majesty
of
the Lord shining,
for
the cloud
had covered
all.
If
at any
time
the
cloud removed
from
the
tabernacle,
the children
of Israel went forward
by
their troops:
If
it hung
over,
they
remained
in
the
same
place.
For
the
cloud
of
the Lord hung
over
the
tabernacle
by day,
and
a fire
by night,
in
the sight
of
all
the
children
of
Israel
throughout
all
their mansions.
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The Third Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
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And
the
Lord
called
Moses,
and
spoke
to
him
from
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
The
man
among
you
that
shall
offer
to
the
Lord
a sacrifice
of
the
cattle,
that
is,
offering victims
of
oxen
and
sheep,
If
his
offering
be
a holocaust,
and
of
the
herd,
he
shall
offer
a
male
without
blemish,
at
the
door
of
the testimony,
to make
the
Lord favourable
to
him:
And
he
shall
put
his
hand
upon
the
head
of
the victim,
and
it
shall
be
acceptable,
and help
to
its expiation.
And
he
shall immolate
the
calf
before
the
Lord,
and
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron
shall
offer
the
blood thereof, pouring
it
round
about
the
altar,
which
is
before
the
door
of
the
tabernacle.
And when they have flayed
the victim, they shall
cut
the joints into
pieces,
And
shall
put
fire
on
the
altar, having
before
laid
in order
a pile
of
wood:
And
they
shall
lay
the
parts
that
are cut
out
in order thereupon,
to wit,
the
head,
and all
things
that cleave
to
the liver,
The
entrails
and feet being
washed
with
water:
and
the
priest
shall
burn
them upon
the
altar
for
a holocaust,
and
a sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
And
if
the
offering
be
of
the hocks,
a holocaust
of
sheep
or
of
goats,
he
shall
offer
a
male
without
blemish:
And
he
shall immolate
it
at
the
side
of
the
altar
that looketh
to
the
north,
before
the
Lord:
but
the
sons
of
Aaron
shall pour
the
blood thereof
upon
the
altar
round
about:
And
they
shall divide
the joints,
the
head,
and all
that cleave
to
the liver:
and
shall lay
them
upon
the
wood,
under
which
the
fire
is
to
be put:
But
the
entrails
and
the feet
they
shall
wash
with
water.
And
the
priest
shall
offer
it
all
and
burn
it
all upon
the
altar
for
a holocaust,
and most sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
But
if
the oblation
of
a holocaust
to
the
Lord
be
of
birds,
of turtles,
or
of
young
pigeons,
The
priest
shall
offer
it
at
the
altar:
and twisting
back
the neck,
and breaking
the place
of
the wound,
he
shall make
the
blood run
down
upon
the brim
of
the
altar.
But
the
crop
of
the throat,
and
the
feathers
he shall
cast
beside
the
altar
at
the
east
side,
in
the
place
where
the
ashes
are wont
to be poured
out,
And
he
shall break
the pinions thereof,
and
shall
not cut,
nor
divide
it
with
a knife,
and
shall
burn
it
upon
the
altar, putting
fire
under
the
wood.
It
is
a holocaust
and oblation
of most sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
When
any
one
shall
offer
an oblation
of
sacrifice
to
the
Lord,
his
offering
shall
be
of
fine
flour,
and
he
shall
pour
oil
upon
it,
and
put
frankincense,
And
shall
bring
it
to
the
sons
of
Aaron
the
priests:
and
one
of
them
shall
take
a
handful
of
the
flour
and
oil,
and
all
the
frankincense,
and
shall
put
it
a
memorial
upon
the
altar
for
a most sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
And
the
remnant
of
the
sacrifice
shall
be
Aaron’s,
and
his
sons’,
holy
of
holies
of
the
offerings
of
the
Lord.
But
when thou offerest
a
sacrifice
baked
in
the
oven
of
flour,
to wit,
loaves without leaven, tempered
with
oil,
and
unleavened
wafers,
anointed
with
oil:
If thy oblation
be
from
the fryingpan,
of
flour tempered
with
oil,
and without leaven,
Thou shalt divide
it
into little
pieces,
and shalt
pour
oil
upon
it.
And
if
the
sacrifice
be
from
the gridiron,
in like manner
the
flour shall
be tempered
with
oil:
And
when thou offerest
it
to
the
Lord, thou shalt deliver
it
to
the hands
of
the
priest.
And
when
he hath
offered
it,
he
shall
take
a
memorial
out
of
the
sacrifice,
and
burn
it upon
the
altar
for
a sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
And whatsoever
is
left,
shall
be
Aaron’s,
and
his
sons’,
holy
of
holies
of
the
offerings
of
the
Lord.
Every oblation
that
is
offered
to
the
Lord
shall
be
made
without
leaven,
neither
shall
any
leaven
or
honey
be
burnt
in
the
sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
You
shall
offer only
the firstfruits
of
them
and gifts:
but
they
shall
not
be
put
upon
the
altar,
for
a savour
of sweetness,
Whatsoever
sacrifice thou offerest, thou shalt season
it
with
salt,
neither shalt thou take
away
the
salt
of
the
covenant
of thy
God
from thy
sacrifice.
In
all thy oblations thou shalt
offer
salt.
But
if thou
offer
a
gift
of
the firstfruits
of thy corn
to
the
Lord,
of
the
ears
yet green, thou shalt dry
it
at
the
fire,
and break
it small
like
meal,
and
so shalt thou
offer thy firstfruits
to
the
Lord,
Pouring
oil
upon
it
and
putting
on
frankincense,
because
it
is
the oblation
of
the Lord.
Whereof
the
priest
shall
burn
for
a
memorial
of
the
gift,
part
of
the corn broken small
and
of
the
oil,
and
all
the
frankincense.
And
if
his oblation
be
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
and
he
will
offer
of
the
herd,
whether
male
or
female,
he
shall
offer
them
without
blemish
before
the
Lord.
And
he
shall
lay
his
hand
upon
the
head
of
his victim,
which
shall
be
slain
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
the
sons
of
Aaron
the
priests
shall pour
the
blood
round
about
upon
the
altar.
And
they
shall
offer
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
for
an oblation
to
the
Lord,
the
fat
that covereth
the
entrails,
and
all
the
fat
that
is
within.
The
two
kidneys
with
the
fat wherewith
the flanks
are covered,
and
the caul
of
the
liver
with
the
two little
kidneys.
And
they
shall
burn
them
upon
the
altar,
for
a holocaust, putting
fire
under
the
wood:
for
an oblation
of most sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
But
if
his oblation
and
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offering
be
of
the
flock,
whether
he
offer
male
or
female,
they
shall
be
without
blemish.
If
he
offer
a
lamb
before
the
Lord,
He
shall
put
his
hand
upon
the
head
of
his victim:
and
it
shall
be
slain
in
the entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
and
the
sons
of
Aaron
shall pour
the
blood thereof
round
about
upon
the
altar.
And
they
shall
offer
of
the victim
of
peace
offerings
a
sacrifice
to
the
Lord:
the
fat
and
the
whole rump,
With
the
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that covereth
the belly
and all
the vitals
and
both
the little
kidneys,
with
the
fat
that
is
about
the flanks,
and
the caul
of
the
liver
with
the little
kidneys.
And
the
priest
shall
burn
them upon
the
altar,
for
the
food
of
the
fire,
and
of
the oblation
of
the
Lord.
If
his
offering
be
a
goat,
and
he
offer
it
to
the
Lord,
He
shall
put
his
hand
upon
the
head thereof:
and
shall immolate
it
in
the entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
the
sons
of
Aaron
shall pour
the
blood thereof
round
about
upon
the
altar.
And
they
shall
take
of
it
for
the food
of
the
Lord’s
fire,
the
fat
that covereth
the belly,
and
that covereth
all
the vital parts:
The
two little
kidneys
with
the caul
that
is
upon
them
which
is
by
the flanks,
and
the
fat
of
the
liver
with
the little
kidneys:
And
the
priest
shall
burn
them upon
the
altar,
for
the
food
of
the
fire,
and
of
a most sweet savour.
All
the
fat
shall
be
the
Lord’s.
By
a
perpetual law
for
your
generations,
and
in
all
your
habitations:
neither
blood
nor
fat
shall
you
eat
at
all.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
The
soul
that sinneth
through ignorance,
and doth
any
thing
concerning
any
of
the
commandments
of
the
Lord,
which
he
commanded
not
to
be
done:
If
the
priest
that
is
anointed
shall
sin, making
the
people
to offend,
he
shall
offer
to
the
Lord
for
his
sin
a
calf
without
blemish.
And
he
shall
bring
it
to
the
door
of
the testimony
before
the
Lord,
and
shall
put
his
hand
upon
the
head thereof,
and
shall sacrifice
it
to
the
Lord.
He
shall
take
also
of
the
blood
of
the calf,
and
carry
it
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And having
dipped
his
finger
in
the
blood,
he
shall sprinkle
with
it
seven
times
before
the
Lord,
before
the
veil
of
the
sanctuary.
And
he
shall
put
some
of
the
same
blood
upon
the
horns
of
the
altar
of
the
sweet
incense
most acceptable
to
the
Lord,
which
is
in
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
he
shall
pour
all
the rest
of
the
blood
at
the foot
of
the
altar
of holocaust
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle.
And
he
shall
take
off
the
fat
of
the calf
for
the
sin
offering,
as
well
that
which covereth
the
entrails,
as
all
the inwards:
The
two little
kidneys,
and
the caul
that
is
upon
them,
which
is
by
the hanks,
and
the
fat
of
the
liver
with
the little
kidneys,
As
it
is taken
off
from
the calf
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
and
he
shall
burn
them
upon
the
altar
of holocaust.
But
the
skin
and
all
the
flesh
with
the
head
and
the feet
and
the bowels
and
the
dung,
And
the rest
of
the body
he
shall
carry
forth without
the
camp
into
a
clean
place
where
the
ashes
are wont
to
be
poured
out,
and
he
shall
burn
them
upon
a
pile
of
wood,
they
shall
be
burnt
in
the
place
where
the
ashes
are
poured
out.
And
if
all
the multitude
of
Israel
shall
be ignorant,
and
through ignorance
shall
do
that
which
is
against
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
And afterwards
shall
understand
their
sin,
they
shall
offer
for
their
sin
a
calf,
and
shall
bring
it
to
the door
of
the
tabernacle.
And
the ancients
of
the people
shall
put
their
hands
upon
the
head thereof
before
the
Lord.
And
the calf being immolated
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
The
priest
that
is
anointed
shall
carry
of
the
blood
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
shall
dip
his
finger
in
it
and sprinkle
it
seven
times
before
the
veil.
And
he
shall
put
of
the
same
blood
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
that
is
before
the
Lord,
in
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
and
the rest
of
the
blood
he
shall
pour
at
the foot
of
the
altar
of holocaust,
which
is
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
all
the
fat thereof
he shall
take
off,
and shall
burn
it upon
the
altar:
Doing
so
with
this calf,
as
he
did
also
with
that
before:
and
the
priest praying
for
them,
the Lord
will
be merciful unto
them.
But
the calf
itself
he
shall
carry
forth without
the
camp,
and
shall
burn
it
as
he
did
the
former calf:
because
it
is
for
the
sin
of
the multitude.
If
a
prince
shall
sin,
and
through ignorance
do
any
one
of
the
things
that
the law
of
the
Lord forbiddeth,
And afterwards
shall
come
to
know
his
sin,
he
shall offer
a buck
goat
without
blemish,
a sacrifice
to
the Lord.
And
he
shall
put
his
hand
upon
the
head thereof:
and
when
he hath immolated
it
in
the
place
where
the holocaust
is wont
to
be
slain
before
the
Lord,
because
it
is
for
sin,
The
priest
shall dip
his
finger
in
the
blood
of
the victim
for
sin, touching therewith
the
horns
of
the
altar
of holocaust,
and
pouring
out
the rest
at
the foot thereof.
But
the
fat
he
shall
burn
upon
it,
as
is wont
to
be
done
with
the victims
of
peace
offerings:
and
the
priest
shall pray
for
him,
and
for
his
sin,
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
And
if
any
one
of
the
people
of
the
land
shall
sin
through ignorance,
doing
any
of
those
things
that
by
the law
of
the
Lord
are forbidden,
and offending,
And
shall
come
to
know
his
sin,
he
shall offer
a
she
goat
without
blemish.
And
he
shall
put
his
hand
upon
the
head
of
the victim
that
is
for
sin,
and
shall immolate
it
in
the
place
of
the holocaust.
And
the
priest
shall
take
of
the
blood
with
his
finger,
and
shall touch
the
horns
of
the
altar
of holocaust,
and
shall
pour
out
the rest
at
the foot thereof.
But taking
off
all
the
fat,
as
is wont
to
be
taken
away
of
the victims
of
peace
offerings,
he
shall
burn
it
upon
the
altar,
for
a sweet savour
to
the
Lord:
and
he
shall pray
for
him,
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
But
if
he offer
of
the flock
a victim
for
his
sin,
to wit,
an ewe
without
blemish:
He
shall
put
his
hand
upon
the
head thereof,
and
shall immolate
it
in
the
place
where
the victims
of holocausts
are wont
to
be
slain.
And
the
priest
shall
take
of
the
blood thereof
with
his
finger,
and
shall touch
the
horns
of
the
altar
of holocaust,
and
the rest
he
shall
pour
out
at
the foot thereof.
All
the
fat
also
he
shall
take
off,
as
the
fat
of
the ram
that
is
offered
for
peace
offerings
is wont
to
be
taken
away:
and
shall
burn
it
upon
the
altar,
for
a
burnt
sacrifice
of
the
Lord:
and
he
shall pray
for
him
and
for
his
sin,
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
If
any
one
sin,
and
hear
the
voice
of
one swearing,
and
is
a
witness
either
because
he
himself hath
seen,
or
is privy
to
it:
if
he
do
not utter
it,
he
shall
bear
his
iniquity.
Whosoever toucheth
any
unclean
thing,
either
that
which hath
been killed
by
a
beast,
or
died
of
itself,
or
any
other creeping
thing:
and forgetteth
his uncleanness,
he
is
guilty,
and hath offended:
And
if
he
touch
any
thing
of
the
uncleanness
of
man,
according
to
any
uncleanness wherewith
he
is wont
to
be
defiled,
and
having forgotten
it,
come afterwards
to
know
it,
he
shall
be
guilty
of
an offence.
The
person
that sweareth,
and uttereth
with
his
lips,
that
he
would
do
either
evil
or
good,
and bindeth
the
same
with
an
oath,
and
his word,
and
having forgotten
it afterwards understandeth
his offence,
Let
him do penance
for
his
sin,
And offer
of
the
flocks
an ewe
lamb,
or
a
she
goat,
and
the
priest
shall pray
for
him
and
for
his
sin:
But
if
he
be
not
able
to offer
a beast,
let
him offer
two turtles,
or
two
young
pigeons
to
the
Lord,
one
for
sin,
and
the
other
for
a holocaust,
And
he
shall
give
them
to
the
priest:
who
shall
offer
the
first
for
sin,
and twist
back
the
head
of
it
to
the little pinions,
so
that
it stick
to
the
neck,
and
be
not altogether broken
off.
And
of
its
blood
he
shall sprinkle
the
side
of
the
altar,
and whatsoever
is
left,
he
shall let
it drop
at
the bottom thereof,
because
it
is
for
sin.
And
the
other
he
shall burn
for
a holocaust,
as
is wont
to
be
done:
and
the
priest
shall pray
for
him,
and
for
his
sin,
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
And
if
his
hand
be
not
able
to
offer
two turtles,
or
two
young
pigeons,
he
shall
offer
for
his
sin
the
tenth
part
of
an ephi
of
flour.
He
shall
not
put
oil
upon
it,
nor
put
any
frankincense
thereon,
because
it
is
for
sin:
And
he
shall deliver
it
to
the
priest:
who
shall
take
a
handful thereof,
and
shall
burn
it
upon
the
altar
for
a
memorial
of
him
that
offered
it:
Praying
for
him
and making
atonement:
but
the
part
that
is
left,
he himself
shall
have
for
a
gift.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
If
any
one
shall
sin
through
mistake, transgressing
the ceremonies
in
those
things
that
are sacrificed
to
the
Lord,
he
shall offer
for
his offence
a
ram
without
blemish
out
of
the
flocks,
that
may
be bought
for
two sicles,
according
to
the weight
of
the
sanctuary:
And
he
shall
make good
the damage itself
which
he hath
done,
and
shall
add
the
fifth
part
besides, delivering
it
to
the
priest,
who
shall pray
for
him,
offering
the
ram,
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
If
any
one
sin
through ignorance,
and
do
one
of
those
things
which
by
the law
of
the
Lord
are forbidden,
and
being
guilty
of
sin,
understand
his
iniquity,
He
shall offer
of
the hocks
a
ram
without
blemish
to
the
priest,
according
to
the measure
and estimation
of
the
sin:
and
the
priest
shall pray
for
him,
because
he
did
it ignorantly:
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
him,
Because
by mistake
he trespassed against
the
Lord.
The
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Whosoever
shall sin,
and despising
the Lord,
shall deny
to
his neighbour
the
thing
delivered
to
his keeping,
which
was
committed
to
his trust;
or
shall
by force extort
any
thing,
or
commit oppression;
Or
shall find
a thing lost,
and denying
it,
shall
also swear falsely,
or
shall do
any other
of
the many
things,
wherein
men
are wont
to sin:
Being convicted
of
the offence,
he
shall restore
All
that
he
would
have gotten
by fraud,
in
the principal,
and
the fifth
part
besides
to
the owner, whom
he wronged.
Moreover
for
his sin
he
shall offer
a ram
without blemish
out
of
the flock,
and
shall give
it
to
the priest,
according
to
the estimation
and measure
of
the offence:
And
he
shall pray
for
him
before
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
have forgiveness
for every
thing
in doing
of which
he hath sinned.
And
the
Lord spoke
to Moses, saying:
Command
Aaron
and
his
sons:
This
is
the law
of
a holocaust:
It
shall
be burnt upon
the altar,
all night until morning:
the
fire
shall
be
of
the
same altar.
The priest
shall
be vested
with
the tunick
and
the linen breeches,
and
he
shall
take
up
the ashes
of
that
which
the devouring
fire hath burnt,
and
putting
them beside
the altar,
Shall put
off
his former vestments,
and
being clothed
with others,
shall carry
them forth without
the camp,
and
shall cause
them
to
be
consumed
to dust
in
a very clean
place,
And
the fire
on
the altar
shall always burn,
and
the priest
shall feed
it, putting wood
on
it every
day
in
the morning,
and laying
on
the holocaust,
shall burn thereupon
the fat
of
the peace
offerings.
This
is
the
perpetual fire
which
shall never
go
out
on
the altar.
This
is
the law
of
the
sacrifice
and libations, which
the children
of Aaron
shall
offer
before
the
Lord,
and
before
the altar.
The
priest
shall take
a handful
of
the flour
that
is tempered
with oil,
and
all
the frankincense
that
is put upon
the flour:
and
he
shall
burn
it
on
the altar
for
a memorial
of most sweet odour
to
the
Lord:
And
the part
of
the flour
that
is
left, Aaron
and
his sons
shall
eat,
without leaven:
and
he
shall
eat
it
in
the holy
place
of
the court
of
the tabernacle.
And
therefore
it
shall not
be leavened,
because part thereof
is offered
for
the burnt sacrifice
of
the
Lord.
It
shall
be most holy,
as
that which
is offered
for sin
and
for trespass.
The
males only
of
the
race
of
Aaron
shall eat
it.
It
shall
be
an ordinance everlasting
in
your generations
concerning
the
sacrifices
of
the
Lord: Every
one
that toucheth
them
shall
be sanctified.
And
the Lord spoke
to Moses, saying:
This
is
the oblation
of Aaron,
and
of
his sons,
which
they
must offer
to
the Lord,
in
the day
of
their anointing:
They
shall offer
the tenth
part
of
an ephi
of flour
for
a perpetual sacrifice, half
of
it
in
the morning,
and half
of
it
in
the evening:
It
shall
be tempered
with oil,
and
shall
be fried
in
a fryingpan.
And
the
priest
that rightfully succeedeth
his father,
shall offer
it hot,
for
a
most sweet odour
to
the Lord,
and
it
shall
be
wholly burnt
on
the altar.
For
every sacrifice
of
the priest
shall
be
consumed
with
fire,
neither
shall
any
man
eat thereof.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Say to Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the victim for sin: in the place where the holocaust is offered, it shall be immolated before the Lord. It is holy of holies.
The priest that offereth it, shall eat it in a holy place, in the court of the tabernacle.
Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof, shall be sanctified. If a garment be sprinkled with the blood thereof, it shall be washed in a holy place.
And the earthen vessel, wherein it was sodden, shall be broken, but if the vessel be of brass, it shall be scoured, and washed with water.
Every male of the priestly race shall eat of the flesh thereof, because it is holy of holies.
For the victim that is slain for sin, the blood of which is carried into the tabernacle of the testimony to make atonement in the sanctuary, shall not be eaten, but shall be burnt with fire.
This
also
is
the
law
of
the sacrifice
for
a trespass,
it
is
most
holy:
Therefore
where
the holocaust
is immolated,
the victim
also
for
a trespass
shall be
slain:
the
blood thereof
shall be poured
round
about
the
altar.
They shall
offer thereof
the rump
and
the
fat
that covereth
the
entrails:
The
two little
kidneys,
and
the
fat
which
is
by
the flanks,
and
the caul
of
the
liver
with
the little
kidneys.
And
the
priest
shall
burn
them upon
the
altar:
it
is
the
burnt
sacrifice
of
the
Lord
for
a trespass.
Every
male
of
the
priestly race,
shall
eat
this flesh
in
a
holy
place,
because
it
is
most
holy.
As
the sacrifice
for
sin
is offered,
so
is
also
that
for
a trespass:
the
same
shall
be
the
law
of both
these sacrifices:
it
shall
belong
to
the
priest
that offereth
it.
The
priest
that offereth
the victim
of holocaust,
shall
have
the
skin thereof.
And
every
sacrifice
of flour
that
is
baked
in
the
oven,
and
whatsoever
is dressed
on
the gridiron,
or
in
the fryingpan,
shall
be
the
priest’s
that offereth
it:
Whether
they
be tempered
with
oil,
or dry,
all
the
sons
of
Aaron
shall
have
one
as
much
as
another.
This
is
the
law
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
that
is
offered
to
the
Lord.
If
the oblation
be
for
thanksgiving,
they shall
offer leaves without leaven tempered
with
oil,
and
unleavened
wafers
anointed
with
oil,
and
fine
flour fried,
and
cakes tempered
and mingled
with
oil:
Moreover leaves
of
leavened
bread
with
the
sacrifice
of
thanks,
which
is
offered
for
peace
offerings:
Of which
one
shall
be
offered
to
the
Lord
for firstfruits,
and
shall
be
the
priest’s
that
shall pour
out
the
blood
of
the victim.
And
the
flesh
of
it
shall
be
eaten
the
same
day,
neither
shall
any
of
it
remain
until
the
morning.
If
any man
by
vow,
or
of
his own accord
offer
a
sacrifice,
it
shall
in like manner
be
eaten
the
same
day:
and
if
any
of
it
remain until
the morrow,
it
is lawful
to
eat
it:
But whatsoever
shall
be found
on
the
third
day
shall
be consumed
with
fire.
If
any
man
eat
of
the
flesh
of
the victim
of
peace
offerings
on
the
third
day,
the oblation
shall
be
of
no
effect,
neither
shall
it profit
the offerer: yea
rather whatsoever
soul
shall defile itself
with
such
meat,
shall
be
guilty
of transgression.
The
flesh
that hath
touched
any
unclean
thing,
shall
not
be
eaten,
but
shall
be
burnt
with
fire:
he
that
is
clean
shall
eat
of
it.
If
any
one
that
is defiled
shall
eat
of
the
flesh
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
which
is offered
to
the
Lord,
he
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
And
he
that hath
touched
the
uncleanness
of
man,
or
of
beast,
or
of
any
thing
that
can defile,
and
shall
eat
of
such kind
of
flesh,
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
The
fat
of
a
sheep,
and
of
an
ox,
and
of
a
goat
you
shall
not
eat.
The
fat
of
a
carcass
that hath
died
of
itself,
and
of
a beast
that
was caught
by
another beast,
you
shall
have
for divers uses.
If
any
man
eat
the
fat
that
should
be
offered
for
the burnt sacrifice
of
the
Lord,
he
shall
perish
out
of
his
people.
Moreover
you
shall
not
eat
the
blood
of
any creature
whatsoever, whether
of
birds
or
beasts.
Every
one
that eateth
blood,
shall
perish
from among
the
people.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying:
He
that offereth
a victim
of
peace
offerings
to
the
Lord, let
him
offer therewith
a
sacrifice
also,
that
is,
the libations thereof.
He
shall hold
in
his
hands
the
fat
of
the victim,
and
the
breast:
and
when
he hath
offered
and consecrated
both
to
the
Lord,
he
shall deliver
them
to
the priest,
Who
shall
burn
the
fat
upon
the
altar,
but
the
breast
shall
be
Aaron’s
and
his
sons’.
The
right shoulder
also
of
the victims
of
peace
offerings
shall fall
to
the
priest
for firstfruits.
He among
the
sons
of
Aaron,
that offereth
the
blood,
and
the
fat,
he
shall
have
the
right shoulder
also
for
his
portion.
For
the
breast
that
is elevated
and
the shoulder
that
is separated
I
have
taken
of
the
children
of
Israel,
from
off
their victims
of
peace
offerings,
and
have
given
them
to
Aaron
the
priest,
and
to
his
sons,
by
a law
for
ever,
from
all
the
people
of
Israel.
This
is
the
anointing
of
Aaron
and
his
sons,
in
the ceremonies
of
the
Lord,
in
the
day
when
Moses
offered
them,
that
they
might do
the office
of
priesthood,
And
the
things
that
the
Lord
commanded
to
be
given
them
by
the
children
of
Israel,
by
a
perpetual observance
in
their
generations.
This
is
the
law
of holocaust,
and
of
the
sacrifice
for
sin,
and
for trespass,
and
for
consecration,
and
the victims
of
peace
offerings:
Which
the
Lord
appointed
to
Moses
in
mount
Sinai,
when
he
commanded
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
should
offer
their oblations
to
the
Lord
in
the
desert
of
Sinai.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Take
Aaron
with
his
sons,
their vestments,
and
the
oil
of unction,
a calf
for
sin,
two
rams,
a
basket
with
unleavened
bread,
And thou shalt
gather
together
all
the
congregation
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle.
And
Moses
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And all
the multitude being
gathered
together
before
the
door
of
the
tabernacle,
He
said:
This
is
the
word
that
the
Lord hath
commanded
to
be
done.
And immediately
he
offered
Aaron
and
his
sons:
and
when
he
had
washed
them,
He vested
the high priest
with
the strait linen
garment, girding
him
with
the girdle,
and
putting
on
him
the violet tunick,
and
over
it
he
put
the
ephod,
And binding
it
with
the girdle,
he fitted
it
to
the rational,
on which
was Doctrine
and Truth.
He
put
also
the mitre
upon
his
head:
and
upon
the mitre
over
the forehead,
he
put
the
plate
of
gold,
consecrated
with sanctification,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him.
He
took
also
the
oil
of unction,
with
which
he
anointed
the
tabernacle,
with
all
the furniture thereof.
And
when
he
had
sanctified
and sprinkled
the
altar
seven
times,
he
anointed
it,
and
all
the
vessels thereof,
and
the
laver
with
the foot thereof,
he
sanctified
with
the
oil.
And
he
poured
it
upon
Aaron’s
head,
and
he
anointed
and
consecrated
him:
And after
he
had
offered
his
sons,
he vested
them
with linen tunicks,
and
girded
them
with girdles,
and
put mitres
on
them
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
He offered
also
the calf
for
sin:
and
when
Aaron
and
his
sons
had
put
their
hands
upon
the
head thereof,
He immolated
it:
and
took
the
blood,
and dipping
his
finger
in
it,
he touched
the
horns
of
the
altar
round
about.
Which being expiated,
and
sanctified,
he
poured
the rest
of
the
blood
at
the bottom thereof.
But
the
fat
that
was
upon
the
entrails,
and
the caul
of
the
liver,
and
the
two little
kidneys,
with
their
fat,
he
burnt
upon
the
altar:
And
the calf
with
the
skin,
and
the
flesh
and
the
dung,
he
burnt without
the
camp,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
He
offered
also
a
ram
for
a holocaust:
and
when
Aaron
and
his
sons
had
put
their
hands
upon
its
head,
He immolated
it,
and poured
the
blood thereof
round
about
upon
the
altar.
And cutting
the
ram into
pieces,
the
head thereof,
and
the joints,
and
the fat
he
burnt
in
the fire,
Having first
washed
the
entrails,
and
the feet,
and
the
whole
ram together
he
burnt upon
the
altar,
because
it
was
a holocaust
of most sweet odour
to
the
Lord,
as
he
had
commanded
him.
He
offered
also
the
second
ram,
in
the
consecration
of priests:
and
Aaron,
and
his
sons
put
their
hands
upon
the
head thereof:
And
when
Moses
had immolated
it,
he
took
of
the
blood thereof,
and touched
the tip
of
Aaron’s
right
ear,
and
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand,
and
in
like manner
also
the great
toe
of
his
right
foot.
He
offered
also
the
sons
of
Aaron:
and
when
with
the
blood
of
the ram
that
was immolated,
he
had touched
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
every
one
of
them,
and
the
thumbs
of
their
right
hands,
and
the great
toes
of
their
right
feet,
the rest
he poured
on
the
altar
round
about:
But
the
fat,
and
the rump,
and
all
the
fat
that covereth
the
entrails,
and
the caul
of
the
liver,
and
the
two
kidneys
with
their
fat,
and
with
the
right shoulder,
he separated.
And
taking
out
of
the
basket;
of
unleavened
bread,
which
was
before
the
Lord,
a
loaf without leaven,
and
a
cake tempered
with
oil
and
a
wafer,
he
put
them
upon
the
fat,
and
the
right shoulder,
Delivering
all
to
Aaron,
and
to
his
sons: wile having
lifted
them
up
before
the
Lord,
He
took
them again
from
their
hands,
and
burnt
them
upon
the
altar
of holocaust,
because
it
was
the oblation
of
consecration,
for
a sweet odour
of
sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
And
he
took
of
the
ram
of
consecration,
the
breast
for
his
portion, elevating
it
before
the
Lord,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him.
And
taking
the
ointment,
and
the
blood
that
was
upon
the
altar,
he sprinkled
Aaron,
and
his vestments,
and
his
sons,
and
their vestments
with
it.
And
when
he
had sanctified
them
in
their vestments,
he
commanded
them,
saying:
Boil
the
flesh
before
the
door
of
the
tabernacle,
and
there
eat
it.
Eat ye
also
the
loaves
of
consecration,
that
are
laid
in
the
basket,
as
the Lord
commanded
me,
saying:
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
eat
them:
And whatsoever
shall
be
left
of
the
flesh
and
the leaves,
shall
be consumed
with
fire.
And
you
shall
not
go
out
of
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
for
seven
days,
until
the
day wherein
the
time
of
your
consecration
shall
be
expired.
For
in
seven
days
the
consecration
is
finished:
As
at
this
present
it hath
been
done,
that
the rite
of
the sacrifice
might
be
accomplished.
Day
and
night
shall
you
remain
in
the
tabernacle
observing
the
watches
of
the
Lord, lest
you
die:
for
so
it hath
been
commanded
me.
And
Aaron
and
his
sons
did
all
things
which
the
Lord
spoke
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
And
when
the
eighth
day
was
come,
Moses
called
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
the ancients
of
Israel,
and said
to
Aaron:
Take
of
the
herd
a
calf
for
sin,
and
a
ram
for
a holocaust, both
without
blemish,
and
offer
them
before
the
Lord.
And
to
the
children
of
Israel thou shalt
say:
Take ye
a
he
goat
for
sin,
and
a
calf,
and
a
lamb, both
of
a
year
old,
and
without
blemish
for
a holocaust,
Also
a bullock
and
a
ram
for
peace
offerings:
and immolate
them
before
the
Lord,
offering
for
the
sacrifice
of
every
one
of
them flour tempered
with
oil;
for
today
the
Lord
will
appear
to
you.
They
brought
therefore
all
things
that
Moses
had
commanded
before
the door
of
the
tabernacle:
where
when
all
the multitude
stood,
Moses
said:
This
is
the
word,
which
the
Lord hath
commanded:
do
it,
and
his
glory
will
appear
to
you.
And
he
said
to
Aaron:
Approach
to
the
altar,
and
offer sacrifice
for thy
sin:
offer
the holocaust,
and pray
for thyself
and
for
the
people:
and
when thou hast slain
the
people’s victim, pray
for
them,
as
the
Lord hath
commanded.
And forthwith
Aaron,
approaching
to
the
altar, immolated
the
calf
for
his
sin:
And
his
sons
brought
him
the
blood
of
it:
and
he
dipped
his
finger therein,
and
touched
the
horns
of
the
altar,
and
poured
the rest
at
the foot thereof.
And
the
fat,
and
the little
kidneys,
and
the caul
of
the
liver,
which
are
for
sin,
he
burnt upon
the
altar,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses:
But
the
flesh
and
skins thereof
he
burnt
with
fire without
the
camp.
He immolated
also
the
victim
of holocaust:
and
his
sons brought
him
the
blood thereof, which
he poured
round
about
on
the
altar.
And
the
victim being cut
into
pieces,
they brought
to
him
the
head
and all
the members, all which
he
burnt
with fire
upon
the
altar,
Having first
washed
the
entrails
and
the feet
with water.
Then
offering
for
the
sin
of
the
people,
he
slew
the
he
goat:
and expiating
the altar,
He
offered
the holocaust:
Adding
in
the
sacrifice
the libations, which
are
offered withal,
and
burning
them
upon
the
altar,
besides
the ceremonies
of
the
morning holocaust.
He immolated
also
the bullock
and
the
ram,
the
peace
offerings
of
the
people:
and
his
sons brought
him
the
blood,
which
he poured
upon
the
altar
round
about.
The
fat
also
of
the bullock,
and
the rump
of
the
ram,
and
the
two little
kidneys,
with
their
fat,
and
the caul
of
the
liver,
They
put
upon
the
breasts.
And
after
the
fat
was
burnt
upon
the
altar,
Aaron separated
their
breasts,
and
the
right shoulders, elevating
them
before
the
Lord,
as
Moses
had
commanded.
And stretching
forth
his
hands
to
the
people,
he
blessed
them.
And
so
the victims
for
sin,
and
the holocausts,
and
the
peace
offerings being finished,
he
came
down.
And
Moses
and
Aaron
went
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and afterwards
came
forth
and
blessed
the
people.
And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
all
the multitude:
And
behold
a
fire,
coming
forth
from
the
Lord,
devoured
the holocaust,
and
the
fat
that
was
upon
the
altar:
which
when
the multitude
saw,
they praised
the
Lord,
falling
on
their
faces.
And
Nadab
and Abiu,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
taking
their
censers,
put
fire therein,
and
incense
on
it,
offering
before
the
Lord
strange
fire:
which
was
not
commanded
them.
And
fire
coming
out
from
the
Lord
destroyed
them,
and
they
died
before
the
Lord.
And
Moses
said
to
Aaron:
This
is
what
the
Lord hath
spoken:
I
will
be
sanctified
in
them
that
approach
to
me,
and
I
will
be
glorified
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people.
And
when
Aaron heard
this,
he
held
his peace.
And
Moses
called Misael
and Elisaphan,
the
sons
of Oziel,
the
uncle
of
Aaron,
and
said
to
them:
Go
and
take
away
your
brethren
from
before
the
sanctuary,
and
carry
them without
the
camp.
And
they
went forthwith
and
took
them
as
they lay, vested
with linen tunicks,
and cast
them
forth,
as
had
been
commanded
them.
And
Moses
said
to
Aaron,
and
to
Eleazar
and
Ithamar,
his
sons: Uncover
not
your
heads,
and rend
not
your
garments, lest perhaps
you
die,
and indignation come
upon
all
the
congregation.
Let
your
brethren,
and
all
the
house
of
Israel,
bewail
the
burning
which
the
Lord
has kindled:
But
you
shall
not
go
out
of
the
door
of
the
tabernacle,
otherwise
you
shall perish,
for
the
oil
of
the holy unction
is
on
you.
And
they
did
all
things
according
to
the precept
of
Moses.
The
Lord
also
said
to
Aaron:
You
shall
not
drink
wine
nor
any thing
that
may make
drunk, thou
nor thy
sons,
when
you
enter
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony, lest
you
die:
because
it
is
an
everlasting precept
through
your
generations:
And
that
you
may have knowledge
to discern
between
holy
and unholy,
between
unclean
and
clean:
And
may
teach
the
children
of
Israel
all
my ordinances
which
the
Lord hath
spoken
to
them
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
And
Moses
spoke
to
Aaron,
and
to
Eleazar
and
Ithamar,
his
sons
that
were
left:
Take
the
sacrifice
that
is
remaining
of
the oblation
of
the
Lord,
and
eat
it without leaven
beside
the
altar,
because
it
is
holy
of
holies.
And
you
shall
eat
it
in
a
holy
place:
which
is
given
to thee
and thy
sons
of
the oblations
of
the
Lord,
as
it hath
been
commanded
me.
The
breast
also
that
is
offered,
and
the shoulder
that
is separated,
you
shall
eat
in
a most
clean
place, thou
and thy
sons,
and thy
daughters
with thee.
For
they
are
set aside
for thee
and thy
children,
of
the victims
of
peace
offerings
of
the
children
of
Israel:
Because
they
have elevated
before
the
Lord
the shoulder
and
the
breast,
and
the
fat
that
is burnt
on
the altar,
and
they
belong
to thee
and
to thy
sons
by
a
perpetual law,
as
the
Lord hath
commanded.
While
these things
were
a doing,
when
Moses
sought
for
the buck
goat,
that
had been offered
for
sin,
he found
it
burnt:
and
being
angry
with
Eleazar
and
Ithamar,
the
sons
of
Aaron
that
were
left,
he
said:
Why
did
you
not
eat
in
the
holy
place
the sacrifice
for
sin,
which
is
most
holy,
and
given
to
you,
that
you
may
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
people,
and
may
pray
for
them
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
Especially whereas
none
of
the
blood thereof hath
been
carried
within
the
holy places,
and
you ought
to
have
eaten
it
in
the
sanctuary,
as
was
commanded
me?
Aaron answered:
This
day hath
been
offered
the victim
for
sin,
and
the holocaust
before
the
Lord:
and
to
me
what thou seest
has
happened: how could
I
eat
it,
or
please
the
Lord
in
the ceremonies, having
a sorrowful heart?
Which
when
Moses
had
heard
he
was
satisfied.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
These
are
the
animals
which
you
are
to
eat
of
all
the
living
things
of
the
earth.
Whatsoever hath
the
hoof
divided,
and cheweth
the
cud among
the
beasts,
you
shall
eat.
But whatsoever cheweth
indeed
the
cud,
and hath
a
hoof,
but divideth
it
not,
as
the
camel,
and others,
that
you
shall
not
eat,
but
shall reckon
it
among
the
unclean.
The cherogrillus
which cheweth
the
cud,
but divideth
not
the
hoof,
is
unclean.
The
hare
also:
for
that
too cheweth
the
cud,
but divideth
not
the
hoof.
And
the swine,
which,
though
it divideth
the
hoof, cheweth
not
the
cud.
The
flesh
of
these
you
shall
not
eat,
nor
shall
you
touch
their
carcasses, because
they
are
unclean
to
you.
These
are
the
things
that breed
in
the
waters,
and
which
it
is lawful
to
eat.
All
that hath
fins,
and
scales,
as
well
in
the
sea,
as
in
the rivers,
and
the pools,
you
shall
eat.
But
whatsoever hath
not
fins
and
scales,
of
those
things
that move
and
live
in
the
waters,
shall
be
an abomination
to
you,
And
detestable:
their
flesh
you
shall
not
eat,
and
their
carcasses
you
shall avoid.
All
that
have
not
fins
and
scales,
in
the
waters,
shall
be unclean.
Of
birds
these
are
they
which
you
must
not
eat,
and
which
are
to
be avoided
by
you:
The
eagle,
and
the griffon,
and
the osprey,
And
the
kite,
and
the vulture,
according
to their
kind,
And
all
that
is
of
the
raven
kind,
according
to
their likeness.
The
ostrich,
and
the
owl,
and
the larus,
and
the
hawk
according
to
its
kind.
The screech
owl,
and
the
cormorant,
and
the ibis,
And
the swan,
and
the bittern,
and
the porphyrion,
The
heron,
and
the charadrion
according
to
its
kind,
the houp
also,
and
the
bat.
Of
things
that fly,
whatsoever goeth
upon
four feet,
shall
be abominable
to
you.
But
whatsoever walketh
upon
four
feet,
but hath
the
legs
behind
longer, wherewith
it hoppeth
upon
the
earth,
That
you
shall
eat,
as
the bruchus
in
its
kind,
the attacus,
and ophiomachus,
and
the
locust, every
one
according
to
their
kind.
But
of dying
things
whatsoever hath
four
feet
only,
shall
be an abomination
to
you:
And whosoever
shall
touch
the
carcasses
of
them,
shall
be
defiled,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening:
And if
it
be necessary
that
he
carry
any
of
these
things
when
they are
dead,
he
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the sun
set.
Every
beast
that hath
a
hoof,
but divideth
it
not,
nor cheweth
the
cud,
shall
be
unclean:
and
he
that toucheth
it,
shall
be
defiled.
That
which walketh
upon
hands
of
all
animals
which
go
on
all
four,
shall
be
unclean:
he
that
shall
touch
their
carcasses
shall
be
defiled
until
evening.
And
he
that
shall
carry such
carcasses,
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
evening: because
all
these
things
are
unclean
to
you.
These
also
shall
be reckoned
among
unclean
things,
of all
that move
upon
the
earth,
the weasel,
and
the
mouse,
and
the crocodile, every
one
according
to
their
kind:
The shrew, and
the
chameleon, and
the stello, and
the
lizard, and
the mole:
All
these
are
unclean.
He
that toucheth
their carcasses
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
And
upon
what
thing soever
any
of
their carcasses
shall
fall,
it
shall
be
defiled,
whether
it
be
a
vessel
of
wood,
or
a
garment,
or
skins
or haircloths;
or
any
thing
in
which
work
is
done,
they
shall
be dipped
in
water,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening,
and
so afterwards
shall
be
clean.
But
an
earthen
vessel,
into
which
any
of
these
shall
fall,
shall
be
defiled,
and
therefore
is
to
be
broken.
Any meat
which
you
eat,
if
water
from
such
a
vessel
be poured
upon
it,
shall
be
unclean;
and
every liquor
that
is
drunk
out
of
any
such
vessel,
shall
be
unclean.
And
upon
whatsoever
thing
any
of
these
dead beasts
shall
fall,
it
shall
be
unclean: whether
it
be
oven, or pots
with feet,
they
shall
be
destroyed,
and
shall
be
unclean.
But
fountains
and
cisterns,
and all gatherings together
of
waters
shall
be
clean.
He
that toucheth
their
carcasses
shall
be
defiled.
If
it
fall
upon
seed corn,
it
shall
not defile
it.
But
if
any man pour
water
upon
the
seed,
and afterwards
it
be touched
by
the
carcasses,
it
shall
be forthwith
defiled.
If
any
beast
die,
of
which
it
is lawful
for
you
to
eat,
he
that toucheth
the
carcass thereof,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening:
And
he
that eateth
or carrieth
any thing thereof,
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
All
that creepeth
upon
the
earth
shall
be abominable,
neither
shall
it
be taken
for meat.
Whatsoever goeth
upon
the breast
on
four
feet,
or hath
many
feet,
or traileth
on
the
earth,
you
shall
not
eat,
because
it
is abominable.
Do
not
defile
your
souls,
nor touch aught thereof, lest
you
be
unclean,
For
I
am
the
Lord
your
God:
be
holy
because
I
am
holy.
Defile
not
your
souls
by
any creeping
thing,
that moveth
upon
the
earth.
For
I
am
the
Lord,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
I
might
be
your
God.
You
shall
be holy,
because
I am holy.
This
is
the
law
of
beasts
and fowls,
and
of
every
living
creature
that moveth
in
the
waters,
and creepeth
on
the
earth:
That
you
may know
the differences
of
the
clean,
and
unclean,
and know
what
you ought
to
eat,
and
what
to
refuse.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
If
a
woman
having received
seed
shall
bear
a
man
child,
she
shall
be
unclean
seven
days,
according
to
the
days
of
the separation
of
her flowers.
And
on
the
eighth
day
the infant
shall
be
circumcised:
But
she
shall
remain
three
and
thirty
days
in
the
blood
of
her
purification.
She
shall
touch
no
holy
thing,
neither
shall
she
enter
into
the
sanctuary,
until
the
days
of
her
purification
be
fulfilled.
But
if
she
shall
bear
a maid
child,
she
shall
be
unclean
two
weeks,
according
to
the custom
of
her monthly courses,
and
she
shall
remain
in
the
blood
of
her
purification sixty-six
days.
And
when
the
days
of
her
purification
are
expired,
for
a
son,
or
for
a
daughter, she
shall
bring
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust,
and
a
young
pigeon
or
a turtle
for
sin,
and
shall deliver
them
to
the
priest:
Who
shall
offer
them
before
the
Lord,
and
shall pray
for
her,
and
so
she
shall
be
cleansed
from
the issue
of
her
blood.
This
is
the
law
for
her
that beareth
a
man
child
or
a maid
child.
And
if
her
hand
find
not sufficiency,
and
she
is
not
able
to offer
a
lamb,
she
shall
take
two turtles,
or
two
young
pigeons,
one
for
a holocaust,
and
another
for
sin:
and
the
priest
shall pray
for
her,
and
so
she
shall
be
cleansed.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
The
man
in
whose
skin
or
flesh shalt arise
a different colour
or
a blister,
or
as
it
were something shining,
that
is,
the
stroke
of
the
leprosy,
shall
be
brought
to
Aaron
the
priest,
or
any
one
of
his
sons.
And
if
he
see
the
leprosy
in
his
skin,
and
the
hair
turned
white,
and
the place where
the
leprosy
appears lower than
the
skin
and
the rest
of
the
flesh:
it
is
the
stroke
of
the
leprosy,
and
upon
his judgment
he
shall
be separated.
But
if
there
be
a shining whiteness
in
the
skin,
and
not lower
than
the
other
flesh,
and
the
hair
be
of
the former colour,
the
priest
shall
shut
him
up
seven
days.
And
the
seventh
day
he
shall
look
on
him:
and
if
the leprosy
be grown
no
farther,
and hath
not
spread itself
in
the
skin,
he
shall
shut
him
up
again
other
seven
days.
And
on
the
seventh
day,
he
shall
look
on
him:
if
the leprosy
be somewhat obscure,
and
not
spread
in
the
skin,
he
shall declare
him
clean,
because
it
is
but
a
scab:
and
the
man
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
shall
be
clean.
But
if
the leprosy grow
again,
after
he
was
seen
by
the
priest
and restored
to cleanness,
he
shall
be brought
to
him,
And
shall
be condemned
of uncleanness.
If
the
stroke
of
the
leprosy
be
in
a
man,
he
shall
be
brought
to
the
priest,
And
he
shall
view
him.
And
when
there
shall
be
a
white colour
in
the
skin,
and
it
shall
have
changed
the
look
of
the
hair,
and
the
living
flesh
itself
shall
appear:
It
shall
be judged
an inveterate
leprosy,
and grown into
the
skin.
The
priest
therefore
shall declare
him
unclean,
and
shall
not
shut
him
up,
because
he
is evidently
unclean.
But
if
the
leprosy
spring
out running
about
in
the
skin,
and
cover
all
the
skin
from
the
head
to
the
feet,
whatsoever falleth under
the
sight
of
the
eyes,
The
priest
shall
view
him,
and
shall judge
that
the
leprosy
which
he
has
is very
clean:
because
it
is
all
turned
into whiteness,
and therefore
the
man
shall
be
clean.
But
when
the
live
flesh
shall
appear
in
him,
Then by
the judgment
of
the
priest
he
shall
be
defiled,
and
shall
be reckoned
among
the
unclean:
for
live
flesh,
if
it
be
spotted
with
leprosy,
is
unclean.
And
if
again
it
be
turned
into whiteness,
and cover all
the
man,
The
priest
shall
view
him,
and
shall judge
him
to
be
clean.
When
also
there
has
been
an ulcer
in
the
flesh
and
the
skin,
and
it
has
been
healed,
And
in
the
place
of
the ulcer,
there appeareth
a
white scar,
or somewhat red,
the
man
shall
be
brought
to
the
priest:
And
when
he
shall
see
the place
of
the
leprosy
lower
than
the other flesh,
and
the
hair
turned
white,
he
shall declare
him
unclean,
for
the
plague
of
leprosy
is broken
out
in
the ulcer.
But
if
the
hair
be
of
the former colour,
and
the scar somewhat obscure,
and
be
not
lower
than
the flesh
that
is near
it,
he
shall
shut
him
up
seven
days.
And
if
it
spread,
he
shall judge
him
to
have
the leprosy:
But
if
it
stay
in
its
place,
it
is
but
the
scar
of
an ulcer,
and
the man
shall
be
clean.
The
flesh
also
and
skin
that hath
been burnt,
and
after
it
is healed hath
a
white
or
a red scar,
The
priest
shall
view
it,
and
if
he
see
it
turned
white,
and
the place thereof
is lower
than
the other
skin:
he
shall declare
him
unclean,
because
the evil
of
leprosy
is broken
out
in
the scar.
But
if
the colour
of
the
hair
be
not changed,
nor
the blemish
lower
than
the
other flesh,
and
the appearance
of
the leprosy
be somewhat obscure,
he
shall
shut
him
up
seven
days,
And
on
the
seventh
day
he
shall
view
him:
if
the
leprosy
be grown
farther
in
the
skin,
he
shall declare
him
unclean.
But
if
the whiteness
stay
in
its
place,
and
be
not very clear,
it
is
the sore
of
a
burning,
and
therefore
he
shall
be
cleansed,
because
it
is
only
the
scar
of
a
burning.
If
the leprosy break
out
in
the
head
or
the
beard
of
a
man
or
woman,
the Priest
shall see
them,
And
if
the place
be lower
than
the other flesh,
and
the
hair yellow,
and thinner
than usual:
he
shall declare
them
unclean,
because
it
is
the
leprosy
of
the
head
and
the
beard;
But
if
he
perceive
the place
of
the spot
is equal
with
the flesh
that
is near
it,
and
the
hair
black:
he
shall
shut
him
up
seven
days,
And
on
the
seventh
day
he
shall
look
upon
it.
If
the spot
be
not
grown,
and
the
hair
keep
its colour,
and
the
place
of
the blemish
be
even
with
the
other flesh:
The man
shall
be shaven
all
but
the place
of
the spot,
and
he
shall
be
shut
up
other
seven
days:
If
on
the
seventh
day
the evil seem
to
have stayed
in
its place,
and
not lower
than
the
other flesh,
he
shall
cleanse
him,
and
his
clothes being
washed
he
shall
be
clean.
But
if
after
his
cleansing
the spot
spread
again
in
the
skin,
He
shall
seek
no
more
whether
the
hair
be turned yellow, because
he
is evidently
unclean.
But
if
the spot
be
stayed,
and
the
hair
be
black, let
him know
that
the man
is
healed,
and let
him confidently
pronounce
him
clean.
If
a whiteness appear
in
the
skin
of
a
man
or
a
woman,
The
priest
shall
view
them.
If
he
find
that
a darkish whiteness shineth
in
the
skin, let
him know
that
it
is not
the leprosy,
but
a
white blemish,
and
that
the
man
is
clean.
The
man
whose
hair falleth
off
from
his
head,
he
is
bald
and
clean:
And
if
the
hair fall
from
his
forehead,
he
is
bald
before
and
clean.
But
if
in
the
bald
head
or
in
the
bald
forehead
there
be risen
a
white
or
reddish colour,
And
the
priest
perceive
this,
he
shall condemn
him undoubtedly
of
leprosy which
is risen
in
the
bald part.
Now whosoever
shall
be
defiled
with
the leprosy,
and
is separated
by
the judgment
of
the
priest,
Shall
have
his
clothes hanging
loose,
his
head bare,
his mouth covered
with
a
cloth,
and
he
shall
cry
out
that
he
is
defiled
and
unclean.
All
the
time
that
he
is
a leper
and
unclean,
he
shall
dwell
alone without
the
camp.
A woollen
or
linen
garment
that shall
have
the
leprosy
In
the
warp,
and
the
woof,
or
a
skin.
or
whatsoever
is
made
of
a
skin,
If
it
be infected
with
a white
or red spot,
it
shall
be accounted
the
leprosy,
and
shall
be shewn
to
the
priest.
And
he
shall
look
upon
it
and
shall
shut
it
up
seven
days:
And
on
the
seventh
day
when
he looketh
on
it again,
if
he
find
that
it
if grown,
it
is
a Axed
leprosy:
he
shall
judge
the
garment
unclean,
and
every
thing
wherein
it
shall
be found:
And
therefore
it
shall
be
burnt
with
fire.
But
if
he
see
that
it
is
not grown,
He
shall
give
orders,
and
they
shall
wash
that part
wherein
the leprosy
is,
and
he
shall
shut
it
up
other
seven
days.
And
when
he
shall
see
that
the former colour
is
not returned,
nor
yet
the leprosy
spread,
he
shall judge
it
unclean,
and
shall
burn
it
with
fire,
for
the leprosy
has taken hold
of
the outside
of
the garment,
or
through
the whole.
But
if
the place
of
the leprosy
be somewhat dark,
after
the
garment
is
washed,
he
shall
tear
it
off,
and divide
it
from
that which
is sound.
And
if after
this
there
appear
in
those
places
that
before
were without spot,
a flying
and wandering leprosy:
it
must
be
burnt
with
fire.
If
it cease,
he
shall
wash
with water
the parts
that
are
pure,
the
second
time,
and
they
shall
be
clean.
This
is
the
law touching
the
leprosy
of
any woollen
or
linen
garment,
either
in
the
warp
or
woof,
or
any
thing
of
skins, how
it ought
to
be
cleansed,
or
pronounced
unclean.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
This
is
the rite
of
a
leper,
when
he
is
to
be
cleansed:
he
shall
be
brought
to
the
priest:
Who
going
out
of
the
camp
when
he
shall
And
that
the
leprosy
is cleansed,
Shall
command
him
that
is
to
be
purified,
to offer
for himself
two
living sparrows,
which
it
is lawful
to eat,
and
cedar
wood,
and
scarlet,
and
hyssop.
And
he
shall
command
one
of
the sparrows
to
be immolated
in
an
earthen
vessel
over
living
waters:
But
the other
that
is
alive
he
shall
dip,
with
the
cedar
wood,
and
the
scarlet
and
the
hyssop,
in
the
blood
of
the
sparrow
that
is immolated:
Wherewith
he
shall sprinkle
him
that
is
to
be
cleansed
seven
times,
that
he
may
be rightly
purified:
and
he
shall
let
go
the
living
sparrow,
that
it
may fly
into
the
field.
And
when
the
man hath
washed
his
clothes,
he
shall
shave
all
the
hair
of
his body,
and
shall
be
washed
with
water:
and being
purified,
he
shall
enter
into
the
camp,
yet
so
that
he tarry without
his own
tent
seven
days:
And
on
the
seventh
day
he
shall
shave
the
hair
of
his
head,
and
his
beard
and
his eyebrows,
and
the
hair
of
all
his
body.
And
having
washed
again
his
clothes,
and
his
body,
On
the
eighth
day
he
shall
take
two
lambs
without
blemish,
and
an
ewe
of
a
year
old
without
blemish,
and
three tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice,
and
a sextary
of
oil apart.
And
when
the
priest
that purifieth
the
man, hath
presented
him,
and
all these things
before
the
Lord,
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
He
shall
take
a.
lamb,
and
offer
it
for
a trespass
offering
with
the sextary
of
oil:
and
having
offered
all
before
the
Lord,
He
shall immolate
the
lamb,
where
the victim
for
sin
is wont
to
be immolated,
and
the holocaust,
that
is,
in
the
holy
place:
for
as
that
which
is
for
sin,
so
also
the victim
for
a trespass
offering pertaineth
to
the
priest:
it
is
holy
of
holies.
And
the
priest
taking
of
the
blood
of
the victim
that
was immolated
for trespass,
shall
put
it
upon
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
that
is
cleansed,
and
upon
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand
and
the great
toe
of
his
right
foot:
And
he
shall
pour
of
the sextary
of
oil
into
his own
left.
hand,
And
shall
dip
his
right
finger
in
it,
and sprinkle
it
before
the
Lord
seven
times.
And
the
rest
of
the
oil
in
his
left band,
he
shall pour
upon
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
that
is
cleansed,
and
upon
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand
and
the great
toe
of
his
right
foot,
and
upon
the
blood
that
was
shed
for trespass,
And
upon
his
head.
And
he
shall pray
for
him
before
the Lord,
and
shall
offer
the sacrifice
for
sin:
then
shall
he immolate
the holocaust,
And
put
it
on
the
altar
with
the libations thereof,
and
the man
shall
be rightly
cleansed.
But
if
he
be
poor,
and
his
hand
cannot
find
the
things aforesaid:
he
shall
take
a
lamb
for
an
offering
for trespass,
that
the priest
may pray
for
him,
and
a
tenth
part
of hour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice,
and
a sextary
of
oil,
And
two turtles
or
two
young
pigeons,
of
which
one
may
be
for
sin,
and
the
other
for
a holocaust:
And
he
shall offer
them
on
the
eighth
day
of
his
purification
to
the
priest,
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
before
the
Lord.
And
the
priest
receiving
the
lamb
for trespass,
and
the sextary
of
oil,
shall elevate
them together.
And
the
lamb being immolated,
he
shall
put
of
the
blood thereof
upon
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
that
is
cleansed,
and
upon
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand,
and
the great
toe
of
his
right
foot:
But
he
shall
pour
part
of
the
oil
into
his own
left
hand,
And dipping
the
finger
of
his
right
hand
in
it,
he
shall sprinkle
it
seven
times
before
the
Lord:
And
he
shall touch
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
that
is
cleansed,
and
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand
and
the great
toe
of
his
right
foot,
in
the
place
of
the
blood
that
was
shed
for trespass.
And
the other
part
of
the
oil
that
is
in
his
left
hand,
he
shall pour
upon
the
head
of
the
purified person,
that
he
may appease
the
Lord
for
him.
And
he
shall
offer
a turtle,
or
young
pigeon,
One
for trespass,
and
the
other
for
a holocaust,
with
their libations.
This
is
the sacrifice
of
a leper,
that
is
not
able
to
have all
things
that appertain
to
his
cleansing.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
When
you
shall
be
come
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
which
I
will
give
you
for
a
possession,
if
there
be
the
plague
of
leprosy
in
a
house,
He
whose
house
it
is,
shall
go
and
tell
the
priest,
saying:
It seemeth
to
me,
that
there
is
the
plague
of leprosy
in
my
house,
And
he
shall
command,
that
they
carry forth
all
things
out
of
the
house,
before
he
go
into
it,
and
see
whether
it
have
the leprosy, lest
all
things
become
unclean
that
are
in
the
house.
And
afterwards
he
shall
go
in
to
view
the leprosy
of
the
house.
And
if
he
see
in
the
walls thereof
as
it
were little dints, disfigured
with paleness
or redness,
and
lower
than
all
the rest,
He
shall
go
out
of
the
door
of
the
house,
and forthwith
shut
it
up
seven
days,
And
returning
on
the
seventh
day,
he
shall
look
upon
it.
If
he
find
that
the leprosy
is
spread,
He
shall
command,
that
the
stones
wherein
the leprosy
is,
be taken
out,
and
cast without
the
city
into
an
unclean
place:
And
that
the
house
be
scraped
on
the
inside
round
about,
and
the
dust
of
the scraping
be scattered without
the
city
into an
unclean
place:
And
that
other
stones
be
laid
in
the
place
of
them
that
were
taken
away,
and
the
house
be
plastered
with
other mortar.
But
if,
after
the
stones
be taken
out,
and
the dust
scraped
off,
and
it
be
plastered
with other earth,
The
priest
going
in
perceive
that
the
leprosy
is
returned,
and
the walls full
of spots,
it
is
a lasting
leprosy,
and
the
house
is
unclean:
And
they
shall
destroy
it forthwith,
and
shall cast
the
stones
and
timber thereof,
and
all
the
dust without
the
town
into an
unclean
place.
He
that entereth
into
the
house
when
it
is
shut,
shall
be
unclean
until
evening,
And
he
that sleepeth
in
it,
and eateth
any thing,
shall
wash
his
clothes.
But
if
the
priest
going
in
perceive
that
the leprosy
is
not
spread
in
the
house,
after
it
was
plastered
again,
he
shall
purify
it,
it being cured,
And
for
the purification thereof
he
shall
take
two sparrows,
and
cedar
wood,
and
scarlet,
and
hyssop:
And
having immolated
one
sparrow
In
an
earthen
vessel
over
living
waters,
He
shall
take
the
cedar
wood,
and
the
hyssop,
and
the
scarlet,
and
the
living
sparrow,
and
shall
dip
all
in
the
blood
of
the
sparrow
that
is immolated,
and
in
the
living
water,
and
he
shall sprinkle
the
house
seven
times:
And
shall
purify
it
as well
with
the
blood
of
the
sparrow,
as
with
the
living
water,
and
with
the
living
sparrow,
and
with
the
cedar
wood,
and
the
hyssop,
and
the
scarlet.
And
when
he hath
let
go
the
sparrow
to fly
freely
away
into
the
field,
he
shall pray
for
the
house,
and
it
shall
be rightly
cleansed.
This
is
the
law
of
every kind
of
leprosy
and
stroke.
Of
the
leprosy
of
garments
and
houses,
Of a scar
and of blisters breaking out, of a shining
spot,
and when the colours are diversely changed:
That it
may
be known
when
a
thing
is
clean
or
unclean.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them:
The
man
that hath
an
issue
of seed,
shall
be
unclean.
And
then
shall
he
be judged subject
to
this evil,
when
a filthy humour,
at every moment, cleaveth
to
his
flesh,
and gathereth
there.
Every
bed
on
which
he sleepeth,
shall
be
unclean,
and
every
place
on
which
he sitteth.
If ally
man
touch
his
bed,
he
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and being
washed
with
water,
he
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
If
a man
sit
where
that man hath sitten,
he
also
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and being
washed
with
water,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He
that toucheth
his
flesh,
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and being
himself
washed
with
water
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
If such
a man cast
his spittle upon
him
that
is
clean,
he
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and being
washed
with
water,
he
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
The
saddle
on
which
he hath sitten
shall
be
unclean.
And
whatsoever
has
been
under
him
that hath
the issue
of seed,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He
that carrieth
any
of
these
things,
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and
being
washed
with
water,
he
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Every
person
whom
such
a
one
shall
touch,
not
having
washed
his
hands
before,
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and being
washed
with
water,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
If
he
touch
a
vessel
of earth,
it
shall
be
broken:
but
if
a
vessel
of
wood,
if
shall
be
washed
with
water.
If
he
who suffereth
this disease
be healed,
he
shall
number
seven
days
after
his
cleansing,
and
having
washed
his
clothes,
and
all
his
body
in
living
water,
he
shall
be
clean.
And
on
the
eighth
day
he
shall
take
two turtles,
or
two
young
pigeons,
and
he
shall
come
before
the
Lord,
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
shall
give
them
to
the
priest:
Who
shall
offer
one
for
sin,
and
the
other
for
a holocaust:
and
he
shall pray
for
him
before
the
Lord,
that
he
may
be cleansed
of
the issue
of
his seed.
The
man
from whom
the
seed
of copulation goeth
out,
shall
wash
all
his
body
with
water:
and
he
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
The
garment
or
skin
that
he weareth,
he
shall
wash
with
water,
and
it
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
The
woman,
with
whom
he copulateth,
shall
be
washed
with
water,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
The
woman,
who
at
the return
of
the month, hath
her issue
of
blood,
shall
be separated
seven
days.
Every
one
that toucheth
her,
shall
be
unclean
until
the evening.
And
every
thing
that
she sleepeth
on,
or
that
she sitteth
on
in
the days
of
her separation,
shall
be
defiled.
He
that toucheth
her bed
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and being
himself
washed
with
water,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Whosoever
shall
touch
any
vessel
on
which
she sitteth,
shall wash
his clothes:
and
himself being washed
with water,
shall
be
defiled
until
the
evening.
If
a
man copulateth
with
her
in
the
time
of
her flowers,
he
shall
be
unclean
seven
days:
and
every
bed
on
which
he
shall
sleep
shall
be
defiled.
The
woman
that hath
an issue
of
blood
many
days
out
of
her
ordinary
time,
or
that ceaseth
not
to
flow
after
the monthly courses,
as
long
as
she
is subject
to
this disease,
shall
be
unclean,
in
the
same manner
as
if
she
were
in
her flowers.
Every
bed
on
which
she sleepeth,
and
every
vessel
on
which
she sitteth,
shall
be
defiled.
Whosoever toucheth
them
shall
wash
his
clothes:
and
himself being
washed
with
water,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
If
the blood
stop
and cease
to run,
she
shall
count
seven
days
of
her purification:
And
on
the
eighth
day she
shall offer
for herself
to
the
priest,
two turtles,
or
two
young
pigeons,
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
And
he
shall
offer
one
for
sin,
and
the
other
for
a holocaust,
and
he
shall pray
for
her
before
the
Lord,
and
for
the issue
of
her
uncleanness.
You
shall teach
therefore
the
children
of
Israel
to take heed
of
uncleanness,
that
they
may
not
die
in
their filth,
when
they
shall
have
defiled
my
tabernacle
that
is
among
them.
This
is
the
law
of
him
that hath
the
issue
of
seed,
and
that
is
defiled
by copulation.
And
of
the
woman
that
is separated
in
her monthly times,
or
that hath
a continual issue
of blood,
and
of
the
man
that sleepeth
with
her.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
after
the
death
of
the
two
sons
of
Aaron,
when
they
were slain
upon
their
offering strange fire:
And
he
commanded
him,
saying,
Speak
to
Aaron thy
brother,
that
he
enter
not
at
all
into
the
sanctuary,
which
is
within
the
veil
before
the propitiatory,
with
which
the
ark
is covered, lest
he
die, (for
I
will
appear
in
a
cloud
over
the oracle,)
Unless
he first
do
these
things:
He
shall offer
a
calf
for
sin,
and
a
ram
for
a holocaust.
He
shall
be vested
with
a
linen tunick,
he
shall cover
his nakedness
with
linen
breeches:
he
shall
be
girded
with
a
linen girdle,
and
he
shall
put
a
linen mitre
upon
his head:
for
these
are
holy vestments: all
which
he
shall
put
on,
after
he
is
washed.
And
he
shall
receive
from
the whole multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel
two buck
goats
for
sin,
and
one
ram
for
a holocaust.
And
when
he hath
offered
the calf
and prayed
for
himself,
and
for
his own
house,
He
shall
make
the
two buck
goats
to
stand
before
the
Lord
in
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
And casting
lots
upon
them
both,
one
to
be
offered
to
the
Lord,
and
the
other
to
be
the emissary
goat:
That
whose
lot
fell
to
be
offered
to
the
Lord,
he
shall
offer
for
sin:
But
that
whose
lot
was
to
be
the emissary
goat,
he
shall
present
alive
before
the
Lord,
that
he
may pour
out prayers
upon
him,
and
let
him
go
into
the
wilderness.
After
these
things
are duly celebrated,
he
shall
offer
the calf,
and praying
for
himself
and
for
his own
house,
he
shall immolate
it:
And
taking
the
censer,
which
he hath
filled
with
the
burning
coals
of
the
altar,
and
taking
up
with
his hand
the compounded
perfume
for
incense,
he
shall
go
in
within
the
veil
into
the holy
place:
That
when
the perfumes
are
put
upon
the
fire,
the
cloud
and vapour thereof
may
cover
the oracle,
which
is
over
the
testimony,
and
he
may
not
die.
He
shall
take also
of
the
blood
of
the calf,
and sprinkle
with
his
finger
seven
times towards
the propitiatory
to
the
east.
And
when
he hath
killed
the buck
goat
for
the
sin
of
the
people,
he
shall
carry
in
the
blood thereof
within
the
veil,
as
he
was commanded
to
do
with
the
blood
of
the calf,
that
he
may sprinkle
it
over
against
the oracle,
And
may expiate
the
sanctuary
from
the
uncleanness
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
from
their
transgressions,
and
all
their
sins.
According
to
this rite
shall
he
do
to
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
which
is
fixed
among
them
in
the
midst
of
the filth
of
their habitation.
Let
no
man
be
in
the
tabernacle
when
the high priest goeth
into
the
sanctuary,
to pray
for
himself
and
his
house,
and
for
the
whole
congregation
of
Israel,
until
he
come
out.
And
when
he
is
come
out
to
the
altar
that
is
before
the
Lord,
let
him pray
for
himself,
and
taking
the
blood
of
the calf,
and
of
the buck
goat,
let
him pour
it
upon
the
horns thereof
round
about:
And sprinkling
with
his
finger
seven
times,
let
him expiate,
and
sanctify
it
from
the
uncleanness
of
the
children
of
Israel.
After
he hath cleansed
the
sanctuary,
and
the
tabernacle,
and
the
altar,
then let
him
offer
the
living
goat:
And
putting
both
hands
upon
his
head,
let
him
confess
all
the
iniquities
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
all
their offences
and
sins:
and praying
that
they
may light
on
his
head,
he
shall
turn
him
out
by
a
man ready
for
it,
into
the
desert.
And
when
the
goat hath
carried
all
their
iniquities
into
an uninhabited
land,
and
shall
be
let
go
into
the
desert,
Aaron
shall
return
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
putting
off
the vestments,
which
he
had
on
him
before
when
he
entered
into
the
sanctuary,
and leaving
them
there,
He
shall
wash
his
flesh
in
the
holy
place,
and
shall
put
on
his own
garments.
And
after
that
he
has
come
out
and hath offered
his own holocaust,
and
that
of
the
people,
he
shall pray both
for
himself,
and
for
the
people:
And
the
fat
that is
offered
for
sins,
he shall
burn upon
the
altar.
But
he
that hath
let
go
the emissary
goat,
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
his
body
with
water,
and
so
shall
enter
into
the
camp.
But
the calf
and
the buck
goat,
that
were sacrificed
for
sin,
and
whose
blood
was
carried
into
the
sanctuary,
to
accomplish
the
atonement,
they
shall
carry
forth without
the
camp,
and
shall
burn
with
fire,
their
skins
and
their
flesh,
and
their
dung:
And whosoever burneth
them
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
flesh
with
water,
and
so
shall
enter
into
the
camp.
And
this
shall
be
to
you
an
everlasting
ordinance:
The
seventh
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
you
shall
afflict
your
souls,
and
shall
do
no
work, whether
it
be
one
of
your
own country,
or
a
stranger
that sojourneth
among
you.
Upon
this
day
shall
be
the expiation
for
you,
and
the
cleansing
from
all
your
sins:
you
shall
be
cleansed
before
the
Lord.
For
it
is
a
sabbath
of
rest,
and
you
shall
afflict
your
souls
by
a
perpetual religion.
And
the
priest
that
is
anointed,
and
whose
hands
are
consecrated
to
do
the office
of
the
priesthood
in
his
father’s
stead,
shall
make
atonement;
and
he
shall
be vested
with
the
linen robe
and
the
holy vestments,
And
he
shall expiate
the
sanctuary
and
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
and
the
altar,
the
priest
also
and
all
the
people.
And
this
shall
be
an
ordinance
for
ever,
that
you pray
for
the
children
of
Israel,
and
for
all
their
sins
once
in
a
year.
He
did
therefore
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
saying
to
them:
This
is
the
word,
which
the
Lord hath
commanded,
saying:
Any
man whosoever
of
the
house
of
Israel
if
he
kill
an
ox,
or
a
sheep,
or
a
goat
in
the
camp,
or without
the
camp,
And
offer
it
not
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
an oblation
to
the
Lord,
shall
be guilty
of
blood:
as
if
he
had
shed
blood,
so
shall
he
perish
from
the
midst
of
his
people.
Therefore
the
children
of
Israel
shall
bring
to
the
priest
their victims,
which
they kill
in
the
field,
that
they
may
be sanctified
to
the
Lord
before
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
they
may
sacrifice
them
for
peace
offerings
to
the
Lord.
And
the
priest
shall pour
the
blood
upon
the
altar
of
the
Lord,
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
shall
burn
the
fat
for
a sweet odour
to
the
Lord.
And
they
shall
no
more
sacrifice
their victims
to devils,
with
whom
they
have
committed fornication.
It
shall
be
an
ordinance
for
ever
to
them
and
to
their posterity.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
The
man
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
of
the
strangers
who sojourn
among
you,
that offereth
a holocaust
or
a victim,
And bringeth
it
not
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
that
it
may
be offered
to
the
Lord,
shall
perish
from
among
his
people.
If
any
man whosoever
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
of
the
strangers
that sojourn
among
them,
eat
blood,
I
will
set
my
face
against
his
soul,
and
will
cut
him
off
from
among
his
people:
Because
the
life
of
the
flesh
is
in
the
blood:
and
I
have
given
it
to
you,
that
you
may
make
atonement
with
it
upon
the
altar
for
your
souls,
and
the
blood
may
be
for
an expiation
of
the
soul.
Therefore
I
have
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
No
soul
of
you,
nor
of
the
strangers
that sojourn
among
you,
shall
eat
blood.
Any
man whosoever
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
strangers
that sojourn
among
you,
if
by hunting
or fowling,
he
take
a wild
beast
or
a
bird,
which
is lawful
to
eat, let
him
pour
out
its
blood,
and
cover
it
with
earth.
For
the
life
of
all
flesh
is
in
the
blood:
therefore
I
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
You
shall
not
eat
the
blood
of
any
flesh
at
all,
because
the
life
of
the
flesh
is
in
the
blood,
and whosoever eateth
it,
shall
be
cut
off.
The
soul
that eateth
that
which
died
of itself,
or
has
been caught
by
a beast, whether
he
be
one
of
your
own country
or
a
stranger,
shall
wash
his
clothes
and
himself
with
water,
and
shall
be
defiled
until
the
evening:
and
in
this manner
he
shall
be
made
clean.
But
if
he
do
not
wash
his clothes,
and
his
body,
he
shall
bear
his
iniquity.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
You
shall
not
do according
to
the custom
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
which
you
dwelt:
neither
shall
you
act according
to
the manner
of
the
country
of Chanaan,
into
which
I
will
bring
you,
nor
shall
you walk
in
their
ordinances.
You
shall
do
my
judgments,
and
shall
observe
my precepts,
and
shall walk
in
them.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
Keep
my laws
and
my
judgments,
which
if
a
man
do,
he
shall live
in
them.
I
am
the
Lord.
No
man
shall
approach
to
her
that
is
near
of kin
to
him,
to
uncover
her
nakedness.
I
am
the
Lord.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
father,
or
the
nakedness
of thy
mother:
she
is thy
mother, thou shalt
not
uncover
her
nakedness.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
father’s
wife:
for
it
is
the
nakedness
of thy
father.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
sister
by
father
or
by
mother,
whether
born
at
home
or
abroad.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
son’s
daughter,
or thy
daughter’s
daughter:
because
it
is thy own
nakedness.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
father’s
wife’s
daughter, whom
she bore
to thy
father,
and
who
is thy
sister.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
father’s
sister: because
she
is
the
flesh
of thy
father.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
mother’s
sister:
because
she
is thy
mother’s
flesh.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
father’s
brother:
neither shalt thou
approach
to
his
wife,
who
is
joined
to thee
by affinity.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy daughter
in law: because
she
is thy
son’s
wife,
neither shalt thou discover
her
shame.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
brother’s
wife: because
it
is
the
nakedness
of thy
brother.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy
wife
and
her
daughter. Thou shalt
not
take
her
son’s
daughter
or
her
daughter’s
daughter,
to discover
her
shame: because
they
are
her flesh,
and
such copulation
is incest.
Thou shalt
not
take thy
wife’s
sister
for
a harlot,
to rival
her,
neither shalt thou discover
her
nakedness,
while
she
is
yet
living.
Thou shalt
not
approach
to
a
woman
having
her flowers,
neither shalt thou
uncover
her
nakedness.
Thou shalt
not lie
with thy neighbour’s
wife,
nor
be
defiled
with mingling
of
seed.
Thou shalt
not
give
any
of thy
seed
to
be consecrated
to
the idol Moloch,
nor
defile
the
name
of thy
God:
I
am
the
Lord.
Thou shalt
not
lie
with mankind
as
with womankind, because
it
is an
abomination.
Thou shalt
not copulate
with
any
beast,
neither shalt thou
be
defiled
with
it.
A
woman
shall
not lie
down
to
a
beast,
nor copulate
with
it:
because
it
is
a heinous crime.
Defile
not
yourselves
with
any
of
these
things
with
which
all
the
nations
have
been
defiled,
which
I
will
cast
out
before
you,
And
with which
the
land
is
defiled:
the abominations
of which
I
will
visit,
that
it
may
vomit
out
its
inhabitants.
Keep ye
my
ordinances
and
my
judgments,
and
do
not
any
of
these
abominations:
neither
any
of
your own nation,
nor
any
stranger
that sojourneth
among
you.
For
all
these
detestable
things
the inhabitants
of
the
land
have
done,
that;
were
before
you,
and
have
defiled
it.
Beware
then, lest
in
like manner,
it
vomit
you
also
out,
if
you do
the
like
things,
as
it vomited
out
the
nation
that
was
before
you.
Every
soul
that
shall commit
any
of
these
abominations,
shall
perish
from
the
midst
of
his
people.
Keep
my commandments.
Do
not
the
things
which
they
have
done,
that
have
been
before
you,
and
be
not
defiled therein.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
The
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
Be ye
holy,
because
I
the
Lord
your
God
am
holy.
Let
every
one
fear
his
father,
and
his
mother.
Keep
my
sabbaths.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
Turn ye
not
to
idols,
nor
make
to
yourselves molten
gods.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
If ye
offer
in
sacrifice
a
peace
offering
to
the
Lord,
that
he
may
be favourable,
You
shall
eat
it
on
the same
day
it
was offered,
and
the
next
day:
and whatsoever
shall
be
left
until
the
third
day,
you
shall
burn
with
fire.
If
after
two
days ally man
eat thereof,
he
shall
be profane
and guilty
of impiety:
And
shall
bear
his
iniquity,
because
he hath defiled
the
holy
thing
of
the
Lord,
and
that
soul
shall
perish
from among
his
people.
When thou reapest
the corn
of thy
land, thou shalt
not cut down
all
that
is
on
the face
of
the
earth
to
the very
ground:
nor shalt thou
gather
the ears
that
remain.
Neither shalt thou
gather
the bunches
and grapes
that fall down
in thy
vineyard,
but shalt
leave
them
to
the
poor
and
the
strangers
to take.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
You
shall
not
steal.
You
shall
not
lie,
neither
shall
any
man
deceive
his neighbour.
Thou shalt
not
swear
falsely
by
my
name,
nor
profane
the
name
of thy
God.
I
am
the
Lord.
Thou shalt
not calumniate thy neighbour,
nor
oppress
him
by violence.
The
wages
of
him
that hath
been
hired
by thee
shall
not abide
with thee
until
the
morning.
Thou shalt
not speak evil
of
the
deaf,
nor
put
a stumblingblock
before
the
blind:
but thou shalt
fear
the
Lord thy
God,
because
I
am
the
Lord.
Thou shalt
not
do
that which
is
unjust,
nor
judge
unjustly.
Respect
not
the
person
of
the
poor,
nor honour
the
countenance
of
the
mighty.
But
judge thy neighbour
according
to
justice.
Thou shalt
not
be
a detractor
nor
a whisperer
among
the
people. Thou shalt
not
stand
against
the
blood
of thy neighbour.
I
am
the
Lord.
Thou shalt
not
hate thy
brother
in thy
heart,
but
reprove
him openly, lest thou
incur
sin
through
him.
Seek
not
revenge,
nor
be mindful
of
the injury
of thy
citizens. Thou shalt
love thy
friend
as thyself.
I
am
the
Lord.
Keep ye
my laws. Thou shalt
not make thy
cattle
to gender
with
beasts
of
any other kind. Thou shalt
not
sow thy
field
with different seeds. Thou shalt
not
wear
a
garment
that
is woven
of
two sorts.
If
a
man carnally
lie
with
a
woman
that
is
a bondservant
and marriageable,
and
yet
not
redeemed
with
a
price,
nor
made
free:
they
both
shall
be scourged,
and
they
shall
not
be
put
to
death,
because
she
was
not
a
free
woman.
And
for
his trespass
he
shall offer
a
ram
to
the
Lord,
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
And
the
priest
shall pray
for
him
and
for
his
sin
before
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
have
mercy
on
him,
and
the
sin
shall
be
forgiven.
When
you
shall
be
come
into
the
land,
and
shall
have
planted
in
it
fruit
trees,
you
shall
take
away
the firstfruits
of
them:
the
fruit
that
comes forth
shall
be unclean
to
you,
neither
shall
you
eat
of
them.
But
in
the
fourth
year,
all
their
fruit
shall
be sanctified,
to
the
praise
of
the
Lord.
And
in
the
fifth
year
you
shall
eat
the
fruits thereof, gathering
the
increase thereof.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
You
shall
not
eat
with
blood.
You
shall
not divine
nor observe dreams.
Nor
shall
you cut
your
hair roundwise:
nor shave
your
beard.
You
shall
not
make
any cuttings
in
your
flesh,
for
the
dead,
neither
shall
you
make
in
yourselves
any figures
or
marks:
I
am
the
Lord.
Make
not thy
daughter
a
common strumpet, lest
the
land
be defiled,
and
filled
with
wickedness.
Keep ye
my
sabbaths,
and reverence
my
sanctuary.
I
am
the
Lord.
Go
not aside
after wizards,
neither ask any thing
of soothsayers,
to
be
defiled
by
them:
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
Rise
up
before
the hoary
head,
and honour
the person
of
the
aged
man:
and
fear
the
Lord thy
God.
I
am
the
Lord.
If
a
stranger
dwell
in
your
land,
and abide
among
you,
do
not upbraid
him:
But
let
him
be
among
you
as
one
of
the
same
country:
and
you
shall
love
him
as
yourselves:
for
you
were
strangers
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
Do
not
any
unjust thing
in
judgment,
in
rule,
in
weight,
or
in
measure.
Let
the
balance
be
just
and
the
weights equal,
the
bushel
just,
and
the sextary equal.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God,
that
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
Keep
all
my precepts,
and
all
my
judgments,
and
do
them.
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Thus shalt thou
say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
If
any
man
of
the
children
of
Israel,
or
of
the
strangers,
that
dwell
in
Israel,
give
of
his
seed
to
the
idol Moloch,
dying
let
him
die:
the
people
of
the
land
shall
stone
him.
And
I
will
set
my
face
against
him:
and
I
will
cut
him
off
from
the
midst
of
his
people,
because
he hath
given
of
his
seed
to Moloch,
and hath
defiled
my
sanctuary,
and
profaned
my
holy
name.
And
if
the
people
of
the
land neglecting,
and
as
it
were little regarding
my commandment,
let
alone
the
man
that hath
given
of
his
seed
to Moloch,
and
will
not
kill
him:
I
will
set
my
face
against
that
man,
and
his kindred,
and
will
cut
off
both
him
and
all
that consented
with
him,
to
commit fornication
with Moloch,
out
of
the
midst
of
their
people.
The
soul
that
shall go
aside
after magicians,
and soothsayers,
and
shall
commit fornication
with
them,
I
will
set
my
face
against
that
soul,
and
destroy
it
out
of
the
midst
of
its
people.
Sanctify
yourselves,
and
be ye
holy
because
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
Keep
my precepts,
and
do
them.
I
am
the
Lord
that
sanctify
you.
He
that curseth
his
father,
or
mother,
dying let
him
die:
he hath
cursed
his
father,
and
mother, let
his
blood
be upon
him.
If
any
man
commit
adultery
with
the
wife
of
another,
and defile
his neighbour’s
wife, let
them
be
put
to
death,
both
the
adulterer
and
the
adulteress.
If
a
man
lie
with
his stepmother,
and discover
the
nakedness
of
his
father,
let
them
both
be
put
to
death:
their
blood
be
upon
them.
If
any
man
lie
with
his daughter
in law, let
both
die,
because
they
have
done
a heinous
crime:
their
blood
be upon
them.
If
any
one
lie
with
a
man
as
with
a
woman,
both
have
committed
an
abomination, let
them
be
put
to
death:
their
blood
be
upon
them.
If
any
man
after marrying
the daughter,
marry
her
mother,
he hath
done
a
heinous
crime:
he
shall
be
burnt alive
with
them:
neither
shall
so great
an abomination
remain
in
the
midst
of
you.
He
that
shall copulate
with
any
beast
or
cattle,
dying
let
him
die,
the
beast
also ye
shall
kill.
The
woman
that
shall lie under
any
beast,
shall
be
killed
together
with
the
same:
their
blood
be
upon
them.
If
any
man
take
his
sister,
the
daughter
of
his
father,
or
the
daughter
of
his
mother,
and
see
her
nakedness,
and
she
behold
her brother’s
shame:
they
have
committed
a crime:
they
shall
be slain,
in
the
sight
of
their
people,
because
they
have discovered
one another’s
nakedness,
and
they
shall
bear
their
iniquity.
If
any
man
lie
with
a
woman
in
her flowers,
and
uncover
her
nakedness,
and
she
open
the
fountain
of
her
blood,
both
shall
be
destroyed
out
of
the
midst
of
their
people.
Thou shalt
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of thy aunt
by thy
mother,
and
of thy aunt
by thy
father:
he
that doth
this, hath
uncovered
the
shame
of
his own
flesh, both
shall
bear
their
iniquity.
If
any mall
lie
with
the
wife
of
his
uncle
by
the father,
or
of
his
uncle
by
the mother,
and
uncover
the
shame
of
his
near akin,
both
shall
bear
their
sin:
they
shall
die without children.
He
that marrieth
his
brother’s
wife, doth
an unlawful
thing,
he hath
uncovered
his
brother’s
nakedness:
they
shall
be without children.
Keep
my laws
and
my
judgments,
and
do
them: lest
the
land
into
which
you
are
to
enter
to
dwell therein,
vomit
you
also
out.
Walk
not
after
the laws
of
the
nations,
which
I
will
cast
out
before
you.
For
they
have
done
all
these
things,
and
therefore
I
abhorred
them.
But
to
you
I
say:
Possess
their
land
which
I
will
give
you
for
an
inheritance,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God,
who
have
separated
you
from other
people.
Therefore
do
you
also
separate
the
clean
beast
from
the
unclean,
and
the
clean
fowl
from
the
unclean:
defile
not
your
souls
with
beasts,
or
birds,
or
any
things
that move
on
the
earth,
and
which
I
have shewn
you
to
be
unclean.
You
shall
be
holy unto
me,
because
I
the
Lord
am
holy,
and
I
have
separated
you
from other
people,
that
you
should
be
mine.
A
man,
or
woman,
in whom
there
is
a pythonical
or divining
spirit,
dying
let
them
die:
they
shall
stone
them:
their
blood
be
upon
them.
The
Lord
said
also
to
Moses:
Speak
to
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
Let
not
a
priest incur
an uncleanness
at
the
death
of
his
citizens:
But
only
for
his kin, such
as
are
near
in
blood,
that
is
to say,
for
his
father
and
for
his
mother,
and
for
his
son,
and
for
his
daughter,
for
his
brother
also,
And
for
a maiden
sister,
who hath
had
no
husband:
But
not
even
for
the prince
of
his
people
shall
he do
any thing
that
may
make
him
unclean.
Neither
shall
they
shave
their
head,
nor
their
beard,
nor
make incisions
in
their
flesh.
They
shall
be
holy
to
their
God,
and
shall
not
profane
his
name:
for
they
offer
the burnt
offering
of
the
Lord,
and
the
bread
of
their
God,
and
therefore
they
shall
be
holy.
They
shall
not
take
to
wife
a
harlot
or
a vile
prostitute,
nor
one
that
has
been
put
away
from
her
husband:
because
they
are
consecrated
to
their
God,
And
offer
the leaves
of proposition.
Let
them
therefore
be
holy,
because
I
also
am
holy,
the
Lord,
who
sanctify
them.
If
the
daughter
of
a
priest
be taken
in whoredom,
and dishonour
the name
of
her
father,
she
shall
be
burnt
with
fire.
The
high
priest,
that
is
to say,
the
priest,
is
the
greatest
among
his
brethren.
upon
whose
head
the
oil
of unction hath
been
poured,
and
whose
hands
have
been consecrated
for
the priesthood,
and
who hath
been vested
with
the holy vestments,
shall
not uncover
his
head,
he
shall
not rend
his
garments:
Nor
shall
he
go
in
at
all
to
any
dead
person:
not
even
for
his
father,
or
his
mother,
shall
he
be
defiled:
Neither
shall
he
go
out
of
the
holy
places, lest
he
defile
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord,
because
the
oil
of
the
holy unction
of
his
God
is
upon
him.
I
am
the
Lord.
He
shall
take
a
virgin unto
his
wife:
But
a
widow
or
one
that
is
divorced,
or defiled,
or
a
harlot,
he
shall
not
take,
but
a maid
of
his own
people:
He
shall
not mingle
the stock
of
his kindred
with
the common
people
of
his
nation:
for
I
am
the
Lord
who
sanctify
him.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
Aaron: Whosoever
of thy
seed
throughout
their families, hath
a
blemish,
he
shall
not
offer
bread
to
his
God.
Neither
shall
he
approach
to minister
to
him:
If
he
be
blind,
if
he
be
lame,
if
he
have
a little,
or
a great,
or
a crooked nose,
If
his
foot,
or
if
his
hand
be
broken,
If he
be crookbacked,
or blear eyed,
or
have
a pearl
in
his
eye,
or
a continual
scab,
or
a dry scurf
in
his body,
or
a rupture:
Whosoever
of
the
seed
of
Aaron
the
priest hath
a
blemish,
he
shall
not
approach
to
offer
sacrifices
to
the
Lord,
nor
bread
to
his
God.
He shall
eat nevertheless
of
the
loaves,
that
are offered
in
the
sanctuary,
Yet
so
that
he
enter
not
within
the
veil,
nor
approach
to
the
altar,
because
he hath
a
blemish,
and
he
must
not
defile
my
sanctuary.
I
am
the
Lord
who
sanctify
them.
Moses
therefore
spoke
to
Aaron,
and
to
his
sons
and
to
all
Israel,
all
the
things
that
had
been
commanded
him.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons,
that
they beware
of
those
things
that
are
consecrated
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
defile
not
the
name
of
the
things
sanctified
to
me,
which
they offer.
I
am
the
Lord.
Say
to
them
and
to
their
posterity:
Every
man
of
your
race,
that approacheth
to
those
things
that
are
consecrated,
and
which
the
children
of
Israel
have
offered
to
the
Lord,
in
whom
there
is
uncleanness,
shall
perish
before
the
Lord.
I
am
the
Lord.
The
man
of
the
seed
of
Aaron,
that
is
a
leper,
or
that suffereth
a running
of
the
seed,
shall
not
eat
of
those
things
that
are sanctified
to
me,
until
he
be healed.
He
that toucheth
any
thing
unclean
by occasion
of
the
dead,
and
he
whose
seed goeth
from
him
as
in generation,
And
he
that toucheth
a creeping
thing,
or
any
unclean
thing,
the
touching
of
which
is
defiling,
Shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening,
and
shall
not
eat
those
things
that
are sanctified:
but
when
he hath
washed
his
flesh
with
water,
And
the
sun
is
down,
then being
purified,
he
shall
eat
of
the sanctified
things,
because
it
is
his meat.
That
which dieth
of itself,
and
that
which
was taken
by
a beast,
they
shall
not
eat,
nor
be
defiled therewith,
I
am
the
Lord.
Let
them
keep
my precepts,
that
they
may
not fall
into
sin,
and
die
in
the sanctuary,
when
they
shall
have
defiled
it.
I
am
the
Lord
who
sanctify
them.
No stranger
shall
eat
of
the sanctified
things:
a
sojourner
of
the
priests,
or
a
hired
servant,
shall
not
eat
of
them.
But
he whom
the
priest hath
bought,
and
he
that
is
his servant,
born
in
his
house,
these
shall
eat
of
them.
If
the
daughter
of
a
priest
be married
to
any
of
the
people,
she
shall
not
eat
of
those
things
that
are sanctified,
nor
of
the firstfruits.
But
if
she
be
a
widow,
or
divorced,
and
having
no
children
return
to
her
father’s
house,
she
shall
eat
of
her
father’s meats,
as
she
was wont
to
do
when
she
was
a maid,
no stranger hath leave
to
eat
of
them.
He
that eateth
of
the sanctified
things
through ignorance,
shall
add
the
fifth
part
with
that which
he
ate,
and
shall
give
it
to
the
priest
into
the
sanctuary.
And
they
shall
not
profane
the sanctified
things
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
they
offer
to
the
Lord:
Lest
perhaps
they
bear
the
iniquity
of
their
trespass,
when
they
shall
have
eaten
the
sanctified
things.
I
am
the
Lord
who
sanctify
them.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
Aaron,
and
to
his
sons,
and
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
The
man
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
of
the
strangers
who dwell
with
you,
that offereth
his oblation,
either paying
his
vows,
or
offering
of
his
own accord,
whatsoever
it
be
which
he presenteth
for
a holocaust
of
the
Lord,
To
be offered by
you, it
shall
be
a
male
without
blemish
of
the beeves,
or
of
the
sheep,
or
of
the
goats.
If
it
have
a
blemish
you
shall
not
offer
it,
neither
shall
it
be
acceptable.
The
man
that offereth
a victim
of
peace
offerings
to
the
Lord,
either paying
his
vows,
or
offering
of
his
own accord,
whether
of beeves
or
of
sheep,
shall
offer
it
without
blemish,
that
it
may
be
acceptable:
there
shall
be
no
blemish
in
it.
If
it
be blind,
or
broken,
or
have
a scar
or blisters,
or
a
scab,
or
a dry scurf:
you
shall
not
offer
them
to
the
Lord,
nor burn
any thing
of
them
upon
the
Lord’s
altar.
An
ox
or
a
sheep,
that hath
the ear
and
the tail cut
off, thou mayst
offer
voluntarily:
but
a
vow
may
not
be paid
with
them.
You
shall
not
offer
to
the
Lord
any beast
that hath
the testicles
bruised,
or
crushed,
or
cut
and taken
away:
neither
shall
you
do
any
such thing
in
your
land.
You
shall
not
offer
bread
to
your
God,
from
the
hand
of
a stranger,
nor
any
other
thing
that
he
would give:
because
they
are
all corrupted,
and defiled:
you
shall
not
receive
them.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
When
a bullock,
or
a
sheep,
or
a
goat,
is
brought
forth,
they
shall
be
seven
days
under
the udder
of
their dam:
but
the
eighth
day,
and thenceforth,
they
may
be offered
to
the
Lord.
Whether
it
be
a cow,
or
a
sheep,
they
shall
not
be sacrificed
the
same
day
with
their
young
ones.
If
you immolate
a victim
for
thanksgiving
to
the
Lord,
that
he
may
be favourable,
You
shall
eat
it
the
same
day,
there
shall
not
any
of
it
remain
until
the
morning
of
the next
day.
I
am
the
Lord.
Keep
my
commandments,
and
do
them.
I
am
the
Lord.
Profane
not
my
holy
name,
that
I
may
be
sanctified
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel.
I
am
the
Lord
who
sanctify
you,
And
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
I
might
be
your
God:
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
These
are
the
feasts
of
the
Lord,
which
you
shall
call
holy.
Six
days
shall ye
do
work:
the
seventh
day,
because
it
is
the
rest
of
the
sabbath,
shall
be called
holy.
You
shall
do
no
work
on
that
day:
it
is
the
sabbath
of
the
Lord
in
all
your
habitations.
These
also
are
the
holy days
of
the
Lord,
which
you
must celebrate
in
their
seasons.
The
first
month,
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
at
evening,
is
the phase
of
the
Lord:
And
the fifteenth
day
of
the
same
month
is
the solemnity
of
the
unleavened
bread
of
the
Lord.
Seven
days
shall
you
eat
unleavened
bread.
The
first
day
shall
be
most solemn unto
you,
and
holy:
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein:
But
you
shall
offer sacrifice
in
fire
to
the
Lord
seven
days.
And
the
seventh
day
shall
be
more solemn,
and
more
holy:
and
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
When
you
shall
have
entered
into
the
land
which
I
will
give
you,
and
shall
reap
your corn,
you
shall
bring sheaves
of ears,
the firstfruits
of
your
harvest
to
the
priest:
Who
shall lift
up
the
shed
before
the
Lord,
the
next
day
after
the
sabbath,
that
it
may
be
acceptable
for
you,
and
shall sanctify
it.
And
on
the
same
day
that
the
sheaf
is consecrated,
a
lamb
without
blemish
of
the
first
year
shall
be killed
for
a holocaust
of
the
Lord.
And
the libations
shall
be offered
with
it,
two tenths
of hour tempered
with
oil
for
a burnt
offering
of
the
Lord,
and
a most sweet odour: libations
also
of
wine,
the
fourth part
of
a
hin.
You
shall
not
eat
either
bread,
or
parched corn,
or frumenty
of
the
harvest,
until
the
day
that
you
shall offer thereof
to
your
God.
It
is
a precept
for
ever
throughout
your
generations,
and
all
your
dwellings.
You
shall
count
therefore
from
the morrow
after
the
sabbath, wherein
you
offered
the
sheaf
of
the firstfruits,
seven
full
weeks.
Even unto
the marrow
after
the
seventh week
be expired,
that
is
to say,
fifty
days,
and
so
you
shall
offer
a
new
sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
Out
of all
your
dwellings,
two leaves
of
the firstfruits,
of
two tenths
of
flour
leavened,
which
you
shall
bake
for
the firstfruits
of
the
Lord.
And
you
shall
offer
with
the leaves
seven
lambs
without
blemish
of
the
first
year,
and
one
calf
from
the
herd,
and
two
rams,
and
they
shall
be
for
a holocaust
with
their libations
far
a most sweet odour
to
the
Lord.
You
shall
offer
also
a buck
goat
for
sin,
and
two
lambs
of
the
first
year
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings.
And
when
the
priest hath
lifted
them
up
with
the leaves
of
the firstfruits
before
the
Lord,
they
shall
fall
to
his
use.
And
you
shall
call
this
day
most solemn,
and
most
holy.
You
shall
do
no servile
work therein.
It
shall
be
an
everlasting
ordinance
in
all
your
dwellings
and
generations.
And
when
you
reap
the corn
of
your
land,
you
shall
not cut
it
to
the very
ground:
neither
shall
you
gather
the ears
that
remain;
but
you
shall
leave
them
for
the
poor
and
for
the
strangers.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
The
seventh
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
you
shall keep
a
sabbath,
a
memorial,
with
she
sound
of
trumpets,
and
it
shall
be
called
holy.
You
shall
do
no servile
work therein,
and
you
shall
offer
a holocaust
to
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Upon
the
tenth
day
of
this
seventh
month
shall
be
the
day
of
atonement,
it
shall
be
most solemn,
and
shall
be called
holy:
and
you
shall
afflict
your
souls
on
that
day,
and
shall
offer
a holocaust
to
the
Lord.
You
shall
do
no servile
work
in
the
time
of
this
day:
because
it
is
a
day
of propitiation,
that
the
Lord
your
God
may
be merciful unto
you.
Every
soul
that
is
not afflicted
on
this
day,
shall
perish
from
among
his
people:
And
every
soul
that
shall
do
any
work,
the
same
will
I
destroy
from
among
his
people.
You
shall
do
no
work therefore
on
that day:
it
shall
be an
everlasting
ordinance unto
you
in
all
your
generations,
and
dwellings.
It
is
a
sabbath
of
rest,
and
you shell
afflict
your
souls
beginning on
the
ninth
day
of
the
month:
from
evening
until
evening
you
shall celebrate
your
sabbaths.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
From
the fifteenth
day
of
this
same
seventh
month,
shall
be kept
the
feast
of tabernacles
seven
days
to
the
Lord.
The
first
day
shall
be called
most solemn
and
most
holy:
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein.
And seven
days
you
shall
offer holocausts
to
the Lord.
The
eighth
day
also
shall
be
most
solemn
and
most
holy,
and
you
shall
offer holocausts
to
the
Lord:
for
it
is
the
day
of
assembly
and congregation:
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein.
These
are
the
feasts
of
the
Lord,
which
you
shall
call
most solemn
and
most
holy,
and
shall
offer
on
them oblations
to
the
Lord, holocausts
and libations according
to
the rite
of
every
day,
Besides
the
sabbaths
of
the
Lord,
and
your
gifts,
and
those
things
that
you
offer
by
vow,
or
which
you
shall
give
to
the
Lord
voluntarily.
So
from
the fifteenth
day
of
the
seventh
month,
when
you
shall
have
gathered
in
all
the fruits
of
your
land,
you
shall
celebrate
the
feast
of
the
Lord
seven
days:
on
the
first
day
and
the
eighth
shall
be
a
sabbath,
that
is
a
day
of
rest.
And
you
shall
take
to
you
on
the
first
day
the
fruits
of
the fairest
tree,
and
branches
of
palm
trees,
and
boughs
of thick
trees,
and
willows
of
the
brook,
and
you
shall
rejoice
before
the
Lord
your
God.
And
you
shall keep
the solemnity thereof
seven
days
in
the
year.
It
shall
be
an
everlasting
ordinance
in
your
generations.
In
the
seventh
month
shall
you
celebrate
this
feast.
And
you
shall
dwell
in bowers
seven
days:
every
one
that
is
of
the race
of
Israel,
shall
dwell
in tabernacles:
That
your posterity
may
know,
that
I
made
the
children
of
Israel
to
dwell
in tabernacles,
when
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
And
Moses
spoke
concerning
the
feasts
of
the
Lord
to
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Command
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
bring unto thee
the finest
and dearest
oil
of
olives,
to furnish
the
lamps
continually,
Without
the
veil
of
the
testimony
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
And
Aaron
shall
set
them
from
evening
until
morning
before
the
Lord,
by
a
perpetual service
and rite
in
your
generations.
They
shall
be set
upon
the most
pure candlestick
before
the
Lord
continually.
Thou shalt
take
also
fine hour,
and shalt
bake
twelve leaves thereof,
two tenths shall
be
in
every
loaf:
And thou shalt
set
them
six
and
six
one
against another
upon
the most
clean
table
before
the
Lord:
And thou shalt
put
upon
them
the dearest
frankincense,
that
the
bread
may
be
for
a
memorial
of
the oblation
of
the
Lord.
Every
sabbath
they
shall
be changed
before
the
Lord,
being received
of
the
children
of
Israel
by
an
everlasting
covenant:
And
they
shall
be
Aaron’s
and
his
sons’,
that
they
may
eat
them
in
the
holy
place:
because
it
is
most
holy
of
the
sacrifices
of
the
Lord
by
a
perpetual
right.
And behold
there
went
out
the
son
of
a
woman
of
Israel, whom
she
had
of
an
Egyptian,
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
fell
at words
in
the
camp
with
a
man
of
Israel.
And
when
he
had blasphemed
the
name,
and
had
cursed
it,
he
was
brought
to
Moses: (now
his
mother
was
called Salumith,
the
daughter
of Dabri,
of
the
tribe
of
Dan:)
And
they
put
him
into
prison, till
they
might know
what
the
Lord
would
command.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
Saying:
Bring
forth
the blasphemer without
the
camp,
and let
them
that
heard
him,
put
their
hands
upon
his
head,
and let
all
the
people
stone
him.
And thou shalt
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel:
the
man
that curseth
his
God,
shall
bear
his
sin:
And
he
that blasphemeth
the
name
of
the
Lord,
dying let
him
die:
all
the multitude
shall
stone
him, whether
he
be
a
native
or
a
stranger.
He
that blasphemeth
the
name
of
the
Lord,
dying let
him
die.
He
that striketh
and killeth
a
man,
dying
let
him
die.
He
that killeth
a
beast,
shall make
it good,
that
is
to say,
shall give
beast
for
beast.
He
that giveth
a
blemish
to
any
of
his neighbours:
as
he hath
done,
so
shall
it
be
done
to
him:
Breach
for breach,
eye
for
eye,
tooth
for
tooth,
shall
he restore.
What
blemish
he
gave,
the
like
shall
he
be compelled
to suffer.
He
that striketh
a
beast,
shall render
another.
He
that striketh
a
man
shall
be punished.
Let
there
be equal
judgment among
you, whether
he
be
a
stranger,
or
a
native
that offends:
because
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
And
Moses
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel:
and
they
brought
forth
him
that
had blasphemed, without
the
camp,
and
they
stoned
him.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
in
mount
Sinai,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
When
you
shall
have
entered
into
the
land
which
I
will
give
you, observe
the rest
of
the
sabbath
to
the
Lord.
Six
years thou shalt
sow thy
field
and
six
years thou shalt
prune thy
vineyard,
and shalt
gather
the fruits thereof:
But
in
the
seventh
year
there
shall
be
a
sabbath
to
the
land,
of
the resting
of
the
Lord: thou shalt
not
sow thy
field,
nor
prune thy
vineyard.
What
the
ground
shall
bring forth
of itself, thou shalt
not
reap:
neither shalt thou
gather
the
grapes
of
the firstfruits
as
a vintage:
for
it
is
a
year
of
rest
to
the
land:
But
they
shall
be unto
you
for meat,
to thee
and
to thy manservant,
to thy
maidservant
and thy hireling,
and
to
the strangers
that sojourn
with thee:
All
things
that grow
shall
be meat
to thy
beasts
and
to thy
cattle.
Thou shalt
also
number
to thee
seven
weeks
of
years,
that
is
to say,
seven
times
seven, which together make forty-nine
years:
And thou shalt
sound
the
trumpet
in
the
seventh
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
in
the
time
of
the expiation
in
all
your
land.
And thou shalt
sanctify
the
fiftieth
year,
and shalt
proclaim remission
to
all
the
inhabitants
of thy
land:
for
it
is
the
year
of
jubilee.
Every
man
shall
return
to
his
possession,
and
every
one
shall
go
back
to
his former
family:
Because
it
is
the
jubilee
and
the
fiftieth
year.
You
shall
not
sow,
nor
reap
the
things
that grow
in
the field
of
their
own accord,
neither
shall
you
gather
the firstfruits
of
the
vines,
Because
of
the sanctification
of
the
jubilee:
but
as
they grow
you
shall presently
eat
them.
In
the
year
of
the
jubilee
all
shall
return
to
their
possessions.
When thou shalt
sell
any
thing
to thy neighbour,
or shalt
buy
of
him; grieve
not thy
brother:
but thou shalt
buy
of
him
according
to
the number
of years
from
the jubilee.
And
he
shall
sell
to thee
according
to
the computation
of
the fruits.
The
more
years remain
after
the jubilee,
the
more
shall
the
price
increase:
and
the
less
time
is
counted,
so
much
the
less
shall
the
purchase cost.
For
he
shall
sell
to thee
the
time
of
the fruits.
Do
not afflict
your countrymen,
but
let
every
one
fear
his
God:
because
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
Do
my precepts,
and
keep
my
judgments,
and fulfill
them:
that
you
may
dwell
in
the
land without any fear,
And
the
ground
may
yield
you
its
fruits,
of which
you
may
eat
your
fill, fearing
no mall’s invasion.
But
if
you
say:
What
shall
we
eat
the
seventh
year,
if
we
sow
not,
nor
gather
our fruits?
I
will
give
you
my
blessing
the
sixth
year,
and
it shall
yield
the fruits
of
three
years:
And
the
eighth
year
you shall
sow,
and shall
eat
of
the
old fruits,
until
the
ninth
year:
till new grow
up,
you shall
eat
the
old store.
The
land
also
shall
not
be
sold
for ever:
because
it
is mine,
and
you
are
strangers
and
sojourners
with
me.
For which
cause
all
the
country
of
your
possession
shall
be under
the condition
of
redemption.
If thy
brother being impoverished
sell
his little
possession,
and
his
kinsman
will,
he
may
redeem
what
he
had
sold.
But
if
he
have
no
kinsman,
and
he
himself
can
find
the price
to
redeem
it:
The
value
of
the fruits
shall
be
counted
from
that
time
when
he
sold
it:
and
the overplus
he
shall
restore
to
the buyer,
and
so
shall receive
his
possession
again.
But
if
his
hands
find
not
the
means
to
repay
the price,
the
buyer
shall
have
what
he
bought,
until
the
year
of
the
jubilee.
For
in
that
year
all
that
is
sold
shall
return
to
the
owner,
and
to
the ancient
possessor.
He
that selleth
a
house
within
the
walls
of
a
city,
shall
have
the liberty
to redeem
it,
until
one
year
be expired:
If
he
redeem
it
not,
and
the
whole
year
be
fully
out,
the
buyer
shall possess
it,
and
his posterity
for
ever,
and
it
cannot
be
redeemed,
not
even
in
the
jubilee.
But
if
the
house
be
in
a village,
that hath
no
walls,
it
shall
be
sold
according
to
the same law
as
the
fields:
if
it
be
not redeemed
before,
in
the
jubilee
it
shall return
to
the owner.
The
houses
of
Levites,
which
are
in
cities,
may
always
be redeemed:
If
they
be
not
redeemed,
in
the
jubilee
they
shall
all return
to
the owners,
because
the
houses
of
the
cities
of
the
Levites
are
for
their
possessions
among
the
children
of
Israel.
But
let
not
their suburbs
be
sold,
because
it
is
a
perpetual
possession.
If thy
brother
be impoverished,
and weak
of
hand,
and thou receive
him
as
a
stranger
and
sojourner,
and
he
live
with thee,
Take
not
usury
of
him
nor more
than thou gavest:
fear thy
God,
that thy
brother
may
live
with thee.
Thou shalt
not
give
him thy
money upon usury,
nor exact
of
him
any
increase
of fruits.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
I
might
give
you
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
might
be
your
God.
If thy
brother constrained
by poverty,
sell
himself
to thee, thou shalt
not oppress
him
with
the
service
of bondservants:
But
he shall
be
as
a hireling,
and
a
sojourner:
he shall
work
with thee
until
the
year
of
the
jubilee,
And afterwards
he
shall
go
out
with
his
children,
and
shall
return
to
his kindred
and
to
the
possession
of
his
fathers,
For
they
are
my
servants,
and
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
let
them
not
be
sold
as bondmen:
Afflict
him
not
by might,
but
fear thy
God.
Let
your bondmen,
and
your bondwomen,
be
of
the
nations
that
are
round
about
you.
And
of
the strangers
that sojourn
among
you,
or
that
were
born
of
them
in
your
land,
these
you
shall
have
for servants:
And
by right
of
inheritance
shall
leave
them
to
your posterity,
and
shall
possess
them
for
ever.
But oppress
not
your
brethren
the
children
of
Israel
by
might.
If
the
hand
of
a
stranger
or
a
sojourner grow strong
among
you,
and thy
brother being impoverished
sell
himself
to
him,
or
to
any
of
his race:
After
the
sale
he
may
be
redeemed.
He
that
will
of
his
brethren
shall
redeem
him:
Either
his
uncle,
or
his
uncle’s
son,
or
his
kinsman,
by
blood,
or
by affinity.
But
if
he
himself
be
able
also,
he
shall
redeem
himself,
Counting
only
the
years
from
the
time
of
his
selling unto
the
year
of
the
jubilee:
and
counting
the
money
that
he
was
sold
for, according
to
the
number
of
the
years
and
the reckoning
of
a
hired
servant,
If
there
be
many
years
that remain until
the jubilee,
according
to
them
shall
he
also
repay
the
price.
If
few,
he
shall
make
the reckoning
with
him
according
to
the number
of
the
years,
and
shall
repay
to
the buyer
of
what remaineth
of
the
years,
His wages
being allowed
for
which
he
served
before:
he
shall
not afflict
him violently
in thy
sight.
And
if
by
these
means
he
cannot
be
redeemed,
in
the
year
of
the
jubilee
he
shall
go
out
with
his
children.
For
the
children
of
Israel
are
my
servants,
whom
I
brought
forth
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God:
you
shall
not
make
to
yourselves
any
idol
or
graven
thing,
neither
shall
you
erect
pillars,
nor
set
up
a remarkable
stone
in
your
land,
to adore
it:
for
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
Keep
my
sabbaths,
and reverence
my
sanctuary:
I
am
the
Lord.
If
you walk
in
my precepts,
and
keep
my
commandments,
and
do
them,
I
will
give
you rein
in
due seasons.
And
the
ground
shall
bring
forth
its
increase,
and
the
trees
shall
be filled
with
fruit.
The
threshing
of
your
harvest
shall
reach unto
the
vintage,
and
the
vintage
shall
reach unto
the
sowing
time:
and
you
shall
eat
your
bread
to
the
full,
and
dwell
in
your
land without fear.
I
will
give
peace
in
your coasts:
you
shall
sleep,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
make
you
afraid.
I
will
take
away
evil
beasts:
and
the
sword
shall
not
pass
through
your quarters.
You
shall
pursue
your
enemies,
and
they
shall
fall
before
you.
Five
of yours
shall
pursue
a
hundred others,
and
a
hundred
of
you
ten
thousand:
your
enemies
shall
fall
before
you
by
the
sword.
I
will
look
on
you,
and
make
you
increase:
you shell be
multiplied,
and
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you.
You
shall
eat
the oldest
of
the
old store,
and,
new
coming
on,
you
shall cast
away
the
old.
I
will
set
my
tabernacle
in
the
midst
of
you,
and
my
soul
shall
not
cast
you
off.
I
will
walk
among
you,
and
will
be
your
God,
and
you shall
be
my
people.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God:
who
have
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
the
Egyptians,
that
you
should
not
serve
them,
and
who
have
broken
the chains
of
your necks,
that
you
might
go
upright.
But
if
you
will
not
hear
me,
nor
do
all
my
commandments,
If
you
despise
my laws,
and contemn
my
judgments
so
as
not
to
do
those
things
which
are
appointed
by
me,
and
to
make void
my
covenant:
I
also
will
do
these things
to
you:
I
will quickly
visit
you
with poverty,
and burning heat,
which
shall
waste
your
eyes,
and
consume
your
lives.
You
shall
sow
your
seed
in vain,
which
shall
be
devoured
by
your
enemies.
I
will
set
my
face
against
you,
and
you
shall fall
down
before
your
enemies,
and
shall
be
made subject
to
them
that
hate
you,
you
shall
flee
when
no
man pursueth
you.
But
if
you
will
not
yet
for
all
this
obey
me:
I
will
chastise
you
seven
times
more
for
your
sins,
And
I
will
break
the
pride
of
your stubbornness,
and
I
will
make
to
you
the
heaven above
as
iron,
and
the
earth
as brass:
Your labour
shall
be
spent
in vain,
the
ground
shall
not
bring
forth
her
increase,
nor
the
trees
yield
their
fruit.
If
you walk
contrary
to
me,
and
will
not hearken
to
me,
I
will bring
seven
times
more
plagues
upon
you
for
your
sins:
And
I
will
send
in upon
you
the
beasts
of
the held,
to
destroy
you
and
your
cattle,
and
make
you
few
in number,
and
that
your highways
may
be
desolate.
And
if
even
so
you
will
not amend,
but
will
walk contrary
to
me:
I
also
will
walk
contrary
to
you,
and
will
strike
you
seven
times
for
your
sins.
And
I
will
bring
in
upon
you
the
sword
that
shall
avenge
my
covenant.
And
when
you
shall
flee
into
the
cities,
I
will
send
the
pestilence
in
the
midst
of
you,
and
you
shall
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
your
enemies,
After
I
shall
have
broken
the
staff
of
your
bread:
so
that
ten
women
shall
bake
your
bread
in
one
oven,
and
give
it
out
by
weight:
and
you
shall
eat,
and
shall
not
be
filled.
But
if
you
will
not
for all
this hearken
to
me,
but
will
walk
against
me:
I
will
also
go
against
you
with
opposite
fury,
and
I
will
chastise
you
with
seven plagues
for
your
sins,
So
that
you
shall
eat
the
flesh
of
your
sons
and
of
your
daughters.
I
will
destroy
your
high
places,
and break
your
idols.
You
shall fall
among
the ruins
of
your
idols,
and
my
soul
shall
abhor
you.
Insomuch
that
I
will
bring
your
cities
to
be
a wilderness,
and
I
will
make
your
sanctuaries
desolate,
and
will
receive
no
more
your sweet odours.
And
I
will
destroy
your
land,
and
your
enemies
shall
be
astonished
at
it,
when
they
shall
be
the
inhabitants thereof.
And
I
will
scatter
you
among
the
Gentiles,
and
I
will draw
out
the
sword
after
you,
and
your
land
shall
be desert,
and
your
cities
destroyed.
Then
shall
the
land
enjoy
her
sabbaths
all
the
days
of
her
desolation:
when
you
shall
be
In
the enemy’s land,
she
shall keep
a
sabbath,
and rest
in
the
sabbaths
of
her
desolation,
because
she
did
not rest
in
your
sabbaths
when
you
dwelt therein.
And
as
to
them
that
shall
remain
of
you
I
will send fear
in
their
hearts
in
the
countries
of
their
enemies,
the
sound
of
a flying
leaf
shall terrify
them,
and
they
shall
flee
as
it
were
from
the
sword:
they
shall
fall,
when
no
man pursueth
them,
And
they
shall
every
one
fall
upon
their
brethren
as fleeing
from
wars,
none
of
you
shall dare
to resist
your
enemies.
You
shall
perish
among
the
Gentiles,
and an enemy’s
land
shall
consume
you.
And if
of
them
also some
remain,
they
shall pine
away
in
their
iniquities,
in
the
land
of
their
enemies,
and
they
shall
be afflicted
for
the
sins
of
their
fathers,
and
their own:
Until
they
confess
their
iniquities
and
the
iniquities
of
their
ancestors,
whereby
they
have transgressed
me,
and
walked contrary unto
me.
Therefore
I
also
will walk
them,
and
bring
them
into
their enemies’
land until
their
uncircumcised
mind
be ashamed:
then
shall
they pray
for
their
sins.
And
I
will
remember
my
covenant,
that
I made
with
Jacob,
and
Isaac,
and
Abraham.
I
will
remember
also
the
land:
Which
when she
shall
be
left
by
them,
shall
enjoy
her
sabbaths,
being
desolate
for
them.
But
they
shall pray
for
their
sins,
because
they
rejected
my
judgments,
and despised
my laws.
And
yet
for
all
that
when
they
were
in
the
land
of
their
enemies,
I
did
not cast
them off altogether,
neither
did
I
so
despise
them
that
they
should
be quite
consumed,
and
I
should
make void
my
covenant
with
them.
For
I
am
the
Lord
their
God.
And
I
will
remember
my
former
covenant,
when
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
sight
of
the
Gentiles,
to
be
their
God.
I
am
the
Lord.
These
are
the judgments,
and precepts,
and laws,
which
the
Lord
gave between
him
and
the children
of Israel
in mount Sinai
by
the hand
of
Moses.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
The
man
that
shall
have
made
a
vow,
and
promised
his
soul
to
God,
shall
give
the price
according
to estimation.
If
it
be
a
man
from
twenty
years
old unto
sixty
years
old,
he
shall
give
fifty sides
of
silver,
after
the weight
of
the
sanctuary:
If
a
woman,
thirty.
But
from
the
fifth
year
until
the
twentieth,
a
man
shall
give
twenty sicles:
a
woman
ten.
From
one
month
until
the
fifth
year.
for
a
male
shall
be given
five sides:
for
a
female
three.
A
man
that
is
sixty
years
old
or
upward,
shall
give
fifteen aisles:
a
woman
ten.
If
he
be
poor,
and
not
able
to pay tile estimation,
he
shall
stand
before tile
priest:
and
as
much
as
he
shall
value
him
at,
and
see
him
able
to pay,
so
much
shall
he give.
But
a
beast
that
may
be sacrificed
to
the
Lord,
if ally
one
shall vow,
shall
be
holy,
And
cannot
be
changed,
that
is
to
say,
neither
a
better
for
a
worse,
nor
a
worse
for
a
better.
And
if
he
shall
change
it: both
that
which
was
changed,
and
that
for
which
it
was
changed,
shall
be
consecrated
to
the Lord.
An
unclean
beast,
which
cannot
be sacrificed
to
the
Lord,
if
my
man
shall vow,
shall
be
brought
before
the
priest:
Who judging
whether
it
be
good
or
bad,
shall set
the price:
Which
if
he
that offereth
it
will
give,
he
shall
add
above
the estimation
the
fifth
part.
If
a
man
shall vow
his
house,
and
sanctify
it
to
the
Lord,
the
priest
shall consider
it,
whether
it
be
good
or
bad,
and
it
shall
be sold
according
to
the price,
which
he
shall
appoint.
But
if
he
that vowed,
will
redeem
it,
he
shall
give
the
fifth
part
of
the estimation
over
and
above,
and
shall
have
the
house.
And
if
he vow
the
field
of
his
possession,
and
consecrate
it
to
the
Lord,
the
price
shall
be rated
according
to
the measure
of
the
seed.
If
the
ground
be sowed
with thirty bushels
of
barley,
let
it
be
sold
for
fifty sides
of
silver.
If
he vow
his
field
immediately
from
the
year
of
jubilee
that
is beginning,
as much
as
it
may be worth,
at
so much
it
shall be rated.
But
if
some
time
after,
the
priest
shall reckon
the
money
according
to
the number
of
years
that
remain
until
the
jubilee,
and
the
price
shall
be abated.
And
if
he
that
had vowed,
will
redeem
his
field,
he
shall
add
the
fifth
part
of
the
money
of
the estimation,
and
shall possess
it.
And
if
he
will
not
redeem
it,
but
it
be
sold
to
any
other
man,
he
that vowed
it,
may
not
redeem
it
any
more:
For
when
the day
of
jubilee cometh,
it
shall
be sanctified
to
the
Lord,
and
as
a
possession
consecrated, pertaineth
to
the right
of
the
priests.
If
a
field
that
was
bought,
and
not
of
a man’s ancestors’
possession,
be
sanctified
to
the
Lord,
The
priest
shall reckon
the price according
to
the
number
of
years: unto
the
jubilee:
and
he
that
had vowed,
shall
give
that
to
the
Lord.
But
in
the
jubilee,
it
shall
return
to
the former
owner,
who
had
sold
it,
and
had
it
in
the lot
of
his
possession.
All estimation shall
be
made according
to
the side
of
the
sanctuary.
A sicle hath
twenty obols.
The
firstborn,
which belong
to
the
Lord,
no
man
may
sanctify
and vow:
whether
it
be bullock,
or
sheep,
they
are
the
Lord’s.
And
if
it
be
an
unclean
beast,
he
that offereth
it
shall
redeem
it,
according
to thy estimation,
and
shall
add
the
fifth
part
of
the
price.
If
he
will
not
redeem
it,
it
shall
be
sold
to
another
for how
much soever
it
was estimated
by thee.
Any
thing
that
is
devoted
to
the
Lord, whether
it
be
man,
or
beast,
or
field,
shall
not
be
sold,
neither
may
it
be
redeemed.
Whatsoever
is once
consecrated
shall
be
holy
of
holies
to
the
Lord.
And
any consecration
that
is offered
by
man,
shall
not
be
redeemed,
but
dying
shall
die.
All
tithes
of
the
land, whether
of corn,
or
of
the
fruits
of
trees,
are
the
Lord’s,
and
are sanctified
to
him.
And
if
any
man
will
redeem
his
tithes,
he
shall
add
the
fifth
part
of
them.
Of
all
the
tithes
of
oxen,
and
sheep,
and goats,
that
pass
under
the shepherd’s
rod,
every
tenth
that cometh
shall
be sanctified
to
the
Lord.
It
shall
not
be chosen
neither
good
nor
bad,
neither
shall
it
be
changed
for
another.
If
any man
change
it: both
that
which
was
changed,
and
that
for
which
it
was
changed,
shall
be sanctified
to
the Lord,
and
shall
not
be
redeemed.
These
are
the precepts
which
the
Lord
commanded
Moses
for
the
children
of
Israel
in
mount
Sinai.
Numbers
The Fourth Book of Moses, Commonly Called Numbers
Numbers
Num
The Fourth Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Numbers
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
desert
of
Sinai
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
the
first
day
of
the
second
month,
the
second
year
of
their
going
out
of
Egypt,
saying:
Take
the
sum
of
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
by
their
families,
and
houses,
and
the
names
of
every
one,
as
many
as
are
of
the
male sex,
From
twenty
years
old
and
upwards,
of
all
the
men
of
Israel fit
for
war,
and
you
shall
number
them
by
their
troops, thou
and
Aaron.
And
there
shall
be
with
you
the princes
of
the
tribes,
and
of
the
houses
in
their kindreds,
Whose
names
are
these:
Of Ruben, Elisur
the
son
of Sedeur.
Of
Simeon, Salamiel
the
son
of Surisaddai.
Of Juda, Nahasson
the
son
of Aminadab.
Of
Issachar, Nathanael
the
son
of Suar.
Of Zabulon,
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon.
And
of
the
sons
of
Joseph:
of
Ephraim, Elisama
the
son
of Ammiud:
of Manasses,
Gamaliel
the
son
of Phadassur.
Of
Benjamin,
Abidan
the
son
of Gedeon.
Of
Dan,
Ahiezer
the
son
of Ammisaddai.
Of Aser, Phegiel
the
son
of
Ochran.
Of
Gad,
Eliasaph
the
son
of Duel.
Of Nephtali,
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan.
These
are
the most noble
princes
of
the multitude
by
their
tribes
and kindreds,
and
the
chiefs
of
the army
of
Israel:
Whom
Moses
and
Aaron
took
with
all
the multitude
of
the common
people:
And
assembled
them
on
the
first
day
of
the
second
month, reckoning
them
up
by
the kindreds,
and
houses,
and
families,
and heads,
and
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
As
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
And
they
were
numbered
in
the
desert
of
Sinai.
Of Ruben
the eldest
son
of
Israel,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
and
names
of
every
head,
all
that
were
of
the
male sex,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Were forty-six
thousand
five
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of
Simeon
by
their
generations
and
families,
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
and heads
of
every
one,
all
that
were
of
the
male sex,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Fifty-nine
thousand
three
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of
Gad,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Forty-five
thousand
six
hundred
and
fifty.
Of
the
sons
of Juda,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Were reckoned up seventy-four
thousand
six
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of
Issachar,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that could
go
forth
to
war,
Were reckoned up fifty-four
thousand
four
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of Zabulon,
by
the
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Fifty-seven
thousand
four
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of
Joseph, namely,
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim,
by
the
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Forty
thousand
five
hundred.
Moreover
of
the
sons
of Manasses,
by
the
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that could
go
forth
to
war,
Thirty-two
thousand
two
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of
Benjamin,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Thirty-five
thousand
four
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of
Dan,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Sixty-two
thousand
seven
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of Aser,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Forty-one
thousand
and
five
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of Nephtali,
by
their
generations
and
families
and
houses
of
their kindreds,
were reckoned
up
by
the
names
of
every
one
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
that
were able
to
go
forth
to
war,
Fifty-three
thousand
four
hundred.
These era
they
who
were
numbered
by
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
the
twelve
princes
of
Israel,
every
one
by
the
houses
of
their kindreds.
And
the
whole
number
of
the
children
of
Israel
by
their
houses
and
families,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
that
were able
to
go
to
war,
Were
six
hundred
and
three
thousand
five
hundred
and
fifty
men.
But
the
Levites
in
the
tribes
of
their
families
were
not
numbered
with
them.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Number
not
the
tribe
of
Levi,
neither shalt thou
put
down
the
sum
of
them
with
the
children
of
Israel:
But
appoint
them
over
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony,
and
all
the
vessels thereof,
and
whatsoever pertaineth
to
the ceremonies.
They
shall
carry
the
tabernacle
and
all
the
furniture thereof:
and
they
shall
minister,
and
shall
encamp
round
about
the
tabernacle.
When
you
are
to
go
forward,
the
Levites
shall
take
down
the
tabernacle:
when
you
are
to
camp, they
shall
set
it
up. What stranger soever cometh
to
it,
shall
be slain.
And
the
children
of
Israel
shall
camp
every
man
by
his
troops
and bands
and
army.
But
the
Levites
shall pitch
their
tents
round
about
the
tabernacle, lest
there
come indignation
upon
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they
shall
keep
watch,
and
guard
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did according
to
all
things
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
All
the
children
of
Israel
shall
camp
by
their
troops, ensigns,
and
standards,
and
the
houses
of
their kindreds,
round
about
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
On
the
east Juda
shall pitch
his tents
by
the bands
of
his
army:
and
the
prince
of
his
sons
shall
be Nahasson
the
son
of Aminadab.
And
the whole sum
of
the fighting
men
of
his stock,
were seventy-four
thousand
six
hundred.
Next unto
him
they
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar
encamped,
whose
prince
was Nathanael,
the
son
of Suar.
And
the whole
number
of
his fighting
men
were fifty-four
thousand
four
hundred.
In
the
tribe
of Zabulon
the
prince
was
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon.
And
all
the
army
of fighting
men
of
his stock,
were fifty-seven
thousand
four
hundred.
All
that
were
numbered
in
the
camp
of Juda,
were
a
hundred
and
eighty-six
thousand
four
hundred:
and
they
by
their
troops
shall march
first.
In
the
camp
of
the
sons
of Ruben,
on
the
south
side,
the
prince
shall
be Elisur
the
son
of Sedeur:
And
the whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
were
numbered,
were forty-six
thousand
five
hundred.
Beside
him
camped
they
of
the
tribe
of
Simeon:
whose
prince
was Salamiel
the
son
of Surisaddai.
And
the whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
were
numbered,
were fifty-nine
thousand
three
hundred.
In
the
tribe
of
Gad
the
prince
was
Eliasaph
the
son
of Duel.
And
the whole
army
of
his fighting
men
that
were
numbered,
were
forty-five
thousand
six
hundred
and
fifty.
All
that
were reckoned
up
in
the
camp
of Ruben,
were
a
hundred
and fifty-one
thousand
four
hundred
and
fifty,
by
their
troops:
they
shall march
in
the
second
place.
And
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony
shall
be
carried
by
the officers
of
the
Levites
and
their
troops.
As
it
shall
be
set
up,
so
shall
it
be taken
down.
Every
one
shall march
according
to
their
places,
and ranks.
On
the
west
side
shall
be
the
camp
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim,
whose
prince
was Elisama,
the
son
of Ammiud.
The whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
were
numbered,
were
forty
thousand
five
hundred.
And
with
them
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of Manasses,
whose
prince
was
Gamaliel
the
son
of Phadassur.
And
the whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
were
numbered,
were thirty-two
thousand
two
hundred.
In
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of
Benjamin
the
prince
was
Abidan
the
son
of Gedeon.
And
the whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
were reckoned up,
were thirty-five
thousand
four
hundred.
All
that
were
numbered
in
the
camp
of
Ephraim,
were
a
hundred
and
eight
thousand
one
hundred
by
their
troops:
they
shall march
in
the
third
place.
On
the
north
side camped
the
sons
of
Dan:
whose
prince
was Ahiezar
the
son
of Ammisaddai.
The whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
were
numbered,
were sixty-two
thousand
seven
hundred.
Beside
him
they
of
the
tribe
of Aser
pitched
their tents:
whose
prince
was Phegiel
the
son
of
Ochran.
The whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
were
numbered,
were forty-one
thousand
five
hundred.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of Nephtali
the
prince
was
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan.
The whole
army
of
his fighting
men,
were fifty-three
thousand
four
hundred.
All
that
were
numbered
in
the
camp
of
Dan,
were
a
hundred
and fifty-seven
thousand
six
hundred:
and
they
shall march
last.
This
is
the
number
of
the
children
of
Israel,
of
their
army divided according
to
the
houses
of
their kindreds
and
their
troops,
six
hundred
and
three
thousand
five
hundred
and
fifty.
And
the
Levites
were
not
numbered
among
the
children
of
Israel:
for
so
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
according
to
all
things
that
the
Lord
had
commanded.
They
camped
by
their
troops,
and marched
by
the
families
and
houses
of
their
fathers.
These
are
the
generations
of
Aaron
and
Moses
in
the
day
that
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
in
mount
Sinai.
And
these
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Aaron:
his
firstborn
Nadab,
then Abiu,
and
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
These
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Aaron
the
priests
that
were
anointed,
and
whose
hands
were
filled
and consecrated,
to
do
the functions
of
priesthood.
Now
Nadab
and Abiu
died,
without
children,
when
they
offered
strange
fire
before
the
Lord,
in
the
desert
of
Sinai:
and
Eleazar
and
Ithamar performed
the priestly office
in
the
presence
of
Aaron
their
father.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Bring
the
tribe
of
Levi,
and
make
them
stand
in
the
sight
of
Aaron
the
priest
to
minister
to
him,
and let
them watch,
And
observe
whatsoever appertaineth
to
the
service
of
the multitude
before
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
And let
them
keep
the
vessels
of
the
tabernacle,
serving
in
the
ministry thereof.
And thou shalt
give
the
Levites
for
a
gift,
To
Aaron
and
to
his
sons,
to whom
they
are delivered
by
the
children
of
Israel.
But thou shalt
appoint
Aaron
and
his
sons
over
the service
of
priesthood.
The stranger
that approacheth
to minister,
shall
be
put
to
death.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
I
have
taken
the
Levites
from
the
children
of
Israel,
for
every
firstborn
that openeth
the
womb
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
Levites
shall
be
mine.
For
every
firstborn
is mine:
since
I
struck
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
I
have
sanctified
to
myself
whatsoever
is
firstborn
in
Israel
both
of
man
and
beast,
they
are mine:
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
desert
of
Sinai,
saying:
Number
the
sons
of
Levi
by
the
houses
of
their
fathers
and
their
families,
every
male
from
one
month
and
upward.
Moses
numbered
them
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
there
were found
sons
of
Levi
by
their
names, Gerson
and Caath
and
Merari.
The
sons
of Gerson: Lebni
and Semei.
The
sons
of Caath:
Amram,
and Jesaar,
Hebron
and Oziel:
The
sons
of
Merari: Moholi
and Musi.
Of Gerson
were two
families,
the Lebnites,
and
the Semeites:
Of which
were
numbered,
people
of
the
male sex
from
one
month
and
upward,
seven
thousand
five
hundred.
These shall pitch
behind
the
tabernacle
on
the
west,
Under their
prince
Eliasaph
the
son
of
Lael.
And their
charge
shall
be
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
The
tabernacle itself
and
the cover thereof,
the
hanging
that
is drawn
before
the
doors
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
the curtains
of
the
court:
the
hanging
also
that
is hanged
in
the
entry
of
the
court
of
the
tabernacle,
and
whatsoever belongeth
to
the
rite
of
the
altar,
the
cords
of
the
tabernacle,
and
all
the furniture thereof.
Of
the kindred
of Caath come
the
families
of
the
Amramites
and Jesaarites
and
Hebronites
and Ozielites.
These
are
the
families
of
the Caathites reckoned up
by
their names:
All
of
the
male sex
from
one
month
and
upward,
eight
thousand
six
hundred:
they
shall
have
the
guard
of
the
sanctuary,
And
shall
camp
on
the
south
side.
And their
prince
shall
be Elisaphan
the
son
of Oziel:
And
they
shall
keep
the
ark,
and
the
table
and
the candlestick,
the
altars,
and
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary, wherewith
they
minister,
and
the
veil,
and
all
the
furniture
of
this
kind.
And
the
prince
of
the
princes
of
the
Levites,
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest,
shall
be over
them
that
watch
for
the
guard
of
the
sanctuary.
And
of
Merari
are
the
families
of
the Moholites,
and Musites, reckoned up
by
their names:
All
of
the
male kind
from
one
month
and
upward,
six
thousand
two
hundred.
Their
prince Suriel
the
son
of Abihaiel:
they
shall
camp
on
the
north
side.
Under
their custody
shall
be
the boards
of
the
tabernacle,
and
the
bars,
and
the
pillars
and
their
sockets,
and
all
things
that pertain
to
this
kind
of
service:
And
the
pillars
of
the
court
round
about
with
their
sockets,
and
the pins
with
their
cords.
Before
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
that
is
to
say
on
the
east
side,
shall
Moses
and
Aaron
camp,
with
their
sons, having
the custody
of
the
sanctuary,
in
the midst
of
the
children
of
Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto
it,
shall
be
put
to
death.
All
the
Levites,
that
Moses
and
Aaron
numbered
according
to
the precept
of
the
Lord,
by
their
families,
of
the
male kind
from
one
month
and
upward,
were
twenty-two
thousand.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Number
the
firstborn
of
the
male sex
of
the
children
of
Israel,
from
one
month
and
upward,
and thou shalt
take
the sum
of
them.
And thou shalt
take
the
Levites
to
me
for
all
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel,
I
am
the
Lord:
and
their
cattle
for
all
the
firstborn
of
the
cattle
of
the
children
of
Israel:
Moses reckoned
up,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded,
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel:
And
the
males
by
their
names,
from
one
month
and
upward,
were
twenty-two
thousand
two
hundred
and seventy-three.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses, saving:
Take
the
Levites
for
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
cattle
of
the
Levites
for
their
cattle,
and
the
Levites
shall
be
mine.
I
am
the
Lord.
But
for
the price
of
the
two
hundred
and seventy-three,
of
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
exceed
the number
of
the
Levites,
Thou shalt
take
five sides
for every
head, according
to
the weight
of
the
sanctuary.
A sicle hath
twenty obols.
And
then shalt
give
the
money
to
Aaron
and
his
sons,
the
price
of
them
that
are above.
Moses
therefore
took
the
money
of
them
that
were
above,
and whom
they
had redeemed
from
the
Levites,
For
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel,
one
thousand
three
hundred
and sixty-five sicles, according
to
the weight
of
the
sanctuary,
And
gave
it
to
Aaron
and
his
sons,
according
to
the
word
that
the
Lord
had
commanded
him.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
and
Aaron,
saying:
Take
the
sum
of
the
sons
of Caath
from
the
midst
of
the
Levites,
by
their
houses
and
families.
From
thirty
years
old
and
upward,
to
fifty
years
old,
of
all
that
go
in
to
stand
and
to minister
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
This
is
the
service
of
the
sons
of Caath:
When
the
camp
is
to
set
forward,
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
go
into
the tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
the holy
of holies,
and
shall
take
down
the
veil
that hangeth before
the door,
and
shall wrap
up
the
ark
of
the
testimony
in
it,
And
shall
cover
it again
with
a
cover
of
violet
skins,
and
shall
spread
over
it
a
cloth
all
of
violet,
and
shall
put
in
the
bars.
They
shall wrap
up
also
the
table
of proposition
in
a
cloth
of
violet,
and
shall
put
with
it
the censers
and little mortars,
the cups
and
bowls
to pour
out
the libations:
the leaves
shall
be
always
on
it:
And
they
shall
spread
over
it
a
cloth
of
scarlet, which again
they
shall
cover
with
a
covering
of violet
skins,
and
shall
put
in
the
bars.
They
shall
take
also
a
cloth
of
violet wherewith
they
shall
cover
the candlestick
with
the
lamps
and
tongs thereof
and
the
snuffers
and
all
the
oil
vessels,
which
are necessary
for
the dressing
of
the
lamps:
And
over
all
they
shall
put
a cover
of violet
skins
and
put
in
the
bars.
And
they
shall wrap
up
the
golden
altar
also
in
a
cloth
of
violet,
and
shall
spread
over
it
a
cover
of
violet
skins,
and
put
in
the
bars.
All
the
vessels wherewith
they
minister
in
the
sanctuary,
they
shall wrap
up
in
a
cloth
of
violet,
and
shall
spread
over
it
a
cover
of
violet
skins,
and
put
in
the
bars.
They shall cleanse
the
altar
also
from
the
ashes,
and shall wrap
it
up
in
a
purple
cloth,
And
shall
put
it
with
all
the
vessels
that
they use
in
the ministry thereof,
that
is
to say,
firepans, fleshhooks
and forks, pothooks
and
shovels.
They
shall
cover
all
the
vessels
of
the
altar
together
with
a
covering
of violet
skins,
and
shall
put
in
the
bars.
And
when
Aaron
and
his
sons
have wrapped
up
the
sanctuary
and
the
vessels thereof
at
the removing
of
the
camp,
then
shall
the
sons
of Caath
enter
in
to
carry
the
things wrapped
up:
and
they
shall
not
touch
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary, lest
they
die.
These
are
the burdens
of
the
sons
of Caath:
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
And
over
them
shall
be
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest,
to
whose charge pertaineth
the
oil
to dress
the lamps,
and
the
sweet
incense,
and
the
sacrifice,
that
is
always offered,
and
the
oil
of unction,
and
whatsoever pertaineth
to
the service
of
the
tabernacle,
and
of
all
the
vessels
that
are
in
the
sanctuary.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
Destroy
not
the
people
of Caath
from
the
midst
of
the
Levites:
But
do
this
to
them,
that
they
may
live,
and
not
die,
by touching
the
holies
of
holies.
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
go
in,
and
they
shall
appoint
every
man
his
work,
and
shall divide
the burdens
that
every
man
is
to
carry.
Let
not others
by
any curiosity
see
the
things
that
are
in
the
sanctuary
before
they
be wrapped
up,
otherwise
they
shall
die.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Take
the
sum
of
the soils
of Gerson
also
by
their
houses
and
families
and kindreds.
From
thirty Sears
old
and
upward, unto
fifty
years
old.
Number
them
all
that
go
in
and minister
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
This is
the
office
of
the
family
of
the Gersonites:
To
carry
the
curtains
of
the
tabernacle
and
the roof
of
the covenant,
the other
covering,
and
the violet
covering
over all,
and
the
hanging
that hangeth
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
The curtains
of
the
court,
and
the
veil
in
the
entry
that
is
before
the
tabernacle.
All
things
that pertain
to
the
altar,
the
cords
and
the
vessels
of
the
ministry,
The
sons
of Gerson
shall
carry,
by
the
commandment
of
Aaron
and
his
sons:
and
each
man
shall know
to
what
burden
he
must
be
assigned.
This
is
the
service
of
the
family
of
the Gersonites
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
they
shall
be
under
the
hand
of
Ithamar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest.
Thou shalt reckon
up
the
sons
of
Merari
also
by
the
families
and
houses
of
their
fathers,
From
thirty
years
old
and
upward, unto
fifty
years
old,
all
that
go
in
to
the
office
of
their
ministry,
and
to
the
service
of
the covenant
of
the testimony.
These
are
their burdens:
They
shall
carry
the boards
of
the
tabernacle
and
the
bars thereof,
the
pillars
and
their
sockets,
The
pillars
also
of
the
court
round
about,
with
their
sockets
and pins
and
cords.
They
shall receive
by
account
all
the
vessels
and
furniture,
and
so
shall
carry
them.
This
is
the
office
of
the
family
of
the Merarites,
and
their
ministry
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
and
they
shall
be
under
the
hand
of
Ithamar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest.
So
Moses
and
Aaron
and
the
princes
of
the synagogue reckoned
up
the
sons
of Caath,
by
their kindreds
and
the
houses
of
their
fathers,
From
thirty
years
old
and
upward, unto
fifty
years
old,
all
that
go
in
to
the
ministry
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
And they
were found
two
thousand
seven
hundred
and
fifty.
This
is
the
number
of
the
people
of Caath
that go
in
to
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
these
did
Moses
and
Aaron
number
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
The
sons
of Gerson also
were
numbered
by
the kindreds
and
houses
of
their
fathers,
From
thirty
years
old
and
upward, unto
fifty
years
old,
all
that
go
in
to minister
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
And they
were found
two
thousand
six
hundred
and
thirty.
This
is
the
people
of
the Gersonites,
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
numbered
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
The
sons
of
Merari also
were
numbered
by
the kindreds
and
houses
of
their
fathers,
From
thirty
years
old
and
upward, unto
fifty
years
old,
all
that
go
in
to fulfill
the rites
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
And they
were found
three
thousand
two
hundred.
This
is
the
number
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
whom
Moses
and
Aaron reckoned
up
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
All
that
were reckoned
up
of
the
Levites,
and
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
and
the
princes
of
Israel
took
by name,
by
the kindreds
and
houses
of
their
fathers,
From
thirty
years
old
and
upward,
until
fifty
years
old,
that
go
into
the
ministry
of
the
tabernacle,
and
to
carry
the burdens,
Were
in
all
eight
thousand
five
hundred
and
eighty.
Moses reckoned
them
up
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
every
one
according
to
their
office
and burdens,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Command
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
cast
out
of
the
camp
every
leper,
and whosoever hath
an issue
of seed,
or
is
defiled
by
the
dead:
Whether
it
be
man
or
woman,
cast ye
them
out
of
the
camp, lest
they
defile
it
when
I
shall
dwell
with
you.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
so,
and
they
cast
them
forth without
the
camp,
as
the
Lord
had
spoken
to
Moses.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
When
a
man
or
woman
shall
have
committed
any
of
all
the
sins
that
men
are wont
to commit,
and
by negligence
shall
have transgressed
the commandment
of
the
Lord,
and offended,
They
shall
confess
their
sin,
and
restore
the principal
itself,
and
the
fifth
part
over
and
above,
to
him
against
whom
they
have
sinned.
But
if
there
be
no
one
to receive
it,
they
shall
give
it
to
the
Lord,
and
it
shall
be
the
priest’s,
besides
the
ram
that
is offered
for expiation,
to
be
an atoning sacrifice.
All
the firstfruits
also,
which
the
children
of
Israel
offer,
belong
to
the
priest:
And whatsoever
is
offered
into
the
sanctuary
by
every
one,
and
is
delivered
into
the hands
of
the
priest,
it
shall
be
his.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
The
man
whose
wife
shall
have
gone
astray,
and contemning
her
husband,
Shall
have
slept
with
another
man,
and
her
husband
cannot discover
it,
but
the adultery
is
secret,
and
cannot
be proved
by
witnesses,
because
she
was
not
found
in
the adultery:
If
the
spirit
of
jealousy stir
up
the husband
against
his
wife,
who
either
is
defiled,
or
is charged
with false suspicion,
He
shall
bring
her
to
the
priest,
and
shall
offer
an oblation
for
her,
the
tenth
part
of
a
measure
of
barley
meal:
he
shall
not
pour
oil
thereon,
nor
put
frankincense
upon
it:
because
it
is
a
sacrifice
of
jealousy,
and
an oblation searching
out adultery.
The
priest
therefore
shall
offer
it,
and
set
it
before
the
Lord.
And
he
shall
take
holy
water
in
an
earthen
vessel,
and
he
shall
cast
a little
earth
of
the pavement
of
the
tabernacle
into
it.
And
when
the
woman
shall
stand
before
the
Lord,
he
shall uncover
her
head,
and
shall,
put
on
her
hands
the
sacrifice
of
remembrance,
and
the oblation
of
jealousy:
and
he
himself
shall
hold
the most
bitter
waters, whereon
he hath heaped
curses
with execration.
And
he
shall
adjure
her,
and
shall
say:
If
another
man hath
not
slept
with thee,
and
if thou
be
not defiled
by forsaking thy
husband’s
bed,
these most
bitter
waters,
on
which
I
have heaped
curses,
shall
not hurt thee.
But
if thou hast
gone
aside
from thy
husband,
and art
defiled,
and hast lain
with
another
man:
These
curses
shall light
upon thee:
The
Lord
make thee
a
curse,
and
an example
for all
among
his
people:
may
he
make thy
thigh
to
rot,
and
may thy
belly
swell
and
burst asunder.
Let
the
cursed
waters
enter
into thy
belly,
and
may thy
womb
swell
and thy
thigh
rot.
And
the
woman
shall
answer,
Amen,
amen.
And
the
priest
shall
write
these
curses
in
a
book,
and
shall wash
them
out
with
the most
bitter
waters,
upon
which
he hath heaped
the
curses,
And
he
shall
give
them
her
to
drink.
And
when
she hath
drunk
them
up,
The
priest
shall
take
from
her
hand
the
sacrifice
of
jealousy,
and
shall elevate
it
before
the
Lord,
and
shall
put
it
upon
the
altar:
yet
so
as
first,
To
take
a
handful
of
the
sacrifice
of
that
which
is
offered,
and
burn
it
upon
the
altar:
and
so
give
the
most bitter
waters
to
the
woman
to
drink.
And
when
she hath
drunk
them,
if
she
be
defiled,
and
having despised
her
husband
be guilty
of adultery,
the malediction
shall
go
through
her,
and
her
belly swelling,
her
thigh
shall
rot:
and
the
woman
shall
be
a
curse,
and
an example
to
all
the
people.
But
if
she
be
not
defiled,
she
shall
not
be hurt,
and
shall bear
children.
This
is
the
law
of
jealousy.
If
a
woman hath
gone
aside
from
her
husband,
and
be
defiled,
And
the
husband stirred
up
by
the
spirit
of
jealousy bring
her
before
the
Lord,
and
the
priest
do
to
her
according
to
all
things
that
are
here written:
The
husband
shall
be
blameless,
and
she
shall
bear
her
iniquity.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
When
a
man,
or
woman,
shall
make
a
vow
to
be sanctified,
and
will consecrate
themselves
to
the
Lord:
They
shall abstain
from
wine,
and
from
every
thing
that
may make
a
man
drunk.
They
shall
not
drink
vinegar
of
wine,
or
of
any
other
drink,
nor
any
thing
that
is pressed
out
of
the
grape:
nor
shall
they
eat
grapes either
fresh
or
dried.
All
the
days
that
they
are consecrated
to
the Lord
by vow:
they
shall
eat
nothing
that cometh
of
the vineyard,
from
the raisin
even
to
the kernel.
All
the
time
of
his
separation
no
razor
shall
pass
over
his
head,
until
the
day
be
fulfilled
of
his
consecration
to
the
Lord.
He
shall
be
holy,
and
shall
let
the
hair
of
his
head
grow.
All
the
time
of
his consecration
he
shall
not
go
in
to
any
dead,
Neither
shall
he
make
himself
unclean,
even
for
his
father,
or
for
his
mother,
or
for
his
brother,
or
for
his
sister,
when
they
die,
because
the
consecration
of
his
God
is
upon
his
head.
All
the
days
of
his
separation
he
shall
be
holy
to
the
Lord.
But
if
any
man
die
suddenly
before
him:
the
head
of
his
consecration
shall
be
defiled:
and
he
shall
shave
it forthwith
on
the same
day
of
his
purification,
and again
on
the
seventh
day.
And
on
the
eighth
day
he
shall
bring
two turtles,
or
two
young
pigeons
to
the
priest
in
the
entry
of
the covenant
of
the testimony.
And
the
priest
shall
offer
one
for
sin,
and
the
other
for
a holocaust,
and
shall pray
for
him,
for
that
he hath
sinned
by
the
dead:
and
he
shall
sanctify
his
head
that
day:
And
shall consecrate
to
the
Lord
the
days
of
his
separation,
offering
a
lamb
of
one
year
for
sin:
yet
so
that
the
former
days
be
made
void,
because
his sanctification
was profaned.
This
is
the
law
of
consecration.
When
the
days
which
he
had determined
by vow
shall
be
expired,
he
shall
bring
him
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
And
shall
offer
his oblation
to
the
Lord:
one
he
lamb
of
a
year
old
without
blemish
for
a holocaust,
and
one awe
lamb
of
a
year
old
without
blemish
for
a
sin
offering,
and
one
ram
without
blemish
for
a victim
of
peace
offering,
A
basket also
of
unleavened
bread, tempered
with
oil,
and
wafers without leaven
anointed
with
oil,
and
the libations
of each:
And
the
priest
shall
present
them
before
the
Lord,
and
shall
offer both
the
sin
offering
and
the holocaust.
But
the
ram
he
shall immolate
for
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offering
to
the
Lord,
offering
at
the
same time
the
basket
of
unleavened
bread,
and
the libations
that
are
due
by custom.
Then
shall
the
hair
of
the
consecration
of
the Nazarite,
be
shaved
off
before
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
and
he
shall
take
his
hair,
and
lay
it
upon
the
fire,
which
is
under
the
sacrifice
of
the
peace
offerings.
And
shall
take
the
boiled
shoulder
of
the
ram,
and
one
unleavened
cake
out
of
the
basket,
and
one
unleavened
wafer,
and
he
shall
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
the Nazarite,
after
his head
is shaven.
And receiving
them
again
from
him,
he
shall elevate
them
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
and
they being sanctified
shall belong
to
the
priest,
as
the
breast,
which
was commanded
to
be
separated,
and
the shoulder.
After
this
the Nazarite
may
drink
wine.
This
is
the
law
of
the Nazarite,
when
he hath
vowed
his oblation
to
the
Lord
in
the time
of
his
consecration,
besides
those
things
which
his
hand
shall
find,
according
to
that
which
he
had
vowed
in
his mind,
so
shall
he
do
for
the fulfilling
of
his sanctification.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
Aaron
and
his
sons:
Thus
shall
you
bless
the
children
of
Israel,
and
you
shall
say
to
them:
The
Lord
bless thee,
and
keep thee.
The
Lord shew
his
face
to thee,
and
have
mercy
on thee.
The
Lord
turn
his
countenance
to thee,
and
give thee
peace.
And
they
shall
invoke
my
name
upon
the
children
of
Israel,
and
I
will
bless
them.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
day
that
Moses
had
finished
the
tabernacle,
and
set
it
up,
and
had
anointed
and
sanctified
it
with
all
its
vessels,
the
altar likewise
and
all
the
vessels thereof,
The
princes
of
Israel
and
the
heads
of
the
families,
in
every
tribe,
who
were
the
rulers
of
them
who
had
been
numbered,
offered
Their gifts
before
the
Lord,
six
wagons
covered,
and
twelve
oxen.
Two
princes
offered
one
wagon,
and
each
one
an
ox,
and
they
offered
them
before
the
tabernacle.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Receive
them
from
them
to
serve
in
the
ministry
of
the
tabernacle,
and thou shalt
deliver
them
to
the
Levites
according
to
the order
of
their
ministry.
Moses
therefore
receiving
the
wagons
and
the
oxen,
delivered
them
to
the
Levites.
Two
wagons
and
four
oxen
he
gave
to
the
sons
of Gerson,
according
to
their necessity.
The
other
four
wagons,
and
eight
oxen
he
gave
to
the
sons
of
Merari,
according
to
their offices
and
service,
under
the
hand
of
Ithamar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest.
But
to
the
sons
of Caath
he
gave
no wagons
or oxen:
because
they serve
in
the
sanctuary
and
carry
their burdens
upon
their own
shoulders.
And
the
princes
offered
for
the
dedication
of
the
altar
on
the
day
when
it
was
anointed,
their oblation
before
the
altar.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses: Let
each
of
the
princes
one
day
after
another
offer
their
gifts
for
the
dedication
of
the
altar.
The
first
day Nahasson
the
son
of Aminadab
of
the
tribe
of Juda
offered
his
offering:
And
his
offering
was
a
silver
dish
weighing
one
hundred
and
thirty sicles,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sicles according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
ten sides
of
gold
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five
he
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of Nahasson
the
son
of Aminadab.
The
second
day Nathanael
the
son
of Suar,
prince
of
the tribe
of
Issachar,
made
his
offering,
A
silver
dish
weighing
one
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides, according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of Nathanael
the
son
of Suar.
The
third
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of Zabulon,
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
one
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides
by
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
is
the oblation
of
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon.
The
fourth
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of Ruben, Elisur
the
son
of Sedeur,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
one
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old,
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for victims
of
peace
offerings
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats.
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of Elisur
the
son
of Sedeur.
The
fifth
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of
Simeon, Salamiel
the
son
of Surisaddai,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
one
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides after
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of Salamiel
the
son
of Surisaddai.
The
sixth
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of
Gad,
Eliasaph
the
son
of Duel,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides
by
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Eliasaph
the
son
of Duel.
The
seventh
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim, Elisama
the
son Ammiud,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of hour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of Elisama
the
son
of Ammiud.
The
eighth
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of Manasses,
Gamaliel
the
son
of Phadassur,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sicles,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sicles, according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sicles
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Gamaliel
the
son
of Phadassur.
The
ninth
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of
Benjamin,
Abidan
the
son
of Gedeon,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides
by
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a, holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Abidan
the
son
of Gedeon.
The
tenth
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of
Dan,
Ahiezer
the
son
of Ammisaddai,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides, according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Ahiezer
the
son
of Ammisaddai.
The
eleventh
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of Aser, Phegiel
the
son
of
Ochran,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides, according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of Phegiel
the
son
of
Ochran.
The twelfth
day
the
prince
of
the
sons
of Nephtali,
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan,
Offered
a
silver
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sides,
a
silver
bowl
of
seventy sides, according
to
the
weight
of
the
sanctuary,
both
full
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
a
sacrifice:
A little mortar
of
gold
weighing
ten sides
full
of
incense:
An
ox
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram,
and
a
lamb
of
a
year
old
for
a holocaust:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
two
oxen,
five
rams,
five buck
goats,
five
lambs
of
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan.
These
were
the
offerings made
by
the
princes
of
Israel
in
the
dedication
of
the
altar,
in
the
day wherein
it
was consecrated.
Twelve
dishes
of
silver:
twelve
silver
bowls:
twelve little mortars
of
gold:
Each
dish
weighing
a
hundred
and
thirty sides
of
silver,
and
each
bowl
seventy sides:
that
is, putting
all
the
vessels
of
silver
together,
two
thousand
four
hundred sides,
by
the weight
of
the
sanctuary.
Twelve little mortars
of
gold
full
of
incense,
weighing
ten sides
apiece,
by
the weight
of
the
sanctuary:
that
is,
in
all
a
hundred
and
twenty sides
of
gold.
Twelve
oxen
out
of
the
herd
for
a holocaust,
twelve
rams,
twelve
lambs
of
a
year
old,
and
their libations:
twelve buck
goats
for
sin.
And
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
oxen
twenty-four,
rams
sixty, buck
goats
sixty,
lambs
of
a
year
old
sixty.
These
things
were offered
in
the
dedication
of
the
altar,
when
it
was
anointed.
And
when
Moses
entered
into
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
to consult
the oracle,
he
heard
the
voice
of
one
speaking
to
him
from
the propitiatory,
that
was
over
the
ark
between
the
two cherubims,
and
from
this
place
he
spoke
to
him.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
Aaron,
and thou shalt
say
to
him:
When thou shalt place
the
seven
lamps, let
the candlestick be
set
up
on
the south side.
Give
orders
therefore
that
the
lamps look
over
against
the north, towards
the
table
of
the leaves
of proposition,
over
against
that part
shall
they
give
light, towards which
the candlestick looketh.
And
Aaron
did
so,
and
he
put
the
lamps
upon
the candlestick,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
Now
this
was
the
work
of
the candlestick,
it
was
of beaten
gold, both
the shaft
in
the middle,
and
all
that came
out
of both
sides
of
the branches: according
to
the
pattern
which
the
Lord
had shewn
to
Moses,
so
he
made
the candlestick.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Take
the
Levites
out
of
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
purify
them,
According
to
this rite: Let
them
be sprinkled
with
the
water
of
purification,
and let
them shave
all
the hairs
of
their
flesh.
And
when
they
shall
have
washed
their
garments,
and
are
cleansed,
They
shall
take
an
ox
of
the
herd,
and
for
the
offering thereof
fine
flour tempered
with
oil:
and thou shalt
take
another
ox
of
the
herd
for
a
sin
offering:
And thou shalt
bring
the
Levites
before
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant, calling
together
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel:
And
when
the
Levites
are
before
the
Lord,
the
children
of
Israel
shall
put
their
hands
upon
them:
And
Aaron
shall
offer
the
Levites,
as
a
gift
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
from
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
may
serve
in
his
ministry.
The
Levites
also
shall
put
their
hands
upon
the
heads
of
the
oxen,
of which thou shalt sacrifice
one
for
sin,
and
the
other
for
a holocaust
to
the
Lord,
to pray
for
them.
And thou shalt
set
the
Levites
in
the
sight
of
Aaron
and
of
his
sons,
and shalt consecrate
them
being
offered
to
the
Lord,
And shalt
separate
them
from
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel,
to
be mine.
And
afterwards
they
shall
enter
into
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
to
serve
me.
And
thus shalt thou
purify
and consecrate
them
for
an oblation
of
the Lord:
for
as
a gift
they
were
given
me
by
the children
of Israel.
I
have
taken
them
instead
of
the
firstborn
that
open
every
womb
in
Israel,
For
all
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel,
both
of
men
and
of
beasts,
are mine.
From
the
day
that
I
slew
every
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
have
I
sanctified
them
to
myself:
And
I
have
taken
the
Levites
for
all
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel:
And
have
delivered
them
for
a
gift
to
Aaron
and
his
sons
out
of
the
midst
of
the
people,
to
serve
me
for
Israel
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
to pray
for
them, lest
there
should
be
a
plague
among
the
people,
if
they
should presume
to
approach unto
my
sanctuary.
And
Moses
and
Aaron
and
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel
did
with
the
Levites
all
that
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses:
And
they
were
purified,
and
washed
their
garments.
And
Aaron
lifted
them
up
in
the
sight
of
the Lard,
and prayed
for
them,
That
being purified
they
might
go
into
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant
to
do
their
services
before
Aaron
and
his
sons.
As
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses touching
the
Levites,
so
was
it
done.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
This
is
the law
of
the
Levites:
From
twenty-five
years
old
and
upwards,
they
shall
go
in
to minister
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
And
when
they
shall
have accomplished
the
fiftieth
year
of
their
age,
they
shall cease
to
serve:
And
they
shall
be
the
ministers
of
their
brethren
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
to
keep
the
things
that
are
committed
to
their
care,
but
not
to
do
the
works.
Thus shalt thou order
the
Levites touching
their
charge.
The
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
desert
of
Sinai,
the
second
year
after
they
were
come
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
first
month,
saying:
Let
the
children
of
Israel
make
the phase
in
its due
time,
The fourteenth
day
of
this
month
in
the
evening,
according
to
all
the ceremonies
and justifications thereof.
And
Moses
commanded
the
children
of
Israel
that
they
should
make
the phase.
And
they
made
it
in
its proper
time:
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
at
evening,
in mount
Sinai.
The
children
of
Israel
did according
to
all
things
that
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
But
behold
some
who
were
unclean
by occasion
of
the
soul
of
a
man,
who
could
not
make
the phase
on
that
day, coming
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
Said
to
them:
We
are
unclean
by occasion
of
the
soul
of
a
man.
Why
are
we kept
back
that
we
may
not
offer
in
its
season
the
offering
to
the
Lord
among
the
children
of
Israel?
And
Moses
answered
them:
Stay
that
I
may consult
the
Lord
what
he
will ordain
concerning
you.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Say
to
the
children
of
Israel:
The
man
that
shall
be
unclean
by occasion
of
one
that
is
dead,
or
shall
be
in
a
journey
afar
off
in
your nation,
let
him
make
the phase
to
the
Lord.
In
the
second
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
in
the
evening,
they
shall
eat
it
with
unleavened
bread
and wild lettuce:
They
shall
not
leave
any
thing thereof
until
morning,
a
nor
break
a
bone thereof,
they
shall
observe
all
the ceremonies
of
the phase.
But
if
any
man
is
clean,
and
was
not
on
a
journey,
and
did
not
make
the phase,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
his
people,
because
he
offered
not sacrifice
to
the
Lord
in due
season:
he
shall
bear
his
sin.
The
sojourner
also
and
the
stranger
if
they
be
among
you,
shall
make
the phase
to
the
Lord
according
to
the ceremonies
and justifications thereof.
The
same
ordinance
shall
be
with
you both
for
the
stranger,
and
for
him
that
was born
in
the
land.
Now
on
the
day
that
the
tabernacle
was reared
up,
a
cloud
covered
it.
But
from
the
evening
there
was
over
the
tabernacle,
as
it
were,
the
appearance
of
fire
until
the
morning.
So
it
was
always:
by day
the
cloud
covered
it,
and
by
night
as
it
were
the
appearance
of
fire.
And
when
the
cloud
that covered
the
tabernacle
was
taken
up,
then
the
children
of
Israel
marched
forward:
and
in
the
place
where
the
cloud stood still,
there
they
camped.
At
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
they marched,
and
at
his
commandment
they
pitched
the
tabernacle.
All
the
days
that
the
cloud abode
over
the
tabernacle,
they
remained
in
the same
place:
And
if
it
was
so
that
it continued
over
it
a
long
time,
the
children
of
Israel
kept
the
watches
of
the
Lord,
and marched
not,
For
as
many
days soever
as
the
cloud stayed
over
the
tabernacle.
At
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
they
pitched
their
tents,
and
at
his
commandment
they
took
them
down.
If
the
cloud tarried
from
evening
until
morning,
and immediately
at break
of
day
left
the tabernacle,
they
marched
forward:
and
if
it
departed
after
a
day
and
a
night,
they
took down
their tents.
But
if
it
remained
over
the
tabernacle
for
two
days
or
a
month
or
a
longer
time,
the
children
of
Israel
remained
in
the same
place,
and
marched
not:
but immediately
as soon
as
it
departed,
they
removed
the
camp.
By
the
word
of
the
Lord
they
pitched
their tents,
and
by
his
word
they marched:
and
kept
the
watches
of
the
Lord
according
to
his
commandment
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Make thee
two
trumpets
of beaten
silver, wherewith thou mayest call together
the multitude
when
the
camp
is
to
be removed.
And
when thou shalt
sound
the trumpets,
all
the multitude
shall
gather unto thee
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
If thou
sound
but
once,
the
princes
and
the
heads
of
the multitude
of
Israel
shall come
to thee.
But if
the
sound
of
the
trumpets be longer,
and
with interruptions, they that
are
on
the
east side, shall first
go
forward.
And
at
the
second sounding
and like noise
of
the
trumpet, they who lie
on
the
south
side
shall
take up their tents.
And
after this manner
shall
the rest do,
when
the
trumpets
shall
sound
for
a
march.
But
when
the
people
is
to
be
gathered
together,
the
sound
of
the trumpets
shall
be plain,
and
they
shall
not make
a broken
sound.
And
the
sons
of
Aaron
the
priest
shall
sound
the
trumpets:
and
this
shall
be
an
ordinance
for
ever
in
your
generations.
If
you
go forth
to
war
out
of
your
land
against
the
enemies
that
fight
against
you,
you
shall
sound
aloud
with
the
trumpets,
and
there
shall
be
a
remembrance
of
you
before
the
Lord
your
God,
that
you
may
be
delivered
out
of
the hands
of
your
enemies.
If
at
any
time
you
shall
have
a banquet,
and
on
your
festival
days,
and
on
the
first
days
of
your
months,
you
shall
sound
the
trumpets
over
the holocausts,
and
the
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings,
that
they
may
be
to
you
for
a
remembrance
of
your
God.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
The
second
year,
in
the
second
month,
the
twentieth
day
of
the
month,
the
cloud
was
taken
up
from
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
And
the
children
of
Israel marched
by their troops
from
the
desert
of
Sinai,
and
the
cloud
rested
in
the
wilderness
of Pharan.
And
the
first
went
forward
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
The
sons
of Juda
by
their
troops:
whose prince
was Nahasson
the
son
of Aminadab.
In
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of
Issachar,
the prince
was Nathanael
the
son
of Suar.
In
the
tribe
of Zabulon,
the prince
was
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon.
And
the
tabernacle
was
taken
down,
and
the
sons
of Gerson
and
Merari
set
forward,
bearing
it.
And
the
sons
of Ruben also marched,
by
their
troops
and ranks,
whose prince
was Helisur
the
son
of Sedeur.
And
in
the
tribe
of
Simeon,
the prince
was Salamiel
the
son
of Surisaddai.
And
in
the
tribe
of Cad,
the prince
was
Eliasaph
the
son
of Duel.
Then
the Caathites
also
marched
carrying
the
sanctuary.
So
long
was
the
tabernacle
carried,
till
they
same
to
the
place
of
setting
it
up.
The
sons
of
Ephraim also
moved
their
camp
by
their
troops,
in
whose
army
the prince
was Elisama
the
son
of Ammiud.
And
in
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of Manasses,
the prince
was
Gamaliel
the
son
of Phadassur.
And
in
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
the prince
was
Abidan
the
son
of Gedeon.
The last
of
all
the
camp marched
the
sons
of
Dan
by
their
troops,
in
whose
army
the prince
was
Ahiezer
the
son
of Ammisaddai.
And
in
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of Aser,
the prince
was Phegiel
the
son
of
Ochran.
And
in
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of Nephtali,
the prince
was
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan.
This
was
the
order
of
the camps,
and marches
of
the
children
of
Israel
by their
troops,
when
they
set
forward.
And
Moses
said
to
Hobab
the
son
of Raguel
the Madianite,
his kinsman:
We
are going towards
the
place
which
the
Lord
will
give
us: come
with
us,
that
we
may
do thee
good:
for
the
Lord hath
promised
good
things
to
Israel.
But
he
answered
him:
I
will
not go
with thee,
but
I
will return
to
my
country, wherein
I
was
born.
And
he
said:
Do
not
leave
us:
for thou knowest
in
what
places
we
should
encamp
in
the
wilderness,
and thou shalt
be
our guide.
And
if thou comest
with
us,
we
will
give thee
what
is
the
best
of
the riches
which
the
Lord
shall deliver
to
us.
So
they marched
from
the
mount
of
the
Lord
three
days’
journey,
and
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
went
before
them,
for
three
days providing
a
place
for
the camp.
The
cloud
also
of
the
Lord
was
over
them
by
day
when
they marched.
And
when
the
ark
was lifted
up,
Moses
said:
Arise,
O
Lord,
and
let thy
enemies
be
scattered,
and
let
them
that
hate thee,
flee
from
before thy
face.
And
when
it
was
set
down,
he
said:
Return,
O
Lord,
to
the multitude
of
the host
of
Israel.
In
the mean
time
there arose
a murmuring
of
the
people
against
the
Lord,
as
it
were repining
at
their fatigue.
And
when
the
Lord
heard
it
he
was
angry.
And
the
fire
of
the
Lord
being
kindled
against
them,
devoured
them
that
were
at
the uttermost part
of
the
camp.
And
when
the
people
cried
to
Moses,
Moses
prayed
to
the
Lord,
and
the
fire
was swallowed
up.
And
he
called
the
name
of
that
place,
The
burning:
for
that
the
fire
of
the
Lord
had
been kindled against
them.
For
a mixt multitude
of
people,
that
came
up
with
them, burned
with
desire, sitting
and
weeping,
the
children
of
Israel
also
being
joined
with
them,
and
said:
Who
shall
give
us
flesh
to
eat?
We
remember
the Ash
that
we
ate
in
Egypt
free
cost:
the
cucumbers
come
into
our
mind,
and
the
melons,
and
the
leeks,
and
the
onions,
and
the garlic.
Our
soul
is
dry,
our
eyes behold
nothing
else
but
manna.
A Now
the
manna
was
like
coriander
seed,
of
the colour
of
bdellium.
And
the
people
went
about,
and
gathering
it,
ground
it
in
a mill,
or
beat
it
in
a
mortar,
and
boiled
it
in
a
pot,
and
made
cakes thereof
of
the
taste
of
bread tempered
with
oil.
And
when
the
dew
fell
in
the
night
upon
the
camp,
the
manna also
fell
with
it.
Now
Moses
heard
the
people
weeping
by
their
families,
every
one
at
the
door
of
his
tent.
And
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
was
exceedingly enkindled:
to
Moses
also
the thing
seemed insupportable.
And
he
said
to
the
Lord:
Why hast thou
afflicted thy
servant? wherefore
do
I
not
find favour
before thee?
and
why hast thou
laid
the weight
of
all
this
people
upon
me?
Have
I
conceived
all
this multitude,
or
begotten
them,
that thou shouldst
say
to
me:
Carry
them
in thy
bosom
as
the
nurse
is wont
to
carry
the little
infant,
and
bear
them
into
the
land,
for
which thou hast
sworn
to
their
fathers?
Whence
should
I
have
flesh
to
give
to
so great
a multitude?
they
weep
against
me,
saying:
Give
us
flesh
that
we
may
eat.
I
am
not
able
alone
to
bear
all
this
people,
because
it
is
too
heavy
for
me.
But
if
it
seem unto thee otherwise,
I
beseech thee
to
kill
me,
and
let
me
find
grace
in thy
eyes,
that
I
be
not afflicted
with
so great evils.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Gather unto
me
seventy
men
of
the ancients
of
Israel,
whom thou knowest
to
be ancients
and masters
of
the
people:
and thou shalt
bring
them
to
the door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and shalt
make
them
stand
there
with thee,
That
I
may
come
down
and
speak
with thee:
and
I
will
take
of thy
spirit,
and
will
give
to
them,
that
they
may
bear
with thee
the
burden
of
the
people,
and thou mayest
not
be burthened
alone.
And thou shalt
say
to
the
people:
Be ye
sanctified:
tomorrow
you
shall
eat
flesh:
for
I
have
heard
you
say:
Who
will
give
us
flesh
to
eat?
it
was
well
with
us
in
Egypt.
That
the
Lord
may
give
you
flesh,
and
you
may
eat:
Not
for
one
day,
nor
two,
nor
five,
nor
ten,
no
nor
for
twenty.
But
even
for
a
month
of
days,
till
it
come
out
at
your
nostrils,
and
become
loathsome
to
you,
because
you
have cast
off
the
Lord,
who
is
in
the
midst
of
you,
and
have
wept
before
him,
saying:
Why
came
we
out
of
Egypt?
And
Moses
said:
There
are
six
hundred
thousand
footmen
of
this
people,
and sayest thou:
I
will
give
them
flesh
to
eat
a
whole
month?
Shall
then
a multitude
of
sheep
and
oxen
be
killed,
that
it
may suffice
for
their food?
or shall
the fishes
of
the
sea
be
gathered
together
to fill
them?
And
the
Lord
answered
him:
Is
the
hand
of
the
Lord unable? Thou shalt presently
see
whether
my
word
shall
come
to pass
or
no.
Moses
therefore
came,
and
told
the
people
the
words
of
the
Lord,
and
assembled
seventy
men
of
the ancients
of
Israel,
and
made
them
to
stand
about
the
tabernacle.
And
the
Lord
came
down
in
a
cloud,
and
spoke
to
him, taking
away
of
the
spirit
that
was
in
Moses,
and
giving
to
the
seventy
men.
And
when
the
spirit
had
rested
on
them
they
prophesied,
nor
did
they cease afterwards.
Now
there
remained
in
the
camp
two
of
the
men,
of
whom
one
was
called
Eldad,
and
the
other
Medad,
upon
whom
the
spirit
rested;
for
they also
had
been enrolled,
but
were
not
gone
forth
to
the
tabernacle.
And
when
they
prophesied
in
the
camp, there
ran
a
young
man,
and
told
Moses,
saying:
Eldad
and
Medad
prophesy
in
the
camp.
Forthwith Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
the
minister
of
Moses,
and chosen out
of many,
said:
My
lord
Moses forbid
them.
But
he
said:
Why hast thou emulation
for
me?
O
that
all
the
people
might
prophesy,
and
that
the
Lord
would
give
them
his
spirit!
And
Moses
returned,
with
the ancients
of
Israel,
into
the
camp.
And
a
wind going
out
from
the
Lord, taking
quails
up
beyond
the
sea
brought
them,
and
cast
them
into
the
camp
for
the space
of
one
day’s
journey,
on
every
side
of
the
camp
round
about,
and
they flew
in
the
air
two
cubits high
above
the
ground.
The
people therefore
rising
up
all
that
day,
and
night,
and
the
next
day,
gathered
together
of
quails,
he
that
did
least,
ten cores:
and
they dried
them
round
about
the
camp.
As
yet
the
flesh
was
between
their
teeth, neither
had
that kind
of
meat failed:
when behold
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
being provoked
against
the
people,
struck
them
with
an
exceeding
great
plague.
And
that
place
was
called,
The graves
of lust:
for
there
they
buried
the
people
that
had lusted.
And departing
from
the graves
of lust,
they came unto Haseroth,
and abode
there.
And Mary
and
Aaron
spoke
against
Moses,
because
of
his
wife
the Ethiopian,
And
they
said: Hath
the
Lord
spoken
by
Moses
only? hath
he
not
also
spoken
to
us
in
like manner?
And
when
the
Lord
heard
this,
(For
Moses
was
a
man
exceeding meek
above
all
men
that dwelt
upon
earth)
Immediately
he
spoke
to
him,
and
to
Aaron
and Mary:
Come
out
you
three only
to
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
And
when
they
were
come
out,
The
Lord
came
down
in
a
pillar
of
the
cloud,
and
stood
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle
calling
to
Aaron
and Mary.
And
when
they
were
come,
He
said
to
them:
Hear
my
words:
if
there
be
among
you
a
prophet
of
the
Lord,
I
will appear
to
him
in
a
vision,
or
I
will
speak
to
him
in
a
dream.
But
it
is
not
so
with
my
servant
Moses
a
who
is most
faithful
in
all
my
house:
For
I
speak
to
him
mouth
to
mouth:
and plainly,
and
not
by
riddles
and figures doth
he
see
the
Lord.
Why
then
were
you
not
afraid
to
speak ill
of
my
servant
Moses?
And being
angry
with
them
he went away:
The
cloud
also
that
was
over
the
tabernacle
departed:
and
behold Mary appeared white
as
snow
with
a leprosy.
And
when
Aaron
had
looked
on
her,
and
saw
her
all covered
with leprosy,
He
said
to
Moses:
I
beseech thee,
my
lord,
lay
not
upon
us
this
sin,
which
we
have
foolishly
committed:
Let
her
not
be
as
one
dead,
and
as
an abortive
that
is cast
forth
from
the
mother’s
womb. Lo,
now
one
half
of
her
flesh
is
consumed
with
the leprosy.
And
Moses
cried
to
the
Lord,
saying:
O
God,
I
beseech thee
heal
her.
And
the
Lord
answered
him: If
her
father
had spitten
upon
her
face, ought
she
not
to
have
been
ashamed
for
seven
days
at least?
Let
her
be separated
seven
days
without
the
camp,
and
after wards
she
shall
be
called
again.
Mary therefore
was
put
out
of
the
camp
seven
days:
and
the
people
moved
not
from
that place
until Mary
was called
again.
And
the
people marched
from Haseroth,
and pitched
their tents
in
the desert
of Pharan.
And
there
the Lord spoke
to
Moses, saying:
Send
men
to
view
the land
of Chanaan, which
I
will give
to
the
children
of
Israel,
one
of
every tribe,
of
the
rulers.
Moses did what
the Lord
had commanded, sending
from
the desert
of Pharan, principal
men,
whose
names
are
these:
Of
the
tribe
of Ruben, Sammua
the
son
of Zechur.
Of
the
tribe
of Simeon, Saphat
the
son
of Hurl.
Of
the
tribe
of Juda, Caleb
the
son
of Jephone.
Of
the
tribe
of Issachar, Igal
the
son
of Joseph.
Of
the
tribe
of Ephraim, Osee
the
son
of Nun.
Of
the
tribe
of Benjamin, Phalti
the
son
of Raphu.
Of
the
tribe
of Zabulon, Geddiel
the
son
of Sodi.
Of
the
tribe
of Joseph,
of
the sceptre
of Manasses, Gaddi
the
son
of Susi.
Of
the
tribe
of Dan, Ammiel
the
son
of Gemalli.
Of
the
tribe
of Aser, Sthur
the
son
of Michael.
Of
the
tribe
of Nephtali, Nahabi
the
son
of Vapsi.
Of
the tribe
of Gad, Guel
the
son
of Machi.
These
are
the names
of
the
men, whom
Moses
sent
to view
the
land:
and
he
called Osee
the son
of Nun, Josue.
And Moses sent
them
to
view
the
land
of Chanaan,
and said
to
them: Go
you
up
by
the south side.
And
when
you
shall come
to
the mountains,
View
the
land,
of
what sort
it
is:
and
the
people
that
are
the
inhabitants thereof,
whether
they
be strong
or weak: few
in number
or
many:
The
land
itself,
whether
it
be good
or bad:
what manner
of cities, walled
or
without walls:
The
ground, fat
or barren, woody
or without trees.
Be
of good courage,
and
bring
us
of
the fruits
of
the
land.
Now
it
was
the
time
when
the first ripe grapes
are fit
to
be eaten.
And
when
they
were
gone
up,
they viewed
the
land
from
the desert
of Sin, unto Rohob
as
you
enter
into Emath.
And
they
went
up
at
the south side,
and
came
to Hebron,
where
were Achiman
and Sisai
and Tholmai
the sons
of Enac.
For Hebron
was built seven years
before Tanis
the city
of Egypt.
And going forward
as
far
as
the torrent
of
the
cluster
of grapes,
they
cut
off
a branch
with
its
cluster
of grapes,
which two
men
carried
upon
a lever.
They took
also
of
the pomegranates
and
of
the figs
of
that
place:
Which
was called Nehelescol,
that
is
to say,
the torrent
of
the cluster
of grapes,
because
from thence
the children
of Israel
had carried
a cluster
of grapes.
And
they
that
went
to spy
out
the
land
returned
after forty days, having
gone round
all
the
country,
And
came
to
Moses
and Aaron
and
to
all
the assembly
of
the children
of Israel
to
the desert
of Pharan,
which
is
in Cades.
And
speaking
to
them
and
to
all
the multitude,
they shewed
them
the
fruits
of
the
land:
And
they related
and said:
We came
into
the
land
to
which thou sentest
us,
which
in
very deed floweth
with milk
and honey
as
may
be known
by
these fruits:
But
it hath very strong
inhabitants,
and
the cities
are great
and walled.
We saw
there
the race
of Enac.
Amalec dwelleth
in
the south,
the Hethite
and
the Jebusite
and
the Amorrhite
in
the mountains:
but
the Chanaanite abideth
by
the sea
and near
the streams
of
the Jordan.
In
the mean time Caleb,
to
still
the murmuring
of
the
people
that
rose
against
Moses,
said:
Let
us
go
up
and possess
the land,
for
we
shall
be
able
to conquer
it.
But
the
others,
that
had
been
with
him,
said:
No,
we
are
not able
to
go
up
to
this
people,
because
they
are stronger
than
we.
And
they spoke ill
of
the land,
which
they
had viewed,
before
the
children
of Israel, saying:
The land
which
we
have viewed, devoureth
its inhabitants:
the
people,
that
we beheld,
are
of
a tall stature.
There we saw certain monsters of the sons of Enac, of the giant kind: in comparison of whom, we seemed like locusts.
Wherefore
the
whole multitude
crying
wept
that
night.
And
all
the
children
of
Israel
murmured
against
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
Would
God
that
we
had
died
in
Egypt
and
would
God
we
may
die
in
this vast wilderness,
and
that
the
Lord
may
not
bring
us
into
this
land, lest
we
fall
by
the
sword,
and
our
wives
and
children
be
led
away captives.
Is
it
not
better
to
return
into
Egypt?
And
they
said
one
to
another:
Let
us
appoint
a captain,
and
let
us
return
into
Egypt.
And
when
Moses
and
Aaron heard
this,
they
fell
down
flat
upon
the ground
before
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel.
But Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone,
who themselves
also
had viewed
the
land, rent
their
garments,
And
said
to
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel:
The
land
which
we
have gone round
is
very
good:
If
the
Lord
be favourable,
he
will
bring
us
into
it,
and
give
us
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
Be
not
rebellious
against
the
Lord:
and
fear ye
not
the
people
of
this
land,
for
we
are able
to eat
them
up
as
bread. All aid
is
gone
from
them:
the
Lord
is
with
us,
fear ye
not.
And
when
all
the multitude cried
out,
and
would
have
stoned
them,
the
glory
of
the
Lord
appeared
over
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant
to
all
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
How
long
will
this
people detract
me?
how
long
will
they
not
believe
me
for
all
the
signs
that
I
have wrought
before
them?
I
will
strike
them therefore
with
pestilence,
and
will consume
them:
but thee
I
will
make
a ruler
over
a
great
nation,
and
a
mightier
than
this is.
And
Moses
said
to
the
Lord:
That
the
Egyptians,
from
the
midst
of whom thou hast
brought
forth
this
people,
And
the
inhabitants
of
this
land, (who
have
heard
that thou,
O
Lord, art
among
this
people,
and art
seen
face
to
face,
and thy
cloud protecteth
them,
and thou goest
before
them
in
a
pillar
of
a
cloud
by
day,
and
in
a
pillar
of
fire
by
night,)
May
hear
that thou hast
killed
so great
a multitude
as
it
were
one
man
and
may
say:
He
could
not
bring
the
people
into
the
land
for
which
he
had
sworn,
therefore
did
he
kill
them
in
the
wilderness.
Let
their
the
strength
of
the
Lord
be
magnified,
as thou hast sworn,
saying:
The
Lord
is
patient
and
full
of
mercy, taking
away
iniquity
and wickedness,
and leaving
no
man
clear,
who visitest
the
sins
of
the
fathers
upon
the
children unto
the
third
and
fourth
generation.
Forgive,
I
beseech thee,
the
sins
of
this
people, according
to
the
greatness
of thy mercy,
as thou hast
been merciful
to
them
from
their going
out
of
Egypt unto
this
place.
And
the
Lord
said:
I
have
forgiven according
to thy
word.
As
I
live:
and
the
whole
earth
shall
be
filled
with
the
glory
of
the
Lord.
But
yet
all
the
men
that
have
seen
my
majesty,
and
the
signs
that
I
have
done
in
Egypt,
and
in
the
wilderness,
and
have
tempted
me
now
ten
times,
and
have
not
obeyed
my
voice,
Shall
not
see
the
land
for
which
I
aware
to
their
fathers,
neither
shall
any
one
of
them
that hath detracted
me
behold
it.
My
servant
Caleb,
who
being
full
of
another
spirit hath
followed
me,
I
will
bring
into
this
land
which
he hath
gone round:
and
his
seed
shall
possess
it.
For
the Amalecite
and
the Chanaanite
dwell
in
the
valleys.
Tomorrow remove
the camp,
and return
into
the
wilderness
by
the
way
of
the Red
Sea.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
How
long doth
this
wicked multitude
murmur
against
me?
I
have
heard
the murmurings
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Say
therefore
to
them:
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord:
According
as
you
have
spoken
in
my
hearing,
so
will
I
do
to
you.
In
the
wilderness
shall
your
carcasses
lie.
All
you
that
were
numbered
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
and
have
murmured
against
me,
Shall
not
enter
into
the
land,
over
which
I
lifted
up
my bend
to
make
you
dwell therein,
except
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun.
But
your
children,
of
whom
you
said,
that
they
should
be
a
prey
to
the enemies,
will
I
bring
in:
that
they
may
see
the
land
which
you
have despised.
Your
carcasses
shall
lie
in
the
wilderness.
Your
children
shall wander
in
the
desert
forty
years,
and
shall
bear
your fornication,
until
the
carcasses
of
their fathers
be
consumed ill
the
desert,
According
to
the
number
of
the
forty
days,
wherein
you viewed
the
land:
year
shall
be
counted
for
a
day.
And
forty
years
you
shall
receive
your
iniquities,
and
shall
know
my revenge:
For
as
I
have
spoken,
so
will
I
do
to
all
this
wicked multitude,
that hath risen
up
together
against
me:
in
this
wilderness
shall
it faint
away
and
die.
Therefore
all
the
men,
whom
Moses
had
sent
to
view
the
land,
and
who
at
their
return
had
made
the
whole multitude
to
murmur
against
him, speaking ill
of
the
land
that
it
was naught,
Died
and
were struck
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
But Josue.
the
son
of
Nun.
and
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone
lived,
of
all
them
that
had
gone
to view
the
land.
And
Moses
spoke
all
these
words
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
people
mourned
exceedingly.
And
behold
rising
up very
early
in
the
morning,
they
went
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain,
and
said:
We
are ready
to
go
up
to
the
place,
of
which
the
Lord hath
spoken:
for
we
have
sinned.
And
Moses
said
to
them:
Why
transgress
you
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
shall
not
succeed prosperously
with
you?
Go
not
up,
for
the
Lord
is
not
with
you: lest
you fall
before
your
enemies.
The Amalecite
and
the Chanaanite
are
before
you,
and
by
their
sword
you
shall
fall,
because
you
would
not consent
to
the
Lord,
neither
will
the
Lord
be
with
you.
But
they being blinded
went
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain.
But
the
ark
of
the testament
of
the
Lord
and
Moses
departed
not
from
the
camp.
And
the Amalecite
came
down,
and
the Chanaanite
that
dwelt
in
the
mountain:
and
smiting
and
slaying
them pursued
them
as
far
as Horma.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
When
you
shall
be
come
into
the
land
of
your
habitation,
which
I
will
give
you,
And
shall
make
an
offering
to
the
Lord,
for
a holocaust,
or
a victim, paying
your
vows,
or
voluntarily
offering
gifts,
or
in
your solemnities burning
a sweet savour unto
the
Lord,
of
oxen
or
of
sheep:
Whosoever immolateth
the victim,
shall
offer
a
sacrifice
of
fine
flour,
the
tenth part
of
an ephi, tempered
with
the
fourth part
of
a
hin
of
oil:
And
he shall give
the
same measure
of
wine
to pour
out
in libations
for
the holocaust
or
for
the victim.
For
every
lamb,
And
for every
ram there shall
be
a
sacrifice
of hour
of
two tenths, which shall
be tempered
with
the
third
part
of
a
hin
of
oil:
And
he
shall
offer
the
third
part
of
the same measure
of
wine
for
the libation,
for
a sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
But
when thou offerest
a holocaust
or
sacrifice
of
oxen,
to
fulfill thy
vow
or
for victims
of
peace
offerings,
Thou shalt give
for every
ox
three tenths
of
flour tempered
with
half
a
hin
of
oil,
And
wine
for libations
of
the same measure,
for
an
offering
of most sweet savour
to
the
Lord.
Thus shalt thou
do:
For
every ox
and ram
and lamb
and kid.
Both
they
that
are born
in
the land,
and
the strangers,
Shall
offer sacrifices
after
the
same rite.
There
shall
be
all
one law
and judgment both
for
you
and
for
them
who
are
strangers
in
the
land.
And
the Lord spoke
to Moses, saying:
Speak
to
the children
of Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
When
you
are
come
into
the
land
which
I
will
give
you,
And
shall
eat
of
the
bread
of
that
country,
you
shall separate firstfruits
to
the
Lord,
Of
the things
you eat.
As
you separate firstfruits
of
your barnfloors:
So
also
shall
you
give firstfruits
of
your
dough
to
the
Lord.
And
if
through ignorance
you omit
any
of
these
things,
which
the
Lord hath
spoken
to
Moses,
And
by
him hath
commanded
you,
from
the
day
that
he began
to
command
and thenceforward,
And
the multitude
have forgotten
to
do
it:
they
shall
offer
a
calf
out
of
the
herd,
a holocaust
for
a most sweet savour
to
the
Lord,
and
the
sacrifice
and libations thereof,
as
the ceremonies require,
and
a buck
goat
for
sin:
And
the
priest
shall pray
for
all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel:
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
them,
because
they
sinned ignorantly,
offering notwithstanding
a burnt
offering
to
the
Lord
for
themselves
and
for
their
sin
and
their ignorance:
And
it
shall
be
forgiven
all
the
people
of
the
children
of
Israel:
and
the
strangers
that sojourn
among
them:
because
it
is
the fault
of
all
the
people
through ignorance.
But
if
one
soul
shall
sin ignorantly,
he
shall
offer
a
she
goat
of
a
year
old
for
his
sin.
And
the
priest
shall pray
for
him,
because
he
sinned ignorantly
before
the
Lord:
and
he
shall obtain
his
pardon,
and
it
shall
be
forgiven
him.
The
same
law
shall
be
for
all
that sin
by ignorance, whether
they
be natives
or
strangers.
But
the
soul
that committeth
any
thing
through pride,
whether
he
be born
in
the
land
or
a
stranger (because
he hath
been rebellious
against
the
Lord)
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
his
people:
For
he hath contemned
the
word
the
Lord,
and
made void
his precept:
therefore
shall
he
be
destroyed,
and
shall bear
his
iniquity.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
children
of
Israel
were
in
the
wilderness,
and
had
found
a
man
gathering
sticks
on
the
sabbath
day,
That
they
brought
him
to
Moses
and
Aaron
and
the
whole multitude.
And
they
put
him into
prison,
not knowing
what
they
should
do
with
him.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses: Let
that
man
die, let
all
the multitude
stone
him without
the
camp.
And
when
they
had
brought
him
out,
they
stoned
him,
and
he
died
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
The
Lord
also
said
to
Moses:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
tell
them
I
to
make
to
themselves fringes
in
the
corners
of
their
garments,
putting
in
them ribands
of
blue:
That
when
they
shall
see
them,
they
may
remember
all
the
commandments
of
the
Lord,
and
not
follow
their
own
thoughts
and
eyes going astray
after divers
things,
But rather
being
mindful
of
the precepts
of
the Lord,
may
do
them
and
be
holy
to
their
God.
I
am
the
Lord
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
I
might
be
your
God.
And behold Core
the
son
of Isaar,
the
son
of Caath,
the
son
of
Levi,
and
Dathan
and Abiron
the
sons
of
Eliab,
and Hon
the
son
of Pheleth
of
the
children
of Ruben,
Rose
up
against
Moses,
and
with
them
two
hundred
and
fifty others
of
the
children
of
Israel,
leading
men
of
the synagogue,
and
who
in
the
time
of
assembly
were
called
by
name.
And
when
they
had stood
up
against
Moses
and
Aaron,
they
said: Let
it
be
enough
for
you,
that
all
the multitude consisteth
of
holy
ones,
and
the
Lord
is
among
them:
Why
lift
you
up
yourselves
above
the people
of
the
Lord?
When
Moses
heard this,
he
fell
flat
on
his
face:
And
speaking
to Core
and
all
the multitude,
he
said:
In
the
morning
the
Lord
will
make
known
who belong
to
him,
and
the
holy
he
will
join
to
himself:
and
whom
he
shall
choose,
they
shall
approach
to
him.
Do
this
therefore:
Take
every
man
of
you
your
censers, thou Core,
and
all thy
company.
And
putting
fire
in
them
tomorrow,
put
incense
upon
it
before
the
Lord:
and whomsoever
he
shall
choose,
the
same
shall
be
holy:
you
take
too
much
upon
you, ye
sons
of
Levi.
And
he
said again
to Core:
Hear ye
sons
of
Levi.
Is
it
a
small
thing unto
you,
that
the
God
of
Israel hath spared
you
from
all
the people,
and
joined
you
to
himself,
that
you
should
serve
him
in
the
service
of
the
tabernacle,
and
should
stand
before
the
congregation
of
the people,
and
should
minister
to
him?
Did
he
therefore make thee
and
all thy
brethren
the
sons
of
Levi
to
approach unto
him,
that
you should challenge
to
yourselves
the
priesthood
also,
And
that
all thy
company
should stand
against
the
Lord?
for
what
is
Aaron
that
you
murmur
against
him?
Then
Moses
sent
to
call
Dathan
and Abiron
the
sons
of
Eliab.
But
they
answered: We
will
not
come.
Is
it
a
small
matter
to thee,
that thou hast
brought
us
out
of
a
land
that
flowed
with
milk
and
honey,
to
kill
us
in
the
desert,
except thou
rule
also
like
a
lord
over
us?
Thou
best
brought
us
indeed
into
a
land
that floweth
with rivers
of
milk
and
honey,
and hast
given
us possessions
of
fields
and
vineyards; wilt thou
also pull
out
our
eyes?
We
will
not
come.
Moses
therefore being
very
angry, raid
to
the
Lord:
Respect
not
their
sacrifices: thou knowest
that
I
have
not
taken
of
them
so
much
as
a young ass
at
any time,
nor
have injured
any
of
them.
And
he
said
to Core:
Do thou
and thy
congregation stand apart
before
the
Lord
tomorrow,
and
Aaron apart.
Take
every
one
of
you
censers,
and
put
incense
upon
them,
offering
to
the
Lord
two
hundred
and
fifty
censers:
let
Aaron
also
hold
his
censer.
When
they
had done
this,
Moses
and
Aaron
standing,
And
had drawn
up
all
the multitude
against
them
to
the
door
of
the
tabernacle,
the
glory
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
them
all.
And
the
Lord
speaking
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
said:
Separate
yourselves
from
among
this
congregation,
that
I may presently
destroy
them.
They
fell
flat
on
their
face,
and
said:
O most
mighty,
the
God
of
the
spirits
of
all
flesh,
for
one
man’s
sin
shall thy
wrath rage
against
all?
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Command
the whole
people
to separate
themselves
from
the
tents
of Core
and
Dathan
and Abiron.
And
Moses
arose,
and
went
to
Dathan
and Abiron:
and
the ancients
of
Israel
following
him,
He
said
to
the multitude:
Depart
from
the
tents
of
these
wicked
men,
and
touch
nothing
of theirs,
lest
you
be involved
in
their
sins.
And
when
they
were
departed
from
their
tents
round
about,
Dathan
and Abiron
coming
out
stood
in
the
entry
of
their pavilions
with
their
wives
and
children,
and
all
the
people.
And
Moses
said:
By
this
you
shall
know
that
the
Lord hath
sent
me
to
do
all
things
that
you
see,
and
that
I
have
not forged
them
of
my own head:
If
these
men
die
the common
death
of
men,
and
if
they
be
visited
with
a
plague, wherewith
others
also
are wont
to
be
visited,
the
Lord
did
not
send
me.
But
if
the
Lord
do
a
new
thing,
and
the
earth
opening
her
mouth
swallow
them
down,
and
all
things
that
belong
to
them,
and
they
go
down
alive
into hell,
you
shall
know
that
they
have
blasphemed
the
Lord.
And immediately
as
he
had
made
an
end
of
speaking,
the
earth
broke asunder
under
their feet:
And
opening
her
mouth, devoured
them
with
their tents
and
all
their substance.
And
they
went
down
alive
into hell
the
ground closing
upon
them,
and
they
perished
from
among
the
people.
But
all
Israel,
that
was standing
round
about,
fled
at
the
cry
of
them
that
were perishing:
saying:
Lest
perhaps
the
earth
swallow
us
up
also.
And
a
fire
coming
out
from
the
Lord,
destroyed
the
two
hundred
and
fifty
men
that
offered
the
incense.
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers that lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire of one side and the other: because they are sanctified
In the deaths of the sinners: and let him beat them into plates, and fasten them to the altar, because incense hath been offered in them to the Lord, and they are sanctified, that the children of Israel may see them for a sign and a memorial.
Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar:
That the children of Israel might have for the time to come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger or any one that is not of seed of Aaron should come near to offer incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer as Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the Lord spoke to Moses.
The following day all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: You have killed the people of the Lord.
And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,
Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant. And when the were gone into it, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
And the Lord said to Moses:
Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,
Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to the people to pray for them: for already wrath is gone out from the Lord, and the plague rageth.
When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the multitude which the burning fire was now destroying, he offered the incense:
And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed for the people, and the plague ceased.
And the number of them that were slain was fourteen thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had perished in the sedition of Core.
And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant after the destruction was over.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Speak
to
the
children
of Israel,
and
take
of every
one
of
them
a rod
by
their kindreds,
of all
the princes
of
the tribes, twelve rods,
and write
the
name
of every
man
upon
his rod.
And
the name
of Aaron
shall
be
for
the tribe
of Levi,
and
one rod
shall contain all
their
families:
And thou shalt lay
them
up
in
the tabernacle
of
the covenant before
the testimony,
where
I
will speak
to thee.
Whomsoever
of
these
I
shall choose,
his rod
shall blossom:
and
I
will
make
to cease
from
me
the murmurings
of
the
children
of
Israel, wherewith
they murmur
against
you.
And
Moses
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel:
and
all
the princes
gave
him rods
one
for
every tribe:
and
there
were twelve rods
besides
the rod
of
Aaron.
And
when
Moses
had laid
them
up
before
the
Lord
in
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
He
returned
on
the following
day,
and found
that
the rod
of
Aaron
for
the house
of Levi,
was budded:
and
that
the buds swelling
it
had bloomed blossoms,
which spreading
the leaves,
were formed
into almonds.
Moses
therefore brought
out all
the rods
from
before
the
Lord
to all
the children
of Israel:
and
they saw,
and every
one received
their rods.
And
the Lord said
to Moses: Carry back
the rod
of Aaron
into
the tabernacle
of
the testimony,
that
it
may
be kept
there
for
a token
of
the rebellious children
of Israel,
and
that
their complaints
may cease
from
me lest
they
die.
And
Moses did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
the children
of
Israel
said
to
Moses:
Behold
we
are consumed,
we
all perish.
Whosoever approacheth
to
the tabernacle
of
the Lord, he dieth.
Are
we all
to
a
man
to
be utterly destroyed?
And
the
Lord
said
to
Aaron: Thou,
and thy
sons,
and thy
father’s
house
with thee
shall
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
sanctuary:
and thou
and thy
sons
with thee
shall
bear
the
sins
of
your
priesthood.
And
take
with thee thy
brethren
also
of
the
tribe
of
Levi,
and
the sceptre
of thy
father,
and let
them
be ready
in hand,
and
minister
to thee:
but thou
and thy
sons
shall
minister
in
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony.
And
the Levites
shall
watch
to
do thy commands,
and
about
all
the works
of
the
tabernacle:
only
they
shall
not
come nigh
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary
nor
the
altar, lest
both
they
die,
and
you
also perish
with
them.
But
let
them
be
with thee,
and
watch
in
the
charge
of
the
tabernacle,
and
in
all
the ceremonies thereof.
A stranger
shall
not
join
himself
with
you.
Watch ye
in
the
charge
of
the
sanctuary,
and
in
the ministry
of
the
altar: lest indignation rise
upon
the
children
of
Israel.
I
have
given
you
your
brethren
the
Levites
from
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
have
delivered
them
for
a
gift
to
the
Lord,
to
serve
in
the ministries
of
the
tabernacle.
But thou
and thy
sons look ye
to
the
priesthood:
and
all
things
that pertain
to
the
service
of
the
altar,
and
that
are
within
the
veil,
shall
be
executed
by
the priests.
If
any stranger
shall
approach,
he
shall
be slain.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Aaron:
Behold
I
have
given thee
the
charge
of
my firstfruits.
All
things
that
are sanctified
by
the
children
of
Israel,
I
have
delivered
to thee
and
to thy
sons
for
the priestly office,
by
everlasting ordinances.
These
therefore shalt thou
take
of
the
things
that
are sanctified,
and
are offered
to
the Lord.
Every
offering,
and
sacrifice,
and
whatsoever
is rendered
to
me
for
sin
and
for trespass,
and becometh
holy
of
holies,
shall
be
for thee
and thy
sons.
Thou shalt
eat
it
in
the
sanctuary:
the
males
only
shall
eat thereof,
because
it
is
a
consecrated
thing
to thee.
But
the firstfruits,
which
the
children
of
Israel
shall vow
and
offer,
I
have
given
to thee,
and
to thy
sons,
and
to thy
daughters,
by
a
perpetual law.
He
that
is
clean
in thy
house,
shall
eat
them.
All
the
best
of
the
oil,
and
of
the
wine,
and
of
the corn,
whatsoever firstfruits
they
offer
to
the
Lord,
I
have
given
them
to thee.
All
the firstripe
of
the
fruits,
that
the
ground bringeth forth,
and
which
are
brought
to
the
Lord,
shall
be
for thy
use:
he
that
is
clean
in thy
house,
shall
eat
them.
Every
thing
that
the children
of
Israel
shall
give
by vow,
shall
be thine.
Whatsoever
is
firstborn
of
all
flesh,
which
they
offer
to
the
Lord, whether
it
be
of
men,
or
of
beasts,
shall
belong
to thee:
only
for
the
firstborn
of
man thou shalt
take
a
price,
and
every
beast
that
is
unclean thou shalt
cause
to
be
redeemed,
And
the
redemption
of
it
shall
be after
one
month,
for
five sicles
of
silver,
by
the weight
of
the
sanctuary.
A sicle hath
twenty obols.
But
the firstling
of
a cow
and
of
a
sheep
and
of
a
goat thou shalt
not cause
to
be
redeemed,
because
they
are sanctified
to
the
Lord.
Their
blood
only thou shalt pour
upon
the
altar,
and
their
fat thou shalt
burn
for
a
most sweet odour
to
the
Lord.
But
the
flesh
shall
fall
to thy
use,
as
the consecrated
breast,
and
the
right shoulder
shall
be thine.
All
the firstfruits
of
the
sanctuary
which
the
children
of
Israel
offer
to
the
Lord,
I
have
given
to thee
and
to thy
sons
and
daughters,
by
a
perpetual
ordinance.
It
is
a
covenant
of
salt
for
ever
before
the
Lord,
to thee
and
to thy
sons.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Aaron:
You
shall
possess
nothing
in
their
land,
neither
shall
you
have
a
portion
among
them:
I
am thy
portion
and
inheritance
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
I
have
given
to
the
sons
of
Levi
all
the
tithes
of
Israel
for
a
possession
for
the
ministry wherewith
they
serve
me
in
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant:
That
the
children
of
Israel
may
not
approach
any
more
to
the
tabernacle,
nor commit deadly
sin,
But only
the
sons
of
Levi
may
serve
me
in
the
tabernacle,
and
bear
the
sins
of
the
people.
It
shall
be
an
everlasting
ordinance
in
your
generations.
They
shall
not
possess
any other
thing,
But
be content
with
the oblation
or
tithes,
which
I
have separated
for
their uses
and necessities.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Command
the
Levites,
and
declare unto
them:
When
you
shall
receive
of
the
children
of
Israel
the
tithes,
which
I
have
given
you,
offer
the firstfruits
of
them
to
the
Lord,
that
is
to
say,
the
tenth
part
of
the
tenth:
That
it
may
be
reckoned
to
you
as
an oblation
of firstfruits,
as well
of
the barnfloors
as
of
the
winepresses:
And
of
all
the
things
of
which
you
receive
tithes,
offer
the firstfruits
to
the
Lord,
and
give
them
to
Aaron
the
priest.
All
the
things
that
you
shall
offer
of
the tithes,
and
shall separate
for
the
gifts
of
the
Lord,
shall
be
the
best
and choicest
things.
And thou shalt
say
to
them: If
you
offer
all
the goodly
and
the
better things
of
the tithes,
it
shall
be
reckoned
to
you
as if
you
had given
the firstfruits
of
the barnfloor
and
the
winepress:
And
you
shall
eat
them
in
all
your
places,
both
you
and
your
families:
because
it
is
your
reward
for
the
ministry, wherewith
you serve
in
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony.
And
you
shall
not
sin
in this point,
by reserving
the choicest
and
fat
things
to
yourselves, lest
you
profane
the oblations
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
die.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
saying:
This
is
the observance
of
the victim,
which
the
Lord hath
ordained.
Command
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
bring unto thee
a
red
cow
of
full
age,
in
which
there
is
no
blemish,
and
which hath
not
carried
the
yoke:
And
you
shall
deliver
her
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
who
shall
bring
her
forth without
the
camp,
and
shall immolate
her
in
the
sight
of all:
And dipping
his
finger
in
her
blood,
shall sprinkle
it
over
against
the door
of
the
tabernacle
seven
times,
And
shall
burn
her
in
the
sight
of all, delivering
up
to
the fire
her
skin,
and
her
flesh,
and
her
blood,
and
her
dung.
The
priest
shall also
take
cedar
wood,
and
hyssop,
and
scarlet twice dyed,
and
cast
it
into
the flame,
with
which
the
cow
is consumed.
And
then
after
washing
his
garments,
and
body,
he
shall
enter
into
the
camp,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He
also
that hath
burned
her,
shall
wash
his
garments,
and
his
body,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
And
a
man
that
is
clean
shall
gather
up
the
ashes
of
the
cow,
and
shall pour
them forth without
the
camp
in
a most
clean
place,
that
they
may
be reserved
for
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
for
a
water
of aspersion:
because
the
cow
was burnt
for
sin.
And
when
he
that carried
the
ashes
of
the
cow, hath
washed
his
garments,
he
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
The
children
of
Israel,
and
the
strangers
that
dwell
among
them,
shall observe
this
for
a holy thing
by
a
perpetual
ordinance.
He
that toucheth
the
corpse
of
a
man,
and
is therefore
unclean
seven
days,
Shall
be sprinkled
with
this water
on
the
third
day,
and
on
the
seventh,
and
so
shall
be
cleansed.
If
he
were
not sprinkled
on
the
third
day,
he
cannot
be
cleansed
on
the
seventh.
Every
one
that toucheth
the
corpse
of
a
man,
and
is
not
sprinkled
with mixture,
shall
profane
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord,
and
shall
perish
out
of
Israel:
because
he
was
not
sprinkled
with
the
water
of expiation,
he
shall
be
unclean,
and
his
uncleanness
shall
remain
upon
him.
This
is
the
law
of
a mall
that dieth
in
a
tent:
All
that
go
into
his
tent
and
all
the vessels
that
are
there,
shall
be
unclean
seven
days.
The
vessel
that hath
no cover,
nor binding
over
it,
shall
be
unclean.
If
any
man
in
the
field
touch
the
corpse
of
a
man
that
was
slain,
or
that
died
of
himself,
or
his
bone,
or
his
grave,
he
shall
be
unclean
seven
days.
And
they
shall
take
of
the
ashes
of
the
burning
and
of
the
sin offering,
and
shall pour
living
waters
upon
them
into
a
vessel.
And
a
man
that
is
clean
shall
dip
hyssop
in
them,
and
shall sprinkle therewith
all
the
tent,
and
all
the
furniture,
and
the
men
that
are defiled
with
touching
any
such
thing:
And
in
this manner
he
that
is
clean
shall
purify
the
unclean
on
the
third
and
on
the
seventh
day.
And being expiated
the
seventh
day,
he
shall
wash
both
himself
and
his
garments,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
If
any
man
be
not expiated
after
this rite,
his
soul
shall
perish
out
of
the
midst
of
the church:
because
he hath profaned
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord,
and
was
not
sprinkled
with
the
water
of purification.
This precept
shall
be
an
ordinance
for
ever.
He also
that sprinkled
the
water,
shall
wash
his
garments.
Every
one
that
shall
touch
the
waters
of expiation,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Whatsoever
a
person toucheth
who
is
unclean,
he
shall
make
it
unclean:
and
the
person
that toucheth
any
of
these
things,
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
And
the
children
of
Israel,
and
all
the multitude
came
into
the
desert
of Sin,
in
the
first
month:
and
the
people
abode
in Cades.
And Mary
died
there,
and
was
buried
in
the same
place.
And
the
people wanting
water,
came
together
against
Moses
and
Aaron:
And making
a sedition,
they
said:
Would
God
we
had
perished
among
our
brethren
before
the
Lord.
Why
have
you
brought
out
the church
of
the
Lord
into
the
wilderness,
that
both
we
and
our
cattle
should
die?
Why
have
you
made
us
come
up
out
of
Egypt,
and
have
brought
us
into
this wretched
place
which
cannot
be sowed,
nor bringeth forth
figs,
nor
vines,
nor
pomegranates,
neither
is
there
any
water
to
drink?
And
Moses
and
Aaron leaving
the multitude,
went
into
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
fell
flat
upon
the ground,
and cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
O
Lord
God, hear
the cry
of
this
people,
and
open
to
them thy treasure,
a fountain
of living water,
that being satisfied,
they
may cease
to murmur.
And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
appeared
over
them.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Take
the
rod,
and
assemble
the
people
together, thou
and
Aaron thy
brother,
and
speak
to
the
rock
before
them,
and
it
shall
yield
waters.
And
when thou hast
brought
forth
water
out
of
the
rock,
all
the multitude
and
their
cattle
shall
drink.
Moses
therefore
took
the
rod,
which
was
before
the
Lord,
as
he
had
commanded
him,
And having
gathered
together
the multitude
before
the
rock,
he
said
to
them:
Hear, ye
rebellious
and incredulous:
Can
we
bring
you
forth
water
out
of
this
rock?
And
when
Moses
had
lifted
up
his
hand,
and
struck
the
rock
twice
with
the
rod, there
came
forth
water
in
great abundance,
so
that
the people
and
their
cattle
drank,
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses
and
Aaron:
Because
you
have
not
believed
me,
to
sanctify
me
before
the
children
of
Israel,
you
shall
not
bring
these
people
into
the
land,
which
I
will
give
them.
This
is
the
Water
of contradiction,
where
the
children
of
Israel strove
with words
against
the
Lord,
and
he
was
sanctified
in
them.
In
the mean
time
Moses
sent
messengers
from Cades
to
the
king
of
Edom,
to
say:
Thus saith thy
brother
Israel: Thou knowest
all
the labour
that hath
come
upon
us:
In what manner
our
fathers
went
down
into
Egypt,
and
there
we
dwelt
a
long
time,
and
the
Egyptians afflicted
us
and
our
fathers.
And
how
we
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
he
heard
us,
and
sent
an
angel,
who hath
brought
us
out
of
Egypt.
Lo,
we
are
now
in
the
city
of Cades,
which
is
in
the uttermost
of thy
borders,
And
we
beseech thee
that
we
may
have leave
to
pass
through thy
country.
We
will
not
go
through
the
fields,
nor
through
the
vineyards,
we
will
not
drink
the
waters
of thy
wells,
but
we
will
go
by
the
common
highway,
neither
turning
aside
to
the
right
hand,
nor
to
the
left,
till
we
are past thy
borders.
And
Edom
answered
them: Thou shalt
not
pass
by
me:
if thou dost
I
will
come
out armed
against thee.
And
the
children
of
Israel
said:
We
will
go
by
the beaten
way:
and
if
we
and
our
cattle
drink
of thy
waters,
we
will
give thee
what
is
just:
there
shall
be
no difficulty
in
the
price,
only
let
us
pass speedily.
But
he
answered: Thou shalt
not
pass.
And immediately
he
came
forth
to
meet
them
with
an infinite multitude,
and
a
strong
hand,
Neither
would
he condescend
to
their desire
to
grant
them passage
through
his
borders. Wherefore
Israel
turned another
way
from
him.
And
when
they
had
removed
the camp
from Cades,
they
came
to
mount
Her,
which
is
in
the borders
of
the land
of Edom:
Where
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses:
Let
Aaron, saith
he,
go
to
his
people:
for
he
shall
not
go
into
the
land
which
I
have
given
the
children
of
Israel,
because
he
was incredulous
to
my
words,
at
the
waters
of contradiction.
Take
Aaron
and
his
son
with
him,
and
bring
them
up
into
mount
Hor:
And
when thou hast
stripped
the father
of
his vesture, thou shalt vest therewith
Eleazar
his
son:
Aaron
shall
be
gathered
to
his
people,
and
die
there.
Moses
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded:
and
they
went
up
into
mount
Hor
before
all
the multitude.
And
when
he
had
stripped
Aaron
of
his vestments,
he vested
Eleazar
his
son
with
them.
And
Aaron being dead
in
the top
of
the mountain,
he came
down
with Eleazar.
And all the multitude seeing that Aaron was dead, mourned for him thirty days throughout all their families.
And
when
king
Arad
the Chanaanite,
who
dwelt towards
the
south,
had
heard
this,
to wit,
that
Israel
was
come
by
the
way
of
the spies,
he
fought
against
them,
and overcoming
them
carried
off
their spoils.
But
Israel binding
himself
by
vow
to
the
Lord,
said:
It thou wilt
deliver
this
people
into
my
hand,
I
will utterly
destroy
their
cities.
And
the
Lord
heard
the prayers
of
Israel,
and
delivered
up
the Chanaanite,
and
they cut
them
off
and destroyed
their
cities:
and
they
called
the
name
of
that
place Horma,
that
is
to
say, Anathema.
And
they
marched
from
mount
Hor,
by
the
way
that leadeth
to
the Red
Sea,
to compass
the
land
of
Edom.
And
the
people began
to
be weary
of
their
journey
and labour:
And
speaking
against
God
and
Moses,
they
said:
Why didst thou
bring
us
out
of
Egypt,
to
die
in
the
wilderness?
There
is
no
bread,
nor
have
we
any
waters:
our
soul
now loatheth
this very light
food.
Wherefore
the
Lord
sent
among
the
people fiery
serpents, which bit
them
and
killed
many
of
them.
Upon which
they
came
to
Moses,
and
said:
We
have
sinned,
because
we
have
spoken
against
the
Lord
and thee:
pray
that
he
may
take
away
these
serpents
from
us.
And
Moses
prayed
for
the
people.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Make brazen serpent,
and
set
it
up
for
a sign: whosoever
being struck
shall
look
on
it,
shall live.
Moses
therefore
made
a brazen
serpent,
and
set
it
up
for
a sign: which
when
they
that
were bitten
looked
upon,
they
were healed.
And
the
children
of
Israel
setting forwards
camped
in
Oboth.
And departing thence
they
pitched
their tents
in Jeabarim,
in
the
wilderness,
that faceth
Moab
toward
the
east.
And removing
from thence,
they came
to
the torrent Zared:
Which
they
left
and
encamped over
against
Arnon,
which
is
in
the
desert
and standeth
out
on
the
borders
of
the Amorrhite.
For
Arnon
is
the
border
of
Moab, dividing
the
Moabites
and
the Amorrhites.
Wherefore
it
is
said
in
the
book
of
the
wars
of
the
Lord:
As
he
did
in
the Red Sea,
so
will
he do
in
the
streams
of Amen.
The rocks
of
the torrents
were
bowed
down
that
they
might
rest
in
Ar,
and lie
down
in
the
borders
of
the
Moabites.
When
they went
from
that
place,
the
well appeared whereof
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Gather
the
people
together,
and
I
will
give
them
water.
Then
Israel
sung
this
song: Let
the
well
spring
up.
They
sung thereto:
The
well, which
the
princes
dug,
and
the
chiefs
of
the
people prepared by
the direction
of
the
lawgiver,
and
with their staves.
And
they marched
from
the
wilderness
to Mathana.
From Mathana unto
Nahaliel: from
Nahaliel unto
Bamoth.
From
Bamoth,
is
a
valley
in
the
country
of
Moab,
to
the
top
of Phasga,
which
looked towards
the
desert.
And
Israel
sent
messengers
to Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
saying:
I beseech thee
that
I
may
have leave
to
pass
through thy
land:
we
will
not
go
aside
into
the
fields
or
the
vineyards,
we
will
not
drink
waters
of
the
wells,
we
will
go
the
king’s
highway,
till
we
be past thy
borders.
And
he
would
not
grant
that
Israel
should
pass
by
his
borders:
but
rather
gathering
an
army,
went
forth
to
meet
them
in
the
desert,
and
came
to Jasa,
and
fought
against
them.
And
he
was
slain
by
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
they
possessed
his
land
from
the
Arnon unto
the Jeboc,
and
to
the confines
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
for
the
borders
of
the
Ammonites,
were kept
with
a
strong garrison.
So
Israel
took
all
his
cities,
and
dwelt
in
the
cities
of
the Amorrhite,
to wit,
in Hesebon,
and
in
the
villages thereof.
Hesebon
was
the
city
of Sehon
the
king
of
the Amorrhites,
who
fought
against
the
king
of
Moab:
and
took
all
the
land,
that
had
been
of
his dominions,
as
far
as
the
Arnon.
Therefore
it
is
said
in
the proverb:
Come
into Hesebon,
let
the
city
of Sehon
be
built
and
set
up:
A
fire
is
gone
out
of Hesebon,
a
flame
from
the
city
of Sehon,
and hath
consumed
Ar
of
the
Moabites,
and
the inhabitants
of
the
high
places
of
the
Arnon.
Woe
to thee
Moab: thou art undone, O
people
of Chamos.
He hath
given
his
sons
to flight,
and
his
daughters
into
captivity
to Sehon
the
king
of
the Amorrhites.
Their yoke
is
perished
from Hesebon unto
Dibon,
they came weary
to Nophe,
and unto Medaba.
So
Israel
dwelt
in
the
land
of
the Amorrhite.
And
Moses
sent
some
to
take
a view
of
Jazer:
and
they
took
the
villages
of
it,
and
conquered
the inhabitants.
And
they
turned themselves,
and
went
up
by
the
way
of Basan,
and
Og
the
king
of Basan
came
against
them
with
all
his
people,
to
fight
in Edrai.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Fear
him
not,
for
I
have
delivered
him
and
all
his
people,
and
his
country
into thy
hand:
and thou shalt
do
to
him
as thou didst
to Sehon
the
king
of
the Amorrhites,
the
inhabitant
of Hesebon.
So
they
slew
him
also
with
his
sons,
and
all
his
people,
not letting
any
one escape,
and
they
possessed
his
land.
And
they
went
forward
and
encamped
in
the
plains
of
Moab, over
against where
Jericho
is situate
beyond
the
Jordan.
And Balac
the
son
of Sephor,
seeing
all
that
Israel
had
done
to
the Amorrhite,
And
that
the
Moabites
were
in
great
fear
of
him,
and
were
not able
to sustain
his assault,
He
said
to
the
elders
of Madian:
So
will
this
people
destroy
all
that dwell
in
our borders,
as
the
ox
is wont
to eat
the
grass
to
the
very roots.
Now
he
was
at
that
time
king
in
Moab.
He
sent
therefore
messengers
to
Balaam
the
son
of Beer,
a soothsayer,
who
dwelt
by
the
river
of
the
land
of
the
children
of Ammon,
to
call
him,
and
to
say:
Behold
a
people
is
come
out
of
Egypt,
that hath
covered
the
face
of
the
earth,
sitting
over
against
me.
Come
therefore,
and
curse
this
people,
because
it
is
mightier
than
I:
if
by
any
means
I
may
beat
them
and
drive
them
out
of
my
land:
for
I
know
that
he
whom thou shalt
bless
is
blessed,
and
he
whom thou shalt
curse
is
cursed.
And
the ancients
of
Moab,
and
the
elders
of Madian,
went
with
the price
of
divination
in
their
hands.
And
when
they
were
come
to
Balaam,
and
had
told
him
all
the
words
of Balac:
He
answered: Tarry
here
this
night,
and
I
will
answer whatsoever
the
Lord
shall
say
to
me.
And
while
they
stayed
with
Balaam,
God
came
and
said
to
him:
What mean
these
men
that
are
with thee?
He
answered: Balac
the
son
of Sephor
king
of
the
Moabites hath
sent
to
me,
Saying:
Behold
a
people
that
is
come
out
of
Egypt, hath
covered
the
face
of
the
land:
come
and
curse
them,
if
by
any means
I
may
fight
with
them
and
drive
them
away.
And
God
said
to
Balaam: Thou shalt
not go
with
them,
nor shalt thou
curse
the
people:
because
it
is
blessed.
And
he
rose
in
the
morning
and
said
to
the
princes:
Go
into
your
country,
because
the
Lord hath forbid
me
to
come
with
you.
The
princes returning,
said
to Balac:
Balaam
would not
come
with
us.
Then
he
sent
many
more
and
more noble
than
he
had
sent
before:
Who,
when
they
were
come
to
Balaam,
said:
Thus saith Balac
the
son
of Sephor, Delay
not
to
come
to
me:
For
I am ready
to honour thee,
and
will
give thee
whatsoever thou wilt:
come
and
curse
this
people.
Balaam
answered:
If Balac
would
give
me
his
house
full
of
silver
and
gold,
I
cannot alter
the
word
of
the
Lord
my
God,
to
speak
either
more
or
less.
I
pray
you
to
stay
here
this
night
also,
that
I
may
know
what
the
Lord
will answer
me once
more.
God
therefore
came
to
Balaam
in
the
night,
and
said
to
him:
It
these
men
be
come
to
call thee,
arise
and
go
with
them:
yet
so,
that thou
do
what
I
shall
command thee.
Balaam
arose
in
the
morning,
and saddling
his ass
went
with
them.
And
God
was
angry.
And
an
angel
of
the
Lord
stood
in
the
way
against Balaam,
who sat
on
the ass,
and
had
two
servants
with
him.
The ass
seeing
the
angel
standing
in
the
way,
with
a
drawn
sword,
turned
herself
out
of
the
way,
and went
into
the
field.
And
when
Balaam
beat
her,
and
had
a mind
to bring
her again
to
the
way,
The
angel
stood
in
a
narrow
place between
two
walls, wherewith
the
vineyards
were enclosed.
And
the ass
seeing
him,
thrust herself close
to
the
wall,
and bruised
the
foot
of
the rider.
But
he
beat
her
again:
And nevertheless
the
angel going
on
to
a narrow
place,
where
there
was
no
way
to
turn
aside either
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left,
stood
to meet
him.
And
when
the ass
saw
the
angel standing, she fell
under
the feet
of
the rider:
who being
angry
beat
her sides more vehemently
with
a
staff.
And
the
Lord
opened
the
mouth
of
the ass,
and
she
said:
What
have
I
done
to thee?
Why strikest thou
me, lo,
now
this
third time?
Balaam
answered:
Because thou hast deserved
it,
and hast served
me ill:
I
would
I
had
a
sword
that
I
might
kill thee.
The ass
said:
Am
not
I thy beast,
on
which thou hast
been
always accustomed
to
ride
until
this
present
day?
tell
me
if
I
ever
did
the
like
thing
to thee.
But
he
said:
Never.
Forthwith
the
Lord
opened
the
eyes
of
Balaam,
and
he
saw
the
angel
standing
in
the
way
with
a
drawn
sword,
and
he worshipped
him falling
flat
on
the
ground.
And
the
angel
said
to
him:
Why beatest thou thy ass
these
three
times?
I
am
come
to withstand thee,
because thy
way
is perverse,
and
contrary
to
me:
And
unless
the ass
had
turned
out
of
the
way, giving
place
to
me
who stood
against thee,
I
had
slain thee,
and
she
should
have
lived.
Balaam
said:
I
have
sinned,
not
knowing
that thou didst
stand
against
me:
and
now
if
it displease thee
that
I
go,
I
will
return.
The
angel
said: Go
with
these
men,
and
see thou
speak
no
other
thing than
what
I
shall
command thee.
He
went
therefore
with
the
princes.
And
when Balac
heard
it
he
came
forth
to
meet
him
in
a
town
of
the
Moabites,
that
is situate
in
the uttermost
borders
of
Arnon.
And
he
said
to
Balaam:
I
sent
messengers
to
call thee,
why didst thou
not
come immediately
to
me?
was
it
because
I
am
not
able
to reward thy
coming?
He
answered
him:
Lo,
here
I
am:
shall
I
have power
to
speak
any
other
thing
but
that
which
God
shall
put
in
my
mouth?
So
they
went
on
together,
and
came
into
a city,
that
was
in
the uttermost borders
of
his kingdom.
And
when Balac
had killed
oxen
and
sheep,
he
sent presents
to
Balaam,
and
to
the
princes
that
were
with
him.
And
when
morning
was
come,
he
brought
him
to
the high places
of Baal,
and
he beheld
the uttermost part
of
the
people.
And
Balaam
said
to Balac:
Build
me
here
seven
altars,
and
prepare
as many calves,
and
the
same number
of
rams.
And
when
he
had
done according
to
the
word
of
Balaam,
they laid together
a calf
and
a
ram upon every
altar.
And
Balaam
said
to Balac:
Stand
a
while
by thy
burnt
offering,
until
I go,
to
see
if
perhaps
the
Lord
will
meet
me,
and whatsoever
he
shall
command,
I
will
speak
to thee.
And
when
he
was
gone
with speed,
God
met
him.
And
Balaam
speaking
to
him,
said:
I
have
erected
seven
altars,
and
have laid
on everyone
a calf
and
a
ram.
And
the
Lord
put
the
word
in
his
mouth,
and
said:
Return
to Balac,
and
thus shalt thou
speak.
Returning
he found Balac
standing
by
his
burnt offering,
with
all
the
princes
of
the
Moabites:
And taking
up
his
parable,
he
said: Balac
king
of
the
Moabites hath
brought
me
from
Aram,
from
the
mountains
of
the
east: Come,
said
he,
and
curse
Jacob:
make haste
and detest
Israel.
How
shall
I
curse
him,
whom
God hath
not
cursed?
By
what means
should
I detest
him,
whom
the
Lord detesteth
not?
I
shall
see
him
from
the
tops
of
the
rocks,
and
shall
consider
him
from
the
hills.
This
people
shall
dwell
alone,
and
shall
not
be
reckoned
among
the
nations.
Who
can
count
the
dust
of
Jacob,
and know
the
number
of
the stock
of
Israel?
Let
my
soul
die
the
death
of
the
just,
and
my
last
end
be
like
to
them.
And Balac
said
to
Balaam:
What
is
this
that thou dost?
I
sent
for thee
to
curse
my
enemies:
and thou contrariwise blessest
them.
He
answered
him:
Call
I
speak
any thing
else
but
what
the
Lord commandeth?
Balac
therefore
said: Come
with
me
to
another
place
from whence thou mayest
see part
of Israel,
and canst
not
see
them
all:
curse
them
from thence.
And
when
he
had
brought
him
to
a high place,
upon
the
top
of
mount Phasga,
Balaam
built
seven
altars,
and laying
on
every
one
a calf
and
a
ram,
He
said
to Balac:
Stand
here
by thy
burnt offering
while
I go
to
meet
him.
And
when
the
Lord
had
met
him,
and
had
put
the
word
in
his
mouth,
he
said:
Return
to Balac,
and
thus shalt thou
say
to
him.
Returning
he found
him
standing
by
his
burnt sacrifice,
and
the
princes
of
the
Moabites
with
him.
And Balac
said
to
him:
What hath
the
Lord
spoken?
But
he taking
up
his
parable,
said:
Stand,
O Balac,
and
give
ear:
hear, thou
son
of Sephor:
God
is
not
a
man,
that
he
should
lie,
nor
as
the
son
of
man,
that
he
should
be
changed. Hath
he
said
then,
and
will
he
not
do? hath
he
spoken,
and
will
he
not
fulfill?
I
was
brought
to
bless,
the
blessing
I am
not able
to hinder.
There
is
no
idol
in
Jacob,
neither
is
there
an image
god
to
be
seen
in
Israel.
The
Lord
his
God
is
with
him,
and
the
sound
of
the victory
of
the
king
in
him.
God hath
brought
him
out
of
Egypt, whose strength
is
like
to
the rhinoceros.
There
is
no soothsaying
in
Jacob,
nor
divination
in
Israel.
In
their
times
it
shall
be
told
to
Jacob
and
to
Israel
what
God hath
wrought.
Behold
the
people
shall
rise
up
as
a
lioness,
and
shall
lift itself
up
as
a
lion:
it
shall
not
lie
down
till
it
devour
the
prey,
and
drink
the
blood
of
the
slain.
And Balac
said
to
Balaam:
Neither
curse,
nor
bless
him.
And
he
said:
Did
I
not
tell thee,
that
whatsoever
God
should
command
me,
that
I
would
do?
And Balac
said
to
him:
Come
and
I
will
bring thee
to
another
place;
if peradventure
it
please
God
that thou mayest
curse
them
from thence.
And
when
he
had
brought
him
upon
the
top
of mount Phogor,
which looketh towards
the
wilderness,
Balaam
said
to
him:
Build
me
here
seven
altars,
and
prepare
as many calves,
and
the
same number
of
rams.
Balac
did
as
Balaam
had
said:
and
he laid
on every
altar,
a calf
and
a
ram.
And
when
Balaam
saw
that
it
pleased
the
Lord
that
he
should
bless
Israel.
he
went
not
as
he
had
gone
before,
to
seek divination:
but setting
his
face towards
the
desert,
And lifting
up
his
eyes,
he
saw
Israel abiding
in
their tents
by
their
tribes:
and
the
spirit
of
God rushing
upon
him,
He
took
up
his
parable
and
said:
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor hath
said:
The
man hath
said,
whose
eye ire stopped
up:
The hearer
of
the
words
of
God hath
said,
he
that hath beheld
the
vision
of
the
Almighty,
he
that falleth,
and
so
his
eyes
are
opened:
How
beautiful
are thy tabernacles,
O
Jacob,
and thy
tents,
O
Israel!
As woody
valleys,
as
watered
gardens
near
the
rivers,
as tabernacles
which
the
Lord hath
pitched,
as
cedars
by
the waterside.
Water
shall
flow
out
of
his
bucket,
and
his
seed
shall
be
in
many
waters.
For
Agag
his
king
shall
be
removed,
and
his
kingdom
shall
be
taken awry.
God hath
brought
him
out
of
Egypt,
whose
strength
is
like
to
the rhinoceros.
They
shall
devour
the
nations
that
are
his enemies,
and break
their
bones,
and pierce
them
with
arrows.
Lying
down
he hath
slept
as
a
lion,
and
as
a
lioness,
whom none
shall dare
to
rouse.
He
that blesseth thee,
shall also himself
be
blessed:
he
that curseth thee
shall
be reckoned
accursed.
And Balac being
angry
against
Balaam, clapped
his
hands
together
and
said:
I
called thee
to
curse
my
enemies,
and thou
on
the contrary hast
blessed
them
three
times.
Return
to thy
place.
I
had determined
indeed
greatly
to honour thee,
but
the
Lord hath deprived thee
of
the honour designed
for thee.
Balaam
made
answer
to Balac:
Did
I
not
say
to thy
messengers,
whom thou sentest
to
me:
If Balac
would
give
me
his
house
full
of
silver
and
gold,
I
cannot
go
beyond
the
word
of
the
Lord
my
God,
to
utter
any
thing
of
my own head
either
good
or
evil:
but whatsoever
the
Lord
shall
say,
that
I
will
speak?
But
yet
going
to
my
people,
I
will
give thee
counsel,
what
this
people
shall
do
to thy
people
in
the
latter
days.
Therefore taking
up
his
parable, again
he
said:
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor hath
said:
The
man
whose
eye
is stopped
up, hath
said:
The hearer
of
the
words
of
God hath
said,
who knoweth
the doctrine
of
the Highest,
and seeth
the
visions
of
the
Almighty,
who
falling hath
his
eyes
opened:
I
shall
see
him,
but
not
now:
I
shall
behold
him,
but
not
near.
A
STAR
SHALL
RISE
out
of
Jacob
and
a sceptre
shall spring
up
from
Israel:
and
shall strike
the chiefs
of
Moab,
and
shall waste
all
the
children
of Seth.
And
he
shall possess Idumea:
the inheritance
of
Seir
shall
come
to
their
enemies,
but
Israel
shall
do manfully.
Out of
Jacob
shall
he come that
shall
rule,
and
shall
destroy
the
remains of
the
city.
And
when
he
saw Amalec,
he
took
up
his
parable,
and
said: Amalec
the
beginning
of
nations,
whose
latter ends
shall
be destroyed.
He
saw
also
the Cinite:
and
took
up
his
parable,
and
said: Thy
habitation
indeed
is strong:
but though thou build thy
nest
in
a
rock,
And thou
be chosen
of
the stock
of Cin,
how
long shalt thou
be able
to
continue?
For Assur
shall
take thee
captive.
And
taking
up
his
parable, again
he
said:
Alas,
who
shall
live
when
God
shall
do
these things?
They
shall come
in galleys
from Italy,
they
shall overcome
the Assyrians,
and
shall waste
the Hebrews,
and
at
the last
they themselves
also
shall
perish.
And
Balaam
rose,
and
returned
to
his
place: Balac
also
returned
the
way
that
he
came.
And
Israel
at
that
time
abode
in Settim,
and
the
people committed fornication
with
the
daughters
of
Moab,
Who
called
them
to
their
sacrifices.
And
they
ate
of
them,
and adored
their
gods.
And
Israel
was initiated
to Beelphegor: upon which
the
Lord being
angry,
Said
to
Moses:
Take
all
the princes
of
the
people,
and
hang
them
up
on gibbets
against
the
sun:
that
my
fury
may
be
turned
away
from
Israel.
And
Moses
said
to
the
judges
of
Israel: Let
every
man
kill
his neighbours,
that
have been initiated
to Beelphegor.
And
behold
one
of
the
children
of
Israel
went
in
before
his
brethren
to
a harlot
of Madian,
in
the
sight
of
Moses,
and
of
all
the
children
of
Israel,
who
were
weeping
before
the
door
of
the
tabernacle.
And
when Phinees
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest
saw
it,
he
rose
up
from
the
midst;
of
the multitude,
and
taking
a dagger,
Went
in
after
the
Israelite
into
the brothel house,
and
thrust
both
of
them
through
together,
to wit,
the
man
and
the
woman
in
the genital parts.
And
the scourge ceased
from
the
children
of
Israel:
And
there
were slain
four
and
twenty
thousand men.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Phinees
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest, hath
turned
away
my
wrath
from
the
children
of
Israel:
because
he
was moved
with
my
zeal
against
them,
that
I myself
might
not
destroy
the
children
of
Israel
in
my
zeal.
Therefore
say
to
him:
Behold
I
give
him
the
peace
of
my
covenant,
And
the
covenant
of
the
priesthood
for
ever
shall
be
both
to
him
and
his
seed,
because
he hath
been
zealous
for
his
God,
and hath
made
atonement
for
the wickedness
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
name
of
the
Israelite,
was
slain
with
the
woman
of Madian,
was Zambri
the
son
of Salu,
a
prince
the kindred
and tribe
of
Simeon.
And
the Madianite
woman,
that
was
slain
with
him,
was
called
Cozbi
the
daughter
of Sur,
a most noble prince
among
the Madianites.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Let
the Madianites find
you enemies,
and
slay
you
them:
Because
they
also
have
acted
like enemies
against
you,
and
have guilefully
deceived
you
by
the idol Phogor,
and
Cozbi
their
sister,
a
daughter
of
a
prince
of Madian,
who
was
slain
in
the
day
the
plague
for
the sacrilege
of Phogor.
After
the blood
of
the guilty
was shed,
the
Lord
said
to
Moses
and
to
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron,
the
priest:
Number
the
whole
sum
of
the
children
of
Israel
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
by
their
houses
and kindreds,
all
that
are able
to
go
forth
to
war.
Moses
therefore
and
Eleazar
the
priest, being
in
the
plains
of
Moab
upon
the
Jordan
over
against
Jericho,
spoke
to
them
that
were
From
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded:
and
this
is
the number
of
them:
Ruben
the
firstborn
of
Israel.
His
sons
were Henoch,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Henochites:
and Phallu,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Phalluites:
And Hesron,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Hesronites:
and Charmi,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Charmites.
These
are
the
families
of
the stock
of Ruben: whose
number
was found
to
be forty-three
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty.
The
son
of Phallu
was
Eliab.
His
sons,
were Namuel
and
Dathan
and Abiron.
These
are
Dathan
and Abiron
the princes
of
the
people,
that rose
against
Moses
and
Aaron
in
the sedition
of Core,
when
they
rebelled
against
the
Lord:
And
the
earth
opening
her
mouth
swallowed
up Core, many others dying,
when
the
fire burned
two
hundred
and
fifty
men.
And
there
was
a great miracle wrought,
That
when Core perished,
his
sons
did
not perish.
The
sons
of
Simeon
by their kindreds: Namuel,
of
him
is
the
family
of
the Namuelites:
Jamin,
of
him
is
the
family
of
the
Jaminites:
Jachin,
of
him
is
the
family
of
the
Jachinites:
Zare,
of him
is
the
family
of
the Zarites:
Saul,
of him
is
the
family
of
the Saulites.
These
are
the
families
of
the stock
of
Simeon,
of
which
the whole number
was
twenty-two
thousand
two
hundred.
The
sons
of
Gad
by their kindreds: Sephon,
of hin;
Is
the
family
of
the Sephonites: Aggi,
of
him
is
the
family
of
the Aggites: Suni,
of
him
is
the
family
of
the Sunites:
Ozni,
of him is
the
family
of
the Oznites: Her,
of him is
the
family
of
the Herites:
Arod,
of him is
the
family
of
the
Arodites: Ariel,
of him is
the
family
of
the Arielites.
These
are
the
families
of
Gad,
of
which
the whole
number
was
forty
thousand
five
hundred.
The
sons
of Juda, Her
and
Onan,
who
both
died
in
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
the
sons
of Juda
by
their kindreds
were: Sela,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Selaites: Phares,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Pharesites: Zare,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Zarites.
Moreover
the
sons
of Phares
were: Hesron,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Hesronites:
and
Hamul,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the
Hamulites.
These
are
the
families
of Juda,
of
which
the whole
number
was seventy-six
thousand
five
hundred.
The
sons
of
Issachar,
by their kindreds: Thola,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Tholaites: Phua,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Phuaites:
Jasub,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Jasubites: Semran,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Semranites.
These
are
the kindreds
of
Issachar, whose
number
was sixty-four
thousand
three
hundred.
The
sons
of Zabulon
by their kindreds: Sared,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Saredites:
Elon,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the
Elonites: Jalel,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Jalelites.
These
are
the kindreds
of Zabulon, whose
number
was
sixty
thousand
five
hundred.
The
sons
of
Joseph
by their kindred, Manasses
and
Ephraim.
Of Manasses
was
born
Machir,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the
Machirites.
Machir
beget Galaad,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Galaadites.
Galaad
had
sons: Jezer,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Jezerites:
and Helec,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Helecites:
And
Asriel,
of whom is
the
family
of
the
Asrielites:
and Sechem,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Sechemites:
And Semida,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Semidaites:
and
Hepher,
of whom is
the
family
of
the
Hepherites.
And
Hepher
was
the father
of Salphaad,
who
had
no
sons,
but
only
daughters,
whose
names
are these: Maala,
and Noa,
and Hegla,
and Melcha,
and Thersa.
These
are
the
families
of Manasses,
and
the
number
of
them
fifty-two
thousand
seven
hundred.
And
the
sons
of
Ephraim
by their kindreds
were
these: Suthala,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Suthalaites:
Becher,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the
Becherites: Thehen,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Thehenites.
Now
the
son
of Suthala
was Heran,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Heranites.
These
are
the kindreds
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim:
whose
number
was thirty-two
thousand
five
hundred.
These
are
the
sons
of Joseph
by their
families.
The
sons
of
Benjamin
in their kindreds:
Bela,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the
Belaites: Asbel,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Asbelites:
Ahiram,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the
Ahiramites:
Supham,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Suphamites:
Hupham,
of whom is
the
family
of
the
Huphamites.
The
sons
of
Bela: Hered,
and Noeman.
Of Hered,
is
the
family
of
the Heredites:
of Noeman,
the
family
of tile Noemanites.
These
are
the
sons
of
Benjamin
by
their kindreds,
whose
number
was
forty-five
thousand
six
hundred.
The
sons
of
Dan
by
their kindreds: Suham,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Suhamites:
These
are
the kindreds
of
Dan
by
their
families.
All
were Suhamites,
whose
number
was sixty-four
thousand
four
hundred.
The
sons
of Aser
by their kindreds: Jemna,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Jemnaites: Jessui,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Jessuites: Brie,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Brieites.
The
sons
of Brie:
Heber,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the
Heberites:
and Melchiel,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Melchielites.
And
the
name
of
the
daughter
of Aser,
was Sara.
These
are
the kindreds
of
the
sons
of Aser,
and
their
number fifty-three
thousand
four
hundred.
The
sons
of Nephtali
by their kindreds: Jesiel,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the Jesielites:
Guni,
of whom
is
the
family
of
the
Gunites:
Jeser,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Jeserites: Sellem,
of whom is
the
family
of
the Sellemites.
These
are
the kindreds
of
the sons
of Nephtali
by
their
families: whose
number
was
forty-five
thousand
four
hundred.
This
is
the sum
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
were reckoned
up,
six
hundred
and
one
thousand
seven
hundred
and
thirty.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
To
these
shall
the
land
be
divided
for their possessions according
to
the
number
of
names.
To
the
greater
number thou shalt
give
a
greater
portion,
and
to
the fewer
a
less:
to
every
one,
as
they
have
now
been reckoned
up,
shall
a
possession
be
delivered:
Yet
so
that
by
lot
the
land
be
divided
to
the
tribe
and
families.
Whatsoever
shall fall
by
lot,
that
shall
be taken
by
the
more,
or
the fewer.
This also
is
the
number
of
the sons
of
Levi
by
their
families: Gerson,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Gersonites: Caath,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the Caathites:
Merari,
of
whom
is
the
family
of
the
Merarites.
These
are
the
families
of
Levi:
The
family
of Lobni,
the
family
of Hebroni,
the
family
of Moholi,
the
family
of Musi,
the
family
of Core. Now Caath
beget
Amram:
Who
had
to
wife Jochabed
the
daughter
of
Levi,
who
was horn
to
him
in
Egypt.
She
bore
to
her husband
Amram
sons,
Aaron
and
Moses,
and Mary
their
sister.
Of
Aaron
were
born
Nadab
and Abiu,
and
Eleazar
and
Ithamar:
Of whom
Nadab
and Abiu
died,
when
they
had
offered
the
strange
fire
before
the
Lord.
And
all
that
were
numbered,
were twenty-three
thousand
males
from
one
month
old
and
upward:
for
they
were
not reckoned
up
among
the
children
of
Israel,
neither
was
a
possession
given
to
them
with
the
rest.
This
is
the
number
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
were enrolled
by
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
in
the
plains
of
Moab
upon
the
Jordan,
over
against
Jericho.
Among
whom
there
was
not
one
of
them
that
were
numbered
before
by
Moses
and
Aaron
in
the
desert
of
Sinai.
For
the
Lord
had foretold
that
they
should
die
in
the
wilderness.
And
none
remained
of
them,
but
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun.
Then
came
the
daughters
of Salphaad,
the
son
of
Hepher,
the
son
of Galaad,
the
son
of
Machir,
the
son
of Manasses,
who
was
the
son
of
Joseph:
and
their
names
are Maala,
and Noa,
and Hegla,
and Melcha,
and Thersa.
And
they
stood
before
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
all
the
princes
of
the people
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
said:
Our
father
died
in
the
desert,
and
was
not
in
the sedition,
that
was
raised
against
the
Lord
under Core,
but
he
died
in
his
own
sin:
and
he
had
no
male
children.
Why
is
his name
taken
away
out
of
his
family,
because
he
had
no
son?
Give
us
a possession
among
the kinsmen
of
our
father.
And
Moses referred
their
cause
to
the judgment
of
the Lord.
And
the
Lord said
to
him:
The daughters
of Salphaad demand
a just thing: Give
them
a possession
among
their father’s kindred,
and let
them succeed
him
in
his inheritance.
And
to
the children
of Israel thou shalt
speak
these things:
When
a
man dieth
without
a
son,
his
inheritance
shall
pass
to
his
daughter.
If
he
have
no
daughter,
his
brethren
shall succeed
him.
And
if
he
have
no
brethren,
you
shall
give
the
inheritance
to
his
father’s
brethren.
But
if
he
have
no uncles
by
the
father,
the
inheritance
shall
be
given
to
them
that
are
the
next akin.
And
this
shall
be
to
the
children
of
Israel sacred
by
a perpetual law,
as
the
Lord hath
commanded
Moses.
The
Lord
also
said
to
Moses:
Go
up
into
this
mountain
Abarim,
and
view
from thence
the
land
which
I
will
give
to
the
children
of
Israel.
And
when thou shalt
have
seen
it, thou
also shalt
go
to thy
people,
as thy
brother
Aaron
is gone:
Because
you offended
me
in
the
desert
of Sin
in
the contradiction
of
the multitude, neither
would
you
sanctify
me
before
them
at
the
waters.
These
are
the
waters
of contradiction
in Cades
of
the
desert
of Sin.
And
Moses
answered
him:
May
the
Lord
the
God
of
the
spirits
of
all
flesh provide
a
man,
that
may
be
over
this multitude:
And
may
go
out
and
in
before
them,
and
may
lead
them
out,
or
bring
them
in: lest
the
people
of
the
Lord
be
as
sheep
without
a
shepherd.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Take Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
a
man
in
whom
is
the
Spirit,
and
put thy
hand
upon
him.
And
he
shall
stand
before
Eleazar
the
priest
and
all
the multitude:
And thou shalt
give
him precepts
in
the sight
of
all,
and
part
of thy
glory,
that
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
may
hear
him.
If
any
thing
be
to
be
done,
Eleazar
the
priest
shall
consult
the
Lord
for
him.
He
and
all
the
children
of
Israel
with
him,
and
the rest
of
the multitude
shall
go
out
and
go
in
at
his
word.
Moses
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
when
he
had
taken Josue,
he
set
him
before
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
all
the
assembly
of
the
people,
And laying
his
hands
on
his head,
he
repeated all
things
that
the
Lord
had
commanded.
The
Lord
also
said
to
Moses:
Command
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
Offer ye
my oblation
and
my
bread,
and burnt sacrifice
of most sweet odour,
in
their due
seasons.
These
are
the sacrifices
which
you
shall
offer:
Two
lambs
of
a
year
old
without
blemish
every
day
for
the
perpetual holocaust:
One
you shall
offer
in
the
morning,
and
the
other
in
the
evening:
And
the
tenth part
of
an ephi
of
flour, which shall
be tempered
with
the purest
oil,
of
the
measure
of
the
fourth part
of
a
hin.
It
is
the
continual holocaust
which
you offered
in
mount
Sinai
for
a most sweet. odour
of
a
sacrifice
by
fire
to
the
Lord.
And
for
a libation you
shall offer
of wine
the
fourth part
of
a
hin
for
every
lamb
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord.
And
you
shall
offer
the
other
lamb
in
like manner ill
the
evening according
to all
the rites
of
the
morning
sacrifice,
and
of
the libations thereof,
an oblation
of most sweet odour
to
the
Lord.
And
on
the
sabbath
day
you
shall offer
two
lambs
of
a
year
old
without
blemish,
and
two tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
in
sacrifice,
and
the libations,
Which
regularly are poured
out
every
sabbath
for
the
perpetual holocaust.
And
on
the
first
day
of
the
month
you
shall
offer
a holocaust
to
the
Lord,
two
calves
of
the
herd,
one
ram,
and
seven
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish,
And
three tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
in
sacrifice
for
every calf:
and
two tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
for
every
ram:
And
the
tenth
of
a
tenth
of
flour tempered
with
oil
in
sacrifice
for
every
lamb.
It
is
a holocaust
of most sweet odour
and
an
offering
by
fire
to
the
Lord.
And
these shall
be
the libations
of
wine
that
are
to
be poured out
for
every victim:
Half
a
hin
for
every calf,
a
third
for
a
ram,
and
a
fourth
for
a
lamb.
This shall
be
the holocaust
for
every
month,
as
they succeed
one another
in
the course
of
the
year.
A buck
goat
also
shall
be offered
to
the
Lord
for
a
sin
offering
over
and
above
the
perpetual holocaust
with
its libations.
And
in
the
first
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month,
shall
be
the phase
of
the
Lord,
And
on
the fifteenth
day
the solemn
feast:
seven
days
shall
they
eat
unleavened
bread.
And
the
first
day
of
them
shall
be venerable
and
holy:
you
shall
not
do
any servile
work therein.
And
you
shall
offer
a
burnt sacrifice
a holocaust
to
the
Lord,
two
calves
of
the
herd,
one
ram,
seven
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
for
the
sacrifices
of every
one
three tenths
of
flour which shall
be tempered
with
oil
to every calf,
and
two tenths
to every
ram,
And
the
tenth
of
a
tenth,
to
every
lamb, that
is
to say,
to
all
the
seven
lambs:
And
one buck
goat
for
sin,
to make
atonement
for
you,
Besides
the
morning holocaust
which
you
shall
always
offer.
So
shall
you
do
every
day
of
the
seven
days
for
the
food
of
the
fire,
and
for
a most sweet odour
to
the
Lord,
which
shall rise
from
the holocaust,
and
from
the libations
of
each.
The
seventh
day
also
shall
be
most solemn
and
holy unto
you:
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein.
The
day
also
of firstfruits,
when
after
the
weeks
are
accomplished,
you
shall
offer
new
fruits
to
the
Lord,
shall
be venerable
and
holy:
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein.
And
you
shall
offer
a holocaust
for
a most sweet odour
to
the
Lord,
two
calves
of
the
herd,
one
ram,
and
seven
lambs
of
a
year
old, without blemish:
And
in
the
sacrifices
of them
three tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
to
every calf,
two
to
every
ram,
The
tenth
of
a
tenth
to
every
lamb, which
in
all are
seven
lambs:
a buck goat also,
Which
is slain
for expiation:
besides
the perpetual holocaust
and
the libations thereof.
You
shall
offer
them
all
without
blemish
with
their libations.
The
first
day
also
of
the
seventh
month
shall
be venerable
and
holy unto
you;
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein,
because
it
is
the
day
of
the sounding
and
of
trumpets.
And
you
shall
offer
a holocaust
for
a most sweet odour
to
the
Lord,
one
calf
of
the
herd,
one
ram
and
seven
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish.
And
for
their
sacrifices,
three tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
to every calf,
two tenths
to
a
ram,
One
tenth
to
a
lamb, which
in
all are
seven
lambs:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin, which
is offered
for
the expiation
of
the people,
Besides
the holocaust
of
the first
day
of
the
month
with
the
sacrifices thereof,
and
the
perpetual holocaust
with
the accustomed libations.
With
the same ceremonies you
shall offer
a
burnt
sacrifice
for
a most sweet odour
to
the
Lord.
The
tenth
day
also
of
this
seventh
month
shall
be
holy
and venerable unto
you,
and
you
shall
afflict
your
souls:
you
shall
do
no servile
work therein.
And
you
shall
offer
a holocaust
to
the
Lord
for
a most sweet odour,
one
calf
of
the
herd,
one
ram,
and
seven
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
for
their
sacrifices,
three tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
to
every calf,
two tenths
to
a
ram,
The
tenth
of
a
tenth
to
every
lamb, which are
in
all
seven
lambs:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
things
that are wont
to
be offered
for
sin,
for expiation,
and
for
the
perpetual holocaust
with their
sacrifice
and libations.
And
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
seventh
month, which
shall
be unto
you
holy
and venerable,
you
shall
do
no servile
work,
but
shall
celebrate
a solemnity
to
the
Lord
seven
days.
And
you
shall
offer
a holocaust
for
a most sweet odour
to
the
Lord,
thirteen
calves
of
the
herd,
two
rams,
and
fourteen
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
for
their libations
three tenths
of
flour tempered
with
oil
to
every calf, being
in
all
thirteen calves:
and
two tenths
to
each
ram, being
two
rams,
And
the
tenth
of
a
tenth
to
every
lamb, being
in
all
fourteen
lambs:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice
and
the libation thereof.
On
the
second
day
you
shall offer
twelve
calves
of
the
herd,
two
rams
and
fourteen
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
the
sacrifices
and
the libations
for every
one,
for
the calves
and
for
the
rams
and
for
the
lambs you shall duly celebrate:
And
a buck
goat
for
a
sin
offering
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice
and
the libation thereof.
The
third
day
you
shall offer
eleven
calves,
two
rams,
and
fourteen
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
the
sacrifices
and
the libations
of every
one
for
the calves
and
for
the
rams
and
for
the
lambs you shall offer
according
to
the rite:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice,
and
the libation thereof.
The
fourth
day
you
shall offer tell
calves,
two
rams,
and
fourteen
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
the
sacrifices
and
the libations
of every
one
for
the calves
and
for
the
rams
and
for
the
lambs you shall celebrate
in
right
manner:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice
and
the libation thereof.
The
fifth
day
you
shall offer
nine
calves,
two
rams,
and
fourteen
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
the
sacrifices
and
the libations
of every
one
for
the calves
and
for
the
rams
and
for
the
lambs you shall celebrate
according
to
the rite:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice
and
the libation thereof.
The
sixth
day
you
shall offer
eight
calves,
two
rams,
and
fourteen
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
the
sacrifices
and
the libations
of every
one
for
the calves
and
for
the
rams
and
for
the
lambs you shall celebrate
according
to
the rite:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice
and
the libation thereof.
The
seventh
day
you
shall offer
seven
calves
and
two
rams,
and
fourteen
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
the
sacrifices
and
the libations
of every
one
for
the calves
and
for
the
rams
and
for
the
lambs you shall celebrate
according
to
the rite:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice
and
the libation thereof.
On
the
eighth
day, which
is moat
solemn,
you
shall
do
no servile
work:
But
you
shall
offer
a holocaust
for
a most sweet odour
to
the
Lord,
one calf,
one
ram,
and
seven
lambs
of
a
year
old,
without
blemish:
And
the
sacrifices
and
the libations
of every
one
for
the calves
and
for
the
rams
and
for
the
lambs you shall celebrate
according
to
the rite:
And
a buck
goat
for
sin,
besides
the
perpetual holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice
and
the libation thereof.
These
things
shall
you
offer
to
the
Lord
in
your solemnities:
besides
your
vows
and
voluntary oblations
for holocaust,
for
sacrifice,
for libation,
and
for victims
of
peace
offerings.
And
Moses
told
the
children
of
Israel
all
that
the
Lord
had
commanded
him:
And
he
said
to
the princes
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel:
This
is
the
word
that
the
Lord hath
commanded:
If
any
man
make
a
vow
to
the
Lord,
or
bind
himself
by
an
oath:
he
shall
not
make
his
word void
but
shall fulfill
all
that
he
promised.
If
a
woman
vow
any
thing,
and
bind herself
by
an oath, being
in
her
father’s
house,
and
but
yet
a girl
in age:
if
her
father knew
the
vow
that
she hath
promised,
and
the oath wherewith
she hath
bound
her soul,
and held
his peace,
she
shall
be
bound
by
the
vow:
Whatsoever
she promised
and swore,
she
shall
fulfill
in deed.
But
if
her
father,
immediately
as
soon
as
he
heard
it, gainsaid
it,
both
her
vows
and
her oaths
shall
be void,
neither
shall
she
be
bound
to
what
she
promised,
because
her
father hath gainsaid
it.
If
she
have
a
husband,
and
shall
vow
any thing,
and
the word
once going
out
of
her
mouth
shall
bind
her
soul
by
an oath:
The
day
that
her
husband
shall
hear
it,
and
not gainsay
it,
she
shall
be
bound
to
the
vow,
and
shall
give whatsoever
she promised.
But
if
as soon
as
he heareth
he gainsay
it,
and
make
her promises
and
the
words wherewith
she
had
bound
her
soul
of
no
effect:
the
Lord
will
forgive
her.
The
widow,
and
she
that
is
divorced,
shall
fulfill
whatsoever
they
vow.
If
the wife
in
the
house
of
her
husband, hath
bound
herself
by
vow
and
by
oath,
If
her
husband
hear,
and hold
his peace,
and doth
not disallow
the promise,
she
shall accomplish
whatsoever
she
had promised.
But
if forthwith
he gainsay
it,
she
shall
not
be bound
by
the
promise:
because
her
husband gainsaid
it,
and
the
Lord
will
be merciful
to
her.
If
she
vow
and bind
herself
by
oath,
to
afflict
her
soul
by fasting,
or abstinence
from
other
things,
it
shall depend
on
the
will
of
her
husband, whether
she
shall
do
it,
or
not
do
it.
But
if
the
husband
hearing
it hold
his peace,
and defer
the declaring
his mind till
another
day:
whatsoever
she
had
vowed
and promised,
she
shall
fulfill:
because
immediately
as
he
heard
it,
he held
his peace.
But
if
he gainsay
it
after
that
he knew
it,
he
shall
bear
her
iniquity.
These
are
the
laws
which
the
Lord
appointed
to
Moses
between
the
husband
and
the
wife,
between
the
father
and
the
daughter
that
is
as
yet
but
a
girl
in age,
or
that abideth
in
her
father’s
house.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Revenge first
the
children
of
Israel
on
the Madianites,
and
so thou shalt
be
gathered
to thy
people.
And
Moses forthwith
said: Arm
of
you
men
to fight,
who
may
take
the
revenge
of
the
Lord
on
the Madianites.
Let
a
thousand
men
be chosen
out
of
every
tribe
of
Israel
to
be
sent
to
the
war.
And
they gave
a
thousand
of every
tribe,
that
is
to
say,
twelve
thousand
men well appointed
for
battle.
And
Moses
sent
them
with Phinees
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
he
delivered
to
him
the
holy
vessels,
and
the
trumpets
to
sound.
And
when
they
had
fought
against
the Madianites
and
had overcome
them,
they
slew
all
the
men.
And
their
kings
Evi,
and Recem,
and Sur,
and
Hur,
and Rebe,
five princes
of
the nation:
Balaam
also
the
son
of Beer
they
killed
with
the
sword.
And
they
took
their
women,
and
their
children
captives,
and
all
their
cattle,
and
all
their
goods:
and
all
their
possessions
they
plundered:
And
all
their
cities,
and
their villages,
and castles,
they
burned.
And
they
carried
away
the
booty,
and
all
that
they
had
taken
both
of
men
and
of
beasts.
And
they
brought
them
to
Moses,
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
to all
the multitude
of
the
children
of
Israel.
But
the rest
of
the
things
for use
they
carried
to
the
camp
on
the
plains
of
Moab,
beside
the
Jordan
over
against
Jericho.
And
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
and
all
the
princes
of
the synagogue
went
forth
to
meet
them without
the
camp.
And
Moses being
angry
with
the
chief
officers
of
the
army,
the tribunes,
and
the centurions
that
were
come
from
the
battle,
Said: Why
have
you saved
the
women?
Are
not
these
they,
that deceived
the
children
of
Israel
by
the
counsel
of
Balaam,
and
made
you transgress
against
the
Lord
by
the sin
of Phogor,
for
which
also
the
people
was punished?
Therefore
kill
all
that
are
of
the
male sex, even
of
the
children:
and put
to death
the
women,
that
have carnally
known
men.
But
the girls,
and
all
the
women
that
are virgins save
for
yourselves:
And stay without
the
camp
seven
days.
He
that hath
killed
a
man,
or
touched
one
that
is
killed,
shall
be
purified
the
third
day
and
the
seventh
day.
And
of
all
the spoil,
every
garment,
or
vessel,
or
any
thing
made
for use,
of
the
skins,
or hair
of
goats,
or
of
wood,
shall
be
purified.
Eleazar
also
the
priest
spoke
to
the
men
of
the
army,
that
had fought,
in
this manner:
This
is
the
ordinance
of
the
law,
which
the
Lord hath
commanded
Moses:
Gold,
and
silver,
and
brass,
and
iron,
and lend,
and
tin,
And
all
that
may
pass
through
the
fire,
shall
be
purified
by
fire,
but
whatsoever
cannot abide
the
fire,
shall
be sanctified
with
the
water
of expiation:
And
you
shall
wash
your
garments
the
seventh
day,
and being
purified,
you
shall
afterwards
enter
into
the
camp.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Take
the
sum
of
the
things
that
were
taken
both
of
man
and
beast, thou
and
Eleazar
the
priest
and
the princes
of
the multitude:
And thou shalt
divide
the spoil equally,
between
them
that fought
and
went
out
to
the
war,
and
between
the rest
of
the multitude.
And thou shalt separate
a
portion
to
the
Lord
from
them
that fought
and
were
in
the
battle,
one
soul
of
five
hundred
as well
of
persons
as
of
oxen
and asses
and
sheep.
And thou shalt
give
it
to
Eleazar
the
priest, because
they
are
the firstfruits
of
the
Lord.
Out
of
the moiety
also
of
the
children
of
Israel thou shalt
take
the
fiftieth head
of
persons,
and
of
oxen,
and asses,
and
sheep,
and
of
all
beasts,
and thou shalt
give
them
to
the
Levites
that
watch
in
the
charge
of
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord.
And
Moses
and
Eleazar
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
the
spoil
which
the
army
had
taken,
was
six
hundred
seventy-five
thousand
sheep,
Seventy-two
thousand
oxen,
Sixty-one
thousand asses:
And thirty-two
thousand
persons
of
the
female sex,
that
had
not
known
men.
And
one
half
was given
to
them
that
had
been
in
the
battle,
to wit,
three
hundred thirty-seven
thousand
five
hundred
sheep:
Out
of which,
for
the
portion
of
the
Lord,
were reckoned
six
hundred
seventy-five
sheep.
And
out
of
the thirty-six
thousand
oxen, seventy-two
oxen:
Out
of
the
thirty
thousand
five
hundred asses, sixty-one asses:
Out
of
the
sixteen
thousand
persons,
there fell
to
the portion
of
the
Lord, thirty-two
souls.
And
Moses
delivered
the number
of
the firstfruits
of
the
Lord
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
as
had
been
commanded
him,
Out
of
the
half
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
he
had
separated
for
them
that
had
been
in
the battle.
But
out
of
the
half
that
fell
to
the
rest
of
the multitude,
that
is
to say,
out
of
the
three
hundred thirty-seven
thousand
five
hundred
sheep,
And out
of
the thirty-six
thousand
oxen,
And out
of
the
thirty
thousand
five
hundred asses,
And out
of
the
sixteen
thousand
persons,
Moses
took
the
fiftieth head,
and
gave
it
to
the
Levites
that
watched
in
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
when
the
commanders
of
the
army,
and
the tribunes
and centurions
were
come
to
Moses,
they
said:
We thy
servants
have reckoned
up
the
number
of
the fighting
men,
whom
we
had
under
our
hand,
and
not
so
much
as
one
was wanting.
Therefore
we
offer
as gifts
to
the
Lord
what
gold
every
one
of
us
could
find
in
the booty,
in garters
and tablets,
rings
and
bracelets,
and chains,
that thou mayst pray
to
the
Lord
for
us.
And
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
received
all
the
gold
in divers
kinds,
In weight
sixteen
thousand
seven
hundred
and
fifty sicles,
from
the tribunes
and
from
the centurions.
For
that
which
every
one
had
taken
in
the
booty
was
his
own.
And
that
which
was
received
they
brought
into
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
for
a
memorial
of
the
children
of
Israel
before
the
Lord.
And
the
sons
of Ruben
and
Gad
had
many
flocks
of
cattle,
and
their substance
in
beasts
was infinite.
And
when
they
saw
the
lands
of
Jazer
and Galaad fit
for feeding
cattle,
They
came
to
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
the
princes
of
the multitude,
and
said:
Ataroth,
and
Dibon,
and
Jazer,
and Nemra, Hesebon,
and Eleale,
and Saban,
and
Nebo,
and
Beon,
The
land,
which
the
Lord hath
conquered
in
the
sight
of
the children
of
Israel,
is
a very fertile
soil
for
the feeding
of beasts:
and
we thy
servants
have very
much
cattle:
And
we pray thee,
if
we
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
that thou
give
it
to
us thy
servants
in
possession,
and
make
us
not
pass
over
the
Jordan.
And
Moses
answered
them: What,
shall
your
brethren
go
to
fight,
and
will
you
sit
here?
Why
do ye overturn
the
minds
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
may
not dare
to
pass
into
the
place
which
the
Lord hath
given
them?
Was
it
not
thus
your
fathers
did,
when
I
sent
from Cadesbarne
to
view
the
land?
And
when
they
were
come
as
far
as
the
valley
of
the cluster, having viewed
all
the
country,
they overturned
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
should
not
enter
into
the coasts,
which
the
Lord
gave
them.
And
he
swore
in
his
anger,
saying:
If
these
men,
that
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
shall
see
the
land,
which
I
promised
with
an
oath
to
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob:
because
they
would
not
follow
me,
Except
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone
the Cenezite,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun: these
have
fulfilled
my
will.
And
the
Lord being
angry
against
Israel, led
them
about
through
the
desert
forty
years,
until
the
whole
generation,
that
had
done
evil
in
his
sight,
was
consumed.
And
behold,
said
he,
you
are
risen
up
instead
of
your
fathers,
the increase
and offspring
of
sinful
men,
to augment
the
fury
of
the
Lord
against
Israel.
For
if
you
will
not
follow
him,
he
will
leave
the
people
in
the
wilderness,
and
you
shall
be
the
cause
of
the
destruction
of
all.
But
they
coming
near,
said: We
will
make
sheepfolds,
and stalls
for
our
cattle,
and strong
cities
for
our
children:
And
we
ourselves
will
go
armed
and ready
for battle
before
the
children
of
Israel,
until
we
bring
them
in unto
their
places.
Our
little
ones,
and
all
we
have,
shall
be
in walled
cities,
for fear
of
the ambushes
of
the
inhabitants.
We
will
not
return
into
our
houses
until
the
children
of
Israel
possess
their
inheritance:
Neither
will
we
seek
any
thing
beyond
the
Jordan,
because
we
have already
our
possession
on
the
east
side thereof,
And
Moses
said
to
them:
If
you
do
what
you
promise, go
on well appointed
for
war
before
the
Lord:
And let
every fighting
man
pass
over
the
Jordan,
until
the
Lord overthrow
his
enemies:
And
all
the
land
be
brought
under
him,
then
shall
you
be blameless
before
the
Lord
and
before
Israel,
and
you
shall obtain
the
countries
that
you desire,
before
the
Lord.
But
if
you
do
not
what
you say,
no man
can
doubt
but
you
sin
against
God:
and
know ye,
that
your
sin
shall
overtake
you.
Build therefore
cities
for
your
children,
and
folds
and stalls
for
your
sheep
and beasts,
and
accomplish
what
you
have promised.
And
the
children
of
Gad
and Ruben
said
to
Moses:
We
are thy
servants,
we
will
do
what
my
lord commandeth.
We
will leave
our
children,
and
our
wives
and sheep
and
cattle,
in
the
cities
of Galaad:
And
we thy
servants
all
well appointed
will march
on
to
the
war,
as thou,
my
lord, speakest.
Moses
therefore
commanded
Eleazar
the
priest,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
the princes
of
the
families
of all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and said
to
them:
If
the
children
of
Gad,
and
the
children
of Ruben
pass
with
you
over
the
Jordan,
all
armed
for
war
before
the
Lord,
and
the
land
be
made subject
to
you:
give
them Galaad
in
possession.
But
if
they
will
not
pass
armed
with
you
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
let
them receive places
to dwell
in
among
you.
And
the
children
of
Gad,
and
the
children
of Ruben
answered:
As
the
Lord hath
spoken
to
his
servants,
so
will
we
do:
We
will
go
armed
before
the
Lord
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
we confess
that
we
have already received
our
possession
beyond
the
Jordan.
Moses
therefore
gave
to
the
children
of Cad
and
of Ruben,
and
to
the
half
tribe
of Manasses
the
son
of
Joseph,
the
kingdom
of Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
and
the
kingdom
of
Og
king
of Basan,
and
their
land
and
the
cities thereof
round
about.
And
the
sons
of Cad
built
Dibon,
and
Ataroth,
and
Aroer,
And Etroth,
and Sophan,
and
Jazer,
and Jegbaa,
And Bethnemra,
and Betharan, fenced
cities,
and
folds
for their cattle.
But
the
children
of Ruben
built Hesebon,
and Eleale,
and Cariathaim,
And Nabo,
and Baalmeon (their
names
being
changed)
and Sabama: giving
names
to
the
cities
which
they
had
built.
Moreover
the
children
of
Machir,
the
son
of Manasses, went
into Galaad,
and wasted
it, cutting
off
the Amorrhites,
the inhabitants thereof.
And
Moses
gave
the land
of Galaad
to
Machir
the
son
of Manasses,
and
he
dwelt
in
it.
And
Jair
the
son
of Manasses
went,
and
took
the villages thereof,
and
he
called
them Havoth
Jair,
that
is
to say,
the villages
of
Jair.
Nobe
also
went,
and
took Canath
with
the
villages thereof:
and
he
called
it
by
his own
name, Nobe.
These
are
the mansions
of
the
children
of
Israel,
who
went
out
of
Egypt
by
their
troops
under
the conduct
of
Moses
and
Aaron,
Which
Moses
wrote
down
according
to
the
places
of
their encamping,
which
they changed
by
the
commandment
of
the
Lord.
Now
the
children
of
Israel
departed
from Ramesses
the
first
month,
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
first
month,
the
day
after
the phase,
with
a mighty
hand,
in
the eight
of
all
the
Egyptians,
Who
were
burying
their
firstborn,
whom
the
Lord
had
slain (upon
their
gods
also
he
had
executed vengeance,)
And
they
camped
in Soccoth.
And
from Soccoth
they came into Etham,
which
is
in
the uttermost borders
of
the
wilderness.
Departing
from thence
they
came
over
against Phihahiroth,
which looketh towards Beelsephon,
and
they
camped
before Magdalum.
And departing
from Phihahiroth,
they
passed
through
the
midst
of
the
sea
into
the
wilderness:
and having marched
three
days
through
the
desert
of Etham,
they
camped
in Mara.
And departing
from Mara,
they
came
into
Elim,
where
there
were
twelve
fountains
of
waters,
and
seventy
palm
trees:
and
there
they
camped.
But departing
from thence also,
they
pitched
their tents
by
the Red
Sea.
And departing
from
the Red
Sea,
They
camped
in
the
desert
of Sin.
And they
removed
from thence,
and came
to Daphca.
And departing
from Daphca, they
camped
in Alus.
And departing
from Alus,
they
pitched
their tents
in Raphidim,
where
the
people wanted
water
to
drink.
And departing
from Raphidim, they
camped
in the
desert of
Sinai.
But departing also
from the
desert of
Sinai, they came
to the graves of lust.
And departing
from the graves of lust, they
camped
in Haseroth.
And
from Haseroth they came
to Rethma.
And departing
from Rethma, they
camped
in Remmomphares.
And they
departed
from thence
and came
to Lebna.
Removing
from Lebna they
camped
in Ressa.
And departing
from Ressa, they came
to Ceelatha.
And they
removed
from thence
and
camped
in
the
mountain Sepher.
Departing
from
the
mountain Sepher, they came
to Arada.
From thence they
went
and
camped
in Maceloth.
And departing
from Maceloth, they came
to Thahath.
Removing
from Thahath they
camped
in Thare.
And they
departed
from thence,
and
pitched their tents
in Methca.
And removing
from Methca, they
camped
in Hesmona.
And departing
from Hesmona, they came
to
Moseroth.
And removing
from
Moseroth, they
camped
in Benejaacan.
And departing
from Benejaacan, they came
to mount Gadgad.
From thence they
went
and
camped
in Jetebatha.
And
from Jetebatha they came
to Hebrona.
And departing
from Hebrona, they
camped
in Asiongaber.
They
removed
from thence
and came into
the
desert
of Sin,
which
is Cades.
And departing
from Cades,
they
camped
in
mount Her,
in
the uttermost borders
of
the
land
of
Edom.
And
Aaron
the
priest
went
up
into
mount
Hor
at
the
commandment
of
the
Lord:
and
there
he
died
in
the
fortieth
year
of
the
coming
forth
of
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
the
fifth
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
When
he
was
a
hundred
and twenty-three
years
old.
And
king
Arad
the Chanaanite,
who
dwelt towards
the
south,
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
come
to
the
land
of Chanaan.
And they
departed
from
mount Her,
and
camped
in Salmona.
From whence they
removed
and came
to Phunon.
And departing
from Phunon, they
camped
in
Oboth.
And
from
Oboth they came
to Ijeabarim,
which
is
in the
borders
of the
Moabites.
And departing
from Ijeabarim they
pitched their tents
in Dibongab.
From thence they
went
and
camped
in Helmondeblathaim.
And departing
from Helmondeblathaim,
they came
to
the
mountains
of
Abarim
over
against Nabo.
And departing
from
the
mountains
of
Abarim,
they passed
to
the
plains
of
Moab,
by
the
Jordan,
over
against
Jericho.
And
there
they
camped
from Bethsi moth
even
to Ablesatim
in
the
plains
of
the
Moabites,
Where
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Command
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them:
When
you
shall
have
passed
over
the
Jordan, entering
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
Destroy
all
the
inhabitants
of
that
land: beat
down
their pillars,
and break
in pieces
their statues,
and waste
all
their
high
places,
Cleansing
the
land,
and
dwelling
in
it.
For
I
have
given
it
you
for
a
possession.
And
you
shall
divide
it
among
you
by
lot.
To
the
more
you
shall
give
a
larger part,
and
to
the fewer
a lesser.
To
every
one
as
the
lot
shall
fall,
so
shall
the
inheritance
be given.
The
possession
shall
be divided
by
the
tribes
and
the
families.
But
if
you
will
not kill
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
they
that
remain,
shall
be unto
you
as nails
in
your
eyes,
and spears
in
your
sides,
and
they
shall
be
your
adversaries
in
the
land
of
your habitation.
And whatsoever
I
had
thought
to
do
to
them,
I
will
do
to
you.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
saying:
Command
the
children
of
Israel,
and
then shalt
say
to
them:
When
you
are
entered
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
it
shall
be
fallen
into
your
possession
by
lot,
it
shall
be bounded
by
these limits:
The
south
side
shall begin
from
the
wilderness
of Sin,
which
is
by
Edom:
and
shall
have
the most
salt
sea
for
its furthest limits
eastward:
Which limits
shall
go
round
on
the
south
side
by
the
ascent
of
the Scorpion
and
so
into Senna,
and
reach toward
the
south
as far
as Cadesbarne,
from whence
the frontiers
shall
go
out
to
the town called Adar,
and
shall
reach
as far
as Asemona.
And
the limits
shall fetch
a compass
from Asemona
to
the torrent
of
Egypt,
and
shall end
in
the shore
of
the great
sea.
And
the
west
side
shall begin
from
the
great
sea,
and
the
same
shall
be
the end thereof.
But
toward
the
north
side
the
borders
shall begin
from
the
great
sea, reaching
to
the
most
high
mountain,
From
which
they
shall
come
to Emath,
as far
as
the
borders
of Sedada:
And
the limits
shall
go
as far
as Zephrona,
and
the village
of Enan.
These
shall
be
the
borders
on
the
north
side.
From thence they
shall mark
out the bounds towards the
east side
from the village
of Enan unto Sephama.
And
from Sephama
the bounds
shall
go
down
to Rebla
over
against
the fountain
of Daphnis:
from thence
they
shall
come
eastward
to
the
sea
of Cenereth,
And
shall
reach
as far
as
the
Jordan,
and
at
the last
shall
be closed
in
by
the most
salt
sea.
This
shall
be
your
land
with
its
borders
round
about.
And
Moses
commanded
the
children
of
Israel,
saying:
This
shall
be
the
land
which
you
shall
possess
by
lot,
and
which
the
Lord hath
commanded
to
be
given
to
the
nine
tribes,
and
to
the
half
tribe.
For
the
tribe
of
the
children
of Ruben
by
their
families,
and
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Gad according
to
the number
of
their kindreds,
and
half
of
the
tribe
of Manasses,
That
is,
two
tribes
and
a
half,
have
received
their
portion
beyond
the
Jordan over against
Jericho
at
the
east
side.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
These
are
the
names
of
the
men,
that
shall
divide
the
land unto
you:
Eleazar
the
priest,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
And
one
prince
of
every
tribe,
Whose
names
are
these:
Of
the
tribe
of Juda,
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone.
Of
the
tribe
of
Simeon,
Samuel
the
son
of Ammiud.
Of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
Elidad
the
son
of Chaselon.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Dan, Bocci
the
son
of
Jogli.
Of
the
children
of
Joseph
of
the
tribe
of Manasses,
Hanniel
the
son
of
Ephod.
Of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim, Camuel
the
son
of Sephtan.
Of
the
tribe
of Zabulon, Elisaphan
the
son
of Pharnach.
Of
the
tribe
of
Issachar, Phaltiel
the
prince,
the
son
of Ozan.
Of
the
tribe
of Aser, Ahiud
the
son
of Salomi.
Of
the
tribe
of Nephtali: Phedael
the
son
of Ammiud.
These
are
they
whom
the
Lord hath
commanded
to
divide
the
land
of Chanaan
to
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
spoke
these things
also
to
Moses
in
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan,
over
against
Jericho:
Command
the
children
of
Israel
that
they
give
to
the
Levites
out
of
their
possessions,
Cities
to
dwell
in,
and
their suburbs round
about:
that
they
may
abide
in
the
towns,
and
the suburbs
may
be
for
their
cattle
and
beasts:
Which suburbs
shall
reach
from
the
walls
of
the
cities
outward,
a
thousand paces
on
every
side:
Toward
the
east
shall
be
two
thousand
cubits:
and toward
the
south
in
like manner
shall
be
two
thousand
cubits: toward
the
sea
also,
which looketh
to
the
west,
shall
be
the
same extent:
and
the
north
side
shall
be bounded
with
the
like limits.
And
the
cities
shall
be
in
the
midst,
and
the suburbs without.
And
among
the
cities,
which
you
shall
give
to
the
Levites,
six
shall
be separated
for
refuge
to
fugitives,
that
he
who hath shed blood
may
flee
to
them:
and
besides
these
there
shall
be
other
forty-two
cities,
That
is,
in
all
forty-eight
with
their suburbs.
And
of
these
cities
which
shall
be
given
out
of
the
possessions
of
the
children
of
Israel,
from
them
that
have
more,
more
shall
be
taken:
and
from
them
that
have
less, fewer.
Each
shall
give
towns
to
the
Levites
according
to
the extent
of
their
inheritance.
The
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
When
you
shall
have
passed
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
Determine what
cities
shall
be
for
the
refuge
of
fugitives,
who
have shed blood against
their
will.
And
when
the fugitive
shall
be
in
them,
the
kinsman
of
him
that
is slain
may
not
have power
to
kill
him,
until
he
stand
before
the multitude,
and
his
cause
be
judged.
And
of
those
cities,
that
are separated
for
the
refuge
of fugitives,
Three
shall
be
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
three
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
As well
for
the
children
of
Israel
as
for
strangers
and
sojourners,
that
he
may
flee
to
them,
who hath shed blood
against
his
will.
If
any
man
strike
with
iron,
and
he
die
that
was
struck:
he
shall
be guilty
of
murder,
and
he
himself
shall
die.
If
he throw
a
stone,
and
he
that
is
struck
die:
he
shall
be punished
in
the
same manner.
If
he
that
is
struck
with
wood
die:
he
shall
be revenged
by
the blood
of
him
that
struck
him.
The
kinsman
of
him
that
was slain,
shall
kill
the
murderer: as soon as
he apprehendeth
him,
he
shall
kill
him.
If
through
hatred
any
one
push
a
man,
or
fling
any thing
at
him
with ill design:
Or being
his enemy,
strike;
him
with
his
hand,
and
he
die:
the striker
shall
be guilty
of
murder:
the
kinsman
of
him
that
was
slain
as soon
as
he findeth
him,
shall
kill
him.
But
if
by chance medley,
and
without hatred,
And enmity,
he
do
any
of
these
things,
And
this
be proved
in
the hearing
of
the
people,
and
the
cause
be debated
between
him that
struck,
and
the
next
of kin:
The innocent
shall
be
delivered
from
the
hand
of
the revenger,
and
shall
be
brought
back
by sentence
into
the
city,
to
which
he
had
fled,
and
he
shall
abide
there
until
the
death
of
the
high
priest,
that
is
anointed
with
the
holy
oil.
If
the
murderer be found without
the limits
of
the
cities
that
are appointed
for
the banished,
And
be struck
by
him
that
is
the
avenger
of
blood:
he
shall
not
be guilty
that
killed
him.
For
the fugitive ought
to
have
stayed
in
the
city
until
the
death
of
the
high
priest:
and
after
he
is
dead,
then
shall
the
manslayer
return
to
his
own
country.
These
things
shall
be perpetual,
and
for
an
ordinance
in
all
your
dwellings.
The
murderer
shall
be punished
by
witnesses:
none
shall
be condemned upon
the
evidence
of
one
man.
You
shall
not
take money
of
him
that
is
guilty
of blood,
but
he
shall
die forthwith.
The banished
and
fugitives
before
the
death
of
the high
priest
may
by
no means
return
into
their own
cities.
Defile
not
the
land
of
your habitation,
which
is stained
with
the
blood
of
the innocent:
neither
can
it
otherwise
be expiated,
but
by
his
blood
that hath
shed
the
blood
of
another.
And
thus
shall
your
possession
he cleansed,
myself abiding
with
you.
For
I
am
the
Lord
that
dwell
among
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
princes
of
the
families
of Galaad,
the
son
of
Machir,
the
son
of Manasses,
of
the stock
Of
the
children
of
Joseph,
came
and
spoke
to
Moses
before
the
princes
of
Israel,
and
said:
The
Lord hath
commanded thee,
my
lord,
that thou shouldst
divide
the
land
by
lot
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
that thou shouldst
give
to
the
daughters
of Salphaad
our
brother
the
possession due
to
their father:
Now
if
men
of
another
tribe
take
them
to
wives,
their
possession
will
follow
them,
and
being transferred
to
another
tribe,
will
be
a diminishing
of
our
inheritance.
And
so
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
when
the
jubilee,
that
is,
the fiftieth year
of remission,
is
come,
the distribution
made
by
the lots
shall
be confounded,
and
the
possession
of
the
one
shall
pass
to
the others.
Moses
answered
the
children
of
Israel,
and
said
by
the
command
of
the
Lord:
The
tribe
of
the
children
of
Joseph hath
spoken rightly.
And
this
is
the law promulgated
by
the
Lord touching
the
daughters
of Salphaad:
Let
them
marry
to
whom
they
will,
only
so
that
it
be
to
men
of
their
own
tribe.
Lest
the
possession
of
the
children
of
Israel
be mingled
from
tribe
to
tribe.
For
all
men
shall marry wives
of
their
own
tribe
and kindred:
And
all
women
shall
take
husbands
of
the
same
tribe:
that
the
inheritance
may
remain
in
the
families,
And
that
the
tribes
be
not mingled
one
with
another,
but
remain
so
As
they
were separated
by
the
Lord.
And
the
daughters
of Salphaad
did
as
was
commanded:
And Maala,
and Thersa,
and Hegla,
and Melcha,
and Noa
were
married
to
the
sons
of
their
uncle
by
their father,
Of
the
family
of Manasses,
who
was
the
son
of
Joseph:
and
the
possession
that
had
been
allotted
to
them,
remained
in
the
tribe
and
family
of
their
father.
These
are
the
commandments
and
judgments,
which
the
Lord
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses
to
the
children
of
Israel,
in
the
plains
of
Moab
upon
the
Jordan
over
against
Jericho.
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The Fifth Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Deuteronomy
These
are
the
words,
which
Moses
spoke
to
all
Israel
beyond
the
Jordan,
in
the
plain
wilderness,
over
against
the Red Sea,
between Pharan
and Thophel
and
Laban
and Haseroth,
where
there
is very
much gold:
Eleven
days’
journey
from
Horeb
by
the
way
of
Mount
Seir
to Cadesbarne.
In
the
fortieth
year,
the
eleventh
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
Moses
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel
all
that
the
Lord
had
commanded
him
to
say
to
them:
After
that
he
had
slain Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
who
dwelt
in Hesebon:
and
Og
king
of Basan
who
abode
in Astaroth,
and
in Edrai,
Beyond
the
Jordan
in
the
land
of
Moab.
And
Moses
began
to
expound
the
law,
and
to
say:
The
Lord
our
God
spoke
to
us
in
Horeb,
saying:
You
have
stayed
long
enough
in
this
mountain:
Turn
you,
and
come
to
the
mountain
of
the Amorrhites,
and
to
the
other
places
that
are
next
to
it,
the
plains
and
the
hills
and
the vales towards
the
south,
and
by
the
sea shore,
the
land
of
the Chanaanites,
and
of Libanus,
as
far
as
the
great
river
Euphrates.
Behold, said
he,
I
have
delivered
it
to
you:
go
in
and
possess
it,
concerning
which
the
Lord
swore
to
your
fathers
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
that
he
would
give
it
to
them,
and
to
their
seed
after
them.
And
I
said
to
you
at
that
time:
I alone
am not able
to bear
you:
for
the
Lord
your
God hath
multiplied
you,
and
you
are
this
day
as
the
stars
of
heaven,
for
multitude.
(The
Lord
God
of
your
fathers
add
to
this number many
thousands,
and
bless
you
as
he hath
spoken.)
I
alone
am not able
to
bear
your business,
and
the charge
of
you
and
your differences.
Let
me
have
from
among
you
wise
and
understanding
men,
and such
whose conversation
is approved
among
your
tribes,
that
I
may
appoint
them
your
rulers.
Then
you
answered
me:
The
thing
is
good
which thou meanest
to
do.
And
I
took
out
of
your
tribes
men
wise
and honourable,
and
appointed
them
rulers, tribunes,
and centurions,
and
officers
over
fifties,
and
over
tens,
who might
teach
you
all
things.
And
I
commanded
them,
saying:
Hear
them,
and
judge
that
which
is
just:
whether
he
be
one
of
your country,
or
a
stranger.
There
shall
be
no difference
of
persons,
you
shall
hear
the
little
as
well
as
the
great:
neither
shall
you
respect
any
man’s
person,
because
it
is
the
judgment
of
God.
And
if
any
thing
seem
hard
to
you, refer
it
to
me,
and
I
will
hear
it.
And
I
commanded
you
all
things
that
you
were
to
do.
And departing
from
Horeb,
we passed
through
the terrible
and
vast
wilderness,
which
you
saw,
by
the
way
of
the
mountain
of
the Amorrhite,
as
the
Lord
our
God
had
commanded
us.
And
when
we
were
come
into Cadesbarne,
I
said
to
you:
You
are
come
to
the
mountain
of
the Amorrhite,
which
the
Lord
our
God
will
give
to
us.
See
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God giveth thee:
go
up
and
possess
it,
as
the
Lord
our
God hath
spoken
to thy
fathers:
fear
not,
nor
be
any
way
discouraged.
And
you
came
all
to
me,
and
said:
Let
us
send
men
who
may view
the
land,
and
bring
us
word
what
way
we
shall
go
up,
and
to
what
cities
we
shall
go.
And
because
the
saying
pleased
me,
I
sent
of
you
twelve
men,
one
of
every
tribe:
Who,
when
they
had
set
forward
and
had
gone
up
to
the
mountains,
came
as
far
as
the
valley
of
the cluster:
and having viewed
the land,
Taking
of
the
fruits thereof,
to shew
its fertility,
they
brought
them
to
us,
and
said:
The
land
is
good,
which
the
Lord
our
God
will
give
us.
And
you
would
not
go
up,
but
being incredulous
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
our
God,
You murmured
in
your
tents,
and
said:
The
Lord hateth
us,
and
therefore
he hath
brought
us
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
he
might
deliver
us
into
the
hand
of
the Amorrhite,
and
destroy
us.
Whither
shall
we
go
up?
the messengers
have terrified
our
hearts,
saying:
The multitude
is
very
great,
and
taller
than
we:
the
cities
are
great,
and walled
up
to
the
sky,
we
have
seen
the
sons
of
the Enacims
there.
And
I
said
to
you:
Fear
not,
neither
be ye
afraid
of
them:
The
Lord
God,
who
is
your leader,
himself
will
fight
for
you,
as
he
did
in
Egypt
in
the
sight
of
all.
And
in
the
wilderness (as thou hast
seen)
the
Lord thy
God hath
carried thee,
as
a
man
is wont
to
carry
his little
son,
all
the
way
that
you
have
come,
until
you
came
to
this
place.
And
yet
for
all
this
you did
not
believe
the
Lord
your
God,
Who
went
before
you
in
the
way,
and marked
out
the
place,
wherein
you
should pitch
your tents,
in
the
night shewing
you
the
way
by
fire,
and
in
the
day
by
the pillar
of
a
cloud.
And
when
the
Lord
had
heard
the
voice
of
your
words,
he
was
angry
and
swore,
and
said:
Not
one
of
the
men
of
this
wicked
generation
shall
see
the
good
land,
which
I
promised
with
an
oath
to
your
fathers:
Except
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone:
for
he
shall
see
it,
and
to
him
I
will
give
the
land
that
he hath
trodden
upon,
and
to
his
children,
because
he hath
followed
the
Lord.
Neither
is
his indignation
against
the
people
to
be wondered
at,
since
the
Lord
was
angry
with
me
also
on
your
account,
and
said:
Neither shalt thou
go
in thither.
But Josue
the
son
of
Nun, thy minister,
he
shall
go
in
for thee: exhort
and
encourage
him,
and
he
shall
divide
the
land
by lot
to
Israel.
Your
children,
of
whom
you
said
that
they
should
be
led
away captives,
and
your
sons
who
know
not
this
day
the difference
of
good
and
evil,
they
shall
go
in:
and
to
them
I
will
give
the land,
and
they
shall
possess
it.
But return
you
and
go
into
the
wilderness
by
the
way
of
the Red
Sea.
And
you
answered
me:
We
have
sinned
against
the
Lord:
we
will
go
up
and
fight,
as
the
Lord
our
God hath
commanded.
And
when
you
went ready
armed unto
the
mountain,
The
Lord
said
to
me:
Say
to
them:
Go
not
up,
and
fight
not,
for
I
am
not
with
you: lest
you fall
before
your
enemies.
I
spoke,
and
you hearkened
not:
but resisting
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
and swelling
with pride,
you
went
up
into
the
mountain.
And
the Amorrhite
that
dwelt
in
the
mountains
coming
out,
and meeting
you,
chased
you,
as
bees
do:
and
made slaughter
of
you
from
Seir
as
far
as Horma.
And
when
you
returned
and
wept
before
the
Lord,
he
heard
you
not,
neither
would
he yield
to;
your
voice.
So
you
abode
in Cadesbarne
a
long
time.
And departing
from thence
we
came
into
the
wilderness
that leadeth
to
the Red
Sea,
as
the
Lord
had
spoken
to
me:
and
we compassed
mount
Seir
a
long
time.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
You
have compassed
this
mountain long
enough:
go
toward
the
north:
And
command thou
the
people,
saying:
You
shall
pass
by
the
borders
of
your
brethren
the
children
of
Esau,
who
dwell
in
Seir,
and
they
will
be
afraid
of
you.
Take ye
then good heed
that
you stir
not against
them.
For
I
will
not
give
you
of
their
land
so much
as
the
step
of
one
foot
can tread upon,
because
I
have
given
mount
Seir
to
Esau,
for
a
possession.
You
shall
buy meats
of
them
for
money
and
shall
eat:
you
shall draw
waters
for
money,
and
shall
drink.
The
Lord thy
God hath
blessed thee
in
every
work
of thy
hands:
the
Lord thy
God dwelling
with thee, knoweth thy journey,
how thou hast passed
through
this
great
wilderness,
for
forty
years,
and thou hast wanted
nothing.
And
when
we
had
passed
by
our
brethren
the
children
of
Esau,
that
dwelt
in
Seir,
by
the
way
of
the
plain
from
Elath
and
from Asiongaber,
we came
to
the
way
that leadeth
to
the
desert
of
Moab.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Fight
not
against
the
Moabites,
neither go
to
battle
against
them:
for
I
will
not
give thee
any
of
their
land,
because
I
have
given
Ar
to
the
children
of
Lot
in
possession.
The Emims
first
were
the
inhabitants thereof,
a
people
great,
and
strong,
and
so
tall,
that
like
the race
of
the Enacims,
They
were
esteemed
as giants,
and
were
like
the sons
of
the Enacims.
But
the
Moabites
call
them Emims.
The Horrhites
also
formerly
dwelt
in
Seir:
who
being
driven
out
and
destroyed,
the
children
of
Esau
dwelt
there,
as
Israel
did
in
the
land
of
his
possession,
which
the
Lord
gave
him.
Then
rising
up
to
pass
the torrent Zared,
we came
to
it.
And
the
time
that
we
journeyed
from Cadesbarne
till
we
passed
over
the torrent Zared,
was thirty-eight
years:
until
all
the
generation
of
the
men
that
were fit
for
war
was
consumed
out
of
the
camp,
as
the
Lord
had
sworn:
For
his
hand
was
against
them,
that
they
should perish
from
the
midst
of
the
camp.
And
after
all
the fighting
men
were
dead,
The
Lord
spoke
to
me,
saying:
Thou shalt
pass
this
day
the
borders
of
Moab,
the city named
Ar:
And
when thou comest nigh
the frontiers
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
take heed thou fight
not
against
them,
nor once move
to battle:
for
I
will
not
give thee
of
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
because
I
have
given
it
to
the
children
of
Lot
for
a
possession.
It
was
accounted
a
land
of giants:
and giants
formerly
dwelt
in
it,
whom
the
Ammonites
call Zomzommims,
A
people
great
and
many,
and
of
tall stature,
like
the Enacims whom
the
Lord
destroyed
before
their
face:
and
he
made
them
to
dwell
in
their
stead,
As
he
had
done
in favour
of
the
children
of
Esau,
that
dwell
in
Seir, destroying
the Horrhites,
and delivering
their
land
to
them,
which
they
possess
to
this
day.
The Hevites also,
that
dwelt
in Haserim
as
far
as
Gaza,
were expelled
by
the Cappadocians:
who
came
out
of Cappadocia,
and
destroyed
them,
and
dwelt
in
their
stead.
Arise ye,
and
pass
the torrent
Arnon:
Behold
I
have
delivered
into thy
hand Sehon
king
of Hesebon
the Amorrhite,
and
begin thou
to
possess
his
land
and
make
war
against
him.
This
day
will
I
begin
to
send
the
dread
and
fear
of thee
upon
the
nations
that dwell
under
the
whole
heaven:
that
when
they
hear thy name
they
may
fear
and
tremble,
and
be
in pain
like women
in travail.
So
I
sent
messengers
from
the
wilderness
of Cademoth
to Sehon
the
king
of Hesebon
with peaceable
words,
saying:
We
will
pass
through thy
land,
we
will
go along
by
the
highway:
we
will
not
turn
aside
neither
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left.
Sell
us meat
for
money,
that we
may
eat:
give
us
water
for
money
and
so we
will
drink. We
only ask
that thou wilt
let
us
pass
through,
As
the
children
of
Esau
have
done,
that
dwell
in
Seir,
and
the
Moabites,
that
abide
in
Ar:
until
we come
to
the
Jordan,
and
pass
to
the
land
which
the
Lord
our
God
will
give
us.
And Sehon
the
king
of Hesebon
would
not
let
us
pass:
because
the
Lord thy
God
had
hardened
his
spirit,
and fixed
his
heart,
that
he
might
be
delivered
into thy
hands,
as
now thou seest.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Behold
I
have
begun
to
deliver unto thee Sehon
and
his
land,
begin
to
possess
it.
And Sehon
came
out
to
meet
us
with
all
his
people
to
fight
at Jasa.
And
the
Lord
our
God
delivered
him
to
us:
and
we
slew
him
with
his
sons
and
all
his
people.
And
we
took
all
his
cities
at
that
time, killing
the inhabitants
of
them,
men
and
women
and
children.
We
left
nothing
of
them:
Except
the
cattle
which came
to
the share
of
them
that
took
them:
and
the
spoils
of
the
cities,
which
we
took:
From
Aroer,
which
is
upon
the
bank
of
the torrent Amen,
a
town
that
is situate
in
a
valley,
as
far
as Galaad.
There
was
not
a village
or
city,
that escaped
our hands:
the
Lord
our
God
delivered
all unto
us:
Except
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
to
which
we
approached
not:
and
all
that border
upon
the torrent Jeboc,
and
the
cities
in
the
mountains,
and
all
the
places
which
the
Lord
our
God forbade
us.
Then
we
turned
and
went
by
the
way
of Basan:
and
Og
the
king
of Basan
came
out
to
meet
us
with
his
people
to
fight
in Edrai.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Fear
him
not:
because
he
is
delivered
into thy
hand,
with
all
his
people
and
his
land:
and thou shalt
do
to
him
as thou hast
done
to Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
that
dwelt
in Hesebon.
So
the
Lord
our
God
delivered
into
our
hands,
Og
also
the
king
of Basan,
and
all
his
people:
and
we utterly
destroyed
them,
Wasting
all
his
cities
at
one
time,
there
was
not
a
town
that escaped
us:
sixty
cities,
all
the country
of Argob
the
kingdom
of
Og
in Basan.
All
the
cities
were fenced
with
very
high
walls,
and
with
gates
and
bars,
besides innumerable
towns
that
had
no
walls.
And
we utterly destroyed
them,
as
we
had
done
to Sehon
the
king
of Hesebon, destroying
every
city,
men
and
women
and
children:
But
the
cattle
and
the
spoils
of
the
cities
we
took
for
our
prey.
And
we
took
at
that
time
the
land
out
of
the
hand
of
the
two
kings
of
the Amorrhites,
that
were
beyond
the
Jordan:
from
the torrent Amen unto
the
mount
Hermon,
Which
the
Sidonians
call Sarion,
and
the Amorrhites Sanir:
All
the
cities
that
are situate
in
the
plain,
and
all
the land
of Galaad
and Basan
as
far
as Selcha
and Edrai,
cities
of
the
kingdom
of
Og
in Basan.
For
only
Og
king
of Basan
remained
of
the
race
of
the giants.
His
bed
of
iron
is shewn,
which
is
in Rabbath
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
being
nine
cubits
long,
and
four broad
after
the
measure
of
the
cubit
of
a
man’s hand.
And
we
possessed
the
land
at
that
time
from
Aroer,
which
is
upon
the bank
of
the torrent Amen, unto
the
half
of
mount Galaad:
and
I
gave
the
cities thereof
to Ruben
and
Gad.
And
I
delivered
the
other
part
of Galaad,
and
all Basan
the
kingdom
of
Og
to
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
all
the
country
of Argob:
and
all Basan
is
called
the
Land
of giants.
Jair
the
son
of Manasses possessed
all
the country
of Argob unto
the
borders
of Gessuri,
and Machati.
And
he
called Basan
by
his own
name, Havoth
Jair,
that
is
to say,
the towns
of
Jair,
until
this
present
day.
To
Machir
also
I
gave Galaad.
And
to
the tribes
of Ruben
and
Gad
I
gave
of
the
land
of Galaad
as
far
as
the torrent Amen, half
the torrent,
and
the confines
even unto
the torrent Jeboc,
which
is
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
And
the
plain
of
the
wilderness,
and
the
Jordan,
and
the
borders
of Cenereth unto
the
sea
of
the
desert,
which
is
the most
salt
sea,
to
the
foot
of mount Phasga
eastward.
And
I
commanded
you
at
that
time,
saying:
The
Lord
your
God giveth
you
this
land
for
an
inheritance,
go ye well
appointed
before
your
brethren
the
children
of
Israel,
all
the
strong
men
of
you,
Leaving
your
wives
and
children
and
cattle.
For
I
know
you
have
much
cattle,
and
they must
remain
in
the
cities,
which
I
have
delivered
to
you.
Until
the
Lord
give
rest
to
your
brethren,
as
he hath
given
to
you:
and
they
also
possess
the
land,
which
he
will
give
them
beyond
the
Jordan:
then
shall
every
man
return
to
his
possession,
which
I
have
given
you.
I
commanded Josue
also
at
that
time,
saying: Thy
eyes
have
seen
what
the
Lord
your
God hath
done
to
these
two
kings:
so
will
he
do
to
all
the
kingdoms
to
which thou shalt
pass.
Fear
them
not:
for
the
Lord
your
God
will
fight
for
you.
And
I besought
the
Lord
at
that
time,
saying:
Lord
God, thou hast
begun
to shew unto thy
servant thy
greatness,
and most
mighty
hand,
for
there
is
no other
God either
in
heaven
or
earth,
that
is
able
to
do thy
works,
or
to
be compared
to thy
strength.
I
will
pass
over
therefore,
and
will
see
this excellent
land
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
this goodly
mountain,
and Libanus.
And
the
Lord
was angry
with
me
on
your
account
and
heard
me
not,
but
said
to
me:
It
is
enough:
speak
no
more
to
me
of
this
matter.
Go
up
to
the
top
of Phasga,
and
cast thy
eyes round
about
to
the
west,
and
to
the
north,
and
to
the
south,
and
to
the
east,
and
behold
it,
for thou shalt
not
pass
this
Jordan.
Command Josue,
and
encourage
and
strengthen
him:
for
he
shall
go
before
this
people,
and
shall
divide unto
them
the
land
which thou shalt
see.
And we
abode
in
the
valley
over
against
the temple
of Phogor.
And
now,
O
Israel,
hear
the commandments
and
judgments
which
I
teach thee:
that
doing
them, thou mayst
live,
and
entering
in mayst
possess
the
land
which
the
Lord
the
God
of
your
fathers
will
give
you.
You
shall
not
add
to
the
word
that
I
speak
to
you,
neither
shall
you
take
away
from
it:
keep
the
commandments
of
the
Lord
your
God
which
I
command
you.
Your
eyes
have
seen
all
that
the
Lord hath
done
against Beelphegor,
how
he hath
destroyed
all
his worshippers
from
among
you.
But
you
that adhere
to
the
Lord
your
God,
are
all
alive until
this
present
day.
You know
that
I
have
taught
you
statutes
and justices,
as
the
Lord
my
God hath
commanded
me:
so
shall
you
do
them
in
the
land
which
you
shall
possess:
And
you
shall
observe,
and fulfill
them
in
practice.
For
this
is
your
wisdom,
and
understanding
in
the
sight
of
nations,
that
hearing
all
these precepts,
they
may
say: Behold
a
wise
and
understanding
people,
a
great
nation.
Neither
is
there
any
other
nation
so
great,
that hath
gods
so nigh
them,
as
our
God
is present
to
all
our petitions.
For
what
other
nation
is
there
so renowned
that hath ceremonies,
and
just
judgments,
and
all
the
law,
which
I
will
set
forth
this
day
before
your eyes?
Keep thyself
therefore,
and thy
soul
carefully.
Forget
not
the
words
that thy
eyes
have
seen,
and
let
them
not
go
out
of thy
heart
all
the
days
of thy
life. Thou shalt
teach
them
to thy
sons
and
to thy
grandsons,
From
the
day
in
which thou didst
stand
before
the
Lord thy
God
in
Horeb,
when
the
Lord
spoke
to
me,
saying:
Call
together
the
people unto
me,
that
they
may
hear
my
words,
and
may
learn
to
fear
me
all
the
time
that
they
live
on
the
earth,
and
may
teach
their
children.
And
you
came
to
the
foot
of
the
mount,
which
burned
even unto
heaven:
and
there
was
darkness,
and
a
cloud
and
obscurity
in
it.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
you
from
the
midst
of
the
fire.
You
heard
the
voice
of
his
words,
but
you
saw
not
any
form
at
all.
And
he shewed
you
his
covenant,
which
he
commanded
you
to
do,
and
the
ten
words
that
he
wrote
in
two tables
of
stone.
And
he
commanded
me
at
that
time
that
I
should
teach
you
the ceremonies
and
judgments
which
you
shall
do
in
the
land,
that
you
shall
possess.
Keep
therefore
your
souls
carefully.
You
saw
not
any similitude
in
the
day
that
the
Lord
God
spoke
to
you
in
Horeb
from
the
midst
of
the
fire:
Lest
perhaps being deceived
you
might
make
you
a
graven similitude,
or
image
of
male
or
female,
The similitude
of
any
beasts,
that
are upon
the
earth,
or
of
birds,
that
fly under
heaven,
Or
of creeping
things,
that move
on
the
earth,
or
of fishes,
that abide
in
the
waters
under
the
earth:
Lest
perhaps lifting
up thy
eyes
to
heaven, thou
see
the
sun
and
the
moon,
and
all
the
stars
of
heaven,
and
being deceived
by error thou adore
and
serve
them,
which
the
Lord thy
God created
for
the
service
of
all
the
nations,
that
are
under
heaven.
But
the
Lord hath
taken
you
and
brought
you
out
of
the
iron
furnace
of
Egypt,
to
make
you
his
people
of
inheritance,
as
it
is
this
present
day.
And
the
Lord
was
angry
with
me
for
your
words,
and
he
swore
that
I
should
not
pass
over
the
Jordan,
nor
enter
into
the excellent
land,
which
he
will
give
you.
Behold
I
die
in
this
land,
I
shall
not
pass
over
the
Jordan:
you
shall
pass,
and
possess
the goodly
land.
Beware
lest thou
ever
forget
the
covenant
of
the
Lord thy
God,
which
he hath
made
with thee:
and
make
to thyself
a
graven
likeness
of
those
things
which
the
Lord hath forbid
to
be
made:
Because
the
Lord thy
God
is
a
consuming
fire,
a
jealous
God.
If
you
shall
beget
sons
and
grandsons,
and abide
in
the
land,
and
being deceived,
make
to
yourselves
any similitude,
committing
evil
before
the
Lord
your
God,
to
provoke
him
to wrath:
I call
this
day
heaven
and
earth
to witness,
that
you
shall
quickly
perish
out
of
the
land,
which,
when
you
have
passed
over
the
Jordan,
you
shall
possess.
You
shall
not dwell therein
long,
but
the Lord
will
destroy
you,
And
scatter
you
among all
nations,
and
you
shall
remain
a
few
among
the
nations,
to
which
the
Lord
shall lead
you.
And
there
you
shall
serve
gods,
that
were framed
with
men’s
hands:
wood
and
stone,
that
neither
see,
nor
hear,
nor
eat,
nor
smell.
And
when thou shalt
seek
there
the
Lord thy
God, thou shalt
find
him:
yet
so,
if thou
seek
him
with
all thy
heart,
and
all
the affliction
of thy
soul.
After
all
the
things aforesaid
shall
and thee,
in
the
latter
time thou shalt
return
to
the
Lord thy
God,
and shalt
hear
his
voice.
Because
the
Lord thy
God
is
a
merciful
God:
he
will
not
leave thee,
nor altogether
destroy thee,
nor
forget
the
covenant,
by
which
he
swore
to thy
fathers.
Ask
of
the
days
of
old,
that
have
been
before thy
time
from
the
day
that
God
created
man
upon
the
earth,
from
one
end
of
heaven
to
the
other
end thereof,
if
ever
there
was
done
the
like
thing,
or
it hath
been
known
at
any
time,
That
a
people should
hear
the
voice
of
God
speaking
out
of
the
midst
of
fire,
as thou hast
heard,
and
lived:
If
God ever
did
so
as
to
go,
and
take
to
himself
a
nation
out
of
the
midst
of
nations
by temptations,
signs,
and
wonders,
by
fight,
and
a
strong
hand,
and
stretched
out
arm,
and horrible visions
according
to
all
the
things
that
the
Lord
your
God
did
for
you
in
Egypt,
before thy
eyes.
That thou mightest
know
that
the
Lord
he
is
God,
and
there
is
no
other
besides
him.
From
heaven
he
made thee
to
hear
his
voice,
that
he might teach thee.
And
upon
earth
he shewed thee
his exceeding
great
fire,
and thou didst
hear
his
words
out
of
the
midst
of
the
fire,
Because
he
loved thy
fathers,
and
chose
their
seed
after
them.
And
he
brought thee
out
of
Egypt,
going
before thee
with
his
great
power,
To
destroy
at thy
coming
very
great
nations,
and
stronger
than thou art,
and
to
bring thee
in,
and
give thee
their
land
for
a
possession,
as thou seest
at
this
present
day.
Know
therefore
this
day,
and
think
in thy
heart
that
the
Lord
he
is
God
in
heaven
above,
and
in
the
earth
beneath,
and
there
is
no
other.
Keep
his precepts
and
commandments,
which
I
command thee:
that
it
may
be
well
with thee,
and thy
children
after thee,
and thou mayst remain
a
long
time
upon
the
land,
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee.
Then
Moses
set
aside
three
cities
beyond
the
Jordan
at
the
east
side,
That
any
one
might
flee
to
them
who
should kill
his neighbour unwillingly,
and
was
not
his
enemy
a day
or
two
before,
and
that
he
might
escape
to
some
one
of
these
cities:
Bosor
in
the
wilderness, which
is situate
in
the
plains
of
the tribe
of Ruben:
and
Ramoth
in Galaad, which
is
in
the tribe
of
Gad:
and
Golan
in Basan, which
is
in
the tribe
of Manasses.
This
is
the
law,
that
Moses
set
before
the
children
of
Israel,
And
these
are
the testimonies
and ceremonies
and
judgments,
which
he
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
out
of
Egypt,
Beyond
the
Jordan
in
the
valley
over
against
the temple
of Phogor,
in
the
land
of Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
that
dwelt
in Hesebon,
whom
Moses
slew.
And
the
children
of
Israel
coming
out
of
Egypt,
Possessed
his
land,
and
the
land
of
Og
king
of Basan,
of
the
two
kings
of
the Amorrhites,
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan towards
the
rising
of
the
sun:
From
Aroer,
which
is situate
upon
the
bank
of
the torrent Amen, unto
mount
Sion,
which
is
also called
Hermon,
All
the
plain
beyond
the
Jordan
at
the
east
side, unto
the see
of
the
wilderness,
and unto
the
foot
of mount Phasga.
And
Moses
called
all
Israel,
and
said
to
them:
Hear,
O
Israel,
the ceremonies
and
judgments,
which
I
speak
in
your
ears
this
day:
learn
them,
and fulfill
them
in work.
The
Lord
our
God
made
a
covenant
with us
in
Horeb.
He
made
not
the
covenant
with
our
fathers,
but
with
us,
who
are
now
present
and
living.
He
spoke
to
us
face
to
face
in
the
mount
out
of
the
midst
of
fire.
I
was
the mediator
and
stood
between
the
Lord
and
you
at
that
time,
to shew
you
his
words,
for
you
feared
the
fire,
and
went
not
up
into
the
mountain,
and
he
said:
I
am
the
Lord thy
God,
who
brought thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
Thou shalt
not
have strange
gods
in
my
sight.
Thou shalt
not
make
to thyself
a
graven
thing,
nor
the
likeness
of
any
things,
that
are
in
heaven
above,
or
that
are
in
the
earth
beneath,
or
that abide
in
the
waters
under
the
earth.
Thou shalt
not adore
them,
and thou shalt
not
serve
them.
For
I
am
the
Lord thy
God,
a
jealous
God,
visiting
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
upon
their
children unto
the
third
and
fourth
generation,
to
them
that
hate
me,
And shewing mercy unto many
thousands,
to
them that
love
me,
and
keep
my
commandments.
Thou shalt
not
take
the
name
of
the
Lord thy
God
in
vain:
for
he
shall
not
be
unpunished
that taketh
his
name upon
a
vain
thing.
Observe
the
day
of
the
sabbath,
to
sanctify
it,
as
the
Lord thy
God hath
commanded thee.
Six
days shalt thou labour,
and shalt
do
all thy
works.
The
seventh
is
the
day
of
the
sabbath,
that
is,
the
rest
of
the
Lord thy
God. Thou shalt
not
do
any
work therein, thou
nor thy
son
nor thy
daughter,
nor thy manservant
nor thy
maidservant,
nor thy
ox,
nor thy ass,
nor
any
of thy
beasts,
nor
the
stranger
that
is within thy
gates:
that thy manservant
and thy
maidservant
may
rest,
even
as thyself.
Remember
that thou
also didst
serve
in
Egypt,
and
the
Lord thy
God
brought thee
out
from thence
with
a
strong
hand,
and
a
stretched
out
arm.
Therefore hath
he
commanded thee
that thou shouldst
observe
the
sabbath
day.
Honour thy
father
and
mother,
as
the
Lord thy
God hath
commanded thee,
that thou mayst
live
a
long
time,
and
it
may
be
well
with thee
in
the
land,
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee.
Thou shalt
not kill.
Neither shalt thou
commit
adultery.
And thou shalt
not
steal.
Neither shalt thou bear
false
witness
against thy neighbour.
Thou shalt
not
covet thy neighbour’s
wife:
nor
his
house,
nor
his
field,
nor
his manservant,
nor
his
maidservant,
nor
his
ox,
nor
his ass,
nor
any
thing
that
is
his.
These
words
the
Lord
spoke
to
all
the multitude
of
you
in
the
mountain,
out
of
the
midst
of
the
fire
and
the
cloud,
and
the
darkness,
with
a
loud
voice,
adding
nothing
more:
and
he
wrote
them
in
two tables
of
stone,
which
he
delivered unto
me.
But
you,
after
you
heard
the
voice
out
of
the
midst
of
the
darkness,
and saw
the
mountain
burn,
came
to
me,
all
the princes
of
the
tribes
and
the
elders,
and
you
said:
Behold
the
Lord
our
God hath shewn
us
his
majesty
and
his
greatness,
we
have
heard
his
voice
out
of
the
midst
of
the
fire,
and
have proved
this
day
that
God
speaking
with
man,
man hath
lived.
Why
shall
we
die
therefore,
and
why
shall
this exceeding
great
Are
consume
us:
for
if
we
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord
our
God
any
more,
we
shall
die.
What
is
all
flesh,
that
it
should
hear
the
voice
of
the
living
God,
who speaketh
out
of
the
midst
of
the
fire,
as
we
have
heard,
and
be able
to
live?
Approach thou rather:
and
hear
all
things
that
the
Lord
our
God
shall
say
to thee,
and thou shalt
speak
to
us,
and
we
will
hear
and
will
do
them.
And
when
the
Lord
had
heard
this,
he
said
to
me:
I
have
heard
the
voice
of
the
words
of
this
people,
which
they
spoke
to thee:
they
have
spoken
all
things
well.
Who
shall
give
them
to
have
such
a
mind,
to
fear
me,
and
to
keep
all
my
commandments
at
all
times,
that
it
may
be
well
with
them
and
with
their
children
for
ever?
Go
and
say
to
them:
Return
into
your
tents.
But
stand thou
here
with
me,
and
I
will
speak
to thee
all
my
commandments,
and ceremonies
and
judgments:
which thou shalt
teach
them,
that
they
may
do
them
in
the
land,
which
I
will
give
them
for
a
possession.
Keep
therefore
and
do
the
things
which
the
Lord
God hath
commanded
you:
you
shall
not
go
aside
neither
to
the
right
hand,
nor
to
the
left.
But
you
shall
walk
in
the
way
that
the
Lord
your
God hath
commanded,
that
you
may
live,
and
it
may
be
well
with
you,
and
your
days
may
be
long
in
the
land
of
your
possession.
These
are
the precepts,
and ceremonies,
and
judgments,
which
the
Lord
your
God
commanded
that
I
should
teach
you,
and
that
you
should
do
them
in
the
land
into
which
you
pass
over
to
possess
it:
That thou mayst
fear
the
Lord thy
God,
and
keep
all
his
commandments
and precepts,
which
I
command thee,
and thy
sons,
and thy
grandsons,
all
the
days
of thy
life,
that thy
days
may
be
prolonged.
Hear,
O
Israel,
and
observe
to
do
the
things
which
the
Lord hath
commanded thee,
that
it
may
be
well
with thee,
and thou mayst
be
greatly
multiplied,
as
the
Lord
the
God
of thy
fathers hath
promised thee
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
Hear,
O
Israel,
the
Lord
our
God
is
one
Lord.
Thou shalt
love
the
Lord thy
God
with thy
whole
heart,
and
with thy
whole
soul,
and
with thy
whole
strength.
And
these
words
which
I
command thee
this
day,
shall
be
in thy
heart:
And thou shalt
tell
them
to thy
children,
and thou shalt meditate
upon
them
sitting
in thy
house,
and walking
on thy
journey, sleeping
and
rising.
And thou shalt
bind
them
as
a
sign
on thy
hand,
and
they
shall
be
and
shall move
between thy
eyes.
And thou shalt
write
them
in
the entry,
and
on
the doors
of thy
house.
And
when
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
brought thee
into
the
land,
for
which
he
swore
to thy
fathers
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob:
and
shall
have
given thee
great
and goodly
cities,
which thou didst
not
build,
Houses
full
of riches,
which thou didst
not
set
up,
cisterns
which thou didst
not
dig,
vineyards
and oliveyards,
which thou didst
not
plant,
And thou shalt
have eaten
and
be full:
Take heed diligently lest thou forget
the
Lord,
who brought thee
out
of
the land
of Egypt,
out
of
the house
of
bondage. Thou shalt
fear
the
Lord thy
God,
and shalt
serve
him only,
and thou shalt
swear
by
his
name.
You
shall
not go
after
the strange
gods
of
all
the
nations,
that
are
round
about
you:
Because
the
Lord thy
God
is
a
jealous
God
in
the
midst
of thee:
lest
at
any time
the
wrath
of
the
Lord thy
God
be
kindled
against thee,
and take thee away
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
Thou shalt
not tempt
the
Lord thy
God,
as thou temptedst
him
in
the place
of temptation.
Keep
the precepts
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
the testimonies
and ceremonies
which
he hath
commanded thee.
And
do
that
which
is
pleasing
and
good
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
that
it
may
be
well
with thee:
and
going
in thou mayst
possess
the goodly
land,
concerning
which
the
Lord
swore
to thy
fathers,
That
he
would
destroy
all thy
enemies
before thee,
as
he hath
spoken.
And
when thy
son
shall
ask thee
tomorrow,
saying:
What mean
these testimonies,
and ceremonies
and
judgments,
which
the
Lord
our
God hath
commanded
us?
Thou shalt
say
to
him: We
were bondmen
of Pharao
in
Egypt,
and
the
Lord
brought
us
out
of
Egypt
with
a
strong
hand.
And
he wrought
signs
and
wonders
great
and
very grievous
in
Egypt
against Pharao,
and
all
his
house,
in
our
sight,
And
he
brought
us
out
from thence,
that
he
might
bring
us
in
and
give
us
the
land, concerning
which
he
swore
to
our
fathers.
And
the
Lord
commanded
that
we
should
do
all
these ordinances,
and
should
fear
the
Lord
our
God,
that
it
might
be
well
with
us
all
the
days
of
our
life,
as
it
is
at
this
day.
And
he
will
be merciful
to
us,
if
we
keep
and
do
all
his precepts
before
the
Lord
our
God,
as
he hath
commanded
us.
When
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
brought thee
into
the
land,
which thou art
going
in
to
possess,
and
shall
have destroyed
many
nations
before thee,
the Hethite,
and
the Gergezite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Chanaanite,
and
the Pherezite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite,
seven
nations
much
more
numerous
than thou art,
and
stronger
than thou:
And
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
delivered
them
to thee, thou shalt utterly
destroy
them. Thou shalt
make
no
league
with
them,
nor shew
mercy
to
them:
Neither shalt thou
make marriages
with
them. Thou shalt
not
give thy
daughter
to
his
son,
nor
take
his
daughter
for thy
son:
For
she
will
turn
away thy
son
from
following
me,
that
he
may
rather
serve strange
gods,
and
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
will
be
kindled,
and
will
quickly
destroy thee.
But
thus
rather shall
you
deal
with
them:
Destroy
their
altars,
and
break
their statues,
and
cut
down
their groves,
and
burn
their
graven
things.
Because thou art
a
holy
people
to
the
Lord thy
God.
The
Lord thy
God hath
chosen thee,
to
be
his peculiar
people
of
all
peoples
that
are
upon
the
earth.
Not
because
you surpass
all
nations
in
number,
is
the
Lord joined unto
you,
and hath
chosen
you,
for
you
are
the
fewest
of
any
people:
But
because
the
Lord hath loved
you,
and hath
kept
his
oath,
which
he
swore
to
your
fathers:
and hath
brought
you
out
with
a
strong
hand,
and
redeemed
you
from
the
house
of
bondage,
out
of
the
hand
of Pharao
the
king
of
Egypt.
And thou shalt
know
that
the
Lord thy
God,
he
is
a
strong
and
faithful
God,
keeping
his
covenant
and
mercy
to
them
that
love
him,
and
to
them
that
keep
his
commandments, unto
a
thousand
generations:
And repaying forthwith
them
that
hate
him,
so
as
to
destroy
them,
without further
delay immediately rendering
to
them
what
they deserve.
Keep
therefore
the precepts
and ceremonies
and
judgments,
which
I
command thee
this
day
to
do.
If
after thou hast
heard
these
judgments, thou
keep
and
do
them,
the
Lord thy
God
will
also
keep
his
covenant
to thee,
and
the
mercy
which
he
swore
to thy
fathers:
And
he
will
love thee
and
multiply thee,
and
will
bless
the
fruit
of thy
womb,
and
the
fruit
of thy
land, thy corn,
and thy vintage, thy
oil,
and thy herds,
and
the
flocks
of thy
sheep
upon
the
land,
for
which
he
swore
to thy
fathers
that
he
would
give
it thee.
Blessed shalt thou
be
among
all
people.
No
one
shall
be
barren
among
you
of either sex,
neither
of
men
nor
cattle.
The
Lord
will
take
away
from thee
all
sickness:
and
the grievous infirmities
of
Egypt,
which thou knowest,
he
will
not
bring
upon thee,
but
upon thy
enemies.
Thou shalt
consume
all
the
people,
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
deliver
to thee. Thy
eye
shall
not
spare
them,
neither shalt thou
serve
their
gods, lest
they
be thy ruin.
If thou
say
in thy
heart:
These
nations
are
more
than
I,
how
shall
I
be
able
to
destroy
them?
Fear
not,
but
remember
what
the
Lord thy
God
did
to Pharao
and
to
all
the
Egyptians,
The exceeding
great plagues,
which thy
eyes
saw,
and
the
signs
and
wonders,
and
the
strong
hand,
and
the
stretched
out
arm,
with
which
the
Lord thy
God
brought thee
out:
so
will
he
do
to
all
the
people,
whom thou fearest.
Moreover
the
Lord thy
God
will
send
also
hornets among
them,
until
he
destroy
and consume
all
that
have escaped thee,
and
could
hide themselves.
Thou shalt
not
fear
them,
because
the
Lord thy
God
is
in
the
midst
of thee,
a
God
mighty
and terrible:
He
will
consume
these
nations
in thy
sight
by
little
and
little
and
by degrees. Thou wilt
not
be
able
to
destroy
them altogether:
lest
perhaps
the
beasts
of
the earth
should
increase
upon thee.
But
the
Lord thy
God
shall
deliver
them
in thy
sight:
and
shall slay
them
until
they
be
utterly
destroyed.
And
he
shall
deliver
their
kings
into thy
hands,
and thou shalt
destroy
their
names
from
under
Heaven:
no
man
shall
be
able
to resist thee,
until thou
destroy
them.
Their
graven
things thou shalt
burn
with
fire: thou shalt
not
covet
the
silver
and
gold
of
which
they
are
made,
neither shalt thou
take
to thee
any
thing thereof,
lest thou offend,
because
it
is
an
abomination
to
the
Lord thy
God.
Neither shalt thou
bring
any
thing
of
the idol
into thy
house, lest thou
become
an anathema,
like
it. Thou shalt
detest
it
as dung,
and shalt
utterly
abhor
it
as uncleanness
and filth,
because
it
is
an anathema.
All
the
commandments,
that
I
command thee
this
day,
take great
care
to
observe:
that
you
may
live,
and
be
multiplied,
and
going
in
may
possess
the
land,
for
which
the
Lord
swore
to
your
fathers.
And thou shalt
remember
all
the
way
through
which
the
Lord thy
God hath
brought thee
for
forty
years
through
the
desert,
to
afflict thee
and
to
prove thee,
and
that
the
things
that
were
in thy
heart
might
be
made
known,
whether thou wouldst
keep
his
commandments
or
no.
He
afflicted thee
with want,
and gave thee
manna
for thy
food,
which
neither thou
nor thy
fathers
knew:
to shew
that
not
in
bread
alone doth
man
live,
but
in
every
word
that proceedeth
from
the
mouth
of
God.
Thy raiment,
with
which thou wast covered, hath
not decayed
for age,
and thy
foot
is
not
worn, lo
this
is
the
fortieth
year,
That thou mayst
consider
in thy
heart,
that
as
a
man traineth
up
his
son,
so
the
Lord thy
God hath
trained thee
up.
That thou shouldst
keep
the
commandments
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
walk
in
his
ways,
and
fear
him.
For
the
Lord thy
God
will
bring thee
into
a
good
land,
of brooks
and
of
waters,
and
of
fountains:
in
the plains
of
which
and
the
hills
deep rivers break
out:
A
land
of
wheat,
and
barley,
and vineyards, wherein
fig
trees
and
pomegranates,
and oliveyards grow:
a
land
of
oil
and
honey.
Where
without
any
want thou shalt
eat thy
bread,
and enjoy abundance
of
all
things:
where
the
stones
are
iron,
and
out
of
its
hills
are dug mines
of
brass:
That
when thou hast
eaten,
and art
full, thou mayst
bless
the
Lord thy
God
for
the excellent
land
which
he hath
given thee.
Take
heed,
and
beware
lest
at any
time thou
forget
the
Lord thy
God,
and
neglect
his
commandments
and
judgments
and ceremonies,
which
I
command thee
this
day:
Lest after thou hast
eaten
and art
filled, hast
built goodly
houses,
and
dwelt
in
them,
And shalt
have
herds
of
oxen
and
flocks
of
sheep,
and
plenty
of
gold
and
of
silver,
and
of
all
things,
Thy
heart
be
lifted
up,
and thou remember
not
the
Lord thy
God,
who
brought thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage:
And
was thy leader
in
the
great
and terrible
wilderness,
wherein
there
was
the
serpent burning
with
his breath,
and
the scorpion
and
the dipsas,
and
no
waters
at
all:
who
brought
forth streams
out
of
the hardest
rock,
And
fed thee
in
the
wilderness
with
manna
which thy
fathers
knew
not.
And after
he
had afflicted
and
proved thee,
at
the
last
he
had mercy
on thee,
Lest thou shouldst
say
in thy
heart:
My own
might,
and
the
strength
of
my own
hand
have achieved all
these things
for
me.
But
remember
the
Lord thy
God,
that
he hath
given thee
strength,
that
he
might
fulfill
his
covenant,
concerning
which
he
swore
to thy
fathers,
as
this
present
day sheweth.
But
if thou
forget
the
Lord thy
God,
and
follow strange
gods,
and
serve
and adore
them: behold
now
I foretell thee
that thou shalt
utterly
perish.
As
the
nations,
which
the
Lord
destroyed
at thy entrance,
so
shall
you
also
perish,
if
you
be disobedient
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
your
God.
Hear,
O
Israel: Thou shalt
go
over
the
Jordan
this
day;
to
possess
nations
very
great,
and
stronger
than thyself,
cities
great,
and walled
up
to
the
sky,
A
People
great
and
tall,
the
sons
of
the Enacims,
whom thou hast seen,
and
heard
of,
against
whom
no
man
is able
to
stand.
Thou shalt
know
therefore
this
day
that
the
Lord thy
God
himself
will
pass
over
before thee,
a
devouring
and
consuming
fire,
to
destroy
and extirpate
and
bring
them
to nothing
before thy
face
quickly,
as
he hath
spoken
to thee.
Say
not
in thy
heart,
when
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have destroyed
them
in thy
sight:
For
my
justice hath
the
Lord
brought
me
in
to
possess
this
land, whereas
these
nations
are destroyed
for
their
wickedness.
For
it
is
not
for thy justices,
and
the
uprightness
of thy
heart
that thou shalt
go
in
to
possess
their
lands:
but
because
they
have done
wickedly,
they
are destroyed
at thy
coming
in:
and
that
the
Lord
might
accomplish
his
word,
which
he
promised
by
oath
to thy
fathers
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob.
Know
therefore
that
the
Lord thy
God giveth thee
not
this excellent
land
in
possession
for thy justices,
for thou art
a
very stiffnecked
people.
Remember,
and
forget
not
how
then provokedst
the
Lord thy
God
to
wrath
in
the
wilderness.
From
the
day
that thou camest
out
of
Egypt unto
this
place, thou hast
always strove
against
the
Lord.
For
in
Horeb
also thou didst provoke
him,
and
he
was
angry,
and
would
have
destroyed thee,
When
I
went
up
into
the
mount
to
receive
the tables
of
stone,
the tables
of
the
covenant
which
the
Lord
made
with
you:
and
I continued
in
the
mount
forty
days
and
nights,
neither
eating
bread,
nor
drinking
water.
And
the
Lord
gave
me
two tables
of
stone
written
with
the
finger
of
God,
and containing
all
the
words
that
he
spoke
to
you
in
the
mount
from
the
midst
of
the
Are,
when
the
people
were
assembled
together.
And
when
forty
days
were
passed,
and
as many
nights,
the
Lord
gave
me
the
two tables
of
stone,
the tables
of
the
covenant,
And
said
to
me:
Arise,
and
go
down
from hence
quickly:
for thy
people,
which thou hast
brought
out
of
Egypt,
have
quickly forsaken
the
way
that thou hast shewn
them,
and
have
made
to themselves
a molten idol.
And again
the
Lord
said
to
me:
I
see
that
this
people
is stiffnecked:
Let
me
alone
that
I
may
destroy
them,
and abolish
their
name
from
under
heaven,
and
set thee
over
a
nation,
that
is
greater
and
stronger
than
this.
And
when
I
came
down
from
the
burning
mount,
and held
the
two tables
of
the
covenant
with
both
hands,
And
saw
that
you
had
sinned
against
the
Lord
your
God,
and
had
made
to
yourselves
a molten
calf,
and
had
quickly forsaken
his
way,
which
he
had shewn
you:
I
cast
the tables
out
of
my
hands,
and
broke
them
in
your
sight.
And
I
fell
down
before
the
Lord
as
before,
forty
days
and
nights
neither
eating
bread,
nor
drinking
water,
for
all
your
sins,
which
you
had
committed
against
the
Lord,
and
had
provoked
him
to wrath:
For
I feared
his indignation
and
anger, wherewith being moved
against
you,
he
would
have
destroyed
you.
And
the
Lord
heard
me
this
time
also.
And
he
was
exceeding
angry
against
Aaron
also,
and
would
have
destroyed
him,
and
I
prayed
in
like manner
for
him.
And
your
sin
that
you
had
committed,
that
is,
the
calf,
I
took,
and
burned
it
with
fire,
and breaking
it
into
pieces,
until
it
was
as
small
as
dust,
I
threw
it
into
the torrent,
which cometh
down
from
the
mountain.
At
the burning
also,
and
at
the
place
of temptation,
and
at
the graves
of lust
you
provoked
the
Lord:
And
when
he
sent
you
from Cadesbarne,
saying:
Go
up,
and
possess
the
land
that
I
have
given
you,
and
you slighted
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
your
God,
and
did
not
believe
him,
neither
would
you hearken
to
his
voice:
But
were
always
rebellious
from
the
day
that
I
began
to
know
you.
And
I
lay prostrate
before
the
Lord
forty
days
and
nights,
in
which
I humbly besought
him,
that
he
would
not
destroy
you
as
he
had
threatened:
And
praying,
I
said:
O
Lord
God,
destroy
not thy
people,
and thy
inheritance,
which thou hast
redeemed
in thy
greatness,
whom thou hast
brought
out
of
Egypt
with
a
strong
hand.
Remember thy
servants
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob:
look
not
on
the
stubbornness
of
this
people,
nor
on
their
wickedness
and
sin:
Lest
perhaps
the inhabitants
of
the
land,
out
of
which thou hast
brought
us,
say:
The
Lord
could
not
bring
them
into
the
land
that
he
promised
them,
and
he
hated
them:
therefore
he
brought
them
out,
that
he
might
kill
them
in
the
wilderness,
Who
are thy
people
and thy
inheritance,
whom thou hast
brought
out
by thy
great
strength,
and
in thy
stretched
out
arm.
At
that
time
the
Lord
said
to
me: Hew thee
two tables
of
stone
like
the
former,
and
come
up
to
me
into
the
mount:
and thou shalt
make
an
ark
of mood,
And
I
will
write
on
the tables
the
words
that
were
in
them,
which thou brokest
before,
and thou shalt
put
them
in
the
ark.
And
I
made an
ark
of setim
wood
And
when
I
had hewn
two tables
of
stone
like
the
former,
I
went
up
into
the
mount, having
them
in
my
hands.
And
he
wrote
in
the tables,
according
as
he
had
written
before,
the
ten
words,
which
the
Lord
spoke
to
you
in
the
mount
from
the
midst
of
the
fire,
when
the
people
were
assembled:
and
he
gave
them
to
me.
And returning
from
the
mount,
I
came
down,
and
put
the tables
into
the
ark,
that
I
had
made,
and
they
are
there till
this
present,
as
the
Lord
commanded
me.
And
the
children
of
Israel
removed
their camp
from Beroth
of
the
children
of Jacan into Mosera,
where
Aaron
died
and
was
buried,
and
Eleazar
his
son
succeeded
him
in
the priestly office.
From thence
they came
to Gadgad,
from
which
place
they
departed,
and camped
in Jetebatha,
in
a
land
of
waters
and torrents.
At
that
time
he
separated
the
tribe
of
Levi,
to
carry
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
and
to
stand
before
him
in
the ministry,
and
to
bless
in
his
name
until
this
present
day.
Wherefore
Levi hath
no
part
nor
possession
with
his
brethren:
because
the
Lord
himself
is
his
possession,
as
the
Lord thy
God
promised
him.
And
I
stood
in
the
mount,
as
before,
forty
days
and
nights:
and
the
Lord
heard
me
this
time
also,
and
would
not
destroy thee.
And
he
said
to
me:
Go,
and walk
before
the
people,
that
they
may
enter,
and
possess
the
land,
which
I
swore
to
their
fathers
that
I
would
give
them.
And
now,
Israel,
what doth
the
Lord thy
God
require
of thee,
but
that thou
fear
the
Lord thy
God,
and
walk
in
his
ways,
and
love
him,
and
serve
the
Lord thy
God,
with
all thy
heart,
and
with
all thy
soul:
And
keep
the
commandments
of
the
Lord,
and
his ceremonies,
which
I
command thee
this
day,
that
it
may
be
well
with thee?
Behold
heaven
is
the
Lord’s thy
God,
and
the
heaven
of
heaven,
the
earth
and
all
things
that
are therein.
And
yet
the
Lord hath
been closely joined
to thy
fathers,
and
loved
them
and
chose
their
seed
after
them,
that
is
to
say,
you,
out
of
all
nations,
as
this
day
it
is proved.
Circumcise
therefore
the
foreskin
of
your
heart,
and
stiffen
your
neck
no
more.
Because
the
Lord
your
God
he
is
the
God
of
gods,
and
the
Lord
of
lords,
a
great
God
and
mighty
and terrible,
a
who accepteth
no person
nor taketh
bribes.
He doth
judgment
to
the
fatherless
and
the
widow, loveth
the
stranger,
and giveth
him
food
and raiment.
And do
you
therefore
love
strangers,
because
you
also
were
strangers
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
Thou shalt
fear
the
Lord thy
God,
and
serve
him only:
to
him thou shalt adhere,
and shalt
swear
by
his
name.
He
is thy
praise,
and thy
God,
that hath
done
for thee
these
great
and terrible
things,
which thy
eyes
have
seen.
In
seventy
souls thy
fathers
went
down
into
Egypt:
and behold
now
the
Lord thy
God hath
multiplied thee
as
the
stars
of
heaven.
Therefore
love
the
Lord thy
God
and
observe
his precepts
and ceremonies,
his
judgments
and
commandments
at
all
times.
Know
this
day
the
things
that
your
children
know
not,
who
saw
not
the chastisements
of
the
Lord
your
God.
his
great doings
and
strong
hand,
and
stretched
out
arm,
The
signs
and
works
which
he
did
in
the
midst
of
Egypt
to
king Pharao,
and
to
all
his
land,
And
to
all
the host
of
the
Egyptians,
and
to
their
horses
and
chariots:
how
the
waters
of
the Red
Sea covered
them,
when
they
pursued
you,
and
how
the
Lord
destroyed
them
until
this
present
day:
And
what
he hath
done
to
you
in
the
wilderness,
till
you
came
to
this
place:
And
to
Dathan
and Abiron
the
sons
of
Eliab,
who
was
the
son
of Ruben:
whom
the
earth,
opening
her
mouth
swallowed
up
with
their
households
and
tents,
and
all
their substance,
which
they
had
in
the
midst
of
Israel.
Your
eyes
have
seen
all
the greet
works
of
the
Lord,
that
he hath
done,
That
you
may
keep
all
his
commandments,
which
I
command
you
this
day,
and
may
go
in,
and
possess
the
land,
to
which
you
are
entering,
And
may
live
in
it
a
long
time:
which
the
Lord
promised
by
oath
to
your
fathers,
and
to
their
seed,
a
land
which floweth
with
milk
and
honey.
For
the
land,
which thou goest
to
possess,
is
not
like
the
land
of
Egypt,
from whence thou camest
out,
where,
when
the
seed
is
sown,
waters
are
brought
in
to
water
it
after
the manner
of
gardens.
But
it
is
a
land
of
hills
and plains, expecting
rain
from
heaven.
And
the
Lord thy
God doth
always visit
it,
and
his
eyes
are
on
it
from
the
beginning
of
the
year unto
the
end thereof.
If
then
you
obey
my
commandments,
which
I
command
you
this
day,
that
you
love
the
Lord
your
God,
and
serve
him
with
all
your
heart,
and
with
all
your
soul:
He
will
give
to
your
land
the
early
rain
and
the
latter
rain,
that
you
may
gather
in
your corn,
and
your
wine,
and
your
oil,
And
your hay out
of
the
fields
to
feed
your
cattle,
and
that
you
may
eat
and
be
filled.
Beware
lest
perhaps
your
heart
be deceived,
and
you
depart
from
the Lord,
and
serve strange
gods,
and adore
them:
And
the
Lord
being
angry
shut
up
heaven,
that
the
rain
come
not
down,
nor
the
earth
yield
her
fruit,
and
you
perish
quickly
from
the excellent
land,
which
the
Lord
will
give
you.
Lay
up
these
my
words
in
your
hearts
and
minds,
and hang
them
for
a
sign
on
your
hands,
and
place
them
between
your
eyes.
Teach
your
children
that
they meditate
on
them,
when thou sittest
in thy
house,
and
when thou walkest
on
the
way,
and
when thou liest
down
and risest
up.
Thou shalt
write
them
upon
the
posts
and
the doors
of thy
house:
That thy
days
may
be
multiplied,
and
the
days
of thy
children
in
the
land
which
the
Lord
swore
to thy
fathers,
that
he
would
give
them
as
long
as
the
heaven hangeth
over
the
earth.
For
if
you
keep
the
commandments
which
I
command
you,
and
do
them,
to
love
the
Lord
your
God,
and
walk
in
all
his
ways, cleaving unto
him,
The
Lord
will
destroy
all
these
nations
before
your
face,
and
you
shall
possess
them,
which
are
greater
and
stronger
than
you.
Every
place,
that
your
foot
shall
tread
upon,
shall
be yours.
From
the
desert,
and
from Libanus,
from
the great
river
Euphrates unto
the
western
sea
shall
be
your
borders.
None
shall
stand
against
you:
the
Lord
your
God
shall
lay
the
dread
and
fear
of
you
upon
all
the
land
that
you
shall
tread
upon,
as
he hath
spoken
to
you.
Behold
I
set
forth
in
your
sight
this
day
a
blessing
and
a
curse:
A
blessing,
if
you
obey
the
commandments
of
the
Lord
your
God,
which
I
command
you
this
day:
A
curse,
if
you
obey
not
the
commandments
of
the
Lord
your.
God,
but revolt
from
the
way
which
now
I shew
you,
and
walk
after strange
gods
which
you
know
not.
And
when
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
brought thee
into
the
land, whither thou goest
to dwell, thou shalt
put
the
blessing
upon
mount Garizim,
the
curse
upon
mount Hebal:
Which
are
beyond
the
Jordan,
behind
the
way
that goeth
to
the
setting
of
the
sun,
in
the
land
of
the Chanaanite
who dwelleth
in
the
plain
country
over
against Galgala, which
is
near
the valley
that reacheth
and entereth far.
For
you
shall
pass
over
the
Jordan,
to
possess
the
land,
which
the
Lord
your
God
will
give
you,
that
you
may
have
it
and
possess
it.
See
therefore
that
you fulfill
the ceremonies
and
judgments,
which
I
shall
set
this
day
before
you.
These
are
the precepts
and
judgments,
that
you
must
do
in
the
land,
which
the
Lord
the
God
of thy
fathers
will
give thee,
to
possess
it
all
the
days
that thou shalt walk
upon
the
earth.
Destroy
all
the
places
in
which
the
nations,
that
you
shall
possess, worshipped
their
gods
upon
high
mountains,
and
hills,
and
under
every shady
tree:
Overthrow
their
altars,
and
break
down
their statues,
burn
their groves
with
fire,
and
break
their
idols
in
pieces:
destroy
their
names
out
of
those
places.
You
shall
not
do
so
to
the
Lord
your
God:
But
you
shall
come
to
the
place,
which
the
Lord
your
God
shall
choose
out
of
all
your
tribes,
to
put
his
name
there,
and
to dwell
in
it:
And
you
shall
offer
in
that
place
your holocausts
and victims,
the
tithes
and firstfruits
of
your
hands
and
your
vows
and
gifts,
the
firstborn
of
your
herds
and
your
sheep.
And
you
shall
eat
there
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
your
God:
and
you
shall
rejoice
in
all
things, whereunto
you
shall
put
your
hand,
you
and
your
houses
wherein
the
Lord
your
God hath
blessed
you.
You
shall
not
do
there
the
things
we
do
here
this
day,
every
man
that
which seemeth good
to
himself.
For
until
this
present
time
you
are
not
come
to refit,
and
to
the
possession,
which
the
Lord
your
God
will
give
you.
You
shall
pass
over
the
Jordan,
and
shall
dwell
in
the
land
which
the
Lord
your
God
will
give
you,
that
you
may
have
rest
from
all
enemies
round
about:
and
may
dwell without
any fear,
In
the
place,
which
the
Lord
your
God
shall
choose,
that
his
name
may
be therein. Thither
shall
you
bring
all
the
things
that
I
command
you, holocausts,
and victims,
and
tithes,
and
the firstfruits
of
your
hands:
and
whatsoever
is
the
choicest
in
the
gifts
which
you
shall
vow
to
the
Lord.
There
shall
you feast
before
the
Lord
your
God,
you
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters,
your menservants
and maid-servants,
and
the
Levite
that dwelleth
in
your
cities.
For
he hath
no
other
part
and
possession
among
you.
Beware
lest thou
offer thy holocausts
in
every
place
that thou shalt
see:
But
in
the
place
which
the
Lord
shall
choose
in
one
of thy
tribes shalt thou
offer sacrifices.
and shalt
do
all
that
I
command thee.
But
if thou desirest
to
eat,
and
the
eating
of
flesh delight thee, kill,
and
eat according
to
the
blessing
of
the
Lord thy
God,
which
he hath
given thee,
in thy
cities: whether
it
be
unclean,
that
is
to say,
having blemish
or defect:
or
clean,
that
is
to say, sound
and without blemish,
such
as
may
be
offered,
as
the roe,
and
the hart, shalt thou
eat
it:
Only
the
blood thou shalt
not
eat,
but thou shalt
pour
it
out
upon
the
earth
as
water.
Thou mayst
not
eat
in thy
towns
the
tithes
of thy corn,
and thy
wine,
and thy
oil,
the
firstborn
of thy
herds
and thy
cattle,
nor
any
thing
that thou vowest,
and
that thou wilt offer
voluntarily,
and
the firstfruits
of thy
hands:
But thou shalt
eat
them
before
the
Lord thy
God
in
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose, thou
and thy
son
and thy
daughter,
and thy manservant,
and
maidservant,
and
the
Levite
that dwelleth
in thy
cities:
and thou shalt
rejoice
and
be refreshed
before
the
Lord thy
God
in
all
things, whereunto thou shalt
put thy
hand.
Take
heed thou
forsake
not
the
Levite
all
the
time
that thou livest
in
the
land.
When
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
enlarged thy
borders,
as
he hath
spoken
to thee,
and thou wilt
eat
the
flesh
that thy
soul desireth:
And
if
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose,
that
his
name
should
be
there,
be
far
off, thou shalt kill
of thy
herds
and
of thy
flocks,
as
I
have
commanded thee,
and shalt
eat
in thy
towns,
as
it pleaseth thee.
Even
as
the roe
and
the hart
is
eaten,
so shalt thou
eat
them:
both
the
clean
and
unclean
shall
eat
of
them
alike.
Only beware
of
this,
that thou
eat
not
the
blood,
for
the
blood
is
for
the
soul:
and
therefore thou
must
not
eat
the
soul
with
the
flesh:
But thou shalt
pour
it
upon
the
earth
as
water,
That
it
may
be
well
with thee
and thy
children
after thee,
when thou shalt
do
that
which
is
pleasing
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
But
the
things
which thou hast sanctified
and
vowed
to
the
Lord, thou shalt
take,
and shalt
come
to
the
place
which
the
Lord
shall
choose:
And shalt
offer thy oblations
the
flesh
and
the
blood
upon
the
altar
of
the
Lord thy
God:
the
blood
of thy victims thou shalt
pour
on
the
altar:
and
the
flesh thou thyself shalt
eat.
Observe
and
hear
all
the
things
that
I
command thee,
that
it
may
be
well
with thee
and thy
children
after thee
for
ever,
when thou shalt
do
what
is
good
and
pleasing
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord thy
God.
When
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
destroyed
before thy
face
the
nations,
which
then shalt
go
in
to
possess,
and
when thou shalt
possess
them,
and
dwell
in
their
land:
Beware
lest thou imitate
them,
after
they
are
destroyed
at thy coming
in,
and
lest thou
seek
after
their ceremonies,
saying:
As
these
nations
have worshipped
their
gods,
so
will
I
also
worship.
Thou shalt
not
do
in
like
manner
to
the
Lord thy
God.
For
they
have
done
to
their
gods
all
the
abominations
which
the
Lord abhorreth,
offering
their
sons
and
daughters,
and
burning
them
with
fire.
What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.
If
there rise
in
the midst
of thee
a prophet
or
one
that saith
he hath dreamed
a dream,
and
he foretell
a sign
and
a wonder,
And
that
come
to
pass
which
he
spoke,
and
he
say
to thee:
Let
us
go
and follow strange gods,
which thou knowest
not,
and
let
us serve
them:
Thou shalt
not hear
the words
of
that
prophet
or dreamer:
for
the Lord
your
God trieth
you,
that
it
may appear whether
you love
him
with
all
your heart,
and
with
all
your soul,
or
not.
Follow
the
Lord
your
God,
and fear
him,
and
keep
his
commandments,
and
hear
his voice:
him
you
shall serve,
and
to
him
you
shall cleave.
And
that
prophet
or forger
of dreams
shall
be slain:
because
he spoke
to draw
you
away
from
the
Lord
your
God,
who brought
you
out
of
the land
of Egypt,
and redeemed
you
from
the house
of
bondage:
to
make thee go
out
of
the way, which
the
Lord thy
God
commanded thee:
and thou shalt
take
away
the evil
out
of
the midst
of thee.
If thy brother
the son
of thy mother,
or thy son,
or
daughter,
or thy
wife
that
is
in thy bosom,
or thy friend,
whom thou lovest
as thy own soul,
would persuade thee secretly,
saying: Let
us
go,
and serve strange
gods,
which thou knowest
not,
nor thy fathers,
Of
all
the nations round
about,
that
are
near
or afar
off,
from
one end
of
the earth
to
the
other,
Consent
not
to
him, hear
him
not, neither let thy eye spare
him
to pity
and conceal
him,
But thou shalt presently put
him
to death.
It
Let thy hand
be first
upon
him,
and afterwards
the hands
of all
the
people.
With stones
shall
he
be stoned
to
death:
because
he
would
have withdrawn thee
from
the Lord thy
God,
who
brought thee
out
of
the land
of Egypt,
from
the house
of bondage:
That all Israel hearing
may fear,
and
may
do no
more
any
thing
like
this.
If
in
one
of thy cities,
which
the Lord thy
God
shall
give thee
to dwell
in, thou
hear
some
say:
Children
of Belial
are gone
out
of
the midst
of thee,
and
have withdrawn
the
inhabitants
of
their
city,
and
have
said:
Let
us go,
and serve strange
gods
which
you know
not:
Inquire
carefully
and diligently,
the truth
of
the thing
by looking
well
into
it,
and
if thou
find
that
which
is
said
to
be
certain,
and
that
this abomination hath
been
really committed,
Thou shalt forthwith kill
the inhabitants
of
that city
with
the edge
of
the sword,
and shalt
destroy
it
and
all
things
that
are
in
it,
even
the cattle.
And
all
the household goods
that
are
there, thou shalt gather together
in
the midst
of
the streets thereof,
and shalt burn
them
with
the
city
itself,
so
as
to consume
all
for
the Lord thy God,
and
that
it
be
a heap
for ever:
it
shall
be built
no more.
And
there
shall
nothing
of
that anathema stick
to thy hand:
that
the
Lord
may
turn
from
the wrath
of
his fury,
and
may
have
mercy
on thee,
and multiply thee
as
he swore
to thy fathers,
When thou shalt hear
the voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
keeping
all
his precepts,
which
I
command thee
this day,
that thou mayst
do
what
is pleasing
in
the sight
of
the
Lord thy
God.
Be ye
children
of
the
Lord
your
God:
you
shall
not
cut
yourselves,
no,
make
any
baldness
for
the
dead;
Because thou art
a
holy
people
to
the
Lord thy
God:
and
he
chose thee
to
be
his peculiar
people
of
all
nations
that
are
upon
the
earth.
Eat
not
the
things
that
are unclean.
These
are
the
beasts
that
you
shall
eat,
the
ox,
and
the
sheep,
and
the
goat,
The hart and the roe, the buffle, the chamois, the pygarg, the
wild
goat, the camelopardalus.
Every
beast
that divideth
the
hoof
in
two
parts,
and cheweth
the
cud,
you
shall
eat.
But
of
them
that
chew
the
cud,
but
divide
not
the
hoof,
you
shall
not
eat,
such
as
the
camel,
the
hare,
and
the cherogril:
because
they
chew
the
cud,
but
divide
not
the
hoof,
they
shall
be
unclean
to
you.
The swine
also,
because
it divideth
the
hoof,
but cheweth
not
the
cud,
shall
be
unclean,
their
flesh
you
shall
not
eat,
and
their
carcasses
you
shall
not
touch.
These
shall
you
eat
of
all
that abide
in
the
waters:
All
that
have
fins
and
scales,
you
shall
eat.
Such
as
are
without
fins
and
scales,
you
shall
not
eat,
because
they
are
unclean.
All
birds
that are
clean
you
shall
eat.
The unclean
eat
not:
to wit,
the
eagle,
and
the grype,
and
the osprey,
The ringtail,
and
the vulture,
and
the kite
according
to their
kind:
And
all
of
the raven’s
kind:
And
the
ostrich,
and
the
owl,
and
the larus,
and
the
hawk
according
to
its
kind:
The heron,
and
the swan,
and
the stork,
And
the
cormorant,
the porphyrion,
and
the night crow,
The bittern, and the charadrion, every one in their
kind: the hoop also and the
bat.
Every
thing
that creepeth,
and hath little
wings,
shall
be
unclean,
and
shall
not
be
eaten.
All
that
is
clean,
you
shall
eat.
But
whatsoever
is
dead
of itself,
eat
not thereof.
Give
it
to
the
stranger,
that
is within thy
gates,
to
eat,
or
sell
it
to
him:
because thou art
the
holy
people
of
the
Lord thy
God. Thou shalt
not
boil
a kid
in
the
milk
of
his dam.
Every
year thou shalt
set aside
the
tithes
of
all thy fruits
that
the earth bringeth
forth,
And thou shalt
eat
before
the
Lord thy
God
in
the
place
which
he
shall
choose,
that
his
name
may
be
called upon therein,
the
tithe
of thy corn,
and thy
wine,
and thy
oil,
and
the
firstborn
of thy
herds
and thy
sheep:
that thou mayst
learn
to
fear
the
Lord thy
God
at
all
times.
But
when
the
way
and
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose,
are
far
off,
and
he hath
blessed thee,
and thou canst
not
carry
all
these
things thither,
Thou shalt
sell
them all,
and
turn
them
into
money,
and shalt
carry
it
in thy
hand,
and shalt
go
to
the
place
which
the
Lord
shall
choose:
And thou shalt buy
with
the same
money
whatsoever pleaseth thee, either
of
the
herds
or
of
sheep,
wine
also
and
strong
drink,
and
all
that thy
soul desireth:
and thou shalt
eat
before
the
Lord thy
God,
and shalt
feast, thou
and thy
house:
And
the
Levite
that
is
within thy
gates, beware thou
forsake
him
not,
because
he hath
no
other part
in thy
possession.
The
third
year thou shalt separate another
tithe
of
all
things
that
grow
to thee
at
that
time,
and shalt
lay
it
up within thy
gates.
And
the
Levite
that hath
no
other
part
nor
possession
with thee,
and
the
stranger
and
the
fatherless
and
the
widow,
that
are
within thy
gates,
shall
come
and
shall
eat
and
be
filled:
that
the
Lord thy
God
may
bless thee
in
all
the
works
of thy
hands
that thou shalt
do.
In
the
seventh
year thou shalt
make
a
remission,
Which
shall
be celebrated
in
this
order.
He
to
whom
any
thing
is owing
from
his
friend
or neighbour
or
brother,
cannot
demand
it again,
because
it
is
the
year
of
remission
of
the
Lord,
Of
the
foreigner
or
stranger thou mayst
exact
it:
of thy
countryman
and neighbour thou shalt
not
have
power
to demand
it
again.
And
there
shall
be
no
poor
nor beggar
among
you:
that
the
Lord thy
God
may
bless thee
in
the
land
which
he
will
give thee
in
possession.
Yet
so
if thou
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
keep
all
things
that
he hath
ordained,
and
which
I
command thee
this
day,
he
will bless thee,
as
he hath
promised.
Thou shalt
lend
to
many
nations,
and thou shalt
borrow
of
no man. Thou shalt
have
dominion
over
very
many
nations,
and
no
one
shall
have
dominion
over thee.
If
one
of thy
brethren
that dwelleth within
the
gates
of thy
city
in
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee,
come
to poverty: thou shalt
not
harden thy
heart,
nor
close thy
hand,
But shalt
open
it
to
the
poor man, thou shalt
lend
him,
that
which thou perceivest
he hath
need
of.
Beware
lest
perhaps
a
wicked
thought steal
in
upon thee,
and thou
say
in thy
heart:
The
seventh
year
of
remission draweth nigh;
and thou
turn
away thy
eyes
from thy
poor
brother, denying
to
lend
him
that
which
he asketh:
lest
he
cry
against thee
to
the
Lord,
and
it
become
a
sin unto thee.
But thou shalt
give
to
him:
neither shalt thou
do
any
thing craftily
in relieving
his necessities:
that
the
Lord thy
God
may
bless thee
at
all
times,
and
in
all
things
to
which thou shalt
put thy
hand.
There
will
not
be wanting
poor
in
the
land
of thy habitation:
therefore
I
command thee
to
open thy
hand
to thy
needy
and
poor
brother,
that liveth
in
the
land.
When thy
brother
a
Hebrew
man,
or
Hebrew
woman
is
sold
to thee,
and hath
served thee
six
years,
in
the
seventh
year thou shalt
let
him
go
free:
And
when thou sendest
him
out
free, thou shalt
not
let
him
go
away
empty:
But shalt
give
him
for
his way out
of thy
flocks,
and out
of thy barnfloor,
and thy
winepress, wherewith
the
Lord thy
God
shall
bless thee.
Remember
that thou
also wast
a bondservant
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
the
Lord thy
God
made thee free,
and
therefore
I
now
command thee
this.
But
if
he
say:
I
will
not
depart:
because
he loveth thee,
and thy
house,
and findeth
that
he
is
well
with thee:
Thou shalt
take
an
awl,
and bore
through
his
ear
in
the
door
of thy house,
and
he
shall
serve thee
for
ever: thou shalt
do
in
like
manner
to thy womanservant
also.
Turn
not
away thy
eyes
from
them
when thou makest
them tree:
because
he hath
served thee
six
years according
to
the
wages
of
a hireling:
that
the
Lord thy
God
may
bless thee
in
all
the
works
that thou dost.
Of
the
firstlings,
that come
of thy
herds
and thy
sheep, thou shalt
sanctify
to
the
Lord thy
God
whatsoever
is
of
the
male sex. Thou shalt
not
work
with
the firstling
of
a bullock,
and thou shalt
not
shear
the
firstlings
of thy
sheep.
In
the
sight
of
the
Lord thy
God shalt thou
eat
them
every
year,
in
the
place
that
the
Lord
shall
choose, thou
and thy
house.
But
if
it
have
a
blemish,
or
be
lame,
or
blind,
or
in
any part disfigured
or feeble,
it
shall
not
be
sacrificed
to
the
Lord thy
God.
But thou shalt
eat
it within
the
gates
of thy
city:
the
clean
and
the
unclean
shall
eat
them
alike,
as
the roe
and
as
the hart.
Only thou shalt take heed
not
to
eat
their
blood,
but
pour
it
out
on
the
earth
as
water.
Observe
the
month
of
new corn, which
is
the first
of
the
spring,
that thou mayst celebrate
the phase
to
the
Lord thy
God:
because
in
this
month
the
Lord thy
God
brought thee
out
of
Egypt
by
night.
And thou shalt
sacrifice
the phase
to
the
Lord thy
God,
of
sheep,
and
of
oxen,
in
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose,
that
his
name
may
dwell
there.
Thou shalt
not
eat
with
it
leavened
bread:
seven
days shalt thou
eat
without
leaven,
the
bread
of affliction,
because thou camest
out
of
Egypt
in fear:
that thou mayst
remember
the
day
of thy
coming
out
of
Egypt,
all
the
days
of thy
life.
No
leaven
shall
be
seen
in
all thy coasts
for
seven
days,
neither
shall
any
of
the
flesh
of
that
which
was
sacrificed
the
first
day
in
the
evening
remain until
morning.
Thou mayst
not immolate
the phase
in
any
one
of thy
cities,
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee:
But
in
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose,
that
his
name
may
dwell
there: thou shalt immolate
the phase
in
the
evening,
at
the
going
down
of
the
sun,
at
which
time thou camest
out
of
Egypt.
And thou shalt dress,
and
eat
it
in
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose,
and
in
the
morning rising
up thou shalt
go
into thy dwellings.
Six
days shalt thou
eat
unleavened
bread:
and
on
the
seventh
day,
because
it
is
the
assembly
of
the
Lord thy
God, thou shalt
do
no
work.
Thou shalt
number unto thee
seven
weeks
from that day, wherein thou didst put
the
sickle
to
the corn.
And thou shalt
celebrate
the
festival
of
weeks
to
the
Lord thy
God,
a
voluntary oblation
of thy
hand,
which thou shalt
offer
according
to
the
blessing
of
the
Lord thy
God.
And thou shalt feast
before
the
Lord thy
God, thou,
and thy
son,
and thy
daughter,
and thy manservant,
and thy
maidservant,
and
the
Levite
that
is
within thy
gates,
and
the
stranger
and
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow,
who
abide
with
you:
in
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose,
that
his
name
may
dwell
there:
And thou shalt
remember
that thou wast
a
servant
in
Egypt:
and thou shalt
keep
and
do
the
things
that
are commanded.
Thou shalt
celebrate
the solemnity
also
of tabernacles
seven
days,
when thou hast
gathered
in thy fruit
of
the barnfloor
and
of
the
winepress.
And thou shalt
make
merry
in thy
festival time, thou, thy
son,
and thy
daughter, thy manservant,
and thy
maidservant,
the
Levite
also
and
the
stranger,
and
the
fatherless
and
the
widow
that
are within thy
gates.
Seven
days shalt thou
celebrate feasts
to
the
Lord thy
God
in
the
place
which
the
Lord
shall
choose:
and
the
Lord thy
God
will
bless thee
in
all thy fruits,
and
in
every
work
of thy
hands,
and thou shalt
be
in joy.
Three
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,
in
the
feast
of
weeks,
and
in
the
feast
of tabernacles.
No
one
shall
appear
with
his hands
empty
before
the
Lord:
But
every
one
shall
offer
according
to
what
he hath,
according
to
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
his
God,
which
he
shall
give
him.
Thou shalt
appoint
judges
and magistrates
in
all thy
gates,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee,
in
all thy
tribes:
that
they
may
judge
the
people
with
just
judgment,
And
not go
aside
to
either part. Thou shalt
not
accept person
nor
gifts:
for
gifts
blind
the
eyes
of
the
wise,
and change
the
words
of
the
just.
Thou shalt
follow justly
after
that
which
is
just:
that thou mayst
live
and
possess
the
land,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee.
Thou shalt
plant
no grove,
nor
any
tree
near
the
altar
of
the
Lord thy
God:
Neither shalt thou
make
nor
set
up
to thyself
a statue:
which
things
the
Lord thy
God hateth.
Thou shalt
not
sacrifice
to
the
Lord thy
God
a
sheep,
or
an
ox,
wherein
there
is
blemish,
or
any
fault:
for
that
is
an
abomination
to
the
Lord thy
God.
When
there
shall
be
found
among
you
within
any
of thy
gates,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee,
man
or
woman
that
do
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
transgress
his
covenant,
So
as
to go
and
serve strange
gods,
and adore
them,
the
sun
and
the
moon.
and
all
the
host
of
heaven,
which
I
have
not
commanded:
And
this
is
told thee,
and
hearing
it thou hast
inquired
diligently,
and
found
it
to
be
true,
and
that
the
abomination
is
committed
in
Israel:
Thou shalt
bring
forth
the
man
or
the
woman,
who
have
committed
that most
wicked
thing,
to
the
gates
of thy
city,
and
they
shall
be
stoned.
By
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
shall
he
die
that
is
to
be slain.
Let
no
man
be
put
to
death,
when
only
one beareth
witness
against
him.
The
hands
of
the
witnesses
shall
be
first
upon
him
to
kill
him,
and
afterwards
the
hands
of
the
rest
of
the
people:
that thou mayst
take
away
the
evil
out
of
the
midst
of thee.
If thou perceive
that
there
be
among
you
a
hard
and doubtful
matter
in
judgment
between
blood
and
blood,
cause
and
cause, leprosy
and leprosy:
and thou
see
that
the
words
of
the
judges
within thy
gates do vary:
arise,
and
go
up
to
the
place,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose.
And thou shalt
come
to
the
priests
of
the
Levitical race,
and
to
the
judge,
that
shall
be
at
that
time:
and thou shalt
ask
of
them,
and
they
shall shew thee
the truth
of
the
judgment.
And thou shalt
do
whatsoever
they
shall
say,
that preside
in
the
place,
which
the
Lord
shall
choose,
and
what
they
shall
teach thee,
According
to
his
law;
and thou shalt follow
their
sentence:
neither shalt thou decline
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left
hand.
But
he
that
will
be proud,
and refuse
to
obey
the commandment
of
the
priest,
who ministereth
at
that
time
to
the
Lord thy
God,
and
the decree
of
the
judge,
that
man
shall
die,
and thou shalt
take
away
the
evil
from
Israel:
And
all
the
people
hearing
it
shall
fear,
that
no
one afterwards swell
with pride.
When thou art
come
into
the
land,
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee,
and possessest
it,
and shalt
say:
I
will
set
a
king
over
me,
as
all
nations
have
that
are
round
about:
Thou shalt
set
him
whom
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose
out
of
the number
of thy
brethren. Thou mayst
not
make
a
man
of
another nation
king,
that
is
not thy
brother.
And
when
he
is
made
king,
he
shall
not
multiply
horses
to
himself,
nor lead
back
the
people
into
Egypt, being lifted
up
with
the
number
of
his
horsemen,
especially
since
the
Lord hath
commanded
you
to
return
no
more
the
same
way.
He
shall
not
have
many
wives,
that
may allure
his
mind,
nor
immense sums
of
silver
and
gold.
But
after
he
is raised
to
the
throne
of
his
kingdom,
he
shall
copy
out
to
himself
the Deuteronomy
of
this
law
in
a volume, taking
the
copy
of
the
priests
of
the
Levitical tribe,
And
he
shall
have
it
with
him,
and
shall
read
it
all
the
days
of
his
life,
that
he
may
learn
to
fear
the
Lord
his
God,
and
keep
his
words
and ceremonies,
that
are commanded
in
the
law;
And
that
his
heart
be
not
lifted
up
with pride
over
his
brethren,
nor decline
to
the
right
or
to
the
left,
that
he
and
his
sons
may
reign
a
long
time
over
Israel.
The
priests
and
Levites,
and
all
that
are
of
the same
tribe,
shall
have
no part
nor
inheritance
with
the
rest
of
Israel,
because
they
shall
eat
the sacrifices
of
the
Lord,
and
his oblations,
And
they
shall
receive
nothing
else.
of
the
possession
of
their
brethren:
for
the
Lord
himself
is
their
inheritance,
as
he hath
said
to
them.
This
shall
be
the
priest’s
due
from
the
people,
and
from
them
that
offer victims:
whether
they
sacrifice
an
ox,
or
a
sheep,
they
shall
give
to
the
priest
the
shoulder
and
the breast:
The firstfruits also
of corn,
of
wine,
and
of
oil,
and
a part
of
the wool
from
the
shearing
of
their
sheep.
For
the
Lord thy
God hath
chosen
him
of
all thy
tribes,
to
stand
and
to
minister
to
the
name
of
the
Lord,
him
and
his
sons
for ever.
If
a
Levite
go
out
of
any
one
of
the
cities
throughout
all
Israel,
in
which
he dwelleth,
and
have
a longing
mind
to
come
to
the
place
which
the
Lord
shall
choose,
He
shall
minister
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
his
God,
as
all
his
brethren
the
Levites
do,
that
shall
stand
at
that time
before
the
Lord.
He
shall receive
the same
portion
of
food
that
the rest do:
besides
that which
is
due
to
him
in
his own city,
by succession
from
his
fathers.
When thou art
come
into
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee, beware lest thou
have
a
mind
to imitate
the
abominations
of
those
nations.
Neither
let
there
be
found
among
you
any
one
that
shall expiate
his
son
or
daughter, making
them
to
pass
through
the
fire:
or
that consulteth soothsayers,
or observeth dreams
and
omens,
neither
let
there
be
any wizard,
Nor charmer,
nor any
one
that consulteth pythonic spirits,
or fortune tellers,
or
that seeketh
the truth
from
the
dead.
For
the
Lord abhorreth
all
these
things,
and
for
these
abominations
he
will
destroy
them
at thy coming.
Thou shalt
be
perfect,
and
without spot
before
the
Lord thy
God.
These
nations,
whose land thou shalt
possess, hearken
to soothsayers
and
diviners:
but thou art
otherwise instructed
by
the
Lord thy
God.
The
Lord thy
God
will
raise
up
to thee
a
PROPHET
of thy nation
and
of thy
brethren
like unto
me:
him thou shalt
hear:
As thou desiredst
of
the
Lord thy
God
in
Horeb,
when
the
assembly
was
gathered
together,
and saidst:
Let
me
not
hear
any
more
the
voice
of
the
Lord
my
God,
neither
let
me
see
any
more
this exceeding
great
fire, lest
I
die.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
They
have
spoken all
things
well.
I
will
raise
them
up
a
prophet
out
of
the
midst
of
their
brethren
like
to thee:
and
I
will
put
my
words
in
his
mouth,
and
he
shall
speak
to
them
all
that
I
shall
command
him.
And
he
that
will
not
hear
his
words,
which
he
shall
speak
in
my
name,
I
will
be
the revenger.
But
the
prophet,
who
being corrupted
with pride,
shall
speak
in
my
name
things
that
I
did
not
command
him
to
say,
or
in
the
name
of strange
gods,
shall
be slain.
And
if
in silent
thought thou
answer:
How
shall
I
know
the
word
that
the
Lord hath
not
spoken?
Thou shalt
have
this sign: Whatsoever
that
same
prophet foretelleth
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
and
it cometh
not
to
pass:
that
thing
the
Lord hath
not
spoken,
but
the
prophet hath forged
it
by
the
pride
of
his
mind:
and
therefore thou shalt
not
fear
him.
When
the
Lord thy
God hath
destroyed
the
nations,
whose
land
he
will
deliver
to thee,
and thou shalt
possess
it,
and shalt
dwell
in
the
cities
and
houses thereof:
Thou shalt
separate
to thee
three
cities
in
the
midst
of
the
land,
which
the
Lord
will
give thee
in
possession,
Paving diligently
the
way:
and thou shalt
divide
the
whole province
of thy
land equally
into
three
parts:
that
he
who
is forced
to
flee
for
manslaughter,
may
have
near
at hand whither
to
escape.
This
shall
be
the law
of
the
slayer
that fleeth,
whose life
is
to
be saved:
He
that killeth
his neighbour ignorantly,
and
who
is proved
to
have
had
no
hatred
against
him
yesterday
and
the day
before:
But
to
have
gone
with
him
to
the
wood
to hew
wood,
and
in cutting
down
the
tree
the
axe slipped
out
of
his
hand,
and
the
iron slipping
from
the
handle struck
his
friend,
and
killed
him:
he
shall
flee
to
one
of
the
cities aforesaid,
and live:
Lest
perhaps
the
next
kinsman
of
him whose
blood
was
shed, pushed
on
by
his grief
should
pursue,
and apprehend
him.
if
the
way
be
too
long,
and
take
away
the
life
of
him
who
is
not
guilty
of
death,
because
he
is proved
to
have
had
no
hatred
before
against
him
that
was
slain.
Therefore
I
command thee,
that thou
separate
three
cities
at equal distance
one
from another.
And
when
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
enlarged thy
borders,
as
he
swore
to thy
fathers,
and
shall
give thee
all
the
land
that
he
promised
them,
(Yet
so,
if thou
keep
his
commandments,
and
do
the
things
which
I
command thee
this
day,
that thou
love
the
Lord thy
God,
and
walk
in
his
ways
at
all
times) thou shalt
add
to thee
other
three
cities,
and shalt double
the number
of
the
three
cities aforesaid:
That
innocent
blood
may
not
be
shed
in
the
midst
of
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee
to possess, lest thou
be guilty
of
blood.
But
if
any
man
hating
his neighbour,
lie
in
wait
for
his
life,
and
rise
and
strike
him,
and
he
die,
and
he
flee
to
one
of
the
cities aforesaid,
The ancients
of
his
city
shall
send,
and
take
him
out
of
the
place
of refuge,
and
shall
deliver
him
into
the
hand
of
the
kinsman
of
him
whose
blood
was
shed,
and
he
shall
die.
Thou shalt
not
pity
him,
and thou shalt take away
the
guilt
of
innocent
blood
out
of
Israel,
that
it
may
be
well
with thee.
Thou shalt
not
take
nor remove thy neighbour’s landmark,
which thy predecessors
have
set
in thy
possession.
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee
in
the
land
that thou shalt
receive
to
possess.
One
witness
shall
not
rise
up
against
any
man,
whatsoever
the
sin
or wickedness
be:
but
in
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
every
word
shall
stand.
If
a lying
witness
stand
against
a
man, accusing
him
of transgression,
Both
of
them, between
whom
the
controversy
is,
shall
stand
before
the
Lord
in
the
sight
of
the
priests
and
the
judges
that
shall
be
in
those
days.
And
when
after most diligent inquisition, they
shall find
that
the
false
witness hath told
a
lie against
his
brother:
They
shall render
to
him
as
he meant
to
do
to
his
brother,
and thou shalt take
away
the
evil
out
of
the
midst
of thee:
That others
hearing
may
fear,
and
may
not dare
to
do
such
things.
Thou shalt
not
pity
him,
but shalt require
life
for
life,
eye
for
eye,
tooth
for
tooth,
hand
for
hand,
foot
for
foot.
If thou
go
out
to
war
against thy
enemies,
and
see
horsemen
and
chariots,
and
the numbers
of
the enemy’s
army
greater
than thine, thou shalt
not
fear
them:
because
the
Lord thy
God
is
with thee,
who
brought thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
when
the
battle
is
now
at hand,
the
priest
shall
stand
before
the
army,
and
shall
speak
to
the
people
in this manner:
Hear,
O
Israel,
you join
battle
this
day
against
your
enemies,
let
not
your
heart
be dismayed,
be
not
afraid,
do
not
give
back,
fear ye
them
not:
Because
the
Lord
your
God
is
in
the midst
of
you,
and
will
fight
for
you
against
your
enemies,
to
deliver
you
from danger.
And
the captains
shall proclaim
through
every band
in
the hearing
of
the
army:
What
man
is
there,
that hath
built
a
new
house,
and hath
not
dedicated
it?
let
him
go
and
return
to
his
house,
lest
he
die
in
the
battle,
and
another
man
dedicate
it.
What
man
is
there,
that hath
planted
a
vineyard,
and hath
not
as
yet
made
it
to
be common, whereof
all
men
may eat?
let
him
go,
and
return
to
his
house,
lest
he
die
in
the
battle,
and
another
man
execute
his office.
What
man
is
there,
that hath espoused
a
wife,
and
not
taken
her?
let
him
go,
and
return
to
his
house,
lest
he
die
in
the
war,
and
another
man
take
her.
After
these
things
are
declared
they
shall
add
the rest,
and
shall
speak
to
the
people:
What
man
is
there
that
is fearful,
and
faint hearted?
let
him
go,
and
return
to
his
house, lest
he
make
the
hearts
of
his
brethren
to
fear,
as
he
himself
is possessed
with
fear.
And
when
the
captains
of
the
army
shall hold
their peace,
and
have
made
an
end
of
speaking,
every
man
shall prepare
their
bands
to fight.
If
at
any time thou
come
to
fight
against
a
city, thou shalt first
offer
it
peace.
If
they
receive
it,
and
open
the gates
to thee,
all
the
people
that
are therein, shall
be saved,
and shall
serve thee paying
tribute.
But
if
they
will
not
make peace,
and
shall begin
war
against thee, thou shalt besiege
it.
And
when
the
Lord thy
God
shall
deliver
it
into thy bands, thou shalt
slay
all
that
are therein
of
the male sex,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
Excepting
women
and
children,
cattle
and
other
things,
that
are
in
the
city.
And thou shalt
divide
all
the
prey
to
the army,
and thou shalt
eat
the
spoils
of thy
enemies,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee.
So shalt thou
do
to
all
cities
that
are
at
a
great
distance
from thee,
and
are
not
of
these
cities
which thou shalt receive
in possession.
But
of
those
cities
that
shall
be
given thee, thou shalt suffer
none
at
all
to
live:
But shalt kill
them
with
the edge
of
the sword,
to wit,
the Hethite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Chanaanite,
the Pherezite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite,
as
the
Lord thy
God hath
commanded thee:
Lest
they
teach
you
to
do
all
the
abominations
which
they
have
done
to
their
gods:
and
you
should
sin
against
the
Lord
your
God.
When thou hast
besieged
a
city
a
long
time,
and hath compassed
it
with bulwarks
to
take
it, thou shalt
not
cut
down
the
trees
that
may
be
eaten
of,
neither shalt thou spoil
the
country round
about
with axes:
for
it
is
a
tree,
and
not
a
man,
neither
can
it increase
the number
of
them
that
fight
against thee.
But
if
there
be
any
trees
that
are
not fruitful,
but wild,
and fit
for other uses,
cut
them
down,
and
make engines,
until thou
take
the
city,
which fighteth
against thee.
Then
there
shall
be
found
in
the
land,
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee,
the corpse
of
a man
slain,
and
it
is
not
known
who
is guilty
of
the murder,
Thy ancients
and
judges
shall
go
out,
and
shall
measure
from
the place
where
the body lieth
the distance
of
every
city
round
about:
And
the ancients
of
that
city
which
they
shall perceive
to
be nearer
than
the
rest,
shall
take
a
heifer
of
the
herd,
that hath
not
drawn
in
the
yoke,
nor ploughed
the ground,
And
they
shall
bring
her
into
a rough
and stony
valley,
that
never
was ploughed,
nor
sown:
and
there
they
shall strike
off
the head
of
the
heifer:
And
the
priests
the
sons
of
Levi
shall
come, whom
the
Lord thy
God hath
chosen
to
minister
to
him,
and
to
bless
in
his
name,
and
that
by
their
word
every matter
should
be decided,
and
whatsoever
is clean
or unclean
should
be judged.
And
the ancients
of
that
city
shall come
to
the
person
slain,
and
shall
wash
their
hands
over
the
heifer
that
was
killed
in
the
valley,
And
shall
say:
Our
hands
did
not
shed
this
blood,
nor
did
our
eyes
see
it.
Be merciful
to thy
people
Israel,
whom thou hast
redeemed,
O
Lord,
and
lay
not
innocent
blood
to
their
charge,
in
the
midst
of thy
people
Israel.
And
the
guilt
of
blood
shall
be
taken
from
them:
And thou shalt
be
free
from
the innocent’s
blood,
that
was
shed,
when thou shalt
have
done
what
the
Lord hath commanded thee.
If thou
go
out
to
fight
against thy
enemies,
and
the
Lord thy
God
deliver
them
into thy
hand,
and thou
lead
them
away
captives,
And seest
in
the number
of
the
captives
a
beautiful
woman,
and lovest
her,
and wilt
have
her
to
wife,
Thou shalt
bring
her
into thy
house:
and she
shall
shave
her
hair,
and pare
her
nails,
And
shall
put
off
the raiment, wherein
she
was
taken:
and
shall
remain
in thy
house,
and
mourn
for
her
father
and
mother
one
month:
and
after
that thou shalt
go
in unto
her,
and shalt sleep
with
her,
and
she
shall
be thy
wife.
Rut
if afterwards
she please thee
not, thou shalt
let
her
go
free,
but thou mayst
not
sell
her
for
money
nor
oppress
her
by
might
because thou hast humbled
her.
If
a
man
have
two
wives,
one
beloved,
and
the
other
hated,
and
they
have
had
children
by
him,
and
the
son
of
the
hated
be
the
firstborn,
And
he meaneth
to
divide
his substance
among
his
sons:
he
may
not
make
the
son
of
the
beloved
the
firstborn,
and prefer
him
before
the
son
of
the
hated.
But
he
shall
acknowledge
the
son
of
the
hated
for
the
firstborn,
and
shall
give
him
a
double
portion
of
all
he hath:
for
this
is
the
first
of
his
children,
and
to
him
are
due
the
first birthrights.
If
a
man
have
a
stubborn
and unruly
son,
who
will
not
hear
the commandments
of
his
father
or
mother,
and
being corrected, slighteth
obedience:
They
shall
take
him
and
bring
him
to
the ancients
of
his
city,
and
to
the
gate
of judgment,
And
shall
say
to
them:
This
our
son
is
rebellious
and
stubborn,
he slighteth
hearing
our admonitions,
he giveth
himself
to revelling,
and
to debauchery
and banquetings:
The
people
of
the
city
shall
stone
him:
and
he
shall
die,
that
you
may take
away
the
evil
out
of
the
midst
of
you,
and
all
Israel
hearing
it
may
be
afraid.
When
a
man hath
committed
a crime
for
which
he
is
to
be punished
with
death,
and
being condemned
to
die
is
hanged
on
a gibbet:
His
body
shall
not
remain
upon
the
tree,
but
shall
be
buried
the
same
day:
for
he
is
accursed
of
God
that hangeth
on
a
tree:
and thou shalt
not
defile thy
land,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee
in
possession.
Thou shalt
not
pass
by
if thou seest thy
brother’s
ox,
or
his
sheep
go
astray:
but thou shalt
bring
them
back
to thy
brother.
And
if thy
brother
be
not nigh,
or thou
know
him
not: thou shalt
bring
them
to thy
house,
and
they
shall
be
with thee
until thy
brother
seek
them,
and
receive
them.
Thou shalt
do
in
like
manner
with
his ass,
and
with
his raiment,
and
with
every
thing
that
is thy
brother’s,
which
is
lost:
if thou
find
it,
neglect
it
not
as pertaining
to
another.
If thou
see thy
brother’s ass
or
his
ox
to
be
fallen
down
in
the
way, thou shalt
not slight
it,
but shalt
lift
it
up
with
him.
A
woman
shall
not
be
clothed
with
man’s
apparel,
neither
shall
a
man
use
woman’s
apparel:
for
he
that doeth
these
things
is
abominable
before
God.
If thou
find
as thou walkest
by
the
way,
a
bird’s
nest
in
a
tree,
or
on
the
ground,
and
the dam
sitting
upon
the
young
or
upon
the
eggs: thou shalt
not
take
her
with
her
young:
But shalt
let
her
go, keeping
the
young which thou hast
caught:
that
it
may
be
well
with thee,
and thou mayst
live
a
long
time.
When thou buildest
a
new
house, thou shalt
make
a battlement
to
the
roof round
about: lest
blood
be
shed
in thy
house,
and thou
be guilty,
if
any
one slip,
and
fall
down headlong.
Thou shalt
not
sow thy
vineyard
with divers
seeds:
lest both
the
seed
which thou hast
sown,
and
the fruit
of
the
vineyard,
be
sanctified together.
Thou shalt
not plough with an
ox
and an ass
together.
Thou shalt
not
wear
a garment
that
is woven
of woollen
and
linen
together.
Thou shalt
make strings
in
the hem
at
the
four
corners
of thy cloak, wherewith thou shalt be
covered.
If
a
man
marry
a
wife,
and afterwards
hate
her,
And
seek occasions
to
put
her
away, laying
to
her
charge
a very ill
name,
and
say:
I
took
this
woman
to
wife,
and
going
in
to
her,
I
found
her
not
a
virgin:
Her
father
and
mother
shall
take
her,
and
shall
bring
with
them
the tokens
of
her
virginity
to
the ancients
of
the
city
that
are
in
the
gate:
And
the
father
shall
say:
I
gave
my
daughter unto
this
man
to
wife:
and
because
he hateth
her,
He layeth
to
her
charge
a very ill
name,
so
as
to
say:
I
found
not thy
daughter
a
virgin:
and
behold
these
are
the tokens
of
my
daughter’s
virginity.
And
they
shall
spread
the
cloth
before
the ancients
of
the
city:
And
the ancients
of
that
city
shall
take
that
man,
and beat
him,
Condemning
him
besides
in
a
hundred sides
of
silver,
which
he
shall
give
to
the damsel’s
father,
because
he hath defamed
by
a very ill
name
a
virgin
of
Israel:
and
he
shall
have
her
to
wife,
and
may
not
put
her
away
all
the
days
of
his
life.
But
if
what
he charged
her
with
be
true,
and
virginity
be
not
found
in
the damsel:
They
shall
cast
her
out
of
the
doors
of
her
father’s
house,
and
the
men
of
the
city
shall
stone
her
to
death,
and
she
shall
die:
because
she hath
done
a
wicked
thing
in
Israel,
to
play
the whore
in
her
father’s
house:
and thou shalt
take
away
the
evil
out
of
the
midst
of thee.
If
a
man
lie
with
another
man’s
wife,
they
shall
both
die,
that
is
to
say,
the adulterer
and
the adulteress:
and thou shalt
take
away
the
evil
out
of
Israel.
If
a
man
have espoused
a damsel
that
is
a
virgin,
and
some
one
find
her
in
the
city,
and
lie
with
her,
Thou shalt
bring
them
both
out
to
the
gate
of
that
city,
and
they
shall
be
stoned:
the damsel,
because
she
cried
not
out, being
in
the
city:
the
man,
because
he hath humbled
his neighbour’s
wife.
And thou shalt
take
away
the
evil
from
the
midst
of thee.
But
if
a
man
find
a damsel
that
is
betrothed,
in
the
field,
and
taking
hold
of
her,
lie
with
her,
he
alone
shall
die:
The damsel
shall suffer
nothing,
neither
is
she guilty
of
death:
for
as
a robber riseth
against
his brother,
and taketh
away
his
life,
so
also
did
the damsel suffer:
She
was alone
in
the
field:
she
cried,
and
there
was
no
man
to
help
her.
If
a
man
find
a damsel
that
is
a
virgin,
who
is
not espoused,
and
taking
her,
lie
with
her,
and
the matter
come
to
judgment:
He
that
lay
with
her
shall
give
to
the
father
of
the maid
fifty sides
of
silver,
and
shall
have
her
to
wife,
because
he hath humbled
her:
he
may
not
put
her
away
all
the
days
of
his
life.
No man shall take his father’s wife, nor remove his covering.
An eunuch,
whose testicles
are broken
or cut
away,
or yard cut
off,
shall
not enter
into
the church
of
the Lord.
A mamzer,
that
is
to say,
one
born
of
a prostitute,
shall
not
enter
into
the church
of
the
Lord, until
the tenth generation.
The Ammonite
and
the Moabite,
even after
the
tenth
generation
shall
not
enter
into
the church
of
the
Lord
for ever:
Because
they
would
not meet
you
with bread
and water
in
the
way,
when
you
came
out
of Egypt: hand because
they hired
against thee Balaam,
the son
of Beer,
from Mesopotamia
in Syria,
to curse thee.
And
the Lord thy
God
would
not hear
Balaam,
and
he turned
his
cursing
into thy blessing,
because
he loved thee.
Thou shalt
not
make
peace
with
them,
neither shalt thou
seek
their prosperity all
the days
of thy life
for ever.
Thou shalt
not abhor
the Edomite,
because
he
is thy brother:
nor
the Egyptian,
because thou wast
a stranger
in
his land.
They
that
are
born
of
them,
in
the third generation
shall enter
into
the church
of
the Lord.
When thou goest
out
to war
against thy enemies, thou shalt
keep thyself
from
every evil thing.
If
there
be
among
you
any
man,
that
is defiled
in
a dream
by night,
he
shall
go
forth
out
of
the
camp.
And
shall
not
return,
before
he
be washed
with water
in
the
evening:
and
after sunset
he
shall
return
into
the
camp.
Thou shalt
have
a
place without
the
camp,
to
which thou mayst
go
for
the necessities
of nature,
Carrying
a paddle
at thy girdle.
And
when thou sittest
down, thou shalt dig round
about,
and
with
the earth
that
is dug
up thou shalt cover
That which thou art eased
of: (for
the Lord thy God walketh
in
the midst
of thy camp,
to deliver thee,
and
to
give
up thy enemies
to thee:)
and
let thy camp
be holy,
and
let no uncleanness appear therein, lest
he
go
away
from thee.
Thou shalt
not
deliver
to
his
master
the servant
that
is
fled
to thee.
He
shall dwell
with thee ill
the place
that
shall please
him,
and
shall rest,
in
one
of thy cities: give
him
no trouble.
There
shall
be
no whore
among
the daughters
of Israel,
nor whoremonger
among
the sons
of Israel.
Thou shalt
not offer
the hire
of
a strumpet,
nor
the price
of
a dog,
in
the house
of
the Lord thy
God, whatsoever
it
be
that thou hast vowed: because both these
are
an abomination
to
the Lord thy
God.
Thou shalt
not lend
to thy brother
money
to usury,
nor corn,
nor
any
other
thing:
But
to
the stranger.
To thy
brother thou shalt
lend
that
which
he wanteth,
without usury:
that
the Lord thy
God
may bless thee
in
all thy works
in
the land,
which thou shalt go
in
to possess.
When thou hast
made
a
vow
to
the
Lord thy
God, thou shalt
not delay
to pay
it:
because
the
Lord thy
God
will require
it.
And
if thou delay,
it
shall
be imputed
to thee
for
a sin.
If thou wilt
not
promise, thou shalt
be
without
sin.
But
that which
is
once
gone out
of thy lips, thou shalt observe,
and shalt do
as thou hast
promised
to
the Lord thy
God,
and hast spoken
with thy
own
will
and
with thy
own mouth.
Going
into thy neighbour’s vineyard, thou mayst eat
as many grapes
as thou pleasest:
but must
carry none
out
with thee:
If thou
go
into thy
friend’s corn, thou mayst break
the ears,
and rub
them
in thy
hand:
but
not reap
them
with
a sickle.
If
a
man
take
a
wife,
and
have
her,
and
she
find
not favour
in
his
eyes,
for
some uncleanness:
he
shall
write
a bill
of
divorce,
and
shall
give
it
in
her
hand,
and
send
her
out
of
his
house.
And
when
she
is
departed,
and marrieth
another
husband,
And
he
also hateth
her,
and hath
given
her
a bill
of
divorce,
and hath
sent
her
out
of
his
house
or
is
dead:
The
former
husband
cannot
take
her
again
to
wife:
because
she
is
defiled,
and
is
become
abominable
before
the
Lord: lest thou
cause thy
land
to
sin,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee
to
possess.
When
a
man hath lately
taken
a
wife,
he
shall
not
go
out
to
war,
neither
shall
any public
business
be enjoined
him,
but
he
shall
be
free
at
home
without fault,
that
for
one
year
he
may
rejoice
with
his
wife.
Thou shalt
not
take
the nether,
nor
the
upper
millstone
to pledge:
for
he hath pledged
his
life
to thee.
If
any
man
be
found soliciting
his
brother
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
selling
him
shall take
a price,
he
shall
be
put
to
death,
and thou shalt take
away
the
evil
from
the
midst
of thee.
Observe
diligently
that thou incur not
the
stroke
of
the
leprosy,
but thou shalt
do
whatsoever
the
priests
of
the
Levitical race
shall
teach thee, according
to
what
I
have
commanded
them,
and fulfill thou
it
carefully.
Remember
what
the
Lord
your
God
did
to Mary,
in
the
way
when
you
came
out
of
Egypt.
When thou shalt demand
of thy neighbour
any
thing
that
he oweth thee, thou shalt
not
go
into
his
house
to
take
away
a
pledge:
But
then shalt
stand without,
and
he
shall
bring
out
to thee
what
he hath.
But
if
he
be
poor,
the
pledge
shall
not lodge
with thee
that night,
But thou shalt
restore
it
to
him presently
before
the
going
down
of
the
sun:
that
he
may
sleep
in
his
own raiment
and
bless thee,
and thou mayst
have
justice
before
the
Lord thy
God.
Thou shalt
not
refuse
the hire
of
the
needy,
and
the
poor,
whether
he
be thy
brother,
or
a
stranger
that dwelleth
with thee
in
the
land,
and
is within thy
gates:
But thou shalt
pay
him
the price
of
his labour
the
same
day,
before
the
going
down
of
the
sun,
because
he
is
poor,
and
with
it maintaineth
his
life: lest
he
cry
against thee
to
the
Lord,
and
it
be reputed
to thee
for
a
sin.
The
fathers
shall
not
be
put
to
death
for
the
children,
nor
the
children
for
the
fathers,
but
every
one
shall
die
for
his
own
sin.
Thou shalt
not
pervert
the
judgment
of
the
stranger
nor
of
the
fatherless,
neither shalt thou
take
away
the
widow’s raiment
for
a pledge.
Remember
that thou wast
a
slave
in
Egypt,
and
the
Lord thy
God
delivered thee
from thence.
Therefore
I
command thee
to
do
this
thing.
When thou hast reaped
the corn
in thy
field,
and hast
forgot
and
left
a
sheaf, thou shalt
not
return
to
take
it
away:
but thou shalt
suffer
the
stranger,
and
the
fatherless
and
the
widow
to tabs
it
away:
that
the
Lord thy
God
may
bless thee
in
all
the
works
of thy
hands.
If thou
have
gathered
the fruit
of thy
olive
trees, thou shalt
not return
to gather whatsoever remaineth
on
the
trees:
but shalt leave
it
for
the
stranger,
for
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow.
If thou
make
the vintage
of thy
vineyard, thou shalt
not
gather
the clusters
that
remain,
but
they
shall
be
for
the
stranger,
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow.
Remember
that thou
also wast
a bondman
in
Egypt,
and
therefore
I
command thee
to
do
this
thing.
If
there
be
a
controversy
between
men,
and
they call
upon
the
judges:
they
shall
give
the prize
of
justice
to
him whom
they perceive
to
be
just:
and
him whom
they find
to
be
wicked,
they
shall
condemn
of wickedness.
And
if
they
see
that
the
offender
be worthy
of stripes:
they
shall
lay
him
down,
and
shall
cause
him
to
be
beaten
before
them.
According
to
the
measure
of
the sin
shall
the
measure
also
of
the stripes
be:
Yet
so,
that
they
exceed
not
the number
of
forty:
lest thy
brother depart shamefully torn
before thy
eyes.
Thou shalt
not
muzzle
the
ox
that treadeth out thy corn
on
the floor.
When
brethren
dwell
together,
and
one
of
them dieth
without
children,
the
wife
of
the
deceased
shall
not
marry
to
another:
but
his
brother
shall
take
her,
and
raise
up seed
for
his
brother:
And
the first son
he
shall
have
of
her
he
shall call
by
his
name,
that
his
name
be
not abolished
out
of
Israel.
But
if
he
will
not
take
his
brother’s
wife,
who
by law belongeth
to
him,
the
woman
shall
go
to
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
call
upon
the ancients,
and
say:
My
husband’s
brother refuseth
to
raise
up
his
brother’s
name
in
Israel:
and
will
not
take
me
to
wife.
And
they
shall
cause
him
to
be
sent
for forthwith,
and
shall
ask
him. If
he
answer:
I
will
not
take
her
to
wife:
The
woman
shall
come
to
him
before
the ancients,
and
shall take
off
his
shoe
from
his
foot,
and
spit
in
his
face,
and
say:
So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
that
will
not
build
up
his
brother’s
house:
And
his
name
shall
be
called
in
Israel,
the
house
of
the unshod.
If
two
men
have words
together,
and
one begin
to
fight
against
the
other,
and
the other’s
wife willing
to
deliver
her
husband
out
of
the
hand
of
the
stronger,
shall
put
forth
her
hand,
and
take
him
by
the secrets,
Thou shalt
cut
off
her
hand,
neither shalt thou
be moved
with
any
pity
in
her regard.
Thou shalt
not
have divers
weights
in thy
bag,
a
greater
and
a
less:
Neither
shall
there
be
in thy
house
a
greater
bushel
and
a
less.
Thou shalt
have
a
just
and
a
true
weight,
and thy
bushel
shall
be equal
and
true:
that thou mayest
live
a
long
time
upon
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee.
For
the
Lord thy
God abhorreth
him
that doth
these
things,
and
he hateth
all
injustice.
Remember
what Amalec
did
to thee
in
the
way
when thou camest
out
of
Egypt:
How
he
met thee:
and slew
the hindmost
of
the army,
who sat
down,
being
weary,
when thou wast spent
with hunger
and labour,
and
he feared
not
God.
Therefore
when
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee
rest,
and
shall
have subdued
all
the
nations
round
about
in
the
land
which
he hath
promised thee: thou shalt blot
out
his
name
from
under
heaven.
See thou
forget
it
not.
And
when thou art
come
into
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee
to
possess,
and hast
conquered
it,
and dwellest
in
it:
Thou shalt
take
the
first
of
all thy
fruits,
and
put
then?
in
a
basket,
and shalt
go
to
the
place
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
choose,
that
his
name
may
be invocated
there:
And thou shalt
go
to
the
priest
that
shall
be
in
those
days,
and
say
to
him:
I profess
this
day
before
the
Lord thy
God,
that
I
am
come
into
the
land,
for
which
he
swore
to
our
fathers,
that
he
would
give
it
us.
And
the
priest
taking
the
basket
at thy
hand,
shall
set
it
before
the
altar
of
the
Lord thy
God:
And thou shalt
speak
thus
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord thy
God:
The
Syrian pursued
my
father,
who
went
down
into
Egypt,
and sojourned
there
in
a
very
small
number,
and grew
into
a
nation
great
and
strong
and
of
an infinite multitude.
And
the
Egyptians
afflicted
us,
and persecuted
us,
laying
on
us most grievous burdens:
And
we
cried
to
the
Lord
God
of
our
fathers:
who
heard
us,
and
looked down
upon
our affliction,
and labour,
and distress:
And
brought
us
out
of
Egypt
with
a
strong
hand,
and
a
stretched
out
arm,
with
great
terror,
with
signs
and
wonders:
And
brought
us
into
this
place,
and
gave
us
this
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
And
therefore
now
I
offer
the firstfruits
of
the
land
which
the
Lord hath
given
me.
And thou shalt
leave
them
in
the
sight
of
the ford thy
God, adoring
the
Lord thy
God.
And thou shalt feast
in
all
the
good
things
which
the
Lord thy
God hath
given thee,
and thy
house, thou
and
the
Levite,
and
the
stranger
that
is
with thee.
When thou hast
made
an
end
of
tithing
all thy fruits,
in
the
third
year
of
tithes thou shalt
give
it
to
the
Levite,
and
to
the
stranger,
and
to
the
fatherless,
and
to
the
widow,
that
they
may
eat within thy
gates,
and
be
filled:
And thou shalt
speak
thus
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord thy
God:
I
have
taken
that
which
was sanctified
out
of
my
house,
and
I
have
given
it
to
the
Levite,
and
to
the
stranger,
and
to
the
fatherless,
and
to
the
widow,
as thou hast
commanded
me:
I
have
not transgressed thy
commandments
nor
forgotten thy precepts.
I
have
not
eaten
of
them
is
my
mourning,
nor separated
them
for
any uncleanness,
nor spent
any
thing
of
them
in funerals.
I
have
obeyed
the
voice
of
the
Lord
my
God,
and
have
done
all
things
as thou hast
commanded
me.
Look
from thy
sanctuary,
and thy high
habitation
of
heaven,
and
bless thy
people
Israel,
and
the
land
which thou hast
given
us,
as thou didst
swear
to
our
fathers,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
This
day
the
Lord thy
God hath
commanded thee
to
do
these commandments
and
judgments:
and
to
keep
and fulfill
them
with
all thy
heart,
and
with
all thy
soul.
Thou hast chosen
the
Lord
this
day
to
be thy
God,
and
to
walk
in
his
ways
and
keep
his ceremonies,
and precepts,
and
judgments,
and
obey
his
command.
And
the
Lord hath chosen thee
this
day,
to
be
his peculiar
people,
as
he hath
spoken
to thee,
and
to
keep
all
his
commandments:
And
to
make thee higher
than
all
nations
which
he hath
created,
to
his
own
praise,
and
name,
and
glory:
that thou mayst
be
a
holy
people
of
the
Lord thy
God,
as
he hath
spoken.
And
Moses
with
the ancients
of
Israel
commanded
the
people,
saying:
Keep
every
commandment
that
I
command
you
this
day.
And
when
you
are
passed
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee, thou shalt
set
up
great
stones,
and shalt plaster
them
over
with plaster,
That thou mayst
write
on
them
all
the
words
of
this
law,
when thou art
passed
over
the Jordan:
that thou mayst
enter
into
the
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
as
he swore
to thy
fathers.
Therefore
when
you
are
passed
over
the
Jordan,
set
up
the
stones
which
I
command
you
this
day,
in
mount Hebal,
and thou shalt plaster
them
with plaster:
And thou shalt
build
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord thy
God,
of
stones
which
iron hath
not touched,
And
of
stones not
fashioned nor polished:
and thou shalt
offer
upon
it holocausts
to
the
Lord thy
God:
And shalt immolate
peace victims,
and
eat
there,
and
feast
before
the
Lord thy
God.
And thou shalt
write
upon
the
stones
all
the
words
of
this
law plainly
and clearly,
And
Moses
and
the
priests
of
the race
of
Levi
said
to
all
Israel: Attend,
and
hear,
O
Israel:
This
day thou art
made
the
people
of
the
Lord thy
God.
Thou shalt
hear
his
voice,
and
do
the
commandments
and justices
which
I
command thee.
And
Moses
commanded
the
people
in
that
day,
saying:
These
shall
stand
upon
mount Garizim
to
bless
the
people,
when
you
are
passed
the
Jordan:
Simeon,
Levi, Juda,
Issachar,
Joseph,
and
Benjamin.
And
over
against
them
shall
stand
on
mount Hebal
to
curse: Ruben,
Gad,
and Aser,
and Zabulon,
Dan,
and Nephtali.
And
the
Levites
shall pronounce,
and
say
to
all
the
men
of
Israel
with
a
loud
voice:
Cursed
be
the
man
that maketh
a
graven
and molten
thing,
the
abomination
of
the
Lord,
the
work
of
the
hands
of artificers,
and
shall
put
it
in
a secret
place:
and
all
the
people
shall
answer
and
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that honoureth not
his
father
and
mother:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that removeth
his neighbour’s landmarks:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that maketh
the
blind
to
wander
out
of
his
way:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that perverteth
the
judgment
of
the
stranger,
of
the
fatherless
and
the
widow:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that lieth
with
his
father’s
wife,
and uncovereth
his
bed:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that lieth
with
any
beast:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that lieth
with
his
sister,
the
daughter
of
his
father,
or
of
his
mother:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that lieth
with
his mother
in law:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that secretly killeth
his neighbour:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that taketh
gifts,
to
slay
an
innocent
person:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Cursed
be
he
that abideth
not
in
the
words
of
this
law,
and fulfilleth
them
not
in
work:
and
all
the
people
shall
say:
Amen.
Now
if thou wilt
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
to
do
and
keep
all
his
commandments,
which
I
command thee
this
day,
the
Lord thy
God
will
make thee higher
than
all
the
nations
that
are
on
the
earth.
And
all
these
blessings
shall
come
upon thee
and
overtake thee:
yet
so
if thou
hear
his precepts,
Blessed shalt thou
be
in
the
city,
and
blessed
in
the
field.
Blessed
shall
be
the
fruit
of thy
womb,
and
the
fruit
of thy
ground,
and
the
fruit
of thy
cattle,
the droves
of thy herds,
and
the folds
of thy
sheep.
Blessed shall
be thy barns
and
blessed thy stores.
Blessed shalt thou
be
coming
in
and
going
out.
The
Lord
shall
cause thy
enemies,
that
rise
up
against thee,
to fall
down
before thy
face:
one
way
shall
they
come
out
against thee,
and
seven
ways
shall
they
flee
before thee.
The
Lord
will
send
forth
a
blessing
upon thy
storehouses,
and
upon
all
the works
of thy
hands:
and
will
bless thee
in
the
land
that thou shalt
receive.
The
Lord
will
raise thee
up
to
be
a
holy
people
to
himself,
as
he
swore
to thee:
if thou
keep
the
commandments
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
walk
in
his
ways.
And
all
the
people
of
the
earth
shall
see
that
the
name
of
the
Lord
is invocated
upon thee,
and
they
shall
fear thee.
The
Lord
will
make thee
abound
with all goods,
with
the
fruit
of thy
womb,
and
the
fruit
of thy
cattle,
with
the
fruit
of thy
land,
which
the
Lord
swore
to thy
fathers
that
he
would
give thee.
The
Lord
will
open
his excellent
treasure,
the
heaven,
that
it
may
give
rain
in due
season:
and
he
will
bless
all
the
works
of thy
hands.
And thou shalt
lend
to
many
nations,
and shalt
not
borrow
of
any
one.
And
the
Lord
shall
make thee
the
head
and
not
the
tail:
and thou shalt
be
always
above,
and
not
beneath:
yet
so
if thou wilt
hear
the
commandments
of
the
Lord thy
God
which
I
command thee
this
day,
and
keep
and
do
them,
And
turn
not
away
from
them
neither
to
the
right
hand,
nor
to
the
left,
nor
follow strange
gods,
nor
worship
them.
But
if thou wilt
not
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
to
keep
and
to
do
all
his
commandments
and ceremonies,
which
I
command thee
this
day,
all
these
curses
shall
come
upon thee,
and
overtake thee.
Cursed shalt thou
be
in
the
city,
cursed
in
the
field.
Cursed
shall
be thy barn,
and
cursed thy stores.
Cursed
shall
be
the
fruit
of thy
womb,
and
the
fruit
of thy
ground,
the herds
of thy
oxen,
and
the
flocks
of thy
sheep.
Cursed shalt thou
be
coming
in,
and
cursed
going
out.
The
Lord
shall
send
upon thee famine
and hunger,
and
a
rebuke
upon
all
the
works
which thou shalt
do:
until
he consume
and
destroy thee
quickly,
for thy most wicked inventions,
by
which thou hast forsaken
me.
May
the
Lord
set
the
pestilence
upon thee,
until
he
consume thee
out
of
the
land,
which thou shalt
go
in
to
possess.
May
the
Lord afflict thee
with miserable want,
with
the
fever
and
with cold,
with burning
and
with
heat,
and
with corrupted air
and
with blasting,
and
pursue thee
till thou
perish.
Be
the
heaven,
that
is
over thee,
of
brass:
and
the
ground thou treadest
on,
of
iron.
The
Lord
give thee
dust
for
rain
upon thy
land,
and
let
ashes
come
down
from
heaven
upon thee,
till thou
be consumed.
The
Lord
make thee
to
fall
down
before thy
enemies,
one
way mayst thou
go
out
against
them,
and
flee
seven
ways,
and
be scattered
throughout
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth.
And
be thy
carcass meat
for
all
the Fowls
of
the air,
and
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
and
be
there
none
to drive
them
away.
The
Lord
strike thee
with
the ulcer
of
Egypt,
and
the part
of thy body,
by
which
the dung
is
cast out,
with
the
scab
and
with
the itch:
so
that thou canst
not
be
healed.
The
Lord
strike thee
with
madness
and
blindness
and fury
of
mind.
And mayst thou
grope
at midday
as
the
blind
is wont
to
grope
in
the dark,
and
not make straight thy
ways.
And mayst thou
at
all
times
suffer wrong,
and
be
oppressed
with violence,
and mayst thou
have
no
one
to
deliver thee.
Mayst thou
take
a
wife,
and
another sleep
with
her. Mayst thou
build
a
house,
and
not
dwell therein. Mayest thou
plant
a
vineyard
and
not gather
the vintage thereof.
May thy
ox
be slain
before thee,
and thou
not
eat thereof.
May thy ass
be
taken
away
in thy
sight,
and
not
restored
to thee.
May thy
sheep
be
given
to thy
enemies,
and
may
there
be
none
to
help thee.
May thy
sons
and thy
daughters
be
given
to
another
people, thy
eyes
looking
on,
and languishing
at
the
sight
of
them
all
the
day,
and
may
there
be
no
strength
in thy
hand.
May
a
people
which thou knowest
not,
eat
the
fruits
of thy
land,
and
all thy labours:
and mayst thou
always
suffer oppression,
and
be
crushed
at
all
times.
And
be astonished
at
the terror
of
those
things
which thy
eyes
shall
see:
May
the
Lord
strike thee
with
a
very sore
ulcer
in
the
knees
and
in
the
legs,
and
be thou incurable
from
the
sole
of
the
foot
to
the
top
of
the
head.
The
Lord
shall
bring thee,
and thy
king,
whom thou shalt
have appointed
over thee,
into
a
nation
which thou
and thy
fathers
know
not:
and
there thou shalt
serve strange
gods,
wood
and
stone.
And thou shalt
be lost,
as
a
proverb
and
a
byword
to
all
people,
among
whom
the
Lord
shall
bring thee
in.
Thou shalt cast
much
seed
into
the
ground,
and
gather
little:
because
the
locusts
shall
consume
all.
Thou shalt
plant
a
vineyard,
and dig
it,
and shalt
not
drink
the
wine,
nor
gather
any
thing thereof:
because
it
shall
be wasted
with
worms.
Thou shalt
have
olive
trees
in
all thy
borders,
and shalt
not
be anointed
with
the
oil:
for
the
olives
shall
fall
off
and perish.
Thou shalt
beget
sons
and
daughters,
and shalt
not enjoy
them:
because
they
shall
be led
into
captivity.
The blast shall consume
all
the
trees
and
the
fruits
of thy
ground.
The
stranger
that liveth
with thee
in
the
land,
shall
rise
up
over thee,
and
shall
be
higher:
and thou shalt
go
down,
and
be
lower.
He
shall
lend
to thee,
and thou shalt
not
lend
to
him.
He
shall
be
as
the
head,
and thou shalt
be
the
tail.
And
all
these
curses
shall
come
upon thee,
and
shall
pursue
and
overtake thee,
till thou perish:
because thou heardst
not
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and didst
not
keep
his
commandments
and ceremonies
which
he
commanded thee.
And
they
shall
be
as
signs
and
wonders
on thee,
and
on thy
seed
for
ever.
Because thou didst
not
serve
the
Lord thy
God
with
joy
and
gladness
of
heart,
for
the
abundance
of
all
things:
Thou shalt
serve thy
enemy,
whom
the
Lord
will
send
upon thee,
in
hunger,
and
thirst,
and
nakedness,
and
in want
of
all
things:
and
he
shall
put
an
iron
yoke
upon thy
neck,
till
he consume thee.
The
Lord
will
bring
upon thee
a
nation
from
afar,
and
from
the uttermost ends
of
the
earth,
like
an
eagle
that flyeth
swiftly,
whose
tongue thou canst
not
understand,
A most insolent
nation,
that
will shew
no
regard
to
the ancients,
nor
have
pity
on
the infant,
And
will
devour
the
fruit
of thy
cattle,
and
the
fruits
of thy
land:
until thou
be
destroyed,
and
will
leave thee
no wheat,
nor
wine,
nor
oil,
nor herds
of
oxen,
nor
flocks
of
sheep:
until
he
destroy thee.
And consume thee
in
all thy
cities,
and thy strong
and
high
walls
be
brought
down,
wherein thou trustedst
in
all thy
land. Thou shalt
be besieged
within thy
gates
in
all thy
land
which
the
Lord thy
God
will
give thee:
And thou shalt
eat
the
fruit
of thy
womb,
and
the
flesh
of thy
sons
and
of thy
daughters,
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
give thee,
in
the
distress
and extremity wherewith thy
enemy
shall
oppress thee.
The
man
that
is nice
among
you,
and
very
delicate,
shall envy
his
own
brother,
and
his
wife,
that lieth
in
his
bosom,
So
that
he
will
not
give
them
of
the
flesh
of
his
children,
which
he
shall
eat:
because
he hath
nothing
else
in
the
siege
and
the
want, wherewith thy
enemies
shall
distress thee
within
all thy
gates.
The
tender
and
delicate
woman,
that
could
not go
upon
the
ground,
nor
set
down
her
foot
for
over
much niceness
and tenderness,
will envy
her
husband
who lieth
in
her
bosom,
the flesh
of
her
son,
and
of
her
daughter,
And
the filth
of
the afterbirths,
that
come
forth
from
between
her thighs,
and
the
children
that
are
born
the same hour.
For
they
shall
eat
them secretly
for
the want
of
all
things,
in
the
siege
and
distress, wherewith thy
enemy
shall
oppress thee
within thy
gates.
If thou wilt
not
keep,
and fulfill
all
the
words
of
this
law,
that
are
written
in
this volume,
and
fear
his
glorious
and terrible
name:
that
is,
The
Lord thy
God:
The
Lord
shall increase thy
plagues,
and
the
plagues
of thy
seed,
plagues
great
and
lasting, infirmities grievous
and perpetual.
And
he
shall
bring
back
on thee
all
the afflictions
of
Egypt,
which thou wast
afraid
of,
and
they
shall
stick
fast
to thee.
Moreover
the
Lord
will
bring
upon thee
all
the diseases,
and
plagues,
that
are
not
written
in
the volume
of
this
law
till
he consume thee:
And
you
shall
remain
few
in
number,
who
before
were
as
the
stars
of
heaven
for
multitude,
because thou heardst
not
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God.
And
as
the
Lord
rejoiced
upon
you
before
doing
good
to
you,
and
multiplying
you:
so
he
shall
rejoice
destroying
and
bringing
you
to nought,
so
that
you
shall
be
taken
away
from
the
land
which thou shalt
go
in
to
possess.
The
Lord
shall
scatter thee
among
all
people,
from
the
farthest parts
of
the
earth
to
the
ends thereof:
and
there thou shalt
serve strange
gods,
which
both thou art ignorant
of
and thy
fathers,
wood
and
stone.
Neither shalt thou
be quiet,
even
in
those
nations,
nor
shall
there
be
any
rest
for
the
sole
of thy
foot.
For
the
Lord
will
give thee
a fearful
heart,
and languishing
eyes,
and
a
soul consumed
with pensiveness:
And thy
life
shall
be
as
it
were hanging
before thee. Thou shalt
fear
night
and
day,
neither shalt thou
trust thy
life.
In
the
morning thou shalt
say:
Who
will
grant
me
evening?
and
at
evening:
Who
will
grant
me
morning?
for
the fearfulness
of thy
heart, wherewith thou shalt
be
terrified,
and
for
those
things
which thou shalt
see
with thy
eyes.
The
Lord
shall
bring thee
again
with
ships
into
Egypt,
by
the
way whereof
he
said
to thee
that thou shouldst
see
it
no
more.
There shalt thou
be
set
to
sale
to thy
enemies
for bondmen
and bondwomen,
and
no
man
shall
buy
you.
These
are
the words
of
the covenant
which
the
Lord
commanded
Moses
to
make
with
the children
of
Israel
in
the
land
of Moab:
beside
that covenant
which
he
made
with
them
in Horeb.
And Moses called
all Israel,
and said
to
them:
You
have
seen
all
the
things
that
the Lord
did
before
you
in
the land
of Egypt
to Pharao,
and
to
all
his servants,
and
to
his whole land.
The great temptations,
which thy
eyes
have
seen,
those mighty signs
and wonders,
And
the Lord hath
not given
you
a heart
to understand,
and eyes
to see,
and ears
that
may hear, unto this present day.
He hath brought
you forty years
through
the desert:
your garments
are
not worn
out,
neither
are
the shoes
of
your feet
consumed
with age.
You
have
not eaten bread,
nor
have
you drunk wine
or strong drink:
that
you
might know
that
I am
the Lord
your
God.
And
you came
to this
place: sand Sehon king
of Hesebon,
and Og king
of Basan, came
out against
us
to fight.
And
we slew
them.
And
took
their land,
and delivered
it
for
a
possession
to Ruben
and Gad,
and
the half tribe
of Manasses.
Keep
therefore
the words
of
this covenant,
and fulfill
them:
that
you
may understand
all
that
you
do.
You
all stand
this day
before
the Lord
your God,
your princes,
and tribes,
and ancients,
and doctors,
all
the
people
of Israel,
Your children
and
your wives,
and
the stranger
that abideth
with thee
in
the camp,
besides
the hewers
of wood,
and
them
that bring water:
That thou mayst
pass
in
the
covenant
of
the Lord thy
God,
and
in
the
oath
which
this
day
the Lord thy
God maketh
with thee.
That
he
may raise thee
up
a
people
to
himself,
and
he
may
be thy
God
as
he hath spoken
to thee,
and
as
he swore
to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob.
Neither
with
you only
do
I
make
this covenant,
and confirm
these oaths,
But
with
all
that
are present
and
that
are absent.
For
you know
how
we dwelt
in
the land
of Egypt,
and
how
we
have passed
through
the midst
of nations,
and passing
through
them,
You
have seen
their abominations
and filth,
that
is
to
say,
their idols, wood
and
stone, silver
and gold,
which
they worshipped.
Lest
perhaps
there
should
be
among
you
a
man
or
a woman,
a family
or
a tribe, whose
heart
is
turned
away
this day
from
the Lord
our
God,
to
go
and
serve
the gods
of
those nations:
and
there
should
be
among
you
a root bringing
forth gall
and bitterness.
And
when
he
shall
hear
the words
of
this
oath,
he
should bless
himself
in
his heart saying:
I
shall
have peace,
and
will walk
on
in
the naughtiness
of
my heart:
and
the drunken
may consume
the thirsty,
And
the
Lord
should
not forgive
him:
but
his wrath
and jealousy
against
that
man
should
be exceedingly enkindled
at
that
time,
and
all
the
curses
that
are
written
in
this volume
should light upon
him:
and
the
Lord
should blot
out
his name
from under heaven,
And utterly destroy
him
out
of
all
the tribes
of Israel,
according
to
the curses
that
are contained
in
the book
of
this law
and covenant:
And
the following generation
shall say,
and
the children
that
shall
be
born hereafter,
and
the strangers
that
shall
come
from afar, seeing
the plagues
of
that
land
and
the evils wherewith
the
Lord hath afflicted
it,
Burning
it
with brimstone,
and
the heat
of salt,
so
that
it cannot
be sown
any
more, nor
any green
thing grow therein,
after
the example
of
the destruction
of Sodom
and Gomorrha, Adama
and Seboim,
which
the
Lord destroyed
in
his
wrath
and indignation:
And all
the
nations
shall
say:
Why hath
the
Lord done thus
to
this
land?
what meaneth
this exceeding
great heat
of
his wrath?
And
they
shall answer:
Because
they forsook
the covenant
of
the Lord,
which
he
made
with
their fathers,
when
he brought
them
out
of
the land
of Egypt:
And
they
have served strange gods,
and adored
them, whom
they knew
not,
and
for whom
they
had
not
been assigned:
Therefore
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
was kindled
against
this
land,
to bring
upon
it
all
the curses
that
are written
in
this volume:
And
he hath cast
them
out
of
their land,
in anger
and
in wrath,
and
in
very
great indignation,
and hath thrown
them
into
a strange land,
as
it
is seen
this day.
Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Now
when
all
these
things
shall
be
come
upon thee,
the
blessing
or
the
curse,
which
I
have
set
forth
before thee,
and thou shalt
be touched
with repentance
of thy
heart
among
all
the
nations,
into
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
have
scattered thee,
And shalt
return
to
him,
and
obey
his commandments,
as
I
command thee
this
day, thou
and thy
children,
with
all thy
heart,
and
with
all thy
soul:
The
Lord thy
God
will
bring
back
again thy
captivity,
and
will
have
mercy
on thee,
and
gather thee
again
out
of
all
the
nations,
into
which
he
scattered thee
before.
If thou
be
driven
as far
as
the poles
of
heaven,
the
Lord thy
God
will fetch thee
back
from thence,
And
will
take thee
to
himself,
and
bring thee
into
the
land
which thy
fathers
possessed,
and thou shalt
possess
it:
and blessing thee,
he
will
make thee
more
numerous
than
were thy
fathers.
The
Lord thy
God
will
circumcise thy
heart,
and
the
heart
of thy
seed:
that
then mayst
love
the
Lord thy
God
with
all thy
heart
and
with
all thy
soul,
that thou mayst
live.
And
he
will
turn
all
these
curses
upon thy
enemies,
and
upon
them
that
hate
and
persecute thee.
But thou shalt
return,
and
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and shalt
do
all
the
commandments
which
I
command thee
this
day:
And
the
Lord thy
God
will
make thee
abound
in
all
the
works
of thy
hands,
in
the
fruit
of thy
womb,
and
in
the
fruit
of thy
cattle,
in
the fruitfulness
of thy
land,
and
in
the
plenty
of
all
things.
For
the
Lord
will
return
to
rejoice
over thee
in
all
good
things,
as
he
rejoiced
in thy
fathers:
Yet
so
if thou
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
keep
his precepts
and ceremonies,
which
are
written
in
this
law:
and
return
to
the
Lord thy
God
with
all thy
heart,
and
with
all thy
soul.
This
commandment,
that
I
command thee
this
day
is
not
above thee,
nor
far
off
from thee:
Nor
is
it
in
heaven,
that thou shouldst
say:
Which
of
us
can
go
up
to
heaven
to
bring
it unto
us,
and
we
may
hear
and fulfill
it
in work?
Nor
is
it
beyond
the
sea:
that thou mayst excuse thyself,
and
say:
Which
of
us
can
cross
the
sea,
and
bring
it unto
us:
that
we
may
hear,
and
do
that
which
is
commanded?
But
the
word
is
very nigh unto thee,
in thy
mouth
and
in thy
heart,
that thou mayst
do
it.
Consider
that
I
have
set
before thee
this
day
life
and
good,
and
on
the other
hand
death
and
evil:
That thou mayst
love
the
Lord thy
God,
and
walk
in
his
ways,
and
keep
his
commandments
and ceremonies
and
judgments,
and thou mayst
live,
and
he
may
multiply thee,
and
bless thee
in
the
land,
which thou shalt
go
in
to
possess.
But
if thy
heart
be
turned
away,
so
that thou wilt
not
hear,
and
being deceived
with error thou adore strange
gods,
and
serve
them:
I foretell thee
this
day
that thou shalt
perish,
and shalt
remain
but
a short
time
in
the
land,
to
which thou shalt
pass
over
the
Jordan,
and shalt
go
in
to
possess
it.
I call
heaven
and
earth
to witness
this
day,
that
I
have
set
before
you
life
and
death,
blessing
and
cursing.
Choose
therefore
life,
that
both thou
and thy
seed
may
live:
And
that thou mayst
love
the
Lord thy
God,
and
obey
his
voice,
and adhere
to
him (for
he
is thy
life,
and
the
length
of thy
days,)
that thou mayst
dwell
in
the
land,
for
which
the
Lord
swore
to thy
fathers
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob
that
he
would
give
it
them.
And
Moses
went,
and
spoke
all
these
words
to
all
Israel,
And
he
said
to
them:
I
am
this
day
a
hundred
and
twenty
years
old,
I
can
no
longer
go
out
and
come
in,
especially
as
the
Lord
also hath
said
to
me:
O Thou shalt
not
pass
over
this
Jordan.
The
Lord thy
God
then
will
pass
over
before thee:
he
will
destroy all
these
nations
in thy
sight,
and thou shalt
possess
them:
and
this Josue
shall
go
over
before thee,
as
the
Lord hath
spoken.
And
the
Lord
shall
do
to
them
as
he
did
to Sehon
and
Og
the
kings
of
the Amorrhites,
and
to
their
land,
and
shall
destroy
them.
Therefore
when
the
Lord
shall
have
delivered
these
also
to
you,
you
shall
do
in
like manner
to
them
as
I
have
commanded
you,
Do manfully
and
be
of good heart:
fear
not,
nor
be ye dismayed
at
their
sight:
for
the
Lord thy
God
he
himself
is thy leader,
and
will
not
leave thee
nor
forsake thee.
And
Moses
called Josue,
and
said
to
him
before
all
Israel:
Take
courage,
and
be valiant:
for thou shalt
bring
this
people
into
the
land
which
the
Lord
swore
he
would
give
to
their
fathers,
and thou shalt
divide
it
by lot.
And
the
Lord
who
is
your leader,
he
himself
will
be
with thee:
he
will
not
leave thee,
nor
forsake thee:
fear
not,
neither
be
dismayed.
And
Moses
wrote
this
law,
and
delivered
it
to
the
priests
the
sons
of
Levi,
who
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
and
to
all
the ancients
of
Israel.
And
he
commanded
them,
saying:
After
seven
years,
in
the
year
of
remission,
in
the
feast
of tabernacles,
When
all
Israel
come together,
to
appear
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord thy
God
in
the
place
which
the
Lord
shall
choose, thou shalt
read
the
words
of
this
law
before
all
Israel,
in
their
hearing,
And
the
people
being
all
assembled
together,
both
men
and
women,
children
and
strangers,
that
are within thy
gates:
that
hearing
they
may
learn,
and
fear
the
Lord
your
God,
and
keep,
and fulfill
all
the
words
of
this
law:
That
their
children
also,
who
now
are ignorant,
may
hear,
and
fear
the
Lord
their
God,
all
the
days
that
they lire
in
the
land whither
you
are going
over
the
Jordan
to
possess
it.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Behold
the
days
of thy
death
are nigh:
call Josue,
and
stand ye
in
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
that
I
may
give
him
a
charge.
So
Moses
and Josue
went
and
stood
in
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
And
the
Lord
appeared
there
in
the
pillar
of
a
cloud, which
stood
in
the
entry
of
the
tabernacle.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Moses:
Behold thou shalt
sleep
with thy
fathers,
and
this
people
rising
up
will
go
a fornicating
after
strange
gods
in
the
land,
to
which
it goeth
in
to dwell:
there
will
they
forsake
me,
and
will
make void
the
covenant,
which
I
have
made
with
them,
And
my
wrath
shall
be
kindled
against
them
in
that
day:
and
I
will
forsake
them,
and
will
hide
my
face
from
them,
and
they
shall
be
devoured:
all evils
and afflictions
shall
find
them,
so
that
they
shall
say
in
that
day:
In truth
it
is
because
God
is
not
with
me,
that
these evils
have
found
me.
But
I
will
hide,
and
cover
my
face
in
that
day,
for
all
the evils
which
they
have
done,
because
they
have followed strange
gods.
Now
therefore
write
you
this canticle,
and
teach
the
children
of
Israel:
that
they
may know
it
by heart,
and sing
it
by
mouth,
and
this
song
may
be unto
me
for
a
testimony
among
the
children
of
Israel.
For
I
will
bring
them
into
the
land,
for
which
I
swore
to
their
fathers,
that floweth
with
milk
and
honey.
And
when
they
have
eaten,
and
are
full
and
fat,
they
will
turn
away
after strange
gods,
and
will
serve
them:
and
will
despise
me,
and
make void
my
covenant.
And
after
many evils
and afflictions
shall
have
come
upon
them,
this canticle
shall
answer
them
for
a
testimony,
which
no oblivion
shall
take
away
out
of
the
mouth
of
their
seed.
For
I
know
their thoughts,
and
what
they
are
about
to
do
this
day,
before
that
I
bring
them
into
the
land
which
I
have
promised
them.
Moses
therefore
wrote
the canticle
and
taught
it
to
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the Lord
commanded Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
said:
Take
courage,
and
be valiant:
for thou shalt
bring
the
children
of
Israel
into
the
land
which
I
have
promised,
and
I
will
be
with thee.
Therefore
after
Moses
had
wrote
the
words
of
this
law
in
a volume,
and
finished
it:
He
commanded
the
Levites,
who
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord.
saying:
Take
this
book,
and
put
it
in
the
side
of
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
your
God:
that
it
may
be
there
for
a
testimony against thee.
For
I
know thy obstinacy,
and thy most stiff
neck,
While
I
am
yet
living,
and
going
in
with
you,
you
have
always
been
rebellious
against
the
Lord:
how
much
more
when
I
shall
be
dead?
Gather unto
me
all
the ancients
of
your
tribes,
and
your doctors,
and
I
will
speak
these
words
in
their
hearing,
and
will call
heaven
and
earth
to witness
against
them.
For
I
know
that,
after
my
death,
you
will
do
wickedly,
and
will quickly
turn
aside
from
the
way
that
I
have
commanded
you:
and evils
shall
come
upon
you
in
the
latter
times,
when
you
shall
do
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
to
provoke
him
by
the
works
of
your
hands.
Moses
therefore
spoke,
in
the
hearing
of
the
whole
assembly
of
Israel,
the
words
of
this canticle,
and
finished
it
even
to
the
end,
Hear,
O ye
heavens,
the things
I
speak, let
the
earth
give
ear
to
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Let
my doctrine gather as
the
rain, let
my speech distil as
the
dew, as
a shower
upon
the
herb,
and as drops
upon
the
grass.
Because
I
will
invoke
the
name
of
the
Lord:
give ye magnificence
to
our
God.
The works
of
God
are
perfect,
and
all
his
ways
are
judgments:
God
is
faithful
and
without
any
iniquity,
he
is
just
and
right.
They
have sinned against
him,
and
are nose
of
his
children
in
their filth:
they
are
a wicked
and
perverse
generation.
Is
this
the return thou makest
to
the
Lord,
O
foolish
and senseless
people?
Is
not
he thy
father,
that hath
possessed thee,
and
made thee,
and
created thee?
Remember
the
days
of
old,
think upon
every
generation:
ask thy
father,
and
he
will
declare
to thee: thy
elders
and
they
will
tell thee.
When
the Most
High
divided
the
nations:
when
he
separated
the
sons
of Adam,
he appointed
the bounds
of
people according
to
the
number
of
the
children
of
Israel.
But
the
Lord’s
portion
is
his
people:
Jacob
the
lot
of
his
inheritance.
He
found
him
in
a
desert
land,
in
a
place
of horror,
and
of vast
wilderness:
he
led
him
about,
and
taught
him:
and
he
kept
him
as
the
apple
of
his
eye.
As
the
eagle enticing
her
young
to fly,
and
hovering
over
them,
he
spread
his
wings,
and hath
taken
him
and
carried
him
on
his shoulders.
The
Lord
alone
was
his leader:
and
there
was
no
strange
god
with
him.
He set
him
upon
high
land:
that
he might
eat
the
fruits
of
the
fields,
that
he might
suck
honey
out
of
the
rock,
and
oil
out
of
the hardest stone,
Butter
of
the
herd,
and
milk
of
the
sheep
with
the
fat
of
lambs,
and
of
the
rams
of
the
breed
of Basan:
and
goats
with
the
marrow
of
wheat,
and
might
drink
the purest
blood
of
the
grape.
The beloved
grew
fat,
and
kicked:
he
grew
fat,
and
thick
and gross,
he
forsook
God
who
made
him,
and departed
from
God
his saviour.
They
provoked
him
by
strange gods,
and stirred
him up
to
anger,
with their
abominations.
They
sacrificed
to devils
and
not
to
God:
to
gods whom
they
knew
not:
that
were newly
come
up, whom
their
fathers worshipped
not.
Thou hast forsaken
the
God that
beget thee,
and hast
forgotten
the Lord that created thee.
The
Lord
saw,
and
was moved
to wrath:
because
his own
sons
and
daughters provoked
him.
And
he
said:
I
will
hide
my
face
from
them,
and
will
consider
what
their
last
end
shall
be:
for
it
is
a
perverse
generation,
and unfaithful
children.
They
have
provoked
me
with
that
which
was
no
god,
and
have
angered
me
with
their
vanities:
and
I
will
provoke
them
with
that
which
is
no
people,
and
will vex
them
with
a
foolish
nation.
A
fire
is
kindled
in
my
wrath,
and
shall
burn
even
to
the
lowest hell:
and
shall
devour
the
earth
with
her
increase,
and
shall
burn
the
foundations
of
the
mountains.
I
will
heap evils
upon
them,
and
will
spend
my
arrows
among
them.
They
shall be consumed
with
famine,
and birds
shall devour
them
with
a most
bitter bite:
I
will
send
the
teeth
of
beasts upon
them,
with
the
fury
of creatures
that trail upon
the
ground,
and
of serpents.
Without,
the
sword
shall lay
them waste,
and
terror
within,
both
the
young
man
and
the
virgin,
the sucking child
with
the
man
in
years.
I
said: Where
are
they?
I
will make
the
memory
of
them
to
cease from among
men.
But
for
the wrath
of
the
enemies
I
have deferred
it:
lest
perhaps
their
enemies
might
be
proud,
and
should
say:
Our mighty
hand,
and
not
the
Lord, hath
done
all
these
things.
They
are
a
nation
without
counsel,
and
without
wisdom.
O
that they
would
be
wise
and
would
understand,
and
would provide
for
their
last
end.
How
should
one
pursue
after
a
thousand,
and
two
chase
ten
thousand?
Was
it
not,
because
their
God
had
sold
them,
and
the
Lord
had
shut
them
up?
For
our
God
is
not
as
their gods:
our
enemies themselves
are
judges.
Their
vines
are
of
the vineyard
of
Sodom,
and
of
the suburbs
of Gomorrha:
their
grapes
are
grapes
of
gall,
and
their
clusters most
bitter.
Their
wine
is the
gall
of dragons,
and the
venom
of asps,
which
is incurable.
Are
not
these
things
stored
up
with
me,
and
sealed
up
in
my
treasures?
Revenge
is mine,
and
I
will repay
them
in due
time,
that
their
foot
may slide:
the
day
of
destruction
is
at
hand,
and
the
time makes haste
to come.
The
Lord
will
judge
his
people,
and
will
have
mercy
on
his
servants:
he
shall
see
that
their
hand
is weakened,
and
that
they
who
were
shut
up
have
also failed,
and
they
that
remained
are consumed.
And
he shall
say:
Where
are
their
gods,
in whom
they trusted?
Of
whose victims
they
ate
the
fat,
and
drank
the
wine
of
their
drink
offerings:
let
them
arise
and
help
you,
and
protect
you
in
your distress.
See ye
that
I
alone
am,
and
there
is
no
other
God
besides
me:
I
will
kill
and
I
will
make
to
live:
I
will
strike,
and
I
will
heal,
and
there
is
none
that
can
deliver
out
of
my
hand.
I
will
lift
up
my
hand
to
heaven,
and
I
will
say:
I
live
for
ever.
If
I
shall whet
my
sword
as
the
lightning,
and
my
hand
take
hold
on
judgment:
I
will
render
vengeance
to
my
enemies,
and
repay
them
that
hate
me.
I
will
make
my
arrows
drunk
with
blood,
and
my
sword
shall
devour
flesh,
of
the
blood
of
the
slain
and
of
the
captivity,
of
the bare
head
of
the
enemies.
Praise
his
people, ye
nations,
for
he
will
revenge
the
blood
of
his
servants:
and
will
render
vengeance
to
their enemies,
and
he
will
be merciful
to
the
land
of
his
people.
So
Moses
came
and
spoke
all
the
words
of
this canticle
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun.
And
he
ended
all
these
words,
speaking
to
all
Israel.
And
he
said
to
them:
Set
your
hearts
on
all
the
words,
which
I testify
to
you
this
day:
which
you
shall
command
your
children
to
observe
and
to
do,
and
to fulfill
all
that
is written
in
this
law:
For
they
are
not commanded
you
in vain,
but
that
every
one
should
live
in
them,
and
that doing
them
you
may
continue
a
long
time
in
the
land whither
you
are going
over
the
Jordan
to
possess
it.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
the
same
day,
saying:
Go
up
into
this
mountain
Abarim, (that
is
to
say,
of passages,) unto
mount
Nebo,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Moab
over
against
Jericho:
and
see
the
land
of Chanaan,
which
I
will
deliver
to
the
children
of
Israel
to possess,
and die thou
in
the
mountain.
When thou art
gone
up
into
it thou shalt
be
gathered
to thy
people,
as
Aaron thy
brother
died
in
mount
Her,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people:
Because
you trespassed
against
me
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel,
at
the
waters
of contradiction
in Cades
of
the
desert
of Sin:
and
you
did
not
sanctify
me
among
the
children
of
Israel.
Thou shalt
see
the
land
before thee,
which
I
will
give
to
the
children
of
Israel,
but thou shalt
not
enter
into
it.
This
is
the
blessing, wherewith
the
man
of
God
Moses
blessed
the
children
of
Israel,
before
his
death.
And
he
said:
The
Lord
came
from
Sinai,
and
from
Seir
he
rose
up
to
us:
he hath
appeared
from
mount Pharan,
and
with
him
thousands
of saints.
In
his
right
hand
a fiery law.
He hath loved
the
people,
all
the
saints
are
in
his
hand:
and
they
that approach
to
his
feet,
shall
receive
of
his doctrine.
Moses
commanded us
a
law,
the inheritance
of
the multitude
of
Jacob.
He
shall
be
king
with
the
most right,
the princes
of
the
people
being
assembled
with
the
tribes
of
Israel.
Let Ruben
live,
and
not
die,
and
be he small
in
number.
This
is
the blessing
of Juda.
Hear,
O
Lord,
the
voice
of Juda,
and
bring
him
in unto
his
people:
his
hands
shall fight
for
him,
and
he
shall
be
his
helper
against
his enemies.
To
Levi
also
he
said: Thy perfection,
and thy doctrine
be
to thy
holy
man,
whom thou hast
proved
in
the temptation,
and judged
at
the
waters
of contradiction:
Who hath
said
to
his
father,
and
to
his
mother:
I
do
not
know
you;
and
to
his
brethren:
I
know
you
not:
and
their own
children
they
have
not
known. These
have
kept thy
word,
and
observed thy
covenant,
Thy
judgments, O
Jacob,
and thy
law, O
Israel:
they
shall
put
incense
in thy
wrath
and holocaust
upon thy
altar.
Bless,
O
Lord,
his
strength,
and
receive
the works
of
his
hands.
Strike
the backs
of
his
enemies,
and let not
them
that
hate
him
rise.
And
to
Benjamin
he
said:
The best
beloved
of
the
Lord
shall
dwell confidently
in
him:
as
in
a bride chamber
shall
he
abide
all
the
day
long,
and
between
his
shoulders
shall
be
rest.
To
Joseph
also
he
said:
Of
the
blessing
of
the
Lord
be
his
land,
of
the fruits
of
heaven,
and
of
the
dew,
and
of
the
deep
that lieth
beneath.
Of the fruits brought forth by the
sun
and by the moon.
Of
the
tops
of
the
ancient
mountains,
of
the fruits
of
the
everlasting
hills:
And
of
the fruits
of
the
earth,
and
of
the fulness thereof.
The blessing
of
him
that
appeared
in
the
bush,
come
upon
the
head
of
Joseph,
and
upon
the
crown
of
the Nazarite
among
his
brethren.
His beauty
as
of
the firstling
of
a bullock,
his
horns
as
the
horns
of
a rhinoceros:
with
them
shall
he
push
the
nations
even
to
the
ends
of
the
earth
These
are
the multitudes
of
Ephraim
and
these
the
thousands
of Manasses.
And
to Zabulon
he
said:
Rejoice,
O Zabulon,
in thy
going
out;
and
Issachar
in thy tabernacles.
They
shall
call
the
people
to
the
mountain:
there
shall
they
sacrifice
the victims
of
justice.
Who
shall
suck
as milk
the
abundance
of
the
sea,
and
the
hidden treasures
of
the sands.
And
to
Gad
he
said:
Blessed
be
Gad
in
his breadth:
he hath
rested
as
a lion,
and hath seized upon
the
arm
and
the top
of
the
head.
And
he
saw
his pre-eminence,
that
in
his
portion
the teacher
was laid
up:
who
was
with
the princes
of
the
people,
and
did
the justices
of
the
Lord,
and
his
judgment
with
Israel.
To
Dan also
he
said:
Dan
is
a
young
lion,
he
shall flow plentifully
from Basan.
And
to Nephtali
he
said: Nephtali
shall enjoy
abundance,
and
shall
be
full
of
the
blessings
of
the
Lord:
he
shall
possess
the
sea
and
the
south.
To Aser also
he
said:
Let Aser
be
blessed
with
children,
let
him
be
acceptable
to
his
brethren,
and
let
him
dip
his
foot
in
oil.
His shoe
shall
be
iron
and
brass.
As
the
days
of thy youth, so
also
shall thy old
age
be.
There
is
no
other
God
like
the
God
of
the rightest:
he
that
is
mounted upon
the
heaven
is thy
helper.
By
his magnificence
the
clouds run hither
and thither.
His
dwelling
is
above,
and
underneath
are
the
everlasting
arms:
he
shall cast
out
the
enemy
from
before thee,
and
shall
say:
Be thou brought
to nought.
Israel
shall
dwell
in
safety,
and
alone.
The
eye
of
Jacob
in
a
land
of corn
and
wine,
and
the
heavens
shall
be misty
with
dew.
Blessed
are thou,
Israel:
who
is
like
to thee,
O
people,
that art
saved
by
the
Lord?
the
shield
of thy
help,
and
the
sword
of thy glory: thy
enemies
shall
deny thee,
and thou shalt
tread
upon
their necks.
Then
Moses
went
up
from
the
plains
of
Moab
upon
mount
Nebo,
to
the
top
of Phasga
over
against
Jericho:
and
the
Lord shewed
him
all
the
land
of Galaad
as
far
as
Dan.
And
all Nephtali,
and
the
land
of
Ephraim
and Manasses,
and
all
the
land
of Juda unto
the furthermost
sea,
And
the
south part,
and
the breadth
of
the
plain
of
Jericho
the
city
of
palm
trees
as
far
as Segor.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
This
is
the
land,
for
which
I
swore
to
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
saying:
I
will
give
it
to thy
seed. Thou hast
seen
it
with thy
eyes,
and shalt
not
pass
over
to
it.
And
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
died
there,
in
the
land
of
Moab,
by
the
commandment
of
the
Lord:
And
he
buried
him
in
the
valley
of
the
land
of
Moab
over
against Phogor:
and
no
man hath
known
of
his sepulchre
until
this
present
day.
Moses
was
a
hundred
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
died:
his
eye
was
not dim,
neither
were
his teeth moved.
And
the
children
of
Israel
mourned
for
him
in
the
plains
of
Moab
thirty
days:
and
the
days
of
their
mourning
in which
they
mourned
for
Moses
were
ended.
And Josue
the
son
of
Nun
was
filled
with
the
spirit
of
wisdom,
because
Moses
had
laid
his
hands
upon
him.
And
the
children
of
Israel
obeyed
him,
and
did
as
the
Lord
commanded
Moses.
And
there
arose
no
more
a
prophet
in
Israel
like unto
Moses,
whom
the
Lord
knew
face
to
face,
In
all
the
signs
and
wonders,
which
he
sent
by
him,
to
do
in
the
land
of
Egypt
to Pharao,
and
to
all
his
servants,
and
to
his
whole
land,
And
all
the
mighty
hand,
and
great miracles,
which
Moses
did
before
all
Israel.
Joshua
The Book of Joshua
Joshua
Jos
The Book of
Joshua
Now
it
came
to
pass
after
the
death
of
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord,
that
the
Lord
spoke
to Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
the
minister
of
Moses,
and
said
to
him:
Moses
my
servant
is
dead:
arise,
and
pass
over
this
Jordan, thou
and thy
people
with thee,
into
the
land
which
I
will
give
to
the
children
of
Israel.
I
will
deliver
to
you
every
place
that
the
sole
of
your
foot
shall
tread
upon,
as
I
have
said
to
Moses.
From
the
desert
and
from Libanus unto
the
great
river
Euphrates,
all
the
land
of
the Hethites unto
the
great
sea
toward
the going; down
of
the
sun,
shall
be
your
border.
No
man
shall
be able
to resist
you
all
the
days
of thy
life:
as
I
have
been
with
Moses,
so
will
I
be
with thee:
I
will
not
leave thee,
nor
forsake thee.
Take
courage,
and
be
strong:
for thou shalt
divide
by lot
to
this
people
the
land,
for
which
I
swore
to
their
fathers,
that
I
would
deliver
it
to
them.
Take
courage
therefore,
and
be
very valiant:
that thou mayst
observe
and
do
all
the
law,
which
Moses
my
servant hath
commanded thee:
turn
not
from
it
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left,
that thou mayst
understand
all
things
which thou dost.
Let
not
the
book
of
this
law
depart
from thy
mouth:
but thou shalt
meditate
on
it
day
and
night,
that thou mayst
observe
and
do
all
things
that
are
written
in
it:
then shalt thou direct thy
way,
and
understand
it.
Behold
I
command thee,
take
courage,
and
be
strong. Fear
not
and
be
not
dismayed:
because
the
Lord thy
God
is
with thee
in
all
things
whatsoever thou shalt go
to.
And Josue
commanded
the princes
of
the
people,
saying: Pass through
the midst
of
the camp,
and
command
the
people,
and
say:
Prepare
you victuals:
for
after
the
third
day
you
shall
pass
over
the
Jordan
and
shall
go
in
to
possess
the
land,
which
the
Lord
your
God
will
give
you.
And
he
said
to
the Rubenites,
and
the
Gadites,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses:
Remember
the
word,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
commanded
you,
saying:
The
Lord
your
God hath
given
you
rest,
and
all
this
land.
Your
wives,
and
children,
and
cattle
shall
remain
in
the
land
which
Moses
gave
you
on
this
side
of
the
Jordan:
but
pass
you
over armed
before
your
brethren,
all
of
you
that
are
strong
of
hand,
and fight
for
them,
Until
the
Lord
give
rest
to
your
brethren
as
he hath
given
you,
and
they
also
possess
the
land
which
the
Lord
your
God
will
give
them:
and
so
you
shall
return
into
the
land
of
your
possession,
and
you
shall dwell
in
it,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
gave
you
beyond
the
Jordan,
toward
the
rising
of
the
sun.
And
they
made
answer
to Josue,
and
said:
All
that thou hast
commanded
us
we
will
do;
and whithersoever thou shalt
send
us,
we
will
go.
As
we
obeyed
Moses
in
all
things,
so
will
we
obey thee
also:
only
be
the
Lord thy
God
with thee,
as
he
was
with
Moses.
He
that
shall gainsay thy
mouth,
and
not
obey
all thy
words,
that thou shalt
command
him,
let
him
die:
only
take thou
courage,
and
do manfully.
And Josue
the
son
of
Nun
sent
from Setim
two
men,
to
spy
secretly:
and
said
to
them:
Go,
and
view
the
land
and
the city
of
Jericho.
They
went
and
entered
into
the
house
of
a
woman
that
was
a
harlot
named
Rahab,
and
lodged
with
her.
And
it
was
told
the
king
of
Jericho,
and
was
said:
Behold
there
are
men
come
in hither,
by
night,
of
the
children
of
Israel,
to spy
the
land.
And
the
king
of
Jericho
sent
to
Rahab,
saying:
Bring
forth
the
men
that
came
to thee,
and
are
entered
into thy
house:
for
they
are
spies,
and
are
come
to view
all
the
land.
And
the
woman
taking
the
men,
hid
them,
and
said:
I confess
they
came
to
me,
but
I
knew
not whence
they
were:
And
at
the
time
of shutting
the
gate
in
the
dark,
they
also
went
out together.
I
know
not whither
they
are
gone:
pursue
after
them
quickly,
and
you
will
overtake
them.
But
she
made
the men
go
up
to
the
top
of
her house,
and covered
them
with
the
stalks
of
flax,
which
was
there.
Now
they
that
were
sent,
pursued
after
them,
by
the
way
that leadeth
to
the fords
of
the
Jordan:
and
as soon
as
they
were
gone
out,
the
gate
was presently
shut.
The men
that
were hidden
were not
yet asleep,
when behold
the woman
went
up
to
them,
and said:
I
know
that
the
Lord hath
given
this
land
to
you:
for
the
dread
of
you
is
fallen
upon
us,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
have
lost
all
strength.
We
have
heard
that
the
Lord
dried
up
the
water
of
the Red
Sea
at
your
going
in,
when
you
came
out
of
Egypt:
and
what
things
you
did
to
the
two
kings
of
the Amorrhites,
that
were
beyond
the
Jordan: Sehon
and
Og
whom
you slew.
And
hearing
these
things
we
were affrighted,
and
our
heart fainted
away,
neither
did
there
remain
any
spirit
in
us
at
your coming
in:
for
the
Lord
your
God
he
is
God
in
heaven
above,
and
in
the
earth
beneath.
Now
therefore
swear ye
to
me
by
the
Lord,
that
as
I
have shewn
mercy
to
you,
so
you
also
will shew
mercy
to
my
father’s
house:
and
give
me
a
true token,
That
you
will
save
my
father
and
mother,
my
brethren
and
sisters,
and
all
things
that
are theirs,
and
deliver
our
souls
from
death.
They
answered
her:
Be
our
lives
for
you unto
death,
only
if thou betray
us
not.
And
when
the
Lord
shall
have
delivered
us
the
land,
we
will shew thee
mercy
and
truth.
Then
she
let
them
down
with
a
cord
out
of
a
window:
for
her
house joined close
to
the
wall.
And
she
said
to
them:
Get ye
up
to
the
mountains,
lest
perhaps
they
meet
you
as
they
return:
and
there lie ye hid
three
days,
till
they
come
back,
and
so
you
shall
go
on
your
way.
And
they
said
to
her:
We
shall
be blameless
of
this
oath,
which thou hast
made
us
swear:
If
when
we
come
into
the
land,
this
scarlet
cord
be
a sign,
and thou
tie
it
in
the
window,
by
which thou hast
let
us
down:
and
gather
together thy
father
and
mother,
and
brethren
and
all thy kindred
into thy
house.
Whosoever
shall
go
out
of
the
door
of thy
house,
his
blood
shall
be
upon
his
own
head,
and
we
shall
be quit.
But
the
blood
of
all
that
shall
be
with thee
in
the
house,
shall light
upon
our
head,
if
any
man touch
them.
But
if thou wilt betray
us,
and utter
this
word abroad,
we
shall
be quit
of
this
oath
which thou hast
made
us
swear.
And
she
answered:
As
you
have
spoken,
so
be
it done.
And
sending
them
on
their
way,
she hung
the
scarlet cord
in
the
window.
But
they
went
and
came
to
the
mountains,
and
stayed
there
three
days
till
they
that
pursued
them
were
returned.
For
having
sought
them
through
all
the
way,
they
found
them
not.
And
when
they
were
gone
back
into
the city,
the spies
returned,
and
came
down
from
the
mountain:
and
passing
over
the Jordan,
they
came
to Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
told
him
all
that befel
them.
And
said:
The
Lord hath
delivered
all
this
land
into
our
hands,
and
all
the
inhabitants thereof
are overthrown
with fear.
And Josue
rose
before daylight,
and
removed
the camp:
and
they
departed
from Setim,
and
came
to
the
Jordan,
he,
and
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they abode
there
for three days.
After which,
the heralds
went
through
the
midst
of
the
camp,
And began
to proclaim:
When
you
shall
see
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
your
God,
and
the
priests
of
the race
of
Levi
carrying
it,
rise
you
up
also,
and
follow
them
as
they
go
before:
And
let
there
be
between
you
and
the ark
the space
of
two
thousand
cubits:
that
you
may
see
it
afar
off,
and
know
which
way
you
must
go:
for
you
have
not
gone
this
way
before:
and
take care
you
come
not
near
the ark.
And Josue
said
to
the
people:
Be ye
sanctified:
for
tomorrow
the
Lord
will
do
wonders
among
you.
And
he
said
to
the
priests:
Take
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant,
and
go
before
the
people.
And
they obeyed
his
commands,
and
took
it
up
and walked
before
them.
And
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
This
day
will
I
begin
to
exalt thee
before
Israel:
that
they
may
know
that
as
I
was
with
Moses,
so
I
am
with thee
also.
And
do thou
command
the
priests
that
carry
the
ark
of
the
covenant,
and
say
to
them:
When
you
shall
have
entered
into
part
of
the
water
of
the
Jordan,
stand
in
it.
And Josue
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
Come hither
and
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord
your
God.
And
again
he
said:
By
this
you
shall
know
that
the Lord
the
living
God
is
in
the
midst
of
you,
and
that
he
shall
destroy
before
your
sight
the Chanaanite
and
the Hethite,
the Hevite
and
the Pherezite,
the Gergesite
also
and
the
Jebusite,
and
the Amorrhite.
Behold
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth
shall
go
before
you
into
the
Jordan.
Prepare ye
twelve
men
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
one
of
every
tribe.
And
when
the
priests,
that
carry
the
ark
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
the
whole
earth,
shall
set
the
soles
of
their
feet
in
the
waters
of
the
Jordan,
the
waters
that
are beneath
shall
run
down
and
go
off:
and
those
that
come
from
above,
shall
stand
together
upon
a heap.
So
the
people
went
out
of
their
tents,
to
pass
over
the
Jordan:
and
the
priests
that
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant.
went
on
before
them.
And
as soon
as
they
came
into
the
Jordan,
and
their
feet
were
dipped
in
part
of
the
water, (now
the
Jordan,
it being
harvest
time,
had
filled
the
banks
of
its channel,)
The
waters
that
came
down
from
above
stood
in
one
place,
and swelling
up
like
a mountain,
were seen afar
off
from
the
city
that
is called Adom,
to
the
place
of Sarthan:
but
those
that
were beneath, ran
down
into
the
sea
of
the
wilderness (which now
is called
the Dead
Sea)
until
they wholly failed.
And
the
people marched
over
against Jericho:
and
the
priests
that
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
stood girded upon
the
dry
ground
in
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
and
all
the
people
passed
over
through
the channel
that
was dried
up.
And
when
they
were
passed
over,
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
Choose
twelve
men,
one
of
every
tribe:
And
command
them
to
take
out
of
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
where
the
feet
of
the
priests
stood,
twelve
very hard
stones,
which
you
shall
set
in
the
place
of
the camp,
where
you
shall pitch
your tents
this
night.
And Josue
called
twelve
men,
whom
he
had chosen
out
of
the
children
of
Israel,
one
out
of
every
tribe,
And
he
said
to
them:
Go
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord
your
God
to
the
midst
of
the
Jordan,
and carry
from thence
every
man
a
stone
on
your
shoulders,
according
to
the
number
of
the
children
of
Israel,
That
it
may
be
a
sign
among
you
and
when
your
children
shall
ask
you
tomorrow,
saying:
What mean
these
stones?
You
shall
answer
them:
The
waters
of
the
Jordan
ran
off
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
when
it
passed
over
the
same:
therefore
were
these atones
set
for
a monument
of
the
children
of
Israel
for
ever.
The
children
of
Israel
therefore
did
as Josue
commanded
them,
carrying
out
of
the channel
of
the
Jordan
twelve
stones,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him,
according
to
the
number
of
the
children
of
Israel, unto
the
place
wherein
they camped,
and
there
they
set
them.
And Josue
put
other
twelve
stones
in
the
midst
of
the channel
of
the
Jordan,
where
the
priests
stood
that
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant:
and
they
are
there
until
this
present
day.
Now
the
priests
that
carried
the
ark,
stood
in
the
midst
of
the
Jordan
till
all
things
were accomplished
which
the
Lord
had
commanded Josue
to
speak
to
the
people,
and
Moses
had
said
to
him.
And
the
people
made
haste
and
passed
over.
And
when
they
had
all
passed
over,
the
ark
also
of
the
Lord
passed
over,
and
the
priests
went
before
the
people.
The
children
of Ruben
also
and
Gad,
and
half
the
tribe
of Manasses,
went armed
before
the
children
of
Israel
as
Moses
had
commanded
them.
And
forty
thousand fighting
men
by
their
troops,
and bands,
marched
through
the
plains
and fields
of
the city
of
Jericho.
In
that
day
the
Lord
magnified Josue
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
that
they
should
fear
him,
as
they
had
feared
Moses,
while
he
lived.
And
he
said
to
him:
Command
the
priests,
that
carry
the
ark
of
the covenant,
to
come
up
out
of
the
Jordan.
And
he
commanded
them,
saying:
Come ye
up
out
of
the
Jordan.
And
when
they
that
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
were
come
up,
and
began
to tread
on
the
dry
ground,
the
waters
returned
into
the channel,
and
ran
as
they
were wont
before.
And
the
people
came
up
out
of
the
Jordan,
the
tenth
day
of
the
first
month,
and
camped
in Galgal,
over
against
the
east
side
of
the city
of
Jericho.
And
the
twelve
stones
which
they
had
taken
out
of
the channel
of
the
Jordan, Josue pitched
in Galgal,
And
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
When
your
children
shall
ask
their
fathers,
tomorrow,
and
shall
say
to
them:
What mean
these
stones?
You
shall
teach
them
and
say:
Israel
passed
over
this
Jordan
through
the
dry channel.
The
Lord
your
God drying
up
the
waters thereof
in
your
sight,
until
you
passed
over:
As
he
had
done
before
in
the Red Sea,
which
he dried
up till
we passed
through:
That all the people of the earth may learn the most mighty hand of the Lord, that you also may fear the Lord your God for ever.
Now
when
all
the
kings
of
the Amorrhites,
who dwelt
beyond
the
Jordan
westward,
and
all
the
kings
of Chanaan,
who possessed
the
places
near
the great
sea,
had
heard
that
the
Lord
had
dried
up
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
before
the
children
of
Israel,
till
they
passed
over,
their
heart
failed
them,
and
there
remained
no
spirit
in
them, fearing
the coming
in
of
the
children
of
Israel.
At
that
time
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
Make thee
knives
of stone,
and
circumcise
the
second
time
the
children
of
Israel.
He
did
what
the Lord
had commanded,
and
he
circumcised
the
children
of
Israel
in
the
hill
of
the
foreskins.
Now
this
is
the
cause
of
the second circumcision:
All
the
people
that
came
out
of
Egypt
that
were
males,
all
the
men fit
for
war,
died
in
the
desert,
during
the
time
of
the long
going
about
in
the
way.
Now
these
were
all
circumcised.
But
the
people
that
were
born
in
the
desert,
Luring
the
forty
years
of
the journey
in
the wide
wilderness,
were uncircumcised:
till
all
they
were
consumed
that
had
not
heard
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
and
to
whom
he
had
sworn
before,
that
he
would
not shew
them
the
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
The
children
of these
succeeded
in
the
place
of
their fathers,
and
were
circumcised
by Josue:
for
they
were
uncircumcised
even
as
they
were
born,
and
no
one
had
circumcised
them
in
the
way.
Now
after
they
were
all
circumcised,
they
remained
in
the same
place
of
the
camp,
until
they
were healed.
And
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
This
day
have
I taken
away
from
you
the
reproach
of
Egypt.
And
the
name
of
that
place
was
called Galgal,
until
this
present
day.
And
the
children
of
Israel abode
in Galgal,
and
they
kept
the phase
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month,
at
evening,
in
the
plains
of
Jericho:
And
they
ate
on
the
next
day
unleavened
bread
of
the corn
of
the
land,
and frumenty
of
the
same
year.
And
the
manna ceased
after
they
ate
of
the corn
of
the
land,
neither
did
the
children
of
Israel
use
that
food
any
more,
but
they
ate
of
the corn
of
the
present
year
of
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
when Josue
was
in
the field
of
the city
of
Jericho,
he
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
a
man
standing
over
against
him: holding
a
drawn
sword,
and
he
went
to
him,
and
said: Art thou
one
of ours,
or
of
our adversaries?
And
he
answered:
No:
but
I
am
prince
of
the
host
of
the
Lord,
and
now
I
am
come.
Josue
fell
on
his face
to
the
ground.
And worshipping, add:
What saith
my
lord
to
his servant?
Loose, saith he, thy shoes from off thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Josue did as was commanded him.
Now
Jericho
was
close
shut
up
and fenced,
for fear
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
no
man durst
go
out
or
come
in.
And
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
Behold
I
have
given
into thy
hands
Jericho,
and
the
king thereof,
and all
the
valiant
men.
Go
round
about
the
city,
all ye fighting
men,
once
a
day:
so
shall ye
do
for
six
days.
And
on
the
seventh
day
the
priests
shall
take
the
seven
trumpets, which
are used
in
the
jubilee,
and
shall
go
before
the
ark
of
the covenant:
and
you
shall
go
about
the
city
seven
times,
and
the
priests
shall
sound
the
trumpets.
And
when
the
voice
of
the
trumpet
shall
give
a longer
and broken tune,
and
shall
sound
in
your ears,
all
the
people
shall
shout
together
with
a
very
great
shout,
and
the
walls
of
the
city
shall
fall
to
the ground,
and
they
shall
enter
in
every
one
at
the
place
against
which
they
shall
stand.
Then Josue
the
son
of
Nun
called
the
priests,
and
said
to
them:
Take
the
ark
of
the
covenant:
and let
seven other
priests
take
the
seven
trumpets
of
the
jubilee,
and march
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord.
And
he
said
to
the
people:
Go,
and compass
the
city,
armed, marching
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord.
And
when Josue
had ended
his words,
and
the
seven
priests
blew
the
seven
trumpets
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
And
all
the
armed
men
went
before,
the rest
of
the common people
followed
the
ark,
and
the
sound
of
the
trumpets
was heard
on
all sides.
But Josue
had
commanded
the
people,
saying:
You
shall
not
shout,
nor
shall
your
voice
be
heard,
nor
any
word
go
out
of
your
mouth:
until
the
day
come wherein
I
shall
say
to
you:
Cry,
and
shout.
So
the
ark
of
the
Lord
went
about
the
city
once
a day,
and returning
into
the
camp, abode
there.
And Josue
rising before
day,
the
priests
took
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
And
seven
of
them
seven
trumpets, which
are used
in
the
jubilee:
and
they
went
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord
walking
and sounding
the
trumpets:
and
the
armed
men
went
before
them,
and
the rest
of
the common people
followed
the
ark,
and
they
blew
the
trumpets.
And
they
went
round
about
the
city
the
second
day
once,
and
returned
into
the
camp.
So
they
did
six
days.
But
the
seventh
day,
rising
up
early,
they
went
about
the
city,
as
it
was ordered,
seven
times.
And
when
in
the
seventh going
about
the
priests
sounded
with
the
trumpets, Josue
said
to
all
Israel:
Shout:
for
the
Lord hath
delivered
the
city
to
you:
And
let
this
city
be
an anathema,
and
all
things
that
are
in
it,
to
the
Lord.
Let
only
Rahab
the
harlot
live,
with
all
that
are
with
her
in
the
house:
for
she
hid
the
messengers
whom
we
sent.
But
beware ye
lest
you touch ought
of
those
things
that
are forbidden,
and
you
be guilty
of transgression,
and
all
the
camp
of
Israel
be
under sin,
and
be
troubled.
But
whatsoever
gold
or
silver
there
shall
be,
or
vessels
of
brass
and
iron, let
it
be
consecrated
to
the
Lord,
laid
up
in
his
treasures.
So
all
the
people
making
a
shout,
and
the
trumpets
sounding,
when
the
voice
and
the
sound thundered
in
the ears
of
the multitude,
the
walls forthwith
fell
down:
and
every
man
went
up
by
the
place
that
was
over
against
him:
and
they
took
the
city,
And
killed
all
that
were
in
it,
man
and
woman,
young
and
old.
The
oxen
also
and
the
sheep,
and
the asses,
they slew
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
But Josue
said
to
the
two
men
that
had
been
sent
for
spies:
Go
into
the
harlot’s
house,
and
bring
her
out,
and
all
things
that
are hers,
as
you assured
her
by
oath.
And
the
young
men
went
in
and
brought
out
Rahab,
and
her
parents,
her
brethren
also
and
all
her goods
and
her kindred,
and
made
them
to stay without
the
camp.
But
they
burned
the
city,
and
all
things
that
were therein;
except
the
gold
and
silver,
and
vessels
of
brass
and
iron,
which
they consecrated
into
the
treasury
of
the
Lord.
But Josue saved
Rahab
the
harlot
and
her
father’s
house,
and
all
she
had,
and
they
dwelt
in
the
midst
of
Israel
until
this
present
day:
because
she
hid
the
messengers
whom
he
had
sent
to
spy
out
Jericho.
At
that
time, Josue
made
an imprecation, saying:
Cursed
be
the
man
before
the
Lord,
that
shall
raise
up
and
build
the
city
of
Jericho.
In
his
firstborn
may
he
lay
the
foundation thereof,
and
in
the
last
of
his
children
set
up
its
gates.
And
the
Lord
was
with Josue,
and
his name
was noised
throughout
all
the
land.
But
the
children
of
Israel transgressed
the commandment,
and
took
to
their own
use
of
the anathema.
For
Achan
the
son
of Charmi,
the
son
of
Zabdi,
the
son
of Zare
of
the
tribe
of Juda,
took something
of
the anathema:
and
the
Lord
was
angry
against
the
children
of
Israel.
And
when Josue
sent
men
from
Jericho
against Hai,
which
is
beside Bethaven,
on
the
east
side
of
the town
of
Bethel,
he
said
to
them:
Go
up,
and view
the
country:
and
they fulfilled
his
command,
and viewed Hai.
And
returning
they
said
to
him:
Let
not
all
the
people
go
up,
but
let
two
or
three
thousand
men
go
and
destroy
the city:
why
should
all
the
people
be
troubled
in vain
against enemies
that
are very
few?
There
went
up therefore
three
thousand fighting
men:
who immediately turned
their backs,
And
were
defeated
by
the
men
of
the
city
of Hai,
and
there
fell
of
them
six
and
thirty
men:
and
the enemies
pursued
them
from
the
gate
as
far
as Sabarim,
and
they
slew
them
as
they fled
by
the
descent:
and
the
heart
of
the
people
was
struck
with fear,
and
melted
like
water.
But Josue rent
his
garments,
and
fell
flat
on
the
ground
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord
until
the
evening,
both
he
and
all
the ancients
of
Israel:
and
they
put
dust
upon
their
heads.
And Josue
said:
Alas,
O
Lord
God,
why wouldst thou
bring
this
people
over
the river
Jordan,
to
deliver
us
into
the
hand
of
the Amorrhite,
and
to
destroy
us?
would
God, we
had
stayed
beyond
the
Jordan
as we
began.
My
Lord
God,
what
shall
I
say, seeing
Israel
turning
their
backs
to
their
enemies?
The Chanaanites,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
will
hear
of
it,
and
being
gathered
together
will
surround
us
and
cut
off
our
name
from
the
earth:
and
what wilt thou
do
to thy
great
name?
And
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
Arise,
why liest thou
flat
on
the ground?
Israel hath
sinned,
and transgressed
my
covenant:
and
they
have
taken
of
the anathema,
and
have
stolen
and
lied,
and
have hidden
it
among
their
goods.
Neither
can
Israel
stand
before
his
enemies,
but
he
shall flee
from
them:
because
he
is defiled
with
the anathema.
I
will
be
no
more
with
you, till
you
destroy
him
that
is guilty
of
this wickedness.
Arise,
sanctify
the
people,
and
say
to
them:
Be ye
sanctified
against
tomorrow:
for
thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
Israel:
The anathema
is
in
the
midst
of thee,
O
Israel: thou canst
not
stand
before thy
enemies,
till
he
be destroyed
out
of thee
that
is
defiled
with
this wickedness.
And
you
shall
come
in
the
morning
every
one
by
your
tribes:
and
what
tribe soever
the lot
shall find,
it
shall
come
by
its kindreds
and
the kindred
by
its
houses,
and
the
house
by
the
men.
And whosoever
he
be
that
shall
be found guilty
of
this fact,
he
shall
be
burnt
with
fire
with
all
his substance,
because
he hath transgressed
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
and hath
done wickedness
in
Israel.
Josue, therefore,
when
he
rose
in
the
morning,
made
Israel
to
come
by
their
tribes,
and
the
tribe
of Juda
was found,
Which being
brought
by
its
families,
it
was found
to
be
the
family
of Zare. Bringing
that
also
by
the houses,
he found
it
to
be
Zabdi.
And bringing
his
house
man
by
man,
he found
Achan
the
son
of Charmi,
the
son
of
Zabdi,
the
son
of Zare
of
the
tribe
of Juda.
And Josue
said
to
Achan:
My
son,
give
glory
to
the
Lord
God
of
Israel,
and
confess,
and
tell
me
what thou hast
done,
hide
it
not.
And
Achan
answered Josue,
and
said
to
him:
Indeed
I
have
sinned
against
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
and thus
and thus
have
I
done.
For
I
saw
among
the
spoils
a scarlet
garment exceeding
good,
and
two
hundred sides
of
silver,
and
a
golden rule
of
fifty sides:
and
I
coveted
them,
and
I
took
them
away,
and
hid
them
in
the
ground
is
the
midst
of
my
tent,
and
the
silver
I covered
with
the
earth
that
I dug
up.
Josue
therefore
sent ministers:
who
running
to
his
tent, found
all
hidden
in
the same
place,
together
with
the
silver.
And
taking
them
away
out
of
the
tent,
they
brought
them
to Josue,
and
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and threw
them
down
before
the
Lord.
Then Josue
and
all
Israel
with
him
took
Achan
the
son
of Zare,
and
the
silver
and
the garments,
and
the
golden rule,
his
sons
also
and
his
daughters,
his
oxen
and asses
and
sheep,
the
tent
also,
and
all
the goods:
and
brought
them
to
the
valley
of
Achor:
Where Josue
said:
Because thou hast
troubled
us,
the
Lord
trouble thee
this
day.
And
all
Israel
stoned
him:
and
all
things
that
were
his,
were consumed
with
fire.
And
they gathered
together
upon
him
a
great
heap
of
stones,
which remaineth
until
this
present
day.
And
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
was
turned
away
from
them.
And
the
name
of
that
place
was
called
the
Valley
of
Achor,
until
this
day.
And
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
Fear
not,
nor
be thou
dismayed:
take
with thee
all
the multitude
of fighting
men,
arise
and
go
up
to
the
town
of Hai.
Behold
I
have
delivered
into thy
hand
the
king thereof,
and
the
people,
and
the
city,
and
the
land.
And thou shalt
do
to
the
city
of Hai,
and
to
the
king thereof,
as thou hast
done
to
Jericho,
and
to
the
king thereof:
but
the
spoils
and
all
the
cattle
you
shall
take
for
a
prey
to yourselves:
lay
an
ambush
for
the
city
behind
it.
And Josue
arose,
and
all
the
army
of
the fighting
men
with
him,
to
go
up
against Hai:
and
he
sent
thirty
thousand
chosen
valiant
men
in
the
night,
And
commanded
them,
saying:
Lay
an
ambush
behind
the
city:
and
go
not
very
far
from
it:
and
be ye
all
ready.
But
I
and
the
rest
of
the multitude
which
is
with
me;
will
approach
on
the contrary
side
against
the
city.
And
when
they
shall
come
out
against
us,
we
will
flee,
and
turn
our backs,
as
we
did
before:
Till
they
pursuing
us
be
drawn farther
from
the
city:
for
they
will
think
that
we
flee
as
before.
And whilst we
are fleeing,
and
they pursuing,
you
shall
arise
out
of
the
ambush,
and
shall
destroy
the
city:
and
the
Lord
your
God
will
deliver
it
into
our
hands.
And
when
you
shall
have
taken
it,
set
it
on
fire,
and
you
shall
do
all
things
so
as
I
have
commanded.
And
he
sent
them
away,
and
they
went
on
to
the
place
of
the
ambush,
and
abode
between
Bethel
and Hai,
on
the
west
side
of
the
city
of Hai.
But Josue
stayed
that
night
in
the
midst
of
the
people,
And
rising
early
in
the
morning,
he
mustered
his
soldiers,
and
went
up
with
the ancients
in
the
front
of
the
army environed
with
the aid
of
the fighting
men.
And
when
they
were
come,
and
were
gone
up
over
against
the
city,
they
stood
on
the
north
side
of
the
city,
between
which
and
them
there
was
a
valley
in
the
midst.
And
he
had
chosen
five
thousand
men,
and
set
them
to
lie
in
ambush
between
Bethel
and Hai,
on
the
west
side
of
the
same
city:
But
all
the rest
of
the
army went
in battle array
on
the
north
side,
so
that
the last
of
that multitude reached
to
the
west
side
of
the
city.
So Josue went
that
night,
and stood
in
the
midst
of
the
valley.
And
when
the
king
of Hai
saw
this,
he
made
haste
in
the
morning,
and
went
out
with
all
the
army
of
the
city,
and
set
it
in
battle
array
toward
the
desert,
not
knowing
that
there
lay
an
ambush
behind
his
back.
But Josue,
and
all
Israel gave back,
making
as if
they
were afraid,
and
fleeing
by
the
way
of
the
wilderness.
But
they
shouting
together,
and encouraging
one another,
pursued
them.
And
when
they
were come
from
the
city,
And
not
one
remained
in
the
city
of Hai
and
of
Bethel,
that
did
not
pursue
after
Israel,
leaving
the
towns
open
as
they
had rushed
out,
The
Lord
said
to Josue:
Lift
up
the shield
that
is
in thy
hand, towards
the
city
of Hai,
for
I
will
deliver
it
to thee.
And
when
he
had
lifted
up
his shield towards
the
city,
the
ambush
that
lay hid,
rose
up
immediately:
and
going
to
the
city,
took
it
and
set
it
on
fire.
And
the
men
of
the
city,
that
pursued
after Josue,
looking
back
and
seeing
the
smoke
of
the
city
rise
up
to
heaven,
had
no
more
power
to
flee
this
way
or
that
way: especially
as
they
that
had counterfeited
flight,
and
were
going
toward
the
wilderness,
turned
back most valiantly
against
them
that
pursued.
So Josue
and
all
Israel
seeing
that
the
city
was
taken,
and
that
the
smoke
of
the
city
rose
up,
returned
and
slew
the
men
of Hai.
And
they
also
that
had
taken
and
set
the
city
on fire, issuing
out
of
the
city
to
meet
their
own
men,
began
to cut
off
the enemies
who
were
surrounded
by
them.
So
that
the enemies
being cut
off
on
both
sides,
not
one
of
so great
a multitude
was saved.
And
they
took
the
king
of
the city
of Hai
alive,
and
brought
him
to Josue.
So
all
being
slain
that
had
pursued
after
Israel
in
his
flight
to
the
wilderness,
and tailing
by
the
sword
in
the
same
place,
the children
of
Israel
returned
and laid
waste
the city.
And
the number
of
them
that
fell
that
day,
both
of
men
and
women,
was
twelve
thousand
persons
all
of
the
city
of Hai.
But Josue
drew
not
back
his
hand,
which
he
had
stretched
out
on
high, holding
the shield,
till
all
the
inhabitants
of Hai
were slain.
And
the children
of
Israel divided
among
them
the
cattle
and
the
prey
of
the
city,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded Josue.
And
he
burned
the city,
and
made
it
a
heap
for
ever:
And
he
hung
the
king thereof
on
a gibbet
until
the
evening
and
the
going
down
of
the
sun.
Then Josue
commanded,
and
they
took
down
his
carcass
from
the gibbet:
and
threw
it
in
the
very
entrance
of
the
city, heaping
upon
it
a
great
heap
of
stones,
which remaineth
until
this
present
day.
Then Josue
built
an
altar
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
in
mount Hebal,
As
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
had
commanded
the
children
of
Israel,
and
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses:
an
altar
of unhewn
stones
which
iron
had
not touched:
and
he
offered
upon
it holocausts
to
the
Lord,
and immolated victims
of
peace
offerings.
And
he
wrote
upon
stones
the Deuteronomy
of
the
law
of
Moses,
which
he
had ordered
before
the
children
of
Israel.
And
all
the
people,
and
the ancients,
and
the princes
and
judges
stood
on
both
sides
of
the
ark,
before
the
priests
that
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
both
the
stranger
and
he
that
was born
among
them,
half
of
them
by
mount Garizim,
and
half
by
mount Hebal,
as
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
had
commanded.
And
first
he
blessed
the
people
of
Israel.
After
this
he
read
all
the
words
of
the
blessing
and
the
cursing
and
all
things
that
were
written
in
the hook
of
the
law.
He
left
out
nothing
of
those
things
which
Moses
had
commanded,
but
he repeated
all
before
all
the
people
of
Israel,
with
the
women
and
children
and
strangers
that dwelt
among
them.
Now
When
these
things
were
heard
of,
all
the
kings
beyond
the
Jordan,
that dwelt
in
the
mountains
and
in
the plains,
in
the
places near
the
sea,
and
on
the coasts
of
the
great
sea,
they
also
that dwell
by Libanus,
the Hethite
and
the Amorrhite,
the Chanaanite,
the Pherezite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite,
Gathered
themselves
together,
to
fight
against Josue
and
Israel
with
one mind,
and
one resolution.
But
they
that
dwelt
in Gabaon,
hearing all
that Josue
had
done
to
Jericho
and Hai:
Cunningly devising
took
for
themselves provisions, laying old
sacks upon
their asses,
and
wine bottles rent
and sewed
up again,
And very old
shoes,
which
for
a
show
of age
were clouted
with patches,
and old
garments
upon
them:
the leaves also,
which
they
carried
for
provisions
by
the
way,
were hard,
and broken
into pieces:
And
they
went
to Josue,
who
then abode
in
the
camp
at Galgal,
and
said
to
him,
and
to
all
Israel
with
him:
We
are
come
from
a
far
country, desiring
to
make peace
with
you.
And
the children
of
Israel
answered
them,
and
said:
Perhaps
you
dwell
in
the
land which falls
to
our lot;
if
so,
we
can
make no
league
with
you.
But
they
said
to Josue:
We
are thy
servants. Josue
said
to
them:
Who
are
you?
and whence
came
you?
They
answered:
From
a
very
far
country thy
servants
are
come
in
the
name
of
the
Lord thy
God.
For
we
have
heard
the
fame
of
his power,
all
the
things
that
he
did
in
Egypt.
And
to
the
two
kings
of
the Amorrhites
that
were
beyond
the
Jordan, Sehon
king
of Hesebon,
and
Og
king
of Basan,
that
was
in Astaroth:
And
our ancients,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
our
country
said
to
us:
Take
with
you victuals
for
a
long
way,
and go
meet
them,
and
say:
We
are
your
servants,
make ye
a
league
with
us.
Behold,
these
leaves
we
took
hot,
when
we
set
out
from
our
houses
to
come
to
you,
now
they
are
become
dry,
and broken
in pieces,
by
being exceeding old.
These bottles
of
wine
when
we
filled
them
were
new,
now
they
are rent
and
burst.
These
garments
we
have
on,
and
the
shoes
we
have
on
our feet,
by
reason
of
the
very
long
journey
are
worn
out,
and
almost consumed.
They
took
therefore
of
their victuals,
and consulted
not
the
mouth
of
the
Lord.
And Josue
made
peace
with
them,
and entering into
a
league
promised
that
they
should not
be slain:
the
princes
also
of
the multitude
swore
to
them.
Now
three
days
after
the
league
was
made,
they
heard
that
they
dwelt nigh,
and
they
should
be
among
them.
And
the
children
of
Israel
removed
the camp,
and
came
into
their
cities
on
the
third
day,
the names
of which
are Gabaon,
and Caphira,
and Beroth,
and Cariathiarim.
And
they
slew
them
not,
because
the
princes
of
the multitude
had
sworn
in
the name
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
Then
all
the
common
people
murmured
against
the
princes.
And
they
answered
them:
We
have
sworn
to
them
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
and
therefore
we
may
not
touch
them.
But
this
we mill
do
to
them:
Let
their
lives
be saved, lest
the
wrath
of
the Lord
be stirred
up
against
us,
if
we
should
be forsworn.
But
so
let
them
live,
as
to
serve
the
whole multitude
in hewing
wood,
and bringing
in
water.
As
they
were
speaking
these
things,
Josue
called
the Gabaonites
and
said
to
them:
Why
would
you impose
upon
us,
saying:
We
dwell
far
off
from
you, whereas
you
are
in
the
midst
of
us?
Therefore
you
shall
be
under
a
curse,
and
your race
shall always
be
hewers
of
wood,
and
carriers
of
water unto
the
house
of
my
God.
They
answered:
It
was
told
us thy
servants,
that
the
Lord thy
God
had
promised
his
servant
Moses
to
give
you
all
the
land,
and
to
destroy
all
the
inhabitants thereof.
Therefore
we
feared
exceedingly
and
provided
for
our
lives. compelled
by
the dread
we
had
of
you
and
we
took
this
counsel.
And
now
we
are
in thy
hand:
deal
with
us
as
it seemeth
good
and
right unto thee.
So Josue
did
as
he
had
said,
and
delivered
them
from
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
should
not
be
slain.
And
he
gave orders
in
that
day
that
they
should
be
in
the service
of
all
the
people,
and
of
the
altar
of
the
Lord, hewing
wood
and carrying
water,
until
this
present
time,
in
the
place
which
the
Lord hath
chosen.
When Adonisedec
king
of
Jerusalem
had
heard
these
things,
to wit,
that Josue
had
taken Hai,
and
had destroyed
it, (for
as
he
had
done
to
Jericho
and
the
king thereof,
so
did
he
to Hai,
and
its
king,)
and
that
the Gabaonites
were
gone
over
to
Israel,
and
were
their confederates,
He
was
exceedingly
afraid.
For Gabaon
was
a
great
city,
and
one
of
the
royal
cities,
and
greater
than
the
town
of Hai,
and
all
its fighting
men
were
most
valiant.
Therefore Adonisedec
king
of
Jerusalem
sent
to Oham
king
of
Hebron,
and
to Pharam
king
of Jerimoth,
and
to
Japhia
king
of Lachis,
and
to Dabir
king
of
Eglon,
saying:
Come
up
to
me,
and
bring
help,
that
we
may
take Gabaon,
because
it hath
gone
over
to Josue,
and
to
the
children
of
Israel.
So
the
five
kings
of
the Amorrhites being
assembled
together
went
up:
the
king
of
Jerusalem,
the
king
of
Hebron,
the
king
of Jerimoth,
the
king
of Lachis,
the
king
of
Eglon,
they
and
their
armies,
and
camped
about Gabaon, laying siege
to
it.
But
the
inhabitants
of
the city
of Gabaon
which
was besieged,
sent
to Josue,
who
then
abode
in
the
camp
at Galgal,
and
said
to
him:
Withdraw
not thy
hands
from
helping thy
servants:
come
up
quickly
and
save
us,
and
bring
us succour:
for
all
the
kings
of
the Amorrhites,
who
dwell
in
the
mountains,
are
gathered
together
against
us.
And Josue
went
up
from Galgal,
and
all
the
army
of
the
warriors
with
him,
most
valiant
men.
And
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
Fear
them
not:
for
I
have
delivered
them
into thy
hands:
none
of
them
shall
be
able
to
stand
against thee.
So Josue
going
up
from Galgal
all
the
night,
came
upon
them
suddenly.
And
the
Lord
troubled
them
at
the
sight
of
Israel:
and
he
slew
them
with
a
great
slaughter
in Gabaon,
and
pursued
them
by
the
way
of
the ascent
to
Beth-horon,
and cut
them off
all
the
way
to Azeca
and Maceda.
And
when
they
were
fleeing
from
the
children
of
Israel,
and
were
in
the
descent
of
Beth-horon,
the
Lord
cast
down
upon
them
great
stones
from
heaven
as
far
as Azeca:
and
many
more
were
killed
with
the
hailstones
than
were
slain
by
the
swords
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Then Josue
spoke
to
the
Lord,
in
the
day
that
he
delivered
the Amorrhite
in
the
sight
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
he
said
before
them: Move
not,
O
sun,
toward Gabaon, nor thou,
O
moon,
toward
the
valley
of Ajalon.
And
the
sun
and
the
moon
stood
still,
till
the
people revenged
themselves
of
their
enemies.
Is
not
this
written
in
the
book
of
the
just?
So
the
sun
stood
still
in
the
midst
of
heaven,
and hasted
not
to
go
down
the space
of
one
day.
There
was
not
before
nor
after
so
long
a
day,
the
Lord
obeying
the
voice
of
a
man,
and
fighting
for
Israel.
And Josue
returned
with
all
Israel
into
the
camp
of Galgal.
For
the
five
kings
were
fled,
and
had
hidden
themselves
in
a
cave
of
the city
of Maceda.
And
it
was
told Josue
that
the
five
kings
were
found
hidden
in
a
cave
of
the city
of Maceda.
And
he
commanded
them
that
were
with
him,
saying:
Roll
great
stones
to
the
mouth
of
the
cave,
and set
careful
men,
to
keep
them shut
up:
And
stay
you
not,
but
pursue
after
the
enemies,
and kill
all
the hindermost
of
them
as
they
flee,
and
do
not suffer
them whom
the
Lord
God hath
delivered
into
your
hands
to shelter
themselves
in
their
cities.
So
the enemies
being
slain
with
a
great
slaughter,
and
almost
utterly
consumed,
they
that
were able
to escape
from
Israel,
entered
into fenced
cities.
And
all
the
army
returned
to Josue
in Maceda,
where
the
camp
then
was,
in good
health
and
without
the loss
of
any
one:
and
no
man durst move
his
tongue
against
the
children
of
Israel.
And Josue
gave
orders,
saying:
Open
the
mouth
of
the
cave,
and
bring
forth
to
me
the
five
kings
that lie hid therein.
And
the ministers
did
as
they
were commanded:
and
they
brought
out
to
him
the
five
kings
out
of
the
cave:
the
king
of
Jerusalem,
the
king
of
Hebron,
the
king
of Jerimoth,
the
king
of Lachis,
the
king
of
Eglon.
And
when
they
were Drought
out
to
him,
he
called
all
the
men
of
Israel,
and
said
to
the
chiefs
of
the
army
that
were
with
him:
Go,
and
set
your
feet
on
the
necks
of
these
kings.
And
when
they
had
gone,
and
put
their
feet
upon
the
necks
of
them lying
under
them,
He
said again
to
them:
Fear
not,
neither
be ye
dismayed,
take
courage
and
be
strong:
for
so
will
the
Lord
do
to
all
your
enemies,
against
whom
you
fight.
And Josue
struck,
and
slew
them,
and
hanged
them
upon
five gibbets,
and
they
hung
until
the
evening.
And
when
the
sun
was
down,
he
commanded
the soldiers
to
take
them
down
from
the gibbets.
And
after
they
were
taken
down,
they
cast
them
into
the
cave
where
they
had lain
hid,
and
put
great
stones
at
the
mouth thereof,
which
remain
until
this
day.
The
same
day Josue
took Maceda
and
destroyed
it,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
killed
the
king
and
all
the inhabitants thereof:
he
left
not
in
it
the least
remains.
And
he
did
to
the
king
of Maceda,
as
he
had
done
to
the
king
of
Jericho.
And
he
passed
from Maceda
with
all
Israel
to Lebna,
and
fought
against
it:
And
the
Lord
delivered
it
with
the
king thereof
into
the
hands
of
Israel:
and
they
destroyed
the city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
all
the inhabitants thereof.
They
left
not
in
it
any
remains.
And
they
did
to
the
king
of Lebna,
as
they
had
done
to
the
king
of
Jericho.
From Lebna
he
passed unto Lachis,
with
all
Israel:
and investing
it
with
his army, besieged
it.
And
the
Lord
delivered Lachis
into
the
hands
of
Israel,
and
he
took
it
the following
day,
and
put
it
to
the
sword,
and
every
soul
that
was
in
it,
as
he
had
done
to Lebna.
At
that
time
Horam
king
of Gazer,
came
up
to succour Lachis:
and Josue
slew
him
with
all
his
people,
so
as
to
leave none
alive.
And
he
passed
from Lachis
to
Eglon,
and surrounded
it,
And
took
it
the
same
day:
and
put
to
the
sword
all
the
souls
that
were
in
it,
according
to
all
that
he
had
done
to Lachis.
He
went
up
also
with
all
Israel
from
Eglon
to
Hebron,
and
fought
against
it:
Took
it,
and
destroyed
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword:
the
king
also thereof,
and
all
the
towns
of
that country,
and
all
the
souls
that dwelt
in
it:
he
left
not therein
any
remains:
as
he
had
done
to
Eglon,
so
did
he
also
to Hebron, putting
to
the
sword
all
that
he found
in
it.
Returning
from thence
to Dabir,
He
took
it
and
destroyed
it:
the
king
also thereof
and
all
the
towns round
about
he
destroyed
with
the
edge
of
the
sword:
he
left
not
in
it
any
remains:
as
he
had
done
to
Hebron
and Lebna
and
to
their
kings,
so
did
he
to Dabir
and
to
the
king thereof.
So Josue
conquered
all
the
country
of
the
hills
and
of
the
south
and
of
the plain,
and
of Asedoth,
with
their
kings:
he
left
not
any
remains therein,
but
slew
all
that
breathed,
as
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
had
commanded
him,
From Cadesbarne
even
to
Gaza.
All
the
land
of Gosen
even
to Gabaon,
And
all
their
kings,
and
their
lands
he
took
and wasted
at
one onset:
for
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
fought
for
him.
And
he
returned
with
all
Israel
to
the
place
of
the
camp
in Galgal.
And
when
Jabin
king
of Asor
had
heard these
things,
he
sent
to
Jobab
king
of
Madon,
and
to
the
king
of Semeron,
and
to
the
king
of Achsaph:
And
to
the
kings
of
the
north,
that dwelt
in
the
mountains
and
in
the
plains
over
against
the
south
side
of Ceneroth,
and
in
the levels
and
the countries
of
Dor
by
the
sea
side:
To
the Chanaanites also
on
the ease
and
on
the
west,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Hethite,
and
the Pherezite,
and
the
Jebusite
in
the
mountains:
to
the Hevite also
who dwelt
at
the
foot
of
Hermon
in
the
land
of Maspha.
And
they
all
came
out
with
their
troops,
a
people
exceeding
numerous
as
the
sand
that
is
on
the
sea
shore,
their
horses
also
and
chariots
a
very
great
multitude,
And
all
these
kings
assembled
together
at
the
waters
of
Merom,
to
fight
against
Israel.
And
the
Lord
said
to Josue:
Fear
them
not:
for
tomorrow
at
this
same hour
I
will
deliver
all
these
to
be
slain
in
the
sight
of
Israel: thou shalt
hamstring
their
horses,
and thou shalt
burn
their
chariots
with
fire.
And Josue
came,
and
all
the
army
with
him,
against
them
to
the
waters
of
Merom
on
a
sudden,
and
fell
upon
them.
And
the
Lord
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
Israel.
And
they
defeated
them,
and
chased
them
as
far
as
the
great
Sidon,
and
the waters
of Maserophot,
and
the field
of Masphe, which
is
on
the
east
side thereof.
He
slew
them
all,
so
as
to
leave
no
remains
of
them:
And
he
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him,
he hamstringed
their
horses
and
burned
their
chariots.
And presently
turning
back
he
took Asor:
and
slew
the
king thereof
with
the
sword.
Now Asor
of
old
was
the
head
of
all
these
kingdoms.
And
he cut
off
all
the
souls
that abode
there:
he
left
not
in
it
any
remains,
but utterly
destroyed
all,
and
burned
the city itself
with
fire.
And
he
took
and
put
to
the
sword
and
destroyed
all
the
cities round
about,
and
their
kings,
as
Moses
the
servant
of
God
had
commanded
him.
Except
the
cities
that
were
on hills
and high
places,
the rest
Israel
burned:
only Asor
that
was very strong
he consumed
with fire.
And
the
children
of
Israel divided
among
themselves
all
the
spoil
of
these
cities
and
the
cattle,
killing
all
the
men.
As
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses
his
servant,
so
did
Moses
command Josue,
and
he
accomplished
all:
he
left
not
one
thing undone
of
all
the
commandments
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
So Josue
took
all
the
country
of
the
hills,
and
of
the
south,
and
the
land
of Gosen,
and
the
plains
and
the west
country,
and
the
mountain
of
Israel,
and
the
plains thereof:
And
part
of
the
mountain
that goeth
up
to
Seir
as
far
as Baalgad,
by
the
plain
of Libanus
under
mount
Hermon:
all
their
kings
he
took,
smote
and
slew.
Josue
made
war
a
long
time
against
these
kings.
There
was hot
a
city
that delivered itself
to
the
children
of
Israel,
except
the Hevite,
who
dwelt
in Gabaon:
for
he
took
all
by
fight.
For
it
was
the sentence
of
the
Lord,
that
their
hearts
should
be
hardened,
and
they
should
fight
against
Israel,
and
fall,
and
should
not deserve
any clemency,
and
should
be
destroyed
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses.
At
that
time Josue
came
and
cut
off
the Enacims
from
the
mountains,
from
Hebron,
and Dabir,
and
Anab,
and
from
all
the
mountain
of Juda
and
Israel,
and
destroyed
their
cities.
He
left
not
any
of
the stock
of
the Enacims,
in
the
land
of
the
children
of
Israel:
except
the cities
of
Gaza,
and Geth,
and Azotus,
in which alone
they
were
left.
So Josue
took
all
the
land,
as
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses,
and
delivered
it
in
possession
to
the children
of
Israel,
according
to
their
divisions
and
tribes.
And
the
land rested
from
wars.
These
are
the
kings,
whom
the
children
of
Israel
slew
and
possessed
their
land
beyond
the
Jordan towards
the
rising
of
the
sun,
from
the torrent
Arnon unto
mount
Hermon,
and
all
the
east
country
that looketh towards
the
wilderness.
Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
who
dwelt
in Hesebon,
and
had
dominion
from
Aroer,
which
is
seated
upon
the
bank
of
the torrent
Arnon,
and
of
the
middle
part
in
the
valley,
and
of
half Galaad,
as
far
as
the torrent Jaboc,
which
is
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
from
the
wilderness,
to
the
sea
of Ceneroth towards
the
east,
and
to
the
sea
of
the
wilderness,
which
is
the most
salt
sea,
on
the
east
side
by
the
way
that leadeth
to Bethsimoth:
and
on
the
south
side
that lieth
under Asedoth, Phasga.
The
border
of
Og
the
king
of Basan,
of
the remnant
of
the Raphaims
who
dwelt
in Astaroth,
and
in Edrai,
and
had dominion
in mount Hermon,
and
in Salecha,
and
in all Basan, unto
the
borders
Of Gessuri
and Machati,
and
of
half Galaad:
the
borders
of Sehon
the
king
of Hesebon.
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord,
and
the
children
of
Israel
slew
them,
and
Moses
delivered
their land
in
possession
to
the Rubenites,
and
Gadites,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses.
These
are
the
kings
of
the
land,
whom Josue
and
the
children
of
Israel
slew
beyond
the
Jordan
on
the
west
side
from Baalgad
in
the
held
of Libanus, unto
the
mount, part
of
which goeth
up
into
Seir:
and Josue
delivered
it
in
possession
to
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to every
one
their
divisions,
As well
in
the
mountains
as
in
the
plains
and
the champaign countries.
In Asedoth,
and
in
the
wilderness,
and
in
the
south
was
the Hethite
and
the Amorrhite,
the Chanaanite
and
the Pherezite,
the Hevite
and
the
Jebusite.
The
king
of
Jericho
one:
the
king
of Hai,
which
is
on
the
side
of
Bethel,
one:
The
king
of
Jerusalem
one,
the
king
of
Hebron
one.
The
king
of Jerimoth
one, the
king
of Lachis
one,
The
king
of
Eglon
one, the
king
of Gazer
one,
The
king
of Dabir
one, the
king
of Gader
one,
The
king
of Herma
one, the
king
of Hered
one,
The
king
of Lebna
one, the
king
of Odullam
one,
The
king
of Maceda
one, the
king
of
Bethel
one,
The
king
of Taphua
one,
the
king
of Opher
one,
The
king
of Aphec
one, the
king
of Saron
one,
The
king
of
Madon
one, the
king
of Asor
one,
The
king
of Semeron
one, the
king
of Achsaph
one,
The
king
of Thenac
one, the
king
of Megeddo
one,
The
king
of Cades
one, the
king
of Jachanan
of
Carmel
one,
The
king
of
Dor,
and
of
the province
of
Dor
one,
the
king
of
the
nations
of Galgal
one,
The
king
of Thersa
one:
all
the
kings
thirty
and
one.
Josue
was
old,
and
far
advanced
in
years,
and
the
Lord
said
to
him: Thou art
grown
old,
and
advanced
in
age,
and
there
is
a
very large
country
left, which
is
not
yet divided
by lot:
To wit,
all
Galilee, Philistia,
and
all Gessuri.
From
the troubled
river,
that watereth
Egypt, unto
the
borders
of Accaron
northward:
the
land
of Chanaan,
which
is divided
among
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
the
Gazites,
the Azotians,
the Ascalonites,
the Gethites,
and
the Accronites.
And
on
the
south
side
are
the Hevites,
all
the
land
of Chanaan,
and Maara
of
the
Sidonians
as
far
as Apheca,
and
the
borders
of
the Amorrhite,
And
his confines.
The
country
also
of Libanus towards
the
east
from Baalgad
under
mount
Hermon
to
the
entering
into Emath.
Of
all
that
dwell
in
the
mountains
from Libanus,
to
the waters
of Maserephoth,
and
all
the
Sidonians.
I
am
he
that
will cut
them
off
from
before
the
face
of
the
children
of
Israel.
So let
their
land
come
in
as
a
part
of
the
inheritance
of
Israel,
as
I
have
commanded thee.
And
now
divide
the
land
in
possession
to
the
nine
tribes,
and
to
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
With
whom Ruben
and
Gad
have possessed
the
land,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
delivered
to
them
beyond
the river
Jordan,
on
the
east
side.
From
Aroer,
which
is
upon
the
bank
of
the torrent Amen,
and
in
the
midst
of
the
valley
and
all
the
plains
of Medaba,
as
far
as
Dibon:
And
all
the
cities
of Sehon,
king
of
the Amorrhites,
who
reigned
in Hesebon, unto
the
borders
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
And Galaad,
and
the
borders
of Gessuri
and Machati,
and
all
mount
Hermon,
and
all Basan
as
far
as Salecha,
All
the
kingdom
of
Og
in Basan,
who
reigned
in Astaroth
and Edrai,
he
was
of
the
remains
of
the Raphaims:
and
Moses overthrew
and
destroyed
them.
And
the
children
of
Israel
would
not
destroy Gessuri
and Machati:
and
they
have
dwelt
in
the
midst
of
Israel,
until
this
present
day.
But
to
the
tribe
of
Levi
he
gave
no
possession:
but
the sacrifices
and victims
of
the
Lord
God
of
Israel,
are
his
inheritance,
as
he
spoke
to
him.
And
Moses
gave
a possession
to
the
children
of Ruben according
to
their kindreds.
And
their
border
was
from
Aroer,
which
is
on
the
bank
of
the torrent
Arnon,
and
in
the
midst
of
the
valley
of
the same torrent:
all
the
plain,
that leadeth
to Medaba,
And Hesebon,
and
all
their villages,
which
are
in
the
plains.
Dibon
also,
and Bamothbaal,
and
the
town
of Baalmaon,
And Jassa,
and Cidimoth,
and
Mephaath,
And Cariathaim,
and Sabama,
and Sarathasar
in
the
mountain
of
the
valley.
Bethphogor
and Asedoth, Phasga
and Bethiesimoth,
And
all
the
cities
of
the
plain,
and
all
the kingdoms
of Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
that
reigned
in Hesebon,
whom
Moses
slew
with
the
princes
of Madian: Hevi,
and Recem,
and Sur
and
Hur,
and Rebe, dukes
of Sehon
inhabitants
of
the
land.
Balaam
also
the
son
of Beer
the soothsayer,
the
children
of
Israel
slew
with
the
sword
among
the rest
that
were
slain.
And
the river
Jordan
was
the herder
of
the
children
of Ruben.
This
is
the
possession
of
the Rubenites,
by
their kindreds,
of
cities
and villages.
And
Moses
gave
to
the
tribe
of
Gad
and
to
his
children
by
their kindreds
a possession,
of which this
is
the division.
The
border
of Jaser,
and
all
the
cities
of Galaad,
and
half
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
as
far
as
Aroer
which
is
over
against Rabba:
And
from Hesebon unto Ramoth, Masphe
and
Betonim:
and
from Manaim unto
the
borders
of Dabir.
And
in
the
valley Betharan
and Bethnemra,
and Socoth,
and Saphon
the
other part
of
the
kingdom
of Sehon
king
of Hesebon:
the limit
of this
also
is
the
Jordan,
as
far
as
the uttermost part
of
the
sea
of Cenereth
beyond
the
Jordan
on
the
east
side.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
children
of
Gad
by their
families, their
cities,
and villages.
He
gave
also
to
the
half
tribe
of Manasses
and
his
children possession according
to
their kindreds,
The beginning whereof
is
this:
from Manaim
all Basan,
and
all
the kingdoms
of
Og
king
of Basan,
and
all
the villages
of
Jair,
which
are
in Basan, threescore
towns.
And
half Galaad,
and Astaroth,
and Edrai,
cities
of
the
kingdom
of
Og
in Basan:
to
the
children
of
Machir,
the
son
of Manasses,
to
one?
half
of
the
children
of
Machir according
to their kindreds.
This
possession
Moses divided
in
the
plains
of
Moab,
beyond
the
Jordan, over against
Jericho
on
the
east
side.
But
to
the
tribe
of
Levi
he
gave
no
possession:
because
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
himself
is
their
possession,
as
he
spoke
to
them.
This
is
what
the
children
of
Israel
possessed
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
which
Eleazar
the
priest,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
the princes
of
the
families
by
the
tribes
of
Israel
gave
to
them:
Dividing all
by
lot,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses,
to
the
nine
tribes,
and
the
half
tribe.
For
to
two
tribes
and
a
half
Moses
had
given
possession
beyond
the
Jordan: besides
the
Levites,
who received
no
land
among
their brethren:
But
in
their
place
succeeded
the
children
of
Joseph divided
into
two
tribes,
of Manasses
and
Ephraim:
neither
did
the
Levites
receive
other
portion
of
land,
but
cities
to
dwell
in,
and
their suburbs
to feed
their
beasts
and
flocks.
As
the
Lord
had
commanded
Moses,
so
did
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they
divided
the
land.
Then
the
children
of Juda
came
to Josue
in Galgal,
and
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone
the Cenezite
spoke
to
him: Thou knowest
what
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moses
the
man
of
God
concerning
me
and thee
in Cadesbarne.
I
was
forty Bears
old
when
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
sent
me
from Cadesbarne,
to view
the
land,
and
I
brought
him
word
again
as
to
me seemed
true.
But
my
brethren,
that
had
gone
up
with
me, discouraged
the
heart
of
the
people:
and
I nevertheless
followed
the
Lord
my
God.
And
Moses
swore
in
that
day,
saying:
The
land
which thy
foot hath
trodden
upon
shall
be thy
possession,
and thy
children’s
for
ever,
because thou hast
followed
the
Lord
my
God.
The
Lord
therefore hath granted
me
life,
as
he
promised until
this
present
day.
It
is
forty
and
five
years
since
the
Lord
spoke
this
word
to
Moses,
when
Israel
journeyed
through
the
wilderness:
this
day
I
am
eighty-five
years
old,
As
strong
as
I
was
at
that
time
when
I
was
sent
to view
the land:
the
strength
of
that
time continueth
in
me until
this
day,
as
well
to
fight
as
to
march.
Give
me
therefore
this
mountain,
which
the
Lord
promised,
in thy
hearing
also,
wherein
are
the Enacims,
and
cities
great
and
strong:
if
so
be
the
Lord
will
be
with
me,
and
I
shall
be able
to
destroy
them,
as
he
promised
me.
And Josue
blessed
him,
and
gave
him
Hebron
in
possession.
And
from
that
time
Hebron
belonged
to
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone
the Cenezite,
until
this
present
day:
because
he
followed
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
The
name
of
Hebron
before
was
called Cariath-Arbe: Adam
the
greatest
among
the Enacims
was
laid there:
and
the
land rested
from
wars.
Now
the
lot
of
the
children
of Juda
by
their kindreds
was this:
From
the frontier
of
Edom,
to
the
desert
of Sin
southward,
and
to
the uttermost part
of
the
south coast.
Its beginning
was
from
the
top
of
the
most
salt
sea,
and
from
the
bay thereof,
that looketh
to
the
south.
And
it goeth
out towards
the
ascent
of
the Scorpion,
and passeth
on
to Sina:
and ascendeth
into Cadesbarne,
and reacheth
into Esron,
going
up
to
Addar,
and compassing Carcaa.
And
from thence
passing along
into Asemona,
and reaching
the torrent
of
Egypt:
and
the bounds thereof
shall
be
the great
sea,
this
shall
be
the limit
of
the
south coast.
But
on
the
east
side
the
beginning
shall
be
the most
salt
sea
even
to
the
end
of
the
Jordan:
and towards
the
north,
from
the
bay
of
the
sea unto
the same
river
Jordan.
And
the
border goeth
up
into Beth-Hagla,
and passeth
by
the
north
into Beth-Araba:
going
up
to
the
stone
of Boen
the
son
of Ruben.
And reaching
as
far
as
the
borders
of Debara
from
the
valley
of
Achor,
and
so
northward
looking towards Galgal,
which
is
opposite
to
the
ascent
of Adommin,
on
the
south
side
of
the torrent:
and
the
border passeth
the
waters
that
are called
the fountain
of
the sun:
and
the goings
out thereof
shall
be
at
the fountain Rogel.
And
it goeth
up
by
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom
on
the
side
of
the
Jebusite towards
the
south,
the
same
is
Jerusalem:
and thence
ascending
to
the
top
of
the
mountain,
which
is
over
against Geennom
to
the
west
in
the
end
of
the
valley
of Raphaim,
northward.
And
it passeth
on
from
the
top
of
the
mountain
to
the
fountain
of
the
water
of Nephtoa:
and reacheth
to
the
towns
of
mount
Ephron:
and
it bendeth towards Baala,
which
is Cariathiarim,
that
is
to say,
the
city
of
the woods.
And
it compasseth
from Baala
westward unto
mount
Seir:
and passeth
by
the
side
of
mount Jarim
to
the
north
into Cheslon:
and goeth
down
into Bethsames,
and passeth
into Thamna.
And
it reacheth
northward
to
a part
of Accaron
at
the
side:
and bendeth
to Sechrona,
and passeth
mount Baala:
and cometh
into Jebneel,
and
is bounded
westward
with
the great
sea.
These
are
the
borders
round
about
of
the
children
of Juda
in
their kindreds.
But
to
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone
he
gave
a
portion
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of Juda,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him: Cariath-Arbe
the
father
of Enac.
which
is
Hebron.
And
Caleb destroyed
out
of
it
the
three
sons
of Ehac, Sesai
and
Ahiman.
and Tholmai
of
the
race
of Enac.
And
going
up
from thence
he
came
to
the
inhabitants
of Dabir,
which
before
was
called Cariath-Sepher,
that
is
to say,
the city
of letters.
And
Caleb
said:
He
that
shall
smite Cariath-Sepher,
and
take
it,
I
will
give
him Axa
my
daughter
to
wife.
And Othoniel
the
son
of Cenez,
the younger
brother
of
Caleb,
took
it:
and
he
gave
him Axa
his
daughter
to
wife.
And
as
they
were
going
together,
she
was
moved
by
her husband
to
ask
a
field
of
her
father,
and
she sighed
as
she sat
on
her ass.
And
Caleb
said
to
her:
What aileth thee?
But
she
answered:
Give
me
a
blessing: thou hast
given
me
a
southern
and dry
land,
give
me
also
a
land
that
is
watered.
And Caleb
gave
her
the
upper
and
the
nether watery
ground.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of Juda
by their kindreds.
And
the
cities
from
the uttermost parts
of
the
children
of Juda
by
the
borders
of
Edom
to
the
south,
were Cabseel
and
Eder
and
Jagur,
And Cina
and Dimona
and Adada,
And Cades
and Asor
and Jethnam,
Ziph
and
Telem
and Baloth,
New Asor
and Carioth, Hesron,
which
is Asor.
Amam, Sama
and Molada,
And Asergadda
and Hassemon
and Bethphelet,
And Hasersual
and Bersabee
and Baziothia,
And Baala
and Jim
and Esem,
And Eltholad
and Cesil
and Harma,
And Siceleg
and Medemena
and Sensenna,
Lebaoth
and Selim
and Aen
and Remmon:
all
the
cities
twenty-nine,
and
their villages.
But in
the plains: Estaol
and Sarea
and Asena,
And Zanoe
and Engannim
and Taphua
and Enaim,
And Jerimoth
and
Adullam, Socho
and Azeca,
And Saraim
and
Adithaim
and Gedera
and
Gederothaim:
fourteen
cities,
and their villages.
Sanan
and Hadassa
and Magdalgad,
Delean
and Masepha
and Jecthel,
Lachis
and Bascath
and
Eglon,
Chebbon
and Leheman
and Cethlis,
And Gideroth
and Bethdagon
and Naama
and Maceda:
sixteen
cities,
and their villages.
Labana
and
Ether
and Asan,
Jephtha
and Esna
and Nesib,
And Ceila
and
Achzib
and Maresa:
nine
cities,
and their villages.
Accaron with
the
towns
and
villages thereof.
From Accaron
even
to
the
sea:
all
places
that lie towards Azotus
and
the villages thereof.
Azotus
with
its
towns
and
villages.
Gaza
with
its
towns
and
villages,
even
to
the torrent
of
Egypt,
and
the great
sea
that
is
the
border thereof.
And
in
the
mountain Samir
and Jether
and Socoth,
And Danna
and Cariath-senna,
this
is Dabir:
Anab
and Istemo
and
Anim,
Gosen
and Olon
and Gilo:
eleven
cities
and their villages.
Arab
and Ruma
and Esaan,
And
Janum
and Beththaphua
and Apheca,
Athmatha
and Cariath-Arbe,
this
is
Hebron
and Sior:
nine
cities
and their villages.
Maon
and
Carmel
and
Ziph
and Jota,
Jezrael
and Jucadam
and Zanoe,
Accain, Gabaa
and Thamna:
ten
cities
and their villages.
Halhul,
and Bessur,
and
Gedor,
Mareth,
and Bethanoth,
and Eltecon:
six
cities
and their villages.
Cariathbaal,
the
same
is Cariathiarim,
the
city
of woods,
and Arebba:
two
cities
and
their villages.
In the
desert Betharaba, Meddin
and Sachacha,
And Nebsan,
and
the
city
of
salt,
and Engaddi:
six
cities
and their villages.
But
the
children
of Juda
could
not
destroy
the
Jebusite
that
dwelt
in
Jerusalem:
and
the
Jebusite
dwelt
with
the
children
of Juda
in
Jerusalem
until
this
present
day.
And
the
lot
of
the
sons
of
Joseph
fell
from
the
Jordan over
against
Jericho
and
the
waters thereof,
on
the
east:
the
wilderness
which goeth
up
from
Jericho
to
the
mountain
of
Bethel:
And goeth
out
from
Bethel
to Luza:
and passeth
the
border
of Archi,
to
Ataroth,
And goeth
down
westward,
by
the
border
of Jephleti, unto
the
borders
of
Beth-horon
the nether,
and
to Gazer:
and
the countries
of
it
are ended
by
the great
sea:
And Manasses
and
Ephraim
the
children
of
Joseph
possessed
it.
And
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ephraim
was according
to
their kindreds:
and
their
possession towards
the
east
was
Ataroth-addar unto
Beth-horon
the
upper.
And
the confines
go
out unto
the
sea: but Machmethath looketh
to
the
north,
and
it goeth
round
the
borders
eastward
into Thanath-selo:
and passeth
along
on
the
east
side
to Janoe.
And
it goeth
down
from Janoe
into
Ataroth
and Naaratha:
and
it cometh
to
Jericho,
and goeth
out
to
the
Jordan.
From Taphua
it passeth
on towards
the
sea
into
the
valley
of reeds,
and
the goings
out thereof
are
at
the most salt
sea.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Ephraim
by
their
families.
And
there
were
cities
with
their villages separated
for
the
children
of
Ephraim
in
the
midst
of
the
possession
of
the
children
of Manasses.
And
the children
of
Ephraim slew
not
the Chanaanite,
who
dwelt
in Gazer:
and
the Chanaanite
dwelt
in
the
midst
of
Ephraim
until
this
day, paying
tribute.
And
this
lot
fell
to
the
tribe
of Manasses (for
he
is
the
firstborn
of
Joseph)
to
Machir
the
firstborn
of Manasses
the
father
of Galaad,
who
was
a warlike
man,
and
had
for possession Galaad
and Basan.
And
to
the
rest
of
the
children
of Manasses according
to
their
families:
to
the
children
of
Abiezer,
and
to
the
children
of Helec,
and
to
the
children
of Esriel,
and
to
the
children
of Sechem,
and
to
the
children
of
Hepher,
and
to
the
children
of Semida:
these
are
the
male
children
of Manasses
the
son
of
Joseph,
by
their kindreds.
But Salphaad
the
son
of
Hepher
the
son
of Galaad
the
son
of
Machir
the
son
of Manasses
had
no
sons,
but
only
daughters:
whose
names
are
these, Maala
and Noa
and Hegla
and Melcha
and Thersa.
And
they
came
in
the
presence
of
Eleazar
the
priest
and
of Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
of
the
princes,
saying:
The
Lord
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses,
that
a
possession
should
be
given
us
in
the
midst
of
our
brethren.
And
he
gave
them
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
a
possession amongst
the
brethren
of
their
father.
And
there
fell
ten
portions
to Manasses,
beside
the
land
of Galaad
and Basan
beyond
the
Jordan.
For
the
daughters
of Manasses
possessed
inheritance
in
the
midst
of
his
sons.
And
the
land
of Galaad
fell
to
the lot
of
the
rest
of
the
children
of Manasses.
And
the
border
of Manasses
was
from Aser, Machmethath
which looketh towards Sichem:
and
it goeth
out
on
the
right
hand
by
the
inhabitants
of
the fountain
of Taphua.
For
the lot
of Manasses
took
in
the
land
of Taphua,
which
is
on
the
borders
of Manasses,
and
belongs
to
the
children
of
Ephraim.
And
the
border goeth
down
to
the
valley
of
the reeds,
to
the
south
of
the torrent
of
the
cities
of
Ephraim,
which
are
in
the
midst
of
the
cities
of Manasses:
the
border
of Manasses
is
on
the
north
side
of
the torrent,
and
the outgoings
of
it
are
at
the
sea:
So
that
the possession
of
Ephraim
is
on
the
south,
and
on
the
north
that
of Manasses,
and
the
sea
is
the
border
of both,
and they
are joined
together
in
the tribe
of Aser
on
the
north,
and
in
the tribe
of
Issachar
on
the
east.
And
the inheritance
of Manasses
in
Issachar
and
in Aser,
was Bethsan
and
its
villages,
and Jeblaam
with
its
villages,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Dor,
with
the
towns thereof:
the
inhabitants
also
of Endor
with
the
villages thereof:
and
in
like manner
the
inhabitants
of Thenac
with
the
villages thereof:
and
the
inhabitants
of Mageddo
with
their
villages,
and
the
third part
of
the city
of Nopheth.
Neither
could
the
children
of Manasses overthrow
these
cities,
but
the Chanaanite
began
to
dwell
in
his
land.
But
after
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
grown
strong,
they subdued
the Chanaanites,
and
made
them
their tributaries,
and
they
did
not kill
them.
And
the
children
of
Joseph
spoke
to Josue,
and
said:
Why hast thou
given
me
but
one
lot
and
one
portion
to possess, whereas
I
am
of
so
great
a multitude,
and
the
Lord hath
blessed
me?
And Josue
said
to
them:
If thou
be
a
great
people,
go
up
into
the woodland,
and cut
down room
for thyself
in
the
land
of
the Pherezite
and
the Raphaims:
because
the possession
of
mount
Ephraim
is
too
narrow
for thee.
And
the
children
of
Joseph
answered
him:
We
cannot go
up
to
the
mountains,
for
the Chanaanites
that
dwell
in
the
low
lands,
wherein
are situate Bethsan
with
its
towns,
and Jezrael
in
the midst
of
the
valley,
have
chariots
of
iron.
And Josue
said
to
the
house
of
Joseph,
to
Ephraim
and Manasses: Thou art
a
great
people,
and
of
great
strength, thou shalt
not
have
one
lot
only:
But thou shalt
pass
to
the
mountain,
and shalt cut
down
the wood,
and
make thyself room
to dwell
in:
and mayst proceed farther,
when thou hast destroyed
the Chanaanites,
who
as thou sayest
have
iron
chariots,
and
are very
strong.
And
all
the
children
of
Israel
assembled
together
in Silo,
and
there
they
set
up
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
the
land
was
subdued
before
them.
But
there
remained
seven
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
as
yet
had
not
received
their possessions.
And Josue
said
to
them:
How
long
are
you indolent
and
slack,
and
go
not
in
to
possess
the
land
which
the
Lord
the
God
of
your
fathers hath
given
you?
Choose
of
every
tribe
three
men,
that
I
may
send
them,
and
they
may
go
and compass
the
land,
and mark
it
out
according
to
the number
of
each multitude:
and
bring
back
to
me
what
they
have marked
out.
Divide
to
yourselves
the
land
into
seven parts: let Juda
be
in
his bounds
on
the
south
side,
and
the
house
of
Joseph
on
the
north.
The
land
in
the midst between these mark ye
out
into
seven parts;
and
you
shall
come hither
to
me,
that
I
may
cast
lots
for
you
before
the
Lord
your
God.
For
the
Levites
have
no
part
among
you,
but
the
priesthood
of
the
Lord
is
their
inheritance.
And
Gad
and Ruben,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses
have already
received
their possessions
beyond
the
Jordan
eastward:
which
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
gave
them.
And
when
the
men
were
risen
up,
to
go
to mark
out
the
land, Josue
commanded
them,
saying:
Go round
the
land
and mark
it
out,
and
return
to
me:
that
I
may
cast
lots
for
you
before
the
Lord
in Silo.
So
they
went:
and surveying
it divided
it
into
seven parts,
writing
them
down
in
a
book.
And
they
returned
to Josue,
to
the
camp
in Silo.
And
he
cast
lots
before
the
Lord
in Silo,
and
divided
the
land
to
the
children
of
Israel
into seven parts.
And first
came
up
the
lot
of
the
children
of
Benjamin
by
their
families,
to possess
the
land
between
the
children
of Juda,
and
the
children
of
Joseph.
And
their
border
northward
was
from
the
Jordan:
going
along
by
the
side
of
Jericho
on
the
north
side,
and thence
going
up
westward
to
the
mountains,
and reaching
to
the
wilderness
of Bethaven,
And
passing
along
southward
by Luza,
the
same
is
Bethel:
and
it goeth
down
into
Ataroth-addar
to
the
mountain,
that
is
on
the
south
of
the nether
Beth-horon.
And
it bendeth thence going
round towards
the
sea,
south
of
the
mountain
that looketh towards
Beth-horon
to
the southwest:
and
the outgoings thereof
are
into Cariathbaal,
which
is called
also Cariathiarim,
a
city
of
the
children
of Juda.
This
is
their coast towards
the
sea,
westward.
But
on
the
south
side
the
border goeth
out
from part
of Cariathiarim towards
the
sea,
and cometh
to
the
fountain
of
the
waters
of Nephtoa.
And
it goeth
down
to
that
part
of
the
mountain
that looketh
on
the
valley
of
the
children
of Ennom:
and
is
over
against
the
north quarter
in
the furthermost
part
of
the
valley
of Raphaim,
and
it goeth
down
into Geennom (that
is
the
valley
of Ennom)
by
the
side
of
the
Jebusite
to
the
south:
and cometh
to
the fountain
of Rogel,
Passing thence
to
the
north,
and
going
out
to Ensemes,
that
is
to say,
the fountain
of
the sue:
And
it passeth
along
to
the
hills
that are
over
against
the ascent
of Adommim:
and
it goeth
down
to Abenboen,
that is,
the stone
of Been
the son
of Ruben:
and
it passeth
on
the
north
side
to
the champaign countries;
and goeth
down
into
the
plain,
And
it passeth
by Bethhagla
northward:
and
the outgoings thereof
are towards
the
north
of
the most
salt
sea
at
the
south
end
of
the
Jordan:
Which
is
the
border
of
it
on
the
east
side.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
children
of
Benjamin
by
their
borders
round
about,
and
their
families.
And
their
cities
were,
Jericho
and Bethhagla
and Vale-Casis,
Betharaba
and Samaraim
and
Bethel,
And Avim
and Aphara
and Ophera,
The
town Emona
and
Ophni
and Gabee:
twelve
cities,
and
their villages.
Gabam
and Rama
and Beroth,
And Mesphe,
and Caphara,
and Amosa,
And Recem, Jarephel
and Tharela,
And Sela, Eleph
and Jebus,
which
is
Jerusalem, Gabaath
and Cariath:
fourteen
cities,
and their villages.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
children
of
Benjamin
by their
families.
And
the
second
lot
came
forth
for
the
children
of
Simeon
by
their kindreds:
and
their
inheritance
was
In
the midst
of
the
possession
of
the children
of Juda: Bersabee
and Sabee
and Molada,
And Hasersual, Bala
and Asem,
And Eltholad,
Bethul
and Harma,
And Siceleg
and Bethmarchaboth
and Hasersusa,
And Bethlebaoth
and Sarohen:
thirteen
cities,
and their villages.
Ain
and Remmon
and Athor
and Asan:
four
cities,
and their villages.
And
all
the villages
round
about
these
cities
to Baalath Beer Ramath
to
the
south quarter.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Simeon according
to
their kindreds,
In
the
possession
and
lot
of
the
children
of Juda:
because
it
was
too
great,
and
therefore
the
children
of
Simeon
had
their
possession
in
the
midst
of
their
inheritance.
And
the
third
lot
fell
to
the
children
of Zabulon
by
their kindreds:
and
the
border
of
their
possession
was unto Sarid.
And
it
went
up
from
the
sea
and
from Merala,
and
came
to Debbaseth:
as
far
as
the torrent,
which
is
over
against Jeconam.
And
it returneth
from Sarid
eastward
to
the
borders
of Ceseleththabor:
and
it goeth
out
to Dabereth,
and ascendeth towards Japhie.
And
it passeth along
from thence
to
the
east
side
of Gethhepher
and Thacasin:
and goeth
out
to Remmon, Amthar
and Noa.
And
it turneth
about
to
the
north
of Hanathon:
and
the outgoings thereof
are
the
valley
of Jephtahel,
And Cateth
and Naalol
and Semeron
and Jedala
and
Bethlehem:
twelve
cities
and
their villages.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of Zabulon
by their kindreds,
the
cities
and their villages.
The
fourth
lot
came
out
to
Issachar
by
their kindreds.
And
his inheritance
was Jezrael
and Casaloth
and Sunem,
And
Hapharaim
and Seen
and
Anaharath,
And Rabboth
and Cesion, Abes,
And Rameth
and Engannim
and Enhadda
and Bethpheses.
And
the
border thereof cometh
to Thabor
and Sehesima
and Bethsames:
and
the outgoings thereof
shall
be
at
the
Jordan:
sixteen
cities,
and
their villages.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
sons
of
Issachar
by their kindreds,
the
cities
and their villages.
And
the
fifth
lot
fell
to
the
tribe
of
the
children
of Aser
by
their kindreds:
And
their
border
was Halcath
and Chali
and
Beten
and Axaph,
And Elmelech
and Amaad
and Messal:
and it reacheth
to
Carmel by
the
sea
and Sihor
and Labanath,
And
it returneth towards
the
east
to Bethdagon:
and passeth
along
to Zabulon
and
to
the
valley
of Jephthael towards
the
north
to Bethemec
and Nehiel.
And
it goeth
out
to
the
left
side
of
Cabul,
And
to Abaran
and Rohob
and Hamon
and Cana,
as
far
as
the
great
Sidon.
And
it returneth
to Horma
to
the strong
city
of
Tyre,
and
to Hosa:
and
the outgoings thereof
shall
be
at
the
sea
from
the portion
of Achziba:
And Amma
and Aphec
and Rohob:
twenty-two
cities,
and
their villages.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
children
of Aser
by their kindreds,
and
the
cities
and their villages.
The
sixth
lot
came
out
to
the
sons
of Nephtali
by
their
families:
And
the
border
began
from
Heleph
and Elon
to Saananim,
and Adami,
which
is Neceb,
and Jebnael
even
to Lecum:
and
their outgoings unto
the
Jordan:
And
the
border returneth
westward
to Azanotthabor,
and goeth
out
from thence
to Hucuca,
and passeth along
to Zabulon
southward,
and
to Aser
westward,
and
to Juda
upon
the
Jordan towards
the
rising
of
the
sun.
And
the strong
cities
are Assedim, Ser,
and Emath,
and Reccath
and Cenereth,
And Edema
and Arama, Asor,
And Cedes
and Edri, Enhasor,
And Jeron
and Magdalel, Herem,
and Bethanath
and Bethsames:
nineteen
cities,
and their villages.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of Nephtali
by their kindreds,
the
cities
and their villages.
The
seventh
lot
came
out
to
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Dan
by
their
families:
And
the
border
of
their
possession
was Saraa
and Esthaol,
and Hirsemes,
that
is,
the city
of
the sun.
Selebin
and Aialon
and Jethela,
Elon
and Themna
and Acron,
Elthece, Gebbethon
and Balaath,
And Jud
and Bane
and Barach
and Gethremmon:
And Mejarcon
and Arecon,
with
the
border that looketh towards Joppe,
And
is terminated
there.
And
the
children
of
Dan
went
up
and
fought
against Lesem,
and
took
it:
and
they
put
it
to
the
sword,
and
possessed
it,
and
dwelt
in
it,
calling
the
name
of
it Lesem
Dan,
by
the
name
of
Dan
their
father.
This
is
the
possession
of
the
tribe
of
the
sons
of
Dan,
by
their kindreds,
the
cities
and
their villages.
And
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
dividing
the
land
by lot
to each
one
by
their tribes,
the
children
of
Israel
gave
a
possession
to Josue
the
son
of
Nun
in
the
midst
of
them,
According
to
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
the
city
which
he
asked
for, Thamnath Saraa,
in
mount
Ephraim:
and
he
built
up
the
city,
and
dwelt
in
it.
These
are
the possessions
which
Eleazar
the
priest,
and Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
the princes
of
the
families,
and
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel,
distributed
by
lot
in Silo,
before
the
Lord
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony,
and
they
divided
the
land.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to Josue,
saying:
Speak
to
the children
of Israel
and
say
to
them:
Appoint
cities
of
refuge,
a
of
which
I
spoke
to
you
by
the
hand
of
Moses:
That whosoever
shall
kill
a
person unawares
may
flee
to
them:
and
may
escape
the wrath
of
the
kinsman,
who
is
the
avenger
of
blood:
And
when
he
shall
flee
to
one
of
these
cities:
he
shall
stand
before
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
shall
speak
to
the ancients
of
that
city,
such
things
as prove
him innocent:
and
so
shall
they
receive
him,
and
give
him
a
place
to
dwell
in.
And
when
the
avenger
of
blood
shall
pursue
him,
they
shall
not
deliver
him
into
his
hands,
because
he
slew
his neighbour unawares,
and
is
not proved
to
have
been
his
enemy
two
or three days
before.
And
he
shall
dwell
in
that
city,
till
he
stand
before
judgment
to
give
an
account
of
his fact,
and
till
the
death
of
the
high
priest,
who
shall
be
at
that
time:
then
shall
the
manslayer
return,
and
go
into
his
own
city
and
house
from whence
he
fled.
And
they appointed Cedes
in
Galilee
of
mount Nephtali,
and Sichem
in
mount
Ephraim,
and Cariath-Arbe,
the
same
is
Hebron
in
the
mountain
of Juda.
And
beyond
the
Jordan
to
the
east
of
Jericho, they
appointed Bosor, which
is upon
the
plain
of
the
wilderness
of
the
tribe
of Ruben,
and
Ramoth
in Galaad
of
the
tribe
of Cad,
and Gaulon
in Basan
of
the
tribe
of Manasses.
These
cities
were
appointed
for
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
for
the
strangers,
that dwelt
among
them:
that whosoever
had
killed
a
person unawares
might
flee
to
them,
and
not
die
by
the
hand
of
the
kinsman, coveting
to revenge
the
blood
that
was
shed,
until
he
should
stand
before
the
people
to
lay
open
his
cause.
Then
the princes
of
the
families
of
Levi
came
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
to Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
and
to
the princes
of
the kindreds
of all
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel:
And
they
spoke
to
them
in Silo
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
said:
The
Lord
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses,
that
cities
should
be
given
us
to
dwell
in,
and
their suburbs
to feed
our
cattle.
And
the
children
of
Israel
gave
out
of
their possessions
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
cities
and
their suburbs.
And
the
lot
came
out
for
the
family
of Caath
of
the
children
of
Aaron
the
priest
out
of
the
tribes
of Juda,
and
of
Simeon,
and
of
Benjamin,
thirteen
cities.
And
to
the
rest
of
the
children
of Caath,
that
is,
to
the Levites,
who
remained, out
of
the
tribes
of
Ephraim,
and
of
Dan,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
ten
cities.
And
the
lot came out
to
the
children
of Gerson,
that they should take
of
the
tribes
of
Issachar
and
of Aser
and
of Nephtali,
and
of
the
half
tribe
of Manasses
in Basan,
thirteen
cities.
And
to
the
sons
of
Merari
by
their kindreds,
of
the
tribes
of Ruben
and
or Cad
and
of Zabulon,
twelve
cities.
And
the
children
of
Israel
gave
to
the
Levites
the
cities
and
their suburbs,
as
the
Lord
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses,
giving
to every
one
by
lot.
Of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of Juda
and
of
Simeon Josue
gave
cities:
whose
names
are
these,
To
the
sons
of
Aaron,
of
the
families
of Caath
of
the
race
of
Levi (for
the
first
lot
came out
for
them)
The
city
of Arbe
the
father
of Enac,
which
is called
Hebron,
in
the
mountain
of Juda,
and
the suburbs thereof
round
about.
But
the
fields
and
the villages thereof
he
had
given
to
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone
for
his
possession.
He
gave
therefore
to
the
children
of
Aaron
the
priest,
Hebron
a
city
of
refuge,
and
the suburbs thereof:
and Lobna
with
the suburbs thereof,
And Jether
and Estemo,
And
Holon,
and Dabir,
And
Ain,
and Jeta,
and Bethsames,
with
their suburbs:
nine
cities
out
of
the
two
tribes, as hath been said.
And
out
of
the
tribe
of
the children
of
Benjamin, Gabaon,
and Gabae,
And
Anathoth
and
Almon,
with their suburbs:
four
cities.
All
the
cities together
of
the
children
of
Aaron
the
priest,
were
thirteen,
with
their suburbs.
And
to
the
rest
of
the
families
of
the
children
of Caath
of
the
race
of
Levi
was given this possession.
Of
the tribe
of
Ephraim, Sichem one
of
the
cities
of
refuge,
with
the suburbs thereof
in
mount
Ephraim,
and Cater,
And Cibsaim,
and
Beth-horon,
with their suburbs,
four
cities.
And
of
the
tribe
of
Dan, Eltheco
and Gabathon,
And Aialon
and Gethremmon,
with their suburbs,
four
cities.
And
of
the
half
tribe
of Manasses, Thanac
and Gethremmon,
with
their suburbs,
two
cities.
All
the
cities
were
ten,
with
their suburbs, which
were given
to
the
children
of Caath,
of
the inferior degree.
To
the
children
of Gerson
also
of
the
race
of
Levi
out
of
the
half
tribe
of Manasses, Gaulon
in Basan,
one
of
the
cities
of
refuge,
and Bosra,
with
their suburbs,
two
cities.
And
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar, Cesion,
and Dabereth,
And Jaramoth,
and Engannim,
with their suburbs,
four
cities.
And
of
the
tribe
of Aser, Masal
and
Abdon,
And Helcath,
and Rohob,
with their suburbs,
four
cities.
Of
the
tribe
also
of Nephtali, Cedes
in
Galilee, one
of
the
cities
of
refuge:
and Hammoth Dor,
and Carthan,
with their suburbs,
three
cities.
All
the
cities
of
the
families
of Gerson,
were
thirteen,
with
their suburbs.
And
to
the
children
of
Merari,
Levites
of
the inferior degree,
by
their
families
were given
of
the
tribe
of Zabulon, Jecnam
and Cartha,
And Damna
and Naalol,
four
cities
with their suburbs;
Of
the
tribe
of Ruben beyond
the Jordan
over against Jericho, Bosor in
the wilderness, one
of
the cities
of refuge, Miser
and Jaser
and Jethson
and Mephaath, four cities
with their suburbs.
Of
the tribe
of Gad, Ramoth
in Galaad, one
of
the
cities
of refuge,
and Manaim
and Hesebon
and Jaser,
four
cities
with their suburbs.
All
the
cities
of
the children
of Merari by their families
and kindreds,
were twelve.
So
all
the
cities
of
the Levites within
the
possession
of
the children
of Israel
were forty-eight,
With
their suburbs,
each distributed
by
the
families.
And
the Lord God gave
to
Israel
all
the land
that
he
had sworn
to give
to
their fathers:
and
they possessed
it
and dwelt
in
it.
And
he
gave
them peace
from
all nations
round
about:
and
none
of
their enemies durst stand
against
them,
but
were
brought under
their dominion.
Not
so
much
as
one word,
which
he
had
promised
to perform unto
them,
was
made void,
but
all came
to pass.
At
the same
time Josue
called
the Rubenites,
and
the
Gadites,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
And
said
to
them:
You
have
done
all
that
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
commanded
you:
you
have
also
obeyed
me
in
all
things,
Neither
have
you
left
your
brethren
this
long
time,
until
this
present
day,
keeping
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
your
God.
Therefore
as
the
Lord
your
God hath
given
your
brethren
rest
and
peace,
as
he
promised: return,
and go
to
your dwellings,
and
to
the
land
of
your
possession,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
gave
you
beyond
the
Jordan:
Yet
so
that
you
observe attentively,
and
in
work fulfill
the
commandment
and
the
law
which
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
commanded
you:
that
you
love
the
Lord
your
God,
and
walk
in
all
his
ways,
and
keep
all
his
commandments,
and cleave
to
him,
and
serve
him
with
all
your
heart,
and
with
all
your
soul.
And Josue
blessed
them,
and
sent
them
away,
and they returned
to
their dwellings.
Now
to
half
the
tribe
of Manasses,
Moses
had
given
a possession
in Basan:
and
therefore
to
the
half
that
remained, Josue
gave
a lot
among
the rest
of
their
brethren
beyond
the
Jordan
to
the
west.
And
when
he
sent
them
away
to
their dwellings
and
had
blessed
them,
He
said
to
them:
With
much substance
and
riches,
you
return
to
your settlements,
with
silver
and
gold,
brass
and
iron,
and variety
of raiment:
divide
the prey
of
your
enemies
with
your
brethren.
So
the
children
of Ruben,
and
the
children
of
Gad,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses
returned,
and parted
from
the
children
of
Israel
in Silo,
which
is
in Chanaan,
to
go
into Galaad
the
land
of
their
possession,
which
they
had obtained
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the banks
of
the
Jordan,
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
they
built
an
altar immensely
great
near
the
Jordan.
And
when
the
children
of
Israel
had
heard
of
it,
and
certain messengers
had brought
them
an account
that
the
children
of Ruben,
and
of Cad,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses
had
built
an
altar
in
the
land
of Chanaan,
upon
the banks
of
the
Jordan,
over
against
the
children
of
Israel:
They
all
assembled
in Silo,
to
go
up
and fight
against
them.
And
in
the mean
time
they
sent
to
them
into
the
land
of Galaad, Phinees
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
priest,
And
ten
princes
with
him,
one
of
every
tribe.
Who
came
to
the
children
of Ruben,
and
of
Gad,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
into
the
land
of Galaad,
and
said
to
them:
Thus saith
all
the
people
of
the
Lord:
What meaneth
this transgression?
Why
have
you forsaken
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
building
a sacrilegious
altar,
and revolting
from
the
worship
of
him?
Is
it
a
small
thing
to
you
that
you sinned
with Beelphegor,
and
the stain
of
that crime remaineth
in
us
to
this
day?
and many
of
the
people perished.
And
you
have forsaken
the
Lord
today,
and
tomorrow
his
wrath
will rage
against
all
Israel.
But
if
you think
the
land
of
your
possession
to
be
unclean,
pass
over
to
the
land
wherein
is
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord,
and
dwell
among
us:
only depart
not
from
the
Lord,
and
from
our society,
by
building
an
altar
beside
the
altar
of
the
Lord
our
God.
Did
not
Achan
the
son
of Zare transgress
the commandment
of
the Lord,
and
his
wrath
lay
upon
all
the
people
of
Israel?
And
he
was
but
one
man,
and
would
to
God
he
alone
had
perished
in
his wickedness.
And
the
children
of Ruben,
and
of
Gad,
and
of
the
half
tribe
of Manasses
answered
the princes
of
the embassage
of
Israel:
The
Lord
the most
mighty
God,
the
Lord
the most
mighty
God,
he knoweth,
and
Israel
also
shall
understand:
If
with
the
design
of transgression
we
have set up
this altar,
let
him
not
save
us,
but punish
us immediately:
And
if
we
did
it
with
that mind,
that
we
might lay
upon
it holocausts,
and
sacrifice,
and victims
of
peace
offerings, let
him
require
and
judge:
And
not
rather
with
this
thought
and design,
that
we
should
say:
Tomorrow
your
children
will
say
to
our
children:
What
have
you
to
do
with
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel?
The
Lord hath
put
the river
Jordan
for
a
border
between
us
and
you,
O ye
children
of Ruben,
and ye
children
of
Gad:
and
therefore
you
have
no part
in
the
Lord.
And
by
this occasion
you
children
shall
turn
away
our
children
from
the
fear
of
the
Lord. We
therefore thought,
it best,
And
said:
Let
us
build
us
an
altar,
not
for holocausts,
nor
to
offer victims,
But
for
a
testimony
between
us
and
you,
and
our posterity
and yours,
that
we
may
serve
the
Lord,
and
that
we
may
have
a right
to
offer both holocausts,
and victims
and
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings:
and
that
your
children
tomorrow
may
not
say
to
our
children:
You
have
no
part
in
the
Lord.
And
if
they
will
say
so,
they
shall
answer
them:
Behold
the
altar
of
the
Lord,
which
our
fathers
made,
not
for holocausts,
nor
for
sacrifice,
but
for
a
testimony
between
us
and
you.
God keep
us
from
any
such wickedness
that
we
should revolt
from
the
Lord,
and
leave
off
following
his steps,
by
building
an
altar
to
offer holocausts,
and
sacrifices,
and victims, beside
the
altar
of
the
Lord
our
God,
which
is erected
before
his
tabernacle.
And
when Phinees
the
priest,
and
the
princes
of
the embassage,
who
were
with
him,
had
heard
this,
they
were
satisfied:
and
they admitted most willingly
the
words
of
the
children
of Ruben,
and
Gad,
and
of
the half tribe
of Manasses.
And Phinees
the
priest
the
son
of
Eleazar
said
to
them:
Now
we
know
that
the
Lord
is
with
us,
because
you
are
not guilty
of
this revolt,
and
you
have
delivered
the
children
of
Israel
from
the
hand
of
the
Lord.
And
he
returned
with
the
princes
from
the
children
of Ruben
and
Gad,
out
of
the
land
of Galaad,
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
brought
them
word
again.
And
the
saying
pleased
all
that heard
it.
And
the
children
of
Israel
praised
God,
and
they
no
longer
said
that
they
would
go
up
against
them,
and fight,
and
destroy
the
land
of
their
possession.
And
the
children
of Ruben,
and
the
children
of Cad
called
the
altar
which
they
had built,
Our
testimony,
that
the
Lord
is
God.
And
when
a
long
time
was
passed,
after
that
the
Lord
had
given
peace
to
Israel,
all
the nations
round
about
being subdued,
and Josue
being
now
old,
and
far
advanced
in
years:
Josue
called
for
all
Israel,
and
for
the
elders,
and
for
the princes,
and
for
the
judges,
and
for
the
masters,
and
said
to
them:
I
am
old,
and
far
advanced
in
years:
And
you
see
all
that
the
Lord
your
God hath
done
to
all
the
nations round
about,
how
he
himself hath
fought
for
you:
And
now
since
he hath divided
to
you
by
lot
all
the
land,
from
the
east
of
the
Jordan unto
the
great
sea,
and
many
nations yet
remain:
The
Lord
your
God
will
destroy
them,
and
take
them
away
from
before
your
face,
and
you
shall
possess
the
land
as
he hath
promised
you.
Only
take
courage,
and
be
careful
to
observe
all
things
that
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses:
and
turn
not
aside
from
them
neither
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left:
Lest
after
that
you
are
come
in
among
the
Gentiles,
who
will
remain
among
you,
you should
swear
by
the
name
of
their
gods,
and
serve
them,
and adore
them:
But cleave ye unto
the
Lord
your
God:
as
you
have
done
until
this
day.
And
then
the
Lord
God
will
take away
before
your eyes
nations
that
are
great
and
very
strong,
and
no
man
shall
be able
to resist
you.
One
of
you
shall
chase
a
thousand
men
of
the enemies:
because
the
Lord
your
God
himself
will
fight
for
you,
as
he hath
promised.
This only
take
care
of
with
all diligence,
that
you
love
the
Lord
your
God.
But
if
you
will embrace
the errors
of
these
nations
that dwell
among
you,
and
make marriages
with
them,
and join friendships:
Know ye
for
a
certainty
that
the
Lord
your
God
will
not
destroy
them
before
your
face,
but
they
shall
be
a pit
and
a
snare
in
your
way,
and
a stumblingblock
at
your
side,
and stakes
in
your
eyes,
till
he
take
you away
and
destroy
you
from
off
this excellent
land,
which
he hath
given
you.
Behold
this
day
I
am
going
into
the
way
of
all
the
earth,
and
you
shall
know
with
all
your
mind
that
of
all
the
words
which
the
Lord
promised
to perform
for
you,
not
one hath
failed.
Therefore
as
he hath
fulfilled
in
deed,
what
he
promised,
and
all
things prosperous
have
come:
so
Will
he
bring
upon
you
all
the evils
he hath
threatened,
till
he
take
you
away
and
destroy
you
from
off
this excellent
land,
which
he hath
given
you,
When
you
shall
have transgressed
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
your
God,
which
he hath
made
with
you,
and
shall
have
served strange
gods,
and adored
them:
then
shall
the indignation
of
the
Lord rise
up
quickly
and
speedily
against
you,
and
you
shall
be
taken
away
from
this excellent
land,
which
he hath
delivered
to
you.
And Josue
gathered
together
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
in Sichem,
and
called
for
the ancients,
and
the princes,
and
the
judges,
and
the
masters:
and
they
stood
in
the
sight
of
the Lord:
And
he
spoke
thus
to
the
people:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Your
fathers
dwelt
of
old
on
the
other
side
of
the
river, Thare
the
father
of
Abraham,
and Nachor:
and
they
served strange
gods.
And
I
took
your
father
Abraham
from
the borders
of Mesopotamia:
and
brought
him
into
the
land
of Chanaan:
and
I
multiplied
his
seed,
And
gave
him
Isaac:
and
to
him again
I
gave
Jacob
and
Esau.
And
I
gave
to
Esau
mount
Seir
for
his
possession:
but
Jacob
and
his
children
went
down
into
Egypt.
And
I
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
I
struck
Egypt
with many signs
and wonders.
And
I
brought
you
and
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
and
you
came
to
the
sea:
and
the
Egyptians
pursued
your
fathers
with
chariots
and
horsemen,
as far
as
the Red
Sea.
And
the children
of Israel
cried
to
the
Lord:
and
he
put
darkness
between
you
and
the
Egyptians,
and
brought
the
sea
upon
them,
and
covered
them.
Your
eyes
saw
all
that
I
did
in
Egypt,
and
you
dwelt
in
the
wilderness
a
long
time:
And
I
brought
you
into
the
land
of
the Amorrhite,
who
dwelt
beyond
the
Jordan.
And
when
they
fought
against
you,
I
delivered
them
into
your
hands,
and
you
possessed
their
land,
and slew
them.
And Balac
son
of Sephor
king
of
Moab
arose
and
fought
against
Israel.
And
he
sent
and
called
for
Balaam
son
of
Beor,
to
curse
you:
And
I
would
not
hear
him,
but
on
the contrary
I
blessed
you
by
him,
and
I
delivered
you
out
of
his
hand.
And
you
passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
you
came
to
Jericho.
And
the
men
of
that city
fought
against
you,
the Amorrhite,
and
the Pherezite,
and
the Chanaanite,
and
the Hethite,
and
the Gergesite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite:
and
I
delivered
them
into
your
hands.
And
I
sent
before
you
hornets:
and
I
drove
them
out
from
their places,
the
two
kings
of
the Amorrhites,
not
with thy
sword
nor
with thy
bow.
And
I
gave
you
a
land,
in
which
you
had
not laboured,
and
cities
to
dwell
in
which
you
built
not,
vineyards
and oliveyards,
which
you
planted
not.
Now
therefore
fear
the
Lord,
and
serve
him
with
a
perfect
and most sincere heart:
and
put
away
the
gods
which
your
fathers
served
in Mesopotamia
and
in
Egypt,
and
serve
the
Lord.
But
if
it
seem
evil
to
you
to
serve
the
Lord,
you
have
your
choice:
choose
this
day
that
which pleaseth
you,
whom
you
would rather
serve,
whether
the
gods
which
your
fathers
served
in Mesopotamia,
or
the
gods
of
the Amorrhites,
in
whose
land
you
dwell:
but
as
for
me
and
my
house
we
will
serve
the
Lord.
And
the
people
answered,
and
said:
God
forbid we
should
leave
the
Lord,
and
serve strange
gods.
The
Lord
our
God
he
brought
us
and
our
fathers
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage:
and
did
very
great
signs
in
our
sight,
and
preserved
us
in
all
the
way
by
which
we
journeyed,
and
among
all
the
people
through
whom
we
passed.
And
he hath cast
out
all
the
nations,
the Amorrhite
the
inhabitant
of
the
land
into
which
we
are come.
Therefore
we
will
serve
the
Lord,
for
he
is
our
God.
And Josue
said
to
the
people:
You
will
not
be
able
to
serve
the
Lord:
for
he
is
a
holy
God,
and
mighty
and
jealous,
and
will
not
forgive
your wickedness
and
sins.
If
you
leave
the
Lord,
and
serve
strange
gods,
he
will
turn,
and
will afflict
you,
and
will
destroy
you
after
all
the
good
he hath
done
you.
And
the
people
said
to Josue:
No,
it
shall
not
be
so
as thou sayest,
but
we
will
serve
the
Lord.
And Josue
said
to
the
people:
You
are
witnesses,
that
you
yourselves
have
chosen
you
the
Lord
to
serve
him.
And
they
answered:
We
are
witnesses.
Now
therefore,
said
he,
put
away
strange
gods
from
among
you,
and
incline
your
hearts
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
And
the
people
said
to Josue:
We
will
serve
the
Lord
our
God,
and
we
will
be
obedient
to
his commandments.
Josue therefore
on
that
day
made
a
covenant,
and
set
before
the
people commandments
and
judgments
in Sichem.
And
he
wrote
all
these
things
in
the volume
of
the
law
of
the
Lord:
and
he
took
a
great
stone,
and
set
it
under
the
oak
that
was
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord.
And
he
said
to
all
the
people:
Behold
this
stone
shall
be
a testimony unto
you,
that
it hath
heard
all
the
words
of
the
Lord,
which
he hath
spoken
to
you:
lest
perhaps hereafter
you
will
deny
it,
and
lie
to
the
Lord
your
God.
And
he
sent
the
people
away
every
one
to
their
own
possession.
And
after
these
things Josue
the
son
of Null
the
servant
of
the
Lord
died,
being
a
hundred
and
ten
years
old:
And
they
buried
him
in
the
border
of
his
possession
in Thamnathsare,
which
is situate
in
mount
Ephraim,
on
the
north
side
of
mount Gaas.
And
Israel
served
the
Lord
all
the
days
of Josue,
and
of
the ancients
that
lived
a
long
time
after Josue,
and
that
had
known
all
the
works
of
the
Lord
which
he
had
done
in
Israel.
And
the
bones
of
Joseph
which
the
children
of
Israel
had
taken
out
of
Egypt,
they
buried
in Sichem,
in
that part
of
the
field
which
Jacob
had
bought
of
the
sons
of Hemor
the
father
of Sichem,
for
a
hundred
young ewes,
and
it
was
in
the
possession
of
the
sons
of
Joseph.
Eleazar
also
the
son
of
Aaron
died:
and
they
buried
him
in Gabaath
that belongeth
to Phinees
his
son,
which
was
given
him
in
mount
Ephraim.
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After
the
death
of Josue
the
children
of
Israel consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Who
shall
go
up
before
us
against
the Chanaanite,
and
shall
be
the leader
of
the war?
And
the
Lord
said: Juda
shall
go
up:
behold
I
have
delivered
the
land
into
his
hands.
And Juda
said
to
Simeon
his
brother:
Come
up
with
me
into
my
lot,
and
fight
against
the Chanaanite,
that
I
also
may
go
along
with thee
into thy
lot.
And
Simeon
went
with
him.
And Juda
went
up,
and
the
Lord
delivered
the Chanaanite,
and
the Pherezite
into
their
hands:
and
they
slew
of
them
in Bezec
ten
thousand
men.
And
they
found Adonibezec
in Bezec,
and
fought
against
him,
and
they
defeated
the Chanaanite,
and
the Pherezite.
And Adonibezec
fled:
and
they
pursued
after
him
and
took
him,
and
cut
off
his fingers
and
toes.
And Adonibezec
said:
Seventy
kings
having
their fingers
and
toes
cut
off,
gathered
up
the leavings
of
the meat
under
my
table:
as
I
have
done,
so hath
God requited
me.
And
they
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
he
died
there.
And
the
children
of Juda besieging
Jerusalem,
took
it,
and
put
it
to
the
sword,
and
set
the whole
city
on
fire.
And
afterwards
they
went
down
and
fought
against
the Chanaanite,
who
dwelt
in
the
mountains,
and
in
the
south,
and
in
the plains.
And Juda going
forward
against
the Chanaanite,
that
dwelt
in
Hebron (the
name whereof
was
in
former
times Cariath-Arbe)
slew Sesai,
and
Ahiman,
and Tholmai:
And departing
from thence
he
went
to
the
inhabitants
of Dabir,
the ancient
name
of
which
was Cariath-Sepher,
that
is,
the city
of letters.
And
Caleb
said:
He
that
shall
take Cariath-Sepher,
and
lay
it waste,
to
him
will
I
give
my
daughter Axa
to
wife.
And Othoniel
the
son
of Cenez,
the
younger
brother
of
Caleb, having
taken
it,
he
gave
him Axa
his
daughter
to
wife.
And
as
she
was
going
on
her
way
her husband admonished
her
to
ask
a
field
of
her
father.
And
as
she sighed sitting
on
her ass,
Caleb
said
to
her:
What aileth thee?
But
she
answered:
Give
me
a
blessing,
for thou hast
given
me
a dry
land:
give
me
also
a watery
land.
So
Caleb
gave
her
the
upper
and
the
nether watery
ground.
And
the
children
of
the Cinite,
the kinsman
of
Moses,
went
up
from
the
city
of
palms,
with
the
children
of Juda
into
the
wilderness
of
his lot,
which
is
at
the
south
side
of
Arad,
and
they
dwelt
with
him.
And Juda went
with
Simeon
his
brother,
and
they
together
defeated
the Chanaanites
that
dwelt
in Sephaath,
and
slew
them.
And
the
name
of
the
city
was
called Horma,
that
is, Anathema.
And Juda
took
Gaza
with
its confines,
and Ascalon
and Accaron
with their confines.
And
the
Lord
was
with Juda,
and
he
possessed
the
hill
country:
but
was
not able
to
destroy
the
inhabitants
of
the
valley,
because
they
had many
chariots armed
with scythes.
And
they
gave
Hebron
to
Caleb,
as
Moses
had
said,
who destroyed
out
of
it
the
three
sons
of Enac.
But
the
sons
of
Benjamin
did
not
destroy
the
Jebusites
that
inhabited
Jerusalem:
and
the
Jebusite hath
dwelt
with
the
sons
of
Benjamin
in
Jerusalem
until
this
present
day.
The
house
of
Joseph
also
went
up
against
Bethel,
and
the
Lord
was
with
them.
For
when
they
were besieging
the
city,
which
before
was
called Luza,
They
saw
a
man
coming
out
of
the
city,
and
they
said
to
him: Shew
us
the
entrance
into
the
city,
and
we
will shew thee mercy.
And
when
he
had shewn
them,
they
smote
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword:
but
that
man
and
all
his kindred
they
let
go:
Who
being sent away,
went
into
the
land
of Hethim,
and
built
there
a
city,
and
called
it Luza:
which
is
so
called
until
this
day.
Manasses
also
did
not
destroy Bethsan,
and Thanac
with
their
villages,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Dor,
and Jeblaam,
and Mageddo
with
their
villages.
And
the Chanaanite
began
to
dwell
with
them.
But
after
Israel
was
grown
strong
he
made
them tributaries,
and
would
not
destroy
them.
Ephraim
also
did
not slay
the Chanaanite
that
dwelt
in Gazer,
but
dwelt
with
him.
Zabulon destroyed
not
the
inhabitants
of Cetron,
and Naalol:
but
the Chanaanite
dwelt
among
them,
and
became
their tributaries.
Aser
also destroyed
not
the
inhabitants
of Accho,
and
of
Sidon,
of Ahalab,
and
of Achazib,
and
of Helba,
and
of Aphec,
and
of Rohob:
And
he
dwelt
in
the
midst
of
the Chanaanites
the
inhabitants
of
that
land,
and
did
not slay
them.
Nephtali
also destroyed
not
the
inhabitants
of Bethsames,
and
of Bethanath:
and
he
dwelt
in
the
midst
of
the Chanaanites
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
and
the Bethsamites
and Bethanites
were tributaries
to
him.
And
the Amorrhite straitened
the
children
of
Dan
in
the
mountain,
and
gave
them
not
place
to
go
down
to
the plain:
And
he
dwelt
in
the
mountain Hares,
that
is,
of potsherds,
in Aialon
and Salebim.
And
the
hand
of
the
house
of
Joseph
was
heavy
upon
him,
and
he
became tributary
to
him.
And
the
border
of
the Amorrhite
was
from
the
ascent
of
the scorpion,
the
rock,
and
the
higher places.
And
an
angel
of
the
Lord
went
up
from Galgal
to
the
place
of weepers,
and
said:
I
made
you
go
out
of
Egypt,
and
have
brought
you
into
the
land
for
which
I
swore
to
your
fathers:
and
I
promised
that
I
would
not make void
my
covenant
with
you
for
ever:
On condition
that
you
should
not
make
a
league
with
the
inhabitants
of
this
land,
but
should throw
down
their
altars:
and
you
would
not
hear
my
voice:
why
have
you
done
this?
Wherefore
I
would
not destroy
them
from
before
your
face:
that
you
may
have enemies,
and
their
gods
may
be
your ruin.
And
when
the
angel
of
the
Lord
spoke
these
words
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
they
lifted
up
their
voice,
and
wept.
And
the
name
of
that
place
was
called,
The
place
of weepers,
or
of tears:
and
there
they
offered
sacrifices
to
the
Lord.
And Josue
sent
away
the
people,
and
the
children
of
Israel
went
every
one
to
his
own
possession
to hold
it:
And
they
served
the
Lord
all
his
days,
and
the
days
of
the ancients,
that
lived
a
long
time
after
him,
and
who knew
all
the
works
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had
done
for
Israel.
And Josue
the
son
of
Nun,
the
servant
of
the
Lord,
died,
being
a
hundred
and
ten
years
old,
And they
buried
him
in
the
borders
of
his
possession
in Thamnathsare
in
mount
Ephraim,
on
the
north
side
of
mount Gaas.
And
all
that
generation
was
gathered
to
their
fathers:
and
there
arose
others
that
knew
not
the
Lord,
and
the
works
which
he
had
done
for
Israel.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
they
served Baalim.
And
they
left
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers,
who
had
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
and
they
followed strange
gods,
and
the
gods
of
the
people
that dwelt
round
about
them,
and
they adored
them:
and
they
provoked
the
Lord
to
anger.
Forsaking
him,
and
serving
Baal
and Astaroth.
And
the
Lord being
angry
against
Israel,
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
plunderers:
who
took
them
and
sold
them
to
their
enemies,
that dwelt
round
about:
neither
could
they
stand
against
their
enemies:
But whithersoever
they
meant
to
go,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
upon
them,
as
he
had
said,
and
as
he
had
sworn
to
them:
and
they
were
greatly distressed.
And
the
Lord
raised
up
judges,
to
deliver
them
from
the
hands
of
those
that oppressed
them:
but
they
would
not hearken
to
them,
Committing fornication
with strange
gods,
and adoring
them.
They
quickly forsook
the
way,
in
which
their
fathers
had
walked:
and
hearing
the
commandments
of
the
Lord,
they
did
all
things contrary.
And
when
the
Lord
raised
them
up
judges,
in
their
days
he
was
moved
to
mercy,
and
heard
the
groanings
of
the
afflicted,
and
delivered
them
from
the slaughter
of
the
oppressors.
But
after
the
judge
was
dead,
they
returned,
and
did much worse
things
than
their
fathers
had
done,
following strange
gods,
serving
them
and adoring
them.
They
left
not
their
own inventions,
and
the
stubborn
way,
by which
they
were accustomed
to
walk.
And
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
said:
Behold
this
nation hath
made void
my
covenant,
which
I
had
made
with
their
fathers,
and hath despised
to hearken
to
my
voice:
I
also
will
not
destroy
the
nations
which Josue
left,
when
he
died:
That
through
them
I
may
try
Israel,
whether
they
will
keep
the
way
of
the
Lord,
and
walk
in
it,
as
their
fathers
kept
it,
or
not.
The
Lord
therefore
left all
these
nations,
and
would
not
quickly
destroy
them,
neither
did
he
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of Josue.
These
are
the
nations
which
the
Lord
left,
that
by
them
he
might
instruct
Israel,
and
all
that
had
not
known
the
wars
of
the Chanaanites:
That afterwards
their
children
might
learn
to
fight
with
their enemies,
and
to
be
trained
up
to
war:
The
five princes
of
the
Philistines,
and
all
the Chanaanites,
and
the
Sidonians,
and
the Hevites
that
dwelt
in
mount Libanus,
from
mount Baal Hermon
to
the
entering
into Emath.
And
he
left
them,
that
he
might
try
Israel
by
them, whether
they
would
hear
the
commandments
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had
commanded
their
fathers
by
the
hand
of
Moses,
or
not.
So
the
children
of
Israel
dwelt
in
the
midst
of
the Chanaanite,
and
the Hethite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Pherezite,
and
the Hevite,
and
the
Jebusite:
And
they
took
their
daughters
to
wives,
and
they
gave
their own
daughters
to
their
sons,
and
they
served
their
gods.
And
they
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
they
forgot
their
God,
and
served Baalim
and Astaroth.
And
the
Lord
being
angry
with
Israel,
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of Chusan Rasathaim
king
of
Mesopotamia,
and
they
served
him
eight
years.
And
they
cried
to
the
Lord,
who
raised
them
up
a saviour,
and
delivered
them,
to wit, Othoniel
the
son
of Cenez,
the
younger
brother
of
Caleb:
And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
was
in
him,
and
he
judged
Israel.
And
he
went
out
to
fight,
and
the
Lord
delivered
into
his
hands Chusan Rasathaim
king
of
Syria,
and
he overthrew
him.
And
the
land rested
forty
years,
and Othoniel
the
son
of Cenez
died.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
evil
again
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
who
strengthened
against
them
Eglon
king
of
Moab:
because
they
did
evil
in
his
sight.
And
he joined
to
him
the
children
of
Ammon,
and Amalec:
and
he
went
and overthrew
Israel,
and
possessed
the
city
of
palm
trees.
And
the
children
of
Israel
served
Eglon
king
of
Moab
eighteen
years:
And afterwards
they
cried
to
the
Lord,
who
raised
them
up
a saviour
called Aod,
the
son
of
Gera,
the
son
of Jemini,
who used
the
left
hand
as well
as
the
right.
And
the
children
of
Israel
sent
presents
to
Eglon
king
of
Moab
by
him.
And
he
made himself
a two-edged
sword,
with
a haft
in
the midst
of
the
length
of
the palm
of
the
hand,
and
was
girded therewith
under
his
garment
on
the
right
thigh.
And
he
presented
the
gifts
to
Eglon
king
of
Moab. Now
Eglon
was
exceeding
fat.
And
when
he
had
presented
the
gifts unto
him,
he followed
his companions
that
came
along
with
him.
Then
returning
from Galgal,
where
the
idols
were,
be
said
to
the
king:
I
have
a secret
message
to thee, O
king.
And
he
commanded
silence:
and
all being
gone
out
that
were
about
him,
Aod
went
in
to
him:
now
he
was
sitting
in
a summer parlour
alone,
and
he
said:
I
have
a
word
from
God
to thee.
And
he forthwith
rose
up
from
his
throne,
And Aod
put
forth
his
left
hand,
and
took
the dagger
from
his
right
thigh,
and
thrust
it
into
his
belly,
With
such force
that
the haft
went
in
after
the
blade
into
the wound,
and
was
closed
up
with
the abundance
of
fat.
So
that
he
did
not
draw
out
the dagger,
but
left
it
in
his
body
as
he
had struck
it
in.
And forthwith
by
the secret
parts
of nature
the excrements
of
the
belly
came
out.
But Aod carefully shutting
the
doors
of
the parlour
and locking
them,
Went
out
by
a postern
door.
And
the king’s
servants
going
in,
saw
the
doors
of
the parlour shut,
and
they
said: Perhaps
he
is easing nature
in
his summer parlour.
And
waiting
a
long
time
till
they
were
ashamed,
and seeing
that
no
man
opened
the
door,
they
took
a
key:
and
opening,
they
found
their
lord
lying
dead
on
the
ground.
But Aod,
while
they were
in confusion,
escaped,
and
passed
by
the place
of
the
idols,
from whence
he
had returned.
And
he came
to Seirath:
And forthwith
he
sounded
the
trumpet
in
mount
Ephraim:
and
the
children
of
Israel
went
down
with
him,
he
himself
going
in
the
front.
And
he
said
to
them:
Follow
me:
for
the
Lord hath
delivered
our
enemies
the
Moabites
into
our
hands.
And
they
went
down
after
him,
and
seized
upon
the fords
of
the
Jordan, which
are
in
the way
to
Moab:
and
they suffered
no
man
to
pass
over.
But
they
slew
of
the
Moabites
at
that
time,
about
ten
thousand,
all
strong
and
Valiant
men:
none
of
them
could
escape.
And
Moab
was
humbled
that
day
under
the
hand
of
Israel:
and
the
land rested
eighty
years.
After
him
was Samgar
the
son
of
Anath,
who
slew
of
the
Philistines
six
hundred
men
with
a ploughshare:
and
he
also defended
Israel.
And
the
children
of
Israel
again
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord after
the
death
of Aod,
And
the
Lord
delivered
them
up
into
the
hands
of Jaban
king
of Chanaan,
who
reigned
in Asor:
and
he
had
a
general
of
his
army named Sisara,
and
he
dwelt
in Haroseth
of
the
Gentiles.
And
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
the
Lord:
for
he
had
nine
hundred
chariots set
with scythes,
and
for
twenty
years
had grievously
oppressed
them.
And there
was
at
that
time Debbora
a
prophetess
the
wife
of Lapidoth,
who
judged
the
people,
And
she
sat
under
a
palm
tree,
which
was called
by
her name,
between Rama
and
Bethel
in
mount
Ephraim:
and
the
children
of
Israel
came
up
to
her
for
all
judgment.
And
she
sent
and
called Barac
the
son
of Abinoem
out
of Cedes
in Nephtali:
and
she
said
to
him:
The
Lord
God
of
Israel hath
commanded thee:
Go,
and
lead
an army
to
mount Thabor,
and thou shalt
take
with thee
ten
thousand fighting
men
of
the
children
of Nephtali,
and
of
the
children
of Zabulon:
And
I
will
bring unto thee
in
the
place
of
the torrent Cison, Sisara
the
general
of
Jabin’s
army,
and
his
chariots,
and all
his
multitude,
and
will
deliver
them
into thy
hand.
And Barac
said
to
her:
If thou wilt
come
with
me,
I
will
go:
if thou wilt
not
come
with
me,
I
will
not
go.
She
said
to
him:
I
will
go
indeed
with thee,
but
at
this
time
the victory
shall
not
be attributed
to thee,
because Sisara
shall
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
a
woman. Debbora
therefore
arose,
and
went
with Barac
to Cedes.
And
he
called unto
him Zabulon
and Nepbtali,
and
went
up
with
ten
thousand fighting
men, having Debbora
in
his company.
Now Haber
the Cinite
had some
time
before departed
from
the rest
of
the Cinites
his brethren
the
sons
of
Hobab,
the kinsman
of
Moses:
and
had
pitched
his
tents unto
the valley
which
is called Sellnim,
and
was
near Cedes.
And
it
was
told Sisara,
that Barac
the
son
of Ablinoem
was
gone
up
to
mount Thabor:
And
he gathered
together
his
nine
hundred
chariots armed
with scythes,
and
all
his
army
from Haroseth
of
the
Gentiles
to
the torrent Cison.
And Debbora
said
to Barac:
Arise,
for
this
is
the
day
wherein
the
Lord hath
delivered Sisara
into thy
hands:
behold
he
is thy leader.
And Barac
went
down
from
mount Thabor,
and
ten
thousand fighting
men
with
him.
And
the
Lord struck
a terror
into Sisara,
and
all
his
chariots,
and
all
his multitude,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
at
the
sight
of Barac, insomuch
that Sisara leaping
down
from
off
his
chariot,
fled
away
on
foot.
And Barac
pursued
after
the fleeing
chariots
and
the
army unto Haroseth
of
the
Gentiles,
and
all
the multitude
of
the enemies
was utterly destroyed.
But Sisara
fleeing
came
to
the
tent
of Jahel
the
wife
of Haber
the Cinite,
for
there
was
peace
between
Jabin
the
king
of Asor,
and
the
house
of Haber
the Cinite.
And Jahel
went
forth
to
meet Sisara,
and
said
to
him:
Come
in
to
me,
my
lord,
come
in,
fear
not.
He
went
in
to
her
tent,
and being
covered
by
her
with
a cloak,
Said
to
her:
Give
me,
I
beseech thee,
a
little
water,
for
I am very
thirsty.
She
opened
a
bottle
of
milk,
and
gave
him
to
drink,
and
covered
him.
And Sisara
said
to
her:
Stand
before
the
door
of
the
tent,
and
when
any
shall
come
and
inquire
of thee,
saying:
Is
there
any
man
here? thou shalt
say:
There
is
none.
So Jahel Haber’s
wife
took
a nail
of
the
tent,
and
taking
also
a hammer:
and
going
in softly,
and
with silence,
she
put
the nail
upon
the
temples
of
his head,
and striking
it
With
the hammer,
drove
it
through
his brain fast
into
the
ground:
and
so passing
from deep sleep
to
death,
he fainted
away
and
died.
And
behold Barac
came
pursuing
after Sisara:
and Jahel
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
said
to
him:
Come,
and
I
will shew thee,
the
man
whom thou seekest.
And
when
he
came
into
her
tent,
be
saw Sisara
lying
dead,
and
the nail fastened
in
his
temples.
So
God
that
day
humbled
Jabin
the
king
of Chanaan
before
the
children
of
Israel:
Who
grew daily stronger,
and
with
a mighty
hand
overpowered
Jabin
king
of Chanaan,
till
they quite
destroyed
him.
In
that
day Debbora
and Barac
son
of Abinoem
sung,
and
said:
O
you
of
Israel,
that
have
willingly
offered
your lives
to danger,
bless
the
Lord.
Hear,
O ye
kings,
give
ear, ye princes:
It
is
I,
it
is
I,
that
will
sing
to
the
Lord,
I
will
sing
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
O
Lord,
when thou wentest
out
of
Seir,
and passedst
by
the
regions
of
Edom,
the
earth trembled,
and
the
heavens
dropped
water.
The
mountains melted
before
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
Sinai
before
the
face
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
In
the
days
of Samgar
the
son
of
Anath,
in
the
days
of Jahel
the
paths rested:
and
they
that
went
by
them,
walked
through by-ways.
The valiant
men
ceased,
and rested
in
Israel:
until Debbora
arose,
a
mother
arose
in
Israel.
The Lord
chose
new wars,
and
he himself overthrew
the
gates
of
the enemies:
a
shield
and
spear
was
not
seen
among
forty
thousand
of
Israel.
My
heart loveth
the princes
of
Israel:
O
you
that
of
your own good
will
offered
yourselves
to danger,
bless
the
Lord.
Speak,
you
that
ride
upon fair asses,
and
you
that
sit
in judgment,
and
walk
in
the
way.
Where
the chariots
were dashed
together,
and
the
army
of
the enemies
was choked,
there
let
the justices
of
the
Lord
be rehearsed,
and
his clemency towards
the brave
men
of
Israel:
then
the
people
of
the
Lord
went
down
to
the
gates,
and obtained
the sovereignty.
Arise,
arise, O Debbora,
arise,
arise,
and
utter
a canticle.
Arise, Barac,
and
take hold
of thy
captives, O
son
of Abinoem.
The remnants
of
the
people
are saved,
the
Lord hath fought
among
the
valiant
ones.
Out
of
Ephraim
he destroyed
them
into Amalec,
and
after
him
out
of
Benjamin
into thy
people, O Amalec:
Out
of
Machir there
came
down princes,
and
out
of Zabulon
they
that
led
the
army
to fight.
The
captains
of
Issachar
were
with Debbora,
and
followed
the
steps
of Barac,
who exposed
himself
to danger,
as
one going headlong,
and into
a pit. Ruben being divided
against
himself, there
was found
a strife
of courageous
men.
Why dwellest thou
between
two borders,
that thou mayest
hear
the bleatings
of
the
flocks? Ruben being divided
against
himself,
there
was found
a strife
of courageous
men.
Galaad
rested
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
Dan applied
himself
to
ships: Aser
dwelt
on
the
sea shore,
and
abode
in
the havens.
But Zabulon
and Nephtali offered
their
lives
to
death
in
the region
of Merome.
The
kings
came
and
fought,
the
kings
of Chanaan
fought
in Thanach
by
the
waters
of Mageddo,
and
yet
they
took
no spoils.
War
from
heaven
was made
against
them,
the
stars remaining
in
their order
and
courses
fought
against Sisara.
The torrent
of Cison dragged
their carcasses,
the torrent
of Cadumim,
the torrent
of Cisoii:
tread thou,
my
soul, upon
the
strong
ones.
The
hoofs
of
the
horses were broken whilst
the stoutest
of
the enemies fled amain, and fell headlong
down.
Curse ye
the land
of
Meroz,
said
the
angel
of
the
Lord:
curse
the
inhabitants thereof,
because
they
came
not
to
the
help
of
the
Lord,
to
help
his most
valiant
men.
Blessed
among
women
be Jahel
the
wife
of Haber
the Cinite,
and
blessed
be she
in
her
tent.
He
asked
her
water
and
she
gave
him
milk,
and
offered
him
butter
in
a dish fit
for princes.
She
put
her left
hand
to
the nail,
and
her
right
hand
to
the workman’s
hammer,
and she
struck Sisara, seeking
in
his
head
a
place
for
the wound,
and strongly piercing
through
his
temples.
At
her
feet
he
fell:
he fainted,
and
he
died:
he rolled before
her
feet,
and
he
lay lifeless
and wretched.
His
mother
looked
out
at
a
window,
and howled:
and
she spoke
from
the dining room:
Why
is
his
chariot
so
long
in
coming
back?
Why
are
the
feet
of
his
horses
so slow?
One
that
was
wiser than
the rest
of
his wives,
returned
this
answer
to
her mother
in law:
Perhaps
he
is now
dividing
the
spoils,
and
the fairest
of
the women
is chosen
out
for
him: garments
of divers colours
are given
to Sisara
for
his prey,
and furniture
of different kinds
is heaped together
to adorn
the
necks.
So
let
all thy
enemies
perish,
O
Lord:
but
let
them
that
love thee shine,
as
the
sun shineth
in
his
rising.
And the land rested for forty years.
And
the
children
of
Israel again
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of Madian
seven
years.
And
they
were grievously oppressed
by
them.
And
they
made
themselves
dens
and eaves
in
the
mountains,
and
strong holds
to resist.
And
when
Israel
had
sown, Madian
and Amalec,
and
the
rest
of
the eastern nations
came
up:
And pitching
their tents
among
them,
wasted
all
things
as
they
were
in
the blade
even
to
the
entrance
of
Gaza:
and
they
left
nothing
at
all
in
Israel
for
sustenance
of
life,
nor
sheep,
nor
oxen,
nor asses.
For
they
and
all
their
flocks
came
with
their
tents,
and
like
locusts filled
all places,
an
innumerable
multitude
of men,
and
of
camels, wasting whatsoever
they touched.
And
Israel
was humbled
exceedingly
in
the
sight
of Madian.
And
he
cried
to
the
Lord desiring help
against
the Madianites.
And
he
sent unto
them
a
prophet,
and
he
spoke:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
made
you
to
come
up
out
of
Egypt,
and
brought
you
out
of
the
house
of
bondage,
And
delivered
you
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Egyptians,
and
of
all
the enemies
that afflicted
you:
and
I
cast
them
out
at
your coming
in,
and
gave
you
their
land.
And
I
said:
I
am
the
Lord
your
God,
fear
not
the
gods
of
the Amorrhites,
in
whose
land
you
dwell.
And
you
would
not
hear
my
voice.
And
an
angel
of
the
Lord
came,
and
sat
under
an
oak,
that
was
in Ephra,
and belonged
to Joas
the father
of
the family
of Ezri.
And
when Gedeon
his
son
was
threshing
and cleansing
wheat
by
the winepress,
to
flee
from Madian,
The
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
him,
and
said:
The
Lord
is
with thee,
O most
valiant
of
men.
And Gedeon
said
to
him:
I beseech thee,
my
lord,
if
the
Lord
be
with
us,
why
have
these evils fallen
upon
us?
Where
are
his
miracles,
which
our
fathers
have
told
us
of,
saying:
The
Lord
brought
us
Out
of
Egypt?
but
now
the
Lord hath
forsaken
us,
and
delivered
us
into
the bands
of Madian.
And
the
Lord
looked
upon
him,
and
said:
Go
in
this thy
strength,
and
then shalt
deliver
Israel
out
of
the
hand
of Madian: know
that
I
have
sent thee.
He
answered
and
said:
I beseech thee,
my
lord, wherewith
shall
I
deliver
Israel?
Behold
my
family
is
the meanest
in Manasses,
and
I
am
the
least
in
my
father’s
house.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
I
will
be
with thee:
and thou shalt cut
off Madian
as
one
man.
And
he
said:
If
I
have
found
grace
before thee,
give
me
a
sign
that
it
is thou
that speakest
to
me,
And
depart
not hence,
till
I
return
to thee,
and
bring
a
sacrifice,
and offer
it
to thee.
And
he
answered:
I
will
wait thy
coming.
So Gedeon
went
in,
and boiled
a kid,
and
made
unleavened loaves
of
a
measure
of
flour:
and
putting
the
flesh
in
a
basket,
and
the
broth
of
the
flesh
into
a
pot,
he
carried all
under
the
oak,
and
presented
to
him.
And
the
angel
of
the Lord
said
to
him:
Take
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened loaves,
and lay
them
upon
that
rock,
and
pour
out
the
broth thereon.
And
when
he
had
done
so,
The
angel
of
the
Lord
put
forth
the
tip
of
the rod,
which
he held
in
his
hand,
and
touched
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
loaves:
and
there
arose
a
fire
from
the
rock,
and
consumed
the
flesh
and
the
unleavened
loaves:
and
the
angel
of
the
Lord
vanished
out
of
his
sight.
And Gedeon
seeing
that
it
was
the
angel
of
the
Lord,
said:
Alas,
my
Lord
God:
for
I
have
seen
the
angel
of
the
Lord
face
to
face.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Peace
be
with thee:
fear
not, thou shalt
not
die.
And Gedeon
built
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord,
and
called
it
the
Lord’s
peace,
until
this
present
day.
And
when
he
was
yet
in Ephra,
which
is
of
the family
of Ezri,
That
night
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Take
a bullock
of thy
father’s,
and
another bullock
of
seven
years,
and thou shalt
destroy
the
altar
of
Baal,
which
is thy
father’s:
and
cut
down
the grove
that
is
about
the
altar:
And thou shalt
build
an
altar
to
the
Lord thy
God
in
the
top
of
this rock, whereupon thou didst lay
the sacrifice
before:
and thou shalt
take
the
second bullock,
and shalt
offer
a holocaust
upon
a pile
of
the
wood,
which thou shalt
cut
down
out
of
the grove.
Then Gedeon
taking
ten
men
of
his
servants,
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him.
But fearing
his
father’s
house,
and
the
men
of
that
city,
he
would
not
do
it
by
day,
but
did
all
by
night.
And
when
the
men
of
that
town
were risen
in
the
morning,
they
saw
the
altar
of
Baal
destroyed,
and
the grove
cut
down,
and
the
second bullock laid
upon
the
altar,
which
then
was
built.
And
they
said
one
to
another:
Who hath
done
this?
And
when
they
inquired
for
the author
of
the fact,
it
was
said: Gedeon
the
son
of Joas
did
all
this.
And
they
said
to Joas:
Bring
out thy
son hither,
that
he
may
die:
because
he hath
destroyed
the
altar
of
Baal,
and hath
cut
down
his grove.
He
answered
them:
Are
you
the avengers
of
Baal,
that
you
fight
for
him?
he
that
is
his adversary, let
him
die
before
tomorrow light appear:
if
he
be
a
god, let
him revenge
himself
on
him
that hath cast
down
his
altar.
From
that
day Gedeon
was
called Jerobaal,
because Joss
had
said: Let
Baal revenge
himself
on
him
that hath cast
down
his
altar.
Now
all Madian,
and Amalec,
and
the eastern
people
were
gathered
together,
and
passing
over
the Jordan,
camped
in
the
valley
of Jezrael.
But
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon Gedeon,
and
be
sounded
the
trumpet
and
called
together
the house
of
Abiezer,
to
follow
him.
And
he
sent
messengers
into
all Manasses,
and
they
also
followed
him:
and
other
messengers
into Aser
and Zabulon
and Nephtali,
and
they
came
to
meet
him.
And Gedeon
said
to
God:
If thou wilt
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as thou hast
said,
I
will
put
this
fleece
of
wool
on
the
floor:
if
there
be
dew
on
the
fleece
only,
and
it
be
dry
on
all
the
ground
beside,
I,
shall
know
that
by
my
hand,
as thou hast
said, thou wilt
deliver
Israel.
And
it
was
so.
And
rising
before
day wringing
the
fleece,
he
filled
a vessel
with
the
dew.
And
he
said
again
to
God:
let
not thy
wrath
be
kindled
against
me
if
I
try
once
more, seeking
a sign
in
the
fleece.
I
pray
that
the
fleece
only
may
be
dry,
and
all
the
ground wet
with
dew.
And
God
did
that
night
as
he
had requested:
and
it
was
dry
on
the
fleece
only,
and
there
was
dew
on
all
the
ground.
Then Jerobaal,
who
is
the
same
as Gedeon,
rising
up
early
and
all
the
people
with
him,
came
to
the fountain
that
is called Harad.
Now
the
camp
of Madian
was
in
the
valley
on
the
north
side
of
the high
hill.
And
the
Lord
said
to Gedeon:
The
people
that
are
with thee
are
many,
and Madian
shall
not
be
delivered
into
their
hands:
lest
Israel
should
glory
against
me,
and
say:
I
was
delivered
by
my own
strength.
Speak
to
the
people,
and
proclaim
in
the
hearing
of
all,
I Whosoever
is fearful
and timorous,
let
him
return.
So
two
and
twenty
thousand
men
went
away
from
mount Galaad
and
returned
home,
and only
ten
thousand
remained.
And
the
Lord
said
to Gedeon:
The
people
are
still
too
many,
bring
them
to
the
waters,
and
there
I
will try
them:
and
of
whom
I
shall
say
to thee,
This
shall
go
with thee,
let
him
go:
whom
I
shall forbid
to
go,
let
him return.
And
when
the
people
were
come
down
to
the
waters,
the
Lord
said
to Gedeon:
They
that
shall
lap
the
water
with
their
tongues,
as
dogs
are wont
to
lap, thou shalt
set
apart
by
themselves:
but
they
that
shall
drink
bowing
down
their
knees,
shall
be
on
the
other side.
And
the
number
of
them
that
had
lapped
water, casting
it
with
the
hand
to
their
mouth,
was
three
hundred
men:
and
all
the
rest
of
the multitude
had
drunk
kneeling.
And
the
Lord
said
to Gedeon:
By
the
three
hundred
men,
that
lapped water,
I
will
save
you,
and
deliver Madian
into thy
hand:
but
let
all
the rest
of
the
people return
to
their
place.
So
taking victuals
and
trumpets
according
to
their number,
he
ordered
all
the
rest
of
the multitude
to depart
to
their
tents:
and
he
with
the
three
hundred
gave
himself
to
the battle.
Now
the
camp
of Madian
was
beneath
him
in
the
valley.
The
same
night
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Arise,
and
go
down
into
the
camp:
because
I
have
delivered
them
into thy
hand.
But
if thou be
afraid
to
go alone,
let Phara thy
servant
go
down
with thee.
And
when thou shalt
hear
what
they
are
saying,
then
shall thy
hands
be
strengthened,
and thou shalt
go
down more
secure
to
the enemies’
camp.
And
he
went
down
with Phara
his
servant
into
part
of
the
camp,
where
was
the watch
of
men
in
arms.
But Madian
and Amalec,
and
all
the eastern
people
lay scattered
in
the
valley,
as
a
multitude
of
locusts:
their
camels also
were
innumerable
as
the
sand
that lieth
on
the
sea
shore.
And
when Gedeon
was
come,
one
told
his neighbour
a
dream:
and
in
this manner
related what
he
had seen:
I dreamt
a
dream,
and
it seemed
to
me
as
if
a hearth cake
of
barley
bread rolled
and
came
down
into
the
camp
of Madian:
and
when
it
was
come
to
a
tent
it
struck
it,
and
beat
it
down
flat
to
the ground.
He
to whom
he
spoke,
answered:
This
is
nothing
else
but
the
sword
of Gedeon
the
son
of Joas
a
man
of
Israel.
For
the Lord hath
delivered Madian,
and
all
their
camp
into
his
hand.
And
when Gedeon
had
heard
the
dream,
and
the
interpretation thereof,
he adored:
and
returned
to
the
camp
of
Israel,
and
said:
Arise,
for
the
Lord hath
delivered
the
camp
of Madian
into
our
hands.
And
he
divided
the
three
hundred
men
into
three
parts,
and
gave
them
trumpets
in
their
hands,
and
empty
pitchers,
and lamps
within
the
pitchers.
And
he
said
to
them:
What
you
shall
see
me
do,
do
you
the
same:
I
will
go
into
one
part
of
the
camp,
and
do
you
as
I
shall
do.
When
the
trumpet
shall
sound
in
my hand,
do
you
also
blow
the
trumpets
on
every
side
of
the
camp.
And Gedeon,
and
the three
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
went
into
part
of
the
camp,
at
the
beginning
of
the midnight
watch,
and
the
watchmen
being alarmed,
they
began
to
sound
their
trumpets,
and
to
clap
the
pitchers
one
against
another.
And
when
they
sounded
their
trumpets
in
three places round
about
the camp,
and
had
broken
their
pitchers,
they
held
their lamps
in
their
left
hands,
and
with
their
right
hands
the
trumpets
which
they
blew,
and
they
cried
out:
The
sword
of
the
Lord
and
of Gedeon;
Standing
every
man
in
his
place
round
about
the enemies’
camp.
So
all
the
camp
was troubled,
and
crying
out
and howling
they
fled
away.
And
the
three
hundred
men nevertheless persisted sounding
the
trumpets.
And
the
Lord sent
the
sword
into
all
the
camp,
and
they
killed
one
another,
Fleeing
as
far
as Bethsetta,
and
the border
of Abelmahula
in Tebbath.
But
the
men
of
Israel shouting
from Nephtali
and Aser,
and
from
all Manasses
pursued
after Madian.
And Gedeon
sent
messengers
into
all
mount
Ephraim,
saying:
Come
down
to
meet Madian,
and
take
the
waters
before
them
to Bethbera
and
the
Jordan.
And
all
Ephraim
shouted,
and
took
the
waters
before
them
and
the
Jordan
as
far
as Bethbera.
And having
taken
two
men
of Madian,
Oreb
and Zeb:
Oreb
they
slew
in
the
rock
of
Oreb,
and Zeb
in
the
winepress
of Zeb.
And
they
pursued Madian, carrying
the
heads
of
Oreb
and Zeb
to Gedeon
beyond
the waters
of
the
Jordan.
And
the
men
of
Ephraim
said
to
him:
What
is
this
that thou meanest
to
do,
that thou wouldst
not
call
us
when thou wentest
to
fight
against Madian?
and
they chid
him sharply
and almost offered violence.
And
he
answered
them:
What
could
I
have
done
like
to
that
which
you
have
done?
Is
not
one bunch
of grapes
of
Ephraim
better
than
the vintages
of
Abiezer?
The Lord hath
delivered
into
your bands
the
princes
of Madian,
Oreb
and Zeb:
what
could
I
have
done
like
to
what
you
have
done?
And
when
he
had
said
this,
their
spirit
was appeased,
with
which
they swelled
against
him.
And
when Gedeon
was
come
to
the
Jordan,
he
passed
over
it
with
the
three
hundred
men,
that
were
with
him:
who
were
so
weary
that
they
could not
pursue
after
them
that fled.
And
he
said
to
the
men
of Soccoth:
Give,
I
beseech
you,
bread
to
the
people
that
is
with
me,
for
they
are
faint:
that
we
may
pursue Zebee,
and Salmana
the
kings
of Madian.
The
princes
of Soccoth
answered: Peradventure
the
palms
of
the
hands
of Zebee
and Salmana
are
in thy
hand,
and
therefore thou demandest
that
we
should
give
bread
to thy
army.
And
he
said
to
them:
When
the
Lord
therefore
shall
have
delivered Zebee
and Salmana
into
my
hands,
I
will
thresh
your
flesh
with
the
thorns
and
briers
of
the
desert.
And
going
up
from thence,
he
came
to Phanuel:
and
he
spoke
the
like
things
to
the
men
of
that
place.
And
they
also
answered
him,
as
the
men
of Soccoth
had
answered.
He
said
therefore
to
them
also:
When
I
shall
return
a conqueror
in
peace,
I
will
destroy
this
tower.
But Zebee
and Salmana
were resting
with
all
their
army.
For
fifteen
thousand
men
were
left
of
all
the
troops
of
the eastern
people,
and
one
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
warriors
that
drew
the
sword,
were slain.
And Gedeon
went
up
by
the
way
of
them
that
dwelt
in
tents,
on
the
east
of Nobe
and Jegbaa,
and
smote
the
camp
of
the enemies,
who
were
secure,
and suspected no hurt.
And Zebee
and Salmana
fled,
and Gedeon
pursued
and
took
them,
all
their
host being
put
in confusion.
And
returning
from
the
battle
before
the sun rising,
He
took
a
boy
of
the
men
of Soccoth:
and
he
asked
him
the names
of
the
princes
and ancients
of Soccoth,
and
he
described unto
him
seventy-seven
men.
And
he
came
to Soccoth
and
said
to
them:
Behold Zebee
and Salmana,
concerning
whom
you upbraided
me,
saying: Peradventure
the
hands
of Zebee
and Salmana,
are
in thy
hands,
and
therefore thou demandest
that
we
should
give
bread
to
the
men
that
are
weary
and faint.
So
he
took
the ancients
of
the
city
and
thorns
and
briers
of
the
desert,
and tore
them
with
the
same,
and cut
in pieces
the
men
of Soccoth.
And
he demolished
the
tower
of Phanuel,
and
slew
the
men
of
the
city.
And
he
said
to Zebee
and Salmana:
What manner
of
men
were
they
whom
you
slew
in Thabor?
They
answered:
They
were
like thee,
and
one
of
them
as
the
son
of
a
king.
He
answered
them:
They
were
my
brethren,
the
sons
of
my
mother.
As
the
Lord liveth,
if
you
had saved
them,
I
would
not
kill
you.
And
he
said
to
Jether
his eldest son:
Arise,
and
slay
them.
But
he
drew
not
his
sword:
for
he
was
afraid, being
but
yet
a
boy.
And Zebee
and Salmana
said: Do thou
rise,
and run
upon
us:
because
the
strength
of
a
man
is
according
to
his age: Gedeon
rose
up
and
slew Zebee
and Salmana:
and
he
took
the
ornaments
and bosses,
with
which
the
necks
of
the
camels
of kings
are wont
to
be adorned.
And
all
the
men
of
Israel
said
to Gedeon:
Rule thou
over
us
and thy
son,
and thy
son’s
son:
because thou hast
delivered
us
from
the
hand
of Madian.
And
he
said
to
them:
I
will
not
rule
over
you,
neither
shall
my
son
rule
over
you,
but
the
Lord
shall
rule
over
you.
And
he
said
to
them:
I desire
one
request
of
you:
Give
me
the earlets
of
your
spoils.
For
the Ismaelites
were accustomed
to wear
golden earlets.
They
answered:
We
will
give
them most willingly.
And
spreading
a mantle
on
the ground,
they
cast upon
it
the earlets
of
the
spoils.
And
the
weight
of
the earlets
that
he
requested,
was
a
thousand
seven
hundred sicles
of
gold,
besides
the
ornaments,
and jewels,
and
purple raiment
which
the
kings
of Madian
were
went
to
use,
and
besides
the
golden chains
that
were
about
the
camels’
necks.
And Gedeon
made
an
ephod thereof,
and
put
it
in
his
city Ephra.
And
all
Israel
committed fornication
with
it,
and
it
became
a ruin
to Gedeon
and
to
all
his
house.
But Madian
was
humbled
before
the
children
of
Israel,
neither
could
they
any
more
lift
up
their beads:
but
the
land rested
for
forty
years,
while Gedeon presided.
So Jerobaal
the
son
of Joas
went,
and
dwelt
in
his own
house.
And
he
had
seventy
sons,
who
came
out
of
his
thigh,
for
he
had
many
wives.
And
his
concubine,
that
he
had
in Sichem,
bore
him
a
son,
whose
name
was
Abimelech.
And Gedeon
the
son
of Joas
died
in
a
good
old
age,
and
was
buried
in
the sepulchre
of
his
father
in Ephra
of
the
family
of Ezri.
But
after Gedeon
was
dead,
the
children
of
Israel
turned
again,
and
committed fornication
with Baalim.
And
they
made
a covenant
with
Baal,
that
he
should
be
their
god:
And
they
remembered
not
the
Lord
their
God,
who
delivered
them
out
of
the
hands
of
all
their
enemies
round
about:
Neither
did
they shew mercy
to
the
house
of Jerobaal Gedeon, according
to
all
the
good
things
he
had
done
to
Israel.
And
Abimelech
the
son
of Jerobaal
went
to Sichem
to
his
mother’s
brethren
and
spoke
to
them,
and
to
all
the kindred
of
his
mother’s
father,
saying:
Speak
to
all
the
men
of Sichem:
whether
is
better
for
you
that
seventy
men
all
the
sons
of Jerobaal
should
rule
over
you,
or
that
one
man
should
rule
over
you?
And withal
consider
that
I
am
your
bone,
and
your
flesh.
And
his
mother’s
brethren
spoke
of
him
to
all
the
men
of Sichem,
all
these
words,
and
they
inclined
their
hearts
after
Abimelech,
saying:
He
is
our
brother:
And
they
gave
him
seventy weight
of
silver
out
of
the
temple
of Baalberith: wherewith
he
hired
to
himself
men
that
were needy,
and vagabonds,
and
they
followed
him.
And
he
came
to
his
father’s
house
in Ephra,
and
slew
his
brethren
the
sons
of Jerobaal,
seventy
men,
upon
one
stone:
and there
remained
only Joatham
the
youngest
son
of Jerobaal,
who
was
hidden.
And
all
the
men
of Sichem
were
gathered
together,
and
all
the
families
of
the city
of Mello:
and
they
went
and
made
Abimelech
king,
by
the
oak
that
stood
in Sichem.
This
being
told
to Joatham,
he
went
and
stood
on
the
top
of
mount Garizim:
and lifting
up
his
voice,
he
cried,
and
said:
Hear
me, ye
men
of Sichem,
so
may
God
hear
you.
The
trees
went
to
anoint
a
king
over
them:
and
they
said
to
the
olive
tree:
Reign thou
over
us.
And
it
answered:
Can
I
leave
my
fatness,
which
both
gods
and
men
make use
of,
to
come
to
be promoted
among
the
trees?
And
the
trees
said
to
the
fig
tree: Come thou
and
reign
over
us.
And
it
answered
them:
Can
I
leave
my
sweetness,
and
my delicious
fruits,
and
go
to
be promoted
among
the other
trees?
And
the
trees
said
to
the
vine: Come thou
and
reign
over
us.
And
it
answered
them:
Can
I forsake
my
wine,
that cheereth
God
and
men,
and
be promoted
among
the
other
trees?
And
all
the
trees
said
to
the
bramble: Come thou
and
reign
over
us.
And
it
answered
them:
If
indeed
you mean
to make
me
king,
come ye
and rest
under
my
shadow:
but
if
you mean
it
not, let
fire
come
out
from
the
bramble,
and
devour
the
cedars
of Libanus.
Now
therefore
if
you
have
done
well,
and
without sin
in appointing
Abimelech
king
over
you,
and
have dealt
well
with Jerobaal,
and
with
his
house,
and
have
made
a suitable return
for
the
benefits
of
him,
who fought
for
you,
And exposed
his
life
to dangers,
to
deliver
you
from
the
hands
of Madian,
And
you
are
now
risen
up
against
my
father’s
house,
and
have
killed
his
sons
seventy
men
upon
one
stone,
and
have made
Abimelech
the
son
of
his
handmaid
king
over
the inhabitants
of Sichem,
because
he
is
your
brother:
If
therefore
you
have dealt
well,
and
without fault
with Jerobaal,
and
his
house,
rejoice ye
this
day
in
Abimelech,
and
may
he
rejoice
in
you.
But
if unjustly: let
fire
come
out
from
him,
and
consume
the inhabitants
of Sichem,
and
the town
of Mello:
and let
fire
come
out
from
the
men
of Sichem,
and
from
the town
of Mello,
and
devour
Abimelech.
And
when
he
had said thus
he
fled,
and
went into Bera:
and
dwelt
there
for fear
of
Abimelech
his
brother.
So
Abimelech reigned
over
Israel
for
three
years.
And
the Lord
sent
a
very
evil
spirit
between
Abimelech
and
the inhabitants
of Sichem:
who began
to detest
him,
And
to
leave
the
crime
of
the murder
of
the
seventy
sons
of Jerobaal,
and
the
shedding
of
their
blood
upon
Abimelech
their
brother,
and
upon
the rest
of
the princes
of
the Sichemites,
who aided
him.
And
they
set
an
ambush
against
him
on
the
top
of
the
mountains:
and
while
they
waited
for
his coming,
they
committed robberies,
taking spoils
of
all
that
passed
by:
and
it
was
told
Abimelech.
And
Gaal
the
son
of Obed
came
with
his
brethren,
and
went
over
to Sichem.
And
the inhabitants
of Sichem
taking courage
at
his
coming,
Went
out
into
the
fields, wasting
the
vineyards,
and
treading
down
the grapes:
and singing
and dancing
they
went
into
the
temple
of
their
god,
and
in
their banquets
and cups
they
cursed
Abimelech.
And
Gaal
the
son
of Obed cried:
Who
is
Abimelech,
and
what
is Sichem,
that
we
should
serve
him?
Is
he
not
the
son
of Jerobaal,
and hath
made
Zebul
his
servant ruler
over
the
men
of Emor
the
father
of Sichem?
Why
then
shall
we
serve
him?
Would
to
God
that
some man
would
put
this
people
under
my
hand,
that
I might
remove
Abimelech
out
of
the
way.
And
it
was
said
to
Abimelech: Gather
together
the multitude
of
an
army,
and
come.
For
Zebul
the
ruler
of
the
city,
hearing
the
words
of
Gaal,
the
son
of Obed,
was
very
angry,
And
sent
messengers privately
to
Abimelech,
saying:
Behold
Gaal
the
son
of Obed
is
come
into Sichem
with
his
brethren,
and endeavoureth
to
set
the
city
against thee.
Arise
therefore
in
the
night
with
the
people
that
is
with thee
and
he hid
in
the
field:
And betimes
in
the
morning
at
sun
rising
set
upon
the
city.
And
when
he
shall
come
out
against thee
with
his
people,
do
to
him
what thou shalt
be
able.
Abimelech
therefore
arose
with
all
his
army
by
night,
and laid
ambushes
near Sichem
in
four
places.
And
Gaal
the
son
of Obed
went
out,
and
stood
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
the
city.
And
Abimelech
rose
up,
and
all
his
army
with
him
from
the
places
of
the ambushes.
And
when
Gaal
saw
the
people,
he
said
to
Zebul:
Behold
a multitude cometh
down
from
the
mountains.
And
he
answered
him: Thou seest
the
shadows
of
the
mountains
as
if
they
were
the
heads
of
men,
and
this
is thy mistake.
Again
Gaal
said:
Behold
there cometh
people
down
from
the middle
of
the
land,
and
one troop cometh
by
the
way
that looketh towards
the
oak.
And
Zebul
said
to
him:
Where
is
now thy
mouth wherewith thou saidst?
Who
is
Abimelech
that
we
should
serve
him?
Is
not
this
the
people
which thou didst
despise?
Go
out,
and
fight
against
him.
So
Gaal
went
out
in
the
sight
of
the people
of Sichem,
and
fought
against
Abimelech,
Who
chased
and
put
him
to
flight,
and drove
him
to
the
city:
and
many
were
slain
of
his people,
even
to
the
gate
of
the
city:
And
Abimelech
sat
down
in Ruma: but
Zebul
drove
Gaal,
and
his
companions
out
of
the city,
and would not suffer
them
to
abide
in
it.
So
the
day
following
the
people
went
out
into
the
field.
And
it
was
told
Abimelech.
And
he
took
his
army,
and
divided
it
into
three
companies,
and
laid
ambushes
in
the
fields.
And
seeing
that
the
people
came
out
of
the
city,
he
arose
and
set
upon
them,
With
his
own
company, assaulting
and
besieging
the
city: whilst
the
two
other
companies chased
the enemies
that
were scattered
about
the
field.
And
Abimelech assaulted
the
city
all
that
day:
and
took
it,
and
killed
the inhabitants thereof,
and demolished
it,
so
that
he
sowed
salt
in
it.
And
when
they
who dwelt
in
the
tower
of Sichem
had
heard
this,
they
went
into
the
temple
of
their
god Berith
where
they
had
made
a covenant
with
him,
and
from thence
the
place
had taken
its name,
and
it
was exceeding
strong.
Abimelech
also hearing
that
the
men
of
the
tower
of Sichem
were
gathered
together,
Went
up
into
mount Selmon
he
and
all
his
people
with
him:
and
taking
an
axe,
he
cut
down
the bough
of
a
tree,
and laying
it
on
his
shoulder
and
carrying
it,
he
said
to
his companions:
What
you
see
me
do,
do
you
out
of
hand.
So
they
cut
down boughs
from
the trees,
every
man
as fast
as
he
could,
and
followed
their leader.
And surrounding
the fort
they
set
it
on
fire:
and
so
it
came
to pass
that
with
the smoke
and
with
the
fire
a
thousand
persons
were
killed,
men
and
women
together,
of
the inhabitants
of
the
tower
of Sichem.
Then
Abimelech departing
from thence
came
to
the town
of Thebes, which
he surrounded
and besieged
with
his army.
And
there
was
in
the
midst
of
the
city
a
high
tower,
to
which
both
the
men
and
the
women
were
fled
together,
and
all
the princes
of
the
city,
and
having
shut
and strongly barred
the gate,
they stood
upon
the battlements
of
the
tower
to defend
themselves.
And
Abimelech
coming
near
the
tower,
fought stoutly:
and
approaching
to
the
gate, endeavoured
to
set
fire
to
it:
And behold
a
certain
woman casting
a
piece
of
a
millstone
from
above, dashed
it
against
the
head
of
Abimelech,
and
broke
his
skull.
And
he
called hastily
to
his armourbearer,
and
said
to
him:
Draw thy
sword,
and
kill
me:
lest
it
should
be
said
that
I
was
slain
by
a
woman.
He
did
as
he
was
commanded,
and
slew
him.
And
when
he
was
dead,
all
the
men
of
Israel
that
were
with
him, returned
to
their homes.
And
God
repaid
the
evil,
that
Abimelech
had
done against
his
father,
killing
his
seventy
brethren.
The Sichemites
also
were
rewarded
for
what
they
had
done,
and
the
curse
of Joatham
the
son
of Jerobaal
came
upon
them.
After
Abimelech
there
arose
a
ruler
in
Israel, Thola
son
of Phua
the uncle
of
Abimelech,
a
man
of
Issachar,
who
dwelt
in Samir
of
mount
Ephraim:
And
he
judged
Israel
three
and
twenty
years,
and
he
died
and
was
buried
in Samir.
To
him
succeeded
Jair
the Galaadite,
who
judged
Israel
for
two
and
twenty
years.
Having
thirty
sons
that
rode
on
thirty ass
colts,
and
were princes
of
thirty
cities,
which
from
his
name
were
called Havoth Jair,
that
is,
the towns
of Jair,
until
this
present
day
in
the
land
of Galaad.
And
Jair
died:
and was
buried
in
the place which was called Camon.
But
the
children
of
Israel,
adding new sins
to
their
old
ones,
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
served
idols, Baalim
and Astaroth,
and
the
gods
of
Syria
and
of
Sidon
and
of
Moab
and
of
the
children
of
Ammon
and
of
the
Philistines:
and
they
left
the
Lord,
and
did
not
serve
him.
And
the
Lord
being
angry
with
them,
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines
and
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
they
were
afflicted,
and grievously
oppressed
for
eighteen
years,
all
they
that dwelt
beyond
the
Jordan
in
the
land
of
the Amorrhite,
who
is
in Galaad:
Insomuch
that
the
children
of
Ammon
passing
over
the
Jordan, wasted Juda
and
Benjamin
and
Ephraim:
and
Israel
was distressed
exceedingly.
And
they
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
We
have
sinned
against thee,
because
we
have forsaken
the
Lord
our
God,
and
have
served Baalim.
And
the
Lord
said
to
them:
Did
not
the
Egyptians
and
the Amorrhites,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
and
the
Philistines,
The
Sidonians
also
and Amalec
and Chanaan
oppress
you,
and
you
cried
to
me,
and
I
delivered
you
out
of
their
hand?
And
yet
you
have forsaken
me,
and
have worshipped strange
gods:
therefore
I
will
deliver
you
no
more:
Go
and
call
upon
the
gods
which
you
have
chosen:
let
them
deliver
you
in
the
time
of
distress.
And
the
children
of
Israel
said
to
the
Lord:
We
have
sinned,
do thou unto
us
whatsoever pleaseth thee:
only
deliver
us
this
time.
And saying these
things,
they cast
away
out
of
their coasts
all
the idols
of
strange
gods
and
served
the
Lord
their
God:
and
he
was touched
with
their miseries.
And
the
children
of
Ammon shouting
together,
pitched
their tents
in Galaad:
against whom
the
children
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
together
and
camped
in Maspha.
And
the
princes
of Galaad
said
one
to
another: Whosoever
of
us
shall
first
begin
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
he
shall
be
the
leader
of
the
people
of Galaad.
There
was
at
that
time Jephte
the Galaadite,
a most
valiant
man
and
a
warrior,
the
son
of
a
woman
that
was
a
harlot,
and
his
father
was Galaad.
Now Galaad
had
a
wife
of whom
he
had
sons:
who
after
they
were
grown
up, thrust
out Jephte,
saying: Thou canst
not
inherit
in
the
house
of
our
father,
because thou art
born
of
another mother.
Then
he
fled
and avoided
them
and
dwelt
in
the
land
of
Tob:
and
there
were
gathered
to
him needy
men,
and robbers,
and
they followed
him
as
their prince.
In
those
days
the
children
of
Ammon
made war
against
Israel.
And
as
they pressed hard
upon
them,
the ancients
of Galaad
went
to fetch Jephte
out
of
the
land
of
Tob
to help
them:
And
they
said
to
him:
Come thou
and
be
our prince,
and
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
he
answered
them:
Are
not
you
the
men
that
hated
me,
and cast
me
out
of
my
father’s
house,
and
now
you
are
come
to
me constrained
by necessity?
And
the princes
of Galaad
said
to Jephte:
For
this
cause
we
are
now
come
to thee,
that thou mayst
go
with
us,
and
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
be
head
over
all
the
inhabitants
of Galaad.
Jephte
also
said
to
them:
If
you
be
come
to
me sincerely,
that
I
should
fight
for
you
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
the
Lord
shall
deliver
them
into
my
band,
shall
I
be
your prince?
They
answered
him:
The
Lord
who heareth these
things,
he
himself
is mediator
and
witness
that
we
will
do
as
we
have
promised.
Jephte
therefore
went
with
the princes
of Galaad,
and
all
the
people
made
him
their prince.
And Jephte
spoke
all
his
words
before
the
Lord
in Maspha.
And
he
sent
messengers
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
to
say
in
his
name,
What hast thou
to
do
with
me,
that thou art
come
against
me,
to waste
my
land?
And
he
answered
them:
I
Because
Israel
took
away
my
land
when
he
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
from
the confines
of
the
Arnon unto
the Jaboc
and
the
Jordan:
now
therefore
restore
the
same
peaceably
to
me.
And Jephte
again
sent word
by
them,
and commanded
them
to
say
to
the
king
of
Ammon:
Thus saith Jephte:
Israel
did
not
take
away
the
land
of
Moab,
nor
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
But
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
he walked
through
the
desert
to
the Red
Sea
and
came
into Cades.
And
he
sent
messengers
to
the
king
of
Edom,
saying: Suffer
me
to
pass
through thy
land.
But
he
would
not condescend
to
his
request.
He
sent
also
to
the
king
of
Moab,
who
likewise
refused
to
give
him passage.
He
abode
therefore
in Cades,
And
went
round
the
land
of
Edom
at
the
side,
and
the
land
of
Moab:
and
came
over
against
the
east coast
of
the
land
of
Moab,
and
camped
on
the
other
side
of
the
Arnon:
and
he
would
not
enter
the bounds
of
Moab.
So
Israel
sent
messengers
to Sehon
king
of
the Amorrhites,
who dwelt
in Hesebon,
and
they
said
to
him: Suffer
me
to
pass
through thy
land
to
the
river.
But
he
also despising
the words
of
Israel, suffered
him
not
to
pass
through
his
borders:
but
gathering an infinite multitude, went
out
against
him
to Jasa,
and
made strong opposition.
And
the
Lord
delivered
him
with
all
his
army
into
the
hands
of
Israel,
and
he
slew
him,
and
possessed
all
the
land
of
the Amorrhite
the
inhabitant
of
that
country,
And
all
the coasts thereof
from
the
Arnon
to
the Jaboc,
and
from
the
wilderness
to
the
Jordan.
So
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel destroyed
the Amorrhite,
his
people
of
Israel fighting
against
him,
and wilt thou
now
possess
this
land?
Are
not
those
things
which thy
god Chamos possesseth,
due
to thee
by right?
But
what
the
Lord
our
God hath obtained
by conquest,
shall
be
our
possession:
Unless perhaps thou art
better
than Balac
the
son
of Sephor
king
of
Moab:
or canst shew
that
he strove
against
Israel
and
fought
against
him,
Whereas
he hath
dwelt
in Hesebon,
and
the
villages thereof,
and
in
Aroer,
and
its
villages,
and
in
all
the
cities
near
the Jordan,
for
three
hundred
years.
Why
have
you
for
so long
a
time attempted
nothing
about
this claim?
Therefore
I
do
not trespass
against thee,
but thou wrongest
me
by declaring
an unjust war
against
me.
The
Lord
be
judge
and
decide
this
day
between
Israel
and
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
would
not hearken
to
the
words
of Jephte,
which
he
sent
him
by
the messengers.
Therefore
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon Jephte,
and going round Galaad,
and Manasses,
and Maspha
of Galaad,
and
passing
over
from thence
to
the
children
of
Ammon,
He
made
a
vow
to
the
Lord,
saying:
If thou wilt
deliver
the
children
of
Ammon
into
my
hands,
Whosoever
shall first
come
forth
out
of
the
doors
of
my
house,
and
shall
meet
me
when
I
return
in
peace
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
the same
will
I
offer
a holocaust
to
the
Lord.
And Jephte
passed
over
to
the
children
of
Ammon,
to
fight
against
them:
and
the
Lord
delivered
them
into
his
hands.
And
he
smote
them
from
Aroer
till
you
come
to Mennith,
twenty
cities,
and
as
far
as Abel, which
is
set
with vineyards,
with
a
very
great
slaughter:
and
the
children
of
Ammon
were
humbled
by
the
children
of
Israel.
And
when Jephte
returned
into Maspha
to
his
house,
his
only
daughter
met
him
with
timbrels
and
with
dances:
for
he
had
no
other
children.
And
when
he
saw
her,
he rent
his
garments,
and
said:
Alas!
my
daughter, thou hast deceived
me,
and thou thyself art deceived:
for
I
have
opened
my
mouth
to
the
Lord,
and
I
can
do
no
other thing.
And
she
answered
him:
My
father,
if thou hast
opened thy
mouth
to
the
Lord,
do unto
me whatsoever thou hast
promised,
since
the victory hath
been granted
to thee,
and
revenge
of thy
enemies.
And
she
said
to
her
father: Grant
me only
this
which
I desire:
Let
me
go,
that
I
may
go
about
the
mountains
for
two
months,
and
may
bewail
my
virginity
with
my companions.
And
he
answered
her:
Go.
And
he
sent
her
away
for
two
months.
And
when
she
was gone
with
her comrades
and
companions,
she
mourned
her
virginity
in
the
mountains.
And
the
two
months
being expired,
she
returned
to
her
father,
and
he
did
to
her
as
he
had
vowed,
and
she
knew
no
man.
From thence
came
a fashion
in
Israel,
and
a
custom
has
been
kept:
That
from
year
to
year
the
daughters
of
Israel assemble together,
and lament
the
daughter
of Jephte
the Galaadite
for
four
days.
But
behold there arose
a sedition
in
Ephraim.
And
passing towards
the
north,
they
said
to Jephte:
When thou wentest
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
why wouldst thou
not
call
us,
that we
might
go
with thee? Therefore we
will
burn thy
house.
And
he
answered
them:
I
and
my
people
were
at
great
strife
with
the
children
of
Ammon:
and
I
called
you
to
assist
me,
and
you
would
not
do
it.
And
when
I
saw
this,
I
put
my
life
in
my
own
hands,
and
passed
over
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
the
Lord
delivered
them
into
my
hands.
What
have
I deserved,
that
you
should
rise
up
to
fight
against
me?
Then calling
to
him
all
the
men
of Galaad,
he
fought
against
Ephraim:
and
the
men
of Galaad
defeated
Ephraim,
because
he
had
said: Galaad
is
a
fugitive
of
Ephraim,
and dwelleth
in
the
midst
of
Ephraim
and Manasses.
And
the Galaadites secured
the fords
of
the
Jordan,
by which
Ephraim
was
to return.
And
when
any
one
of
the number
of
Ephraim
came thither
in
the flight,
and
said:
I beseech
you
let
me
pass:
the Galaadites
said
to
him: Art thou
not
an
Ephraimite?
If
he
said:
I
am
not:
They
asked
him:
Say
then, Scibboleth,
which
is interpreted,
An ear
of corn.
But
he
answered,
Sibboleth,
not being able
to express
an ear
of corn
by
the
same letter.
Then presently
they
took
him
and
killed
him
in
the
very passage
of
the
Jordan.
And there
fell
at
that
time
of
Ephraim
two
and
forty
thousand.
And Jephte
the Galaadite
judged
Israel
six
years:
and
he
died,
and
was
buried
in
his
city
of Galaad.
After
him Abesan
of
Bethlehem
judged
Israel:
He
had
thirty
sons,
and
as many
daughters, whom
he
sent
abroad,
and
gave
to husbands,
and
took wives
for
his
sons
of
the
same number,
bringing
them
into
his house.
And
he
judged
Israel
seven
years:
And
he
died,
and was
buried
in
Bethlehem.
To
him
succeeded Ahialon
a Zabulonite:
and
he
judged
Israel
ten
years:
And
he
died,
and
was
buried
in Zabulon.
After
him
Abdon,
the
son
of Illel,
a Pharathonite,
judged
Israel:
And
he
had
forty
sons,
and
of
them
thirty
grandsons,
mounted
upon
seventy ass
colts,
and
he
judged
Israel
eight
years:
And
he
died,
and
was
buried
in Pharathon
in
the
land
of
Ephraim,
in
the
mount
of Amalech.
And
the
children
of
Israel
did
evil
again
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines
forty
years.
Now
there
was
a
certain
man
of Saraa,
and
of
the race
of Dan,
whose
name
was Manue,
and
his
wife
was
barren.
And
an
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
her,
and
said: Thou art
barren
and
without
children:
but thou shalt
conceive
and
bear
a
son.
Now
therefore
beware
and
drink
no
wine
nor
strong
drink,
and
eat
not
any
unclean
thing.
Because thou shalt
conceive
and
bear
a
son,
and
no razor
shall touch
his
head:
for
he
shall
be
a Nazarite
of
God,
from
his infancy,
and
from
his mother’s
womb,
and
he
shall
begin
to
deliver
Israel
from
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
And
when
she
was
come
to
her
husband
she
said
to
him:
A
man
of
God
came
to
me,
having
the countenance
of
an
angel,
very awful.
And
when
I
asked
him
who
he
was,
and whence
he
came,
and
by
what
name
he
was
called,
he
would
not
tell
me.
But
he
answered
thus:
Behold thou shalt
conceive
and
bear
a
son:
beware thou
drink
no
wine,
nor
strong
drink,
nor
eat
any
unclean
thing:
for
the
child
shall
be
a Nazarite
of
God
from
his infancy,
from
his mother’s
womb
until
the
day
of
his
death.
Then Manue
prayed
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
that
the mail
of
God,
whom thou didst
send,
may
come
again,
and
teach
us
what
we ought
to
do
concerning
the
child
that
shall
be
born.
And
the Lord
heard
the prayer
of Manue,
and
the
angel
of
the Lord
appeared
again
to
his
wife
as
she
was
sitting
in
the
field.
But Manue
her
husband
was
not
with
her.
And
when
she saw
the
angel,
She
made
haste
and
ran
to
her
husband:
and
told
him
saying:
Behold
the
man hath
appeared
to
me
whom
I
saw
before.
He
rose
up
and
followed
his
wife:
and
coming
to
the
man,
said
to
him: Art thou
he
that
spoke
to
the
woman?
And
he
answered:
I
am.
And Manue
said
to
him:
When thy
word
shall
come
to
pass,
what wilt thou
that
the
child
should
do?
or
from
what
shall
he
keep himself?
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
said
to Manue:
From
all
the
things
I
have
spoken
of
to thy
wife, let
her refrain herself:
And
let
her
eat
nothing
that cometh
of
the
vine,
neither
let
her
drink
wine
or
strong
drink,
nor
eat
any
unclean
thing:
and
whatsoever
I
have
commanded
her,
let
her fulfill
and
observe.
And Manue
said
to
the
angel
of
the
Lord:
I
beseech thee
to consent
to
my
request,
and
let
us dress
a kid
for thee.
And
the
angel
answered
him:
If thou press
me,
I
will
not
eat
of thy
bread:
but
if thou wilt
offer
a holocaust,
offer
it
to
the
Lord.
And Manue
knew
not
it
was
the
angel
of
the
Lord.
And
he
said
to
him:
What
is thy
name,
that,
if thy
word
shall
come
to
pass,
we
may honour thee?
And
he
answered
him:
Why askest thou
my
name,
which
is
wonderful?
Then Manue
took
a kid
of
the flocks,
and
the libations,
and
put
them
upon
a
rock,
offering
to
the
Lord,
who doth
wonderful
things:
and
he
and
his
wife
looked
on.
And
when
the
flame
from
the
altar
went
up towards
heaven,
the
angel
of
the
lord
ascended
also
in
the
flame.
And
when Manue
and
his
wife
saw
this,
they
fell
flat
on
the
ground.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
them
no
more.
And forthwith Manue
understood
that
it
was
an
angel
of
the
Lord,
And
he
said
to
his
wife:
We
shall
certainly
die,
because
we
have
seen
God.
And
his
wife
answered
him:
If
the
Lord
had
a
mind
to
kill
us,
he
would
not
have
received
a holocaust
and libations
at
our
hands,
neither
would
he
have shewed
us
all
these
things,
nor
have
told
us
the
things
that
are
to come.
And
she
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Samson.
And
the
child
grew,
and
the
Lord
blessed
him.
And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
began
to
be
with
him
in
the
camp
of
Dan,
between Saraa
and Esthaol.
Then
Samson
went
down
to Thamnatlia,
and
seeing there
a
woman
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines,
He
came
up,
and
told
his
father
and
his
mother,
saying:
I
saw
a
woman
in Thamnatha
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines:
I beseech
you,
take
her
for
me
to
wife.
And
his
father
and
mother
said
to
him:
Is
there
no
woman
among
the
daughters
of thy
brethren,
or
among
all
my
people,
that thou wilt
take
a
wife
of
the
Philistines,
who
are
uncircumcised?
And
Samson
said
to
his
father:
Take
this
woman
for
me,
for
she hath
pleased
my
eyes.
Now
his
parents
knew
not
that
the
thing
was done
by
the
Lord,
and
that
he
sought
an occasion against
the
Philistines:
for
at
that
time
the
Philistines
had
dominion
over
Israel.
Then
Samson
went
down
with
his
father
and
mother
to Thamnatha.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
vineyards
of
the town,
behold
a
young
lion
met
him raging
and
roaring.
And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon Samson,
and
he
tore
the lion
as
he
would
have torn
a kid
in pieces,
having
nothing
at all
in
his
hand:
and
he
would
not
tell
this
to
his
father
and
mother.
And
he
went
down
and
spoke
to
the
woman
that
had
pleased
his
eyes.
And
after
some
days
returning
to
take
her,
he
went
aside
to
see
the
carcass
of
the
lion,
and
behold
there
was
a
swarm
of
bees
in
the mouth
of
the
lion
and
a honeycomb.
And
when
be
had
taken
it
in
his
hands,
he
went
on
eating:
and
coming
to
his
father
and
mother,
he
gave
them
of
it,
and
they
ate:
but
he
would
not
tell
them,
that
he
had
taken
the
honey
from
the body
of
the
lion.
So
his
father
went
down
to
the
woman,
and
made
a
feast
for
his son
Samson:
for
so
the
young
men
used
to
do.
And
when
the citizens
of
that
place
saw
him,
they
brought
him
thirty
companions
to
be
with
him.
And
Samson
said
to
them:
I
will propose
to
you
a
riddle,
which
if
you
declare unto
me within
the
seven
days
of
the
feast,
I
will
give
you
thirty shirts,
and
as many coats:
But
if
you
shall
not
be
able
to
declare
it,
you
shall
give
me
thirty shirts
and
the same number
of coats.
They
answered
him:
Put
forth
the
riddle
that
we
may
hear
it.
And
he
said
to
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.
And
when
the
seventh
day
came,
they
said
to
the
wife
of
Samson: Soothe thy
husband,
and persuade
him
to
tell thee what
the
riddle meaneth.
But
if thou wilt
not do
it,
we
will
burn thee,
and thy
father’s
house.
Have
you
called
us
to
the wedding
on purpose
to strip
us?
So
she
wept
before
Samson
and complained,
saying: Thou hatest
me,
and dost
not
love
me: therefore thou wilt
not expound
to
me
the
riddle
which thou hast proposed
to
the
sons
of
my
people.
But
he
answered:
I
would
not
tell
it
to
my
father
and
mother,
and
how
can
I
tell
it
to thee?
So
she
wept
before
him
the
seven
days
of
the
feast:
and
at
length
on
the
seventh
day
as
she
was troublesome
to
him,
he expounded
it.
And
she immediately
told
her countrymen.
And
they
on
the
seventh
day
before
the sun
went down
said
to
him:
What
is
sweeter
than
honey?
and
what
is
stronger
than
a
lion?
And
he
said
to
them:
If
you
had
not ploughed
with
my
heifer,
you
had
not
found
out
my
riddle.
And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon
him,
and
he
went
down
to Ascalon,
and
slew
there
thirty
men,
whose garments
he
took
away
and
gave
to
them
that
had
declared
the
riddle.
And being exceeding
angry
he
went
up
to
his
father’s
house:
But
his
wife
took
one
of
his
friends
and bridal
companions
for
her husband.
And
a
while
after,
when
the
days
of
the
wheat
harvest
were
at
hand,
Samson
came, meaning
to
visit
his
wife,
and
he
brought
her
a kid
of
the flock.
And
when
he
would
have
gone
into
her
chamber
as
usual,
her
father
would
not
suffer
him,
saying:
I
thought thou hadst
hated
her,
and
therefore
I
gave
her
to thy friend:
but
she hath
a
sister,
who
is
younger
and fairer
than
she,
take
her
to wife
instead
of
her.
And
Samson
answered
him:
From
this day
I
shall
be
blameless
in
what
I
do
against
the
Philistines:
for
I
will
do
you evils.
And
he
went
and
caught
three
hundred
foxes,
and coupled
them
tail
to
tail,
and fastened
torches
between
the
tails.
And setting
them
on
fire
he
let
the foxes
go,
that
they might run about hither
and thither.
And
they presently went into
the
standing corn
of
the
Philistines.
Which being
set
on
fire, both
the corn
that
was already carried together,
and
that
which
was
yet
standing,
was
all burnt, insomuch,
that
the
flame
consumed
also
the
vineyards
and
the oliveyards.
Then
the
Philistines
said:
Who hath
done
this
thing?
And
it
was
answered:
Samson
the son
in law
of
the Thamnathite,
because
he
took
away
his
wife,
and
gave
her
to
another, hath
done
these things.
And
the
Philistines
went
up
and
burnt both
the
woman
and
her
father.
But
Samson
said
to
them:
Although
you
have
done
this,
yet
will
I
be revenged
of
you,
and
then
I
will
be quiet.
And
he
made
a
great
slaughter
of
them,
so
that
in astonishment
they laid
the calf
of
the
leg
upon
the
thigh.
And
going
down
he
dwelt
in
a cavern
of
the
rock
Etam.
Then
the
Philistines
going
up
into
the land
of Juda,
camped
in
the place which afterwards
was called Lechi,
that
is,
the Jawbone, where
their
army
was
spread.
And
the
men
of
the tribe
of Juda
said
to
them:
Why
are
you
come
up
against
us?
They
answered:
We
are
come
to
bind
Samson,
and
to pay
him
for
what
he hath
done
against
us.
Wherefore
three
thousand
men
of Juda,
went
down
to
the cave
of
the
rock
Etam,
and
said
to
Samson: Knowest thou
not
that
the
Philistines
rule
over
us?
Why wouldst thou
do
thus?
And
he
said
to
them:
As
they
did
to
me,
so
have
I
done
to
them.
And
they
said
to
him,
We
are
come
to
bind thee
and
to
deliver thee
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
And
Samson
said
to
them:
Swear
to
me,
and
promise
me,
that
you
will
not
kill
me.
They
said:
We
will
not
kill thee:
but
we
will
deliver thee
up
bound.
And
they
bound
him
with
two
new
cords,
and
brought
him
from
the
rock Etam.
Now
when
he
was
come
to
the
place
of
the Jawbone,
and
the
Philistines
shouting
went
to
meet
him,
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came strongly
upon
him:
and
as
the
flax
is wont
to
be
consumed
at
the
approach
of
fire,
so
the bands
with
which
he
was bound
were broken
and loosed.
And
finding
a
jawbone, even
the
jawbone
of
an ass which
lay
there, catching
it up,
be
slew therewith
a
thousand
men.
And
he
said:
With
the
jawbone
of
an ass,
with
the
jaw
of
the colt
of asses
I
have
destroyed
them,
and
have
slain
a
thousand
men.
And
when
he
had
ended
these words singing,
he
threw
the
jawbone
out
of
his
hand,
and
called
the
name
of
that
place Ramathlechi,
which
is interpreted
the lifting
up
of
the
jawbone.
Arid being
very
thirsty,
he
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said: Thou hast
given
this
very
great
deliverance
and
victory
into
the
hand
of thy
servant:
and behold
I
die
for
thirst,
and
shall
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
uncircumcised.
Then
the Lord opened
a
great tooth
in
the
jaw
of
the ass,
and
waters
issued
out
of
it.
And
when
he
had
drank
them
he refreshed
his
spirit,
and
recovered
his
strength.
Therefore
the
name
of
that
place
was
called,
The
Spring
of
him
that invoked
from
the
jawbone,
until
this
present
day.
And
he
judged
Israel
in
the
days
of
the
Philistines
twenty
years.
He
went
also
into
Gaza,
and
saw
there
a
woman
a
harlot,
and
went
in unto
her.
And
when
the Philistines
had beard
this,
and
it
was noised
about among
them,
that
Samson
was
come
into
the
city,
they
surrounded
him, setting guards
at
the
gate
of
the
city,
and watching
there
all
the
night
in silence,
that
in
the
morning
they might
kill
him
as
he
went
out.
But
Samson
slept
till midnight,
and
then
rising
he
took
both
the
doors
of
the
gate,
with
the
posts thereof,
and
the
bolt,
and laying
them
on
his
shoulders,
carried
them
up
to
the
top
of
the
hill,
which looketh towards
Hebron.
After
this
he
loved
a
woman,
who dwelt
in
the
valley
of Sorec,
and
she
was
called Dalila.
And
the princes
of
the
Philistines
came
to
her,
and
said: Deceive
him,
and learn
of
him wherein
his
great
strength lieth,
and
how
we
may
be
able
to
overcome
him,
to
bind
and
afflict
him:
which
if thou shalt
do,
we
will
give thee
every
one
of
us eleven
hundred pieces
of
silver.
And Dalila
said
to
Samson:
Tell
me,
I
beseech thee, wherein thy
greatest
strength lieth,
and
what
it
is wherewith if thou wert
bound thou couldst not break loose.
And
Samson
answered
her:
If
I
shall
be
bound
with
seven cords
made
of sinews
not
yet
dry,
but
still moist,
I
shall
be
weak
like
other
men.
And
the princes
of
the
Philistines
brought unto her
seven cords,
such
is
he spoke
of,
with
which
she
bound
him;
Men
lying privately
in
wait
with
her,
and
in
the
chamber expecting
the event
of
the thing,
and
she cried
out
to
him:
The
Philistines
are
upon thee,
Samson.
And
he
broke
the bands,
as
a
man
would
break
a
thread
of
tow twined
with spittle,
when
it smelleth
the
fire:
so
it
was
not
known
wherein
his
strength Jay.
And Dalila
said
to
him:
Behold thou hast
mocked
me,
and hast
told
me
a
false
thing:
but
now
at least
tell
me wherewith thou mayest
be
bound.
And
he
answered
her:
If
I
shall
be
bound
with
new
ropes,
that
were
never
in
work,
I
shall
be
weak
and
like
other
men.
Dalila
bound
him again
with
these,
and cried
out:
The
Philistines
are
upon thee,
Samson,
there being
an
ambush
prepared
for
him
in
the
chamber.
But
he
broke
the bands
like threads
of webs.
And Dalila
said
to
him
again:
How
long dost thou
deceive
me,
and
tell
me
lies? Shew
me wherewith thou mayest be
bound.
And
Samson
answered
her:
If thou plattest
the
seven
locks
of
my
head
with
a lace,
and tying
them round
about
a nail fastenest
it
in
the ground,
I
shall be weak.
And
when Dalila
had done this, she
said
to
him:
The
Philistines
are
upon thee,
Samson.
And awaking
out
of
his
sleep
he drew
out
the nail
with
the hairs
and
the lace.
And Dalila
said
to
him:
How dost thou
say thou lovest
me,
when thy
mind
is
not
with
me? Thou hast
told
me lies
these
three
times,
and wouldst
not
tell
me wherein thy
great
strength lieth.
And
when
she
pressed
him
much,
and
continually hung
upon
him
for many
days, giving
him
no
time
to
rest,
his
soul fainted
away,
and
was wearied
even until
death.
Then opening
the truth
of
the
thing,
he
said
to
her:
The razor hath
never
come
upon
my
head,
for
I
am
a Nazarite,
that
is
to
say,
consecrated
to
God
from
my
mother’s
womb:
if
my
head
be shaven,
my
strength
shall
depart
from
me,
and
I
shall
become
weak,
and
shall
be
like
other
men.
Then
seeing
that
be
had discovered
to
her
all
his
mind,
she
sent
to
the princes
of
the
Philistines,
saying:
Come
up
this
once
more,
for
now
he hath
opened
his
heart
to
me.
And
they
went
up taking
with
them
the
money which
they
had
promised.
But
she
made
him
sleep
upon
her
knees,
and lay
his
head
in
her bosom.
And
she
called
a barber,
and
shaved
his
seven
locks,
and
began
to drive
him
away,
and thrust
him
from
her:
for immediately
his
strength
departed
from
him.
And
she
said:
The
Philistines
are
upon thee,
Samson.
And awaking
from
sleep,
he
said
in
his
mind:
I
will
go
out
as
I
did
before,
and
shake
myself,
not
knowing
that
the
Lord
was
departed
from
him.
Then
the
Philistines
seized
upon
him,
and forthwith pulled
out
his
eyes,
and led
him
bound
in
chains
to
Gaza,
and shutting
him
up
in
prison
made
him
grind.
And now
his
hair
began
to
grow
again.
And
the princes
of
the
Philistines
assembled
together,
to
offer
great
sacrifices
to
Dagon
their
god,
and
to
make merry,
saying:
Our
god hath
delivered
our
enemy
Samson
into
our
hands.
And
the
people
also
seeing
this,
praised
their
god,
and
said
the
same:
Our
god hath
delivered
our adversary
into
our bands,
him
that
destroyed
our
country
and
killed very
many.
And
rejoicing
in
their feasts,
when
they
had
now
taken
their
good cheer,
they
commanded
that
Samson
should
be
called,
and
should
play
before
them.
And
being
brought
out
of
prison
he
played
before
them,
and
they
made
him
stand
between
two
pillars.
And
he
said
to
the
lad
that guided
his steps:
Suffer
me
to touch
the
pillars
which
support
the whole
house,
and let
me
lean
upon
them,
and
rest
a little.
Now
the
house
was
full
of
men
and
women,
and
all
the princes
of
the
Philistines
were
there. Moreover
about
three
thousand
persons
of
both sexes
from
the
roof
and
the higher
part
of
the
house,
were beholding
Samson’s
play.
But
he
called
upon
the
Lord,
saying:
O
Lord
God,
remember
me,
and restore
to
me
now
my former
strength,
O
my
God,
that
I
may
revenge myself
on
my enemies,
and
for
the loss
of
my
two
eyes
I
may
take
one
revenge.
And laying
hold
on
both
the
pillars
on
which
the
house
rested,
and holding
the
one
with
his
right
hand,
and
the
other
with
his
left,
He
said:
Let
me
die
with
the
Philistines.
And
when
he
had strongly shook
the pillars,
the
house
fell
upon
all
the princes,
and
the
rest
of
the multitude
that
was
there:
and
he
killed
many
more
at
his
death,
than
he
had
killed
before
in
his
life.
And
his
brethren
and
all
his kindred,
going
down
took
his body,
and
buried
it
between Saraa
and Esthaol
in
the buryingplace
of
his
father Manue:
and
he
judged
Israel
twenty
years.
There
was
at
that
time
a
man
of
mount
Ephraim
whose
name
was Michas,
Who
said
to
his
mother:
The eleven
hundred pieces
of
silver,
which thou hadst
put aside
for thyself,
and
concerning
which thou didst swear
in
my
hearing,
behold
I
have,
and
they
are
with
me.
And
she
said
to
him:
Blessed
be
my
son
by
the
Lord.
So
he
restored
them
to
his
mother,
who
said
to
him:
I
have
consecrated
and vowed
this
silver
to
the
Lord,
that
my
son
may receive
it
at
my
hand,
and
make
a
graven
and
a molten
god,
so
now
I deliver
it
to thee.
And
he
restored
them
to
his
mother:
and
she
took
two
hundred pieces
of
silver
and
gave
them
to
the
silversmith,
to
make
of
them
a
graven
and
a molten
god,
which
was
in
the
house
of Michas.
And
he separated
also therein
a little
temple
for
the
god,
and
made
an
ephod,
and theraphim,
that
is
to say,
a
priestly garment,
and
idols:
and
he
filled
the
hand
of
one
of
his
sons,
and
he
became
his
priest.
In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel,
but
every
one
did
that
which
seemed
right
to
himself.
There
was
also another
young
man
of
Bethlehem Juda,
of
the kindred thereof:
and
he
was
a
Levite,
and dwelt
there.
Now
he
went
out
from
the
city
of
Bethlehem,
and desired
to sojourn wheresoever
he
should
find
it convenient
for
him.
And
when
he
was
come
to
mount
Ephraim,
as
he
was
on
his
journey,
and
had
turned aside
a little
into
the
house
of Michas,
He
was
asked
by
him whence
he
came.
And
he
answered:
I
am
a
Levite
of
Bethlehem Juda,
and
I
am
going
to
dwell
where
I
can,
and
where
I
shall
find
a
place
to
my advantage.
And Michas
said:
Stay
with
me,
and
be unto
me
a
father
and
a
priest,
and
I
will
give thee
every
year
ten pieces
of
silver,
and
a double
suit
of apparel,
and thy victuals.
He
was content,
and
abode
with
the
man,
and
was unto
him
as
one
of
his
sons.
And Michas
filled
his
hand,
and
had
the
young
man
with
him,
for
his
priest, saying:
Now
I
know
God
will
do
me
good,
since
I
have
a
priest
of
the race
of
the
Levites.
In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel,
and
the
tribe
of Dan
sought
them
an
inheritance
to
dwell
in:
for unto
that
day
they
had
not received
their
lot
among
the
other
tribes.
So
the
children
of
Dan
sent
five most
valiant
men
of
their stock
and
family
from Saraa
and Esthaol,
to
spy
out
the
land,
and
to view
it diligently:
and
they
said
to
them:
Go,
and view
the
land.
They
went
on
their
way,
and
when
they
came
to
mount
Ephraim,
they
went
into
the
house
of Michas,
and rested
there:
And knowing
the
voice
of
the
young
man
the
Levite,
and lodging
with
him,
they
said
to
him:
Who
brought thee hither?
what dost thou
here?
why wouldst thou
come hither?
He
answered
them: Michas hath
done
such
and
such
things
for
me,
and hath
hired
me
to
be
his
priest.
Then
they
desired
him
to
consult
the Lord,
that
they
might
know whether
their
journey
should
be
prosperous,
and
the
thing
should
have effect.
He
answered
them: Go
in
peace,
the
Lord looketh
on
your
way,
and
the
journey
that
you go.
So
the
five
men
going
on
came
to Lais:
and
they
saw
how
the
people
dwelt therein
without
any fear,
according
to
the
custom
of
the
Sidonians,
secure
and easy,
having
no
man
at
all
to oppose
them, being very rich,
and
living separated,
at
a
distance
from Sidon
and
from
all
men.
And
they
returned
to
their
brethren
in Saraa
and Esthaol,
who
asked
them
what
they
had done?
to whom
they
answered:
Arise,
and
let
us
go
up
to
them:
for
we
have
seen
the
land which
is
exceeding rich
and fruitful: neglect
not, lose
no time:
let
us
go
and
possess
it,
there
will
be
no difficulty.
We
shall
come
to
a
people
that
is
secure,
into
a
spacious
country,
and
the Lord
will
deliver
the
place
to
us,
in
which
there
is
no
want
of
any
thing
that groweth
on
the
earth.
There
went therefore
of
the kindred
of Dan,
to wit,
from Saraa
and Esthaol,
six
hundred
men, furnished
with arms
for
war,
And
going
up
they lodged
in Cariathiarim
of Juda:
which
place
from
that
time
is
called
the
camp
of Dan,
and
is
behind Cariathiarim.
From thence
they
passed
into
mount
Ephraim.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
house
of Michas,
The
five
men,
that
before
had
been
sent
to view
the
land
of Lais,
said
to
the rest
of
their
brethren:
You
know
that
in
these
houses
there
is
an
ephod,
and theraphim,
and
a
graven,
and
a molten
god:
see
what
you
are pleased
to
do.
And
when
they
had
turned
a little
aside,
they
went
into
the
house
of
the
young
man
the
Levite,
who
was
in
the
house
of Michas:
and
they saluted
him
with words
of
peace.
And
the
six
hundred
men
stood before
the
door, appointed
with
their arms.
But
they
that
were
gone
into
the house
of
the young
man,
went
about
to
take
away
the
graven god,
and
the
ephod,
and
the theraphim,
and
the molten god,
and
the
priest
stood before
the
door,
the
six
hundred valiant
men
waiting
not far
off.
So
they
that
were
gone
in
took
away
the
graven thing,
the
ephod,
and
the
idols,
and
the molten
god.
And
the
priest
said
to
them:
What
are
you
doing?
And
they
said
to
him:
Hold thy peace
and
put thy finger
on thy
mouth
and
come
with
us,
that we
may
have thee
for
a
father,
and
a
priest.
Whether
is
better
for thee,
to
be
a
priest
in
the
house
of
one
man,
or
in
a
tribe
and
family
in
Israel?
When
he
had heard
this,
he agreed
to
their words,
and
took
the
ephod,
and
the
idols,
and
the
graven
god,
and
departed
with
them.
And
when
they
were going
forward,
and
had
put
before
them
the
children
and
the
cattle
and all
that
was valuable,
And
were now
at
a
distance
from
the
house
of Michas,
the
men
that dwelt
in
the
houses
of Michas
gathering
together followed
them,
And began
to shout
out
after
them.
They looked
back,
and
said
to Michas:
What aileth thee?
Why dost thou
cry?
And
he
answered:
You
have
taken
away
my
gods
which
I
have
made
me
and
the
priest,
and
all
that
I
have,
and
do
you
say:
What aileth thee?
And
the
children
of
Dan
said
to
him: See thou
say
no
more
to
us,
lest
men enraged come
upon thee,
and thou perish
with
all thy
house.
And
so
they
went
on
the
journey
they
had begun.
But Michas
seeing
that
they
were
stronger
than
he,
returned
to
his
house.
And
the six hundred
men
took
the
priest,
and
the
things
we
spoke
of
before,
and
came
to Lais
to
a
people
that
was
quiet
and
secure,
and
smote
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword:
and
the
city
was
burnt
with
fire,
There being
no
man
at
all
who brought
them
any succour,
because
they
dwelt
far
from
Sidon,
and
had
no society
or
business
with
any
man.
And
the
city
was
in
the land
of Rohob:
and
they
rebuilt
it
and
dwelt therein.
Calling
the
name
of
the
city
Dan
after
the
name
of
their
father,
who
was
the son
of
Israel,
which
before
was
called Lais.
And
they
set
up
to themselves
the
graven
idol,
and
Jonathan
the
son
of Gersam
the
son
of Moses,
he
and
his
sons
were
priests
in
the
tribe
of
Dan,
until
the
day
of
their
captivity.
And
the
idol
of Michas
remained
with
them
all
the
time
that
the
house
of
God
was
in Silo.
In
those
days
there
was
no king
in Israel.
There
was
a
certain
Levite,
who dwelt
on
the
side
of
mount
Ephraim,
who
took
a
wife
of
Bethlehem Juda:
And
she
left
him
and returned
to
her
father’s
house
in
Bethlehem,
and abode
with
him
four
months.
And
her
husband
followed
her, willing
to
be reconciled
with
her,
and
to
speak
kindly
to
her,
and
to
bring
her
back
with
him, having
with
him
a
servant
and
two asses:
and
she
received
him,
and
brought
him
into
her
father’s
house.
And
when
his
father
in law
had
heard
this,
and
had
seen
him,
he
met
him
with
joy,
And embraced
the man.
And
the son
in law tarried
in
the house
of
his
father
in law
three
days,
eating
with
him
and
drinking familiarly.
But
on
the
fourth
day arising
early
in
the
morning
he
desired
to depart.
But
his
father
in law kept
him,
and
said
to
him: Taste
first
a little
bread,
and
strengthen thy stomach,
and
so thou shalt depart.
And
they
sat
down
together,
and
ate
and
drank.
And
the
father
of
the
young
woman
said
to
his son
in law:
I
beseech thee
to
stay here today,
and
let
us
make
merry
together.
But
he
rising
up began
to
be
for departing.
And nevertheless
his father
in law earnestly
pressed
him,
and
made
him
stay
with
him.
But
when
morning
was
come,
the Levite prepared
to
go
on
his journey.
And
his
father
in law
said
to
him
again:
I
beseech thee
to take
a little meat,
and strengthening thyself,
till
the
day
be farther advanced, afterwards thou mayest depart.
And
they
ate together.
And
the
young
man
arose
to
set
forward
with
his wife
and
servant.
And
his
father
in law
spoke
to
him
again:
Consider
that
the
day
is declining,
and draweth
toward
evening: tarry
with
me
today
also,
and
spend
the
day
in mirth,
and
tomorrow thou shalt
depart,
that thou mayest
go
into thy house.
His son
in law
would
not
consent
to
his words:
but forthwith
went
forward
and
came
over
against
Jebus,
which
by
another name
is called
Jerusalem, leading
with
him
two asses laden,
and
his
concubine.
And
now
they
were
come
near
Jebus,
and
the
day
was
far
spent:
and
the
servant
said
to
his
master:
Come,
I
beseech thee,
let
us
turn
into
the
city
of
the
Jebusites,
and lodge
there.
His
master
answered
him:
I
will
not
go
into
the
town
of
another nation,
who
are
not
of
the
children
of
Israel,
but
I
will
pass
over
to Gabaa:
And
when
I shall
come thither, we
will lodge there,
or
at least
in
the city
of Rama.
So
they
passed
by Jebus,
and
went
on
their
journey,
and
the
sun
went down
upon
them
when
they
were
by Gabaa,
which
is
in
the tribe
of
Benjamin:
And
they
turned
into
it,
to lodge
there.
And
when
they
were
come
in,
they
sat
in
the
street
of
the
city,
for
no
man
would receive
them
to lodge.
And
behold
they
saw
an
old
man, returning
out
of
the
field
and
from
his
work
in
the
evening,
and
he
also
was
of
mount
Ephraim,
and dwelt
as
a stranger
in Gabaa;
but
the
men
of
that
country
were
the children
of Jemini.
And
the
old
man lifting
up
his
eyes,
saw
the
man sitting
with
his bundles
in
the
street
of
the
city,
and
said
to
him: Whence comest thou?
and whither goest thou?
He
answered
him:
We
came
out
from
Bethlehem Juda,
and
we
are
going
to
our
home,
which
is
on
the side
of
mount
Ephraim,
from whence
we
went
to
Bethlehem:
and
now
we
go
to
the
house
of
God,
and
none
will receive
us
under
his roof:
We
have
straw
and hay
for provender
of
the asses,
and
bread
and
wine
for
the use
of
myself
and
of thy
handmaid,
and
of
the
servant
that
is
with
me:
we
want
nothing
but lodging.
And
the
old
man
answered
him:
Peace
be
with thee:
I
will furnish
all
things
that
are necessary:
only
I beseech thee,
stay
not
in
the
street.
And
he
brought
him
into
his
house,
and
gave provender
to
his asses:
and
after
they
had
washed
their
feet,
he entertained
them
with
a
feast.
While
they
were making
merry,
and refreshing
their bodies
with meat
and drink,
after
the labour
of
the
journey,
the
men
of
that
city,
sons
of Belial, (that
is, without yoke,)
came
and beset
the
old
man’s
house,
and
began
to knock
at
the
door, calling
to
the
master
of
the
house,
and
saying:
Bring
forth
the
man
that
came
into thy
house,
that
we
may abuse
him.
And
the old
man
went
out
to
them,
and
said:
Do
not
so,
my
brethren,
do
not
so wickedly:
because
this
man
is
come
into
my lodging,
and cease
I
pray
you
from
this
folly.
I
have
a maiden
daughter,
and
this
man hath
a
concubine,
I
will
bring
them
out
to
you,
and
you
may humble
them,
and satisfy
your lust: only,
I
beseech
you, commit
not
this
crime
against nature
on
the
man.
They
would
not
be
satisfied
with
his words; which
the
man seeing,
brought
out
his
concubine
to
them,
and abandoned
her
to
their wickedness:
and
when
they
had abused
her
all
the
night,
they
let
her
go
in
the
morning.
But
the
woman,
at
the dawning
of
the
day,
came
to
the
door
of
the
house
where
her
lord lodged,
and
there
fell
down.
And
in
the
morning
the man
arose,
and
opened
the
door
that
he might
end
the
journey
he
had begun:
and
behold
his
concubine
lay
before
the
door
with
her
hands
spread
on
the threshold.
He
thinking
she
was
taking
her rest,
said
to
her:
Arise,
and let
us
be going.
But
as
she
made
no
answer, perceiving
she
was dead,
he
took
her
up,
and laid
her
upon
his ass,
and returned
to
his house.
And
when
he
was
come
home
he
took
a sword,
and divided
the dead
body
of
his wife
with
her
bones
into
twelve
parts,
and
sent
the
pieces
into
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
And
when
every
one
had
seen
this,
they
all cried
out:
There
was
never
such
a
thing
done
in
Israel
from
the
day
that
our fathers
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
until
this
day:
give
sentence,
and decree
in
common
what ought
to
be
done.
Then
all
the
children
of
Israel
went
out
and
gathered
together
as
one
man
from
Dan
to Bersabee,
with
the
land
of Galaad,
to
the
Lord
in Maspha:
And
all
the
chiefs
of
the
people,
and
all
the
tribes
of
Israel met
together
in
the
assembly
of
the
people
of
God,
four
hundred
thousand
footmen fit
for
war.
(Nor
were
the
children
of
Benjamin ignorant
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
come
up
to Maspha.)
And
the Levite
the husband
of
the woman
that
was killed,
being
asked,
how
so great
a
wickedness
had
been
committed,
Answered:
I
came
into Gabaa
of
Benjamin
with
my
wife,
and
there
I lodged:
And behold
the
men
of
that city
in
the
night beset
the
house wherein
I
was, intending
to
kill
me,
and abused
my wife
with
an incredible fury
of lust,
so
that
at
last
she
died.
And
I
took
her
and
cut
her
in
pieces,
and
sent
the, parts into
all
the borders
of
your
possession:
because
there never
was
so
heinous
a
crime,
and
so great
an abomination
committed
in
Israel.
You
are
all
here, O
children
of
Israel, determine
what
you ought
to
do.
And
all
the
people standing,
answered
as
by
the voice
of
one
man:
We
will
not
return
to
our
tents,
neither
shall
any
one
of
us
go
into
his
own
house:
But
this
we
will
do
in common
against Gabaa:
We
will
take
ten
men
of
a
hundred
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
a
hundred
out
of
a
thousand,
and
a
thousand
out
of
ten
thousand,
to
bring victuals
for
the
army,
that
we
might fight
against Gabaa
of
Benjamin,
and render
to
it
for
its wickedness,
what
it deserveth.
And
all
Israel
were
gathered
together
against
the
city,
as
one
man,
with
one mind,
and
one counsel:
And
they
sent messengers
to
all
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
to
say
to
them:
Why hath
so great
an abomination
been found
among
you?
Deliver
up
the
men
of Gabaa,
that
have
committed
this heinous crime,
that
they
may
die,
and
the
evil
may
be
taken
away
out
of
Israel.
But
they
would
not hearken
to
the proposition
of
their
brethren
the
children
of
Israel:
But
out
of
all
the
cities which
were
of
their lot,
they
gathered
themselves
together
into Gabaa,
to aid
them,
and
to
fight
against
the whole
people
of
Israel.
And
there
were found
of
Benjamin five
and
twenty
thousand
men
that
drew
the
sword,
besides
the
inhabitants
of Gabaa,
Who
were
seven
hundred most valiant
men, fighting
with
the left
hand
as well
as
with
the
right:
and slinging
stones
so sure
that
they
could hit
even
a
hair,
and
not
miss
by
the stone’s going
on
either
side.
Of
the
men
of
Israel
also, beside
the children
of
Benjamin,
were found
four
hundred
thousand
that
drew
swords,
and
were prepared
to
fight.
And
they
arose
and
came
to
the house
of
God,
that
is,
to Silo:
and
they consulted
God,
and
said:
Who
shall
be
in
our
army
the
first
to
go
to
the
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin?
And
the
Lord
answered
them: Let Juda
be
your leader.
And forthwith
the
children
of
Israel
rising
in
the
morning,
camped
by Gabaa:
And
going
out
from thence
to
fight
against
Benjamin, began
to assault
the city.
And
the
children
of
Benjamin
coming
out
of Gabaa, slew
of
the
children
of
Israel
that
day
two
and
twenty
thousand
men.
Again
Israel trusting
in
their
strength
and
their number,
set
their
army
in
array
in
the same
place,
where
they
had fought
before:
Yet
so
that
they
first
went
up
and
wept
before
the
Lord
until
night:
and consulted
him,
and
said:
Shall
I
go
out
any
more
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
my
brethren,
or
not?
And
he
answered
them:
Go
up
against
them,
and
join
battle.
And
when
the
children
of
Israel
went
out
the
next
day
to fight
against
the
children
of
Benjamin,
The
children
of
Benjamin sallied
forth
out
of
the gates
of Gabaa:
and meeting
them
made
so great
a slaughter
of
them,
as
to
kill
eighteen
thousand
men
that
drew
the
sword.
Wherefore
all
the
children
of
Israel
came
to
the house
of
God,
and
sat
and
wept
before
the
Lord:
and
they
fasted
that
day
till
the
evening,
and
offered
to
him holocausts,
and victims
of
peace
offerings,
And
inquired
of
him
concerning
their state.
At
that
time
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
was
there,
And Phinees
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
was
over
the house.
So
they consulted
the
Lord
and
said:
Shall
we
go
out
any
more
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
our
brethren,
or
shall
we
cease?
And
the
Lord
said
to
them:
Go
up,
for
tomorrow
I
will
deliver
them
into
your
hands.
And
the children
of
Israel
set
ambushes
round
about
the city
of Gabaa:
And
they drew
up
their
army
against
Benjamin
the
third
time,
as
they
had done
the
first
and second.
And
the
children
of
Benjamin boldly
issued
out
of
the
city,
and seeing
their enemies
flee, pursued
them
a long way,
so
as
to
wound
and
kill
some
of
them,
as
they
had done
the
first
and second day, whilst
they fled
by
two
highways, whereof
one goeth
up
to
Bethel,
and
the
other
to Gabaa,
and
they
slew
about
thirty
men:
For
they
thought
to cut
them
off,
as
they did
before.
But
they artfully feigning
a
flight, designed
to
draw
them
away
from
the
city,
and
by
their seeming
to
flee
to bring
them
to
the
highways aforesaid.
Then
all
the children
of
Israel
rising
up
out
of
the
places
where
they
were,
set
their army
in battle array,
in
the
place which
is called Baalthamar.
The
ambushes
also which
were
about
the city, began
by little
and little
to
come
forth,
And
to march
from
the west
side
of
the city.
And
other
ten
thousand
men
chosen
out
of
all
Israel
attacked
the inhabitants
of
the city.
And
the
battle
grew hot
against
the children
of Benjamin:
and
they
understood
not
that
present death threatened
them
on
every
side.
And
the
Lord
defeated
them
before
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they slew
of
them
in
that
day
five
and
twenty
thousand,
and
one
hundred,
all fighting
men
and
that
drew
the
sword.
But
the
children
of
Benjamin
when
they
saw
themselves
to
be too weak, began
to flee.
Which
the
children
of
Israel
seeing,
gave
them
place
to flee,
that
they
might come
to
the
ambushes
that
were prepared,
which
they
had
set near
the city.
And
they
that
were
in
ambush arose
on
a sudden
out
of
their coverts,
and whilst Benjamin
turned
their backs
to
the
slayers,
went
into
the
city,
and
smote
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
Now
the children
of
Israel
had given
a
sign
to
them, whom
they
had laid
in
ambushes,
that
after
they
had
taken
the
city,
they
should make
a fire:
that
by
the
smoke
rising
on
high,
they
might shew
that
the
city
was
taken.
And
when
the children
of
Israel saw
this
in
the
battle (for
the children
of
Benjamin
thought
they fled
and pursued
them vigorously,
killing
thirty
men
of
their
army)
And perceived
as
it
were
a
pillar
of
smoke
rise
up
from
the
city;
and
Benjamin looking
back,
saw
that
the
city
was
taken,
and
that
the flames
ascended
on high:
They
that
before
had made
as
if
they fled,
turning
their faces stood bravely
against
them; which
the children
of
Benjamin
seeing,
turned
their backs,
And began
to
go towards
the
way
of
the
desert,
the enemy pursuing
them thither
also.
And
they
that fired
the
city
came
also
out
to
meet
them.
And
so
it
was,
that
they
were slain
on both sides
by
the enemies,
and
there
was no
rest
of
their men dying.
They fell
and
were beaten
down
on
the
east
side
of
the city Gabaa.
And
they
that
were slain
in
the
same
place
were
eighteen
thousand
men,
all most
valiant
soldiers.
And
when
they
that
remained
of Benjamin saw
this,
they
fled
into
the
wilderness
and
made towards
the
rock
that
is called Remmon.
In
that
flight,
also
as
they
were straggling
and going different ways,
they
slew
of
them
five
thousand
men.
And
as
they
went farther,
they
still
pursued
them,
and
slew
also
other
two
thousand.
And
so
it
came
to
pass,
that
all
that
were slain
of
Benjamin
in divers
places,
were
five
and
twenty
thousand fighting
men, most
valiant
for
war.
And
there
remained
of
all
the number
of Benjamin only
six
hundred
men
that
were able
to
escape,
and
flee
to
the
wilderness:
and
they
abode
in
the
rock Remmon
four
months.
But
the
children
of
Israel
returning,
put
all
the remains
of
the
city
to
the
sword,
both
men
and
beasts,
and
all
the
cities
and villages
of
Benjamin
were consumed
with devouring flames.
Now
the children
of
Israel
had
also
sworn
in Maspha,
saying:
None
of
us
shall
give
of
his
daughters
to
the children
of
Benjamin
to
wife.
And
they
all
came
to
the house
of
God
in Silo,
and abiding
before
him
till
the
evening,
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
began
to lament
and
weep,
saying:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
why
is
so
great
an evil
come
to
pass
in thy people,
that
this
day
one
tribe
should
be
taken away
from
among
us?
And
rising
early
the
next
day,
they
built
an
altar:
and
offered
there holocausts,
and victims
of
peace,
and
they said:
Who
is
there
among
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
that
came
not
up
with
the
army
of
the
Lord?
for
they
had bound themselves
with
a
great
oath,
when
they
were
in Maspha,
that whosoever
were wanting
should
be slain.
And
the
children
of
Israel
being
moved
with repentance
for
their
brother
Benjamin, began
to
say:
One
tribe
is taken away
from
Israel.
Whence
shall
they
take
wives?
For
we
have all
in general
sworn,
not
to
give
our
daughters
to
them.
Therefore
they
said:
Who
is thereof
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
that
came
not
up
to
the
Lord
to Maspha.
And
behold
the inhabitants
of Jabes Galaad
were found
not
to
have
been
in
that
army.
(At
that time also
when
they
were
in Silo,
no
one
of
them
was
found
there.)
So
they
sent ten
thousand
of
the most
valiant
men,
and
commanded
them,
saying:
Go
and
put
the
inhabitants
of Jabes Galaad
to
the
sword,
with
their
wives
and
their
children.
And
this
is
what
you
shall
observe:
Every
male,
and
all
women
that
have
known
men,
you
shall kill,
but
the virgins
you
shall save.
And
there
were
found
of Jabes Galaad
four
hundred
virgins,
that
had
not
known
the
bed
of
a
man,
and
they
brought
them
to
the
camp Silo,
into
the
land
of Chanaan.
And
they
sent
messengers
to
the
children
of
Benjamin,
that
were
in
the
rock Remmon,
and
commanded
them
to receive
them
in
peace.
And
the children
of
Benjamin
came
at
that
time,
and
wives
were
given
them
of
the daughters
of Jabes Galaad:
but
they
found
no others,
whom
they
might
give
in
like
manner.
And all
Israel
was very
sorry,
and
repented
for
the destroying
of
one
tribe
out
of
Israel.
And
the ancients
said:
What
shall
we
do
with
the
rest,
that
have
not
received
wives?
for all
the
women
in
Benjamin
are dead.
And we
must use all care,
and provide
with great diligence,
that
one
tribe
be
not
destroyed
out
of
Israel.
For
as
to
our own
daughters
we
cannot
give
them,
being bound
with
an
oath
and
a
curse, whereby
we
said:
Cursed
be
he
that
shall
give
Benjamin
any
of
his
daughters
to
wife.
So
they
took counsel,
and
said:
Behold
there
is
a
yearly solemnity
of
the
Lord
in Silo,
which
is situate
on
the
north
of
the city
of
Bethel,
and
on
the
east
side
of
the way,
that goeth
from
Bethel
to Sichem,
and
on
the
south
of
the town
of Lebona.
And
they
commanded
the
children
of
Benjamin,
and
said: Go,
and
lie hid
in
the
vineyards,
And
when
you
shall
see
the
daughters
of Silo
come
out,
as
the custom
is,
to
dance,
come ye
on
a sudden
out
of
the
vineyards,
and
catch
you
every
man
his
wife
among
them,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Benjamin.
And
when
their
fathers
and
their
brethren
shall
come,
and
shall begin
to
complain
against
you,
and
to chide,
we
will
say
to
them:
Have
pity
on
them
for
they
took
them
not
away
as
by
the right
of
war
or conquest,
but
when
they
asked
to
have
them,
you
gave
them
not,
and
the
fault
was
committed
on
your
part.
And
the
children
of
Benjamin
did,
as
they
had
been commanded:
and
according
to
their
number,
they
carried
off
for
themselves
every
man
his
wife
of
them
that
were dancing:
and
they
went
into
their
possession
and
built
up
their
cities,
and
dwelt
in
them.
The
children
of
Israel
also
returned
by
their
tribes,
and
families,
to
their dwellings.
In
those days
there
was no king
in
Israel:
but
every
one
did
that
which seemed right
to
himself.
Ruth
The Book of Ruth
Ruth
Rut
The Book of
Ruth
In
the
days
of
one
of
the
judges,
when
the
judges
ruled,
there
came
a
famine
in
the
land.
And
a
certain
man
of
Bethlehem Juda,
went
to sojourn
in
the
land
of
Moab
with
his
wife
and
his
two
sons.
He
was
named
Elimelech,
and
his
wife, Noemi:
and
his
two
sons,
the
one Mahalon,
and
the
other Chelion,
Ephrathites
of
Bethlehem Juda.
And
entering
into
the
country
of
Moab,
they abode
there.
And
Elimelech
the
husband
of Noemi
died:
and
she
remained
with
her
sons.
And
they
took
wives
of
the
women
of
Moab,
of
which
one
was
called Orpha,
and
the
other
Ruth.
And
they
dwelt
there
ten
years.
And
they
both
died,
to wit, Mahalon
and Chelion:
and
the
woman
was
left alone, having lost
both
her
sons
and
her
husband.
And
she
arose
to
go
from
the
land
of
Moab
to
her own
country
with both
her daughters
in law:
for
she
had
heard
that
the
Lord
had looked upon
his
people,
and
had
given
them
food.
Wherefore
she
went
forth
out
of
the
place
of
her sojournment,
with
both
her daughters
in law:
and
being
now
in
the
way
to
return
into
the
land
of Juda,
She
said
to
them:
Go ye
home
to
your
mothers:
the
Lord
deal mercifully
with
you,
as
you
have dealt
with
the
dead
and
with
me.
May
he
grant
you
to
find
rest
in
the
houses
of
the
husbands
which
you
shall
take.
And she
kissed
them.
And
they
lifted
up
their
voice
and began
to
weep,
And
to
say:
We
will
go
on
with thee
to thy
people.
But
she
answered
them:
Return,
my
daughters:
why
come ye
with
me?
have
I
any
more
sons
in
my
womb,
that
you
may hope
for
husbands
of
me?
Return
again,
my
daughters,
and
go
your ways:
for
I
am
now
spent
with
age,
and
not fit
for wedlock.
Although
I
might conceive
this
night,
and
bear
children,
If
you
would wait
till
they
were
grown
up,
and
come
to
man’s estate,
you
would
be
old
women
before
you marry.
Do
not
so,
my
daughters,
I beseech
you:
for
I
am grieved
the
more
for
your
distress,
and
the
hand
of
the
Lord
is
gone
out
against
me.
And
they
lifted
up
their
voice,
and began
to
weep
again: Orpha
kissed
her mother
in law
and returned:
Ruth
stuck
close
to
her mother
in law.
And Noemi
said
to
her:
Behold thy kinswoman
is
returned
to
her
people,
and
to
her
gods,
go thou
with
her.
She
answered:
Be
not
against
me,
to desire
that
I
should
leave thee
and depart:
for whithersoever thou shalt
go,
I
will
go:
and
where thou shalt dwell,
I
also
will dwell. Thy
people
shall
be
my
people,
and thy
God
my
God.
The land
that
shall receive thee
dying,
in
the
same
will
I
die:
and
there
will
I
be
buried.
The
Lord
do
so
and
so
to
me,
and
add
more
also,
if aught
but
death part
me
and thee.
Then Noemi,
seeing
that
Ruth
was steadfastly
determined
to go
with
her, would
not
be
against
it,
nor persuade
her
any
more
to return
to
her friends:
So
they
went
together
and
came
to
Bethlehem.
And
when
they
were
come
into
the
city,
the
report
was quickly spread
among
all:
and
the women
said:
This
is
that Noemi.
But
she
said
to
them:
Call
me
not Noemi, (that
is, beautiful,)
but
call
me
Mara, (that
is,
bitter,)
for
the
Almighty hath quite filled
me
with bitterness.
I
went
out
full,
and
the
Lord hath
brought
me
back
empty.
Why
then
do
you
call
me Noemi,
whom
the
Lord hath humbled
and
the
Almighty hath afflicted?
So Noemi
came
with
Ruth
the
Moabitess
her daughter
in law,
from
the
land
of
her sojournment:
and
returned
into
Bethlehem,
in
the
beginning
of
the
barley
harvest.
Now
her
husband
Elimelech
had
a kinsman,
a
powerful
man,
and
very rich,
whose
name
was Booz.
And
Ruth
the
Moabitess
said
to
her mother
in law:
If thou wilt,
I
will
go
into
the
field,
and
glean
the
ears
of corn
that escape
the hands
of
the reapers, wheresoever
I
shall
find
grace
with
a householder
that
will
be favourable
to
me.
And
she
answered
her:
Go,
my
daughter.
She
went
therefore
and
gleaned
the ears
of corn
after
the reapers.
And
it
happened
that
the owner
of
that
field
was Booz,
who
was
of
the kindred
of
Elimelech.
And
behold,
he
came
out
of
Bethlehem,
and
said
to
the reapers:
The
Lord
be
with
you.
And
they
answered
him:
The
Lord
bless thee.
And Booz
said
to
the
young
man
that
was
set
over
the reapers:
Whose maid
is
this?
And
he
answered
him:
This
is
the
Moabitess
who
came
with Noemi,
from
the
land
of
Moab,
And
she
desired leave
to
glean
the ears
of corn
that
remain,
following
the steps
of
the reapers:
and
she hath
been
in
the field
from
morning
till
now,
and hath
not
gone
home
for
one moment.
And Booz
said
to
Ruth:
Hear
me,
daughter,
do
not
go
to
glean
in
any
other
field,
and
do
not depart
from
this
place:
but
keep
with
my
maids,
And
follow
where
they
reap.
For
I
have
charged
my
young
men,
not
to molest thee:
and
if thou art
thirsty,
go
to
the
vessels,
and
drink
of
the waters whereof
the
servants
drink.
She
fell
on
her
face
and worshipping
upon
the
ground,
said
to
him: Whence cometh this
to
me,
that
I
should
find
grace
before thy
eyes,
and
that thou shouldst vouchsafe
to
take
notice
of
me
a
woman
of another
country?
And
he
answered
her:
All hath
been
told
me,
that thou hast
done
to thy
mother
in law
after
the
death
of thy
husband:
and
how thou hast
left thy
parents,
and
the
land
wherein thou wast
born,
and art come
to
a
people
which thou knewest
not heretofore.
The
Lord render unto thee
for thy
work,
and mayest thou
receive
a
full
reward
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
to
whom thou art
come,
and
under
whose
wings thou art fled.
And
she
said:
I
have
found
grace
in thy
eyes,
my
lord,
who hast
comforted
me
and hast
spoken
to
the
heart
of thy handmaid,
who
am
not
like
to
one
of thy
maids.
And Booz
said
to
her:
At mealtime
come thou hither,
and
eat
of
the
bread,
and
dip thy
morsel
in
the
vinegar.
So
she
sat
at
the
side
of
the reapers,
and
she heaped
to herself frumenty,
and
ate
and
was
filled,
and
took
the leavings.
And
she
arose
from thence,
to
glean
the ears
of corn
as
before.
And Booz
commanded
his
servants,
saying: If
she
would
even reap
with
you, hinder
her
not:
And
let fall
some
of
your handfuls
of purpose,
and
leave
them,
that
she
may
gather
them
without shame,
and
let
no man
rebuke
her
when
she gathereth
them.
She
gleaned
therefore
in
the
field
till
evening:
and
beating
out
with
a rod
and
threshing
what
she
had
gleaned,
she found
about
the
measure
of
an ephi
of
barley,
that
is, three bushels:
Which
she
took
up
and
returned
into
the
city,
and shewed
it
to
her mother
in law: moreover
she
brought
out,
and
gave
her
of
the
remains
of
her meat, wherewith
she
had
been filled.
And
her mother
in law
said
to
her:
Where hast thou
gleaned
today,
and
where hast thou wrought?
blessed
be
he
that hath
had pity
on thee.
And
she
told
her
with
whom
she
had wrought:
and
she
told
the
man’s
name,
that
he
was
called Booz.
And Noemi
answered
her:
Blessed
be
he
of
the
Lord:
because
the
same
kindness
which
he shewed
to
the
living,
he hath kept
also
to
the
dead.
And again
she
said:
The
man
is
our
kinsman.
And
Ruth
said,
He
also charged
me,
that
I
should keep
close
to
his reapers,
till
all
the corn
should
be reaped.
And
her mother
in law
said
to
her:
It
is
better
for thee,
my
daughter,
to
go
out
to reap
with
his
maids, lest
in
another
man’s
field some
one
may resist thee.
So
she kept
close
to
the
maids
of Booz:
and continued
to
glean
with
them,
till
all
the
barley
and
the
wheat
were laid
up
in
the barns.
After
she
was returned
to
her mother
in law, Noemi
said
to
her:
My
daughter,
I
will
seek
rest
for thee,
and
will provide
that
it
may
be
well
with thee.
This Booz,
with
whose
maids thou wast
joined
in
the field,
is
our
near
kinsman,
and
behold
this
night
he winnoweth
barley
in
the threshingfloor.
Wash thyself
therefore
and
anoint thee,
and
put
on thy best
garments,
and
go
down
to
the barnfloor:
but
let
not
the
man
see thee,
till
he
shall
have done
eating
and
drinking.
And
when
he
shall
go
to
sleep, mark
the
place
wherein
he sleepeth:
and thou shalt
go
in,
and
lift
up
the clothes wherewith
he
is covered towards
his
feet,
and shalt
lay thyself
down
there:
and
he
will
tell thee
what thou
must
do.
She
answered:
Whatsoever thou shalt
command,
I
will
do.
And
she
went
down
to
the barnfloor,
and
did
all
that
her mother
in law
had bid
her.
And
when Booz
had
eaten,
and
drunk,
and
was
merry,
he
went
to
sleep
by
the
heap
of sheaves,
and
she
came softly
and uncovering
his
feet,
laid herself
down.
And
behold,
when
it
was
now midnight
the
man
was
afraid,
and troubled:
and
he
saw
a
woman
lying
at
his
feet,
And
he
said
to
her:
Who art thou?
And
she
answered:
I
am
Ruth thy
handmaid:
spread thy coverlet
over thy
servant,
for thou art
a
near
kinsman.
And
he
said:
Blessed art thou
of
the
Lord,
my
daughter,
and thy
latter
kindness
has surpassed
the
former:
because thou hast
not
followed
young
men
either
poor
or
rich.
Fear
not
therefore,
but
whatsoever thou shalt
say
to
me
I
will
do
to thee.
For
all
the
people
that dwell within
the
gates
of
my
city,
know
that thou art
a virtuous
woman.
Neither
do
I deny
myself
to
be
near
of kin,
but
there
is
another nearer
than
I.
Rest thou
this
night:
and
when
morning
is
come,
if
he
will
take thee
by
the
right
of kindred,
all
is
well:
but
if
he
will
not,
I
will undoubtedly
take thee,
as
the
Lord liveth:
sleep
till
the
morning.
So
she
slept
at
his
feet
till
the night
was
going
off.
And
she
arose
before
men
could
know
one
another,
and Booz
said: Beware lest
any
man
know
that thou camest hither.
And again
he
said: Spread thy mantle, wherewith thou art covered,
and
hold
it
with
both hands.
And
when
she spread
it
and
held
it,
he
measured
six measures
of
barley,
and
laid
it
upon
her.
And
she
carried
it
and
went
into
the
city,
And
came
to
her mother
in law;
who
said
to
her:
What hast thou
done,
daughter?
And
she
told
her
all
that
the
man
had
done
to
her.
And
she
said: Behold
he hath
given
me
six measures
of
barley:
for
he
said:
I
will
not
have thee
return
empty
to thy mother
in law.
And Noemi
said:
Wait
my
daughter,
till
we
see
what
end
the
thing
will
have.
For
the
man
will
not
rest
until
he
have
accomplished
what
he hath
said.
Then Booz
went
up
to
the
gate,
and
sat
there.
And
when
he
had seen
the
kinsman
going
by,
of
whom
he
had
spoken before,
he
said
to
him, calling
him
by
his
name:
Turn
aside
for
a little
while,
and
sit
down
here.
He
turned
aside,
and
sat
down.
And Booz
taking
ten
men
of
the ancients
of
the
city,
said
to
them:
Sit ye
down
here.
They sat down,
and
he
spoke
to
the
kinsman: Noemi,
who
is
returned
from
the
country
of
Moab,
will
sell
a parcel
of
land
that belonged
to
our
brother
Elimelech.
I
would
have thee
to
understand
this,
and
would
tell thee
before
all
that
sit
here,
and
before
the ancients
of
my
people.
If thou wilt
take possession
of
it
by
the right
of kindred:
buy
it
and possess
it:
but
if
it
please thee
not,
tell
me
so,
that
I
may
know
what
I
have
to
do.
For
there
is
no
near
kinsman
besides thee,
who art first,
and
me,
who
am second.
But
he
answered:
I
will
buy
the field.
And Booz
said
to
him:
When thou shalt
buy
the
field
at
the
woman’s
hand, thou
must
take
also
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
who
was
the
wife
of
the
deceased:
to
raise
up
the
name
of thy kinsman
in
his
inheritance.
He
answered:
I yield
up
my
right
of
next akin:
for
I
must
not cut
off
the posterity
of
my own family.
Do thou
make use
of
my privilege, which
I profess
I
do willingly forego.
Now
this
in
former
times
was
the
manner
in
Israel
between kinsmen,
that
if
at
any
time
one
yielded
his
right
to
another:
that
the
grant
might
be sure,
the
man
put
off
his
shoe,
and
gave
it
to
his neighhour;
this
was
a
testimony
of cession
of
right
in
Israel.
So Booz
said
to
his
kinsman: Put off thy
shoe.
And immediately
he took
it off from
his foot.
And
he
said
to
the ancients
and
to
all
the
people:
You
are
witnesses
this
day,
that
I
have
bought
all
that
was Elimelech’s,
and Chelion’s,
and Mahalon’s,
of
the
hand
of Noemi:
And
have
taken
to
wife
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
the
wife
of Mahalon,
to
raise
up
the
name
of
the
deceased
in
his
inheritance lest
his
name
be
cut
off,
from
among
his
family
and
his
brethren
and
his
people.
You,
I say,
are
witnesses
of
this thing.
Then
all
the
people
that
were
in
the
gate,
and
the ancients
answered:
We
are
witnesses:
The
Lord
make
this
woman
who cometh
into thy
house,
like
Rachel,
and Lia,
who
built
up
the
house
of
Israel:
that
she
may
be
an example
of virtue
in Ephrata,
and
may
have
a
famous
name
in
Bethlehem:
And
that
the
house
may
be,
as
the
house
of Phares,
whom Thamar
bore unto Juda,
of
the
seed
which
the
Lord
shall
give thee
of
this
young
woman.
Booz
therefore
took
Ruth,
and
married
her:
and
went
in unto
her,
and
the
Lord
gave
her
to
conceive
and
to
bear
a
son.
And
the
women
said
to Noemi:
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
who hath
not suffered thy family
to want
a successor,
that
his
name
should
be preserved
in
Israel.
And thou shouldst
have
one
to comfort thy
soul,
and cherish thy
old
age.
For
he
is
born
of thy daughter
in law:
who loveth thee:
and
is
much
better
to thee,
than
if thou hadst
seven
sons.
And Noemi
taking
the
child
laid
it
in
her
bosom,
and she
carried
it,
and
was
a
nurse unto
it.
And
the
women
her neighbours, congratulating
with
her
and
saying: There
is
a
son
born
to Noemi:
called
his
name
Obed:
he
is
the
father
of Isai,
the
father
of
David.
These
are
the
generations
of Phares: Phares
begot Esron,
Esron
begot Aram, Aram
begot Aminadab,
Aminadab
begot Nahasson, Nahasson
begot
Salmon,
Salmon
begot Booz, Booz
begot
Obed,
Obed
begot Isai, Isai
begot
David.
1 Samuel
The First Book of Samuel
1 Samuel
1Sa
The First Book of Samuel
There
was
a
man
of Ramathaimsophim,
of
mount
Ephraim,
and
his
name
was Elcana,
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of Eliu,
the
son
of Thohu,
the
son
of Suph,
an
Ephraimite:
And
he
had
two
wives,
the
name
of
one
was Anna,
and
the
name
of
the
other Phenenna. Phenenna
had
children:
but Anna
had
no
children.
And
this
man
went
up
out
of
his
city upon
the appointed
days,
to adore
and
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
Lord
of
hosts
in Silo.
And
the
two
sons
of Heli, Ophni
and Phinees,
were
there
priests
of
the
Lord.
Now
the
day
came,
and Elcana
offered
sacrifice,
and
gave
to Phenenna
his
wife,
and
to
all
her
sons
and
daughters,
portions:
But
to Anna
he
gave
one
portion
with sorrow,
because
he
loved Anna.
And
the
Lord
had
shut
up
her
womb.
Her rival
also afflicted
her,
and
troubled
her exceedingly, insomuch
that
she upbraided
her,
that
the
Lord
had
shut
up
her
womb:
And
thus
she
did
every
year,
when
the
time
returned
that
they
went
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
and
thus
she
provoked
her:
but Anna
wept,
and
did
not
eat.
Then Elcana
her
husband
said
to
her: Anna,
why weepest thou?
and
why dost thou
not
eat?
And
why dost thou afflict thy
heart?
Am
not
I
better
to thee
than
ten
children?
So Anna
arose
after
she
had
eaten
and
drunk
in Silo:
And Heli
the
priest
sitting
upon
a stool,
before
the
door
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
As Anna
had
her
heart full
of grief,
she
prayed
to
the
Lord, shedding many tears,
And
she
made
a
vow,
saying:
O
Lord,
of
hosts,
if thou wilt
look
down
on
the affliction
of thy
servant,
and wilt
be
mindful
of
me,
and
not
forget thy
handmaid,
and wilt
give
to thy
servant
a
man
child:
I
will
give
him
to
the
Lord
all
the
days
of
his
life,
and
no razor
shall
come
upon
his
head.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
she
multiplied prayers
before
the
Lord,
that Heli
observed
her
mouth.
Now Anna
spoke
in
her
heart,
and
only
her
lips moved,
but
her
voice
was
not
heard
at all. Heli therefore
thought
her
to
be
drunk,
And
said
to
her:
How
long wilt thou, be
drunk? digest
a little
the
wine,
of
which thou hast
taken
too
much.
Anna answering,
said:
Not
so,
my
lord:
for
I
am
an exceeding unhappy
woman,
and
have
drunk
neither
wine
nor
any
strong
drink,
but
I
have
poured
out
my
soul
before
the
Lord.
Count
not thy
handmaid
for
one
of
the
daughters
of Belial:
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
my sorrow
and grief
have
I
spoken
till
now.
Then Heli
said
to
her: Go
in
peace:
and
the
God
of
Israel
grant thee thy
petition,
which thou hast
asked
of
him.
And
she
said:
Would
to
God thy handmaid
may
find
grace
in thy
eyes.
So
the
woman
went
on
her
way,
and
ate,
and
her
countenance
was
no
more changed.
And
they
rose
in
the
morning,
and worshipped
before
the
Lord:
and
they
returned,
and
came
into
their
house
at Ramatha.
And Elcana
knew Anna
his
wife:
and
the
Lord
remembered
her.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
time
was
come
about, Anna
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name
Samuel:
because
she
had
asked
him
of
the
Lord.
And Elcana
her
husband
went
up,
and
all
his
house,
to
offer
to
the
Lord
the solemn
sacrifice,
and
his
vow.
But Anna
went
not
up:
for
she
said
to
her
husband:
I
will
not
go
till
the
child
be
weaned,
and
till
I
may
carry
him,
that
he
may
appear
before
the
Lord,
and
may
abide
always
there.
And Elcana
her
husband
said
to
her:
Do
what seemeth
good
to thee,
and
stay
till thou wean
him:
and
I pray
that
the
Lord
may
fulfill
his
word.
So
the
woman
stayed
at
home,
and
gave
her
son
suck,
till
she
weaned
him.
And after
she
had
weaned
him,
she
carried
him
with
her,
with
three calves,
and
three bushels
of
flour,
and
a bottle
of
wine,
and
she
brought
him
to
the
house
of
the
Lord
in Silo.
Now
the
child
was
as
yet very
young:
And
they immolated
a calf,
and offered
the
child
to Heli.
And Anna
said:
I beseech thee,
my
lord,
as thy
soul liveth,
my
lord:
I
am
that
woman
who
stood
before thee
here
praying
to
the
Lord.
For
this
child
did
I
pray,
and
the
Lord hath
granted
me
my
petition,
which
I
asked
of
him.
Therefore
I
also
have lent
him
to
the
Lord
all
the
days
of
his
life,
he
shall
be lent
to
the
Lord.
And
they adored
the
Lord
there.
And Anna prayed,
and said:
My
heart hath
rejoiced
in
the
Lord,
and
my
horn
is
exalted
in
my
God:
my
mouth
is
enlarged
over
my
enemies:
because
I
have joyed
in thy
salvation.
There
is
none
holy
as
the
Lord
is:
for
there
is
no
other beside thee,
and
there
is
none strong
like
our
God.
Do
not
multiply
to
speak
lofty
things,
boasting:
let old matters
depart
from
your
mouth:
for
the
Lord
is
a
God
of
all
knowledge,
and
to
him
are thoughts prepared.
The
bow
of the
mighty
is overcome,
and the
weak
are girt
with
strength.
They
that
were
full
before
have
hired
out themselves
for
bread:
and
the
hungry
are filled,
so
that
the
barren hath
borne
many:
and
she
that
had
many
children
is weakened.
The
Lord killeth
and maketh
alive,
he bringeth
down
to hell
and bringeth
back again.
The
Lord maketh
poor
and maketh
rich,
he humbleth
and
he exalteth.
He raiseth
up
the
needy
from
the
dust,
and lifteth
up
the
poor
from
the dunghill:
that
he
may
sit
with
princes,
and
hold
the
throne
of
glory.
For
the poles
of
the
earth
are
the
Lord’s,
and
upon
them
he hath
set
the
world.
He
will
keep
the
feet
of
his saints,
and
the
wicked
shall
be silent
in
darkness,
because
no
man
shall
prevail
by
his
own
strength.
The adversaries
of
the
Lord
shall fear
him:
and
upon
them
shall
he
thunder
in
the
heavens.
The
Lord
shall
judge
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
he
shall
give empire
to
his
king,
and
shall
exalt
the
horn
of
his Christ.
And Elcana
went
to Ramatha,
to
his
house:
but
the
child
ministered
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
before
the
face
of Heli
the
priest.
Now
the
sons
of Heli
were
children
of Belial,
not
knowing
the
Lord,
Nor
the office
of
the
priests
to
the
people:
but whosoever
had
offered
a
sacrifice,
the
servant
of
the
priest
came,
while
the
flesh
was
in
boiling,
with
a fleshhook
of
three
teeth
in
his
hand,
And
thrust
it
into
the
kettle,
or
into
the
caldron,
or
into
the
pot,
or
into
the
pan:
and
all
that
the fleshhook
brought
up,
the
priest
took
to himself.
Thus
did
they
to
all
Israel
that
came
to Silo.
Also
before
they
burnt
the
fat,
the
servant
of
the
priest
came,
and
said
to
the
man
that
sacrificed:
Give
me
flesh
to
boil
for
the
priest:
for
I
will
not
take
of thee sodden
flesh,
but
raw.
And
he
that sacrificed
said
to
him:
Let
the
fat
first
be
burnt
today
according
to
the custom,
and
then
take
as
much
as thy
soul desireth.
But
he
answered
and
said
to
him:
Not
so:
but thou shalt
give
it
me
now,
or
else
I
will
take
it
by
force.
Wherefore
the
sin
of
the
young
men
was
exceeding
great
before
the
Lord:
because
they withdrew
men
from
the
sacrifice
of
the
Lord.
But
Samuel
ministered
before
the
face
of
the
Lord: being
a
child
girded
with
a
linen
ephod.
And
his
mother
made
him
a
little coat, which
she
brought
to
him
on
the appointed
days,
when
she
went
up
with
her
husband,
to
offer
the solemn
sacrifice.
And Heli
blessed Elcana
and
his
wife:
and
he
said
to
him:
The
Lord
give thee
seed
of
this
woman,
for
the loan thou hast lent
to
the
Lord.
And
they
went
to
their own
home.
And
the
Lord
visited Anna,
and
she
conceived,
and
bore
three
sons
and
two
daughters:
and
the
child
Samuel
became
great
before
the
Lord.
Now Heli
was
very
old,
and
he
heard
all
that
his
sons
did
to
all
Israel:
and
how
they
lay
with
the
women
that waited
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle:
And
he
said
to
them:
Why
do ye
these
kinds
of
things,
which
I
hear, very
wicked
things,
from
all
the
people?
Do
not
so,
my
sons:
for
it
is
no
good
report
that
I
hear,
that
you
make
the
people
of
the
Lord
to
transgress.
If
one
man
shall
sin
against
another,
God
may
be appeased
in
his behalf:
but
if
a
man
shall
sin
against
the
Lord,
who
shall
pray
for
him?
And
they hearkened
not
to
the
voice
of
their
father,
because
the
Lord
would
slay
them.
But
the
child
Samuel
advanced,
and
grew
on,
and
pleased
both
the
Lord
and
men.
And
there
came
a
man
of
God
to Heli,
and
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Did
I
not
plainly appear
to thy
father’s
house,
when
they
were
in
Egypt
in
the
house
of Pharao?
And
I
chose
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
my
priest,
to
go
up
to
my sitar,
and
burn
incense
to
me,
and
to
wear
the
ephod
before
me:
and
I
gave
to thy
father’s
house
of
all
the
sacrifices
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Why
have
you
kicked
away
my victims,
and
my
gifts
which
I
commanded
to
be offered
in
the temple:
and thou hast
rather honoured thy
sons
than
me,
to eat
the firstfruits
of
every
sacrifice
of
my
people
Israel?
Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
said
indeed
that thy
house,
and
the
house
of thy
father
should minister
in
my
sight,
for
ever.
But
now saith
the
Lord:
Far
be
this
from
me:
but whosoever
shall
glorify
me,
him
will
I
glorify:
but
they
that
despise
me,
shall
be
despised.
Behold
the
days
come:
and
I
will
cut
off thy
arm,
and
the
arm
of thy
father’s
house,
that
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in thy
house.
And thou shalt
see thy rival
in
the
temple,
in
all
the prosperity
of
Israel,
and
there
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in thy
house
for ever.
However
I
will
not
altogether
take
away
a
man
of thee
from
my
altar:
but
that thy
eyes
may faint
and thy
soul
be
spent:
and
a great
part
of thy
house
shall
die
when
they
come
to
man’s
estate.
And
this
shall
be
a
sign
to thee,
that
shall
come
upon thy
two
sons, Ophni
and Phinees:
In
one
day
they
shall
both
of
them
die.
And
I
will
raise
me
up
a
faithful
priest,
who
shall
do according
to
my
heart,
and
my
soul,
and
I
will
build
him
a
faithful
house,
and
he
shall
walk
all
days
before
my
anointed.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that whosoever
shall
remain
in thy
house,
shall
come
that
he
may
be
prayed
for,
and
shall offer
a
piece
of
silver,
and
a roll
of
bread,
and
shall
say:
Put
me,
I
beseech thee,
to somewhat
of
the priestly office,
that
I
may
eat
a
morsel
of
bread.
Now
the
child
Samuel
ministered
to
the
Lord
before Heli,
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
was
precious
in
those
days,
there
was
no manifest
vision.
And
it
came
to
pass
one
day
when Heli
lay
in
his
place,
and
his
eyes
were
grown
dim,
that
he
could
not
see:
Before
the
lamp
of
God went
out,
Samuel
slept
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
where
the
ark
of
God
was.
And
the
Lord
called
Samuel.
And
he
answered:
Here
am
I.
And
he
ran
to Heli
and
said:
Here
am
I:
for thou didst
call
me.
He
said:
I
did
not
call:
go
back
and
sleep.
And
he
went
and
slept.
And
the
Lord
called
Samuel
again.
And
Samuel
arose
and
went
to Heli,
and
said:
Here
am
I:
for thou calledst
me.
He
answered:
I
did
not
call thee,
my
son:
return
and
sleep.
Now
Samuel did
not
yet
know
the
Lord, neither
had
the
word
of
the
Lord
been
revealed
to
him.
And
the
Lord
called
Samuel
again
the
third
time.
And
he
arose
up
and
went
to Heli.
And
said:
Here
am
I:
for thou didst
call
me.
Then Heli
understood
that
the
Lord
called
the
child,
and
he
said
to
Samuel:
Go,
and
sleep:
and
if
he
shall
call thee
any
more, thou shalt
say:
Speak,
Lord,
for thy
servant heareth.
So
Samuel
went
and
slept
in
his
place.
And
the
Lord
came
and
stood:
and
he
called,
as
he
had
called
the
other
times:
Samuel,
Samuel.
And
Samuel
said:
Speak,
Lord,
for thy
servant heareth.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel:
Behold
I
do
a
thing
in
Israel:
and whosoever
shall
hear
it,
both
his
ears
shall
tingle.
In
that
day
I
will
raise
up
against Heli
all
the
things
I
have
spoken
concerning
his
house:
I
will
begin,
and
I
will
make
an
end.
For
I
have foretold unto
him,
that
I
will
judge
his
house
for
ever,
for
iniquity,
because
he
knew
that
his
sons
did wickedly,
and
did
not chastise
them.
Therefore
have
I
sworn
to
the
house
of Hell,
that
the
iniquity
of
his
house
shall
not
be expiated
with victims
nor
offerings
for
ever.
And
Samuel
slept
till
morning,
and
opened
the
doors
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
feared
to
tell
the
vision
to Hell.
Then Heli
called
Samuel,
and
said:
Samuel,
my
son.
And
he
answered:
Here
am
I.
And
he
asked
him:
What
is
the
word
that
the Lord hath
spoken
to thee?
I
beseech thee
hide
it
not
from
me.
May
God
do
so
and
so
to thee,
and
add
so
and
so,
if thou
hide
from
me
one
word
of
all
that
were
said
to thee.
So
Samuel
told
him
all
the
words,
and
did
not
hide
them
from
him.
And
he
answered:
It
is
the
Lord:
let
him
do
what
is
good
in
his
sight.
And
Samuel
grew,
and
the
Lord
was
with
him,
and
not
one
of
his
words
fell
to
the
ground.
And
all
Israel
from
Dan
to Bersabee,
knew
that
Samuel
was
a
faithful
prophet
of
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
again
appeared
in Silo,
for
the
Lord
revealed
himself
to
Samuel
in Silo,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
Samuel
came
to pass
to
all Israel.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
those days,
that
the
Philistines gathered
themselves
together
to
fight:
and
Israel
went
out
to
war
against
the
Philistines,
and
camped
by
the Stone
of
help.
And
the
Philistines
came
to Aphec,
And put
their
army
in
array
against
Israel.
And
when
they
had joined
battle,
Israel turned
their backs
to
the
Philistines,
and there
was
slain
in
that
fight here
and there
in
the
fields
about
four
thousand
men.
And
the
people
returned
to
the
camp:
and
the ancients
of
Israel
said:
Why hath
the
Lord
defeated
us
today
before
the
Philistines? Let
us fetch unto
us
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
from Silo,
and let
it
come
in
the
midst
of
us,
that
it
may
save
us
from
the
hand
of
our
enemies.
So
the
people
sent
to Silo,
and
they
brought
from thence
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
sitting
upon
the cherubims:
and
the
two
sons
of Heli, Ophni
and Phinees,
were
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
And
when
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
was
come
into
the
camp,
all
Israel
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
and
the
earth rang
again.
And
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shout,
and
they
said:
What
is
this
noise
of
a
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews?
And
they
understood
that
the
ark
of
the
Lord
was
come
into
the
camp.
And
the
Philistines
were
afraid,
saying:
God
is
come
into
the
camp.
And sighing,
they
said:
Woe
to
us:
for
there
was
no
such
great joy yesterday
and
the day
before:
Woe
to
us.
Who
shall
deliver
us
from
the
hand
of
these high
gods?
these
are
the
gods
that
struck
Egypt
with
all
the
plagues
in
the
desert.
Take
courage
and behave
like
men, ye
Philistines:
lest
you
come
to
be
servants
to
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
served
you:
take
courage
and
fight.
So
the
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was overthrown,
and
every
man
fled
to
his
own dwelling:
and
there
was
an
exceeding
great
slaughter;
for
there
fell
of
Israel
thirty
thousand
footmen.
And
the
ark
of
God
was
taken:
and
the
two
sons
of Heli, Ophni
and Phinees,
were slain.
And there
ran
a
man
of
Benjamin
out
of
the
army,
and
came
to Silo
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes rent,
and
his
head strewed
with
dust.
And
when
he
was
come, Heli
sat
upon
a stool
over
against
the
way
watching.
For
his
heart
was fearful
for
the
ark
of
God.
And
when
the
man
was
come
into
the
city,
he
told
it:
and
all
the
city
cried
out.
And Heli
heard
the
noise
of
the
cry,
and
he
said:
What meaneth
the
noise
of
this
uproar?
But
he
made
haste,
and
came,
and
told Heli.
Now Heli
was
ninety
and
eight
years
old,
and
his
eyes
were
dim,
and
he
could
not
see.
And
he
said
to Heli:
I
am
he
that
came
from
the
battle,
and
have
fled
out
of
the field
this
day.
And
he
said
to
him:
What
is
there
done,
my
son?
And
he
that
brought
the
news
answered,
and
said:
Israel
has
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
has
been
a
great
slaughter
of
the
people:
moreover thy
two
sons, Ophni
and Phinees,
are
dead:
and
the
ark
of
God
is
taken.
And
when
he
had named
the
ark
of
God,
he
fell
from
his stool backwards
by
the door,
and
broke
his
neck,
and
died.
For
he
was
an
old
man,
and
far advanced
in
years:
and
he
judged
Israel
forty
years.
And
his daughter
in law
the
wife
of Phinees,
was big
with
child,
and
near
her time:
and
hearing
the
news
that
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
her
father
in law,
and
her
husband,
were
dead,
she
bowed
herself
and
fell
in labour:
for
her pains
came
upon
her
on
a sudden.
And
when
she
was
upon
the point
of
death,
they
that
stood
about
her
said
to
her:
Fear
not,
for thou hast
borne
a
son.
She
answered
them
not,
nor
gave heed
to
them.
And
she
called
the
child
Ichabod,
saying:
The
glory
is
gone
from
Israel,
because
the
ark
of
God
was
taken,
and
for
her father
in law,
and
her
husband:
And
she
said:
The
glory
is
departed
from
Israel,
because
the
ark
of
God
was
taken.
And
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
God,
and
carried
it
from
the Stone
of help
into Azotus.
And
the
Philistines
took
the
ark
of
God,
and
brought
it
into
the
temple
of
Dagon,
and
set
it
by
Dagon.
And
when
the Azotians
arose
early
the
next
day,
behold
Dagon
lay
upon
his
face
on
the
ground
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord:
and
they
took
Dagon,
and
set
him
again
in
his
place.
And
the
next
day
again,
when
they
rose
in
the
morning,
they found
Dagon
lying
upon
his
face
on
the
earth
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord:
and
the
head
of
Dagon,
and
both
the
palms
of
his
hands
were
cut
off
upon
the
threshold:
And
only
the stump
of
Dagon
remained
in
its
place.
For
this cause
neither
the
priests
of
Dagon,
nor
any
that
go
into
the
temple
tread
on
the
threshold
of
Dagon
in Azotus unto
this
day.
And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
heavy
upon
the Azotians,
and
he
destroyed
them,
and afflicted Azotus
and
the coasts thereof
with emerods.
And
in
the villages
and fields
in
the midst
of
that country,
there
came forth
a multitude
of mice,
and
there
was
the confusion
of
a great mortality
in
the city.
And
the
men
of Azotus
seeing
this kind
of plague,
said:
The
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
shall
not
stay
with
us:
for
his
hand
is heavy
upon
us,
and
upon
Dagon
our
god.
And
sending,
they
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
to
them,
and
said:
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel?
And
the Gethrites
answered:
Let
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
be
carried
about.
And
they
carried
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
about.
And
while
they
were carrying
it
about,
the band
of
the
Lord
came
upon
every
city
with
an
exceeding
great
slaughter:
and
he
smote
the
men
of
every
city, both
small
and
great,
and
they
had emerods
in
their secret
parts.
And
the Gethrites consulted together,
and
made
themselves seats
of skins.
Therefore
they
sent
the
ark
of
God
into Accaron.
And
when
the
ark
of
God
was
come
into Accaron,
the Accaronites
cried
out,
saying:
They
have
brought
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
to
us,
to
kill
us
and
our
people.
They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines:
and
they
said:
Send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
and
let
it
return
into
its
own
place,
and
not
kill
us
and
our
people.
For
there
was
the fear
of
death
in
every
city,
and
the hand
of
God
was exceeding heavy.
The
men
also
that
did
not
die,
were afflicted
with
the emerods:
and
the
cry
of
every
city
went
up
to
heaven.
Now
the
ark
of
God
was
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
And
the
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners,
saying:
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
Lord?
tell
us
how
we
are
to
send
it
back
to
its
place?
And
they
said:
If
you
send
back
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
send
it
not
away
empty,
but
render unto
him
what
you owe
for
sin,
and
then
you
shall
be
healed:
and
you
shall
know
why
his
hand departeth
not
from
you.
They
answered:
What
is
it
we ought
to
render unto
him
for
sin?
and
they
answered:
According
to
the number
of
the provinces
of
the Philistines
you
shall
make five golden emerods,
and five golden
mice:
for
the
same plague hath
been
upon
you all,
and
upon
your lords.
And
you
shall
make
the likeness
of
your emerods,
and
the likeness
of
the
mice
that
have
destroyed
the
land,
and
you
shall
give
glory
to
the
God
of
Israel:
to see
if
he
will
take
off
his
hand
from
you,
and
from
your
gods,
and
from
your
land.
Why
do
you
harden
your
hearts,
as
Egypt
and Pharao
hardened
their
hearts?
did
not
he, after
he
was struck,
then
let
them
go,
and
they departed?
Now
therefore
take
and
make
a
new
cart:
and
two kine
that
have calved,
on
which
there hath
come
no
yoke,
tie
to
the
cart,
and shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
And
you
shall
take
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
and
lay
it
on
the
cart,
and
the
vessels
of
gold,
which
you
have
paid
him
for
sin,
you
shall
put
into
a little
box,
at
the
side thereof:
and
send
it
away
that
it
may
go.
And
you
shall
look:
and
if
it
go
up
by
the
way
of
his
own coasts towards Bethsames,
then
he hath
done
us
this
great
evil:
but
if
not,
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand hath
touched
us,
but
it hath
happened
by
chance.
They
did
therefore
in
this
manner:
and
taking
two kine,
that
had
suckling
calves,
they yoked
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
And
they
laid
the
ark
of
God
upon
the
cart,
and
the little
box
that
had
in
it
the
golden
mice
and
the likeness
of
the emerods.
And
the kine
took
the
straight
way
that leadeth
to Bethsames,
and
they
went
along
the
way,
lowing
as
they
went:
and
turned
not
aside
neither
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left:
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
followed
them
as
far
as
the
borders
of Bethsames.
Now
the Bethsamites
were reaping
wheat
in
the
valley:
and lifting
up
their
eyes
they
saw
the
ark,
and
rejoiced
to
see
it.
And
the
cart
came
into
the
field
of Josue
a Bethsamite,
and
stood
there.
And
there
was
a
great
stone,
and
they cut
in
pieces
the
wood
of
the
cart,
and
laid
the kine
upon
it
a holocaust
to
the
Lord.
And
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
God,
and
the little
box
that
was
at
the
side
of
it,
wherein
were
the
vessels
of
gold,
and
they
put
them
upon
the
great
stone.
The
men
also
of Bethsames
offered holocausts
and
sacrificed victims
that
day
to
the
Lord.
And
the
five princes
of
the
Philistines
saw,
and
they
returned
to Accaron
the
same
day.
And
these
are
the
golden emerods,
which
the
Philistines
returned
for
sin
to
the
Lord:
For Azotus
one,
for
Gaza
one,
for Ascalon
one,
for Geth
one,
for Accaron
one:
And
the
golden
mice
according
to
the
number
of
the
cities
of
the
Philistines,
of
the
five provinces,
from
the fenced
city
to
the village
that
was without wall,
and
to
the
great
Abel (the
stone) whereon
they
set
down
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
which
was
till
that
day
in
the
field
of Josue
the Bethsamite.
But
he
slew
of
the
men
of Bethsames,
because
they
had
seen
the
ark
of
the
Lord:
and
he
slew
of
the
people
seventy
men,
and
fifty
thousand
of
the common
people.
And
the
people lamented,
because
the
Lord
had
smitten
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
And
the
men
of Bethsames
said:
Who
shall
be
able
to
stand
before
the
Lord
this
holy
God?
and
to
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
us?
And
they
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of Cariathiarim,
saying:
The
Philistines
have
brought
back
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
come ye
down
and fetch
it
up
to
you.
And
then
men
of Cariathiarim
came
and fetched
up
the
ark
of
the
Lord
and
carried
it
into
the
house
of
Abinadab
in Gabaa:
and
they
sanctified
Eleazar
his
son,
to
keep
the
ark
of
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
from
the
day
the
ark
of
the
Lord
abode
in Cariathiarim
days
were
multiplied, (for
it
was
now
the
twentieth
year,)
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
rested
following
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
spoke
to
all
the
house
of
Israel,
saying:
If
you
turn
to
the
Lord
with
all
your
heart,
put
away
the
strange
gods
from
among
you, Baalim
and Astaroth:
and
prepare
your
hearts unto
the
Lord,
and
serve
him
only,
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
Then
the
children
of
Israel
put
away Baalim
and Astaroth,
and
served
the
Lord
only.
And
Samuel
said:
Gather
all
Israel
to Masphath,
that
I
may
pray
to
the
Lord
for
you.
And
they
gathered
together
to Masphath:
and
they
drew
water,
and
poured
it
out
before
the
Lord,
and
they
fasted
on
that
day,
and
they
said
there:
We
have
sinned
against
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
judged
the
children
of
Israel
in Masphath.
And
the
Philistines
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gathered
together
to Masphath,
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up
against
Israel.
And
when
the
children
of
Israel
heard
this,
they
were
afraid
of
the
Philistines.
And
they
said
to
Samuel: Cease
not
to
cry
to
the
Lord
our
God
for
us,
that
he
may
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
And
Samuel
took
a sucking
lamb,
and
offered
it
whole
for
a holocaust
to
the
Lord:
and
Samuel
cried
to
the
Lord
for
Israel,
and
the
Lord heard
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Samuel
was
offering
the holocaust,
the
Philistines
began
the
battle
against
Israel:
but
the
Lord
thundered
with
a
great
thunder
on
that
day
upon
the
Philistines,
and terrified
them,
and
they
were overthrown
before
the
face
of
Israel.
And
the
men
of
Israel
going
out
of Masphath
pursued
after
the
Philistines,
and
made
slaughter
of
them
till
they
came
under Bethchar.
And
Samuel
took
a
stone,
and
laid
it
between Masphath
and Sen:
and
he
called
the
place,
the
Stone
of
help.
And
he
said:
Thus
far
the
Lord hath
helped
us.
And
the
Philistines
were
humbled,
and
they
did
not
come
any
more
into
the
borders
of
Israel.
And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
against
the
Philistines,
all
the
days
of
Samuel.
And
the
cities,
which
the
Philistines
had
taken
from
Israel,
were
restored
to
Israel,
from Accaron
to Geth,
and
their
borders:
and
he
delivered
Israel
from
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
there
was
peace
between
Israel
and
the Amorrhites.
And
Samuel
judged
Israel
all
the
days
of
his
life:
And
he
went
every
year
about
to
Bethel
and
to Galgal
and
to Masphath,
and
he
judged
Israel
in
the aforesaid
places.
And
he returned
to Ramatha,
for
there
was
his
house,
and
there
he
judged
Israel:
he
built
also
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
Samuel
was
old,
that
he
appointed
his
sons
to
be
judges
over
Israel.
Now
the
name
of
his
firstborn
son
was
Joel:
and
the
name
of
the
second
was Abia,
judges
in Bersabee.
And
his
sons
walked
not
in
his
ways:
but
they
turned
aside
after lucre,
and
took
bribes,
and
perverted
judgment.
Then
all
the ancients
of
Israel being
assembled,
came
to
Samuel
to Ramatha.
And
they
said
to
him:
Behold thou art
old,
and thy
sons
walk
not
in thy
ways:
make
us
a
king,
to
judge
us,
as
all
nations
have.
And
the
word
was displeasing
in
the
eyes
of
Samuel,
that
they
should
say:
Give
us
a
king,
to
judge
us.
And
Samuel
prayed
to
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel: Hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
people
in
all
that
they
say
to thee.
For
they
have
not
rejected thee,
but
me,
that
I
should
not
reign
over
them.
According
to
all
their
works,
they
have
done
from
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
Egypt
until
this
day:
as
they
have forsaken
me,
and
served strange
gods,
so
do
they
also unto thee.
Now
therefore hearken
to
their
voice:
but
yet testify
to
them,
and foretell
them
the
right
of
the
king,
that
shall
reign
over
them.
Then
Samuel
told
all
the
words
of
the
Lord
to
the
people
that
had
desired
a
king
of
him,
And
said:
This
will
be
the
right
of
the
king,
that
shall
reign
over
you:
He
will
take
your
sons,
and
put
them
in
his
chariots,
and
will
make
them
his
horsemen,
and
his
running footmen
to
run
before
his
chariots,
And
he
will
appoint
of
them
to be
his tribunes,
and centurions,
and
to plough
his fields,
and
to
reap
his corn,
and
to
make
him arms
and
chariots.
Your
daughters
also
he
will
take
to
make
him ointments,
and
to be
his
cooks,
and
bakers.
And
he
will
take
your
fields,
and
your
vineyards,
and
your
best oliveyards,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
Moreover
he
will
take
the
tenth
of
your corn,
and
of
the revenues
of
your
vineyards,
to
give
his
eunuchs
and
servants.
Your
servants
also
and handmaids,
and
your goodliest
young
men,
and
your asses
he
will
take
away,
and
put
them
to
his
work.
Your
flocks also he
will
tithe,
and
you
shall
be
his
servants.
And
you
shall
cry
out
in
that
day
from
the
face
of
the
king,
whom
you
have
chosen
to
yourselves.
and
the
Lord
will
not hear
you
in
that
day,
because
you
desired unto
yourselves
a
king.
But
the
people
would
not
hear
the
voice
of
Samuel,
and
they
said: Nay:
but
there
shall
be
a
king
over
us.
And
we
also
will
be
like
all
nations:
and
our
king
shall
judge
us,
and
go
out
before
us,
and tight
our
battles
for
us.
And
Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and rehearsed
them
in
the
ears
of
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel: Hearken
to
their
voice,
and
make
them
a
king.
And
Samuel
said
to
the
men
of
Israel: Let
every
man go
to
his
city.
Now
I
there
was
a
man
of Benjamin
whose
name
was Cis,
the
son
of
Abiel,
the
son
of Seror,
the
son
of Bechorath,
the
son
of Aphia,
the
son
of
a
man
of Jemini,
valiant
and
strong.
And
he
had
a
son
whose
name
was
Saul,
a
choice
and goodly
man,
and
there
was
not
among
the
children
of
Israel
a goodlier
person
than
he:
from
his
shoulders
and
upward
he appeared
above
all
the
people.
And
the asses
of Cis, Sauls
father,
were
lost:
and Cis
said
to
his
son
Saul:
Take
one
of
the
servants
with thee,
and
arise,
go,
and
seek
the asses.
And
when
they
had passed
through mount Ephraim,
And
through
the
land
of Salisa,
and
had
not
found
them,
they
passed also
through
the
land
of Salim,
and
they
were
not
there:
and
through
the
land
of Jemini,
and
found
them
not.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
land
of Suph,
Saul
said
to
the
servant
that
was
with
him:
Come,
let
us
return,
lest
perhaps
my
father
forget
the asses,
and
be concerned
for
us.
And
he
said
to
him:
Behold
there
is
a
man
of
God
in
this
city,
a famous
man:
all
that
he saith, cometh
certainly
to
pass.
Now
therefore
let
us
go thither,
perhaps
he
may
tell
us
of
our
way,
for
which
we
are
come.
And
Saul
said
to
his
servant:
Behold
we
will
go:
but
what
shall
we
carry
to
the
man
of
God?
the
bread
is spent
in
our
bags:
and
we
have
no
present
to
make
to
the
man
of
God,
nor
any
thing
at
all.
The
servant
answered
Saul
again,
and
said:
Behold
there
is
found
in
my
hand
the
fourth
part
of
a sicle
of
silver,
let
us
give
it
to
the
man
of
God,
that
he
may
tell
us
our
way.
Now
in
time past,
in
Israel
when
a
man
went
to
consult
God
he
spoke
thus: Come, let
us go
to
the seer.
For
he
that
is
now
called
a
prophet,
in
time past
was
called
a seer.
And
Saul
said
to
his
servant: Thy
word
is very
good, come, let
us go.
And
they
went
into
the
city,
where
the
man
of
God
was.
And
when
they
went
up
the
ascent
to
the
city,
they
found
maids
coming
out
to
draw
water,
and
they
said
to
them:
Is
the seer
here?
They
answered
and
said
to
them:
He
is:
behold
he
is
before
you,
make
haste
now:
for
he
came
today
into
the
city,
for
there
is
a
sacrifice
of
the
people
today
in
the
high
place.
As
soon
as
you
come
into
the
city,
you
shall immediately
find
him,
before
he
go
up
to
the
high
place
to
eat:
for
the
people
will
not
eat
till
he
come:
because
he blesseth
the
victim,
and
afterwards
they
eat
that
are
invited.
Now
therefore
go
up,
for
today
you
shall
find
him.
And
they
went
up
into
the
city.
And
when
they
were walking
in
the
midst
of
the
city,
behold
Samuel
was
coming
out
over
against
them,
to
go
up
to
the
high
place.
Now
the
Lord
had
revealed
to
the
ear
of
Samuel
the
day
before
Saul
came,
saying:
Tomorrow
about
this
same hour
I
will
send thee
a
man
of
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and thou shalt
anoint
him
to
be
ruler
over
my
people
Israel:
and
he
shall
save
my
people
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines:
for
I
have
looked
down
upon
my
people,
because
their
cry
is
come
to
me.
And
when
Samuel
saw
Saul,
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Behold
the
man,
of
whom
I
spoke
to thee,
this
man
shall reign
over
my
people.
And
Saul
came
to
Samuel
in
the
midst
of
the
gate
and
said:
Tell
me,
I
pray thee,
where
is
the
house
of
the seer?
And
Samuel
answered
Saul,
saying:
I
am
the seer,
go
up
before
me
to
the
high
place,
that
you
may
eat
with
me
today,
and
I
will
let thee
go
in
the
morning:
and
tell thee
all
that
is
in thy
heart.
And
as
for
the asses,
which
were
lost
three
days
ago,
be
not solicitous,
because
they
are
found.
And
for
whom
shall
be
all
the
best
things
of
Israel?
Shall
they
not
be
for thee
and
for
all thy
father’s
house?
And
Saul answering,
said:
Am
not
I
a
son
of Jemini
of
the
least
tribe
of
Israel,
and
my kindred
the last
among
all
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin?
Why
then hast thou
spoken
this
word
to
me?
Then
Samuel
taking
Saul
and
his
servant,
brought
them
into
the parlour,
and
gave
them
a
place
at
the
head
of
them
that
were
invited.
For
there
were
about
thirty
men.
And
Samuel
said
to
the
cook:
Bring
the
portion,
which
I
gave thee,
and
commanded thee
to
set
it apart
by thee.
And
the
cook
took
up
the shoulder,
and
set
it
before
Saul.
And
Samuel
said:
Behold
what
is
left,
set
it
before thee,
and
eat:
because
it
was
kept
of purpose
for thee,
when
I
invited
the
people.
And
Saul
ate
with
Samuel
that
day.
And
they
went
down
from
the
high
place
into
the
town,
and
he
spoke
with
Saul
upon
the
top
of
the house:
and
he prepared
a bed
for
Saul
on
the
top
of
the house,
and
he slept.
And
when
they
were
risen
in
the
morning,
and
it
began
now
to
be light,
Samuel
called
Saul
on
the
top
of
the house,
saying:
Arise,
that
I
may
let thee
go.
And
Saul
arose:
and
they
went
out
both
of
them,
to wit,
he
and
Samuel.
And
as
they
were
going
down
in
the
end
of
the
city,
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
Speak
to
the
servant
to
go
before
us,
and
pass
on:
but
stand thou
still
a
while,
that
I
may
tell thee
the
word
of
the Lord.
And
Samuel
took
a little vial
of
oil
and
poured
it
upon
his
head,
and
kissed
him,
and
said:
Behold,
the
Lord hath
anointed thee
to
be
prince
over
his
inheritance,
and thou shalt deliver
his
people
out
of
the hands
of
their enemies,
that
are round
about
them.
And
this
shall
be
a sign unto thee,
that
God hath
anointed thee
to
be
prince.
When thou shalt
depart
from
me
this
day, thou shalt
find
two
men
by
the sepulchre
of
Rachel
in
the
borders
of
Benjamin
to
the south,
and
they
shall
say
to thee:
The asses
are
found
which thou wentest
to
seek:
and thy
father
thinking
no more
of
the asses
is
concerned
for
you,
and saith:
What
shall
I
do
for
my
son?
And
when thou shalt
depart
from thence,
and
go farther
on,
and shalt
come
to
the
oak
of Thabor,
there
shall
meet thee
three
men
going
up
to
God
to
Bethel,
one
carrying
three kids,
and
another
three
loaves
of
bread,
and
another
carrying
a bottle
of
wine.
And
they
will salute thee,
and
will
give thee
two
loaves,
and thou shalt
take
them at
their
hand.
After
that thou shalt
come
to
the
hill
of
God,
where
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
is:
and
when thou shalt
be
come
there
into
the
city, thou shalt
meet
a company
of
prophets
coming
down
from
the
high
place,
with
a psaltery
and
a
timbrel,
and
a pipe,
and
a
harp
before
them,
and
they
shall
be
prophesying.
And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
shall
come
upon thee,
and thou shalt
prophesy
with
them,
and shalt
be
changed
into
another
man.
When
therefore
these
signs
shall
happen
to thee,
do whatsoever thy
hand
shall
find,
for
the Lord
is
with thee.
And thou shalt
go
down
before
me
to Galgal, (for
I
will
come
down
to thee,)
that thou mayest
offer
an oblation,
and
sacrifice victims
of
peace:
seven
days shalt thou
wait, O
till
I
come
to thee,
and
I
will shew thee
what thou art
to
do.
So
when
he
had
turned
his
back
to
go
from
Samuel,
God
gave unto
him
another
heart,
and
all
these
things
came
to
pass
that
day.
And
they
came
to
the foresaid
hill,
and
behold
a company
of
prophets
met
him:
and
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
upon
him,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
midst
of
them.
And
all
that
had
known
him yesterday
and
the day
before,
seeing
that
he
was
with
the
prophets,
and
prophesied,
said
to
each
other:
What
is
this
that hath
happened
to
the
son
of Cis?
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
And
one
answered
another,
saying:
And
who
is
their
father?
therefore
it
became
a
proverb:
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?
And
when
he
had made
an
end
of
prophesying,
he
came
to
the
high
place.
And
Saul’s
uncle
said
to
him,
and
to
his
servant: Whither
went
you?
They
answered:
To
seek
the asses:
and
not finding
them
we
went
to
Samuel.
And
his
uncle
said
to
him:
Tell
me
what
Samuel
said
to thee.
And
Saul
said
to
his
uncle:
He
told
us
that
the asses
were
found.
But
of
the
matter
of
the
kingdom
of
which
Samuel
had
spoken
to
him,
he
told
him
not.
And
Samuel
called
together
the
people
to
the
Lord
in Maspha:
And
he
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
brought
up
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
and
delivered
you
from
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
from
the
hand
of
all
the kings
who
afflicted
you.
But
you
this
day
have
rejected
your
God,
who
only hath
saved
you
out
of
all
your evils
and
your tribulations:
and
you
have
said: Nay:
but
set
a
king
over
us.
Now
therefore
stand
before
the
Lord
by
your
tribes,
and
by
your
families.
And
Samuel
brought
to
him
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
the lot fell
on
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
And
he
brought
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
and
the kindreds thereof,
and
the lot fell
Upon
the kindred
of Metri,
and
it
came
to
Saul
the
son
of Cis.
They
sought
him therefore
and
he
was
not
found.
And
after
this
they consulted
the
Lord whether
he
would
come thither.
And
the
Lord
answered:
Behold
he
is
hidden
at
home.
And
they
ran
and fetched
him thence:
and
he
stood
in
the
midst
of
the
people,
and
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people
from
the
shoulders
and
upward.
And
Samuel
said
to
all
the
people:
Surely
you
see
him
whom
the
Lord hath
chosen,
that
there
is
none
like
him
among
all
the
people.
And
all
the
people cried
and
said:
God save
the
king.
And
Samuel
told
the
people
the law
of
the
kingdom,
and
wrote
it
in
a
book,
and
laid
it
up
before
the
Lord:
and
Samuel
sent
away
all
the
people,
every
one
to
his
own
house.
Saul
also
departed
to
his
own
house
in Gabaa:
and
there
went
with
him
a
part
of
the
army,
whose
hearts
God
had
touched.
But
the
children
of Belial
said:
Shall
this fellow
be able
to
save
us?
And
they
despised
him,
and
brought
him
no
presents,
but
he dissembled
as though
he heard
not.
And
it
came
to pass
about
a month
after
this
that Naas,
the
Ammonite
came
up,
and began
to fight
against Jabes Galaad.
And
all
the
men
of Jabes
said
to Naas:
Make
a
covenant
with
us,
and
we
will
serve thee.
And Naas
the
Ammonite
answered
them:
On
this condition
will
I
make
a covenant
with
you,
that
I
may pluck
out
all
your
right
eyes,
and
make
you
a
reproach
in
all
Israel.
And
the ancients
of Jabes
said
to
him: Allow
us
seven
days,
that
we
may
send
messengers
to
all
the coasts
of
Israel:
and
if
there
be
no
one
to defend
us,
we
will
come
out
to thee.
The
messengers therefore
came
to Gabaa
of
Saul:
and
they
spoke
these
words
in
the
hearing
of
the
people:
and
all
the
people
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept.
And
behold
Saul
came,
following
oxen
out
of
the
field,
and
he
said:
What aileth
the
people
that
they
weep?
And
they
told
him
the
words
of
the
men
of Jabes.
And
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
upon
Saul,
when
he
had
heard
these
words,
and
his
anger
was
exceedingly
kindled.
And
taking
both
the
oxen,
he
cut
them
in
pieces,
and
sent
them
into
all
the coasts
of
Israel
by
messengers,
saying: Whosoever
shall
not
come
forth,
and
follow
Saul
and
Samuel,
so
shall
it
be
done
to
his
oxen.
And
the
fear
of
the
Lord
fell
upon
the
people,
and
they
went
out
as
one
man.
And
he
numbered
them
in Bezec:
and
there
were
of
the
children
of
Israel
three
hundred
thousand:
and
of
the
men
of Juda
thirty
thousand.
And
they
said
to
the
messengers
that
came:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
the
men
of Jabes Galaad:
Tomorrow,
when
the
sun
shall
be
hot,
you
shall
have relief.
The
messengers
therefore
came,
and
told
the
men
of Jabes:
and
they
were
glad.
And
they
said:
In
the morning
we
will
come
out
to
you:
and
you
shall
do
what
you please
with
us.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the morrow
was
come
that
Saul
put
the
people
in
three
companies:
and
he
came
into
the
midst
of
the
camp
in
the
morning
watch,
and
he
slew
the
Ammonites
until
the
day grew
hot,
and
the
rest
were
scattered,
so
that
two
of
them
were
not
left
together.
And
the
people
said
to
Samuel:
Who
is
he
that
said:
Shall
Saul
reign
over
us?
Bring
the
men
and
we
will
kill
them.
And
Saul
said:
No
man
shall
be
killed
this
day,
because
the
Lord
this
day hath wrought
salvation
in
Israel:
And
Samuel
said
to
the
people: Come
and let
us go
to Galgal,
and let
us
renew
the
kingdom
there.
And
all
the
people
went
to Galgal,
and
there
they
made
Saul
king
before
the
Lord
in Galgal,
and
they
sacrificed
there victims
of
peace
before
the
Lord.
And
there
Saul
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
rejoiced
exceedingly.
And
Samuel
said
to
all
Israel:
Behold
I
have hearkened
to
your
voice
in
all
that
you
said
to
me,
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
And
now
the
king goeth
before
you:
but
I
am
old
and greyheaded:
and
my
sons
are
with
you:
having
then conversed
with
you
from
my
youth unto
this
day,
behold
here
I
am.
Speak
of
me
before
the
Lord,
and
before
his
anointed, whether
I
have
taken any man’s
ox,
or ass:
If
I
have
wronged any
man,
if
I
have
oppressed any
man,
if
I
have
taken
a
bribe
at any man’s
hand:
and
I
will despise
it
this day,
and
will
restore
it
to
you.
And
they
said: Thou hast
not
wronged
us,
nor
oppressed
us,
nor
taken ought
at
any
man’s
hand.
And
he
said
to
them:
The
Lord
is
witness
against
you,
and
his
anointed
is
witness
this
day,
that
you
have
not
found
any
thing
in
my
hand.
And
they
said:
He
is
witness.
And
Samuel
said
to
the
people:
It
is
the
Lord,
who
made
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
brought
our
fathers
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
Now
therefore
stand
up,
that
I
may
plead
in
judgment
against
you
before
the
Lord,
concerning
all
the kindness
of
the
Lord,
which
he hath shewn
to
you,
and
to
your
fathers:
How
Jacob
went
into
Egypt,
and
your
fathers
cried
to
the
Lord:
and
the
Lord
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
brought
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt:
and
made
them
dwell
in
this
place.
And
they
forgot
the
Lord
their
God,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of Sisara,
captain
of
the
army
of Hasor,
and
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Moab,
and
they
fought
against
them.
But afterwards
they
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
We
have
sinned,
because
we
have forsaken
the
Lord,
and
have
served Baalim
and Astaroth:
but
now
deliver
us
from
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
and
we
will
serve thee.
And
the
Lord
sent Jerobaal,
and Badan,
and Jephte,
and
Samuel,
and
delivered
you
from
the
hand
of
your
enemies
round
about,
and
you
dwelt
securely.
But
seeing
that Naas
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
was
come
against
you,
you
said
to
me: Nay,
but
a
king
shall
reign
over
us: whereas
the
Lord
your
God
was
your
king.
Now
therefore
your
king
is
here,
whom
you
have
chosen
and
desired:
Behold
the
Lord hath
given
you
a
king.
If
you
will
fear
the
Lord,
and
serve
him,
and hearken
to
his
voice,
and
not provoke
the
mouth
of
the
Lord:
then
shall
both
you,
and
the
king
who reigneth
over
you,
be followers
of
the
Lord
your
God.
But
if
you
will
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
but
will
rebel
against
his
words,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
shall
be
upon
you,
and
upon
your
fathers.
Now
then
stand,
and
see
this
great
thing
which
the
Lord
will
do
in
your
sight.
Is
it
not
wheat
harvest
today?
I
will
call
upon
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
send
thunder
and
rain:
and
you
shall
know
and
see
that
you
yourselves
have
done
a
great
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
in desiring
a
king
over
you.
And
Samuel
cried unto
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day.
And
all
the
people greatly feared
the
Lord
and
Samuel.
And
all
the
people
said
to
Samuel:
Pray
for thy
servants
to
the
Lord thy
God,
that
we
may
not
die,
for
we
have
added
to
all
our
sins
this
evil,
to
ask
for
a
king.
And
Samuel
said
to
the
people:
Fear
not,
you
have
done
all
this
evil:
but
yet
depart
not
from
following
the
Lord,
but
serve
the
Lord
with
all
your
heart.
And
turn
not
aside
after vain
things
which
shall
never
profit
you,
nor
deliver
you,
because
they
are vain.
And
the
Lord
will
not
forsake
his
people
for
his
great
name’s
sake:
because
the
Lord hath sworn
to
make
you
his
people.
And
far
from
me
be
this
sin
against
the
Lord,
that
I
should
cease
to
pray
for
you,
and
I
will
teach
you
the
good
and
right
way.
Therefore
fear
the
Lord,
and
serve
him
in
truth
and
with
your
whole
heart,
for
you
have
seen
the
great
works
which
he hath
done
among
you.
But
if
you
will
still
do wickedly:
both
you
and
your
king
shall
perish
together.
Saul
was
a
child
of
one
year
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
years
over
Israel.
And
Saul
chose
him
three
thousand
men
of
Israel:
and two
thousand
were
with
Saul
in Machmas,
and
in
mount
Bethel:
and
a
thousand
with
Jonathan
in Gabaa
of
Benjamin,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
he
sent back
every
man
to
their dwellings.
And
Jonathan
smote
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
which
was
in Gabaa.
And
when
the
Philistines
had
heard
of
it,
Saul
sounded
the
trumpet
over
all
the
land,
saying: Let
the
Hebrews
hear.
And
all
Israel
heard
this
report:
Saul hath
smitten
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines:
and
Israel
took courage
against
the
Philistines.
And
the
people
were
called
together
after
Saul
to Galgal.
The
Philistines
also
were
assembled
to
fight
against
Israel,
thirty
thousand
chariots,
and
six
thousand
horsemen,
and
a
multitude
of
people
besides,
like
the
sand
on
the
sea
shore
for
number.
And
going
up
they
camped
in Machmas
at
the
east
of Bethaven.
And
when
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were straitened, (for
the
people
were distressed,)
they
hid
themselves
in
caves,
and
in thickets,
and
in
rocks,
and
in dens,
and
in
pits.
And
some
of
the
Hebrews
passed
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
of
Gad
and Galaad.
And
when
Saul
was
yet
in Galgal,
all
the
people
that
followed
him
were greatly
afraid.
And
he
waited
seven
days
according
to
the
appointment
of
Samuel,
I
and
Samuel
came
not
to Galgal,
and
the
people slipt
away
from
him.
Then
Saul
said:
Bring
me
the holocaust,
and
the
peace
offerings.
And
he
offered
the holocaust.
And
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
offering
the holocaust,
behold
Samuel
came:
and
Saul
went
forth
to
meet
him
and
salute
him.
And
Samuel
said
to
him:
What hast thou
done?
Saul
answered:
Because
I
saw
that
the
people slipt
from
me,
and thou wast
not
come
according
to
the
days
appointed,
and
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together
in Machmas,
I
said:
Now
will
the
Philistines
come
down
upon
me
to Galgal,
and
I
have
not appeased
the
face
of
the
Lord.
Forced
by necessity,
I
offered
the holocaust.
And
Samuel
said
to
Saul: Thou hast
done
foolishly,
and hast
not
kept
the
commandments
of
the
Lord thy
God,
which
he
commanded thee.
And
if thou hadst
not
done
thus,
the
Lord
would
now
have
established thy
kingdom
over
Israel
for
ever.
But thy
kingdom
shall
not
continue.
The
Lord hath
sought
him
a
man
according
to
his
own
heart:
and
him hath
the
Lord
commanded
to
be
prince
over
his
people,
because thou hast
not
observed
that
which
the
Lord
commanded.
And
Samuel
arose
and
went
up
from Galgal
to Gabaa
of
Benjamin.
And
the rest
of
the
people
went
up
after
Saul,
to
meet
the
people
who fought
against
them,
going
from Galgal
to Gabaa
in
the hill
of
Benjamin.
And
Saul
numbered
the
people,
that
were
found
with
him,
about
six
hundred
men.
And
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son,
and
the
people
that
were
present
with
them,
were
in Gabaa
of
Benjamin:
but
the
Philistines
encamped
in Machmas.
And there
went
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
three
companies
to plunder.
One
company
went towards
the
way
of Ephra
to
the
land
of Sual;
And
another went
by
the
way
of
Beth-horon,
and
the third
turned
to
the
way
of
the
border,
above
the
valley
of Seboim towards
the
desert.
Now
there
was
no
smith
to
be
found
in
all
the
land
of
Israel,
for
the
Philistines
had
taken
this precaution,
lest
the
Hebrews
should
make
them
swords
or
spears.
So
all
Israel
went
down
to
the
Philistines,
to
sharpen
every
man
his ploughshare,
and
his spade,
and
his
axe,
and
his rake.
So
that
their shares,
and
their spades,
and
their forks,
and
their
axes
were blunt, even
to
the goad, which
was
to
be mended.
And
when
the
day
of
battle
was
come,
there
was
neither
sword
nor
spear
found
in
the
hand
of
any
of
the
people
that
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan,
except
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son.
And
the army
of
the
Philistines
went
out
in order
to advance further
in Machmas.
Now
it
came
to
pass
one
day
that
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
said
to
the
young
man
that
bore
his armour:
Come,
and
let
us
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
which
is
on
the
other
side
of yonder
place.
But
he
told
not
this
to
his
father.
And
Saul
abode
in
the uttermost part
of Gabaa
under
the
pomegranate
tree,
which
was
in Magron:
and
the
people
with
him
were about
six
hundred
men.
And Achias
the
son
of Achitob
brother
to
Ichabod
the
son
of Phinees,
the
son
of Heli
the
priest
of
the
Lord
in Silo,
wore
the
ephod.
And
the
people
knew
not whither
Jonathan
was
gone.
Now
there
were
between
the ascents,
by
which
Jonathan
sought
to
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
rocks
standing
up
on
both
sides,
and steep
cliffs
like
teeth
on
the
one
side,
and
on
the
other,
the
name
of
the
one
was Boses,
and
the
name
of
the
other
was Sene:
One rock stood out towards
the
north
over
against Machmas,
and
the
other
to
the
south
over
against Gabaa.
And
Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
that
bore
his armour: Come, let
us
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
these
uncircumcised,
it
may
be
the
Lord
will
do
for
us,
because
it
is easy
for
the
Lord
to
save
either
by
many,
or
by
few.
And
his armourbearer
said
to
him:
Do
all
that pleaseth thy
mind: go whither thou wilt,
and
I
will
be
with thee wheresoever thou hast
a
mind.
And
Jonathan
said:
Behold
we
will
go
over
to these
men.
And
when
we
shall
be seen
by
them,
If
they
shall
speak
thus
to
us:
Stay
till
we
come
to
you:
let
us
stand
still
in
our
place,
and
not
go
up
to
them.
But
if
they
shall
say:
Come
up
to
us:
let
us
go
up,
because
the
Lord hath
delivered
them
into
our
hands,
this
shall
be
a
sign unto
us.
So
both
of
them discovered
themselves
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines:
and
the
Philistines
said:
Behold
the
Hebrews
come
forth
out
of
the
holes
wherein
they
were
hid.
And
the
men
of
the garrison
spoke
to
Jonathan,
and
to
his armourbearer,
and
said:
Come
up
to
us,
and
we
will shew
you
a
thing.
And
Jonathan
said
to
his armourbearer:
Let
us
go
up,
follow
me:
for
the
Lord hath
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
Israel.
And
Jonathan
went
up creeping
on
his
hands
and
feet,
and
his armourbearer
after
him.
And
some
fell
before
Jonathan, others
his armourbearer slew
as
he
followed
him.
And
the
first
slaughter
which
Jonathan
and
his armourbearer
made,
was
of
about
twenty
men, within
half
an
acre
of
land,
which
a
yoke
of oxen
is wont
to plough
in
a day.
And
there
was
a miracle
in
the
camp,
through
the
fields: yea
and
all
the
people
of
their
garrison,
who
had
gone
out
to plunder,
were amazed,
and
the
earth
trembled:
and
it
happened
as
a miracle
from
God.
And
the
watchmen
of
Saul,
who
were
in Gabaa
of
Benjamin
looked,
and
behold
a
multitude overthrown,
and fleeing
this way
and
that.
And
Saul
said
to
the
people
that
were
with
him:
Look,
and
see
who
is
gone
from
us.
And
when
they
had
sought,
it
was
found
that
Jonathan
and
his armourbearer
were
not
there.
And
Saul
said
to Achias:
Bring
the
ark
of
the Lord. (For
the
ark
of
God
was
there
that
day
with
the
children
of
Israel.)
And
while
Saul
spoke
to
the
priest,
there arose
a
great
uproar
in
the
camp
of
the
Philistines:
and
it increased
by degrees,
and
was heard
more clearly.
And
Saul
said
to
the
priest: Draw
in thy
hand.
Then
Saul
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him, shouted
together,
and
they
came
to
the
place
of
the
fight:
and
behold
every
man’s
sword
was
turned
upon
his neighbour,
and
there
was
a
very
great slaughter.
Moreover
the
Hebrews
that
had
been
with
the
Philistines yesterday
and
the day
before,
and
went
up
with
them
into
the
camp,
returned
to
be
with
the
Israelites,
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
And
all
the
Israelites
that
had
hid
themselves
in
mount
Ephraim,
hearing
that
the
Philistines
fled,
joined
themselves
with
their countrymen
in
the
fight.
And
there
were
with Saul
about ten thousand
men.
And
the
Lord
saved
Israel
that
day.
And
the
fight went
on
as far
as Bethaven.
And
the
men
of
Israel
were joined
together
that
day;
and
Saul adjured
the
people,
saying:
Cursed
be
the
man
that
shall
eat
food
till
evening,
till
I
be revenged
of
my
enemies.
So
none
of
the
people
tasted
any
food:
And
all
the
common
people
came
into
a
forest,
in which
there
was
honey
upon
the
ground.
And
when
the
people
came
into
the
forest,
behold
the
honey dropped,
but
no
man
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth.
For
the
people
feared
the
oath.
But
Jonathan
had
not
heard
when
his
father adjured
the
people:
and
he
put
forth
the
end
of
the
rod,
which
he
had
in
his
hand,
and dipt
it
in
a
honeycomb:
and
he
carried
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
were enlightened.
And
one
of
the
people answering,
said: Thy
father hath bound
the
people
with
an
oath,
saying:
Cursed
be
the
man
that
shall
eat
any
food
this
day. (And
the
people
were faint.)
And
Jonathan
said:
My
father hath
troubled
the
land:
you
have
seen
yourselves
that
my
eyes
are
enlightened,
because
I
tasted
a
little
of
this
honey:
How
much
more
if
the
people
had
eaten
of
the prey
of
their
enemies,
which
they
found?
had
there
not
been
made
a
greater
slaughter
among
the
Philistines?
So
they
smote
that
day
the
Philistines
from Machmas
to Ailon.
And
the
people
were wearied
exceedingly.
And falling
upon
the
spoils,
they
took
sheep,
and
oxen,
and
calves,
and
slew
them
on
the
ground:
and
the
people
ate
them
with
the
blood.
And
they
told
Saul
that
the
people
had
sinned
against
the
Lord,
eating
with
the
blood.
And
he
said:
You
have transgressed:
roll
here
to
me
now
a
great
stone.
And
Saul
said: Disperse
yourselves
among
the
people,
and
tell
them
to
bring
me
every
man
his
ox
and
his ram,
and
slay
them
upon
this stone,
and
eat,
and
you
shall
not
sin
against
the
Lord
in
eating
with
the
blood.
So
all
the
people
brought
every
man
his
ox
with
him till
the
night:
and
slew
them
there.
And
Saul
built
an
altar
to
the
Lord
and
he
then first
began
to
build
an
altar
to
the
Lord.
And
Saul
said:
Let
us
fall
upon
the
Philistines
by
night,
and
destroy
them
till
the
morning
light,
and
let
us
not
leave
a
man
of
them.
And
the
people
said:
Do
all
that seemeth
good
in thy
eyes.
And
the
priest
said:
Let
us
draw
near hither unto
God.
And
Saul consulted
the Lord:
Shall
I
pursue
after
the
Philistines? wilt thou
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
Israel?
And
he
answered
him
not
that
day.
And
Saul
said:
Bring hither
all
the
corners
of
the
people:
and
know,
and
see
by whom
this
sin hath
happened
today.
As
the
Lord liveth
who
is
the saviour
of
Israel,
if
it
was
done
by
Jonathan
my
son,
he
shall
surely
die.
In
this
none
of
the
people gainsaid
him.
And
he
said
to
all
Israel:
Be
you
on
one
side,
and
I
with
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side.
And
the
people
answered
Saul:
Do
what seemeth
good
in thy
eyes.
And
Saul
said
to
the
Lord:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
give
a sign,
by which we
may know, what
the meaning
is,
that thou answerest not thy servant today. If
this iniquity
be
in
me,
or
in
my son
Jonathan,
give
a proof:
or if
this iniquity
be
in thy
people,
give holiness.
And
Jonathan
and
Saul
were
taken,
and
the
people
escaped.
And
Saul
said:
Cast lots
between
me,
and
Jonathan
my
son.
And
Jonathan
was
taken.
And
Saul
said
to
Jonathan:
Tell
me
what thou hast
done.
And
Jonathan
told
him,
and
said:
I
did
but
taste
a
little
honey
with
the
end
of
the
rod,
which
was
in
my
hand,
and
behold
I
must
die.
And
Saul
said:
May
God
do
so
and
so
to
me,
and
add
still
more:
for
dying thou shalt
die,
O
Jonathan.
And
the
people
said
to
Saul:
Shall
Jonathan
then
die,
who hath wrought
this
great
salvation
in
Israel?
This
must
not
be.
As
the
Lord liveth,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground,
for
he hath wrought
with
God
this
day.
So
the
people
delivered
Jonathan,
that
he
should
not
die.
And
Saul
went
back,
and
did not
pursue
after
the
Philistines:
and
the
Philistines
went
to
their own
places.
And
Saul
having
his
kingdom established
over
Israel,
fought
against
all
his
enemies
round
about,
against
Moab,
and
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Edom,
and
the
kings
of Soba,
and
the
Philistines;
and whithersoever
he
turned
himself,
he overcame.
And gathering together
an
army,
he
defeated Amalec,
and
delivered
Israel
from
the
hand
of
them
that spoiled
them.
And
the
sons
of
Saul,
were
Jonathan,
and Jessui,
and Melchisua:
and
the
names
of
his
two
daughters,
the
name
of
the
firstborn
was Merob,
and
the
name
of
the
younger Michol.
And
the
name
of
Saul’s
wife,
was Achinoam
the
daughter
of Achimaas;
and
the
name
of
the
captain
of
his
army
was
Abner,
the
son
of
Ner,
the cousin german
of
Saul.
For Cis
was
the
father
of
Saul,
and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner,
was
son
of
Abiel.
And
there
was
a
great
war
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Saul.
For whomsoever
Saul
saw
to
be
a
valiant
man,
and
fit
for
war,
he
took
him
to
himself.
And
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
The
Lord
sent
me
to
anoint thee
king
over
his
People
Israel:
now
therefore hearken thou unto
the
voice
of
the
Lord:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
have reckoned
up
all
that Amalec hath
done
to
Israel:
I
how
he
opposed
them
in
the
way
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
Now
therefore go,
and
smite Amalec,
and utterly
destroy
all
that
he hath:
spare
him
not,
nor covet
any
thing
that
is
his:
but
slay
both
man
and
woman,
child
and suckling,
ox
and
sheep,
camel
and ass.
So
Saul commanded
the
people,
and
numbered
them
as lambs:
two
hundred
thousand
footmen,
and
ten
thousand
of
the
men
of Juda.
And
when
Saul
was
come
to
the
city
of Amalec,
he
laid ambushes
in
the torrent.
And
Saul
said
to
the Cinite:
Go,
depart
and
get ye
down
from Amalec:
lest
I
destroy thee
with
him.
For thou hast shewn
kindness
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
And
the Cinite
departed
from
the
midst
of Amalec.
And
Saul
smote Amalec
from Hevila,
until thou comest
to Sur,
which
is
over
against
Egypt.
And
he
took
Agag
the
king
of Amalec
alive:
but
all
the common
people
he slew
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
And
Saul
and
the
people
spared
Agag
and
the
best
of
the
flocks
of
sheep
and
of
the
herds,
and
the garments
and
the
rams,
and
all
that
was beautiful,
and
would
not
destroy
them:
but
every
thing
that
was vile
and
good
for
nothing,
that
they destroyed.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Samuel,
saying:
It repenteth
me
that
I
have
made
Saul
king:
for
he hath forsaken
me,
and hath
not executed
my
commandments.
And
Samuel
was grieved,
and
he
cried unto
the
Lord
all
night.
And
when
Samuel
rose
early,
to
go
to
Saul
in
the
morning,
it
was
told
Samuel,
that
Saul
was
come
to
Carmel,
and
had
erected
for
himself
a triumphant arch,
and returning
had
passed
on,
and
gone
down
to Galgal.
And
Samuel
came
to
Saul,
and
Saul
was offering
a holocaust
to
the Lord
out
of
the choicest
of
the spoils which
he
had
brought
from Amalec.
And
when
Samuel
was
come
to
Saul,
Saul
said
to
him:
Blessed
be thou
of
the
Lord,
I
have
fulfilled
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
said:
What meaneth
then
this
bleating
of
the
flocks,
which soundeth
in
my
ears,
and
the
lowing
of
the
herds,
which
I
hear?
And
Saul
said:
They
have
brought
them
from Amalec:
for
the
people
spared
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
of
the
herds
that
they
might
be
sacrificed
to
the
Lord thy
God,
but
the
rest
we
have slain.
And
Samuel
said
to
Saul: Suffer
me,
and
I
will
tell thee
what
the
Lord hath
said
to
me
this
night.
And
he
said
to
him:
Speak.
And
Samuel
said:
When thou wast
a
little
one
in thy
own
eyes, wast thou
not made
the
head
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
And
the
Lord
anointed thee
to
be
king
over
Israel.
And
the
Lord
sent thee
on
the
way,
and
said:
Go,
and kill
the
sinners
of Amalec,
and thou shalt
fight
against
them
until thou hast utterly
destroyed
them.
Why
then didst thou
not hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord:
but hast
turned
to
the prey,
and hast
done
evil
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord.
And
Saul
said
to
Samuel: Yea
I
have hearkened
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
and
have walked
in
the
way
by
which
the
Lord
sent
me,
and
have
brought
Agag
the
king
of Amalec,
and Amalec
I
have slain.
But
the
people
took
of
the
spoils
sheep
and
oxen,
as
the firstfruits
of those things
that
were slain,
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
Lord
their
God
in Galgal.
And
Samuel
said: Doth
the
Lord
desire holocausts
and victims,
and not rather
that
the
voice
of
the
Lord
should
be
obeyed?
For
obedience
is
better
than
sacrifices:
and
to hearken rather
than
to
offer
the
fat
of
rams.
Because
it
is
like
the
sin
of witchcraft,
to
rebel:
and
like
the
crime
of
idolatry,
to refuse
to obey. Forasmuch
therefore
as thou hast
rejected
the
word
of
the
Lord,
the
Lord hath
also
rejected thee
from being
king.
And
Saul
said
to
Samuel:
I
have
sinned
because
I
have transgressed
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
and thy
words, fearing
the
people,
and
obeying
their
voice.
But
now
bear,
I
beseech thee,
my
sin,
and
return
with
me,
that
I
may adore
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
I
will
not
return
with thee,
because thou hast
rejected
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord hath
rejected thee
from
being
king
over
Israel.
And
Samuel
turned
about
to
go
away:
but he
laid
hold upon
the
skirt
of
his
mantle,
and
it rent.
And
Samuel
said
to
him:
The
Lord hath rent
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from thee
this
day,
and hath
given
it
to thy neighbour
who
is
better
than thee.
But
the triumpher
in
Israel
will riot spare,
and
will
not
be
moved
to repentance:
for
he
is
not
a mail
that
he
should
repent.
Then
he
said:
I
have
sinned:
yet honour
me
now
before
the ancients
of
my
people,
and
before
Israel,
and
return
with
me,
that
I
may adore
the
Lord thy
God.
So
Samuel
turned
again
after
Saul:
and
Saul adored
the
Lord.
And
Samuel
said:
Bring hitherto
me
Agag
the
king
of Amalec.
And
Agag
was
presented
to
him very fat,
and trembling.
And
Agag
said: Doth
bitter
death separate
in this manner?
And
Samuel
said:
As thy
sword hath
made
women
childless,
so
shall thy
mother
be
childless
among
women.
And
Samuel
hewed
him
in
pieces
before
the
Lord
in Galgal.
And
Samuel departed
to Ramatha:
but
Saul
went
up
to
his
house
in Gabaa.
And
Samuel
saw
Saul
no
more
till
the
day
of
his
death:
nevertheless
Samuel
mourned
for
Saul,
because
the
Lord
repented
that
he
had made
him
king
over
Israel.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel.
How
It
long
wilt thou
mourn
for
Saul, whom
I
have
rejected
from reigning
over
Israel?
fill thy
horn
with
oil,
and
come,
that
I
may
send thee
to Isai
the
Bethlehemite:
for
I
have
provided
me
a
king
among
his
sons.
And
Samuel
said:
How
shall
I
go?
for
Saul
will
hear
of
it,
and
he
will
kill
me.
And
the
Lord
said: Thou shalt
take
with thee
a
calf
of
the
herd,
and thou shalt
say:
I
am
come
to
sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
And thou shalt
call Isai
to
the
sacrifice,
and
I
will shew thee
what thou art
to
do,
and thou shalt
anoint
him
whom
I
shall shew
to thee.
Then
Samuel
did
as
the
Lord
had
said
to
him.
And
he
came
to
Bethlehem,
and
the ancients
of
the
city wondered,
and meeting
him,
they
said:
Is thy
coming hither peaceable?
And
he
said:
It
is peaceable:
I
am
come
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
Lord,
be ye
sanctified,
and
come
with
me
to
the
sacrifice.
And
he
sanctified Isai
and
his
sons,
and
called
them
to
the
sacrifice.
And
when
they
were
come
in,
he
saw
Eliab,
and
said:
Is
the
Lord’s
anointed
before
him?
And
the
Lord
said
to
Samuel:
Look
not
on
his countenance,
nor
on
the
height
of
his
stature:
because
I
have
rejected
him,
nor
do
I judge
according
to
the
look
of
man:
for
man seeth
those
things
that
appear,
but
the
Lord beholdeth
the
heart.
And Isai
called
Abinadab,
and brought
him
before
Samuel.
And
he
said:
Neither hath
the
Lord
chosen
this.
And Isai brought Samma,
and
he
said
of
him:
Neither hath
the
Lord
chosen
this.
Isai
therefore brought
his
seven
sons
before
Samuel:
and
Samuel
said
to Isai:
The
Lord hath
not
chosen
any
one
of
these.
And
Samuel
said
to Isai:
Are
here
all thy sons?
He
answered:
There remaineth
yet
a
young
one,
who keepeth
the
sheep.
And
Samuel
said
to Isai:
Send,
and fetch
him,
for
we
will
not
sit
down
till
he
come hither.
He
sent
therefore
and
brought
him
Now
he
was
ruddy
and
beautiful
to behold,
and
of
a comely
face.
And
the
Lord
said:
Arise,
and
anoint
him,
for
this
is
he.
Then
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil,
and
anointed
him
in
the
midst
of
his
brethren:
and
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon
David
from
that
day
forward:
and
Samuel
rose
up,
and
went
to Ramatha.
But
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
departed
from
Saul,
and
an
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord troubled
him.
And
the
servants
of
Saul
said
to
him:
Behold
now
an
evil
spirit
from
God troubleth thee.
Let
our
lord
give
orders,
and thy
servants
who
are
before thee
will
seek
out
a
man
skillful
in
playing
on
the
harp,
that
when
the
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord
is
upon thee,
he
may
play
with
his
hand,
and thou mayest bear
it
more easily.
And
Saul
said
to
his
servants:
Provide
me
then
some
man
that
can
play
well,
and
bring
him
to
me.
And
one
of
the
servants answering,
said:
Behold
I
have
seen
a
son
of Isai
the
Bethlehemite,
a
skillful
player,
and
one
of
great
strength,
and
a
man fit
for
war,
and
prudent
in
his
words,
and
a comely
person:
and
the
Lord
is
with
him.
Then
Saul
sent
messengers
to Isai,
saying:
Send
me
David thy
son,
who
is
in
the pastures.
And Isai
took
an ass laden
with
bread,
and
a
bottle
of
wine,
and
a kid
of
the flock,
and
sent
them
by
the
hand
of
David
his
son
to
Saul.
And
David
came
to
Saul,
and
stood
before
him:
and
he
loved
him
exceedingly,
and
made
him
his armourbearer.
And
Saul
sent
to Isai,
saying:
Let
David
stand
before
me:
for
he hath
found favour
in
my
sight.
So whensoever
the
evil
spirit
from
the Lord
was
upon
Saul,
David
took
his
harp,
and
played
with
his
hand,
and
Saul
was
refreshed,
and
was
better,
for
the
evil
spirit
departed
from
him.
Now
the
Philistines
gathering
together
their
troops
to
battle,
assembled
at Socho
of Juda,
and
camped
between Socho
and Azeca
in
the borders
of Dommim.
And
Saul
and
the children
of
Israel being
gathered
together
came
to
the
valley
of Terebinth,
and
they set
the
army
in
array
to
fight
against
the
Philistines.
And
the
Philistines
stood
on
a
mountain
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
a
mountain
on
the
other
side:
and
there
was
a
valley
between
them.
And there
went
out
a
man baseborn
from
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
named
Goliath,
of Geth,
whose
height
was
six
cubits
and
a
span:
And
he
had
a
helmet
of
brass
upon
his
head,
and
he
was
clothed
with
a coat
of mail
with
scales,
and
the
weight
of
his coat
of mail
was
five
thousand sicles
of
brass:
And
he had
greaves
of
brass
on
his
legs,
and
a buckler
of
brass covered
his
shoulders.
And
the staff
of
his
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam,
and
the
head
of
his
spear weighed
six
hundred sicles
of
iron:
and
his armourbearer
went
before
him.
And
standing
he
cried
out
to
the bands
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them:
Why
are
you
come
out prepared
to
fight?
am
not
I
a
Philistine,
and
you
the
servants
of
Saul?
Choose
out
a
man
of
you,
and
let
him
come
down
and
fight hand
to hand.
If
he
be
able
to
fight
with
me,
and
kill
me,
we
will
be
servants
to
you:
but
if
I
prevail
against
him,
and
kill
him,
you
shall
be
servants,
and
shall
serve
us.
And
the
Philistine
said:
I
have defied
the bands
of
Israel
this
day:
Give
me
a
man,
and
let
him
fight
with
me
hand
to
hand.
And
Saul
and
all
the
Israelites
hearing
these
words
of
the
Philistine
were
dismayed,
and
greatly
afraid.
Now
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of
Bethlehem Juda
before
mentioned,
whose
name
was Isai,
who
had
eight
sons,
and
was
an
old
man
in
the
days
of
Saul,
and
of great
age
among
men.
And
his
three eldest
sons
followed
Saul
to
the
battle:
and
the
names
of
his
three
sons
that
went
to
the
battle,
were
Eliab
the
firstborn,
and
the
second
Abinadab,
and
the
third Samma.
But
David
was
the
youngest.
So
the
three eldest having
followed
Saul,
David
went,
and
returned
from
Saul,
to
feed
his
father’s
flock
at
Bethlehem.
Now
the
Philistine
came out
morning
and
evening,
and
presented
himself
forty
days.
And Isai
said
to
David
his
son:
Take
for thy
brethren
an ephi
of frumenty,
and
these
ten
loaves,
and
run
to
the
camp
to thy
brethren.
And
carry
these
ten little cheeses
to
the tribune:
and
go
see thy
brethren, if
they
are
well:
and learn
with
whom
they
are
placed.
But
Saul,
and
they,
and
all
the children
of
Israel
were
in
the
valley
of Terebinth
fighting
against
the
Philistines.
David
therefore
arose
in
the
morning,
and
gave
the
charge
of
the
flock
to
the
keeper:
and
went
away
loaded
as Isai
had
commanded
him.
And
he
came
to
the
place
of Magala,
and
to
the
army,
which
was
going
out
to
fight,
and
shouted
for
the
battle.
For
Israel
had put themselves
in
array,
and
the
Philistines
who stood
against
them
were prepared.
And
David leaving
the
vessels which
he
had
brought,
under
the
care
of
the
keeper
of
the
baggage,
ran
to
the
place
of
the
battle
and
asked if all
things
went
well
with
his
brethren.
And
as
he
talked
with
them,
that baseborn
man
whose
name
was
Goliath,
the
Philistine,
of Geth, shewed
himself
coming
up
from
the camp
of
the
Philistines:
and
he
spoke
according
to
the
same
words,
and
David
heard
them.
And
all
the
Israelites
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
his
face, fearing
him
exceedingly.
And
some
one
of
Israel
said:
Have
you
seen
this
man
that
is
come
up,
for
he
is
come
up
to
defy
Israel.
And
the
man
that
shall
slay
him,
the
king
will
enrich
with
great
riches,
and
will
give
him
his
daughter,
and
will
make
his
father’s
house
free
from tribute
in
Israel.
And
David
spoke
to
the
men
that
stood
by
him,
saying:
What
shall
be given
to
the
man
that
shall
kill
this
Philistine,
and
shall
take
away
the
reproach
from
Israel?
for
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defy
the
armies
of
the
living
God?
And
the
people
answered
him
the
same
words
saying:
These
things
shall
be given
to
the
man
that
shall
slay
him.
Now
when
Eliab
his eldest
brother
heard
this,
when
he
was
speaking
with others,
he
was
angry
with
David,
and
said:
Why
earnest thou hither?
and
why didst thou
leave
those
few
sheep
in
the
desert?
I
know thy
pride,
and
the
wickedness
of thy
heart:
that thou art
come
down
to
see
the
battle.
And
David
said:
What
have
I
done?
is there
not
cause
to
speak?
And
he
turned
a little
aside
from
him
to
another:
and
said
the
same
word.
And
the
people
answered
him
as
before.
And
the
words
which
David
spoke
were
heard,
and
were rehearsed
before
Saul.
And
when
he
was brought
to
him,
he
said
to
him:
Let
not
any
man’s
heart
be dismayed
in
him:
I thy
servant
will
go,
and
will
fight
against
the
Philistine.
And
Saul
said
to
David: Thou art
not
able
to withstand
this
Philistine,
nor
to
fight
against
him:
for thou art
but
a
boy,
but
he
is
a
warrior
from
his
youth.
And
David
said
to
Saul: Thy
servant kept
his
father’s
sheep,
and
there
came
a
lion,
or
a
bear,
and
took
a ram
out
of
the midst
of
the
flock:
And
I pursued
after
them,
and
struck
them,
and
delivered
it
out
of
their
mouth:
and
they
rose
up
against
me,
and
I
caught
them
by
the throat,
and
I strangled
and
killed
them.
For
I thy
servant
have
killed
both
a
lion
and
a
bear:
and
this
uncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
also
as
one
of
them.
I
will
go
now,
and
take away
the
reproach
of
the people:
for
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
who hath dared
to curse
the
army
of
the
living
God?
And
David
said:
The
Lord
who
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
to
David:
Go,
and
the
Lord
be
with thee.
And
Saul
clothed
David
with
his
garments,
and
put
a
helmet
of
brass
upon
his
head,
and
armed
him
with
a coat
of mail.
And
David
having
girded
his
sword
upon
his armour,
began
to
try
if
he
could walk
in armour:
for
he
was
not accustomed
to
it.
And
David
said
to
Saul:
I
cannot
go
thus,
for
I am
not
used
to
it.
And
he
laid
them
off,
And
he
took
his
staff,
which
he
had always
in
his
hands:
and
chose
him
five
smooth
stones
out
of
the
brook,
and
put
them
into
the shepherd’s scrip,
which
he
had
with
him,
and
he
took
a sling
in
his
hand,
and
went
forth
against
the
Philistine.
And
the
Philistine
came
on,
and
drew nigh
against
David,
and
his armourbearer
before
him.
And
when
the
Philistine
looked,
and
beheld
David,
he
despised
him.
For
he
was
a
young
man,
ruddy,
and
of
a comely countenance.
And
the
Philistine
said
to
David:
Am
I
a
dog,
that thou comest
to
me
with
a
staff?
And
the
Philistine
cursed
David
by
his
gods.
And
he
said
to
David: Come
to
me,
and
I
will
give thy
flesh
to
the
birds
of
the air,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
And
David
said
to
the
Philistine: Thou comest
to
me
with
a
sword,
and
with
a
spear,
and
with
a shield:
but
I
come
to thee
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
which thou hast defied.
This
day,
and
the
Lord
will
deliver thee
into
my
hand,
and
I
will
slay thee,
and
take
away thy
head
from thee:
and
I
will
give
the
carcasses
of
the
army
of
the
Philistines
this
day
to
the
birds
of
the air,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
earth:
that
all
the
earth
may
know
that
there
is
a
God
in
Israel.
And
all
this
assembly
shall
know,
that
the
Lord saveth
not
with
sword
and
spear:
for
it
is
his
battle,
and
he
will
deliver
you
into
our
hands.
And
when
the
Philistine
arose
and
was coming,
and
drew nigh
to
meet
David,
David
made
haste,
and
ran
to
the fight
to
meet
the
Philistine.
And
he
put
his
hand
into
his scrip,
and
took
a
stone,
and
cast
it
with
the sling,
and fetching
it
about
struck
the
Philistine
in
the
forehead:
and
the
stone
was fixed
in
his
forehead,
and
he
fell
on
his
face
upon
the
earth.
And
David
prevailed
over
the
Philistine,
with
a sling
and
a
stone,
and
he
struck,
and
slew
the
Philistine.
And
as
David
had
no
sword
in
his
hand,
He
ran,
and
stood
over
the
Philistine,
and
took
his
sword,
and
drew
it
out
of
the
sheath,
and slew
him,
and
cut
off
his
head.
And
the
Philistines
seeing
that
their
champion
was
dead,
fled
away.
And
the
men
of
Israel
and Juda
rising
up
shouted,
and
pursued
after
the
Philistines
till
they
came
to
the
valley
and
to
the
gates
of Accaron,
and
there
fell many
wounded
of
the
Philistines
in
the
way
of Saraim,
and
as
far
as Geth,
and
as
far
as Accaron.
And
the
children
of
Israel
returning,
after
they
had
pursued
the
Philistines, fell upon
their
camp.
And
David
taking
the
head
of
the
Philistine
brought
it
to
Jerusalem:
but
his armour
he
put
in
his
tent.
Now
at
the
time
that
Saul
saw
David
going
out
against
the
Philistines,
he
said
to
Abner
the
captain
of
the
army:
Of
what family
is
this
young
man
descended,
Abner?
And
Abner
said:
As thy
soul liveth,
O
king,
I
know
not.
And
the
king
said:
Inquire thou,
whose
son
this
man
is.
And
when
David
was
returned,
after
the
Philistine
was
slain,
Abner
took
him,
and
brought
him
in
before
Saul,
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
And
Saul
said
to
him:
Young
man,
of
what family art thou?
And
David
said:
I am
the
son
of thy
servant Isai
the
Bethlehemite.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
to
Saul,
the
soul
of
Jonathan
was
knit
with
the
soul
of
David,
and
Jonathan
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
And
Saul
took
him
that
day,
and would
not
let
him
return
to
his
father’s
house.
And
David
and
Jonathan
made
a
covenant,
for
be loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
And
Jonathan
stripped himself
of
the coat
with
which
he
was clothed,
and
gave
it
to
David,
and
the rest
of
his
garments,
even
to
his
sword,
and
to
his
bow,
and
to
his girdle.
And
David
went
out
to
whatsoever business
Saul
sent
him,
and
he behaved
himself prudently:
and
Saul
set
him
over
the
soldiers,
and
he
was
acceptable
in
the
eyes
of
all
the
people,
and especially
in
the
eyes
of
Saul’s
servants.
Now
when
David
returned,
after
be
slew
the
Philistine,
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Israel,
singing
and
dancing,
to
meet
king
Saul,
with
timbrels
of
joy,
and cornets.
And
the
women sung
as
they
played,
and
they
said:
I
Saul
slew
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands.
And
Saul
was
exceeding
angry,
and
this
word
was displeasing
in
his
eyes,
and
he
said:
They
have
given
David
ten
thousands,
and
to
me
they
have
given
but
a
thousand;
what
can
he
have
more
but
the
kingdom?
And
Saul
did
not look
on
David
with
a good eye
from
that
day
and
forward.
And
the
day
after
the
evil
spirit
from
God
came
upon
Saul,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
midst
of
his
house.
And
David
played
with
his
hand
as
at other
times.
And
Saul
held
a
spear
in
his
hand,
And
threw
it,
thinking
to nail
David
to
the
wall:
and
David stept
aside
out
of
his
presence
twice.
And
Saul
feared
David,
because
the
Lord
was
with
him,
and
was
departed
from
himself.
Therefore
Saul
removed
him
from
him,
and
made
him
a
captain
over
a
thousand
men,
and
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
the
people.
And
David behaved wisely
in
all
his
ways,
and
the
Lord
was
with
him.
And
Saul
saw
that
he
was
exceeding prudent,
and began
to beware
of
him.
But
all
Israel
and Juda
loved
David,
for
he
came
in
and
went
out
before
them.
And
Saul
said
to
David:
Behold
my
elder
daughter Merob,
her
will
I
give thee
to
wife:
only
be
a
valiant
man,
and
fight
the
battles
of
the
Lord.
Now
Saul
said
within
himself:
Let
not
my
hand
be
upon
him,
but
let
the
hands
of
the
Philistines
be
upon
him.
And
David
said
to
Saul:
Who
am
I,
or
what
is
my
life,
or
my
father’s
family
in
Israel,
that
I
should
be son
in law
of
the
king?
And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
time
when Merob
the
daughter
of
Saul
should
have
been
given
to
David,
that
she
was
given
to Hadriel
the Molathite
to
wife.
But Michol
the other
daughter
of
Saul
loved
David.
And
it
was
told
Saul,
and
it
pleased
him.
And
Saul
said:
I
will
give
her
to
him,
that she
may
be
a stumblingblock
to
him,
and
that
the band
of
the
Philistines
may
be
upon
him.
And
Saul
said
to
David:
In
two
things thou shalt
be
my son
in law
this
day.
And
Saul
commanded
his
servants
to
speak
to
David privately,
saying:
Behold thou pleasest
the
king,
and
all
his
servants
love thee.
Now
therefore
be
the
king’s son
in law.
And
the
servants
of
Saul
spoke
all
these
words
in
the
ears
of
David.
And
David
said: Doth
it
seem
to
you
a
small
matter
to
be
the
king’s son
in law?
But
I
am
a
poor
man,
and
of
small ability.
And
the
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
saying:
Such
words
as
these hath
David
spoken.
And
Saul
said:
Speak
thus
to
David:
The
king desireth
not
any
dowry,
but
only
a
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines,
to
be
avenged
of
the
king’s
enemies.
Now
Saul
thought
to deliver
David
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
And
when
his
servants
had
told
David
the
words
that Saul
had
said,
the
word
was
pleasing
in
the
eyes
of
David
to
be
the
king’s son
in law.
And
after
a few days
David
rose
up,
and
went
with
the
men
that
were
under
him,
and
he
slew
of
the
Philistines
two
hundred
men,
and
brought
their
foreskins
and
numbered
them
out
to
the
king,
that
he
might
be
his son
in law.
Saul
therefore
gave
him Michol
his
daughter
to
wife.
And
Saul
saw,
and
understood
that
the
Lord
was
with
David.
And Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul
loved
him.
And
Saul
began
to
fear
David
more:
and
Saul
became
David’s
enemy
continually.
And
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
went
forth:
and
from
the beginning
of
their
going
forth,
David behaved himself
more wisely
than
all
the
servants
of
Saul,
and
his
name
became
very
famous.
And
Saul
spoke
to
Jonathan
his
son
and
to
all
his
servants,
that
they
should
kill
David.
But
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul loved
David
exceedingly.
And
Jonathan
told
David,
saying:
Saul
my
father seeketh
to
kill thee: wherefore
look
to thyself,
I
beseech thee,
in
the
morning,
and thou shalt
abide
in
a secret place
and shalt
be
hid.
And
I
will
go
out
and
stand
beside
my
father
in
the
field
where thou art:
and
I
will
speak
of thee
to
my
father,
and whatsoever
I
shall
see,
I
will
tell thee.
And
Jonathan
spoke
good
things
of
David
to
Saul
his
father:
and
said
to
him:
Sin
not, O
king,
against thy
servant,
David,
because
he hath
not
sinned
against thee,
and
his
works
are
very
good towards thee.
And
he
put
his
life
in
his
hand,
and
slew
the
Philistine,
and
the
Lord
wrought
great
salvation
for
all
Israel. Thou sawest
it
and didst
rejoice.
Why
therefore wilt thou
sin
against
innocent
blood
by
killing
David,
who
is
without
fault?
And
when
Saul
heard
this
he
was appeased
with
the words
of
Jonathan,
and
swore:
As
the
Lord liveth
he
shall
not
be slain.
Then
Jonathan
called
David
and
told
him
all
these
words:
and
Jonathan
brought
in
David
to
Saul,
and
he
was
before
him,
as
he
had
been yesterday
and
the day
before.
And
the
war
began
again,
and
David
went
out
and
fought
against
the
Philistines,
and
defeated
them
with
a
great
slaughter,
and
they
fled
from
his
face.
And
the
evil
spirit
from
the
Lord
came
upon
Saul,
and
he
sat
in
his
house,
and
held
a
spear
in
his
hand:
and
David
played
with
his
hand.
And
Saul endeavoured
to nail
David
to
the
wall
with
his
spear.
And
David slipt
away
out
of
the
presence
of
Saul:
and
the
spear missed
him,
and
was fastened
in
the
wall,
and
David
fled
and
escaped
that
night.
Saul
therefore
sent
his
guards
to
David’s
house
to
watch
him,
that
he might
be
killed
in
the
morning.
And
when Michol
David’s
wife
had
told
him
this,
saying:
Unless thou
save thyself
this
night,
tomorrow thou wilt
die,
She
let
him
down
through
a
window.
And
he
went
and
fled
away
and
escaped.
And Michol
took
an image
and
laid
it
on
the
bed,
and
put
a
goat’s skin
with
the hair
at
the
head
of
it,
and
covered
it
with
clothes.
And
Saul
sent officers
to
seize
David:
and
it
was
answered
that
he
was
sick.
And
again
Saul
sent
to
see
David,
saying:
Bring
him
to
me
in
the
bed,
that
he
may
be slain.
And
when
the
messengers
were
come
in,
they found
an image
upon
the
bed,
and
a
goat’s skin
at
its
head.
And
Saul
said
to Michol:
Why hast thou
deceived
me
so,
and
let
my
enemy
go
and flee
away?
And Michol
answered
Saul:
Because
he
said
to
me:
Let
me
go,
or else
I
will
kill thee.
But
David
fled
and
escaped,
and
came
to
Samuel
in Ramatha,
and
told
him
all
that
Saul
had
done
to
him:
and
he
and
Samuel
went
and
dwelt
in Najoth.
And
it
was
told
Saul
by
some,
saying:
Behold
David
is
in Najoth
in Ramatha.
So
Saul
sent
officers
to
take
David:
and
when
they
saw
a
company
of
prophets
prophesying,
and
Samuel
presiding
over
them,
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
also
upon
them,
and
they
likewise
began
to
prophesy.
And
when
this
was
told
Saul,
he
sent
other
messengers:
but
they
also
prophesied.
And
again
Saul
sent
messengers
the
third
time:
and
they
prophesied
also.
And
Saul being exceedingly angry,
Went
also
himself
to Ramatha,
and
came
as
far
as
the
great
cistern,
which
is
in Socho,
and
he
asked,
and
said:
In
what
place
are
Samuel
and
David?
And
it
was
told
him:
Behold
they axe
in Najoth
in Ramatha.
And
he
went
to Najoth
in Ramatha,
and
the
spirit
of
the Lord
came
upon
him
also,
and
he
went
on,
and
prophesied
till
he
came
to Najoth
in Ramatha.
And
he
stripped
himself
also
of
his
garments,
and
prophesied
with
the rest
before
Samuel,
and
lay
down
naked
all
that
day
and
night.
This
gave
occasion
to
a proverb:
What!
is
Saul
too
among
the
prophets?
But
David
fled
from Najoth,
which
is
in Ramatha,
and
came
and
said
to
Jonathan:
What
have
I
done?
what
is
my
iniquity,
and
what
is
my
sin
against thy
father,
that
he seeketh
my
life?
And
he
said
to
him:
God
forbid, thou shalt
not
die:
for
my
father
will
do
nothing
great
or
little,
without
first
telling
me: hath
then
my
father
hid
this
word only
from
me?
no,
this
shall
not
be.
And
he
swore
again
to
David.
And
David
said: Thy
father
certainly knoweth
that
I
have
found
grace
in thy
sight,
and
he
will
say:
Let
not
Jonathan
know
this,
lest
he
be
grieved.
But
truly
as
the
Lord liveth,
and thy
soul liveth,
there
is
but
one
step (as
I
may
say)
between
me
and
death.
And
Jonathan
said
to
David: Whatsoever thy
soul
shall
say
to
me,
I
will
do
for thee.
And
David
said
to
Jonathan:
Behold
tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
I
according
to custom
am wont
to
sit
beside
the
king
to
eat:
let
me
go
then
that
I
may
be
hid
in
the
field
till
the
evening
of
the
third
day.
If thy
father
look
and
inquire
for
me, thou shalt
answer
him:
David
asked
me
that
he might
run
to
Bethlehem
his own
city:
because
there
are solemn
sacrifices
there
for
all
his
tribe.
If
he
shall
say,
It
is
well: thy
servant
shall
have
peace:
but
if
he
be
angry,
know
that
his malice
is
come
to
its height.
Deal mercifully
then
with thy
servant:
for thou hast
brought
me thy
servant
into
a
covenant
of
the
Lord
with thee.
But
if
there
be
any
iniquity
in
me,
do thou
kill
me,
and
bring
me
not
in
to thy
father.
And
Jonathan
said:
Far
be
this
from thee:
for
if
I
should
certainly
know
that
evil
is
determined
by
my
father
against thee,
I could
do
no
otherwise
than
tell thee.
And
David
answered
Jonathan:
Who
shall bring
me
word,
if thy
father
should
answer thee
harshly
concerning
me?
And
Jonathan
said
to
David:
Come
and let
us
go
out
into
the
field.
And
when
they
were
both
of
them
gone
out
into
the
field,
Jonathan
said
to
David:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
if
I
shall
discover
my
father’s
mind,
tomorrow
or
the
day
after,
and
there
be
any
thing
good
for
David,
and
I
send
not immediately
to thee,
and
make
it
known
to thee,
May
the
Lord
do
so
and
so
to
Jonathan
and
add still
more.
But
if
my
father
shall
continue
in malice
against thee,
I
will discover
it
to thy
ear,
and
will
send thee
away,
that thou mayest
go
in
peace,
and
the
Lord
be
with thee,
as
he hath
been
with
my
father.
And
if
I
live, thou shalt shew
me
the
kindness
of
the
Lord:
but
if
I
die,
Thou shalt
not
take
away thy
kindness
from
my
house
for
ever,
when
the
Lord
shall
have rooted
out
the
enemies
of
David,
every
one
of
them
from
the
earth,
may
he
take
away Jonathan
from
his
house,
and
may
the
Lord require
it
at
the hands
of
David’s
enemies.
Jonathan
therefore
made
a covenant
with
the
house
of
David:
and
the
Lord
required
it
at
the
hands
of
David’s
enemies.
And
Jonathan
swore
again
to
David,
because
he
loved
him:
for
he
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
And
Jonathan
said
to
him:
Tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and thou wilt
be
missed:
For thy
seat
will
be empty till
after tomorrow.
So thou shalt
go
down
quickly,
and
come
to
the
place,
where thou must
be
hid
on
the
day
when
it
is lawful
to
work,
and thou shalt
remain
beside
the
stone,
which
is
called
Ezel.
And
I
will
shoot
three
arrows
near
it,
and
will
shoot
as if
I
were exercising
myself
at
a mark.
And
I
will
send
a
boy,
saying
to
him:
Go
and fetch
me
the
arrows.
If
I
shall
say
to
the
boy:
Behold
the
arrows
are
on
this
side
of thee, take
them
up: come thou
to
me,
because,
there
is peace
to thee,
and
there
is
no evil,
as
the
Lord liveth.
But
if
I
shall
speak
thus
to
the
boy:
Behold
the
arrows
are
beyond thee:
go
in peace,
for
the
Lord hath
sent thee
away.
And
concerning
the
word
which
I
and thou
have
spoken,
the
Lord
be
between thee
and
me
for
ever.
So
David
was
hid
in
the
field,
and
the
new
moon
came,
and
the
king
sat
down
to
eat
bread.
And
when
the
king
sat
down
upon
his chair (according
to custom) which
was
beside
the
wall,
Jonathan
arose,
and
Abner
sat
by
Saul’s
side,
and
David’s
place appeared
empty.
And
Saul
said
nothing
that
day,
for
he
thought
it might
have happened
to
him,
that
he
was
not
clean,
nor purified.
And
when
the
second
day
after
the
new
moon
was
come,
David’s
place
appeared
empty
again.
And
Saul
said
to
Jonathan
his
son:
Why cometh
not
the
son
of Isai
to meat
neither
yesterday
nor
today?
And
Jonathan
answered
Saul:
He
asked
leave
of
me
earnestly
to go
to
Bethlehem,
And
he
said:
Let
me
go,
for
there
is
a solemn
sacrifice
in
the
city,
one
of
my
brethren hath
sent
for
me:
and
now
if
I
have
found favour
in thy
eyes,
I
will
go quickly,
and
see
my
brethren.
For
this cause
he
came
not
to
the
king’s
table.
Then
Saul
being
angry
against
Jonathan
said
to
him: Thou
son
of
a woman
that
is
the ravisher
of
a
man, do
I
not
know
that thou lovest
the
son
of Isai
to thy own confusion
and
to
the confusion
of thy shameless
mother?
For
as
long
as
the
son
of Isai liveth
upon
earth, thou shalt
not
be
established,
nor thy
kingdom.
Therefore
now presently
send,
and fetch
him
to
me:
for
he
is
the
son
of
death.
And
Jonathan answering
Saul
his
father,
said:
Why
shall
he
die:
what hath
he
done?
And
Saul
caught
up
a
spear
to
strike
him.
And
Jonathan
understood
that
it
was determined
by
his
father
to
kill
David.
So
Jonathan
rose
from
the
table
in great
anger,
and
did
not
eat
bread
on
the
second
day
after
the
new
moon.
For
he
was
grieved
for
David,
because
his
father
had put
him
to confusion.
And
when
the
morning
came,
Jonathan
went
into
the
field, according
to
the
appointment
with
David,
and
a
little
boy
with
him.
And
he
said
to
his
boy:
Go,
and fetch
me
the
arrows
which
I
shoot.
And
when
the
boy
ran,
he
shot
another
arrow
beyond
the
boy.
The
boy
therefore
came
to
the
place
of
the
arrow
which
Jonathan
had
shot:
and
Jonathan
cried
after
the
boy,
and
said:
Behold
the
arrow
is
there
further
beyond thee.
And
Jonathan
cried
again
after
the
boy, saying:
Make haste
speedily,
stand
not.
And
Jonathan’s
boy
gathered
up
the
arrows,
and
brought
them
to
his
master:
And
he
knew
not
at
all
what
was doing:
for
only
Jonathan
and
David
knew
the
matter.
Jonathan
therefore
gave
his arms
to
the
boy,
and
said
to
him:
Go,
and
carry
them
into
the
city.
And
when
the
boy
was
gone,
David
rose
out
of
his
place, which
was towards
the
south,
and
falling
on
his
face
to
the
ground, adored thrice:
and kissing
one
another,
they
wept together,
but
David
more.
And
Jonathan
said
to
David:
Go
in
peace:
and
let
all stand
that
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.
And David arose, and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
And David
came
to Nobe
to Achimelech
the priest:
and Achimelech
was astonished
at David’s
coming.
And
he said
to
him: Why art thou alone,
and no man
with thee?
And
David
said
to Achimelech
the
priest:
The king hath
commanded
me
a business,
and
said: Let
no
man
know
the thing
for which thou art
sent
by
me,
and what manner
of
commands
I
have given thee:
and
I
have appointed
my
servants
to such
and such
a
place.
Now
therefore
if thou
have
any
thing
at hand, though
it
were
but five loaves,
give
me,
or whatsoever thou canst
find.
And
the priest answered
David, saying:
I
have
no common
bread
at
hand,
but only holy
bread,
if
the young men
be clean, especially
from women?
And
David
answered
the
priest,
and
said
to
him:
Truly,
as
to
what concerneth
women,
we
have refrained ourselves
from yesterday
and
the day
before,
when
we
came
out,
and
the vessels
of
the
young
men
were
holy.
Now
this way
is defiled,
but
it
shall
also
be sanctified
this day
in
the vessels.
The
priest
therefore
gave
him hallowed bread:
for
there
was
no bread
there,
but
only
the loaves
of proposition,
which
had
been
taken
away
from
before
the face
of
the Lord,
that hot loaves might
be
set
up.
Now
a certain man
of
the
servants
of Saul
was
there
that
day,
within
the tabernacle
of
the
Lord:
and
his
name
was Doeg,
an Edomite,
the chiefest
of Saul’s herdsmen.
And
David said
to Achimelech: Hast thou
here
at hand
a spear,
or
a sword?
for
I brought
not
my
own sword, nor
my
own weapons
with
me,
for
the king’s business required haste.
And
the priest
said: Lo,
here
is
the
sword
of Goliath
the Philistine whom thou slewest
in
the valley
of Terebinth, wrapped
up
in
a cloth behind
the ephod:
if thou wilt
take
this,
take
it,
for
here
is
no
other
but
this.
And
David
said:
There
is
none
like
that,
give
it
me.
And
David arose
and fled
that day
from
the face
of
Saul:
and
came
to Achis
the king
of Geth:
And
the servants
of Achis,
when
they saw
David,
said
to
him:
Is
not
this
David
the
king
of
the
land?
Did
they
not sing
to
him
in
their dances, saying:
Saul hath slain
his thousands,
and
David
his ten thousands?
But
David laid
up
these words
in
his heart,
and
was exceedingly afraid
at
the face
of Achis
the
king
of Geth.
And
he changed
his
countenance
before
them,
and slipt
down between
their hands:
and
he stumbled
against
the doors
of
the gate,
and
his spittle ran
down
upon
his beard.
And Achis
said
to
his servants:
You saw
the
man
was mad: why
have
you
brought
him
to
me?
Have
we
need
of
madmen,
that
you
have
brought
in
this
fellow,
to play
the
madman
in
my presence?
shall
this
fellow
come
into
my house?
David
therefore
went
from thence
and fled
to
the
cave
of Odollam.
And
when
his
brethren,
and
all
his
father’s
house
had
heard
of
it,
they
went
down
to
him thither;
And
all
that
were
in
distress
and oppressed
with debt,
and
under affliction
of
mind
gathered
themselves unto
him:
and
he
became
their
prince,
and
there
were
with
him
about
four
hundred
men.
And
David
departed
from thence
into Maspha
of
Moab:
and
he
said
to
the
king
of
Moab:
Let
my
father
and
my
mother tarry
with
you,
I
beseech thee,
till
I
know
what
God
will
do
for
me.
And
he
left
them
under
the eyes
of
the
king
of
Moab,
and
they
abode
with
him
all
the
days
that
David
was
in
the hold.
And
Gad
the
prophet
said
to
David:
Abide
not
in
the hold, depart,
and
go
into
the
land
of Juda.
And
David
departed,
and
came
into
the
forest
of Haret.
And
Saul
heard
that
David
was seen,
and
the
men
that
were
with
him.
Now whilst
Saul
abode
in Gabaa,
and
was
in
the wood,
which
is
by Rama,
having
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
standing
about
him,
He
said
to
his
servants
that
stood
about
him:
Hear
me
now, ye
sons
of Jemini:
will
the
son
of Isai
give
everyone
of
you
fields,
and
vineyards,
and
make
you
all tribunes,
and centurions:
That
all
of
you
have
conspired
against
me,
and
there
is
no
one
to
inform
me,
especially
when
even
my
son hath entered
into league
with
the soil
of Isai?
There
is
not
one
of
you
that pitieth
my
case,
nor
that giveth
me
any information:
because
my
son hath
raised
up
my
servant
against
me, plotting
against
me
to
this
day.
And
Doeg
the
Edomite
who
stood
by,
and
was
the chief
among
the
servants
of
Saul, answering,
said:
I
saw
the
son
of Isai,
in Nobe
with Achimelech
the
son
of Achitob
the priest.
And
he consulted
the
Lord
for
him,
and
gave
him victuals,
and
gave
him
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine.
Then
the
king
sent
to
call
for Achimelech
the
priest
the
son
of Achitob,
and
all
his
father’s
house,
the
priests
that
were
in Nobe,
and
they
came
all
of
them
to
the
king.
And
Saul
said
to Achimelech:
Hear, thou
son
of Achitob.
He
answered:
Here
I
am,
my
lord.
And
Saul
said
to
him:
Why
have
you
conspired
against
me, thou,
and
the
son
of Isai,
and thou hast
given
him
bread
and
a
sword,
and hast consulted
the Lord
for
him,
that
he
should
rise
up
against
me, continuing
a traitor
to
this
day.
And Achimelech answering
the
king,
said:
And
who amongst
all thy
servants
is
so
faithful
as
David,
who
is
the
king’s son
in law,
and goeth forth
at thy bidding,
and
is honourable
in thy
house?
Did
I
begin
today
to
consult
the Lord
for
him?
far
be
this
from
me:
let
not
the
king suspect
such
a
thing
against
his
servant,
or
any
one
in
all
my
father’s
house:
for thy
servant
knew
nothing
of
this
matter,
either
little
or
great.
And
the
king
said:
Dying thou shalt
die, Achimelech, thou
and
all thy
father’s
house.
And
the
king
said
to
the
messengers
that
stood
about
him:
Turn,
and
kill
the
priests
of
the
Lord,
for
their
hand
is
with
David,
because
they
knew
that
he
was
fled,
and
they
told
it
not
to
me.
And
the
king’s
servants
would
not
put
forth
their
hands
against
the
priests
of
the
Lord.
And
the
king
said
to
Doeg:
Turn thou,
and
fall
upon
the
priests.
And
Doeg
the
Edomite
turned,
and
fell
upon
the
priests
and slew
in
that
day
eighty-five
men
that
wore
the
linen
ephod.
And Nobe
the
city
of
the
priests
he
smote
with
the
edge
of
his
sword, both
men
and
women,
children,
and sucklings,
and
ox
and ass,
and
sheep
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
But
one
of
the
sons
of Achimelech
the
son
of Achitob,
whose
name
was
Abiathar,
escaped,
and
fled
to
David,
And
told
him
that
Saul
had
slain
the
priests
of
the
Lord.
And
David
said
to
Abiathar:
I
knew
that
day
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that without doubt
he
would
tell
Saul:
I
have
been
the occasion
of
the
death
of
all
the
souls
of thy
father’s
house.
Abide thou
with
me,
fear
not:
for
he
that seeketh
my
life, seeketh thy
life
also,
and
with
me thou shalt
be saved.
And
they
told
David,
saying:
Behold
the
Philistines
fight
against Ceila,
and
they rob
the barns.
Therefore
David consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Shall
I go
and
smite
these
Philistines?
And
the
Lord
said
to
David: Go,
and thou shalt
smite
the
Philistines,
and shalt
save Ceila.
And
the
men
that
were
with
David,
said
to
him:
Behold
we
are
in
fear
here
in Judea,
how
much
more
if
we
go
to Ceila
against
the hands
of
the
Philistines?
Therefore
David consulted
the
Lord
again.
And
he
answered
and
said
to
him:
Arise,
and
go
to Ceila:
for
I
will
deliver
the
Philistines
into thy
hand.
David
therefore,
and
his
men,
went
to Ceila,
and
fought
against
the
Philistines,
and
brought
away
their
cattle,
and
made
a
great
slaughter
of
them:
and
David
saved
the
inhabitants
of Ceila.
Now
at
that
time,
when
Abiathar
the
son
of Achimelech
fled
to
David
to Ceila,
he
came
down
having
an
ephod
with
him.
And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
come
to Ceila:
and
Saul
said:
The Lord hath
delivered
him
into
my
hands,
and
he
is
shut
up,
being
come
into
a
city,
that hath
gates
and
bars.
And
Saul commanded
all
the
people
to
go
down
to
fight
against Ceila,
and
to besiege
David,
and
his
men.
Now
when
David
understood,
that
Saul secretly prepared
evil
against
him,
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest:
Bring hither
the
ephod.
And
David
said:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel, thy
servant hath
heard
a
report,
that
Saul designeth
to
come
to Ceila,
to
destroy
the
city
for
my
sake:
Will
the
men
of Ceila
deliver
me
into
his
hands?
and
will
Saul
come
down,
as thy
servant hath
heard?
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
tell thy
servant.
And
the
Lord
said:
He
will
come
down.
And
David
said:
Will
the
men
of Ceila
deliver
me,
and
my
men,
into
the
hands
of
Saul?
And
the
Lord
said:
They
will
deliver thee
up.
Then
David
and
his
men,
who
were
about
six
hundred,
arose,
and
departing
from Ceila,
wandered
up
and
down uncertain
where
they
should stay:
and
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
fled
from Ceila,
and
had
escaped: wherefore
he forbore
to
go
out.
But
David
abode
in
the
desert
in strong holds,
and
he
remained
in
a
mountain
of
the
desert
of
Ziph,
in
a woody
hill.
And
Saul
sought
him
always:
but
the Lord
delivered
him
not
into
his
hands.
And
David
saw
that
Saul
was
come
out
to
seek
his
life.
And
David
was
in
the
desert
of
Ziph,
in
a wood.
And
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
arose,
and
went
to
David
into
the wood,
and
strengthened
his
hands
in
God:
and
he
said
to
him:
Fear
not:
for
the
hand
of
my
father
Saul
shall
not
find thee,
and thou shalt
reign
over
Israel,
and
I
shall
be
next
to thee,
yea,
and
my
father knoweth
this.
And
the
two
made
a
covenant
before
the
Lord:
and
David
abode
in
the wood:
but
Jonathan
returned
to
his
house.
And
the
Ziphites
went
up
to
Saul
in Gabaa,
saying: Lo, doth
not
David
lie
hid
with
us
in
the strong holds
of
the wood,
in
mount Hachila,
which
is
on
the
right
hand
of
the
desert.
Now
therefore
come
down,
as thy
soul hath desired
to
come
down:
and
it
shall
be
our business
to
deliver
him
into
the
king’s
hands.
And
Saul
said:
Blessed
be ye
of
the
Lord,
for
you
have pitied
my
case.
Go
therefore,
I
pray
you,
and
use
all diligence,
and curiously inquire,
and
consider
the
place
where
his
foot
is,
and
who hath
seen
him
there:
for
he thinketh
of
me,
that
I
lie craftily
in wait
for
him.
Consider
and
see
all
his lurking holes,
wherein
he
is bid,
and
return
to
me
with
the
certainty
of
the
thing,
that
I
may
go
with
you.
And
if
be
should
even
go
down
into
the
earth
to
hide
himself,
I
will
search
him
out
in
all
the
thousands
of Juda.
And
they
arose
and
went
to
Ziph
before
Saul:
and
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
desert
of
Maon,
in
the
plain
at
the
right
hand
of Jesimon.
Then
Saul
and
his
men
went
to
seek
him:
and
it
was
told
David,
and forthwith
he
went
down
to
the
rock,
and
abode
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon:
and
when
Saul
had
heard
of
it
he
pursued
after
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
And
Saul
went
on
this
side
of
the
mountain:
and
David
and
his
men
were
on
the
other
side
of
the
mountain:
and
David despaired
of
being able
to escape
from
the
face
of
Saul:
and
Saul
and
his
men encompassed
David
and
his
men round
about
to
take
them.
And
a
messenger
came
to
Saul,
saying:
Make
haste
to
come,
for
the
Philistines
have poured
in
themselves
upon
the
land.
Wherefore
Saul
returned, leaving
the
pursuit
of
David,
and
went
to
meet
the
Philistines.
For
this
cause
they
called
that
place,
the Rock
of division.
Then
David
went
up
from thence,
and
dwelt
in strong holds
of Engaddi.
And
when
Saul
was
returned
from
following
the
Philistines,
they
told
him,
saying:
Behold,
David
is
in
the
desert
of Engaddi.
Saul
therefore
took
three
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel,
and
went
out
to
seek
after
David,
and
his
men,
even
upon
the most craggy
rocks, which
are accessible
only
to
wild
goats.
And
he
came
to
the sheepcotes,
which
were
in
his
way.
And
there
was
a
cave,
into
which
Saul
went,
to ease nature:
now
David
and
his
men lay hid
in
the
inner
part
of
the
cave.
And
the
servants
of
David
said
to
him:
Behold
the
day,
of
which
the
Lord
said
to thee:
I
will
deliver thy
enemy unto thee,
that thou mayest
do
to
him
as
it
shall
seem
good
in thy
eyes.
Then
David
arose,
and
secretly
cut
off
the hem
of
Saul’s
robe.
After
which
David’s
heart
struck
him,
because
he
had
cut
off
the hem
of
Saul’s robe.
And
he
said
to
his
men:
The
Lord
be merciful unto
me,
that
I
may
do
no
such
thing
to
my
master
the
Lord’s
anointed,
as
to
lay
my
hand
upon
him,
because
he
is
the
Lord’s
anointed.
And
David stopped
his
men
with
his
words,
and suffered
them
not
to
rise
against
Saul.
But
Saul
rising
up
out
of
the
cave,
went
on
his
way.
And
David
also
rose
up
after
him:
and
going
out
of
the
cave
cried
after
Saul,
saying:
My
lord
the
king.
And
Saul
looked
behind
him:
and
David
bowing
himself
down
to
the
ground, worshipped,
And
said
to
Saul:
Why dost thou
hear
the
words
of
men
that
say
David seeketh thy hurt?
Behold
this
day thy
eyes
have
seen,
that
the
Lord hath
delivered thee
into
my
hand,
in
the
cave,
and
I
had
a
thought
to
kill thee,
but
my
eye hath
spared thee.
For
I
said:
I
will
not
put
out
my
hand
against
my
lord,
because
he
is
the
Lord’s
anointed.
Moreover
see
and
know,
O
my
father,
the hem
of thy
robe
in
my
hand,
that
when
I
cut,
off
the hem
of thy
robe,
I
would
not
put
out
my
hand
against thee. Reflect,
and
see,
that
there
is
no
evil
in
my
hand,
nor iniquity,
neither
have
I
sinned
against thee:
but thou liest
in wait
for
my
life,
to
take
it
away.
The
Lord
judge
between
me
and thee,
and
the
Lord
revenge
me
of thee:
but
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon thee.
As
also
it
is
said
in
the old
proverb:
From
the
wicked
shall
wickedness
come
forth:
therefore
my
hand
shall
not
be
upon thee.
After
whom dost thou
come
out, O king
of Israel?
After
whom dost thou
pursue?
After
a
dead
dog,
after
a
flea.
Be
the
Lord
judge,
and
judge
between
me
and thee,
and
see,
and
judge
my
cause,
and
deliver
me
out
of thy
hand.
And
when
David
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
these
words
to
Saul,
Saul
said:
Is
this thy
voice,
my
son
David?
And
Saul
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept.
And
he
said
to
David: Thou art
more
just
than
I:
for thou hast
done
good
to
me,
and
I
have
rewarded thee
with
evil.
And thou hast shewn
this
day
what
good
things thou hast
done
to
me:
how
the
Lord
delivered
me
into thy
hand,
and thou hast
not
killed
me.
For
who
when
he hath
found
his
enemy,
will
let
him
go
well
away?
But
the
Lord
reward thee
for
this
good turn,
for
what thou hast
done
to
me
this
day.
And
now
as
I
know
that thou shalt
surely
be
king,
and
have
the
kingdom
of
Israel
in thy
hand:
Swear
to
me
by
the
Lord,
that thou wilt
not
destroy
my
seed
after
me,
nor
take
away
my
name
from
the
house
of
my
father.
And
David
swore
to
Saul.
So
Saul
went
home:
and
David
and
his
men
went
up
into safer
places.
And
Samuel
died,
and
all
Israel
was
gathered
together,
and
they
mourned
for
him,
and
buried
him
in
his
house
in Ramatha.
And
David
rose
and
went
down
into
the
wilderness
of Pharan.
Now
there
was
a
certain
man
in
the wilderness
of
Maon,
and
his possessions
were
in
Carmel,
and
the
man
was
very
great:
and
he
had
three
thousand
sheep,
and
a
thousand
goats:
and
it
happened
that
he
was
shearing
his
sheep
in
Carmel.
Now
the
name
of
the
man
was
Nabal:
and
the
name
of
his
wife
was
Abigail.
And
she
was
a prudent
and very comely
woman,
but
her
husband
was churlish,
and very
bad
and ill natured:
and
he
was
of
the house
of Caleb.
And
when
David
heard
in
the
wilderness
that
Nabal
was
shearing
his
sheep,
He
sent
ten
young
men,
and
said
to
them:
Go
up
to
Carmel,
and
go
to
Nabal,
and salute
him
in
my
name
with
peace.
And
you
shall
say:
Peace
be
to
my brethren,
and
to thee,
and
peace
to thy
house,
and
peace
to
all
that thou hast.
I
heard
that thy
shepherds
that
were
with
us
in
the desert
were
shearing:
we
never molested
them,
neither
was
there ought
missing
to
them
of
the flock
at
any
time,
all
the
while
they
were
with
us
in
Carmel.
Ask thy
servants,
and
they
will
tell thee.
Now
therefore
let thy
servants
find favour
in thy
eyes:
for
we
are
come
in
a
good
day, whatsoever thy
hand
shall
find
give
to thy
servants,
and
to thy
son
David.
And
when
David’s
servants
came,
they
spoke
to
Nabal
all
these
words
in
David’s
name:
and
then held
their
peace.
But
Nabal answering
the
servants
of
David,
said:
Who
is
David?
and
what
is
the
son
of Isai?
servants
are
multiplied
now
a
days
who flee
from
their
masters.
Shall
I
then
take
my
bread,
and
my
water,
and
the flesh
of
my cattle,
which
I
have killed
for
my
shearers,
and
give
to
men
whom
I
know
not whence
they
are?
So
the
servants
of
David
went
back
their
way,
and
returning
came
and
told
him
all
the
words
that
he
said.
Then
David
said
to
his young
men: Let
every
man
gird
on
his
sword.
And
they
girded
on
every
man
his
sword.
And
David
also
girded
on
his
sword:
and
there
followed
David
about
four
hundred
men:
and
two
hundred
remained
with
the
baggage.
But
one
of
the
servants
told
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal,
saying:
Behold
David
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wilderness,
to
salute
our
master:
and
he rejected
them.
These
men
were
very
good
to
us,
and
gave
us
no trouble:
neither
did
we ever lose
any
thing
all
the
time
that
we conversed
with
them
in
the desert.
They
were
a
wall unto
us
both
by
night
and
day,
all
the
while
we
were
with
them keeping
the
sheep.
Wherefore
consider,
and
think
what thou hast
to
do:
for
evil
is
determined
against thy husband,
and
against thy
house,
and
he
is
a
son
of Belial,
so
that
no
man
can
speak
to
him.
Then
Abigail
made
haste
and
took
two
hundred
loaves,
and
two vessels
of
wine,
and
five
sheep ready dressed,
and
five
measures
of
parched corn,
and
a
hundred
clusters
of
raisins,
and
two
hundred
cakes
of dry
figs,
and
laid
them
upon asses:
And
she
said
to
her
servants:
Go
before
me:
behold
I
will
follow
after
you:
but
she
told
not
her
husband
Nabal.
And
when
she
had gotten
upon
an ass,
and
was
coming
down
to
the foot
of
the
mountain,
David
and
his
men
came
down
over
against
her,
and
she
met
them.
And
David
said:
Truly
in
vain
have
I
kept
all
that belonged
to
this
man
in
the
wilderness,
and
nothing
was lost
of
all
that pertained unto
him:
and
he hath
returned
me
evil
for
good.
May
God
do
so
and
so,
and
add
more
to
the foes
of
David,
if
I
leave
of
all
that
belong
to
him
till
the
morning,
any
that pisseth
against
the
wall.
And
when
Abigail
saw
David
she
made
haste
and lighted
off
the ass,
and
fell
before
David,
on
her
face,
and adored
upon
the
ground.
And she
fell
at
his
feet,
and
said:
Upon
me
let
this
iniquity
be,
my
lord:
let thy
handmaid
speak,
I
beseech thee,
in thy
ears:
and
hear
the
words
of thy
servant.
Let
not
my
lord
the
king,
I
pray,
regard
this naughty
man
Nabal:
for
according
to
his
name,
he
is
a fool,
and
folly
is
with
him:
but
I thy
handmaid
did
not
see thy
servants,
my
lord,
whom thou sentest.
Now
therefore,
my
lord,
the
Lord liveth,
and thy
soul liveth,
who hath withholden thee
from
coming
to
blood,
and hath
saved thy
hand
to thee:
and
now
let thy
enemies
be
as
Nabal,
and all
they
that
seek
evil
to
my
lord.
Wherefore
receive
this
blessing,
which thy handmaid hath
brought
to thee,
my
lord:
and
give
it
to
the
young
men
that
follow thee,
my
lord.
Forgive
the iniquity
of thy
handmaid:
for
the
Lord
will
surely
make
for
my
lord
a
faithful
house,
because thou,
my
lord, fightest
the
battles
of
the
Lord:
let
not
evil
therefore
be
found
in thee
all
the
days
of thy
life.
For
if
a
man
at
any
time
shall
rise,
and
persecute thee,
and
seek thy
life,
the
soul
of
my
lord
shall
be kept,
as
in
the bundle
of
the
living,
with
the
Lord thy
God:
but
the
souls
of thy
enemies
shall
be whirled,
as
with
the violence
and whirling
of
a sling.
And
when
the
Lord
shall
have
done
to thee,
my
lord,
all
the
good
that
he hath
spoken
concerning thee,
and
shall
have
made thee
prince
over
Israel,
This
shall
not
be
an
occasion
of
grief
to thee,
and
a scruple
of
heart
to
my
lord,
that thou hast
shed
innocent
blood,
or hast revenged thyself:
and
when
the
Lord
shall
have
done
well
by
my
lord, thou shalt
remember thy
handmaid.
And
David
said
to
Abigail:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
who
sent thee
this
day
to
meet
me,
and
blessed
be thy speech:
And
blessed
be thou,
who hast
kept
me
today,
from
coming
to
blood,
and revenging
me
with
my own
hand.
Otherwise
as
the
Lord liveth
the
God
of
Israel,
who hath withholden
me
from doing thee
any
evil:
if thou hadst
not
quickly
come
to
meet
me,
there
had
not
been
left
to
Nabal
by
the
morning
light
any
that pisseth
against
the
wall.
And
David
received
at
her
hand
all
that
she
had
brought
him,
and
said
to
her:
Go
in
peace
into thy
house,
behold
I
have
heard thy
voice,
and
have honoured thy
face.
And
Abigail
came
to
Nabal:
and
behold
he
had
a
feast
in
his
house,
like
the
feast
of
a
king,
and
Nabal’s
heart
was merry:
for
he
was
very
drunk:
and
she
told
him
nothing
less
or
more
until
morning.
But
early
in
the
morning
when
Nabal
had digested
his
wine,
his
wife
told
him
these
words,
and
his
heart
died
within
him,
and
he
became
as
a
stone.
And
after
ten
days
had
passed,
the
Lord
struck
Nabal,
and
he
died.
And
when
David
had
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said:
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
who hath judged
the
cause
of
my
reproach
at
the
hand
of
Nabal,
and hath
kept
his
servant
from
evil,
and
the
Lord hath
returned
the
wickedness
of
Nabal
upon
his
head.
Then
David
sent
and treated
with
Abigail,
that
he
might
take
her
to
himself
for
a
wife.
And
David’s
servants
came
to
Abigail
to
Carmel,
and
spoke
to
her,
saying:
David hath
sent
us
to thee,
to
take thee
to
himself
for
a
wife.
And
she
arose
and
bowed
herself
down
with
her
face
to
the
earth,
and
said:
Behold, let thy
servant
be
a
handmaid,
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
servants
of
my
lord.
And
Abigail
arose,
and
made
haste,
and
got
upon
an ass,
and
five damsels
went
with
her,
her waiting
maids,
and
she
followed
the
messengers
of
David,
and
became
his
wife.
Moreover
David
took
also Achinoam
of Jezrahel:
and
they
were
both
of
them
his
wives.
But
Saul
gave Michol
his
daughter,
David’s
wife,
to Phalti,
the
son
of Lais,
who
was
of Gallium.
And
the
men
of Ziph
came
to
Saul
in Gabaa,
saying:
Behold
David
is
hid
in
the
hill
of Hachila, which
is
over
against
the
wilderness.
And
Saul
arose,
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Ziph, having
with
him
three
thousand chosen
men
of
Israel,
to
seek
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
And
Saul
encamped
in Gabaa Hachila,
which
was
over
against
the
wilderness
in
the
way:
and
David
abode
in
the
wilderness.
And
seeing
that
Saul
was
come
after
him
into
the
wilderness,
He
sent
spies,
and
learned
that
he
was most
certainly
come thither.
And
David
arose secretly,
and
came
to
the
place
where
Saul
was:
and
when
he
had beheld
the
place,
wherein
Saul
slept,
and
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
the
captain
of
his
army,
and
Saul sleeping
in
a tent,
and
the
rest
of
the multitude
round
about
him,
David
spoke
to Achimelech
the Hethite,
and Abisai
the
son
of Sarvia
the
brother
of
Joab,
saying:
Who
will
go
down
with
me
to
Saul
into
the
camp?
And Abisai
said:
I
will
go
with thee.
So
David
and Abisai
came
to
the
people
by
night,
and found
Saul
lying
and
sleeping
in
the tent,
and
his
spear fixed
in
the
ground
at
his
head:
and
Abner
and
the
people
sleeping
round
about
him.
And Abisai
said
to
David:
God hath
shut
up thy
enemy
this
day
into thy
hands:
now
then
I
will run
him
through
with
my
spear
even
to
the
earth
at
once,
and there
shall
be
no need
of
a
second
time.
And
David
said
to Abisai:
Kill
him
not:
for
who
shall
put
forth
his
hand
against
the
Lord’s
anointed,
and
shall
be guiltless?
And
David
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
unless
the
Lord
shall
strike
him,
or
his
day
shall
come
to
die,
or
he
shall
go
down
to
battle
and
perish:
The
Lord
be merciful unto
me,
that
I
extend
not
my
hand
upon
the
Lord’s
anointed.
But
now
take
the
spear,
which
is
at
his
head,
and
the cup
of
water,
and
let
us
go.
So
David
took
the
spear,
and
the cup
of
water
which
was
at
Saul’s
head,
and
they went
away:
and
no
man
saw
it,
or
knew
it,
or awaked,
but
they
were
all
asleep,
for
a
deep
sleep
from
the
Lord
was
fallen
upon
them.
And
when
David
was gone
over
to
the
other
side.
and
stood
on
the
top
of
the
hill
afar
off,
and
a good
space
was
between
them,
David
cried
to
the
people,
and
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
saying: Wilt thou
not
answer,
Abner?
And
Abner answering,
said:
Who art thou,
that criest,
and disturbest
the
king?
And
David
said
to
Abner: Art
not thou
a
man?
and
who
is
like thee
in
Israel?
why
then hast thou
not
kept thy
lord
the
king?
for there
came
one
of
the
people
in
to
kill
the
king thy
lord.
This
thing
is
not
good,
that thou hast
done:
as
the
Lord liveth,
you
are
the
sons
of
death,
who
have
not
kept
your
master,
the
Lord’s
anointed.
And
now
where
is
the
king’s
spear,
and
the cup
of
water,
which
was
at
his
head?
And
Saul knew
David’s
voice,
and
said:
Is
this thy
voice,
my
son
David?
And
David
said:
It
is
my
voice,
my
lord
the
king.
And
he
said: Wherefore doth
my
lord
persecute
his
servant?
What
have
I
done?
or
what
evil
is
there
in
my
hand?
Now
therefore
hear,
I
pray thee,
my
lord
the
king,
the
words
of thy
servant:
If
the
Lord stir thee
up
against
me,
let
him
accept
of
sacrifice:
but
if
the
sons
of
men,
they
are
cursed
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
who
have cast
me
out
this
day,
that
I
should
not dwell
in
the
inheritance
of
the
Lord,
saying:
Go,
serve strange
gods.
And
now
let
not
my
blood
be
shed
upon
the
earth
before
the
Lord:
for
the
king
of
Israel
is
come
out
to
seek
a
flea,
as
the
partridge
is hunted
in
the
mountains.
And
Saul
said:
I
have
sinned,
return,
my
son
David,
for
I
will
no
more
do thee
harm,
because
my
life hath
been
precious
in thy
eyes
this
day:
for
it appeareth
that
I
have
done
foolishly,
and
have
been ignorant
in
very
many
things.
And
David answering,
said:
Behold
the
king’s
spear: let
one
of
the
king’s
servants come
over
and fetch
it.
And
the
Lord
will reward
every
one
according
to
his
justice,
and
his
faithfulness:
for
the
Lord hath
delivered thee
this
day
into
my
hand,
and
I
would
not
put
forth
my
hand
against
the
Lord’s
anointed.
And
as thy
life hath
been
much
set
by
this
day
in
my
eyes,
so
let
my
life
be
much
set
by
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord,
and
let
him
deliver
me
from
all
distress.
Then
Saul
said
to
David:
Blessed art thou,
my
son
David:
and
truly
doing thou shalt
do,
and prevailing thou shalt
prevail.
And
David
went
on
his
way,
and
Saul
returned
to
his
place.
And
David
said
in
his
heart:
I
shall
gone
day
or
other fall
into
the
hands
of
Saul:
is
it
not
better
for
me
to flee,
and
to
be
saved
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
that
Saul
may
despair
of
me,
and
cease
to
seek
me
in
all
the coasts
of
Israel?
I
will flee
then
out
of
his
hands.
And
David
arose
and
went
away, both
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
to Achis
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of Geth.
And
David
dwelt
with Achis
at Geth,
he
and
his
men:
every
man
with
his
household,
and
David
with
his
two
wives, Achinoam
the Jezrahelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
of Carmel.
And
it
was
told
Saul
that
David
was
fled
to Geth,
and
he
sought
no
more
after
him.
And
David
said
to Achis:
If
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
let
a
place
be
given
me
in
one
of
the
cities
of
this
country,
that
I
may
dwell
there:
for
why
should thy
servant
dwell
in
the
royal
city
with thee?
Then Achis
gave
him Siceleg
that
day:
for
which
reason Siceleg belongeth
to
the
kings
of Juda unto
this
day.
And
the
time
that
David
dwelt
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines,
was
four
months.
And
David
and
his
men
went
up,
and pillaged Gessuri,
and Gerzi,
and
the Amalecites:
for
these
were
of
old
the
inhabitants
of
the
countries,
as
men
go
to Sur,
even
to
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
David wasted
all
the
land,
and
left
neither
man
nor
woman
alive:
and
took
away
the
sheep
and
the
oxen,
and
the asses,
and
the
camels,
and
the apparel,
and
returned
and
came
to Achis.
And Achis
said
to
him: Whom hast thou gone
against
today?
David
answered:
Against
the
south
of Juda,
and
against
the
south
of Jerameel,
and
against
the
south
of Ceni.
And
David saved
neither
man
nor
woman,
neither
brought
he
any
of
them
to Geth,
saying:
Lest
they
should
speak
against
us.
So
did
David,
and
such
was
his proceeding
all
the
days
that
he
dwelt
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines.
And Achis
believed
David,
saying:
He hath
done much harm
to
his
people
Israel:
therefore
he
shall
be
my
servant
for
ever.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days,
that
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
be prepared
for
war
against
Israel:
and Achis
said
to
David:
Know thou
now
assuredly,
that thou shalt
go
out
with
me
to
the
war, thou,
and thy
men.
And
David
said
to Achis:
Now thou shalt
know
what thy
servant
will
do.
And Achis
said
to
David:
And
I
will
appoint thee
to
guard
my
life
for ever.
Now
Samuel
was
dead,
and
all
Israel
mourned
for
him,
and
buried
him
in Ramatha
his
city.
And
Saul
had
put
away
all
the magicians
and soothsayers
out
of
the
land.
And
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together,
and
came
and
camped
in Sunam:
and
Saul
also
gathered
together
all
Israel,
and
came
to Gelboe.
And
Saul
saw
the
army
of
the Plilistines,
and
was
afraid,
and
his
heart
was
very
much dismayed.
And
he consulted
the
Lord,
and
he
answered
him
not,
neither
by
dreams,
nor
by
priests,
nor
by
prophets.
And
Saul
said
to
his
servants:
Seek
me
a
woman
that hath
a divining
spirit,
and
I
will
go
to
her,
and
inquire
by
her.
And
his
servants
said
to
him:
There
is
a
woman
that hath
a divining
spirit
at Endor.
Then
he
disguised
himself:
and
put
on
other
clothes,
and
he
went,
and
two
men
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
woman
by
night,
and
he
said
to
her:
Divine
to
me
by thy
divining
spirit,
and
bring
me
up
him
whom
I
shall
tell thee.
And
the
woman
said
to
him:
Behold thou knowest
all
that
Saul hath
done,
and
how
he hath rooted
out
the magicians
and soothsayers
from
the
land:
why
then dost thou
lay
a
snare
for
my
life,
to cause
me
to
be
put
to
death?
And
Saul
swore unto
her
by
the
Lord,
saying:
As
the
Lord liveth
there
shall
no
evil
happen
to thee
for
this
thing.
And
the
woman
said
to
him:
Whom
shall
I
bring
up
to thee?
And
he
said,
Bring
me
up
Samuel.
And
when
the
woman
saw
Samuel,
she
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice,
and
said
to
Saul:
Why hast thou
deceived
me?
for thou art
Saul.
And
the
king
said
to
her:
Fear
not:
what hast thou
seen?
And
the
woman
said
to
Saul:
I
saw
gods
ascending
out
of
the
earth.
And
he
said
to
her:
What
form
is
he
of?
And
she
said:
An
old
man cometh
up,
and
he
is covered
with
a
mantle.
And
Saul
understood
that
it
was
Samuel,
and
he
bowed
himself
with
his
face
to
the
ground,
and adored.
And
Samuel
said
to
Saul:
Why hast thou
disturbed
my rest,
that
I
should
be
brought
up?
And
Saul
said,
I
am
in
great
distress:
for
the
Philistines
fight
against
me,
and
God
is
departed
from
me,
and
would
not hear
me,
neither
by
the
hand
of
prophets,
nor
by
dreams:
therefore
I
have
called thee,
that thou mayest shew
me
what
I
shall
do.
And
Samuel
said:
Why askest thou
me, seeing
the
Lord
has
departed
from thee,
and
is
gone
over
to thy rival:
For
the
Lord
will
do
to thee
as
he
spoke
by
me,
and
he
will
rend thy
kingdom
out
of thy
hand,
and
will
give
it
to thy neighbour
David:
Because thou didst
not
obey
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
neither didst thou execute
the
wrath
of
his indignation
upon Amalec.
Therefore hath
the
Lord
done
to thee
what thou sufferest
this
day.
And
the
Lord
also
will
deliver
Israel
with thee
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines:
and
tomorrow thou
and thy
sons
shall
be
with
me:
and
the
Lord
will
also
deliver
the
army
of
Israel
into
the
hands
of
the
Philistines.
And forthwith
Saul
fell
all
along
on
the
ground,
for
he
was frightened
with
the
words
of
Samuel,
and
there
was
no
strength
in
him,
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread
all
that
day.
And
the
woman
came
to
Saul (for
he
was
very
much
troubled)
and
said
to
him:
Behold thy handmaid hath
obeyed thy
voice,
and
I
have
put
my
life
in
my
hand:
and
I hearkened unto
the
words
which thou spokest
to
me.
Now
therefore
hear thou
also
the
voice
of thy handmaid,
and
let
me
set
before thee
a
morsel
of
bread,
that thou mayest
eat
and recover
strength,
and
be able
to
go
on thy
journey.
But
he
refused,
and
said:
I
will
not
eat.
But
his
servants
and
the
woman forced
him,
and
at length hearkening
to
their
voice,
he
arose
from
the
ground
and
sat
upon
the
bed.
Now
the
woman
had
a fatted
calf
in
the
house,
and she
made
haste
and killed
it:
and
taking
meal
kneaded
it,
and
baked some
unleavened
bread,
And
set
it
before
Saul,
and
before
his
servants.
And
when
they
had
eaten
they
rose
up,
and walked
all
that
night.
Now
all
the
troops
of
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together
to Aphec:
and
Israel
also
camped
by
the fountain
which
is
in Jezrahel.
And
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
marched
with
their
hundreds
and
their
thousands:
but
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
rear
with Achis.
And
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said
to Achis:
What mean
these
Hebrews?
And Achis
said
to
the
princes
of
the
Philistines:
Do
you
not
know
David,
who
was
the
servant
of
Saul
the
king
of
Israel,
and hath
been
with
me
many
days,
or
years,
and
I
have
found
no
fault
in
him,
since
the
day
that
he fled
over
to
me
until
this
day?
But
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
were
angry
with
him,
and
they
said
to
him:
Let
this
man
return,
and abide
in
his
place,
which thou hast
appointed
him,
and
let
him
not
go
down
with
us
to
battle, lest
he
be
an
adversary
to
us,
when
we
shall begin
to
fight:
for
how
can
he
otherwise appease
his
master,
but
with
our
heads?
Is
not
this
David,
to
whom
they sung
in
their
dances,
saying:
Saul
slew
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands?
Then Achis
called
David,
and
said
to
him:
As
the
Lord liveth, thou art
upright
and
good
in
my
sight:
and
so
is thy
going
out,
and thy
coming
in
with
me
in
the
army:
and
I
have
not
found
my
evil
in thee,
since
the
day
that thou camest
to
me unto
this
day:
but thou pleasest
not
the
lords.
Return
therefore,
and
go
in
peace,
and offend
not
the
eyes
of
the princes
of
the
Philistines.
And
David
said
to Achis:
But
what
have
I
done,
and
what hast thou
found
in
me thy
servant,
from
the
day
that
I
have
been
in thy
sight
until
this
day,
that
I
may
not
go
and
fight
against
the
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king?
And Achis answering
said
to
David:
I
know
that thou art
good
in
my
sight,
as
an
angel
of
God:
but
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
have
said:
He
shall
not
go
up
with
us
to
the
battle.
Therefore
arise
in
the
morning, thou,
and
the
servants
of thy
lord,
who
came
with thee:
and
when
you
are
up
before
day,
and
it
shall begin
to
be
light,
go
on
your way.
So
David
and
his
men
arose
in
the night,
that
they might
set forward
in
the
morning,
and
returned
to
the
land
of
the
Philistines:
and
the
Philistines
went
up
to Jezrahel.
Now
when
David
and
his
men
were
come
to Siceleg
on
the
third
day,
the Amalecites
had
made
an invasion
on
the
south
side
upon Siceleg,
and
had
smitten Siceleg,
and
burnt
it
with
fire.
And
had
taken
the
women
captives
that
were
in
it,
both
little
and
great:
and
they
had
not
killed
any
person,
but
had
carried
them
with
them,
and
went
on
their
way.
So
when
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
city,
and found
it
burnt
with
fire,
and
that
their
wives
and
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
were
taken
captives,
David
and
the
people
that
were
with
him,
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept
till
they
had
no
more tears.
For
the
two
wives
also
of
David
were
taken
captives, Achinoam
the Jezrahelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
of Carmel.
And
David
was
greatly
afflicted:
for
the
people
had
a
mind
to
stone
him,
for
the
soul
of
every
man
was bitterly grieved
for
his
sons,
and
daughters:
but
David
took
courage
in
the
Lord
his
God.
And
he
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest
the
son
of Achimelech:
Bring
me hither
the
ephod.
And
Abiathar
brought
the
ephod
to
David.
And
David consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Shall
I
pursue
after
these robbers,
and
shall
I
overtake
them,
or
not?
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Pursue
after
them:
for thou shalt
surely
overtake
them
and
recover
the prey.
So
David
went,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
that
were
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the torrent
Besor:
and
some being weary
stayed
there.
But
David
pursued,
he
and
four
hundred
men:
for
two
hundred
stayed,
who being weary
could
not
go
over
the torrent
Besor.
And
they
found
an
Egyptian
in
the
field,
and
brought
him
to
David:
and
they
gave
him
bread
to
eat,
and
water
to
drink,
As
also
a
piece
of
a
cake
of
figs,
and
two
bunches
of
raisins.
And
when
he
had
eaten
them
his
spirit
returned,
and
he
was refreshed:
for
he
had
not
eaten
bread,
nor
drunk
water
three
days,
and
three
nights.
And
David
said
to
him:
To
whom dost thou belong?
or whence dost thou come?
and whither art thou going?
He
said:
I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
the
servant
of
an Amalecite,
and
my
master
left
me,
because
I began
to
be
sick
three
days
ago.
For
we
made
an invasion
on
the
south
side
of Cerethi,
and
upon Juda,
and
upon
the
south
of
Caleb,
and
we
burnt Siceleg
with
fire.
And
David
said
to
him: Canst thou
bring
me
to
this company?
And
he
said:
Swear
to
me
by
God,
that thou wilt
not
kill
me,
nor
deliver
me
into
the
hands
of
my
master,
and
I
will
bring thee
to
this company.
And
David
swore
to
him.
And
when
he
had
brought
him,
behold
they
were lying
spread
upon
all
the
ground,
eating
and
drinking,
and
as
it
were
keeping
a
festival
day,
for
all
the prey,
and
the
spoils
which
they
had
taken
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
land
of Juda.
And
David
slew
them
from
the
evening unto
the
evening
of
the
next
day,
and
there
escaped
not
a
man
of
them,
but
four
hundred
young
men,
who
had gotten
upon
camels,
and
fled.
So
David
recovered
all
that
the Amalecites
had
taken,
and
he
rescued
his
two
wives.
And
there
was
nothing
missing
small
or
great,
neither
of
their
sons
or
their
daughters,
nor
of
the
spoils,
and
whatsoever
they
had
taken:
David
recovered
all.
And
he
took
all
the
flocks
and
the
herds,
and
made
them go
before
him:
and
they
said:
This
is
the prey
of
David.
And
David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men,
who being weary
had
stayed,
and
were
not able
to
follow
David,
and
he
had ordered
them
to
abide
at
the torrent
Besor:
and
they
came
out
to
meet
David,
and
the
people
that
were
with
him.
And
David
coming
to
the
people saluted
them
peaceably.
Then
all
the
wicked
and unjust
men
that
had
gone
with
David answering,
said:
Because
they
came
not
with
us,
we
will
not
give
them
any
thing
of
the prey
which
we
have
recovered:
but
let
every
man
take
his
wife
and
his
children,
and
be contented
with
them,
and
go
his
way.
But
David
said:
You
shall
not
do
so,
my
brethren,
with
these
things,
which
the
Lord hath
given
us,
who hath
kept
us,
and hath
delivered
the robbers
that
invaded
us
into
our
hands.
And
no man
shall hearken
to
you
in
this
matter.
But
equal
shall
be
the
portion
of
him
that
went
down
to
battle
and
of
him
that
abode
at
the
baggage,
and
they
shall
divide
alike.
And
this hath
been
done
from
that
day
forward,
and
since
was
made
a
statute,
and
an
ordinance,
and
as
a law
in
Israel.
Then
David
came
to Siceleg,
and
sent presents
of
the prey
to
the ancients
of Juda
his neighbours,
saying: Receive
a
blessing
of
the prey
of
the
enemies
of
the
Lord.
To
them
that
were
in
Bethel,
and
that
were
in
Ramoth
to
the south,
and
to
them
that
were
in Jether,
And
to
them
that
were
in
Aroer
and
that
were
in Sephamoth,
and
that
were
in Esthamo,
And
that
were
in Rachal,
and
that
were
in
the
cities
of Jerameel,
and
that
were
in
the
cities
of Ceni,
And
that
were
in Arama,
and
that
were
in
the lake Asan,
and
that
were
in
Athach,
And
that
were
in
Hebron,
and
to
the rest
that
were
in
those
places,
in
which
David
had abode
with
his
men.
And
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel,
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
slain
in
mount Gelboe.
And
the
Philistines fell
upon
Saul,
and
upon
his
sons,
and
they
slew
Jonathan,
and
Abinadab
and Melchisua
the
sons
of
Saul.
And
the whole weight
of
the
battle
was
turned
upon
Saul:
and
the
archers
overtook
him,
and
he
was grievously wounded
by
the
archers.
Then
Saul
said
to
his armourbearer:
Draw thy
sword,
and
kill
me:
lest
these
uncircumcised
come,
and slay
me,
and mock
at
me.
And
his armourbearer
would
not:
for
he
was
struck
with
exceeding
great
fear.
Then
Saul
took
his
sword,
and
fell
upon
it.
And
when
his armourbearer
saw
this,
to wit,
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
also
fell
upon
his
sword
and
died
with
him.
So
Saul
died,
and
his
three
sons,
and
his armourbearer,
and
all
his
men
that
same
day
together.
And
the
men
of
Israel,
that
were
beyond
the
valley,
and
beyond
the
Jordan,
seeing
that
the
Israelites
were
fled,
and
that
Saul
was
dead,
and
his
sons, forsook
their
cities,
and
fled:
and
the
Philistines
came,
and
dwelt
there.
And
on
the morrow
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
and
they
found
Saul
and
his
three
sons
lying
in
mount Gelboe.
And
they
cut
off
Saul’s
head,
and
stripped
him
of
his armour,
and
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
round
about,
to publish
it
in
the
temples
of
their
idols,
and
among
their
people.
And
they
put
his armour
in
the
temple
of Astaroth, but
his body
they hung
on
the
wall
of Bethsan.
Now
when
the
inhabitants
of Jabes Galaad
had
heard all
that
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
All
the most
valiant
men
arose,
and walked
all
the
night,
and
took
the body
of
Saul,
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons,
from
the
wall
of Bethsan:
and
they
came
to Jabes Galaad,
and
burnt
them
there:
And
they
took
their
bones
and
buried
them
in
the
wood
of Jabes:
and
fasted
seven
days.
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Now
it
came
to
pass,
after
Saul
was
dead,
that
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the Amalecites,
and
abode
two
days
in Siceleg.
And
on
the
third
day,
there
appeared
a
man
who
came
out
of
Saul’s
camp,
with
his
garments rent,
and
dust strewed
on
his
head:
and
when
he
came
to
David,
he
fell
upon
his face,
and adored.
And
David
said
to
him:
From whence comest thou?
And
he
said
to
him:
I am fled
out
of
the
camp
of
Israel.
And
David
said unto
him:
What
is
the
matter
that
is
come
to
pass?
tell
me.
He
said:
The
people
are
fled
from
the
battle,
and
many
of
the
people
are
fallen
and
dead:
moreover
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
are slain.
And
David
said
to
the
young
man
that
told
him:
How knowest thou
that
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son,
are
dead?
And
the
young
man
that
told
him,
said:
I
came
by
chance
upon
mount Gelboe,
and
Saul
leaned
upon
his
spear:
and
the
chariots
and
horsemen drew nigh unto
him,
And
looking
behind
him,
and
seeing
me,
he
called
me.
And
I
answered,
Here
am
I.
And
he
said
to
me:
Who art thou?
And
I
said
to
him:
I
am
an Amalecite.
And
he
said
to
me:
Stand
over
me,
and
kill
me:
for anguish
is
come
upon
me,
and
as
yet
my
whole
life
is
in
me.
So
standing
over
him,
I
killed
him:
for
I
knew
that
he could
not
live
after
the
fall:
and
I
took
the
diadem
that
was
on
his
head,
and
the
bracelet
that
was
on
his
arm
and
have
brought
them hither
to thee,
my
lord.
Then
David
took
hold
of
his
garments
and rent
them,
and
likewise
all
the
men
that
were
with
him.
And
they
mourned,
and
wept,
and
fasted
until
evening
for
Saul,
and
for
Jonathan
his
son,
and
for
the
people
of
the
Lord,
and
for
the
house
of
Israel,
because
they
were
fallen
by
the
sword.
And
David
said
to
the
young
man
that
told
him: Whence art thou?
He
answered:
I
am
the
son
of
a
stranger
of Amalee.
David
said
to
him:
Why didst thou
not
fear
to
put
out thy
hand
to
kill
the
Lord’s
anointed?
And
David
calling
one
of
his
servants,
said:
Go
near
and
fall
upon
him.
And
he
struck
him
so
that
he
died.
And
David
said
to
him: Thy
blood
be
upon thy own
head:
for thy own
mouth hath
spoken
against thee,
saying:
I
have slain
the
Lord’s
anointed.
And
David
made
this kind
of
lamentation
over
Saul,
and
over
Jonathan
his
son.
(Also
he
commanded
that
they
should
teach
the
children
of Juda
the use
of
the
bow,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
just.)
And
he
said:
Consider, O Israel,
for
them
that
are dead, wounded
on thy high
places.
The illustrious
of
Israel
are
slain
upon thy mountains:
how
are
the
valiant
fallen?
Tell
it
not
in Geth, publish
it
not
in
the
streets
of Ascalon:
lest
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines
rejoice,
lest
the
daughters
of
the
uncircumcised triumph,
Ye
mountains
of Gelboe,
let
neither
dew,
nor
rain come
upon
you,
neither
be
they
fields
of firstfruits:
for
there
was cast away
the
shield
of
the
valiant,
the
shield
of
Saul
as
though
he
had
not been
anointed
with
oil.
From
the
blood
of
the
slain,
from
the
fat
of
the
valiant,
the arrow
of
Jonathan
never
turned
back,
and
the
sword
of
Saul
did
not
return
empty.
Saul
and
Jonathan, lovely,
and comely
in
their
life,
even
in
death
they
were
not
divided:
they
were
swifter
than
eagles,
stronger
than
lions.
Ye
daughters
of
Israel,
weep
over
Saul,
who
clothed
you
with
scarlet
in delights,
who
gave
ornaments
of
gold
for
your
attire.
How
are
the
valiant
fallen
in
battle?
Jonathan
slain
in
the
high
places?
I grieve
for thee,
my
brother
Jonathan:
exceeding beautiful,
and amiable
to
me
above
the
love
of
women. As
the mother loveth
her only son,
so did
I
love thee.
How
are
the
valiant
fallen,
and
the
weapons
of
war
perished?
And
after these
things
David consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Shall
I
go
up
into
one
of
the
cities
of Juda?
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Go
up.
And
David
said: Whither
shall
I
go
up?
And
he
answered
him:
Into
Hebron.
So
David
went
up,
and
his
two
wives, Achinoam
the Jezrahelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
of Carmel:
And
the
men
also
that
were
with
him,
David
brought
up
every
man
with
his
household:
and
they
abode
in
the
towns
of
Hebron.
And
the
men
of Juda
came,
and
anointed
David
there,
to
be
king
over
the
house
of Juda.
And
it
was
told
David,
that
the
men
of Jabes Galaad
had
buried
Saul.
David
therefore
sent
messengers
to
the
men
of Jabes Galaad,
and
said
to
them:
Blessed
be
you
to
the
Lord,
who
have shewn
this
mercy
to
your
master
Saul,
and
have
buried
him.
And
now
the
Lord
surely
will
render
you
mercy
and
truth,
and
I
also
will, requite
you
for
this
good
turn,
because
you
have
done
this
thing.
Let
your
hands
be
strengthened,
and
be ye
men
of valour:
for
although
your
master
Saul
be
dead,
yet
the
house
of Juda hath
anointed
me
to
be
their
king.
But
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
general
of
Saul’s
army,
took Isboseth
the
son
of
Saul,
and led
him
about
through
the camp?
And
made
him
king
over Galaad,
and,
over Gessuri,
and
over Jezrahel,
and
over
Ephraim,
and
over
Benjamin,
and
over
all
Israel.
Isboseth
the
son
of
Saul
was
forty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign
over,
Israel,
and
he
reigned
two
years:
and
only
the
house
of Juda
followed
David.
And
the
number
of
the
days
that
David abode, reigning
in
Hebron
over
the
house
of Juda,
was
seven
years
and
six
months.
And
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
and
the
servants
of Isboseth
the
son
of
Saul,
went
out
from
the camp
to Gabaon.
And
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia,
and
the
servants
of
David
went
out,
and
met
them
by
the
pool
of Gabaon.
And
when
they
were
come
together,
they
sat
down
over
against
one
another:
the
one
on
the
one
side
of
the
pool,
and
the
other
on
the
other
side.
And
Abner
said
to
Joab:
Let
the
young
men
rise,
and
play
before
us.
And
Joab
answered:
Let
them
rise.
Then there
arose
and
went
over
twelve
in
number
of
Benjamin,
of
the part
of Isboseth
the
son
of
Saul,
and
twelve
of
the
servants
of
David.
And
every
one catching
his
fellow,
by
the
head, thrust
his
sword
into
the
side
of
his adversary,
and
they
fell
down
together:
and
the
name
of
the
place
was
called:
The field
of
the valiant,
in Gabaon.
And
there
was
a
very
fierce
battle
that
day:
and
Abner
was put
to flight,
with
the
men
of
Israel,
by
the
servants
of
David.
And
there
were
the
three
sons
of Sarvia
there,
Joab,
and Abisai,
and Asael:
now Asael
was
a most
swift runner,
like
one
of
the roes
that abide
in
the woods.
And Asael
pursued
after
Abner,
and
turned
not
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left
from
following
Abner.
And
Abner
looked
behind
him,
and
said: Art thou Asael?
And
he
answered:
I
am.
And
Abner
said
to
him:
Go
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left,
and
lay
hold
on
one
of
the
young
men
and
take thee
his spoils.
But Asael
would
not
leave
off
following
him close.
And
again
Abner
said
to Asael:
Go
off,
and
do
not
follow
me, lest
I
be obliged
to stab thee
to
the
ground,
and
I
shall
not
be able
to hold
up
my
face
to
Joab thy
brother.
But
he
refused
to hearken
to
him,
and
would
not
turn
aside: wherefore
Abner
struck
him
with
his
spear
with
a
back stroke
in
the groin,
and
thrust
him
through,
and
he
died
upon
the
spot:
and
all
that
came
to
the
place
where Asael
fell
down
and
died
stood
still.
Now
while
Joab
and Abisai
pursued
after
Abner,
the
sun
went
down:
and
they
came
as
far
as
the
hill
of
the aqueduct,
that lieth
over
against
the valley
by
the
way
of
the
wilderness
in Gabaon.
And
the
children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
to
Abner:
and
being
joined
in
one body,
they
stood
on
the
top
of
a
hill.
And
Abner
cried
out
to
Joab,
and
said:
Shall thy
sword rage unto utter destruction? knowest thou
not
that
it
is dangerous
to drive
people
to despair?
how
long dost thou defer
to bid
the
people cease
from
pursuing
after
their
brethren?
And
Joab
said:
As
the Lord liveth,
if thou hadst
spoke sooner,
even
in
the
morning
the
people
should
have retired
from
pursuing
after
their
brethren.
Then
Joab
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
all
the
army
stood
still,
and
did
not
pursue
after
Israel
any
farther,
nor
fight
any
more.
And
Abner
and
his
men
walked
all
that
night
through
the
plains:
and
they
passed
the
Jordan,
and having
gone
through
all Beth-horon,
came
to
the camp.
And
Joab
returning,
after
he
had
left
Abner,
assembled
all
the
people:
and
there
were wanting
of
David’s
servants
nineteen
men, beside Asael.
But
the
servants
of
David
had
killed
of
Benjamin,
and
of
the
men
that
were
with
Abner,
three
hundred
and
sixty,
who
all
died.
And
they
took Asael,
and
buried
him
in
the sepulchre
of
his
father
in
Bethlehem,
and
Joab,
and
the
men
that
were
with
him, marched
all
the
night,
and
they
came
to
Hebron
at break
of day.
Now
there
was
a
long
war
between
the
house
of
Saul
and
the
house
of
David:
David prospering
and
growing always
stronger
and
stronger,
but
the
house
of
Saul decaying daily.
And
sons
were
born
to
David
in
Hebron:
and
his
firstborn
was
Amnon
of Achinoam
the Jezrahelitess:
And
his
second Cheleab
of
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
of Carmel:
and
the
third
Absalom
the
son
of Maacha
the
daughter
of Tholmai
king
of Gessur:
And
the
fourth Adonias,
the
son
of
Haggith:
and
the
fifth Saphathia
the
son
of
Abital:
And
the
sixth Jethraam
of Egla
the
wife
of
David:
these
were
born
to
David
in
Hebron.
Now
while
there
was
war
between
the
house
of
Saul
and
the
house
of
David,
Abner
the son
of Ner ruled
the
house
of
Saul.
And
Saul
had
a
concubine
named Respha,
the
daughter
of Aia.
And Isboseth
said
to
Abner:
Why didst thou go
in
to
my
father’s concubine?
And
he
was
exceedingly
angry
for
the
words
of Isboseth,
and
said:
Am
I
a
dog’s
head
against Juda
this
day,
who
have shewn mercy
to
the
house
of
Saul thy
father,
and
to
his
brethren
and
friends,
and
have
not
delivered thee
into
the
hands
of
David,
and hast thou
sought
this
day
against
me
to
charge
me
with
a
matter
concerning
a
woman?
So
do
God
to
Abner,
and
more
also,
unless
as
the
Lord hath
sworn
to
David,
so
I
do
to
him,
That
the
kingdom
be translated
from
the
house
of
Saul,
and
the
throne
of
David
be
set
up
over
Israel,
and
over Juda
from
Dan
to Bersabee.
And
he
could
not
answer
him
a
word,
because
he
feared
him.
Abner
therefore
sent
messengers
to
David
for
himself,
saying:
Whose
is
the
land?
and
that
they
should
say:
Make
a
league
with
me,
and
my
hand
shall
be
with thee:
and
I
will
bring
all
Israel
to thee.
And
he
said: Very
well:
I
will
make
a
league
with thee:
but
one
thing
I
require
of thee,
saying: Thou shalt
not
see
my
face
before thou
bring Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul:
and
so thou shalt
come,
and
see
me.
And
David
sent
messengers
to Isboseth
the
son
of
Saul,
saying: Restore
my
wife Michol,
whom
I espoused
to
me
for
a
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines.
And Isboseth
sent,
and
took
her
from
her
husband Phaltiel,
the
son
of Lais.
And
her
husband
followed
her,
weeping
as
far
as
Bahurim:
and
Abner
said
to
him:
Go
and
return.
And
he
returned.
Abner
also
spoke
to
the ancients
of
Israel,
saying:
Both
yesterday
and
the day
before
you
sought
for
David
that
he
might reign
over
you.
Now
then
do
it:
because
the
Lord hath
spoken
to
David,
saying:
By
the
hand
of
my
servant
David
I
will
save
my
people
Israel
from
the
hands
of
the
Philistines,
and
of
all
their
enemies.
And
Abner
spoke
also
to
Benjamin.
And
he
went
to
speak
to
David
in
Hebron
all
that
seemed
good
to
Israel,
and
to
all
Benjamin.
And
he
came
to
David
in
Hebron
with
twenty
men:
and
David
made
a
feast
for
Abner,
and
his
men
that
came
with
him.
And
Abner
said
to
David:
I
will
rise,
that
I
may
gather
all
Israel unto thee
my
lord
the
king,
and
may enter
into
a
league
with thee,
and
that thou mayst
reign
over
all
as thy
soul desireth. Now
when
David bad
brought
Abner
on
his
way,
and
he
was gone
in
peace,
Immediately
David’s
servants
and
Joab
came,
after
having slain
the robbers,
with
an exceeding
great
booty:
and
Abner,
was
not
with
David
in
Hebron,
for
he
had
now
sent
him
away,
and
he
was
gone
in
peace.
And
Joab
and
all
the
army
that
was
with
him,
came afterwards:
and
it
was
told
Joab,
that
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
came
to
the
king,
and
he hath
sent
him
away,
and
he
is
gone
in
peace.
And
Joab
went
in
to
the
king,
and
said:
What hast thou
done?
Behold
Abner
came
to thee:
Why didst thou
send
him
away,
and
he
is
gone
and
departed?
Knowest thou
not
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
that
to
this end
he
came
to thee,
that
he
might deceive thee,
and
to
know thy
going
out,
and thy
coming
in,
and
to
know
all thou dost?
Then
Joab
going
out
from
David,
sent
messengers
after
Abner,
and
brought
him
back
from
the
cistern
of Sira,
David
knowing
nothing
of
it.
And
when
Abner
was
returned
to
Hebron,
Joab
took
him
aside
to
the
middle
of
the
gate,
to
speak
to
him treacherously:
and
he
stabbed
him
there
in
the groin,
and
he
died,
in revenge
of
the
blood
of Asael
his
brother.
And
when
David
heard
of
it,
after
the
thing
was
now done,
he
said:
I,
and
my
kingdom
are
innocent
before
the
Lord
for
ever
of
the
blood
of
Abner
the
son
of
Ner:
And
may
it
come
upon
the
head
of
Joab,
and
upon
all
his
father’s
house:
and
let
there
not
fail
from
the
house
of
Joab
one
that hath
an issue
of seed,
or
that
is
a
leper,
or
that holdeth
the
distaff,
or
that falleth
by
the
sword,
or
that wanteth
bread.
So
Joab
and Abisai
his
brother
slew
Abner,
because
he
had
killed
their
brother Asael
at Gabaon
in
the
battle.
And
David
said
to
Joab,
and
to
all
the
people
that
were
with
him:
Rend
your
garments,
and
gird
yourselves
with sackcloths,
and
mourn
before
the funeral
of
Abner.
And
king
David
himself
followed
the
bier.
And
when
they
had
buried
Abner
in
Hebron,
king David
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept
at
the
grave
of
Abner:
and
all
the
people
also
wept.
And
the
king
mourning
and lamenting
over
Abner,
said: Not
as cowards
are wont
to
die, hath
Abner
died.
Thy
hands
were
not
bound,
nor thy
feet laden
with
fetters:
but
as
men
fall
before
the
children
of
iniquity,
so didst thou
fall.
And
all
the
people repeating
it
wept
over
him.
And
when
all
the
people
came
to
take meat
with
David,
while
it
was
yet broad
day,
David
swore,
saying:
So
do
God
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
I
taste
bread
or
any
thing
else
before sunset.
And
all
the
people heard,
and
they
were
pleased,
and
all
that
the
king
did
seemed
good
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people.
And
all
the
people,
and
all
Israel
understood
that
day
that
it
was
not
the
king’s doing,
that
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
was slain.
The
king
also
said
to
his
servants:
Do
you
not
know
that
a
prince
and
great
man
is slain
this
day
in
Israel?
But
I
as
yet
am
tender, though
anointed
king.
And
these
men
the
sons
of Sarvia
are
too
hard
for
me:
the
Lord
reward
him
that doth
evil
according
to
his
wickedness.
And Isboseth
the
son
of
Saul
heard
that
Abner
was slain
in
Hebron:
and
his
hands
were weakened,
and
all
Israel
was troubled.
Now
the
son
of
Saul
had
two
men
captains
of
his
bands,
the
name
of
the
one
was Baana,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Rechab,
the
sons
of Remmon
a Berothite
of
the
children
of
Benjamin:
for Beroth
also
was
reckoned
in
Benjamin.
And
the Berothites
fled
into Gethaim,
and
were sojourners
there
until
that
time.
And
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul bad
a
son
that
was lame
of
his
feet:
for
he
was
five
years
old
when
the
tidings
came
of
Saul
and
Jonathan
from Jezrahel.
And
his
nurse
took
him
up
and
fled:
and
as she
made
haste
to
flee,
he
fell
and
became lame:
and
his
name
was Miphiboseth.
And
the
sons
of Remmon
the Berothite,
Rechab
and Baana
coming,
went
into
the
house
of Isboseth
in
the
heat
of
the
day:
and
he
was
sleeping
upon
his
bed
at
noon.
And
the doorkeeper
of
the
house,
who
was cleansing wheat,
was
fallen asleep.
And
they
entered
into
the
house secretly
taking ears
of corn,
and
Rechab
and Baana
his
brother
stabbed
him
in
the groin,
and fled
away.
For
when
they
came
into
the
house,
be
was
sleeping
upon
his
bed
in
a parlour,
and
they
struck
him
and
killed
him:
and
taking
away
his
head
they
went
off
by
the
way
of
the
wilderness, walking
all
night.
And
they
brought
the
head
of Isboseth
to
David
to
Hebron:
and
they
said
to
the
king:
Behold
the
head
of Isboseth
the
son
of
Saul thy
enemy
who
sought thy
life:
and
the
Lord hath revenged
my
lord
the
king
this
day
of
Saul,
and
of
his
seed.
But
David
answered
Rechab,
and Baana
his
brother,
the
sons
of Remmon
the Berothite,
and
said
to
them:
As
the
Lord liveth,
who hath
delivered
my
soul
out
of
all
distress,
The
man
that
told
me,
and
said:
Saul
is
dead,
who
thought
he
brought
good
tidings,
I apprehended,
and
slew
him
in Siceleg,
who
should
have
been rewarded
for
his
news.
How
much
more
now
when
wicked
men
have
slain
an
innocent
man
in
his
own
house,
upon
his
bed,
shall
I
not
require
his
blood
at
your
hand,
and take
you
away
from
the
earth?
And
David
commanded
his
servants
and
they
slew
them:
and cutting
off
their
hands
and
feet,
hanged
them
up
over
the
pool
in
Hebron:
but
the
head
of Isboseth
they
took
and
buried
in
the sepulchre
of
Abner
in
Hebron.
Then
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
came
to
David
in
Hebron,
saying:
Behold
we
are thy
bone
and thy
flesh.
Moreover yesterday
also
and
the day
before,
when
Saul
was
king
over
us, thou wast
he
that did
lead
out
and
bring
in
Israel:
and
the
Lord
said
to thee: Thou shalt
feed
my
people
Israel,
and thou shalt
be
prince
over
Israel.
The ancients
also
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
to
Hebron,
and
king
David
made
a
league
with
them
in
Hebron
before
the
Lord:
and
they
anointed
David
to
be
king
over
Israel.
David
was
thirty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
forty
years.
In
Hebron
he
reigned
over Juda
seven
years
and
six
months:
and
in
Jerusalem
he
reigned
three
and
thirty
years
over
all
Israel
and Juda.
And
the
king
and
all
the
men
that
were
with
him
went
to
Jerusalem
to
the
Jebusites
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
and
they
said
to
David: Thou shalt
not
come
in hither
unless thou
take
away
the
blind
and
the lame
that
say:
David
shall
not
come
in hither.
But
David
took
the castle
of Sion,
the
same
is
the
city
of
David.
For
David
had offered
that
day
a reward
to whosoever
should
strike
the
Jebusites
and
get
up
to
the gutters
of
the tops
of
the
houses,
and
take
away
the
blind
and
the
lame
that
hated
the
soul
of
David:
therefore
it
is
said
in
the proverb:
The
blind
and
the
lame
shall
not
come
into
the
temple.
And
David
dwelt
in
the castle,
and
called
it,
The
city
of
David:
and
built
round
about
from Mello
and
inwards.
And
he
went
on prospering
and
growing up,
and
the
Lord
God
of
hosts
was
with
him.
And
Hiram
the
king
of
Tyre
sent
messengers
to
David,
and
cedar
trees,
and
carpenters,
and
masons
for
walls:
and
they
built
a
house
for
David.
And
David
knew
that
the
Lord bad
confirmed
him
king
over
Israel,
and
that
he
had
exalted
his
kingdom
over
his
people
Israel.
And
David
took
more
concubines
and
wives
of
Jerusalem,
after
he
was
come
from
Hebron:
and there
were
born
to
David
other
sons
also
and
daughters:
And
these
are
the
names
of them,
that
were
born
to
him
in
Jerusalem, Samua,
and Sobab,
and
Nathan,
and
Solomon,
And Jebahar,
and Elisua,
and
Nepheg,
And Japhia,
and Elisama,
and Elioda,
and Eliphaleth.
And
the
Philistines
heard
that
they
had
anointed
David
to
be
king
over
Israel:
and
they
all
came
to
seek
David:
and
when
David
heard
of
it,
he
went
down
to
a strong hold.
And
the
Philistines
coming
spread themselves
in
the
valley
of Raphaim.
And
David consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Shall
I
go
up
to
the
Philistines?
and wilt thou
deliver
them
into
my
hand?
And
the
Lord
said
to
David:
Go
up,
for
I
will
surely
deliver
the
Philistines
into thy
hand.
And
David
came
to Baal Pharisim:
and
defeated
them
there,
and
he
said:
The
Lord hath divided
my
enemies
before
me,
as
waters
are divided.
Therefore
the
name
of
the
place
was
called Baal Pharisim.
And
they
left
there
their
idols:
which
David
and
his
men
took
away.
And
the
Philistines
came
up
again
and
spread themselves
in
the
valley
of Raphaim.
And
David consulted
the
Lord:
Shall
I
go
up
against
the Philistines,
and wilt thou deliver
them
into
my hands?
He
answered:
Go
not
up
against
them,
but fetch
a compass
behind
them,
and thou shalt
come
upon
them
over
against
the pear
trees.
And
when thou shalt
hear
the
sound
of
one
going
in
the
tops
of
the pear
trees,
then shalt thou join battle:
for
then
will
the
Lord
go
out
before thy
face
to
strike
the
army
of
the
Philistines.
And
David
did
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
him,
and
he
smote
the
Philistines
from Gabaa
until thou
come
to
Gezer.
And
David
again gathered together
all
the chosen
men
of
Israel,
thirty
thousand.
And
David
arose
and
went,
with
all
the
people
that
were
with
him
of
the
men
of Juda
to fetch
the
ark
of
God,
upon
which
the
name
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
is invoked,
who sitteth
over
it
upon
the cherubims.
And
they
laid
the
ark
of
God
upon
a
new
cart:
and
took
it
out
of
the
house
of
Abinadab,
who
was
in Gabaa:
and Oza,
and
Ahio,
the
sons
of
Abinadab,
drove
the
new
cart.
And
when
they
had
taken
it
out
of
the
house
of
Abinadab,
who
was
in Gabaa,
Ahio having care
of
the
ark
of
God
went
before
the
ark.
But
David
and
all
Israel
played
before
the
Lord
on
all manner
of instruments
made
of
wood,
on
harps
and lutes
and
timbrels
and cornets
and
cymbals.
And
when
they
came
to
the
floor
of Nachon, Oza
put
forth
his hand
to
the
ark
of
God,
and
took
hold
of
it:
because
the
oxen kicked
and made
it lean aside.
And
the indignation
of
the
Lord
was enkindled
against Oza,
and
he
struck
him
for
his rashness:
and
he
died
there
before
the
ark
of
God.
And
David
was grieved
because
the
Lord
had struck Oza,
and
the
name
of
that
place
was
called:
The striking
of Oza,
to
this
day.
And
David
was
afraid
of
the
Lord
that
day,
saying:
How
shall
the
ark
of
the
Lord
come
to
me?
And
he
would
not
have
the
ark
of
the
Lord brought
in
to
himself
into
the
city
of
David:
but
he caused
it
to
be
carried
into
the
house
of Obededom
the Gethite.
And
the
ark
of
the
Lord
abode
in
the
house
of Obededom
the Gethite
three
months:
and
the
Lord
blessed Obededom,
and
all
his
household.
And
it
was
told
king
David,
that
the
Lord
had
blessed Obededom,
and
all
that
he
had,
because
of
the
ark
of
God.
So
David
went,
and
brought
away
the
ark
of
God
out
of
the
house
of Obededom
into
the
city
of
David
with
joy.
And
there
were
with
David seven choirs,
and calves
for victims.
And
when
they
that
carried
the
ark
of
the
Lord
had
gone
six
paces,
he
sacrificed
an
ox
and
a ram:
And
David danced
with
all
his
might
before
the
Lord:
and
David
was
girded
with
a
linen
ephod.
And
David
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
brought
the
ark
of
the covenant
of
the
Lord
with
joyful
shouting,
and
with
sound
of
trumpet.
And
when
the
ark
of
the
Lord
was
come
into
the
city
of
David, Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul,
looking
out
through
a
window,
saw
king
David
leaping
and
dancing
before
the
Lord:
and
she
despised
him
in
her
heart.
And
they
brought
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
and
set
it
in
its
place
in
the
midst
of
the
tabernacle,
which
David
had
pitched
for
it:
and
David
offered holocausts,
and
peace
offerings
before
the
Lord.
And
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
offering holocausts
and
peace
offerings,
he
blessed
the
people
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
he distributed
to
all
the
multitude
of
Israel
both
men
and
women,
to
every
one,
a
cake
of
bread,
and
a piece
of roasted beef,
and fine flour fried
with oil:
and
all
the
people departed
every
one
to
his
house.
And
David
returned
to
bless
his
own
house:
and Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul
coming
out
to
meet
David,
said:
How
glorious
was
the
king
of
Israel
today, uncovering
himself
before
the
handmaids
of
his
servants,
and
was naked,
as
if
one
of
the buffoons
should
be naked.
And
David
said
to Michol:
Before
the
Lord,
who
chose
me rather
than thy
father,
and
than
all
his
house,
and
commanded
me
to
be
ruler
over
the
people
of
the
Lord
in
Israel,
I
will both play
and
make myself meaner
than
I
have
done:
and
I
will
be little
in
my
own
eyes:
and
with
the
handmaid
of
whom thou speakest,
I
shall appear
more
glorious.
Therefore Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul
had
no
child
to
the
day
of
her
death.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
king
sat
in
his
house,
and
the
Lord
had
given
him
rest
on
every
side
from
all
his
enemies,
He
said
to
Nathan
the
prophet: Dost thou
see
that
I
dwell
in
a
house
of
cedar,
and
the
ark
of
God
is lodged
within skins?
And
Nathan
said
to
the
king: Go,
do
all
that
is
in thy
heart:
because
the
Lord
is
with thee.
But
it
came
to
pass
that
night,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Nathan,
saying:
Go,
and
say
to
my
servant
David:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Shalt thou
build
me
a
house
to
dwell
in?
Whereas
I
have
not
dwelt
in
a
house
from
the
day
that
I
brought
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the land
of
Egypt
even
to
this
day:
but
have
walked
in
a
tabernacle,
and
in
a
tent.
In
all
the
places
that
I
have
gone
through
with
all
the
children
of
Israel,
did ever
I
speak
a
word
to
any
one
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
whom
I
commanded
to
feed
my
people
Israel,
saying:
Why
have
you
not
built
me
a
house
of
cedar?
And
now
thus shalt thou
speak
to
my
servant
David:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
a
I
took thee
out
of
the pastures
from
following
the
sheep
to
be
ruler
over
my
people
Israel:
And
I
have
been
with thee wheresoever thou hast
walked,
and
have slain
all thy
enemies
from
before thy
face:
and
I
have
made thee
a
great
man,
like unto
the
name
of
the
great
ones
that
are
on
the
earth.
And
I
will
appoint
a
place
for
my
people
Israel,
and
I
will
plant
them,
and
they
shall
dwell therein,
and
shall
be
disturbed
no
more:
neither
shall
the
children
of
iniquity
afflict
them
any
more
as
they
did
before,
From
the
day
that
I
appointed
judges
over
my
people
Israel:
and
I
will
give thee
rest
from
all thy
enemies.
And
the
Lord foretelleth
to thee,
that
the
Lord
will
make thee
a
house.
And
when thy
days
shall
be
fulfilled,
and thou shalt
sleep
with thy
fathers,
I
will
raise
up thy
seed
after thee,
which
shall
proceed
out
of thy
bowels,
and
I
will
establish
his
kingdom.
He
shall
build
a
house
to
my
name,
and
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
his
kingdom
for
ever.
I
will
be
to
him
a
father,
and
he
shall
be
to
me
a
son:
and
if
he commit
any iniquity,
I
will
correct
him
with
the
rod
of
men,
and
with
the
stripes
of
the
children
of
men.
But
my mercy
I
will
not
take
away
from
him,
as
I
took
it
from
Saul,
whom
I
removed
from
before
my
face.
And thy
house
shall
be
faithful,
and thy
kingdom
for
ever
before thy
face,
and thy
throne
shall
be
firm
for
ever.
According
to
all
these
words
and
according
to
all
this
vision,
so
did
Nathan
speak
to
David.
And
David
went
in,
and
sat
before
the
Lord,
and
said:
Who
am
I,
O
Lord
God,
and
what
is
my
house,
that thou hast
brought
me thus
far?
But
yet
this hath
seemed little
in thy
sight,
O
Lord
God, unless thou didst
also
speak
of
the
house
of thy
servant
for
a
long
time
to
come:
for
this
is
the law
of Adam,
O
Lord
God.
And
what
can
David
say
more unto thee?
for thou knowest thy
servant,
O
Lord
God:
For thy word’s
sake,
and according
to thy own
heart thou hast
done
all
these
great
things,
so
that thou wouldst
make
it
known
to thy
servant.
Therefore thou art
magnified,
O
Lord
God,
because
there
is
none
like
to thee,
neither
is
there
any
God
besides thee,
in
all
the
things
that
we
have
heard
with
our
ears.
And
what
nation
is
there
upon
earth,
as thy
people
Israel,
whom
God
went
to
redeem
for
a
people
to
himself,
and
to
make
him
a
name,
and
to
do
for
them
great
and terrible
things,
upon
the
earth,
before
the
face
of thy
people,
whom thou redeemedst
to thyself
out
of
Egypt,
from
the
nations
and
their
gods.
For thou hast
confirmed
to thyself thy
people
Israel
to
be
an
everlasting
people:
and thou,
O
Lord
God, art
become
their
God.
And
now,
O
Lord
God,
raise
up
for
ever
the
word
that thou hast
spoken,
concerning thy
servant
and
concerning
his
house:
and
do
as thou hast
spoken,
That thy
name
may
be
magnified
for
ever,
and
it
may
be
said:
The
Lord
of
hosts
is
God
over
Israel.
And
the
house
of thy
servant
David
shall
be
established
before
the
Lord.
Because thou,
O
Lord
of
hosts,
God
of
Israel, hast
revealed
to
the
ear
of thy
servant,
saying:
I
will
build thee
a
house:
therefore hath thy
servant
found
in
his
heart
to
pray
this
prayer
to thee.
And
now,
O
Lord
God, thou art
God,
and thy
words
shall
be
true:
for thou hast
spoken
to thy
servant
these
good
things.
And
now begin,
and
bless
the
house
of thy
servant,
that
it
may
endure
for
ever
before thee:
because thou,
O
Lord
God, hast
spoken
it,
and
with thy
blessing
let
the
house
of thy
servant
be
blessed
for
ever.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
this
that
David
defeated
the
Philistines,
and
brought
them
down,
and
David
took
the bridle
of
tribute
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
And
he
defeated
Moab,
and
measured
them
with
a
line, casting
them
down
to
the
earth:
and
he
measured
with
two lines,
one
to
put
to
death,
and
one
to save
alive:
and
Moab
was
made
to
serve
David under
tribute.
David
defeated
also Adarezer
the
son
of Rohob
king
of Soba,
when
he
went
to extend
his dominion
over
the
river
Euphrates.
And
David
took
from
him
a
thousand
and
seven
hundred
horsemen,
and
twenty
thousand
footmen,
and houghed
all
the
chariot
horses:
and
only
reserved
of
them
for
one
hundred
chariots.
And
the Syrians
of
Damascus
came
to succour Adarezer
the
king
of Soba:
and
David
slew
of
the Syrians
two
and
twenty
thousand
men.
And
David
put
garrisons
in
Syria
of
Damascus:
and
Syria
served
David under
tribute:
and
the
Lord preserved
David
in
all
his enterprises, whithersoever
he
went.
And
David
took
the arms
of
gold,
which
the
servants
of Adarezer wore,
and
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
And out
of Bete,
and out
of Beroth,
cities
of Adarezer,
king
David
took
an
exceeding
great quantity
of
brass.
And Thou
the
king
of Emath
heard
that
David
had
defeated
all
the forces
of Adarezer.
And Thou
sent
Joram
his
son
to
king
David,
to
salute
him,
and
to congratulate
with
him,
and
to return
him thanks:
because
he
had
fought
against Adarezer,
and
had
defeated
him.
For Thou
was
an enemy
to Adarezer,
and
in
his
hand
were
vessels
of
gold,
and
vessels
of
silver,
and
vessels
of
brass:
And
king
David
dedicated
them
to
the
Lord,
together
with
the
silver
and
gold
that
he
had
dedicated
of
all
the
nations,
which
he
had
subdued:
Of
Syria,
and
of
Moab,
and
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
of
the
Philistines,
and
of Amalec,
and
of
the
spoils
of Adarezer
the
son
of Rohob
king
of Soba.
David
also
made himself
a
name,
when
he
returned
after taking
Syria
in
the
valley
of
the saltpits,
killing
eighteen
thousand:
And
he
put guards
in
Edom,
and
placed
there
a
garrison:
and
all
Edom
was
made
to
serve
David:
and
the
Lord preserved
David
in
all enterprises
he
went
about.
And
David
reigned
over
all
Israel:
and
David
did
judgment
and
justice
to
all
his
people.
And
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia
was
over
the
army:
and Josaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder:
And Sadoc
the
son
of Achitob,
and Achimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar,
were
the
priests:
and Saraias
was
the
scribe:
And Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
was over
the Cerethi
and Phelethi:
and
the
sons
of
David
were
the princes.
And
David
said:
Is
there
any
one,
think
you,
left
of
the
house
of
Saul,
that
I
may shew
kindness
to
him
for
Jonathan’s
sake?
Now there
was
of
the
house
of
Saul,
a
servant
named Siba:
and
when
the
king
had
called
him
to
him,
he
said
to
him: Art thou Siba?
And
he
answered:
I am Siba thy
servant.
And
the
king
said:
Is
there
any
one
left
of
the
house
of
Saul,
that
I
may shew
the mercy
of
God unto
him?
And Siba
said
to
the
king:
There
is
a
son
of
Jonathan
left,
who
is lame
of
his
feet.
Where
is
he?
said
he.
And Siba
said
to
the
king:
Behold
he
is
in
the
house
of
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel
in Lodabar.
Then
king
David
sent,
and
brought
him
out
of
the
house
of
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel
of Lodabar.
And
when Miphiboseth
the
son
of
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
was
come
to
David,
he
fell
on
his
face
and worshipped.
And
David
said: Miphiboseth?
And
he
answered:
Behold thy
servant.
And
David
said
to
him:
Fear
not,
for
I
will
surely shew thee mercy
for
Jonathan thy
father’s
sake,
and
I
will
restore
the
lands
of
Saul thy
father,
and thou shalt
eat
bread
at
my
table
always.
He
bowed
down
to
him,
and
said:
Who am
I thy
servant,
that thou shouldst
look
upon
such
a
dead
dog
as
I am?
Then
the
king
called Siba
the
servant
of
Saul,
and
said
to
him:
All
that
belonged
to
Saul,
and
all
his
house,
I
have
given
to thy
master’s
son.
Thou
therefore
and thy
sons
and thy
servants
shall
till
the
land
for
him:
and thou shalt
bring
in
food
for thy
master’s
son,
that
he
may
be maintained:
and Miphiboseth
the
son
of thy
master
shall
always
eat
bread
at
my
table.
And Siba
had
fifteen
sons
and
twenty
servants.
And Siba
said
to
the
king:
As thou
my
lord
the
king hast
commanded thy
servant,
so
will thy
servant
do:
and Miphiboseth
shall
eat
at
my
table,
as
one
of
the
sons
of
the
king.
And Miphiboseth
had
a
young
son
whose
name
was Micha:
and
all
the kindred
of
the
house
of Siba served Miphiboseth.
But Miphiboseth
dwelt
in
Jerusalem:
because
he
ate
always
of
the
king’s
table:
and
he
was
lame
of
both
feet.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
died,
and Hanon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
David
said:
I
Will shew
kindness
to Hanon
the
son
of Daas,
as
his
father shewed
kindness
to
me.
So
David
sent
his
servants
to
comfort
him
for
the death
of
his
father.
But
when
the
servants
of
David
were
come
into
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
The
princes
of
the
children
of
Ammon
said
to Hanon
their
lord: Thinkest thou
that
for
the honour
of thy
father,
David hath
sent
comforters
to thee,
and hath
not
David
rather
sent
his
servants
to thee
to
search,
and
spy
into
the
city,
and
overthrow
it?
Wherefore Hanon
took
the
servants
of
David,
and
shaved
off
the one
half
of
their
beards,
and
cut
away
half
of
their
garments
even
to
the buttocks,
and
sent
them
away.
When
this
was
told
David,
he
sent
to
meet
them:
for
the
men
were sadly
put
to confusion,
and
David
commanded
them,
saying:
Stay
at
Jericho,
till
your
beards
be
grown,
and
then
return.
And
the
children
of
Ammon
seeing
that
they
had done
an injury
to
David, Bent
and
hired
the Syrians
of Rohob,
and
the Syrians
of Soba,
twenty
thousand
footmen,
and
of
the
king
of Maacha
a
thousand
men,
and
of Istob
twelve
thousand
men.
And
when
David
heard
this,
he
sent
Joab
and
the
whole
army
of
warriors.
And
the
children
of
Ammon
came
out,
and
set
their
men
in
array
at
the entering
in
of
the
gate:
but
the Syrians
of Soba,
and
of Rohob,
and
of Istob,
and
of Maacha
were
by
themselves
in
the
field.
Then
Joab
seeing
that
the
battle
was prepared
against
him,
both
before
and
behind,
chose
of
all
the
choice
men
of
Israel,
and put
them
in
array
against
the Syrians:
And
the
rest
of
the
people
he
delivered
to Abisai
his
brother,
who
set
them
in array
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
Joab
said:
If
the Syrians
are
too
strong
for
me,
then thou shalt
help
me:
but
if
the
children
of
Ammon
are
too
strong
for thee,
then
I
will
help thee.
Be
of
good
courage,
and let
us fight
for
our
people,
and
for
the
city
of
our
God:
and
the
Lord
will
do
what
is
good
in
his
sight.
And
Joab
and
the
people
that
were
with
him, began
to
fight
against
the Syrians:
and
they immediately
fled
before
him.
And
the
children
of
Ammon
seeing
that
the Syrians
were
fled,
they
fled
also
before Abisai,
and
entered
into
the
city:
and
Joab
returned
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
Then
the Syrians
seeing
that
they
had fallen
before
Israel,
gathered
themselves
together.
And Adarezer
sent
and fetched
the Syrians,
that
were
beyond
the
river,
and
brought
over
their
army:
and Sobach,
the
captain
of
the
host
of Adarezer,
was
their
general.
And
when
this
was
told
David,
he
gathered
all
Israel
together,
and
passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
came
to
Helam:
and
the Syrians
set
themselves
in array
against
David,
and
fought
against
him.
And
the Syrians
fled
before
Israel,
and
David
slew
of
the Syrians
the
men
of
seven
hundred
chariots,
and
forty
thousand
horsemen:
and
smote Sobach
the
captain
of
the
army,
who presently
died.
And
all
the
kings
that
were auxiliaries
of Adarezer,
seeing themselves overcome
by
Israel,
were
afraid
and fled
away, eight
and fifty thousand
men
before
Israel.
And
they
made peace
with
Israel:
and
served
them,
and
all
the Syrians
were
afraid
to
help
the
children
of
Ammon
any
more.
And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
return
of
the
year,
at
the
time
when
kings
go
forth
to war,
that
David
sent
Joab
and
his
servants
with
him,
and
all
Israel,
and
they
spoiled
the
children
of
Ammon,
and besieged Rabba:
but
David
remained
in
Jerusalem.
In
the mean
time
it
happened
that
David
arose
from
his
bed
after noon,
and
walked
upon
the
roof
of
the
king’s
house:
and
he
saw
from
the
roof
of
his
house
a
woman
washing
herself,
over
against
him:
and
the
woman
was
very
beautiful.
And
the king
sent,
and
inquired
who
the
woman
was.
And
it
was
told
him,
that
she
was Bethsabee
the
daughter
of
Eliam,
the
wife
of Urias
the Hethite.
And
David
sent
messengers,
and
took
her,
and
she
came
in
to
him,
and
he
slept
with
her:
and presently
she
was
purified
from
her
uncleanness:
And she returned
to
her house having
conceived.
And she
sent
and
told
David,
and
said:
I
have
conceived.
And
David
sent
to
Joab, saying:
Send
me Urias
the Hethite.
And
Joab
sent Urias
to
David.
And Urias
came
to
David.
And
David
asked
how
Joab did,
and
the
people,
and
how
the
war
was
carried
on.
And
David
said
to Urias:
Go
into thy
house,
and
wash thy
feet.
And Urias
went
out
from
the
king’s
house,
and there
went
out
after
him
a mess
of meat
from
the
king.
But Urias
slept
before
the
gate
of
the
king’s
house,
with
the
other
servants
of
his
lord,
and
went
not
down
to
his own
house.
And
it
was
told
David
by some
that
said: Urias
went
not
to
his
house.
And
David
said
to Urias: Didst thou
not
come
from thy
journey?
why didst thou
not
go
down
to thy
house?
And Urias
said
to
David:
The
ark
of
God
and
Israel
and Juda
dwell
in tents,
and
my
lord
Joab
and
the
servants
of
my
lord
abide
upon
the
face
of
the earth:
and
shall
I
go
into
my
house,
to
eat
and
to
drink,
and
to
sleep
with
my
wife?
By thy welfare
and
by
the welfare
of thy
soul
I
will
not
do
this
thing.
Then
David
said
to Urias: Tarry
here
today,
and
tomorrow
I
will
send thee
away. Urias tarried
in
Jerusalem
that
day
and
the
next.
And
David
called
him
to
eat
and
to
drink
before
him,
and
he
made
him
drunk:
and
he
went
out
in
the
evening,
and
slept
on
his
couch
with
the
servants
of
his
lord,
and
went
not
down
into
his
house.
And
when
the
morning
was
come,
David
wrote
a
letter
to
Joab:
and
sent
it
by
the
hand
of Urias,
Writing
in
the
letter:
Set ye Urias
in
the
front
of
the
battle,
where
the
fight
is strongest:
and leave ye
him,
that
he
may
be
wounded
and
die.
Wherefore
as
Joab
was besieging
the
city,
he
put Urias
in
the
place
where
he
knew
the bravest
men
were.
And
the
men
coming
out
of
the
city,
fought
against
Joab,
and there
fell
some
of
the
people
of
the
servants
of
David,
and Urias
the Hethite
was
killed
also.
Then
Joab
sent,
and
told
David
all
things
concerning
the
battle.
And
he
charged
the
messenger,
saying:
When thou hast
told
all
the
words
of
the
battle
to
the
king,
If thou
see
him
to
be
angry,
and
he
shall
say:
Why
did
you
approach
so
near
to
the
wall
to
fight?
knew
you
not
that many darts
are
thrown
from
above
off
the
wall?
Who
killed
Abimelech
the
son
of Jerobaal?
did
not
a
woman
cast
a
piece
of
a
millstone
upon
him
from
the
wall,
and
slew
him
in Thebes?
Why
did
you
go
near
the
wall? Thou shalt
say: Thy
servant Urias
the Hethite
is
also
slain.
So
the
messenger
departed,
and
came
and
told
David
all
that
Joab
had commanded
him.
And
the
messenger
said
to
David:
The
men
prevailed
against
us,
and
they
came
out
to
us
into
the
field:
and
we vigorously charged
and pursued
them
even
to
the
gate
of
the
city.
And
the
archers
shot
their arrows
at thy
servants
from
off
the
wall
above:
and some
of
the
king’s
servants
are slain,
and thy
servant Urias
the Hethite
is
also
dead.
And
David
said
to
the
messenger:
Thus shalt thou
say
to
Joab:
Let
not
this
thing discourage thee:
for various
is
the
event
of
war:
and sometimes
one, sometimes
another
is
consumed
by
the
sword:
encourage thy
warriors
against
The
city,
and exhort
them
that thou mayest
overthrow
it.
And
the
wife
of Urias
heard
that Urias
her
husband
was
dead,
and
she
mourned
for
him.
And
the
mourning
being
over,
David
sent
and
brought
her
into
his
house,
and
she
became
his
wife,
and
she
bore
him
a
son:
and
this
thing
which
David
had
done,
was displeasing
to
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
sent
Nathan
to
David:
and
when
he
was
come
to
him,
he
said
to
him:
There
were
two
men
in
one
city,
the
one
rich,
and
the
other
poor.
The
rich
man
had
exceeding
many
sheep
and
oxen.
But
the
poor
man
had
nothing
at
all
but
one
little
ewe
lamb,
which
he
had
bought
and nourished
up,
and
which
had
grown
up
in
his house
together
with
his
children,
eating
of
his
bread,
and
drinking
of
his
cup,
and sleeping
in
his
bosom:
and
it
was unto
him
as
a
daughter.
And
when
a
certain stranger
was
come
to
the
rich
man,
he
spared
to
take
of
his
own
sheep
and
oxen,
to
make
a feast
for
that stranger,
who
was
come
to
him,
but
took
the
poor
man’s
ewe,
and dressed
it
for
the
man
that
was
come
to
him.
And
David’s
anger
being
exceedingly
kindled
against
that
man,
he
said
to
Nathan:
As
the
Lord liveth,
the
man
that hath
done
this
is
a
child
of
death.
He
shall restore
the
ewe
fourfold,
because
he
did
this
thing,
and
had
no
pity.
And
Nathan
said
to
David: Thou art
the
man.
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
anointed thee
king
over
Israel,
and
I
delivered thee
from
the
hand
of
Saul,
And
gave thee thy
master’s
house
and thy
master’s
wives
into thy
bosom,
and
gave thee
the
house
of
Israel
and Juda:
and
if
these
things
be
little,
I
shall
add far greater
things unto thee.
Why
therefore hast thou
despised
the
word
of
the
Lord,
to
do
evil
in
my
sight? Thou hast
killed Urias
the Hethite
with
the
sword,
and hast
taken
his
wife
to
be thy
wife,
and hast
slain
him
with
the
sword
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
Therefore
the
sword
shall
never
depart
from thy
house,
because thou hast
despised
me,
and hast
taken
the
wife
of Urias
the Hethite
to
be thy
wife.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold,
I
will
raise
up
evil
against thee
out
of thy
own
house,
and
I
will
take thy
wives
before thy
eyes
I
and
give
them
to thy neighhour,
and
he
shall
lie
with thy
wives
in
the
sight
of
this
sun.
For thou didst
it secretly:
but
I
will
do
this
thing
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
and
in
the
sight
of
the
sun.
And
David
said
to
Nathan:
I
have
sinned
against
the
Lord.
And
Nathan
said
to
David:
The
Lord
also hath
taken
away thy
sin: thou shalt
not
die.
Nevertheless,
because thou hast
given occasion
to
the
enemies
of
the
Lord
to
blaspheme,
for
this
thing,
the
child
that
is
born
to thee,
shall
surely
die.
And
Nathan returned
to
his
house.
The
Lord
also
struck
the
child
which
the
wife
of Urias
had
borne
to
David,
and
his life
was despaired
of.
And
David besought
the Lord
for
the
child:
and
David kept
a
fast,
and
going
in
by
himself
lay
upon
the
ground.
And
the ancients
of
his
house came,
to
make
him
rise
from
the
ground:
but
he
would
not,
neither
did
he eat meat
with
them.
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
when
the
child
was
yet
alive,
we
spoke
to
him,
and
he
would
not hearken
to
our
voice:
how much
more
will
he afflict
himself
if
we
tell
him
that
the
child
is
dead?
But
when
David
saw
his
servants
whispering,
he
understood
that
the
child
was
dead:
and
he
said
to
his
servants:
Is
the
child
dead?
They
answered
him:
He
is
dead.
Then
David
arose
from
the
ground,
and
washed
and anointed
himself:
and
when
he
had
changed
his apparel,
he
went
into
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and worshipped,
and
then
he
came
into
his own
house,
and
he called
for
bread,
and
ate.
And
his
servants
said
to
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
up,
and
eat
bread.
And
he
said:
While
the
child
was
yet
alive,
I
fasted
and
wept
for
him:
for
I
said:
Who knoweth whether
the
Lord
may
not
give
him
to
me,
and
the
child
may
live?
But
now
that
he
is
dead,
why
should
I
fast?
Shall
I
be
able
to
bring
him
back
any
more?
I
shall
go
to
him
rather:
but
he
shall
not
return
to
me.
And
David
comforted Bethsabee
his
wife,
and
went
in unto
her,
and
slept
with
her:
I
and
she
bore
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name
Solomon,
and
the
Lord
loved
him.
And
he
sent
by
the
hand
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
called
his
name, Amiable
to
the
Lord,
because
the
Lord loved
him.
And
Joab
fought
against Rabbath
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and laid close siege
to
the
royal
city.
And
Joab
sent
messengers
to
David,
saying:
I
have
fought
against Rabbath,
and
the
city
of
waters
is
about
to
be
taken.
Now
therefore
gather thou
the
rest
of
the
people
together,
and besiege
the
city
and
take
it:
lest
when
the
city
shall
be wasted
by
me,
the victory
be ascribed
to
my
name.
Then
David
gathered
all
the
people
together,
and went
out
against Rabbath:
and after
fighting,
he
took
it.
And
he
took
the
crown
of
their
king
from
his
head,
the
weight
of which
was
a
talent
of
gold,
set
with
most
precious
stones,
and
it
was
put
upon
David’s
head,
and
the
spoils
of
the
city which
were
very
great
he
carried
away.
And
bringing
forth
the
people thereof
he sawed
them,
and drove
over
them chariots armed
with
iron:
and divided
them
with knives,
and
made
them
pass
through brickkilns:
so
did
he
to
all
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
and
David
returned,
with
all
the
army
to
Jerusalem.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
Amnon
the
son
of
David
loved
the
sister
of
Absalom
the
son
of
David,
who
was
very
beautiful,
and
her
name
was Thamar.
And
he
was exceedingly fond
of
her,
so
that
he fell
sick
for
the love
of
her:
for
as
she
was
a
virgin,
he
thought
it
hard
to
do
any
thing dishonestly
with
her.
Now
Amnon
had
a
friend,
named
Jonadab
the
son
of Semmaa
the
brother
of
David,
a
very
wise
man:
And
he
said
to
him:
Why dost thou grow
so lean
from
day
to
day,
O
son
of
the
king?
why dost thou
not
tell
me
the reason
of
it?
And
Amnon
said
to
him:
I
am
in
love
with Thamar
the
sister
of
my
brother
Absalom.
And
Jonadab
said
to
him:
Lie
down
upon thy
bed,
and feign thyself
sick:
and
when thy
father
shall
come
to
visit thee,
say
to
him:
Let
my
sister Thamar,
I
pray thee,
come
to
me,
to
give
me
to
eat,
and
to
make
me
a mess,
that
I
may
eat
it
at
her
hand.
So
Amnon
lay
down,
and made
as
if
he
were
sick:
and
when
the
king
came
to
visit
him,
Amnon
said
to
the
king:
I
pray thee
let
my
sister Thamar
come,
and
make
in
my
sight
two little messes,
that
I
may
eat
at
her
hand.
Then
David
sent
home
to Thamar,
saying:
Come
to
the
house
of thy
brother
Amnon,
and
make
him
a mess.
And Thamar came
to
the
house
of
Amnon
her
brother:
but
he
was
laid
down:
and
she
took meal
and tempered
it:
and dissolving
it
in
his
sight
she
made little messes.
And
taking
what
she
had boiled,
she
poured
it
out,
and
set
it
before
him,
but
he
would
not
eat:
and
Amnon
said:
Put
out
all
persons
from
me.
And
when
they
had
put
all
persons
out,
Amnon
said
to Thamar:
Bring
the mess
into
the
chamber,
that
I
may
eat
at thy
hand.
And Thamar
took
the little messes
which
she
had
made,
and
brought
them
in
to
her
brother
Amnon
in
the
chamber.
And
when
she
had
presented
him
the meat,
he
took
hold
of
her,
and
said:
Come
lie
with
me,
my
sister.
She
answered
him:
Do
not
so,
my
brother,
do
not force
me:
for
no
such
thing
must
be
done
in
Israel.
Do
not thou
this
folly.
For
I
shall
not
be able
to bear
my
shame,
and thou shalt
be
as
one
of
the
fools
in
Israel:
but
rather
speak
to
the
king,
and
he
will
not
deny
me
to thee.
But
he
would
not hearken
to
her prayers,
but being
stronger overpowered
her
and
lay
with
her.
Then
Amnon
hated
her
with
an
exceeding
great
hatred:
so
that
the
hatred wherewith
he
hated
her
was
greater
than
the
love
with
which
he
had
loved
her before,
And
Amnon
said
to
her:
Arise,
and
get thee gone.
She
answered
him:
This
evil
which
now thou dost
against
me,
in
driving
me
away,
is
greater
than
that
which thou didst
before.
And
he
would
not hearken
to
her:
But
calling
the
servants
that
ministered
to
him,
he
said:
Thrust
this woman
out
from
me:
and shut
the
door
after
her.
And
she
was
clothed
with
along
robe:
for
the
king’s
daughters
that
were
virgins,
used
such kind
of
garments.
Then
his
servant thrust
her
out:
and shut
the
door
after
her.
And
she
put
ashes
on
her
head,
and rent
her long
robe
and
laid
her
hands
upon
her
head,
and
went
on
crying.
And
Absalom
her
brother
said
to
her: Hath thy
brother
Amnon lain
with thee?
but
now,
sister,
hold thy peace,
he
is thy
brother:
and afflict
not thy
heart
for
this
thing.
So Thamar
remained pining
away
in
the
house
of
Absalom
her
brother.
And
when
king
David
heard
of
these
things
he
was
exceedingly grieved:
and
he
would
not afflict
the spirit
of
his son Amnon,
for
he loved
him,
because
he
was
his firstborn.
But
Absalom
spoke
not
to
Amnon
neither
good
nor
evil:
for
Absalom
hated
Amnon
because
he
had ravished
his
sister Thamar.
And
it
came
to
pass
after two
years,
that
the sheep
of
Absalom
were shorn
in Baalhasor,
which
is
near
Ephraim:
and
Absalom
invited
all
the
king’s
sons:
And
he
came
to
the
king,
and
said
to
him:
Behold thy
servant’s sheep
are shorn.
Let
the
king,
I
pray,
with
his
servants
come
to
his
servant.
And
the
king
said
to
Absalom: Nay,
my
son,
do
not
ask
that
we
should
all
come,
and
be chargeable
to thee.
And
when
he
pressed
him,
and
he
would
not
go,
he
blessed
him.
And
Absalom
said: If thou wilt
not
come,
at least
let
my
brother
Amnon,
I
beseech thee,
come
with
us.
And
the
king
said
to
him:
It
is
not necessary
that
he
should
go
with thee.
But
Absalom
pressed
him,
so
that
he
let
Amnon
and
all
the
king’s
sons
go
with
him.
And
Absalom
made
a feast
as
it
were
the feast
of
a
king.
And
Absalom
had
commanded
his
servants,
saying:
Take notice
when
Amnon
shall
be
drunk
with
wine,
and
when
I
shall
say
to
you:
Strike
him,
and
kill
him,
fear
not:
for
it
is
I
that
command
you:
take
courage,
and
be
valiant
men.
And
the
servants
of
Absalom
did
to
Amnon
as
Absalom
had
commanded
them.
And
all
the
king’s
sons
arose
and
got
up
every
man
upon
his
mule,
and
fled.
And
while
they
were
yet
in
the
way,
a rumour
came
to
David,
saying:
Absalom hath
slain
all
the
king’s
sons,
and
there
is
not
one
of
them
left.
Then
the
king
rose
up,
and rent
his
garments:
and fell upon
the
ground,
and
all
his
servants,
that
stood
about
him, rent
their
garments.
But
Jonadab
the
son
of Semmaa
David’s
brother answering,
said:
Let
not
my
lord
the
king
think
that
all
the
king’s
sons
are slain:
Amnon
only
is
dead,
for
he
was
appointed
by
the
mouth
of
Absalom
from
the
day
that
he ravished
his
sister Thamar.
Now
therefore
let
not
my
lord
the
king
take
this
thing
into
his
heart,
saying:
All
the
king’s
sons
are slain:
for
Amnon
only
is
dead.
But
Absalom
fled
away:
and
the
young
man
that kept
the
watch,
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
behold
there
came
much
people
by
a by-way
on
the
side
of
the
mountain.
And
Jonadab
said
to
the
king:
Behold
the
king’s
sons
are
come:
as thy
servant
said,
so
it
is.
And
when
he
made
an
end
of
speaking,
the
king’s
sons
also
appeared:
and
coming
in
they
lifted
up
their
voice,
and
wept:
and
the
king
also
and
all
his
servants
wept
very
much.
But
Absalom
fled,
and
went
to Tholomai
the
son
of Ammiud
the
king
of Gessur.
And
David
mourned
for
his
son
every
day.
And
Absalom
after
he
was
fled,
and
come
into Gessur,
was
there
three
years.
And
king
David
ceased
to pursue
after
Absalom,
because
he
was
comforted
concerning
the
death
of
Amnon.
And
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia,
understanding
that
the
king’s
heart
was turned
to
Absalom,
Sent
to Thecua,
and fetched
from thence
a
wise
woman:
and
said
to
her: Feign thyself
to
be
a
mourner,
and
put
on
mourning
apparel,
and
be
not anointed
with
oil,
that thou mayest
be
as
a
woman
that
had
a
long
time
been
mourning
for
one
dead.
And thou shalt
go
in
to
the
king,
and shalt
speak
to
him
in
this
manner.
And
Joab
put
the
words
in
her
mouth.
And
when
the
woman
of Thecua
was
come
in
to
the
king, she
fell
before
him
upon
the
ground,
and worshipped,
and
said:
Save
me, O
king.
And
the
king
said
to
her:
What
is
the matter
with thee?
She
answered: Alas,
I
am
a
widow
woman:
for
my
husband
is
dead.
And thy handmaid
had
two
sons:
and
they quarrelled
with
each
other
in
the
field,
and
there
was
none
to part
them:
and
the
one
struck
the
other,
and
slew
him.
And
behold
the
whole kindred
rising
against thy handmaid, saith:
Deliver
him
that hath
slain
his
brother,
that
we
may
kill
him
for
the
life
of
his
brother,
whom
he
slew,
and
that
we
may
destroy
the
heir:
and
they seek
to
quench
my spark
which
is
left,
and
will
leave
my
husband
no
name,
nor remainder
upon
the
earth.
And
the
king
said
to
the
woman: Go
to thy
house,
and
I
will
give
charge
concerning thee.
And
the
woman
of Thecua
said
to
the
king:
Upon
me,
my
lord,
be
the
iniquity,
and
upon
the
house
of
my
father:
but
may
the
king
and
his
throne
be guiltless.
And
the
king
said: If
any
one
shall
say ought
against thee,
bring
him
to
me,
and
be
shall
not
touch thee
any
more.
And
she
said:
Let
the
king
remember
the
Lord
his
God,
that
the
next
of kin
be
not
multiplied
to
take revenge,
and
that
they
may
not
kill
my
son.
And
he
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of thy
son
fall
to
the
earth.
Then
the
woman
said:
Let thy handmaid
speak
one
word
to
my
lord
the
king.
And
he
said:
Speak.
And
the
woman
said:
Why hast thou
thought
such
a
thing
against
the
people
of
God,
and
why hath
the
king
spoken
this
word,
to sin,
and
not
bring
home
again
his own exile?
We
all
die,
and
like
waters
that return
no
more,
we fall
down
into
the
earth:
neither
will
God
have
a
soul
to perish,
but recalleth, meaning
that
he
that
is
cast
off
should
not altogether perish.
Now
therefore
I am
come,
to
speak
this
word
to
my
lord
the
king
before
the
people.
And thy
handmaid
said:
I
will
speak
to
the
king,
it
maybe
the
king
will
perform
the
request
of
his
handmaid.
And
the
king hath hearkened
to
me
to
deliver
his
handmaid
out
of
the
hand
of
all
that
would
destroy
me
and
my
son
together
out
of
the
inheritance
of
God.
Then
let thy handmaid
say,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
the
king
be
made
as
a sacrifice.
For
even
as
an
angel
of
God,
so
is
my
lord
the
king,
that
he
is
neither moved
with blessing nor cursing: wherefore
the
Lord thy
God
is
also
with thee.
And
the
king answering,
said
to
the
woman:
Hide
not
from
me
the
thing
that
I
ask thee.
And
the
woman
said
to
him:
Speak,
my
lord
the
king.
And
the
king
said:
Is
not
the
hand
of
Joab
with thee
in
all
this?
The
woman
answered,
and
said:
By
the health
of thy
soul,
my
lord,
O
king,
it
is
neither
on
the
left
hand,
nor
on
the
right,
in
all
these
things
which
my
lord
the
king hath
spoken:
for thy
servant
Joab,
he
commanded
me,
and
he
put
all
these
words
into
the
mouth
of thy handmaid.
That
I
should
come
about
with
this
form
of
speech, thy
servant
Joab, commanded
this:
but thou,
my
lord,
O king, art
wise, according
to
the
wisdom
of ail
angel
of
God,
to
understand
all
things upon
earth.
And
the
king
said
to
Joab:
Behold
I am appeased
and
have granted thy
request:
Go therefore
and fetch
back
the
boy
Absalom.
And
Joab
falling
down
to
the
ground
upon
his
face, adored,
and
blessed
the
king:
and
Joab
said:
This
day thy
servant hath
understood,
that
I
have
found
grace
in thy
sight,
my
lord, O
king:
for thou hast fulfilled
the
request
of thy
servant.
Then
Joab
arose
and
went
to Gessur,
and
brought
Absalom
to
Jerusalem.
But
the
king
said:
Let
him return
into
his
house,
and
let
him
not
see
my
face.
So
Absalom
returned
into
his
house,
and
saw
not
the
king’s
face.
But
in
all
Israel
there
was
not
a
man
so comely,
and
so
exceedingly
beautiful
as
Absalom:
from
the
sole
of
the
foot
to
the
crown
of
his
head
there
was
no
blemish
in
him.
And
when
he polled
his
hair (now
he
was polled
once
a
year,
because
his
hair
was
burdensome
to
him)
he
weighed
the
hair
of
his
head
at
two
hundred sicles,
according
to
the common
weight.
And
there
were
born
to
Absalom
three
sons:
and
one
daughter,
whose,
name
was Thamar,
and
she
was very
beautiful.
And
Absalom
dwelt
two
years
in
Jerusalem,
and
saw
not
the
king’s
face.
He
sent
therefore
to
Joab,
to
send
him
to
the
king:
but
he
would
not
come
to
him.
And
when
he
had
sent
the
second
time,
and
he
would
not
come
to
him,
He
said
to
his
servants:
You know
the
field
of
Joab
near
my
field,
that hath
a crop
of
barley: go
now
and
set
it
on
fire.
So
the
servants
of
Absalom
set
the corn
on
fire.
And
Joab’s
servants coming
with
their garments rent,
said:
The
servants
of
Absalom
have
set
part
of
the
field
on
fire.
Then
Joab
arose,
and
came
to
Absalom
to
his
house,
and
said:
Why
have thy
servants
set
my corn
on
fire?
And
Absalom
answered
Joab:
I
sent
to thee beseeching thee
to
come
to
me,
that
I might
send thee
to
the
king,
to
say
to
him: Wherefore
am
I
come
from Gessur?
it
had
been
better
for
me
to
be
there:
I beseech thee
therefore
that
I
may
see
the
face
of
the
king:
and
if
he
be mindful
of
my
iniquity,
let
him
kill
me.
So
Joab
going
in
to
the
king,
told
him all:
and
Absalom
was
called
for,
and
he
went
in
to
the
king:
and
prostrated
himself
on
the
ground
before
him:
and
the
king
kissed
Absalom.
Now
after these
things
Absalom
made
himself
chariots,
and
horsemen,
and
fifty
men
to
run
before
him.
And
Absalom
rising
up
early
stood
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate,
and
when
any
man
had business
to
come
to
the
king’s
judgment,
Absalom
called
him
to
him,
and
said:
Of
what
city art thou?
He
answered,
and
said: Thy
servant
is
of
such
a
tribe
of
Israel.
And
Absalom
answered
him: Thy
words seem
to
me
good
and
just.
But
there
is
no
man appointed
by
the
king
to
hear thee.
And
Absalom
said:
O
that
they
would
make
me
judge
over
the
land,
that
all
that
have business
might
come
to
me,
that
I
might
do
them
justice.
Moreover
when
any
man
came
to
him
to salute
him,
he
put
forth
his
hand,
and
took
him,
and
kissed
him.
And
this
he
did
to
all
Israel
that
came
for
judgment,
to
be heard
by
the
king,
and
he enticed
the
hearts
of
the
men
of
Israel.
And
after
forty
years,
Absalom
said
to
king David:
Let
me
go,
and
pay
my
vows
which
I
have
vowed
to
the
Lord
in
Hebron.
For thy
servant
made avow,
when
he
was
in Gessur
of
Syria,
saying:
If
the
Lord
shall
bring
me
again
into
Jerusalem
I
will offer sacrifice
to
the
Lord.
And
king David
said
to
him:
Go
in
peace.
And
he
arose,
and
went
to
Hebron.
And
Absalom
sent
spies into
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
saying:
As soon
as
you
shall
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
say ye:
Absalom reigneth
in
Hebron.
Now
there
went
with
Absalom
two
hundred
men
out
of
Jerusalem
that
were
called,
going
with simplicity
of heart,
and
knowing
nothing
of
the
design.
Absalom
also
sent
for Achitophel
the
Gilonite,
David’s counsellor,
from
his
city Gilo.
And
while
he
was
offering
sacrifices,
there
was
a
strong
conspiracy,
and
the
people
running
together increased
with
Absalom.
And
there
came
a
messenger
to
David,
saying:
All
Israel
with
their whole
heart followeth
Absalom.
And
David
said
to
his
servants,
that
were
with
him
in
Jerusalem:
Arise
and
let
us
flee:
for
we
shall
not
escape
else
from
the
face
of
Absalom:
make
haste
to
go
out,
lest
he
come
and
overtake
us,
and
bring ruin
upon
us,
and
smite
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
And
the
king’s
servants
said
to
him:
Whatsoever
our
lord
the
king
shall
command,
we thy
servants
will willingly execute.
And
the
king
went
forth,
and
all
his
household
on
foot:
and
the
king
left
ten
women
his
concubines
to
keep
the
house:
And
the
king
going
forth
and
all
Israel
on
foot,
stood afar
off
from
the house:
And
all
his
servants walked
by
him,
and
the bands
of
the Cerethi,
and
the Phelethi,
and
all
the Gethites, valiant
warriors,
six
hundred
men
who
had
followed
him
from Geth
on
foot,
went
before
the
king.
And
the
king
said
to Ethai
the Gethite:
Why comest thou
with
us?
return
and
dwell
with
the
king,
for thou art
a
stranger,
and art
come
out
of thy
own
place.
Yesterday thou camest,
and
today shalt thou
be forced
to
go
forth
with
us?
but
I
shall
go whither
I
am
going:
return thou,
and
take
back thy
brethren
with thee,
and
the
Lord
will shew thee mercy,
and
truth,
because thou hast shewn grace
and
fidelity.
And Ethai
answered
the
king,
saying:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as
my
lord
the
king liveth:
in
what
place soever thou shalt
be,
my
lord,
O
king,
either
in
death,
or
in
life,
there
will thy
servant
be.
And
David
said
to Ethai: Come,
and
pass
over.
And Ethai
the Gethite
passed,
and
all
the
men
that
were
with
him,
and
the rest
of
the
people.
And
they
all
wept
with
a
loud
voice,
and
all
the
people
passed
over:
the
king
also
himself
went
over
the
brook Cedron,
and
all
the
people marched towards
the
way
that looketh
to
the
desert.
And Sadoc
the priest
also
came,
and
all
the
Levites
with
him
carrying
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God,
and
they
set
down
the
ark
of
God:
and
Abiathar
went
up,
till
all
the
people
that
was
come
out
of
the
city
had
done
passing.
And
the
king
said
to Sadoc: Carry
back
the
ark
of
God
into
the
city:
if
I
shall
find
grace
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
he
will
bring
me
again,
and
he
will shew
me
it,
and
his tabernacle.
But
if
he
shall
say
to
me: Thou pleasest
me
not:
I
am ready,
let
him
do
that
which
is
good
before
him.
And
the
king
said
to Sadoc
the
priest:
O seer,
return
into
the
city
in
peace:
and let Achimaas thy
son,
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Abiathar,
your
two
sons,
be
with
you.
Behold
I
will lie hid
in
the plains
of
the
wilderness,
till
there
come
word
from
you
to certify
me.
So Sadoc
and
Abiathar carried
back
the
ark
of
God
into
Jerusalem:
and
they tarried
there.
But
David
went
up
by
the
ascent
of
mount Olivet,
going
up
and
weeping,
walking
barefoot,
and
with
his
head
covered,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
them,
went
up
with
their
heads
covered
weeping.
And
it
was
told
David
that Achitophel
also
was
in
the conspiracy
with
Absalom,
and
David
said: Infatuate,
O
Lord,
I
beseech thee,
the
counsel
of Achitophel.
And
when
David
was
come
to
the
top
of
the mountain,
where
he
was
about
to adore
the Lord,
behold Chusai
the Arachite,
came
to
meet
him
with
his
garment rent
and
his
head covered
with
earth.
And
David
said
to
him:
If thou
come
with
me, thou wilt
be
a
burden
to
me:
But
if thou
return
into
the
city,
and wilt
say
to
Absalom:
I
am thy
servant,
O
king:
as
I
have
been thy
father’s
servant,
so
I
will
be thy
servant: thou shalt defeat
the
counsel
of Achitophel.
And thou hast
with thee Sadoc,
and
Abiathar
the
priests:
and
what
thing soever thou shalt
hear
out
of
the
king’s
house, thou shalt
tell
it
to Sadoc
and
Abiathar
the
priests.
And
there
are
with
them
their
two
sons Achimaas
the
son
of Sadoc,
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Abiathar:
and
you
shall
send
by
them
to
me
every
thing
that
you
shall
hear.
Then Chusai
the
friend
of
David
went
into
the
city,
and
Absalom
came
into
Jerusalem.
And
when
David
was
a
little past
the
top
of
the hill,
behold Siba
the
servant
of Miphiboseth
came
to
meet
him
with
two asses, laden
with
two
hundred
loaves
of
bread,
and
a
hundred
bunches
of
raisins,
a
hundred cakes
of figs,
and
a vessel
of
wine.
And
the
king
said
to Siba:
What mean
these
things?
And Siba
answered:
The asses
are
for
the
king’s
household
to sit
on:
and
the
loaves
and
the figs
for thy
servants
to
eat,
and
the
wine
to
drink if
any
man
be
faint
in
the
desert.
And
the
king
said:
Where
is thy
master’s
son?
And Siba
answered
the
king:
He
remained
in
Jerusalem,
saying:
Today
will
the
house
of
Israel
restore
me
the
kingdom
of
my
father.
And
the
king
said
to Siba:
I give thee
all
that belonged
to Miphiboseth.
And Siba
said:
I beseech thee let
me
find
grace
before thee,
my
lord, O
king.
And
king
David
came
as
far
as
Bahurim:
and
behold
there
came
out
from thence
a
man
of
the kindred
of
the
house
of
Saul
named Semei,
the
son
of
Gera,
and
coming
out
he
cursed
as
he
went
on,
And
he
threw
stones
at
David,
and
at
all
the
servants
of
king
David:
and
all
the
people,
and
all
the
warriors walked
on
the
right,
and
on
the
left
side
of
the
king.
And
thus
said Semei
when
he
cursed
the king:
Come
out,
come
out, thou
man
of
blood,
and thou
man
of Belial.
The
Lord hath
repaid thee
for
all
the
blood
of
the
house
of
Saul:
because thou hast usurped
the
kingdom
in
his
stead,
and
the
Lord hath
given
the
kingdom
into
the
hand
of
Absalom thy
son:
and
behold thy evils press
upon thee,
because thou art
a
man
of
blood.
And Abisai
the
son
of Sarvia
said
to
the
king:
Why
should
this
dead
dog
curse
my
lord
the
king?
I
will
go,
and
cut
off
his
head.
And
the
king
said:
What
have
I
to
do
with
you, ye
sons
of Sarvia?
Let
him
alone
and
let
him
curse:
for
the
Lord hath bid
him
curse
David:
and
who
is
he
that
shall dare
say,
why hath
he
done
so?
And
the king
said
to Abisai,
and
to
all
his
servants:
Behold
my
son,
who
came
forth
from
my
bowels, seeketh
my
life:
how
much
more
now
a
son
of Jemini?
let
him alone
that
he
may
curse
as
the
Lord hath bidden
him.
Perhaps
the
Lord
may
look
upon
my affliction,
and
the
Lord
may
render
me
good
for
the
cursing
of
this
day.
And
David
and
his
men
with
him
went
by
the
way.
And Semei
by
the hill’s
side
went over
against
him,
cursing,
and casting
stones
at
him,
and scattering
earth.
And
the
king
and
all
the
people
with
him
came
weary,
and
refreshed themselves
there.
But
Absalom
and
all
his
people
came
into
Jerusalem,
and Achitophel
was
with
him.
And
when Chusai
the Arachite,
David’s
friend,
was
come
to
Absalom,
he
said
to
him:
God save thee, O
king,
God save thee, O
king.
And
Absalom
said
to
him:
Is
this thy
kindness
to thy
friend?
Why wentest thou
not
with thy
friend?
And Chusai
answered
Absalom: Nay:
for
I
will
be
his,
whom
the
Lord hath
chosen,
and
all
this
people,
and
all
Israel,
and
with
him
will
I
abide.
Besides
this,
whom
shall
I
serve?
is
it
not
the king’s
son?
as
I
have
served thy
father,
so
will
I
serve thee
also.
And
Absalom
said
to Achitophel: Consult
what
we
are
to
do.
And Achitophel
said
to
Absalom:
Go
in
to
the
concubines
of thy
father,
whom
he hath
left
to
keep
the
house:
that
when
all
Israel
shall
hear
that thou hast disgraced thy
father,
their
hands
may
be
strengthened
with thee.
So
they
spread
a
tent
for
Absalom
on
the
top
of
the house,
and
he
went
in
to
his
father’s
concubines
before
all
Israel.
Now
the
counsel
of Achitophel,
which
he
gave
in
those
days,
was
as
if
a
man
should
consult
God:
so
was
all
the
counsel
of Achitophel,
both
when
he
was
with
David,
and
when
he
was
with
Absalom.
And Achitophel
said
to
Absalom:
I
will
choose
me
twelve
thousand
men,
and
I
will
arise
and
pursue
after
David
this
night.
And
coming
upon
him (for
he
is
now
weary,
and
weak
handed)
I
will
defeat
him:
and
when
all
the
people
is
put
to
flight
that
is
with
him,
I
will
kill
the
king
who
will
be
left
alone.
And
I
will
bring
back
all
the
people,
as
if
they
were
but
one
man:
for thou seekest
but
one
man:
and
all
the
people
shall
be
in
peace.
And
his
saying
pleased
Absalom,
and
all
the ancients
of
Israel.
But
Absalom
said:
Call Chusai
the Arachite,
and
let
us
hear
what
he
also saith.
And
when Chusai
was
come
to
Absalom,
Absalom
said
to
him: Achitophel hath
spoken
after
this
manner:
shall
we
do
it
or
not?
what
counsel dost thou
give?
And Chusai
said
to
Absalom:
The
counsel
that Achitophel hath
given
this
time
is
not
good.
And again Chusai
said: Thou knowest thy
father,
and
the
men
that
are
with
him,
that
they
are
very
valiant,
and
bitter
in
their
mind,
as
a
bear raging
in
the wood
when
her whelps
are taken away:
and thy
father
is
a
warrior,
and
will
not lodge
with
the
people.
Perhaps
he
now lieth
hid
in
pits,
or
in
some
other
place
where
he list:
and
when
any
one
shall
fall
at
the
first,
every
one
that heareth
it
shall
say:
There
is
a
slaughter among
the
people
that
followed
Absalom.
And
the most
valiant
man
whose
heart
is
as
the
heart
of
a
lion,
shall
melt
for fear:
for
all
the
people
of
Israel
know thy
father
to
be
a
valiant
man,
and
that
all
who
are
with
him
are
valiant.
But
this seemeth
to
me
to
be good
counsel:
Let
all
Israel
be
gathered
to thee,
from
Dan
to Bersabee,
as
the
sand
of
the
sea
which cannot
be numbered:
and thou shalt
be
in
the midst
of
them.
And
we
shall
come
upon
him
in
what
place soever
he
shall
be
found:
and
we
shall cover
him,
as
the
dew falleth
upon
the
ground,
and
we
shall
not
leave
of
the
men
that
are
with
him,
not
so
much
as
one.
And
if
he
shall enter
into
any
city,
all
Israel
shall cast
ropes round
about
that
city,
and
we
will draw
it
into
the
river,
so
that
there
shall
not
be
found
so
much
as
one small
stone thereof.
And
Absalom,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
said:
The
counsel
of Chusai
the Arachite
is
better
than
the
counsel
of Achitophel:
and
by
the
will
of
the
Lord
the profitable
counsel
of Achitophel
was defeated,
that
the
Lord
might
bring
evil
upon
Absalom.
And Chusai
said
to Sadoc
and
Abiathar
the
priests: Thus
and thus did Achitophel
counsel
Absalom,
and
the ancients
of
Israel:
and thus
and thus did
I
counsel
them.
Now
therefore
send
quickly,
and
tell
David,
saying: Tarry
not
this
night
in
the
plains
of
the
wilderness,
but
without delay
pass
over:
lest
the
king
be
swallowed
up,
and
all
the
people
that
is
with
him.
And
Jonathan
and Achimaas
stayed
by
the fountain Rogel:
and
there
went
a
maid
and
told
them:
and
they
went
forward,
to
carry
the message
to
king
David,
for
they might
not
be
seen,
nor
enter
into
the
city.
But
a
certain
boy
saw
them,
and
told
Absalom:
but
they making haste
went
into
the
house
of
a
certain
man
in
Bahurim,
who
had
a
well
in
his
court,
and
they
went
down
into
it.
And
a
woman
took,
and
spread
a
covering
over
the
mouth
of
the
well,
as
it
were
to dry sodden barley:
and
so
the
thing
was
not
known.
And
when
Absalom’s
servants
were
come
into
the
house,
they
said
to
the
woman:
Where
is Achimaas
and
Jonathan?
and
the
woman
answered
them:
They
passed
on
in haste,
after
they
had tasted
a little
water.
But
they
that
sought
them,
when
they
found
them
not,
returned
into
Jerusalem.
And
when
they
were
gone,
they
came
up
out
of
the
well,
and
going
on
told
king
David,
and
said:
Arise,
and
pass
quickly
over
the
river:
for
this
manner
of
counsel
has Achitophel
given
against
you.
So
David
arose,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
and
they
passed
over
the
Jordan,
until
it grew
light,
and
not
one
of
them
was
left
that
was
not
gone
over
the
river.
But Achitophel
seeing
that
his
counsel
was
not followed,
saddled
his ass,
and
arose
and
went
home
to
his
house
and
to
his
city,
and
putting
his
house
in
order, hanged
himself,
and
was
buried
in
the sepulchre
of
his
father.
But
David
came
to
the camp,
and
Absalom
passed
over
the
Jordan,
be
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
with
him.
Now
Absalom
appointed
Amasa
in
Joab’s
stead
over
the
army:
and
Amasa
was
the
son
of
a
man
who
was
called Jethra
of Jezrael,
who
went
in
to
Abigail
the
daughter
of Naas,
the
sister
of Sarvia
who
was
the
mother
of
Joab.
And
Israel
camped
with
Absalom
in
the
land
of Galaad.
And
when
David
was
come
to
the camp, Sobi
the
son
of Naas
of Rabbath
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Machir
the
son
of Ammihel
of Lodabar,
and Berzellai
the Galaadite
of
Rogelim,
Brought him
beds,
and tapestry,
and earthen
vessels,
and
wheat,
and
barley,
and
meal,
and
parched corn,
and
beans,
and
lentils,
and fried pulse,
And
honey,
and
butter,
and
sheep,
and fat
calves,
and
they
gave
to
David
and
the
people
that
were
with
him,
to
eat:
for
they suspected
that
the
people
were
faint
with
hunger
and thirst
in
the
wilderness.
And
David having reviewed
his
people,
appointed
over
them
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
And
sent
forth
a
third
part
of
the
people
under
the
hand
of
Joab,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of Abisai
the
son
of Sarvia
Joab’s
brother,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of Ethai,
who
was
of Geth:
and
the
king
said
to
the
people:
I
also
will
go
forth
with
you.
And
the
people
answered: Thou shalt
not
go
forth:
for
if
we
flee
away,
they
will
not much
mind
us:
or
if
half
of
us
should
fall,
they
will
not greatly care:
for thou alone art accounted
for
ten
thousand:
it
is
better
therefore
that thou shouldst
be
in
the
city
to succour
us.
And
the
king
said
to
them:
What seemeth
good
to
you,
that
will
I
do.
And
the
king
stood
by
the
gate:
and
all
the
people
went forth
by
their troops,
by
hundreds
and
by
thousands.
And
the
king
commanded
Joab,
and Abisai,
and Ethai,
saying: Save
me
the
boy
Absalom.
And
all
the
people
heard
the
king
giving
charge
to
all
the
princes
concerning
Absalom.
So
the
people
went
out
into
the
field
against
Israel
and
the
battle
was fought
in
the
forest
of
Ephraim.
And
the
people
of
Israel
were
defeated
there
by
David’s
army,
and
a
great
slaughter
was
made
that
day
of
twenty
thousand
men.
And
the
battle
there
was
scattered
over
the
face
of
all
the
country,
and
there
were
many
more
of
the
people
whom
the
forest
consumed,
than
whom
the
sword
devoured
that
day.
And
it
happened
that
Absalom
met
the
servants
of
David,
riding
on
a
mule:
and
as
the
mule
went
under
a
thick
and
large
oak,
his
head stuck
in
the
oak:
and
while
he
hung
between
the
heaven
and
the
earth,
the
mule
on
which
he
rode
passed
on.
And
one
saw
this
and
told
Joab,
saying:
I
saw
Absalom
hanging
upon
an
oak.
And
Joab
said
to
the
man
that
told
him:
If thou sawest
him,
why didst thou
not stab
him
to
the
ground,
and
I
would
have
given thee
ten sicles
of
silver,
and belt?
And
he
said
to
Joab:
If thou wouldst
have
paid
down
in
my
hands
a
thousand pieces
of
silver,
I
would
not
lay
my
hands
upon
the
king’s
son:
for
in
our
hearing
he
king
charged thee,
and Abisai,
and Ethai,
saying: Save
me
the
boy
Absalom.
Yea
and
if
I
should
have
acted boldly
against
my
own
life,
this
could
not
have
been
hid
from
the
king,
and wouldst thou
have
stood
by
me?
And
Joab
said:
Not
as thou wilt,
but
will set upon
him
in thy
sight.
So
he
took
three lances
in
his
hand,
and
thrust
them
into
the
heart
of
Absalom:
and whilst
he
yet panted
for
life, sticking
on
the
oak,
Ten
young
men, armourbearers
of
Joab, ran
up,
and
striking
him
slew
him.
And
Joab
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
kept
back
the
people
from
pursuing
after
Israel
in
their
flight, being willing
to
spare
he multitude.
And
they
took
Absalom,
and
cast
him
into
a
great
pit
in
the
forest,
and
they laid
an
exceeding
great
heap
of stories
upon
him:
but
all
Israel
fled
to
their
own dwellings.
Now
Absalom
had reared
up
for
himself,
in
his
lifetime,
a
pillar,
which
is
in
the
king’s
valley:
for
he
said:
I
have
no
son,
and
this
shall
be
the
monument
of
my
name.
And
he
called
the
pillar
by
is own
name,
and
it
is
called
the
hand
of
Absalom,
to
this
day.
And Achimaas
the
son
of Sadoc
said:
I
will
run
and
tell
the
king,
that
the
Lord hath
done
judgment
for
him
from
the
hand
of
his
enemies.
And
Joab
said
to
him: Thou shalt
not
be
the
messenger
this
day,
but shalt
bear
tidings
another
day:
this
day
I
will
not
have thee
bear
tidings,
because
the
king’s
son
is
dead.
And
Joab
said
to Chusai: Go,
and
tell
the
king
what thou hast
seen. Chusai
bowed
down
to
Joab,
and
ran.
Then Achimaas
the
son
of Sadoc
said
to
Joab
again:
Why
might
not
I
also
run
after Chusai?
And
Joab
said
to
him:
Why wilt thou
run,
my
son? thou wilt
not
be
the bearer
of good tidings.
He
answered:
But
what
if
I
run?
And
he
said
to
him:
Run.
Then Achimaas
running
by
a nearer
way
passed Chusai.
And
David
sat
between
the
two
gates:
and
the
watchman
that
was
on
the
top
of
the
gate
upon
the
wall, lifting
up
his
eyes,
saw
a
man
running
alone.
And
crying
out
he
told
the
king:
and
the
king
said:
If
he
be
alone, there
are good tidings
in
his
mouth.
And
as
he
was
coming apace,
and drawing
nearer,
The
watchman
saw
another
man
running,
and
crying aloud
from
above,
he
said:
I
see
another
man
running
alone.
And
the
king
said:
He
also
is
a
good
messenger.
And
the
watchman
said:
The
running
of
the
foremost seemeth
to
me
like
the
running
of Achimaas
the
son
of Sadoc.
And
the
king
said:
He
is
a
good
man:
and cometh
with
good
news.
And Achimaas
crying
out,
said
to
the
king:
God save thee,
O
king.
And falling
down
before
the
king
with
his
face
to
the
ground,
he
said:
Blessed
be
the
Lord thy
God,
who hath
shut
up
the
men
that
have
lifted
up
their
hands
against
the
lord
my
king.
And
the
king
said:
Is
the
young
man
Absalom
safe?
And Achimaas
said:
I
saw
a
great
tumult,
O
king,
when thy
servant
Joab
sent
me thy
servant:
I
know
nothing
else.
And
the
king
said
to
him: Pass,
and
stand
here.
And
when
he bad passed,
and
stood
still, Chusai
appeared:
and
coming
up
he
said:
I
bring
good
tidings,
my
lord,
the
king,
for
the
Lord hath
judged
for thee
this
day
from
the
hand
of
all
that
have
risen
up
against thee.
And
the
king
said
to Chusai:
Is
the
young
man
Absalom
safe?
And Chusai answering
him,
said:
Let
the
enemies
of
my
lord,
the
king,
and
all
that
rise
against
him unto
evil,
be
as
the
young
man
is.
The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.
And
it
was
told
Joab,
that
the
king
wept
and
mourned
for
his
son:
And
the victory
that day
was turned
into
mourning unto
all
the people:
for
the people
heard say
that day:
The
king grieveth
for
his son.
And
the
people shunned
the going
into
the
city
that
day
as
a
people
would
do
that hath
turned
their backs,
and fled
away
from
the
battle.
And
the king covered
his head,
and cried
with
a loud voice: O
my son Absalom, O Absalom
my son, O
my son.
Then Joab going into
the house
to
the
king, said: Thou hast shamed this day
the
faces
of
all thy servants,
that
have saved thy life,
and
the lives
of thy
sons,
and
of thy daughters,
and
the lives
of thy wives,
and
the lives
of thy concubines.
Thou lovest
them
that hate thee,
and thou hatest
them
that love thee:
and thou hast shewn
this
day
that thou carest
not
for thy nobles,
nor
for thy
servants:
and
I
now
plainly perceive
that
if Absalom
had
lived,
and
all
we
had
been slain,
then
it
would
have pleased thee.
Now
therefore arise,
and go
out,
and speak
to
the satisfaction
of thy
servants:
for
I
swear
to thee
by
the Lord,
that
if thou wilt
not go
forth,
there
will
not tarry
with thee
so
much
as
one
this night:
and
that
will
be worse
to thee,
than
all
the evils
that
have befallen thee
from thy youth until
now.
Then
the
king
arose
and sat
in
the gate:
and
it
was
told
to
all
the
people
that
the
king sat
in
the gate:
and
all
the
people
came
before
the
king,
but Israel fled
to
their
own dwellings.
And
all
the
people
were
at strife
in
all
the tribes
of
Israel,
saying:
The
king delivered
us
out
of
the hand
of
our
enemies,
and
he saved
us
out
of
the hand
of
the Philistines:
and
now
he
is
fled
out
of
the
land
for Absalom.
But
Absalom, whom
we anointed
over
us,
is dead
in
the battle:
how long
are
you silent,
and
bring
not back
the
king?
And
king David
sent
to Sadoc,
and Abiathar
the priests, saying: Speak
to
the ancients
of Juda, saying:
Why
are
you
the last
to
bring
the
king
back
to
his house? (For
the talk
of all
Israel
was
come
to
the
king
in
his house.)
You
are
my brethren,
you
are
my bone,
and
my flesh,
why
are
you
the
last
to
bring
back
the
king?
And say ye
to Amasa: Art
not thou
my
bone,
and
my
flesh?
So
do God
to
me
and add more,
if thou
be
not
the chief captain
of
the army before
me always
in
the
place
of Joab.
And
be inclined
the heart
of
all
the
men
of Juda,
as
it
were
of
one
man:
and
they
sent
to
the king,
saying:
Return thou,
and
all thy servants.
And
the
king
returned
and
came
as
far
as
the Jordan,
and
all Juda
came
as
far
as Galgal
to meet
the
king,
and
to
bring
him
over
the Jordan.
And Semei
the son
of Gera
the son
of Jemini
of Bahurim,
made haste
and
went down
with
the men
of Juda
to
meet
king David,
With
a thousand
men
of Benjamin,
and Siba
the servant
of
the house
of Saul:
and
his fifteen
sons,
and twenty
servants
were
with
him:
and
going
over
the Jordan,
They passed
the fords
before
the
king,
that
they
might help
over
the
king’s
household,
and do
according
to
his commandment.
And Semei
the
son
of Gera falling
down
before
the
king,
when
he
was come
over
the
Jordan,
Said
to
him: Impute
not
to
me,
my lord,
the iniquity, nor remember
the injuries
of thy servant
on
the day
that thou,
my lord,
the
king, wentest
out
of Jerusalem, nor
lay
it
up
in thy heart,
O
king.
For
I thy
servant acknowledge
my
sin:
and
therefore
I am
come
this
day
the
first
of
all
the house
of
Joseph,
and am
come
down
to
meet
my
lord
the
king.
But Abisai
the son
of Sarvia answering, said:
Shall Semei
for
these words
not
be
put
to death,
because
he cursed
the
Lord’s anointed?
And David
said:
What
have
I
to do
with
you, ye
sons
of Sarvia?
why
are
you
a satan
this day
to
me?
shall
there
any
man
be
killed
this day
in Israel? do
not
I know
that
this day
I
am made king
over Israel?
And
the
king
said
to Semei: Thou shalt
not
die.
And
he swore unto
him.
And Miphiboseth
the son
of
Saul
came down
to meet
the
king,
and
he
had
neither washed
his feet,
nor trimmed
his beard:
nor washed
his garments
from
the day
that
the
king
went
out, until
the day
of
his return
in peace.
And
when
he
met
the
king
at Jerusalem,
the
king said
to
him:
Why camest thou
not
with
me, Miphiboseth?
And
he answering,
said:
My lord,
O
king,
my servant despised
me:
for
I thy servant
spoke
to
him
to saddle
me
an ass,
that
I might
get
on
and
go
with
the
king:
for
I thy servant
am lame.
Moreover
he hath
also accused
me thy
servant
to thee,
my
lord
the
king:
but thou
my
lord
the
king art
as
an angel
of
God, do
what pleaseth thee.
For all
of
my father’s house
were no
better
than worthy
of death
before
my
lord
the
king;
and thou hast
set
me thy
servant
among
the guests
of thy table:
what
just complaint therefore
have
I?
or
what
right
to cry any more
to
the
king?
Then
the
king
said
to
him:
Why speakest thou
any
more?
what
I
have
said
is determined: thou
and Siba divide
the possessions.
And Miphiboseth
answered
the
king: Yea, let
him take
all,
for
as
much
as
my lord
the
king
is returned peaceably into
his house.
Berzellai
also
the Galaadite
coming down
from Rogelim,
brought
the
king
over
the Jordan, being ready
also
to wait
on
him
beyond
the river.
Now Berzellai
the Galaadite
was
of
a great age,
that
is
to say, fourscore years old,
and
he provided
the
king
with sustenance
when
he abode
in
the camp:
for
he
was
a man exceeding rich.
And
the
king said
to Berzellai: Come
with
me
that thou mayest rest secure
with
me
in Jerusalem.
And Berzellai
said
to
the
king: How many
are
the days
of
the years
of
my life,
that
I
should
go
up
with
the
king
to
Jerusalem?
I am
this
day fourscore
years old,
are
my senses quick
to discern sweet
and bitter?
or
can meat
or drink delight thy servant?
or
can
I hear
any
more
the voice
of singing
men
and singing women?
why
should thy servant
be
a
burden
to
my lord,
the
king?
I thy
servant
will
go
on
a little way
from
the Jordan
with thee:
I need
not
this recompense.
But
I beseech thee let thy
servant return,
and die
in
my own city,
and
be buried
by
the sepulchre
of
my father,
and
of
my mother.
But
there
is thy
servant Chamaam, let
him
go
with thee,
my lord,
the
king,
and
do
to
him whatsoever seemeth good
to thee.
Then
the
king said
to
him:
Let Chamaam
go
over
with
me,
and
I
will
do
for
him whatsoever
shall
please thee,
and
all
that thou shalt
ask
of
me, thou shalt obtain.
And
when
all
the
people
and
the
king
had
passed
over
the Jordan,
the
king kissed Berzellai,
and blessed
him:
and
he returned
to
his
own
place.
So
the
king
went
on
to Galgal,
and Chamaam
with
him. Now
all
the
people
of Juda
had
brought
the
king
over,
and
only half
of
the
people
of
Israel
were
there.
Therefore
all
the
men
of
Israel running
together
to
the
king, said
to
him: Why
have
our brethren
the
men
of Juda stolen thee
away,
and
have brought
the
king
and
his household
over
the Jordan,
and
all
the
men
of
David
with
him?
And
all
the
men
of Juda
answered
the
men
of
Israel:
Because
the
king
is nearer
to
me:
why art thou angry
for
this matter?
have
we eaten
any
thing
of
the
king’s,
or
have
any gifts
been given
us?
And
the
men
of
Israel
answered
the
men
of Juda,
and
said:
I
have ten
parts
in
the
king
more
than thou,
and David belongeth
to
me
more
than
to thee:
why hast thou
done
me
a wrong,
and
why
was
it
not
told
me
first,
that
I
might
bring
back
my
king?
And
the
men
of Juda
answered
more harshly
than
the
men
of
Israel.
And
there
happened
to
be
there
a
man
of Belial,
whose
name
was Seba,
the
son
of Bochri,
a
man
of Jemini:
and
he
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
said:
We
have
no part
in
David,
nor
inheritance
in
the
son
of Isai: return
to thy dwellings,
O
Israel.
And
all
Israel departed
from
David,
and
followed Seba
the
son
of Bochri:
but
the
men
of Juda
stuck
to
their
king
from
the
Jordan unto
Jerusalem.
And
when
the
king
was
come
into
his
house
at
Jerusalem,
he
took
the
ten
women
his
concubines,
whom
he
had
left
to
keep
the
house,
and
put
them
in ward, allowing
them provisions:
and
he
went
not
in unto
them,
but
they
were shut
up unto
the
day
of
their
death
living
in
widowhood.
And
the
king
said
to
Amasa: Assemble
to
me
all
the
men
of Juda
against
the
third
day,
and
be thou
here
present.
So
Amasa went
to
assemble
the men
of Juda,
but
he tarried
beyond
the
set
time
which
the king
had
appointed
him.
And
David
said
to Abisai:
Now
will Seba
the
son
of Bochri do
us
more harm
than did
Absalom:
take thou
therefore
the
servants
of thy
lord,
and
pursue
after
him,
lest
he
find fenced
cities,
and
escape
us.
So
Joab’s
men
went
out
with
him,
and
the Cerethi
and
the Phelethi:
and
all
the
valiant
men
went
out
of
Jerusalem
to
pursue
after Seba
the
son
of Bochri.
And
when
they
were
at
the
great
stone
which
is
in Gabaon,
Amasa
coming met
them.
And
Joab
had
on
a
close coat
of equal length
with
his habit,
and
over
it
was
girded
with
a
sword hanging
down
to
his flank,
in
a scabbard,
made
in
such manner
as
to
come
out
with
the least motion
and strike.
And
Joab
said
to
Amasa:
God save thee,
my
brother.
And
he
took
Amasa
by
the chin
with
his
right
hand
to kiss
him.
But
Amasa
did
not
take notice
of
the
sword,
which
Joab
had,
and
he
struck
him
in
the
side,
and
shed
out
his
bowels
to
the
ground,
and gave
him
not
a
second wound,
and
he
died.
And
Joab,
and Abisai
his
brother
pursued
after Seba
the
son
of Bochri.
In
the mean time
some
men
of
Joab’s company stopping
at
the dead body
of Amasa,
said: Behold
he
that
would
have
been
in
Joab’s stead
the companion
of
David.
And
Amasa imbrued
with
blood,
lay
in
the
midst
of
the
way.
A
certain
man
saw
this
that
all
the
people
stood
still
to
look
upon
him,
so
he
removed
Amasa
out
of
the
highway
into
the
field,
and covered
him
with
a
garment,
that
they
who passed
might
not
stop
on
his
account.
And
when
he
was
removed
out
of
the
way,
all
the
people
went
on
following
Joab
to
pursue
after Seba
the
son
of Bochri.
Now
he
had
passed
through
all
the
tribes
of
Israel unto Abela
and Bethmaacha:
and
all
the chosen
men
were gathered together unto
him.
And
they
came,
and besieged
him
in Abela,
and
in Bethmaacha,
and
they
cast
up
works round
the
city,
and
the
city
was besieged:
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
Joab, laboured
to
throw
down
the
walls.
And
a
wise
woman
cried
out
from
the
city:
Hear,
hear,
and
say
to
Joab:
Come
near hither,
and
I
will
speak
with thee.
And
when
he
was
come
near
to
her, she
said
to
him: Art thou
Joab?
And
he
answered:
I
am.
And she
spoke
thus
to
him:
Hear
the
words
of thy
handmaid.
He
answered:
I
do
hear.
And
she
again
said:
A
saying
was used
in
the
old proverb:
They
that
inquire,
let
them
inquire
in Abela:
and
so
they
made
an
end.
Am not
I
she
that answer truth
in
Israel,
and thou seekest
to
destroy
the
city,
and
to overthrow
a
mother
in
Israel?
Why wilt thou throw down
the
inheritance
of
the
Lord?
And
Joab answering
said:
God
forbid,
God
forbid
that
I
should,
I
do
not throw down,
nor
destroy.
The
matter
is
not
so,
but
a
man
of
mount
Ephraim, Seba
the
son
of Bochri
by
name, hath
lifted
up
his
hand
against
king
David:
deliver
him
only,
and
we
will depart
from
the
city.
And
the
woman
said
to
Joab:
Behold
his
head
shall
be
thrown
to thee
from
the
wall.
So she
went
to
all
the
people,
and
spoke
to
them
wisely:
and
they
cut
off
the
head
of Seba
the
son
of Bochri,
and
cast
it
out
to
Joab.
And
he
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
they
departed
from
the
city,
every
one
to
their
home:
and
Joab
returned
to
Jerusalem
to
the
king.
So
Joab
was
over
all
the
army
of
Israel:
and Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
was
over
the Cerethites
and Phelethites,
But Aduram
over
the tributes:
and Josaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder.
And Siva
was
scribe:
and Sadoc
and
Abiathar,
priests.
And
Ira
the
Jairite
was
the
priest
of
David.
And
there
was
a
famine
in
the
days
of
David
for
three
years successively:
and
David
consulted
the oracle
of
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
said:
It
is
for
Saul,
and
his
bloody
house,
because
he slew
the Gabaonites.
Then
the
king,
calling
for
the Gabaonites,
said
to
them: (Now
the Gabaonites
were
not
of
the
children
of
Israel,
but
the remains
of
the Amorrhites:
I
and
the
children
of
Israel
had
sworn
to
them,
and
Saul
sought
to
slay
them
out
of
zeal,
as
it
were
for
the
children
of
Israel
and Juda:)
David
therefore
said
to
the Gabaonites:
What
shall
I
do
for
you?
and
what
shall
be
the
atonement
for
you,
that
you
may
bless
the
inheritance
of
the
Lord?
And
the Gabaonites
said
to
him:
We
have
no contest
about
silver
and
gold,
but
against
Saul
and
against
his
house:
neither
do
we desire
that
any
man
be slain
of
Israel.
And
the king
said
to
them:
What
will
you
then
that
I
should
do
for
you?
And
they
said
to
the
king:
The
man
that crushed
us
and oppressed
us unjustly,
we must
destroy
in
such manner
that
there
be not
so
much
as
one left
of
his stock
in
all
the coasts
of
Israel.
Let
seven
men
of
his
children
be
delivered unto
us,
that
we
may crucify
them
to
the
Lord
in Gabaa
of
Saul, once
the
chosen
of
the
Lord.
And
the
king
said:
I
will
give
them.
And
the
king
spared Miphiboseth
the
son
of
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul,
because
of
the
oath
of
the
Lord,
that
had
been
between
David
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul.
So
the
king
took
the
two
sons
of Respha
the
daughter
of Aia,
whom
she
bore
to
Saul,
Armoni,
and Miphiboseth:
and
the
five
sons
of Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul,
whom
she
bore
to Hadriel
the
son
of Berzellai,
that
was
of Molathi:
And
gave
them
into
the
hands
of
the Gabaonites:
and
they crucified
them
on
a
hill
before
the
Lord:
and
these
seven
died
together
in
the
first
days
of
the
harvest,
when
the
barley
began
to
be reaped.
And Respha
the
daughter
of Aia
took haircloth,
and
spread
it
under
her
upon
the
rock
from
the
beginning
of
the
harvest,
till
water dropped
upon
them
out
of
heaven:
and suffered
neither
the
birds
to tear
them
by
day,
nor
the
beasts
by
night.
And
it
was
told
David,
what Respha
the
daughter
of Aia,
the
concubine
of
Saul,
had
done.
And
David went,
and
took
the
bones
of
Saul,
and
the
bones
of
Jonathan
his
son
from
the
men
of Jabes Galaad,
who
had
stolen
them
from
the
street
of Bethsan,
where
the
Philistines
had
hanged
them
when
they
had
slain
Saul
in Gelboe.
And
he
brought
from thence
the
bones
of
Saul,
and
the
bones
of
Jonathan
his
son,
and
they
gathered
up
the
bones
of
them
that
were crucified,
And
they
buried
them
with
the
bones
of
Saul,
and
of
Jonathan
his
son
in
the
land
of
Benjamin,
in
the
side,
in
the sepulchre
of Cis
his
father:
and
they
did
all
that
the
king
had
commanded,
and
God shewed mercy
again
to
the
land
after
these
things.
And
the
Philistines
made
war
again
against
Israel,
and
David
went
down,
and
his
servants
with
him,
and
fought
against
the
Philistines.
And
David growing faint,
Jesbibenob,
who
was
of
the race
of Arapha,
the iron
of
whose
spear
weighed
three
hundred ounces, being
girded
with
a
new sword, attempted
to
kill
David.
And Abisai
the
son
of Sarvia rescued
him,
and
striking
the
Philistine
killed
him.
Then
David’s
men
swore unto
him,
saying: Thou shalt
go
no
more
out
with
us
to
battle, lest thou
put
out
the
lamp
of
Israel.
There
was
also
a second
battle
in
Gob
against
the
Philistines:
then Sobochai
of Husathi
slew
Saph
of
the race
of Arapha
of
the family
of
the giants.
And
there
was
a third
battle
in
Gob
against
the
Philistines,
in
which Adeodatus
the
son
of
the Forrest
an embroiderer
of Bethlehem
slew
Goliath
the Gethite,
the
shaft
of
whose
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam.
A
fourth
battle
was
in Geth. where
there
was
a
man
of great stature,
that
had
six
fingers
on
each
hand,
and
six
toes
on
each
foot,
four
and
twenty
in
all,
and
he
was
of
the race
of Arapha.
And
he reproached
Israel:
and
Jonathan
the
son
of Samae
the
brother
of
David
slew
him.
These
four
were
born
of Arapha
in Geth,
and
they
fell
by
the
hand
of
David,
and
of
his
servants.
And
David
spoke
to
the
Lord
the
words
of
this canticle,
in
the
day
that
the
Lord
delivered
him
out
of
the
hand
of
all
his
enemies,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
Saul,
And
he
said:
The
Lord
is
my
rock,
and
my strength,
and
my saviour.
God
is
my
strong one,
in
him
will I trust:
my
shield,
and
the
horn
of
my
salvation:
he lifteth
me up,
and
is
my
refuge:
my saviour, thou wilt
deliver
me
from iniquity.
I
will
call
on
the
Lord
who
is worthy
to
be
praised:
and
I
shall
be
saved
from
my
enemies.
For
the pangs
of
death
have
surrounded
me:
the floods
of Belial
have made
me afraid.
The
cords
of hell compassed
me:
the
snares
of
death prevented
me.
In
my
distress
I
will
call
upon
the
Lord,
and
I
will
cry
to
my
God:
and
he
will
hear
my
voice
out
of
his
temple,
and
my
cry
shall come
to
his
ears.
The
earth
shook
and
trembled,
the
foundations
of
the mountains
were
moved,
and
shaken,
because
he
was
angry
with
them.
A
smoke
went
up
from
his
nostrils,
and
a
devouring
fire
out
of
his
mouth:
coals
were kindled
by
it.
He
bowed
the
heavens,
and
came
down:
and
darkness
was
under
his
feet.
And
he
rode
upon
the cherubims,
and
flew:
and slid
upon
the
wings
of
the
wind.
He
made
darkness
a covering
round
about
him: dropping
waters
out
of
the
clouds
of
the heavens.
By
the
brightness
before
him,
the
coals
of
fire
were kindled.
The
Lord
shall
thunder
from
heaven:
and
the
most high
shall
give
forth
his
voice.
He
shot
arrows
and
scattered
them:
lightning,
and consumed
them.
And
the overflowings
of
the
sea
appeared,
and
the
foundations
of
the
world
were
laid
open
at
the
rebuke
of
the
Lord,
at
the
blast
of
the
spirit
of
his
wrath.
He
sent
from
on
high,
and
took
me,
and
drew
me
out
of
many
waters.
He
delivered
me
from
my
most
mighty
enemy,
and
from
them
that
hated
me:
for
they were
too
strong
for
me.
He prevented
me
in
the
day
of
my affliction,
and
the
Lord
became
my stay.
And
he
brought
me
forth
into
a
large
place,
he delivered
me,
because
I
pleased
him.
The
Lord
will reward
me
according
to
my
justice:
and
according
to
the
cleanness
of
my
hands
he
will
render
to
me.
Because
I
have
kept
the
ways
of
the
Lord,
and
have
not
wickedly
departed
from
my
God.
For
all
his
judgments
are
in
my
sight:
and
his precepts
I
have
not
removed
from
me.
And
I
shall
be
perfect
with
him:
and
shall
keep myself
from
my
iniquity.
And
the
Lord
will
recompense
me according
to
my
justice:
and according
to
the
cleanness
of
my hands
in
the
sight
of
his
eyes.
With
the
holy
one thou wilt be
holy:
and
with
the
valiant
perfect.
With
the elect thou wilt
be elect:
and
with
the
perverse thou wilt
be
perverted.
And
the
poor
people thou wilt
save:
and
with thy
eyes thou wilt
humble
the
haughty.
For thou art
my
lamp,
O
Lord:
and thou,
O
Lord, wilt enlighten
my
darkness.
For
in thee
I
will
run girded:
in
my
God
I
will
leap over
the
wall.
God,
his
way
is immaculate,
the
word
of
the
Lord
is
tried
by fire:
he
is
the
shield
of
all
that trust
in
him.
Who
is
God
but
the
Lord:
and
who
is
strong
but
our
God?
God
who hath girded me
with
strength,
and made
my
way
perfect.
Making
my
feet
like
the
feet
of harts,
and setting
me
upon
my
high
places.
He teacheth
my bands
to
war:
and maketh
my
arms
like
a
bow
of brass.
Thou hast
given
me
the
shield
of
my
salvation:
and thy mildness hath
multiplied
me.
Thou shalt
enlarge
my
steps
under
me:
and
my ankles
shall
not
fail.
I
will
pursue
after
my
enemies,
and crush
them:
and
will
not
return
again
till
I
consume
them.
I
will
consume
them
and break
them
in pieces,
so
that
they
shall
not
rise:
they
shall
fall
under
my
feet.
Thou hast
girded
me
with
strength
to
battle: thou hast made
them
that resisted
me
to
bow
under
me.
My
enemies thou hast
made
to
turn
their
back
to
me:
them
that
hated
me,
and
I shall
destroy
them.
They
shall cry,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
save:
to
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
not hear
them.
I
shall
beat
them
as small
as
the
dust
of
the
earth:
I
shall
crush
them
and
spread
them
abroad
like
the
mire
of
the
streets.
Thou wilt save
me
from
the contradictions
of
my
people: thou wilt
keep
me
to
be
the
head
of
the
Gentiles:
the
people
which
I
know
not,
shall
serve
me,
The
sons
of
the stranger
will resist
me,
at
the
hearing
of
the
ear
they
will
obey
me.
The strangers
are melted
away,
and
shall
be straitened
in their distresses.
The
Lord liveth,
and
my
God
is
blessed:
and
the strong
God
of
my
salvation
shall
be
exalted:
God
who giveth
me
revenge,
and bringest
down
people
under
me,
Who bringest
me
forth
from
my
enemies,
and liftest
me
up
from
them
that resist
me:
from
the wicked
man thou shalt
deliver
me.
Therefore
will
I
give
thanks
to thee.
O
Lord,
among
the
Gentiles,
and
will
sing
to thy
name.
Giving great
salvation
to
his
king,
and shewing mercy
to
David
his
anointed,
and
to
his
seed
for
ever.
Now
these
are
David’s
last
words.
David
the
son
of Isai
said:
The
man
to
whom
it
was appointed
concerning
the Christ
of
the
God
of
Jacob,
the excellent
psalmist
of
Israel
said:
The
spirit
of
the
Lord hath
spoken
by
me
and
his
word
by
my
tongue.
The
God
of
Israel
said
to
me,
the strong
one
of
Israel
spoke,
the
ruler
of
men,
the
just
ruler
in
the
fear
of
God.
As
the
light
of
the
morning,
when
the
sun riseth, shineth
in
the
morning
without
clouds,
and
as
the
grass springeth out
of
the
earth
by
rain.
Neither
is
my
house
so great
with
God,
that
he
should
make
with
me
an
eternal
covenant, firm
in
all
things
and assured.
For
he
is
all
my
salvation,
and
all
my
will:
neither
is
there ought thereof
that springeth
not
up.
But transgressors
shall
all
of
them
be plucked
up
as
thorns: which
are
not
taken
away
with
hands.
And
if
a
man
will
touch
them,
he must
be
armed
with
iron
and
with
the staff
of
a lance:
but
they
shall
be
set
on
fire
and
burnt
to nothing.
These
are
the
names
of
the
valiant
men
of
David. Jesbaham sitting
in
the chair
was
the wisest
chief
among
the three,
he
was
like
the most tender little worm
of
the wood,
who
killed
eight
hundred
men
at
one onset.
After
him
was
Eleazar
the
son
of
Dodo
the
Ahohite,
one
of
the
three
valiant
men
that
were
with
David
when
they defied
the
Philistines,
and
they
were
there
gathered
together
to
battle.
And
when
the
men
of
Israel
were
gone
away,
he
stood
and
smote
the
Philistines
till
his
hand
was
weary,
and grew stiff
with
the
sword:
and
the
Lord wrought
a
great
victory
that
day:
and
the
people
that
were fled
away,
returned
to
take spoils
of
them
that
were
slain.
And
after
him
was Semma
the
son
of
Age
of Arari.
And
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together
in
a troop:
for
there
was
a
field
full
of
lentils.
And
when
the
people
were
fled
from
the
face
of
the
Philistines,
He
stood
in
the
midst
of
the
field,
and
defended
it,
and
defeated
the
Philistines:
and
the
Lord
gave
a
great
victory.
Moreover
also
before
this
the
three
who
were princes
among
the
thirty,
went
down
and
came
to
David
in
the
harvest
time
into
the
cave
of Odollam:
and
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
was
in
the
valley
of
the giants.
And
David
was
then
in
a hold.
and there
was
a
garrison
of
the
Philistines
then
in
Bethlehem.
And
David
longed,
and
said:
O
that some
man
would get
me
a
drink
of
the
water
out
of
the cistern,
that
is
in
Bethlehem,
by
the
gate.
And
the
three
valiant
men
broke
through
the
camp
of
the
Philistines,
and
drew
water
out
of
the cistern
of
Bethlehem,
that
was
by
the
gate,
and
brought
it
to
David:
but
he
would
not
drink,
but offered
it
to
the
Lord,
Saying:
The
Lord
be merciful
to
me,
that
I
may
not
do
this:
shall
I
drink
the
blood
of
these
men
that
went,
and
the peril
of
their
lives?
therefore
he
would
not
drink.
These
things
did
these
three
mighty
men.
Abisai
also
the
brother
of
Joab,
the
son
of Sarvia,
was
chief
among
three:
and
he
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred whom
he slew,
and
he
was
renowned
among
the
three,
And
the noblest
of
three,
and
was
their
chief,
but
to
the
three first
he attained
not.
And Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
a most valiant
man,
of
great
deeds,
of Cabseel:
he
slew
the
two
lions
of
Moab,
and
he
went
down,
and
slew
a
lion
in
the
midst
of
a
pit,
in
the
time
of
snow.
He
also
slew
an
Egyptian,
a
man worthy
to
be
a
sight, having
a
spear
in
his
hand:
but
he
went
down
to
him
with
a
rod,
and forced
the
spear
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptian,
and
slew
him
with
his
own
spear.
These
things
did Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada.
And
he
was renowned
among
the
three valiant men,
who
were
the
most honourable
among
the
thirty:
but
he attained riot
to
the first
three:
and
David
made
him
of
his privy council.
Asael
the
brother
of
Joab
was
one
of
the
thirty, Elehanan
the
son
of
Dodo
of
Bethlehem.
Semma
of Harodi, Elica
of Harodi,
Heles
of Phalti, Hira
the
son
of Acces
of Thecua,
Abiezer of
Anathoth, Mobonnai of Husati,
Selmon
the
Ahohite,
Maharai
the
Netophathite,
Heled
the
son
of Baana,
also
a
Netophathite,
Ithai
the
son
of
Ribai
of Gabaath
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
Banaia
the Pharathonite, Heddai of
the torrent Gaas,
Abialbon
the
Arbathite,
Azmaveth of Beromi,
Eliaba
of Salaboni.
The
sons
of Jassen,
Jonathan,
Semma
of Orori, Aliam
the
son
of Sarar
the Arorite,
Eliphelet
the
son
of Aasbai
the
son
of Machati,
Eliam
the
son
of Achitophel
the Gelonite,
Hesrai of Carmel, Pharai of Arbi,
Igaal
the
son
of
Nathan
of Soba, Bonni
of Gadi,
Selec
of Ammoni,
Naharai
the Berothite, armourbearer
of
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia,
Ira
the Jethrite,
Gareb also a Jethrite;
Urias
the Hethite,
thirty
and
seven
in
all.
And
the
anger
of
the
Lord
was
again
kindled
against
Israel,
and
stirred
up
David
among
them,
saying: Go,
number
Israel
and Juda.
And
the
king
said
to
Joab
the
general
of
his
army:
Go
through
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
from
Dan
to Bersabee,
and
number ye
the
people
that
I
may
know
the
number
of
them.
And
Joab
said
to
the
king:
The
Lord thy
God
increase thy
people,
and
make
them
as
many
more
as
they
are
now,
and
again multiply
them
a hundredfold
in
the
sight
of
my
lord
the
king:
but
what meaneth
my
lord
the
king
by
this kind
of
thing?
But
the
king’s
words
prevailed
over
the
words
of
Joab,
and
of
the
captains
of
the
army:
and
Joab,
and
the
captains
of
the
soldiers
went
out
from
the
presence
of
the
king,
to
number
the
people
of
Israel.
And
when
they
had
passed
the
Jordan,
they
came
to
Aroer
to
the
right
side
of
the
city,
which
is
in
the vale
of
Gad.
And
by Jazer
they passed
into Galaad,
and
to
the lower
land
of Hodsi,
and
they
came
into
the woodlands
of Dan.
And
going
about
by
Sidon,
They passed near
the walls
of
Tyre,
and
all
the land
of
the Hevite,
and
the Chanaanite,
and
they
came
to
the
south
of Juda
into Bersabee:
And having
gone
through
the
whole
land,
after
nine
months
and
twenty
days,
they
came
to
Jerusalem.
And
Joab
gave
up
the sum
of
the
number
of
the
people
to
the
king,
and
there
were found
of
Israel
eight
hundred
thousand
valiant
men
that
drew
the
sword:
and
of Juda
five
hundred
thousand fighting
men.
But
David’s
heart
struck
him,
after
the
people
were
numbered:
and
David
said
to
the
Lord:
I
have
sinned
very
much
in
what
I
have
done:
but
I
pray thee,
O
Lord,
to
take
away
the
iniquity
of thy
servant,
because
I
have
done
exceeding
foolishly.
And
David
arose
in
the
morning,
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Gad
the
prophet
and
the
seer
of
David,
saying:
Go,
and
say
to
David:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
give thee thy
choice
of
three
things,
choose
one
of
them which thou wilt,
that
I
may
do
it
to thee.
And
when
Gad
was
come
to
David,
he
told
him,
saying:
Either
seven
years
of
famine
shall
come
to thee
in thy
land:
or thou shalt
flee
three
months
before thy adversaries,
and
they
shall
pursue thee:
or
for
three
days
there
shall
be
a
pestilence
in thy
land.
Now
therefore deliberate,
and
see
what
answer
I
shall
return
to
him
that
sent
me.
And
David
said
to
Gad:
I
am
in
a
great strait:
but
it
is
better
that
I
should
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
Lord (for
his
mercies
are
many)
than
into
the
hands
of
men.
And
the
Lord
sent
a
pestilence
upon
Israel,
from
the
morning unto
the
time
appointed,
and
there
died
of
the
people
from
Dan
to Bersabee
seventy
thousand
men.
And
when
the
angel
of
the
Lord
had
stretched
out
his
hand
over
Jerusalem
to
destroy
it,
the
Lord
had
pity
on
the affliction,
and
said
to
the
angel
that slew
the
people:
It
is
enough:
now hold thy
hand.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
was
by
the thrashingfloor
of Areuna
the
Jebusite.
And
David
said
to
the
Lord,
when
he
saw
the
angel
striking
the
people:
It
is
I;
I
am
he
that
have
sinned,
I
have
done wickedly:
these
that
are
the
sheep,
what
have
they
done?
let thy
hand,
I
beseech thee,
be
turned
against
me,
and
against
my
father’s
house.
And
Gad
came
to
David
that
day,
and
said:
Go
up,
and
build
an
altar
to
the
Lord
in
the thrashingfloor
of Areuna
the
Jebusite.
And
David
went
up according
to
the
word
of
Gad
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
him.
And Areuna
looked,
and
saw
the
king
and
his
servants
coming towards
him:
An
going
out
he worshipped
the
king, bowing
with
his face
to
the earth,
and
said: Wherefore
is
my
lord
the
king
come
to
his
servant? Arid
David
said
to
him:
To
buy
the thrashingfloor
of thee,
and
build
an
altar
to
the
Lord,
that
the
plague, which rageth
among
the
people,
may cease.
And Areuna
said
to
David: Let
my
lord
the
king
take,
and
offer,
as
it seemeth
good
to
him: thou hast here
oxen
for
a holocaust,
and
the wain,
and
the
yokes
of
the
oxen
for
wood.
All
these
things Areuna
as
a
king
gave
to
the
king:
and Areuna
said
to
the
king:
The
Lord thy
God
receive thy vow.
And
the
king
answered
him,
and
said: Nay,
but
I
will
buy
it
of thee
at
a
price,
and
I
will
not
offer
to
the
Lord
my
God holocausts
free
cost.
So
David
bought
the
floor,
and
the
oxen,
for
fifty sicles
of
silver:
And
David
built
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord,
and
offered holocausts
and
peace
offerings:
and
the
Lord became merciful
to
the
land,
and
the
plague
was
stayed
from
Israel.
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The First Book of Kings
Now
king
David
was
old,
and
advanced
in
years:
and
when
he
was
covered
with
clothes,
he
was
not warm.
His
servants
therefore
said
to
him:
Let
us
seek
for
our
lord
the
king,
a
young
virgin,
and
let
her
stand
before
the
king,
and
cherish
him,
and
sleep
in
his
bosom,
and
warm
our
lord
the
king.
So
they
sought
a
beautiful
young
woman
in
all
the coasts
of
Israel,
and
they
found Abisag
a Sunamitess,
and
brought
her
to
the
king.
And
the damsel
was
exceeding
beautiful,
and
she slept
with
the
king:
and
served
him,
but
the
king
did
not
know
her.
And Adonias
the
son
of
Haggith exalted
himself,
saying:
I
will
be
king.
And
he
made
himself
chariots
and
horsemen,
and
fifty
men
to
run
before
him.
Neither
did
his
father rebuke
him
at
any
time,
saying:
Why hast thou
done
this?
And
he
also
was
very beautiful,
the next
in
birth
after
Absalom.
And
he
conferred
with
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia,
and
with
Abiathar
the
priest,
who
furthered Adonias’s
side.
But Sadoc
the
priest,
and Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
and
Nathan
the
prophet,
and Semei,
and
Rei,
and
the strength
of
David’s army
was
not
with Adonias.
And Adonias
having slain rams
and
calves,
and
all fat
cattle
by
the
stone
of
Zoheleth,
which
was
near
the fountain Rogel,
invited
all
his
brethren
the
king’s
sons,
and
all
the
men
of Juda,
the
king’s
servants:
But
Nathan
the
prophet,
and Banaias,
and all
the
valiant
men,
and
Solomon
his
brother,
he
invited
not.
And
Nathan
said
to Bethsabee
the
mother
of
Solomon: Hast thou
not
heard
that Adonias
the
son
of
Haggith reigneth,
and
our
lord
David knoweth
it
not?
Now
then
come,
take
my
counsel
and
save thy
life,
and
the
life
of thy
son
Solomon.
Go,
and
get thee
in
to
king
David,
and
say
to
him: Didst
not thou,
my
lord
O
king,
swear
to
me thy
handmaid,
saying:
Solomon thy
son
shall
reign
after
me,
and
he
shall
sit
on
my
throne?
why
then doth Adonias
reign?
And
while thou art
yet
speaking
there
with
the
king,
I
will
come
in
after thee,
and
will
fill
up thy
words.
So Bethsabee
went
in
to
the
king
into
the
chamber:
now
the
king
was
very
old,
and Abisag
the Sunamitess
ministered
to
him.
Bethsabee
bowed
herself,
and worshipped
the
king.
And
the
king
said
to
her:
What
is thy
will?
She
answered
and
said:
My
lord, thou didst
swear
to thy
handmaid
by
the
Lord thy
God,
saying:
Solomon thy
son
shall
reign
after
me,
and
he
shall
sit
on
my
throne.
And
behold
now Adonias reigneth,
and thou,
my
lord
the
king, knowest
nothing
of
it.
He hath killed
oxen,
and
all fat
cattle,
and
many rams,
and
invited
all
the
king’s
sons,
and
Abiathar
the
priest,
and
Joab
the
general
of
the
army:
but
Solomon thy
servant
he
invited
not.
And
now,
my
lord
O
king,
the
eyes
of
all
Israel
are
upon thee,
that thou shouldst
tell
them,
who
shall
sit
on thy
throne,
my
lord
the
king,
after thee.
Otherwise
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when
my
lord
the
king sleepeth
with
his
fathers,
that
I
and
my
son
Solomon
shall
be counted
offenders.
As
she
was
yet
speaking
with
the
king,
Nathan
the
prophet
came.
And
they
told
the
king,
saying:
Nathan
the
prophet
is
here.
And
when
he
was
come
in
before
the
king,
and
had worshipped,
bowing
down
to
the
ground,
Nathan
said:
My
lord
O
king, hast thou
said: Let Adonias
reign
after
me,
and let
him
sit
upon
my
throne?
Because
he
is
gone
down
today,
and hath killed
oxen,
and
fatlings,
and
many rams,
and
invited
all
the
king’s
sons,
and
the
captains
of
the
army,
and
Abiathar
the
priest:
and
they
are
eating
and
drinking
before
him,
and
saying:
God save
king Adonias:
But
me thy
servant,
and Sadoc
the
priest,
and Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
and
Solomon thy
servant
he hath
not
invited.
Is
this
word
come
out
from
my
lord
the
king,
and hast thou
not
told
me thy
servant
who
should
sit
on
the
throne
of
my
lord
the
king
after
him?
And
king
David
answered
and
said:
Call
to
me Bethsabee.
And
when
she
was
come
in
to
the
king,
and
stood
before
him,
The
king
swore
and
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
who hath
delivered
my
soul
out
of
all
distress,
Even
as
I
swore
to thee
by
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
saying:
Solomon thy
son
shall
reign
after
me,
and
he
shall
sit
upon
my
throne
in
my
stead,
so
will
I
do
this
day.
And Bethsabee
bowing
with
her
face
to
the
earth worshipped
the
king,
saying:
May
my
lord
David
live
for
ever.
King
David
also
said:
Call
me Sadoc
the
priest,
and
Nathan
the
prophet,
and Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada.
And
when
they
were
come
in
before
the
king,
He
said
to
them:
Take
with
you
the
servants
of
your
lord,
and
set
my
son
Solomon
upon
my
mule:
and
bring
him
to
Gihon.
And let Sadoc
the
priest,
and
Nathan
the
prophet
anoint
him
there
king
over
Israel:
and
you
shall
sound
the
trumpet,
and
shall
say:
God save
king
Solomon.
And
you
shall
come
up
after
him,
and
he
shall
come,
and
shall
sit
upon
my
throne,
and
he
shall
reign
in
my
stead:
and
I
will
appoint
him
to
be
ruler
over
Israel,
and
over Juda.
And Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
answered
the
king,
saying:
Amen:
so
say
the
Lord
the
God
of
my
lord
the
king.
As
the
Lord hath
been
with
my
lord
the
king,
so
be
he
with
Solomon,
and
make
his
throne higher
than
the
throne
of
my
lord
king
David.
So Sadoc
the
priest,
and
Nathan
the
prophet
went
down,
and Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
and
the Cerethi,
and Phelethi:
and
they set
Solomon
upon
the
mule
of
king
David,
and
brought
him
to
Gihon.
And Sadoc
the
priest
took
a
horn
of
oil
out
of
the
tabernacle,
and
anointed
Solomon:
and
they
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
all
the
people
said:
God save
king
Solomon.
And
all
the multitude
went
up
after
him,
and
the
people played
with pipes,
and
rejoiced
with
a
great
joy,
and
the
earth rang
with
the
noise
of
their
cry.
And Adonias,
and
all
that
were
invited
by
him,
heard
it,
and
now
the
feast
was
at
an
end:
Joab
also
hearing
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
said:
What meaneth
this
noise
of
the
city
in
an
uproar?
While
he
yet
spoke,
Jonathan
the
son
of
Abiathar
the
priest
came:
and Adonias
said
to
him:
Come
in,
because thou art
a
valiant
man,
and bringest
good
news.
And
Jonathan
answered Adonias:
Not
so:
for
our
lord
king
David hath appointed
Solomon
king.
And hath
sent
with
him Sadoc
the
priest,
and
Nathan
the
prophet,
and Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
and
the Cerethi,
and Phelethi,
and
they
have
set
him
upon
the
king’s
mule.
And Sadoc
the
priest,
and
Nathan
the
prophet
have
anointed
him
king
in
Gihon:
and
they
are
gone
up
from thence
rejoicing,
so
that
the
city rang again:
this
is
the
noise
that
you
have
heard.
Moreover
Solomon sitteth
upon
the
throne
of
the
kingdom,
And
the
king’s
servants
going
in
have
blessed
our
lord
king
David,
saying:
May
God
make
the
name
of
Solomon
greater
than thy
name,
and
make
his
throne
greater
than thy
throne.
And
the
king adored
in
his
bed:
And
he
said:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
who hath
given
this
day
one
to
sit
on
my
throne,
my
eyes
seeing
it.
Then
all
the
guests
of Adonias
were
afraid,
and
they
all
arose
and
every
man
went
his
way.
And Adonias fearing
Solomon,
arose,
and
went,
and
took
hold
on
the
horn
of
the
altar.
And
they
told
Solomon,
saying:
Behold Adonias, fearing
king
Solomon, hath
taken
hold
of
the
horn
of
the
altar,
saying:
Let
king
Solomon
swear
to
me
this
day,
that
he
will
not
kill
his
servant
with
the
sword.
And
Solomon
said:
If
he
be
a good
man,
there
shall
not
so much
as
one
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground:
but
if
evil
be
found
in
him,
he
shall
die.
Then
king
Solomon
sent,
and
brought
him
out
from
the
altar:
and
going
in
he worshipped
king
Solomon:
and
Solomon
said
to
him:
Go
to thy
house.
And
the
days
of
David
drew nigh
that
he
should
die,
and
he
charged
his
son
Solomon,
saying:
I
am
going
the
way
of
all flesh:
take thou
courage,
and shew thyself
a
man.
And
keep
the
charge
of
the
Lord thy
God,
to
walk
in
his
ways,
and
observe
his ceremonies,
and
his precepts,
and
judgments,
and
testimonies,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses:
that thou mayest
understand
all thou dost,
and whithersoever thou shalt
turn thyself:
That
the
Lord
may
confirm
his
words,
which
he hath
spoken
of
me,
saying:
If thy
children
shall
take
heed
to
their
ways,
and
shall
walk
before
me
in
truth,
with
all
their
heart,
and
with
all
their
soul,
there
shall
not
be
taken
away
from thee
a
man
on
the
throne
of
Israel.
Thou knowest
also
what
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia hath
done
to
me,
what
he
did
to
the
two
captains
of
the
army
of
Israel,
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
and
to
Amasa
the
son
of
Jether:
whom
he
slew,
and
shed
the
blood
of
war
in
peace,
and
put
the
blood
of
war
on
his girdle
that
was
about
his
loins,
and
in
his
shoes
that
were
on
his
feet.
Do therefore according
to thy
wisdom,
and
let
not
his hoary
head
go
down
to hell
in
peace.
But shew
kindness
to
the
sons
of Berzellai
the Galaadite,
and
let
them
eat
at thy
table:
for
they met
me
when
I
fled
from
the
face
of
Absalom thy
brother.
Thou hast
also
with thee Semei
the
son
of
Gera
the
son
of Jemini
of
Bahurim,
who
cursed
me
with
a grievous
curse,
when
I
went
to
the camp:
but
because
he
came
down
to
meet
me
when
I passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
I
swore
to
him
by
the
Lord,
saying:
I
will
not
kill thee
with
a
sword:
Do
not thou hold
him guiltless.
But thou art
a
wise
man,
and knowest
what
to
do
with
him,
and thou shalt
bring
down
his grey
hairs
with
blood
to hell.
So
David
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
city
of
David.
And
the
days
that
David
reigned
in
Israel,
were
forty
years:
in
Hebron
he
reigned
seven
years,
in
Jerusalem
thirty-three.
And
Solomon
sat
upon
the
throne
of
his
father
David,
and
his
kingdom
was strengthened
exceedingly.
And Adonias
the
son
of
Haggith
came
to Bethsabee
the
mother
of
Solomon.
And
she
said
to
him:
Is thy
coming peaceable?
he
answered: Peaceable.
And
he
added:
I
have
a
word
to
speak
with thee. She
said
to
him:
Speak.
And
he
said:
Thou knowest
that
the
kingdom
was nine,
and
all
Israel
had preferred
me
to
be
their
king:
but
the
kingdom
is
transferred,
and
is
become
my
brother’s:
for
it
was
appointed
him
by
the
Lord.
Now
therefore
I
ask
one
petition
of thee:
turn
not
away
my
face.
And
she
said
to
him:
Say
on.
And
he
said:
I
pray thee
speak
to
king
Solomon (for
he
cannot deny thee
any
thing)
to
give
me Abisag
the Sunamitess
to
wife.
And Bethsabee
said:
Well,
I
will
speak
for thee
to
the
king.
Then Bethsabee
came
to
king
Solomon,
to
speak
to
him
for Adonias:
and
the
king
arose
to
meet
her,
and
bowed
to
her,
and
sat
down
upon
his
throne:
and
a
throne
was
set
for
the
king’s
mother,
and
she
sat
on
his
right
hand.
And
she
said
to
him:
I desire
one
small
petition
of thee,
do
not
put
me
to confusion.
And
the
king
said
to
her:
My
mother,
ask:
for
I
must
not
turn
away thy
face.
And she
said:
Let Abisag
the Sunamitess
be
given
to Adonias thy
brother
to
wife.
And
king
Solomon
answered,
and
said
to
his
mother:
Why dost thou
ask Abisag
the Sunamitess
for Adonias?
ask
for
him
also
the
kingdom:
for
he
is
my
elder
brother,
and hath
Abiathar
the
priest,
and
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia.
Then
king
Solomon
swore
by
the
Lord,
saying:
So
and
so
may
God
do
to
me,
and
add
more,
if Adonias hath
not
spoken
this
word
against
his
own
life.
And
now
as
the
Lord liveth,
who hath
established
me,
and
placed
me
upon
the
throne
of
David
my
father,
and
who hath
made
me
a
house,
as
he
promised, Adonias
shall
be
put
to
death
this
day.
And
king
Solomon
sent
by
the
hand
of Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
who slew
him,
and
he
died.
And
the
king
said
also
to
Abiathar
the
priest: Go
to
Anathoth
to thy
lands,
for
indeed thou art worthy
of
death:
but
I
will
not
at
this
time
put thee
to
death,
because thou didst
carry
the
ark
of
the
Lord
God
before
David
my
father,
and hast
endured
trouble
in
all
the troubles
my
father
endured.
So
Solomon cast
out
Abiathar,
from
being
the
priest
of
the
Lord,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
might
be
fulfilled,
which
he
spoke
concerning
the
house
of Deli
in Silo.
And
the
news
came
to
Joab,
because
Joab
had
turned
after Adonias,
and
had
not
turned
after Solomon:
and
Joab
fled
into
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord
and
laid
hold
on
the
horn
of
the
altar.
And
it
was
told
king
Solomon,
that
Joab
was
fled
into
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord,
and
was
by
the
altar:
and
Solomon
sent Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
saying:
Go,
kill
him.
And Banaias
came
to
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord,
and
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
king:
Come
forth.
And
he
said:
I
will
not
come
forth,
but
here
I
will
die. Banaias
brought
word
back
to
the
king,
saying:
Thus saith
Joab,
and
thus
he
answered
me.
And
the
king
said
to
him:
Do
as
he hath
said:
and
kill
him,
and
bury
him,
and thou shalt
remove
the
innocent
blood
which hath
been
shed
by
Joab,
from
me,
and
from
the
house
of
my
father.
And
the
Lord
shall
return
his
blood
upon
his
own
head,
because
he
murdered
two
men,
just
and
better
than
himself:
and
slew
them
with
the
sword,
my
father
David
not
knowing
it,
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
general
of
the
army
of
Israel,
and
Amasa
the
son
of
Jether,
general
of
the
army
of Juda.
And
their
blood
shall
return
the
head
of
Joab,
and
upon
the
head
of
his
seed
for
ever.
But
to
David
and
his
seed
and
his
house,
and
to
his
throne
be
peace
for
ever
from
the
Lord.
So Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
went
up,
and setting
upon
him slew
him,
and
he
was
buried
in
his
house
in
the
desert.
And
the
king
appointed Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
in
his room
over
the
army,
and Sadoc
the
priest
he
put
in
the
place
of
Abiathar.
The
king
also
sent,
and
called
for Semei,
and
said
to
him:
Build thee
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
and
dwell
there:
and
go
not
out
from thence
any whither.
For
on
what
day soever thou shalt
go
out,
and shalt
pass
over
the
brook Cedron,
know
that thou shalt
be
put
to
death: thy
blood
shall
be
upon thy
own
head:
And Semei
said
to
the
king:
The
saying
is
good:
as
my
lord
the
king hath
said,
so
will thy
servant
do.
And Semei
dwelt
in
Jerusalem,
many
days.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
three
years,
that
the
servants
of Semei
ran
away
to Achis
the
son
of Maacha
the
king
of Geth:
and
it
was
told Semei
that
his
servants
were
gone
to Geth.
And Semei
arose,
and
saddled
his ass,
and
went
to Achis
to Geth
to
seek
his
servants,
and
he
brought
them
out
of Geth.
And
it
was
told
Solomon
that Semei
had
gone
from
Jerusalem
to Geth,
and
was
come
back.
And
sending
he
called
for
him,
and
said
to
him:
Did
I
not protest
to thee
by
the
Lord,
and
tell thee
before:
On
what
day soever thou shalt
go
out
and
walk abroad
any whither,
know
that thou shalt
die?
And thou answeredst
me:
The
word
that
I
have
heard
is
good.
Why
then hast thou
not
kept
the
oath
of
the
Lord,
and
the
commandment
that
I
laid
upon thee?
And
the
king
said
to Semei: Thou knowest
all
the
evil,
of
which thy
heart
is conscious,
which thou didst
to
David
my
father:
the
Lord hath
returned thy
wickedness
upon thy own
head:
And
king
Solomon
shall
be
blessed,
and
the
throne
of
David
shall
be
established
before
the
Lord
for
ever.
So
the
king
commanded Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada:
and
he
went
out
and struck
him,
and
he
died.
And
the
kingdom
was established
in
the hand
of
Solomon,
and
he
made affinity
with Pharao
the
king
of
Egypt:
for
he
took
his
daughter,
and
brought
her
into
the
city
of
David,
until
he
had
made
an
end
of
building
his own
house,
and
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
round
about.
But
yet
the
people
sacrificed
in
the
high
places:
far
there
was
no
temple
built
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
until
that
day.
And
Solomon
loved
the
Lord, walking
in
the precepts
of
David
his
father,
only
he
sacrificed
in
the
high
places:
and
burnt
incense.
He
went
therefore
to Gabaon,
to
sacrifice
there:
for
that
was
the
great
high
place:
a
thousand victims
for holocausts did
Solomon
offer
upon
that
altar
in Gabaon.
And
the
Lord
appeared
to
Solomon
in
a
dream
by
night,
saying:
Ask
what thou wilt
that
I
should
give thee.
And
Solomon
said: Thou hast shewn
great mercy
to thy
servant
David
my
father,
even
at,
he
walked
before thee
in
truth,
and
justice,
and
an upright
heart
with thee:
and thou hast
kept thy
great mercy
for
him,
and hast
given
him
a
son
to
sit
on
his
throne,
as
it
is
this
day.
And
now,
O
Lord
God, thou hast
made thy
servant
king
instead
of
David
my
father:
and
I
am
but
a
child,
and
know
not
how
to
go
out
and
come
in.
And thy
servant
is
in
the
midst
of
the
people
which thou hast
chosen,
an
immense
people,
which
cannot
be
numbered
nor
counted
for
multitude.
Give
therefore
to thy
servant
an
understanding
heart,
to
judge thy
people,
and
discern
between
good
and
evil.
For
who
shall
be
able
to
judge
this
people, thy
people
which
is
so
numerous?
And
the
word
was
pleasing
to
the
Lord
that
Solomon
had
asked
such
a
thing.
And
the Lord
said
to Solomon:
Because thou hast
asked
this
thing,
and hast
not
asked
for thyself
long
life
or
riches,
nor
the
lives
of thy
enemies,
but hast
asked
for thyself wisdom
to
discern
judgment,
Behold
I
have
done
for thee
according
to thy
words,
and
have
given thee
a
wise
and
understanding
heart, insomuch
that
there hath
been
no
one
like thee
before thee,
nor
shall
arise
after thee.
Yea
and
the
things
also
which thou didst
not
ask,
I
have
given thee:
to wit
riches
and
glory,
as
that
no
one hath
been
like thee
among
the
kings
in
all
days heretofore.
And
if thou wilt
walk
in
my
ways,
and Beep
my precepts,
and
my
commandments,
as thy
father
walked,
I
will
lengthen thy
days.
And
Solomon awaked,
and perceived
that
it
was
a
dream:
and
when
he
was
come
to
Jerusalem,
he
stood
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
and
offered holocausts,
and
sacrificed victims
of
peace
offerings,
and
made
a great
feast
for
all
his
servants.
Then
there
came
two
women
that
were harlots,
to
the
king,
and
stood
before
him:
And
one
of
them
said:
I beseech thee,
my
lord,
I
and
this
woman
dwelt
in
one
house,
and
I
was
delivered
of
a
child
with
her
in
the chamber.
And
the
third
day,
after
that
I
was
delivered,
she
also
was
delivered,
and
we
were
together,
and
no
other person
with
us
in
the
house,
only
we
two.
And
this
woman’s
child
died
in
the
night:
for
in
her
sleep
she overlaid
him.
And
rising
in
the
dead time
of
the
night,
she
took
my
child
from
my
side, while
I thy
handmaid
was
asleep,
and
laid
it
in
her
bosom:
and
laid
her
dead
child
in
my
bosom.
And
when
I
rose
in
the
morning
to
give
my
child
suck,
behold
it
was
dead:
but considering
him
more
diligently
when
it
was clear
day,
I found
that
it
was
not mine
which
I
bore.
And
the
other
woman
answered:
It
is
not
so
as thou sayest,
but thy
child
is
dead,
and mine
is
alive.
On
the contrary
she
said: Thou liest:
for
my
child liveth,
and thy
child
is
dead.
And
in
this manner
they strove
before
the
king.
Then
said
the
king:
The
one saith,
My
child
is
alive,
and thy
child
is
dead.
And
the
other answereth: Nay,
but thy
child
is
dead,
and mine liveth.
The
king
therefore
said:
Bring
me
a
sword.
And
when
they
had
brought
a
sword
before
the
king,
Divide,
said
he,
the
living
child
in
two,
and
give
half
to
the
one,
and
half
to
the
other.
But
the
woman
whose
child
was
alive,
said
to
the
king, (for
her bowels
were
moved
upon
her
child,)
I beseech thee,
my
lord,
give
her
the
child
alive,
and
do
not
kill
it.
But
the
other
said:
Let
it
be
neither mine
nor thine,
but
divide
it.
The
king
answered,
and
said:
Give
the
living
child
to
this woman,
and
let
it
not
be
killed,
for
she
is
the
mother thereof.
And
all
Israel
heard
the
judgment
which
the
king
had
judged,
and
they
feared
the
king,
seeing
that
the
wisdom
of
God
was
in
him
to
do
judgment.
And
king
Solomon reigned
over
all
Israel:
And
these
were
the
princes
which
he
had: Azarias
the
son
of Sadoc
the
priest:
Elihoreph,
and Ahia,
the
sons
of Sisa,
scribes: Josaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud,
recorder:
Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
over
the
army:
and Sadoc
and
Abiathar
priests.
Azarias
the
son
of
Nathan,
over
them
that
were
about
the
king:
Zabud,
the
son
of
Nathan
the
priest,
the
king’s
friend:
And Ahisar governor
of
the
house:
and
Adoniram
the
son
of
Abda
over
the
tribute.
And
Solomon
had
twelve governors
over
all
Israel,
who
provided victuals
for
the
king
and
for
his
household:
for
every
one
provided necessaries,
each
man
his
month
in
the
year.
And
these
are their
names: Benhur,
in
mount
Ephraim,
Bendecar,
in Macces,
and
in Salebim,
and
in Bethsames,
and
in Elon,
and
in Bethanan.
Benhesed
in Aruboth:
his
was Socho,
and
all
the
land
of Epher.
Benabinadab,
to whom
belonged
all Nephath-Dor,
he
had Tapheth
the
daughter
of
Solomon
to
wife.
Bana
the
son
of
Ahilud,
who governed Thanac
and Mageddo,
and
all Bethsan,
which
is
by Sarthana
beneath Jezrael,
from Bethsan unto Abelmehula
over
against Jecmaan.
Bengaber
in
Ramoth Galaad:
he
had
the
towns
of
Jair
the
son
of Manasses
in Galaad,
he
was chief
in
all
the country
of Argob,
which
is
in Basan, threescore
great
cities
with
walls,
and brazen bolts.
Abinadab
the
son
of Addo
was chief
in Manaim.
Achimaas
in Nephtali:
he
also
had
Basemath
the
daughter
of
Solomon
to
wife.
Baana
the
son
of Husi,
in Aser
and
in Baloth.
Josaphat
the
son
of Pharue,
in
Issachar.
Semei
the
son
of
Ela
in
Benjamin.
Gaber
the
son
of
Uri,
in
the
land
of Galaad,
in
the
land
of Sehon
the
king
of
the Amorrhites
and
of
Og
the
king
of Basan,
over
all
that
were
in
that
land.
Juda
and
Israel
were innumerable,
as
the
sand
of
the
sea
in
multitude:
eating
and
drinking,
and
rejoicing.
And Solomon had under him all the kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt: and they brought him presents, and served him, all the days of his life.
And the provision of Solomon for each day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
Ten fat oxen and twenty out of the pastures, and a hundred rams, besides venison of harts, roes, and buffles, and fatted fowls.
For he had all the country which was beyond the river, from Thaphsa to Gazan, and all the kings of those countries: and he had peace on every side round about.
And Juda and Israel dwelt without any fear, every one under his vine, and under his fig tree, from Dan to Bersabee, all the days of Solomon.
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of chariot horses, and twelve thousand for the saddle.
And the foresaid governors of the king fed them: and they furnished the necessaries also for king Solomon’s table, with great care in their time.
They brought barley also and straw for the horses, and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them.
And God gave to Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart as the sand that is on the sea shore.
And the wisdom of Solomon surpassed the wisdom of all the Orientals, and of the Egyptians,
And he was wiser than all men: wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Dorda the sons of Mahol, and he was renowned in all nations round about.
Solomon also spoke three thousand parables: and his poems were a thousand and five.
And he treated about trees from the cedar that is in Libanus, unto the hyssop that cometh out of the wall: and he discoursed of beasts, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And they came from all nations to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all the kings of the earth, who heard of his wisdom.
And Hiram king
of Tyre sent
his
servants
to
Solomon:
for
he heard
that
they
had anointed
him king
in
the
room
of
his father:
for Hiram
had
always
been David’s friend.
And
Solomon sent
to Hiram, saying:
Thou knowest
the
will
of David my father,
and that
he could not build a house
to
the name
of
the Lord his God, because
of
the wars that
were round about him, until
the Lord put them under
the soles
of his feet.
But
now
the Lord
my God hath given
me
rest
round
about:
and
there
is
no adversary nor evil occurrence.
Wherefore
I purpose
to build
a temple
to
the name
of
the Lord
my God,
as
the Lord spoke
to
David
my father, saying:
my son, whom
I
will
set
upon
the throne
in thy piece,
he
shall build
a house
to
my name.
Give orders
therefore
that thy servants cut
me down cedar trees
out
of Libanus,
and
let
my servants
be
with thy servants:
and
I
will
give thee
the hire
of thy servants whatsoever thou wilt ask,
for thou knowest how
there
is
not among
my people
a man
that
has skill
to hew wood
like
to
the Sidonians.
Now
when Hiram
had heard
the
words
of
Solomon,
he rejoiced exceedingly,
and
said: Blessed
be
the Lord
God
this
day,
who hath given
to David
a very wise son
over
this numerous
people.
And Hiram sent
to Solomon, saying:
I
have heard
all thou hast desired
of
me:
and
I
will
do
all thy desire
concerning cedar trees,
and fir trees.
My servants
shall
bring
them
down
from Libanus
to
the
sea:
and
I
will
put
them
together
in floats
in
the
sea,
and
convey
them
to
the
place,
which thou shalt signify
to
me;
and
will land
them
there,
and thou shalt
receive
them:
and thou shalt
allow
me necessaries,
to furnish food
for
my household.
So Hiram gave
Solomon cedar trees,
and fir trees, according
to
all
his desire.
And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thousand measures
of wheat,
for provision
for
his house,
and twenty measures
of
the purest oil:
thus
gave Solomon
to Hiram
every year.
And
the Lord
gave wisdom
to Solomon,
as
he
promised
him:
and
there
was peace between Hiram
and Solomon,
and
they two
made
a league together.
And
king Solomon chose workmen cut
of
all Israel,
and
the levy
was
of thirty thousand men.
And
he sent
them
to Libanus, ten thousand
every month
by turns,
so
that two months
they
were
at
home:
and Adoniram
was
over
this levy.
And
Solomon
had seventy thousand
to carry burdens,
and eighty thousand
to hew stones
in
the mountain:
Besides
the overseers
who were
over every work,
in number three thousand,
and three hundred
that ruled
over
the people,
and
them
that did
the work.
And
the king commanded,
that
they
should
bring
great stones, costly stones,
for
the foundation
of
the
temple,
and
should square
them:
And
the masons
of Solomon,
and
the masons
of Hiram hewed
them:
and
the Giblians prepared timber
and stones
to build
the house.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
four
hundred
and
eightieth
year
after
the
children
of
Israel
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
fourth
year
of
the
reign
of
Solomon
over
Israel,
in
the
month Zio (the
same
is
the
second
month),
he
began
to
build
a
house
to
the
Lord.
And
the
house,
which
king
Solomon
built
to
the
Lord,
was threescore
cubits
in
length,
and
twenty
cubits
in
breadth,
and
thirty
cubits
in
height.
And there
was
a
porch
before
the
temple
of
twenty
cubits
in
length,
according
to
the
measure
of
the
breadth
of
the
temple:
and
it
was
ten
cubits
in
breadth
before
the
face
of
the
temple.
And
he
made
in
the
temple oblique
windows.
And
upon
the
wall
of
the
temple
he
built floors
round
about,
in
the
walls
of
the
house
round
about
the
temple
and
the oracle,
and
he
made
sides
round
about.
The
floor
that
was underneath,
was
five
cubits
in
breadth,
and
the
middle
floor
was
six
cubits
in
breadth,
and
the
third door
was
seven
cubits
in
breadth.
And
he
put beams
in
the
house
round
about
on
the
outside,
that
they might
not
be
fastened
in
the
walls
of
the
temple.
And
the
house,
when
it
was
in
building,
was
built
of
stones hewed
and
made ready:
so
that
there
was
neither
hammer
nor
axe
nor
any
tool
of
iron
heard
in
the
house
when
it
was
in
building.
The
door
for
the
middle
side
was
on
the
right hand
of
the
house:
and
by
winding
stairs
they
went
up
to
the
middle
room,
and
from
the
middle
to
the
third.
So
he
built
the
house,
and
finished
it:
and
he
covered
the
house
with roofs
of cedar.
And
he
built
a floor
over
all
the
house
five
cubits
in
height,
and
he covered
the
house
with
timber
of
cedar.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Solomon,
saying:
This
house,
which thou buildest,
if thou wilt walk
in
my
statutes,
and execute
my
judgments,
and
keep
all
my
commandments, walking
in
them,
I
will
fulfill
my
word
to thee
which
I
spoke
to
David thy
father.
And
I
will
dwell
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
will
not
forsake
my
people
Israel.
So
Solomon
built
the
house
and
finished
it.
And
he
built
the
walls
of
the
house
on
the
inside,
with
boards
of
cedar,
from
the
floor
of
the
house
to
the top
of
the
walls,
and
to
the roots,
he covered
it
with
boards
of
cedar
on
the
inside:
and
he covered
the
floor
of
the
house
with
planks
of
fir.
And
he
built
up
twenty
cubits
with
boards
of
cedar
at
the hinder
part
of
the
temple,
from
the
floor
to
the top:
and
made
the
inner
house
of
the oracle
to
be
the
holy
of
holies.
And
the
temple
itself before
the doors
of
the oracle
was
forty
cubits long.
And
all
the
house
was covered
within
with
cedar,
having
the turnings,
and
the joints thereof artfully wrought
and
carvings projecting
out:
all
was covered
with boards
of
cedar:
and
no
stone could
be
seen
in
the wall
at
all.
And
he
made
the oracle
in
the
midst
of
the
house,
in
the
inner
part,
to
set
there
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord.
Now
the oracle
was
twenty
cubits
in
length,
and
twenty
cubits
in
breadth,
and
twenty
cubits
in
height.
And
he covered
and
overlaid
it
with most
pure
gold.
And
the
altar also
he covered
with
cedar.
And
the
house
before
the oracle
he
overlaid
with most
pure
gold,
and fastened
on
the plates
with nails
of
gold.
And
there
was
nothing
in
the
temple
that
was not covered
with
gold:
the
whole
altar
of
the oracle
he covered
also
with
gold.
And
he
made
in
the oracle
two cherubims
of
olive
tree,
of
ten
cubits
in
height.
One
wing
of
the
cherub
was
five
cubits,
and
the
other
wing
of
the
cherub
was
five
cubits:
that
is,
in
all
ten
cubits,
from
the extremity
of
one
wing
to
the extremity
of
the
other
wing.
The
second
cherub also
was
ten
cubits:
and
the
measure,
and
the work
was
the
same
in
both
the cherubims:
That
is
to say,
one
cherub
was
ten
cubits
high,
and
in
like
manner
the
other
cherub.
And
he
set
the cherubims
in
the
midst
of
the
inner
temple:
and
the cherubims
stretched
forth
their
wings,
and
the
wing
of
the
one
touched
one
wall,
and
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub
touched
the
other
wall:
and
the
other
wings
in
the
midst
of
the
temple
touched
one
another.
And
he
overlaid
the cherubims
with
gold.
And
all
the
walls
of
the
temple
round
about
he
carved
with divers figures
and
carvings:
and
he
made
in
them cherubims
and
palm
trees,
and divers representations,
as
it
were standing
out,
and coming forth
from
the
wall.
And
the
floor
of
the
house
he
also
overlaid
with
gold
within
and without.
And
in
the
entrance
of
the oracle
he
made little
doors
of
olive
tree,
and
posts
of five corners,
And
two
doors
of
olive
tree:
and
he
carved
upon
them figures
of cherubims,
and figures
of
palm
trees,
and
carvings very
much projecting:
and
he
overlaid
them
with
gold:
and
he covered
both
the cherubims
and
the
palm
trees,
and
the
other
things
with
gold.
And
he
made
in
the
entrance
of
the
temple
posts
of
olive
tree foursquare:
And
two
doors
of
fir
tree,
one
of
each
side:
and
each
door
was
double,
and
so opened
with
folding
leaves.
And
he
carved cherubims,
and
palm
trees,
and
carved work standing very
much
out:
and
he
overlaid all
with
golden plates
in square work
by rule.
And
he
built
the
inner
court
with
three
rows
of polished
stones,
and one
row
of
beams
of
cedar.
In
the
fourth
year
was
the
house
of
the
Lord
founded
in
the
month Zio:
And
in
the
eleventh
year
in
the
month
Bul (which
is
the
eighth
month)
the
house
was
finished
in
all
the works thereof,
and
in
all
the appurtenances thereof:
and
he
was
seven
years
in
building
it.
And
Solomon
built
his own
house
in
thirteen
years,
and
brought
it
to perfection.
He
built
also
the
house
of
the
forest
of Libanus,
the
length
of
it
was
a
hundred
cubits,
and
the
breadth
fifty
cubits,
and
the
height
thirty
cubits:
and
four galleries
between
pillars
of
cedar:
for
he
had cut
cedar trees
into
pillars.
And
he
covered
the whole vault
with
boards
of
cedar,
and
it
was held
up
with
five
and
forty
pillars.
And
one
row
had
fifteen
pillars,
Set
one
against another,
And looking
one
upon another,
with equal space between
the pillars,
and
over
the pillars
were
square beams
in
all
things equal.
And
he
made
a
porch
of
pillars
of
fifty
cubits
in
length,
and
thirty
cubits
in
breadth:
and another
porch
before
the greater
porch:
and
pillars,
and chapiters
upon
the
pillars.
He
made
also
the
porch
of
the
throne,
wherein
is
the
seat
of
judgment:
and
covered
it
with
cedar wood
from
the
floor
to
the top.
And
in
the midst
of
the
porch,
was
a small
house
where
he
sat
in
judgment,
of
the
like
work.
He
made
also
a
house
for
the
daughter
of Pharao (whom
Solomon
had
taken
to wife)
of
the
same
work,
as
this
porch,
All
of
costly
stones,
which
were
sawed
by
a certain rule
and measure
both
within
and without:
from
the
foundation
to
the top
of
the walls,
and without unto
the
great
court.
And
the
foundations
were
of
costly
stones,
great
stones
of
ten
cubits
or
eight
cubits:
And
above
there
were
costly
stones, or equal measure, hewed;
and,
in
like manner, planks
of
cedar:
And
the
greater
court
was made
round
with
three
rows
of hewed
stones,
and
one
row
of planks
of
cedar, moreover
also
in
the
inner
court
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
porch
of
the
house.
And
king
Solomon
sent,
and
brought
Hiram
from
Tyre,
The
son
of
a
widow
woman
of
the
tribe
of Nephtali,
whose
father
was
a
Tyrian,
an artificer
in
brass,
and
full
of
wisdom,
and
understanding,
and
skill
to
work
all
work
in
brass.
And
when
he
was
come
to
king
Solomon,
he wrought
all
his
work.
And
he cast
two
pillars
in
brass,
each
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits
high:
and
a
line
of
twelve
cubits compassed
both
the
pillars.
He
made
also
two chapiters
of
molten
brass,
to
be
set
upon
the
tops
of
the
pillars:
the
height
of
one chapiter
was
five
cubits,
and
the
height
of
the
other chapiter
was
five
cubits:
And
a kind
of
network,
and chain
work wreathed
together
with wonderful
art.
Both
the chapiters
of
the
pillars
were cast:
seven rows
of
nets
were
on
one chapiter,
and
seven
nets
on
the
other chapiter.
And
he
made
the
pillars,
and
two
rows
round
about
each
network
to
cover
the chapiters,
that
were
upon
the
top,
with
pomegranates:
and
in
like
manner
did
he
to
the
other chapiter.
And
the chapiters
that
were
upon
the
top
of
the
pillars,
were
of
lily
work
in
the
porch,
of
four
cubits.
And
again
other chapiters
in
the
top
of
the
pillars
above,
according
to
the measure
of
the
pillar
over
against
the
network:
and
of
pomegranates
there
were
two
hundred
in
rows
round
about
the
other chapiter.
And
he
set
up
the two
pillars
in
the
porch
of
the
temple:
and
when
he
had
set
up
the
pillar
on
the
right hand,
he
called
the
name thereof
Jachin:
in like manner
he
set
up
the second
pillar,
and
called
the
name thereof Booz.
And
upon
the
tops
of
the
pillars
he
made
lily
work:
so
the
work
of
the
pillars
was
finished.
He
made
also
a molten
sea
of
ten
cubits
from
brim
to
brim,
round
all
about;
the
height
of
it
was
five
cubits,
and
a line
of
thirty
cubits compassed
it
round
about.
And
a graven work
under
the
brim
of
it compassed
it,
for
ten
cubits going
about
the
sea:
there
were
two
rows
cast
of chamfered sculptures.
And
it
stood
upon
twelve
oxen,
of
which
three
looked towards
the
north,
and
three towards
the
west,
and
three towards
the
south,
and
three towards
the
east,
and
the
sea
was
above
upon
them,
and
their hinder
parts
were
all hid
within.
And
the laver
was a
handbreadth
thick:
and
the
brim thereof
was
like
the
brim
of a
cup,
or
the leaf
of a crisped
lily: it contained
two
thousand bates.
And
he
made
ten bases
of
brass,
every
base
was
four
cubits
in
length,
and
four
cubits
in
breadth,
and
three
cubits
high.
And
the
work
itself
of
the bases,
was intergraven:
and
there
were gravings
between
the joinings.
And
between
the little
crowns
and
the ledges
were
lions,
and
oxen,
and cherubims:
and
in
the joinings likewise
above:
and
under
the
lions
and
oxen,
as
it
were bands
of brass
hanging
down.
And
every base
had
four
wheels,
and axletrees
of
brass:
and
at
the
four
sides
were undersetters
under
the
laver molten, looking
one
against
another.
The
mouth
also
of
the laver
within,
was
in
the
top
of
the chapiter:
and
that
which appeared
without,
was
of
one
cubit
all
round,
and
together
it
was
one
cubit
and
a
half:
and
in
the corners
of
the pillars
were divers
engravings:
and
the spaces
between
the pillars
were
square,
not
round.
And
the
four
wheels, which
were
at
the
four corners
of
the base,
were joined
one
to
another
under
the base:
the
height
of
a
wheel
was
a
cubit
and
a
half.
And
they
were
such
wheels
as
are
used
to
be
made
in
a
chariot:
and
their axletrees,
and
spokes,
and strakes,
and naves,
were
all east.
And
the
four undersetters
that
were
at
every
corner
of
each base,
were
of
the base itself cast
and joined
together.
And
in
the
top
of
the base there
was
a
round compass
of
half
a
cubit,
so wrought
that
the laver might
be set
thereon, having
its gravings,
and divers sculptures
of itself.
He
engraved also
in
those
plates, which
were
of brass.
and
in
the corners, cherubims,
and
lions,
and
palm
trees,
in likeness
of
a
man standing,
so
that
they seemed not
to
be engraven,
but added
round
about.
After
this manner
he
made
ten bases,
of
one
casting
and measure,
and
the
like graving.
He
made
also
ten lavers
of
brass:
one
laver contained
four bases,
and
was
of
four
cubits:
and
upon
every base,
in
all
ten,
he put
as many lavers.
And
he
set
the ten bases,
five
on
the
right
side
of
the
temple,
and
five
on
the
left:
and
the
sea
he
put
on
the
right
side
of
the
temple
over
against
the
east
southward.
And
Hiram
made caldrons,
and
shovels,
and
basins,
and
finished
all
the
work
of
king
Solomon
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
The
two
pillars
and
the
two cords
of
the chapiters,
upon
the chapiters
of
the
pillars:
and
the
two
networks,
to
cover
the
two cords,
that
were
upon
the
top
of
the
pillars.
And
four
hundred
pomegranates
for
the
two
networks:
two
rows
of
pomegranates
for
each
network,
to
cover
the cords
of
the chapiters,
which
were
upon
the
tops
of
the
pillars.
And
the
ten bases,
and
the
ten lavers
on
the bases.
And
one
sea,
and
twelve
oxen
under
the
sea.
And
the caldrons,
and
the
shovels,
and
the
basins.
All
the
vessels
that
Hiram
made
for
king
Solomon
for
the
house
of
the
Lord,
were
of fine
brass.
In
the plains
of
the
Jordan did
the
king
cast them
in
a
clay
ground,
between Socoth
and Sartham.
And
Solomon
placed
all
the
vessels:
but
for
exceeding
great
multitude
the
brass could
not
be
weighed.
And
Solomon
made
all
the
vessels
for
the
house
of
the
Lord:
the
altar
of
gold,
and
the
table
of
gold,
upon
which
the leaves
of proposition
should
be
set:
And
the
golden candlesticks,
five
on
the
right
hand,
and
five
on
the
left,
over
against
the oracle,
of
pure
gold:
and
the
flowers
like lilies,
and
the
lamps
over
them
of
gold:
and
golden
snuffers,
And pots,
and fleshhooks,
and
bowls,
and mortars,
and
censers,
of
most
pure
gold:
and
the
hinges
for
the
doors
of
the
inner
house
of
the
holy
of
holies,
and
for
the
doors
of
the
house
of
the
temple
were
of
gold.
And
Solomon
finished
all
the
work
that
he
made
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
brought
in
the
things
that
David
his
father
had
dedicated,
the
silver
and
the
gold,
and
the
vessels,
and
laid
them
up
in
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
Then
all
the ancients
of
Israel
with
the
princes
of
the
tribes,
and
the
heads
of
the
families
of
the
children
of
Israel
were
assembled
to
king
Solomon
in
Jerusalem:
that
they
might
carry
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
out
of
the
city
of
David,
that
is,
out
of Sion.
And
all
Israel
assembled
themselves
to
king
Solomon
on
the
festival
day
in
the
month
of
Ethanim,
the
same
is
the
seventh
month.
And
all
the ancients
of
Israel
came,
and
the
priests
took
up
the
ark,
And
carried
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
and
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
all
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary,
that
were
in
the
tabernacle:
and
the
priests
and
the
Levites
carried
them.
And
king
Solomon,
and
all
the
multitude
of
Israel,
that
were
assembled unto
him
went
with
him
before
the
ark,
and
they
sacrificed
sheep
and
oxen
that could
not
be
counted
or
numbered.
And
the
priests
brought
in
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
into
its
place,
into
the oracle
of
the
temple,
into
the
holy
of
holies
under
the
wings
of
the cherubims.
For
the cherubims
spread forth
their
wings
over
the
place
of
the
ark,
and covered
the art,
and
the staves thereof
above.
And whereas
the staves stood
out,
the
ends
of
them
were
seen
without
in
the
sanctuary
before
the oracle,
but
were
not
seen farther
out,
and
there
they
have
been unto
this
day.
Now
in
the
ark
there
was
nothing else
but
the
two tables
of
stone,
which
Moses
put
there
at
Horeb,
when
the
Lord
made
a covenant
with
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
priests
were
come
out
of
the
sanctuary,
that
a
cloud
filled
the
house
of
the
Lord,
And
the
priests
could
not
stand
to
minister
because
of
the
cloud:
for
the
glory
of
the
Lord
had
filled
the
house
of
the
Lord.
Then
Solomon
said:
The
Lord
said
that
he
would
dwell
in
a
cloud.
Building I
have
built
a
house
for thy
dwelling,
to
be thy most firm throne
for
ever.
And
the
king
turned
his
face,
and
blessed
all
the
assembly
of
Israel:
for
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
stood.
And Solomon
said:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
who
spoke
with
his
mouth
to
David
my
father,
and
with
his own
hands hath
accomplished
it,
saying:
Since
the
day
that
I
brought
my
people
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
I
chose
no
city
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
for
a
house
to
be
built,
that
my
name
might
be
there:
but
I
chose
David
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.
And
David
my
father
would
have
built
a
house
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
And
the
Lord
said
to
David
my
father: Whereas thou hast
thought
in thy
heart
to
build
a
house
to
my
name, thou hast
done
well
in
having
this
same
thing
in thy
mind.
Nevertheless thou shalt
not
build
me
a
house,
but thy
son,
that
shall
come
forth
out
of thy
loins,
he
shall
build
a
house
to
my
name.
The
Lord hath performed
his
word
which
he
spoke:
and
I
stand
in
the
room
of
David
my
father,
and
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel,
as
the
Lord
promised:
and
have
built
a
house
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
And
I
have
set
there
a
place
for
the
ark,
wherein
is
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
which
he
made
with
our
fathers,
when
they
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
Solomon
stood
before
the
altar
of
the
Lord
in
the
sight
of
the
assembly
of
Israel,
and
spread forth
his
hands towards
heaven;
And
said:
Lord
God
of
Israel,
there
is
no
God
like thee
in
heaven
above,
or
on
earth
beneath:
who keepest
covenant
and
mercy
with thy
servants
that
have
walked
before thee
with
all
their
heart.
Who hast
kept
with thy
servant
David
my
father
what thou hast
promised
him:
with thy
mouth thou didst
speak,
and
with thy
hands thou hast
performed,
as
this
day proveth.
Now
therefore,
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
keep
with thy
servant
David
my
father
what thou hast
spoken
to
him,
saying:
There
shall
not
be
taken
away
of thee
a
man
in
my
sight,
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel:
yet
so
that thy
children
take
heed
to
their
way,
that
they
walk
before
me
as thou hast
walked
in
my
sight.
And
now, Lord
God
of
Israel,
let thy
words
be
established,
which thou hast
spoken
to thy
servant
David
my
father.
Is
it
then
to
be thought
that
God
should
indeed
dwell
upon
earth?
for
if
heaven,
and
the
heavens
of
heavens
cannot
contain thee,
how
much
less
this
house
which
I
have
built?
But
have
regard
to
the
prayer
of thy
servant,
and
to
his
supplications,
O
Lord
my
God:
hear
the hymn
and
the
prayer,
which thy
servant prayeth
before thee
this
day:
That thy
eyes
may
be
open
upon
this
house
night
and
day:
upon
the
house
of
which thou hast
said:
My
name
shall
be
there:
that thou mayest hearken
to
the
prayer,
which thy
servant prayeth
in
this
place
to thee.
That thou mayest hearken
to
the
supplication
of thy
servant
and
of thy
people
Israel, whatsoever
they
shall
pray
for
in
this
place,
and
hear
them
in
the
place
of thy
dwelling
in
heaven;
and
when thou hearest, shew
them
mercy.
If
any
man trespass
against
his neighbour,
and
have
an
oath
upon
him, wherewith
he
is bound:
and
come
because
of
the
oath
before thy
altar
to thy
house,
Then
hear thou
in
heaven:
and
do,
and
judge thy
servants,
condemning
the
wicked,
and
bringing
his
way upon
his own
head,
and
justifying
the
just,
and rewarding
him according
to
his
justice.
If thy
people
Israel
shall fly
before
their
enemies, (because
they
will
sin
against thee,)
and doing penance,
and
confessing
to thy
name,
shall
come,
and
pray,
and
make supplications
to thee
in
this
house:
Then
hear thou
in
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of thy
people
Israel,
and
bring
them
back
to
the
land
which thou gavest
to
their
fathers.
If
heaven
shall
be
shut
up,
and
there
shall
be
no
rain,
because
of
their
sins,
and
they
praying
in
this
place,
shall
do penance
to thy
name,
and
shall
be
converted
from
their
sins,
by occasion
of
their afflictions:
Then
hear thou
them
in
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sins
of thy
servants,
and
of thy
people
Israel:
and shew
them
the
good
way
wherein
they
should
walk,
and
give
rain
upon thy
land,
which thou hast
given
to thy
people
in
possession.
If
a
famine arise
in
the
land,
or
a
pestilence,
or corrupt air,
or blasting,
or
locust,
or
mildew,
if
their
enemy afflict
them besieging
the
gates,
whatsoever
plague,
whatsoever infirmity,
Whatsoever curse
or imprecation
shall
happen
to
any
man
of thy
people
Israel:
when
a
man
shall
know
the wound
of
his
own
heart,
and
shall
spread
forth
his
hands
in
this
house,
Then
hear thou
in
heaven,
in
the
place
of thy
dwelling,
and
forgive,
and
do
so
as
to
give
to
every
one
according
to
his
ways,
as thou shalt
see
his
heart (for thou
only knowest
the
heart
of
all
the
children
of
men)
That
they
may
fear thee
all
the
days
that
they
live
upon
the
face
of
the
land,
which thou hast
given
to
our
fathers.
Moreover
also
the
stranger,
who
is
not
of thy
people
Israel,
when
he
shall
come
out
of
a
far
country
for thy
name’s
sake, (for
they
shall hear everywhere
of thy
great
name
and thy mighty hand,
And thy
stretched
out
arm,)
so
when
he
shall
come,
and
shall
pray
in
this
place,
Then
hear thou
in
heaven,
in
the firmament
of thy
dwelling
place,
and
do
all
those
things,
for
which
that
stranger
shall
call
upon thee:
that
all
the
people
of
the
earth
may
learn
to
fear thy
name,
as
do thy
people
Israel,
and
may
prove
that thy
name
is
called
upon
on
this
house,
which
I
have
built.
If thy
people
go
out
to
war
against
their
enemies,
by
what
way soever thou shalt
send
them,
they
shall
pray
to thee towards
the
way
of
the
city,
which thou hast
chosen,
and towards
the
house,
which
I
have
built
to thy
name:
And
then
hear thou
in
heaven
their
prayers,
and
their
supplications,
and
do
judgment
for
them.
But
if
they
sin
against thee (for
there
is
no
man
who sinneth
not)
and thou being
angry
deliver
them
up
to
their
enemies,
so
that
they
be
led
away
captives
into
the
land
of
their
enemies
far
or
near;
Then
if
they
do penance
in
their
heart
in
the
place
of captivity,
and being
converted
make supplication
to thee
in
their captivity,
saying:
We
have
sinned,
we
have
done unjustly,
we
have
committed wickedness:
And
return
to thee
with
all
their
heart,
and
all
their
soul,
in
the
land
of
their
enemies,
to
which
they
had
been
led
captives:
and
pray
to thee towards
the
way
of
their
land,
which thou gavest
to
their
fathers,
and
of
the
city
which thou hast
chosen,
and
of
the
temple
which
I
have
built
to thy
name:
Then
hear thou
in
heaven,
in
the firmament
of thy throne,
their
prayers,
and
their
supplications,
and
do
judgment
for
them:
And
forgive thy
people,
that
have
sinned
against thee,
and
all
their iniquities,
by
which
they
have
transgressed
against thee:
and
give
them
mercy
before
them
that
have
made
them
captives,
that
they
may
have
compassion
on
them.
For
they
are thy
people,
and thy
inheritance,
whom thou hast
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
the
midst
of
the
furnace
of
iron.
That thy
eyes
may
be
open
to
the
supplication
of thy
servant,
and
of thy
people
Israel,
to
hear
them
in
all
things
for
which
they
shall
call
upon thee.
For thou hast
separated
them
to thyself
for
an
inheritance
from
among
all
the
people
of
the
earth,
as thou hast
spoken
by
Moses thy
servant,
when thou broughtest
our
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
O
Lord
God.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Solomon
had
made
an
end
of
praying
all
this
prayer
and
supplication
to
the
Lord,
that
he
rose
from
before
the
altar
of
the
Lord:
for
he
had fixed
both
knees
on
the ground,
and
had
spread
his
hands towards
heaven.
And
he
stood
and
blessed
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
with
a,
loud
voice,
saying:
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
who hath
given
rest
to
his
people
Israel,
according
to
all
that
he
promised:
there hath
not
failed
so
much
as
one
word
of
all
the
good
things
that
he
promised
by
his
servant
Moses.
The
Lord
our
God
be
with
us,
as
he
was
with
our
fathers,
and
not
leave
us,
nor
cast
us
off:
But
may
he
incline
our
hearts
to
himself,
that
we
may
walk
in
all
his
ways,
and
keep
his
commandments,
and
his ceremonies,
and
all
his
judgments
which
he
commanded
our
fathers.
And
let
these
my
words, wherewith
I
have prayed
before
the
Lord,
he nigh unto
the
Lord
our
God
day
and
night,
that
he
may
do
judgment
for
his
servant,
and
for
his
people
Israel
day
by
day:
That
all
the
people
of
the
earth
may
know,
that
the
Lord
he
is
God,
and
there
is
no
other
besides
him.
Let
our
hearts
also
be
perfect
with
the
Lord
our
God,
that
we
may walk
in
his
statutes,
and
keep
his
commandments,
as
at
this
day.
And
the
king,
and
all
Israel
him,
offered victims
before
the
Lord.
And
Solomon slew victims
of
peace
offerings,
which
he
sacrificed
to
the
Lord,
two
and
twenty
thousand
oxen,
and
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
sheep:
so
the
king,
and
the
children
of
Israel
dedicated
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
In
that
day
the
king
sanctified
the
middle
of
the
court
that
was
before
the
house
of
the
Lord:
for
there
he offered
the holocaust,
and
sacrifice,
and
fat
of
the
peace
offerings:
because
the brazen
altar
that
was
before
the
Lord,
was too
little
to receive
the holocaust,
and
sacrifice,
and
fat
of
the
peace
offerings.
And
Solomon
made
at
the
same
time
a solemn
feast,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
a
great multitude
from
the
entrance
of Emath
to
the
river
of
Egypt,
before
the
Lord
our
God,
seven
days
and
seven
days,
that
is,
fourteen
days.
And
on
the
eighth
day
he
sent
away
the
people:
and
they
blessed
the
king,
and went
to
their dwellings
rejoicing,
and
glad
in
heart
for
all
the
good
things
that
the
Lord
had
done
for
David
his
servant,
and
for
Israel
his
people.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
Solomon
had
finished
the
building
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
king’s
house,
and
all
that
he
desired,
and
was
pleased
to
do,
That
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
the
second
time,
as
he
had
appeared
to
him
in Gabaon.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
I
have
heard thy
prayer
and thy
supplication,
which thou hast
made
before
me:
I
have
sanctified
this
house,
which thou hast
built,
to
put
my
name
there
for
ever,
and
my
eyes
and
my
heart
shall
be
there
always.
And
if thou wilt
walk
before
me,
as thy
father
walked,
in simplicity
of
heart,
and
in
uprightness:
and wilt
do
all
that
I
have
commanded thee,
and wilt
keep
my
ordinances
and
my
judgments,
I
will
establish
the
throne
of thy
kingdom
over
Israel
for
ever,
as
I
promised
David thy
father,
saying:
There
shall
not
fail
a
man
of thy race
upon
the
throne
of
Israel.
But
if
you
and
your
children revolting
shall
turn
away
from
following
me,
and
will
not
keep
my
commandments,
and
my ceremonies,
which
I
have
set
before
you,
but
will
go
and
worship strange
gods,
and adore
them:
I
will
take
away
Israel
from
the
face
of
the
land
which
I
have
given
them;
and
the
temple
which
I
have
sanctified
to
my
name,
I
will
cast
out
of
my
sight;
and
Israel
shall
be
a
proverb,
and
a
byword
among
all
people.
And
this
house
shall
be
made
an example
of:
every
one
that
shall
pass
by
it,
shall
be
astonished,
and
shall
hiss,
and
say:
Why hath
the
Lord
done
thus
to
this
land,
and
to
this
house:
And
they
shall
answer:
Because
they forsook
the
Lord
their
God,
who
brought
their
fathers
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
followed strange
gods,
and adored
them,
and worshipped
them:
therefore hath
the
Lord
brought
upon
them
all
this
evil.
And
when
twenty
years
were ended
after
Solomon
had
built
the
two
houses,
that
is,
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
house
of
the
king,
(Hiram
the
king
of
Tyre
furnishing
Solomon
with
cedar
trees
and
fir
trees,
and
gold according
to
all
he
had need
of.)
then
Solomon
gave
Hiram
twenty
cities
in
the
land
of
Galilee.
And
Hiram
came
out
of
Tyre,
to
see
the
towns
which
Solomon
had
given
him,
and
they
pleased
him
not,
And
he
said:
Are
these
the
cities
which thou hast
given
me,
brother?
And
he
called
them
the
land
of Chabul, unto
this
day.
And
Hiram
sent
to
king
Solomon
a
hundred
and
twenty
talents
of
gold.
This
is
the sum
of
the expenses,
which
king
Solomon
offered
to
build
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
his own
house,
and Mello,
and
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
and Heser,
and Mageddo,
and Gazer.
Pharao
the
king
of
Egypt
came
up
and
took Gazer,
and
burnt
it
with
fire:
and
slew
the Chanaanite
that
dwelt
in
the
city,
and
gave
it
for
a
dowry
to
his
daughter,
Solomon’s
wife.
So
Solomon
built: Gazer,
and
Beth-horon
the nether,
And
Baalath,
and Palmira
in
the
land
of
the
wilderness.
And
all
the
towns
that
belonged
to himself,
and
were
not walled,
he
fortified,
the
cities
also
of
the
chariots,
and
the
cities
of
the
horsemen,
and
whatsoever
he
had
a mind
to
build
in
Jerusalem,
and
in Libanus,
and
in
all
the
land
of
his
dominion.
All
the
people
that
were
left
of
the Amorrhites,
and Hethites,
and Pherezites,
and Hevites,
and
Jebusites,
that
are
not
of
the
children
of
Israel:
Their
children,
that
were
left
in
the
land,
to wit,
such
as
the
children
of
Israel
had
not
been
able
to
destroy,
Solomon
made tributary unto
this
day.
But
of
the
children
of
Israel
Solomon
made
not
any
to
be bondmen,
but
they
were
men
of
war,
and
his
servants,
and
his
princes,
and
captains,
and
overseers
of
the
chariots
and
horses.
And
there
were
five
hundred
and
fifty
chief
officers
set
over all
the
works
of
Solomon,
and
they
had
people
under
them,
and
had
charge
over
the appointed
works.
And
the
daughter
of Pharao
came
up
out
of
the
city
of
David
to
her
house,
which Solomon
had
built
for
her:
then
did
he
build Mello.
Solomon
also
offered
three
times
every
year holocausts,
and victims
of
peace
offerings
upon
the
altar
which
he
had
built
to
the
Lord,
and
he
burnt
incense
before
the
Lord:
and
the
temple
was
finished.
And
king
Solomon
made
a
fleet
in Asiongaber,
which
is
by Ailath
on
the
shore
of
the Red
Sea
in
the
land
of
Edom.
And
Hiram
sent
his
servants
in
the
fleet, sailors
that
had
knowledge
of
the
sea,
with
the
servants
of
Solomon.
And
they
came
to
Ophir,
and
they
brought
from thence
to
king
Solomon
four
hundred
and
twenty
talents
of
gold.
And
the
queen
of Saba, having;
heard
of
the
fame
of
Solomon
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
came
to
try
him
with hard
questions.
And
entering
into
Jerusalem
with
a
great train,
and
riches,
and
camels
that
carried
spices,
and
an
immense quantity
of
gold,
and
precious
stones,
she
came
to king
Solomon,
and
spoke
to
him
all
that
she
had
in
her
heart.
And
Solomon
informed
her
of
all
the
things
she
proposed
to
him:
there
was
not
any
word
the
king
was ignorant
of,
and
which
he
could
not
answer
her.
And
when
the
queen
of Saba
saw
all
the
wisdom
of
Solomon,
and
the
house
which
he
had
built,
And
the meat
of
his
table,
and
the apartments
of
his
servants,
and
the order
of
his
ministers,
and
their apparel,
and
the cupbearers,
and
the holocausts,
which
he
offered
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
she
had
no
longer
any
spirit
in
her,
And
she
said
to
the
king:
The
report
is
true,
which
I
heard
in
my
own
country,
Concerning thy
words,
and
concerning thy
wisdom.
And
I
did
not
believe
them
that
told
me,
till
I
came myself,
and
saw
with
my
own
eyes,
and
have found
that
the
half hath
not
been
told
me: thy
wisdom
and thy works,
exceed
the fame
which
I
heard.
Blessed
are thy
men,
and
blessed
are thy
servants,
who
stand
before thee
always,
and
hear thy
wisdom.
Blessed
be
the
Lord thy
God,
whom thou hast
pleased,
and
who hath
set thee
upon
the
throne
of
Israel,
because
the
Lord hath loved
Israel
for
ever,
and hath
appointed thee
king,
to
do
judgment
and
justice.
And
she
gave
the
king
a
hundred
and
twenty
talents
of
gold,
and
of
spices
a
very
great store,
and
precious
stones:
there
was
brought
no
more
such
abundance
of
spices
as
these
which
the
queen
of Saba
gave
to
king
Solomon.
(The navy
also
of
Hiram,
which
brought
gold
from
Ophir,
brought
from
Ophir
great plenty
of thyine
trees,
and
precious
stones.
And
the
king
made
of
the thyine
trees
the rails
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
of
the
king’s
house,
and citterns
and
harps
for
singers:
there
were
no
such thyine
trees
as
these
brought,
nor
seen unto
this
day.)
And
king
Solomon
gave
the
queen
of Saba
all
that
she
desired,
and
asked
of
him:
besides
what
he
offered
he
himself
of
his
royal
bounty.
And
she returned,
and went
to
her own
country
with
her
servants.
And
the
weight
of
the
gold
that
was
brought
to
Solomon
every
year,
was
six
hundred
and sixty-six
talents
of
gold:
Besides
that which
the
men brought
him
that
were
over
the tributes,
and
the
merchants,
and
they
that sold
by retail,
and
all
the
kings
of
Arabia,
and
the
governors
of
the
country.
And
Solomon
made
two
hundred
shields
of
the purest
gold:
he allowed
six
hundred sides
of
gold
for
the plates
of
one
shield.
And
three
hundred targets
of fine
gold:
three
hundred pounds
of
gold covered
one
target:
and
the
king
put
them
in
the
house
of
the
forest
of Libanus.
King Solomon
also
made
a
great
throne
of
ivory:
and
overlaid
it
with
the finest
gold.
It
had
six
steps:
and
the
top
of
the
throne
was
round
behind:
and
there
were
two
hands
on
either
side holding
the
seat:
and
two
lions
stood,
one
at
each
hand.
And
twelve little
lions
stood
upon
the
six
steps
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other:
there
was
no
such work
made
in
any
kingdom.
Moreover
all
the
vessels,
out
of
which
king
Solomon drank,
were
of
gold:
and
all
the
furniture
of
the
house
of
the
forest
of Libanus
was
of
most
pure
gold:
there
was
no
silver,
nor
was
any
account
made
of
it
in
the
days
of
Solomon:
For
the
king’s navy,
once
in
three
years,
went
with
the navy
of
Hiram
by
sea
to Tharsis,
and
brought
from thence
gold,
and
silver,
and elephants’ teeth,
and
apes,
and
peacocks.
And
king
Solomon exceeded
all
the
kings
of
the
earth
in
riches,
and
wisdom.
And
all
the
earth desired
to
see
Solomon’s
face,
to
hear
his
wisdom,
which
God
had
given
in
his
heart.
And
every
one
brought
him
presents,
vessels
of
silver
and
of
gold,
garments
and armour,
and
spices,
and
horses
and
mules
every
year.
And
Solomon
gathered
together
chariots
and
horsemen,
and
he
had
a
thousand
four
hundred
chariots,
and
twelve
thousand horseman:
and
he bestowed
them
in fenced
cities,
and
with
the
king
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
made
silver
to
be
as
plentiful
in
Jerusalem
as
stones:
and
cedars
to
be
as common
as
sycamores
which grow
in
the plains.
And
horses
were
brought
for
Solomon out
of
Egypt,
and Coa:
for
the
king’s
merchants
brought
them out
of Coa,
and bought
them
at
a
set
price.
And
a
chariot
of four
horses
came
out
of
Egypt,
for
six
hundred
sides
of
silver,
and
a
horse
for
a
hundred
and
fifty.
And
after
this
manner
did
all
the
kings
of
the Hethites,
and
of
Syria, sell
horses.
And
king
Solomon
loved
many strange
women besides
the
daughter
of Pharao,
and
women
of
Moab,
and
of
Ammon,
and
of Edom,
and
of Sidon,
and
of
the Hethites:
Of
the
nations
concerning
which
the
Lord
said
to
the
children
of
Israel:
You
shall
not
go
in unto
them,
neither
shall
any
of
them
come
in
to yours:
for
they
will
most
certainly
turn
away
your
heart
to
follow
their
gods.
And
to
these
was
Solomon
joined
with
a
most ardent
love.
And
he
had
seven
hundred
wives
as queens,
and
three
hundred
concubines:
and
the
women
turned
away
his
heart.
And
when
he
was
now
old,
his
heart
was
turned
away
by
women
to
follow strange
gods:
and
his
heart
was
not
perfect
with
the
Lord
his
God,
as
was
the
heart
of
David
his
father.
But
Solomon worshipped Astarthe
the
goddess
of
the
Sidonians,
and Moloch
the
idol
of
the
ammonites.
And
Solomon
did
that
which
was net pleasing
before
the
Lord,
and
did
not
fully
follow
the
Lord,
as
David
his
father.
Then
Solomon
built
a temple
for Chamos
the
idol
of
Moab,
on
the
hill
that
is
over
against
Jerusalem,
and
for Moloch
the
idol
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
he
did
in
this
manner
for
all
his
wives
that
were strangers,
who
burnt
incense,
and
offered
sacrifice
to
their
gods.
And
the
Lord
was
angry
with
Solomon,
because
his
mind
was
turned
away
from
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
who
had
appeared
to
him
twice,
And
had
commanded
him
concerning
this
thing,
that
he
should
not
follow strange
gods:
but
he
kept
not
the
things
which
the
Lord
commanded
him.
The
Lord
therefore
said
to
Solomon:
Because thou hast
done
this,
and hast
not
kept
my
covenant,
and
my precepts,
which
I
have
commanded thee,
I
will
divide
and
rend thy
kingdom,
and
will
give
it
to thy
servant.
Nevertheless
in thy
days
I
will
not
do
it,
for
David thy
father’s
sake:
but
I
will
rend
it
out
of
the
hand
of thy
son.
Neither
will
I
take
away
the
whole
kingdom,
but
I
will
give
one
tribe
to thy
son
for
the
sake
of
David
my
servant,
and
Jerusalem
which
I
have
chosen.
And
the
Lord
raised
up
an
adversary
to
Solomon, Adad
the
Edomite
of
the
king’s
seed,
in
Edom.
For
when
David
was
in
Edom,
and
Joab
the
general
of
the
army
was
gone
up
to
bury
them
that
were
slain,
and
had
killed
every
male
in
Edom,
(For
Joab
remained
there
six
months
with
all
Israel,
till
he
had slain
every
male
in
Edom,)
Then Adad
fled,
he
and
certain
Edomites,
of
his
father’s
servants
with
him,
to
go
into
Egypt:
and Adad
was
then
a
little
boy.
And
they
arose
out
of Madian,
and
came
into Pharan,
and
they
took
men
with
them
from Pharan,
and
went
into
Egypt
to Pharao
the
king
of
Egypt:
who
gave
him
a
house,
and
appointed
him victuals,
and
assigned
him
land.
And Adad
found
great favour
before Pharao, insomuch
that
he
gave
him
to
wife,
the
own
sister
of
his
wife Taphnes
the
queen.
And
the
sister
of Taphnes
bore
him
his
son
Genubath,
and Taphnes
brought
him
up
in
the
house
of Pharao:
and
Genubath dwelt
with Pharao
among
his
children.
And
when Adad
heard
in
Egypt
that
David
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
that
Joab
the
general
of
the
army
was
dead,
he
said
to Pharao:
Let
me depart,
that
I
may
go
to
my
own
country.
And Pharao
said
to
him:
Why,
what
is wanting
to thee
with
me,
that thou seekest
to
go
to thy
own
country?
But
he
answered:
Nothing:
yet
I beseech thee
to
let
me
go.
God
also
raised
up against
him
an
adversary, Razon
the
son
of
Eliada,
who
had
fled
from
his
master Adarezer
the
king
of Soba:
And
he
gathered
men
against
him,
and
he
became
a
captain
of robbers,
when
David
slew
them
of Soba:
and
they
went
to
Damascus,
and
dwelt
there,
and
they
made
him
king
in
Damascus.
And
he
was
an
adversary
to
Israel,
all
the
days
of
Solomon:
and
this
is
the
evil
of Adad,
and
his hatred
against
Israel,
and
he
reigned
in
Syria.
Jeroboam
also
the
son
of Nabat
an
Ephrathite
of Sareda,
a
servant
of
Solomon,
whose
mother
was
named Sarua,
a
widow
woman,
lifted
up
his
hand
against
the
king.
And
this
is
the
cause
of
his rebellion
against
him,
for
Solomon
built Mello,
and filled
up
the
breach
of
the
city
of
David
his
father.
And
Jeroboam
was
a
valiant
and
mighty
man:
and
Solomon
seeing
him
a
young
man ingenious
and industrious,
made
him chief
over
the tributes
of
all
the
house
of
Joseph.
So
it
came
to paste
at
that
time,
that
Jeroboam
went
out
of
Jerusalem,
and
the
prophet Ahias
the Silonite, clad
with
a
new
garment,
found
him
in
the
way:
and
they
two
were
alone
in
the
held.
And Ahias taking
his
new
garment, wherewith
he
was clad, divided
it
into
twelve parts:
And
he
said
to
Jeroboam:
Take
to thee
ten
pieces:
for
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
rend
the
kingdom
out
of
the
hand
of
Solomon,
and
will
give thee
ten
tribes.
But
one
tribe
shall
remain
to
him
for
the
sake
of
my
servant
David,
and
Jerusalem
the
city,
which
I
have
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel:
Because
he hath forsaken
me,
and hath adored Astarthe
the
goddess
of
the
Sidonians,
and Chamos
the
god
of
Moab,
and Moloch
the
god
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
and hath
not
walked
in
my
ways,
to
do
justice
before
me,
and
to
keep
my precepts,
and
judgments
as
did
David
his
father.
Yet
I
will
not
take
away
all
the
kingdom
out
of
his
hand,
but
I
will
make
him
prince
all
the
days
of
his
life,
for
David
my
servant’s
sake,
whom
I
chose,
who
kept
my
commandments
and
my precepts.
But
I
will
take
away
the
kingdom
out
of
his
son’s
hand
and
will
give thee
ten
tribes:
And
to
his
son
I
will
give
one
tribe,
that
there
may
remain
a
lamp
for
my
servant
David
before
me
always
in
Jerusalem
the
city
which
I
have
chosen,
that
my
name
might
be
there.
And
I
will
take thee,
and thou shalt
reign
over
all
that thy
soul desireth,
and thou shalt
be
king
over
Israel.
If
then thou wilt hearken
to
all
that
I
shall
command thee,
and wilt
walk
in
my
ways,
and
do
what
is
right
before
me,
keeping
my
commandments
and
my precepts,
as
David
my
servant
did:
I
will
be
with thee,
and
will
build thee
up
a
faithful
house,
as
I
built
a
house
for
David,
and
I
will
deliver
Israel
to thee:
And
I
will
for
this
afflict
the
seed
of
David,
but
yet
not
for ever.
Solomon
therefore
sought
to
kill
Jeroboam:
but
he
arose,
and
fled
into
Egypt
to Sesac
the
king
of
Egypt,
and
was
in
Egypt
till
the
death
of
Solomon.
And
the
rest
of
the
words
of
Solomon,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
wisdom:
behold
they
are
all
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the days
of
Solomon.
And
the
days
that
Solomon
reigned
in
Jerusalem
over
all
Israel,
were
forty
years.
And
Solomon
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
city
of
David
his
father,
and Roboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And Roboam
went
to Sichem:
for thither
were
all
Israel
come together
to
make
him
king.
But
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
was
yet
in
Egypt,
a fugitive
from
the
face
of
king
Solomon,
hearing
of
his death, returned
out
of
Egypt.
And
they
sent
and
called
him:
and
Jeroboam
came,
and
all
the multitude
of
Israel,
and
they
spoke
to Roboam,
saying:
Thy
father
laid
a
grievous
yoke
upon
us:
now
therefore
do thou
take
off
a little
of
the
grievous
service
of thy
father,
and
of
his most
heavy
yoke,
which
he
put
upon
us,
and
we
will
serve thee.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go till
the
third
day,
and
come
to
me
again.
And
when
the
people
was
gone,
King Roboam
took
counsel
with
the
old
men,
that
stood
before
Solomon
his
father
while
he yet
lived,
and
he
said:
What
counsel
do
you
give
me,
that
I
may
answer
this
people?
They
said
to
him:
If thou wilt yield
to
this
people
today,
and condescend
to
them,
and grant
their petition,
and wilt
speak gentle
words
to
them,
they
will
be thy
servants
always.
But
he
left
the
counsel
of
the
old
men,
which
they
had
given
him,
and
consulted
with
the
young
men,
that
had
been
brought
up
with
him,
and
stood
before
him.
And
he
said
to
them:
What
counsel
do
you
give
me,
that
I
may
answer
this
people,
who
have
said
to
me:
Make
the
yoke
which thy
father
put
upon
us
lighter?
And
the
young
men
that
had
been
brought
up
with
him,
said:
Thus shalt thou
speak
to
this
people,
who
have
spoken
to thee,
saying: Thy
father
made
our
yoke
heavy,
do thou
ease
us. Thou shalt
say
to
them:
My
little
finger
is
thicker
than
the
back
of
my
father.
And
now
my
father put
a,
heavy
yoke
upon
you,
but
I
will
add
to
your
yoke:
my
father beat
you
with
whips,
but
I
will beat
you
with
scorpions.
So
Jeroboam
and
all
the
people
came
to Roboam
the
third
day,
as
the
king
had appointed,
saying:
Come
to
me
again
the
third
day.
And
the
king
answered
the
people roughly,
leaving
the
counsel
of
the
old
men,
which
they
had
given
him,
And
he
spoke
to
them
according
to
the
counsel
of
the
young
men,
saying:
My
father
made
your
yoke
heavy,
but
I
will
add
to
your
yoke:
my
father beat
you
with
whips,
but
I
will beat
you
with
scorpions.
And
the
king condescended
not
to
the
people:
for
the
Lord
was
turned
away
from
him,
to
make
good
his
word,
which
he
had
spoken
in
the
hand
of Ahias
the Silonite,
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat.
Then
the
people
seeing
that
the
king
would
not hearken
to
them,
answered
him,
saying:
What
portion
have
we
in
David?
or
what
inheritance
in
the
son
of Isai?
Go
home
to thy dwellings,
O
Israel,
now
David
look
to thy own
house.
So
Israel departed
to
their dwellings.
But
as
for all
the
children
of
Israel
that
dwelt
in
the
cities
of Juda, Roboam
reigned
over
them.
Then
king Roboam
sent Aduram,
who
was
over
the
tribute:
and
all
Israel
stoned
him,
and
he
died. Wherefore
king Roboam
made
haste
to
get
him
up
into
his
chariot,
and
he
fled
to
Jerusalem:
And
Israel
revolted
from
the
house
of
David, unto
this
day.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
all
Israel
heard
that
Jeroboam
was
come
again,
that
they
gathered
an
assembly,
and
sent
and
called
him,
and
made
him
king
over
all
Israel,
and
there
was
none
that
followed
the
house
of
David
but
the
tribe
of Juda
only.
And Roboam
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
gathered
together
all
the
house
of Juda,
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
a
hundred four-score
thousand chosen
men
for
war,
to
fight
against
the
house
of
Israel
and
to
bring
the
kingdom
again
under Roboam
the
son
of
Solomon.
But
the
word
of
the Lord
came
to Semeias
the
man
of
God,
saying:
Speak
to Roboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
the
king
of Juda,
and
to
all
the
house
of Juda,
and
Benjamin,
and
the
rest
of
the
people,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
You
shall
not
go
up
nor
fight
against
your
brethren
the
children
of
Israel:
let
every
man
return
to
his
house,
for
this
thing
is
from
me.
They hearkened
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
returned
from
their journey,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
them.
And
Jeroboam
built Sichem
in
mount
Ephraim,
and
dwelt
there,
and
going
out
from thence
he
built Phanuel.
And
Jeroboam
said
in
his
heart:
Now
shall
the
kingdom
return
to
the
house
of
David,
If
this
people
go
up
to
offer
sacrifices
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
at
Jerusalem:
and
the
heart
of
this
people
will
turn
to
their
lord Roboam
the
king
of Juda,
and
they
will
kill
me,
and
return
to
him.
And finding
out
a device
he
made
two
golden
calves,
and
said
to
them:
Go ye
up no
more
to
Jerusalem:
Behold thy
gods,
O
Israel,
who
brought thee
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
he
set
the
one
in
Bethel,
and
the
other
in
Dan:
And
this
thing
became
an occasion
of
sin:
for
the
people
went
to adore
the calf
as
far
as
Dan.
And
he
made
temples
in
the
high
places,
and
priests
of
the lowest
of
the
people,
who
were
not
of
the
sons
of
Levi.
And
he
appointed
a
feast
in
the
eighth
month,
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
month,
after
the
manner
of
the
feast
that
was
celebrated
in Juda.
And
going
up
to
the
altar,
he
did
in
like
manner
in
Bethel,
to
sacrifice
to
the
calves,
which
he
had
made:
and
he
placed
in
Bethel
priests
of
the
high
places,
which
he
had
made.
And
he
went
up
to
the
altar,
which
he
had
built
in
Bethel,
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
eighth
month,
which
he
had
devised
of
his own heart:
and
he ordained
a
feast
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
went
upon
the
altar
to
burn
incense.
And
behold
there
came
a
man
of
God
out
of Juda,
by
the
word
of
the
Lord
to
Bethel,
when
Jeroboam
was
standing
upon
the
altar,
and
burning
incense.
And
he
cried
out
against
the
altar
in
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
said:
O
altar,
altar,
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
a
child
shall
be
born
to
the
house
of
David, Josias
by
name,
and
he
shall immolate
upon thee
the
priests
of
the
high
places,
who
now
burn
incense
upon thee,
and
he
shall
burn
men’s
bones
upon thee.
And
he
gave
a
sign
the
same
day,
saying:
This
shall
be
the
sign,
that
the
Lord hath
spoken:
Behold
the
altar
shall
be rent,
and
the
ashes
that
are
upon
it
shall
be
poured
out.
And
when
the
king
had
heard
the
word
of
the
man
of
God,
which
he
had
cried
out
against
the
altar
in
Bethel,
he
stretched
forth
his
hand
from
the
altar,
saying:
Lay
hold
on
him.
And
his
hand
which
he
stretched
forth
against
him
withered:
and
he
was
not
able
to
draw
it
back
again
to
him.
The
altar
also
was rent,
and
the
ashes
were
poured
out
from
the
altar,
according
to
the
sign
which
the
man
of
God
had
given
before
in
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
the
king
said
to
the
man
of
God:
Entreat
the
face
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
pray
for
me,
that
my
hand
may
be
restored
to
me.
And
the
man
of
God besought
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
the
king’s
hand
was
restored
to
him,
and
it
became
as
it
was
before.
And
the
king
said
to
the
man
of
God:
Come
home
with
me
to dine,
and
I
will
make thee presents.
And
the
man
of
God
answered
the
king:
If thou wouldst
give
me
half thy
house
I
will
not
go
with thee,
nor
eat
bread,
nor
drink
water
in
this
place:
For
so
it
was enjoined
me
by
the
word
of
the
Lord
commanding
me: Thou shalt
not
eat
bread
nor
drink
water,
nor
return
by
the
same
way
that thou camest.
So
he
departed
by
another
way,
and
returned
not
by
the
way
that
he
came
into
Bethel.
Now
a
certain
old
prophet
dwelt
in
Bethel,
and
his
sons
came
to
him
and
told
him
all
the
works
that
the
man
of
God
had
done
that
day
in
Bethel:
and
they
told
their
father
the
words
which
he
had
spoken
to
the
king.
And
their
father
said
to
them:
What
way
went
he?
His
sons shewed
him
the
way
by
which
the
man
of
God
went,
who
came
out
of Juda.
And
he
said
to
his
sons:
Saddle
me
the ass.
And
when
they
had
saddled
him,
he got
up,
And
went
after
the
man
of
God,
and
found
him
sitting
under
a turpentine tree:
and
he
said
to
him: Art thou
the
man
of
God
that camest
from Juda?
He
answered:
I
am.
And
he
said
to
him: Come
home
with
me,
to
eat
bread.
But
he
said:
I
must
not
return,
nor
go
with thee,
neither
will
I
eat
bread,
nor
drink
water
in
this
place:
Because
the
Lord
spoke
to
me
in
the
word
of
the
Lord,
saying: Thou shalt
not
eat
bread,
and thou shalt
not
drink
water
there,
nor
return
by
the
way thou wentest.
He
said
to
him:
I
also
am
a
prophet
like unto thee:
and
an
angel
spoke
to
me
in
the
word
of
the
Lord,
saying:
Bring
him
back
with thee
into thy
house,
that
he
may
eat
bread,
and
drink
water.
He
deceived
him,
And
brought
him
back
with
him:
so
he
ate
bread
and
drank
water
in
his
house.
And
as
they
sat
at
table,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
the
prophet
that
brought
him
back:
And
he
cried
out
to
the
man
of
God
who
came
out
of Juda,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Because thou hast
not
been obedient
to
the
Lord,
and hast
not
kept
the
commandment
which
the
Lord thy
God
commanded thee,
And hast
returned
and
eaten
bread,
and
drunk
water
in
the
place
wherein
he
commanded thee
that thou shouldst
not
eat
bread,
nor
drink
water, thy
dead
body
shall
not
be
brought
into
the sepulchre
of thy
fathers.
And
when
he
had
eaten
and
drunk,
he
saddled
his ass
for
the
prophet,
whom
he
had
brought
back.
And
when he
was
gone,
a
lion
found
him
in
the
way,
and
killed
him,
and
his
body
was
cast
in
the
way:
and
the ass
stood
by
him,
and
the
lion
stood
by
the
dead
body.
And
behold,
men
passing
by
saw
the
dead
body
cast
in
the
way,
and
the
lion
standing
by
the
body.
And
they
came
and
told
it
in
the
city,
wherein
that
old
prophet
dwelt.
And
when
that
prophet,
who
had
brought
him
back
out
of
the
way,
heard
of
it,
he
said:
It
is
the
man
of
God,
that
was
disobedient
to
the
mouth
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord hath
delivered
him
to
the
lion,
and
he hath
torn
him,
and
killed
him
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
to
him.
And
he
said
to
his
sons:
Saddle
me
an ass.
And
when
they
had
saddled
it,
And
he
was
gone,
he
found
the
dead
body
cast
in
the
way,
and
the ass
and
the
lion
standing
by
the
carcass:
the
lion
had
not
eaten
of
the
dead
body,
nor
hurt
the ass.
And
the
prophet
took
up
the
body
of
the
man
of
God,
and
laid
it
upon
the ass,
and
going
back
brought
it
into
the
city
of
the
old
prophet,
to
mourn
for
him.
And
he laid
his
dead
body
in
his own sepulchre:
and
they
mourned
over
him, saying:
Alas!
alas!
my
brother.
And
when
they
had mourned
over
him,
he
said
to
his
sons:
When
I
am
dead,
bury
me
in
the sepulchre
wherein
the
man
of
God
is
buried:
lay
my
bones
beside
his
bones.
For assuredly
the
word
shall
come
to
pass
which
he hath foretold
in
the
word
of
the
Lord
against
the
altar
that
is
in
Bethel:
and
against
all
the
temples
of
the
high
places,
that
are
in
the
cities
of
Samaria.
After
these
words
Jeroboam
came
not
back
from
his
wicked
way:
but
on
the contrary
he
made
of
the meanest
of
the
people
priests
of
the
high
places: whosoever
would,
he
filled
his
hand,
and
he
was
made
a
priest
of
the
high
places.
And
for
this
cause did
the
house
of
Jeroboam
sin,
and
was
cut
off
and
destroyed
from
the
face
of
the
earth.
At
that
time Abia
the
son
of
Jeroboam fell
sick.
And
Jeroboam
said
to
his
wife:
Arise,
and change thy dress,
that thou
be
not
known
to
be
the
wife
of
Jeroboam,
and
go
to Silo,
where Ahias
the
prophet
is,
who
told
me,
that
I
should reign
over
this
people.
Take
also
with thee
ten leaves,
and cracknels,
and
a pot
of
honey,
and
go
to
him:
for
he
will
tell thee
what
shall
become
of
this
child.
Jeroboam’s
wife
did
as
he
told
her:
and
rising
up
went
to Silo,
and
came
to
the
house
of Ahias:
but
he
could
not
see,
for
his
eyes
were
dim
by
reason
of
his
age.
And
the
Lord
said
to Ahias:
Behold
the
wife
of
Jeroboam cometh
in,
to
consult thee
concerning
her
son
that
is
sick:
thus
and
thus shalt thou
speak
to
her.
So
when
she
was
coming
in,
and
made
as
if
she
were
another
woman,
Ahias
heard
the
sound
of
her
feet
coming
in
at
the
door,
and
said:
Come
in, thou
wife
of
Jeroboam:
why dost thou feign thyself
to
be
another?
But
I
am
sent
to thee
with heavy tidings.
Go,
and
tell
Jeroboam:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel: Forasmuch
as
I
exalted thee
from
among
the
people,
and
made thee
prince
over
my
people
Israel:
And rent
the
kingdom
away
from
the
house
of
David,
and
gave
it
to thee,
and thou hast
not
been
as
my
servant
David,
who
kept
my
commandments,
and
followed
me
with
all
his
heart,
doing
that
which
was
well pleasing
in
my
sight:
But hast
done
evil
above
all
that
were
before thee,
and hast
made thee strange
gods
and molten
gods,
to
provoke
me
to
anger,
and hast
cast
me
behind thy
back:
Therefore
behold
I
will
bring evils
upon
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
and
will
cut
of
from
Jeroboam
him
that pisseth
against
the
wall,
and
him
that
is
shut
up,
and
the last
in
Israel:
and
I
will sweep
away
the remnant
of
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
as
dung
is
swept
away
till
all
be clean.
Them
that
shall
die
of
Jeroboam
in
the
city,
the
dogs
shall
eat:
and
them
that
shall
die
in
the
field,
the
birds
of
the air
shall
devour:
for
the
Lord hath
spoken
it.
Arise thou
therefore,
and
go
to thy
house:
and
when thy
feet
shall
be
entering
into
the
city,
the
child
shall
die,
And
all
Israel
shall
mourn
for
him,
and
shall
bury
him:
for
he
only
of
Jeroboam
shall
be
laid
in
a sepulchre,
because
in
his
regard
there
is
found
a
good
word
from
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
in
the
house
of
Jeroboam.
And
the
Lord hath appointed
himself
a
king
over
Israel,
who
shall
cut
off
the
house
of
Jeroboam
in
this
day,
and
in
this
time:
And
the
Lord
God
shall
strike
Israel
as
a
reed
is
shaken
in
the
water:
and
he
shall
root
up
Israel
out
of
this
good
land,
which
he
gave
to
their
fathers,
and
shall
scatter
them
beyond
the
river:
because
they
have
made
to
themselves groves,
to
provoke
the
Lord.
And
the Lord
shall
give
up
Israel
for
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
who hath
sinned,
and
made
Israel
to
sin.
And
the
wife
of
Jeroboam
arose,
and
departed,
and
came
to Thersa:
and
when
she
was
coming
in
to
the threshold
of
the
house,
the
child
died;
And
they
buried
him.
And
all
Israel
mourned
for
him
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
by
the
hand
of
his
servant Ahias
the
prophet.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jeroboam,
how
he
fought,
and
how
he
reigned,
behold
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
And
the
days
that
Jeroboam
reigned,
were
two
and
twenty
years:
and
he
slept
with
his
fathers:
and
Nadab
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And Roboam
the
son
of
Solomon
reigned
in Juda: Roboam
was
one
and
forty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
seventeen
years
in
Jerusalem
the
city,
which
the
Lord
chose
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
put
his
name
there.
And
his
mother’s
name wee Naama
an
Ammonitess.
And Juda
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
provoked
him above
all
that
their
fathers
had
done,
in
their
sins
which
they
committed.
For
they
also
built
them altars,
and statues,
and groves
upon
every
high
hill
and
under
every
green
tree:
There
were
also
the effeminate
in
the
land,
and
they
did according
to
all
the
abominations
of
the
people
whom
the
Lord
had destroyed
before
the
face
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
in
the
fifth
year
of
the reign
of Roboam, Sesac
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem.
And
he
took
away
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
king’s
treasures,
and
carried
all
off:
as
also
the
shields
of
gold
which
Solomon
had
made.
And Roboam
made
shields
of
brass
instead
of
them,
and
delivered
them
into
the.
hand
of
the
captains
of
the shieldbearers,
and
of
them
that
kept
watch
before
the
gate
of
the
king’s
house.
And
when
the
king
went
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
they whose office
it
was
to
go
before
him,
carried
them:
and afterwards
they
brought
them
back
to
the armoury
of
the shieldbearers.
Now
the
rest
of
the sets
of Roboam,
and
all
that
he
did,
behold
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda.
And
there
was
war
between Roboam
and
Jeroboam
always.
And Roboam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David:
and
his
mother’s
name
was Naama
an
Ammonitess:
and Abiam
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Now
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat, Abiam
reigned
over Juda.
He
reigned
three
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Maacha
the
daughter
of Abessalom.
And
he walked
in
all
the
sins
of
his
father,
which
he
had
done
before
him:
and
his
heart
was
not
perfect
with
the
Lord
his
God,
as
was
the
heart
of
David
his
father.
But
for
David’s
sake
the
Lord
his
God
gave
him
a
lamp
in
Jerusalem,
to
set
up
his
son
after
him,
and
to
establish
Jerusalem:
Because
David
had
done
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord,
and
had
not
turned
aside
from
any
thing
that
he
commanded
him,
all
the
days
of
his
life,
except
the
matter
of Urias
the Hethite.
But
there
was
war
between Roboam
and
Jeroboam
all
the
time
of
his
life.
And
the
rest
of
the
words
of Abiam,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And
there
was
war
between Abiam
and
Jeroboam.
And Abiam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David,
and
Asa
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
So
in
the
twentieth
year
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
reigned
Asa
king
of Juda,
And
he
reigned
one
and
forty
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was Maacha,
the
daughter
of Abessalom.
And
Asa
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
as
did
David
his
father:
And
he
took
away
the effeminate
out
of
the
land,
and
he
removed
all
the filth
of
the
idols,
which
his
fathers
had
made.
Moreover
he
also
removed
his
mother Maacha,
from
being
the princess
in
the sacrifices
of Priapus,
and
in
the grove
which
she
had consecrated
to
him:
and
he
destroyed
her den,
and broke
in pieces
the filthy idol,
and
burnt
it
by
the torrent Cedron:
But
the
high
places
he
did
not
take
away. Nevertheless
the
heart
of
Asa
was
perfect
with
the
Lord
all
his
days:
And
he
brought
in
the
things
which
his
father
had
dedicated,
and
he
had
vowed,
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
silver
and
gold,
and
vessels.
And
there
was
war
between
Asa,
and Baasa
king
of
Israel
all
their
days.
And Baasa
king
of
Israel
went
up
against Juda,
and
built Rama,
that
no man
might
go
out
or
come
in,
of
the side
of
Asa
king
of Juda.
Then
Asa
took
all
the
silver
and
gold
that
remained
in
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
and
delivered
it
into
the
hands
of
his
servants:
and
sent
them
to Benadad
son
of Tabremon
the
son
of
Hezion,
king
of
Syria,
who
dwelt
in
Damascus,
saying:
There
is
a
league
between
me
and thee,
and
between
my
father
and thy
father:
therefore
I
have
sent thee presents
of
silver
and
gold:
and
I desire thee
to
come,
and
break thy
league
with Baasa
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
depart
from
me.
Benadad hearkening
to
king
Asa,
sent
the
captains
of
his
army
against
the
cities
of
Israel,
and
they
smote Ahion,
and
Dan,
and Abeldomum Maacha,
and
all Cenneroth,
that
is
all
the
land
of Nephtali.
And
when Baasa
had
heard this,
he
left
off
building Rama,
and returned
into Thersa.
But
king
Asa sent word
into
all Juda, saying: Let
no
man
be excused:
and
they
took
away
the
stones
from Rama,
and
the
timber thereof wherewith Baasa
had
been
building,
and
with
them
Asa
built Gabaa
of
Benjamin,
and Maspha.
But
the
rest
of
all
the
acts
of
Asa,
and
all
his
strength,
and
all
that
he
did
and
the
cities
that
he
built,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
But
in
the
time
of
his
old
age
he
was diseased
in
his
feet.
And
he
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David
his
father.
And Josaphat
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
But
Nadab
the
son
of
Jeroboam
reigned
over
Israel
the
second
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda:
and
he
reigned
over
Israel
two
years.
And
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and walked
in
the
ways
of
his
father,
and
in
his
sins, wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
And Baasa
the
son
of Ahias
of
the
house
of
Issachar,
conspired
against
him,
and
slew
him
in Gebbethon,
which
is
a city
of
the
Philistines:
for
Nadab
and
all
Israel besieged Gebbethon.
So Baasa slew
him
in
the
third
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda,
and
reigned
in
his
place.
And
when
he
was
king
he cut
off
all
the
house
of
Jeroboam:
he
left
not
so
much
as
one soul
of
his seed,
till
he
had
utterly
destroyed
him,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had
spoken
in
the
hand
of Ahias
the Silonite:
Because
of
the
sin
of
Jeroboam,
which
he
had
sinned,
and wherewith
he
had
made
Israel
to
sin,
and
for
the offence, wherewith
he
provoked
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Nadab,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And
there
was
war
between
Asa
and Baasa
the
king
of
Israel
all
their
days.
In
the
third
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda, Baasa
the
son
of Ahias
reigned
over
all
Israel,
in Thersa,
four
and
twenty
years.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord,
and walked
in
the
ways
of
Jeroboam,
and
in
his
sins, wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
Then
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani
against Baasa,
saying:
Forasmuch
as
I
have
exalted thee
out
of
the
dust,
and
made thee
prince
over
my
people
Israel,
and thou hast walked
in
the
way
of
Jeroboam,
and hast
made
my
people
Israel
to
sin,
to
provoke
me
to
anger
with
their
sins:
Behold,
I
will cut
down
the posterity
of Baasa,
and
the posterity
of
his
house,
and
I
will
make thy
house
as
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat.
Him
that dieth
of Baasa
in
the
city,
the
dogs
shall
eat:
and
him
that dieth
of
his
in
the
country,
the fowls
of
the air
shall
devour.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Baasa
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his battles,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
So Baasa
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in Thersa:
and Ela
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
when
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
in
the
hand
of
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani
the
prophet,
against Baasa,
and
against
his
house,
and
against
all
the
evil
that
he
had
done
before
the
Lord,
to
provoke
him
to
anger
by
the
works
of
his
hands,
to
become
as
the
house
of
Jeroboam:
for
this
cause
he
slew
him,
that
is
to
say,
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani,
the
prophet.
In
the
six
and
twentieth
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda, Ela
the
son
of Baasa
reigned
over
Israel
in Thersa two
years.
And
his
servant Zambri,
who
was
captain
of
half
the horsemen, rebelled
against
him: now Ela
was
drinking
in Thersa,
and
drunk
in
the
house
of Arsa
the
governor
of Thersa.
And Zambri rushing
in,
struck
him
and
slew
him
in
the
seven
and
twentieth
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda,
and
he
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
when
he
was
king
and
sat
upon
his
throne,
he
slew
all
the
house
of Baasa,
and
he
left
not
one thereof
to piss
against
a
wall,
and
all
his kinsfolks
and
friends.
And Zambri
destroyed
all
the
house
of Baasa,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
that
he
had
spoken
to Baasa
in
the
hand
of
Jehu
the
prophet,
For
all
the
sins
of Baasa,
and
the
sins
of Ela
his
son,
who
sinned,
and
made
Israel
to
sin,
provoking
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
with
their
vanities.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Ela,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
In
the
seven
and
twentieth
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda, Zambri
reigned
seven
days
in Thersa:
now
the
army
was
besieging Gebbethon
a city
of
the
Philistines.
And
when
they
heard
that Zambri
had rebelled,
and
slain
the
king,
all
Israel
made Amri
their
king,
who
was
general
over
Israel
in
the
camp
that
day.
And Amri
went
up,
and
all
Israel
with
him
from Gebbethon,
and
they besieged Thersa.
And Zambri
seeing
that
the
city
was
about
to
be
taken,
went
into
the
palace
and
burnt
himself
with
the
king’s
house:
and
he
died
In
his
sins,
which
he
had
sinned,
doing
evil
before
the
Lord,
and walking
in
the
way
of
Jeroboam,
and
in
his
sin, wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Zambri,
and
of
his
conspiracy
and tyranny,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Then
were
the
people
of
Israel
divided
into
two
parts:
one
half
of
the
people
followed Thebni
the
son
of Gineth,
to make
him
king:
and
one
half
followed Amri.
But
the
people
that
were
with Amri,
prevailed
over
the
people
that
followed Thebni
the
son
of Gineth:
and Thebni
died,
and Amri
reigned.
In
the
one
and
thirtieth
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda, Amri
reigned
over
Israel
twelve
years:
in Thersa
he
reigned
six
years.
And
he
bought
the
hill
of
Samaria
of Semer
for two
talents
of
silver:
and
he
built
upon
it,
and
he
called
the
city
which
he
built
Samaria,
after
the
name
of Semer
the
owner
of
the
hill.
And Amri
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
acted
wickedly
above
all
that
were
before
him.
And
he walked
in
all
the
way
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
and
in
his
sins wherewith
he
made
Israel
to
sin:
to
provoke
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
to
anger
with
their
vanities.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Amri,
and
the battles
he fought,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And Amri
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
Samaria,
and Achab
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Now Achab
the
son
of Amri
reigned
over
Israel
in
the
eight
and
thirtieth
year
of
Asa
king
of Juda.
And Achab
the
son
of Amri
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
two
and
twenty
years.
And Achab
the
son
of Amri
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
above
all
that
were
before
him.
Nor
was
it enough
for
him
to walk
in
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat:
but
he
also
took
to
wife Jezabel
daughter
of
Ethbaal
king
of
the
Sidonians.
And
he
went,
and
served
Baal,
and adored
him.
And
he
set
up
an
altar
for
Baal
in
the
temple
of
Baal,
which
he
had
built
in
Samaria,
And
he planted
a grove:
and Achab
did
more
to
provoke
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
than
all
the
kings
of
Israel
that
were
before
him.
In
his
days
Hiel
of Bethel
built
Jericho:
in
Abiram
his
firstborn
he
laid
its
foundations:
and
in
his
youngest
son
Segub
he
set
up
the
gates thereof:
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
in
the
hand
of Josue
the
son
of
Nun.
And Elias
the Thesbite
of
the inhabitants
of Galaad
said
to Achab:
As
the
Lord liveth
the
God
of
Israel,
in
whose
sight
I
stand,
there
shall
not
be
dew
nor
rain
these
years,
but
according
to
the
words
of
my
mouth.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
him,
saying:
Get thee hence,
and go towards
the
east
and
hide thyself
by
the torrent
of Carith,
which
is
over
against
the
Jordan,
And
there thou shalt
drink
of
the torrent:
and
I
have
commanded
the
ravens
to feed thee
there.
So
he
went,
and
did
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord:
and going,
he
dwelt
by
the torrent Carith,
which
is
over
against
the
Jordan.
And
the
ravens
brought
him
bread
and
flesh
in
the
morning,
and
bread
and
flesh
in
the
evening,
and
he
drank
of tile torrent.
But
after
some
time
the torrent
was
dried
up,
for
it
had
not rained
upon
the
earth.
Then
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
him,
saying:
Arise,
and
go
to Sarephta
of
the Sidonians,
and
dwell
there:
for
I
have
commanded
a
widow
woman
there
to feed thee.
He
arose,
and
went
to Sarephta.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the
gate
of
the
city,
he
saw
the
widow
woman
gathering
sticks,
and
he
called
her,
and
said
to
her:
Give
me
a
little
water
in
a
vessel,
that
I
may
drink.
And
when
she
was going
to fetch
it
he
called
after
her,
saying:
Bring
me also,
I
beseech thee,
a
morsel
of
bread
in thy
hand.
And
she
answered:
As
the
Lord thy
God liveth,
I
have
no
bread,
but
only
a handful
of
meal
in
a pot,
and
a
little
oil
in
a cruse:
behold
I
am
gathering
two
sticks
that
I
may
go
in
and dress
it,
for
me
and
my
son,
that
we
may
eat
it,
and
die.
And Elias
said
to
her:
Fear
not,
but
go,
and
do
as thou hast
said:
but
first
make
for
me
of
the
same meal
a
little hearth
cake,
and
bring
it
to
me:
and
after
make
for thyself
and thy
son.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
The pot
of
meal
shall
not
waste,
nor
the cruse
of
oil
be diminished,
until
the
day wherein
the
Lord
will
give
rain
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
She
went
and
did according
to
the
word
of Elias:
and
he
ate,
and
she,
and
her
house:
and
from
that
day
The pot
of
meal wasted
not,
and
the cruse
of
oil
was
not diminished,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
in
the
hand
of Elias.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
this
that
the
son
of
the
woman,
the
mistress
of
the
house,
fell
sick,
and
the
sickness
was
very grievous,
so
that
there
was
no
breath
left
in
him.
And
she
said
to Elias:
What
have
I
to
do
with thee, thou
man
of
God? art thou
come
to
me
that
my
iniquities
should
be
remembered,
and
that thou shouldst
kill
my
son?
And Elias
said
to
her:
Give
me thy
son.
And
he
took
him
out
of
her
bosom,
and
carried
him
into
the
upper
chamber
where
he
abode,
and
laid
him
upon
his own
bed.
And
he
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
O
Lord
my
God, hast thou
afflicted
also
the
widow,
with
whom
I
am
after
a
so maintained,
so
as
to
kill
her
son?
And
he
stretched,
and
measured
himself
upon
the
child
three
times,
and
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
O
Lord
my
God,
let
the
soul
of
this
child,
I
beseech thee,
return
into
his
body.
And
the
Lord
heard
the
voice
of Elias:
and
the
soul
of
the
child
returned
into
him,
and
he
revived.
And Elias
took
the
child,
and
brought
him
down
from
the
upper
chamber
to
the
house
below,
and
delivered
him
to
his
mother,
and
said
to
her:
Behold thy
son liveth.
And
the
woman
said
to Elias:
Now,
by
this
I
know
that thou art
a
man
of
God,
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
in thy
mouth
is
true.
After
many
days
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Elias,
in
the
third
year,
saying:
Go
and shew thyself
to Achab,
that
I
may
give
rain
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
And Elias
went
to shew
himself
to Achab,
and there
was
a grievous
famine
in
Samaria.
And Achab
called Abdias
the governor
of
his
house:
now Abdias feared
the
Lord
very
much.
For
when Jezabel killed
the
prophets
of
the
Lord,
he
took
a
hundred
prophets
and
hid
them
by
fifty
and
fifty
in
caves,
and fed
them
with
bread
and
water.
And Achab
said
to Abdias: Go
into
the
land unto
all
fountains
of
waters,
and
into
all
valleys,
to see
if
we
can
find
grass,
and save
the
horses
and
mules,
that
the
beasts
may
not utterly
perish.
And
they
divided
the
countries
between
them,
that
they might
go round
about
them: Achab
went
one
way,
and Abdias
another
way
by
himself.
And
as Abdias
was
in
the
way, Elias
met
him:
and
he knew
him,
and
fell
on
his
face,
and
said: Art thou
my
lord Elias?
And
he
answered:
I
am.
Go,
and
tell thy
master: Elias
is
here.
And
he
said:
What
have
I
sinned,
that thou wouldst
deliver
me thy
servant
into
the
hand
of Achab,
that
he
should
kill
me?
As
the
Lord thy
God liveth,
there
is
no
nation
or
kingdom, whither
my
lord hath
not
sent
to
seek thee:
and
when all
answered:
He
is
not
here:
he
took
an
oath
of
every
kingdom
and
nation,
because thou wast
not
found.
And
now thou sayest
to
me:
Go,
and
tell thy
master: Elias
is
here.
And
when
I
am
gone
from thee,
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
will
carry thee
into
a
place
that
I
know
not:
and
I
shall
go
in
and
tell Achab,
and
he
not
finding thee,
will
kill
me:
but thy
servant feareth
the
Lord
from
his infancy.
Hath
it
not
been
told thee,
my
lord,
what
I
did
when Jezabel
killed
the
prophets
of
the
Lord,
how
I
hid
a
hundred
men
of
the
prophets
of
the
Lord,
by
fifty
and
fifty
in
caves,
and fed
them
with
bread
and
water?
And
now thou sayest:
Go,
and
tell thy
master: Elias
is
here:
that
he may
kill
me.
And Elias
said:
As
the
Lord
of
hosts liveth,
before
whose
face
I
stand,
this
day
I
will shew myself unto
him.
Abdias therefore
went
to
meet Achab,
and
told
him:
and Achab came
to
meet Elias.
And
when
he
had
seen
him,
he
said: Art thou
he
that troublest
Israel?
And
he
said:
I
have
not
troubled
Israel,
but thou
and thy
father’s
house,
who
have forsaken
the
commandments
of
the
Lord,
and
have
followed Baalim.
Nevertheless
send
now,
and
gather unto
me
all
Israel, unto
mount
Carmel,
and
the
prophets
of
Baal
four
hundred
and
fifty,
and
the
prophets
of
the groves
four
hundred,
who
eat
at Jezabel’s
table.
Achab
sent
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
gathered
together
the
prophets unto
mount
Carmel.
And Elias
coming
to
all
the
people,
said:
How
long
do
you halt
between
two sides?
if
the
Lord
be
God,
follow
him:
but
if
Baal,
then
follow
him.
And
the
people
did
not
answer
him
a
word.
And Elias
said again
to
the
people:
I
only
remain
a
prophet
of
the
Lord:
but
the
prophets
of
Baal
are
four
hundred
and
fifty
men.
Let
two bullocks
be
given
us,
and
let
them
choose
one bullock
for
themselves,
and
cut
it
in
pieces
and
lay
it
upon
wood,
but
put
no
fire
under:
and
I
will dress
the
other bullock,
and
lay
it
on
wood,
and
put
no
fire
under
it.
Call ye
on
the
names
of
your
gods,
and
I
will
call
on
the
name
of
my
Lord:
and
the
God
that
shall
answer
by
fire,
let
him
be
God.
And
all
the
people answering
said:
A very
good
proposal.
Then Elias
said
to
the
prophets
of
Baal:
Choose
you
one bullock
and dress
it
first,
because
you
are
many:
and
call
on
the
names
of
your
gods,
but
put
no
fire under.
And
they
took
the bullock
which
he
gave
them,
and dressed
it:
and
they
called
on
the
name
of
Baal
from
morning
even
till
noon,
saying:
O
Baal,
hear
us.
But
there
was
no
voice,
nor
any
that
answered:
and
they leaped
over
the
altar
that
they
had
made.
And
when
it
was
now
noon, Elias jested
at
them,
saying:
Cry
with
a
louder
voice:
for
he
is
a
God,
and
perhaps
he
is talking,
or
is
in
an inn,
or
on
a
journey,
or
perhaps
he
is
asleep,
and must
be awaked.
So
they
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
and
cut
themselves
after
their
manner
with
knives
and lancets,
till
they
were
all covered
with
blood.
And
after midday
was past,
and
while
they
were
prophesying,
the
time
was
come
of
offering
sacrifice,
and
there
was
no
voice
heard,
nor did
any
one
answer,
nor regard
them
as
they prayed:
Elias
said
to
all
the
people:
Come ye unto
me.
And
the
people
coming
near unto
him,
he
repaired
the
altar
of
the
Lord,
that
was
broken
down:
And
he
took
twelve
stones
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
the
sons
of
Jacob,
to
whom
the
word
of
the
Lord
came,
saying:
Israel
shall
be thy
name.
And
he
built
with
the
stones
an
altar
to
the
name
of
the
Lord:
and
he
made
a trench
for water,
of
the breadth
of
two furrows
round
about
the
altar.
And
he
laid
the
wood
in order,
and
cut
the bullock
in
pieces,
and
laid
it
upon
the
wood.
And
he
said:
Fill
four buckets
with
water,
and
pour
it
upon
the
burnt offering,
and
upon
the
wood.
And
again
he
said:
Do
the same
the
second
time.
And
when
they
had done
it
the
second
time,
he
said:
Do
the same also
the
third
time.
And
they
did
so
the
third
time.
And
the
water run
round
about
the
altar,
and
the trench
was
filled
with
water.
And
when
it
was
now
time
to
offer
the holocaust, Elias
the
prophet
came
near
and
said:
O
Lord
God
of
Abraham,
and
Isaac,
and
Israel, shew
this
day
that thou art
the
God
of
Israel,
and
I thy
servant,
and
that according
to thy
commandment
I
have
done
all
these
things.
Hear
me,
O
Lord, hear
me:
that
this
people
may
learn,
that thou art
the
Lord
God,
and
that thou hast
turned
their
heart
again.
Then
the
fire
of
the
Lord
fell,
and
consumed
the holocaust,
and
the
wood,
and
the
stones,
and
the
dust,
and
licked
up
the
water
that
was
in
the trench.
And
when
all
the
people
saw
this,
they
fell
on
their
faces,
and
they
said:
The
Lord
he
is
God,
the
Lord
he
is
God.
And Elias
said
to
them:
Take
the
prophets
of
Baal,
and
let
not
one
of
them
escape.
And
when
they
had
taken
them, Elias
brought
them
down
to
the torrent Cison,
and
killed
them
there.
And Elias
said
to Achab:
Go
up,
eat,
and
drink:
for
there
is
a
sound
of
abundance
of
rain.
Achab
went
up
to
eat
and
drink:
and Elias
went
up
to
the
top
of
Carmel,
and casting
himself
down
upon
the
earth
put
his
face
between
his
knees,
And
he
said
to
his
servant:
Go
up,
and
look
toward
the
sea.
And
he
went
up,
and
looked,
and
said:
There
is
nothing.
And
again
he
said
to
him:
Return
seven
times.
And
at
the
seventh
time,
behold,
a
little
cloud
arose
out
of
the
sea
like
a
man’s foot.
And
he
said:
Go
up
and
say
to Achab:
Prepare thy chariot
and
go
down, lest
the
rain prevent thee.
And
while
he
turned himself
this
way
and
that
way, behold
the
heavens
grew
dark,
with
clouds,
and
wind,
and
there
fell
a
great
rain.
And Achab getting
up
went away
to Jezrahel:
And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
upon Elias,
and
he
girded
up
his
loins
and
ran
before Achab,
till
he
came
to Jezrahel.
And Achab
told Jezabel
all
that Elias
had
done,
and
how
he
had
slain
all
the
prophets
with
the
sword.
And Jezabel
sent
a
messenger
to Elias,
saying:
Such
and
such
things
may
the
gods
do
to
me,
and
add
still
more,
if
by
this hour
tomorrow
I
make
not thy
life
as
the
life
of
one
of
them.
Then Elias
was afraid,
and
rising
up
he
went whithersoever
he
had
a
mind:
and
he
came
to Bersabee
of Juda,
and
left
his
servant
there,
And
he
went
forward,
one
day’s
journey
into
the
desert.
And
when
he
was
there,
and
sat
under
a
juniper
tree,
he
requested
for
his
soul
that
he
might
die,
and
said:
It
is
enough
for
me,
Lord,
take
away
my
soul:
for
I
am
no
better
than
my
fathers.
And
he
cast himself
down,
and
slept
in
the shadow
of
the
juniper
tree:
and
behold
an
angel
of
the Lord
touched
him,
and
said
to
him:
Arise
and
eat.
He
looked,
and
behold
there
was
at
his
head
a hearth
cake,
and
a vessel
of
water:
and
he
ate
and
drank,
and
he fell asleep
again.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
came
again
the
second
time,
and
touched
him,
and
said
to
him:
Arise,
eat:
for thou hast
yet
a
great
way
to
go.
And
he
arose,
and
ate,
and
drank,
and walked
in
the
strength
of
that
food
forty
days
and
forty
nights, unto
the
mount
of
God,
Horeb.
And
when
he
was
come thither,
he abode
in
a
cave:
and
behold
the
word
of
the
Lord
came unto
him,
and
he
said
to
him:
What dost thou
here, Elias?
And
he
answered:
With
zeal
have
I
been
zealous
for
the
Lord
God
of
hosts:
for
the
children
of
Israel
have forsaken thy
covenant:
they
have
thrown
down thy
altars,
they
have
slain thy
prophets
with
the
sword,
and
I
alone
am
left,
and
they
seek
my
life
to
take
it
away.
And
he
said
to
him:
Go
forth,
and
stand
upon
the
mount
before
the
Lord:
and
behold
the
Lord passeth,
and
a
great
and
strong
wind
before
the
Lord
over throwing
the
mountains,
and
breaking
the
rocks
in
pieces:
the
Lord
is
not
in
the
wind,
and
after
the
wind
an
earthquake:
the
Lord
is
not
in
the
earthquake.
And
after
the
earthquake
a
fire:
the
Lord
is
not
in
the
fire,
and
after
the
fire
a whistling
of
a
gentle air.
And
when Elias
heard
it,
he covered
his
face
with
his
mantle,
and
coming
forth
stood
in
the entering
in
of
the
cave,
and
behold
a
voice unto
him,
saying:
What dost thou
here, Elias?
And
he
answered:
With
zeal
have
I
been
zealous
for
the
Lord
God
of
hosts:
because
the
children
of
Israel
have forsaken thy
covenant:
they
have
destroyed thy
altars,
they
have
slain thy
prophets
with
the
sword,
and
I
alone
am
left,
and
they
seek
my
life
to
take
it
away.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Go,
and
return
on thy
way
through
the
desert
to
Damascus:
and
when thou art
come thither, thou shalt
anoint
Hazael
to
be
king
over
Syria.
And thou shalt
anoint
Jehu
the
son
of Namsi
to
be
king
over
Israel:
and Eliseus
the
son
of Saphat,
of Abelmeula, thou shalt
anoint
to
be
prophet
in thy room.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that whosoever
shall
escape
the
sword
of
Hazael,
shall
be slain
by
Jehu:
and whosoever
shall
escape
the
sword
of
Jehu,
shall
be slain
by Eliseus.
And
I
will
leave
me
seven
thousand
men
in
Israel,
whose
knees
have
not
been
bowed
before
Baal,
and
every
mouth
that hath
not worshipped
him kissing
the hands.
And Elias departing
from thence,
found Eliseus
the
son
of Saphat, ploughing
with
twelve
yoke
of oxen:
and
he
was
one
of
them
that
were ploughing
with
twelve
yoke
of oxen:
and
when Elias
came
up
to
him,
he
cast
his
mantle
upon
him.
And
he forthwith
left
the
oxen
and
ran
after Elias,
and
said:
Let
me,
I
pray thee, kiss
my
father
and
my
mother,
and
then
I
will
follow thee.
And
he
said
to
him:
Go,
and
return
back:
for
that
which
was
my part,
I
have
done
to thee.
And
returning
back
from
him,
he
took
a
yoke
of
oxen,
and killed
them,
and
boiled
the
flesh
with
the plough
of
the
oxen,
and
gave
to
the
people,
and
they
ate:
and
rising
up
he
went
away,
and
followed Elias,
and
ministered
to
him.
And Benadad,
king
of
Syria,
gathered
together
all
his
host,
and
there
were
two
and
thirty
kings
with
him,
and
horses,
and
chariots:
and
going
up,
he
fought
against
Samaria,
and besieged
it.
And,
sending
messengers
to Achab
king
of
Israel
into
the
city,
He
said:
Thus saith Benadad: Thy
silver,
and thy
gold
is mine:
and thy
wives,
and thy goodliest
children
are mine.
And
the
king
of
Israel
answered: According
to thy
word,
my
lord
O
king,
I
am thine,
and
all
that
I
have.
And
the
messengers
came
again,
and
said:
Thus saith Benadad,
who
sent
us unto thee: Thy
silver,
and thy
gold,
and thy
wives,
and thy
children thou shalt
deliver
up
to
me.
Tomorrow
therefore
at
this
same hour
I
will
send
my
servants
to thee,
and
they
shall
search thy
house,
and
the
houses
of thy
servants:
and
all
that pleaseth
them,
they
shall
put
in
their
hands,
and
take
away.
And
the
king
of
Israel
called
all
the ancients
of
the
land,
and
said: Mark,
and
see
that
he layeth snares
for
us.
For
he
sent
to
me
for
my
wives,
and
for
my
children,
and
for
my
silver
and
gold:
and
I
said
not nay.
And
all
the ancients,
and
all
the
people
said
to
him: Hearken
not
to
him,
nor
consent
to
him.
Wherefore
he
answered
the
messengers
of Benadad:
Tell
my
lord
the
king:
All
that thou didst
send
for
to
me thy
servant
at
first,
I
will
do:
but
this
thing
I
cannot
do.
And
the messengers returning
brought
him
word.
And
he
sent
again
and
said:
Such
and
such
things
may
the
gods
do
to
me,
and
more
may
they
add,
if
the
dust
of
Samaria
shall suffice
for
handfuls
for
all
the
people
that
follow
me.
And
the
king
of
Israel answering,
said:
Tell
him:
Let
not
the
girded
boast himself
as
the ungirded.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when Benadad
heard
this
word,
that
he
and
the
kings
were
drinking
in pavilions,
and
he
said
to
his
servants: Beset
the
city.
And
they beset
it.
And
behold
a
prophet
coming
to Achab
king
of
Israel,
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Hast thou
seen
all
this exceeding
great
multitude,
behold
I
will
deliver
them
into thy
hand
this
day:
that thou mayest
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And Achab
said:
By
whom?
And
he
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
By
the
servants
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces.
And
he
said:
Who
shall
begin
to
fight?
And
he
said: Thou.
So
he
mustered
the
servants
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces,
and
he found
the
number
of
two
hundred
and thirty-two:
and
he
mustered
after
them
the
people,
all
the
children
of
Israel,
seven
thousand:
And
they
went
out
at
noon.
But Benadad
was
drinking
himself
drunk
in
his
pavilion,
and
the
two
and
thirty
kings
with
him,
who
were
come
to
help
him.
And
the
servants
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces
went
out
first.
And Benadad
sent.
And
they
told
him,
saying: There
are
men
come
out
of
Samaria.
And
he
said:
Whether
they
come
for
peace,
take
them
alive:
or
whether
they
come
to
fight,
take
them
alive.
So
the
servants
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces
went
out,
and
the rest
of
the
army
followed:
And
every
one
slew
the
man
that
came
against
him:
and
the Syrians
fled,
and
Israel
pursued
after
them.
And Benadad
king
of
Syria
fled
away
on
horseback
with
his
horsemen.
But
the
king
of
Israel
going
out overthrew
the
horses
and
chariots,
and
slew
the Syrians
with
a
great
slaughter.
(And
a
prophet
coming
to
the
king
of
Israel,
said
to
him:
Go,
and
strengthen thyself,
and
know,
and
see
what thou dost:
for
the
next
year
the
king
of
Syria
will
come
up
against thee.)
But
the
servants
of
the
king
of
Syria
said
to
him:
Their
gods
are
gods
of
the
hills,
therefore
they
have
overcome
us:
but
it
is
better
that
we
should
fight
against
them
in
the
plains,
and
we
shall
overcome
them.
Do thou therefore
this
thing:
Remove
all
the
kings
from thy army,
and
put
captains
in
their
stead:
And
make
up
the
number
of
soldiers
that
have
been slain
of thine,
and
horses according
to
the former
horses,
and
chariots according
to
the
chariots which thou hadst
before:
and
we
will
fight
against
them
in
the
plains,
and thou shalt
see
that
we
shall
overcome
them.
He believed
their counsel
and
did
so.
Wherefore
at
the
return
of
the
year, Benadad
mustered
the Syrians, ancient
up
to Aphec,
to
fight
against
Israel.
And
the
children
of
Israel
were
mustered,
and taking victuals
went
out
on
the
other
side,
and
camped
over
against
them,
like
two
little hocks
of
goats: but
the Syrians
filled
the
land.
(And
a
man
of
God
coming,
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Because
the Syrians
have
said:
The
Lord
is
God
of
the
hills,
but
is
not
God
of
the
valleys:
I
will
deliver
all
this
great
multitude
into thy
hand,
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.)
And
both sides set
their armies
in
array
one
against
the
other
seven
days,
and
on
the
seventh
day
the
battle
was fought:
and
the
children
of
Israel
slew
of
the Syrians
a
hundred
thousand
footmen
in
one
day.
And
they
that
remained
fled
to Aphec,
into
the
city:
and
the
wall
fell
upon
seven
and
twenty
thousand
men,
that
were
left.
And Benadad
fleeing
went
into
the
city,
into
a
chamber
that
was
within
a
chamber.
And
his
servants
said
to
him:
Behold,
we
have
heard
that
the
kings
of
the
house
of
Israel
are merciful:
so
let
us
put
sackcloth
on
our
loins,
and
ropes
on
our
heads,
and
go
out
to
the
king
of
Israel:
perhaps
he
will
save
our
lives.
So
they
girded
sackcloth
on
their
loins,
and
put
ropes
on
their
heads,
and
came
to
the
king
of
Israel,
and
said
to
him: Thy
servant Benadad saith:
I
beseech thee
let
me
have
my
life.
And
he
said:
If
he
be
yet
alive
he
is
my
brother.
The
men
took
this
for
a sign:
and
in
haste
caught
the
word
out
of
his mouth,
and
said: Thy
brother Benadad.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go,
and
bring
him
to
me.
Then Benadad
came
out
to
him,
and
he
lifted
him
up
into
his
chariot.
And
he
said
to
him:
The
cities
which
my
father
took
from thy
father,
I
will
restore:
and
do thou
make thee
streets
in
Damascus,
as
my
father
made
in
Samaria,
and having
made
a
league
I
will depart
from thee.
So
he
made
a
league
with
him,
and
let
him
go.
Then
a
certain
man
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
said
to
his
companion
in
the
word
of
the
Lord:
Strike
me.
But
he
would
not
strike.
Then
he
said
to
him:
Because thou wouldst
not hearken
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
behold
then shalt
depart
from
me,
and
a
lion
shall
slay thee.
And
when
he
was
gone
a little
from
him,
a
lion
found
him,
and
slew
him.
Then
he
found
another
man,
and
said
to
him:
Strike
me.
And
he
struck
him,
and
wounded
him.
So
the
prophet went,
and met
the
king
in
the
way,
and
disguised himself
by sprinkling dust
on
his
face
and
his
eyes.
And
as
the
king
passed
by,
he
cried
to
the
king,
and
said: Thy
servant
went
out
to
fight hand
to hand:
and
when
a
certain
man
was run
away,
one
brought
him
to
me,
and
said:
Keep
this
man:
and
if
he
shall slip
away, thy
life
shall
be
for
his
life,
or thou shalt
pay
a
talent
of
silver.
And whilst
I
in
a hurry
turned
this
way
and
that,
on
a sudden
he
was
not
to
be seen.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
him:
This
is thy
judgment,
which thyself hast
decreed.
But
he forthwith wiped
off
the dust
from
his
face,
and
the
king
of
Israel knew
him,
that
he
was
one
of
the
prophets.
And
he
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Because thou hast
let
go
out
of thy
hand
a mall worthy
of
death, thy
life
shall
be
for
his
life,
and thy
people
for
his
people.
And
the
king
of
Israel
returned
to
his
house, slighting
to hear,
and raging
came
into
Samaria.
And
after
these
things,
Naboth
the Jezrahelite,
who
was
in Jezrahel,
had
at
that
time
a
vineyard
near
the
palace
of Achab
king
of
Samaria.
And Achab
spoke
to
Naboth,
saying:
Give
me thy
vineyard,
that
I
may
make
me
a
garden
of herbs,
because
it
is nigh,
and adjoining
to
my
house,
and
I
will
give thee
for
it
a
better
vineyard:
or
if thou
think
it
more convenient
for thee,
I
will
give thee
the worth
of
it
in
money.
Naboth
answered
him:
The
Lord
be merciful
to
me,
and not
let
me
give thee
the
inheritance
of
my
fathers.
And Achab
came
into
his
house angry
and fretting,
because
of
the
word
that
Naboth
the Jezrahelite
had
spoken
to
him,
saying:
I
will
not
give thee
the
inheritance
of
my
fathers.
And casting
himself
upon
his
bed,
he
turned
away
his
face
to
the wall,
and
would
eat
no
bread.
And Jezabel
his
wife
went
in
to
him,
and
said
to
him:
What
is
the matter
that thy soul
is
so grieved?
and
why eatest thou
no
bread?
And
he
answered
her:
I
spoke
to
Naboth
the Jezrahelite,
and
said
to
him:
Give
me thy
vineyard,
and
take
money
for
it:
or
if
it please thee,
I
will
give thee
a better
vineyard
for
it.
And
he
said:
I
will
not
give thee
my
vineyard.
Then Jezabel
his
wife
said
to
him: Thou art
of great
authority
indeed,
and governest
well
the
kingdom
of
Israel.
Arise,
and
eat
bread,
and
be
of
good
cheer,
I
will
give thee
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the Jezrahelite.
So
she
wrote letter’s
in Achab’s
name,
and
sealed
them
with
his ring,
and
sent
them
to
the ancients,
and
the chief
men
that
were
in
his
city,
and
that
dwelt
with
Naboth.
And this
was
the tenor
of
the
letters:
Proclaim
a
fast,
and
make
Naboth
sit
among
the
chief
of
the
people,
And suborn
two
men,
sons
of Belial
against
him,
and let
them bear false witness:
that
he hath blasphemed
God
and
the
king:
and
then
carry
him
out,
and
stone
him,
and
so let
him
die.
And
the
men
of
his
city,
the ancients
and
nobles,
that
dwelt
with
him
in
the
city,
did
as Jezabel
had commanded
them,
and
as
it
was
written
in
the
letters
which
she
had
sent
to
them:
They
proclaimed
a
fast,
and
made
Naboth
sit
among
the
chief
of
the
people.
And
bringing
two
men,
sons
of
the devil,
they made
them
sit
against
him:
and
they,
like
men
of
the devil, bore witness
against
him
before
the
people,
saying:
Naboth hath blasphemed
God
and
the
king: wherefore
they
brought
him
forth without
the
city,
and
stoned
him
to
death.
And
they
sent
to Jezabel,
saying:
Naboth
is
stoned,
and
is
dead.
And
it
came
to
pass
when Jezabel
heard
that
Naboth
was
stoned,
and
dead,
that
she
said
to Achab:
Arise
and
take
possession
of
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the Jezrahelite,
who
would
not
agree
with thee,
and
give
it thee
for
money:
for
Naboth
is
not
alive,
but
dead.
And
when Achab
heard
this,
to wit,
that
Naboth
was
dead,
he
arose,
and
went
down
to
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the Jezrahelite,
to
take
possession
of
it.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Elias
the Thesbite,
saying:
Arise,
and
go
down
to
meet Achab
king
of
Israel,
who
is
in
Samaria:
behold
he
is
going
down
to
the
vineyard
of
Naboth,
to
take
possession
of
it:
And thou shalt
speak
to
him,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Thou hast slain,
moreover
also thou hast
taken
possession.
And
after
these words thou shalt add:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
In
this
place,
wherein
the
dogs
have
licked
the
blood
of
Naboth,
they
shall
lick thy
blood
also.
And Achab
said
to Elias: Hast thou
found
me thy
enemy?
He
said:
I
have
found thee,
because thou art
sold,
to
do
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
Behold
I
will
bring
evil
upon thee,
and
I
will
cut
down thy posterity,
and
I
will
kill
of Achab
him
that pisseth
against
the
wall,
and
him
that
is
shut
up,
and
the last
in
Israel.
And
I
will
make thy
house
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
and
like
the
house
of Baasa
the
son
of Ahias:
for
what thou hast
done,
to
provoke
me
to
anger,
and
for
making
Israel
to
sin.
And
of Jezabel
also
the
Lord
spoke,
saying:
The
dogs
shall
eat Jezabel
in
the field
of Jezrahel.
If Achab
die
in
the
city,
the
dogs
shall
eat
him:
but if
he
die
in
the
field,
the
birds
of
the air
shall
eat
him.
Now
there
was
not
such
another
as Achab,
who
was
sold
to
do
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
for
his
wife Jezabel
set
him
on,
And
he became
abominable, insomuch
that
he
followed
the
idols
which
the Amorrhites
had
made,
whom
the
Lord destroyed
before
the
face
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
when Achab
had
heard
these
words,
he rent
his
garments,
and
put haircloth
upon
his
flesh,
and
fasted
and
slept
in
sackcloth,
and
walked
with
his head cast
down.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Elias
the Thesbite,
saying:
Hast thou
not
seen Achab
humbled
before
me?
therefore,
because
he hath
humbled
himself
for
my
sake,
I
will
not
bring
the
evil
in
his
days,
but
in
his
son’s
days
will
I
bring
the
evil
upon
his
house.
And
there
passed
three
years
without
war
between
Syria
and
Israel.
And
in
the
third
year, Josaphat
king
of Juda
came
down
to
the
king
of
Israel.
(And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
his
servants:
Know ye not-that
Ramoth Galaad
is ours,
and
we neglect
to
take
it
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Syria?)
And
he
said
to Josaphat: Wilt thou come
with
me
to
battle
to
Ramoth Galaad?
And Josaphat
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
As
I
am,
so art thou:
my people
and thy people
are
one:
and
my horsemen, thy horsemen.
And Josaphat
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
Inquire,
I
beseech thee,
this
day,
the
word
of
the
Lord.
Then
the
king
of
Israel
assembled
the
prophets,
about
four
hundred
men,
and
he
said
to
them:
Shall
I
go
to
Ramoth Galaad
to
fight,
or
shall
I forbear?
They
answered:
Go
up,
and
the
Lord
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.
And Josaphat
said:
Is
there
not
here some
prophet
of
the
Lord,
that we
may
inquire
by
him?
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Josaphat:
There
is
one
man
left,
by
whom
we
may
inquire
of
the
Lord: Micheas
the
son
of Jemla;
but
I
hate
him,
for
he doth
not
prophesy
good
to
me,
but
evil.
And Josaphat
said:
Speak
not
so,
O
king.
Then
the
king
of
Israel
called
an
eunuch,
and
said
to
him:
Make
haste,
and
bring hither Micheas
the
son
of Jemla.
Then
the
king
of
Israel,
and Josaphat
king
of Juda,
sat
each
on
his
throne
clothed
with
royal
robes,
in
a
court
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
Samaria,
and
all
the
prophets
prophesied
before
them.
And Sedecias
the
son
of Chanaana
made himself
horns
of
iron,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
With
these shalt thou
push
Syria,
till thou
destroy
it.
And
all
the
prophets
prophesied
in
like
manner,
saying:
Go
up
to
Ramoth Galaad,
and
prosper,
for
the
Lord
will
deliver
it
into
the
king’s
hands.
And
the
messenger,
that
went
to
call Micheas,
spoke
to
him,
saying:
Behold
the
words
of
the
prophets
with
one month
declare
good
things
to
the
king:
let thy
word
therefore
be
like
to
theirs,
and
speak
that
which
is
good.
But Micheas
said
to
him:
As
the
Lord liveth, whatsoever
the
Lord
shall
say
to
me,
that
will
I
speak.
So
he
came
to
the
king,
and
the
king
said
to
him: Micheas,
shall
we
go
to
Ramoth Galaad
to
battle,
or
shall
we forbear?
He
answered
him:
Go
up,
and
prosper,
and
the
Lord
shall
deliver
it
into
the
king’s
hands.
But
the
king
said
to
him:
I
adjure thee
again
and
again,
that thou
tell
me
nothing
but
that
which
is
true
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
he
said:
I
saw
all
Israel
scattered
upon
the
hills,
like
sheep
that
have
no
shepherd:
and
the
Lord
said:
These
have
no
master:
let
every
man
of
them
return
to
his
house
in
peace.
(Then
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Josaphat:
Did
I
not
tell thee,
that
he prophesieth
no
good
to
me,
but always
evil?)
And
he
added
and
said:
Hear thou
therefore
the
word
of
the
Lord:
I
saw
the
Lord
sitting
on
his
throne,
and
all
the
army
of
heaven
standing
by
him
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left:
And
the
Lord
said:
Who
shall deceive Achab king
of Israel,
that
he
may
go
up,
and
fall
at
Ramoth Galaad?
And
one
spoke words
of
this manner,
and
another otherwise.
And
there
came
forth
a
spirit,
and
stood
before
the
Lord,
and
said:
I
will deceive
him.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
By what means?
And
he
said:
I
will
go
forth,
and
be
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all
his
prophets.
And
the Lord
said: Thou shalt deceive
him,
and shalt
prevail:
a
go
forth,
and
do
so.
Now
therefore
behold
the
Lord hath
given
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all thy
prophets
that
are
here,
and
the
Lord hath
spoken
evil
against thee.
And Sedecias
the
son
of Chanaana
came,
and
struck Micheas
on
the
cheek,
and
said: Hath
then
the
spirit
of
the
Lord left
me,
and
spoken
to thee?
And Micheas
said: Thou shalt
see
in
the
day
when thou shalt
go
into
a
chamber
within
a
chamber
to
hide thyself.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said:
Take Micheas,
and let
him abide
with Ammon
the
governor
of
the
city,
and
with Joas
the
son
of Amalech.
And
tell
them:
Thus saith
the
king:
Put
this man
in
prison,
and
feed
him
with
bread
of affliction,
and
water
of distress,
till
I
return
in
peace.
And Micheas
said:
If thou
return
in
peace,
the
Lord hath
not
spoken
by
me.
And
he
said:
Hear,
all ye
people.
So
the
king
of
Israel,
and Josaphat
king
of Juda
went
up
to
Ramoth Galaad.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Josaphat:
Take armour,
and
go
into
the
battle,
and
put
on thy own
garments.
But
the
king
of
Israel changed
his
dress,
and
went
into
the
battle.
And
the
king
of
Syria
had
commanded
the
two
and
thirty
captains
of
the
chariots,
saying:
You
shall
not
fight
against
any,
small
or
great,
but
against
the
king
of
Israel
only.
So
when
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw Josaphat,
they suspected
that
he
was
the
king
of
Israel,
and making
a violent assault
they
fought
against
him:
and Josaphat
cried
out.
And
the
captains
of
the
chariots
perceived
that
he
was
not
the
king
of
and
they
turned
away
from
him.
And
a
certain
man bent
his
bow, shooting
at
a venture,
and chanced
to
strike
the
king
of
Israel
between
the lungs
and
the stomach.
But
he
said
to
the
driver
of
his
chariot:
Turn thy
hand,
and
carry
me
out
of
the
army,
for
I am grievously
wounded.
And
the
battle
was fought
that
day,
and
the
king
of
Israel
stood
in
his
chariot
against
the Syrians,
and
he
died
in
the
evening:
and
the
blood
ran
out
of
the
wound
into
the midst
of
the
chariot.
And
the herald proclaimed
through
all
the
army
before
the
sun
set,
saying: Let
every
man
return
to
his
own
city,
and
to
his
own
country.
And
the
king
died,
and
was
carried
into
Samaria:
and
they
buried
the
king
in
Samaria.
And
they
washed
his
chariot
in
the
pool
of
Samaria,
and
the
dogs
licked
up
his
blood,
and
they
washed
the reins,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
which
he
had
spoken.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Achab,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
the
house
of
ivory
that
he
made,
and
all
the
cities
that
he
built,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
So Achab
slept
with
his
fathers,
and Ochozias
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
But Josaphat
the
son
of
Asa began
to
reign
over Juda
in
the
fourth
year
of Achab
king
of
Israel.
He
was
five
and
thirty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
five
and
twenty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Azuba
the
daughter
of Salai.
And
he walked
in
all
the
way
of
Asa
his
father,
and
he declined
not
from
it:
and
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
Nevertheless
he
took
not
away
the
high
places:
for
as Set
the
people
offered
sacrifices
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
And Josaphat
had peace
with
the
king
of
Israel.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Josaphat,
and
his
works
which
he
did,
and
his batties,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And
the
remnant
also
of
the effeminate,
who
remained
in
the
days
of
Asa
his
father,
he took
out
of
the
land.
And
there
was
then
no
king appointed
in
Edom.
But king Josaphat
made navies
on
the
sea,
to sail
into
Ophir
for
gold:
but
they could
not
go,
for
the
ships
were
broken
in Asiongaber.
Then Ochozias
the ton
of Achab
said
to Josaphat:
Let
my
servants go
with thy
servants
in
the
ships.
And Josaphat
would
not.
And Josaphat
slept
with
his
fathers.
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David
his
father:
and
Joram
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And Ochozias
the
son
of Achab began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
in
the seventeenth gear
of Josaphat
king
of Juda,
and
he
reigned
over
Israel two
years,
And
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and walked
in
the
way
of
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
in
the
way
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
He
served
also
Baal,
and worshipped
him,
and
provoked
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel, according
to
all
that
his
father
had
done.
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And
Moab
rebelled
against
Israel,
after
the
death
of Achab.
And Ochozias
fell
through
the lattices
of
his
upper
chamber
which
he
had
in
Samaria,
and
was
sick:
and
he
sent
messengers,
saying
to
them:
Go,
consult Beelzebub,
the
god
of Accaron,
whether
I
shall
recover
of
this
my
illness.
And
an
angel
of
the
Lord
spoke
to Elias
the Thesbite,
saying:
Arise,
and
go
up
to
meet
the
messengers
of
the
king
of
Samaria,
and
say
to
them:
Is
there
not
a
God
in
Israel,
that ye
go
to
consult Beelzebub
the
god
of Accaron?
Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
From
the
bed,
on
which thou art
gone
up, thou shalt
not
come
down,
but thou shalt
surely
die.
And Elias
went
away.
And
the
messengers
turned
back
to Ochozias.
And
he
said
to
them:
Why
are
you
come
back?
But
they
answered
him:
A
man
met
us,
and
said
to
us:
Go,
and
return
to
the
king,
that
sent
you,
and
you
shall
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Is
it
because
there
was
no
God
in
Israel
that thou sendest
to Beelzebub
the
god
of Accaron?
Therefore thou shalt
not
come
down
from
the
bed,
on
which thou art
gone
up,
but
then shalt
surely
die.
And
he
said
to
them:
What
manner
of
man
was
he
who
met
you,
and
spoke
these
words?
But
they
said:
A
hairy
man
with
a
girdle
of
leather
about
his
loins.
And
he
said:
It
is Elias
the Thesbite.
And
he
sent
to
him
a
captain
of
fifty,
and
the
fifty
men
that
were
under
him.
And
he
went
up
to
him,
and
as
he
was
sitting
on
the
top
of
a
hill,
said
to
him:
Man
of
God,
the
king hath
commanded
that thou
come
down.
And Elias answering,
said
to
the
captain
of
fifty:
If
I
be
a
man
of
God,
let
fire
come
down
from
heaven,
and
consume thee,
and thy
fifty.
And there
came
down
fire
from
heaven,
and
consumed
him,
and
the
fifty
that
were
with
him.
And
again
he
sent
to
him
another
captain
of
fifty
men,
and
his
fifty
with
him.
And
he
said
to
him:
Man
of
God,
thus saith
the
king:
Make haste
and
come
down.
Elias answering,
said:
If
I
be
a
man
of
God,
let
fire
come
down
from
heaven,
and
consume thee
and thy
fifty.
And
fire
came
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
him
and
his
fifty.
Again
he
sent
a
third
captain
of
fifty
men,
and
the
fifty
that
were
with
him.
And
when
he
was
come,
he
fell
upon
his
knees,
before Elias,
and besought
him
and
said:
Man
of
God, despise
not
my
life,
and
the
lives
of thy
servants
that
are
with
me.
Behold
fire
came
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
the
two
first
captains
of
fifty
men,
and
the
fifties
that
were
with
them:
but
now
I beseech thee
to spare
my
life.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
spoke
to Elias,
saying:
Go
down
with
him,
fear
not.
He
arose
therefore,
and
went
down
with
him
to
the
king,
And
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Because thou hast
sent
messengers
to
consult Beelzebub
the
god
of Accaron,
as
though
there
were
not
a
God
in
Israel,
of
whom thou mightest
inquire
the
word;
therefore
from
the
bed
on
which thou art
gone
up, thou shalt
not
come
down,
but thou shalt
surely
die.
So
he
died according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
which Elias
spoke,
and
Joram
his brother
reigned
in
his
stead,
in
the
second
year
of
Joram
the
son
of Josaphat
king
of Juda:
because
he
had
no
son.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Ochozias
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
Lord
would
take
up Elias
into
heaven
by
a whirlwind,
that Elias
and Eliseus
were
going
from Galgal.
And Elias
said
to Eliseus:
Stay thou
here,
because
the
Lord hath
sent
me
as
far
as
Bethel.
And Eliseus
said
to
him:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee.
And
when
they
were
come
down
to
Bethel,
The
sons
of
the
prophets,
that
were
at
Bethel,
came
forth
to Eliseus,
and
said
to
him: Dost thou
know
that
this
day
the
Lord
will
take
away thy
master
from thee?
And
he
answered:
I
also
know
it: hold
your peace.
And Elias
said
to Eliseus:
Stay
here
because
the
Lord hath
sent
me
to
Jericho.
And
he
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee.
And
when
they
were
come
to
Jericho,
The
sons
of
the
prophets
that
were
at
Jericho,
came
to Eliseus,
and
said
to
him: Dost thou
know
that
this
day
the
Lord
will
take
away thy
master
from thee?
And
he
said:
I
also
know
it: hold
your peace.
And Elias
said
to
him:
Stay
here,
because
the
Lord hath
sent
me
as far
as
the
Jordan.
And
he
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee;
and
they
two went
on together,
And
fifty
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
followed
them,
and
stood
in
sight
at
a
distance:
but
they
two
stood
by
the
Jordan.
And Elias
took
his
mantle
and
folded
it
together,
and
struck
the
waters,
and
they
were
divided hither
and thither,
and
they
both
passed
over
on
dry
ground.
And
when
they
were
gone
over, Elias
said
to Eliseus:
Ask
what thou wilt
have
me
to
do
for thee,
before
I
be
taken
away
from thee.
And Eliseus
said:
I
beseech thee
that
in
me
may
be thy
double
spirit.
And
he
answered: Thou hast
asked
a
hard
thing:
nevertheless
if thou
see
me
when
I
am
taken
from thee, thou shalt
have
what thou hast
asked:
but
if thou
see
me
not, thou shalt
not
have
it.
And
as
they
went
on,
walking
and
talking together,
behold
a
fiery
chariot,
and
fiery
horses
parted
them
both asunder:
and Elias
went
up
by
a whirlwind
into
heaven.
And Eliseus
saw
him,
and
cried:
My
father,
my
father,
the
chariot
of
Israel,
and
the driver thereof.
And
he
saw
him
no
more:
and
he
took
hold
of
his
own
garments,
and rent
them
in
two
pieces.
And
he
took
up
the
mantle
of Elias,
that
fell
from
him:
and
going
back,
he
stood
upon
the
bank
of
the
Jordan,
And
he
struck
the
waters
with
the
mantle
of Elias,
that
had
fallen
from
him,
and
they
were
not
divided.
And
he
said:
Where
is
now
the
God
of Elias?
And
he
struck
the
waters,
and
they
were
divided, hither
and thither,
and Eliseus
passed
over.
And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
at
Jericho,
who
were
over
against
him,
seeing
it
said:
The
spirit
of Elias hath
rested
upon Eliseus.
And
coming
to
meet
him,
they worshipped
him, falling
to
the
ground,
And
they
said
to
him:
Behold,
there
are
with thy
servants
fifty
strong
men,
that
can
go,
and
seek thy
master,
lest
perhaps
the
spirit
of
the
Lord hath
taken
him
up
and
cast
him
upon
some
mountain
or
into
some
valley.
And
he
said:
Do
not
send.
But
they
pressed
him,
till
he consented,
and
said:
Send.
And
they
sent
fifty
men:
and
they
sought
three
days
but
found
him
not.
And
they
came
back
to
him:
for
he
abode
at
Jericho,
and
he
said
to
them:
Did
I
not
say
to
you:
Do
not send?
And
the
men
of
the
city
said
to Eliseus:
Behold
the
situation
of
this
city
is very
good,
as thou,
my
lord, seest:
but
the
waters
are very
bad,
and
the
ground barren.
And
he
said:
Bring
me
a
new vessel,
and
put
salt
into
it.
And
when
they
had
brought
it,
He
went
out
to
the
spring
of
the
waters,
and
cast
the
salt
into
it,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
have
healed
these
waters,
and
there
shall
be
no
more
in
them
death
or barrenness.
And
the
waters
were
healed unto
this
day, according
to
the
word
of Eliseus,
which
he
spoke.
And
he
went
up
from thence
to
Bethel:
and
as
he
was
going
up
by
the
way,
little
boys
came
out
of
the
city
and
mocked
him,
saying:
Go
up, thou
bald head;
go
up, thou
bald head.
And
looking
back,
he
saw
them,
and
cursed
them
in
the
name
of
the
Lord:
and
there
came
forth
two
bears
out
of
the
forest,
and
tore
of
them
two
and
forty
boys.
And
from thence
he
went
to
mount
Carmel,
and
from thence
he
returned
to
Samaria.
And
Joram
the
son
of Achab
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
in
the
eighteenth
year
of Josaphat
king
of Juda.
And
he
reigned
twelve
years.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord,
but
not
like
his
father
and
his
mother:
for
he
took
away
the statues
of
Baal,
which
his
father
had
made.
Nevertheless
he
stuck
to
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
nor
did
he
depart
from
them.
Now Mesa,
king
of
Moab, nourished many
sheep,
and
he
paid
to
the
king
of
Israel
a
hundred
thousand
lambs,
and
a
hundred
thousand
rams
with
their fleeces.
And
when Achab
was
dead,
he broke
the league which
he
had
made
with
the
king
of
Israel.
And
king
Joram
went
out
that
day
from
Samaria,
and
mustered
all
Israel.
And
he
sent
to Josaphat
king
of Juda,
saying:
The
king
of
Moab
is
revolted
from
me,
come
with
me
against
him
to
battle.
And
he
answered:
I
will
come
up:
he
that
is mine,
is thine:
my
people, thy
people:
and
my
horses, thy
horses.
And
he
said:
Which
way
shall we
go
up?
But
he
answered:
By
the
desert
of
Edom.
So
the
king
of
Israel,
and
the
king
of Juda,
and
the
king
of
Edom
went,
and
they fetched
a compass
of
seven
days’
journey,
and
there
was
no
water
for
the
army,
and
for
the
beasts,
that
followed
them.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
the
Lord hath
gathered
us
three
kings together,
to
deliver
us
into
the
hands
of
Moab!
And Josaphat
said:
Is
there
not
here
a
prophet
of
the
Lord,
that
we
may beseech
the
Lord
by
him?
And
one
of
the
servants
of
the
king
of
Israel
answered:
Here
is Eliseus
the
son
of Saphat,
who
poured
water
on
the
hands
of Elias.
And Josaphat
said:
The
word
of
the
Lord
is
with
him.
And
the
king
of
Israel,
and Josaphat
king
of Juda,
and
the
king
of
Edom
went
down
to
him.
And Eliseus
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
What
have
I
to
do
with thee? go
to
the
prophets
of thy
father,
and thy
mother.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to
him:
Why hath
the
Lord
gathered together
these
three
kings,
to
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
Moab?
And Eliseus
said
to
him:
As
the
Lord
of
hosts liveth,
in
whose
sight
I
stand,
if
I
did
not reverence
the
face
of Josaphat
king
of Juda,
I
would
not
have hearkened
to thee,
nor
looked
on thee.
But
now
bring
me hither
a
minstrel.
And
when
the
minstrel
played,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
came
upon
him,
and
he said:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Make
the channel
of
this torrent full
of ditches.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
You
shall
not
see
wind,
nor
rain:
and
yet
this channel
shall
be
filled
with
waters,
and
you
shall
drink,
you
and
your families,
and
your
beasts.
And
this
is
a
small
thing
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord: moreover
he
will
deliver
also
Moab
into
your
hands.
And
you
shall
destroy
every fenced
city,
and
every
choice
city,
and
shall
cut
down
every fruitful
tree,
and
shall
stop
up
all
the
springs
of
waters,
and
every goodly
field
you
shall
cover
with
stones.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
when
the
sacrifices
used
to
be
offered,
that
behold,
water
came
by
the
way
of
Edom,
and
the
country
was
filled
with
water.
And
all
the
Moabites
hearing
that
the
kings
were
come
up
to
fight
against
them,
gathered
together
all
that
were
girded
with
a belt
upon
them,
and
stood
in
the
borders.
And
they
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
the
sun being now
up,
and shining
upon
the
waters,
the
Moabites
saw
the
waters
over
against
them
red,
like
blood,
And
they
said:
It
is
the
blood
of
the sword:
the
kings
have fought
among themselves,
and
they
have
killed
one
another: go
now,
Moab,
to
the
spoils.
And
they
went
into
the
camp
of
Israel:
but
Israel
rising
up
defeated
Moab,
who
fled
before
them.
And
they being conquerors,
went
and
smote
Moab.
And
they
destroyed
the
cities:
and
they
filled
every goodly
field,
every
man casting
his
stone:
and
they stopt
up
all
the
springs
of
waters:
and
cut
down
all
the
trees
that bore
fruit,
so
that brick walls
only
remained:
and
the
city
was beset
by
the
slingers,
and
a
great
part thereof
destroyed.
And
when
the
king
of
Moab
saw
this,
to wit,
that
the enemies
had
prevailed,
he
took
with
him
seven
hundred
men
that
drew
the
sword,
to
break
in
upon
the
king
of
Edom:
but
they
could
not.
Then
he
took
his eldest
son
that
should
have
reigned
in
his
stead,
and
offered
him
for
a
burnt
offering
upon
the
wall:
and
there
was
great indignation
in
Israel,
and presently
they
departed
from
him,
and
returned
into
their
own
country.
Now
a
certain
woman
of
the
wives
of
the
prophets
cried
to Eliseus,
saying: Thy
servant
my
husband
is
dead,
and thou knowest
that thy
servant
was
one
that
feared
God,
and behold
the
creditor
is
come
to
take
away
my
two
sons
to
serve
him.
And Eliseus
said
to
her:
What wilt thou
have
me
to
do
for thee?
Tell
me,
what hast thou
in thy
house?
And
she
answered:
I thy handmaid
have
nothing
in
my
house
but
a little
oil,
to anoint
me.
And
he
said
to
her: Go,
borrow
of
all thy neighbours
empty
vessels
not
a
few.
And
go
in,
and
shut thy
door,
when thou art
within,
and thy
sons:
and
pour
out thereof
into
all
those
vessels:
and
when
they
are
full
take
them
away.
So
the woman
went,
and
shut
the
door
upon
her,
and
upon
her
sons:
they
brought
her
the vessels,
and
she
poured
in.
And
when
the
vessels
were
full, she
said
to
her
son:
Bring
me
yet
a
vessel.
And
he
answered:
I
have
no
more.
And
the
oil
stood.
And she
came,
and
told
the
man
of
God.
And
he
said:
Go,
sell
the
oil,
and
pay thy creditor:
and thou
and thy
sons
live
of
the
rest.
And
there
was
a
day
when Eliseus
passed
by Sunam:
now
there
was
a
great
woman
there,
who
detained
him
to
eat
bread;
and
as
he
passed
often
that way,
he
turned
into
her house
to
eat
bread.
And
she
said
to
her
husband:
I
perceive
that
this
is
a
holy
man
of
God,
who often passeth
by
us.
Let
us
therefore
make
him
a
little
chamber,
and
put
a
little
bed
in
it
for
him,
and
a
table,
and
a stool,
and
a candlestick,
that
when
he cometh
to
us,
he
may abide
there.
Now
there
was
a certain
day
when
he
came
and
turned
in
to
the
chamber,
and
rested
there.
And
he
said
to Giezi
his
servant
Call
this Sunamitess.
And
when
he had
called
her,
and
she
stood
before
him,
He
said
to
his servant:
Say
to
her
Behold thou hast diligently served
us
in
all
things,
what wilt thou
have
me
to
do
for thee? hast thou
any business,
and wilt thou
that
I
speak
to
the
king,
or
to
the
general
of
the
army?
And
she
answered:
I
dwell
in
the
midst
of
my own
people.
And
he
said:
What
will
she
then
that
I
do
for
her?
And Giezi
said:
Do
not
ask,
for
she hath
no
son,
and
her
husband
is
old.
Then
he bid
him
call
her:
And
when
she
was
called,
and
stood before
the
door.
He
said
to
her:
At
this
time,
and
this
same hour,
if
life accompany, thou shalt
have
a
son
in thy womb.
But
she
answered:
Do
not,
I beseech thee,
my
lord, thou
man
of
God,
do
not
lie
to thy handmaid.
And
the
woman
conceived,
and
brought
forth
a
son
in
the
time,
and
at
the
same hour,
that Eliseus
had
said.
And
the
child
grew.
And
on
a certain
day,
when
he
went
out
to
his
father
to
the reapers,
He
said
to
his
father:
My
head acheth,
my
head acheth.
But
he
said
to
his
servant:
Take
him,
and
carry
him
to
his
mother.
And
when
he
had
taken
him,
and
brought
him
to
his
mother,
she
set
him
on
her
knees
until
noon,
and
then
he
died.
And
she
went
up
and
laid
him
upon
the
bed
of
the
man
of
God,
and
shut
the door:
and
going
out,
She
called
her
husband,
and
said:
Send
with
me,
I
beseech thee,
one
of thy
servants,
and
an ass
that
I
may
run
to
the
man
of
God,
and
come
again.
And
he
said
to
her:
Why dost thou
go
to
him?
today
is
neither
new
moon
nor
sabbath.
She
answered:
I
will
go.
And
she
saddled
an ass,
and
commanded
her
servant: Drive,
and
make haste,
make
no stay
in going.
And
do
that which
I bid thee.
So she
went
forward,
and
came
to
the
man
of
God
to
mount
Carmel:
and
when
the mall
of
God
saw
her
coming towards,
he
said
to Giezi
his
servant:
Behold
that Sunamitess.
Go
therefore
to
meet
her,
and
say
to
her:
Is
all
well
with thee,
and
with thy
husband,
and
with thy son?
and she
answered:
Well.
And
when
she
came
to
the
man
of
God
to
the
mount,
she
caught
hold
on
his
feet:
and Giezi
came
to remove
her.
And
the
man
of
God
said:
Let
her
alone
for
her
soul
is
in anguish,
and
the
Lord hath hid
it
from
me,
and hath
not
told
me.
And
she
said
to
him:
Did
I
ask
a
son
of
my
lord?
did
I
not
say
to thee: Do
not deceive
me?
Then
he
said
to Giezi:
Gird
up thy
loins,
and
take
my
staff
in thy
hand,
and go.
If
any
man
meet thee,
salute
him
not:
and
if
any
man
salute thee,
answer
him
not:
and
lay
my
staff
upon
the
face
of
the
child.
But
the
mother
of
the
child
said:
As
the
Lord liveth,
and
as thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
leave thee.
He
arose,
therefore,
and
followed
her.
But Giezi
was
gone
before
them,
and
laid
the
staff
upon
the
face
of
the
child,
and
there
was
no
voice
nor sense:
and
he
returned
to
meet
him,
and
told
him,
saying:
The
child
is
not risen.
Eliseus therefore
went
into
the
house,
and
behold
the
child
lay
dead
on
his
bed.
And
going
in
he
shut
the
door
upon
him,
and
upon
the child,
and
prayed
to
the
Lord.
And
he
went
up,
and
lay
upon
the
child:
and
he
put
his
mouth
upon
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
upon
his
eyes,
and
his
hands
upon
his
hands:
and
he bowed himself
upon
him,
and
the
child’s
flesh
grew
warm.
Then
he
returned
and walked
in
the
house,
once
to
and
fro:
and
he
went
up,
and lay
upon
him:
and
the
child gaped
seven
times,
and
opened
his
eyes.
And
he
called Giezi,
and
said
to
him:
Call
this Sunamitess.
And
she
being
called,
went
in
to
him:
and
he
said:
Take
up thy
son.
She
came
and
fell
at
his
feet,
and worshipped
upon
the
ground:
and
took
up
her
son,
and
went
out.
And Eliseus
returned
to Galgal,
and
there
was
a
famine
in
the
land,
and
the
sons
of
the
prophets
dwelt
before
him.
And
he
said
to
one
of
his
servants:
Set
on
the
great
pot,
and
boil pottage
for
the
sons
of
the
prophets.
And
one
went
out
into
the
field
to
gather
wild herbs:
and
he
found something
like
a
wild
vine,
and
gathered
of
it
wild
gourds
of
the
field,
and
filled
his mantle,
and
coming
back
he shred
them
into
the
pot
of pottage,
for
he
knew
not
what
it
was.
And
they
poured
it
out
for
their companions
to
eat:
and
when
they
had tasted
of
the pottage,
they
cried
out,
saying:
Death
is
in
the
pot,
O
man
of
God.
And
they
could
not
eat thereof.
But
he
said:
Bring
some
meal.
And
when
they
had
brought
it,
he
cast
it
into
the
pot,
and
said:
Pour
out
for
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.
And
there
was
now
no bitterness
in
the
pot.
And
a
certain
man
came
from Baalsalisa
bringing
to
the
man
of
God
bread
of
the firstfruits,
twenty leaves
of
barley,
and
new corn
in
his scrip.
And
he
said:
Give
to
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.
And
his
servant
answered
him:
How
much
is
this,
that
I
should
set
it
before
a
hundred
men?
He
said
again:
Give
to
the
people,
that
they
may
eat:
for
thus saith
the
Lord:
They
shall
eat,
and
there
shall
be
left.
So
he
set
it
before
them:
and
they
ate,
and
there
was
left according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
Naaman,
general
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
Syria,
was
a
great
man
with
his
master,
and honourable:
for
by
him
the
Lord
gave
deliverance
to
Syria:
and
he
was
a
valiant
man
and
rich,
but
a
leper.
Now
there
had
gone
out robbers
from
Syria,
and
had
led
away
captive
out
of
the
land
of
Israel
a
little maid,
and
she
waited
upon
Naaman’s
wife.
And
she
said
to
her
mistress:
I
wish
my
master
had
been
with
the
prophet,
that
is
in
Samaria:
he
would certainly
have healed
him
of
the
leprosy
which
he hath.
Then
Naaman
went
in
to
his
lord,
and
told
him,
saying: Thus
and thus
said tile
girl
from
the
land
of
Israel.
And
the
king
of
Syria sad
to
him:
Go,
and
I
will
send
a
letter
to
the
king
of
Israel.
And
he
departed,
and
took
with
him
ten
talents
of
silver,
and
six
thousand pieces
of
gold,
and
tell
changes
of raiment,
And
brought
the
letter
to
the
king
of
Israel,
in
these words:
When thou shalt receive
this
letter, know
that
I
have
sent
to thee
Naaman
my
servant,
that thou mayest heal
him
of
his
leprosy.
And
when
the
king
of
Israel
had
read
the
letter,
he rent
his
garments,
and
said:
Am
I
God,
to
be able
to
kill
and
give
life,
that
this
man hath
sent
to
me,
to heal
a
man
of
his
leprosy?
mark,
and
see
how
he seeketh occasions
against
me.
And
when Eliseus
the
man
of
God
had
heard
this,
to wit,
that
the
king
of
Israel
had rent
his
garments,
he
sent
to
him,
saying:
Why hast thou rent thy
garments?
let
him
come
to
me,
and
let
him
know
that
there
is
a
prophet
in
Israel.
So
Naaman
came
with Iris
horses
and
chariots,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
the
house
of Eliseus:
And Eliseus
sent
a
messenger
to
him,
saying:
Go,
and
wash
seven
times
in
the
Jordan,
and thy
flesh
shall recover health,
and thee shalt
be
clean.
Naaman
was
angry
and
went
away,
saying:
I
thought
he
would hare
come
out
to
me,
and
standing
would hare invoked
the
name
of
the
Lord
his
God,
and touched
with
his
hand
the
place
of
the leprosy,
and healed
me.
Are
not
the Abana,
and
the Pharphar,
rivers
of
Damascus,
better
than
all
the
waters
of
Israel,
that
I
may
wash
in
them,
and
be
made
clean?
So
as
he
turned,
and
was going
away
with indignation,
His
servants
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him:
Father,
if
the
prophet
had bid thee
do
some
great
thing,
surely thou shouldst
have
done
it:
how
much
rather
what
he
now hath
said
to thee:
Wash,
and thou shalt
he
clean?
Then
he
went
down,
and washed
in
the
Jordan
seven
times:
according
to
the
word
of
the
man
of
God,
and
his
flesh
was
restored,
like
the
flesh
of
a
little
child,
and
he
was
made
clean.
And
returning
to
the
man
of
God
with
all
his train,
be
came,
and
stood
before
him,
and
said:
In truth,
I
know
there
is
no
other
God
in
all
the
earth,
but
only
in
Israel:
I
beseech thee
therefore
take
a
blessing
of thy
servant.
But
he
answered:
As
the
Lord liveth,
before
whom
I
stand,
I
will
receive
none.
And
when
he
pressed
him,
he
still
refused.
And
Naaman
said:
As thou wilt:
but
I
beseech thee,
grant
to
me thy
servant,
to
take
from hence
two
mules’
burden
of
earth:
for thy
servant
will
not henceforth
offer holocaust,
or victim,
to
other
gods,
but
to
the
Lord.
But
there
is only
this,
for
which thou shalt entreat
the
Lord
for thy
servant,
when
my
master goeth
into
the
temple
of Remmon,
to
worship:
and
he leaneth
upon
my
hand,
if
I
bow
down
in
the
temple
of Remmon,
when
he boweth
down
in
the
same
place,
that
the
Lord
pardon
me thy
servant
for
this
thing.
And
he
said
to
him: Go
in
peace.
So
he departed
from
him
in
the springtime
of
the
earth.
But Giezi
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God
said:
My
master hath
spared
Naaman
this
Syrian,
in
not
receiving
of
him
that
which
he
brought:
as
the
Lord liveth,
I
will
run
after
him,
and
take
some
thing
of
him:
And Giezi
followed
after
Naaman:
and
when
he
saw
him
running
after
him,
he leapt
down
from
his
chariot
to
meet
him,
and
said:
Is
all
well?
And
he
said:
Well:
my
master hath
sent
me
to thee,
saying:
Just
now
there
are
come
to
me
from
mount
Ephraim,
two
young
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets:
give
them
a
talent
of
silver,
and
two
changes
of
garments.
And
Naaman
said:
It
is better
that thou
take
two
talents.
And
he forced
him,
and bound
two
talents
of
silver
in
two
bags,
and
two
changes
of
garments,
and
laid
them
upon
two
of
his
servants,
and
they
carried
them
before
him.
And
when
he
was
come,
and
now
it
was
the evening,
he
took
them
from
their
hands,
and
laid
them
up
in
the
house,
and
sent
the
men
away,
and
they
departed.
But
he
went
in,
and
stood
before
his
master.
And Eliseus
said: Whence comest thou, Giezi?
He
answered: Thy
servant
went
no whither.
But
he
said:
Was
not
my
heart present,
when
the
man
turned
back
from
his
chariot
to
meet thee?
So
now thou hast
received
money,
and
received
garments,
to
buy oliveyards,
and
vineyards,
and
sheep,
and
oxen,
and menservants,
and
maidservants.
But
the
leprosy
of
Naaman
shall also
stick
to thee,
and
to thy
seed
for
ever.
And
he
went
out
from
him
a
leper
as white
as
snow.
And
the
sons
of
the
prophets
said
to Eliseus:
Behold
the
place
where
we
dwell
with thee
is
too strait
for
us.
Let
us
go
as
far
as
the
Jordan
and
take
out
of
the wood
every
man
a piece
of timber,
that
we
may build
us
there
a
place
to
dwell
in.
And
he
said:
Go.
And
one
of
them
said:
But
come thou also
with thy
servants.
He
answered:
I
will
come.
So
he
went
with
them.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
Jordan
they
cut
down
wood.
And
it
happened,
as
one
was
felling
some timber,
that
the
head
of
the
axe
fell
into
the
water:
and
he
cried
out,
and
said:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
my
lord,
for
this
same
was
borrowed.
And
the
man
of
God
said:
Where
did
it
fall?
and
he shewed
him
the
place.
Then
he
cut
off
a piece
of
wood,
and
cast
it
in thither:
and
the
iron swam.
And
he
said:
Take
it
up.
And
he
put
out
his
hand
and
took
it.
And
the
king
of
Syria warred
against
Israel,
and
took
counsel
with
his
servants,
saying:
In
such
and
such
a
place
let
us
lay ambushes.
And
the
man
of
God
sent
to
the
king
of
Israel,
saying:
Beware
that thou
pass
not
to
such
a
place:
for
the Syrians
are
there
in ambush.
And
the
king
of
Israel
sent
to
the
place
which
the
man
of
God
had
told
him,
and prevented
him,
and looked
well
to
himself
there
not
once
nor
twice.
And
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Syria
was troubled
for
this
thing.
And
calling
together
his
servants,
he
said:
Why
do
you
not
tell
me
who
it
is
that betrays
me
to
the
king
of
Israel?
And
one
of
his
servants
said:
No
one,
my
lord O
king:
but Eliseus
the
prophet,
that
is
in
Israel, telleth
the
king
of
Israel
all
the
words,
that thou speakest
in thy privy
chamber.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go,
and
see
where
he
is:
that
I
may
send,
and
take
him.
And
they
told
him,
saying:
Behold
he
is
in
Dothan.
Therefore
he
sent thither
horses
and
chariots,
and
the
strength
of
an
army:
and
they
came
by
night,
and beset
the
city.
And
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God
rising
early,
went
out,
and
saw
an
army
round
about
the
city,
and
horses
and
chariots:
and
he
told
him,
saying:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
my
lord,
what
shall
we
do?
But
he
answered:
Fear
not:
for
there
are
more
with
us
than
with
them.
And Eliseus
prayed,
and
said:
Lord,
open
his
eyes,
that
he
may
see.
And
the
Lord
opened
the
eyes
of
the
servant,
and
he
saw:
and
behold
the
mountain
was
full
of
horses,
and
chariots
of
fire
round
about Eliseus.
And
the enemies
came
down
to
him,
but Eliseus
prayed
to
the
Lord,
saying:
Strike,
I
beseech thee,
this
people
with
blindness.
And
the
Lord
struck
them
with
blindness,
according
to
the
word
of Eliseus.
And Eliseus
said
to
them:
This
is
not
the
way,
neither
is
this
the
city:
follow
me,
and
I
will shew
you
the
man
whom
you
seek.
So
he led
them
into
Samaria.
And
when
they
were
come
into
Samaria, Eliseus
said:
Lord,
open
the
eyes
of
these
men,
that
they
may
see.
And
the
Lord
opened
their
eyes,
and
they
saw
themselves
to
be
in
the
midst
of
Samaria.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Eliseus,
when
he
saw
them:
My
father,
shall
I
kill
them?
And
he
said: Thou shalt
not
kill
them:
for thou didst
not
take
them
with thy
sword,
or thy
bow,
that thou mayst
kill
them:
but
set
bread
and
water
before
them,
that
they
may
eat
and
drink,
and go
to
their
master.
And
a
great provision
of meats
was
set
before
them,
and
they
ate
and
drank,
and
he
let
them
go,
and
they
went
away
to
their
master,
and
the robbers
of
Syria
came
no
more
into
the
land
of
Israel.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
these
things,
that Benadad
king
of
Syria
gathered
together
all
his
army,
and
went
up,
and besieged
Samaria.
And
there
was
a
great
famine
in
Samaria:
and
so
long did
the siege
continue,
till
the
head
of
an ass
was
sold
for fourscore pieces
of
silver,
and
the
fourth
part
of
a cabe
of pigeon’s dung,
for
five pieces
of
silver.
And
as
the
king
of
Israel
was
passing
by
the
wall,
a certain
woman
cried
out
to
him,
saying:
Save
me,
my
lord O
king.
And
he
said:
If
the
Lord doth
not
save thee, how
can
I
save thee?
out
of
the barnfloor,
or
out
of
the
winepress?
And
the king
said
to
her: What aileth thee?
And she
answered:
This
woman
said
to
me:
Give thy
son,
that
we
may
eat
him
today,
and
we
will
eat
my
son
tomorrow.
So
we
boiled
my
son,
and
ate
him.
And
I
said
to
her
on
the
next
day:
Give thy
son
that
we
may
eat
him.
And she hath
hid
her
son.
When
the
king
heard
this,
he rent
his
garments,
and
passed
by
upon
the
wall.
And
all
the
people
saw
the haircloth
which
he
wore
within
next
to
his
flesh.
And
the
king
said:
May
God
do
so
and
so
to
me,
and
may
he
add
more,
if
the
head
of Eliseus
the
son
of Saphat
shall
stand
on
him
this
day.
But Eliseus
sat
in
his
house,
and
the ancients
sat
with
him.
So
he
sent
a
man
before:
and
before
that
messenger
came,
he
said
to
the ancients:
Do
you
know
that
this
son
of
a
murderer hath
sent
to
cut
off
my
head?
Look
then,
when
the
messenger
shall
come,
shut
the
door,
and
suffer
him
not
to
come
in:
for
behold
the
sound
of
his
master’s
feet
is
behind
him.
While
he
was
yet
speaking
to
them,
the
messenger appeared
who
was
coming
to
him.
And
he
said:
Behold,
so great
an
evil
is
from
the
Lord:
what
shall
I
look
for
more
from
the
Lord?
And Eliseus
said:
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Tomorrow
about
this
time
a bushel
of
fine hour
shall
be sold
for
a stater,
and two bushels
of
barley
for
a stater,
in
the
gate
of
Samaria.
Then
one
of
the lords,
upon
whose
hand
the
king
leaned, answering
the
man
of
God,
said:
If
the
Lord
should
make flood-gates
in
heaven,
can
that possibly
be
which thou sayest?
And
he
said: Thou shalt
see
it
with thy
eyes,
but shalt
not
eat thereof.
Now
there
were
four
lepers,
at
the entering
in
of
the
gate:
and
they
said
one
to
another:
What mean
we
to
stay
here
till
we
die?
If
we
will
enter
into
the
city,
we
shall
die
with
the
famine:
and
if
we
will
remain
here,
we
must
also
die:
come,
therefore,
and
let
us run
over
to
the
camp
of
the Syrians.
If
they spare
us,
we
shall
live:
but
if
they
kill
us,
we
shall
but
die.
So
they
arose
in
the
evening,
to
go
to
the
Syrian
camp,
And
when
they
were
come
to
the first part
of
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
they
found
no
man
there.
For
the
Lord
had
made
them
hear,
in
the
camp
of
Syria,
the
noise
of
chariots,
and
of
horses,
and
of
a
very
great
army,
and
they
said
one
to
another:
Behold
the
king
of
Israel hath
hired
against
us
the
kings
of
the Hethites,
and
of
the
Egyptians,
and
they
are
come
upon
us.
Wherefore
they
arose,
and
fled
away
in
the
dark,
and
left
their
tents,
and
their
horses
and asses
in
the
camp,
and
fled, desiring
to
save
their
lives.
So
when
these
lepers
were
come
to
the
beginning
of
the
camp,
they
went
into
one
tent,
and
ate
and
drank:
and
they
took
from thence
silver,
and
gold,
and raiment,
and
went,
and
hid
it:
and
they
came
again,
and
went
into
another
tent,
and
carried
from thence
in
like
manner,
and
hid
it.
Then
they
said
one
to
another:
We
do
not
well:
for
this
is
a
day
of good tidings.
If
we
hold
our peace,
and
do
not
tell
it
till
the
morning,
we
shall
be charged
with
a crime:
come,
let
us
go
and
tell
it
in
the
king’s
court.
So
they
came
to
the gate
of
the
city,
and
told
them,
saying:
We
went
to
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
and
we
found
no
man
there,
but
horses,
and asses
tied,
and
the
tents standing.
Then
the
guards
of
the gate
went,
and
told
it
within
the
king’s
palace.
And
he
arose
in
the
night
and
said
to
his
servants:
I
tell
you
what
the Syrians
have
done
to
us:
They
know
that
we suffer great famine,
and
therefore
they
are
gone
out
of
the
camp,
and lie hid
in
the
fields,
saying:
When
they
come
out
of
the
city
we
shall
take
them
alive,
and
then
we
may
get
into
the
city.
And
one
of
his
servants
answered:
Let
us
take
the
five
horses
that
are
remaining
in
the city (because
there
are
no
more
in
the
whole
multitude
of
Israel,
for
the
rest
are
consumed,)
and
let
us
send
and
see.
They
brought
therefore
two
horses,
and
the
king
sent
into
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
saying:
Go,
and
see.
And
they
went
after
them
as
far
as
the
Jordan:
and
behold
all
the
way
was
full
of
garments,
and
vessels,
which
the Syrians
had
cast
away
in
their fright,
and
the
messengers
returned
and
told
the
king.
And
the
people
going
out pillaged
the
camp
of
the Syrians:
and
a bushel
of
fine
flour
was
sold
for
a stater,
and two bushels
of
barley
for
a stater, according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
the
king
appointed
that lord
on
whose
hand
he
leaned,
to stand
at
the
gate:
and
the
people trod
upon
him
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate;
and
he
died,
as
the
man
of
God
had
said,
when
the
king
came
down
to
him.
And
it
came
to
pass
according
to
the
word
of
the
man
of
God, which
he
spoke
to
the
king,
when
he
said: Two bushels
of
barley
shall
be
for
a stater,
and
a bushel
of
fine
flour
for
a stater,
at
this very
time
tomorrow
in
the
gate
of
Samaria.
When
that
lord
answered
the
man
of
God,
and
said:
Although
the
Lord
should
make flood-gates
in
heaven,
could
this
come
to
pass
which thou sayest?
And
he
said
to
him: Thou shalt
see
with thy
eyes,
and shalt
not
eat thereof.
And
so
it
fell
out
to
him
as
it
was foretold,
and
the
people trod
upon
him
in
the
gate,
and
he
died.
And Eliseus
spoke
to
the
woman,
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life,
saying:
Arise,
and
go thou
and thy
household,
and sojourn wheresoever thou canst find:
for
the
Lord hath exiled
a
famine,
and
it
shall
come
upon
the
land
seven
years.
And
she
arose,
and
did
according
to
the
word
of
the
man
of
God:
and going
with
her
household,
she sojourned
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines many
days.
And
when
the
seven
years
were ended,
the
woman
returned
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and she
went
forth
to speak
to
the
king
for
her
house,
and
for
her
lands.
And
the
king
talked
with Giezi,
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God,
saying:
Tell
me
all
the
great
things
that Eliseus hath
done.
And
when
he
was
telling
the
king
how
he
had raised
one
dead
to
life,
the
woman appeared,
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life,
crying
to
the
king
for
her
house,
and
her
lands.
And Giezi
said:
My
lord
O
king,
this
is
the
woman,
and
this
is
her
son,
whom Eliseus raised
to
life.
And
the
king
asked
the
woman:
and
she
told
him.
And
the
king
appointed
her
an
eunuch,
saying:
Restore
her
all
that
is hers,
and
all
the revenues
of
the
lands,
from
the
day
that
she
left
the
land,
to
this
present.
Eliseus
also
came
to
Damascus,
and Benadad
king
of
Syria
was
sick:
and
they
told
him,
saying:
The
man
of
God
is
come hither.
And
the
king
said
to
Hazael:
Take
with thee
presents,
and go
to
meet
the
man
of
God,
and
consult
the
Lord
by
him,
saying:
Can
I
recover
of
this
my
illness?
And
Hazael
went
to
meet
him,
taking
with
him
presents,
and
all
the
good
things
of
Damascus,
the burdens
of
forty
camels.
And
when
he
stood
before
him,
he
said: Thy
son Benadad
the
king
of
Syria hath
sent
me
to thee,
saying:
Can
I
recover
of
this
my
illness?
And Eliseus
said
to
him: Go
tell
him: Thou shalt
recover: bat
the
Lord hath shewn
me
that
he
shall
surely
die.
And
he
stood
with
him,
and
was troubled
so
far
as
to blush:
and
the
man
of
God
wept.
And
Hazael
said
to
him:
Why doth
my
lord
weep?
And
he
said:
Because
I
know
the
evil
that thou wilt
do
to
the
children
of
Israel.
Their strong
cities
then wilt burn
with
fire,
and
their
young
men thou wilt
kill
with
the
sword,
and thou wilt
dash
their
children,
and
rip
up
their
pregnant
women.
And
Hazael
said:
But
what
am
I thy
servant
a
dog,
that
I
should
do
this
great
thing?
And Eliseus
said:
The
Lord hath shewn
me
that thou shalt
be
king
of
Syria.
And
when
he
was
departed
from Eliseus,
he
came
to
his
master,
who
said
to
him:
What saith Eliseus
to thee?
And
he
answered:
He
told
me: Thou shalt
recover.
And
on
the
next
day
he
took
a blanket,
and
pouted
water
on
it,
and
spread
it
upon
his
face:
and
he
died,
and
Hazael
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the
fifth
year
of
Joram
son
of Achab
king
of
Israel,
and
of Josaphat
king
of Juda,
reigned
Joram
son
of Josaphat
king
of Juda.
He
was
two
and
thirty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he walked
in
the
ways
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
as
the
house
of Achab
had walked:
for
the
daughter
of Achab
was
his
wife:
and
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
But
the
Lord
would
not
destroy Juda,
for
David
his
servant’s
sake,
as
he
had
promised
him,
to
give
him
a light,
and
to
his
children
always.
In
his
days
Edom
revolted,
from being
under Juda,
and made
themselves
a
king.
And
Joram
came
to Seira,
and
all
the
chariots
with
him:
and
he
arose
in
the
night,
and
defeated
the
Edomites
that
had
surrounded
him,
and
the
captains
of
the
chariots,
but
the
people
fled
into
their
tents.
So
Edom
revolted
from being
under Juda, unto
this
day.
Then Lobna
also
revolted
at
the
same
time.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joram,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And
Joram
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David,
and Ochozias
his
son
reigned
in Iris
stead.
In
the twelfth
year
of
Joram
son
of Achab
king
of
Israel,
reigned Ochozias
son
of
Joram
king
of Juda.
Ochozias
was
two
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Athalia
the
daughter
of Amri
king
of
Israel.
And
he walked
in
the
ways
of
the
house
of Achab:
and
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord,
as
did
the
house
of Achab:
for
he
was
the son
in law
of
the
house
of Achab.
He went
also
with
Joram
son
of Achab,
to
fight
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria
in
Ramoth Galaad,
and
the Syrians
wounded
Joram:
And
he
went
back
to
be
healed,
in Jezrahel:
because
the Syrians
had
wounded
him
in Ramoth
when
he
fought
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
And Ochozias
the
son
of
Joram
king
of Juda,
went
down
to
visit
Joram
the
son
of Achab
in Jezrahel,
because
he
was
sick
there.
And Eliseus
the
prophet
called
one
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets, slid
said
to
him:
Gird
up thy
loins,
and
take
this little bottle
of
oil
in thy
hand,
and go
to
Ramoth Galaad.
And
when thou art
come thither, thou shalt
see
Jehu
the
son
of Josaphat
the
son
of Namsi:
and
going
in thou shalt
make
him
rise
up
from amongst
his
brethren,
and
carry
him
into
an
inner
chamber.
Then
taking
the little bottle
of
oil, thou shalt
pour
it
on
his
head,
and shalt
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
have
anointed thee
king
over
Israel.
And thou shalt
open
the
door
and
flee,
and shalt
not stay
there.
So
the
young
man,
the
servant
of
the
prophet, went awry
to
Ramoth Galaad,
And
went
in thither:
and
behold
the
captains
of
the
army
were
sitting:
and
he
said:
I
have
a
word
to thee,
O
prince.
And
Jehu
said: Unto
whom
of
us
all?
And
he
said:
To thee,
O
prince.
And
he
arose,
and
went
into
the chamber:
and
he
poured
the
oil
upon
his
head,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
Israel:
I
have
anointed thee
king
over
Israel,
the
people
of
the
Lord.
And thou shalt cut
off
the
house
of Achab thy
master,
and
I
will
revenge
the
blood
of
my
servants
the
prophets,
and
the
blood
of
all
the
servants
of
the
Lord
at
the
hand
of Jezabel.
And
I
will
destroy
all
the
house
of Achab,
and
I
will
cut
off
from Achab
him
that pisseth
against
the well,
and
him
that
is
shut
up,
and
the meanest
in
Israel.
And
I
will
make
the
house
of Achab
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
and
like
the
house
of Baasa
the
son
of Ahias.
And
the
dogs
shall
eat Jezabel
in
the field
of Jezrahel,
and
there
shall
be
no
one
to
bury
her.
And
he
opened
the
door
and
fled.
Then
Jehu
went
forth
to
the
servants
of
his
lord:
and
they
said
to
him:
Are
all things
well?
why
came
this
mad
man
to thee?
And
he
said
to
them:
You
know
the
man,
and
what
he
said.
But
they
answered:
It
is
false,
but rather
do thou
tell
us.
And
he
said
to
them:
Thus
and
thus did
he
speak
to
me:
and
he
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
have
anointed thee
king
over
Israel.
Then
they
made
haste
and
taking
every
man
his
garment
laid
it
under
his feet,
after
the manner
of
a judgment seat,
and
they
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
said:
Jehu
is
king.
So
Jehu
the
son
of Josaphat
the
son
of Namsi
conspired
against
Joram.
Now
Joram
had besieged
Ramoth Galaad,
he
and
all
Israel fighting
with
Hazael
king
of
Syria:
And
was
returned
to
be
healed
in Jezrahel
of
his
wounds,
for
the Syrians
had
wounded
him,
when
he
fought
with
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
And
Jehu
said:
If
it please
you,
let
no mall
go
forth
or
flee
out
of
the
city, lest
he
go,
and
tell
in Jezrahel.
And
he got
up,
and
went
into Jezrahel:
for
Joram
was sick
there,
and Ochozias
king
of Juda
was
come
down
to
visit
Joram.
The
watchmen
therefore,
that
stood
upon
the
tower
of Jezrahel,
saw
the troop
of
Jehu
coming,
and
said:
I
see
a troop.
And
Joram
said:
Take
a
chariot,
and
send
to
meet
them,
and
let
him
that goeth
say:
Is all
well?
So
there
went
one
in
a
chariot
to
meet
him,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
king:
Are
all
things peaceable?
And
Jehu
said:
What hast thou
to
do
with
peace?
go
behind
and
follow
me.
And
the
watchman
told,
saying:
The
messenger
came
to
them,
but
he returneth
not.
And
he
sent
a
second
chariot
of
horses:
and
he
came
to
them,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
king:
Is
there
peace?
And
Jehu
said:
What hast thou
to
do
with
peace?
pass,
and
follow
me.
And
the
watchman
told,
saying:
He
came
even
to
them,
but returneth
not:
and
the
driving
is
like
the
driving
of
Jehu
the
son
of Namsi,
for
he
drives
furiously.
And
Joram
said: Make
ready
the
chariot.
And
they
made
ready
his
chariot,
and
Joram
king
of
Israel,
and Ochozias
king
of Juda
went
out,
each
in
his
chariot,
and
they
went
out
to
meet
Jehu,
and
met
him
in
the
field
of
Naboth
the Jezrahelite.
And
when
Joram
saw
Jehu,
he
said:
Is
there
peace,
Jehu?
And
he
answered:
What
peace?
so
long
as
the fornications
of Jezabel thy
mother,
and
her
many
sorceries
are
in
their vigour.
And
Joram
turned
his
hand,
and
fleeing,
said
to Ochozias: There
is
treachery, Ochozias.
But
Jehu bent Iris
bow
with
his
hand,
and
shot
Joram
between
the shoulders:
and
the
arrow
went
out
through
his
heart,
and immediately
he
fell
in
his
chariot.
And
Jehu
said
to Badacer
his captain:
Take
him,
and
cast
him
into
the
field
of
Naboth
the Jezrahelite:
for
I
remember
when
I
and thou sitting
in
a
chariot
followed Achab
this man’s
father,
that
the
Lord
laid
this
burden
upon
him,
saying:
If
I
do
not requite thee
in
this
field, saith
the
Lord,
for
the
blood
of
Naboth,
and
for
the
blood
of
his
children,
which
I
saw
yesterday, saith
the
Lord.
So
now
take
him,
and
cast
him
into
the
field, according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
But Ochozias
king
of Juda
seeing
this,
fled
by
the
way
of
the
garden
house:
and
Jehu
pursued
him,
and
said:
Strike
him
also
in
his
chariot.
And
they
struck
him
in
the going
up
to Gaver,
which
is
by Jeblaam:
and
he
fled
into Mageddo,
and
died
there.
And
his
servants laid
him upon
his
chariot,
and
carried
him
to
Jerusalem:
and
they
buried
him
in
his sepulchre
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
In
the
eleventh
year
of
Joram
the
son
of Achab, Ochozias
reigned
over Juda,
And
Jehu
came
into Jezrahel.
But Jezabel
hearing
of
his
coming
in, painted
her
face
with stibic stone,
and
adorned
her
head,
and
looked
out
of
a
window
At
Jehu
coming
in
at
the
gate,
and
said:
Can
there
be
peace
for Zambri,
that hath
killed
his
master?
And
Jehu
lifted
up
his
face
to
the
window,
and
said:
Who
is this?
And
two
or
three
eunuchs bowed
down
to
him.
And
he
said
to
them:
Throw
her
down headlong:
and
they
threw
her
down,
and
the
wall
was sprinkled
with
her
blood,
and
the hoofs
of
the
horses trod
upon
her.
And
when
he
was
come
in,
to
eat,
and
to
drink,
he
said:
Go,
and
see
after
that
cursed
woman,
and
bury
her:
because
she
is
a
king’s
daughter.
And
when
they went
to
bury
her,
they
found
nothing
but
the
skull,
and
the
feet,
and
the extremities
of
her
hands.
And coming
back
they
told
him.
And
Jehu
said:
It
is
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant Elias
the Thesbite,
saying:
In
the field
of Jezrahel
the
dogs
shall
eat
the
flesh
of Jezabel,
And
the flesh
of Jezabel
shall
be
as
dung
upon
the
face
of
the earth
in
the
field
of Jezrahel,
so
that
they
who
pass
by
shall
say:
Is
this
that same Jezabel?
And Achab
had
seventy
sons
in
Samaria:
so
Jehu
wrote
letters,
and
sent
to
Samaria,
to
the
chief
men
of
the city,
and
to
the ancients,
and
to
them
that brought
up Achab’s
children,
saying:
As
soon
as
you receive
these
letters, ye
that
have
your
master’s
sons,
and
chariots,
and
horses,
and fenced
cities,
and armour,
Choose
the
best,
and
him
that
shall please
you most
of
your
master’s
sons,
and
set
him
on
his
father’s
throne,
and
fight
for
the
house
of
your
master.
But
they
were
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said:
Behold
two
kings could
not
stand
before
him,
and
how
shall
we
be able
to resist?
Therefore
the overseers
of
the
house,
and
the rulers
of
the
city,
and
the ancients,
and
the tutors
sent
to
Jehu,
saying:
We
are thy
servants,
whatsoever thou shalt
command
us
we
will
do,
neither
will
we
make
us
a
king:
do thou
all
that pleaseth thee.
And
he
wrote
letters
the
second
time
to
them,
saying:
If
you
be mine,
and
will
obey
me,
take
the
heads
of
the
sons
of
your
master,
and
come
to
me
to Jezrahel
by
tomorrow
this
time.
Now
the
king’s
sons,
being
seventy
men,
were
brought
up
with
the
chief
men
of
the
city.
And
when
the
letters
came
to
them,
they
took
the
king’s
sons,
and
slew
seventy
persons,
and
put
their
heads
in
baskets,
and
sent
them
to
him
to Jezrahel.
And
a
messenger
came,
and
told
him,
saying:
They
have
brought
the
heads
of
the
king’s
sons.
And
he
said:
Lay ye
them
in
two
heaps
by
the
entering
in
of
the
gate
until
the
morning.
And
when
it
was light,
he
went
out,
and
standing
said
to
all
the
people:
You
are
just:
if
I
conspired
against
my
master,
and
slew
him,
who hath
slain
all
these?
See
therefore
now
that
there hath
not
fallen
to
the
ground
any
of
the
words
of
the
Lord,
which
the
Lord
spoke
concerning
the
house
of Achab,
and
the
Lord hath
done
that
which
he
spoke
in
the
hand
of
his
servant Elias.
So
Jehu
slew
all
that
were
left
of
the
house
of Achab
in Jezrahel,
and
all
his
chief
men,
and
his
friends,
and
his
priests,
till
there
were
no
remains
left
of
him.
And
he
arose,
and
went
to
Samaria:
and
when
he
was
come
to
the shepherds’ cabin
in
the
way,
He
met
with
the
brethren
of Ochozias
king
of Juda,
and
he
said
to
them:
Who
are
you?
And
they
answered:
We
are
the
brethren
of Ochozias,
and
are
come
down
to salute
the
sons
of
the
king,
and
the
sons
of
the
queen.
And
he
said:
Take
them
alive.
And
they
took
them
alive,
and
killed
them
at
the
pit
by
the cabin,
two
and
forty
men,
and
he
left
not
any
of
them.
And
when
he
was departed thence,
he
found
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
coming
to
meet
him,
and
he
blessed
him.
And
he
said
to
him:
Is thy
heart
right
as
my
heart
is
with thy
heart?
And
Jonadab
said:
It
is.
If
it
be,
said
he,
give
me thy
hand.
He
gave
him
his
hand.
And
he
lifted
him
up
to
him
into
the
chariot,
And
he
said
to
him:
Come
with
me,
and
see
my
zeal
for
the
Lord.
So
he made
him
ride
in
his
chariot,
And
brought
him
into
Samaria.
And
he
slew
all
that
were
left
of Achab
in
Samaria,
to
a
man,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
by Elias.
And
Jehu
gathered
together
all
the
people,
and
said
to
them: Achab worshipped
Baal
a
little,
but
I
will
worship
him
more.
Now
therefore
call
to
me
all
the
prophets
of
Baal,
and
all
his
servants,
and
all
his
priests:
let
none
be wanting,
for
I
have
a
great
sacrifice
to
offer
to
Baal: whosoever
shall
be wanting
shall
not
live.
Now
Jehu
did
this craftily,
that
he
might
destroy
the worshippers
of
Baal.
And
he
said:
Proclaim
a festival
for
Baal.
And
he
called,
And
he
sent
into
all
the borders
of
Israel,
and
all
the
servants
of
Baal
came:
there
was
not
one
left
that
did
not
come.
And
they
went
into
the
temple
of
Baal:
and
the
house
of
Baal
was
filled,
from
one
end
to
the
other.
And
he
said
to
them
that
were
over
the
wardrobe:
Bring
forth
garments
for
all
the
servants
of
Baal.
And
they
brought
them
forth
garments.
And
Jehu
and
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
went
to
the
temple
of
Baal,
and
said
to
the worshippers
of
Baal:
Search,
and
see
that
there
be
not
any
with
you
of
the
servants
of
the
Lord,
but
that
there
be
the
servants
of
Baal
only.
And
they
went
in
to
offer
sacrifices
and
burnt
offerings:
but
Jehu
had
prepared
him fourscore
men
without,
and
said
to
them:
If
any
of
the
men
escape,
whom
I
have
brought
into
your
hands,
he
that letteth
him
go
shall
answer
life
for
life.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
burnt offering
was
ended,
that
Jehu
commanded
his
soldiers
and captains,
saying:
Go
in,
and
kill
them,
let
none
escape.
And
the
soldiers
and captains
slew
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
cast
them
out:
and
they
went
into
the
city
of
the
temple
of
Baal,
And
brought
the statue
out
of Baal’s
temple,
and
burnt
it,
And
broke
it
in pieces.
They
destroyed
also
the
temple
of
Baal,
and
made
a jakes
in
its
place unto
this
day.
So
Jehu
destroyed
Baal
out
of
Israel:
But
yet
he
departed
not
from
the sills
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
nor
did
he forsake
the
golden
calves
that
were
in
Bethel
and
Dan.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Jehu:
Because thou hast diligently executed
that
which
was
right
and
pleasing
in
my
eyes,
and hast
done
to
the
house
of Achab
according
to
all
that
was
in
my
heart: thy
children
shall
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel
to
the
fourth Generation.
But
Jehu
took
no
heed
to walk
in
the
law
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
with
all
his
heart:
for
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
who
had
made
Israel
to
sin.
In
those
days
the
Lord
began
to
he weary
of
Israel:
and
Hazael ravaged
them
in
all
the coasts
of
Israel,
From
the
Jordan
eastward,
all
the
land
of Galaad,
and
Gad,
and Ruben,
and Manasses,
from
Aroer,
which
is
upon
the torrent Amen,
and Galaad,
and Basan.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehu,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
strength,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And
Jehu
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria:
and Joachaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
the
time
that
Jehu
reigned
over
Israel,
in
Samaria,
was
eight
and
twenty
years.
And Athalia
the
mother
of Ochozias
seeing
that
her
son
was
dead,
arose,
and slew
all
the
royal
seed.
But Josaba
the
daughter
of
king
Joram,
sister
of Ochozias,
took Joas
the
son
of Ochozias,
and
stole
him
from
among
the
king’s
sons
that
were slain,
out
of
the bedchamber
with
his
nurse:
and
hid
him
from
the
face
of Athalia,
so
that
he
was
not slain.
And
he
was
with
her
six
years
hid
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And Athalia
reigned
over
the
land.
And
in
the
seventh
year
Joiada seat,
and
taking
the centurions
and
the
soldiers,
brought
them
in
to
him
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
made
a
covenant
with
them:
and
taking
an
oath
of
them
in
the
house
of
the
Lord, shewed
them
the
king’s
son:
And
he
commanded
them,
saying:
This
is
the
thing
that
you must
do:
Let
a
third
part
of
you go
in
on
the sabbath,
and
keep
the
watch
of
the king’s
house.
And let
a
third
part
be
at
the
gate
of
Sur:
and let
a
third
part
be
at
the
gate
behind
the dwelling
of
the shieldbearers:
and
you
shall
keep
the
watch
of
the
house
of Messa.
But let
two
parts
of
you,
all
that
go
forth
on
the
sabbath,
keep
the
watch
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
about
the
king.
And
you
shall compass
him
round
about,
having
weapons
in
your
hands:
and
if
any
man
shall
enter
the precinct
of
the temple,
let
him
be slain:
and
you
shall
be
with
the
king
coming
in
and
going
out.
And
the centurions
did
according
to
all
things
that
Joiada
the
priest
had
commanded
them:
and
taking
every
one
their
men,
that
went
in
on
the
sabbath,
with
them
that
went
out
on
the
sabbath,
came
to
Joiada
the
priest.
And
he
gave
them
the
spears,
and
the arms
of
king
David,
which
were
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
they
stood
having
every
one
their
weapons
in
their
hands,
from
the
right
side
of
the
temple, unto
the
left
side
of
the
altar,
and
of
the
temple,
about
the
king.
And
he
brought
forth
the
king’s
son,
and
put
the
diadem
upon
him,
and
the
testimony:
and
they
made
him
king,
and
anointed
him:
and clapping
their
hands.
they
said,
God save
the
king.
And Athalia
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
running:
and
going
in
to
the
people
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
She
saw
the
king
standing
upon
a tribunal,
as
the
manner
was,
and
the singers,
and
the
trumpets
near
him,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoicing,
and sounding
the
trumpets:
and
she rent
her
garments,
and
cried:
A
conspiracy,
a
conspiracy.
But
Joiada commended
the centurions
that
were
over
the
army,
and
said
to
them:
Have
her
forth
without
the precinct
of
the
temple,
and whosoever
shall
follow
her,
let
him
be slain
with
the
sword.
For
the
priest
had
said:
Let
her
not
be slain
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
they
laid
hands
on
her:
and thrust
her
out
by
the
way
by
which
the
horses
go
in,
by
the
palace,
and she
was slain
there.
And
Joiada
made
a
covenant
between
the
Lord,
and
the
king,
and
the
people,
that
they
should
be
the
people
of
the
Lord,
and
between
the
king
and
the
people.
And
all
the
people
of
the
land
went
into
the
temple
of
Baal,
and
broke
down
his
altars,
and
his
images
they
broke
in
pieces
thoroughly:
they
slew
also Mathan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altar.
And
the
priest
set
guards
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
he
took
the centurions,
and
the bands
of
the Cerethi
and
the Phelethi,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
they
brought
the
king
from
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
they
came
by
the
way
of
the
gate
of
the shieldbearers
into
the
palace.
and
he
sat
on
the
throne
of
the
kings.
And
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet:
but Athalia
was slain
with
the
sword
in
the
king’s
house.
Now Joas was seven years old, when he began to reign.
In
the
seventh
year
of Jehu Joas began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned forty
years
in Jerusalem.
The name
of
his mother
was Sebia
of Bersabee.
And Joas did
that which
was right before
the Lord all
the
days
that Joiada
the priest taught
him.
But
yet
he took not
away
the high
places:
for
the
people still sacrificed
and burnt incense
in
the high
places.
And Joas said
to
the
priests: O
All
the money
of
the sanctified
things, which
is brought
into
the temple
of
the Lord
by those
that
pass, which
is
offered
for
the price
of
a soul,
and which
of
their own accord,
and
of
their own free heart
they bring
into
the temple
of
the Lord:
Let
the
priests
take
it
according
to
their
order,
and repair
the
house, wheresoever
they
shall
see
any
thing
that wanteth repairing.
Now till
the three
and twentieth year
of king Joas,
the
priests
did not
make
the
repairs
of
the
temple.
And
king Joas called Joiada
the high
priest
and
the
priests, saying
to
them:
Why do
you
not
repair
the
temple?
Take
you
therefore money
no
more according
to
your order,
but restore
it
for
the
repairing
of
the
temple.
And
the
priests
were forbidden
to
take
any
more
money
of
the
people,
and
to
make
the
repairs
of
the
house.
And Joiada
the high
priest
took
a chest
and bored
a hole
in
the top,
and set
it
by
the altar
at
the right hand
of
them
that came
into
the
house
of
the Lord,
and
the
priests
that kept
the doors
put therein all
the
money
that
was
brought
to
the
temple
of
the Lord.
And
when
they saw
that
there
was very
much
money
in
the
chest,
the king’s scribe
and
the high
priest
came
up,
and poured
it
out,
and counted
the
money
that
was found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
And
they
gave
it
out
by
number
and measure
into
the hands
of
them
that
were
over
the builders
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
they laid
it
out
to
the carpenters,
and
the masons
that wrought
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
And
made
the repairs:
and
to
them
that cut stones,
and
to buy
timber,
and stones,
to
be hewed,
that
the repairs
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
might
be completely finished,
and wheresoever
there
was need
of expenses
to uphold
the
house.
But
there
were not
made
of
the
same money
for
the
temple
of
the
Lord, bowls,
or fleshhooks,
or censers,
or trumpets,
or
any vessel
of gold
and silver,
of
the money
that
was
brought
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
For
it
was given
to
them
that
did
the work,
that
the
temple
of
the
Lord
might
be repaired.
And
they reckoned
not
with
the
men
that
received
the money
to
distribute
it
to
the
workmen,
but
they
bestowed
it faithfully.
But
the
money
for trespass,
and
the
money
for sins,
they
brought
not
into
the temple
of
the Lord,
because
it
was
for
the
priests.
Then Hazael king
of Syria
went
up
and fought
against Geth,
and
took
it
and
set
his face
to
go
up
to Jerusalem.
Wherefore Joas
king
of Juda
took
all
the sanctified things, which Josaphat,
and Joram,
and Ochozias
his fathers
the
kings
of Juda
had dedicated
to holy uses,
and which
he
himself
had
offered:
and
all
the silver
that could
be found
in
the treasures
of
the temple
of
the Lord,
and
in
the
king’s palace:
and
sent
it
to
Hazael
king
of
Syria,
and
he
went
off
from
Jerusalem.
And
the rest
of
the acts
of Joas,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they not written
in
the book
of
the words
of
the days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And
his servants arose,
and conspired
among
themselves,
and slew Joas
in
the house
of Mello
in
the descent
of Sella.
For Josachar
the son
of Semaath,
and Jozabad
the son
of Somer
his
servant
struck
him,
and
he died:
and
they buried
him
with
his fathers
in
the city
of David,
and Amasias
his son reigned
in
his stead.
In
the
three
and
twentieth
year
of Joas
son
of Ochozias
king
of Juda, Joachaz
the
son
of
Jehu
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria,
seventeen
years.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord,
and
followed
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
and
he
departed
not
from
them.
And
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Hazael
the
king
of
Syria,
and
into
the
hand
of Benadad
the
son
of
Hazael
all
days.
But Joachaz besought
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
heard
him:
for
he
saw
the distress
of
Israel,
because
the
king
of
Syria
had
oppressed
them:
And
the
Lord
gave
Israel
a saviour,
and
they
were
delivered
out
of
the
hand
of
the king
of
Syria:
and
the
children
of
Israel
dwelt
in
their pavilions
as
yesterday
and
the day
before.
But
yet
they
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
walked
in
them:
and
there
still
remained
a grove
also
in
Samaria.
And Joachaz
had
no
more
left
of
the
people
than
fifty
horsemen,
and
ten
chariots,
and
ten
thousand
footmen:
for
the
king
of
Syria
had slain
them,
and
had
brought
them low
as
dust
by thrashing
in
the barnfloor.
Rut
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joachaz,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his valour,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And Joachaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria:
and Joas
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of Joas
king
of Juda, Joas
the
son
of Joachaz
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
sixteen
years.
And
he
did
that
which
is
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
he
walked
in
them.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joas,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his valour wherewith
he
fought
against Amasias
king
of Juda,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And Joas
slept
with
his
fathers:
and
Jeroboam
sat
upon
his
throne.
But Joas
was
buried
in
Samaria
with
the
kings
of
Israel.
Now Eliseus
was
sick
of
the
illness whereof
he
died:
and Joas
king
of
Israel
went
down
to
him,
and
wept
before
him,
and
said: O
my
father,
my
father,
the
chariot
of
Israel
and
the guider thereof.
And Eliseus
said
to
him:
Bring
a
bow
and
arrows.
And
when
he
had
brought
him
a
bow,
and
arrows,
He
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
Put thy
hand
upon
the
bow.
And
when
he
had
put
his
hand, Eliseus
put
his
hands
over
the
king’s
hands,
And
said:
Open
the
window
to
the
east.
And
when
he
had
opened
it, Eliseus
said:
Shoot
an
arrow.
And
he
shot.
And Eliseus
said:
The
arrow
of
the
Lord’s
deliverance,
and
the
arrow
of
the
deliverance
from
Syria:
and thou shalt
strike
the Syrians
in Aphec,
till thou
consume
them.
And
he
said:
Take
the
arrows.
And
when
he
had
taken
them,
he
said
to
him:
Strike
with
an
arrow upon
the
ground.
And
he
struck
three
times
and
stood
still.
And
the
man
of
God
was
angry
with
him,
and
said:
If thou hadst
smitten
five
or
six
or seven
times, thou hadst
smitten
Syria
even
to utter
destruction:
but
now
three
times shalt thou
smite
it.
And Eliseus
died,
and
they
buried
him.
And
the rovers
from
Moab
came
into
the
land
the same
year.
And
some
that
were
burying
a
man,
saw
the rovers,
and
cast
the
body
into
the sepulchre
of Eliseus.
And
when
it
had
touched
the
bones
of Eliseus,
the
man
came
to
life,
and
stood
upon
his
feet.
Now
Hazael
king
of
Syria afflicted
Israel
all
the
days
of Joachaz:
And
the
Lord
had
mercy
on
them,
and returned
to
them
because
of
his
covenant, which
he
had made
with
Abraham
and
Isaac
and
Jacob:
and
he
would
not
destroy
them,
nor utterly
cast
them
away, unto
this
present
time.
And
Hazael
king
of
Syria
died,
and Benadad
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Now Joas
the
son
of Joachaz,
took
the
cities
out
of
the
hand
of Benadad,
the
son
of
Hazael,
which
he
had
taken
out
of
the
hand
of Joachaz
his
father
by
war,
three
times
did Joas
beat
him,
and
he
restored
the
cities
to
Israel.
In
the
second
year
of Joas
son
of Joachaz,
king
of
Israel,
reigned Amasias
son
of Joas
king
of Juda.
He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign:
and
nine
and
twenty
years
he
reigned
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Joadan
of
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
that
which
was
right
before
the
Lord,
but
yet
not
like
David
his
father.
He
did according
to
all
things
that Joas
his
father
did:
But this
only,
that
he
took
not
away
the
high
places:
for
yet
the
people
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
And
when
he
had
possession
of
the
kingdom,
he
put
his
servants
to death
that
had
slain
the
king
his
father:
But
the
children
of
the murderers
he
did
not
put
to
death,
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
wherein
the
Lord
commanded,
saying:
The
fathers
shall
not
be
put
to
death
for
the
children,
neither
shall
the
children
be
put
to
death
for
the
fathers:
but
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sins.
He
slew
of
Edom
in
the
valley
of
the Saltpits
ten
thousand
men,
and
took
the rock
by
war,
and
called
the
name thereof Jectehel, unto
this
day.
Then Amasias
sent
messengers
to Joas
son
of Joachaz,
son
of
Jehu
king
of
Israel,
saying: Come
let
us
see
one another.
And Joas
king
of
Israel
sent
again
to Amasias
king
of Juda,
saying:
A thistle
of Libanus
sent
to
a
cedar tree,
which
is
in Libanus,
saying:
Give thy
daughter
to
my
son
to
wife.
And
the
beasts
of
the forest,
that
are
in Libanus,
passed
and trod
down
the thistle.
Thou hast
beaten
and prevailed
over
Edom,
and thy
heart hath
lifted thee
up:
be content
with
the
glory,
and
sit
at
home:
why provokest thou
evil,
that thou shouldst
fall,
and Juda
with thee?
But Amasias
did
not rest satisfied.
So Joas
king
of
Israel
went
up,
and
he
and Amasias
king
of Juda
saw
one
another
in Bethsames
a town
in Juda.
And Juda
was
put
to
the worst
before
Israel,
and
they
fled
every
man
to
their dwellings.
But Joas
king
of
Israel
took Amasias,
king
of Juda
the
son
of Joas,
the
son
of Ochozias,
in Bethsames,
and
brought
him
into
Jerusalem:
and
he
broke
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
from
the
gate
of
Ephraim
to
the
gate
of
the
corner,
four
hundred
cubits.
And
he
took
all
the
gold,
and
silver,
and
all
the
vessels,
that
were
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
king’s
treasures,
and
hostages,
and
returned
to
Samaria.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joas,
which
he
did,
and
his valour, wherewith
he
fought
against Amasias
king
of Juda,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And Joas
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
Samaria,
with
the
kings
of
Israel:
and
Jeroboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And Amasias
the
son
of Joas
king
of Juda
lived,
after
the
death
of Joas
son
of Joachaz
king
of
Israel
fifteen
years.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Amasias,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
Now
they
made
a
conspiracy
against
him
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
fled
to Lachis.
And
they
sent
after
him
to Lachis,
and
killed
him
there.
And
they
brought
him
away
upon
horses,
and
he
was
buried
in
Jerusalem
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
And
all
the
people
of Juda
took Azarias,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
instead
of
his
father Amasias.
He
built
Elath,
and
restored
it
to Juda,
after
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
In
the fifteenth
year
of Amasias
son
of Joas
king
of Juda,
reigned
Jeroboam
the
son
of Joas
king
of
Israel
in
Samaria,
one
and
forty
years:
And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord.
He
departed
not
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
He
restored
the
borders
of
Israel
from
the
entrance
of Emath, unto
the
sea
of
the
wilderness,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant Jonas
the
son
of Amathi,
the
prophet,
who
was
of Geth,
which
is
in Opher.
For
the
Lord
saw
the affliction
of
Israel
that
it
was
exceeding
bitter,
and
that
they
were consumed
even
to
them
that
were
shut
up
in prison,
and
the lowest persons,
and
that
there
was
no
one
to
help
Israel.
And
the
Lord
did
not
say
that
he
would blot
out
the
name
of
Israel
from
under
heaven,
but
he
saved
them
by
the
hand
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Joas.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jeroboam,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his velour, wherewith
he
fought,
and
how
he
restored
Damascus,
and Emath
to Juda
in
Israel,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And
Jeroboam
slept
with
his
fathers
the
kings
of
Israel,
and Zacharias
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the
seven
and
twentieth
year
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel
reigned Azarias
son
of Amasias,
king
of Juda.
He
was
sixteen
years
old,
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
and
fifty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Jechelia
of
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
that
which
was pleasing
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
his
father Amasias
had
done.
But
the
high
places
he
did
not destroy:
for
the
people
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places.
And
the
Lord
struck
the
king,
so
that
he
was
a
leper unto
the
day
of
his
death,
and
he
dwelt
in
a free
house apart:
but Joatham
the
king’s
soil
governed
the
palace,
and
judged
the
people
of
the
land.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Azarias,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And Azarias
slept
with
his
fathers:
and
they
buried
him
with
his
ancestors
in
the
city
of
David,
and Joatham
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the
eight
and
thirtieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda,
reigned Zacharias
son
of
Jeroboam
over
Israel
in
Samaria
six
months:
And
he
did
that
which
is
evil
before
the
Lord,
as
his
fathers
had
done:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
And Sellum
the
son
of Jabes
conspired
against
him:
and
struck
him publicly
and
killed
him,
and
reigned
in
his
place.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Zacharias,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
This
was
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
to
Jehu,
saying: Thy
children
to
the
fourth generation
shall
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel.
And
so
it
came
to
pass.
Sellum
the
son
of Jabes began
to
reign
in
the
nine
and
thirtieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda:
and
reigned
one
month
in
Samaria.
And Manahem
the
son
of
Gadi
went
up
from Thersa:
and
he
came
into
Samaria,
and
struck Sellum
the
son
of Jabes
in
Samaria,
and
slew
him,
and
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Sellum,
and
his
conspiracy,
which
he
made,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Then Manahem
destroyed Thapsa
and
all
that
were
in
it
and
the
borders thereof
from Thersa,
because
they
would
not
open
to
him:
and
he
slew
all
the
women thereof
that
were
with
child,
and
ripped
them
up.
In
the
nine
and
thirtieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda,
reigned Manahem
son
of
Gadi
over
Israel
ten
years
in
Samaria.
And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin
all
his
days.
And Phul
king
of
the Assyrians
came
into
the
land,
and Manahem
gave Phul
a
thousand
talents
of
silver,
to aid
him
and
to
establish
him
in
the
kingdom.
And Manahem
laid
a tax
upon
Israel,
on
all
that
were
mighty
and rich,
to
give
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
each
man
fifty sides
of
silver:
so
the
king
of
the Assyrians
turned
back,
and
did
not
stay
in
the
land.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Manahem,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
And Manahem
slept
with
his
fathers:
and Phaceia
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the
fiftieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda
reigned Phaceia
the
son
of Manahem
over
Israel
in
Samaria two
years.
And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
And Phacee
the
son
of Romelia,
his captain
conspired
against
him,
and
smote
him
in
Samaria,
in
the tower
of
the
king’s
house,
near Argob,
and
near Arie,
and
with
him
fifty
men
of
the
sons
of
the Galaadites,
and
he
slew
him
and
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Phaceia,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
In
the
two
and
fiftieth
year
of Azarias
king
of Juda
reigned Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
over
Israel
in
Samaria
twenty
years.
And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
before
the
Lord:
he
departed
not
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin.
In
the
days
of Phacee
king
of
Israel
came Theglathphalasar
king
of
Assyria,
and
took Aion,
and
Abel Domum Maacha
and Janoe,
and Cedes,
and Asor,
and Galaad,
and
Galilee,
and
all
the
land
of Nephtali:
and
carried
them
captives
into
Assyria.
Now Osee
son
of Ela
conspired,
and formed
a plot
against Phacee,
the
son
of Romelia,
and
struck
him,
and
slew
him:
and
reigned
in
his
stead
in
the
twentieth
year
of Joatham
the
son
of Ozias.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Phaces,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
In
the
second
year
of Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
king
of
Israel
reigned Joatham
son
of Ozias
king
of Juda.
He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Jerusa,
the
daughter
of Sadoc.
And
he
did
that
which
was
right
before
the
Lord: according
to
all
that
his
father Ozias
had
done,
so
did
he.
But
the
high
places
he
took
not
away:
the
people
still
sacrificed
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places:
he
built
the highest
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joatham,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
In
those
days
the
Lord
began
to
send
into Juda Basin
king
of
Syria,
and Phacee
the
son
of Romelia.
And Joatham
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David
his
father,
and Achaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the seventeenth
year
of Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
reigned Achaz
the
son
of Joatham
king
of Juda.
Achaz
was
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
he
did
not
that
which
was pleasing
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
his
God,
as
David
his
father.
But
he walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel:
moreover
he consecrated
also
his
son, making
him
pass
through
the
fire according
to
the idols
of
the
nations:
which
the
Lord destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
He
sacrificed also
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places
and
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
Then Basin
king
of
Syria,
and Phacee
son
of Romelia
king
of
Israel
came
up
to
Jerusalem
to
fight:
and
they besieged Achaz,
but
were
not
able
to
overcome
him.
At
that
time Rasin
king
of
Syria
restored Aila
to
Syria,
and drove
the men
of Juda
out
of Aila:
and
the Edomites
came
into Aila,
and
dwelt
there unto
this
day.
And Achaz
sent
messengers
to Theglathphalasar
king
of
the Assyrians,
saying:
I
am thy
servant,
and thy
son:
come
up,
and
save
me
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Syria,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Israel,
who
are
risen
up
together
against
me.
And
when
he
had gathered together
the
silver
and
gold
that could
be
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
king’s
treasures,
he
sent
it
for
a
present
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
And
he
agreed
to
his desire:
for
the
king
of
the Assyrians
went
up
against
Damascus,
and
laid
it waste:
and
he
carried
away
the inhabitants thereof
to Cyrene,
but Basin
he slew.
And
king Achaz
went
to
Damascus
to
meet Theglathphalasar
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
when
he
had
seen
the
altar
of
Damascus,
king Achaz
sent
to Urias
the
priest
a
pattern
of
it,
and
its
likeness
according
to
all
the
work thereof.
And Urias
the
priest
built
an
altar according
to
all
that
king Achaz
had commanded
from
Damascus,
so
did Urias
the
priest,
until
king Achaz
came
from
Damascus.
And
when
the
king
was
come
from
Damascus,
he
saw
the
altar
and worshipped
it:
and
went
up
and
offered holocausts,
and
his own sacrifice.
And
offered libations
and poured
the
blood
of
the
peace
offerings,
which
he
had
offered
upon
the
altar.
But
the
altar
of
brass
that
was
before
the
Lord,
he removed
from
the
face
of
the
temple,
and
from
the
place
of
the
altar,
and
from
the
place
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
and
he
set
it
at
the
side
of
the
altar
toward
the
north.
And
king Achaz
commanded Urias
the
priest
saying:
Upon
the
great
altar
offer
the
morning holocaust,
and
the
evening
sacrifice,
and
the
king’s holocaust,
and
his
sacrifice,
and
the holocaust
of
the
whole
people
of
the
land,
and
their
sacrifices,
and
their libations:
and
all
the
blood
of
the holocaust,
and
all
the
blood
of
the victim thou shalt pour
out
upon
it:
but
the
altar
of
brass
shall
be ready
at
my pleasure.
So Urias
the
priest
did according
to
all
that
king Achaz
had
commanded
him.
And
king Achaz
took
away
the graven bases,
and
the laver
that
was
upon
them:
and
he
took
down
the
sea
from
the brazen
oxen
that
held
it
up,
and
put
it
upon
a
pavement
of
stone.
The Musach
also
for
the
sabbath,
which
he
had
built
in
the
temple:
and
the
king’s
entry
from without
he
turned into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
because
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Achaz,
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And Achaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David,
and Ezechias
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the twelfth
year
of Achaz
king
of Juda, Osee
the
son
of Ela
reigned
in
Samaria
over
Israel
nine
years.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord:
but
not
as
the
kings
of
Israel
that
had
been
before
him.
Against
him
came
up Salmanasar
king
of
the Assyrians,
and Osee
became
his
servant,
and
paid
him
tribute.
And
when
the
king
of
the Assyrians
found
that Osee endeavouring
to rebel
had
sent
messengers
to Sua
the
king
of
Egypt,
that
he
might
not pay
tribute
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
as
he
had done
every
year,
he besieged
him,
bound
him,
and
cast
him
into
prison,
And
he
went
through
all
the
land:
and
going
up
to
Samaria,
he besieged
it
three
years.
And
in
the
ninth
year
of Osee,
the
king
of
the Assyrians
took
Samaria,
and
carried
Israel
away
to
Assyria:
and
he
placed
them
in Hala
and
Habor
by
the
river
of
Gozan,
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes.
For
so
it
was
that
the
children
of
Israel
had
sinned
against
the
Lord
their
God,
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
under
the
hand
of Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
and
they worshipped strange
gods.
And
they walked according
to
the
way
of
the
nations
which
the
Lord
had destroyed
in
the
sight
of
the
children
of
Israel
and
of
the
kings
of
Israel:
because
they
had
done
in
like manner.
And
the
children
of
Israel offended
the
Lord
their
God
with
things
that
were
not
right:
and
built
them
high
places
in
all
their
cities
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the fenced
city.
And
they
made
them statues
and groves
on
every
high
hill,
and
under
every shady
tree:
And
they
burnt
incense
there upon altars after
the
manner
of
the
nations
which
the
Lord
had
removed
from
their
face:
and
they
did
wicked
things,
provoking
the
Lord.
And
they worshipped abominations,
concerning
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
them
that
they
should
not
do
this
thing.
And
the
Lord
testified
to
them
in
Israel
and
in Juda
by
the
hand
of
all
the
prophets
and
seers,
saying:
Return
from
your
wicked
ways,
and
keep
my precepts,
and ceremonies,
according
to
all
the
law
which
I
commanded
your
fathers:
and
as
I
have
sent
to
you
in
the
hand
of
my
servants
the
prophets.
And
they hearkened
not,
but
hardened
their
necks
like
to
the
neck
of
their
fathers,
who
would
not
obey
the
Lord
their
God.
And
they
rejected
his ordinances
and
the
covenant
that
he
made
with
their
fathers,
and
the
testimonies
which
he
testified
against
them:
and
they
followed
vanities,
and
acted
vainly:
and
they
followed
the
nations
that
were
round
about
them,
concerning
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
them
that
they
should
not
do
as
they
did.
And
they forsook
all
the precepts
of
the
Lord
their
God:
and
made
to
themselves
two molten
calves,
and groves,
and adored
all
the
host
of
heaven:
and
they
served
Baal.
And consecrated
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
through
fire:
and
they
gave
themselves
to
divinations,
and soothsayings:
and
they delivered
themselves
up
to
do
evil
before
the
Lord,
to
provoke
him.
And
the
Lord
was
very
angry
with
Israel,
and
removed
them
from
his
sight,
and
there
remained
only
the
tribe
of Juda.
But
neither
did Juda
itself
keep
the
commandments
of
the
Lord
their
God:
but
they walked
in
the errors
of
Israel,
which
they
had wrought.
And
the
Lord
cast
off
all
the
seed
of
Israel,
and afflicted
them
and
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of spoilers,
till
he
cast
them
away
from
his
face:
Even
from
that
time,
when
Israel
was rent
from
the
house
of
David,
and made
Jeroboam
son
of Nabat
their
king:
for
Jeroboam separated
Israel
from
the
Lord,
and made
them
commit
a
great
sin.
And
the
children
of
Israel walked
in
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
which
he
had
done:
and
they
departed
not
from
them,
Till
the
Lord
removed
Israel
from
his
face,
as
he
had
spoken
in
the
hand
of
all
his
servants
the
prophets:
and
Israel
was
carried
away
out
of
their
land
to
Assyria, unto
this
day.
And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
brought
people
from
Babylon,
and
from Cutha,
and
from Avah,
and
from Emath,
and
from
Sepharvaim:
and
placed
them
in
the
cities
of
Samaria
instead
of
the
children
of
Israel:
and
they
possessed
Samaria,
and
dwelt
in
the
cities thereof.
And
when
they
began
to
dwell
there,
they
feared
not
the
Lord:
and
the
Lord
sent
lions
among
them,
which
killed
them.
And
it
was
told
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
it
was
said:
The
nations
which thou hast
removed,
and
made
to
dwell
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
know
not
the
ordinances
of
the
God
of
the
land:
and
the Lord hath
sent
lions
among
them:
and
behold
they
kill
them,
because
they
know
not
the
manner
of
the
God
of
the
land.
And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
commanded,
saying:
Carry thither
one
of
the
priests
whom
you brought
from thence
captive,
and
let
him
go,
and
dwell
with
them:
and
let
him
teach
them
the
ordinances
of
the
God
of
the
land.
So
one
of
the
priests
who
had
been
carried
away
captive
from
Samaria,
came
and
dwelt
in
Bethel,
and
taught
them
how
they
should
worship
the
Lord.
And
every
nation
made
gods
of
their
own,
and
put
them
in
the
temples
of
the
high
places,
which
the Samaritans
had
made,
every
nation
in
their
cities
where
they
dwelt.
For
the
men
of
Babylon
made Sochothbenoth:
and
the Cuthites
made Nergel:
and
the
men
of Emath
made Asima.
And
the Hevites
made Nebahaz
and Tharthac.
And
they
that
were
of
Sepharvaim
burnt
their
children
in
fire,
to Adramelech
and Anamelech
the gods
of
Sepharvaim.
And nevertheless
they worshipped
the
Lord.
And
they
made
to
themselves,
of
the lowest
of
the people,
priests
of
the
high
places,
and
they
placed
them
in
the
temples
of
the
high
places.
And
when
they worshipped
the
Lord,
they
served
also
their
own
gods
according
to
the
custom
of
the
nations
out
of
which
they
were
brought
to Samaria:
Unto
this
day
they followed
the
old
manner:
they
fear
not
the
Lord,
neither
do
they
keep
his ceremonies,
and
judgments,
and
law,
and
the
commandment,
which
the
Lord
commanded
the
children
of
Jacob,
whom
he surnamed
Israel:
With whom
he
made
a
covenant,
and
charged
them,
saying:
You
shall
not
fear strange
gods,
nor
shall
you adore
them,
nor
worship
them,
nor
sacrifice
to
them.
But
the
Lord
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
great
power,
and
a
stretched
out
arm,
him
shall
you
fear,
and
him
shall
you adore,
and
to
him
shall
you
sacrifice.
And
the ceremonies,
and
judgments,
and
law,
and
the
commandment,
which
he
wrote
for
you,
you
shall
observe
to
do
them
always:
and
you
shall
not
fear strange
gods.
And
the
covenant
that
he
made
with
you,
you
shall
not
forget:
neither
shall ye
worship strange
gods,
But
fear
the
Lord
your
God,
and
he
shall
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
all
your
enemies.
But
they
did
not hearken,
but
did
according
to
their
old
custom.
So
these
nations
feared
the
Lord,
but
nevertheless
served
also
their
idols:
their
children
also
and
grandchildren,
as
their
fathers
did,
so
do
they unto
this
day.
In
the
third
year
of Osee
the
son
of Ela
king
of
Israel,
reigned Ezechias
the
son
of Achaz
king
of Juda.
He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
nine
and
twenty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was
Abi
the
daughter
of Zacharias.
And
he
did
that
which
was good
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
He
destroyed
the
high
places,
and
broke
the statues
in
pieces,
and
cut
down
the
groves,
and
broke
the brazen
serpent,
which
Moses
had
made:
for
till
that
time
the
children
of
Israel
burnt
incense
to
it:
and
he
called
its
name Nohestan.
He
trusted
in
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
so
that
after
him
there
was
none
like
him
among
all
the
kings
of Juda,
nor
any
of
them
that
were
before
him:
And
he
stuck
to
the
Lord,
and
departed
not
from
his steps,
but
kept
his
commandments,
which
the
Lord
commanded
Moses.
Wherefore
the
Lord
also
was
with
him,
and
in
all
things,
to
which
he
went
forth,
he behaved
himself wisely.
And
he
rebelled
against
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
served
him
not.
He
smote
the
Philistines
as
far
as
Gaza,
and
all
their
borders,
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the fenced
city.
In
the
fourth
year
of
king Ezechias,
which
was
the
seventh
year
of Osee
the
son
of Ela
king
of
Israel, Salmanasar
king
of
the Assyrians
came
up
to
Samaria,
and besieged
it,
And
took
it.
For
after
three
years,
in
the sixth
year
of Ezechias,
that
is,
in
the
ninth
year
of Osee
king
of
Israel,
Samaria
was
taken:
And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
carried
away
Israel
into
Assyria,
and placed
them
in Hale,
and
in
Habor
by
the
rivers
of
Gozan
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes:
Because
they hearkened
not
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
their
God,
but transgressed
his
covenant:
all
that
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
commanded,
they
would
not
hear
nor
do.
In
the fourteenth
year
of
king Ezechias,
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians
came
up
against
the fenced
cities
of Juda:
and
took
them.
Then Ezechias
king
of Juda
sent messengers
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians
to Lachis,
saying:
I
have
offended, depart
from
me:
and all
that thou shalt
put
upon
me,
I
will
bear.
And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
put
a tax
upon Ezechias
king
of Juda,
of
three
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
thirty
talents
of
gold.
And Ezechias
gave
all
the
silver
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
king’s
treasures.
At
that
time Ezechias broke
the
doors
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
the plates
of gold
which
he
had
fastened
on
them,
and
gave
them
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
sent Tharthan
and Rabsaris,
and Rabsaces
from Lachis
to
king Ezechias
with
a strong
army
to
Jerusalem:
and
they
went
up
and
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
they
stood
by
the conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
which
is
in
the
way
of
the
fuller’s
field.
And
they
called
for
the
king:
and
there
went
out
to
them Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and Joahe
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder.
And Rabsaces
said
to
them:
Speak
to Ezechias:
Thus saith
the
great
king,
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
What
is
this
confidence,
wherein thou trustest?
Perhaps thou hast taken
counsel,
to prepare thyself
for
battle.
On
whom dost thou
trust,
that thou darest
to
rebel?
Dost thou
trust
in
Egypt
a
staff
of
a broken
reed,
upon
which
if
a
man
lean,
it
will break
and
go
into
his
hand,
and pierce
it?
so
is Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
to
all
that
trust
in
him.
But
if
you
say
to
me:
We
trust
in
the
Lord
our
God:
is
it
not
he,
whose
high
places
and
altars Ezechias hath
taken
away:
and hath
commanded Juda
and
Jerusalem:
You
shall
worship
before
this
altar
in
Jerusalem?
Now
therefore
come
over
to
my
master
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
I
will
give
you two
thousand
horses,
and
see
whether
you
be
able
to
have
riders
for
them.
And
how
can
you stand
against
one
lord
of
the least
of
my
master’s
servants? Dost thou
trust
in
Egypt
for
chariots
and
for
horsemen?
Is
it
without
the
will
of
the
Lord
that
I
am
come
up
to
this
place
to
destroy
it?
The
Lord
said
to
me:
Go
up
to
this
land
and
destroy
it.
Then Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias,
and Sobna,
and Joahe
said
to Rabsaces:
We
pray thee
speak
to
us thy
servants
in Syriac:
for
we
understand
that tongue:
and
speak
not
to
us
in
the Jews’
language,
in
the
hearing
of
the
people
that
are
upon
the
wall.
And Rabsaces
answered
them,
saying: Hath
my
master
sent
me
to thy
master
and
to thee,
to
speak
these
words,
and
not
rather
to
the
men
that
sit
upon
the
wall,
that
they
may
eat
their
own dung,
and
drink
their
urine
with
you?
Then Rabsaces
stood,
and
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews’
language,
and
said:
Hear
the
words
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Thus saith
the
king:
Let
not Ezechias
deceive
you:
for
he
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand.
Neither
let
him
make
you
trust
in
the
Lord,
saying:
The
Lord
will
surely
deliver
us,
and
this
city
shall
not
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Do
not hearken
to Ezechias.
For
thus saith
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
Do
with
me
that
which
is
for
your advantage,
and
come
out
to
me:
and
every
man
of
you
shall
eat
of
his
own vineyard,
and
of
his
own
fig
tree:
and
you
shall
drink
water
of
your
own
cisterns,
Till
I
come,
and
take
you
away
to
a
land,
like
to
your own
land,
a fruitful
land,
and plentiful
in
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards,
a
land
of
olives,
and
oil
and
honey,
and
you
shall
live,
and
not
die. Hearken
not
to Ezechias,
who deceiveth
you,
saying:
The
Lord
will
deliver
us.
Have
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
their
land
from
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
Where
is
the
god
of Emath,
and
of Arphad?
where
is
the
god
of
Sepharvaim,
of Ana,
and
of Ava?
have
they
delivered
Samaria
out
of
my
hand?
Who
are
they
among
all
the
gods
of
the
nations,
that
have
delivered
their
country
out
of
my
hand,
that
the
Lord
may
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?
But
the
people held
their peace,
and
answered
him
not
a
word:
for
they
had received
commandment
from
the
king
that
they
should
not
answer
him.
And Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias,
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and Joahe
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder,
came
to Ezechias,
with
their
garments rent,
and
told
him
the
words
of Rabsaces.
And
when
king Ezechias
heard these words,
he rent
his
garments,
and
covered himself
with
sackcloth,
and
went
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
he
sent Eliacim,
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and
the ancients
of
the
priests
covered
with sackcloths,
to Isaias
the
prophet
the
son
of Amos,
And
they
said
to
him:
Thus saith Ezechias:
This
day
is
a
day
of tribulation,
and
of
rebuke,
and
of blasphemy:
the
children
are
come
to
the
birth,
and
the
woman
in travail hath
not
strength.
It
may
be
the
Lord thy
God
will
hear
all
the
words
of Rabsaces,
whom
the
king
of
the Assyrians
his
master hath
sent
to
reproach
the
living
God,
and
to
reprove
with
words,
which
the
Lord thy
God hath
heard:
and
do thou
offer
prayer
for
the remnants
that
are
found.
So
the
servants
of
king Ezechias
came
to Isaias.
And Isaias
said
to
them:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
your
master:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Be
not
afraid
for
the
words
which thou hast
heard,
with
which
the
servants
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians
have
blasphemed
me.
Behold
I
will
send
a
spirit
upon
him,
and
he
shall
hear
a
message,
and
shall
return
into
his own
country,
and
I
will
make
him
fall
by
the
sword
in
his own
country.
And Rabsaces
returned,
and
found
the
king
of
the Assyrians
besieging Lobna:
for
he
had
heard
that
he
was
departed
from Lachis.
And
when
he
heard
of Theraca
king
of
Ethiopia:
Behold,
he
is
come
out
to
fight
with thee:
and
was
going
against
him,
he
sent
messengers
to Ezechias,
saying:
Thus
shall
you
say
to Ezechias
king
of Juda:
Let
not thy
God
deceive thee,
in
whom thou trustest:
and
do
not
say:
Jerusalem
shall
not
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Behold thou hast
heard
what
the
kings
of
the Assyrians
have
done
to
all
countries,
how
they
have laid
them waste:
and canst thou
alone
be
delivered?
Have
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered any
of
them,
whom
my
fathers
have
destroyed,
to wit,
Gozan,
and
Haran,
and Reseph,
and
the
children
of
Eden
that
were
in Thelassar?
Where
is
the
king
of Emath,
and
the
king
of Arphad,
and
the
king
of
the
city
of
Sepharvaim,
of Ana
and
of Ava?
And
when Ezechias
had
received
the
letter
of
the
hand
of
the
messengers,
and
had
read
it,
he
went
up
to
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
spread
it
before
the
Lord,
And
he
prayed
in
his
sight,
saying:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
who sitteth
upon
the cherubims, thou
alone art
the
God
of
all
the kings
of
the
earth: thou madest
heaven
and
earth:
Incline thy
ear,
and
hear:
open,
O
Lord, thy
eyes,
and
see:
and
hear
all
the
words
of
Sennacherib,
who hath
sent
to upbraid unto
us
the
living
God.
Of
a
truth,
O
Lord,
the
kings
of
the Assyrians
have
destroyed
nations,
and
the
lands
of
them all.
And
they
have
cast
their
gods
into
the
fire:
for
they
were
not Rods,
but
the
works
of
men’s
hands
of
wood
and
stone,
and
they
destroyed
them.
Now
therefore,
O
Lord
our
God,
save
us
from
his
hand,
that
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
may
know,
that thou art
the
Lord
the
only
God.
And Isaias
the
son
of
Amos
sent
to Ezechias,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
have
heard
the prayer thou hast
made
to
me
concerning
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians.
This
is
the
word,
that
the
Lord hath
spoken
of
him:
The
virgin
the
daughter
of Sion hath
despised thee,
and laughed thee
to scorn:
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem hath wagged
her
head
behind thy
back.
Whom hast thou reproached,
and
whom hast thou
blasphemed?
against
whom hast thou
exalted thy
voice,
and
lifted
up thy
eyes
on
high?
against
the
holy
one
of
Israel.
By
the
hand
of thy servants thou hast reproached
the
Lord,
and hast
said:
With
the multitude
of
my
chariots
I
have
gone
up
to
the
height
of
the
mountains,
to
the top
of Libanus,
and
have
cut
down
its
tall
cedars,
and
its
choice
fir
trees.
And
I
have
entered
into
the furthest
parts thereof,
and
the
forest
of
its Carmel.
I
have cut
down,
and
I
have
drunk
strange
waters,
and
have dried
up
with
the
soles
of
my
feet
all
the shut
up
waters.
Hast thou
not
heard
what
I
have
done
from
the beginning?
from
the
days
of old
I
have
formed
it,
and
now
I
have
brought
it
to
effect:
that fenced
cities
of
fighting
men
should
be
turned
to
heaps
of ruin:
And
the
inhabitants
of
them,
were weak
of
hand,
they trembled
and
were
confounded,
they
became
like
the
grass
of
the
field,
and
the
green
herb
on
the
tops
of houses,
which withered
before
it
came
to maturity.
Thy
dwelling
and thy
going
out,
and thy
coming
in,
and thy way
I
knew
before,
and thy rage
against
me.
Thou hast
been mad
against
me,
and thy pride hath
come
up
to
my
ears:
therefore
I
will
put
a ring
in thy
nose,
and
a
bit between thy
lips,
and
I
will
turn thee
back
by
the
way,
by
which thou camest.
And
to thee, O Ezechias,
this
shall
be
a
sign:
Eat
this
year
what thou shalt find:
and
in
the
second
year,
such things
as spring
of themselves: but
in
the
third
year
sow
and
reap:
plant
vineyards,
and
eat
the
fruit
of
them.
And whatsoever
shall
be
left
of
the
house
of Juda,
shall
take
root
downward,
and bear
fruit
upward.
For
out
of
Jerusalem
shall
go
forth
a
remnant,
and
that
which
shall
be saved
out
of
mount Sion:
the
zeal
of
the
Lord
of hosts
shall
do
this.
Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord
concerning
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
He
shall
not
come
into
this
city,
nor
shoot
an
arrow
into
it,
nor
come
before
it
with
shield,
nor
cast
a trench
about
it.
By
the
way
that
he
came,
he
shall
return:
and
into
this
city
he
shall
not
come, saith
the
Lord.
And
I
will
protect
this
city,
and
will
save
it
for
my own
sake,
and
for
David
my
servant’s
sake.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
night,
that
an
angel
of
the
Lord
came,
and
slew
in
the
camp
of
the Assyrians
a
hundred
and
eighty-five
thousand.
And
when
he
arose
early
in
the
morning,
he
saw
all
the
bodies
of
the
dead.
And
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians departing
went
away,
and
he
returned
and
abode
in Ninive.
And
as
he
was worshipping
in
the
temple
of Nesroch
his
god, Adramelech
and Sarasar
his
sons
slew
him
with
the
sword,
and
they fled
into
the
land
of
the Armenians,
and Asarhaddon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
those
days Ezechias
was
sick unto
death:
and Isaias
the
son
of
Amos
the
prophet
came
and
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Give
charge
concerning thy
house,
for thou shalt
die,
and
not
live.
And
he
turned
his
face
to
the
wall,
and
prayed
to
the
Lord,
saying:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
remember
how
I
have
walked
before thee
in
truth,
and
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
have
done
that
which
is pleasing
before thee.
And Ezechias
wept
with
much
weeping.
And
before Isaias
was
gone
out
of
the
middle
of
the
court,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
him,
saying:
Go
back,
and
tell Ezechias
the captain
of
my
people:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
David thy
father:
I
have
heard thy
prayer,
and
I
have
seen thy
tears:
and
behold
I
have
healed thee;
on
the
third
day thou shalt
go
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
I
will
add
to thy
days
fifteen
years:
and
I
will
deliver thee
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
I
will
protect
this
city
for
my own
sake,
and
for
David
my
servant’s
sake.
And Isaias
said:
Bring
me
a lump
of
figs.
And
when
they
had
brought
it,
and
laid
it
upon
his
boil.
he
was healed.
And Ezechias
had
said
to Isaias:
What
shall
be
the
sign
that
the
Lord
will
heal
me,
and
that
I
shall
go
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord
the
third
day?
And Isaias
said
to
him:
This
shall
be
the
sign
from
the
Lord,
that
the
Lord
will
do
the
word
which
he hath
spoken: Wilt thou
that
the
shadow
go
forward
ten lines,
or
that
it
go
back
so many degrees?
And Ezechias
said:
It
is
an
easy matter
for
the
shadow
to
go forward
ten lines:
and
I do
not desire
that
this
be done,
but
let
it
return
back
ten degrees.
And Isaias
the
prophet
called
upon
the
Lord,
and
he
brought
the
shadow
ten degrees backwards
by
the lines,
by
which
it
had already
gone
down
in
the dial
of Achaz.
At
that
time Berodach
Baladan,
the
son
of
Baladan,
king
of
the Babylonians,
sent
letters
and
presents
to Ezechias:
for
he
had
heard
that Ezechias
had been
sick.
And Ezechias rejoiced
at
their coming,
and
he
showed
them
the
house
of
his aromatical
spices,
and
the
gold
and
the
silver,
and divers precious odours,
and ointments,
and
the
house
of
his
vessels,
and
all
that
he
had
in
his
treasures.
There
was
nothing
in
his
house,
nor
in
all
his dominions
that Ezechias shewed
them
not.
And Isaias
the
prophet
came
to
king Ezechias,
and
said
to
him:
What
said
these
men?
or
from whence
came
they
to thee?
And Ezechias
said
to
him:
From
a
far
country
they
came
to
me
out
of
Babylon.
And
he
said:
What
did
they
see
in thy
house? Ezechias
said:
They
saw
all
the
things
that
are
in
my
house:
there
is
nothing
among
my
treasures
that
I
have
not shewn
them.
And Isaias
said
to Ezechias:
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord.
Behold
the
days
shall
come,
that
all
that
is
in thy
house,
and
that thy
fathers
have
laid
up
in
store unto
this
day,
shall
be
carried
into
Babylon:
nothing
shall
be
left, saith
the
Lord.
And
of thy
sons
also
that
shall
issue
from thee,
whom thou shalt
beget,
they
shall
take
away,
and
they
shall
be
eunuchs
in
the
palace
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
Ezechias
said
to Isaias:
The
word
of
the
Lord,
which thou hast
spoken,
is
good:
let
peace
and
truth
be
in
my
days.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Ezechias
and
all
his
might,
and
how
he
made
a
pool,
and
a conduit,
and
brought
waters
into
the
city,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And Ezechias
slept
with
his
fathers,
and Manasses
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Manasses
was
twelve
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
five
and
fifty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Haphsiba.
And
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord, according
to
the
idols
of
the
nations,
which
the
Lord destroyed
from
before
the
face
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
he
turned,
and
built
up
the
high
places
which Ezechias
his
father
had
destroyed:
and
he
set
up
altars
to
Baal,
and
made groves,
as Achab
the
king
of
Israel
had
done:
and
he adored
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
served
them.
And
he
built
altars
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
of
which
the
Lord
said:
In
Jerusalem
I
will
put
my
name.
And
he
built
altars
for
all
the
host
of
heaven
in
the
two courts
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
he
made
his
son
pass
through
fire:
and
he
used
divination,
and
observed
omens,
and appointed pythons,
and
multiplied soothsayers
to
do
evil
before
the
Lord,
and
to
provoke
him.
He
set
also
an
idol
of
the grove,
which
he
had
made,
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
concerning
which
the
Lord
said
to
David,
and
to
Solomon
his
son:
In
this
temple,
and
in
Jerusalem,
which
I
have
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
I
will
put
my
name
for
ever.
And
I
will
no
more
make
the
feet
of
Israel
to
be moved
out
of
the
land,
which
I
gave
to
their
fathers:
only
if
they
will
observe
to
do
all
that
I
have
commanded
them
according
to
the
law
which
my
servant
Moses
commanded
them.
But
they hearkened
not:
but
were
seduced
by Manasses,
to
do
evil
more
than
the
nations
which
the
Lord
destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
spoke
in
the
hand
of
his
servants,
the
prophets,
saying:
Because Manasses
king
of Juda hath
done
these
most
wicked
abominations, beyond
all
that
the Amorrhites
did
before
him,
and hath
made Juda
also
to
sin
with
his filthy doings:
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
bring
on evils
upon
Jerusalem
and Juda:
that whosoever
shall
hear
of
them,
both
his
ears
shall
tingle.
And
I
will
stretch
over
Jerusalem
the
line
of
Samaria,
and
the weight
of
the
house
of Achab:
and
I
will efface
Jerusalem,
as tables
are wont
to
be effaced,
and
I
will erase
and
turn
it,
and draw
the pencil often
over
the
face thereof.
And
I
will
leave
the remnants
of
my
inheritance,
and
will
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies:
and
they
shall
become
a
prey,
and
a
spoil
to
all
their
enemies.
Because
they
have
done
evil
before
me,
and
have
continued
to
provoke
me,
from
the
day
that
their
fathers
came
out
of
Egypt,
even unto
this
day.
Moreover Manasses
shed
also
very
much
innocent
blood,
till
he
filled
Jerusalem
up
to
the
mouth:
besides
his
sins, wherewith
he
made Juda
to
sin,
to
do
evil
before
the
Lord.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Manasses,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
sin
which
he
sinned,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And Manasses
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
garden
of
his
own
house,
in
the
garden
of Oza:
and Amen
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Two
and
twenty
years
old
was Amen
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Messalemeth
the
daughter
of Harus
of Jeteba.
And
he
did
evil
in
the
sight,
of
the
Lord,
as Manasses
his
father
had
done.
And
he
walked
in
all
the
way
in
which
his
father
had
walked:
and
he
served
the abominations
which
his
father
had
served,
and
he adored
them;
And forsook
the
Lord
the
God
of
his
fathers,
and
walked
not
in
the
way
of
the
Lord.
And
his
servants plotted
against
him,
and slew
the
king
in
his own
house.
But
the
people
of
the
land
slew
all
them
that
had
conspired
against
king Amen:
and
made Josias
his
son
their
king
in
his
stead.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Amen
which
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And
they
buried
him
in
his sepulchre
in
the
garden
of Oza:
and
his
son Josias
reigned
in
his
stead.
Josias
was
eight
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
he
reigned
one
and
thirty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Idida,
the
daughter
of Hadaia,
of Besecath.
And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and walked
in
all
the
ways
of
David
his
father:
he
turned
not
aside
to
the
right
hand,
or
to
the
left.
And
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
king Josias,
the
king
sent Saphan
the
son
of Assia,
the
son
of Messulam,
the
scribe
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
saying
to
him:
Go
to Helcias
the
high
priest,
that
the
money
may
be
put
together
which
is
brought
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
which
the
doorkeepers
of
the
temple
have
gathered
of
the
people.
And
let
it
be
given
to
the
workmen
by
the
overseers
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and lot
them
distribute
it
to
those
that
work
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
to
repair
the
temple:
That
is,
to
carpenters
and
masons,
and
to such
as mend breaches:
and
that
timber
may
be
bought,
and
stones
out
of
the quarries,
to
repair
the
temple
of
the Lord.
But
let
there
be
no reckoning
made
with
them
of
the
money which
they
receive,
but
let
them
have
it
in
their
power,
and
in
their
trust.
And Helcias
the
high
priest
said
to Saphan
the
scribe:
I
have
found
the
book
of
the
law
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and Helcias
gave
the
book
to Saphan,
and
he
read
it.
And Saphan
the
scribe
came
to
the
king,
and
brought
him
word
again
concerning
that
which
he
had
commanded,
and
said: Thy
servants
have
gathered
together
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
they
have
given
it
to
be distributed
to
the
workmen,
by
the
overseers
of
the
works
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And Saphan
the
scribe
told
the
king,
saying: Helcias
the
priest hath
delivered
to
me
a
book.
And
when Saphan
had
read
it
before
the
king,
And
the
king
had
heard
the
words
of
the
law
of
the Lord,
he rent
his
garments.
And
he
commanded Helcias
the
priest,
and Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan,
and Achobor
the
son
of Micha,
and Saphan
the
scribe,
and Asaia
the
king’s
servant,
saying:
Go
and
consult
the
Lord
for
me,
and
for
the
people,
and
for
all Juda,
concerning
the
words
of
this
book
which
is
found:
for
the
great
wrath
of
the
Lord
is
kindled
against
us,
because
our
fathers
have
not hearkened
to
the
words
of
this
book,
to
do
all
that
is
written
for
us.
So Helcias
the
priest,
and Ahicam,
and Achobor,
and Saphan,
and Asaia
went
to Holda
the
prophetess
the
wife
of Sellum
the
son
of Thecua,
the
son
of Araas
keeper
of
the wardrobe,
who
dwelt
in
Jerusalem
in
the
Second:
and
they
spoke
to
her.
And
she
said
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Tell
the
man
that
sent
you
to
me:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold,
I
will
bring evils
upon
this
place,
and
upon
the
inhabitants thereof,
all
the
words
of
the law
which
the
king
of Juda hath
read:
Because
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have sacrificed
to strange
gods,
provoking
me
by
all
the
works
of
their
hands:
therefore
my indignation
shall
be
kindled
against
this
place,
and
shall
not
be
quenched.
But
to
the
king
of Juda,
who
sent
you
to
consult
the
Lord,
thus
shall
you
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel: Forasmuch
as thou hast
heard
the
words
of
the book,
And thy
heart hath
been moved
to fear,
and thou hast
humbled thyself
before
the
Lord,
hearing
the words
against
this
place,
and
the
inhabitants thereof,
to wit,
that
they
should
become
a wonder
and
a
curse:
and thou hast rent thy
garments,
and
wept
before
me,
I
also
have
heard thee, saith
the
Lord:
Therefore
I
will
gather thee
to thy
fathers,
and thou shalt
be
gathered
to thy sepulchre
in
peace,
that thy
eyes
may
not
see
all
the evils
which
I
will
bring;
upon
this
place.
And
they
brought
the
king word
again what she
had
said.
And
he
sent:
and
all
the ancients
of Juda
and
Jerusalem
were
assembled
to
him.
And
the
king
went
up
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
all
the
men
of Juda,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
with
him,
the
priests
and
the
prophets,
and
all
the
people
both
little
and
great:
and
in
the
hearing
of
them
all
he
read
all
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
covenant,
which
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
the
king
stood
upon
the step:
and
made
a
covenant
with
the
Lord,
to walk
after
the
Lord,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
and
his
testimonies
and
his ceremonies,
with
all
their
heart,
and
with
all
their
soul,
and
to
perform
the
words
of
this
covenant,
which
were
written
in
that
book:
and
the
people
agreed
to
the
covenant.
And
the
king
commanded Helcias
the
high
priest,
and
the
priests
of
the
second
order,
and
the
doorkeepers,
to cast
out
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord
all
the
vessels
that
had
been
made
for
Baal,
and
for
the grove,
and
for
all
the
host
of
heaven:
and
he
burnt
them without
Jerusalem
in
the valley
of Cedron,
and
he
carried
the
ashes
of
them
to
Bethel.
And
he destroyed
the soothsayers,
whom
the
kings
of Juda
had
appointed
to
sacrifice
in
the
high
places
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
round
about
Jerusalem:
them
also
that
burnt
incense
to
Baal,
and
to
the
sun,
and
to
the
moon,
and
to
the twelve signs,
and
to
all
the
host
of
heaven.
And
he caused
the grove
to
be
carried
out
from
the
house
of
the
Lord without
Jerusalem
to
the
valley
of Cedron,
and
he
burnt
it
there,
and reduced
it
to
dust,
and
cast
the
dust
upon
the
graves
of
the
common
people.
He
destroyed
also
the pavilions
of
the effeminate,
which
were
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
for
which
the
women wove
as
it
were little dwellings
for
the grove.
And
he gathered
together
all
the
priests
out
of
the
cities
of Juda:
and
he
defiled
the
high
places,
where
the
priests
offered
sacrifice,
from Gabaa
to Bersabee:
and
he
broke
down
the altars
of
the
gates
that
were
in
the
entering
in
of
the
gate
of Josue
governor
of tile
city,
which
was
on
the
left
hand
of
the
gate
of
the
city.
However
the
priests
of
the
high
places
came
not
up
to
the
altar
of
the
Lord
in
Jerusalem:
but
only
ate
of
the
unleavened
bread
among
their
brethren.
And
he
defiled
Topheth,
which
is
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom:
that
no
man
should consecrate
there
his
son
or
his
daughter
through
fire
to Moloch.
And
he
took
away
the
horses
which
the
kings
of Juda
had
given
to
the
sun,
at
the
entering
in
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord, near
the
chamber
of Nathanmelech
the
eunuch,
who
was
in Pharurim:
and
he
burnt
the
chariots
of
the
sun
with
fire.
And
the
altars
that
were
upon
the
top
of
the
upper
chamber
of Achaz,
which
the
kings
of Juda
had
made,
and
the
altars
which Manasses
had
made
in
the
two courts
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
the
king
broke
down:
and
he
ran
from thence,
and
cast
the
ashes
of
them
into
the torrent Cedron.
The
high
places
also
that
were
at
Jerusalem
on
the
right
side
of
the
Mount
of Offence,
O
which
Solomon
king
of
Israel
had
built
to Astaroth
the
idol
of
the
Sidonians,
and
to Chamos
the scandal
of
Moab,
and
to Melchom
the
abomination
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
the
king
defiled.
And
he
broke
in
pieces
the statues,
and
cut
down
the groves:
and
he
filled
their
places
with
the
bones
of dead
men.
Moreover
the
altar
also
that
was
at
Bethel,
and
the
high
place,
which
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
had
made:
both
the
altar,
and
the
high
place
he
broke
down
and
burnt,
and reduced
to
powder,
and
burnt
the grove.
And
as Josias
turned
himself,
he
saw
there
the sepulchres
that
were
in
the
mount:
and
he
sent
and
took
the
bones
out
of
the sepulchres,
and
burnt
them
upon
the
altar,
and
defiled
it
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
the
man
of
God
spoke,
who
had foretold
these
things.
And
he
said:
What
is
that
monument
which
I
see?
And
the
men
of
that
city
answered:
It
is
the sepulchre
of
the
man
of
God,
who
came
from Juda,
and foretold
these
things
which thou hast
done
upon
the
altar
of
Bethel.
And
he
said:
Let
him alone,
let
no
man move
his
bones.
So
his
bones
were
left untouched
with
the
bones
of
the
prophet
that
came
out
of
Samaria.
Moreover
all
the
temples
of
the
high
places,
which
were
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
which
the
kings
of
Israel
had
made
to
provoke
the Lord, Josias
took
away:
and
he
did
to
them according
to
all
the
acts
that
he
had
done
in
Bethel.
And
he slew
all
the
priests
of
the
high
places,
that
were
there,
upon
the
altars:
and
he
burnt
men’s
bones
upon
them:
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.
And
he
commanded
all
the
people,
saying:
Keep
the phase
to
the
Lord
your
God,
according
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
this
covenant.
Now
there
was
no
such
a phase
kept
from
the
days
of
the
judges,
who
judged
Israel,
nor
in
all
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
of
the
kings
of Juda,
As
was
this phase
that
was
kept
to
the
Lord
in
Jerusalem,
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
king Josias.
Moreover
the diviners
by spirits,
and soothsayers,
and
the figures
of
idols,
and
the uncleannesses,
and
the
abominations,
that
had
been
in
the
land
of Juda,
and
Jerusalem, Josias
took
away:
that
he
might perform
the
words
of
the
law,
that
were
written
in
the
book
which Helcias
the
priest
had
found
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
There
was
no
king
before
him
like unto
him,
that
returned
to
the
Lord
with
all
his
heart,
and
with
all
his
soul,
and
with ail
his
strength,
according
to
all
the
law
of
Moses:
neither
after
him
did
there
arise
any
like
him.
But
yet
the
Lord
turned
not
away
from
the
wrath
of
his
great indignation, wherewith
his
anger
was
kindled
against Juda:
because
of
the provocations, wherewith Manasses
had
provoked
him.
And
the
Lord
said:
I
will
remove Juda
also
from
before
my
face,
as
I
have
removed
Israel:
and
I
will cast
off
this
city
Jerusalem,
which
I
chose,
and
the
house,
of
which
I
said:
My
name
shall
be
there.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Josias,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
In
his
days Pharao Nechao
king
of
Egypt
went
up
against
the
king
of
Assyria
to
the
river
Euphrates:
and
king Josias
went
to
meet
him:
and
was slain
at Mageddo,
when
he
had
seen
him.
And
his
servants
carried
him
dead
from Mageddo:
and
they
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
buried
him
in Iris own sepulchre.
And
the
people
of
the
land
took Joachaz
the
son
of Josias:
and
they
anointed
him,
and
made
him
king
in
his
father’s
stead.
Joachaz
was
three
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Amital,
the
daughter
of Jeremias
of Lobna.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.
And Pharao Nechao
bound
him
at Rebla, which
is
in
the
land
of Emath,
that
he
should
not
reign
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
set
a
fine
upon
the
land,
of
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
a
talent
of
gold.
And Pharao Nechao
made Eliacim
the
son
of Josias
king
in
the room
of Josias
his
father:
and
turned
his
name
to Joakim.
And
he
took Joachaz
away
and
carried
him
into
Egypt,
and
he
died
there.
And Joakim
gave
the
silver
and
the
gold
to Pharao,
after
he
had taxed
the
land
for
every
man,
to
contribute
according
to
the
commandment
of Pharao:
and
he
exacted
both
the
silver
and
the
gold
of
the
people
of
the
land,
of
every
man
according
to
his ability:
to
give
to Pharao Nechao.
Joakim
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Zebida
the
daughter
of Phadaia
of Ruma.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.
In
his
days Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
up,
and Joakim
became
his
servant
three
years:
then
again
he
rebelled
against
him.
And
the
Lord
sent
against
him
the rovers
of
the
Chaldees,
and
the rovers
of
Syria,
and
the rovers
of
Moab,
and
the rovers
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
and
he
sent
them
against Juda,
to
destroy
it,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had
spoken
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
And
this
came
by
the
word
of
the
Lord
against Juda,
to
remove
them
from
before
him
for
all
the
sins
of Manasses
which
he
did.
And
for
the
innocent
blood
that
he
shed,
filling
Jerusalem
with
innocent
blood:
and
therefore
the
Lord
would
not
be appeased.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joakim,
and
all
that
he
did,
are
they
not
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
the
days
of
the
kings
of Juda?
And Joakim slept
with
his fathers:
And Joachin
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
the
king
of
Egypt
came
not
again
any
more
out
of
his
own
country:
for
the
king
of
Babylon
had
taken
all
that
had
belonged
to
the
king
of
Egypt,
from
the
river
of
Egypt, unto
the
river
Euphrates.
Joachin
was
eighteen
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
a
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Nohesta
the
daughter
of
Elnathan
of
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
his
father
had
done.
At
that
time
the
servants
of Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
up
against
Jerusalem,
and
the
city
was surrounded
with
their forts.
And Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
to
the
city
with
his
servants
to assault
it.
And Joachin
king
of Juda
went
out
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
he
and
his
mother,
and
his
servants,
and
his nobles,
and
his
eunuchs:
and
the
king
of
Babylon
received
him
in
the
eighth
year
of
his
reign.
And
he
brought
out
from thence
all
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house:
and
he
cut
in
pieces
all
the
vessels
of
gold
which
Solomon
king
of
Israel
had
made
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord, according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
he
carried
away
all
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
princes,
and
all
the
valiant
men
of
the
army,
to
the number
of
ten
thousand
into
captivity:
and
every artificer
and
smith:
and
none
were
left,
but
the poor sort
of
the
people
of
the
land.
And
he
carried
away Joachin
into
Babylon,
and
the
king’s
mother,
and
the
king’s
wives,
and
his
eunuchs:
and
the judges
of
the
land
he
carried
into
captivity
from
Jerusalem
into
Babylon.
And
all
the
strong
men,
seven
thousand,
and
the artificers,
and
the
smiths
a
thousand,
all
that
were
valiant
men
and fit
for
war:
and
the
king
of
Babylon
led
them
captives
into
Babylon.
And
he appointed Matthanias
his
uncle
in
his
stead:
and
called
his
name Sedecias.
Sedecias
was
one
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Amital,
the
daughter
of Jeremias
of Lobna.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord, according
to
all
that Joakim
had
done.
For
the
Lord
was
angry
against
Jerusalem
and
against Juda,
till
he
cast
them
out
from
his
face:
and Sedecias revolted
from
the
king
of
Babylon.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
that Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came,
he
and
all
his
army
against
Jerusalem:
and
they
surrounded
it:
and raised
works
round
about
it.
And
the
city
was shut
up
and
besieged
till
the
eleventh
year
of
king Sedecias,
The
ninth
day
of
the
month:
and
a
famine
prevailed
in
the
city,
and
there
was
no
bread
for
the
people
of
the
land.
And
a
breach
was
made
into
the
city:
and
all
the
men
of
war fled
in
the
night
between
the
two
walls
by
the
king’s
garden, (now
the
Chaldees besieged
the
city
round
about,)
and Sedecias fled
by
the
way
that leadeth
to
the
plains
of
the
wilderness.
And
the
army
of
the
Chaldees
pursued
after
the
king,
and
overtook
him
in
the
plains
of
Jericho:
and
all
the
warriors
that
were
with
him
were
scattered,
and
left
him:
So
they
took
the
king,
and
brought
him
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to Reblatha,
and
he gave
judgment
upon
him.
And
he
slew
the
sons
of Sedecias
before
his
face,
and
he
put
out
his
eyes,
and
bound
him
with
chains,
and
brought
him
to
Babylon.
In
the
fifth
month,
the
seventh
day
of
the
month,
that
is,
the nineteenth
year
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
came Nabuzardan commander
of
the
army,
a
servant
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
into
Jerusalem.
And
he
burnt
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
king’s
house,
and
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
every
house
he
burnt
with
fire.
And
all
the
army
of
the
Chaldees,
which
was
with
the commander
of
the
troops,
broke
down
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
round
about.
And Nabuzardan
the commander
of
the
army,
carried
away
the
rest
of
the
people
that
remained
in
the
city,
and
the fugitives
that
had
gone
over
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
remnant
of
the common
people.
But
of
the poor
of
the
land
he
left
some dressers
of vines
and husbandmen.
And
the
pillars
of
brass
that
were
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
the bases,
and
the
sea
of
brass
which
was
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
the
Chaldees
broke
in
pieces,
and
carried all
the
brass
of
them
to
Babylon.
They
took
away
also
the
pots
of
brass,
and
the mazers,
and
the forks,
and
the cups,
and
the mortars,
and
all
the
vessels
of
brass
with
which
they
ministered.
Moreover
also
the
censers,
and
the
bowls,
such
as
were
of
gold
in
gold,
and
such
as
were
of
silver
in
silver,
the general
of
the army
took
away.
That
is,
two
pillars,
one
sea,
and
the bases
which
Solomon
had
made
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
the
brass
of
all
these
vessels
was
without
weight.
One
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits
high,
and
the chapiter
of
brass
which
was
upon
it
was
three
cubits
high:
and
the
network,
and
the
pomegranates
that
were
upon
the chapiter
of
the
pillar,
were
all
of
brass:
and
the
second
pillar
had
the
like adorning.
And
the general
of
the army
took Seraias
the
chief
priest,
and Sophonias
the
second
priest,
and
three
doorkeepers.
And
out
of
the
city
one
eunuch,
who
was
captain
over
the
men
of
war:
and
five
men
of
them
that
had stood
before
the
king,
whom
he
found
in
the
city,
and Sopher
the
captain
of
the
army
who exercised
the young
soldiers
of
the
people
of
the
land:
and threescore
men
of
the
common
people,
who
were
found
in
the
city.
These Nabuzardan
the general
of
the army
took
away,
and
carried
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to Reblatha.
And
the
king
of
Babylon
smote
them,
and
slew
them
at Reblatha
in
the
land
of Emath:
so Juda
was
carried
away
out
of
their
land.
But
over
the
people
that
remained
in
the
land
of Juda,
which Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
had
left,
he
gave
the government
to Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan.
And
when
all
the
captains
of
the
soldiers
had
heard
this,
they
and
the
men
that
were
with
them,
to wit,
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made Godolias
governor,
they
came
to Godolias
to Maspha, Ismael
the
son
of Nathanias,
and
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and Saraia
the
son
of Thanehumeth
the
Netophathite,
and Jezonias
the
son
of Maachathi,
they
and
their
men.
And Godolias
swore
to
them
and
to
their
men,
saying:
Be
not
afraid
to
serve
the
Chaldees:
stay
in
the
land,
and
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
shall
be
well
with
you.
But
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seventh
month,
that Ismael
the
son
of Nathanias,
the
son
of Elisama
of
the
seed
royal
came,
and
ten
men
with
him:
and
smote Godolias
so
that
he
died:
and
also
the
Jews
and
the
Chaldees
that
were
with
him
in Maspha.
And
all
the
people
both
little
and
great,
and
the
captains
of
the
soldiers,
rising
up
went
to
Egypt, fearing
the
Chaldees.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of
the captivity
of Joachin
king
of Juda,
in
the twelfth
month
the
seven
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month: Evilmerodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
year
that
he
began
to
reign,
lifted
up
the
head
of Joachin
king
of Juda
out
of
prison.
And
he
spoke
kindly
to
him:
and
he
set
his
throne
above
the
throne
of
the
kings
that
were
with
him
in
Babylon.
And
he
changed
his
garments
which
he
had
in
prison,
and
he
ate
bread
always
before
him,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
And
he
appointed
him
a
continual
allowance,
which
was
also
given
him
by
the
king
day
by
day,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
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Adam,
Seth, Enos,
Cainan, Malaleel,
Jared,
Henoc, Mathusale,
Lamech,
Noe, Sem, Cham,
and
Japheth.
The
sons
of
Japheth:
Gomer,
and
Magog,
and
Madai,
and
Javan, Thubal, Mosoch, Thiras.
And
the
sons
of
Gomer: Ascenez,
and
Riphath,
and Thogorma.
And
the
sons
of
Javan: Elisa
and Tharsis, Cethim
and
Dodanim.
The
sons
of Cham: Chus,
and Mesrai,
and Phut,
and Chaanan.
And
the
sons
of Chus: Saba,
and Hevila, Sabatha,
and Regma,
and Sabathaca.
And
the
sons
of Regma: Saba,
and Dadan.
Now Chus
begot Nemrod:
he
began
to
be
mighty
upon
earth.
But Mesraim
begot
Ludim,
and
Anamim,
and Laabim,
and Nephtuim,
Phetrusim
also,
and Casluim:
from
whom
came
the
Philistines,
and
Caphtorim.
And Chanaan
beget
Sidon
his
firstborn,
and
the Hethite,
And
the
Jebusite,
and
the Amorrhite,
and
the Gergesite,
And
the Hevite,
and
the Aracite,
and
the
Sinite,
And
the Aradian,
and
the Samarite,
and
the
Hamathite.
The
sons
of Sem:
Elam
and Asur,
and
Arphaxad,
and
Lud,
and
Aram,
and Hus,
and
Hul,
and
Gether,
and Mosoch.
And
Arphaxad
beget Sale,
and Sale
beget Heber.
And
to Heber
were
born
two
sons,
the
name
of
the
one
was Phaleg,
because
In
his
days
the
earth
was
divided;
and
the
name
of
his
brother
was Jectan.
And Jectan
beget Elmodad,
and Saleph,
and Asarmoth,
and Jare,
And Adoram,
and Usal,
and Decla,
And Hebal,
and
Abimael,
and Saba,
And
Ophir,
and Hevila,
and
Jobab.
All
these
are
the
sons
of Jectan.
Sem,
Arphaxad, Sale,
Heber, Phaleg, Ragau,
Serug, Nachor, Thare,
Abram,
this
is
Abraham.
And
the
sons
of
Abraham,
Isaac
and Ismahel.
And
these
are
the
generations
of them.
The
firstborn
of Ismahel, Nabajoth,
then Cedar,
and
Adbeel,
and Mabsam,
And Masma,
and Duma,
Massa,
Hadad,
and Thema,
Jetur, Naphis, Cedma:
these
are
the
sons
of Ismahel.
And
the
sons
of Cetura,
Abraham’s
concubine, whom she
bore: Zamran, Jecsan, Madan, Madian, Jesboc,
and Sue.
And
the
sons
of Jecsan, Saba,
and Dadan.
And
the
sons
of Dadan: Assurim,
and Latussim,
and Laomin.
And
the
sons
of Madian: Epha,
and
Epher,
and Henoch,
and
Abida,
and Eldaa.
All
these
are
the
sons
of Cetura.
And
Abraham
beget
Isaac:
and
his
sons
were
Esau
and
Israel.
The
sons
of
Esau:
Eliphaz, Rahuel, Jehus, Ihelom,
and Core.
The
sons
of
Eliphaz: Theman,
Omar, Sephi, Gathan, Cenez,
and
by Thamna, Amalec.
The
sons
of Rahuel:
Nahath, Zara, Samma, Meza.
The
sons
of
Seir:
Lotan. Sobal, Sebeen, Ana, Dison, Eser, Disan.
The
sons
of
Lotan:
Hori,
Homam.
And
the
sister
of
Lotan
was Thamna.
The
sons
of Sobal:
Alian,
and
Manahath,
and
Ebal, Sephi
and
Onam.
The
sons
of Sebeon: Aia,
and Ana.
The
son
of Ana: Dison.
The
sons
of Dison: Hamram,
and Eseban,
and Jethran,
and Charan.
The
sons
of Eser: Balaan,
and Zavan,
and Jacan.
The
sons
of Disan: Hus
and
Aran.
Now
these
are
the
kings
that
reigned
in
the
land
of
Edom,
before
there
was
a
king
over
the
children
of
Israel: Bale
the
son
of Beer:
and
the
name
of
his
city
was Denaba.
And Bale
died,
and
Jobab
the
son
of Zare
of Bosra,
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
when
Jobab also
was
dead, Husam
of
the
land
of
the Themanites
reigned
in
his
stead.
And Husam
also
died,
and Adad
the
son
of Badad
reigned
in
his
stead,
and
he
defeated
the Madianites
in
the
land
of
Moab:
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Avith.
And when Adad also was
dead, Semla
of Masreca
reigned
in
his
stead.
Semla also
died,
and
Saul
of Rohoboth, which
is near
the
river,
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
when
Saul
was
dead, Balanan
the
son
of Achobor
reigned
in
his
stead.
He also
died,
and Adad
reigned
in
his
stead:
and
the
name
of
his
city
was Phau,
and
his
wife
was
called Meetabel
the
daughter
of
Matred,
the
daughter
of Mezaab.
And
after
the
death
of Adad,
there
began
to
be dukes
in
Edom instead
of kings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke
Jetheth,
Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,
Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar,
Duke
Magdiel, duke Hiram.
These
are
the dukes
of
Edom.
And
these
are
the
sons
of
Israel: Ruben,
Simeon,
Levi, Juda,
Issachar,
and Zabulon,
Dan,
Joseph,
Benjamin, Nephtali,
Gad,
and Aser.
The
sons
of Juda:
Her,
Onan
and Sela.
These
three
were
born
to
him
of
the Chanaanitess
the
daughter
of Sue.
And
Her
the
firstborn
of Juda,
was
wicked
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
he slew
him.
And Thamar
his daughter
in law
bore
him Phares
and Zara.
So
all
the
sons
of Juda
were
five.
And
the
sons
of Phares,
were Hesron
and
Hamul.
And
the
sons also
of Zare: Zamri,
and
Ethan,
and Eman,
and Chalchal,
and
Dara,
five
in
all.
And
the
sons
of
a Charmi:
Achar,
who
troubled
Israel,
and sinned
by
the theft
of
the anathema.
The
sons
of
Ethan: Azarias,
And
the
sons
of Hesron
that
were
born
to
him: Jerameel,
and
Ram,
and Calubi.
And
Ram
beget Aminadab,
and Aminadab
beget Nahasson,
prince
of
the
children
of Juda.
And Nahasson
beget
Salma,
the
father
of Boot.
And Boot
beget
Obed,
and
Obed
beget Isai.
And Isai
beget
Eliab
his
firstborn,
the
second
Abinadab,
the
third Simmaa,
The
fourth, Nathanael,
the
fifth
Raddai,
The
sixth Asom,
the
seventh
David.
And their
sisters
were Sarvia,
and
Abigail.
The
sons
of Sarvia: Abisai,
Joab,
and Asael,
three.
And
Abigail
bore
Amasa, whose
father
was
Jether
the Ismahelite.
And
Caleb
the
son
of Hesron
took
a
wife named Azuba,
of
whom
he
had
Jerioth:
and
her
sons
were Jaser,
and Sobab,
and
Ardon.
And when Azuba
was
dead,
Caleb
took
to wife Ephrata:
who
bore
him
Hur.
And
Hur
beget
Uri:
and
Uri
beget Bezeleel.
And
afterwards Hesron
went
in
to
the
daughter
of
Machir
the
father
of Galaad,
and
took
her
to wife
when
he
was threescore
years
old:
and
she
bore
him
Segub.
And
Segub
beget
Jair,
and
he
had
three
and
twenty
cities
in
the
land
of Galaad.
And
he
took Gessur,
and
Aram
the
towns
of
Jair,
and Canath,
and
the
villages thereof, threescore
cities.
All
these,
the
sons
of
Machir
father
of Galaad.
And
when Hesron
was
dead,
Caleb went
in
to Ephrata. Hesron
also
had
to
wife Abia
who
bore
him Ashur
the
father
of Thecua.
And
the
sons
of Jerameel
the
firstborn
of Hesron,
were
Ram
his
firstborn,
and Buna,
and Aram,
and Asom,
and Achia.
And Jerameel
married
another
wife,
named Atara,
who
was
the
mother
of
Onam.
And
the
sons
of
Ram
the
firstborn
of Jerameel,
were Moos,
Jamin,
and Achar.
And
Onam
had
sons Semei,
and
Jada.
And
the
sons
of Semei:
Nadab,
and Abisur.
And
the
name
of Abisur’s
wife
was
Abihail,
who
bore
him Ahobban,
and Molid.
And
the
sons
of
Nadab
were Saled,
and Apphaim.
And Saled
died
without
children.
But
the
son
of Apphaim
was Jesi:
and Jesi beget Sesan.
And Sesan beget Oholai.
And
the
sons
of
Jada
the
brother
of Semei:
Jether
and
Jonathan.
And
Jether also
died
without
children.
But
Jonathan beget Phaleth,
and Ziza,
These
were
the
sons
of Jerameel.
And Sesan
had
no
sons,
but
daughters
and
a
servant
an
Egyptian,
named Jeraa.
And
he
gave
him
his
daughter
to
wife:
and she
bore
him Ethei.
And Ethei
begot
Nathan,
and
Nathan
beget
Zabad.
And
Zabad
beget Ophlal,
and Ophlal
beget
Obed.
Obed
beget
Jehu,
Jehu
beget Azarias.
Azarias
beget Helles,
and Helles
begot Elasa.
Elasa
beget Sisamoi, Sisamoi
beget Sellum,
Sellum
beget Icamia,
and Icamia
begot Elisama.
Now
the
sons
of
Caleb
the
brother
of Jerameel
were Mesa
his
firstborn,
who
was
the
father
of Siph:
and
the
sons
of Maresa
father
of
Hebron.
And
the
sons
of
Hebron, Core,
and Thaphua,
and Recem,
and Samma.
And Samma
beget
Raham,
the
father
of Jercaam,
and Recem
beget Sammai.
The
son
of Sammai,
Maon:
and
Maon
the
father
of Bethsur.
And Epha
the
concubine
of
Caleb
bore
Haran,
and Mesa,
and Gezez.
And
Haran
beget Gezez.
And
the
sons
of Jahaddai, Rogom,
and Joathan,
and Gesan,
and Phalet,
and Epha,
and Saaph.
And Maacha
the
concubine
of
Caleb
bore Saber,
and Tharana.
And Saaph
the
father
of Madmena
beget Sue
the
father
of
Machbena,
and
the
father
of Gabaa.
And
the
daughter
of
Caleb
was Achsa.
These
were
the
sons
of
Caleb,
the
son
of
Hur
the
firstborn
of Ephrata, Sobal
the
father
of Cariathiarim.
Salma
the
father
of
Bethlehem, Hariph
the
father
of Bethgader.
And Sobal
the
father
of Cariathiarim
had
sons:
he
that saw half
of
the places
of
rest.
And
of
the kindred
of Cariathiarim,
the Jethrites,
and Aphuthites,
and Semathites,
and Maserites.
Of
them
came
the Saraites,
and Esthaolites.
The
sons
of
Salma,
Bethlehem,
and Netophathi,
the crowns
of
the house
of Joab,
and half
of
the place
of rest
of Sarai.
And
the
families
of
the
scribes
that
dwell
in Jabes, singing
and making melody,
and abiding
in tents.
These
are
the Cinites,
who
came
of Calor (Chamath)
father
of
the
house
of
Rechab,
Now
these
were
the
sons
of
David
that
were
born
to
him
in
Hebron:
the
firstborn
Amnon
of Achinoam
the Jezrahelitess,
the
second
Daniel
of
Abigail
the
Carmelitess.
The
third
Absalom
the
son
of Maacha
the
daughter
of Tolmai
king
of Gessur,
the
fourth Adonias
the
son
of Aggith,
The
fifth Saphatias
of
Abital,
the
sixth Jethrahem
of Egla, his
wife.
So
six
sons
were
born
to
him
in
Hebron,
where
he
reigned
seven
years
and
six
months.
And
in
Jerusalem
he
reigned
three
and
thirty
years.
And
these
sons
were
born
to
him
in
Jerusalem: Simmaa,
and Sobab,
and
Nathan,
and
Solomon,
four
of Bethsabee
the
daughter
of
Ammiel.
Jebaar also
and Elisama,
And Eliphaleeh,
and Noge,
and
Nepheg,
and
Japhia,
And Elisama,
and
Eliada,
and Elipheleth,
nine:
All
these
the
sons
of
David, beside
the
sons
of
the
concubines:
and
they
had
a
sister Thamar.
And
Solomon’s
son
was Roboam:
whose
son Abia beget
Asa.
And
his
son
was Josaphat,
The father
of
Joram:
and
Joram begot Ochozias,
of whom
was
born Joas:
And
his
son Amasias begot Azarias.
And Joathan
the
son
of Azarias
Beget Achaz,
the father
of Ezechias,
of whom
was
born Manasses.
And Manasses beget Amen
the father
of Josias.
And
the
sons
of Josias
were,
the
firstborn
Johanan,
the
second Joakim,
the
third Sedecias,
the
fourth Sellum.
Of Joakim
was
born Jechonias,
and Sedecias.
The
sons
of Jechonias
were Asir, Salathiel,
Melchiram, Phadaia, Senneser
and Jecemia, Sama,
and Nadabia.
Of Phadaia
were
born Zorobabel
and Semei. Zorobabel beget Mosollam, Hananias,
and Salomith their
sister:
Hasaba also,
and Ohol,
and Barachias,
and Hasadias, Josabhesed,
five.
And
the
son
of Hananias
was Phaltias
the father
of Jeseias,
whose
son
was Raphaia.
And
his
son
was
Arnan,
of whom
was
born Obdia,
whose
son
was Sechenias.
The
son
of Sechenias,
was Semeia,
whose
sons
were Hattus,
and Jegaal,
and Baria,
and Naaria,
and Saphat,
six
in number.
The
sons
of Naaria,
Elioenai,
and Ezechias,
and Ezricam,
three.
The
sons
of
Elioenai, Oduia,
and Eliasub,
and Pheleia,
and Accub,
and
Johanan,
and Dalaia,
and
Anani,
seven.
The
sons
of Juda: Phares, Hesron,
and Charmi,
and
Hur,
and Sobal.
And Raia
the
son
of Sobal
beget
Jahath,
of
whom
were
born
Ahumai,
and Laad.
These
are
the
families
of Sarathi.
And
this
is
the posterity
of
Etam: Jezrahel,
and Jesema,
and Jedebos:
and
the
name
of their
sister
was Asalelphuni.
And Phanuel
the
father
of
Gedor,
and Ezar
the
father
of Hosa,
these
are
the
sons
of
Hur
the
firstborn
of Ephratha
the
father
of
Bethlehem.
And Assur
the
father
of Thecua
had
two
wives, Halaa
and Naara:
And Naara
bore
him Ozam,
and
Hepher,
and Themani,
and Ahasthari:
these
are
the
sons
of Naara.
And
the
sons
of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar,
and
Ethnan.
And Cos
begot Anob,
and Soboba,
the kindred
of Aharehel
the
son
of Arum.
And Jabes
was
more honourable
than
any
of
his
brethren,
and
his
mother
called
his
name Jabes,
saying:
Because
I
bore
him
with sorrow.
And Jabes
called
upon
the
God
of
Israel,
saying:
If
blessing thou wilt
bless
me,
and wilt enlarge
my
borders,
and thy
hand
be
with
me,
and thou save
me
from
being oppressed
by
evil.
And
God
granted
him
the
things
he
prayed
for.
And Caleb
the
brother
of Sua
beget Mahir,
who
was
the
father
of Esthon.
And Esthon
beget Bethrapha,
and Phesse,
and Tehinna
father
of
the city
of Naas:
these
are
the
men
of Recha.
And
the
sons
of Cenez
were Othoniel,
and Saraia.
And
the
sons
of Othoniel,
Hathath,
and Maonathi.
Maonathi
beget Ophra,
and Saraia
begot
Joab
the
father
of
the
Valley
of artificers:
for artificers
were
there.
And
the
sons
of
Caleb
the
son
of Jephone,
were Hir,
and Ela,
and Naham.
And
the
sons
of Ela: Cenez.
The
sons also
of Jaleleel:
Ziph,
and Zipha, Thiria,
and Asrael.
And
the
sons
of Esra,
Jether,
and
Mered,
and
Epher,
and
Jalon,
and
he beget Mariam,
and Sammai,
and Jesba
the
father
of Esthamo.
And
his
wife Judaia,
bore
Jared
the
father
of
Gedor,
and
Heber
the
father
of Socho,
and Icuthiel
the
father
of Zanoe.
And
these
are
the
sons
of Bethia
the
daughter
of Pharao,
whom
Mered
took
to
wife.
And
the
sons
of
his
wife Odaia
the
sister
of
Naham
the
father
of Celia, Garmi,
and Esthamo,
who
was
of Machathi.
The
sons also
of Simon,
Amnon,
and Rinna
the
son
of Hanan,
and Thilon.
And
the
sons
of Jesi
Zoheth,
and Benzoheth.
The
sons
of Sela
the
son
of Juda: Her
the
father
of Lecha,
and Laada
the
father
of Maresa,
and
the
families
of
the
house
of
them
that wrought
fine
linen
in
the
House
of oath.
And
he
that
made
the sun
to stand,
and
the
men
of Lying,
and Secure,
and Burning,
who
were princes
in
Moab,
and
who returned
into Lahem. Now
these
are
things
of old.
These
are
the
potters,
and
they
dwelt
in Plantations,
and Hedges,
with
the
king
for
his
works,
and
they
abode
there.
The
sons
of
Simeon: Namuel,
and
Jamin,
Jarib, Zara,
Saul:
Sellum
his
son, Mapsam
his
son, Masma
his
son.
The
sons
of Masma: Hamuel
his
son, Zachur
his
son, Semei
his
son.
The
sons
of Semei
were
sixteen,
and
six
daughters:
but
his
brethren
had
not
many
sons,
and
the
whole kindred could
not reach
to
the sum
of
the
children
of Juda.
And they
dwelt
in Bersabee,
and Molada,
and Hasarsuhal,
And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,
And in Bathuel,
and in Horma,
and in Siceleg,
And
in Bethmarchaboth,
and
in Hasarsusim,
and
in Bethberai,
and
in Saarim.
These
were
their
cities unto
the
reign
of
David.
Their
towns also were
Etam,
and Aen, Remmon,
and Thochen,
and Asan,
five
cities.
And
all
their villages
round
about
these
cities
as
far
as
Baal.
This
was
their
habitation,
and
the distribution
of
their
dwellings.
And Mosabab
and Jemlech,
and Josa,
the
son
of Amasias,
And
Joel,
and
Jehu
the
son
of Josabia
the
son
of Saraia,
the
son
of
Asiel,
And
Elioenai,
and Jacoba,
and Isuhaia,
and Asaia,
and
Adiel,
and Ismiel,
and Banaia,
Ziza also
the
son
of Sephei
the
son
of
Allon
the
son
of Idaia
the
son
of Semri
the
son
of Samaia.
These
were
named
princes
in
their kindreds,
and
in
the
houses
of
their
families
were
multiplied exceedingly.
And
they went forth
to
enter
into Gador
as
far
as
to
the
east
side
of
the
valley,
to
seek
pastures
for
their
flocks.
And
they
found fat
pastures,
and very
good,
and
a
country
spacious,
and
quiet,
and fruitful,
in
which
some
of
the race
of Cham
had
dwelt
before.
And
these
whose
names
are
written above,
came
in
the
days
of Ezechias
king
of Juda:
and
they
beat
down
their
tents,
and
slew
the
inhabitants
that
were
found
there,
and utterly
destroyed
them unto
this
day:
and
they
dwelt
in
their
place,
because
they
found
there fat
pastures.
Some also
of
the
children
of
Simeon,
five
hundred
men,
went
into
mount
Seir, having
for
their
captains Phaltias
and Naaria
and Raphaia
and Oziel
the
sons
of Jesi:
And
they
slew
the
remnant
of
the Amalecites,
who
had been able
to
escape,
and
they
dwelt
there
in
their stead unto
this
day.
Now
the
sons
of Ruben
the
firstborn
of
Israel, (for
he
was
his
firstborn:
but forasmuch
as
he defiled
his
father’s
bed,
his first
birthright
was
given
to
the
sons
of
Joseph
the
son
of
Israel,
and
he
was
not accounted
for
the
firstborn.
But
of
the race
of Juda,
who
was
the strongest
among
his
brethren, came
the
princes:
but
the first
birthright
was accounted
to
Joseph.)
The
sons
then
of Ruben
the
firstborn
of
Israel
were
Enoch,
and Phallu, Esron,
and Charmi.
The
sons
of
Joel: Samaia
his
son,
Gog
his
son, Semei
his
son,
Micha
his
son, Reia
his
son,
Baal
his
son,
Beera
his
son,
whom Thelgathphalnasar
king
of
the Assyrians
carried
away
captive,
and
he
was
prince
in
the tribe
of Ruben.
And his
brethren,
and all his kindred, when they
were numbered
by their
families,
had
for princes Jehiel,
and Zacharias.
And Bala
the
son
of
Azaz,
the
son
of Samma,
the
son
of
Joel,
dwelt
in
Aroer
as
far
as
Nebo,
and Beelmeon.
And
eastward
he
had
his habitation
as
far
as
the
entrance
of
the
desert,
and
the
river
Euphrates.
For
they possessed
a great
number
of
cattle
in
the
land
of Galaad.
And
in
the
days
of
Saul
they fought
against
the Agarites,
and slew
them,
and
dwelt
in
their
tents
in
their stead,
in
all
the country,
that looketh
to
the
east
of Galaad.
And
the
children
of
Gad
dwelt
over
against
them
in
the
land
of Basan,
as
far
as Selcha:
Johel
the
chief,
and Saphan
the
second:
and
Janai,
and Saphat
in Basan.
And their
brethren according
to
the
houses
of their kindreds,
were
Michael,
and Mosollam,
and Sebe,
and
Jorai,
and
Jacan,
and Zie,
and Heber,
seven.
These
were
the
sons
of
Abihail,
the
son
of Hurl,
the
son
of Jara,
the
son
of Galaad,
the
son
of
Michael,
the
son
of Jesisi,
the
son
of Jeddo,
the
son
of But.
And their brethren
the
sons
of
Abdiel,
the
son
of
Guni,
chief
of
the
house
in their
families,
And
they
dwelt
in Galaad,
and
in Basan
and
in
the
towns thereof,
and
in
all
the suburbs
of Saron, unto
the
borders.
All
these
were numbered
in
the
days
of Joathan
king
of Juda,
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel.
The
sons
of Ruben,
and
of
Gad,
and
of
the
half
tribe
of Manasses, fighting
men,
bearing
shields,
and
swords,
and bending
the
bow,
and
trained
up
to
battles,
four
and
forty
thousand
seven
hundred
and threescore
that
went
out
to
war.
They fought
against
the Agarites:
but
the Itureans,
and Naphis,
and
Nodab,
Gave
them
help.
And
the Agarites
were
delivered
into
their
hands,
and
all
that
were
with
them,
because
they
called
upon
God
in
the
battle:
and
he
heard
them,
because
they
had
put
their faith
in
him.
And
they
took
all
that
they possessed,
of
camels
fifty
thousand,
and
of
sheep
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand,
and
of asses
two
thousand,
and
of
men a
hundred
thousand
souls.
And
many
fell
down
slain:
for
it
was
the
battle
of
the Lord.
And
they
dwelt
in
their
stead
till
the captivity.
And
the
children
of
the
half
tribe
of Manasses possessed
the
land,
from
the borders
of Basan unto Baal,
Hermon,
and Sanir,
and
mount
Hermon,
for
their
number
was great.
And
these
were
the
heads
of
the
house
of
their kindred,
Epher,
and Jesi,
and
Eliel,
and Esriel,
and Jeremia,
and Odoia,
and Jediel, most
valiant
and
powerful
men,
and
famous
chiefs
in
their
families.
But
they forsook
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
went astray
after
the
gods
of
the
people
of
the
land,
whom
God
destroyed
before
them.
And
the
God
of
Israel
stirred
up
the
spirit
of Phul
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
the
spirit
of Thelgathphalnasar
king
of Assur:
and
he
carried
away Ruben,
and
Gad,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
and
brought
them
to Lahela,
and
to
Habor,
and
to Ara,
and
to
the
river
of
Gozan, unto
this
day.
The
sons
of
Levi
were Gerson, Caath,
and
Merari.
The
sons
of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron,
and Oziel.
The
children
of
Amram: Aaron, Moses,
and Mary.
The
sons
of Aaron: Nadab
and Abiu, Eleazar
and Ithamar.
Eleazar beget Phinees,
and Phinees beget Abisue,
And Abisue beget Bocci,
and Bocci begot Ozi.
Ozi beget Zaraias,
and Zaraias beget Maraioth.
And Maraioth beget Amarias,
and Amarias beget Achitob.
Achitob beget Sadoc,
and Sadoc begot Achimaas.
Achimaas beget Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan,
Johanan beget Azarias. This
is
he
that executed
the priestly office
in
the house which Solomon built
in Jerusalem.
And Azarias beget Amarias,
and Amarias beget Achitob.
And Achitob beget Sadoc,
and Sadoc beget Sellum,
Sellum beget Helcias,
and Helcias beget Azarias,
Azarias beget Saraias,
and Saraias beget Josedec.
Now Josedec went out,
when
the Lord carried away Juda,
and Jerusalem,
by
the hands
of Nabuchodonosor.
So
the sons
of Levi
were Gerson, Caath,
and Merari.
And these
are
the names
of
the sons
of Gerson: Lobni
and Semei.
The
sons
of Caath: Amram,
and Isaar,
and Hebron,
and Oziel.
The
sons
of Merari: Moholi
and Musi.
And these
are
the kindreds
of Levi according
to their
families.
Of Gerson: Lobni
his
son, Jahath
his
son, Zamma
his
son,
Joah
his
son, Addo
his
son, Zara
his
son, Jethrai
his
son.
The
sons
of Caath, Aminadab
his
son, Core
his
son, Asir
his
son,
Elcana
his
son, Abiasaph
his
son, Asir
his
son,
Thahath
his
son, Uriel
his
son, Ozias
his
son, Saul
his
son.
The
sons
of Elcana: Amasai,
and Achimoth.
And Elcana.
The
sons
of Elcana: Sophai
his
son, Nahath
his
son,
Eliab
his
son, Jeroham
his
son, Elcana
his
son.
The
sons
of Samuel:
the firstborn Vasseni,
and Abia.
And
the
sons
of
Merari, Moholi: Lobni
his
son, Semei
his
son, Oza
his
son,
Sammaa
his
son, Haggia
his
son, Asaia
his
son.
These
are they, whom David set over
the singing
men
of
the house
of
the Lord, after
that
the ark
was placed:
And they ministered before
the tabernacle
of
the testimony, with singing, until Solomon built
the house
of
the Lord
in Jerusalem,
and they stood according
to
their order
in
the ministry.
And
these
are
they
that stood
with
their sons,
of
the sons
of Caath, Hemam
a singer,
the son
of Joel,
the son
of Sammuel,
The
son
of Elcana,
the
son
of Jeroham,
the
son
of Eliel,
the
son
of Thohu,
The
son
of Suph,
the
son
of Elcana,
the
son
of Mahath,
the
son
of Amasai,
The
son
of Elcana,
the
son
of Johel,
the
son
of Azarias,
the
son
of Sophonias,
The
son
of Thahath,
the
son
of Asir,
the
son
or Abiasaph,
the
son
of Core,
The
son
of Isaar,
the
son
of Caath,
the
son
of Levi,
the
son
of Israel.
And
his brother Asaph,
who stood
on
his
right hand, Asaph
the
son
of Barachias,
the
son
of Samaa.
The son
of Michael,
the son
of Basaia,
the son
of Melchia.
The
son
of Athanai,
the
son
of Zara,
the
son
of Adaia.
The
son
of Ethan,
the
son
of Zamma,
the
son
of Semei.
The son
of Jeth,
the son
of Gerson,
the son
of Levi.
And
the sons
of Merari their brethren, on
the left hand, Ethan
the son
of Cusi,
the son
of Abdi,
the son
of Meloch,
The son
of Hasabia,
the son
of Amasai,
the son
of Helcias,
The
son
of Amasai,
the
son
of Boni,
the
son
of Somer,
The
son
of Moholi,
the
son
of Mud,
the
son
of Merari,
the
son
of Levi.
Their brethren also
the Levites,
who
were appointed
for all
the ministry
of
the tabernacle
of
the house
of
the Lord.
But Aaron
and
his
sons
offered burnt
offerings upon
the altar
of holocausts,
and upon
the altar
of incense,
for very
work
of
the holy
of holies:
and
to pray
for
Israel according
to all
that
Moses
the servant
of
God
had commanded.
And
these
are
the
sons
of Aaron: Eleazar
his
son, Phinees
his
son, Abisue
his
son,
Bocci
his
son, Ozi
his
son, Zarahia
his
son,
Meraioth
his son, Amarias
his son, Achitob
his son,
Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.
And these are their dwelling places by
the towns
and confines,
to wit,
of
the sons
of Aaron,
of
the families
of
the Caathites: for they fell
to
them by lot.
And they gave
them Hebron
in
the
land
of Juda,
and
the suburbs thereof round about:
But
the fields
of
the city,
and
the villages
to Caleb
son
of Jephone.
And
to
the sons
of Aaron they gave
the cities for refuge Hebron,
and Lobna,
and
the suburbs thereof,
And Jether
and Esthemo,
with their suburbs,
and Helon,
and Dabir
with their suburbs:
Asan
also,
and Bethsames,
with their suburbs.
And
out
of
the tribe
of Benjamin: Gabee
and
its suburbs, Almath
with
its suburbs, Anathoth
also
with
its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.
And
to
the sons
of Caath
that remained
of their kindred they gave
out
of
the half
tribe
of Manasses ten cities
in
possession.
And
to
the
sons
of Gerson
by
their
families
out
of
the
tribe
of Issachar,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Aser,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Nephtali,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Manasses
in Basan, thirteen cities.
And
to
the sons
of Merari by their families
out
of
the
tribe
of Ruben,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Gad,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.
And
the children
of Israel gave
to
the Levites
the cities,
and their suburbs.
And they gave
them by lot,
out
of
the
tribe
of
the sons
of Juda,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
the sons
of Simeon,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
the sons
of Benjamin, these cities which they called by their names.
And
to
them that were
of
the kindred
of
the sons
of Caath,
and
the cities in their borders were
of
the tribe
of Ephraim.
And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,
Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Beth-horon in like manner,
Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethremmon in like manner,
And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs: to wit, to them that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.
And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and Astharoth with its suburbs.
Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its suburbs;
Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs.
And out of the tribe of Aser: Masal with its suburbs, and Abdon in like manner;
Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohol with its suburbs.
And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its suburbs, and Cariathaim, and its suburbs.
And to the sons of Merari that remained: out of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmono and its suburbs, and Thabor with its suburbs.
Beyond the Jordan also over against Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jassa with its suburbs;
Cademoth also and its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;
Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad and its suburbs, and Manaim with its suburbs;
Hesebon also with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
Now
the
sons
of
Issachar
were Thola,
and Phua, Jasub
and Simeron,
four.
The
sons
of Thola: Ozi
and Raphaia,
and
Jeriel,
and Jemai,
and Jebsem,
and
Samuel,
chiefs
of
the
houses
of
their kindreds.
Of
the posterity
of Thola
were
numbered
in
the
days
of
David,
two
and
twenty
thousand
six
hundred most
valiant
men.
The
sons
of Ozi: Izrahia,
of whom
were
born
Michael,
and Obadia,
and
Joel,
and Jesia,
five
all great
men.
And there
were
with
them
by
their
families
and peoples,
six
and
thirty
thousand
most valiant
men ready
for
war:
for
they
had
many
wives
and
children.
Their
brethren also
throughout
all
the house
of
Issachar,
were
numbered fourscore
and
seven
thousand most
valiant
men
for war.
The sons
of
Benjamin
were
Bela,
and Bechor,
and Jadihel,
three.
The
sons
of
Bela: Esbon,
and Ozi,
and Ozial,
and
Jerimoth
and Urai,
five
chiefs
of
their
families,
and most
valiant
warriors,
and
their number
was
twenty-two
thousand
and thirty-four.
And
the
sons
of Bechor
were Zamira,
and Joas,
and
Eliezer,
and
Elioenai,
and Amai,
and
Jerimoth,
and Abia,
and
Anathoth,
and Almath:
all
these
were
the
sons
of Bechor.
And
they
were
numbered
by
the
families,
heads
of their kindreds, most
valiant
men
for war,
twenty
thousand
and
two
hundred.
And
the
son
of Jadihel: Balan.
And
the
sons
of Balan: Jehus
and
Benjamin
and Aod,
and Chanana,
and
Zethan
and Tharsis,
and Ahisahar.
All
these
were
sons
of Jadihel,
heads
of
their kindreds,
most
valiant
men,
seventeen
thousand
and
two
hundred fit
to
go
out
to
war.
Sepham also
and Hapham
the
sons
of Hir:
and Hasim
the
sons
of
Aher.
And
the
sons
of Nephtali
were Jasiel,
and
Guni,
and
Jezer,
and Sellum,
sons
of Bala.
And
the
son
of Manasses, Ezriel:
and
his
concubine
the
Syrian
bore
Machir
the
father
of Galaad.
And
Machir
took
wives
for
his sons Happhim,
and Saphan:
and
he
had
a
sister
named Maacha:
the
name
of
the
second
was Salphaad,
and Salphaad
had
daughters.
And Maacha
the
wife
of
Machir
bore
a
son,
and
she
called
his
name Phares:
and
the
name
of
his
brother
was Sares:
and
his
sons
were
Ulam
and Recen.
And
the
son
of
Ulam, Baden.
These
are
the
sons
of Galaad,
the
son
of
Machir
the
son
of Manasses.
And
his
sister named Queen
bore Goodlyman,
and
Abiezer,
and Mohola.
And
the
sons
of Semida
were Ahiu,
and Sechem,
and Leci
and
Aniam.
And
the
sons
of
Ephraim
were Suthala, Bared
his
son, Thahath
his
son, Elada
his
son, Thahath
his
son,
and
his
son Zabad,
And
his
son Suthala,
and
his
son
Ezer,
and Elad:
and
the
men
of Geth
born
in
the
land
slew
them,
because
they
came
down
to invade
their
possessions.
And
Ephraim
their
father
mourned
many
days,
and
his
brethren
came
to
comfort
him.
And
he
went
in
to
his
wife:
and
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name Beria,
because
he
was
born
when
it
went
evil
with
his
house:
And
his
daughter
was Sara,
who
built Bethoron,
the nether
and
the
upper,
and Ozensara.
And Rapha
was
his
son,
and Reseph,
and Thale,
of whom
was
born Thaan,
Who begot Laadan:
and
his
son
was Ammiud,
who beget Elisama,
Of whom
was
born
Nun,
who
had Josue
for
his
son.
And
their
possessions
and
habitations
were
Bethel with
her
daughters,
and
eastward Noran,
and westward Gazer
and
her
daughters, Sichem
also with
her
daughters,
as
far
as Ass with
her
daughters.
And
by
the
borders
of
the
sons
of Manasses Bethsan
and
her
daughters, Thanach
and
her
daughters, Mageddo
and
her
daughters:
Dor
and
her
daughters:
in
these
dwelt
the
children
of
Joseph,
the
son
of
Israel.
The
children
of Aser
were Jemna,
and Jesua,
and Jessui,
and Baria,
and Sara
their
sister.
And
the
sons
of Baria: Haber,
and Melchiel:
he
is
the
father
of Barsaith.
And
Heber
beget Jephlat,
and Somer,
and
Hotham,
and Suaa
their
sister.
The
sons
of Jephlat: Phosech,
and Chamaal,
and Asoth:
these
are
the
sons
of Jephlat.
And
the
sons
of Somer:
Ahi,
and Roaga,
and Haba,
and
Aram.
And
the
sons
of
Helem
his
brother: Supha,
and Jemna,
and Selles,
and
Amal.
The
sons
of Supha: Sue, Hernapher,
and Sual,
and
Beri,
and Jamra.
Bosor
and
Hod,
and Samma,
and Salusa,
and Jethran,
and Bera.
The
sons
of
Jether: Jephone,
and Phaspha,
and
Ara.
And
the
sons
of Olla: Aree,
and Haniel,
and Resia.
All
these
were
sons
of Aser,
heads
of
their
families,
choice
and
most
valiant
captains
of
captains:
and
the
number
of
them
that
were
of
the
age
that
was fit
for
war,
was
six
and
twenty
thousand.
Now
Benjamin
beget Bale
his
firstborn, Asbel
the
second, Ahara
the
third,
Nohaa
the
fourth,
and Rapha
the
fifth.
And
the
sons
of Bale
were
Addar,
and
Gera,
and Abiud,
And Abisue, and Naamar, and Ahoe,
And
Gera,
and Sephuphan,
and
Huram.
These
are
the
sons
of Ahod,
heads
of
families
that
dwelt
in Gabaa,
who
were
removed
into Mrtnahsth.
And
Naaman,
and Achia,
and
Gera
he
removed
them,
and
beget Oza,
and Ahiud.
And Saharim
begot
in
the
land
of
Moab,
after
he
sent
away Husim
and Bara
his
wives.
And
he
beget
of Hodes
his
wife
Jobab,
and Sebia,
and Mesa,
and Molchom,
And Jehus
and Sechia,
and Marma.
These
were
his
sons
heads
of their
families.
And Mehusim
beget Abitob,
and Elphaal.
And
the
sons
of Elphaal
were Heber,
and Misaam,
and Samad:
who
built
One,
and Led,
and
its
daughters.
And Baria,
and Sama
were
heads
of
their kindreds
that
dwelt
in Aialon:
these
drove
away
the
inhabitants
of Geth.
And
Ahio,
and Sesac,
and
Jerimoth,
And Zabadia, and Arod, and Heder,
And
Michael,
and Jespha,
and
Joha,
the
sons
of Baria.
And Zabadia,
and Mosollam,
and Hezeci,
and
Heber,
And Jesamari,
and Jezlia,
and
Jobab,
sons
of Elphaal,
And Jacim, and Zechri, and
Zabdi,
And Elioenai,
and Selethai,
and Elial,
And Adaia,
and Baraia,
and Samareth,
the
sons
of Semei.
And Jespham,
and Heber,
and
Eliel,
And
Abdon, and Zechri, and
Hanan,
And Hanania, and
Elam, and Anathothia.
And Jephdaia,
and Phanuel
the
sons
of Sesac.
And Samsari,
and Sohoria
and Otholia,
And Jersia,
and Elia,
and Zechri,
the
sons
of
Jeroham.
These
were
the
chief
fathers,
and
heads
of
their
families
who
dwelt
in
Jerusalem.
And
at Gabaon
dwelt Abigabaon,
and
the
name
of
his
wife
was Maacha:
And
his
firstborn
son
Abdon,
and Sur,
and Cia,
and
Baal,
and
Nadab,
And
Gedor,
and
Ahio,
and Zacher,
and Macelloth:
And Macelloth
beget Samaa:
and
they
dwelt
over
against
their
brethren
in
Jerusalem
with
their
brethren.
And
Ner
beget Cia,
and Cia
beget
Saul.
And
Saul
begot
Jonathan
and Melchisua,
and
Abinadab,
and Esbaal.
And
the
son
of
Jonathan
was
Meribbaal:
and
Meribbaal
begot Micha.
And
the
sons
of Micha
were Phithon,
and
Melech,
and Tharaa,
and
Ahaz.
And
Ahaz
beget Joada:
and Joada
beget Alamath,
and Azmoth,
and Zamri:
and Zamri
beget Mesa,
And Mesa
beget Banaa,
whose
son
was Rapha,
of whom
was
born Elasa,
who
beget Asel.
And Asel
had
six
sons
whose
names
were Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria, Obdia,
and
Hanan.
All
these
were
the
sons
of Asel.
And
the
sons
of Esec,
his
brother,
were
Ulam
the
firstborn,
and Jehus
the
second,
and
Eliphelet
the
third.
And
the
sons
of
Ulam
were most
valiant
men,
and
archers
of
great
strength:
and
they
had
many
sons
and
grandsons, even
to
a
hundred
and
fifty.
All
these
were
children
of
Benjamin.
And
all
Israel
was numbered:
and
the sum
of
them
was
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and Juda:
and
they
were
carried
away
to
Babylon
for
their transgression.
Now
the
first
that
dwelt
in
their
possessions,
and
in
their
cities,
were
the
Israelites,
and
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
the Nathineans.
And
in
Jerusalem
dwelt
of
the
children
of Juda,
and
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
and
of
the
children
of
Ephraim,
and
of Manasses.
Othei
the
son
of Ammiud,
the
son
of Amri,
the
son
of Omrai,
the
son
of Bonni,
of
the
sons
of Phares
the
son
of Juda.
And
of Siloni: Asaia
the
firstborn,
and
his
sons.
And
of
the
sons
of Zara: Jehuel,
and
their
brethren,
six
hundred
and
ninety.
And
of
the
sons
of
Benjamin: Sale
the
son
of Mosollam,
the
son
of Oduia,
the
son
of Asana:
And Jobania
the
son
of
Jeroham:
and Ela
the
son
of Ozi,
the
son
of Mochori:
and Mosallam
the
son
of Saphatias,
the
son
of Rahuel,
the
son
of Jebania:
And
their
brethren
by
their
families,
nine
hundred
and fifty-six.
All
these
were
heads
of
their
families,
by
the
houses
of
their
fathers.
And
of
the
priests: Jedaia,
Joiarib,
and
Jachin:
And Azarias
the
son
of Helcias,
the
son
of Mosollam,
the
son
of Sadoc,
the
son
of Maraioth,
the
son
of Achitob, high priest
of
the
house
of
God.
And Adaias
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of Phassur,
the
son
of Melchias,
and
Maasai
the
son
of
Adiel,
the
son
of Jezra,
the
son
of Mosollam,
the
son
of Mosollamith,
the
son
of Emmer.
And
their
brethren
heads
in
their
families
a
thousand
seven
hundred
and threescore,
very
strong
and
able
men
for
the
work
of
the
ministry
in
the
house
of
God.
And
of
the
Levites: Semeia
the
son
of Hassub
the
son
of Ezricam,
the
son
of Hasebia
of
the
sons
of
Merari.
And Bacbacar
the carpenter,
and
Galal,
and Mathania
the
son
of Micha,
the
son
of Zechri
the
son
of
Asaph:
And Obdia
the
son
of Semeia,
the
son
of
Galal,
the
son
of Idithum:
and Barachia
the
son
of
Asa,
the
son
of Elcana,
who
dwelt
in
the suburbs
of Netophati.
And
the porters
were Sellum,
and Accub,
and Telmon,
and
Ahiman:
and their
brother Sellum
was
the prince,
Until
that
time,
in
the
king’s
gate
eastward,
the
sons
of
Levi waited
by
their turns.
But Sellum
the
son
of Core,
the
son
of Abiasaph,
the
son
of Core,
with
his
brethren
and
his
father’s
house,
the Corites
were
over
the
works
of
the
service,
keepers
of
the gates
of
the
tabernacle:
and
their
families
in
turns
were
keepers
of
the
entrance
of
the
camp
of
the
Lord.
And Phinees
the
son
of
Eleazar,
was
their
prince
before
the
Lord,
And Zacharias
the
son
of Mosollamia,
was porter
of
the
gate
of
the
tabernacle
of
the testimony:
All
these
that
were
chosen
to
be porters
at
the gates,
were
two
hundred
and
twelve:
and
they
mere registered
in
their proper
towns: whom
David
and
Samuel
the seer
appointed
in
their
trust.
As well
them
as
their
sons,
to
keep
the
gates
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
tabernacle
by
their
turns.
In
four quarters
were
the porters:
that
is
to say, toward
the
east,
and
west,
and
north,
and
south.
And
their
brethren dwelt
in villages,
and
came
upon
their sabbath
days
from
time
to
time.
To
these
four
Levites
were
committed
the whole number
of
the porters,
and
they
were
over
the
chambers,
and
treasures,
of
the
house
of
the Lord.
And
they abode
in
their watches
round
about
the
temple
of
the Lord:
that
when
it
was time,
they might open
the gates
in
the
morning.
And
some
of
their stock
had
the
charge
of
the
vessels
for
the
ministry:
for
the
vessels
were
both
brought
in
and
carried
out
by
number.
Some
of
them also
had
the
instruments
of
the
sanctuary
committed unto
them,
and
the
charge
of
the
fine
flour,
and
wine,
and
oil,
and
frankincense,
and
spices.
And
the
sons
of
the
priests made
the ointments
of
the
spices.
And Mathathias
a
Levite,
the
firstborn
of Sellum
the Corite,
was overseer
of
such
things
as
were fried
in
the fryingpan.
And
some
of
the
sons
of Caath
their
brethren,
were
over
the leaves
of proposition,
to
prepare always new
for
every
sabbath.
These
are
the
chief
of
the
singing
men
of
the
families
of
the
Levites,
who dwelt
in
the
chambers,
by
the temple,
that
they might serve continually
day
and
night
in
their ministry.
The
heads
of
the
Levites, princes
in
their
families,
abode
in
Jerusalem.
And
in Gabaon
dwelt Jehiel
the
father
of Gabaon,
and
the
name
of hill
wife
was Maacha:
His
firstborn
son
Abdon,
and Sur,
and Cis,
and
Baal,
and
Ner,
and
Nadab,
Gedor also,
and
Ahio,
and Zacharias,
and Macelloth.
And Macelloth
beget Samaan:
these
dwelt
over
against
their
brethren
in
Jerusalem,
with
their
brethren.
Now
Ner
beget Cia:
and Cis
begot
Saul:
and
Saul
beget
Jonathan
and Melchisua,
and
Abinadab,
and Esbaal.
And
the
son
of
Jonathan,
was
Meribbaal:
and
Meribbaal
beget Micha.
And
the
sons
of Micha,
were Phithon,
and
Melech,
and Tharaa,
and Ahaz.
And
Ahaz
beget Jara,
and Jara
beget Alamath,
and Azmoth,
and Zamri.
And Zamri
beget Mesa.
And Mesa
beget Banaa:
whose
son Raphaia
beget Elasa:
of whom
was
born Asel.
And heel
had
six
sons
whose
names
are, Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria, Obdia,
Hanan:
these
are
the
sons
of Asel.
Now
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel,
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
wounded
in
mount Gelboe.
And
the
Philistines drew near
pursuing
after
Saul,
and
his
sons,
and
they
killed
Jonathan,
and
Abinadab,
and Melchisua
the
sons
of
Saul.
And
the
battle
grew hard
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
reached
him,
and wounded
him
with
arrows.
And
Saul
said
to
his armourbearer:
Draw thy
sword,
and
kill
me:
lest
these
uncircumcised
come,
and mock
me.
But
his armourbearer
would
not,
for
he
was
struck
with
fear:
so
Saul
took
his
sword,
and
fell
upon
it.
And
when
his armourbearer
saw
it,
to wit,
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
also
fell
upon
his
sword
and
died.
So
Saul
died,
and
his
three
sons,
and
all
his
house fell
together.
And
when
the
men
of
Israel,
that
dwelt
in
the plains,
saw
this,
they
fled:
and
Saul
and
his
sons
being
dead,
they forsook
their
cities,
and
were scattered
up
and
down:
and
the
Philistines
came,
and
dwelt
in
them.
And
the
next
day
the
Philistines
taking
away
the spoils
of
them
that
were
slain,
found
Saul
and
his
sons
lying
on
mount Gelboe.
And
when
they
had
stripped
him,
and cut
off
his
head,
and
taken
away
his armour,
they
sent
it
into
their
land,
to
be
carried
about,
and shewn
in
the temples
of
the
idols
and
to
the
people.
And
his armour
they dedicated
in
the
temple
of
their
god,
and
his
head
they
fastened
up
in
the
temple
of
Dagon.
And
when
the
men
of Jabes Galaad
had
heard
this,
to wit,
all
that
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
All
the
valiant
men
of
them
arose,
and
took
the
bodies
of
Saul
and
of
his
sons,
and
brought
them
to Jabes,
and
buried
their
bones
under
the
oak
that
was
in Jabes,
and
they
fasted
seven
days.
So
Saul
died
for
his iniquities,
because
he transgressed
the
commandment
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had commanded,
and
kept
it
not:
and
moreover
consulted
also
a witch,
And trusted
not
is
the
Lord:
therefore
he slew
him,
and
transferred
his
kingdom
to
David
the
son
of Isai.
Then
all
Israel
gathered
themselves
to
David
in
Hebron,
saying:
We
are thy
bone,
and thy
flesh.
Yesterday
also,
and
the day
before
when
Saul
was
king, thou wast
he
that leddest
out
and broughtest
in
Israel:
for
the
Lord thy
God
said
to thee: Thou shalt
feed
my
people
Israel,
and thou shalt;
be
ruler
over
them.
So
all
the ancients
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
to
Hebron,
and
David
made
a
covenant
with
them
before
the
Lord:
and
they
anointed
him
king
over
Israel,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord
which
he
spoke
in
the
hand
of
Samuel.
And
David
and
all
Israel went
to
Jerusalem,
which
is
Jebus,
where
the
Jebusites
were
the
inhabitants
of
the
land.
And
the
inhabitants
of
Jebus
said
to
David: Thou shalt
not
come
in
here.
But
David
took
the castle
of Sion,
which
is
the
city
of
David.
And
he
said: Whosoever
shall
first
strike
the
Jebusites,
shall
be
the
head
and
chief
captain.
And
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia
went
up
first,
and
was
made
the
general.
And
David
dwelt
in
the castle,
and
therefore
it
was
called
the
city
of
David.
And
he
built
the
city
round
about
from Mello
all
round,
and
Joab
built
the
rest
of
the
city.
And
David
went
on
growing
and increasing,
and
the
Lord
of
hosts
was
with
him.
These
are
the
chief
of
the
valiant
men
of
David,
who
helped
him
to
be
made
king
over
all
Israel,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
to
Israel.
And
this
is
the
number
of
the
heroes
of
David: Jesbaam
the
son
of Hachamoni
the
chief
among
the
thirty:
he
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred
wounded
by
him
at
one
time.
And
after
him
was
Eleazar
his uncle’s
son
the
Ahohite,
who
was
one
of
the
three mighties.
He
was
with
David
in Phesdomim,
when
the
Philistines
were
gathered
to
that
place
to
battle:
and
the
field
of
that
country
was
full
of
barley,
and
the
people
fled
from
before
the
Philistines.
But these
men
stood
in
the
midst
of
the
field,
and
defended
it:
and
they
slew
the
Philistines,
and
the
Lord
gave
a
great
deliverance
to
his people.
And
three
of
the
thirty
captains
went
down
to
the
rock, wherein
David
was,
to
the
cave
of Odollam,
when
the
Philistines
encamped
in
the
valley
of Raphaim.
And
David
was
in
a hold,
and
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
in
Bethlehem.
And
David
longed,
and
said:
O
that some
man
would
give
me
water
of
the
cistern
of
Bethlehem,
which
is
in
the
gate.
And
these
three
broke
through
the midst
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines,
and
drew
water
out
of
the
cistern
of
Bethlehem,
which
was
in
the
gate,
and
brought
it
to
David
to
drink:
and
he
would
not
drink
of
it,
but
rather offered
it
to
the
Lord,
Saying:
God
forbid
that
I
should
do
this
in
the sight
of
my
God,
and
should
drink
the
blood
of
these
men:
for
with
the danger
of
their
lives
they
have
brought
me
the water.
And
therefore
he
would
not
drink.
These
things
did
the
three most
valiant.
And Abisai
the
brother
of
Joab,
he
was
chief
of
three,
and
he
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred whom
he slew,
and
he
was
renowned
among
the
three,
And illustrious
among
the
second
three,
and
their
captain:
but
yet
he attained
not
to
the first
three.
Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
a
most
valiant
man,
of Cabseel,
who
had
done
many acts:
he
slew
the
two ariels
of
Moab:
and
he
went
down,
and
killed
a
lion
in
the
midst
of
a
pit
in
the
time
of
snow.
And
he
slew
an
Egyptian,
whose stature
was
of
five
cubits,
and
who
had
a
spear
like
a
weaver’s
beam:
and
he
went
down
to
him
with
a
staff,
and plucked
away
the
spear,
that
he held
in
his
hand,
and
slew
him
with
his
own
spear.
These
things
did Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada,
who
was
renowned
among
the
three
valiant
ones,
And
the first
among
the
thirty,
but
yet
to
the
three
he attained
not:
and
David
made
him
of
his council.
Moreover
the most
valiant
men
of
the
army,
were
Asahel
brother
of
Joab,
and Elchanan
the
son
of
his uncle
of
Bethlehem,
Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite,
Ira
the
son
of Acces
a Thecuite,
Abiezer an
Anathothite,
Sobbochai a Husathite,
Ilai an
Ahohite,
Maharai
a
Netophathite,
Heled
the
son
of Baana
a
Netophathite,
Ethai
the
son
of
Ribai
of Gabaath
of
the
sons
of
Benjamin, Banal
a Pharathonite,
Hurai of
the torrent Gaas,
Abiel an
Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite,
The sons of Assem a, Gezonite, Jonathan
the son of Sage an Ararite,
Ahiam
the
son
of Sachar an
Ararite,
Eliphal
the
son
of Ur,
Hepher a
Mecherathite, Ahia a Phelonite,
Hesro
a
Carmelite,
Naarai
the
son
of Azbai,
Joel
the
brother
of
Nathan, Mibahar
the
son
of Agarai.
Selec
an
Ammonite,
Naharai
a Berothite,
the armourbearer
of
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia.
Ira a Jethrite,
Gareb a Jethrite,
Urias
a Hethite,
Zabad
the
son
of Oholi,
Adina
the
son
of Siza
a Rubenite
the prince
of
the Rubenites,
and
thirty
with
him:
Hanan
the
son
of Maacha,
and Josaphat
a Mathanite,
Ozia an Astarothite, Samma,
and Jehiel
the
sons
of
Hotham an Arorite,
Jedihel
the
son
of Zamri,
and Jobs
his
brother
a Thosaite,
Eliel
a Mithumite,
and
Jeribai,
and Josaia
the
sons
of Elnaim,
and Jethma
a
Moabite,
Eliel,
and Obed,
and Jasiel
of Masobia.
Now
these
are
they
that
came
to
David
to Siceleg,
while
he
yet fled
from
Saul
the
son
of Cia,
and
they
were most
valiant
and excellent
warriors,
Bending
the
bow,
and using either
hand
in hurling
stones
with slings,
and shooting
arrows:
of
the
brethren
of
Saul
of
Benjamin.
The
chief
was
Ahiezer,
and Joas,
the
sons
of Samaa
of Gabaath,
and Jaziel,
and Phallet
the
sons
of Azmoth,
and Beracha,
and
Jehu an
Anathothite.
And Samaias
of Gabaon,
the stoutest amongst
the
thirty
and
over
the
thirty; Jeremias,
and Jeheziel,
and Johanan,
and Jezabad
of Gaderoth;
And Eluzai,
and Jerimuth,
and Baalia,
and Samaria,
and Saphatia
the Haruphite;
Elcana,
and Jesia,
and Azareel,
and Joezer,
and Jesbaam of Carehim:
And Joela,
and Zabadia
the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
From Gaddi also there went
over
to David,
when
he
lay hid
in
the wilderness
most valiant
men,
and excellent
warriors, holding shield
and spear:
whose faces
were
like
the faces
of
a lion,
and they
were swift
like
the roebucks
on
the mountains.
Ezer
the chief, Obdias
the second, Eliab
the third,
Masmana
the fourth, Jeremias
the fifth.
Ethi
the sixth, Eliel
the seventh,
Johanan
the eighth, Elzebad
the ninth,
Jerenias
the tenth, Machbani
the eleventh,
These were
of
the sons
of Gad, captains
of
the army:
the least
of them
was captain over a hundred soldiers,
and
the greatest over a thousand.
These
are
they
who passed
over
the Jordan
in
the
first month,
when
it
is used
to how
over its banks:
and
they put
to flight
all
that dwelt
in
the valleys both
toward
the east
and
toward
the west.
And
there
came
also
of
the
men
of Benjamin,
and
of Juda
to
the hold,
in
which David abode.
And
David
went
out
to meet
them,
and said:
If
you
are
come peaceably
to
me
to help
me, let
my heart
be
joined
to
you:
but
if
you plot
against
me
for
my enemies whereas
I
have
no iniquity
in
my hands, let
the God
of
our fathers
see,
and judge.
But
the spirit
came
upon Amasai
the chief
among thirty,
and
he
said:
We
are thine,
O
David,
and
for thee,
O son
of Isai:
peace,
peace
be
to thee,
and
peace
to thy
helpers.
For thy
God helpeth thee.
So
David
received
them,
and
made
them captains
of
the band.
And
there
were some
of Manasses
that went
over
to
David,
when
he
came
with
the Philistines
against Saul
to fight:
but
he did
not fight
with
them:
because
the lords
of
the Philistines taking counsel
sent
him back, saying:
With
the danger
of
our
heads
he
will return
to
his
master Saul.
So
when
he
went
back
to Siceleg, there fled
to
him
of Manasses, Ednas
and Jozabad,
and Jedihel,
and Michael,
and Ednas,
and Jozabad,
and Eliu,
and Salathi,
captains
of thousands
in Manasses.
These helped David
against
the rovers:
for
they
were
all most valiant
men,
and
were
made commanders
in
the army.
Moreover day
by day
there
came
some
to
David
to
help
him till
they
became
a
great number,
like
the
army
of God.
And
this
is
the number
of
the chiefs
of
the
army
who
came
to
David,
when
he
was
in Hebron,
to transfer
to
him
the kingdom
of Saul,
according
to
the word
of
the Lord.
The sons
of Juda bearing shield
and spear, six thousand eight hundred well appointed
to
war.
Of
the
sons
of Simeon valiant
men
for
war, seven
thousand
one
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of Levi, four
thousand six
hundred.
And Joiada prince
of
the
race
of Aaron,
and
with
him
three
thousand seven
hundred.
Sadoc
also
a young man
of excellent disposition,
and
the house
of
his father, twenty-two principal men.
And
of
the
sons
of Benjamin
the brethren
of Saul, three thousand:
for hitherto
a
great part
of
them followed
the
house
of Saul.
And
of
the
sons
of Ephraim twenty
thousand eight hundred,
men
of great valour renowned
in
their kindreds.
And
of
the half tribe
of Manasses, eighteen
thousand,
every
one
by
their
names,
came
to
make David king.
Also
of
the sons
of Issachar men
of understanding,
that knew
all times
to order
what Israel
should
do,
two hundred principal men:
and
all
the rest
of
the
tribe
followed
their counsel.
And
of Zabulon
such
as went
forth
to battle,
and stood
in array
well
appointed
with armour
for war,
there came fifty thousand
to
his aid,
with
no double heart.
And
of Nephtali,
a
thousand leaders:
and
with
them seven
and thirty
thousand, furnished
with shield
and spear.
Of Dan
also twenty-eight
thousand six hundred prepared
for battle.
And
of Aser forty
thousand going forth
to
fight,
and challenging
in
battle.
And
on
the other side
of
the Jordan
of
the sons
of Ruben,
and
of Gad,
and
of
the half
of
the tribe
of Manasses
a hundred
and twenty
thousand, furnished
with arms
for
war.
All
these
men
of
war well appointed
to
fight, came
with
a perfect heart
to Hebron,
to make David king
over
all
Israel:
and
all
the rest
also
of
Israel,
were
of
one heart
to make David king.
And
they
were
there
with
David three days eating
and drinking:
for
their brethren
had
prepared
for
them.
Moreover
they
that
were
near
them
even
as far
as Issachar,
and Zabulon,
and Nephtali,
brought leaves
on asses,
and
on camels,
and
on mules,
and
on oxen,
to
eat: meal, figs, raisins, wine, oil,
and oxen,
and sheep
in abundance,
for
there
was joy
in Israel.
And
David
consulted
with
the
captains
of
thousands,
and
of
hundreds,
and
with
all
the
commanders.
And
he
said
to
all
the
assembly
of
Israel:
If
it
please
you;
and
if
the words which
I
speak come
from
the
Lord
our
God,
let
us
send
to
the
rest
of
our
brethren
into
all
the
countries
of
Israel,
and
to
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
that dwell
in
the suburbs
of
the
cities,
to
gather
themselves
to
us,
And
let
us
bring again
the
ark
of
our
God
to
us:
for
we
sought
it
not
in
the
days
of
Saul.
And
all
the multitude
answered
that
it
should
be
so:
for
the
word
pleased
all
the
people.
So
David
assembled
all
Israel
from Sihor
of
Egypt,
even
to
the
entering
into Emath,
to
bring
the
ark
of
God
from Cariathiarim.
And
David
went
up
with
all
the
men
of
Israel
to
the hill
of Cariathiarim
which
is
in Juda,
to
bring thence
the
ark
of
the
Lord
God
sitting
upon
the cherubims,
where
his
name
is
called
upon.
And
they
carried
the
ark
of
God
upon
a
new
cart,
out
of
the
house
of
Abinadab.
And Oza
and
his brother
drove
the
cart.
And
David
and
all
Israel
played
before
God
with
all
their
might
with hymns,
and
with
harps,
and
with psalteries,
and
timbrels,
and
cymbals,
and
trumpets,
And
when
they
came
to
the
floor
of
Chidon, Oza
put
forth
his
hand,
to
hold
up
the
ark:
for
the
ox being wanton
had made
it lean
a little
on
one
side.
And
the
Lord
was
angry
with Oza,
and
struck
him,
because
he
had touched
the
ark;
and
he
died
there
before
the
Lord.
And
David
was troubled
because
the
Lord
had divided Oza:
and
he
called
that
place
the
Breach
of Oza
to
this
day.
And
he
feared
God
at
that
time,
saying:
How
can
I
bring
in
the
ark
of
God
to
me?
And
therefore
he brought
it
not
home
to
himself,
that
is,
into
the
city
of
David,
but
carried
it
aside
into
the
house
of Obededom
the Gethite.
And
the
ark
of
God
remained
in
the
house
of Obededom
three
months:
and
the
Lord
blessed
his
house,
and
all
that
he
had.
And
Hiram
king
of
Tyre
sent
messengers
to
David,
and
cedar
trees,
and
masons,
and
carpenters,
to
build
him
a
house.
And
David
perceived
that
the
Lord
had
confirmed
him
king
over
Israel,
and
that
his
kingdom
was
exalted
over
his
people
Israel.
And
David
took
other
wives
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
beget
sons,
and
daughters.
Now
these
are
the
names
of
them
that
were
born
to
him
in
Jerusalem: Samua,
and Sobad,
Nathan,
and
Solomon,
Jebahar, and Elisua, and Eliphalet,
And Noga,
and Napheg,
and
Japhia,
Elisama.
and Baaliada,
and Eliphalet.
And
the
Philistines
hearing
that
David
was
anointed
king
over
all
Israel,
went
all
up
to
seek
him:
and
David
heard
of
it,
and
went
out
against
them.
And
the
Philistines
came
and spread themselves
in
the vale
of Raphaim.
And
David consulted
the
Lord,
saying:
Shall
I
go
up
against
the
Philistines,
and wilt thou
deliver
them
into
my
hand?
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Go
up,
and
I
will
deliver
them
into thy
hand.
And
when
they
were
come
to Baalpharasim,
David
defeated
them
there,
and
he
said:
God hath divided
my
enemies
by
my
hand,
as
waters
are divided:
and
therefore
the
name
of
that
place
was
called Baalpharasim.
And
they
left
there
their
gods,
and
David
commanded
that
they
should
be
burnt.
Another
time
also
the
Philistines
made an irruption,
and spread themselves abroad
in
the
valley.
And
David consulted
God
again,
and
God
said
to
him:
Go
not
up
after
them,
turn
away
from
them,
and
come
upon
them
over
against
the pear
trees.
And
when thou shalt
hear
the
sound
of
one
going
in
the
tops
of
the pear
trees,
then shalt thou
go
out
to
battle.
For
God
is
gone
out
before thee
to
strike
the
army
of
the
Philistines.
And
David
did
as
God
had
commanded
him,
and
defeated
the
army
of
the
Philistines,
slaying
them
from Gabaon
to Gazera.
And
the
name
of
David
became
famous
in
all
countries,
and
the
Lord
made
all
nations
fear
him.
He
made
also
houses
for himself
in
the
city
of
David:
and
built
a
place
for
the
ark
of
God,
and
pitched
a
tabernacle
for
it.
Then
David
said:
No
one ought
to
carry
the
ark
of
God,
but
the
Levites, whom
the
Lord hath
chosen
to
carry
it,
and
to
minister unto
himself
for
ever.
And
he
gathered
all
Israel
together
into
Jerusalem,
that
the
ark
of
God
might
be
brought
into
its
place,
which
he
had
prepared
for
it.
And
the
sons
of
Aaron
also,
and
the
Levites.
Of
the
children
of Caath,
Uriel
was
the
chief,
and
his
brethren
a
hundred
and
twenty.
Of
the
sons
of
Merari, Asaia
the
chief,
and
his
brethren
two
hundred
and
twenty.
Of
the
sons
of Gersom,
Joel
the
chief,
and
his
brethren
a
hundred
and
thirty.
Of
the
sons
of Elisaphan, Semeias
the
chief:
and
his
brethren
two
hundred.
Of
the
sons
of
Hebron,
Eliel
the
chief:
and
his
brethren
eighty.
Of
the
sons
of Oziel, Aminadab
the
chief:
and
his
brethren
a
hundred
and
twelve.
And
David
called Sadoc,
and
Abiathar
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
Uriel, Asaia,
Joel, Semeia,
Eliel,
and Aminadab:
And
he
said
to
them:
You
that
are
the
heads
of
the
Levitical
families,
be
sanctified
with
your
brethren,
and brine
the
ark
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
to
the
place, which
is
prepared
for
it:
Lest
as
the
Lord
at
first struck
us,
because
you
were
not present,
the same
should
now
also come
to pass,
by
our doing some
thing against
the law.
So
the
priests
and
the
Levites
were
sanctified,
to
carry
the
ark
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
And
the
sons
of
Levi
took
the
ark
of
God
as
Moses
had
commanded,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
upon
their
shoulders,
with
the staves.
And
David
spoke
to
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites,
to
appoint some
of
their
brethren
to
be
singers
with
musical
instruments,
to wit,
on psalteries,
and
harps,
and
cymbals,
that
the joyful
noise might resound
on
high.
And they
appointed
Levites, Hemam
the
son
of
Joel,
and
of
his
brethren
Asaph
the
son
of Barachias:
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
their
brethren:
Ethan
the
son
of Casaia.
And
with
them
their
brethren:
in
the
second
rank, Zacharias,
and
Ben,
and Jaziel,
and Semiramoth,
and Jahiel,
and Ani,
and
Eliab,
and Banaias,
and Maasias,
and Mathathias,
and Eliphalu,
and Macenias,
and Obededom,
and
Jehiel,
the porters.
Now
the
singers,
Heman,
Asaph,
and
Ethan,
sounded
with
cymbals
of
brass.
And Zacharias,
and Oziel,
and Semiramoth,
and
Jehiel,
and Ani,
and
Eliab,
and Maasias,
and Banaias, sung mysteries
upon psalteries.
And Mathathias,
and Eliphalu,
and Macenias
and Obededom,
and Jehiel
and Ozaziu, sung
a song
of victory
for
the octave
upon
harps.
And Chonenias
chief
of
the
Levites, presided
over
the prophecy,
to
give out
the tunes:
for
he
was very
skillful.
And Barachias,
and Elcana,
were doorkeepers
of
the
ark.
And Sebenias,
and Josaphat,
and Nathanael,
and
Amasai,
and Zacharias,
and Banaias,
and
Eliezer
the
priests,
sounded
with
trumpets,
before
the
ark
of
God:
and Obededom
and Jehias
were porters
of
the
ark.
So
David
and
all
the ancients
of
Israel,
and
the
captains
over
thousands,
went
to
bring
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
out
of
the
house
of Obededom
with
joy.
And
when
God
had
helped
the
Levites
who
carried
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
they
offered
in
sacrifice
seven
oxen,
and
seven
rams.
And
David
was
clothed
with
a
robe
of
fine
linen,
and
all
the
Levites
that
carried
the
ark,
and
the
singing
men,
and Chonenias
the
ruler
of
the prophecy
among
the
singers:
and
David
also
had
on
him
an
ephod
of
linen.
And
all
Israel
brought
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
with
joyful
shouting,
and sounding
with
the
sound
of
the comet,
and
with
trumpets,
and
cymbals,
and psalteries,
and
harps.
And
when
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
was
come
to
the
city
of
David, Michol
the
daughter
of
Saul
looking
out
at
a
window,
saw
king
David dancing
and
playing,
and
she
despised
him
in
her
heart.
So
they
brought
the
ark
of
God,
and
set
it
in
the
midst
of
the
tent,
which
David
had
pitched
for
it:
and
they
offered holocausts,
and
peace
offerings
before
God.
And
when
David
had
made
an
end
of
offering holocausts,
and
peace
offerings,
he
blessed
the
people
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
he
divided
to
all
and
every
one,
both
men
and
women,
a
loaf
of
bread,
and
a piece
of roasted beef,
and flour fried
with oil.
And
he
appointed
Levites
to
minister
before
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
and
to
remember
his works,
and
to
glorify,
and
praise
the
Lord
God
of
Israel.
Asaph
the
chief,
and
next after
him Zacharias: moreover Jahiel,
and Semiramoth,
and
Jehiel,
and Mathathias,
and
Eliab,
and Banaias,
and Obededom:
and
Jehiel
over
the
instruments
of psaltery,
and
harps:
and
Asaph
sounded
with
cymbals:
But Banaias,
and Jaziel
the
priests,
to sound
the
trumpet
continually
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the Lord.
In
that
day
David
made
Asaph
the
chief
to
give
praise
to
the
Lord
with
his
brethren.
Praise ye
the
Lord,
and
call
upon
his
name:
make
known
his doings
among
the
nations.
Sing
to
him, yea,
sing
praises
to
him:
and relate
all
his
wondrous
works.
Praise ye
his
holy
name:
let
the
heart
I
of
them
rejoice,
that
seek
the
Lord.
Seek ye
the
Lord,
and
his
power:
seek ye
his
face evermore.
Remember
his
wonderful
works,
which
he hath
done:
his signs,
and
the
judgments
of
his
mouth.
O ye
seed
of
Israel
his
servants, ye
children
of
Jacob
his
chosen.
He
is
the
Lord
our
God:
his
judgments
are
in
all
the
earth.
Remember
for
ever
his
covenant:
the
word,
which
he
commanded
to
a
thousand
generations.
The covenant
which
he
made
with
Abraham:
and
his
oath
to
Isaac.
And
he
appointed
the same
to
Jacob
for
a precept:
and
to
Israel
for an
everlasting
covenant:
Saying:
To thee
will
I
give
the
land
of Chanaan:
the lot
of
your
inheritance.
When they
were
but
a
small
number: very
few
and sojourners
in
it.
And
they passed
from
nation
to
nation:
and
from
a
kingdom
to
another
people.
He suffered
no
man
to do
them wrong:
and
reproved
kings
for
their
sake.
Touch
not
my
anointed:
and
do
no
evil
to
my
prophets.
Sing ye
to
the
Lord,
all
the
earth: shew forth
from
day
to
day
his
salvation.
Declare
his
glory
among
the
Gentiles:
his
wonders
among
all
people.
For
the
Lord
is
great
and
exceedingly
to
be
praised:
and
he
is
to
be
feared
above
all
gods.
For
all
the
gods
of
the
nations
are
idols:
but
the
Lord
made
the
heavens.
Praise
and magnificence
are
before
him:
strength
and
joy
in
his
place.
Bring ye
to
the
Lord,
O ye
families
of
the
nations:
bring ye
to
the
Lord
glory
and empire.
Give
to
the
Lord
glory
to
his
name,
bring
up
sacrifice,
and
come ye
in
his
sight:
and adore
the
Lord
in
holy becomingness.
Let
all
the
earth
be
moved
at
his
presence:
for
he hath founded
the
world immoveable.
Let
the
heavens
rejoice,
and
the
earth
be
glad:
and
let
them
say
among
the
nations:
The
Lord hath
reigned.
Let
the
sea
roar,
and
the fulness thereof:
let
the
fields
rejoice,
and
all
things
that
are
in
them.
Then
shall
the
trees
of
the
wood
give
praise
before
the
Lord:
because
he
is
come
to
judge
the
earth.
Give ye glory
to
the
Lord,
for
he
is
good:
for
his
mercy endureth
for
ever.
And
say ye:
Save
us,
O
God
our saviour:
and
gather
us
together,
and
deliver
us
from
the
nations,
that we
may
give glory
to thy
holy
name,
and
may rejoice
in singing thy
praises.
Blessed
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
from
eternity
to
eternity:
and let
all
the
people
say
Amen,
and
a hymn
to
God.
So
he
left
there
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
Asaph
and
his
brethren
to
minister
in
the
presence
of
the
ark
continually
day
by
day,
and
in
their
courses.
And Obededom,
with
his
brethren sixty-eight:
and Obededom
the
son
of Idithun,
and Hosa
he appointed
to
be porters.
And Sadoc
the
priest,
and
his
brethren
priests,
before
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord
in
the
high
place,
which
was
in Gabaon.
That
they
should
offer holocausts
to
the
Lord
upon
the
altar
of holocausts
continually,
morning
and
evening,
according
to
all
that
is
written
in
the
law
of
the
Lord,
which
he
commanded
Israel.
And
after
him
Heman,
and Idithun,
and
the
rest
that
were
chosen, every
one
by
his
name
to
give
praise
to
the
Lord:
because
his
mercy endureth
for
ever.
And
Heman
and Idithun
sounded
the
trumpet,
and played
on
the
cymbals,
and all
kinds
of
musical
instruments
to sing
praises
to
God:
and
the
sons
of Idithun
he
made porters.
And
all
the
people
returned
to
their
houses:
and
David
to
bless
also
his
own
house.
Now
when
David
was
dwelling
in
his
house,
he
said
to
Nathan
the
prophet:
Behold
I
dwell
in
a
house
of cedar:
and
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
is
under skins.
And
Nathan
said
to
David:
Do
all
that
is
in thy
heart:
for
God
is
with thee.
Now
that
night
the
word
of
God
came
to
Nathan,
saying:
Go,
and
speak
to
David
my
servant:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Thou shalt
not
build
me
a
house
to
dwell
in.
For
I
have
not
remained
in
a
house
from
the
time
that
I
brought
up
Israel,
to
this
day:
but
I
have
been
always changing
places
in
a
tabernacle,
and
in
a
tent,
Abiding
with
all
Israel.
Did
I ever
speak
to
any
one,
of
all
the
judges
of
Israel,
whom
I
charged
to
feed
my
people,
saying:
Why
have
you
not
built
me
a
house
of cedar?
Now
therefore
thus shalt thou
say
to
my
servant
David:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
took thee
from
the pastures,
from
following
the
flock,
that thou shouldst
be
ruler
of
my
people
Israel.
And
I
have
been
with thee whithersoever thou hast
gone:
and
have slain
all thy
enemies
before thee,
and
have
made thee
a
name
like
that
of
one
of
the
great
ones
that
are
renowned
in
the
earth.
And
I
have given
a
place
to
my
people
Israel:
they
shall
be
planted,
and
shall
dwell therein,
and
shall
be
moved
no
more,
neither
shall
the
children
of
iniquity
waste
them,
as
at
the
beginning,
Since
the
days
that
I
gave
judges
to
my
people
Israel,
and
have
humbled
all thy
enemies.
And
I
declare
to thee,
that
the
Lord
will
build thee
a
house.
And
when thou shalt
have
ended thy
days
to
go
to thy
fathers,
I
will
raise
up thy
seed
after thee,
which
shall
be
of thy
sons:
and
I
will
establish
his
kingdom.
He
shall
build
me
a
house,
and
I
will
establish
his
throne
for
ever.
I
will
be
to
him
a
father,
and
he
shall
be
to
me
a
son:
and
I
will
not
take
my mercy
away
from
him,
as
I
took
it
from
him
that
was
before thee.
But
I
will settle
him
in
my
house,
and
in
my
kingdom
for
ever:
and
his
throne
shall
be most
firm
for
ever.
According
to
all
these
words,
and
according
to
all
this
vision,
so
did
Nathan
speak
to
David.
And
king
David
came
and
sat
before
the
Lord,
and
said:
Who
am
I,
O
Lord
God,
and
what
is
my
house,
that thou shouldst
give such things
to
me?
But
even
this hath
seemed little
in thy
sight,
and
therefore thou hast
also
spoken
concerning
the
house
of thy
servant
for
the time
to
come:
and
best
made
me remarkable
above all
men,
O
Lord
God.
What
can
David
add
more, seeing thou hast thus glorified thy
servant,
and
known
him?
O
Lord,
for thy
servant’s
sake, according
to thy own
heart, thou hast shewn
all
this magnificence,
and wouldst
have
all
the
great
things
to
be
known.
O
Lord
there
is
none
like thee:
and
there
is
no
other
God beside thee,
of
all
whom
we
have
heard
of
with
our
ears.
For
what
other
nation
is
there
upon
earth
like thy
people
Israel,
whom
God
went
to
deliver,
and
make
a
people
for
himself,
and
by
his
greatness
and terrors cast
out
nations
before
their
face
whom
he
had
delivered
out
of
Egypt?
And thou hast
made thy
people
Israel
to
be thy
own
people
for
ever,
and thou,
O
Lord, art
become
their
God.
Now
therefore,
O
Lord,
let
the
word
which thou hast
spoken
to thy
servant,
and
concerning
his
house,
be
established
for
ever,
and
do
as thou hast
said.
And let thy
name
remain
and
be
magnified
for
ever:
and let
it
be
said:
The
Lord
of
hosts
is
God
of
Israel,
and
the
house
of
David
his
servant remaineth
before
him.
For thou,
O Lord
my
God, hast
revealed
to
the
ear
of thy
servant,
that thou wilt
build
him
a
house:
and
therefore thy
servant hath
found confidence
to
pray
before thee.
And
now
O
Lord, thou art
God:
and thou hast
promised
to thy
servant
such
great benefits.
And thou hast begun
to
bless
the
house
of thy
servant,
that
it
may
be
always
before thee:
for
seeing thou blessest
it,
O
Lord,
it
shall
be
blessed
for
ever.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
David
defeated
the
Philistines,
and
humbled
them,
and
took
away Geth,
and
her
daughters
out
of
the
hands
of
the
Philistines,
And
he
defeated
Moab,
and
the
Moabites
were
made
David’s
servants,
and
brought
him
gifts.
At
that time
David
defeated
also Adarezer
king
of Soba
of
the land
of Hemath,
when
he went
to extend
his dominions
as far
as
the
river
Euphrates.
And
David
took
from
him
a
thousand
chariots,
and
seven
thousand
horsemen,
and
twenty
thousand
footmen,
and
he houghed
all
the
chariot
horses,
only
a
hundred
chariots, which
he
reserved
for
himself.
And
the Syrians
of
Damascus
came
also
to
help Adarezer
king
of Soba:
and
David
slew
of
them likewise
two
and
twenty
thousand
men.
And
he
put
a garrison
in
Damascus,
that
Syria
also
should
serve
him,
and
bring
gifts.
And
the
Lord
assisted
him
in
all
things
to
which
he
went.
And
David
took
the
golden
quivers
which
the
servants
of Adarezer
had,
and
he
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
Likewise
out
of Thebath
and Chun,
cities
of Adarezer,
he
brought
very
much
brass,
of which
Solomon
made
the brazen
sea,
and
the
pillars,
and
the
vessels
of
brass.
Now
when Thou
king
of Hemath
heard
that
David
had
defeated
all
the
army
of Adarezer
king
of Soba,
He
sent Adoram
his
son
to
king
David,
to desire
peace
of
him,
and
to congratulate
him
that
he
had
defeated
and
overthrown Adarezer:
for Thou
was
an enemy
to Adarezer.
And
all
the vessels
of
gold,
and
silver,
and brass
king
David
consecrated
to
the
Lord,
with
the
silver
and
gold
which
he
had
taken
from
all
the
nations,
as
well
from
Edom,
and
from
Moab,
and
from
the
sons
of
Ammon,
as
from
the
Philistines,
and
from Amalec.
And Abisai
the
son
of Sarvia
slew
of
the
Edomites
in
the vale
of
the saltpits,
eighteen
thousand:
And
he
put
a
garrison
in
Edom,
that
Edom
should
serve
David:
and
the
Lord preserved
David
in
all
things
to
which
he
went.
So
David
reigned
over
all
Israel,
and executed
judgment
and
justice
among
all
his
people.
And
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia
was
over
the
army,
and Josaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
recorder.
And Sadoc
the
son
of Achitob,
and Achimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar,
were
the
priests:
and Susa,
scribe.
And Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
was
over
the bands
of
the Cerethi,
and
the Phelethi:
and
the
sons
of
David
were
chief
about
the
king.
Now
it
came
to
pass
that Naas
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
died,
and
his
son
reigned
is
his
stead.
And
David
said:
I
will shew
kindness
to Hanon
the
son
of Naas:
for
his
father
did
a favour
to
me.
And
David
sent
messengers
to
comfort
him
upon
the death
of
his
father.
But
when
they
were
come
into
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
to
comfort Hanon,
The
princes
of
the
children
of
Ammon
said
to Hanon: Thou thinkest
perhaps
that
David
to
do honour
to thy
father hath
sent
comforters
to thee:
and thou dost
not
take
notice,
that
his
servants
are
come
to thee
to
consider,
and
search,
and
spy
out thy
land.
Wherefore Hanon
shaved
the heads
and beards
of
the
servants
of
David,
and
cut
away
their
garments
from
the buttocks
to
the feet,
and
sent
them
away.
And
when
they
were
gone,
they
sent
word
to
David,
who
sent
to
meet
them (for
they
had suffered
a
great affront)
and
ordered
them
to
stay
at
Jericho
till
their
beards grew
and
then
to
return.
And
when
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
they
had done
an injury
to
David, Hanon
and
the rest
of
the
people
sent
a
thousand
talents
of
silver,
to
hire
them
chariots
and
horsemen
out
of
Mesopotamia,
and
out
of
Syria Maacha,
and
out
of Soba.
And
they
hired
two
and
thirty
thousand
chariots,
and
the
king
of Maacha,
with
his
people.
And
they
came
and
camped
over
against Medaba.
And
the
children
of
Ammon
gathered
themselves
together
out
of
their
cities,
and
came
to
battle.
And
when
David
heard
of
it,
he
sent
Joab,
and
all
the
army
of
valiant
men:
And
the
children
of
Ammon
came
out
and
put
their
army
in
array before
the
gate
of
the
city:
and
the
kings,
that
were
come
to
their aid,
stood
apart
in
the
field.
Wherefore
Joab understanding
that
the
battle
was set
against
him
before
and
behind,
chose
out
the bravest
men
of
all
Israel,
and
marched
against
the Syrians,
And
the
rest
of
the
people
he
delivered
into
the
hand
of Abisai
his
brother,
and
they
went
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
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,
I
will
help thee.
Be
of
good
courage
and let
us
behave
ourselves manfully
for
our
people,
and
for
the
cities
of
our
God:
and
the
Lord
will
do
that
which
is
good
in
his
sight.
So
Joab
and
the
people
that
were
with
him,
went
against
the Syrians
to
the
battle:
and
he
put
them
to
flight.
And
the
children
of
Ammon
seeing
that
the Syrians
were
fled,
they
likewise
fled
from Abisai
his
brother,
and
went
into
the
city:
and
Joab
also
returned
to
Jerusalem.
But
the Syrians
seeing
that
they
had fallen
before
Israel,
sent
messengers,
and
brought
to
them
the Syrians
that
were
beyond
the
river:
and Sophach,
general
of
the
army
of Adarezer,
was
their
leader.
And
it
was
told
David,
and
he
gathered
together
all
Israel,
and
passed
the
Jordan,
and
came
upon
them,
and
put
his
army
in
array
against
them,
and
they
fought
with
him.
But
the
Syrian
fled
before
Israel:
and
David
slew
of
the Syrians
seven
thousand
chariots,
and
forty
thousand
footmen,
and Sophach
the
general
of
the
army.
And
when
the
servants
of Adarezer
saw themselves overcome
by
Israel,
they
went
over
to
David,
and
served
him:
and
Syria
would
not
help
the
children
of
Ammon
any
more.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
the course
of
a
year,
at
the
time
that
kings
go
out
to
battle,
Joab gathered together
an
army
and
the strength
of
the
troops,
and
wasted
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
and
went
and besieged Rabba.
But
David
stayed
at
Jerusalem,
when
Joab
smote Rabba,
and
destroyed
it.
And
David
took
the
crown
of Melchom
from
his
head,
and
found
in
it
a
talent
weight
of
gold,
and
most
precious
stones,
and
he
made himself
a
diadem
of
it:
he
took
also
the
spoils
of
the
city which
were
very
great.
And
the
people
that
were therein
he
brought
out:
and
made harrows,
and sleds,
and chariots
of
iron
to
go
over
them,
so
that
they
were
cut
and bruised
to pieces:
in
this
manner
David dealt
with
all
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Ammon:
and
he
returned
with alibis
people
to
Jerusalem.
After
this
there
arose
a
war
at Gazer
against
the
Philistines:
in which Sabachai
the Husathite
slew Saphai
of
the race
of Raphaim,
and
humbled
them.
Another
battle
also
was
fought
against
the
Philistines,
in
which Adeodatus
the
son
of Saltus
a Bethlehemite
slew
the
brother
of
Goliath
the Gethite,
the staff
of
whose
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam.
There
was
another
battle
also
in Geth,
in
which
there
was
a
man
of great stature,
whose
fingers
and
toes
were
four
and
twenty,
six
on
each hand
and foot:
who
also
was
born
of
the stock
of Rapha.
He reviled
Israel:
but
Jonathan
the
son
of Samaa
the
brother
of
David
slew
him. These
were
the
sons
of Rapha
in Geth,
who fell
by
the hand
of
David
and
his servants.
And
Satan
rose
up
against
Israel:
and
moved
David
to
number
Israel.
And
David
said
to
Joab,
and
to
the
rulers
of
the
people:
Go,
and
number
Israel
from Bersabee
even
to
Dan,
and
bring
me
the
number
of
them
that
I
may
know
it.
And
Joab
answered:
The
Lord
make
his
people
a
hundred
times
more
than
they
are:
but,
my
lord
the
king,
are
they
not
all thy
servants:
why doth
my
lord
seek
this
thing,
which
may
be imputed
as
a sin
to
Israel?
But
the
king’s
word rather
prevailed:
and
Joab
departed,
and
went
through
all
Israel:
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.
And
he
gave
David
the
number
of
them, whom
he
had surveyed:
and
all
the
number
of
Israel
was found
to
be eleven
hundred
thousand
men
that
drew
the
sword:
and
of Juda
four
hundred
and
seventy
thousand fighting
men.
But
Levi
and
Benjamin
he
did
not
number:
for
Joab unwillingly executed
the
king’s
orders.
And
God
was
displeased
with
this
thing
that
was commanded:
and
he
struck
Israel.
And
David
said
to
God:
I
have
sinned
exceedingly
in
doing
this:
I
beseech thee take
away
the
iniquity
of thy
servant,
for
I
have
done
foolishly.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
Gad
the
seer
of
David,
saying:
Go,
and
speak
to
David,
and
tell
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
give thee
the
choice
of
three
things:
choose
one which thou wilt,
and
I
will
do
it
to thee.
And
when
Gad
was
come
to
David,
he
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord: choose which thou wilt:
Either
three years’
famine:
or
three
months
to flee
from thy
enemies,
and
not
to
be able
to escape
their
sword:
or
three
days
to
have
the
sword
of
the
Lord,
and
pestilence
in
the
land,
and
the
angel
of
the
Lord
destroying
in
all
the coasts
of
Israel:
now
therefore
see
what
I
shall
answer
him
who
sent
me.
And
David
said
to
Gad:
I
am
on every
side
in
a
great strait:
but
it
is
better
for
me
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
Lord,
for
his
mercies
are
many,
than
into
the
hands
of
men.
So
the
Lord
sent
a
pestilence
upon
Israel.
And
there
fell
of
Israel
seventy
thousand
men.
And
he
sent
an
angel
to
Jerusalem,
to
strike
it:
and
as
he
was striking
it,
the
Lord beheld,
and
took
pity
for
the greatness
of
the
evil:
and
said
to
the
angel
that
destroyed:
It
is
enough,
now
stop thy
hand.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
stood
by
the thrashing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
And
David lifting
up
his
eyes,
saw
the
angel
of
the
Lord
standing
between
heaven
and
earth,
with
a
drawn
sword
in
his
hand,
turned
against
Jerusalem:
and
both
he
and
the ancients
clothed
in haircloth,
fell
down
flat
on
the
ground.
And
David
said
to
God:
Am
not
I
he
that
commanded
the
people
to
be
numbered?
It
is
I
that
have
sinned:
it
is
I
that
have
done
the
evil:
but
as
for
this
flock,
what hath
it deserved?
O
Lord
my
God,
let thy
hand
be
turned,
I
beseech thee,
upon
me,
and
upon
my
father’s
house:
and
let
not thy
people
be destroyed.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
commanded
Gad
to
tell
David,
to
go
up,
and
build
an
altar
to
the
Lord
God
in
the thrashingfloor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
And
David
went
up, according
to
the
word
of
Gad,
which
he
spoke
to
him
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
Now
when
Ornan
looked
up,
and
saw
the
angel,
he
and
his
four
sons
hid
themselves:
for
at
that time
he
was thrashing
wheat
in
the floor.
And
as
David
was
coming
to
Ornan,
Ornan
saw
him,
and
went
out
of
the thrashingfloor
to
meet
him,
and
bowed
down
to
him
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
And
David
said
to
him:
Give
me
this
place
of thy thrashingfloor,
that
I
may
build therein
an
altar
to
the
Lord:
but thou shalt
take
of
me
as
much
money
as
it
is worth,
that
the
plague
may cease
from
the
people.
And
Ornan
said
to
David:
Take
it,
and
let
my
lord
the
king
do
all
that pleaseth
him:
and moreover
the
oxen
also
I
give
for
a holocaust,
and
the drays
for
wood,
and
the
wheat
for
the
sacrifice:
I
will
give
it
all willingly.
And
king
David
said
to
him:
It
shall
not
be
so,
but
I
will
give thee
money
as
much
as
it
is worth:
for
I
must
not
take
it
from thee,
and
so
offer
to
the
Lord holocausts
free
cost.
So
David
gave
to
Ornan
for
the
place,
six
hundred sicles
of
gold
of just
weight.
And
he
built
there
an
altar
to
the
Lord:
and
he
offered holocausts,
and
peace
offerings,
and
he
called
upon
the
Lord,
and
he heard
him
by sending
Are
from
heaven
upon
the
altar
of
the holocaust.
And
the
Lord
commanded
the
angel:
and
he
put
up
his
sword
again
into
the
sheath.
And
David
seeing
that
the
Lord
had
heard
him
in
the thrashingfloor
of Oman
the
Jebusite, forthwith
offered victims
there.
But
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord,
which
Moses
made
in
the
desert,
and
the
altar
of holocausts,
was
at
that
time
in
the
high
place
of Gabaon.
And
David
could
not go
to
the altar
there
to pray
to
God:
for
he
was seized
with
an exceeding
great fear,
seeing
the
sword
of
the
angel
of
the
Lord.
Then
David
said:
This
is
the
house
of
God,
and
this
is
the
altar
for
the holocaust
of
Israel.
And
he
commanded
to
gather together all
the proselytes
of
the
land
of
Israel,
and
out
of
them
he
appointed
stonecutters
to
hew
stones
and polish
them,
to
build
the
house
of
God.
And
David
prepared
in
abundance
iron
for
the
nails
of
the
gates,
and
for
the closures
and joinings:
and
of
brass
an
immense
weight.
And
the
cedar
trees
were
without
number,
which
the
Sidonians,
and
Tyrians
brought
to
David.
And
David
said:
Solomon
my
son
is
very
young
and
tender,
and
the
house
which
I
would
have
to
be
built
to
the
Lord,
must
be
such
as
to
be
renowned
in
all
countries:
therefore
I
will
prepare
him necessaries.
And
therefore
before
his
death
he
prepared
all
the charges.
And
he
called
for
Solomon
his
son:
and
commanded
him
to
build
a
house
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
And
David
said
to
Solomon:
My
son,
it
was
my
desire
to
have
built
a
house
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
my
God.
But
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying: Thou hast
shed
much
blood,
and fought
many
battles,
so thou canst
not
build
a
house
to
my
name,
after
shedding
so
much
blood
before
me:
The
son,
that
shall
be
born
to thee,
shall
be
a most
quiet
man:
for
I
will
make
him
rest
from
all
his
enemies
round
about:
and
therefore
he
shall
be
called Peaceable:
and
I
will
give
peace
and quietness
to
Israel
all
his
days.
He
shall
build
a
house
to
my
name,
and
he
shall
be
a
son
to
me,
and
I
will
be
a
father
to
him:
and
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
his
kingdom
over
Israel
for
ever.
Now
then,
my
son,
the
Lord
be
with thee,
and do thou
prosper,
and
build
the
house
to
the
Lord thy
God,
as
he hath
spoken
of thee.
The
Lord
also
give thee
wisdom
and
understanding,
that thou mayest
be able
to rule
Israel,
and
to
keep
the
law
of
the
Lord thy
God.
For
then thou shalt
be able
to
prosper,
if thou
keep
the commandments,
and
judgments,
which
the
Lord
commanded
Moses
to teach
Israel:
take
courage
and
act manfully,
fear
not,
nor
be
dismayed.
Behold
I
in
my poverty
have
prepared
the charges
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
of
gold
a
hundred
thousand
talents,
and
of
silver
a
million
of
talents:
but
of
brass,
and
of
iron
there
is
no
weight,
for
the
abundance surpasseth
all
account:
timber
also
and
stones
I
have
prepared
for
all
the charges.
Thou hast
also
workmen
in
abundance,
hewers
of
stones,
and
masons,
and
carpenters,
and
of
all trades
the most
skillful
in
their
work,
In
gold,
and
in
silver,
and
in
brass,
and
in
iron, whereof
there
is
no
number.
Arise
then,
and
be
doing,
and
the
Lord
will
be
with thee.
David
also
charged
all
the
princes
of
Israel,
to
help
Solomon
his
son,
Saying:
You see,
that
the
Lord
your
God
is
with
you,
and hath
given
you
rest
round
about,
and hath
delivered
all
your enemies
into
your
hands,
and
the
land
is
subdued
before
the
Lord,
and
before
his
people.
Give
therefore
your
hearts
and
your
souls,
to
seek
the
Lord
your
God:
and
arise,
and
build
a
sanctuary
to
the
Lord
God,
that
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
and
the
vessels
consecrated
to
the
Lord,
may
be
brought
into
the
house,
which
is
built
to
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
David
being
old
and
full
of
days, made
Solomon
his
son
king
over
Israel.
And
he
gathered
together
all
the
princes
of
Israel,
and
the
priests
and
Levites.
And
the
Levites
were
numbered
from
the
age
of
thirty
years,
and
upwards:
and
there
were found
of
them thirty-eight
thousand
men.
Of
these
twenty-four
thousand
were chosen,
and distributed unto
the ministry
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
six
thousand
were
the overseers
and
judges.
Moreover
four
thousand
were porters:
and
as many singers singing
to
the
Lord
with
the
instruments,
which
he
had
made
to sing
with.
And
David distributed
them into courses
by
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Levi,
to wit,
of Gerson,
and
of Caath,
and
of
Merari.
The sons of Gerson were Leedan
and Semei.
The
sons
of Leedan:
the
chief Jahiel,
and Zethan,
and
Joel,
three.
The
sons
of Semei: Salomith,
and Hosiel,
and Aran,
three:
these
were
the
heads
of
the
families
of Leedan.
And
the
sons
of Semei
were Leheth,
and Ziza,
and Jaus,
and Baria:
these
were
the
sons
of Semei,
four.
And Leheth
was
the
first, Ziza
the
second:
but Jaus
and Baria
had
not
many
children,
and
therefore
they
were counted
in
one
family,
and
in
one
house.
The
sons
of Caath
were
Amram,
and Isaar,
Hebron,
and Oziel,
four.
The
sons
of
Amram,
Aaron,
and
Moses.
And
Aaron
was
separated
to
minister
in
the
holy
of
holies,
he
and
his
sons
for
ever,
and
to
burn
incense
before
the
Lord, according
to
his ceremonies,
and
to
bless
his
name
for
ever.
The
sons
also
of
Moses,
the
man
of
God,
were numbered
in
the
tribe
of
Levi.
The
sons
of
Moses
were Gersom
and
Eliezer:
The
sons
of Gersom: Subuel
the
first.
And
the
sons
of
Eliezer
were: Rohobia
the
first:
and
Eliezer
had
no
more
sons.
But
the
sons
of Rohobia
were
multiplied
exceedingly.
The
sons
of Isaar: Salomith
the
first.
The
sons
of
Hebron: Jeriau
the
first, Amarias
the
second,
Jahaziel
the
third, Jecmaam
the
fourth.
The
sons
of Oziel: Micha
the
first, Jesia
the
second.
The
sons
of
Merari: Moholi,
and Musi.
The
sons
of Moholi:
Eleazar
and Cia.
And
Eleazar
died,
and
had
no
sons
but
daughters:
and
the
sons
of Cis
their
brethren
took
them.
The
sons
of Musi: Moholi,
and
Eder,
and
Jerimoth,
three.
These
are
the
sons
of
Levi
in
their kindreds
and
families, princes
by
their courses,
and
the
number
of
every
head
that
did
the
works
of
the
ministry
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward.
For
David
said:
The
Lord
the
God
of
Israel hath
given
rest
to
his
people,
and
a habitation
in
Jerusalem
for
ever.
And
it
shall
not
be
the
office
of
the
Levites
to
carry
any
more
the
tabernacle,
and
all
the
vessels
for
the
service thereof.
So according
to
the
last precepts
of
David,
the
sons
of
Levi
are
to
be
numbered
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward.
And
they
are
to
be
under
the
hand
of
the
sons
of
Aaron
for
the
service
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
in
the porches,
and
in
the
chambers,
and
in
the
place
of
purification,
and
in
the
sanctuary,
and
in
all
the
works
of
the
ministry
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
the priests
have
the charge
of
the leaves
of proposition,
and
of
the
sacrifice
of
fine
flour,
and
of
the
unleavened
cakes,
and
of
the fryingpan,
and
of
the roasting,
and
of
every weight
and
measure.
And
the Levites
are
to
stand
in
the
morning
to
give
thanks,
and
to sing
praises
to
the
Lord:
and
in
like
manner
in
the
evening,
As well
in
the oblation
of
the holocausts
of
the
Lord,
as
in
the
sabbaths
and
in
the
new
moons,
and
the rest
of
the solemnities,
according
to
the
number
and ceremonies
prescribed
for
every
thing,
continually
before
the
Lord.
And let
them
keep
the observances
of
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
the ceremonies
of
the
sanctuary,
and
the
charge
of
the
sons
of
Aaron
their
brethren,
that
they
may minister
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
Now
these
were
the
divisions
of
the
sons
of
Aaron:
The
sons
of
Aaron:
Nadab,
and Abiu,
and
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
But
Nadab
and Abiu
died
before
their
father,
and
had
no
children:
so
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar
did
the office
of
the
priesthood.
And
David distributed
them,
that
is, Sadoc
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar,
and
Ahimelech
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
according
to
their courses
and
ministry.
And
there
were
found
many
more
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar
among
the principal
men,
than
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar.
And
he
divided
them
so,
that
there
were
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar,
sixteen
chief
men
by
their
families:
and
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar
eight
by
their
families
and
houses.
And
he
divided both
the
families
one
with
the
other
by
lot:
for
there
were
princes
of
the
sanctuary,
and
princes
of
God, both
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar,
and
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar.
And Semeias
the
son
of Nathanael
the
scribe
a
Levite,
wrote
them
down
before
the
king
and
the
princes,
and Sadoc
the
priest,
and
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar,
and
the
princes
also
of
the
priestly
and
Levitical
families:
one
house,
which
was
over
the rest,
of
Eleazar:
and
another
house,
which
had
the rest
under
it,
of
Ithamar.
Now
the
first
lot
came
forth
to
Joiarib,
the
second
to Jedei,
The
third
to
Harim,
the
fourth
to
Seorim,
The
fifth
to Melchia,
the
sixth
to Maiman,
The
seventh
to Accos,
the
eighth
to Abia,
The
ninth
to Jesua,
the
tenth
to Sechenia,
The
eleventh to Eliasib,
the twelfth to Jacim,
The thirteenth to Hoppha,
the fourteenth to Isbaab,
The fifteenth to Belga,
the sixteenth to Emmer,
The seventeenth to
Hezir,
the
eighteenth to Aphses,
The nineteenth
to Pheteia,
the
twentieth
to Hezechiel,
The
one
and
twentieth
to
Jachin,
the
two
and
twentieth
to
Gamul,
The
three
and
twentieth
to Dalaiau,
the
four
and
twentieth
to Maaziau.
These
are
their courses
according
to
their ministries,
to
come
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
according
to
their
manner
under
the
hand
of
Aaron
their
father:
as
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
had
commanded.
Now
of
the
rest
of
the
sons
of
Levi, there
was
of
the
sons
of
Amram, Subael:
and
of
the
sons
of Subael, Jehedeia.
Also
of
the
sons
of Rohobia
the
chief Jesias.
And
the
son
of Isaar Salemoth,
and
the
son
of Salemoth
Jahath:
And
his
son Jeriau
the first, Amarias
the
second,
Jahaziel
the
third, Jecmaan
the
fourth.
The
son
of Oziel, Micha:
the
son
of Micha, Samir.
The
brother
of Micha, Jesia:
and
the
son
of Jesia, Zacharias.
The
sons
of
Merari: Moholi
and Musi:
the
son
of Oziau: Benno.
The
son also
of
Merari: Oziau,
and Seam,
and Zacchur,
and Hebri.
And
the
son
of Moholi:
Eleazar,
who
had
no
sons.
And
the
son
of Cis, Jeramael.
The
sons
of Musi: Moholi,
Eder,
and
Jerimoth.
These
are
the
sons
of
Levi according
to
the
houses
of
their
families.
And
they
also
cast
lots
over
against
their
brethren
the
sons
of
Aaron
before
David
the
king,
and Sadoc,
and
Ahimelech,
and
the princes
of
the
priestly
and
Levitical
families,
both
the elder
and
the
younger.
The
lot divided
all equally.
Moreover
David
and
the
chief.
officers
of
the
army
separated
for
the
ministry
the
sons
of
Asaph,
and
of
Heman,
and
of Idithun:
to
prophesy
with
harps,
and
with psalteries,
and
with
cymbals
according
to
their
number
serving
in
their appointed
office.
Of
the
sons
of
Asaph: Zacchur,
and
Joseph,
and Nathania,
and Asarela,
sons
of
Asaph:
under
the
hand
of
Asaph
prophesying
near
the
king.
And
of Idithun:
the
sons
of Idithun, Godolias, Serf, Jeseias,
and Hasabias,
and Mathathias,
six,
under
the
hand
of
their
father Idithun,
who
prophesied
with
a
harp
to
give
thanks
and
to
praise
the
Lord.
Of
Heman also:
the
sons
of
Heman, Bocciau, Mathaniau, Oziel, Subuel,
and
Jerimoth, Hananias,
Hanani, Eliatha, Geddelthi,
and Romemthiezer,
and Jesbacassa, Mellothi, Othir,
Mahazioth:
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Heman
the
seer
of
the
king
in
the
words
of
God,
to
lift
up
the
horn:
and
God
gave
to
Heman
fourteen
sons
and
three
daughters.
All
these
under
their
father’s
hand
were distributed
to sing
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
with
cymbals,
and psalteries
and
harps,
for
the
service
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
near
the
king:
to wit,
Asaph,
and Idithun,
and
Heman.
And
the
number
of
them
with
their
brethren,
that
taught
the
song
of
the
Lord,
all
the
teachers,
were
two
hundred
and
eighty-eight,
And they
cast
lots
by
their courses,
the
elder equally
with
the
younger,
the
learned
and
the unlearned
together.
And
the
first
lot
came
forth
to
Joseph,
who
was
of
Asaph.
The
second
to Godolias,
to
him
and
his
sons,
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
third
to Zachur,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
fourth
to Isari,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
fifth
to Nathania,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
sixth
to Bocciau,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
seventh
to Isreela,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
eighth
to Jesaia,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
ninth
to Mathanaias,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
tenth
to Semeias,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
eleventh
to Azareel,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The twelfth
to Hasabia,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The thirteenth
to Subael,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The fourteenth
to Mathathias,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The fifteenth
to
Jerimoth,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The sixteenth
to Hananias,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The seventeenth
to Jesbacassa,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
eighteenth
to
Hanani,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The nineteenth
to Mellothi,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
twentieth
to Eliatha,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
one
and
twentieth
to Othir,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
two
and
twentieth
to Geddelthi,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
three
and
twentieth
to
Mahazioth,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
The
four
and
twentieth
to Romemthiezer,
to
his
sons
and
his
brethren
twelve.
And
the
divisions
of
the porters:
of
the Corites Meselemia,
the
son
of Core,
of
the
sons
of
Asaph.
The
sons
of Meselemia: Zacharias
the
firstborn, Jadihel
the
second, Zabadias
the
third, Jathanael
the
fourth,
Elam
the
fifth,
Johanan
the
sixth,
Elioenai
the
seventh.
And
the
sons
of Obededom, Semeias
the
firstborn, Jozabad
the
second, Joaha
the
third, Sachar
the
fourth, Nathanael
the
fifth,
Ammiel
the
sixth,
Issachar
the
seventh, Phollathi
the
eighth:
for
the Lord
had
blessed
him.
And
to Semei
his
son
were
born
sons, herds
of
their
families:
for
they
were
men
of
great valour.
The
sons
then
of Semeias
were
Othni,
and Raphael,
and
Obed, Elizabad,
and
his
brethren most
valiant
men:
and Eliu,
and Samachias.
All
these
of
the
sons
of Obededom:
they,
and
their
sons,
and
their
brethren most
able
men
for
service, sixty-two
of Obededom.
And
the
sons
of Meselemia,
and their
brethren
strong
men,
were
eighteen.
And
of Hosa,
that
is,
of
the
sons
of
Merari: Semri
the
chief, (for
he
had
not
a
firstborn,
and
therefore
his
father
made
him
chief.)
Helcias
the
second, Tabelias
the
third, Zacharias
the
fourth:
all
these
the
sons,
and
the
brethren
of Hosa,
were
thirteen.
Among
these
were
the
divisions
of
the porters, so
that
the
chiefs
of
the wards,
as
well
as
their
brethren, always
ministered
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
they
cast
lots equally, both
little
and
great,
by
their
families
for
every
one
of
the
gates.
And
the
lot
of
the
east
fell
to Selemias. But
to
his
son Zacharias,
a very wise
and learned
man,
the
north gate
fell
by
lot.
And
to Obededom
and
his
sons
that towards
the
south:
in
which part
of
the
house
was
the council
of
the ancients.
To Sephim,
and Hosa towards
the
west,
by
the
gate which leadeth
to
the way
of
the
ascent: ward
against ward.
Now towards
the
east
were
six
Levites:
and towards
the
north
four
a
day:
and towards
the
south likewise
four
a
day:
and where
the council
was,
two
and
two.
In
the cells also
of
the porters toward
the
west
four
in
the way:
and
two at every cell.
These
are
the
divisions
of
the porters
of
the
sons
of Core,
and
of
Merari.
Now Achias
was
over
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
God,
and
the
holy vessels.
The
sons
of Ledan,
the
sons
of Gersonni:
of Ledan
were
heads
of
the
families,
of Ledan,
and Gersonni,
Jehieli.
The
sons
of
Jehieli: Zathan
and
Joel,
his
brethren
over
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
With the
Amramites, and Isaarites, and
Hebronites, and Ozielites.
And Subael
the
son
of Gersom,
the
son
of
Moses,
was
chief
over
the
treasures.
His
brethren also,
Eliezer,
whose
son Rohobia,
and
his
son Isaias,
and
his
son
Joram,
and
his
son Zechri,
and
his
son Selemith.
Which Selemith
and
his
brethren
were
over
the
treasures
of
the
holy
things,
which
king
David,
and
the
heads
of
families,
and
the
captains
over
thousands
and
over
hundreds,
and
the
captains
of
the
host
had
dedicated,
Out
of
the
wars,
and
the
spoils won
in
battles,
which
they
had
consecrated
to
the building
and furniture
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
all
these
things
that
Samuel
the seer
and
Saul
the
son
of Cis,
and
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
and
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia
had
sanctified:
and whosoever
had
sanctified
those
things,
they
were
under
the
hand
of Selemith
and
his
brethren.
But Chonenias
and
his
sons
were
over
the Isaarites,
for
the
business abroad
over
Israel
to teach
them
and
judge
them.
And
of
the
Hebronites Hasabias,
and
his
brethren
most
able
men,
a
thousand
seven
hundred
had
the
charge
over
Israel
beyond
the
Jordan westward,
in
all
the
works
of
the
Lord,
and
for
the
service
of
the
king.
And
the
chief
of
the
Hebronites
was Jeria according
to
their
families
and kindreds.
In
the
fortieth
year
of
the
reign
of
David
they
were numbered,
and
there
were
found most
valiant
men
in
Jazer Galaad,
And
his
brethren
of stronger
age,
two
thousand
seven
hundred
chiefs
of
families.
And
king
David
made
them
rulers
over
the Rubenites
and
the
Gadites,
and
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
for
all
the service
of
God,
and
the
king.
Now
the
children
of
Israel according
to
their
number,
the
heads
of
families,
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
and
officers,
that
served
the
king according
to
their
companies,
who
came
in
and
went
out
every
month
in
the
year,
under
every
chief
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
Over
the
first company
the
first
month Jesboam,
the
son
of
Zabdiel
was
chief,
and
under
him
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
Of
the
sons
of Phares,
the
chief
of
all
the
captains
in
the
host
in
the
first
month.
The company
of
the
second
month
was
under Dudia,
an
Ahohite,
and
after
him
was
another named Macelloth, who commanded
a
part
of
the army
of
four
and
twenty
thousand.
And
the
captain
of
the
third
company
for
the
third
month,
was Banaias
the
son
of
Joiada
the
priest:
and
in
his
division
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
This
is
that Banaias
the most
valiant
among
the
thirty,
and
above
the
thirty.
And Amizabad
his
son commanded
his company.
The
fourth,
for
the
fourth
month,
was
Asahel
the
brother
of
Joab,
and Zabadias
his
son
after
him:
and
in
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The
fifth
captain
for
the
fifth
month,
was Samaoth
a Jezerite:
and
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The
sixth,
for
the
sixth
month,
was Hira
the
son
of Acces
a Thecuite:
and
in
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The
seventh,
for
the
seventh
month,
was Helles
a Phallonite
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim:
and
in
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The
eighth,
for
the
eighth
month,
was Sobochai
a Husathite
of
the race
of Zarahi:
and
in
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The
ninth,
for
the
ninth
month,
was
Abiezer
an
Anathothite
of
the sons
of Jemini,
and
in
His company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The
tenth,
for
the
tenth
month,
was Marai, who
was
a
Netophathite
of
the race
of Zarai:
and
in
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The
eleventh,
for
the
eleventh
month,
was Banaias,
a Pharathonite
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim:
and
in
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
The twelfth,
for
the twelfth
month,
was Holdai
a
Netophathite,
of
the race
of Gothoniel:
and
in
his company
were
four
and
twenty
thousand.
Now
the chiefs
over
the
tribes
of
Israel
were these:
over
the Rubenites,
Eliezer
the
son
of Zechri
was
ruler:
over
the
Simeonites, Saphatias
the
son
of Maacha:
Over
the
Levites, Hasabias
the
son
of Camuel: over
the Aaronites, Sadoc:
Over Juda, Eliu
the
brother
of
David: over
Issachar, Amri
the
son
of
Michael:
Over
the Zabulonites, Jesmaias
the
son
of Adias: over
the Nephtalites,
Jerimoth
the
son
of Ozriel:
Over
the
sons
of
Ephraim, Osee
the:
son
of Ozaziu: over
the
half
tribe
of Manasses,
Joel
the
son
of Phadaia:
And over
the
half tribe
of Manasses:
in Galaad, Jaddo
the
son
of Zacharias:
and over
Benjamin, Jasiel
the
son
of
Abner.
And
over
Dan, Ezrihel
the
son
of
Jeroham:
these
were
the
princes
of
the
children
of
Israel.
But
David
would
not
number
them
from
twenty
years
old
and
under:
because
the
Lord
had
said
that
he
would
multiply
Israel
like
the
stars
of
heaven.
Joab
the
son
of Sarvia
began
to
number,
but
he
finished
not:
because
upon
this
there
fell
wrath
upon
Israel:
and
therefore
the
number
of
them
that
were
numbered,
was
not registered
in
the
chronicles
of
king
David.
And
over
the
king’s
treasures
was Azmoth
the
son
of
Adiel:
and
over
those
stores which
were
in
the
cities,
and
is
the
villages,
and
in
the castles,
was
Jonathan
the
son
of Ozias.
And
over
the tillage,
and
the husbandmen,
who
tilled
the
ground,
was
Ezri
the
son
of
Chelub:
And
over
the dressers
of
the
vineyards,
was Semeias
a Romathite:
and
over
the
wine
cellars, Zabdias
an Aphonite.
And
over
the oliveyards
and
the fig
groves,
which
were
in
the plains,
was Balanam
a
Gederite:
and
over
the
oil
cellars, Joas.
And
over
the
herds
that fed
in Saron,
was Setrai
a Saronite:
and
over
the.
oxen
in
the
valleys, Saphat
the
son
of Adli:
And
over
the
camels, Ubil
an Ishmahelite:
and
over
the asses, Jadias
a Meronathite:
And
over
the
sheep Jazia
an Agarene.
All
these
were
the
rulers
of
the substance
of
king
David.
And
Jonathan
David’s
uncle,
a counsellor,
a wise
and
learned
man:
he
and Jahiel
the
son
of Hachamoni
were
with
the
king’s
sons.
And Achitophel
was
the
king’s counsellor,
and Chusai
the Arachite,
the
king’s
friend.
And
after Achitophel
was
Joiada
the
son
of Banaias,
and
Abiathar.
And
the
general
of
the
king’s
army
was
Joab.
And
David
assembled
all
the
chief
men
of
Israel,
the
princes
of
the
tribes,
and
the
captains
of
the companies,
who waited
on
the
king:
and
the
captains
over
thousands,
and
over
hundreds,
and
them
who
had
the
charge
over
the
substance
and
possessions
of
the
king,
and
his
sons
with
the
officers
of
the
court,
and
the
men
of
power,
and
all
the bravest
of
the
army
at
Jerusalem.
And
the
king
rising
up,
and standing
said:
Hear
me,
my
brethren
and
my
people:
I
had
a
thought
to
have
built
a
house,
in
which
the
ark
of
the
Lord,
and
the footstool
of
our
God
might
rest:
and
I
prepared all
things
for
the
building.
And
God
said
to
me: Thou shalt
not
build
a
house
to
my
name:
because thou art
a
man
of
war,
and hast
shed
blood.
But
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
chose
me
of
all
the
house
of
my
father,
to
be
king
over
Israel
for
ever:
for
of Juda
he
chose
the
princes:
and
of
the
house
of Juda,
my
father’s
house:
and
among
the
sons
of
my
father,
it
pleased
him
to
choose
me
king
over
all
Israel.
And
among
my
sons (for
the
Lord hath
given
me
many
sons)
he hath
chosen
Solomon
my
son,
to
sit
upon
the
throne
of
the
kingdom
of
the
Lord
over
Israel.
And
he
said
to
me:
Solomon thy
son
shall
build
my
house,
and
my courts:
for
I
have
chosen
him
to
be
my
son,
and
I
will
be
a
father
to
him.
And
I
will
establish
his
kingdom
for
ever,
if
he continue
to
keep
my
commandments,
and
my
judgments,
as
at
this
day.
Now
then
before
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
in
the
hearing
of
our
God,
keep ye,
and
seek
all
the
commandments
of
the
Lord
our
God:
that
you
may
possess
the
good
land,
and
may
leave
it
to
your
children
after
you
for
ever.
And thou
my
son
Solomon,
know
the
God
of thy
father,
and
serve
him
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
a
willing
mind:
for
the
Lord searcheth
all
hearts,
and understandeth
all
the
thoughts
of
minds.
If thou
seek
him, thou shalt
find
him:
but
if thou
forsake
him,
he
will cast thee
off
for
ever.
Now
therefore
seeing
the
Lord hath
chosen thee
to
build
the
house
of
the
sanctuary,
take
courage,
and
do
it.
And
David
gave
to
Solomon
his
son
a description
of
the
porch,
and
of
the
temple,
and
of
the treasures,
and
of
the
upper floor,
and
of
the
inner
chambers,
and
of
the
house
for
the
mercy
seat,
As
also
of
all
the courts,
which
he
had
in
his thought,
and
of
the
chambers
round
about,
for
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
for
the
treasures
of
the
consecrated
things,
And
of
the
divisions
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
for
all
the
works
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
for
all
the
vessels
of
the
service
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
Gold
by
weight
for
every
vessel
for
the
ministry.
And
silver
by
weight according
to
the diversity
of
the
vessels
and uses.
He gave also
gold
for
the
golden candlesticks,
and their
lamps, according
to
the dimensions
of every candlestick,
and
the
lamps thereof.
In
like manner also he gave
silver
by
weight
for
the
silver candlesticks,
and
for their
lamps according
to
the diversity
of
the dimensions
of them.
He gave
also
gold
for
the
tables
of proposition, according
to
the diversity
of
the
tables:
in
like manner
also
silver
for other
tables
of
silver.
For fleshhooks also,
and
bowls,
and censers
of
fine
gold,
and
for little lions
of
gold, according
to the measure he gave
by
weight,
for every lion.
In
like manner also
for lions
of
silver he set aside
a different
weight
of
silver.
And
for
the
altar
of
incense,
he gave
the purest
gold:
and
to make
the
likeness
of
the
chariot
of
the cherubims
spreading
their wings,
and covering
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord.
All
these
things, said
he, came
to
me written
by
the
hand
of
the
Lord
that
I
might
understand
all
the
works
of
the
pattern.
And
David
said
to
Solomon
his
son:
Act
like
a
man,
and
take
courage,
and
do:
fear
not,
and
be
not
dismayed:
for
the
Lord
my
God
will
be
with thee,
and
will
not
leave thee,
nor
forsake thee,
till thou hast
finished
all
the
work
for
the
service
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
Behold
the courses
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
for
every
ministry
of
the
house
of
the Lord, stand
by thee,
and
are ready,
and
both
the
princes,
and
the
people know
how
to execute
all thy
commandments.
And
king
David
said
to
all
the
assembly:
Solomon
my
son,
whom
alone
God hath
chosen,
is
as
yet
young
and
tender:
and
the
work
is
great,
for
a house
is prepared
not
for
man,
but
for
God.
And
I
with
all
my
ability
have
prepared
the expenses
for
the
house
of
my
God.
Gold
for vessels
of
gold,
and
silver
for vessels
of
silver,
brass
for
things
of
brass,
iron
for
things
of
iron,
wood
for
things
of
wood:
and
onyx
stones,
and
stones
like
alabaster,
and
of divers colours,
and
all manner
of
precious
stones,
and marble
of Paros
in
great
abundance.
Now
over
and
above
the
things
which
I
have
offered
into
the
house
of
my
God
I
give
of
my own proper goods,
gold
and
silver
for
the
temple
of
my
God, beside
what
things
I
have
prepared
for
the
holy
house.
Three
thousand
talents
of
gold
of
the
gold
of
Ophir:
and
seven
thousand
talents
of
refined
silver,
to
overlay
the
walls
of
the
temple.
And
gold
for wheresoever
there
is need
of
gold:
and
silver
for wheresoever
there
is need
of
silver,
for
the
works
to
be
made
by
the
hands
of
the artificers:
now if
any
man
is
willing
to
offer, let
him
fill
his
hand
today,
and
offer
what
he pleaseth
to
the
Lord.
Then
the
heads
of
the
families,
and
the
princes
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
the
captains
of
thousands,
and
of
hundreds,
and
the
overseers
of
the
king’s possessions promised,
And
they
gave
for
the works
of
the
house
of
the Lord,
of
gold,
five
thousand
talents,
and
ten
thousand solids:
of
silver
ten
thousand
talents:
and
of
brass eighteen
thousand
talents:
and
of
iron
a
hundred
thousand
talents.
And all
they
that
had
stones,
gave
them
to
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
by
the
hand
of Jahiel
the Gersonite.
And
the
people
rejoiced,
when
they
promised
their
offerings
willingly:
because
they
offered
them
to
the
Lord
with
all
their
heart:
and
David
the
king
rejoiced
also
with
a
great
joy.
And
he
blessed
the
Lord
before
all
the multitude,
and
he
said:
Blessed art thou,
O
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
our
father
from
eternity
to
eternity.
Thine,
O
Lord,
is magnificence,
and
power,
and
glory,
and
victory:
and
to thee
is
praise:
for
all
that
is
in
heaven,
and
in
earth,
is thine: thine
is
the
kingdom,
O
Lord,
and thou art above
all princes.
Thine
are
riches,
and thine
is
glory, thou hast
dominion
over
all,
in thy
hand
is
power
and
might:
in thy
hand greatness,
and
the empire
of
all
things.
Now
therefore
our
God
we
give
thanks
to thee,
and
we
praise thy
glorious
name.
Who
am
I,
and
what
is
my
people,
that
we
should
be
able
to promise thee
all
these
things?
all
things
are thine:
and
we
have
given thee
what
we received
of thy
hand.
For
we
are
sojourners
before thee,
and
strangers,
as
were
all
our
fathers.
Our
days
upon
earth
are
as
a
shadow,
and
there
is
no stay.
O
Lord
our
God,
all
this store
that
we
have
prepared
to
build thee
a
house
for thy
holy
name,
is
from thy
hand,
and
all
things
are thine.
I
know
my
God
that thou provest
hearts,
and lovest simplicity, wherefore
I
also
in
the simplicity
of
my
heart,
have
joyfully
offered
all
these
things:
and
I
have
seen
with
great
joy thy
people,
which
are
here
present,
offer thee
their
offerings.
O
Lord
God
of
Abraham,
and
of
Isaac,
and
of
Israel
our
fathers,
keep
for
ever
this
will
of
their
heart,
and let
this
mind
remain
always
for
the
worship
of thee.
And
give
to
Solomon
my
son
a
perfect
heart,
that
he
may
keep thy
commandments, thy
testimonies,
and thy ceremonies,
and
do
all
things:
and
build
the house,
for
which
I
have
provided
the charges.
And
David
commanded
all
the
assembly:
Bless ye
the
Lord
our
God.
And
all
the
assembly
blessed
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers:
and
they
bowed
themselves
and worshipped
God,
and
then
the
king.
And
they
sacrificed victims
to
the
Lord:
and
they
offered holocausts
the
next
day,
a
thousand bullocks,
a
thousand
rams,
a
thousand
lambs,
with
their libations,
and
with
every
thing prescribed most
abundantly
for
all
Israel.
And
they
ate,
and
drank
before
the
Lord
that
day
with
great
joy.
And
they
anointed
the
second
time
Solomon
the
son
of
David.
And
they
anointed
him
to
the
Lord
to
be
prince,
and Sadoc
to
be
high
priest.
And
Solomon
sat
on
the
throne
of
the
Lord
as
king
instead
of
David
his
father,
and
he pleased
all:
and
all
Israel
obeyed
him.
And
all
the
princes,
and
men
of
power,
and
all
the
sons
of
king
David
gave
their
hand,
and
were subject
to
Solomon
the
king.
And
the
Lord
magnified
Solomon
over
all
Israel:
and
gave
him
the
glory
of
a
reign,
such
as
no
king
of
Israel
had
before
him.
So
David
the
son
of Isai
reigned
over
all
Israel.
And
the
days
that
he
reigned
over
Israel,
were
forty
years:
in
Hebron
he
reigned
seven
years,
and
in
Jerusalem
three
and
thirty
years.
And
he
died
in
a
good
age,
full
of
days,
and
riches,
and
glory.
And
Solomon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Now
the
acts
of
king
David
first
and
last
are
written
in
the book
of
Samuel
the
seer,
and
in
the book
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
in
the book
of
Gad
the
seer:
And
of
all
his
reign,
and
his valour,
and
of
the
times
that
passed
under
him,
either
in
Israel,
or
in
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
countries.
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The Second Book of Chronicles
And
Solomon
the
son
of
David
was
strengthened
in
his
kingdom,
and
the
Lord
his
God
was
with
him,
and
magnified
him
to
a
high degree.
And
Solomon
gave
orders
to
all
Israel,
to
the
captains
of
thousands,
and
of
hundreds,
and
to
the
rulers,
and
to
the
judges
of
all
Israel,
and
the
heads
of
the
families:
And
he
went
with
all
the multitude
to
the
high
place
of Gabaon,
where
was
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant
of
the
Lord,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
God
made,
in
the
wilderness.
For
David
had
brought
the
ark
of
God
from Cariathiarim
to
the
place, which
he
had
prepared
for
it,
and where
he
had
pitched
a
tabernacle
for
it,
that
is,
in
Jerusalem.
And
the
altar
of
brass,
which Beseleel
the
son
of
Uri
the
son
of
Hur
had
made,
was
there
before
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord:
and
Solomon
and
all
the
assembly
sought
it:
And
Solomon
went
up thither
to
the brazen
altar,
before
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant
of
the
Lord,
and
offered
up
on
it
a
thousand victims.
And
behold
that
night
God
appeared
to
him,
saying:
Ask
what thou wilt
that
I
should
give thee.
And
Solomon
said
to
God: Thou hast shewn
great
kindness
to
my
father
David:
and hast
made
me
king
in
his
stead.
Now
therefore,
O
Lord
God,
let thy
word
be
fulfilled,
which thou hast
promised
to
David
my
father:
for thou hast made
me
king
over thy
great
people,
which
is
as innumerable
as
the
dust
of
the
earth.
Give
me
wisdom
and
knowledge
that
I
may
come
in
and
go
out
before thy
people:
for
who
can worthily
judge
this thy
people,
which
is
so
great?
And
God
said
to
Solomon:
Because
this choice hath pleased thy
heart,
and thou hast
not
asked
riches,
and
wealth,
and
glory,
nor
the
lives
of
them
that
hate thee,
nor
many
days
of
life:
but hast
asked
wisdom
and
knowledge,
to
be able
to
judge
my
people,
over
which
I
have
made thee
king,
Wisdom
and
knowledge
are
granted
to thee:
and
I
will
give thee
riches,
and
wealth,
and
glory,
so
that
none
of
the
kings
before thee,
nor
after thee,
shall
be
like thee.
Then
Solomon
came
from
the
high
place
of Gabaon
to
Jerusalem
before
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant,
and
reigned
over
Israel.
And
he
gathered
to himself
chariots
and
horsemen,
and
he
had
a
thousand
four
hundred
chariots,
and
twelve
thousand
horsemen:
and
he
placed
them
in
the
cities
of
the
chariots,
and
with
the
king
in
Jerusalem.
And
the
king
made
silver
and
gold
to
be
in
Jerusalem
as
stones,
and
cedar
trees
as
sycamores,
which grow
in
the plains
in
great
multitude.
And
there
were
horses
brought
him
from
Egypt,
and
from Coa
by
the
king’s
merchants,
who went,
and bought
at
a
price,
A
chariot
of four
horses
for
six
hundred pieces
of
silver,
and
a
horse
for
a
hundred
and
fifty:
in
like
manner market
was
made
in
all
the kingdoms
of
the Hethites,
and
of
the
kings
of
Syria.
And
Solomon determined
to build
a house
to
the name
of
the Lord,
and
a palace
for
himself.
And
he numbered
out seventy thousand
men
to bear burdens,
and eighty thousand
to hew stones
in
the mountains,
and three thousand six hundred
to oversee
them.
He sent
also
to Hiram
king
of Tyre, saying:
As thou didst
with David
my father,
and didst send
him cedars,
to
build
him
a
house,
in
which
he dwelt:
So
do
with
me
that
I
may
build
a
house
to
the name
of
the Lord
my
God,
to dedicate
it
to burn incense
before
him,
and
to perfume
with aromatical spices,
and
for
the continual setting forth
of bread,
and
for
the holocausts, morning
and evening,
and
on
the sabbaths,
and
on
the new moons,
and
the solemnities
of
the Lord
our
God
for ever,
which
are commanded
for Israel.
For
the
house
which
I desire
to
build,
is great:
for
our
God
is great
above all gods.
Who
then
can
be able
to build
him
a worthy house?
if heaven,
and
the heavens
of heavens cannot contain
him:
who am
I
that
I
should
be able
to build
him
a house?
but
to
this end only,
that incense
may
be burnt
before
him.
Send
me
therefore
a
skillful man,
that knoweth
how
to work
in gold,
and
in silver,
in brass,
and
in iron,
in purple,
in scarlet
and
in blue,
and
that hath skill
in engraving,
with
the artificers,
which
I
have
with
me
in Judea
and Jerusalem,
whom
David
my father
provided.
Send
me
also cedars,
and fir
trees,
and pine
trees
from Libanus:
for
I know
that thy servants
are skillful
in cutting
timber
in Libanus,
and
my servants
shall
be
with thy servants,
To
provide
me
timber
in abundance.
For
the house
which
I desire
to build,
is
to
be exceeding great,
and glorious.
And
I
will
give thy servants
the workmen
that
are
to cut
down
the trees,
for
their food twenty thousand cores
of wheat,
and
as many cores
of barley,
and twenty thousand measures
of wine,
and twenty thousand measures
of oil.
And Hiram
king
of Tyre
sent
a letter
to Solomon,
saying:
Because
the
Lord hath loved
his
people,
therefore
he hath
made thee
king
over
them.
And
he added, saying: Blessed
be
the Lord
the
God
of Israel,
who
made heaven
and earth,
who hath given
to king
David
a
wise
and
knowing
son, endued
with
understanding
and prudence,
to build
a house
to
the Lord,
and
a palace
for
himself.
I
therefore
have
sent thee
my
father Hiram,
a
wise
and
most
skillful
man,
The son
of
a woman
of
the daughters
of Dan,
whose father
was
a Tyrian,
who knoweth
how
to work
in gold,
and
in silver,
in brass,
and
in iron,
and
in marble,
and
in timber,
in purple
also,
and violet,
and silk
and scarlet:
and
who knoweth
to grave all sort
of graving,
and
to devise ingeniously all
that
there
may
be need
of
in
the work
with thy artificers,
and
with
the artificers
of
my
lord
David thy father.
The wheat
therefore,
and
the barley
and
the oil,
and
the wine,
which thou,
my lord, hast promised,
send
to thy servants.
And
we
will cut down
as many trees
out
of Libanus,
as thou shalt want,
and
will convey
them
in floats
by sea
to Joppe:
and
it
will
be thy part
to bring
them thence
to Jerusalem.
And Solomon
numbered
all
the proselytes
in
the land
of
Israel,
after
the numbering
which David
his father
had
made,
and
they
were found
a
hundred
and fifty-three
thousand
and
six
hundred.
And he set seventy thousand of them to carry burdens on their shoulders, and eighty thousand to hew stones in the mountains: and three thousand and six hundred to be overseers of the work of the people.
And
Solomon
began
to
build
the
house
of
the
Lord
in
Jerusalem,
in
mount Moria,
which
had
been shewn
to
David
his
father,
in
the
place
which
David
had
prepared
in
the thrashingfloor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
And
he
began
to
build
in
the
second
month,
in
the
fourth
year
of
his
reign.
Now
these
are
the
foundations,
which
Solomon
laid,
to
build
the
house
of
God,
the
length
by
the
first
measure
sixty
cubits,
the
breadth
twenty
cubits.
And
the
porch
in
the
front,
which
was extended
in
length
according
to
the
measure
of
the
breadth
of
the
house,
twenty
cubits:
and
the
height
was
a
hundred
and
twenty
cubits:
and
he
overlaid
it
within
with
pure
gold.
And
the
greater
house
he ceiled
with deal boards,
and
overlaid
them
with plates
of fine
gold
throughout:
and
he graved
in
them
palm
trees,
and
like little
chains interlaced
with
one another.
He paved
also
the floor
of
the
temple
with most
precious marble,
of great
beauty.
And
the
gold
of
the plates
with
which
he
overlaid
the
house,
and
the
beams thereof,
and
the posts,
and
the
walls,
and
the
doors
was
of
the finest:
and
he graved cherubims
on
the
walls.
He
made
also
the
house
of
the
holy
of
holies:
the
length
of
it
according
to
the
breadth
of
the
temple,
twenty
cubits,
and
the
breadth
of
it
in
like manner
twenty
cubits:
and
he
overlaid
it
with plates
of
gold, amounting
to
about
six
hundred
talents.
He made also
nails
of
gold,
and
the
weight
of every nail
was
fifty sicles:
the
upper
chambers also he
overlaid
with
gold.
He
made
also
in
the
house
of
the
holy
of
holies
two cherubims
of image
work:
and
he
overlaid
them
with
gold.
The
wings
of
the cherubims
were extended
twenty
cubits,
so
that
one
wing
was
five
cubits
long,
and
reached
to
the
wall
of
the
house:
and
the
other
was also
five
cubits
long,
and
reached
to
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub.
In
like manner
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub,
was
five
cubits long,
and
reached
to
the
wall:
and
his
other
wing
was
five
cubits long,
and
touched
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub.
So
the
wings
of
the
two cherubims
were
spread forth,
and
were
extended
twenty
cubits:
and
they
stood
upright
on
their
feet,
and
their
faces
were
turned
toward
the
house without.
He
made
also
a
veil
of
violet,
purple, scarlet,
and silk:
and wrought
in
it cherubims.
He
made
also
before
the doors
of
the
temple
two
pillars,
which
were
five
and
thirty
cubits
high:
and
their chapiters
were
five
cubits.
He
made
also
as
it
were little
chains
in
the oracle,
and
he
put
them
on
the
heads
of
the
pillars:
and
a
hundred
pomegranates, which
he
put
between
the little
chains.
These
pillars
he put
at
the entrance
of
the
temple,
one
on
the
right
hand,
and
the
other
on
the
left:
that which
was
on
the
right
hand,
he
called
Jachin:
and
that
on
the
left
hand, Boot.
He
made
also an
altar
of
brass
twenty
cubits
long,
and
twenty
cubits broad,
and
ten
cubits
high.
Also
a
molten
sea
of
ten
cubits
from
brim
to
brim,
round
in compass:
it
was
five
cubits
high,
and
a line
of
thirty
cubits compassed
it
round
about.
And
under
it
there
was
the
likeness
of
oxen,
and certain engravings
on
the
outside
of
ten
cubits compassed
the belly
of
the
sea,
as
it
were
with
two
rows.
And
the
oxen
were cast:
and
the
sea itself
was
set
upon
the
twelve
oxen,
three
of
which
looked
toward
the
north,
and
other
three
toward
the
west:
and
other
three
toward
the
south,
and
the
other
three
that
remained
toward
the
east,
and
the
sea
stood
upon
them:
and
the hinder
parts
of
the
oxen
were
inward
under
the
sea.
Now
the
thickness
of
it
was
a
handbreadth,
and
the
brim
of
it
was
like
the
brim
of
a
cup,
or
of
a crisped
lily:
and
it
held
three
thousand measures.
He
made
also
ten lavers:
and
he see
five
on
the
right
hand,
and
five
on
the
left,
to
wash
in
them all such
things
as
they
mere
to
offer
for holocausts:
but
the
sea
was
for
the
priests
to
wash
in.
And
he
made
ten
golden candlesticks,
according
to
the form which
they
were commanded
to
be
made
by:
and
he
set
them
in
the
temple,
five
on
the
right
hand,
and
five
on
the
left.
Moreover
also
ten
tables:
and
he
set
them
in
the
temple,
five
on
the
right
side,
and
five
on
the
left.
Also a
hundred
bowls
of
gold.
He
made
also
the
court
of
the
priests,
and
a
great hall,
and
doors
in
the hall, which
he covered
with
brass.
And
he
set
the
sea
on
the
right
side
over
against
the
east toward
the
south.
And
Hiram
made caldrons,
and fleshhooks,
and
bowls:
and
finished
all
the
king’s
work
in
the
house
of
God:
That
is
to say,
the
two
pillars,
and
the pommels,
and
the chapiters,
and
the
network,
to
cover
the chapiters
over
the pommels.
And
four
hundred
pomegranates,
and
two wreaths
of
network,
so
that
two
rows
of
pomegranates
were joined
to
each wreath,
to
cover
the pommels,
and
the chapiters
of
the
pillars.
He
made
also bases,
and lavers, which
he
set
upon
the bases:
One
sea,
and
twelve
oxen
under
the
sea;
And
the caldrons,
and fleshhooks,
and bowls.
All
the
vessels
did Hiram
his
father
make
for
Solomon
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
of
the finest
brass.
In
the
country near
the
Jordan did
the
king
cast them,
in
a clay
ground
between Sochot
and Saredatha.
And
the
multitude
of
vessels
was innumerable,
so
that
the
weight
of
the
brass
was
not
known.
And
Solomon
made
all
the
vessels
for
the
house
of
God,
and
the
golden
altar,
and
the
tables,
upon
which
were
the leaves
of proposition,
The candlesticks
also
of most
pure
gold
with
their
lamps
to give light
before
the oracle,
according
to
the
manner.
And certain
flowers,
and
lamps,
and
golden
tongs: all
were made
of
the finest
gold.
The vessels also
for
the perfumes,
and
the
censers,
and
the
bowls,
and
the mortars,
of
pure
gold.
And
he graved
the
doors
of
the
inner
temple,
that
is,
for
the
holy
of
holies:
and
the
doors
of
the
temple without
were
of
gold.
And thus all
the work
was finished
which Solomon made
in
the
house
of
the Lord.
Then
Solomon
brought
in
all
the
things
that
David
his
father
had
vowed,
the
silver,
and
the
gold,
and
all
the
vessels
he
put among
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
God.
And
after
this
he
gathered
together
the ancients
of
Israel,
and
all
the
princes
of
the
tribes,
and
the
heads
of
the
families,
of
the
children
of
Israel
to
Jerusalem,
to
bring
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
out
of
the
city
of
David,
which
is Sion.
And
all
the
men
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
in
the solemn
day
of
the
seventh
month.
And
when
all
the ancients
of
Israel
were
come,
the
Levites
took
up
the
ark,
And
brought
it
in, together
with
all
the
furniture
of
the
tabernacle.
And
the
priests
with
the
Levites
carried
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary,
which
were
in
the
tabernacle.
And
king
Solomon
and
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
and
all
that
were
gathered
together
before
the
ark,
sacrificed rams,
and
oxen
without
number:
so
great
was
the
multitude
of
the victims.
And
the
priests
brought
in
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
into
its
place,
that
is,
to
the oracle
of
the
temple,
into
the
holy
of
holies
under
the
wings
of
the cherubims:
So
that
the cherubims
spread
their
wings
over
the
place,
in which
the
ark
was set,
and
covered
the
ark
itself
and
its staves.
Now
the
ends
of
the staves wherewith
the
ark
was
carried,
because
they
were
some
thing
longer,
were
seen
before
the oracle:
but
if
a
man
were
a little
outward,
he
could
not
see
them.
So
the
ark
has
been
there unto
this
day.
And
there
was
nothing else
in
the
ark
but
the
two tables
which
Moses
put
there
at
Horeb
when
the
Lord
gave
the law
to
the
children
of
Israel,
at
their
coming
out
of
Egypt.
Now
when
the
priests
were
come
out
of
the
sanctuary, (for
all
the
priests
that could
be
found
there,
mere
sanctified:
and
as
yet
at
that
time
the courses
and orders
of
the ministries
were
not divided
among
them,)
Both
the
Levites
and
the
singing
men,
that
is,
both
they
that
were under
Asaph,
and
they
that
were under
Heman,
and
they
that
were under Idithun,
with
their
sons,
and
their
brethren,
clothed
with
fine
linen,
sounded
with
cymbals,
and psalteries,
and
harps,
standing
on
the
east
side
of
the
altar,
and
with
them
a
hundred
and
twenty
priests, sounding
with
trumpets.
So
when
they
all
sounded
together, both
with
trumpets,
and
voice,
and
cymbals,
and organs,
and
with divers
kind
of
musical
instruments,
and
lifted
up
their
voice
on
high:
the
sound
was
heard afar
off,
so
that
when
they
began
to
praise
the
Lord,
and
to
say:
Give glory
to
the
Lord
for
he
is
good,
for
his
mercy endureth
for
ever:
the
house
of
God
was
filled
with
a
cloud.
Nor
could
the
priests
stand
and
minister
by reason
of
the
cloud.
For
the
glory
of
the
Lord
had
filled
the
house
of
God.
Then
Solomon
said:
The
Lord
promised
that
he
would
dwell
in
a
cloud.
But
I
have
built
a
house
to
his name,
that
he might
dwell
there
for
ever.
And
the
king
turned
his
face,
and
blessed
all
the multitude
of
Israel (for
all
the multitude
stood attentive)
and
he said:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
who hath
accomplished
in deed
that
which
he
spoke
to
David
my
father,
saying:
From
the
day
that
I
brought
my
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
I
chose
no
city
among
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
for
a
house
to
be
built
in
it
to
my
name:
neither
chose
I
any
other
man,
to
be
the
ruler
of
my
people
Israel.
But
I
chose
Jerusalem,
that
my
name
might
be
there:
and
I
chose
David
to set
him
over
my
people
Israel.
And whereas
David
my
father
had
a
mind
to
build
a
house
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
The
Lord
said
to
him: Forasmuch
as
it
was thy
will
to
build
a
house
to
my
name, thou hast
done
well
indeed
in
having
such
a
will:
But thou shalt
not
build
the
house,
but thy
son,
who
shall
come
out
of thy
loins,
he
shall
build
a
house
to
my
name.
The
Lord
therefore hath
accomplished
his
word
which
he
spoke:
and
I
am
risen
up
in
the
place
of
David
my
father,
and
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel,
as
the
Lord
promised:
and
have
built
a
house
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
God
of
Israel.
And
I
have
put
in
it
the
ark,
wherein
is
the
covenant
of
the
Lord,
which
he
made
with
the
children
of
Israel.
And
he
stood
before
the
altar
of
the
I
Lord,
in
presence
of
all
the multitude
of
Israel,
and
stretched forth
his
hands.
For
Solomon
had
made
a brazen scaffold,
and
had
set
it
in
the
midst
of
the temple, which
was
five
cubits
long,
and
five
cubits
broad,
and
three
cubits
high:
and
he
stood
upon
it:
then kneeling
down
in
the
presence
of
all
the multitude
of
Israel,
and lifting
up
his
hands towards
heaven,
He
said:
O
Lord
God
of
Israel,
there
is
no
God
like thee
in
heaven
nor
in
earth:
who keepest
covenant
and
mercy
with thy
servants,
that
walk
before thee
with
all
their
hearts:
Who hast
performed
to thy
servant
David
my
father
all
that thou hast
promised
him:
and hast
accomplished
in fact,
what thou hast
spoken
with thy
mouth,
as
also
the
present
time proveth.
Now
then,
O
Lord
God
of
Israel, fulfill
to thy
servant
David
my
father, whatsoever thou hast
promised
him,
saying:
There
shall
not
fail thee
a
man
in
my
sight,
to
sit
upon
the
throne
of
Israel:
yet
so
that thy
children
take
heed
to
their
ways,
and
walk
in
my
law,
as thou hast
walked
before
me.
And
now,
Lord
God
of
Israel,
let thy
word
be
established
which thou hast
spoken
to thy
servant
David.
Is
it credible
then
that
God
should
dwell
with
men
on
the
earth?
If
heaven
and
the
heavens
of
heavens
do
not
contain thee,
how
much
less
this
house,
which
I
have
built?
But
to
this end only
it
is
made,
that thou mayest
regard
the
prayer
of thy
servant
and
his
supplication,
O
Lord
my
God:
and mayest
hear
the
prayers
which thy
servant poureth
out
before thee.
That thou mayest
open thy
eyes
upon
this
house
day
and
night,
upon
the
place
wherein thou hast
promised
that thy
name
should
be
called
upon,
And
that thou wouldst
hear
the prayer
which thy
servant prayeth
in
it: hearken
then
to
the prayers
of thy
servant,
and
of thy
people
Israel. Whosoever
shall
pray
in
this
place,
hear thou
from thy
dwelling
place,
that
is,
from
heaven,
and shew mercy.
If
any
man
sin
against
his neighbour,
and
come
to swear
against
him,
and bind
himself
with
a
curse
before
the
altar
in
this
house:
Then
hear thou
from
heaven,
and
do
justice
to thy
servants,
so
as
to
requite
the
wicked
by
making
his wickedness fall upon
his own
head,
and
to revenge
the
just, rewarding
him
according
to
his
justice.
If thy
people
Israel
be overcome
by
their
enemies, (for
they
will
sin
against thee,)
and
being
converted
shall
do penance,
and
call upon thy
name,
and
pray
to thee
in
this
place,
Then
hear thou
from
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of thy
people
Israel,
and
bring
them
back
into
the
land,
which thou gavest
to
them,
and
their
fathers.
If
the
heavens
be
shut
up,
and
there
fall
no
rain
by reason
of
the
sins
of
the
people,
and
they
shall
pray
to thee
in
this
place,
and
confess
to thy
name,
and
be
converted
from
their
sins,
when thou dost
afflict
them,
Then
hear thou
from
heaven,
O Lord,
and
forgive
the
sins
of thy
servants
and
of thy
people
Israel,
and
teach
them
the
good
way,
in
which
they
may
walk:
and
give
rain
to thy
land
which thou hast
given
to thy
people
to possess.
If
a
famine arise
in
the
land,
or
a
pestilence
or blasting,
or
mildew,
or
locusts,
or caterpillars:
or
if
their
enemies waste
the
country,
and besiege
the
cities,
whatsoever scourge
or infirmity
shall
be
upon
them:
Then
if
any
of thy
people
Israel,
knowing
his
own scourge
and infirmity
shall
pray,
and
shall
spread
forth
his
hands
in
this
house,
Hear thou
from
heaven,
from thy high
dwelling
place,
and
forgive,
and
render
to
every
one
according
to
his
ways,
which thou knowest
him
to
have
in
his
heart: (for thou
only knowest
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
men:)
That
they
may
fear thee,
and
walk
in thy
ways
all
the
days
that
they
live
upon
the
face
of
the
land,
which thou hast
given
to
our
fathers.
If
the
stranger
also,
who
is
not
of thy
people
Israel,
come
from
a
far
country,
for
the
sake
of thy
great
name,
and thy
strong
hand,
and thy
stretched
out
arm,
and adore
in
this
place:
Hear thou
from
heaven thy firm
dwelling
place,
and
do
all
that
which
that
stranger
shall
call
upon thee
for:
that
all
the
people
of
the
earth
may
know thy
name,
and
may
fear thee,
as thy
people
Israel,
and
may
know,
that thy
name
is invoked
upon
this
house,
which
I
have
built.
If thy
people
go
out
to
war
against
their
enemies,
by
the
way
that thou shalt
send
them,
and adore thee towards
the
way
of
this
city,
which thou hast
chosen,
and
the
house
which
I
have
built
to thy
name:
Then
hear thou
from
heaven
their
prayers,
and
their
supplications,
and revenge
them.
And
if
they
sin
against thee (for
there
is
no
man
that sinneth
not)
and thou
be
angry
with
them,
and
deliver
them
up
to
their
enemies,
and
they
lead
them
away
captive
to
a
land
either
afar
off,
or
near
at
hand,
And
if
they
be
converted
in
their
heart
in
the
land
to
which
they
were
led
captive,
and
do penance,
and pray
to thee
in
the
land
of
their
captivity,
saying:
We
have
sinned,
we
have
done
wickedly,
we
have dealt unjustly:
And
return
to thee
with
all
their
heart,
and
with
all
their
soul,
in
the
land
of
their
captivity,
to
which
they
were
led
away,
and adore thee towards
the
way
of
their
own
land
which thou gavest
their
fathers,
and
of
the
city,
which thou hast
chosen,
and
the
house
which
I
have
built
to thy
name:
Then
hear thou
from
heaven,
that
is,
from thy firm
dwelling
place,
their
prayers,
and
do
judgment,
and
forgive thy
people,
although
they
have
sinned:
For thou art
my
God:
let thy
eyes,
I
beseech thee,
be
open,
and
let thy
ears
be
attentive
to
the
prayer,
that
is
made
in
this
place.
Now
therefore
arise,
O
Lord
God, into thy resting place, thou
and
the
ark
of thy
strength:
let thy
priests,
O
Lord
God,
put
on
salvation,
and thy saints
rejoice
in
good things.
O
Lord
God,
turn
not
away
the
face
of thy
anointed:
remember
the mercies
of
David thy
servant.
And
when
Solomon
had
made
an
end
of
his prayer,
Are
came
down
from
heaven,
and
consumed
the holocausts
and
the victims:
and
the
majesty
of
the
Lord tilled
the
house.
Neither
could
the
priests
enter
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
because
the
majesty
of
the
Lord
had
filled
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
Moreover
all
the
children
of
Israel
saw
the
fire
coming
down,
and
the
glory
of
the
Lord
upon
the
house:
and falling
down
with
their
faces
to
the
ground,
upon
the stone
pavement,
they adored
and praised
the
Lord:
because
he
is
good,
because
his
mercy endureth
for
ever.
And
the
king
and
all
the
people
sacrificed victims
before
the
Lord.
And
king
Solomon
offered
a
sacrifice
of
twenty-two
thousand
oxen,
and
one
hundred
and
twenty
thousand rams:
and
the
king
and
all
the
people
dedicated
the
house
of
God.
And
the
priests
stood
in
their
offices:
and
the
Levites
with
the
instruments
of
music
of
the
Lord,
which
king
David
made
to
praise
the
Lord:
because
his
mercy endureth
for
ever,
singing
the
hymns
of
David
by
their ministry:
and
the
priests
sounded
with
trumpets
before
them,
and
all
Israel
stood.
Solomon
also
sanctified
the
middle
of
the
court
before
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
for
he offered
there
the holocausts,
and
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings:
because
the brazen
altar,
which
he
had
made,
could
not
hold
the holocausts
and
the
sacrifices
and
the
fat:
And
Solomon
kept
the solemnity
at
that
time
seven
days,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
a
very
great
congregation,
from
the
entrance
of Emath
to
the torrent
of
Egypt.
And
he
made
on
the
eighth
day
a
solemn
assembly,
because
he
had
kept
the
dedication
of
the
altar
seven
days,
and
had
celebrated
the solemnity
seven
days.
So
on
the
three
and
twentieth
day
of
the
seventh
month
he
sent
away
the
people
to
their dwellings,
joyful
and
glad
for
the
good
that
the
Lord
had
done
to
David,
and
to
Solomon,
and
to
all
Israel
his
people.
And
Solomon
finished
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
king’s
house,
and
all
that
he
had designed
in
his
heart
to
do,
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
his own
house,
and
he prospered.
And
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
by
night,
and
said:
I
have
heard thy
prayer,
and
I
have
chosen
this
place
to myself
for
a
house
of
sacrifice.
If
I
shut
up
heaven,
and
there
fall
no
rain,
or
if
I
give
orders,
and
command
the
locust
to
devour
the
land,
or
if
I
send
pestilence
among
my
people:
And
my
people,
upon
whom
my
name
is
called,
being
converted,
shall
make
supplication
to
me,
and
seek
out
my
face,
and
do penance
for
their
most
wicked
ways:
then
will
I
hear
from
heaven,
and
will
forgive
their
sins
and
will
heal
their
land.
My
eyes
also
shall
be
open,
and
my
ears
attentive
to
the
prayer
of
him
that
shall
pray
in
this
place.
For
I
have
chosen,
and
have
sanctified
this
place,
that
my
name
may
be
there
for
ever,
and
my
eyes
and
my
heart
may
remain
there
perpetually.
And
as
for thee,
if thou
walk
before
me,
as
David thy
father
walked,
and
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded thee,
and
keep
my justices
and
my
judgments:
I
will
raise
up
the
throne
of thy
kingdom,
as
I
promised
to
David thy
father,
saying:
There
shall
not
fail thee
a
man
of thy stock
to
be
ruler
in
Israel.
But
if
you
turn
away,
and
forsake
my justices,
and
my
commandments
which
I
have
set
before
you,
and
shall
go
and
serve strange
gods,
and adore
them,
I
will
pluck
you
up
by
the
root
out
of
my
land
which
I
have
given
you:
and
this
house
which
I
have
sanctified
to
my
name,
I
will
cast
away
from
before
my
face,
and
will
make
it
a
byword,
and
an example
among
all
nations.
And
this
house
shall
be
for
a proverb
to
all
that
pass
by,
and
they
shall
be
astonished
and
say:
Why hath
the
Lord
done
thus
to
this
land,
and
to
this
house?
And
they
shall
answer:
Because
they forsook
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers,
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
laid
hold
on strange
gods,
and adored
them,
and worshipped
them:
therefore
all
these evils
are
come
upon
them.
And
at
the
end
of
twenty
years
after
Solomon
had
built
the
house
of
the
Lord
and
his
own
house:
He
built
the
cities
which Hiram
had
given
to
Solomon,
and
caused
the
children
of
Israel
to
dwell
there.
He went
also
into Emath Suba,
and possessed
it.
And
he
built Palmira
in
the
desert,
and
he
built
other strong
cities
in Emath.
And
he
built
Beth-horon
the
upper,
and
Beth-horon
the nether,
walled
cities
with Rates
and
bars
and locks.
Balaath
also
and
all
the strong
cities
that
were
Solomon’s,
and
all
the
cities
of
the
chariots,
and
the
cities
of
the
horsemen.
All
that
Solomon
had
a mind,
and
designed,
he
built
in
Jerusalem
and
in Libanus,
and
in
all
the
land
of
his dominion.
All
the
people
that
were
left
of
the Hethites,
and
the Amorrhites,
and
the Pherezites,
and
the Hevites,
and
the
Jebusites,
that
were
not
of
the stock
of
Israel:
Of
their
children,
and
of
the posterity,
whom
the
children
of
Israel
had
not slain,
Solomon
made
to
be
the tributaries, unto
this
day.
But
of
the
children
of
Israel
he
set
none
to serve
in
the king’s
works:
for
they
were
men
of
war,
and
chief
captains,
and
rulers
of
his
chariots
and
horsemen.
And all
the
chief
captains
of
king
Solomon’s
army
were
two
hundred
and
fifty,
who taught
the
people.
And
he removed
the
daughter
of Pharao
from
the
city
of
David,
to
the
house
which
he
had
built
for
her.
For
the
king
said:
My
wife
shall
not
dwell
in
the
house
of
David
king
of
Israel,
for
it
is sanctified:
because
the
ark
of
the
Lord
came
into
it.
Then
Solomon
offered holocausts
to
the
Lord
upon
the
altar
of
the
Lord
which
he
had
built
before
the
porch,
That
every
day an
offering might
be
made
on
it according
to
the ordinance
of
Moses,
in
the
sabbaths,
and
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
festival
days
three
times
a
year,
that
is
to
say,
in
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread,
and
in
the
feast
of
weeks,
and
in
the
feast
of tabernacles.
And
he
appointed
according
to
the
order
of
David
his
father
the
offices
of
the
priests
in
their ministries:
and
the
Levites
in
their
order
to give
praise,
and
minister
before
the
priests
according
to
the
duty
of
every
day:
and
the porters
in
their
divisions
by
gate
and
gate:
for
so
David
the
man
of
God
had
commanded.
And
the
priests
and
Levites
departed
not
from
the
king’s
commandments,
as
to
any
thing
that
he
had
commanded,
and
as
to
the keeping
of
the
treasures.
Solomon
had
all charges
prepared,
from
the
day
that
he founded
the
house
of
the
Lord,
until
the
day wherein
he
finished
it.
Then
Solomon
went
to Asiongaber,
and
to Ailath,
on
the coast
of
the Red
Sea, which
is
in
the
land
of
Edom.
And Hiram
sent
him
ships
by
the
hands
of
his
servants,
and
skillful mariners,
and
they
went
with
Solomon’s
servants
to
Ophir,
and
they
took thence
four
hundred
and
fifty
talents
of
gold,
and
brought
it
to
king
Solomon.
And
when
the
queen
of Saba
heard
of
the
fame
of
Solomon,
she
came
to
try
him
with
hard
questions
at
Jerusalem,
with
great
riches,
and
camels,
which
carried
spices,
and
abundance
of
gold,
and
precious
stones.
And
when
she
was
come
to
Solomon,
she proposed
to
him
all
that
was
in
her
heart.
And
Solomon explained
to
her
all
that
she
proposed:
and
there
was
not
any
thing
that
he
did
not
make
clear unto
her.
And
when
she
had
seen
these
things,
to wit,
the
wisdom
of
Solomon,
and
the
house
which
he
had
built,
And
the meats
of
his
table,
and
the
dwelling
places
of
his
servants,
and
the
attendance
of
his
officers,
and
their apparel,
his cupbearers
also,
and
their
garments,
and
the victims
which
he
offered
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
there
was
no
more
spirit
in
her,
she
was
so astonished.
And
she
said
to
the
king:
The
word
is
true
which
I
heard
in
my
country
of thy virtues
and
wisdom.
I
did
not
believe
them
that
told
it,
until
I
came,
and
my
eyes
had
seen,
and
I
had proved
that scarce
one
half
of thy
wisdom
had
been
told
me: thou hast exceeded
the
same
with thy virtues.
Happy
are thy
men,
and
happy
are thy
servants,
who
stand
always
before thee,
and
hear thy
wisdom.
Blessed
be
the
Lord thy
God,
who hath
been
pleased
to
set thee
on
his
throne,
king
of
the
Lord thy
God.
Because
God loveth
Israel,
and
will preserve
them
for
ever:
therefore hath
he
made thee
king
over
them,
to
do
judgment
and
justice.
And
she
gave
to
the
king
a
hundred
and
twenty
talents
of
gold,
and
spices
in
great
abundance,
and
most
precious
stones:
there
were
no
such
spices
as
these
which
the
queen
of Saba
gave
to
king
Solomon.
And
the
servants
also
of
Hiram,
with
the
servants
of
Solomon,
brought
gold
from
Ophir,
and thyine
trees,
and most
precious
stones:
And
the
king
made
of
the thyine
trees stairs
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
king’s
house,
and
harps
and psalteries
for
the
singing
men:
never
were
there
seen
such
trees
in
the
land
of Juda.
And
king
Solomon
gave
to
the
queen
of Saba
all
that
she
desired,
and
that
she
asked,
and many more
things
than
she
brought
to
him:
so
she
returned,
and
went
to
her own
country
with
her
servants.
And
the
weight
of
the
gold,
that
was
brought
to
Solomon
every
year,
was
six
hundred
and sixty-six
talents
of
gold:
Beside
the sum which
the deputies
of divers
nations,
and
the
merchants
were accustomed
to
bring,
and
all
the
kings
of
Arabia,
and
the lords
of
the
lands,
who
I
brought
gold
and
silver
to
Solomon.
And
king
Solomon
made
two
hundred
golden spears,
of
the sum
of
six
hundred pieces
of
gold, which
went
to
every spear:
And
three
hundred
golden
shields
of
three
hundred pieces
of
gold,
which
went
to
the covering
of
every
shield:
and
the
king
put
them
in
the armoury,
which
was compassed
with
a wood.
The
king
also
made
a
great
throne
of
ivory,
and
overlaid
it
with
pure
gold.
And
six
steps
to go
up
to
the
throne,
and
a
footstool
of
gold,
and
two
arms
one
on
either
side,
and
two
lions
standing
by
the
arms:
Moreover
twelve
other little
lions
standing
upon
the
steps
on
both
sides:
there
was
not
such
a throne
in
any
kingdom.
And
all
the
vessels
of
the
king’s table
were
of
gold,
and
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
the
forest
of Libanus
were
of
the purest
gold.
For
no
account
was
made
of
silver
in
those
days.
For
the
king’s
ships
went
to Tharsis
with
the
servants
of Hiram,
once
in
three
years:
and
they
brought thence
gold
and
silver,
and
ivory,
and
apes,
and
peacocks.
And
Solomon
was
magnified above
all
the
kings
of
the
earth
for
riches
and glory.
And
all
the
kings
of
the
earth desired
to
see
the
face
of
Solomon,
that
they
might
hear
the
wisdom
which
God
had
given
in
his
heart.
And
every
year
they
brought
him
presents,
vessels
of
silver
and
of
gold,
and
garments,
and armour,
and
spices,
and
horses,
and
mules.
And
Solomon
had forty
thousand
horses
in
the stables,
and
twelve
thousand
chariots,
and
horsemen,
and
he
placed
them
in
the
cities
of
the
chariots,
and where
the
king
was
in
Jerusalem.
And
he exercised
authority
over
all
the
kings
from
the
river
Euphrates
to
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
to
the
borders
of
Egypt.
And
he
made
silver
as
plentiful
in
Jerusalem
as
stones:
and
cedars
as common
as
the
sycamores,
which grow
in
the plains.
And
horses
were
brought
to
him
out
of
Egypt,
and
out
of
all
countries.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Solomon
first
and
last
are
written
in
the
words
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
in
the boobs
of Ahias
the Silonite,
and
in
the vision
of Addo
the
seer,
against
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat.
And
Solomon
reigned
in
Jerusalem
over
all
Israel
forty
years.
And
he
slept
with
his
fathers:
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David:
and Roboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And Roboam
went
to Sichem:
for thither
all
Israel
were
assembled,
to
make
him
king.
And
when
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
who
was
in
Egypt, (for
he
was
fled thither
from
Solomon,)
heard
it, forthwith
he
returned.
And
they
sent
for
him,
and
he
came
with
all
Israel,
and
they
spoke
to Roboam,
saying:
Thy
father
oppressed
us
with
a most
grievous
yoke,
do thou govern
us
with
a
lighter
hand
than thy
father,
who
laid
upon
us
a
heavy
servitude,
and
ease some
thing
of
the
burden,
that
we
may
serve thee.
And
he
said
to
them:
Come
to
me
again
after
three
days.
And
when
the
people
were
gone,
He
took
counsel
with
the ancients,
who
had
stood
before
his
father
Solomon,
while
he yet
lived,
saying:
What
counsel
give
you
to
me,
that
I
may
answer
the
people?
And
they
said
to
him:
If thou
please
this
people,
and soothe
them
with
kind
words,
they
will
be thy
servants
for
ever.
But
he forsook
the
counsel
of
the ancients,
and began
to treat
with
the
young
men,
that
had
been
brought
up
with
him,
and
were
in
his train.
And
he
said
to
them:
What seemeth good
to
you?
or
what
shall
I
answer
this
people,
who
have
said
to
me:
Ease
the
yoke
which thy
father
laid
upon
us?
But
they
answered
as
young
men,
and
brought
up
with
him
in pleasures,
and
said:
Thus shalt thou
speak
to
the
people,
that
said
to thee: Thy
father
made
our
yoke
heavy, do thou
ease
it:
thus shalt thou
answer
them:
My
little
finger
is
thicker
than
the
loins
of
my
father.
My
father laid
upon
you
a
heavy
yoke,
and
I
will
add
more weight
to
it:
my
father beat
you
with scourges,
but
I
will beat
you
with
scorpions.
So
Jeroboam,
and
all
the
people
came
to Roboam
the
third
day,
as
he
commanded
them.
And
the
king
answered roughly,
leaving
the
counsel
of
the ancients.
And
he
spoke
according
to
the
advice
of
the
young
men:
My
father
laid
upon
you
a
heavy
yoke, which
I
will
make
heavier:
my
father beat
you
with scourges,
but
I
will beat
you
with
scorpions.
And
he condescended
not
to
the
people’s
requests:
for
it
was
the
will
of
God,
that
his
word
might
be
fulfilled
which
he
had
spoken
by
the
hand
of Ahias
the Silonite
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat.
And
all
the
people
upon
the
king’s
speaking roughly,
said
thus unto
him:
We
have
no part
in
David,
nor
inheritance
in
the
son
of Isai.
Return
to thy dwellings,
O
Israel,
and
do thou,
O
David, feed thy
own
house.
And
Israel
went
away
to
their dwellings.
But Roboam
reigned
over
the
children
of
Israel
that
dwelt
in
the
cities
of Juda.
And
king Roboam
sent Aduram,
who
was
over
the tributes,
and
the
children
of
Israel
stoned
him,
and
he
died:
and
king Roboam
made
haste
to gee
up
into
his
chariot,
and
fled
into
Jerusalem.
And
Israel
revolted
from
the
house
of
David unto
this
day.
And Roboam
came
to
Jerusalem,
and called
together
all
the
house
of Juda
and
of
Benjamin,
a
hundred
and fourscore
thousand chosen
men
and
warriors,
to
fight
against
Israel,
and
to
bring
back
his
kingdom
to
him.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Semeias
the
man
of
God,
saying:
Speak
to Roboam
the
son
of
Solomon
the
king
of Juda,
and
to
all
Israel,
in Juda
and
Benjamin:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
You
shall
not
go
up,
nor
fight
against
your
brethren:
let
every
man
return
to
his
own
house,
for
by
my
will
this
thing
has
been
done.
And
when
they
heard
the
word
of
the
Lord,
they
returned,
and
did
not
go
against
Jeroboam,
And Roboam
dwelt
in
Jerusalem,
and
built walled
cities
in Juda.
And
he
built
Bethlehem,
and
Etam,
and Thecue,
And Bethsur,
and Socho,
and Odollam,
And Geth,
and Maresa,
and
Ziph,
And Aduram,
and Lachis,
and Azecha,
Saraa
also,
and Aialon,
and
Hebron,
which
are
in Juda
and
Benjamin,
well fenced
cities.
And when
he
had enclosed
them
with walls,
he
put
in
them governors
and
storehouses
of provisions,
that
is,
of
oil
and
of
wine.
Moreover
in
every
city
he
made
an armoury
of
shields
and
spears,
and
he
fortified
them
with
great diligence,
and
he reigned
over Juda,
and
Benjamin,
And
the
priests
and
Levites,
that
were
in
all
Israel, came
to
him
out
of
all
their seats,
Leaving
their suburbs,
and
their
possessions,
and passing
over
to Juda,
and
Jerusalem,
because
Jeroboam
and
his
sons
had cast
them
off,
from executing
the priestly office
to
the
Lord.
And
he
made
to himself
priests
for
the
high
places,
and
for
the devils,
and
for
the
calves
which
he
had
made.
Moreover
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel, whosoever
gave
their
heart
to
seek
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
came
into
Jerusalem
to
sacrifice
their victims
before
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
And
they
strengthened
the
kingdom
of Juda,
and
established Roboam
the
son
of
Solomon
for
three
years:
for
they
walked
in
the
ways
of
David
and
of
Solomon, only
three
years.
And Roboam
took
to
wife
Mahalath,
the
daughter
of Jerimoth
the
son
of
David:
and
Abihail
the
daughter
of
Eliab
the
son
of Isai.
And
they
bore
him
sons Jehus,
and Somorias,
and Zoom.
And
after
her
he
married Maacha
the
daughter
of
Absalom,
who
bore
him Abia
and Ethai,
and
Ziza,
and Salomith.
And Roboam
loved Maacha
the
daughter
of
Absalom above
all
his
wives,
and
concubines:
for
he
had
married
eighteen
wives,
and threescore
concubines:
and
he
beget
eight
and
twenty
sons,
and threescore
daughters.
But
he put
at
the
head
of
them Abia
the
son
of Maacha
to
be
the
chief
ruler
over all
his
brethren:
for
he meant
to
make
him
king,
Because
he
was wiser
and mightier
than
all
his
sons,
and
in
all
the
countries
of Juda,
and
of
Benjamin,
and
in
all
the walled
cities:
and
he
gave
them
provisions
in
abundance,
and
he
sought
many
wives.
And
when
the
kingdom
of Roboam
was strengthened
and fortified,
he forsook
the
law
of
the
Lord,
and
all
Israel
with
him.
And
in
the
fifth
year
of
the reign
of Roboam, Sesac
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem (because
they
had sinned
against
the
Lord)
With twelve
hundred
chariots
and threescore
thousand
horsemen:
and
the
people
were
without
number
that
came
with
him
out
of
Egypt,
to wit,
Libyans,
and Troglodites,
and
Ethiopians.
And
he
took
the strongest
cities
in Juda,
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
And Semeias
the
prophet
came
to Roboam,
and
to
the
princes
of Juda,
that
were
gathered
together
in
Jerusalem, fleeing
from Sesac,
and
he
said
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
You
have
left
me,
and
I
have
left
you
in
the
hand
of Sesac.
And
the
princes
of
Israel,
and
the
king, being
in
a consternation,
said:
The
Lord
is
just.
And
when
the
Lord
saw
that
they
were
humbled,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Semeias,
saying:
Because
they
are
humbled,
I
will
not
destroy
them,
and
I
will
give
them
a
little help,
and
my
wrath
shall
not
fall
upon
Jerusalem
by
the
hand
of Sesac.
But
yet
they
shall
serve
him,
that
they
may
know
the difference between
my
service,
and
the
service
of
a
kingdom
of
the
earth.
So Sesac
king
of
Egypt departed
from
Jerusalem,
taking
away
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
of
the
king’s
house,
and
he
took
all
with
him,
and
the
golden
shields
that
Solomon
had
made,
Instead
of
which
the
king
made brazen ones,
and
delivered
them
to
the
captains
of
the shieldbearers,
who
guarded
the
entrance
of
the
palace.
And
when
the
king
entered
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
the shieldbearers
came
and
took
them,
and
brought
them
back
again
to
their armoury.
But
yet
because
they
were
humbled,
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
turned
away
from
them,
and
they
were
not utterly
destroyed:
for
even
in Juda
there
were
found
good works.
King Roboam
therefore
was
strengthened
in
Jerusalem,
and
reigned:
he
was
one
and
forty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
seventeen
years
in
Jerusalem,
the
city
which
the
Lord
chose
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to
establish
his
name
there:
and
the
name
of
his
mother
was Naama
an
Ammonitess.
But
he
did
evil,
and
did
not
prepare
his
heart
to
seek
the
Lord.
Now
the
acts
of Roboam
first
and
last
are
written
in
the books
of Semeias
the
prophet,
and
of Addo
the
seer,
and diligently
recorded:
and
there
was
war
between Roboam
and
Jeroboam
all
their
days.
And Roboam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
city
of
David.
And Abia
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
the
eighteenth
year
of
king
Jeroboam, Abia
reigned
over Juda.
Three
years
he
reigned
in
Jerusalem,
and
his
mother’s
name
was Michaia,
the
daughter
of
Uriel
of Gabaa:
and
there
was
war
between Abia
and
Jeroboam.
And
when Abia
had begun
battle,
and
had
with
him
four
hundred
thousand most
valiant
and chosen
men,
Jeroboam
put
his
army
in
array
against
him,
eight
hundred
thousand
men,
who
were
also chosen
and most
valiant
for
war.
And Abia
stood
upon
mount Semeron,
which
was
in
Ephraim,
and
said:
Hear
me,
O
Jeroboam,
and
all
Israel:
Do
you
not
know
that
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
gave
to
David
the
kingdom
over
Israel
for
ever,
to
him
and
to
his
sons
by
a
covenant
of
salt?
And
Jeroboam
the
son
of Nabat,
the
servant
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David,
rose
up:
and
rebelled
against
his
lord.
And
there
were
gathered
to
him vain
men,
and
children
of Belial:
and
they
prevailed
against Roboam
the
son
of
Solomon:
for Roboam
was unexperienced,
and
of
a fearful
heart,
and
could
not
resist
them.
And
now
you
say
that
you
are
able
to
withstand
the
kingdom
of
the
Lord,
which
he possesseth
by
the
sons
of
David,
and
you
have
a
great
multitude
of
people,
and
golden
calves,
which
Jeroboam hath
made
you
for
gods.
And
you
have
cast
out
the
priests
of
the
Lord,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites:
and
you
have
made
you
priests,
like
all
the
nations
of
the
earth: whosoever cometh
and consecrateth
his
hand
with
a bullock
of
the
herd,
and
with
seven
rams,
is
made
a
priest
of
those
who
are
no
gods.
But
the
Lord
is
our
God, whom
we
forsake
not,
and
the
priests
who
minister
to
the
Lord
are
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites
are
in
their order.
And
they
offer holocausts
to
the
Lord,
every
day,
morning
and
evening,
and
incense made
according
to
the ordinance
of
the law,
and
the
leaves
are set forth
on
a most
clean
table,
and
there
is
with
us
the
golden candlestick,
and
the
lamps thereof,
to
be lighted always
in
the
evening:
for
we
keep
the precepts
of
the
Lord
our
God, whom
you
have forsaken.
Therefore
God
is
the
leader
in
our army,
and
his
priests
who
sound
with
trumpets,
and resound
against
you:
O
children
of
Israel,
fight
not
against
the
Lord
the
God
of
your
fathers,
for
it
is
not good
for
you.
While
he spoke these
things,
Jeroboam
caused
an ambushment
to
come
about
behind
him.
And
while
he
stood
facing
the enemies,
he encompassed Juda.
who perceived
it
not,
with
his army.
And
when Juda
looked
back,
they
saw
the
battle
coming upon
them
both
before
and
behind,
and
they
cried
to
the
Lord:
and
the
priests began
to sound
with
the
trumpets.
And
all
the
men
of Juda
shouted:
and behold
when
they
shouted,
God terrified
Jeroboam,
and
all
Israel
that stood
against Abia
and Juda.
And
the
children
of
Israel
fled
before Juda,
and
the Lord
delivered
them
into
their
hand.
And Abia
and
his
people
slew
them
with
a
great
slaughter,
and there
fell
wounded
of
Israel
five
hundred
thousand valiant
men.
And
the
children
of
Israel
were brought
down,
at
that
time,
and
the
children
of Juda
were
exceedingly
strengthened,
because
they
had
trusted
in
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
And Abia
pursued
after
Jeroboam,
and
took
cities
from
him,
Bethel
and
her
daughters,
and Jesana
with
her
daughters,
Ephron
also
and
her
daughters.
And
Jeroboam
was
not able
to resist
any
more,
in
the
days
of Abia:
and
the
Lord
struck
him,
and
he
died.
But Abia,
being
strengthened
in
his kingdom,
took
fourteen
wives:
and
begot
two
and
twenty
sons,
and
sixteen
daughters.
And
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Abia,
and
of
his
ways
and works,
are
written diligently
in
the book
of Addo
the
prophet.
And Abia slept
with
his fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the city
of David:
and
Asa
his son reigned
in
his stead:
in
his days
the land
was quiet ten years.
And Asa did
that which was good
and pleasing
in
the sight
of
his God,
and
he destroyed
the
altars
of
foreign worship,
and
the
high
places.
And broke
the statues,
and cut down
the groves.
And
he commanded Juda
to seek
the Lord
the God
of
their fathers,
and
to
do
the law,
and
all
the commandments.
And
he took
away out
of all
the
cities
of Juda
the altars,
and temples,
and reigned
in
peace.
He
built
also strong
cities
in Juda,
for
he
was quiet,
and
there
had no wars risen
in
his
time,
the
Lord giving
peace.
And
he said
to Juda:
Let us build
these cities,
and compass
them
with walls,
and fortify
them
with
towers,
and gates,
and bars,
while
all
is quiet
from wars,
because
we
have sought
the Lord
the God
of
our fathers,
and
he hath given us peace round
about.
So
they built,
and
there
was
no hinderance
in building.
And Asa
had
in
his
army
of men
that bore shields
and spears
of Juda
three
hundred
thousand,
and
of Benjamin
that bore shields
and drew bows,
two
hundred
and eighty
thousand,
all these
were most
valiant men.
And Zara
the Ethiopian
came
out
against
them
with
his
army
of ten hundred thousand men,
and
with three hundred chariots:
and
he
came
as far
as Maresa.
And
Asa
went
out
to meet
him,
and
set
his
army
in array
for battle
in
the vale
of Sephata,
which
is
near Maresa:
And
he called upon
the
Lord
God,
and said:
O
Lord,
there
is no difference
with thee, whether thou help
with few,
or
with many: help
us,
O
Lord
our
God:
for
with confidence
in thee,
and
in thy name, we
are come
against
this multitude.
O
Lord thou art
our
God, let not man prevail
against thee.
And
the
Lord
terrified
the
Ethiopians
before
Asa
and Juda:
and
the
Ethiopians fled.
And Asa
and
the people
that
were
with
him pursued
them
to Gerara:
and
the Ethiopians
fell
even
to
utter destruction,
for
the
Lord
slew
them,
and
his army fought
against
them,
and
they
were
destroyed.
And
they
took abundance
of spoils,
And
they
took
all
the cities round
about Gerara:
for
a
great fear
was
come upon
all men:
and
they pillaged
the cities,
and
carried
off
much booty.
And they destroyed the sheepcotes, and took an infinite number of cattle, and of camels: and returned to Jerusalem.
And
the
spirit
of
God
came
upon Azarias
the
son
of
Oded,
And
he
went
out
to
meet
Asa,
and
said
to
him:
Hear ye
me,
Asa,
and
all Juda
and
Benjamin:
The
Lord
is
with
you,
because
you
have
been
with
him.
If
you
seek
him,
you
shall
find:
but
if
you
forsake
him,
he
will
forsake
you.
And
many
days
shall pass
in
Israel
without
the
true
God,
and
without
a
priest
a
teacher,
and
without
the
law.
And
when
in
their
distress
they
shall
return
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
and
shall
seek
him,
they
shall
find
him.
At
that
time
there
shall
be
no
peace
to
him
that goeth
out
and cometh
in,
but terrors
on
every
side
among
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth.
For
nation
shall fight
against
nation,
and
city
against
city,
for
the Lord
will
trouble
them
with
all
distress.
Do
you
therefore
take
courage,
and
let
not
your
hands
he weakened:
for
there
shall
be
a
reward
for
your
work.
And
when
Asa
had
heard
the
words,
and
the
prophecy
of Azarias
the son
of
Oded
the
prophet,
he
took
courage,
and
took
away
the
idols
out
of
all
the
land
of Juda,
and
out
of
Benjamin,
and
out
of
the
cities
of
mount
Ephraim,
which
he
had
taken,
and
he dedicated
the
altar
of
the
Lord,
which
was
before
the
porch
of
the
Lord.
And
he
gathered
together
all Juda
and
Benjamin,
and
the strangers
with
them
of
Ephraim,
and Manasses,
and
Simeon:
for
many
were
come
over
to
him
out
of
Israel,
seeing
that
the
Lord
his
God
was
with
him.
And when
they
were come
to
Jerusalem
in
the
third
month,
in
the fifteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Asa,
They
sacrificed
to
the
Lord
in
that
day
of
the
spoils,
and
of
the prey,
that
they
had
brought,
seven
hundred
oxen,
and
seven
thousand rams.
And
he
went
in
to confirm
as usual
the
covenant,
that
they
should
seek
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers
with
all
their
heart,
and
with
all
their
soul.
And
if
any
one, said
he,
seek
not
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
let
him
die,
whether
little
or
great,
man
or
woman.
And
they
swore
to
the
Lord
with
a
loud
voice
with
joyful
shouting,
and
with
sound
of
trumpet,
and
sound
of comets,
All
that
mere
in Juda
with
a
curse:
for
with
all
their
heart
they
swore,
and
with
all
their
will
they
sought
him,
and
they
found
him,
and
the
Lord
gave
them
rest
round
about.
Moreover Maacha
the
mother
of
king
Asa
he
deposed
from
the
royal authority,
because
she
had
made
in
a grove
an idol
of Priapus:
and
he entirely
destroyed
it,
and breaking
it
into pieces,
burnt
it
at
the torrent Cedron.
But
high
places
were
left
in
Israel: nevertheless
the
heart
of
Asa
was
perfect
all
his
days.
And
the
things
which
his
father
had
vowed,
and
he
himself
had
vowed,
he
brought
into
the
house
of
the Lord,
gold
and
silver,
and
vessels
of divers uses.
And
there
was
no
war unto
the
five
and
thirtieth
year
of
the
kingdom
of
Asa.
And
in
the
six
and
thirtieth
year
of
his
kingdom, Baasa
the
king
of
Israel
came
up
against Juda,
and
built
a wall
about Rama,
that
no
one
might safely
go
out
or
come
in
of
the
kingdom
of
Asa.
Then
Asa
brought
out
silver
and
gold
out
of
the
treasures
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
of
the
king’s
treasures,
and
sent
to Benadad
king
of
Syria,
who
dwelt
in
Damascus,
saying:
There
is
a
league
between
me
and thee,
as
there
was
between
my
father
and thy
father, wherefore
I
have
sent thee
silver
and
gold,
that thou mayst
break thy
league
with Baasa
king
of
Israel,
and make
him
depart
from
me.
And
then Benadad
heard
this,
he
sent
the
captains
of
his
armies
against
the
cities
of
Israel:
and
they
took Ahion,
and
Dan,
and Abelmaim,
and
all
the walled
cities
of Nephtali.
And
when Baasa
heard
of
it,
he
left
off
the
building
of Rama,
and interrupted
his
work.
Then
king
Asa
took
all Juda,
and
they
carried
away
from Rama
the
stones,
and
the
timber
that Baasa
had prepared
for
the
building:
and
he
built
with
them Gabaa,
and Maspha.
At
that
time
Hanani
the
prophet
came
to
Asa
king
of Juda,
and
said
to
him:
Because thou hast
had confidence
in
the
king
of
Syria,
and
not
in
the
Lord thy
God,
therefore hath
the
army
of
the
king
of
Syria
escaped
out
of thy
hand.
Were
not
the
Ethiopians,
and
the
Libyans
much
more
numerous
in
chariots,
and
horsemen,
and
an
exceeding
great
multitude:
yet
because thou trustedst
in
the
Lord,
he
delivered
them
into thy
hand?
For
the
eyes
of
the
Lord behold
all
the
earth,
and give
strength
to
those
who
with
a
perfect
heart trust
in
him. Wherefore thou hast
done
foolishly,
and
for
this cause
from
this
time
wars
shall arise
against thee.
And
Asa
was
angry
with
the seer,
and commanded
him
to
be
put
in
prison:
for
he
was greatly
enraged
because
of
this
thing:
and
he
put
to death many
of
the
people
at
that
time.
But
the
works
of
Asa
the
first
and
last
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of Juda
and
Israel.
And
Asa fell
sick
in
the
nine
and
thirtieth
year
of
his
reign,
of
a most violent pain
in
his
feet,
and
yet
in
his
illness
he
did
not
seek
the
Lord,
but
rather trusted
in
the skill
of
physicians.
And
he
slept
with
his
fathers:
and
he
died
in
the
one
and
fortieth
year
of
his
reign.
And
they
buried
him
in
his own sepulchre,
which
he
had
made
for himself
in
the
city
of
David:
and
they
laid
him
on
his
bed
full
of
spices
and odoriferous ointments,
which
were
made
by
the
art
of
the perfumers,
and
they
burnt
them
over
him
with
very
great pomp.
And Josaphat
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead,
and grew
strong
against
Israel.
And
he
placed numbers
of
soldiers
in
all
the
fortified
cities
of Juda.
And
he
put
garrisons
in
the
land
of Juda,
and
in
the
cities
of
Ephraim,
which
Asa
his
father
had
taken.
And
the
Lord
was
with Josaphat,
because
he
walked
in
the
first
ways
of
David
his
father:
and trusted
not
in Baalim,
But
in
the
God
of
his
father,
and
walk
in
his
commandments,
and
not according
to
the sins
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
established
the
kingdom
in
his
hand,
and
all Juda
brought
presents
to Josaphat:
and
he acquired
immense
riches,
and
much
glory.
And
when
his
heart
had
taken
courage
for
the
ways
of
the
Lord,
he
took
away
also
the
high
places
and
the groves
out
of Juda.
And
in
the
third
year
of
his
reign,
he
sent
of
his
princes Benhail,
and Abdias,
and Zacharias,
and Nathanael,
and Micheas,
to
teach
in
the
cities
of Juda:
And
with them
the
Levites, Semeias,
and Nathanias,
and Zabadias,
and Asael,
and Semiramoth,
and
Jonathan,
and Adonias,
and Tobias,
and Thobadonias
Levites,
and
with them Elisama,
and
Joram
priests.
And
they
taught
the
people
in Juda, having
with
them
the
book
of
the
law
of
the
Lord:
and
they
went
about
all
the
cities
of Juda,
and instructed
the
people.
And
the
fear
of
the
Lord
came
upon
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
lands
that
were
round
about Juda,
and
they durst
not make war
against Josaphat.
The
Philistines
also
brought
presents
to Josaphat,
and
tribute
in
silver,
and
the Arabians
brought
him cattle,
seven
thousand
seven
hundred
rams,
and
as many
he
goats.
And Josaphat
grew,
and
became exceeding great:
and
he
built
in Juda houses
like towers,
and walled
cities.
And
he prepared
many
works
in
the
cities
of Juda:
and
he
had
warriors,
and
valiant
men
in
Jerusalem.
Of
whom
this
is
the number
of
the
houses
and
families
of every
one:
in Juda
captains
of
the
army, Ednas
the
chief,
and
with
him
three
hundred
thousand most
valiant
men.
After
him
Johanan
the
captain,
and
with
him
two
hundred
and
eighty
thousand.
And
after
him
was Amasias
the
son
of Zechri, consecrated
to
the
Lord,
and
with
him
were
two
hundred
thousand
valiant
men.
After
him
was
Eliada
valiant
in battle,
and
with
him
two
hundred
thousand
armed
with
bow
and
shield.
After
him also
was Jozabad,
and
with
him
a
hundred
and
eighty
thousand ready
for
war.
All
these
were
at
the
hand
of
the
king, beside
others,
whom
he
had
put
in
the walled
cities,
in
all Juda.
Now Josaphat
was
rich
and very glorious,
and
was joined
by affinity
to Achab.
And
he
went
down
to
him
after
some
years
to
Samaria:
and Achab
at
his
coming killed
sheep
and
oxen
in
abundance
for
him
and
the
people
that
came
with
him:
and
he
persuaded
him
to
go
up
to
Ramoth Galaad.
And Achab
king
of
Israel
said
to Josaphat
king
of Juda: Come
with
me
to
Ramoth Galaad.
And
he
answered
him: Thou art
as
I am,
and
my
people
as thy
people,
and we
will
be
with thee
in
the
war.
And Josaphat
said
to
the
king
of
Israel:
Inquire,
I
beseech thee,
at
present
the
word
of
the
Lord.
So
the
king
of
Israel
gathered
together
of
the
prophets
four
hundred
men,
and
he
said
to
them:
Shall
we
go
to
Ramoth Galaad
to
fight,
or
shall
we forbear?
But
they
said:
Go
up,
and
God
will
deliver
it
into
the
king’s
hand.
And Josaphat
said:
Is
there
not
here
a
prophet
of
the
Lord,
that we
may
inquire
also
of
him?
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Josaphat:
There
is
one
man,
of
whom
we
may
ask
the
will
of
the
Lord:
but
I
hate
him,
for
he
never prophesieth
good
to
me,
but
always
evil:
and
it
is Micheas
the
son
of Jemla.
And Josaphat
said:
Speak
not
thus,
O
king.
And
the
king
of
Israel
called
one
of
the
eunuchs,
and
said
to
him:
Call
quickly Micheas
the
son
of Jemla.
Now
the
king
of
Israel,
and Josaphat
king
of Juda,
both
sat
on
their
thrones,
clothed
in
royal
robes,
and
they
sat
in
the
open
court
by
the
gate
of
Samaria,
and
all
the
prophets
prophesied
before
them.
And Sedecias
the
son
of Chanaana
made
him
horns
of
iron,
and
said:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
With
these shalt thou
push
Syria,
till thou
destroy
it.
And
all
the
prophets
prophesied
in
like
manner,
and
said:
Go
up
to
Ramoth Galaad,
and thou shalt
prosper,
and
the
Lord
will
deliver
them
into
the
king’s
hand.
And
the
messenger
that
went
to
call Micheas,
said
to
him:
Behold
the
words
of
all
the
prophets
with
one
mouth
declare
good
to
the
king:
I
beseech thee
therefore
let
not thy
word disagree
with
them,
and
speak thou
also
good
success.
And Micheas
answered
him:
As
the
Lord liveth, whatsoever
my
God
shall
say
to
me,
that
will
I
speak.
So
he
came
to
the
king:
and
the
king
said
to
him: Micheas,
shall
we
go
to
Ramoth Galaad
to
fight,
or forbear?
And
he
answered
him:
Go
up,
for
all
shall
succeed prosperously,
and
the enemies
shall
be
delivered
into
your
hands.
And
the
king
said:
I
adjure thee
again
and
again
to
say
nothing
but
the
truth
to
me,
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
Then
he
said:
I
saw
all
Israel
scattered
in
the
mountains,
like
sheep
without
a
shepherd:
and
the
Lord
said:
These
have
no
masters:
let
every
man
return
to
his
own
house
in
peace.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Josaphat:
Did
I
not
tell thee
that
this man
would
not
prophesy
me
any
good,
but
evil?
Then
he
said:
Hear ye
therefore
the
word
of
the
Lord:
I
saw
the
Lord
sitting
on
his
throne,
and
all
the
army
of
heaven
standing
by
him
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left.
And
the
Lord
said:
Who
shall deceive Achab
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
go
up
and
fall
in
Ramoth Galaad?
And
when
one
spoke
in
this
manner,
and
another otherwise:
There
came
forth
a
spirit,
and
stood
before
the
Lord,
and
said:
I
will deceive
him.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
By
what means wilt thou deceive
him?
And
he
answered:
I
will
go
out,
and
be
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all
his
prophets.
And
the Lord
said: Thou shalt deceive,
and shalt
prevail:
go
out,
and
do
so.
Now
therefore
behold
the
Lord hath
put
a
spirit
of
lying
in
the
mouth
of
all thy
prophets,
and
the
Lord hath
spoken
evil
against thee.
And Sedecias
the
son
of Chanaana
came,
and
struck Micheas
on
the
cheek
and
said:
Which
way
went
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
from
me,
to
speak
to thee?
And Micheas
said: Thou thyself shalt
see
in
that
day,
when thou shalt
go
in
from
chamber
to
chamber,
to
hide thyself.
And
the
king
of
Israel
commanded,
saying:
Take Micheas,
and
carry
him
to Amen
the
governor
of
the
city,
and
to Joas
the
son
of Amelech,
And
say:
Thus saith
the
king:
Put
this fellow
in
prison,
and
give
him
bread
and
water
in
a small quantity
till
I
return
in
peace.
And Micheas
said:
If thou
return
in
peace,
the
Lord hath
not
spoken
by
me.
And
he
said:
Hear,
all ye
people.
So
the
king
of
Israel
and Josaphat
king
of Juda
went
up
to
Ramoth Galaad.
And
the
king
of
Israel
said
to Josaphat:
I
will change
my
dress,
and
so
I
will
go
to
the
battle,
but
put thou
on thy own
garments.
And
the
king
of
Israel
having changed
his
dress,
went
to
the
battle.
Now
the
king
of
Syria
had
commanded
the
captains
of
his cavalry,
saying:
Fight ye
not
with
small,
or
great,
but
with
the
king
of
Israel
only.
So
when
the
captains
of
the cavalry
saw Josaphat,
they
said:
This
is
the
king
of
Israel.
And
they
surrounded
him
to
attack
him:
but
he
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
he
helped
him,
and
turned
them
away
from
him.
For
when
the
captains
of
the cavalry
saw,
that
he
was
not
the
king
of
Israel,
they
left
him.
And
it happened
that
one
of
the
people
shot
an arrow
at
a venture,
and
struck
the
king
of
Israel
between
the neck
and
the shoulders,
and
he
said
to
his
chariot
man:
Turn thy
hand,
and
carry
me
out
of
the battle,
for
I am
wounded.
And
the
fight
was ended
that
day:
but
the
king
of
Israel
stood
in
his
chariot
against
the Syrians
until
the
evening,
and
died
at
the
sunset.
And Josaphat
king
of Juda
returned
to
his
house
in
peace
to
Jerusalem.
And
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani
the
seer met
him,
and
said
to
him: Thou helpest
the
ungodly,
and thou art joined
in friendship
with
them
that
hate
the
Lord,
and
therefore thou didst deserve
indeed
the
wrath
of
the
Lord:
But
good works
are
found
in thee,
because thou hast
taken
away
the groves
out
of
the
land
of Juda,
and hast
prepared thy
heart
to
seek
the Lord
the
God
of thy fathers.
And Josaphat
dwelt
at
Jerusalem:
and
he
went
out
again
to
the
people
from Bersabee
to
mount
Ephraim,
and
brought
them
back
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
And
he
set
judges
of
the
land
in
all
the fenced
cities
of Juda,
in
every
place.
And charging
the
judges,
he
said:
Take
heed
what
you
do:
for
you exercise
not
the
judgment
of
man,
but
of
the
Lord:
and whatsoever
you
judge,
it
shall redound
to
you.
Let
the
fear
of
the
Lord
be
with
you,
and
do all
things
with diligence:
for
there
is
no
iniquity
with
the
Lord
our
God,
a
nor
respect
of persons,
nor desire
of
gifts.
In
Jerusalem
also Josaphat
appointed
Levites,
and
priests
and
chiefs
of
the
families
of
Israel,
to
judge
the
judgment
and
the
cause
of
the
Lord
for
the inhabitants thereof.
And
he
charged
them,
saying:
Thus
shall
you
do
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord
faithfully,
and
with
a
perfect
heart.
Every
cause
that
shall
come
to
you
of
your
brethren,
that
dwell
in
their
cities,
between kindred
and kindred, wheresoever
there
is question
concerning
the
law,
the
commandment,
the ceremonies,
the justifications: shew
it
them,
that
they
may
not sin
against
the
Lord,
and
that
wrath
may
not
come
upon
you
and
your
brethren:
and
so
doing
you
shall
not sin.
And Amarias
the
priest
your high
priest shell
be
chief
in
the
things
which
regard
God:
and Zabadias
the
son
of Ismahel,
who
is
ruler
in
the
house
of Juda,
shall
be
over
those
matters
which
belong
to
the
king’s office:
and
you
have
before
you
the
Levites
for
masters,
take
courage
and
do diligently,
and
the
Lord
will
be
with
you
in
good
things.
After
this
the
children
of
Moab,
and
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
with
them
of
the
Ammonites,
were gathered
together
to
fight
against Josaphat.
And
there
came
messengers,
and
told Josaphat,
saying:
There cometh
a
great
multitude
against thee
from
beyond
the
sea,
and
out
of
Syria,
and
behold
they
are
in Asasonthamar,
which
is Engaddi.
And Josaphat being seized
with
fear betook
himself
wholly
to
pray
to
the
Lord,
and
he
proclaimed
a
fast
for
all Juda.
And Juda
gathered
themselves
together
to pray
to
the
Lord:
and
all
came
out
of
their
cities
to make supplication
to
him.
And Josaphat
stood
in
the midst
of
the
assembly
of Juda,
and
Jerusalem,
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
before
the
new
court,
And
said:
O
Lord
God
of
our
fathers, thou art
God
in
heaven,
and rulest
over
all
the
kingdoms
and
nations,
in thy
hand
is
strength
and
power,
and
no
one
can resist thee.
Didst
not thou
our
God kill
all
the
inhabitants
of
this
land
before thy
people
Israel,
and gavest
it
to
the
seed
of
Abraham thy
friend
for
ever?
And
they
dwelt
in
it,
and
built
in
it
a
sanctuary
to thy
name,
saying:
If evils
fall
upon
us,
the
sword
of
judgment,
or
pestilence,
or
famine,
we
will
stand
in thy
presence
before
this
house,
in
which thy
name
is
called
upon:
and
we
will
cry
to thee
in
our afflictions,
and thou wilt
hear,
and
save
us.
Now
therefore
behold
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
of
Moab,
and
mount
Seir,
through
whose
lands thou didst
not
allow
Israel
to
pass,
when
they
came
out
of
Egypt,
but
they
turned
aside
from
them,
and slew
them
not,
Do
the
contrary,
and endeavour
to
cast
us
out
of
the
possession
which thou hast delivered
to
us.
O
our
God, wilt thou
not
then
judge
them?
as
for
us
we
have
not
strength
enough,
to
be able
to resist
this
multitude,
which cometh violently
upon
us.
But
as
we
know
not
what
to
do,
we
can only turn
our
eyes
to thee.
And
all Juda
stood
before
the
Lord
with
their
little
ones,
and
their
wives,
and
their
children.
And
Jahaziel
the
son
of Zacharias,
the
son
of Banaias,
the
son
of Jehiel,
the
son
of Mathanias,
a
Levite
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
was
there,
upon whom
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
came
in
the
midst
of
the multitude,
And
he
said:
Attend ye,
all Juda,
and
you
that
dwell
in
Jerusalem,
and thou
king Josaphat:
Thus saith
the
Lord
to
you:
Fear ye
not,
and
be
not
dismayed
at
this
multitude:
for
the
battle
is
not
yours,
but
God’s.
Tomorrow
you
shall
go
down
against
them:
for
they
will
come
up
by
the
ascent named Sis,
and
you
shall
find
them
at
the
head
of
the torrent, which
is
over
against
the
wilderness
of Jeruel.
It
shall
not
be
you
that
shall
fight,
but only
stand
with confidence,
and
you
shall
see
the
help
of
the
Lord
over
you,
O Juda,
and
Jerusalem:
fear ye
not,
nor
be
you
dismayed:
tomorrow
you
shall
go
out
against
them,
and
the
Lord
will
be
with
you.
Then Josaphat,
and Juda,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
fell hat
on
the
ground
before
the
Lord,
and adored
him.
And
the
Levites
of
the
sons
of Caath,
and
of
the
sons
of Core
praised
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
with
a
loud
voice,
on
high.
And
they
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
went
out
through
the
desert
of Thecua:
and
as
they
were marching, Josaphat
standing
in
the midst
of
them,
said:
Hear
me, ye
men
of Juda,
and all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
believe
in
the
Lord
your
God,
and
you
shall
be
secure:
believe
his
prophets,
and all things
shall
succeed well.
And
he
gave
counsel
to
the
people,
and
appointed
the
singing
men
of
the
Lord,
to
praise
him
by
their companies,
and
to
go
before
the
army,
and
with
one voice
to
say:
Give
glory
to
the
Lord,
for
his
mercy endureth
for
ever.
And
when
they
began
to sing
praises,
the
Lord
turned
their ambushments
upon
themselves,
that
is
to say,
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
of
Moab,
and
of
mount
Seir,
who
were
come
out
to fight
against Juda,
and
they
were slain.
For
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
of
Moab,
rose
up
against
the
inhabitants
of
mount
Seir,
to kill
and
destroy
them:
and
when
they
had made
an
end
of
them,
they turned also
against
one
another,
and
destroyed
one
another.
And
when Juda
came
to
the watch tower,
that looketh
toward
the
desert,
they saw afar
off all
the
country,
for
a
great space, full
of
dead
bodies,
and
that
no
one
was
left
that could
escape death.
Then Josaphat
came,
and
all
the
people
with
him
to
take
away
the
spoils
of
the
dead,
and
they
found
among
the
dead
bodies, stuff
of various
kinds,
and garments,
and most
precious
vessels:
and
they
took
them
for themselves, insomuch
that
they
could
not
carry
all,
nor
in
three
days
take
away
the
spoils,
the
booty
was
so
great.
And
on
the
fourth
day
they
were
assembled
in
the
valley
of
Blessing:
for
there
they
blessed
the
Lord,
and
therefore
they
called
that
place
the
valley
of
Blessing
until
this
day.
And
every
man
of Juda,
and
the inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
returned,
and Josaphat
at
their
head,
into
Jerusalem
with great
joy,
because
the
Lord
had
made
them
rejoice
over
their
enemies.
And
they
came
into
Jerusalem
with psalteries,
and
harps,
and
trumpets
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
the
fear
of
the
Lord
fell
upon
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
lands
when
they
heard
that
the
Lord
had
fought
against
the
enemies
of
Israel.
And
the
kingdom
of Josaphat
was
quiet,
and
God
gave
him
peace
round
about.
And Josaphat
reigned
over Juda,
and
he
was
five
and
thirty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
five
and
twenty
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
the
name
of
his
mother
was Azuba
the
daughter
of Selahi.
And
he walked
in
the
way
of
his
father
Asa,
and
departed
not
from
it,
doing
the
things
that
were pleasing
before
the
Lord.
But
yet
he
took
not
away
the
high
places,
and
the
people
had
not
yet
turned
their
heart
to
the Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Josaphat,
first
and
last,
are
written
in
the
words
of
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani,
which
he digested
into
the
books
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
After
these
things Josaphat
king
of Juda
made friendship
with Ochozias
king
of
Israel, whose
works
were very
wicked.
And
he was partner
with
him
in
making
ships,
to go
to Tharsis:
and
they
made
the
ships
in Asiongaber.
And
Eliezer
the
son
of Dodau
of Maresa
prophesied
to Josaphat,
saying:
Because thou hast
made
a league
with Ochozias,
the
Lord hath
destroyed thy
works,
and
the
ships
are
broken,
and
they
could
not go
to Tharsis.
And Josaphat
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
them
in
the
city
of
David:
and
Joram
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
And
he
had
brethren
the
sons
of Josaphat, Azarias,
and Jahiel,
and Zacharias,
and Azaria,
and
Michael,
and Saphatias,
all
these
were
the
sons
of Josaphat
king
of Juda.
And
their
father
gave
them
great
gifts
of
silver,
and
of
gold,
and pensions,
with strong
cities
in Juda:
but
the
kingdom
he
gave
to
Joram,
because
he
was
the eldest.
So
Joram
rose
up
over
the
kingdom
of
his
father:
and
when
he
had
established
himself,
he
slew
all
his
brethren
with
the
sword,
and
some
of
the
princes
of
Israel.
Joram
was
two
and
thirty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he walked
in
the
ways
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
as
the
house
of Achab
had
done:
for
his
wife
was
a
daughter
of Achab,
and
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
But
the
Lord
would
not
destroy
the
house
of
David:
because
of
the
covenant
which
he
had
made
with
him:
and
because
he
had
promised
to
give
a
lamp
to
him,
and
to
his
sons
for ever.
In
those
days
Edom
revolted,
from being subject
to Juda,
and made
themselves
a
king.
And
Joram
went
over
with
his
princes,
and
all
his cavalry
with
him,
and
rose
in
the
night,
and
defeated
the
Edomites
who
had
surrounded
him,
and
all
the
captains
of
his cavalry.
However
Edom
revolted,
from
being
under
the dominion
of Juda unto
this
day:
at
that
time Lobna
also
revolted,
from
being
under
his
hand.
For
he
had forsaken
the
Lord
the
God
of
his
fathers:
Moreover
he
built
also
high
places
in
the cities
of Juda,
and
he
made
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
to
commit fornication,
and Juda
to transgress.
And
there
was
a
letter
brought
him
from Elias
the
prophet,
in
which
it
was written:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
David thy
father:
Because thou hast
not
walked
in
the
ways
of Josaphat thy
father
nor
in
the
ways
of
Asa
king
of Juda,
But hast walked
in
the
ways
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and hast
made Juda
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
to
commit fornication, imitating
the fornication
of
the
house
of Achab,
moreover
also thou hast
killed thy
brethren,
the
house
of thy
father,
better
men
than thyself,
Behold
the
Lord
will
strike thee
with
a
great
plague,
with
all thy
people,
and thy
children,
and thy
wives,
and
all thy substance.
And thou shalt
be
sick
of
a
very grievous
disease
of thy
bowels,
till thy vital
parts
come
out
by little
and little
every
day.
And
the
Lord
stirred
up
against
Joram
the
spirit
of
the
Philistines,
and
of
the Arabians,
who border
on
the
Ethiopians.
And
they
came
up
into
the land
of Juda,
and wasted
it,
and
they
carried
away
all
the substance
that
was
found
in
the
king’s
house,
his
sons
also,
and
his
wives:
so
that
there
was
no
son
left
him
but Joachaz,
who
was
the
youngest.
And
besides
all
this
the
Lord
struck
him
with
an incurable
disease
in
his
bowels.
And
as
day
came
after
day,
and
time rolled
on,
two
whole
years
passed:
then
after
being wasted
with
a
long consumption,
so
as
to void
his very
bowels,
his
disease ended
with
his
life.
And
he
died
of
a most wretched
illness,
and
the
people
did
not
make
a funeral
for
him according
to
the manner
of
burning,
as
they
had
done
for
his
ancestors.
He
was
two
and
thirty
years
old
when
he
began
his
reign,
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he walked
not rightly,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David:
but
not
in
the sepulchres
of
the
kings.
And
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
made Ochozias
his
youngest
son
king
in
his
place:
for
the rovers
of
the Arabians,
who
had broke
in
upon
the
camp,
had
killed
all
that
were
his elder brothers.
So Ochozias
the
son
of
Joram
king
of Juda
reigned.
Ochozias
was
forty-two
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem,
and
the
name
of
his
mother
was Athalia
the
daughter
of Amri.
He
also
walked
in
the
ways
of
the
house
of Achab:
for
his
mother pushed
him
on
to
do
wickedly.
So
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
as
the
house
of Achab
did:
for
they
were
his counsellors
after
the
death
of
his
father,
to
his
destruction.
And
he
walked
after
their
counsels.
And
he
went
with
Joram
the
son
of Achab
king
of
Israel,
to
fight
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria,
at
Ramoth Galaad:
and
the Syrians
wounded
Joram.
And
he
returned
to
be
healed
in Jezrahel:
for
he received many
wounds
in
the foresaid
battle.
And Ochozias
the
son
of
Joram
king
of Juda,
went
down
to
visit
Joram
the
son
of Achab
in Jezrahel
where
he
lay
sick.
For
it
was
the
will
of
God
against Ochozias
that
he
should
come
to
Joram:
and
when
he
was
come
should
go
out
also
against
Jehu
the
son
of Namsi,
whom
the
Lord
had
anointed
to
destroy
the
house
of Achab.
So
when
Jehu
was rooting
out
the
house
of Achab,
he
found
the
princes
of Juda,
and
the
sons
of
the
brethren
of Ochozias,
who
served
him,
and
he
slew
them.
And
he
sought
for Ochozias
himself,
and
took
him lying
hid
in
Samaria:
and
when
he
was
brought
to
him,
he
killed
him,
and
they
buried
him:
because
he
was
the
son
of Josaphat,
who
had
sought
the
Lord
with
all
his
heart.
And
there
was
no
more hope
that
any
one
should
reign
of
the
race
of Ochozias.
For Athalia
his
mother,
seeing
that
her
son
was
dead,
rose
up,
and
killed
all
the
royal
family
of
the
house
of Joram.
But Josabeth
the
king’s
daughter
took Joas
the
son
of Ochozias,
and
stole
him
from
among
the
king’s
sons
that
were slain.
And
she
hid
him
with
his
nurse
in
a bedchamber:
now Josabeth
that
hid
him,
was
daughter
of
king
Joram,
wife
of
Joiada
the
high
priest,
and
sister
of Ochozias,
and
therefore Athalia
did
not
kill
him.
And
he
was
with
them
hid
in
the
house
of
God
six
years,
during
which Athalia
reigned
over
the
land.
And
in
the
seventh
year
Joiada
being
encouraged,
took
the
captains
of
hundreds,
to wit, Azarias
the
son
of
Jeroham,
and Ismahel
the
son
of
Johanan,
and Azarias
the
son
of
Obed,
and Maasias
the
son
of Adaias,
and Elisaphat
the
son
of Zechri:
and
made
a
covenant
with
them.
And
they
went
about Juda,
and
gathered
together
the
Levites
out
of
all
the
cities
of Juda,
and
the
chiefs
of
the
families
of
Israel,
and
they
came
to
Jerusalem.
And
all
the multitude
made
a
covenant
with
the
king
in
the
house
of
God:
and Joiada
said
to
them:
Behold
the
king’s
son
shall
reign,
as
the
Lord hath
said
of
the
sons
of
David.
And
this
is
the
thing
that
you
shall
do:
A
third
part
of
you
that come
to
the sabbath,
of
the priests,
and
of
the Levites,
and
of
the porters,
shall
be
at
the
gates:
and
a
third
part
at
the
king’s
house:
and
a
third
at
the
gate
that
is called
the
Foundation:
but let
all
the rest
of
the
people
be
in
the
courts
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
let
no
one
come
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
but
the
priests,
and
they
that
minister
of
the
Levites:
let
them
only
come
in,
because
they
are sanctified:
and
let
all
the rest
of
the
people
keep
the
watches
of
the
Lord.
And
let
the
Levites
be
round
about
the
king,
every
man
with
his
arms; (and
if
any
other
come
into
the
temple,
let
him
be slain;)
and
let
them
be
with
the
king,
both
coming
in,
and
going
out.
So
the
Levites,
and
all Juda
did
according
to
all
that
Joiada
the high
priest bad
commanded:
and
they
took
every
one
his
men
that
were
under
him,
and
that
came
in
by
the course
of
the
sabbath,
with
those
who
had
fulfilled
the
sabbath,
and
were
to
go
out.
For
Joiada
the high
priest permitted
not
the companies
to
depart,
which
were accustomed
to succeed
one
another
every week.
And
Joiada
the
priest
gave
to
the
captains
the
spears,
and
the
shields,
and targets
of
king
David,
which
he
had
dedicated
in
the
house
of
the Lord.
And
he
set
all
the
people
with swords
in
their
hands
from
the
right
side
of
the
temple,
to
the
left
side
of
the
temple,
before
the
altar,
and
the
temple,
round
about
the
king.
And
they
brought
out
the
king’s
son,
and
put
the
crown
upon
him,
and
the
testimony,
and
gave
him
the law
to
hold
in
his
hand,
and
they
made
him
king:
and
Joiada
the high priest
and
his
sons
anointed
him:
and
they
prayed
for
him,
and
said:
God save
the
king.
Now
when Athalia
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
running
and
praising
the
king, she
came
in
to
the
people,
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
when she
saw
the
king
standing
upon
the step
in
the
entrance,
and
the
princes,
and
the companies
about
him,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoicing,
and sounding
with
trumpets,
and playing
on
instruments
of divers
kinds,
and
the voice
of
those
that
praised, she rent
her
garments,
and
said:
Treason,
treason.
And
Joiada
the high
priest
going
out
to
the
captains,
and
the
chiefs
of
the
army,
said
to
them:
Take
her
forth
without
the precinct
of
the
temple,
and
when
she
is
without
let
her
be
killed
with
the
sword.
For
the
priest
commanded
that
she
should
not
be
killed
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
they
laid
hold
on
her
by
the neck:
and
when she
was
come
within
the
horse
gate
of
the
palace,
they
killed
her
there.
And
Joiada
made
a
covenant
between himself
and
all
the
people,
and
the
king,
that
they
should
be
the
people
of
the
Lord.
And
all
the
people
went
into
the
house
of
Baal,
and
destroyed
it:
and
they
broke
down
his
altars
and
his idols:
and
they
slew Mathan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altars.
And
Joiada
appointed overseers
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
under
the
hands
of
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
whom
David
had distributed
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
to
offer holocausts
to
the
Lord,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
with
joy
and
singing,
according
to
the disposition
of
David.
He
appointed
also porters
in
the
gates
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
that
none
who
was
unclean
in
any
thing
should
enter
in.
And
he
took
the
captains
of
hundreds,
and
the
most valiant
men,
and
the
chiefs
of
the
people,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
they
brought
down
the
king
from
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
brought
him
through
the
upper
gate
into
the
king’s
house,
and
set
him
on
the
royal
throne.
And
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet:
but Athalia
was slain
with
the
sword.
Joas
was
seven
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
forty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Sebia
of Bersabee.
And
he
did
that
which
is good
before
the
Lord
all
the
days
of
Joiada
the
priest.
And
Joiada
took
for
him
two
wives,
by whom
he
had
sons
and
daughters.
After
this Joas
had
a
mind
to
repair
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
he
assembled
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
said
to
them:
Go
out
to
the
cities
of Juda,
and
gather
of
all
Israel
money
to
repair
the
temple
of
your
God,
from
year
to
year:
and
do
this
with
speed:
but
the
Levites
were negligent.
And
the
king
called
Joiada
the
chief,
and
said
to
him:
Why hast thou
not taken
care
to oblige
the
Levites
to
bring
in
out
of Juda
and
Jerusalem
the money
that
was appointed
by
Moses
the
servant
of
the
Lord
for
all
the multitude
of
Israel
to
bring
into
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony?
For
that
wicked
woman Athalia,
and
her
children
have
destroyed
the
house
of
God,
and adorned
the
temple
of
Baal
with
all
the
things
that
had
been
dedicated
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
the
king
commanded,
and
they
made
a
chest:
and
set
it
by
the
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
on
the
outside.
And
they
made
a
proclamation
in Juda
and
Jerusalem,
that every man
should
bring
to
the
Lord
the money which
Moses
the
servant
of
God
appointed
for all
Israel,
in
the
desert.
And
all
the
princes,
and
all
the
people
rejoiced:
and
going
In
they contributed
and
cast
so
much
into
the
chest
of
the Lord,
that
it
was filled.
And
when
it
was
time
to
bring
the
chest
before
the
king
by
the
hands
of
the
Levites, (for
they
saw
there
was
much
money,)
the
king’s
scribe,
and
he whom
the
high
priest
had
appointed
went
in:
and
they
poured
out
the
money
that
was
in
the
chest:
and
they
carried
back
the
chest
to
its
place:
and
thus
they
did
from
day
to
day,
and
there
was
gathered
an
immense
sum
of
money.
And
the
king
and
Joiada
gave
it
to
those
who
were
over
the
works
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
but
they
hired
with
it
stonecutters,
and artificers
of every
kind
of
work
to
repair
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
such
as wrought
in
iron
and
brass,
to uphold
what
began
to
be falling.
And
the
workmen
were diligent,
and
the breach
of
the walls
was closed
up
by
their
hands,
and
they
set
up
the
house
of
the Lord
in
its former state,
and
made
it
stand
firm.
And
when
they
had
finished
all
the
works,
they
brought
the
rest
of
the
money
before
the
king
and
Joiada:
and
with
it
were
made
vessels
for
the
temple
for
the ministry,
and
for holocausts
and bowls,
and
other
vessels
of
gold
and
silver:
and holocausts
were
offered
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
continually
all
the
days
of
Joiada.
But
Joiada
grew
old
and
was
full
of
days,
and
died
when
he
was
a
hundred
and
thirty
years
old.
And
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David
among
the
kings,
because
he
had
done
good
to
Israel,
and
to
his
house.
And
after
the
death
of
Joiada,
the
princes
of Juda
went
in,
and worshipped
the
king:
and
he
was soothed
by
their services
and hearkened
to
them.
And
they forsook
the
temple
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
served groves
and
idols,
and
wrath
came
upon Juda
and
Jerusalem
for
this sin.
And
he
sent
prophets
to
them
to
bring
them
back
to
the
Lord,
and
they
would
not
give
ear
when
they
testified
against
them.
The
spirit
of
God
then
came
upon Zacharias
the
son
of
Joiada
the
priest,
and
he
stood
in
the sight
of
the
people,
and
said
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Why
transgress
you
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
which
will
not
be
for
your good,
and
have forsaken
the
Lord,
to
make
him
forsake
you?
And
they gathered
themselves
together
against
him,
and
stoned
him
at
the
king’s
commandment
in
the
court
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
king Joas
did
not
remember
the
kindness
that
Joiada
his
father
had
done
to
him,
but
killed
his
son.
And
when
he
died,
he
said:
The
Lord
see,
and
require
it.
And
when
a
year
was
come
about,
the
army
of
Syria
came
up
against
him:
and
they
came
to Juda
and
Jerusalem,
and killed
all
the
princes
of
the
people,
and
they
sent
all
the
spoils
to
the
king
of
Damascus.
And whereas
there
came
a
very
small
number
of
the Syrians,
the
Lord
delivered
into
their
hands
an infinite
multitude,
because
they
had forsaken
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers:
and
on Joas
they executed shameful
judgments.
And departing
they
left
him
in diseases:
and
his
servants rose
up
him,
for revenge
of
the
blood
of
the
son
of
Joiada
the
priest,
and
they
slew
him
in
his
bed,
and
he
died:
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David,
but
not
in
the sepulchres
of
the
kings.
Now
the
men
that
conspired
against
him
were
Zabad
the
son
of Semmaath
an
Ammonitess,
and Jozabad
the
son
of Semarith
a
Moabitess.
And
concerning
his
sons,
and
the sum
of money
which
was gathered
under
him,
and
the repairing
the
house
of
God;
they
are
written
more diligently
in
the
book
of
kings:
and Amasias
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Amasias
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
nine
and
twenty
years
in
Jerusalem,
the
name
of
his
mother
was Joadan
of
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
what
was good
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
but
yet
not
with
a
perfect
heart.
And
when
he saw
himself
strengthened
in
his
kingdom,
he
put
to death
the
servants
that
had
slain
the
king
his
father.
But
he slew
not
their
children,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
where
the
Lord
commanded,
saying:
The
fathers
shall
not
be slain
for
the
children,
nor
the
children
for
their
fathers,
but
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sin.
Amasias therefore
gathered Juda
together,
and
appointed
them
by
families,
and
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds
in
all Juda,
and
Benjamin:
and
he
numbered
them
from
twenty
years
old
and
upwards,
and
found
three
hundred
thousand
young
men
that could
go
out
to
battle,
and could
hold
the
spear
and
shield.
He
hired
also
of
Israel
a
hundred
thousand
valiant
men,
for
a
hundred
talents
of
silver.
But
a
man
of
God
came
to
him,
and
said:
O
king,
let
not
the
army
of
Israel
go
out
with thee,
for
the
Lord
is
not
with
Israel,
and
all
the
children
of
Ephraim:
And
if thou think
that
battles consist
in
the
strength
of
the
army,
God
will
make thee
to
be
overcome
by
the
enemies:
for
it belongeth
to
God
both
to
help,
and
to
put
to flight.
And Amasias
said
to
the
man
of
God:
What
will
then become
of
the
hundred
talents
which
I
have
given
to
the
soldiers
of Israeli
and
the
man
of
God
answered
him:
The
Lord
is rich
enough
to
be able
to
give thee
much
more
than
this.
Then Amasias
separated
the army,
that
came
to
him
out
of
Ephraim,
to
go
home
again:
but
they being
much
enraged
against Juda,
returned
to
their own
country.
And Amasias taking
courage
led forth
his
people,
and went
to
the vale
of saltpits,
and
slew
of
the
children
of
Seir
ten
thousand.
And
other
ten
thousand
men
the
sons
of Juda
took,
and
brought
to
the steep
of
a certain
rock,
and
cast
them
down headlong
from
the
top,
and
they
all
were
broken
to
pieces.
But
that
army
which Amasias
had
sent
back,
that
they should
not
go
with
him
to
battle, spread
themselves
among
the
cities
of Juda,
from
Samaria
to
Beth-horon,
and having
killed
three
thousand
took
away
much
spoil.
But Amasias
after
he
had
slain
the
Edomites,
set
up
the
gods
of
the
children
of
Seir, which
he
had
brought thence,
to
be
his
gods,
and adored
them,
and
burnt
incense
to
them.
Wherefore
the
Lord
being
angry
against Amasias,
sent
a
prophet
to
him,
to
say
to
him:
Why hast thou adored
gods
that
have
not
delivered
their own
people
out
of thy
hand?
And
when
he
spoke
these
things,
he
answered
him: Art thou
the
king’s counsellor?
be quiet, lest
I
kill thee.
And
the
prophet departing,
said:
I
know
that
God
is minded
to
kill thee,
because thou hast
done
this evil,
and
moreover hast
not hearkened
to
my
counsel.
Then Amasias
king
of Juda
taking
very bad
counsel,
sent
to Joas
the
son
of Joachaz
the
son
of
Jehu,
king
of
Israel,
saying:
Come,
let
us
see
one another.
But
he
sent
back
the messengers,
saying:
The thistle
that
is
in Libanus,
sent
to
the
cedar
in Libanus,
saying:
Give thy
daughter
to
my
son
to
wife:
and behold
the
beasts
that
were
in
the wood
of Libanus
passed
by,
and trod
down
the thistle.
Thou hast
said:
I
have
overthrown
Edom,
and
therefore thy
heart
is
lifted
up
with pride:
stay
at
home,
why dost thou
provoke
evil
against thee,
that both thou shouldst
fall
and Juda
with thee.
Amasias would
not hearken
to
him,
because
it
was
the Lord’s
will
that
he
should
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of enemies,
because
of
the
gods
of
Edom.
So Joas
king
of
Israel
went
up,
and
they presented themselves
to
be
seen
by
one another:
and Amasias
king
of Juda
was
in Bethsames
of Juda:
And Juda fell
before
Israel
and
they
fled
to
their dwellings.
And Joas
king
of
Israel
took Amasias
king
of Juda,
the
son
of Joas,
the
son Joachaz,
in Bethsames,
and
brought
him
to
Jerusalem:
and
broke
down
the
walls thereof
from
the
gate
of
Ephraim,
to
the
gate
of
the corner,
four
hundred
cubits.
And
he
took
all
the
gold,
and
silver,
and
all
the
vessels,
that
he
found
in
the
house
of
God,
and
with Obededom,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house, moreover
also
the
sons
of
the
hostages,
he
brought
back
to
Samaria.
And Amasias
the
son
of Joas
king
of Juda
lived,
after
the
death
of Joas
the
son
of Joachaz
king
of
Israel,
fifteen
years.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Amasias,
the
first
and
last,
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of Juda
and
Israel.
And
after
he revolted
from
the
Lord,
they
made
a
conspiracy
against
him
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
fled
into Lachis,
and
they
sent,
and
killed
him
there.
And
they
brought
him back
upon
horses,
and
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
city
of
David.
And
all
the
people
of Juda
took
his
son Ozias,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
in
the room
of Amasias
his
father.
He
built Ailath,
and
restored
it
to
the dominion
of Juda,
after
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
Ozias
was
sixteen
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
and
fifty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Jechelia
of
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord, according
to
all
that Amasias
his
father
had
done.
And
he
sought
the
Lord
in
the
days
of Zacharias
that
understood
and
saw
God:
and
as
long
as
he
sought
the
Lord,
he directed
him
in
all
things.
Moreover
he
went
forth
and
fought
against
the
Philistines,
and
broke
down
the
wall
of Geth,
and
the
wall
of Jabnia,
and
the
wall
of Azotus:
and
he
built
towns
in Azotus,
and among
the
Philistines.
And
God
helped
him
against
the
Philistines,
and
against
the Arabians,
that
dwelt
in Gurbaal,
and
against
the Ammonites.
And
the
ammonites
gave
gifts
to Ozias:
and
his
name
was
spread abroad
even
to
the
entrance
of
Egypt
for
his frequent victories.
And Ozias
built
towers
in
Jerusalem
over
the
gate
of
the
corner,
and
over
the
gate
of
the
valley,
and
the rest,
in
the same side
of
the wall,
and
fortified
them.
And
he
built
towers
in
the
wilderness,
and dug
many
cisterns,
for
he
had
much
cattle both
in
the
plains,
and
in
the waste
of
the
desert:
he
had
also vineyards
and dressers
of vines
in
the
mountains,
and
in
Carmel:
for
he
was
a man
that
loved husbandry.
And
the
army
of
his fighting
men,
that
went
out
to
war,
was
under
the
hand
of Jehiel
the
scribe,
and Maasias
the doctor,
and
under
the
hand
of Henanias,
who
was
one
of
the
king’s
captains.
And
the
whole
number
of
the
chiefs
by
the
families
of
valiant
men
were
two
thousand
six
hundred.
And
the whole
army
under
them
three
hundred
and
seven
thousand
five
hundred:
who
were fit
for
war,
and fought
for
the
king
against
the
enemy.
And Ozias
prepared
for
them,
that
is,
for
the
whole
army,
shields,
and
spears,
and
helmets,
and coats
of mail,
and
bows,
and slings
to cast
stones.
And
he
made
in
Jerusalem
engines
of diverse kinds, which
he
placed
in
the
towers,
and
in
the
corners
of
the walls,
to
shoot
arrows,
and
great
stones:
and
his
name
went
forth
far abroad,
for
the Lord
helped
him,
and
had
strengthened
him.
But
when
he
was made
strong,
his
heart
was
lifted
up
to
his
destruction,
and
he neglected
the
Lord
his
God:
and
going
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
he
had
a
mind
to
burn
incense
upon
the
altar
of
incense.
And immediately Azarias
the
priest
going
in
after
him,
and
with
him fourscore
priests
of
the
Lord, most
valiant
men,
Withstood
the
king
and
said:
It doth
not
belong
to thee, Ozias,
to
burn
incense
to
the
Lord,
but
to
the
priests,
that
is,
to
the
sons
of
Aaron,
who
are
consecrated
for
this ministry:
go
out
of
the
sanctuary,
do
not despise:
for
this
thing
shall
not
be accounted
to thy
glory
by
the
Lord
God.
And Ozias
was angry,
and holding
in
his
hand
the
censer
to
burn
incense, threatened
the
priests.
And presently
there
rose
a
leprosy
in
his
forehead
before
the
priests,
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
at
the
altar
of
incense.
And Azarias
the high
priest,
and
all
the rest
of
the
priests
looked
upon
him,
and
saw
the leprosy
in
his
forehead,
and
they
made haste
to thrust
him
out.
Yea
himself
also
being frightened, hasted
to
go
out,
because
he
had
quickly felt
the stroke
of
the
Lord.
And Ozias
the
king
was
a
leper unto
the
day
of
his
death,
and
he
dwelt
in
a
house apart
being
full
of
the leprosy,
for
which
he
had
been cast
out
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And Joatham
his
son
governed
the
king’s
house,
and
judged
the
people
of
the
land.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Ozias
first
and
last
were
written
by Isaias
the
son
of Amos,
the
prophet.
And Ozias
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
field
of
the
royal sepulchres,
because
he
was
a
leper:
and Joatham
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Joatham
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Jerusa
the
daughter
of Sadoc.
And
he
did
that
which
was
right
before
the
Lord,
according
to
all
that Ozias
his
father
had
done,
only
that
he
entered
not
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
the
people
still transgressed.
He
built
the high
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
on
the
wall
of
Ophel
he
built
much.
Moreover
he
built
cities
in
the
mountains
of Juda,
and castles
and
towers
in
the forests.
Ho
fought
against
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and overcame
them,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
gave
him
at
that
time
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
ten
thousand measures
of
wheat,
and
as many measures
of
barley:
so
much did
the
children
of
Ammon
give
him
in
the
second
and
third
year.
And Joatham
was
strengthened,
because
he
had
his
way
directed
before
the
Lord
his
God.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joatham,
and
all
his
wars,
and
his
works,
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and Juda.
He
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem.
And Joatham
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
David:
and Achaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Achaz
was
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem:
he
did
not
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
as
David
his
father
had
done,
But walked
in
the
ways
of
the
kings
of
Israel;
moreover
also
he cast statues
for Baalim.
It
was
he
that
burnt
incense
in
the
valley
of Benennom,
and consecrated
his
sons
in
the
fire according
to
the manner
of
the
nations,
which
the
Lord slew
at
the coming
of
the
children
of
Israel.
He
sacrificed also,
and
burnt
incense
in
the
high
places,
and
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
And
the
Lord
his
God
delivered
him
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Syria,
who
defeated
him,
and
took
a
great booty
out
of
his
kingdom,
and
carried
it
to
Damascus:
he
was
also
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Israel,
who overthrew
him
with
a
great
slaughter.
For Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
slew
of Juda
a
hundred
and
twenty
thousand
in
one
day,
all
valiant
men:
because
they
had forsaken
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
At
the
same time Zechri
a
powerful
man
of
Ephraim,
slew Maasias
the
king’s
son,
and Ezricam
the governor
of
his
house,
and Elcana
who
was
next
to
the
king.
And
the
children
of
Israel
carried
away
of
their
brethren
two
hundred
thousand
women, boys,
and girls,
and
an immense
booty:
and
they
brought
it
to
Samaria.
At
that
time
there
was
a
prophet
of
the
Lord
there,
whose
name
was
Oded:
and
he
went
out
to
meet
the
army
that
came
to
Samaria,
and
said
to
them:
Behold
the
Lord
the
God
of
your
fathers
being
angry
with Juda, hath
delivered
them
into
your
hands,
and
you
have butchered
them cruelly,
so
that
your cruelty hath
reached
up
to
heaven.
Moreover
you
have
a
mind
to keep
under
the
children
of Juda
and
Jerusalem
for
your bondmen
and bondwomen, which ought
not
to
be done:
for
you
have sinned
in
this
against
the
Lord
your
God.
But
hear ye
my counsel,
and release
the
captives
that
you
have
brought
of
your
brethren,
because
a great indignation
of
the
Lord hangeth
over
you.
Then
some
of
the
chief
men
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim, Azarias
the
son
of
Johanan, Barachias
the
son
of Mosollamoth, Ezechias
the
son
of Sellum,
and
Amasa
the
son
of Adali,
stood
up
against
them
that
came
from
the
war.
And
they
said
to
them:
You
shall
not
bring
in
the
captives hither, lest
we
sin
against
the
Lord.
Why
will
you
add
to
our
sins,
and heap
up
upon
our former offences?
for
the
sin
is
great,
and
the
fierce
anger
of
the
Lord hangeth
over
Israel.
So
the soldiers
left
the spoils,
and
all
that
they
had taken,
before
the
princes
and
all
the multitude.
And
the
men,
whom
we
mentioned
above,
rose
up
and
took
the
captives,
and
with
the
spoils
clothed
all
them
that
were
naked:
and
when
they
had
clothed
and
shed
them,
and refreshed
them
with meat
and
drink,
and anointed
them
because
of
their labour,
and
had
taken care
of
them,
they
set
such
of
them
as
could
not walk,
and
were
feeble,
upon beasts,
and
brought
them
to
Jericho
the
city
of
palm
trees
to
their
brethren,
and
they
returned
to
Samaria.
At
that
time
king Achaz
sent
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians asking
help.
And
the
Edomites
came
and
slew many
of Juda,
and
took
a great booty.
The
Philistines
also spread themselves
among
the
cities
of
the plains,
and
to
the
south
of Juda:
and
they
took Bethsames,
and Aialon,
and Gaderoth,
and Socho,
and Thamnan,
and Gamzo,
with
their
villages,
and
they
dwelt
in
them.
For
the
Lord
had
humbled Juda
because
of Achaz
the
king
of Juda,
for
he
had stripped
it
of help,
and
had contemned
the
Lord.
And
he
brought,
against
him Thelgathphalnasar
king
of
the Assyrians,
who
also
afflicted
him,
and plundered
him
without
any resistance.
And Achaz stripped
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
house
of
the
kings,
and
of
the
princes,
and
gave gifts
to
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
yet
it availed
him
nothing.
Moreover
also
in
the
time
of
his distress
he
increased contempt against
the
Lord:
king Achaz
himself
by
himself,
Sacrificed victims
to
the
gods
of
Damascus
that
struck
him,
and
he
said:
The
gods
of
the
kings
of
Syria
help
them,
and
I
will appease
them
with victims,
and
they
will
help
me; whereas
on
the contrary
they
were
the ruin
of
him,
and
of
all
Israel.
Then Achaz having
taken
away
all
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God,
and broken
them,
shut
up
the
doors
of
the
temple
of
God,
and
made himself
altars
in
all
the
corners
of
Jerusalem.
And
in
all
the
cities
of Juda
he
built altars
to
burn frankincense,
and
he
provoked
the
Lord
the
God
of
his
fathers
to wrath.
But
the
rest
of
his
acts,
and
all
his
works
first
and
last
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of Juda
and
Israel.
And Achaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city
of
Jerusalem:
for
they
received
him
not
into
the sepulchres
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
And Ezechias
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Now Ezechias began
to
reign,
when
he
was
five
and
twenty
years
old,
and
he
reigned
nine
and
twenty
years
in
Jerusalem:
the
name
of
his
mother
was Abia,
the
daughter
of Zacharias.
And
he
did
that
which
was pleasing
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord, according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
In
the
first
year
and
month
of
his
reign
he
opened
the
doors
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
repaired
them.
And
he
brought
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
assembled
them
in
the
east
street.
And
he
said
to
them:
Hear
me, ye
Levites,
and
be
sanctified, purify
the
house
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
your
fathers,
and
take
away
all filth
out
of
the
sanctuary.
Our
fathers
have sinned
and
done
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
God, forsaking
him:
they
have
turned
away
their
faces
from
the
tabernacle
of
the
Lord,
and
turned
their
backs.
They
have
shut
up
the
doors
that
were
in tile
porch,
and
put
out
the
lamps.
and
have
not
burnt
incense,
nor
offered holocausts
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
God
of
Israel.
Therefore
the
wrath
of
the
Lord hath
been stirred
up
against Juda
and
Jerusalem,
and
he hath
delivered
them
to trouble,
and
to
destruction,
and
to
be hissed
at,
as
you
see
with
your
eyes.
Behold,
our
fathers
are
fallen
by
the
sword,
our
sons,
and
our
daughters,
and
wives
are led
away
captives
for
this wickedness.
Now
therefore
I
have
a
mind
that
we
make
a
covenant
with
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
and
he
will
turn
away
the
wrath
of
his indignation
from
us.
My
sons,
be
not negligent:
the
Lord hath chosen
you
to
stand
before
him,
and
to
minister
to
him,
and
to worship
him,
and
to
burn
incense
to
him.
Then
the
Levites
arose,
Mahath
the
son
of
Amasai,
and
Joel
the
son
of Azarias,
of
the
sons
of Caath:
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari, Cis
the
son
of
Abdi,
and Azarias
the
son
of Jalaleel.
And
of
the
sons
of Gerson,
Joah
the
son
of Zemma,
and
Eden
the
son
of
Joah.
And
of
the
sons
of Elisaphan, Samri,
and Jahiel. Also
of
the
sons
of
Asaph, Zacharias,
and Mathanias.
And
of
the
sons
of
Heman, Jahiel,
and Semei:
and
of
the
sons
of Idithun, Semeias,
and Oziel.
And
they
gathered
together
their
brethren,
and
sanctified
themselves,
and
went
in according
to
the
commandment
of
the
king,
and
the precept
of
the
Lord,
to
purify
the
house
of
God.
And
the
priests
went
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord
to sanctify
it,
and
brought
out
all
the
uncleanness
that
they
found
within
to
the
entrance
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
Levites
took
it
away,
and
carried
it
out
abroad
to
the torrent Cedron.
And
they
began
to cleanse
on
the
first
day
of
the
first
month,
and
on
the
eighth
day
of
the
same
month
they
came
into
the
porch
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
they
purified
the
temple
in
eight
days,
and
on
the sixteenth
day
of
the
same
month
they
finished what
they
had
begun.
And
they
went
is
to
king Ezechias,
and
said
to
him:
We
have sanctified
all
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
altar
of holocaust,
and
the
vessels thereof,
and
the
table
of proposition
with
all
its
vessels,
And
all
the
furniture
of
the temple,
which
king Achaz
in
his
reign
had
defiled, after
his transgression;
and
behold
they
are
all
set forth
before
the
altar
of
the
Lord.
And
king Ezechias
rising
early,
assembled
all
the
rulers
of
the
city,
and
went
up
into
the
house
of
the
Lord:
And
they
offered
together
seven bullocks,
and
seven
rams,
and
seven
lambs,
and
seven
he
goats
for
sin,
for
the
kingdom,
for
the
sanctuary,
for Juda:
and
he
spoke
to
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron,
to
offer
them
upon
the
altar
of
the
Lord.
Therefore
they
killed
the bullocks,
and
the
priests
took
the
blood,
and poured
it upon
the
altar;
they
killed
also
the
rams,
and
their
blood
they poured
also upon
the
altar,
and
they
killed
the
lambs,
and poured
the
blood upon
the
altar.
And
they
brought
the
he
goats
for
sin
before
the
king,
and
the
whole multitude,
and
they
laid
their
hand
upon
them:
And
the
priests immolated
them,
and sprinkled
their
blood
before
the
altar
for
an expiation
of
all
Israel:
for
the
king
had
commanded
that
the holocaust
and
the
sin
offering
should
be
made
for
all
Israel.
And
he
set
the
Levites
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
with
cymbals,
and psalteries,
and
harps
according
to
the regulation
of
David
the
king,
and
of
Gad
the
seer,
and
of
Nathan
the
prophet:
for
it
was
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
by
the
hand
of
his
prophets.
And
the
Levites
stood,
with
the
instruments
of
David,
and
the
priests
with
trumpets.
And Ezechias
commanded
that
they
should
offer holocausts
upon
the
altar:
and
when
the holocausts
were
offered,
they
began
to sing
praises
to
the
Lord,
and
to sound
with
trumpets,
and divers
instruments which
David
the
king
of
Israel
had
prepared.
And
all
the multitude adored,
and
the
singers,
and
the
trumpeters,
were
in
their office
till
the holocaust
was
finished.
And
when
the oblation
was
ended,
the
king,
and
all
that
were
with
him
bowed
down
and adored.
And Ezechias
and
the
princes
commanded
the
Levites
to
praise
the
Lord
with
the
words
of
David,
and
Asaph
the
seer:
and
they
praised
him
with great
joy,
and
bowing
the knee adored.
And Ezechias
added,
and
said:
You
have
filled
your
hands
to
the
Lord,
come
and
offer victims,
and
praises
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
all
the multitude offered victims,
and
praises,
and holocausts
with
a devout
mind.
And
the
number
of
the holocausts
which
the multitude offered,
was
seventy bullocks,
a
hundred
rams,
and
two
hundred
lambs.
And
they
consecrated
to
the Lord
six
hundred
oxen,
and
three
thousand
sheep.
But
the
priests
were
few,
and
were
not
enough
to flay
the holocausts: wherefore
the
Levites
their
brethren
helped
them,
till
the
work
was
ended,
and
priests
were
sanctified,
for
the
Levites
are
sanctified
with
an easier rite
than
the
priests.
So
there
were
many holocausts,
and
the
fat
of
peace
offerings,
and
the libations
of holocausts:
and
the
service
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
was completed.
And Ezechias,
and
all
the
people
rejoiced
because
the ministry
of
the Lord
was accomplished.
For
the resolution
of doing
this
thing
was
taken
suddenly.
And Ezechias
sent
to
all
Israel
and Juda:
and
he
wrote
letters
to
Ephraim
and Manasses,
that
they
should
come
to
the
house
of
the
Lord
in
Jerusalem,
and
keep
the phase
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
For
the
king, taking
counsel,
and
the
princes,
and
all
the
assembly
of
Jerusalem, decreed
to
keep
the phase
the
second
month.
For
they
could
not
keep
it
in
its
time;
because there
were
not
priests
enough
sanctified,
and
the
people
was
not
as
yet
gathered
together
to
Jerusalem.
And
the
thing
pleased
the
king,
and
all
the
people.
And
they
decreed
to send
messengers
to
all
Israel
from Bersabee
even
to
Dan,
that
they
should
come,
and
keep
the phase
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
in
Jerusalem:
for
many
had
not
kept
it
as
it
is
prescribed
by
the law.
And
the posts
went
with
letters
by
commandment
of
the
king,
and
his
princes,
to
all
Israel
and Juda, proclaiming
according
to
the
king’s
orders: Ye
children
of
Israel,
turn
again
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Abraham,
and
of
Isaac,
and
of
Israel:
and
he
will
return
to
the
remnant
of
you
that
have
escaped
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Be
not
like
your
fathers,
and
brethren,
who departed
from
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
he hath
given
them
up
to
destruction,
as
you
see.
Harden
not
your
necks,
as
your
fathers
did:
yield
yourselves
to
the
Lord,
and
come
to
his
sanctuary,
which
he hath
sanctified
for
ever:
serve
the
Lord
the
God
of
your
fathers,
and
the
wrath
of
his indignation
shall
be
turned
away
from
you.
For
if
you
turn
again
to
the
Lord:
your
brethren,
and
children
shall find
mercy
before
their masters,
that
have
led
them
away
captive,
and
they
shall
return
into
this
land:
for
the
Lord
your
God
is
merciful,
and
will
not
turn
away
his
face
from
you,
if
you
return
to
him.
So
the posts
went
speedily
from
city
to
city,
through
the
land
of
Ephraim,
and
of Manasses,
even
to Zabulon, whilst
they
laughed
at
them
and
mocked
them.
Nevertheless
some
men
of Aser,
and
of Manasses,
and
of Zabulon, yielding
to
the counsel,
came
to
Jerusalem.
But
the
hand
of
God
was
in Juda,
to
give
them
one
heart
to
do
the
word
of
the
Lord,
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
king,
and
of
the
princes.
And
much
people
were
assembled
to
Jerusalem
to
celebrate
the solemnity
of
the
unleavened
bread
in
the
second
month:
And
they
arose
and destroyed
the
altars
that
were
in
Jerusalem,
and
took sway
all
things
in
which
incense
was
burnt
to idols,
and
cast
them
into
the torrent Cedron.
And
they immolated
the phase
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
second
month.
And
the
priests
and
the
Levites being
at length
sanctified offered holocausts
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
they
stood
in
their
order
according
to
the disposition,
and
law
of
Moses
the
man
of
God:
but
the
priests
received
the
blood which
was
to
be poured
out,
from
the
hands
of
the
Levites,
Because
a
great number
was
not
sanctified:
and
therefore
the
Levites immolated
the phase
for
them
that came
not
in time
to
be
sanctified
to
the
Lord.
For
a
great
part
of
the
people
from
Ephraim,
and Manasses,
and
Issachar,
and Zabulon,
that
had
not
been sanctified,
ate
the phase
otherwise
than
it
is
written:
and Ezechias
prayed
for
them,
saying:
The
Lord
who
is
good
will shew
mercy,
To
all
them,
who
with
their
whole
heart,
seek
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers:
and
will
not impute
it
to
them
that
they
are
not sanctified.
And
the
Lord
heard
him,
and
was merciful
to
the
people.
And
the
children
of
Israel,
that
were
found
at
Jerusalem,
kept
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days
with
great
joy,
praising
the
Lord
every
day:
the
Levites
also,
and
the
priests,
with
instruments
that agreed
to
their office.
And Ezechias
spoke
to
the
heart
of
all
the
Levites,
that
had
good
understanding
concerning
the
Lord:
and
they
ate
during
the
seven
days
of
the solemnity, immolating victims
of
peace
offerings,
and praising
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
And
it pleased
the
whole multitude
to
keep
other
seven
days: which
they
did
with great
joy.
For Ezechias
the
king
of Juda
had given
to
the
multitude
a
thousand bullocks,
and
seven
thousand
sheep:
and
the
princes
had given
the people
a
thousand bullocks,
and
ten
thousand
sheep:
and
a
great
number
of
priests
was
sanctified.
And
all
the multitude
of Juda
with
the
priests
and
Levites,
and
all
the
assembly,
that
came
out
of
Israel;
and
the proselytes
of
the
land
of
Israel,
and
that
dwelt
in Juda
were
full
of
joy.
And
there
was
a
great solemnity
in
Jerusalem,
such
as
had
not
been
in
that city
since
the
time
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
of
Israel.
And
the
priests
and
the
Levites
rose
up
and
blessed
the
people:
and
their
voice
was
heard:
and
their
prayer
came
to
the
holy
dwelling
place
of
heaven.
And
when
these
things
had
been duly celebrated,
all
Israel
that
were
found
in
the
cities
of Juda,
went
out,
and
they
broke
the idols,
and
cut
down
the
groves.
demolished
the
high
places,
and
destroyed
the
altars,
not
only
out
of
all Juda
and
Benjamin,
but
out
of
Ephraim
also
and Manasses,
till
they
had utterly
destroyed
them:
then
all
the
children
of
Israel
returned
to
their
possessions
and
cities.
And Ezechias
appointed
companies
of
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
by
their courses,
every
man
in
his
own
office,
to wit,
both
of
the
priests,
and
of
the
Levites,
for holocausts,
and
for
peace
offerings,
to
minister,
and
to
praise,
and
to sing
in
the
gates
of
the
camp
of
the
Lord.
And
the
king’s
part
was,
that
of
his proper substance
the holocaust
should
be offered always
morning
and
evening,
and
on
the
sabbaths,
and
the
new
moons
and
the other solemnities,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of Moses.
He
commanded
also
the
people
that
dwelt
in
Jerusalem,
to
give
to
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
their
portion,
that
they
might attend
to
the
law
of
the
Lord.
Which
when
it
was noised
abroad
in
the ears
of
the
people,
the
children
of
Israel offered
in
abundance
the firstfruits
of corn,
wine,
and
oil,
and
honey:
and
brought
the
tithe
of
all
things
which
the
ground bringeth
forth.
Moreover
the
children
of
Israel
and Juda,
that
dwelt
in
the
cities
of Juda,
brought
in
the
tithes
of
oxen,
and
sheep,
and
the
tithes
of
holy
things, which
they
had vowed
to
the
Lord
their
God:
and carrying
them
all,
made many
heaps.
In
the
third
month
they
began
to
lay
the
foundations
of
the
heaps,
and
in
the
seventh
month,
they
finished
them.
And
when Ezechias
and
his
princes
came
in,
they
saw
the
heaps,
and
they
blessed
the
Lord
and
the
people
of
Israel.
And Ezechias
asked
the
priests
and
the
Levites, why
the
heaps lay
so.
Azarias
the
chief
priest
of
the race
of Sadoc
answered
him,
saying:
Since
the firstfruits
began
to
be
offered
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
we
have
eaten,
and
have
been
filled,
and
abundance
is
left,
because
the
Lord hath
blessed
his
people:
and
of
that
which
is
left
is
this
great store
which thou seest.
Then Ezechias
commanded
to
prepare storehouses
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
when
they
had
done
so,
They
brought
in
faithfully
both
the firstfruits,
and
the
tithes,
and all
they
had vowed.
And
the overseer
of
them
was Chonenias
the
Levite,
and Semei
his
brother
was
the
second,
And after
him
Jehiel,
and Azarias,
and
Nahath,
and Asael,
and
Jerimoth,
and
Jozabad,
and
Eliel,
and Jesmachias,
and
Mahath,
and Banaias,
overseers
under
the
hand
of Chonenias,
and Semei
his
brother,
by
the commandment
of Ezechias
the
king,
and Azarias
the high priest
of
the
house
of
God,
to whom all
things appertained.
But Core
the
son
of Jemna
the
Levite,
the porter
of
the
east gate,
was overseer
of
the
things which
were
freely
offered
to
the
Lord,
and
of
the firstfruits
and
the
things
dedicated
for
the
holy
of
holies.
And
under
his
charge
were
Eden,
and Benjamin, Jesue,
and Semeias,
and Amarias,
and Sechenias,
in
the
cities
of
the
priests,
to
distribute
faithfully
portions
to
their
brethren,
both
little
and
great:
Besides
the
males
from
three
years
old
and
upward,
to
all
that
went
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
whatsoever
there
was
need
of
in
the
ministry,
and
their
offices according
to
their courses,
day
by
day.
To
the
priests
by
their
families,
and
to
the
Levites
from
the
twentieth
year
and
upward,
by
their classes
and companies.
And
to
all
the multitude,
both
to
their
wives,
and
to
their
children
of
both sexes, victuals
were given
faithfully
out
of
the
things
that
had
been
sanctified.
Also
of
the
sons
of
Aaron
who
were
in
the
fields
and
in
the suburbs
of
each
city,
there
were
men
appointed,
to
distribute
portions
to
all
the
males,
among
the
priests
and
the
Levites.
So Ezechias
did
all
things,
which
we
have said
in
all Juda,
and wrought
that
which
was
good;
and
right,
and
truth,
before
the
Lord
his
God,
In
all
the
service
of
the
ministry
of
the
house
of
the Lord according
to
the
law
and
the ceremonies, desiring
to
seek
his
God
with
all
his
heart,
and
he
did
it
and prospered,
After
these
things,
and
this
truth,
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians
came
and
entered
into Juda,
and besieged
the fenced
cities, desiring
to
take
them.
And
when Ezechias
saw
that
Sennacherib
was
come,
and
that
the
whole force
of
the
war
was turning
against
Jerusalem,
He
took
counsel
with
the
princes,
and
the most
valiant
men,
to
stop
up
the
heads
of
the springs,
that
were without
the
city:
and
as
they
were all
of
this mind,
He
gathered
together
a
very
great multitude,
and
they
stopped
up
all
the
springs,
and
the
brook,
that ran
through
the
midst
of
the
land,
saying: Lest
the
kings
of
the Assyrians
should
come,
and
And abundance
of
water.
He
built
up
also
with
great diligence
all
the
wall
that
had
been
broken
down,
and
built
towers
upon
it,
and
another
wall without:
and
he
repaired Mello
in
the
city
of
David,
and
made
all sorts
of arms
and
shields:
And
he
appointed
captains
of
the
soldiers
of
the
army:
and
he
called
them all
together
in
the
street
of
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
spoke
to
their
heart,
saying:
Behave
like
men,
and
take
courage:
be
not
afraid
nor
dismayed
for
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
nor
for
all
the
multitude
that
is
with
him:
for
there
are
many
more
with
us
than
with
him.
For
with
him
is
an
arm
of
flesh:
with
us
the
Lord
our
God,
who
is
our
helper,
and fighteth
for
us.
And
the
people
were encouraged
with
these
words
of Ezechias
king
of Juda.
After
this,
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians
sent
his
servants
to
Jerusalem, (for
he
with
all
his
army
was
besieging Lachis,)
to Ezechias
king
of Juda,
and
to
all
the
people
that
were
in
the
city,
saying:
Thus saith
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians:
In whom
do
you
trust,
that
you
sit
still
besieged
in
Jerusalem?
Doth
not Ezechias deceive
you,
to
give
you
up
to
die
by
hunger
and
thirst, affirming
that
the
Lord
your
God
shall
deliver
you
from
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians?
Is
it
not
this
same Ezechias,
that hath destroyed
his
high
places,
and
his
altars,
and
commanded Juda
and
Jerusalem,
saying:
You
shall
worship
before
one
altar,
and
upon
it
you
shall
burn
incense?
Know
you
not
what
I
and
my
fathers
have
done
to
all
the
people
of
the
lands?
have
the
gods
of
any
nations
and
lands
been
able
to
deliver
their
country
out
of
my
hand?
Who
is
there
among
all
the
gods
of
the
nations,
which
my
fathers
have destroyed,
that
could
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand,
that
your
God
should
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
this
hand?
Therefore
let
not Ezechias
deceive
you,
nor delude
you
with
a vain persuasion,
and
do
not
believe
him.
For
if
no
god
of
all
the
nations
and
kingdoms,
could
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
my
fathers, consequently
neither
shall
your
God
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand.
And many
other things
did
his
servants
speak
against
the
Lord
God,
and
against Ezechias
his
servant.
He
wrote
also
letters full
of blasphemy
against
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
and
he
spoke
against
him:
As
the
gods
of other
nations
could
not
deliver
their
people
out
of
my
hand,
so
neither
can
the
God
of Ezechias
deliver
his
people
out
of
this
hand.
Moreover
he
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice,
in
the Jews’ tongue,
to
the
people
that sat
on
the
walls
of
Jerusalem,
that
he
might frighten
them,
and
take
the
city.
And
he
spoke
against
the
God
of
Jerusalem,
as
against
the
gods
of
the
people
of
the
earth,
the
works
of
the
hands
of
men.
And Ezechias
the
king,
and Isaias
the
prophet
the
son
of Amos,
prayed
against
this blasphemy,
and
cried
out
to
heaven.
And
the
Lord
sent
an
angel
who
cut
off
all
the stout
men
and
the
warriors,
and
the
captains
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
and
he
returned
with disgrace
into
his
own
country.
And
when
he
was
come
into
the
house
of
his
god,
his sons
that
came
out
of
his
bowels, slew
him
with
the
sword.
And
the
Lord
saved Ezechias
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
out
of
the
hand
of
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all,
and
gave
them treasures
on
every
side.
Many
also
brought victims,
and
sacrifices
to
the
Lord
to
Jerusalem,
and
presents
to Ezechias
king
of Juda:
and
he
was magnified thenceforth
in
the
sight
of
all
nations.
In
those
days Ezechias
was
sick
even
to
death,
and
he
prayed
to
the
Lord:
and
he heard
him,
and
gave
him
a
sign.
But
he
did
not
render
again
according
to
the
benefits which
he
had
received,
for
his
heart
was lifted
up:
and
wrath
was enkindled
against
him,
and
against Juda
and
Jerusalem.
And
he
humbled
himself afterwards,
because
his
heart
had
been
lifted
up,
both
he
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
and
therefore
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
came
not
upon
them
in
the
days
of Ezechias.
And Ezechias
was
rich,
and
very glorious,
and
he gathered himself
great
treasures
of
silver
and
of
gold,
and
of
precious
stones,
of
spices,
and
of arms,
of
all
kinds,
and
of
vessels
of
great
price.
Storehouses also
of corn,
of
wine,
and
of
oil,
and
stalls
for
all
beasts,
and folds
for
cattle.
And
he
built himself
cities:
for
he
had
flocks
of
sheep,
and
herds without
number,
for
the Lord
had
given
him
very
much substance.
This
same Ezechias
was,
he
that
stopped
the
upper source
of
the
waters
of
Gihon,
and turned
them
away
underneath toward
the
west
of
the
city
of
David:
in ail
his
works
he
did prosperously
what
he
would.
But
yet
in
the embassy
of
the
princes
of
Babylon,
that
were
sent
to
him,
to
inquire
of
the
wonder
that
had
happened
upon
the
earth,
God
left
him
that
he
might
be
tempted,
and
all
things
might
be
made
known
that
were
in
his
heart.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Ezechias,
and
of
his mercies
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of Juda
and
Israel.
And Ezechias
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him above
the sepulchres
of
the
sons
of
David:
and
all Juda,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
celebrated
his funeral:
and Manasses
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Manasses
was
twelve
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
fifty-five
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord, according
to all
the
abominations
of
the
nations,
which
the
Lord
cast
out
before
the
children
of
Israel:
And
he
turned,
and
built
again
the
high
places
which Ezechias
his
father
had
destroyed:
and
he
built
altars
to Baalim,
and
made groves,
and
he adored
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and worshipped
them.
He
built
also
altars
in
the
house
of
the
Lord, whereof
the
Lord
had
said:
In
Jerusalem
shall
my
name
be
for
ever.
And
he
built
them
for
all
the
host
of
heaven
in
the
two courts
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
he
made
his
sons
to
pass
through
the
fire
in
the
valley
of Benennom:
he
observed dreams, followed divinations,
gave
himself
up
to magic arts,
had
with
him magicians,
and enchanters:
and
he wrought
many evils
before
the
Lord,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
He
set
also
a
graven,
and
a molten
statue
in
the
house
of
God,
of
which
God
had
said
to
David,
and
to
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.
And
I
will
not
make
the
foot
of
Israel
to
be
removed
out
of
the
land
which
I
have
delivered
to
their
fathers:
yet
so
if
they
will
take
heed
to
do
what
I hare
commanded
them,
and
all
the
law,
and
the ceremonies,
and
judgments
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
So Manasses
seduced Juda,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
to
do
evil
beyond
all
the
nations,
which
the
Lord
had
destroyed
before
the
face
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
him,
and
to
his
people,
and
they
would
not hearken.
Therefore
he
brought
upon
them
the
captains
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
and
they
took Manasses,
and
carried
him
bound
with
chains
and
fetters
to
Babylon.
And after
that
he
was
in distress
he prayed
to
the
Lord
his
God:
and did penance
exceedingly
before
the
God
of
his
fathers.
And
he
entreated
him,
and besought
him earnestly:
and
he
heard
his
prayer,
and
brought
him
again
to
Jerusalem
into
his
kingdom,
and Manasses
knew
that
the
Lord
was
God.
After
this
he
built
a
wall without
the
city
of
David,
on
the
west
side
of
Gihon
in
the
valley,
from
the
entering
in
of
the
fish
gate
round
about
to
Ophel,
and raised
it
up
to
a
great height:
and
he
appointed
captains
of
the
army
in
all
the fenced
cities
of Juda:
And
he
took
away
the
strange
gods,
and
the
idol
out
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
the
altars
also
which
he
had
made
in
the
mount
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
Jerusalem,
and
he
cast
them
all
out
of
the
city.
And
he repaired
the
altar
of
the
Lord,
and
sacrificed
upon
it victims,
and
peace
offerings,
and
praise:
and
he
commanded Juda
to
serve
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
Nevertheless
the
people
still
sacrificed
in
the
high
places
to
the
Lord
their
God.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Manasses,
and
his
prayer
to
his
God,
and
the
words
of
the
seers
that
spoke
to
him
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
are contained
in
the
words
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
His
prayer
also,
and
his being heard,
and
all
his
sins,
and contempt,
and
places
wherein
he
built
high
places,
and
set
up groves,
and statues
before
he
did penance,
are
written
in
the
words
of
Hozai.
And Manasses
slept
with
his
fathers.
and
they
buried
him
in
his
house:
and
his
son Amen
reigned
in
his
stead.
Amen
was
two
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
two
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
as Manasses
his
father
had
done:
and
he
sacrificed
to
all
the
idols
which Manasses
his
father
had
made,
and
served
them.
And
he
did
not
humble
himself
before
the
Lord,
as Manasses
his
father
had
humbled
himself,
but committed far
greater sins.
And
his
servants
conspired
against
him,
and slew
him
in
his own
house.
But
the rest
of
the multitude
of
the
people
slew
them
that
had
killed Amen,
and
made Josias
his
son
king
in
his
stead.
Josias
was
eight
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
one
and
thirty
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
that
which
was
right
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and walked
in
the
ways
of
David
his
father:
he declined
not,
neither
to
the
right
hand,
nor
to
the
left.
And
in
the
eighth
year
of
his
reign,
when
he
was
yet
a
boy,
he
began
to
seek
the
God
of
his
father
David:
and
in
the twelfth
year
after
he
began
to
reign,
he
cleansed Juda
and
Jerusalem
from
the
high
places,
and
the groves,
and
the
idols,
and
the
graven
things.
And
they
broke
down
before
him
the
altars
of Baalim,
and
demolished
the
idols
that
had
been
set
upon
them:
and
be
cut
down
the groves
and
the
graven
things,
and
broke
them
in
pieces:
and strewed
the fragments
upon
the
graves
of
them
that
had
sacrificed
to
them.
And
he
burnt
the
bones
of
the
priests
on
the
altars
of
the idols,
and
he
cleansed Juda
and
Jerusalem.
And
in
the
cities
of Manasses,
and
of
Ephraim,
and
of
Simeon,
even
to Nephtali
he demolished
all.
And
when
he
had
destroyed
the
altars,
and
the groves,
and
had
broken
the
idols
in
pieces,
and
had
demolished
all profane temples
throughout
all
the
land
of
Israel,
he
returned
to
Jerusalem.
Now
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
his
reign,
when
he
had
cleansed
the
land,
and
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
he
sent Saphan
the
son
of Eselias,
and Maasias
the
governor
of
the
city, Joha
the
son
of Joachaz
the
recorder,
to
repair
the
house
of
the
Lord
his
God.
And
they
came
to Helcias
the
high
priest:
and
received
of
him
the
money
which
had
been
brought
into
the
house
of
the Lord,
and
which
the
Levites
and porters
had
gathered
together
from Manasses,
and
Ephraim,
and
all
the
remnant
of
Israel,
and
from
all Juda,
and
Benjamin,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
Which
they
delivered
into
the
hands
of
them
that
were
over
the
workmen
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
to
repair
the
temple,
and mend
all
that
was weak.
But
they
gave
it
to
the artificers,
and
to
the
masons,
to
buy
stones
out
of
the quarries,
and
timber
for
the
couplings
of
the
building,
and
to rafter
the
houses,
which
the
kings
of Juda
had
destroyed.
And
they
did
all
faithfully. Now
the
overseers
of
the
workmen
were
Jahath
and Abdias
of
the
sons
of
Merari, Zacharias
and Mosollam
of
the
sons
of Caath,
who hastened
the
work:
all
Levites
skillful
to play
on
instruments.
But
over
them
that
carried burdens
for divers uses,
were
scribes,
and masters
of
the
number
of
the
Levites,
and porters.
Now
when
they
carried
out
the
money
that
had
been
brought
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord, Helcias
the
priest
found
the
book
of
the
law
of
the
Lord,
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
And
he
said
to Saphan
the
scribe:
I
have
found
the
book
of
the
law
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
he
delivered
it
to
him.
But
he
carried
the
book
to
the
king,
and
told
him,
saying: Lo,
all
that thou hast
committed
to thy
servants,
is
accomplished.
They
have
gathered
together
the
silver
that
was
found
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
it
is
given
to
the
overseers
of
the artificers,
and
of
the
workmen,
for divers
works.
Moreover Helcias
the
priest
gave
me
this
book.
And
he
read
it
before
the
king.
And
when
he
had
heard
the
words
of
the
law,
he rent
his
garments:
And
he
commanded Helcias,
and Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan,
and
Abdon
the
son
of Micha,
and Saphan
the
scribe,
and Asaa
the
king’s
servant,
saying:
Go,
and pray
to
the
Lord
for
me,
and
for
the
remnant
of
Israel,
and Juda,
concerning
all
the
words
of
this
book,
which
is
found:
for
the
great
wrath
of
the
Lord hath fallen
upon
us,
because
our
fathers
have
not
kept
the
words
of
the
Lord,
to
do
all
things
that
are
written
in
this
book.
And Helcias
and
they
that
were sent
with
him
by
the
king,
went
to Olda
the
prophetess,
the
wife
of Sellum
the
son
of Thecuath,
the
son
of Hasra
keeper
of
the wardrobe:
who
dwelt
in
Jerusalem
in
the
Second
part:
and
they
spoke
to
her
the words
above mentioned.
And
she
answered
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Tell
the
man
that
sent
you
to
me:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
bring evils
upon
this
place,
and
upon
the
inhabitants thereof,
and
all
the
curses
that
are
written
in
this
book
which
they
read
before
the
king
of Juda.
Because
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have sacrificed
to strange
gods,
to
provoke
me
to
wrath
with
all
the
works
of
their
hands,
therefore
my
wrath
shall fall
upon
this
place,
and
shall
not
be
quenched.
But
as
to
the
king
of Juda
that
sent
you
to beseech
the
Lord,
thus
shall
you
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Because thou hast
heard
the
words
of
this book,
And thy
heart
was
softened.
and thou hast
humbled thyself
in
the
sight
of
God
for
the
things
that
are
spoken
against
this
place,
and
the
inhabitants
of Jerusalem,
and reverencing
my
face, hast rent thy
garments,
and
wept
before
me:
I
also
have
heard thee, saith
the
Lord.
For
now
I
will
gather thee
to thy
fathers,
and thou shalt
be
brought
to thy
tomb
in
peace:
and thy
eyes
shall
not
see
all
the
evil
that
I
will
bring
upon
this
place,
and
the
inhabitants thereof.
They
therefore
reported
to
the
king
all
that
she
had
said.
And
he called
together
all
the ancients
of Juda
and
Jerusalem.
And
went
up
to
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
all
the
men
of Juda,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
all
the
people
from
the least
to
the
greatest.
And
the
king
read
in
their
hearing,
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
all
the
words
of
the
book.
And
standing
up
in
his tribunal,
he
made
a
covenant
before
the
Lord
to walk
after
him,
and
keep
his
commandments,
and
testimonies,
and justifications
with
all
his
heart,
and
with
all
his
soul,
and
to
do
the
things
that
were
written
in
that
book
which
he
had
read.
And
he adjured
all
that
were
found
in
Jerusalem
and
Benjamin
to
do
the
same:
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
did according
to
the
covenant
of
the Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
And Josias
took
away
all
the
abominations
out
of
all
the
countries
of
the
children
of
Israel:
and
made
all
that
were
left
in
Israel,
to
serve
the
Lord
their
God.
As
long
as
he
lived
they
departed
not
from
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers.
And Josias
kept
a phase
to
the
Lord
in
Jerusalem,
and
it
was sacrificed
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
first
month.
And
he
set
the
priests
in
their
offices,
and exhorted
them
to minister
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
he
spoke
to
the
Levites,
by
whose
instruction
all
Israel
was sanctified
to
the
Lord,
saying:
Put
the
ark
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
temple,
which
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
of
Israel
built:
for
you
shall
carry
it
no
more:
but minister
now
to
the
Lord
your
God,
and
to
his
people
Israel.
And
prepare yourselves
by
your
houses,
and
families according
to
your courses,
as
David
king
of
Israel commanded,
and
Solomon
his
son hath written.
And
serve ye
in
the
sanctuary
by
the
families
and companies
of
Levi.
And being
sanctified
kill
the phase,
and
prepare
your
brethren,
that
they
may
do
according
to
the
words
which
the
Lord
spoke
by
the
hand
of
Moses.
And Josias gave
to
all
the
people
that
were
found
there
in
the solemnity
of
the phase,
of
lambs
and
of kids
of
the
flocks,
and
of
other small
cattle
thirty
thousand,
and
of
oxen
three
thousand,
all
these
were
of
the
king’s substance.
And
his
princes
willingly
offered what
they
had vowed, both
to
the
people
and
to
the
priests
and
the
Levites. Moreover Helcias,
and Zacharias,
and Jahiel
rulers
of
the
house
of
the Lord,
gave
to
the
priests
to keep
the phase
two
thousand
six
hundred small
cattle,
and
three
hundred
oxen.
And Chonenias,
and Semeias
and Nathanael,
his
brethren,
and Hasabias,
and Jehiel,
and
Jozabad
princes
of
the
Levites, gave
to
the rest
of
the
Levites
to celebrate
the phase
five
thousand small
cattle,
and
five
hundred
oxen.
And
the
ministry
was
prepared,
and
the
priests
stood
in
their
office:
the
Levites
also
in
their companies,
according
to
the
king’s
commandment.
And
the phase
was immolated:
and
the
priests
sprinkled
the blood
with
their
hand,
and
the
Levites flayed
the holocausts:
And
they
separated
them
to
give
them
by
the
houses
and
families
of every
one,
and
to
be
offered
to
the
Lord,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Moses,
and
with
the
oxen
they
did
in
like
manner.
And
they
roasted
the phase
with
fire,
according
to
that
which
is written
in
the law:
but
the victims
of peace
offerings
they
boiled
in caldrons,
and
kettles,
and
pots,
and
they distributed
them
speedily among
all
the
people.
And
afterwards
they
made
ready
for
themselves,
and
for
the
priests:
for
the
priests
were busied
in
offering
of holocausts
and
the
fat
until
night: wherefore
the
Levites
prepared
for
themselves,
and
for
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron last.
And
the
singers
the
sons
of
Asaph stood
in
their
order,
according
to
the
commandment
of
David,
and
Asaph,
and
Heman,
and Idithun
the
prophets
of
the
king:
and
the porters kept guard
at
every
gate,
so
as
not
to
depart
one moment
from
their
service:
and
therefore
their
brethren
the
Levites
prepared meats
for
them.
So
all
the
service
of
the
Lord
was duly
accomplished
that
day,
both
in keeping
the phase,
and
offering holocausts
upon
the
altar
of
the
Lord,
according
to
the
commandment
of
king Josias.
And
the
children
of
Israel
that
were
found
there,
kept
the phase
at
that
time,
and
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days.
There
was
no phase
like
to
this
in
Israel,
from
the
days
of
Samuel
the
prophet:
neither
did
any
of
all
the
kings
of
Israel
keep
such
a phase
as Josias
kept,
with
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
all Juda,
and
Israel
that
were
found,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
In
the
eighteenth
year
of
the
reign
of Josias
was
this phase
celebrated.
After
that Josias
had repaired
the
temple, Nechao
king
of
Egypt
came
up
to
fight
in Charcamis
by
the
Euphrates:
and Josias
went
out
to
meet
him.
But
he
sent
messengers
to
him,
saying:
What
have
I
to
do
with thee,
O
king
of Juda?
I come
not
against thee
this
day,
but
I
fight
against
another
house,
to
which
God hath
commanded
me
to
go
in haste: forbear
to
do
against
God,
who
is
with
me, lest
he
kill thee.
Josias
would
not
return,
but prepared
to
fight
against
him,
and hearkened
not
to
the
words
of Nechao
from
the
mouth
of
God,
I
but
went
to
fight
in
the field
of Mageddo.
And there
he
was
wounded
by
the
archers,
and
he
said
to
his
servants: Carry
me
out
of
the battle,
for
I am grievously
wounded.
And
they
removed
him
from
the
chariot
into another,
that followed
him
after
the manner
of kings,
and
they
carried
him
away
to
Jerusalem,
and
he
died,
and
was
buried
in
the monument
of
his
fathers,
and
all Juda
and
Jerusalem
mourned
for
him,
Particularly Jeremias:
whose
lamentations
for Josias
all
the
singing
men
and
singing
women repeat unto
this
day,
and
it became
like
a law
in
Israel:
Behold
it
is found
written
in
the
Lamentations.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Josias
and
of
his mercies, according
to
what
was commanded
by
the
law
of
the
Lord:
And
his
works
first
and
last,
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of Juda
and
Israel.
Then
the
people
of
the
land
took Joachaz
the
son
of Josias,
and
made
him
king
instead
of
his
father
in
Jerusalem.
Joachaz
was
three
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem.
And
the
king
of
Egypt came
to
Jerusalem,
and
deposed
him,
and condemned
the
land
in
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and
a
talent
of
gold.
And
he
made
Eliakim
his
brother
king
in
his stead,
over Juda
and
Jerusalem:
and
he
turned
his
name
to Joakim:
but
he
took Joachaz
with
him,
and
carried
him
away
into
Egypt.
Joakim
was
five
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
he
did
evil
before
the
Lord
his
God.
Against
him
came
up Nabuchodonosor
king
of
the Chaldeans,
and led
him
bound
in
chains
into
Babylon.
And
he
carried
also thither
the
vessels
of
the
Lord,
and
put
them
in
his
temple.
But
the
rest
of
the
acts
of Joakim,
and
his
abominations,
which
he wrought,
and
the
things
that
were
found
in
him,
are contained
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of Juda
and
Israel.
And Joachin
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
Joachin
was
eight
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
three
months
and
ten
days
in
Jerusalem,
and
he
did
evil
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord.
And
at
the
return
of
the
year,
king Nabuchodonosor
sent,
and
brought
him
to
Babylon, carrying
away
at
the
same
time
the
most
precious
vessels
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
he
made Sedecias
his uncle
king
over Juda
and
Jerusalem.
Sedecias
was
one
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
did
evil
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
his
God,
and
did
not reverence
the
face
of Jeremias
the
prophet speaking
to
him
from
the
mouth
of
the
Lord.
He
also revolted
from
king Nabuchodonosor,
who
had
made
him
swear
by
God:
and
he
hardened
his
neck
and
his
heart,
from
returning
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
Moreover
all
the
chief
of
the
priests,
and
the
people wickedly transgressed according
to
all
the
abominations
of
the
Gentiles:
and
they
defiled
the
house
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had
sanctified
to
himself
in
Jerusalem.
And
the
Lord
the
God
of
their
fathers
sent
to
them,
by
the
hand
of
his
messengers,
rising
early,
and daily admonishing
them:
because
he
spared
his
people
and
his
dwelling
place.
But
they
mocked
the
messengers
of
God,
and
despised
his
words,
and misused
the
prophets,
until
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
arose
against
his
people,
and
there
was
no
remedy.
For
he
brought
upon
them
the
king
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
he
slew
their
young
men
with
the
sword
in
the
house
of
his
sanctuary,
he
had
no
compassion
on
young
man,
or maiden,
old
man
or
even
him
that stooped
for age,
but
he
delivered
them
all
into
his
hands.
And
all
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
great
and
small,
and
the
treasures
of
the
temple
and
of
the
king,
and
of
the
princes
he
carried
away
to
Babylon.
And
the
enemies
set
fire
to
the
house
of
God,
and
broke
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
burnt
all
the
towers,
and
whatsoever
was
precious
they
destroyed.
Whosoever
escaped
the
sword,
was
led
into
Babylon,
and
there
served
the
king
and
his
sons
till
the
reign
of
the
king
of
Persia.
That
the
word
of
the
Lord
by
the
mouth
of Jeremias
might
be
fulfilled,
and
the
land
might keep
her
sabbaths:
for
all
the
days
of
the
desolation
she kept
a
sabbath,
till
the
seventy
years
were
expired.
But
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians,
to
fulfill
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had
spoken
by
the
mouth
of Jeremias,
the
Lord
stirred
up
the
heart
of
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians
who
commanded
it
to
be proclaimed
through
all
his
kingdom,
and
by
writing
also,
saying:
Thus saith
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians:
All
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth hath
the
Lord
the
God
of
heaven
given
to
me,
and
he hath
charged
me
to
build
him
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
which
is
in Judea:
who
is
there
among
you
of
all
his
people?
The
Lord
his
God
be
with
him,
and
let
him
go
up.
Ezra
The Book of Ezra
Ezra
Ezr
The Book of
Ezra
In
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
by
the
mouth
of Jeremias
might
be fulfilled,
the
Lord
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians:
and
he
made
a
proclamation
throughout
all
his
kingdom,
and
in
writing
also,
saying:
Thus saith
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians:
The
Lord
the
God
of
heaven hath
given
to
me
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth,
and
he hath charged
me
to
build
him
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
which
is
in Judea.
Who
is
there
among
you
of
all
his
people?
His
God
be
with
him.
Let
him
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
which
is
in Judea,
and
build
the
house
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
he
is
the
God
that
is
in
Jerusalem.
And let
all
the
rest
in
all
places wheresoever
they
dwell, help
him
every
man
from
his
place.
with
silver
and
gold,
and
goods,
and
cattle,
besides
that
which
they
offer
freely
to
the
temple
of
God,
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
Then
rose
up
the
chief
of
the
fathers
of Juda
and
Benjamin,
and
the
priests,
and
Levites,
and
every
one
whose
spirit
God
had
raised
up,
to
go
up
to
build
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
which
was
in
Jerusalem.
And
all
they
that
were
round
about,
helped
their
hands
with
vessels
of
silver,
and
gold,
with
goods,
and
with
beasts,
and
with
furniture,
besides
what
they
had
offered
on
their
own accord.
And
king
Cyrus
brought
forth
the
vessels
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
which Nabuchodonosor
had
taken
from
Jerusalem,
and
had
put
them
in
the
temple
of
his
god.
Now
Cyrus
king
of
Persia
brought
them
forth
by
the
hand
of Mithridates
the son
of Gazabar,
and
numbered
them
to Sassabasar
the
prince
of Juda.
And
this
is
the
number
of
them:
thirty bowls
of
gold,
a
thousand bowls
of
silver,
nine
and
twenty knives,
thirty cups
of
gold,
Silver cups
of
a
second sort,
four
hundred
and
ten:
other
vessels
a
thousand.
All
the
vessels
of
gold
and
silver,
five
thousand
four
hundred:
all
these Sassabasar
brought
with
them
that
came
up
from
the captivity
of
Babylon
to
Jerusalem.
Now
these
are
the
children
of
the
province,
that
went
out
of
the
captivity,
which Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away
to
Babylon,
and
who
returned
to
Jerusalem
and Juda,
every
man
to
his
city.
Who
came
with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai,
Rehum, Baana.
The
number
of
the
men
of
the
people
of
Israel:
The
children
of Pharos
two
thousand
one
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of Sephatia,
three
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of Area,
seven
hundred
seventy-five.
The
children
of Phahath Moab,
of
the
children
of Josue:
Joab,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
twelve.
The
children
of
Elam,
a
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of Zethua,
nine
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of Zachai,
seven
hundred
sixty.
The
children
of
Bani,
six
hundred
forty-two.
The
children
of
Bebai,
six
hundred twenty-three.
The
children
of
Azgad,
a
thousand
two
hundred
twenty-two.
The
children
of Adonicam,
six
hundred sixty-six.
The
children
of Beguai, two
thousand fifty-six.
The
children
of
Adin,
four
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of Ather,
who
were
of Ezechias, ninety-eight.
The
children
of Besai,
three
hundred
and twenty-three.
The
children
of Jora,
a
hundred
and
twelve.
The
children
of Hasum,
two
hundred twenty-three.
The
children
of Gebbar, ninety-five.
The
children
of
Bethlehem,
a
hundred twenty-three.
The
men
of Netupha, fifty-six.
The
men
of
Anathoth,
a
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
children
of
Azmaveth,
forty-two.
The
children
of Cariathiarim, Cephira,
and Beroth,
seven
hundred forty-three.
The
children
of Rama
and Gabaa,
six
hundred twenty-one.
The
men
of Machmas,
a
hundred
twenty-two.
The
men
of
Bethel
and Hai,
two
hundred twenty-three.
The
children
of
Nebo,
fifty-two.
The
children
of Megbis,
a
hundred fifty-six.
The
children
of
the
other
Elam,
a
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of
Harim,
three
hundred
and
twenty.
The
children
of Lod,
Hadid
and
One,
seven
hundred
twenty-five.
The
children
of
Jericho,
three
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of Senaa,
three
thousand
six
hundred
thirty.
The
priests:
the
children
of Jadaia
of
the
house
of Josue,
nine
hundred seventy-three.
The
children
of Emmer,
a
thousand
fifty-two.
The
children
of Pheshur,
a
thousand
two
hundred forty-seven.
The
children
of
Harim,
a
thousand
and
seventeen.
The
Levites:
the
children
of Josue
and
of Cedmihel,
the
children
of Odovia, seventy-four.
The
singing
men:
the
children
of
Asaph,
a
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
children
of
the porters:
the
children
of Sellum,
the
children
of
Ater,
the
children
of Telmon,
the
children
of Accub,
the
children
of
Hatita,
the
children
of Sobai:
in
all
a
hundred thirty-nine.
The Nathinites:
the
children
of Siha,
the
children
of
Hasupha,
the
children
of
Tabbaoth,
The
children
of Ceros,
the
children
of
Sia,
the
children
of Phadon,
The
children
of
Lebana,
the
children
of Hegaba,
the
children
of Accub,
The
children
of
Hagab,
the
children
of Semlai,
the
children
of
Hanan,
The
children
of Gaddel,
the
children
of Gaher,
the
children
of Raaia,
The
children
of Basin,
the
children
of Necoda,
the
children
of Gazam,
The
children
of Asa,
the
children
of Phasea,
the
children
of Besee,
The
children
of Asena,
the
children
of Munim,
the
children
of Nephusim,
The
children
of Bacbuc,
the
children
of Hacupha,
the
children
of Harhur,
The
children
of Besluth,
the
children
of Mahida,
the
children
of Harsa,
The
children
of Bercos,
the
children
of Sisara,
the
children
of Thema,
The
children
of Nasia,
the
children
of
Hatipha,
The
children
of
the
servants
of
Solomon,
the
children
of
Sotai,
the
children
of Sopheret,
the
children
of Pharuda,
The
children
of Jala,
the
children
of Dercon,
the
children
of Geddel,
The
children
of Saphatia,
the
children
of Hatil,
the
children
of Phochereth, which
were
of Asebaim,
the
children
of Ami,
All
the Nathinites,
and
the
children
of
the
servants
of
Solomon,
three
hundred ninety-two.
And
these
are
they
that
came
up
from Thelmela, Thelharsa,
Cherub,
and Adon,
and Emer.
And
they
could
not shew
the
house
of
their
fathers
and
their
seed,
whether
they
were
of
Israel.
The
children
of Dalaia,
the
children
of Tobia,
the
children
of Necoda,
six
hundred
fifty-two.
And
of
the
children
of
the
priests:
the
children
of Hobia,
the
children
of Accos,
the
children
of Berzellai,
who
took
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of Berzellai,
the Galaadite,
and
was
called
by
their
name:
These
sought
the
writing
of
their
genealogy,
and
found
it
not,
and
they
were cast
out
of
the
priesthood.
And Athersatha
said
to
them,
that
they
should
not
eat
of
the
holy
of
holies,
till
there
arose
a
priest learned
and perfect.
All
the multitudes
as
one
man,
were forty-two
thousand
three
hundred
and
sixty:
Besides their menservants,
and womenservants,
of
whom there
were
seven
thousand
three
hundred
and thirty-seven:
and among
them
singing
men,
and
singing women
two
hundred.
Their
horses
seven
hundred thirty-six, their
mules
two
hundred
forty-five,
Their
camels
four
hundred thirty-five, their asses
six
thousand
seven
hundred
and
twenty.
And some
of
the
chief
of
the
fathers,
when
they
came
to
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
which
is
in
Jerusalem,
offered freely
to
the
house
of
the
Lord
to build
it
in
its
place.
According
to
their
ability,
they
gave towards
the expenses
of
the
work, sixty-one
thousand solids
of
gold,
five
thousand pounds
of
silver,
and
a
hundred
garments
for
the
priests.
So
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
some
of
the
people,
and
the
singing
men,
and
the porters,
and
the Nathinites
dwelt
in
their
cities,
and
all
Israel
in
their
cities.
And now
the
seventh
month
was
come,
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
in
their
cities:
and
the
people
gathered
themselves
together
as
one
man
to
Jerusalem.
And Josue
the
son
of Josedec
rose
up,
and
his
brethren
the
priests,
and Zorobabel
the
son
of Salathiel,
and
his
brethren,
and
they
built
the
altar
of
the
God
of
Israel
that
they
might
offer holocausts
upon
it,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses
the mall
of
God.
And
they
set
the
altar
of
God
upon
its bases,
while
the
people
of
the
lands round
about
put
them
in
fear,
and
they
offered
upon
it
a holocaust
to
the
Lord
morning
and
evening.
And
they
kept
the
feast
of tabernacles,
as
it
is
written,
and offered
the holocaust
every
day orderly
according
to
the
commandment,
the
duty
of
the
day
in
its
day.
And
afterwards
the
continual holocaust,
both
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
all
the solemnities
of
the
Lord,
that were
consecrated,
and
on
all
in
which
a free-will
offering
was
made
to
the
Lord.
From
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month
they
began
to
offer holocausts
to
the
Lord:
but
the
temple
of
God
was
not
yet
founded.
And
they
gave
money
to
hewers
of stones
and
to
masons:
and meat
and
drink,
and
oil
to
the
Sidonians
and
Tyrians,
to
bring
cedar
trees
from Libanus
to
the
sea
of Joppe,
according
to
the orders
which
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians
had
given
them.
And
in
the
second
year
of
their
coming
to
the
temple
of
God
in
Jerusalem,
the
second
month, Zorobabel
the
son
of Salathiel,
and Josue
the
son
of Josedec,
and
the
rest
of
their
brethren
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
all
that
were
come
from
the
captivity
to
Jerusalem
began,
and
they
appointed
Levites
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
to hasten
forward
the
work
of
the
Lord.
Then Josue
and
his
sons
and
his
brethren, Cedmihel,
and
his
sons,
and
the
children
of Juda,
as
one
man,
stood
to hasten
them
that
did
the
work
in
the
temple
of
God:
the
sons
of
Henadad,
and
their
sons,
and
their
brethren
the
Levites.
And
when
the masons
laid
the
foundations
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
the
priests
stood
in
their ornaments
with
trumpets:
and
the
Levites
the
sons
of
Asaph
with
cymbals,
to
praise
God
by
the
hands
of
David
king
of
Israel.
And
they sung
together
hymns,
and
praise
to
the
Lord:
because
he
is
good,
for
his
mercy endureth
for
ever towards
Israel.
And
all
the
people
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
praising
the
Lord,
because
the
foundations
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord
were
laid.
But
many
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
the
chief
of
the
fathers
and
the ancients
that
had
seen
the
former
temple;
when
they
had
the
foundation
of
this
temple
before
their
eyes,
wept
with
a
loud
voice:
and
many
shouting
for
joy,
lifted
up
their
voice.
So
that
one
could
not
distinguish
the
voice
of
the
shout
of
joy,
from
the
noise
of
the
weeping
of
the
people:
for
one
with another
the
people
shouted
with
a
loud
shout,
and
the
voice
was
heard
afar
off.
Now
the enemies
of Juda
and
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
the captivity
were
building
a
temple
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
And
they
came
to Zorobabel,
and
the
chief
of
the
fathers,
and
said
to
them:
Let
us
build
with
you,
for
we
seek
your
God
as ye do:
behold
we
have
sacrificed
to
him,
since
the
days
of Asor Haddan
king
of
Assyria,
who
brought
us hither.
But Zorobabel,
and Josue,
and
the
rest
of
the
chief
of
the
fathers
of
Israel
said
to
them:
You
have
nothing
to
do
with
us
to
build
a
house
to
our
God,
but
we
ourselves alone
will
build
to
the
Lord
our
God,
as
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians hath
commanded
us.
Then
the
people
of
the
land hindered
the
hands
of
the
people
of Juda,
and troubled
them
in
building.
And
they
hired counsellors
against
them,
to frustrate
their design
all
the
days
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
even
until
the
reign
of
Darius
king
of
the Persians.
And
in
the
reign
of Assuerus,
in
the
beginning
of
his
reign,
they
wrote
an
accusation
against
the
inhabitants
of Juda
and
Jerusalem.
And
in
the
days
of
Artaxerxes, Beselam, Mithridates,
and Thabeel,
and
the
rest
that
were
in
the council
wrote
to
Artaxerxes
king
of
the Persians:
and
the
letter
of accusation
was
written
in Syriac,
and
was read
in
the Syrian tongue.
Reum Beelteem,
and Samsai
the
scribe
wrote
a
letter from
Jerusalem
to
king
Artaxerxes,
in this manner:
Reum Beelteem,
and Samsai
the
scribe
and
the
rest
of their counsellors,
the Dinites,
and
the Apharsathacites,
the Therphalites,
the Apharsites,
the Erchuites,
the
Babylonians,
the Susanechites,
the Dievites,
and
the
Elamites,
And
the
rest
of
the
nations,
whom
the
great
and glorious Asenaphar brought over:
and made
to dwell
in
the cities
of
Samaria
and
in
the
rest
of
the countries
of this side
of
the
river
in peace.
(This
is
the
copy
of
the
letter,
which
they
sent
to him:)
To
Artaxerxes
the
king, thy
servants,
the
men
that
are
on
this side
of
the
river,
send greeting.
Be
it
known
to
the
king,
that
the
Jews,
who
came
up
from thee
to us,
are
come
to
Jerusalem
a rebellious
and wicked
city,
which
they
are
building, setting
up
the ramparts thereof
and
repairing
the
walls.
And
now
be
it
known
to
the
king,
that
if
this
city
be
built up,
and
the
walls thereof repaired,
they
will
not
pay
tribute
nor
toll,
nor yearly revenues,
and
this
loss
will fail upon
the
kings.
But
we remembering
the
salt
that
we
have eaten
in
the
palace,
and
because
we count
it
a crime
to
see
the
king wronged,
have
therefore
sent
and certified
the
king,
That
search may
be
made
in
the
books
of
the histories
of thy
fathers,
and thou shalt
find written
in
the records:
and shalt
know
that
this
city
is
a rebellious
city,
and hurtful
to
the
kings
and
provinces,
and
that wars
were raised therein
of old time:
for
which cause also
the
city
was destroyed.
We certify
the
king,
that
if
this
city be
built,
and
the
walls thereof repaired, thou shalt
have
no
possession on
this side
of
the
river.
The
king
sent word
to Reum Beelteem
and Samsai
the
scribe,
and
to
the
rest
that
were
in their council, inhabitants
of
Samaria,
and
to
the
rest
beyond
the
river, sending greeting
and
peace.
The accusation,
which
you have
sent
to us, hath been plainly
read
before
me,
And
I commanded:
and
search hath been
made,
and
it
is
found,
that
this
city
of old time hath rebelled
against
kings,
and seditions
and wars
have been raised therein.
For there
have been
powerful
kings
in
Jerusalem, who hare
had dominion
over
all
the country
that is
beyond
the
river:
and
have received
tribute,
and
toll
and revenues.
Now therefore hear
the sentence: Hinder
those
men,
that
this
city
be
not
built, till further
orders
be given
by me.
See
that
you
be not
negligent
in executing
this, lest by little
and little
the evil grow
to
the hurt
of
the
kings.
Now
the
copy
of
the edict
of
king
Artaxerxes
was
read
before Reum Beelteem,
and Samsai
the
scribe,
and their counsellors:
and
they
went
up
in
haste
to
Jerusalem
to
the
Jews,
and hindered
them
with arm
and power.
Then
the
work
of
the
house
of
the Lord
in
Jerusalem
was interrupted,
and
ceased till
the
second
year
of
the
reign
of
Darius
king
of
the
Persians.
Now Aggeus
the prophet,
and Zacharias
the
son
of Addo,
prophesied
to
the
Jews
that
were
in Judea
and
Jerusalem,
in
the
name
of
the
God
of
Israel.
Then rose up Zorobabel
the
son
of Salathiel,
and Josue
the
son
of Josedec,
and
began
to build
the
temple
of
God
in
Jerusalem,
and
with them
were
the
prophets
of
God helping them.
And at
the same
time
came
to
them Thathanai,
who
was
governor
beyond
the
river,
and Stharbuzanai,
and their counsellors:
and
said
thus
to
them:
Who hath
given
you
counsel
to build
this
house,
and
to repair
the walls thereof?
In answer
to
which
we
gave
them
the
names
of
the
men
who
were
the promoters
of
that
building.
But
the eye
of their
God
was upon
the ancients
of
the
Jews,
and
they could
not hinder
them.
And
it
was agreed
that
the matter should
be referred
to
Darius,
and
then
they should
give satisfaction
concerning
that accusation.
The
copy
of
the
letter
that Thathanai
governor
of
the country
beyond
the
river,
and Stharbuzanai,
and
his counsellors
the Arphasachites,
who dwelt
beyond
the
river,
sent
to
Darius
the
king.
The letter which they
sent him,
was
written
thus:
To
Darius
the
king
all
peace.
Be it
known
to
the
king,
that
we
went
to
the
province
of Judea,
to
the
house
of
the
great
God,
which
they
are
building
with unpolished
stones,
and
timber
is
laid
in
the
walls:
and
this
work
is
carried on
diligently,
and advanceth
in their
hands.
And
we
asked
those ancients,
and
said
to
them
thus:
Who hath
given you authority
to build
this
house,
and
to repair
these walls?
We
asked
also
of them their
names,
that
we might give thee notice:
and
we have
written
the
names
of
the
men
that
are
the chief among them.
And
they answered
us
in
these words,
saying:
We
are
the
servants
of
the
God
of
heaven
and
earth,
and
we
are
building
a
temple
that
was
built
these
many
years
ago,
and
which
a
great
king
of
Israel
built
and set up.
But
after
that our
fathers
had
provoked
the
God
of
heaven
to
wrath,
he delivered
them into
the
hands
of Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
the Chaldean:
and
he destroyed
this
house,
and carried away
the
people
to
Babylon.
But
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
the
king
of
Babylon,
king
Cyrus
set forth
a
decree,
that
this
house
of
God
should
be
built.
And
the
vessels
also
of
gold
and
silver
of
the
temple
of
God,
which Nabuchodonosor
had
taken out
of
the
temple,
that
was
in
Jerusalem,
and
had
brought
them
to
the
temple
of
Babylon,
king
Cyrus
brought out
of
the
temple
of
Babylon,
and
they
were delivered
to one Sassabasar,
whom
also
he
appointed
governor,
And
said
to him:
Take
these
vessels,
and
go,
and
put
them
in
the
temple
that
is
in
Jerusalem,
and let
the
house
of
God
be
built
in its
place.
Then
came
this same Sassabasar,
and
laid
the
foundations
of
the
temple
of
God
in
Jerusalem,
and
from
that
time
until
now it
is
in
building,
and
is
not yet finished.
Now therefore
if
it seem good
to
the
king,
let
him
search
in
the
king’s library,
which
is
in
Babylon,
whether
it hath been decreed
by
Cyrus
the
king,
that
the
house
of
God
in
Jerusalem
should
be
built,
and
let
the
king
send
his pleasure
to us
concerning
this matter.
Then
king
Darius
gave
orders,
and
they searched
in
the library
of
the
books
that
were
laid up
in
Babylon,
And
there
was
found
in
Ecbatana,
which
is
a castle
in
the
province
of
Media,
a book
in
which this record
was
written.
In
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
the
king:
Cyrus
the
king decreed,
that
the
house
of
God
should
be
built,
which
is
in
Jerusalem,
in
the
place
where
they may offer
sacrifices,
and
that
they lay
the
foundations
that may support
the
height
of threescore
cubits,
and
the breadth
of threescore
cubits,
Three rows
of unpolished
stones,
and
so rows
of new
timber:
and
the charges shall
be
given out
of
the
king’s
house.
And
also
let
the
golden
and
silver
vessels
of
the
temple
of
God,
which Nabuchodonosor
took out
of
the
temple
of
Jerusalem,
and
brought
to
Babylon,
be
restored,
and carried back
to
the
temple
of
Jerusalem
to their
place,
which
also
were placed
in
the
temple
of
God.
Now therefore Thathanai,
governor
of
the country
beyond
the
river, Stharbuzanai,
and your counsellors
the Apharsachites,
who
are
beyond
the
river, depart
far
from them,
And let that
temple
of
God
be
built by
the
governor
of
the
Jews,
and by their ancients, that they may build that
house
of
God
in its
place.
I also
have commanded
what must
be
done
by
those ancients
of
the
Jews,
that
the
house
of
God may
be
built,
to wit,
that
of
the
king’s chest,
that
is,
of
the
tribute
that
is
paid
out
of
the country
beyond
the
river,
the charges
be
diligently
given
to
those
men, lest
the work
be hindered.
And if it shall
be necessary, let calves also,
and
lambs,
and kids,
for holocausts
to
the
God
of
heaven, wheat,
salt,
wine,
and
oil, according
to
the custom
of
the
priests
that
are
in
Jerusalem,
be
given them
day
by
day,
that
there
be
no complaint
in any thing.
And let them
offer oblations
to
the
God
of
heaven,
and
pray
for
the
life
of
the
king,
and
of
his
children.
And
I have
made
a
decree:
That if
any whosoever, shall alter
this commandment,
a beam be taken
from
his
house.
and
set up,
and
he be nailed upon
it,
and
his
house be confiscated.
And may
the
God,
that hath caused
his
name
to
dwell
there,
destroy
all kingdoms,
and
the
people
that shall put
out
their
hand
to resist,
and
to
destroy
the
house
of
God,
that
is
in
Jerusalem.
I
Darius
have
made
the
decree,
which
I
will
have
diligently complied
with.
So
then Thathanai,
governor
of
the country
beyond
the
river,
and Stharbuzanai,
and
his counsellors
diligently
executed
what
Darius
the
king
had commanded.
And
the ancients
of
the
Jews
built
and
prospered
according
to
the prophecy
of Aggeus
the
prophet,
and
of Zacharias
the
son
of Addo:
and they
built
and
finished,
by
the commandment
of
the
God
of
Israel,
and
by
the commandment
of
Cyrus,
and
Darius,
and
Artaxerxes
kings
of
the
Persians.
And
they
were finishing
this
house
of God,
until
the
third
day
of
the
month
of
Adar,
which
was
in
the
sixth
year
of
the
reign
of
king
Darius.
And
the
children
of
Israel,
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
the
rest
of
the
children
of
the captivity kept
the
dedication
of
the
house
of
God
with
joy.
And they
offered
at
the
dedication
of
the
house
of
God, a,
hundred calves, two
hundred
rams,
four
hundred
lambs,
and
for a
sin
offering
for
all
Israel
twelve he
goats, according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
And
they
set
the
priests
in their
divisions,
and
the
Levites
in their courses
over
the works
of
God
in
Jerusalem,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Moses.
And
the
children
of Israel
of
the captivity
kept
the phase,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
first
month.
For
all
the
priests
and
the
Levites
were
purified
as
one
man:
all
were
clear
to
kill
the phase
for
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
and
for
their
brethren
the
priests,
and
themselves.
And
the
children
of
Israel
that
were
returned
from captivity,
and
all
that
had
separated themselves
from
the filthiness
of
the
nations
of
the
earth
to
them,
to
seek
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel, did
eat.
And
they
kept
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days
with
joy,
for
the
Lord
had
made
them
joyful,
and
had
turned
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria
to
them,
that
he
should help
their
hands
in
the
work
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
Now
after
these
things
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
the Persians, Esdras
the
son
of Saraias,
the
son
of Azarias,
the
son
of Helcias,
The
son
of Sellum,
the
son
of Sadoc,
the
son
of Achitob,
The
son
of Amarias,
the
son
of Azarias,
the
son
of Maraioth,
The
son
of Zarahias,
the
son
of Ozi,
the
son
of Bocci,
The
son
of Abisue,
the
son
of Phinees,
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest
from
the
beginning.
This Esdras
went
up
from
Babylon,
and
he
was
a
ready
scribe
in
the
law
of
Moses,
which
the
Lord
God
had
given
to
Israel:
and
the
king
granted
him
all
his
request,
according
to
the
hand
of
the
Lord
his
God
upon
him.
And
there
went
up
some
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
children
of
the
priests,
and
of
the
children
of
the
Levites,
and
of
the
singing
men,
and
of
the porters,
and
of
the Nathinites
to
Jerusalem
in
the
seventh
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king.
And
they
came
to
Jerusalem
in
the
fifth
month,
in
the
seventh
year
of
the
king.
For
upon
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
he
began
to
go
up
from
Babylon,
and
on
the
first
day
of
the
fifth
month
he
came
to
Jerusalem
according
to
the
good
hand
of
his
God
upon
him.
For Esdras
had
prepared
his
heart
to
seek
the
law
of
the
Lord,
and
to
do
and
to
teach
in
Israel
the commandments
and
judgment.
And
this
is
the
copy
of
the
letter
of
the
edict,
which
king
Artaxerxes
gave
to Esdras
the
priest,
the
scribe
instructed
in
the
words
and
commandments
of
the
Lord,
and
his ceremonies
in
Israel.
Artaxerxes
king
of
kings
to Esdras
the
priest,
the most learned
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
God
of
heaven, greeting.
It
is decreed
by me,
that
all
they
of
the
people
of
Israel,
and
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites
in
my
realm,
that
are minded
to go into
Jerusalem, should go
with thee.
For thou art
sent
from
before
the
king,
and
his
seven counsellors,
to visit Judea
and
Jerusalem
according
to
the
law
of thy
God,
which
is
in thy
hand.
And
to carry
the
silver
and
gold,
which
the
king
and
his counsellors
have
freely
offered
to
the
God
of
Israel,
whose tabernacle
is
in
Jerusalem.
And
all
the
silver
and
gold
that thou shalt
find
in
all
the
province
of
Babylon,
and
that
the
people
is
willing
to offer,
and
that
the
priests shall offer
of
their own accord
to
the
house
of
their
God,
which
is
in
Jerusalem,
Take freely,
and
buy
diligently
with
this
money, calves,
rams,
lambs,
with
the sacrifices
and libations
of
them,
and
offer
them upon
the
altar
of
the
temple
of
your
God,
that
is
in
Jerusalem.
And if
it seem
good
to thee,
and
to thy brethren
to
do any thing
with
the
rest
of
the
silver
and
gold,
do
it
according
to
the
will
of
your
God.
The
vessels also,
that
are
given thee
for
the sacrifice
of
the
house
of thy
God,
deliver thou
in
the sight
of
God
in
Jerusalem.
And whatsoever
more
there shall
be need
of
for
the
house
of thy
God, how much soever thou shalt
have
occasion
to spend, it shall
be given out
of
the
treasury,
and
the
king’s exchequer,
and
by me.
I
Artaxerxes
the
king
have ordered
and decreed
to
all
the keepers
of
the public chest,
that
are
beyond
the
river,
that whatsoever Esdras
the
priest,
the
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
God
of
heaven, shall
require
of
you,
you
give it without delay,
Unto
a
hundred
talents
of
silver,
and unto
a
hundred cores
of wheat,
and unto
a
hundred bates
of
wine,
and unto
a
hundred bates
of
oil,
and
salt
without measure.
All
that belongeth
to
the rites
of
the
God
of
heaven, let
it
be given diligently
in
the
house
of
the
God
of
heaven: lest
his
wrath
should
be enkindled
against
the
realm
of
the
king,
and
of
his
sons.
We give
you also
to
understand
concerning
all
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
and
the
singers,
and
the porters,
and
the Nathinites,
and ministers
of
the
house
of
this
God,
that
you have
no
authority
to
impose
toll
or
tribute,
or
custom upon them.
And thou Esdras according
to
the
wisdom
of thy
God,
which
is
in thy
hand,
appoint
judges
and
magistrates,
that may judge
all
the
people,
that
is
beyond
the
river,
that
is,
for them
who
know
the
law
of thy
God, yea
and
the ignorant
teach ye freely.
And whosoever
will
not
do
the
law
of thy
God,
and
the
law
of
the
king
diligently,
judgment shall
be
executed upon
him, either unto
death,
or unto
banishment,
or
to
the
confiscation
of
goods,
or
at least
to prison.
Blessed
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
our
fathers,
who hath
put
this
in
the
king’s
heart,
to
glorify
the
house
of
the
Lord,
which
is
in
Jerusalem,
And hath
inclined
his
mercy
toward
me
before
the
king
and
his counsellors,
and
all
the
mighty
princes
of
the
king:
and
I
being
strengthened
by
the
hand
of
the
Lord
my
God, which
was
upon
me,
gathered
together
out
of
Israel
chief
men
to
go
up
with
me.
Now
these
are
the
chiefs
of
families,
and
the
genealogy
of
them,
who
came
up
with
me
from
Babylon
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
the
king.
Of
the
sons
of Phinees, Gersom.
Of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
Daniel.
Of
the
sons
of
David, Hattus.
Of
the
sons
of Sechenias,
the
son
of Pharos, Zacharias,
and
with
him
were
numbered
a
hundred
and
fifty
men.
Of
the
sons
of Phahath Moab,
Eleoenai
the
son
of Zareha,
and
with
him
two
hundred
men.
Of
the
sons
of Sechenias,
the
son
of Ezechiel,
and
with
him
three
hundred
men.
Of
the
sons
of Adan, Abed
the
son
of
Jonathan,
and
with
him
fifty
men.
Of
the
sons
of Alam, Isaias
the
son
of Athalias,
and
with
him
seventy
men.
Of
the
sons
of Saphatia: Zebodia
the
son
of
Michael,
and
with
him
eighty
men.
Of
the
sons
of
Joab, Obedia
the
son
of Jahiel,
and
with
him
two
hundred
and
eighteen
men.
Of
the
sons
of Selomith,
the
son
of Josphia,
and
with
him
a
hundred
and
sixty
men.
Of
the
sons
of
Bebai, Zacharias
the
son
of
Bebai:
and
with
him
eight
and
twenty
men.
Of
the
sons
of
Azgad, Joanan
the
son
of Eccetan,
and
with
him
a
hundred
and
ten
men.
Of
the
sons
of Adonicam,
who
were
the
last:
and
these
are
their
names:
Eliphelet,
and Jehiel,
and Samaias,
and
with
them
sixty
men.
Of
the
sons
of Begui,
Uthai
and Zachur,
and
with
them
seventy
men.
And
I
gathered
them
together
to
the
river,
which runneth down
to
Ahava,
and
we stayed
there
three
days:
and
I sought
among
the
people
and
among
the
priests
for
the
sons
of
Levi,
and
found
none
there.
So
I
sent
Eliezer,
and
Ariel,
and Semeias,
and
Elnathan,
and
Jarib,
and another
Elnathan,
and
Nathan,
and Zacharias,
and Mosollam,
chief
men:
and
Joiarib,
and
Elnathan, wise
men.
And
I
sent
them
to Eddo,
who
is
chief
in
the
place
of Chasphia,
and
I
put
in
their
mouth
the
words
that
they
should
speak
to Eddo,
and
his
brethren
the Nathinites
in
the
place
of Chasphia,
that
they
should
bring
us
ministers
of
the
house
of
our
God.
And
by
the
good
hand
of
our
God
upon
us,
they
brought
us
a most learned
man
of
the
sons
of Moholi
the
son
of
Levi
the
son
of
Israel,
and Sarabias
and
his
sons,
and
his
brethren
eighteen,
And Hasabias,
and
with
him Isaias
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
and
his
brethren,
and
his
sons
twenty.
And
of
the Nathinites, whom
David,
and
the
princes
gave
for
the
service
of
the
Levites, Nathinites
two
hundred
and
twenty:
all
these
were
called
by
their
names.
And
I
proclaimed
there
a
fast
by
the
river
Ahava,
that
we might
afflict
ourselves
before
the Lord
our
God,
and might ask
of
him
a
right
way
for
us
and
for
our
children,
and
for
all
our substance.
For
I
was
ashamed
to
ask
the
king
for aid
and
for
horsemen,
to defend
us
from
the
enemy
in
the
way:
because
we
had
said
to
the
king:
The
hand
of
our
God
is
upon
all
them
that
seek
him
in goodness:
and
his
power
and
strength,
and
wrath
upon
all
them
that
forsake
him.
And we
fasted,
and besought
our
God
for
this:
and
it
fell
out prosperously unto
us.
And
I
separated
twelve
of
the
chief
of
the
priests, Sarabias,
and Hasabias,
and
with
them
ten
of
their
brethren,
And
I
weighed unto
them
the
silver
and
gold,
and
the
vessels consecrated
for
the
house
of
our
God,
which
the
king
and
his counsellors,
and
his
princes,
and
all
Israel,
that
were
found
had
offered.
And
I
weighed
to
their
hands
six
hundred
and
fifty
talents
of
silver,
and
a
hundred
vessels
of
silver,
and
a
hundred
talents
of
gold,
And
twenty cups
of
gold,
of a
thousand solids,
and
two
vessels
of
the
best shining
brass,
beautiful
as
gold.
And
I
said
to
them:
You
are
the
holy
ones
of
the
Lord,
and
the
vessels
are
holy,
and
the
silver
and
gold,
that
is
freely offered
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
our
fathers.
Watch ye
and beep
them,
till
you deliver
them
by weight
before
the
chief
of
the
priests,
and
of
the
Levites,
and
the
heads
of
the
families
of
Israel
in
Jerusalem, into
the treasure
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
the
priests
and
the
Levites
received
the
weight
of
the
silver
and
gold,
and
the
vessels,
to
carry
them
to
Jerusalem
to
the
house
of
our
God.
Then we
set
forward
from
the
river
Ahava
on
the twelfth
day
of
the
first
month
to
go
to
Jerusalem:
and
the
hand
of
our
God
was
upon
us,
and
delivered
us
from
the
hand
of
the
enemy,
and
of
such
as
lay
in
wait
by
the
way.
And
we
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
we
stayed
there
three
days.
And
on
the
fourth
day
the
silver
and
the
gold,
and
the
vessels
were
weighed
in
the
house
of
our
God
by
the
hand
of
Meremoth
the
son
of Urias
the
priest,
and
with
him
was
Eleazar
the
son
of Phinees,
and
with
them
Jozabad
the
son
of Josue,
and Noadaia
the
son
of Benoi,
Levites.
According
to
the
number
and
weight
of
every
thing:
and
all
the
weight
was
written
at
that
time.
Moreover
the
children
of
them
that
had
been
carried
away
that
were
come
out
of
the
captivity,
offered holocausts
to
the
God
of
Israel,
twelve
calves
for
all
the
people
of
Israel,
ninety-six
rams,
seventy-seven
lambs,
and
twelve
he
goats
for
sin:
all
for
a holocaust
to
the
Lord.
And
they
gave
the
king’s
edicts
to
the lords
that
were
from
the
king’s
court,
and
the
governors
beyond
the
river,
and
they furthered
the
people
and
the
house
of
God.
And
after
these
things
were
accomplished,
the
princes
came
to
me,
saying:
The
people
of
Israel,
and
the
priests
and
Levites
have
not
separated
themselves
from
the
people
of
the
lands,
and
from
their
abominations,
namely,
of
the Chanaanites,
and
the Hethites,
and
the Pherezites,
and
the
Jebusites,
and
the
Ammonites,
and
the
Moabites,
and
the
Egyptians,
and
the Amorrhites.
For
they
have
taken
of
their
daughters
for
themselves
and
for
their
sons,
and
they
have
mingled
the
holy
seed
with
the
people
of
the
lands.
And
the
hand
of
the
princes
and magistrates hath
been
first
in
this transgression.
And
when
I
had
heard
this
word,
I rent
my
mantle
and
my coat,
and plucked
off
the
hairs
of
my
head
and
my
beard,
and
I
sat
down mourning.
And
there
were
assembled
to
me
all
that feared
the
God
of
Israel,
because
of
the transgression
of
those
that
were come
from
the captivity,
and
I
sat sorrowful,
until
the
evening
sacrifice.
And
at
the
evening
sacrifice
I
rose
up
from
my affliction,
and having rent
my
mantle
and
my
garment,
I
fell
upon
my
knees,
and
spread
out
my
hands
to
the
Lord
my
God,
And
said:
My
God
I
am
confounded
and
ashamed
to
lift
up
my
face
to thee:
for
our
iniquities
are
multiplied
over
our
heads,
and
our
sins
are
grown
up
even unto
heaven,
From
the
days
of
our
fathers:
and
we
ourselves
also
have sinned grievously unto
this
day,
and
for
our
iniquities
we
and
our
kings,
and
our
priests
have
been
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
kings
of
the
lands,
and
to
the
sword,
and
to
captivity,
and
to
spoil,
and
to confusion
of
face,
as
it
is
at
this
day.
And
now
as
a
little,
and
for
a
moment
has
our prayer
been
made
before
the
Lord
our
God,
to
leave
us
a
remnant,
and
give
us
a
pin
in
his
holy
place,
and
that
our
God
would
enlighten
our
eyes,
and
would
give
us
a
little
life
in
our
bondage.
For
we
are bondmen,
and
in
our
bondage
our
God hath
not forsaken
us,
but hath
extended mercy
upon
us
before
the
king
of
the Persians,
to
give
us
life,
and
to
set
up
the
house
of
our
God,
and rebuild
the
desolations thereof,
and
to
give
us
a
fence
in Juda
and
Jerusalem.
And
now,
O
our
God,
what
shall
we
say
after
this?
for
we
have forsaken thy
commandments,
Which thou hast
commanded
by
the
hand
of thy
servants
the
prophets,
saying:
The
land
which
you
go
to
possess,
is
an
unclean
land,
according
to
the
uncleanness
of
the
people,
and
of
other
lands,
with
their
abominations,
who
have
filled
it
from
mouth
to
mouth
with
their filth.
Now
therefore
give
not
your
daughters
to
their
sons,
and
take
not
their
daughters
for
your
sons,
and
seek
not
their
peace,
nor
their
prosperity
forever:
that
you
may
be
strengthened,
and
may
eat
the
good
things
of
the
land,
and
may
have
your
children
your
heirs
for
ever.
And
after
all
that
is
come
upon
us,
for
our most
wicked
deeds,
and
our
great
sin,
seeing
that thou
our
God hast saved
us
from
our
iniquity,
and hast
given
us
a
deliverance
as
at
this day,
That
we
should
not
turn
away,
nor
break thy
commandments,
nor join
in
marriage
with
the
people
of
these
abominations. Art thou
angry
with
us unto utter
destruction,
not
to leave
us
a
remnant
to
be saved?
O
Lord
God
of
Israel, thou art
just:
for
we
remain
yet
to
be saved
as
at
this
day.
Behold
we
are
before thee
in
our sin,
for
there
can
be
no
standing
before thee
in
this matter.
Now
when Esdras
was thus
praying,
and beseeching,
and
weeping,
and
lying
before
the
temple
of
God, there
was
gathered
to
him
of
Israel
an
exceeding
great
assembly
of
men
and
women
and
children,
and
the
people
wept
with
much lamentation.
And Sechenias
the
son
of
Jehiel
of
the
sons
of
Elam
answered,
and
said
to Esdras:
We
have sinned
against
our
God,
and
have
taken strange
wives
of
the
people
of
the
land:
and
now
if
there
be repentance
in
Israel
concerning
this,
Let
us
make
a
covenant
with
the
Lord
our
God,
to
put
away
all
the
wives,
and
such
as
are
born
of
them, according
to
the
will
of
the
Lord,
and
of
them
that fear
the
commandment
of
the
Lord
our
God:
let
it
be
done according
to
the
law.
Arise,
it
is thy
part
to give
orders,
and
we
will
be
with thee:
take
courage,
and
do
it.
So Esdras
arose,
and
made
the
chiefs
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
and
all
Israel,
to
swear
that
they
would
do according
to
this
word,
and
they
swore.
And Esdras
rose
up
from
before
the
house
of
God,
and
went
to
the
chamber
of
Johanan
the
son
of Eliasib,
and
entered
in thither:
he
ate
no
bread,
and
drank
no
water:
for
he
mourned
for
the transgression
of
them
that
were
come
out
of
the captivity.
And
proclamation
was
made
in Juda
and
Jerusalem
to
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
that
they should
assemble
together
into
Jerusalem.
And
that whosoever
would
not
come
within
three
days, according
to
the
counsel
of
the
princes
and
the ancients,
all
his substance
should
be taken
away,
and
he
should
be cast
out
of
the
company
of
them
that
were
returned
from captivity.
Then
all
the
men
of Juda,
and
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
to
Jerusalem
within
three
days,
in
the
ninth
month,
the
twentieth
day
of
the
month:
and
all
the
people
sat
in
the
street
of
the
house
of
God,
trembling
because
of
the sin,
and
the
rain.
And Esdras
the
priest
stood
up,
and
said
to
them:
You
have transgressed,
and
taken strange
wives,
to
add
to
the sins
of
Israel.
And
now
make
confession
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
your
fathers,
and
do
his
pleasure,
and
separate
yourselves
from
the
people
of
the
land,
and
from
your strange
wives.
And
all
the multitude
answered
and
said
with
a
loud
voice:
According
to thy
word unto
us,
so
be
it
done.
But
as
the
people
are
many,
and
it
is
time
of
rain,
and
me
are
not able
to
stand
without,
and
it
is
not
a
work
of
one
day
or
two, (for
we
have exceedingly sinned
in
this
matter,)
Let
rulers
be
appointed
in
all
the multitude:
and
in
all
our
cities,
let
them
that
have
taken strange
wives
come
at
the
times
appointed,
and
with
them
the ancients
and
the
judges
of
every
city,
until
the
wrath
of
our
God
be
turned
away
from
us
for
this sin.
Then
Jonathan
the
son
of Azahel,
and Jaasia
the
son
of Thecua
were
appointed
over
this,
and Mesollam
and Sebethai,
Levites,
helped
them:
And
the
children
of
the captivity
did
so.
And Esdras
the
priest,
and
the
men
heads
of
the
families
in
the
houses
of
their
fathers,
and
all
by
their
names,
went
and
sat
down
in
the
first
day
of
the
tenth
month
to examine
the
matter.
And
they
made
an
end
with
all
the
men
that
had
taken strange
wives
by
the
first
day
of
the
first
month.
And
there
were
found
among
the
sons
of
the
priests
that
had
taken strange
wives:
Of
the
sons
of Josue
the
son
of Josedec,
and
his
brethren, Maasia,
and
Eliezer,
and
Jarib,
and Godolia.
And
they
gave
their
hands
to
put
away
their
wives,
and
to
offer
for
their offence
a
ram
of
the
flock.
And
of
the
sons
of Emmer,
Hanani,
and Zebedia.
And
of
the
sons
of
Harim, Maasia,
and Elia,
and Semeia,
and
Jehiel,
and Ozias.
And
of
the
sons
of Pheshur,
Elioenai, Maasia, Ismael, Nathanael, Jozabed,
and Elasa.
And
of
the sons
of
the
Levites, Jozabed,
and Semei,
and Celaia,
the
same
is Calita, Phataia, Juda,
and
Eliezer.
And
of
the
singing men, Elisiab:
and
of
the porters, Sellum,
and
Telem,
and
Uri.
And
of
Israel,
of
the
sons
of Pharos, Remeia,
and Jezia,
and Melchia,
and Miamin,
and Eliezer,
and Melchia,
and Banea.
And
of
the
sons
of
Elam, Mathania, Zacharias,
and
Jehiel,
and
Abdi,
and
Jerimoth,
and Elia.
And
of
the
sons
of Zethua,
Elioenai, Eliasib, Mathania, Jerimuth,
and
Zabad,
and Aziaza.
And
of
the
sons
of Babai,
Johanan, Hanania,
Zabbai, Athalai:
And
of
the
sons
of
Bani, Mosollam,
and Melluch,
and Adaia, Jasub,
and Seal,
and Ramoth.
And
of
the
sons
of Phahath, Moab, Edna,
and Chalal, Banaias,
and Maasias, Mathanias, Beseleel, Bennui,
and Manasse.
And
of
the
sons
of Herem,
Eliezer, Josue, Melchias, Semeias,
Simeon,
Benjamin, Maloch, Samarias.
And
of
the
sons
of Hasom, Mathanai, Mathatha,
Zabad,
Eliphelet, Jermai, Manasse, Semei.
Of
the
sons
of
Bani, Maaddi, Amran,
and
Uel,
Baneas,
and Badaias, Cheliau,
Vania, Marimuth, and Eliasib,
Mathanias, Mathania, and Jasi,
And Bani,
and Bennui, Semei,
And Salmias,
and
Nathan,
and Adaias,
And Mechnedebai, Sisai, Sarai,
Ezrel,
and Selemiau, Semeria,
Sellum, Amaria,
Joseph.
Of
the
sons
of
Nebo, Jehiel, Mathathias,
Zabad, Zabina, Jeddu,
and
Joel,
and Banaia.
All
these
had
taken strange
wives,
and
there
were
among
them
women
that
had
borne
children.
Nehemiah
The Book of Nehemiah
Nehemiah
Neh
The Book of
Nehemiah
The
words
of Nehemias
the
son
of Helchias.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
month
of Casleu,
in
the
twentieth
year,
as
I
was
in
the castle
of
Susa,
That
Hanani
one
of
my
brethren
came,
he
and
some
men
of Juda;
and
I
asked
them
concerning
the
Jews,
that
remained
and
were
left
of
the
captivity,
and
concerning
Jerusalem.
And
they
said
to
me:
They
that
have
remained,
and
are
left
of
the
captivity
there
in
the
province,
are
in
great affliction,
and
reproach:
and
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
is
broken
down,
and
the
gates thereof
are burnt
with
fire.
And
when
I
had
heard
these
words,
I
sat
down,
and
wept,
and
mourned
for many
days:
and
I
fasted,
and
prayed
before
the
face
of
the
God
of
heaven.
And
I
said:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord
God
of
heaven,
strong,
great,
and terrible,
who keepest
covenant
and
mercy
with those
that
love thee,
and
keep thy
commandments:
Let thy
ears
be
attentive,
and thy
eyes
open,
to
hear
the
prayer
of thy
servant,
which
I
pray
before thee
now,
night
and
day,
for
the
children
of
Israel thy
servants:
and
I
confess
the
sins
of
the
children
of
Israel,
by
which
they
have
sinned
against thee:
I
and
my
father’s
house
have
sinned.
We
have
been seduced
by vanity,
and
have
not
kept thy
commandments,
and ceremonies
and
judgments,
which thou hast
commanded thy
servant
Moses.
Remember
the
word
that thou commandedst
to
Moses thy
servant,
saying:
If
you
shall transgress,
I
will
scatter
you abroad among
the
nations:
But
if
you
return
to
me,
and
keep
my
commandments,
and
do
them,
though
you
should
be
led
away
to
the uttermost parts
of
the world,
I
will
gather
you
from thence,
and
bring
you
back
to
the
place
which
I
have
chosen
for
my
name
to
dwell
there.
And
these
are thy
servants,
and thy
people:
whom thou hast
redeemed
by thy
great
strength,
and
by thy
mighty
hand.
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
let thy
ear
be
attentive
to
the
prayer
of thy
servant,
and
to
the
prayer
of thy
servants
who desire
to
fear thy
name:
and
direct thy
servant
this
day,
and
give
him
mercy
before
this
man.
For
I
was
the
king’s
cupbearer.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
month
of
Nisan,
in
the
twentieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king:
that
wine
was
before
him,
and
I
took
up
the
wine,
and
gave
it
to
the
king:
and
I
was
as
one languishing
away
before
his
face.
And
the
king
said
to
me:
Why
is thy
countenance
sad,
seeing thou dost
not appear
to
be
sick?
this
is
not
without cause,
but some
evil,
I know
not
what,
is
in thy
heart.
And
I
was seized
with
an
exceeding
great
fear:
And
I
said
to
the
king:
O
king,
live
for
ever:
why
should
not
my
countenance
be sorrowful, seeing
the
city
of
the
place
of
the sepulchres
of
my
fathers
is desolate,
and
the
gates thereof
are burnt
with
fire?
Then
the
king
said
to
me:
For
what dost thou
make
request?
And
I
prayed
to
the
God
of
heaven,
And
I
said
to
the
king:
If
it seem
good
to
the
king,
and
if thy
servant hath
found favour
in thy
sight,
that thou wouldst
send
me
into Judea
to
the
city
of
the sepulchre
of
my
father,
and
I
will
build
it.
And
the
king
said
to
me,
and
the
queen
that
sat
by
him:
For
how
long
shall thy
journey
be,
and
when wilt thou
return?
And
it
pleased
the
king,
and
he
sent
me:
and
I fixed
him
a
time.
And
I
said
to
the
king:
If
it seem
good
to
the
king,
let
him
give
me
letters
to
the
governors
of
the country
beyond
the
river,
that
they
convey
me
over,
till
I
come
into Judea:
And
a
letter
to
Asaph
the
keeper
of
the
king’s
forest,
to
give
me
timber
that
I
may cover
the
gates
of
the tower
of
the
house,
and
the
walls
of
the
city,
and
the
house
that
I
shall
enter
into.
And
the
king
gave
me
according
to
the
good
hand
of
my
God
with
me.
And
I
came
to
the
governors
of
the country
beyond
the
river,
and
gave
them
the
king’s
letters.
And
the
king
had
sent
with
me
captains
of
soldiers,
and
horsemen.
And Sanaballat
the
Horonite,
and Tobias
the
servant,
the
Ammonite,
heard
it,
and
it grieved
them
exceedingly,
that
a
man
was
come,
who
sought
the
prosperity
of
the
children
of
Israel.
And
I
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
was
there
three
days.
And
I
arose
in
the
night,
I
and
some
few
men
with
me,
and
I
told
not
any
man
what
God
had
put
in
my
heart
to
do
in
Jerusalem,
and
there
was
no
beast
with
me,
but
the
beast
that
I
rode
upon.
And
I
went
out
by
night
by
the
gate
of
the
valley,
and
before
the
dragon fountain,
and
to
the dung
gate,
and
I viewed
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
which
was
broken
down,
and
the
gates thereof
which
were
consumed
with
fire.
And
I
passed
to
the
gate
of
the fountain,
and
to
the
king’s aqueduct,
and
there
was
no
place
for
the
beast
on
which
I rode
to
pass.
And
I
went
up
in
the
night
by
the torrent,
and viewed
the
wall,
and
going
back
I
came
to
the
gate
of
the
valley,
and
returned.
But
the magistrates
knew
not whither
I
went,
or
what
I
did:
neither
had
I
as
yet
told
any
thing
to
the
Jews,
or
to
the
priests,
or
to
the
nobles,
or
to
the magistrates,
or
to
the
rest
that
did
the
work.
Then
I
said
to
them:
You know
the affliction
wherein
we
are,
because
Jerusalem
is desolate,
and
the
gates thereof
are consumed
with
fire:
come,
and
let
us
build
up
the
walls
of
Jerusalem,
and
let
us
be
no
longer
a
reproach.
And
I shewed
them
how
the
hand
of
my
God
was
good
with
me,
and
the
king’s
words,
which
he
had
spoken
to
me,
and
I
said:
Let
us
rise
up,
and
build.
And
their
hands
were
strengthened
in
good.
But Sanaballat
the
Horonite,
and Tobias
the
servant,
the
Ammonite,
and Gossem
the Arabian
heard
of
it,
and
they scoffed
at
us,
and
despised
us,
and
said:
What
is
this
thing
that
you
do?
are
you going
to
rebel
against
the
king?
And
I
answered
them,
and
said
to
them:
The
God
of
heaven
he helpeth
us,
and
we
are
his
servants: let
us
rise
up
and
build:
but
you
have
no
part,
nor
justice,
nor
remembrance
in
Jerusalem.
Then Eliasib
the
high
priest
arose,
and
his
brethren
the
priests,
and
they
built
the
flock
gate:
they
sanctified
it,
and
set
up
the
doors thereof,
even unto
the
tower
of
a
hundred cubits
they
sanctified
it unto
the
tower
of Hananeel.
And
next
to
him
the
men
of
Jericho
built:
and
next
to
them
built Zachur
the
son
of Amri.
But
the
fish
gate
the
sons
of Asnaa
built:
they covered
it,
and
set
up
the
doors thereof,
and tire locks,
and
the
bars.
And next
to
them
built Marimuth
the
son
of Urias
the
son
of Accus.
And
next
to
him built Mosollam tile
son
of Barachias,
the sell
of Merezebel,
and
next
to
them built Sadoc
the
son
of
Baana.
And
next
to
them
the Thecuites built:
but
their great men
did
not
put
their
necks
to
the
work
of
their
Lord.
And
Joiada
the
son
of Phasea,
and Mosollam
the
son
of Besodia built
the
old
gate:
they covered
it
and
set
up
the
doors thereof,
and
the locks,
and
the
bars.
And
next
to
them built Meltias
the Gabaonite,
and
Jadon
the Meronathite,
the
men
of Gabaon
and Maspha,
for
the
governor
that
was
in
the country
beyond
the
river.
And
next
to
him built Eziel
the
son
of Araia
the
goldsmith:
and
next
to
him built Ananias
the
son
of
the perfumer:
and
they
left
Jerusalem unto
the
wall
of
the
broad street.
And
next
to
him built Raphaia
the
son
of
Hur, lord
of
the street
of
Jerusalem.
And
next
to
him Jedaia
the
son
of Haromaph
over
against
his
own
house:
and
next
to
him built Hattus
the
son
of Hasebonia.
Melchias
the
son
of Herem,
and Hasub
the
son
of Phahath Moab, built half
the street,
and
the
tower
of
the
furnaces.
And
next
to
him built Sellum
the
son
of Alohes, lord
of
half
the street
of
Jerusalem,
he
and
his
daughters.
And
the
gate
of
the
valley
Hanun
built,
and
the
inhabitants
of Zanoe:
they
built
it,
and
set
up
the
doors thereof,
and
the locks,
and
the
bars,
and
a
thousand
cubits
in
the
wall unto
the
gate
of
the dunghill.
And
the
gate
of
the dunghill Melchias
the
son
of
Rechab
built, lord
of
the street
of Bethacharam:
he
built
it,
and
set
up
the
doors thereof,
and
the locks,
and
the
bars.
And
the
gate
of
the fountain Sellum
the
son
of Cholhoza
built, lord
of
the street
of Maspha:
he
built
it,
and
covered
it,
and
set
up
the
doors thereof,
and
the locks,
and
the bare,
and
the
walls
of
the
pool
of Siloe unto
the
king’s guard,
and unto
the
steps
that
go
down
from
the
city
of
David.
After
him
built Nehemias
the
son
of Azboc, lord
of
half
the street
of Bethsur,
as
far
as
over
against
the sepulchre
of
David,
and
to
the
pool,
that
was
built
with
great labour,
and
to
the
house
of
the
mighty.
After
him built
the
Levites,
Rehum
the
son
of Benni.
After
him built Hasebias, lord
of
half
the street
of Ceila
in
his
own street.
After
him built
their
brethren Bavai
the
son
of Enadad, lord
of
half Ceila.
And
next
to
him Aser
the
son
of Josue, lord
of Maspha, built
another measure,
over
against
the
going
up
of
the
strong
corner.
After
him
in
the mount
Baruch
the
son
of Zachai built
another measure,
from
the
corner
to
the
door
of
the
house
of Eliasib
the
high
priest.
After
him Merimuth
the
son
of Urias
the
son
of Haccus, built
another measure,
from
the
door
of
the
house
of Eliasib,
to
the
end
of
the
house
of Eliasib.
And
after
him built
the
priests,
the
men
of
the plains
of
the Jordan.
After
him built
Benjamin
and Hasub,
over
against
their
own
house:
and
after
him built Azarias
the
son
of Maasias
the
son
of Ananias
over
against
his
house.
After
him built Bennui
the
son
of Hanadad
another measure,
from
the
house
of Azarias unto
the bending,
and unto
the
corner.
Phalel,
the
son
of Ozi,
over
against
the bending
and
the
tower,
which lieth
out
from
the
king’s high
house,
that
is,
in
the
court
of
the
prison:
after
him Phadaia
the
son
of Pharos.
And
the Nathinites
dwelt
in
Ophel,
as
far
as
over
against
the
water
gate
toward
the
east,
and
the
tower
that stood
out.
After
him
the Thecuites built
another measure
over
against,
from
the
great
tower
that standeth
out unto
the
wall
of
the temple.
And upward
from
the
horse
gate
the
priests built,
every
man
over
against
his
house.
After
them built Sadoc
the
son
of Emmer
over
against
his
house.
And
after
him built Semaia
the
son
of Sechenias,
keeper
of
the
east
gate.
After
him built Hanania
the
son
of Selemia,
and
Hanun
the
sixth
son
of Seleph,
another measure:
after
him built Mosollam
the
son
of Barachias
over
against
his treasury.
After
him Melcias
the goldsmith’s
son built unto
the house
of
the Nathinites,
and
of
the sellers
of small wares,
over
against
the judgment gate,
and unto
the chamber
of
the corner.
And
within
the
chamber
of
the
corner
of
the dock
gate,
the
goldsmiths
and
the
merchants built.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when Sanaballat
heard
that
we
were building
the
wall
he
was
angry:
and
being
moved
exceedingly
he scoffed
at
the Jews.
And said before
his brethren,
and
the multitude
of
the Samaritans:
What
are
the silly Jews
doing?
Will
the Gentiles let
them
alone?
will
they sacrifice
and
make
an end
in
a day?
are
they able
to raise stones
out
of
the heaps
of
the rubbish, which
are burnt?
Tobias
also
the Ammonite
who
was
by
him
said: Let
them build: if
a fox go
up,
he
will leap
over
their stone wall.
Hear thou
our
God,
for
we
are despised: turn
their reproach upon
their own head,
and give
them
to
be despised
in
a land
of captivity.
Cover
not
their iniquity,
and
let
not
their sin
be blotted
out
from
before thy
face,
because
they
have mocked thy builders.
So
we built
the wall,
and
joined
it
all
together unto
the half thereof:
and
the heart
of
the
people
was excited
to work.
And
it came
to pass,
when Sanaballat,
and Tobias,
and
the Arabians,
and
the Ammonites,
and
the Azotians heard
that
the
walls
of Jerusalem
were made
up,
and
the breaches began
to
be closed,
that
they
were exceedingly angry.
And
they
all assembled
themselves
together,
to
come,
and
to
fight
against Jerusalem,
and
to prepare ambushes.
And
we prayed
to
our
God,
and
set watchmen
upon
the
wall day
and night
against
them.
And Juda said:
The
strength
of
the bearer
of burdens
is decayed,
and
the rubbish
is very
much,
and
we
shall
not
be able
to build
the wall.
And
our enemies said: Let
them not know, nor understand, till
we come
in
the midst
of
them,
and kill
them,
and cause
the
work
to cease.
And
it
came
to pass,
that
when
the Jews
that dwelt
by
them
came
and told
us ten times,
out
of
all
the places
from whence
they
came
to
us,
I set
the
people
in
the place behind
the
wall round
about
in
order,
with
their swords,
and spears,
and bows.
And
I looked
and rose
up:
and
I
said
to
the chief men
and
the magistrates,
and
to
the rest
of
the common
people:
be not afraid
of
them. Remember
the Lord
who
is
great
and terrible,
and
fight
for
your brethren,
your sons,
and
your daughters,
and
your wives,
and
your houses.
And
it
came
to pass,
when
our enemies heard
that
the thing
had
been
told
us,
that God defeated
their counsel.
And
we
returned
all
of
us
to
the walls, every man
to
his
work.
And
it
came
to
pass
from
that
day
forward,
that half
of
their
young
men
did
the
work,
and half
were ready
for
to fight,
with spears,
and shields,
and bows,
and coats
of mail,
and
the rulers
were behind
them
in
all
the house
of Juda.
Of
them
that built
on
the wall
and
that carried burdens,
and
that laded:
with
one
of
his hands
he
did
the work,
and
with
the
other
he held
a sword.
For every one of the builders was girded with a sword about his reins. And they built, and sounded with a trumpet by me.
And I said to the nobles, and to the magistrates, and to the rest of the common people: The work is great and wide, and we are separated on the wall one far from another:
In what place soever you shall hear the sound of the trumpet, run all thither unto us: our God will fight for us.
And let us do the work: and let one half of us hold our spears from the rising of the morning, till the stars appear.
At that time also I said to the people: Let every one with his servant stay in the midst of Jerusalem, and let us take our turns in the night, and by day, to work.
Now I and my brethren, and my servants, and the watchmen that followed me, did not put off our clothes: only every man stripped himself when he was to be washed.
Now
there
was
a
great
cry
of
the
people,
and
of
their
wives
against
their
brethren
the
Jews.
And
there
were
some
that
said:
Our
sons
and
our
daughters
are
very
many: Yet
us
take
up corn
for
the price
of
them,
and let
us
eat
and
live.
And
there
were some
that
said: Let
us mortgage
our
lands,
and
our
vineyards,
and
our
houses,
and let
us
take corn
because
of
the
famine.
And others
said: Let
us
borrow
money
for
the
king’s tribute,
and let
us give
up
our
fields
and
vineyards:
And
now
our
flesh
is
as
the
flesh
of
our
brethren:
and
our
children
as
their
children.
Behold
we
bring
into
bondage
our
sons
and
our
daughters,
and
some
of
our
daughters
are bondwomen
already,
neither
have
we wherewith
to redeem
them,
and
our
fields
and
our
vineyards
other
men possess.
And
I
was
exceedingly
angry
when
I
heard
their
cry according
to
these
words.
And
my
heart
thought
with
myself:
and
I rebuked
the
nobles
and magistrates,
and
said
to
them: Do
you
every
one exact
usury
of
your
brethren?
And
I
gathered
together
a
great
assembly
against
them,
And
I
said
to
them:
We,
as
you know,
have
redeemed
according
to
our
ability
our
brethren
the
Jews,
that
were
sold
to
the
Gentiles:
and
will
you
then
sell
your
brethren,
for
us
to redeem
them?
And
they held
their peace,
and
found
not
what
to
answer.
And
I
said
to
them:
The
thing
you
do
is
not
good:
why walk
you
not
in
the
fear
of
our
God,
that
we
be
not exposed
to
the
reproaches
of
the
Gentiles
our
enemies?
Both
I
and
my
brethren,
and
my
servants,
have
lent
money
and corn
to many:
let
us
all agree
not
to call
for it again;
let
us forgive
the debt
that
is owing
to
us.
Restore ye
to
them
this
day
their
fields,
and
their
vineyards,
and
their oliveyards,
and
their
houses:
and
the
hundredth
part
of
the
money,
and
of
the corn,
the
wine,
and
the
oil,
which
you mere wont
to exact
of
them,
give
it rather
for
them.
And
they
said:
We
will
restore,
and
we
will
require
nothing
of
them:
and
we
will
do
as thou sayest.
And
I
called
the
priests
and
took
an
oath
of
them,
to
do according
to
what
I
had
said.
Moreover
I
shook
my lap,
and
said:
So
may
God
shake
every
man
that
shall
not
accomplish
this
word,
out
of
his
house,
and
out
of
his labours,
thus
may
he
be
shaken
out,
and
become
empty.
And
all
the multitude
said:
Amen.
And
they
praised
God.
And
the
people
did
according
to
what
was
said.
And
from
the
day,
in
which
the
king
commanded
me
to
be
governor
in
the
land
of Juda,
from
the
twentieth
year
even
to
the
two
and
thirtieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
for
twelve
years,
I
and
my
brethren
did
not
eat
the
yearly allowance
that
was due
to
the
governors.
But
the
former
governors
that
had
been
before
me,
were chargeable
to
the
people,
and
took
of
them
in
bread,
and
wine,
and
in
money every day
forty sides:
and
their officers
also oppressed
the
people.
But
I
did
not
so
for
the
fear
of
God.
Moreover
I built
in
the
work
of
the
wall,
and
I
bought
no
land,
and
all
my
servants
were
gathered
together
to
the
work.
The
Jews
also
and
the magistrates
to
the number
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
men,
were
at
my
table,
besides
them
that
came
to
us
from
among
the
nations
that
were
round
about
us.
And
there
was
prepared
for
me
day
by
day
one
ox,
and
six
choice rams,
besides fowls,
and
once
in
ten
days
I
gave store
of divers wines,
and
many
other
things:
yet
I
did
not
require
my
yearly allowance
as
governor:
for
the
people
were
very
much impoverished.
Remember
me,
O
my
God,
for
good
according
to
all
that
I
have
done
for
this
people.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when Sanaballat,
and Tobias,
and Gossem
the Arabian,
and
the
rest
of
our
enemies,
heard
that
I
had
built
the
wall,
and
that
there
was
no
breach
left
in
it, (though
at
that
time
I
had
not
set
up
the
doors
in
the
gates,)
Sanaballat
and Gossem Rent
to
me,
saying: Come,
and
let
us
make
a league
together
in
the villages,
in
the
plain
of
Ono.
But
they
thought
to
do
me mischief.
And
I
sent
messengers
to
them,
saying:
I
am
doing
a
great
work,
and
I
cannot
come
down, lest
it
be neglected whilst
I
come,
and
go
down
to
you.
And they
sent
to
me
according
to
this
word,
four
times:
and
I
answered
them
after
the
same
manner.
And Sanaballat
sent
his
servant
to
me
the
fifth
time
according
to
the former
word,
and
he
had
a
letter
in
his
hand written
in
this
manner:
It
is
reported amongst
the
Gentiles,
and Gossem hath
said
it,
that thou
and
the
Jews
think
to
rebel,
and
therefore thou buildest
the
wall,
and hast
a mind
to
set thyself
king
over
them:
for
which end
Thou hast
also
set
up
prophets,
to preach
of thee
at
Jerusalem,
saying:
There
is
a
king
in Judea.
The
king
will
hear
of
these
things:
therefore come
now,
that
we
may
take
counsel
together.
And
I
sent
to
them,
saying:
There
is
no
such
thing
done
as thou sayest:
but thou feignest
these
things
out
of thy
own
heart.
For
all
these
men
thought
to frighten
us,
thinking
that
our
hands
would
cease
from
the
work,
and
that
we
would
leave
off. Wherefore
I
strengthened
my
hands
the
more:
And
I
went
into
the
house
of Samaia
the
son
of Delaia,
the
son
of Metabeel privately.
And
he
said: Let
us consult
together
in
the
house
of
God
in
the
midst
of
the
temple:
and let
us
shut
the
doors
of
the
temple,
for
they
will
come
to
kill thee,
and
in
the
night
they
will
come
to
slay thee.
And
I
said:
Should
such
a
man
as
I Bee?
and
who
is
there
that being
as
I am,
would
go
into
the
temple,
to save
his life?
I
will
not
go
in.
And
I understood
that
God
had
not
sent
him,
but
that
he
had
spoken
to
me
as
if
he
had
been prophesying,
and Tobias,
and Sanaballat
had
hired
him.
For
he
had
taken money,
that
I
being
afraid
should
do
this
thing,
and
sin,
and
they
might
have
some
evil
to upbraid
me withal.
Remember
me,
O Lord,
for Tobias
and Sanaballat, according
to
their
works
of
this kind:
and Noadias
the
prophet,
and
the
rest
of
the
prophets
that
would
have
put
me
in
fear.
But
the
wall
was
finished
the
five
and
twentieth
day
of
the month
of
Elul,
in
two
and
fifty
days.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
all
our
enemies
heard
of
it,
that
all
nations
which
were
round
about
us,
were afraid,
and
were
cast
down
within
themselves,
for
they
perceived
that
this
work
was
the
work
of
God.
Moreover
in
those
days
many
letters
were sent
by
the principal
men
of
the
Jews
to Tobias,
and
from Tobias
there
came
letters
to
them.
For there
were
many
in Judea
sworn
to
him,
because
he
was
the
son
in law
of Sechenias
the
son
of Area,
and
Johanan
his
son
had
taken
to wife
the
daughter
of Mosollam
the
son
of Barachias.
And
they praised
him
also
before
me,
and
they related
my
words
to
him:
And Tobias
sent
letters
to
put
me
in
fear.
Now
after
the
wall
was
built,
and
I
had
set
up
the
doors,
and
numbered
the porters
and
singing
men,
and
Levites:
I
commanded
Hanani
my
brother,
and Hananias
ruler
of
the house
of
Jerusalem, (for
he seemed
as
a sincere
man,
and
one
that
feared
God
above
the rest,)
And
I
said
to
them:
Let
not
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
be
opened
till
the
sun
be
hot.
And
while
they
were
yet
standing
by,
the
gates
were
shut,
and barred:
and
I
set watchmen
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
every
one
by
their courses,
and
every mall
over
against
his
house.
And
the
city
was
very
wide
and
great,
and
the
people
few
in
the
midst thereof,
and
the
houses
were
not
built.
But
God
had
put
in
my
heart,
and
I
assembled
the princes
and magistrates,
and common
people,
to number
them:
and
I
found
a
book
of
the number
of
them
who
came
up
at
first,
and therein
it
was
found
written:
These
are
the
children
of
the
province,
who
came
up
from
the
captivity
of
them
that
had
been
carried
away,
whom Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away,
and
who
returned
into Judea,
every
one
into
his
own
city.
Who
came
with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemias, Azarias, Raamias,
Nahamani, Mardochai, Belsam, Mespharath, Begoia, Nahum, Baana.
The
number
of
the
men
of
the
people
of
Israel:
The
children
of Pharos,
two
thousand
one
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of Sephatia,
three
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of Area,
six
hundred
fifty-two.
The
children
of Phahath Moab
of
the
children
of Josue
and
Joab,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
eighteen.
The
children
of
Elam,
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of Zethua,
eight
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of Zachai,
seven
hundred
sixty.
The
children
of Bannui,
six
hundred
forty-eight.
The
children
of
Bebai,
six
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
children
of
Azgad,
two
thousand
three
hundred
twenty-two.
The
children
of Adonicam,
six
hundred sixty-seven.
The
children
of Beguai, two
thousand sixty-seven.
The
children
of
Adin,
six
hundred
fifty-five.
The
children
of
Ater,
children
of Hezechias, ninety-eight.
The
children
of Hasem,
three
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
children
of Besai,
three
hundred
twenty-four.
The
children
of Hareph,
a
hundred
and
twelve.
The
children
of Gabaon, ninety-five.
The children
of
Bethlehem,
and Netupha,
a
hundred
eighty-eight.
The
men
of
Anathoth,
a
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
men
of Bethazmoth,
forty-two.
The
men
of Cariathiarim, Cephira,
and Beroth,
seven
hundred forty-three.
The
men
of Rama
and
Geba,
six
hundred twenty-one.
The
men
of Machmas,
a
hundred
twenty-two.
The
men
of
Bethel
and Hai,
a
hundred twenty-three.
The
men
of
the
other
Nebo,
fifty-two.
The
men
of
the
other
Elam,
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of Harem,
three
hundred
and
twenty.
The
children
of
Jericho,
three
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of Led,
of
Hadid
and
One,
seven
hundred twenty-one.
The
children
of Senaa,
three
thousand
nine
hundred
thirty.
The
priests:
the
children
of Idaia
in
the
house
of Josue,
nine
hundred
and seventy-three.
The
children
of Emmer,
one
thousand
fifty-two.
The
children
of Phashur,
one
thousand
two
hundred forty-seven.
The
children
of Arem,
one
thousand
and
seventeen.
The Levites:
The
children
of Josue
and Cedmihel,
the
sons
Of Oduia, seventy-four.
The
singing
men:
The
children
of Asaph,
a
hundred
forty-eight.
The porters:
the
children
of Sellum,
the
children
of Ater,
the
children
of Telmon,
the
children
of Accub,
the
children
of Hatita,
the
children
of Sobai:
a hundred thirty-eight.
The Nathinites:
the
children
of Soha,
the
children
of Hasupha,
the
children
of Tebbaoth,
The
children
of Ceros,
the
children
of Siaa,
the
children
of Phadon,
the
children
of
Lebana,
the
children
of Hagaba,
the
children
of Selmai,
The
children
of
Hanan,
the
children
of Geddel,
the
children
of Gaher,
The
children
of Raaia,
the
children
of Rasin,
the
children
of Necoda,
The
children
of Gezem,
the
children
of Asa,
the
children
of Phasea,
The
children
of
Besai,
the
children
of Munim,
the
children
of Nephussim,
The
children
of Bacbuc,
the
children
of Hacupha,
the
children
of Harhur,
The
children
of Besloth,
the
children
of Mahida,
the
children
of Harsa,
The
children
of Bercos,
the
children
of Sisara,
the
children
of Thema,
The
children
of Nasia,
the
children
of
Hatipha,
The
children
of
the
servants
of
Solomon,
the
children
of Sothai,
the
children
of
Sophereth,
the
children
of Pharida,
The
children
of Jahala,
the
children
of Darcon,
the
children
of Jeddel,
The
children
of Saphatia,
the
children
of Hatil,
the
children
of Phochereth,
who
was
born
of Sabaim,
the
son
of
Amon.
All
the Nathinites,
and
the
children
of
the
servants
of
Solomon,
three
hundred ninety-two.
And
these
are
they
that
came
up
from Telmela, Thelharsa,
Cherub,
Addon,
and Emmer:
and
could
not shew
the
house
of
their
fathers,
nor
their
seed,
whether
they
were
of
Israel.
The
children
of Dalaia,
the
children
of Tobia,
the
children
of Necoda,
six
hundred
forty-two.
And
of
the
priests,
the
children
of Habia,
the
children
of Accos,
the
children
of Berzellai,
who
took
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of Berzellai
the Galaadite,
and
he
was
called
by
their
name.
These
sought
their
writing
in
the record,
and
found
it
not:
and
they
were cast
out
of
the
priesthood.
And Athersatha
said
to
them,
that
they
should
not
eat
of
the
holies
of
holies,
until
there
stood
up
a
priest learned
and skillful.
All
the multitude
as
it
were
one
man, forty-two
thousand
three
hundred
sixty,
Beside their menservants
and womenservants,
who
were
seven
thousand
three
hundred thirty-seven:
and among
them
singing
men,
and
singing women,
two
hundred
forty-five.
Their horses,
seven
hundred thirty-six: their mules
two
hundred forty-five:
Their camels, four
hundred thirty-five,
their asses, six
thousand seven
hundred
and twenty.
And some
of
the
heads
of
the
families
gave unto
the
work. Athersatha
gave
into
the
treasure
a
thousand drama
of
gold, fifty bowls,
and five
hundred
and thirty garments
for priests.
And
some
of
the heads
of
families
gave
to
the treasure
of
the
work, twenty
thousand drama
of
gold,
and
two
thousand
two hundred pounds
of
silver.
And
that which
the rest
of
the
people gave,
was twenty thousand drama
of gold,
and
two thousand pounds
of silver,
and sixty-seven garments
for
priests.
And the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singing men, and the rest of the common people, and the Nathinites, and all Israel dwelt in their cities.
And
the seventh month
came:
and
the children
of
Israel
were
in
their
cities.
And
all
the
people
were
gathered
together
as
one mall
to
the
street
which
is
before
the
water
gate,
and
they
spoke
to Esdras
the
scribe,
to
bring
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
which
the
Lord
had
commanded
to
Israel.
Then Esdras
the
priest
brought
the
law
before
the multitude
of
men
and
women,
and
all
those
that
could
understand,
in
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month.
And
he
read
it plainly
in
the
street
that
was
before
the
water
gate,
from
the
morning
until midday,
before
the
men,
and
the
women,
and
all
those
that
could
understand:
and
the
ears
of
all
the
people
were
attentive
to
the
book.
And Esdras
the
scribe
stood
upon
a step
of
wood,
which
he
had
made
to
speak
upon,
and
there
stood
by
him Mathathias,
and Semeia,
and Ania,
and Uria,
and Helcia,
and Maasia,
on
his
right
hand:
and
on
the
left, Phadaia, Misael,
and Melchia,
and Hasum,
and Hasbadana, Zacharia
and Mosollam.
And Esdras
opened
the
book
before
all
the
people:
for
he
was
above
all
the
people:
and
when
he
had
opened
it,
all
the
people
stood.
And Esdras
blessed
the
Lord
the
great
God:
and
all
the
people
answered,
Amen,
amen:
lifting
up
their
hands:
and
they
bowed
down,
and adored
God
with
their
faces
to
the
ground.
Now Josue,
and
Bani,
and Serebia,
Jamin, Accub, Sephtai, Odia, Maasia, Celtia, Azarias, Jozabed,
Hanan, Phalaia,
the
Levites, made silence
among
the
people
to hear
the
law:
and
the
people stood
in
their
place.
And
they
read
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
God distinctly
and plainly
to
be
understood:
and
they
understood when
it
was
read.
And Nehemias (he
is Athersatha)
and Esdras
the
priest
and
scribe,
and
the
Levites
who interpreted
to
all
the
people,
said:
This
is
a
holy
day
to
the
Lord
our
God:
do
not
mourn,
nor
weep:
for
all
the
people
wept,
when
they
heard
the
words
of
the
law.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go,
eat fat meats,
and
drink
sweet wine,
and
send
portions
to
them
that
have
not
prepared
for themselves:
because
it
is
the
holy
day
of
the
Lord,
and
be
not sad:
for
the
joy
of
the
Lord
is
our
strength.
And
the
Levites stilled
all
the
people,
saying: Hold
your peace,
for
the
day
is
holy,
and
be
not sorrowful.
So
all
the
people went
to
eat
and
drink,
and
to
send
portions,
and
to
make
great
mirth:
because
they
understood
the
words
that
he
had
taught
them.
And
on
the
second
day
the
chiefs
of
the
families
of
all
the
people,
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
were
gathered
together
to Esdras
the
scribe,
that
he
should interpret
to
them
the
words
of
the
law.
And
they
found
written
in
the
law,
that
the
Lord
had
commanded
by
the
hand
of
Moses,
that
the
children
of
Israel
should
dwell
in tabernacles,
on
the
feast,
in
the
seventh
month:
And
that
they
should
proclaim
and publish
the
word
in
all
their
cities,
and
in
Jerusalem,
saying:
Go
forth
to
the
mount,
and fetch
branches
of
olive,
and
branches
of beautiful
wood,
branches
of
myrtle,
and
branches
of
palm,
and
branches
of thick
trees,
to
make tabernacles,
as
it
is
written.
And
the
people
went
forth,
and
brought.
And
they
made
themselves tabernacles
every
man
on
the
top
of
his
house,
and
in
their
courts,
and
in
the
courts
of
the
house
of
God,
and
in
the
street
of
the
water
gate,
and
in
the
street
of
the
gate
of
Ephraim.
And
all
the
assembly
of
them
that
were
returned
from
the
captivity,
made tabernacles,
and
dwelt
in tabernacles:
for
since
the
days
of Josue
the
son
of
Nun
the
children
of
Israel
had
not
done
so,
until
that
day:
and
there
was
exceeding
great
joy.
And
he
read
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
God
day
by
day,
from
the
first
day
till
the
last,
and
they
kept
the solemnity
seven
days,
and
in
the
eighth
day
a
solemn
assembly
according
to
the
manner.
And
in
the
four
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month
the
children
of
Israel came
together
with
fasting
and
with
sackcloth,
and
earth
upon
them.
And
the
seed
of
the
children
of
Israel
separated
themselves
from
every stranger:
and
they
stood,
and
confessed
their
sins,
and
the
iniquities
of
their
fathers.
And
they
rose
up
to
stand:
and
they
read
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
the
Lord
their
God, four
times
in
the
day,
and four
times
they
confessed,
and adored
the
Lord
their
God.
And
there
stood
up
upon
the seep
of
the
Levites, Josue,
and
Bani,
and Cedmihel, Sabania, Bonni, Sarebias,
Bani,
and Chanani:
and
they
cried
with
a
loud
voice
to
the
Lord
their
God.
And
the
Levites Josue
and Cedmihel, Bonni, Hasebnia, Serebia, Oduia, Sebnia,
and Phathahia,
said:
Arise,
bless
the
Lord
your
God
from
eternity
to
eternity:
and
blessed
be
the
high
name
of thy
glory
with
all
blessing
and
praise.
Thou thyself,
O
Lord
alone, thou hast
made
heaven,
and
the
heaven
of
heavens,
and
all
the
host thereof:
the
earth
and
all
things
that
are
in
it:
the
seas
and
all
that
are therein:
and thou givest
life
to
all
these
things,
and
the
host
of
heaven adoreth thee.
Thou,
O
Lord
God, art
he
who chosest
Abram,
and broughtest
him
forth
out
of
the fire
of
the
Chaldeans,
and gavest
him
the
name
of
Abraham.
And thou didst
find
his
heart
faithful
before thee:
and thou madest
a
covenant
with
him,
to
give
him
the
land
of
the Chanaanite,
of
the Hethite,
and
of
the Amorrhite,
and
of
the Pherezite,
and
of
the
Jebusite,
and
of
the Gergezite,
to
give
it
to
his
seed:
and thou hast
fulfilled thy
words,
because thou art
just.
And thou sawest
the affliction
of
our
fathers
in
Egypt:
and thou didst
hear
their
cry
by
the Red
Sea.
And thou shewedst
signs
and
wonders
upon Pharao,
and
upon
all
his
servants,
and
upon
the
people
of
his
land:
for thou knewest
that
they
dealt
proudly
against
them:
and thou madest thyself
a
name,
as
it
is
at
this
day.
And thou didst
divide
the
sea
before
them,
and
they
passed
through
the
midst
of
the
sea
on
dry
land:
but
their
persecutors thou threwest
into
the depth,
as
a
stone
into
mighty
waters.
And
in
a
pillar
of
a
cloud thou wast
their leader
by
day,
and
in
a
pillar
of
Are
by
night,
that
they
might
see
the
way
by
which
they went.
Thou camest
down also
to
mount
Sinai,
and didst
speak
with
them
from
heaven,
and thou gavest
them
right
judgments,
and
the
law
of
truth, ceremonies,
and
good precepts.
Thou madest
known
to
them thy
holy
sabbath,
and didst prescribe
to
them
commandments,
and ceremonies,
and
the
law
by
the
hand
of
Moses thy
servant.
And thou gavest
them
bread
from
heaven
in
their
hunger,
and broughtest
forth
water
for
them
out
of
the
rock
in
their
thirst,
and thou saidst
to
them
that
they
should
go
in,
and
possess
the
land,
upon
which thou hadst
lifted
up thy
hand
to
give
it
them.
But
they
and
our
fathers
dealt
proudly,
and
hardened
their
necks
and hearkened
not
to thy
commandments.
And
they
would
not
hear,
and
they
remembered
not thy
wonders
which thou hadst
done
for
them.
And
they
hardened
their
necks,
and
gave
the
head
to
return
to
their
bondage,
as
it
were
by contention.
But thou,
a forgiving
God,
gracious,
and
merciful, longsuffering,
and
full
of compassion, didst
not
forsake
them.
Yea
when
they
had
made
also
to themselves
a molten
calf,
and
had
said:
This
is thy
God,
that
brought thee
out
of
Egypt:
and hail
committed
great
blasphemies:
Yet thou,
in thy
many
mercies, didst
not
leave
them
in
the
desert:
the
pillar
of
the
cloud
departed
not
from
them
by
day
to
lead
them
in
the
way,
and
the
pillar
of
fire
by
night
to shew
them
the
way
by
which
they should
go.
And thou gavest
them thy
good
Spirit
to teach
them,
and thy
manna thou didst
not
withhold
from
their
mouth,
and thou gavest
them
water
for
their
thirst.
Forty
years didst thou feed
them
in
the
desert,
and
nothing
was wanting
to
them:
their
garments
did
not grow
old,
and
their
feet
were
not
worn.
And thou gavest
them
kingdoms,
and
nations,
and didst
divide lots
for
them:
and
they
possessed
the
land
of Sehon,
and
the
land
of
the
king
of Hesebon,
and
the
land
of
Og
king
of Basan.
And thou didst
multiply
their
children
as
the
stars
of
heaven,
and broughtest
them
to
the
land
concerning
which thou hadst
said
to
their
fathers,
that
they
should
go
in
and
possess
it.
And
the
children
came
and
possessed
the
land,
and thou didst
humble
before
them
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
the Chanaanites,
and gavest
them
into
their
hands,
with
their
kings,
and
the
people
of
the
land,
that
they
might
do
with
them
as
it
pleased
them.
And
they
took
strong
cities
and
a
fat
land,
and
possessed
houses
full
of
all goods:
cisterns
made
by others,
vineyards,
and oliveyards,
and
fruit
trees
in
abundance:
and
they
ate,
and
were
filled,
and
became
fat,
and abounded
with delight
in thy
great
goodness.
But
they provoked thee
to wrath,
and departed
from thee,
and
threw thy
law
behind
their
backs:
and
they
killed thy
prophets,
who admonished
them earnestly
to
return
to thee:
and
they
were
guilty
of
great
blasphemies.
And thou gavest
them
into
the
hands
of
their enemies,
and
they afflicted
them.
And
in
the
time
of
their tribulation
they
cried
to thee,
and thou heardest
from
heaven,
and
according
to
the multitude
of thy tender
mercies thou gavest
them saviours,
to
save
them
from
the
hands
of
their enemies.
But after
they
had
rest,
they
returned
to
do
evil
in thy
sight:
and thou leftest
them
in
the
hand
of
their
enemies,
and
they
had
dominion
over
them.
Then
they
returned,
and
cried
to thee:
and thou heardest
from
heaven,
and deliveredst
them
many
times
in thy
mercies.
And thou didst admonish
them
to
return
to thy
law.
But
they
dealt
proudly,
and hearkened
not
to thy
commandments,
but
sinned
against thy
judgments,
which
if
a
man
do,
he
shall
live
in
them:
and
they
withdrew
the
shoulder,
and
hardened
their
neck,
and
would
not
hear.
And thou didst forbear
with
them
for
many
years,
and didst testify
against
them
by thy
spirit
by
the
hand
of thy
prophets:
and
they heard
not,
and thou didst
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
the
people
of
the
lands.
Yet
in thy
very
many
mercies thou didst
not utterly consume
them,
nor
forsake
them:
because thou art
a
merciful
and
gracious
God.
Now
therefore
our
God,
great,
strong
and terrible,
who keepest
covenant
and mercy, turn
not
away
from thy
face
all
the labour
which hath
come upon
us, upon
our
kings,
and
our
princes,
and
our
priests,
and
our
prophets,
and
our
fathers,
and
all
the
people
from
the
days
of
the
king
of Assur,
until
this
day.
And thou art
just
in
all
things
that
have
come
upon
us:
because thou hast
done
truth,
but
we
have
done
wickedly.
Our
kings,
our
princes,
our
priests,
and
our
fathers
have
not
kept thy
law,
and
have
not minded thy
commandments,
and thy
testimonies
which thou hast
testified
among
them.
And
they
have
not
served thee
in
their
kingdoms,
and
in thy manifold
goodness,
which thou gavest
them,
and
in
the
large
and fat
land,
which thou deliveredst
before
them,
nor
did
they
return
from
their most
wicked devices.
Behold
we
ourselves
this
day
are bondmen:
and
the
land,
which thou gavest
our
fathers,
to
eat
the bread thereof,
and
the
good
things thereof,
and
we
ourselves
are
servants
in
it.
And
the fruits thereof grow
up
for
the
kings,
whom thou hast
set
over
us
for
our
sins,
and
they
have
dominion
over
our
bodies,
and
over
our
beasts,
according
to
their
will,
and
we
are
in
great tribulation.
And because of all this we ourselves make a covenant, and write it, and our princes, our Levites, and our priests sign it.
And
the subscribers
were Nehemias, Athersatha
the son
of Hachelai,
and Sedecias,
Saraias, Azarias, Jeremias,
Pheshur, Amarias, Melchias,
Hattus, Sebenia, Melluch,
Harem, Merimuth, Obdias,
Daniel, Genthon, Baruch,
Mosollam, Abia, Miamin,
Maazia, Belgia, Semeia: these were priests.
And
the Levites, Josue
the son
of Azanias, Bennui
of
the sons
of Henadad. Cedmihel,
And
their brethren, Sebenia, Oduia, Celita, Phalaia, Hanan,
Micha, Rohob, Hasebia,
Zachur, Serebia, Sabania,
Odaia, Bani, Baninu.
The heads of
the people, Pharos, Phahath Moab, Elam, Zethu,
Bani,
Bonni, Azgad, Bebai,
Adonia, Begoai, Adin,
Ater, Hezecia, Azur,
Odaia, Hasum, Besai,
Hareph, Anathoth, Nebai,
Megphias, Mosollam, Hazir,
Mesizabel, Sadoc, Jeddua,
Pheltia, Hanan, Anaia,
Osee, Hanania, Hasub,
Alohes, Phalea, Sobec,
Rehum, Hasebna, Maasia,
Echaia, Hanan, Anan,
Melluch, Haran, Baana:
And
the rest of
the people, priests, Levites, porters,
and singing men, Nathinites,
and all that had separated themselves from
the people of
the lands to
the law of God, their wives, their sons,
and their daughters.
All
that
could
understand promising
for
their brethren,
with
their
chief
men,
and
they
came
to promise,
and swear
that
they
would walk
in
the
law
of
God,
which
he
gave
in
the hand
of Moses
the servant
of
God,
that
they
would
do
and keep
all
the commandments
of
the Lord
our
God,
and
his judgments
and
his ceremonies.
And
that
we
would not
give
our daughters
to
the
people
of
the land, not
take
their daughters
for
our sons.
And
if
the
people
of
the
land
bring
in
things
to
sell,
or
any
things
for
use,
to
sell
them
on
the sabbath day,
that
we
would
not
buy
them
of
them
on
the sabbath,
or
on
the holy day.
And
that
we
would leave
the seventh year,
and
the exaction
of every
hand.
And
we
made ordinances
for ourselves,
to
give
the third
part
of
a
side
every
year
for
the work
of
the house
of
our
God,
For
the leaves
of proposition,
and
for
the continual sacrifice,
and
for
a continual holocaust
on
the sabbaths,
on
the new moons,
on
the
set feasts,
and
for
the holy
things,
and
for
the sin offering:
that atonement might
be
made
for Israel,
and
for
every
use
of
the
house
of
our
God.
And
we cast lots
among
the priests,
and
the Levites,
and
the people
for
the
offering
of wood,
that
it
might
be brought
into
the
house
of
our
God
by
the
houses
of
our fathers
at
set
times,
from year
to year:
to burn
upon
the altar
of
the Lord
our
God,
as
it
is written
in
the law
of Moses:
And
that we
would
bring
the first fruits
of
our
land,
and
the firstfruits
of all
fruit
of
every
tree,
from
year
to
year,
in
the
house
of
our
Lord.
And
the firstborn
of
our sons,
and
of
our cattle,
as
it
is written
in
the law,
and
the firstlings
of
our oxen,
and
of
our sheep,
to
be offered
in
the
house
of
our
God,
to
the priests
who minister
in
the
house
of
our
God.
And
that we
would
bring
the firstfruits
of
our meats,
and
of
our libations,
and
the fruit
of every tree,
of
the vintage
also
and
of oil
to
the
priests,
to
the storehouse
of
our
God,
and
the tithes
of
our ground
to
the Levites.
The Levites
also
shall receive
the tithes
of
our works
out
of all
the
cities.
And
the
priest
the son
of Aaron
shall
be
with
the
Levites
in
the
tithes
of
the
Levites,
and
the
Levites
shall offer
the
tithe
of
their
tithes
in
the
house
of
our
God,
to
the
storeroom
into
the treasure
house.
For
the
children
of Israel
and
the
children
of
Levi
shall
carry
to
the
treasury
the firstfruits
of corn,
of wine,
and
of oil:
and
the sanctified vessels
shall
be
there,
and
the
priests,
and
the singing
men,
and
the porters,
and
ministers,
and we
will
not forsake
the
house
of
our
God.
And
the
princes
of
the
people
dwelt
at
Jerusalem:
but
the
rest
of
the
people
cast
lots,
to
take
one
part
in
ten
to
dwell
in
Jerusalem
the
holy
city,
and
nine
parts
in
the
other
cities.
And
the
people
blessed
all
the
men
that
willingly
offered themselves
to
dwell
in
Jerusalem.
These
therefore
are
the
chief
men
of
the
province,
who
dwelt
in
Jerusalem,
and
in
the
cities
of Juda.
And
every
one
dwelt
in
his
possession,
in
their
cities:
Israel,
the
priests,
the
Levites,
the Nathinites,
and
the
children
of
the
servants
of
Solomon.
And
in
Jerusalem
there
dwelt some
of
the
children
of Juda,
and some
of
the
children
of
Benjamin:
of
the
children
of Juda, Athaias
the
son
of Aziam,
the
son
of Zacharias,
the
son
of Amarias,
the
son
of Saphatias,
the
son
of Malaleel:
of
the
sons
of Phares,
Maasia
the
son
of
Baruch,
the
son
of Cholhoza,
the
son
of Hazia,
the
son
of Adaia,
the
son
of
Joiarib,
the
son
of Zacharias,
the
son
of
the Silonite:
All
these
the
sons
of Phares,
who
dwelt
in
Jerusalem,
were
four
hundred sixty-eight
valiant
men.
And
these
are
the
children
of
Benjamin: Sellum
the
son
of Mosollam,
the
son
of
Joed,
the
son
of Phadaia,
the
son
of Colaia,
the
son
of Masia,
the
son
of Etheel,
the
son
of Isaia.
And
after
him Gebbai, Sellai,
nine
hundred
twenty-eight.
And
Joel
the
son
of Zechri
their ruler,
and Judas
the
son
of Senua
was
second
over
the
city.
And
of
the
priests Idaia
the
son
of Joarib,
Jachin,
Saraia
the
son
of Helcias,
the
son
of Mosollam,
the
son
of Sadoc,
the
son
of
Meraioth,
the
son
of Achitob
the
prince
of
the
house
of
God,
And
their
brethren
that
do
the
works
of
the
temple:
eight
hundred
twenty-two.
And Adaia
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of Phelelia,
the
son
of Amsi,
the
son
of Zacharias,
the
son
of Pheshur,
the
son
of Melchias,
And
his
brethren
the
chiefs
of
the
fathers:
two
hundred
forty-two.
And Amassai
the
son
of Azreel,
the
son
of Ahazi,
the
son
of Mosollamoth,
the
son
of Emmer,
And
their
brethren
who
were
very
mighty,
a
hundred
twenty-eight:
and
their ruler
Zabdiel
son
of
the
mighty.
And
of
the
Levites Semeia
the
son
of Hasub,
the
son
of Azaricam,
the
son
of Hasabia,
the
son
of Boni,
And Sabathai
and Jozabed,
who
were
over all
the outward
business
of
the
house
of
God,
of
the princes
of
the
Levites,
And Mathania
the
son
of Micha,
the
son
of Zebedei,
the
son
of
Asaph,
was
the principal
man
to
praise,
and
to
give glory
in
prayer,
and Becbecia
the
second,
one
of
his
brethren,
and
Abda
the
son
of Samua,
the
son
of
Galal,
the
son
of Idithun.
All
the
Levites
in
the
holy
city
were
two
hundred eighty-four.
And
the porters, Accub, Telmon,
and
their
brethren,
who
kept
the doors:
a
hundred seventy-two.
And
the
rest
of
Israel,
the
priests
and
the
Levites
were
in
all
the
cities
of Juda,
every
man
in
his
possession.
And
the Nathinites, that
dwelt
in
Ophel,
and Siaha,
and Gaspha
of
the Nathinites.
And
the
overseer
of
the
Levites
in
Jerusalem,
was Azzi
the
son
of
Bani,
the
son
of Hasabia,
the
son
of Mathania,
the
son
of Micha.
Of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
were
the
singing
men
in
the ministry
of
the
house
of
God.
For
the
king’s
commandment
was
concerning
them,
and
an
order
among
the
singing men
day
by
day.
And Phathahia
the
son
of Mesezebel
of
the
children
of Zara
the
son
of Juda
was
at
the
hand
of
the
king,
in
all
matters
concerning
the
people,
And
in
the houses
through all
their countries.
Of
the
children
of Juda
so
dwelt
at Cariath-Arbe,
and
in
the
villages thereof:
and
at
Dibon,
and
in
the
villages thereof:
and
at Cabseel,
and
in
the
villages thereof.
And at Jesue,
and at Molada,
and Bethphaleth,
And at Hasersual,
and at Bersabee,
and
in
the
villages thereof,
And at Siceleg,
and at Mochona,
and
in
the
villages thereof,
And at Remmon,
and at Saraa,
and at Jerimuth,
Zanoa, Odollam,
and
in
their
villages,
at Lachis
and
its dependencies,
and
at Azeca
and
the
villages thereof.
And
they dwelt
from Bersabee unto
the
valley
of Ennom.
And
the
children
of
Benjamin,
from
Geba,
at Mechmas,
and
at Hai,
and
at
Bethel,
and
in
the
villages thereof,
At
Anathoth,
Nob, Anania,
Asor, Rama, Gethaim,
Hadid, Seboim,
and
Neballat, Led,
And
Ono the
valley
of craftsmen.
And
of
the
Levites
were
portions
of Juda
and
Benjamin.
Now
these
are
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
that
went
up
with Zorobabel
the
son
of Salathiel,
and Josue: Saraia, Jeremias, Esdras,
Amaria, Melluch, Hattus,
Sebenias, Rheum, Merimuth,
Addo, Genthon, Abia,
Miamin, Madia, Belga,
Semeia,
and
Joiarib, Idaia, Sellum, Amoc, Helcias,
Idaia.
These
were
the
chief
of
the
priests,
and
of
their
brethren
in
the
days
of Josue.
And
the
Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias,
they
and
their
brethren
were
over
the hymns:
And Becbecia,
and Hanni,
and
their
brethren every
one
in
his office.
And Josue
beget Joacim,
and Joacim
beget Eliasib,
and Eliasib
beget
Joiada,
And
Joiada
beget
Jonathan,
and
Jonathan
beget Jeddoa.
And
in
the
days
of Joacim
the
priests
and
heads
of
the
families
were:
Of Saraia, Maraia:
of Jeremias, Hanania:
Of Esdras, Mosollam:
and of Amaria,
Johanan:
Of Milicho,
Jonathan:
of Sebenia,
Joseph:
Of Haram, Edna: of Maraioth, Helci:
Of Adaia, Zacharia:
of Genthon, Mosollam:
Of Abia, Zechri: of Miamin
and Moadia, Phelti:
Of Belga, Sammua of Semaia,
Jonathan:
Of
Joiarib, Mathanai: of Jodaia, Azzi:
Of Sellai, Celai: of Amoc, Heber:
Of Helcias, Hasebia: of Idaia, Nathanael.
The
Levites
the
chiefs
of
the
families
in
the
days
of Eliasib,
and
Joiada,
and
Johanan,
and Jeddoa,
were
recorded,
and
the
priests
in
the
reign
of
Darius
the
Persian.
The
sons
of
Levi,
heads
of
the
families
were
written
in
the
book
of
Chronicles,
even unto
the
days
of Jonathan
the
son
of Eliasib.
Now
the
chief
of
the
Levites
were Hasebia, Serebia,
and Josue
the
son
of Cedmihel:
and
their
brethren
by
their courses,
to
praise
and
to
give
thanks
according
to
the
commandment
of
David
the
man
of
God,
and
to wait equally
in order.
Mathania,
and Becbecia, Obedia,
and Mosollam, Telmon, Accub,
were
keepers
of
the
gates
and
of
the entrances before
the
gates.
These
were
in
the
days
of Joacim
the
son
of Josue,
the
son
of Josedec,
and
in
the
days
of Nehemias
the
governor,
and
of Esdras
the
priest
and
scribe.
And
at
the
dedication
of
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
they
sought
the
Levites
out
of
all
their
places,
to
bring
them
to
Jerusalem,
and
to
keep
the
dedication,
and
to
rejoice
with
thanksgiving,
and
with
singing,
and
with
cymbals,
and psalteries
and
harps.
And
the
sons
of
the
singing
men
were
gathered
together
out
of
the
plain country
about
Jerusalem,
and
out
of
the villages
of Nethuphati,
And
from
the
house
of Galgal,
and
from
the countries
of
Geba
and
Azmaveth:
for
the
singing men
had
built
themselves villages
round
about
Jerusalem.
And
the
priests
and
the
Levites
purified,
and
they
purified
the
people,
and
the
gates,
and
the
wall.
And
I
made
the
princes
of Juda
go
up
upon
the
wall,
and
I
appointed
two
great
choirs
to
give
praise.
And
they
went
on
the
right
hand
upon
the
wall
toward
the dunghill
gate.
And
after
them went Osaias,
and
half
of
the
princes
of Juda,
And Azarias, Esdras,
and Mosollam, Judas,
and Benjamin,
and Semeia,
and Jeremias.
And
of
the sons
of
the priests with trumpets, Zacharias
the son
of Jonathan.
the son
of Semeia,
the son
of Mathania;
the son
of Michaia,
the son
of Zechur,
the son
of Asaph,
And
his brethren Semeia,
and Azareel Malalai, Galalai, Maai, Nathanael,
and Judas,
and Hanani,
with
the musical instruments
of David
the
man
of God:
and Esdras
the scribe before
them
at
the fountain gate.
And
they
went up
over
against
them
by
the stairs
of
the city
of
David,
at
the going up
of
the wall
of
the house
of
David,
and
to
the water gate eastward:
And
the second choir
of
them
that gave thanks
went
on
the
opposite
side,
and
I
after
them,
and
the half
of
the
people
upon
the
wall,
and
upon
the tower
of
the furnaces,
even
to
the
broad
wall,
And
above
the gate
of Ephraim,
and
above
the old gate,
and
above
the fish gate
and
the
tower
of Hananeel,
and
the
tower
of Emath,
and
even
to
the flock gate:
and
they stood
still
in
the watch gate.
And
the two
choirs
of
them
that gave praise
stood
still
at
the house
of God,
and
I
and
the half
of
the magistrates
with
me.
And
the priests, Eliachim, Maasia, Miamin, Michea, Elioenai, Zacharia, Hanania
with trumpets,
And Maasia,
and Semeia,
and Eleazar,
and Azzi,
and Johanan,
and Melchia,
and Elam,
and Ezer.
And
the singers sung loud,
and Jezraia
was
their overseer:
And
they sacrificed
on
that day great sacrifices,
and
they rejoiced:
for God
had
made
them joyful
with great joy:
their wives
also
and
their children rejoiced,
and
the joy
of Jerusalem
was
heard afar off.
They appointed
also
in
that
day
men over
the storehouses
of
the treasure,
for
the libations,
and
for
the firstfruits,
and
for
the tithes,
that
the
rulers
of
the
city might bring
them
in
by
them
in honour
of thanksgiving,
for
the priests
and Levites:
for Juda
was
joyful
in
the priests
and Levites
that assisted.
And
they
kept
the watch
of
their God,
and
the observance
of expiation,
and
the singing
men,
and
the porters,
according
to
the commandment
of
David,
and
of
Solomon
his son.
For
in
the days
of
David
and Asaph
from
the beginning there
were chief
singers appointed,
to praise
with canticles,
and
give thanks
to
God.
And
all Israel,
in
the
days
of Zorobabel,
and
in
the
days
of Nehemias
gave portions
to
the
singing
men,
and
to
the porters,
day
by
day,
and
they sanctified
the Levites,
and
the Levites sanctified
the sons
of Aaron.
And
on
that
day
they
read
in
the
book
of
Moses
in
the
hearing
of
the
people:
and therein
was
found
written,
that
the
Ammonites
and
the
Moabites
should
not
come
in
to
the church
of
God
for
ever:
Because
they
met
not
the
children
of
Israel
with
bread
and
water:
and
they
hired
against
them
Balaam,
to
curse
them,
and
our
God
turned
the
curse
into
blessing.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
they
had
heard
the
law,
that
they
separated
every stranger
from
Israel.
And
over
this
thing
was Eliasib
the
priest,
who
was
set
over
the treasury
of
the
house
of
our
God,
and
was
near akin
to Tobias.
And
he
made
him
a
great
storeroom,
where
before
him
they
laid
up
gifts,
and
frankincense,
and
vessels,
and
the
tithes
of
the corn,
of
the
wine,
and
of
the
oil,
the portions
of
the
Levites,
and
of
the
singing
men,
and
of
the porters,
and
the firstfruits
of
the
priests.
But
in
all
this
time
I
was
not
in
Jerusalem,
because
in
the
two
and
thirtieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Babylon,
I
went
to
the
king,
and
after certain
days
I
asked
the
king:
And
I
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
I
understood
the
evil
that Eliasib
had
done
for Tobias,
to
make
him
a storehouse
in
the courts
of
the
house
of
God.
And
it seemed
to
me
exceeding
evil.
And
I
cast forth
the
vessels
of
the
house
of Tobias
out
of
the storehouse.
And
I
commanded
and
they
cleansed
the storehouses:
and
I
brought thither
again
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God,
the
sacrifice,
and
the
frankincense.
And
I
perceived
that
the
portions
of
the
Levites
had
not
been
given
them:
and
that
the
Levites,
and
the
singing
men,
and
they
that ministered
were
fled
away
every
man
to
his
own
country:
And
I
pleaded
the matter
against
the magistrates,
and
said:
Why
have
we forsaken
the
house
of
God?
And
I
gathered
them
together,
and
I made
them
to
stand
in
their
places.
And
all Juda
brought
the
tithe
of
the corn,
and
the
wine,
and
the
oil
into
the
storehouses.
And
we set
over
the
storehouses Selemias
the
priest,
and Sadoc
the
scribe,
and
of
the
Levites Phadaia,
and
next
to
them
Hanan
the
son
of Zachur,
the
son
of Mathania:
for
they
were approved
as
faithful,
and
to
them
were
committed
the portions
of
their
brethren.
Remember
me,
O
my
God,
for
this
thing,
and
wipe
not
out
my kindnesses,
which
I
have
done relating
to
the
house
of
my
God
and
his ceremonies.
In
those
days
I
saw
in Juda
some
treading
the
presses
on
the
sabbath,
and carrying sheaves,
and lading asses
with
wine,
and
grapes,
and
figs,
and
all manner
of burthens,
and
bringing
them
into
Jerusalem
on
the
sabbath
day.
And
I charged
them
that
they
should
sell
on
a
day
on
which
it
was lawful
to
sell.
Some
Tyrians
also
dwelt
there,
who
brought
fish,
and
all manner
of wares:
and
they
sold
them
on
the
sabbaths
to
the
children
of Juda
in
Jerusalem.
And
I rebuked
the chief
men
of Juda,
and
said
to
them:
What
is
this
evil
thing
that
you
are
doing,
profaning
the
sabbath
day?
Did
not
our
fathers
do
these
things,
and
our
God
brought
all
this
evil
upon
us,
and
upon
this
city?
And
you
bring
more
wrath
upon
Israel
by violating
the
sabbath.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
were
at
rest
on
the
sabbath
day,
I
spoke:
and
they
shut
the
gates,
and
I
commanded
that
they
should
not
open
them
till
after
the
sabbath:
and
I
set
some
of
my
servants
at
the
gates,
that
none
should
bring
in burthens
on
the
sabbath
day.
So
the
merchants,
and
they
that
sold
all
kinds
of wares,
stayed without
Jerusalem
once
or
twice.
And
I charged
them,
and
I
said
to
them:
Why
stay
you
before
the
wall?
if
you
do
so
another
time,
I
will
lay
hands
on
you.
And
from
that
time
they
came
no
more
on
the
sabbath.
I
spoke
also
to
the
Levites
that
they
should
be
purified,
and
should
come
to
keep
the
gates,
and
to
sanctify
the
sabbath
day:
for
this
also
remember
me,
O
my
God,
and
spare
me
according
to
the
multitude
of thy tender mercies.
In
those
days
also
I
saw
Jews
that
married
wives,
women
of Azotus,
and
of
Ammon,
and
of
Moab.
And
their
children
spoke
half
in
the
speech
of Azotus,
and
could
not
speak
the Jews’
language,
but
they
spoke according
to
the
language
of this
and
that
people.
And
I chid
them,
and
laid
my
curse upon
them.
And
I
beat
some
of
them,
and shaved
off
their
hair,
and
made
them
swear
by
God
that
they
would
not
give
their
daughters
to
their
sons,
nor
take
their
daughters
for
their
sons,
nor
for
themselves, saying:
Did
not
Solomon
king
of
Israel
sin
in
this kind
of
thing?
and
surely
among
many
nations,
there
was
not
a
king
like
him,
and
he
was
beloved
of
his
God,
and
God
made
him
king
over
all
Israel:
and
yet
women
of
other countries
brought
even
him
to
sin.
And
shall
we
also
be disobedient
and
do
all
this
great
evil
to transgress
against
our
God,
and
marry strange
women?
And
one
of
the
sons
of
Joiada
the
son
of Eliasib
the
high
priest,
was
son
in law
to Sanaballat
the
Horonite,
and
I
drove
him
from
me.
Remember
them,
O Lord
my
God,
that defile
the
priesthood,
and
the law
of priests
and
Levites.
So I separated
from
them
all strangers,
and I
appointed
the courses
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
every
man
in
his ministry:
And
for
the
offering
of
wood
at
times
appointed,
and
for
the firstfruits:
remember
me,
O
my
God, unto
good. Amen.
Esther
The Book of Esther
Esther
Est
The Book of
Esther
In
the
days
of Assuerus,
who
reigned
from
India
to
Ethiopia
over
a
hundred
and twenty-seven
provinces:
When
he
sat
on
the
throne
of
his
kingdom,
the city Susan
was
the capital
of
his
kingdom.
Now
in
the
third
year
of
his
reign
he
made
a great
feast
for
all
the
princes,
and
for
his
servants,
for
the most mighty
of
the Persians,
and
the
nobles
of
the
Medes,
and
the
governors
of
the
provinces
in
his
sight,
That
he might shew
the
riches
of
the
glory
of
his
kingdom,
and
the
greatness,
and boasting
of
his power,
for
a
long
time,
to wit,
for
a
hundred
and fourscore
days.
And
when
the
days
of
the
feast
were
expired,
he invited
all
the
people
that
were
found
in Susan,
from
the
greatest
to
the least:
and commanded
a
feast
to
be
made
seven
days
in
the
court
of
the
garden,
and
of
the wood,
which
was planted
by
the care
and
the hand
of
the
king.
And there
were hung
up
on every side sky coloured,
and green,
and
violet hangings,
fastened
with
cords
of silk,
and
of
purple, which
were put
into
rings
of ivory,
and
were
held
up
with marble
pillars.
The
beds also
were
of
gold
and
silver, placed
in order
upon
a floor paved
with
porphyry
and
white marble: which
was embellished
with painting
of wonderful variety.
And
they
that
were invited, drank
in
golden cups,
and
the meats
were
brought
in divers
vessels
one after another.
Wine
also
in abundance
and
of
the best
was presented,
as
was worthy
of
a
king’s magnificence.
Neither
was
there
any
one
to compel
them
to drink
that
were
not willing,
but
as
the
king
had
appointed,
who
set
over
every table
one
of
his nobles,
that
every
man might
take
what
he
would.
Also Vasthi
the
queen
made
a
feast
for
the
women
in
the
palace,
where
king Assuerus
was
used
to dwell.
Now
on
the
seventh
day,
when
the
king
was merry,
and
after very much drinking
was
well warmed
with
wine,
he
commanded Mauman,
and Bazatha,
and
Harbona,
and Bagatha,
and Abgatha,
and
Zethar,
and Charcas,
the
seven
eunuchs
that
served
in
his
presence,
To
bring
in
queen Vasthi
before
the
king,
with
the
crown
set
upon
her
head,
to shew
her
beauty
to all
the
people
and
the
princes:
for
she
was exceeding
beautiful.
But
she
refused,
and
would not
come
at
the
king’s
commandment,
which
he
had signified
to
her
by
the
eunuchs. Whereupon
the
king, being
angry,
and inflamed
with
a
very
great
fury,
Baked
the
wise
men,
who according
to
the
custom
of
the
kings,
were
always
near
his
person,
and
all
he
did
was
by
their
counsel,
who
knew
the
laws,
and judgments
of
their forefathers:
(Now
the
chief
and
nearest
him
were, Charsena,
and Sethar,
and
Admatha,
and Tharsis,
and Mares,
and Marsana,
and Mamuchan,
seven
princes
of
the Persians,
and
of
the
Medes,
who
saw
the
face
of
the
king,
and
were used
to
sit
first
after
him:)
What sentence ought
to pass
upon Vasthi
the
queen,
who
had
refused
to
obey
the commandment
of
king Assuerus,
which
he
had
sent
to
her
by
the
eunuchs?
And Mamuchan
answered,
in
the hearing
of
the
king
and
the
princes:
Queen Vasthi hath
not
only injured
the
king,
but
also
all
the
people
and
princes
that
are
in
all
the
provinces
of
king Assuerus.
For
this
deed
of
the
queen
will
go abroad
to
all
women,
so
that
they
will
despise
their
husbands,
and
will
say:
King Assuerus
commanded
that
queen Vasthi
should
come
in
to
him,
and
she
would
not.
And
by
this example
all
the wives
of
the
princes
of
the Persians
and
the
Medes
will slight
the
commandments
of
their husbands: wherefore
the
king’s indignation
is
just.
If
it
please thee,
let
an
edict
go
out
from thy
presence,
and
let
it
be
written
according
to
the
law
of
the Persians
and
of
the
Medes,
which
must
not
be altered,
that Vasthi
come
in
no
more
to
the
king,
but
another,
that
is
better
than
her,
be
made queen
in
her
place.
And
let
this
be published
through
all
the provinces
of thy
empire, (which
is
very wide,)
and
let
all
wives,
as
well
of
the
greater
as
of
the
lesser,
give honour
to
their
husbands.
His
counsel
pleased
the
king,
and
the
princes:
and
the
king
did according
to
the
counsel
of Mamuchan.
And
he
sent
letters
to
all
the
provinces
of
his
kingdom,
as
every
nation
could
hear
and
read,
in divers
languages
and characters,
that
the
husbands
should
be rulers
and masters
in
their
houses:
and
that
this
should
be published
to
every
people.
After
this,
when
the
wrath
of
king Assuerus
was appeased,
he
remembered Vasthi,
and
what
she
had
done
and
what
she
had suffered:
And
the
king’s
servants
and
his officers
said: Let
young
women
be
sought
for
the
king,
virgins
and
beautiful,
And
let
some persons
be
sent
through
all
the
provinces
to
look
for
beautiful
maidens
and
virgins:
and
let
them
bring
them
to
the city
of Susan,
and
put
them
into
the
house
of
the
women
under
the
hand
of Egeus
the
eunuch,
who
is
the
overseer
and
keeper
of
the
king’s
women:
and
let
them
receive women’s ornaments,
and
other
things necessary
for
their use.
And whosoever
among
them
all
shall
please
the
king’s
eyes,
let
her
be queen
instead
of Vasthi.
The
word
pleased
the
king:
and
he commanded
it
should
be
done
as
they
had suggested.
There
was
a
man
in
the city
of Susan,
a
Jew,
named Mardochai,
the
son
of
Jair,
the
son
of Semei,
the
son
of Cis,
of
the
race
of Jemini,
Who
had
been
carried
away
from
Jerusalem
at
the time
that Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
carried
away Jechonias
king
of Juda,
And
he
had
brought
up
his brother’s
daughter Edissa,
who
by another name
was called
Esther:
now
she
had lost both
her
parents:
and
was exceeding
fair
and
beautiful.
And
her
father
and
mother
being
dead, Mardochai adopted
her
for
his
daughter.
And
when
the
king’s ordinance
was noised abroad,
and
according
to
his
commandment
many beautiful virgins
were
brought
to Susan,
and
were
delivered
to Egeus
the eunuch:
Esther
also
among
the
rest
of
the
maidens
was
delivered
to
him
to
be
kept
in
the number
of
the
women.
And
she
pleased
him,
and
found favour
in
his
sight.
And
he commanded
the eunuch
to hasten
the women’s ornaments,
and
to
deliver
to
her
her part,
and
seven
of
the
most beautiful
maidens
of
the
king’s
house,
and
to adorn
and deck
out both
her
and
her waiting
maids.
And
she
would
not
tell
him
her
people
nor
her country.
For Mardochai
had
charged
her
to say
nothing
at all
of
that:
And
he
walked
every
day
before
the
court
of
the
house,
in
which
the
chosen virgins
were
kept, having
a care
for
Esther’s
welfare,
and desiring
to
know
what
would befall
her.
Now
when
every virgin’s
turn
came
to
go
in
to
the
king,
after
all
had
been
done
for setting
them
off
to advantage,
it
was
the twelfth
month:
so
that
for
six
months
they
were anointed
with
oil
of
myrrh,
and
for
other
six
months
they
used certain perfumes
and
sweet
spices.
And
when
they
were
going
in
to
the
king,
whatsoever
they
asked
to adorn themselves
they
received:
and being decked
out,
as
it pleased
them,
they passed
from
the chamber
of
the
women
to
the
king’s chamber.
And
she
that
went
in
at
evening,
came
out
in
the
morning,
and
from thence
she
was conducted
to
the
second
house,
that
was
under
the
hand
of Susagaz
the
eunuch,
who
had
the
charge
over
the
king’s
concubines:
neither could
she
return
any
more
to
the
king,
unless
the
king
desired
it,
and
had ordered
her
by
name
to
come.
And
as
the
time
came orderly
about,
the day
was
at hand,
when
Esther,
the
daughter
of
Abihail
the brother
of Mardochai,
whom
he
had adopted
for
his
daughter,
was
to
go
in
to
the
king.
But
she
sought
not women’s
ornaments,
but
whatsoever Egeus
the
eunuch
the
keeper
of
the virgins
had
a
mind,
he
gave
her
to adorn
her.
For
she
was exceeding fair,
and
her incredible beauty
made
her
appear agreeable
and amiable
in
the
eyes
of
all.
So
she
was
brought
to
the chamber
of
king Assuerus
the
tenth
month,
which
is called
Tebeth,
in
the
seventh
year
of
his
reign.
And
the
king
loved
her more
than
all
the
women,
and
she
had favour
and
kindness
before
him
above
all
the
women,
and
he
set
the
royal
crown
on
her
head,
and
made
her queen
instead
of Vasthi.
And
he commanded
a
magnificent
feast
to
be
prepared
for
all
the
princes,
and
for
his
servants,
for
the marriage
and wedding
of
Esther.
And
he
gave rest
to
all
the
provinces,
and
bestowed
gifts
according
to princely magnificence.
And
when
the
virgins
were sought
the
second
time,
and
gathered
together, Mardochai
stayed
at
the
king’s
gate,
Neither
had
Esther
as
yet
declared
her country
and
people,
according
to
his
commandment.
For whatsoever
he
commanded,
Esther
observed:
and
she
did all
things
in
the
same manner
as
she
was wont
at
that
time
when
he
brought
her
up
a little
one.
At
that
time,
therefore,
when Mardochai
abode
at
the
king’s
gate, Bagathan
and Thares,
two
of
the
king’s
eunuchs,
who
were porters,
and presided
in
the
first entry
of
the palace,
were
angry:
and
they designed
to rise
up
against
the
king,
and
to kill
him.
And Mardochai
had
notice
of
it,
and immediately
he
told
it
to
queen
Esther:
and
she
to
the
king
in Mardochai’s
name,
who
had
reported
the
thing unto
her.
It
was
inquired
into,
and
found
out:
and
they
were
both
hanged
on
a gibbet.
And
it
was put
in
the histories,
and
recorded
in
the
chronicles
before
the
king.
After
these
things,
king Assuerus
advanced Aman,
the
son
of Amadathi,
who
was
of
the
race
of Agag:
and
he
set
his
throne
above
all
the
princes
that
were
with
him.
And
all
the
king’s
servants,
that
were
at
the doors
of
the palace, bent
their knees,
and worshipped Aman:
for
so
the emperor
had
commanded
them,
only Mardochai
did
not bend
his knee,
nor
worship
him.
And
the
king’s
servants
that
were chief
at
the doors
of
the palace,
said
to
him:
Why dost thou alone not observe
the
king’s
commandment?
And
when
they
were
saying
this often,
and
he
would
not hearken
to
them;
they
told Aman, desirous
to
know
whether
he
would
continue
in
his resolution:
for
he
had
told
them
that
he
was
a
Jew.
Now
when Aman
had
heard
this,
and
had proved
by
experience
that Mardochai
did
not bend
his knee
to
him,
nor
worship
him,
he
was exceeding
angry.
And
he counted
it
nothing
to
lay
his
hands
upon Mardochai
alone:
for
he
had
heard
that
he
was
of
the
nation
of
the
Jews,
and
he chose
rather
to
destroy
all
the
nation
of
the
Jews
that
were
in
the
kingdom
of Assuerus.
In
the
first
month (which
is called
Nisan)
in
the twelfth
year
a
of
the
reign
of Assuerus,
the
lot
was
cast
into
an urn,
which
in Hebrew
is called Phur,
before Aman,
on what
day
and what
month
the nation
of
the Jews
should
be destroyed:
and there
came
out
the twelfth
month,
which
is called
Adar.
And Aman
said
to
king Assuerus:
There
is
a
people
scattered
through
all
the
provinces
of thy
kingdom,
and
separated
one
from
another,
that use new
laws
and ceremonies,
and moreover despise
the
king’s ordinances:
and thou knowest
very well
that
it
is
not expedient
for thy
kingdom
that
they
should grow insolent
by impunity.
If
it
please thee, decree
that
they
may
he
destroyed,
and
I
will
pay
ten
thousand
talents
to thy treasurers.
And
the
king
took
the
ring
that
he
used,
from
his own
hand,
and
gave
it
to Aman,
the
son
of Amadathi
of
the
race
of Agag,
the
enemy
of
the
Jews,
And
he
said
to
him:
As
to
the
money
which thou promisest,
keep
it
for thyself:
and
as
to
the
people,
do
with
them
as seemeth
good
to thee.
And
the
king’s
scribes
were
called
in
the
first
month Nisan,
on
the thirteenth
day
of
the
same
month:
and
they
wrote,
as Aman
had
commanded,
to
all
the
king’s lieutenants,
and
to
the judges
of
the
provinces,
and
of divers
nations,
as
every
nation
could
read,
and hear
according
to
their different
languages,
in
the
name
of
king Assuerus:
and
the letters,
sealed
with
his
ring,
Were
sent
by
the
king’s
messengers
to
all
provinces,
to
kill
and
destroy
all
the
Jews,
both
young
and
old,
little
children,
and
women,
in
one
day,
that
is,
on
the thirteenth
of
the twelfth
month,
which
is called
Adar,
and
to
make
a
spoil
of
their goods.
And
the contents
of
the letters
were
to
this
effect,
that
all
provinces might know
and
be
ready
against
that
day.
The
couriers
that
were
sent
made haste
to fulfill
the
king’s
commandment.
And immediately
the
edict
was
hung
up
in Susan,
the
king
and Aman
feasting together,
and
all
the Jews
that
were
in
the
city weeping.
Now
when Mardochai
had heard
these
things,
he rent
his
garments,
and
put
on
sackcloth, strewing
ashes
on
his head:
and
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice
in
the street
in
the
midst
of
the
city, shewing
the anguish
of
his
mind.
And
he
came lamenting
in
this manner
even
to
the
gate
of
the palace:
for
no
one
clothed
with
sackcloth might
enter
the
king’s
court.
And
in
all
provinces, towns,
and
places,
to
which
the
king’s cruel
edict
was
come,
there
was
great
mourning among
the
Jews,
with
fasting,
wailing,
and
weeping,
many using
sackcloth
and
ashes
for
their
bed.
Then
Esther’s
maids
and
her
eunuchs
went
in,
and
told
her.
And
when
she
heard
it
she
was
in
a consternation:
and
she
sent
a
garment,
to
clothe
him,
and
to
take
away
the
sackcloth:
but
he
would
not
receive
it.
And
she
called
for Athach
the
eunuch,
whom
the
king
had
appointed
to
attend
upon
her,
and
she
commanded
him
to go
to Mardochai,
and
learn
of
him
why
he
did
this.
And Athach
going
out
went
to Mardochai,
who
was standing
in
the
street
of
the
city,
before
the palace
gate:
And Mardochai
told
him
all
that
had
happened,
how Aman
had
promised
to
pay
money
into
the
king’s treasures,
to
have
the
Jews
destroyed.
He
gave
him
also
a
copy
of
the
edict
which
was
hanging
up
in Susan,
that
he
should shew
it
to
the queen,
and admonish
her
to
go
in
to
the
king,
and
to entreat
him
for
her
people.
And Athach
went
back
and
told
Esther
all
that Mardochai
had
said.
She
answered
him,
and bade
him
say
to Mardochai:
All
the
king’s
servants,
and
all
the
provinces
that
are
under
his dominion,
know,
that whosoever, whether
man
or
woman, cometh
into
the
king’s
inner
court,
who
is
not
called
for,
is immediately
to
be
put
to
death
without
any delay:
except
the
king
shall hold
out
the
golden sceptre
to
him,
in token
of clemency,
that
so
he
may
live.
How
then
can
I
go
in
to
the
king,
who
for
these
thirty
days
now
have
not
been
called unto
him?
And when Mardochai
had
heard
this,
He
sent
word
to
Esther
again,
saying:
Think
not
that thou mayst
save thy
life
only,
because thou art
in
the
king
a
house,
more
than
all
the
Jews:
For
if thou wilt
now
hold thy peace,
the
Jews
shall
be delivered
by
some
other occasion:
and thou,
and thy
father’s
house
shall
perish.
And
who knoweth
whether thou art
not
therefore
come
to
the
kingdom,
that thou mightest
be ready
in
such
a
time
as
this?
And
again
Esther
sent
to Mardochai
in these words:
Go,
and
gather
together
all
the
Jews
whom thou shalt
find
in Susan,
and pray ye
for
me.
Neither
eat
nor
drink
for
three
days
and
three
nights:
and
I
with
my handmaids
will
fast
in
like
manner,
and
then
I
will
go
in
to
the
king,
against
the
law,
not
being called,
and expose
myself
to death
and
to danger.
So Mardochai went,
and
did
all
that
Esther
had
commanded
him.
And
on
the
third
day
Esther
put
on
her
royal
apparel,
and
stood
in
the
inner
court
of
the
king’s
house,
over
against
the
king’s
hall:
now
he
sat
upon
his
throne
in
the
hall
of
the
palace,
over
against
the
door
of
the
house.
And
when
he
saw
Esther
the
queen
standing,
she
pleased
his
eyes,
and
he
held
out
toward
her
the
golden sceptre,
which
he
held
in
his
hand:
and
she
drew
near,
and kissed
the
top
of
his sceptre.
And
the
king
said
to
her:
What wilt
then,
queen
Esther?
what
is thy
request? if thou shouldst
even
ask
one
half
of
the
kingdom,
it
shall
be
given
to thee.
But
she
answered:
If
it
please
the
king.
I beseech thee
to
come
to
me
this
day,
and Aman
with thee
to
the
banquet
which
I
have
prepared.
And
the
king
said forthwith:
Call ye Aman
quickly,
that
he
may
obey
Esther’s
will.
So
the
king
and Aman
came
to
the
banquet
which
the queen
had
prepared
for
them.
And
the
king
said
to
her,
after
he
had
drunk
wine plentifully:
What dost thou desire
should
be
given thee?
and
for
what
thing askest thou?
although thou shouldst
ask
the
half
of
my
kingdom, thou shalt
have
it.
And
Esther
answered:
My
petition
and
request
is this:
If
I
have
found favour
in
the
king’s
sight,
and
if
it
please
the
king
to
give
me
what
I
ask,
and
to fulfill
my
petition:
let
the
king
and Aman
come
to
the
banquet
which
I
have
prepared
them,
and
tomorrow
I
will open
my mind
to
the
king.
So Aman
went
out
that
day
joyful
and merry.
And
when
he
saw Mardochai sitting
before
the
gate
of
the palace,
and
that
he
not only
did
not
rise
up
to honour
him,
but
did
not
so
much
as move
from
the place
where
he sat,
he
was exceedingly
angry:
But dissembling
his anger,
and returning
into
his
house,
he called together
to
him
his
friends,
and Zares
his
wife:
And
he
declared
to
them
the
greatness
of
his
riches,
and
the
multitude
of
his
children,
and
with
how
great
glory
the
king
had
advanced
him
above
all
his
princes
and
servants.
And
after
this
he
said:
Queen
Esther
also hath
invited
no other
to
the
banquet
with
the
king,
but
me:
and
with
her
I
am
also
to dine
tomorrow
with
the
king:
And whereas
I
have
all
these
things,
I
think
I
have
nothing,
so long
as
I
see Mardochai
the
Jew
sitting before
the
king’s
gate.
Then Zares
his
wife,
and
the rest
of
his
friends
answered
him:
Order
a great beam
to
be
prepared,
fifty
cubits
high,
and
in
the
morning
speak
to
the
king,
that Mardochai
may
be
hanged
upon
it,
and
so thou shalt
go
full
of
joy
with
the
king
to
the
banquet.
The
counsel
pleased
him,
and
he
commanded
a
high gibbet
to
be
prepared.
That
night
the
king
passed without
sleep,
and
he
commanded
the histories
and
chronicles
of
former
times
to
be
brought
him.
And
when
they
were
reading
them
before
him,
They
came
to
that
place
where
it
was
written,
how Mardochai
had
discovered
the treason
of Bagathan
and Thares
the
eunuchs,
who
sought
to kill
king Assuerus.
And
when
the
king heard
this,
he
said:
What honour
and reward hath Mardochai
received
for
this fidelity?
His
servants
and
ministers
said
to
him:
He hath
received
no reward
at
all.
And
the
king
said immediately:
Who
is
in
the
court?
for Aman
was
coming
in
to
the
inner
court
of
the
king’s
house,
to
speak
to
the
king,
that
he
might
order Mardochai
to
be
hanged
upon
the gibbet
which
was
prepared
for
him.
The
servants
answered: Aman standeth
in
the
court,
and
the
king
said: Let
him
come
in.
And
when
he
was
come
in,
he
said
to
him:
What ought
to
be
done
to
the
man
whom
the
king
is desirous
to honour?
But Aman
thinking
in
his
heart,
and supposing
that
the
king
would honour
no
other
but
himself,
Answered:
The
man
whom
the
king desireth
to honour,
Ought
to
be
clothed
with
the
king’s
apparel,
and
to
be
set
upon
the
horse
that
the
king rideth
upon,
and
to
have
the
royal
crown
upon
his
head,
And
let
the
first
of
the
king’s
princes
and
nobles
hold
his
horse,
and going
through
the
street
of
the
city,
proclaim
before
him
and say:
Thus
shall
he
be honoured,
whom
the
king hath
a
mind
to honour.
And
the
king
said
to
him:
Make
haste
and
take
the
robe
and
the
horse,
and
do
as thou hast
spoken
to Mardochai
the
Jew,
who sitteth before
the
gates
of
the palace. Beware thou pass
over
any
of
those
things
which thou hast
spoken.
So Aman
took
the
robe
and
the
horse,
and arraying Mardochai
in
the
street
of
the
city,
and setting
him
on
the
horse,
went
before
him,
and
proclaimed:
This honour
is
he worthy
of,
whom
the
king hath
a
mind
to honour.
But Mardochai
returned
to
the
palace
gate:
and Aman
made haste
to
go
to
his
house,
mourning
and
having
his
head
covered:
And
he
told Zares
his
wife,
and
his
friends,
all
that
had befallen
him.
And
the
wise
men
whom
he
had
in counsel,
and
his
wife
answered
him:
If Mardochai
be
of
the
seed
of
the
Jews,
before
whom thou hast
begun
to
fall, thou canst
not resist
him,
but thou shalt
fall
in
his
sight.
As
they
were
yet
speaking,
the
king’s
eunuchs
came,
and compelled
him
to
go
quickly
to
the
banquet
which
the queen
had
prepared.
So
the
king
and Aman
went
in,
to
drink
with
the
queen.
And
the
king
said
to
her
again
the
second
day,
after
he
was warm
with
wine:
What
is thy
petition,
Esther,
that
it
may
be
granted thee?
and
what wilt thou
have
done:
although thou
ask
the
half
of
my
kingdom, thou shalt
have
it.
Then
she
answered:
If
I
have
found Favour
in thy
sight,
O
king,
and
if
it
please thee,
give
me
my
life
for
which
I
ask,
and
my
people
for
which
I
request.
For
we
are
given
up,
I
and
my
people,
to
be
destroyed,
to
be
slain,
and
to
perish.
And
would
God
we
were
sold
for bondmen
and bondwomen:
the evil might
be borne
with,
and
I
would
have mourned
in silence:
but
now
we
have
an enemy,
whose cruelty redoundeth upon
the
king.
And
king Assuerus
answered
and
said:
Who
is
this,
and
of
what power,
that
he
should
do
these
things?
And
Esther
said:
It
is
this Aman
that
is
our adversary
and
most
wicked
enemy. Aman hearing
this
was forthwith astonished,
not being able
to bear
the
countenance
of
the
king
and
of
the
queen.
But
the
king
being
angry
rose
up,
and
went
from
the
place
of
the
banquet
into
the
garden
set
with trees. Aman
also
rose
up
to entreat
Esther
the
queen
for
his
life,
for
he understood
that
evil
was
prepared
for
him
by
the
king.
And
when
the
king
came
back
out
of
the
garden
set
with trees,
and
entered
into
the
place
of
the
banquet,
he
found Aman
was
fallen
upon
the
bed
on
which
Esther
lay,
and
he
said:
He
will force
the
queen
also
in
my
presence,
in
my
own
house.
The
word
was
not
yet
gone
out
of
the
king’s
mouth,
and immediately
they
covered
his
face.
And
Harbona,
one
of
the
eunuchs
that
stood waiting
on
the
king,
said:
Behold
the gibbet
which
he hath
prepared
for Mardochai,
who
spoke
for
the
king, standeth
in Aman’s
house, being
fifty
cubits
high.
And
the
king
said
to
him:
Hang
him
upon
it.
So Aman
was
hanged
on
the gibbet,
which
he
had
prepared
for Mardochai:
and
the
king’s
wrath ceased.
On
that
day
king Assuerus
gave
the
house
of Aman,
the
Jews’
enemy,
to
queen
Esther,
and Mardochai
came
in
before
the
king.
For
Esther
had confessed
to
him
that
he
was
her uncle.
And
the
king
took
the
ring
which
he
had commanded
to
be
taken again
from Aman,
and
gave
it
to Mardochai.
And
Esther
set Mardochai
over
her
house.
And
not content
with
these
things,
she
fell
down
at
the
king’s
feet
and
wept,
and
speaking
to
him besought
him,
that
he
would
give orders
that
the malice
of Aman
the
Agagite,
and
his
most
wicked devices
which
he
had
invented
against
the
Jews, should
be
of no effect.
But
he,
as
the manner
was, held
out
the
golden sceptre
with
his hand, which
was
the sign
of clemency:
and
she
arose
up
and
stood
before
him,
And
said:
If
it please
the
king,
and
if
I
have
found favour
in
his
sight,
and
my
request
be
not disagreeable
to
him,
I beseech thee,
that
the
former
letters
of Aman
the traitor
and enemy
of
the
Jews,
by
which
he
commanded
that
they
should
be
destroyed
in
all
the
king’s
provinces,
may
be reversed
by new
letters.
For
how call
I
endure
the murdering
and slaughter
of
my
people?
And
king Assuerus
answered
Esther
the
queen,
and Mardochai
the
Jew:
I
have
given Aman’s
house
to
Esther,
and
I
have
commanded
him
to
be
hanged
on
a gibbet,
because
he durst
lay
hands
on
the
Jews.
Write ye
therefore
to
the
Jews,
as
it pleaseth
you,
in
the
king’s
name,
and
seal
the letters
with
my
ring.
For
this
was
the custom,
that
no
man durst gainsay
the letters
which
were
sent
in
the
king’s
name,
and
were
sealed
with
his
ring.
Then
the
king’s
scribes
and secretaries
were
called
for (now
it
was
the
time
of
the
third
month
which
is
called Siban)
the
three
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month,
and letters
were
written,
as Mardochai
had
a mind,
to
the
Jews,
and
to
the
governors,
and
to
the deputies,
and
to
the judges,
who
were
rulers
over
the
hundred
and twenty-seven
provinces,
from
India
even
to
Ethiopia:
to
province
and
province,
to
people
and
people,
according
to
their
languages
and characters,
and
to
the
Jews,
according
as
they
could
read
and hear.
And these
letters which
were
sent
in
the
king’s
name,
were
sealed
with
his
ring,
and
sent
by posts:
who
were
to
run
through all
the provinces,
to prevent
the former
letters
with new messages.
And
the
king
gave orders
to
them,
to speak
to
the
Jews
in
every
city,
and
to
command
them
to
gather
themselves
together,
and
to
stand
for
their
lives,
and
to
kill
and
destroy
all
their enemies
with
their
wives
and
children
and
all
their houses,
and
to
take
their
spoil.
And
one
day
of revenge
was appointed
through
all
the
provinces,
to wit,
the thirteenth
of
the twelfth
month
Adar.
And
this
was
the content
of
the
letter,
that
it
should
be notified
in
all lands
and
peoples
that
were subject
to
the empire
of king Assuerus,
that
the
Jews
were ready
to
be revenged
of
their
enemies.
So
the
swift posts
went
out carrying
the
messages,
and
the
king’s
edict
was
hung
up
in Susan.
And Mardochai
going
forth
out
of
the palace,
and
from
the
king’s
presence, shone
in
royal
apparel,
to wit,
of
violet
and sky colour, wearing
a
golden
crown
on
his
head,
and
clothed
with
a cloak
of silk
and
purple.
And
all
the
city
rejoiced
and
was
glad.
But
to
the
Jews
a new light seemed
to rise,
joy, honour,
and dancing.
And
in
all
peoples,
cities,
and
provinces, whithersoever
the
king’s
commandments
came,
there
was wonderful
rejoicing, feasts
and
banquets,
and keeping holy
day: insomuch
that
many
of
other
nations
and religion,
joined
themselves
to
their worship
and ceremonies.
For
a
great
dread
of
the name
of
the
Jews
had
fallen
upon
all.
So
on
the thirteenth
day
of
the twelfth
month,
which
as
we
have
said above
is called
Adar,
when
all
the
Jews
were designed
to
be massacred,
and
their
enemies
were greedy
after
their blood,
the
case being altered,
the
Jews began
to
have
the upper hand,
and
to revenge
themselves
of
their adversaries.
And
they
gathered
themselves
together
in
every
city,
and
town,
and
place,
to
lay
their
hands
on
their enemies,
and
their persecutors.
And
no
one durst
withstand
them,
for
the
fear
of
their
power
had
gone
through
every
people.
And
the judges
of
the
provinces,
and
the
governors,
and lieutenants,
and
every
one
in dignity,
that presided
over
every
place
and
work, extolled
the
Jews
for
fear
of Mardochai:
For
they knew
him
to
be prince
of
the
palace,
and
to
have
great power:
and
the
fame
of
his name increased daily,
and
was
spread abroad
through
all
men’s mouths.
So
the
Jews
made
a great
slaughter
of
their
enemies,
and
killed
them, repaying according
to
what
they
had
prepared
to
do
to
them:
Insomuch
that even
in Susan
they
killed
five
hundred
men, besides
the ten sons
of Aman
the Agagite,
the enemy
of
the
Jews:
whose names
are these:
Pharsandatha,
and Delphon,
and Esphatha,
And Phoratha,
and
Adalia,
and
Aridatha,
And Phermesta,
and
Arisai,
and
Aridai,
and Jezatha.
And
when
they
had
slain
them,
they would
not touch
the spoils
of
their goods.
And presently
the
number
of
them
that
were
killed
in Susan
was
brought
to
the
king.
And
he
said
to
the
queen:
The
Jews
have
killed
five
hundred
men
in
the city
of Susan,
besides
the
ten
sons
of Aman:
how
many dost thou
think
they
have
slain
in
all
the
provinces?
What askest thou
more,
and
what wilt thou
have
me
to
command
to
be
done?
And
she
answered:
If
it please
the
king,
let
it
be
granted
to
the
Jews,
to
do
tomorrow
in Susan
as
they
have
done
today,
and
that
the
ten
sons
of Aman
may
be
hanged
upon gibbets.
And
the
king
commanded
that
it
should
be
so
done.
And forthwith
the
edict
was
hung
up
in Susan,
and
the
ten
sons
of Aman
were
hanged.
And
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar
the
Jews
gathered
themselves
together,
and
they
killed
in Susan
three
hundred
men:
but
they
took
not
their substance.
Moreover
through
all
the
provinces
which
were subject
to
the
king’s dominion
the
Jews
stood
for
their
lives,
and
slew
their
enemies
and persecutors: insomuch
that
the
number
of
them
that
were Billed amounted
to
seventy-five
thousand,
and
no
man
took
any
of
their goods.
Now
the thirteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar
was
the
first
day
with
them
all
of
the slaughter,
and
on
the fourteenth
day
they
left
off.
Which
they ordained
to
be
kept holy
day,
so
that
all
times hereafter
they
should celebrate
it
with
feasting,
joy,
and
banquets.
But
they
that
were killing
in
the city
of Susan,
were employed
in
the slaughter
on
the thirteenth
and fourteenth
day
of
the
same month:
and
on
the fifteenth
day
they
rested.
And
therefore
they appointed
that
day
to
be
a holy
day
of
feasting
and
gladness.
But
those
Jews
that
dwelt
in
towns not walled
and
in
villages, appointed
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar
for
banquets
and
gladness,
so
as
to
rejoice
on
that
day,
and send
one
another
portions
of
their
banquets
and meats.
And Mardochai
wrote
all
these
things,
and
sent
them comprised
in
letters
to
the
Jews
that abode
in
all
the
king’s
provinces,
both
those
that
lay
near
and
those
afar
off,
That
they
should
receive
the fourteenth
and fifteenth
day
of
the
month
Adar
for holy
days,
and
always
at
the return
of
the
year
should celebrate
them
with solemn honour:
Because
on
those
days
the
Jews revenged
themselves
of
their
enemies,
and
their
mourning
and
sorrow
were
turned
into
mirth
and
joy,
and
that
these
should
be
days
of
feasting
and
gladness,
in
which
they
should send
one
to
another
portions
of meats;
and
should
give
gifts
to
the
poor.
And
the
Jews
undertook
to
observe
with solemnity all
they
had
begun
to
do
at
that time,
which Mardochai
by letters
had commanded
to be
done.
For Aman,
the
son
of Amadathi
of
the
race
of Agag,
the
enemy
and adversary
of
the
Jews,
had
devised evil
against
them,
to kill
them
and
destroy
them:
and
had
cast Phur,
that
is,
the
lot.
And afterwards Esther
went
in
to
the
king, beseeching
him
that
his endeavours
might
be
made void
by
the
king’s
letters:
and
the
evil
that
he
had
intended
against
the
Jews,
might
return
upon
his
own
head.
And
so
both
he
and
his
sons
were
hanged
upon gibbets.
And
since
that
time
these
days
are
called Phurim,
that
is,
of lots:
because Phur,
that
is,
the lot,
was
cast
into
the urn.
And
all
things
that
were
done,
are contained
in
the volume
of
this epistle,
that
is,
of
this book:
And
the
things
that
they suffered,
and
that
were afterwards changed,
the
Jews
took
upon
themselves
and
their
seed,
and
upon
all
that
had
a
mind
to
be joined
to
their religion,
so
that
it
should
be lawful
for
none
to
pass
these
days
without solemnity:
which
the
writing testifieth,
and certain
times require,
as
the
years
continually
succeed
one
another.
These
are
the
days
which
shall
never
be forgot:
and
which
all
provinces
in
the
whole world
shall
celebrate
throughout
all
generations:
neither
is
there
any
city wherein
the
days
of Phurim,
that
is,
of lots,
must
not
be
observed
by
the
Jews,
and
by
their
posterity,
which
is bound
to
these ceremonies.
And
Esther
the
queen,
the
daughter
of
Abihail,
and Mardochai
the
Jew,
wrote
also
a
second epistle,
that
with
all diligence
this day should
be
established
a festival
for
the
time
to
come.
And
they
sent
to
all
the
Jews
that
were
in
the
hundred
and twenty-seven
provinces
of king Assuerus,
that
they
should
have
peace,
and receive
truth,
And observe
the
days
of lots,
and celebrate
them
with
joy
in
their proper
time:
as Mardochai
and
Esther
had
appointed,
and
they undertook
them
to
be
observed
by
themselves
and
by
their
seed, fasts,
and
cries,
and
the
days
of lots,
And
all
things
which
are contained
in
the history
of
this
book,
which
is called
Esther.
And
king Assuerus
made all
the
land,
and all
the
islands
of
the
sea tributary.
And
his
strength
and
his empire,
and
the
dignity
and
greatness wherewith
he
exalted Mardochai,
are
written
in
the
books
of
the
Medes,
and
of
the Persians:
And
how Mardochai
of
the
race
of
the
Jews,
was
next
after
king Assuerus:
and
great
among
the
Jews,
and
acceptable
to
the
people
of
his
brethren,
seeking
the
good
of
his
people,
and
speaking
those
things which
were
for
the
welfare
of
his
seed.
Then Mardochai said: God hath done these things.
I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things: and nothing thereof hath failed.
The little fountain which grew into a river, and was turned into a light, and into the sun, and abounded into many waters, is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen.
But the two dragons are I and Aman.
The nations that were assembled are they that endeavoured to destroy the name of the Jews.
And my nation is Israel, who cried to the Lord, and the Lord saved his people: and he delivered us from all evils, and hath wrought great signs and wonders among the nations:
And he commanded that there should be two lots, one of the people of God, and the other of all the nations.
And both lots came to the day appointed already from that time before God to all nations:
And the Lord remembered his people, and had mercy on his inheritance.
And these days shall be observed in the month of Adar on the fourteenth, and fifteenth day of the same month. with all diligence, and joy of the people gathered into one assembly, throughout all the generations hereafter of the people of Israel.
In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest, and of the Levitical race, and Ptolemy his son brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said Lysimachus the son of Ptolemy had interpreted in Jerusalem.
In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardochai the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the tribe of Benjamin:
A Jew who dwelt in the city of Susan, a great man and among the first of the king’s court, had it dream.
Now he was of the number of the captives, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Juda:
And this was his dream: Behold there were voices, and tumults, and thunders, and earthquakes, and a disturbance upon the earth.
And behold two great dragons came forth ready to fight one against another.
And at their cry all nations were stirred up to fight against the nation of the just.
And that was a day of darkness and danger, of tribulation and distress, and great fear upon the earth.
And the nation of the just was troubled fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death.
And they cried to God: and as they were crying, a little fountain grew into a very great river, and abounded into many waters.
The light and the sun rose up, and the humble were exalted, and they devoured the glorious.
And when Mardochai had seen this, and arose out of his bed, he was thinking what God would do: and he kept it fixed in his mind, desirous to know what the dream should signify.
And he abode at that time in the king’s court with Bagatha and Thara the king’s eunuchs, who were porters of the palace.
And when he understood their designs, and had diligently searched into their projects, he learned that they went about to lay violent hands on king Artaxerxes, and he told the king thereof.
Then the king had them both examined, and after they had confessed, commanded them to be put to death.
But the king made a record of what was done: and Mardochai also committed the memory of the thing to writing.
And the king commanded him, to abide in the court of the palace, and gave him presents for the information.
But Aman the son of Amadathi the Bugite was in great honour with the king, and sought to hurt Mardochai and his people, because of the two eunuchs of the king who were put to death.
And this was the copy of the letter: Artaxerxes the great king who reigneth from India to Ethiopia, to the princes and governors of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, that are subject to his empire, greeting.
Whereas I reigned over many nations, and had brought all the world under my dominion, I was not willing to abuse the greatness of my power, but to govern my subjects with clemency and lenity, that they might live quietly without any terror. and might enjoy peace, which is desired by all men.
But when I asked my counsellors how this might be accomplished, one that excelled the rest in wisdom and fidelity, and was second after the king, Aman by name,
Told me that there was a people scattered through the whole world, which used new laws, and acted against the customs of all nations, despised the commandments of kings, and violated by their opposition the concord of all nations.
Wherefore having learned this, and seeing one nation in opposition to all mankind using perverse laws, and going against our commandments, and disturbing the peace and concord of the provinces subject to us,
We have commanded that all whom Aman shall mark out, who is chief over all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honour as a father, shall be utterly destroyed by their enemies, with their wives and children, and that none shall have pity on them. on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year:
That these wicked men going down to hell in one day, may restore to our empire the peace which they had disturbed.
But Mardochai besought the Lord, remembering all his works,
And said: O Lord, Lord, almighty king, for all things are in thy power, and there is none that can resist thy will, if thou determine to save Israel.
Thou hast made heaven and earth, and all things that are under the cope of heaven.
Thou art Lord of all, and there is none that can resist thy majesty.
Thou knowest all things, and thou knowest that it was not out of pride and contempt, or any desire of glory, that I refused to worship the proud Aman,
(For I would willingly and readily for the salvation of Israel have kissed even the steps of his feet,)
But I feared lest I should transfer the honour of my God to a man, and lest I should adore any one except my God.
And now, O Lord, O king, O God of Abraham, have mercy on thy people, because our enemies resolve to destroy us, and extinguish thy inheritance.
Despise not thy portion, which thou hast redeemed for thyself out of Egypt.
Hear my supplication, and be merciful to thy lot and inheritance, and turn our mourning into joy, that we may live and praise thy name, O Lord, and shut not the mouths of them that sing to thee.
And all Israel with like mind and supplication cried to the Lord, because they saw certain death hanging over their heads.
Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord.
And when she had laid away her royal apparel, she put on garments suitable for weeping and mourning: instead of divers precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with fasts: and all the places in which before she was accustomed to rejoice, she filled with her torn hair.
And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other helper but thee.
My danger is in my hands.
I have heard of my father that thou, O Lord, didst take Israel from among all nations, and our fathers from all their predecessors, to possess them as an everlasting inheritance, and thou hast done to them as thou hast promised.
We have sinned in thy sight, and therefore thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies:
For we have worshipped their gods. Thou art just, O Lord.
And now they are not content to oppress us with most hard bondage, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols,
They design to change thy promises, and destroy thy inheritance, and shut the mouths of them that praise thee, and extinguish the glory of thy temple and altar,
That they may open the mouths of Gentiles, and praise the strength of idols, and magnify for ever a carnal king.
Give not, O Lord, thy sceptre to them that are not, lest they laugh at our ruin: but turn their counsel upon themselves, and destroy him that hath begun to rage against us.
Remember, O Lord, and shew thyself to us in the time of our tribulation, and give me boldness, O Lord, king of gods, and of all power:
Give me a well ordered speech in my mouth in the presence of the lion, and turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy, that both he himself may perish, and the rest that consent to him.
But deliver us by thy hand, and help me, who have no other helper, but thee, O Lord, who hast the knowledge of all things.
And thou knowest that I hate the glory of the wicked, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger.
Thou knowest my necessity, that I abominate the sign of my pride and glory, which is upon my head in the days of my public appearance, and detest it as a menstruous rag, and wear it not in the days of my silence,
And that I have not eaten at Aman’s table, nor hath the king’s banquet pleased me, and that I have not drunk the wine of the drink offerings:
And that thy handmaid hath never rejoiced, since I was brought hither unto this day, but in thee, O Lord, the God of Abraham.
O God, who art mighty above all, hear the voice of them, that have no other hope, and deliver us from the hand of the wicked, and deliver me from my fear.
And he commanded her (no doubt but he was Mardochai) to go to the king, and petition for her people, and for her country.
Remember, (said he,) the days of thy low estate, how thou wast brought up by my hand, because Aman the second after the king hath spoken against us unto death.
And do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king for us, and deliver us from death.
And on the third day she laid away the garments she wore, and put on her glorious apparel.
And glittering in royal robes, after she had called upon God the ruler and Saviour of all, she took two maids with her,
And upon one of them she leaned, as if for delicateness and overmuch tenderness she were not able to bear up her own body.
And the other maid followed her lady, bearing up her train flowing on the ground.
But she with a rosy colour in her face, and with gracious and bright eyes, hid a mind full of anguish, and exceeding great fear.
So going in she passed through all the doors in order, and stood before the king, where he sat upon his royal throne, clothed with his royal robes, and glittering with gold, and precious stones, and he was terrible to behold.
And when he had lifted up his countenance, and with burning eyes had shewn the wrath of his heart, the queen sunk down, and her colour turned pale, and she rested her weary head upon her handmaid.
And God changed the king’s spirit into mildness, and all in haste and in fear he leaped from his throne, and holding her up in his arms, till she came to herself, caressed her with these words:
What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother, fear not.
Thou shalt not die: for this law is not made for thee, but for all others.
Come near then, and touch the sceptre.
And as she held her peace, he took the golden sceptre, and laid it upon her neck, and kissed her, and said: Why dost thou not speak to me?
She answered: I saw thee, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy majesty.
For thou, my lord, art very admirable, and thy. face is full of graces.
And while she was speaking, she fell down again, and was almost in a swoon.
But the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
The great king Artaxerxes, from India to Ethiopia, to the governors and princes of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, which obey our command, sendeth greeting.
Many have abused unto pride the goodness of princes, and the honour that hath been bestowed upon them:
And not only endeavour to oppress the king’s subjects, but not bearing the glory that is given them, take in hand to practise also against them that gave it.
Neither are they content not to return thanks for benefits received, and to violate in themselves the laws of humanity, but they think they can also escape the justice of God who seeth all things.
And they break out into so great madness, as to endeavour to undermine by lies such as observe diligently the offices committed to them, and do all things in such manner as to be worthy of all men’s praise,
While with crafty fraud they deceive the ears of princes that are well meaning, and judge of others by their own nature.
Now this is proved both from ancient histories, and by the things which are done daily, how the good designs of kings are depraved by the evil suggestions of certain men.
Wherefore we must provide for the peace of all provinces.
Neither must you think, if we command different things, that it cometh of the levity of our mind, but that we give sentence according to the quality and necessity of times, as the profit of the commonwealth requireth.
Now that you may more plainly understand what we say, I Aman the son of Amadathi, a Macedonian both in mind and country, and having nothing of the Persian blood, but with his cruelty staining our goodness, was received being a stranger by us:
And found our humanity so great towards him, that he was called our father, and was worshipped by all as the next man after the king:
But he was so far puffed up with arrogancy, as to go about to deprive us of our kingdom and life.
For with certain new and unheard of devices he hath sought the destruction of Mardochai, by whose fidelity and good services our life was saved, and of Esther the partner of our kingdom, with all their nation:
Thinking that after they were slain, he might work treason against us left alone without friends, and might transfer the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians.
But we have found that the Jews, who were by that most wicked man appointed to be slain, are in no fault at all, but contrariwise, use just laws,
And are the children of the highest and the greatest, and the ever living God, by whose benefit the kingdom was given both to our fathers and to us, and is kept unto this day.
Wherefore know ye that those letters which he sent in our name, are void and of no effect.
For which crime both he himself that devised it, and all his kindred hang on gibbets, before the gates of this city Susan: not we, but God repaying him as he deserved.
But this edict, which we now send, shall be published in all cities, that the Jews may freely follow their own laws.
And you shall aid them that they may kill those who had prepared themselves to kill them, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is called Adar.
For the almighty God hath turned this day of sadness and mourning into joy to them.
Wherefore you shall also count this day among other festival days, and celebrate it with all joy, that it may be known also in times to come,
That all they who faithfully obey the Persians, receive a worthy reward for their fidelity: but they that are traitors to their kingdom, are destroyed for their wickedness.
And let every province and city, that will not be partaker of this solemnity, perish by the sword and by fire, and be destroyed in such manner as to be made unpassable, both to men and beasts, for an example of contempt, and disobedience.
Job
The Book of Job
Job
Job
The Book of
Job
There
was
a
man
in
the
land
of Hus,
whose
name
was
Job,
and
that
man
was simple
and
upright,
and fearing
God,
and avoiding
evil.
And there
were
born
to
him
seven
sons
and
three
daughters.
And
his possession
was
seven
thousand
sheep,
and
three
thousand
camels,
and
five
hundred
yoke
of
oxen,
and
five
hundred
she asses,
and
a
family
exceeding
great:
and
this
man
was
great
among
all
the
people
of
the
east.
And
his
sons
went,
and
made
a
feast
by
houses
every
one
in
his
day.
And
sending
they
called
their
three
sisters
to
eat
and
drink
with
them.
And
when
the
days
of
their
feasting
were
gone
about,
Job
sent
to
them,
and
sanctified
them:
and
rising
up
early
offered holocausts
for
every
one
of
them.
For
he
said: Lest
perhaps
my
sons
have
sinned,
and
have
blessed
God
in
their
hearts.
So
did
Job
all
days.
Now
on
a certain
day
when
the
sons
of
God
came
to
stand
before
the
Lord,
Satan
also
was
present
among
them.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him: Whence comest thou?
And
he
answered
and
said:
I
have
gone round
about
the
earth,
and
walked
through
it.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him: Hast thou considered
my
servant
Job,
that
there
is
none
like
him
in
the
earth,
a simple
and
upright
man,
and fearing
God,
and avoiding
evil?
And
Satan answering,
said: Doth
Job
fear
God
in
vain?
Hast
not thou
made
a fence
for
him,
and
his
house,
and
all
his substance
round
about,
blessed
the
works
of
his
hands,
and
his
possession hath
increased
on
the
earth?
But
stretch
forth thy
hand
a little,
and
touch
all
that
he hath,
and
see
if
he blesseth thee
not
to thy
face.
Then
the
Lord
said
to
Satan:
Behold,
all
that
he hath
is
in thy
hand:
only
put
not
forth thy
hand
upon
his
person.
And
Satan
went
forth
from
the
presence
of
the
Lord.
Now
upon
a certain
day
when
his
sons
and
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
the
house
of
their eldest
brother,
There
came
a
messenger
to
Job,
and
said:
The
oxen
were ploughing,
and
the asses feeding
beside
them,
And
the
Sabeans rushed
in,
and
took
all
away,
and
slew
the
servants
with
the
sword,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell thee.
And
while
he
was
yet
speaking,
another
came,
and
said:
The
fire
of
God
fell
from
heaven,
and striking
the
sheep
and
the
servants, hath
consumed
them,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell thee.
And
while
he
also
was
yet
speaking,
there
came
another,
and
said:
The
Chaldeans
made
three troops,
and
have
fallen
upon
the
camels,
and
taken
them,
moreover
they
have
slain
the
servants
with
the
sword,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell thee.
He
was
yet
speaking,
and behold
another
came
in,
and
said: Thy
sons
and
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
the
house
of
their elder
brother:
A violent
wind
came
on
a sudden
from
the
side
of
the
desert,
and shook
the
four
corners
of
the
house,
and
it
fell
upon thy
children
and
they
are
dead,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
fell thee.
Then
Job
rose
up,
and rent
his garments,
and having shaven
his
head
fell
down
upon
the
ground
and worshipped,
And
said:
Naked
came
I
out
of
my
mother’s
womb,
and
naked
shall
I
return thither:
the
Lord
gave,
and
the
Lord hath
taken
away:
as
it hath pleased
the
Lord
so
is
it
done:
blessed
be
the
name
of
the
Lord.
In
all
these
things
Job
sinned
not
by
his lips,
nor spoke
he
any foolish
thing
against
God.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
on
a certain
day
the
sons
of
God
came,
and
stood
before
the
Lord,
and
Satan
came
among
them,
and
stood
in
his sight,
That
the
Lord
said
to
Satan: Whence comest thou?
And
he
answered
and
said:
I
have
gone round
about
the
earth,
and
walked
through
it.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Satan: Hast thou considered
my
servant
Job,
that
there
is
none
like
him
in
the
earth,
a
man simple,
and
upright,
and fearing
God,
and avoiding
evil,
and
still keeping
his innocence?
But thou hast
moved
me
against
him,
that
I
should afflict
him
without
cause.
And
Satan
answered,
and
said:
Skin
for
skin,
and
all
that
a
man hath
he
will
give
for
his
life:
But
put
forth thy
hand,
and
touch
his
bone
and
his
flesh,
and
then thou shalt gee
that
he
will
bless thee
to thy
face.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Satan:
Behold
be
is
in thy
hand,
but
yet
save
his
life.
So
Satan
went
forth
from
the
presence
Of
the
Lord,
and
struck
Job
with
a
very grievous
ulcer,
from
the
sole
of
the
foot
even
to
the top
of
his
head:
And
he
took
a
potsherd
and scraped
the corrupt matter,
sitting
on
a dunghill.
And
his
wife
said
to
him: Dost thou
still
continue
in thy simplicity?
bless
God
and
die.
And
he
said
to
her: Thou hast;
spoken
like
one
of
the
foolish
women:
if
we
have
received
good
things
at
the hand
of
God,
why
should
we
not
receive
evil?
In
all
these
things
Job
did
not
sin
with
his
lips.
Now
when
Job’s
three
friends
heard
all
the
evil
that
had befallen
him,
they
came
every
one
from
his
own
place, Alphas
the Themanite,
and Baldad
the Suhite,
and Sophar
the
Naamathite.
For
they
had
made
an
appointment
to
come
together
and
visit
him,
and
comfort
him.
And
when
they
had
lifted
up
their
eyes
afar
off,
they knew
him
not,
and
crying
out
they
wept,
and rending
their garments
they
sprinkled
dust
upon
their
heads towards
heaven.
And
they
sat
with
him
on
the
ground
seven
days
and
seven
nights,
and
no
man
spoke
to
him
a
word:
for
they
saw
that
his
grief
was
very
great.
After
this
Job
opened
his
mouth,
and
cursed
his
day,
And
he
said:
Let
the
day
perish wherein
I
was
born,
and
the
night
in which
it
was
said:
A
man
child
is conceived.
Let
that
day
be
turned
into
darkness,
let
not
God
regard
it
from
above,
and
let
not
the
light
shine
upon
it.
Let
darkness,
and
the
shadow
of
death cover
it,
let
a mist overspread
it,
and
let
it
be wrapped
up
in bitterness.
Let
a darksome whirlwind
seize
upon
that
night,
let
it
not
be
counted
in
the
days
of
the
year,
nor
numbered
in
the
months.
Let
that
night
be solitary,
and
not worthy
of praise.
Let
them
curse it who
curse
the
day. who
are
ready
to
raise
up
a
leviathan:
Let
the
stars
be
darkened
with
the mist thereof:
let
it expect
light
and
not
see
it,
nor
the rising
of
the
dawning
of
the
day:
Because
it
shut
not
up
the
doors
of
the
womb
that bore
me,
nor took away evils
from
my
eyes.
Why
did
I
not
die
in
the
womb,
why
did
I
not
perish
when
I
came
out
of
the
belly?
Why received upon
the
knees?
why suckled at
the
breasts?
For
now
I
should
have
been
asleep
and
still,
and
should
have
rest
in
my
sleep.
With
kings
and consuls
of
the
earth,
who
build
themselves solitudes:
Or
with
princes,
that possess
gold,
and All
their
houses
with
silver:
Or
as
a
hidden untimely
birth
I should
not
be,
or
as
they
that
being conceived
have
not
seen
the
light.
There
the
wicked
cease
from tumult,
and
there
the wearied
in
strength
are
at
rest.
And
they sometime
bound
together
without disquiet,
have
not
heard
the
voice
of
the
oppressor.
The
small
and
great
are
there,
and
the
servant
is
free
from
his
master.
Why
is
light
given
to
him
that
is
in misery,
and
life
to
them
that
are
in
bitterness
of
soul?
That
look
for
death,
and
it cometh
not, as
they
that
dig
for
a
treasure:
And
they
rejoice exceedingly
when
they
have
found
the
grave.
To
a
man
whose
way
is
hidden,
and
God hath surrounded
him
with darkness?
Before
I eat
I sigh:
and
as overflowing
waters,
so
is
my
roaring:
For
the
fear
which
I
feared hath
come
upon
me:
and
that
which
I
was
afraid
of, hath befallen
me.
Have
I
not dissembled?
have
I
not kept silence?
have
I
not
been
quiet?
and indignation
is
come
upon
me.
Then
Eliphaz
the Themanite
answered,
and
said:
If
we begin
to
speak
to thee,
perhaps thou wilt take it ill,
but
who
can withhold
the
words
he hath conceived?
Behold thou hast
taught
many,
and thou hast
strengthened
the weary
hands:
Thy
words
have
confirmed them
that
were staggering,
and thou hast
strengthened
the trembling
knees:
But
now
the scourge
is
come
upon thee,
and thou faintest:
it hath
touched thee,
and thou art troubled.
Where
is thy
fear, thy fortitude, thy patience,
and
the perfection
of thy
ways?
Remember,
I
pray thee,
who
ever
perished
being
innocent?
or
when were
the
just
destroyed?
On
the contrary
I
have
seen
those
who
work
iniquity,
and
sow sorrows,
and
reap
them,
Perishing
by
the
blast
of
God,
and
consumed
by
the
spirit
of
his
wrath.
The
roaring
of
the
lion,
and
the
voice
of
the lioness,
and
the
teeth
of
the whelps
of
lions
are
broken:
The tiger hath
perished
for
want
of
prey,
and
the
young lions
are
scattered abroad.
Now there
was
a
word
spoken
to
me
in private,
and
my
ears
by
stealth
as
it
were
received
the veins
of
its
whisper.
In
the horror
of
a
vision
by
night,
when
deep
sleep
is wont
to hold
men,
Fear seized upon me,
and
trembling,
and
all
my
bones
were affrighted:
And
when
a
spirit
passed
before
me,
the
hair
of
my
flesh stood
up.
There
stood
one whose countenance
I knew
not,
an image
before
my
eyes,
and
I
heard
the
voice
as
it
were
of
a gentle wind:
Shall
man
be
justified
in comparison
of
God,
or
shall
a
man
be more
pure
than
his maker?
Behold
they
that
serve
him
are
not steadfast,
and
in
his
angels
he found wickedness:
How
much
more
shall
they
that
dwell
in
houses
of clay,
who
have
an earthly
foundation,
be consumed
as
with
the
moth?
From
morning till
evening
they shall
be cut
down:
and
because
no
one understandeth,
they shall
perish
for
ever.
And
they
that
shall
be
left,
shall
be taken away
from
them:
they
shall
die,
and
not
in
wisdom.
Call
now if
there
be
any
that
will
answer thee,
and
turn
to some
of
the
saints.
Anger
indeed killeth
the
foolish,
and
envy slayeth
the little
one.
I
have
seen
a
fool
with
a strong
root,
and
I cursed
his beauty
immediately.
His
children
shall
be
far
from
safety,
and
shall
be
destroyed
in
the
gate,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
deliver
them.
Whose
harvest
the
hungry
shall
eat,
and
the armed man
shall
take
him
by violence,
and
the thirsty
shall drink
up
his
riches.
Nothing upon
earth
is done
without
a voice cause,
and
sorrow doth
not
spring
out
of
the
ground.
Man
is
born
to labour
and
the bird
to
fly.
Wherefore
I
will pray
to
the Lord,
and address
my speech
to
God:
Who doth
great
things
and unsearchable
and
wonderful
things
without
number:
Who giveth
rain
upon
the
face
of
the
earth,
and watereth all things
with
waters:
Who setteth
up
the
humble
on
high,
and comforteth
with health those
that
mourn.
Who bringeth
to nought
the
designs
of
the malignant,
so
that
their
hands
cannot
accomplish
what
they
had begun:
Who catcheth
the
wise
in their craftiness,
and disappointeth
the
counsel
of
the wicked:
They shall
meet
with
darkness
in
the
day,
and
grope
at noonday as
in
the
night.
But
he
shall
save
the
needy
from
the
sword
of their
mouth,
and
the
poor
from
the
hand
of
the violent.
And
to
the needy
there
shall
he
hope,
but
iniquity
shall draw
in
her
mouth.
Blessed
is
the mall
whom
God correcteth: refuse
not therefore
the chastising
of
the lord:
For
he woundeth,
and cureth:
he striketh,
and
his
hands
shall
heal.
In
six troubles
he
shall
deliver thee,
and
in
the
seventh,
evil
shall
not
touch thee.
In
famine
he
shall
deliver thee
from
death:
and
in
battle,
from
the
hand
of
the
sword.
Thou shalt
he
hidden
from
the
scourge
of
the
tongue:
and thou shalt
not
fear calamity
when
it cometh.
In
destruction
and
famine
then shalt
laugh:
and thou shalt
not
be
afraid
of
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
But thou shalt
have
a
covenant
with
the
stones
of
the
lands,
and
the
beasts
of
the earth
shall
be
at pence
with thee.
And thou shalt
know
that thy
tabernacle
is
in
peace,
and
visiting thy beauty thou shalt
not
sin.
Thou shalt
know
also
that thy
seed
shall
be multiplied,
and thy
offspring
like
the
grass
of
the
earth.
Thou shalt
enter
into
the
grave
in abundance,
as
a heap
of wheat
is
brought
in
its
season.
Behold,
this
is
even
so,
as
we
have
searched
out:
which thou having
heard,
consider
it thoroughly
in thy
mind.
But
Job
answered,
and
said:
O
that
my
sins, whereby I
have deserved wrath,
and
the calamity
that I
suffer, were
weighed
in
a
balance.
As
the
sand
of
the
sea
this
would appear
heavier:
therefore
my
words
are full
of
sorrow:
For
the
arrows
of
the Lord
are
in
me,
the
rage whereof drinketh
up
my
spirit,
and
the
terrors
of
the Lord war against
me.
Will
the
wild ass
bray
when
he hath
grass?
or
will
the
ox
low
when
he standeth
before
a full manger?
Or
can
an unsavoury thing be
eaten,
that
is
not seasoned
with
salt?
or
can
a man
taste
that which
when tasted bringeth death?
The
things
which before
my
soul
would
not
touch, now, through anguish
are
my meats.
Who
will
grant
that
my
request
may
come:
and
that
God
may
give
me
what
I look
for?
And
that
he
that hath begun may destroy
me,
that
he may let loose
his
hand,
and
cut
me
off?
And
that
this
may
be
my
comfort,
that afflicting
me
with sorrow,
he
spare
not,
nor
I contradict
the
words
of
the
Holy
One.
For
what
is
my
strength,
that
I
can hold
out?
or
what
is
my
end
that
I
should keep patience?
My
strength
is
not
the
strength
of
stones,
nor
is
my
flesh
of brass.
Behold
there
is
no
help
for
me
in myself,
and
my familiar friends
also
are departed
from
me.
He that taketh away mercy from
his
friend, forsaketh
the
fear
of
the
Lord.
My
brethren
have
passed
by
me,
as
the torrent
that passeth swiftly
in
the
valleys.
They
that fear
the hoary
frost,
the
snow shall fall
upon
them.
At
the
time
when
they shall
be scattered
they shall perish:
and after
it groweth
hot
they shall
be melted
out
of
their
place.
The
paths
of
their steps
are entangled:
they shall
walk
in vain,
and shall
perish.
Consider
the
paths
of Thema,
the
ways
of Saba,
and
wait a little while.
They are
confounded,
because
I
have hoped:
they are
come
also
even unto
me,
and are
covered
with
shame.
Now
you
are
come:
and
now
seeing
my affliction
you
are
afraid.
Did
I
say:
Bring
to
me,
and
give
me
of
your substance?
Or
deliver
me
from
the
hand
of
the enemy,
and
rescue
me
out
of
the
hand
of
the mighty?
Teach
me,
and
I
will hold
my peace:
and if
I
have been ignorant
in any thing,
instruct
me.
Why have
you detracted
the
words
of truth, whereas there
is
none
of
you
that
can
reprove
me?
You dress
up speeches only
to
rebuke,
and
you utter
words
to
the
wind.
You rush
in
upon
the
fatherless,
and
you endeavour
to overthrow
your
friend.
However finish
what
you
have begun, give ear,
and
see
whether
I
lie.
Answer,
I
beseech
you,
without contention:
and speaking
that which
is
just, judge ye.
And
you
shall
not
And
iniquity
in
my
tongue,
neither
shall folly
sound
in
my
mouth.
The
life
of
man
upon
earth
is
a
warfare,
and
his
days
are
like
the
days
of
a hireling.
As a
servant longeth
for
the
shade, as
the hireling looketh
for
the end
of
his
work;
So
I also
have had
empty
months,
and
have
numbered
to myself wearisome
nights.
If
I
lie
down
to
sleep,
I shall
say:
When shall
arise?
and
again
I shall look
for
the
evening,
and shall
be
filled
with sorrows
even
till darkness.
My
flesh
is
clothed
with rottenness
and
the filth
of
dust,
my
skin
is withered
and drawn together.
My
days
have passed
more swiftly
than
the web
is cut
by
the weaver,
and
are
consumed
without
any
hope.
Remember
that
my
life
is
but
wind,
and
my
eyes
shall
not
return
to
see
good
things.
Nor
shall
the
sight
of
man
behold
me: thy
eyes
are upon
me,
and
I
shall
be
no
more.
As
a
cloud
is
consumed,
and passeth
away:
so
he
that
shall
go
down
to hell
shall
not
come
up.
Nor
shall
he
return
my
more
into
his
house,
neither
shall
his
place
know
him
any
more.
Wherefore
I
will
not
spare
my month,
I
will
speak
in
the affliction
of
my
spirit:
I
will
talk
with
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
Am
I
a
sea,
or
a whale,
that thou hast enclosed
me
in
a
prison?
If
I
say:
My
bed
shall
comfort
me,
and
I
shall
be
relieved
speaking
with
myself
on
my
couch:
Thou wilt
frighten
me with
dreams
and
terrify
me with
visions.
So
that
my
soul rather chooseth hanging,
and
my
bones
death.
I
have done
with hope,
I
shall
now
live
no
longer: spare
me,
for
my
days
are
nothing.
What
is
a
man
that thou shouldst
magnify
him?
or
why dost thou
set thy
heart
upon
him?
Thou visitest
him
early
in
the
morning,
and thou provest
him
suddenly.
How
long wilt thou
not spare
me,
nor suffer
me
to
swallow down
my
spittle?
I
have
sinned:
what
shall
I
do
to thee,
O
keeper
of
men?
why hast thou
set
me
opposite
to thee,
and
I
am
become
burdensome
to myself?
Why dost thou
not
remove
my
sin,
and
why dost thou
not
take
away
my
iniquity?
Behold
now
I
shall
sleep
in
the
dust:
and
if thou
seek
me
in
the morning,
I
shall
not
be.
The Baldad
the Suhite
answered,
and
said:
How
long wilt thou
speak
these
things,
and
how
long
shall
the
words
of thy
mouth be
like
a strong
wind?
Doth
God
pervert
judgment,
or doth
the
Almighty overthrow
that which
is
just?
Although thy
children
have
sinned
against
him,
and
he hath left
them
in
the
hand
of
their iniquity:
Yet
if thou wilt arise early
to
God,
and wilt beseech
the
Almighty:
If thou wilt walk
clean
and
upright,
he
will presently
awake
onto thee,
and
will
make
the
dwelling
of thy
justice peaceable:
Insomuch,
that
if thy former
things
were
small, thy
latter
things would
be multiplied
exceedingly.
For
inquire
of
the
former
generation,
and
search diligently
into
the memory
of
the
fathers:
(For
we
are
but
of
yesterday,
and
are ignorant
that
our
days
upon
earth
are
but
a
shadow:)
And
they
shall
teach thee:
they
shall
speak
to thee,
and utter
words
out
of
their
hearts.
Can
the rush
be green
without moisture?
or
a sedge-bush
grow
without
water?
When
it
is
yet
in flower,
and
is
not
plucked
up
with
the hand,
it withereth
before
all herbs.
Even
so
are
the
ways
of
all
that
forget
God,
and
the
hope
of
the hypocrite shall
perish:
His
folly
shall not please him,
and
his
trust
shall
be
like
the
spider’s
web.
He
shall
lean
upon
his
house,
and
it
shall
not
stand:
he
shall prop
it
up,
and
it
shall
not
rise:
He seemeth
to
have moisture
before
the
sun cometh,
and
at
his
rising
his blossom
shall shoot
forth.
His
roots
shall
be thick
upon
a
heap
of
stones,
and
among
the
stones
he
shall abide.
If
one
swallow
him
up
out
of
his
place,
he
shall
deny
him,
and
shall say:
I know thee
not.
For
this
is
the
joy
of
his
way,
that
others
may
spring
again out
of
the
earth.
God
will
not cast away
the simple,
nor reach
out
his
hand
to
the evildoer:
Until thy
mouth
be
filled
with
laughter,
and thy
lips
with rejoicing.
They
that
hate thee,
shall
be
clothed
with confusion:
and
the dwelling
of
the
wicked
shall
not stand.
And
Job
answered,
and
said:
Indeed
I
know
it
is
so,
and
that
man cannot
be
justified compared
with
God.
If
he
will
contend
with
him,
he
cannot
answer
him
one
for
a
thousand.
He
is
wise
in
heart,
and
mighty
in
strength:
who hath resisted
him,
and hath had peace?
Who hath removed
mountains,
and
they
whom
he
overthrew
in
his
wrath,
knew
it
not.
Who shaketh
the
earth
out
of her
place,
and
the
pillars thereof
tremble.
Who commandeth tile sun
and
it riseth
not:
and shutteth
up
the
stars as
it
were under
a
seal:
Who
alone spreadeth
out
the
heavens,
and walketh
upon
the
waves
of
the
sea.
Who maketh Arcturus,
and
Orion,
and Hyades,
and
the
inner
parts
of
the
south.
Who doth
things
great
and incomprehensible,
and
wonderful,
of which
there
is
no
number.
If
he come
to
me,
I
shall
not
see
him:
if
he depart
I
shall
not
understand.
If
he examine
on
a sudden,
who
shall
answer
him?
or
who
can
say:
Why dost thou
so?
God, whose
wrath
no mall
can resist,
and
under whom
they stoop
that bear up
the world.
What
am
I
then,
that
I
should
answer
him,
and
have
words
with
him?
I,
who
although
I
should
have
any
just thing,
would
not
answer,
but
would make supplication
to
my
judge.
And
if
he
should
hear
me
when
I
call,
I
should
not
believe
that
he
had
heard
my
voice.
For
he
shall crush
me
in
a whirlwind,
and
multiply
my
wounds even
without
cause.
He alloweth
not
my
spirit
to rest,
and
he filleth
me
with
bitterness.
If
strength be demanded,
he
is most
strong:
if equity
of
judgment,
no man dare bear witness
for
me.
If
I would
justify
myself,
my own
mouth
shall
condemn
me:
if
I would shew
myself
innocent,
he
shall prove
me
wicked.
Although
I should
be simple,
even
this
my
soul
shall
be ignorant
of,
and
I
shall
be weary
of
my
life.
One
thing there
is
that
I
have
spoken,
both
the innocent
and
the
wicked
he consumeth.
If
he
scourge, let
him
kill
at once,
and
not
laugh
at
the pains
of
the
innocent.
The
earth
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
wicked,
he covereth
the
face
of
the
judges thereof:
and
if
it
be
not
he,
who
is
it
then?
My
days
have
been
swifter
than
a post:
they
have
fled
away
and
have
not
seen
good.
They
have
passed
by as
ships carrying fruits, as
an
eagle flying
to
the
prey.
If
I
say:
I
will
not
speak
so:
I change
my
face,
and am tormented
with sorrow.
I feared
all
my works,
knowing
that thou didst
not spare
the offender.
But if
so
also
I
am
wicked,
why
have
I laboured
in
vain?
If
I be
washed as
it
were
with
snow waters,
and
my
hands shall shine ever so clean:
Yet thou shalt
plunge
me
in filth,
and
my
garments shall
abhor
me,
For
I
shall
not
answer
a
man
that
is
like myself:
nor
one
that
may
be
heard
with
me equally
in
judgment.
There
is none
that
may
be
able
to
reprove
both,
and
to
put
his
hand
between
both.
Let
him
take
his
rod
away
from
me,
and
let
not
his
fear
terrify
me.
I
will
speak,
and
will
not
fear
him:
for
I
cannot answer
while
I
am
in
fear.
My
soul
is weary
of
my
life,
I
will
let go
my
speech
against
myself,
I
will
speak
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
I
will
say
to
God:
Do
not
condemn
me:
tell
me
why thou judgest
me
so.
Doth
it seem
good
to thee
that thou shouldst calumniate
me,
and
oppress
me,
the work
of thy own
hands,
and help
the
counsel
of
the
wicked?
Hast thou
eyes
of
flesh:
or, shalt thou
see
as
man seeth?
Are thy
days
as
the
days
of
man,
and
are thy
years
as
the
times
of
men:
That thou shouldst
inquire
after
my
iniquity,
and
search
after
my
sin?
And shouldst
know
that
I
have
done
no
wicked
thing, whereas
there
is
no
man
that
can
deliver
out
of thy
hand.
Thy
hands
have
made me,
and
fashioned me wholly
round
about,
and dost thou thus cast me
down headlong
on
a sudden?
Remember,
I
beseech thee,
that thou hast
made
me
as
the clay,
and thou wilt
bring
me
into
dust
again.
Hast thou
not milked
me as
milk,
and curdled
me
like
cheese?
Thou hast
clothed me
with
skin
and
flesh: thou hast
put me together
with
bones
and
sinews:
Thou hast granted
me
life
and mercy,
and thy visitation hath
preserved
my
spirit.
Although thou
conceal
these
things
in thy
heart,
yet
I
know
that thou rememberest
all
things.
If
I
have
sinned
and thou hast spared
me
for
an hour:
why dost thou
not suffer
me
to
be clean
from
my
iniquity?
And
if
I
be
wicked,
woe unto
me:
and
if
just,
I
shall
not
lift
up
my
head,
being
filled
with affliction
and misery.
And
for pride thou wilt
take
me
as
a lioness,
and
returning thou tormentest
me wonderfully.
Thou renewest thy
witnesses
against
me,
and multipliest thy wrath upon
me,
and pains
war
against
me.
Why didst thou
bring
me
forth
out
of
the
womb:
O
that
I
had
been consumed
that
eye might
not
see
me!
I should
have
been
as
if
I
had
not
been,
carried
from
the
womb
to
the
grave.
Shall
not
the fewness
of
my
days
be ended shortly? suffer
me, therefore,
that
I
may lament
my sorrow
a
little:
Before
I
go,
and
return
no
more,
to
a
land
that
is
dark
and covered
with
the mist
of
death:
A
land
of misery
and
darkness,
where
the
shadow
of
death,
and
no
order,
but everlasting horror dwelleth.
Then Sophar
the
Naamathite
answered,
and
said:
Shall
not
he
that speaketh
much,
hear
also?
or
shall
a
man full
of
talk
be
justified?
Shall
men hold
their peace
to thee only?
and when thou hast
mocked others,
shall
no
man confute thee?
For thou hast
said:
My
word
is
pure,
and
I
am
clean
in thy
sight.
And
I
wish
that
God
would
speak
with thee,
and
would
open
his
lips
to thee,
That
he
might shew thee
the
secrets
of
wisdom,
and
that
his law
is manifold,
and thou mightest
understand
that
he exacteth much
less
of thee,
than thy
iniquity deserveth.
Peradventure thou wilt comprehend
the steps
of
God,
and wilt
find
out
the
Almighty perfectly?
He
is higher than
heaven,
and
what wilt thou
do?
he
is
deeper than hell,
and
how wilt thou
know?
The
measure
of
him
is
longer
than
the
earth,
and
broader
than
the
sea.
If
he
shall overturn all things,
or
shall press
them
together,
who
shall contradict
him?
For
he knoweth
the
vanity
of
men,
and
when
he seeth
iniquity, doth
he
not
consider
it?
A vain
man
is lifted up
into pride,
and thinketh
himself
born free
like
a
wild ass’s
colt.
Rut thou hast hardened thy
heart,
and hast
spread thy
hands
to
him.
If thou wilt
put
away
from thee
the
iniquity
that
is
in thy
hand,
and lot
not
injustice
remain
in thy
tabernacle:
Then mayst thou
lift
up thy
face
without
spot,
and thou shalt
be
steadfast,
and shalt
not
fear.
Thou shalt
also
forget
misery,
and
remember
it only
as
waters
that
are
passed
away.
And brightness
like
that
of
the noonday, shall
arise
to thee
at evening:
and
when thou shalt think thyself consumed, thou shalt
rise
as
the
day star.
And thou shalt
have
confidence,
hope being set before thee,
and being buried thou shalt
sleep
secure.
Thou shalt
rest,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
make thee
afraid:
and
many
shall
entreat thy
face.
But
the
eyes
of
the
wicked
shall decay,
and
the way
to
escape
shall
fail
them,
and
their
hope
the abomination
of
the
soul.
When
Job
answered,
and
said:
Are
you
then
men alone,
and
shall
wisdom
die
with
you?
I
also
have
a
heart
as
well
as
you:
for
who
is ignorant
of
these
things,
which
you
know?
He
that
is mocked
by
his
friends
as
I, shall
call
upon
God
and
he
will hear
him:
for
the simplicity
of
the
just
man
is laughed
to scorn.
The lamp
despised
in
the thoughts
of
the rich, is
ready
for
the time
appointed.
The tabernacles
of
robbers abound,
and
they
provoke
God boldly; whereas
it
is
he
that hath
given all
into
their
hands:
But
ask
now
the
beasts,
and they
shall
teach thee:
and
the
birds
of
the air,
and they
shall
tell thee.
Speak
to
the
earth,
and
it
shall answer thee:
and
the fishes
of
the
sea
shall
tell.
Who
is ignorant
that
the
hand
of
the
Lord hath
made
all
these
things?
In
whose
hand
is
the
soul
of
every
living
thing,
and
the
spirit
of
all
flesh
of
man.
Doth
not
the
ear discern
words,
and
the
palate
of him
that eateth,
the
taste?
In
the ancient
is
wisdom,
and
in
length
of
days prudence.
With
him
is
wisdom
and
strength,
he hath
counsel
and
understanding.
If
he
pull
down, there
is
no
man
that
can
build
up:
if
he
shut
up
a.
man, there
is
none
that
can
open.
If
he withhold
the
waters, all things
shall
be
dried
up:
and
if
he
send
them
out,
they
shall overturn
the
earth.
With
him
is
strength
and
wisdom:
he knoweth both
the deceiver,
and
him that
is deceived.
He bringeth counsellors
to
a foolish end,
and
judges
to insensibility.
He looseth
the
belt
of
kings,
and girdeth
their
loins
with
a cord.
He leadeth away
priests without glory,
and overthroweth nobles.
He changeth
the
speech
of
the true speakers,
and taketh
away
the doctrine
of
the
aged.
He poureth
contempt
upon
princes,
and relieveth
them that
were oppressed.
He discovereth
deep
things
out
of
darkness,
and bringeth
up
to
light
the
shadow
of
death.
He multiplieth
nations,
and destroyeth
them,
and restoreth
them again after
they
were overthrown.
He changeth
the
heart
of
the princes
of
the
people
of
the
earth,
and deceiveth
them
that
they
walk
in vain
where there
is
no
way.
They
shall
grope as
in
the
dark,
and
not
in
the
light,
and
he
shall make
them
stagger
like men
that
are
drunk.
Behold
my
eye hath
seen
all
these
things,
and
my
ear hath
heard
them,
and
I
have
understood
them
all.
According
to
your
knowledge
I
also
know:
neither
am
I
inferior
to
you.
But
yet
I
will
speak
to
the
Almighty,
and
I
desire
to
reason
with
God.
Having first shewn
that
you
are forgers
of
lies,
and maintainers
of perverse opinions.
And
I
wish
you
would
hold
your peace,
that
you might
be thought
to
be
wise men.
Hear ye therefore
my
reproof,
and attend
to
the judgment
of
my
lips.
Hath
God any need
of
your lie, that
you should
speak
deceitfully for
him?
Do
you accept
his person,
and
do
you endeavour
to
judge
for
God?
Or shall
it please
him,
from
whom
nothing
can
be concealed?
or shall
he
be deceived
as
a
man,
with
your deceitful dealings?
He
shall
reprove
you,
because
in secret
you accept
his
person.
As soon as
he
shall move
himself,
he
shall trouble
you:
and
his
dread
shall
fall
upon
you.
Your
remembrance shall be compared to
ashes,
and your necks shall be brought to clay.
Hold
your peace
a little
while,
that
I
may
speak whatsoever
my mind
shall suggest
to
me.
Why
do
I tear
my
flesh
with
my
teeth,
and
carry
my
soul
in
my
hands?
Although
he
should bill
me,
I
will trust
in
him:
but
yet
I
will
reprove
my
ways
in
his
sight.
And
he
shall
be
my saviour:
for
no hypocrite
shall
come
before
his
presence.
Hear ye
my
speech,
and receive
with Sour
ears hidden truths.
If
I
shall
be
judged,
I
know
that
I
shall
be
found
just.
Who
is
he
that
will
plead
against
me?
let
him come:
why am
I consumed holding
my peace?
Two
things
only
do
not
to
me,
and
then
from thy
face
I
shall
not
be
hid:
Withdraw thy
hand
far
from
me,
and
let
not thy
dread
terrify
me.
Call
me,
and
I
will
answer thee:
or
else
I
will
speak,
and do thou
answer
me.
How
many
are
my
iniquities
and
sins?
make
me
know
my
crimes
and offences.
Why hidest thou thy
face,
and thinkest
me thy
enemy?
Against
a
leaf, that is carried
away
with
the wind, thou shewest thy power,
and thou pursuest
a
dry
straw.
For thou writest
bitter
things
against
me,
and wilt consume
me
for
the
sins
of
my
youth.
Thou hast
put
my
feet
in
the
stocks,
and hast
observed
all
my
paths,
and hast considered
the
steps
of
my
feet:
Who am
to
be
consumed
as
rottenness,
and
as
a
garment
that
is moth-eaten.
Man
born
of
a
woman, living
for
a
short
time,
is
filled
with many miseries.
Who cometh
forth
like
a
flower,
and
is destroyed,
and fleeth
as
a
shadow,
and
never continueth
in
the same state.
And dost thou
think
it meet
to
open thy
eyes
upon
such
an
one,
and
to
bring
him
into
judgment
with thee?
Who
can
make
him
clean
that
is conceived
of
unclean seed?
is
it
not thou
who
only art?
The
days
of man
are short,
and
the
number
of
his
months
is
with thee: thou hast
appointed
his bounds which
cannot
be
passed.
Depart
a little
from
him,
that
he
may
rest,
until
his wished
for
day come,
as
that
of
the hireling.
A
tree hath
hope:
if
it
be
cut,
it groweth green
again,
and
the boughs thereof
sprout.
If
its
root
be
old
in
the
earth,
and
its
stock
be
dead
in
the
dust:
At
the scent
of
water,
it
shall
spring,
and bring forth leaves,
as
when
it
was first planted.
But
man when
he
shall
be
dead,
and stripped
and consumed, I pray you
where
is
he?
As if
the
waters should depart
out
of
the
sea,
and
an emptied
river should
be
dried
up:
So
man
when
he
is fallen
asleep
shall
not
rise
again;
till
the
heavens
be broken,
he
shall
not
awake,
nor
rise
up
out
of
his
sleep.
Who
will
grant
me
this,
that thou mayst protect
me
in hell,
and
hide
me
till thy
wrath
pass,
and
appoint
me
a.
time
when thou wilt
remember
me?
Shall
man
that
is
dead, thinkest thou,
live again?
all
the
days
in
which
I am
now
in
warfare,
I expect
until
my
change
come.
Thou shalt
call
me,
and
I
will
answer thee:
to
the
work
of thy
hands thou shalt reach
out thy right
hand.
Thou
indeed hast
numbered
my
steps,
but
spare
my
sins.
Thou hast
sealed
up
my offences as
it
were
in
a
bag,
but hast cured
my
iniquity.
A
mountain
falling cometh
to nought,
and
a
rock
is removed
out
of its
place.
Waters wear
away
the
stones,
and
with inundation
the
ground
by little
and little
is
washed
away: so
in
like manner thou shalt
destroy
man.
Thou hast strengthened
him
for
a little while,
that
he may pass
away
for
ever: thou shalt change
his
face,
and shalt
send
him
away.
Whether
his
children come
to honour
or dishonour,
he
shall
not
understand.
But
yet
his
flesh,
while
he
shall live,
shall
have
pain,
and
his
soul
shall
mourn
over
him.
And
Eliphaz
the Themanite,
answered,
and
said:
Will
a
wise
man
answer
as if
he
were speaking
in
the
wind,
and
fill
his
stomach
with burning heat?
Thou reprovest him
by
words,
who
is
not equal
to thee,
and thou speakest
that
which
is
not
good
for thee.
As
much
as
is
in thee, thou hast made void
fear,
and hast
taken
away prayers
from
before
God.
For thy
iniquity hath taught thy
mouth,
and thou imitatest
the
tongue
of blasphemers.
Thy own
mouth
shall
condemn thee,
and
not
I:
and thy own
lips
shall
answer thee.
Art thou
the
first
man
that
was
born,
or wast thou made
before
the
hills?
Hast thou
heard
God’s
counsel,
and shall
his
wisdom
be inferior
to thee?
What knowest thou
that we
are ignorant
of?
what dost thou
understand
that we
know
not?
There
are
with
us
also
aged
and ancient
men,
much elder
than thy
fathers.
Is it
a great
matter
that
God should comfort thee?
but thy wicked
words hinder
this.
Why doth thy
heart elevate thee,
and
why dost thou stare
with thy
eyes,
as if
they
were thinking great things?
Why doth thy
spirit swell
against
God,
to utter such
words
out
of thy
mouth?
What
is
man
that
he
should
be without spot,
and
he
that
is
born
of
a
woman
that
he
should appear
just?
Behold
among
his
saints
none
is unchangeable,
and
the
heavens
are
not
pure
in
his
sight.
How
much
more
is
man
abominable,
and unprofitable,
who drinketh
iniquity
like
water?
I
will shew thee,
hear me:
and
I
will
tell thee
what
I
have
seen.
Wise
men
confess
and
hide
not
their
fathers.
To whom
alone
the
earth
was
given,
and
no stranger hath
passed
among
them.
The
wicked
man
is proud
all
his
days,
and
the
number
of
the
years
of
his tyranny
is uncertain.
The
sound
of
dread
is always
in
his
ears:
and
when
there
is
peace,
he always suspecteth treason.
He believeth
not
that
he
may
return
from
darkness
to light, looking round
about
for
the
sword
on every side.
When
he moveth
himself
to seek
bread,
he knoweth
that
the
day
of
darkness
is
ready
at
his
hand.
Tribulation
shall
terrify
him,
and
distress
shall surround
him,
as
a
king
that
is
prepared
for the battle.
For
he hath
stretched
out
his
hand
against
God,
and hath strengthened
himself
against
the
Almighty.
He hath
run
against
him
with
his
neck raised
up,
and
is
armed
with
a fat
neck.
Fatness hath
covered
his
face,
and
the
fat hangeth
down
on
his sides.
He hath
dwelt
in
desolate
cities,
and
in desert
houses
that
are reduced into
heaps.
He
shall
not
be
enriched,
neither
shall
his
substance
continue,
neither
shall
he
push
his root
in
the
earth.
He
shall
not
depart
out
of
darkness:
the
flame
shall
dry
up
his branches,
and
he
shall
be
taken
away
by
the
breath
of
his own month.
He
shall
not
believe,
being vainly
deceived
by error,
that
he
may
be redeemed
with
any price.
Before
his
days
be
full
he
shall perish:
and
his hands
shall wither away.
He shall be blasted as
a
vine when
its grapes are
in
the first
flower,
and as
an
olive
tree that casteth
its
flower.
For
the
congregation
of
the hypocrite
is
barren,
and
fire
shall
devour
their tabernacles,
who love
to take
bribes.
He hath
conceived
sorrow,
and hath
brought
forth
iniquity,
and
his
womb prepareth deceits.
Then
Job
answered,
and
said:
I
have often
heard
such
things
as
these:
you
are
all
troublesome
comforters.
Shall
windy
words
have no
end?
or
is
it
any trouble
to thee
to
speak?
I
also
could
speak
like
you:
and
would God
your
soul
were
for
my
soul.
I would
comfort
you also
with
words,
and would wag
my head over
you.
I
would strengthen
you
with
my mouth,
and
would
move
my lips,
as sparing
you.
But what
shall
I
do? If
I speak,
my pain
will not rest:
and if
I hold
my peace,
it
will not depart
from
me.
But
now
my sorrow hath oppressed
me,
and all
my limbs
are
brought
to nothing.
My wrinkles
bear
witness
against
me,
and
a false speaker riseth
up
against
my
face, contradicting
me.
He hath gathered
together
his fury
against
me,
and threatening
me
he hath gnashed
with
his teeth
upon
me:
my enemy hath beheld
me
with terrible eyes.
They
have opened
their mouths
upon
me,
and reproaching
me
they
have struck
me
on
the cheek,
they
are filled
with
my pains.
God hath shut
me
up
with
the unjust man,
and hath delivered
me
into
the hands
of
the wicked.
I
that
was formerly
so wealthy, am
all
on
a sudden broken
to pieces:
he hath
taken
me
by
my neck,
he hath broken
me,
and hath
set
me
up
to
be
his mark.
He hath compassed
me round
about
with
his lances,
he hath wounded
my loins,
he hath not spared,
and hath poured
out
my bowels
on
the earth.
He hath torn
me
with wound
upon wound,
he hath rushed
in
upon
me
like
a giant.
I
have sowed sackcloth
upon
my skin,
and
have covered
my flesh
with ashes.
My face
is swollen
with weeping,
and
my eyelids
are dim.
These
things
have
I suffered
without
the iniquity
of
my hand,
when
I offered pure prayers
to God.
O
earth, cover
not thou
my blood,
neither
let
my cry find
a hiding place
in thee.
For behold
my
witness
is
in heaven,
and he
that knoweth
my conscience
is
on high.
My
friends
are full
of words:
my eye poureth out tears
to
God.
And O
that
a man might
so
be judged
with
God,
as
the son
of man
is judged
with
his companion!
For behold short years pass away and I am walking in a path by which I shall not return.
My
spirit
shall
be wasted,
my
days
shall
be shortened,
and only
the
grave remaineth
for
me.
I
have
not sinned,
and
my
eye abideth
in bitterness.
Deliver
me
O Lord,
and
set
me
beside thee,
and
let any man’s
hand fight
against
me.
Thou hast
set
their
heart
far
from
understanding,
therefore
they
shall
not
be
exalted.
He promiseth
a prey
to
his companions,
and
the
eyes
of
his
children
shall
fail.
He hath
made
me
as
it
were
a
byword
of
the
people,
and
I
am
an example
before
them.
My
eye
is dim
through indignation,
and
my limbs
are brought as
it
were
to
nothing.
The
just
shall be
astonished
at
this,
and
the
innocent
shall be raised
up
against
the hypocrite.
And
the
just
man
shall
hold
on
his
way,
and
he
that hath
clean
hands
shall
be
stronger
and
stronger.
Wherefore
be
you
all
converted,
and
come,
and
I
shall
not
find
among
you
any
wise
man.
My
days
have
passed
away,
my
thoughts
are dissipated, tormenting
my
heart.
They
have
turned
night
into
day,
and
after
darkness
I hope
for
light
again.
If
I
wait hell
is
my
house,
and
I
have made
my
bed
in
darkness.
If
I
have said
to rottenness: Thou art
my
father;
to
worms,
my
mother
and
my
sister.
Where
is
now
then
my expectation, and
who considereth
my patience?
All
that
I
have
shall
go
down
into
the deepest pit: thinkest thou
that there
at least
I
shall
have rest?
Then Baldad
the Suhite
answered,
and
said:
How
long
will
you
throw
out
words?
understand first,
and
so
let
us
speak.
Why
are we reputed
as
beasts,
and
counted vile
before
you?
Thou
that destroyest thy
soul
in thy fury,
shall
the
earth
be forsaken
for thee,
and
shall
rocks
be removed
out
of their
place?
Shall
not
the
light
of
the
wicked
be
extinguished,
and
the
flame
of
his
fire
not
shine?
The
light shall be
dark
in
his
tabernacle,
and
the
lamp
that
is
over
him, shall be
put
out.
The step
of
his
strength shall be straitened,
and
his own
counsel shall
cast
him
down headlong.
For
he hath
thrust
his
feet
into
a
net,
and walketh
in
its meshes.
The sole
of
his foot shall be
held
in
a
snare,
and thirst shall burn
against
him.
A gin
is
hidden
for
him
in
the
earth,
and
his
trap
upon
the
path.
Fears shall
terrify
him
on
every
side,
and shall entangle
his
feet.
Let
his
strength
be wasted
with famine,
and
let
hunger invade
his
ribs.
Let
it
devour
the beauty
of
his
skin, let
the
firstborn
death
consume
his arms.
Let
his
confidence
be rooted out
of
his
tabernacle,
and let destruction tread upon
him
like
a
king.
Let
the companions
of
him
that
is
not,
dwell
in
his
tabernacle, let
brimstone be sprinkled
in
his
tent.
Let
his
roots be
dried
up
beneath,
and
his
harvest destroyed
above.
Let
the
memory
of
him
perish
from
the
earth
and
let
not
his
name
be
renowned
in
the
streets.
He shall drive
him
out
of
light
into
darkness,
and shall remove
him
out
of
the
world.
His seed
shall
not subsist,
nor
his
offspring
among
his
people,
nor
any remnants
in
his country.
They
that
come
after
him
shall
be
astonished
at
his
day,
and
horror
shall fall
upon
them
that went
before.
These
men
are
the tabernacles
of
the wicked,
and
this
the
place
of
him
that knoweth
not
God.
Then
Job
answered,
and
said:
How
long do
you afflict
my
soul,
and break
me
in pieces
with
words?
Behold,
these
ten
times
you confound
me,
and
are
not
ashamed
to oppress
me.
For if
I
have been ignorant,
my ignorance
shall be
with me.
But
you
have set
yourselves
up
against
me,
and
reprove
me
with
my
reproaches.
At least
now
understand,
that
God hath
not
afflicted
me
with
an equal judgment,
and compassed
me
with
his scourges.
Behold
I
cry suffering
violence,
and
no
one
will hear:
I
shall
cry
aloud,
and
there
is
none
to
judge.
He hath hedged
in
my
path round
about,
and
I
cannot
pass,
and
in
my
way
he hath
set
darkness.
He hath
stripped
me
of
my
glory,
and hath
taken
the
crown
from
my
head.
He hath
destroyed
me
on
every
side,
and I am lost,
and
he hath taken away
my
hope, as
from
a
tree that is
plucked up.
His
wrath
is
kindled
against
me,
and
he hath
counted
me
as
his enemy.
His
troops
have
come
together,
and
have made
themselves
a
way
by
me,
and
have besieged
my
tabernacle
round
about.
He hath
put
my
brethren
far
from
me,
and
my acquaintance
like
strangers
have departed
from
me.
My
kinsmen
have forsaken
me,
and
they
that
knew
me,
have
forgotten
me.
They
that dwelt
in
my
house,
and
my maidservants
have
counted
me
a
stranger,
and
I
have
been
like
an
alien
in
their
eyes.
I
called
my
servant,
and
he
gave
me
no
answer,
I entreated
him
with
my own
mouth.
My
wife hath abhorred my
breath,
and
I entreated
the
children
of my
womb.
Even fools
despise
me;
and
when
I gone
from them,
they
spoke
against
me.
They
that
were sometime
my counsellors,
have
abhorred
me:
and
he whom
I
love most
is
turned
against
me.
The
flesh being consumed.
My
bone hath cleaved
to
my
skin,
and nothing
but lips
are
left about
my
teeth.
Have
pity
on
me,
have
pity
on
me,
at least
you
my
friends,
because
the
hand
of
the Lord hath
touched
me.
Why
do
you
persecute
me
as
God,
and glut yourselves
with
my
flesh?
Who
will
grant
me
that
my
words
may
be
written?
Who
will
grant
me
that they
may
be
marked
down
in
a
book?
With an
iron
pen
and
in
a plate
of
lead, or else be graven with an instrument
in
flint stone.
For
I
know
that
my
Redeemer liveth,
and
in
the
last day
I
shall
rise
out
of
the
earth.
And
I
shall be clothed
again
with
my
skin,
and
in
my
flesh
I
will
see
my
God.
Whom
I
myself
shall
see,
and
my
eyes
shall
behold,
and
not
another:
this
my hope
is laid
up
in
my
bosom.
Why
then
do
you
say
now: Let
us
persecute
him,
and let
us
find occasion
of
word
against
him?
Flee
then
from
the
face
of
the
sword,
for
the
sword
is
the revenger
of
iniquities:
and
know ye
that
there
is
judgment.
Then Sophar
the
Naamathite
answered,
and
said:
Therefore various thoughts succeed
one another
in
me,
and
my mind
is hurried
away
to different things.
The doctrine
with
which thou reprovest
me,
I
will
hear,
and
the
spirit
of
my
understanding shall
answer
for
me.
This
I
know
from
the beginning,
since
man
was
placed
upon
the
earth,
That
the
praise
of
the
wicked
is
short,
and
the
joy
of
the hypocrite
but
for
a
moment.
If
his pride
mount
up
even
to
heaven,
and
his
head
touch
the
clouds:
In
the
end
he shall
be
destroyed like
a dunghill,
and
they
that
has
seen
him shall
say:
Where
is
he?
As
a
dream
that fleeth
away
he
shall
not
be
found,
he
shall pass as
a
vision
of
the
night:
The
eyes
that
had
seen him,
shall
see him
no
more,
neither
shall
his
place
any
more
behold him.
His
children
shall
be oppressed
with want,
and
his
hands
shall
render
him
his sorrow.
His
bones shall
be
filled
with
the vices
of
his
youth,
and
they shall
sleep
with
him
in
the
dust.
For
when
evil
shall be
sweet
in
his
mouth,
he
will
hide
it
under
his
tongue.
He
will
spare
it,
and
not
leave
it,
and
will hide
it
in
his throat.
His
bread
in
his belly shall
be
turned
into
the gall
of asps
within him.
The
riches which
he hath
swallowed;
he shall
vomit
up,
and
God shall draw
them
out
of
his
belly.
He
shall
suck
the head
of asps,
and
the
viper’s
tongue
shall
kill
him.
(Let
him
not
see
the
streams
of
the
river,
the brooks
of
honey
and
of
butter.)
He
shall
be punished
for all
that
he
did,
and
yet
shall
not
be consumed: according
to
the multitude
of
his devices
so also
shall
he suffer.
Because
he
broke
in
and stripped
the
poor:
he hath violently
taken
away
a
house
which
he
did
not
build.
And
yet
his
belly
was
not filled:
and
when
he hath
the
things
he
coveted,
he
shall
not
be able
to possess
them.
There
was
nothing
left
of
his meat,
and
therefore
nothing
shall
continue
of
his goods:
When
he
shall
be
filled,
he
shall
be straitened,
he
shall burn,
and
every sorrow
shall
fall
upon
him.
May
his
belly
be
filled,
that
God
may
send
forth
the
wrath
of
his indignation
upon
him,
and
rain
down
his war
upon
him.
He shall
flee
from
weapons
of
iron,
and shall fall upon a
bow
of brass.
The sword is
drawn
out,
and cometh
forth
from
its scabbard,
and glittereth
in
his bitterness:
the
terrible ones shall
go
and
come
upon
him.
All
darkness
is
hid
in
his
secret
places:
a
fire
that
is
not kindled
shall
devour
him,
he
shall
be afflicted when
left
in
his
tabernacle.
The
heavens
shall
reveal
his
iniquity,
and
the
earth
shall
rise
up against
him.
The offspring
of
his
house
shall
be
exposed,
he
shall
be pulled
down
in
the
day
of God’s
wrath.
This
is
the
portion
of
a
wicked
man
from
God,
and
the
inheritance
of
his doings
from
the Lord.
Then
Job
answered,
and
said:
Hear,
I beseech
you,
my
words,
and
do penance.
Suffer
me,
and
I
will
speak,
and
after, if
you
please,
laugh
at
my words.
Is
my debate against
man,
that
I
should
not
have just reason
to
be troubled?
Hearken
to
me
and
be
astonished,
and
lay
your finger
on
your
mouth.
As
for
me,
when
I
remember,
I am afraid,
and trembling taketh
hold
on
my
flesh.
Why
then do
the
wicked
live,
are
they advanced,
and strengthened
with
riches?
Their
seed continueth
before
them,
a multitude
of kinsmen,
and
of children’s
children
in
their
sight.
Their
houses
are
secure
and peaceable,
and
the
rod
of
God
is
not
upon
them.
Their
cattle
have conceived,
and
failed
not:
their
cow has calved,
and
is
not deprived
of
her fruit.
Their
little
ones
go
out
like
a
flock,
and
their
children
dance
and play.
They
take
the
timbrel,
and
the
harp,
and
rejoice
at
the
sound
of
the organ.
They
spend
their
days
in wealth,
and
in
a
moment
they
go
down
to hell.
Who
have
said
to
God:
Depart
from
us, we
desire
not
the
knowledge
of thy
ways.
Who
is
the
Almighty,
that
we
should
serve
him?
and
what doth
it
profit
us
if
we pray
to
him?
Yet
because
their
good
things
are
not
in
their
hand,
may
the
counsel
of
the
wicked
be
far
from
me.
How
often
shall
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
be
put
out,
and
a deluge
come
upon
them,
and
he
shall distribute
the sorrows
of
his
wrath?
They
shall
be
as
chaff
before
the
face
of
the
wind,
and
as ashes
which
the whirlwind scattereth.
God
shall
lay
up
the
sorrow
of
the father
for
his
children:
and
when
he
shall
repay,
then
shall
he
know.
His
eyes shall
see
his
own destruction,
and
he shall
drink
of
the
wrath
of
the
Almighty.
For
what
is
it
to
him
what befalleth
his
house
after
him:
and
if
the
number
of
his
months
be diminished
by
one half?
Shall any
one
teach
God
knowledge,
who judgeth
those
that
are
high?
One
man dieth strong,
and hale, rich
and happy.
His bowels
are
full
of fat,
and
his
bones
are moistened
with
marrow.
But
another dieth
in
bitterness
of
soul
without
any riches:
And
yet
they shall
sleep
together
in
the
dust,
and
worms shall
cover
them.
Surely
I
know
your
thoughts,
and
your unjust judgments
against
me.
For
you
say:
Where
is
the
house
of
the
prince?
and
where
are
the
dwelling
places
of
the
wicked?
Ask
any
one
of
them
that
go
by
the
way,
and
you
shall perceive
that
he knoweth these same
things.
Because
the
wicked man
is
reserved
to
the
day
of
destruction,
and
he
shall
be
brought
to
the
day
of
wrath.
Who
shall reprove
his
way
to
his
face?
and
who
shall
repay
him
what
he hath
done?
He
shall
be
brought
to
the
graves,
and
shall
watch
in
the heap
of
the dead.
He hath
been acceptable
to
the gravel
of Cocytus,
and
he
shall
draw
every
man
after
him,
and
there
are
innumerable
before
him.
How
then do ye
comfort
me
in
vain, whereas
your answer is shewn
to be repugnant
to truth?
Then
Eliphaz
the Themanite
answered,
and
said:
Can
man
be compared
with
God,
even
though
he
were
of perfect knowledge?
What doth
it
profit God
if thou
be
just?
or
what dost thou
give
him
if thy
way
be unspotted?
Shall
he
reprove thee
for
fear,
and
come
with thee
into
judgment:
And
not
for thy manifold
wickedness,
and thy infinite
iniquities?
For thou hast
taken away
the pledge
of thy
brethren
without
cause,
and
stripped
the
naked
of
their
clothing.
Thou hast
not
given
water
to
the
weary, thou hast withdrawn
bread
from
the
hungry.
In
the
strength
of thy
arm thou didst possess
the
land,
and being
the most
mighty thou holdest
it.
Thou hast
sent
widows
away
empty,
and
the
arms
of
the
fatherless thou hast broken
in pieces.
Therefore art thou
surrounded
with
snares,
and
sudden
fear troubleth thee.
And didst thou
think
that thou shouldst
not
see
darkness,
and
that thou shouldst
not
be
covered
with
the violence
of overflowing
waters?
Dost
not thou
think
that
God
is
higher
than
heaven,
and
is elevated above
the
height
of
the
stars?
And thou sayst:
What doth
God
know?
and
he judgeth
as
it
were
through
a mist.
The
clouds
are
his covert,
and
he doth
not
consider
our
things,
and
he walketh
about
the poles
of
heaven.
Dost thou desire
to
keep
the
path
of
ages,
which
wicked
men
have
trodden?
Who
were taken
away
before
their
time,
and
a flood hath overthrown
their
foundation.
Who
said
to
God:
Depart
from
us:
and looked upon
the
Almighty
as if
he
could
do nothing:
Whereas
he
had
filled
their
houses
with
good things: whose way
of thinking
be
far
from
me.
The
just shall
see,
and shall
rejoice,
and
the
innocent shall
laugh
them
to scorn.
Is
not
their exaltation
cut down,
and hath
not
fire
devoured
the remnants
of
them?
Submit thyself
then
to
him,
and
be
at peace:
and thereby thou shalt
have
the
best fruits.
Receive
the
law
of
his
mouth,
and
lay
up
his
words
in thy
heart.
If thou wilt
return
to
the
Almighty, thou shalt
be
built
up,
and shalt
put
away
iniquity
far
from thy
tabernacle.
He shall give
for
earth
flint,
and
for
flint torrents
of
gold.
And
the
Almighty
shall
be against thy enemies,
and
silver
shall
be heaped together
for thee.
Then shalt thou abound
in delights
in
the
Almighty,
and shalt
lift
up thy
face
to
God.
Thou shalt
pray
to
him,
and he
will
hear thee,
and thou shalt
pay
vows.
Thou shalt
decree
a thing,
and
it
I shall
come
to thee,
and
light shall
shine
in thy
ways.
For
he
that hath
been humbled, shall
be
in glory:
and
he
that shall bow
down
his
eyes,
he shall
be
saved.
The
innocent shall be
saved,
and he shall be
saved by
the
cleanness
of
his
hands.
Then
Job
answered,
and
said:
Now
also
my words
are
in bitterness,
and
the
hand
of
my scourge
is
more grievous
than
my mourning.
Who
will
grant
me
that
I might
know
and
find
him,
and
come
even
to
his throne?
I would
set
judgment
before
him,
and would
fill
my
mouth
with complaints.
That
I might
know
the
words
that
he
would
answer
me,
and
understand
what
he
would
say
to
me.
I
would
not
that
he should
contend
with
me
with
much
strength,
nor overwhelm
me
with
the weight
of
his greatness.
Let
him propose equity
against
me,
and let
my
judgment come
to
victory.
But
if
I
go
to
the
east,
he appeareth
not;
if
to
the
west,
I
shall
not
understand
him.
If
to
the
left
hand,
what
shall
I
do?
I
shall
not
take hold
on
him:
if
I turn myself
to
the
right
hand,
I
shall
not
see
him.
But
he knoweth
my
way,
and
has
tried
me
as
gold
that passeth
through
the fire:
My
foot hath
followed
his
steps,
I
have
kept
his
way,
and
have
not declined
from
it.
I
have
not
departed
from
the
commandments
of
his
lips,
and
the
words
of
his
mouth
I
have
hid
in
my bosom.
For
he
is
alone,
and
no
man
can
turn
away
his thought:
and whatsoever
is
soul hath
desired,
that hath
he
done.
And
when
he shall
have fulfilled
his
will
in
me,
many other
like
things
are
also
at hand
with
him.
And
therefore
I am troubled
at
his
presence,
and
when
I
consider
him
I am made pensive
with
fear.
God hath
softened my
heart,
and
the
Almighty hath troubled
me.
For
I
have
not perished
because
of
the
darkness
that hangs
over
me,
neither hath
the mist
covered
my
face.
Times
are
not
hid
from
the
Almighty:
but
they
that
know
him,
know
not
his
days.
Some have removed
landmarks, have
taken
away
flocks
by
force,
and fed
them.
They have driven
away the ass of the
fatherless,
and have taken
away the
widow’s
ox
for a pledge.
They
have overturned
the
way
of
the
poor,
and
have oppressed
together
the meek
of
the
earth.
Others
like
wild asses
in
the
desert
go
forth
to
their
work:
by watching
for
a
prey
they
get
bread
for
their
children.
They
reap
the
field that
is not
their own,
and
gather
the vintage
of his
vineyard whom
by violence they
have oppressed.
They send men
away
naked, taking
away
their
clothes
who
have
no
covering
in
the
cold:
Who
are
wet,
with
the showers
of
the
mountains,
and having
no covering
embrace
the
stones.
They have violently
robbed
the
fatherless,
and stripped
the
poor common people.
From
the
naked
and
them
that
go
without
clothing,
and
from
the
hungry
they
have
taken
away
the ears
of corn.
They have taken
their rest
at noon
among
the stores
of
them,
who after having
trodden
the
winepresses suffer
thirst.
Out
of
the
cities
they
have
made
men
to
groan,
and
the
soul
of
the
wounded hath
cried
out,
and
God doth
not suffer
it
to pass unrevenged.
They
have
been
rebellious
to
the
light,
they
have
not
known
his
ways,
neither
have
they returned
by
his
paths.
The
murderer riseth
at
the very break
of day, he killeth
the
needy,
and
the
poor
man:
but
in
the
night he
will
be
as
a
thief.
The
eye
of
the
adulterer observeth darkness,
saying:
No
eye
shall
see
me:
and
he
will cover
his
face.
He diggeth through
houses
in
the
dark,
as
in
the
day
they
had appointed
for themselves,
and
they
have
not
known
the
light.
If
the
morning suddenly appear,
it
is
to
them
the
shadow
of
death:
and
they walk
in
darkness
as
if
it were
in light.
He
is
light
upon
the
face
of
the
water:
cursed
be
his
portion
on
the
earth,
let
him
not
walk
by
the
way
of
the
vineyards.
Let
him pass
from
the
snow
waters
to excessive
heat,
and
his
sin
even
to hell.
Let mercy
forget
him:
may
worms
be
his sweetness:
let
him
be
remembered
no
more,
but
be
broken
in
pieces
as an unfruitful
tree.
For
he hath fed
the
barren
that beareth
not,
and
to
the
widow
he hath
done
no
good.
He hath
pulled down
the
strong
by
his
might:
and
when
he standeth
up,
he
shall
not
trust
to
his
life.
God hath
given
him
place
for penance,
and
he abuseth
it unto pride:
but
his
eyes
are
upon
his
ways.
They
are lifted
up
for
a
little
while
and
shall
not stand,
and
shall
be
brought
down as
all
things,
and
shall
be taken
away,
and as
the
tops
of
the
ears
of corn
they
shall
be broken.
And
if
it
be
not
so,
who
can convince
me
that
I
have
lied,
and
set
my
words
before
God?
Then Baldad
the Suhite
answered,
and
I
said:
Power
and
terror
are
with
him,
who maketh
peace
in
his
high
places.
Is
there
any
numbering
of
his soldiers?
and
upon
whom
shall
not
his
light
arise?
Can
man
be
justified compared
with
God,
or
he
that
is
born
of
a
woman appear
clean?
Behold
even
the
moon doth
not shine,
and
the
stars
are
not
pure
in
his
sight.
How
much
less
man
that
is rottenness
and
the
son
of
man
who
is
a
worm?
Then
Job
answered,
and
said:
Whose
helper art thou?
is
it
of
him
that
is
weak?
and dost thou hold up
the
arm
of
him
that
has
no
strength?
To whom hast thou
given
counsel? perhaps
to
him
that hath
no
wisdom,
and thou hast shewn thy
very
great prudence.
Whom hast thou desired
to teach?
was it not
him
that
made
life?
Behold
the giants groan
under
the
waters,
and
they
that
dwell
with
them.
Hell
is
naked
before
him,
and
there
is
no
covering for
destruction.
He
stretched
out
the
north
over
the
empty
space,
and hangeth
the
earth
upon
nothing.
He bindeth
up
the
waters
in
his
clouds,
so
that
they
break
not
out
and fall down
together.
He withholdeth
the
face
of
his
throne,
and spreadeth
his
cloud
over
it.
He hath set bounds
about
the
waters,
till
light
and
darkness come
to
an
end.
The
pillars
of
heaven
tremble,
and dread
at his beck.
By his
power
the
seas are suddenly gathered
together,
and his
wisdom
has
struck
the proud one.
His
spirit hath adorned
the
heavens,
and
his obstetric
hand
brought forth
the winding
serpent.
Lo,
these
things
are
said
in
part
of
his
ways:
and seeing
we
have
heard scarce
a little drop
of
his
word,
who
shall
be able
to
behold
the
thunder
of
his greatness?
Job
also
added, taking
up
his
parable,
and
said:
As
God liveth,
who hath
taken
away
my
judgment,
and
the
Almighty,
who hath brought
my
soul
to bitterness,
As
long
as
breath remaineth
in
me,
and
the
spirit
of
God
in
my
nostrils,
My
lips
shall
not
speak
iniquity,
neither
shall
my
tongue contrive lying.
God
forbid
that
I
should judge
you
to
be
just:
till
I
die
I
will
not
depart
from
my innocence.
My justification, which
I
have begun
to
hold,
I
will
not
forsake:
for
my
heart doth
not reprehend
me
in
all
my
life.
Let
my
enemy
be
as
the
ungodly,
and
my adversary
as
the
wicked
one.
For
what
is
the
hope
of
the hypocrite
if
through covetousness
he take
by
violence,
and
God deliver
not
his
soul?
Will
God
hear
his
cry,
when
distress shall
come
upon
him?
Or
can
he
delight
himself
in
the
Almighty,
and
call
upon
God
at
all
times?
I
will
teach
you
by
the
hand
of
God,
what
the
Almighty hath,
and
I
will
not
conceal
it.
Behold
you
all know
it,
and
why
do
you speak
vain
things without cause?
This
is
the
portion
of
a
wicked
man
with
God,
and
the
inheritance
of
the
violent,
which they
shall
receive
of
the
Almighty.
If
his
sons
be
multiplied,
they
shall
be
for
the
sword,
and
his
grandsons
shall
not
be
filled
with
bread.
They
that
shall
remain
of
him,
shall
be
buried
in
death,
and
his
widows
shall
not
weep.
If
he
shall
heap together
silver
as
earth,
and
prepare
raiment
as clay,
He
shall
prepare indeed,
but
the
just
man
shall
be
clothed
with
it:
and
the
innocent
shall
divide
the
silver.
He hath
built
his
house
as
a
moth,
and
as
a
keeper
he hath
made
a
booth.
The
rich
man
when
he
shall
sleep
shall
take
away
nothing
with him:
he
shall
open
his
eyes
and find
nothing.
Poverty like
water
shall take hold
on
him,
a tempest
shall oppress
him
in
the
night.
A burning
wind shall
take
him
up,
and
carry
him
away,
and as
a whirlwind shall snatch
him
from
his
place.
And
he
shall
cast
upon
him,
and
shall
not
spare:
out
of
his
hand
he would willingly
flee.
He shall clasp
his
hands
upon
him,
and shall
hiss
at
him, beholding
his
place.
Silver hath beginnings
of
its veins,
and
gold hath
a
place wherein
it
is melted.
Iron
is
taken out
of
the
earth,
and
stone melted
with heat
is turned
into brass.
He hath
set
a time
for
darkness,
and
the
end
of
all
things
he considereth,
the
stone also
that
is
in
the
dark
and
the
shadow
of
death.
The flood divideth
from
the
people
that
are
on
their
journey,
those
whom
the food
of
the needy
man hath
forgotten,
and
who
cannot
be come
at.
The
land,
out
of
which
bread grew
in
its
place, hath
been
overturned
with
fire.
The
stones
of
it
are
the
place
of
sapphires,
and
the clods
of
it
are
gold.
The
bird hath
not
known
the
path,
neither hath
the
eye
of
the vulture beheld
it.
The
children
of
the merchants
have
not
trodden
it,
neither hath
the lioness passed
by
it.
He hath
stretched
forth
his
hand
to
the
flint,
he hath
overturned
mountains
from
the
roots.
In
the
rocks
he hath cut
out
rivers,
and
his
eye hath
seen
every
precious
thing.
The depths also
of
rivers
he hath searched,
and
hidden things
he hath
brought
forth
to
light.
But
where
is
wisdom
to
be
found,
and
where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
Man knoweth
not
the price thereof,
neither
is
it
found
in
the
land
of
them
that
live
in delights.
The depth saith:
It
is
not
in
me:
and
the
sea saith:
It
is
not
with
me.
The finest
gold
shall
not
purchase
it,
neither
shall
silver
be
weighed
in
exchange
for
it.
It
shall
not
be compared with
the dyed colours
of India,
or with
the most
precious stone sardonyx,
or
the
sapphire.
Gold
or crystal
cannot equal
it,
neither
shall
any
vessels
of
gold
be changed
for
it.
High
and eminent
things
shall
not
be
mentioned
in comparison
of
it:
but
wisdom
is drawn
out
of secret places.
The
topaz
of
Ethiopia
shall
not
be equal
to
it,
neither
shall
it
be compared
to
the cleanest dyeing.
Whence
then cometh
wisdom?
and
where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
It
is
hid
from
the
eyes
of
all
living.
and
the fowls
of
the air know
it not.
Destruction
and
death
have
said:
With
our
ears
we
have
heard
the
fame thereof.
God understandeth
the
way
of
it,
and
he knoweth
the
place thereof.
For
he beholdeth
the
ends
of
the
world:
and looketh
on
all
things
that
are
under
heaven.
Who
made
a
weight
for
the
winds
and
weighed
the
waters
by measure.
When
he
gave
a law
for
the
rain,
and
a
way
for
the sounding storms.
Then
he
saw
it,
and
declared,
and
prepared,
and
searched
it.
And
he
said
to
man:
Behold
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
that
is
wisdom:
and
to
depart
from
evil,
is
understanding.
Job
also
added, taking
up
his
parable,
and
said:
Who
will
grant
me,
that
I
might
be according
to
the
months past, according
to
the
days
in
which
God
kept
me?
When
his
lamp shined
over
my
head,
and
I walked
by
his
light
in
darkness?
As
I
was
in
the
days
of
my youth,
when
God
was secretly
in
my
tabernacle?
When
the
Almighty
was
with
me:
and
my
servants
round
about
me?
When I
washed
my feet
with
butter,
and
the
rock
poured
me out rivers
of
oil?
When
I
went
out
to
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
in
the
street
they
prepared
me
a chair?
The
young
men
saw
me,
and
hid
themselves:
and
the
old
men
rose
up
and
stood.
The
princes ceased
to
speak,
and
laid
the finger
on
their
mouth.
The rulers
held
their peace,
and
their
tongue cleaved
to
their throat.
The
ear
that
heard
me
blessed
me,
and
the
eye
that
saw
me
gave
witness
to
me:
Because
I
had
delivered
the
poor
man
that
cried
out;
and
the
fatherless
that
had
no
helper.
The
blessing
of
him
that
was ready
to
perish
came
upon
me,
and
I comforted
the
heart
of
the
widow.
I
was clad
with
justice:
and I
clothed myself
with
my
judgment,
as
with
a
robe
and
a
diadem.
I
was
an
eye
to
the
blind,
and
a
foot
to
the
lame.
I
was
the
father
of
the
poor:
and
the
cause which
I
knew
not,
I
searched
out most diligently.
I
broke
the
jaws
of
the wicked man,
and
out
of
his
teeth
I took
away
the
prey.
And
I
said:
I
shall
die
in
my
nest,
and
as
a palm tree
shall
multiply
my
days.
My
root
is
opened
beside
the
waters,
and
dew
shall continue
in
my
harvest.
My
glory
shall always
be
renewed,
and
my
bow
in
my
hand
shall
be repaired.
They
that
heard me,
waited
for
my sentence,
and being attentive held
their peace at
my
counsel.
To
my
words
they durst add
nothing,
and
my
speech
dropped
upon
them.
They
waited
for me as
for
rain,
and
they
opened
their
mouth as
for
a
latter shower.
If
at
any time
I
laughed
on
them,
they
believed
not,
and
the
light
of
my
countenance
fell
not
on earth.
If
I
had
a
mind
to go
to
them,
I
sat
first,
and
when
I
sat
as
a
king,
with
his
army standing
about
him, yet
I
was
a
comforter
of
them
that mourned.
But
now
the
younger
in
time
scorn
me,
whose
fathers
I
would not
have
set
with
the
dogs
of
my
flock:
The
strength
of whose
hands
was
to
me
as nothing,
and
they
were thought unworthy
of life
itself.
Barren with
want
and hunger, who gnawed
in
the wilderness, disfigured with
calamity
and misery.
And
they ate grass,
and barks
of trees,
and
the
root
of junipers
was
their
food.
Who snatched
up these things
out
of
the valleys,
and
when
they had found
any
of
them,
they ran
to
them
with
a
cry.
They
dwelt
in
the desert places
of torrents,
and
in caves
of
earth, or upon
the gravel.
They pleased themselves
among these kind
of things,
and counted
it delightful
to be
under
the briers.
The
children
of
foolish
and base
men,
and
not appearing
at
all upon
the
earth.
Now
I
am
turned
into
their
song,
and
am
become
their
byword.
They
abhor
me,
and flee
far
from
me,
and
are
not afraid
to spit
in
my
face.
For
he hath
opened
his quiver,
and hath afflicted
me,
and hath
put
a
bridle into
my
mouth.
At
the
right
hand
of
my
rising,
my calamities forthwith
arose:
they
have overthrown
my
feet,
and
have overwhelmed
me
with
their
paths
as
with waves.
They
have destroyed
my ways,
they
have lain
in wait against
me,
and
they
have prevailed,
and there
was
none
to
help.
They have rushed
in upon
me,
as when
a wall is broken,
and
a gate opened,
and have
rolled themselves
down
to
my miseries.
I am brought
to nothing:
as
a
wind thou hast
taken
away
my desire:
and
my
prosperity hath
passed
away
like
a
cloud.
And
now
my
soul fadeth
within
myself,
and
the
days
of affliction possess
me.
In
the
night
my
bone
is pierced
with sorrows:
and
they
that feed
upon
me, do
not
sleep.
With
the multitude
of them
my
garment
is consumed,
and
they have
girded me about, as
with
the
collar
of
my
coat.
I am compared
to
dirt,
and am likened
to embers
and
ashes.
I
cry
to thee,
and thou hearest
me
not:
I
stand
up,
and thou dost
not
regard
me.
Thou art
changed
to
be
cruel
toward
me,
and
in
the hardness
of thy
hand thou art
against
me.
Thou hast
lifted
me
up,
and
set
me
as
it were
upon
the
wind,
and thou hast mightily dashed
me.
I
know
that thou wilt deliver
me
to
death,
where
a
house
is
appointed
for
every
one
that liveth.
But
yet thou stretchest
not
forth thy
hand
to
their consumption:
and
if
they
shall fall
down thou wilt save.
I
wept heretofore
for
him
that
was afflicted,
and
my
soul
had compassion
on
the
poor.
I expected
good things,
and evils are
come
upon
me:
I
waited
for
light,
and
darkness broke
out.
My inner
parts
have boiled
without
any rest,
the
days
of affliction
have prevented
me.
I
went
mourning
without indignation;
I
rose
up,
and
cried
in
the
crowd.
I
was
the
brother
of dragons,
and
companion
of
ostriches.
My
skin
is become
black
upon
me,
and
my
bones
are dried
up
with heat.
My
harp
is
turned
to
mourning,
and
my organ
into
the
voice
of
those
that
weep.
I
made
a
covenant
with
my
eyes,
that
I
would not
so
much as
think
upon
a
virgin.
For
what part
should
God
from
above have
in
me,
and
what
inheritance
the
Almighty
from
on
high?
Is
not
destruction
to
the
wicked,
and aversion
to them
that
work
iniquity?
Doth
not
he
consider
my
ways,
and
number
all
my
steps?
If
I
have
walked
in
vanity,
and
my
foot hath
made haste
to
deceit:
Let
him
weigh
me
in
a
just
balance,
and let
God
know
my simplicity.
If
my
step hath
turned
out
of
the
way,
and
if
my
heart hath
followed
my
eyes,
and
if
a
spot hath cleaved
to
my
hands:
Then let
me
sow
and let
another
eat:
and let
my
offspring
be rooted out.
If
my
heart hath been deceived
upon
a
woman,
and
if
I
have laid
wait
at
my
friend’s
door:
Let
my
wife be
the harlot
of
another,
and let
other men lie
with
her.
For
this
is
a
heinous
crime,
and
a most grievous
iniquity.
It
is
a
fire
that devoureth
even
to
destruction,
and rooteth
up
all
things
that spring.
If
I
have despised
to abide
judgment
with
my manservant,
or
my
maidservant,
when
they
had any controversy
against
me:
For
what
shall
I
do
when
God
shall
rise
to
judge?
and
when
he
shall
examine,
what
shall
I
answer
him?
Did
not
he
that
made
me
in
the
womb
make
him
also:
and
did
not
one
and
the
same form
me
in
the
womb?
If
I
have denied
to
the
poor
what
they
desired,
and
have made
the
eyes
of
the
widow wait:
If
I
have
eaten
my
morsel
alone,
and
the
fatherless hath
not
eaten thereof:
(For
from
my infancy mercy
grew
up
with
me:
and
it came out
with
me
from
my
mother’s
womb:)
If
I
have despised
him
that
was
perishing
for
want
of
clothing,
and
the
poor
man
that
had
no
covering:
If
his sides
have
not
blessed
me,
and
if
he were
not
warmed
with
the
fleece
of
my
sheep:
If
I
have
lifted
up
my
hand
against
the
fatherless,
even
when
I
saw myself superior
in
the
gate:
Let
my
shoulder
fall
from
its joint,
and let
my
arm
with
its bones
be
broken.
For
I
have always
feared
God
as waves
swelling
over
me,
and
his weight
I
was
not
able
to bear.
If
I
have
thought
gold
my strength,
and
have
said
to
fine
gold:
My
confidence:
If
I
have
rejoiced
over
my
great
riches,
and
because
my
hand
had gotten
much.
If
I beheld
the
sun
when
it shined,
and
the
moon
going
in brightness:
And
my
heart
in secret hath rejoiced,
and
I
have
kissed
my
hand
with
my
mouth:
Which
is
a
very great
iniquity,
and
a denial
against
the most
high
God.
If
I
have been
glad
at
the downfall
of
him
that
hated
me,
and
have
rejoiced
that
evil
had
found
him.
For
I
have
not
given
my
mouth
to
sin,
by wishing
a
curse
to
his
soul.
If
the
men
of
my
tabernacle
have
not
said:
Who
will
give
us
of
his
flesh
that
we
may
be
filled?
The
stranger
did
not
stay
without,
my
door
was
open
to
the traveller.
If as
a man
I
have
hid
my
sin,
and
have
concealed
my
iniquity
in
my
bosom.
If
I
have
been afraid
at
a
very
great
multitude,
and
the
contempt
of kinsmen hath
terrified
me:
and
I
have
not
rather held
my peace,
and
not
gone
out
of
the
door.
Who
would
grant
me
a hearer,
that
the
Almighty
may
hear
my desire;
and
that
he
himself
that judgeth
would
write
a
book,
That
I
may
carry
it
on
my
shoulder,
and
put
it
about
me as
a
crown?
At every step
of mine
I would pronounce
it,
and
offer
it
as
to
a
prince.
If
my
land
cry
against
me,
and
with
it
the
furrows thereof
mourn:
If
I
have
eaten
the fruits thereof
without
money,
and
have afflicted
the
soul
of
the tillers thereof:
Let
thistles
grow up
to
me
instead
of
wheat,
and
thorns
instead
of
barley.
So
these
three
men ceased
to
answer
Job,
because
he
seemed
just
to
himself.
And Eliu
the
son
of
Barachel
the
Buzite,
of
the kindred
of
Ram,
was
angry
and
was moved
to indignation: now
he
was
angry
against
Job,
because
he said
he
was
just
before
God.
And
he
was
angry
with
his
friends
because
they
had
not
found
a reasonable
answer,
but only
had
condemned
Job.
So Eliu
waited
while
Job
was
speaking,
because
they
were
his
elders
that
were
speaking.
But
when
he
saw
that
the
three
were
not able
to
answer,
he
was exceedingly
angry.
Then Eliu
the
son
of
Barachel
the
Buzite
answered
and
said:
I
am
younger
in
days,
and
you
are
more ancient;
therefore hanging
down
my head,
I
was
afraid
to shew
you
my
opinion.
For
I hoped
that greater
age
would
speak,
and
that
a
multitude
of
years
would
teach
wisdom.
But, as I
see, there
is
a
spirit
in
men,
and
the inspiration
of
the
Almighty giveth
understanding.
They
that
are
aged
are
not
the
wise
men,
neither do
the ancients
understand
judgment.
Therefore
I
will
speak: Hearken
to
me,
I
also
will shew
you
my wisdom.
For
I
have
waited
for
your
words,
I
have given
ear
to
your
wisdom,
as
long
as
you
were disputing
in
words.
And
as
long
as
I thought
you
said
some
thing,
I considered:
but,
as
I
see,
there
is
none
of
you
that
can convince
Job,
and
answer
his
words.
Lest
you
should
say:
We
have
found
wisdom,
God hath cast
him down,
not
man.
He hath
spoken
nothing
to
me,
and
I
will
not
answer
him
according
to
your
words.
They
were afraid,
and
answered
no
more,
and
they
left off
speaking.
Therefore
because
I
have
waited,
and
they
have
not
spoken:
they
stood,
and
answered
no
more:
I
also
will
answer
my part,
and
will shew
my
knowledge.
For
I am
full
of matter
to speak
of,
and
the
spirit
of
my bowels straiteneth
me.
Behold,
my
belly
is as
new
wine
which wanteth vent,
which bursteth
the
new vessels.
I
will
speak
and take breath
a little: I
will
open
my
lips,
and
will
answer.
I
will
not accept
the
person
of
man,
and
I
will
not level
God
with
man.
For
I
know
not
how long
I
shall continue,
and whether
after
a
while
my Maker
may
take
me
away.
Hear therefore,
O
Job,
my speeches,
and hearken
to
all
my
words.
Behold
now
I
have
opened
my
mouth,
let
my
tongue
speak within
my
jaws.
My
words
are
from
my
upright
heart,
and
my
lips
shall
speak a
pure sentence.
The
spirit
of
God
made
me,
and
the
breath
of
the
Almighty
gave
me
life.
If thou canst,
answer
me,
and
stand
up
against
my
face.
Behold
God hath
made
me
as
well
as thee,
and
of
the same clay
I
also
was
formed.
But
yet
let
not
my wonder
terrify thee,
and
let
not
my eloquence
be
burdensome
to thee.
Now thou
has
said
in
my
hearing,
and
I
have
heard
the
voice
of thy
words:
I
am
clean,
and
without
sin:
I
am unspotted,
and
there
is
no
iniquity
in
me.
Because
he hath
found complaints
against
me, therefore
he hath
counted
me
for
his
enemy.
He hath
put
my
feet
in
the
stocks,
he hath
observed
all
my
paths.
Now
this
is
the
thing
in which thou art
not
justified:
I
will
answer thee,
that
God
is
greater
than
man.
Dost thou
strive
against
him,
because
he hath
not
answered thee
to
all
words?
God speaketh
once,
and repeateth
not
the selfsame
thing
the
second
time.
By
a
dream
in
a
vision
by
night,
when
deep
sleep falleth
upon
men,
and
they
are
sleeping
in
their
beds:
Then
he openeth
the
ears
of
men,
and teaching instructeth
them
in what
they
are
to learn.
That
he
may withdraw
a
man
from
the
things
he
is doing,
and
may deliver him
from
pride.
Rescuing
his
soul
from
corruption:
and
his
life
from
passing
to
the sword.
He rebuketh also
by
sorrow
in
the
bed,
and
he maketh all
his
bones
to wither.
Bread becometh abominable
to
him
in his
life,
and
to his
soul the meat
which before
he
desired.
His
flesh
shall
be
consumed
away,
and
his
bones
that were covered
shall
be made
bare.
His
soul hath
drawn
near
to
corruption,
and
his
life
to
the destroyers.
If
there
shall
be
an
angel speaking
for
him,
one
among
thousands,
to
declare
man’s
uprightness,
He shall
have
mercy
on
him,
and shall
say:
Deliver
him,
that
he may not
go
down
to
corruption:
I
have
found wherein
I may be merciful
to
him.
His
flesh
is consumed
with punishment, let
him
return
to
the
days
of
his
youth.
He
shall
pray
to
God,
and
he
will
be gracious
to
him:
and
he
shall
see
his
face
with
joy,
and
he
will
render
to
man
his
justice.
He
shall
look
upon
men,
and
shall
say:
I
have
sinned,
and
indeed
I
have
offended,
and
I
have
not
received
what
I
have deserved.
He hath
delivered
his
soul
from going
into
destruction,
that
it
may
live
and
see
the
light.
Behold,
all
these
things
God worketh
three
times
within
every
one.
That
he
may
withdraw
their
souls
from
corruption,
and
enlighten
them
with
the
light
of
the
living.
Attend,
Job,
and hearken
to
me:
and hold thy peace, whilst
I
speak.
But
if thou hast
any
thing
to
say,
answer
me,
speak:
for
I
would
have thee
to appear
just.
And
if thou
have
not,
hear
me: hold thy peace,
and
I
will
teach thee
wisdom.
And Eliu
continued
his discourse,
and
said:
Hear ye,
wise
men,
my
words,
and ye
learned, hearken
to
me:
For
the
ear trieth
words,
and
the
mouth discerneth meats
by
the
taste.
Let
us
choose
to
us
judgment,
and let
us
see
among
ourselves
what
is
the
best.
For
Job hath
said:
I am
just,
and
God hath overthrown
my
judgment.
For
in judging
me
there
is
a
lie:
my
arrow
is violent
without any sin.
What
man
is there
like
Job,
who drinketh
up scorning
like
water?
Who goeth
in
company
with
them
that
work
iniquity,
and walketh
with
wicked
men?
For
he hath
said:
Man
shall
not
please
God,
although
he run
with
him.
Therefore, ye
men
of
understanding,
hear
me:
far
from
god
be
wickedness,
and
iniquity
from
the
Almighty.
For
he
will render
to
a
man
his
work,
and
according
to
the
ways
of
every
one
he
will
reward
them.
For
in very deed
God
will
not
condemn
without
cause,
neither
will
the
Almighty
pervert
judgment.
What
other hath
he
appointed
over
the
earth?
or
whom hath
he
set
over
the
world
which
he
made?
If
he
turn
his
heart
to
him,
he
shall draw
his
spirit
and
breath unto
himself.
All
flesh
shall
perish
together,
and
man
shall
return
into
ashes.
If
then thou hast
understanding,
hear
what
is
said,
and hearken
to
the
voice
of
my
words.
Can
he
be healed
that loveth
not
judgment?
and
how dost thou
so far
condemn
him
that
is
just?
Who saith
to
the
king: Thou art
an apostate:
who calleth rulers
ungodly?
Who accepteth
not
the persons
of
princes:
nor hath
regarded
the tyrant,
when
he contended
against
the
poor
man:
for
all
are
the
work
of
his
hands.
They
shall
suddenly
die,
and
the
people
shall
be troubled
at midnight,
and
they
shall
pass,
and
take
away
the violent
without
hand.
For
his
eyes
are
upon
the
ways
of
men,
and
he considereth
all
their
steps.
There
is
no
darkness,
and
there
is
no
shadow
of
death,
where
they
may
be
hid
who
work
iniquity.
For
it
is
no
longer
in
the
power
of
man
to
enter
into
judgment
with
God.
He
shall break
in pieces many
and innumerable,
and
shall
make
others
to
stand
in
their
stead.
For
he knoweth
their
works:
and
therefore
he shall bring
night on
them,
and
they shall
be
destroyed.
He hath
struck
them,
as being
wicked,
in open sight.
Who
as
it
were
on purpose
have revolted
from
him,
and
would
not
understand
all
his
ways:
So
that
they caused
the
cry
of
the
needy
to
come
to
him,
and
he
heard
the voice
of
the
poor.
For
when
he granteth
peace,
who
is there
that
can
condemn?
When
he hideth
his
countenance,
who
is there
that
can
behold
him, whether
it
regard
nations,
or
all
men?
Who maketh a
man that
is a hypocrite
to
reign
for
the sins
of
the
people?
Seeing
then
I
have
spoken
of
God,
I
will
not hinder thee
in thy turn.
If
I
have erred,
teach thou
me:
if
I
have spoken
iniquity,
I
will
add
no
more.
Doth
God
require
it
of thee,
because
it hath displeased thee?
for thou begannest
to
speak,
and
not
I:
but
if thou
know
any
thing better,
speak.
Let
men
of
understanding
speak
to
me,
and let
a
wise
man hearken
to
me.
But
Job hath
spoken foolishly,
and
his
words sound
not discipline.
My father, let
Job
be
tried
even
to
the
end: cease not
from
the
man
of
iniquity.
Because
he addeth blasphemy
upon
his
sins, let
him
be tied fast
in
the mean time amongst
us:
and
then let
him provoke
God
to judgment
with
his speeches.
Moreover Eliu
spoke these words:
Doth thy
thought
seem
right
to thee,
that thou shouldst
say:
I am more
just than
God?
For thou saidst:
That
which
is right doth
not please thee:
or
what
will
it
profit thee
if
I
sin?
Therefore
I
will
answer thy
words,
and thy
friends
with thee.
Look
up
to
heaven
and
see,
and
behold
the
sky,
that
it
is
higher
than thee.
If thou
sin,
what shalt thou hurt
him?
and
if thy iniquities be
multiplied,
what shalt thou
do
against
him?
And
if thou
do justly,
what shalt thou
give
him,
or
what
shall
he
receive
of thy
hand?
Thy
wickedness
may hurt
a
man
that
is
like thee:
and thy
justice
may help
the
son
of
man.
By reason
of
the
multitude
of
oppressions
they shall
cry
out:
and shall wail
for
the violence
of
the
arm
of tyrants.
And
he hath
not
said:
Where
is
God,
who
made
me,
who hath
given
songs
in
the
night?
Who teacheth
us more than
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
and instructeth
us more than
the fowls
of
the air.
There
shall
they
cry,
and
he
will
not hear,
because
of
the
pride
of
evil men.
God therefore
will
not
hear
in
vain,
and
the
Almighty
will
look into
the causes
of every
one.
Yea
when thou shalt
say:
He considereth
not:
be judged
before
him,
and expect
him.
For
he doth
not
now
bring
on
his fury,
neither doth
he revenge wickedness
exceedingly.
Therefore
Job openeth
his
mouth
in
vain,
and multiplieth
words
without
knowledge.
Eliu
also proceeded,
and
said:
Suffer
me
a
little,
and
I
will shew thee:
for
I
have
yet somewhat
to speak
in
God’s behalf.
I
will repeat
my
knowledge
from
the beginning,
and
I
will prove
my
Maker
just.
For
indeed
my
words
are
without
a
lie,
and
perfect
knowledge
shall
be proved
to thee.
God doth
not cast away
the
mighty, whereas
he
himself
also
is
mighty.
But
he saveth
not
the
wicked,
and
he giveth
judgment
to
the
poor.
He
will
not
take
away
his
eyes
from
the
just,
and
he placeth
kings
on
the
throne
for
ever,
and
they
are
exalted.
And
if
they
shall be
in chains,
and be
bound
with
the
cords of poverty:
He shall shew
them
their works,
and
their wicked
deeds,
because
they
have been violent.
He
also shall
open
their
ear,
to correct
them:
and shall
speak,
that
they
may
return
from
iniquity.
If
they
shall
hear
and
observe,
they
shall
accomplish
their
days
in
good,
and
their
years
in glory.
But
if
they
hear
not,
they
shall
pass
by
the sword,
and
shall
be consumed
in folly.
Dissemblers
and crafty men prove
the
wrath
of
God,
neither
shall
they
cry
when
they
are
bound.
Their
soul
shall
die
in
a storm,
and
their
life among
the effeminate.
He shall
deliver
the
poor out
of
his distress,
and shall
open
his
ear
in affliction.
Therefore
he
shall
set thee
at large out
of
the narrow
mouth,
and which hath
no foundation
under
it:
and
the rest
of thy
table
shall
be
full
of
fatness.
Thy
cause hath
been
judged
as that
of
the
wicked,
cause
and
judgment thou shalt recover.
Therefore
let
not
anger overcome thee
to oppress
any man:
neither
let multitude
of gifts
turn thee
aside.
Lay down thy greatness
without tribulation,
and
all
the mighty
of
strength.
Prolong
not
the
night
that
people
may
come
up
for
them.
Beware thou
turn
not aside
to
iniquity:
for
this thou hast begun
to follow
after misery.
Behold,
God
is
high
in his
strength,
and none
is
like
him
among
the lawgivers.
Who
can search
out
his
ways?
or
who
can
say
to
him: Thou
has
wrought
iniquity?
Remember
that thou knowest
not
his
work, concerning
which
men
have
sung.
All
men
see
him,
every
one beholdeth
afar
off.
Behold,
God
is great, exceeding
our
knowledge:
the
number
of
his
years
is inestimable.
He lifteth up
the drops
of
rain,
and poureth
out showers like floods:
Which
flow
from
the
clouds
that cover all
above.
If
he
will spread out
clouds
as
his tent,
And lighten
with
his
light
from
above,
he shall
cover also
the ends
of
the
sea.
For
by
these
he judgeth
people, and giveth
food
to many mortals.
In
his
hands
he hideth
the
light,
and commandeth
it
to come again.
He sheweth
his friend
concerning
it,
that
it is
his possession,
and
that
he may
come
up
to
it.
At
this
my
heart trembleth,
and
is
moved
out
of its
place.
Hear ye
attentively
the terror
of
his
voice,
and
the
sound
that cometh
out
of
his
mouth.
He beholdeth
under
all
the
heavens,
and
his
light
is
upon
the
ends
of
the
earth.
After
it
a
noise
shall
roar,
he
shall
thunder
with
the
voice
of
his majesty,
and
shall
not
be found
out,
when
his
voice
shall
be
heard.
God
shall
thunder wonderfully
with
his
voice,
he
that doth
great
and unsearchable
things.
He commandeth
the
snow
to go
down upon
the
earth,
and
the winter
rain,
and
the
shower
of
his
strength.
He sealeth
up
the
hand
of
all
men,
that
every
one
may
know
his
works.
Then
the
beast shall
go
into
his covert,
and shall
abide
in
his
den.
Out
of
the
inner
parts shall
a tempest
come,
and
cold
out
of
the north.
When
God bloweth there cometh
frost,
and again
the
waters are poured
out abundantly.
Corn desireth
clouds,
and
the
clouds
spread their
light:
Which go
round
about, whithersoever
the
will
of
him
that governeth
them
shall lead
them,
to
whatsoever
he
shall
command
them
upon
the
face
of
the
whole
earth:
Whether
in
one
tribe,
or
in
his own
land,
or
in what
place soever
of
his mercy
he
shall command
them
to
be
found.
Hearken
to
these
things,
Job:
Stand,
and
consider
the
wondrous
works
of
God.
Dost thou
know
when
God commanded
the rains,
to shew
his
light
of
his
clouds?
Knowest thou
the great paths
of
the
clouds,
and
the
perfect knowledges?
Are
not thy
garments
hot,
when
the
south wind blows upon
the
earth?
Thou perhaps hast made
the heavens
with
him, which
are most
strong, as if they were
of
molten brass.
Shew
us
what we
may
say
to
him:
for we
are wrapped
up
in
darkness.
Who
shall
tell
him
the things
I
speak?
even
if
a
man
shall
speak,
he
shall
be
swallowed
up.
But
now
they
see
not
the
light:
the
air
on
a sudden
shall
be thickened
into
clouds,
and
the
wind
shall
pass
and drive
them
away.
Cold cometh
out
of
the
north,
and
to
God praise
with
fear.
We
cannot
find
him worthily:
he
is
great
in
strength,
and
in
judgment,
and
in
justice,
and
he
is ineffable.
Therefore
men
shall
fear
him,
and
all
that seem
to themselves
to
be
wise,
shall
not dare
to
behold
him.
Then
the
Lord
answered
Job
out
of
a whirlwind,
and
said:
Who
is
this
that wrappeth
up sentences
in unskillful
words?
Gird up thy
loins like
a
man:
I
will
ask thee,
and answer thou
me.
Where wast thou
when
I
laid
up
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
tell
me
if thou hast
understanding.
Who hath
laid
the measures thereof,
if thou knowest?
or
who hath
stretched
the line
upon
it?
Upon
what
are
its
bases grounded?
or
who
laid
the
corner
stone thereof,
When
the
morning
stars praised
me
together,
and
all
the
sons
of
God
made
a joyful melody?
Who shut
up
the
sea
with
doors,
when it
broke
forth
as issuing
out
of
the
womb:
When
I
made
a
cloud
the
garment thereof,
and wrapped
it
in
a
mist
as
in
swaddling bands?
I
set
my bounds
around
it,
and
made
it
bars
and
doors:
And
I
said: Hitherto thou shalt
come,
and shalt
go
no
further,
and
here thou shalt break thy swelling
waves.
Didst thou
since thy birth
command
the
morning,
and shew
the
dawning
of
the
day
its
place?
And didst thou
hold
the extremities
of
the
earth shaking
them,
and hast thou
shaken
the ungodly
out
of it?
The
seal shall be restored
as clay,
and shall
stand
as
a
garment:
From
the wicked
their
light shall
be taken away,
and
the
high
arm shall
be
broken.
Hast thou
entered
into
the
depths
of
the
sea,
and
walked
in
the lowest parts
of
the
deep?
Have
the
gates
of
death
been
opened
to thee,
and hast thou
seen
the darksome doors?
Hast thou considered
the breadth
of
the
earth?
tell
me,
if thou knowest
all
things?
Where
is
the
way
where
light dwelleth,
and
where
is
the
place
of
darkness:
That thou mayst
bring every
thing
to
its own bounds,
and
understand
the
paths
of
the
house thereof.
Didst thou
know
then
that thou shouldst
be
born?
and didst thou
know
the
number
of thy
days?
Hast thou
entered
into
the
storehouses
of
the
snow,
or
has thou beheld
the
treasures
of
the
hail:
Which
I
have prepared
for
the
time
of
the enemy,
against
the
day
of
battle
and
war?
By
what
way
is
the
light
spread,
and heat
divided
upon
the
earth?
Who gave
a
course
to violent showers,
or
a
way
for noisy
thunder:
That
it
should
rain
on
the
earth
without
man
in
the
wilderness,
where
no
mortal dwelleth:
That it should
fill
the desert
and
desolate
land,
and should bring
forth
green
grass?
Who
is
the
father
of
rain?
or
who
begot
the
drops
of
dew?
Out
of
whose
womb
came
the
ice;
and
the
frost
from
heaven
who hath gendered
it?
The
waters
are hardened
like
a
stone,
and
the
surface
of
the
deep
is congealed.
Shalt thou be able
to join
together
the shining stars
the
Pleiades,
or canst thou stop
the turning about
of Arcturus?
Canst thou
bring
forth
the
day star
in
its
time,
and make
the evening star
to rise
upon
the
children
of
the earth?
Dost thou
know
the
order
of
heaven,
and canst thou
set
down
the reason thereof
on
the
earth?
Canst thou
lift
up thy
voice
to
the
clouds,
that
an
abundance
of
waters
may
cover thee?
Canst thou
send
lightnings,
and
will
they
go,
and
will
they return
and
say
to thee:
Here
we are?
Who hath
put
wisdom
in
the heart
of man?
or
who
gave
the cock
understanding?
Who
can
declare
the order
of
the
heavens,
or
who
can
make
the harmony
of
heaven
to
sleep?
When was
the
dust
poured on
the
earth,
and
the
clods fastened
together?
Wilt thou take
the
prey
for
the
lioness,
and
satisfy
the appetite
of
her whelps,
When
they couch
in
the
dens
and
lie
in
wait
in holes?
Who provideth
food
for
the
raven,
when
her
young ones
cry
to
God,
wandering
about,
because
they
have
no meat?
Knowest thou
the
time
when
the
wild
goats
bring
forth among
the
rocks,
or hast thou
observed
the
hinds
when
they fawn?
Hast thou
numbered
the
months
of
their conceiving,
or knowest thou
the
time
when
they
bring
forth?
They
bow themselves
to
bring
forth
young,
and they
cast
them,
and
send
forth roarings.
Their
young
are weaned
and
go
to feed:
they
go
forth,
and
return
not
to
them.
Who hath
sent
out
the
wild ass
free,
and
who hath loosed
his
bonds?
To
whom
I
have given
a
house
in
the
wilderness,
and
his
dwellings
in
the barren
land.
He scorneth
the
multitude
of
the
city,
he heareth
not
the cry
of
the
driver.
He looketh round
about
the
mountains
of
his
pasture,
and seeketh
for
every
green
thing.
Shall
the rhinoceros
be
willing
to
serve thee,
or
will
he
stay
at thy crib?
Canst thou
bind
the rhinoceros
with thy thong
to plough,
or
will
he break
the clods
of
the
valleys
after thee?
Wilt thou
have
confidence
in
his
great
strength,
and
leave thy labours
to
him?
Wilt thou
trust
him
that
he
will
render thee
the
seed,
and
gather
it
into thy barnfloor?
The
wing
of
the ostrich
is like
the
wings
of
the heron,
and
of
the hawk.
When
she leaveth
her
eggs
on
the
earth, thou
perhaps wilt
warm
them
in
the
dust.
She forgetteth
that
the
foot
may tread upon
them,
or
that
the
beasts
of
the
field
may break
them.
She
is hardened against
her
young
ones,
as though
they
were
not hers,
she hath laboured
in vain,
no
fear constraining
her.
For
God hath
deprived
her
of
wisdom,
neither hath
he given
her
understanding.
When
time shall
be,
she setteth up her wings
on
high:
she scorneth
the
horse
and
his
rider.
Wilt thou
give
strength
to
the
horse, or
clothe
his
neck
with neighing?
Wilt thou lift him up
like
the
locusts?
the
glory
of his nostrils
is
terror.
He breaketh up
the earth
with
his hoof,
he pranceth boldly,
he goeth
forward
to
meet armed men.
He despiseth
fear,
he turneth
not
his
back
to
the
sword,
Above
him shall
the
quiver rattle,
the
spear
and shield shall glitter.
Chasing
and
raging
he swalloweth
the
ground,
neither doth
he
make account
when
the
noise
of
the
trumpet soundeth.
When
he heareth
the
trumpet
he saith: Ha, ha:
he smelleth
the
battle
afar
off,
the encouraging
of
the
captains,
and
the
shouting
of
the
army.
Doth
the
hawk wax feathered by thy wisdom,
spreading
her
wings
to
the
south?
Will
the
eagle mount
up
at thy
command,
and
make
her
nest
in
high places?
She abideth
among
the
rocks,
and dwelleth
among cragged flints,
and stony hills,
where there is no access.
From thence she looketh
for
the
prey,
and her
eyes
behold
afar
off.
Her
young
ones
shall
suck
up
blood:
and wheresoever
the carcass
shall
be,
she
is immediately
there.
And the Lord went on, and said to Job:
Shall he that contendeth with God be so easily silenced? surely he that reproveth God, ought to answer him.
Then Job answered the Lord, and said:
What can I answer, who hath spoken inconsiderately? I will lay my hand upon my mouth.
One thing I have spoken, which I wish I had not said: and another, to which I will add no more.
And
the
Lord answering
Job
out
of
the whirlwind,
said:
Gird up thy loins
like
a
man: I will ask thee,
and do thou tell
me.
Wilt thou make void
my judgment:
and condemn
me,
that thou mayst
be justified?
And hast thou
an
arm
like
God,
and canst thou thunder
with
a voice
like
him?
Clothe thyself
with beauty,
and set thyself up
on high
and
be glorious,
and put
on goodly garments.
Scatter
the proud
in thy indignation,
and behold every arrogant
man,
and humble
him.
Look
on
all
that
are proud,
and confound
them,
and crush
the wicked
in
their place.
Hide
them
in
the dust together,
and plunge their faces
into
the pit.
Then
I
will confess
that thy right hand
is able
to save thee.
Behold behemoth whom I made
with thee, he eateth grass like an ox.
His strength
is
in
his loins,
and
his force
in
the navel
of
his belly.
He setteth
up
his tail
like
a cedar,
the sinews
of
his testicles
are wrapped
together.
His bones
are
like pipes
of brass,
his gristle
like plates
of iron.
He
is
the beginning
of
the ways
of God,
who
made
him,
he
will apply
his sword.
To
him
the mountains bring forth
grass:
there
all
the beasts
of
the field
shall play.
He sleepeth under
the shadow,
in
the covert
of
the reed,
and
in moist places.
The shades cover his shadow,
the willows
of
the brook shall compass
him about.
Behold, he
will drink up a river,
and not wonder:
and he trusteth that the Jordan may run into his mouth.
In
his eyes
as
with
a hook
he
shall take
him,
and bore
through
his nostrils
with stakes.
Canst thou draw
out
the leviathan
with
a hook,
or canst thou tie
his tongue
with
a cord?
Canst thou put
a ring
in
his nose, or bore through
his jaw
with
a buckle?
Will
he
make many supplications
to thee, or speak soft words
to thee?
Will
he
make
a covenant
with thee,
and wilt thou take
him
to
be
a servant
for ever?
Shalt thou play
with
him
as
with
a bird, or tie
him up
for thy handmaids?
Shall friends cut
him
in pieces,
shall merchants divide
him?
Wilt thou fill nets
with
his skin,
and
the cabins
of fishes
with
his head?
Lay thy hand
upon
him: remember
the battle,
and
speak
no
more.
Behold
his hope
shall
fail
him,
and
in
the sight
of
all
he
shall
be cast
down.
I
will
not stir him up,
like
one
that
is cruel:
for
who
can resist
my countenance?
Who hath given
me
before
that
I
should repay
him? All
things
that
are
under heaven
are mine.
I
will not spare
him, nor
his mighty words,
and framed
to make supplication.
Who
can discover
the face
of
his garment?
or
who
can go into
the midst
of
his mouth?
Who
can
open
the doors
of
his
face?
his teeth
are terrible round
about.
His body
is
like molten shields, shut close up
with scales pressing upon
one another.
One
is joined
to another,
and not so much as any air can come between them:
They stick
one
to
another
and
they hold
one
another fast,
and
shall
not
be separated.
His sneezing
is
like
the shining
of fire,
and
his eyes
like
the eyelids
of
the morning.
Out
of
his mouth go forth lamps,
like torches
of lighted fire.
Out
of
his nostrils goeth smoke,
like
that
of
a pot heated
and boiling.
His breath kindleth coals,
and
a flame cometh
forth
out
of
his mouth.
In
his neck
strength
shall dwell,
and
want goeth before
his
face.
The members
of
his flesh cleave one
to another:
he
shall send lightnings
against
him,
and
they
shall not be carried
to another place.
His heart
shall
be as
hard as
a stone,
and as
firm as
a smith’s anvil.
When
he
shall raise
him up,
the angels
shall fear,
and being affrighted
shall purify themselves.
When
a sword
shall lay at
him, it
shall not be able
to hold, nor
a spear, nor
a breastplate.
For
he
shall esteem iron
as straw,
and brass
as rotten wood.
The archer shall not put
him
to flight,
the stones
of
the sling
are
to
him
like stubble.
As
stubble
will
he esteem
the hammer,
and
he
will laugh
him
to scorn
who shaketh
the spear.
The beams
of
the sun shall be under
him,
and
he shall strew gold under
him
like mire.
He
shall
make
the deep sea
to boil
like
a pot,
and
shall
make
it
as
when ointments boil.
A path shall shine after
him,
he shall esteem
the
deep
as growing old.
There
is no power upon earth
that can be compared
with
him who was made
to fear no one.
He beholdeth every high thing,
he
is
king
over all
the children
of pride.
Then
Job
answered
the
Lord,
and
said:
I
know
that thou canst
do
all
things,
and
no
thought
is hid
from thee.
Who
is
this
that hideth
counsel
without
knowledge?
Therefore
I
have spoken unwisely,
and
things
that
above measure exceeded
my
knowledge.
Hear,
and
I
will
speak:
I
will
ask thee,
and
do thou
tell
me.
With
the
hearing
of
the
ear,
I
have
heard thee,
but
now
my
eye seeth thee.
Therefore
I reprehend
myself,
and do penance
in
dust
and
ashes.
And
after
the
Lord
had
spoken
these
words
to
Job,
he
said
to
Eliphaz
the Themanite:
My
wrath
is
kindled
against thee,
and
against thy
two
friends,
because
you
have
not
spoken
the
thing
that
is
right
before
my,
as
my
servant
Job hath.
Take unto
you
therefore
seven
oxen,
and
seven
rams,
and
go
to
my
servant
Job,
and
offer
for
yourselves
a holocaust:
and
my
servant
Job
shall
pray
for
you:
his
face
I
will
accept,
that
folly
be
not imputed
to
you:
for
you
have
not
spoken
right
things
before
me,
as
my
servant
Job hath.
So
Eliphaz
the Themanite,
and Baldad
the Suhite,
and Sophar
the
Naamathite
went,
and
did
as
the
Lord
had
spoken
to
them,
and
the
Lord accepted
the
face
of
Job.
The
Lord
also
was
turned
at
the penance
of
Job,
when
he
prayed
for
his
friends.
And
the
Lord
gave
Job
twice
as
much
as
he
had before.
And
all
his
brethren
came
to
him,
and
all
his
sisters,
and
all
that
knew
him
before,
and
they
ate
bread
with
him
in
his
house:
and bemoaned
him,
and
comforted
him
upon
all
the
evil
that
God
had
brought
upon
him.
And
every
man
gave
him
one ewe,
and
one
earring
of fold.
And
the
Lord
blessed
the
latter
end
of
Job more than
his
beginning.
And
he
had
fourteen
thousand
sheep,
and
six
thousand
camels,
and
a
thousand
yoke
of
oxen,
and
a
thousand she asses.
And
he
had
seven
sons,
and
three
daughters.
And
he
called
the
names
of
one Dies,
and
the
name
of
the
second Cassia,
and
the
name
of
the
third Cornustibil.
And
there
were
not
found
in
all
the
earth
women
so
beautiful
as
the
daughters
of
Job:
and
their
father
gave
them
inheritance
among
their
brethren.
And
Job
lived
after
these
things,
a
hundred
and
forty
years,
and
he
saw
his
children,
and
his
children’s
children, unto
the
fourth
generation,
and
he died
an
old
man,
and full
of
days.
Psalms
The Psalms
Psalms
Psa
The Psalms
Psalm
Blessed
is
the
man
who hath
not
walked
in
the
counsel
of
the
ungodly,
nor
stood
in
the
way
of
sinners,
nor
sat
in
the chair
of pestilence.
But
his
will
is
in
the
law
of
the
Lord,
and
on
his
law
he
shall
meditate
day
and
night.
And
he
shall
be
like
a
tree
which
is
planted
near
the
running
waters,
which
shall
bring
forth
its
fruit,
in
due
season.
And
his
leaf
shall
not
fall
off:
and
all
whatsoever
he
shall
do
shall
prosper.
Not
so
the
wicked,
not
so:
but
like
the dust,
which
the
wind driveth
from
the face
of
the earth.
Therefore
the
wicked
shall
not
rise
again
in
judgment:
nor
sinners
in
the council
of
the
just.
For
the
Lord knoweth
the
way
of
the
just:
and
the
way
of
the
wicked
shall
perish.
Why
have
the
Gentiles raged,
and
the
people devised vain things?
The
kings
of
the
earth
stood
up,
and
the princes met
together,
against
the
Lord
and
against
his Christ.
Let
us
break
their
bonds asunder:
and let
us
cast
away
their yoke
from
us.
He
that dwelleth
in
heaven
shall
laugh
at
them:
and
the
Lord
shall deride
them.
Then shall
he
speak
to
them
in
his
anger,
and trouble
them
in
his rage.
But
I
am appointed
king
by
him
over Sion
his
holy
mountain, preaching
his commandment.
The
Lord hath
said
to
me: Thou art
my
son,
this
day
have
I
begotten thee.
Ask
of
me,
and
I
will
give thee
the
Gentiles
for thy
inheritance,
and
the utmost parts
of
the
earth
for thy
possession.
Thou shalt rule
them
with
a
rod
of
iron,
and shalt break
them
in pieces like
a
potter’s
vessel.
And
now, O ye
kings,
understand: receive
instruction,
you
that
judge
the
earth.
Serve ye
the
Lord
with
fear:
and
rejoice unto
him
with
trembling.
Embrace discipline,
lest
at
any time
the Lord
be
angry,
and
you
perish
from
the
just
way.
When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.
The
psalm
of
David
when
he
fled
from
the
face
of
his
son
Absalom.
Why,
O
Lord,
are
they
multiplied
that afflict
me?
many
are
they
who
rise
up
against
me.
Many
say
to
my
soul:
There
is
no
salvation
for
him
in
his
God.
But thou,
O
Lord art
my protector,
my
glory,
and
the lifter
up
of
my
head.
I
have
cried
to
the
Lord
with
my
voice:
and
he hath
heard
me
from
his
holy
hill.
I
have
slept
and taken
my
rest:
and
I
have risen
up,
because
the
Lord hath protected
me.
I
will
not
fear
thousands
of
the
people,
surrounding
me: arise, O Lord; save
me, O
my
God.
For thou hast
struck
all
them
who
are
my adversaries without cause: thou hast
broken
the
teeth
of sinners.
Salvation
is
of
the
Lord:
and thy
blessing
is
upon thy
people.
Unto
the end,
in verses.
A
psalm
for
David.
When
I
called
upon
him,
the
God
of
my
justice
heard
me:
when
I
was
in
distress, thou hast
enlarged
me.
Have
mercy
on
me:
and
hear
my
prayer.
O ye
sons
of
men,
how
long
will
you
be dull
of heart?
why
do
you
love vanity,
and
seek
after
lying?
Know ye
also
that
the
Lord hath
made
his
holy
one wonderful:
the
Lord
will
hear
me
when
I
shall
cry unto
him.
Be angry,
and
sin
not:
the things
you
say
in
your
hearts,
be sorry
for
them
upon
your
beds.
Offer
up
the
sacrifice
of
justice,
and
trust
in
the
Lord: many say,
Who sheweth
us good things?
The
light
of thy
countenance
O
Lord,
is signed
upon
us: thou hast given gladness
in
my heart.
By
the fruit
of
their corn,
their
wine
and oil,
they
are
multiplied.
In
peace
in
the selfsame
I
will
sleep,
and
I
will
rest:
For thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope.
Unto
the end,
for
her
that obtaineth
the inheritance.
A
psalm
of
David.
Give
ear,
O
Lord,
to
my
words,
understand
my cry.
Hearken
to
the
voice
of
my prayer,
O
my
King
and
my
God.
For
to thee
will
I pray:
O
Lord,
in
the
morning thou shalt
hear
my
voice.
In
the morning
I
will stand
before thee,
and
will see:
because thou art
not
a
God
that willest iniquity.
Neither
shall
the
wicked dwell
near thee:
nor
shall
the
unjust abide
before thy
eyes.
Thou hatest
all
the workers
of iniquity: Thou wilt
destroy
all
that
speak
a
lie.
The
bloody
and
the
deceitful
man
the
Lord
will
abhor.
But
as
for
me
in
the
multitude
of thy mercy,
I
will
come
into thy
house;
I
will
worship towards thy
holy
temple,
in thy
fear.
Conduct
me,
O
Lord,
in thy
justice:
because
of
my enemies, direct
my
way
in thy
sight.
For
there
is
no truth
in
their
mouth;
their
heart
is vain.
Their throat
is
an open sepulchre:
they dealt deceitfully
with
their tongues: judge
them,
O
God. Let
them
fall
from
their
devices: according
to
the
multitude
of
their wickedness
cast
them
out:
for
they
have provoked thee,
O Lord.
But
let
all
them
be
glad
that hope
in thee:
they
shall
rejoice
for
ever,
and thou shalt dwell
in
them.
And
all
they
that
love thy
name
shall glory
in thee:
For thou wilt
bless
the
just.
O
Lord, thou hast
crowned
us,
as
with
a
shield
of thy
good
will.
Unto
the end,
in verses,
a
psalm
for
David,
for
the octave.
O
Lord,
rebuke
me
not
in thy indignation,
nor
chastise
me
in thy
wrath.
Have
mercy
on
me,
O
Lord,
for
I
am weak:
heal
me,
O
Lord,
for
my
bones
are troubled.
And
my
soul
is
troubled
exceedingly:
but thou,
O
Lord,
how
long?
Turn
to
me,
O
Lord,
and
deliver
my
soul:
O
save
me
for thy mercy’s
sake.
For
there
is
no
one
in
death,
that
is mindful
of thee:
and
who
shall
confess
to thee
in hell?
I
have laboured
in
my groanings,
every
night I
will wash
my
bed: I
will water
my
couch
with
my
tears.
My
eye
is troubled
through indignation:
I
have grown
old amongst
all
my enemies.
Depart
from
me,
all ye
workers
of
iniquity:
for
the
Lord hath
heard
the
voice
of
my
weeping.
The
Lord hath
heard
my
supplication:
the
Lord hath
received
my
prayer.
Let
all
my
enemies
be
ashamed,
and
be
very
much
troubled: let
them
be
turned
back,
and
be
ashamed
very speedily.
The psalm
of
David
which
he
sung
to
the
Lord
for
the
words
of Chusi
the son
of Jemini. [2 Kings 16]
O
Lord
my
God,
in thee
have
I put
my trust:
save
me
from
all
them
that
persecute
me,
and
deliver
me.
Lest
at
any time
he seize upon
my
soul
like
a
lion,
while
there
is
no
one
to redeem
me,
nor
to
save.
O
Lord
my
God,
if
I
have
done
this
thing,
if
there
be
iniquity
in
my
hands:
If
I
have rendered
to them
that
repaid
me evils, let
me deservedly fall
empty before
my enemies.
Let
the
enemy
pursue
my
soul,
and take
it,
and
tread
down
my
life
on
the
earth,
and bring
down
my
glory
to
the
dust.
Rise
up,
O
Lord,
in thy
anger:
and
be thou
exalted
in
the borders
of
my
enemies.
And
arise,
O
Lord
my
God,
in
the precept which thou hast
commanded:
And
a
congregation
of
people
shall
surround thee.
And
for
their
sakes
return thou
on
high.
The
Lord judgeth
the
people.
Judge
me,
O
Lord,
according
to
my
justice,
and
according
to
my innocence
in
me.
The
wickedness
of
sinners
shall
be brought
to nought:
and thou shalt
direct
the
just:
the searcher
of
hearts
and reins
is
God.
Just
is
my
help
from
the Lord:
who saveth
the
upright
of
heart.
God
is
a
just
judge,
strong
and patient:
is
he
angry
every
day?
Except
you
will
be
converted,
he
will brandish
his
sword:
he hath
bent
his
bow
and
made
it
ready.
And
in
it
he hath
prepared
the
instruments
of
death,
he hath
made
ready
his
arrows
for them
that burn.
Behold
he hath been
in labour with
injustice;
he hath
conceived
sorrow,
and
brought
forth
iniquity.
He hath
opened
a
pit
and
dug
it;
and he
is
fallen
into
the
hole he
made.
His
sorrow
shall
be
turned
on
his own
head:
and
his iniquity
shall comedown
upon
his
crown.
I
will
give glory
to
the
Lord according
to
his
justice:
and
will
sing
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
the most high.
Unto
the end,
for
the presses:
a
psalm
of
David.
O
Lord
our
Lord,
how admirable
is thy
name
in
the
whole
earth!
For thy magnificence
is elevated
above
the
heavens.
Out
of
the
mouth
of
infants
and
of sucklings thou hast perfected praise,
because
of thy
enemies,
that thou mayst destroy
the
enemy
and
the
avenger.
For
I
will
behold thy
heavens,
the
works
of thy
fingers:
the
moon
and
the
stars
which thou hast founded.
What
is
man
that thou art
mindful
of
him?
or
the
son
of
man
that thou visitest hi?
Thou hast
made
him
a
little
less than
the angels, thou hast
crowned
him
with
glory
and honour:
And hast
set
him
over
the
works
of thy
hands.
Thou hast subjected
all
things under
his feet,
all
sheep
and
oxen:
moreover
the
beasts
also
of
the
fields.
The
birds
of
the air,
and
the fishes
of
the
sea,
that
pass
through
the
paths
of
the
sea.
O
Lord
our
Lord,
how admirable
is thy
name
in
all
the
earth!
Unto
the end,
for
the hidden things
of
the Son.
A
psalm
for
David.
I
will
give
praise
to thee,
O
Lord,
with
my
whole
heart:
I
will
relate
all thy
wonders.
I
will
be
glad
and
rejoice
in thee:
I
will
sing
to thy
name,
O thou most high.
When
my
enemy
shall
be
turned
back:
they
shall
be weakened
and
perish
before thy
face.
For thou hast maintained
my
judgment
and
my
cause: thou hast
sat
on
the
throne,
who judgest
justice.
Thou hast
rebuked
the
Gentiles,
and
the
wicked
one hath
perished: thou hast blotted
out
their
name
for
ever
and
ever.
The swords
of
the
enemy have failed unto
the
end:
and
their
cities thou hast
destroyed.
Their
memory hath
perished with
a noise.
But
the
Lord remaineth
for
ever.
He hath
prepared
his
throne
in
judgment:
And
he
shall
judge
the
world
in
equity,
he
shall
judge
the
people
in
justice.
And
the
Lord
is
become
a
refuge
for
the poor:
a helper
in due
time
in tribulation.
And
let
them
trust
in thee
who
know thy
name:
for thou hast
not forsaken
them
that
seek thee,
O
Lord.
Sing ye
to
the
Lord,
who dwelleth
in Sion:
declare
his ways
among
the Gentiles:
For requiring
their
blood
he hath
remembered
the:
he hath
not
forgotten
the
cry
of
the
poor.
Have
mercy
on
me,
O
Lord:
see
my humiliation which
I suffer
from
my
enemies.
Thou
that liftest
me
up
from
the
gates
of death,
that
I
may
declare
all thy
praises
in
the
gates
of
the
daughter
of Sion.
I
will rejoice
in thy salvation:
the
Gentiles
have stuck fast
in
the
destruction
which
they
have
prepared.
Their
foot hath been
taken
in
the very snare
which
they
hid.
The
Lord
shall
be
known
when
he executeth
judgments:
the sinner hath
been caught
in
the
works
of
his own
hands.
The
wicked
shall
be
turned
into hell,
all
the
nations
that
forget
God.
For
the
poor
man
shall
not
be
forgotten
to
the
end:
the patience
of
the
poor
shall
not
perish
for
ever.
Arise,
O
Lord,
let
not
man
be strengthened:
let
the
Gentiles
be
judged
in thy
sight.
Appoint,
O
Lord,
a lawgiver
over
them:
that
the
Gentiles
may
know
themselves
to
be
but
men.
Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble?
Whilst the wicked man is proud, the poor is set on fire: they are caught in the counsels which they devise.
For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
The sinner hath provoked the Lord according to the multitude of his wrath he will not seek him:
God is not before his eyes: his ways are filthy at all times. Thy judgments are removed from his sight: he shall rule over all his enemies.
For he hath said in his heart: I shall not be moved from generation to generation, and shall be without evil.
His mouth is full of cursing, and of bitterness, and of deceit: under his tongue are labour and sorrow.
He sitteth in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent.
His eyes are upon the poor man: He lieth in wait in secret like a lion in his den. He lieth in ambush that he may catch the poor man: to catch the poor, whilst he draweth him to him.
In his net he will bring him down, he will crouch and fall, when he shall have power over the poor.
For he hath said in his heart: God hath forgotten, he hath turned away his face not to see to the end.
Arise, O Lord God, let thy hand be exalted: forget not the poor.
Wherefore hath the wicked provoked God? for he hath said in his heart: He will not require it.
Thou seest it, for thou considerest labour and sorrow: that thou mayst deliver them into thy hands. To thee is the poor man left: thou wilt be a helper to the orphan.
Break thou the arm of the sinner and of the malignant: his sin shall be sought, and shall not be found.
The Lord shall reign to eternity, yea, for ever and ever: ye Gentiles shall perish from his land.
The Lord hath heard the desire of the poor: thy ear hath heard the preparation of their heart.
To judge for the fatherless and for the humble, that man may no more presume to magnify himself upon earth.
Unto
the end.
A psalm
for David.
In
the Lord
I
put
my trust:
how then do
you say
to
my soul: Get thee away from hence
to
the mountain
like
a sparrow?
For, lo,
the
wicked
have bent
their bow;
they
have prepared
their arrows
in
the quiver;
to shoot
in
the dark
the upright
of
heart.
For
they
have
destroyed
the
things which thou hast
made:
but what
has
the
just
man
done?
The Lord
is
in
his holy temple,
the Lord’s throne
is
in
heaven.
His eyes look
on
the poor
man:
his eyelids examine
the sons
of
men.
The Lord trieth
the
just
and
the
wicked:
but
he
that loveth iniquity hateth
his own soul.
He
shall rain snares upon sinners: fire
and brimstone
and storms
of winds
shall be
the
portion
of
their cup.
For
the Lord
is just,
and hath loved justice:
his countenance hath beheld righteousness.
Unto
the end;
for
the octave,
a psalm
for
David.
Save
me, O Lord,
for
there
is
now no saint: truths
are decayed
from
among
the children
of
men.
They
have spoken vain things every
one
to
his neighbour:
with deceitful lips,
and
with
a double heart
have
they spoken.
May
the
Lord destroy all deceitful lips,
and
the tongue
that speaketh
proud
things.
Who
have said:
We
will magnify
our tongue;
our lips
are
our
own;
who
is
Lord
over
us?
By
reason
of
the misery
of
the needy,
and
the groans
of
the poor, now
will
I arise, saith
the Lord.
I win set
him
in safety;
I
will deal confidently
in
his
regard.
The words
of
the
Lord
are pure words:
as silver tried
by
the fire, purged
from
the earth refined seven
times.
Thou, O Lord, wilt preserve us: and keep us from this generation for ever.
The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou best multiplied the children of men.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget
me unto
the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face
from
me?
How long
shall
I take counsels
in
my soul, sorrow
in
my heart all
the day?
How long
shall
my enemy
be exalted over
me?
Consider,
and hear
me,
O
Lord
my
God. Enlighten
my eyes
that
I never sleep
in death:
Lest
at any time
my enemy
say:
I
have
prevailed
against
him.
They
that trouble
me
will rejoice
when
I am moved:
But
I
have trusted
in thy
mercy.
My heart
shall rejoice
in thy
salvation:
I
will sing
to
the
Lord,
who giveth
me
good things: yea
I
will sing
to
the
name
of
the
Lord
the most high.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David.
The fool hath said
in
his heart: There
is no God, They are corrupt,
and are become abominable
in
their ways: there
is none
that doth good, no
not one.
The
Lord hath looked
down
from heaven upon
the children
of men,
to see if
there
be
any
that understand
and seek
God.
They
are
all gone
aside,
they
are
become unprofitable
together:
there
is none
that doth good, no
not
one.
Their
throat
is
an open sepulchre:
with
their tongues
they acted deceitfully;
the poison
of asps
is
under
their lips.
Their
mouth
is full
of cursing
and bitterness;
their feet
are swift
to shed blood. Destruction
and unhappiness
in
their ways:
and
the
way
of peace
they
have
not known:
there
is no fear
of God
before
their eyes.
Shall
not all
they know
that work iniquity,
who devour
my
people
as
they eat bread?
They
have
not
called upon
the Lord: there
have
they trembled
for
fear, where there
was
no
fear.
For
the
Lord
is
in
the just generation:
you
have confounded
the counsel
of
the poor man,
but
the
Lord
is
his hope.
Who shall give out of Sion the salvation of Israel? when the Lord shall have turned away the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad.
A psalm
of
David. Lord,
who
shall dwell
in thy tabernacle?
or
who
shall rest
in thy holy hill?
He
that walketh without blemish,
and worketh justice:
He
that speaketh truth
in
his heart,
who hath
not
used deceit
in
his tongue:
Nor hath
done evil
to
his neighbour:
nor
taken
up
a reproach
against
his neighbours.
In
his sight
the malignant
is brought
to
nothing:
but
he glorifieth
them
that fear
the
Lord.
He
that sweareth
to
his neighbour,
and deceiveth
not;
He
that hath
not put
out
his money
to usury,
nor taken bribes against
the
innocent:
He
that doth these things
shall
not
be moved
for ever.
The inscription
of
a title
to
David himself. Preserve me,
O
Lord,
for
I
have put trust
in thee.
I
have
said
to
the Lord, thou art
my God,
for thou hast no need
of
my goods.
To
the saints,
who
are
in
his land,
he hath
made wonderful all
my desires
in
them.
Their infirmities
were multiplied: afterwards
they
made haste.
I
will
not gather together
their meetings
for blood
offerings:
nor
will
I
be mindful
of
their names
by
my lips.
The Lord
is
the portion
of
my inheritance
and
of
my cup:
it
is thou
that wilt restore
my inheritance
to
me.
The lines are fallen unto me in goodly places: for my inheritance is goodly to me.
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover my reins also have corrected me even till night.
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced: moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption.
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the end.
The prayer
of
David. Hear, O Lord,
my justice:
attend
to
my supplication.
Give ear unto
my prayer, which proceedeth
not
from deceitful lips.
Let
my judgment come forth
from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold
the things
that
are equitable.
Thou hast proved
my heart,
and visited
it
by night, thou hast tried
me
by fire:
and iniquity hath
not
been found
in
me.
That
my mouth
may
not
speak
the
works
of men:
for
the
sake
of
the
words
of thy
lips,
I
have kept hard ways.
Perfect thou
my goings
in thy paths:
that
my footsteps
be not moved.
I
have cried
to thee,
for thou, O God, hast heard
me: O incline thy ear unto
me,
and hear
my words.
Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou
who savest
them
that trust
in thee.
From
them
that resist thy
right
hand keep
me,
as
the apple
of thy eye. Protect
me
under
the shadow
of thy wings.
From
the face
of
the wicked
who
have afflicted
me.
My enemies
have surrounded
my soul:
They
have shut
up
their fat:
their
mouth hath spoken proudly.
They
have cast
me
forth
and now
they
have surrounded
me:
they
have set
their eyes bowing
down
to
the earth.
They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword
From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.
Unto
the end,
for
David
the servant
of
the
Lord,
who spoke
to
the
Lord
the
words
of
this canticle,
in
the day
that
the
Lord delivered
him
from
the hands
of all
his enemies,
and
from
the hand
of Saul. [2 Kings 22]
I
will love thee, O Lord,
my strength:
The Lord
is
my firmament,
my refuge,
and
my deliverer.
My God
is
my helper,
and
in
him
will
I
put
my trust.
My protector
and
the horn
of
my salvation,
and
my support.
Praising
I
will call upon
the Lord:
and
I
shall
be saved
from
my enemies.
The sorrows
of death surrounded
me:
and
the torrents
of iniquity troubled
me.
The sorrows
of hell encompassed
me:
and
the snares
of death prevented
me.
In
my affliction
I called upon
the
Lord,
and
I cried
to
my God:
And he heard
my voice
from
his holy temple:
and
my cry before him came into
his ears.
The earth shook
and trembled:
the foundations
of
the mountains
were troubled
and
were moved, because he
was angry
with
them.
There
went
up
a smoke
in
his wrath:
and
a fire flamed
from
his
face: coals
were kindled
by
it.
He bowed
the heavens,
and came
down:
and darkness
was under
his feet.
And
he ascended upon
the cherubim,
and
he flew;
he flew upon
the wings
of
the winds.
And
he made
darkness
his covert,
his pavilion round about him: dark waters
in
the clouds
of
the air.
At
the brightness
that
was
before
him
the clouds passed, hail
and coals
of fire.
And
the
Lord thundered
from heaven,
and
the highest
gave
his voice: hail
and coals
of fire.
And
he sent forth
his arrows,
and
he scattered
them:
he multiplied lightnings,
and troubled
them.
Then the fountains of waters appeared, and the foundations of the world were discovered: At thy rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the spirit of thy wrath.
He sent from on high, and took me: and received me out of many waters.
He delivered me from my strongest enemies, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.
They prevented me in the day of my affliction: and the Lord became my protector.
And he brought me forth into a large place: he saved me, because he was well pleased with me.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and will repay me according to the cleanness of my hands:
Because I have kept the ways of the Lord; and have not done wickedly against my God.
For till his judgments are in my sight: and his justices I have not put away from me.
And I shall be spotless with him: and shall keep myself from my iniquity.
And the Lord will reward me according to my justice; and according to the cleanness of my hands before his eyes.
With the holy, thou wilt be holy; and with the innocent man thou wilt be innocent.
And with the elect thou wilt be elect: and with the perverse thou wilt be perverted.
For thou wilt save the humble people; but wilt bring down the eyes of the proud.
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God enlighten my darkness.
For by thee I shall be delivered from temptation; and through my God I shall go over a wall.
As for my God, his way is undefiled: the words of the Lord are fire tried: he is the protector of all that trust in him.
For who is God but the Lord? or who is God but our God?
God who hath girt me with strength; and made my way blameless.
Who hath made my feet like the feet of harts: and who setteth me upon high places.
Who teacheth my hands to war: and thou hast made my arms like a brazen bow.
And thou hast given me the protection of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath held me up: And thy discipline hath corrected me unto the end: and thy discipline, the same shall teach me.
Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; and my feet are not weakened.
I will pursue after my enemies, and overtake them: and I will not turn again till they are consumed.
I will break them, and they shall not be able to stand: they shall fall under my feet.
And thou hast girded me with strength unto battle; and hast subdued under me them that rose up against me.
And thou hast made my enemies turn their back upon me, and hast destroyed them that hated me.
They cried, but there was none to save them, to the Lord: but he heard them not.
And I shall beat them as small as the dust before the wind; I shall bring them to nought, like the dirt in the streets.
Thou wilt deliver me from the contradictions of the people: thou wilt make me head of the Gentiles.
A people, which I knew not, hath served me: at the hearing of the ear they have obeyed me.
The children that are strangers have lied to me, strange children have faded away, and have halted from their paths.
The Lord liveth, and blessed be my God, and let the God of my salvation be exalted:
O God, who avengest me, and subduest the people under me, my deliverer from my enemies.
And thou wilt lift me up above them that rise up against me: from the unjust man thou wilt deliver me.
Therefore will I give glory to thee, O Lord, among the nations, and I will sing a psalm to thy name.
Giving great deliverance to his king, and shewing mercy to David his anointed: and to his seed for ever.
Unto
the end.
A psalm
for
David.
The heavens shew forth
the glory
of
God,
and
the firmament declareth
the work
of
his hands.
Day
to day uttereth speech,
and night
to night sheweth knowledge.
There
are
no speeches
nor languages, where
their voices
are
not heard.
Their sound hath gone forth into all
the earth:
and their words unto
the ends
of
the world.
He hath
set
his tabernacle
in
the sun:
and
he,
as
a bridegroom coming out
of
his bride chamber, Hath rejoiced
as
a giant
to run
the way:
His
going
out
is
from
the end
of heaven,
And
his circuit even
to
the end thereof:
and
there
is no
one
that
can hide
himself
from
his heat.
The law
of
the Lord
is unspotted, converting souls:
the testimony
of
the Lord
is faithful, giving wisdom
to little ones.
The justices
of
the Lord
are right, rejoicing hearts:
the
commandment
of
the Lord
is lightsome, enlightening
the eyes.
The fear
of
the Lord is holy, enduring
for ever
and ever:
the judgments
of
the Lord
are true, justified
in themselves.
More
to be desired
than gold
and many precious stones:
and sweeter
than honey
and
the honeycomb.
For thy servant keepeth
them,
and
in keeping
them there
is
a great reward.
Who can understand sins?
from
my secret ones cleanse
me, O Lord:
And
from those
of others spare thy servant. If
they
shall
have
no dominion
over
me,
then
shall
I
be without spot:
and
I
shall
be cleansed
from
the greatest sin.
And
the words
of
my mouth shall be such as may please:
and
the meditation
of
my heart always
in thy sight. O Lord,
my helper,
and
my redeemer.
Unto
the end.
A
psalm
for
David.
May
the Lord
hear thee
in
the day
of tribulation: may
the name
of
the
God
of
Jacob protect thee.
May
he send thee help
from
the sanctuary:
and defend thee
out
of Sion.
May
he
be mindful
of
all thy sacrifices:
and
may thy whole burnt offering
be
made fat.
May
he
give thee according
to thy own heart;
and confirm
all thy counsels.
We
will
rejoice
in thy salvation;
and
in
the name
of
our God we
shall
be exalted.
The Lord fulfill
all thy petitions:
now
have
I known
that
the Lord hath saved
his anointed.
He
will hear
him
from
his holy
heaven:
the salvation
of
his right hand
is
in powers.
Some
trust
in chariots,
and
some
in horses:
but
we
will
call upon
the name
of
the
Lord
our
God.
They
are bound,
and
have fallen;
but we
are risen,
and
are set
upright.
O
Lord, save
the king:
and hear
us
in
the day
that we
shall call upon thee.
Unto
the end.
A
psalm
for
David.
In thy strength,
O
Lord,
the king
shall joy;
and
in thy salvation
he
shall rejoice
exceedingly.
Thou hast given
him
his heart’s desire:
and hast not withholden
from
him
the
will
of
his lips.
For thou hast prevented
him
with blessings
of sweetness: thou hast set
on
his head
a crown
of precious stones.
He asked life
of thee:
and thou hast
given
him length
of days
for ever
and ever.
His glory
is
great
in thy
salvation: glory
and
great beauty shalt thou lay upon
him.
For thou shalt
give
him
to
be
a blessing
for ever
and ever: thou shalt
make
him joyful
in gladness
with thy countenance.
For
the king hopeth
in
the
Lord:
and
through
the
mercy
of
the most High
he
shall
not
be moved.
Let thy hand be found
by all thy
enemies: let thy right hand find
out all
them
that hate thee.
Thou shalt
make
them
as
an oven
of fire,
in
the
time
of thy anger:
the
Lord
shall
trouble
them
in
his wrath,
and fire
shall devour
them.
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth: and their seed from among the children of men.
For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
For thou shalt make them turn their back: in thy remnants thou shalt prepare their face.
Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy own strength: we will sing and praise thy power.
Unto
the end,
for
the morning protection,
a
psalm
for
David.
O
God
my
God, look upon
me:
why hast thou forsaken
me?
Far
from
my
salvation
are
the words
of
my sins.
O
my
God,
I
shall cry
by day,
and thou wilt
not hear:
and
by night,
and
it
shall
not
be reputed
as folly
in
me.
But thou dwellest
in
the holy
place,
the
praise
of Israel.
In thee
have
our fathers hoped:
they
have hoped,
and thou hast
delivered
them.
They cried
to thee,
and
they
were saved:
they trusted
in thee,
and
were not confounded.
But
I am
a worm,
and no man:
the reproach
of men,
and
the outcast
of
the people.
All
they
that saw
me
have laughed
me
to scorn:
they
have spoken
with
the lips,
and wagged
the head.
He hoped
in
the
Lord, let
him deliver
him: let
him save
him, seeing
he delighteth
in
him.
For thou art
he
that hast drawn
me
out
of
the womb:
my hope
from
the breasts
of
my mother.
I
was cast upon thee
from
the womb.
From
my mother’s womb thou art
my God,
Depart
not
from
me.
For tribulation
is very
near:
for there
is
none
to help
me.
Many calves
have surrounded
me: fat bulls
have besieged
me.
They
have opened
their mouths against
me,
as
a lion ravening
and roaring.
I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue hath cleaved to my jaws: and thou hast brought me down into the dust of death.
For many dogs have encompassed me: the council of the malignant hath besieged me. They have dug my hands and feet.
They have numbered all my bones. And they have looked and stared upon me.
They parted my garments amongst them; and upon my vesture they cast lots.
But thou, O Lord, remove not thy help to a distance from me; look towards my defence.
Deliver, O God, my soul from the sword: my only one from the hand of the dog.
Save me from the lion’s mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
I will declare thy name to my brethren: in the midst of the church will I praise thee.
Ye that fear the Lord, praise him: all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him.
Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.
With thee is my praise in a great church: I will pay my vows in the sight of them that fear him.
The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight.
For the kingdom is the Lord’s; and he shall have dominion over the nations.
All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and have adored: all they that go down to the earth shall fall before him.
And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.
There shall be declared to the Lord a generation to come: and the heavens shall shew forth his justice to a people that shall be born, which the Lord hath made.
A
psalm
for
David.
The Lord ruleth
me:
and
I
shall want nothing.
He hath set
me
in
a place
of pasture.
He hath brought
me up,
on
the water
of refreshment:
He hath converted
my soul.
He hath led
me
on
the paths
of justice,
for
his own name’s sake.
For though
I
should walk
in
the midst
of
the shadow
of death,
I
will fear no evils,
for thou art
with
me. Thy rod
and thy staff,
they
have comforted
me.
Thou hast prepared a table before
me against
them
that afflict
me. Thou hast anointed
my head
with oil;
and
my chalice which inebriateth
me, how goodly
is it!
And thy mercy
will follow
me
all
the days
of
my life.
And
that
I
may dwell
in
the house
of
the Lord unto length
of days.
On
the first day
of
the week,
a
psalm
for
David.
The earth
is
the
Lord’s
and
the fulness thereof:
the world,
and all
they
that dwell therein.
For
he hath founded
it
upon
the seas;
and hath prepared
it
upon
the rivers.
Who
shall ascend
into
the mountain
of
the Lord: or
who
shall stand
in
his holy place?
The innocent
in hands,
and clean
of heart,
who hath
not taken
his soul
in vain,
nor sworn deceitfully
to
his neighbour.
He
shall receive
a blessing
from
the Lord,
and mercy
from God
his Saviour.
This
is
the generation
of
them
that seek
him,
of
them
that seek
the face
of
the
God
of Jacob.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? the Lord who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle.
Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of Glory shall enter in.
Who is this King of Glory? the Lord of hosts, he is the King of Glory.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David.
To thee,
O
Lord,
have
I lifted
up
my soul.
In thee, O
my God,
I
put
my trust; let
me
not
be ashamed.
Neither let
my
enemies laugh
at
me:
for none
of
them
that wait
on thee
shall
be confounded.
Let all
them
be confounded
that act unjust
things
without cause. Shew,
O Lord, thy ways
to
me,
and teach
me thy paths.
Direct
me
in thy truth,
and teach
me;
for thou art
God
my Saviour;
and
on thee
have
I waited all
the day long.
Remember, O Lord, thy bowels
of compassion;
and thy mercies
that
are
from
the beginning
of
the world.
The sins
of
my youth
and
my ignorances
do not remember. According
to thy mercy remember thou
me:
for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.
The
Lord
is sweet
and righteous:
therefore
he
will give
a law
to sinners
in
the
way.
He
will guide
the mild
in
judgment:
he
will teach
the meek
his ways.
All
the ways
of
the
Lord
are
mercy
and truth,
to
them
that seek after
his covenant
and
his testimonies.
For thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.
Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
His soul shall dwell in good things: and his seed shall inherit the land.
The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
My eyes are ever towards the Lord: for he shall pluck my feet out of the snare.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.
The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities.
See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins.
Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me with an unjust hatred.
Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee.
The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee.
Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations.
Unto
the end,
a psalm
for
David. Judge
me,
O
Lord,
for
I
have walked
in
my innocence:
and
I
have
put
my trust
in
the
Lord,
and
shall
not
be weakened.
Prove
me,
O Lord,
and try
me; burn
my reins
and
my heart.
For thy mercy
is
before
my eyes;
and
I am
well pleased
with thy truth.
I
have
not sat
with
the council
of vanity: neither
will
I go
in
with
the doers
of unjust things.
I
have hated
the assembly
of
the malignant;
and
with
the wicked
I
will
not sit.
I
will wash
my hands
among
the innocent;
and
will compass thy altar,
O
Lord:
That
I
may hear
the voice
of thy praise:
and tell
of all thy wondrous works.
I
have loved,
O
Lord,
the beauty
of thy house;
and
the place
where thy glory dwelleth.
Take
not away
my soul, O God,
with
the wicked: nor
my
life
with bloody men:
In
whose hands
are iniquities:
their
right hand
is filled
with gifts.
But
as
for
me,
I
have walked
in
my innocence: redeem
me,
and
have
mercy
on
me.
My foot hath stood
in
the direct
way:
in
the churches
I
will bless thee,
O
Lord.
The psalm
of
David
before
he
was anointed.
The
Lord
is
my light
and
my salvation, whom
shall
I fear?
The
Lord
is
the protector
of
my life:
of whom
shall
I
be afraid?
Whilst
the wicked draw near against
me,
to eat
my flesh.
My enemies
that trouble
me,
have themselves
been weakened,
and
have fallen.
If armies
in camp
should stand together
against
me,
my heart shall
not fear.
If
a battle
should rise
up
against
me,
in
this
will
I
be confident.
One thing
I
have asked
of
the Lord,
this
will
I
seek after;
that
I
may
dwell
in
the house
of
the Lord all
the days
of
my life.
That
I
may
see
the delight
of
the Lord,
and
may
visit
his temple.
For
he hath hidden
me
in
his tabernacle;
in
the day
of evils,
he hath protected
me
in
the secret place
of
his tabernacle.
He hath exalted
me upon
a rock:
and now
he hath lifted
up
my head above
my enemies.
I
have gone
round,
and
have offered
up
in
his tabernacle
a sacrifice
of jubilation:
I
will sing,
and recite
a psalm
to
the
Lord.
Hear,
O Lord,
my
voice,
with which
I
have cried
to thee:
have mercy
on
me
and
hear
me.
My heart hath said
to thee:
My face hath sought thee: thy face,
O
Lord,
will
I still seek.
Turn
not
away thy face
from
me; decline
not
in thy wrath
from thy servant.
Be thou
my helper, forsake
me
not;
do
not thou despise
me,
O God
my Saviour.
For
my father
and
my mother
have left
me:
but
the
Lord hath taken
me up.
Set
me,
O Lord, a law in thy
way,
and guide
me in
the right path, because
of
my enemies.
Deliver
me not
over
to
the
will
of
them
that trouble
me;
for unjust witnesses
have risen
up against
me;
and iniquity hath lied
to itself.
I believe to see the good things of the Lord in the land of the living.
Expect the Lord, do manfully, and let thy heart take courage, and wait thou for the Lord.
A psalm
for
David himself. Unto thee
will
I cry,
O
Lord:
O
my
God,
be
not thou silent
to
me: lest thou
be silent
to
me,
I become
like
them
that go down into
the pit.
Hear, O Lord,
the voice
of
my supplication,
when
I pray
to thee;
when
I lift
up
my hands
to thy holy temple.
Draw
me
not away
together
with
the wicked;
and
with
the workers
of iniquity destroy
me
not:
Who speak peace
with
their neighbour,
but evils
are
in
their
hearts.
Give
them according
to
their works,
and according
to
the wickedness
of
their inventions. According
to
the works
of
their hands
give thou
to
them: render
to
them
their reward.
Because
they
have
not understood
the works
of
the Lord,
and
the operations
of
his hands: thou shalt destroy
them,
and shalt
not build
them
up.
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
for
he hath heard
the voice
of
my supplication.
The
Lord
is
my helper
and
my protector:
in
him hath
my
heart confided,
and
I
have
been helped.
And
my flesh hath flourished again,
and
with
my
will
I
will
give praise
to
him.
The
Lord
is
the strength
of
his
people,
and
the protector
of
the salvation
of
his anointed.
Save,
O Lord, thy
people,
and bless thy inheritance:
and rule
them
and exalt
them
for ever.
A psalm
for
David,
at
the finishing
of
the tabernacle.
Bring
to
the
Lord,
O ye children
of
God:
bring
to
the
Lord
the offspring
of rams.
Bring
to
the Lord glory
and honour:
bring
to
the Lord glory
to
his name: adore ye
the Lord
in
his
holy court.
The voice
of
the Lord
is upon
the waters;
the God
of majesty hath thundered,
The Lord
is upon many waters.
The voice
of
the Lord
is
in
power;
the voice
of
the Lord
in magnificence.
The voice
of
the
Lord breaketh
the cedars:
yea,
the
Lord
shall
break
the cedars
of Libanus.
And
shall reduce
them
to pieces,
as
a calf
of Libanus,
and
as
the beloved son
of unicorns.
The voice
of
the
Lord divideth
the flame
of fire:
The voice
of
the
Lord shaketh
the desert:
and
the
Lord
shall shake
the desert
of Cades.
The voice
of
the Lord prepareth
the stags:
and
he
will discover
the thick woods:
and
in
his temple
all
shall speak
his glory.
The Lord maketh the flood to dwell: and the Lord shall sit king for ever.
The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.
A
psalm
of
a canticle,
at
the dedication
of
David’s house.
I
will
extol thee,
O
Lord,
for thou hast upheld
me:
and hast not made
my enemies
to rejoice
over
me.
O
Lord
my
God,
I
have cried
to thee,
and
then hast healed
me.
Thou hast brought forth,
O
Lord,
my soul
from hell: thou hast saved
me
from
them
that go down into
the pit.
Sing
to
the
Lord,
O ye
his saints:
and give praise
to
the memory
of
his holiness.
For wrath
is
in
his indignation;
and life
in
his good
will.
In
the evening weeping
shall
have place,
and
in
the morning gladness.
And
in
my abundance
I said:
I
shall never
be moved.
O
Lord,
in thy favour, thou gavest strength
to
my beauty. Thou turnedst
away thy face
from
me,
and
I became troubled.
To thee,
O
Lord,
will
I
cry:
and
I
will make supplication
to
my
God.
What profit
is
there
in
my blood, whilst
I go
down
to corruption?
Shall dust confess
to thee,
or declare thy truth?
The
Lord hath heard,
and hath
had
mercy
on
me:
the
Lord became
my helper.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into joy: thou hast cut my sackcloth, and hast compassed me with gladness:
To the end that my glory may sing to thee, and I may not regret: O Lord my God, I will give praise to thee for ever.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David,
in an ecstasy.
In thee,
O
Lord,
have
I hoped,
let
me
never
be confounded: deliver
me
in thy justice.
Bow down thy ear
to
me: make haste
to deliver
me.
Be thou unto
me
a
God,
a protector,
and
a house
of refuge,
to save
me.
For thou art
my
strength
and
my refuge;
and
for thy name’s sake thou wilt
lead
me,
and nourish
me.
Thou wilt bring me out
of
this snare, which
they
have hidden
for me:
for thou art
my protector.
Into thy hands
I commend
my spirit: thou hast redeemed
me, O Lord,
the God
of truth.
Thou hast hated
them
that regard vanities,
to
no purpose.
But
I
have hoped
in
the Lord:
I
will
be glad
and rejoice
in thy
mercy.
For thou best regarded
my humility, thou hast saved
my soul
out
of distresses.
And thou hast not shut
me
up
in
the hands
of
the enemy: thou hast set
my feet
in
a spacious place.
Have mercy
on
me,
O Lord,
for
I am afflicted:
my eye
is troubled
with wrath,
my soul,
and
my belly:
For
my life
is wasted
with grief:
and
my years
in sighs.
My strength
is weakened through poverty
and
my bones
are disturbed.
I am
become
a reproach among all
my enemies,
and very much
to
my neighbours;
and
a fear
to
my acquaintance. They that saw me without fled from me.
I
am forgotten
as
one dead
from
the heart.
I
am become
as
a vessel
that
is destroyed.
For I have heard the blame of many that dwell round about. While they assembled together against me, they consulted to take away my life.
But I have put my trust in thee, O Lord: I said: Thou art my God.
My lots are in thy hands. Deliver me out of the hands of my enemies; and from them that persecute me.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; save me in thy mercy.
Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.
Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.
O how great is the multitude of thy sweetness, O Lord, which thou hast hidden for them that fear thee! Which thou hast wrought for them that hope in thee, in the sight of the sons of men.
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy face, from the disturbance of men. Thou shalt protect them in thy tabernacle from the contradiction of tongues.
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath shewn his wonderful mercy to me in a fortified city.
But I said in the excess of my mind: I am cast away from before thy eyes. Therefore thou hast heard the voice of my prayer, when I cried to thee.
O love the Lord, all ye his saints: for the Lord will require truth, and will repay them abundantly that act proudly.
Do ye manfully, and let your heart be strengthened, all ye that hope in the Lord.
To
David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,
and whose sins are covered.
Blessed
is
the man
to whom
the
Lord hath
not imputed sin,
and
in whose spirit
there
is
no guile.
Because
I
was silent
my bones grew old; whilst
I cried
out
all
the day
long.
For day
and night thy hand
was heavy upon
me:
I am turned
in
my anguish, whilst
the thorn
is fastened.
I
have acknowledged
my sin
to thee,
and
my injustice
I
have
not
concealed.
I said
I
will confess against myself
my injustice
to
the Lord:
and thou hast forgiven
the wickedness
of
my sin.
For
this
shall every
one
that
is holy pray
to thee
in
a seasonable time.
And
yet
in
a flood
of many waters,
they
shall not come nigh unto
him.
Thou art
my refuge
from
the trouble which hath encompassed
me:
my joy, deliver
me
from
them
that surround
me.
I
will
give thee understanding,
and
I
will
instruct thee
in
this way,
in
which thou shalt go:
I
will fix
my
eyes
upon thee.
Do
not become
like
the horse
and
the mule,
who
have
no understanding.
With bit
and bridle bind fast
their
jaws,
who come
not
near unto thee.
Many
are
the scourges
of
the sinner,
but
mercy
shall encompass
him
that hopeth
in
the
Lord.
Be glad
in
the Lord,
and rejoice, ye just,
and glory,
all ye right
of heart.
A psalm
for
David. Rejoice
in
the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh
the upright.
Give praise
to
the
Lord
on
the harp; sing
to
him
with
the psaltery,
the instrument
of ten strings.
Sing
to
him
a new canticle, sing well unto
him
with
a loud noise.
For
the word
of
the Lord
is right,
and all
his
works
are
done
with faithfulness.
He loveth
mercy
and judgment;
the earth
is full
of
the
mercy
of
the
Lord.
By
the word
of
the Lord
the heavens
were
established;
and
all
the power
of
them
by
the spirit
of
his mouth:
Gathering together
the waters
of
the sea,
as
in
a vessel; laying up
the depths
in storehouses.
Let all
the earth fear
the Lord,
and let all
the inhabitants
of
the world
be
in awe
of
him.
For
he
spoke
and
they
were
made:
he commanded
and
they
were created.
The
Lord bringeth
to naught
the counsels
of nations;
and
he rejecteth
the devices
of
people,
and casteth
away
the counsels
of princes.
But
the counsel
of
the
Lord standeth
for ever:
the
thoughts
of
his
heart
to
all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath chosen for his inheritance.
The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.
From his habitation which he hath prepared, he hath looked upon all that dwell on the earth.
He who hath made the hearts of every one of them: who understandeth all their works.
The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.
Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.
Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him: and on them that hope in his mercy.
To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.
Our soul waiteth for the Lord: for he is our helper and protector.
For in him our heart shall rejoice: and in his holy name we have trusted.
Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us, as we have hoped in thee.
For David,
when
he changed
his countenance before Achimelech,
who dismissed
him,
and
he went
his way. [1 Kings 21]
I
will bless
the
Lord
at all times,
his
praise
shall
be always
in
my mouth.
In
the Lord shall
my soul be
praised: let
the meek hear
and rejoice.
O magnify
the
Lord
with
me;
and let
us extol
his name together.
I sought
the
Lord,
and
he heard
me;
and
he delivered
me
from all
my troubles.
Come ye
to
him
and
be enlightened:
and
your faces
shall not
be confounded.
This poor man
cried,
and
the Lord heard
him:
and saved
him
out
of all
his troubles.
The angel
of
the
Lord
shall encamp round
about
them
that
fear
him:
and
shall deliver
them.
O taste,
and see
that
the Lord
is sweet: blessed
is
the man
that hopeth
in
him.
Fear
the
Lord, all ye
his saints:
for
there
is no want
to
them
that fear
him.
The rich
have wanted,
and
have suffered hunger:
but
they
that seek
the
Lord
shall not
be deprived
of any good.
Come, children, hearken
to
me:
I
will teach
you
the fear
of
the
Lord.
Who
is
the
man
that desireth life:
who loveth
to
see good days?
Keep thy tongue
from evil,
and thy lips
from speaking guile.
Turn
away
from evil
and
do good: seek
after peace
and pursue
it.
The eyes
of
the Lord
are upon
the just:
and
his ears unto
their prayers.
But
the countenance
of
the Lord
is against them
that do evil
things:
to cut off
the remembrance
of them
from
the earth.
The just cried,
and
the
Lord heard
them:
and delivered
them
out
of
all
their troubles.
The Lord
is nigh unto
them
that
are
of a contrite
heart:
and
he
will
save
the humble
of
spirit.
Many
are
the afflictions
of
the just;
but out
of
them all
will
the
Lord deliver
them.
The Lord keepeth all
their bones,
not
one
of
them
shall
be broken.
The death
of
the wicked
is very evil:
and
they
that hate
the
just
shall
be guilty.
The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall offend.
For
David
himself. Judge thou, O Lord,
them
that wrong
me: overthrow
them
that fight
against
me.
Take hold
of arms
and shield:
and rise
up
to help
me.
Bring out
the sword,
and shut up
the way against
them
that persecute
me: say
to
my
soul:
I
am thy salvation.
Let
them
be confounded
and ashamed
that seek
after
my soul. Let
them
be turned back
and
be confounded
that devise
against
me.
Let
them become
as dust before
the wind:
and let
the angel
of
the
Lord straiten
them.
Let
their
way become dark
and slippery;
and
let
the angel
of
the Lord pursue
them.
For without
cause
they
have hidden
their net
for
me unto destruction: without
cause
they
have upbraided
my soul.
Let
the snare which
he knoweth not come upon
him:
and let
the net which
he hath hidden catch
him:
and let
the net which
he hath hidden catch
him:
and into
that very snare let
them fall.
But
my soul
shall rejoice
in
the
Lord;
and
shall
be delighted
in
his salvation.
All
my bones
shall say:
Lord,
who
is
like
to thee?
Who deliverest
the
poor
from
the hand
of
them
that
are stronger
than
he;
the needy
and
the
poor
from
them
that strip
him.
Unjust witnesses rising
up
have
asked
me
things
I knew
not.
They repaid
me evil
for good:
to
the depriving
me
of
my soul.
But
as
for
me,
when
they
were troublesome
to
me,
I
was clothed
with haircloth.
I humbled
my soul
with fasting;
and
my prayer
shall
be turned
into
my bosom.
As
a neighbour
and
as an own brother,
so did I please:
as
one mourning
and sorrowful
so
was I humbled.
But
they rejoiced against
me,
and came together: scourges
were gathered together upon
me,
and
I knew not.
They
were separated,
and repented not:
they tempted
me,
they scoffed
at
me
with scorn:
they gnashed
upon
me
with
their teeth.
Lord,
when wilt thou look upon
me? rescue thou soul
from
their malice:
my only
one
from
the lions.
I
will
give thanks
to thee
in
a great church;
I
will praise thee
in
a strong
people.
Let
not
them
that
are
my enemies wrongfully rejoice
over
me:
who
have hated
me without cause,
and wink
with
the eyes.
For
they spoke indeed peaceably
to
me;
and speaking
in
the anger
of
the earth
they devised guile.
And
they opened
their mouth wide
against
me;
they said: Well
done, well
done,
our eyes
have seen
it.
Thou hast seen, O
Lord,
be not thou silent: O
Lord, depart not
from
me.
Arise,
and
be attentive
to
my judgment:
to
my cause,
my
God,
and
my
Lord.
Judge me, O Lord my God according to thy justice, and let them not rejoice over me.
Let them not say in their hearts: It is well, it is well, to our mind: neither let them say: We have swallowed him up.
Let them blush: and be ashamed together, who rejoice at my evils. Let them be clothed with confusion and shame, who speak great things against me.
Let them rejoice and be glad, who are well pleased with my justice, and let them say always: The Lord be magnified, who delights in the peace of his servant.
Any my tongue shall meditate thy justice, thy praise all the day long.
Unto
the end,
for
the servant
of
God,
David himself.
The unjust hath said within
himself,
that he would sin: there
is no fear
of God before
his eyes.
For
in
his sight
he hath done deceitfully,
that
his iniquity
may
be found unto hatred.
The words
of
his
mouth
are iniquity
and guile:
he
would
not understand
that
he might do well.
He hath devised iniquity
on
his bed,
he hath set
himself
on every
way
that
is
not good:
but evil
he hath
not hated.
O
Lord, thy
mercy
is
in heaven,
and thy truth reacheth, even
to
the clouds.
Thy justice
is
as
the mountains
of God, thy judgments
are
a great deep. Men
and beasts thou wilt preserve,
O Lord:
O
how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O
God!
But
the children
of men
shall
put
their trust
under
the covert
of thy wings.
They
shall
be inebriated
with
the plenty
of thy house;
and thou shalt make
them drink
of
the torrent
of thy pleasure.
For
with thee
is
the fountain
of life;
and
in thy light
we
shall see light.
Extend thy mercy
to
them
that
know thee,
and thy justice
to
them
that
are right
in heart.
Let
not
the
foot
of pride come
to
me,
and
let
not
the hand
of
the sinner move
me.
There
the workers
of iniquity
are fallen,
they
are cast
out,
and could
not stand.
A psalm
for
David himself.
Be
not emulous
of evildoers; nor envy
them
that work iniquity.
For
they
shall shortly wither
away
as grass,
and
as
the green herbs
shall quickly fall.
Trust
in
the Lord,
and do good,
and dwell
in
the land,
and thou shalt
be fed
with
its
riches.
Delight
in
the Lord,
and
he
will give thee
the
requests
of thy heart.
Commit thy
way
to
the Lord,
and trust
in
him,
and
he
will
do
it.
And
he
will bring forth thy justice
as
the light,
and thy judgment
as
the noonday.
Be subject
to
the
Lord
and pray
to
him Envy
not
the
man
who prospereth
in
his
way;
the
man
who doth unjust things.
Cease
from anger,
and leave rage;
have no emulation
to
do evil.
For
the evildoers
shall
be cut off: but they
that wait upon
the Lord
shall inherit
the land.
For
yet
a little
while,
and
the wicked shall
not
be:
and thou shalt
seek
his place,
and shalt
not
find
it.
But
the meek
shall inherit
the land,
and
shall delight
in abundance
of
peace.
The sinner
shall watch
the just
man:
and
shall gnash
upon
him
with
his teeth.
But
the Lord
shall laugh
at
him:
for
he foreseeth
that
his day
shall
come.
The wicked have drawn out the sword: they have bent their bow. To cast down the poor and needy, to kill the upright of heart.
Let their sword enter into their own hearts, and let their bow be broken.
Better is a little to the just, than the great riches of the wicked.
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.
The Lord knoweth the days of undefiled; and their inheritance shall be for ever.
They shall not be confounded in the evil time; and in the days of famine they shall be filled:
Because the wicked shall perish. And the enemies of the Lord, presently after they shall be honoured and exalted, shall come to nothing and vanish like smoke.
The sinner shall borrow, and not pay again; but the just sheweth mercy and shall give.
For such as bless him shall inherit the land: but such as curse him shall perish.
With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way.
When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.
I have been young, and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.
He sheweth mercy, and lendeth all the day long; and his seed shall be in blessing.
Decline from evil and do good, and dwell for ever and ever.
For the Lord loveth judgment, and will not forsake his saints: they shall be preserved for ever. The unjust shall be punished, and the seed of the wicked shall perish.
But the just shall inherit the land, and shall dwell therein for evermore.
The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom: and his tongue shall speak judgment.
The law of his God is in his heart, and his steps shall not be supplanted.
The wicked watcheth the just man, and seeketh to put him to death,
But the Lord will not leave in his hands; nor condemn him when he shall be judged.
Expect the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the sinners shall perish thou shalt see.
I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
And I passed by, and lo, he was not: and I sought him and his place was not found.
Keep innocence, and behold justice: for there are remnants for the peaceable man.
But the unjust shall be destroyed together: the remnants of the wicked shall perish.
But the salvation of the just is from the Lord, and he is their protector in the time of trouble.
And the Lord will help them and deliver them: and he will rescue them from the wicked, and save them, because they have hoped in him.
A psalm
for
David,
for
a remembrance
of
the sabbath.
Rebuke
me
not, O Lord,
in thy indignation; nor chastise
me
in thy wrath.
For thy arrows
are fastened
in
me:
and thy hand hath
been strong upon
me.
There
is
no health
in
my flesh,
because
of thy wrath:
there
is
no peace
for
my bones,
because
of
my sins.
For
my iniquities
are gone
over
my head:
and
as
a heavy burden
are become heavy
upon
me.
My sores
are putrified
and corrupted, because
of
my foolishness.
I
am become miserable,
and
am bowed
down
even
to
the end:
I walked sorrowful
all
the day long.
For
my loins
are filled
with illusions;
and there
is
no health
in
my flesh.
I
am afflicted
and humbled exceedingly:
I roared
with
the groaning
of
my heart.
Lord,
all
my desire
is
before thee,
and
my groaning
is
not hidden
from thee.
My heart
is troubled,
my strength hath left
me,
and
the light
of
my eyes itself
is
not
with
me.
My friends
and
my neighbours
have drawn
near,
and stood
against
me.
And
they
that
were
near
me stood afar
off:
And
they
that sought
my soul used violence.
And
they
that sought evils
to
me spoke vain things,
and studied deceits
all
the
day
long.
But
I, as
a deaf
man, heard
not:
and as
a dumb
man
not opening
his mouth.
And
I became
as
a man
that heareth not:
and
that hath no reproofs
in
his mouth.
For
in thee, O
Lord,
have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O
Lord my God.
For
I said: Lest
at
any time
my enemies rejoice
over
me:
and whilst
my feet
are moved,
they speak great things against
me.
For
I
am ready
for scourges:
and
my sorrow
is
continually
before
me.
For
I
will declare
my inequity:
and
I
will think
for
my sin.
But
my
enemies live,
and
are stronger
that
I:
and
they hate
me wrongfully
are multiplied.
They
that
render
evil
for good,
have detracted
me, because
I followed goodness.
Forsake
me
not, O Lord
my God: do
not thou depart
from
me.
Attend unto
my help,
O
Lord,
the
God
of
my salvation.
Unto
the end,
for Idithun himself,
a canticle
of
David.
I said:
I
will
take heed
to
my ways:
that
I sin
not
with
my tongue.
I
have set guard
to
my mouth,
when
the sinner stood against
me.
I
was dumb,
and
was humbled,
and kept silence
from good things:
and
my
sorrow
was renewed.
My heart grew hot
within
me:
and
in
my meditation
a fire
shall flame
out.
I spoke
with
my tongue: O Lord,
make
me know
my end.
And
what
is
the
number
of
my days:
that
I
may know
what
is wanting
to
me.
Behold thou hast
made
my days measurable:
and
my substance
is
as nothing
before thee.
And indeed all things
are vanity: every man living.
Surely
man passeth
as
an image: yea,
and
he
is disquieted
in vain.
He storeth
up:
and
he knoweth not
for whom
he
shall gather
these
things.
And
now
what
is
my hope?
is
it
not
the Lord?
and
my substance
is
with thee.
Deliver thou
me
from
all
my iniquities: thou hast made
me
a reproach
to
the fool.
I
was dumb,
and
I opened
not
my mouth,
because thou hast
done
it.
Remove thy scourges
from
me.
The
strength
of thy hand hath
made
me faint
in rebukes:
Thou hast corrected man
for iniquity.
And thou hast made
his soul
to waste
away
like
a spider: surely
in vain
is any man disquieted.
Hear
my prayer,
O Lord,
and
my supplication:
give ear
to
my tears.
Be
not silent:
for
I am
a stranger
with thee,
and
a sojourner
as
all
my fathers
were.
O forgive
me,
that
I
may
be refreshed,
before
I go hence,
and
be
no
more.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David himself.
With expectation
I
have waited
for
the Lord,
and
he
was attentive
to
me.
And he heard my prayers,
and
brought me out
of
the pit
of misery
and
the mire
of dregs.
And he set my feet upon a rock,
and directed my steps.
And
he put
a new canticle into
my mouth,
a song
to
our God. Many
shall see,
and
shall fear:
and
they
shall hope
in
the Lord.
Blessed
is
the man whose trust
is
in
the name
of
the
Lord;
and
who hath
not
had
regard
to vanities,
and lying follies.
Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord
my
God:
and
in thy thoughts
there
is
no
one
like
to thee.
I
have declared
and
I
have spoken
they
are multiplied above number.
Sacrifice
and oblation thou didst
not desire;
but thou hast pierced ears
for
me. Burnt offering
and sin offering thou didst
not require:
Then said
I, Behold
I come.
In
the head
of
the book
it
is written
of
me
That
I should
do thy
will: O
my God,
I
have desired
it,
and thy law
in
the midst
of
my heart.
I
have declared thy justice
in
a great church, lo,
I
will
not restrain
my
lips:
O Lord, thou knowest
it.
I
have not hid thy justice
within
my heart:
I
have declared thy truth
and thy salvation.
I
have not concealed thy mercy
and thy truth
from
a great council.
Withhold not thou, O Lord, thy tender mercies
from
me: thy mercy
and thy truth
have always upheld
me.
For evils
without number
have surrounded
me;
my iniquities
have overtaken
me,
and
I
was
not able
to see.
They
are multiplied
above
the hairs
of
my head:
and
my
heart hath forsaken
me.
Be
pleased, O Lord,
to deliver
me,
look down, O Lord,
to help
me.
Let them be confounded and ashamed together, that seek after my soul to take it away. Let them be turned backward and be ashamed that desire evils to me.
Let them immediately bear their confusion, that say to me: Tis well, tis well.
Let all that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say always: The Lord be magnified.
But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David himself.
Blessed
is
he
that understandeth
concerning
the needy
and
the poor:
the
Lord
will deliver
him
in
the evil day.
The Lord preserve
him
and
give
him life,
and
make
him blessed
upon
the
earth:
and deliver
him
not
up
to
the
will
of
his
enemies.
The
Lord help
him
on
his bed
of sorrow: thou hast
turned
all
his couch
in
his sickness.
I
said:
O
Lord,
be thou merciful
to
me: heal
my soul,
for
I
have sinned
against thee.
My enemies
have
spoken evils
against
me:
when
shall
he die
and
his name perish?
And if
he came
in
to see
me,
he spoke vain
things:
his heart gathered together iniquity
to itself.
He went out
and spoke
to
the same purpose.
All
my enemies whispered
together
against
me:
they devised evils
to
me.
They determined against me
an unjust word:
shall
he
that sleepeth rise again no more?
For
even
the man
of peace,
in whom
I trusted,
who ate
my bread, hath greatly supplanted
me.
But thou, O
Lord,
have mercy
on
me,
and raise
me up again:
and
I
will requite
them.
By
this
I know,
that thou hast
had
a good
will
for
me:
because
my enemy
shall
not rejoice
over
me.
But thou hast upheld
me
by
reason
of
my innocence:
and hast
established
me
in thy sight
for ever.
Blessed
by
the
Lord
the
God
of Israel
from eternity
to eternity. So
be
it. So
be
it.
Unto
the end, understanding
for
the sons
of Core.
As
the hart panteth
after
the fountains
of water; so
my soul panteth
after thee,
O
God.
My
soul hath thirsted
after
the strong
living
God;
when
shall
I come
and appear before
the face
of
God?
My tears
have
been
any bread day
and night, whilst
it
is said
to
me daily:
Where
is thy
God?
These things
I remembered,
and poured out
my
soul
in
me:
for
I
shall go
over into
the place
of
the wonderful tabernacle,
even
to
the house
of
God:
With
the voice
of joy
and
praise;
the noise
of
one feasting.
Why art thou sad,
O
my soul?
and why dost thou
trouble
me? Hope
in
God,
for
I
will
still
give praise
to
him:
the salvation
of
my countenance,
And
my God.
My soul
is troubled
within
myself: therefore
will
I remember thee
from
the land
of Jordan
and Hermoniim,
from
the little hill.
Deep calleth
on deep,
at
the noise
of thy flood-gates.
All thy heights
and thy billows
have passed
over
me.
In
the daytime
the Lord hath commanded
his mercy;
and
a canticle
to him
in
the night.
With
me
is prayer
to
the
God
of
my life.
I
will say
to God: Thou art
my support.
Why hast thou forgotten
me?
and
why go
I mourning, whilst
my enemy afflicteth
me?
Whilst
my bones
are broken,
my
enemies
who trouble
me
have reproached
me; Whilst
they say
to
me day
be day: Where
is thy
God?
Why art thou cast
down, O
my soul?
and
why dost thou disquiet
me? Hope thou
in
God,
for
I
will still
give
praise
to
him:
the salvation
of
my countenance,
and
my
God.
A psalm
for David. Judge
me, O God,
and distinguish my cause
from
the nation
that
is
not holy: deliver
me
from
the unjust
and deceitful
man.
For thou art
God
my
strength:
why hast thou cast
me
off?
and
why do
I go sorrowful whilst
the enemy afflicteth
me?
Send forth thy light
and thy truth:
they
have conducted
me,
and
brought
me unto thy holy hill,
and
into thy tabernacles.
And
I
will
go
in
to
the altar
of
God:
to
God
who giveth joy
to
my youth.
To thee,
O
God
my
God,
I
will give
praise
upon
the harp:
why art thou sad,
O
my
soul?
and
why dost thou disquiet
me?
Hope
in
God,
for
I
will
still
give
praise
to
him:
the
salvation
of
my
countenance,
and
my
God.
Unto
the end,
for
the sons
of Core,
to give understanding.
We
have
heard,
O
God,
with
our ears:
our fathers
have declared
to
us,
The work, thou hast wrought
in
their days,
and
in
the days
of old.
Thy hand destroyed
the Gentiles,
and thou plantedst
them: thou didst afflict
the people
and
cast
them
out.
For
they got not
the possession
of
the land
by
their own sword: neither did
their own arm save
them.
But thy right hand
and thy arm,
and
the light
of thy countenance:
because thou wast pleased
with
them.
Thou art thyself
my
king
and
my
God,
who commandest
the
saving
of Jacob.
Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.
For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.
Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and derision to them that are round about us.
Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: a shaking of the head among the people.
All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion of my face hath covered me,
At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly in they covenant.
And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth our hands to a strange god:
Shall not God search out these things: for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. Because for thy sake we are killed all the day long: we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
Why turnest thou face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.
Unto
the end,
for
them
that
shall
be changed,
for
the
sons
of Core,
for understanding.
A canticle
for
the Beloved.
My
heart hath uttered
a good word
I
speak
my
works
to
the king;
My tongue
is
the pen
of
a scrivener
that writeth swiftly.
Thou art beautiful above
the sons
of
men: grace
is poured abroad
in thy lips;
therefore hath
God blessed thee
for ever.
Gird thy
sword upon thy thigh, O thou most
mighty.
With thy comeliness
and thy beauty
set out, proceed prosperously,
and reign. Because
of truth
and meekness
and justice:
and thy right hand
shall conduct thee wonderfully.
Thy arrows
are sharp: under thee
shall
people fall, into
the hearts
of
the king’s
enemies.
Thy throne, O
God,
is
for ever
and ever:
the sceptre
of thy kingdom
is
a sceptre
of uprightness.
Thou hast loved justice,
and
hated iniquity:
therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
with
the oil
of gladness above thy fellows.
Myrrh
and stacte
and cassia perfume thy garments,
from
the ivory houses:
out
of which
The daughters
of kings
have delighted thee
in thy glory.
The queen stood
on thy right hand,
in gilded clothing; surrounded
with variety.
Hearken, O daughter,
and see,
and incline thy ear:
and forget thy
people
and thy father’s house.
And
the king
shall greatly desire thy beauty;
for
he
is
the Lord thy
God,
and
him
they
shall adore.
And
the daughters
of Tyre with gifts, yea, all
the rich
among
the
people,
shall entreat thy countenance.
All
the glory
of
the king’s daughter is within
in golden borders,
Clothed round about
with varieties. After
her
shall virgins
be
brought
to
the king:
her neighbours
shall
be
brought
to thee.
They
shall
be brought
with gladness
and rejoicing:
they
shall
be brought
into
the temple
of
the king.
Instead
of thy fathers, sons
are born
to thee: thou shalt make
them princes
over all
the earth.
They
shall remember thy
name
throughout
all generations. Therefore
shall
people praise thee
for
ever; yea,
for
ever
and
ever.
Unto
the end,
for
the
sons
of Core,
for
the hidden.
Our
God
is our refuge
and strength:
a helper
in troubles,
which
have found
us exceedingly.
Therefore we
will
not fear,
when
the earth
shall
be troubled;
and
the mountains
shall
be removed
into
the
heart
of
the sea.
Their waters roared
and
were troubled:
the mountains
were troubled
with
his strength.
The stream
of
the river maketh
the city
of God joyful:
the most High hath sanctified
his own tabernacle.
God
is
in
the
midst thereof,
it
shall not
be moved: God
will
help
it
in
the morning early.
Nations
were troubled,
and
kingdoms
were bowed down:
he uttered
his voice,
the earth trembled.
The Lord
of armies
is
with
us:
the
God
of Jacob
is
our protector.
Come
and behold ye
the works
of
the Lord: what wonders
he hath
done upon earth,
Making wars
to cease even
to
the end
of
the earth.
He
shall destroy
the bow,
and break
the weapons:
and
the shield
he
shall burn
in
the fire.
Be still
and
see
that
I am God;
I
will
be exalted among
the
nations,
and
I
will
be exalted
in
the earth.
The
Lord
of armies
is
with
us:
the God
of Jacob
is
our protector.
Unto
the end,
for
the
sons
of Core.
O clap
your hands,
all ye nations: shout unto
God
with
the voice
of Joy,
For
the Lord
is high, terrible:
a great
king
over all
the
earth.
He hath subdued
the people under us;
and
the nations under our feet.
He hath chosen
for
us
his inheritance
the beauty
of Jacob which
he hath loved.
God
is ascended
with jubilee,
and
the Lord
with
the sound
of trumpet.
Sing praises
to
our
God, sing ye: sing praises
to
our king, sing ye.
For
God
is
the king
of all
the earth: sing ye wisely.
God
shall reign
over
the
nations:
God sitteth
on
his holy throne.
The princes
of
the
people
are gathered together,
with
the God
of Abraham:
for
the strong gods
of
the
earth
are exceedingly exalted.
A
psalm
of
a canticle,
for
the
sons
of Core, on
the second day
of
the week.
Great
is
the Lord,
and
exceedingly
to
be praised
in
the city
of
our
God,
in
his holy mountain.
With
the
joy
of
the
whole
earth
is mount Sion founded,
on
the sides
of
the north,
the city
of
the
great
king.
In her houses
shall God
be known,
when
he
shall protect her.
For behold
the kings
of
the earth assembled themselves:
they gathered together.
So
they saw,
and
they wondered,
they
were troubled,
they
were moved:
Trembling took hold
of them. There
were pains
as
of
a woman
in labour.
With
a vehement wind thou shalt break
in pieces
the ships
of Tharsis.
As we
have heard,
so
have we seen,
in
the city
of
the Lord
of hosts,
in
the city
of
our
God:
God hath founded
it
for ever.
We
have
received thy mercy,
O
God,
in
the midst
of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.
Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.
Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.
Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.
For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
the
sons
of Core.
Hear these
things,
all ye nations: give ear,
all ye inhabitants
of
the world.
All
you
that
are earthborn,
and
you sons
of
men:
both rich
and poor together.
My mouth
shall speak wisdom:
and
the meditation
of
my heart understanding.
I
will incline
my ear
to
a parable;
I
will open
my proposition on
the psaltery.
Why shall
I fear
in
the evil day?
the iniquity
of
my heel shall encompass
me.
They
that trust
in
their own strength,
and glory
in
the multitude
of
their riches,
No brother
can redeem, nor shall man redeem:
he shall not give
to God
his ransom,
Nor
the price
of
the redemption
of
his soul:
and
shall labour
for
ever,
And shall still
live unto
the end.
He
shall
not see destruction,
when
he
shall see
the wise dying:
the senseless
and
the fool
shall perish
together:
And
they
shall leave
their riches
to strangers:
And their sepulchres
shall
be their houses
for ever. Their dwelling places
to all generations: they
have called their lands
by their names.
And man when he was
in honour did not understand; he
is compared
to senseless beasts,
and
is become like
to them.
This way
of theirs
is
a stumblingblock
to
them:
and
afterwards
they
shall delight
in
their mouth.
They
are laid
in hell
like sheep:
death
shall feed
upon
them.
And
the
just
shall
have dominion
over
them
in
the
morning;
and
their help
shall decay
in hell
from
their glory.
But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me.
Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.
For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.
For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.
He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.
Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.
A
psalm
for Asaph.
The God
of gods,
the Lord hath spoken:
and
he hath called
the earth.
From
the rising
of
the sun,
to
the going down thereof:
Out
of Sion
the loveliness
of
his beauty.
God
shall come manifestly: our God
shall come,
and
shall
not keep silence.
A fire
shall burn before
him:
and
a mighty tempest
shall
be round about
him.
He
shall call heaven
from
above,
and
the earth,
to judge
his
people.
Gather ye together
his saints
to
him: who set
his covenant before sacrifices.
And
the heavens
shall declare
his justice:
for God
is judge.
Hear, O
my people,
and
I
will speak: O Israel,
and
I
will testify
to thee:
I am God, thy God.
I
will
not reprove thee
for thy sacrifices:
and thy burnt offerings
are always
in
my sight.
I
will
not take calves out
of thy house: nor he goats out
of thy flocks.
For
all
the beasts
of
the woods
are mine:
the cattle
on
the hills,
and
the oxen.
I know
all
the fowls
of
the air:
and
with
me
is
the beauty
of
the field.
If
I should
be hungry,
I
would not tell thee:
for
the world
is mine,
and
the fulness thereof.
Shall I eat the flesh
of bullocks?
or
shall I drink the blood
of goats?
Offer
to God
the sacrifice
of praise:
and pay thy vows
to
the most High.
And call upon me
in
the
day
of trouble:
I
will deliver thee,
and thou shalt glorify me.
But
to
the sinner
God hath said:
Why dost thou declare
my justices,
and
take
my covenant
in thy
mouth?
Seeing thou hast hated discipline:
and hast cast
my words behind thee.
If thou didst see
a thief thou didst
run
with
him:
and
with adulterers thou hast
been
a partaker.
Thy
mouth hath abounded
with evil,
and thy tongue framed deceits.
Sitting thou didst speak
against thy brother,
and didst lay
a scandal
against thy mother’s son:
These
things hast thou done,
and
I
was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly
that
I
should
be
like
to thee:
but
I
will reprove thee,
and set
before thy face.
Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
of David,
When Nathan
the
prophet came
to
him after
he
had sinned
with Bethsabee.
Have mercy
on
me,
O
God, according
to thy
great mercy.
And according
to
the multitude
of thy tender mercies blot
out
my iniquity.
Wash
me yet more
from
my iniquity,
and cleanse
me
from
my sin.
For
I know
my iniquity,
and
my sin is always
before
me.
To thee only
have
I sinned,
and
have done evil
before thee:
that thou mayst
be justified
in thy words
and mayst overcome
when thou art
judged.
For behold
I
was conceived
in iniquities;
and
in sins did
my mother conceive
me.
For
behold thou hast loved truth:
the uncertain
and hidden
things
of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest
to
me.
Thou shalt sprinkle
me
with hyssop,
and
I
shall
be cleansed: thou shalt wash
me,
and
I
shall
be
made whiter
than snow.
To
my hearing thou shalt
give joy
and gladness:
and
the bones
that
have
been humbled
shall rejoice.
Turn
away thy face
from
my sins,
and blot
out
all
my iniquities.
Create
a clean heart
in
me,
O
God:
and renew
a right spirit within
my bowels.
Cast
me
not
away
from thy face;
and take
not thy holy spirit
from
me.
Restore unto me
the joy
of thy salvation,
and strengthen me
with
a perfect spirit.
I
will teach
the unjust thy ways:
and
the wicked
shall
be converted
to thee.
Deliver
me
from blood,
O
God, thou
God
of
my salvation:
and
my tongue
shall extol thy justice.
O Lord, thou wilt open
my lips:
and
my mouth
shall declare thy praise.
For
if thou hadst desired sacrifice,
I would
indeed
have given
it:
with burnt offerings thou wilt
not be delighted.
A sacrifice
to
God
is
an afflicted spirit:
a contrite
and humbled heart, O
God, thou wilt not despise.
Deal favourably, O Lord,
in thy good
will
with Sion;
that
the walls
of Jerusalem
may
be built
up.
Then shalt thou accept
the sacrifice
of justice, oblations
and whole burnt offerings:
then
shall
they
lay calves
upon thy altar.
Unto
the end, understanding
for
David,
When Doeg
the Edomite
came
and
told Saul David
went
to
the house
of Achimelech. [1 Kings 22]
Why dost thou glory
in malice, thou
that art
mighty
in iniquity?
All
the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as
a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.
Thou hast loved malice
more
than goodness:
and iniquity
rather
than
to speak righteousness.
Thou hast loved all
the words
of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
Therefore
will God destroy thee
for ever:
he
will pluck thee
out,
and remove thee
from thy dwelling place:
and thy root
out
of
the land
of
the living.
The just
shall
see
and fear,
and
shall laugh
at
him,
and say:
Behold
the man
that made not God
his helper: But trusted
in
the abundance
of
his riches:
and prevailed
in
his vanity.
But
I,
as
a fruitful olive tree
in
the house
of God,
have hoped
in
the mercy
of God
for ever, yea
for ever
and ever.
I
will praise thee
for ever,
because thou hast
done
it:
and
I
will wait
on thy name,
for
it
is good
in
the
sight
of thy saints.
Unto
the end,
for Maeleth, understandings
to
David.
The fool said
in
his heart: There
is no God.
They
are corrupted,
and become abominable
in iniquities: there
is none
that doth good.
God looked down
from heaven
on
the children
of
men:
to see if
there
were
any
that
did understand,
or
did seek
God.
All
have gone aside,
they
are become unprofitable together, there
is none
that doth good, no not
one.
Shall not all
the workers
of iniquity know,
who eat up
my
people
as
they eat bread?
They
have not called upon God:
there
have
they trembled
for fear, where
there
was
no fear.
For God hath scattered
the bones
of
them
that please
men:
they
have
been confounded,
because God hath despised
them.
Who
will
give out
of Sion
the salvation
of Israel?
when
God
shall bring back
the captivity
of
his
people, Jacob
shall rejoice,
and Israel
shall
be glad.
Unto
the end,
In verses, understanding
for
David.
When
the
men
of Ziph
had come
and
said
to
Saul:
Is
not David hidden
with
us?
Save
me,
O
God,
by thy name,
and judge
me
in thy strength.
O
God, hear
my prayer: give ear
to
the words
of
my mouth.
For strangers
have risen
up against
me;
and
the
mighty
have sought after
my soul:
and
they
have
not set
God
before
their eyes.
For
behold
God
is
my helper:
and
the Lord
is
the protector
of
my soul.
Turn
back
the evils upon
my enemies;
and cut
them
off
in thy truth.
I will freely sacrifice to thee, and will give praise, O God, to thy name: because it is good:
For thou hast delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye hath looked down upon my enemies.
Unto
the end,
in verses, understanding
for
David.
Hear, O
God,
my prayer,
and despise
not
my supplication:
Be attentive
to
me
and hear
me.
I
am grieved
in
my exercise;
and
am troubled,
At
the voice
of
the enemy,
and
at
the tribulation
of
the sinner.
For
they
have cast iniquities upon me:
and
in wrath
they
were troublesome
to me.
My
heart
is troubled
within
me:
and
the fear
of
death
is fallen
upon
me.
Fear
and trembling
are come upon
me:
and darkness hath covered
me.
And I said: Who
will
give
me wings
like
a dove,
and I
will fly
and
be
at rest?
Lo,
I
have gone far off flying away;
and
I abode
in
the wilderness.
I waited
for
him
that hath
saved
me
from pusillanimity
of spirit,
and
a storm.
Cast down, O Lord, and divide their tongues; for I have seen iniquity and contradiction in the city.
Day and night shall iniquity surround it upon its walls: and in the midst thereof are labour,
And injustice. And usury and deceit have not departed from its streets.
For if my enemy had reviled me, I would verily have borne with it. And if he that hated me had spoken great things against me, I would perhaps have hidden myself from him.
But thou a man of one mind, my guide, and my familiar,
Who didst take sweetmeats together with me: in the house of God we walked with consent.
Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.
But I have cried to God: and the Lord will save me.
Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
He shall redeem my soul in peace from them that draw near to me: for among many they were with me.
God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:
He hath stretched forth his hand to repay. They have defiled his covenant,
They are divided by the wrath Of his countenance, and his heart hath drawn near. His words are smoother than oil, and the same are darts.
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.
Unto
the end,
for
a people
that
is removed
at
a distance from
the sanctuary
for
David,
for an inscription
of
a title (or pillar) when
the Philistines held
him
in Geth.
Have
mercy
on me,
O
God,
for man hath trodden me under foot; all
the day long
he hath afflicted me fighting against me.
My enemies have trodden on
me all
the day long; for they are many
that
make war against
me.
From
the height
of
the day
I
shall fear:
but
I
will trust
in thee.
In God
I
will praise
my words,
in God
I
have put
my trust:
I
will not
fear
what flesh can do
against
me.
All
the day long
they detested
my words: all
their thoughts were
against
me unto evil.
They
will
dwell
and hide themselves:
they
will watch
my heel.
As
they
have waited
for
my soul,
For nothing shalt thou save
them: in thy anger thou shalt break
the people in pieces, O God,
I have declared
to thee my life: thou hast set my tears
in thy sight, As also
in thy promise.
Then
shall
my enemies
be turned back.
In
what day soever
I
shall call
upon thee,
behold
I know thou art
my
God.
In God
will
I praise
the word,
in
the Lord
will
I praise
his speech.
In God
have
I hoped,
I
will not fear
what man can do
to
me.
In
me, O
God,
are vows
to thee, which
I
will pay, praises
to thee:
Because thou hast delivered
my soul
from death,
my feet
from falling:
that
I
may please
in
the sight
of
God,
in
the
light
of
the living.
Unto
the end, destroy
not,
for
David,
for
an inscription
of
a title,
when
he fled
from Saul
into
the cave. [1 Kings 24]
Have
mercy
on
me,
O
God,
have
mercy
on
me:
for
my soul trusteth
in thee.
And
in
the shadow
of thy wings
will
I hope, until iniquity pass
away.
I
will cry
to God
the most
High;
to God
who hath
done good
to
me.
He hath sent
from heaven
and delivered
me:
he hath made
them
a reproach
that trod
upon
me.
God hath sent
his mercy
and
his truth,
And
he hath delivered
my soul
from
the midst
of
the young lions.
I slept troubled.
The sons
of
men, whose teeth
are weapons
and arrows,
and
their tongue
a sharp sword.
Be thou exalted, O God,
above
the heavens,
and thy glory
above
all
the earth.
They prepared
a snare
for
my feet;
and
they bowed down
my
soul.
They dug
a pit before
my face,
and
they
are fallen into
it.
My heart
is ready,
O
God,
my heart
is ready:
I
will Sing,
and rehearse
a psalm.
Arise,
O
my glory, arise psaltery
and harp:
I
will arise early.
I
will
give
praise
to thee,
O Lord, among
the
people:
I
will sing
a psalm
to thee among
the nations.
For thy
mercy
is magnified even
to
the heavens:
and thy truth unto
the clouds.
Be thou exalted,
O
God, above
the heavens:
and thy glory above all
the earth.
Unto
the end, destroy
not,
for
David,
for
an inscription
of
a title.
If
in
very deed
you speak justice: judge right things, ye sons
of men.
For
in
your heart
you work iniquity:
your hands forge injustice
in
the earth.
The wicked
are alienated
from
the womb;
they
have gone astray
from
the womb:
they
have spoken false things.
Their madness
is according
to
the likeness
of
a serpent:
like
the deaf asp
that stoppeth
her ears:
Which
will
not hear
the voice
of
the charmers; nor
of
the wizard
that charmeth wisely.
God
shall break
in pieces
their teeth
in
their
mouth:
the Lord
shall break
the grinders
of
the lions.
They
shall come
to nothing,
like water running down;
he hath bent
his bow till
they
be weakened.
Like wax that melteth they shall be taken
away: fire hath fallen on them,
and they shall
not see
the sun.
Before
your thorns
could know
the brier; he swalloweth them up, as alive,
in
his wrath.
The just shall rejoice
when
he shall see
the revenge:
he shall wash
his hands
in
the blood
of
the sinner.
And
man
shall say: If indeed
there
be
fruit
to
the
just:
there
is indeed
a
God
that judgeth
them
on
the
earth.
Unto
the end, destroy
not,
for
David
for an inscription
of It title, when Saul sent
and watched
his house
to kill
him.
Deliver
me
from
my enemies, O
my God;
and
defend
me
from
them
that rise
up
against
me.
Deliver
me
from
them
that
work
iniquity,
and save
me
from bloody men.
For behold
they
have caught
my soul:
the mighty
have rushed
in upon
me:
Neither
is
it
my iniquity, nor
my sin,
O Lord: without iniquity have I run,
and directed
my steps.
Rise up thou
to meet
me,
and
behold:
even thou,
O Lord,
the
God
of hosts,
the
God
of Israel. Attend
to visit all
the nations:
have
no mercy
on all
them
that work iniquity.
They
shall return
at evening,
and
shall suffer
hunger
like dogs:
and
shall go round about
the city.
Behold
they
shall speak
with
their mouth,
and
a sword
is
in
their lips:
for
who, say
they, hath heard
us?
But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh
at
them: thou shalt
bring all
the nations
to
nothing.
I
will keep
my strength
to thee:
for thou art
my protector:
My God,
his mercy
shall prevent
me.
God
shall
let
me see
over
my enemies: slay
them
not, lest
at
any time
my
people forget. Scatter
them
by thy power;
and bring
them
down,
O
Lord,
my protector:
For the sin of their mouth, and the word of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride. And for their cursing and lying they shall be talked of,
When they are consumed: when they are consumed by thy wrath, and they shall be no more. And they shall know that God will rule Jacob, and all the ends of the earth.
They shall return at evening and shall suffer hunger like dogs: and shall go round about the city.
They shall be scattered abroad to eat, and shall murmur if they be not filled.
But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and my refuge, in the day of my trouble.
Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy.
Unto
the end,
for
them
that
shall
be changed,
for
the inscription
of
a title,
to
David
himself,
for doctrine,
When
he
set fire
to Mesopotamia
of Syria
and Sobal
and Joab returned
and slew
of Edom,
in
the vale
of
the saltpits, twelve thousand men.
O God, thou hast cast
us off,
and hast destroyed
us; thou hast been angry,
and hast
had mercy
on
us.
Thou hast moved
the earth,
and hast troubled
it: heal thou
the breaches thereof,
for
it
has
been moved.
Thou hast shewn thy
people hard things; thou hast
made
us drink wine
of sorrow.
Thou hast given
a warning
to
them
that fear thee:
that
they
may flee
from
before
the bow:
That thy beloved
may
be delivered.
Save
me
with thy right hand,
and hear
me.
God hath
spoken
in
his holy place:
I
will rejoice,
and
I
will divide Sichem;
and
will mete
out
the vale
of tabernacles.
Galaad
is mine,
and Manasses
is mine:
and Ephraim
is
the strength
of
my head. Juda
is
my king:
Moab
is
the pot
of
my hope.
Into Edom
will
I stretch
out
my shoe:
to
me
the
foreigners
are made subject.
Who
will
bring
me
into
the strong city?
who
will lead
me
into Edom?
Wilt
not thou,
O
God,
who hast cast
us
off?
and wilt
not thou,
O
God,
go out
with
our
armies?
Give
us help
from trouble:
for vain
is
the salvation
of man.
Through
God
we
shall
do mightily:
and
he
shall
bring
to
nothing
them
that afflict
us.
Unto
the end,
in hymns,
for
David.
Hear, O God,
my supplication:
be attentive
to
my prayer,
To thee
have
I cried
from
the ends
of
the earth:
when
my heart
was
in anguish, thou hast exalted
me
on
a rock. Thou hast conducted
me;
For thou hast
been
my hope;
a tower
of strength against
the face
of
the enemy.
In thy tabernacle
I shall dwell
for ever:
I shall be protected under
the covert
of thy wings.
For thou,
my
God, hast heard
my prayer: thou hast
given
an inheritance
to
them
that
fear thy name.
Thou wilt add days
to
the days
of
the
king:
his years even
to generation
and generation.
He abideth
for ever
in
the sight
of
God:
his mercy
and truth
who shall search?
So
will I sing
a psalm
to thy name for ever
and ever: that I may pay
my vows
from day
to day.
Unto
the end,
for Idithun,
a psalm
of
David.
Shall not
my soul
be
subject
to
God?
for
from
him
is
my salvation.
For
he
is
my
God
and
my saviour:
he
is
my
protector,
I
shall
be moved
no
more.
How
long do
you rush
in
upon
a man?
you all kill,
as
if
you
were thrusting
down
a leaning wall,
and
a tottering fence.
But they have thought
to cast
away
my price;
I ran
in thirst: they blessed
with their mouth,
but cursed
with their heart.
But
be thou,
O
my soul,
subject
to
God:
for
from
him
is
my patience.
For
he
is
my God
and
my saviour:
he
is
my helper,
I
shall
not
be moved.
In
God
is
my salvation
and
my glory:
he
is
the
God
of
my help,
and
my hope
is
in
God.
Trust
in
him,
all ye congregation
of people: pour out
your hearts
before
him.
God
is
our helper
for
ever.
But vain are the sons of men, the sons of men are liars in the balances: that by vanity they may together deceive.
Trust not in iniquity, and cover not robberies: if riches abound, set not your heart upon them.
God hath spoken once, these two things have I heard, that power belongeth to God,
And mercy to thee, O Lord; for thou wilt render to every man according to his works.
A
psalm
of
David
when
he
was
in
the desert
of Edom.
O
God,
my
God,
to thee do
I watch
at break
of day.
For thee
my
soul hath thirsted;
for thee
my flesh,
O how many ways!
In
a desert land,
and
where there
is
no
way,
and
no water:
so
in
the sanctuary
have
I come
before thee,
to see thy power
and thy glory.
For thy mercy
is
better
than lives: thee
my lips
shall praise.
Thus
will
I
bless thee
all
my life long:
and
in thy name
I
will lift up
my hands.
Let
my
soul
be filled
as
with marrow
and fatness:
and
my
mouth
shall
praise thee
with joyful lips.
If
I
have remembered thee upon
my bed,
I
will meditate
on thee
in
the morning:
Because thou hast been
my helper.
And
I
will rejoice
under
the covert
of thy wings:
My soul hath stuck
close
to thee: thy right hand hath received
me.
But
they
have sought
my soul
in
vain,
they
shall
go
into
the lower parts
of
the
earth:
They
shall
be delivered into
the hands
of
the sword,
they
shall
be
the portions
of foxes.
But
the king shall rejoice
in
God,
all
they shall
be praised
that
swear
by
him:
because
the mouth
is stopped
of
them
that
speak wicked
things.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David.
Hear,
O
God,
my prayer,
when
I make supplication
to thee: deliver
my
soul
from
the fear
of
the enemy.
Thou hast protected
me
from
the assembly
of
the malignant;
from
the multitude
of
the workers
of iniquity.
For
they
have whetted
their tongues like
a sword;
they
have bent
their bow
a bitter
thing,
To shoot
in secret
the undefiled.
They
will shoot at
him
on
a sudden,
and
will
not fear:
they
are resolute
in wickedness.
They
have talked
of hiding snares;
they
have
said:
Who
shall see them?
They
have searched
after iniquities:
they
have failed
in
their search. Man shall
come
to
a deep heart:
And God shall
be exalted.
The arrows
of children
are
their wounds:
And
their tongues against
them
are made weak.
All
that saw
them
were troubled;
And every
man
was afraid.
And
they declared
the works
of God:
and understood
his doings.
The just
shall rejoice
in
the Lord,
and
shall hope
in
him:
and all
the upright
in heart
shall
be praised.
To
the end,
a
psalm
of
David.
The canticle
of Jeremias
and Ezechiel
to
the people
of
the captivity, when they began
to go out.
A Hymn,
O
God, becometh thee
in Sion:
and
a vow shall
be
paid
to thee
in Jerusalem.
O hear
my prayer: all flesh shall come to thee.
The
words
of
the wicked
have prevailed
over
us:
and thou wilt pardon
our transgressions.
Blessed
is
he whom thou hast chosen
and taken
to thee:
he
shall dwell
in thy courts. We
shall
be filled with
the good
things
of thy house; holy
is thy temple,
Wonderful
in justice. Hear
us,
O
God
our saviour,
who art
the hope
of
all
the ends
of
the earth,
and
in
the sea afar
off.
Thou
who preparest
the mountains
by thy strength, being girded
with power:
Who troublest
the depth
of
the sea,
the noise
of
its waves.
The Gentiles shall
be troubled,
And
they
that dwell
in
the uttermost borders
shall
be afraid
at thy signs: thou shalt
make
the outgoings
of
the morning
and
of
the evening
to
be joyful.
Thou hast visited
the earth,
and hast plentifully watered
it; thou hast many ways enriched
it.
The river
of
God
is filled
with water, thou hast prepared
their food:
for so
is
its preparation.
Fill
up plentifully
the streams thereof, multiply
its fruits;
it
shall spring
up
and
rejoice
in
its showers.
Thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy goodness: and thy fields shall be filled with plenty.
The beautiful places of the wilderness shall grow fat: and the hills shall be girded about with joy,
The rams of the flock are clothed, and the vales shall abound with corn: they shall shout, yea they shall sing a hymn.
Unto
the end,
a canticle
of
a
psalm
of
the resurrection. Shout
with joy
to God, all
the earth,
Sing ye
a psalm
to
his name; give glory
to
his
praise.
Say unto God, How terrible
are thy works,
O Lord!
in
the multitude
of thy strength thy enemies
shall lie
to thee.
Let
all
the earth adore thee,
and sing
to thee: let it sing
a psalm
to thy name.
Come
and see
the works
of God; who
is terrible
in
his counsels over
the sons
of
men.
Who turneth
the
sea
into dry
land,
in
the
river
they
shall pass
on foot:
there
shall
we rejoice
in
him.
Who
by
his
power ruleth
for ever:
his eyes behold
the nations; let
not them
that provoke him he exalted
in themselves.
O bless our God, ye Gentiles:
and make
the voice
of his praise
to
be heard.
Who hath
set
my soul
to
live:
and hath not suffered
my feet
to
be moved:
For thou,
O
God, hast proved
us: thou hast tried
us
by fire,
as silver
is tried.
Thou hast brought
us into
a net, thou hast laid afflictions
on
our back:
Thou hast set men over our heads. We
have passed through tire
and water,
and thou hast brought us out into
a refreshment.
I
will go into thy house
with burnt offerings: I
will pay thee my vows,
Which
my lips
have uttered,
And
my mouth hath spoken, when
I
was
in trouble.
I will offer up to thee holocausts full of marrow, with burnt offerings of rams: I will offer to thee bullocks with goats.
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will tell you what great things he hath done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth: and I extolled him with my tongue.
If I have looked at iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
Therefore hath God heard me, and hath attended to the voice of my supplication.
Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Unto
the end,
in, hymns,
a
psalm
of
a canticle
for David.
May God
have mercy
on
us,
and bless
us:
may
he cause
the
light
of
his countenance
to shine
upon
us,
and
may
he
have mercy
on
us.
That we
may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation
in
all nations.
Let
people confess
to thee,
O God: let
all
people give
praise
to thee.
Let
the nations
be glad
and rejoice:
for thou judgest
the
people
with justice,
and directest
the nations
upon earth.
Let
the people,
O God, confess
to thee:
let all
the people
give praise
to thee:
The earth hath yielded her fruit.
May God,
our God bless
us,
May
God
bless
us:
and
all
the ends
of
the earth fear
him.
Unto
the end, a
psalm of a canticle for David himself.
Let
God arise,
and let
his enemies
be scattered:
and let
them
that hate
him flee
from
before
his
face.
As smoke vanisheth, so let
them vanish
away:
as wax melteth
before
the fire, so let
the wicked perish
at
the presence
of God.
And let
the
just feast,
and rejoice
before
God:
and
be delighted
with gladness.
Sing ye
to God,
sing
a psalm
to
his name,
make
a way
for
him
who ascendeth upon
the west:
the Lord
is
his name.
Rejoice ye before
him:
but
the wicked
shall
be troubled
at
his
presence,
Who
is
the father
of orphans,
and
the judge
of
widows.
God
in
his holy
place:
God
who maketh men
of
one manner
to dwell
in
a house:
Who bringeth out
them
that
were bound
in strength;
in
like manner
them
that provoke,
that dwell
in sepulchres.
O
God,
when thou didst go forth
in
the sight
of thy
people,
when thou didst pass
through
the desert:
The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.
Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.
In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.
The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.
The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.
If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.
When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.
The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain.
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.
The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.
Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.
Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.
But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.
The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.
They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.
Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.
In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel.
There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.
From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.
Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:
Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,
Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:
Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.
God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.
Unto
the end,
for them
that
shall
be changed;
for
David.
SAVE
me,
O
God:
for
the waters
are
come
in even unto
my soul.
I stick fast
in
the mire
of
the deep:
and there
is
no sure standing. I
am come into
the depth
of
the sea:
and
a tempest hath overwhelmed
me.
I
have laboured
with crying;
my jaws
are become hoarse:
my
eyes
have failed, whilst
I hope
in
my
God.
They
are multiplied
above
the hairs
of
my
head,
who hate
me without
cause.
My enemies
are grown strong
who
have wrongfully persecuted
me: then did
I pay
that which
I
took not away.
O
God, thou knowest
my foolishness;
and
my offences
are not hidden
from thee:
Let not
them
be ashamed
for
me,
who look
for thee,
O Lord,
the Lord
of hosts.
Let
them not
be confounded
on
my account,
who seek thee,
O
God
of Israel.
Because
for thy sake I
have borne reproach; shame hath covered
my
face.
I
am become
a stranger
to
my brethren,
and
an alien
to
the sons
of
my mother.
For
the zeal
of thy house hath eaten
me up:
and
the reproaches
of
them
that reproached thee
are fallen upon
me.
And
I covered
my soul
in fasting:
and
it
was
made
a reproach
to
me.
And
I
made haircloth
my garment:
and
I became
a byword
to
them.
They
that sat
in
the gate spoke against
me:
and
they
that drank wine made
me their song.
But
as
for me,
my prayer
is
to thee,
O Lord;
for
the time
of thy good pleasure,
O God.
In
the multitude
of thy mercy hear me,
in
the truth
of thy salvation.
Draw me
out
of
the mire,
that
I
may not stick fast: deliver me
from them
that hate me,
and
out
of
the deep waters.
Let not
the tempest
of water drown me, nor
the deep swallow me up:
and let not
the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Hear
me,
O
Lord,
for thy
mercy
is kind;
look
upon
me according
to
the multitude
of thy tender mercies.
And turn not away thy face
from thy servant:
for
I
am
in trouble, hear me speedily.
Attend
to
my soul,
and deliver
it: save
me because
of
my enemies.
Thou knowest
my reproach,
and
my confusion,
and
my shame.
In thy sight are all they
that afflict me;
my heart hath expected reproach
and misery.
And I looked
for
one
that would grieve together with me, but there
was none:
and
for
one
that would comfort me,
and I found none.
And
they gave
me gall
for
my food,
and
in
my thirst
they gave
me vinegar
to drink.
Let
their table
become
as
a snare before
them,
and
a
recompense,
and
a stumblingblock.
Let
their eyes
be darkened
that
they see not;
and
their back bend thou down always.
Pour
out thy indignation
upon
them:
and let thy wrathful anger
take hold
of
them.
Let
their habitation be made desolate:
and let
there be none
to dwell
in
their tabernacles.
Because
they
have persecuted
him whom thou hast smitten;
and
they
have added
to
the grief
of
my wounds.
Add thou iniquity upon
their iniquity:
and let them not come
into thy justice.
Let
them
be blotted
out
of
the book
of
the living;
and
with
the just let
them not
be written.
But
I am poor
and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set
me
up.
I
will praise
the name
of
God
with
a canticle:
and
I
will magnify him
with praise.
And it
shall please
God
better
than
a young calf,
that bringeth forth horns
and hoofs.
Let
the poor see
and rejoice: seek ye
God,
and
your soul
shall live.
For
the Lord hath
heard
the poor:
and hath not despised
his prisoners.
Let
the heavens
and
the earth praise
him;
the sea,
and every thing
that creepeth therein.
For
God
will save Sion,
and
the cities
of Juda
shall
be built
up.
And
they
shall dwell there,
and acquire
it
by inheritance.
And the seed of his servants shall possess it; and they that love his name shall dwell therein.
Unto
the end,
a psalm
for
David,
to bring
to remembrance
that
the Lord saved
him.
O
God,
come
to
my assistance;
O Lord,
make haste
to
help
me.
Let
them
be confounded
and ashamed
that seek
my soul:
Let
them
be turned backward,
and blush
for shame
that desire evils
to
me: Let
them
be presently turned
away blushing
for shame
that say
to
me: Tis well, tis well.
Let all
that
seek thee rejoice
and
be glad
in thee;
and
let
such
as love thy salvation say always:
The Lord
be magnified.
But
I
am needy
and poor;
O
God, help
me. Thou art
my helper
and
my deliverer:
O Lord,
make
no delay.
A psalm
for
David.
Of
the sons
of Jonadab,
and
the former captives.
In thee,
O Lord,
I
have hoped,
let
me never
be
put
to confusion:
Deliver
me
in thy justice,
and
rescue
me. Incline thy ear unto
me,
and
save
me.
Be thou unto
me
a God,
a protector,
and
a place
of
strength:
that thou mayst make
me safe.
For thou art
my firmament
and
my refuge.
Deliver
me, O
my
God,
out
of
the hand
of
the sinner,
and
out
of
the hand
of
the transgressor
of
the law
and
of
the unjust.
For thou art
my patience,
O Lord:
my hope,
O Lord,
from
my youth;
By thee
have
I
been confirmed
from
the womb:
from
my mother’s womb thou art
my protector.
Of thee
shall
I
continually sing:
I run become unto many as a wonder, but thou art a strong helper.
Let my mouth be filled with praise, that I may sing thy glory; thy greatness all the day long.
Cast me not off in the time of old age: when my strength shall fail, do not thou forsake me.
For my enemies have spoken against me; and they that watched my soul have consulted together,
Saying: God hath forsaken him: pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver him.
O God, be not thou far from me: O my God, make haste to my help.
Let them be confounded and come to nothing that detract my soul; let them be covered with confusion and shame that seek my hurt.
But I will always hope; and will add to all thy praise.
My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; thy salvation all the day long. Because I have not known learning,
I will enter into the powers of the Lord: O Lord, I will be mindful of thy justice alone.
Thou hast taught me, O God, from my youth: and till now I will declare thy wonderful works.
And unto old age and grey hairs: O God, forsake me not, Until I shew forth thy arm to all the generation that is to come: Thy power,
And thy justice, O God, even to the highest great things thou hast done: O God, who is like to thee?
How great troubles hast thou shewn me, many and grievous: and turning thou hast brought me to life, and hast brought me back again from the depths of the earth:
Thou hast multiplied thy magnificence; and turning to me thou hast comforted me.
For I will also confess to thee thy truth with the instruments of psaltery: O God, I will sing to thee with the harp, thou holy one of Israel.
My lips shall greatly rejoice, when I shall sing to thee; and my soul which thou hast redeemed.
Yea and my tongue shall meditate on thy justice all the day; when they shall be confounded and put to shame that seek evils to me.
A psalm
on Solomon.
Give
to
the king thy judgment,
O
God:
and
to
the king’s son thy
justice:
To judge thy people
with
justice,
and thy poor
with judgment.
Let
the mountains
receive peace
for
the people:
and
the hills justice.
He
shall judge
the poor
of
the
people,
and
he
shall save
the children
of
the poor:
and
he
shall humble
the
oppressor.
And
he shall continue
with
the sun,
and before
the moon, throughout all generations.
He
shall come
down
like rain
upon
the fleece;
and
as showers falling gently
upon
the earth.
In
his days shall justice spring
up,
and abundance
of peace, till
the moon
be
taken sway.
And
he
shall rule
from sea
to sea,
and
from
the river unto
the ends
of
the earth.
Before
him
the Ethiopians shall fall
down:
and
his enemies shall lick
the ground.
The kings
of Tharsis
and
the islands
shall offer presents:
the kings
of
the Arabians
and
of Saba
shall bring gifts:
And
all kings
of
the earth
shall adore
him:
all nations
shall serve
him.
For
he shall deliver
the poor
from
the
mighty:
and
the needy
that
had
no helper.
He
shall spare
the poor
and needy:
and he
shall
save
the
souls
of
the poor.
He
shall redeem
their souls
from usuries
and iniquity:
and
their names
shall
be honourable
in
his sight.
And
he
shall
live,
and
to
him
shall
be given
of
the gold
of Arabia,
for
him
they
shall
always adore:
they
shall bless
him
all
the
day.
And there
shall
be
a firmament
on
the earth
on
the tops
of mountains, above Libanus
shall
the fruit thereof
be exalted:
and
they
of
the city
shall flourish like
the grass
of
the earth.
Let
his name
be blessed
for evermore:
his name continueth
before
the sun.
And
in
him shall
all
the tribes
of
the earth
be blessed:
all nations shall magnify
him.
Blessed
be
the Lord,
the
God
of Israel,
who alone doth wonderful
things.
And blessed
be
the name
of
his majesty
for
ever:
and
the whole earth
shall
be filled
with
his majesty.
So
be
it.
So
be
it.
The praises
of
David,
the son
of Jesse,
are ended.
A psalm
for Asaph. How good
is
God
to Israel,
to
them
that
are
of
a
right heart!
But
my feet
were almost moved;
my steps had well nigh slipped.
Because
I had
a zeal
on occasion
of
the wicked, seeing
the
prosperity
of sinners.
For there
is no regard
to their death, nor
is there strength
in their stripes.
They
are not
in
the labour
of men:
neither
shall
they
be scourged
like other men.
Therefore pride hath held
them fast:
they
are covered
with
their iniquity
and
their wickedness.
Their iniquity hath come forth,
as
it
were
from fatness:
they
have passed
into
the affection
of
the heart.
They
have thought
and spoken wickedness:
they
have spoken iniquity
on high.
They have set
their
mouth
against heaven:
and
their tongue hath passed through
the
earth.
Therefore
will
my people
return here
and
full days
shall
be found
in
them.
And
they said: How doth God know?
and
is
there knowledge
in
the
most
High?
Behold these
are sinners;
and
yet abounding
in
the world
they
have obtained riches.
And
I said: Then
have
I
in vain justified
my
heart,
and washed
my hands
among
the innocent.
And
I
have been scourged all
the day;
and
my chastisement hath been
in
the mornings.
If
I said:
I
will speak thus; behold
I
should condemn
the generation
of thy children.
I studied
that
I
might know this thing,
it
is
a labour
in
my sight:
Until
I
go
into
the sanctuary
of God,
and understand
concerning
their
last ends.
But
indeed
for deceits thou hast put
it
to
them:
when
they
were lifted up thou hast cast
them
down.
How
are
they brought
to desolation?
they
have suddenly ceased
to
be:
they
have perished
by reason
of
their iniquity.
As
the dream
of
them
that awake, O Lord; so
in thy city thou shalt bring
their image
to nothing.
For my heart hath been inflamed, and my reins have been changed:
And I am brought to nothing, and I knew not.
I am become as a beast before thee: and I am always with thee.
Thou hast held me by my right hand; and by thy will thou hast conducted me, and with thy glory thou hast received me.
For what have I in heaven? and besides thee what do I desire upon earth?
For thee my flesh and my heart hath fainted away: thou art the God of my heart, and the God that is my portion for ever.
For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.
But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
Understanding
for
Asaph.
O
God, why hast thou cast
us off unto
the end: why
is thy wrath enkindled
against
the sheep
of thy pasture?
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast possessed
from
the beginning.
The sceptre
of thy inheritance which thou hast redeemed: mount Sion
in which thou hast dwelt.
Lift
up thy hands against
their pride unto
the end;
see
what things
the enemy hath done wickedly
in
the sanctuary.
And
they
that hate thee
have made
their boasts,
in
the midst
of thy solemnity.
They
have set up
their ensigns
for signs,
And
they knew
not
both
in
the going out
and
on
the highest top.
As
with axes
in
a wood
of trees,
They have cut down
at once
the gates thereof,
with axe
and hatchet
they have brought
it down.
They
have
set fire
to thy sanctuary:
they
have defiled
the dwelling place
of thy name
on
the earth.
They
said
in
their heart,
the whole kindred
of them together: Let
us abolish all
the festival days
of God
from
the land.
Our signs
we
have
not seen, there
is
now no prophet:
and
he
will know
us no more.
How long, O God,
shall
the enemy reproach:
is
the adversary
to provoke thy name
for
ever?
Why dost thou turn away thy hand:
and thy right hand
out
of
the midst
of thy bosom
for ever?
But God
is
our king before
ages:
he hath wrought salvation
in
the midst
of
the earth.
Thou by thy strength didst
make
the sea firm: thou didst crush
the heads
of
the dragons
in
the waters.
Thou hast broken
the heads
of
the dragon: thou hast given
him
to
be meat
for
the people
of
the Ethiopians.
Thou hast broken
up
the fountains
and
the torrents: thou hast dried
up
the Ethan rivers.
Thine
is
the day,
and thine
is
the night: thou hast
made
the morning light
and
the sun.
Thou hast made
all
the borders
of
the earth:
the summer
and
the
spring were formed
by thee.
Remember this,
the enemy hath reproached
the Lord:
and
a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
Deliver
not
up
to beasts
the souls
that confess
to thee:
and forget
not
to
the
end
the souls
of thy poor.
Have regard
to thy covenant: for
they
that
are
the obscure
of
the earth have been filled with dwellings
of iniquity.
Let
not
the humble
be turned away
with confusion:
the poor
and needy
shall
praise thy name.
Arise,
O
God, judge thy
own
cause: remember thy reproaches
with
which
the foolish man hath reproached thee
all
the day.
Forget not
the voices
of thy enemies:
the pride
of
them
that hate thee ascendeth
continually.
Unto
the
end, corrupt not,
a psalm
of
a canticle
for
Asaph.
We
will praise thee,
O God: we
will praise,
and we
will
call upon thy name. We
will relate thy wondrous works:
When
I shall
take
a
time,
I
will judge justices.
The earth
is melted,
and all
that dwell therein:
I have
established
the pillars thereof.
I said
to
the wicked:
Do
not act wickedly:
and
to
the sinners: Lift
not
up
the horn.
Lift not up
your horn
on high: speak not iniquity against God.
For neither
from
the east, nor
from
the west, nor
from
the desert hills:
For
God
is
the judge.
One
he putteth
down,
and another
he lifteth
up:
For
in
the hand
of
the Lord
there
is
a cup
of strong wine full
of mixture.
And
he hath poured
it
out
from
this
to
that:
but
the dregs thereof
are
not emptied:
all
the sinners
of
the earth
shall drink.
But
I
will declare
for
ever:
I
will sing
to
the
God
of Jacob.
And
I
will
break
all
the horns
of sinners:
but
the horns
of
the just
shall
be exalted.
Unto
the end, in
praises, a
psalm for
Asaph: a canticle
to
the Assyrians.
In Judea
God
is known:
his
name
is
great
in Israel.
And
his
place
is
in peace:
and
his abode
in Sion:
There hath
he broken
the powers
of bows,
the shield,
the sword,
and
the battie.
Thou enlightenest wonderfully from
the everlasting hills.
All
the foolish
of heart
were troubled.
They
have slept their sleep;
and all
the men
of riches
have found
nothing
in their hands.
At thy rebuke, O
God
of Jacob,
they
have all slumbered
that mounted
on horseback.
Thou art terrible,
and
who
shall resist thee?
from
that time thy wrath.
Thou hast caused
judgment
to
be
heard
from heaven:
the
earth trembled
and
was still,
When
God arose
in judgment,
to save
all
the meek
of
the earth.
For
the thought
of
man
shall give
praise
to thee:
and
the remainders
of
the thought
shall keep holiday
to thee.
Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: all you that are round about him bring presents. To him that is terrible,
Even to him who taketh away the spirit of princes: to the terrible with the kings of the earth.
Unto
the end, for Idithun, a
psalm of
Asaph.
I cried
to
the Lord
with
my voice;
to
God
with
my voice,
and
he gave ear
to
me.
In
the day
of
my trouble
I sought God,
with
my hands lifted
up
to
him
in
the night,
and
I
was
not deceived.
My soul refused
to
be comforted:
I remembered God,
and
was delighted,
and
was exercised,
and
my spirit swooned away.
My eyes prevented
the watches: I was troubled,
and I spoke not.
I
thought
upon
the days
of old:
and
I
had
in
my
mind
the eternal years.
And
I meditated
in
the night
with
my own heart:
and
I
was exercised
and
I swept
my spirit.
Will God
then cast off
for
ever?
or
will
he never
be more favourable
again?
Or
will
he cut off
his mercy
for ever,
from generation
to generation?
Or
will
God forget
to shew mercy?
or
will
he
in
his anger shut
up
his mercies?
And
I said,
Now
have
I begun:
this
is
the change
of
the right hand
of
the most High.
I remembered
the works
of
the
Lord:
for
I
will
be mindful
of thy wonders
from
the beginning.
And
I
will meditate
on all thy works:
and
will
be employed
in thy inventions.
Thy way, O God, is in the holy place: who is the great God like our God?
Thou art the God that dost wonders. Thou hast made thy power known among the nations:
With thy arm thou hast redeemed thy people the children of Jacob and of Joseph.
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee: and they were afraid, and the depths were troubled.
Great was the noise of the waters: the clouds sent out a sound. For thy arrows pass:
The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy paths in many waters: and thy footsteps shall not be known.
Thou hast conducted thy people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
Understanding
for
Asaph. Attend, O
my people,
to
my law: incline
your ears
to
the words
of
my mouth.
I
will open
my mouth
in parables:
I
will utter propositions
from
the beginning.
How great
things
have
we heard
and
known,
and
our fathers
have told
us.
They
have
not
been hidden
from
their children,
in another generation. Declaring
the praises
of
the Lord,
and
his powers,
and
his wonders
which
he hath done.
And
he set up
a testimony
in Jacob:
and
made
a law
in Israel. How great
things
he
commanded
our fathers,
that
they should make
the same
known
to
their children:
That another generation might know
them.
The children
that
should
be born
and
should rise up,
and declare
them
to
their children.
That
they
may
put
their hope
in
God
and
may
not forget
the works
of
God:
and
may seek
his commandments.
That
they
may
not become
like
their fathers,
a perverse
and exasperating generation.
A generation
that set
not
their heart aright:
and whose spirit
was
not faithful
to
God.
The sons
of Ephraim who bend
and shoot with the bow: they have turned back
in the day
of battle.
They kept
not
the covenant
of
God:
and
in
his law
they would
not walk.
And
they forgot
his benefits,
and
his wonders
that
he
had shewn
them.
Wonderful things did
he do
in
the sight
of
their fathers,
in
the land
of Egypt,
in
the field
of Tanis.
He divided
the sea
and brought them
through:
and
he
made
the waters
to stand as
in
a vessel.
And
he conducted
them
with
a cloud
by day:
and
all
the night
with
a light
of fire.
He struck
the rock
in
the wilderness:
and
gave
them
to drink,
as
out
of
the great deep.
He brought forth water out
of
the rock:
and made streams run down
as rivers.
And
they added
yet
more sin against
him:
they provoked
the most High
to wrath
in
the place without
water.
And
they tempted
God
in
their hearts,
by asking meat
for
their
desires.
And
they spoke ill
of God:
they said: Can God furnish
a table
in
the wilderness?
Because
he struck
the rock,
and
the
waters gushed
out,
and
the streams overflowed.
Can
he
also give bread,
or provide
a table
for
his
people?
Therefore
the Lord heard,
and
was angry:
and
a fire
was kindled
against Jacob,
and wrath came up
against
Israel.
Because they believed not in God: and trusted not in his salvation.
And he had commanded the clouds from above, and had opened the doors of heaven.
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.
Man ate the bread of angels: he sent them provisions in abundance.
He removed the south wind from heaven: and by his power brought in the southwest wind.
And he rained upon them flesh as dust: and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea.
And they fell in the midst of their camp, round about their pavilions.
So they did eat, and were filled exceedingly, and he gave them their desire:
They were not defrauded of that which they craved. As yet their meat was in their mouth:
And the wrath of God came upon them. And he slew the fat ones amongst them, and brought down the chosen men of Israel.
In all these things they sinned still: and they believed not for his wondrous works.
And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years in haste.
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned, and came to him early in the morning.
And they remembered that God was their helper: and the most high God their redeemer.
And they loved him with their mouth: and with their tongue they lied unto him:
But their heart was not right with him: nor were they counted faithful in his covenant.
But he is merciful, and will forgive their sins: and will not destroy them. And many a time did he turn away his anger: and did not kindle all his wrath.
And he remembered that they are flesh: a wind that goeth and returneth not.
How often did they provoke him in the desert: and move him to wrath in the place without water?
And they turned back and tempted God: and grieved the holy one of Israel.
They remembered not his hand, in the day that he redeemed them from the hand of him that afflicted them:
How he wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Tanis.
And he turned their rivers into blood, and their showers that they might, not drink.
He sent amongst them divers sores of flies, which devoured them: and frogs which destroyed them.
And he gave up their fruits to the blast, and their labours to the locust.
And he destroyed their vineyards with hail, and their mulberry trees with hoarfrost.
And he gave up their cattle to the hail, and their stock to the fire.
And he sent upon them the wrath of his indignation: indignation and wrath and trouble, which he sent by evil angels.
He made a way for a path to his anger: he spared not their souls from death, and their cattle he shut up in death.
And he killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt: the firstfruits of all their labour in the tabernacles of Cham.
And he took away his own people as sheep: and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
And he brought them out in hope, and they feared not: band the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
And he brought them into the mountain of his sanctuary: the mountain which his right hand had purchased. And he cast out the Gentiles before them: and by lot divided to them their land by a line of distribution.
And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.
Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.
And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.
They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.
God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.
And he put away the tabernacle of Silo, his tabernacle where he dwelt among men.
And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.
And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance.
Fire consumed their young men: and their maidens were not lamented.
Their priests fell by the sword: and their widows did not mourn.
And the Lord was awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that hath been surfeited with wine.
And he smote his enemies on the hinder parts: he put them to an everlasting reproach.
And he rejected the tabernacle of Joseph: and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
But he chose the tribe of Juda, mount Sion which he loved.
And he built his sanctuary as of unicorns, in the land which he founded for ever.
And he chose his servant David, and took him from the hocks of sheep: he brought him from following the ewes great with young,
To feed Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.
And he fed them in the innocence of his heart: and conducted them by the skillfulness of his hands.
A psalm
for
Asaph.
O God,
the heathens
are come into thy inheritance,
they
have defiled thy holy temple:
they
have made Jerusalem as
a place
to keep fruit.
They have given
the dead bodies
of thy servants
to
be meat
for
the fowls
of
the air:
the flesh
of thy saints
for
the beasts
of
the earth.
They
have poured
out
their blood
as water, round
about Jerusalem
and
there
was none
to bury
them.
We
are become
a reproach
to
our neighbours:
a scorn
and derision
to
them
that
are round
about
us.
How long, O Lord, wilt thou
be angry
for ever:
shall thy zeal
be kindled
like
a fire?
Pour
out thy wrath upon
the nations
that
have
not
known thee:
and upon
the kingdoms
that
have
not called upon thy name.
Because
they
have devoured Jacob;
and
have
laid waste
his
place.
Remember
not
our former iniquities:
let thy mercies speedily prevent us,
for
we
are
become exceeding poor.
Help
us, O God, our saviour:
and
for
the glory
of thy name, O Lord, deliver
us:
and forgive
us our sins
for thy name’s sake:
Lest
they
should say
among
the Gentiles:
Where
is
their
God?
And
let
him
be made
known
among
the nations
before
our eyes,
By
the revenging
the blood
of thy servants, which hath
been shed:
Let
the sighing
of
the prisoners come
in before thee. According
to
the greatness
of thy arm,
take possession
of
the children
of
them
that
have
been put
to death.
And render
to
our neighbours sevenfold
in
their bosom:
the reproach wherewith
they
have reproached thee, O Lord.
But we thy people,
and
the sheep
of thy pasture,
will give thanks
to thee
for ever. We
will shew
forth thy praise, unto generation
and generation.
Unto
the end,
for
them
that
shall
he changed,
a testimony
for
Asaph,
a
psalm.
Give ear, O thou
that rulest
Israel: thou
that leadest Joseph
like
a sheep. Thou
that sittest upon
the cherubims, shine
forth
Before Ephraim, Benjamin,
and Manasses. Stir
up thy
might,
and come
to save
us.
Convert
us, O God:
and shew
us thy face,
and we shall
be saved.
O
Lord
God
of hosts,
how
long wilt thou
be
angry against
the prayer
of thy servant?
How
long wilt thou feed
us
with
the bread
of tears:
and give
us
for
our drink tears
in measure?
Thou hast
made
us
to
be
a contradiction
to
our neighbours:
and
our enemies
have scoffed
at
us.
O God
of hosts, convert
us:
and shew thy face,
and
we
shall
be saved.
Thou hast brought
a vineyard
out
of Egypt: thou hast cast cut
the Gentiles
and planted
it.
Thou wast
the guide
of
its journey
in
its
sight: thou plantedst
the roots thereof,
and
it filled
the land.
The shadow
of
it covered
the hills:
and
the branches thereof
the cedars
of God.
It stretched forth
its branches unto
the sea,
and
its boughs unto
the river.
Why hast thou broken
down
the hedge thereof,
so
that
all
they who pass
by
the way do pluck it?
The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.
Turn again, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vineyard:
And perfect the same which thy right hand hath planted: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
Things set on fire and dug down shall perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand: and upon the son of man whom thou hast confirmed for thyself.
And we depart not from thee, thou shalt quicken us: and we will call upon thy name.
O Lord God of hosts, convert us: and shew thy face, and we shall be saved.
Unto
the end,
for
the winepresses,
a
psalm
for
Asaph
himself.
Rejoice
to God
our helper: sing aloud
to
the God
of Jacob.
Take
a psalm,
and bring hither
the timbrel:
the pleasant psaltery
with
the harp.
Blow up
the trumpet
on
the new moon,
on
the noted day
of
your solemnity.
For
it
is
a commandment
in
Israel,
and
a judgment
to
the
God
of Jacob.
He ordained
it
for
a testimony
in Joseph, when he came out
of
the land
of Egypt: he heard
a tongue
which he knew
not.
He removed
his back from
the burdens:
his hands
had
served
in baskets.
Thou calledst upon
me
in affliction,
and I
delivered thee: I heard thee
in
the secret place
of tempest: I proved thee
at
the waters
of contradiction.
Hear, O
my
people,
and
I
will testify
to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken
to me,
There
shall
be no new god
in thee: neither shalt thou adore
a strange god.
For
I am
the Lord thy
God,
who brought thee out
of
the land
of Egypt: open thy mouth wide,
and
I
will fill
it.
But
my people heard not
my voice:
and Israel hearkened not
to
me.
So
I let
them
go according
to
the desires
of
their heart:
they
shall
walk
in
their own inventions.
If
my people
had heard me: if Israel
had walked
in
my ways:
I should soon
have humbled
their enemies,
and laid
my hand
on
them
that troubled
them.
The enemies
of
the
Lord
have lied
to
him:
and
their time
shall
be
for ever.
And
he fed
them
with
the fat
of wheat,
and filled
them
with honey
out
of
the rock.
A psalm
for
Asaph. God hath stood
in
the congregation
of gods:
and being
in
the midst
of
them
he judgeth gods.
How long
will you judge unjustly:
and accept
the persons
of
the wicked?
Judge
for
the needy
and fatherless: do justice
to
the humble
and
the poor.
Rescue
the poor;
and deliver
the needy out
of
the hand
of
the sinner.
They
have
not known nor understood:
they walk
on
in darkness: all
the foundations
of
the earth
shall
be moved.
I
have
said:
You
are gods
and
all
of
you
the sons
of
the most High.
But
you like men shall die:
and shall fall like one
of
the princes.
Arise, O God, judge thou
the earth:
for thou shalt inherit
among all
the nations.
A canticle
of
a
psalm
for
Asaph.
O God,
who
shall
be
like
to thee? hold not thy peace, neither
be thou
still,
O God.
For lo, thy enemies have
made
a noise:
and
they that hate thee have lifted up
the head.
They
have
taken
a malicious counsel
against thy
people,
and
have consulted
against thy saints.
They
have said:
Come
and
let
us
destroy
them,
so
that
they
be
not
a nation:
and
let
the name
of Israel
be remembered
no
more.
For
they
have contrived
with
one consent:
they
have
made
a covenant together
against thee,
The tabernacles
of
the Edomites,
and
the Ismahelites: Moab,
and
the Agarens,
Gebal,
and Ammon
and Amalec:
the Philistines,
with
the inhabitants
of Tyre.
Yea, and the Assyrian also is joined with them: they are come to the aid of the sons of Lot.
Do to them as thou didst to Madian and to Sisara: as to Jabin at the brook of Cisson.
Who perished at Endor: and became as dung for the earth.
Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,
Who have said: Let us possess the sanctuary of God for an inheritance.
O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.
As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains:
So shalt thou pursue them with thy tempest: and shalt trouble them in thy wrath.
Fill their faces with shame; and they shall seek thy name, O Lord.
Let them be ashamed and troubled for ever and ever: and let them be confounded and perish.
And let them know that the Lord is thy name: thou alone art the most High over all the earth.
Unto
the end, for
the winepresses, a
psalm for
the sons of Core.
How lovely
are thy tabernacles,
O Lord
of host!
My soul longeth
and fainteth
for
the courts
of
the Lord.
My heart
and
my flesh
have rejoiced
in
the living God.
For
the sparrow hath found
herself
a house,
and
the turtle
a nest
for
herself
where she may lay
her young ones: Thy altars, O Lord
of hosts,
my
king
and
my God.
Blessed
are
they
that dwell
in thy house,
O Lord:
they
shall praise thee
for
ever
and
ever.
Blessed
is
the man whose help
is
from thee:
in
his
heart
he hath disposed
to ascend
by steps,
In the vale
of tears, in the place which be hath set.
For
the lawgiver
shall give
a blessing,
they
shall go
from virtue
to virtue:
the God
of gods
shall be seen
in Sion.
O Lord God
of hosts, hear
my prayer:
give ear, O God
of Jacob.
Behold, O God our protector:
and look on
the face of thy Christ.
For better
is
one day
in thy courts above thousands.
I
have chosen
to
be
an abject
in
the house
of
my God, rather than
to dwell
in
the tabernacles
of sinners.
For God loveth mercy
and truth:
the Lord
will give grace
and glory.
He
will not deprive
of good
things
them
that walk
in innocence:
O Lord
of hosts, blessed
is
the man
that trusteth
in thee.
Unto
the end,
for
the
sons
of Core,
a
psalm.
Lord, thou hast blessed thy land: thou hast turned away
the captivity
of Jacob.
Thou hast forgiven
the iniquity
of thy
people: thou hast covered
all
their sins.
Thou hast mitigated
all thy anger: thou best
turned away
from
the wrath
of thy indignation.
Convert us,
O God
our saviour:
and turn off thy anger
from us.
Wilt thou be angry with us
for
ever:
or wilt thou extend thy wrath
from generation
to generation?
Thou wilt
turn, O God,
and
bring us
to life:
and thy people
shall rejoice
in thee.
Shew
us,
O Lord, thy mercy;
and grant
us thy salvation.
I
will
hear what
the
Lord
God
will speak
in me:
for
he
will speak peace unto
his
people:
And unto
his saints:
and unto
them
that
are converted
to
the
heart.
Surely
his salvation
is
near
to
them
that fear
him:
that glory
may dwell
in
our
land.
Mercy
and truth
have met
each other: justice
and peace
have kissed.
Truth
is sprung
out
of
the
earth:
and justice hath looked
down
from heaven.
For
the
Lord
will give goodness:
and
our earth
shall yield her fruit.
Justice shall walk before him: and shall set his steps in the way.
A prayer
for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord,
and hear
me:
for
I am needy
and poor.
Preserve
my soul,
for
I
am holy: save thy servant,
O
my
God,
that trusteth
in thee.
Have mercy
on
me, O Lord,
for
I
have cried
to thee
all
the day.
Give joy
to
the soul
of thy servant,
for
to thee, O Lord,
I
have lifted
up
my soul.
For thou,
O Lord, art sweet
and mild:
and plenteous
in mercy
to all
that
call upon thee.
Give ear, O Lord,
to
my prayer:
and attend
to
the voice
of
my petition.
I
have called upon thee
in
the day
of
my trouble: because thou hast heard
me.
There
is none among
the gods
like unto thee,
O
Lord:
and
there
is none according
to thy works.
All
the
nations thou hast
made
shall
come
and adore
before thee,
O
Lord:
and
they
shall glorify thy name.
For thou art great
and dost wonderful things: thou art God
alone.
Conduct me, O
Lord,
in thy way,
and
I
will walk
in thy
truth: let my heart rejoice that
it
may fear thy name.
I
will praise thee, O Lord my
God:
with my whole heart,
and
I
will glorify thy name
for ever:
For thy
mercy
is
great towards
me:
and thou hast
delivered
my soul out
of
the lower hell.
O God,
the wicked
are risen
up
against
me,
and
the assembly
of
the mighty
have
sought
my soul:
and
they
have
not
set thee
before
their eyes.
And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
O look upon me, and have mercy on me: give thy command to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.
Shew me a token for good: that they who hate me may see, and be confounded, because thou, O Lord, hast helped me and hast comforted me.
For
the sons
of Core,
a psalm
of
a canticle.
The foundations thereof
are
in
the holy mountains:
The Lord loveth
the gates
of Sion
above all
the tabernacles
of Jacob.
Glorious
things
are
said
of thee,
O city
of
God.
I
will
be mindful
of Rahab
and
of Babylon knowing
me. Behold
the foreigners,
and Tyre,
and
the
people
of
the Ethiopians, these
were there.
Shall
not Sion say:
This
man
and
that
man
is born
in
her?
and
the Highest
himself hath founded
her.
The
Lord
shall tell
in
his writings
of peoples
and
of princes,
of
them
that
have
been
in her.
The dwelling
in thee
is
as
it
were
of
all rejoicing.
A canticle
of
a
psalm
for
the
sons
of Core: unto
the end,
for Maheleth,
to answer understanding
of Eman
the Ezrahite.
O
Lord,
the
God
of
my salvation:
I
have cried
in
the day,
and
in
the night before thee.
Let
my prayer come
in
before thee: incline thy ear
to
my petition.
For
my soul
is filled
with evils:
and
my life hath drawn nigh
to hell.
I am
counted
among
them
that go down
to
the pit:
I am
become
as
a
man without help,
Free
among
the dead.
Like
the slain sleeping
in
the sepulchres, whom thou rememberest no more:
and
they
are cast
off
from thy hand.
They
have laid
me
in
the lower pit:
in
the dark
places,
and
in
the shadow
of death.
Thy wrath is strong over me: and all thy waves thou hast brought in upon me.
Thou hast put away my acquaintance far from me: they have set me an abomination to themselves. I was delivered up, and came not forth:
My eyes languished through poverty. All the day I cried to thee, O Lord: I stretched out my hands to thee.
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
Shall any one in the sepulchre declare thy mercy: and thy truth in destruction?
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness?
But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.
They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.
Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.
Of understanding,
for Ethan
the
Ezrahite.
The mercies
of
the
Lord
I
will sing
for ever.
I
will shew forth thy truth
with
my mouth
to generation
and generation.
For thou hast said: Mercy
shall
be built
up
for ever
in
the heavens: thy truth
shall
be prepared
in
them.
I
have made
a covenant
with
my elect:
I
have sworn
to David
my servant:
Thy seed
will
I settle
for ever.
And
I
will build
up thy throne unto generation
and generation.
The heavens
shall
confess thy wonders,
O Lord:
and thy truth
in
the church
of
the saints.
For who in
the clouds can be compared to
the Lord: or who among
the sons
of God shall be like to God?
God,
who
is glorified
in
the assembly
of
the saints: great
and terrible
above
all
them
that are
about
him.
O Lord
God
of hosts,
who
is
like
to thee? thou art mighty, O Lord,
and thy truth
is round
about thee.
Thou rulest
the
power
of
the sea:
and appeasest
the motion
of
the waves thereof.
Thou hast humbled
the proud
one,
as
one
that
is slain:
with
the arm
of thy strength thou hast scattered thy
enemies.
Thine
are
the heavens,
and thine
is
the earth:
the world
and
the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
The north
and
the sea thou hast created. Thabor
and Hermon
shall rejoice
in thy name:
Thy arm
is
with
might. Let thy hand
be strengthened,
and thy right hand exalted:
Justice
and judgment
are
the preparation
of thy throne.
Mercy
and truth
shall go
before thy
face:
Blessed
is
the people that knoweth jubilation.
They
shall walk,
O Lord,
in
the
light
of thy countenance:
And
in thy name
they shall rejoice all
the day,
and
in thy justice
they shall be exalted.
For thou art
the glory
of
their strength:
and
in thy good pleasure
shall
our horn
be exalted.
For
our protection is
of
the Lord,
and
of
our king
the holy
one
of Israel.
Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.
I have found David my servant: with my holy oil I have anointed him.
For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity have power to hurt him.
And I will cut down his enemies before his face; and them that hate him I will put to flight.
And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
He shall cry out to me: Thou art my father: my God, and the support of my salvation.
And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.
And I will make his seed to endure for evermore: and his throne as the days of heaven.
And if his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments:
If they profane my justices: and keep not my commandments:
I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
But my mercy I will not take away from him: nor will I suffer my truth to fail.
Neither will I profane my covenant: and the words that proceed from my mouth I will not make void.
Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David:
His seed shall endure for ever.
And his throne as the sun before me: and as the moon perfect for ever, and a faithful witness in heaven.
But thou hast rejected and despised: thou hast been angry with thy anointed.
Thou hast overthrown the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his sanctuary on the earth.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges: thou hast made his strength fear.
All that pass by the way have robbed him: he is become a reproach to his neighbours.
Thou hast set up the right hand of them that oppress him: thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
Thou hast turned away the help of his sword; and hast not assisted him in battle.
Thou hast made his purification to cease: and thou hast cast his throne down to the ground.
Thou hast shortened the days of his time: thou hast covered him with confusion.
How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire?
Remember what my substance is for hast thou made all the children of men in vain?
Who is the man that shall live, and not see death: that shall deliver his soul from the hand of hell?
Lord, where are thy ancient mercies, according to what thou didst swear to David in thy truth?
Be mindful, O Lord, of the reproach of thy servants (which I have held in my bosom) of many nations:
Wherewith thy enemies have reproached, O Lord; wherewith they have reproached the change of thy anointed.
Blessed be the Lord for evermore. So be it. So be it.
A prayer of Moses
the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our refuge from generation to generation.
Before
the mountains
were
made,
or
the earth
and
the world
was formed;
from
eternity
and
to
eternity thou art
God.
Turn
not man away
to
be brought low:
and thou hast
said:
Be converted,
O ye sons
of
men.
For
a thousand years
in thy sight
are as yesterday, which
is past.
And as
a watch
in
the night,
Things
that
are
counted nothing,
shall
their years
be.
In
the morning man
shall grow up
like grass;
in
the morning
he
shall flourish
and pass away:
in
the evening
he
shall fall, grow dry,
and wither.
For
in thy wrath
we
have fainted away:
and
are troubled
in thy indignation.
Thou hast set
our iniquities
before thy eyes:
our life
in
the light
of thy countenance.
For
all
our days
are spent;
and
in thy wrath we
have fainted away.
Our years
shall
be considered
as
a spider:
The days
of
our years
in
them
are threescore
and ten years.
But if
in
the strong they
be fourscore years:
and what is more
of
them is labour
and sorrow. For mildness is come upon us:
and we
shall
be corrected.
Who knoweth
the
power
of thy anger,
and
for thy fear
Can number thy wrath?
So
make thy right hand known:
and men learned
in heart,
in wisdom.
Return,
O
Lord, how long?
and
be entreated
in favour
of thy servants.
We
are filled
in
the morning
with thy mercy:
and we
have rejoiced,
and
are delighted all
our days.
We
have rejoiced
for
the days
in which thou hast humbled
us:
for
the years
in which we
have seen evils.
Look upon thy servants
and upon
their works:
and direct
their children.
And
let
the brightness
of
the Lord
our God
be upon
us:
and direct thou
the works
of
our hands
over
us; yea,
the work
of
our hands
do thou direct.
The praise
of
a canticle
for David.
He
that dwelleth
in
the aid
of
the most High,
shall abide under
the protection
of
the
God
of Jacob.
He
shall say
to
the Lord: Thou art
my protector,
and
my refuge:
my
God,
in
him
will
I trust.
For
he hath delivered
me
from
the snare
of
the hunters:
and
from
the sharp
word.
He
will overshadow thee
with
his shoulders:
and under
his wings thou shalt trust.
His truth shall compass thee
with
a shield: thou shalt
not
be afraid
of
the terror
of
the night.
Of
the arrow
that flieth
in
the
day,
of
the business
that walketh about
in
the dark:
of invasion, or
of
the noonday devil.
A thousand shall fall at thy side,
and ten thousand at thy right hand:
but
it shall
not
come nigh thee.
But thou shalt
consider
with thy eyes:
and shalt see
the reward
of
the wicked.
Because thou, O Lord, art
my hope: thou hast
made
the most High thy refuge.
There
shall
no
evil come
to thee:
nor
shall
the scourge come near thy dwelling.
For
he hath given
his angels charge
over thee;
to keep thee
in
all thy ways.
In
their hands
they
shall bear thee
up: lest thou dash thy foot
against
a stone.
Thou shalt walk
upon
the asp
and
the basilisk:
and thou shalt trample
under
foot
the lion
and
the dragon.
Because
he hoped
in
me
I
will deliver
him:
I
will
protect
him
because
he hath known
my name.
He
shall cry
to
me,
and
I
will hear
him:
I am
with
him
in tribulation,
I
will deliver
him,
and
I
will glorify
him.
I
will fill
him
with length
of days;
and
I
will shew
him
my salvation.
A psalm
of
a canticle
on
the sabbath day.
It
is good
to give praise
to
the
Lord:
and
to sing
to thy
name,
O most High.
To shew forth thy mercy
in
the morning,
and thy truth
in
the night:
Upon
an instrument
of ten strings, upon
the psaltery:
with
a canticle upon
the harp.
For thou hast given
me, O Lord,
a delight
in thy doings:
and
in
the works
of thy hands
I
shall rejoice.
O Lord, how great are thy works! thy thoughts are exceeding deep.
The senseless man
shall
not know:
nor
will
the fool understand these
things.
When
the
wicked
shall
spring
up
as grass:
and all
the workers
of iniquity
shall
appear:
That
they
may perish
for ever
and ever:
But thou,
O
Lord, art most high
for evermore.
For
behold thy enemies, O Lord,
for
behold thy enemies
shall perish:
and all
the workers
of iniquity
shall
be scattered.
But
my horn
shall
be exalted
like
that
of
the unicorn:
and
my old age
in plentiful mercy.
My eye also hath
looked
down
upon
my enemies:
and
my ear
shall hear
of
the downfall
of
the malignant
that
rise
up
against
me.
The just shall flourish
like
the palm tree:
he shall grow
up
like
the cedar
of Libanus.
They
that
are planted
in
the house
of
the Lord
shall flourish
in
the courts
of
the house
of
our God.
They shall still increase
in
a fruitful old age:
and shall be
well treated,
That
they
may shew,
That
the Lord
our God
is righteous,
and there
is no iniquity
in
him.
The Lord hath reigned,
he
is clothed
with beauty:
the Lord
is clothed
with strength,
and hath girded
himself.
For
he hath established
the world which
shall not
be moved.
Thy throne
is prepared
from
of old: thou art
from everlasting.
The floods have lifted
up, O
Lord:
the floods have lifted
up
their voice.
The floods have lifted
up
their waves,
With
the noise
of many waters. Wonderful are
the surges
of
the sea: wonderful is
the Lord
on high.
Thy testimonies
are become exceedingly credible: holiness becometh thy house,
O
Lord, unto length
of days.
The
Lord
is
the
God
to whom revenge belongeth:
the
God
of revenge hath acted freely.
Lift up thyself, thou
that judgest
the earth: render
a reward
to
the proud.
How long
shall sinners,
O
Lord: how long
shall sinners glory?
Shall
they utter,
and speak iniquity:
shall all speak
who work
injustice?
Thy people,
O
Lord,
they
have brought low:
and
they
have afflicted thy inheritance.
They have slain the widow and the stranger: and they have murdered the fatherless.
And they have said: The Lord shall not see: neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
Understand, ye senseless among the people: and, you fools, be wise at last.
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider?
He that chastiseth nations, shall he not rebuke: he that teacheth man knowledge?
The Lord knoweth the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
Blessed is the man whom thou shalt instruct, O Lord: and shalt teach him out of thy law.
That thou mayst give him rest from the evil days: till a pit be dug for the wicked.
For the Lord will not cast off his people: neither will he forsake his own inheritance.
Until justice be turned into judgment: and they that are near it are all the upright in heart.
Who shall rise up for me against the evildoers? or who shall stand with me against the workers of iniquity?
Unless the Lord had been my helper, my soul had almost dwelt in hell.
If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.
According to the multitude of my sorrows in my heart, thy comforts have given joy to my soul.
Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?
They will hunt after the soul of the just, and will condemn innocent blood.
But the Lord is my refuge: and my God the help of my hope.
And he will render them their iniquity: and in their malice he will destroy them: the Lord our God will destroy them.
Come let us praise
the
Lord
with joy: let us joyfully sing
to
God
our saviour.
Let
us
come
before
his
presence
with thanksgiving;
and
make
a joyful noise
to
him
with psalms.
For
the
Lord
is
a great
God,
and
a great King above
all gods.
For
in
his hand are
all
the ends
of
the earth:
and
the heights
of
the mountains are
his.
For
the sea
is
his,
and
he made
it:
and
his hands formed
the dry
land.
Come let us adore
and fall down:
and weep before
the Lord that made us.
For
he
is
the
Lord
our
God:
and
we
are
the
people
of
his pasture
and
the sheep
of
his hand.
Today if
you shall hear
his voice, harden not
your hearts:
As
in
the provocation, according
to
the day
of temptation
in
the wilderness:
where
your fathers tempted
me,
they proved
me,
and saw
my works.
Forty years long
was
I offended
with
that generation,
and
I said: These always err
in heart.
And
these
men
have
not
known
my
ways:
so
I swore
in
my wrath
that
they
shall
not enter into
my rest.
A canticle
for David himself,
when
the house
was built after
the captivity.
Sing ye
to
the
Lord
a new canticle:
sing
to
the
Lord, all
the earth.
Sing ye
to
the Lord
and bless
his name: shew forth
his salvation
from day
to day.
Declare
his glory
among
the Gentiles:
his wonders
among
all people.
For
the Lord
is great,
and exceedingly
to
be praised:
he
is
to
be feared above all gods.
For all
the gods
of
the Gentiles
are devils:
but
the Lord
made
the heavens.
Praise
and beauty
are
before
him: holiness
and majesty
in
his sanctuary.
Bring ye
to
the Lord,
O ye kindreds
of
the Gentiles, bring ye
to
the Lord glory
and honour:
Bring
to
the Lord glory unto
his name. Bring up sacrifices,
and come into
his courts:
Adore ye
the Lord
in
his holy court. Let
all
the earth
be moved
at
his presence.
Say ye
among
the Gentiles,
the Lord hath reigned.
For
he hath corrected
the world, which
shall
not
be moved:
he
will judge
the
people
with justice.
Let
the heavens rejoice,
and let
the earth be glad, let
the sea be
moved,
and
the fulness thereof:
The fields and all things that are in them shall be joyful. Then shall all the trees of the woods rejoice
Before the face of the Lord, because he cometh: because he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with justice, and the people with his truth.
For
the same David,
when
his
land
was restored again
to
him.
The
Lord hath reigned, let
the
earth rejoice: let many islands
be glad.
Clouds
and darkness
are round
about
him: justice
and judgment
are
the establishment
of
his throne.
A fire
shall go before
him,
and
shall burn
his enemies round
about.
His lightnings
have shone forth
to
the world:
the earth saw
and trembled.
The mountains melted
like wax,
at
the presence
of
the
Lord:
at
the presence
of
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth.
The heavens declared
his justice:
and all people saw
his
glory.
Let
them
be all confounded
that adore graven things,
and
that
glory
in
their idols. Adore
him, all
you
his angels:
Sion heard,
and
was glad.
And
the daughters
of Juda rejoiced, because
of thy judgments,
O
Lord.
For thou art
the
most high
Lord
over
all
the
earth: thou art exalted exceedingly
above
all gods.
You
that love
the
Lord, hate evil:
the
Lord preserveth
the souls
of
his saints,
he
will deliver
them
out
of
the hand
of
the sinner.
Light
is risen
to
the just,
and
joy
to
the right
of heart.
Rejoice, ye
just,
in
the Lord:
and give praise
to
the remembrance
of
his holiness.
A psalm
for David himself. Sing ye
to
the
Lord anew canticle: because
he hath done wonderful things.
His
right hand hath wrought
for
him salvation,
and
his arm
is holy.
The Lord hath made known
his salvation:
he hath revealed
his
justice
in
the sight
of
the Gentiles.
He hath remembered
his mercy
his truth
toward
the house
of Israel.
All
the ends
of
the earth have seen
the salvation
of
our God.
Sing joyfully
to God, all
the
earth;
make melody, rejoice
and sing.
Sing praise
to
the
Lord
on
the harp,
on
the harp,
and
with
the voice
of
a psalm:
With long trumpets,
and sound
of comet.
Make
a joyful noise before
the Lord
our king:
Let
the sea
be moved
and
the fulness thereof:
the world
and
they
that dwell therein.
The rivers
shall clap
their hands,
the mountains
shall
rejoice together
At
the
presence
of
the
Lord:
because
he cometh
to judge
the
earth.
He
shall judge
the
world
with justice,
and
the
people
with equity.
A
psalm
for David himself.
The
Lord hath reigned, let
the people
be angry:
he
that sitteth
on
the cherubims: let
the earth
be moved.
The
Lord
is great
in Sion,
and
high above
all
people.
Let
them
give praise
to thy
great name:
for
it
is terrible
and holy:
And
the king’s honour loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared directions: thou hast
done judgment
and justice
in Jacob.
Exalt ye
the
Lord
our
God,
and adore
his footstool,
for
it
is holy.
Moses
and Aaron among
his priests:
and Samuel among
them
that call upon
his name.
They called upon
the
Lord,
and
he
heard
them:
He spoke
to
them
in
the pillar
of
the cloud. They kept
his testimonies,
and
the commandment
which he gave
them.
Thou didst hear
them, O Lord our God: thou wast
a merciful God
to
them,
and taking vengeance
on
all
their inventions.
Exalt ye
the
Lord
our
God,
and adore
at
his holy mountain:
for
the
Lord
our
God
is holy.
A psalm
of praise.
Sing joyfully
to
God,
all
the earth: serve ye
the
Lord
with gladness. Come
in
before
his
presence
with exceeding
great
joy.
Know ye
that
the Lord
he
is God:
he made us,
and not we ourselves. We
are
his
people
and
the sheep
of
his pasture.
Go ye
into
his gates
with praise,
into
his courts
with hymns:
and give glory
to
him. Praise ye
his name:
For
the
Lord
is sweet,
his
mercy endureth
for ever,
and
his truth
to generation
and generation.
A
psalm
for David himself.
Mercy
and judgment
I
will sing
to thee,
O
Lord:
I
will sing,
And
I
will understand
in
the unspotted
way,
when thou shalt
come
to
me.
I walked
in
the innocence
of
my heart,
in
the midst
of
my house.
I
did
not
set
before
my eyes
any unjust
thing:
I hated
the
workers
of iniquities.
The perverse heart did not cleave
to
me:
and
the malignant,
that turned aside
from
me,
I
would not know.
The man
that
in private detracted
his neighbour,
him did
I persecute.
With
him
that
had
a proud eye,
and
an unsatiable heart,
I
would
not eat.
My eyes were upon the faithful of the earth, to sit with me: the man that walked in the perfect way, he served me.
He that worketh pride shall not dwell in the midst of my house: he that speaketh unjust things did not prosper before my eyes.
In the morning I put to death all the wicked of the land: that I might cut off all the workers of iniquity from the city of the Lord.
The prayer
of
the poor man,
when
he
was anxious,
and poured out
his supplication before
the
Lord.
Hear,
O Lord,
my prayer:
and
let
my cry
come
to thee.
Turn
not
away thy
face
from
me:
in
the day
when
I am
in trouble, incline thy ear
to
me.
In
what day soever
I
shall call upon thee, hear
me speedily.
For
my days
are vanished
like smoke:
and
my bones
are grown dry
like fuel
for
the fire.
I am smitten
as grass,
and
my
heart
is withered: because
I forgot
to eat
my bread.
Through
the voice
of
my groaning,
my bone hath cleaved
to
my flesh.
I am become
like
to
a pelican
of
the wilderness:
I am
like
a night raven
in
the
house.
I
have watched,
and
am become
as
a sparrow
all alone
on
the housetop.
All the day long my enemies reproached me: and they that praised me did swear against me.
For I did eat ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping.
Because of thy anger and indignation: for having lifted me up thou hast thrown me down.
My days have declined like a shadow, and I am withered like grass.
But thou, O Lord, endurest for ever: and thy memorial to all generations.
Thou shalt arise and have mercy on Sion: for it is time to have mercy on it, for the time is come.
For the stones thereof have pleased thy servants: and they shall have pity on the earth thereof.
And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory.
He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.
Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:
Because he hath looked forth from his high sanctuary: from heaven the Lord hath looked upon the earth.
That he might hear the groans of them that are in fetters: that he might release the children of the slain:
That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;
When the people assemble together, and kings, to serve the Lord.
He answered him in the way of his strength: Declare unto me the fewness of my days.
Call me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are unto generation and generation.
In the beginning, O Lord, thou foundedst the earth: and the heavens are the works of thy hands.
They shall perish but thou remainest: and all of them shall grow old like a garment: And as a vesture thou shalt change them, and they shall be changed.
But thou art always the selfsame, and thy years shall not fail.
The children of thy servants shall continue: and their seed shall be directed for ever.
For David
himself. Bless
the
Lord,
O
my soul:
and let all
that
is within
me bless
his holy name.
Bless
the
Lord,
O
my soul,
and never forget all
he hath done
for thee.
Who forgiveth
all thy iniquities:
who healeth
all thy diseases.
Who redeemeth thy
life
from
destruction:
who crowneth thee
with mercy
and compassion.
Who satisfieth thy desire
with good things: thy youth
shall
be renewed
like
the eagle’s.
The Lord doth mercies,
and judgment
for all
that suffer wrong.
He hath
made
his ways known
to Moses:
his wills
to
the children
of Israel.
The ford
is compassionate
and merciful: longsuffering
and plenteous
in mercy.
He
will not
always
be angry: nor
will
he threaten
for ever.
He hath
not dealt
with
us according
to
our sins: nor rewarded
us according
to
our iniquities.
For according
to
the height
of
the heaven
above
the earth:
he hath strengthened
his mercy towards
them
that fear
him.
As far
as
the east
is
from
the west,
so far hath
he removed
our iniquities
from
us.
As
a father hath compassion
on
his children,
so hath
the
Lord compassion
on
them
that fear
him:
For
he knoweth
our frame.
He remembereth
that
we
are dust:
Man’s days
are
as grass,
as
the flower
of
the field
so
shall
he flourish.
For
the spirit
shall pass
in
him,
and
he
shall
not
be:
and
he
shall know
his
place
no more.
But
the
mercy
of
the
Lord
is
from eternity
and unto eternity
upon
them
that fear
him:
And
his justice unto children’s
children,
To
such
as keep
his covenant,
And
are mindful
of
his commandments
to do
them.
The
Lord hath prepared
his throne
in heaven:
and
his kingdom
shall rule over
all.
Bless
the
Lord, all ye
his angels:
you
that
are mighty
in strength,
and execute
his word, hearkening
to
the voice
of
his orders.
Bless
the Lord, all ye
his hosts:
you ministers
of
his
that
do
his
will.
Bless
the
Lord, all
his works:
in every place
of
his dominion,
O
my soul, bless thou
the
Lord.
For
David
himself.
Bless
the
Lord,
O
my
soul:
O
Lord
my
God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put
on
praise
and beauty:
And art clothed
with light
as
with
a garment.
Who stretchest
out
the heaven
like
a pavilion:
Who coverest
the higher rooms thereof
with water.
Who makest
the clouds thy chariot:
who walkest upon
the wings
of
the winds.
Who makest thy angels spirits:
and thy ministers a burning fire.
Who hast founded
the earth upon its own bases:
it shall not be moved
for ever
and ever.
The deep
like
a garment
is
its clothing: above
the mountains
shall
the waters stand.
At thy rebuke
they
shall flee:
at
the voice
of thy thunder
they
shall fear.
The mountains ascend,
and
the plains descend into
the place which thou hast founded
for
them.
Thou hast set
a bound which
they
shall
not pass over;
neither
shall
they return
to cover
the earth.
Thou sendest forth springs
in
the vales:
between
the midst
of
the hills
the waters
shall pass.
All
the beasts
of
the field
shall drink:
the
wild asses
shall expect
in
their thirst.
Over
them
the birds
of
the air shall dwell:
from
the midst
of
the rocks they shall give forth
their voices.
Thou waterest
the hills
from thy upper rooms:
the earth
shall
be filled
with
the fruit
of thy
works:
Bringing
forth grass
for cattle,
and herb
for
the service
of men.
That thou mayst
bring bread
out
of
the
earth:
And
that wine
may cheer
the heart
of
man.
That
he
may make
the face cheerful
with oil:
and
that bread
may strengthen
man’s heart.
The trees
of
the field
shall
be filled,
and
the cedars
of Libanus
which
he hath planted:
There
the sparrows
shall make
their nests.
The highest
of
them
is
the house
of
the heron.
The high hills
are
a refuge
for
the harts,
the rock
for
the irchins.
He hath
made
the moon
for seasons:
the sun knoweth
his going down.
Thou hast appointed darkness,
and
it
is night:
in
it
shall
all
the beasts
of
the woods go
about:
The young lions roaring after
their prey,
and seeking
their meat
from
God.
The sun ariseth,
and
they
are gathered together:
and
they
shall lie
down
in
their dens.
Man shall go forth to his work, and to his labour until the evening.
How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.
So is this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great.
There the ships shall go. This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein.
All expect of thee that thou give them food in season.
What thou givest to them they shall gather up: when thou openest thy hand, they shall all be filled with good.
But if thou turnest away thy face, they shall be troubled: thou shalt take away their breath, and they shall fail, and shall return to their dust.
Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created: and thou shalt renew the face of the earth.
May the glory of the Lord endure for ever: the Lord shall rejoice in his works.
He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
I will sing to the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
Let my speech be acceptable to him: but I will take delight in the Lord.
Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.
Alleluia. Give
glory
to
the
Lord,
and call
upon
his name: declare
his deeds among
the Gentiles.
Sing
to
him, yea sing praises
to
him: relate all
his wondrous works.
Glory ye
in
his holy name:
let
the
heart
of
them rejoice
that seek
the Lord.
Seek ye
the Lord,
and
be strengthened: seek
his face evermore.
Remember
his marvellous
works
which
he hath done;
his wonders,
and
the judgments
of
his mouth.
O ye seed
of Abraham
his servant; ye sons
of Jacob
his chosen.
He
is
the Lord
our God:
his judgments are
in
all
the earth.
He hath remembered
his covenant
for
ever:
the word
which
he commanded
to
a thousand generations.
Which
he
made
to Abraham;
and
his oath
to Isaac:
And
he appointed
the same
to
Jacob
for
a law,
and
to Israel
for
an everlasting testament:
Saying:
To thee
will
I
give
the
land
of Chanaan,
the lot
of
your inheritance.
When
they
were
but
a small number: yea very few,
and sojourners therein:
And
they passed
from nation
to nation,
and
from
one kingdom
to another
people.
He suffered
no
man
to hurt
them:
and
he reproved kings
for
their sakes.
Touch ye not
my anointed:
and do no evil
to
my prophets.
And
he called
a famine upon
the land:
and
he broke
in pieces all
the support
of bread.
He sent
a man before
them:
Joseph,
who
was sold
for
a slave.
They humbled his feet
in fetters:
the iron pierced his soul,
Until
his word came.
The word
of
the Lord inflamed
him.
The king sent,
and
he released
him:
the ruler
of
the people,
and
he
set
him
at liberty.
He
made
him master
of
his house,
and ruler
of all
his possession.
That
he might instruct
his princes
as
himself,
and teach
his ancients wisdom.
And Israel
went
into Egypt:
and Jacob
was
a sojourner
in
the land
of Cham.
And
he
increased
his
people exceedingly:
and strengthened
them
over
their enemies,
He turned
their heart
to hate
his people:
and
to deal deceitfully
with
his
servants.
He sent Moses
his servant: Aaron
the man whom
he had chosen.
He
gave
them power
to shew
his signs,
and
his wonders
in
the land
of Cham.
He
sent darkness,
and
made
it obscure:
and grieved not
his words.
He
turned
their waters
into blood,
and destroyed
their fish.
Their
land brought
forth frogs,
in
the inner chambers
of
their kings.
He spoke,
and
there
came divers sorts
of flies
and sciniphs
in
all
their coasts.
He gave
them hail
for rain,
a burning fire
in
the
land.
And
he destroyed
their vineyards
and
their fig trees:
and
he broke
in pieces
the trees
of
their coasts.
He spoke,
and
the locust came,
and
the bruchus,
of which
there
was no number.
And
they devoured
all
the grass
in
their
land,
and
consumed
all
the
fruit
of
their
ground.
And he slew all the firstborn in their land: the firstfruits of all their labour.
And he brought them out with silver and gold: and there was not among their tribes one that was feeble.
Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them lay upon them.
He spread a cloud for their protection, and fire to give them light in the night.
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.
He opened the rock, and waters flowed: rivers ran down in the dry land.
Because he remembered his holy word, which he had spoken to his servant Abraham.
And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness.
And he gave them the lands of the Gentiles: and they possessed the labours of the people:
That they might observe his justifications, and seek after his law.
Alleluia.
Give glory
to
the
Lord,
for
he
is good:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
Who shall declare
the powers
of
the Lord?
who shall set forth
all
his
praises?
Blessed
are
they
that keep judgment,
and do justice
at all times.
Remember
us,
O
Lord,
in
the favour
of thy people: visit
us
with thy salvation.
That
we
may
see
the good
of thy chosen,
that
we
may rejoice
in
the joy
of thy nation:
that thou mayst be praised
with thy inheritance.
We
have sinned
with
our fathers: we
have acted unjustly, we
have wrought iniquity.
Our fathers understood
not thy wonders
in Egypt:
they remembered
not
the multitude
of thy mercies:
And
they provoked
to wrath going
up
to
the sea,
even
the Red Sea.
And
he saved
them
for
his
own name’s sake:
that
he might
make
his power known.
And
he rebuked
the Red Sea,
and
it
was dried up:
and
he led
them through
the depths,
as
in
a wilderness.
And
he saved
them
from
the hand
of
them
that hated
them:
and
he redeemed
them
from
the hand
of
the enemy.
And
the water covered
them
that afflicted
them: there
was
not
one
of
them
left.
And they believed
his words:
and they sang
his praises.
They
had quickly
done,
they forgot
his works:
and
they waited not
for
his counsels.
And
they coveted
their desire
in
the desert:
and
they tempted
God
in
the place
without water.
And he gave
them
their request:
and sent fulness into
their souls.
And
they provoked Moses
in
the camp, Aaron
the holy
one
of
the Lord.
The earth opened
and swallowed up Dathan:
and covered
the congregation
of Abiron.
And
a fire
was kindled
in
their congregation:
the flame burned
the wicked.
They made
also
a calf
in Horeb:
and
they adored
the graven
thing.
And
they changed
their glory into
the likeness
of
a calf
that eateth grass.
They forgot God,
who saved
them,
who
had
done great
things
in Egypt,
Wondrous works
in
the land
of Cham: terrible things
in
the Red Sea.
And
he said
that
he
would destroy
them:
had
not Moses
his chosen
stood before
him
in
the breach:
To turn
away
his wrath, lest
he
should destroy
them.
And
they set at nought
the desirable land.
They believed not
his word,
And
they murmured
in
their tents:
they hearkened not
to
the voice
of
the Lord.
And
he lifted up
his hand
over
them:
to overthrow
them
in
the desert;
And
to cast
down
their seed
among
the
nations,
and
to scatter
them
in
the
countries.
They also
were initiated
to Beelphegor:
and ate
the sacrifices
of
the dead.
And they provoked
him
with
their inventions:
and destruction
was multiplied among
them.
Then Phinees stood
up,
and pacified
him:
and
the slaughter ceased.
And
it
was reputed
to
him unto justice,
to generation
and generation
for evermore.
They provoked
him
also
at
the waters
of contradiction:
and
Moses
was afflicted
for
their sakes:
Because
they exasperated
his spirit.
And
he distinguished
with
his lips.
They did
not destroy
the nations
of which
the Lord
spoke unto
them.
And
they
were mingled
among
the heathens,
and learned
their works:
And served
their idols,
and
it became
a stumblingblock
to
them.
And
they sacrificed
their sons,
and
their daughters
to devils.
And
they shed innocent blood:
the blood
of
their sons
and
of
their daughters which
they sacrificed
to
the idols
of Chanaan.
And
the land
was polluted
with blood,
And
was defiled
with
their works:
and
they went aside after
their own inventions.
And
the Lord
was exceedingly angry
with
his people:
and
he abhorred
his inheritance.
And
he delivered them
into
the hands
of
the nations:
and they
that hated them
had dominion over them.
And
their enemies afflicted
them:
and
they
were humbled under
their hands:
Many times did
he deliver
them.
But
they provoked
him
with
their counsel:
and
they were
brought low by
their iniquities.
And
he saw
when
they
were
in tribulation:
and
he heard
their prayer.
And
he was mindful
of
his covenant:
and repented according
to
the multitude
of
his mercies.
And he gave them unto mercies, in the sight of all those that had made them captives.
Save us, O Lord, our God: and gather us from among nations: That we may give thanks to thy holy name, and may glory in thy praise.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say: So be it, so be it.
Give glory
to
the
Lord,
for
he
is
good:
for
his
mercy endureth
for
ever.
Let
them say
so
that
have
been redeemed
by
the
Lord,
whom
he hath redeemed
from
the hand
of
the enemy:
and gathered
out
of
the countries.
From
the rising
and
the setting
of
the sun,
from
the north
and
from
the sea.
They wandered
in
a wilderness,
in
a place without water:
they found
not
the way
of
a city
for
their habitation.
They
were hungry
and thirsty:
their soul fainted
in
them.
And they cried
to
the Lord
in
their tribulation:
and
he delivered
them out
of
their distresses.
And
he led
them
into
the right
way:
that
they might go
to
a city
of habitation.
Let
the mercies
of
the Lord give glory
to
him:
and
his wonderful works
to
the children
of men.
For he hath satisfied
the empty soul,
and hath filled
the hungry soul
with good things.
Such
as sat
in darkness
and
in
the shadow
of death: bound
in want
and
in iron.
Because
they
had exasperated
the words
of
God:
and provoked
the counsel
of
the most High:
And
their heart
was humbled
with labours: they
were weakened,
and
their
was none
to help
them.
Then
they cried
to
the Lord
in
their affliction:
and
he delivered them out
of
their distresses.
And
he brought them out
of darkness,
and
the shadow
of death;
and broke
their bonds
in sunder.
Let
the mercies
of
the Lord
give glory
to
him,
and
his wonderful works
to
the children
of men.
Because
he hath broken gates
of brass,
and burst
the iron bars.
He took
them
out
of
the
way
of
their iniquity:
for
they
were
brought
low
for
their injustices.
Their soul abhorred all manner
of meat:
and they drew nigh even
to
the gates
of death.
And
they cried
to
the Lord
in
their affliction:
and
he delivered
them
out
of
their distresses.
He sent
his word,
and healed
them:
and delivered
them
from
their destructions.
Let
the mercies
of
the Lord give glory
to
him:
and
his wonderful
works
to
the children
of
men.
And let
them sacrifice
the sacrifice
of praise:
and declare
his
works
with
joy.
They
that
go
down
to
the sea
in ships, doing business
in
the great waters:
These
have seen
the works
of
the Lord,
and
his wonders
in
the deep.
He
said
the word,
and
there arose
a storm
of wind:
and
the waves thereof were lifted up.
They mount
up
to
the heavens,
and
they
go
down
to
the depths:
their soul pined
away
with evils.
They
were troubled,
and reeled
like
a drunken man;
and all
their wisdom
was swallowed up.
And
they cried
to
the Lord
in
their affliction:
and he brought
them out
of
their distresses.
And he turned
the storm
into
a breeze:
and
its waves
were still.
And they rejoiced because they
were
still:
and he brought
them
to
the haven which they wished
for.
Let
the mercies
of
the Lord give glory
to
him,
and
his wonderful works
to
the children
of men.
And let
them exalt
him
in
the church
of
the people:
and praise
him
in
the chair
of
the ancients.
He hath turned rivers into
a wilderness:
and
the sources
of water into dry ground:
A fruitful land into barrenness,
for
the wickedness
of
them
that dwell therein.
He hath turned
a wilderness into pools
of water,
and
a dry land into water springs.
And hath
placed
there
the hungry;
and
they
made
a city
for
their habitation.
And they sowed fields,
and planted vineyards:
and they yielded fruit
of birth.
And
he blessed
them,
and
they
were multiplied exceedingly:
and
their cattle
he suffered
not
to decrease.
Then they were brought
to be few:
and they were afflicted through
the trouble
of evils
and sorrow.
Contempt
was poured forth upon
their princes:
and
he caused
them
to wander where
there
was no passing,
and
out
of
the way.
And
he
helped
the poor
out
of poverty:
and
made
him families like
a flock
of sheep.
The just
shall see,
and
shall rejoice,
and all iniquity
shall stop
their mouth.
Who
is wise,
and
will keep
these
things:
and
will understand
the mercies
of
the Lord?
A canticle
of
a psalm
for David himself.
My heart
is ready,
O
God,
my heart
is ready:
I
will sing,
and
will give praise,
with
my glory.
Arise, my glory; arise, psaltery
and harp:
I
will arise
in
the morning early.
I
will praise thee, O Lord,
among
the
people:
and
I
will sing unto thee
among
the populations.
For thy mercy
is great above
the heavens:
and thy truth
even unto
the clouds.
Be thou exalted,
O
God,
above
the heavens,
and thy glory
over
all
the earth:
That thy beloved may
be delivered. Save
with thy
right hand
and hear
me.
God hath spoken
in
his holiness.
I
will rejoice,
and
I
will divide Sichem
and
I
will mete out
the vale
of tabernacles.
Galaad
is mine,
and Manasses
is mine
and Ephraim
the protection
of
my head. Juda
is
my king:
Moab
the pot
of my hope. Over Edom I
will stretch
out my shoe:
the aliens
are become my friends.
Who
will bring
me into
the
strong city?
who
will lead
me into Edom?
Wilt
not thou, O
God,
who hast
cast us off?
and wilt
not thou, O
God, go forth
with
our armies?
O grant
us
help
from
trouble:
for vain
is
the
help
of man.
Through God we shall
do mightily:
and
he
will
bring
our enemies
to nothing.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David.
O
God,
be
not thou silent
in thy
praise:
for
the mouth
of
the wicked
and
the mouth
of
the deceitful man
is opened against
me.
They have spoken against with deceitful tongues;
and they have compassed me about with words
of hatred;
and have fought against me without cause.
Instead
of
making me
a return
of love,
they detracted me:
but
I
gave myself
to prayer.
And
they repaid
me evil
for good:
and hatred
for
my
love.
Set thou
the sinner
over
him:
and
may
the devil stand
at
his right hand.
When he
is judged,
may he go out condemned;
and
may
his prayer be turned
to sin.
May
his days
be few:
and
his bishopric let another take.
May
his children be fatherless,
and
his wife
a widow.
Let
his children be
carried
about vagabonds,
and beg;
and let
them be
cast
out
of
their dwellings.
May
the userer search
all
his substance:
and let strangers plunder
his labours.
May there
be
none
to help
him:
nor
none
to pity
his fatherless offspring.
May
his posterity be cut off;
in
one generation
may
his name be blotted out.
May
the iniquity
of
his fathers
be remembered
in
the sight
of
the Lord:
and let not
the sin
of
his mother
be blotted
out.
May they be before the lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:
Because he remembered not to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor man and the beggar; and the broken in heart, to put him to death.
And he loved cursing, and it shall come unto him: and he would not have blessing, and it shall be far from him. And he put on cursing, like a garment: and it went in like water into his entrails, and like oil in his bones.
May it be unto him like a garment which covereth him; and like a girdle with which he is girded continually.
This is the work of them who detract me before the Lord; and who speak evils against my soul.
But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me.
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is troubled within me.
I am taken away like the shadow when it declineth: and I am shaken off as locusts.
My knees are weakened through fasting: and my flesh is changed for oil.
And I am become a reproach to them: they saw me and they shaked their heads,
Help me, O Lord my God; save me according to thy mercy.
And let them know that this is thy hand: and that thou, O Lord, hast done it.
They will curse and thou will bless: let them that rise up against me be confounded: but thy servant shall rejoice.
Let them that detract me be clothed with shame: and let them be covered with the their confusion as with a double cloak.
I will give great thanks to the Lord with my mouth: and in the midst of many I will praise him.
Because he hath stood at the right hand of the poor, to save my soul from persecutors.
The Lord said
to
my Lord: Sit thou
at
my right hand: Until
I make thy enemies thy footstool.
The Lord
will send forth
the sceptre
of thy power
out
of Sion: rule thou
in
the midst
of thy enemies.
With thee
is
the principality
in
the day
of thy strength:
in
the brightness
of
the saints:
from
the womb before
the day star
I begot thee.
The Lord hath sworn,
and he
will not repent: Thou art
a priest
for ever according
to
the order
of Melchisedech.
The Lord
at thy
right hand hath broken kings
in
the day
of
his wrath.
He
shall judge
among nations,
he
shall fill ruins:
he
shall crush
the heads
in
the land
of
the many.
He
shall drink
of
the torrent
in
the way:
therefore
shall
he lift
up
the head.
I
will praise thee,
O
Lord,
with
my whole heart;
in
the council
of
the just:
and
in
the congregation.
Great
are
the works
of
the
Lord: sought
out according
to all
his wills.
His work
is praise
and magnificence:
and
his justice continueth
for ever
and ever.
He hath
made
a remembrance
of
his wonderful
works, being
a merciful
and gracious
Lord:
He hath given food
to
them
that fear
him.
He
will
be mindful
for ever
of
his covenant:
He
will shew forth
to
his
people
the power
of
his
works.
That
he may give
them
the inheritance
of
the Gentiles:
the
works
of
his hands
are truth
and judgment.
All his commandments are faithful: confirmed for ever and ever, made in truth and equity.
He hath sent redemption to his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever. Holy and terrible is his name:
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. A good understanding to all that do it: his praise continueth for ever and ever.
Blessed
is
the
man
that feareth
the
Lord:
he
shall delight exceedingly
in
his commandments.
His seed
shall
be
mighty upon earth:
the generation
of
the righteous
shall
be blessed.
Glory
and wealth shall be
in
his house:
and
his
justice remaineth
for
ever
and
ever.
To
the righteous
a light
is risen up
in darkness:
he
is
merciful,
and
compassionate
and
just.
Acceptable is
the man
that showeth mercy
and lendeth:
he shall order
his words
with judgment:
Because
he
shall not
be moved
for ever.
The
just
shall
be
in everlasting remembrance:
he
shall not hear
the evil hearing.
His heart
is ready
to hope
in
the Lord:
His heart
is strengthened,
he
shall not
be moved until
he look over
his enemies.
He hath distributed,
he hath
given
to
the poor:
his justice remaineth
for
ever
and
ever:
his horn
shall
be exalted
in glory.
The wicked
shall see,
and
shall
be angry,
he
shall gnash
with
his teeth
and pine
away:
the desire
of
the wicked
shall perish.
Praise
the
Lord, ye children:
praise ye
the name
of
the
Lord.
Blessed
be
the name
of
the Lord,
from henceforth
now
and
for ever.
From
the rising
of
the sun unto
the going down
of
the same,
the name
of
the Lord
is worthy
of praise.
The
Lord
is high above all nations;
and
his glory above
the heavens.
Who
is
as
the Lord our God,
who dwelleth
on high:
And looketh
down
on
the low
things
in heaven
and
in earth?
Raising up
the needy
from
the earth,
and lifting up
the poor
out
of
the dunghill:
That
he
may place
him
with princes,
with
the princes
of
his
people.
Who maketh
a barren woman
to dwell
in
a house,
the joyful mother
of children.
When Israel went
out
of Egypt,
the house
of Jacob
from
a barbarous people:
Judea
made
his sanctuary, Israel
his dominion.
The sea saw
and fled: Jordan
was turned back.
The mountains skipped
like rams,
and
the hills
like
the lambs
of
the flock.
What ailed thee,
O thou sea,
that thou didst flee:
and thou,
O Jordan,
that thou wast turned back?
Ye mountains,
that ye skipped
like rams,
and ye hills,
like lambs
of
the flock?
At
the presence
of
the Lord
the
earth was moved,
at
the presence
of
the God
of Jacob:
Who turned
the rock into pools
of water,
and
the stony hill into fountains
of waters.
Not
to us,
O
Lord,
not
to us; but
to thy name give glory.
For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God?
But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would.
The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.
They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not.
They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.
They have hands and feel not: they have feet and walk not: neither shall they cry out through their throat.
Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them.
The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
The house of Aaron hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
They that fear the Lord hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.
The Lord hath been mindful of us, and hath blessed us. He hath blessed the house of Israel: he hath blessed the house of Aaron.
He hath blessed all that fear the Lord, both little and great.
May the Lord add blessings upon you: upon you, and upon your children.
Blessed be you of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
The heaven of heaven is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.
The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.
But we that live bless the Lord: from this time now and for ever.
I
have loved, because
the Lord
will hear
the voice
of
my prayer.
Because
he hath inclined
his ear unto
me:
and
in
my days
I
will call
upon
him.
The sorrows
of death
have encompassed
me:
and
the perils
of hell
have found
me.
I met
with trouble
and sorrow:
And
I called upon
the name
of
the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
The Lord
is merciful
and just,
and
our God sheweth mercy.
The Lord
is
the keeper
of little
ones:
I
was little
and
he delivered
me.
Turn, O
my soul,
into thy rest:
for
the
Lord hath
been bountiful
to thee.
For
he hath delivered my soul
from death: my eyes
from tears, my feet
from falling.
I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
I
have believed,
therefore
have
I spoken;
but
I
have
been humbled exceedingly.
I
said
in
my excess:
Every man
is
a liar.
What
shall
I render
to
the Lord,
for
all
the
things
he hath rendered unto
me?
I
will take
the chalice
of salvation;
and
I
will call
upon
the name
of
the Lord.
I
will pay
my vows
to
the Lord
before
all
his
people:
Precious
in
the sight
of
the Lord
is
the death
of
his saints.
O Lord,
for
I
am thy servant:
I
am thy servant,
and
the son
of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken
my bonds:
I
will sacrifice
to thee
the sacrifice
of praise,
and
I
will call
upon
the name
of
the Lord.
I
will pay
my vows
to
the
Lord
in
the sight
of all
his
people:
In
the courts
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
in
the midst
of thee,
O Jerusalem.
O
praise
the
Lord, all ye nations:
praise
him, all ye
people.
For
his mercy
is confirmed
upon
us:
and
the truth
of
the Lord remaineth
for ever.
Give
praise
to
Lord,
for
he
is good:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
Let Israel
now say
that
he
is good:
that
his
mercy endureth
for
ever.
Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Let them that fear the Lord now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
In my trouble I called upon the Lord: and the Lord heard me, and enlarged me.
The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can do unto me.
The Lord is my helper: and I will look over my enemies.
It is good to confide in the Lord, rather than to have confidence in man.
It is good to trust in the Lord, rather than to trust in princes.
All nations compassed me about; and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.
Surrounding me they compassed me about: and in the name of the Lord I have been revenged on them.
They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them.
Being pushed I was overturned that I might fall: but the Lord supported me.
The Lord is my strength and my praise: and he is become my salvation.
The voice of rejoicing and of salvation is in the tabernacles of the just.
The right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength: the right hand of the Lord hath exulted me: the right hand of the Lord hath wrought strength.
I shall not die, but live: and shall declare the works of the Lord.
The Lord chastising hath chastised me: but he hath not delivered me over to death.
Open ye to me the gates of justice: I will go into them, and give praise to the Lord.
This is the gate of the Lord, the just shall enter into it.
I will give glory to thee because thou hast heard me: and art become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected; the same is become the head of the corner.
This is the Lord’s doing: and it is wonderful in our eyes.
This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein.
O Lord, save me: O Lord, give good success.
Blessed be he that cometh in the name Lord. We have blessed you out of the house of the Lord.
The Lord is God, and he hath shone upon us. Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the alter.
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, and I will exalt thee. I will praise thee, because thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.
O praise ye the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
ALEPH. Blessed
are
the undefiled
in
the way,
who walk
in
the law
of
the
Lord.
Blessed
are
they
who search
his testimonies:
that seek
him
with
their whole heart.
For
they
that work iniquity,
have
not walked
in
his ways.
Thou hast
commanded thy commandments
to
be kept most diligently.
O!
that
my ways
may
be directed
to keep thy justifications.
Then
shall
I
not
be confounded,
when
I
shall look into all thy commandments.
I
will praise thee
with uprightness
of heart,
when
I
shall
have learned
the judgments
of thy justice.
I
will keep thy justifications:
O! do not thou utterly forsake
me.
BETH.
By
what doth
a young
man correct
his way?
by observing thy words.
With
my
whole heart
have
I sought
after thee: let
me
not stray
from thy commandments.
Thy words
have
I hidden
in
my heart,
that
I
may
not sin
against thee.
Blessed art thou,
O
Lord: teach
me thy justifications.
With
my lips
I
have pronounced all
the judgments
of thy mouth.
I
have
been delighted
in
the way
of thy testimonies,
as
in all riches.
I
will meditate
on thy commandments:
and
I
will consider thy ways.
I
will think
of thy justifications:
I
will not forget thy words.
GIMEL. Give bountifully
to thy servant, enliven
me:
and
I
shall keep thy words.
Open thou
my eyes:
and
I
will
consider
the wondrous
things
of thy law.
I am
a sojourner
on
the earth: hide not thy commandments
from
me.
My soul hath coveted
to long
for thy justifications,
at all times.
Thou hast rebuked
the proud:
they
are cursed
who decline
from thy commandments.
Remove
from reproach
and contempt: because
I
have sought
after thy testimonies.
For princes sat,
and spoke
against
me:
but thy servant
was employed
in thy justifications.
For thy testimonies
are
my meditation:
and thy justifications
my counsel.
DALETH.
My soul hath cleaved
to
the pavement: quicken thou
me according
to thy word.
I
have declared
my ways,
and thou hast heard
me: teach
me thy justifications.
Make
me
to understand
the
way
of thy justifications:
and
I
shall
be exercised
in thy wondrous works.
My soul hath slumbered through heaviness: strengthen thou
me
in thy words.
Remove
from
me
the way
of iniquity:
and out
of thy law
have
mercy
on
me.
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments I have not forgotten.
I have stuck to thy testimonies, O Lord: put me not to shame.
I have run the way of thy commandments, when thou didst enlarge my heart.
HE. Set before me for a law the way of thy justifications, O Lord: and I will always seek after it.
Give me understanding, and I will search thy law; and I will keep it with my whole heart.
Lead me into the path of thy commandments; for this same I have desired.
Incline my heart into thy testimonies and not to covetousness.
Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
Establish thy word to thy servant, in thy fear.
Turn away my reproach, which I have apprehended: for thy judgments are delightful.
Behold I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy justice.
VAU. Let thy mercy also come upon me, O Lord: thy salvation according to thy word.
So shall I answer them that reproach me in any thing; that I have trusted in thy words.
And take not thou the word of truth utterly out of my mouth: for in thy words have I hoped exceedingly.
So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.
And I walked at large: because I have sought after thy commandments.
And I spoke of thy testimonies before kings: and I was not ashamed.
I meditated also on thy commandments, which I loved.
And I lifted up my hands to thy commandments, which I loved: and I was exercised in thy justifications.
ZAIN. Be thou mindful of thy word to thy servant, in which thou hast given me hope.
This hath comforted me in my humiliation: because thy word hath enlivened me.
The proud did iniquitously altogether: but I declined not from thy law.
I remembered, O Lord, thy judgments of old: and I was comforted.
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Thy justifications were the subject of my song, in the place of my pilgrimage.
In the night I have remembered thy name, O Lord: and have kept thy law.
This happened to me: because I sought after thy justifications.
HETH. O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law.
I entreated thy face with all my heart: have mercy on me according to thy word.
I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I am ready, and am not troubled: that I may keep thy commandments.
The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
I rose at midnight to give praise to thee; for the judgments of thy justification.
I am a partaker with all them that fear thee, and that keep thy commandments.
The earth, O Lord, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy justifications.
TETH. Thou hast done well with thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word.
Teach me goodness and discipline and knowledge; for I have believed thy commandments.
Before I was humbled I offended; therefore have I kept thy word.
Thou art good; and in thy goodness teach me thy justifications.
The iniquity of the proud hath been multiplied over me: but I will seek thy commandments with my whole heart.
Their heart is curdled like milk: but I have meditated on thy law.
It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, that I may learn thy justifications.
The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and formed me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
They that fear thee shall see me, and shall be glad: because I have greatly hoped in thy words.
I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are equity: and in thy truth thou hast humbled me.
O! let thy mercy be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, and I shall live: for thy law is my meditation.
Let the proud be ashamed, because they have done unjustly towards me: but I will be employed in thy commandments.
Let them that fear thee turn to me and they that know thy testimonies.
Let my heart be undefiled in thy justifications, that I may not be confounded.
CAPH. My soul hath fainted after thy salvation: and in thy word I have very much hoped.
My eyes have failed for thy word, saying: When wilt thou comfort me?
For I am become like a bottle in the frost: I have not forgotten thy justifications.
How many are the days of thy servant: when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
The wicked have told me fables: but not as thy law.
All thy statutes are truth: they have persecuted me unjustly, do thou help me.
They had almost made an end of me upon earth: but I have not forsaken thy commandments.
Quicken thou me according to thy mercy: and I shall keep the testimonies of thy mouth.
LAMED. For ever, O Lord, thy word standeth firm in heaven.
Thy truth unto all generations: thou hast founded the earth, and it continueth.
By thy ordinance the day goeth on: for all things serve thee.
Unless thy law had been my meditation, I had then perhaps perished in my abjection.
Thy justifications I will never forget: for by them thou hast given me life.
I am thine, save thou me: for I have sought thy justifications.
The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.
I have seen an end to all persecution: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM. O how have I loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.
Through thy commandment, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies: for it is ever with me.
I have understood more than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my meditation.
I have had understanding above ancients: because I have sought thy commandments.
I have restrained my feet from every evil way: that I may keep thy words.
I have not declined from thy judgments, because thou hast set me a law.
How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth.
By thy commandments I have had understanding: therefore have I hated every way of iniquity.
NUN. Thy word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my paths.
I have sworn and am determined to keep the judgments of thy justice.
I have been humbled, O Lord, exceedingly: quicken thou me according to thy word.
The free offerings of my mouth make acceptable, O Lord: and teach me thy judgments.
My soul is continually in my hands: and I have not forgotten thy law.
Sinners have laid a snare for me: but I have not erred from thy precepts.
I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart.
I have inclined my heart to do thy justifications for ever, for the reward.
SAMECH. I have hated the unjust: and have loved thy law.
Thou art my helper and my protector: and in thy word I have greatly hoped.
Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.
Help me, and I shall be saved: and I will meditate always on thy justifications.
Thou hast despised all them that fall off from thy judgments; for their thought is unjust.
I have accounted all the sinners of the earth prevaricators: therefore have I loved thy testimonies.
Pierce thou my flesh with thy fear: for I am afraid of thy judgments.
AIN. I have done judgment and justice: give me not up to them that slander me.
Uphold thy servant unto good: let not the proud calumniate me.
My eyes have fainted after thy salvation: and for the word of thy justice.
Deal with thy servant according to thy mercy: and teach me thy justifications.
I am thy servant: give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
It is time, O Lord, to do: they have dissipated thy law.
Therefore have I loved thy commandments above gold and the topaz.
Therefore was I directed to all thy commandments: I have hated all wicked ways.
PHE. Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore my soul hath sought them.
The declaration of thy words giveth light: and giveth understanding to little ones.
I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me, according to the judgment of them that love thy name.
Direct my steps according to thy word: and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
Redeem me from the calumnies of men: that I may keep thy commandments.
Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: and teach me thy justifications.
My eyes have sent forth springs of water: because they have not kept thy law.
SADE. Thou art just, O Lord: and thy judgment is right.
Thou hast commanded justice thy testimonies: and thy truth exceedingly.
My zeal hath made me pine away: because my enemies forgot thy words.
Thy word is exceedingly refined: and thy servant hath loved it.
I am very young and despised; but I forgot not thy justifications.
Thy justice is justice for ever: and thy law is the truth.
Trouble and anguish have found me: thy commandments are my meditation.
Thy testimonies are justice for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
COPH. I cried with my whole heart, hear me, O Lord: I will seek thy justifications.
I cried unto thee, save me: that I may keep thy commandments.
I prevented the dawning of the day, and cried: because in thy words I very much hoped.
My eyes to thee have prevented the morning: that I might meditate on thy words.
Hear thou my voice, O Lord, according to thy mercy: and quicken me according to thy mercy.
They that persecute me have drawn nigh to iniquity; but they are gone far off from the law.
Thou art near, O Lord: and all thy ways are truth.
I have known from the beginning concerning thy testimonies: that thou hast founded them for ever.
RES. See my humiliation and deliver me: for I have not forgotten the law.
Judge my judgment and redeem me: quicken thou me for thy word’s sake.
Salvation is far from sinners; because they have not sought thy justifications.
Many, O Lord, are thy mercies: quicken me according to thy judgment.
Many are they that persecute me, and afflict me; but I have not declined from thy testimonies.
I beheld the transgressors, and I pined away; because they kept not thy word.
Behold I have loved thy commandments, O Lord; quicken me thou in thy mercy.
The beginning of thy words is truth: all the judgments of thy justice are for ever.
SIN. Princes have persecuted me without cause: and my heart hath been in awe of thy words.
I will rejoice at thy words, as one that hath found great spoil.
I have hated and abhorred iniquity; but I have loved thy law.
Seven times a day I have given praise to thee, for the judgments of thy justice.
Much peace have they that love thy law, and to them there is no stumbling block.
I looked to thy salvation, O Lord: and I loved thy commandments.
My soul hath kept thy testimonies: and hath loved them exceedingly.
I have kept thy commandments and thy testimonies: because all my ways are in thy sight.
TAU. Let my supplication, O Lord, come near in thy sight: give me understanding according to thy word.
Let my request come in before thee; deliver thou me according to thy word.
My lips shall utter a hymn, when thou shalt teach me thy justifications.
My tongue shall pronounce thy word: because all thy commandments are justice.
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my meditation.
My soul shall live and shall praise thee: and thy judgments shall help me.
I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.
In
my trouble
I cried
to
the
Lord:
and
he heard
me.
O Lord, deliver
my soul
from wicked lips,
and
a deceitful tongue.
What
shall
be given
to thee,
or
what
shall
be added
to thee,
to
a deceitful tongue.
The sharp arrows of
the mighty,
with coals that lay waste.
Woe
is
me,
that
my sojourning
is prolonged!
I
have dwelt
with
the inhabitants
of cedar:
My soul hath
been
long
a sojourner.
With them that hate peace I
was peaceable: when I spoke
to them
they fought
against
me without
cause.
I
have lifted
up
my eyes
to
the mountains,
from whence
help
shall come
to
me.
My help
is
from
the
Lord,
who made heaven
and earth.
May
he
not suffer thy foot
to
be moved: neither
let
him slumber
that keepeth thee.
Behold he
shall
neither slumber nor sleep,
that keepeth Israel.
The Lord
is thy keeper,
the Lord
is thy protection upon thy right hand.
The sun
shall
not burn thee
by day: nor
the moon
by night.
The Lord keepeth thee
from all evil:
may
the Lord keep thy soul.
May the Lord keep thy going in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.
I rejoiced
at
the things
that
were
said
to
me: We
shall
go
into
the house
of
the Lord.
Our feet
were standing
in thy courts,
O Jerusalem.
Jerusalem, which is built
as
a city, which is compact together.
For thither
did
the tribes
go up,
the tribes
of
the Lord:
the testimony
of
Israel,
to praise
the name
of
the Lord.
Because
their seats
have sat
in
judgment, seats
upon
the house
of
David.
Pray ye
for
the
things
that
are
for
the peace
of Jerusalem:
and abundance
for
them
that love thee.
Let peace
be
in thy
strength:
and abundance
in thy towers.
For
the sake
of
my brethren,
and
of
my neighbours,
I spoke peace
of thee.
Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.
To thee
have
I lifted up
my
eyes,
who dwellest
in heaven.
Behold
as
the eyes
of
the servants
are
on
the hands
of
their masters,
As
the eyes
of
the handmaid
are
on
the hands
of
her mistress:
so
are
our eyes unto
the Lord
our God, until
he
have mercy
on us.
Have mercy
on us,
O Lord,
have mercy
on us:
for we are greatly filled
with contempt.
For
our soul
is greatly filled:
we
are
a reproach
to
the rich,
and contempt
to
the proud.
If
it
had not
been
that
the Lord
was
with
us, let
Israel now say:
If
it
had not
been
that
the
Lord
was
with
us,
When
men rose
up
against
us,
Perhaps
they
had swallowed
us up alive.
When
their fury
was enkindled against
us,
Perhaps
the waters
had swallowed
us up.
Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us to be a prey to their teeth.
Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the followers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
They
that trust
in
the
Lord
shall
be
as mount Sion:
he
shall
not
be moved
for ever
that dwelleth
In Jerusalem. Mountains
are round
about
it:
so
the
Lord
is round
about
his
people
from henceforth
now
and
for
ever.
For
the Lord will not leave
the rod
of sinners upon
the lot
of
the just: that
the just
may not stretch forth
their hands
to iniquity.
Do good,
O Lord,
to
those
that
are good,
and
to
the upright
of
heart.
But
such
as
turn aside
into bonds,
the Lord
shall lead
out
with
the workers
of iniquity: peace
upon Israel.
When
the
lord brought back
the captivity
of Sion, we became
like men comforted.
Then
was
our mouth filled
with gladness;
and
our tongue
with joy.
Then
shall
they say
among
the Gentiles:
The
Lord hath done great things
for
them.
The
Lord hath
done great
things
for
us:
we
are become joyful.
Turn again
our captivity,
O
Lord,
as
a stream
in
the south.
They
that sow
in tears
shall reap
in
joy.
Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.
But coming they shall come with joyfulness, carrying their sheaves.
Unless
the
Lord build
the house,
they labour
in vain
that build
it. Unless
the
Lord keep
the city,
he watcheth
in vain
that keepeth
it.
It
is vain
for
you
to rise
before light, rise ye after
you
have sitten,
you
that eat
the bread
of sorrow.
When
he
shall give sleep
to
his beloved,
Behold
the inheritance
of
the
Lord
are children:
the reward,
the fruit
of
the womb.
As arrows
in
the hand
of
the mighty,
so
the children
of
them
that
have
been shaken.
Blessed is
the man
that hath filled
the desire with them; he
shall not be confounded
when he
shall speak
to his enemies
in
the gate.
Blessed
are all
they
that fear
the
Lord:
that walk
in
his ways.
For thou shalt
eat
the labours
of thy hands: blessed art thou,
and
it
shall
be
well
with thee.
Thy wife
as
a
fruitful vine,
on
the sides
of thy house.
Behold,
thus
shall
the
man
be blessed
that feareth
the Lord.
May
the Lord bless thee
out
of Sion:
and mayest thou
see
the good
things
of Jerusalem
all
the days
of thy life.
And mayest thou see thy children’s children, peace upon Israel.
Often
have
they fought
against
me
from
my youth,
let Israel
now say.
Often
have
they fought against
me
from
my youth:
but
they could
not prevail over
me.
The wicked
have wrought
upon
my
back: they
have lengthened
their iniquity.
The
Lord
who
is just
will cut
the necks
of sinners:
Let
them
all
be confounded
and turned back
that hate Sion.
Let
them
be
as grass
on
the tops
of houses: which withered
before
it
be plucked
up:
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
Out
of
the depths
I
have cried
to thee,
O Lord:
Lord, hear
my voice.
Let thy ears
be attentive
to
the voice
of
my supplication.
If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand
it.
For
with thee
there
is merciful forgiveness:
and
by reason
of thy law,
I
have waited
for thee,
O
Lord.
My soul hath relied
on
his word:
My soul hath hoped
in
the Lord.
From
the morning watch even until night,
let Israel hope
in
the Lord.
Because
with
the Lord there
is mercy:
and
with
him plentiful redemption.
And
he
shall redeem Israel
from
all
his iniquities.
Lord,
my heart
is not exalted: nor
are
my eyes lofty. Neither
have
I walked
in great matters, nor
in wonderful things above
me.
If
I
was
not humbly minded,
but exalted
my soul:
As
a child
that
is weaned
is towards
his mother,
so reward
in
my soul.
Let
Israel hope
in
the
Lord,
from henceforth now
and
for
ever.
O
Lord, remember
David,
and
all
his meekness.
How
he swore
to
the Lord,
he vowed
a vow
to
the
God
of Jacob:
If
I
shall enter
into
the tabernacle
of
my house: if
I
shall go
up
into
the bed wherein
I lie:
If I shall give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids,
Or rest to my temples: until I find out a place for the Lord, a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.
We will go into his tabernacle: We will adore in the place where his feet stood.
Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.
Let thy priests be clothed with justice: and let thy saints rejoice.
For thy servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed.
The Lord hath sworn truth to David, and he will not make it void: of the fruit of thy womb I will set upon thy throne.
If thy children will keep thy covenant, and these my testimonies which I shall teach them: Their children also for evermore shall sit upon thy throne.
For the Lord hath chosen Sion: he hath chosen it for his dwelling.
This is my rest for ever and ever: here will I dwell, for I have chosen it.
Blessing, I will bless her widow: I will satisfy her poor with bread.
I will clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall rejoice with exceeding great joy.
There will I bring forth a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for my anointed.
His enemies I will clothe with confusion: but upon him will my sanctification flourish.
Behold how good
and how pleasant
it
is
for brethren
to dwell
in unity.
Like
the precious ointment
on
the head,
that ran down upon
the beard,
the beard
of Aaron,
Which ran down
to
the skirt
of
his garment:
As
the dew
of Hermon,
which descendeth
upon
mount Sion.
For
there
the Lord hath commandeth blessing,
and life
for evermore.
Behold
now bless ye
the Lord,
all ye servants
of
the Lord:
Who
stand
in
the house
of
the Lord,
in
the courts
of
the house
of
our God.
In
the nights lift
up
your hands
to
the holy places,
and bless ye
the Lord.
May
the
Lord
out
of Sion bless thee,
he
that made heaven
and earth.
Praise ye
the name
of
the
Lord:
O
you
his
servants,
praise
the
Lord:
You
that stand
in
the house
of
the
Lord,
in
the courts
of
the house
of
our
God.
Praise ye
the
Lord,
for
the
Lord
is good: sing ye
to
his name,
for
it
is sweet.
For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself: Israel for his own possession.
For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is above all gods.
Whatsoever the Lord hath pleased he hath done, in heaven, in earth, in the sea, and in all the deeps.
He bringeth up clouds from the end of the earth: he hath made lightnings for the rain. He bringeth forth winds out of his stores:
He slew the firstborn of Egypt from man even unto beast.
He sent forth signs and wonders in the midst of thee, O Egypt: upon Pharao, and upon all his servants.
He smote many nations, and slew mighty kings:
Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan.
And gave their land for an inheritance, for an inheritance to his people Israel.
Thy name, O Lord, is for ever: thy memorial, O Lord, unto all generations.
For the Lord will judge his people, and will be entreated in favour of his servants.
The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of men’s hands.
They have a mouth, but they speak not: they have eyes, but they see not.
They have ears, but they hear not: neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Let them that make them be like to them: and every one that trusteth in them.
Bless the Lord, O house of Israel: bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.
Bless the Lord, O house of Levi: you that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.
Praise
the
Lord,
for
he
is good:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
Praise ye
the
God
of
gods:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
Praise ye
the
Lord
of lords:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
Who alone doth great wonders:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
Who
made
the heavens
in understanding:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
Who established
the
earth above
the waters:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
Who
made
the great lights:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
The sun
to rule
over
the day:
for
his mercy endureth
for
ever.
The moon
and
the stars
to rule
the night:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
Who
smote Egypt
with
their firstborn:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
Who brought Israel
from among them:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
With
a mighty
hand
and
a stretched out arm:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
Who divided
the Red Sea into parts:
for
his
mercy endureth
for
ever.
And brought
out
Israel
through
the midst thereof:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
And overthrew Pharao
and
his host
in
the Red Sea:
for
his mercy endureth
for
ever.
Who led
his
people
through
the desert:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
Who smote great kings:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
And slew strong kings:
for
his mercy endureth
for ever.
Sehon king
of
the Amorrhites:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
And Og king
of Basan:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
And
he gave
their land
for
an inheritance:
for
his
mercy endureth
for ever.
For an inheritance to his servant Israel: for his mercy endureth for ever.
For he was mindful of us in our affliction: for his mercy endureth for ever.
And he redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Give glory to the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Give glory to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Upon
the rivers
of Babylon,
there
we sat
and wept:
when
we remembered Sion:
On
the willows
in
the midst thereof
we hung up
our instruments.
For
there
they
that led
us into captivity required
of
us
the words
of songs.
And
they
that carried
us away, said: Sing ye
to
us
a hymn
of
the songs
of Sion.
How
shall
we sing
the song
of
the
Lord
in
a strange land?
If
I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let
my right hand
be forgotten.
Let
my tongue cleave
to
my jaws,
if
I do
not remember thee:
If
I
make
not Jerusalem
the beginning
of
my
joy.
Remember, O
Lord,
the children
of Edom,
in
the day
of Jerusalem:
Who say: Rase
it, rase
it,
even
to
the foundation thereof.
O daughter
of Babylon, miserable: blessed
shall
he
be
who
shall repay thee thy payment which thou hast paid
us.
Blessed
be
he
that
shall take
and dash thy little ones against
the rock.
I
will praise thee,
O lord,
with
my whole heart:
for thou hast heard
the words
of
my mouth.
I
will sing praise
to thee
in
the sight
of
his angels:
I will worship towards thy holy temple,
and
I will give glory
to thy name.
For thy mercy,
and
for thy truth:
for thou hast magnified thy holy name
above all.
In
what day soever
I
shall call upon thee, hear
me: thou
shall multiply strength
in
my soul.
May all
the kings
of
the
earth give glory
to thee:
for
they
have heard all
the words
of thy mouth.
And let them sing
in
the ways
of
the
Lord:
for great
is
the glory
of
the
Lord.
For
the Lord
is high,
and looketh
on
the low:
and
the high
he knoweth afar
off.
If
I
shall walk
in
the midst
of tribulation, thou wilt quicken
me:
and thou hast stretched forth thy hand
against
the wrath
of
my
enemies:
and thy right hand hath saved
me.
The Lord
will
repay
for
me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth
for ever: O despise not
the work
of thy hands.
Lord, thou hast proved
me,
and known
me:
Thou hast know
my sitting
down,
and
my rising
up.
Thou hast understood
my thoughts afar off:
my path
and
my line thou hast searched out.
And thou hast foreseen
all
my ways:
for
there
is
no
speech
in
my tongue.
Behold,
O
Lord, thou hast known
all
things,
the last
and
those
of
old: thou hast formed
me,
and hast laid thy hand upon
me.
Thy
knowledge
is
become wonderful
to
me:
it
is
high,
and
I cannot reach
to
it.
Whither
shall
I
go
from thy spirit?
or whither
shall
I flee
from thy
face?
If
I ascend
into heaven, thou
art
there: if
I descend
into hell, thou
art present.
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me.
And I said: Perhaps darkness shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
I will number them, and they shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
Unto
the end,
a
psalm
for
David.
Deliver
me,
O Lord,
from
the evil man: rescue
me
from
the unjust man.
Who
have devised iniquities
in
their hearts:
all
the day long
they designed battles.
They
have sharpened
their
tongues
like
a serpent:
the venom
of saps
is under
their lips.
Keep
me, O Lord,
from
the
hand
of
the wicked:
and
from unjust men deliver
me. Who
have proposed
to supplant
my steps.
The proud
have hidden
a net
for
me.
And
they
have stretched
out cords
for
a snare:
they
have laid
for
me
a stumblingblock
by
the wayside.
I said
to
the Lord: Thou art
my God: hear, O Lord,
the voice
of
my supplication.
O Lord, Lord,
the strength
of
my salvation: thou hast overshadowed
my head
in
the day
of battle.
Give me not
up, O Lord,
from
my
desire
to
the wicked:
they
have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest
they should triumph.
The head
of
them compassing
me
about:
the labour
of
their lips
shall
overwhelm
them.
Burning coals shall fall upon
them; thou wilt cast
them down
into
the fire:
in miseries
they shall
not
be able
to stand.
A man
full
of tongue
shall
not
be
established
in
the earth: evil
shall catch
the unjust man unto destruction.
I know
that
the Lord
will do justice
to
the needy,
and
will revenge
the poor.
But
as
for
the just,
they
shall
give glory
to thy name:
and
the upright
shall dwell
with thy countenance.
I
have cried
to
the, O Lord, hear me: hearken
to
my voice, when I cry
to thee.
Let
my prayer
be directed
as incense
in thy sight;
the lifting up
of
my hands,
as evening sacrifice.
Set
a watch, O Lord,
before
my mouth:
and
a door round
about
my lips.
Incline not
my
heart
to evil
words;
to make excuses
in sins.
With men
that work iniquity:
and
I
will not communicate
with
the choicest
of
them.
The
just
shall correct
me
in
mercy,
and
shall reprove
me:
but
let not
the oil
of
the sinner fatten
my head.
For
my prayer
also
shall still
be
against
the
things
with
which
they
are
well pleased:
Their judges falling
upon
the rock
have been swallowed
up.
They
shall hear
my words,
for
they
have prevailed:
As
when
the thickness
of
the earth
is broken up upon
the ground:
Our bones
are scattered
by
the side
of hell.
But
o
to thee,
O
Lord,
Lord,
are
my eyes:
in thee
have
I put
my trust, take not away
my soul.
Keep
me
from
the snare, which
they
have
laid
for
me,
and
from
the stumblingblocks
of
them
that
work iniquity.
The wicked
shall fall
in
his net: I am alone until I pass.
Of understanding
for
David.
A prayer
when
he
was
in
the cave. [1 Kings 24]
I cried
to
the Lord
with
my voice:
with
my voice
I
made supplication
to
the Lord.
In
his sight
I pour
out
my prayer,
and
before
him
I declare
my trouble:
When
my
spirit failed
me,
then thou newest
my paths.
I looked
on
my
right hand,
and beheld,
and there
was
no
one
that
would know
me. Flight hath failed
me:
and there
is
no
one
that hath regard
to
my soul.
I cried
to thee,
O Lord:
I
said: Thou art
my hope,
my portion
in
the land
of
the living.
Attend
to
my supplication:
for
I am brought
very
low. Deliver
me
from
my persecutors;
for
they
are stronger than
I.
Bring
my
soul
out
of prison,
that
I
may
praise thy name:
the just wait
for
me, until thou reward
me.
Hear, O Lord,
my
prayer:
give ear
to
my supplication
in thy truth: hear
me
in thy justice.
And enter not
into judgment
with thy servant:
for
in thy sight no man living
shall
be justified.
For
the enemy hath persecuted
my soul:
he hath brought
down
my life
to
the earth.
He hath
made
me
to dwell
in darkness
as those
that have been dead
of
old:
And
my
spirit
is
in anguish
within
me:
my
heart
within
me
is troubled.
I remembered
the
days
of old,
I meditated
on
all thy works:
I meditated
upon
the works
of thy hands.
I stretched forth
my hands
to thee:
my soul
is
as
earth without water unto thee.
Hear
me speedily, O Lord:
my spirit hath fainted
away. Turn
not
away thy face
from
me, lest
I
be
like unto
them
that go
down
into
the pit.
Cause
me
to hear thy mercy
in
the morning;
for
in thee
have
I hoped.
Make
the
way
known
to
me, wherein
I
should walk:
for
I
have lifted
up
my
soul
to thee.
Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord, to thee have I fled:
Teach me to do thy will, for thou art my God. Thy good spirit shall lead me into the right land:
For thy name’s sake, O Lord, thou wilt quicken me in thy justice. Thou wilt bring my soul out of trouble:
And in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies. And thou wilt cut off all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Blessed
be
the
Lord
my
God,
who teacheth
my hands
to fight,
and
my fingers
to war.
My mercy,
and
my refuge:
my support,
and
my deliverer:
My protector,
and
I
have hoped
in
him:
who subdueth
my
people
under
me.
Lord,
what
is
man,
that thou art made known
to
him?
or
the son
of
man,
that thou makest account
of
him?
Man
is
like
to vanity:
his days pass away
like
a shadow.
Lord, bow
down thy heavens
and descend: touch
the mountains
and
they
shall smoke.
Send forth lightning,
and thou shalt scatter
them: shoot
out thy arrows,
and thou shalt trouble
them.
Put forth thy hand
from
on high,
take
me
out,
and deliver
me
from many waters:
from
the hand
of strange children:
Whose
mouth hath
spoken vanity:
and
their right hand
is
the right hand
of iniquity.
To thee,
O
God,
I
will sing
a new canticle:
on
the psaltery
and
an instrument
of ten strings
I
will sing
praises
to thee.
Who givest salvation
to kings:
who hast redeemed thy servant David
from
the malicious sword:
Deliver
me,
And
rescue
me
out
of
the hand
of strange children;
whose
mouth hath spoken vanity:
and
their
right hand
is
the
right hand
of iniquity:
Whose sons
are
as new plants
in
their youth:
Their daughters decked
out, adorned round
about
after
the similitude
of
a temple:
Their storehouses full, flowing out of this into that. Their sheep fruitful in young, abounding in their goings forth:
Their oxen fat. There is no breach of wall, nor passage, nor crying out in their streets.
They have called the people happy, that hath these things: but happy is that people whose God is the Lord.
I
will extol thee,
O
God
my king:
and
I
will
bless thy name
for ever; yea,
for ever
and ever.
Every day
I will bless thee:
and
I will praise thy name
for ever; yea,
for ever
and ever.
Great
is
the
Lord,
and greatly
to
be praised:
and
of
his greatness
there
is no end.
Generation
and generation
shall praise thy works:
and
they
shall declare thy power.
They
shall speak
of
the magnificence
of
the glory
of thy holiness:
and
shall tell thy wondrous works.
And they shall speak
of
the might
of thy terrible acts:
and shall declare thy greatness.
They
shall publish
the memory
of
the abundance
of thy sweetness:
and
shall rejoice
in thy justice.
The
Lord
is gracious
and merciful: patient
and plenteous
in mercy.
The Lord
is sweet
to all:
and
his tender mercies
are
over all
his works.
Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee:
and
let thy saints bless thee.
They
shall
speak
of
the glory
of thy kingdom:
and
shall
tell
of thy
power:
To
make thy
might known
to
the
sons
of
men:
and
the glory
of
the magnificence
of thy kingdom.
Thy kingdom
is
a kingdom
of all ages:
and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations.
The Lord
is faithful
in all
his words:
and holy
in all
his works.
The Lord lifteth up all
that fall:
and setteth up all
that
are cast down.
The eyes
of all hope
in thee,
O
Lord:
and thou givest
them meat
in due season.
Thou openest thy hand, and fillest with blessing every living creature.
The Lord is just in all his ways: and holy in all his works.
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.
He will do the will of them that fear him: and he will hear their prayer, and save them.
The Lord keepeth all them that love him; but all the wicked he will destroy.
My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless thy holy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.
Alleluia,
of Aggeus
and Zacharias.
Praise
the Lord,
O
my soul,
in
my
life
I
will
praise
the Lord:
I
will sing
to
my God
as
long
as
I
shall
be. Put not
your trust
in princes:
In
the children
of
men,
in whom
there
is
no salvation.
His spirit
shall go forth,
and he
shall return into
his earth:
in
that day
all
their thoughts
shall perish.
Blessed
is he who hath
the God
of Jacob
for
his helper, whose hope
is
in
the Lord
his God:
Who made heaven
and earth,
the sea,
and all
things
that are
in
them.
Who keepeth truth
for ever: who executeth judgment
for them that suffer wrong: who giveth food
to
the hungry.
The Lord looseth them that are fettered:
The
Lord enlighteneth
the blind.
The
Lord lifteth up
them
that
are cast
down:
the
Lord loveth
the just.
The
Lord keepeth
the strangers,
he
will support
the fatherless
and
the widow:
and
the ways
of sinners
he
will
destroy.
The
Lord
shall reign
for ever: thy
God,
O Sion, unto generation
and generation.
Praise ye
the
Lord, because psalm
is good:
to
our
God
be joyful
and comely
praise.
The
Lord buildeth up Jerusalem:
he
will gather together
the dispersed
of Israel.
Who healeth
the broken
of heart,
and bindeth
up
their bruises.
Who telleth
the number
of
the stars:
and calleth
them
all
by
their names.
Great
is
our
Lord,
and
great
is
his
power:
and
of
his wisdom
there
is no number.
The Lord lifteth
up
the meek,
and bringeth
the wicked down
even
to
the
ground.
Sing ye
to
the
Lord
with praise: sing
to
our
God
upon
the harp.
Who covereth
the heaven
with clouds,
and prepareth rain
for
the earth.
Who maketh grass
to grow
on
the mountains,
and herbs
for
the service
of
men.
Who giveth
to beasts
their food:
and
to
the young ravens
that call upon
him.
He
shall not delight
in
the strength
of
the horse:
nor take pleasure
in
the legs
of
a man.
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him: and in them that hope in his mercy.
Praise
the
Lord,
O Jerusalem:
praise thy
God,
O Sion.
Because
he hath strengthened
the bolts
of thy gates,
he hath blessed thy
children within thee.
Who hath
placed peace
in thy borders:
and filleth thee
with
the fat
of corn.
Who sendeth forth
his speech
to
the earth:
his word runneth swiftly.
Who giveth snow
like wool: scattereth mists
like ashes.
He sendeth
his crystal
like morsels:
who
shall stand before
the face
of
his cold?
He
shall send out
his word,
and
shall melt
them:
his wind
shall blow,
and
the waters
shall run.
Who declareth
his word
to Jacob:
his justices
and
his judgments
to
Israel.
He hath
not done
in
like manner
to every nation:
and
his judgments
he hath
not
made manifest
to
them. Alleluia.
Praise ye
the
Lord
from
the
heavens:
praise ye
him
in
the
high
places.
Praise ye
him,
all
his
angels:
praise ye
him,
all
his
hosts.
Praise ye
him, O
sun
and
moon:
praise
him,
all ye
stars
and
light.
Praise
him, ye
heavens
of
heavens:
and let all
the
waters
that
are
above
the
heavens
Praise
the
name
of
the
Lord.
For
he spoke,
and
they
were made:
he
commanded,
and
they
were
created.
He hath
established
them
for
ever,
and
for
ages
of
ages:
he hath
made
a
decree,
and
it
shall
not
pass
away.
Praise
the
Lord
from
the
earth, ye dragons,
and
all ye
deeps:
Fire,
hail,
snow, ice, stormy
winds
which fulfill
his
word:
Mountains
and
all
hills,
fruitful
trees
and
all
cedars:
Beasts
and
all
cattle: serpents
and feathered fowls:
Kings
of
the
earth
and
all
people:
princes
and
all
judges
of
the
earth:
Young
men
and
maidens: let
the
old
with
the younger, praise
the name
of
the Lord:
For
his
name
alone
is
exalted.
The
praise
of
him
is above heaven
and earth:
and
he hath
exalted
the
horn
of
his
people.
A hymn
to
all
his saints:
to
the
children
of
Israel,
a
people approaching
to
him. Alleluia.
Sing ye
to
the
Lord
a
new canticle: let
his
praise
be
in
the church
of
the saints.
Let
Israel
rejoice
in
him
that
made
him:
and
let
the
children
of Sion
be
joyful
in their
king.
Let them
praise
his
name
in choir: let them
sing
to him
with
the
timbrel
and
the psaltery.
For
the
Lord
is well
pleased
with
his
people:
and
he
will exalt
the meek unto
salvation.
The saints
shall
rejoice
in
glory:
they
shall be joyful
in
their
beds.
The high praise
of
God
shall
be
in
their
mouth:
and two-edged
swords
in
their
hands:
To execute
vengeance upon
the
nations, chastisements among
the
people:
To
bind
their
kings
with
fetters,
and
their
nobles
with manacles
of
iron.
To execute
upon
them
the
judgment
that
is
written:
this glory
is
to
all
his saints. Alleluia.
Praise ye
the
Lord
in
his
holy places:
praise ye him
in
the
firmament
of
his
power.
Praise ye him
for
his
mighty
acts:
praise ye him according
to
the
multitude
of
his
greatness.
Praise him with
sound
of
trumpet:
praise him with psaltery
and
harp.
Praise him with
timbrel
and choir:
praise him with strings
and organs.
Praise him on high sounding
cymbals:
praise him on
cymbals
of
joy:
let
every
spirit
praise
the
Lord. Alleluia.
Proverbs
The Proverbs
Proverbs
Pro
The Proverbs
The
parables
of
Solomon,
the
son
of
David,
king
of
Israel.
To
know
wisdom,
and
instruction:
To
understand
the words
of prudence:
and
to
receive
the
instruction
of doctrine,
justice,
and
judgment,
and
equity:
To
give subtilty
to little ones,
to
the
young
man
knowledge
and understanding.
A
wise
man
shall
hear
and
shall
be
wiser:
and
he
that understandeth,
shall possess governments.
He
shall
understand
a
parable,
and
the interpretation,
the
words
of
the
wise,
and
their mysterious
sayings.
The
fear
of
the
Lord
is
the
beginning
of
wisdom.
Fools
despise
wisdom
and
instruction.
My
son,
hear
the
instruction
of thy
father,
and
forsake
not
the
law
of thy
mother:
That
grace may
be added
to thy
head,
and
a chain
of gold
to thy
neck.
My
son,
if
sinners
shall entice thee,
consent
not
to
them.
If
they shall
say: Come
with
us, let
us
lie
in
wait
for
blood, let
us
hide snares
for
the
innocent
without
cause:
Let
us
swallow
him
up
alive
like hell,
and
whole
as
one that goeth
down
into
the
pit.
We
shall
find
all
precious
substance,
we
shall
fill
our
houses
with
spoils.
Cast
in thy
lot
with us,
let us
all
have
one
purse.
My
son,
walk
not thou
with
them,
restrain thy
foot
from
their
paths.
For
their
feet
run
to
evil,
and
make
haste
to
shed
blood.
But
a
net
is
spread
in
vain
before
the
eyes
of
them
that
have
wings.
And
they
themselves
lie
in
wait
for
their
own
blood,
and practise deceits against
their
own
souls.
So
the wage
of
every covetous
man
destroy
the
souls
of
the
possessors.
Wisdom preacheth
abroad, she uttereth
her
voice
in
the
streets:
At
the
head
of multitudes
she crieth out,
in
the
entrance
of
the
gates
of
the
city
she uttereth
her
words,
saying:
O children,
how
long
will
you
love childishness,
and
fools
covet
those
things which
are hurtful
to
themselves,
and
the unwise
hate
knowledge?
Turn ye
at
my
reproof:
behold
I
will
utter
my
spirit
to
you,
and
will shew
you
my
words.
Because
I
called,
and
you
refused:
I
stretched
out
my
hand,
and
there
was
none
that regarded.
You
have despised
all
my
counsel,
and
have neglected
my reprehensions.
I
also
will
laugh
in
your
destruction,
and
will
mock
when
that
shall
come
to
you which
you
feared.
When sudden
calamity shall
fall
on
you,
and
destruction,
as
a tempest, shall be
at hand:
when tribulation
and
distress shall
come
upon
you:
Then
shall
they
call
upon
me,
and
I
will
not hear:
they
shall rise
in
the morning
and
shall
not
find
me:
Because
they
have
hated instruction
and received
not
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
Nor consented
to
my
counsel,
but
despised
all
my
reproof.
Therefore
they shall
eat
the
fruit
of
their own
way,
and shall
be
filled
with
their own
devices.
The
turning away
of little
ones shall
kill
them,
and
the
prosperity
of
fools shall
destroy
them.
But he
that shall
hear me, shall
rest without
terror,
and shall enjoy abundance, without
fear
of evils.
My
son,
if thou wilt
receive
my
words,
and wilt
hide
my
commandments
with thee,
That thy
ear
may hearken
to
wisdom:
Incline thy
heart
to know prudence:
For
if thou shalt
call
for
wisdom,
and incline thy heart
to prudence:
If thou shalt
seek
her
as
money,
and shalt dig
for
her
as
for
a
treasure:
Then shalt thou
understand
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
and shalt
find
the
knowledge
of
God.
Because
the
Lord giveth
wisdom:
and out
of
his
mouth cometh prudence
and
knowledge.
He
will
keep
the salvation
of
the righteous,
and protect
them
that
walk
in simplicity.
Keeping
the
paths
of
justice,
and
guarding
the
ways
of saints.
Then shalt thou
understand
justice,
and
judgment,
and
equity,
and
every
good
path.
If
wisdom
shall
enter
into thy
heart,
and
knowledge please thy
soul:
Counsel shall
keep thee,
and prudence shall
preserve thee,
That thou mayst
be
delivered
from
the
evil
way,
and
from
the
man
that speaketh
perverse
things:
Who
leave
the
right
way,
and
walk
by
dark
ways:
Who
are
glad
when
they have
done
evil,
and
rejoice
in most
wicked
things:
Whose
ways
are
perverse,
and
their steps infamous.
That thou mayst be
delivered
from
the
strange
women,
and
from
the
stranger,
who softeneth
her
words:
And forsaketh
the guide
of
her
youth,
And hath forgotten
the covenant
of
her
God:
for
her
house inclineth unto
death,
and
her
paths
to hell.
None
that
go
in unto
her
shall
return
again,
neither
shall
they
take hold
of
the
paths
of
life,
That thou mayst
walk
in
a
good
way:
and mayst
keep
the
paths
of
the
just.
For
they
that
are
upright
shall
dwell
in
the
earth,
and
the simple
shall
continue
in
it.
But
the
wicked
shall
be
destroyed
from
the
earth:
and
they
that do unjustly
shall
be taken
away
from
it.
My
son,
forget
not
my
law,
and
let thy
heart
keep
my
commandments.
For
they
shall
add
to thee
length
of
days,
and
years
of
life
and
peace.
Let
not mercy
and
truth
leave thee, put
them
about thy
neck,
and
write
them
in
the tables
of thy
heart:
And thou shalt
And
grace
and
good
understanding
before
God
and
men.
Have
confidence
in
the
Lord
with
all thy
heart,
and
lean
not
upon thy own prudence.
In
all thy
ways think
on
him,
and
he
will direct thy steps.
I
Be
not
wise
in thy
own conceit:
fear
God,
and
depart
from
evil:
For
it shall
be health
to thy
navel,
and moistening
to thy
bones.
Honour
the
Lord
with thy
substance,
and give
him
of
the
first
of
all thy
fruits:
And thy
barns shall be
filled
with
abundance,
and thy
presses shall run over
with
wine.
My
son,
reject
not
the
correction
of
the
Lord:
and
do
not faint
when thou art chastised
by
him:
For
whom
the
Lord loveth,
he chastiseth:
and
as
a
father
in
the
son
he pleaseth
himself.
Blessed
is
the
man that findeth
wisdom
and
is rich
in prudence:
The purchasing thereof
is
better
than
the
merchandise
of
silver,
and
her fruit
than
the chiefest
and purest
gold:
She
is
more
precious
than
all riches:
and
all
the
things
that
are
desired,
are
not
to
be compared
with
her.
Length
of
days
is
in
her
right
hand,
and
in
her
left
hand
riches
and
glory.
Her
ways
are beautiful
ways,
and
all
her
paths
are peaceable.
She
is
a
tree
of
life
to
them
that lay
hold
on
her:
and
he
that
shall
retain
her
is
blessed.
The
Lord
by
wisdom hath
founded
the
earth, hath
established
the
heavens
by prudence.
By
his wisdom
the
depths have
broken
out,
and
the
clouds grow thick
with
dew.
My
son,
let
not these
things
depart
from thy
eyes:
keep
the law
and counsel:
And
there
shall
be
life
to thy
soul,
and
grace
to thy
mouth.
Then shalt thou
walk confidently
in thy
way,
and thy
foot
shall
not
stumble:
If thou
sleep, thou shalt
not
fear: thou shalt
rest,
and thy
sleep
shall
be
sweet.
Be
not
afraid
of
sudden
fear,
nor
of
the power
of
the
wicked falling
upon thee.
For
the
Lord
will
be
at thy side,
and
will
keep thy
foot
that thou
be
not
taken.
Do
not
withhold
him
from
doing
good,
who
is
able:
if thou art
able,
do
good thyself
also.
Say
not
to thy
friend:
Go,
and
come
again:
and
tomorrow
I
will
give
to thee:
when thou canst
give
at
present.
Practise
not
evil
against thy
friend,
when
he hath
confidence
in thee.
Strive
not
against
a
man
without
cause,
when
he hath
done thee
no
evil.
Envy
not
the unjust
man,
and
do
not follow
his
ways:
For every mocker
is
an
abomination
to
the
Lord,
and
his communication
is
with
the simple.
Want
is
from
the
Lord
in
the
house
of
the
wicked:
but
the habitations
of
the
just
shall
be
blessed.
He
shall scorn
the scorners,
and
to
the meek
he
will
give
grace.
The
wise shall
possess
glory:
the promotion
of
fools
is
disgrace.
Hear, ye
children,
the
instruction
of
a
father,
and attend
that
you
may
know prudence.
I
will
give
you
a
good
gift,
forsake
not
my
law.
For
I
also
was
my
father’s
son,
tender
and
as
an
only
son
in
the
sight
of
my
mother:
And
he
taught
me,
and
said: Let thy
heart receive
my
words,
keep
my
commandments,
and thou shalt
live.
Get
wisdom,
get prudence:
forget
not,
neither
decline from
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Forsake
her
not,
and she shall
keep thee:
love
her,
and she shall
preserve thee.
The
beginning
of
wisdom,
get
wisdom,
and
with
all thy possession
purchase prudence.
Take hold
on
her,
and
she shall
exalt thee: thou shalt
be
glorified
by
her,
when thou shalt
embrace
her.
She
shall
give
to thy
head increase
of graces,
and protect thee
with
a noble
crown.
Hear,
O
my
son,
and
receive
my
words,
that
years
of
life
may
be
multiplied
to thee.
I
will shew thee
the
way
of
wisdom,
I
will
lead thee
by
the
paths
of equity:
Which
when thou shalt
have entered, thy
steps
shall
not
be straitened,
and
when thou runnest thou shalt
not meet
a stumblingblock.
Take
hold on
instruction,
leave
it
not:
keep
it,
because
it
is thy
life.
Be
not delighted
in
the
paths
of
the
wicked,
neither
let
the
way
of
evil
men please thee.
Flee
from
it,
pass
not
by
it:
go
aside,
and forsake
it.
For
they
sleep
not
except
they
have done
evil:
and
their
sleep
is
taken
away
unless
they
have made some
to
fall.
They
eat
the
bread
of
wickedness,
and
drink
the
wine
of iniquity.
But
the
path
of
the
just,
as
a
shining
light, goeth forwards
and increaseth
even
to perfect
day.
The
way
of
the
wicked
is darksome:
they
know
not
where
they
fall.
My
son, hearken
to
my
words,
and
incline thy
ear
to
my
sayings.
Let
them
not
depart
from thy
eyes,
keep
them
in
the
midst
of thy
heart:
For
they
are
life
to
those
that
find
them,
and
health
to
all
flesh.
With
all watchfulness
keep thy
heart,
because
life issueth
out
from
it.
Remove
from thee
a froward
mouth,
and let detracting
lips
be
far
from thee.
Let thy
eyes
look
straight
on,
and
let thy
eyelids go
before thy steps.
Make straight
the
path
for thy
feet,
and
all thy
ways shall
be
established.
Decline
not
to
the
right
hand,
nor
to
the
left:
turn
away thy
foot
from
evil.
For
the
Lord knoweth
the ways
that
are
on
the
right
hand:
but those
are perverse which
are
on
the
left
hand.
But
he
will
make thy courses straight,
he
will
bring forward thy ways
in peace.
My
son, attend
to
my
wisdom,
and
incline thy
ear
to
my prudence.
That thou mayst
keep
thoughts,
and thy
lips
may
preserve instruction. Mind not
the deceit
of
a woman.
For
the
lips
of
a harlot
are like
a honeycomb dropping,
and
her throat
is
smoother
than
oil.
But her
end
is
bitter
as
wormwood,
and
sharp
as
a
two-edged
sword.
Her
feet
go
down
into
death,
and
her
steps
go
in
as far
as hell.
They walk
not
by
the
path
of
life,
her steps
are wandering,
and unaccountable.
Now
therefore,
my
son,
hear
me,
and
depart
not
from
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Remove thy
way
far
from
her,
and
come
not nigh
the
doors
of
her
house.
Give
not thy honour
to strangers,
and thy
years
to
the
cruel.
Lest
strangers
be
filled
with thy
strength,
and thy labours
be
in
another man’s
house,
And thou mourn
it
the
last,
when thou shalt have
spent thy
flesh
and thy
body,
and say:
Why
have
I
hated
instruction,
and
my
heart consented not
to
reproof,
And
have
not
heard
the
voice
of
them
that
taught
me,
and
have
not
inclined
my
ear
to masters?
I
have
almost
been
in
all
evil,
in
the
midst
of
the church
and
of
the
congregation.
Drink
water
out
of thy own
cistern,
and
the
streams
of thy own
well:
Let thy
fountains
be conveyed
abroad,
and
in
the
streets divide thy
waters.
Keep
them
to thyself
alone,
neither
let
strangers
be partakers
with thee.
Let thy vein
be
blessed,
and
rejoice
with
the
wife
of thy
youth:
Let
her
be thy dearest hind,
and most agreeable fawn:
let
her
breasts inebriate thee
at
all
times;
he thou delighted
continually
with
her
love.
Why art thou seduced,
my
son,
by
a
strange
woman,
and art cherished
in
the
bosom
of
another?
The
Lord beholdeth
the
ways
of
man,
and considereth
all
his steps.
His own
iniquities
catch
the
wicked,
and
he
is
fast bound
with
the
ropes
of
his own
sins.
He
shall
die,
because
he hath
not received
instruction,
and
in
the
multitude
of
his
folly
he
shall
be deceived.
My
son,
if thou
be
surety
for thy
friend, thou hast engaged fast thy
hand
to
a stranger.
Thou art
ensnared
with
the
words
of thy
mouth,
and
caught
with thy own
words.
Do
therefore,
my
son,
what
I say,
and
deliver thyself:
because thou art
fallen
into
the
hand
of thy neighbour.
Run
about,
make haste, stir
up thy
friend:
Give
not
sleep
to thy
eyes,
neither
let thy
eyelids
slumber.
Deliver thyself
as
a doe
from
the
hand,
and
as
a
bird
from
the
hand
of
the
fowler.
Go
to
the
ant, O
sluggard,
and
consider
her
ways,
and learn
wisdom:
Which,
although
she hath
no guide,
nor
master,
nor captain,
Provideth
her meat
for herself
in
the
summer,
and gathereth
her
food
in
the
harvest.
How
long wilt thou
sleep,
O
sluggard?
when wilt thou
rise
out
of thy
sleep?
Thou wilt
sleep
a
little, thou wilt
slumber
a
little, thou wilt fold thy
hands
a
little
to
sleep:
And
want
shall
come
upon thee,
as
a traveller,
and
poverty
as
a
man
armed.
But
if thou
be diligent, thy
harvest
shall
come
as
a fountain,
and
want
shall
flee far
from thee.
A
man
that
is
an apostate,
an unprofitable
man, walketh
with
a
perverse
mouth,
He winketh
with
the
eyes, presseth
with
the
foot, speaketh
with
the
finger.
With
a
wicked
heart
he deviseth
evil,
and
at
all
times
he soweth
discord.
To
such
a
one
his
destruction
shall presently
come,
and
he
shall
suddenly
be
destroyed,
and
shall
no
longer
have
any
remedy.
Six
things
there
are, which
the
Lord hateth,
and
the
seventh
his
soul detesteth:
Haughty
eyes,
a
lying
tongue,
hands
that
shed
innocent
blood,
A
heart
that deviseth
wicked
plots,
feet
that
are
swift
to
run into mischief,
A
deceitful
witness
that uttereth
lies,
and
him
that soweth
discord
among
brethren.
My
son, beep
the
commandments
of thy
father,
and
forsake
not
the
law
of thy
mother.
Bind
them
in thy
heart
continually,
and put
them
about thy
neck.
When thou walkest,
let
them
go
with thee:
when thou sleepest,
let
them
keep thee;
and
when thou awakest,
talk
with
them.
Because
the
commandment
is
a
lamp,
and
the
law
a
light,
and reproofs
of
instruction
are
the
way
of
life:
That
they may
keep thee
from
the
evil
woman,
and
from
the
flattering
tongue
of
the
stranger.
Let
not thy
heart
covet
her
beauty,
be
not
caught
with
her winks:
For
the price
of
a
harlot
is scarce
one
loaf:
but
the
woman catcheth
the
precious
soul
of
a
man.
Can
a
man hide
fire
in
his
bosom,
and
his
garments
not
burn?
Or
can
he
walk
upon
hot
coals,
and
his
feet
not
be burnt?
So
he
that goeth
in
to
his neighbour’s
wife,
shall
not
be clean
when
he
shall
touch
her.
The fault
is
not
so great
when
a
man hath
stolen:
for
he stealeth
to
fill
his
hungry
soul:
And if
he
be
taken
he
shall restore
sevenfold,
and
shall
give
up
all
the
substance
of
his
house.
But
he
that
is an
adulterer,
for
the folly
of
his
heart
shall
destroy
his
own
soul:
He gathereth
to
himself
shame
and dishonour,
and
his
reproach
shall
not
be blotted
out:
Because
the
jealousy
and
rage
of
the husband
will
not
spare
in
the
day
of
revenge,
Nor
will
he
yield
to
any man’s prayers,
nor
will
he
accept
for satisfaction
ever
so
many
gifts.
My
son,
keep
my
words,
and
lay
up
my precepts
with thee.
Son,
Keep
my
commandments,
and thou shalt
live:
and
my
law as
the
apple
of thy
eye:
Bind
it
upon thy
fingers,
write
it
upon
the tables
of thy
heart.
Say
to
wisdom: Thou art
my
sister:
and
call prudence thy
friend,
That she may
keep thee
from
the
woman that
is not thine,
and
from
the
stranger
who sweeteneth
her
words.
For
I
look
out
of
the
window
of
my
house
through
the
lattice,
And
I
see little
ones,
I
behold
a foolish
young
man,
Who passeth
through
the
street
by
the
corner,
and goeth nigh
the
way
of
her
house.
In
the
dark,
when
it grows late,
in
the
darkness
and obscurity
of
the
night,
And
behold
a
woman meeteth
him
in
harlot’s attire prepared
to deceive souls; talkative
and wandering,
Not bearing
to
be quiet,
not able
to
abide still
at
home,
Now
abroad,
now
in
the
streets,
now
lying
in
wait
near
the
corners.
And catching
the young man,
she kisseth
him,
and
with
an impudent
face, flattereth,
saying:
I
vowed victims
for prosperity,
this
day
I
have paid
my
vows.
Therefore
I am
come
out
to
meet thee, desirous
to see thee,
and
I
have
found thee.
I
have woven
my
bed
with cords,
I
have covered it
with painted tapestry, brought
from
Egypt.
I have perfumed
my
bed
with
myrrh,
aloes,
and
cinnamon.
Come, let us be inebriated
with
the breasts,
and let us
enjoy
the desired embraces,
till
the
day appear.
For
my
husband
is
not
at
home,
he
is
gone
a
very
long
journey.
He
took
with
him
a
bag
of
money:
he mill
return
home
the
day
of
the
full
moon.
She entangled
him
with
many
words,
and drew
him
away
with
the flattery
of
her
lips.
Immediately
he followeth
her
as
an
ox
led
to be
a victim,
and
as
a lamb playing
the wanton,
and not knowing
that
he
is drawn
like
a
fool
to bonds,
Till
the
arrow pierce
his
liver:
as
if
a
bird
should
make
haste
to
the
snare,
and knoweth
not
that
his
life
is
in danger.
Now
therefore,
my
son,
hear
me,
and attend
to
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Let
not thy
mind
be drawn
away
in
her
ways:
neither
be thou
deceived
with
her
paths.
For
she hath
cast
down
many
wounded,
and
the strongest
have
been
slain
by
her.
Her
house
is
the
way
to hell, reaching even
to
the
inner
chambers
of
death.
Doth
not
wisdom
cry aloud,
and prudence
put
forth
her
voice?
Standing
in
the
top
of
the highest
places
by
the
way,
in
the midst
of
the
paths.
Beside
the
gates
of
the
city,
in
the very
doors she speaketh,
saying:
O ye
men,
to
you
I
call,
and
my
voice
is
to
the
sons
of
men.
O little
ones,
understand subtilty,
and ye unwise, take notice.
Hear,
for
I
will
speak
of great
things:
and
my
lips shall
be opened
to preach
right
things.
My
mouth shall
meditate
truth,
and
my
lips shall
hate
wickedness.
All
my
words
are
just,
there
is
nothing wicked
nor
perverse
in them.
They
are
right
to
them
that
understand,
and
just
to
them
that
find
knowledge.
Receive
my
instruction,
and
not
money:
choose
knowledge
rather
than
gold.
For
wisdom
is
better
than
all
the most
precious
things:
and
whatsoever
may
be
desired
cannot
be compared
to
it.
I
wisdom
dwell
in counsel,
and
am
present
in learned
thoughts.
The
fear
of
the
Lord hateth
evil:
I
hate
arrogance,
and
pride,
and every
wicked
way,
and
a
mouth
with
a double tongue.
Counsel
and equity
is mine, prudence
is mine,
strength
is mine.
By me
kings
reign,
and lawgivers
decree
just things,
By
me
princes
rule,
and
the mighty
decree
justice.
I
love
them that
love
me:
and they that
in
the morning early watch
for
me,
shall
find
me.
With me are
riches
and
glory, glorious
riches
and
justice.
For
my
fruit
is
better
than
gold
and
the precious stone,
and
my blossoms
than
choice
silver.
I
walk
in
the
way
of
justice,
in
the
midst
of
the
paths
of
judgment,
That
I
may enrich
them that
love
me,
and
may
fill
their
treasures.
The
Lord
possessed
me
in
the
beginning
of
his
ways,
before
he
made
any thing
from
the
beginning.
I
was set up
from
eternity,
and
of
old
before
the
earth
was made.
The
depths
were
not
as
yet,
and
I
was already conceived.
neither
had
the
fountains
of
waters
as
yet sprung
out:
The
mountains
with
their huge bulk had not
as
yet
been established:
before
the
hills
I
was brought forth:
He
had
not
yet
made
the
earth,
nor
the
rivers,
nor
the poles
of
the
world.
When
he
prepared
the
heavens,
I
was
present:
when
with
a
certain law
and
compass
he enclosed
the
depths:
When he established
the
sky
above,
and poised
the
fountains
of waters:
When
he compassed
the
sea
with
its bounds,
and
set
a law
to
the
waters
that
they
should
not
pass
their
limits:
when
be balanced
the
foundations
of
the
earth;
I
was
with
him forming
all
things:
and
was delighted
every
day,
playing
before
him
at
all
times;
Playing
in
the
world:
and
my delights
were
to
be
with
the
children
of
men.
Now
therefore, ye
children,
hear
me:
Blessed
are
they
that
keep
my
ways.
Hear
instruction
and
be
wise,
and refuse it
not.
Blessed
is
the
man
that heareth
me,
and
that watcheth
daily
at
my
gates,
and waiteth
at
the
posts
of
my
doors.
He
that
shall
find
me,
shall
find
life,
and
shall
have salvation
from
the
Lord:
But
he
that
shall
sin
against
me,
shall hurt
his
own
soul.
All
that
hate
me
love
death.
Wisdom hath
built herself
a
house, she hath
hewn
her
out
seven
pillars.
She hath slain
her victims,
mingled
her
wine,
and set forth
her
table.
She hath
sent
her
maids
to
invite
to
the tower,
and
to
the walls
of
the
city:
Whosoever
is
a little
one, let
him come
to
me.
And
to
the unwise
she
said:
Come,
eat
my
bread,
and
drink
the
wine
which I have
mingled
for
you.
Forsake childishness,
and
live,
and
walk
by
the
ways
of prudence.
He that teacheth
a scorner, doth
an injury
to himself:
and
he that rebuketh
a
wicked
man, getteth himself
a blot.
Rebuke
not
a scorner
lest
he
hate thee.
Rebuke
a
wise
man,
and
he
will
love thee.
Give
an occasion
to
a
wise
man,
and
wisdom
shall
be
added
to
him.
Teach
a
just
man,
and
he
shall
make haste
to
receive
it.
The
fear
of
the
Lord
is
the
beginning
of
wisdom:
and
the
knowledge
of
the
holy
is prudence.
For
by
me
shall thy
days
be
multiplied,
and
years
of
life
shall
be
added
to thee.
If thou
be
wise, thou shalt
be
so
to thyself:
and
if
a scorner, thou
alone shalt
bear
the evil.
A foolish
woman
and clamorous,
and full
of allurements,
and
knowing
nothing
at
all,
Sat
at
the
door
of
her
house,
upon
a
seat,
in
a
high
place
of
the
city,
To
call
them
that
pass
by
the
way,
and
go
on
their
journey:
He
that
is
a little
one, let
him
turn
to
me.
And
to
the fool
she
said:
Stolen
waters are sweeter,
and hid den
bread
is more
pleasant.
And
he
did
not
know
that giants
are
there,
and
that
her
guests
are
in
the depths
of hell.
A
wise
son maketh
the
father
glad:
but
a
foolish
son
is
the
sorrow
of
his
mother.
Treasures
of
wickedness
shall
profit
nothing:
but
justice
shall
deliver
from
death.
The
Lord
will
not afflict
the
soul
of
the
just
with famine,
and
he
will disappoint
the deceitful practices
of
the
wicked.
The slothful
hand hath wrought poverty:
but
the
hand
of
the industrious getteth riches.
He
that trusteth
to lies feedeth
the winds:
and
the same runneth after birds
that fly away.
He
that gathered
in
the
harvest
is
a
wise
son:
but
he
that snorteth
in
the
summer,
is
the
son
of confusion.
The
blessing
of
the
Lord
is upon
the
head
of
the
just:
but iniquity covereth
the
mouth
of
the
wicked.
The
memory
of
the
just
is
with praises:
and
the
name
of
the
wicked
shall
rot.
The
wise
of
heart receiveth precepts:
a
fool
is beaten
with
lips.
He
that walketh sincerely, walketh confidently:
but
he
that perverteth
his
ways,
shall
be manifest.
He
that winketh
with
the
eye shall
cause sorrow:
and
the
foolish
in
lips shall
be beaten.
The
mouth
of
the
just
is
a vein
of
life:
and
the
mouth
of
the
wicked covereth iniquity.
Hatred stirreth
up strifes:
and charity covereth
all sins.
In
the
lips
of
the
wise
is
wisdom
found:
and
a
rod
on
the back
of
him
that wanteth
sense.
Wise
men lay
up
knowledge:
but
the
mouth
of
the
fool
is next
to confusion.
The
substance
of a
rich
man is
the
city
of
his
strength:
the fear
of
the
poor is their
poverty.
The
work
of
the
just
is unto
life:
but
the fruit
of
the
wicked, unto
sin.
The
way
of
life,
to
him that observeth
correction:
but he that forsaketh reproofs goeth
astray.
Lying
lips
hide
hatred:
he
that uttereth reproach
is
foolish.
In
the
multitude
of
words
there
shall
not want sin:
but
he
that refraineth
his
lips
is most
wise.
The
tongue
of
the
just
is
as
choice
silver:
but
the
heart
of
the
wicked
is nothing worth.
The
lips
of
the
just teach
many:
but
they
that
are ignorant,
shall
die
in
the want
of
understanding.
The
blessing
of
the
Lord maketh men
rich:
neither
shall affliction
be joined
to
them.
A
fool worketh mischief
as
it
were
for
sport:
but
wisdom
is prudence
to
a
man.
That
which
the
wicked feareth,
shall
come
upon
him:
to
the
just
their
desire
shall
be
given.
As
a tempest
that passeth,
so
the
wicked
shall
be
no
more:
but
the
just
is
as
an
everlasting
foundation.
As
vinegar
to
the
teeth,
and
smoke
to
the
eyes,
so
is
the
sluggard
to
them
that
sent
him.
The
fear
of
the
Lord
shall
prolong
days:
and
the
years
of
the
wicked
shall
be
shortened.
The
expectation
of
the
just
is
joy;
but
the
hope
of
the
wicked
shall
perish.
The
strength
of
the
upright
is
the
way
of
the
Lord:
and fear
to
them
that
work
evil.
The
just
shall
never
be
moved:
but
the
wicked
shall
not
dwell
on
the
earth.
The
mouth
of
the
just
shall bring forth
wisdom:
the
tongue
of
the
perverse
shall
perish.
The
lips
of
the
just
consider
what
is
acceptable:
and
the
mouth
of
the
wicked uttereth
perverse
things.
A
deceitful
balance
is
an
abomination before
the
Lord:
and
a
just
weight
is
his
will.
Where
pride
is, there
also shall
be reproach:
but where
humility
is, there
also
is
wisdom.
The simplicity
of
the
just
shall
guide
them:
and
the deceitfulness
of
the wicked
shall
destroy
them.
Riches
shall
not
profit
in
the
day
of revenge:
but
justice
shall
deliver
from
death.
The
justice
of
the upright
shall
make
his
way prosperous:
and
the
wicked
man
shall
fall
by
his own
wickedness.
The
justice
of
the
righteous
shall
deliver
them:
and
the unjust
shall
be
caught
in
their own snares.
When
the
wicked
man
is
dead, there
shall
be
no
hope
any
more:
and
the
expectation
of
the solicitous
shall
perish.
The
just
is delivered
out
of
distress:
and
the
wicked
shall
be given
up
for
him.
The dissembler
with
his
mouth deceiveth
his
friend:
but
the
just
shall
be
delivered
by
knowledge.
When it goeth
well
with
the
just
the
city
shall
rejoice:
and when
the
wicked
perish there
shall
be praise.
By
the
blessing
of
the
just
the
city
shall
be
exalted:
and
by
the
mouth
of
the
wicked
it
shall
be
overthrown.
He
that despiseth
his
friend,
is mean
of
heart:
but
the wise
man
will hold
his peace.
He
that walketh deceitfully, revealeth
secrets: but
he
that
is
faithful, concealeth
the
thing
committed
to
him
by
his friend.
Where
there
is
no governor,
the
people
shall
fall:
but
there
is safety where
there
is
much
counsel.
He shall
be afflicted
with
evil,
that
is
surety
for
a stranger:
but
he
that
is aware of
the snares, shall
be
secure.
A
gracious
woman
shall find
glory:
and
the strong
shall
have
riches.
A merciful
man doth good
to
his
own
soul:
but
he
that
is
cruel casteth off even
his
own kindred.
The
wicked maketh an unsteady
work:
but
to
him
that soweth
justice, there
is a
faithful
reward.
Clemency prepareth
life:
and
the
pursuing
of
evil things,
death.
A
perverse
heart
is
abominable
to
the
Lord:
and
his
will
is
in
them
that
walk sincerely.
Hand
in
hand
the
evil
man
shall
not
be
innocent:
but
the
seed
of
the
just
shall
be
saved.
A
golden
ring
in
a
swine’s
snout,
a
woman
fair
and foolish.
The
desire
of
the
just
is all
good:
the expectation
of
the
wicked
is indignation.
Some distribute
their own goods,
and
grow richer: others
take
away
what
is
not
their own,
and
are always
in
want.
The
soul
which blesseth,
shall
be
made
fat:
and
he
that inebriateth,
shall
be inebriated
also
himself.
He that hideth up corn,
shall
be cursed among
the
people: but
a
blessing upon
the
head
of them that
sell.
Well doth
he rise early who seeketh
good things;
but
he
that seeketh
after
evil things shall be oppressed
by
them.
He
that trusteth
in
his
riches
shall
fall:
but
the
just
shall spring
up
as
a green
leaf.
He
that troubleth
his
own
house,
shall
inherit
the
winds:
and
the
fool
shall serve
the
wise.
The
fruit
of
the
just
man
is
a
tree
of
life:
and
he
that gaineth
souls,
is
wise.
If
the
just
man receive
in
the
earth,
how
much
more
the
wicked
and
the
sinner.
He that loveth
correction, loveth
knowledge: but
he that hateth
reproof
is foolish.
He
that
is
good,
shall draw grace
from
the
Lord:
but
he
that trusteth
in
his
own
devices doth
wickedly.
Men
shall
not
be strengthened
by
wickedness:
and
the
root
of
the
just
shall
not
be
moved.
A diligent
woman
is
a
crown
to
her
husband:
and she that doth things
worthy
of confusion,
is
a
rottenness
in his
bones.
The
thoughts
of
the
just
are
judgments:
and
the
counsels
of
the
wicked
are
deceitful.
The
words
of
the
wicked
lie
in
wait
for
blood:
the
mouth
of
the
just
shall
deliver
them.
Turn
the
wicked,
and
they
shall
not
be:
but
the
house
of
the
just
shall
stand
firm.
A
man
shall
be known
by
his learning:
but
he
that
is vain
and foolish,
shall
be exposed
to
contempt.
Better
is
the poor man
that provideth
for
himself,
than he
that
is
glorious
and wanteth
bread.
The
just regardeth
the
lives
of
his
beasts:
but
the bowels
of
the
wicked
are
cruel.
He
that tilleth
his
land
shall
be
satisfied
with
bread:
but
he
that pursueth idleness
is very
foolish.
He
that
is delighted
in passing
his
time over wine, leaveth
a reproach
in
his strong holds.
The
desire
of
the
wicked
is
the fortification
of
evil
men:
but
the
root
of
the
just
shall prosper.
For
the sins
of
the
lips ruin draweth nigh
to
the
evil mall:
but
the
just shall
escape
out
of
distress.
By
the
fruit
of
his
own
mouth
shall
a
man
be
filled
with
good things,
and
according
to
the works
of
his
hands
it
shall
be
repaid
him.
The
way
of
a
fool
is
right
in
his
own
eyes:
but he
that
is
wise hearkeneth unto
counsels.
A
fool immediately sheweth
his anger:
but
he
that dissembleth injuries
is wise.
He
that speaketh
that which he knoweth, sheweth forth
justice: but he
that lieth,
is
a
deceitful
witness.
There
is
that promiseth,
and
is pricked as
it
were
with
a
sword
of conscience: but
the
tongue
of
the
wise
is
health.
The
lip
of
truth
shall
be
steadfast
for
ever:
but
he
that
is
a hasty witness, frameth
a
lying
tongue.
Deceit
is
in
the
heart
of them
that
think
evil things:
but
joy followeth them
that
take counsels
of
peace.
Whatsoever
shall
befall
the
just
man.
it
shall
not make
him sad:
but
the
wicked
shall
be
filled
with mischief.
Lying
lips
are
an
abomination
to
the
Lord:
but
they
that
deal
faithfully
please
him.
A cautious
man concealeth
knowledge:
and
the
heart
of
fools publisheth
folly.
The
hand
of
the valiant
shall bear
rule:
but
that which
is slothful,
shall
be
under
tribute.
Grief
in
the
heart
of
a
man
shall bring
him low,
but
with
a
good
word
he
shall
be
made
glad.
He
that neglecteth
a loss
for
the sake
of
a
friend,
is
just:
but
the
way
of
the
wicked
shall deceive
them.
The
deceitful
man
shall
not find gain:
but
the
substance
of
a just
man
shall
be
precious
gold.
In
the
path
of
justice
is
life:
but
the by-way leadeth
to
death.
A
wise
son heareth
the doctrine
of
his
father:
but
he
that
is
a scorner, beareth
not
when
he
is reproved.
Of
the
fruit
of
his
own
mouth
shall
a
man
be filled
with
good things:
but
the
soul
of transgressors
is wicked.
He
that keepeth
his
mouth, keepeth
his
soul:
but
he
that hath no
guard
on
his
speech
shall meet
with evils.
The
sluggard willeth
and willeth
not:
but
the
soul
of them
that work,
shall
be
made
fat.
The
just
shall
hate
a
lying
word:
but
the
wicked confoundeth,
and
shall
be
confounded.
Justice keepeth
the
way
of
the
innocent:
but
wickedness overthroweth
the sinner.
One
is as
it
were
rich, when
he hath
nothing:
and
another
is as
it
were
poor, when
he hath
great
riches.
The
ransom
of
a
man’s
life
are
his
riches:
but
he
that
is
poor beareth
not reprehension.
The
light
of
the
just giveth
joy:
but
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
shall
be
put
out.
Among
the proud there are
always contentions:
but
they
that do all things
with
counsel, are ruled
by
wisdom.
Substance got
in haste
shall
be
diminished:
but
that which
by
little
and
little
is
gathered
with
the
hand
shall
increase.
Hope
that
is
deferred afflicteth
the soul:
desire
when
it cometh
is
a
tree
of
life.
Whosoever speaketh ill
of any
thing, bindeth
himself
for
the time
to come:
but
he
that feareth
the
commandment,
shall dwell
in peace. Deceitful souls go astray
in sins:
the
just
are merciful,
and shew mercy.
The
law
of
the
wise
is a
fountain
of
life, that
he may decline
from
the ruin
of
death.
Good instruction shall
give
grace:
in
the
way
of scorners
is
a deep pit.
The
prudent mall doth
all
things
with counsel:
but
he
that
is
a
fool, layeth open
his
folly.
The
messenger
of
the
wicked
shall
fall
into mischief:
but
a
faithful ambassador
is
health.
Poverty
and
shame
to
him that refuseth
instruction:
but he that yieldeth
to
reproof, shall be
glorified.
The
desire
that
is accomplished, delighteth
the
soul:
fools
hate
them
that flee
from
evil
things.
He
that walketh
with
the
wise, shall be
wise:
a friend
of
fools shall
become
like
to
them.
Evil pursueth
sinners:
and
to
the
just
good shall
be repaid.
The
good
man leaveth heirs,
sons,
and
grandsons:
and
the
substance
of
the
sinner
is
kept
for
the
just.
Much
food
is
in
the tillage
of fathers:
but
for others
it
is gathered
with out
judgment.
He
that spareth
the
rod hateth
his
son: but
he
that loveth
him correcteth
him betimes.
The
just eateth
and filleth
his
soul:
but
the
belly
of
the
wicked
is never
to
be filled.
A wise
woman buildeth
her
house: but
the
foolish
will
pull
down
with
her
hands
that also
which
is
built.
He
that walketh
in
the
right
way,
and feareth
God, Cis
despised
by
him
that goeth
by
an infamous
way.
In
the
mouth
of
a
fool
is
the
rod
of
pride:
but
the
lips
of
the
wise
preserve
them.
Where
there
are
no
oxen,
the crib
is empty:
but where
there
is
much corn,
there
the
strength
of
the
ox
is manifest.
A
faithful
witness
will
not
lie:
but
a
deceitful
witness uttereth
a
lie.
A scorner seeketh
wisdom,
and findeth
it
not:
the learning
of
the
wise
is
easy.
Go
against
a
foolish
man,
and
he knoweth
not
the
lips
of prudence.
The
wisdom
of
a. discreet
man
is
to
understand
his
way:
and
the imprudence
of
fools erreth.
A
fool
will laugh
at
sin,
but
among
the
just grace
shall abide.
The
heart
that knoweth
the bitterness
of
his
own
soul,
in
his
joy
the stranger
shall
not intermeddle.
The
house
of
the
wicked
shall
be
destroyed:
but
the tabernacles
of
the
just
shall flourish.
There
is
a
way
which seemeth
just
to
a
man:
but
the ends thereof lead
to
death.
Laughter
shall
be mingled
with
sorrow,
and mourning taketh hold
of
the
end
of
joy.
A fool
shall
be
filled
with
his
own
ways,
and
the
good
man
shall
be
above
him.
The innocent believeth
every
word:
the discreet
man considereth
his
steps.
No good
shall come
to
the deceitful son:
but
the wise servant
shall prosper
in
his
dealings,
and
his
way
shall
be
made straight.
A
wise
man feareth
and declineth
from
evil:
the
fool leapeth
over
and
is
confident.
The impatient
man
shall work
folly:
and
the crafty
man
is hateful.
The childish shall
possess
folly,
and
the
prudent, shall look
for
knowledge.
The
evil
shall fall
down
before
the
good:
and
the
wicked
before
the
gates
of
the
just.
The
poor
man
shall
be hateful
even
to
his own neighbour:
but
the
friends
of
the
rich
are
many.
He that despiseth
his neighbour, sinneth: but he that sheweth
mercy
to
the
poor,
shall be
blessed. He that believeth
in
the Lord, loveth
mercy.
They
err
that work
evil:
but mercy
and
truth prepare
good
things.
In
much
work
there
shall
be abundance:
but where
there
are many
words,
there
is oftentimes
want.
The
crown
of the
wise
is their
riches: the
folly
of
fools, imprudence.
A
faithful
witness delivereth
souls:
and
the double dealer uttereth
lies.
In
the
fear
of
the
Lord
is
confidence
of
strength,
and
there
shall
be hope
for
his
children.
The
fear
of
the
Lord
is
a
fountain
of
life,
to decline
from
the ruin
of
death.
In
the
multitude
of
people
is
the dignity
of
the
king:
and
in
the small
number
of
people
the dishonour
of
the prince.
He
that
is
patient,
is governed
with
much
wisdom:
but
he
that
is impatient, exalteth
his
folly.
Soundness
of
heart
is
the
life
of
the
flesh:
but
envy
is
the
rottenness
of
the
bones.
He that oppresseth
the
poor, upbraideth
his Maker:
but
he that hath
pity
on
the
poor, honoureth
him.
The
wicked
man
shall
be driven
out
in his
wickedness:
but
the
just hath hope
in his
death.
In
the
heart
of
the
prudent resteth
wisdom,
and
it
shall
instruct
all
the ignorant.
Justice exalteth
a
nation: but
sin maketh
nations miserable.
A
wise
servant
is
acceptable
to
the
king:
he
that
is
good
for nothing
shall
feel
his
anger.
A mild
answer breaketh
wrath:
but
a harsh
word stirreth
up
fury.
The
tongue
of
the
wise adorneth
knowledge: but
the
mouth
of
fools bubbleth
out
folly.
The
eyes
of
the
Lord
in
every
place behold
the
good
and
the
evil.
A peaceable
tongue
is
a
tree
of
life: but
that
which
is immoderate,
shall crush
the
spirit.
A
fool laugheth at
the
instruction
of
his
father:
but
he
that regardeth reproofs
shall
become prudent.
In abundant justice there
is
the greatest strength:
but
the devices
of
the wicked
shall
be rooted out.
The
house
of
the
just
is
very
much strength:
and
in
the fruits
of
the
wicked
is
trouble.
The
lips
of
the
wise
shall
disperse
knowledge:
the
heart
of
fools
shall
be
unlike.
The victims
of
the
wicked
are
abominable
to
the
Lord:
the vows
of
the
just
are
acceptable.
The
way
of
the
wicked
is
an
abomination
to
the
Lord:
he
that followeth
justice
is
beloved
by
him.
Instruction
is grievous
to
him
that forsaketh
the
way
of
life: he
that hateth
reproof
shall
die.
Hell
and
destruction
are
before
the
Lord:
how
much
more
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
men?
A corrupt
man loveth
not
one
that reproveth
him:
nor
will
he go
to
the
wise.
A
glad
heart maketh
a
cheerful
countenance:
but
by grief
of
mind
the
spirit
is cast
down.
The
heart
of
the wise seeketh
instruction:
and
the
mouth
of
fools feedeth
on
foolishness.
All
the
days
of
the
poor
are
evil:
a secure
mind
is
like
a
continual
feast.
Better
is
a
little
with
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
than
great
treasures without content,
It
is
better
to be invited
to herbs
with
love,
than
to
a fatted calf
with
hatred.
A passionate
man stirreth
up strifes:
he
that
is
patient appeaseth
those
that
are stirred
up.
The
way
of
the slothful
is as
a
hedge
of
thorns;
the
way
of
the
just
is without offence.
A
wise
son maketh
a
father
joyful:
but
the
foolish
man despiseth
his
mother.
Folly
is
joy
to
the fool:
and
the wise
man maketh
straight
his steps.
Designs
are
brought
to
nothing where
there
is
no
counsel:
but where
there
are
many counsellors,
they
are
established.
A
man rejoiceth
in
the sentence
of
his
mouth:
and
a
word
in due
time
is
best.
The
path
of
life
is
above
for
the
wise,
that he
may decline
from
the lowest hell.
The
Lord
will destroy
the
house
of
the
proud:
and
will strengthen
the
borders
of
the
widow.
Evil
thoughts
are
an
abomination
to
the
Lord:
and
pure
words most beautiful
shall
be confirmed
by
him.
He
that
is
greedy
of
gain troubleth
his own
house: but
he
that hateth
bribes
shall
live.
By mercy
and faith sins
are purged away:
and
by
the fear
of
the Lord every
one declineth
from evil.
The
mind
of
the
just studieth obedience:
the
mouth
of
the
wicked over floweth
with evils.
The
Lord
is
far
from
the
wicked:
and
he
will
hear
the
prayers
of
the
just.
The
light
of
the
eyes rejoiceth
the soul:
a
good name maketh
the
bones
fat.
The
ear
that heareth
the reproofs
of
life, shall abide
in
the
midst
of
the
wise.
He
that rejecteth
instruction, despiseth
his
own
soul:
but
he
that yieldeth
to
reproof possesseth
understanding.
The
fear
of
the
Lord
is
the lesson
of
wisdom:
and
humility goeth
before
glory.
It
is
the part
of
man
to prepare
the soul:
and
of
the
Lord
to govern
the
tongue.
All
the
ways
of
a
man
are open
to
his
eyes:
the
Lord
is
the weigher
of
spirits.
Lay open thy
works
to
the
Lord:
and thy
thoughts
shall
be
directed.
The
Lord hath
made
all
things
for
himself:
the
wicked
also
for
the
evil
day.
Every proud
man
is
an
abomination
to
the
Lord: though
hand
should
be joined
to
hand,
he
is
not
innocent.
The beginning
of
a good
way
is
to
do justice;
and
this
is
more acceptable
with
God,
than
to offer sacrifices.
By
mercy
and
truth
iniquity
is redeemed:
and
by
the
fear
of
the
Lord men
depart
from
evil.
When
the
ways
of
man
shall
please
the
Lord,
he
will convert
even
his
enemies
to peace.
Better
is
a
little
with
justice,
than
great revenues
with iniquity.
The
heart
of
man disposeth
his
way:
but
the
Lord must
direct
his
steps.
Divination
is
in
the
lips
of
the
king,
his
mouth
shall
not
err
in
judgment.
Weight
and
balance
are
judgments
of
the
Lord:
and
his
work
all
the
weights
of
the
bag.
They
that
act wickedly
are
abominable
to
the
king:
for
the
throne
is
established
by
justice.
Just
lips
are
the
delight
of
kings:
he
that speaketh
right things
shall
be
loved.
The
wrath
of
a
king
is
as
messengers
of
death:
and
the
wise
man
will pacify it.
In
the cheerfulness
of
the
king’s
countenance
is
life:
and
his clemency
is
like
the
latter
rain.
Get
wisdom, because
it
is
better
than
gold:
and
purchase prudence,
for
it
is more precious
than
silver.
The
path
of
the
just departeth
from evils: he
that keepeth
his
soul keepeth
his
way.
Pride goeth
before
destruction:
and
the
spirit
is lifted up
before
a fall.
It
is
better
to be humbled
with
the meek,
than
to
divide
spoils
with
the
proud.
The learned
in
word
shall
find
good
things:
and
he
that trusteth
in
the
Lord
is
blessed.
The
wise
in
heart
shall
be
called
prudent:
and
he
that
is
sweet
in
words
shall attain
to greater things.
Knowledge
is a
fountain
of
life
to
him that possesseth it:
the
instruction
of
fools
is
foolishness.
The
heart
of
the
wise
shall instruct
his
mouth:
and
shall
add grace
to
his
lips.
Well ordered
words
are
as a
honeycomb:
sweet
to the
soul,
and
health
to the
bones.
There
is
a
way
that seemeth
to
a
man
right:
and
the ends thereof lead
to
death.
The
soul
of
him
that laboureth, laboureth
for
himself,
because
his
mouth hath obliged
him
to
it.
The
wicked
man diggeth
evil,
and
in
his
lips
is
a
burning
fire.
A
perverse
man stirreth up quarrels:
and
one full
of words separateth princes.
An unjust
man allureth
his
friend:
and leadeth
him
into
a
way
that
is
not
good.
He
that
with fixed
eyes deviseth
wicked
things, biting
his
lips, bringeth:
evil
to
pass.
Old
age
is
a
crown
of dignity,
when
it
is
found
in
the
ways
of
justice.
The
patient
man
is
better
than
the
valiant:
and
he
that ruleth
his
spirit
than
he
that taketh
cities.
Lots
are
cast
into
the
lap,
but
they
are disposed
of
by
the
Lord.
Better
is
a dry
morsel
with joy,
than
a
house
full
of victims
with
strife.
A
wise
servant
shall
rule
over foolish
sons,
and
shall
divide
the
inheritance
among
the
brethren.
As
silver
is
tried
by fire,
and
gold
in
the
furnace: so
the
Lord trieth
the
hearts.
The
evil man obeyeth
an
unjust
tongue:
and
the
deceitful hearkeneth
to
lying
lips.
He
that despiseth
the
poor, reproacheth
his Maker;
and
he
that rejoiceth
at
another man’s ruin,
shall
not
be
unpunished.
Children’s
children
are
the
crown
of
old
men:
and
the
glory
of
children
are their
fathers.
Eloquent
words
do
not become
a
fool,
nor
lying
lips
a
prince.
The expectation
of
him
that expecteth,
is
a most acceptable jewel: whithersoever
he turneth
himself,
he understandeth wisely.
He
that concealeth
a
transgression. seeketh friendships: he
that repeateth
it
again, separateth
friends.
A reproof availeth more
with
a wise
man, than
a
hundred stripes
with
a
fool.
An
evil
man always seeketh quarrels:
but
a
cruel
angel
shall
be
sent against
him.
It
is better
to
meet
a
bear
robbed
of
her whelps,
than
a
fool trusting
in
his
own
folly.
He
that rendereth
evil
for
good,
evil
shall
not
depart
from
his
house.
The
beginning
of
quarrels
is
as when one letteth
out
water:
before
he suffereth reproach
he forsaketh judgment.
He
that justifieth
the
wicked,
and
he
that condemneth
the
just,
both
are
abominable before
God.
What doth
it avail
a
fool
to
have riches, seeing
he
cannot
buy
wisdom?
He
that maketh
his house high, seeketh
a downfall:
and
he
that refuseth
to learn,
shall fall
into evils.
He
that
is
a
friend loveth
at
all
times:
and
a
brother
is proved
in
distress.
A foolish
man
will
clap
hands,
when
he
is
surety
for
his
friend.
He that studieth discords, loveth quarrels:
and
he that exalteth
his
door, seeketh
ruin.
He
that
is
of
a
perverse
heart,
shall
not
find
good:
and
he
that perverteth
his
tongue,
shall
fall
into
evil.
A
fool
is
born
to
his own disgrace:
and
even
his
father
shall
not
rejoice
in
a
fool.
A
joyful
mind maketh age flourishing:
a sorrowful
spirit drieth
up
the
bones.
The
wicked
man taketh
gifts
out
of
the
bosom, that
he may
pervert
the
paths
of
judgment.
Wisdom shineth
in
the
face
of
the
wise:
the
eyes
of
fools
are
in
the ends
of
the
earth.
A
foolish
son
is
the anger
of
the
father:
and
the sorrow
of
the mother
that
bore
him.
It
is
no
good thing
to do hurt
to
the
just:
nor
to
strike
the
prince,
who judgeth
right.
He
that setteth bounds
to
his
words.
is
knowing
and wise:
and
the
man
of
understanding
is
of
a precious
spirit.
Even
a
fool, if
he
will hold
his peace
shall
be
counted
wise:
and if
he
close
his
lips,
a
man
of
understanding.
He
that hath
a mind
to depart
from
a friend seeketh occasions:
he shall ever
be subject
to reproach.
A
fool receiveth
not
the words
of prudence:
unless thou say
those
things which
are
in
his
heart.
The
wicked
man
when
he
is
come
into
the depth
of sins, contemneth:
but ignominy
and
reproach follow
him.
Words
from
the
mouth
of
a
men
are
as
deep
water:
and
the
fountain
of
wisdom
as
an overflowing
stream.
It
is
not
good
to accept
the person
of
the
wicked,
to
decline
from
the truth
of
judgment.
The
lips
of
a
fool intermeddle
with
strife:
and
his
mouth provoketh
quarrels.
The
mouth
of
a
fool
is
his destruction:
and
his
lips
are
the
ruin
of
his
soul.
The
words
of
the double tongued
are
as if
they
were harmless:
and
they reach even
to
the
inner
parts
of
the bowels. Fear casteth
down
the slothful:
and
the souls
of
the effeminate
shall
be hungry.
He
that
is loose
and
slack
in
his
work,
is
the
brother
of
him
that wasteth
his own
works.
The
name
of
the
Lord
is
a
strong
tower:
the
just runneth
to
it,
and
shall
be
exalted.
The
substance
of
the
rich
man is
the
city
of
his
strength,
and as
a
strong
wall compassing
him about.
Before
destruction,
the
heart
of
a
man
is
exalted:
and
before
he
be glorified,
it
is humbled.
He
that answereth
before
he heareth sheweth
himself
to
be
a fool,
and worthy
of confusion.
The
spirit
of
a
man upholdeth
his infirmity:
but
a
spirit
that
is easily angered,
who
can
bear?
A
wise
heart
shall
acquire
knowledge:
and
the
ear
of
the
wise seeketh
instruction.
A
man’s
gift enlargeth
his
may,
and maketh
him
room
before princes.
The
just
is
first accuser
of himself:
his
friend cometh,
and
shall
search
him.
The
lot suppresseth contentions,
and determineth even
between
the
mighty.
A
brother that
is helped
by
his
brother,
is like
a
strong
city:
and judgments are like
the
bars
of
cities.
Of
the
fruit
of
a
man’s
mouth
shall
his
belly
be
satisfied:
and
the
offspring
of
his
lips
shall
fill
him.
Death
and
life
are
in
the
power
of
the
tongue:
they
that
love
it,
shall
eat
the
fruits thereof.
He
that hath
found
a
good
wife, hath
found
a
good thing,
and
shall receive
a
pleasure
from
the
Lord.
He
that driveth away
a
good
wife, driveth away
a
good thing:
but
he
that keepeth
an adulteress,
is foolish
and wicked.
The
poor
will
speak
with
supplications,
and
the
rich
will
speak
roughly.
A
man amiable
in society,
shall
be more friendly than
a
brother.
Better
is
the
poor
man,
that walketh
in
his simplicity,
than
a rich
man
that
is
perverse
in
his
lips,
and unwise.
Where there
is
no
knowledge
of
the
soul, there
is
no
good:
and
he
that
is
hasty
with
his
feet
shall stumble.
The
folly
of
a
man supplanteth
his seeps:
and
he fretteth
in
his
mind
against
God.
Riches
make
many
friends:
but
from
the
poor man,
even they whom
he had, depart.
A
false
witness
shall
not
be
unpunished:
and
he
that speaketh
lies
shall
not
escape.
Many honour
the
person
of
him
that
is mighty,
and
are
friends
of
him
that giveth
gifts.
The
brethren
of
the
poor
man
hate
him:
moreover
also
his
friends
have departed
far
from
him.
He
that followeth
after
words
only,
shall
have
nothing.
But
he
that possesseth
a
mind, loveth
his
own
soul,
and
he
that keepeth prudence
shall
find
good things.
A
false
witness
shall
not
be
unpunished:
and
he
that speaketh
lies,
shall
perish.
Delicacies
are
not seemly
for
a
fool:
nor
for
a
servant
to
have
rule
over
princes.
The learning
of
a
man
is known
by patience
and
his
glory
is
to
pass
over wrongs.
As
the
roaring
of
a
lion,
so
also
is
the
anger
of
a
king:
and
his cheerfulness
as
the
dew
upon
the
grass.
A
foolish
son
is
the grief
of
his
father:
and
a wrangling
wife
is
like
a roof continually dropping
through.
House
and
riches
are given
by
parents:
but
a prudent
wife
is properly
from
the
Lord.
Slothfulness casteth
into
a
deep
sleep,
and
an idle
soul
shall
suffer
hunger.
He
that keepeth
the
commandment, keepeth
his
own
soul:
but he
that neglecteth
his
own
way,
shall
die.
He
that hath
mercy
on
the
poor, lendeth
to
the
Lord:
and
he
will
repay
him.
Chastise thy
son, despair
not:
but
to
the
killing
of
him
set
not thy
soul.
He
that
is impatient, shall
suffer damage:
and
when
he shall
take
away
he shall
add
another
thing.
Hear
counsel,
and
receive
instruction,
that thou mayst
be
wise
in thy
latter
end.
There
are
many
thoughts
in
the
heart
of
a
man:
but
the
will
of
the
Lord
shall
stand firm.
A needy
man
is merciful:
and
better
is
the
poor
than
the
lying
man.
The
fear
of
the
Lord
is unto
life:
and
he
shall abide
in fulness without being
visited
with
evil.
The slothful hideth
his
hand
under
his armpit,
and
will
not
so
much
as
bring
it
to
his
mouth.
The wicked man being; scourged,
the fool shall be wiser:
but if thou
rebuke
a wise man
he
will
understand
discipline.
He
that afflicteth
his
father,
and chaseth
away
his
mother,
is infamous
and unhappy.
Cease
not,
O
my
son,
to
hear
instruction,
and
be
not ignorant
of
the
words
of
knowledge.
An
unjust
witness scorneth
judgment:
and
the
mouth
of
the
wicked devoureth
iniquity.
Judgments
are
prepared
for scorners:
and striking hammers
for
the bodies of
fools.
Wine
is
a luxurious
thing,
and drunkenness riotous: whosoever
is delighted therewith shell
not
be
wise.
As
the
roaring
of
a
lion,
so
also
is
the
dread
of
a
king:
he
that provoketh
him, sinneth
against
his
own
soul.
It
is
an honour
for
a
man
to separate
himself
from
quarrels:
but
all
fools
are meddling
with reproaches.
Because
of
the cold
the
sluggard
would
not plough:
he
shall
beg therefore
in
the summer,
and
it
shall
not
be given
him.
Counsel
in
the
heart
of
a
man
is
like
deep
water:
but
a wise
man
will draw
it
out.
Many
men
are
called merciful:
but
who
shall
find
a
faithful
man?
The
just
that walketh
in
his simplicity,
shall
leave
behind
him
blessed
children.
The
king,
that sitteth
on
the
throne
of
judgment, scattereth
away
all
evil
with
his
look.
Who
can
say:
My
heart
is
clean,
I am
pure
from
sin?
Diverse
weights
and diverse
measures,
both
are
abominable before
God.
By
his inclinations
a
child
is known,
if
his
works
be
clean
and
right.
The
hearing
ear,
and
the
seeing
eye,
the
Lord hath
made
them
both.
Love
not
sleep,
lest
poverty oppress thee:
open thy
eyes,
and
be
filled
with
bread.
It
is nought,
it
is nought, saith every
buyer:
and
when
he
is
gone
away,
then
he will
boast.
There
is
gold,
and
a
multitude
of
jewels:
but
the
lips
of
knowledge
are
a
precious
vessel.
Take
away
the
garment
of
him
that
is
surety
for
a
stranger,
and
take
a pledge
from
him
for
strangers.
The
bread
of
lying
is
sweet
to
a
man:
but
afterwards
his
mouth
shall
be
filled
with
gravel.
Designs
are strengthened
by
counsels:
and
wars
are
to be managed
by governments.
Meddle
not
with
him
that revealeth
secrets,
and walketh deceitfully,
and openeth wide
his
lips.
He
that curseth
his
father,
and
mother,
his
lamp
shall
be
put
out
in
the midst
of
darkness.
The
inheritance gotten hastily
in
the
beginning,
in
the
end
shall
be
without
a
blessing.
Say
not:
I
will return
evil:
wait
for
the
Lord
and
he
will
deliver thee.
Diverse
weights
are
an
abomination
before
the
Lord:
a
deceitful
balance
is
not
good.
The
steps
of
man
are guided
by
the
Lord:
but
who
is
the
man
that
can
understand
his own
way?
It
is ruin
to a
man
to devour
holy
ones,
and
after
vows
to retract.
A
wise
king scattereth
the
wicked,
and bringeth
over
them
the
wheel.
The
spirit
of
a
man
is
the
lamp
of
the
Lord, which searcheth
all
the hidden
things
of
the bowels.
Mercy
and
truth
preserve
the
king,
and
his
throne
is strengthened
by clemency.
The joy
of
young
men is
their
strength:
and
the
dignity
of
old
men,
their grey
hairs.
The blueness
of a
wound shall wipe
away evils:
and
stripes in
the more
inward
parts
of
the
belly.
As
the divisions
of
waters,
so
the
heart
of
the
king
is
in
the
hand
of
the
Lord: whithersoever
he
will
he
shall
turn
it.
Every
way
of
a
man seemeth
right
to
himself:
but
the
Lord weigheth
the
hearts.
To
do
mercy
and
judgment, pleaseth
the
Lord more than victims.
Haughtiness
of
the
eyes
is
the enlarging
of
the
heart:
the lamp
of
the
wicked
is
sin.
The
thoughts
of
the industrious always bring forth abundance:
but
every sluggard
is always
in
want.
He
that gathereth
treasures
by
a
lying
tongue,
is
vain
and foolish,
and
shall stumble upon
the snares
of
death.
The robberies
of
the
wicked
shall
be
their downfall,
because
they
would
not
do
judgment.
The perverse
way
of
a
man
is strange:
but
as
for
him
that
is
pure,
his
work
is
right.
It
is
better
to
sit
in
a
corner
of
the
housetop,
than
with
a brawling
women,
and
in
a common
house.
The
soul
of
the
wicked desireth
evil,
he
will
not
have
pity
on
his neighbour.
When
a pestilent
man
is
punished,
the little
one
will
be
wiser:
and if
he follow
the
wise,
he
will
receive
knowledge.
The
just considereth seriously
the
house
of
the
wicked,
that
he
may withdraw
the
wicked
from
evil.
He
that stoppeth
his
ear
against
the
cry
of
the
poor,
shall
also
cry
himself
and
shall
not
be heard.
A secret
present quencheth
anger:
and
a
gift
in
the
bosom
the greatest
wrath.
It
is
joy
to
the
just
to
do
judgment:
and dread
to
them
that
work
iniquity.
A
man
that
shall
wander out
of
the
way
of doctrine,
shall abide
in
the
company
of
the giants.
He
that loveth good cheer,
shall
be
in
want:
he
that loveth
wine,
and fat
things,
shall
not
be
rich.
The
wicked
is delivered
up
for
the
just:
and
the unjust
for
the
righteous.
It
is
better
to
dwell
in
a
wilderness,
than
with
a quarrelsome
and passionate
woman.
There
is
a
treasure
to
be
desired,
and
oil
in
the
dwelling
of
the just:
and
the
foolish
man
shall spend it.
He that followeth
justice
and mercy, shall
find
life,
justice,
and
glory.
The
wise
man hath scaled
the
city
of
the
strong,
and hath
cast
down
the
strength
of
the
confidence thereof.
He
that keepeth
his
mouth
and
his
tongue, keepeth
his
soul
from
distress.
The
proud
and
the
arrogant
is
called ignorant,
who
in
anger worketh
pride.
Desires
kill
the slothful:
for
his
hands
have
refused
to work
at all.
He longeth
and desireth
all
the
day:
but
he
that
is
just,
will
give,
and
will
not cease.
The
sacrifices
of
the
wicked
are
abominable,
because
they
are offered
of
wickedness.
A
lying
witness
shall
perish:
an
obedient
man
shall
speak
of
victory.
The
wicked
man impudently hardeneth
his
face:
but
he
that
is righteous, correcteth
his
way.
There
is
no
wisdom,
there
is
no prudence,
there
is
no
counsel
against
the
Lord.
The
horse
is
prepared
for
the
day
of
battle:
but
the
Lord giveth safety.
A
good
name
is
better
than
great
riches:
and
good favour
is above
silver
and
gold.
The
rich
and
poor
have
met
one another:
the
Lord
is
the maker
of
them
both.
The
prudent
man
saw
the
evil,
and
hid himself:
the simple
passed
on,
and
suffered loss.
The fruit
of
humility
is
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
riches
and
glory
and
life.
Arms
and swords
are
in
the
way
of
the
perverse:
but he
that keepeth
his
own
soul departeth
far
from
them.
It
is
a proverb:
A
young
man
according
to
his
way,
even
when
he
is
old
he
will
not
depart
from
it.
The
rich ruleth
over
the
poor:
and
the borrower
is
servant
to him
that lendeth.
He
that soweth
iniquity
shall
reap evils,
and
with
the
rod
of
his
anger he
shall be
consumed.
He
that
is
inclined
to mercy
shall
be
blessed:
for
of
his
bread
he hath
given
to
the
poor.
He
that maketh presents
shall purchase victory
and honour:
but
he carrieth away
the souls
of
the receivers.
Cast
out
the scoffer,
and
contention shall
go
out
with
him,
and quarrels
and reproaches shall
cease.
He
that loveth cleanness
of
heart,
for
the
grace
of
his
lips
shall
have
the
king
for
his
friend.
The
eyes
of
the
Lord
preserve
knowledge:
and
the
words
of
the unjust
are overthrown.
The slothful man saith:
There
is
a
lion without,
I
shall be slain
in
the
midst
of
the
streets.
The
mouth
of
a
strange
woman
is
a
deep
pit:
he whom
the
Lord
is
angry
with,
shall
fall
into
it.
Folly
is
bound
up
in
the
heart
of
a
child,
and
the
rod
of
correction
shall drive
it
away.
He
that oppresseth
the
poor,
to
increase
his own riches, shall himself
give
to one
that
is richer,
and shall
be
in
need.
Incline thy
ear,
and
hear
the
words
of
the
wise:
and
apply thy
heart
to
my doctrine:
Which shall
be beautiful
for thee,
if thou
keep
it
in thy bowels,
and
it shall flow
in thy
lips:
That thy
trust
may
be
in
the
Lord, wherefore
I
have
also shewn
it
to thee
this
day.
Behold
I
have
described
it
to thee three manner
of ways,
in thoughts
and
knowledge:
That
I might shew thee
the
certainty,
and
the
words
of
truth,
to
answer
out
of these
to
them
that
sent thee.
Do
no violence
to
the
poor,
because
he
is
poor:
and
do
not oppress
the
needy
in
the
gate:
Because
the
Lord
will
judge
his
cause,
and
will afflict
them
that
have afflicted
his
soul.
Be
not
a
friend
to
an
angry
man,
and
do
not walk
with
a furious
man:
Lest
perhaps thou
learn
his
ways,
and
take scandal
to thy
soul.
Be
not
with
them
that
fasten down
their
hands,
and
that offer themselves sureties
for
debts:
For
if thou
have
not wherewith
to restore,
what cause
is
there,
that
he
should
take
the covering
from thy
bed?
Pass
not beyond
the
ancient bounds
which thy
fathers
have
set.
Hast thou
seen
a
man swift
in
his
work?
he
shall
stand
before
kings,
and
shall
not
be
before
those
that
are
obscure.
When thou shalt
sit
to
eat
with
a prince,
consider
diligently
what
is
set
before thy
face.
And
put
a
knife
to thy
throat,
if
it
be
so
that thou
have thy
soul
in thy
own power.
Be
not desirous
of
his meats,
in
which
is
the
bread
of deceit.
Labour
not
to
be
rich: but set bounds
to thy prudence.
Lift
not up thy
eyes
to riches
which thou canst
not
have:
because
they
shall
make themselves
wings
like
those
of
an
eagle,
and
shall
fly towards
heaven.
Eat
not
with an envious man,
and
desire
not
his meats:
Because
like
a soothsayer,
and diviner,
he thinketh
that
which
he knoweth
not.
Eat
and
drink,
will
he
say
to thee:
and
his
mind
is
not
with thee.
The meats
which thou hadst
eaten, thou shalt
vomit
up:
and shalt loose thy beautiful
words.
Speak
not
in
the
ears
of
fools:
because
they
will
despise
the instruction
of thy
speech.
Touch
not
the bounds
of little ones:
and
enter
not
into
the
field
of
the
fatherless:
For
their
near
kinsman
is
strong:
and
he
will
judge
their
cause
against thee.
Let thy
heart
apply itself
to
instruction:
and thy
ears
to
words
of
knowledge.
Withhold
not
correction
from
a
child:
for
if thou
strike
him
with
the
rod,
he
shall
not
die.
Thou shalt
beat
him
with
the
rod,
and
deliver
his
soul
from hell.
My
son,
if thy
mind
be
wise,
my
heart
shall
rejoice
with thee:
And
my reins shall
rejoice,
when thy
lips shall
speak
what
is
right.
Let
not thy
heart
envy
sinners:
but
be thou
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord
all
the
day
long:
Because thou shalt
have
hope
in
the
latter
end,
and thy expectation
shall
not
be taken away.
Hear thou,
my
son,
and
be
wise:
and
guide thy
mind
in
the
way.
Be
not
in
the feasts
of great drinkers,
nor
in
their revellings, who contribute
flesh
to eat:
Because
they
that give themselves
to drinking,
and
that club together shall
be consumed;
and
drowsiness shall
be
clothed
with
rags.
Hearken
to thy
father,
that
beget thee:
and
despise
not thy
mother
when
she
is
old.
Buy
truth,
and
do
not
sell
wisdom,
and
instruction,
and
understanding.
The
father
of
the
just rejoiceth
greatly:
he
that hath
begotten
a
wise
son,
shall
have
joy
in
him.
Let thy
father,
and thy
mother
be
joyful,
and
let
her
rejoice
that
bore thee.
My
son,
give
me thy
heart:
and
let thy
eyes keep
my
ways.
For
a
harlot
is
a
deep ditch:
and
a strange
woman
is
a narrow
pit.
She lieth
in
wait
in
the way
as
a
robber,
and
him whom
she
shall see unwary,
she
will kill.
Who hath
woe?
whose father hath
woe?
who hath
contentions?
who falls into pits?
who hath
wounds
without
cause?
who hath
redness
of
eyes?
Surely
they
that
pass
their time
in
wine,
and study
to drink
of
their cups.
Look
not
upon
the
wine
when
it
is yellow,
when
the colour thereof shineth
in
the glass:
it goeth
in pleasantly,
But in
the
end,
it
will bite like a
snake,
and
will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.
Thy
eyes
shall
behold
strange women,
and thy
heart
shall
utter
perverse
things.
And thou shalt
be
as
one sleeping
in
the
midst
of
the
sea,
and
as
a pilot fast asleep,
when
the stern
is lost.
And thou shalt
say:
They
have
beaten
me,
but
I
was
not sensible
of pain:
they drew
me,
and
I felt
not:
when
shall
I awake,
and
find wine
again?
Seek
not
to
be
like
evil
men,
neither
desire
to
be
with
them:
Because
their
mind studieth robberies,
and
their
lips
speak deceits.
By
wisdom
the
house
shall
be
built,
and
by prudence
it
shall
be strengthened.
By instruction
the storerooms shall
be
filled
with
all
precious
and most beautiful
wealth.
A
wise
man
is
strong:
and
a knowing
man, stout
and valiant.
Because
war
is managed
by due ordering:
and
there shall
be safety where
there
are
many
counsels.
Wisdom
is
too
high
for
a
fool,
in
the
gate
he
shall
not
open
his
mouth.
He
that deviseth
to do evils,
shall be
called
a fool.
The thought
of a fool
is
sin:
and
the detracter
is
the
abomination
of
men.
If thou lose hope being weary
in
the
day
of
distress, thy
strength
shall
be diminished.
Deliver
them
that are led
to
death:
and those
that are drawn
to
death forbear
not
to
deliver.
If thou
say:
I
have
not
strength enough:
he
that seeth
into
the
heart,
he understandeth,
and
nothing deceiveth
the
keeper
of thy
soul,
and
he
shall
render
to
a
man according
to
his works.
Fat
honey,
my
son,
because
it
is
good,
and
the honeycomb most
sweet
to thy throat:
So
also
is
the doctrine
of
wisdom
to thy
soul: which
when thou hast
found, thou shalt
have
hope
in
the
end,
and thy
hope
shall
not
perish.
Lie
not
in
wait,
nor seek after wickedness
in
the house
of
the
just,
nor spoil
his rest.
For
a
just mall
shall
fall
seven
times
and
shall
rise
again:
but
the
wicked
shall
fall
down
into
evil.
When thy
enemy
shall
fall,
be
not
glad,
and
in
his ruin
let
not thy
heart
rejoice:
Lest
the
Lord
see,
and
it displease
him,
and
he
turn
away
his
wrath
from
him.
Contend
not
with
the
wicked,
nor seek
to
be like
the
ungodly:
For
evil
men
have
no hope
of
things
to
come,
and
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
shall
be
put
out.
My
son,
fear
the
Lord
and
the
king:
and
have
nothing
to
do
with detracters.
For
their
destruction
shall
rise
suddenly:
and
who knoweth
the
ruin
of
both?
These
things
also
to
the
wise:
It
is
not
good
to
have
respect
to persons
in
judgment.
They
that
say
to
the
wicked
man: Thou art
just:
shall
be
cursed
by
the
people,
and
the tribes
shall
abhor
them.
They
that
rebuke
him, shall be praised:
and
a
blessing shall
come
upon
them.
He
shall kiss
the
lips, who answereth
right
words.
Prepare thy
work without,
and diligently till thy
ground:
that
afterward thou mayst
build thy
house.
Be
not
witness
without
cause
against thy neighbour:
and deceive
not
any man
with thy
lips.
Say
not:
I
will
do
to
him
as
he hath
done
to
me:
I
will
render
to
every
one
according
to
his
work.
I
passed
by
the
field
of
the slothful
man,
and
by
the
vineyard
of
the foolish
man:
And
behold
it
was
all filled
with
nettles,
and thorns had
covered
the
face thereof,
and
the
stone
wall
was
broken
down.
Which
when
I had
seen,
I
laid
it
up
in
my
heart,
and
by
the example
I
received
instruction.
Thou wilt
sleep
a
little, said
I, thou wilt
slumber
a
little, thou wilt fold thy
hands
a
little
to
rest:
And
poverty
shall
come
to thee
as
a runner,
and beggary
as
an
armed
man.
These
are
also
parables
of
Solomon,
which
the
men
of Ezechias
king
of Juda
copied
out.
It
is
the
glory
of
God
to
conceal
the
word,
and
the
glory
of
kings
to
search
out
the
speech.
The
heaven
above,
and
the
earth beneath,
and
the
heart
of
kings
is unsearchable.
Take
away
the rust
from
silver,
and there
shall
come
forth
a most
pure
vessel:
Take
away wickedness
from
the
face
of
the
king,
and
his
throne
shall
be
established
with
justice.
Appear
not glorious
before
the
king,
and
stand
not
in
the
place
of
great
men.
For
it
is
better
that
it
should
be
said
to thee:
Come
up hither;
than
that thou shouldst
be humbled
before
the
prince.
The things
which thy eyes
have seen, utter
not
hastily
in
a
quarrel:
lest
afterward thou mayst
not
be able
to
make amends,
when thou hast dishonoured thy
friend.
Treat thy
cause
with thy
friend,
and discover
not
the
secret
to
a stranger:
Lest
he insult over thee,
when
he hath
heard
it,
and cease
not
to upbraid thee. Grace
and friendship deliver
a man:
keep these
for thyself,
lest thou fall under reproach.
To
speak
a
word
in
due time,
is
like
apples
of
gold
on beds
of
silver.
As
an
earring
of
gold
and
a bright pearl,
so
is
he
that reproveth
the
wise,
and
the
obedient
ear.
As
the cold
of
snow
in
the
time
of
harvest,
so
is
a
faithful
messenger
to
him
that
sent
him,
for
he refresheth
his
soul.
As clouds,
and
wind,
when
no
rain followeth,
so
is
the
man
that boasteth,
and doth
not fulfill
his promises.
By patience
a prince
shall
be appeased,
and
a
soft
tongue
shall
break hardness.
Thou hast
found
honey,
eat
what
is
sufficient
for thee,
lest
being
glutted therewith thou
vomit
it
up.
Withdraw thy
foot
from
the
house
of thy neighbour,
lest having
his
fill
he
hate thee.
A
man
that beareth
false
witness
against
his neighbour,
is
like
a dart
and
a
sword
and
a
sharp
arrow.
To
trust
to an unfaithful man
in
the
time
of
trouble,
is
like
a rotten
tooth,
and weary
foot,
And one
that looseth
his
garment
in
cold weather.
As
vinegar
upon nitre,
so
is
he
that singeth
songs
to
a very
evil
heart.
As
a moth doth
by
a
garment,
and
a worm
by
the wood:
so
the sadness
of
a man consumeth
the
heart.
If thy
enemy
be
hungry,
give
him
to
eat:
if
he thirst,
give
him
water
to
drink:
For thou shalt
heap
hot
coals
upon
his
head,
and
the
Lord
will
reward thee.
The
north
wind driveth away
rain,
as doth
a sad
countenance
a backbiting
tongue.
It
is
better
to
sit
in
a
corner
of
the
housetop,
than
with
a brawling
woman,
and
in
a common
house.
As
cold
water
to
a thirsty
soul,
so
is
good
tidings
from
a
far
country.
A
just
man falling
down
before
the
wicked,
is
as
a
fountain troubled
with
the foot,
and
a
corrupted
spring.
As
it
is
not
good
for
a man
to
eat
much
honey,
so
he
that
is
a searcher
of
majesty,
shall
be overwhelmed
by
glory.
As
a
city
that lieth open
and
is
not compassed
with
walls,
so
is
a
man
that
cannot refrain
his
own
spirit
in speaking.
As
snow
in
summer,
and
rain
in
harvest,
so
glory
is
not seemly
for
a
fool.
As
a
bird flying
to other
places,
and
a
sparrow
going
here
or there:
so
a
curse uttered
without
cause
shall
come
upon
a man.
A
whip for a
horse,
and a snaffle for an ass,
and a
rod for
the back
of
fools.
Answer
not
a
fool according
to
his
folly,
lest thou
be
made like him.
Answer
a
fool according
to
his
folly,
lest he imagine himself
to
be
wise.
He
that sendeth
words
by
a
foolish messenger,
is lame
of
feet
and drinketh iniquity.
As
a
lame
man hath fair
legs
in vain:
so
a
parable
is unseemly
in
the
mouth
of
fools.
As
he
that casteth
a
stone
into
the
heap
of Mercury:
so
is
he
that giveth honour
to
a
fool.
As if
a
thorn should
grow
in
the
hand
of
a
drunkard:
so
is
a
parable
in
the
mouth
of
fools.
Judgment determineth causes:
and
he
that putteth
a
fool
to silence, appeaseth anger.
As
a
dog
that returneth
to
his
vomit,
so
is
the
fool
that repeateth
his
folly.
Hast thou
seen
a
man
wise
in
his
own conceit? there
shall
be
more
hope
of
a
fool
than
of
him.
The slothful man saith: There
is
a
lion
in
the
way,
and
a lioness
in
the
roads.
As
the
door turneth
upon
its hinges,
so doth
the slothful
upon
his
bed.
The slothful hideth
his
hand
under
his armpit,
and
it grieveth
him
to
turn
it
to
his
mouth.
The
sluggard
is
wiser
in
his
own conceit, than
seven
men
that speak sentences.
As
he
that taketh
a
dog
by
the
ears,
so
is
he
that passeth
by
in anger,
and meddleth
with
another man’s
quarrel.
As
he
is guilty
that shooteth
arrows,
and lances unto
death:
So
is
the
man
that hurteth
his
friend deceitfully:
and
when
he
is taken, saith:
I
did
it
in jest.
When
the
wood faileth,
the
fire
shall
go
out:
and when
the talebearer
is taken
away,
contentions
shall
cease.
As
coals
are
to
burning
coals,
and
wood
to
fire, so
an angry
man stirreth up
strife.
The
words
of
a talebearer
are
as
it
were simple,
but
they reach
to
the
innermost
parts
of
the
belly.
Swelling
lips joined
with
a corrupt
heart,
are
like
an
earthen
vessel
adorned
with
silver
dross.
An
enemy
is known
by
his
lips, when
in
his
heart
he entertaineth
deceit.
When
he
shall speak low,
trust
him
not:
because there
are
seven mischiefs
in
his
heart.
He
that covereth
hatred deceitfully,
his malice
shall be
laid
open
in
the public
assembly.
He
that diggeth
a
pit,
shall
fall
into
it:
and
he
that rolleth
a
stone,
it
shall
return
to
him.
A
deceitful
tongue loveth not truth:
and
a slippery
mouth worketh
ruin.
Boast
not
for
tomorrow,
for thou knowest
not
what
the
day
to
come
may
bring
forth.
Let
another
praise thee,
and
not thy own
mouth:
a
stranger,
and
not thy own
lips.
A
stone
is
heavy,
and
sand
weighty:
but
the anger
of
a
fool
is
heavier than them
both.
Anger hath
no mercy, nor
fury
when
it breaketh forth:
and
who
can bear
the violence
of
one provoked?
Open
rebuke
is
better
than
hidden
love.
Better are
the
wounds
of
a
friend, than
the
deceitful
kisses
of an
enemy.
A
soul
that
is
full
shall
tread upon
the honeycomb:
and
a
soul
that
is
hungry
shall take even
bitter
for
sweet.
As
a
bird
that wandereth
from
her
nest,
so
is
a
man
that leaveth
his
place.
Ointment
and perfumes
rejoice
the
heart:
and
the good
counsels
of
a
friend
are
sweet
to
the
soul.
Thy own
friend,
and thy
father’s
friend
forsake
not:
and
go
not
into thy
brother’s
house
in
the
day
of thy affliction.
Better
is
a neighbour
that
is
near,
than
a
brother
afar
off.
Study
wisdom,
my
son,
and
make
my
heart
joyful,
that thou mayst
give
an
answer
to
him
that reproacheth.
The
prudent
man
seeing
evil hideth himself: little ones
passing
on
have
suffered losses.
Take
away
his
garment
that hath been
surety
for
a
stranger:
and
take
from
him
a pledge
for
strangers.
He
that blesseth
his neighbour
with
a
loud
voice,
rising
in
the night,
shall
be
like
to
him
that curseth.
Roofs dropping through
in
a cold
day,
and
a
contentious
woman
are alike.
He
that retaineth
her,
is
as
he
that
would hold
the
wind,
and shall
call
in
the
oil
of
his
right
hand.
Iron sharpeneth
iron,
so
a
man sharpeneth
the
countenance
of
his
friend.
He
that keepeth
the
fig
tree,
shall
eat
the
fruit thereof:
and he
that
is
the
keeper
of
his
master,
shall
be
glorified.
As
the
faces
of
them
that look therein, shine
in
the
water, so-the
hearts
of
men
are
laid
open
to
the wise.
Hell
and destruction
are
never
filled:
so
the
eyes
of
men
are
never
satisfied.
As
silver
is tried
in
the fining-pot
and
gold
in
the
furnace:
so
a
man
is tried
by
the
mouth
of him
that praiseth.
The heart
of
the wicked seeketh after evils,
but
the righteous heart seeketh after knowledge.
Though thou shouldst bray
a
fool
in
the
mortar, as
when
a
pestle striketh
upon sodden barley,
his
folly
would
not
be
taken
from
him.
Be diligent
to
know
the
countenance
of thy cattle,
and
consider thy
own
flocks:
For thou shalt
not
always
have power:
but
a
crown
shall
be given
to
generation
and
generation.
The meadows
are
open,
and
the
green
herbs
have
appeared,
and
the hay
is
gathered
out
of
the
mountains.
Lambs are
for thy
clothing:
and kids
for
the
price
of
the
field.
Let
the
milk
of
the
goats
be
enough
for thy
food,
and
for
the necessities
of thy
house,
and
for maintenance
for thy handmaids.
The
wicked
man fleeth,
when
no
man pursueth:
but
the
just,
bold
as
a
lion,
shall
be
without dread.
For
the sins
of
the
land
many
are
the
princes thereof:
and
for
the wisdom
of
a
man,
and
the
knowledge
of
those things
that
are
said,
the life
of
the
prince
shall
be
prolonged.
A
poor
man
that oppresseth
the
poor,
is like
a violent shower,
which bringeth
a famine.
They that
forsake
the
law,
praise
the
wicked
man:
they that
keep
it,
are incensed
against
him.
Evil
men think
not
on
judgment:
but
they
that
seek after
the
Lord, take notice
of
all
things.
Better
is
the
poor
man
walking
in
his simplicity,
than
the
rich
in
crooked
ways.
He
that keepeth
the
law
is
a wise
son: but
he
that feedeth gluttons, shameth
his
father.
He that heapeth
together
riches
by
usury
and loan, gathereth
them for
him that will be bountiful
to
the
poor.
He
that turneth
away
his
ears
from
hearing
the
law,
his
prayer
shall
be
as
abomination.
He
that deceiveth
the
just
in
a
wicked
way,
shall
fall
in
his
own
destruction:
and
the
upright
shall
possess
his goods.
The
rich
man seemeth
to
himself
wise:
but
the
poor
man
that
is
prudent
shall
search
him
out.
In
the joy
of
the
just there
is
great
glory:
when
the
wicked reign,
men
are ruined.
He
that hideth
his sins,
shall
not
prosper:
but
he
that
shall
confess,
and
forsake
them,
shall obtain
mercy.
Blessed
is
the
man
that
is
always fearful:
but
he
that
is
hardened
in
mind,
shall
fall
into
evil.
As
a
roaring
lion,
and
a hungry
bear,
so
is
a
wicked prince
over
the
poor
people.
A
prince void
of prudence
shall oppress
many
by calumny:
but
he
that hateth covetousness,
shall
prolong
his
days.
A
man
that doth violence
to
the
blood
of
a
person, if
he
flee
even
to
the
pit,
no
man
will stay
him.
He
that walketh
uprightly, shall
be
saved:
he
that
is perverse
in
his
ways shall
fall
at
once.
He that tilleth
his
ground, shall
be
filled
with
bread:
but he that followeth idleness shall
be
filled
with
poverty.
A
faithful
man
shall
be
much praised:
but
he
that maketh
haste
to
be
rich,
shall
not
be
innocent.
He
that hath
respect
to
a person
in judgment, doth
not
well:
such
a
man
even
for
a
morsel
of
bread forsaketh
the truth.
A
man,
that maketh haste
to
be rich,
and envieth others,
is ignorant
that
poverty
shall
come
upon
him.
He
that rebuketh
a
man,
shall
afterward
find favour
with
him, more than
he
that
by
a flattering
tongue deceiveth
him.
He
that stealeth
any
thing
from
his
father,
or
from
his
mother:
and saith,
This
is
no sin,
is
the partner
of
a murderer.
He
that boasteth,
and puffeth
up
himself, stirreth
up quarrels:
but
he
that trusteth
in
the
Lord,
shall
be healed.
He
that trusteth
in
his own
heart,
is
a
fool:
but
he
that walketh
wisely,
he
shall
be
saved.
He
that giveth
to
the
poor,
shall
not
want:
he
that despiseth
his entreaty,
shall suffer indigence.
When
the
wicked
rise
up,
men
shall
hide themselves:
when they
perish,
the lust
shall
be
multiplied.
The
man
that
with
a stiff
neck despiseth him
that reproveth him,
shall
suddenly
be
destroyed:
and
health
shall
not follow him.
When
just
men
increase,
the
people
shall
rejoice:
when
the
wicked
shall bear
rule,
the
people
shall mourn.
A
man
that loveth
wisdom, rejoiceth
his
father:
but
he
that maintaineth bar lots,
shall squander away
his
substance.
A
just
king setteth
up
the
land:
a covetous
man
shall destroy
it.
A
man that speaketh
to
his
friend
with flattering
and dissembling words, spreadeth
a
net
for
his
feet.
A
snare
shall entangle
the
wicked
man
when
he sinneth:
and
the
just
shall praise
and
rejoice.
The
just taketh
notice
of
the
cause
of
the
poor:
the
wicked
is void
of
knowledge.
Corrupt
men
bring
a
city
to ruin:
but
wise
men
turn
away
wrath.
If
a
wise
man contend
with
a
fool, whether
he
be angry
or
laugh,
he
shall find
no rest.
Bloodthirsty
men
hate
the
upright:
but
just
men
seek
his
soul.
A
fool uttereth
all
his
mind:
a
wise
man deferreth,
and keepeth
it till afterwards.
A prince
that gladly heareth
lying
words, hath
all
his
servants
wicked.
The
poor
man
and
the creditor
have
met
one
another:
the
Lord
is
the enlightener
of
them
both.
The
king
that judgeth
the
poor
in
truth,
his
throne
shall
be
established
for
ever.
The
rod
and
reproof
give
wisdom: but
the
child
that
is
left
to
his own
will bringeth
his
mother
to
shame.
When
the
wicked
are
multiplied,
crimes
shall
be
multiplied:
but
the
just
shall
see
their downfall.
Instruct thy
son,
and
he
shall refresh thee,
and
shall
give
delight
to thy
soul.
When prophecy
shall fail,
the
people
shall
be scattered abroad:
but
he
that keepeth
the
law
is
blessed.
A
slave
will
not
be corrected
by
words:
because
he understandeth
what thou sayest,
and
will
not
answer.
Hast thou
seen
a
man
hasty
to
speak? folly
is
rather
to
be
looked
for,
than
his amendment.
He
that nourisheth
his
servant delicately
from
his
childhood, afterwards
shall find
him stubborn.
A passionate
man provoketh quarrels:
and
he
that
is easily stirred
up
to
wrath,
shall
be
more prone
to sin.
Humiliation followeth
the
proud:
and
glory
shall
uphold
the
humble
of
spirit.
He
that
is partaker
with
a
thief, hateth
his
own
soul:
he heareth
one putting
him
to
his
oath,
and discovereth
not.
He
that feareth
man,
shall quickly
fall:
he
that trusteth
in
the
Lord,
shall
be
set
on
high.
Many
seek
the
face
of
the prince:
but
the
judgment
of
every
one cometh forth
from
the
Lord.
The
just
abhor
the
wicked
man:
and
the
wicked loathe
them
that
are
in
the
right
way.
The son
that keepeth
the word,
shall
be free
from destruction.
The
words
of Gatherer
the
son
of Vomiter.
The vision
which
the
man
spoke
with whom God
is,
and
who
being strengthened
by God, abiding
with
him,
said:
I
am
the most foolish
of
men,
and
the wisdom
of
men
is
not
with
me.
I
have
not
learned
wisdom,
and
have
not
known
the science
of
saints.
Who hath
ascended
up
into
heaven,
and
descended?
who hath held
the
wind
in
his
hands?
who hath bound
up
the
waters
together
as
in
a
garment?
who hath
raised
up
all
the borders
of
the
earth?
what
is
his
name,
and
what
is
the
name
of
his
son,
if thou knowest?
Every
word
of
God
is fire
tried:
he
is
a
buckler
to
them
that hope
in
him.
Add
not
any
thing
to
his
words,
lest thou
be
reproved,
and found
a
liar:
Two
things
I
have
asked
of thee,
deny
them
not
to
me
before
I
die.
Remove
far
from
me
vanity,
and
lying
words.
Give
me
neither beggary,
nor
riches:
give
me only
the necessaries
of life:
Lest
perhaps
being
filled,
I
should
be tempted
to
deny,
and
say:
Who
is
the
Lord?
or
being compelled
by
poverty,
I
should
steal,
and forswear
the
name
of
my
God.
Accuse
not
a
servant
to
his
master,
lest
he
curse thee,
and thou fall.
There
is
a
generation
that curseth
their
father,
and doth
not
bless
their
mother.
A
generation
that
are
pure
in
their
own
eyes,
and
yet
are
not
washed
from
their
filthiness.
A
generation, whose
eyes
are
lofty,
and
their
eyelids
lifted
up
on
high.
A
generation,
that
for
teeth hath
swords,
and grindeth
with
their
jaw
teeth,
to
devour
the
needy
from
off
the
earth,
and
the
poor
from
among
men.
The horseleech hath
two
daughters
that
say:
Bring,
bring. There
are
three
things
that
never
are
satisfied,
and
the
fourth
never saith:
It
is
enough.
Hell,
and
the mouth
of
the
womb,
and
the
earth
which
is
not
satisfied
with
water:
and
the
fire
never saith:
It
is
enough.
The
eye
that mocketh
at
his
father,
and
that despiseth
the labour
of
his
mother
in bearing
him, let
the
ravens
of
the brooks
pick
it out,
and
the
young
eagles
eat
it.
Three
things
are
hard
to
me,
and
the
fourth
I am utterly ignorant
of.
The
way
of
an
eagle
in
the air,
the
way
of
a
serpent
upon
a
rock,
the
way
of
a
ship
in
the
midst
of
the
sea,
and
the
way
of
a
man
in youth.
Such
is also
the
way
of
an
adulterous
woman,
who eateth,
and wipeth
her
mouth,
and saith:
I
have
done
no
evil.
By
three
things
the
earth
is
disturbed,
and
the
fourth
it
cannot
bear:
By
a
slave
when
he reigneth:
by
a
fool
when
he
is
filled
with meat:
By
an odious
woman
when
she
is
married:
and
by
a bondwoman
when
she
is
heir
to
her
mistress.
There
are
four very
little
things
of
the
earth,
and
they
are
wiser than
the
wise:
The
ants,
a feeble
people,
which
provide themselves
food
in
the
harvest:
The rabbit,
a
weak
people,
which maketh
its bed
in
the
rock:
The
locust hath
no
king,
yet
they
all
go
out
by
their bands.
The stellio supporteth
itself
on
hands,
and dwelleth
in
kings’ houses.
There
are
three
things, which
go
well,
and
the
fourth
that walketh happily:
A
lion,
the strongest
of
beasts,
who hath
no fear
of
any
thing
he meeteth:
A cock girded
about
the
loins:
and
a ram:
and
a
king, whom none can resist.
There
is
that hath appeared
a fool after
he
was
lifted
up
on
high:
for
if
he
had understood,
he would
have
laid
his
hand
upon
his
mouth.
And
he
that strongly squeezeth
the papa
to
bring
out
milk, straineth
out
butter:
and
he
that violently bloweth
his
nose, bringeth
out
blood:
and
he
that provoketh
wrath bringeth
forth
strife.
The
words
of
king Lamuel.
The vision wherewith
his
mother
instructed
him.
What,
O
my beloved,
what,
O
the beloved
of
my
womb,
what,
O
the beloved
of
my
vows?
Give
not thy
substance
to
women,
and thy
riches
to destroy
kings.
Give
not
to
kings, O Lamuel, give
not
wine
to
kings: because there
is
no secret where drunkenness reigneth:
And
lest
they
drink
and
forget judgments,
and pervert
the
cause
of
the
children
of
the poor.
Give
strong
drink
to
them
that
are sad:
and
wine
to
them
that
are grieved
in
mind:
Let
them
drink,
and
forget
their want,
and
remember
their sorrow
no
more.
Open thy
mouth
for
the dumb,
and
for
the causes
of
all
the
children
that pass.
Open thy
mouth,
decree
that which
is
just,
and do
justice
to
the
needy
and
poor.
Who
shall
find
a
valiant
woman?
far
and
from
the uttermost coasts
is
the
price
of
her.
The
heart
of her
husband trusteth
in her,
and
he
shall
have
no
need
of
spoils.
She
will render
him
good,
and
not
evil,
all
the
days
of
her
life.
She hath
sought
wool
and
flax,
and hath wrought
by
the counsel
of her
hands.
She
is
like
the merchant’s
ship, she bringeth
her
bread
from
afar.
And
she hath
risen
in
the
night,
and
given
a
prey
to
her
household,
and victuals
to
her
maidens.
She hath considered
a
field,
and bought
it:
with
the
fruit
of
her
hands she hath
planted
a
vineyard.
She hath
girded
her
loins
with
strength,
and hath
strengthened
her
arm.
She hath
tasted
and seen
that
her traffic
is
good:
her
lamp
shall
not
be
put out
in
the
night.
She hath
put
out
her
hand
to strong things,
and
her fingers
have taken
hold
of
the
spindle.
She hath opened
her
hand
to
the
needy,
and
stretched
out
her
hands
to
the
poor.
She
shall
not
fear
for
her
house
in
the cold
of
snow:
for
all
her domestics
are
clothed
with double garments.
She hath
made
for herself
clothing
of tapestry:
fine
linen,
and
purple
is her
covering.
Her
husband
is honourable
in
the
gates,
when
he sitteth
among
the senators
of
the
land.
She
made fine
linen,
and
sold
it,
and
delivered
a girdle
to
the Chanaanite.
Strength
and beauty
are
her
clothing,
and she
shall
laugh
in
the
latter
day.
She hath
opened
her
mouth
to
wisdom,
and
the
law
of clemency
is
on
her
tongue.
She hath looked
well
to
the paths
of
her
house,
and hath
not
eaten
her
bread idle.
Her
children
rose
up,
and
called
her
blessed:
her
husband,
and
he
praised
her.
Many
daughters
have gathered
together
riches: thou hast surpassed
them
all.
Favour
is
deceitful,
and
beauty
is
vain:
the
woman
that feareth
the
Lord,
she
shall
be
praised.
Give
her
of
the
fruit
of
her
hands:
and
let
her
works
praise
her
in
the
gates.
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiates or, The Preacher
Ecclesiastes
Ecc
Ecclesiastes
or, The Preacher
The
words
of Ecclesiastes,
the
son
of
David,
king
of
Jerusalem.
Vanity
of
vanities,
said Ecclesiastes
vanity
of
vanities,
and
all
is
vanity.
What hath
a
man more
of
all
his labour,
that
he taketh
under
the
sun?
One
generation passeth
away,
and
another
generation cometh:
but
the
earth standeth
for
ever.
The
sun riseth,
and goeth down,
and returneth
to
his
place:
and
there rising again,
Maketh
his
round
by
the
south,
and turneth
again
to
the
north:
the
spirit goeth
forward surveying
all
places
round
about,
and returneth
to
his circuits.
All
the rivers
run
into
the
sea,
yet
the
sea doth
not overflow: unto
the
place
from whence
the rivers
come,
they
return,
to
flow
again.
All
things
are hard:
man
cannot explain
them
by
word.
The
eye
is
not
filled
with
seeing,
neither
is
the
ear
filled
with
hearing.
What
is
it
that hath
been?
the
same
thing
that
shall
be.
What
is
it
that hath
been
done?
the
same
that
shall
be
done.
Nothing
under
the sun
is
new, neither
is
any
man able
to
say:
Behold
this
is
new:
for
it hath
already
gone
before
in
the
ages
that
were
before
us.
There
is
no
remembrance
of
former
things:
nor
indeed
of
those
things which hereafter
are
to
come,
shall
there
be
any
remembrance
with
them
that
shall
be
in
the
latter
end.
I Ecclesiastes
was
king
over
Israel
in
Jerusalem,
And
I proposed
in
my
mind
to
seek
and
search
out
wisely
concerning
all
things
that
are
done
under
the sun.
This painful occupation hath
God
given
to
the
children
of
men,
to
be exercised therein.
I
have
seen
all
things
that
are
done
under
the
sun,
and
behold
all
is
vanity,
and vexation
of
spirit.
The perverse
are hard
to
be corrected,
and
the
number
of fools
is infinite.
I
have
spoken
in
my
heart,
saying:
Behold
I
am
become
great,
and
have
gone
beyond
all
in
wisdom,
that
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem:
and
my
mind hath contemplated
many
things
wisely,
and
I
have learned.
And
I
have
given
my
heart
to
know prudence,
and learning,
and errors,
and
folly:
and
I
have
perceived
that
in
these
also
there
was labour,
and vexation
of
spirit,
Because
In
much
wisdom
there
is
much indignation:
and
he
that addeth
knowledge, addeth
also labour.
I
said
in
my
heart:
I
will
go,
and abound
with delights,
and
enjoy
good things.
And
I
saw
that
this
also
was
vanity.
Laughter
I counted error:
and
to
mirth
I
said:
Why art thou vainly deceived?
I
thought
in
my
heart,
to withdraw
my
flesh
from
wine,
that
I
might turn
my
mind
to
wisdom,
and
might avoid
folly,
till
I
might
see
what
was profitable
for
the
children
of
men:
and
what
they ought
to
do
under
the sun,
all
the
days
of
their
life.
I
made
me
great
works, I
built
me
houses,
and
planted
vineyards,
I
made
gardens,
and orchards,
and
set
them
with
trees
of
all
kinds,
And
I
made
me
ponds
of
water,
to
water therewith
the
wood
of
the young
trees,
I got
me menservants,
and
maidservants,
and
had
a great
family:
and
herds
of
oxen,
and great
flocks
of
sheep,
above
all
that
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem:
I heaped
together
for
myself
silver
and
gold,
and
the wealth
of
kings,
and
provinces:
I
made
me
singing
men,
and
singing women,
and
the delights
of
the
sons
of
men, cups
and vessels
to serve
to pour
out wine:
And
I surpassed
in riches
all
that
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem:
my
wisdom
also
remained
with
me.
And
whatsoever
my
eyes
desired,
I
refused
them
not:
and
I
withheld
not
my
heart
from enjoying
every
pleasure,
and delighting
itself
in
the
things
which
I
had prepared:
and esteemed
this
my
portion,
to
make
use
of
my
own labour.
And
when
I
turned
myself
to
all
the
works
which
my
hands
had
wrought,
and
to
the labours wherein
I
had laboured
in
vain,
I
saw
in
all
things
vanity,
and vexation
of
mind,
and
that
nothing
was lasting
under
the
sun.
I
passed further
to
behold
wisdom,
and errors
and
folly, (What
is
man, said
I,
that
he
can
follow
the
King
his maker?)
And
I
saw
that
wisdom excelled
folly,
as much
as
light differeth
from
darkness.
The
eyes
of
a
wise
man
are
in
his
head:
the
fool walketh
in
darkness:
and
I
learned
that
they
were
to
die
both
alike.
And
I
said
in
my
heart:
If
the death
of
the
fool
and mine
shall
be
one,
what doth
it avail
me,
that
I
have applied
myself
more
to
the study
of
wisdom?
And
speaking
with
my own
mind,
I perceived
that
this
also
was
vanity.
For
there
shall
be
no
remembrance
of
the
wise
no
more
than
of
the
fool
for
ever,
and
the
times
to
come
shall cover
all
things
together
with oblivion:
the learned dieth
in
like manner
as
the unlearned.
And
therefore
I
was weary
of
my
life,
when
I saw
that
all
things
under
the
sun
are
evil,
and
all
vanity
and vexation
of
spirit.
Again
I
hated
all
my application wherewith
I
had earnestly laboured
under
the
sun,
being
like
to
have
an heir
after
me,
Whom
I
know
not
whether
he
will
be
a
wise
man
or
a
fool,
and
he
shall
have rule
over
all
my labours
with
which
I
have laboured
and
been solicitous:
and
is
there
any
thing
so
vain?
Wherefore
I left
off
and
my
heart renounced labouring
any
more
under
the
sun.
For
when
a
man laboureth
in
wisdom,
and
knowledge,
and carefulness,
he leaveth
what
he hath gotten
to
an idle
man:
so
this
also
is
vanity,
and
a
great
evil.
For
what profit
shall
a
man
have
of
all
his labour,
and vexation
of
spirit,
with
which
he bath
been tormented
under
the
sun?
All
his
days axe
full
of
sorrows
and miseries,
even
in
the
night
he doth
not
rest
in
mind:
and
is
not
this
vanity?
Is
it
not
better
to
eat
and
drink,
and
to shew
his
soul
good things
of
his labours?
and
this
is
from
the
hand
of
God.
Who
shall
so
feast
and abound
with delights
as
I?
God hath
given
to
a
man
that
is
good
in
his
sight,
wisdom,
and
knowledge,
and
joy:
but
to
the
sinner
he hath
given vexation,
and superfluous care,
to
heap
up
and
to
gather
together,
and
to
give
it
to
him
that hath
pleased
God:
but
this
also
is
vanity,
and
a fruitless solicitude
of
the
mind.
All
things
have
their
season,
and
in
their
times
all
things pass
under
heaven.
A
time
to
be
born
and
a
time
to
die.
A
time
to
plant,
and
a
time
to pluck up
that which
is
planted.
A
time
to
kill,
and
a
time
to
heal.
A
time
to
destroy,
and
a
time
to
build.
A
time
to
weep,
and
a
time
to
laugh.
A
time
to
mourn,
and
a
time
to
dance.
A
time
to scatter
stones,
and
a
time
to
gather.
A
time
to
embrace,
and
a
time
to
be
far
from embraces.
A
time
to get,
and
a
time
to lose.
A
time
to
keep,
and
a
time
to
cast
away.
A
time
to
rend,
and
a
time
to
sew.
A
time
to
keep silence,
and
a
time
to
speak.
A
time
of
love,
and
a
time
of
hatred.
A
time
of
war,
and
a
time
of
peace.
What hath man more
of
his labour?
I
have
seen
the trouble,
which
God hath
given
the
sons
of
men
to
be exercised
in
it.
He hath
made
all
things good
in
their
time,
and hath
delivered
the world
to
their consideration,
so
that
man
cannot
find
out
the
work
which
God hath
made
from
the
beginning
to
the
end.
And
I
have
known
that
there
was
no
better
thing
than
to
rejoice,
and
to
do
well
in
this
life.
For
every
man
that eateth
and drinketh,
and seeth
good
of
his labour,
this
is
the
gift
of
God.
I
have
learned
that
all
the
works
which
God hath
made,
continue
for
ever:
we
cannot
add
any
thing,
nor
take
away
from
those
things
which
God hath
made
that
he
may
be
feared.
That
which hath
been
made,
the
same continueth:
the
things
that
shall
be,
have
already
been:
and
God restoreth
that
which
is past.
I
saw
under
the
sun
in
the
place
of
judgment
wickedness,
and
in
the
place
of
justice iniquity.
And
I
said
in
my
heart:
God
shall
judge
both
the
just
and
the
wicked,
and
then
shall
be
the
time
of
every
thing.
I
said
in
my
heart
concerning
the
sons
of
men,
that
God
would prove
them,
and shew
them
to
be
like
beasts.
Therefore
the
death
of
man,
and
of
beasts
is
one,
and
the condition
of
them
both
is equal:
as
man dieth,
so
they
also
die:
all
things breathe
alike,
and
man hath
nothing
more
than
beast:
all
things
are subject
to
vanity.
And
all
things
go
to
one
place:
of
earth
they
were
made,
and
into
earth
they
return
together.
Who knoweth
if
the
spirit
of
the
children
of Adam
ascend
upward,
and
if
the
spirit
of
the
beasts
descend
downward?
And
I
have
found
that
nothing
is
better
than
for
a
man
to
rejoice
in
his
work,
and
that
this
is
his
portion.
For
who
shall
bring
him
to know
the
things
that
shall
be
after
him?
I
turned
myself
to
other
things,
and
I
saw
the
oppressions
that
are
done
under
the
sun,
and
the
tears
of
the innocent,
and
they
had
no
comforter;
and
they
were
not
able
to resist
their violence, being destitute
of help
from
any.
And
I praised
the
dead
rather
than
the
living:
And
I judged
him happier
than
them
both,
that
is
not
yet
born,
nor hath
seen
the evils
that
are
done
under
the
sun.
Again
I
considered
all
the labours
of
men,
and
I remarked
that
their industries
are
exposed
to
the
envy
of
their neighhour:
so
in
this
also
there
is
vanity,
and fruitless care.
The
fool foldeth
his
hands together,
and eateth
his own
flesh, saying:
Better
is
a handful
with rest,
than both
hands
full
with labour,
and vexation
of
mind.
Considering
I found also
another
vanity
under
the
sun:
There
is
but
one,
and
he hath
not
a
second,
no
child,
no
brother,
and
yet
he ceaseth
not
to labour,
neither
are
his
eyes
satisfied
with
riches,
neither doth
he reflect, saying:
For
whom
do
I labour,
and defraud
my
soul
of
good
things?
in
this
also
is
vanity,
and
a grievous vexation.
It
is
better
therefore
that
two should
be
together,
than
one:
for
they
have
the advantage
of
their society:
If
one
fall
he
shall
be supported
by
the
other:
woe
to
him
that
is
alone,
for
when
he falleth,
he hath
none
to
lift
him
up.
And
if
two
lie
together,
they
shall
warm
one
another:
how
shall
one
alone
be
warmed?
And
if
a
man
prevail
against
one,
two
shall
withstand
him:
a threefold
cord
is
not easily
broken.
Better
is
a
child
that
is
poor
and
wise,
than
a
king
that
is
old
and
foolish,
who knoweth
not
to foresee
for hereafter.
Because
out
of
prison
and chains
sometimes
a
man cometh
forth
to
a
kingdom:
and
another
born
king
is consumed
with poverty.
I
saw
all
men
living,
that
walk
under
the
sun
with
the
second
young
man,
who
shall
rise
up
in
his
place.
The number
of
the
people,
of
all
that
were
before
him
is infinite:
and
they
that
shall
come
afterwards,
shall
not
rejoice
in
him:
but
this
also
is
vanity,
and vexation
of
spirit.
Keep thy
foot,
when thou goest
into
the
house
of
God,
and draw nigh
to
hear.
For
much better
is
obedience,
than
the victims
of
fools,
who
know
not
what
evil
they
do.
Speak
not
any
thing rashly,
and
let
not thy
heart
be
hasty
to utter
a
word
before
God.
For
God
is
in
heaven,
and thou
upon
earth:
therefore
let thy
words
be
few.
Dreams follow
many
cares:
and
in
many
words
shall
be found folly.
If thou hast
vowed
any
thing
to
God, defer
not
to
pay
it:
for
an unfaithful
and
foolish promise displeaseth
him:
but whatsoever thou hast
vowed,
pay
it.
And
it
is
much
better
not
to
vow,
than after
a
vow
not
to perform
the
things
promised.
Give
not thy
mouth
to
cause thy
flesh
to
sin:
and
say
not
before
the
angel: There
is
no providence: lest
God
be
angry
at thy
words,
and destroy
all
the
works
of thy
hands.
Where
there
are
many
dreams,
there
are
many
vanities,
and
words without
number:
but do thou
fear
God.
If thou shalt
see
the oppressions
of
the
poor,
and violent
judgments,
and
justice perverted
in
the
province,
wonder
not
at
this
matter:
for
he
that
is
high hath another
higher,
and there
are others still
higher
than these:
Moreover
there
is
the
king
that reigneth
over
all
the
land
subject
to
him.
A covetous man
shall
not
be
satisfied
with
money:
and
he
that loveth riches
shall reap
no fruit
from
them:
so
this
also
is
vanity.
Where there
are
great riches, there
are
also
many
to
eat
them.
And
what doth
it profit
the
owner,
but
that
he seeth
the riches
with
his
eyes?
Sleep
is
sweet
to
a labouring
man,
whether
he
eat
little
or
much:
but
the fulness
of
the
rich
will
not suffer
him
to
sleep.
There
is also
another grievous
evil, which
I
have
seen
under
the
sun:
riches
kept
to
the hurt
of
the
owner.
For
they
are
lost
with very great affliction:
he hath
begotten
a
son,
who
shall
be
in extremity
of want.
As
he
came
forth
naked
from
his
mother’s
womb,
so
shall
he
return,
and
shall
take
nothing
away
with
him
of
his labour.
A most deplorable
evil:
as
he
came,
so
shall
he
return.
What
then doth
it
profit
him
that
he hath laboured
for
the
wind?
All
the
days
of
his
life
he eateth
in
darkness,
and
in
many cares,
and
in misery,
and sorrow.
This
therefore hath
seemed
good
to
me,
that
a
man
should
eat
and
drink,
and
enjoy
the
fruit
of
his labour, wherewith
he hath laboured
under
the
sun,
all
the
days
of
his
life,
which
God hath
given
him:
and
this
is
his
portion.
And
every
man
to
whom
God hath
given
riches,
and substance,
and hath
given
him power
to
eat thereof,
and
to enjoy
his
portion,
and
to
rejoice
of
his labour:
this
is
the
gift
of
God.
For
he
shall
not
much
remember
the
days
of
his
life,
because
God entertaineth
his
heart
with
delight,
There
is
also
another
evil,
which
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
and
that frequent
among
men:
A
man
to
whom
God hath
given
riches,
and substance,
and honour,
and
his
soul wanteth
nothing
of
all
that
he desireth:
yet
God doth
not
give
him power
to
eat thereof,
but
a
stranger
shall
eat
it
up.
This
is
vanity
and
a
great misery.
If
a
man
beget
a
hundred
children,
and
live
many
years,
and attain
to
a
great
age,
and
his
soul make
no
use
of
the goods
of
his substance,
and
he
be
without
burial:
of
this
man
I pronounce,
that
the untimely
born
is
better
than
he.
For
he
came
in
vain,
and goeth
to
darkness,
and
his
name
shall
be wholly forgotten.
He hath
not
seen
the
sun,
nor
known
the distance
of good
and evil:
Although
he
lived
two
thousand
years,
and hath
not enjoyed
good
things:
do
not
all
make haste
to
one
place?
All
the labour
of
man
is
for
his
mouth,
but
his
soul
shall
not
be
filled.
What hath
the
wise
man
more
than
the
fool?
and
what
the
poor
man,
but
to
go thither,
where
there
is
life?
Better
it
is
to
see
what thou mayst
desire,
than
to
desire
that
which thou canst
not know.
But
this
also
is
vanity,
and presumption
of
spirit.
He
that
shall
be,
his
name
is
already
called:
and
it
is
known,
that
he
is
man,
and
cannot contend
in
judgment
with
him
that
is stronger
than
himself.
There
are
many
words
that
have
much
vanity
in disputing.
What needeth
a man
to seek things
that
are above
him, whereas
he knoweth not
what
is profitable
for
him
in
his
life,
in
all
the
days
of
his pilgrimage,
and
the
time
that passeth like
a shadow?
Or
who can tell
him
what
shall
be
after
him under
the sun?
A
good name
is
better
than precious ointments:
and
the day
of death
than
the day
of
one’s birth.
It
is
better
to
go
to
the house
of mourning,
than
to
the house
of feasting:
for
in
that
we
are put
in
mind
of
the end
of all,
and
the living thinketh
what
is
to come.
Anger
is better than laughter: because by
the sadness
of
the countenance
the
mind
of
the offender
is corrected.
The
heart
of
the
wise
is where there
is mourning,
and
the
heart
of
fools where there
is mirth.
It
is better
to
be rebuked
by
a wise
man,
than
to
be deceived
by
the flattery
of
fools.
For
as
the crackling
of thorns burning under
a pot,
so
is
the laughter
of
a fool:
now
this
also
is vanity.
Oppression troubleth
the wise,
and
shall destroy
the
strength
of
his
heart.
Better
is
the end
of
a speech
than
the beginning. Better
is
the patient
man
than
the presumptuous.
Be
not quickly angry:
for anger resteth
in
the bosom
of
a fool.
Say not:
What thinkest thou
is
the cause
that former times were
better
than
they
are now?
for this manner
of question
is foolish.
Wisdom
with riches
is
more profitable,
and bringeth
more
advantage
to
them
that see
the sun.
For
as wisdom
is
a defence,
so money
is
a defence:
but learning
and wisdom excel
in
this,
that
they
give life
to
him
that possesseth
them.
Consider
the
works
of
God,
that
no
man
can correct whom
he hath despised.
In
the good
day
enjoy good
things,
and beware beforehand
of
the
evil
day:
for God hath
made
both
the
one
and
the
other,
that
man
may not
find
against
him
any
just complaint.
These
things also
I saw
in
the days
of
my vanity:
A
just
man perisheth
in
his justice,
and
a wicked
man liveth
a
long
time
in
his wickedness.
Be
not
over just:
and
be
not
more wise
than
is necessary, lest thou
become
stupid.
Be
not overmuch wicked:
and
be
not foolish, lest thou die
before thy
time.
It
is good
that thou shouldst hold
up
the
just, yea
and
from
him withdraw
not thy hand:
for
he
that feareth
God, neglecteth nothing.
Wisdom hath strengthened
the wise
more
than ten princes
of
the city.
For
there
is
no
just
man upon earth,
that doth good,
and sinneth
not.
But do
not apply thy
heart
to
all words
that
are spoken: lest
perhaps thou hear thy servant reviling thee.
For thy conscience knoweth
that thou also hast often
spoken evil
of others.
I
have tried all
things
in wisdom.
I
have said:
I
will
be wise:
and
it departed farther
from
me,
Much more than
it
was:
it
is
a great depth, who
shall
find
it
out?
I
have surveyed
all
things
with
my
mind,
to know,
and consider,
and seek
out
wisdom
and
reason:
and
to know
the wickedness
of
the fool,
and
the error
of
the imprudent:
And
I
have
found
a
woman more bitter than death,
who
is
the hunter’s snare,
and
her heart
is
a net,
and
her hands are bands.
He
that pleaseth
God
shall escape
from
her:
but
he
that
is
a sinner,
shall
be
caught
by
her.
Lo
this
have
I
found, said Ecclesiastes,
weighing
one
thing
after
another,
that
I
might
find
out
the account,
Which
yet
my soul seeketh,
and
I
have
not
found
it.
One
man
among
a thousand
I
have
found,
a
woman
among
them all
I
have
not
found.
Only this I have found, that God made man right, and he hath entangled himself with an infinity of questions. Who is as the wise man? and who hath known the resolution of the word?
The
wisdom
of
a
man shineth
in
his
countenance,
and
the most
mighty
will
change
his
face.
I
observe
the
mouth
of
the
king,
and
the commandments
of
the
oath
of
God.
Be
not hasty
to depart
from
his
face,
and
do
not
continue
in
an
evil
work:
for
he
will
do
all
that pleaseth
him:
And
his
word
is full
of power: neither
can any man
say
to
him:
Why dost thou
so?
He
that keepeth
the
commandments
shall
find
no
evil.
The
heart
of
a
wise
man understandeth
time
and
answer.
There
is
a
time
and opportunity
for
every business,
and
great affliction
for
man:
Because
he
is ignorant
of
things past,
and
things
to
come
he
cannot
know
by
any
messenger.
It
is
not
in
man’s power
to
stop
the
spirit,
neither hath
he power
in
the
day
of
death,
neither
is
he suffered
to rest
when
war
is
at hand,
neither
shall
wickedness
save
the
wicked.
All
these
things
I
have
considered,
and
applied
my
heart
to
all
the
works
that
are
done
under
the
sun.
Sometimes
one
man ruleth
over
another
to
his own hurt.
I
saw
the
wicked
buried:
who
also
when
they
were
yet
living
were
in
the
holy
place,
and
were praised
in
the
city
as
men
of
just
works:
but
this
also
is
vanity.
For
because
sentence
is
not
speedily pronounced
against
the
evil,
the
children
of
men commit evils
without
any fear.
But
though
a
sinner
do
evil
a
hundred
times,
and
by patience
be borne withal,
I
know
from thence
that
it
shall
be
well
with
them
that
fear
God,
who dread
his
face.
But
let
it
not
be
well
with
the
wicked,
neither
let
his
days
be
prolonged,
but
as
a
shadow
let
them
pass
away
that
fear
not
the
face
of
the Lord.
There
is
also
another
vanity,
which
is
done
upon
the
earth.
There
are
just
men
to
whom evils happen,
as
though
they
had
done
the
works
of
the
wicked:
and
there
are
wicked
men,
who
are
as secure,
as
though
they
had
the
deeds
of
the
just:
but
this
also
I
judge most
vain.
Therefore
I commended
mirth,
because
there
was
no
good
for
a
man
under
the
sun,
but
to
eat,
and
drink,
and
be
merry,
and
that
he
should
take
nothing else
with
him
of
his labour
in
the
days
of
his
life,
which
God hath
given
him
under
the
sun.
And
I
applied
my
heart
to
know
wisdom,
and
to
understand
the distraction
that
is
upon
earth:
for
there
are
some
that
day
and
night
take
no
sleep
with
their
eyes.
And
I
understood
that
man
can
find
no
reason
of
all
those
works
of
God
that
are
done
under
the
sun:
and
the
more
he
shall labour
to
seek,
so
much
the
less
shall
he
find:
yea,
though
the
wise
man
shall
say,
that
he knoweth
it,
he
shall
not
be
able
to
find
it.
All
these
things
have
I considered
in
my
heart,
that
I
might
carefully
understand
them:
there
are
just
men
and
wise
men,
and
their works
are
in
the
hand
of
God:
and
yet
man knoweth
not
whether
he
be worthy
of
love,
or
hatred:
But
all
things
are kept uncertain
for
the time
to come,
because
all
things equally happen
to
the
just
and
to
the
wicked,
to
the
good
and
to
the
evil,
to
the
clean
and
to
the
unclean,
to
him
that offereth victims,
and
to
him
that despiseth
sacrifices.
As
the
good
is,
so
also
is
the
sinner:
as
the perjured,
so
he
also
that sweareth truth.
This
is
a
very great
evil
among
all
things
that
are
done
under
the
sun,
that
the
same
things happen
to
all
men:
whereby
also
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
men
are
filled
with
evil,
and
with contempt
while
they
live,
and
afterwards
they
shall
be
brought
down
to hell.
There
is
no
man
that liveth always,
or
that hopeth
for
this:
a
living
dog
is
better
than
a
dead
lion.
For
the
living
know
that
they
shall
die,
but
the
dead
know
nothing
more,
neither
have
they
a
reward
any
more:
for
the
memory
of
them
is
forgotten.
Their
love
also,
and
their
hatred,
and
their
envy
are
all
perished,
neither
have
they
any
part
in
this world,
and
in
the work
that
is
done
under
the
sun.
Go
then,
and
eat thy
bread
with
joy,
and
drink thy
wine
with
gladness:
because thy
works
please
God.
At
all
times
let thy
garments
be
white,
and
let
not
oil depart
from thy
head.
Live joyfully
with
the
wife
whom thou lovest,
all
the
days
of thy unsteady
life,
which
are
given
to thee
under
the
sun,
all
the
time
of thy
vanity:
for
this
is thy
portion
in
life,
and
in thy labour wherewith thou labourest
under
the
sun.
Whatsoever thy
hand
is
able
to
do,
do
it earnestly:
for
neither
work,
nor
reason,
nor
wisdom,
nor
knowledge
shall
be
in hell, whither thou
art hastening.
I
turned
me
to
another
thing,
and
I
saw
that
under
the
sun,
the
race
is
not
to
the
swift,
nor
the
battle
to
the
strong,
nor
bread
to
the
wise,
nor
riches
to
the
learned,
nor favour
to
the
skillful:
but
time
and
chance
in
all.
Man knoweth
not
his own end:
but
as fishes
are
taken
with
the hook,
and
as
birds
are
caught
with
the
snare,
so
men
are
taken
in
the
evil
time,
when
it
shall
suddenly
come
upon
them.
This
wisdom
also
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
and
it
seemed
to
me
to
be
very
great:
A
little
city,
and
few
men
in
it: there
came
against
it
a
great
king,
and invested
it,
and
built bulwarks
round
about
it,
and
the
siege
was perfect.
Now
there
was
found
in
it
a
man
poor
and
wise,
and
he
delivered
the
city
by
his
wisdom,
and
no
man afterward
remembered
that
poor
man.
And
I
said
that
wisdom
is
better
than
strength: how
then
is
the
wisdom
of
the
poor
man slighted,
and
his
words
not
heard?
The
words
of
the
wise
are
heard
in silence, more than
the
cry
of
a prince
among
fools.
Better
is
wisdom,
than
weapons
of
war:
and
he
that
shall offend
in
one,
shall lose
many
good
things.
Dying
flies spoil
the sweetness
of
the
ointment.
Wisdom
and
glory
is more
precious than
a
small
and shortlived
folly.
The
heart
of a
wise
man
is
in his
right
hand,
and
the
heart
of a
fool
is
in his
left
hand.
Yea,
and
the
fool
when
he walketh
in
the
way, whereas
be
himself
is
a
fool, esteemeth
all
men fools.
If
the
spirit
of
him
that hath power,
ascend
upon thee,
leave
not thy
place:
because
care
will
make
the
greatest
sins
to cease.
There
is
an
evil
that
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
as
it
were
by
an
error proceeding
from
the
face
of
the prince:
A fool
set
in
high dignity,
and
the
rich
sitting beneath.
I
have
seen
servants
upon
horses:
and
princes
walking
on
the
ground
as
servants.
He
that diggeth
a
pit, shall
fall
into
it:
and he
that breaketh
a hedge,
a
serpent shall bite
him.
He that removeth
stones,
shall
be hurt
by them:
and
he that cutteth
trees,
shall
be wounded
by them.
If
the
iron
be blunt,
and
be
not
as
before,
but
be made blunt,
with much labour
it
shall
be sharpened:
and after industry
shall follow
wisdom.
If
a
serpent bite
in silence,
he
is
nothing better
that backbiteth secretly.
The
words
of
the
mouth
of
a
wise
man
are
grace:
but
the
lips
of
a
fool
shall throw
him down headlong.
The
beginning
of
his
words
is
folly,
and
the
end
of
his
talk
is
a mischievous error.
A
fool multiplieth
words.
A
man
cannot
tell
what hath
been
before
him:
and
what
shall
be
after
him,
who
can
tell
him?
The labour
of
fools
shall afflict
them
that
know
not bow
to go
to
the
city.
Woe
to thee, O
land,
when thy
king
is
a
child,
and
when
the
princes
eat
in
the
morning.
Blessed
is
the
land,
whose
king
is noble,
and
whose
princes
eat
in due
season
for refreshment,
and
not
for riotousness.
By slothfulness
a building
shall
be
brought
down,
and
through
the weakness
of
hands,
the
house
shall drop
through.
For
laughter
they
make
bread,
and
wine
that
the
living
may feast:
and
all
things
obey
money.
Detract
not
the
king,
no
not
in thy
thought;
and
speak
not evil
of
the
rich
man
in thy private
chamber:
because
even
the
birds
of
the air
will carry thy
voice,
and
he
that hath
wings
will
tell
what thou hast
said.
Cast thy
bread
upon
the running
waters:
for
after
a
long
time thou shalt
find
it
again.
Give
a
portion
to
seven,
and
also
to
eight:
for thou knowest
not
what
evil
shall
be
upon
the
earth.
If
the
clouds
be
full,
they
will pour
out
rain
upon
the
earth.
If
the
tree
fall
to
the
south,
or
to
the
north,
in
what
place soever
it
shall
fall,
there
shall
it
be.
He
that observeth
the
wind,
shall
not
sow:
and
he
that considereth
the
clouds,
shall
never
reap.
As thou knowest
not
what
is
the
way
of
the
spirit,
nor
how
the
bones
are joined together
in
the
womb
of
her
that
is
with child:
so thou knowest
not
the
works
of
God,
who
is
the maker
of
all.
In
the
morning
sow thy
seed,
and
In
the
evening
let
not thy
hand
cease:
for thou knowest
not
which
may
rather spring
up,
this
or
that:
and
if
both
together,
it
shall
be
the
better.
The
light
is
sweet,
and
it
is delightful
for
the
eyes
to
see
the
sun.
If
a
man
live
many
years,
and
have
rejoiced
in
them
all,
he
must
remember
the darksome
time,
and
the
many
days: which
when
they
shall
come,
the
things past
shall
be accused
of
vanity.
Rejoice
therefore,
O
young
man,
in thy
youth,
and
let thy
heart
be
in
that
which
is
good
in
the
days
of thy
youth,
and
walk
in
the
ways
of thy
heart,
and
in
the
sight
of thy
eyes:
and
know
that
for
all
these
God
will
bring thee
into
judgment.
Remove anger
from thy
heart,
and
put
away
evil
from thy
flesh.
For
youth
and pleasure
are
vain.
Remember thy Creator
in
the
days
of thy
youth,
before
the
time
of affliction
come,
and
the
years
draw nigh
of
which thou shalt
say:
They please
me
not:
Before
the
sun,
and
the
light,
and
the
moon,
and
the
stars
be
darkened,
and
the
clouds
return
after
the
rain:
When
the
keepers
of
the
house
shall
tremble,
and
the
strong
men
shall stagger,
and
the grinders
shall
be
idle
in
a
small number,
and
they
that
look
through
the holes
shall
be
darkened:
And
they shall
shut
the
doors
in
the
street,
when
the grinder’s
voice shall
be
low,
and
they shall
rise
up
at
the
voice
of
the
bird,
and
all
the
daughters
of
music shall grow deaf.
And
they
shall
fear
high things,
and
they
shall
be
afraid
in
the
way,
the
almond
tree
shall flourish,
the
locust
shall
be
made fat,
and
the caper
tree
shall
be
destroyed:
because
man
shall
go
into
the
house
of
his
eternity,
and
the
mourners
shall
go
round
about
in
the
street.
Before
the
silver
cord
be
broken,
and
the
golden fillet shrink
back,
and
the
pitcher
be
crushed
at
the fountain,
and
the
wheel
be
broken
upon
the
cistern,
And
the
dust
return
into
its
earth,
from whence
it
was,
and
the
spirit
return
to
God,
who
gave
it.
Vanity
of
vanities,
said Ecclesiastes,
and
all
things are
vanity.
And whereas Ecclesiastes
was very
wise,
he
taught
the
people,
and declared
the
things
that
he
had
done:
and seeking
out,
he set forth
many
parables.
He
sought profitable
words,
and
wrote
words most
right,
and full
of
truth.
The
words
of
the
wise
are
as goads,
and
as nails deeply
fastened
in,
which
by
the
counsel
of
masters
are
given
from
one
shepherd.
More
than
these,
my
son, require
not.
Of
making
many
books
there
is
no
end:
and
much
study
is
an affliction
of
the
flesh.
Let
us
all
hear together
the conclusion
of
the discourse.
Fear
God,
and
keep
his
commandments:
for
this
is
all
man:
And
all
things
that
are
done,
God
will
bring
into
judgment
for
every error,
whether
it
be
good
or
evil.
Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Sng
The Song of Solomon
Let
him kiss
me
with
the kiss
of
his mouth:
for thy breasts
are better than wine,
Smelling sweet
of
the
best ointments. Thy name
is
as oil poured out:
therefore young maidens
have loved thee.
Draw
me: we
will run
after thee
to
the odour
of thy ointments.
The
king hath brought
me
into
his storerooms: we
will
be glad
and rejoice
in thee, remembering thy breasts
more
than wine:
the righteous
love thee.
I am black
but beautiful,
O ye daughters
of Jerusalem,
as
the tents
of Cedar,
as
the curtains
of Solomon.
Do
not consider
me
that
I
am brown, because
the sun hath altered
my colour:
the sons
of
my mother
have fought
against
me,
they
have made
me
the keeper
in
the vineyards:
my vineyard
I
have
not kept.
Shew
me,
O thou whom
my soul loveth,
where thou feedest,
where thou liest
in
the midday, lest
I begin
to wander after
the flocks
of thy companions.
If thou
know
not thyself,
O fairest
among women,
go forth,
and
follow
after
the steps
of
the
flocks,
and
feed thy kids
beside
the tents
of
the
shepherds.
To
my company
of horsemen,
in Pharao’s chariots,
have
I likened thee,
O
my love.
Thy cheeks
are beautiful as
the turtledove’s, thy neck as jewels.
We will make thee chains
of gold, inlaid
with silver.
While
the king
was
at
his repose,
my spikenard sent forth
the odour thereof.
A bundle
of myrrh
is
my beloved
to
me,
he
shall abide
between
my breasts.
A cluster
of cypress
my
love
is to me,
in
the vineyards
of Engaddi.
Behold thou art fair,
O my
love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those
of doves.
Behold thou art
fair, my beloved,
and comely.
Our bed
is flourishing.
The beams
of our houses
are
of cedar, our rafters
of cypress trees.
I
am
the flower
of
the field, and
the
lily
of
the
valleys.
As
the
lily
among
thorns,
so
is
my love
among
the
daughters.
As
the
apple
tree
among
the
trees
of
the
woods,
so
is
my
beloved
among
the
sons.
I
sat
down
under
his
shadow, whom
I
desired:
and
his
fruit
was
sweet
to
my
palate.
He
brought
me
into
the cellar
of
wine,
he
set
in order charity
in
me.
Stay
me
up
with flowers, compass
me about
with
apples:
because
I languish
with
love.
His
left
hand
is
under
my
head,
and
his
right
hand
shall
embrace
me.
I
adjure
you,
O ye
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
by
the roes,
and
the harts
of
the,
fields,
that
you
stir
not
up,
nor make
the
beloved
to
awake,
till
she please.
The
voice
of
my
beloved,
behold
he cometh
leaping
upon
the
mountains, skipping
over
the
hills.
My
beloved
is
like
a roe,
or
a
young hart.
Behold
he standeth
behind
our
wall,
looking
through
the
windows,
looking
through
the lattices.
Behold
my
beloved speaketh
to
me:
Arise,
make haste,
my
love,
my dove,
my
beautiful
one,
and
come.
For
winter
is
now
past,
the
rain
is
over
and
gone.
The
flowers
have
appeared
in
our
land,
the
time
of
pruning
is
come:
the
voice
of
the turtle
is
heard
in
our
land:
The
fig
tree hath
put
forth
her green
figs:
the
vines
in flower
yield
their sweet smell.
Arise,
my love,
my
beautiful
one,
and
come:
My
dove
in
the
clefts
of
the
rock,
in
the hollow places
of
the wall, shew
me thy
face, let thy
voice
sound
in
my ears:
for thy
voice
is
sweet,
and thy
face
comely.
Catch us
the
little
foxes that destroy
the
vines:
for our
vineyard hath flourished.
My
beloved to
me,
and
I to him who feedeth among
the
lilies,
Till
the
day break,
and
the shadows retire. Return:
be
like,
my
beloved,
to
a roe,
or
to
a
young hart
upon
the
mountains
of
Bether.
In
my
bed
by
night
I
sought
him whom
my
soul loveth:
I
sought
him,
and
found
him
not.
I
will
rise,
and
will
go
about
the
city:
in
the
streets
and
the broad ways
I
will
seek
him whom
my
soul loveth:
I
sought
him,
and
I
found
him
not.
The
watchmen
who
keep
the
city,
found
me:
Have
you
seen
him, whom
my
soul loveth?
When
I
had
a
little
passed
by
them,
I
found
him whom
my
soul loveth:
I
held
him:
and
I
will
not
let
him
go,
till
I
bring
him
into
my
mother’s
house,
and
into
the
chamber
of
her
that bore
me.
I
adjure
you,
O
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
by
the roes
and
the harts
of
the
fields,
that
you
stir
not
up,
nor
awake
my
beloved,
till
she please.
Who
is she
that goeth
up
by
the
desert,
as
a pillar
of
smoke
of aromatical spices,
of
myrrh,
and
frankincense,
and
of
all
the
powders
of
the perfumer?
Behold threescore
valiant
ones
of
the most
valiant
of
Israel,
surrounded
the
bed
of
Solomon?
All
holding
swords,
and most
expert
in
war:
every
man’s
sword
upon
his
thigh,
because
of
fears
in
the
night.
King
Solomon hath
made
him
a litter
of
the
wood
of Libanus:
The
pillars thereof
he
made
of
silver,
the
seat
of
gold,
the going up
of
purple:
the
midst
he
covered
with charity
for
the
daughters
of
Jerusalem.
Go
forth, ye
daughters
of Sion,
and
see
king
Solomon
in
the diadem, wherewith
his
mother
crowned
him
in
the
day
of
his espousals,
and
in
the
day
of
the
joy
of
his
heart.
How
beautiful art thou,
my love, how
beautiful art thou! thy
eyes
are doves’
eyes, besides
what
is hid within. Thy
hair
is
as
flocks
of
goats,
which Come up
from
mount Galaad.
Thy
teeth
as
flocks
of
sheep,
that
are
shorn which
come
up
from
the
washing,
all
with
twins,
and
there
is
none barren
among
them.
Thy
lips
are
as
a
scarlet lace:
and thy
speech sweet. Thy cheeks
are
as
a
piece
of
a
pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.
Thy
neck,
is as
the
tower
of
David, which
is
built
with bulwarks:
a
thousand bucklers
hang
upon
it,
all
the armour
of
valiant
men.
Thy
two
breasts
like
two
young roes that
are
twins, which
feed among
the
lilies.
Till
the
day break,
and
the shadows retire,
I
will go
to
the
mountain
of
myrrh,
and
to
the
hill
of
frankincense.
Thou art
all
fair, O
my love,
and
there
is
not
a
spot
in thee.
Come
from Libanus,
my spouse,
come
from Libanus,
come: thou shalt be crowned
from
the
top
of
Amana,
from
the
top
of Sanir
and
Hermon,
from
the
dens
of
the
lions,
from
the
mountains
of
the
leopards.
Thou hast wounded my heart, my
sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded my heart
with
one
of thy
eyes,
and
with
one hair
of thy
neck.
How
beautiful
are thy breasts,
my
sister,
my spouse! thy breasts
are more
beautiful
than
wine,
and
the
sweet smell
of thy ointments above
all aromatical
spices.
Thy
lips,
my spouse,
are
as
a dropping honeycomb,
honey
and
milk
are
under thy
tongue;
and
the smell
of thy
garments,
as
the smell
of frankincense.
My
sister, my spouse,
is
a
garden enclosed,
a
garden enclosed,
a
fountain
sealed
up.
Thy
plants
are a paradise
of
pomegranates
with
the
fruits
of
the
orchard. Cypress
with spikenard.
Spikenard
and
saffron,
sweet
cane
and
cinnamon,
with
all
the
trees
of Libanus,
myrrh
and
aloes
with
all
the
chief perfumes.
The
fountain
of
gardens:
the
well
of
living
waters,
which run
with
a strong
stream
from Libanus.
Arise,
O
north
wind,
and
come,
O
south
wind,
blow
through
my
garden,
and let
the aromatical
spices thereof
flow.
Let
my
beloved
come
into
his
garden,
and
eat
the fruit
of
his apple trees.
I am
come
into
my
garden,
O
my
sister,
my spouse,
I
have
gathered
my
myrrh,
with
my aromatical spices:
I
have
eaten
the honeycomb
with
my
honey,
I
have
drunk
my
wine
with
my
milk:
eat,
O
friends,
and
drink,
and be inebriated,
my dearly
beloved.
I
sleep,
and
my
heart watcheth;
the
voice
of
my
beloved
knocking:
Open
to
me,
my
sister,
my
love,
my
dove,
my undefiled:
for
my
head
is
full
of
dew,
and
my
locks
of
the drops
of
the
nights.
I have
put
off
my
garment,
how shall I
put it
on? I have
washed
my
feet,
how shall I defile
them?
My
beloved
put
his
hand
through
the key
hole,
and
my
bowels
were
moved
at
his touch.
I
arose
up
to
open
to
my
beloved:
my
hands
dropped
with
myrrh,
and
my
fingers
were full
of
the choicest
myrrh.
I
opened
the bolt
of
my door
to
my
beloved:
but
he
had
turned aside,
and
was
gone.
My
soul melted
when
he
spoke:
I
sought
him,
and
found
him
not:
I
called,
and
he
did
not
answer
me.
The
keepers that
go
about
the
city
found
me:
they
struck
me:
and
wounded
me:
the
keepers
of
the
walls
took
away
my veil
from
me.
I
adjure
you,
O
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
if
you
find
my
beloved,
that
you
tell
him
that
I languish
with
love.
What
manner
of
one
is thy
beloved
of
the
beloved,
O thou most
beautiful
among
women?
what
manner
of
one
is thy
beloved
of
the
beloved,
that thou hast
so adjured us?
My
beloved
is white
and
ruddy, chosen out
of
thousands.
His
head
is as
the
finest
gold: his
locks as branches
of palm trees,
black as
a
raven.
His
eyes
as
doves
upon
brooks
of
waters,
which
are
washed
with
milk,
and
sit
beside
the plentiful
streams.
His
cheeks
are as
beds
of aromatical
spices set
by
the perfumers. His
lips
are as
lilies dropping choice
myrrh.
His
hands
are
turned
and
as
of
gold,
full
of hyacinths.
His belly
as
of
ivory,
set
with
sapphires.
His
legs
as
pillars
of marble, that
are
set
upon
bases
of
gold.
His
form
as
of Libanus, excellent
as
the
cedars.
His throat most
sweet,
and
he
is
all lovely:
such
is
my
beloved,
and
he
is
my
friend,
O ye
daughters
of
Jerusalem.
Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou most beautiful among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside, and we will seek him with thee?
My
beloved
is
gone
down
into
his garden,
to
the bed
of aromatical spices,
to feed
in
the gardens,
and
to gather lilies.
I
to
my
beloved,
and
my
beloved
to
me, who feedeth among
the
lilies.
Thou art beautiful,
O
my
love, sweet
and comely
as Jerusalem: terrible
as an army set in array.
Turn away thy eyes
from
me,
for
they
have made
me flee away. Thy hair
is
as
a flock
of goats,
that appear
from Galaad.
Thy teeth
as
a
flock
of sheep,
which
come
up
from
the washing,
all
with twins,
and
there
is
none barren
among
them.
Thy cheeks
are
as
the bark
of
a pomegranate, beside what
is hidden within thee.
There are threescore queens,
and fourscore concubines,
and young maidens without number.
One
is my dove, my perfect
one
is
but
one, she
is
the only
one
of her mother,
the chosen
of her
that bore her.
The daughters saw her,
and declared her most blessed:
the
queens
and
concubines,
and
they praised her.
Who
is
she
that cometh
forth
as
the morning rising, fair
as
the moon,
bright
as
the sun, terrible
as
an army set
in array?
I went
down
into
the garden
of nuts,
to see
the fruits
of
the valleys,
and
to
look
if
the vineyard had flourished,
and
the pomegranates budded.
I knew not:
my soul troubled
me
for
the chariots
of Aminadab.
Return, return,
O Sulamitess: return, return
that
we
may
behold thee.
What shalt thou
see
in
the Sulamitess
but
the
companies
of
camps?
How beautiful
are thy steps
in shoes,
O prince’s daughter!
The joints
of thy thighs
are
like jewels,
that
are
made
by
the hand
of
a skillful workman.
Thy navel
is
like
a round bowl never wanting cups. Thy belly
is
like
a heap
of wheat, set about
with lilies.
Thy two breasts are
like two young roes that are twins.
Thy neck as a tower
of ivory. Thy eyes like
the fishpools
in Hesebon, which
are
in
the gate
of
the daughter
of
the multitude. Thy nose is as
the tower
of Libanus, that looketh toward Damascus.
Thy
head
is
like Carmel:
and
the hairs
of thy
head
as
the purple
of
the
king bound
in
the channels.
How beautiful art thou,
and how comely,
my dearest,
in delights!
Thy stature
is like
to
a palm tree,
and thy breasts
to clusters
of grapes.
I said:
I will go up into
the
palm
tree, and will take hold
of
the fruit thereof: and thy
breasts shall be as
the
clusters
of
the vine: and
the odour
of thy mouth
like apples.
Thy throat
like
the best wine, worthy
for
my beloved
to drink,
and
for
his lips
and
his teeth
to ruminate.
I
to
my
beloved,
and
his
turning
is towards
me.
Come,
my
beloved, let
us go forth
into
the field, let
us abide
in
the villages.
Let
us
get up early
to
the vineyards, let
us see if
the vineyard flourish, if
the flowers be ready
to
bring
forth fruits, if
the pomegranates flourish: there
will I give thee
my breasts.
The mandrakes
give
a smell.
In
our gates
are all fruits:
the new
and
the old,
my
beloved,
I
have
kept
for thee.
Who
shall
give thee
to
me
for
my
brother, sucking
the
breasts
of
my
mother,
that
I
may
find thee
without,
and kiss thee,
and
now
no man
may
despise
me?
I
will
take
hold
of thee,
and
bring thee
Into
my
mother’s
house: there thou shalt
teach
me,
and
I
will
give thee
a cup
of
spiced
wine
and new
wine
of
my
pomegranates.
His
left
hand
under
my
head,
and
his
right
hand
shall
embrace
me.
I
adjure
you,
O
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
that
you
stir
not
up, nor
awake
my
love
till
she please.
Who
is
this
that cometh
up
from
the
desert, flowing
with delights,
leaning
upon
her
beloved?
Under
the
apple
tree
I
raised thee
up:
there thy
mother
was corrupted,
there
she
was defloured
that
bore thee.
Put
me
as
a
seal
upon thy
heart,
as
a
seal
upon thy
arm,
for
love
is
strong
as
death,
jealousy
as
hard
as hell,
the lamps thereof
are
fire
and flames.
Many
waters
cannot
quench charity,
neither
can
the
floods drown
it:
if
a
man
should
give
all
the
substance
of
his
house
for
love,
he
shall
despise
it
as
nothing.
Our
sister
is
little,
and hath
no
breasts.
What
shall
we
do
to
our
sister
in
the
day
when
she
is
to
be
spoken
to?
If
she
be
a
wall: let
us
build
upon
it bulwarks
of
silver:
if
she
be
a
door, let
us join
it
together
with boards
or
cedar.
I
am
a
wall:
and
my
breasts
are
as
a
tower
since
I
am
become
in
his
presence
as
one
finding
peace.
The peaceable
had
a
vineyard,
in
that which hath
people:
he
let
out
the
same
to
keepers,
every
man bringeth
for
the
fruit thereof
a
thousand pieces
of
silver.
My
vineyard
is
before
me.
A
thousand
are
for thee,
the peaceable,
and
two
hundred
for
them
that
keep
the
fruit thereof.
Thou
that dwellest
in
the
gardens,
the friends hearken:
make
me
hear thy
voice.
Flee
away,
O
my
beloved,
and be
like
to
the roe,
and
to
the
young hart
upon
the
mountains
of aromatical
spices.
Isaiah
The Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Isaiah
Isa
The Book of the Prophet
Isaiah
The
vision
of Isaias
the
son
of Amos
I
which
he
saw
concerning Juda
and
Jerusalem
in
the
days
of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz,
and Ezechias,
kings
of Juda.
Hear,
O ye
heavens,
and
give
ear,
O
earth,
for
the
Lord hath
spoken.
I
have
brought
up
children,
and
exalted
them:
but
they
have despised
me.
The
ox knoweth
his
owner,
and
the ass
his
master’s crib:
but
Israel hath
not
known
me,
and
my
people hath
not
understood.
Woe
to
the
sinful
nation,
a
people laden
with
iniquity,
a
wicked
seed, ungracious
children:
they
have forsaken
the
Lord,
they
have
blasphemed
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
they
are gone
away backwards.
For
what
shall
I
strike
you
any
more,
you
that
increase transgression?
the
whole
head
is
sick,
and
the
whole
heart
is sad.
From
the
sole
of
the
foot unto
the
top
of
the
head,
there
is
no
soundness therein:
wounds
and
bruises
and swelling sores:
they
are
not
bound
up,
nor dressed,
nor fomented
with
oil.
Your
land
is
desolate,
your
cities
are
burnt
with
fire:
your
country
strangers
devour
before
your face,
and
it
shall
be
desolate
as
when wasted
by enemies.
And
the
daughter
of Sion shall
be
left
as
a covert
in
a
vineyard,
and
as
a lodge
in
a garden
of cucumbers,
and
as
a
city that
is laid waste.
Except
the
Lord
of
hosts
had
left us seed,
we
had
been
as
Sodom,
and
we
should
have
been
like
to Gomorrha.
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord, ye
rulers
of
Sodom,
give
ear
to
the
law
of
our
God, ye
people
of Gomorrha.
To
what purpose
do
you
offer
me
the
multitude
of
your victims, saith
the
Lord?
I
am
full,
I
desire
not holocausts
of
rams,
and
fat
of
fatlings,
and
blood
of calves,
and
lambs,
and buck
goats.
When
you
came
to
appear
before
me,
who
required
these things
at
your
hands,
that
you
should walk
in
my courts?
Offer
sacrifice
no
more
in
vain:
incense
is
an
abomination
to
me.
The
new
moons,
and
the
sabbaths,
and other festivals
I
will
not abide,
your
assemblies
are
wicked.
My
soul hateth
your
new
moons,
and
your solemnities:
they
are
become troublesome
to
me,
I
am
weary
of
bearing
them.
And
when
you
stretch
forth
your
hands,
I
will
turn
away
my
eyes
from
you:
and
when
you
multiply
prayer,
I
will
not
hear:
for
your
hands
are
full
of
blood.
Wash
yourselves,
be
clean,
take
away
the
evil
of
your devices
from
my
eyes:
cease
to
do perversely,
Learn
to
do
well:
seek
judgment, relieve
the oppressed,
judge
for
the
fatherless,
defend
the
widow.
And
then
come,
and accuse
me, saith
the
Lord:
if
your
sins
be
as
scarlet,
they
shall
be
made
as
white
as
snow:
and
if
they
be
red
as
crimson,
they
shall
be
white
as
wool.
If
you
be
willing,
and
will hearken
to
me,
you
shall
eat
the
good
things
of
the
land.
But
if
you
will
not,
and
will provoke
me
to wrath:
the
sword
shall
devour
you
because
the
mouth
of
the
Lord hath
spoken
it.
How
is
the
faithful
city,
that
was
full
of
judgment,
become
a
harlot?
justice dwelt
in
it,
but
now
murderers.
Thy
silver
is
turned
into dress: thy wine
is mingled
with
water.
Thy
princes
are faithless,
companions
of
thieves:
they
all
love
bribes,
the
run
after
rewards.
They
judge
not
for
the
fatherless:
and
the
widow’s cometh
not
in
to
them.
Therefore saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts,
the
mighty
one
of
Israel:
Ah!
I
will
comfort
myself
over
my adversaries:
and
I
will
be revenged
of
my
enemies.
And
I
will
turn
my
hand
to thee,
and
I
will clean purge
away thy dress,
and
I
will
take
away
all thy
tin.
And
I
will
restore thy
judges
as
they
were
before,
and thy counsellors
as
of
old.
After
this thou shalt
be
called
the
city
of
the
just,
a
faithful
city.
Sion shall
be
redeemed
in
judgment,
and they shall
bring
her
back
in
justice.
And
he
shall
destroy
the wicked,
and
the
sinners
together:
and
they
that
have forsaken
the
Lord,
shall
be
consumed.
For
they
shall
be
confounded
for
the idols,
to
which
they
have sacrificed:
and
you
shall
be
ashamed
of
the
gardens
which
you
have
chosen.
When
you
shall
be
as
an
oak
with
the
leaves falling off,
and
as
a
garden
without
water.
And
your strength
shall
be
as
the ashes
of
tow,
and
your
work
as
a
spark:
and
both
shall
burn
together,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
quench
it.
The
word
that Isaias
the
son
of Amos
saw,
concerning Juda
and
Jerusalem.
And
in
the
last
days
the
mountain
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
shall
be
prepared
on
the
top
of
mountains,
and
it
shall
be
exalted
above
the
hills,
and
all
nations
shall flow unto
it.
And
many
people
shall
go,
and
say:
Come
and
let
us
go
up
to
the
mountain
of
the
Lord,
and
to
the
house
of
the
God
of
Jacob,
and
he
will
teach
us
his
ways,
and
we
will
walk
in
his
paths:
for
the
law
shall
come
forth
from Sion,
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
from
Jerusalem.
And
he
shall
judge
the
Gentiles,
and
rebuke
many
people:
and
they
shall turn
their
swords
into ploughshares,
and
their
spears
into sickles:
nation
shall
not
lift
up
sword
against
nation,
neither
shall
they
be exercised
any
more
to
war.
O
house
of
Jacob, come ye,
and let us walk
in
the
light
of
the
Lord.
For thou hast
cast off thy
people,
the
house
of
Jacob:
because
they
are
filled
as
in times past,
and
have
had soothsayers
as
the
Philistines,
and
have adhered
to strange
children.
Their
land
is
filled
with
silver
and
gold:
and
there
is
no
end
of
their
treasures.
And
their
land
is
filled
with horses:
and
their chariots
are innumerable.
Their
land
also
is
full
of
idols:
they
have adored
the
work
of
their own
hands,
which
their own
fingers
have
made.
And
man hath
bowed
himself
down,
and
man hath
been debased: therefore
forgive
them
not.
Enter thou
into
the
rock,
and
hide thee
in
the pit
from
the
face
of
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty.
The lofty
eyes
of
man
are
humbled,
and
the
haughtiness
of
men
shall
be
made
to stoop:
and
the
Lord
alone
shall
be
exalted
in
that
day.
Because
the
day
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
be
upon
every
one
that
is
proud
and highminded,
and
upon
every
one
that
is arrogant,
and
he
shall
be humbled.
And
upon
all
the
tall
and
lofty
cedars
of Libanus,
and
upon
all
the
oaks
of Basan.
And
upon
all
the
high
mountains,
and
upon
all
the
elevated
hills.
And
upon
every
high
tower,
and
every fenced
wall.
And
upon
all
the
ships
of Tharsis,
and
upon
all
that
is fair
to behold.
And
the
loftiness
of
men
shall
be
bowed
down,
and
the
haughtiness
of
men
shall
be
humbled,
and
the
Lord
alone
shall
be
exalted
in
that
day.
And
idols shall be utterly destroyed.
And
they
shall
go
into
the
holes
of
rocks,
and
into
the
caves
of
the
earth
from
the
face
of
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty,
when
he
shall
rise
up
to strike
the
earth.
In
that
day
a
man
shall
cast
away
his
idols
of
silver,
and
his
idols
of
gold,
which
he
had
made
for
himself
to adore, moles
and
bats.
And
he
shall
go
into
the
clefts
of
rocks,
and
into
the holes
of
stones
from
the
face
of
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty,
when
he
shall
rise
up
to strike
the
earth.
Cease ye
therefore
from
the
man,
whose
breath
is
in
his
nostrils,
for
he
is reputed high.
For
behold
the sovereign
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
take
away
from
Jerusalem,
and
from Juda
the valiant
and
the strong,
the
whole strength
of
bread,
and
the
whole strength
of
water.
The
strong
man,
and
the
man
of
war,
the
judge,
and
the
prophet,
and
the cunning
man,
and
the ancient.
The
captain
over
fifty,
and
the honourable
in
countenance,
and
the counsellor,
and
the architect,
and
the
skillful
in eloquent speech.
And
I
will
give
children
to
be
their
princes,
and
the effeminate
shall
rule
over
them.
And
the
people
shall rush
one upon
another,
and
every
man
against
his neighbour:
the
child
shall
make it tumult
against
the ancient,
and
the base
against
the honourable.
For
a
man
shall
take
hold
or
his
brother,
one
of
the
house
of
his
father, saying: Thou hast
a
garment,
be thou
our
ruler,
and
let
this ruin
be
under thy
hand.
In
that
day
he
shall
answer,
saying:
I
am
no
healer,
and
in
my
house
there
is
no
bread,
nor
clothing:
make
me
not
ruler
of
the
people.
For
Jerusalem
is ruined,
and Juda
is
fallen:
because
their
tongue,
and
their devices
are
against
the
Lord,
to provoke
the
eyes
of
his
majesty.
The shew
of
their
countenance hath
answered
them:
and
they
have proclaimed abroad
their
sin
as
Sodom,
and
they
have
not
hid
it:
woe
to
their
souls,
for evils
are rendered
to
them.
Say
to
the
just
man
that
it
is
well,
for
he shall
eat
the
fruit
of
his
doings.
Woe
to
the
wicked unto
evil:
for
the reward
of
his
hands
shall
be
given
him.
As
for
my
people,
their
oppressors
have stripped
them,
and
women
have
ruled
over
them. O
my
people,
they
that
call thee
blessed,
the same deceive thee,
and
destroy
the
way
of thy steps.
The
Lord standeth
up
to
judge,
and
he standeth
to
judge
the
people.
The
Lord
will
enter
into
judgment
with
the ancients
of
his
people,
and
its
princes:
for
you
have devoured
the
vineyard,
and
the spoil
of
the
poor
is
in
your
house.
Why do
you consume
my
people,
and
grind
the
faces
of
the
poor? saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts.
And
the
Lord
said:
Because
the
daughters
of Sion
are haughty,
and
have
walked
with
stretched
out necks,
and wanton glances
of
their
eyes,
and
made
a noise
as
they
walked
with
their
feet
and
moved
in
a
set
pace:
The
Lord
will
make
bald
the
crown
of
the
head
of
the
daughters
of Sion,
and
the
Lord
will discover
their hair.
In
that
day
the
Lord
will
take
away
the
ornaments
of shoes,
and little moons,
And chains and necklaces, and
bracelets, and bonnets,
And bodkins,
and ornaments
of
the legs,
and tablets,
and sweet balls,
and earrings,
And
rings,
and jewels hanging
on
the forehead,
And changes of apparel, and short
cloaks, and fine linen, and crisping pins,
And looking-glasses,
and lawns,
and headbands,
and fine
veils.
And
instead
of
a
sweet smell
there
shall
be stench,
and
instead
of
a girdle,
a cord,
and
instead
of curled
hair,
baldness,
and
instead
of
a stomacher, haircloth.
Thy fairest
men also
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and thy valiant
ones
in
battle.
And her
gates
shall
lament
and
mourn,
and she
shall
sit desolate
on
the
ground.
And
in
that
day
seven
women
shall
take
hold
of
one
man,
saying:
We
will
eat
our
own
bread,
and
wear
our
own
apparel:
only let
us
be
called
by thy
name,
take
away
our
reproach.
In
that
day
the bud
of
the
Lord
shall
be
in magnificence
and
glory,
and
the
fruit
of
the
earth
shall
be high,
and
a great joy
to
them
that
shall
have
escaped
of
Israel.
And
it shall
come
to
pass,
that
every
one
that shall
be
left
in Sion,
and
that shall
remain
in
Jerusalem, shall
be
called
holy,
every
one
that
is
written
in
life
in
Jerusalem.
If
the
Lord shall
wash
away
the
filth
of
the
daughters
of Sion,
and shall
wash
away
the
blood
of
Jerusalem
out
of
the
midst thereof,
by
the
spirit
of
judgment,
and
by
the
spirit
of
burning.
And
the
Lord
will
create
upon
every
place
of
mount Sion,
and
where
he
is called
upon,
a
cloud
by
day,
and
a
smoke
and
the
brightness
of
a
flaming
fire
in
the
night:
for
over
all
the
glory
shall
be
a protection.
And
there shall
be
a tabernacle
for
a
shade
in
the
daytime
from
the heat,
and
for
a security
and covert
from
the whirlwind,
and
from
rain.
I
will
sing
to
my
beloved
the canticle
of
my cousin concerning
his
vineyard.
My
beloved
had
a
vineyard
on
a
hill
in
a fruitful
place.
And
he fenced
it
in,
and picked
the
stones
out
of
it,
and
planted
it
with
the choicest vines,
and
built
a
tower
in
the
midst thereof,
and
set
up
a
winepress therein:
and
he looked
that
it
should bring forth
grapes,
and
it broutht forth wild
grapes.
And
now,
O ye
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and ye
men
of Juda,
judge
between
me
and
my
vineyard.
What
is there
that
I ought
to
do
more
to
my
vineyard,
that
I
have
not
done
to
it?
And
now
I
will shew
you wnat
I
will
do
to
my
vineyard.
I
will
take
away
the
hedge thereof,
and
it
shall
be wasted:
I
will
break
down
the
wall thereof,
and
it
shall
be trodden
down.
And
I
will
make
it desolate:
it
shall
not
be
pruned,
and
it
shall
not
be digged:
but
briers
and
thorns
shall
come
up:
and
I
will
command
the
clouds
to
rain
no
rain
upon
it.
For
the
vineyard
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
the
house
of
Israel:
and
the
man
of Juda,
his pleasant
plant:
and
I
looked
that
he
should do
judgment,
and
behold iniquity:
and do
justice,
and
behold
a
cry.
Woe
to
you
that
join
house
to
house
and lay
field
to
field,
even
to
the end
of
the
place:
shall
you
alone
dwell
in
the
midst
of
the
earth?
These
things
are
in
my
ears, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
unless
many
great
and fair
houses
shall
become
desolate,
without
an
inhabitant.
For
ten
acres
of
vineyard
shall
yield
one little
measure,
and thirty bushels
of
seed
shall
yield three bushels.
Woe
to
you
that
rise
up
early
in
the
morning
to
follow drunkenness,
and
to
drink till
the
evening,
to
be inflamed
with
wine.
The
harp,
and
the
lyre,
and
the
timbrel,
and
the pipe,
and
wine
are
in
your feasts:
and
the
work
of
the
Lord
you
regard
not,
nor
do
you
consider
the
works
of
his
hands.
Therefore
is
my
people
led
away
captive,
because
they had not
knowledge,
and
their nobles
have perished
with
famine,
and
their
multitude were dried
up
with
thirst.
Therefore hath hell
enlarged
her
soul,
and
opened
her
mouth
without
any bounds,
and
their strong
ones,
and
their
people,
and
their high
and glorious
ones
shall
go
down
into
it.
And
man
shall
be
brought
down,
and
man
shall
be
humbled,
and
the
eyes
of
the
lofty
shall
be
brought
low.
And
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
be
exalted
in
judgment,
and
the
holy
God
shall
be
sanctified
in
justice.
And
the
lambs shall
feed according
to
their order,
and strangers shall
eat
the
deserts turned into fruitfulness.
Woe
to
you
that
draw
iniquity
with
cords
of
vanity,
and
sin as
the rope
of
a
cart.
That
say: Let
him
make
haste,
and let
his
work
come
quickly,
that
we
may
see
it:
and let
the
counsel
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
come,
that
we
may
know
it.
Woe
to
you
that
call
evil
good,
and
good
evil:
that
put
darkness
for
light,
and
light
for
darkness:
that
put
bitter
for
sweet,
and
sweet
for
bitter.
Woe
to
you
that rue
wise
in
your
own
eyes,
and
prudent
in
your
own conceits.
Woe
to
you
that
are
mighty
to
drink
wine,
and stout
men
at drunkenness.
That
justify
the
wicked
for
gifts,
and
take
away
the
justice
of
the
just
from
him.
Therefore
as
the
tongue
of
the
fire devoureth
the
stubble,
and
the heat
of
the dame consumeth
it:
so
shall
their
root
be
as ashes,
and
their
bud
shall
go
up
as
dust:
for
they
have
cast
away
the
law
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
and
have
blasphemed
the
word
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Therefore
is
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
kindled
against
his
people,
and
he hath
stretched
out
his
hand
upon
them,
and
struck
them:
and
the
mountains
were
troubled,
and
their
carcasses
became
as dung
in
the
midst
of
the
streets.
For
all
this
his
anger
is
not
turned
away,
but
his
hand
is
stretched
out
still.
And
he
will
lift
up
a sign
to
the
nations
afar
off,
and
will
whistle
to
them
from
the ends
of
the
earth:
and
behold
they
shall
come
with
speed
swiftly.
There
is
none
that
shall
faint,
nor labour
among
them:
they
shall
not
slumber
nor
sleep,
neither
shall
the
girdle
of
their
loins
be loosed,
nor
the latchet
of
their
shoes
be
broken.
Their
arrows
are
sharp,
and
all
their
bows
are
bent.
The
hoofs
of
their
horses
shall
be
like
the hint,
and
their
wheels
like
the violence
of
a tempest.
Their
roaring
like
that
of
a
lion,
they
shall
roar
like
young
lions: yea
they
shall
roar,
and
take
hold
of
the
prey,
and
they
shall keep
fast
hold
of it,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
deliver it.
And
they
shall
make
a noise
against
them
that
day,
like
the
roaring
of
the
sea;
we
shall
look towards
the
land,
and
behold
darkness
of tribulation,
and
the
light
is
darkened
with
the mist thereof.
In
the
year
that
king Ozias
died,
I
saw
the
Lord
sitting
upon
a
throne
high
and
elevated:
and
his
train
filled
the
temple.
Upon
it
stood
the seraphims:
the
one
had
six
wings,
and
the
other
had
six
wings:
with
two
they
covered
his
face,
and
with
two
they
covered
his
feet,
and
with
two
they hew.
And
they
cried
one
to
another,
and
said:
Holy,
holy,
holy,
the
Lord
God
of
hosts,
all
the
earth
is
full
of
his
glory.
And
the lintels
of
the doors
were moved
at
the
voice
of
him
that
cried,
and
the
house
was
filled
with
smoke.
And
I
said:
Woe
is
me,
because
I
have held
my peace;
because
I
am
a
man
of
unclean
lips,
and
I
dwell
in
the
midst
of
a
people
that hath
unclean
lips,
and
I
have
seen
with
my
eyes
the
King
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
one
of
the seraphims
flew
to
me,
and
in
his
hand
was
a live coal, which
he
had
taken
with
the
tongs
off
the
altar.
And
he
touched
my
mouth,
and
said:
Behold
this hath
touched thy
lips,
and thy
iniquities
shall
be
taken
away,
and thy
sin
shall
be cleansed.
And
I
heard
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
saying:
Whom
shall
I
send?
and
who
shall
go
for
us?
And
I
said:
Lo,
here
am
I,
send
me.
And
he
said: Go,
and thou shalt
say
to
this
people:
Hearing,
hear,
and
understand
not:
and
see
the
vision,
and
know
it
not.
Blind
the
heart
of
this
people,
and
make
their
ears
heavy,
and shut
their
eyes:
lest
they
see
with
their
eyes,
and
hear
with
their
ears,
and
understand
with
their
heart,
and
be
converted
and
I
heal
them.
And
I
said:
How
long,
O
Lord?
And
he
said:
Until
the
cities
be wasted
without
inhabitant,
and
the
houses
without
man,
and
the
land
shall
be
left
desolate.
And
the
Lord
shall
remove
men
far
away,
and she
shall
be multiplied
that
was left
in
the
midst
of
the
earth.
And
there
shall
be
still
a tithing therein,
and
she
shall
turn,
and
shall
be
made
a
show
as
a turpentine tree,
and
as
an
oak
that spreadeth
its branches:
that
which
shall stand therein,
shall
be
a
holy
seed.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
days
of Achaz
the
son
of Joathan,
the
son
of Ozias,
king
of Juda,
that Basin
king
of
Syria,
and Phacee
the
son
of Romelia
king
of
Israel,
came
up
to
Jerusalem,
to
fight
against
it:
but
they
could
not
prevail
over
it.
And
they
told
the
house
of
David,
saying:
Syria hath
rested
upon
Ephraim,
and
his
heart
was
moved,
and
the
heart
of
his
people,
as
the
trees
of
the
woods
are
moved
with
the
wind.
And
the
Lord
said
to Isaias:
Go
forth
to
meet Achaz, thou
and Jasub thy
son
that
is
left,
to
the conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
a
in
the way
of
the
fuller’s held.
And thou shalt
say
to
him: See thou
be
quiet:
fear
not,
and
let
not thy
heart
be
afraid
of
the
two
tails
of
these fire brands,
smoking
with
the
wrath
of
the fury
of Rasin king
of
Syria,
and
of
the
son
of Romelia.
Because
Syria hath taken
counsel
against thee, unto
the
evil
of
Ephraim
and
the
son
of Romelia,
saying:
Let
us
go
up
to Juda,
and rouse
it
up,
and draw
it
away
to
us,
and
make
the
son
of
Tabeel
king
in
the
midst thereof.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
It
shall
not
stand,
and
this
shall
not
be.
But
the
head
of
Syria
is
Damascus,
and
the
head
of
Damascus
is Basin:
and within threescore
and
five
years,
Ephraim
shall cease
to
be
a
people:
And
the
head
of
Ephraim
is
Samaria
and
the
head
of
Samaria
the
son
of Romelia.
If
you
will
not
believe,
you
shall
not continue.
And
the
Lord
spoke
again
to Achaz,
saying:
Ask thee
a
sign
of
the
Lord thy
God
either unto
the depth
of hell,
or unto
the height
above.
And Achaz
said:
I
will
not
ask,
and
I
will
not tempt
the
Lord.
And
he
said:
Hear ye
therefore,
O
house
of
David:
Is
it
a
small
thing
for
you
to
be grievous
to
men,
that
you
are grievous
to
my
God
also?
Therefore
the
Lord
himself
shall
give
you
a
sign.
Behold
a
virgin
shall
conceive,
and
bear
a
son,
and
his
name
shall
be
called Emmanuel.
He
shall
eat
butter
and
honey,
that
he
may
know
to refuse
the
evil,
and
to
choose
the
good.
For
before
the
child
know
to refuse
the
evil,
and
to
choose
the
good,
the
land
which thou abhorrest
shall
be forsaken
of
the
face
of
her
two
kings.
The
Lord
shall
bring
upon thee,
and
upon thy
people,
and
upon
the
house
of thy
father,
days
that
have
not
come
since
the
time
of
the separation
of
Ephraim
from Juda
with
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
the
Lord
shall
hiss
for
the
fly,
that
is
in
the uttermost parts
of
the
rivers
of
Egypt,
and
for
the
bee
that
is
in
the
land
of
Assyria.
And
they shall
come,
and shall
all
of
them
rest
in
the torrents
of
the
valleys,
and
in
the holes
of
the
rocks,
and
upon
all
places
set
with shrubs,
and
in
all hollow
places.
In
that
day
the
Lord
shall
shave
with
a
razor
that
is
hired
by
them
that
are
beyond
the
river,
by
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
the
head
and
the
hairs
of
the
feet,
and
the
whole
beard.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
a
man
shall nourish
a
young cow,
and
two
sheep.
And
for
the
abundance
of
milk
he
shall
eat
butter:
for
butter
and
honey
shall
every
one
eat
that
shall
be
left
in
the
midst
of
the
land.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
every
place
where
there
were
a
thousand
vines,
at
a
thousand pieces
of
silver,
shall
become
thorns
and
briers.
With
arrows
and
with
bows
they
shall
go
in thither:
for
briars
and
thorns
shall
be
in
all
the
land.
And
as
for
all
the
hills
that
shall
be raked
with
a rake,
the
fear
of
thorns
and
briers
shall
not
come thither,
but
they
shall
be
for
the
ox
to feed
on,
and
the lesser
cattle
to
tread
upon.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Take thee
a
great book,
and
write
in
it
with
a
man’s pen.
Take sway
the spoils
with speed, quickly
take
the prey.
And
I
took unto
me
faithful
witnesses, Urias
the
priest,
and Zacharias
the
son
of Barachias.
And
I
went
to
the
prophetess,
and
she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Call
his
name, Hasten
to take away
the spoils:
Make haste
to take away
the prey.
For
before
the
child
know
to
call
his
father
and
his
mother,
the
strength
of
Damascus,
and
the
spoils
of
Samaria
shall
be
taken
away
before
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
me
again,
saying:
Forasmuch
as
this
people hath cast
away
the
waters
of Siloe,
that
go
with silence,
and hath
rather taken Basin,
and
the
son
of Romelia:
Therefore
behold
the
Lord
will
bring
upon
them
the
waters
of
the
river
strong
and
many,
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
all
his
glory:
and
he
shall
come
up
over
all
his
channels,
and
shall overflow
all
his
banks,
And
shall
pass
through Juda,
overflowing,
and going
over
shall
reach
even
to
the
neck.
And
the stretching
out
of
his
wings
shall
fill
the
breadth
of thy
land, O Emmanuel.
Gather
yourselves
together, O ye
people,
and
be overcome,
and
give
ear,
all ye
lands
afar
off: strengthen
yourselves,
and
be overcome,
gird
yourselves,
and
be overcome.
Take
counsel
together,
and
it
shall
be defeated:
speak
a
word,
and
it
shall
not
be done:
because
God
is
with
us.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
me:
As
he hath
taught
me,
with
a
strong
arm,
that
I
should
not
walk
in
the
way
of
this
people,
saying:
Say ye
not:
A
conspiracy:
for
all
that
this
people speaketh,
is
a
conspiracy:
neither
fear ye
their
fear,
nor
be
afraid.
Sanctify
the
Lord
of
hosts
himself:
and let
him
be
your
fear,
and let
him
be
your
dread.
And
he
shall
be
a sanctification
to
you.
But
for
a
stone
or
stumbling,
and
for
a
rock
of offence
to
the
two
houses
of
Israel,
for
a
snare
and
a ruin
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
And
very
many
of
them
shall
stumble
and
fall,
and
shall
be
broken
in
pieces,
and
shall
be
snared,
and
taken.
Bind
up
the
testimony,
seal
the
law
among my
disciples.
And
I
will
wait
for
the
Lord,
who hath
hid
his
face
from
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
I
will
look
for
him.
Behold
I
and
my
children,
whom
the
Lord hath
given
me
for
a
sign,
and
for
a
wonder
in
Israel
from
the
Lord
of
hosts,
who dwelleth
in
mount Sion.
And
when
they
shall
say
to
you:
Seek
of pythons,
and
of diviners,
who
mutter
in
their enchantments:
should
not
the
people
seek
of
their
God,
for
the
living
of
the
dead?
To
the
law
rather,
and
to
the
testimony.
And
if
they
speak
not according
to
this
word,
they
shall
not
have
the
morning light.
And
they
shall
pass
by
it,
they
shall
fall,
and
be
hungry:
and
when
they
shall
be
hungry,
they
will
be
angry,
and
curse
their
king,
and
their
God,
and
look
upwards.
And
they
shall
look
to
the
earth,
and
behold
trouble
and
darkness, weakness
and
distress,
and
a mist following
them,
and
they cannot fly
away
from
their
distress.
At
the first time
the
land
of Zabulon,
and
the
land
of Nephtali
was lightly touched:
and
at
the last
the
way
of
the sea
beyond
the Jordan
of
the Galilee
of
the Gentiles
was heavily loaded.
The
people
that walked
in darkness,
have seen
a
great light:
to
them
that dwelt
in
the region
of
the shadow
of death, light
is risen.
Thou hast multiplied
the nation,
and hast
not increased
the joy.
They
shall rejoice
before thee,
as
they
that rejoice
in
the harvest,
as conquerors rejoice
after taking
a prey,
when
they divide
the spoils.
For
the yoke
of
their burden,
and
the rod
of
their shoulder,
and
the sceptre
of
their oppressor thou best overcome,
as
in
the day
of Median.
For every violent taking
of spoils,
with tumult,
and garment mingled
with blood,
shall
be burnt,
and
be fuel
for
the fire.
For
a CHILD
IS BORN
to
us,
and
a son
is given
to
us,
and
the
government
is
upon
his shoulder:
and
his name
shall
be called, Wonderful, Counsellor,
God
the Mighty,
the Father
of
the world
to
come,
the Prince
of
Peace.
His empire
shall
be multiplied,
and there
shall
be no end
of peace:
he
shall sit
upon
the throne
of
David,
and
upon
his kingdom;
to establish
it
and strengthen
it
with
judgment
and
with justice,
from henceforth
and
for ever:
the zeal
of
the
Lord
of hosts
will perform
this.
The Lord
sent
a
word into
Jacob,
and
it hath lighted
upon
Israel.
And all
the people
of Ephraim shall know,
and
the inhabitants
of Samaria
that say
in
the pride
and haughtiness
of
their heart:
The bricks
are fallen
down,
but we
will build
with square stones:
they
have cut
down
the sycamores,
but we
will change
them
for cedars.
And
the Lord
shall
set
up
the enemies
of Rasin
over
him,
and
shall
bring
on
his enemies
in
a crowd:
The Syrians
from
the east,
and
the Philistines
from
the west:
and
they
shall devour
Israel
with open mouth,
For
all
this
his indignation
is
not
turned
away,
but
his hand
is stretched
out
still.
And
the people
are not returned
to
him
who hath struck
them,
and
have not sought
after
the
Lord
of hosts.
And
the Lord
shall destroy
out
of Israel
the
head
and
the
tail,
him
that bendeth
down,
and
him
that holdeth back,
in
one day.
The aged
and honourable,
he
is
the head:
and
the prophet
that teacheth
lies,
he
is
the tail.
And
they
that
call
this
people blessed,
shall
cause
them
to err:
and
they
that
are called blessed,
shall
be thrown
down headlong.
Therefore
the Lord shell
have no joy
in
their young men: neither
shall
he
have mercy
on
their fatherless,
and widows:
for every
one
is
a hypocrite
and wicked,
and every mouth hath spoken folly.
For
all
this
his indignation
is
not turned
away,
but
his bend
is stretched
out still.
For wickedness
is kindled
as
a
fire,
it
shall devour
the brier
and
the thorn:
and
shall kindle
in
the thicket
of
the forest,
and
it
shall
be wrapped
up
in smoke ascending
on high.
By
the wrath
of
the
Lord
of hosts
the land
is troubled,
and
the
people
shall
be
as fuel
for
the
fire:
no
man
shall spare
his brother.
And
he
shall
turn
to
the right
hand,
and
shall
be hungry:
and
shall eat
on
the
left
hand,
and
shall
not
be filled:
every
one shell eat
the flesh
of
his own
arm: Manasses
Ephraim,
and
Ephraim Manasses,
and
they
together
shall
be
against Juda.
After all these things his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Woe
to
them that make
wicked laws:
and when they
write,
write
injustice:
To oppress
the
poor
in
judgment,
and do violence
to
the
cause
of
the
humble
of
my
people:
that
widows might
be
their
prey,
and
that
they might
rob
the
fatherless.
What
will
you
do
in
the
day
of visitation,
and
of
the
calamity
which cometh
from
afar?
to
whom
will ye
flee
for
help?
and
where
will ye
leave
your
glory?
That
you
be
not
bowed
down
under
the bond,
and
fall
with
the
slain?
In
all
these
things
his
anger
is
not
turned
away,
but
his
hand
is
stretched
out
still.
Woe
to
the Assyrian,
he
is
the
rod
and
the
staff
of
my
anger,
and
my
indignation
is
in their
hands.
I
will
send
him
to
a deceitful
nation,
and
I
will
give
him
a
charge
against
the
people
of
my
wrath,
to
take
away
the
spoils,
and
to
lay hold
on
the
prey,
and
to
tread
them
down
like
the mire
of
the
streets.
But
he
shall
not take
it
so,
and
his
heart
shall
not
think
so:
but
his
heart
shall
be set
to
destroy,
and
to
cut
off
nations
not
a
few.
For
he
shall
say:
Are
not
my princes
as
so many kings?
is
not Calano
as Charcamis:
and Emath
as Arphad?
is
not
Samaria
as
Damascus?
As
my
hand hath
found
the
kingdoms
of
the idol,
so
also
their
idols
of
Jerusalem,
and
of
Samaria.
Shall
I
not,
as
I
have
done
to
Samaria
and
her
idols,
so
do
to
Jerusalem
and
her
idols?
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
when
the
Lord
shall
have performed
all
his
works
in
mount Sion,
and
in
Jerusalem,
I
will
visit
the
fruit
of
the
proud
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
the
glory
of
the
haughtiness
of
his
eyes.
For
he hath
said:
By
the
strength
of
my own
hand
I
have
done
it,
and
by
my own
wisdom
I
have
understood:
and
I
have
removed
the bounds
of
the
people,
and
have
taken
the spoils
of
the princes,
and
as
a
mighty
man hath pulled
down
them
that
sat
on high.
And
my
hand hath
found
the
strength
of
the
people
as
a
nest;
and
as
eggs
are
gathered,
that
are
left,
so
have
I
gathered
all
the
earth:
and
there
was
none
that moved
the
wing,
or
opened
the
mouth,
or
made
the least noise.
Shall
the
axe
boast
itself
against
him
that cutteth
with
it?
or
shall
the
saw
exalt
itself
against
him
by whom
it
is drawn?
as
if
a
rod
should
lift
itself
up
against
him
that lifteth
it
up,
and
a
staff
exalt
itself,
which
is
but
wood.
Therefore
the sovereign
Lord,
the
Lord
of
hosts,
shall
send leanness
among
his fat ones:
and
under
his
glory
shall
be
kindled
a
burning,
as
it
were
the
burning
of
a
fire.
And
the
light
of
Israel
shall
be
as
a
fire,
and
the
Holy
One thereof
as
a
flame:
and
his
thorns
and
his
briers
shall
be set
on
fire,
and
shall
be
devoured
in
one
day.
And
the
glory
of
his
forest,
and
of
his beautiful hill,
shall
be
consumed
from
the
soul
even
to
the
flesh,
and
he
shall run
away through fear.
And they
that
remain
of
the
trees
of
his
forest shall
be
so
few,
that they shall easily
be
numbered,
and
a
child shall
write
them
down.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
the
remnant
of
Israel,
and
they
that
shall
escape
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
shall
lean
no
more
upon
him
that striketh
them:
but
they
shall
lean
upon
the
Lord
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
in
truth.
The
remnant
shall
be
converted,
the
remnant, I say,
of
Jacob,
to
the
mighty
God.
For
if thy
people,
O
Israel,
shall
be
as
the
sand
of
the
sea,
a
remnant
of
them
shall
be
converted,
the consumption abridged
shall
overflow
with
justice.
For
the
Lord
God
of
hosts
shall
make
a consumption,
and
an abridgment
in
the
midst
of
all
the
land.
Therefore,
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts:
O
my
people
that dwellest
in Sion,
be
not
afraid
of
the Assyrian:
he
shall
strike thee
with
his
rod,
and
he
shall
lift
up
his
staff
over thee
in
the
way
of
Egypt.
For
yet
a
little
and
a
very
little
while,
and
my
indignation shall cease,
and
my
wrath shall
be
upon
their wickedness.
And
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
raise
up
a
scourge
against
him,
according
to
the
slaughter
of Madian
in
the
rock
of
Oreb,
and
his
rod
over
the
sea,
and
he
shall
lift
it
up
in
the
way
of
Egypt.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
his
burden
shall
be
taken
away
from
off thy
shoulder,
and
his
yoke
from
off thy
neck,
and
the
yoke
shall putrify
at
the
presence
of
the
oil.
He
shall
come
into
Aiath,
he
shall
pass
into Magron:
at Machmas
he
shall lay
up
his carriages.
They have
passed
in haste, Gaba
is our
lodging: Rama
was astonished, Gabaath
of
Saul
fled
away.
Lift up thy
voice, O
daughter
of
Gallim, attend, O Laisa,
poor
Anathoth.
Medemena
is removed: ye
inhabitants
of Gabim,
take courage.
It
is
yet
day
enough,
to
remain
in Nobe:
he
shall
shake
his
hand
against
the
mountain
of
the
daughter
of Sion,
the
hill
of
Jerusalem.
Behold
the sovereign
Lord
of
hosts
shall
break
the earthen vessel
with terror,
and
the
tall
of
stature
shall
be
cut
down,
and
the
lofty
shall
be humbled.
And
the
thickets
of
the
forest shall be cut
down
with
iron,
and Libanus
with its high
ones shall
fall.
And there shall
come
forth
a
rod
out
of
the
root
of
Jesse,
and
a flower shall rise up
out
of
his
root.
And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
shall
rest
upon
him:
the
spirit
of
wisdom,
and
of
understanding,
the
spirit
of
counsel,
and
of fortitude,
the
spirit
of
knowledge,
and
of godliness.
And
he
shall
be filled
with
the spirit
of
the
fear
of
the
Lord.
He
shall
not
judge according
to
the
sight
of
the
eyes,
nor
reprove according
to
the
hearing
of
the
ears.
But
he
shall
judge
the
poor
with
justice,
and
shall
reprove
with
equity
for
the meek
of
the
earth:
land
he
shall
strike
the
earth
with
the
rod
of
his
mouth,
and
with
the
breath
of
his
lips
he
shall
slay
the
wicked.
And
justice shall
be
the
girdle
of
his
loins:
and
faith
the
girdle
of
his reins.
The
wolf shall
dwell
with
the
lamb:
and
the
leopard shall
lie
down
with
the kid:
the
calf
and
the
lion,
and
the
sheep shall abide
together,
and
a
little
child shall
lead
them.
The
calf
and
the
bear
shall
feed:
their
young ones
shall
rest
together:
and
the
lion
shall
eat
straw
like
the
ox.
And
the sucking
child
shall play
on
the hole
of
the asp:
and
the
weaned
child
shall thrust
his
hand
into
the den
of
the basilisk.
They
shall
not hurt,
nor
shall
they
kill
in
all
my
holy
mountain,
for
the
earth
is
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
the
Lord,
as
the
covering
waters
of
the
sea.
In
that
day
the
root
of
Jesse,
who standeth
for
an ensign
of
the
people,
him
the
Gentiles
shall beseech,
and
his sepulchre
shall
be glorious.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
the
Lord
shall
set
his
hand
the
second
time
to possess
the
remnant
of
his
people,
which
shall
be
left
from
the Assyrians,
and
from
Egypt,
and
from Phetros,
and
from
Ethiopia,
and
from
Elam,
and
from Sennaar,
and
from Emath,
and
from
the
islands
of
the
sea.
And
he
shall
set
up
a
standard unto
the
nations,
and
shall
assemble
the fugitives
of
Israel,
and
shall
gather
together
the
dispersed
of Juda
from
the
four quarters
of
the
earth.
And
the
envy
of
Ephraim
shall
be
taken
away,
and
the enemies
of Juda
shall
perish:
Ephraim
shall
not
envy Juda,
and Juda
shall
not fight against
Ephraim.
But
they
shall
fly
upon
the
shoulders
of
the
Philistines
by
the
sea,
they
together
shall
spoil
the
children
of
the
east:
Edom,
and
Moab
shall
be
under
the
rule
of
their
hand,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
shall
be obedient.
And
the
Lord
shall lay waste
the
tongue
of
the
sea
of
Egypt,
and
shall lift
up
his
hand
over
the
river
in
the
strength
of
his
spirit:
and
he
shall
strike
it
in
the
seven
streams,
so
that men
may pass
through
it
in
their
shoes.
And
there
shall
be
a
highway
for
the
remnant
of
my
people,
which
shall
be
left
from
the Assyrians:
as
there
was
for
Israel
in
the
day
that
he
came
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
And thou shalt
say
in
that
day:
I
will
give
thanks
to thee,
O
Lord,
for thou wast
angry
with
me: thy
wrath
is
turned
away,
and thou hast
comforted
me.
Behold,
God
is
my saviour,
I
will deal confidently,
and
will
not
fear:
O
because
the
Lord
is
my
strength,
and
my
praise,
and
he
is
become
my
salvation.
You
shall
draw
waters
with
joy
out
of
the saviour’s
fountains:
And
you
shall
say
in
that
day:
Praise ye
the
Lord,
and
call
upon
his
name:
make
his works
known
among
the
people:
remember
that
his
name
is
high.
Sing ye
to
the
Lord,
for
he hath
done great
things: shew
this
forth
in
all
the
earth.
Rejoice,
and
praise, O thou habitation
of Sion:
for
great
is
he
that
is
in
the
midst
of thee,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
The
burden
of
Babylon,
which Isaias
the
son
of Amos
saw.
Upon
the dark
mountain
lift ye
up
a
banner,
exalt
the
voice,
lift
up
the
hand,
and let
the rulers
go
into
the
gates.
I
have
commanded
my
sanctified
ones,
and
have
called
my
strong
ones
in
my
wrath,
them
that rejoice
in
my glory.
The
noise
of
a
multitude
in
the
mountains,
as
it
were
of
many
people,
the
noise
of
the
sound
of kings,
of
nations
gathered
together:
the
Lord
of
hosts hath given
charge
to
the
troops
of
war.
To
them
that
come
from
a
country
afar
off,
from
the
end
of
heaven: tile
Lord
and
the
instruments
of
his
wrath,
to
destroy
the
whole
land.
Howl ye,
for
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
near:
it
shall
come
as
a
destruction
from
the
Lord.
Therefore
shall
all
hands
be
faint,
and
every
heart
of
man
shall
melt,
And
shall
be broken. Gripings
and
pains
shall
take
hold
of
them,
they
shall
be
in pain
as
a woman
in labour.
Every
one
shall
be
amazed
at
his neighbour,
their countenances
shall
be
as
faces burnt.
Behold,
the
day
of
the
Lord
shall
come,
a
cruel
day,
and
full
of indignation,
and
of
wrath,
and
fury,
to
lay
the
land
desolate,
and
to
destroy
the
sinners thereof
out
of
it.
For
the
stars
of
heaven,
and
their brightness
shall
not display
their
light:
the
sun
shall
be
darkened
in
his
rising,
and
the
moon
shall
not
shine
with
her
light.
And
I
will
visit
the evils
of
the
world,
and
against
the
wicked
for
their
iniquity:
and
I
will
make
the
pride
of infidels
to
cease,
and
will
bring
down
the arrogancy
of
the mighty.
A
man
shall
be more
precious than
gold, yea
a
man than the finest
of
gold.
For
this
I
will trouble
the
heaven:
and
the
earth
shall
be
moved
out
of
her
place,
for
the indignation
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
and
for
the
day
of
his tierce
wrath.
And
they
shall
be
as
a doe
fleeing
away,
and
as
a
sheep:
and
there
shall
be
none
to
gather
them
together:
every
man
shall
turn
to
his
own
people,
and
every
one
shall
flee
to
his
own
land.
Every
one
that
shall
be
found,
shall
be slain:
and
every
one
that
shall
come
to
their aid,
shall
fall
by
the
sword.
Their
infants
shall
be
dashed
in
pieces
before
their
eyes:
their
houses
shall
be pillaged,
and
their
wives
shall
be
ravished.
Behold
I
will
stir
up
the
Medes
against
them,
who
shall
not
seek
silver,
nor
desire
gold:
But
with
their
arrows
they
shall kill
the
children,
and
shall
have
no
pity
upon
the sucklings
of
the
womb,
and
their
eye
shall
not
spare
their
sons.
And
that
Babylon,
glorious among
kingdoms,
the famous
pride
of
the
Chaldeans,
shall
be
even
as
the Lord destroyed
Sodom
and Gomorrha.
It
shall
no
more
be
inhabited
for
ever,
and
it
shall
not
be founded unto
generation
and
generation:
neither
shall
the Arabian
pitch
his
tents
there,
nor
shall
shepherds
rest
there.
But wild beasts
shall
rest
there,
and
their
houses
shall
be
filled
with serpents,
and
ostriches
shall
dwell
there,
and
the hairy ones
shall
dance
there:
And owls
shall
answer
one
another there,
in
the houses thereof,
and sirens
in
the
temples
of pleasure.
Her
time
is
near
at hand,
and
her days
shall
not
be prolonged.
For
the
Lord
will
have
mercy
on
Jacob,
and
will
yet
choose
out
of
Israel,
and
will
make
them rest
upon
their own
ground:
and
the
stranger
shall
be joined
with
them,
and
shall adhere
to
the
house
of
Jacob.
And
the
people
shall
take
them,
and
bring
them
into
their
place:
and
the
house
of
Israel
shall
possess
them
in
the
land
of
the
Lord
for
servants
and handmaids:
and
they
shall
make
them
captives
that
had
taken
them,
and
shall subdue
their
oppressors.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
when
God
shall
give thee
rest
from thy labour,
and
from thy vexation,
and
from
the
hard
bondage, wherewith thou didst
serve
before,
Thou shalt
take
up
this
parable
against
the
king
of
Babylon,
and shalt
say:
How
is
the
oppressor come
to nothing,
the tribute hath ceased?
The
Lord hath
broken
the
staff
of
the
wicked,
the
rod
of
the
rulers,
That
struck
the
people
in
wrath
with
an incurable
wound,
that brought
nations under
in
fury,
that persecuted
in
a cruel manner.
The
whole
earth
is
quiet
and
still,
it
is glad
and hath rejoiced.
The
fir
trees
also
have
rejoiced
over thee,
and
the
cedars
of Libanus, saying:
Since thou hast
slept,
there hath
none
come
up
to
cut
us
down.
Hell
below
was
in
an uproar
to
meet thee
at thy
coming,
it
stirred
up
the giants
for thee.
All
the princes
of
the
earth
are
risen
up
from
their
thrones,
all
the princes
of
nations.
All
shall
answer,
and
say
to thee: Thou
also art
wounded
as
well
as
we, thou art become
like unto
us.
Thy
pride is
brought
down
to hell, thy carcass is
fallen
down:
under thee
shall
the moth be strewed,
and
worms
shall be thy
covering.
How art thou
fallen
from
heaven, O Lucifer,
who didst rise
in
the
morning?
how art thou
fallen
to
the
earth,
that didst wound
the
nations?
And thou saidst
in thy
heart:
I
will
ascend
into
heaven,
I
will
exalt
my
throne
above
the
stars
of
God,
I
will
sit
in
the
mountain
of
the covenant,
in
the sides
of
the
north.
I will
ascend
above
the height
of
the
clouds,
I will be
like
the most
High.
But
yet thou shalt
be
brought
down
to hell,
into
the depth
of
the
pit.
They
that
shall
see thee,
shall
turn
toward thee,
and
behold thee.
Is
this
the
man
that
troubled
the
earth,
that
shook
kingdoms,
That
made
the
world
a
wilderness,
and
destroyed
the
cities thereof,
that
opened
not
the
prison
to
his
prisoners?
All
the
kings
of
the
nations
have
all
of
them
slept
in
glory,
every
one
in
his
own
house.
But thou art
cast
out
of thy
grave,
as
an unprofitable
branch defiled,
and wrapped
up
among
them
that
were
slain
by
the
sword,
and art
gone
down
to
the bottom
of
the
pit,
as
a rotten carcass.
Thou shalt
not keep company
with
them,
even
in
burial:
for thou hast
destroyed thy
land, thou hast
slain thy
people:
the
seed
of
the
wicked
shall
not
be
named
for
ever.
Prepare
his
children
for
slaughter
for
the
iniquity
of
their
fathers:
they
shall
not
rise
up,
nor
inherit
the
land,
nor
fill
the
face
of
the
world
with
cities.
And
I
will
rise
up
against
them, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
I
will
destroy
the
name
of
Babylon,
and
the remains,
and
the bud,
and
the
offspring, saith
the
Lord.
And
I
will
make
it
a
possession
for
the ericius
and
pools
of
waters,
and
I
will
sweep
it
and wear
it
out
with
a besom, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
The
Lord
of
hosts hath
sworn,
saying:
Surely
as
I
have
thought,
so
shall
it
be:
and
as
I
have
purposed,
So
shall
it fall
out:
That
I
will
destroy
the Assyrian
in
my
land,
and
upon
my
mountains
tread
him
under foot:
and
his
yoke
shall
be
taken
away
from
them,
and
his
burden
shall
be
taken
off
their
shoulder.
This
is
the
counsel,
that
I
have
purposed
upon
all
the
earth,
and
this
is
the
hand
that
is
stretched
out
upon
all
nations.
For
the
Lord
of
hosts hath decreed,
and
who
can disannul
it?
and
his
hand
is
stretched
out:
and
who
shall
turn
it
away?
In
the
year
that
king Achaz
died,
was
this
burden:
Rejoice
not thou,
whole
Philistia,
that
the
rod
of
him
that
struck thee
is
broken
in
pieces:
for
out
of
the
root
of
the
serpent
shall
come
forth
a basilisk,
and
his seed
shall swallow
the bird.
And
the
firstborn
of
the
poor
shall
be fed,
and
the
poor
shall
rest
with
confidence:
and I
will make thy
root perish
with
famine,
and I
will
kill thy
remnant.
Howl, O
gate;
cry, O
city:
all
Philistia
is thrown
down:
for
a
smoke
shall
come
from
the
north,
and
there
is
none
that
shall escape
his troop.
And
what
shall
be
answered
to
the
messengers
of
the
nations?
That
the
Lord hath
founded Sion,
and
the
poor
of
his
people
shall hope
in
him.
The
burden
of
Moab.
Because
in
the
night
Ar
of
Moab
is laid
waste,
it
is silent:
because
the wall
of
Moab
is
destroyed
in
the
night,
it
is silent.
The house
is
gone
up,
and
Dibon
to
the
high
places
to
mourn
over Nabo,
and
over Medaba,
Moab hath howled: ton
all
their
heads
shall
be
baldness,
and
every
beard
shall
be shaven.
In
their
streets
they are
girded
with
sackcloth:
on
the tops
of
their houses,
and
in
their
streets
all shall
howl
and
come
down
weeping.
Hesebon
shall
cry,
and Eleale,
their
voice
is
heard
even
to Jasa.
For
this
shall
the
well appointed men
of
Moab howl,
his
soul
shall howl
to itself.
My
heart
shall
cry
to
Moab,
the
bars thereof
shall flee unto Segor
a
heifer
of
three years old:
for
by
the
ascent
of Luith
they
shall
go
up
weeping:
and
in
the
way
of Oronaim
they
shall
lift
up
a
cry
of
destruction.
For
the
waters
of Nemrim
shall
be
desolate,
for
the
grass
is
withered
away,
the
spring
is faded,
all
the greenness
is
perished.
According
to
the greatness
of
their work,
is
their visitation
also:
they shall lead
them
to
the torrent
of
the
willows.
For
the
cry
is gone
round about
the
border
of
Moab:
the howling thereof unto Gallim,
and unto
the well
of Elim
the
cry thereof.
For
the
waters
of Dibon
are
filled
with
blood:
for
I
will
bring
more
upon Dibon:
the
lion
upon
them
that
shall flee
of
Moab,
and
upon
the
remnant
of
the
land.
Send
forth, O Lord,
the lamb,
the
ruler
of
the
earth,
from Petra
of
the
desert,
to
the
mount
of
the
daughter
of Sion.
And
it shall
come
to
pass,
that
as
a
bird
fleeing
away,
and
as young ones flying
out
of
the
nest,
so shall
the
daughters
of
Moab
be
in
the passage
of
Arnon.
Take
counsel, gather
a council:
make thy
shadow
as
the
night
in
the midday:
hide
them
that
flee,
and
betray
not
them
that
wander
about.
My
fugitives
shall
dwell
with thee: O
Moab,
be thou
a covert
to
them
from
the
face
of
the
destroyer:
for
the
dust
is
at
an
end,
the wretch
is
consumed:
he hath
failed,
that trod
the
earth
under foot.
And
a
throne
shall
be
prepared
in mercy,
and one
shall
sit
upon
it
in
truth
in
the
tabernacle
of
David,
judging
and
seeking
judgment
and quickly rendering
that which
is
just.
We
have
heard
of
the
pride
of
Moab,
he
is
exceeding
proud:
his
pride
and
his arrogancy,
and
his indignation
is
more
than
his strength.
Therefore shall
Moab
howl
to
Moab,
every
one shall
howl:
to them
that rejoice upon
the brick walls,
tell ye
their stripes.
For
the suburbs
of Hesebon
are desolate,
and
the
lords
of
the
nations
have destroyed
the vineyard
of Sabama:
the branches thereof
have
reached
even
to
Jazer:
they
have
wandered
in
the
wilderness,
the branches thereof
are
left,
they
are
gone
over
the
sea.
Therefore
I
will lament
with
the
weeping
of
Jazer
the vineyard
of Sabama:
I
will
water thee
with
my
tears, O Hesebon,
and Eleale:
for
the voice
of
the treaders hath rushed
in
upon thy vintage,
and
upon thy
harvest.
And
gladness
and
joy
shall
be
taken
away
from Carmel,
and there
shall
be
no
rejoicing
nor
shouting
in
the
vineyards.
He
shall
not
tread
out
wine
in
the
press
that
was wont
to
tread
it
out:
the voice
of
the treaders
I
have
taken
away.
Wherefore
my
bowels shall sound
like
a
harp
for
Moab,
and
my
inward
parts
for
the brick wall.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
when
it
is
seen
that
Moab
is
wearied
on
his
high
places,
that
he
shall
go
in
to
his
sanctuaries
to
pray,
and
shall
not
prevail.
This
is
the
word,
that
the
Lord
spoke
to
Moab
from
that
time:
And
now
the
Lord hath
spoken,
saying:
In
three
years,
as
the
years
of
a hireling,
the
glory
of
Moab
shall
be taken
away
for
all
the
multitude
of
the
people,
and
it
shall
be
left
small
and feeble,
not
many.
The
burden
of
Damascus.
Behold
Damascus shall cease
to
be
a
city,
and shall
be
as
a ruinous heap
of stones.
The
cities
of
Aroer
shall
be
left
for
flocks,
and
they
shall
rest
there,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
make
them
afraid.
And aid
shall
cease
from
Ephraim,
and
the
kingdom
from
Damascus:
and
the
remnant
of
Syria
shall
be
as
the
glory
of
the
children
of
Israel: saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
the
glory
of
Jacob
shall
be
made
thin,
and
the fatness
of
his
flesh
shall grow
lean.
And
it shall
be
as
when
one gathereth
in
the
harvest
that which remaineth,
and
his
arm shall
gather
the
ears
of corn:
and
it shall
be
as
he
that seeketh
ears
in
the vale
of Raphaim.
And
the
fruit thereof
that
shall
be
left upon
it,
shall
be
as
one cluster
of grapes,
and
as
the
shaking
of
the
olive
tree,
two
or
three berries
in
the
top
of
a
bough,
or
four
or
five upon
the
top
of
the
tree, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel.
In
that
day
man
shall bow
down
himself
to
his Maker,
and
his
eyes
shall
look
to
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
And
he
shall
not
look
to
the
altars
which
his
hands
made:
and
he
shall
not
have respect
to
the
things
that
his
fingers
wrought,
such
as groves
and temples.
In
that
day
his
strong
cities
shall
be forsaken,
as
the ploughs,
and
the corn
that
were
left
before
the
face
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
be
desolate.
Because thou hast
forgotten
God thy saviour,
and hast
not
remembered thy
strong helper:
therefore shalt thou
plant good
plants,
and shalt
sow
strange
seed.
In
the
day
of thy
planting
shall
be
the wild grape,
and
in
the
morning thy
seed
shall flourish:
the
harvest
is taken away
in
the
day
of inheritance,
and
shall grieve thee much.
Woe
to
the
multitude
of
many
people,
like
the
multitude
of
the
roaring
sea:
and
the
tumult
of
crowds,
like
the
noise
of
many
waters.
Nations
shall make
a
noise
like
the
noise
of
waters overflowing,
but
he
shall
rebuke
him,
and
he
shall
flee
far
off:
and
he
shall
be carried
away
as
the
dust
of
the
mountains
before
the
wind,
and
as
a
whirlwind
before
a tempest.
In
the
time
of
the
evening,
behold
there
shall
be
trouble:
the
morning
shall come,
and
he
shall
not
be:
this
is
the
portion
of
them
that
have wasted
us,
and
the
lot
of
them
that spoiled
us.
Woe
to
the
land,
the
winged cymbal,
which
is
beyond
the
rivers
of
Ethiopia,
That sendeth
ambassadors
by
the
sea,
and
in
vessels
of bulrushes
upon
the
waters.
Go, ye
swift
angels,
to
a
nation rent
and torn
in pieces:
to
a terrible
people,
after
which
there
is
no other:
to
a
nation expecting
and trodden
under foot,
whose
land
the
rivers
have spoiled.
All ye
inhabitants
of
the
world,
who
dwell
on
the
earth,
when
the sign
shall
be
lifted
up
on
the
mountains,
you
shall
see,
and
you
shall
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
me:
I
will take
my
rest,
and
consider
in
my
place,
as
the noon
light
is clear,
and
as
a
cloud
of
dew
in
the day
of
harvest.
For
before
the
harvest
it
was
all flourishing,
and
it
shall
bud without
perfect ripeness,
and
the
sprigs thereof
shall
be
cut
off
with
pruning
hooks:
and
what
is
left
shall
be
cut
away
and shaken
out.
And
they
shall
be
left
together
to
the
birds
of
the
mountains,
and
the
beasts
of
the
earth:
and
the fowls
shall
be
upon
them
all
the summer,
and
all
the
beasts
of
the
earth
shall winter
upon
them.
At
that
time
shall
a present
be
brought
to
the
Lord
of
hosts,
from
a
people rent
and torn
in pieces:
from
a terrible
people,
after
which
there hath
been
no other:
from
a
nation expecting, expecting
and trodden
under foot,
whose
land
the
rivers
have spoiled,
to
the
place
of
the
name
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
to
mount Sion.
The
burden
of
Egypt.
Behold
the
Lord
will ascend
upon
a
swift
cloud,
and
will
enter
into
Egypt,
and
the
idols
of
Egypt
shall
be
moved
at
his
presence,
and
the
heart
of
Egypt
shall
melt
in
the
midst thereof.
And
I
will set
the
Egyptians
to
fight
against
the
Egyptians:
and
they
shall
fight
brother
against
brother,
and
friend
against
friend,
city
against
city,
kingdom
against
kingdom.
And
the
spirit
of
Egypt
shall be broken
in
the bowels thereof,
and
I
will cast down
their
counsel:
and
they
shall
consult
their
idols,
and
their diviners,
and
their wizards,
and soothsayers.
And
I
will deliver
Egypt
into
the
hand
of
cruel
masters,
and
a
strong
king
shall
rule
over
them, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts.
And
the
water
of
the
sea
shall
be
dried
up,
and
the
river
shall
be wasted
and
dry.
And the
rivers
shall fail: the
streams
of the banks
shall be diminished,
and be dried up. The
reed
and the bulrush
shall
wither
away.
The channel
of
the
river
shall
be laid bare
from
its fountain,
and
every
thing
sown
by
the water
shall
be
dried
up,
it
shall
wither
away,
and
shall
be
no
more.
The fishers also
shall
mourn,
and
all
that
cast
a
hook
into
the
river
shall
lament,
and
they
that
spread nets
upon
the
waters
shall
languish
away.
They shall
be
confounded that wrought
in
flax, combing
and
weaving fine
linen.
And
its watery
places
shall
be dry,
all
they
shall mourn
that
made pools
to
take fishes.
The
princes
of Tanis
are become
fools,
the
wise counsellors
of Pharao
have given
foolish
counsel:
how
will
you
say
to Pharao:
I
am
the
son
of
the
wise,
the
son
of ancient
kings?
Where
are
now thy
wise
men?
let
them
tell thee,
and shew
what
the
Lord
of
hosts hath
purposed
upon
Egypt.
The
princes
of Tanis
are
become
fools,
the
princes
of
Memphis
are
gone
astray, they
have
deceived
Egypt,
the stay
of
the people thereof.
The
Lord hath
mingled
in
the
midst thereof
the
spirit
of giddiness:
and
they
have caused
Egypt
to
err
in
all
its
works,
as
a
drunken
man staggereth
and vomiteth.
And
there
shall
be
no
work
for
Egypt,
to
make
head
or
tail,
him
that bendeth
down,
or
that holdeth back.
In
that
day
Egypt
shall
be
like unto
women,
and
they
shall
be amazed,
and
afraid,
because
of
the moving
of
the
hand
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
which
he
shall move
over
it.
And
the
land
of Juda
shall
be
a
terror
to
Egypt:
every
one
that
shall
remember
it
shall
tremble
because
of
the
counsel
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
which
he hath determined
concerning
it.
In
that
day
there
shall
be
five
cities
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
speaking
the
language
of Chanaan,
and
swearing
by
the
Lord
of
hosts:
one
shall
be
called
the
city
of
the sun.
In
that
day
there
shall
be
an
altar
of
the
Lord
in
the
midst
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
a monument
of
the
Lord
at
the
borders thereof:
It
shall
be
for
a
sign,
and
for
a
testimony
to
the
Lord
of
hosts
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
For
they
shall
cry
to
the
Lord
because
of
the oppressor,
and
he
shall
send
them
a Saviour
and
a defender
to
deliver
them.
And
the
Lord
shall
be
known
by
Egypt,
and
the
Egyptians
shall
know
the
Lord
in
that
day,
and
shall
worship
him
with
sacrifices
and
offerings:
and
they
shall
make
vows
to
the
Lord,
and
perform
them.
And
the
Lord
shall
strike
Egypt
with
a scourge,
and
shall
heal
it,
and
they
shall
return
to
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
be pacified towards
them,
and
heal
them.
In
that
day
there
shall
be
a way
from
Egypt
to
the Assyrians,
and
the Assyrian
shall
enter
into
Egypt,
and
the
Egyptian
to
the Assyrians,
and
the
Egyptians
shall
serve
the Assyrian.
In
that
day
shall
Israel
be
the
third
to
the
Egyptian
and
the Assyrian:
a
blessing
in
the
midst
of
the
land,
Which
the
Lord
of
hosts hath
blessed,
saying:
Blessed
be
my
people
of
Egypt,
and
the
work
of
my
hands
to
the Assyrian:
but
Israel
is
my
inheritance.
In
the
year
that Tharthan
entered
into Azotus,
when
Sargon
the
king
of
the Assyrians
had
sent
him,
and
he
had
fought
against Azotus,
and
had
taken
it:
At
that
same
time
the
Lord
spoke
by
the
hand
of Isaias
the
son
of
Amos,
saying:
Go,
and
loose
the
sackcloth
from
off thy
loins,
and
take
off thy
shoes
from thy
feet.
And
he
did
so,
and
went
naked,
and
barefoot.
And
the
Lord
said:
As
my
servant Isaias hath
walked,
naked
and
barefoot,
it
shall
be
a
sign
and
a
wonder
of
three
years
upon
Egypt,
and
upon
Ethiopia,
So
shall
the
king
of
the Assyrians lead
away
the
prisoners
of
Egypt,
and
the
captivity
of
Ethiopia,
young
and
old.
naked
and
barefoot,
with
their buttocks
uncovered
to
the
shame
of
Egypt.
And
they
shall
be afraid,
and
ashamed
of
Ethiopia
their
hope,
and
of
Egypt
their
glory.
And
the
inhabitants
of
this isle
shall
say
in
that
day:
Lo
this
was
our
hope,
to
whom
we
fled
for
help,
to
deliver
up
from
the
face
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
and
how
shall
we
be able
to
escape?
The
burden
of
the
desert
of
the
sea.
As whirlwinds
come
from
the
south,
it cometh
from
the
desert
from
a terrible
land.
A grievous
vision
is
told
me:
he
that
is unfaithful dealeth unfaithfully:
and
he
that
is
a spoiler, spoileth.
Go
up, O
Elam, besiege, O Mede: I
have
made
all
the mourning thereof
to
cease.
Therefore
are
my
loins
filled
with pain,
anguish hath
taken
hold
of
me,
as
the
anguish
of
a woman
in labour:
I
fell
down
at
the
hearing
of
it,
I
was troubled
at
the
seeing
of
it.
My
heart failed, darkness amazed
me: Babylon
my beloved
is become
a wonder
to
me.
Prepare
the
table, behold
in
the watchtower
them
that
eat
and
drink:
arise, ye
princes,
take
up
the
shield.
For
thus hath
the
Lord
said
to
me: Go,
and
set
a
watchman:
and whatsoever
he
shall
see,
let
him
tell.
And
he
saw
a
chariot
with
two
horsemen,
a
rider
upon
an ass,
and
a
rider
upon
a
camel:
and
he beheld
them diligently
with
much
heed.
And
a
lion
cried
out:
I
am
upon
the
watchtower
of
the
Lord,
standing
continually
by
day:
and
I
am
upon
my ward,
standing
whole
nights.
Behold
this
man cometh,
the
rider
upon
the
chariot
with
two
horsemen,
and
he
answered,
and
said:
Babylon
is
fallen, she
is
fallen,
and
all
the
graven
gods thereof
are
broken unto
the
ground.
O
my thrashing
and
the
children
of
my door,
that
which
I
have
heard
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
have
declared unto
you.
The
burden
of Duma calleth
to
me
out
of
Seir:
Watchman,
what
of
the eight?
watchman,
what
of
the
night?
The
watchman
said:
The
morning cometh,
also
the
night:
if
you seek, seek:
return,
come.
The
burden in
Arabia. In the
forest at evening you shall sleep, in the paths
of Dedanim.
Meeting
the
thirsty
bring
him
water,
you
that
inhabit
the
land
of
the south,
meet
with
bread
him
that fleeth.
For
they
are
fled
from
before
the
swords,
from
the
sword
that hung
over
them,
from
the
bent
bow,
from
the
face
of
a grievous
battle.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
me:
Within
a
year,
according
to
the
years
of
a hireling,
all
the
glory
of Cedar shall
be taken
away.
And
the residue
of
the
number
of
strong
archers
of
the
children
of Cedar
shall
be
diminished:
for
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel hath
spoken
it.
The
burden
of
the
valley
of
vision.
What aileth thee
also,
that thou too art
wholly
gone
up
to
the
housetops?
Full
of clamour,
a populous
city,
a joyous
city: thy
slain
are
not
slain
by
the
sword,
nor
dead
in
battle.
All
the princes
are
fled
together,
and
are
bound hard:
all
that
were
found,
are
bound
together,
they
are
fled
far
off.
Therefore
have
I
said: Depart
from
me,
I
will
weep
bitterly: labour
not
to
comfort
me,
for
the
devastation
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
For
it
is
a
day
of slaughter
and
of treading
down,
and
of weeping
to
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts
in
the
valley
of
vision, searching
the
wall,
and magnificent
upon
the
mountain.
And
Elam
took
the
quiver,
the
chariot
of
the horseman,
and
the
shield
was
taken down
from
the wall.
And thy
choice
valleys
shall
be
full
of
chariots,
and
the horseman
shall
place
themselves
in
the
gate.
And
the
covering
of Juda
shall
be discovered,
and thou shalt
see
in
that
day
the armoury
of
the
house
of
the
forest.
And
you
shall
see
the
breaches
of
the
city
of
David,
that
they are
many:
and
you
have
gathered
together
the
waters
of
the
lower
pool,
And
have
numbered
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
broken
down
houses
to
fortify
the
wall.
And
you
made
a ditch
between
the
two
walls
for
the
water
of
the
old
pool:
and
you
have
not
looked
up
to
the
maker thereof,
nor
regarded
him
even
at
a
distance,
that wrought
it
long
ago.
And
the
Lord,
the
God
of
hosts,
in
that
day
shall
call
to
weeping,
and
to
mourning,
to
baldness,
and
to girding
with
sackcloth:
And
behold
joy
and
gladness,
killing
calves,
and slaying rams,
eating
flesh,
and
drinking
wine: Let
us
eat
and
drink;
for
tomorrow
we
shall
die.
And
the voice
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
was
revealed
in
my
ears:
Surely
this
iniquity
shall
not
be forgiven
you
till
you
die, saith
the
Lord
God
of
hosts.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
hosts:
Go,
get thee
in
to
him
that dwelleth
in
the tabernacle,
to Sobna
who
is
over
the
temple:
and thou shalt
say
to
him:
What dost thou
here,
or
as
if thou wert somebody
here?
for thou hast
hewed thee
out
a sepulchre
here, thou hast
hewed
out
a monument carefully
in
a
high
place,
a
dwelling
for thyself
in
a
rock.
Behold
the
Lord
will cause thee
to
be carried away,
as
a cock
is carried away,
and
he
will lift thee up
as
a garment.
He
will crown thee
with
a crown
of tribulation,
he
will toss thee
like
a
ball
into
a
large
and
spacious
country:
there shalt thou
die,
and
there
shall
the
chariot
of thy
glory
be,
the
shame
of
the
house
of thy
Lord.
And I will drive thee
out
From thy
station,
and
depose thee
from thy ministry.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
I
will
call
my
servant Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias,
And
I
will
clothe
him
with thy
robe,
and
will
strengthen
him
with thy girdle,
and
will
give thy
power
into
his
hand:
and
he
shall
be
as
a
father
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
to
the
house
of Juda.
And
I
will
lay
the
key
of
the
house
of
David
upon
his
shoulder:
and
he
shall
open,
and
none
shall
shut:
and
he
shall
shut,
and
none
shall
open.
And
I
will
fasten
him
as
a
peg
in
a
sure
place,
and
he
shall
be
for
a
throne
of
glory
to
the
house
of
his
father.
And
they
shall
hang
upon
him
all
the
glory
of
his
father’s
house, divers
kinds
of
vessels,
every
little
vessel,
from
the
vessels
of cups
even
to
every
instrument
of music.
In
that
day, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
shall
the
peg
be
removed,
that
was
fastened
in
the
sure
place:
and
it
shall
be broken
and
shall
fall:
and
that
which hung
thereon,
shall
perish,
because
the
Lord hath
spoken
it.
The
burden
of
Tyre.
Howl, ye
ships
of
the
sea,
for
the
house
is
destroyed,
from whence
they
were wont
to
come:
from
the
land
of Cethim
it
is
revealed
to
them.
Be silent,
you
that
dwell
in
the island:
the
merchants
of
Sidon
passing
over
the
sea,
have
filled thee.
The
seed
of
the
Nile
in
many
waters,
the
harvest
of
the
river
is
her
revenue:
and she
is
become
the mart
of
the
nations.
Be thou
ashamed, O
Sidon:
for
the
sea speaketh,
even
the
strength
of
the
sea,
saying:
I
have
not
been
in labour,
nor
have
I
brought
forth,
nor
have
I nourished
up
young
men,
nor
brought
up
virgins.
When
it
shall be heard
in
Egypt,
they
will be sorry
when
they
shall hear
of
Tyre:
Pass
over
the seas,
howl, ye
inhabitants
of
the island.
Is not
this
your
city, which gloried
from
of old
in
her
antiquity?
her
feet
shall
carry
her
afar
off
to sojourn.
Who hath taken
this
counsel
against
Tyre,
that
was formerly
crowned,
whose
merchants
were
princes,
and
her
traders
the
nobles
of
the
earth?
The
Lord
of
hosts hath designed
it,
to pull down
the
pride
of
all
glory,
and bring
to disgrace
all
the
glorious ones
of
the
earth.
Pass thy
land
as
a
river, O
daughter
of
the
sea, thou hast
a girdle
no
more.
He
stretched
out
his
hand
over
the
sea,
he
troubled
kingdoms:
the
Lord hath
given
a
charge
against Chanaan,
to
destroy
the
strong ones thereof.
And
he
said: Thou shalt glory
no
more, O
virgin
daughter
of
Sidon,
who art
oppressed:
arise
and sail
over
to Cethim,
there
also thou shalt
have
no,
rest.
Behold
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
there
was
not
such
a
people,
the Assyrian
founded
it:
they
have led away
the strong ones thereof
into captivity,
they
have destroyed
the houses thereof,
they
have
brought
it
to ruin.
Howl, O ye
ships
of
the
sea,
for
your
strength
is laid
waste.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day
that thou, O
Tyre, shalt
be
forgotten,
seventy
years, according
to
the
days
of
one
king:
but
after
seventy
years,
there
shall
be unto
Tyre
as
the
song
of
a
harlot.
Take
a
harp,
go
about
the
city, thou
harlot
that hast
been
forgotten: sing
well, sing
many
a
song,
that thou mayst be
remembered.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
after
seventy
years,
that
the
Lord
will
visit
Tyre,
and
will
bring
her
back
again
to
her traffic:
and
she
shall
commit fornication
again
with
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
And
her
merchandise
and
her
hire
shall
be sanctified
to
the
Lord:
they
shall
not
be
kept
in
store,
nor
laid
up:
for
her
merchandise
shall
be
for
them
that
shall
dwell
before
the
Lord,
that
they
may
eat unto fulness,
and
be clothed
for
a continuance.
Behold
the
Lord
shall lay
waste
the
earth,
and
shall strip
it,
and
shall afflict
the
face thereof,
and
scatter abroad
the
inhabitants thereof.
And
it
shall
be
as
with
the
people,
so
with
the
priest:
and
as
with
the
servant,
so
with
his
master:
as
with
the handmaid,
so
with
her
mistress:
as
with
the
buyer,
so
with
the
seller:
as
with
the lender,
so
with
the borrower:
as
with
him
that calleth
for
his money,
so
with
him
that oweth.
With desolation
shall
the
earth
be laid waste,
and
it
shall
be utterly spoiled:
for
the
Lord hath
spoken
this
word.
The
earth
mourned,
and faded
away,
and
is weakened:
the
world faded
away,
the
height
of
the
people
of
the
earth
is weakened.
And
the
earth
is infected
by
the
inhabitants thereof:
because
they
have transgressed
the
laws,
they
have
changed
the
ordinance,
they
have
broken
the
everlasting
covenant.
Therefore
shall
a
curse
devour
the
earth,
and
the
inhabitants thereof
shall sin:
and
therefore
they
that
dwell therein
shall
be mad,
and
few
men
shall
be
left.
The vintage hath
mourned,
the
vine hath
languished
away,
all
the merryhearted
have
sighed.
The mirth
of
timbrels hath
ceased,
the
noise
of them that
rejoice is ended,
the melody
of
the
harp is silent.
They
shall
not
drink
wine
with
a
song:
the
drink
shall
be
bitter
to them
that
drink
it.
The
city
of vanity
is
broken
down,
every
house
is
shut
up,
no
man cometh
in.
There
shall
be
a crying
for
wine
in
the
streets:
all
mirth
is forsaken:
the
joy
of
the
earth
is
gone
away.
Desolation
is
left
in
the
city,
and calamity
shall oppress
the
gates.
For
it
shall
be
thus
in
the
midst
of
the
earth,
in
the
midst
of
the
people,
as
if
a few
olives,
that
remain,
should
be shaken out
of
the
olive
tree:
or grapes,
when
the
vintage
is
ended.
These
shall
lift
up
their
voice,
and
shall
give praise:
when
the
Lord
shall
be glorified,
they
shall
make
a joyful
noise
from
the
sea.
Therefore
glorify ye
the
Lord
in instruction:
the
name
of
the
Lord
God
of
Israel
in
the
islands
of
the
sea.
From
the
ends
of
the
earth
we
have
heard praises,
the glory
of
the
just
one.
And
I
said:
My secret
to myself,
my secret
to myself,
woe
is me:
the prevaricators
have prevaricated,
and
with
the prevarication
of transgressors
they
have prevaricated.
Fear,
and
the
pit,
and
the
snare
are
upon thee, O thou
inhabitant
of
the
earth.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
he
that
shall
flee
from
the
noise
of
the
fear,
shall
fall
into
the
pit:
and
he
that
shall rid
himself
out
of
the
pit,
shall
be
taken
in
the
snare:
for
the flood-gates
from
on
high
are
opened,
and
the
foundations
of
the
earth
shall
be
shaken.
With breaking
shall
the
earth
be
broken,
with crushing
shall
the
earth
be crushed,
with trembling
shall
the
earth
be
moved.
With shaking
shall
the
earth
be
shaken
as
a
drunken
man,
and
shall
be removed
as
the tent
of
one night:
and
the iniquity thereof
shall
be
heavy
upon
it,
and
it
shall
fell,
and
not
rise
again.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
in
that
day
the
Lord
shall
visit
upon
the
host
of
heaven
on
high,
and
upon
the
kings
of
the
earth,
on
the
earth.
And
they
shall
be
gathered
together
as
in
the
gathering
of one bundle
into
the
pit,
and
they
shall
be
shut
up
there
in
prison:
and
after
many
days
they
shall
be
visited.
And
the
moon
shall blush,
and
the
sun
shall
be
ashamed,
when
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
reign
in
mount Sion,
and
in
Jerusalem,
and
shall
be glorified
in
the
sight
of
his ancients.
O
Lord, thou art
my
God,
I
will
exalt thee,
and
give glory
to thy
name:
for thou hast
done
wonderful
things, thy
designs
of old
faithful, amen.
For thou hast reduced
the
city
to
a
heap,
the strong
city
to ruin,
the house
of
strangers,
to
be
no
city,
and
to
be
no
more
built
up
for
ever.
Therefore
shall
a
strong
people praise thee,
the
city
of
mighty
nations
shall
fear thee.
Because thou hast
been
a
strength
to
the
poor,
a
strength
to
the
needy
in
his
distress:
a
refuge
from
the whirlwind,
a
shadow
from
the heat.
For
the
blast
of
the
mighty
is
like
a whirlwind beating against
a
wall.
Thou shalt bring down
the
tumult
of
strangers,
as heat in thirst:
and
as with heat under a burning
cloud, thou shalt make
the branch
of
the mighty
to wither away.
And
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
make unto
all
people
in
this
mountain,
a
feast
of fat
things,
a
feast
of
wine,
of fat
things
full
of marrow,
of
wine purified
from
the lees.
And
he
shall
destroy
in
this
mountain
the
face
of
the bond
with
which
all
people
were tied,
and
the web
that
he began
over
all
nations.
He
shall cast
death
down
headlong
for
ever:
and
the
Lord
God
shall
wipe
away
tears
from
every
face,
and
the
reproach
of
his
people
he
shall
take
away
from
off
the
whole
earth:
for
the
Lord hath
spoken
it.
And
they
shall
say
in
that
day:
Lo,
this
is
our
God,
we
have waited
for
him,
and
he
will
save
us:
this
is
the
Lord,
we
have patiently waited
for
him,
we
shall
rejoice
and
be joyfull
in
his
salvation.
For
the
hand
of
the
Lord
shall
rest
in
this
mountain:
and
Moab
shall
be
trodden
down
under
him,
as
straw
is broken
in pieces
with
the wain.
And
he
shall
stretch forth
his
hands
under
him,
as
he
that swimmeth stretcheth forth
his
hands
to
swim:
and
he
shall
bring
down
his glory
with
the dashing
of
his
hands.
And
the bulwarks
of thy high
walls
shall fall,
and
be
brought
low,
and
shall
be pulled
down
to
the
ground,
even
to
the
dust.
In
that
day
shall
this canticle
be
sung
the
land
of Juda. Sion
the
city
of
our strength
a saviour,
a
wall
and
a bulwark
shall
be
set therein.
Open ye
the
gates,
and let
the
just
nation,
that keepeth
the truth,
enter
in.
The old error
is passed away: thou wilt
keep
peace:
peace,
because
we
have hoped
in thee.
You
have hoped
in
the
Lord
for evermore,
in
the
Lord
God mighty
for
ever.
For
he
shall
bring
down
them
that
dwell
on
high,
the
high
city
he
shall
lay
low.
He
shall
bring
it
down
even
to
the
ground,
he
shall pull
it
down
even
to
the
dust.
The
foot shall
tread
it
down,
the
feet
of
the
poor,
the
steps
of
the
needy.
The
way
of
the
just
is
right,
the
path
of
the
just
is
right
to walk
in.
And
in
the
way
of thy
judgments,
O
Lord,
we
have patiently waited
for thee: thy
name,
and thy
remembrance
are
the
desire
of
the
soul.
My
soul hath
desired thee
in
the
night:
yea,
and
with
my
spirit
within
me
in
the morning early
I
will watch
to thee.
When thou shalt
do thy
judgments
on
the
earth,
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
shall
learn
justice.
Let
us
have
pity
on
the
wicked,
but
he
will
not
learn
justice:
in
the
land
of
the saints
he hath done
wicked
things,
and
he
shall
not
see
the glory
of
the
Lord.
Lord,
let thy
hand
be
exalted,
and
let
them
not
see:
let
the envious
people
see,
and
be
confounded:
and
let
fire
devour thy enemies.
Lord, thou wilt give
us
peace:
for thou hast
wrought
all
our
works
for
us.
O
Lord
our
God, other
lords
besides thee
have
had dominion
over
us,
only
in thee
let
us
remember thy
name.
Let
not
the
dead
live,
let
not
the giants
rise
again:
therefore hast thou
visited
and
destroyed
them,
and best
destroyed
all
their
memory.
Thou hast
been favourable
to
the
nation,
O
Lord, thou hast
been favourable
to
the
nation: art thou
glorified? thou hast
removed
all
the
ends
of
the
earth
far off.
Lord,
they
have
sought after thee
in
distress,
in
the tribulation
of murmuring thy
instruction
was
with
them.
As
a
woman
with
child,
when
she draweth
near
the
time
of
her
delivery,
is
in pain,
and crieth
out
in
her pangs:
so
are we
become
in thy
presence,
O
Lord.
We
have
conceived,
and
been
as
it
were
in labour,
and
have
brought
forth
wind:
we
have
not wrought
salvation
on
the
earth,
therefore
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
have
not
fallen.
Thy
dead men
shall
live,
my slain
shall
rise
again: awake,
and
give
praise, ye
that
dwell
in
the
dust:
for thy
dew
is
the
dew
of
the light:
and
the
land
of
the giants thou shalt pull
down
into ruin.
Go,
my
people,
enter
into thy
chambers,
shut thy
doors
upon thee,
hide thyself
a
little
for
a
moment,
until
the
indignation
pass
away.
For
behold
the
Lord
will
come
out
of
his
place,
to
visit
the
iniquity
of
the
inhabitant
of
the
earth
against
him:
and
the
earth
shall disclose
her
blood,
and
shall
cover
her
slain
no
more.
In
that
day
the
Lord
with
his
hard,
and
great,
and
strong
sword
shall
visit
leviathan
the bar
serpent,
and
leviathan
the crooked
serpent,
and
shall
slay
the whale
that
is
in
the
see.
In
that
day there
shall
be singing
to
the
vineyard
of pure wine.
I
am
the
Lord
that
keep
it,
I
will
suddenly
give
it
drink:
lest
any hurt come
to
it,
I
keep
it
night
and
day.
There
is
no indignation
in
me:
who
shall
make
me
a thorn
and
a brier
in
battle:
shall march
against
it,
shall
I
set
it
on fire
together?
Or rather shall
it
take
hold
of
my
strength, shall
it
make
peace
with
me, shall
it
make
peace
with
me?
When
they
shall rush
in unto
Jacob,
Israel
shall blossom
and
bud,
and
they
shall
fill
the
face
of
the
world
with seed.
Hath
he
struck
him according
to
the stroke
of
him
that
struck
him?
or
is
he
slain,
as
he
killed
them
that were
slain
by
him?
In measure
against measure,
when
it
shall
be
cast
off, thou shalt
judge
it.
He hath meditated
with
his
severe
spirit
in
the
day
of heat.
Therefore
upon
this
shall
the
iniquity
of
the house
of
Jacob
be forgiven:
and
this
is
all
the
fruit,
that
the
sin thereof should
be
taken
away,
when
he
shall
have
made
all
the
stones
of
the
altar,
as burnt
stones broken
in pieces,
the groves
and temples
shall
not
stand.
For
the strong
city shall
be desolate,
the beautiful
city shall
be forsaken,
and shall
be
left
as
a
wilderness:
there
the
calf shall
feed,
and
there shall
he
lie
down,
and shall
consume
its
branches.
Its
harvest
shall
be destroyed
with drought,
women
shall
come
and teach
it:
for
it
is
not
a
wise
people,
therefore
he
that
made
it,
shall
not
have
mercy
on
it:
and
he
that
formed
it,
shall
not spare
it.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
in
that
day
the
Lord
will strike
from
the channel
of
the
river
even
to
the torrent
of
Egypt,
and
you
shall
be
gathered
together
one
by
one,
O ye
children
of
Israel.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
in
that
day
a noise
shall
be
made
with
a
great
trumpet,
and
they
that
were
lost,
shall
come
from
the
land
of
the Assyrians,
and
they
that
were
outcasts
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
they
shall adore
the
Lord
in
the
holy
mount
in
Jerusalem.
Woe
to
the
crown
of
pride,
to
the
drunkards
of
Ephraim,
and
to
the fading
flower
the
glory
of
his
joy,
who
were
on
the
head
of
the fat
valley, staggering
with
wine.
Behold
the
Lord
is
mighty
and
strong,
as
a
storm
of
hail:
a destroying whirlwind,
as
the violence
of many
waters
overflowing,
and
sent forth
upon
a spacious
land.
The
crown
of pride
of
the
drunkards
of
Ephraim shall be
trodden
under
feet.
And
the fading
flower
the
glory
of
his
joy,
who
is
on
the
head
of
the fat
valley,
shall
be
as
a hasty
fruit
before
the ripeness
of autumn:
which
when
he
that seeth
it
shall
behold,
as
soon
as
he taketh
it
in
his
hand,
he
will eat
it
up.
In
that
day
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
be
a
crown
of
glory,
and
a garland
of joy
to
the residue
of
his
people:
And
a
spirit
of
judgment
to
him
that sitteth
in
judgment,
and
strength
to
them
that
return
out
of
the
battle
to
the
gate.
But
these
also
have been ignorant
through
wine,
and
through drunkenness
have
erred:
the
priest
and
the
prophet
have been ignorant
through drunkenness,
they
are
swallowed
up
with
wine,
they
have
gone
astray
in drunkenness,
they
have
not known
him
that seeth,
they
have been ignorant
of
judgment.
For
all
tables
were
full
of
vomit
and
filth,
so
that
there
was
no
more
place.
Whom
shall
he
teach
knowledge?
and
whom
shall
he make
to
understand
the hearing?
them
that
are
weaned
from
the
milk,
that
are drawn away
from
the
breasts.
For
command,
command again;
command,
command again; expect, expect again; expect, expect again:
a
little
there,
a
little
there.
For
with
the
speech
of
lips,
and
with
another
tongue
he
will
speak
to
this
people.
To
whom
he
said:
This
is
my
rest, refresh
the
weary,
and
this
is
my refreshing:
and
they
would
not
hear.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
shall
be
to
them:
Command,
command
again;
command,
command
again: expect, expect
again; expect, expect
again:
a
little
there,
a
little
there:
that
they
may
go,
and
fall
backward,
and
be
broken,
and
snared,
and
taken.
Wherefore
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord, ye
scornful
men,
who
rule
over
my
people
that
is
in
Jerusalem.
For
you
have
said:
We
have
entered
into
a
league
with
death,
and
we
have
made
a
covenant
with hell.
When
the
overflowing scourge
shall
pass
through,
it
shall
not
come
upon
us:
for
we
have
placed
our
hope
in
lies,
and
by
falsehood
we
are protected.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
will
lay
a
stone
in
the
foundations
of Sion,
a tried
stone,
a
corner
stone,
a
precious
stone,
founded
in
the
foundation.
He
that believeth,
let
him
not hasten.
And
I
will
set
judgment
in weight,
and
justice
in measure:
and
hail
shall overturn
the hope
of
falsehood:
and
waters
shall
overflow
its protection.
And Sour
league
with
death
shall
be abolished,
and
your
covenant
with hell
shall
not
stand:
when
the
overflowing
scourge
shall
pass,
you
shall
be trodden
down
by
it.
Whensoever
it
shall
pass
through,
it
shall
take
you
away:
because
in
the
morning
early
it
shall
pass
through,
in
the
day
and
in
the
night,
and vexation alone
shall
make
you
understand
what
you hear.
For
the
bed
is straitened,
so
that
one must fall out, and
a short
covering cannot cover both.
For
the
Lord
shall
stand
up
as
in
the
mountain
of divisions:
he
shall
be angry
as
in
the
valley
which
is
in Gabaon:
that
he
may
do
his
work,
his
strange
work:
that
he
may
perform
his
work,
his
work
is
strange
to
him.
And
now
do
not
mock,
lest
your
bonds
be tied strait.
For
I
have
heard
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts
a consumption
and
a cutting short
upon
all
the
earth.
Give
ear,
and
hear
my
voice, hearken,
and
hear
my speech.
Shall
the ploughman plough
all
the
day
to
sow,
shall
he
open
and
harrow
his
ground?
Will
he
not,
when
he hath
made plain
the
surface thereof,
sow gith,
and
scatter
cummin,
and
put
wheat
in order,
and
barley,
and millet,
and vetches
in
their bounds?
For
he
will
instruct
him
in
judgment:
his
God
will
teach
him.
For gith
shall
not
be thrashed
with saws,
neither
shall
the
cart
wheel
turn
about
upon
cummin:
but gith
shall
be
beaten
out
with
a
rod,
and
cummin
with
a
staff.
But
bread corn
shall
be broken small:
but
the thrasher
shall
not
thrash
it
for
ever,
neither
shall
the
cart
wheel hurt
it,
nor break
it
with
its teeth.
This
also
is
come
forth
from
the
Lord
God
of
hosts,
to
make
his
counsel
wonderful,
and
magnify justice.
Woe
to
Ariel,
to
Ariel
the
city which
David took:
year
is added
to
year:
the solemnities
are
at
an
end.
And
I
will make
a trench
about
Ariel,
and
it shall
be
in sorrow
and
mourning,
and
it shall
be
to
me
as
Ariel.
And
I will
make
a circle round
about thee,
and will cast
up
a rampart
against thee,
and
raise
up bulwarks
to besiege thee.
Thou shalt
be
brought
down, thou shalt
speak out
of
the
earth,
and thy
speech
shall
be
heard out
of
the
ground:
and thy
voice
shall
be
from
the
earth
like
that
of
the python,
and out
of
the
ground thy
speech
shall mutter.
And
the
multitude
of
them
that fan thee, shall
be
like small
dust:
and
as ashes
passing
away,
the
multitude
of
them
that
have prevailed against thee.
And
it
shall
be
at
an instant suddenly.
A visitation
shall
come
from
the
Lord
of
hosts
in
thunder,
and
with
earthquake,
and
with
a
great
noise
of whirlwind
and
tempest,
and
with
the
flame
of
devouring
fire.
And
the
multitude
of
all
nations
that
have
fought
against
Ariel,
shall
be
as
the
dream
of
a
vision
by
night,
and
all
that
have
fought,
and besieged
and prevailed
against
it.
And
as
he
that
is
hungry dreameth,
and eateth,
but
when
he
is awake,
his
soul
is
empty:
and
as
he
that
is
thirsty dreameth,
and drinketh,
and
after
he
is awake,
is
yet
faint
with
thirst,
and
his
soul
is
empty:
so
shall
be
the
multitude
of
all
the
Gentiles,
that
have
fought
against
mount Sion.
Be
astonished,
and
wander, waver,
and
stagger:
be
drunk,
and
not
with
wine:
stagger,
and
not
with drunkenness.
For
the
Lord hath mingled
for
you
the
spirit
of
a
deep
sleep,
he
will shut
up
your
eyes,
he
will
cover
your
prophets
and princes,
that
see visions.
And
the
vision
of
all
shall
be unto
you
as
the
words
of
a
book
that
is
sealed,
which
when
they
shall
deliver
to
one
that
is
learned,
they
shall
say:
Read
this:
and
he
shall
answer:
I
cannot,
for
it
is
sealed.
And
the
book
shall
be
given
to
one
that knoweth
no
letters,
and
it
shall
be
said
to
him:
Read:
and
he
shall
answer:
I
know
no
letters.
And
the
Lord
said: Forasmuch
as
this
people
draw
near
me
with
their
mouth,
and
with
their
lips
glorify
me,
but
their
heart
is
far
from
me,
and
they
have feared
me
with
the
commandment
and doctrines
of
men:
Therefore
behold
I
will proceed
to cause
an admiration
in
this
people,
by
a great
and
wonderful miracle:
for
wisdom
shall
perish
from
their
wise
men,
and
the
understanding
of
their
prudent
men
shall
be
hid.
Woe
to
you
that
are
deep
of heart,
to
hide
your
counsel
from
the
Lord:
and
their
works
are
in
the
dark,
and
they
say:
Who seeth
us,
and
who knoweth
us?
This
thought
of yours
is perverse:
as
if
the clay
should
think
against
the
potter,
and
the
work
should
say
to
the
maker thereof: Thou madest
me
not:
or
the
thing framed
should
say
to
him
that
fashioned
it: Thou understandest
not.
Is
it
not
yet
a
very
little
while,
and Libanus
shall
be
turned
into charmel,
and charmel
shall
be
esteemed
as
a
forest?
And
in
that
day
the
deaf
shall
hear
the
words
of
the
book,
and
out
of
darkness
and
obscurity
the
eyes
of
the
blind
shall
see.
And
the meek
shall
increase
their
joy
in
the
Lord,
and
the
poor
men
shall
rejoice
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
For
he
that did prevail hath
failed,
the scorner
is
consumed,
and
they are
all
cut
off
that
watched
for
iniquity:
That made
men
sin
by
word,
and supplanted
him
that
reproved
them
in
the
gate,
and declined
in vain
from
the
just.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
to
the
house
of
Jacob,
he
that
redeemed
Abraham:
Jacob
shall
not
now
be
confounded,
neither
shall
his
countenance
now
be
ashamed:
But
when
he
shall
see
his
children,
the
work
of
my
hands
in
the
midst
of
him sanctifying
my
name,
and
they
shall
sanctify
the
Holy
One
of
Jacob,
and
shall glorify
the
God
of
Israel:
And they
that erred
in
spirit,
shall
know
understanding,
and they
that murmured,
shall
learn
the law.
Woe
to
you, apostate
children, saith
the
Lord,
that
you
would take
counsel,
and
not
of
me:
and
would begin
a web,
and
not
by
my
spirit,
that
you
might
add
sin
upon
sin:
Who
walk
to
go
down
into
Egypt,
and
have
not
asked
at
my
mouth, hoping
for help
in
the
strength
of Pharao,
and trusting
in
the
shadow
of
Egypt.
And
the
strength
of Pharao
shall
be
to
your confusion,
and
the confidence
of
the
shadow
of
Egypt
to
your
shame.
For thy
princes
were
in Tanis,
and thy
messengers
came
even
to
Hanes.
They
were
all confounded
at
a
people
that
could
not
profit
them:
they
were
no
help,
nor
to
any
profit,
but
to confusion
and
to
reproach.
The
burden
of
the
beasts
of
the
south.
In
a
land
of
trouble
and
distress,
from whence come
the
lioness,
and
the
lion,
the
viper
and
the flying basilisk,
they
carry
their
riches
upon
the
shoulders
of
beasts,
and
their
treasures
upon
the bunches
of
camels
to
a
people
that
shall
not
be
able
to
profit
them.
For
Egypt
shall
help
in
vain,
and
to no purpose:
therefore
have
I
cried concerning
this:
It
is pride only, sit still.
Now
therefore
go
in
and
write
for
them
upon box,
and note
it diligently
in
a
book,
and
it
shall
be
in
the
latter
days
for
a
testimony
for
ever.
For
it
is
a
people
that provoketh
to wrath,
and lying
children,
children
that
will
not
hear
the
law
of
God.
Who
say
to
the
seers:
See
not:
and
to
them
that
behold:
Behold
not
for
us
those
things
that
are right:
speak unto
us pleasant
things,
see errors
for
us.
Take
away
from
me
the
way,
turn
away
the
path
from
me,
let
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
cease
from
before
us.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Holy
One
of
Israel:
Because
you
have
rejected
this
word,
and
have
trusted
in
oppression
and tumult,
and
have
leaned
upon
it:
Therefore
shall
this
iniquity
be
to
you
as
a
breach
that falleth,
and
is found wanting
in
a
high
wall,
for
the
destruction thereof
shall
come
on
a
sudden,
when
it
is
not looked
for.
And
it
shall
be
broken small,
as
the
potter’s
vessel
is
broken all
to
pieces
with mighty
breaking,
and
there
shall
not
a
sherd
be
found
of
the
pieces thereof, wherein
a little
fire
may
be carried
from
the
hearth,
or
a, little
water
be drawn
out
of
the pit.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God
the
Holy
One
of
Israel:
If
you return
and
be
quiet,
you
shall
be
saved:
in silence
and
in hope
shall
your
strength
be.
And
you
would
not:
But
have
said:
No,
but
we
will
flee
to
horses:
therefore
shall
you
flee.
And
we
will mount
upon
swift ones:
therefore
shall
they
be
swifter
that
shall
pursue
after
you.
A
thousand
men
shall
flee
for fear
of
one:
and
for fear
of
five
shall
you
flee,
till
you
be
left
as
the
mast
of
a ship
on
the
top
of
a
mountain,
and
as
an ensign
upon
a
hill.
Therefore
the
Lord waiteth
that
be
may
have
mercy
on
you:
and
therefore
shall
he
be
exalted sparing
you:
because
the
Lord
is
the
God
of
judgment:
blessed
are
all
they
that
wait
for
him.
For
the
people
of Sion
shall
dwell
in
Jerusalem:
weeping thou shalt
not
weep,
he
will
surely
have
pity
on thee:
at
the
voice
of thy
cry,
as
soon
as
he shell
hear,
he
will
answer thee.
And
the
Lord
will
give
you spare
bread,
and short
water:
and
will
not
cause thy
teacher
to flee
away
from thee
any
more,
and thy
eyes
shall
see thy
teacher.
And thy
ears
shall
hear
the
word
of
one admonishing thee
behind thy
back:
This
is
the
way,
walk ye
in
it:
and
go
not
aside neither
to
the right hand, nor
to
the
left.
And thou shalt
defile
the plates
of thy
graven things
of
silver,
and
the garment
of thy molten things
of
gold,
and shalt cast
them
away
as
the uncleanness
of
a
menstruous
woman. Thou shalt
say
to
it:
Get thee hence.
And
rain
shall
be
given
to thy
seed, wheresoever thou shalt
sow
in
the
land:
and
the
bread
of
the corn
of
the
land
shall
be most plentiful,
and fat.
The lamb
in
that
day
shall
feed
at
large
in thy
possession:
And thy
oxen,
and
the ass colts
that
till
the
ground,
shall
eat mingled provender
as
it
was
winnowed
in
the floor.
And
there
shall
be
upon
every
high
mountain,
and
upon
every
elevated
hill rivers
of
running
waters
in
the
day
of
the
slaughter
of
many,
when
the
tower
shall
fall.
And
the
light
of
the
moon
shall
be
as
the
light
of
the
sun,
and
the
light
of
the
sun
shall
be
sevenfold,
as
the
light
of
seven
days:
in
the
day
when
the
Lord
shall
bind
up
the
wound
of
his
people,
and
shall
heal
the stroke
of
their
wound.
Behold
the
name
of
the
Lord cometh
from
afar,
his
wrath burneth,
and
is
heavy
to bear:
his
lips
are
filled
with
indignation,
and
his
tongue
as
a
devouring
fire.
His
breath
as
a torrent
overflowing
even
to
the midst
of
the
neck,
to destroy
the
nations unto nothing,
and
the
bridle
of error
that
was
in
the
jaws
of
the
people.
You
shall
have
a
song
as
in
the
night
of
the
sanctified solemnity,
and
joy
of
heart,
as
when
one goeth
with
a pipe,
to
come
into
the
mountain
of
the
Lord,
to
the Mighty
One
of
Israel.
And
the
Lord
shall
make
the
glory
of
his
voice
to
be
heard,
and
shall shew
the terror
of
his
arm,
in
the threatening
of
wrath,
and
the dame
of
devouring
fire:
he
shall crush
to pieces
with whirlwind,
and
hailstones.
For
at
the
voice
of
the
Lord
the Assyrian
shall fear being
struck
with
the
rod.
And
the passage
of
the
rod
shall
be strongly grounded,
which
the
Lord
shall make
to
rest
upon
him
with
timbrels
and
harps,
and
in great
battles
he
shall
over throw
them.
For
Topheth
is
prepared
from yesterday,
prepared
by
the
king,
deep,
and
wide.
The nourishment thereof
is
fire
and
much
wood:
the
breath
of
the
Lord
as
a torrent
of
brimstone kindling
it.
Woe
to
them
that
go
down
to
Egypt
for
help,
trusting
in
horses,
and putting
their
confidence
in
chariots,
because
they
me
many:
and
in
horsemen,
because
they
me
very
strong:
and
have
not
trusted
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
and
have
not
sought
after
the
Lord.
But
he
that
is
the
wise
one hath
brought
evil,
and hath
not
removed
his
words:
and
he
will
rise
up
against
the
house
of
the
wicked,
and
against
the aid
of
them
that
work
iniquity.
Egypt
is
man,
and
not
God:
and
their
horses,
flesh,
and
not
spirit:
and
the
Lord
shall
put
down
his
hand,
and
the
helper
shall
fall,
and
he
that
is
helped
shall
fall,
and
they
shall
all
be confounded
together.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
me:
Like
as
the
lion roareth,
and
the
lion’s whelp
upon
his
prey,
and
when
a
multitude
of
shepherds
shall
come
against
him,
he
will
not fear
at
their
voice,
nor
be afraid
of
their
multitude:
so
shall
the
Lord
of
hosts
come
down
to fight
upon
mount Sion,
and
upon
the
hill thereof.
As
birds dying,
so
will
the
Lord
of
hosts
protect
Jerusalem, protecting
and
delivering, passing
over
and saving.
Return
as
you
had
deeply revolted, O
children
of
Israel.
For
in
that
day
a
man
shall cast away
his
idols
of
silver,
and
his
idols
of
gold,
which
your
hands
have
made
for
you
to
sin.
And
the Assyrian
shall
fall
by
the
sword
not
of
a
man,
and
the
sword
not
of
a
man
shall
devour
him,
and
he
shall
flee
not
at
the
face
of
the
sword:
and
his
young
men
shall
be tributaries.
And
his strength
shall
pass
away
with dread,
and
his
princes fleeing
shall
be afraid:
the
Lord hath said
it,
whose die
is
in Sion,
and
his
furnace
in
Jerusalem.
Behold
a
king
shall
reign
in
justice,
and
princes shell
rule
in
judgment.
And
a
man
shall
be
as
when
one
is hid
from
the
wind,
and hideth
himself
from
a
storm,
as rivers
of
waters
in
drought,
and
the
shadow
of
a
rock
that standeth
out
in
a desert
land.
The
eyes
of
them
that
see
shall
not
be dim,
and
the
ears
of
them
that
hear
shall hearken
diligently.
And
the
heart
of fools
shall
understand
knowledge,
and
the
tongue
of
stammerers
shall
speak readily
and plain.
The
fool
shall
no
more
be
called
prince:
neither
shall
the deceitful
be
called great:
For
the
fool
will
speak
foolish things,
and
his
heart
will work
iniquity,
to practise hypocrisy,
and
speak
to
the
Lord deceitfully,
and
to
make
empty
the
soul
of
the
hungry,
and take away drink
from
the
thirsty.
The
vessels
of
the
deceitful
are most
wicked:
for
he hath framed devices
to destroy
the meek,
with
lying
words,
when
the
poor
man speaketh
judgment.
But
the
prince
will devise
such things
as are worthy
of
a
prince,
and
he
shall
stand
above
the rulers.
Rise
up, ye rich
women,
and
hear
my
voice: ye
confident
daughters,
give
ear
to
my speech.
For
after
days
and
a
year,
you
that
are
confident
shall
be
troubled:
for
the
vintage
is
at
an
end,
the
gathering
shall
come
no
more.
Be astonished, ye rich women, be
troubled, ye
confident ones:
strip yen,
and be confounded,
gird
your
loins.
Mourn
for
your
breasts,
for
the delightful
country,
for
the
fruitful vineyard.
Upon
the
land
of
my
people
shall
thorns
and briers
come
up:
how
much
more
upon
all
the
houses
of
joy,
of
the
city
that rejoiced?
For
the house
is
forsaken,
the
multitude
of
the
city
is
left, darkness
and obscurity
are
come
upon
its dens
for
ever.
A
joy
of
wild asses,
the
pastures
of
flocks,
Until
the
spirit
be
poured
upon
us
from
on
high:
and
the
desert shall
be
as
a charmel,
and charmel shall
be
counted
for
a
forest.
And
judgment
shall
dwell
in
the
wilderness,
and
justice
shall
sit
in charmel.
And
the
work
of
justice
shall
be
peace,
and
the
service
of
justice
quietness,
and
security
for
ever.
And
my
people
shall
sit
in
the beauty
of
peace,
and
in
the tabernacles
of
confidence,
and
in wealthy
rest.
But
hail shall be
in
the descent of
the
forest,
and
the
city shall be
made very
low.
Blessed
are ye
that
sow
upon
all
waters,
sending thither
the
foot
of
the
ox
and
the ass.
Woe
to thee
that spoilest, shalt
not thou thyself also
be spoiled?
and thou
that despisest, shalt
not thyself also
be despised? when thou shalt
have made
an
end
of spoiling, thou shalt
be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt
cease
to despise, thou shalt
be despised.
O
Lord,
have
mercy
on us:
for we
have
waited
for thee:
be thou
our
arm
in
the
morning,
and
our
salvation
in
the
time
of
trouble.
At
the
voice
of
the angel
the
people
fled,
and
at
the
lifting up thyself
the
nations
are
scattered.
And
your
spoils shall be
gathered
together
as
the locusts are
gathered,
as when
the ditches are full
of
them.
The
Lord
is magnified,
for
he hath
dwelt
on
high:
he hath
filled Sion
with
judgment
and
justice.
And
there
shall
be
faith
in thy
times:
riches
of
salvation,
wisdom
and
knowledge:
the
fear
of
the
Lord
is
his
treasure.
Behold
they
that
see
shall
cry without,
the
angels
of
peace
shall
weep
bitterly.
The
ways
are
made
desolate,
no
one passeth
by
the road,
the
covenant
is
made void,
he hath
rejected
the
cities,
he hath
not
regarded
the
men.
The
land hath
mourned,
and
languished: Libanus
is
confounded
and
become foul,
and Saron
is
become
as
a
desert:
and Basan
and
Carmel
are
shaken.
Now
will
I
rise
up, saith
the
Lord:
now
will
I
be
exalted,
now
will
I
lift
up myself.
You
shall
conceive heat,
you
shall
bring
forth
stubble:
your
breath
as
fire
shall
devour
you.
And
the
people shall
be
as ashes
after
a
fire,
as
a bundle
of
thorns
they shall
be burnt
with
fire.
Hear,
you
that
are
far
off,
what
I
have
done,
and
you
that
are
near
know
my
strength.
The
sinners
in Sion
are
afraid,
trembling hath
seized
upon
the hypocrites.
Which
of
you
can
dwell
with
devouring
fire?
which
of
you
shall
dwell
with
everlasting burnings?
He
that walketh
in justices,
and speaketh truth,
that casteth
away avarice
by oppression,
and shaketh
his
hands
from all
bribes,
that stoppeth
his
ears lest
he
hear
blood,
and shutteth
his
eyes
that
he
may
see no
evil.
He
shall
dwell
on
high,
the fortifications
of
rocks
shall
be
his highness:
bread
is
given
him,
his
waters are
sure.
His
eyes
shall
see
the
king
in
his
beauty,
they
shall
see
the
land
far
off.
Thy
heart
shall
meditate
fear:
where
is
the learned?
where
is
he
that pondereth
the
words
of
the law?
where
is
the teacher
of little ones?
The shameless
people thou shalt
not
see,
the
people
of profound
speech:
so
that thou canst
not
understand
the eloquence
of
his
tongue,
in whom
there
is
no wisdom.
Look
upon Sion
the
city
of
our solemnity: thy
eyes
shall
see
Jerusalem,
a rich habitation,
a
tabernacle
that
cannot
be
removed: neither
shall
the nails thereof
be taken
away
for
ever, neither
shall
any
of
the
cords thereof
be
broken:
Because
only
there
our
Lord
is
magnificent:
it
place
of
rivers, very
broad
and
spacious
streams:
no ship
with
oars
shall
pass
by
it,
neither
shall
the great
galley
pass
through
it.
For
the
Lord
is
our
judge,
the
Lord
is
our
lawgiver,
the
Lord
is
our
king:
he
will
save
us.
Thy tacklings
are loosed,
and
they shall be
of
no
strength: thy
mast shall be
in such condition,
that thou shalt
not be able
to
spread
the
flag.
Then shall
the
spoils
of much
prey be
divided:
the
lame shall
take
the
spoil.
Neither
shall
he
that
is near,
say:
I am feeble.
The
people
that
dwell therein,
shall
have
their
iniquity
taken
away
from
them.
Come
near, ye
Gentiles,
and
hear,
and hearken, ye
people: let
the
earth
hear,
and
all
that
is therein,
the
world,
and
every
thing
that cometh
forth
of
it.
For
the indignation
of
the
Lord
if
upon
all
nations,
and
his
fury
upon
all
their
armies:
he hath killed
them,
and
delivered
them
to
slaughter.
Their
slain
shall be
cast forth,
and
out
of
their
carcasses
shall
rise
a slink:
the
mountains
shall be
melted
with
their
blood.
And
all
the
host
of
the
heavens shall pine
away,
and
the
heavens shall
be folded together as
a
book:
and
all
their
host shall fall
down as
the
leaf falleth
from
the
vine,
and
from
the
fig
tree.
For
my
sword
is inebriated
in
heaven:
behold
it
shall
come
down
upon Idumea,
and
upon
the
people
of
my slaughter unto
judgment.
The
sword
of
the
Lord
is
filled
with
blood,
it
is
made thick
with
the
blood
of
lambs
and buck
goats,
with
the
blood
of
rams
full
of
marrow:
for
there
is
a victim
of
the
Lord
in Bosra
and
a
great
slaughter
in
the
land
of
Edom.
And
the unicorns
shall
go
down
with
them,
and
the
bulls
with
the
mighty:
their
land
shall
be
soaked
with
blood,
and
their
ground
with
the
fat
of
fat
ones.
For
it
is
the
day
of
the
vengeance
of
the
Lord,
the
year
of recompenses
of
the judgment
of Sion.
And
the
streams thereof
shall
be
turned
into
pitch,
and
the
ground thereof
into
brimstone:
and
the
land thereof
shall
become
burning
pitch.
Night
and
day
it
shall
not
be
quenched,
the
smoke thereof
shall
go
up
for
ever:
from
generation
to
generation
it
shall
lie waste,
none
shall
pass
through
it
for
ever
and
ever.
The bittern
and ericius
shall
possess
it:
and
the ibis
and
the
raven
shall
dwell
in
it:
and
a
line
shall be
stretched
out
upon
it,
to bring
it
to
nothing,
and
a plummet, unto
desolation.
The
nobles thereof
shall
not
be
there:
they
shall
call rather
upon
the
king,
and
all
the
princes thereof
shall
be
nothing.
And
thorns
and
nettles shall
grow
up
in
its houses,
and
the thistle
in
the
fortresses thereof:
and
it shall
be
the habitation
of dragons,
and
the pasture
of
ostriches.
And demons
and monsters shall
meet,
and
the hairy ones shall
cry
out
one
to
another,
there hath
the lamia lain
down,
and
found
rest
for
herself.
There hath
the ericius
had
its hole,
and
brought
up
its young ones,
and hath dug round
about,
and cherished
them
in
the
shadow thereof: thither
are
the kites
gathered
together
one
to
another.
Search ye diligently
in
the
book
of
the
Lord,
and
read:
not
one
of
them
was wanting,
one hath
not
sought
for
the
other:
for
that
which proceedeth
out
of
my
mouth,
he hath
commanded,
and
his
spirit
it hath
gathered
them.
And
he hath
cast
the
lot
for
them,
and
his
hand hath
divided
it
to
them
by line:
they
shall
possess
it
for
ever,
from
generation
to
generation
they
shall
dwell therein.
The
land that was desolate
and impassable shall be
glad,
and the
wilderness shall
rejoice,
and shall flourish like the lily.
It
shall
bud
forth
and blossom,
and
shall
rejoice
with
joy
and praise:
the
glory
of Libanus
is
given
to
it:
the beauty
of
Carmel,
and Saron,
they
shall
see
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
and
the beauty
of
our
God.
Strengthen ye
the
feeble
hands,
and confirm
the
weak
knees.
Say
to
the fainthearted:
Take
courage,
and
fear
not:
behold
your
God
will
bring
the
revenge
of
recompense:
God
himself
will
come
and
will
save
you.
Then shall
the
eyes
of
the
blind
be
opened,
and
the
ears
of
the
deaf shall
be unstopped.
Then
shall
the
lame
man
leap
as
a hart,
and
the
tongue
of
the dumb
shall
be free:
for
waters are
broken
out
in
the
desert,
and
streams
in
the
wilderness.
And
that
which
was dry
land,
shall
become
a
pool,
and
the
thirsty
land
springs
of
water.
In
the dens where dragons dwell before,
shall rise
up
the verdure
of
the
reed
and
the bulrush.
And
a
path
and
a
way
shall
be
there,
and
it
shall
be
called
the
holy
way:
the
unclean
shall
not
pass
over
it,
and
this
shall
be unto
you
a straight
way,
so
that
fools
shall
not
err therein.
No
lion
shall
be
there,
nor
shall
any mischievous
beast
go
up
by
it,
nor
be
found
there:
but
they
shall
walk
there
that
shall
be
delivered.
And
the
redeemed
of
the
Lord
shall
return,
and
shall
come
into Sion
with
praise,
and
everlasting
joy
shall
be
upon
their
heads:
they
shall
obtain
joy
and
gladness,
and
sorrow
and mourning
shall
flee
away.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the fourteenth
year
of
king Ezechias,
that
Sennacherib
king
of
the Assyrians
came
up
against
all
the fenced
cities
of Juda,
and
took
them.
And
the
king
of
the Assyrians
sent Rabsaces
from Lachis
to
Jerusalem,
to
king Ezechias
with
a
great
army,
and
he
stood
by
the conduit
of
the
upper
pool
in
the
way
of
the
fuller’s held.
And
there
went
out
to
him Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias,
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and Joahe
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder.
And Rabsaces
said
to
them:
Tell Ezechias:
Thus saith
the
great
king,
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
What
is
this
confidence
wherein thou trustest?
Or
with
what
counsel
or
strength dost thou prepare
for
war?
on
whom dost thou
trust,
that thou art revolted
from
me?
Lo thou trustest
upon
this broken
staff
of
a
reed,
upon
Egypt:
upon
which
if
a
man
lean,
it
will
go
into
his
hand,
and pierce
it:
so
is Pharao
king
or
Egypt
to
all
that
trust
in
him.
But
if thou wilt
answer
me:
We
trust
in
the
Lord
our
God:
is
it
not
he
whose
high
places
and
altars Ezechias hath
taken
away,
and hath
said
to Juda
and
Jerusalem:
You
shall
worship
before
this
altar?
And
now
deliver thyself
up
to
my
lord
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
I
will
give thee two
thousand
horses,
and thou wilt
not
be
able
on thy
part
to
find
riders
for
them.
And
how wilt thou stand
against
the
face
of
the judge
of
one place,
of
the least
of
my
master’s
servants?
But if thou
trust
in
Egypt,
in
chariots
and
in
horsemen:
And
am
I
now
come
up
without
the
Lord
against
this
land
to
destroy
it?
The
Lord
said
to
me:
Go
up
against
this
land,
and
destroy
it.
And Eliacim,
and Sobna,
and Joahe
said
to Rabsaces:
Speak
to thy
servants
in
the Syrian tongue:
for
we
understand
it:
speak
not
to
us
in
the Jews’
language
in
the
hearing
of
the
people,
that
are
upon
the
wall.
And Rabsaces
said
to
them: Hath
my
master
sent
me
to thy
master
and
to thee,
to
speak
all
these
words;
and
not
rather
to
the
men
that
sit
on
the
wall;
that
they
may
eat
their
own
dung,
and
drink
their
urine
with
you?
Then Rabsaces
stood,
and
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews’
language,
and
said:
Hear
the
words
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Thus saith
the
king:
Let
not Ezechias
deceive
you,
for
he
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
you.
And
let
not Ezechias
make
you
trust
in
the
Lord,
saying:
The
Lord
will
surely
deliver
us,
and
this
city
shall
not
be
given
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Do
not hearken
to Ezechias:
for
thus
said
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
Do
with
me
that
which
is
for
your advantage,
and
come
out
to
me,
and
eat ye
every
one
of
his
vine,
and
every
one
of
his
fig
tree,
and
drink ye
every
one
the
water
of
his
cistern,
Till
I
come
and
take
you
away
to
a
land,
like
to
your own,
a
land
of corn
and
of
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards.
Neither let Ezechias trouble
you,
saying:
The
Lord
will
deliver
us.
Have
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
their
land
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians?
Where
is
the
god
of Emath
and
of Arphad?
where
is
the
god
of
Sepharvaim?
have
they
delivered
Samaria
out
of
my
hand?
Who
is
there
among
all
the
gods
of
these
lands,
that hath
delivered
his
country
out
of
my
hand,
that
the
Lord
may
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?
And
they held
their peace,
and
answered
him
not
a
word.
For
the
king
had
commanded,
saying:
answer
him
not.
And Eliacim
the
son
of Helcias,
that
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and Joahe
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder,
went
in
to Ezechias
with
their
garments rent,
and
told
him
the
words
of Rabsaces.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
king Ezechias
had
heard
it,
that
he rent
his
garments
and
covered himself
with
sackcloth,
and
went
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
he
sent Eliacim
who
was
over
the
house,
and Sobna
the
scribe,
and
the ancients
of
the
priests
covered
with
sackcloth,
to Isaias
the
son
of Amos
the
prophet.
And
they
said
to
him:
Thus saith Ezechias:
This
day
is
a
day
of tribulation,
and
of
rebuke,
and
of blasphemy:
for
the
children
are
come
to
the
birth,
and
there
is
not
strength
to
bring
forth.
It
may
be
the
Lord thy
God
will
hear
the
words
of Rabsaces,
whom
the
king
of
the Assyrians
his
master hath
sent
to blaspheme
the
living
God,
and
to
reproach
with
words
which
the
Lord thy
God hath
heard: wherefore
lift
up thy
prayer
for
the
remnant
that
is
left.
And
the
servants
of Ezechias
came
to Isaias.
And Isaias
said
to
them:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
your
master:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Be
not
afraid
of
the
words
that thou hast
heard,
with
which
the
servants
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians
have
blasphemed
me.
Behold,
I
will
send
a
spirit
upon
him,
and
he
shall
hear
a
message,
and
shall
return
to
his own
country,
and
I
will
cause
him
to
fall
by
the
sword
in
his own
country.
And Rabsaces
returned,
and
found
the
king
of
the Assyrians
besieging Lobna.
For
he
had
heard
that
he
was
departed
from Lachis.
And
he
heard
say
about Tharaca
the
king
of
Ethiopia:
He
is
come
forth
to
fight
against thee.
And
when
he
heard
it,
he
sent
messengers
to Ezechias,
saying:
Thus
shall
you
speak
to Ezechias
the
king
of Juda,
saying:
Let
not thy
God
deceive thee,
in
whom thou trustest,
saying:
Jerusalem
shall
not
be
given
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians.
Behold thou hast
heard
all
that
the
kings
of
the Assyrians hare
done
to
all
countries
which
they
have destroyed,
and canst thou
be
delivered?
Have
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
them
whom
my
fathers
have
destroyed, Gozam,
and Haram,
and Reseph,
and
the
children
of
Eden,
that
were
in Thalassar?
Where
is
the
king
of Emath,
and
the
king
of Arphad,
and
the
king
of
the
city
of
Sepharvaim,
of Ana,
and
of Ava?
And Ezechias
took
the
letter
from
the
hand
of
the
messengers,
and
read
it,
and
went
up
to
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and Ezechias
spread
it
before
the
Lord.
And Ezechias
prayed
to
the
Lord,
saying:
O
Lord
of
hosts,
God
of
Israel,
who sittest
upon
the cherubims, thou
alone art
the
God
of
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth, thou hast
made
heaven
and
earth.
Incline,
O
Lord, thy
ear,
and
hear:
open,
O
Lord, thy
eyes,
and
see,
and
hear
all
the
words
of
Sennacherib,
which
he hath
sent
to blaspheme
the
living
God.
For
of
a
truth,
O
Lord,
the
kings
of
the Assyrians
have laid waste
lands,
and
their
countries.
And
they
have
cast
their
gods
into
the
fire,
for
they
were
not
gods,
but
the
works
of
men’s
hands,
of
wood
and
stone:
and
they broke
them
in pieces.
And
now,
O
Lord
our
God,
save
us
out
of
his
hand:
and
let
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
know,
that thou
only art
the
Lord.
And Isaias
the
son
of
Amos
sent
to Ezechias,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
For
the prayer thou hast
made
to
me
concerning
Sennacherib
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
This
is
the
word
which
the
Lord hath
spoken
of
him:
The
virgin
the
daughter
of Sion hath
despised thee,
and laughed thee
to scorn:
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem hath wagged
the
head
after thee.
Whom hast thou reproached,
and
whom hast thou
blasphemed,
and
against
whom hast thou
exalted thy
voice,
and
lifted
up thy
eyes
on
high?
Against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
By
the
hand
of thy
servants thou hast reproached
the
Lord:
and hast
said:
With
the
multitude
of
my
chariots
I
have
gone
up
to
the
height
of
the
mountains,
to
the top
of Libanus:
and
I
will
out
down
its
tall
cedars,
and
its
choice
fir
trees,
and
will
enter
to
the top
of
its
height,
to
the
forest
of
its Carmel.
I
have digged,
and
drunk
water,
and
have dried
up
with
the
sole
of
my foot,
all
the
rivers shut
up
in banks.
Hast thou
not
heard
what
I
have
done
to
him
of old?
from
the
days
of old
I
have
formed
it:
and
now
I
have
brought
it
to
effect:
and
it hath
come
to
pass
that hills
fighting together,
and fenced
cities
should
be destroyed.
The
inhabitants
of
them
were weak
of
hand,
they trembled,
and
were
confounded:
they
became
like
the
grass
of
the
field,
and
the
herb
of
the
pasture,
and
like
the
grass
of
the
housetops,
which withered
before
it
was ripe.
I
know thy
dwelling,
and thy
going
out,
and thy
coming
in,
and thy rage
against
me.
When thou wast mad
against
me, thy pride
came
up
to
my
ears:
therefore
I
will
put
a ring
in thy
nose,
and
a
bit between thy
lips,
and
I
will
turn thee
back
by
the
way
by
which thou camest.
But
to thee
this
shall
be
a
sign:
Eat
this
year
the things
that spring
of themselves,
and
in
the
second
year
eat
fruits: but
in
the
third
year
sow
and
reap,
and giant
vineyards,
and
eat
the
fruit
of
them.
And
that
which
shall
be saved
of
the
house
of Juda,
and
which
is
left,
shall
take
root
downward,
and
shall bear
fruit
upward:
For
out
of
Jerusalem
shall
go
forth
a,
remnant,
and salvation
from
mount Sion:
the
zeal
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
shall
do
this.
Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord
concerning
the
king
of
the Assyrians:
He
shall
not
come
into
this
city,
nor
shoot
an
arrow
into
it,
nor
come
before
it
with
shield,
nor
cast
a trench
about
it.
By
the
way
that
he
came,
he
shall
return,
and
into
this
city
he
shall
not
come, saith
the
Lord.
And
I
will
protect
this
city,
and
will
save
it
for
my own
sake,
and
for
the
sake
of
David
my
servant.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
went
out,
and
slew
in
the
camp
of
the Assyrians
a
hundred
and
eighty-five
thousand.
And
they
arose
in
the
morning,
and
behold
they
were
all
dead
corpses.
And
Sennacherib
the
king
of
the Assyrians
went
out
and
departed,
and
returned,
and
dwelt
in Ninive.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
he
was worshipping
in
the
temple
of Nesroch
his
god,
that Adramelech
and Sarasar
his
sons
slew
him
with
the
sword:
and
they fled
into
the
land
of
Ararat,
and Asarhaddon
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
In
those
days Ezechias
was
sick
even
to
death,
and Isaias
the
son
of
Amos
the
prophet
came unto
him,
and
said
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Take
order
with thy
house,
for thou shalt
die,
and
not
live.
And Ezechias
turned
his
face
toward
the
wall,
and
prayed
to
the
Lord,
And
said:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
remember
how
I
have
walked
before thee
in
truth,
and
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
have
done
that
which
is
good
in thy
sight.
And Ezechias
wept
with
great
weeping.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Isaias,
saying:
Go
and
say
to Ezechias:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
David thy
father:
I
have
heard thy
prayer,
and
I
have
seen thy
tears:
behold
I
will
add
to thy
days
fifteen
years:
And
I
will
deliver thee
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
the Assyrians,
and
I
will
protect
it.
And
this
shall
be
a
sign
to thee
from
the
Lord,
that
the
Lord
will
do
this
word
which
he hath
spoken:
Behold
I
will
bring
again
the
shadow
of
the lines,
by
which
it
is
now
gone
down
in
the
sun dial
of Achaz
with
the
sun,
ten lines
backward.
And
the
sun
returned
ten lines
by
the degrees
by
which
it
was
gone
down.
The
writing
of Ezechias
king
of Juda,
when
he
had been
sick,
and
was recovered
of
his
sickness.
I
said:
In
the midst
of
my
days
I
shall go
to
the
gates
of hell:
I
sought
for
the residue
of
my
years.
I
said:
I
shall
not
see
the
Lord
God
in
the
land
of
the
living.
I
shall
behold
man
no
more,
nor
the
inhabitant
of rest.
My
generation
is
at
an end,
and
it
is
rolled
away
from
me,
as
a
shepherd’s
tent.
My
life
is
cut
off,
as
by
a
weaver: whilst
I
was
yet
but
beginning,
he
out
me
off:
from morning
even
to
night thou wilt
make
an end
of
me.
I hoped
till
morning,
as
a
lion
so hath
he
broken
all
my
bones:
from
morning
even
to
night thou wilt make
an end
of
me.
I
will cry
like
a young
swallow,
I
will
meditate
like
a
dove:
my
eyes
are weakened looking upward:
Lord,
I suffer violence, answer thou
for
me.
What
shall
I
say,
or
what
shall
he
answer
for
me, whereas
he
himself hath
done
it?
I
will recount
to thee
all
my
years
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
O
Lord, if man’s
life
be
such,
and
the
life
of
my
spirit
be
in
such
things as
these, thou shalt correct
me,
and make
me
to
live.
Behold
in
peace
is
my
bitterness most
bitter:
but thou best
delivered
my
soul
that
it
should
not perish, thou hast
cast
all
my
sins
behind thy
back.
For hell
shall
not
confess
to thee,
neither
shall
death
praise thee:
nor
shall
they
that
go
down
into
the
pit, look
for thy
truth.
The
living,
the
living,
he
shall
give
praise
to thee,
as
I do
this
day:
the
father
shall
make thy
truth
known
to
the
children.
O
Lord,
save
me,
and
we
will sing
our psalms
all
the
days
of
our
life
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
Now Isaias had
ordered
that
they
should
take
a lump
of
figs,
and lay
it as
it plaster
upon
the wound,
and
that
he
should
be healed.
And Ezechias bed
said:
What
shall
be
the
sign
that
I
shall
go
up
to
the
house
of
the
Lord?
At
that
time Merodach
Baladan,
the
son
of
Baladan
king
of
Babylon,
sent
letters
and
presents
to Ezechias:
for
he
had
heard
that
he
had
been
sick
and
was
recovered.
And Ezechias
rejoiced
at
their coming,
and
he shewed
them
the
storehouses
of
his aromatical
spices,
and
of
the
silver,
and
of
the
gold,
and
of
the
sweet odours,
and
of
the precious
ointment,
and
all
the
storehouses
of
his
furniture,
and
all
things
that
were
found
in
his
treasures.
There
was
nothing
in
his
house,
nor
in
all
his
dominion
that Ezechias shewed
them
not.
Then Isaias
the
prophet
came
to
king Ezechias,
and
said
to
him:
What
said
these
men,
and
from whence
came
they
to thee?
And Ezechias
said:
From
a
far
country
they
came
to
me,
from
Babylon.
And
he
said:
What
saw
they
in thy
house?
And Ezechias
said:
All
things
that
are
in
my
house
have
they
seen,
there
was
not
any
thing
which
I
have
not shewn
them
in
my
treasures.
And Isaias
said
to Ezechias: Rear
the
word
of
the
Lord
of
hosts.
Behold
the
days
shall
come,
that
all
that
is
in thy
house,
and
that thy
fathers
have
laid
up
in
store
until
this
day,
shall
be
carried
away
into
Babylon:
there
shall
not
any
thing
be
left, saith
the
Lord.
And
of thy
children,
that
shall
issue
from thee,
whom thou shalt
beget,
they
shall
take
away,
and
they
shall
be
eunuchs
in
the
palace
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
And Ezechias
said
to Isaias:
The
word
of
the
Lord,
which
he hath
spoken,
is
good.
And
he
said:
Only
let
peace
and
truth
be
in
my
days.
Be
comforted,
be
comforted,
my
people, saith
your
God.
Speak ye
to
the
heart
of
Jerusalem,
and
call
to
her:
for
her
evil
is
come
to
an end,
her
iniquity
is forgiven:
she hath
received
of
the
hand
of
the
Lord
double
for
all
her
sins.
The
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
desert:
Prepare ye
the
way
of
the
Lord,
make
straight
in
the
wilderness
the
paths
of
our
God.
Every
valley
shall
be
exalted,
and
every
mountain
and
hill
shall
be
made
low,
and
the crooked
shall
become straight,
and
the rough ways
plain.
And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
shall
be
revealed,
and
all
flesh
together
shall
see,
that
the
mouth
of
the
Lord hath
spoken.
The
voice
of
one,
saying:
Cry.
And
I
said:
What
shall
I
cry?
All
flesh
is
grass,
and
all
the glory thereof
as
the
flower
of
the held.
The
grass
is
withered,
and
the dower
is fallen,
because
the
spirit
of
the
Lord hath blown
upon
it.
Indeed
the
people
is
grass:
The
grass
is
withered,
and
the
flower
is fallen: but
the
word
of
our Lord endureth
for
ever.
Get thee
up
upon
a
high
mountain, thou
that bringest
good
tidings
to Sion:
lift
up thy
voice
with
strength, thou
that bringest
good
tidings
to
Jerusalem:
lift
it
up,
fear
not.
Say
to
the
cities
of Juda:
Behold
your
God:
Behold
the
Lord
God
shall
come
with
strength,
and
his
arm
shall
rule:
Behold
his
reward
is
with
him
and
his
work
is
before
him.
He shall
feed
his
flock
like
a
shepherd:
he shall
gather
together
the
lambs
with
his
arm,
and shall
take
them
up
in
his
bosom,
and
he himself shall
carry
them that
are
with young.
Who hath
measured
the
waters
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand,
and
weighed
the
heavens
with
his palm?
who hath poised
with three fingers
the bulk
of
the
earth,
and
weighed
the
mountains
in
scales,
and
the
hills
in
a
balance?
Who hath forwarded
the
spirit
of
the
Lord?
or
who hath
been
his counsellor,
and hath
taught
him?
With
whom hath
he
consulted,
and
who hath
instructed
him,
and
taught
him
the
path
of
justice,
and
taught
him
knowledge,
and shewed
him
the
way
of
understanding?
Behold
the
Gentiles
are
as
a
drop
of
a
bucket,
and
are
counted
as
the smallest grain
of
a
balance:
behold
the
islands
are
as
a little
dust.
And Libanus
shall
not
be
enough
to
burn,
nor
the
beasts thereof
sufficient for
a
burnt offering.
All
nations
are
before
him
as if
they
had
no being
at
all,
and
are
counted
to
him
as
nothing,
and vanity.
To
whom
then have
you likened
God?
or
what
image
will
you
make
for
him?
Hath the workman cast
a
graven statue?
or hath the
goldsmith formed
it
with
gold,
or the
silversmith
with
plates
of
silver?
He hath
chosen strong
wood,
and
that
will
not
rot:
the
skillful workman seeketh how
he
may
set up
an
idol
that
may
not
be
moved.
Do
you
not
know? hath
it
not
been
heard? hath
it
not
been
told
you
from
the
beginning?
have
you
not
understood
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
It
is
he
that sitteth
upon
the globe
of
the
earth,
and
the
inhabitants thereof
are
as
locusts:
he
that stretcheth
out
the
heavens
as nothing,
and spreadeth
them
out
as
a
tent
to
dwell
in.
He
that bringeth
the searchers
of secrets
to
nothing,
that hath
made
the
judges
of
the
earth
as vanity.
And
surely
their
stock
was
neither
planted,
nor
sown,
nor rooted
in
the
earth: suddenly
he hath blown upon
them,
and
they
are
withered,
and
a whirlwind
shall
take
them
away
as
stubble.
And
to
whom have ye likened
me,
or made
me
equal, saith
the
Holy
One?
Lift
up
your
eyes
on
high,
and
see
who hath
created
these
things:
who bringeth
out
their
host
by
number,
and calleth
them
all
by
their
names:
by
the
greatness
of
his
might,
and
strength,
and
power,
not
one
of
them
was
missing.
Why sayest thou,
O
Jacob,
and speakest,
O
Israel:
My
way
is
hid
from
the
Lord,
and
my
judgment
is
passed
over
from
my
God?
Knowest thou
not,
or hast thou
not
heard?
the
Lord
is
the
everlasting
God,
who hath
created
the
ends
of
the
earth:
he
shall
not faint,
nor labour,
neither
is
there
any
searching
out
of
his
wisdom.
It
is
he
that giveth
strength
to
the
weary,
and increaseth force
and
might
to
them
that
are
not.
Youths shall faint,
and labour,
and
young
men shall
fall
by infirmity.
But
they
that
hope
in
the
Lord
shall renew
their
strength,
they
shall
take
wings
as
eagles,
they
shall
run
and
not
be
weary,
they
shall walk
and
not faint.
Let
the
islands
keep silence
before
me,
and
the
nations take
new
strength: let
them
come
near,
and
then
speak, let
us
come
near
to
judgment
together.
Who hath
raised
up
the
just
one
from
the
east, hath
called
him
to
follow
him?
he
shall
give
the
nations
in
his
sight,
and
he
shall
rule
over
kings:
he
shall
give
them
as
the
dust
to
his
sword,
as
stubble
driven
by
the wind,
to
his
bow.
He
shall
pursue
them,
he
shall
pass
in
peace,
no
path
shall appear
after
his
feet.
Who hath
wrought
and
done
these
things,
calling
the
generations
from
the
beginning?
I
the
Lord,
I
am
the
first
and
the
last.
The
islands
saw
it,
and
feared,
the
ends
of
the
earth
were astonished,
they
drew
near,
and
came.
Every
one
shall
help
his neighbour,
and
shall
say
to
his
brother:
Be
of good
courage.
The coppersmith striking
with
the
hammer
encouraged
him
that forged
at
that
time,
saying:
It
is ready
for
soldering:
and
he
strengthened
it
with
nails,
that
it
should
not
be
moved.
But thou
Israel, art
my
servant,
Jacob
whom
I
have
chosen,
the
seed
of
Abraham
my
friend:
In
whom
I
have
taken thee
from
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
from
the remote
parts thereof
have
called thee,
and
said
to thee: Thou art
my
servant,
I
have
chosen thee,
and
have
not cast thee away.
Fear
not,
for
I
am
with thee:
turn
not
aside,
for
I
am thy
God:
I
have
strengthened thee,
and
have
helped thee,
and
the
right
hand
of
my
just
one hath upheld thee.
Behold
all
that fight
against thee
shall
be
confounded
and
ashamed,
they
shall
be
as
nothing,
and
the
men
shall
perish
that strive
against thee.
Thou shalt
seek
them,
and shalt
not
find
the
men
that resist thee:
they
shall
be
as
nothing:
and
as
a thing consumed
the
men
that
war
against thee.
For
I
am
the
Lord thy
God,
who
take thee
by
the
hand,
and
say
to thee:
Fear
not,
I
have
helped thee.
Fear
not, thou worm
of
Jacob,
you
that
are dead
of
Israel:
I
have
helped thee, saith
the
Lord:
and thy
Redeemer
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
I
have
made thee
as
a
new thrashing wain,
with teeth
like
a
saw: thou
shall
thrash
the
mountains,
and break
them
in pieces:
and shalt
make
the
hills
as
chaff.
Thou shalt fan
them,
and
the
wind
shall
carry
them
away,
and
the whirlwind
shall
scatter
them:
and thou shalt
rejoice
in
the
Lord,
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel thou shalt
be joyful.
The
needy
and
the
poor
seek
for
waters,
and
there
are
none:
their
tongue hath
been
dry
with
thirst.
I
the
Lord
will hear
them,
I
the
God
of
Israel
will
not
forsake
them.
I
will
open
rivers
in
the
high bills,
and
fountains
in
the
midst
of
the plains:
I
will
turn
the
desert
into
pools
of
waters,
and
the impassable
land
into
streams
of
waters.
I
will
plant
in
the
wilderness
the
cedar,
and
the thorn,
and
the
myrtle,
and
the
olive
tree:
I
will
set
in
the
desert
the
fir
tree,
the elm,
and
the
box
tree
together:
That
they
may
see
and
know,
and
consider,
and
understand
together
that
the
hand
of
the
Lord hath
done
this,
and
the
Holy
One
of
Israel hath
created
it.
Bring
your
cause
near, saith
the
Lord:
bring hither, if
you
have any thing
to allege, saith
the
King
of
Jacob.
Let
them
come,
and
tell
us
all
things
that
are
to
come:
tell
us
the
former
things
what
they
were:
and
we
will
set
our
heart
upon
them,
and
shall
know
the
latter
end
of
them,
and
tell
us
the
things
that
are
to
come.
Shew
the
things
that
are
to
come
hereafter,
and
we
shall
know
that ye
are
gods.
Do ye
also
good
or
evil,
if
you
can:
and
let
us speak,
and
see
together.
Behold,
you
are
of
nothing,
and
your
work
of
that which hath
no being:
he
that hath
chosen
you
is
an
abomination.
I
have raised
up
one
from
the
north,
and
he
shall
come
from
the
rising
of
the
sun:
he
shall
call
upon
my
name,
and
he
shall
make princes
to
be
as dirt,
and
as
the
potter
treading
clay.
Who bath
declared
from
the
beginning,
that
we
may
know:
and
from
time
of
old,
that
we
may
say: Thou art
just.
There
is
none
that sheweth,
nor
that foretelleth,
nor
that heareth
your
words.
The
first shall say
to Sion:
Behold
they
are
here,
and
to
Jerusalem
I
will
give
an evangelist.
And
I
saw,
and
there
was
no
one even
among
them
to
consult,
or
who,
when
I
asked,
could
answer
a
word.
Behold
they
are
all
in
the
wrong,
and
their
works
are vain:
their idols
are
wind
and
vanity.
Behold
my
servant,
I
will
uphold
him:
my elect,
my
soul delighteth
in
him:
I
have
given
my
spirit
upon
him,
he
shall
bring
forth
judgment
to
the
Gentiles.
He
shall
not
cry,
nor
have respect
to person,
neither
shall
his
voice
be
heard
abroad.
The
bruised
reed
he
shall
not
break,
and smoking
flax
he
shall
not
quench:
he
shall
bring
forth
judgment unto
truth.
He
shall
not
be sad,
nor troublesome,
till
he
set
judgment
in
the
earth:
and
the
islands
shall
wait
for
his
law.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
that
created
the
heavens,
and
stretched
them
out:
that
established
the
earth,
and
the things
that spring
out
of
it:
that giveth
breath
to
the
people
upon
it,
and
spirit
to
them
that tread
thereon.
I
the
Lord
have
called thee
in
justice,
and
taken thee
by
the
hand,
and preserved thee.
And
I
have
given thee
for
a
covenant
of
the
people,
for
a
light
of
the
Gentiles:
That thou mightest
open
the
eyes
of
the
blind,
and
bring
forth
the
prisoner
out
of
prison,
and
them
that
sit
in
darkness
out
of
the
prison
house.
I
the
Lord,
this
is
my
name:
I
will
not
give
my
glory
to
another,
nor
my
praise
to
graven
things.
The
things
that
were
first,
behold
they are
come:
and
new
things
do
I
declare:
before
they
spring
forth,
I
will
make
you head
them.
Sing ye
to
the Lora
a
new
song,
his
praise
is
from
the ends
of
the
earth:
you
that
go
down
to
the
sea,
and
all
that
are therein: ye
islands,
and ye
inhabitants
of
them.
Let
the
desert
and
the
cities thereof
be
exalted: Cedar
shall
dwell
in houses: ye
inhabitants
of Petra,
give praise,
they
shall
cry
from
the
top
of
the
mountains.
They
shall
give
glory
to
the
Lord,
and
shall
declare
his
praise
in
the
islands.
The
Lord
shall
go
forth
as
a
mighty
man,
as
a
man
of
war
shall
he
stir
up
zeal:
he
shall
shout
and
cry:
he
shall
prevail
against
his
enemies.
I
have
always held
my peace, I
have I
kept silence, I
have
been patient, I will speak now as
a woman
in labour: I will destroy,
and swallow up at once.
I
will
lay waste
the
mountains
and
hills,
and
will
make
all
their
grass
to
wither:
and
I
will
turn
rivers
into
islands,
and
will
dry
up
the standing
pools.
And
I
will
lead
the
blind
into
the
way
which
they
know
not:
and
in
the
paths
which
they
were ignorant
of
I
will
make
them
walk:
I
will
make
darkness
light
before
them,
and crooked
things straight:
these
things
have
I
done
to
them,
and
have
not forsaken
them.
They
are
turned
back: let
them
be greatly
confounded,
that
trust
in
a
graven
thing,
that
say
to
a molten
thing:
You
are
our
god.
Hear, ye
deaf,
and, ye
blind,
behold
that
you
may
see.
Who
is
blind,
but
my
servant?
or
deaf,
but
he
to
whom
I
have
sent
my
messengers?
Who
is
blind,
but
he
that
is sold?
or
who
is
blind,
but
the
servant
of
the
Lord?
Thou
that seest
many
things, wilt thou
not
observe
them? thou
that hast
ears
open, wilt thou
not
hear?
And
the
Lord
was willing
to sanctify
him,
and
to
magnify
the
law,
and
exalt
it.
But
this
is
a
people
that
is robbed
and wasted:
they
are
all
the snare
of young
men,
and
they
are
hid
in
the
houses
of
prisons:
they
are
made
a
prey,
and
there
is
none
to
deliver
them:
a
spoil,
and
there
is
none
that saith:
Restore.
Who
is
there
among
you
that
will
give
ear
to
this,
that
will attend
and hearken
for times
to come?
Who hath
given
Jacob
for
a
spoil,
and
Israel
to robbers? hath
not
the
Lord
himself,
against
whom
we
have
sinned?
And
they
would
not
walk
in
his
ways,
and
they
have
not hearkened
to
his
law.
And
he hath
poured
out
upon
him
the indignation
of
his
fury,
and
a strong
battle,
and hath burnt
him
round
about,
and
he
knew
not:
and
set
him
on
fire,
and
he
understood
not.
And
now
thus saith
the
Lord
that
created thee,
O
Jacob,
and
formed thee,
O
Israel:
Fear
not,
for
I
have
redeemed thee,
and
called thee
by thy
name: thou art mine.
When thou shalt
pass
through
the
waters,
I
will
be
with thee,
and
the
rivers
shall
not cover thee:
when thou shalt walk
in
the
fire, thou shalt
not
be burnt,
and
the
flames
shall
not
burn
in thee:
For
I
am
the
Lord thy
God,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel, thy Saviour:
I
have
given
Egypt
for thy atonement,
Ethiopia
and Saba
for thee.
Since thou becamest honourable
in
my
eyes, thou art
glorious:
I
have
loved thee,
and
I
will
give
men
for thee,
and
people
for thy
life.
Fear
not,
for
I
am
with thee:
I
will.
bring thy
seed
from
the
east,
and
gather thee
from
the
west.
I
will
say
to
the
north:
Give
up:
and
to
the
south:
Keep
not
back:
bring
my
sons
from
afar,
and
my
daughters
from
the ends
of
the
earth.
And
every
one
that calleth
upon
my
name,
I
have
created
him
for
my
glory,
I
have
formed
him,
and
made
him.
Bring
forth
the
people
that
are
blind,
and
have
eyes:
that
are
deaf,
and
have
ears.
All
the
nations
are
assembled
together,
and
the tribes
are
gathered:
who
among
you
can
declare
this,
and
shall
make
us
hear
the
former
things?
let
them
bring
forth
their
witnesses,
let
them
be
justified,
and
hear,
and
say:
It
is
truth.
You
are
my
witnesses, saith
the
Lord,
and
my
servant
whom
I
have
chosen:
that
you
may
know,
and
believe
me,
and
understand
that
I
myself
am.
Before
me
there
was
no
God
formed,
and
after
me
there
shall
be
none.
I
am,
I
am
the
Lord:
and
there
is
no saviour
besides
me.
I
have
declared,
and
have
saved.
I
have
made
it
heard,
and
there
was
no
strange
one among
you.
You
are
my
witnesses, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
am
God.
And
from
the beginning
I
am
the
same,
and
there
is
none
that
can
deliver
out
of
my
hand:
I
will
work,
and
who
shall
turn
it
away?
Thus saith
the
Lord
your
redeemer,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel:
For
your
sake
I
sent
to
Babylon,
and
have
brought
down
all
their bars,
and
the
Chaldeans glorying
in
their
ships.
I
am
the
Lord
your
Holy
One,
the Creator
of
Israel,
your
King.
Thus saith
the
Lord,
who
made
a
way
in
the
sea,
and
a
path
in
the
mighty
waters.
Who
brought
forth
the
chariot
and
the
horse,
the
army
and
the
strong:
they
lay
down
to
sleep
together,
and
they shall
not
rise
again:
they
are broken
as
flax,
and
are extinct.
Remember
not
former
things,
and
look
not
on
things
of
old.
Behold
I
do
new
things,
and
now
they
shall
spring
forth, verily
you
shall
know
them:
I
will
make
a
way
in
the
wilderness,
and
rivers
in
the
desert.
The
beast
of
the
field
shall
glorify
me,
the dragons
and
the
ostriches:
because
I
have
given
waters
in
the
wilderness,
rivers
in
the
desert,
to
give
drink
to
my
people,
to
my
chosen.
This
people
have
I
formed
for myself,
they
shall shew forth
my
praise.
But thou hast
not
called
upon
me, O
Jacob,
neither hast thou laboured about
me, O
Israel.
Thou hast
not offered
me
the ram
of thy holocaust,
nor hast thou
glorified
me
with thy victims:
I
have
not caused thee
to
serve
with oblations,
nor
wearied thee
with
incense.
Thou hast
bought
me
no
sweet
cane
with
money,
neither hast thou
filled
me
with
the
fat
of thy victims.
But thou hast
made
me
to
serve
with thy
sins, thou hast
wearied
me
with thy
iniquities.
I
am,
I
am
he
that blot
out thy iniquities
for
my own
sake,
and
I
will
not
remember thy
sins.
Put
me
in
remembrance,
and
let
us
plead
together:
tell if thou hast any thing
to
justify thyself.
Thy brat
father
sinned,
and thy teachers
have
transgressed
against
me.
And
I
have
profaned
the
holy
princes,
I
have
given
Jacob
to slaughter,
and
Israel
to reproach.
And
now
hear,
O
Jacob,
my
servant,
and
Israel whom
I
have
chosen.
Thus saith
the
Lord
that
made
and
formed thee, thy
helper
from
the
womb:
Fear
not,
O
my
servant
Jacob,
and thou most righteous whom
I
have
chosen.
For
I
will
pour
out
waters
upon
the
thirsty
ground,
and
streams
upon
the
dry
land:
I
will
pour
out
my
spirit
upon thy
seed,
and
my
blessing
upon thy stock.
And
they
shall
spring
up
among
the herbs,
as
willows
beside
the
running
waters.
One
shall
say:
I
am
the
Lord’s,
and
another
shall
call
himself
by
the
name
of
Jacob,
and
another
shall subscribe
with
his
hand,
To
the
Lord,
and surname
himself
by
the
name
of
Israel.
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
king
of
Israel,
and
his
redeemer
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
am
the brat,
and
I
am
the
last,
and
besides
me
there
is
no
God.
Who
is
like
to
me?
let
him
call
and
declare:
and
let
him
set before
me
the order,
since
I
appointed
the
ancient
people:
and
the
things
to
come,
and
that
shall
be hereafter,
let
them shew unto
them.
Fear ye
not,
neither
be ye troubled,
from
that
time
I
have
made thee
to
hear,
and
have
declared:
you
are
my
witnesses.
Is
there
a
God
besides
me,
a maker, whom
I
have
not
known?
The makers
of
idols
are
all
of
them
nothing,
and
their best beloved
things
shall
not
profit
them.
They
are
their
witnesses,
that
they
do
not
see,
nor
understand,
that
they
may
be
ashamed.
Who hath
formed
a
god,
and
made
a
graven thing
that
is
profitable for
nothing?
Behold,
all
the partakers thereof
shall
be
confounded:
for
the makers
are
men:
they
shall
all
assemble
together,
they
shall
stand
and
fear,
and
shall
be
confounded
together.
The
smith hath
wrought
with
his file,
with
coals,
and
with
hammers
he hath
formed
it,
and hath
wrought
with
the
strength
of
his
arm:
he
shall
hunger
and faint,
he
shall
drink
no
water,
and
shall
be
weary.
The carpenter hath
stretched
out
his
rule,
he hath formed
it
with
a plane:
he hath
made
it
with corners,
and hath
fashioned
it round
with
the
compass:
and
he hath
made
the
image
of
a
man
as
it
were
a
beautiful
man
dwelling
in
a
house.
He hath
cut
down
cedars,
taken
the holm,
and
the
oak that stood among
the
trees
of
the
forest:
he hath
planted
the pine
tree,
which
the
rain hath nourished.
And
it hath
served
men
for fuel:
he
took thereof,
and
warmed
himself:
and
he kindled
it,
and
baked
bread:
but
of
the
rest
he
made
a
god,
and adored
it:
he
made
a
graven thing,
and
bowed
down before
it.
Part
of
it
he
burnt
with
fire,
and
with
part
of
it
he dressed
his
meat:
he boiled pottage,
and
was
filled,
and
was
warmed,
and
said:
Aha,
I am
warm,
I
have
seen
the
fire.
But
the residue thereof
he
made
a
god,
and
a
graven
thing
for
himself:
he boweth
down
before
it,
and adoreth
it,
and prayeth unto
it,
saying:
Deliver
me,
for thou art
my
God.
They
have
not
known,
nor
understood:
for
their
eyes
are covered
that
they
may
not
see,
and
that
they
may
not
understand
with
their
heart.
They
do
not
consider
in
their
mind,
nor
know,
nor
have
the
thought
to
say:
I
have
burnt
part
of
it
in
the
fire,
and
I
have
baked
bread
upon
the
coals thereof:
I
have broiled
flesh
and
have
eaten,
and
of
the residue thereof
shall
I
make
an
idol?
shall
I
fall
down
before
the stock
of
a
tree?
Part thereof
is
ashes:
his foolish
heart adoreth
it,
and
he
will
not
save
his
soul,
nor
say: Perhaps there
is
a
lie
in
my
right
hand.
Remember
these
things,
O
Jacob,
and
Israel,
for thou art
my
servant.
I
have
formed thee, thou art
my
servant,
O
Israel,
forget
me
not.
I
have blotted
out thy iniquities
as
a
cloud,
and thy
sins
as
a
mist:
return
to
me,
for
I
have
redeemed thee.
Give
praise,
O ye
heavens,
for
the
Lord hath shewn
mercy:
shout
with
joy, ye ends
of
the
earth: ye
mountains, resound
with
praise, thou,
O
forest,
and
every
tree therein:
for
the
Lord hath
redeemed
Jacob,
and
Israel
shall
be
glorified.
Thus saith
the
Lord thy
redeemer,
and thy
maker,
from
the
womb:
I
am
the
Lord,
that
make
all
things,
that
alone
stretch
out
the
heavens,
that
establish
the
earth,
and
there
is
none
with
me.
That
make void
the tokens
of
diviners,
and
make
the soothsayers mad.
That
turn
the
wise
backward,
and
that,
make
their
knowledge
foolish.
That
raise
up
the
word
of
my
servant
and perform
the
counsel
of
my
messengers,
who
say
to
Jerusalem: Thou shalt
be
inhabited:
and
to
the
cities
of Juda:
You
shall
be
built,
and
I
will
raise
up
the
wastes thereof.
Who
say
to
the deep: Be thou desolate,
and
I
will
dry
up thy
rivers.
Who
say
to
Cyrus: Thou art
my
shepherd,
and thou shalt perform
all
my
pleasure.
Who
say
to
Jerusalem: Thou shalt
be
built:
and
to
the
temple: Thy
foundations shall
be
laid.
Thus saith
the
Lord
to
my
anointed
Cyrus,
whose
right
hand
I
have
taken
hold
of,
to
subdue
nations
before
his
face,
and
to turn
the backs
of
kings,
and
to
open
the
doors
before
him,
and
the
gates
shall
not
be
shut.
I
will go
before thee,
and
will humble
the great ones
of
the earth:
I
will
break
in
pieces
the
gates
of brass,
and
will burst
the
bars
of
iron.
And
I
will
give thee
hidden
treasures,
and
the concealed riches
of
secret
places:
that thou mayest
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
who
call thee
by thy
name,
the
God
of
Israel.
For
the
sake
of
my
servant
Jacob,
and
Israel
my elect,
I
have
even
called thee
by thy
name:
I
have
made
a likeness
of thee,
and thou hast
not
known
me.
I
am
the
Lord,
and
there
is
none
else:
there
is
no
God,
besides
me:
I
girded thee,
and thou hast
not
known
me:
That
they
may
know
who
are
from
the
rising
of
the
sun,
and
they
who
are
from
the
west,
that
there
is
none
besides
me.
I
am
the
Lord,
and
there
is
none
else:
I form
the
light,
and
create
darkness,
I
make
peace,
and
create
evil:
I
the
Lord
that
do
all
these
things.
Drop
down dew, ye
heavens,
from
above,
and let
the
clouds
rain
the
just: let
the
earth
be
opened,
and bud
forth
a saviour:
and let
justice
spring
up
together:
I
the
Lord
have
created
him.
Woe
to
him
that gainsayeth
his
maker,
a
sherd
of
the
earthen pots:
shall
the
clay
say
to
him
that fashioneth
it:
What art thou
making,
and thy
work
is
without
hands?
Woe
to
him
that saith
to
his
father:
Why begettest thou?
and
to
the
woman:
Why dost thou
bring
forth?
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
his
maker:
Ask
me
of
things
to
come,
concerning
my
children,
and
concerning
the
work
of
my
hands
give ye
charge
to
me.
I
made
the
earth:
and
I
created
man
upon
it:
my
hand
stretched forth
the
heavens,
and
I
have
commanded
all
their
host.
I
have raised
him
up
to
justice,
and
I
will
direct
all
his
ways:
he
shall
build
my
city,
and
let
go
my
captives,
not
for ransom,
nor
for presents, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
The labour
of
Egypt,
and
the merchandise
of
Ethiopia,
and
of Sabaim,
men
of stature
shall
come
over
to thee,
and
shall
be thins:
they
shall walk
after thee,
they
shall
go bound
with manacles:
and
they
shall
worship thee,
and
shall
make
supplication
to thee:
only
in thee
is
God,
and
there
is
no
God
besides thee.
Verily thou art
a
hidden
God,
the
God
of
Israel
the saviour.
They
are
all
confounded
and
ashamed:
the forgers
of errors
are
gone
together
into confusion.
Israel
is
saved
in
the
Lord
with
as
eternal
salvation:
you
shall
not
be
confounded,
and
you
shall
not
be
ashamed
for
ever
and
ever.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
that
created
the
heavens,
God
himself
that
formed
the
earth,
and
made
it,
the very
maker thereof:
he
did
not
create
it
in vain:
he
formed
it
to
be
inhabited.
I
am
the
Lord,
and
there
is
no
other.
I
have
not
spoken
in secret,
in
a
dark
place
of
the
earth:
I
have
not
said
to
the
seed
of
Jacob:
Seek
me
in vain.
I
am
the
Lord
that
speak
justice,
that
declare
right
things.
Assemble
yourselves,
and
come,
and
draw
near
together, ye
that
are
saved
of
the
Gentiles:
they
have
no
knowledge
that
set
up
the
wood
of
their
graven work,
and
pray
to
a
god
that
cannot
save.
Tell ye,
and
come,
and
consult
together:
who hath
declared
this
from
the beginning,
who hath foretold
this
from
that
time?
Have
not
I
the
Lord,
and
there
is
no
God
else
besides
me?
A
just
God
and
a saviour,
there
is
none
besides
me.
Be converted
to
me,
and
you
shall
be
saved,
all ye
ends
of
the
earth:
for
I
am
God,
and
there
is
no
other.
I
have
sworn
by myself,
the
word
of
justice
shall
go
out
of
my
mouth,
and
shall
not
return:
For
every knee
shall
be bowed
to
me,
and
every tongue
shall swear.
Therefore
shall
he
say:
In
the
Lord
are
my justices
and empire:
they
shall come
to
him,
and
all
that resist
him
shall
be confounded.
In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised.
Bel
is broken,
Nebo
is destroyed:
their
idols
are put
upon
beasts
and
cattle,
your burdens
of heavy weight even unto weariness.
They
are consumed,
and
are broken
together:
they
could
not
save
him
that
carried
them,
and
they
themselves
shall
go
into
captivity.
Hearken unto
me,
O
house
of
Jacob,
all
the
remnant
of
the
house
of
Israel,
who
are
carried
by
my bowels,
are
borne
up
by
my
womb.
Even
to
your
old
age
I
am
the
same,
and
to
your grey
hairs
I
will
carry
you:
I
have
made
you,
and
I
will
bear:
I
will
carry
and
will
save.
To
whom have you likened
me, and made
me
equal, and
compared
me, and made
me
like?
You
that contribute
gold
out
of
the
bag,
and
weigh
out
silver
in
the scales:
and
hire
a
goldsmith
to
make
a
god:
and
they
fall
down
and
worship.
They
bear
him
on
their
shoulders
and
carry
him,
and
set
him
in
his piece,
and
he
shall
stand,
and
shall
not stir
out
of
his
place. Yea,
when
they
shall
cry
also unto
him,
he
shall
not hear:
he
shall
not
save
them
from tribulation.
Remember
this,
and
be ashamed:
return, ye
transgressors,
to
the
heart.
Remember
the
former age,
for
I
am
God,
and
there
is
no
God beside,
neither
is
there
the
like
to
me:
Who shew
from
the
beginning
the
things
that
shall
be
at
last,
and
from ancient times
the
things
that
as
yet
are
not
done,
saying:
My
counsel
shall
stand,
and
all
my
will
shall
be
done:
Who
call
a
bird
from
the
east,
and
from
a
far
country
the
man
of
my
own
will,
and
I
have
spoken,
and
will
bring
it
to
pass:
I
have
created,
and
I
will
do
it. Hear
me, O ye hardhearted,
who
are
far
from justice.
I
have brought
my
justice near,
it
shall not
be
afar
off:
and
my salvation
shall not tarry.
I
will
give salvation
in Sion,
and
my glory
in Israel.
Come
down,
sit
in
the
dust, O
virgin
daughter
of
Babylon,
sit
on
the
ground:
there
is
no
throne
for
the
daughter
of
the
Chaldeans,
for thou shalt
no
more
be
called
delicate
and
tender.
Take
a millstone
and
grind
meal:
uncover thy shame,
strip thy shoulder,
make
bare thy
legs,
pass
over
the
rivers.
Thy
nakedness
shall
be discovered,
and thy
shame
shall
be
seen:
I
will
take
vengeance,
and
no
man
shall resist
me.
Our
redeemer,
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
his
name,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Sit thou silent,
and
get thee
into
darkness, O
daughter
of
the
Chaldeans:
for thou shalt
no
more
be
called
the lady
of
kingdoms.
I
was
angry
with
my
people,
I
have polluted
my
inheritance,
and
have
given
them
into thy bend: thou hast shewn
no
mercy
to
them:
upon
the ancient thou hast
laid thy
yoke
exceeding
heavy.
And thou hast
said:
I
shall
be
a lady
for
ever: thou hast
not
laid
these
things
to thy
heart,
neither hast thou
remembered thy
latter
end.
And
now
hear
these
things, thou
that art delicate,
and dwellest confidently,
that sayest
in thy
heart:
I
am,
and
there
is
none
else
besides
me:
I
shall
not
sit
as
a
widow,
and
I
shall
not
know barrenness.
These
two
things
shall
come
upon thee
suddenly
in
one
day, barrenness
and
widowhood.
All
things
are
come
upon thee,
because
of
the
multitude
of thy
sorceries,
and
for
the
great hardness
of thy enchanters.
And thou best
trusted
in thy
wickedness,
and hast
said:
There
is
none
that seeth
me. Thy
wisdom,
and thy
knowledge,
this hath deceived thee.
And thou best
said
in thy
heart:
I
am,
and
besides
me
there
is
no
other.
Evil
shall
come
upon thee,
and
then shalt
not
know
the rising thereof:
and
calamity
shall
fall violently
upon thee, which thou canst
not
keep
off: misery
shall
come
upon thee
suddenly, which thou shalt
not
know.
Stand
now
with thy enchanters,
and
with
the
multitude
of thy
sorceries,
in
which thou hast laboured
from thy
youth,
if
so
be
it
may
profit thee any
thing,
or
if thou mayst
become stronger.
Thou hast failed
in
the
multitude
or thy
counsels:
let
now
the astrologers
stand
and
save thee,
they
that gazed
at
the
stars,
and counted
the
months,
that
from
them
they
might
tell
the
things
that
shall
come
to thee.
Behold
they
are
as
stubble,
fire hath
burnt
them,
they
shall
not
deliver
themselves
from
the
power
of
the dames:
there
are
no
coals wherewith
they
may
be
warmed,
nor
fire,
that
they
may
sit thereat.
Such
are
all
the
things
become
to thee,
in
which thou best laboured: thy
merchants
from thy
youth,
every
one hath erred
in
his
own
way,
there
is
none
that
can
save thee.
Hear ye
these
things,
O
house
of
Jacob,
you
that
are
called
by
the
name
of
Israel,
and
are
come
forth
out
of
the
waters
of Juda,
you
who
swear
by
the
name
of
the
Lord,
and
make
mention
of
the
God
of
Israel,
but
not
in
truth,
nor
in
justice.
For
they
are
called
of
the
holy
city,
and
are established
upon
the
God
of
Israel:
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
his
name.
The
former
things
of
old
I
have
declared,
and
they
went
forth
out
of
my
mouth,
and
I
have
made
them
to be
heard:
I
did
them
suddenly
and
they
came
to
pass.
For
I knew
that thou art
stubborn,
and thy
neck
is
as
an
iron
sinew,
and thy
forehead
as brass.
I foretold thee
of old,
before
they
came
to
pass
I
told thee,
lest thou shouldst
say:
My
idols
have
done these things,
and
my
graven
and molten things
have
commanded
them.
See
now
all
the
things which thou hast
heard:
but
have
you
declared
them?
I
have shewn thee
new
things
from
that
time,
and
things
are
kept which thou knowest
not:
They
are
created
now,
and
not
of
old:
and
before
the
day,
when thou heardest
them
not,
lest thou shouldst
say:
Behold
I
knew
them.
Thou hast
neither
heard,
nor
known,
neither
was thy
ear
opened
of old.
For
I
know
that
transgressing thou wilt
transgress,
and
I
have
called thee
a transgressor
from
the
womb.
For
my
name’s
sake
I
will remove
my
wrath far
off:
and
for
my
praise
I
will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst
perish.
Behold
I
have
refined thee,
but
not
as
silver,
I
have
chosen thee
in
the
furnace
of poverty.
For
my own
sake,
for
my own
sake
will
I
do
it,
that
I
may
not
be blasphemed:
and
I
will
not
give
my
glory
to
another.
Hearken
to
me,
O
Jacob,
and thou
Israel
whom
I
call:
I
am
he,
I
am
the
first,
and
I
am
the
last.
My
hand
also hath
founded
the
earth,
and
my
right
hand hath measured
the
heavens:
I
shall
call
them,
and
they
shall
stand
together.
Assemble
yourselves
together,
all
you,
and
hear:
who
among
them hath
declared
these
things?
the
Lord hath
loved
him,
he
will
do
his
pleasure
in
Babylon,
and
his
arm
shall
be
on
the
Chaldeans.
I,
even
I
have
spoken
and
called
him:
I
have
brought
him,
and
his
way
is
made
prosperous.
Come ye
near unto
me,
and
hear
this:
I
have
not
spoken
in secret
from
the
beginning:
from
the
time
before
it
was
done,
I
was
there,
and
now
the
Lord
God hath
sent
me,
and
his
spirit.
Thus saith
the
Lord thy
redeemer,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel:
I
am
the
Lord thy
God
that
teach thee
profitable
things,
that govern thee
in
the
way
that thou walkest.
O
that thou hadst hearkened
to
my
commandments: thy
peace
had
been
as
a
river,
and thy
justice
as
the
waves
of
the
sea,
And thy
seed
had
been
as
the
sand,
and
the
offspring
of thy
bowels
like
the gravel thereof:
his
name should
not
have perished,
nor
have
been
destroyed
from
before
my
face.
Come
forth
out
of
Babylon,
flee ye
from
the
Chaldeans,
declare
it
with
the
voice
of
joy:
make
this
to
be
heard,
and
speak
it
out
even
to
the
ends
of
the
earth.
Say:
The
Lord hath
redeemed
his
servant
Jacob.
They
thirsted
not
in
the desert, when
he led them
out:
he brought
forth
water
out
of
the
rock
for them,
and
he clove
the
rock,
and
the
waters
gushed
out.
There
is
no
peace
to
the
wicked, saith
the
Lord.
Give ear, ye
islands,
and hearken, ye
people
from
afar.
The
Lord hath
called
me
from
the
womb,
from
the
bowels
of
my
mother
he hath
been
mindful
of
my
name.
And
he hath
made
my
mouth
like
a
sharp
sword:
in
the
shadow
of
his
hand
he hath protected
me,
and hath
made
me
as
a
chosen
arrow:
in
his
quiver
he hath
hidden
me.
And
he
said
to
me: Thou art
my
servant
Israel,
for
in thee
will
I
glory.
And
I
said:
I
have laboured
in
vain,
I
have
spent
my
strength without
cause
and
in
vain:
therefore
my
judgment
is
with
the
Lord,
and
my
work
with
my
God.
And
now saith
the
Lord,
that
formed
me
from
the
womb
to
be
his
servant,
that
I
may
bring
back
Jacob unto
him,
and
Israel
will
not
be
gathered
together:
and
I
am
glorified
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord,
and
my
God
is
made
my
strength.
And
he
said:
It
is
a
small
thing
that thou shouldst
be
my
servant
to
raise
up
the
tribes
of
Jacob,
and
to convert
the dregs
of
Israel. Behold,
I
have
given thee
to
be
the
light
of
the
Gentiles,
that thou mayst
be
my
salvation
even
to
the farthest part
of
the
earth.
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
redeemer
of
Israel,
his
Holy
One,
to
the
soul
that
is
despised,
to
the
nation
that
is
abhorred,
to
the
servant
of
rulers:
Kings
shall
see,
and
princes
shall
rise
up,
and adore
for
the
Lord’s
sake,
because
he
is
faithful,
and
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
who hath
chosen thee.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
In
an
acceptable
time
I
have heard thee,
and
in
the
day
of
salvation
I
have
helped thee:
and
I
have preserved thee,
and
given thee
to
be
a
covenant
of
the
people,
that thou mightest
raise
up
the
earth,
and
possess
the
inheritances
that
were destroyed:
That thou mightest
say
to
them
that
are
bound:
Come
forth:
and
to
them
that
are
in
darkness: Shew
yourselves.
They
shall
feed
in
the
ways,
and
their pastures
shall
be
in
every plain.
They
shall
not
hunger,
nor
thirst,
neither
shall
the
heat
nor
the
sun
strike
them:
for
he
that
is merciful
to
them,
shall
be
their shepherd,
and
at
the fountains
of
waters
he
shall give
them drink.
And
I
will
make
all
my
mountains
a
way,
and
my
paths
shall
be
exalted.
Behold
these
shall
come
from
afar,
and
behold
these
from
the
north
and
from
the
sea,
and
these
from
the
south
country.
Give
praise,
O ye
heavens,
and
rejoice,
O
earth, ye
mountains,
give
praise
with jubilation:
because
the
Lord hath
comforted
his
people,
and
will
have
mercy
on
his
poor ones.
And Sion
said:
The
Lord hath forsaken
me,
and
the
Lord hath
forgotten
me.
Can
a
woman
forget
her
infant,
so
as
not
to
have
pity
on
the
son
of
her
womb?
and
if
she
should
forget,
yet
will
not
I
forget thee.
Behold,
I
have graven thee
in
my
hands: thy
walls
are
always
before
my eyes.
Thy
builders
are
come:
they
that destroy thee
and
make thee waste
shall
go
out
of thee.
Lift
up thy
eyes
round
about,
and
see
all
these
are
gathered
together,
they
are
come
to thee:
I
live, saith
the
Lord, thou shalt
be
clothed
with
all
these
as
with
an ornament,
and
as
a
bride thou shalt
put
them
about thee.
For thy
deserts,
and thy
desolate
places,
and
the
land
of thy destruction
shall
now
be too narrow
by reason
of
the
inhabitants,
and
they
that
swallowed thee
up
shall
be chased
far
away.
The
children
of thy barrenness
shall
still
say
in thy
ears:
The
place
is
too strait
for
me,
make
me
room
to
dwell
in.
And thou shalt-say
in thy
heart:
Who hath
begotten
these?
I
was
barren
and
brought not
forth, led
away,
and captive:
and
who hath
brought
up
these?
I
was destitute
and
alone:
and
these,
where
were
they?
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
will
lift
up
my
hand
to
the
Gentiles,
and
will
set
up
my
standard
to
the
people.
And
they
shall
bring thy
sons
in
their
arms,
and
carry thy
daughters
upon
their
shoulders.
And
kings
shall
be thy
nursing fathers,
and queens thy
nurses:
they
shall
worship thee
with
their
face toward
the
earth,
and
they
shall
lick
up
the
dust
of thy
feet.
And thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
for
they
shall
not
be
confounded
that
wait
for
him.
Shall
the prey
be
taken
from
the
strong?
or
can
that which
was
taken
by
the
mighty
be
delivered?
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Yea verily,
even
the
captivity
shall
be
taken
away
from
the
strong:
and
that which
was
taken
by
the
mighty,
shall
be
delivered.
But
I
will
judge
those
that
have judged thee,
and thy
children
I
will
save.
And
I
will
feed thy enemies
with
their own
flesh:
and
they
shall
be
made
drunk
with
their own
blood,
as
with new
wine:
and
all
flesh
shall
know,
that
I
am
the
Lord
that
save thee,
and thy
Redeemer
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
What
is
this bill
of
the
divorce
of
your
mother,
with
which
I
have
put
her
away?
or
who
is
my
creditor,
to
whom
I
sold
you:
behold
you
are
sold
for
your
iniquities,
and
for
your wicked
deeds
have
I
put
your
mother
away.
Because
I
came,
and
there
was
not
a
man:
I
called,
and
there
was
none
that
would hear.
Is
my
hand
shortened
and
become little,
that
I
cannot redeem?
or
is
there
no
strength
in
me
to
deliver?
Behold
at
my
rebuke
I
will
make
the
sea
a
desert,
I
will
turn
the
rivers
into
dry land:
the fishes
shall rot
for want
of
water,
and
shall
die
for
thirst.
I
will
clothe
the
heavens
with darkness,
and
will
make
sackcloth
their
covering.
The
Lord hath
given
me
a
learned
tongue,
that
I should
know
how
to uphold
by
word
him
that
is
weary:
he wakeneth
in
the
morning,
in
the
morning
he wakeneth
my
ear,
that
I
may
hear
him
as
a
master.
The
Lord
God hath
opened
my
ear,
and
I do
not resist:
I
have
not
gone
back.
I
have
given
my body
to
the strikers,
and
my
cheeks
to
them
that plucked
them:
I
have
not
turned away
my
face
from
them
that rebuked
me,
and spit upon
me.
The
Lord
God
is
my
helper,
therefore am
I
not
confounded:
therefore
have
I
set
my
face
as
a most hard rock,
and
I
know
that
I
shall
not
be
confounded.
He
is
near
that justifieth
me,
who
will
contend
with
me? let
us
stand
together,
who
is
my adversary? let
him
come
near
to
me.
Behold
the
Lord
God
is
my
helper:
who
is
he
that
shall
condemn
me?
Lo,
they
shall
all
be
destroyed
as
a
garment,
the
moth
shall
eat
them
up.
Who
is
there
among
you
that feareth
the
Lord,
that heareth
the
voice
of
his
servant,
that hath
walked
in
darkness,
and hath
no
light?
let
him hope
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
and
lean upon
his
God.
Behold
all
you
that
kindle
a
fire, encompassed
with dames, walk
in
the
light
of
your
fire,
and
in
the dames
which
you
have
kindled:
this
is
done
to
you
by
my
hand,
you
shall
sleep
in sorrows.
Give ear
to
me,
you
that
follow
that which
is
just,
and
you
that
seek
the
Lord:
look unto
the
rock whence
you
are
hewn,
and
to
the hole
of
the
pit
from which
you
are
dug
out.
Look unto
Abraham
your
father,
and
to Sara
that bore
you:
for
I
called
him
alone,
and
blessed
him,
and
multiplied
him.
The
Lord
therefore
will
comfort Sion,
and
will
comfort
all
the
ruins thereof:
and
he
will
make
her
desert
as
a
place
of
pleasure,
and
her
wilderness
as
the
garden
of
the
Lord.
Joy
and
gladness
shall
be
found therein,
thanksgiving,
and
the
voice
of
praise.
Hearken unto
me, O
my
people,
and
give
ear
to
me, O
my tribes:
for
a
law
shall
go
forth
from
me,
and
my
judgment
shall
rest
to
be
a
light
of
the
nations.
My
just
one
is
near
at
hand,
my saviour
is
gone
forth,
and
my
arms
shall
judge
the
people:
the
islands
shall
look
for
me,
and
shall patiently
wait
for
my
arm.
Lift
up
your
eyes
to
heaven,
and
look
down
to
the
earth
beneath:
for
the
heavens
shall vanish
like
smoke,
and
the
earth
shall
be
worn
away
like
a
garment,
and
the
inhabitants thereof
shall perish
in
like
manner:
but
my
salvation
shall
be
for
ever,
and
my
justice
shall
not
fail.
Hearken
to
me,
you
that
know
what
is
just,
my
people
who
have
my
law
in
your
heart:
fear ye
not
the
reproach
of
men,
and
be
not
afraid
of
their blasphemies.
For
the worm
shall
eat
them
up
as
a
garment:
and
the
moth
shall
consume
them
as
wool:
but
my
salvation
shall
be
for
ever,
and
my
justice
from
generation
to
generation,
Arise,
arise,
put
on
strength,
O thou
arm
of
the
Lord,
arise
as
in
the
days
of
old,
in
the
ancient
generations. Hast
not thou struck
the proud
one,
and
wounded
the
dragon?
Hast
not thou dried
up
the
sea,
the
water
of
the mighty
deep,
who madest
the depth
of
the
sea
a
way,
that
the delivered might
pass
over?
And
now
they
that
are
redeemed
by
the
Lord,
shall
return,
and
shall
come
into Sion
singing
praises,
and
joy
everlasting
shall
be
upon
their
heads,
they
shall
obtain
joy
and
gladness,
sorrow
and mourning
shall
flee
away.
I,
I
myself
will
comfort
you:
who art thou,
that thou shouldst
be
afraid
of
a
mortal
man,
and
of
the
son
of
man,
who
shall wither away
like
grass?
And thou hast
forgotten
the
Lord thy maker,
who
stretched
out
the
heavens,
and
founded
the
earth:
and thee hast
been
afraid
continually
all
the
day
at
the
presence
of
his
fury
who afflicted thee,
and
had
prepared
himself
to
destroy thee:
where
is
now
the
fury
of
the
oppressor?
He
shall
quickly come
that
is going
to
open unto
you,
and
he
shall
not
kill unto utter
destruction,
neither
shall
his
bread
fail.
But
I
am
the
Lord thy
God,
who trouble
the
sea,
and
the
waves thereof swell:
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
my
name.
I
have
put
my
words
in thy
mouth,
and
have protected thee
in
the
shadow
of
my
hand,
that thou mightest
plant
the
heavens,
and
found
the
earth:
and mightest
say
to Sion: Thou art
my
people.
Arise,
arise,
stand
up,
O
Jerusalem,
which hast
drunk
at
the
hand
of
the
Lord
the
cup
of
his
wrath; thou hast
drunk
even
to
the bottom
of
the
cup
of dead sleep,
and thou hast
drunk
even
to
the
dregs.
There
is
none
that
can uphold
her among
all
the
children
that she hath
brought
forth:
and
there
is
none
that taketh
her
by
the
hand among
all
the
children
that she hath
brought
up.
There
are
two
things
that
have
happened
to thee:
who
shall
be
sorry
for thee? desolation,
and
destruction,
and
the
famine,
and
the
sword,
who
shall
comfort thee?
Thy
children
are cast forth,
they
have
slept
at
the
head
of
all
the ways,
as
the wild ox
that
is snared:
full
of
the indignation
of
the
Lord,
of
the
rebuke
of thy
God.
Therefore
hear
this, thou
poor little
one,
and thou
that art
drunk
but
no
with
wine.
Thus saith thy Sovereign
the
Lord
and thy
God,
who
will
fight
for
his
people:
Behold
I
have
taken
out
of thy
hand
the
cup
of dead sleep,
the
dregs
of
the
cup
of
my indignation, thou shalt
not
drink
it
again
any
more.
And
I
will
put
it
in
the
hand
of
them
that
have oppressed thee,
and
have
said
to thy
soul:
Bow
down,
that
we
may
go
over:
and thou hast
laid thy
body
as
the
ground,
and
as
a way
to
them
that went
over.
Arise,
arise,
put
on thy
strength, O Sion,
put
on
the
garments
of thy
glory, O
Jerusalem,
the
city
of
the
Holy
One:
for henceforth
the
uncircumcised,
and
unclean
shall
no
more
pass
through thee.
Shake thyself
from
the
dust,
arise,
sit
up, O
Jerusalem:
loose
the
bonds
from
off thy
neck, O captive
daughter
of Sion.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
You were
sold gratis,
and
you
shall
be
redeemed
without
money.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
My
people
went
down
into
Egypt
at
the
beginning
to sojourn
there:
and
the Assyrian hath
oppressed
them
without
any
cause
at all.
And
now
what
have
I
here, saith
the
Lord:
for
my
people
is
taken
away gratis.
They
that
rule
over
them
treat
them unjustly, saith
the
Lord,
and
my
name
is
continually
blasphemed
all
the
day
long.
Therefore
my
people
shall
know
my
name
in
that
day:
for
I
myself
that
spoke,
behold
I
am
here.
How beautiful
upon
the
mountains
are
the
feet
of
him
that bringeth
good
tidings,
and
that preacheth
peace:
of
him
that sheweth
forth
good,
that preacheth
salvation,
that saith
to Sion: Thy
God
shall
reign!
The
voice
of thy
watchmen:
they
have
lifted
up
their
voice,
they
shall
praise
together:
for
they
shall
see
eye
to
eye
when
the
Lord
shall convert Sion.
Rejoice,
and
give
praise
together,
O ye
deserts
of
Jerusalem:
for
the
Lord hath
comforted
his
people:
he hath
redeemed
Jerusalem.
The
Lord hath prepared
his
holy
arm
in
the
sight
of
all
the
Gentiles:
and
all
the
ends
of
the
earth
shall
see
the
salvation
of
our
God.
Depart,
depart,
go ye
out
from thence,
touch
no
unclean
thing:
go
out
of
the
midst
of
her,
be ye clean,
you
that
carry
the
vessels
of
the
Lord.
For
you
shall
not
go
out
in
a tumult,
neither
shall
you
make
haste
by flight:
For
the
Lord
will
go
before
you,
and
the
God
of
Israel
will
gather
you
together.
Behold
my
servant
shall
understand,
he
shall
be
exalted,
and
extolled,
and
shall
be
exceeding
high.
As
many
have
been
astonished
at thee,
so
shall
his visage
be inglorious
among
men,
and
his
form
among
the
sons
of
men.
He
shall sprinkle
many
nations,
kings
shall
shut
their
mouth
at
him:
for
they
to
whom
it
was
not
told
of
him,
have
seen:
and
they
that
heard
not,
have beheld.
Who hath
believed
our
report?
and
to
whom
is
the
arm
of
the
Lord
revealed?
And
he
shall
grow
up
as
a
tender plant
before
him,
and
as
a
root
out
of
a thirsty
ground:
there
is
no beauty
in
him,
nor comeliness:
and
we
have
seen
him,
and
there
was
no sightliness,
that
we
should
be desirous
of
him:
Despised,
and
the
most abject
of
men,
a
man
of
sorrows,
and
acquainted
with infirmity:
and
his look
was
as
it
were hidden
and
despised, whereupon we
esteemed
him
not.
Surely
he hath
borne
our infirmities
and
carried
our
sorrows:
and
we
have
thought
him
as
it
were
a leper,
and
as
one
struck
by
God
and
afflicted.
But
he
was
wounded
for
our
iniquities,
he
was bruised
for
our
sins:
the chastisement
of
our
peace
was
upon
him,
and
by
his bruises we
are
healed.
All
we
like
sheep
have
gone
astray,
every
one hath
turned aside
into
his
own
way:
and
the
Lord hath laid
on
him
the
iniquity
of
us
all.
He
was offered
because
it
was
his
own
will,
and
he
opened
not
his
mouth:
he
shall
be
led
as
a
sheep
to
the
slaughter,
and
shall
be dumb
as
a
lamb
before
his shearer,
and
he
shall
not
open
his
mouth.
He
was
taken
away
from distress,
and
from
judgment:
who
shall declare
his
generation?
because
he
is
cut
off
out
of
the
land
of
the
living:
for
the wickedness
of
my
people
have
I struck
him.
And
he
shall
give
the
ungodly
for
his
burial,
and
the
rich
for
his
death:
because
he hath
done
no iniquity,
neither
was there
deceit
in
his
mouth.
And
the
Lord
was
pleased
to bruise
him
in infirmity:
if
he
shall
lay
down
his
life
for
sin,
he
shall
see
a long-lived
seed,
and
the
will
of
the
Lord
shall
be
prosperous
in
his
hand.
Because
his
soul hath laboured,
he
shall
see
and
be
filled:
by
his
knowledge
shall
this
my
just
servant
justify
many,
and
he
shall
bear
their
iniquities.
Therefore
will
I distribute
to
him
very
many,
and
he
shall
divide
the
spoils
of
the
strong,
because
he hath delivered
his
soul unto
death,
and
was reputed
with
the wicked:
and
he hath
borne
the
sins
of
many,
and hath prayed
for
the
transgressors.
Give
praise,
O thou
barren,
that bearest
not:
sing
forth
praise,
and
make
a
joyful noise, thou
that didst
not travail
with
child:
for
many
are
the
children
of
the
desolate,
more
than
of
her
that hath
a
husband, saith
the
Lord.
Enlarge
the
place
of thy
tent,
and
stretch
out
the skins
of thy tabernacles,
spare
not:
lengthen thy
cords,
and
strengthen thy
stakes.
For thou shalt pass
on
to
the
right
hand,
and
to
the
left:
and thy
seed
shall
inherit
the
Gentiles,
and
shall
inhabit
the
desolate
cities.
Fear
not,
for thou shalt
not
be
confounded,
nor
blush:
for thou shalt
not
be
put
to
shame,
because thou shalt
forget
the
shame
of thy
youth,
and shalt
remember
no
more
the
reproach
of thy
widowhood.
For
he
that
made thee
shall rule
over thee,
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
his
name:
and thy
Redeemer,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
shall
be
called
the
God
of
all
the
earth.
For
the
Lord hath
called thee
as
woman forsaken
and mourning
in
spirit,
and
as
a
wife cast off
from
her
youth,
said thy
God.
For
a,
small
moment
have
I forsaken thee,
but with
great
mercies
will
I
gather thee.
In
a
moment
of indignation
have
I
hid
my
face
a little
while
from thee,
but
with
everlasting
kindness
have
I
had
mercy
on thee,
said
the
Lord thy
Redeemer.
This
thing
is
to
me
as
in
the days
of Noe,
to
whom
I
swore,
that
I
would no
more bring
in
the
waters
of Noe
upon
the
earth:
so
have
I
sworn
not
to
be
angry
with thee,
and
not
to
rebuke thee.
For
the
mountains
shall
be
moved,
and
the
hills
shall tremble;
but
my
mercy
shall
not
depart
from thee,
and
the
covenant
of
my
peace
shall
not
be
moved:
said
the
Lord
that hath
mercy
on thee.
O
poor little
one, tossed
with tempest,
without
all
comfort,
behold
I
will
lay thy
stones
in order,
and
will
lay thy
foundations
with
sapphires,
And
I
will
make thy bulwarks
of jasper:
and thy
gates
of graven
stones,
and
all thy
borders
of
desirable
stones.
All thy
children
shall
be
taught
of
the
Lord:
and
great
shall
be
the
peace
of thy
children.
And thou shalt
be founded
in
justice: depart
far
from
oppression,
for thou shalt
not
fear;
and
from
terror,
for
it
shall
not
come
near thee.
Behold,
an inhabitant
shall
come,
who was
not
with
me,
he
that was
a stranger
to thee
before,
shall be
joined
to thee.
Behold,
I
have
created
the
smith
that bloweth
the
coals
in
the
fire,
and bringeth
forth an instrument
for
his
work,
and
I
have
created
the killer
to
destroy.
No
weapon
that
is
formed
against thee
shall
prosper:
and
every
tongue
that resisteth thee
in
judgment, thou shalt
condemn.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
servants
of
the
Lord,
and
their
justice
with
me, saith
the
Lord.
All
you
that thirst, come
to
the
waters:
and
you
that
have
no
money make haste,
buy,
and
eat: come ye,
buy
wine
and
milk
without
money,
and
without
any
price.
Why
do
you
spend
money
for
that
which
is
not breed,
and
your labour
for
that
which doth
not
satisfy
you? Hearken
diligently
to
me,
and
eat
that
which
is
good,
and
your
soul
shall
be
delighted
in
fatness.
Incline
your
ear
and come
to
me:
hear
and
your
soul
shall lire,
and
I
will
make
an
everlasting
covenant
with
you,
the
faithful mercies
of
David.
Behold
I
have
given
him
for
a
witness
to
the
people,
for
a
leader
and
a
master
to
the Gentiles.
Behold thou shalt
call
a
nation,
which thou knewest
not:
and
the
nations
that
knew
not thee
shall
run
to thee,
because
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
for
he hath
glorified thee.
Seek ye
the
Lord,
while
he
may
be
found:
call
upon
him,
while
he
is
near.
Let
the
wicked
forsake
his
way,
and
the
unjust
man
his
thoughts,
and let
him
return
to
the
Lord,
and
he
will
have
mercy
on
him,
and
to
our
God:
for
he
is bountiful
to
forgive.
For
my
thoughts
are
not
your
thoughts:
nor
your
ways
my
ways, saith
the
Lord.
For
as
the
heavens
are
exalted above
the
earth,
so
are
my
ways
exalted above
your
ways,
and
my
thoughts above
your
thoughts.
And
as
the
rain
and
the
snow
come
down
from
heaven,
and
return
no
more thither,
but soak
the
earth,
and
water
it,
and
make
it
to
spring,
and
give
seed
to
the
sower,
and
bread
to
the
eater:
So
shall
my
word
be,
which
shall
go
forth
from
my
mouth:
it
shall
not
return
to
me void,
but
it
shall
do whatsoever
I please,
and
shall
prosper
in
the
things
for
which
I
sent
it.
For
you
shall
go
out
with
joy,
and
be
led
forth
with
peace:
the
mountains
and
the
hills
shall sing
praise
before yen,
and
all
the
trees
of
the
country
shall
clap
their
hands.
Instead
of
the shrub,
shall
come
up
the
fir tree,
and
instead
of
the
nettle,
shall
come
up
the
myrtle tree:
and
the
Lord
shall
be
named
for
an
everlasting
sign,
that
shall
not
be
taken
away.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Keep ye
judgment,
and
do
justice:
for
my
salvation
is
near
to
come,
and
my
justice
to
be
revealed.
Blessed
is
the
man
that doth
this,
and
the
son
of
man
that
shall
lay
hold
on
this:
that keepeth
the
sabbath
from
profaning
it,
that keepeth
his
hands
from
doing
any
evil.
And
let
not
the
son
of
the stranger,
that adhereth
to
the
Lord,
speak,
saying:
The
Lord
will
divide
and
separate
me
from
his
people.
And
let
not
the
eunuch
say:
Behold
I
am
a
dry
tree.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
the
eunuchs,
They
that
shall
keep
my
sabbaths,
and
shall
choose
the
things
that please
me,
and
shall
hold
fast
my
covenant:
I
will
give
to
them
in
my
house,
and
within
my
walls,
a
place,
and
a
name
better
than
sons
and
daughters:
I
will
give
them
an
everlasting
name
which
shall
never
perish.
And
the
children
of
the stranger
that adhere
to
the
Lord,
to worship
him,
and
to
love
his
name,
to
be
his
servants:
every
one
that keepeth
the
sabbath
from
profaning
it,
and
that holdeth
fast
my
covenant:
I
will
bring
them
into
my
holy
mount,
and
will
make
them
joyful
in
my
house
of
prayer:
their holocausts,
and
their victims
shall
please
me
upon
my
altar:
for
my
house
shall
be
called
the
house
of
prayer,
for
all
nations.
The
Lord
God,
who gathereth
the scattered
of
Israel, saith:
I
will
still
gather unto
him
his congregation.
All ye
beasts
of
the
field
come
to
devour,
all ye
beasts
of
the
forest.
His
watchmen
are
all
blind,
they
are
all ignorant: dumb
dogs
not
able
to
bark, seeing vain
things,
sleeping
and
loving dreams.
And meet impudent
dogs,
they
never
had enough:
the
shepherds
themselves
knew
no
understanding:
all
have
turned aside
into
their
own
way,
every
one
after
his
own
gain,
from
the first
even
to
the last.
Come,
let
us
take
wine,
and
be filled
with drunkenness:
and
it
shall
be
as
today,
so
also
tomorrow,
and
much
more.
The
just perisheth,
and
no
man layeth
it
to
heart,
and
men
of mercy
are
taken
away,
because
there
is
none
that understandeth;
for
the
just
man
is
taken
away
from
before
the
face
of
evil.
Let
peace
come,
let
him
rest
in
his
bed
that hath
walked
in
his
uprightness.
But
draw
near hither,
you
sons
of
the sorceress,
the
seed
of
the
adulterer,
and
of
the
harlot.
Upon
whom
have
you jested?
upon
whom
have
you
opened
your
mouth
wide,
and
put
out
your
tongue?
are
not
you wicked
children,
a
false
seed,
Who seek
your comfort
in idols
under
every
green
tree, sacrificing
children
in
the torrents,
under
the high
rocks?
In
the parts
of
the torrent
is thy
portion,
this
is thy
lot:
and thou hast
poured
out libations
to
them, thou hast
offered
sacrifice.
Shall
I
not
be angry
at
these
things?
Upon
a
high
and
lofty
mountain thou hast
laid thy
bed,
and hast
gone
up thither
to
offer victims.
And
behind
the
door,
and
behind
the
post thou best
set
up thy
remembrance:
for thou hast discovered thyself
near
me,
and hast received
an adulterer: thou hast
enlarged thy
bed,
and
made
a covenant
with
them: thou hast
loved
their
bed
with
open
hand.
And thou hast adorned thyself
for
the
king
with
ointment,
and hast
multiplied thy
perfumes. Thou hast
sent thy
messengers
far
off,
and wast debased
even
to hell.
Thou hast
been
wearied
in
the
multitude
of thy
ways:
yet thou saidst
not:
I
will rest: thou hast
found
life
of thy
hand,
therefore thou hast
not
asked.
For
whom hast thou
been solicitous
and
afraid,
that thou hast
lied,
and hast
not
been
mindful
of
me,
nor
thought
on
me
in thy
heart?
for
I
am
silent,
and
as
one
that seeth
not,
and thou hast forgotten
me.
I
will
declare thy
justice,
and thy
works
shall
not
profit thee.
When thou shalt
cry, let thy companies
deliver thee,
but
the
wind
shall
carry
them
all
off,
a breeze
shall
take
them
away,
but
he
that putteth
his trust
in
me,
shall
inherit
the
land,
and
shall
possess
my
holy
mount.
And
I
will
say:
Make
a
way: give free passage,
turn out
of
the
path,
take
away
the stumblingblocks out
of
the
way
of
my
people.
For
thus saith
the
High
and
the Eminent
that inhabiteth eternity:
and
his
name
is
Holy,
who dwelleth
in
the
high
and
holy place,
and
with
a
contrite
and
humble
spirit,
to
revive
the
spirit
of
the
humble,
and
to
revive
the
heart
of
the
contrite.
For
I
will
not
contend
for
ever,
neither
will
I
be
angry unto
the
end:
because
the
spirit
shall go forth
from
my
face,
and breathings
I
will
make.
For
the
iniquity
of
his covetousness
I
was
angry,
and
I
struck
him:
I
hid
my face
from thee,
and
was
angry:
and
he went
away wandering
in
his own
heart.
I
saw
his
ways,
and
I
healed
him,
and
brought
him
back,
and restored comforts
to
him,
and
to
them
that
mourn
for
him.
I
created
the fruit
of
the
lips,
peace,
peace
to
him
that
is
far
off,
and
to
him
that
is
near,
said
the
Lord,
and
I
healed
him.
But
the
wicked
are
like
the raging
sea,
which
cannot
rest,
and
the
waves thereof cast
up dirt
and
mire.
There
is
no
peace
to
the
wicked, saith
the Lord
God.
Cry, cease
not,
lift
up thy
voice
like
a
trumpet,
and shew
my
people
their wicked doings,
and
the
house
of
Jacob
their
sins.
For
they
seek
me
from
day
to
day, sad
desire
to
know
my
ways,
as
a
nation
that hath
done
justice,
and hath
not forsaken
the
judgment
of
their
God:
they
ask
of
me
the
judgments
of
justice:
they
are willing
to approach
to
God.
Why
have
we
fasted,
and thou hast
not
regarded:
have
we humbled
our
souls,
and thou hast
not
taken
notice?
Behold
in
the
day
of
your
fast
your
own
will
is
found,
and
you
exact
of
all
your debtors.
Behold
you
fast
for debates
and
strife.
and
strike
with
the
fist wickedly.
Do
not
fast
as
you
have done until
this
day,
to
make
your
cry
to
be
heard
on
high.
Is
this
such
a
fast
as
I
have
chosen:
for
a
man
to
afflict
his
soul
for
a
day?
is
this
it,
to wind
his
head
about
like
a circle,
and
to
spread
sackcloth
and
ashes? wilt thou
call
this
a
fast,
and
a
day
acceptable
to
the
Lord?
Is
not
this
rather
the
fast
that
I
have
chosen?
loose
the
bands
of
wickedness, undo
the bundles
that oppress,
let
them
that
are
broken
go
free,
and
break asunder
every burden.
Deal thy
bread
to
the
hungry,
and
bring
the
needy
and
the harbourless
into thy
house:
when thou shalt
see
one
naked,
cover
him,
and despise
not thy own
flesh.
Then
shall thy
light
break
forth
as
the
morning,
and thy
health
shall
speedily arise,
and thy
justice
shall
go
before thy
face,
and
the
glory
of
the
Lord
shall
gather thee
up.
Then shalt thou
call,
and
the
Lord
shall hear: thou shalt
cry,
and
he
shall
say,
Here
I
am.
If thou wilt
take
away
the chain
out
of
the
midst
of thee,
and cease
to
stretch
out
the
finger,
and
to
speak
that which profiteth
not.
When thou shalt pour out thy
soul
to
the
hungry,
and shalt
satisfy
the afflicted
soul then
shall thy
light
rise
up
in
darkness,
and thy
darkness
shall
be
as
the noonday.
And
the
Lord
will
give thee
rest
continually,
and
will
fill thy
soul
with brightness,
and
deliver thy
bones,
and thou shalt
be
like
a
watered
garden,
and
like
a fountain
of
water
whose
waters
shall
not
fail.
And
the
places
that
have
been desolate
for
ages
shall
be
built
in thee: thou shalt
raise
up
the
foundations
of
generation
and
generation:
and thou shalt
be
called
the
repairer
of
the fences,
turning
the
paths
into rest.
If thou
turn
away thy
foot
from
the
sabbath,
from
doing thy own
will
in
my
holy
day,
and
call
the
sabbath
delightful,
and
the
holy
of
the
Lord
glorious,
and
glorify
him,
while thou dost
not thy own
ways,
and thy own
will
is
not
found:
to
speak
a
word:
Then shalt thou
be
delighted
in
the
Lord,
and
I
will lift thee
up
above
the
high
places
of
the
earth,
and
will
feed thee
with
the
inheritance
of
Jacob thy
father.
For
the
mouth
of
the
Lord hath
spoken
it.
Behold
the
hand
of
the
Lord
is
not
shortened
that
it
cannot
save,
neither
is
his
ear
heavy
that
it
cannot
hear.
But
your
iniquities
have
divided
between
you
and
your
God,
and
your
sins
have
hid
his
face
from
you
that
he
should
not
hear.
For
your
hands
are
defiled
with
blood,
and
your
fingers
with
iniquity:
your
lips
have
spoken
lies,
and
your
tongue uttereth
iniquity.
There
is
none
that calleth
upon
justice,
neither
is
there
any
one
that judgeth truly:
but
they
trust
in
a mere
nothing,
and
speak vanities:
they
have
conceived labour,
and
brought
forth
iniquity.
They
have
broken
the
eggs
of asps,
and
have
woven
the
webs
of spiders: he
that
shall
eat
of
their
eggs,
shall
die:
and
that which
is brought
out,
shall
be hatched into
a basilisk.
Their
webs
shall
not
be
for
clothing,
neither
shall
they
cover
themselves
with
their
works:
their
works
are unprofitable
works,
and
the
work
of
iniquity
is
in
their
hands.
Their
feet
run
to
evil,
and
make
haste
to
shed
innocent
blood:
their
thoughts
are unprofitable
thoughts: wasting
and
destruction
are
in
their
ways.
They
have
not
known
the
way
of
peace,
and
there
is
no
judgment
in
their steps:
their
paths
are become
crooked
to
them,
every
one
that treadeth
in
them, knoweth
no
peace.
Therefore
is
judgment
far
from
us,
and
justice
shall
not
overtake
us.
We
looked
for
light,
and
behold
darkness:
brightness,
and
we
have
walked
in
the
dark.
We
have groped
for
the
wall,
and
like
the
blind
we
have groped as if
we
had
no
eyes:
we
have
stumbled
at noonday as
in darkness,
we
are
in
dark places as
dead
men.
We
shall
roar
all
of
us
like
bears,
and
shall lament
as mournful
doves.
We
have looked
for
judgment,
and
there
is
none:
for
salvation,
and
it
is
far
from
us.
For
our
iniquities
are
multiplied
before thee,
and
our
sins
have testified
against
us:
for
our wicked doings
are
with
us,
and
we
have
known
our
iniquities:
In sinning
and
lying
against
the
Lord:
and
we
have turned
away
so
that
we went not
after
our
God,
but
spoke calumny
and
transgression:
we
have
conceived,
and
uttered
from
the
heart,
words
of
falsehood.
And
judgment
is turned
away
backward,
and
justice hath
stood
far
off:
because
truth bath
fallen
down
in
the
street,
and
equity
could
not
come
in.
And
truth hath
been forgotten:
and
he
that
departed
from
evil,
lay open
to
be
a prey:
and
the
Lord
saw,
and
it
appeared
evil
in
his
eyes,
because
there
is
no
judgment.
And
he
saw
that
there
is
not
a
man:
and
he stood
astonished,
because
there
is
none
to oppose
himself:
and
his
own
arm
brought
salvation
to
him,
and
his
own
justice supported
him.
He
put
on
justice as
a
breastplate,
and
a
helmet
of
salvation
upon
his
head:
he
put
on
the
garments
of
vengeance,
and
was clad
with
zeal as
with
a cloak.
As unto revenge, as
it
were
to
repay
wrath
to
his adversaries,
and
a
reward
to
his
enemies:
he
will
repay
the
like
to
the
islands.
And
they
from
the
west,
shall
fear
the
name
of
the
Lord:
and
they
from
the
rising
of
the
sun,
his
glory:
when
he
shall
come
as
a violent
stream,
which
the
spirit
of
the
Lord driveth
on:
And
there
shall
come
a,
redeemer
to Sion,
and
to
them
that
return
from iniquity
in
Jacob, saith
the
Lord.
This
is
my
covenant
with
them, saith
the
Lord:
My
spirit
that
is
in thee,
and
my
words
that
I
have
put
in thy
mouth,
shall
not
depart
out
of thy
mouth,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of thy
seed,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of thy seed’s
seed, saith
the
Lord,
from henceforth
and
for
ever.
Arise,
be
enlightened,
O
Jerusalem:
for thy
light
is
come,
and
the
glory
of
the
Lord
is
risen
upon thee.
For
behold
darkness
shall
cover
the
earth,
and
a mist
the
people:
but
the
Lord
shall arise
upon thee,
and
his
glory
shall
be
seen
upon thee.
And
the
Gentiles
shall
walk
in thy
light,
and
kings
in
the
brightness
of thy
rising.
Lift
up thy
eyes
round
about,
and
see:
all
these
are
gathered
together,
they
are
come
to thee: thy
sons
shall
come
from
afar,
and thy
daughters
shall
rise
up
at thy
side.
Then shalt thou
see,
and abound,
and thy
heart
shall wonder
and
be
enlarged,
when
the
multitude
of
the
sea
shall
be converted
to thee,
the.
strength
of
the
Gentiles
shall
come
to thee.
The
multitude
of
camels
shall
cover thee,
the dromedaries
of Madian
and Epha:
all
they
from Saba
shall
come,
bringing
gold
and
frankincense:
and shewing
forth
praise
to
the
Lord.
All
the
flocks
of Cedar
shall
be
gathered
together unto thee,
the
rams
of Nabaioth
shall
minister
to thee:
they
shall
be
offered
upon
my
acceptable
altar,
and
I
will
glorify
the
house
of
my majesty.
Who
are
these,
that
fly
as
clouds,
and
as
doves
to
their
windows?
For,
the
islands
wait
for
me,
and
the
ships
of
the
sea
in
the
beginning:
that
I
may
bring thy
sons
from
afar:
their
silver,
and
their
gold
with
them,
to
the
name
of
the
Lord thy
God,
and
to
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
because
he hath
glorified thee.
And
the
children
of strangers
shall
build
up thy
walls,
and
their
kings
shall
minister
to thee:
for
in
my
wrath
have
I
struck thee,
and
in
my reconciliation
have
I
had
mercy upon thee.
And thy
gates
shall
be
open
continually:
they
shall
not
be
shut
day
nor
night,
that
the
strength
of
the
Gentiles
may
be
brought
to thee,
and
their
kings
may
be
brought.
For
the
nation
and
the
kingdom
that
will
not
serve thee,
shall
perish:
and
the
Gentiles
shall
be wasted
with desolation.
The
glory
of Libanus shall
come
to thee,
the Ar
tree,
and
the
box
tree,
and
the pine
tree
together,
to
beautify
the
place
of
my
sanctuary:
and
I
will
glorify
the
place
of
my
feet.
And
the
children
of
them
that
afflict thee,
shall
come
bowing
down
to thee,
and
all
that
slandered thee
shall
worship
the
steps
of thy
feet,
and
shall
call thee
the
city
of
the
Lord,
the Sion
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Because thou wast forsaken,
and
hated,
and
there
was
none
that
passed
through thee,
I
will
make thee
to
be
an
everlasting glory,
a
joy unto
generation
and
generation:
And thou shalt
suck
the
milk
of
the
Gentiles,
and thou shalt
be
nursed
with
the
breasts
of
kings:
and thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord thy Saviour,
and thy
Redeemer,
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.
For
brass
I
will
bring
gold,
and
for
iron
I
will
bring
silver:
and
for
wood
brass,
and
for
stones
iron:
and
I
will
make thy visitation
peace,
and thy
overseers
justice.
Iniquity
shall
no
more
be
heard
in thy
land, wasting
nor
destruction
in thy
borders,
and
salvation
shall possess thy
walls,
and
praise thy
gates.
Thou shalt
no
more
have
the
sun
for thy
light
by
day,
neither
shall
the
brightness
of
the
moon
enlighten thee:
but
the
Lord
shall
be unto thee
for
an
everlasting
light,
and thy
God
for thy
glory.
Thy
sun
shall
go
down
no
more,
and thy moon
shall
not decrease:
for
the
Lord
shall
be unto thee
for
an
everlasting
light,
and
the
days
of thy
mourning
shall
be ended.
And thy
people
shall
be
all
just,
they
shall
inherit
the
land
for
ever,
the
branch
of
my
planting,
the
work
of
my
hand
to
glorify
me.
The
least
shall
become
a
thousand,
and
a
little
one
a most
strong
nation:
I
the
Lord
will suddenly
do
this thing
in
its
time.
The
spirit
of
the
Lord
is
upon
me,
because
the
Lord hath
anointed
me:
he hath
sent
me
to preach
to
the meek,
to heal
the contrite
of
heart,
and
to preach
a
release
to
the
captives,
and deliverance
to
them
that
are shut
up.
To
proclaim
the
acceptable
year
of
the
Lord,
and
the
day
of
vengeance
of
our
God:
to
comfort
all
that
mourn:
To
appoint
to
the
mourners
of Sion,
and
to
give
them
a crown
for
ashes,
the
oil
of
joy
for
mourning,
a garment
of
praise
for
the
spirit
of grief:
and
they
shall
be
called
in
it
the mighty
ones
of
justice,
the
planting
of
the
Lord
to
glorify hint.
And they
shall
build
the
places
that
have
been
waste
from
of
old,
and
shall
raise
up
ancient
ruins,
and
shall
repair
the
desolate
cities,
that
were
destroyed
for
generation
and
generation.
And
strangers
shall
stand
and
shall
feed
your
flocks:
and
the
sons
of
strangers
shall
be
your husbandmen,
and
the dressers
of
your vines.
But
you
shall
be
called
the
priests
of
the
Lord:
to
you
it
shall
be
said: Ye
ministers
of
our
God:
you
shall
eat
the
riches
of
the
Gentiles,
and
you
shall pride
yourselves
in
their
glory.
For
your
double confusion
and
shame,
they
shall
praise
their part:
therefore
shall
they
receive
double
in
their
land,
everlasting
joy
shall
be unto
them.
For
I
am
the
Lord
that
love
judgment,
and
hate
robbery
in
a holocaust:
and
I
will
make
their
work
in
truth,
and
I
will
make
a
perpetual
covenant
with
them.
And
they
shall
know
their
seed
among
the
Gentiles,
and
their
offspring
in
the
midst
of
peoples:
all
that
shall
see
them,
shall
know
them,
that
these
are
the
seed
which
the
Lord hath
blessed.
I
will
greatly
rejoice
in
the
Lord,
and
my
soul
shall
be joyful
in
my
God:
for
he hath
clothed
me
with
the
garments
of
salvation:
and
with
the
robe
of
justice
he hath covered
me,
as
a bridegroom decked
with
a crown,
and
as
a
bride adorned
with
her
jewels.
For
as
the
earth bringeth
forth
her bud,
and
as
the
garden causeth
her seed
to shoot
forth:
so
shall
the
Lord
God
make
justice
to
spring
forth,
and
praise
before
all
the
nations.
For Sion’s
sake
I
will
not hold
my
peace,
and
for
the
sake
of
Jerusalem,
I
will
not
rest
till
her
just
one
come
forth
as
brightness,
and
her saviour
be lighted
as
a lamp.
And
the
Gentiles
shall
see thy
just
one,
and
all
kings thy glorious
one:
and thou shalt
be
called
by
a
new
name,
which
the
mouth
of
the
Lord
shall
name.
And thou shalt
be
a
crown
of
glory
in
the
hand
of
the
Lord,
and
a
royal
diadem
in
the
hand
of thy
God.
Thou shalt
no
more
be
called Forsaken:
and thy
land
shall
no
more
be
called
Desolate:
but thou shalt
be
called
My
pleasure
in
her,
and thy
land inhabited.
Because
the
Lord hath
been well
pleased
with thee:
and thy
land
shall
be inhabited.
For
the
young
man
shall dwell
with
the
virgin,
and thy
children
shall dwell
in thee.
And
the bridegroom
shall
rejoice
over
the
bride,
and thy
God
shall
rejoice
over thee.
Upon thy wails,
O
Jerusalem,
I
have
appointed
watchmen
all
the
day,
and
all
the
night,
they
shall
never
hold
their peace.
You
that
are
mindful
of
the
Lord,
hold
not
your peace,
And
give
him
no silence
till
he
establish,
and
till
he
make
Jerusalem
a
praise
in
the
earth.
The
Lord hath
sworn
by
his
right
hand,
and
by
the
arm
of
his
strength:
Surely
I
will
no
more
give thy corn
to
be meat
for thy
enemies:
and
the
sons
of
the strangers
shall
not
drink thy
wine,
for
which thou hast laboured.
For
they
that
gather
it,
shall
eat
it,
and
shall
praise
the
Lord:
and
they
that
bring
it
together,
shall
drink
it
in
my
holy courts.
Go
through,
go
through
the
gates,
prepare
the
way
for
the
people,
make
the
road plain, pick
out
the
stones,
and
lift
up
the
standard
to
the
people.
Behold
the
Lord hath
made
it
to
be
heard
in
the ends
of
the
earth,
tell
the
daughter
of Sion:
Behold thy Saviour cometh:
behold
his
reward
is
with
him,
and
his
work
before
him.
And
they
shall
call
them,
The
holy
people,
the
redeemed
of
the
Lord.
But thou shalt
be
called:
A
city
sought
after,
and
not forsaken.
Who
is
this
that cometh
from
Edom,
with dyed
garments
from Bosra,
this beautiful
one
in
his
robe, walking
in
the
greatness
of
his
strength.
I,
that
speak
justice,
and
am
a defender
to
save.
Why then
is thy
apparel
red, and thy
garments like theirs that
tread
in
the winepress?
I
have
trodden
the winepress
alone,
and
of
the Gentiles
there
is
not
a
man
with
me:
I
have
trampled
on
them
in
my indignation,
and
have
trodden
them
down
in
my
wrath,
and
their blood
is sprinkled
upon
my
garments,
and
I
have
stained
all
my apparel.
For
the
day
of
vengeance
is
in
my
heart,
the
year
of
my redemption
is
come.
I
looked about,
and
there
was
none
to
help:
I sought,
and
there
was
none
to give aid:
and
my own
arm hath
saved
for
me,
and
my indignation
itself hath
helped
me.
And
I
have
trodden
down
the
people
in
my
wrath,
and
have
made
them
drunk
in
my indignation,
and
have
brought
down
their strength
to
the
earth.
I
will
remember
the tender
mercies
of
the
Lord,
the
praise
of
the
Lord
for
all
the
things
that
the
Lord hath bestowed
upon
us,
and
for
the
multitude
of
his
good
things
to
the
house
of
Israel,
which
he hath given
them
according
to
his
kindness,
and
according
to
the
multitude
of
his
mercies.
And
he
said:
Surely
they
are
my
people,
children
that
will
not deny:
so
he
became
their saviour.
In
all
their affliction
he
was
not troubled,
and
the
angel
of
his
presence
saved
them:
in
his
love,
and
in
his
mercy
he
redeemed
them,
and
he
carried
them
and
lifted
them
up
all
the
days
of
old.
But
they provoked
to
wrath,
and afflicted
the
spirit
of
his
Holy
One:
and
he
was
turned
to
be
their
enemy,
and
he
fought
against
them.
And
he
remembered
the
days
of
old
of
Moses,
and
of
his
people:
Where
is
he
that
brought
them
up
out
of
the
sea,
with
the
shepherds
of
his
flock?
where
is
he
that
put
in
the
midst
of
them
the
spirit
of
his
Holy One?
He
that
brought
out
Moses
by
the
right
hand,
by
the
arm
of
his majesty:
that
divided
the
waters
before
them,
to
make
himself
an
everlasting
name.
He
that led them out through
the
deep, as
a
horse
in
the
wilderness
that stumbleth
not.
As
a
beast
that goeth
down
in
the field,
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
was
their leader:
so didst thou lead thy
people
to
make thyself
a
glorious
name.
Look
down
from
heaven,
and
behold
from thy
holy
habitation
and
the
place
of thy
glory:
where
is thy
zeal,
and thy
strength,
the
multitude
of thy
bowels,
and
of thy
mercies?
they
have held
back themselves
from
me.
For thou art
our
father,
and
Abraham hath
not
known
us,
and
Israel hath
been ignorant
of
us: thou,
O
Lord, art
our
father,
our
redeemer,
from
everlasting
is thy
name.
Why hast thou
made
us
to
err,
O
Lord,
from thy
ways:
why hast thou hardened
our
heart,
that
we
should
not
fear thee?
return
for
the
sake
of thy
servants,
the
tribes
of thy
inheritance.
They have
possessed thy
holy
people as nothing:
our enemies have
trodden
down thy
sanctuary.
We
are
become
as
in
the beginning,
when thou didst
not
rule
over
us,
and
when we
were
not
called
by thy
name.
That thou wouldst rend
the heavens,
and wouldst
come
down:
the mountains
would melt away
at thy
presence.
They
would melt
as
at
the burning
of fire,
the waters
would burn
with fire,
that thy name
might
be
made
known
to thy enemies:
that
the nations
might tremble
at thy
presence.
When thou shalt
do wonderful
things,
we
shall
not bear
them: thou didst come down,
and
at thy
presence
the mountains melted away.
From
the beginning
of
the world
they
have
not heard, nor perceived
with
the ears:
the eye hath
not seen,
O God, besides thee,
what things thou hast
prepared
for
them
that wait
for thee.
Thou hast
met
him
that rejoiceth,
and doth
justice:
in thy ways
they
shall remember thee: behold thou art angry,
and
we
have sinned:
in
them
we
have
been always,
and
we
shall
be saved.
And
we
are
all
become
as
one unclean,
and
all
our justices
as
the rag
of
a menstruous
woman:
and
we
have
all fallen
as
a leaf,
and
our
iniquities,
like
the wind,
have
taken
us
away.
There
is
none
that calleth
upon thy name:
that riseth
up,
and taketh hold
of thee: thou hast hid thy face
from
us,
and hast crushed
us
in
the
hand
of
our iniquity.
And
now,
O
Lord, thou art
our father,
and
we
are clay:
and thou art
our maker,
and
we
all
are
the works
of thy hands.
Be
not very angry, O Lord,
and remember no longer
our iniquity: behold, see we
are all thy people.
The city
of thy
sanctuary
is
become
a desert, Sion
is
made
a desert, Jerusalem
is desolate.
The house
of
our holiness,
and
of
our glory,
where
our fathers praised thee,
is burnt
with fire,
and
all
our lovely
things
are turned
into ruins.
Wilt thou refrain thyself, O Lord, upon these things, wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us vehemently?
They
have
sought
me
that
before
asked
not
for
me,
they
have
found
me
that
sought
me
not.
I
said:
Behold
me,
behold
me,
to
a
nation
that
did
not
call
upon
my
name.
I
have
spread
forth
my
hands
all
the
day
to an unbelieving
people,
who
walk
in
a
way
that
is
not
good
after
their own
thoughts.
A
people
that
continually
provoke
me
to
anger
before
my
face:
that immolate
in
gardens,
and
sacrifice
upon
bricks.
That
dwell
in sepulchres,
and sleep
in
the temple
of idols:
that
eat
swine’s
flesh,
and profane broth
is
in
their
vessels.
That
say: Depart
from
me,
come
not
near
me,
because thou art unclean:
these
shall
be
smoke
in
my
anger,
a
fire
burning
all
the
day.
Behold
it
is
written
before
me:
I
will
not
be
silent,
but
I
will render
and
repay
into
their
bosom.
Your
iniquities,
and
the
iniquities
of
your
fathers
together, saith
the
Lord,
who
have sacrificed
upon
the
mountains,
and
have reproached
me
upon
the
hills;
and
I
will
measure back
their
first
work
in
their
bosom.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
As
if
a
grain
be
found
in
a
cluster,
and
it
be
said:
Destroy
it
not,
because
it
is
a
blessing:
so
will
I
do
for
the
sake
of
my
servants,
that
I
may
not
destroy
the
whole.
And
I
will
bring
forth
a
seed
out
of
Jacob,
and
out
of Juda
a possessor
of
my
mountains:
and
my elect
shall
inherit
it,
and
my
servants
shall
dwell
there.
And
the plains
shall
be
turned
to folds
of hocks,
and
the
valley
of
Achor
into
a
place
for
the
herds
to
lie down
in,
for
my
people
that
have
sought
me.
And
you,
that
have forsaken
the
Lord,
that
have
forgotten
my
holy
mount,
that
set
a
table
for fortune,
and offer libations upon
it,
I
will
number
you
in
the
sword,
and
you
shall
all fall
by
slaughter:
because
I
called
and
you
did
not
answer:
I
spoke,
and
you
did
not
hear:
and
you
did
evil
in
my
eyes,
and
you
have
chosen
the
things
that displease
me.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
my
servants
shall
eat,
and
you
shall
be
hungry:
behold
my
servants
shall
drink,
and
you
shall
be
thirsty.
Behold
my
servants
shall
rejoice,
and
you
shall
be confounded:
behold
my
servants
shall praise
for joyfulness
of
heart,
and
you
shall
cry
for
sorrow
of
heart,
and
shall
howl
for grief
of
spirit.
And
you
shall
leave
your
name
for
an execration
to
my elect:
and
the
Lord
God
shall
slay thee,
and
call
his
servants
by
another
name.
In
which
he
that
is
blessed upon
the
earth,
shall
be
blessed
in
God,
amen:
and
he
that sweareth
in
the
earth,
shall
swear
by
God,
amen:
because
the
former distresses
are
forgotten,
and
because
they
are
hid
from
my
eyes.
For
behold
I
create
new
heavens,
and
a
new
earth:
and
the
former
things
shall
not
be
in
remembrance,
and
they shell
not
come
upon
the
heart.
But
you
shall
be
glad
and
rejoice
for
ever
in
these
things,
which
I
create:
for
behold
I
create
Jerusalem
a
rejoicing,
and
the
people thereof
joy.
And
I
will
rejoice
in
Jerusalem,
and joy
in
my
people,
and
the
voice
of
weeping
shall
no
more
be
heard
in
her,
nor
the
voice
of
crying.
There
shall
no
more
be
an
infant
of
days
there,
nor
an
old
man
that
shall
not
fill
up
his
days:
for
the
child
shall
die
a
hundred
years
old,
and
the
sinner
being
a
hundred
years
old
shall
be
accursed.
And
they
shall
build
houses,
and
inhabit
them;
and
they
shall
plant
vineyards,
and
eat
the
fruits
of
them.
They
shall
not
build,
and
another
inhabit;
they
shall
not
plant,
and
another
eat:
for
as
the
days
of
a
tree,
so
shall
be
the
days
of
my
people,
and
the
works
of
their
hands
shall
be
of
long continuance.
My elect
shall
not labour
in vain,
nor
bring
forth
in trouble;
for
they
are
the
seed
of
the
blessed
of
the
Lord,
and
their
posterity
with
them.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
before
they
call,
I
will
hear;
as
they
are
yet
speaking,
I
will
hear.
The
wolf
and
the
lamb
shall
feed
together;
the
lion
and
the
ox
shall
eat
straw;
and
dust
shall
be
the
serpent’s
food:
they
shall
not hurt
nor
kill
in
all
my
holy
mountain, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Heaven
is
my
throne,
and
the
earth
my footstool:
what
is
this
house
that
you
will
build
to
me?
and
what
is
this
place
of
my
rest?
My
hand
made
all
these
things,
and
all
these
things
were
made, saith
the
Lord.
But
to
whom
shall
I
have
respect,
but
to
him
that
is
poor
and little,
and
of
a
contrite
spirit,
and
that trembleth
at
my
words?
He
that sacrificeth
an
ox,
is
as
if
he
slew
a
man:
he
that killeth
a
sheep
in
sacrifice,
as
if
he
should brain
a
dog:
he
that offereth
an oblation,
as
if
he
should
offer
swine’s
blood;
he
that remembereth
incense,
as
if
he
should
bless
an
idol.
All
these
things
have
they
chosen
in
their
ways,
and
their
soul
is delighted
in
their
abominations.
Wherefore
I
also
will
choose
their mockeries,
and
will
bring
upon
them
the
things
they feared:
because
I
called,
and
there
was
none
that
would
answer;
I
have
spoken,
and
they
heard
not;
and
they
have
done
evil
in
my
eyes,
and
have
chosen
the
things
that displease
me.
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord,
you
that tremble
at
his
word:
Your
brethren
that
hate
you,
and cast
you
out
for
my
name’s
sake,
have
said: Let
the
Lord
be
glorified,
and
we
shall
see
in
your
joy:
but
they
shall
be
confounded.
A
voice
of
the people
from
the
city,
a
voice
from
the
temple,
the
voice
of
the
Lord
that rendereth
recompense
to
his
enemies.
Before
she
was
in labour,
she
brought
forth;
before
her time
came
to
be
delivered,
she
brought
forth
a
man
child.
Who hath
ever
heard
such
a
thing?
and
who hath
seen
the
like
to
this?
shall
the
earth
bring
forth
in
one
day?
or
shall
a
nation
be
brought
forth
at
once,
because Sion hath
been
in labour,
and hath
brought
forth
her
children?
Shall
not
I
that make others
to
bring
forth
children,
myself
bring
forth, saith
the
Lord?
shall
I,
that
give generation
to others,
be barren, saith
the
Lord thy
God?
Rejoice
with
Jerusalem,
and
be
glad
with
her,
all
you
that
love
her:
rejoice
for
joy
with
her,
all
you
that
mourn
for
her.
That you
may
suck,
and
be
filled
with
the
breasts
of
her
consolations:
that you
may milk
out,
and flow
with delights, from
the
abundance
of
her
glory.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
bring
upon
her
as
it
were
a
river
of
peace,
and
as
an
overflowing torrent
the
glory
of
the
Gentiles,
which
you
shall
suck;
you
shall
be
carried
at
the
breasts,
and
upon
the
knees
they
shall caress
you.
As
one
whom
the
mother caresseth,
so
will
I
comfort
you,
and
you
shall
be
comforted
in
Jerusalem.
You
shall
see
and
your
heart
shall
rejoice,
and
your
bones
shall flourish
like
an
herb,
and
the
hand
of
the
Lord
shall
be
known
to
his
servants,
and
he
shall
be
angry
with
his
enemies.
For
behold
the
Lord
will
come
with
fire,
and
his
chariots
are
like
a whirlwind,
to
render
his
wrath
in indignation,
and
his
rebuke
with
flames
of
fire.
For
the
Lord
shall
judge
by
fire,
and
by
his
sword unto
all
flesh,
and
the
slain
of
the
Lord
shall
be
many.
They
that were
sanctified,
and thought
themselves
clean
in
the
gardens
behind
the gate
within,
they
that did
eat
swine’s
flesh,
and
the abomination,
and
the
mouse:
they
shall
be
consumed
together, saith
the
Lord.
But
I know
their
works,
and
their
thoughts:
I
come
that
I
may
gather
them
together
with
all
nations
and
tongues:
and
they
shall
come
and
shall
see
my
glory.
And
I
will
set
a
sign
among
them,
and
I
will
send
of
them
that
shall
be saved,
to
the
Gentiles
into
the
sea,
into Africa,
and Lydia
them
that
draw
the
bow:
into Italy,
and
Greece,
to
the
islands
afar
off,
to
them
that
have
not
heard
of
me,
and
have
not
seen
my
glory.
And
they
shall
declare
my
glory
to
the
Gentiles:
And
they
shall
bring
all
your
brethren
out
of
all
nations
for
a
gift
to
the
Lord,
upon
horses,
and
in
chariots,
and
in litters,
and
on
mules,
and
in coaches,
to
my
holy
mountain
Jerusalem, saith
the
Lord,
as
if
the
children
of
Israel
should
bring
an
offering
in
a
clean
vessel
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
I
will
take
of
them
to
be
priests,
and
Levites, saith
the
Lord.
For
as
the
new
heavens,
and
the
new
earth,
which
I
will
make
to
stand
before
me, saith
the
Lord:
so
shall
your
seed
stand,
and
your
name.
And
there
shall
be
month
after
month,
and
sabbath
after
sabbath:
and
all
flesh
shall
come
to adore
before
my
face, saith
the
Lord.
And
they
shall
go
out,
and
see
the
carcasses
of
the
men
that
have
transgressed
against
me:
their worm
shall
not
die,
and
their
fire
shall
not
be
quenched:
and
they
shall
be
a loathsome sight
to
all
flesh.
Jeremiah
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Jeremiah
Jer
The Book of
Jeremiah
The
words
of Jeremias
the
son
of Helcias,
of
the
priests
that
were
in
Anathoth,
in
the
land
of
Benjamin.
The
word
of
the
Lord
which
came
to
him
in
the
days
of Josias
the
son
of
Amon
king
of Juda,
in
the thirteenth
year
of
his
reign.
And which
came
to
him
in
the
days
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda, unto
the
end
of
the
eleventh
year
of Sedecias
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda,
even unto
the carrying
away
of
Jerusalem
captive,
in
the
fifth
month.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Before
I
formed thee
in
the bowels
of thy
mother,
I
knew thee:
and
before thou camest
forth
out
of
the
womb,
I
sanctified thee,
and
made thee
a
prophet unto
the
nations.
And
I
said:
Ah,
ah,
ah,
Lord
God:
behold,
I
cannot
speak,
for
I
am
a
child.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Say
not:
I
am
a
child:
for thou shalt
go
to
all
that
I
shall
send thee:
and
whatsoever
I
shall
command thee, thou shalt
speak.
Be
not
afraid
at
their
presence:
for
I
am
with thee
to
deliver thee, saith
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
put
forth
his
hand,
and
touched
my
mouth:
and
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Behold
I
have
given
my
words
in thy
mouth:
Lo,
I
have
set thee
this
day
over
the
nations,
and
over
the
kingdoms,
to
root
up,
and
pull
down,
and
to waste,
and
to
destroy,
and
to
build,
and
to
plant.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
What seest thou, Jeremias?
And
I
said:
I
see
a
rod watching.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me: Thou hast
seen
well:
for
I
will
watch
over
my
word
to
perform
it.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me
a
second
time,
saying:
What seest thou?
I
see
a
boiling caldron,
and
the
face thereof
from
the
face
of
the
north.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
from
the
north
shall
an
evil break forth
upon
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land.
For
behold
I
will
call
together
all
the
families
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
north: saith
the
Lord:
and
they
shall
come,
and
shall
set
every
one
his
throne
in
the
entrance
of
the
gates
of
Jerusalem,
and
upon
all
the
walls thereof
round
about,
and
upon
all
the
cities
of Juda,
And
I
will
pronounce
my judgements
against
them, touching
all
their
wickedness,
who
have forsaken
me,
and
have sacrificed
to strange
gods,
and
have adored
the
work
of
their own
hands.
Thou
therefore
gird
up thy
loins,
and
arise,
and
speak
to
them
all
that
I
command thee.
Be
not afraid
at
their
presence:
for
I
will
make thee
not
to
fear
their
countenance.
For
behold
I
have
made thee
this
day
a
fortified
city,
and
a
pillar
of
iron,
and
a
wall
of
brass,
over
all
the
land,
to
the
kings
of Juda,
to
the
princes thereof,
and
to
the
priests,
and
to
the
people
of
the
land.
And
they
shall
fight
against thee,
and
shall
not
prevail:
for
I
am
with thee, saith
the
Lord,
to
deliver thee.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Go,
and
cry
in
the
ears
of
Jerusalem,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
I
have
remembered thee, pitying thy soul, pitying thy
youth,
and
the
love
of thy espousals,
when thou followedst
me
in
the
desert,
in
a
land
that
is
not
sown.
Israel
is
holy
to
the
Lord,
the
first
fruits
of
his
increase:
all
they
that
devour
him offend: evils
shall
come
upon
them, saith
the
Lord.
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord,
O
house
of
Jacob,
and
all ye
families
of
the
house
of
Israel.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
What
iniquity
have
your
fathers
found
in
me,
that
they
are
gone
far
from
me,
and
have walked
after
vanity,
and
are become
vain?
And
they
have
not
said:
Where
is
the
Lord,
that
made
us
come
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt?
that led
us
through
the
desert,
through
a
land
uninhabited
and unpassable,
through
a
land
of
drought,
and
the image
of
death,
through
a
land wherein
no
man walked,
nor
any
man
dwelt?
And
I
brought
you
into
the
land
of Carmel,
to
eat
the
fruit thereof,
and
the
best
things thereof:
and
when ye
entered
in,
you
defiled
my
land,
and
made
my
inheritance
an
abomination.
The
priests
did
not
say:
Where
is
the
Lord?
and
they
that held
the
law
knew
me
not,
and
the pastors
transgressed
against
me:
and
the
prophets
prophesied
in
Baal,
and
followed idols.
Therefore
will
I
yet
contend
in judgement
with
you, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
plead
with
your
children.
Pass
over
to
the
isles
of Cethim,
and
see:
and
send
into Cedar,
and
consider
diligently:
and
see
if
there hath
been
done
any
thing
like
this.
If
a
nation hath
changed
their
gods,
and
indeed
they
are
not
gods:
but
my
people
have
changed
their
glory
into
an idol.
Be
astonished,
O ye
heavens,
at
this,
and ye gates thereof,
be
very
desolate, saith
the
Lord.
For
my
people
have
done
two evils.
They
have forsaken
me,
the
fountain
of
living
water,
and
have digged
to
themselves
cisterns,
broken
cisterns,
that
can
hold
no
water.
Is
Israel
a bondman,
or
a homeborn
slave?
why
then
is
he
become
prey?
The
lions
have
roared
upon
him,
and
have
made
a
noise,
they
have
made
his
land
a wilderness:
his
cities
are burnt
down
and
there
is none
to
dwell
in
them.
The
children
also
of
Memphis,
and
of Taphnes
have deflowered thee,
even
to
the
crown
of
the
head.
Hath
not
this
been
done
to thee,
because thou hast forsaken
the
Lord thy
God
at
that
time,
when
he led thee
by
the
way?
And
now
what hast thou
to
do
in
the
way
of
Egypt,
to
drink
the troubled
water?
And
what hast thou
to
do
with
the
way
of
the Assyrians,
to
drink
the
water
of
the
river?
Thy own
wickedness
shall
reprove thee,
and thy
apostasy
shall
rebuke thee.
Know thou,
and
see
that
it
is
an
evil
and
a
bitter
thing
for thee,
to
have
left
the
Lord thy
God,
and
that
my fear
is
not
with thee, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts.
Of
old
time thou hast
broken
my
yoke, thou hast
burst
my
bands,
and thou saidst:
I
will
not
serve.
For
on
every
high
hill,
and
under
every
green
tree thou didst
prostitute thyself.
Yet
I
planted thee
a chosen vineyard,
all
true
seed:
how
then art thou
turned unto
me
into
that which
is good
for
nothing, O strange vineyard?
Though thou
wash thyself
with nitre,
and
multiply
to thyself
the herb borith, thou art stained
in thy
iniquity
before
me, saith
the
Lord
God.
How canst thou
say:
I
am
not polluted,
and
I
have
not
walked
after Baalim?
see thy
ways
in
the
valley,
know
what thou hast
done:
as
a
swift runner
pursuing
his
course.
A
wild ass
accustomed
to
the
wilderness
in
the
desire
of
his
heart, snuffed
up
the
wind
of
his love:
none
shall
turn
her
away:
all
that
seek
her
shall
not
fail:
in
her
monthly filth
they
shall
find
her.
Keep thy
foot
from being bare,
and thy throat
from
thirst.
But thou saidst:
I
have lost
all hope,
I
will
not do
it:
for
I
have
loved
strangers,
and
I
will walk
after
them.
As
the
thief
is
confounded
when
he
is
taken,
so
is
the
house
of
Israel
confounded,
they
and
their
kings,
their
princes
and
their
priests,
and
their
prophets.
Saying
to
a stock: Thou art
my
father:
and
to
a
stone: thou hast
begotten
me:
they
have
turned
their
back
to
me,
and
not
their
face:
and
in
the
time
of
their affliction
they
will
say:
Arise,
and
deliver
us.
Where
are
the
gods,
whom thou hast
made thee?
let
them
arise
and
deliver thee
in
the
time
of thy affliction:
for according
to
the
number
of thy
cities
were thy
gods,
O Juda.
Why
will
you
contend
with
me
in judgement?
you
have
all forsaken
me, saith
the
Lord.
In
vain
have
I
struck
your
children,
they
have
not
received
correction:
your
sword hath
devoured
your
prophets,
your generation
is
like
a ravaging
lion.
See ye
the
word
of
the
Lord:
Am
I
become
a
wilderness
to
Israel,
or
a lateward springing
land?
why
then
have
my
people
said:
We
are revolted,
we
will
come
to thee
no
more.
Will
a
virgin
forget
her ornament,
or
a
bride
her stomacher?
but
my
people hath
forgotten
me
days
without
number.
Why dost thou endeavour
to shew thy
way
good
to
seek
my
love, thou
who
has
also
taught thy malices
to
be thy
ways,
And
in thy
skirts
is
found
the
blood
of
the
souls
of
the
poor
and
innocent?
not
in ditches
have
I
found
them,
but
in
all
places,
which
I mentioned
before.
And thou hast
said:
I
am
without
sin
and
am
innocent:
and
therefore
let thy
anger
be
turned
away
from
me.
Behold,
I
will contend
with thee
in judgement,
because thou hast
said:
I
have
not
sinned.
How
exceeding base art thou
become, going
the
same
ways
over
again!
and thou shalt
be
ashamed
of
Egypt,
as thou wast
ashamed
of
Assyria.
For
from thence thou shalt
go,
and thy
hand
shall
be
upon thy
head:
for
the
Lord hath destroyed thy
trust,
and thou shalt
have
nothing
prosperous therein.
It
is commonly
said:
If
a
man
put
away
his
wife,
and
she
go
from
him,
and
marry
another
man,
shall
he
return
to
her
any
more?
shall
not
that
woman
be
polluted,
and defiled?
but thou hast
prostituted thyself
to
many
lovers: nevertheless
return
to
me, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
receive thee.
Lift
up thy
eyes
on
high:
and
see
where thou hast
not prostituted thyself: Thou didst
sit
in
the
ways, waiting
for
them
as
a robber
in
the
wilderness:
and thou hast
polluted
the
land
with thy fornications,
and
with thy
wickedness.
Therefore
the
showers
were withholden,
and
there
was
no lateward
rain: thou hadst
a
harlot’s
forehead, thou wouldst
not
blush.
Therefore
at least
at
this
time
call
to
me: Thou art
my
father,
the guide
of
my virginity:
Wilt thou
be
angry
for
ever,
or wilt thou
continue until
the
end?
Behold, thou hast
spoken,
and hast
done
evil things,
and hast
been
able.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me
in
the
days
of
king Josias: Hast thou
seen
what rebellious
Israel hast
done?
she hath
gone
out
of
herself
upon
every
high
mountain,
and
under
every
green
tree,
and hath
played
the
harlot
there.
And
when
she
had
done
all
these
things,
I
said:
Return
to
me,
and
she
did
not
return.
And
her
treacherous
sister Juda
saw,
That
because
the rebellious
Israel
had
played
the
harlot,
I
had
put
her
away,
and
had
given
her
a bill
of
divorce:
yet
her
treacherous
sister Juda
was
not
afraid,
but
went
and
played
the
harlot
also
herself.
And
by
the facility
of
her fornication she defiled
the
land,
and
played
the harlot
with
stones
and
with stocks.
And
after
all
this,
her
treacherous
sister Juda hath
not
returned
to
me
with
her
whole
heart,
but
with
falsehood, saith
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
The rebellious
Israel hath
justified
her
soul,
in comparison
of
the
treacherous Juda.
Go,
and
proclaim
these
words
toward
the
north,
and thou shalt
say:
Return,
O rebellious
Israel, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
not
turn
away
my
face
from
you:
for
I
am
holy, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
not
be
angry
for
ever.
But
yet
acknowledge thy
iniquity,
that thou hast
transgressed
against
the
Lord thy
God:
and thou hast
scattered thy
ways
to
strangers
under
every
green
tree,
and hast
not
heard
my
voice, saith
the
Lord.
Return,
O ye revolting
children, saith
the
Lord:
for
I
am
your
husband:
and
I
will
take
you,
one
of
a
city,
and
two
of
a kindred,
and
will
bring
you
into Sion.
And
I
will
give
you pastors according
to
my own
heart,
and
they
shall
feed
you
with
knowledge
and doctrine.
And
when
you
shall
be
multiplied,
and
increase
in
the
land
in
those
days, saith
the
Lord,
they
shall
say
no
more:
The
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord:
neither
shall
it
come
upon
the
heart,
neither
shall
they
remember
it,
neither
shall
it
be
visited,
neither
shall
that
be
done
any
more.
At
that
time
Jerusalem
shall
be
called
the thrown
of
the
Lord:
and
all
the
nations
shall
be
gathered together
to
it,
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
to
Jerusalem,
and
they
shall
not walk
after
the perversity
of
their most
wicked
heart.
In
those
days
the
house
of Juda
shall
go
to
the
house
of
Israel,
and
they
shall
come
together
out
of
the
land
of
the
north
to
the
land
which
I
gave
to
your
fathers.
But
I
said:
How
shall
I
put thee
among
the
children,
and
give thee
a lovely
land,
the goodly
inheritance
of
the
armies
of
the
Gentiles?
And
I
said: Thou shalt
call
me
father
and shalt cease
to walk
after
me.
But
as
a
woman
that despiseth
her
lover,
so hath
the
house
of
Israel despised
me, saith
the
Lord.
A
voice
was
heard
in
the highways,
weeping
and howling
of
the
children
of
Israel:
because
they
have
made
their
way wicked,
they
have
forgotten
the
Lord
their
God.
Return,
you rebellious
children,
and
I
will
heal
your rebellions.
Behold
we
come
to thee:
for thou art
the
Lord
our
God.
In very deed
the
hills
were
liars.
and
the
multitude
of
the
mountains:
truly
in
the
Lord
our
God
is
the
salvation
of
Israel.
Confusion hath
devoured
the
labor
of
our
fathers
from
our
youth,
their
flocks
and
their
herds,
their
sons
and
their
daughters.
We
shall
sleep
in
our confusion,
and
our
shame
shall
cover
us,
because
we
have
sinned
against
the
Lord
our
God,
we
and
our
fathers
from
our
youth
even
to
this
day,
and
we
have
not hearkened
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
our
God.
If thou wilt
return,
O
Israel, saith
the
Lord,
return
to
me:
if thou wilt
take
away thy stumblingblocks
out
of
my
sight, thou shalt
not
be moved.
And thou shalt
swear:
As
the
Lord liveth,
in
truth,
and
in judgement,
and
in
justice:
and
the
Gentiles
shall
bless
him,
and
shall
praise
him.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
the
men
of Juda
and
Jerusalem:
Break
up anew
your fallow ground,
and
sow
not
upon
thorns:
Be
circumcised
to
the
Lord,
and
take
away
the
foreskins
of
your
hearts, ye
men
of Juda,
and ye
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
lest
my indignation
come
forth
like
fire,
and
burn,
and
there
be
none
that
can
quench
it:
because
of
the
wickedness
of
your
thoughts.
Declare ye
in Juda,
and
make
it
heard
in
Jerusalem:
speak,
and
sound
with
the
trumpet
in
the
land:
cry
aloud,
and
say:
Assemble yourselves,
and
let
us
go
into strong
cities.
Set
up
the
standard
in Sion. Strengthen
yourselves,
stay
not:
for
I
bring
evil
from
the
north,
and
great
destruction.
The
lion
is
come
up
out
of
his den,
and
the robber
of
nations hath roused
himself:
he
is
come
forth
out
of
his
place,
to
make thy
land
desolate: thy
cities
shall
be
laid
waste,
remaining
without
an
inhabitant.
For
this
gird
yourselves
with haircloth,
lament
and
howl:
for
the
fierce
anger
of
the
Lord
is
not
turned
away
from
us.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord:
That
the
heart
of
the
king
shall
perish,
and
the
heart
of
the
princes:
and
the
priests
shall
be
astonished,
and
the
prophets
shall
be
amazed.
And
I
said:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
O
Lord
God, hast thou
then deceived
this
people
and
Jerusalem,
saying:
You
shall
have
peace:
and behold
the
sword reacheth
even
to
the
soul?
At
that
time
it
shall
be
said
to
this
people,
and
to
Jerusalem:
A burning
wind
is
in
the
ways
that
are
in
the
desert
of
the
way
of
the
daughter
of
my
people,
not
to fan,
nor
to
cleanse.
A
full
wind
from
these places
shall
come
to
me:
and
now
I
will
speak
my
judgments
with
them.
Behold
he shall
come
up
as
a
cloud,
and
his
chariots
as
a tempest:
his
horses
are
swifter
than
eagles:
woe unto
us,
for
we
are laid
waste.
Wash thy
heart
from
wickedness,
O
Jerusalem,
that thou mayst
be
saved:
how
long
shall hurtful
thoughts
abide
in thee?
For
a
voice
of
one
declaring
from
Dan,
and giving notice
of
the
idol
from
mount
Ephraim.
Say ye
to
the
nations:
Behold
it
is
heard
in
Jerusalem,
that
guards
are
coming
from
a
far
country,
and
give
out
their
voice
against
the
cities
of Juda.
They
are set
round
about
her,
as
keepers
of
fields:
because
she hath provoked
me
to wrath, saith
the
Lord.
They
ways,
and thy devices
have
brought
these
things upon thee:
this
is thy
wickedness,
because
it
is
bitter,
because
it hath
touched thy
heart.
My
bowels,
my
bowels
are
in pain,
the senses
of
my
heart
are troubled
within
me,
I
will
not hold
my peace,
for
my
soul hath
heard
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
the
cry
of
battle.
Destruction
upon
destruction
is
called
for,
and
all
the
earth
is laid
waste:
my
tents
are
destroyed
on
a
sudden,
and
my pavilions
in
a
moment.
How
long shall
I
see men fleeing away,
how
long shall
I
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet?
For
my
foolish
people
have
not
known
me:
they
are
foolish
and senseless
children:
they
are
wise
to
do
evil,
but
to
do
good
they
have
no
knowledge.
I beheld
the
earth,
and
lo
it
was
void,
and
nothing:
and
the
heavens,
and
there
was
no
light
in
them.
I
looked
upon
the
mountains,
and
behold
they trembled:
and
all
the
hills
were troubled.
I beheld,
and
lo
there
was
no
man:
and
all
the
birds
of
the air
were
gone.
I
looked,
and
behold Carmel
was
a
wilderness:
and
all
its
cities
were
destroyed
at
the
presence
of
the
Lord,
and
at
the
presence
of
the
wrath
of
his indignation.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
All
the
land
shall
be
desolate,
but
yet
I
will
not
utterly
destroy.
The
earth
shall
mourn,
and
the
heavens
shall
lament
from
above:
because
I
have
spoken,
I
have
purposed,
and
I
have
not
repented,
neither
am
I
turned
away
from
it.
At
the
voice
of
the
horsemen,
and
the
archers,
all
the
city
is
fled
away;
they
have
entered
into
thickets
and
have
climbed
up
the
rocks:
all
the
cities
are forsaken,
and
there dwelleth
not
a
man
in
them.
But
when thou art spoiled
what wilt thou
do?
though thou deckest thee
with
ornaments
of
gold,
and paintest thy
eyes
with stibic stone, thou shalt
dress thyself
out
in
vain: thy
lovers
have despised thee,
they
will
seek thy
life.
For
I
have
heard
the
voice
as
of
a
woman
in travail, anguishes
as
of
a
woman
in labor
of
a
child.
The
voice
of
the
daughter
of Sion, dying away,
spreading
her
hands:
Woe
is
me,
for
my
soul hath fainted
because
of
them
that
are
slain.
Go
about
through
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
and
see,
and
consider,
and
seek
in
the broad places thereof,
if
you
can fins
a
man
that executeth judgement,
and seeketh
faith:
and
I
will
be merciful unto
it.
And
though
they
say:
The
Lord liveth;
this
also
they
will
swear
falsely.
O
Lord, thy
eyes
are upon
truth: thou hast
struck
them,
and
they
have
not grieved: thou hast bruised
them,
and
they
have
refused
to
receive
correction:
they
have
made
their
faces
harder
than
the
rock,
and
they
have
refused
to
return.
But
I
said:
Perhaps
these
are
poor
and
foolish,
that
know
not
the
way
of
the
Lord,
the judgement
of
their
God.
I
will go
therefore
to
the
great
men,
and
I
will
speak
to
them:
for
they
known
the
way
of
the
Lord,
the judgement
of
their
God:
and behold
these
have
together
broken
the
yoke
more,
and
have
burst
the
bonds.
Wherefore
a
lion
out
of
the wood hath
slain
them,
a
wolf
in
the evening, hath spoiled
them,
a
leopard watcheth
for
their
cities:
every
one
that shall
go
out thence shall
be
taken,
because
their
transgressions
are
multiplied,
their rebellions
are strengthened.
How
can
I
be merciful
to thee? thy
children
have forsaken
me,
and
swear
by
them
that
are
not
gods:
I
fed
them
to
the
full,
and
they
committed
adultery,
and rioted
in
the
harlot’s
house.
They
are
become
as amorous
horses
and
stallions,
every
one neighed
after
his
neighbor’s
wife.
Shall
I
not
visit
for
these
things, sayeth
the
Lord?
and
shall
not
my
soul
take
revenge
on
such
a
nation?
Scale
down
the walls thereof,
and throw
them
down,
but
do
not utterly
destroy:
take
away
the
branches thereof,
because
they
are
not
the
Lord’s.
For
the
house
of
Israel,
and
the
house
of Juda
have greatly transgressed against
me, saith
the
Lord.
They
have
denied
the
Lord,
and
said,
It
is
not
he:
and
the
evil
shall
not
come
upon
us:
we
shall
not
see
the
sword
and
famine.
The
prophets
have spoken
in
the
wind,
and
there
was
no word
of
God
in
them: these
things
therefore
shall
befall
them.
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts:
Because
you
have
spoken
this
word,
behold
I
will
make
my
words
in thy
mouth
as
fire,
and
this
people
as
wood,
and
it
shall
devour
them.
Behold
I
will
bring
upon
you
a
nation
from
afar,
O
house
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord:
a strong
nation,
an
ancient
nation,
a
nation
whose
language thou shalt
not
know,
nor
understand
what
they
say.
Their
quiver
is as an
open sepulchre,
they
are
all
valiant.
And
they
shall
eat
up thy corn,
and thy
bread:
they
shall
devour thy
sons,
and thy
daughters:
they
shall
eat
up thy
flocks,
and thy
herds:
they
shall
eat thy vineyards,
and thy
figs:
and
with
the
sword
they
shall
destroy thy strong
cities,
wherein thou trustest.
Nevertheless
in
those
days, saith
the
Lord,
I
will
not bring
you
to utter
destruction.
And
if
you
shall
say:
why hath
the
Lord
our
God
done
all
these
things
to
us? thou shalt
say
to
them:
As
you
have forsaken
me,
and
served
a
strange
god
in
your
own
land,
so
shall
you
serve
strangers
in
a
land
that
is
not
your
own.
Declare ye
this
to
the
house
of
Jacob,
and publish
it
in Juda,
saying:
Hear,
O
foolish
people,
and
without
understanding:
who
have
eyes,
and
see
not:
and
ears,
and
hear
not.
Will
not
you
then
fear
me, saith
the
Lord:
and
will
you
not repent
at
my
presence?
I
have
set
the
sand
a bound
for
the
sea,
an
everlasting
ordinance,
which
it
shall
not
pass
over:
and
the
waves thereof
shall
toss
themselves,
and
shall
not
prevail:
they
shall swell,
and
shall
not
pass
over
it.
But
the
heart
of
this
people
is
become hard
of belief
and provoking,
they
are revolted
and
gone
away.
And
they
have
not
said
in
their
heart:
let
us
fear
the
Lord
our
God,
who giveth
us
the
early
and
the
latter
rain
in
due
season:
who preserveth
for
us
the fullness
of
the yearly
harvest.
Your
iniquities
have
turned
these
things
away,
and
your
sins
have withholden
good
things
from
you.
For
among
my
people
are
found
wicked
men,
that
lie
in
wait
as
fowlers, setting snares
and traps
to
catch
men.
As
a net
is
full
of
birds,
so
their
houses
are
full
of
deceit:
therefore
are
they
become
great
and
enriched.
They
are
grown gross
and
fat:
and
have most
wickedly transgressed
my
words.
They
have
not
judged
the
cause
of
the widow,
they
have
not managed
the
cause
of
the
fatherless,
they
have
not
judged
the judgement
of
the
poor.
Shall
I
not
visit
for
these
things, saith
the
Lord?
or
shall
not
my
soul
take
revenge
on
such
a
nation?
Astonishing
and wonderful
things
have
been
done
in
the
land.
The
prophets
prophesied
falsehood,
and
the
priests clapped
their
hands:
and
my
people
loved
such things:
what
then
shall
be
done
in
the
end thereof?
Strengthen
yourselves, ye
sons
of
Benjamin,
in
the
midst
of
Jerusalem,
and
sound
the
trumpet
in Thecua,
and
set
up
the standard
over Bethacarem:
for
evil
is seen
out
of
the
north,
and
a
great
destruction.
I
have likened
the
daughter
of Sion
to
a beautiful
and delicate
woman.
The
shepherds
shall
come
to
her
with
their
flocks:
they
have
pitched
their
tents
against
her
round
about:
every
one
shall
feed
them
that
are
under
his
hand.
Prepare ye
war
against
her:
arise,
and
let
us
go
up
at midday:
woe unto
us,
for
the
day
is
declined,
for
the shadows
of
the
evening
are
grown longer.
Arise,
and let
us
go
up
in
the
night,
and
destroy
her houses.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts: Hew
down
her
trees,
cast
up
a trench
about
Jerusalem:
this
is
the
city
to
be
visited,
all
oppression
is
in
the
midst
of
her.
As
a
cistern maketh
its
water cold,
so hath
she
made
her
wickedness cold:
violence
and spoil
shall
be
heard
in
her, infirmity
and
stripes
are
continually
before
me.
Be thou
instructed,
O
Jerusalem,
lest
my
soul depart
from thee,
lest
I
make thee
desolate,
a
land
uninhabited.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
They
shall
gather
the remains
of
Israel,
as
in
a
vine,
even
to
one cluster:
turn
back thy
hand,
as
a grape
gatherer
into
the basket.
To
whom
shall
I
speak?
and
to
whom
shall
I testify,
that
he
may
hear?
behold,
their
ears
are
uncircumcised,
and
they
cannot
hear:
behold
the
word
of
the
Lord
is
become unto
them
a
reproach:
and
and
they
will
not
receive
it.
Therefore
am
I
full
of
the
fury
of
the
Lord,
I
am
weary
with
holding
in:
pour
it
out
upon
the
child
abroad,
and
upon
the
council
of
the
young
men
together:
for
man
and
woman
shall
be
taken,
the ancient
and
he
that
is
full
of
days.
And
their
houses
shall
be
turned
over
to
others,
with
their
lands
and
their
wives
together:
for
I
will
stretch
for
my
hand
upon
the
inhabitants
of
the
land, saith
the
Lord.
For
from
the least
of
them
even
to
the
greatest,
all
are given
to covetousness:
and
from
the
prophet
even
to
the
priest,
all
are guilty
of
deceit.
And
they
healed
the breach
of
the daughter
of
my
people disgracefully,
saying:
Peace,
peace:
and
there
was
no
peace.
They
were
confounded,
because
they
committed
abomination:
yea,
rather
they
were
not
confounded
with confusion,
and
they
knew
not
how
to
blush: wherefore
they
shall
fall
among
them
that
fall:
in
the
time
of
their visitation
they
shall
fall
down, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Stand ye
on
the
ways,
and
see
and
ask
for
the
old
paths
which
is
the
good
way,
and
walk ye
in
it:
and
you
shall
find refreshment
for
your
souls.
And
they
said:
we
will
not
walk.
And
I appointed
watchmen
over
you,
saying: Hearken ye
to
the
sound
of
the
trumpet.
And
they
said: We
will
not hearken.
Therefore
hear, ye
nations,
and
know,
O
congregation,
what great
things
I
will
do
to
them.
Hear,
O
earth:
Behold
I
will
bring evils
upon
this
people,
the
fruits
of
their own
thoughts:
because
they
have
not
heard
my
words,
and
they
have cast
away
my
law.
To
what
purpose
do
you
bring
me
frankincense
from Saba,
and
the
sweet smelling
cane
from
a
far
country?
your holocausts
are
not
acceptable,
nor
are
your
sacrifices
pleasing
to
me.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold,
I
will
bring
destruction
upon
this
people,
by
which
fathers
and
sons
together
shall
fall,
neighbor
and kinsman
shall
perish.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
a
people cometh
from
the
land
of
the
north,
and
a
great
nation
shall rise
up
from
the ends
of
the
earth.
They
shall lay
hold
on arrow
and shield:
they
are
cruel,
and
will
have
no
mercy.
Their
voice
shall
roar
like
the
sea:
and
they
shall mount
upon
horses, prepared
as
men
for
war,
against thee, O
daughter
of Sion.
We
have
heard
the
fame thereof,
our
hands
grow
feeble:
anguish hath
taken
hold
of
us,
as
a woman
in
labor.
Go
not
out
into
the
fields,
nor
walk
in
the
highway:
for
the
sword
of
the
enemy,
and fear
is
on
every
side.
Gird thee
with
sackcloth, O
daughter
of
my
people,
and sprinkle thee
with
ashes:
make thee
mourning
as
for
an
only
son,
a
bitter
lamentation,
because
the
destroyer shall
suddenly
come
upon
us.
I
have
set thee
for
a strong trier among
my
people:
and thou shalt
know
and
prove
their
way.
All
of
these princes
go
out
of
the
way,
they
walk deceitfully,
they
are
brass
and
iron:
they
are
all
corrupted.
The
bellows
have
failed,
the
lead
is consumed
in
the
fire,
the founder hath melted
in
vain:
for
their
wicked deeds
are
not consumed.
Call
them reprobate
silver,
for
the
Lord hath
rejected
them.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord,
saying:
Stand
in
the
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
proclaim
there
this
word,
and
say:
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord,
all ye
men
of Juda,
that
enter
in
at
these
gates,
to adore
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Make
your
ways
and
your
doings
good:
and
I
will
dwell
with
you
in
this
place.
Trust
not
in
lying
words,
saying:
The
temple
of
the
Lord,
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
it
is
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
For
if
you
will
order
well
your
ways,
and
your
doings:
if
you
will execute judgement
between
a
man
and
his
neighbor,
If
you opress
not
the
stranger,
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow,
and
shed
not
innocent
blood
in
this
place,
and walk
not
after strange
gods
to
your own hurt,
I
will
dwell
with
you
in
this
place:
in
the
land,
which
I
gave
to
your
fathers
from
the
beginning
and
for evermore.
Behold
you
put
your
trust
in
lying
words,
which
shall
not
profit
you:
To
steal,
to
murder,
to
commit
adultery,
to
swear
falsely,
to
offer
to Baalim,
and
to
go
after strange
gods,
which
you
know
not.
And
you
have
come,
and
stood
before
me
in
this
house,
in
which
my
name
is
called
upon,
and
have
said:
We
are
delivered,
because
we
have
done
all
these
abominations.
Is
this
house
then,
in
which
my
name hath
been
called
upon,
in
your
eyes
become
a
den
of
robbers?
I,
I
am
he:
I
have
seen
it, saith
the
Lord.
Go ye
to
my
place
in Silo,
where
my
name
dwelt
from
the
beginning:
and
see
what
I
did
to
it
for
the
wickedness
of
my
people
Israel:
And
now,
because
you
have
done
all
these
works, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
have
spoken
to
you
rising
up
early,
and
speaking,
and
you
have
not
heard:
and
I
have
called
you,
and
you
have
not
answered:
I
will
do
to
this
house,
in
which
my
name
is
called
upon,
and
in
which
you
trust,
and
to
the
places
which
I
have
given
you
and
your
fathers,
as
I
did
to Silo.
And
I
will
cast
you
away
from
before
my
face,
as
I
have
cast
away
all
your
brethren,
the
whole
seed
of
Ephraim.
Therefore,
do
not thou
pray
for
this
people,
nor
take
to thee
praise
and
supplication
for
them:
and
do
not withstand
me:
for
I
will
not
hear thee.
Seest thou
not
what
they
do
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem?
The
children
gather
wood,
and
the
fathers
kindle
the
fire
and
the
women
knead
the
dough,
to
make
cakes
to
the
queen
of
heaven,
and
to
offer libations
to strange
gods,
and
to
provoke
me
to
anger.
Do
they
provoke
me
to
anger, saith
the
Lord?
Is
it
not
themselves,
to
the confusion
of
their contenance?
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
my
wrath
and
my indignation
was enkindled
against
this
place,
upon
men
and
upon
beasts,
and
upon
the
trees
of
the
field,
and
upon
the
fruits
of
the
land,
and
it
shall
burn,
and
shall
not
be
quenched.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Add
your
burnt
offerings
to
your
sacrifices,
and
eat ye
the
flesh.
For
I
spoke
not
to
your
fathers,
and
I
commanded
them
not,
in
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
concerning
the
matter
of
burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices.
But
this
thing
I
commanded
them,
saying: Hearken
to
my
voice,
and
I
will
be
your
God,
and
you
shall
be
my
people:
and
walk ye
in
all
the
way
that
I
have
commanded
you,
that
it
may
be
well
with
you.
But
they hearkened
not,
nor
inclined
their
ear:
but walked
in
their
own
will,
and
in
the perversity
of
their
wicked
heart:
and
went
backward
and
not
forward,
From
the
day
that
their
fathers
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
even
to
this
day.
And
I
have
sent
to
you
all
my
servants
the
prophets
from
day
to
day,
rising
up
early
and
sending.
And
they
have
not hearkened
to
me:
nor
inclined
their
ear:
but
have
hardened
their
neck,
and
have done worse
than
their
fathers.
And thou shalt
speak
to
them
all
these
words,
but
they
will
not hearken
to thee:
and thou shalt
call
them,
but
they
will
not
answer thee.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
This
is
a
nation
which hath
not hearkened
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
their
God,
nor
received
instruction:
Faith
is
lost,
and
is
carried
away
out
of
their
mouth.
Cut
off thy
hair,
and
cast
it
away:
and
take
up
a
lamentation
on
high:
for
the
Lord hath
rejected
and
forsaken
the
generation
of
his
wrath,
Because
the
children
of Juda
have
done
evil
in
my
eyes, saith
the
Lord.
They
have
set
their
abominations
in
the
house
in
which
my
name
is
called
upon,
to pollute
it;
And
they
have
built
the
high
places
of Topeth,
which
is
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom,
to
burn
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
in
the
fire:
which
I
commanded
not,
nor
thought
on
in
my
heart.
Therefore
behold
the
days
shall
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
it
shall
no
more
be
called Topeth,
nor
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom:
but
the
valley
of
slaughter,
and
they
shall
bury
in Topeth,
because
there
is
no
place.
And
the
carcasses
of
this
people
shall
be meat
for
the fowls
of
the air,
and
for
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
and
there
shall
be non
to drive
them
away.
And
I
will
cause
to
cease
out
of
the
cities
of Juda,
and
out
of
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
the
voice
of
joy,
and
the
voice
of
gladness,
the
voice
of
the bridegroom
and
the
voice
of
the
bride:
for
the
land
shall
be desolate.
At
that
time, saith
the
Lord,
they
shall cast
out
the
bones
of
the
kings
of Juda,
and
the
bones
of
the
princes thereof,
and
the
bones
of
the
priests,
and
the
bones
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
out
of
their
graves.
And
they
shall
spread
them abroad
to
the
sun,
and
the
moon,
and
all
the
host
of
heaven,
whom
they
have
loved,
and
whom
they
have
served,
and
after
whom
they
have
walked,
and
whom
they
have
sought,
and
adored:
they
shall
not
be
gathered,
and
they
shall
not
be
buried:
they
shall
be
as
dung
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
And
death
shall
be
chosen
rather
than
life
by
all
that
shall
remain
of
this
wicked kindred
in
all
places,
which
are
left,
to
which
I
have
cast
them
out, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Shall
not
he
that falleth,
rise
again?
and
he
that
is
turned
away,
shall
he
not
turn
again?
Why
then
is
this
people
in
Jerusalem
turned
away
with
a stubborn revolting?
they
have
laid
hold
on lying,
and
have
refused
to
return.
I attended,
and hearkened;
no
man speaketh
what
is good,
there
is
none
that doth penance
for
his sin,
saying:
What
have
I
done?
They
are
all
turned
to
their
own
course,
as
a
horse rushing
to
the
battle.
The kite
in
the air hath
known
her
time:
the turtle,
and
the
swallow,
and
the
stork
have
observed
the
time
of
their
coming:
but
my
people
have
not
known
the
judgment
of
the
Lord.
How
do
you
say:
We
are
wise,
and
the
law
of
the
Lord
is
with
us?
Indeed
the
lying
pen
of
the
scribes hath wrought
falsehood.
The
wise
men
are
confounded,
they
are
dismayed,
and
taken:
for
they
have cast away
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
there
is no
wisdom
in
them.
Therefore
I
will
give
their
women
to strangers,
their
fields
to
others
for
an
inheritance:
because
from
the least
even
to
the
greatest
all follow covetousness:
from
the
prophet
even
to
the
priest,
all
deal deceitfully.
And
they
healed
the breach
of
the
daughter
of
my
people disgracefully,
saying
Peace,
peace:
when
there
was
no
peace.
They
are
confounded,
because
they
have
committed
abomination:
yea
rather
they
are
not
confounded
with confusion,
and
they
have
not
know
how
to
blush:
therefore
shall
they
fall
among
them
that
fall;
in
the
time
of
their visitation
they
shall
fall, saith
the
Lord.
Gathering
I
will
gather
them
together, saith
the
Lord,
there
is
no
grape
on
the
vines,
and
there
are
no
figs
on
the
fig
tree,
the
leaf
is fallen:
and
I
have
given
them
the
things
that
are
passed
away.
Why
do
we
sit
still?
assemble
yourselves,
and let
us
enter
into
the fenced
city,
and let
us
be silent
there:
for
the
Lord
our
God hath
put
us
to silence,
and hath
given
us
water
of
gall
to
drink:
for
we
have
sinned
against
the
Lord.
We
looked
for
peace
and
no
good came:
for
a
time
of
healing,
and
behold fear.
The snorting
of
his
horse
was
heard
from
Dan,
all
the
land
was
moved
at
the
sound
of
the
neighing
of
his warriors:
and
they
came
and
devoured
the
land,
and
all
that
was
in
it:
the
city
and
its
inhabitants.
For
behold
I
will
send among
you
serpents, basilisks,
against
which
there
is
no
charm:
and
they
shall bite
you, saith
the
Lord.
My
sorrow
is
above
sorrow,
my
heart mourneth
within
me.
Behold
the
voice
of
the
daughter
my
people
from
a
far
country:
Is
not
the
Lord
in Sion,
or
is
not
her
king
in
her?
why
then
have
they
provoked
me
to wrath
with
their
idols,
and
strange
vanities?
The
harvest
is
passed,
the
summer
is
ended,
and
we
are
not
saved.
For
the affliction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people
I am
afflicted,
and
made sorrowful, astonishment hath
taken
hold
on
me.
Is
there
no
balm
in Galaad?
or
is
no
physician
there?
Why
then
is
not
the wound
of
the
daughter
of
my
people closed?
Who
will
give water
to
my head,
and
a fountain
of tears
to
my eyes?
and
I
will weep day
and night
for
the slain
of
the daughter
of
my
people.
Who
will give
me
in
the wilderness
a lodging
place
of wayfaring men,
and
I
will
leave
my
people,
and
depart
from
them?
because
they
are
all adulterers,
an assembly
of transgressors.
And
they
have bent
their tongue,
as
a bow,
for lies,
and
not
for truth:
they
have strengthened
themselves
upon
the earth,
for
they
have
proceeded
from evil
to evil,
and
me
they
have
not known, saith
the Lord.
Let
every
man take heed
of
his
neighbor,
and
let
his
not trust
in
any brother
of
his:
for
every brother
will utterly supplant,
and
every
friend
will walk deceitfully.
And
a man
shall mock
his brother,
and
they
will
not speak
the truth:
for
they
have
taught
their tongue
to speak
lies:
they
have laboured
to commit iniquity.
Thy habitation
is
in
the midst
of deceit:
Through deceit
they
have refused
to know
me, saith
the
Lord.
Therefore thus saith
the Lord
of hosts: Behold
I
will melt,
and try
them:
for
what
else
shall
I do
before
the daughter
of
my
people?
Their tongue
is
a piercing arrow,
it hath spoken deceit:
with
his
mouth
one speaketh peace
with
his friend,
and secretly
he lieth
in wait
for
him.
Shall
I
not visit
them
for these
things, saith
the Lord?
or
shall
not
my soul
be revenged
on
such
a nation?
For
the mountains
I
will
take
up weeping
and lamentation,
and
for
the beautiful places
of
the desert, mourning:
because
they
are burnt
up,
for
that
there
is not
a man
that passeth through
them:
and
they
have not heard
the voice
of
the owner:
from
the fowl
of
the air
to
the beasts
they
are gone away
and departed.
And
I
will
make Jerusalem
to
be heaps
of sand,
and dens
of dragons:
and
I
will
make
the cities
of Juda desolate,
for
want
of
an inhabitant.
Who
is
the wise man,
that
may
understand
this,
and
to
whom
the
word
of
the
mouth
of
the
Lord
may
come
that
he
may declare
this,
why
the
land hath perished,
and
is burnt
up
like
a wilderness,
which
none passeth
through?
And
the Lord said:
Because
they
have forsaken
my law,
which
I gave
them,
and
have not heard
my voice,
and
have not walked
in
it.
But
they
have gone after
the perverseness
of
their own heart,
and after Baalim,
which
their fathers taught
them.
Therefore
thus saith
the Lord
of hosts
the
God
of Israel:
Behold
I
will
feed
this
people
with wormwood,
and give
them water
of gall
to drink.
And
I
will scatter
them
among
the nations,
which
they
and
their fathers
have not known:
and
I
will
send
the sword
after
them till
they
be consumed.
Thus saith
the Lord
of hosts
the God
of Israel:
Consider ye,
and call
for
the mourning women,
and
let
them
come:
and send
to
them
that
are wise women,
and
let
them
make
haste:
Let
them hasten
and take
up
a
lamentation
for
us: let
our eyes shed tears,
and
our eyelids run
down
with waters.
For
a voice
of
wailing
is
heard out
of Sion:
How
are
we wasted
and greatly confounded?
because
we
have left
the land,
because
our dwellings
are cast
down.
Hear
therefore, ye women,
the word
of
the Lord:
and let
your ears receive
the word
of
his mouth:
and teach
your daughters wailing:
and every
one
her neighbor mourning.
For
death
is
come
up
through
our windows,
it
is entered
into
our houses
to
destroy
the children
from
without,
the young
men
from
the streets.
Speak:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Even
the carcass
of
man
shall fall
as dung upon
the face
of
the country,
and
as grass behind
the back
of
the mower,
and
there
is
none
to gather
it.
Thus saith
the
Lord: Let
not
the
wise man glory
in
his wisdom,
and let
not
the strong man glory
in
his strength,
and let
not
the rich man glory
in
his riches:
But
let
him
that glorieth glory
in
this,
that
he understandeth
and knoweth
me,
for
I
am
the
Lord
that exercise
mercy,
and
judgment,
and justice
in
the earth:
for
these
things please
me, saith
the
Lord.
Behold,
the days come, saith
the Lord,
and
I
will visit
upon
every
one
that hath
the foreskin circumcised.
Upon Egypt, and upon Juda, and upon Edom, and upon the children of Ammon, and upon Moab, and upon all that have their hair polled round, that dwell in the desert: for all the nations are uncircumcised in the flesh, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
Hear ye
the
word
which
the
Lord hath
spoken
concerning
you,
O
house
of
Israel.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Learn
not
according
to
the
ways
of
the
Gentiles:
and
be
not afraid
of
the
signs
of
heaven,
which
the heathens fear:
For
the laws
of
the
people
are
vain:
for
the
works
of
the
hand
of
the workman hath
cut
a
tree
out
of
the
forest
with
an axe.
He hath decked
it
with
silver
and
gold:
he hath
put
it
together
with
nails
and
hammers,
that
it
may
not fall asunder.
They
are framed
after
the likeness
of
a
palm
tree,
and
shall
not
speak:
they
must
be
carried
to
be
removed,
because
they
cannot
go.
Therefore,
fear
them
not,
for
they
can
neither
do
evil
nor
good.
There
is
none
like
to thee,
O
Lord: thou art
great
and
great
is thy
name
in
might.
Who
shall
fear thee,
O
king
of
nations?
for thine
is
the glory:
among
all
the
wise
men
of
the
nations,
and
in
all
their
kingdoms
there
is
none
like unto thee.
They
shall
all proved
together
to
be senseless
and
foolish:
the doctrine
of their
vanity
is
wood.
Silver
spread
into
plates
is
brought
from Tharsis,
and
gold
from Ophaz:
the
work
of
the artificer,
and
of
the
hand
of
the coppersmith:
violet
and
purple
is
their
clothing:
all
these
things
are
the
work
of artificers.
But
the
Lord
is
the
true
God:
he
is
the
living
God,
and
the
everlasting
king,
at
his
wrath
the
earth
shall
tremble,
and
the
nations
shall
not
be able
to abide
his threatening.
Thus
then shall
you
say
to
them:
The
gods
that have
not
made
heaven
and
earth, let
them
perish
from
the
earth,
and
from among
those places
that
are
under
heaven.
He
that maketh
the
earth
by
his
power,
that prepareth
the
world
by
his
wisdom,
and stretcheth
out
the
heavens
by
his knowledge.
At
his
voice
he giveth
a
multitude
of
waters
in
the
heaven,
and lifteth
up
the clouds
from
the ends
of
the
earth:
he maketh
lightnings
for
rain,
and bringeth
for
the
wind
out
of
his
treasures.
Every
man
is
become
a fool
for
knowledge
every artist
is confounded
in
his
graven
idol:
for
what
he hath cast
is
false,
and
there
is
no
spirit
in
them.
They
are
vain
things
and
a ridiculous
work:
in
the
time
of
their visitation
they
shall
perish.
The
portion
of
Jacob
is
not
like
these:
for
it
is
he
who
formed
all
things:
and
Israel
is
the
rod
of
his
inheritance:
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
his
name.
Gather
up thy shame
out
of
the
land, thou
that dwellest
in
a
siege.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will cast away far
off
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
at
this
time:
and
I
will afflict
them,
so
that
they
may
be
found.
Woe
is
me
for
my
destruction,
my
wound
is
very grievous.
But
I
said:
Truly
this
is
my own evil,
and
I
will
bear
it.
My
tabernacle
is
laid
waste,
all
my
cords
are
broken:
my
children
are
gone
out
from
me,
and
they
are
not:
there
is
none
to
stretch
forth
my
tent
any
more,
and
to
set
up
my
curtains.
Because
the pastors
have
done foolishly,
and
have
not
sought
the
Lord:
therefore
have
they
not
understood,
and
all
their
flock
is
scattered.
Behold
the
sound
of
a
noise cometh,
a
great
commotion
out
of
the
land
of
the
north:
to
make
the
cities
of Juda
a desert,
and
a
dwelling
for dragons.
I
know,
O
Lord,
that
the
way
of
a
man
is
not
his:
neither
is
it
in
a
man
to
walk,
and
to
direct
his
steps.
Correct
me,
O
Lord,
but
yet
with judgement:
and
not
in fury,
lest thou
bring
me
to
nothing.
Pour
out thy indignation
upon
the
nations
that
have
not
known thee,
and
upon
the provinces
that
have
not
called
upon thy
name:
because
they
have
eaten
up
Jacob,
and
devoured
him,
and
consumed
him,
and
have
destroyed
his glory.
The
word
that
came
from
the
Lord
to Jeremias,
saying:
Hear ye
the
words
of
this
covenant,
and
speak
to
the
men
of Juda,
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Cursed
is
the
man
that
shall
not hearken
to
the
words
of
this
covenant,
Which
I
commanded
your
fathers
in
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
the
iron
furnace,
saying:
Hear ye
my
voice,
and
do
all
things
that
I
command
you:
and
you
shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God:
That
I
may accomplish
the
oath
which
I
swore
to
your
fathers,
to
give
them
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
as
it
is
this
day.
And
I
answered
and
said:
Amen,
O
Lord.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Proclaim
aloud
all
these
words
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
saying:
Hear ye
the
words
of
the
covenant,
and
do
them:
For protesting
I conjured
your
fathers
in
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
even
to
this
day:
rising
early
I conjured
them,
and
said: Hearken ye
to
my
voice:
And
they
obeyed
not,
nor
inclined
their
ear:
but walked
every
one
in
the perverseness
of
his
own
wicked
heart:
and
I
brought
upon
them
all
the
words
of
this
covenant,
which
I
commanded
them
to
do,
but
they
did
them
not.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
A
conspiracy
is
found
among
the
men
of Juda,
and
among
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
They
are
returned
to
the
former
iniquities
of
their
fathers,
who
refused
to
hear
my
words:
so
these likewise
have
gone
after strange
gods,
to
serve
them:
the
house
of
Israel,
and
the
house
of Juda
have
made void
my
covenant,
which
I
made
with
their
fathers.
Wherefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
bring
in evils
upon
them,
which
they
shall
not
be
able
to
escape:
and
they
shall
cry
to
me,
and
I
will
not hearken
to
them.
And
the
cities
of Juda,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
shall
go,
and
cry
to
the
gods
to
whom
they
offer
sacrifice,
and
they
shall
not
save
them
in
the
time
of
their affliction.
For according
to
the
number
of thy
cities
were thy
gods,
O Juda:
and according
to
the
number
of
the
streets
of
Jerusalem thou hast
set
up
altars
of confusion,
altars
to
offer
sacrifice
to Baalim.
Therefore,
do
not thou
pray
for
this
people,
and
do
not
take
up
praise
and
prayer
for
them:
for
I
will
not
hear
them
in
the
time
of
their
cry
to
me,
in
the
time
of
their affliction.
What
is
the meaning
that
my
beloved hath wrought muck
wickedness
in
my
house?
shall
the
holy
flesh take
away
from thee thy
crimes,
in
which thou hast boasted?
The
Lord
called thy
name,
a plentiful
olive
tree,
fair,
fruitful,
and
beautiful:
at
the
noise
of
a word,
a
great
fire
was
kindled
in
it
and
the
branches thereof
are burnt.
And
the
Lord
of
hosts
that
planted thee, hath
pronounced
evil
against thee:
for
the evils
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
the
house
of Juda,
which
they
have
done
to
themselves,
to
provoke
me,
offering
sacrifice
to Baalim.
But thou,
O
Lord, hast shewn
me,
and
I
have
known:
then thou shewedst
me
their
doings.
And
I
was
as
a meek
lamb,
that
is
carried
to
be
a victim:
and
I
knew
not
that
they
had
devised counsels
against
me, saying:
Let
us
put
wood
on
his
bread,
and
cut
him
off
from
the
land
of
the
living,
and
let
his
name
be
remembered
no
more.
But thou,
O
Lord
of Sabaoth,
who judgest justly,
and triest
the reins
and
hearts,
let
me
see thy
revenge
on
them:
for
to thee
I
have
revealed
my
cause.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
to
the
men
of
Anathoth,
who
seek thy
life,
and
say: Thou shalt
not
prophesy
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
and thou shalt
not
die
in
our
hands.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Behold
I
will
visit
upon
them:
and
their
young
men
shall
die
by
the
sword,
their
sons
and
their
daughters
shall
die
by
famine.
And
there
shall
be
no
remains
of
them:
for
I
will
bring
in
evil
upon
the
men
of
Anathoth,
the
year
of
their visitation.
Thou
indeed,
O
Lord, art
just,
if
I
plead
with thee,
but
yet
I
will
speak
what
is
just
to thee:
Why doth
the
way
of
the
wicked
prosper:
why
is
it well
with
all
them
that transgress,
and
do wickedly?
Thou hast
planted
them,
and
they
have
taken
root:
they prosper
and bring forth
fruit: thou art
near
in
their
mouth,
and
far
from
their reins.
And thou,
O
Lord, hast
known
me, thou hast
seen
me,
and
proved
my
heart
with thee: gather
them
together
as
sheep
for
a sacrifice,
and
prepare
them
for
the
day
of
slaughter.
How
long
shall
the
land
mourn,
and
the
herb
of
every
field
wither
for
the
wickedness
of
them
that
dwell therein?
The
beasts
and
the
birds
are consumed:
because
they
have
said:
He
shall
not
see
our
last
end.
If thou hast
wearied
with
running
with
footmen,
how canst thou contend
with
horses?
and
if thou hast
been
secure
in
a
land
of
peace,
what wilt thou
do
in
the swelling
of
the
Jordan?
For
even thy
brethren,
and
the
house
of thy
father,
even
they
have fought
against thee,
and
have
cried
after thee
with
full voice:
believe
them
not
when
they
speak
good
things
to thee.
I
have
forsaken
my
house,
I
have
left
my
inheritance:
I
have
given
my dear
soul
into
the
land
of
her
enemies.
My
inheritance
is
become
to
me
as
a
lion
in
the wood:
is hath
cried
out
against
me,
therefore
have
I
hated
it.
Is
my
inheritance
to
me
as
a
speckled
bird?
Is
it
as
a
bird died
throughout?
come ye,
assemble
yourselves,
all
the
beasts
of
the earth, make haste
to devour.
Many pastors
have
destroyed
my
vineyard, they
have
trodden
my
portion under foot: they
have changed
my delightful
portion
into
a
desolate
wilderness.
They
have
laid
it
waste,
and
it hath
mourned
for
me.
With
desolation
is
all
the
land
made
desolate;
because
there
is
none
that considereth
in
the
heart.
The spoilers
are
come
upon
all
the ways
of
the
wilderness,
for
the
sword
of
the
Lord
shall
devour
from
one
end
of
the
land
to
the
other
end thereof:
there
is
no
peace
for
all
flesh.
They
have
sown
wheat,
and reaped
thorns:
they
have received
an inheritance,
and
it
shall
not
profit
them:
you
shall
be
ashamed
of
your fruits, because
of
the
fierce
wrath
of
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
against
all
my
wicked
neighbors,
that
touch
the
inheritance
that
I
have shared
out
to
my
people
Israel:
Behold
I
will
pluck
them
out
of
their
land,
and
I
will
pluck
the
house
of Juda
out
of
the
midst
of
them.
And
when
I
shall
have
plucked
them
out,
I
will
return,
and
have
mercy
on
them:
and
I
will
bring
them
back,
every
man
to
his
inheritance,
and
every
man
to
his
land.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
if
they
will
be
taught,
and
will
learn
the
ways
of
my
people,
to
swear
by
my
name:
The
Lord liveth,
as
they
have
taught
my
people
to
swear
by
baal:
that
they
shall
be
built
up
in
the
midst
of
my
people.
But
if
they
will
not
hear,
I
will
utterly
pluck
out
and
destroy
that
nation, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
to
me:
Go,
and
get thee
a
linen
girdle,
and thou shalt
put
it
about thy
loins,
and shalt
not
put
it
into
water.
And
I got
a
girdle accoding
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
put
it
about
my
loins.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me
the
second
time,
saying:
Take
the
girdle
which thou hast
got,
which
is
about thy
loins,
and
arise,
and
go
to
the
Euphrates,
and
hide
it
there
in
a hole
of
the
rock.
And
I went,
and
hid
it
by
the
Euphrates,
as
the
Lord
had
commanded
me.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
many
days,
that
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Arise,
go
to
the
Euphrates,
and
take
from thence
the
girdle,
which
I
commanded thee
to
hide
there.
And
I went
to
the
Euphrates,
and digged,
and
took
the
girdle
out
of
the
place
where
I
had
hid
it:
and
behold
the
girdle
was rotten,
so
that
it
was fit
for
no
use.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord: after
this
manner
will
I make
the
pride
of Juda,
and
the
great
pride
of
Jerusalem
to rot.
This
wicked
people,
that
will
not
hear
my
words,
and
that
walk
in
the perverseness
of
their
heart,
and
have
gone
after strange
gods
to
serve
them,
and
to adore
them:
and
they
shall
be
as
this
girdle
which
is fit
for
no
use.
For
as
the
girdle sticketh
close
to
the
loins
of
a
man,
so
have
I
brought
close
to
me
all
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
all
the
house
of Juda, saith
the
Lord:
that
they
might
be
my
people,
and
for
a
name,
and
for
a
praise,
and
for
a
glory:
but
they
would
not
hear.
Thou shalt
speak
therefore
to
them
this
word:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
of
Israel:
Every bottle
shall
be
filled
with
wine,
and
they
shall
say
to thee:
Do
we
not
know
that
every bottle
shall
be
filled
with
wine?
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
fill
all
the
inhabitants
of
this
land,
and
the
kings
of
the race
of
David
that
sit
upon
his
throne,
and
the
priests,
and
the
prophets,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
with
drunkenness.
And
I
will scatter
them
every
man
from
his
brother,
and
fathers
and
sons
in
like manner, saith
the
Lord:
I
will
not
spare,
and
I
will
not pardon:
nor
will
I
have
mercy,
but
to
destroy
them.
Hear ye,
and
give
ear:
Be
not
proud,
for
the
Lord hath
spoken.
Give ye
glory
to
the
Lord
your
God,
before
it
be
dark,
and
before
your
feet
stumble
upon
the
dark
mountains:
you
shall
look
for
light,
and
he
will
turn
it
into
the
shadow
of
death,
and
into
darkness.
But
if
you
will
not
hear
this,
my
soul
shall
weep
in
secret
for
your
pride:
weeping
it
shall
weep,
and
my
eyes
shall
run
down
the
tears,
because
the
flock
of
the
Lord
is
carried
away
captive.
Say
to
the
king,
and
to
the
queen: Humble yourselves,
sit
down:
for
the
crown
of
your
glory
is
come
down
from
your head.
The
cities
of
the
south
are
shut
up,
and
there
is
none
to
open
them:
all Juda
is
carried
away
captive
with
an
entire
captivity.
Lift
up
your
eyes,
and
see,
you
that
come
from
the
north:
where
is
the
flock
that
is
given thee, thy
beautiful cattle?
What wilt thou
say
when
he
shall
visit thee?
for thou hast
taught
them
against thee,
and
instructed
them
against thy own
head:
shall
not sorrows
lay
hold
on thee,
as
a
woman
in labour?
And
if thou shalt
say
in thy
heart:
Why
are
these
things
come upon
me?
For
the
greatness
of thy
iniquity, thy nakedness
is discovered,
the soles
of thy feet
are defiled.
If
the
Ethiopian
can
change
his
skin,
or
the
leopard
his
spots:
you
may
also
do
well,
when
you
have learned
evil.
And I
will
scatter
them as
stubble,
which
is carried
away
by
the
wind
in
the
desert.
This
is thy
lot,
and
the
portion
of thy
measure
from
me, saith
the
Lord,
because thou hast
forgotten
me,
and hast
trusted
in
falsehood.
Wherefore
I
have
also
bared
my thighs
against thy
face,
and thy
shame hath
appeared.
I
have
seen thy
adulteries,
and thy
neighing,
the
wickedness
of thy fornication:
and thy
abominations,
upon
the
hills
in
the
field.
Woe
to thee,
Jerusalem, wilt thou
not
be made
clean
after
me:
how
long
yet?
The
Word
of
the
Lord
that
came
to Jeremias
concerning
the
words
of
the
drought.
Judea hath
mourned,
and
the
gates thereof
are fallen,
and
are
become obscure
on
the
ground,
and
the
cry
of
Jerusalem
is
gone
up.
The great
ones
sent
their inferiors
to
the
water:
they
came
to
draw,
they
found
no
water,
they
carried
back
their
vessels
empty:
they
were
confounded
and
afflicted,
and
covered
their
heads.
For
the destruction
of
the
land,
because
there
came
no
rain
upon
the
earth,
the husbandmen
were
confounded,
they
covered
their
heads.
Yea,
the hind
also
brought
forth
in
the
field,
and
left
it,
because
there
was
no
grass.
And
the
wild asses
stood
upon
the rocks,
they snuffed
up
the
wind
like dragons,
their
eyes
failed,
because
there
was
no
grass.
If
our
iniquities
have testified
against
us,
O
Lord,
do thou
it
for thy
name’s
sake,
for
our rebellions
are
many,
we
have
sinned
against thee.
O expectation
of
Israel,
the Saviour thereof
in
time
of
trouble:
why wilt thou
be
a
stranger
in
the
land,
and
as
a wayfaring man
turning
in
to lodge?
Why wilt thou
be
as
a wandering
man,
as
a
mighty
man
that
cannot
save?
but thou,
O
Lord, art
among
us,
and thy
name
is
called
upon
by
us, forsake
us
not.
Thus saith
the
Lord
to
his
people,
that
have
loved
to move
their
feet,
and
have
not rested,
and
have
not
pleased
the
Lord:
He
will
now
remember
their
iniquities,
and
visit
their
sins.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Pray
not
for
this
people
for
their
good.
When
they
fast
I
will
not
hear
their prayers:
and
if
they
offer holocausts
and victims,
I
will
not
receive
them:
for
I
will
consume
them
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence.
And
I
said:
Ah,
ah,
ah,
O
Lord
God,
the
prophets
say
to
them:
You
shall
not
see
the
sword,
and
there
shall
be
no
famine
among
you,
but
he
will
give
you
true
peace
in
this
place.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
The
prophets
prophesy
falsely
in
my
name:
I
sent
them
not,
neither
have
I
commanded
them,
nor
have
I
spoken
to
them:
they
prophesy unto
you
a
lying
vision,
and
divination
and
deceit,
and
the seduction
of
their own
heart.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
concerning
the
prophets
that
prophecy
in
my
name, whom
I
did
not
send,
that
say:
Sword
and
famine
shall
not
be
in
this
land:
By
sword
and
famine
shall
those
prophets
be
consumed.
And
the
people
to
whom
they prophecy,
shall
be
cast
out
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
because
of
the
famine
and
the
sword,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
bury
them:
they
and
their
wives,
their
sons
and
their
daughters,
and
I
will
pour
out
their
wickedness
upon
them.
And thou shalt
speak
this
word
to
them:
Let
my
eyes
shed
down
tears
night
and
day,
and
let
them
not
cease,
because
the
virgin
daughter
of
my
people
is afflicted
with
a
great affliction,
with
an
exceeding grievous evil.
If
I
go
forth
into
the
fields,
behold
the
slain
with
the
sword:
and
if
I
enter
into
the
city,
behold
them
that
are consumed
with
famine.
The
prophet
also
and
the
priest
are
gone
into
a
land
which
they
knew
not.
Hast thou utterly
cast
away Juda,
or hath thy
soul
abhorred Sion?
why
then hast thou
struck
us,
so
that
there
is
no
healing
for
us?
we
have
looked
for
peace,
and
there
is
no
good:
and
for
the
time
of
healing,
and
behold trouble.
We
acknowledge,
O
Lord,
our
wickedness,
the
iniquities
of
our
fathers,
because
we
have
sinned
against thee.
Give
us
not
to
be
a reproach,
for thy
name’s
sake,
and
do
not disgrace
in
us
the
throne
of thy
glory:
remember,
break
not thy
covenant
with
us.
Are
there
any
among
the graven
things
of
the
Gentiles
that
can
send
rain?
or
can
the
heavens
give
showers? art
not thou
the
Lord
our
God,
whom
we
have looked
for?
for thou hast
made
all
these
things.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
If
Moses
and
Samuel
shall
stand
before
me,
my
soul
is
not towards
this
people:
cast
them
out
from
my
sight,
and
let
them
go
forth.
And
if
they
shall
say unto thee: Whither
shall
we
go
forth? thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Such
as
are
for
death,
to
death:
and
such
as
are
to
the
sword,
to
the
sword:
and
such
as
are
for
famine,
to
famine:
and
such
as
are
to
captivity,
to
captivity.
And
I
will
visit
them
with
four
kinds, saith
the
Lord:
The
sword
to
kill,
and
the
dogs
to tear,
and
the fowls
of
the air,
and
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
to
devour
and
destroy.
And
I
will
give
them
up
to
the rage
of
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth:
because
of Manasses
the
son
of Ezechias
the
king
of Juda,
for
all
that
he
did
in
Jerusalem.
For
who
shall
have
pity
on thee,
O
Jerusalem?
or
who
shall bemoan thee?
or
who
shall
go
to
pray
for thy
peace?
Thou hast
forsaken
me, saith
the
Lord, thou art gone
backward:
and
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
against thee,
and
I
will
destroy thee:
I
am
weary
of entreating thee.
And
I
will
scatter
them
with
a fan
in
the
gates
of
the
land:
I
have killed
and
destroyed
my
people,
and
yet
they
are
not
returned form
their
ways.
Their
widows
are
multiplied unto
me
above
the
sand
of
the
sea:
I
have
brought
upon
them
against
the
mother
of
the
young
man
a spoiler
at noonday:
I
have
cast
a
terror
on
a
sudden
upon
the
cities.
She
that hath
borne
seven
is
become weak,
her
soul hath fainted
away:
her
sun
is
gone
down,
while
it
was
yet
day:
she
is
confounded,
and
ashamed:
and
the residue
of
them
I
will
give
up
to
the
sword
in
the
sight
of
their
enemies, saith
the
Lord.
Woe
is
me,
my
mother:
why hast thou
borne
me
a
man
of
strife,
a
man
of
contention
to
all
the
earth?
I
have
not
lent
on usury,
neither hath
any
man
lent
to
me
on usury:
yet
all
curse
me.
The
Lord saith
to
me: Assuredly
it
shall
be
well
with thy remnant, assuredly
I
shall help thee
in
the
time
of affliction,
and
in
the
time
of tribulation against
the
enemy.
Shall
iron be allied
with
the
iron from
the
north,
and
the
brass?
Thy
riches
and thy
treasures
I
will
give unto
spoil
for
nothing,
because
of
all thy
sins,
even
in
all thy
borders.
And
I
will
bring thy
enemies
out
of
a
land,
which thou knowest
not:
for
a
fire
is
kindled
in
my rage,
it
shall
burn
upon
you.
O
Lord, thou knowest,
remember
me,
and
visit
me,
and defend
me
from
them
that
persecute
me,
do
not defend
me
in thy
patience:
know
that
for thy
sake
I
have sufferred
reproach.
Thy
words
were
found,
and
I did
eat
them,
and thy
word
was
to
me
a
joy
and
gladness
of
my
heart:
for thy
name
is
called
upon
me,
O
Lord
God
of
hosts.
I
sat
not
in
the
assembly
of jesters,
nor
did
I
make
a boast
of
the
presence
of thy
hand:
I
sat
alone,
because thou hast
filled
me
with threats.
Why
is
my
sorrow
become
perpetual,
and
my
wound desperate
so
as
to
refuse
to
be
healed?
it
is
become
to
me
as
the falsehood
of deceitful
waters
that
cannot
be
trusted.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
If thou wilt
be
converted,
I
will convert thee,
and thou shalt
stand
before
my
face;
and
if thou wilt separate
the
precious
from
the vile, thou shalt
be
as
my
mouth:
they
shall
be
turned
to thee,
and thou shalt
not
be
turned
to
them.
And
I
will
make thee
to
this
people
as
a strong
wall
of
brass:
and
they
shall
fight
against thee,
and
shall
not
prevail:
for
I
am
with thee
to
save thee,
and
to
deliver thee, saith
the
Lord.
And
I
will
deliver thee
out
of
the
hand
of
the
wicked,
and
I
will
redeem thee
out
of
the
hand
of
the mighty.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Thou shalt
not
take thee
a
wife,
neither shalt thou
have thee
sons
and
daughters
in
this
place.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
concerning
the
sons
and
daughters,
that
are
born
in
this
place,
and
concerning
their
mothers
that
bore
them:
and
concerning
their
fathers,
of whom
they
were
born
in
this
land:
They
shall
die
by
the
death
of grievous illnesses:
they
shall
not
be
lamented,
and
they
shall
not
be
buried,
they
shall
be
as
dung
upon
the
face
of
the
earth:
and
they
shall
be
consumed
with
the
sword,
and
with
famine:
and
their
carcasses
shall
be meat
for
the fowls
of
the air,
and
for
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Enter
not
into
the
house
of feasting,
neither
go thou
to
mourn,
nor
to comfort
them:
because
I
have
taken
away
my
peace
from
this
people, saith
the
Lord,
my
mercy
and commiserations.
Both
the
great
and
the
little
shall
die
in
the
land:
they
shall
not
be
buried
nor
lamented,
and
men
shall
not
cut
themselves,
nor
make
themselves
bald
for
them.
And
they
shall
not
break bread
among
them
to
him
that mourneth,
to
comfort
him
for
the
dead:
neither
shall
they
give
them
to
drink
of
the
cup,
to
comfort
them
for
their
father
and
mother.
And
do
not thou
go
into
the
house
of
feasting,
to
sit
with
them,
and
to
eat
and
drink.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will take
away
out
of
this
place
in
your
sight,
and
in
your
days
the
voice
of
mirth,
and
the
voice
of
gladness,
the
voice
of
the bridegroom,
and
the
voice
of
the
bride.
And
when thou shalt
tell
this
people
all
these
words,
and
they
shall
say
to thee: Wherefore hath
the
Lord
pronounced
against
us
all
this
great
evil?
what
is
our
iniquity?
and
what
is
our
sin,
that
we
have
sinned
against
the
Lord
our
God?
Thou shalt
say
to
them:
Because
your
fathers forsook
me, saith
the
Lord:
and
went
after strange
gods,
and
served
them,
and adored
them:
and
they forsook
me,
and
kept
not
my
law.
And
you
also
have
done
worse
than
your
fathers:
for
behold
every
one
of
you walketh
after
the perverseness
of
his
evil
heart,
so
as
not
to hearken
to
me.
So
I
will
cast
you
forth
out
of
this
land,
into
a
land
which
you
know
not,
nor
you
fathers:
and
there
you
shall
serve strange
gods
day
and
night,
which
shall
not
give
you
any rest.
Therefore
behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
when
it
shall
be
said
no
more:
The
Lord liveth,
that
brought
for
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
But,
the
Lord liveth,
that
brought
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
the
north,
and
out
of
all
the
lands
to
which
I
cast
them
out:
and
I
will
bring
them
again
into
their
land,
which
I
gave
to
their
fathers.
Behold
I
will
send
many fishers, saith
the
Lord,
and
they
shall
fish
them:
and
after
this
I
will
send
them
many hunters,
and
they
shall
hunt
them
from
every
mountain,
and
from
every
hill,
and
out
of
the holes
of
the
rocks.
For
my
eyes
are
upon
all
their
ways:
they
are
not
hid
from
my
face,
and
their
iniquity hath
not
been
hid
from
my
eyes.
And
I
will
repay
first
their
double
iniquities,
and
their
sins:
because
they
have defiled
my
land
with
the
carcasses
of
their
idols,
and
they
have
filled
my
inheritance
with
their
abominations.
O
Lord,
my
might,
and
my
strength,
and
my
refuge
in
the
day
of tribulation:
to thee
the
Gentiles
shall
come
from
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
shall
say:
Surely
our
fathers
have
possessed
lies,
a
vanity
which hath
not profited
them.
Shall
a
man
make
gods unto
himself,
and
there
are
no
gods?
Therefore,
behold
I
will
this
once cause
them
to
know,
I
will shew
them
my
hand
and
my
power:
and
they
shall
know
that
my
name
is
the
Lord.
The
sin
of Juda
is
written
with
a
pen
of
iron,
with
the
point
of
a
diamond,
it
is graven
upon
the table
of
their
heart,
upon
the
horns
of
their
altars.
When
their
children
shall
remember
their
altars,
and
their groves,
and
their
green
trees
upon
high mountains,
Sacrificing
in
the
field:
I
will
give thy
strength,
and
all thy
treasures
to
the
spoil,
and thy
high
places
for
sin
in
all thy
borders.
And thou shalt
be
left stripped
of thy
inheritance,
which
I
gave thee:
and
I
will
make thee
serve thy
enemies
in
a
land
which thou knowest
not:
because thou hast
kindled
a
fire
in
my
wrath,
it
shall
burn
for
ever.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Cursed
be
the
man
that trusteth
in
man,
and maketh
flesh
his
arm,
and
whose
heart departeth
from
the
Lord.
For
he
shall
be
like tamaric
in
the
desert,
and
he
shall
not
see
when
good
shall
come:
but
he
shall
dwell
in dryness
in
the
desert
in
a
salt
land,
and
not
inhabited.
Blessed
be
the
man
that trusteth
in
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
shall
be
his
confidence.
And
he
shall
be
as
a
tree
that
is
planted
by
the
waters,
that spreadeth
out
its
roots towards moisture:
and
it
shall
not
fear
when
the
heat cometh.
And
the
leaf thereof
shall
be
green,
and
in
the
time
of
drought
it
shall
not
be solicitous,
neither
shall
it
cease
at
any
time
to
bring
forth
fruit.
The
heart
is perverse
above
all
things,
and unsearchable,
who
can
know
it?
I
am
the
Lord
who
search
the
heart
and prove
the reins:
who
give
to
every
one
according
to
his
way,
and
according
to
the
fruit
of
his devices.
As
the
partridge hath hatched
eggs which
she
did
not
lay:
so
is
he
that hath gathered
riches,
and
not
by
right:
in
the
midst
of
his
days
he
shall
leave
them,
and
in
his
latter
end
he
shall
be
a
fool.
A
high
and glorious
throne
from
the
beginning
is
the
place
of our sanctification:
O
Lord
the hope
of
Israel:
all
that
forsake thee
shall
be
confounded:
they
that depart
from thee,
shall
be
written
in
the
earth:
because
they
have forsaken
the
Lord,
the vein
of
living
waters.
Heal
me,
O
Lord,
and
I
shall
be
healed:
save
me,
and
I
shall
be
saved,
for thou art
my
praise.
Behold
they
say
to
me:
Where
is
the
word
of
the
Lord?
let
it
come.
And
I
am
not troubled,
following thee
for
my pastor,
and
I
have
not
desired
the
day
of man, thou knowest.
That which
went
out
of
my
lips, hath
been
right
in thy
sight.
Be
not thou
a
terror unto
me, thou art
my hope
in
the
day
of affliction.
Let
them
be
confounded
that
persecute
me,
and
let
not
me
be
confounded:
let
them
be afraid,
and
let
not
me
be afraid:
bring
upon
them
the
day
of affliction,
and
with
a
double
destruction,
destroy
them.
Thus saith
the
Lord
to
me:
Go,
and
stand
in
the
gate
of
the
children
of
the
people,
by
which
the
kings
of Juda
come
in,
and
go
out,
and
in
all
the
gates
of
Jerusalem:
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord, ye
kings
of Juda,
and
all Juda,
and
all
the
inhabitant
of
Jerusalem,
that
enter
in
by
these
gates.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Take
heed
to
your
souls
and
carry
no burdens
on
the
Sabbath
day:
and
bring
them
not
in
by
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
And
do
not
bring burdens
out
of
your
houses
on
the
sabbath
day,
neither
do ye
any
work:
sanctify
the
sabbath
day,
as
I
commanded
your
fathers.
But
they
did
not
hear,
nor
incline
their
ear:
but
hardened
their
neck,
that
they might
not
hear
me,
and might
not
receive
instruction.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass:
if
you
will hearken
to
me, saith
the
Lord,
to
bring
in
no burdens
by
the
gates
of
this
city
on
the
sabbath
day:
and
if
you
will
sanctify
the
sabbath
day,
to
do
no
work therein:
Then
shall
there
enter
in
by
the
gates
of
this
city
kings
and
princes,
sitting
upon
the
throne
of
David,
and
riding
in
chariots
and
on
horses,
they
and
their
princes,
the
men
of Juda,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
and
this
city
shall
be
inhabited
forever.
And
they
shall
come
from
the
cities
of Juda,
and
from
the
places
round
about
Jerusalem,
and
from
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
from
the plains,
and
from
the
mountains,
and
from
the
south,
bringing holocausts,
and victims,
and
sacrifices,
and
frankincense,
and
they
shall
bring
in
an
offering
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
But
if
you
will
not hearken
to
me,
to
sanctify
the
sabbath
day,
and
not
to
carry burdens,
and
not
to
bring
them
in
by
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
on
the
sabbath
day:
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
gates thereof,
and
it
shall
devour
the houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
it
shall
not
be
quenched.
The
word
that
came
from Jeremias
to
the
Lord,
saying:
Arise,
and
go
down
to
the
potter’s
house,
and
there thou shalt
hear
my
words.
And
I
went
down
into
the
potter’s
house,
and
behold
he
was
doing
a
work
on
the
wheel.
And
the
vessel
was broken
which
he
was
making
with clay
with
his
hands:
and
turning
he
made
another
vessel,
as
it
seemed
good
in
his
eyes
to
make
it.
Then
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Cannot
I
do
with
you
as
this
potter, saith
the
Lord?
behold
as clay
is
in
the
hand
of
the
potter,
so
are
you
in
my
hand,
O
house
of
Israel.
I
will
suddenly
speak
against
a
nation,
and
against
a
kingdom,
to
root
out,
and
to
pull
down,
and
to
destroy
it.
If
that
nation
against
which
I
have
spoken,
shall
repent
of
their
evil,
I
also
will
repent
of
the
evil
that
I
have
thought
to
do
to
them.
And
I
will
suddenly
speak
of
a
nation
and
of
a
kingdom,
to
build
up
and
plant
it.
If
it
shall
do
evil
in
my
sight,
that
it
obey
not
my
voice:
I
will
repent
of
the
good
that
I
have
spoken
to
do unto
it.
Now
therefore
tell
the
men
of Juda,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I frame
evil
against
you,
and
devise
a device
against
you:
let
every
man
of
you
return
from
his
evil
way,
and
make ye
your
ways
and
your
doings
good.
And
they
said:
We
have no hopes:
for
we
will go
after
our
own
thoughts,
and
we
will
do
every
one
according
to
the perverseness
of
his
evil
heart.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Ask
among
the
nations:
Who hath
heard
such horrible
things,
as
the
virgin
of
Israel hath
done
to excess?
Shall now
the
snow
of Libanus fail
from
the
rock
of
the
field?
or
can
the
cold
waters
that gush
out
and run
down,
be taken
away?
Because
my
people
have
forgotten
me,
sacrificing
in
vain,
and stumbling
in
their
ways,
in
ancient
paths,
to
walk
by
them
in
a
way
not trodden:
That
their
land might
be given
up
to
desolation,
and
to
a
perpetual
hissing:
every
one
that
shall
pass
by
it,
shall
be
astonished,
and wag
his
head.
As
a burning
will
I
scatter
them
before
the
enemy:
I
will shew
them
the
back,
and
not
the
face,
in
the
day
of
their
destruction.
And
they
said: Come,
and
let
us invent devices
against Jeremias:
for
the
law
shall
not
perish
from
the
priest,
nor
counsel
from
the
wise,
nor
the
word
from
the
prophet: come,
and
let
us
strike
him
with
the
tongue,
and
let
us
give
no
heed
to
all
his
words.
Give
heed
to
me,
O
Lord,
and
hear
the
voice
of
my adversaries.
Shall
evil
be rendered
for
good,
because
they
have digged
a
pit
for
my
soul?
Remember
that
I
have
stood
in thy
sight,
so
speak
good
for
them,
and
turn
away thy indignation
from
them.
Therefore
deliver
up
their
children
to
famine,
and
bring
them
into
the
hands
of
the
sword:
let
their
wives
be bereaved
of
children
and
widows:
and
let
their
husbands
be
slain
by
death:
let
their
young
men
be
stabbed
with
the
sword
in
battle.
Let
a
cry
be
heard
out
of
their
houses:
for thou shalt
bring
the robber
upon
them
suddenly:
because
they
have digged
a
pit
to
take
me,
and
have
hid
snares
for
my
feet.
But thou,
O
Lord, knowest
all
their
counsel
against
me unto
death:
forgive
not
their
iniquity,
and
let
not
their
sin
be blotted
out
from thy
sight:
let
them
be
overthrown
before thy eyes,
in
the
time
of thy
wrath
do thou
destroy
them.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Go,
and
take
a
potter’s
earthen bottle,
and
take
of
the ancients
of
the
people,
and
of
the ancients
of
the
priests:
And
go
forth
into
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom,
which
is
by
the
entry
of
the earthen
gate:
and
there thou shalt
proclaim
the
words
that
I
shall
tell thee.
And thou shalt
say:
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord,
O ye
kings
of Juda,
and ye
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
bring
an affliction
upon
this
place:
so
that
whoever
shall
hear
it,
his
ears
shall
tingle:
Because
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have profaned
this
place:
and
have sacrificed therein
to strange
gods,
whom
neither
they
nor
their
fathers
knew,
nor
the
kings
of Juda:
and
they
have
filled
this
place
with
the
blood
of innocents.
And
they
have
built
the
high
places
of Baalim,
to
burn
their
children
with
fire
for
a holocaust
to Baalim:
which
I
did
not
command,
nor
speak
of,
neither
did
it once
come
into
my
mind.
Therefore
behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
that
this
place
shall
no
more
be
called
Topheth,
nor
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom,
but
the
valley
of
slaughter.
And
I
will
defeat
the
counsel
of Juda
and
of
Jerusalem
in
this
place:
and
I
will
destroy
them
with
the
sword
in
the
sight
of
their
enemies,
and
by
the
hands
of
them
that
seek
their
lives:
and
I
will
give
their
carcasses
to
be meat
for
the fowls
of
the air,
and
for
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
And
I
will
make
this
city
an astonishent,
and
a
hissing:
every
one
that shall
pass
by
it, shall
be
astonished,
and shall
hiss
because
of
all
the
plagues thereof.
And
I
will
feed
them
with
the
flesh
of
their
sons,
and
with
the
flesh
of
their
daughters:
and
they
shall
eat
every
one
the
flesh
of
his
friend
in
the
siege,
and
in
the
distress wherewith
their
enemies,
and
they
that
seek
their
lives
shall straiten
them.
And thou shalt
break
the bottle
in
the
sight
of
the
men
that
shall
go
with thee.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
even
so
will
I
break
this
people,
and
this
city,
as
the
potter’s
vessel
is
broken,
which
cannot
be
made whole
again:
and
they
shall
be
buried
in
Topheth,
because
there
is
no
other
place
to
bury
in.
Thus
will
I
do
to
this
place, saith
the
Lord,
and
to
the
inhabitants thereof:
and
I
will
make
this
city
as
Topheth.
And
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
the
houses
of Juda
shall
be
unclean
as
the
place
of
Topheth:
all
the
houses
upon
whose roots
they
have sacrificed
to
all
the
host
of
heaven,
and
have poured
out drink offerings
to strange
gods.
Then Jeremias
came
from
Topheth, whither
the
Lord
had
sent
him
to prophecy,
and
he
stood
in
the
court
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
said
to
all
people:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
bring
in
upon
this
city,
and
upon
all
the
cities thereof
all
the evils
that
I
have
spoken
against
it:
because
they
have
hardened
their
necks,
and
they
might
not
hear
my
words.
Now Phassur
the
son
of Emmur,
the
priest,
who
was appointed
chief
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
heard Jeremias
prophesying
these
words.
And Phassur
struck Jeremias
the
prophet,
and
put
him
in
the
stocks,
that
were
in
the
upper
gate
of
Benjamin,
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
when
it
was light
the
next
day, Phassur
brought Jeremias
out
of
the
stocks.
And Jeremias
said
to
him:
The
Lord hath
not
called thy
name Phassur,
but fear
on every side.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
deliver thee
up
to fear, thee
and
all thy
friends:
and
they
shall
fall
by
the
sword
of
their
enemies,
and thy
eyes
shall
see
it,
and
I
will
give
all Juda
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon:
and
he
shall
strike
them
with
the
sword.
And
I
will
give
all
the substance
of
this
city,
and
all
its labour,
and
every
precious
thing thereof,
and
all
the
treasures
of
the
kings
of Juda
will
I
give
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies:
and
they
shall
pillage
them,
and
take
them
away,
and
carry
them
to
Babylon.
But thou, Phassur,
and
all
that
dwell
in thy
house,
shall
go
into
captivity,
and thou shalt
go
to
Babylon,
and
there thou shalt
die,
and
there thou shalt
be
buried, thou
and
all thy
friends,
to
whom thou hast
prophesied
a
lie.
Thou hast deceived
me,
O
Lord,
and
I
am deceived: thou hast
been
stronger
than
I,
and thou hast
prevailed.
I
am
become
a laughing-stock
all
the
day,
all
scoff
at
me.
For
I
am
speaking
now
this
long
time,
crying
out
against iniquity,
and
I
often
proclaim
devastation:
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
is
made
a
reproach
to
me,
and
a
derision
all
the
day.
Then
I
said:
I
will
not
make
mention
of
him,
nor
speak
any
more
in
his
name:
and
there
came
in
my
heart
as
a
burning
fire
shut
up
in
my
bones,
and
I
was
wearied,
not
being
able
to bear
it.
For
I
heard
the reproaches
of
many,
and
terror
on
every
side: Persecute
him,
and
let
us persecute
him:
from
all
the
men
that
were
my familiars,
and continued
at
my
side:
if
by
any means
he
may
be deceived,
and
we
may
prevail
against
him,
and
be revenged
on
him.
But
the
Lord
is
with
me
as
a
strong
warrior:
therefore
they
that
persecute
me
shall
fall,
and
shall
be
weak:
they
shall
be
greatly
confounded,
because
they
have
not
understood
the
everlasting
reproach, which
never
shall
be effaced.
And thou,
O
Lord
of
hosts, prover
of
the
just,
who seest
the reins
and
the
heart:
let
me
see,
I beseech thee, thy
vengeance
on
them:
for
to thee
I
have
laid
open
my
cause.
Sing ye
to
the
Lord,
praise
the
Lord:
because
he hath
delivered
the
soul
of
the
poor
out
of
the
hand
of
the
wicked.
Cursed
be
the
day
wherein
I
was
borne:
let
not
the
day
in
which
my
mother
bore
me,
be
blessed.
Cursed
be
the
man
that
brought
the
tidings
to
my
father,
saying:
A
man
child
is
born
to thee:
and
made
him greatly
rejoice.
Let
that
man
be
as
the
cities
that
the
Lord hath
overthrown,
and hath
not
repented:
let
him
hear
a
cry
in
the
morning,
and howling
at noontide:
Who slew
me
not
from
the
womb,
that
my
mother
might
have
been
my
grave,
and
her
womb
an
everlasting conception.
Why
came
I
out
of
the
womb,
to
see labour
and
sorrow,
and
that
my
days
should
be
spent
in confusion?
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord,
when
king Sedecias
sent unto
him Phassur,
the
son
of Melchias,
and Sophonias,
the
son
of Maasias
the
priest,
saying:
Inquire
of
the
Lord
for
us,
for Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon maketh war
against
us:
if
so
be
the
Lord
will
deal
with
us
according
to
all
his
wonderful
works,
that
he
may
depart
from
us.
And Jeremias
said
to
them:
Thus shall
you
say
to Sedecias:
Thus saith
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
turn
back
the
weapons
of
war
that
are
in
your
hands,
with
which
you
fight
against
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
Chaldeans,
that besiege
you
round
about
the
walls:
and
I
will
gather
them
together
in
the
midst
of
this
city.
And
I
myself
will
fight
against
you
with an
outstretched
hand,
and
with
a
strong
arm,
and
in
fury,
and
in indignation,
and
in
great
wrath.
And I
will
strike
the
inhabitants
of
this
city,
men
and
beasts
shall
die
of
a
great
pestilence.
And
after
this, saith
the
Lord,
I
will
give Sedecias
the
king
of Juda,
and
his
servants,
and
his
people,
and
such
as
are
left
in
this
city
from
the
pestilence,
and
the
sword,
and
the
famine,
into
the
hand
of Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
that
seek
their
life,
and
he
shall
strike
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
he
shall
not
be
moved
to
pity,
nor
spare
them,
nor shew
mercy
on
them.
And
to
this
people thou shalt
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
set
before
you
the
way
of
life,
and
the
way
of
death.
He
that
shall
abide
in
this
city,
shall
die
by
the
sword,
and
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence:
but
he
that
shall
go
out
and
flee
over
to
the
Chaldeans,
that besiege
you,
shall
live,
and
his
life
shall
be
to
him
as
a
spoil.
For
I
have
set
my
face
against
this
city
for
evil,
and
not
for
good, saith
the
Lord:
it
shall
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
shall
burn
it
with
fire.
And
to
the
house
of
the
king
of Juda:
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord,
O
house
of
David,
this saith
the
Lord:
Judge ye judgement
in
the
morning,
and
deliver
him
that
is
oppressed
by violence
out
of
the
hand
of
the
oppressor:
lest
my indignation
go
forth
like
a
fire,
and
be kindled,
and
there
be
none
to
quench
it,
because
of
the
evil
of
your ways.
Behold
I
come
to thee
that dwellest
in
a
valley
upon
a
rock
above
a
plain, saith
the
Lord:
and
you
say:
Who
shall strike
us?
and
who
shall
enter
into
our houses?
But
I
will
visit
upon
you
according
to
the
fruit
of
your
doings, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
forest thereof:
and
it
shall
devour
all
things
round
about
it.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Go
down
to
the
house
of
the
king
of Juda,
and
there thou shalt
speak
this
word,
And thou shalt
say:
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord,
O
king
of Juda,
that sittest
upon
the
throne
of
David: thou
and thy
servants,
and thy
people,
who
enter
in
by
these
gates.
Thus saith
the
Lord: Execute judgement
and
justice,
and
deliver
him
that
is oppressed
out
of
the
hand
of
the
oppressor:
and afflict
not
the
stranger,
the
fatherless,
nor
the
widow,
nor
oppress
them unjustly:
and
shed
not
innocent
blood
in
this
place.
For
if
you
will
do
this
thing
indeed,
then
shall
there
enter
in
by
the
gates
of
this
house,
kings
of
the race
of
David
sitting
upon
his
throne,
and
riding
in
chariots
and
on
horses,
they
and
their
servants,
and
their
people.
But
if
you
will
not hearken
to
these
words:
I
swear
by myself, saith
the
Lord,
that
this
house
shall
become
a
desolation.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
the
house
of
the
king
of Juda: Thou art
to
me Galaad
the
head
of Libanus:
yet
surely
I
will
make thee
a
wilderness,
and
cities
not habitable.
And
I
will
prepare
against thee
the
destroyer
and
his
weapons:
and
they
shall
cut
down thy chosen
cedars,
and
shall
cast
them headlong
into
the
fire.
And
many
nations
shall
pass
by
this
city:
and
they
shall
say
every
man
to
his
neighbor:
Why hath
the
Lord
done
so
to
this
great
city?
And
they
shall
answer:
Because
they
have forsaken
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
their
God,
and
have adored strange
gods,
and
served
them.
Weep
not
for
him
that
is
dead,
nor bemoan
him
with
your tears: lament
him
that goeth
away,
for
he
shall
return
no
more,
nor
see
his
native
country.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to Sellum
the
son
of Josias
the
king
of Juda,
who
reigned
instead
of
his
father,
who
went
forth
out
of
this
place:
He
shall
return hither
no
more:
But
in
the
place,
to
which
I
have
removed
him,
there
shall
he
die,
and
he
shall
not
see
this
land
any
more.
Woe
to
him
that buildeth
up
his
house
by injustice,
and
his
chambers
not
in judgement:
that
will oppress
his
friend
without
cause,
and
will
not
pay
him
his
wages.
Who saith:
I
will
build
me
a wide
house
and
large
chambers:
who openeth
to himself
windows,
and maketh roofs
of
cedar,
and painteth
them
with
vermilion.
Shalt thou
reign,
because thou comparest thyself
to
the
cedar?
did
not thy
father
eat
and
drink,
and
do
judgment
and
justice,
and
it
was
then
well
with
him?
He judged
the
cause
of
the
poor
and
needy
for
his own
good:
was
it
not
therefore because
he knew
me, saith
the
Lord?
But thy
eyes
and thy
heart
are
set
upon covetousness,
and
upon
shedding
innocent
blood,
and
upon
oppression,
and running
after evil
works.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
concerning Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda:
They
shall
not
mourn
for
him,
Alas,
my
brother,
and
Alas,
sister:
they
shall
not
lament
for
him,
Alas,
my
Lord,
or,
Alas,
the noble
one.
He
shall
be
buried
with
the
burial
of
an ass, rotten
and
cast forth without
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
Go
up
to Libanus,
and
cry:
and
lift
up thy
voice
in Basan,
and
cry
to
them
that pass
by,
for
all thy
lovers
are destroyed.
I
spoke
to thee
in thy properity:
and thou saidst:
I
will
not
hear:
this hath
been thy
way
from thy
youth,
because thou hast
not
heard
my
voice.
The
wind shall
feed
all thy pastors,
and thy
lovers shall go into
captivity:
and
then shalt thou
be
confounded,
and
ashamed
of
all thy
wickedness.
Thou
that sittest
in Libanus,
and makest thy
nest
in
the
cedars,
how hast thou mourned
when sorrows
came
upon thee,
as
the
pains
of
a woman
in labour?
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord,
if Jechonias
the
son
of Joakim
the
king
of Juda
were
a ring
on
my
right
hand,
I
would pluck
him thence.
And
I
will
give thee
into
the
hand
of
them
that
seek thy
life,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
whose
face thou fearest,
and
into
the
hand
of Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans.
And
I
will send thee,
and thy
mother
that
bore thee,
into
a strange
country,
in
which
you
were
not
born,
and
there
you
shall
die:
And
they
shall
not
return
into
the
land, whereunto
they
lift
up
their
mind
to
return thither.
Is
this
man Jechonias
an earthen
and
a broken
vessel?
is
he
a
vessel
wherein
there
is
no
pleasure?
why
are
they
cast
out,
he
and
his
seed,
and
are
cast
into
a
land
which
they
know
not?
O
earth,
earth,
earth,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Write
this
man barren,
a
man
that
shall
not
prosper
in
his
days:
for
there
shall
not
be
a
man
of
his
seed
that
shall
sit
upon
the
throne
of
David,
and
have power
any
more
in Juda.
Woe
to
the pastors,
that
destroy
and tear
the
sheep
of
my
pasture, saith
the
Lord.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
to
the pastors
that
feed
my
people:
You
have
scattered
my
flock,
and
driven
them
away,
and
have
not
visited
them:
behold
I
will
visit
upon
you
for
the
evil
of
your
doings, saith
the
Lord.
And
I
will
gather
together
the
remnant
of
my
flock,
out
of
all
the
lands
into
which
I
have
cast
them
out:
and
I
will
make
them
return
to
their own fields,
and
they
shall
increase
and
be
multiplied.
And
I
will
set
up pastors
over
them,
and
they
shall
feed
them:
they
shall
fear
no
more,
and
they
shall
not
be
dismayed:
and
none
shall
be
wanting
of
their
number, saith
the
Lord.
Behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
raise
up
to
David
a
just
branch:
and
a
king
shall
reign,
and
shall
be
wise,
and
shall execute judgement
and
justice
in
the
earth.
In
those
days
shall Juda
be
saved,
and
Israel
shall
dwell confidently:
and
this
is
the
name
that
they
shall
call
him:
the
Lord
our
just
one.
Therefore
behold
the
days
to
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
they
shall
say
no
more:
The
Lord liveth,
who
brought
up
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
But
the
Lord liveth,
who hath
brought
out,
and
brought hither
the
seed
of
the
house
of
Israel
from
the
land
of
the
north,
and
out
of
all
the
lands,
to
which
I
had
cast
them forth:
and
they
shall
dwell
in
their own
land.
To
the
prophets:
My
heart
is
broken
within
me,
all
my
bones tremble:
I
am
become
as
a
drunken
man,
and
as
a
man
full
of
wine,
at
the
presence
of
the
Lord,
and
at
the
presence
of
his
holy
words.
Because
the
land
is
full
of
adulterers,
because
the
land hath
mourned
by
reason
of cursing,
the fields
of
the
desert
are
dried
up:
and
their
course
is
become
evil,
and
their
strength
unlike.
For
the
prophet
and
the
priest
are defiled:
and
in
my
house
I
have
found
their
wickedness, saith
the
Lord.
Therefore
their
way
shall
be
as
a
slippery
way
in
the dark:
for
they
shall
be driven
on,
and
fall therein:
for
I
will
bring evils
upon
them,
the
year
of
their visitation, saith
the
Lord.
And
I
have
seen
folly
in
the
prophets
of
Samaria:
they
prophesied
in
Baal,
and
deceived
my
people
Israel.
And
I
have
seen
the likeness
of
adulterers,
and
the
way
of
lying
in
the
prophets
of
Jerusalem:
and
they
strengthened
the
hand
of
the
wicked,
that
no
man
should
return
from
his
evil doings:
that
are
all
become unto
me
as
Sodom,
and
the
inhabitants thereof
as Gomorrha.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
to
the
prophets:
Behold
I
will
feed
them
with
wormwood,
and
I
will
give
them
gall
to
drink:
for
from
the
prophets
of
Jerusalem corruption
has
gone
forth
into
all
the
land.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts: Hearken
not
to
the
words
of
the
prophets
that
prophesy
to
you,
and deceive
you:
they
speak
a
vision
of
their own
heart,
and
not
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
Lord.
They
say
to
them
that
blaspheme
me:
The
Lord hath
said:
You
shall
have
peace:
and
to
every
one
that walketh
in
the perverseness
of
his
own
heart,
they
have
said:
No
evil
shall
come
to
you.
For
who hath
stood
in
the
counsel
of
the
Lord,
and hath
seen
and
heard
his
word?
Who hath
considered
his
word
and
heard
it?
Behold
the whirlwind
of
the
Lord’s indignation
shall
come
forth,
and
a
tempest
shall break
out
and
come
upon
the
head
of
the
wicked.
The
wrath
of
the
Lord
shall
not
return
till
he execute
it,
and
till
he
accomplish
the
thought
of
his
heart:
in
the
latter
days
you
shall
understand
his counsel.
I
did
not
send
prophets,
yet
they
ran:
I
have
not
spoken
to
them,
yet
they
prophesied.
If
they
stood
in
my
counsel,
and
had
made
my
words
known
to
my
people,
I
should
have
turned
them
from
their
evil
way
and
from
their
wicked
doings.
Am
I, think ye,
a
God
at
hand, saith
the
Lord,
and
not
a
God
afar
off?
Shall
a
man
be
hid
in
secret
places,
and
I
not
see
him, saith
the
Lord?
do
not
I
fill
heaven
and
earth, saith
the
Lord?
I
have
heard
what
the
prophets
said,
that
prophesy
lies
in
my
name,
and
say:
I
have
dreamed,
I
have
dreamed.
How
long
shall
this
be
in
the
heart
of
the
prophets
that
prophesy
lies,
and
that
prophesy
the delusions
of
their own
heart?
Who seek
to
make
my
people
forget
my
name
through
their
dreams,
which
they
tell
every
man
to
his
neighbor:
as
their
fathers
forgot
my
name
for
Baal.
The
prophet
that hath
a
dream, let
him
tell
a
dream:
and
he
that hath
my
word, let
him
speak
my
word
with
truth:
what hath
the chaff
to
do
with
the
wheat, saith
the
Lord?
Are
not
my
words
as
a
fire, saith
the
Lord:
and
as
a
hammer
that breaketh
the
rock
in pieces?
Therefore
behold
I
am
against
the
prophets, saith
the
Lord:
who
steal
my
words
every
one
from
his
neighbor.
Behold
I
am
against
the
prophets, saith
the
Lord:
who
use
their
tongues,
and say:
The
Lord saith
it.
Behold
I
am
against
the prophets
that
have
lying
dreams, saith
the
Lord:
and
tell
them,
and cause
my
people
to
err
by
their
lying,
and
by
their wonders:
when
I
sent
them
not,
nor
commanded
them,
who
have
not profited
this
people
at all, saith
the
Lord.
If
therefore
this
people,
or
the
prophet,
or
the
priest
shall
ask thee,
saying:
What
is
the
burden
of
the
Lord? thou shalt
say
to
them:
You
are
the
burden:
for
I
will
cast
you
away, saith
the
Lord.
And
as
for
the
prophet,
and
the
priest,
and
the
people
that
shall
say:
The
burden
of
the
Lord:
I
will
visit
upon
that
man,
and
upon
his
house.
Thus
shall
you
say
every
one
to
his
neighbor,
and
to
his
brother:
What hath
the
Lord
answered?
and
what hath
the
Lord
spoken?
And
the
burden
of
the
Lord
shall
be
mentioned
no
more,
for
every
man’s
word
shall
be
his
burden:
for
you
have
perverted
the
words
of
the
living
God,
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
our
God.
Thus shalt thou
say
to
the
prophet:
What hath
the
Lord
answered thee?
and
what hath
the
Lord
spoken?
But
if
you
shall
say:
The
burden
of
the
Lord:
therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Because
you
have
said
this
word:
The
burden
of
the
Lord:
and
I
have
sent
to
you
saying:
Say
not,
The
burden
of
the
Lord:
Therefore
behold
I
will
take
you
away carrying
you,
and
will
forsake
you,
and
the
city
which
I
gave
to
you,
and
to
your
fathers,
out
of
my
presence.
And
I
will
bring
an
everlasting
reproach
upon
you,
and
a
perpetual
shame
which
shall
never
be
forgotten.
The
Lord shewed
me:
and
behold
two
baskets full
of
figs,
set
before
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
after
that Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away Jechonias
the
son
of Joakim
the
king
of Juda,
and
his
chief
men,
and
the
craftsmen,
and engravers
of
Jerusalem,
and
had
brought
them
to
Babylon.
One
basket
had
very
good
figs,
like
the
figs
of
the
first season:
and
the
other
basket
had
very
bad
figs,
which could
not
be
eaten,
because
they
were
bad.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
What seest thou, Jeremias?
And
I
said:
Figs,
the
good
figs,
very
good:
and
the
bad
figs,
very
bad,
which
cannot
be
eaten
because
they
are
bad.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
Like
these
good
figs,
so
will
I
regard
the
captives
of Juda,
whom
I
have
sent
forth
out
of
this
place
into
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
for
their own
good.
And
I
will
set
my
eyes
upon
them
to
be pacified,
and
I
will
bring
them
again
into
this
land:
and
I
will
be
their
God:
and
I
will
build
them
up,
and
not
pull
them
down:
and
I
will
plant
them,
and
not
pluck
them
up.
And
I
will
give
them
a
heart
to
know
me,
that
I
am
the
Lord:
and
they
shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God:
because
they
shall
return
to
me
with
their
whole
heart.
And
as
the
very
bad
figs,
that
cannot
be
eaten,
because
they
are
bad:
thus saith
the
Lord:
So
will
I
give Sedecias
the
king
of Juda,
and
his
princes,
and
the residue
of
Jerusalem,
that
have
remained
in
this city,
and
that
dwell
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
I
will
deliver
them
up
to vexation,
and affliction,
to
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth:
to
be
a
reproach,
and
a
byword,
and
a
proverb,
and
to
be
a
curse
in
all
places,
to
which
I
have
cast
them
out.
And
I
will
send
among
them
the
sword,
and
the
famine,
and
the
pestilence:
till
they
be
consumed
out
of
the
land
which
I
gave
to
them,
and
their
fathers.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
concerning
all
the
people
of Juda,
in
the
fourth
year
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda, (the
same
is
the
first
year
of Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,)
Which Jeremias
the
prophet
spoke
to
all
the
people
of Juda,
and
to
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
saying:
From
the thirteenth
year
of Josias
the
son
of Ammon
king
of Juda
until
this
day:
this
is
the
three
and
twentieth
year,
the
word
of
the
Lord hath
come
to
me,
and
I
have
spoken
to
you,
rising
before
day,
and
speaking,
and
you
have
not hearkened.
And
the
Lord hath
sent
to
you
all
his
servants
the
prophets,
rising
early,
and
sending,
and
you
have
not hearkened,
nor
inclined
your
ears
to
hear.
When
he
said:
Return ye,
every
one
from
his
evil
way,
and
from
your
wicked devices,
and
you
shall
dwell
in
the
land
which
the
Lord hath
given
to
you,
and
your
fathers
for
ever
and
ever.
And go
not
after strange
gods
to
serve
them,
and adore
them:
nor
provoke
me
to wrath
by
the
works
of
your
hands,
and
I
will
not afflict
you.
And
you
have
not
heard
me, saith
the
Lord,
that
you
might
provoke
me
to
anger
with
the
works
of
your
hands,
to
your own hurt.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Because
you
have
not
heard
my
words:
Behold
I
will
send,
and
take
all
the kindreds
of
the
north, saith
the
Lord,
and Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
my
servant:
and
I
will
bring
them
against
this
land,
and
against
the
inhabitants thereof,
and
against
all
the
nations
that
are
round
about
it:
and
I
will
destroy
them,
and
make
them
an astonishment
and
a
hissing,
and
perpetual
desolations.
And
I
will
take away
from
them
the
voice
of
mirth,
and
the
voice
of
gladness,
the
voice
of
the bridegroom,
and
the
voice
of
the
bride,
the
sound
of
the mill,
and
the
light
of
the
lamp.
And
all
this
land
shall
be
a
desolation,
and
an astonishment:
and
all
these
nations
shall
serve
the
king
of
Babylon
seventy
years.
And
when
the
seventy
years
shall
be
expired,
I
will
punish
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
that
nation, saith
the
Lord,
for
their
iniquity,
and
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans:
and
I
will
make
it
perpetual desolations.
And
I
will
bring
upon
the
land
all
my
words,
that
I
have
spoken
against
it,
all
that
is
written
in
this
book,
all
that Jeremias hath
prophesied
against
all
nations:
For
they
have
served
them, whereas
they
were
many
nations,
and
great
kings:
and
I
will
repay
them
according
to
their
deeds,
and
according
to
the
works
of
their
hands.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Take
the
cup
of
wine
of
this
fury
at
my
hand:
and thou shalt
make
all
nations
to
drink thereof, unto
which
I
shall
send thee.
And
they
shall
drink,
and
be troubled,
and
be mad
because
of
the
sword,
which
I
shall
send
among
them.
And
I
took
the
cup
at
the
hand
of
the
Lord,
and
I presented
it
to
all
the
nations
to
drink
of
it,
to
which
the
Lord
sent
me:
To wit,
Jerusalem,
and
the
cities
of Juda,
and
the
kings thereof,
and
the
princes thereof:
to
make
them
a
desolation,
and
an astonishment,
and
a
hissing,
and
a
curse,
as
it
is
at
this
day.
Pharao
the
king
of
Egypt,
and
his
servants,
and
his
princes,
and
all
his
people,
And
all
in general:
all
the
kings
of
the
land
of Ausitis,
and
all
the
kings
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and Ascalon,
and
Gaza,
and Accaron,
and
the
remnant
of Azotus.
And
Edom,
and
Moab,
and
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
all
the
kings
of
Tyre,
and
all
the
kings
of
Sidon:
and
the
kings
of
the
land
of
the
islands
that
are
beyond
the
sea.
And
Dedan,
and Thema,
and
Buz,
and
all
that
have
their hair
cut round.
And
all
the
kings
of
Arabia,
and
all
the
kings
of
the west,
that
dwell
in
the
desert.
And
all
the
kings
of Zambri,
and
all
the
kings
of
Elam,
and
all
the
kings
of
Medes:
And
all
the
kings
of
the
north
far
and
near,
every
one
against
his
brother:
and
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth,
which
are
upon
the
face thereof:
and
the
king
of Sesac
shall
drink
after
them.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Drink ye,
and
be drunken,
and vomit:
and
fall,
and
rise
no
more,
because
of
the
sword,
which
I
shall
send
among
you.
And
if
they
refuse
to
take
the
cup
at thy
hand
to
drink, thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Drinking
you
shall
drink:
For
behold
I
begin
to
bring
evil
on
the
city
wherein
my
name
is
called
upon:
and
shall
you
be
as
innocent
and escape
free?
you
shall
not escape
free:
for
I
will
call
for
the
sword
upon
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And thou shalt
prophesy unto
them
all
these
words,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
The
Lord
shall
roar
from
on
high,
and
shall
utter
his
voice
from
his
holy
habitation:
roaring
he
shall
roar
upon
the
place
of
his beauty:
the
shout
as
it
were
of
them
that
tread grapes
shall
be
given
out
against
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth.
The
noise
is
come
even
to
the
ends
of
the
earth:
for
the
Lord entereth
into judgement
with
the
nations:
he entereth
into judgement
with
all
flesh;
the
wicked
I
have
delivered
up
to
the
sword, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Behold
evil
shall
go
forth
from
nation
to
nation:
and
a
great whirlwind
shall
go
forth
from
the ends
of
the
earth.
And
the
slain
of
the
Lord
shall
be
at
that
day
from
one
end
of
the
earth
even
to
the other
end thereof:
they
shall
not
be
lamented,
and
they
shall
not
be
gathered
up,
nor
buried:
they
shall
lie
as
dung
upon
the
face
of
the
earth.
Howl, ye
shepherds,
and
cry:
and sprinkle yourselves
with ashes, ye leaders
of
the
flock:
for
the
days
of
your
slaughter
and
your dispersion
are
accomplished,
and
you
shall
fall
like
precious
vessels.
And
the
shepherds shall
have
no way
to flee,
nor
the leaders
of
the
flock
to save themselves.
A
voice
of
the
cry
of
the
shepherds,
and
a howling
of
the principal
of
the
flock:
because
the
Lord hath wasted
their pastures.
And
the fields
of
peace
have
been silent,
because
of
the
fierce
anger
of
the
Lord.
He
has forsaken
his covert
as
the
lion,
for
the
land
is
laid
waste
because
of
the
wrath
of
the dove,
and
because
of
the
fierce
anger
of
the Lord.
In
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda,
came
this
word
from
the
Lord,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Stand
in
the
court
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
speak
to
all
the
cities
of Juda,
out
of
which
they
come,
to adore
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
all
the
words
which
I
have
commanded thee
to
to
speak unto
them: leave
not
out
one
word.
If
so
be
they
will hearken
and
be
converted
every
one
from
his
evil
way;
that
I
may
repent
me
of
the
evil
that
I
think
to
do unto
them
for
the
wickedness
of
their
doings.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
If
you
will
not hearken
to
me
to walk
in
my
law,
which
I
have
given
to
you:
To
give ear
to
the
words
of
my
servants
the
prophets,
whom
I
sent
to
you
rising
up
early:
and
sending,
and
you
have
not hearkened:
I
will
make
this
house
like Silo:
and
I
will
make
this
city
a
curse
to
all
the
nations
of
the
earth.
And
the
priests,
and
the
prophets,
and
all
the
people
heard Jeremias
speaking
these
words
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
when Jeremias
made
an
end
of
speaking
all
that
the
Lord
had
commanded
him
to
speak
to
all
the
people,
the
priests,
and
the
prophets,
and
all
the
people
laid
hold
on
him,
saying:
Let
him
be
put
to
death.
Why hath
he
prophesied
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
saying:
This
house
shall
be
like Silo;
and
this
city
shall
be
made desolate,
without
an
inhabitant?
And
all
the
people
were
gathered
together
against Jeremias
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
the
princes
of Juda
heard
these
words:
and
they
went
up
from
the
king’s
house
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
sat
in
the
entry
of
the
new
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
the
priests
and
the
prophets
spoke
to
the
princes,
and
to
all
the
people,
saying:
The judgement
of
death
is
for
this
man:
because
he hath
prophesied
against
this
city,
as
you
have
heard
with
your
ears.
Then Jeremias
spoke
to
all
the
princes,
and
to
all
the
people,
saying:
The
Lord
sent
me
to
prophesy
concerning
this
house,
and
concerning
this
city
all
the
words
you
have
heard.
Now
therefore
amend
your
ways,
and
your
doings,
and hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
your
God:
and
the
Lord
will
repent
of
the
evil
that
he hath
spoken
against
you.
But
as
for
me,
behold
I
am
in
your
hands:
do
with
me
what
is
good
and
right
in
your
eyes:
But
know ye,
and
understand,
that
if
you
put
me
to
death,
you
will
shed
innocent
blood
against
your own selves,
and
against
this
city,
and
the
inhabitants thereof.
For
in
truth
the
Lord
sent
me
to
you,
to
speak
all
these
words
in
your
hearing.
Then
the
princes,
and
all
the
people
said
to
the
priests,
and
to
the
prophets:
There
is
no judgement
of
death
for
this
man:
for
he hath
spoken
to
us
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
our
God.
And
some
of
the ancients
of
the
land
rose
up:
and
they
spoke
to
all
the
assembly
of
the
people,
saying:
Micheas
of Morasthi
was
a
prophet
in
the
days
of Ezechias
king
of Juda,
and
he
spoke
to
all
the
people
of Juda,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts: Sion
shall
be ploughed
like
a
field,
and
Jerusalem
shall
be
a
heap
of stones:
and
the
mountain
of
the
house
the
high
places
of
woods.
Did Ezechias
king
of Juda,
and
all Juda, condemn
him
to
death?
did
they
not
fear
the
Lord,
and beseech
the
face
of
the
Lord:
and
the
Lord
repented
of
the
evil
that
they
had
spoken
against
them?
therefore
we
are
doing
a
great
evil
against
our
souls.
There
was
also
a
man
that
prophesied
in
the
name
of
the
Lord, Urias
the
son
of Semei
of Cariathiarim:
and
he
prophesied
against
this
city,
and
against
this
land,
according
to
all
the
words
of Jeremias.
And Joakim,
and
all
his
men
in power,
and
his
princes
heard
these
words:
and
the
king
sought
to
put
him
to
death.
And Urias
heard
it,
and
was
afraid,
and
fled
and
went
into
Egypt.
And
king Joakim
sent
men
into
Egypt,
Elnathan
the
son
of Achobor,
and
men
with
him
into
Egypt.
And
they
brought Urias
out
of
Egypt:
and
brought
him
to
king Joakim,
and
he
slew
him
with
the
sword:
and
he
cast
his
dead
body
into
the
graves
of
the
common
people.
So
the
hand
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan
was
with Jeremias,
that
he should
not
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
people,
to
put
him
to
death.
In
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda,
this
word
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
to
me:
Make thee
bands,
and
chains:
and thou shalt
put
them
on thy
neck.
And thou shalt
send
them
to
the
of
Edom,
and
to
the
king
of
Moab,
and
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
to
the
king
of
Tyre,
and
to
the
king
of
Sidon:
by
the
hand
of
the
messengers
that
are
come
to
Jerusalem
to Sedecias
the
king
of Juda.
And thou shalt
command
them
to
speak
to
their
masters:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
your
masters:
I
made
the
earth,
and
the
men,
and
the
beasts
that
are
upon
the
face
of
the
earth,
by
my
great
power,
and
by
my
stretched
out
arm:
and
I
have
given
it
to
whom
it
seemed
good
in
my
eyes.
And
now
I
have
given
all
these
lands
into
the
hand
of Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
my
servant:
moreover
also
the
beasts
of
the
field
I
have
given
him
to
serve
him.
And
all
nations
shall
serve
him,
and
his
son,
and
his
son’s
son:
till
the
time
come
for
his
land
and
himself:
and
many
nations
and
great
kings
shall
serve
him.
But
the
nation
and
kingdom
that
will
not
serve Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
and whosoever
will
not bend
his
neck
under
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon:
I
will
visit
upon
that
nation
with
the
sword,
and
with
famine,
and
with
pestilence, saith
the
Lord:
till
I
consume
them
by
his
hand.
Therefore hearken
not
to
your
prophets,
and
diviners,
and
dreamers,
and soothsayers,
and
sorcerers,
that
say
to
you:
You
shall
not
serve
the
king
Babylon.
For
they
prophesy
lies
to
you:
to
remove
you
far
from
your
country,
and east
you
out,
and
to
make
you
perish.
But
the
nation
that
shall bend
down
their
neck
under
the
yoke
of
the
king
Babylon,
and
shall
serve
him:
Will let
them
remain
in
their own
land, saith
the
Lord:
and
they
shall
till
it,
and
dwell
in
it.
And
I
spoke
to Sedecias
the
king
of Juda
according
to
all
these
words,
saying: Bend
down
your
necks
under
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
serve
him,
and
his
people,
and
you
shall
live.
Why
will
you
die, thou
and thy
people
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence,
as
the
Lord hath
spoken
against
the
nation
that
will
not
serve
the
king
of
Babylon?
Hearken
not
to
the
words
of
the
prophets
that
say
to
you:
You
shall
not
serve
the
king
of
Babylon:
for
they
tell
you
a
lie.
For
I
have
not
sent
them, saith
the
Lord:
and
they
prophesy
in
my
name
falsely:
to
drive
you
out,
and
that
you
may
perish, both
you,
and
the
prophets
that
prophesy
to
you.
I
spoke
also
to
the
priests,
and
to
this
people,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Hearken
not
to
the
words
of
your
prophets,
that
prophesy
to
you,
saying:
Behold
the
vessels
of
the
Lord
shall
now
in
a short
time
be
brought
again
from
Babylon:
for
they
prophesy
a
lie unto
you.
Therefore hearken
not
to
them,
but
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
that
you
may
live.
Why
should
this
city
be
given
up
to
desolation?
But
if
they
be
prophets,
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
be
in
them:
let
them interpose
themselves
before
the
Lord
of
hosts,
that
the
vessels
which
were
left
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
house
of
the
king
of Juda,
and
in
Jerusalem,
may
not
go
to
Babylon.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
to
the
pillars,
and
to
the
sea,
and
to
the bases,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
vessels
that
remain
in
this
city:
Which Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
did
not
take,
when
he
carried
away Jechonias
the
son
of Joakim
the
king
of Juda,
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon,
and
all
the great
men
of Juda
and
Jerusalem.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel,
to
the
vessels
that
are
left
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
in
the
house
of
the
king
of Juda
and
Jerusalem:
They
shall
be
carried
to
Babylon,
and
there
they
shall
be
until
the
day
of
their visitation, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
will
cause
them
to
be
brought,
and
to
be
restored
in
this
place.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
that
year,
in
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of Sedecias
king
of Juda,
in
the
fourth
year,
in
the
fifth
month,
that Hananias
the
son
of Azur,
a
prophet
of Gabaon
spoke
to
me,
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
before
the
priests,
and
all
the
people,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
I
have
broken
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
As
yet
two
years
of
days,
and
I
will
cause
all
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
to
be
brought
back
into
this
place,
which Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
took
away
from
this
place,
and
carried
them
to
Babylon.
And
I
will
bring
back
to
this
place Jechonias
the
son
of Joakim
king
of Juda,
and
all
the
captives
of Juda,
that
are
gone
to
Babylon, saith
the
Lord:
for
I
will
break
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
And Jeremias
the
prophet
said
to Hananias
the
prophet
in
the
presence
of
the
priests,
and
in
the
presence
of
all
the
people
that
stood
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
And Jeremias
the
prophet
said:
Amen,
the
Lord
do
so:
the
Lord
perform thy
words,
which thou hast
prophesied:
that
the
vessels
may
be
brought
again
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
all
the
captives
may
return
out
of
Babylon
to
this
place.
Nevertheless
hear
this
word
that
I
speak
in thy
ears,
and
in
the
ears
of
all
the
people:
The
prophets
that
have
been
before
me,
and
before thee
from
the beginning,
and
have
prophesied
concerning
many
countries,
and
concerning
great
kingdoms,
of
war,
and
of affliction,
and
of famine.
The
prophet
that
prophesied
peace
when
his
word
shall
come
to
pass,
the
prophet
shall
be
known,
whom
the
Lord hath
sent
in
truth.
And Hananias
the
prophet
took
the chain
from
the
neck
of Jeremias
the
prophet,
and
broke
it.
And Hananias
spoke
in
the
presence
of
all
the
people,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Even
so
will
I
break
the
yoke
of Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
after two
full
years
from
off
the
neck
of
all
the
nations.
And Jeremias
the
prophet
went
his
way.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias,
after
that Hananias
the
prophet
had
broken
the chain
from
off
the
neck
of Jeremias
the
prophet,
saying:
Go,
and
tell Hananias:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Thou hast
broken
chains
of
wood,
and thou shalt
make
for
them
chains
of
iron.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
I
have
put
a
yoke
of
iron
upon
the
neck
of
all
these
nations,
to
serve Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
and
they
shall
serve
him:
moreover
also
I
have
given
him
the
beasts
of
the earth.
And Jeremias
the
prophet
said
to Hananias
the
prophet:
Hear
now, Hananias:
the
Lord hath
not
sent thee,
and thou hast
made
this
people
to
trust
in
a
lie.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
send thee
away
from
off
the
face
of
the
earth:
this
year shalt thou
die:
for thou hast
spoken
against
the
Lord.
And Hananias
the
prophet
died
in
that
year,
in
the
seventh
month.
Now
these
are
the
words
of
the
letter
which Jeremias,
the
prophet
sent
from
Jerusalem
to
the residue
of
the ancients
that
were
carried
into
captivity,
and
to
the
priests,
and
to
the
prophets,
and
to
all
the
people,
whom Nabuchodonosor
had
carried
away
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon:
After
that Jechonias
the
king,
and
the
queen,
and
the
eunuchs,
and
the
princes
of Juda,
and
of
Jerusalem,
and
the
craftsman,
and
the engravers
were
departed
out
of
Jerusalem:
By
the
hand
of Elasa
the
son
of Saphan,
and Gamarias
the
son
of Helcias,
whom Sedecias
king
of Juda
sent
to
Babylon
to Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel,
to
all
that
are
carried
away
captives,
whom
I
have
caused
to
be
carried
away
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon:
Build ye
houses,
and
dwell
in
them:
and
plant orchards,
and
eat
the
fruit
of
them.
Take ye
wives,
and
beget
sons
and
daughters:
and
take
wives
for
your
sons,
and
give
your
daughters
to
husbands,
and
let
them
bear
sons
and
daughters:
and
be ye
multiplied
there,
and
be
not
few
in
number.
And
seek
the
peace
of
the
city,
to
which
I
have
caused
you
to
be
carried
away
captives;
and
pray
to
the
Lord
for
it:
for
in
the
peace thereof
shall
be
your
peace.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of hoses
the
God
of
Israel:
Let
not
your
prophets
that
are
in
the
midst
of
you,
and
your
diviners
deceive
you:
and
give
no
heed
to
your
dreams
which
you
dream:
For
they
prophesy
falsely
to
you
in
my
name:
and
I
have
not
sent
them, saith
the
Lord.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
When
the
seventy
years
shall begin
to
be
accomplished
in
Babylon,
I
will
visit
you:
and
I
will perform
my
good
word
in
your favour,
to
bring
you
again
to
this
place.
For
I
know
the
thoughts
that
I
think towards
you, saith
the
Lord,
thoughts
of
peace,
and
not
of affliction,
to
give
you
an
end
and patience.
And
you shall
call
upon
me,
and
you shall
go:
and
you shall
pray
to
me,
and
I
will
hear
you.
You
shall
seek
me,
and
shall
And
me:
when
you
shall
seek
me
with
all
your
heart.
And
I
will
be
found
by
you, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
will
bring
back
your
captivity,
and
I
will
gather
you
out
of
all
nations,
and
from
all
the
places
to
which
I
have
driven
you
out, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
will
bring
you
back
from
the
place
to
which
I
caused
you
to
be
carried
away
captive.
Because
you
have
said:
The
Lord hath
raised
us
up
prophets
in
Babylon:
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
the
king
that sitteth
upon
the
throne
of
David,
and
to
all
the
people
that
dwell
in
this
city,
to
your
brethren
that
are
not
gone
forth
with
you
into captivity.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Behold
I
will
send
upon
them
the
sword,
and
the
famine,
and
the
pestilence:
and
I
will
make
them
like bad
figs
that
cannot
be
eaten,
because
they
are very bad.
And
I
will
persecute
them
with
the
sword,
and
with
famine,
and pith
the
pestilence:
and
I
will
give
them
up unto affliction
to
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth:
to
be
a
curse,
and
an astonishment,
and
a
hissing,
and
a
reproach
to
all
the
nations
to
which
I
have
driven
them
out:
Because
they
have
not hearkened
to
my
words, saith
the
Lord:
which
I
sent
to
them
by
my
servants
the
prophets,
rising
by night,
and
sending:
and
you
have
not
heard, saith
the
Lord.
Hear ye
therefore
the
word
of
the
Lord,
all ye
of
the captivity,
whom
I
have
sent
out
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel,
to Achab
the
son
of Colias,
and
to Sedecias
the
son
of Maasias,
who
prophesy unto
you
in
my
name
falsely:
Behold
I
will
deliver
them
up
into
the
hands
of Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon:
and
he
shall
kill
them
before
your
eyes.
And
of
them
shall
be
taken
up
a
curse
by
all
the captivity
of Juda,
that
are
in
Babylon,
saying:
The
Lord
make thee
like Sedecias,
and
like Achab,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon fried
in
the
fire:
Because
they
have
acted
folly
in
Israel,
and
have
committed
adultery
with
the
wives
of
their
friends,
and
have
spoken
lying
words
in
my
name,
which
I
commanded
them
not:
I
am
the
judge
and
the
witness, saith
the
Lord.
And
to Semeias
the
Nehelamite thou shalt
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Because thou hast
sent
letters
in thy
name
to
all
the
people
that
are
in
Jerusalem,
and
to Sophonias
the
son
of Maasias
the
priest,
and
to
all
the
priests,
saying:
The
Lord hath
made thee
priest
instead
of
Joiada
the
priest,
that thou shouldst
be ruler
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
over
every
man
that raveth
and prophesieth,
to
put
him
in
the
stocks,
and
into
prison.
And
now
why hast thou
not
rebuked Jeremias
the
Anathothite,
who prophesieth
to
you?
For
he hath
also
sent
to
us
in
Babylon,
saying:
It
is
a
long time:
build ye
houses,
and
dwell
in
them:
and
plant
gardens,
and
eat
the
fruits
of
them.
So Sophonias
the
priest
read
this
letter,
in
the
hearing
of Jeremias
the
prophet.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias,
saying:
Send
to
all
them
of
the captivity,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
to Semeias
the
Nehelamite:
Because Semeias hath
prophesied
to
you,
and
I
sent
him
not:
and hath
caused
you
to
trust
in
a
lie:
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
behold
I
will
visit
upon Semeias
the
Nehelamite,
and
upon
his
seed:
he
shall
not
have
a
man
to
sit
in
the
midst
of
this
people,
and
he
shall
not
see
the
good
that
I
will
do
to
my
people, saith
the
Lord:
because
he hath
spoken treason
against
the
Lord.
This
is
the
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
saying:
Write thee
all
the
words
that
I
have
spoken
to thee,
in
a
book.
For
behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
bring
again
the
captivity
of
my
people
Israel
and Juda, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
will
cause
them
to
return
to
the
land
which
I
gave
to
their
fathers,
and
they
shall
possess
it.
And
these
are
the
words
that
the
Lord hath
spoken
to
Israel
and
to Juda:
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
We
have
heard
a
voice
of
terror:
there
is
fear
and
no
peace.
Ask ye,
and
see
if
a
man
bear
children?
why
then
have
I
seen
every
man
with
his
hands
on
his
loins,
like
a woman
in labour,
and
all
faces
are
turned yellow?
Alas,
for
that
day
is
great,
neither
is
there
the
like
to
it;
and
it
Is
the
time
of tribulation
to
Jacob,
but
he
shall
be
saved
out
of
it.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
that
I
will
break
his
yoke
from
off thy
neck,
and
will
burst
his
bands:
and
strangers
shall
no
more rule
over
him:
But
they
shall
serve
the
Lord
their
God,
and
David
their
king,
whom
I
will
raise
up
to
them.
Therefore
fear thou
not,
my
servant
Jacob, saith
the
Lord,
neither
be
dismayed,
O
Israel:
for
behold,
I
will
save thee
from
a
country
afar
off,
and thy
seed
from
the
land
of
their
captivity:
and
Jacob
shall
return,
and
be
at
rest,
and abound
with all
good
things,
and
there
shall
be
none whom
he
may
fear:
For
I
am
with thee, saith
the
Lord,
to
save thee:
for
I
will
utterly consume
all
the
nations,
among
which
I
have
scattered thee:
but
I
will
not
utterly consume thee:
but
I
will
chastise thee
in
judgment,
that thou mayst
not seem
to thyself
innocent.
For
thus saith
the
Lord: Thy bruise
is
incurable, thy
wound
is very grievous.
There
is
none
to
judge thy
judgment
to bind it up: thou hast
no
healing medicines.
All thy
lovers
have
forgotten thee,
and
will
not
seek
after thee:
for
I
have
wounded thee
with
the
wound
of
an
enemy,
with
a
cruel chastisement:
by
reason
of
the
multitude
of thy
iniquities, thy
sins
are hardened.
Why criest thou
for thy affliction? thy
sorrow
is
incurable:
for
the
multitude
of thy
iniquity,
and
for thy hardened
sins
I
have
done
these
things
to thee.
Therefore
all
they
that
devour thee shall
be
devoured:
and
all thy enemies shall
be carried
into
captivity:
and
they
that waste thee shall
be wasted,
and
all
that
prey
upon thee
will
I
give
for
a
prey.
For
I
will close
up thy scar,
and
will
heal thee
of thy
wounds, saith
the
Lord.
Because
they
have
called thee,
O Sion,
an
outcast:
This
is
she
that hath
none
to
seek
after
her.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
bring
back
the
captivity
of
the pavilions
of
Jacob,
and
will
have
pity
on
his houses,
and
the
city
shall
be
built
in
her
place,
and
the temple
shall
be found
according
to
the
order thereof.
And
out
of
them
shall
come
forth
praise,
and
the
voice
of
them
that
play:
and
I
will
multiply
them,
and
they
shall
not
be
made
few:
and
I
will
glorify
them,
and
they
shall
not
be lessened.
And
their
children
shall
be
as
from
the beginning,
and
their
assembly
be permanent
before
me:
and
I
will
against
all
that
afflict
them.
And
their
leader
shall
be
of themselves:
and
their prince
shall
come
forth
from
the
midst
of
them:
and
I
will
bring
him
near,
and
he
shall
come
to
me:
for
who
is
this
that setteth
his
heart
to
approach
to
me, saith
the
Lord?
And
you shall
be
my
people:
and
I
will
be
your
God.
Behold
the whirlwind
of
the
Lord,
his
fury
going
forth,
a violent
storm,
it
shall rest
upon
the
head
of
the
wicked.
The
Lord
will
not
turn
away
the
wrath
of
his indignation,
till
he
have executed
and performed
the
thought
o
his
heart:
in
the
latter
days
you
shall
understand these
things.
At
that
time, saith
the
Lord,
I
will
be
the
God
of
all
the
families
of
and
they
shall
be
my
people.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
The
people
were
left
and escaped
from
the
sword,
found
grace
in
the
desert:
Israel
shall
to
his
rest.
The
Lord hath
appeared
from
afar
to
me. Yea
I
have
loved thee
with
everlasting
love,
therefore
have
I
drawn thee, taking pity
on thee.
And
I
will
build thee
again,
and thou shalt
be
built,
O
virgin
of
Israel: thou shalt
again
be adorned
with thy
timbrels,
and shalt
go
forth
in
the
dances
of
them
that make merry.
Thou shalt
yet
plant
vineyards
in
the
mountains
of
Samaria:
the
planters
shall
plant,
and
they
shall
not gather
the vintage
before
the
time.
For
there
shall
be
a
day,
in
which
the
watchmen
on
mount
Ephraim,
shall
cry:
Arise,
and let
us
go
up
to Sion
to
the
Lord
our
God.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Rejoice ye
in
the
joy
of
Jacob,
and neigh before
the
head
of
the
Gentiles:
shout ye,
and
sing,
and
say:
Save,
O
Lord, thy
people,
the
remnant
of
Israel.
Behold
I
will
bring
them
from
the
north
country,
and
will
gather
them
from
the ends
of
the
earth:
and
among
them
shall
be
the
blind,
and
the
lame,
the
woman
with
child,
and she
that
is
bringing
forth,
together,
a
great
company
of
them
returning hither.
They
shall
come
with
weeping:
and
I
will
bring
them
back
in mercy:
and
I
will
bring
them
through
the torrents
of
waters
in
a
right
way,
and
they
shall
not
stumble
in
it:
for
I
am
a
father
to
Israel,
and
Ephraim
is
my
firstborn.
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord,
O ye
nations,
and
declare
it
in
the
islands
that
are
afar
off,
and
say:
He
that
scattered
Israel
will
gather
him:
and
he
will
keep
him
as
the
shepherd doth
his
flock.
For
the
Lord hath
redeemed
Jacob,
and
delivered
him
out
of
the
hand
of
one
that
was mightier
than
he.
And
they
shall
come,
and
shall
give praise
in mount Sion:
and
they
shall
flow
together
to
the
good
things
of
the
Lord,
for
the corn,
and
wine,
and
oil,
and
the
increase
of
cattle
and
herds,
and
their
soul
shall
be
as
a
watered
garden,
and
they
shall
be hungry
no
more.
Then shall
the
virgin
rejoice
in
the
dance,
the
young
men
and
old
men
together:
and
I
will
turn
their
mourning
into
joy,
and
will
comfort
them,
and
make
them
joyful after
their
sorrow.
And
I
will
fill
the
soul
of
the
priests
with
fatness:
and
my
people
shall
be
filled
with
my
good
things, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
A
voice
was
heard
on high
of
lamentation,
of
mourning,
and
weeping,
of
Rachel
weeping
for
her
children,
and
refusing
to
be
comforted
for
them,
because
they
are
not.
Thus saith
the
Lord: Let thy
voice cease
from
weeping,
and thy
eyes
from
tears:
for
there
is
a
reward
for thy
work, saith
the
Lord:
and
they
shall
return out
of
the
land
of
the
enemy.
And here
is
hope
for thy
last
end, saith
the
Lord:
and
the
children
shall
return
to
their own
borders.
Hearing
I
heard
Ephraim
when
he
went
into captivity: thou hast
chastised
me,
and
I
was
instructed,
as
a young bullock unaccustomed
to
the yoke. Convert
me,
and
I
shall
be
converted,
for thou art
the
Lord
my
God.
For
after thou didst convert
me,
I did penance:
and
after thou didst shew unto
me,
I
struck
my
thigh:
I
am
confounded
and
ashamed,
because
I
have
borne
the
reproach
of
my
youth.
Surely
Ephraim
is
an honourable
son
to
me,
surely
he
is
a tender
child:
for
since
I
spoke
of
him,
I
will
still
remember
him.
Therefore
are
my
bowels troubled
for
him: pitying
I
will
pity
him, saith
the
Lord.
Set thee
up
a watchtower,
make
to thee bitterness:
direct thy
heart
into
the right
way, wherein thou hast
walked:
return, O
virgin
of
Israel,
return
to
these thy
cities.
How
long wilt thou
be dissolute
in deliciousness,
O wandering
daughter?
for
the
Lord hath
created
a
new
thing upon
the
earth:
A
WOMAN
SHALL COMPASS
A
MAN.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
As
yet
shall
they
say
this
word
in
the
land
of Juda,
and
in
the
cities thereof,
when
I
shall
bring
back
their
captivity:
The
Lord
bless thee,
the beauty
of
justice,
the
holy
mountain.
And Juda
and
all
his
cities
shall
dwell therein
together:
the husbandmen
and
they
that drive
the
flocks.
For
I
have inebriated
the
weary
soul:
and
I
have
filled
every hungry
soul.
Upon
this
I
was
as
it
were awaked
out
of
a
sleep,
and
I
saw,
and
my
sleep
was
sweet
to
me.
Behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
will
sow
the
house
of
Israel
and
the
house
of Juda
with
the
seed
of
men,
and
with
the
seed
of
beasts.
And
as
I
have
watched
over
them,
to
pluck
up,
and
to throw
down,
and
to scatter,
and
destroy,
and afflict:
so
will
I
watch
over
them,
to
build
up,
and
to
plant
them, saith
the
Lord.
In
those
days
they
shall
say
no
more:
The
fathers
have
eaten
a
sour
grape,
and
the
teeth
of
the
children
are set
on edge.
But
every
one
shall
die
for
his
own
iniquity:
every
man
that
shall
eat
the
sour
grape,
his
teeth
shall
be set
on edge.
Behold
the
days
shall
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
make
a
new
covenant
with
the
house
of
Israel,
and
with
the
house
of Juda:
Not
according
to
the
covenant
which
I
made
with
their
fathers,
in
the
day
that
I
took
them
by
the
hand
to
bring
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
the
covenant
which
they
made void,
and
I
had dominion
over
them, saith
the
Lord.
But
this
shall
be
the
covenant
that
I
will
make
with
the
house
of
Israel,
after
those
days, saith
the
Lord:
I
will
give
my
law
in
their bowels,
and
I
will
write
it
in
their
heart:
and
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
shall
be
my
people.
And
they
shall
teach
no
more
every
man
his neighbour,
and
every
man
his
brother,
saying:
Know
the
Lord:
for
all
shall
know
me
from
the least
of
them
even
to
the
greatest, saith
the
Lord:
for
I
will
forgive
their
iniquity,
and
I
will
remember
their
sin
no
more.
Thus saith
the
Lord,
who giveth
the
sun
for
the
light
of
the
day,
the
order
of
the
moon
and
of
the
stars,
for
the
light
of
the
night:
who stirreth
up
the
sea,
and
the
waves thereof
roar,
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
his
name.
If
these ordinances
shall fail
before
me, saith
the
Lord:
then
also
the
seed
of
Israel
shall fail,
so
as
not
to
be
a
nation
before
me
for ever.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
If
the
heavens
above
can
be
measured,
and
the
foundations
of
the
earth
searched
out
beneath,
I
also
will cast
away
all
the
seed
of
Israel,
for
all
that
they
have
done, saith
the
Lord.
Behold
the
days come, saith
the
Lord,
that
the
city
shall
be
built
to
the
Lord
from
the
tower
of Hanameel even
to
the
gate
of
the
corner.
And
the
measuring line shall
go
out
farther
in
his
sight
upon
the
hill
Gareb:
and
it shall compass Goatha,
And
the
whole
valley
of
dead
bodies
and
of
ashes,
and
all
the country
of death,
even
to
the torrent Cedron,
and
the
corner
of
the
horse
gate towards
the
east,
the
Holy
of
the
Lord:
it
shall
not
be
plucked
up,
and
it
shall
not
be
destroyed
any
more
for
ever.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord
in
the
tenth
year
of Sedecias
king
of Juda:
the
same
is
eighteenth
year
of Nabuchodonosor.
At
that
time
the
army
of
the
king
o
Babylon besieged
Jerusalem:
and Jeremias
the
prophet
was
shut
up
in
the
court
of
the
prison,
which
was
in
the
house
of
the
king
of Juda.
For Sedecias
king
of Juda
had
shut
him
up,
saying:
Why dost thou
prophesy,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
give
this
city
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
shall
take
it?
And Sedecias
king
of Juda
shall
not
escape
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans:
but
he
shall
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Babylon:
and
he
shall
speak
to
him
mouth
to
mouth,
and
his
eyes
shall
see
his
eyes.
And
he
shall lead Sedecias
to
Babylon:
and
he
shall
be
there
till
I
visit
him, saith
the
Lord.
But
if
you
will
fight
against
the
Chaldeans,
you
shall
have
no
success.
And Jeremias
said:
The
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Behold, Hanameel
the
son
of Sellum thy cousin
shall
come
to thee,
saying:
Buy thee
my
field,
which
is
in
Anathoth,
for
it
is thy
right
to
buy
it,
being akin.
And Hanameel
my
uncle’s
son cam
to
me,
according
to
the
word
of
the
to
the entry
of
the prison,
and
said
me:
Buy
my held,
which
is
in
in
the
land
of
Benjamin:
for
the
right
of
inheritance
is thins,
and thou art
next
of kin
to possess
it.
And
I
understood
this
was
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
I
bought
the held
of
my
uncle’s
son,
that
is
in
Anathoth:
and
I
weighed
him
the
money,
seven staters,
and
ten
pieces
of
silver.
And I
wrote
it
in
a
book
and
sealed
it,
and took
witnesses:
and I
weighed him
the
money
in
the
balances.
And I
took
the
deed
of
the
purchase
that was
sealed,
and
the stipulations,
and
the ratifications
with
the
seals
that
were on
the outside.
And
I
gave
the
deed
of
the
purchase
to
Baruch
the
son
of Neri
the
son
of Maasias
in
the
sight
of Hanameel
my
uncle’s
son,
in
the
presence
of
the
witnesses
that subscribed
the
book
of
the
purchase,
and
before
all
the
Jews
that
sat
in
the
court
of
the prison.
And
I
charged
Baruch
before
them,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Take
these writings,
this
deed
of
the
purchase
that
is
sealed
up,
and
this
deed
that
is
open:
and
put
them
in
an
earthen
vessel,
that
they
may
continue
many
days.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Houses,
and
fields,
and
vineyards
shall
be
possessed
again
in
this
land.
And
after
I
had
delivered
the
deed
of
purchase
to
Baruch
the
son
of Neri,
I
prayed
to
the
Lord,
saying:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
O
Lord
God,
behold thou hast
made
heaven
and
earth
by thy
great
power,
and thy
stretched
out
arm:
no
word
shall
be
hard
to thee:
Thou shewest
mercy unto
thousands,
and returnest
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
into
the
bosom
of
their
children
after
them:
O
most
mighty,
great,
and
powerful,
the
Lord
of
hosts
is thy
name.
Great
in
counsel
and incomprehensible
in
thought:
whose
eyes
are
open
upon
all
the
ways
of
the
children
of Adam,
to
render unto
every
one
according
to
his
ways,
and
according
to
the
fruit
of
his devices.
Who hast
set
signs
and
wonders
in
the
land
of
Egypt
even
until
this
day,
and
in
Israel,
and amongst
men,
and hast
made thee
a
name
as
at
this
day.
And hast
brought
forth thy
people
Israel,
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
signs,
and
with
wonders,
and
with
a
strong
hand,
and
a
stretched
out
arm,
and
with
great
terror.
And best
given
them
this
land
which thou didst
swear
to
their
fathers,
to
give
them
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
And
they
came
in,
and
possessed
it:
but
they
obeyed
not thy
voice,
and
they
walked
not
in thy
law:
and
they
did
not
any
of
those
things
that thou didst
command
them
to
do,
and
all
these evils
are
come
upon
them.
Behold
works
are built
up
against
the
city
to
take
it:
and
the
city
is
given
into
the
hands
of
the
Chaldeans,
who
fight
against
it,
by
the
sword,
and
the
famine,
and
the
pestilence:
and
what thou hast
spoken,
is
all
come
to
pass,
as thou thyself seest.
And sayest thou
to
me,
O
Lord
God:
Buy
a
field
for
money,
and
take
witnesses, whereas
the
city
is
given
into
the
hands
of
the
Chaldeans?
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias,
saying:
Behold
I
am
the
Lord
the
God
of
all
flesh:
shall
any
thing
be
hard
for
me?
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
deliver
this
city
into
the
hands
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
they
shall
take
it.
And
the
Chaldeans
that
fight
against
this
city,
shall
come
and
set
it
on
fire,
and
burn
it,
with
the
houses
upon
whose
roofs
they
offered
sacrifice
to
Baal,
and poured
out drink offerings
to strange
gods,
to
provoke
me
to wrath.
For
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
children
of Juda,
have
continually
done
evil
in
my
eyes
from
their
youth:
the
children
of
Israel
who
even till
now
provoke
me
with
the
work
of
their
hands, saith
the
Lord.
For
this
city hath
been
to
me
a provocation
and indignation
from
the
day
that
they
built
it,
until
this
day,
in
which
it
shall
be
taken
out
of
my
sight.
Because
of
all
the
evil
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
children
of Juda,
which
they
have
done,
provoking
me
to wrath,
they
and
their
kings,
their
princes,
and
their
priests,
and
their
prophets,
the
men
of Juda,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
And
they
have
turned
their
backs
to
me,
and
not
their
faces:
when
I
taught
them
early
in
the
morning,
and instructed
them,
and
they
would
not hearken
to
receive
instruction.
And
they
have
set
their
idols
in
the
house,
in
which
my
name
is
called
upon,
to
defile
it.
And
they
have
built
the
high
places
of
Baal,
which
are
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of Ennom,
to consecrate
their
sons
and
their
daughters
to Moloch:
which
I
commanded
them
not,
neither
entered
it
into
my
heart,
that
they
should
do
this
abomination,
and cause Juda
to
sin.
And
now,
therefore,
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
to
this
city, whereof
you
say
that
it
shall
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Babylon
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
and
by
pestilence:
Behold
I
will
gather
them
together
out
of
all
the
lands
to
which
I
have
cast
them
out
in
my
anger,
and
in
my
wrath,
and
in
my
great indignation:
and
I
will
bring
them
again
into
this
place,
and
will
cause
them
to
dwell
securely.
And
they
shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
And
I
will
give
them
one
heart,
and
one
way,
that
they
may
fear
me
all
days:
and
that
it
may
be
well
with
them,
and
with
their
children
after
them.
And
I
will
make
an
everlasting
covenant
with
them,
and
will
not
cease
to
do
them
good:
and
I
will
give
my
fear
in
their
heart,
that
they
may
not revolt
from
me.
And
I
will
rejoice
over
them,
when
I
shall
do
them
good:
and
I
will
plant
them
in
this
land
in
truth,
with
my
whole
heart,
and
with
all
my
soul.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
As
I
have
brought
upon
this
people
all
this
great
evil:
so
will
I
bring
upon
them
all
the
good
that
I
now
speak
to
them.
And
fields
shall
be
purchased
in
this
land: whereof
you
say
that
it
is
desolate,
because
there remaineth
neither
man
nor
beast,
and
it
is
given
into
the
hands
of
the
Chaldeans.
Fields
shall
be
bought
for
money,
and
deeds
shall
be
written,
and
sealed,
and
witnesses
shall
be taken,
in
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
round
about
Jerusalem,
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
in
the
cities
on
the
mountains,
and
in
the
cities
of
the
plains,
and
in
the
cities
that
are towards
the
south:
for
I
will
bring
their
captivity, saith
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias
the
second
time,
while
he
was
yet
shut
up
in
the
court
of
the prison,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord,
who
will
do,
and
will form
it,
and
prepare
it,
the
Lord
is
his
name.
Cry
to
me
and
I
will
hear thee:
and
I
will shew thee
great
things,
and
sure
things which thou knowest
not.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
to
the
houses
of
this
city,
and
to
the
houses
of
the
king
of Juda,
which rue
destroyed,
and
to
the bulwarks,
and
to
the
sword.
Of
them
that
come
to
fight
with
the
Chaldeans,
and
to
fill
them
with
the
dead
bodies
of
the
men
whom
I
have
slain
in
my
wrath,
and
in
my indignation,
hiding
my
face
from
this
city
because
of
all
their
wickedness.
Behold
I
will
close
their wounds
and
give
them
health,
and
I
will cure
them:
and
I
will
reveal
to
them
the prayer
of
peace
and
truth.
And
I
will
bring
back
the
captivity
of Juda,
and
the
captivity
of Jerusalem:
and
I
will
build
them
as
from
the
beginning.
And
I
will
cleanse
them
from
all
their
iniquity,
whereby
they
have
sinned
against
me:
and
I
will
forgive
all
their
iniquities,
whereby
they
have
sinned
against
me,
and despised
me.
And
it
shall
be
to
me
a
name,
and
a
joy,
and
a
praise,
and
a
gladness
before
all
the
nations
of
the
earth,
that
shall
hear
of
all
the
good
things
which
I
will
do
to
them:
and
they
shall
fear
and
be
troubled
for
all
the
good
things,
and
for
all
the
peace
that
I
will
make
for
them.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
There
shall
be
heard
again
in
this
place (which
you
say
is
desolate,
because
there
is
neither
man
nor
beast:
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
without
Jerusalem,
which
are
desolate
without
man,
and
without
inhabitant,
and
without
beast)
The
voice
of
joy
and
the
voice
of
gladness,
the
voice
of
the bridegroom
and
the
voice
of
the
bride,
the
voice
of
them
that
shall
say:
Give ye glory
to
the
Lord
of
hosts,
for
the
Lord
is
good,
for
his
mercy endureth
for
ever:
and
of
them
that
shall
bring
their vows
into
the
house
of
the
Lord:
for
I
will
bring
back
the
captivity
of
the
land
as
at
the
first, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
There
shall
be
again
in
this
place
that
is desolate
without
man,
and
without
beast,
and
in
all
the
cities thereof,
an habitation
of
shepherds causing
their
flocks
to
lie
down.
And
in
the
cities
on
the
mountains,
and
in
the
cities
of
the plains,
and
in
the
cities
that
are towards
the
south:
and
in
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
round
about
Jerusalem,
and
in
the
cities
of Juda
shall
the
flocks
pass
again
under
the
hand
of
him
that numbereth
them, saith
the
Lord.
Behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
that
I
will perform
the
good
word
that
I
have
spoken
to
the
house
of
Israel,
and
to
the
house
of Juda.
In
those
days,
and
at
that
time,
I
will
make
the bud
of
justice
to
spring
forth unto
David,
and
he
shall
do
judgment
and
justice
in
the
earth.
In
those
days
shall Juda
be
saved,
and
Jerusalem
shall
dwell
securely:
and
this
is
the
name
that
they
shall
call
him,
The
Lord
our
just
one.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
There
shall
not
be
cut
off
from
David
a
man
to
sit
upon
the
throne
of
the
house
of
Israel.
Neither
shall
there
be
cut
off
from
the
priests
and
Levites
a
man
before
my
face
to
offer holocausts,
and
to
burn
sacrifices,
and
to
kill victims
continually:
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
If
my
covenant
with
the
day
can
be
made void,
and
my
covenant
with
the
night,
that
there
should
not
be
day
and
night
in
their
season:
Also
my
covenant
with
David
my
servant
may
be
made void,
that
he
should
not
have
a
son
to
reign
upon
his
throne,
and
with
the
Levites
and
priests
my
ministers.
As
the stars
of
heaven
cannot
be
numbered,
nor
the
sand
of
the
sea
be
measured:
so
will
I
multiply
the
seed
of
David
my
servant,
and
the
Levites
my
ministers.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias,
saying:
Hast thou
not
seen
what
this
people hath
spoken,
saying:
The
two
families
which
the
Lord
had
chosen,
are cast
off:
and
they
have
despised
my
people,
so
that
it
is
no
more
a
nation
before
them?
Thus saith
the
Lord:
If
I
have
not
set
my
covenant between
day
and
night,
and laws
to
heaven
and
earth:
Surely
I
will
also cast;
off
the
seed
of
Jacob,
and
of
David
my
servant,
so
as
not
to
take
any
of
his
seed
to
be
rulers
of
the
seed
of
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob:
for
I
will
bring
back
their
captivity,
and
will
have
mercy
on
them.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord, (when Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
and
all
his
army,
and
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth,
that
were
under
the
power
of
his
hand,
and
all
the
people
fought
against
Jerusalem
and
against
all
the
cities thereof,)
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel:
Go,
and
speak
to Sedecias
king
of Juda,
and
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
deliver
this
city
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
shall
burn
it
with
fire.
And thou shalt
not
escape
out
of
his
hand:
but thou shalt
surely
be
taken,
and thou shalt
be
delivered
into
his
hand:
and thy
eyes
shall
see
the
eyes
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
his
mouth
shall
speak
with thy
mouth,
and thou shalt
go
to
Babylon.
Yet
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord,
O Sedecias
king
of Juda:
Thus saith
the
Lord
to thee: Thou shalt
not
die
by
the
sword.
But thou shalt
die
in
peace,
and according
to
the burnings
of thy
fathers,
the
former
kings
that
were
before thee,
so
shall
they
burn thee:
and
they
shall
mourn
for thee,
saying:
Alas,
Lord:
for
I
have
spoken
the
word, saith
the
Lord.
And Jeremias
the
prophet
spoke
all
these
words
to Sedecias
the
king
of Juda
in
Jerusalem.
And
the
army
of
the
king
of
Babylon
fought
against
Jerusalem,
and
against
all
the
cities
of Juda
that
were
left,
against Lachis,
and
against Azecha:
for
these
remained
of
the
cities
of Juda, fenced
cities.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord,
after
that
king Sedecias
had
made
a
covenant
with
all
the
people
in
Jerusalem
making
a
proclamation:
That
every
man
should
let
his manservant,
and
every
man
his
maidservant, being
a
Hebrew
man
or
a
Hebrew
woman,
go
free:
and
that
they
should
not lord
it
over
them,
to wit,
over
the
Jews
their
brethren.
And
all
the
princes,
and
all
the
people
who
entered
into
the
covenant,
heard
that
every
man
should
let
his manservant,
and
every
man
his
maidservant
go
free,
and
should
no
more
have dominion
over
them:
and
they
obeyed,
and
let
them
go
free.
But
afterwards
they
turned:
and
brought
back
again
their
servants
and
their handmaids,
whom
they
had
let
go
free,
and
brought
them
into
subjection
as menservants
and
maidservants.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
I
made
a
covenant
with
your
fathers
in
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage,
saying:
At
the
end
of
seven
years,
let ye
go
every
man
his
brother being
a
Hebrew,
who hath
been
sold
to thee,
so
he
shall
serve thee
six
years:
and thou shalt
let
him
go
free
from thee:
and
your
fathers
did
not hearken
to
me,
nor
did
they
incline
their
ear.
And
you
turned
today,
and
did
that
which
was
right
in
my
eyes,
in
proclaiming
liberty
every
one
to
his brother:
and
you
made
a
covenant
in
my
sight,
in
the
house
upon
which
my
name
is invocated.
And
you
are
fallen
back,
and
have defiled
my
name:
and
you
have
brought
back
again
every
man
his manservant,
and
every
man
his
maidservant,
whom
you
had
let
go
free,
and
set
at liberty:
and
you
have
brought
them
into
subjection
to
be
your
servants
and handmaids.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
You
have
not hearkened
to
me,
in
proclaiming
liberty
every
man
to
his
brother
and
every
man
to
his
friend:
behold
I
proclaim
a
liberty
for
you, saith
the
Lord,
to
the
sword,
to
the
pestilence,
and
to
the
famine:
and
I
will
cause
you
to
be removed
to
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth.
And
I
will
give
the
men
that
have transgressed
my
covenant,
and
have
not
performed
the
words
of
the
covenant
which
they agreed
to
in
my
presence,
when
they
cut
the
calf
in
two
and
passed
between
the
parts thereof:
The
princes
of Juda,
and
the
princes
of
Jerusalem,
the
eunuchs,
and
the
priests,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
that
passed
between
the
parts
of
the
calf:
And
I
will
give
them
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies,
and
into
the
hands
of
them
that
seek
their
life:
and
their
dead
bodies
shall
be
for meat
to
the fowls
of
the air,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
And Sedecias
the
king
of Juda,
and
his
princes,
I
will
give
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies,
and
into
the
hands
of
them
that
seek
their
lives,
and
into
the
hands
of
the
armies
of
the
king
of
Babylon, which
are
gone
from
you.
Behold
I
will
command, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
bring
them
again
to
this
city,
and
they
shall
fight
against
it,
and
take
it,
and
burn
it
with
fire:
and
I
will
make
the
cities
of Juda
a
desolation,
without
an
inhabitant.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord
in
the
days
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda,
saying:
Go
to
the
house
of
the Rechabites:
and
speak
to
them,
and
bring
them
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
into
one
of
the
chambers
of
the treasures,
and thou shalt
give
them
wine
to
drink.
And
I
took Jezonias
the
son
of Jeremias
the
son
of Habsanias,
and
his
brethren,
and
all
his
sons,
and
the
whole
house
of
the Rechabites.
And
I
brought
them
into
the
house
of
the
Lord,
to
the treasure
house
of
the
sons
of
Hanan,
the
son
of Jegedelias
the
man
of
God,
which
was
by
the treasure
house
of
the
princes,
above
the treasure
of Maasias
the
son
of Sellum,
who
was
keeper
of
the entry.
And
I
set
before
the
sons
of
the
house
of
the Rechabites pots
full
of
wine,
and
cups:
and
I
said
to
them:
Drink ye
wine.
And
they
answered:
We
will
not
drink
wine:
because
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab,
our
father,
commanded
us,
saying:
You
shall
drink
no
wine,
neither
you,
nor
your
children,
for
ever:
Neither
shall ye
build
houses,
nor
sow
seed,
nor
plant
vineyards,
nor
have
any:
but
you
shall
dwell
in
tents
all
your
days,
that
you
may
live
many
days
upon
the
face
of
the
earth,
in
which
you
are strangers.
Therefore
we
have
obeyed
the
voice
of
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab,
our
father,
in
all
things
that
he
commanded
us:
so
as
to
drink
no
wine
all
our
days:
neither
we,
nor
our
wives,
nor
our
sons,
nor
our
daughters:
Nor
to
build
houses
to
dwell
in,
nor
to
have
vineyard,
or
field,
or
seed:
But
we
have
dwelt
in
tents,
and
have
been
obedient according
to
all
that
Jonadab
our
father
commanded
us.
But
when Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
up
to
our
land,
we
said:
Come,
let
us
go
into
Jerusalem
from
the
face
of
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
from
the
face
of
the
army
of
Syria:
and
we
have
remained
in
Jerusalem.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Go,
and
say
to
the
men
of Juda,
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
Will
you
not
receive
instruction,
to
obey
my
words, saith
the
Lord?
The
words
of
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab,
by
which
he
commanded
his
sons
not
to
drink
wine,
have prevailed:
and
they
have
drunk
none
to
this
day,
because
they
have
obeyed
the
commandment
of
their
father:
but
I
have
spoken
to
you,
rising
early
and
speaking,
and
you
have
not
obeyed
me.
And
I
have
sent
to
you
all
my
servants
the
prophets,
rising
early,
and
sending
and
saying:
Return ye
every
man
from
his
wicked
way,
and
make
your
ways
good:
and
follow
not strange
gods,
nor
worship
them,
and
you
shall
dwell
in
the
land,
which
I
gave
you
and
your
fathers:
and
you
have
not
inclined
your
ear,
nor hearkened
to
me.
So
the
sons
of
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
have constantly kept
the
commandment
of
their
father,
which
he
commanded
them:
but
this
people hath
not
obeyed
me.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
bring
upon Juda,
and
upon
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
all
the
evil
that
I
have
pronounced
against
them,
because
I
have
spoken
to
them,
and
they
have
not
heard:
I
have
called
to
them,
and
they
have
not
answered
me.
And Jeremias
said
to
the
house
of
the Rechabites:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Because
you
have
obeyed
the
commandment
of
Jonadab
your
father,
and
have
kept
all
his precepts,
and
have
done
all
that
he
commanded
you:
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
of
host
the
God
of
Israel:
There
shall
not
be wanting
a
man
of
the
race
of
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab,
standing
before
me
for ever.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fourth
year
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda,
that
this
word
came
to Jeremias
by
the
Lord,
saying:
Take thee
a roll
of
a
book,
and thou shalt
write
in
it
all
the
words
that
I
have
spoken
to thee
against
Israel
and Juda,
and
against
all
the
nations
from
the
day
that
I
spoke
to thee,
from
the
days
of Josias
even
to
this
day.
If
so
be,
when
the
house
of Juda
shall
hear
all
the evils
that
I
purpose
to
do unto
them,
that
they
may
return
every
man
from
his
wicked
way:
and
I
will
forgive
their
iniquity,
and
their
sin.
So Jeremias
called
Baruch
the
son
of Nerias:
and
Baruch
wrote
from
the
mouth
of Jeremias
all
the
words
of
the
Lord,
which
he
spoke
to
him,
upon
the roll
of
a
book.
And Jeremias
commanded
Baruch,
saying:
I
am
shut
up,
and
cannot
go
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
Go thou
in
therefore,
and
read
out
of
the volume,
which thou hast
written
from
my
mouth,
the
words
of
the
Lord,
in
the
hearing
of
all
the
people
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
on
the
fasting
day:
and
also thou shalt
read
them
in
the
hearing
of
all Juda
that
come
out
of
their
cities:
If
so
be
they
may
present
their
supplication
before
the
Lord,
and
may
return
every
one
from
his
wicked
way:
for
great
is
the
wrath
and indignation
which
the
Lord hath
pronounced
against
this
people.
And
Baruch
the
son
of Nerias
did according
to
all
that Jeremias
the
prophet
had
commanded
him,
reading
out
of
the volume
the
words
of
the
Lord
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fifth
year
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda,
in
the
ninth
month,
that
they
proclaimed
a
fast
before
the
Lord
to
all
the
people
in
Jerusalem,
and
to
all
the
people
that
were
come
together
out
of
the
cities
of Juda
to
Jerusalem.
And
Baruch
read
out
of
the volume
the
words
of Jeremias
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
in
the treasury
of Gamarias
the
son
of Saphan
the
scribe,
in
the
upper
court,
in
the
entry
of
the
new
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
in
the
hearing
of
all
the
people.
And
when Micheas
the
son
of Gamarias
the
son
of Saphan
had
heard
out
of
the
book
all
the
words
of
the
Lord,
He
went
down
into
the
king’s
house
to
the secretary’s
chamber:
and
behold
all
the
princes
sat
there, Elisama
the
scribe,
and Dalaias
the
son
of Semeias,
and
Elnathan
the
son
of Achobor,
and Gamarias
the
son
of Saphan,
and Sedecias
the
son
of Hananias,
and
all
the
princes.
And Micheas
told
them
all
the
words
that
he
had
heard
when
Baruch
read
out
of
the volume
in
the
hearing
of
the
people.
Therefore
all
the
princes
sent Judi
the
son
of Nathanias,
the
son
of Selemias,
the
son
of Chusi,
to
Baruch,
saying:
Take
in thy
hand
the volume
in
which thou hast
read
in
the
hearing
of
the
people,
and
come.
So
Baruch
the
son
of Nerias
took
the volume
in
his
hand,
and
came
to
them.
And
they
said
to
him:
Sit
down
and
read these
things
in
our
hearing.
And
Baruch
read
in
their
hearing.
And
when
they
had
heard
all
the
words,
they looked
upon
one
another
with astonishment,
and
they
said
to
Baruch:
We
must
tell
the
king
all
these
words.
And
they
asked
him,
saying:
Tell
us
how didst thou
write
all
these
words
from
his
mouth.
And
Baruch
said
to
them:
With
his
mouth
he pronounced
all
these
words
as if
he
were
reading
to
me:
and
I
wrote
in
a volume
with
ink.
And
the
princes
said
to
Baruch: Go,
and
hide thee, both thou
and Jeremias,
and
let
no
man
know
where
you
are.
And
they
went
in
to
the
king
into
the
court:
but
they
laid
up
the volume
in
the
chamber
of Elisama
the
scribe:
and
they
told
all
the
words
in
the
hearing
of
the
king.
And
the
king
sent Judi
that
he
should
take
the volume:
who bringing
it
out
of
the
chamber
of Elisama
the
scribe,
read
it
in
the
hearing
of
the
king,
and
of
all
the
princes
that
stood
about
the
king.
Now
the
king
sat
in
the
winter
house,
In
the
ninth
month:
and
there
was
a hearth
before
him full
of
burning coals.
And
when Judi
had
read
three
or
four pages,
he
cut
it
with
the penknife,
and
he
cast
it
into
the
Are,
that
was
upon
the hearth,
till
all
the volume
was
consumed
with
the
fire
that
was
on
the hearth.
And
the
king
and
all
his
servants
that
heard
all
these
words
were
not
afraid,
nor
did
they
rend
their
garments.
But
yet
Elnathan,
and Dalaias,
and Gamarias
spoke
to
the
king,
not
to
burn.
the book:
and
he
heard
them
not.
And
the
king
commanded Jeremiel
the
son
of Amelech,
and Saraias
the
son
of Ezriel,
and Selemias
the
son
of
Abdeel,
to
take
up
Baruch
the
scribe,
and Jeremias
the
prophet:
but
the
Lord
hid
them.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias
the
prophet,
after
that
the
king
had
burnt
the volume,
and
the
words
that
Baruch
had
written
from
the
mouth
of Jeremias,
saying:
Take thee
again
another volume:
and
write
in
it
all
the
former
words
that
were
in
the
first volume
which Joakim
the
king
of Juda hath
burnt.
And thou shalt
say
to Joakim
the
king
of Juda:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Thou hast
burnt
that volume,
saying:
Why hast thou
written therein,
and
said:
The
king
of
Babylon
shall
come speedily,
and
shall lay
waste
this
land:
and
shall cause
to
cease
from thence
man
and
beast?
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
against Joakim
the
king
of Juda:
He
shall
have
none
to
sit
upon
the
throne
of
David:
and
his
dead
body
shall
be
cast
out
to
the heat
by
day,
and
to
the
frost
by
night.
And
I
will
punish
him,
and
his
seed
and
his
servants,
for
their
iniquities,
and
I
will
bring
upon
them,
and
upon
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
upon
the
men
of Juda
all
the
evil
that
I
have
pronounced
against
them,
but
they
have
not
heard.
And Jeremias
took
another volume,
and
gave
it
to
Baruch
the
son
of Nerias
the
scribe:
who
wrote
in
it
from
the
mouth
of Jeremias
all
the
words
of
the
book
which Joakim
the
king
of Juda
had
burnt
with
fire:
and
there
were
added
besides
many
more
words
than
had
been
before.
Now
king Sedecias
the
son
of Josias
reigned
instead
of Jechonias
the
son
of Joakim:
whom Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
made
king
in
the
land
of Juda.
But
neither
he,
nor
his
servants,
nor
the
people
of
the
land
did
obey
the
words
of
the
Lord,
that
he
spoke
in
the
hand
of Jeremias
the
prophet.
And
king Sedecias
sent Juchal
the
son
of Selemias,
and Sophonias
the
son
of Maasias
the
priest
to Jeremias
the
prophet,
saying:
Pray
to
the
Lord
our
God
for
us.
Now Jeremias walked freely
in
the
midst
of
the
people:
for
they
had
not
as
yet
cast
him
into
prison.
And
the
army
of Pharao
was
come
out
of Egypt:
and
the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem, hearing
these tidings,
departed
from Jerusalem.
And
the word
of
the Lord
came
to Jeremias
the prophet, saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of Israel:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
the king
of Juda,
who
sent
you
to inquire
of
me: Behold
the army
of Pharao,
which
is
come forth
to help
you,
shall return
into
their
own land,
into Egypt.
And
the Chaldeans
shall
come
again,
and fight
against
this city,
and
take
it,
and burn
it
with fire.
Thus saith
the Lord: Deceive not
your souls, saying:
The
Chaldeans
shall
surely depart
and
go
away
from
us:
for
they
shall not
go
away;
But
if
you
should
even beat all
the army
of
the
Chaldeans
that fight
against
you,
and
there
should
be
left
of
them
some wounded
men:
they
shall rise
up, every
man
from
his tent,
and burn
this city
with
Are.
Now
when
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
was gone
away
from Jerusalem,
because
of Pharao’s
army,
Jeremias
went forth
out
of
Jerusalem
to
go
into
the
land
of Benjamin:
and
to divide
a possession
there
in
the
presence
of
the citizens.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the gate
of
Benjamin,
the captain
of
the gate,
who
I
was
there
in
his turn,
was
one named Jerias,
the son
of Selemias,
the son
of Hananias:
and
he
took hold
of Jeremias
the prophet, saying: Thou art fleeing
to
the Chaldeans.
And Jeremias
answered:
It
is
not
so,
I
am
not fleeing
to
the
Chaldeans.
But
he hearkened
not
to
him:
so Jerias
took Jeremias
and
brought
him
to
the princes.
Wherefore
the
princes
were angry
with Jeremias,
and
they beat
him,
and
cast
him
into
the prison
that
was
in
the house
of
Jonathan
the scribe:
for
he
was
chief
over
the prison.
So Jeremias
went
into
the
house
of
the
prison,
and
into
the dungeon:
and Jeremias remained there many days.
Then Sedecias
the king, sending,
took
him:
and
asked
him secretly
in
his
house,
and
said:
Is
there, thinkest thou,
any word
from
the Lord?
And Jeremias
said:
There
is.
And
he
said: Thou shalt
be delivered
into
the hands
of
the king
of Babylon.
And Jeremias
said
to
king Sedecias:
In
what
have
I offended
against thee,
or thy servants,
or thy people,
that thou hast
cast
me
into
prison?
Where
are
your prophets
that prophesied
to
you,
and
said:
The
king
of Babylon
shall
not come
against
you,
and
against
this land?
Now
therefore hear,
I beseech thee,
my lord
the
king:
let
my petition
be accepted
in thy sight:
and send
me
not
back
into
the house
of
Jonathan
the scribe, lest
I die
there.
Then
king Sedecias commanded
that Jeremias
should
be committed
into
the entry
of
the
prison:
and
that
they
should
give
him daily
a piece
of bread, beside broth, till all
the bread
in
the city
were
spent:
and Jeremias remained
in
the entry
of
the
prison.
Now Saphatias
the
son
of Mathan,
and Gedelias
the
son
of Phassur,
and Juchal
the
son
of Selemias,
and Phassur
the
son
of Melchias
heard
the
words
that Jeremias
spoke
to
all
the
people,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord: Whosoever shell
remain
in
this
city,
shall
die
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
and
by
pestilence:
but
he
that
shall
go
forth
to
the
Chaldeans,
shall
live,
and
his
life
shall
be safe,
and
he
shall
live.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
This
city
shall
surely
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
shall
take
it.
And
the
princes
said
to
the
king:
We
beseech thee
that
this
man
may
be
put
to
death:
for
on
purpose
he weakeneth
the
hands
of
the
men
of
war,
that
remain
in
this
city,
and
the
hands
of
the
people,
speaking
to
them
according
to
these
words:
for
this
man seeketh
not
peace
to
this
people,
but
evil.
And
king Sedecias
said:
Behold
he
is
in
your
hands:
for
it
is
not lawful
for
the
king
to deny
you
any
thing.
Then
they
took Jeremias
and
cast
him
into
the dungeon
of Melchias
the
son
of Amelech,
which
was
in
the entry
of
the prison:
and
they
let
down Jeremias
by
ropes
into
the dungeon,
wherein
there
was
no
water,
but
mire.
And Jeremias
sunk
into
the
mire.
Now Abdemelech
the
Ethiopian,
an
eunuch
that
was
in
the
king’s
house,
heard
that
they
had
put Jeremias
in
the dungeon:
but
the
king
was
sitting
in
the
gate
of
Benjamin.
And Abdemelech
went
out
of
the
king’s
house,
and
spoke
to
the
king,
saying:
My
lord
the
king,
these
men
have
done
evil
in
all
that
they
have
done
against Jeremias
the
prophet, casting
him
into
the dungeon
to
die
there
with
hunger,
for
there
is
no
more
bread
in
the
city.
Then
the
king
commanded Abdemelech
the
Ethiopian,
saying:
Take
from hence
thirty
men
with thee,
and draw
up Jeremias
the
prophet
out
of
the dungeon,
before
he
die.
So Abdemelech
taking
the
men
with
him,
went
into
the
king’s
house
that
was
under
the
storehouse:
and
he
took
from thence old
rags,
and old rotten things,
and
he
let
them
down
by
cords
to Jeremias
into
the dungeon.
And Abdemelech
the
Ethiopian
said
to Jeremias:
Put
these old
rags
and
these rent
and rotten things
under thy
arms,
and
upon
the
cords:
and Jeremias
did
so.
And
they
drew
up Jeremias
with
the
cords,
and
brought
him forth
out
of
the dungeon.
And Jeremias
remained
in
the entry
of
the prison.
And
king Sedecias
sent,
and
took Jeremias
the
prophet
to
him
to
the
third gate,
that
was
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
the
king
said
to Jeremias:
I
will
ask thee
a
thing,
hide
nothing
from
me.
Then Jeremias
said
to Sedecias:
If
I
shall
declare
it
to thee, wilt thou
not
put
me
to
death?
and
if
I
give thee
counsel, thou wilt
not hearken
to
me.
Then
king Sedecias
swore
to Jeremias,
in private,
saying:
As
the
Lord liveth,
that
made
us
this
soul,
I
will
not
put thee
to
death,
nor
will
I
deliver thee
into
the
hands
of
these
men
that
seek thy
life.
And Jeremias
said
to Sedecias:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
If thou wilt
take
a resolution
and
go
out
to
the
princes
of
the
king
of
Babylon, thy
soul
shall
live,
and
this
city
shall
not
be
burnt
with
fire:
and thou shalt
be safe,
and thy
house.
But
if thou wilt
not
go
out
to
the
princes
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
this
city
shall
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
they
shall
burn
it
with
fire:
and thou shalt
not
escape
out
of
their
hands.
And
king Sedecias
said
to Jeremias:
I
am afraid
because
of
the
Jews
that
are fled
over
to
the
Chaldeans:
lest
I
should
be
delivered
into
their
hands,
and
they
should abuse
me.
But Jeremias
answered:
They
shall
not
deliver thee: hearken,
I
beseech thee,
to
the
word
of
the
Lord,
which
I
speak
to thee,
and
it
shall
be
well
with thee,
and thy
soul
shall
live.
But
if thou wilt
not
go
forth,
this
is
the
word
which
the
Lord hath shewn
me:
Behold
all
the
women
that
are
left
in
the
house
of
the
king
of Juda,
shall
be
brought
out
to
the
princes
of
the
king
of
Babylon:
and
they
shall
say: Thy
men
of
peace
have deceived thee,
and
have
prevailed
against thee,
they
have plunged thy
feet
in
the
mire,
and
in
a slippery
place,
and
they
have
departed
from thee.
And
all thy
wives,
and thy
children
shall
be
brought
out
to
the
Chaldeans,
and thou shalt
not
escape
their
hands,
but thou shalt
be
taken
by
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon:
and
he
shall
burn
this
city
with
fire.
Then Sedecias
said
to Jeremias:
Let
no
man
know
these
words,
and thou shalt
not
die.
But
if
the
princes
shall
hear
that
I
have
spoken
with thee,
and
shall
come
to thee,
and
say
to thee:
Tell
us
what thou hast
said
to
the
king,
hide
it
not
from
us,
and
we
will
not
kill thee:
and
also
what
the
king
said
to thee:
Thou shalt
say
to
them:
I presented
my
supplication
before
the
king,
that
he
would
not
command
me
to
be
carried
back
into
the
house
of
Jonathan,
to
die
there.
So
all
the
princes
came
to Jeremias,
and
asked
him:
and
he
spoke
to
them
according
to
all
the
words
that
the
king
had
commanded
him:
and
they
left
him:
for
nothing
had
been
heard.
But Jeremias
remained
in
the entry
of
the prison,
until
the
day
that
Jerusalem
was
taken:
and
it
came
to
pass
that
Jerusalem
was
taken.
In
the
ninth
year
of Sedecias
king
of Juda,
in
the
tenth
month,
came Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
and
all
his
army
to
Jerusalem,
and
they besieged
it.
And
in
the
I
eleventh
year
of Sedecias,
in
the
fourth
month,
the fifth
day
of
the
month,
the
city
was opened.
And
all
the
princes
of
the
king
of
Babylon
came
in,
and
sat
in
the
middle
gate: Neregel, Sereser, Semegarnabu, Sarsachim, Rabsares, Neregel, Serezer, Rebmag,
and
all
the
rest
of
the
princes
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
And
when Sedecias
the
king
of Juda
and
all
the
men
of
war
saw
them,
they
fled:
and
they
went
forth
in
the
night
out
of
the
city
by
the
way
of
the
king’s
garden,
and
by
the
gate
that
was
between
the
two
walls,
and
they
went;
out
to
the
way
of
the
desert.
But
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
pursued
after
them:
and
they
took Sedecias
in
the
plain
of
the
desert
of
Jericho,
and
when
they
had
taken
him,
they
brought
him
to Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
to Reblatha, which
is
in
the
land
of Emath:
and
he
gave
judgment
upon
him.
And
the
king
of
Babylon
slew
the
sons
of Sedecias,
in Reblatha,
before
his
eyes:
and
the
king
of
Babylon
slew
all
the
nobles
of Juda.
He
also
put
out
the
eyes
of Sedecias:
and
bound
him
with
fetters,
to
be
carried
to
Babylon.
And
the
Chaldeans
burnt
the
king’s
house,
and
the
houses
of
the
people
with
fire,
and
they threw
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem.
And Nabuzardan
the general
of
the
army
carried
away
captive
to
Babylon
the
remnant
of
the
people
that
remained
in
the
city,
and
the fugitives
that
had
gone
over
to
him,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
that
remained.
But Nabuzardan
the general
left
some
of
the
poor
people
that
had
nothing
at
all,
in
the
land
of Juda,
and
he
gave
them
vineyards,
and cisterns
at
that
time.
Now Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
had
given
charge
to Nabuzardan
the general
concerning Jeremias,
saying:
Take
him,
and
set thy
eyes
upon
him,
and
do
him
no
harm:
but
as
he hath
a mind,
so
do
with
him.
Therefore Nabuzardan
the general
sent,
and Nabusezban,
and Rabsares,
and Neregel,
and Sereser,
and Rebmag,
and
all
the nobles
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
Sent,
and
took Jeremias
out
of
the
court
of
the
prison,
and
committed
him
to Codolias
the
son
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan,
that
he
might
go
home,
and
dwell
among
the
people.
But
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias,
when
he
was
yet
shut
up
in
the
court
of
the prison,
saying:
Go,
and
tell Abdemelech
the Ethiopian,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
bring
my
words
upon
this
city unto
evil,
and
not unto
good:
and
they
shall
be accomplished
in thy
sight
in
that
day.
And
I
will
deliver thee
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord:
and thou shalt
not
be
given
into
the
hands
of
the
men
whom thou fearest:
But delivering,
I
will
deliver thee,
and thou shalt
not
fall
by
the
sword:
but thy
life
shall
be
saved
for thee,
because thou hast
put thy
trust
in
me, saith
the
Lord.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias
from
the
Lord,
after
that Nabuzardan
the general
had
let
him
go
from Rama,
when
he
had
taken
him,
being
bound
with
chains,
among
all
them
that
were
carried
away
from
Jerusalem
and Juda,
and
were
carried
to
Babylon.
And
the general
of
the army
taking Jeremias,
said
to
him:
The
Lord thy
God hath
pronounced
this
evil
upon
this
place,
And
he hath
brought
it:
and
the
Lord hath
done
as
he hath
said:
because
you
have
sinned
against
the
Lord,
and
have
not hearkened
to
his
voice,
and
this
word
is
come
upon
you.
Now
then
behold
I
have loosed thee
this
day
from
the
chains
which
were
upon thy
hands:
if
it please thee
to
come
with
me
to
Babylon,
come:
and
I
will
set
my
eyes
upon thee:
but
if
it
do
not please thee
to
come
with
me
to
Babylon,
stay
here:
behold
all
the
land
is
before thee,
as thou shalt choose,
and whither
it
shall please thee
to
go, thither
go.
And
come
not
with
me:
but
dwell
with Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon hath
made governor
over
the
cities
of Juda:
dwell
therefore
with
him
in
the
midst
of
the
people:
or whithersoever
it
shall please thee
to
go,
go.
And
the general
of
the
army
gave
him victuals
and
presents,
and
let
him
go.
And Jeremias
went
to Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
to Masphath:
and
dwelt
with
him
in
the
midst
of
the
people
that
were
left
in
the
land.
And
when
all
the
captains
of
the
army
that
were scattered
through
the
countries,
they
and
their companions,
had
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
governor
of
the
country,
and
that
he
had
committed unto
him
men
and
women,
and
children,
and
of
the poor
of
the
land,
them
that
had
not
been
carried
away
captive
to
Babylon:
They
came
to Godolias
to Masphath:
and Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias,
and
Johanan,
and
Jonathan,
the
sons
of Caree,
and Sareas
the
son
of Thanehumeth,
and
the
children
of Ophi,
that
were
of Netophathi,
and Jezonias
the
son
of Maachati,
they
and
their
men.
And Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan
swore
to
them
and
to
their companions,
saying:
Fear
not
to
serve
the Chaldeass:
dwell
in
the
land,
and
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
shall
be
well
with
you.
Behold
I
dwell
in Masphath,
that
I
may answer
the commandment
of
the
Chaldeans
that
are sent
to
us:
but
as
for
you,
gather ye
the vintage,
and
the
harvest,
and
the
oil,
and
lay
it
up
in
your
vessels,
and
abide
in
your
cities
which
you
hold.
Moreover
all
the
Jews
that
were
in
Moab,
and
among
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
in
Edom,
and
in
all
the
countries,
when
they
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
left
a
remnant
in Judea,
and
that
he
had
made Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan ruler
over
them:
All
the
Jews,
I say,
returned
out
of
all
the
places
to
which
they
had fled,
and
they
came
into
the
land
of Juda
to Godolias
to Masphath:
and
they
gathered
wine,
and
a
very
great
harvest.
Then
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
army,
that
had
been scattered
about
in
the countries,
came
to Godolias
to Masphath.
And
they
said
to
him:
Know
that
Baalis
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon hath
sent Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias
to
kill thee.
And Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
believed
them
not.
But
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
spoke
to Oodolias
privately
in Masphath,
saying:
I
will
go,
and
I
will
kill Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias,
and
no
man
shall
know
it, lest
he
kill thee,
and
all
the
Jews
be
scattered,
that
are
gathered unto thee,
and
the
remnant
of Juda
perish.
And Codolias
the
son
of Ahicam
said
to
Johanan
the
son
of Cares:
Do
not
this
thing:
for
what thou sayst
of Ismahel
is
false.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seventh
month,
that Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias,
the
son
of Elisama
of
the
royal blood,
and
the nobles
of
the
king,
and
ten
men
with
him,
came
to Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
into Masphath:
and
they
ate
bread
there
together
in Masphath.
And Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias
arose,
and
the
ten
men
that
were
with
him,
and
they
struck Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam,
the
son
of Saphan
with
the
sword,
and
slew
him
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made governor
over
the
land.
Ismahel
slew
also
all
the
Jews
that
were
with Godolias
in Masphath,
and
the
Chaldeans
that
were
found
there,
and
the
soldiers.
And
on
the
second
day
after
he
had
killed Godolias,
no
man
yet
knowing
it,
There
came
some
from Sichem,
and
from Silo,
and
from
Samaria, fourscore
men,
with
their
beards shaven,
and
their
clothes rent,
and mourning:
and
they
had
offerings
and
incense
in
their
hand,
to offer
in
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias
went
forth
from Masphath
to
meet
them,
weeping
all
along
as
he
went:
and
when
he
had
met
them,
he
said
to
them:
Come
to Godolias,
the
son
of Ahicam.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
midst
of
the
city, Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias,
slew
them,
and cast
them
into
the
midst
of
the
pit,
he
and
the
men
that
were
with
him.
But
ten
men
were
found
among
them,
that
said
to Ismahel:
Kill
us
not:
for
we
have
stores
in
the
field,
of
wheat,
and
barley,
and
oil,
and
honey.
And
he forbore,
and slew
them
not
with
their
brethren.
And
the
pit
into
which Ismahel
cast
all
the
dead
bodies
of
the
men
whom
he
slew
because
of Godolias,
is
the
same
that
king
Asa
made,
for fear
of Baasa
the
king
of
Israel:
the
same
did Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias
fill
with
them
that
were
slain.
Then Ismahel
carried
away
captive
all
the
remnant
of
the
people
that
were
in Masphath:
the
king’s
daughters,
and
all
the
people
that
remained
in Masphath:
whom Nabuzardan
the general
of
the
army
had
committed
to Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam.
And Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias
took
them,
and
he departed,
to
go
over
to
the
children
of
Ammon.
But
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
captains
of
the fighting
men
that
were
with
him,
heard
of
the
evil
that Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias
had
done.
And
taking
all
the
men,
they
went
out
to
fight
against Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias,
and
they
found
him
by
the
great
waters
that
are
in Gabaon.
And
when
all
the
people
that
were
with Ismahel,
had
seen
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
captains
of
the fighting
men
that
were
with
him,
they
rejoiced.
And
all
the
people
whom Ismahel
had
taken,
went
back
to Masphath:
and
they
returned
and
went
to
Johanan
the
son
of Caree.
But Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias fled
with
eight
men,
from
the
face
of
Johanan,
and
went
to
the
children
of
Ammon.
Then
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
soldiers
that
were
with
him,
took
all
the
remnant
of
the
people
whom
they
had
recovered
from Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias,
from Masphath,
after
that
he
had
slain Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam:
valiant
men
for
war,
and
the
women,
and
the
children,
and
the
eunuchs,
whom
he
had
brought
back
from Gabaon:
And
they
departed,
and
sat
as sojourners
in Chamaam,
which
is
near
Bethlehem:
in order
to
go
forward,
and
enter
into
Egypt,
From
the
face
of
the
Chaldeans:
for
they
were
afraid
of
them,
because Ismahel
the
son
of Nathanias
had
slain Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made governor
in
the
land
of Juda.
Then
all
the
captains
of
the
warriors,
and
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and Jezonias
the
son
of Osaias,
and
the rest
of
the
people
from
the least
to
the
greatest
came
near:
And
they
said
to Jeremias
the
prophet:
Let
our
supplication
fall
before thee:
and
pray thou
for
us
to
the
Lord thy
God
for
all
this
remnant,
for
we
are
left
but
a
few
of
many,
as thy
eyes
do
behold
us.
And
let
the
Lord thy
God shew
us
the
way
by
which
we
may
walk,
and
the
thing
that
we
must
do.
And Jeremias
the
prophet
said
to
them:
I
have
heard
you:
behold
I
will
pray
to
the
Lord
your
God
according
to
your
words:
and
whatsoever
thing
he
shall
answer
me,
I
will
declare
it
to
you:
and
I
will hide
nothing
from
you.
And
they
said
to Jeremias:
The
Lord
be
witness between
us
of
truth
and
faithfulness,
if
we
do
not
according
to
every
thing
for
which
the
Lord thy
God
shall
send thee
to
us.
Whether
it
be
good
or
evil,
we
will
obey
the
voice
of
the
Lord
our
God,
to
whom
me
send thee:
that
it
may
be
well
with
us
when
we
shall hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
our
God.
Now
after
ten
days,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias.
And
he
called
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
captains
of
the fighting
men
that
were
with
him,
and
all
the
people
from
the least
to
the
greatest.
And
he
said
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel,
to
whom
you
sent
me,
to
present
your
supplications
before
him:
If
you
will
be quiet
and
remain
in
this
land,
I
will
build
you
up,
and
not
pull
you
down:
I
will plane
you,
and
not
pluck
you
up:
for
now
I
am
appeased
for
the
evil
that
I
have
done
to
you.
Fear
not
because
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
of
whom
you
are greatly
afraid:
fear
him
not, saith
the
Lord:
for
I
am
with
you,
to
save
you,
and
to
deliver
you
from
his
hand.
And
I
will shew
mercies
to
you,
and
will
take
pity
on
you,
and
will
cause
you
to dwell
in
your own
land.
But
if
you
say:
We
will
not
dwell
in
this
land,
neither
will
we hearken
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
our
God,
Saying:
No,
but
we
will
go
into
the
land
of
Egypt:
where
we
shall
see
no
war,
nor
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
nor
suffer
hunger:
and
there
we
will
dwell.
For
this
now
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord, ye
remnant
of Juda:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
If
you
set
your
faces
to
go
into
Egypt,
and
enter
in
to
dwell
there:
The
sword
which
you
fear,
shall
overtake
you
there
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
and
the
famine, whereof
you
are
afraid,
shall cleave
to
you
in
Egypt,
and
there
you
shall
die.
And
all
the
men
that
set
their
faces
to
go
into
Egypt,
to
dwell
there,
shall
die
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
and
by
pestilence:
none
of
them
shall
remain,
nor
escape
from
the
face
of
the
evil
that
I
will
bring
upon
them.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel:
As
my
anger
and
my indignation hath
been kindled
against
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
so
shall
my indignation
be kindled
against
you,
when
you
shall
enter
into
Egypt,
and
you
shall
be
an execration,
and
an astonishment,
and
a
curse,
and
a
reproach:
and
you
shall
see
this
place
no
more.
This
is
the
word
of
the
Lord
concerning
you,
O ye
remnant
of Juda:
Go ye
not
into
Egypt:
know
certainly
that
I
have adjured
you
this
day.
For
you
have
deceived
your
own
souls:
for
you
sent
me
to
the
Lord
our
God,
saying:
Pray
for
us
to
the
Lord
our
God,
and
according
to
all
that
the
Lord
our
God
shall
say
to thee,
so
declare unto
us,
and
we
will
do
it.
And
now
I
have
declared
it
to
you
this
day,
and;
you
have
not
obeyed
the
voice
of
the
Lord
your
God,
with
regard
to
all
the
things
for
which
he hath
sent
me
to
you.
Now
therefore
know
certainly
that
you
shall
die
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
and
by
pestilence
in
the
place
to
which
you
desire
to
go
to
dwell
there.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when Jeremias
had
made
an
end
of
speaking
to
the
people
all
the
words
of
the
Lord
their
God,
for
which
the
Lord
their
God
had
sent
him
to
them,
all
these
words:
Azarias
the
son
of Osaias,
and
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
proud
men,
made
answer,
saying
to Jeremias: Thou tellest
a
lie:
the
Lord
our
God hath
not
sent thee,
saying:
Go
not
into
Egypt,
to
dwell
there.
But
Baruch
the
son
of Nerias setteth thee
on
against
us,
to
deliver
us
into
the
hands
of
the
Chaldeans,
to
kill
us,
and
to
cause
us
to
be
carried
away
captives
to
Babylon.
So
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
soldiers,
and
all
the
people,
obeyed
not
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
to
remain
in
the
land
of Juda.
But
Johanan
the
son
of Caree,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
soldiers
took
all
the
remnant
of Juda,
that
were
returned
out
of
all
nations,
to
which
they
had before
been
scattered,
to
dwell
in
the
land
of Juda:
Men,
and
women,
and
children,
and
the
king’s
daughters,
and
every
soul,
which Nabuzardan
the general
had
left
with Godolias
the
son
of Ahicam
the
son
of Saphan,
and Jeremias
the
prophet,
and
Baruch
the
son
of Nerias.
And
they
went
Into
the
land
of
Egypt,
for
they
obeyed
not
the
voice
of
the
Lord:
and
they
came
as
far
as Taphnis.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias
in Taphnis,
saying:
Take
great
stones
in thy
hand,
and thou shalt
hide
them
in
the vault
that
is
under
the
brick wall
at
the
gate
of Pharao’s
house
in Taphnis:
in
the
sight
of
the
men
of Juda.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
send,
and
take Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
my
servant:
and
I
will
set
his
throne
over
these
stones
which
I
have
hid,
and
he
shall
set
his
throne
over
them.
And
he
shall
come
and
strike
the
land
of
Egypt:
such
as
are
for
death,
to
death:
and
such
as
are
for
captivity,
to
captivity:
and
such
as
are
for
the
sword,
to
the
sword.
And
he
shall
kindle
a
fire
in
the
temples
of
the
gods
of
Egypt,
and
he
shall
burn
them,
and
he
shall
carry
them
away
captives:
and
he
shall array himself
with
the
land
of
Egypt,
as
a
shepherd putteth
on
his
garment:
and
he
shall
go
forth
from thence
in
peace.
And
he
shall
break
the statues
of
the
house
of
the sun,
that
are
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
and
the
temples
of
the
gods
of
Egypt
he
shall
burn
with
fire.
The
word
that
came
to Jeremias,
concerning
all
the
Jews
that
dwelt
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
dwelling
in Magdal,
and
in Taphnis,
and
in
Memphis,
and
in
the
land
of Phatures,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
You
have
seen
all
this
evil
that
I
have
brought
upon
Jerusalem,
and
upon
all
the
cities
of Juda:
and
behold
they
are desolate
this
day,
and
there
is
not
an
inhabitant
in
them:
Because
of
the
wickedness
which
they
have
committed,
to
provoke
me
to wrath,
and
to go
and
offer
sacrifice,
and
worship
other
gods,
which
neither
they,
nor
you,
nor
your
fathers
knew.
And
I
sent
to
you
all
my
servants
the
prophets,
rising
early,
and
sending,
and
saying:
Do
not commit
this
abominable
thing,
which
I
hate.
But
they
heard
not,
nor
inclined
their
ear
to
turn
from
their
evil ways,
and
not
to
sacrifice
to strange
gods.
Wherefore
my indignation
and
my
fury
was
poured forth,
and
was kindled
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem:
and
they
are
turned
to
desolation
and
waste,
as
at
this
day.
And
now
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Why
do
you commit
this
great
evil
against
your
own
souls,
that
there
should die
of
you
man
and
woman,
child
and suckling
out
of
the
midst
of Juda,
and
no
remnant
should
be
left
you:
In
that
you
provoke
me
to wrath
with
the
works
of
your
hands,
by
sacrificing
to
other
gods
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
into
which
you
are
come
to
dwell
there:
and
that
you
should
perish,
and
be
a
curse,
and
a
reproach
to
all
the
nations
of
the
earth?
Have
you
forgotten
the evils
of
your
fathers,
and
the evils
of
the
kings
of Juda,
and
the evils
of
their
wives,
and
your evils,
and
the evils
of
your
wives,
that
they
have
done
in
the
land
of Juda,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem?
They
are
not cleansed
even
to
this
day:
neither
have
they
feared,
nor
walked
in
the
law
of
the Lord,
nor
in
my commandments,
which
I
set
before
you
and
your
fathers.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
set
my
face
upon
you
for
evil:
and
I
will
destroy
all Juda.
And
I
will
take
the
remnant
of Juda
that
have
set
their
faces
to
go
into
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
to
dwell
there:
and
they
shall
be
all
consumed
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
they
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
by
the
famine:
and
they
shall
be
consumed
from
the least
even
to
the
greatest,
by
the
sword,
and
by
the
famine
shall
they
die:
and
they
shall
be
for
an execration,
and
for
a wonder,
and
for
a
curse,
and
for
a
reproach.
And
I
will
visit
them
that
dwell
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
as
I
have
visited
Jerusalem
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
and
by
pestilence.
And
there
shall
be
none
that
shall
escape,
and
remain
of
the
remnant
of
the
Jews
that
are
gone
to sojourn
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
and
that
shall
return
into
the
land
of Juda,
to
which
they
have
a
desire
to
return
to
dwell
there:
there
shall
none
return
but
they
that
shall
flee.
Then
all
the
men
that
knew
that
their
wives sacrificed
to
other
gods:
and
all
the
women
of whom
there
stood
by
a
great multitude,
and
all
the
people
of
them
that
dwelt
in
the
land
of
Egypt
in Phatures,
answered Jeremias,
saying:
As
for
the
word
which thou hast
spoken
to
us
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
we
will
not hearken
to thee:
But
we
will
certainly
do
every
word
that
shall
proceed
out
of
our
own
mouth,
to
sacrifice
to
the
queen
of
heaven,
and
to
pour
out
drink
offerings
to
her,
as
we
and
our
fathers
have
done,
our
kings,
and
our
princes
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem:
and
we
were
filled
with
bread,
and
it
was
well
with
us,
and
we
saw
no
evil.
But
since
we
left
off
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
queen
of
heaven,
and
to
pour
out drink
offerings
to
her,
we
have wanted
all
things,
and
have
been
consumed
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine.
And
if
we
offer
sacrifice
to
the
queen
of
heaven,
and
pour
out drink
offerings
to
her:
did
we
make
cakes
to worship
her,
to
pour
out drink
offerings
to
her,
without
our
husbands?
And Jeremias
spoke
to
all
the
people,
to
the
men,
and
to
the
women,
and
to
all
the
people
which
had given
him
that
answer,
saying:
Was
it
not
the
sacrifice
that
you
offered
in
the
cities
of Juda,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
you
and Sour
fathers,
your
kings,
and
your
princes,
and
the
people
of
the
land,
which
the
Lord hath
remembered,
and hath
it
not
entered
into
his
heart?
So
that
the
Lord
could
no
longer
bear,
because
of
the
evil
of
your
doings,
and
because
of
the
abominations
which
you
have
committed:
therefore
your
land
is
become
a
desolation,
and
an astonishment,
and
a
curse,
without
an
inhabitant,
as
at
this
day.
Because
you
have sacrificed
to idols,
and
have
sinned
against
the
Lord:
and
have
not
obeyed
the
voice
of
the
Lord,
and
have
not
walked
in
his
law,
and
in
his commandments,
and
in
his
testimonies:
therefore
are
these evils
come
upon
you,
as
at
this
day.
And Jeremias
said
to
all
the
people,
and
to
all
the
women:
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord,
all Juda,
you
that dwell
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel,
saying:
You
and
your
wives
have
spoken
with
your
mouth,
and
fulfilled
with
your
hands,
saying: Let
us
perform
our
vows
which
we
have
made,
to
offer
sacrifice
to
the
queen
of
heaven,
and
to
pour
out drink
offerings
to
her:
you
have
fulfilled
your
vows,
and
have performed
them
indeed.
Therefore
hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord,
all Juda,
you
that
dwell
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
Behold
I
have
sworn
by
my
great
name, saith
the
Lord:
that
my
name
shall
no
more
be
named
in
the
mouth
of
any
man
of Juda,
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying:
The
Lord
God liveth.
Behold
I
will
watch
over
them
for
evil,
and
not
for
good:
and
all
the
men
of Juda
that
are
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
shall
be
consumed,
by
the
sword,
and
by
famine,
till
there
be
an
end
of
them.
And
a
few
men
that
shall
flee
from
the
sword,
shall
return
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
into
the
land
of Juda:
and
all
the
remnant
of Juda
that
are
gone
into
the
land
of
Egypt
to
dwell
there,
shall
know
whose
word
shall
stand,
mine,
or
theirs.
And
this
shall
be
a
sign
to
you, saith
the
Lord,
that
I
will
punish
you
in
this
place:
that
you
may
know
that
my
words
shall
be
accomplished
indeed
against
you
for
evil.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
deliver Pharao Ephree
king
of
Egypt
into
the
hand
of
his
enemies,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
that
seek
his
life:
as
I
delivered Sedecias
king
of Juda
into
the
hand
of Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
his
enemy,
and
that
sought
his
life.
The
word
that Jeremias
the
prophet
spoke
to
Baruch
the
son
of Nerias,
when
he
had
written
there
words
in
a
book,
out
of
the
mouth
of Jeremias,
in
the
fourth
year
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel
to thee,
Baruch:
Thou hast
said:
Woe
is
me, wretch
that
I
am,
for
the
Lord hath
added
sorrow
to
my
sorrow:
I
am
wearied
with
my
groans,
and
I
find
no
rest.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Thus shalt thou
say
to
him:
Behold,
them
whom
I
have
built,
I
do
destroy:
and
them
whom
I
have
planted,
I
do
pluck
up,
and
all
this
land.
And dost thou
seek
great
things
for thyself?
Seek
not:
for
behold
I
will
bring
evil
upon
all
flesh, saith
the
Lord!
but
I
will
give thee thy
life,
and
save thee
in
all
places whithersoever thou shalt
go.
The
word
of
the
Lord
that
came
to Jeremias
the
prophet
against
the
Gentiles,
Against
Egypt,
against
the
army
of Pharao Nechao
king
of
Egypt,
which
was
by
the
river
Euphrates
in Charcamis,
whom Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
defeated,
in
the
fourth
year
of Joakim
the
son
of Josias
king
of Juda.
Prepare ye
the
shield
and
buckler,
and
go
forth
to
battle.
Harness
the
horses,
and
get
up, ye
horsemen:
stand
forth
with
helmets, furbish
the
spears,
put
on coats
of mail.
What
then?
I
have
seen
them dismayed,
and
turning
their
backs,
their
valiant
ones slain:
they
fled apace,
and
they
looked
not
back:
terror
was
round
about, saith
the
Lord.
Let
not
the
swift
flee
away,
nor
the
strong think
to
escape:
they
are
overthrown,
and
fallen
down, towards
the
north
by
the
river
Euphrates.
Who
is
this
that cometh
up
as
a
flood:
and
his
streams swell
like
those
of
rivers?
Egypt riseth
up
like
a
flood,
and
the
waves thereof
shall
be moved
as
rivers,
and
he
shall
say:
I
will
go
up
and
will
cover
the
earth:
I
will
destroy
the
city,
and
its
inhabitants.
Get ye
up
on
horses,
and glory
in
chariots,
and let
the
valiant
men
come
forth,
the Ethiopians,
and
the Libyans
that
hold
the
shield,
and
the
Lydians
that
take,
and shoot
arrows.
For
this
is
the
day
of
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts,
a
day
of
vengeance,
that
he
may
revenge
himself
of
his enemies:
the
sword
shall
devour,
and
shall
be
filled,
and
shall
be
drunk
with
their
blood:
for there
is
a
sacrifice
of
the
Lord
God
of
hosts
in
the
north
country,
by
the
river
Euphrates.
Go
up
into Galaad,
and
take
balm, O
virgin
daughter
of
Egypt:
in
vain dost thou
multiply medicines,
there
shall
be
no cure
for thee.
The
nations
have
heard
of thy
disgrace,
and thy howling hath
filled
the
land:
for
the
strong hath
stumbled against
the
strong,
and
both
are
fallen
together.
The
word
that
the
Lord
spoke
to Jeremias
the
prophet,
how Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
should
come
and
strike
the
land
of
Egypt:
Declare ye
to
Egypt,
and publish
it
in Magdal,
and
let
it
be
known
in
Memphis,
and
in Taphnis:
say ye:
Stand
up,
and
prepare thyself:
for
the
sword
shall
devour
all
round
about thee.
Why
are thy
valiant
men come
to
nothing?
they
stood
not:
because
the
Lord hath overthrown
them.
He hath
multiplied
them
that
fall,
and
one hath
fallen
upon
another,
and
they
shall
say:
Arise,
and let
us
return
to
our
own
people,
and
to
the
land
our nativity,
from
the
sword
of
the dove.
Call ye
the
name
of Pharao
king
Egypt,
a
tumult
time hath brought.
As
I
live, (saith
the
King,
whose
name
is
the
Lord
of
hosts,)
as Thabor
is
among
the
mountains,
and
as
Carmel
by
the
sea,
so
shall
he
come.
Furnish thyself
to
go
into captivity, thou
daughter
inhabitant
of
Egypt:
for
Memphis
shall
be
made
desolate,
and
shall
be forsaken
and
uninhabited.
Egypt
is like
a fair
and beautiful
heifer: there
shall
come
from
the
north one
that
shall goad
her.
Her hirelings
also
that lived
in
the
midst
of
her,
like fatted
calves
are
turned
back,
and
are
fled
away
together,
and
they
could
not
stand,
for
the
day
of
their slaughter
is
come
upon
them,
the
time
of
their visitation.
Her
voice shall
sound
like brass,
for
they shall hasten
with
an
army,
and
with
axes
they shall
come
against
her,
as
hewers
of
wood.
They
have
cut
down
her
forest, saith
the
Lord, which
cannot
be
counted:
they
are
multiplied above
locusts,
and
are
without
number.
The
daughter
of
Egypt
is confounded,
and
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
people
of
the
north.
The
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel hath
said:
Behold
I
will
visit
upon
the tumult
of Alexandria,
and
upon Pharao,
and
upon
Egypt,
and
upon
her
gods,
and
upon
her
kings,
and
upon Pharao,
upon
them
that
trust
in
him.
And
I
will
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
them
that
seek
their
lives,
into
the
hand
of Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
and
into
the
hand
of
his
servants:
and
afterwards
it
shall
be
inhabited,
as
in
the
days
of old, saith
the
Lord.
And thou
my
servant
Jacob,
fear
not
and
be
not thou
dismayed,
O
Israel:
for
behold
I
will
save thee
from
afar
off,
and thy
seed
out
of
the
land
of thy
captivity:
and
Jacob
shall
return
and
be
at
rest,
and prosper:
and
there
shall
be
none
to
terrify
him.
And thou,
my
servant
Jacob,
fear
not, saith
the
Lord:
because
I
am
with thee,
for
I
will consume
all
the
nations
to
which
I
have
cast thee
out:
but thee
I
will
not consume,
but
I
will
correct thee
in
judgment,
neither
will
I spare thee
as
if thou wert
innocent.
The
word
of
the
Lord
that
came
to Jeremias
the
prophet
against
the
people
of Palestine,
before Pharao
took
Gaza.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
there
come
up
waters
out
of
the
north,
and
they
shall
be
as
an
overflowing torrent,
and
they
shall cover
the
land,
and
all
that
is therein,
the
city
and
the
inhabitants thereof:
then
the
men
shall
cry,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
shall
howl,
At
the
noise
of
the marching
of
arms,
and
of
his soldiers,
at
the rushing
of
his
chariots,
and
the
multitude
of
his
wheels.
The
fathers
have
not
looked
back
to
the
children,
for feebleness
of
hands,
Because
of
the
coming
of
the
day,
in which
all
the
Philistines
shall
be
laid
waste,
and
Tyre
and
Sidon
shall
be
destroyed,
with
all
the
rest
of
their
helpers.
For
the
Lord hath wasted
the
Philistines,
the
remnant
of
the isle
of Cappadocia.
Baldness
is
come
upon
Gaza: Ascalon hath held
her peace
with
the
remnant
of
their
valley:
how
long shalt thou
cut thyself?
O thou
sword
of
the
Lord,
how
long wilt thou
not
be
quiet?
Go
into thy scabbard,
rest,
and
be
still.
How
shall
it
be
quiet,
when
the
Lord hath
given
it
a
charge
against Ascalon,
and
against
the countries thereof
by
the
sea
side,
and
there hath
made
an
appointment
for
it?
Against
Moab
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Woe
to Nabo,
for
it
is laid
waste,
and confounded: Cariathaim
is
taken:
the strong city
is confounded
and hath trembled.
There
is
no
more rejoicing
in
Moab
over Hesebon:
they
have
devised
evil. Come,
and let
us
cut
it
off
from
being
a
nation.
Therefore shalt thou
in silence hold thy peace,
and
the
sword
shall
follow thee.
A
voice
of
crying
from Oronaim: waste,
and
great
destruction.
Moab
is destroyed:
proclaim
a
cry
for
her
little
ones.
For
by
the
ascent
of Luith shall
the mourner
go
up
with
weeping:
for
in
the
descent
of Oronaim
the enemies
have
heard
a howling
of
destruction.
Flee,
save
your
lives:
and
be
as heath
in
the
wilderness.
For
because thou hast
trusted
in thy bulwarks,
and
in thy
treasures, thou
also shalt
be
taken:
and Chamos
shall
go
into captivity,
his
priests,
and
his
princes
together.
And
the spoiler
shall
come
upon
every
city,
and
no
city
shall
escape:
and
the
valleys
shall
perish,
and
the
plains
shall
be
destroyed,
for
the
Lord hath
spoken:
Give
a
flower
to
Moab,
for
in
its
flower
it
shall
go
out:
and
the
cities thereof
shall
be
desolate,
and
uninhabited.
Cursed
be
he
that doth
the
work
of
the
Lord
deceitfully:
and
cursed
be
he
that withholdeth
his
sword
from
blood.
Moab hath
been fruitful
from
his
youth,
and hath rested
upon
his lees:
and hath
not
been poured
out
from
vessel
to
vessel,
nor hath
gone
into captivity:
therefore
his
taste hath
remained
in
him,
and
his scent
is
not
changed.
Therefore
behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
send
him men
that
shall order
and overturn
his bottles,
and
they
shall
cast
him
down,
and
shall empty
his
vessels,
and break
their bottles
one
against another.
And
Moab
shall
be
ashamed
of Chamos,
as
the
house
of
Israel
was
ashamed
of
Bethel,
in
which
they trusted.
How do
you
say:
We
are
valiant,
and stout
men
in
battle?
Moab
is laid
waste,
and
they
have
cast
down
her
cities:
and
her
choice
young
men
are
gone
down
to
the
slaughter: saith
the
king,
whose
name
is
the
Lord
of
hosts.
The
destruction
of
Moab
is
near
to
come:
the
calamity thereof shall
come
on
exceeding
swiftly.
Comfort
him,
all
you
that
are
round
about
him,
and
all
you
that
know
his
name,
say:
How
is
the
strong
staff
broken,
the
beautiful
rod?
Come
down
from thy
glory,
and
sit
in
thirst, O
dwelling
of
the
daughter
of
Dibon:
because
the spoiler
of
Moab
is
come
up
to thee,
he hath
destroyed thy bulwarks.
Stand
in
the
way,
and look
out,
O habitation
of
Aroer:
inquire
of
him
that fleeth:
and
say
to
him
that hath
escaped:
What
Is
done?
Moab
is confounded,
because
he
is overthrown:
howl ye,
and
cry,
tell ye
it
in Amen,
that
Moab
is wasted.
And
judgment
is
come
upon
the
plain
country:
upon Helon,
and
upon Jasa,
and
upon
Mephaath.
And
upon
Dibon,
and
upon Nabo,
and
upon
the house
of Deblathaim,
And
upon Cariathaim,
and
upon Bethgamul,
and
upon Bethmaon,
And
upon Carioth,
and
upon Bosra:
and
upon
all
the
cities
of
the
land
of
Moab,
far
or
near.
The
horn
of
Moab
is
cut
off,
and
his
arm
is
broken, saith
the
Lord.
Make
him
drunk,
because
he
lifted
up
himself
against
the
Lord:
and
Moab
shall dash
his hand
in
his
own
vomit,
and
he
also
shall
be
in derision.
For
Israel hath
been
a derision unto thee:
as
though thou hadst
found
him amongst
thieves:
for thy
words
therefore,
which thou hast
spoken
against
him, thou shalt
be led
away captive.
Leave
the
cities,
and
dwell
in
the
rock,
you
that
dwell
in
Moab:
and
be ye
like
the
dove
that maketh
her
nest
in
the
mouth
of
the hole
in
the highest
place.
We
have
heard
the
pride
of
Moab,
he
is
exceeding
proud:
his
haughtiness,
and
his arrogancy,
and
his
pride,
and
the
loftiness
of
his
heart.
I
know, saith
the
Lord,
his boasting,
and
that
the strength thereof
is
not according
to
it,
neither hath
it endeavoured
to
do according
as
it
was able.
Therefore
will
I lament
for
Moab,
and
I
will
cry
out
to
all
Moab,
for
the
men
of
the brick wall
that
mourn.
O vineyard
of Sabama,
I
will
weep
for thee,
with
the mourning
of
Jazer: thy
branches are
gone
over
the
sea,
they are
come
even
to
the
sea
of
Jazer:
the robber hath rushed
in
upon thy
harvest
and thy
vintage.
Joy
and
gladness
is
taken
away
from Carmel,
and
from
the
land
of
Moab,
and
I
have
taken
away
the
wine
out
of
the
presses:
the
treader
of
the grapes
shall
not sing
the accustomed cheerful tune.
From
the
cry
of Hesebon
even
to Eleale,
and
to Jasa,
they
have
uttered
their
voice:
from Segor
to Oronaim,
as
a
heifer
of
three years old:
the
waters
also
of Nemrim
shall
be
very bad.
And
I
will
take
away
from
Moab, saith
the
Lord,
him
that offereth
in
the
high
places,
and
that sacrificeth
to
his
gods.
Therefore
my
heart
shall sound
for
Moab
like pipes:
and
my
heart
a sound
like pipes
for
the
men
of
the brick wall:
because
he hath
done
more
than
he
could,
therefore
they
have
perished.
For
every
head
shall
be
bald,
and
every
beard
shall
be shaven:
all
hands
shall
be tied
together,
and
upon
every
back
there
shall
be haircloth.
Upon
all
the
housetops
of
Moab,
and
in
the
streets thereof general
mourning:
because
I
have
broken
Moab
as
an useless
vessel, saith
the
Lord.
How
is
it overthrown,
and
they
have howled!
How hath
Moab bowed down
the
neck,
and
is
confounded!
And
Moab shall
be
a derision,
and
an example
to
all
round
about
him.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
he
shall
fly
as
an
eagle,
and
shall
stretch forth
his
wings
to
Moab.
Carioth
is
taken,
and
the
strong holds
are won:
and
the
heart
of
the
valiant
men
of
Moab
in
that
day
shall
be
as
the
heart
of
a
woman
in labour.
And
Moab
shall cease
to
be
a
people:
because
he hath gloried
against
the
Lord.
Fear,
and
the
pit,
and
the
snare come
upon thee,
O
inhabitant
of
Moab, saith
the
Lord.
He
that
shall
flee
from
the
fear,
shall
fall
into
the
pit:
and
he
that
shall
get
up
out
of
the
pit,
shall
be
taken
in
the
snare:
for
I
will
bring
upon
Moab
the
year
of
their visitation, saith
the
Lord.
They
that
fled
from
the snare
stood
in
the
shadow
of Hesebon:
but
there
came
a
fire
out
of Kesebon,
and
a
flame
out
of
the
midst
of Seen,
and
it
shall
devour part
of
Moab.
and
the
crown
of
the
head
of
the
children
of
tumult.
Woe
to thee,
Moab, thou hast
perished, O
people
of Chamos:
for thy
sons,
and thy
daughters
are
taken
captives.
And
I
will
bring
back
the
captivity
of
Moab
in
the
last
days, saith
the
Lord. Hitherto
the
judgments
of
Moab.
Against
the
children
of
Ammon.
Thus saith
the
Lord: Hath
Israel
no
sons?
or hath
he
no
heir?
Why
then hath Melchom inherited
Gad:
and
his
people
dwelt
in
his
cities?
Therefore
behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
cause
the noise
of
war
to
be
heard
in Rabbath
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
it
shall
be destroyed
into
a
heap,
and
her
daughters
shall
be burnt
with
fire,
and
Israel
shall
possess
them
that
have
possessed
him, saith
the
Lord.
Howl, O Hesebon,
for Hai
is wasted.
Cry, ye
daughters
of Rabbath,
gird
yourselves
with haircloth:
mourn
and go
about
by
the hedges:
for Melchom
shall
be carried
into captivity,
his
priests,
and
his
princes
together.
Why gloriest thou
in
the
valleys? thy
valley hath
flowed
away,
O delicate
daughter,
that hast
trusted
in thy
treasures,
and hast
said:
Who
shall
come
to
me?
Behold
I
will
bring
a
fear
upon thee, saith
the
Lord
God
of
hosts,
from
all
that
are
round
about thee:
and
you
shall
be
scattered
every
one
out
of
one another’s
sight,
neither
shall
there
be
any
to
gather
together
them
that
flee.
And
afterwards
I
will
cause
the captives
of
the
children
of
Ammon
to
return, saith
the
Lord.
Against
Edom.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Is
wisdom
no
more
in Theman?
counsel
is
perished
from
her children:
their
wisdom
is become unprofitable.
Flee
and
turn
your backs,
go
down
into
the
deep hole, ye
inhabitants
of
Dedan:
for
I
have
brought
the
destruction
of
Esau
upon
him,
the
time
of
his visitation.
If grapegatherers
had
come
to thee, would
they
not
have
left
a bunch?
if
thieves
in
the
night,
they would
have taken
what
was
enough
for
them.
But
I
have
made
Esau
bare,
I
have
revealed
his secrets,
and
he
cannot
be hid:
his
seed
is
laid
waste,
and
his
brethren,
and
his neighbours,
and
he
shall
not
be.
Leave thy
fatherless
children:
I
will make
them
live:
and thy
widows
shall hope
in
me.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
they
whose
judgment
was
not
to
drink
of
the
cup,
shall
certainly
drink:
and shalt thou come off
as
innocent? thou shalt
not come off
as
innocent,
but
drinking thou shalt
drink.
For
I
have
sworn
by myself, saith
the
Lord,
that Bosra
shall
become
a
desolation,
and
a
reproach,
and
a desert,
and
a
curse:
and
all
her
cities
shall
be
everlasting
wastes.
I
have
heard
a rumour
from
the
Lord,
and
an ambassador
is
sent
to
the
nations:
Gather
yourselves
together,
and
come
against
her,
and
let
us
rise
up
to
battle.
For
behold
I
have
made thee
a
little
one
among
the
nations,
despicable
among
men.
Thy arrogancy hath deceived thee,
and
the
pride
of thy
heart:
O thou
that dwellest
in
the
clefts
of
the
rock,
and endeavourest
to
lay
hold
on
the
height
of
the
hill:
but
though thou shouldst
make thy
nest
as
high
as
an
eagle,
I
will
bring thee
down
from thence, saith
the
Lord.
And
Edom shall
be
desolate:
every
one
that shall
pass
by
it, shall
be
astonished,
and shall
hiss
at
all
its
plagues.
As
Sodom
was
overthrown
and Gomorrha,
and
the neighbours thereof, saith
the
Lord:
there
shall
not
a
man
dwell
there,
and
there
shall
no
son
of
man
inhabit
it.
Behold
one
shall
come
up
as
a
lion
from
the swelling
of
the
Jordan,
against
the strong
and beautiful:
for
I
will
make
him
run
suddenly
upon
her:
and
who
shall
be
the
chosen
one
whom
I
may
appoint
over
her?
for
who
is
like
to
me?
and
who
shall abide
me?
and
who
is
that
shepherd
that
can
withstand
my
countenance?
Therefore
hear ye
the
counsel
of
the
Lord,
which
he hath
taken
concerning
Edom:
and
his
thoughts
which
he hath
thought
concerning
the
inhabitants
of Theman:
surely
the
little
ones
of
the
flock
shall cast
them
down,
of
a truth
they
shall
destroy
them
with
their habitation.
The
earth
is moved
at
the
noise
of
their
fall:
the
cry
of
their
voice
is
heard
in
the Red
Sea.
Behold
he
shall
come
up
as
an
eagle,
and
fly:
and
he
shall
spread
his
wings
over Bosra:
and
in
that
day
the
heart
of
the
valiant
ones
of
Edom
shall
be
as
the
heart
of
a
woman
in labour.
Against
Damascus. Emath
is
confounded
and Arphad:
for
they
have
heard very
bad
tidings,
they
are troubled
as
in
the
sea:
through care
they
could
not
rest.
Damascus
is undone, she
is
put
to
flight, trembling hath
seized
on
her:
anguish
and sorrows
have
taken
her
as
a woman
in labour.
How
have
they forsaken
the
city
of renown,
the
city
of
joy!
Therefore
her
young
men
shall
fall
in
her
streets:
and
all
the
men
of
war
shall
be silent
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
wall
of
Damascus, rind
it shall
devour
the strong holds
of Benadad.
Against Cedar
and
against
the
kingdoms
of Asor,
which Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
destroyed.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Arise,
and
go ye
up
to Cedar,
and
waste
the
children
of
the
east.
They
shall
take
their
tents,
and
their
flocks:
and
shall
carry
off
for
themselves
their
curtains,
and
all
their
vessels,
and
their
camels:
and
they
shall
call fear
upon
them
round
about.
Flee ye, get
away speedily,
sit
in
deep holes,
you
that
inhabit Asur, saith
the
Lord:
for Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon hath
taken
counsel
against
you,
and hath conceived
designs
against
you.
Arise,
and
so
up
to
a
nation
that
is
at
ease,
and
that dwelleth
securely, saith
the
Lord:
they
have
neither
gates,
nor
bars:
they
dwell
alone.
And
their
camels
shall
be
for
a
spoil,
and
the
multitude
of
their
cattle
for
a
booty,
and
I
will
scatter
into
every
wind
them
that
have
their hair
cut round,
and
I
will
bring
destruction
upon
them
from
I
all
their confines, saith
the
Lord.
And Asor
shall
be
a
habitation
for dragons,
desolate
for
ever:
no
man
shall
abide
there,
nor
son
of
man
inhabit
it.
The
word
of
the
Lord
that
came
to Jeremias
the
prophet
against
Elam,
in
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of Sedecias
king
of Juda,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Behold
I
will
break
the
bow
of
Elam,
and
their chief
strength.
And
I
will
bring
upon
Elam
the
four
winds
from
the fear
quarters
of
heaven:
and
I
will
scatter
them
into
all
these
winds:
and
there
shall
be
no
nation,
to
which
the
fugitives
of
Elam
shall
not
come.
And
I
will cause
Elam
to
be afraid
before
their
enemies,
and
in
the
sight
of
them
that
seek
their
life:
and
I
will
bring
evil
upon
them,
my
fierce
wrath, saith
the
Lord:
and
will
send
the
sword
after
them,
till
I
consume
them.
And
I
will
set
my
throne
in
Elam,
and
destroy
kings
and
princes
from thence, saith
the
Lord.
But
in
the
latter
days
I
will
cause
the captives
of
Elam,
to
return, saith
the
Lord.
The
word
that
the
Lord hath
spoken
against
Babylon,
and
against
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans
in
the
hand
of Jeremias
the
prophet.
Declare ye among
the
nations,
and publish
it,
lift
up
a
standard:
proclaim,
and
conceal
it
not:
say:
Babylon
is
taken,
Bel
is confounded, Merodach
is overthrown,
their graven things
are confounded,
their
idols
are overthrown.
For
a
nation
is
come
up
against
her
out
of
the
north,
which
shall
make
her
land
desolate:
and
there
shall
be
none
to
dwell therein,
from
man
even
to
beast:
yea
they
are removed,
and
gone
away.
In
those
days,
and
at
that
time, saith
the
Lord,
the
children
of
Israel
shall
come,
they
and
the
children
of Juda
together:
going
and
weeping
they
shall make haste,
and
shall
seek
the
Lord
their
God.
They
shall
ask
the
way
to Sion,
their
faces
are hitherward.
They
shall
come,
and
shall
be
joined
to
the
Lord
by
an
everlasting
covenant, which
shall
never
be
forgotten.
My
people
have
been
a
lost
flock,
their
shepherds
have
caused
them
to
go
astray,
and
have
made
them
wander
in
the
mountains:
they
have
gone
from
mountain
to
hill,
they
have
forgotten
their
resting
place.
All
that
found
them,
have
devoured
them:
and
their enemies
said:
We
have
not
sinned
in
so doing:
because
they
have
sinned
against
the
Lord
the beauty
of
justice,
and
against
the
Lord
the hope
of
their
fathers.
Remove
out
of
the
midst
of
Babylon,
and
go
forth
out
of
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans:
and
be ye
as kids
at
the
head
of
the
flock.
For
behold
I
raise
up,
and
will
bring
against
Babylon
an
assembly
of
great
nations
from
the
land
of
the
north:
and
they
shall
be prepared
against
her,
and
from thence
she
shall
be
taken:
their
arrows,
like
those
of
a
mighty
man,
a destroyer,
shall
not
return
in vain.
And
Chaldea
shall
be
made
a prey:
all
that waste
her
shall
be
filled, saith
the
Lord.
Because
you
rejoice,
and speak great things, pillaging
my
inheritance:
because
you
are spread abroad
as calves upon
the
grass,
and
have bellowed
as
bulls.
Your
mother
is
confounded
exceedingly,
and
she
that
bore
you
is made even
with
the dust:
behold
she
shall
be
the
last among
the
nations,
a
wilderness unpassable,
and
dry.
Because
of
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
it
shall
not
be
inhabited,
but
shall
be
wholly
desolate:
every
one
that
shall
pass
by
Babylon,
shall
be
astonished,
and
hiss
at
all
her
plagues.
Prepare
yourselves
against
Babylon
round
about,
all
you
that
bend
the
bow: fight
against
her,
spare
not
arrows:
because
she hath
sinned
against
the
Lord.
Shout
against
her,
she hath
every
where
given
her
hand,
her foundations
are
fallen,
her
walls
are
thrown
down,
for
it
is
the
vengeance
of
the
Lord.
Take
vengeance
upon
her:
as
she hath
done,
so
do
to
her.
Destroy
the
sower
out
of
Babylon,
and
him
that holdeth
the
sickle
in
the
time
of
harvest:
for fear
of
the
sword
of
the dove
every
man
shall return
to
his
people,
and
every
one
shall
flee
to
his
own
land.
Israel
is
a
scattered
flock,
the
lions
have
driven
him
away:
first
the
king
of
Assyria
devoured
him:
and
last
this Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon hath broken
his bones.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold
I
will
visit
the
king
of
Babylon
and
his
land,
as
I
have
visited
the
king
of
Assyria.
And
I
will
bring
Israel
again
to
his habitation:
and
he
shall
feed
on
Carmel,
and Bason,
and
his
soul
shall
be
satisfied
in
mount
Ephraim,
and Galaad.
In
those
days,
and
at
that
time, saith
the
Lord,
the
iniquity
of
Israel
shall
be
sought
for,
and
there
shall
be
none:
and
the
sin
of Juda,
and
there
shall
none
be
found:
for
I
will
be merciful
to
them,
whom
I
shall
leave.
Go
up
against
the
land
of
the
rulers,
and punish
the
inhabitants thereof, waste,
and
destroy
all
behind
them, saith
the
Lord:
and
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded thee.
A
noise
of
war
in
the
land,
and
a
great
destruction.
How
is
the
hammer
of
the
whole
earth
broken,
and
destroyed!
how
is
Babylon
turned
into
a desert
among
the
nations!
I
have caused thee
to
fall into
a
snare,
and thou art
taken,
O
Babylon,
and thou wast
not
aware
of
it: thou art
found
and
caught,
because thou hast provoked
the
Lord.
The
Lord hath
opened
his armoury,
and hath
brought
forth
the
weapons
of
his
wrath:
for
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts hath
a
work
to
be done
in
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans.
Come ye
against
her
from
the uttermost borders:
open
that
they
may
go forth
that shall tread
her down:
take
the stones
out
of
the way,
and make
heaps,
and
destroy
her:
and
let
nothing
of
her
be
left.
Destroy
all
her valiant
men,
let
them
go
down
to
the
slaughter:
woe
to
them,
for
their
day
is
come,
the
time
of
their visitation.
The
voice
of
them
that
flee,
and
of
them
that
have
escaped
out
of
the
land
of
Babylon:
to
declare
in Sion
the
revenge
of
the
Lord
our
God,
the
revenge
of
his
temple.
Declare
to many
against
Babylon,
to
all
that
bend
the
bow: stand
together
against
her
round
about,
and
let nose
escape;
pay
her
according
to
her
work:
according
to
all
that
she hath
done,
do ye
to
her:
for
she hath lifted
up
herself
against
the
Lord,
against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Therefore
shall
her
young
men
fall
in
her
streets:
and
all
her
men
of
war
shall hold
their peace
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord.
Behold
I
come
against thee,
O proud
one, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts:
for thy
day
is
come,
the
time
of thy visitation.
And
the proud
one
shall
fall,
he
shall
fall
down,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
lift
him
up:
and
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
his
cities,
and
it
shall
devour
all
round
about
him.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
The
children
of
Israel,
and
the
children
of Juda
are
oppressed
together:
all
that
have
taken
them
captives,
hold
them
fast,
they
will
not
let
them
go.
Their
redeemer
is
strong,
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
his
name:
he
will
defend
their
cause
in judgment,
to terrify
the
land,
and
to disquiet
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon.
A
sword
is
upon
the
Chaldeans, saith
the
Lord,
and
upon
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon,
and
upon
her
princes,
and
upon
her
wise
men.
A
sword
upon
her diviners,
and
they
shall
be
foolish:
a
sword
upon
her
valiant
ones,
and
they
shall
be
dismayed.
A
sword
upon
their
horses,
and
upon
their
chariots,
and
upon
all
the
people
that
are
in
the
midst
of
her:
and
they
shall
become
as
women:
a
sword
upon
her
treasures,
and
they
shall
be
made
a
spoil.
A drought
upon
her
waters,
and
they
shall
be
dried
up:
because
it
is
a
land
of
idols,
and
they glory
in monstrous things.
Therefore
shall dragons
dwell
there
with
the fig fauns:
and
ostriches
shall
dwell therein,
and
it
shall
be
no
more
inhabited
for
ever,
neither
shall
it
be built
up
from
generation
to
generation.
As
the
Lord
overthrew
Sodom
and Gomorrha,
and
their neighbour cities, saith
the
Lord:
no
man
shall
dwell
there,
neither
shall
the
son
of
man
inhabit
it.
Behold
a
people cometh
from
the
north,
and
a
great
nation,
and
many
kings
shall rise
from
the ends
of
the
earth.
They
shall
take
the
bow
and
the shield:
they
are
cruel
and unmerciful:
their
voice
shall
roar
like
the
sea,
and
they
shall
ride
upon
horses:
like
a
man prepared
for
battle
against thee, O
daughter
of
Babylon.
The
king
of
Babylon hath
heard
the
report
of
them,
and
his
hands
are grown
feeble:
anguish hath
taken
hold
of
him, pangs
as
a, woman
in labour.
Behold
he
shall
come
up
like
a
lion
from
the swelling
of
the
Jordan
to
the strong
and beautiful:
for
I
will
make
him
run
suddenly
upon
her:
and
who
shall
be
the chosen
one
whom
I
may
appoint
over
her?
for
who
is
like
to
me?
and
who
shall bear
up
against
me?
and
who
is
that
shepherd
that
can
withstand
my
countenance?
Therefore
hear ye
the
counsel
of
the
Lord,
which
he hath taken
against
Babylon:
and
his
thoughts
which
he hath
thought
against
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans:
surely
the
little
ones
of
the
flocks
shall pull
them
down,
of
a truth
their habitation
shall
be destroyed
with
them.
At
the
noise
of
the taking
of
Babylon
the
earth
is moved,
and
the
cry
is
heard amongst
the
nations.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
raise
up
as
it
were
a pestilential
wind
against
Babylon
and
against
the
inhabitants thereof,
who
have
lifted
up
their
heart
against
me.
And
I
will
send
to
Babylon fanners,
and
they
shall fan
her,
and
shall destroy
her
land:
for
they
are
come
upon
her
on
every
side
in
the
day
of
her affliction.
Let
not
him
that bendeth,
bend
his
bow,
and
let
not,
him
go
up
that
is armed
with
a coat
of mail:
spare
not
her
young
men,
destroy
all
her
army.
And
the
slain
shall
fall
in
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
the
wounded
in
the
regions thereof.
For
Israel
and Juda
have
not
been
forsaken
by
their
God
the
Lord
of
hosts:
but
their
land hath
been
filled
with
sin against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Flee ye
from
the
midst
of
Babylon,
and
let
every
one
save
his
own
life:
be
not silent upon
her
iniquity:
for
it
is
the
time
of
revenge
from
the
Lord,
he
will
I render unto
her
what
she hath deserved.
Babylon hath
been
a
golden
cup
in
the
hand
of
the
Lord,
that
made
all
the
earth
drunk:
the
nations
have
drunk
of
her
wine,
and
therefore
they
have staggered.
Babylon
is
suddenly
fallen,
and destroyed:
howl
for
her,
take
balm
for
her
pain,
if
so she
may
be
healed.
We
would
have cured
Babylon,
but
she
is
not
healed:
let
us
forsake
her,
and
let
us go
every
man
to
his
own
land:
because
her
judgment hath
reached
even
to
the
heavens,
and
is
lifted
up
to
the
clouds.
The
Lord hath
brought
forth
our justices:
Come,
and let
us
declare
in Sion
the
work
of
the
Lord
our
God.
Sharpen
the
arrows,
fill
the
quivers,
the
Lord hath raised
up
the
spirit
of
the
kings
of
the
Medes:
and
his
mind
is
against
Babylon
to
destroy
it,
because
it
is
the
vengeance
of
the
Lord,
the
vengeance
of
his
temple.
Upon
the
walls
of
Babylon
set
up
the
standard,
strengthen
the
watch:
set
up
the
watchmen,
prepare
the
ambushes:
for
the
Lord hath
both
purposed,
and
done
all
that
he
spoke
against
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon.
O thou
that dwellest
upon
many
waters, rich
in
treasures, thy
end
is
come
for thy entire destruction.
The
Lord
of
hosts hath
sworn
by
himself, saying:
I
will
fill thee
with
men
as
with
locusts,
and
they
shall lift
up
a joyful
shout
against thee.
He
that
made
the
earth
by
his
power,
that hath
prepared
the
world
by
his
wisdom,
and
stretched
out
the
heavens
by
his
understanding.
When
he uttereth
his
voice
the
waters
are multiplied
in
heaven:
he lifteth
up
the clouds
from
the ends
of
the
earth,
he hath
turned
lightning
into
rain:
and hath
brought
forth
the
wind
out
of
his
treasures.
Every
man
is
become foolish
by
his
knowledge:
every founder
is confounded
by
his
idol,
for
what
he hath cast
is
a
lie,
and
there
is
no
breath
in
them.
They
are
vain
works,
and worthy
to
be laughed
at,
in
the
time
of
their visitation
they
shall
perish.
The
portion
of
Jacob
is
not
like
them:
for
he
that
made
all
things
he
it
is,
and Israel
is
the sceptre
of
his
inheritance:
the
Lord
of
hosts
is
his
name.
Thou dashest together
for
me
the
weapons
of
war,
and
with thee
I
will dash
nations together,
and
with thee
I
will
destroy
kingdoms:
And
with thee
I
will break
in pieces
the
horse,
and
his
rider,
and
with thee
I
will break
in pieces
the
chariot,
and
him that getteth up into
it:
And
with thee
I
will break
in pieces
man
and
woman,
and
with thee
I
will break
in pieces
the
old
man
and
the
child,
and
with thee
I
will break
in pieces
the
young
man
and
the
virgin:
And with thee
I
will break in pieces the
shepherd
and his dock,
and with thee
I
will break in pieces the husbandman
and his
yoke
of oxen,
and with thee
I
will break in pieces
captains
and
rulers.
And
I
will render
to
Babylon,
and
to
all
the
inhabitants
of
Chaldea
all
their
evil,
that
they
have
done
in Sion,
before
your
eyes, saith
the
Lord.
Behold
I come
against thee, thou
destroying
mountain, saith
the
Lord,
which corruptest
the
whole
earth:
and
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
upon thee,
and
will
roll thee
down
from
the
rocks,
and
will
make thee
a
burnt
mountain.
And
they
shall
not
take
of thee
a
stone
for
the
corner,
nor
a
stone
for
foundations,
but thou shalt
be destroyed
for
ever, saith
the
Lord.
Set ye
up
a
standard
in
the
land:
sound
with
the
trumpet
among
the
nations:
prepare
the
nations
against
her:
call
together
against
her
the kings
of
Ararat, Menni,
and Ascenez:
number Taphsar
against
her,
bring
the
horse
as
the stinging
locust.
Prepare
the
nations
against
her,
the
kings
of
Media,
their
captains,
and
all
their
rulers,
and
all
the
land
of
their
dominion.
And
the
land
shall
be
in
a commotion,
and
shall
be troubled:
for
the
design
of
the
Lord
against
Babylon
shall awake,
to
make
the
land
of
Babylon desert
and uninhabitable.
The
valiant
men
of
Babylon
have forborne
to
fight, they
have
dwelt
in holds:
their
strength hath
failed,
and they
are
become
as
women:
her
dwelling
places
are burnt,
her
bars
are
broken.
One
running post
shall
meet
another,
and
messenger
shall
meet
messenger:
to
tell
the
king
of
Babylon
that
his
city
is
taken
from
one
end
to
the other:
And
that
the fords
are
taken,
and
the
marshes
are
burnt
with
fire,
and
the
men
of
war
are affrighted.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel:
The
daughter
of
Babylon
is
like
a thrashingfloor,
this
is
the
time
of
her thrashing:
yet
a
little
while,
and
the
time
of
her
harvest
shall
come.
Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon hath
eaten
me
up,
he hath
devoured
me:
he hath
made
me
as an empty
vessel:
he hath
swallowed
me
up like
a
dragon,
he hath
filled
his belly
with
my delicate meats,
and
he hath cast
me out.
The
wrong done
to
me,
and
my
flesh
be
upon
Babylon, saith
the habitation
of Sion:
and
my
blood
upon
the
inhabitants
of
Chaldea, saith
Jerusalem.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold
I
will
judge thy
cause,
and
will
take
vengeance
for thee,
and
I
will
make
her
sea desolate,
and
will
dry
up
her spring.
And
Babylon
shall
be reduced
to
heaps,
a
dwelling
place
for dragons,
an astonishment
and
a
hissing, because
there
is
no
inhabitant.
They shall
roar
together
like
lions,
they shall shake their manes
like
young
lions.
In
their
heat
I
will
set
them
drink:
and
I
will
make
them
drunk,
that
they
may slumber,
and
sleep
an
everlasting
sleep,
and awake
no
more, saith
the
Lord.
I
will
bring
them
down
like
lambs
to
the
slaughter,
and
like
rams
with kids.
How
is Sesach
taken,
and
the renowned
one
of
all
the
earth surprised?
How
is
Babylon
become
an astonishment
among
the
nations?
The
sea
is
come
up
over
Babylon: she
is
covered
with
the
multitude
of
the
waves thereof.
Her
cities
are
become
an astonishment,
a
land
uninhabited
and
desolate,
a
land wherein
none
can
dwell,
nor
son
of
man
pass
through
it.
And
I
will
visit
against
Bel
in
Babylon,
and
I
will
bring
forth
out
of
his
mouth
that
which
he
had
swallowed
down:
and
the rations
shall
no
more
flow
together
to
him,
for
the
wall
also
of
Babylon
shall
fall.
Go
out
of
the
midst
of
her,
my
people:
that
every
man
may
save
his
life
from
the
fierce
wrath
of
the
Lord.
And
lest
your
hearts
faint,
and ye
fear
for
the rumour
that
shall
be
heard
in
the
land:
and
a rumour
shall
come
in
one
year,
and
after
this
year
another rumour:
and iniquity
in
the
land,
and
ruler
upon
ruler.
Therefore
behold
the
days
come,
and
I
will
visit
the
idols
of
Babylon:
and
her
whole
land
shall
be
confounded,
and
all
her
slain
shall
fall
in
the
midst
of
her.
And
the
heavens
and
the
earth,
and
all
things
that
are
in
them
shall
give
praise
for
Babylon:
for spoilers
shall
come
to
her
from
the
north, saith
the
Lord.
And
as
Babylon caused
that
there
should
fall
slain
in
Israel:
so
of
Babylon
there
shall
fall
slain
in
all
the
earth.
You
that
have escaped
the
sword,
come
away,
stand
not
still:
remember
the
Lord
afar
off,
and
let
Jerusalem
come
into
your
mind.
We
are
confounded,
because
we
have
heard
reproach:
shame hath
covered
our
faces:
because
strangers
are
come
upon
the
sanctuaries
of
the
house
of
the
Lord.
Therefore
behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
visit
her
graven
things,
and
in
all
her
land
the
wounded
shall
groan:
If
Babylon
should
mount
up
to
heaven,
and establish
her
strength
on
high:
from
me
there
should
come spoilers
upon
her, saith
the
Lord.
The
noise
of
a
cry
from
Babylon,
and
great
destruction
from
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans:
Because
the
Lord hath
laid
Babylon
waste,
and
destroyed
out
of
her
the
great
voice:
and
their wave
shall
roar
like
many
waters:
their
voice hath
made
a
noise:
Because
the spoiler
is
come
upon
her,
that
is,
upon
Babylon,
and
her
valiant
men
are
taken,
and
their
bow
is weakened,
because
the
Lord,
who
is
a
strong revenger,
will
surely
repay.
And
I
will
make
her
princes
drunk.
and
her
wise
men,
and
her
captains,
and
her
rulers,
and
her
valiant
men:
and
they
shall
sleep
an
everlasting
sleep,
and
shall awake
no
more, saith
the
whose
name
is
Lord
of
hosts.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
That
broad
wall
of
Babylon
shall
be utterly broken
down,
and
her
high
gates
shall
be burnt
with
fire,
and
the labours
of
the
people
shall
come
to nothing,
and
of
the
nations
shall go
to
the
fire,
and
shall perish.
The
word
that Jeremias
the
prophet
commanded Saraias
the
son
of Nerias,
the
son
of Maasias,
when
he went
with
king Sedecias
to
Babylon,
in
the
fourth
year
of
his
reign: now Saraias
was
chief
over
the
prophecy.
And Jeremias
wrote
in
one
book
all
the
evil
that
was
to
come
upon
Babylon:
all
these
words
that
are
written
against
Babylon.
And Jeremias
said
to Saraias:
When thou shalt
come
into
Babylon,
and shalt
see,
and shalt
read
all
these
words,
Thou shalt
say:
O
Lord, thou hast
spoken
against
this
place
to
destroy
it:
so
that
there
should
be
neither
man
nor
beast
to
dwell therein,
and
that
it
should
be
desolate
for
ever.
And
when thou shalt
have
made
an
end
of
reading
this
book, thou shalt
tie
a
stone
to
it,
and shalt
throw
it
into
the
midst
of
the
Euphrates:
And thou shalt
say:
Thus
shall
Babylon
sink,
and
she
shall
not
rise
up
from
the affliction
that
I
will
bring
upon
her,
and
she
shall
be utterly destroyed.
Thus
far
are
the
words
of Jeremias.
Sedecias
was
one
and
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign:
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem:
and
the
name
of
his
mother
was Amital,
the
daughter
of Jeremias
of Lobna.
And
he
did
that
which
was
evil
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord, according
to
all
that Joakim
had
done.
For
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
was
against
Jerusalem,
and
against Juda,
till
he
cast
them
out
from
his
presence:
and Sedecias revolted
from
the
king
of
Babylon.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
that Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
came,
he
and
all
his
army,
against
Jerusalem,
and
they besieged
it,
and
built forts
against
it
round
about.
And
the
city
was
besieged
until
the
eleventh
year
of
king Sedecias.
And
in
the
fourth
month,
the
ninth
day
of
the
month,
a
famine overpowered
the
city:
and
there
was
no
food
for
the
people
of
the
land.
And
the
city
was
broken
up,
and
the
men
of
war
fled,
and
went
out
of
the
city
in
the
night
by
the
way
of
the
gate
that
is
between
the
two
walls,
and leadeth
to
the
king’s
garden, (the
Chaldeans
besieging
the
city
round
about,) sad
they
went
by
the
way
that leadeth
to
the
wilderness.
But
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
pursued
after
the
king:
and
they
overtook Sedecias
in
the
desert which
is
near
Jericho:
and
all
his companions
were
scattered
from
him.
And
when
they
had
taken
the
king,
they
carried
him
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to Reblatha, which
is
in
the
land
of Emath:
and
he gave
judgment
upon
him.
And
the
king
of
Babylon
slew
the
sons
of Sedecias
before
his
eyes:
and
he
slew
all
the
princes
of Juda
in Reblatha.
And
he
put
out
the
eyes
of Sedecias,
and
bound
him
with
fetters,
and
the
king
of
Babylon
brought
him
into
Babylon,
and
he
put
him
in
prison
till
the
day
of
his
death.
And
in
the
fifth
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
the
same
is
the nineteenth
year
of Nabuchodonosor,
king
of
Babylon,
came Nabuzardan
the general
of
the
army,
who
stood
before
the
king
of
Babylon
in
Jerusalem.
And
he
burnt
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the
king’s
house,
and
all
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
every
great
house
he
burnt
with
fire.
And
all
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
that
were
with
the general
broke
down
all
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
round
about.
But Nabuzardan
the general
carried
away
captives
some
of
the poor
people,
and
of
the
rest
of
the common sort
who
remained
in
the
city,
and
of
the fugitives
that
were fled
over
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
rest
of
the multitude.
But
of
the poor
of
the
land, Nabuzardan
the general
left
some
for
vinedressers,
and
for husbandmen.
The
Chaldeans
also
broke
in
pieces
the brazen
pillars
that
were
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
the bases,
and
the
sea
of
brass
that
was
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
they
carried
all
the
brass
of
them
to
Babylon.
And
they
took
the caldrons,
and
the fleshhooks,
and
the psalteries,
and
the
bowls,
and
the little mortars,
and
all
the brazen
vessels
that
had
been
used
in
the ministry:
and
The general
took
away
the pitchers,
and
the
censers,
and
the
pots,
and
the
basins,
and
the candlesticks,
and
the mortars,
and
the cups:
as
many
as
were
of
gold,
in
gold:
and
as
many
as
were
of
silver,
in
silver:
And
the
two
pillars,
and
one
sea,
and
twelve
oxen
of
brass
that
were
under
the bases,
which
king
Solomon
had
made
in
the
house
of
the
Lord:
there
was
no
weight
of
the
brass
of
all
these
vessels.
And concerning
the
pillars,
one
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits
high:
and
a
cord
of
twelve
cubits compassed
it
about: but
the
thickness thereof
was
four
fingers,
and
it
was
hollow within.
And chapiters
of
brass
were
upon
both:
and
the
height
of
one chapiter
was
five
cubits:
and
network,
and
pomegranates
were
upon
the chapiters
round
about,
all
of
brass.
The
same
of
the
second
pillar,
and
the
pomegranates.
And
there
were
ninety-six
pomegranates hanging
down:
and
the
pomegranates
being
a
hundred
in
all,
were compassed
with
network.
And
the general
took Saraias
the
chief
priest,
and Sophonias
the
second
priest,
and
the
three
keepers
of
the entry.
He
also
took
out
of
the
city
one
eunuch
that
was
chief
over
the
men
of
war:
and
seven
men
of
them
that
were
near
the
king’s
person,
that
were
found
in
the
city:
and
a
scribe,
an
officer
of
the
army
who exercised
the young
soldiers:
and threescore
men
of
the
people
of
the
land,
that
were
found
in
the
midst
of
the
city.
And Nabuzardan
the general
took
them,
and
brought
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
to Reblatha.
And
the
king
of
Babylon
struck
them,
and
put
them
to
death
in Reblatha,
in
the
land
of Emath:
and Juda
was
carried
away
captive
out
of
his
land.
This
is
the
people
whom Nabuchodonosor
carried
away
captive:
in
the
seventh
year,
three
thousand
and twenty-three
Jews.
In
the
eighteenth
year
of Nabuchodonosor,
eight
hundred
and thirty-two
souls
from
Jerusalem.
In
the
three
and
twentieth
year
of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuzardan
the general
carried
away
of
the
Jews
seven
hundred
and
forty-five
souls. So
all
the
souls
were
four
thousand
six
hundred.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seven
and
thirtieth
year
of
the captivity
of Joachin
king
of Juda,
in
the twelfth
month,
the
five
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month,
that Evilmerodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
first
year
of
his
reign,
lifted
up
the
head
of Joachin
king
of Juda,
and
brought
him
forth
out
of
prison.
And
he
spoke
kindly
to
him,
and
he
set
his
throne
above
the
thrones
of
the
kings
that
were
with
him
in
Babylon.
And
he changed
his
prison
garments,
and
he
ate
bread
before
him
always
all
the
days
of
his
life.
And
for
his diet
a
continual provision
was
allowed
him
by
the
king
of
Babylon,
every
day
a
portion,
until
the
day
of
his
death,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
Lamentations
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Lamentations
Lam
The
Lamentations
of Jeremiah
Aleph.
How doth
the
city
sit solitary
that
was
full
of
people!
how
is
the mistress
of
the
Gentiles
become
as
a
widow:
the princes
of
provinces
made tributary!
Beth.
Weeping she hath
wept
in
the
night,
and
her
tears
are
on
her
cheeks:
there
is
none
to
comfort
her
among
all
them
that
were dear
to
her:
all
her
friends
have despised
her,
and
are
become
her
enemies.
Ghimel. Juda hath
removed
her
dwelling
place
because
of
her affliction,
and
the
greatness
of
her
bondage:
she hath
dwelt
among
the
nations,
and
she hath
found
no
rest:
all
her
persecutors
have
taken
her
in
the
midst
of straits.
Daleth.
The
ways
of Sion
mourn,
because
there
are
none
that
come
to
the solemn
feast:
all
her
gates
are broken
down:
her
priests
sigh:
her
virgins
are
in affliction,
and
she
is oppressed
with
bitterness.
He.
Her adversaries
are
become
her lords,
her
enemies
are enriched:
because
the
Lord hath spoken
against
her
for
the
multitude
of
her iniquities:
her
children
are
led
into
captivity:
before
the
face
of
the oppressor.
Vau.
And
from
the
daughter
of Sion
all
her beauty
is
departed:
her
princes
are
become
like
rams
that
find
no
pastures:
and
they
are
gone
away
without
strength
before
the
face
of
the
pursuer.
Zain.
Jerusalem hath
remembered
the
days
of
her affliction,
and prevarication
of
all
her desirable
things
which
she
had
from
the
days
of old,
when
her
people
fell
in
the enemy’s
hand,
and
there
was
no
helper:
the
enemies
have
seen
her,
and
have
mocked
at
her sabbaths.
Heth.
Jerusalem hath grievously
sinned,
therefore
is
she
become unstable:
all
that honoured
her
have despised
her,
because
they
have
seen
her
shame:
but
she
sighed
and
turned
backward.
Teth.
Her filthiness
is
on
her feet,
and
she hath
not
remembered
her
end:
she
is wonderfully cast
down,
not
having
a
comforter:
behold,
O
Lord,
my affliction,
because
the
enemy
is
lifted
up.
Jod.
The enemy hath
put
out
his
hand
to
all
her
desirable
things:
for
she hath
seen
the
Gentiles
enter
into
her
sanctuary,
of
whom thou gavest
commandment
that
they
should
not
enter
into thy church.
Caph.
All
her
people
sigh,
they
seek
bread:
they
have
given
all
their
precious
things
for
food
to relieve
the
soul:
see,
O
Lord,
and
consider,
for
I
am
become vile.
Lamed.
O
all ye
that
pass
by
the
way, attend,
and
see
if
there
be
any
sorrow
like
to
my
sorrow:
for
he hath
made
a vintage
of
me,
as
the
Lord
spoke
in
the
day
of
his
fierce
anger.
Mem.
From
above
he hath
sent
fire
into
my
bones,
and hath chastised
me:
he hath
spread
a
net
for
my
feet,
he hath
turned
me
back:
he hath
made
me
desolate, wasted
with sorrow
all
the
day
long.
Nun.
The
yoke
of
my iniquities hath watched:
they
are folded
together
in
his
hand,
and
put
upon
my
neck:
my
strength
is weakened:
the
Lord hath
delivered
me
into
a
hand
out
of which
I am
not
able
to
rise.
Samech.
The
Lord hath taken
away
all
my
mighty
men
out
of
the
midst
of
me:
he hath
called
against
me
the
time,
to
destroy
my chosen
men:
the
Lord hath
trodden
the winepress
for
the
virgin
daughter
of Juda.
Ain.
Therefore
do
I
weep,
and
my
eyes
run
down
with
water:
because
the
comforter,
the relief
of
my
soul,
is
far
from
me:
my
children
are
desolate
because
the
enemy hath
prevailed.
Phe. Sion hath
spread forth
her
hands,
there
is
none
to
comfort
her:
the
Lord hath
commanded
against
Jacob,
his
enemies
are
round
about
him:
Jerusalem
is
as
a menstruous woman
among
them.
Sade.
The
Lord
is
just,
for
I
have provoked
his
mouth
to wrath:
hear,
I
pray
you,
all ye
people,
and
see
my
sorrow:
my
virgins,
and
my
young
men
are
gone
into
captivity.
Coph.
I
called
for
my
friends,
but
they
deceived
me:
my
priests
and
my ancients pined
away
in
the
city:
while
they
sought
their
food,
to relieve
their
souls.
Res.
Behold,
O
Lord,
for
I
am
in
distress,
my
bowels
are troubled:
my
heart
is
turned
within
me,
for
I
am full
of bitterness:
abroad
the
sword destroyeth,
and
at
home
there
is
death alike.
Sin.
They
have
heard
that
I
sigh,
and
there
is
none
to
comfort
me:
all
my
enemies
have
heard
of
my
evil,
they
have
rejoiced
that thou hast
done
it: thou hast
brought
a
day
of
consolation,
and
they
shall
be
like unto
me.
Thau. Let
all
their
evil
be
present
before thee:
and
make vintage
of
them,
as thou hast
made vintage
of
me
for
all
my iniquities:
for
my sighs
are
many,
and
my
heart
is sorrowful.
Aleph.
How hath
the
Lord
covered
with obscurity
the
daughter
of Sion
in
his
wrath!
how hath
he
cast
down
from
heaven
to
the
earth
the
glorious
one
of
Israel,
and hath
not
remembered
his footstool
in
the
day
of
his
anger!
Beth.
The
Lord hath
cast
down headlong,
and hath
not
spared,
all
that
was beautiful
in
Jacob:
he hath
destroyed
in
his
wrath
the strong holds
of
the virgin
of Juda,
and
brought
them
down
to
the
ground:
he hath
made
the
kingdom unclean,
and
the
princes thereof.
Ghimel.
He hath broken
in
his
fierce
anger
all
the
horn
of
Israel:
he hath
drawn
back
his
right
hand
from
before
the
enemy:
and
he hath kindled
in
Jacob
as
it
were
a
flaming
fire
devouring
round
about.
Daleth.
He hath
bent
his
bow
as an
enemy,
he hath
fixed
his
right
hand
as an adversary:
and
he hath
killed
all
that
was fair
to behold
in
the
tabernacle
of
the
daughter
of Sion,
he hath
poured
out
his indignation
like
fire.
He.
The
Lord
is
become
as
an
enemy:
he hath cast down
Israel headlong,
he hath overthrown
all
the walls thereof:
he hath
destroyed
his strong holds,
and hath
multiplied
in
the
daughter
of Juda
the afflicted,
both
men
and
women.
Vau.
And
he hath
destroyed
his tent
as
a
garden,
he hath thrown
down
his
tabernacle:
the
Lord hath caused
feasts
and
sabbaths
to
be
forgotten
in Sion:
and hath delivered
up
king
and
priest
to reproach,
and
to
the
indignation
of
his
wrath.
Zain.
The
Lord hath
cast
off
his
altar,
he hath cursed
his
sanctuary:
he hath
delivered
the
walls
of
the
towers thereof
into
the
hand
of
the
enemy:
they
have
made
a
noise
in
the
house
of
the
Lord,
as
in
the
day
of
a solemn
feast.
Heth.
The
Lord hath
purposed
to
destroy
the
wall
of
the
daughter
of Sion:
he hath
stretched
out
his line,
and hath
not withdrawn
his
hand
from
destroying:
and
the bulwark hath
mourned,
and
the
wall hath
been
destroyed
together.
Teth.
Her
gates
are
sunk
into
the
ground:
he hath
destroyed,
and
broken
her
bars:
her
king
and
her
princes
are
among
the
Gentiles:
the
law
is
no
more,
and
her
prophets
have
found
no
vision
from
the
Lord.
Jod.
The ancients
of
the
daughter
of Sion
sit
upon
the
ground,
they
have held
their peace:
they
have sprinkled
their
heads
with
dust,
they
are
girded
with haircloth,
the
virgins
of
Jerusalem hang
down
their
heads
to
the
ground.
Caph.
My
eyes
have
failed
with weeping,
my
bowels
are troubled:
my
liver
is
poured
out
upon
the
earth,
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people,
when
the
children,
and
the sucklings, fainted
away
in
the
streets
of
the
city.
Lamed.
They
said
to
their
mothers:
Where
is corn
and
wine?
when
they fainted away
as
the
wounded
in
the
streets
of
the
city:
when
they breathed
out
their
souls
in
the bosoms
of
their
mothers.
Mem.
To
what
shall
I
compare thee?
or
to
what
shall
I
liken thee,
O
daughter
of
Jerusalem?
to
what
shall
I
equal thee,
that
I
may
comfort thee,
O
virgin
daughter
of Sion?
for
great
as
the
sea
is thy
destruction:
who
shall
heal thee?
Nun. Thy
prophets
have
seen
false
and foolish
things
for thee:
and
they
have
not
laid
open thy
iniquity,
to excite thee
to penance:
but
they
have
seen
for thee
false revelations
and banishments.
Samech.
All
they
that
passed
by
the
way
have clapped
their
hands
at thee:
they
have hissed,
and wagged
their
heads
at
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem,
saying:
Is
this
the
city
of
perfect
beauty,
the
joy
of
all
the
earth?
Phe.
All thy
enemies
have
opened
their
mouth
against thee:
they
have hissed,
and
gnashed
with
the
teeth,
and
have
said:
We
will
swallow
her
up: lo,
this
is
the
day
which
we
looked
for:
we
have
found
it,
we
have
seen
it.
Ain.
The
Lord hath
done
that
which
he
purposed,
he hath fulfilled
his
word,
which
he
commanded
in
the
days
of old:
he hath
destroyed,
and hath
not
spared,
and
he hath
caused
the
enemy
to
rejoice
over thee,
and hath
set
up
the
horn
of thy adversaries.
Sade.
Their
heart
cried
to
the
Lord
upon
the
walls
of
the
daughter
of Sion:
Let
tears
run
down
like
a torrent
day
and
night:
give thyself
no rest,
and
let
not
the apple
of thy
eye cease.
Coph.
Arise,
give praise
in
the
night,
in
the
beginning
of
the
watches:
pour
out thy
heart
like
water
before
the
face
of
the
Lord:
lift
up thy
hands
to
him
for
the
life
of thy
little
children,
that
have fainted
for
hunger
at
the
top
of
all
the
streets.
Res.
Behold,
O
Lord,
and
consider
whom thou hast
thus dealt
with:
shall
women
then
eat
their own
fruit,
their
children
of
a span long?
shall
the
priest
and
the
prophet
be
slain
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord?
Sin.
The
child
and
the
old
man
lie
without
on
the
ground:
my
virgins
and
my
young
men
are
fallen
by
the
sword: thou hast
slain
them
in
the
day
of thy
wrath: thou hast
killed,
and shewn
them
no
pity.
Thau. Thou hast
called
as
to
a
festival,
those
that
should terrify
me
round
about,
and
there
was
none
in
the
day
of
the
wrath
of
the
Lord
that escaped
and
was
left:
those
that
I
brought
up,
and nourished,
my
enemy hath
consumed
them.
Aleph.
I
am
the
man
that
see
my poverty
by
the
rod
of
his indignation.
Aleph.
He hath
led
me,
and
brought
me into
darkness,
and
not into
light.
Aleph.
Only
against
me
he hath
turned,
and
turned
again
his
hand
all
the
day.
Beth.
My
skin
and
my
flesh he hath made
old, he hath
broken
my
bones.
Beth.
He hath
built
round
about
me,
and
he hath compassed
me
with
gall
and labour.
Beth. He hath
set
me
in
dark
places
as those
that are
dead
for
ever.
Ghimel.
He hath built against
me round
about,
that
I
may
not
get
out:
he hath
made
my
fetters
heavy.
Ghimel.
Yea,
and
when
I
cry,
and entreat,
he hath shut
out
my
prayer.
Ghimel. He hath shut up
my
ways
with square
stones, he hath turned
my
paths upside
down.
Daleth.
He
is become
to me
as
a
bear
lying
in
wait:
as
a
lion
in
secret
places.
Daleth.
He hath
turned
aside
my
paths,
and hath broken
me
in
pieces,
he hath
made
me
desolate.
Daleth. He hath
bent
his
bow,
and
set
me as a mark for
his
arrows.
He.
He hath shot
into
my reins
the daughters
of
his
quiver.
He.
I
am
made
a derision
to
all
my
people,
their
song
all
the
day
long.
He. He hath
filled
me
with
bitterness, he hath inebriated
me
with
wormwood.
Vau.
And he hath
broken
my
teeth one by one, he hath fed me
with
ashes.
Vau.
And
my
soul
is removed far off
from
peace,
I
have
forgotten
good things.
Vau.
And
I
said:
My
end
and
my
hope
is
perished
from
the
Lord.
Zain.
Remember
my poverty,
and transgression,
the
wormwood,
and
the
gall.
Zain.
I
will
be
mindful
and
remember,
and
my
soul
shall languish
within
me.
Zain.
These things
I
shall
think
over
in
my
heart,
therefore
will
I
hope.
Heth.
The
mercies
of
the
Lord
that
we
are
not
consumed:
because
his commiserations
have
not
failed.
Heth.
They are
new
every
morning,
great is thy
faithfulness.
Heth.
The
Lord
is
my
portion,
said
my
soul:
therefore
will
I
wait
for
him.
Teth.
The
Lord
is
good
to
them
that
hope
in
him,
to
the
soul
that seeketh
him.
Teth.
It
is
good
to wait
with silence
for
the
salvation
of
God.
Teth.
It
is
good
for
a
man,
when
he hath
borne
the
yoke
from
his
youth.
Jod.
He
shall
sit solitary,
and hold
his peace:
because
he hath
taken
it
up
upon
himself.
Jod.
He
shall
put
his
mouth
in
the
dust,
if
so
be
there
may
be
hope.
Jod.
He shall
give
his
cheek
to
him
that striketh
him,
he shall
be
filled
with
reproaches.
Caph.
For
the
Lord
will
not cast off
for
ever.
Caph.
For
if
he hath cast off,
he
will
also
have
mercy, according
to
the
multitude
of
his mercies.
Caph.
For
he hath
not willingly
afflicted,
nor cast off
the
children
of
men.
Lamed.
To
crush
under
his
feet
all
the
prisoners
of
the
land,
Lamed.
To
turn
aside
the
judgment
of
a
man
before
the
face
of
the most
High,
Lamed.
To destroy
a
man wrongfully
in
his judgment,
the
Lord hath
not approved.
Mem.
Who
is
he
that hath
commanded
a
thing
to
be
done,
when
the
Lord commandeth
it
not?
Mem.
Shall
not both
evil
and
good
proceed
out
of
the
mouth
of
the Highest?
Mem.
Why hath
a
living
man murmured,
man suffering
for
his
sins?
Nun. Let
us
search
our
ways,
and seek,
and
return
to
the
Lord.
Nun. Let
us
lift
up
our
hearts
with
our
hands
to
the Lord
in
the
heavens.
Nun.
We
have done wickedly,
and provoked thee
to wrath:
therefore thou art inexorable.
Samech. Thou hast covered
in thy
wrath,
and hast struck us: thou hast
killed
and hast
not
spared.
Samech. Thou hast set a
cloud before thee,
that our
prayer may not
pass
through.
Samech. Thou hast
made
me
as
an outcast,
and
refuse
in
the
midst
of
the
people.
Phe.
All
our
enemies
have
opened
their
mouths
against
us.
Phe. Prophecy
is
become
to us
a
fear,
and
a snare,
and
destruction.
Phe.
My
eye hath
run
down
with
streams
of
water,
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
Ain.
My
eye
is afflicted,
and hath
not
been quiet, because
there
was
no rest:
Ain.
Till
the
Lord
regarded
and
looked
down
from
the
heavens.
Ain.
My
eye hath wasted
my
soul
because
of
all
the
daughters
of
my
city.
Sade. My
enemies have chased
me
and caught
me like
a
bird,
without
cause.
Sade.
My
life
is fallen
into
the
pit,
and they have laid
a
stone over
me.
Sade.
Waters
have
flowed
over
my
head:
I
said:
I am
cut
off.
Coph.
I
have
called
upon thy
name,
O
Lord,
from
the
lowest
pit.
Coph. Thou hast
heard
my
voice:
turn
not away thy
ear
from
my sighs,
and
cries.
Coph. Thou drewest
near
in
the
day,
when
I
called
upon thee, thou saidst:
Fear
not.
Res. Thou hast judged,
O
Lord,
the
cause
of
my
soul, thou
the
Redeemer
of
my
life.
Res. Thou hast
seen,
O
Lord,
their iniquity against
me:
judge thou
my
judgment.
Res. Thou hast
seen
all
their fury,
and
all
their
thoughts
against
me.
Sin. Thou hast
heard
their
reproach,
O
Lord,
all
their imaginations
against
me.
Sin.
The
lips
of
them
that
rise
up
against
me:
and
their devices
against
me
all
the
day.
Sin.
Behold
their
sitting
down,
and
their
rising
up,
I
am
their
song.
Thau. Thou shalt
render
them
a
recompense,
O
Lord,
according
to
the
works
of
their
hands.
Thau. Thou shalt
give
them
a buckler
of
heart, thy labour.
Thau. Thou shalt
persecute
them
in
anger,
and shalt
destroy
them
from
under
the
heavens,
O
Lord.
Aleph.
How
is
the
gold
become dim,
the
finest colour
is
changed,
the
stones
of
the
sanctuary
are scattered
in
the
top
of
every
street?
Beth.
The
noble
sons
of Sion,
and
they
that
were clothed
with
the best
gold:
how
are
they
esteemed
as
earthen
vessels,
the
work
of
the
potter’s
hands?
Ghimel.
Even
the sea monsters
have drawn
out
the
breast,
they
have given
suck
to
their
young:
the
daughter
of
my
people
is
cruel,
like
the ostrich
in
the
desert.
Daleth.
The
tongue
of
the sucking
child hath
stuck
to
the
roof
of
his
mouth
for
thirst:
the
little
ones
have
asked
for
bread,
and
there
was
none
to break
it unto
them.
He.
They
that
were
fed delicately
have died
in
the
streets;
they
that
were brought
up
in
scarlet
have
embraced
the dung.
Vau.
And
the
iniquity
of
the
daughter
of
my
people
is made
greater
than
the
sin
of
Sodom, which
was
overthrown
in
a
moment,
and
hands took
nothing
in
her.
Zain. Her Nazarites
were
whiter than
snow,
purer than
milk, more
ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the
sapphire.
Heth.
Their face
is
now
made
blacker
than coals,
and
they
are
not
known
in
the
streets:
their
skin hath stuck
to
their
bones,
it
is
withered,
and
is
become
like
wood.
Teth.
It
was
better
with
them
that
were
slain
by
the
sword,
than
with
them
that died
with
hunger:
for
these pined
away
being consumed
for want
of
the
fruits
of
the earth.
Jod.
The
hands
of
the pitiful
women
have sodden
their
own
children:
they
were
their meat
in
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
Caph.
The
Lord hath
accomplished
his
wrath,
he hath
poured
out
his
fierce
anger:
and
he hath
kindled
a
fire
in Sion,
and
it hath
devoured
the
foundations thereof.
Lamed.
The
kings
of
the
earth,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
would
not
have
believed,
that
the adversary
and
the
enemy
should
enter
in
by
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
Mem.
For
the
sins
of
her
prophets,
and
the
iniquities
of
her
priests,
that
have
shed
the
blood
of
the
just
in
the
midst
of
her.
Nun.
They
have
wandered
as
blind
men
in
the
streets,
they
were
defiled
with
blood:
and
when
they
could
not help walking
in
it,
they held
up
their skirts.
Samech.
Depart
you
that
are
defiled,
they
cried
out
to
them:
Depart,
get ye hence,
touch
not:
for
they quarrelled,
and being
removed,
they
said
among
the
Gentiles:
He
will
no
more
dwell
among
them.
Phe.
The
face
of
the
Lord hath
divided
them,
he
will
no
more
regard
them:
they respected
not
the persons
of
the
priests,
neither
had
they
pity
on
the ancient.
Ain.
While we
were
yet standing,
our
eyes
failed, expecting
help
for
us
in
vain,
when we
looked attentively towards
a
nation
that
was
not able
to
save.
Sade.
Our
steps
have slipped
in
the way
of
our
streets,
our
end draweth
near:
our
days
are
fulfilled,
for
our
end
is
come.
Coph.
Our
persecutors
were
swifter
than
the
eagles
of
the air:
they
pursued
us
upon
the
mountains,
they
lay
in
wait
for
us
in
the
wilderness.
Res.
The
breath
of
our mouth, Christ
the
Lord,
is
taken
in
our sins:
to
whom
we
said: Under thy
shadow
we
shall
live among
the
Gentiles.
Sin.
Rejoice,
and
be
glad, O
daughter
of
Edom,
that dwellest
in
the
land
of Hus:
to thee
also
shall
the
cup come, thou shalt
be
made
drunk,
and
naked.
Thau. Thy
iniquity
is accomplished, O
daughter
of Sion,
he
will
no
more
carry thee
away
into
captivity:
he
visited thy
iniquity, O
daughter
of
Edom,
he hath discovered thy
sins.
The Prayer
of Jeremias
the Prophet.
Remember,
O
Lord,
what
is
come
upon
us:
consider
and
behold
our
reproach.
Our
inheritance
is
turned
to
aliens: our
houses
to
strangers.
We
are
become
orphans
without
a
father:
our
mothers
are
as
widows.
We
have
drunk
our
water
for
money: we
have bought
our
wood.
We
were dragged
by
the
necks, we
were
weary
and
no
rest
was
given
us.
We
have
given
our
hand
to
Egypt,
and
to
the Assyrians,
that we might
be
satisfied
with
bread.
Our
fathers
have
sinned,
and
are
not:
and
we
have
borne
their
iniquities.
Servants
have
ruled
over
us:
there
was
none
to redeem
us
out
of
their
hand.
We fetched
our
bread
at
the peril
of
our
lives,
because
of
the
sword
in
the
desert.
Our
skin
was burnt
as
an
oven,
by reason
of
the violence
of
the
famine.
They
oppressed
the
women
in Sion,
and
the
virgins
in
the
cities
of Juda.
The
princes
were
hanged up
by
their
hand:
they
did
not
respect
the persons
of
the ancient.
They abused
the
young
men indecently:
and
the
children fell
under
the
wood.
The ancients
have ceased
from
the
gates:
the
young
men
from
the choir
of
the singers.
The
joy
of our
heart
is ceased, our
dancing
is
turned
into
mourning.
The
crown
is
fallen
from
our
head
woe
to
us,
because
we
have
sinned.
Therefore
is
our
heart sorrowful,
therefore
are
our
eyes
become
dim,
For
mount Sion,
because
it
is destroyed,
foxes
have
walked
upon
it.
But thou,
O
Lord, shalt
remain
for
ever, thy
throne
from
generation
to
generation.
Why wilt thou
forget
us
for
ever?
why wilt thou
forsake
us
for
a
long
time?
Convert
us,
O
Lord,
to thee,
and
we
shall
be
converted:
renew
our
days,
as
from
the beginning.
But thou hast
utterly
rejected
us, thou art
exceedingly
angry
against
us.
Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Ezk
The Book of
Ezekiel
Now
it
came
to
pass
in
the
thirtieth
year,
in
the
fourth
month,
on
the
fifth
day
of
the
month,
when
I
was
in
the
midst
of
the
captives
by
the
river Chobar,
the
heavens
were
opened,
and
I
saw
the
visions
of
God.
On
the
fifth
day
of
the
month,
the
same
was
the
fifth
year
of
the captivity
of
king Joachin,
The
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Ezechiel
the
priest
the
son
of Bud
in
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
by
the
river Chobar:
and
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
there
upon
him.
And
I
saw,
and
behold
a whirlwind
came
out
of
the
north:
and
a
great
cloud,
and
a
fire infolding
it,
and
brightness
was
about
it:
and
out
of
the
midst thereof,
that
is,
out
of
the
midst
of
the
fire,
as
it
were
the resemblance
of
amber:
And
in
the
midst thereof
the
likeness
of
four
living creatures:
and
this
was
their
appearance:
there
was
the
likeness
of
a
man
in
them.
Every
one
had
four
faces,
and
every
one
four
wings.
Their
feet
were
straight
feet,
and
the
sole
of
their
foot
was
like
the
sole
of
a
calf’s
foot,
and
they sparkled
like
the
appearance
of glowing
brass.
And
they
had
the
hands
of
a
man
under
their
wings
on
their
four
sides:
and
they bad
faces,
and
wings
on
the
four
sides,
And
the
wings
of
one
were
joined
to
the
wings
of
another.
They
turned
not
when
they
went:
but
every
one
went
straight
forward.
And
as
for
the
likeness
of
their
faces: there
was
the
face
of
a
man,
and
the
face
of
a
lion
on
the
right
side
of all
the
four:
and
the
face
of
an
ox,
on
the
left
side
of all
the
four:
and
the
face
of
an
eagle
over all
the
four.
And
their
faces,
and
their
wings
were stretched
upward:
two
wings
of
every
one
were
joined,
and
two
covered
their
bodies:
And
every
one
of
them
went
straight
forward: whither
the impulse
of
the
spirit
was
to
go, thither
they
went:
and
they
turned
not
when
they
went.
And
as
for
the
likeness
of
the
living
creatures,
their
appearance
was
like
that
of
burning
coals
of
fire,
and
like
the
appearance
of lamps.
This
was
the
vision running
to
and
fro
in
the
midst
of
the
living
creatures,
a
bright
fire,
and
lightning
going
forth
from
the
fire.
And
the
living creatures
ran
and
returned
like flashes
of
lightning.
Now
as
I beheld
the
living creatures,
there
appeared
upon
the
earth
by
the
living creatures
one
wheel
with
four
faces.
And
the
appearance
of
the
wheels,
and
the
work
of
them
was
like
the
appearance
of
the sea:
and
the
four
had
all
one
likeness:
and
their
appearance
and
their
work
was
as
it
were
a
wheel
in
the
midst
of
a
wheel.
When
they
went,
they
went
by
their
four parts:
and
they
turned
not
when
they
went.
The wheels
had also
a size,
and
a
height,
and
a dreadful
appearance:
and
the whole body
was
full
of
eyes
round
about
all
the
four.
And
when
the
living creatures
went,
the
wheels also
went
together
by
them:
and
when
the
living creatures
were
lifted
up
from
the
earth,
the
wheels also
were
lifted
up
with
them.
Whithersoever
the
spirit
went, thither
as
the
spirit
went
the
wheels
also
were
lifted
up withal,
and followed
it:
for
the
spirit
of
life
was
in
the
wheels.
When
those
went these
went,
and
when
those
stood these
stood,
and
when
those
were
lifted
up
from
the
earth,
the
wheels
also
were
lifted
up
together,
and followed
them:
for
the
spirit
of
life
was
in
the
wheels.
And
over
the
heads
of
the
living creatures
was
the
likeness
of
the
firmament,
as
the
appearance
of
crystal terrible
to behold,
and
stretched
out
over
their
heads
above.
And
under
the
firmament
were
their
wings
straight,
the
one
toward
the
other,
every
one
with
two
wings
covered
his body,
and
the
other
was
covered
in
like manner.
And
I
heard
the
noise
of
their
wings,
like
the
noise
of
many
waters,
as
it
were
the
voice
of
the most high God:
when
they walked,
it
was
like
the
voice
of
a multitude,
like
the
noise
of
an
army,
and
when
they
stood,
their
wings
were
let down.
For
when
a
voice
came
from
above
the
firmament,
that
was
over
their
heads,
they
stood,
and
let
down
their
wings.
And
above
the
firmament
that
was
over
their
heads,
was
the
likeness
of
a
throne,
as
the
appearance
of
the
sapphire
stone,
and
upon
the
likeness
of
the
throne,
was
a
likeness
as
of
the
appearance
of
a
man
above
upon
it.
And
I
saw
as
it
were
the resemblance
of
amber
as
the
appearance
of
fire
within
it
round
about:
from
his
loins
and
upward,
and
from
his
loins
downward,
I
saw
as
it
were
the resemblance
of
fire shining
round
about.
As
the
appearance
of
the
rainbow
when
it
is
in
a
cloud
on
a
rainy
day:
this
was
the
appearance
of
the
brightness
round
about.
This
was
the vision
of
the likeness
of
the glory
of
the Lord.
And
I
saw,
and
I
fell
upon
my face,
and
I heard
the voice
of
one
that
spoke.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
stand
upon thy
feet,
and
I
will
speak
to thee.
And
the
spirit
entered
into
me
after
that
he
spoke
to
me,
and
he
set
me
upon
my
feet:
and
I
heard
him
speaking
to
me,
And
saying:
Son
of
man,
I
send thee
to
the
children
of
Israel,
to
a
rebellious
people,
that hath
revolted
from
me,
they,
and
their
fathers,
have
transgressed
my covenant
even unto
this
day.
And
they
to whom
I
send thee
are
children
of
a
hard
face,
and
of
an
obstinate
heart:
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
If
so
be
they
at least
will
hear,
and
if
so
be
they
will forbear,
for
they
are
a provoking
house:
and
they
shall
know
that
there hath
been
a
prophet
in
the
midst
of
them.
And thou,
O
son
of
man,
fear
not,
neither
be thou
afraid
of
their
words:
for thou art
among unbelievers
and destroyers,
and thou dwellest
with
scorpions.
Fear
not
their
words,
neither
be thou
dismayed
at
their looks:
for
they
are
a provoking
house.
And thou shalt
speak
my
words
to
them,
if
perhaps
they
will
hear,
and forbear:
for
they provoke
me
to anger.
But thou,
O
son
of
man,
hear
all
that
I
say
to thee:
and
do
not thou provoke
me,
as
that
house provoketh
me:
open thy
mouth,
and
eat
what
I
give thee.
And
I
looked,
and
behold,
a
hand
was
sent
to
me, wherein
was
a
book rolled
up:
and
he
spread
it
before
me,
and
it
was written
within
and without:
and
there
were written
in
it lamentations,
and canticles,
and woe.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
eat
all
that thou shalt
find:
eat
this book,
and go
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel.
And I
opened
my
mouth,
and
he caused
me
to
eat
that book:
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man, thy
belly
shall
eat,
and thy
bowels
shall
be
filled
with
this book,
which
I
give thee.
And
I
did
eat
it:
and
it
was
sweet
as
honey
in
my
mouth.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
go
to
the
house
of
Israel,
and thou shalt
speak
my
words
to
them.
For thou art
not
sent
to
a
people
of
a profound
speech,
and
of
an unknown
tongue,
but
to
the
house
of
Israel:
Nor
to
many
nations
of
a strange
speech,
and
of
an unknown
tongue,
whose
words thou canst
not
understand:
and
if thou wert
sent
to
them,
they
would hearken
to thee.
But
the
house
of
Israel
will
not hearken
to thee:
because
they
will
not hearken
to
me:
for
all
the
house
of
Israel
are
of
a
hard
forehead
and
an
obstinate
heart.
Behold
I
have
made thy
face
stronger than
their
faces:
and thy
forehead
harder than
their
foreheads.
I
have
made thy
face
like
an
adamant
and
like
flint:
fear
them
not,
neither
be thou
dismayed
at
their
presence:
for
they
are
a provoking
house.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
receive
in thy
heart,
and
hear
with thy
ears,
all
the
words
that
I
speak
to thee:
And
go
get thee
in
to
them
of
the captivity,
to
the
children
of thy
people,
and thou shalt
speak
to
them,
and shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
If
so
be
they
will
hear
and
will forbear.
And
the
spirit
took
me
up,
and
I
heard
behind
me
the
voice
of
a
great
commotion,
saying:
Blessed
be
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
from
his
place.
And
the
noise
of
the
wings
of
the
living creatures striking
one
against
another,
and
the
noise
of
the
wheels following
the
living creatures,
and
the
noise
of
a
great
commotion.
The
spirit
also
lifted
me,
and
took
me
up:
and
I
went
away
in
bitterness
in
the indignation
of
my
spirit:
for
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
with
me,
strengthening
me.
And
I
came
to
them
of
the captivity,
to
the heap
of new corn,
to
them
that
dwelt
by
the
river Chobar,
and
I
sat
where
they
sat:
and
I
remained
there
seven
days mourning
in
the
midst
of
them.
And
at
the
end
of
seven
days
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
I
have
made thee
a
watchman
to
the
house
of
Israel:
and thou shalt
hear
the
word
out
of
my
mouth,
and shalt tell
it
them
from
me.
If,
when
I
say
to
the
wicked, Thou shalt
surely
die: thou
declare
it
not
to
him,
nor
speak
to
him,
that
he
may
be converted
from
his
wicked
way,
and
live:
the
same
wicked
man
shall
die
in
his
iniquity,
but
I
will
require
his
blood
at thy
hand.
But
if thou
give warning
to
the
wicked,
and
he
be
not
converted
from
his
wickedness,
and
from
his
evil
way:
he
indeed
shall
die
in
his
iniquity,
but thou hast
delivered thy
soul.
Moreover
if
the
just
man
shall
turn
away
from
his
justice,
and
shall
commit
iniquity:
I
will
lay
a stumblingblock
before
him,
he
shall
die,
because thou hast
not
given
him warning:
he
shall
die
in
his
sin,
and
his justices
which
he hath
done,
shall
not
be
remembered:
but
I
will
require
his
blood
at thy
hand.
But
if thou
warn
the
just
man,
that
the
just
may
not
sin,
and
he doth
not
sin:
living
he
shall
live,
because thou hast
warned
him,
and thou hast
delivered thy
soul.
And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
upon
me,
and
he
said
to
me:
Rise
and
go
forth
into
the
plain,
and
there
I
will
speak
to thee.
And
I
rose
up,
and
went
forth
into
the
plain:
and
behold
the
glory
of
the
Lord
stood
there,
like
the
glory
which
I
saw
by
the
river Chobar:
and
I
fell
upon
my
face.
And
the
spirit
entered
into
me,
and
set
me
upon
my
feet:
and
he
spoke
to
me,
and
said
to
me:
Go
in;
and
shut thyself
up
in
the
midst
of thy
house.
And thou,
O
son
of
man,
behold
they
shall
put bands
upon thee,
and
they
shall
bind thee
with
them:
and thou shalt
not
go
forth
from
the
midst
of
them.
And
I
will
make thy
tongue
stick
fast
to
the
roof
of thy
mouth,
and thou shalt
be dumb,
and
not
as
a
man
that reproveth:
because
they
are
a provoking
house.
But
when
I
shall
speak
to thee,
I
will
open thy
mouth,
and thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
He
that heareth,
let
him
hear:
and
he
that forbeareth,
let
him forbear:
for
they
are
a provoking
house.
And thou,
O
son
of
man,
take thee
a tile,
and
lay
it
before thee:
and draw
upon
it
the plan
of
the
city
of
Jerusalem.
And
lay
siege
against
it,
and
build forts,
and
cast
up
a mount,
and
set
a
camp
against
it,
and
place battering
rams
round
about
it.
And
take unto thee
an
iron
pan,
and
set
it
for
a
wall
of
iron
between thee
and
the
city:
and
set thy
face resolutely
against
it,
and
it
shall
be
besieged,
and thou shalt
lay
siege
against
it:
it
is
a
sign
to
the
house
of
Israel.
And thou shalt
sleep
upon thy
left
side,
and shalt
lay
the
iniquities
of
the
house
of
Israel
upon
it,
according
to
the
number
of
the
days
that thou shalt
sleep
upon
it,
and thou shalt
take
upon thee
their
iniquity.
And
I
have
laid upon thee
the
years
of
their
iniquity, according
to
the
number
of
the
days
three
hundred
and
ninety
days:
and thou shalt
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
house
of
Israel.
And
when thou hast
accomplished
this, thou shalt
sleep
again
upon thy right
side,
and thou shalt
take
upon thee
the
iniquity
of
the
house
of Juda
forty
days:
a
day
for
it
year, yea,
a
day
for
a
year
I
have
appointed
to thee.
And thou shalt turn thy
face
to
the
siege
of
Jerusalem,
and thy
arm
shall
be stretched
out:
and thou shalt
prophesy
against
it.
Behold
I
have encompassed thee
with bands:
and thou shalt
not
turn thyself
from
one
side
to
the
other,
till thou hast
ended
the
days
of thy
siege.
And
take
to thee
wheat
and
barley,
and
beans,
and
lentils,
and
millet,
and fitches,
and
put
them
in
one
vessel,
and
make thee
bread thereof
according
to
the
number
of
the
days
that thou shalt
lie
upon thy
side:
three
hundred
and
ninety
days shalt thou
eat thereof.
And thy meat
that thou shalt
eat,
shall
be
in
weight
twenty staters
a
day:
from
time
to
time thou shalt
eat
it.
And thou shalt
drink
water
by
measure,
the
sixth
part
of
a
hin:
from
time
to
time thou shalt
drink
it,
And thou shalt
eat
it
as
barley
bread
baked under
the ashes:
and thou shalt cover
it,
in
their
sight,
with
the
dung
that cometh out
of
a
man.
And
the
Lord
said:
So
shall
the
children
of
Israel Beat
their
bread
all filthy
among
the
nations whither
I
will
cast
them
out.
And
I
said:
Ah,
ah,
ah,
O
Lord
God,
behold
my
soul hath
not
been
defiled,
and
from
my infancy
even
till
now,
I
have
not
eaten
any
thing
that
died
of itself,
or
was
torn
by
beasts,
and
no
unclean
flesh hath
entered
into
my
mouth.
And
he
said
to
me:
Behold
I
have
given thee neat’s
dung
for
man’s
dung,
and thou shalt
make thy
bread therewith.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man:
Behold,
I
will
break
in
pieces
the
staff
of
bread
in
Jerusalem:
and
they
shall
eat
bread
by
weight,
and
with care:
and
they
shall
drink
water
by
measure,
and
in distress.
So
that
when
bread
and
water fail,
every
man
may fall
against
his
brother,
and
they
may pine
away
in
their
iniquities.
And thou,
son
of
man,
take thee
a
sharp
knife
that shaveth
the
hair:
and cause
it
to
pass
over thy
head,
and
over thy
beard:
and
take thee
a
balance
to
weigh
in,
and
divide
the
hair.
A
third
part thou shalt
burn
with
fire
in
the
midst
of
the
city,
according
to
the
fulfilling
of
the
days
of
the
siege:
and thou shalt
take
a
third
part,
and cut
it
in pieces
with
the knife
all
round
about:
and
the other
third
part thou shalt
scatter
in
the
wind,
and
I
will draw
out
the
sword
after
them.
And thou shalt
take thereof
a
small
number:
and shalt bind
them
in
the
skirt
of thy cloak.
And thou shalt
take
of
them
again,
and shalt
cast
them
in
the
midst
of
the
fire,
and shalt
burn
them
with
fire:
and
out
of
it
shall
come
forth
a
fire
into
all
the
house
of
Israel.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
This
is
Jerusalem,
I
have
set
her
in
the
midst
of
the
nations,
and
the
countries
round
about
her.
And
she hath despised
my
judgments,
so
as
to
be
more wicked
than
the
Gentiles;
and
my commandments,
more
than
the
countries
that
are
round
about
her:
for
they
have cast
off
my
judgments,
and
have
not
walked
in
my commandments.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
you
have surpassed
the
Gentiles
that
are
round
about
you,
and
have
not
walked
in
my commandments,
and
have
not
kept
my
judgments,
and
have
not
done
according
to
the
judgments
of
the
nations
that
are
round
about
you:
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I come
against thee,
and
I
myself
will execute
judgments
in
the
midst
of thee
in
the
sight
of
the
Gentiles.
And
I
will
do
in thee
that
which
I
have
not
done:
and
the
like
to
which
I
will
do
no
more,
because
of
all thy
abominations.
Therefore
the
fathers
shall
eat
the
sons
in
the
midst
of thee,
and
the
sons
shall
eat
their
fathers:
and
I
will execute
judgments
in thee,
and
I
will
scatter thy
whole
remnant
into
every
wind.
Therefore
as
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God:
Because thou hast
violated
my
sanctuary
with
all thy offences,
and
with ail thy
abominations:
I
will
also break thee
in pieces,
and
my
eye
shall
not
spare,
and
I
will
not
have
any
pity.
A
third
part
of thee
shall
die
with
the
pestilence,
and
shall
be
consumed
with
famine
in
the
midst
of thee:
and
a
third
part
of thee
shall
fall
by
the
sword
round
about thee:
and
a
third
part
of thee
will
I
scatter
into
every
wind,
and
I
will draw
out
a
sword
after
them.
And
I
will
accomplish
my
fury,
and
will cause
my indignation
to
rest upon
them,
and
I
will
be
comforted:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
the
Lord
have
spoken
it
in
my
zeal,
when
I
shall
have
accomplished
my indignation
in
them.
And
I
will
make thee desolate,
and
a
reproach
among
the
nations
that
are
round
about thee,
in
the
sight
of
every
one
that passeth
by.
And thou shalt
be
a
reproach,
and
a scoff,
an example,
and
an astonishment amongst
the
nations
that
are
round
about thee,
when
I
shall
have executed
judgments
in thee
in
anger,
and
in indignation,
and
in
wrathful
rebukes.
I
the Lord
have spoken
it:
When
I
shall
send
upon
them
the grievous
arrows
of
famine,
which
shall
bring death,
and
which
I
will
send
to
destroy
you:
and
I
will gather
together
famine
against
you:
and
I
will
break
among
you
the
staff
of
bread.
And
I
will
send
in
upon
you
famine,
and
evil
beasts unto
utter
destruction:
and
pestilence,
and
blood
shall
pass
through thee,
and
I
will
bring
in
the
sword
upon thee.
I
the
Lord
have
spoken
it.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
set thy
face towards
the
mountains
of
Israel,
and
prophesy
against
them.
And
say: Ye
mountains
of
Israel,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord
God:
Thus Faith
the
Lord
God
to
the
mountains,
and
to
the
hills,
and
to
the rocks,
and
the
valleys:
Behold,
I
will
bring
upon
you
the
sword,
and
I
will
destroy
your
high
places.
And
I
will
throw
down
your
altars,
and
your
idols
shall
be
broken
in
pieces:
and
I
will
cast
down
your
slain
before
your
idols.
And
I
will
lay
the
dead
carcasses
of
the
children
of
Israel
before
your
idols:
and
I
will
scatter Sour
bones
round
about
your
altars,
In
all
your
dwelling
places.
The
cities
shall
be laid waste,
and
the
high
places
shall
be thrown
down,
and
destroyed,
and
your
altars
shall
be abolished,
and
shall
be
broken
in
pieces:
and
your
idols
shall
be
no more,
and
your temples
shall
be
destroyed,
and
your
works
shall
be defaced.
And
the
slain
shall
fall
in
the
midst
of
you:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
I
will
leave
in
you
some
that
shall
escape
the
sword
among
the
nations,
when
I
shall
have
scattered
you,
through
the
countries.
And
they
that
are saved
of
you
shall
remember
me amongst
the
nations
to
which
they
are
carried
captives:
because
I
have
broken
their
heart
that
was faithless,
and revolted
from
me:
and
their
eyes
that
went
a fornicating
after
their
idols:
and
they
shall
be
displeased
with
themselves
because
of
the evils
which
they
have
committed
in
all
their
abominations.
And
they
shall
know
that
I
the
Lord
have
not
spoken
in
vain
that
I
would
do
this
evil
to
them.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Strike
with thy
hand,
and
stamp
with thy
foot,
and
say:
Alas,
for
all
the
abominations
of
the evils
of
the
house
of
Israel:
for
they
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine
and
by
the
pestilence.
He
that
is
far
off
shall
die
of
the
pestilence:
and
he
that
is
near,
shall
fall
by
the
sword:
and
he
that remaineth,
and
is
besieged,
shall
die
by
the
famine:
and
I
will
accomplish
my indignation
upon
them.
And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
your
slain
shall
be amongst
your
idols,
round
about
your
altars,
in
every
high
hill,
and
on
all
the
tops
of
mountains,
and
under
every woody
tree,
and
under
every thick
oak,
the
place
where
they burnt sweet smelling frankincense
to
all
their
idols.
And
I
will
stretch
forth
my
hand
upon
them:
and
I
will
make
the
land
desolate,
and abandoned
from
the
desert
of Deblatha
in
all
their
dwelling
places:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
And thou
son
of
man,
thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
the
land
of
Israel:
The
end
is
come,
the
end
is
come
upon
the
four quarters
of
the
land.
Now
is
an
end come
upon thee,
and
I
will
send
my
wrath
upon thee,
and
I
will
judge thee
according
to thy
ways:
and
I
will
set
all thy
abominations
against thee.
And
my
eye
shall
not
spare thee,
and
I
will shew thee
no
pity:
but
I
will
lay thy
ways
upon thee,
and thy
abominations
shall
be
in
the
midst
of thee:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
One affliction,
behold
an affliction
is
come.
An
end
is
come,
the
end
is
come,
it hath awaked
against thee:
behold
it
is
come.
Destruction
is
come
upon thee
that dwellest
in
the
land:
the
time
is
come,
the
day
of slaughter
is
near,
and
not
of
the joy
of
mountains.
Now
very
shortly
I
will
pour
out
my
wrath
upon thee,
and
I
will
accomplish
my
anger
in thee:
and
I
will
judge thee
according
to thy
ways,
and
I
will
lay
upon thee
all thy crimes.
And
my
eye
shall
not
spare,
neither
will
I shew
mercy:
but
I
will
lay thy
ways
upon thee,
and thy
abominations
shall
be
in
the
midst
of thee:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
that
strike.
Behold
the
day,
behold
it
is
come: destruction
is
gone
forth,
the
rod hath blossomed,
pride hath
budded.
Iniquity
is
risen
up into
a
rod
of impiety:
nothing
of
them
shall
remain,
nor
of
their
people,
nor
of
the
noise
of
them:
and
there
shall
be
no rest
among
them.
The
time
is
come,
the
day
is
at hand:
let
not
the
buyer
rejoice:
nor
the
seller
mourn:
for
wrath
is
upon
all
the
people thereof.
For
the
seller
shall
not
return
to
that which
he hath
sold,
although
their
life
be
yet
among
the
living.
For
the
vision which regardeth
all
the
multitude thereof,
shall
not
go
back:
neither
shall
man
be
strengthened
in
the
iniquity
of
his
life.
Blow
the
trumpet,
let
all
be
made
ready,
yet
there
is
none
to
go
to
the
battle:
for
my
wrath
shall
be
upon
all
the
people thereof.
The
sword without:
and
the
pestilence,
and
the
famine
within:
he
that
is
in
the
field
shall
die
by
the
sword:
and
they
that
are
in
the
city,
shall
be
devoured
by
the
pestilence,
and
the
famine.
And
such
of
them
as
shall flee
shall
escape:
and
they
shall
be
in
the
mountains
like
doves
of
the
valleys,
all
of
them trembling,
every
one
for
his
iniquity.
All
hands
shall
be
made
feeble,
and
all
knees
shall run
with
water.
And
they
shall
gird
themselves
with haircloth,
and fear
shall
cover
them,
and
shame
shall
be
upon
every
face,
and
baldness
upon
all
their
heads.
Their
silver
shall
be
cast forth,
and
their
gold
shall
become
a dunghill.
Their
silver
and
their
gold
shall
not
be
able
to
deliver
them
in
the
day
of
the
wrath
of
the
Lord.
They
shall
not
satisfy
their
soul,
and
their bellies
shall
not
be
filled:
because
it hath
been
the stumblingblock
of
their
iniquity.
And
they
have
turned
the ornament
of
their
jewels
into
pride,
and
have
made
of
it
the
images
of
their
abominations,
and
idols:
therefore
I
have
made
it
an
uncleanness
to
them.
And
I
will
give
it
into
the
hands
of
strangers
for
spoil,
and
to
the
wicked
of
the
earth
for
a
prey,
and
they
shall
defile
it.
And
I
will
turn
away
my
face
from
them,
and
they
shall violate
my
secret
place:
and
robbers
shall
enter
into
it,
and
defile
it.
Make
a shutting
up:
for
the
land
is
full
of
the
judgment
of
blood,
and
the
city
is
full
of iniquity.
And
I
will
bring
the
worse
of
the
nations,
and
they
shall
possess
their
houses:
and
I
will make
the
pride
of
the
mighty
to
cease,
and
they
shall
possess
their
sanctuary.
When distress cometh
upon
them,
they
will
seek
for
peace
and
there
shall
be
none.
Trouble
shall
come
upon trouble,
and rumour
upon rumour,
and
they
shall
seek
a
vision
of
the
prophet,
and
the
law
shall
perish
from
the
priest,
and
counsel
from
the ancients.
The
king
shall
mourn,
and
the
prince
shall
be
clothed
with sorrow,
and
the
hands
of
the
people
of
the
land
shall
be troubled.
I
will
do
to
them
according
to
their
way,
and
will
judge
them
according
to
their
judgments:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
sixth
year,
in
the
sixth
month,
in
the
fifth
day
of
the
month,
as
I
sat
in
my
house,
and
the ancients
of Juda
sat
before
me,
that
the
hand
of
the
Lord
God
fell
there
upon
me.
And
I
saw,
and
behold
a
likeness
as
the
appearance
of
fire:
from
the
appearance
of
his
loins,
and
downward,
fire:
and
from
his
loins,
and
upward,
as
the
appearance
of
brightness,
as
the
appearance
of
amber.
And
the
likeness
of
a
hand
was
put
forth
and
took
me
by
a
lock
of
my
head:
and
the
spirit
lifted
me
up
between
the
earth
and
the
heaven,
and
brought
me
in
the
vision
of
God
into
Jerusalem,
near
the
inner
gate,
that
looked
toward
the
north,
where
was
set
the
idol
of
jealousy
to provoke
to
jealousy.
And
behold
the
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
was
there, according
to
the
vision
which
I
had
seen
in
the
plain.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
lift
up thy
eyes towards
the
way
of
the
north.
And
I
lifted
up
my
eyes towards
the
way
of
the
north:
and
behold
on
the
north
side
of
the
gate
of
the
altar
the
idol
of
jealousy
in
the
very entry.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man, dost thou
see, thinkest thou,
what
these
are
doing,
the
great
abominations
that
the
house
of
Israel committeth
here,
that
I
should depart
far
off
from
my
sanctuary?
and
turn thee
yet
again
and thou shalt
see
greater
abominations.
And
he
brought
me
in
to
the
door
of
the
court:
and
I
saw,
and
behold
a
hole
in
the
wall.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
dig
in
the
wall.
And
when
I
had digged
in
the
wall,
behold
a
door.
And
he
said
to
me:
Go
in,
and
see
the
wicked
abominations
which
they commit
here.
And
I
went
in
and
saw,
and
behold
every
form
of
creeping
things,
and
of living creatures,
the abomination,
and
all
the
idols
of
the
house
of
Israel,
were painted
on
the
wall
all
round
about.
And
seventy
men
of
the ancients
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and Jezonias
the
son
of Saaphan
stood
in
the
midst
of
them,
that
stood
before
the pictures:
and
every
one
had
a
censer
in
his
hand:
and
a
cloud
of
smoke
went
up
from
the
incense.
And
he
said
to
me:
Surely thou seest.
O
son
of
man,
what
the ancients
of
the
house
of
Israel
do
in
the
dark,
every
one
in private
in
his
chamber:
for
they
say:
The
Lord seeth
us
not,
the
Lord hath forsaken
the
earth.
And
he
said
to
me:
If thou
turn thee
again, thou shalt
see
greater
abominations
which
these commit.
And
he
brought
me
in
by
the
door
of
the
gate
of
the
Lord’s
house,
which
looked
to
the
north:
and
behold
women
sat
there mourning
for Adonis.
And
he
said
to
me:
Surely thou hast
seen, O
son
of
man:
but
turn thee
again:
and thou shalt
see
greater
abominations
than
these.
And
he
brought
me
into
the
inner
court
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
behold
at
the
door
of
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
between
the
porch
and
the
altar,
were
about
five
and
twenty
men having
their
backs towards
the
temple
of
the
Lord,
and
their
faces
to
the
east:
and
they adored towards
the rising
of
the
sun.
And
he
said
to
me:
Surely thou hast
seen,
O
son
of
man:
is
this
a
light
thing
to
the
house
of Juda,
that
they
should commit
these
abominations
which
they
have
committed
here:
because
they
have
filled
the
land
with iniquity,
and
have
turned
to
provoke
me
to
anger?
and
behold
they
put
a
branch
to
their
nose.
Therefore
I
also
will
deal
with
them
in
my
wrath:
my
eye
shall
not
spare
them,
neither
will
I shew
mercy:
and
when
they
shall
cry
to
my
ears
with
a
loud
voice,
I
will
not
hear
them.
And
he
cried
in
my
ears
with
a
loud
voice,
saying:
The visitations
of
the
city
are
at
hand,
and
every
one hath
a
destroying
weapon
in
his
hand.
And
behold
six
men
came
from
the
way
of
the
upper
gate,
which looketh
to
the
north:
and
each
one
had
his
weapon
of destruction
in
his
hand:
and
there
was
one
man
in
the
midst
of
them
clothed
with
linen,
with
a writer’s inkhorn
at
his reins:
and
they
went
in,
and
stood
by
the brazen
altar.
And
the
glory
of
the Lord
of
Israel
went
up
from
the
cherub,
upon
which
he
was,
to
the
threshold
of
the
house:
and
he
called
to
the
man
that
was
clothed
with
linen,
and
had
a writer’s inkhorn
at
his
loins.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Go
through
the
midst
of
the
city,
through
the
midst
of
Jerusalem:
and mark Thau
upon
the
foreheads
of
the
men
that
sigh,
and
mourn
for
all
the
abominations
that
are
committed
in
the
midst thereof.
And
to
the
others
he
said
in
my
hearing:
Go ye
after
him
through
the
city,
and
strike:
let
not
your
eyes
spare,
nor
be ye moved
with
pity.
Utterly
destroy
old
and
young,
maidens,
children
and
women:
but
upon whomsoever
you
shall
see Thau,
kill
him
not,
and
begin ye
at
my
sanctuary.
So
they
began
at
the ancient
men
who
mere
before
the
house.
And
he
said
to
them:
Defile
the
house,
and ill
the courts
with
the
slain:
go ye
forth.
And
they
went
forth,
and
slew
them
that
were
in
the
city.
And
the
slaughter
being ended
I
was
left:
and
I
fell
upon
my
face,
and
crying,
I
said:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
O
Lord
God, wilt thou
then
destroy
all
the
remnant
of
Israel,
by
pouring
out thy
fury
upon
Jerusalem?
And
he
said
to
me:
The
iniquity
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
of Juda,
is
exceeding
great,
and
the
land
is
filled
with
blood,
and
the
city
is
filled
with perverseness:
for
they
have
said:
The
Lord hath forsaken
the
earth,
and
the
Lord seeth
not.
Therefore
neither
shall
my
eye
spare,
nor
will
I
have
pity:
I
will
requite
their
way upon
their
head.
And
behold
the
man
that
was
clothed
with
linen,
that
had
the inkhorn
at
his
back,
returned
the
word,
saying:
I
have
done
as thou hast
commanded
me.
And
saw
and
behold
in
the
firmament
that
was
over
the
heads
of
the cherubims,
there
appeared
over
them
as
it
were
the
sapphire
stone,
as
the
appearance
of
the
likeness
of
a
throne.
And
he
spoke
to
the
man,
that
was
clothed
with
linen,
and
said:
Go
in
between
the
wheels
that
are
under
the cherubims
and
fill thy hand
with
the
coals
of
fire
that
are
between
the cherubims,
and pour
them
out
upon
the
city.
And
he
went
in,
in
my
sight:
And
the cherubims
stood
on
the
right
side
of
the
house,
when
the
man
went
in,
and
a
cloud
filled
the
inner
court.
And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
was
lifted
up
from
above
the
cherub
to
the
threshold
of
the
house:
and
the
house
was
filled
with
the
cloud,
and
the
court
was
filled
with
the
brightness
of
the
glory
of
the
Lord.
And
the
sound
of
the
wings
of
the cherubims
was
heard
even
to
the outward
court
as
the
voice
of
God
Almighty
speaking.
And
when
he
had
commanded
the
man
that
was
clothed
with
linen,
saying:
Take
fire
from
the
midst
of
the
wheels
that
are
between
the cherubims:
he
went
in
and
stood
beside
the
wheel,
And
one
cherub
stretched
out
his
arm
from
the
midst
of
the cherubims
to
the
fire
that
was
between
the cherubims:
and
he
took,
and
put
it
into
the
hands
of
him
that
was
clothed
with
linen:
who
took
it
and
went
forth.
And
there
appeared
in
the cherubims
the
likeness
of
a
man’s
hand
under
their
wings.
And
I
saw,
and
behold
there
were
four
wheels
by
the cherubims:
one
wheel
by
one
cherub,
and
another
wheel
by
another
cherub:
and
the
appearance
of
the
wheels
was
to
the
sight
like
the chrysolite
stone:
And
as
to
their
appearance,
all
four
were
alike:
as
if
a
wheel
were
in
the
midst
of
a
wheel.
And
when
they
went,
they
went
by
four ways:
and
they
turned
not
when
they
went:
but
to
the
place whither
they
first
turned,
the rest
also
followed,
and
did
not
turn
back.
And
their
whole
body,
and
their necks,
and
their
hands,
and
their
wings,
and
the circles
were
full
of
eyes,
round
about
the
four
wheels.
And these
wheels
he
called voluble,
in
my
hearing.
And
every
one
had
four
faces:
one
face
was
the
face
of
a
cherub,
and
the
second
face,
the
face
of
a
man:
and
in
the
third
was
the
face
of
a
lion:
and
in
the
fourth
the
face
of
an
eagle.
And
the cherubims
were lifted
up:
this
is
the
living
creature
that
I
had
seen
by
the
river Chobar.
And
when
the cherubims
went,
the
wheels
also
went
by
them:
and
when
the cherubims
lifted
up
their
wings,
to mount
up
from
the
earth,
the
wheels stayed
not behind,
but
were
by
them.
When
they
stood, these
stood:
and
when
they were
lifted
up, these were
lifted
up:
for
the
spirit
of
life
was
in
them.
And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
went
forth
from
the
threshold
of
the
temple:
and
stood
over
the cherubims.
And
the cherubims lifting
up
their
wings,
were
raised
from
the
earth
before
me:
and
as
they
went
out,
the
wheels
also followed:
and
it
stood
in
the
entry
of
the
east
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
the
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
was
over
them.
This
is
the
living
creature,
which
I
saw
under
the
God
of
Israel
by
the
river Chobar:
and
I
understood
that
they
were cherubims.
Each
one
had
four
faces,
and
each
one
had
four
wings:
and
the
likeness
of
a
man’s
hand
was
under
their
wings.
And
as
to
the
likeness
of
their
faces,
they
were
the
same
faces
which
I
had
seen
by
the
river Chobar,
and
their
looks,
and
the impulse
of
every
one
to go
straight
forward.
And
the
spirit
lifted
me
up,
and
brought
me
into
the
east
gate
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
which looketh towards
the rising
of
the sun:
and
behold
in
the
entry
of
the
gate
five
and
twenty
men:
and
I
saw
in
the
midst
of
them Jezonias
the
son
of Azur,
and Pheltias
the
son
of Banaias,
princes
of
the
people.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
these
are
the
men
that study
iniquity,
and frame
a
wicked
counsel
in
this
city,
Saying:
Were
not
houses
lately
built?
This
city
is
the caldron,
and
we
the
flesh.
Therefore
prophesy
against
them,
prophesy, thou
son
of
man.
And
the
spirit
of
the
Lord
fell
upon
me,
and
said
to
me:
Speak:
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Thus
have
you
spoken,
O
house
of
Israel,
for
I
know
the thoughts
of
your
heart.
You have
killed
a great
many
in
this
city,
and
you have
filled
the
streets thereof
with
the
slain.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Your
slain,
whom
you
have
laid
in
the
midst thereof,
they
are
the
flesh,
and
this
is
the caldron:
and
I
will
bring
you
forth
out
of
the
midst thereof.
You
have
feared
the
sword,
and
I
will
bring
the
sword
upon
you, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
I
will
cast
you
out
of
the
midst thereof,
and
I
will
deliver
you
into
the
hand
of
the enemies,
and
I
will
execute
judgments
upon
you.
You
shall
fall
by
the
sword:
I
will
judge
you
in
the
borders
of
Israel,
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
This
shall
not
be
as
a caldron
to
you,
and
you
shall
not
be
as
flesh
in
the
midst thereof:
I
will
judge
you
in
the
borders
of
Israel.
And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord:
because
you
have
not
walked
in
my commandments,
and
have
not
done
my
judgments,
but
you
have
done
according
to
the
judgments
of
the
nations
that;
are
round
about
you.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
I
prophesied,
that Pheltias
the
son
of Banaias
died:
and
I
fell
down
upon
my
face,
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice:
and
said:
Alas,
alas,
alas,
O
Lord
God: wilt thou
make
an
end
of
all
the
remnant
of
Israel?
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man, thy
brethren, thy
brethren, thy
kinsmen,
and
all
the
house
of
Israel,
all
they
to
whom
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
have
said: Get ye
far
from
the
Lord,
the
land
is
given
in
possession
to
us.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
I
have
removed
them
far off
among
the
Gentiles,
and
because
I
have
scattered
them
among
the
countries:
I
will
be
to
them
a
little
sanctuary
in
the
countries whither
they
are
come.
Therefore
speak
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
will
gather
you
from
among
the
peoples,
and
assemble
you
out
of
the
countries
wherein
you
are
scattered,
and
I
will
give
you
the
land
of
Israel.
And
they shall
go
in thither,
and shall
take
away
all
the scandals,
and
all
the
abominations thereof
from thence.
And
I
will
give
them
one
heart,
and
will
put
a
new
spirit
in
their bowels:
and
I
will
take
away
the stony
heart out
of
their
flesh,
and
will
give
them
a
heart
of
flesh:
That
they
may walk
in
my commandments,
and
keep
my
judgments,
and
do
them:
and
that
they
may
be
my
people,
and
I
may
be
their
God.
But
as
for
them whose
heart walketh
after
their scandals
and
abominations,
I
will
lay
their
way
upon
their
head, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the cherubims
lifted
up
their
wings,
and
the
wheels
with
them:
and
the
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
was
over
them.
And
the
glory
of
the
Lord
went
up
from
the
midst
of
the
city,
and
stood
over
the
mount
that
is
on
the
east side
of
the
city.
And
the
spirit
lifted
me
up,
and
brought
me
into
Chaldea,
to
them
of
the captivity,
in
vision,
by
the
spirit
of
God:
and
the
vision
which
I
had
seen
was
taken
up
from
me.
And
I
spoke
to
them
of
the captivity
all
the
words
of
the
Lord,
which
he
had shewn
me.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man, thou dwellest
in
the
midst
of
a provoking
house:
who
have
eyes
to
see,
and
see
not:
and
ears
to
hear,
and
hear
not:
for
they
are
a provoking
house.
Thou,
therefore,
O
son
of
man,
prepare thee all necessaries
for removing,
and
remove
by
day
in
their
sight:
and thou shalt
remove
out
of thy
place
to
another
place
in
their
sight,
if
so
be
they
will
regard
it:
for
they
are
a provoking
house.
And thou shalt
bring
forth thy
furniture
as
the
furniture
of one
that
is removing
by
day
in
their
sight:
and thou shalt
go
forth
in
the
evening
in
their
presence,
as one goeth
forth
that removeth
his dwelling.
Dig thee
a way
through
the
wall
before
their
eyes:
and thou shalt
go
forth
through it.
In
their
sight thou shalt
be
carried
out
upon men’s
shoulders, thou shalt
be
carried
out
in
the
dark: thou shalt
cover thy
face,
and shalt
not
see
the
ground:
for
I
have
set thee
for
a
sign
of
things
to
come
to
the
house
of
Israel.
I
did
therefore
as
he
had
commanded
me:
I
brought
forth
my
goods
by
day,
as
the
goods
of
one
that removeth:
and
in
the
evening
I digged
through
the
wall
with
my
hand:
and
I
went
forth
in
the
dark,
and
was
carried
on men’s
shoulders
in
their
sight.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me
in
the
morning,
saying:
Son
of
man, hath
not
the
house
of
Israel,
the provoking
house,
said
to thee:
What art thou
doing?
Say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
This
burden concerneth
my
prince
that
is
in
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
house
of
Israel,
that
are
among
them.
Say:
I
am
a
sign
of
things
to come
to
you:
as
I
have
done,
so
shall
it be
done
to
them:
they
shall be removed
from
their dwellings,
and go into
captivity.
And
the
prince
that
is
in
the
midst
of
them,
shall
be
carried
on
shoulders,
he
shall
go
forth
in
the
dark:
they
shall
dig
through
the
wall
to
bring
him
out:
his
face
shall
be
covered,
that
he
may
not
see
the
ground
with
his
eyes.
And
I
will
spread
my
net
over
him,
and
he
shall
be
taken
in
my
net:
and
I
will
bring
him
into
Babylon,
into
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
he
shall
not
see
it,
and
there
he
shall
die.
And
all
that
are
about
him,
his guards,
and
his
troops
I
will
scatter
into
every
wind:
and
I
will draw
out
the
sword
after
them.
And
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
dispersed
them
among
the
nations,
and
scattered
them
in
the
countries.
And
I
will
leave
a
few
men
of
them
from
the
sword,
and
from
the
famine,
and
from
the
pestilence:
that
they
may
declare
all
their wicked deeds
among
the
nations whither
they
shall
go:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
eat thy
bread
in trouble:
and
drink thy
water
in hurry
and sorrow.
And
say
to
the
people
of
the
land:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
them
that
dwell
in
Jerusalem
in
the
land
of
Israel:
They
shall
eat
their
bread
in care,
and
drink
their
water
in desolation:
that
the
land
may become
desolate
from
the
multitude
that
is therein,
for
the iniquity
of
all
that
dwell therein.
And
the
cities
that
are
now
inhabited
shall
be laid
waste,
and
the
land
shall
be
desolate:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
what
is
this
proverb
that
you
have
in
the
land
of
Israel?
saying:
The
days
shall
be
prolonged,
and
every
vision
shall
fail.
Say
to
them
therefore:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
will
make
this
proverb
to
cease,
neither
shall
it
be
any
more
a common
saying
in
Israel:
and
tell
them
that
the
days
are
at hand,
and
the
effect
of
every
vision.
For
there
shall
be
no
more
any
vain
visions,
nor doubtful
divination
in
the
midst
of
the children
of
Israel.
For
I
the
Lord
will
speak:
and
what
word soever
I
shall
speak,
it
shall come
to pass,
and
shall
not
be
prolonged
any
more:
but
in
your
days, ye provoking
house,
I
will
speak
the
word,
and
will
do
it, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
behold
the
house
of
Israel,
they
that
say:
The
vision
that
this
man seeth,
is
for
many
days
to
come:
and
this
men prophesieth
of
times
afar
off.
Therefore
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Not
one
word
of mine
shall
be
prolonged
any
more:
the
word
that
I
shall
speak
shall
be
accomplished, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
prophesy thou
against
the
prophets
of
Israel
that
prophesy:
and thou shalt
say
to
them
that
prophesy
out
of
their own
heart:
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Woe
to
the
foolish
prophets
that
follow
their own
spirit,
and
see
nothing.
Thy
prophets, O
Israel,
were
like
foxes
in
the
deserts.
You
have
not
gone
up
to face
the enemy,
nor
have
you
set
up
a
wall
for
the
house
of
Israel,
to
stand
in
battle
in
the
day
of
the
Lord.
They
see
vain
things,
and
they foretell
lies,
saying:
The
Lord saith: whereas
the
Lord hath
not
sent
them:
and
they
have persisted
to
confirm
what
they
have
said.
Have
you
not
seen
a
vain
vision
and
spoken
a
lying
divination:
and
you
say:
The
Lord saith: whereas
I
have
not
spoken.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
you
have
spoken
vain things,
and
have
seen
lies:
therefore
behold
I come
against
you, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
my
hand
shall
be
upon
the
prophets
that
see
vain
things,
and
that
divine
lies:
they
shall
not
be
in
the
council
of
my
people,
nor
shall
they
be
written
in
the
writing
of
the
house
of
Israel,
neither
shall
they
enter
into
the
land
of
Israel,
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
God.
Because
they
have deceived
my
people,
saying:
Peace,
and
there
is
no
peace:
and
the
people
built
up
a
wall,
and
they daubed
it
with dirt
without straw.
Say
to
them
that daub without tempering,
that
it
shall
fall:
for
there
shall
be
an
overflowing
shower,
and
I
will
cause great
hailstones
to
fall violently
from
above,
and
a stormy
wind
to
throw
it
down.
Behold,
when
the
wall
is
fallen:
shall
it
not
be
said
to
you:
Where
is
the daubing wherewith
you
have daubed
it?
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God: Lo,
I
will
cause
a stormy
wind
to
break
forth
in
my indignation,
and
there
shall
be
an
overflowing
shower
in
my
anger:
and great
hailstones
in
my
wrath
to consume.
And
I
will
break
down
the
wall
that
you
have daubed
with untempered mortar:
and
I
will
make
it
even
with
the
ground,
and
the
foundation thereof
shall
be
laid
bare:
and
it
shall
fall,
and
shall
be
consumed
in
the
midst thereof:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
I
will
accomplish
my
wrath upon
the
wall,
and upon
them
that daub
it
without tempering
the mortar,
and
I
will
say
to
you:
The
wall
is
no
more,
and
they
that daub
it
are
no
more.
Even
the
prophets
of
Israel
that
prophesy
to
Jerusalem,
and
that see
visions
of
peace
for
her:
and
there
is
no
peace, saith
the
Lord
God.
And thou,
son
of
man,
set thy
face
against
the
daughters
of thy
people
that
prophesy
out
of
their
own
heart:
and do thou
prophesy
against
them,
And
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Woe
to
them
that
sew cushions
under
every elbow:
and
make pillows
for
the
heads
of
persons
of
every age
to catch
souls:
and
when
they caught
the
souls
of
my
people,
they
gave
life
to
their
souls.
And
they violated
me
among
my
people,
for
a handful
of
barley,
and
a
piece
of
bread,
to
kill
souls
which
should
not
die,
and
to
save
souls
alive
which
should
not
live, telling
lies
to
my
people
that believe
lies.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I declare
against
your cushions, wherewith
you catch flying
souls:
and
I
will
tear
them
off
from
your
arms:
and
I
will
let
go
the
souls
that
you catch,
the
souls
that
should fly.
And
I
will
tear
your pillows,
and
will
deliver
my
people
out
of
your
hand,
neither
shall
they
be
any
more
in
your
hands
to
be
a
prey:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
Because
with
lies
you
have
made
the
heart
of
the
just
to mourn, whom
I
have
not
made sorrowful:
and
have
strengthened
the
hands
of
the
wicked,
that
he should
not
return
from
his
evil
way,
and
live.
Therefore
you
shall
not
see
vain
things,
nor
divine
divinations
any
more,
and
I
will
deliver
my
people
out
of
your
hand:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
some
of
the ancients
of
Israel
came
to
me,
and
sat
before
me.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
these
men
have
placed
their uncleannesses
in
their
hearts,
and
have
set
up
before
their
face
the stumblingblock
of
their
iniquity:
and
shall
I answer
when
they
inquire
of
me?
Therefore
speak
to
them,
and
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Man,
man
of
the
house
of
Israel
that
shall
place
his uncleannesses
in
his
heart,
and
set
up
the stumblingblock
of
his
iniquity
before
his
face,
and
shall
come
to
the
prophet inquiring
of
me
by
him:
I
the
Lord
will
answer
him
according
to
the
multitude
of
his uncleannesses:
That
the
house
of
Israel
may
be
caught
in
their own
heart,
with
which
they
have departed
from
me
through
all
their
idols.
Therefore
say
to
the
house
of
Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Be
converted,
and depart
from
your
idols,
and
turn
away
your
faces
from
all
your
abominations.
For
every
man
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and
every
stranger
among
the proselytes
in
Israel,
if
he separate
himself
from
me,
and
place
his
idols
in
his
heart,
and
set
the stumblingblock
of
his
iniquity
before
his
face,
and
come
to
the
prophet
to
inquire
of
me
by
him:
I
the
Lord
will
answer
him
by
myself.
And
I
will
set
my
face
against
that
man,
and
will
make
him
an example,
and
a
proverb,
and
will
cut
him
off
from
the
midst
of
my
people:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
when
the
prophet
shall err,
and
speak
a
word:
I
the
Lord
have deceived
that
prophet:
and
I
will
stretch forth
my
hand
upon
him,
and
will cut
him
off
from
the
midst
of
my
people
Israel.
And
they
shall
bear
their
iniquity: according
to
the
iniquity
of
him
that inquireth,
so
shall
the
iniquity
of
the
prophet
be.
That
the
house
of
Israel
may
go
no
more
astray
from
me,
nor
be polluted
with
all
their
transgressions:
but
may
be
my
people,
and
I
may
be
their
God, saith
the
Lord
of hosts.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
when
a
land
shall
sin
against
me,
so
as
to transgress grievously,
I
will
stretch
forth
my
hand
upon
it,
and
will
break
the
staff
of
the
bread thereof:
and
I
will
send
famine
upon
it,
and
will
destroy
man
and
beast
out
of
it.
And
if
these
three
men, Noe,
Daniel,
and
Job,
shall
be
in
it:
they
shall
deliver
their
own
souls
by
their
justice, saith
the
Lord
of hosts.
And
if
I
shall
bring mischievous
beasts also
upon
the
land
to
waste
it,
and
it
be
desolate,
so
that
there
is none
that can
pass
because
of
the
beasts:
If
these
three
men
shall
be
in
it,
as
I
live, saith
the
Lord,
they
shall
deliver
neither
sons
nor
daughters:
but
they
only
shall
be
delivered,
and
the
land
shall
be
made
desolate.
Or
if
I
bring
the
sword
upon
that
land,
and
say
to
the
sword:
Pass
through
the
land:
and
I
destroy
man
and
beast
out
of
it:
And
these
three
men
be
in
the
midst thereof:
as
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
they
shall
deliver
neither
sons
nor
daughters,
but
they
themselves
alone
shall
be
delivered.
Or
if
I
also
send
the
pestilence
upon
that
land,
and
pour
out
my indignation
upon
it
in
blood,
to
cut
off
from
it
man
and
beast:
And Noe,
and
Daniel,
and
Job
be
in
the
midst thereof:
as
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
they
shall
deliver
neither
son
nor
daughter:
but
they
shall
only
deliver
their
own
souls
by
their
justice.
For
thus saith
the
Lord:
Although
I
shall
send
in
upon
Jerusalem
my
four grievous
judgments,
the
sword,
and
the
famine,
and
the mischievous
beasts,
and
the
pestilence,
to
destroy
out
of
it
man
and
beast,
Yet
there
shall
be
left
in
it
some
that
shall
be
saved,
who
shall
bring
away
their
sons
and
daughters:
behold
they
shall
come
among
you,
and
you
shall
see
their
way,
and
their doings:
and
you
shall
be
comforted
concerning
the
evil
that
I
have
brought
upon
Jerusalem,
in
all
things
that
I
have
brought
upon
it.
And
they
shall
comfort
you,
when
you
shall
see
their
ways,
and
their doings:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
have
not
done
without
cause
all
that
I
have
done
in
it, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
what
shall
be
made
of
the
wood
of
the
vine,
out
of
all
the
trees
of
the
woods
that
are among
the
trees
of
the
forests?
Shall
wood
be
taken
of
if,
to
do
any
work,
or
shall
a
pin
be
made
of
it
for
any
vessel
to
hang
thereon?
Behold
it
is
cast
into
the
fire
for
fuel:
the
fire hath
consumed
both
ends thereof,
and
the
midst thereof
is reduced
to ashes: shall
it
be useful
for
any
work?
Even
when
it
was
whole
it
was
not fit
for
work:
how
much
less,
when
the
fire hath
devoured
and
consumed
it,
shall
any
work
be
made
of
it?
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
As
the
vine
tree
among
the
trees
of
the
forests
which
I
have
given
to
the
fire
to
be consumed,
so
will
I
deliver
up
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
And
I
will
set
my
face
against
them:
they
shall
go
out
from
fire,
and
fire
shall
consume
them:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
set
my
face
against
them.
And
I
shall
have
made
their
land
a wilderness,
and
desolate,
because
they
have
been transgressors, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
make
known
to
Jerusalem
her
abominations.
And thou shalt
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
Jerusalem: Thy root,
and thy nativity
is
of
the
land
of Chanaan, thy
father
was
an Amorrhite,
and thy
mother
a Cethite.
And
when thou wast
born,
in
the
day
of thy nativity thy
navel wits
not
cut,
neither wast thou
washed
with
water
for thy health,
nor salted
with salt,
nor swaddled
with clouts.
No
eye
had
pity
on thee
to
do
any
of
these
things
for thee,
out
of
compassion
to thee:
but thou wast
cast
out
upon
the
face
of
the earth
in
the abjection
of thy
soul,
in
the
day
that thou wast
born.
And
passing
by thee,
I
saw
that thou wast
trodden
under foot
in thy own
blood.
and
I
said
to thee
when thou wast
in thy
blood:
Live:
I
have
said
to thee:
Live
in thy
blood.
I
caused thee
to
multiply
as
the bud
of
the
field:
and thou didst
increase
and
grow
great,
and advancedst,
and camest
to woman’s ornament: thy
breasts were
fashioned,
and thy
hair
grew:
and thou wast
naked,
and
full
of confusion.
And
I
passed
by thee,
and
saw thee:
and
behold thy
time
was
the
time
of
lovers:
and
I
spread
my
garment
over thee,
and
covered thy ignominy.
And
I
swore
to thee,
and
I
entered
into
a
covenant
with thee, saith
the
Lord
God:
and thou becamest mine.
And
I
washed thee
with
water,
and cleansed
away thy
blood
from thee:
and
I anointed thee
with
oil.
And I
clothed thee
with
embroidery,
and shed thee
with violet coloured shoes:
and I girded thee about
with
fine
linen,
and
clothed thee
with
fine garments.
I decked thee also
with
ornaments,
and
put
bracelets
on thy
hands,
and
a
chain
about thy
neck.
And
I
put
a jewel
upon thy forehead
and
earrings
in thy
ears,
and
a
beautiful
crown
upon thy
head.
And thou wast adorned
with
gold,
and
silver,
and wast clothed
with
fine
linen,
and
embroidered
work,
and
many colours: thou didst
eat
fine hour,
and
honey,
and
oil,
and wast made
exceeding
beautiful:
and wast advanced
to
be
a queen.
And thy
renown
went
forth
among
the
nations
for thy
beauty:
for thou wast
perfect
through
my
beauty,
which
I
had
put
upon thee, saith
the
Lord
God.
But
trusting
in thy
beauty, thou playedst
the
harlot
because
of thy
renown,
and thou hast
prostituted thyself
to
every passenger,
to
be
his.
And
taking
of thy
garments thou hast
made thee
high
places sewed
together
on each side:
and hast
played
the
harlot
upon
them,
as hath
not
been
done
before,
nor
shall
be hereafter.
And thou tookest thy
beautiful
vessels,
of
my
gold,
and
my
silver,
which
I
gave thee,
and thou madest thee
images
of
men,
and hast
committed fornication
with
them.
And thou tookest thy
garments
of divers colours,
and coveredst
them:
and settest
my
oil
and
my sweet
incense
before
them.
And
my
bread
which
I
gave thee,
the
fine
flour,
and
oil,
and
honey, wherewith
I
fed thee, thou hast
set
before
them
for
a sweet odour;
and
it
was
done, saith
the
Lord
God.
And thou hast
taken thy
sons,
and thy
daughters,
whom thou hast
borne
to
me:
and best
sacrificed
the
same
to
them
to
be
devoured.
Is thy fornication
small?
Thou hast sacrificed
and
given
my
children
to
them, consecrating
them
by fire.
And
after
all thy
abominations,
and fornications, thou hast
not
remembered
the
days
of thy
youth,
when thou wast
naked,
and
full
of confusion,
trodden under foot
in thy
own
blood.
And
it
came
to
pass
after
all thy
wickedness (woe,
woe
to thee, saith
the
Lord
God)
That thou didst
also
build thee
a common stew,
and madest thee
a brothel house
in
every
street.
At
every
head
of
the
way thou hast
set
up
a sign
of thy prostitution:
and hast
made thy
beauty
to
be
abominable:
and hast prostituted thyself
to
every
one
that
passed
by,
and hast
multiplied thy fornications.
And thou hast committed fornication
with
the
Egyptians thy neighbours,
men
of large
bodies,
and hast
multiplied thy fornications
to
provoke
me.
Behold,
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
upon thee,
and
will
take
away thy justification:
and
I
will
deliver thee
up
to
the
will
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines
that
hate thee,
that
are
ashamed
of thy
wicked
way.
Thou hast
also committed fornication
with
the Assyrians,
because thou wast
not
yet
satisfied:
and
after thou hadst
played
the
harlot
with
them,
even
so thou wast
not contented.
Thou hast
also
multiplied thy fornications
in
the
land
of Chanaan
with
the
Chaldeans:
and
neither
so wast
then
satisfied.
Wherein
shall
I cleanse thy
heart, saith
the
Lord
God: seeing thou dost
all
these
the
works
of
a shameless
prostitute?
Because thou hast
built thy brothel house
at
the
head
of
every
way,
and thou hast
made thy
high
place
in
every
street:
and wast
not
as
a
harlot
that
by disdain enhanceth
her price,
But
as
an
adulteress,
that bringeth
in
strangers
over
her
husband.
Gifts
are
given
to
all
harlots:
but thou hast
given hire
to
all thy
lovers,
and thou hast
given
them
gifts
to
come
to thee
from
every
side,
to
commit fornication
with thee.
And
it hath
happened
in thee contrary
to
the custom
of
women
in thy fornications,
and
after thee
there
shall
be
no
such fornication:
for
in
that thou gavest rewards,
and didst
not
take rewards,
the contrary hath
been
done
in thee.
Therefore,
O
harlot,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because thy money hath
been
poured
out,
and thy
shame discovered
through thy fornications
with thy
lovers,
and
with
the
idols
of thy
abominations,
by
the
blood
of thy
children
whom thou gavest
them:
Behold,
I
will
gather
together
all thy
lovers
with
whom thou hast
taken
pleasure,
and
all
whom thou hast
loved,
with
all
whom thou hast
hated:
and
I
will
gather
them
together
against thee
on
every
side,
and
will discover thy
shame
in
their sight,
and
they
shall
see
all thy
nakedness.
And
I
will
judge thee
as
adulteresses,
and
they
that
shed
blood
are
judged:
and
I
will
give thee
blood
in
fury
and
jealousy.
And
I
will
deliver thee
into
their
hands,
and
they
shall
destroy thy brothel house,
and throw
down thy stews:
and
they
shall
strip thee
of thy
garments,
and
shall
take
away
the
vessels
of thy
beauty:
and
leave thee
naked,
and full
of disgrace.
And
they
shall
bring
upon thee
a multitude,
and
they
shall
stone thee
with
stones,
and
shall slay thee
with
their
swords.
And
they
shall
burn thy
houses
with
fire,
and
shall
execute
judgments
upon thee
in
the
sight
of
many
women:
and thou shalt
cease
from fornication,
and shalt
give
no
hire
any
more.
And
my indignation
shall
rest
in thee:
and
my
jealousy
shall
depart
from thee,
and
I
will cease
and
be
angry
no
more.
Because thou hast
not
remembered
the
days
of thy
youth,
but hast provoked
me
in
all
these
things: wherefore
I
also
have
turned thy
ways
upon thy
head, saith
the
Lord
God,
and
I
have
not
done
according
to thy
wicked
deeds
in
all thy
abominations.
Behold
every
one
that useth
a common proverb,
shall use
this
against thee,
saying:
As
the
mother
was,
so also
is
her
daughter.
Thou art thy
mother’s
daughter,
that cast off
her
husband,
and
her
children:
and thou art
the
sister
of thy
sisters,
who cast off
their
husbands,
and
their
children:
your
mother
was
a Cethite,
and
your
father
an Amorrhite.
And thy
elder
sister
is
Samaria,
she
and
her
daughters
that
dwell
at thy
left
hand:
and thy
younger
sister
that dwelleth
at thy
right
hand
is
Sodom,
and
her
daughters.
But
neither hast thou
walked
in
their
ways,
nor hast thou
done
a
little less
than
they according
to
their wickednesses: thou hast
done
almost
more wicked
things
than
they
in
all thy
ways.
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God, thy
sister
Sodom
herself,
and
her
daughters,
have
not
done
as thou hast
done,
and thy
daughters.
Behold
this
was
the
iniquity
of
Sodom thy
sister,
pride, fulness
of
bread,
and abundance,
and
the idleness
of
her,
and
of
her
daughters:
and
they
did
not
put forth
their
hand
to
the
needy,
and
to
the
poor.
And
they
were lifted
up,
and
committed
abominations
before
me:
and
I
took
them
away
as thou hast
seen.
And
Samaria
committed
not
half thy
sins:
but thou hast surpassed
them
with thy crimes,
and hast
justified thy
sisters
by
all thy
abominations
which thou hast
done.
Therefore
do thou
also
bear thy confusion, thou
that hast surpassed thy
sisters
with thy
sins, doing
more wickedly
than
they:
for
they
are
justified
above thee,
therefore
be thou
also
confounded,
and
bear thy
shame, thou
that hast
justified thy
sisters.
And
I
will
bring
back
and
restore
them
by
bringing
back
Sodom,
with
her
daughters,
and
by
bringing
back
Samaria,
and
her
daughters:
and
I
will
bring
those
that
return
of thee
in
the
midst
of
them.
That thou mayest
bear thy
shame,
and mayest
be
confounded
in
all
that thou hast
done, comforting
them.
And thy
sister
Sodom
and
her
daughters shall
return
to
their ancient
state:
and
Samaria
and
her
daughters shall
return
to
their ancient
state:
and thou
and thy
daughters shall
return
to
your ancient
state.
And
Sodom thy
sister
was
not
heard
of
in thy
mouth,
in
the
day
of thy
pride,
Before thy malice
was
laid
open:
as
it
is
at
this
time,
making thee
a
reproach
of
the
daughters
of
Syria,
and
of
all
the
daughters
of Palestine
round
about thee,
that encompass thee
on
all
sides.
Thou hast
borne thy
wickedness,
and thy disgrace, saith
the
Lord
God.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
will
deal
with thee,
as thou hast
despised
the
oath,
in breaking
the
covenant:
And
I
will
remember
my
covenant
with thee
in
the
days
of thy
youth:
and
I
will
establish
with thee
an
everlasting
covenant.
And thou shalt
remember thy
ways,
and
be
ashamed:
when thou shalt
receive thy
sisters, thy
elder
and thy
younger:
and
I
will
give
them
to thee
for
daughters,
but
not
by thy
covenant.
And
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with thee:
and thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
That thou mayest
remember,
and
be
confounded,
and mayest
no
more
open thy
mouth
because
of thy confusion,
when
I
shall
be pacified
toward thee
for
all
that thou hast
done, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man, put forth
a
riddle,
and speak
a
parable
to
the
house
of
Israel,
And
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
A
large
eagle
with
great
wings, long-limbed,
full
of
feathers,
and
of variety,
came
to Libanus,
and
took
away
the marrow
of
the
cedar.
He cropped
off
the
top
of
the
twigs thereof:
and
carried
it
away
into
the
land
of Chanaan,
and
he
set
it
in
a
city
of
merchants.
And
he
took
of
the
seed
of
the
land,
and
put
it
in
the
ground
for
seed,
that
it might
take
a firm root
over
many
waters:
he
planted
it
on
the surface
of
the
earth.
And
it
sprung
up
and grew
into
a
spreading
vine
of
low
stature,
and
the
branches thereof
looked towards
him:
and
the
roots thereof
were
under
him.
So
it
became
a
vine,
and grew
into
branches,
and
shot
forth sprigs.
And
there
was
another
large
eagle,
with
great
wings,
and
many
feathers:
and
behold
this
vine, bending
as
it
were
her
roots towards
him,
stretched
forth
her
branches
to
him,
that
he might
water
it
by
the furrows
of
her plantation.
It
was
planted
in
a
good
ground
upon
many
waters,
that
it might
bring
forth
branches,
and
bear
fruit,
that
it might
become
a
large
vine.
Say thou:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Shall
it
prosper
then?
shall
he
not
pull
up
the
roots thereof,
and strip
off
its
fruit,
and
dry
up
all
the branches
it hath shot
forth,
and
make
it
wither:
and
this
without
a
strong
arm,
or
many
people,
to pluck
it
up
by
the
root?
Behold,
it
is
planted:
shall
it
prosper
then?
shall
it
not
be
dried
up
when
the burning
wind
shall
touch
it,
and
shall
it
not
wither
in
the furrows
where
it
grew?
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Say
to
the provoking
house:
Know
you
not
what
these
things mean?
Tell
them:
Behold
the
king
of
Babylon cometh
to
Jerusalem:
and
he
shall
take
away
the
king
and
the
princes thereof,
and
carry
them
with
him
to
Babylon.
And
he
shall
take
one
of
the king’s
seed,
and
make
a
covenant
with
him,
and
take
an
oath
of
him. Yea,
and
he
shall
take
away
the mighty
men
of
the
land,
That
it
may
be
a
low
kingdom
and
not
lift itself
up,
but
keep
his
covenant,
and
observe
it.
But
he hath revolted
from
him
and
sent
ambassadors
to
Egypt,
that
it might
give
him
horses,
and
much
people.
And
shall
he
that hath
done thus
prosper,
or
be
saved?
and
shall
he
escape
that hath
broken
the
covenant?
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God:
In
the
place
where
the
king dwelleth
that
made
him
king,
whose
oath
he hath
made void,
and
whose
covenant
he broke,
even
in
the
midst
of
Babylon
shall
he
die.
And
not
with
a
great
army,
nor
with
much
people
shall Pharao
fight
against
him:
when
he
shall
cast
up mounts,
and
build forts,
to
cut
off
many
souls.
For
he
had
despised
the
oath, breaking
his
covenant,
and
behold
he hath
given
his
hand:
and
having
done
all
these
things,
he
shall
not
escape.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
As
I
live,
I
will
lay upon
his
head
the
oath
he hath
despised,
and
the
covenant
he hath broken.
And
I
will
spread
my
net
over
him,
and
he
shall
be
taken
in
my
net:
and
I
will
bring
him
into
Babylon,
and
will
judge
him
there
for
the transgression
by
which
he hath despised
me.
And
all
his fugitives
with
all
his bands
shall
fall
by
the
sword:
and
the residue
shall
be
scattered
into
every
wind:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
the
Lord
have
spoken.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
myself
will
take
of
the marrow
of
the
high
cedar,
and
will
set
it:
I
will crop
off
a
tender twig
from
the
top
of
the branches thereof,
and
I
will
plant
it
on
a
mountain
high
and eminent.
On
the
high
mountains
of
Israel
will
I
plant
it,
and
it
shall shoot
forth
into
branches,
and
shall
bear
fruit,
and
it
shall
become
a great
cedar:
and
all
birds
shall
dwell
under
it,
and
every
fowl
shall
make
its
nest
under
the
shadow
of
the
branches thereof.
And
all
the
trees
of
the
country
shall
know
that
I
the
Lord
have
brought
down
the
high
tree,
and
exalted
the
low
tree:
and
have
dried
up
the
green
tree,
and
have caused
the
dry
tree
to flourish.
I
the
Lord
have
spoken
and
have
done
it.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
What
is
the meaning?
That
you
use
among
you
this
parable
as
a
proverb
in
the
land
of
Israel,
saying:
The
fathers
have
eaten
sour
grapes,
and
the
teeth
of
the
children
are set
on edge.
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
this
parable
shall
be
no
more
to
you
a
proverb
in
Israel.
Behold
all
souls
are mine:
as
the
soul
of
the
father,
so also
the
soul
of
the
son
is mine:
the
soul
that sinneth,
the
same
shall
die.
And
if
a
man
be
just,
and
do
judgment
and
justice,
And hath
not
eaten
upon
the
mountains,
nor
lifted
up
his
eyes
to
the
idols
of
the
house
of
Israel:
and hath
not
defiled
his neighbour’s
wife,
nor
come
near
to
a menstruous
woman:
And hath
not
wronged
any
man:
but hath
restored
the
pledge
to
the
debtor, hath
taken
nothing
away
by violence: hath
given
his
bread
to
the
hungry,
and hath
covered
the
naked
with
a
garment:
Hath
not lent
upon
usury,
nor
taken
any
increase: hath withdrawn
his
hand
from
iniquity,
and hath executed
true
judgment
between
man
and
man:
Hath
walked
in
my commandments,
and
kept
my
judgments,
to
do
truth:
he
is
just,
he
shall
surely
live, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
if
he
beget
a
son
that
is
a robber,
a shedder
of
blood,
and
that hath
done
some
one
of
these
things:
Though
he doth
not
all
these
things,
but
that eateth
upon
the
mountains,
and
that defileth
his neighbour’s
wife:
That grieveth
the
needy
and
the
poor,
that taketh
away
by violence,
that restoreth
not
the
pledge,
and
that lifteth
up
his
eyes
to
idols,
that committeth
abomination:
That giveth
upon
usury,
and
that taketh
an
increase:
shall
such
a
one
live?
he
shall
not
live. Seeing
he hath
done
all
these
detestable
things,
he
shall
surely
die,
his
blood
shall
be
upon
him.
But
if
he
beget
a
son,
who,
seeing
all
his
father’s
sins,
which
he hath
done,
is afraid,
and
shall
not
do
the
like
to
them:
That hath
not
eaten
upon
the
mountains,
nor
lifted
up
his
eyes
to
the
idols
of
the
house
of
Israel,
and hath
not
defiled
his neighbour’s
wife:
And hath
not grieved
any
man,
nor withholden
the
pledge,
nor
taken
away
with violence,
but hath
given
his
bread
to
the
hungry,
and
covered
the
naked
with
a
garment:
That hath
turned
away
his
hand
from injuring
the
poor, hath
not
taken
usury
and
increase,
but hath
executed
my
judgments,
and hath
walked
in
my commandments:
this
man
shall
not
die
for
the
iniquity
of
his
father,
but
living
he
shall
live.
As
for
his
father,
because
he
oppressed
and offered
violence
to
his
brother,
and wrought
evil
in
the
midst
of
his
people,
behold
he
is
dead
in
his own
iniquity.
And
you
say:
Why hath
not
the
son
borne
the
iniquity
of
his
father? Verily,
because
the
son hath wrought
judgment
and
justice, hath
kept
all
my commandments,
and
done
them, living,
he
shall
live.
The
soul
that sinneth,
the
same
shall
die:
the
son
shall
not
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
father,
and
the
father
shall
not
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
son:
the
justice
of
the
just
shall
be
upon
him,
and
the
wickedness
of
the
wicked
shall
be
upon
him.
But
if
the
wicked
do penance
for
all
his
sins
which
he hath
committed,
and
keep
all
my commandments,
and
do
judgment,
and
justice, living
he
shall
live,
and
shall
not
die.
I
will
not
remember
all
his iniquities
that
he hath
done:
in
his
justice
which
he hath wrought,
he
shall
live.
Is
it
my
will
that
a sinner should
die, saith
the
Lord
God,
and
not
that
he should
be
converted
from
his
ways,
and
live?
But
if
the
just
man
turn
himself
away
from
his
justice,
and
do
iniquity according
to
all
the
abominations
which
the
wicked
man useth
to work,
shall
he live?
all
his justices
which
he hath
done,
shall
not
be
remembered:
in
the prevarication,
by
which
he hath prevaricated,
and
in
his
sin,
which
he hath
committed,
in
them
he
shall
die.
And
you
have
said:
The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not
right.
Hear ye, therefore,
O
house
of
Israel:
Is
it
my
way
that
is
not
right,
and
are
not
rather
your
ways perverse?
For
when
the
just turneth himself
away
from
his
justice,
and committeth
iniquity,
he
shall
die therein:
in
the
injustice
that
he hath wrought
he
shall
die.
And
when
the
wicked turneth
himself
away
from
his
wickedness,
which
he hath wrought,
and doeth
judgment,
and
justice:
he
shall
save
his
soul
alive.
Because
he considereth
and turneth
away
himself
from
all
his iniquities
which
he hath wrought,
he
shall
surely
live,
and
not
die.
And
the children
of
Israel
say:
The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not
right.
Are
not
my
ways
right,
O
house
of
Israel,
and
are
not
rather
your
ways perverse?
Therefore
will
I
judge
every
man
according
to
his
ways,
O
house
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord
God.
Be
converted,
and
do penance
for
all
your
iniquities:
and
iniquity
shall
not
be
your ruin.
Cast
away
from
you
all
your
transgressions,
by
which
you
have
transgressed,
and
make
to
yourselves
a
new
heart,
and
a
new
spirit:
and
why
will
you
die,
O
house
of
Israel?
For
I
desire
not
the
death
of
him
that dieth, saith
the
Lord
God,
return ye
and
live.
Moreover
take thou
up
a
lamentation
for
the
princes
of
Israel,
And
say:
Why
did thy
mother
the
lioness
lie
down
among
the
lions,
and bring up
her whelps
in
the
midst
of
young
lions?
And she
brought out
one
of
her whelps,
and
he
became
a
lion:
and
he
learned
to catch
the
prey,
and
to
devour
men.
And
the
nations
heard
of
him,
and
took
him,
but
not without receiving wounds:
and
they
brought
him
in chains
into
the
land
of
Egypt.
But
she
seeing herself weakened,
and
that
her
hope
was
lost,
took
one
of
her
young
lions,
and
set
him
up
for
a
lion.
And
he
went
up
and
down
among
the
lions,
and
became
a
lion:
and
he
learned
to catch
the
prey,
and
to
devour
men.
He
learned
to
make
widows,
and
to lay waste
their
cities:
and
the
land became
desolate,
and
the fulness thereof
by
the
noise
of
his
roaring.
And
the
nations Game
together
against
him
on
every
side
out
of
the
provinces,
and
they
spread
their
net
over
him,
in
their wounds
he
was
taken.
And
they
put
him
into
a
cage,
they
brought
him
in chains
to
the
king
of
Babylon:
and
they
cast
him
into prison,
that
his
voice
should
no
more
be
heard
upon
the
mountains
of
Israel.
Thy
mother
is
like
a
vine
in thy
blood
planted
by
the
water:
her
fruit
and
her
branches
have
grown
out
of
many
waters.
And she hath
strong
rods
to
make sceptres
for
them
that bear
rule,
and
her
stature
was
exalted
among
the
branches:
and she
saw
her
height
in
the
multitude
of
her
branches.
But she
was
plucked
up
in
wrath,
and
cast
on
the
ground,
and
the
burning
wind
dried
up
her
fruit:
her
strong
rods
are
withered,
and
dried
up:
the
fire hath
devoured
her.
And
now she
is transplanted
into
the
desert,
in
a
land
not passable,
and
dry.
And
a
fire
is
gone
out
from
a
rod
of
her
branches,
which hath
devoured
her
fruit:
so
that
she
now hath
no
strong
rod,
to
be
a sceptre
of
rulers.
This
is
a
lamentation,
and
it
shall
be
for
a
lamentation.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seventh
year,
in
the
fifth
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month:
there
came
men
of
the ancients
of
Israel
to
inquire
of
the
Lord,
and
they
sat
before
me.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
speak
to
the ancients
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Are
you
come
to
inquire
of
me?
As
I
live,
I
will
not
answer
you, saith
the
Lord
God.
If thou judgest
them,
if thou judgest,
son
of
man,
declare
to
them
the
abominations
of
their
fathers.
And
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
In
the
day
when
I
chose
Israel,
and
lifted
up
my
hand
for
the
race
of
the
house
of
Jacob:
and appeared
to
them
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
lifted
up
my
hand
for
them,
saying:
I
am
the
Lord
your
God:
In
that
day
I
lifted
up
my
hand
for
them,
to
bring
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
into
a
land
which
I
had provided
for
them,
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
which excelleth amongst
all
lands.
And
I
said
to
them:
Let
every
man
cast
away
the scandals
of
his
eyes,
and
defile
not
yourselves
with
the
idols
of
Egypt:
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
But
they provoked
me,
and
would
not hearken
to
me:
they
did
not
every
man
cast
away
the
abominations
of
his
eyes,
neither
did
they
forsake
the
idols
of
Egypt:
and
I
said
I
would
pour
out
my indignation
upon
them,
and
accomplish
my
wrath
against
them
in
the
midst
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
But
I
did otherwise
for
my
name’s
sake,
that
it
might
not
be violated
before
the
nations,
in
the
midst
of
whom
they
were,
and
among
whom
I
made
myself
known
to
them,
to
bring
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
Therefore
I
brought
them
out
from
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
brought
them
into
the
desert.
And
I
gave
them
my
statutes,
and
I shewed
them
my
judgments,
which
if
a
man
do,
he
shall live
in
them.
Moreover
I
gave
them
also
my
sabbaths,
to
be
a
sign
between
me
and
them:
and
that
they
might
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
that
sanctify
them.
But
the
house
of
Israel provoked
me
in
the
desert:
they
walked
not
in
my
statutes,
and
they
cast
away
my
judgments,
which
if
a
man
do
he
shall
live
in
them:
and
they grievously violated
my
sabbaths.
I
said
therefore
that
I
would
pour
out
my indignation
upon
them
in
the
desert,
and
would
consume
them.
But
I spared
them
for
the
sake
of
my
name, lest
it
should
be
profaned
before
the
nations,
from
which
I
brought
them
out,
in
their
sight.
So
I
lifted
up
my
hand
over
them
in
the
desert,
not
to
bring
them
into
the
land
which
I
had
given
them
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
the best
of
all
lands.
Because
they cast
off
my
judgments,
and
walked
not
in
my
statutes,
and violated
my
sabbaths:
for
their
heart
went
after
idols.
Yet
my
eye
spared
them,
so
that
I
destroyed
them
not:
neither
did
I consume
them
in
the
desert.
And
I
said
to
their
children
in
the
wilderness: Walk
not
in
the
statutes
of
your
fathers,
and
observe
not
their
judgments,
nor
be ye
defiled
with
their
idols:
I
am
the
Lord
your
God: walk ye
in
my
statutes,
and
observe
my
judgments,
and
do
them.
And
sanctify
my
sabbaths,
that
they
may
be
a
sign
between
me
and
you:
and
that
you
may
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
your
God.
But
their
children provoked
me,
they
walked
not
in
my commandments,
nor
observed
my
judgments
to
do
them:
which
if
a
man
do,
he shell
live
in
them:
and
they violated
my
sabbaths:
and
I
threatened
to
pour
out
my indignation
upon
them,
and
to
accomplish
my
wrath
in
them
in
the
desert.
But
I
turned
away
my
hand,
and wrought
for
my
name’s
sake,
that
it
might
not
be violated
before
the
nations,
out
of
which
I
brought
them
forth
in
their
sight.
Again
I
lifted
up
my
hand
upon
them
in
the
wilderness,
to
disperse
them
among
the
nations,
and
scatter
them
through
the
countries:
Because
they
had
not
done
my
judgments,
and
had cast
off
my
statutes,
and
had violated
my
sabbaths,
and
their
eyes
had
been
after
the
idols
of
their
fathers.
Therefore
I
also
gave
them
statutes
that
were
not
good,
and
judgments,
in which
they
shall
not
live.
And
I polluted
them
in
their own
gifts,
when
they offered
all
that opened
the
womb,
for
their offences:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
Wherefore
speak
to
the
house
of
Israel,
O
son
of
man,
and
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Moreover
in
this
also
your
fathers
blasphemed
me,
when
they
had despised
and contemned
me;
And
I
had
brought
them
into
the
land,
for
which
I
lifted
up
my
hand
to
give
it
them:
they
saw
every
high
hill,
and
every shady
tree,
and
there
they
sacrificed
their victims:
and
there
they
presented
the provocation
of
their
offerings,
and
there
they
set
their sweet odours,
and poured
forth
their libations.
And
I
said
to
them:
What meaneth
the
high
place
to
which
you
go?
and
the
name thereof
was
called High-place
even
to
this
day.
Wherefore
say
to
the
house
of
Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Verily,
you
are
defiled
in
the
way
of
your
fathers,
and
you
commit fornication
with
their
abominations.
And
you
defile
yourselves
with
all
your:
idols unto
this
day,
in
the offering
of
your
gifts,
when
you
make
your
children
pass
through
the
fire:
and
shall
I answer
you,
O
house
of
Israel?
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
I
will
not answer
you.
Neither
shall
the
thought
of
your
mind
come
to
pass,
by
which
you
say:
We
will
be
as
the
Gentiles,
and
as
the
families
of
the
earth,
to worship stocks
and
stones.
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
I
will
reign
over
you
with
a
strong
hand,
and
with
a
stretched
out
arm,
and
with
fury
poured
out.
And
I
will
bring
you
out
from
the
people,
and
I
will
gather
you
out
of
the
countries,
in
which
you
are
scattered,
I
will reign
over
you
with
a
strong
hand,
and
with
a
stretched
out
arm,
and
with
fury
poured
out.
And
I
will
bring
you
into
the
wilderness
of
people,
and
there
will
I
plead
with
you
face
to
face.
As
I pleaded
against
your
fathers
in
the
desert
of
the
land
of
Egypt;
even
so
will
I
judge
you, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
I
will make
you subject
to
my sceptre,
and
will
bring
you
into
the bands
of
the
covenant.
And
I
will pick
out
from
among
you
the
transgressors,
and
the wicked,
and
will
bring
them
out
of
the
land
where
they
sojourn,
and
they
shall
not
enter
into
the
land
of
Israel:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
as
for
you,
O
house
of
Israel:
thus saith
the
Lord
God: Walk ye
every
one
after
your
idols,
and
serve
them.
But
if
in
this
also
you
hear
me
not,
but
defile
my
holy
name
any
more
with
your
gifts,
and
with
your
idols;
In
my
holy
mountain,
in
the
high
mountain
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord
God,
there
shall
all
the
house
of
Israel
serve
me;
all
of
them
I
say,
in
the
land
in
which
they
shall
please
me,
and
there
will
I
require
your firstfruits,
and
the chief
of
your tithes
with
all
your sanctifications.
I
will
accept
of
you
for
an odour
of sweetness,
when
I
shall
have
brought
you
out
from
the
people,
and
shall
have
gathered
you
out
of
the
lands
into
which
you
are
scattered,
and
I
will
be
sanctified
in
you
in
the
sight
of
the
nations.
And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
brought
you
into
the
land
of
Israel,
into
the
land
for
which
I
lifted
up
my
hand
to
give
it
to
your
fathers.
And
there
you
shall
remember
your
ways,
and
all
your
wicked doings
with
which
you
have
been
defiled;
and
you
shall
be
displeased
with
yourselves
in
your
own
sight,
for
all
your
wicked
deeds
which
you
committed.
And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
done
well
by
you
for
my own
name’s
sake,
and
not according
to
your
evil
ways,
nor according
to
your
wicked
deeds,
O
house
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord
God.
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field.
And any to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the dame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north.
And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord have kindled it, and it shall not be quenched.
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables?
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
set thy
face
toward Jerusalem,
and
let thy speech flow towards
the holy places,
and
prophesy
against
the
land
of Israel:
And
say
to
the
land
of Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I come
against thee,
and
I
will draw
forth
my sword
out
of
its sheath,
and
will cut
off
in thee
the
just,
and
the wicked.
And forasmuch
as
I
have cut off
in thee
the
just,
and
the wicked,
therefore
shall
my sword
go forth
out
of
its sheath
against
all
flesh,
from
the south
even
to
the north.
That all flesh
may know
that
I
the
Lord
have drawn
my sword out
of
its sheath
not
to
be turned back.
And thou, son
of man, mourn
with
the breaking
of thy loins,
and
with bitterness sigh
before
them.
And
when
they
shall
say
to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt
say:
For
that which
I hear:
because
it cometh,
and every heart
shall melt,
and all hands
shall
be
made feeble,
and every spirit
shall faint,
and water
shall run
down every knee: behold
it cometh,
and
it
shall
be done, saith
the Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man, prophesy,
and say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Say:
The
sword,
the
sword
is sharpened,
and furbished.
It
is sharpened
to
kill victims:
it
is furbished
that
it
may glitter: thou removest
the sceptre
of
my son, thou hast cut
down
every tree.
And
I
have given
it
to
be furbished,
that
it
may
be handled: this sword
is sharpened,
and
it
is furbished,
that
it
may
be
in
the hand
of
the slayer.
Cry,
and howl,
O son
of
man,
for
this sword
is
upon
my
people,
it
is
upon
all
the princes
of Israel,
that
are fled:
they
are
delivered
up
to
the sword
with
my
people,
strike
therefore
upon thy thigh,
Because
it
is tried:
and
that
when
it
shall overthrow
the sceptre,
and
it
shall
not
be, saith
the
Lord
God.
Thou
therefore,
O
son
of
man,
prophesy,
and strike thy hands
together,
and let
the
sword
be doubled,
and let
the
sword
of
the slain
be tripled:
this
is
the
sword
of
a great slaughter,
that maketh
them stand amazed,
And languish
in heart,
and
that multiplieth ruins.
In
all
their gates
I
have set
the dread
of
the
sharp sword,
the sword
that
is furbished
to glitter,
that
is
made ready
for
slaughter.
Be thou
sharpened, go
to
the right
hand,
or
to
the
left,
which way soever thou hast
a mind
to
set thy face.
And
I
will
clap
my hands
together,
and
will satisfy
my indignation:
I
the Lord
have
spoken.
And
the word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me, saying:
And thou
son
of
man, set thee
two ways,
for
the
sword
of
the king
of Babylon
to come:
both
shall come forth
out
of
one land:
and
with
his
hand
he
shall draw lots,
he
shall consult
at
the head
of
the way
of
the
city.
Thou shalt
make
a
way
that
the
sword
may come
to Rabbath
of
the children
of Ammon,
and
to Juda unto
Jerusalem
the strong
city.
For
the king
of Babylon stood
in
the highway, at
the
head
of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows:
he inquired
of
the idols,
and consulted entrails.
On
his
right
hand
was
the divination
for Jerusalem,
to
set battering rams,
to open
the mouth
in
slaughter,
to lift
up
the voice
in howling,
to
set engines
against
the gates,
to
cast
up
a mount,
to build forts.
And
he
shall
be
in
their eyes
as
one consulting
the oracle
in vain,
and imitating
the leisure
of sabbaths:
but
he
will
call
to remembrance
the iniquity
that
they
may
be
taken.
Therefore thus saith
the Lord
God:
Because
you
have remembered
your iniquity,
and
have discovered
your prevarications,
and
your sins
have
appeared
in
all
your devices:
because,
I say,
you
have remembered,
you
shall
be
taken
with
the
hand.
But thou profane wicked prince
of Israel,
whose day
is
come
that hath been
appointed
in
the time
of iniquity:
Thus saith
the Lord
God: Remove
the diadem,
take
off
the crown:
is
it
not
this
that hath exalted
the low
one,
and
brought
down
him
that
was high?
I
will shew
it
to
be iniquity, iniquity, iniquity:
but this
was
not
done till
he
came
to whom judgment belongeth,
and
I
will
give
it
him.
And thou son
of man, prophesy,
and say:
Thus saith
the Lord God concerning
the children
of Ammon,
and concerning
their reproach,
and thou shalt say: sword,
O sword,
come
out
of
the scabbard
to kill,
be furbished
to destroy,
and
to glitter,
Whilst
they
see vain
things
in thy
regard,
and
they divine lies:
to
bring thee
upon
the necks
of
the wicked
that
are wounded,
whose appointed day
is
come
in
the time
of
iniquity.
Return
into thy sheath.
I
will judge thee
in
the
place
wherein thou wast created,
in
the land
of thy nativity.
And
I
will pour out upon thee
my indignation:
in
the fire
of
my rage
will
I blow upon thee,
and
will give thee
into
the hands
of
men
that
are brutish
and contrive thy destruction.
Thou shalt
be fuel
for
the fire, thy blood
shall
be
in
the midst
of
the land, thou shalt
be forgotten:
for
I
the Lord
have
spoken
it.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
And thou
son
of
man, dost thou
not
judge, dost thou
not
judge
the
city
of
blood?
And thou shalt shew
her all
her abominations,
and shalt
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
This
is
the
city
that sheddeth
blood
in
the
midst
of
her,
that
her
time
may
come:
and
that hath
made
idols
against
herself,
to
defile
herself.
Thou art
become
guilty
in thy
blood
which thou hast
shed:
and thou art
defiled
in thy
idols
which thou hast
made:
and thou hast
made thy
days
to
draw
near,
and hast
brought
on
the
time
of thy
years:
therefore
have
I
made thee
a
reproach
to
the
Gentiles,
and
a mockery
to
all
countries.
Those
that
are
near,
and
those
that
are
far
from thee,
shall triumph
over thee: thou filthy
one, infamous,
great
in destruction.
Behold
the
princes
of
Israel,
every
one hath employed
his
arm
in thee
to
shed
blood.
They
have abused
father
and
mother
in thee,
they
have oppressed
the
stranger
in
the
midst
of thee,
they
have grieved
the
fatherless
and
widow
in thee.
Thou hast
despised
my sanctuaries,
and
profaned
my
sabbaths.
Slanderers
have
been
in thee
to
shed
blood,
and
they
have
eaten
upon
the
mountains
in thee,
they
have
committed
wickedness
in
the
midst
of thee.
They
have discovered
the
nakedness
of
their
father
in thee,
they
have humbled
the
uncleanness
of
the menstruous
woman
in thee.
And
every
one hath
committed
abomination
with
his neighbour’s
wife,
and
the
father
in law hath wickedly
defiled
his
daughter
in law,
the brother hath
oppressed
his
sister
the
daughter
of
his
father
in thee.
They
have
taken
gifts
in thee
to
shed
blood: thou hast
taken
usury
and
increase,
and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours:
and
then hast
forgotten
me, saith
the
Lord
God.
Behold,
I
have
clapped
my
hands
at thy covetousness,
which thou hast exercised
and
at
the
blood
that hath
been
shed:
In
the
midst
of thee.
Shall thy
heart
endure,
or
shall thy
hands
prevail ill
the
days
which
I
will bring
upon thee:
I
the
Lord
have
spoken,
and
will
do
it.
And
I
will
disperse thee
in
the
nations,
and
will
scatter thee
among
the
countries,
and
I
will put
an
end
to thy
uncleanness
in thee.
And
I
will possess thee
in
the
sight
of
the
Gentiles,
and thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
the
house
of
Israel
is
become dress
to
me:
all
these
are
brass,
and
tin,
and
iron,
and
lead,
in
the
midst
of
the
furnace:
they
are
become
the dress
of
silver.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
you
are
all
turned
into dress,
therefore
behold
I
will
gather
you
together
in
the
midst
of
Jerusalem.
As
they
gather
silver,
and
brass,
and
tin,
and
iron,
and
lead
in
the
midst
of
the
furnace:
that
I
may kindle
a
fire
in
it
to
melt
it:
so
will
I
gather
you
together
in
my
fury
and
in
my
wrath,
and
will take
my rest,
and
I
will
melt
you
down.
And
I
will
gather
you
together,
and
will burn
you
in
the
fire
of
my
wrath,
and
you shall be
melted
in
the
midst thereof.
As
silver
is
melted
in
the
midst
of
the
furnace,
so
shall
you
be
in
the
midst thereof:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
have
poured
out
my indignation
upon
you.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
say
to
her: Thou art
a
land
that
is unclean,
and
not rained upon
in
the
day
of
wrath.
There
is
a
conspiracy
of
prophets
in
the
midst thereof:
like
a
lion
that roareth
and catcheth
the
prey,
they
have
devoured
souls,
they
have
taken
riches
and hire,
they
have
made
many
widows
in
the
midst thereof.
Her
priests
have despised
my
law,
and
have
defiled
my sanctuaries:
they
have put
no difference
between
holy
and
profane:
nor
have distinguished
between
the polluted
and
the
clean:
and
they
have turned away
their
eyes
from
my
sabbaths,
and
I
was
profaned
in
the
midst
of
them.
Her
princes
in
the
midst
of
her,
are
like
wolves
ravening
the
prey
to
shed
blood,
and
to
destroy
souls,
and
to run
after
gains
through covetousness.
And
her
prophets
have daubed
them
without tempering
the mortar, seeing
vain
things,
and
divining
lies unto
them,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
when
the
Lord hath
not
spoken.
The
people
of
the
land
have used
oppression,
and
committed
robbery:
they
afflicted
the
needy
and
poor,
and
they
oppressed
the
stranger
by calumny
without
judgment.
And
I
sought
among
them
for
a
man
that might
set
up
a hedge,
and
stand
in
the
gap
before
me
in favour
of
the
land,
that
I might
not
destroy
it:
and
I
found
none.
And
I
poured
out
my
indignation
upon
them,
in
the
fire
of
my
wrath
I
consumed
them:
I
have rendered
their
way
upon
their own
head, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
there
were
two
women,
daughters
of
one
mother.
And
they
committed fornication
in
Egypt,
in
their
youth
they
committed fornication:
there
were
their
breasts
pressed down,
and
the teats
of
their
virginity
were
bruised.
And
their
names
were Oolla
the
elder,
and Ooliba
her younger
sister:
and
I
took
them,
and
they
bore
sons
and
daughters.
Now
for
their
names,
Samaria
is Oolla,
and
Jerusalem
is Ooliba.
And Oolla
committed fornication
against
me,
and doted
on
her
lovers,
on
the Assyrians
that
came
to
her,
Who were
clothed
with
blue, princes,
and
rulers, beautiful youths,
all
horsemen,
mounted
upon
horses.
And
she
committed
her fornications
with
those chosen
men,
all
sons
of
the Assyrians:
and
she
defiled
herself
with
the uncleanness
of
all
them
on
whom
she doted.
Moreover
also
she
did
not
forsake
her fornications which
she
had
committed
in
Egypt:
for
they
also
lay
with
her
in
her
youth,
and
they bruised
the
breasts
of
her
virginity,
and
poured
out
their fornication
upon
her.
Therefore
have
I
delivered
her
into
the
hands
of
her
lovers,
into
the
hands
of
the
sons
of
the Assyrians,
upon
whose lust
she doted.
They discovered
her disgrace,
took
away
her
sons
and
daughters,
and
slew
her
with
the
sword:
and
they
became infamous
women,
and
they executed
judgments
in
her.
And
when
her
sister Ooliba
saw this, she
was mad
with
lust
more
than she:
and she carried
her fornication
beyond
the fornication
of
her
sister.
Impudently prostituting herself
to
the
children
of
the Assyrians,
the princes,
and
rulers
that
came
to
her,
clothed
with divers colours,
to
the
horsemen
that
rode
upon
horses,
and
to
young
men
all
of great beauty.
And
I
saw
that
she
was
defiled,
and
that
they
both
took
one
way.
And she
increased
her fornications:
and
when she
had
seen
men painted
on
the
wall,
the
images
of
the
Chaldeans
set forth
in colours,
And
girded
with girdles
about
their reins,
and
with dyed
turbans
on
their
heads,
the resemblance
of
all
the
captains,
the
likeness
of
the
sons
of
Babylon,
and
of
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans wherein
they
were
born,
She doted
upon
them
with
the lust
of
her
eyes,
and she
sent
messengers
to
them
into
Chaldea.
And
when
the
sons
of
Babylon
were
come
to
her
to
the
bed
of
love,
they
defiled
her
with
their fornications,
and she
was polluted
by
them,
and
her
soul
was glutted
with
them.
And
she discovered
her fornications,
and discovered
her disgrace:
and
my
soul
was
alienated
from
her,
as
my
soul
was
alienated
from
her
sister.
For
she
multiplied
her fornications,
remembering
the
days
of
her
youth,
in
which
she
played
the
harlot
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
she
was mad
with lust
after lying
with
them
whose
flesh
is
as
the
flesh
of asses:
and
whose
issue
as
the
issue
of
horses.
And thou hast renewed
the
wickedness
of thy
youth,
when thy
breasts
were pressed
in
Egypt,
and
the papa
of thy virginity broken.
Therefore, Ooliba,
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
will
raise
up
against thee
all thy
lovers
with
whom thy
soul hath
been glutted:
and
I
will gather
them
together
against thee
round
about.
The
children
of
Babylon,
and
all
the
Chaldeans,
the nobles,
and
the kings,
and princes,
all
the
sons
of
the Assyrians, beautiful
young
men,
all
the
captains,
and
rulers,
the princes
of princes,
and
the renowned
horsemen.
And
they
shall
come
upon thee well
appointed
with
chariot
and
wheel,
a multitude
of
people:
they
shall
be
armed
against thee
on
every
side
with breastplate,
and
buckler,
and
helmet:
and
I
will
set
judgment
before
them,
and
they
shall
judge thee
by
their
judgments.
And
I
will
set
my
jealousy
against thee,
which
they
shall
execute
upon thee
with
fury:
they
shall
cut
off thy
nose
and thy
ears:
and
what
remains
shall
fall
by
the
sword:
they
shall
take thy
sons,
and thy
daughters,
and thy residue
shall
be
devoured
by
fire.
And they
shall
strip thee
of thy
garments,
and
take
away
the
instruments
of thy
glory.
And
I
will
put
an end
to thy
wickedness
in thee,
and thy fornication
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
neither shalt thou
lift
up thy
eyes
to
them,
nor
remember
Egypt
any
more.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I
will
deliver thee
into
the
hands
of
them
whom thou hatest,
into
their
hands
with
whom thy
soul hath
been glutted.
And
they shall
deal
with thee
in
hatred,
and
they shall
take
away
all thy labours,
and shall
let thee
go
naked,
and
full
of disgrace,
and
the disgrace
of thy fornication shall
be discovered, thy
wickedness,
and thy fornications.
They
have
done
these
things
to thee,
because thou hast
played
the
harlot
with
the
nations
among
which thou wast
defiled
with
their
idols.
Thou hast
walked
in
the
way
of thy
sister,
and
I
will
give
her
cup
into thy
hand.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Thou shalt
drink thy
sister’s
cup,
deep,
and
wide: thou shalt
be
had
in derision
and scorn, which containeth very
much.
Thou shalt
be
filled
with
drunkenness,
and
sorrow:
with
the
cup
of
grief,
and sadness,
with
the
cup
of thy
sister
Samaria.
And thou shalt
drink
it,
and shalt
drink
it
up
even
to
the dregs,
and thou shalt devour
the
fragments thereof, thou shalt rend thy
breasts:
because
I
have
spoken
it, saith
the
Lord
God.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because thou hast
forgotten
me,
and hast
cast
me
off
behind thy
back,
bear thou
also thy
wickedness,
and thy fornications.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man, dost thou
judge Oolla,
and Ooliba,
and dost thou
declare
to
them
their wicked deeds?
Because
they
have
committed
adultery,
and
blood
is
in
their
hands,
and
they
have
committed fornication
with
their
idols:
moreover
also
their
children,
whom
they
bore
to
me,
they
have offered
to
them
to
be devoured.
Yea,
and
they
have
done
this
to
me.
They polluted
my
sanctuary
on
the
same
day,
and
profaned
my
sabbaths.
And
when
they sacrificed
their
children
to
their
idols,
and
went
into
my
sanctuary
the
same
day
to
profane
it:
they
did
these things
even
in
the
midst
of
my
house.
They
sent
for
men
coming
from
afar,
to
whom
they
had
sent
a
messenger:
and
behold
they
came:
for
whom thou didst
wash thyself,
and didst paint thy
eyes,
and wast adorned
with women’s
ornaments.
Thou sattest
on
a very fine
bed,
and
a
table
was decked
before thee: whereupon thou didst
set
my
incense,
and
my
ointment.
And
there
was
in
her
the
voice
of
a
multitude rejoicing:
and
to
some
that
were
brought
of
the
multitude
of
men,
and
that
came
from
the
desert,
they
put
bracelets
on
their
hands,
and
beautiful
crowns
on
their
heads.
And
I
said
to
her
that
was
worn out
in
her
adulteries:
Now
will
this woman
still continue
in
her fornication.
And
they
went
in
to
her,
as
to
a
harlot:
so
went
they
in unto Oolla,
and Ooliba,
wicked
women.
They
therefore
are
just
men:
these
shall
judge
them
as
adulteresses
are
judged,
and
as shedders
of
blood
are
judged:
because
they
are
adulteresses,
and
blood
is
in
their
hands.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Bring
a multitude
upon
them,
and
deliver
them
over
to tumult
and rapine:
And lee
the
people
stone
them
with
stones,
and let
them
be stabbed
with
their
swords:
they
shall
kill
their
sons
and
daughters,
and
their
houses
they
shall
burn
with
fire.
And
I
will
take
away
wickedness
out
of
the
land:
and
all
women
shall learn,
not
to
do
according
to
the
wickedness
of
them.
And
they
shall
render
your
wickedness
upon
you,
and
you
shall
bear
the
sins
of
your
idols:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me
in
the
ninth
year,
in
the
tenth
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
saying:
Son
of
man,
write thee
the
name
of
this
day,
on
which
the
king
of
Babylon hath set
himself
against
Jerusalem
today.
And thou shalt
speak
by
a figure
a
parable
to
the provoking
house,
and
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Set
on
a
pot,
set
it
on,
I
say,
and
put
water
into
it.
Heap
together
into if
the
pieces thereof,
every
good
piece,
the
thigh
and
the
shoulder,
choice
pieces
and
full
of
bones.
Take
the fattest
of
the
flock,
and lay
together piles
of
bones
under
it:
the
seething thereof
is
boiling hot,
and
the
bones thereof
are thoroughly sodden
in
the
midst
of
it.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Woe
to
the
bloody
city,
to
the
pot
whose
rust
is
in
it,
and
its
rust
is
not
gone
out
of
it:
cast
it
out
piece
by
piece,
there hath
no
lot
fallen
upon
it.
For
her
blood
is
in
the
midst
of
her,
she hath
shed
it
upon
the smooth
rock:
she hath
not
shed
it
upon
the
ground,
that
it
might
be
covered
with
dust.
And
that
I
might
bring
my indignation
upon
her,
and
take
my
vengeance:
I
have
shed
her
blood
upon
the smooth
rock,
that
it should
not
be
covered.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Woe
to
the
bloody
city,
of which
I
will
make
a
great bonfire.
Heap together
the
bones,
which
I
will
burn
with
Are:
the
flesh
shall
be
consumed,
and
the whole composition
shall
be sodden,
and
the
bones
shall
be
consumed.
Then
set
it
empty
upon burning
coals,
that
it
may be
hot,
and
the
brass thereof
may be
melted:
and let
the filth
of
it be
melted
in
the
midst thereof,
and let
the
rust
of
it be
consumed.
Great
pains
have
been
taken,
and
the
great
rust thereof
is
not
gone
out,
not
even
by
fire.
Thy
uncleanness
is execrable:
because
I desired
to
cleanse thee,
and thou art
not
cleansed
from thy filthiness:
neither shalt thou
be
cleansed,
before
I cause
my indignation
to
rest
in thee.
I
the
Lord
have
spoken:
it
shall
come
to
pass,
and
I
will
do
it:
I
will
not
pass
by,
nor
spare,
nor
be pacified:
I
will
judge thee according
to thy
ways,
and according
to thy doings, saith
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
behold
I
take
from thee
the
desire
of thy
eyes
with
a stroke:
and thou shalt
not
lament,
nor
weep:
neither
shall thy
tears run down.
Sigh
in silence,
make
no
mourning
for
the
dead:
let
the tire
of thy head
be
upon thee,
and thy
shoes
on thy
feet,
and
cover
not thy face,
nor
eat
the meat
of mourners.
So
I
spoke
to
the
people
in
the
morning,
and
my
wife
died
in
the
evening:
and
I
did
in
the
morning
as
he
had
commanded
me.
And
the
people
said
to
me:
Why dost thou
not
tell
us
what
these
things mean
that thou doest?
And
I
said
to
them:
The
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Speak
to
the
house
of
Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
will
profane
my
sanctuary,
the glory
of
your realm,
and
the thing
that
your
eyes
desire,
and
for
which
your
soul feareth:
your
sons,
and
your
daughters,
whom
you
have
left,
shall
fall
by
the
sword.
And
you
shall
do
as
I
have
done:
you
shall
not
cover
your faces,
nor
shall
you
eat
the meat
of mourners.
You
shall
have
crowns
on
your
heads,
and
shoes
on
your
feet:
you
shall
not
lament
nor
weep,
but
you
shall pine
away
for
your
iniquities,
and
every
one
shall sigh
with
his
brother.
And Ezechiel
shall
be unto
you
for
a
sign
of
things
to
come: according
to
all
that
he hath
done,
so
shall
you
do,
when
this
shall
come
to
pass:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
God.
And thou,
O
son
of
man,
behold
in
the
day wherein
I
will
take
away
from
them
their
strength,
and
the
joy
of
their
glory,
and
the
desire
of
their
eyes, upon
which
their
souls rest,
their
sons
and
their
daughters.
In
that
day
when
he
that escapeth
shall
come
to thee,
to
tell thee:
In
that
day,
I
say,
shall thy
mouth
be
opened
to
him
that hath escaped,
and thou shalt
speak,
and shalt
be
silent
no
more:
and thou shalt
be unto
them
for
a
sign
of
things
to
come,
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
set thy
face
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and thou shalt
prophesy
of
them.
And thou shalt
say
to
the
children
of
Ammon:
Hear ye
the
word
of
the
Lord
God:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because thou hast
said: Ha, ha,
upon
my
sanctuary,
because
it
was
profaned:
and
upon
the
land
of
Israel,
because
it
was
laid
waste:
and
upon
the
house
of Juda,
because
they
are
led
into captivity:
Therefore
will
I
deliver thee
to
the
men
of
the
east
for
an inheritance,
and
they
shall
place
their sheepcotes
in thee,
and
shall
set
up
their
tents
in thee:
they
shall
eat thy
fruits:
and
they
shall
drink thy
milk.
And
I
will
make Rabbath
a stable
for
camels,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
a couching
place
for
flocks:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because thou hast
clapped thy
hands
and
stamped
with thy
foot,
and hast
rejoiced
with
all thy
heart
against
the
land
of
Israel:
Therefore
behold
I:
will
stretch
forth
my
hand
upon thee,
and
will
deliver thee
to
be
the spoil
of
nations,
and
will
cut thee
off
from
among
the
people,
and
destroy thee
out
of
the
lands,
and break thee
in pieces:
and thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
Moab
and
Seir
have
said:
Behold
the
house
of Juda
is
like
all
other
nations:
Therefore
behold
I
will
open
the
shoulder
of
Moab
from
the
cities,
from
his
cities,
I say,
and
his borders,
the noble
cities
of
the
land
of Bethiesimoth,
and Beelmeon,
and Cariathaim,
To
the
people
of
the
east
with
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
I
will
give
it
them
for
an inheritance:
that
there
may
be
no
more
any
remembrance
of
the
children
of
Ammon
among
the
nations.
And
I
will execute
judgments
in
Moab:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
Edom hath
taken
vengeance
to
revenge herself
of
the children
of Juda,
and hath greatly offended,
and hath sought
revenge
of
them:
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
will
stretch
forth
my
hand
upon
Edom,
and
will
take
away
out
of
it
man
and
beast,
and
will
make
it desolate
from
the south:
and
they
that
are
in
Dedan
shall
fall
by
the
sword.
And
I
will
lay
my
vengeance
upon
Edom
by
the
hand
of
my
people
Israel:
and
they
shall
do
in
Edom
according
to
my
wrath,
and
my
fury:
and
they
shall
know
my
vengeance, saith
the
Lord
God.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
the
Philistines
have
taken
vengeance,
and
have revenged
themselves
with
all
their
mind, destroying
and satisfying
old enmities:
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
will
stretch forth
my
hand
upon
the
Philistines,
and
will
kill
the killers,
and
will
destroy
the
remnant
of
the
sea
coast.
And
I
will
execute
great
vengeance upon
them, rebuking
them
in
fury:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
lay
my
vengeance upon
them.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
eleventh
year,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
because
Tyre hath
said
of
Jerusalem:
Aha,
the
gates
of
the
people
are
broken,
she
is
turned
to
me:
I
shall
be
filled,
now
she
is laid waste.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
come
against thee,
O
Tyre,
and
I
will cause
many
nations
to
come
up
to thee,
as
the
waves
of
the
sea
rise
up.
And they shall
break
down
the
walls
of
Tyre,
and
destroy
the
towers thereof:
and
I
will
scrape
her
dust
from
her,
and
make
her
like
a smooth
rock.
She
shall
be
a drying
place
for
nets
in
the
midst
of
the
sea,
because
I
have
spoken
it, saith
the
Lord
God:
and
she
shall
be
a
spoil
to
the
nations.
Her
daughters
also
that
are
in
the
field,
shall
be
slain
by
the
sword:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
will
bring
against
Tyre Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon,
the
king
of
kings,
from
the
north,
with
horses,
and
chariots,
and
horsemen,
and
companies,
and
much
people.
Thy
daughters
that
are
in
the
field,
he
shall
kill
with
the
sword:
and
he
shall compass thee
with forts,
and
shall
cast
up
a mount round
about:
and
he
shall
lift
up
the buckler
against thee.
And
he
shall
set engines
of mar
and
battering
rams
against thy
walls,
and
shall
destroy thy
towers
with
his arms.
By reason
of
the
multitude
of
his
horses,
their
dust
shall
cover thee: thy
walls
shall
shake
at
the
noise
of
the
horsemen,
and
wheels,
and
chariots,
when
they
shall
go
in
at thy
gates,
as
by
the
entrance
of
a
city
that
is destroyed.
With
the
hoofs
of
his
horses
he
shall
tread
down
all thy
streets: thy
people
he
shall
kill
with
the
sword,
and thy famous statues
shall
fall
to
the
ground.
They
shall waste thy
riches,
they
shall
make
a
spoil
of thy
merchandise:
and
they
shall
destroy thy
walls,
and
pull
down thy fine
houses:
and
they
shall
lay thy
stones
and thy
timber,
and thy
dust
in
the
midst
of
the
waters.
And
I
will
make
the
multitude
of thy
songs
to
cease,
and
the
sound
of thy
harps
shall
be
heard
no
more.
And
I
will
make thee
like
a naked
rock,
then shalt
be
a drying
place
for
nets,
neither shalt thou
be
built
any
more:
for
I
have
spoken
it, saith.
the
Lord
God.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
Tyre:
Shall
not
the
islands
shake
at
the
sound
of thy
fall,
and
the groans
of thy
slain
when
they
shall
be
killed
in
the
midst
of thee?
Then
all
the
princes
of
the
sea
shall
come
down
from
their
thrones:
and
take
off
their
robes,
and cast
away
their broidered
garments,
and
be
clothed
with astonishment:
they
shall
sit
on
the
ground,
and
with amazement
shall wonder
at thy sudden
fall.
And taking
up
a
lamentation
over thee,
they
shall sag
to thee:
How art thou
fallen,
that dwellest
in
the
sea, renowned
city
that wast
strong
in
the
sea,
with thy
inhabitants
whom
all
did dread?
Now
shall
the ships
be astonished
in
the
day
of thy terror:
and
the
islands
in
the
sea
shall
be troubled
because no
one cometh
out
of thee.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
When
I
shall
make thee
a desolate
city
like
the
cities
that
are
not
inhabited:
and
shall
bring
the
deep
upon thee,
and
many
waters
shall
cover thee:
And
when
I
shall
bring thee
down
with those
that
descend
into
the
pit
to
the
everlasting
people,
and
shall
set thee
in
the
lowest
parts
of
the
earth,
as
places desolate
of
old,
with
them
that
are
brought
down
into
the
pit,
that thou
be
not
inhabited:
and
when
I
shall
give glory
in
the
land
of
the
living,
I
will
bring thee
to
nothing,
and thou shalt
not
be,
and if thou
be
sought
for, thou shalt
not
be
found
any
more
for
ever, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Thou
therefore,
O
son
of
man,
take
up
a
lamentation
for
Tyre:
And
say
to
Tyre
that dwelleth
at
the entry
of
the
sea, being
the mart
of
the
people
for
many
islands:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
O
Tyre, thou hast
said:
I
am
of
perfect
beauty,
And situate
in
the
heart
of
the
sea. Thy neighbours,
that
built thee,
have
perfected thy
beauty:
With
fir
trees
of Sanir
they
have
built thee
with
all sea
planks:
they
have
taken
cedars
from Libanus
to
make thee masts.
They
have cut thy oars
out
of
the
oaks
of Basan:
and
they
have
made thee benches
of Indian
ivory
and cabins
with things
brought
from
the
islands
of Italy.
Fine broidered
linen
from
Egypt
was woven
for thy
sail,
to
be spread
on thy mast:
blue
and
purple
from
the
islands
of Elisa,
were
made thy
covering.
The
inhabitants
of
Sidon,
and
the Arabians
were thy rowers: thy
wise
men, O
Tyre,
were thy
pilots.
The ancients
of
Gebal,
and
the
wise
men thereof furnished mariners
for
the service
of thy various furniture:
all
the
ships
of
the
sea,
and
their mariners
were thy factors.
The Persians,
and Lydians,
and
the Libyans
were thy
soldiers
in thy
army:
they
hung
up
the
buckler
and
the
helmet
in thee
for thy ornament.
The
men
of Arad
were
with thy
army
upon thy
walls
round
about:
the Pygmeans also
that
were
in thy
towers,
hung
up
their
quivers
on thy
walls
round
about:
they
perfected thy
beauty.
The Carthaginians thy
merchants
supplied thy fairs
with
a
multitude
of
all
kinds
of
riches,
with
silver,
iron,
tin,
and
lead.
Greece, Thubal,
and Mosoch,
they
were thy
merchants:
they
brought
to thy
people
slaves
and
vessels
of
brass.
From
the
house
of Thogorma they
brought
horses,
and
horsemen,
and
mules
to thy market.
The
men
of
Dedan
were thy
merchants:
many
islands
were
the traffic
of thy
hand,
they exchanged
for thy price
teeth
of
ivory
and
ebony.
The
Syrian
was thy
merchant:
by reason
of
the
multitude
of thy
works, they
set
forth precious
stones,
and
purple,
and broidered
works,
and
fine
linen,
and silk,
and chodchod
in thy market.
Juda
and
the
land
of
Israel,
they
were thy
merchants
with
the best corn:
they
set
forth
balm,
and
honey,
and
oil,
and rosin
in thy fairs.
The
men
of
Damascus
were thy
merchants
in
the
multitude
of thy
works,
in
the
multitude
of divers
riches,
in rich
wine,
in
wool
of
the best colour.
Dan,
and
Greece,
and Mosel
have
set
forth
in thy marts
wrought
iron: stacte,
and
calamus
were
in thy market.
The men
of
Dedan
were thy
merchants in tapestry for seats.
Arabia,
and
all
the
princes
of Cedar,
they
were
the
merchants
of thy
hand: thy
merchants came
to thee
with
lambs,
and rants,
and kids.
The sellers
of Saba,
and Reema,
they
were thy
merchants:
with
all
the
best
spices,
and
precious
stones,
and
gold, which
they
set
forth
in thy market.
Haran,
and Chene,
and
Eden were thy
merchants; Saba, Assur,
and Chelmad sold to thee.
They
were thy
merchants in divers manners, with bales
of
blue
cloth,
and
of
embroidered
work,
and
of precious riches, which
were
wrapped
up
and
bound with
cords:
they had cedars also in thy
merchandise.
The
ships
of
the
sea,
were thy chief
in thy
merchandise:
and thou wast replenished,
and
glorified
exceedingly
in
the
heart
of
the
sea.
Thy rowers
have
brought thee
into
great
waters:
the
south
wind hath
broken thee
in
the
heart
of
the
sea.
Thy
riches,
and thy treasures,
and thy manifold furniture, thy mariners,
and thy
pilots,
who kept thy goods,
and
were chief
over thy
people: thy
men
of
war
also,
that
were
in thee,
with
all thy multitude
that
is
in
the
midst
of thee:
shall
fall
in
the
heart
of
the
sea
in
the
day
of thy
ruin.
Thy fleets shall
be troubled
at
the
sound
of
the
cry
of thy
pilots.
And
all
that
handled
the oar
shall
come
down
from
their
ships:
the mariners,
and
all
the
pilots
of
the
sea
shall
stand
upon
the
land:
And
they
shall
mourn
over thee
with
a loud
voice,
and
shall
cry
bitterly:
and
they
shall
cast
up
dust
upon
their
heads,
and
shall
be sprinkled
with
ashes.
And
they
shall
shave
themselves
bald
for thee,
and
shall
be
girded
with haircloth:
and
they
shall
weep
for thee
with
bitterness
of
soul,
with most
bitter
weeping.
And
they
shall
take
up
a mournful song
for thee,
and snail
lament thee:
What city
is
like
Tyre,
which
is
become
silent
in
the
midst
of
the
sea?
Which
by thy
merchandise
that
went
from thee
by
sea didst
fill
many
people: which
by
the
multitude
of thy
riches,
and
of thy
people didst
enrich
the
kings
of
the
earth.
Now thou art destroyed
by
the
sea, thy riches are
in
the bottom
of
the
waters,
and
all
the multitude
that
was
in
the
midst
of thee
is
fallen.
All
the
inhabitants
of
the
islands
are
astonished
at thee:
and
all
their
kings being struck
with
the storm
have changed
their
countenance.
The
merchants
of
people
have hissed
at thee: thou art
brought
to
nothing,
and thou shalt
never
be
any
more.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
say
to
the
prince
of
Tyre:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because thy
heart
is lifted
up,
and thou hast
said:
I
am
God,
and
I
sit
in
the chair
of
God
in
the
heart
of
the
sea: whereas thou art
a
man,
and
not
God:
and hast
set thy
heart
as
if
it
were
the
heart
of
God.
Behold thou art
wiser
than
Daniel:
no
secret
is hid
from thee.
In thy
wisdom
and thy
understanding thou hast
made thyself
strong:
and hast gotten
gold
and
silver
into thy
treasures.
By
the
greatness
of thy
wisdom,
and
by thy traffic thou hast
increased thy
strength:
and thy
heart
is lifted up
with thy
strength.
Therefore,
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because thy
heart
is lifted
up
as
the
heart
of
God:
Therefore
behold,
I
will
bring
upon thee
strangers
the strongest
of
the
nations:
and
they
shall draw
their
swords
against
the
beauty
of thy
wisdom,
and
they
shall
defile thy
beauty.
They
shall
kill thee,
and
bring thee
down:
and thou shalt
die
the
death
of
them
that
are
slain
in
the
heart
of
the
sea.
Wilt thou
yet
say
before
them
that
slay thee:
I
am
God; whereas thou art
a
man,
and
not
God,
in
the
hand
of
them
that
slay thee?
Thou shalt
die
the
death
of
the
uncircumcised
by
the
hand
of
strangers:
for
I
have
spoken
it, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying: Son
of man,
take
up
a lamentation
upon
the king
of Tyre:
And
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Thou wast
the
seal
of resemblance,
full
of
wisdom,
and
perfect
in
beauty.
Thou wast
in
the pleasures
of
the paradise
of
God:
every
precious
stone teas thy
covering:
the sardius,
the
topaz,
and
the
jasper,
the chrysolite,
and
the
onyx,
and
the
beryl,
the
sapphire,
and
the carbuncle,
and
the emerald:
gold
the
work
of thy beauty:
and thy pipes
were
prepared
in
the
day
that thou wast
created.
Thou
a
cherub stretched
out,
and protecting,
and
I
set thee
in
the
holy
mountain
of
God, thou hast
walked
in
the
midst
of
the
stones
of
fire.
Thou wast
perfect
in thy
ways
from
the
day
of thy
creation,
until
iniquity
was
found
in thee.
By
the
multitude
of thy
merchandise, thy inner parts
were
filled
with iniquity,
and thou hast
sinned:
and I cast thee
out
from
the
mountain
of
God,
and
destroyed thee,
O covering
cherub,
out
of
the
midst
of
the
stones
of
fire.
And thy
heart
was lifted
up
with thy
beauty: thou best lost thy
wisdom
in thy
beauty,
I
have
cast thee
to
the
ground:
I
have
set thee
before
the
face
of
kings,
that
they might
behold thee.
Thou hast defiled thy
sanctuaries
by
the
multitude
of thy
iniquities,
and
by
the
iniquity
of thy traffic:
therefore
I
will
bring
forth
a
fire
from
the
midst
of thee,
to
devour thee,
and
I
will
make thee
as
ashes
upon
the
earth
in
the
sight
of
all
that
see thee.
All
that
shall
see thee
among
the
nations,
shall
be
astonished
at thee: thou art
brought
to
nothing,
and thou shalt
never
be
any
more.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
set thy
face
against
Sidon:
and thou shalt
prophesy
of
it,
And shalt
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I come
against thee,
Sidon,
and
I
will
be
glorified
in
the
midst
of thee:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall execute
judgments
in
her,
and
shall
be
sanctified
in
her.
And
I
will
send
into
her
pestilence,
and
blood
in
her
streets:
and
they
shall
fall being
slain
by
the
sword
on
all
sides
in
the
midst thereof:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
house
of
Israel
shall
have
no
more
a stumblingblock
of bitterness,
nor
a
thorn causing
pain
on
every
side
round
about
them,
of
them
that
are
against
them:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
God.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
When
I
shall
have
gathered
together
the
house
of
Israel
out
of
the
people
among
whom
they
are
scattered:
I
will
be
sanctified
in
them
before
the
Gentiles:
and
they
shall
dwell
in
their
own
land,
which
I
gave
to
my
servant
Jacob.
And
they
shall
dwell therein
secure,
and
they
shall
build
houses,
and
shall
plant
vineyards,
and
shall
dwell
with
confidence,
when
I
shall
have executed
judgments
upon
all
that
are
their enemies
round
about:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
their
God.
In
the
tenth
year,
the
tenth
month,
the
eleventh
day
of
the
month,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
set thy
face
against Pharao
king
of
Egypt:
and thou shalt
prophesy
of
him,
and
of
all
Egypt:
Speak,
and
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I come
against thee, Pharao
king
of
Egypt, thou
great
dragon
that liest
in
the
midst
of thy
rivers,
and sayest:
The
river
is mine,
and
I
made
myself.
But
I
will
put
a bridle
in thy
jaws:
and
I
will
cause
the
fish
of thy
rivers
to
stick
to thy
scales:
and
I
will draw thee
out
of
the
midst
of thy
rivers,
and
all thy
fish shall
stick
to thy
scales.
And
I
will
cast thee
forth
into
the
desert,
and
all
the
fish
of thy
river: thou shalt
fall
upon
the
face
of
the
earth, thou shalt
not
be
taken
up,
nor
gathered
together:
I
have
given thee
for meat
to
the
beasts
of
the
earth,
and
to
the fowls
of
the air.
And
all
the
inhabitants
of
Egypt
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord:
because thou hast
been
a
staff
of
a
reed
to
the
house
of
Israel.
When
they
took
hold
of thee
with
the
hand thou didst
break,
and rent
all
their
shoulder:
and
when
they
leaned
upon thee, thou brokest,
and weakenest
all
their
loins.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I
will
bring
the
sword
upon thee:
and
cut
off
man
and
beast
out
of thee.
And
the
land
of
Egypt
shall
become
a desert,
and
a wilderness:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord:
because thou hast
said:
The
river
is mine,
and
I
made
it.
Therefore,
behold
I come
against thee,
and thy
rivers:
and
I
will
make
the
land
of
Egypt
utterly
desolate,
and wasted
by
the sword,
from
the tower
of Syene,
even
to
the
borders
of
Ethiopia.
The
foot
of
man
shall
not
pass
through
it,
neither
shall
the
foot
of
beasts
go
through
it:
nor
shall
it
be
inhabited
during
forty
years.
And
I
will
make
the
land
of
Egypt
desolate
in
the
midst
of
the
lands
that
are
desolate,
and
the
cities thereof
in
the
midst
of
the
cities
that
are
destroyed,
and
they
shall
be
desolate
for
forty
years:
and
I
will
scatter
the
Egyptians
among
the
nations,
and
will
disperse
them
through
the
countries.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
At
the
end
of
forty
years
I
will
gather
the
Egyptians
from
the
people
among
whom
they
had
been
scattered.
And
I
will
bring
back
the
captivity
of
Egypt,
and
will
place
them
in
the
land
of Phatures,
in
the
land
of
their nativity,
and
they
shall
be
there
a
low
kingdom:
It
shall
be
the
lowest
among
other
kingdoms,
and
it
shall
no
more
be
exalted
over
the
nations,
and
I
will
diminish
them
that
they
shall
rule
no
more
over
the
nations.
And
they
shall
be
no
more
a
confidence
to
the
house
of
Israel, teaching
iniquity,
that
they
may flee,
and
follow
them:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
God.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
seven
and
twentieth
year,
in
the
first
month,
in
the
first
of
the
month:
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man, Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon hath
made
his
army
to undergo
hard
service
against
Tyre:
every
head
was
made
bald,
and
every
shoulder
was peeled:
and
there hath
been
no
reward
given
him,
nor
his
army
for
Tyre,
for
the
service
that
he
rendered
me
against
it.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I
will
set Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon
in
the
land
of
Egypt:
and
he
shall
take
her
multitude,
and
take
the
booty thereof
for
a
prey,
and rifle
the
spoils thereof:
and
it
shall
be
wages
for
his
army.
And
for
the service
that
he hath
done
me
against
it:
I
have
given
him
the
land
of
Egypt,
because
he hath laboured
for
me, saith
the
Lord
God.
In
that
day
a
horn
shall bud
forth
to
the
house
of
Israel,
and
I
will
give thee
an
open
mouth
in
the
midst
of
them:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man
prophesy,
and
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Howl ye, Woe, woe
to
the
day:
For
the
day
is
near,
yea
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
near:
a
cloudy
day,
it
shall
be
the
time
of
the
nations.
And
the
sword
shall
come
upon
Egypt:
and
there
shall
be dread
in
Ethiopia,
when
the
wounded
shall
fall
in
Egypt,
and
the
multitude thereof
shall
be
taken
away,
and
the
foundations thereof
shall
be
destroyed.
Ethiopia,
and Libya,
and Lydia,
and
all
the rest
of
the crowd,
and Chub,
and
the
children
of
the
land
of
the
covenant,
shall
fall
with
them
by
the
sword.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
They
also
that
uphold
Egypt
shall
fall,
and
the
pride
of
her empire
shall
be
brought
down:
from
the tower
of Syene
shall
they
fall
in
it
by
the
sword, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of hosts.
And
they
shall
be
desolate
in
the
midst
of
the
lands
that
are
desolate,
and
the
cities thereof
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
the
cities
that
are wasted.
And
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord:
when
I
shall
have
set
a
fire
in
Egypt,
and
all
the
helpers thereof
shall
be destroyed.
In
that
day
shall
messengers
go
forth
from
my
face
in
ships
to destroy
the
confidence
of
Ethiopia,
and
there
shall
be dread among
them
in
the
day
of
Egypt:
because
it
shall
certainly
come.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
will
make
the
multitude
of
Egypt
to
cease
by
the
hand
of Nabuchodonosor
the
king
of
Babylon.
He
and
his
people
with
him,
the strongest
of
nations,
shall
be
brought
to
destroy
the
land:
and
they
shall draw
their
swords
upon
Egypt:
and
shall
fill
the
land
with
the
slain.
And
I
will
make
the
channels
of
the
rivers
dry,
and
will
deliver
the
land
into
the
hand
of
the
wicked:
and
will
lay
waste
the
land
and
all
that
is therein
by
the
hands
of
strangers,
I
the
Lord
have
spoken
it.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
will
also
destroy
the
idols,
and
I
will
make
an end
of
the
idols
of
Memphis:
and
there
shall
be
no
more
a
prince
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
and
I
will
cause
a terror
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
I
will
destroy
the land
of Phatures,
and
will
make
a
fire
in Taphnis,
and
will
execute
judgments
in Alexandria.
And
I
will
pour
out
my indignation
upon
Pelusium
the
strength
of
Egypt,
and
will
cut
off
the
multitude
of Alexandria.
And
I
will
make
a
fire
in
Egypt:
Pelusium
shall
be
in pain
like
a woman
in labour,
and Alexandria
shall
be
laid waste,
and
in
Memphis
there
shall
be
daily distresses.
The
young
men
of Heliopolis,
and
of Bubastus
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
they themselves
shall
go
into
captivity.
And
in Taphnis
the
day
shall
be
darkened,
when
I
shall
break
there
the sceptres
of
Egypt,
and
the
pride
of
her
power
shall
cease
in
her:
a
cloud
shall
cover
her,
and
her
daughters
shall
be led
into
captivity.
And
I
will execute
judgments
in
Egypt:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
eleventh
year,
in
the
first
month,
in
the
seventh
day
of
the
month,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
I
have
broken
the
arm
of Pharao
king
of
Egypt:
and
behold
it
is
not
bound
up,
to
be healed,
to
be tied
up
with clothes,
and swathed
with linen,
that
it
might recover
strength,
and
hold
the
sword.
Therefore,
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I
come
against Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
and
I
will
break
into
pieces
his
strong
arm,
which
is already
broken:
and
I
will cause
the
sword
to
fall
out
of
his
hand:
And
I
will
disperse
Egypt
among
the
nations,
and
scatter
them
through
the
countries.
And
I
will
strengthen
the
arms
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
will
put
my
sword
in
his
hand:
and
I
will
break
the
arms
of Pharao,
and
they
shall
groan bitterly being
slain
before
his
face.
And
I
will
strengthen
the
arms
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
arms
of Pharao
shall
fall:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
given
my
sword
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
shall
have
stretched
it
forth
upon
the
land
of
Egypt.
And
I
will
disperse
Egypt
among
the
nations,
and
will
scatter
them
through
the
countries,
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
eleventh
year,
the
third
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
speak
to Pharao
king
of
Egypt,
and
to
his
people:
To
whom art thou
like
in thy
greatness?
Behold,
the Assyrian
was
like
a
cedar
in Libanus,
with
fair
branches,
and full
of leaves,
of
a
high
stature,
and
his
top
was elevated
among
the thick
boughs.
The
waters nourished
him,
the
deep
set
him
up
on
high,
the
streams thereof
ran
round
about
his roots,
and
it
sent
forth
its rivulets
to
all
the
trees
of
the
country.
Therefore
was
his
height
exalted
above
all
the
trees
of
the
country:
and
his
branches
were
multiplied,
and
his
boughs
were elevated
because
of
many
waters.
And
when
he
had spread
forth
his
shadow,
all
the fowls
of
the air
made
their
nests
in
his
boughs,
and
all
the
beasts
of
the forest
brought
forth
their young
under
his
branches,
and
the assembly
of
many
nations
dwelt
under
his
shadow.
And
he
was most
beautiful
for
his
greatness,
and
for
the spreading
of
his
branches:
for
his
root
was near
great
waters.
The
cedars
in
the paradise
of
God wars
not higher
than
he,
the
fir
trees
did
not
equal
his top,
neither
were
the
plane
trees
to
be
compared
with
him
for
branches:
no
tree
in
the paradise
of
God
was
like
him
in
his
beauty.
For
I
made
him
beautiful
and thick
set
with
many
branches:
and
all
the
trees
of pleasure,
that
were
in
the paradise
of
God,
envied
him.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God
Because
he
was
exalted
in
height,
and shot
up
his
top green
and thick,
and
his
heart
was
lifted
up
in
his
height:
I
have
delivered
him
into
the
hands
of
the mighty
one
of
the
nations,
he
shall
deal
with
him:
I
have
cast
him
out
according
to
his
wickedness.
And
strangers,
and
the
most cruel
of
the
nations
shall
cut
him
down,
and
cast
him
away
upon
the
mountains,
and
his
boughs
shall
fall
in
every
valley,
and
his
branches
shall
be
broken
on
every rock
of
the
country:
and
all
the
people
of
the
earth
shall depart
from
his
shadow,
and
leave
him.
All
the fowls
of
the air
dwelt
upon
his ruins,
and
all
the
beasts
of
the
field
were
among
his
branches.
For
which
cause
none
of
the
trees
by
the
waters
shall exalt themselves
for
their
height:
nor shoot
up
their tops
among
the thick branches
and leaves,
neither
shall
any
of
them
that
are
watered
stand
up
in
their
height:
for
they
are
all
delivered unto
death
to
the
lowest
parts
of
the
earth,
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
men,
with
them
that
go
down
into
the
pit.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
In
the
day
when
he
went
down
to hell,
I
brought
in
mourning,
I
covered
him
with
the
deep:
and
I
withheld
its
rivers,
and
restrained
the
many
waters: Libanus
grieved
for
him,
and
all
the
trees
of
the
field trembled.
I
shook
the
nations
with
the
sound
of
his
fall,
when
I
brought
him
down
to hell
with
them
that
descend
into
the
pit:
and
all
the
trees
of pleasure,
the
choice
and
best
in Libanus,
all
that
were moistened
with
waters,
were
comforted
in
the
lowest
parts
of
the
earth.
For
they
also
shall
go
down
with
him
to hell
to
them
that
are
slain
by
the
sword:
and
the
arm
of
every
one
shall
sit
down
under
his
shadow
in
the
midst
of
the
nations.
To
whom art thou
like,
O thou
that art famous
and lofty
among
the
trees
of pleasure? Behold, thou art
brought
down
with
the
trees
of pleasure
to
the
lowest
parts
of
the
earth: thou shalt
sleep
in
the
midst
of
the
uncircumcised,
with
them
that
are
slain
by
the
sword:
this
is Pharao,
and
all
his
multitude, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the twelfth
year,
in
the twelfth
month,
in
the
first
day
of
the
month,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
take
up
a
lamentation
for Pharao
the
king
of
Egypt,
and
say
to
him: Thou art
like
the
lion
of
the
nations,
and
the dragon
that
is
in
the
sea:
and thou didst push
with
the horn
in thy
rivers,
and didst trouble
the
waters
with thy
feet,
and didst trample
upon
their
streams.
Therefore,
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
will
spread
out
my
net
over thee
with
the multitude
of
many
people,
and
I
will draw thee
up
in
my
net.
And
I
will
throw thee
out
on
the
land,
I
will
cast thee
away
into
the
open
field:
and
I
will cause
all
the fowls
of
the air
to
dwell
upon thee,
and
I
will
fill
the
beasts
of
all
the
earth
with thee.
And
I
will
lay thy
flesh
upon
the
mountains,
and
will
fill thy
hills
with thy corruption,
And
I
will
water
the
earth
with thy stinking
blood
upon
the
mountains,
and
the valleys
shall
be
filled
with thee.
And
I
will
cover
the
heavens,
when thou shalt
be
put
out,
and
I
will
make
the
stars thereof
dark:
I
will
cover
the
sun
with
a
cloud,
and
the
moon
shall
not
give
her
light.
I
will
make
all
the
lights
of
heaven
to
mourn
over thee:
and
I
will
cause
darkness
upon thy
land, saith
the
Lord
God,
when thy wounded
shall fall
in
the midst
of
the
land, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
I
shall
provoke
to
anger
the
heart
of
many
people,
when
I
shall
have
brought
in thy
destruction
among
the
nations
upon
the
lands,
which thou knowest
not.
And
I
will
make
many
people
to
be amazed
at thee,
and
their
kings shell
be horribly
afraid
for thee,
when
my
sword
shall begin
to
fly
upon
their
faces:
and
they
shall
be
astonished
on
a sudden,
every
one
for
his
own
life,
in
the
day
of
their
ruin.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
The
sword
of
the
king
of
Babylon
shall
come
upon thee,
By
the
swords
of
the
mighty
I
will overthrow thy
multitude:
all
these
nations
are invincible:
and
they
shall
waste
the
pride
of
Egypt,
and
the
multitude thereof
shall
be
destroyed.
I
will
destroy
also
all
the
beasts thereof
that
were
beside
the
great
waters:
and
the
foot
of
man
shall trouble
them
no
more,
neither
shall
the
hoof
of
beasts trouble
them.
Then
will
I make
their
waters clear,
and cause
their
rivers
to run like
oil, saith
the
Lord
God:
When
I
shall
have
made
the
land
of
Egypt
desolate:
and
the
land
shall
be
destitute
of
her fulness,
when
I
shall
have
struck
all
the
inhabitants thereof:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
This
is
the
lamentation,
and
they
shall
lament therewith:
the
daughters
of
the
nations
shall
lament therewith:
for
Egypt,
and
for
the
multitude thereof
they
shall
lament therewith, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the twelfth
year,
in
the fifteenth
day
of
the
month
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man, sing
a mournful song
for
the
multitude
of
Egypt:
and cast
her
down,
both
her,
and
the
daughters
of
the
mighty
nations
to
the
lowest
part
of
the
earth,
with
them
that
go
down
into
the
pit.
Whom dost thou excel
in
beauty?
go
down
and
sleep
with
the
uncircumcised.
They
shall
fall
in
the
midst
of
them
that
are
slain
with
the
sword:
the
sword
is
given,
they
have
drawn
her
down,
and
all
her
people.
The most
mighty
among
the
strong
ones
shall
speak
to
him
from
the
midst
of hell,
they
that
went
down
with
his
helpers,
and
slept
uncircumcised,
slain
by
the
sword.
Assur
is
there,
and
all
his multitude:
their
graves
are
round
about
him,
all
of
them
slain,
and
that
fell
by
the
sword.
Whose
graves
are
set
in
the lowest
parts
of
the
pit:
and
his multitude
lay
round
about
his
grave:
all
of
them
slain,
and
fallen
by
the
sword,
they
that heretofore
spread
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living.
There
is
Elam
and
all
his
multitude
round
about
his
grave,
all
of
them
slain,
and
fallen
by
the
sword;
that
went
down
uncircumcised
to
the
lowest
parts
of
the
earth:
that
caused
their
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living,
and
they
have
borne
their
shame
with
them
that
go
down
into
the
pit.
In
the
midst
of
the
slain
they
have
set
him
a
bed
among
all
his
people:
their
graves
are
round
about
him:
all
these
are
uncircumcised,
and
slain
by
the
sword:
for
they
spread
their
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living,
and
have
borne
their
shame
with
them
that
descend
into
the
pit:
they
are
laid
in
the
midst
of
the
slain.
There
is Mosoch,
and Thubal,
and
all
their
multitude:
their
graves
are
round
about
him:
all
of
them
uncircumcised
and slain,
and fallen
by
the
sword:
though
they
spread
their
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living.
And
they
shall
not
sleep
with
the brave,
and
with
them
that
fell
uncircumcised,
that
went
down
to hell
with
their
weapons,
and
laid
their
swords
under
their
heads,
and
their
iniquities
were
in
their
bones,
because
they
were
the
terror
of
the
mighty
in
the
land
of
the
living.
So thou also shalt
be
broken
in
the
midst
of
the
uncircumcised,
and shalt
sleep
with
them
that
are
slain
by
the
sword.
There
is
Edom,
and
her
kings,
and
all
her
princes,
who
with
their army
are
joined
with
them
that
are
slain
by
the
sword:
and
have
slept
with
the
uncircumcised,
and
with
them
that
go
down
into
the
pit.
There
are
all
the princes
of
the
north,
and
all
the hunters:
who
were
brought
down
with
the
slain, fearing,
and
confounded
in
their
strength:
who
slept
uncircumcised
with
them
that
are
slain
by
the
sword,
and
have
borne
their
shame
with
them
that
go
down
into
the
pit.
Pharao
saw
them,
and
he
was
comforted
concerning
all
his
multitude,
which
was
slain
by
the
sword: Pharao,
and
all
his
army, saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
I
have
spread
my
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living,
and
he hath
slept
in
the
midst
of
the
uncircumcised
with
them
that
are
slain
by
the
sword: Pharao
and
all
his
multitude, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
speak
to
the
children
of thy
people,
and
say
to
them:
When
I
bring
the
sword
upon
a
land,
if
the
people
of
the
land
take
a
man,
one
of
their meanest,
and
make
him
a
watchman
over
them:
And
he
see
the
sword
coming
upon
the
land,
and
sound
the
trumpet,
and
tell
the
people:
Then
he
that heareth
the
sound
of
the
trumpet, whosoever
he
be,
and doth
not look
to
himself,
if
the
sword
come,
and cut
him
off:
his
blood
shall
be
upon
his
own
head.
He
heard
the
sound
of
the
trumpet
and
did
not look
to
himself,
his
blood
shall
be
upon
him:
but
if
he look
to
himself,
he
shall
save
his
life.
And
if
the
watchman
see
the
sword
coming,
and
sound
not
the
trumpet:
and
the
people
look
not
to
themselves,
and
the
sword
come,
and cut
off
a
soul
from
among
them:
he
indeed
is
taken
away
in
his
iniquity,
but
I
will
require
his
blood
at
the
hand
of
the
watchman.
So thou,
O
son
of
man,
I
have
made thee
a
watchman
to
the
house
of
Israel:
therefore thou shalt
hear
the
word
from
my
mouth,
and shalt tell
it
them
from
me.
When
I
say
to
the
wicked: O
wicked
man, thou shalt
surely
die:
if thou dost
not
speak
to
warn
the
wicked
man
from
his
way:
that
wicked
man
shall
die
in
his
iniquity,
but
I
will
require
his
blood
at thy
hand.
But
if thou tell
the
wicked
man,
that
he
may
be
converted
from
his
ways,
and
he
be
not
converted
from
his
way:
he
shall
die
in
his
iniquity:
but thou hast
delivered thy
soul.
Thou
therefore,
O
son
of
man,
say
to
the
house
of
Israel:
Thus
you
have
spoken,
saying:
Our iniquities,
and
our
sins
are
upon
us,
and
we pine
away
in
them:
how
then
can
we
live?
Say
to
them:
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
I
desire
not
the
death
of
the
wicked,
but
that
the
wicked
turn
from
his
way,
and
live.
Turn ye,
turn ye
from
your
evil
ways:
and
why
will
you
die,
O
house
of
Israel?
Thou
therefore,
O
son
of
man,
say
to
the
children
of thy
people:
The
justice
of
the
just
shall
not
deliver
him,
in what
day soever
he
shall
sin:
and
the
wickedness
of
the
wicked
shall
not hurt
him,
in what
day soever
he
shall
turn
from
his
wickedness:
and
the
just
shall
not
be
able
to
live
in
his
justice,
in what
day soever
he
shall
sin.
Yea,
if
I
shall
say
to
the
just
that
he
shall
surely
live,
and
he,
trusting
in
his
justice, commit
iniquity:
all
his justices
shall
be forgotten,
and
in
his
iniquity,
which
he hath
committed,
in
the
same
shall
he
die.
And if
I
shall
say
to
the
wicked: Thou shalt
surely
die:
and
he
do penance
for
his
sin,
and
do
judgment
and
justice,
And if
that
wicked
man
restore
the
pledge,
and
render
what
he
had robbed,
and
walk
in
the commandments
of
life,
and
do
no
unjust
thing:
he
shall
surely
live,
and
shall
not
die.
None
of
his
sins,
which
he hath
committed,
shall
be imputed
to
him:
he hath
done
judgment
and
justice,
he
shall
surely
live.
And
the
children
of thy
people
have
said:
The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not equitable: whereas
their own
way
is
unjust.
For
when
the
just
shall depart
from
his
justice,
and commit iniquities,
he
shall
die
in
them.
And
when
the
wicked
shall depart
from
his
wickedness,
and
shall
do
judgments,
and
justice:
be
shall
live
in
them.
And
you
say:
The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not
right,
I
will
judge
every
one
of
you
according
to
his
ways,
O
house
of
Israel.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the twelfth
year
of
our captivity,
in
the
tenth
month,
in
the
fifth
day
of
the
month,
that
there
came
to
me
one
that
was fled
from
Jerusalem,
saying:
The
city
is
laid waste.
And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
had
been
upon
me
in
the
evening,
before
he
that
was fled
came:
and
he
opened
my
mouth
till
he
came
to
me
in
the
morning,
and
my
mouth
being
opened,
I
was
silent
no
more.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
they
that
dwell
in
these ruinous
places
in
the
land
of
Israel,
speak,
saying:
Abraham
was
one,
and
he inherited
the
land,
but
we
are
many,
the
land
is
given
us
in
possession.
Therefore
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God,
You
that
eat
with
the
blood
and
lift
up
your
eyes
to
your uncleannesses,
and
that
shed
blood:
shall
you
possess
the
land
by
inheritance?
You
stood
on
your
swords,
you
have
committed
abominations,
and
every
one hath
defiled
his neighbour’s
wife;
and
shall
you
possess
the
land
by
inheritance?
Say thou
thus
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
As
I
live,
they
that dwell
in
the ruinous
places,
shall
fall
by
the
sword:
and
he
that
is
in
the
field,
shall
be
given
to
the
beasts
to
be
devoured:
and
they
that
are
in holds,
and
caves,
shall
die
of
the
pestilence.
And
I
will
make
the
land
a wilderness,
and
a desert,
and
the
proud
strength thereof
shall
fail,
and
the
mountains
of
Israel
shall
be
desolate,
because
there
is
none
to
pass
by
them.
And
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
made
their
land
waste
and
desolate,
for
all
their
abominations
which
they
have
committed.
And thou
son
of
man:
the
children
of thy
people,
that
talk
of thee
by
the
walls,
and
in
the
doors
of
the
houses,
and
speak
one
to
another
each
men
to
his neighbour,
saying:
Come,
and
let
us
hear
what
is
the
word
that cometh
forth
from
the
Lord.
And
they
come
to thee,
as
if
a
people
were
coming
in,
and
my
people
sit
before thee:
and
hear thy
words,
and
do
them
not:
for
they turn
them
into
a
song
of
their
mouth,
and
their
heart goeth
after
their covetousness.
And thou art
to
them
as
a musical
song
which
is sung
with
a sweet
and agreeable
voice:
and
they
hear thy
words,
and
do
them
not.
And
when
that which
was foretold
shall
come
to
pass, (for
behold
it
is
coming,)
then
shall
they
know
that
a
prophet bath
been
among
them.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
prophesy
concerning
the
shepherds
of
Israel:
prophesy,
and
say
to
the
shepherds:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Woe
to
the
shepherds
of
Israel,
that fed
themselves:
should
not
the hocks
be fed
by
the
shepherds?
You
ate
the milk,
and
you
clothed
yourselves
with
the
wool,
and
you killed
that which
was
fat:
but
my
flock
you
did
not
feed.
The
weak
you
have
not
strengthened,
and
that which
was
sick
you
have
not
healed,
that which
was
broken
you
have
not
bound
up,
and
that which
was
driven
away
you
have
not
brought
again,
neither
have
you
sought
that which
was
lost:
but
you ruled
over
them
with rigour,
and
with
a high hand.
And
my sheep
were
scattered,
because
there
was
no
shepherd:
and
they
became
the prey
of
all
the
beasts
of
the
field,
and
were
scattered.
My
sheep
have
wandered
in
every
mountain,
and
in
every
high
hill:
and
my
flocks
mere
scattered
upon
the
face
of
the
earth,
and
there
was
none
that
sought
them,
there
was
none,
I say,
that
sought
them.
Therefore, ye
shepherds,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord:
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God, forasmuch
as
my
flocks
have
been
made
a
spoil,
and
my
sheep
are
become
a
prey
to
all
the
beasts
of
the
field,
because
there
was
no
shepherd:
for
my
shepherds
did
not
seek
after
my
flock,
but
the
shepherds fed themselves,
and fed
not
my
flocks:
Therefore, ye
shepherds,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I myself
come
upon
the
shepherds,
I
will
require
my hock
at
their
hand,
and
I
will
cause
them
to
cease
from feeding
the
flock
any
more,
neither
shall
the
shepherds
feed themselves
any
more:
and
I
will
deliver
my
flock
from
their
mouth,
and
it
shall
no
more
be meat
for
them.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
myself
will
seek
my
sheep,
and
will visit
them.
As
the
shepherd visiteth
his hock
in
the
day
when
he
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
his
sheep
that
were
scattered,
so
will
I visit
my
sheep,
and
will
deliver
them
out
of
all
the
places
where
they
have
been
scattered
in
the
cloudy
and
dark
day.
And
I
will
bring
them
out
from
the
peoples,
and
will
gather
them
out
of
the
countries,
and
will
bring
them
to
their own
land:
and
I
will
feed
them
in
the
mountains
of
Israel,
by
the rivers,
and
in
all
the
habitations
of
the
land.
I
will
feed
them
in
the most fruitful
pastures,
and
their
pastures
shall
be
in
the
high
mountains
of
Israel:
there
shall
they
rest
on
the green grass,
and
be fed
in fat
pastures
upon
the
mountains
of
Israel.
I
will
feed
my
sheep:
and
I
will cause
them
to
lie
down, saith
the
Lord
God.
I
will
seek
that which
was
lost:
and
that which
was
driven
away,
I
will
bring
again:
and
I
will
bind
up
that which
was
broken,
and
I
will
strengthen
that which
was weak,
and
that which
was fat
and
strong
I
will preserve:
and
I
will
feed
them
in
judgment.
And
as
for
you,
O
my
flocks,
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
judge
between cattle
and cattle,
of
rams
and
of
he
goats.
Was
it
not
enough
for
you
to
feed upon
good
pastures?
but
you
must
also
tread
down
with
your
feet
the residue
of
your
pastures:
and
when
you
drank
the dearest
water,
you troubled
the
rest
with
your
feet.
And
my
sheep
were fed
with
that which
you
had trodden
with
your
feet:
and
they
drank
what
your
feet
had troubled.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
you:
Behold,
I
myself
will
judge
between
the fat cattle
and
the
lean.
Because
you thrusted
with
sides
and
shoulders,
and struck
all
the
weak cattle
with
your
horns,
till
they
were
scattered
abroad:
I
will
save
my dock,
and
it
shall
be
no
more
a
spoil,
and
I
will
judge
between cattle
and cattle.
AND
I
WILL
SET
UP
ONE
SHEPHERD
OVER
THEM,
and
he
shall
feed
them,
even
my
servant
David:
he
shall
feed
them,
and
he
shall
be
their
shepherd.
And
I
the
Lord
will
be
their
God:
and
my
servant
David
the
prince
in
the
midst
of
them:
I
the
Lord
have
spoken
it.
And
I
will
make
a
covenant
of
peace
with
them,
and
will cause
the
evil
beasts
to
cease
out
of
the
land:
and
they
that
dwell
in
the
wilderness
shall
sleep
secure
in
the forests.
And
I
will
make
them
a
blessing
round
about
my
hill:
and
I
will
send
down
the
rain
in
its
season,
there shall
be
showers
of
blessing.
And
the
tree
of
the
field
shall
yield
its
fruit,
and
the
earth
shall
yield
her
increase,
and
they
shall
be
in
their
land without fear:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
broken
the bonds
of
their
yoke,
and
shall
have
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
those
that
rule
over
them.
And
they
shall
be
no
more
for
a
spoil
to
the
nations,
neither
shall
the
beasts
of
the
earth
devour
them:
but
they
shall
dwell
securely
without
any terror.
And
I
will
raise
up
for
them
a bud
of
renown:
and
they
shall
be
no
more consumed
with
famine
in
the
land,
neither
shall
they
bear
any
more
the
reproach
of
the
Gentiles.
And
they
shall
know
that
I
the
Lord
their
God
am
with
them,
and
that
they
are
my
people
the
house
of
Israel: saith
the
Lord
God.
And
you
my
flocks,
the
flocks
of
my
pasture
are
men:
and
I
am
the
Lord
your
God, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
set thy
face
against
mount
Seir,
and
prophesy
concerning
it,
and say
to
it:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I come
against thee,
mount
Seir,
and
I
will
stretch
forth
my
hand
upon thee,
and
I
will
make thee
desolate
and
waste.
I
will
destroy thy
cities,
and thou shalt
be
desolate:
and thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
Because thou hast
been
an
everlasting enemy,
and hast shut
up
the
children
of
Israel
in
the
hands
of
the
sword
in
the
time
of
their affliction,
in
the
time
of
their
last
iniquity.
Therefore
as
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
I
will deliver thee
up
to
blood,
and
blood
shall
pursue thee:
and whereas thou hast
hated
blood,
blood
shall
pursue thee.
And
I
will
make
mount
Seir
waste
and
desolate:
and
I
will
take
away
from
it
him
that goeth
and
him
that returneth.
And I
will
fill
his
mountains
with
his
men
that
are
slain:
in thy
hills,
and
in thy
valleys,
and
in thy
torrents
they
shall
fall
that
are
slain
with
the
sword.
I
will
make thee
everlasting desolations,
and thy
cities
shall
not
be
inhabited:
and thou shalt
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
God.
Because thou hast
said:
The
two
nations,
and
the
two
lands
shall
be mine,
and
I
will
possess
them
by
inheritance: whereas
the
Lord
was
there.
Therefore
as
I
live, saith
the
Lord
God,
I
will
do according
to thy
wrath,
and according
to thy
envy,
which thou hast exercised
in
hatred
to
them:
and
I
will
be
made
known
by
them,
when
I
shall
have
judged thee.
And thou shalt
know
that
I
the
Lord
have
heard
all thy reproaches,
that thou hast
spoken
against
the
mountains
of
Israel,
saying:
They
are
desolate,
they
are
given
to
us
to consume.
And
you rose
up
against
me
with
your
mouth,
and
have derogated
from
me
by
your
words:
I
have
heard
them.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
When
the
whole
earth
shall
rejoice,
I
will
make thee
a wilderness.
As thou best
rejoiced
over
the
inheritance
of
the
house
of
Israel,
because
it
was
laid
waste,
so
will
I
do
to thee: thou shalt
be
laid
waste,
O
mount
Seir,
and
all Idumea:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And thou
son
of
man,
prophesy
to
the
mountains
of
Israel,
and
say: Ye
mountains
of
Israel,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
the
enemy hath
said
of
you:
Aha,
the
everlasting
heights
are given
to
us
for
an inheritance.
Therefore
prophesy,
and
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
you
have
been
desolate,
and trodden
under foot
on
every
side,
and
made
an inheritance
to
the
rest
of
the
nations,
and
are
become
the subject
of
the
talk,
and
the reproach
of
the
people:
Therefore, ye
mountains
of
Israel,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord
God:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
the
mountains,
and
to
the
hills,
to
the
brooks,
and
to
the
valleys,
and
to
desolate
places,
and ruinous
walls,
and
to
the
cities
that
are forsaken,
that
are spoiled,
and derided
by
the
rest
of
the
nations
round
about.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
In
the
fire
of
my
zeal
I
have
spoken
of
the
rest
of
the
nations,
and
of
all
Edom,
who
have
taken
my
land
to
themselves,
for
an inheritance
with
joy,
and
with
all
the
heart,
and
with
the
mind:
and
have
cast
it
out
to
lay
it waste.
Prophesy
therefore
concerning
the
land
of
Israel,
and
say
to
the
mountains,
and
to
the
hills,
to
the ridges,
and
to
the
valleys:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
have
spoken
in
my
zeal,
and
in
my indignation,
because
you
have
borne
the
shame
of
the
Gentiles.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
I
have
lifted
up
my
hand,
that
the
Gentiles
who
are
round
about
you,
shall
themselves
bear
their
shame.
But
as
for
you,
O
mountains
of
Israel, shoot ye
forth
your
branches,
and
yield
your
fruit
to
my
people
of
Israel:
for
they
are
at
hand
to
come.
For
lo
I
am
for
you,
and
I
will
turn
to
you,
and
you shall
be ploughed
and
sown.
And
I
will
multiply
men
upon
you,
and
all
the
house
of
Israel:
and
the
cities
shall
be
inhabited,
and
the ruinous
places
shall
be repaired.
And
I
will
make
you abound
with
men
and
with
beasts:
and
they
shall
be
multiplied,
and
increased:
and
I
will
settle
you
as
from
the beginning,
and
will give
you
greater gifts,
than
you
had
from
the beginning:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
I
will
bring
men
upon
you,
my
people
Israel,
and
they
shall
possess thee
for
their
inheritance:
and thou shalt
be
their
inheritance,
and shalt
no
more henceforth
be
without
them.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Because
they
say
of
you: Thou art
a
devourer
of
men,
and
one
that suffocatest thy
nation:
Therefore thou shalt
devour
men
no
more,
nor destroy thy
nation
any
more, saith
the
Lord
God:
Neither
will
I cause
men
to
hear
in thee
the
shame
of
the
nations
any
more,
nor shalt thou
bear
the
reproach
of
the
people,
nor lose thy
nation
any
more, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
when
the
house
of
Israel
dwelt
in
their
own
land,
they
defiled
it
with
their
ways,
and
with
their doings:
their
way
was
before
me
like
the
uncleanness
of
a menstruous
woman.
And
I
poured
out
my indignation
upon
them
for
the
blood
which
they
had
shed
upon
the
land,
and
with
their
idols
they
defiled
it.
And
I
scattered
them
among
the
nations,
and
they
are
dispersed
through
the
countries:
I
have
judged
them according
to
their
ways,
and
their devices.
And
when
they
entered
among
the
nations whither
they
went,
they
profaned
my
holy
name,
when
it
was
said
of
them:
This
is
the
people
of
the
Lord,
and
they
are
come
forth
out
of
his
land.
And
I
have regarded
my own
holy
name,
which
the
house
of
Israel hath
profaned
among
the
nations
to
which
they
went
in.
Therefore thou shalt
say
to
the
house
of
Israel:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
It
is
not
for
your
sake
that
I
will
do
this,
O
house
of
Israel,
but
for
my
holy
name’s
sake,
which
you
have
profaned
among
the
nations whither
you
went.
And
I
will
sanctify
my
great
name,
which
was
profaned
among
the
Gentiles,
which
you
have
profaned
in
the
midst
of
them:
that
the
Gentiles
may
know
that
I
am
the
Lord, saith
the
Lord
of hosts,
when
I
shall
be
sanctified
in
you
before
their
eyes.
For
I
will
take
you
from
among
the
Gentiles,
and
will
gather
you
together
out
of
all
the
countries,
and
will
bring
you
into
your own
land.
And
I
will pour
upon
you
clean
water,
and
you
shall
be
cleansed
from
all
your filthiness,
and
I
will
cleanse
you
from
all
your
idols.
And
I
will
give
you
a
new
heart,
and
put
a
new
spirit
within
you:
and
I
will
take
away
the stony
heart
out
of
your
flesh,
and
will
give
you
a
heart
of
flesh.
And
I
will
put
my
spirit
in
the
midst
of
you:
and
I
will
cause
you
to walk
in
my commandments,
and
to
keep
my
judgments,
and
do
them.
And
you
shall
dwell
in
the
land
which
I
gave
to
your
fathers,
and
you
shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God.
And
I
will
save
you
from
all
your uncleannesses:
and
I
will
call
for corn,
and
will
multiply
it,
and
will
lay
no
famine
upon
you.
And
I
will
multiply
the
fruit
of
the
tree,
and
the
increase
of
the held,
that
you bear
no
more
the
reproach
of
famine
among
the
nations.
And
you
shall
remember
your
wicked
ways,
and
your
doings
that
were
not
good:
and
your
iniquities,
and
your
wicked
deeds
shall displease
you.
It
is
not
for
your sakes
that
I
will
do
this, saith
the
Lord
God,
be
it
known
to
you:
be
confounded,
and
ashamed
at
your own
ways,
O
house
of
Israel.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
In
the
day
that
I
shall
cleanse
you
from
all
your
iniquities,
and
shall cause
the
cities
to
be
inhabited,
and
shall repair
the ruinous
places,
And
the
desolate
land
shall
be tilled,
which
before
was
waste
in
the
sight
of
all
that
passed
by,
They
shall
say: This
land
that
was untilled
is
become
as
a
garden
of pleasure:
and
the
cities
that
were abandoned,
and
desolate,
and
destroyed,
are peopled
and fenced.
And
the
nations,
that
shall
be
left
round
about
you,
shall
know
that
I
the
Lord
have
built
up
what
was
destroyed,
and
planted
what
was
desolate,
that
I
the
Lord
have
spoken
and
done
it.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Moreover
in
this
shall
the
house
of
Israel find
me,
that
I
will
do
it
for
them:
I
will
multiply
them
as
a
flock
of
men,
As
a
holy dock,
as
the
flock
of
Jerusalem
in
her solemn
feasts:
so
shall
the waste
cities
be
full
of
flocks
of
men:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
The
hand
of
the
Lord
was
upon
me,
and
brought
me
forth
in
the
spirit
of
the
Lord:
and
set
me
down
in
the
midst
of
a
plain
that
was
full
of
bones.
And
he
led
me
about
through
them
on
every
side:
now
they
were
very
many
upon
the
face
of
the
plain,
and
they
were
exceeding
dry.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man, dost thou
think
these
bones
shall
live?
And
I
answered:
O
Lord
God, thou knowest.
And
he
said
to
me:
Prophesy
concerning
these
bones;
and
say
to
them: Ye
dry
bones,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
these
bones:
Behold,
I
will send
spirit
into
you,
and
you
shall
live.
And
I
will
lay
sinews
upon
you,
and
will
cause
flesh
to
grow
over
you,
and
will
cover
you
with
skin:
and
I
will
give
you
spirit
and
you
shall
live,
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
I
prophesied
as
he
had
commanded
me:
and
as
I
prophesied
there
was
a
noise,
and
behold
a
commotion:
and
the
bones
came
together, each
one
to
its joint.
And
I
saw,
and
behold
the
sinews,
and
the
flesh
came
up
upon
them:
and
the
skin
was stretched
out
over
them,
but
there
was
no
spirit
in
them.
And
he
said
to
me:
Prophesy
to
the
spirit,
prophesy,
O
son
of
man,
and
say
to
the
spirit:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Come,
spirit,
from
the
four
winds,
and
blow
upon
these
slain,
and let
them
live again.
And
I
prophesied
as
he
had
commanded
me:
and
the
spirit
came
into
them,
and
they
lived:
and
they
stood
up
upon
their
feet,
an
exceeding
great
army.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man:
All
these
bones
are
the
house
of
Israel:
they
say:
Our
bones
are
dried
up,
and
our
hope
is
lost,
and
we
are
cut
off.
Therefore
prophesy,
and
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold
I
will
open
your
graves,
and
will
bring
you
out
of
your sepulchres,
O
my
people:
and
will
bring
you
into
the
land
of
Israel.
And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
when
I
shall
have
opened
your sepulchres,
and
shall
have
brought
you
out
of
your
graves,
O
my
people:
And
shall
have
put
my
spirit
in
you,
and
you
shall
live,
and
I
shall
make
you rest
upon
your own
land:
and
you
shall
know
that
I
the
Lord
have
spoken,
and
done
it, saith
the
Lord
God:
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
And thou
son
of
man,
take thee
a
stick:
and
write
upon
it:
Of Juda,
and
of
the
children
of
Israel
his associates:
and
take
another
stick
and
write
upon
it:
For
Joseph
the
stick
of
Ephraim,
and
for
all
the
house
of
Israel,
and
of
his associates.
And
join
them
one
to
the
other
into
one
stick,
and
they
shall
become
one
in thy
hand.
And
when
the
children
of thy
people
shall
speak
to thee,
saying: Wilt thou
not
tell
us
what thou meanest
by
this?
Say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I
will
take
the
stick
of
Joseph,
which
is
in
the
hand
of
Ephraim,
and
the
tribes
of
Israel
that
are
associated
with
him,
and
I
will
put
them
together
with
the
stick
of Juda,
and
will
make
them
one
stick:
and
they
shall
be
one
in
his
hand.
And
the
sticks whereon thou hast
written,
shall
be
in thy
hand,
before
their
eyes.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I
will
take
the
children
of
Israel
from
the
midst
of
the
nations whither
they
are
gone:
and
I
will
gather
them
on
every
side,
and
will
bring
them
to
their own
land.
And
I
will
make
them
one
nation
in
the
land
on
the
mountains
of
Israel,
and
one
king
shall
be
king
over
them
all:
and
they
shall
no
more
be
two
nations,
neither
shall
they
be
divided
any
more
into
two
kingdoms.
Nor
shall
they
be
defiled
any
more
with
their
idols,
nor
with
their
abominations,
nor
with
all
their iniquities:
and
I
will
save
them
out
of
all
the
places
in
which
they
have
sinned,
and
I
will
cleanse
them:
and
they
shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
And
my
servant
David
shall
be
king
over
them,
and
they
shall
have
one
shepherd:
they
shall walk
in
my
judgments,
and
shall
keep
my commandments,
and
shall
do
them.
And
they
shall
dwell
in
the
land
which
I
gave
to
my
servant
Jacob,
wherein
your
fathers
dwelt,
and
they
shall
dwell
in
it,
they
and
their
children,
and
their
children’s
children,
for
ever:
and
David
my
servant
shall
be
their
prince
for
ever.
And
I
will
make
a
covenant
of
peace
with
them,
it
shall
be
an
everlasting
covenant
with
them:
and
I
will
establish
them,
and
will
multiply
them,
and
will
set
my
sanctuary
in
the
midst
of
them
for
ever.
And
my
tabernacle shall
be
with
them:
and
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they shall
be
my
people.
And
the
nations
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
the sanctifier
of
Israel,
when
my
sanctuary
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
them
for
ever.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Son
of
man,
set thy
face
against
Gog,
the
land
of
Magog,
the
chief
prince
of Mosoch
and Thubal:
and
prophesy
of
him,
And
say
to
him:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I come
against thee,
O
Gog,
the
chief
prince
of Mosoch
and Thubal.
And
I
will
turn thee
about,
and
I
will
put
a bit
in thy
jaws:
and
I
will
bring thee
forth,
and ail thy
army,
horses
and
horsemen
all
clothed
with coats
of mail,
a
great multitude,
armed
with spears
and
shields
and
swords.
The Persians, Ethiopians,
and Libyans
with
them,
all
with
shields
and
helmets.
Gomer,
and
all
his bands,
the
house
of Thogorma,
the
northern
parts
and
all
his strength,
and
many
peoples
with thee.
Prepare
and
make thyself
ready,
and
all thy multitude
that
is
assembled
about thee,
and
be thou commander
over
them.
After
many
days thou shalt
be
visited:
at
the
end
of
years thou shalt
come
to
the
land
that
is
returned
from
the
sword,
and
is
gathered
out
of
many
nations,
to
the
mountains
of
Israel
which
have
been
continually
waste:
but
it hath
been
brought
forth
out
of
the
nations,
and
they
shall
all
of
them
dwell
securely
in
it.
And thou shalt
go
up
and
come
like
a storm,
and
like
a
cloud
to
cover
the
land, thou
and
all thy bands
and
many
people
with thee.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
In
that
day projects
shall
enter
into thy
heart,
and thou shalt conceive
a mischievous
design.
And thou shalt
say:
I
will
go
up
to
the
land which
is
without
a
wall,
I
will
come
to
them
that
are
at
rest,
and
dwell
securely:
all
these
dwell
without
a
wall,
they
have
no
bars
nor
gates:
To
take
spoils,
and lay hold
on
the
prey,
to lay thy
hand
upon
them
that
had
been wasted,
and afterwards
restored,
and
upon
the
people
that
is
gathered
together
out
of
the
nations,
which hath begun
to possess
and
to
dwell
in
the midst
of
the
earth.
Saba,
and
Dedan,
and
the
merchants
of Tharsis,
and
all
the
lions thereof
shall
say
to thee: Art thou
come
to
take
spoils? behold, thou hast
gathered thy multitude
to
take
a
prey,
to
take
silver,
and
gold,
and
to
carry
away
goods
and substance,
and
to
take
rich
spoils.
Therefore, thou
son
of
man,
prophesy
and
say
to Cog:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Shalt thou
not
know,
in
that
day,
when
my
people
of
Israel
shall
dwell
securely?
And
then shalt
come
out
of thy
place
from
the
northern
parts, thou
and
many
people
with thee,
all
of
them
riding
upon
horses,
a
great
company
and
a
mighty
army.
And thou shalt
come
upon
my
people
of
Israel
like
a
cloud,
to
cover
the
earth. Thou shalt
be
in
the
latter
days,
and
I
will
bring thee
upon
my
land:
that
the
nations
may
know
me,
when
I
shall
be
sanctified
in thee, O
Gog,
before
their
eyes.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Thou
then art
he,
of
whom
I
have
spoken
in
the
days
of
old,
by
my
servants
the
prophets
of
Israel,
who
prophesied
in
the
days
of
those
times
that
I
would
bring thee
upon
them.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
in
the
day
of
the
coming
of
Gog
upon
the
land
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord
God,
that
my indignation
shall
come
up
in
my
wrath.
And
I
have
spoken
in
my
zeal,
and
in
the
fire
of
my
anger,
that
in
that
day
there
shall
be
a
great
commotion
upon
the
land
of
Israel:
So
that
the fishes
of
the
sea,
and
the
birds
of
the air,
and
the
beasts
of
the
field,
and
every
creeping
thing
that creepeth
upon
the
ground,
and
all
men
that
are
upon
the
face
of
the
earth,
shall
be
moved
at
my
presence:
and
the
mountains
shall
be
thrown
down,
and
the hedges
shall
fall,
and
every
wall
shall
fall
to
the
ground.
And
I
will
call
in
the
sword
against
him
in
all
my
mountains, saith
the
Lord
God:
every
man’s
sword
shall
be pointed
against
his
brother.
And
I
will
judge
him
with
pestilence,
and
with
blood,
and
with
violent
rain,
and
vast
hailstones:
I
will
rain
fire
and
brimstone
upon
him,
and
upon
his
army,
and
upon
the
many
nations
that
are
with
him.
And
I
will
be
magnified,
and
I
will
be
sanctified:
and
I
will
be
known
in
the
eyes
of
many
nations:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And thou,
son
of
man,
prophesy
against Cog,
and
say:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Behold,
I come
against thee,
O Cog,
the
chief
prince
of Mosoch
and Thubal.
And
I
will
turn thee round,
and
I
will
lead thee
out,
and
will
make thee
go
up
from
the
northern
parts:
and
will
bring thee
upon
the
mountains
of
Israel.
And
I
will break thy
bow
in thy
left
hand,
and
I
will cause thy
arrows
to
fall
out
of thy
right
hand.
Thou shalt
fall
upon
the
mountains
of
Israel, thou
and
all thy bands,
and thy
nations
that
are
with thee:
I
have
given thee
to
the
wild
beasts,
to
the
birds,
and
to
every
fowl,
and
to
the
beasts
of
the earth
to
be devoured.
Thou shalt
fall
upon
the
face
of
the
field:
for
I
have
spoken
it, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
I
will
send
a
fire
on
Magog,
and
on
them
that
dwell confidently
in
the
islands:
and
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord.
And
I
will
make
my
holy
name
known
in
the
midst
of
my
people
Israel,
and
my
holy
name
shall
be
profaned
no
more:
and
the
Gentiles
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Behold
it cometh,
and
it
is
done, saith
the
Lord
God:
this
is
the
day whereof
I
have
spoken.
And
the
inhabitants
shall
go
forth
of
the
cities
of
Israel,
and
shall
set
on
fire
and
burn
the
weapons,
the
shields,
and
the
spears,
the
bows
and
the
arrows,
and
the handstaves
and
the pikes:
and
they
shall
burn
them
with
fire
seven
years.
And
they
shall
not
bring
wood
out
of
the
countries,
nor
cut
down
out
of
the
forests:
for
they
shall
burn
the
weapons
with
fire,
and
shall
make
a
prey
of
them
to whom
they
had
been
a
prey,
and
they
shall rob
those
that
robbed
them, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
I
will
give
Gog
a noted
place
for
a sepulchre
in
Israel:
the
valley
of
the passengers
on
the
east
of
the
sea,
which
shall
cause astonishment
in
them
that
pass
by:
and
there
shall
they
bury Cog,
and
all
his
multitude,
and
it
shall
be
called
the
valley
of
the
multitude
of Cog.
And
the
house
of
Israel
shall
bury
them
for
seven
months
to
cleanse
the
land.
And
all
the
people
of
the
land
shall
bury
him,
and
it
shall
be unto
them
a noted
day, wherein
I
was
glorified, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
they
shall appoint
men
to
go
continually
about
the
land,
to
bury
and
to seek
out
them
that
were
remaining
upon
the
face
of
the
earth,
that
they
may
cleanse
it:
and
after
seven
months
they
shall begin
to seek.
And
they
shall
go
about
passing
through
the
land:
and
when
they
shall
see
the
bone
of
a
man,
they
shall
set
up
a sign
by
it,
till
the
buriers
bury
it
in
the
valley
of
the multitude
of Cog.
And
the
name
of
the
city
shall
be Amona,
and
they
shall
cleanse
the
land.
And thou,
O
son
of
man, saith
the
Lord
God,
say
to
every
fowl,
and
to
all
the
birds,
and
to
all
the
beasts
of
the
field:
Assemble
yourselves, make haste,
come
together
from
every
side
to
my victim,
which
I slay
for
you,
a
great victim
upon
the
mountains
of
Israel:
to
eat
flesh,
and
drink
blood.
You
shall
eat
the
flesh
of
the
mighty,
and
you
shall
drink
the
blood
of
the
princes
of
the
earth,
of
rams,
and
of
lambs,
and
of
he
goats,
and bullocks,
and
of
all
that
are well
fed
and
fat.
And
you
shall
eat
the
fat till
you be full,
and
shall
drink
blood till
you be
drunk
of
the victim
which
I
shall slay
for
you.
And
you
shall
be
filled
at
my
table
with
horses,
and
mighty
horsemen,
and
all
the
men
of
war, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
I
will
set
my
glory among
the
nations:
and
all
nations
shall
see
my
judgment
that
I
have executed,
and
my
hand
that
I
have
laid
upon
them.
And
the
house
of
Israel
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
their
God
from
that
day
and
forward.
And
the
nations
shall
know
that
the
house
of
Israel
were
made
captives
for
their
iniquity,
because
they forsook
me,
and
I
hid
my
face
from
them:
and
I
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
their enemies,
and
they
fell
all
by
the
sword.
I have dealt
with
them according
to
their
uncleanness,
and wickedness,
and
hid
my
face
from
them.
Therefore,
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
Now
will
I
bring
back
the
captivity
of
Jacob,
and
will
have
mercy
on
all
the
house
of
Israel:
and
I
will
be
jealous
for
my
holy
name.
And
they
shall
bear
their confusion,
and
all
the transgressions wherewith
they
have transgressed
against
me,
when
they
shall
dwell
in
their
land
securely fearing
no
man:
And
I
shall
have
brought
them
back
from
among
the
nations,
and
shall
have
gathered
them
together
out
of
the
lands
of
their
enemies,
and
shall
be
sanctified
in
them,
in
the
sight
of
many
nations.
And
they
shall
know
that
I
am
the
Lord
their
God,
because
I
caused
them
to
be
carried
away
among
the
nations;
and
I
have
gathered
them
together unto
their own
land,
and
have
not
left
any
of
them
there.
And
I
will
hide
my
face
no
more
from
them,
for
I
have
poured
out
my
spirit
upon
all
the
house
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord
God.
In
the
five
and
twentieth
year
of
our captivity,
in
the
beginning
of
the
year,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
the fourteenth
year
after
the
city
was
destroyed:
in
the selfsame
day
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
upon
me,
and
he
brought
me thither.
In
the
visions
of
God
he
brought
me
into
the
land
of
Israel,
and
set
me
upon
a
very
high
mountain:
upon
which
there
was
as
the building
of
a
city, bending towards
the
south.
And
he
brought
me
in thither,
and
behold
a
man,
whose
appearance
was
like
the
appearance
of
brass,
with
a
line
of
flax
in
his
hand,
and
a
measuring
reed
in
his
hand,
and
he
stood
in
the
gate.
And
this
man
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
see
with thy
eyes,
and
hear
with thy
ears,
and
set thy
heart
upon
all
that
I
shall shew thee:
for thou art
brought hither
that
they
may
be shewn
to thee:
declare
all
that thou seest,
to
the
house
of
Israel.
And
behold
there
was
a
wall
on
the
outside
of
the
house
round
about,
and
in
the
man’s
hand
a
measuring
reed
of
six
cubits
and
a
handbreadth:
and
he
measured
the
breadth
of
the
building
one
reed,
and
the
height
one
reed.
And
he
came
to
the
gate
that looked
toward
the
east,
and
he
went
up
the
steps thereof:
and
he
measured
the
breadth
of
the threshold
of
the
gate
one
reed,
that
is,
one threshold
was
one
reed broad:
And
every little chamber
was
one
reed
long,
and
one
reed broad:
and
between
the little chambers
were
five
cubits:
And
the threshold
of
the
gate
by
the
porch
of
the
gate
within,
was
one
reed.
And
he
measured
the
porch
of
the
gate
eight
cubits,
and
the front thereof
two
cubits:
and
the
porch
of
the
gate
was
inward.
And
the little chambers
of
the
gate
that looked eastward
were
three
on this
side,
and
three
on
that
side:
all
three
were
of
one measure,
and
the fronts
of
one measure,
on both parts.
And
he
measured
the
breadth
of
the threshold
of
the
gate
ten
cubits:
and
the
length
of
the
gate
thirteen
cubits:
And
the
border
before
the little chambers
one
cubit:
and
one
cubit
was
the
border
on both sides:
and
the little chambers
were
six
cubits
on this
side
and that
side.
And
he
measured
the
gate
from
the
roof
of
one little chamber
to
the
roof
of another,
in
breadth
five
and
twenty
cubits:
door
against
door.
He
made
also fronts
of
sixty
cubits:
and
to
the front
the
court
of
the
gate
on
every
side
round
about.
And
before
the
face
of
the
gate which
reached
even
to
the
face
of
the
porch
of
the
inner
gate,
fifty
cubits.
And slanting
windows
in
the little chambers,
and
in
their fronts, which
were
within
the
gate
on
every
side
round
about:
and
in
like,
manner there wore also
in
the
porches
windows
round
about
within,
and
before
the fronts
the representation
of
palm
trees.
And
he
brought
me
into
the outward
court,
and
behold
there
were
chambers,
and
a
pavement
of stone
in
the
court
round
about:
thirty
chambers encompassed
the
pavement.
And
the
pavement
in
the front
of
the
gates
according
to
the
length
of
the
gates
was
lower.
And
he
measured
the
breadth
from
the
face
of
the
lower
gate
to
the
front
of
the
inner
court without,
a
hundred
cubits
to
the
east,
and
to
the
north.
He
measured
also both
the
length
and
the
breadth
of
the
gate
of
the outward
court,
which looked
northward.
And
the little chambers thereof
three
on this
side,
and
three
on
that
side:
and
the
front thereof,
and
the
porch thereof according
to
the
measure
of
the
former
gate,
fifty
cubits
long,
and
five
and
twenty
cubits broad.
And
the
windows thereof,
and
the
porch,
and
the gravings according
to
the measure
of
the
gate
that looked
to
the
east,
and
they
went
up
to
it
by
seven
steps,
and
a
porch
was
before
it.
And
the
gate
of
the
inner
court
was
over
against
the
gate
of
the
north,
and
that
of
the ease:
and
he
measured
from
gate
to
gate
a
hundred
cubits.
And
he brought me out
to
the
way
of
the
south,
and
behold
the
gate
that
looked
to
the
south:
and
he
measured
the front thereof,
and
the
porch thereof according
to
the
former measures.
And
the
windows thereof,
and
the
porches
round
about, as
the
other
windows:
the
length
was
fifty
cubits,
and
the
breadth
five
and
twenty
cubits.
And there
were
seven
steps
to go
up
to
it:
and
a
porch
before
the doors thereof:
and there
were graven
palm
trees,
one
on this
side,
and
another
on
that
side
in
the
front thereof.
And there
was
a
gate
of
the
inner
court towards
the
south:
and
he
measured
from
gate
to
gate towards
the
south,
a
hundred
cubits.
And
he
brought
me
into
the
inner
court
at
the
south
gate:
and
he
measured
the
gate
according
to
the
former measures.
The little chamber thereof,
and
the front thereof,
and
the
porch thereof
with
the
same measures:
and
the
windows thereof,
and
the
porch thereof
round
about
it
was
fifty
cubits
in
length,
and
five
and
twenty
cubits
in
breadth.
And
the
porch
round
about
was
five
and
twenty
cubits
long,
and
five
cubits broad.
And
the
porch thereof
to
the outward
court,
and
the
palm
trees thereof
in
the front:
and there
were
eight
steps
to go
up
to It.
And
he
brought
me
into
the
inner
court
by
the
way
of
the
east:
and
he
measured
the
gate
according
to
the
former measures.
The little chamber thereof,
and
the front thereof,
and
the
porch thereof as before:
and
the
windows thereof,
and
the
porches thereof
round
about
it
was
fifty
cubits
long,
and
five
and
twenty
cubits broad.
And
the
porch thereof,
that is,
of
the outward
court:
and
the graven
palm
trees
in
the front thereof
on this
side
and
on
that
side:
and
the going
up thereof
was
by
eight
steps.
And
he
brought
me
into
the
gate
that looked
to
the
north:
and
he
measured
according
to
the
former measures.
The little chamber thereof,
and
the front thereof,
and
the
porch thereof,
and
the
windows thereof
round
about
it
was
fifty
cubits
long,
and
five
and
twenty
cubits broad.
And
the porch thereof looked
to
the outward
court:
and
the graving
of
palm
trees
in
the front thereof
was
on this
side
and
on
that
side:
and
the going
up
to it
was
by
eight
steps.
And
at
every
chamber
was
a
door
in
the forefronts
of
the
gates:
there
they
washed
the holocaust.
And
in
the
porch
of
the
gate
were
two
tables
on this
side,
and
two
tables
on
that
side:
that
the holocaust,
and
the
sin
offering,
and
the trespass
offering might be
slain thereon.
And
on
the
outward
side,
which goeth
up
to
the
entry
of
the
gate
that looketh
toward
the
north,
were
two
tables.
and
at
the
other
side
before
the
porch
of
the
gate
were
two
tables.
Four
tables
were
on this
side,
and
four
tables
on
that
side:
at
the
sides
of
the
gate
were
eight
tables,
upon which
they
slew
the victims.
And
the
four
tables
for
the holocausts
were
made
of square
stones:
one
cubit
and
a
half
long,
and
one
cubit
and
a
half broad,
and
one
cubit
high:
to lay
the
vessels
upon,
in
which
the holocaust
and
the victim
is
slain.
And
the borders
of
them
were
of
one
handbreadth,
turned
inwards
round
about:
and
upon
the
tables
was
the
flesh
of
the
offering.
And without
the
inner
gate
were
the
chambers
of
the
singing men
in
the
inner
court,
which
was
on
the
side
of
the
gate
that looketh
to
the
north:
and
their prospect
was towards
the
south,
one
at
the
side
of
the
east
gate,
which looketh
toward
the
north.
And
he
said
to
me:
This
chamber,
which looketh
toward
the
south
shall
be
for
the
priests
that
watch
in
the wards
of
the
temple.
But
the
chamber
that looketh towards
the
north
shall
be
for
the
priests
that
watch
over
the ministry
of
the
altar.
These
are
the
sons
of Sadoc,
who
among
the
sons
of
Levi,
come
near
to
the
Lord,
to
minister
to
him.
And
he
measured
the
court
a
hundred
cubits
long,
and
a
hundred
cubits broad foursquare:
and
the
altar
that
was
before
the
face
of
the
temple.
And
he
brought
me
into
the
porch
of
the
temple:
and
he
measured
the
porch
five
cubits
on
this
side,
and
five
cubits
on
that
side:
and
the
breadth
of
the
gate
three
cubits
on
this
side,
and
three
cubits
on
that
side.
And
the
length
of
the
porch
was
twenty
cubits,
and
the
breadth
eleven
cubits,
and
there
were eight,
steps
to
go
up
to
it.
And
there
were
pillars
in
the fronts:
one
on
this
side,
and
another
on
that
side.
And
he
brought
me
into
the
temple,
and
he
measured
the fronts
six
cubits broad
on
this
side,
and
six
cubits
on
that
side,
the
breadth
of
the
tabernacle.
And
the
breadth
of
the
gate
was
ten
cubits:
and
the
sides
of
the
gate
five
cubits
on this
side,
and
five
cubits
on that
side:
and
he
measured
the
length thereof
forty
cubits,
and
the
breadth
twenty
cubits.
Then
going inward
he
measured
the front
of
the
gate
two
cubits:
and
the
gate
six
cubits,
and
the
breadth
of
the
gate
seven
cubits.
And
he
measured
the
length thereof
twenty
cubits,
and
the
breadth
twenty
cubits,
before
the
face
of
the
temple:
and
he
said
to
me:
This
is
the
holy
of
holies.
And
he
measured
the
wall
of
the
house
six
cubits:
and
the
breadth
of
every
side
chamber
four
cubits
round
about
the
house
on
every
side.
And
the
side
chambers
one
by
another,
were
twice
thirty-three:
and
they bore outwards,
that
they
might
enter
in
through
the
wall
of
the
house
in
the
sides
round
about,
to
hold
in,
and
not
to touch
the
wall
of
the
temple.
And
there
was
a broad passage
round
about,
going
up
by winding stairs,
and
it
led
into
the
upper loft
of
the
temple
all
round:
therefore
was
the
temple broader
in
the
higher parts:
and
so
from
the
lower parts
they
went
to
the
higher
by
the midst.
And
I
saw
in
the
house
the
height
round
about,
the foundations
of
the
side
chambers
which
were
the
measure
of
a
reed
the space
of
six
cubits:
And
the
thickness
of
the
wall
for
the
side
chamber without,
which
was
five
cubits:
and
the
inner
house
was
within
the
side
chambers
of
the
house.
And
between
the
chambers
was
the
breadth
of
twenty
cubits
round
about
the
house
on
every
side.
And
the
door
of
the
side
chambers
was turned towards
the
place
of prayer:
one
door
was
toward
the
north,
and
another
door
was
toward
the
south:
and
the
breadth
of
the
place
for prayer,
was
five
cubits
round
about.
And
the
building
that
was
separate,
and
turned
to
the
way
that looked
toward
the
sea,
was
seventy
cubits broad:
and
the
wall
of
the
building,
five
cubits
thick
round
about:
and
ninety
cubits
long.
And
he
measured
the
length
of
the
house,
a
hundred
cubits:
and
the
separate
building,
and
the
walls thereof,
a
hundred
cubits
in
length.
And
the
breadth
before
the
face
of
the
house,
and
of
the
separate
place
toward
the
east,
a
hundred
cubits.
And
he
measured
the
length
of
the
building
over
against
it,
which
was separated
at
the
back
of
it:
and
the galleries
on
both sides
a
hundred
cubits:
and
the
inner
temple,
and
the
porches
of
the
court.
The
thresholds,
and
the oblique
windows,
and
the galleries
round
about
on
three
sides,
over
against
the threshold
of
every
one,
and floored
with
wood
all
round
about:
and
the
ground
was
up
to
the
windows,
and
the
windows
were shut
over
the doors.
And
even
to
the
inner
house,
and without
all
the
wall
round
about
within
and without,
by measure.
And there
were cherubims
and
palm
trees wrought,
so
that
a
palm
tree
was
between
a
cherub
and
a
cherub,
and every
cherub
had
two
faces.
The
face
of
a
man
was
toward
the
palm
tree
on
one
side,
and
the
face
of
a
lion
was
toward
the
palm
tree
on
the
other
side:
set forth
through
all
the
house
round
about.
From
the
ground
even
to
the upper parts
of
the
gate,
were cherubims
and
palm
trees wrought
in
the
wall
of
the
temple.
The threshold
was foursquare,
and
the
face
of
the
sanctuary,
sight
to
sight.
The
altar
of
wood
was
three
cubits
high:
and
the
length thereof
was
two
cubits:
and
the
corners thereof,
and
the
length thereof,
and
the
walls thereof
were
of
wood.
And
he
said
to
me:
This
is
the
table
before
the
Lord.
And there
were
two
doors
in
the
temple,
and
in
the
sanctuary.
And
in
the
two
doors
on
both sides
were
two little
doors, which
were folded within
each
other:
for there
were
two wickets
on
both sides
of
the
doors.
And
there
were cherubims
also wrought
in
the
doors
of
the
temple,
and
the figures
of
palm
trees,
like
as
were
made
on
the
walls:
for
which cause
also
the planks
were thicker
in
the
front
of
the
porch without.
Upon
which
were
the oblique
windows,
and
the representation
of
palm
trees
on this
side,
and
on
that
side
in
the
sides
of
the
porch,
according
to
the
sides
of
the
house,
and
the breadth
of
the
walls.
And
he
brought
me
forth
into
the outward
court
by
the
way
that leadeth
to
the
north,
and
he
brought
me
into
the
chamber
that
was
over
against
the
separate
building,
and
over
against
the house
toward
the
north.
In
the
face
of
the
north
door
was
the
length
of
a
hundred
cubits,
and
the
breadth
of
fifty
cubits.
Over
against
the
twenty cubits
of
the
inner
court,
and
over
against
the
pavement
of
the outward
court
that
was paved
with
stone,
where
there
was
a
gallery joined
to
a triple
gallery.
And
before
the
chambers
was
a
walk
ten
cubits broad, looking
to
the
inner parts
of
a
way
of
one
cubit.
And
their
doors
were
toward
the
north.
Where
were
the store
chambers
lower above:
because
they bore
up
the galleries, which appeared above out
of
them
from
the
lower parts,
and
from
the midst
of
the
building.
For
they
were
of
three stories,
and
had
not
pillars,
as
the
pillars
of
the courts:
therefore
did
they appear
above
out
of
the
lower
places,
and
out
of
the
middle
places, fifty cubits
from
the
ground.
And
the
outward
wall
that
went
about
by
the
chambers,
which
were towards
the
outward
court
on
the forepart
of
the
chambers,
was
fifty
cubits
long.
For
the
length
of
the
chambers
of
the outward
court
was
fifty
cubits:
and
the
length
before
the
face
of
the
temple,
a
hundred
cubits.
And
there
was
under
these
chambers,
an
entrance
from
the
east,
for
them
that
went
into
them
out
of
the outward
court.
In
the
breadth
of
the outward
wall
of
the
court
that
was
toward
the
east,
over
against
the
separate
building,
and there
were
chambers
before
the
building.
And
the
way
before
them
was
like
the
chambers
which
were
toward
the
north:
they wore
as
long
as
they,
and
as broad
as
they:
and
all
the
going
is
to
them,
and
their fashions,
and
their
doors
were
alike.
According
to
the
doors
of
the
chambers
that
were towards
the
south:
there
was
a
door
in
the
head
of
the
way,
which
way
was
before
the porch, separated towards
the
east
as
one entereth
in.
And
he
said
to
me:
The
chambers
of
the
north,
and
the
chambers
of
the
south,
which
are
before
the
separate building:
they
are
holy
chambers,
in
which
the
priests
shall
eat,
that
approach
to
the
Lord
into
the
holy
of
holies:
there
they
shall lay
the
most
holy
things,
and
the
offering
for
sin,
and
for trespass:
for
it
is
a
holy
place.
And
when
the
priests
shall
have
entered
in,
they
shall
not
go
out
of
the
holy places
into
the outward
court:
but
there
they
shall
lay
their vestments,
wherein
they
minister,
for
they
are
holy:
and
they
shall
put
on
other
garments,
and
so
they
shall
go
forth
to
the
people.
Now
when
he
had
made
an
end
of
measuring
the
inner
house,
he
brought
me
out
by
the
way
of
the
gate
that looked
toward
the
east:
and
he
measured
it
on
every
side
round
about.
And
he
measured toward
the
east
with
the
measuring
reed,
five hundred
reeds
with
the
measuring
reed
round
about.
And
he
measured toward
the
north
five
hundred
reeds
with
the
measuring
reed
round
about.
And towards
the
south
he
measured
five
hundred
reeds
with
the
measuring
reed round about.
And
toward
the
west
he
measured
five
hundred
reeds,
with
the
measuring
reed.
By
the
four
winds
he
measured
the
wall thereof
on
every
side
round
about,
five
hundred cubits
long
and
five
hundred cubits broad, making
a
separation
between
the
sanctuary
and
the
place
of
the
people.
And
he brought
me
to
the
gate
that
looked towards
the
east.
And
behold
the
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
came
in
by
the
way
of
the
east:
and
his
voice
was
like
the
noise
of
many
waters,
and
the
earth
shone
with
his
majesty.
And
I
saw
the
vision
according
to
the
appearance
which
I
had
seen
when
he
came
to
destroy
the
city:
and
the
appearance
was
according
to
the
vision
which
I
had
seen
by
the
river Chobar:
and
I
fell
upon
my
face.
And
the
majesty
of
the
Lord
went
into
the
temple
by
the
way
of
the
gate
that looked
to
the
east.
And
the
spirit
lifted
me
up
and
brought
me
into
the
inner
court:
and
behold
the
house
was
filled
with
the
glory
of
the
Lord.
And
I
heard
one
speaking
to
me
out
of
the
house,
and
the
man
that
stood
by
me,
Said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
the
place
of
my
throne,
and
the
place
of
the
soles
of
my
feet,
where
I
dwell
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel
for
ever:
and
the
house
of
Israel
shall
no
more
profane
my
holy
name,
they
and
their
kings
by
their fornications,
and
by
the
carcasses
of
their
kings,
and
by
the
high
places.
They
who
have
set
their threshold
by
my threshold,
and
their
posts
by
my
posts:
and
there
was
but
a
wall
between
me
and
them:
and
they profaned
my
holy
name
by
the
abominations
which
they
committed:
for
which
reason
I
consumed
them
in
my
wrath.
Now
therefore
let
them
put
away
their fornications,
and
the
carcasses
of
their
kings
far
from
me:
and
I
will
dwell
in
the
midst
of
them
for
ever.
But thou,
son
of
man, shew
to
the
house
of
Israel
the
temple,
and
let
them
be
ashamed
of
their
iniquities,
and
let
them
measure
the building:
And
be
ashamed
of
all
that
they
have
done. Shew
them
the form
of
the
house,
and
of
the fashion thereof,
the goings
out
and
the comings
in,
and
the
whole plan thereof,
and
all
its
ordinances,
and
all
its
order,
and
all
its
laws,
and thou shalt
write
it
in
their
sight:
that
they
may
keep
the
whole form thereof,
and
its
ordinances,
and
do
them.
This
is
the
law
of
the
house
upon
the
top
of
the
mountain:
All
its
border
round
about
is
most
holy:
this
then
is
the
law
of
the
house.
And
these
are
the measures
of
the
altar
by
the truest
cubit,
which
is
a
cubit
and
a
handbreadth:
the
bottom thereof
was
a
cubit,
and
the
breadth
a
cubit:
and
the
border thereof unto
its
edge,
and
round
about,
one
handbreadth:
and
this
was
the trench
of
the
altar.
And
from
the
bottom
of
the
ground
to
the
lowest brim
two
cubits,
and
the
breadth
of
one
cubit:
and
from
the
lesser brim
to
the
greater brim
four
cubits,
and
the
breadth
of
one
cubit.
And
the Ariel itself
was
four
cubits:
and
from
the Ariel
upward
were
four
horns.
And
the Ariel
was
twelve cubits
long,
and
twelve cubits broad, foursquare,
with equal
sides.
And
the brim
was
fourteen
cubits
long,
and
fourteen
cubits broad
in
the
four corners thereof:
and
the crown
round
about
it
was
half
a
cubit,
and
the
bottom
of
it
one
cubit
round
about:
and
its
steps
turned
toward
the
east.
And
he
said
to
me:
Son
of
man,
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
These
are
the ceremonies
of
the
altar,
in
what
day soever
it
shall
be
made:
that holocausts
may
be
offered
upon
it,
and
blood poured
out.
And thou shalt
give
to
the
priests,
and
the
Levites,
that
are
of
the
race
of Sadoc,
who
approach
to
me, saith
the
Lord
God,
to
offer
to
me
a
calf
of
the
herd
for
sin.
And thou shalt
take
of
his
blood,
and shalt
put
it
upon
the
four
horns thereof,
and
upon
the
four
corners
of
the brim,
and
upon
the crown
round
about:
and thou shalt
cleanse,
and expiate
it.
And thou shalt
take
the calf,
that
is offered
for
sin:
and thou shalt
burn
him
in
a separate
place
of
the
house without
the
sanctuary.
And
in
the
second
day thou shalt
offer
a
he
goat
without
blemish
for
sin:
and
they
shall expiate
the
altar,
as
they expiated
it
with
the calf.
And
when thou shalt
have
made
an
end
of
the expiation thereof, thou shalt
offer
a
calf
of
the
herd
without
blemish,
and
a
ram
of
the
flock
without
blemish.
And thou shalt
offer
them
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord:
and
the
priests
shall
put
salt
upon
them,
and
shall
offer
them
a holocaust
to
the
Lord.
Seven
days shalt thou
offer
a
he
goat
for sill
daily:
they
shall
offer
also
a
calf
of
the
herd,
and
a
ram
of
the
flock
without
blemish.
Seven
days
shall
they expiate
the
altar,
and
shall
cleanse
it:
and
they
shall consecrate
it.
And
the
days
being, expired,
on
the
eighth
day
and thenceforward,
the
priests
shall
offer
your holocausts
upon
the
altar,
and
the
peace
offerings:
and
I
will
be pacified towards
you, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
he
brought
me
back
to
the
way
of
the
gate
of
the outward
sanctuary,
which
looked towards
the
east:
and
it
was
shut.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
This
gate
shall
be
shut,
it
shall
not
be
opened,
and
no
man
shall
pass
through
it:
because
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel hath
entered
in
by
it,
and
it
shall
be
shut
For
the
prince.
The
prince
himself
shall
sit
in
it,
to
eat
bread
before
the
Lord:
he
shall
enter
in
by
the
way
of
the
porch
of
the
gate,
and
shall
go
out
by
the
same
way.
And
he
brought
me
by
the
way
of
the
north
gate,
in
the
sight
of
the
house:
and
I
saw,
and
behold
the
glory
of
the
Lord
filled
the
house
of
the
Lord:
and
I
fell
on
my
face.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Son
of
man, attend
with thy
heart,
and
behold
with thy
eyes,
and
hear
with thy
ears,
all
that
I
say
to thee
concerning
all
the ceremonies
of
the
house
of
the
Lord,
and
concerning
all
the
laws thereof:
and
mark
well
the ways
of
the
temple,
with
all
the goings
out
of
the
sanctuary.
And thou shalt
say
to
the
house
of
Israel
that provoketh
me:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Let
all
your wicked doings suffice
you,
O
house
of
Israel:
In
that
you
have
brought
in strangers
uncircumcised
in
heart,
and
uncircumcised
in
flesh,
to
be
in
my
sanctuary,
and
to
defile
my
house:
and
you
offer
my
bread,
the
fat,
and
the
blood:
and
you
have
broken
my
covenant
by
all
your wicked doings.
And
you
have
not
kept
the ordinances
of
my
sanctuary:
but
you
have
set
keepers
of
my
charge
in
my
sanctuary
for yourselves.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
No stranger
uncircumcised
in
heart,
and
uncircumcised
in
flesh,
shall
enter
into
my
sanctuary,
no stranger
that
is
in
the
midst
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Moreover
the
Levites
that
went
away
far
from
me,
when
the children
of
Israel
went
astray,
and
have
wandered
from
me
after
their
idols,
and
have
borne
their
iniquity:
They
shall
be
officers
in
my
sanctuary,
and doorkeepers
of
the
gates
of
the
house,
and
ministers
to
the
house:
they
shall
slay
the holocausts,
and
the victims
of
the
people:
and
they
shall
stand
in
their
sight,
to
minister
to
them.
Because
they
ministered
to
them
before
their
idols,
and
were
a stumblingblock
of
iniquity
to
the
house
of
Israel:
therefore
have
I
lifted
up
my
hand
against
them, saith
the
Lord
God,
and
they
shall
bear
their
iniquity:
And
they
shall
not
come
near
to
me
to
do
the office
of
priest
to
me,
neither
shall
they
come
near
to
any
of
my
holy
things
that
are
by
the
holy
of
holies:
but
they
shall
bear
their
shame,
and
their wickednesses
which
they
have
committed.
And
I
will
make
them doorkeepers
of
the
house,
for
all
the
service thereof,
and
for
all
that
shall
be
done therein.
But
the
priests,
and
Levites,
the
sons
of Sadoc,
who
kept
the ceremonies
or
my
sanctuary,
when
the
children
of
Israel
went
astray
from
me,
they
shall
come
near
to
me,
to
minister
to
me:
and
they
shall
stand
before
me,
to
offer
me
the
fat,
and
the
blood, saith
the
Lord
God.
They shall
enter
into
my
sanctuary,
and
they shall
come
near
to
my
table,
to
minister unto
me,
and
to
keep
my ceremonies.
And
when
they
shall
enter
in
at
the
gates
of
the
inner
court,
they
shall
be
clothed
with
linen
garments:
neither
shall
any woollen
come
upon
them,
when
they
minister
in
the
gates
of
the
inner
court
and
within.
They
shall
have
linen mitres
on
their
heads,
and
linen
breeches
on
their
loins,
and
they
shall
not
be
girded
with
any thing
that causeth
sweat.
And
when
they
shall
go
forth
to
the outward
court
to
the
people,
they
shall
put
off
their
garments
wherein
they
ministered,
and
lay
them
up
in
the store
chamber
of
the
sanctuary,
and
they
shall
clothe
themselves
with
other
garments:
and
they
shall
not
sanctify
the
people
with
their vestments.
Neither
shall
they
shave
their
heads,
nor wear
long heir:
but
they
shall
only poll
their
heads.
And
no
priest
shall
drink
wine
when
he
is
to
go
into
the
inner
court.
Neither
shall
they
take
to
wife
a
widow,
nor
one
that
is
divorced,
but
they
shall
take
virgins
of
the
seed
of
the
house
of
Israel:
but
they
may
take
a
widow
also,
that
is,
the
widow
of
a
priest.
And
they
shall
teach
my
people
the difference
between
holy
and
profane,
and shew
them
how
to
discern
between
clean
and
unclean.
And
when
there
shall
be
a
controversy,
they
shall
stand
in
my
judgments,
and
shall
judge:
they
shall
keep
my
laws,
and
my
ordinances
in
all
my solemnities,
and
sanctify
my
sabbaths.
And
they
shall
come
near
no
dead
person, lest
they
be
defiled,
only
their
father
and
mother,
and
son
and
daughter,
and
brother
and
sister,
that hath
not
had
another
husband:
for
whom
they
may
become
unclean.
And
after
one
is
cleansed,
they
shall reckon unto
him
seven
days.
And
in
the
day
that
he goeth
into
the
sanctuary,
to
the
inner
court,
to
minister unto
me
in
the
sanctuary,
he
shall
offer
for
his
sin, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
they
shall
have
no
inheritance,
I
am
their
inheritance:
neither
shall
you
give
them
any
possession
in
Israel,
for
I
am
their
possession.
They
shall
eat
the victim
both
for
sin
and
for trespass:
and
every vowed
thing
in
Israel
shall
be
theirs.
And
the firstfruits
of
all
the firstborn,
and
all
the libations
of
all
things
that
are
offered,
shall
be
the
priest’s:
and
you
shall
give
the firstfruits
of
your meats
to
the
priest,
that
he
may return
a
blessing
upon thy
house.
The
priests
shall
not
eat
of
any
thing
that
is
dead
of itself
or caught
by
a
beast,
whether
it
be
fowl
or
cattle.
And
when
you
shall begin
to
divide
the
land
by
lot, separate ye firstfruits
to
the
Lord,
a
portion
of
the
land
to
be
holy,
in
length
twenty-five
thousand
and
in
breadth
ten
thousand:
it
shall
be
holy
in
all
the
borders thereof
round
about.
And
there
shall
be
for
the
sanctuary
on
every
side
five
hundred
by
five
hundred, foursquare
round
about:
and
fifty
cubits
for
the suburbs thereof
round
about.
And
with
this
measure thou shalt
measure
the
length
of
five
and
twenty
thousand,
and
the
breadth
of
ten
thousand,
and
in
it shall
be
the
temple
and
the
holy
of
holies.
The
holy
portion
of
the
land
shall
be
for
the
priests
the
ministers
of
the
sanctuary,
who
come
near
to
the ministry
of
the
Lord:
and
it
shall
be
a
place
for
their
houses,
and
for
the
holy
place
of
the
sanctuary.
And
five
and
twenty
thousand
of
length,
and
ten
thousand
of
breadth
shall
be
for
the
Levites,
that
minister
in
the
house:
they
shall possess
twenty store
chambers.
And
you
shall
appoint
the
possession
of
the
city
five
thousand broad,
and
five
and
twenty
thousand
long, according
to
the separation
of
the
sanctuary,
for
the
whole
house
of
Israel.
For
the
prince
also
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
side,
according
to
the separation
of
the
sanctuary,
and
according
to
the
possession
of
the
city,
over
against
the separation
of
the
sanctuary,
and
over
against
the
possession
of
the
city:
from
the
side
of
the
sea even
to
the
sea,
and
from
the
side
of
the
east; even
to
the
east.
And
the
length
according
to
every part
from
the
west
border
to
the
east
border.
He
shall
have
a portion
of
the lead
in
Israel:
and
the
princes
shall
no
more rob
my
people:
but
they
shall
give
the
land
to
the
house
of
Israel according
to
their
tribes:
Thus saith
the
Lord
God: Let
it suffice
you,
O
princes
of
Israel: cease
from iniquity
and robberies,
and execute
judgment
and
justice, separate
your confines
from
my
people, saith
the
Lord
God.
You shall
have
just
balances,
and
a
just ephi,
and
a
just bate.
The ephi
and
the bate shall
be equal,
and
of
one
measure:
that
the bate
may
contain
the
tenth
part
of
a core,
and
the ephi
the
tenth
part
of
a core:
their weight shall
be equal
according
to
the
measure
of
a core.
And
the sicle hath
twenty obols.
Now
twenty sides,
and
five
and
twenty sides,
and fifteen sides make
a mna.
And
these
are
the firstfruits,
which
you
shall
take:
the
sixth
part
of
an ephi
of
a core
of
wheat,
and
the
sixth
part
of
an ephi
of
a core
of
barley.
The
measure
of
oil
also,
a bate
of
oil
is
the
tenth
part
of
a core:
and
ten bates
make
a core:
for
ten bates fill
a core.
And
one ram
out
of
a
flock
of
two
hundred,
of
those
that
Israel feedeth
for
sacrifice,
and
for holocausts,
and
for
peace
offerings,
to make
atonement
for
them, saith
the
Lord
God.
All
the
people
of
the
land
shall
be bound
to
these firstfruits
for
the
prince
in
Israel.
And
the
prince
shall
give
the holocaust,
and
the
sacrifice,
and
the libations
on
the
feasts,
and
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
sabbaths,
and
on
all
the solemnities
of
the
house
of
Israel:
he
shall
offer
the
sacrifice
for
sin,
and
the holocaust,
and
the
peace
offerings
to
make expiation
for
the
house
of
Israel.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
In
the
first
month,
the
first
of
the
month, thou shalt
take
a
calf
of
the
herd
without
blemish,
and thou shalt expiate
the
sanctuary.
And
the
priest
shall
take
of
the
blood
of
the
sin
offering:
and
he
shall
put
it
on
the
posts
of
the
house,
and
on
the
four
corners
of
the brim
of
the
altar,
and
on
the
posts
of
the
gate
of
the
inner
court.
And
so shalt thou
do
in
the
seventh
day
of
the
month,
for
every
one
that hath been ignorant,
and hath been deceived
by
error,
and thou shalt
make expiation
for
the
house.
In
the
first
month,
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month,
you
shall observe
the solemnity
of
the pasch:
seven
days
unleavened
bread
shall
be
eaten.
And
the
prince
on
that
day
shall
offer
for
himself,
and
for
all
the
people
of
the
land,
a calf
for
sin.
And
in
the solemnity
of
the
seven
days
he
shall
offer
for
a holocaust
to
the
Lord,
seven calves,
and
seven
rams
without
blemish
daily
for
seven
days:
and
for
sin
a
he
goat
daily.
And
he shall
offer
the
sacrifice
of
an ephi
for every calf,
and
an ephi
for every
ram:
and
a
hin
of
oil
for every ephi.
In
the
seventh
month,
in
the fifteenth
day
of
the
month,
in
the solemn
feast,
he
shall
do
the like
for
the
seven
days:
as well
in
regard
to
the
sin
offering,
as
to
the holocaust,
and.
the
sacrifice,
and
the
oil.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
The
gate
of
the
inner
court
that looketh
toward
the
east,
shall
be
shut
the
six
days,
on which
work
is
done;
but
on
the
sabbath
day
it
shall
be
opened, yea
and
on
the
day
of
the
new
moon
it
shall
be
opened.
And
the
prince
shall
enter
by
the
way
of
the
porch
of
the
gate
from
without,
and
he
shall
stand
at
the
threshold
of
the
gate:
and
the
priests
shall
offer
his holocaust,
and
his
peace
offerings:
and
he
shall adore
upon
the
threshold
of
the
gate,
and
shall
go
out:
but
the
gate
shall
not
be
shut
till
the
evening.
And
the
people
of
the
land
shall adore
at
the
door
of
that
gate
before
the
Lord
on
the
sabbaths,
and
on
the
new
moons.
And
the holocaust
that
the
prince
shall
offer
to
the
Lord
on
the
sabbath
day,
shall
be
six
lambs
without
blemish,
and
a
ram
without
blemish.
And
the
sacrifice
of
an ephi
for
a
ram: but
for
the
lambs what
sacrifice
his
hand
shall allow:
and
a
hin
of
oil
for every ephi.
And
on
the
day
of
the
new
moon
a
calf
of
the
herd
without
blemish:
and
the
six
lambs,
and
the
rams
shall
be
without
blemish.
And
he
shall
offer
in
sacrifice
an ephi
for
a calf,
an ephi
also
for
a
ram:
but
for
the
lambs,
as
his
hand
shall
find:
and
a
hin
of
oil
for every ephi.
And
when
the
prince
is
to
go
in, let
him
go
in
by
the
way
of
the
porch
of
the
gate,
and let
him
go
out
the same
way.
But
when
the
people
of
the
land
shall
go
in
before
the
Lord
in
the solemn
feasts,
he
that goeth
in
by
the
north
gate
to adore,
shall
go
out
by
the
way
of
the
south
gate:
and
he
that; goeth
in
by
the
way
of
the
south
gate,
shall
go
out
by
the
way
of
the
north
gate:
he
shall
not
return
by
the
way
of
the
gate
whereby
he
came
in,
but
shall
go
out
at
that
over
against
it.
And
the
prince
in
the
midst
of
them, shall
go
in
when
they
go
in,
and
go
out
when
they
go
out.
And
in
the fairs,
and
in
the solemnities
there
shall
be
the
sacrifice
of
an ephi
to
a calf,
and
an ephi
to
a
ram:
and
to
the
lambs,
the
sacrifice
shall
be
as
his
hand
shall find:
and
a
hin
of
oil
to every ephi.
But
when
the
prince
shall
offer
a
voluntary holocaust,
or
voluntary
peace
offerings
to
the
Lord:
the
gate
that looketh towards
the
east
shall
be
opened
to
him,
and
he
shall
offer
his holocaust,
and
his
peace
offerings,
as
it
is wont
to
be
done
on
the
sabbath
day:
and
he
shall
go
out,
and
the
gate
shall
be
shut
after
he
is
gone
forth.
And
he
shall
offer
every
day
for
a holocaust
to
the
Lord,
a
lamb
of
the
same
year
without
blemish:
he
shall
offer
it
always
in
the
morning.
And
he
shall
offer
the
sacrifice
for
it
morning
by
morning,
the
sixth
part
of ephi:
and
the
third
part
of
a bin
of
oil
be mingled
with
the
fine hour:
a
to
the
Lord
by
ordinance
continual
and
everlasting.
He shall
offer
the
lamb,
and
the
sacrifice,
and
the
oil
morning
by
morning:
an everlasting holocaust.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
If
the
prince
give
a
gift
to
any
of
his
sons:
the
inheritance
of
it
shall
go
to
his
children,
they
shall possess
it
by
inheritance.
But
if
he
give
a legacy
out
of
his
inheritance
to
one
of
his
servants,
it
shall
be
his
until
the
year
of
release,
and
it
shall
return
to
the
prince:
but
his
inheritance
shall
go
to
his
sons.
And
the
prince
shall
not
take
of
the
people’s
inheritance
by violence,
nor
of
their
possession:
but
out
of
his
own
possession
he
shall
give
an
inheritance
to
his
sons:
that
my
people
be
not
dispersed
every
man
from
his
possession.
And
he
brought
me
in
by
the
entry
that
was
at
the
side
of
the
gate,
into
the
chambers
of
the
sanctuary
that
were
for
the
priests,
which
looked
toward
the
north.
And
there
was
a
place bending
to
the
west.
And
he
said
to
me:
This
is
the
place
where
the
priests
shall
boil
the
sin
offering,
and
the trespass
offering:
where
they
shall dress
the
sacrifice,
that
they
may
not
bring
it
out
into
the outward
court,
and
the
people
be
sanctified.
And
he
brought
me
into
the outward
court,
and
he
led
me
about
by
the
four
corners
of
the
court:
and
behold
there was
a little
court
in
the
corner
of
the
court,
to
every
corner
of
the
court
there was
a little
court.
In the
four
corners
of the
court
were little courts disposed,
forty cubits
long,
and
thirty broad,
all the
four
were
of
one measure.
And
there was
a wall
round
about compassing
the
four little courts,
and
there
were kitchens
built
under
the
rows
round
about.
And
he
said
to
me:
This
is
the
house
of
the kitchens
wherein
the
ministers
of
the
house
of
the Lord
shall
boil
the victims
of
the
people.
And
he
brought
me
again
to
the
gate
of
the
house,
and
behold
waters
issued
out
from
under
the
threshold
of
the
house
toward
the
east:
for
the forefront,
of
the
house
looked
toward
the
east:
but
the
waters
came
down
to
the
right
side
of
the
temple
to
the
south part
of
the
altar.
And
he
led
me
out
by
the
way
of
the
north
gate,
and
he caused
me
to
turn
to
the
way
without
the
outward
gate
to
the
way
that
looked
toward
the
east:
and
behold
there ran
out
waters
on
the
right
side.
And
when
the
man
that
had
the line
in
his
hand
went
out towards
the
east,
he
measured
a
thousand
cubits:
and
he
brought
me
through
the
water up
to
the ankles.
And again
he
measured
a
thousand,
and
he brought me
through
the
water up
to
the
knees.
And
he
measured
a
thousand.
and
he brought
me
through
the
water
up
to
the
loins.
And
he
measured
a
thousand,
and
it
was
a torrent,
which
I
could
not
pass
over:
for
the
waters
were
risen
so
as
to
make
a deep torrent,
which
could
not
be
passed
over.
And
he
said
to
me:
Surely thou hast
seen, O
son
of
man.
And
he
brought
me
out,
and
he caused
me
to
turn
to
the
bank
of
the torrent.
And
when
I had
turned myself,
behold
on
the
bank
of
the torrent
were
very
many
trees
on both
sides.
And
he
said
to
me:
These
waters
that
issue
forth
toward
the hillocks
of sand
to
the east,
and
go
down
to
the
plains
of
the
desert,
shall
go
into
the
sea,
and
shall
go
out,
and
the
waters
shall
be
healed.
And
every
living
creature
that creepeth whithersoever
the torrent
shall
come,
shall
live:
and
there
shall
be fishes
in
abundance
after
these
waters
shall
come thither,
and
they
shall
be
healed,
and
all
things
shall
live
to
which
the torrent
shall
come.
And
the fishers shall
stand
over these waters,
from Engaddi
even
to Engallim
there shall
be drying
of
nets:
there shall
be
many sorts
of
the fishes thereof,
as
the fishes
of
the
great
sea,
a
very
great multitude:
But
on
the shore thereof,
and
in
the fenny places
they
shall
not
be
healed, because
they
shall
be
turned
into saltpits.
And
by
the torrent
on
the
banks thereof
on
both
sides
shall
grow
all
trees
that
bear
fruit:
their
leaf
shall
not
fall
off,
and
their
fruit
shall
not
fail:
every
month
shall
they
bring
forth firstfruits,
because
the
waters thereof
shall
issue
out
of
the
sanctuary:
and
the
fruits thereof
shall
be
for
food,
and
the
leaves thereof
for medicine.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God:
This
is
the
border,
by
which
you
shall
possess
the
land according
to
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel:
for
Joseph hath
a
double portion.
And
you
shall
possess
it,
every
man
in
like manner
as
his
brother: concerning
which
I
lifted
up
my
hand
to
give
it
to
your
fathers:
and
this
land
shall
fall unto
you
for
a
possession.
And
this
is
the
border
of
the
land:
toward
the
north
side,
from
the
great
sea
by
the
way
of Hethalon,
as
men
go
to Sedada,
Emath, Berotha, Sabarim,
which
is
between
the
border
of
Damascus
and
the
border
of Emath,
the house
of Tichon,
which
is
by
the
border
of Auran.
And
the
border
from
the
sea
even
to
the court
of Enan,
shall
be
the
border
of
Damascus,
and
from
the
north
to
the
north:
the
border
of Emath, this
is
the
north
side.
And
the
east
side
is
from
the
midst
of Auran,
and
from
the
midst
of
Damascus,
and
from
the
midst
of Galaad,
and
from
the
midst
of
the
land
of
Israel,
Jordan making
the bound
to
the
east
sea,
and thus
you
shall
measure
the
east
side.
And
the
south
side
southward
is
from Thamar
even
to
the
waters
of contradiction
of Cades:
and
the torrent
even
to
the
great
sea:
and this
is
the
south
side
southward.
And
the
side
toward
the
sea,
is
the
great
sea
from
the
borders straight
on,
till thou
come
to Emath:
this
is
the
side
of
the
sea.
And
you
shall
divide
this
land unto
you
by
the
tribes
of
Israel:
And
you
shall
divide
it
by
lot
for
an
inheritance
to
you,
and
to
the
strangers
that
shall
come
over
to
you,
that
shall
beget
children
among
you:
and
they
shall
be unto
you
as
men
of
the
same country
born
among
the
children
of
Israel:
they
shall
divide
the
possession
with
you
in
the
midst
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
And
in
what
tribe soever
the
stranger
shall
be,
there
shall
you
give
him
possession, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
these
are
the
names
of
the
tribes
from
the
borders
of
the
north,
by
the
way
of Hethalon,
as
they
go
to Emath,
the court
of Enan
the
border
of
Damascus
northward,
by
the
way
of Emath.
And
from
the
east
side thereof
to
the
sea,
shall
be
one portion
for
Dan.
And
by
the
border
of
Dan,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
one portion
for Aser:
And
by
the
border
of Aser,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
one portion
for Nephthali.
And
by
the
border
of Nephthali,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
one portion
for Manasses.
And
by
the
border
of Manasses,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
one portion
for
Ephraim.
And
by
the
border
of
Ephraim,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
one portion
for Ruben.
And
by
the
border
of Ruben,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
one portion
for Juda.
And
by
the
border
of Juda,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
shall
be
the firstfruits
which
you
shall
set
apart,
five
and
twenty
thousand
in
breadth,
and
in
length,
as
every
one
of
the
portions
from
the
east
side
to
the
side
of
the
sea:
and
the
sanctuary
shall
be
in
the
midst thereof.
The firstfruits
which
you
shall
set
apart
for
the
Lord:
shall
be
the
length
of
five
and
twenty
thousand,
and
the
breadth
of
ten
thousand.
And
these
shall
be
the firstfruits
of
the
sanctuary
for
the
priests: toward
the
north
five
and
twenty
thousand
in
length,
and toward
the
sea
ten
thousand
in
breadth,
and toward
the
east
also
ten
thousand
in
breadth,
and toward
the
south
five
and
twenty
thousand
in
length:
and
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord
shall
be
in
the
midst thereof.
The sanctuary
shall
be
for
the
priests
of
the
sons
of Sadoc,
who
kept
my ceremonies,
and
went
not
astray
when
the
children
of
Israel
went
astray,
as
the
Levites
also
went
astray.
And
for
them
shall
be
the firstfruits
of
the firstfruits
of
the
land
holy
of
holies,
by
the
border
of
the
Levites.
And
the
Levites
in
like manner
shall
have
by
the
borders
of
the
priests
five
and
twenty
thousand
in
length,
and
ten
thousand
in
breadth.
All
the
length
shall
be
five
and
twenty
thousand,
and
the
breadth
ten
thousand.
And
they
shall
not
sell thereof,
nor
exchange,
neither
shall
the firstfruits
of
the
land
be alienated,
because
they
are sanctified
to
the
Lord.
But
the
five
thousand
that
remain
in
the
breadth
over
against
the
five
and
twenty
thousand,
shall
be
a
profane
place
for
the
city
for
dwelling,
and
for suburbs:
and
the
city
shall
be
in
the
midst thereof.
And
these
are
the measures thereof:
on
the
north
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred:
and
on
the
south
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred:
and
on
the
east
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred:
and
on
the
west
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred.
And
the suburbs
of
the
city shall
be
to
the
north
two
hundred
and
fifty,
and
to
the
south
two
hundred
and
fifty,
and
to
the
east
two
hundred
and
fifty,
and
to
the
sea
two
hundred
and
fifty.
And
the residue
in
length
by
the firstfruits
of
the
sanctuary,
ten
thousand toward
the
east,
and
ten
thousand toward
the
west, shall
be
as
the firstfruits
of
the
sanctuary:
and
the fruits thereof shall
be
for
bread
to
them
that
serve
the
city.
And
they
that
serve
the
city,
shall
serve
it
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel.
All
the firstfruits,
of
five
and
twenty
thousand,
by
five
and
twenty
thousand foursquare, shall
be
set
apart
for
the firstfruits
of
the
sanctuary,
and
for
the
possession
of
the
city.
And
the residue
shall
be
for
the
prince
on every
side
of
the firstfruits
of
the
sanctuary,
and
of
the
possession
of
the
city
over
against
the
five
and
twenty
thousand
of
the firstfruits unto
the
east
border:
toward
the
sea
also
over
against
the
five
and
twenty
thousand, unto
the
border
of
the
sea,
shall likewise
be
the
portion
of
the
prince:
and
the firstfruits
of
the
sanctuary,
and
the
sanctuary
of
the
temple
shall
be
in
the
midst thereof.
And
from
the
possession
of
the
Levites,
and
from
the
possession
of
the
city
which ale
in
the
midst
of
the prince’s portions:
what
shall
be
to
the
border
of Juda,
and
to
the
border
of
Benjamin,
shall
also
belong
to
the
prince.
And
for
the
rest
of
the
tribes:
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
one portion
for
Benjamin.
And
over
against
the
border
of
Benjamin,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
one portion
for
Simeon.
And
by
the
border
of
Simeon,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
one portion
for
Issachar.
And
by
the
border
of
Issachar,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
one portion
for Zabulon.
And
by
the
border
of Zabulon,
from
the
east
side
to
the
side
of
the
sea,
one portion
for
Gad.
And
by
the
border
of
Gad,
the
south
side
southward:
and
the
border
shall
be
from Thamar,
even
to
the
waters
of contradiction
of Cades,
the inheritance
over
against
the
great
sea.
This
is
the
land
which
you
shall
divide
by
lot
to
the
tribes
of
Israel:
and
these
are
the
portions
of
them, saith
the
Lord
God.
And
these
are
the goings out
of
the
city:
on
the
north
side thou shalt measure
four
thousand
and
five
hundred.
And
the
gates
of
the
city
according
to
the
names
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
three
gates
on
the
north
side,
the
gate
of Ruben
one,
the
gate
of Juda
one,
the
gate
of
Levi
one.
And
at
the
east
side,
four
thousand
and
five
hundred:
and
three
gates,
the
gate
of
Joseph
one,
the
gate
of
Benjamin
one,
the
gate
of
Dan
one.
And
at
the
south
side, thou shalt measure
four
thousand
and
five
hundred:
and
three
gates,
the
gate
of
Simeon
one,
the
gate
of
Issachar
one,
the
gate
of Zabulon
one.
And
at
the
west
side,
four
thousand
and
five
hundred,
and their
three
gates,
the
gate
of
Gad
one,
the
gate
of Aser
one,
the
gate
of Nephthali
one.
Its circumference
was
eighteen
thousand:
and
the
name
of
the
city
from
that
day,
The
Lord
is
there.
Daniel
The Book of Daniel
Daniel
Dan
The Book of
Daniel
In
the
third
year
of
the
reign
of Joakim
king
of Juda, Nabuchodonosor
king
of
Babylon
came
to
Jerusalem,
and besieged
it.
And
the
Lord
delivered
into
his
hands Joakim
the
king
of Juda,
and
part
of
the
vessels
of
the
house
of
God:
and
he
carried
them
away
into
the
land
of Sennaar,
to
the
house
of
his
god,
and
the
vessels
he
brought
into
the
treasure
house
of
his
god.
And
the
king
spoke
to Asphenez
the
master
of
the
eunuchs,
that
he
should
bring
in
some
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
king’s
seed
and
of
the princes,
Children
in
whom
there
was
no
blemish,
well favoured,
and
skillful
in
all
wisdom, acute
in
knowledge,
and
instructed
in science,
and
such
as
might
stand
in
the
king’s
palace,
that
he
might
teach
them
the learning,
and
the
tongue
of
the
Chaldeans.
And
the
king
appointed
them
a
daily provision,
of
his
own meat,
and
of
the
wine
of
which
he
drank
himself,
that being nourished
three
years, afterwards
they might
stand
before
the
king.
Now
there
were among
them
of
the
children
of Juda,
Daniel, Ananias, Misael,
and Azarias.
And
the master
of
the
eunuchs
gave
them
names:
to
Daniel, Baltassar:
to Ananias, Sidrach:
to Misael, Misach:
and
to Azarias, Abdenago.
But
Daniel purposed
in
his
heart
that
he
would
not
be
defiled
with
the
king’s table,
nor
with
the
wine
which
he
drank:
and
he requested
the master
of
the
eunuchs
that
he
might
not
be
defiled.
And
God
gave
to
Daniel grace
and
mercy
in
the
sight
of
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs.
And
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs
said
to
Daniel:
I
fear
my
lord
the
king,
who hath
appointed
you meat
and
drink:
who
if
he
should
see
your
faces leaner
than
those
of
the other
youths
your equals,
you
shall endanger
my
head
to
the
king.
And
Daniel
said
to Malasar,
whom
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs
had
appointed
over
Daniel, Ananias, Misael,
and Azarias:
Try,
I
beseech thee, thy
servants
for
ten
days,
and
let pulse
be
given
us
to
eat,
and
water
to
drink:
And
look
upon
our
faces,
and
the
faces
of
the
children
that
eat
of
the
king’s meat:
and
as thou shalt
see,
deal
with thy
servants.
And
when
he
had
heard
these
words,
he
tried
them
for
ten
days.
And
after
ten
days
their faces
appeared fairer
and fatter
than
all
the
children
that
ate
of
the
king’s
meat.
So Malasar
took
their portions,
and
the
wine
that
they should
drink:
and
he
gave
them pulse.
And
to
these
children
God
gave
knowledge,
and
understanding
in
every
book,
and
wisdom:
but
to
Daniel
the
understanding
also
of
all
visions
and
dreams.
And
when
the
days
were ended,
after
which
the
king
had
ordered
they
should
be
brought
in:
the
prince
of
the
eunuchs
brought
them
in
before Nabuchodonosor.
And
when
the
king
had
spoken
to
them,
there
were
not
found
among
them
all
such
as
Daniel, Ananias, Misael,
and Azarias:
and
they
stood
in
the
king’s
presence.
And
in
all
matters
of
wisdom
and
understanding,
that
the
king
inquired
of
them,
he
found
them
ten
times
better
than
all
the diviners,
and
wise
men,
that
were
in
all
his
kingdom.
And
Daniel
continued
even
to
the
first
year
of
king
Cyrus.
In
the
second
year
of
the
reign
of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor
had
a
dream,
and
his
spirit
was terrified,
and
his
dream
went
out
of
his
mind.
Then
the
king
commanded
to
call together
the diviners
and
the wise
men,
and
the
magicians,
and
the
Chaldeans:
to
declare
to
the
king
his
dreams:
so
they
came
and
stood
before
the
king.
And
the
king
said
to
them:
I saw
a
dream:
and being
troubled
in
mind
I
know
not
what
I saw.
And
the
Chaldeans answered
the
king
in Syriac: O
king,
live
for
ever:
tell
to thy
servants thy
dream,
and we
will
declare
the
interpretation thereof.
And
the
king answering
said
to
the
Chaldeans:
The
thing
is gone
out
of my mind: unless
you
tell me
the
dream,
and
the meaning thereof,
you shall be put
to death,
and your
houses shall be confiscated.
But
if
you tell
the
dream,
and
the meaning
of
it,
you shall
receive
of
me
rewards,
and
gifts,
and
great honour: therefore tell
me
the
dream,
and
the
interpretation thereof.
They
answered again
and
said: Let
the
king
tell his
servants
the
dream,
and we
will
declare
the
interpretation
of it.
The
king
answered,
and
said:
I
know
for certain
that
you seek
to gain
time,
since
you
know
that
the
thing
is gone
from me.
If therefore
you
tell
me
not
the
dream,
there
is
one sentence concerning
you,
that
you have also framed
a lying
interpretation,
and full
of deceit,
to
speak
before
me till
the
time pass away.
Tell
me therefore
the
dream,
that
I may
know
that
you also give
a true
interpretation thereof.
Then
the Chaldeains
answered
before
the
king,
and
said:
There
is
no
man upon
earth,
that
can accomplish thy
word, O
king,
neither doth
any
king,
though
great
and mighty, ask
such
a
thing
of
any diviner,
or wise
man,
or
Chaldean.
For
the
thing
that thou askest, O
king,
is
difficult;
nor
can any
one
be found
that
can shew
it
before
the
king,
except
the
gods,
whose conversation
is
not
with men.
Upon hearing
this,
the
king
in fury,
and
in
great wrath,
commanded
that
all
the
wise
men
of
Babylon
should be put
to death.
And
the
decree being
gone
forth,
the
wise
men were
slain:
and
Daniel
and
his companions were sought
for,
to be put
to death.
Then
Daniel inquired
concerning
the law
and
the sentence,
of
Arioch
the general
of
the
king’s army,
who
was
gone
forth
to
kill
the
wise
men
of
Babylon.
And
he
asked
him
that
had received
the
orders
of
the
king,
why
so cruel
a sentence
was gone forth
from
the face
of
the
king.
And
when
Arioch
had
told
the
matter
to
Daniel,
Daniel
went
in
and desired
of
the
king,
that
he would
give
him
time
to resolve
the question
and declare it
to
the
king.
And
he
went into
his
house,
and told
the
matter
to Ananias,
and Misael,
and Azarias
his companions:
To
the end
that
they should ask mercy
at
the face
of
the
God
of
heaven
concerning
this secret,
and
that
Daniel
and
his companions might
not
perish
with
the
rest
of
the
wise
men
of
Babylon.
Then
was
the
mystery
revealed
to
Daniel
by
a
vision
in
the
night:
and
Daniel
blessed
the
God
of
heaven,
And speaking
he
said:
Blessed
be
the
name
of
the Lord
from eternity
and
for evermore:
for
wisdom
and fortitude
are
his.
And
he changeth
times
and ages: taketh
away kingdoms
and establisheth them, giveth
wisdom
to
the
wise,
and
knowledge
to them
that
have
understanding.
He revealeth
deep
and hidden things,
and knoweth
what
is in
darkness:
and light
is
with him.
To thee, O
God
of our
fathers,
I
give
thanks,
and
I
praise thee:
because thou hast
given
me
wisdom
and strength:
and
now thou hast shewn
me
what
we desired
of thee,
for thou hast
made
known
to us,
the
king’s discourse.
After
this
Daniel
went
in
to
Arioch,
to
whom
the
king
had
given
orders
to
destroy
the
wise
men
of
Babylon,
and
he
spoke
thus
to
him:
Destroy not
the
wise
men
of
Babylon:
bring
me
in
before
the
king,
and
I
will
tell
the solution
to
the
king.
Then
Arioch
in
haste
brought
in
Daniel
to
the
king,
and
said
to
him:
I
have
found
a
man
of
the
children
of
the captivity
of Juda,
that
will resolve
the question
to
the
king.
The
king
answered,
and
said
to
Daniel,
whose
name
was Baltassar: Thinkest thou indeed
that thou canst
tell me
the
dream
that
I
saw,
and
the
interpretation thereof?
And
Daniel made answer
before
the
king,
and
said:
The secret
that
the
king desireth
to know, none
of
the
wise
men,
or
the philosophers,
or
the
diviners,
or
the soothsayers
can
declare
to
the
king.
But
there
is
a
God
in
heaven
that revealeth
mysteries,
who hath shewn
to thee, O
king Nabuchodonosor,
what
is
to come
to pass
in
the
latter times. Thy
dream,
and
the
visions
of thy
head upon thy
bed,
are
these:
Thou, O
king, didst begin
to think
in thy
bed,
what
should come
to pass hereafter:
and
he
that revealeth
mysteries shewed thee
what shall come
to pass.
To me also
this secret
is
revealed,
not
by
any
wisdom
that
I
have
more
than
all men alive:
but
that
the
interpretation might
be
made manifest
to
the
king,
and thou mightest
know
the
thoughts
of thy
mind.
Thou, O
king, sawest,
and
behold there
was
as
it
were
a
great
statue:
this
statue, which
was
great
and high, tall
of stature,
stood
before thee,
and
the look thereof
was terrible.
The
head
of
this
statue
was
of
fine
gold,
but
the
breast
and
the
arms
of
silver,
and
the
belly
and
the
thighs
of brass:
And
the
legs
of
iron,
the
feet
part
of
iron
and
part
of
clay.
Thus thou sawest, till
a
stone
was
cut
out
of
a mountain
without
hands:
and
it
struck
the
statue upon
the
feet thereof
that
were
of
iron
and
of
clay,
and broke
them
in pieces.
Then
was
the
iron,
the
clay,
the brass,
the
silver,
and
the
gold broken
to pieces together,
and
became like
the
chaff
of
a summer’s thrashingfloor,
and
they
were
carried away
by
the
wind:
and
there
was
no
place
found
for
them:
but
the
stone
that
struck
the
statue,
became
a
great
mountain,
and
filled
the
whole
earth.
This
is
the
dream: we
will also
tell
the
interpretation thereof
before thee, O
king.
Thou art a
king
of
kings:
and
the
God
of
heaven hath
given thee a
kingdom,
and
strength,
and
power,
and
glory:
And
all places wherein
the
children
of
men,
and
the
beasts
of
the
field do
dwell:
he hath also
given
the
birds
of
the air into thy
hand,
and hath put
all
things under thy
power: thou therefore art
the
head
of
gold.
And
after thee shall rise up
another
kingdom,
inferior
to thee,
of silver:
and
another
third
kingdom
of brass,
which shall
rule
over
all
the world.
And
the
fourth
kingdom shall
be
as
iron.
As
iron breaketh into
pieces,
and subdueth
all
things,
so shall
that
break
and destroy
all
these.
Arid whereas thou sawest
the
feet,
and
the
toes,
part
of
potter’s
clay,
and
part
of
iron:
the
kingdom shall
be
divided,
but yet it shall
take
its origin
from
the
iron,
according
as thou sawest
the
iron
mixed
with
the miry
clay.
And
as the
toes
of the
feet
were
part
of
iron,
and
part
of
clay, the
kingdom shall
be
partly
strong,
and
partly broken.
And whereas thou sawest
the
iron
mixed
with miry
clay,
they shall
be mingled indeed together
with
the
seed
of
man,
but
they shall
not stick fast
one
to
another,
as
iron
cannot
be
mixed
with
clay.
But
in
the
days
of
those
kingdoms
the
God
of
heaven
will
set up
a
kingdom
that shall never
be
destroyed,
and
his
kingdom shall
not
be delivered up
to
another
people,
and it shall break
in pieces,
and shall consume
all
these
kingdoms,
and
itself shall
stand
for
ever.
According
as thou sawest
that
the
stone
was
cut
out
of
the
mountain
without
hands,
and broke
in pieces,
the
clay,
and
the
iron,
and
the brass,
and
the
silver,
and
the
gold,
the
great
God hath shewn
the
king
what shall come
to pass hereafter,
and
the
dream
is true,
and
the
interpretation thereof
is
faithful.
Then
king Nabuchodonosor
fell
on
his
face,
and worshipped
Daniel,
and
commanded
that
they
should offer
in
sacrifice
to him victims
and
incense.
And
the
king
spoke
to
Daniel,
and
said: Verily your
God
is
the
God
of
gods,
and
Lord
of
kings,
and
a
revealer
of hidden things: seeing thou couldst discover
this secret.
Then
the
king advanced
Daniel
to
a high station,
and
gave
him
many
and
great
gifts:
and
he
made
him governor
over
all
the
provinces
of
Babylon,
and
chief
of
the magistrates
over
all
the
wise
men
of
Babylon.
And
Daniel
requested
of
the
king,
and
he
appointed Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago
over
the works
of
the
province
of
Babylon:
but
Daniel himself
was
in
the
king’s palace.
King Nabuchodonosor
made
a
statue
of
gold,
of
sixty
cubits high,
and
six
cubits broad,
and
he
set it up
in
the
plain
of
Dura
of
the
province
of
Babylon.
Then Nabuchodonosor
the
king
sent
to call together
the nobles,
the
magistrates,
and
the
judges,
the captains,
the
rulers,
and
governors,
and
all
the chief men
of
the
provinces,
to
come
to
the
dedication
of
the
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
Then
the nobles,
the
magistrates,
and
the
judges,
the captains,
and
rulers,
and
the great men
that
were placed
in authority,
and
all
the princes
of
the
provinces,
were
gathered together
to come
to
the
dedication
of
the
statue,
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
And
they
stood
before
the
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
Then a
herald cried with a strong voice:
To you it
is
commanded, O
nations, tribes,
and languages:
That
in
the hour
that
you
shall
hear
the sound
of
the trumpet,
and
of
the
flute,
and
of
the
harp,
of
the sackbut,
and
of
the
psaltery,
and
of
the symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music; ye
fall
down
and adore
the
golden
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor hath
set up.
But if any man
shall
not
fall
down
and adore,
he
shall
the same hour
be
cast
into a
furnace
of burning
fire.
Upon
this
therefore,
at
the
time
when
all
the
people
heard
the sound
of
the trumpet,
the
flute,
and
the
harp,
of
the sackbut,
and
the
psaltery,
of
the symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music:
all
the
nations, tribes,
and languages
fell
down
and adored
the
golden
statue
which
king Nabuchodonosor
had
set up.
And presently at
that very
time some
Chaldeans
came
and
accused
the
Jews,
And
said
to
king Nabuchodonosor: O
king,
live
for
ever:
Thou, O
king, hast
made
a
decree
that
every
man
that
shall bear
the sound
of
the trumpet,
the
flute,
and
the
harp,
of
the sackbut,
and
the
psaltery,
of
the symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music,
shall prostrate himself,
and adore
the
golden
statue:
And
that if any man
shall
not
fall
down
and adore,
he should be
cast
into a
furnace
of burning
fire.
Now
there
are
certain
Jews
whom thou hast
set
over
the works
of
the
province
of
Babylon, Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago:
these
men, O
king,
have slighted thy
decree:
they
worship
not thy
gods,
nor
do
they adore
the
golden
statue
which thou hast
set up.
Then Nabuchodonosor
in fury,
and
in
wrath,
commanded
that Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago
should be
brought: who immediately
were
brought
before
the
king.
And Nabuchodonosor
the king
spoke
to
them,
and
said:
Is it
true, O Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
that
you
do
not
worship
my
gods,
nor adore
the
golden
statue
that
I
have
set up?
Now therefore
if
you
be
ready
at
what hour soever
you
shall
hear
the sound
of
the trumpet,
flute,
harp, sackbut,
and
psaltery,
and symphony,
and
of
all kind
of
music, prostrate yourselves,
and adore
the
statue
which
I
have
made:
but
if
you
do
not adore,
you
shall
be
cast
the same hour
into
the
furnace
of burning
fire:
and
who
is
the
God
that
shall
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand?
Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago
answered
and
said
to
king Nabuchodonosor:
We
have
no occasion
to
answer thee
concerning
this
matter.
For behold our
God,
whom
we worship,
is
able
to save us
from
the
furnace
of burning
fire,
and
to
deliver us out
of thy
hands, O
king.
But
if
he
will
not,
be
it
known
to thee, O
king,
that
we
will
not
worship thy
gods,
nor adore
the
golden
statue
which thou hast
set up.
Then
was Nabuchodonosor
filled
with fury:
and
the countenance
of
his
face
was
changed
against Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
and
he
commanded
that
the
furnace should be
heated
seven
times
more
than
it
had been accustomed
to be
heated.
And
he
commanded
the strongest
men
that
were
in
his
army,
to bind
the feet
of Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
and
to
cast
them
into
the
furnace
of burning
fire.
And immediately
these
men
were
bound
and
were
cast
into
the
furnace
of burning
fire, with their
coats,
and their
caps,
and their shoes,
and their garments.
For
the
king’s commandment
was
urgent,
and
the
furnace
was
heated
exceedingly.
And
the
flame
of
the
fire
slew
those
men
that
had cast
in Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago.
But
these
three
men, that is, Sidrach, Misach,
and Abdenago,
fell
down
bound in the
midst
of the
furnace
of burning
fire.
And
they walked
in
the
midst
of
the flame, praising God
and blessing
the Lord.
Then Azarias standing up prayed
in this manner,
and opening
his mouth
in
the
midst
of
the
fire,
he
said:
Blessed art thou, O Lord,
the
God
of our fathers,
and thy name
is worthy
of praise,
and glorious
for ever:
For thou art just
in all
that thou hast done
to us,
and all thy works
are true,
and thy ways right,
and all thy judgments true.
For thou hast executed true judgments
in
all
the
things
that thou hast brought upon
us,
and upon Jerusalem
the holy city
of our fathers:
for according
to truth
and judgment, thou hast brought
all these
things upon
us
for our sins.
For
we
have sinned,
and
committed iniquity, departing
from thee:
and
we
have trespassed
in
all
things:
And
we
have not hearkened
to thy commandments, nor
have
we observed nor done
as thou hadst commanded us,
that it might go well with us.
Wherefore
all
that thou hast brought upon us,
and
every thing
that thou hast done
to us, thou hast done
in true judgment:
And thou hast delivered us into
the hands
of our enemies
that
are unjust,
and
most wicked,
and prevaricators,
and
to
a king unjust,
and
most wicked beyond all
that axe upon
the earth.
And now we cannot open our mouths: we are become a shame
and reproach
to thy servants,
and
to them that worship thee.
Deliver us not up for ever, we beseech thee, for thy name’s sake, and abolish not thy covenant.
And take not away thy mercy from us for the sake of Abraham thy beloved, and Isaac thy servant, and Israel thy holy one:
To whom thou hast spoken, promising that thou wouldst multiply their seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is on the sea shore.
For we, O Lord, are diminished more than any nation, and are brought low in all the earth this day for our sins.
Neither is there at this time prince, or leader, or prophet, or holocaust, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place of firstfruits before thee,
That we may find thy mercy: nevertheless in a contrite heart and humble spirit let us be accepted.
As in holocausts of rams, and bullocks, and as in thousands of fat lambs: so let our sacrifice be made in thy sight this day, that it may please thee: for there is no confusion to them that trust in thee.
And now we follow thee with all our heart, and we fear thee, and seek thy face.
Put us not to confusion, but deal. with us according to thy meekness, and according to the multitude of thy mercies.
And deliver us according to thy wonderful works, and give glory to thy name, O Lord:
And let all them be confounded that shew evils to thy servants, let them be confounded in all thy might, and let their strength be broken.
And let them know that thou art the Lord, the only God, and glorious over all the world.
Now the king’s servants that had cast them in, ceased not to heat the furnace with brimstone, and tow, and pitch, and dry sticks,
And the flame mounted up above the furnace nine and forty cubits:
And it broke forth, and burnt such of the Chaldeans as it found near the furnace.
But the angel of the Lord went down with Azarias and his companions into the furnace: and he drove the flame of the fire out of the furnace,
And made the midst of the furnace like the blowing of a wind bringing dew, and the fire touched them not at all, nor troubled them, nor did them any harm.
Then these three as with one mouth praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying:
Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of our fathers: and worthy to be praised, and glorified, and exalted above all for ever: and blessed is the holy name of thy glory: and worthy to be praised, and exalted above all in all ages.
Blessed art thou in the holy temple of thy glory: and exceedingly to be praised, and exceeding glorious for ever.
Blessed art thou on the throne of thy kingdom, and exceedingly to be praised, and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou, that beholdest the depths, and sittest upon the cherubims: and worthy to be praised and exalted above all for ever.
Blessed art thou in the firmament of heaven: and worthy of praise, and glorious for ever.
All ye works of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye angels of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye heavens, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye waters that are above the heavens, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye powers of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye sun and moon, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye stars of heaven, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O every shower and dew, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye spirits of God, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye fire and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye cold and heat, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye dews and hoar frosts, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye frost and cold, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye ice and snow, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye nights and days, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye light and darkness, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O let the earth bless the Lord: let it praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye mountains and hills, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye things that spring up in the earth, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye fountains, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye seas and rivers, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye whales, and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye fowls of the air, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O all ye beasts and cattle, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye sons of men, bless the Lord, praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O let Israel bless the Lord: let them praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye priests of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye servants of the Lord, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye spirits and souls of the just, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O ye holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever.
O Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, bless ye the Lord: praise and exalt him above all for ever. For he hath delivered us from hell, and saved us out of the hand of death, and delivered us out of the midst of the burning flame, and saved us out of the midst of the fire.
O give thanks to the Lord, because he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever and ever.
O all ye religious, bless the Lord the God of gods: praise him and give him thanks, because his mercy endureth for ever and ever.
Then Nabuchodonosor the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles: Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered the king, and said: True, O king.
He answered, and said: Behold I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there is no hurt in them, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago went out from the midst of the fire.
And the nobles, and the magistrates, and the judges, and the great men of the king being gathered together, considered these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies, and that not a hair of their head had been singed, nor their garments altered, nor the smell of the fire had passed on them.
Then Nabuchodonosor breaking forth, said: Blessed be the God of them, to wit, of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that believed in him: and they changed the king’s word, and delivered up their bodies that they might not serve, nor adore any god, except their own God.
By me therefore this decree is made, that every people, tribe, and tongue, which shall speak blasphemy against the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses laid waste: for there is no other God that can save in this manner.
Then the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, in the province of Babylon.
Nabuchodonosor the king, to all peoples, nations, and tongues, that dwell in all the earth, peace be multiplied unto you.
The most high God hath wrought signs and wonders toward me. It hath seemed good to me therefore to publish
His signs, because they are great: and his wonders, because they are mighty: and his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, I and his power to all generations.
I, Nabuchodonosor,
was at rest
in my
house,
and flourishing
in my
palace:
I
saw
a
dream
that affrighted
me:
and my thoughts
in my
bed,
and
the
visions
of my
head
troubled
me.
Then
I
set forth
a
decree,
that
all
the
wise
men
of
Babylon should be
brought
in
before
me,
and
that
they should shew
me
the
interpretation
of
the
dream.
Then
came
in
the
diviners,
the wise men,
the
Chaldeans,
and
the soothsayers,
and
I
told
the
dream
before
them:
but
they did
not shew
me
the
interpretation thereof:
Till their colleague
Daniel
came
in
before
me,
whose
name
is Baltassar, according
to
the
name
of
my
god,
who hath
in
him
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods:
and
I
told
the
dream
before
him.
Baltassar, prince
of
the diviners,
because
I
know
that thou hast
in thee
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods,
and
that
no secret
is impossible
to thee:
tell me
the
visions
of
my
dreams
that
I
have
seen,
and
the
interpretation
of
them.
This
was
the
vision
of my
head
in my
bed: I
saw,
and
behold
a
tree
in
the
midst
of
the
earth,
and
the
height thereof
was exceeding
great.
The
tree
was
great,
and
strong:
and
the
height thereof
reached unto
heaven:
the sight thereof
was even
to
the ends of
all
the
earth.
Its leaves
were most
beautiful,
and
its
fruit exceeding
much:
and
in
it
was
food
for
all:
under
it
dwelt cattle,
and
beasts,
and
in
the
branches thereof
the fowls
of
the air had
their abode:
and
all
flesh did eat
of
it.
I
saw
in
the
vision
of my
head upon my
bed,
and
behold
a
watcher,
and
a
holy
one came down
from
heaven.
He cried
aloud,
and
said
thus:
Cut
down
the
tree,
and
chop
off
the
branches thereof: shake
off
its leaves,
and
scatter
its fruits: let
the
beasts fly away that are
under
it,
and
the
birds
from
its
branches.
Nevertheless
leave
the stump
of its
roots
in
the
earth,
and let it be tied
with a
band
of
iron,
and
of brass,
among
the
grass,
that
is without,
and let it be wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven,
and let its
portion be
with
the
wild
beasts
in
the
grass
of
the
earth.
Let
his
heart
be
changed
from
man’s,
and let a
beast’s
heart
be
given
him;
and let
seven
times
pass
over
him.
This
is
the
decree by
the
sentence
of
the
watchers,
and
the word
And demand
of
the
holy
ones; till
the
living
know
that
the
most
High ruleth
in
the
kingdom
of
men;
and
he
will
give
it
to whomsoever
it shall please
him,
and
he
will
appoint
the basest
man
over
it.
I
king Nabuchodonosor
saw
this
dream: thou,
therefore, O Baltassar,
tell me quickly
the
interpretation:
for
all
the
wise
men
of
my
kingdom axe
not
able
to
declare
the meaning
of
it
to me:
but thou art
able,
because
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods
is
in thee.
Then
Daniel,
whose
name
was Baltassar,
began silently
to think within himself
for about
one hour:
and
his
thoughts
troubled him.
But
the
king answering,
said: Baltassar, let not
the
dream
and
the
interpretation thereof trouble thee. Baltassar
answered,
and
said:
My
lord,
the
dream
be
to
them
that
hate thee,
and
the
interpretation thereof
to thy enemies.
The
tree
which thou sawest
which
was high
and
strong,
whose
height
reached
to
the skies,
and
the sight thereof into
all tire
earth:
And
the
branches thereof
were most
beautiful,
and its
fruit exceeding
much,
and
in
it
was
food
for
all,
under which
the
beasts
of
the
field
dwelt,
and
the
birds
of
the air had
their abode
in its
branches.
It
is thou, O
king,
who art
grown
great
and
become mighty:
for thy
greatness hath
grown,
and hath
reached
to
heaven,
and thy power unto
the ends
of
the
earth.
And whereas
the
king
saw
a
watcher,
and
a
holy
one come
down
from
heaven,
and
say: Cut
down
the
tree
and
destroy
it,
but
leave
the stump
of
the
roots thereof
in
the
earth,
and let
it be bound
with
iron
and brass
among
the
grass without,
and let
it be sprinkled
with
the
dew
of
heaven,
and let
his feeding be
with
the
wild
beasts, till
seven
times
pass
over
him.
This
is
the
interpretation
of
the sentence
of
the
most
High,
which
is
come upon
my
lord
the
king.
They shall cast thee out
from
among
men,
and thy
dwelling shall
be
with
cattle
and
with
wild
beasts,
and thou shalt
eat
grass
as an ox,
and shalt
be wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven:
and
seven
times shall
pass
over thee, till thou
know
that
the
most
High ruleth
over
the
kingdom
of
men,
and giveth
it
to whomsoever
he
will.
But whereas
he
commanded,
that
the stump
of
the
roots thereof,
that
is,
of
the
tree, should be
left: thy
kingdom shall remain
to thee
after thou shalt have
known
that power
is
from
heaven.
Wherefore, O
king, let my counsel
be acceptable
to thee,
and redeem thou thy
sins
with alms,
and thy
iniquities
with works
of
mercy
to
the poor:
perhaps he
will forgive thy offences.
All these
things
came upon
king Nabuchodonosor.
At
the
end
of
twelve
months
he
was
walking
in
the
palace
of
Babylon.
And
the
king
answered,
and
said:
Is
not
this
the
great
Babylon,
which
I
have
built
to be
the seat
of
the
kingdom, by
the
strength
of
my
power,
and
in
the
glory
of
my excellence?
And
while
the
word
was yet
in
the
king’s
mouth, a
voice
came
down
from
heaven:
To thee, O
king Nabuchodonosor, it
is
said: Thy
kingdom shall
pass
from thee,
And
they shall cast thee out
from
among
men,
and thy
dwelling shall be
with
cattle
and
wild
beasts: thou shalt
eat
grass
like an ox,
and
seven
times shall
pass
over thee, till thou
know
that
the
most
High ruleth
in
the
kingdom
of
men,
and giveth
it
to whomsoever
he
will.
The same hour
the
word
was
fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor,
and
he
was
driven
away
from
among
men,
and did eat
grass
like
an ox,
and
his
body
was wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven: till
his hairs
grew
like
the feathers
of eagles,
and
his
nails
like
birds’
claws.
Now at
the
end
of
the
days,
I Nabuchodonosor
lifted up
my
eyes
to
heaven,
and
my sense
was
restored
to me:
and
I
blessed
the
most
High,
and
I
praised
and
glorified him
that liveth
for
ever:
for
his power
is an
everlasting power,
and
his
kingdom
is
to
all generations.
And
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
are reputed
as
nothing before him:
for
he doth according
to
his
will,
I
as well
with
the powers
of
heaven,
as among
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth:
and
there
is none
that
can resist
his
hand,
and
say
to him:
Why hast thou
done it?
At
the same
time
my sense
returned
to me,
and
I came
to
the honour
and
glory
of
my
kingdom:
and
my shape
returned
to me:
and
my
nobles,
and
my magistrates sought
for me,
and
I
was
restored
to
my
kingdom:
and greater
majesty
was
added
to me.
Therefore
I Nabuchodonosor do
now
praise,
and magnify,
and glorify
the
King
of
heaven:
because
all
his
works
are
true,
and
his
ways judgments,
and
them
that
walk
in
pride
he
is
able
to abase.
Baltasar
the
king
made
a
great
feast
for
a
thousand
of his
nobles:
and every one
drank according
to his age.
And being
now drunk
he
commanded
that
they
should
bring
the
vessels
of
gold
and
silver
which Nabuchodonosor
his
father
had
brought away out
of
the
temple,
that
was
in
Jerusalem,
that
the
king
and
his
nobles,
and
his
wives
and
his
concubines,
might
drink
in
them.
Then
were
the
golden
and silver
vessels
brought,
which
he
had
brought away out
of
the
temple
that
was
in
Jerusalem:
and
the
king
and
his
nobles,
his
wives
and
his
concubines,
drank
in them.
They
drank
wine,
and
praised their
gods
of
gold,
and
of
silver,
of brass,
of
iron,
and
of
wood,
and
of
stone.
In
the same hour
there
appeared
fingers,
as
it
were
of
the
hand
of
a
man,
writing
over
against
the candlestick upon
the surface
of
the
wall
of
the
king’s
palace:
and
the
king beheld
the joints
of
the
hand
that
wrote.
Then
was
the
king’s countenance
changed,
and his
thoughts
troubled him:
and
the
joints
of his loins
were
loosed,
and his knees struck
one against
the other.
And
the
king cried
out
aloud
to
bring
in
the
wise
men,
the
Chaldeans,
and
the soothsayers.
And
the
king
spoke,
and
said
to
the
wise
men
of
Babylon: Whosoever shall
read
this
writing,
and shall make known
to
me
the
interpretation thereof, shall be
clothed
with
purple,
and shall
have
a
golden chain
on
his
neck,
and shall be
the
third
man
in
my
kingdom.
Then
came
in
all
the
king’s
wise
men,
but
they
could
neither
read
the
writing,
nor declare
the
interpretation
to
the
king.
Wherewith
king Baltasar
was
much
troubled,
and
his countenance
was
changed:
and
his
nobles also
were
troubled.
Then
the
queen, on occasion
of
what
had happened
to
the
king,
and
his
nobles,
came
into
the
banquet
house:
and
she
spoke
and
said: O
king,
live
for
ever: let not thy
thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance
be
changed.
There
is
a
man
in thy
kingdom
that hath
the
spirit
of
the
holy
gods
in
him:
and
in
the
days
of thy
father knowledge
and
wisdom
were
found
in
him:
for
king Nabuchodonosor thy
father
appointed
him prince
of
the wise
men, enchanters,
Chaldeans,
and soothsayers, thy
father,
I say, O
king:
Because
a greater
spirit,
and
knowledge,
and understanding,
and
interpretation
of
dreams,
and shewing
of secrets,
and resolving
of
difficult
things,
were
found
in him,
that
is,
in
Daniel:
whom
the
king
named Baltassar.
Now
therefore
let
Daniel
be
called
for,
and
he
will tell
the
interpretation.
Then
Daniel
was
brought
in
before
the
king.
And
the
king
spoke,
and
said
to
him: Art thou
Daniel
of
the
children
of
the captivity
of Juda,
whom
my
father
the
king
brought out
of Judea?
I have
heard
of thee,
that thou hast
the
spirit
of
the
gods,
and excellent knowledge,
and understanding,
and
wisdom
are
found
in thee.
And
now
the
wise
men
the magicians have come
in
before
me,
to
read
this
writing,
and shew
me
the
interpretation thereof:
and
they
could
not declare
to
me
the meaning
of
this
writing.
But
I
have
heard
of thee,
that thou canst interpret obscure things,
and resolve
difficult things:
now
if thou art
able
to
read
the
writing,
and
to shew me
the
interpretation thereof, thou shalt
be
clothed
with
purple,
and shalt
have a chain
of
gold
about thy
neck,
and shalt
be
the
third prince
in
my
kingdom.
To which
Daniel
made answer,
and
said
before
the
king: Thy
rewards
be
to thyself,
and
the
gifts
of thy house
give
to
another:
but
the
writing
I
will
read
to thee, O
king,
and shew thee
the
interpretation thereof.
O
king,
the
most
high
God
gave
to Nabuchodonosor thy
father a
kingdom,
and
greatness,
and
glory,
and honour.
And
for
the
greatness
that
he
gave
to
him,
all
people, tribes,
and languages
trembled,
and
were afraid
of
him:
whom
he would,
he
slew:
and
whom
he would,
he destroyed:
and
whom
he would,
he set
up:
and
whom
he would,
he brought down.
But
when
his
heart
was
lifted up,
and
his
spirit hardened unto pride,
he
was
put down
from
the
throne
of
his
kingdom,
and
his
glory
was
taken
away.
And
he
was
driven out
from
the
sons
of
men,
and
his
heart
was
made
like
the
beasts,
and
his
dwelling
was
with
the
wild asses,
and
he did
eat
grass
like an ox,
and
his
body
was wet
with
the
dew
of
heaven: till
he
knew
that
the
most
High ruled
in
the
kingdom
of
men,
and
that
he
will
set
over
it whomsoever
it shall please
him.
Thou also
his
son, O Baltasar, hast
not
humbled thy
heart, whereas thou knewest
all
these
things:
But hast
lifted thyself
up
against
the
Lord
of
heaven:
and
the
vessels
of
his
house have been
brought
before thee:
and thou,
and thy
nobles,
and thy
wives,
and thy
concubines have drunk
wine
in them:
and thou hast
praised
the
gods
of
silver,
and
of
gold,
and
of brass,
of
iron,
and
of
wood,
and
of
stone,
that
neither
see,
nor
hear,
nor feel:
but
the
God
who hath thy breath
in
his
hand,
and
all thy
ways, thou hast
not
glorified.
Wherefore
he hath
sent
the
part
of
the
hand
which hath
written
this
that
is set down.
And
this
is
the
writing
that
is
written: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
And
this
is
the
interpretation
of
the
word. MANE:
God hath
numbered thy
kingdom,
and hath finished it.
THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance,
and art
found wanting.
PHARES: thy
kingdom
is divided,
and
is
given
to
the
Medes
and
Persians.
Then by
the king’s
command
Daniel
was
clothed
with
purple,
and
a chain
of
gold
was put
about
his
neck:
and
it
was
proclaimed
of him
that
he
had power
as
the
third man
in
the
kingdom.
The same
night Baltasar
the
Chaldean
king
was
slain.
And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.
It seemed good
to
Darius,
and he appointed over
the
kingdom a hundred
and twenty governors
to be over his whole
kingdom.
And three princes
over them,
of
whom Daniel
was one:
that
the governors might give an
account
to them,
and
the king might
have no trouble.
And
Daniel excelled all
the princes,
and governors:
because
a greater spirit
of God
was
in
him.
And
the
king thought
to
set
him
over
all
the
kingdom: whereupon
the princes,
and
the governors sought
to find occasion
against
Daniel
with regard
to
the
king:
and
they
could find no cause, nor suspicion,
because
he
was faithful,
and no fault, nor suspicion
was found
in
him.
Then these men said:
We shall
not
find
any occasion
against
this
Daniel, unless perhaps
concerning
the law
of
his God.
Then
the princes,
and
the governors craftily suggested
to
the king,
and
spoke
thus unto him: King Darius, live
for ever:
All
the princes
of
the kingdom,
the magistrates,
and governors,
the senators,
and judges
have consulted together,
that an imperial decree,
and an edict be published:
That whosoever shall ask any petition
of any god,
or man,
for thirty days,
but
of thee, O
king, shall be cast into
the den
of lions.
Now,
therefore, O
king, confirm
the sentence,
and sign
the decree:
that
what
is decreed
by
the Medes
and Persians may not
be altered, nor
any
man
be allowed
to transgress it.
So
king Darius
set forth
the
decree,
and established it.
Now when Daniel knew
this,
that is
to say,
that
the law
was made, he went into
his house:
and opening
the windows
in
his upper chamber towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day,
and adored,
and gave thanks
before
his God,
as he
had been accustomed
to do
before.
Wherefore
those men carefully watching
him, found
Daniel
praying
and
making supplication
to
his
God.
And
they
came
and spoke
to
the king concerning
the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed,
that every
man
that should make
a
request
to any
of
the
gods,
or
men,
for thirty days,
but
to thyself, O king, should
be cast into
the den
of
the lions?
And
the king answered
them, saying:
The word
is true according
to
the decree
of
the Medes
and Persians, which it
is not lawful
to violate.
Then
they
answered,
and
said
before
the
king: Daniel,
who
is
of
the children
of
the captivity
of Juda, hath
not regarded thy
law,
nor
the
decree
that thou hast
made:
but three times
a
day
he maketh
his prayer.
Now
when
the
king
had heard these words,
he
was very much grieved,
and
in behalf
of
Daniel
he
set
his heart
to deliver
him
and
even till sunset
he laboured
to save
him.
But
those men perceiving
the
king’s design, said
to him: Know thou, O
king,
that
the law
of
the Medes
and Persians
is,
that no decree
which
the
king hath
made, may
be altered.
Then
the
king
commanded,
and
they brought Daniel,
and cast
him into
the den
of
the lions.
And
the
king
said
to Daniel: Thy God,
whom thou always servest,
he
will deliver thee.
And
a stone
was
brought,
and laid upon
the mouth
of
the
den:
which
the
king sealed
with
his own ring,
and
with
the ring
of
his nobles,
that nothing
should
be done
against
Daniel.
And
the
king
went away
to
his house
and
laid himself down
without taking supper,
and meat
was
not
set before him,
and
even sleep departed
from him.
Then
the
king rising very early
in
the morning,
went
in haste
to
the lions’ den:
And coming near
to
the
den, cried with
a lamentable voice
to Daniel,
and said
to
him: Daniel, servant
of
the living God, hath thy God,
whom thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou,
to deliver thee
from
the
lions?
And
Daniel answering
the
king,
said: O
king, live
for ever:
My God hath sent his angel,
and hath shut up
the mouths
of
the lions,
and
they
have not hurt me: forasmuch
as before him justice hath been found
in me: yea
and before thee, O
king,
I
have done no offence.
Then
was
the
king exceeding glad
for
him,
and
he commanded
that Daniel
should
be taken
out
of
the den:
and Daniel
was taken
out
of
the den,
and
no hurt
was
found
in
him,
because
he believed
in
his
God.
And
by
the
king’s commandment,
those men
were brought
that bad accused
Daniel:
and
they
were cast into
the lions’
den,
they
and
their children,
and
their wives:
and
they did
not reach
the bottom
of
the
den, before
the lions caught
them,
and broke
all
their bones
in pieces.
Then
king Darius wrote
to
all
people, tribes,
and languages, dwelling
in
the
whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto
you.
It
is decreed by me,
that
in
all
my empire
and
my kingdom
all men dread
and fear
the God
of Daniel.
For
he
is
the
living
and eternal God
for ever:
and
his kingdom shall not be destroyed,
and
his power shall be
for ever.
He
is
the deliverer,
and saviour, doing signs
and wonders
in heaven,
and
in earth:
who hath delivered
Daniel out
of
the lions’ den.
Now
Daniel continued unto
the reign
of Darius,
and
the reign
of Cyrus
the Persian.
In
the
first
year
of Baltasar
king
of
Babylon,
Daniel
saw
a
dream:
and
the
vision
of
his
head
was upon
his
bed:
and
writing
the
dream,
he comprehended
it
in few
words:
and relating
the sum
of
it
in short,
he
said:
I
saw
in my
vision
by
night,
and
behold
the
four
winds
of
the
heaven strove upon
the
great
sea.
And
four
great
beasts,
different
one
from
another, came
up out
of
the
sea.
The
first
was like
a lioness,
and
had
the
wings
of
an
eagle:
I beheld till her
wings
were
plucked off,
and she
was
lifted up
from
the
earth,
and
stood upon her
feet
as
a
man,
and
the
heart
of
a
man
was
given
to her.
And
behold
another
beast
like
a
bear
stood up on
one
side:
and there
were
three rows
in
the
mouth thereof,
and
in
the
teeth thereof,
and
thus
they
said
to
it:
Arise,
devour
much
flesh.
After
this
I beheld,
and lo,
another
like
a
leopard,
and
it
had upon
it
four
wings
as
of
a fowl,
and
the
beast
had
four
heads,
and power
was
given
to
it.
After
this
I beheld
in
the
vision
of
the
night,
and lo,
a
fourth
beast,
terrible
and wonderful,
and exceeding
strong, it
had
great
iron
teeth,
eating
and breaking
in pieces,
and treading
down
the
rest with
its
feet:
and it
was unlike
to
the other
beasts
which
I
had
seen
before it,
and
had
ten
horns.
I considered
the
horns,
and
behold
another
little
horn sprung out
of
the midst
of them:
and
three
of
the
first
horns
were plucked
up at
the
presence thereof:
and
behold
eyes like
the
eyes
of
a
man
were in
this
horn,
and
a
mouth
speaking
great things.
I beheld till
thrones
were placed,
and
the
Ancient
of
days
sat:
his garment
was
white
as
snow,
and
the
hair
of
his
head
like clean
wool:
his
throne
like
flames
of
fire:
the
wheels
of it
like
a
burning
fire.
A swift stream
of
fire issued
forth
from
before
him:
thousands
of
thousands ministered
to
him,
and ten
thousand times
a hundred
thousand
stood
before
him:
the
judgment
sat,
and
the
books
were
opened.
I beheld
because
of
the
voice
of
the
great
words
which
that
horn
spoke:
and
I
saw
that
the
beast
was
slain,
and
the
body thereof
was
destroyed,
and
given
to
the
fire
to
be burnt:
And that
the power
of
the other
beasts
was
taken
away:
and that
times
of
life
were
appointed them
for
a
time,
and
time.
I beheld therefore in
the
vision
of
the
night,
and lo, one like
the
son
of
man
came
with
the
clouds
of
heaven,
and he
came even
to
the
Ancient
of
days:
and they
presented
him
before
him.
And
he
gave
him power,
and
glory,
and a
kingdom:
and
all
peoples, tribes
and tongues shall
serve
him:
his power
is an
everlasting power
that shall
not be
taken
away:
and
his
kingdom
that shall
not be
destroyed.
My
spirit trembled,
I
Daniel
was affrighted at these things,
and the
visions
of my
head
troubled me.
I went
near
to
one
of
them
that
stood
by,
and
asked
the truth
of
him
concerning
all
these
things,
and he
told me
the
interpretation
of
the
words,
and instructed me:
These
four
great
beasts
are
four kingdoms,
which shall
arise out
of
the
earth.
But
the
saints
of
the most high God shall take
the
kingdom:
and they shall
possess
the
kingdom
for
ever
and
ever.
After
this
I
would diligently learn
concerning
the
fourth
beast.
which
was very
different
from
all,
and exceeding terrible:
his
teeth
and
claws
were
of
iron:
he
devoured
and broke
in pieces,
and
the
rest
he stamped upon
with
his
feet:
And
concerning
the
ten
horns
that
he
had
on
his
head:
and
concerning
the other
that
came
up,
before
which
three
horns
fell:
and
of
that
horn
that
had
eyes,
and a
mouth
speaking
great things,
and
was greater
than
the rest.
I beheld,
and lo,
that
horn
made
war
against
the
saints,
and prevailed over
them,
Till
the
Ancient
of
days
came
and
gave
judgment
to
the
saints
of
the most High,
and
the
time
came,
and
the
saints obtained
the
kingdom.
And
thus
he
said:
The
fourth
beast shall
be
the
fourth
kingdom upon
earth,
which shall
be greater
than
all
the
kingdoms,
and shall
devour
the
whole
earth,
and shall
tread
it
down,
and break
it
in pieces.
And
the
ten
horns
of
the same
kingdom, shall be
ten
kings:
and
another shall rise up
after them,
and
he shall be mightier
than
the former,
and
he shall bring down
three
kings.
And he shall
speak
words
against
the
High
One,
and shall crush
the
saints
of
the
most
High:
and he shall think himself able
to
change
times
and
laws,
and they shall be delivered into his
hand
until
a
time,
and
times,
and
half
a
time.
And
judgment shall
sit, that his power may
be
taken
away,
and
be broken
in pieces,
and
perish even
to
the
end.
And
that
the
kingdom,
and power,
and
the
greatness
of
the
kingdom,
under
the
whole
heaven, may be
given
to
the
people
of
the
saints
of
the most High:
whose
kingdom
is an
everlasting
kingdom,
and
all kings shall
serve
him,
and shall
obey
him.
Hitherto
is
the
end
of
the
word.
I
Daniel
was
much
troubled
with
my
thoughts,
and
my countenance
was
changed
in me:
but
I
kept
the
word
in
my heart.
In
the
third
year
of
the
reign
of
king Baltasar,
a
vision
appeared
to
me.
I
Daniel,
after what
I
had
seen
in
the
beginning,
Saw
in
my
vision
when
I
was
in
the castle
of
Susa,
which
is
in
the
province
of
Elam:
and
I
saw
in
the
vision
that
I
was
over
the gate
of
Ulai.
And
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw:
and
behold
a
ram
stood
before
the water,
having
two
high
horns,
and
one
higher
than
the
other,
and
growing
up.
Afterward
I
saw
the
ram pushing
with
his horns
against
the
west,
and
against
the
north,
and
against
the
south:
and
no
beasts
could
withstand
him,
nor
be
delivered
out
of
his
hand:
and
he
did
according
to
his
own
will,
and
became
great.
And
I
understood:
and
behold
a
he
goat
came
from
the
west
on
the
face
of
the
whole
earth,
and
he
touched
not
the
ground,
and
the
he
goat
had
a notable
horn
between
his
eyes.
And
he
went
up
to
the
ram
that
had
the
horns,
which
I
had
seen
standing
before
the gate,
and
he
ran towards
him
in
the force
of
his
strength.
And
when
he
was
come
near
the
ram,
he
was
enraged
against
him,
and
struck
the
ram:
and
broke
his
two
horns,
and
the
ram
could
not
withstand
him:
and
when
he
had
cast
him
down
on
the
ground,
he stamped
upon
him,
and
none
could
deliver
the
ram
out
of
his
hand.
And
the
he
goat
became
exceeding
great:
and
when
he
was
grown,
the
great
horn
was
broken,
and
there
came
up
four
horns
under
it towards
the
four
winds
of
heaven.
And
out
of
one
of
them
came
forth
a little
horn:
and
it
became
great
against
the
south,
and
against
the
east,
and
against
the
strength.
And
it
was
magnified
even unto
the strength
of
heaven:
and
it
threw
down
of
the strength,
and
of
the
stars,
and trod
upon
them.
And
it
was
magnified
even
to
the
prince
of
the strength:
and
it
took
away
from
him
the
continual
sacrifice,
and
cast
down
the
place
of
his
sanctuary.
And strength
was
given
him
against
the
continual
sacrifice,
because
of sins:
and
truth
shall
be
cast
down
on
the
ground,
and
he
shall
do
and
shall
prosper.
And
I
heard
one
of
the
saints
speaking,
and
one saint
said
to
another,
I know not
to
whom
that
was
speaking:
How
long shall
be
the
vision, concerning
the
continual
sacrifice,
and
the sin
of
the
desolation
that
is
made:
and
the
sanctuary,
and
the strength
be trodden under foot?
And
he
said
to
him: Unto
evening
and
morning
two
thousand
three
hundred days:
and
the
sanctuary shall be cleansed.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
I
Daniel
saw
the
vision,
and
sought
the meaning,
that
behold
there
stood
before
me
as
it
were
the
appearance
of
a
man.
And
I
heard
the
voice
of
a
man
between
Ulai:
and
he
called,
and
said:
Gabriel,
make
this
man
to
understand
the
vision.
And
he
came
and
stood
near
where
I
stood:
and
when
he
was
come,
I
fell
on
my
face trembling,
and
he
said
to
me:
Understand, O
son
of
man,
for
in
the
time
of
the
end
the
vision
shall
be
fulfilled.
And
when
he
spoke
to
me
I
fell flat
on
the
ground:
and
he
touched
me,
and
set
me
upright,
And
he
said
to
me:
I
will shew thee
what
things
are
to
come
to
pass
in
the
end
of
the malediction:
for
the
time hath
its
end.
The
ram,
which thou sawest
with
horns,
is
the
king
of
the
Medes
and Persians.
And
the
he
goat,
is
the
king
of
the Greeks,
and
the
great
horn
that
was
between
his
eyes,
the
same
is
the
first
king.
But
whereas
when
that
was
broken,
there
arose
up
four
for
it:
four kings
shall
rise
up
of
his
nation,
but
not
with
his
strength.
And after
their
reign,
when iniquities
shall
be grown
up,
there
shall
arise
a
king
of
a shameless
face,
and
understanding
dark sentences.
And
his
power
shall
be strengthened,
but
not
by
his own force:
and
he
shall lay all
things
waste,
and
shall
prosper,
and
do
more
than
can
be believed.
And
he
shall
destroy
the
mighty,
and
the
people
of
the
saints,
According
to
his
will,
and craft
shall
be
successful
in
his
hand:
and
his
heart
shall
be puffed
up,
and
in
the abundance
of all
things
he
shall
kill
many:
and
he
shall
rise
up
against
the
prince
of
princes,
and
shall
be
broken
without
hand.
And
the
vision
of
the
evening
and
the
morning,
which
was
told,
is
true: thou
therefore seal
up
the
vision,
because
it
shall come
to pass
after
many
days.
And
I
Daniel languished,
and
was
sick
for
some
days:
and
when
I
was
risen
up,
I
did
the
king’s
business,
and
I
was
astonished
at
the
vision,
and
there
was
none
that
could
interpret
it.
In
the
first
year
of
Darius
the
son
of Assuerus
of
the
seed
of
the
Medes,
who
reigned
over
the
kingdom
of
the
Chaldeans:
The
first
year
of
his
reign,
I
Daniel
understood
by
books
the
number
of
the
years,
concerning
which
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jeremias
the
prophet,
that
seventy
years
should
be
accomplished
of
the
desolation
of
Jerusalem.
And
I
set
my
face
to
the
Lord
my
God,
to
pray
and
make
supplication
with
fasting,
and
sackcloth,
and
ashes.
And
I
prayed
to
the
Lord
my
God,
and
I
made
my
confession,
and
said:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord
God,
great
and terrible,
who keepest
the
covenant,
and
mercy
to
them
that
love thee,
and
keep thy
commandments.
We have
sinned, we have
committed iniquity, we have
done
wickedly,
and have revolted:
and we have
gone
aside
from thy
commandments,
and thy
judgments.
We
have
not hearkened
to thy
servants
the
prophets,
that
have
spoken
in thy
name
to
our
kings,
to
our
princes,
to
our
fathers,
and
to
all
the
people
of
the
land.
To thee,
O
Lord,
justice:
but
to
us confusion
of
face,
as
at
this
day
to
the
men
of Juda,
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
to
all
Israel
to
them
that
are
near,
and
to
them
that
are
far
off
in
all
the
countries whither thou hast
driven
them,
for
their iniquities
by
which
they
have sinned
against thee.
O
Lord,
to
us belongeth confusion
of
face,
to
our
princes,
and
to
our
fathers
that
have
sinned.
But
to thee,
the
Lord
our
God,
mercy
and
forgiveness,
for
we
have departed
from thee:
And
we
have
not hearkened
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
our
God,
to walk
in
his
law,
which
he
set
before
us
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
And
all
Israel
have transgressed thy
law,
and
have
turned
away
from
hearing thy
voice,
and
the malediction,
and
the
curse,
which
is
written
in
the book
of
Moses
the
servant
of
God,
is fallen
upon
us,
because
we
have
sinned
against
him.
And
he hath
confirmed
his
words
which
he
spoke
against
us,
and
against
our princes
that
judged
us,
that
he
would
bring
in
upon
us
a
great
evil,
such
as
never
was
under
all
the
heaven,
according
to
that
which hath
been
done
in
Jerusalem.
As
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
all
this
evil
is
come
upon
us:
and
we entreated
not thy
face,
O
Lord
our
God,
that
we
might
turn
from
our
iniquities,
and think
on thy
truth.
And
the
Lord hath
watched
upon
the
evil,
and hath
brought
it
upon
us:
the
Lord
our
God
is
just
in
all
his
works
which
he hath
done:
for
we
have
not hearkened
to
his
voice.
And
now,
O
Lord
our
God,
who hast
brought
forth thy
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
a
strong
hand,
and hast
made thee
a
name
as
at
this
day:
we
have
sinned,
we
have
committed iniquity,
O
Lord,
against
all thy
justice:
let thy
wrath
and thy indignation
be
turned
away,
I
beseech thee,
from thy
city
Jerusalem,
and
from thy
holy
mountain.
For
by reason
of
our
sins,
and
the
iniquities
of
our
fathers,
Jerusalem,
and thy
people
are
a
reproach
to
all
that
are
round
about
us.
Now
therefore,
O
our
God,
hear
the
supplication
of thy
servant,
and
his
prayers:
and shew thy
face
upon thy
sanctuary which
is
desolate,
for thy
own
sake.
Incline,
O
my
God, thy
ear,
and
hear:
open thy
eyes,
and
see
our
desolation,
and
the
city
upon
which thy
name
is
called:
for
it
is
not
for
our justifications
that
we
present
our prayers
before thy
face,
but
for
the multitude
of thy tender
mercies.
O
Lord,
hear:
O
Lord,
be appeased: hearken
and
do:
delay
not
for thy own
sake,
O
my
God:
because thy
name
is invocated
upon thy
city,
and
upon thy
people.
Now
while
I
was
yet
speaking,
and
praying,
and
confessing
my
sins,
and
the
sins
of
my
people
of
Israel,
and
presenting
my
supplications
in
the
sight
of
my
God,
for
the
holy
mountain
of
my
God:
As
I
was
yet
speaking
in
prayer,
behold
the
man
Gabriel,
whom
I
had
seen
in
the
vision
at
the
beginning, flying swiftly
touched
me
at
the
time
of
the
evening
sacrifice.
And
he
instructed
me,
and
spoke
to
me,
and
said: O
Daniel,
I am
now
come
forth
to teach thee,
and
that thou mightest
understand.
From
the
beginning
of thy prayers
the
word
came
forth:
and
I
am
come
to shew
it
to thee,
because thou art
a man
of
desires:
therefore
do thou mark
the
word,
and
understand
the
vision.
Seventy
weeks
are shortened
upon thy
people,
and
upon thy
holy
city,
that
transgression may
be finished,
and
sin may
have
an end,
and
iniquity may
be abolished;
and
everlasting
justice may
be
brought;
and
vision
and
prophecy may
be
fulfilled;
and
the saint
of saints may
be
anointed.
Know thou
therefore,
and
take
notice:
that
from
the
going
forth
of
the
word,
to
build
up
Jerusalem
again, unto Christ
the
prince,
there
shall
be
seven
weeks,
and sixty-two
weeks:
and
the
street
shall
be
built
again,
and
the walls
in straitness
of
times.
And
after sixty-two
weeks Christ
shall
be slain:
and
the
people
that
shall deny
him
shall
not
be
his.
And
a
people
with
their
leader
that
shall
come,
shall
destroy
the
city
and
the
sanctuary:
and
the
end thereof
shall
be
waste,
and
after
the
end
of
the
war
the appointed
desolation.
And
he shall confirm
the
covenant
with
many,
in
one
week:
and
in
the
half
of
the
week
the victim
and
the
sacrifice shall fall:
and
there shall
be
in
the temple
the
abomination
of
desolation:
and
the
desolation shall continue
even
to
the consummation,
and
to
the
end.
In
the
third
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
the Persians,
a
word
was
revealed
to
Daniel surnamed Baltassar,
and
a
true
word,
and
great strength:
and
he
understood
the
word:
for
there
is
need
of
understanding
in
a
vision.
In
those
days
I
Daniel
mourned
the
days
of
three
weeks.
I
ate
no
desirable
bread,
and
neither
flesh,
nor
wine
entered
into
my
mouth,
neither
was
I anointed
with ointment:
till
the
days
of
three
weeks
were
accomplished.
And
in
the
four
and
twentieth
day
of
the
first
month
I
was
by
the
great
river
which
is
the
Tigris.
And
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
I
saw:
and
behold
a
man
clothed
in
linen,
and
his
loins
were
girded
with
the finest
gold:
And
his body
was
like
the chrysolite,
and
his
face
as
the
appearance
of
lightning,
and
his
eyes
as
a
burning lamp:
and
his
arms,
and
all downward even
to
the
feet,
like
in
appearance
to
glittering
brass:
and
the
voice
of
his
word
like
the
voice
of
a
multitude.
And
I
Daniel
alone
saw
the
vision:
for
the
men
that
were
with
me
saw
it
not:
but
an exceeding
great
terror
fell
upon
them,
and
they
fled
away,
and
hid
themselves.
And
I being
left
alone
saw
this
great
vision:
and
there
remained
no
strength
in
me,
and
the appearance
of
my countenance
was
changed
in
me,
and
I fainted
away,
and
retained
no
strength.
And
I
heard
the
voice
of
his
words:
and
when
I
heard,
I
lay
in
a consternation,
upon
my
face,
and
my
face
was close
to
the
ground.
And
behold
a
hand
touched
me,
and lifted
me
up
upon
my
knees,
and
upon
the joints
of
my
hands.
And
he
said
to
me:
Daniel, thou
man
of
desires,
understand
the
words
that
I
speak
to thee,
and
stand
upright:
for
I
am
sent
now
to thee.
And
when
he
had
said
this
word
to
me,
I
stood
trembling.
And
he
said
to
me:
Fear
not,
Daniel:
for
from
the
first
day
that thou didst
set thy
heart
to
understand,
to
afflict thyself
in
the
sight
of thy
God, thy
words
have
been
heard:
and
I
am
come
for thy
words.
But
the
prince
of
the
kingdom
of
the Persians resisted
me
one
and
twenty
days:
and
behold
Michael,
one
of
the
chief
princes,
came
to
help
me,
and
I
remained
there
by
the
king
of
the Persians.
But
I am
come
to teach thee
what
things
shall befall thy
people
in
the
latter
days,
for
as
yet
the
vision
is
for
days.
And
when
he
was
speaking
such
words
to
me,
I
cast
down
my
countenance
to
the
ground,
and
held
my peace.
And
behold,
as
it
were
the
likeness
of
a
son
of
man
touched
my
lips:
then
I
opened
my
mouth,
and
spoke,
and
said
to
him
that
stood
before
me: O
my
Lord,
at
the
sight
of thee
my joints
are loosed,
and
no
strength hath
remained
in
me.
And
how
can
the
servant
of
my
lord
speak
with
my
lord?
for
no
strength remaineth
in
me,
moreover
my
breath
is
stopped.
Therefore
he that
looked
like
a
man
touched
me
again,
and
strengthened
me.
And
he
said:
Fear
not, O
man
of
desires,
peace
be
to thee:
take
courage
and
be
strong.
And
when
he
spoke
to
me,
I grew
strong:
and
I
said:
Speak, O
my
lord,
for thou hast
strengthened
me.
And
he
said: Dost thou
know wherefore
I
am
come
to thee?
and
now
I
will
return,
to
fight
against
the
prince
of
the Persians.
When
I
went
forth,
there
appeared
the
prince
of
the Greeks
coming.
But
I
will
tell thee
what
is set
down
in
the scripture
of
truth:
and
none
is
my helper
in
all
these
things,
but
Michael
your
prince.
And
from
the
first
year
of
Darius
the
Mede
I
stood
up
that
he might
be
strengthened
and
confirmed.
And
now
I
will shew thee
the
truth.
Behold
there
shall
stand
yet
three
kings
in
Persia,
and
the
fourth
shall
be
enriched
exceedingly above
them
all:
and
when
he
shall
be grown
mighty
by
his
riches,
he
shall
stir
up
all
against
the
kingdom
of
Greece.
But
there
shall
rise
up
a
strong
king,
and
shall
rule
with
great power:
and
he
shall
do
what
he pleaseth.
And
when
he
shall
come
to
his height,
his
kingdom
shall
be
broken,
and
it
shall
be
divided towards
the
four
winds
of
the
heaven:
but
not
to
his
posterity,
nor according
to
his power
with
which
he
ruled.
For
his
kingdom
shall
be rent
in
pieces,
even
for strangers, beside
these.
And
the
king
of
the
south
shall
be
strengthened,
and
one
of
his
princes
shall prevail
over
him,
and
he
shall
rule
with
great
power:
for
his
dominion
shall
be
great.
And
after
the
end
of
years
they
shall
be
in league
together:
and
the
daughter
of
the
king
of
the
south
shall
come
to
the
king
of
the
north
to
make friendship,
but
she
shall
not obtain
the
strength
of
the
arm,
neither
shall
her seed
stand:
and
she
shall
be
given
up,
and
her young
men
that
brought
her,
and
they
that
strengthened
her
in
these
times.
And
a plant
of
the bud
of
her
roots,
shall
stand
up:
and
he
shall
come
with
an
army,
and
shall
enter
into
the province
of
the
king
of
the
north:
and
he
shall abuse
them,
and
shall
prevail.
And
he
shall
also
carry
away captive
into
Egypt
their
gods,
and
their graven
things,
and
their
precious
vessels
of
gold
and
silver:
he
shall
prevail
against
the
king
of
the
north.
And
the
king
of
the
south
shall
enter
into
the
kingdom,
and
shall
return
to
his own
land.
And
his
sons
shall
be provoked,
and
they
shall
assemble
a
multitude
of
great
forces:
and
he
shall
come
with haste
like
a flood:
and
he
shall
return
and
be stirred
up,
and
he
shall join battle
with
his
forces.
And
the
king
of
the
south being provoked
shall
go
forth,
and
shall
fight
against
the
king
of
the
north,
and
shall prepare
an exceeding
great
multitude,
and
a
multitude
shall
be
given
into
his
hand.
And
he
shall
take
a
multitude,
and
his
heart
shall
be
lifted
up,
and
he
shall
cast
down
many
thousands:
but
he
shall
not
prevail.
For
the
king
of
the
north
shall
return
and
shall prepare
a
multitude
much
greater
than
before:
and
in
the
end
of
times
and
years,
be
shall
come
in haste
with
a
great
army,
and
much
riches.
And
in
those
times
many
shall
rise
up
against
the
king
of
the
south,
and
the
children
of prevaricators
of thy
people
shall
lift
up
themselves
to
fulfill
the
vision,
and
they
shall
fall.
And
the
king
of
the
north
shall
come,
and
shall
cast
up
a mount,
and
shall
take
the best fenced
cities:
and
the
arms
of
the
south
shall
not
withstand,
and
his chosen
ones
shall
rise
up
to resist,
and
they
shall
not
have
strength.
And
he
shall
come
upon
him
and
do
according
to
his
pleasure,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
stand
against
his
face:
and
he
shall
stand
in
the glorious
land,
and
it
shall
be
consumed
by
his
hand.
And
he
shall
set
his
face
to
come
to possess
all
his
kingdom,
and
he
shall
make
upright conditions
with
him:
and
he
shall
give
him
a
daughter
of
women,
to overthrow
it:
and
she
shall
not
stand,
neither
shall
she
be
for
him.
And
he
shall
turn
his
face
to
the
islands,
and
shall
take
many:
and
he
shall
cause
the prince
of
his
reproach
to
cease,
and
his
reproach
shall
be
turned upon
him.
And
he
shall
turn
his
face
to
the empire
of
his
own
land,
and
he
shall
stumble,
and
fall,
and
shall
not
be
found.
And
there
shall
stand
up
in
his
place,
one most vile,
and unworthy
of kingly honour:
and
in
a
few
days
he
shall
be destroyed,
not
in rage
nor
in
battle.
And
there
shall
stand
up
in
his
place
one
despised,
and
the kingly honour
shall
not
be
given
him:
and
he
shall
come privately,
and
shall obtain
the
kingdom
by fraud.
And
the
arms
of
the fighter
shall
be overcome
before
his
face,
and
shall
be
broken; yea
also
the
prince
of
the
covenant.
And
after friendships,
he
will
deal
deceitfully
with
him:
and
he
shall
go
up,
and
shall overcome
with
a
small
people.
And
he
shall
enter
into rich
and plentiful
cities:
and
he
shall
do
that
which
his
fathers
never
did,
nor
his
fathers’
fathers:
he
shall scatter
their
spoils,
and
their prey,
and
their riches,
and
shall forecast devices
against
the best fenced places:
and
this
until
a
time.
And
his
strength
and
his
heart
shall
be
stirred
up
against
the
king
of
the
south
with
a
great
army:
and
the
king
of
the
south
shall
be
stirred
up
to
battle
with
many
and
very
strong succours:
and
they
shall
not
stand,
for
they
shall form
designs
against
him.
And
they
that
eat bread
with
him, shall
destroy
him,
and
his
army shall
be overthrown:
and
many shall
fall
down
slain.
And
the
heart
of
the
two
kings
shall
be
to do evil,
and
they
shall
speak
lies
at
one
table,
and
they
shall
not
prosper:
because
as
yet
the
end
is unto
another
time.
And
he
shall
return
into
his
land
with
much riches:
and
his
heart
shall
be
against
the
holy
covenant,
and
he
shall succeed
and
shall
return
into
his own
land.
At
the
time
appointed
he
shall
return,
and
he
shall
come
to
the
south,
but
the
latter
time
shall
not
be
like
the
former.
And
the galleys
and
the Romans shall
come
upon
him,
and
he shall
be struck,
and shall
return,
and shall
have
indignation
against
the
covenant
of
the
sanctuary,
and
he shall succeed:
and
he shall
return
and shall devise
against
them
that
have forsaken
the
covenant
of
the
sanctuary.
And
arms shall
stand
on
his
part,
and
they shall
defile
the
sanctuary
of
strength,
and shall
take
away
the
continual
sacrifice,
and
they shall
place
there
the
abomination unto
desolation.
And such
as
deal
wickedly against
the
covenant
shall deceitfully dissemble:
but
the
people
that
know
their
God
shall prevail
and succeed.
And
they
that
are
learned among
the
people
shall teach
many:
and
they
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
by fire,
and
by
captivity,
and
by
spoil
for
many
days.
And
when
they shall
have fallen
they shall
be relieved
with
a
small
help:
and
many shall
be joined
to
them deceitfully.
And
some
of
the learned
shall
fall,
that
they
may
be
tried,
and
may
be
chosen,
and made
white
even
to
the
appointed
time,
because
yet
there
shall
be
another
time.
And
the
king
shall
do
according
to
his
will,
and
he
shall
be
lifted
up,
and
shall
magnify
himself
against
every
god:
and
he
shall
speak
great
things
against
the
God
of
gods,
and
shall
prosper,
till
the
wrath
be
accomplished.
For
the determination
is
made.
And
he
shall
make
no
account
of
the
God
of
his
fathers:
and
he
shall follow
the lust
of
women,
and
he
shall
not
regard
any
gods:
for
he
shall rise
up
against
all
things.
But
he
shall worship
the
god Maozim
in
his
place:
and
a
god
whom
his
fathers
knew
not,
he
shall worship
with
gold,
and
silver,
and
precious
stones,
and
things
of
great
price.
And
he
shall
do
this
to fortify Maozim
with
a
strange
god,
whom
he hath acknowledged,
and
he
shall
increase
glory
and
shall give
them power
over
many,
and
shall
divide
the
land gratis.
And
at
the
time prefixed
the
king
of
the
south
shall fight
against
him,
and
the
king
of
the
north
shall
come
against
him
like
a tempest,
with
chariots,
and
with
horsemen,
and
with
a
great navy,
and
he
shall
enter
into
the
countries,
and
shall destroy,
and
pass
through.
And
he
shall
enter
into
the glorious
land,
and
many
shall
fall:
and
these only
shall
be
saved
out
of
his
hand,
Edom,
and
Moab,
and
the principality
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
he
shall
lay
his
hand
upon
the
lands:
and
the
land
of
Egypt
shall
not
escape.
And
he
shall
have power
over
the
treasures
of
gold,
and
of
silver,
and
all
the
precious
things
of
Egypt:
and
he
shall pass
through
Libya,
and
Ethiopia.
And
tidings
out
of
the
east,
and
out
of
the
north shall trouble
him:
and
he shall
come
with
a
great multitude
to
destroy
and slay
many.
And
he
shall fix
his
tabernacle Apadno
between
the
seas,
upon
a glorious
and
holy
mountain:
and
he
shall
come
even
to
the top thereof,
and
none
shall
help
him.
But
at
that
time
shall
Michael
rise
up,
the
great
prince,
who standeth
for
the
children
of thy
people:
and
a
time
shall
come
such
as
never
was
from
the
time
that
nations
began
even
until
that
time.
And
at
that
time
shall thy
people
be
saved,
every
one
that
shall
be
found
written
in
the
book.
And
many
of
those that
sleep
in
the
dust
of
the
earth,
shall awake:
some unto
life
everlasting,
and
others unto
reproach,
to see it
always.
But they that
are learned
shall shine as
the
brightness
of
the
firmament:
and they that instruct
many
to
justice, as
stars
for
all
eternity.
But thou,
O
Daniel,
shut
up
the
words,
and
seal
the
book,
even
to
the
time
appointed:
many
shall pass
over,
and
knowledge
shall
be manifold.
And
I
Daniel
looked,
and
behold
as
it
were
two
others
stood:
one
on
this
side
upon
the
bank
of
the
river,
and
another
on
that
side,
on
the
other
bank
of
the
river.
And
I
said
to
the
man
that
was
clothed
In
linen,
that stood
upon
the
waters
of
the
river:
How
long
shall
it
be
to
the
end
of
these
wonders?
And
I
heard
the
man
that
was
clothed
in
linen,
that stood
upon
the
waters
of
the
river:
when
he
had
lifted
up
his
right
hand,
and
his
left
hand
to
heaven,
and
had
sworn,
by
him
that liveth
for
ever,
that
it
should
be unto
a
time,
and
times,
and
half
a
time.
And
when
the scattering
of
the band
of
the
holy
people
shall
be
accomplished,
all
these
things
shall
be
finished.
And
I
heard,
and
understood
not.
And
I
said:
O
my
lord,
what
shall
be after
these
things?
And
he
said: Go,
Daniel,
because
the
words
are
shut
up,
and
sealed
until
the
appointed
time.
Many
shall
be
chosen,
and
made
white,
and
shall
be
tried as fire:
and
the
wicked
shall deal
wickedly,
and
none
of
the
wicked
shall
understand,
but
the
learned
shall
understand.
And
from
the
time
when
the
continual
sacrifice
shall
be
taken
away,
and
the
abomination unto
desolation
shall
be
set
up, there
shall
be
a
thousand
two
hundred
ninety
days,
Blessed
is
he
that waiteth
and cometh unto
a
thousand
three
hundred thirty-five
days.
But go thou thy ways until
the
time
appointed:
and thou shalt
rest,
and
stand
in thy
lot unto
the
end
of
the
days.
Now there was a man that dwelt in Babylon, and his name was Joakim:
And he took a wife whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helcias, a very beautiful woman, and one that feared God.
For her parents being just, had instructed their daughter according to the law of Moses.
Now Joakim was very rich, and had an orchard near his house: and the Jews resorted to him, because he was the most honourable of them all.
And there were two of the ancients of the people appointed judges that year, of whom the Lord said: Iniquity came out from Babylon from the ancient judges, that seemed to govern the people.
These men frequented the house of Joakim, and all that had any matters of judgment came to them.
And when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went in, and walked in her husband’s orchard.
And the old men saw her going in every day, and walking: and they were inflamed with lust towards her:
And they perverted their own mind and turned away their eyes that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments.
So they were both wounded with the love of her, yet they did not make known their grief one to the other:
For they were ashamed to declare to one another their lust, being desirous to have to do with her.
And they watched carefully every day to see her. And one said to the other:
Let us now go home, for it is dinner time. So going out they departed one from another.
And turning back again, they came both to the same place: and asking one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust; and then they agreed upon a time, when they might find her alone.
And it fell out, as they watched a fit day, she went in on a time, as yesterday and the day before, with two maids only, and was desirous to wash herself in the orchard: for it was hot weather.
And there was nobody there, but the two old men that had hid themselves and were beholding her.
So she said to the maids: Bring me oil, and washing balls, and shut the doors of the orchard, that I may wash me.
And they did as she bade them: and they shut the doors of the orchard, and went out by a back door to fetch what she had commanded them, and they knew not that the elders were hid within.
Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders arose, and ran to her, and said:
Behold the doors of the orchard are shut, and nobody seeth us, and we are in love with thee: wherefore consent to us, and lie with us.
But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
Susanna sighed, and said: I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I shall not escape your hands.
But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
With that Susanna cried out with a loud voice: and the elders also cried out against her.
And one of them ran to the door of the orchard, and opened it.
So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the orchard, they rushed in by the back door to see what was the matter.
But after the old men had spoken, the servants were greatly ashamed: for never had there been any such word said of Susanna. And on the next day,
When the people were come to Joakim her husband, the two elders also came full of wicked device against Susanna, to put her to death.
And they said before the people: Send to Susanna daughter of Helcias the wife of Joakim. And presently they sent.
And she came with her parents, and children, and all her kindred.
Now Susanna was exceeding delicate, and beautiful to behold.
But those wicked men commanded that her face should be uncovered, (for she was covered,) that so at least they might be satisfied with her beauty.
Therefore her friends and all her acquaintance wept.
But the two elders rising up in the midst of the people, laid their hands upon her head.
And she weeping looked up to heaven, for her heart had confidence in the Lord.
And the elders said: As we walked in the orchard alone, this woman came in with two maids, and shut the doors of the orchard, and sent away the maids from her.
Then a young man that was there hid came to her, and lay with her.
But we that were in a corner of the orchard, seeing this wickedness, ran up to them, and we saw them lie together.
And him indeed we could not take, because he was stronger than us, and opening the doors be leaped out:
But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: of this thing we are witnesses.
The multitude believed them as being the elders and the judges of the people, and they condemned her to death.
Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said: O eternal God, who knowest hidden things, who knowest all things before they come to pass,
Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me: and behold I must die, whereas I have done none of these things, which these men have maliciously forged against me.
And the Lord heard her voice.
And when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young boy, whose name was Daniel.
And he cried out with a loud voice I am clear from the blood of this woman.
Then all the people turning themselves towards him, said: What meaneth this word that thou hast spoken?
But he standing in the midst of them, said: Are ye so foolish, ye children of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth, you have condemned a daughter of Israel?
Return to judgment, for they have borne false witness against her.
So all the people turned again in haste, and the old men said to him: Come, and sit thou down among us, and shew it as: seeing God hath given thee the honour of old age.
And Daniel said to the people: Separate these two far from one another, and I will examine them.
So when they were put asunder one from the other, he called one of them, and said to him: O thou that art grown old in evil days, now are thy sins come out, which thou hast committed before:
In judging unjust judgments, oppressing the innocent, and letting the guilty to go free, whereas the Lord saith: I The innocent and the just thou shalt not kill.
Now then, if thou sawest her, tell me under what tree thou sawest them conversing together. He said: Under a mastic tree.
And Daniel said: Well hast thou lied against thy own head: for behold the angel of God having received the sentence of him, shall cut thee in two.
And having put him aside, he commanded that the other should come, and he said to him: O thou seed of Chanaan, and not of Juda, beauty hath deceived thee, and lust hath perverted thy heart:
Thus did you do to the daughters of Israel, and they for fear conversed with you: but a daughter of Juda would not abide your wickedness.
Now therefore tell me, under what tree didst thou take them conversing together. And he answered: Under a holm tree.
And Daniel said to him: Well hast thou also lied against thy own head: for the angel of the Lord waiteth with a sword to cut thee in two, and to destroy you.
With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and they blessed God, who saveth them that trust in him.
And they rose up against the two elders, (for Daniel had convicted them of false witness by their own mouth,) and they did to them as they had maliciously dealt against their neighbour,
To fulfill the law of Moses: and they put them to death, and innocent blood was saved in that day.
But Helcias and his wife praised God, for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband, and all her kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her.
And Daniel became great in the sight of the people from that day, and thenceforward.
And king Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.
And Daniel was the king’s guest, and was honoured above all his friends.
Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel: and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and sixty vessels of wine.
The king also worshipped him, and went every day to adore him: but Daniel adored his God. And the king said to him: Why dost thou not adore Bel?
And he answered, and said to him: Because I do not worship idols made with hands, but the living God, that created heaven and earth, and hath power over all flesh.
And the king said to him: Doth not Bel seem to thee to be a living god? Seest thou not how much he eateth and drinketh every day?
Then Daniel smiled and said: O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, neither hath he eaten at any time.
And the king being angry called for his priests, and said to them: If you tell me not, who it is that eateth up these expenses, you shall die.
But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the king: Be it done according to thy word.
Now the priests of Bel were seventy, besides their wives, and little ones, and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
And the priests of Bel said: Behold we go out: and do thou, O king, set on the meats, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast, and seal it with thy own ring:
And when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death, or else Daniel that hath lied against us.
And they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those things.
So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king’s ring, they departed.
But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives and their children: and they ate and drank up all.
And the king arose early in the morning, and Daniel with him.
And the king said: Are the seals whole, Daniel? And he answered: They are whole, O king.
And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there is not any deceit with thee.
And Daniel laughed: and he held the king that he should not go in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are.
And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and children. And the king was angry.
Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children: and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table.
The king therefore put them to death, and delivered Bel into the power of Daniel: who destroyed him, and his temple.
And there was a great dragon in that place, and the Babylonians worshipped him.
And the king said to Daniel: Behold thou canst not say now, that this is not a living god: adore him therefore.
And Daniel said: I adore the Lord my God: for he is the living God: but that is no living god.
But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or club. And the king said: I give thee leave.
Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon’s mouth, and the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worshipped.
And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said: The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the dragon, and he hath put the priests to death.
And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy thee and thy house.
And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being constrained by necessity he delivered Daniel to them.
And they cast him into the den of lions, and he was there six days.
And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep: but then they were not given unto them, that they might devour Daniel.
Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, and he had boiled pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and was going into the field, to carry it to the reapers.
And the angel of the Lord said to Habacuc: Carry the dinner which thou hast into Babylon to Daniel, who is in the lions’ den.
And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Babylon, nor do I know the den.
And the angel of the Lord took him by the top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and set him in Babylon over the den in the force of his spirit.
And Habacuc cried, saying: O Daniel, thou servant of God, take the dinner that God hath sent thee.
And Daniel said: Thou hast remembered me, O God, and thou hast not forsaken them that love thee.
And Daniel arose and ate. And the angel of the Lord presently set Habacuc again in his own place.
And upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and he came to the den, and looked in, and behold Daniel was sitting in the midst of the lions.
And the king cried out with a loud voice, saying: Great art thou, O Lord the God of Daniel. And he drew him out of the lions’ den.
But those that bad been the cause of his destruction, he cast into the den, and they were devoured in a moment before him.
Then the king said: Let all the inhabitants of the whole earth fear the God of Daniel: for he is the Saviour, working signs, and wonders in the earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions’ den.
Hosea
The Book of Hosea
Hosea
Hos
The Book of
Hosea
The
word
of
the
Lord,
that
came
to Osee
the
son
of
Beeri,
in
the
days
of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz,
and Ezechias
kings
of Juda,
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Joas
king
of
Israel.
The
beginning
of
the
Lord’s
speaking
by Osse:
and
the
Lord
said
to Osee: Go,
take thee
a
wife
of fornications,
and
have
of
her
children
of fornications:
for
the
land
by fornication
shall depart
from
the
Lord.
So
he went,
and
took
Gomer
the
daughter
of Debelaim:
and she
conceived
and
bore
him
a
son.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Call
his
name Jezrahel:
for
yet
a
little
while,
and
I
will
visit
the
blood
of Jezrahel
upon
the
house
of
Jehu,
and
I
will
cause
to
cease
the
kingdom
of
the
house
of
Israel.
And
in
that
day
I
will
break
in
pieces
the
bow
of
Israel
in
the
valley
of Jezrahel.
And
she
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
daughter,
and
he
said
to
him:
Call
her
name,
Without
mercy:
for
I
will
not
add
any
more
to
have
mercy
on
the
house
of
Israel,
but
I
will utterly
forget
them.
And
I
will
have
mercy
on
the
house
of Juda,
and
I
will
save
them
by
the
Lord
their
God:
and
I
will
not
save
them
by
bow,
nor
by
sword,
nor
by
battle,
nor
by
horses,
nor
by
horsemen.
And she
weaned
her
that
was called Without mercy.
And she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son.
And
he
said:
Call
his
name,
Not
my
people:
for
you
are
not
my
people,
and
I
will
not
be
yours.
And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.
And the children of Juda, and the children of Israel shall be gathered together: and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great is the day of Jezrahel.
Say ye
to
your brethren:
You
are
my
people,
and
to
your sister: Thou hast obtained mercy.
Judge
your mother, judge
her:
because
she
is
not
my wife,
and
I am
not
her husband.
Let
her
put
away
her fornications
from
her face,
and
her adulteries
from
between
her breasts.
Lest
I strip
her naked,
and set
her as
in
the day
that she
was born:
and
I will make
her as
a wilderness,
and will set
her as
a land
that none can pass through,
and will kill
her
with drought.
And
I
will
not
have mercy
on
her children:
for
they
are
the children
of fornications.
For
their mother hath committed fornication, she
that conceived
them
is covered
with shame:
for she said:
I
will go
after
my lovers,
that
give
me
my bread,
and
my water,
my wool,
and
my flax,
my oil,
and
my drink.
Wherefore
behold
I
will hedge
up thy way
with thorns,
and
I
will
stop
it
up
with
a wall,
and
she
shall
not
find
her paths.
And
she
shall
follow
after
her
lovers,
and
shall
not overtake
them:
and
she
shall seek
them,
and
shall
not
find,
and
she
shall
say:
I
will go,
and return
to
my first husband,
because
it
was better
with
me
then,
than
now.
And
she
did
not know
that
I gave
her corn
and wine,
and oil,
and multiplied
her silver,
and gold, which
they
have used
in
the service
of Baal.
Therefore
will
I
return,
and
take
away
my corn
in
its season,
and
my wine
in
its season,
and
I
will
set
at liberty
my wool,
and
my flax, which covered
her disgrace.
And
now
I
will
lay open
her folly
in
the eyes
of
her lovers:
and
no man
shall
deliver
her
out
of
my
hand:
And
I
will
cause
all
her mirth
to cease,
her solemnities,
her
new moons,
her sabbaths,
and
all
her
festival
times.
And
I
will destroy
her vines,
and
her fig trees,
of
which
she said: These
are
my rewards,
which
my
lovers
have
given
me:
and
I
will
make
her
as
a forest,
and
the beasts
of
the field
shall devour
her.
And I
will visit upon
her
the days
of Baalim,
to whom
she burnt incense,
and decked herself
out
with
her earrings,
and
with
her jewels,
and went after
her lovers,
and forgot
me, saith
the Lord.
Therefore, behold
I
will allure
her,
and
will lead
her
into
the wilderness:
and
I
will
speak
to
her heart.
And
I
will give
her vinedressers
out
of
the
same place,
and
the valley
of Achor
for
an opening
of hope:
and
she
shall sing
there
according
to
the
days
of
her youth,
and
according
to
the
days
of
her coming
up
out
of
the land
of Egypt.
And
it
shall
be
in
that day, saith
the Lord,
That
she
shall call
me:
My husband,
and
she
shall call
me no
more Baali.
And
I
will
take
away
the names
of Baalim
out
of
her mouth,
and she
shall
no more remember
their name.
And
in
that
day
I
will
make
a covenant
with
them,
with
the beasts
of
the field,
and
with
the fowls
of
the air,
and
with
the creeping
things
of
the earth:
and
I
will destroy
the bow,
and
the sword,
and war
out
of
the land:
and
I
will
make
them sleep secure.
And
I
will espouse thee
to
me
for
ever:
and
I
will espouse thee
to
me
in justice,
and judgment,
and
in mercy,
and
in commiserations.
And
I
will espouse thee
to
me
in faith:
and thou shalt know
that
I am
the Lord.
And
it shall come
to pass
in that day: I
will hear, saith
the
Lord, I
will hear
the heavens,
and they shall hear
the earth.
And
the earth
shall hear
the core,
and
the wine,
and
the oil,
and these
shall hear Jezrahel.
And
I
will sow
her unto
me
in
the
earth,
and
I
will
have
mercy
on
her
that
was without
mercy.
And
I
will say
to
that which
was
not my
people: Thou art my
people:
and
they
shall say: Thou art my God.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me: Go
yet
again,
and
love
a
woman
beloved
of
her
friend,
and
an
adulteress:
as
the
Lord loveth
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they
look
to strange
gods,
and
love
the husks
of
the
grapes.
And I
bought her
to me
for
fifteen pieces
of
silver,
and
for
a core
of
barley,
and
for
half
a core
of
barley.
And
I
said
to
her: Thou shalt
wait
for
me
many
days: thou shalt
not
play
the
harlot,
and thou shalt
be
no
man’s,
and
I
also
will
wait
for thee.
For
the
children
of
Israel
shall
sit
many
days
without
king,
and
without
prince,
and
without
sacrifice,
and
without altar,
and
without
ephod,
and
without theraphim.
And
after
this
the
children
of
Israel
shall
return,
and
shall
seek
the
Lord
their
God,
and
David
their
king:
and
they
shall
fear
the
Lord,
and
his
goodness
in
the
last
days.
Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord, ye
children
of
Israel,
for
the
Lord
shall enter
into
judgment
with
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
for
there
is
no
truth,
and
there
is
no
mercy,
and
there
is
no
knowledge
of
God
in
the
land.
Cursing,
and
lying,
and
killing,
and theft,
and
adultery have overflowed,
and
blood hath
touched
blood.
Therefore
shall
the
land
mourn,
and
every
one
that dwelleth
in
it
shall
languish
with
the
beasts
of
the
field,
and
with
the fowls
of
the air: yea,
the fishes
of
the
sea
also
shall
be
gathered
together.
But
yet
let
not
any
man
judge:
and
let
not
a
man
be rebuked:
for thy
people
are
as
they
that contradict
the
priest.
And thou shalt
fall
today,
and
the
prophet
also
shall
fall
with thee:
in
the
night
I
have
made thy
mother
to
be silent.
My
people
have been silent,
because
they
had
no
knowledge:
because thou hast
rejected
knowledge,
I
will
reject thee,
that thou shalt
not
do
the office
of
priesthood
to
me:
and thou hast
forgotten
the
law
of thy
God,
I
also
will
forget thy
children.
According to
the multitude
of them
so have
they
sinned
against
me:
I
will
change
their
glory
into
shame.
They
shall
eat
the
sins
of
my
people,
and
shall
lift
up
their
souls
to
their
iniquity.
And
there
shall
be
like
people
like
priest:
and
I
will
visit
their
ways
upon
them,
and
I
will
repay
them
their devices.
And
they
shall
eat
and
shall
not
be
filled:
they
have committed fornication,
and
have
not ceased:
because
they
have forsaken
the
Lord
in
not
observing
his law.
Fornication,
and
wine,
and drunkenness
take
away
the
understanding.
My
people
have consulted
their stocks,
and
their
staff hath
declared unto
them:
for
the
spirit
of fornication hath
deceived
them,
and
they
have committed fornication
against
their
God.
They
offered
sacrifice
upon
the
tops
of
the
mountains,
and
burnt
incense
upon
the
hills:
under
the
oak,
and
the
poplar,
and
the turpentine tree,
because
the
shadow thereof
was
good:
therefore
shall
your
daughters
commit fornication,
and
your spouses
shall
be
adulteresses.
I
will
not
visit
upon
your
daughters
when
they shell
commit fornication,
and
upon
your spouses
when
they
shall
commit
adultery:
because
themselves conversed
with
harlots,
and
offered
sacrifice
with
the effeminate,
and
the
people
that doth
not
understand
shall
be beaten.
If thou
play
the
harlot,
O
Israel,
at least
let
not Juda offend:
and
go ye
not
into Galgal,
and
come
not
up
into Bethaven,
and
do
not
swear:
The
Lord liveth.
For
Israel hath gone astray
like
a wanton
heifer:
now
will
the
Lord
feed
them,
as
a
lamb
in
a spacious
place.
Ephraim
is
a partaker
with
idols, let him alone.
Their banquet
is
separated,
they
have
gone astray
by fornication:
they that should
have protected
them
have
loved
to bring
shame upon
them.
The
wind hath bound
them
up
in
its
wings,
and
they shall be
confounded because
of their
sacrifices.
Hear ye
this,
O
priests,
and hearken,
O ye
house
of
Israel,
and
give
ear,
O
house
of
the
king:
for
there
is
a
judgment
against
you,
because
you
have
been
a
snare
to
them whom
you
should
have watched
over,
and
a
net
spread
upon Thabor.
And
you
have turned aside victims into
the depth:
and
I
am,
the teacher
of
them
all.
I
know
Ephraim,
and
Israel
is
not
hid
from
me:
for
now
Ephraim hath committed fornication,
Israel
is
defiled.
They
will
not
set
their thoughts
to
return
to
their
God:
for
the
spirit
of fornication
is
in
the
midst
of
them,
and
they
have
not
known
the
Lord.
And
the
pride
of
Israel
shall
answer
in
his
face:
and
Israel
and
Ephraim
shall
fall
in
their
iniquity, Juda
also
shall
fall
with
them.
With
their
flocks,
and
with
their
herds,
they
shall go
to
seek
the
Lord,
and
shall
not
find
him:
he
is withdrawn
from
them.
They
have transgressed
against
the
Lord,
for
they
have
begotten
children
that
are
strangers:
now
shall
a
month
devour
them
with
their
portions.
Blow ye
the cornet
in Gabaa,
the
trumpet
in Rama: howl ye
in Bethaven,
behind thy
back, O
Benjamin.
Ephraim
shall
be
in
desolation
in
the
day
of
rebuke:
among
the
tribes
of
Israel
I
have shewn
that
which
shall
surely
be.
The
princes
of Juda
are
become
as
they
that
take
up
the bound:
I
will
pour
out
my
wrath
upon
them
like
water.
Ephraim
is under oppression,
and broken
in
judgment:
because
he
began
to
go
after filthiness.
And
I
will
be
like
a
moth
to
Ephraim:
and
like
rottenness
to
the
house
of Juda.
And
Ephraim
saw
his
sickness,
and Juda
his band:
and
Ephraim
went
to
the Assyrian,
and
sent
to
the avenging
king:
and
he
shall
not
be
able
to
heal
you,
neither
shall
he
be
able
to
take
off
the band
from
you.
For
I
will
be
like
a lioness
to
Ephraim,
and
like
a
lion’s whelp
to
the
house
of Juda:
I,
I
will catch,
and go:
I
will
take
away,
and
there
is
none
that
can
rescue.
I
will
go
and
return
to
my
place:
until
you
are consumed,
and
seek
my
face.
In
their affliction
they
will rise early
to
me:
Come,
and let
us
return
to
the
Lord:
For
he hath
taken
us,
and
he
will heal
us:
he
will strike,
and
he
will cure
us.
He
will revive
us
after two days:
on
the third
day
he
will raise
us
up,
and
we
shall live
in
his sight.
We
shall
know,
and
we
shall
follow
on,
that
we
may
know
the
Lord.
His
going
forth
is
prepared
as
the
morning light,
and
he
will
come
to
us
as
the early
and
the
latter
rain
to
the
earth.
What
shall
I
do
to thee,
O
Ephraim?
what
shall
I
do
to thee,
O Juda?
your mercy
is
as
a
morning
cloud,
and
as
the
dew
that goeth
away
in
the
morning.
For
this
reason
have
I
hewed
them
by
the
prophets,
I
have
slain
them
by
the
words
of
my
mouth:
and thy
judgments
shall
go
forth
as
the
light.
For
I
desired mercy,
and
not
sacrifice:
and
the
knowledge
of
God
more
than holocausts.
But
they,
like
Adam, have transgressed
the
covenant,
there have
they
dealt
treacherously against me.
Galaad
is
a
city
of
workers
of idols, supplanted
with
blood.
And
like
the jaws
of
highway robbers,
they conspire
with
the
priests
who
murder
in
the
way
those
that pass
out Sichem:
for
they
have wrought
wickedness.
I
have
seen
a horrible thing
in
the
house
of
Israel:
the fornications
of
Ephraim
there:
Israel
is
defiled.
And thou
also, O Juda,
set thee
a
harvest,
when
I
shall
bring
back
captivity
of
my
people.
When
I
would
have
healed
Israel,
the
iniquity
of
Ephraim
was discovered,
and
the
wickedness
of
Samaria,
for
they
have
committed
falsehood,
and
the
thief
is
come
in
to steal,
the robber
is without.
And lest
they
may
say
in
their
hearts,
that
I
remember
all
their
wickedness:
their
own devices
now
have beset
them
about,
they
have
been
done
before
my
face.
They
have
made
the
king
glad
with
their
wickedness:
and
the
princes
with
their
lies.
They are
all
adulterers,
like
an
oven heated
by
the
baker:
the city
rested
a little
from
the mingling
of
the leaven,
till
the
whole
was leavened.
The
day
of
our
king,
the
princes began
to
be mad
with
wine:
he
stretched
out
his
hand
with scorners.
Because
they
have applied
their
heart
like
an
oven,
when
he laid snares
for
them:
he
slept
all
the
night baking
them,
in
the
morning
he
himself
was heated
as
a
flaming
fire.
They
were
all
heated
like
an
oven,
and
have
devoured
their
judges:
all
their
kings
have
fallen:
there
is
none amongst
them
that calleth unto
me.
Ephraim
himself
is
mixed among
the
nations:
Ephraim
is
become
as
bread baked under
the ashes,
that
is
not
turned.
Strangers
have
devoured
his
strength,
and
he
knew
it
not: yea, grey
hairs
also
are spread
about upon
him,
and
he
is ignorant
of
it.
And
the
pride
of
Israel
shall
be humbled
before
his
face:
and
they
have
not
returned
to
the
Lord
their
God,
nor
have
they
sought
him
in
all
these.
And
Ephraim
is
become
as
a
dove
that
is decoyed,
not
having
a
heart:
they
called
upon
Egypt,
they
went
to
the Assyrians.
And
when
they
shall
go,
I
will
spread
my
net
upon
them:
I
will
bring
them
down
as
the
fowl
of
the air,
I
will strike
them
as
their
congregation hath heard.
Woe
to
them,
for
they
have departed
from
me:
they shall
be wasted
because
they
have
transgressed
against
me:
and
I
redeemed
them:
and
they
have
spoken
lies
against
me.
And
they
have
not
cried
to
me
with
their
heart,
but
they howled
in
their
beds:
they
have
thought
upon wheat
and
wine,
they
are
departed
from
me.
And
I
have
chastised
them,
and
strengthened
their
arms:
and
they
have imagined
evil
against
me.
They
returned,
that
they might
be
without yoke:
they
became
like
a
deceitful
bow:
their
princes
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
for
the
rage
of
their
tongue.
This
is
their
derision
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
Let
there
be
a
trumpet
in thy throat
like
an
eagle
upon
the
house
of
the
Lord:
because
they
have
transgressed
my
covenant,
and
have
violated
my
law.
They
shall
call upon
me:
O
my
God, we,
Israel,
know thee.
Israel hath cast off
the thing
that
is
good,
the
enemy
shall
pursue
him.
They
have
reigned,
but
not
by
me:
they
have
been
princes,
and
I
knew
not:
of
their
silver,
and
their
gold
they
have
made
idols
to
themselves,
that
they
might
perish.
Thy
calf,
O
Samaria,
is cast off,
my
wrath
is
kindled
against
them.
How
long
will
they
be incapable
of being cleansed?
For
itself
also
is
the invention
of
Israel:
a workman
made
it,
and
it
is
no
god:
for
the
calf
of
Samaria
shall
be
turned
to spiders’ webs.
For
they
shall
sow
wind,
and
reap
a whirlwind,
there
is
no
standing stalk
in
it,
the bud
shall
yield
no
meal;
and
if
it
should
yield,
strangers
shall eat
it.
Israel
is
swallowed
up:
now
is
he
become
among
the
nations
like
an unclean
vessel.
For
they
are
gone
up
to
Assyria,
a
wild ass
alone
by himself:
Ephraim hath given gifts
to
his
lovers.
But
even
though
they
shall
have
hired
the
nations,
now
will
I
gather
them
together:
and
they
shall rest
a
while
from
the
burden
of
the
king,
and
the
princes.
Because
Ephraim hath
made
many
altars
to
sin:
altars
are
become
to
him unto
sin.
I
shall
write
to
him
my manifold
laws, which
have
been
accounted
as
foreign.
They
shall
offer victims,
they
shall
sacrifice
flesh,
and
shall
eat
it,
and
the
Lord
will
not
receive
them:
now
will
he
remember
their
iniquity,
and
will
visit
their
sins:
they
shall
return
to
Egypt.
And
Israel hath
forgotten
his Maker,
and hath
built
temples:
and Juda hath
built
many fenced
cities:
and
I
will
send
a
fire
upon
his
cities,
and
it
shall
devour
the houses thereof.
Rejoice
not,
O
Israel:
rejoice
not
as
the
nations
do:
for thou hast
committed fornication
against thy
God, thou hast
loved
a reward
upon
every cornfloor.
The
floor
and
the
winepress
shall
not
feed
them,
and
the
wine
shall
deceive
them.
They
shall
not
dwell
in
the
Lord’s
land:
Ephraim
is
returned
to
Egypt,
and hath
eaten
unclean
things
among
the Assyrians.
They
shall
not
offer
wine
to
the
Lord,
neither
shall
they
please
him:
their
sacrifices
shall
be
like
the
bread
of mourners:
all
that
shall
eat
it
shall
be
defiled:
for
their
bread
is
life
for
their
soul,
it
shall
not
enter
into
the
house
of
the
Lord.
What
will
you
do
in
the solemn
day,
in
the
day
of
the
feast
of
the
Lord?
For
behold
they
are
gone
because
of
destruction:
Egypt
shall
gather
them
together,
Memphis
shall
bury
them:
nettles
shall
inherit
their beloved
silver,
the bur
shall
be
in
their tabernacles.
The
days
of visitation
are
come,
the
days
of repaying
are
come:
know ye, O
Israel,
that
the
prophet
was
foolish,
the spiritual
man
was
mad,
for
the
multitude
of thy
iniquity,
and
the
multitude
of thy madness.
The
watchman
of
Ephraim
was
with
my
God:
the
prophet
is become
a
snare
of ruin
upon
all
his
ways, madness
is
in
the
house
of
his
God.
They
have
sinned
deeply,
as
in
the
days
of Gabaa:
he
will
remember
their
iniquity,
and
will
visit
their
sin.
I
found
Israel
like
grapes
in
the
desert,
I
saw
their
fathers
like
the firstfruits
of
the
fig
tree
in
the top thereof:
but
they
went
in
to Beelphegor,
and alienated
themselves
to
that confusion,
and
became
abominable,
as
those
things
were, which
they
loved.
As
for
Ephraim, their
glory hath flown away
like
a
bird from
the
birth,
and from
the
womb,
and from
the
conception.
And
though
they
should
bring
up
their
children,
I
will
make
them without
children among
men:
yea,
and
woe
to
them,
when
I
shall
depart
from
them.
Ephraim,
as
I
saw,
was
a
Tyre founded
in beauty:
and
Ephraim
shall
bring
out
his
children
to
the
murderer.
Give
them,
O
Lord.
What wilt thou
give
them?
Give
them
a
womb without
children,
and
dry
breasts.
All
their
wickedness
is
in Galgal,
for
there
I
hated
them:
for
the
wickedness
of
their devices
I
will cast
them forth
out
of
my
house:
I
will
love
them
no
more,
all
their
princes
are revolters.
Ephraim
is
struck,
their
root
is
dried
up,
they
shall
yield
no
fruit.
And
if
they
should
have issue,
I
will
slay
the best beloved
fruit
of
their
womb.
My
God
will cast
them
away,
because
they hearkened
not
to
him:
and
they
shall
be
wanderers
among
the
nations.
Israel
a
vine full
of branches,
the
fruit
is agreeable
to
it: according
to
the
multitude
of
his
fruit
he hath
multiplied
altars, according
to
the
plenty
of
his
land
he hath abounded
with idols.
Their
heart
is
divided:
now
they
shall perish:
he
shall
break
down
their idols,
he
shall
destroy
their
altars.
For
now
they
shall
say:
We
have
no
king:
because
we
fear
not
the
Lord:
and
what
shall
a
king
do
to
us?
You
speak
words
of
an unprofitable vision,
and
you
shall
make
a
covenant:
and
judgment
shall spring
up
as
bitterness
in
the
furrows
of
the
field.
The
inhabitants
of
Samaria
have worshipped
the
king
of Bethaven:
for
the
people thereof
have
mourned
over
it,
and
the wardens
of
its temple
that
rejoiced
over
it
in
its
glory
because
it
is
departed
from
it.
For
itself
also
is
carried
into
Assyria,
a
present
to
the avenging
king:
shame
shall fall upon
Ephraim,
and
Israel
shall
be
confounded
in
his own
will.
Samaria hath made
her
king
to pass
as froth
upon
the
face
of
the
water.
And
the
high
places
of
the
idol,
the
sin
of
Israel
shall
be
destroyed:
the bur
and
the
thistle
shall
grow
up
over
their
altars:
and
they
shall
say
to
the
mountains:
Cover
us;
and
to
the
hills:
Fall
upon
us.
From
the
days
of Gabaa,
Israel hath
sinned,
there
they
stood:
the
battle
in Gabaa
against
the
children
of iniquity
shall
not
overtake
them.
According
to
my
desire
I
will
chastise
them:
and
the
nations shall
be
gathered
together
against
them,
when
they shall
be
chastised
for
their
two iniquities.
Ephraim
is
a
heifer
taught
to
love
to tread
out corn,
but
I
passed
over
upon
the beauty
of
her
neck:
I
will
ride
upon
Ephraim, Juda
shall plough,
Jacob
shall break
the furrows
for
himself.
Sow
for
yourselves
in
justice,
and
reap
in
the
mouth
of
mercy,
break
up
your fallow ground:
but
the
time
to
seek
the
Lord
is,
when
he
shall
come
that
shall
teach
you
justice.
You
have ploughed
wickedness,
you
have reaped
iniquity,
you
have
eaten
the
fruit
of lying:
because thou hast
trusted
in thy
ways,
in
the
multitude
of thy
strong
ones.
A
tumult
shall
arise
among thy
people:
and
all thy
fortresses
shall
be
destroyed
as Salmana
was
destroyed,
by
the house
of
him
that judged Baal
in
the
day
of
battle,
the
mother
being
dashed
in
pieces
upon
her
children.
So hath
Bethel
done
to
you,
because
of
the
evil
of
your iniquities.
As
the morning passeth,
so hath
the king
of
Israel
Israel
was
a
child,
and
I
loved
him:
and
I
called
my
son out
of
Egypt.
As
they
called
them,
they
went
away
from
before
their
face:
they
offered victims
to Baalim,
and
sacrificed
to
idols.
And
I
was
like
a foster father
to
Ephraim,
I
carried
them
in
my
arms:
and
they
knew
not
that
I
healed
them.
I
will
draw
them
with
the
cords
of Adam,
with
the bands
of
love:
and
I
will
be
to
them
as
one
that taketh
off
the
yoke
on
their
jaws:
and
I put
his meat
to
him
that
he might
eat.
He
shall
not
return
into
the
land
of
Egypt,
but
the Assyrian
shall
be
his
king:
because
they
would
not
be
converted.
The
sword hath begun
in
his
cities,
and
it
shall
consume
his chosen men,
and
shall
devour
their heads.
And
my
people
shall
long
for
my return:
but
a yoke
shall
be put
upon
them
together, which
shall
not
be taken
off.
How
shall
I deal
with thee, O
Ephraim,
shall
I protect thee, O
Israel?
how
shall
I
make thee
as Adama,
shall
I
set thee
as Seboim?
my
heart
is
turned
within
me,
my repentance
is
stirred
up.
I
will
not execute
the
fierceness
of
my
wrath:
I
will
not
return
to
destroy
Ephraim:
because
I
am
God,
and
not
man:
the
holy
one
in
the
midst
of thee,
and
I
will
not
enter
into
the
city.
They
shall walk
after
the
Lord,
he
shall
roar
as
a
lion:
because
he
shall
roar,
and
the
children
of
the
sea
shall
fear.
And
they
shall fly
away
like
a
bird
out
of
Egypt,
and
like
a
dove
out
of
the
land
of
the Assyrians:
and
I
will
place
them
in
their own
houses, saith
the
Lord.
Ephraim hath compassed me about with denials, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Juda went down as a witness with God, and is faithful with the saints.
Ephraim feedeth
on
the wind,
and followeth
the burning heat:
all
the day
long
he multiplied
lies
and desolation:
and
he hath
made
a covenant
with
the Assyrians,
and
carried oil
into Egypt.
Therefore
there
is
a judgment
of
the Lord
with Juda,
and
a visitation
for Jacob:
he
will render
to
him according
to
his ways,
and according
to
his devices.
In
the womb
he supplanted
his brother:
and
by
his strength
he
had success
with
an angel.
And
he prevailed
over
the angel,
and
was strengthened:
he wept,
and made supplication
to
him:
he found
him
in Bethel,
and there
he spoke
with
us.
Even
the Lord
the
God
of hosts,
the Lord
is
his memorial.
Therefore turn thou
to thy
God: keep
mercy
and judgment,
and hope
in thy
God always.
He
is
like Chanaan,
there
is
a deceitful balance
in
his hand,
he hath loved oppression.
And Ephraim said: But yet
I am become rich,
I
have found
me an idol: all
my labours
shall not find
me
the iniquity
that
I
have committed.
And
I
that am
the Lord thy
God
from
the land
of Egypt,
will
yet cause thee
to dwell
in tabernacles,
as
in
the days
of
the feast.
And
I
have spoken
by
the prophets,
and
I
have multiplied visions,
and
I
have used similitudes
by
the ministry
of
the prophets.
If Galaad
be
an idol,
then
in vain
were
they
in Galgal offering sacrifices
with bullocks:
for
their altars also
are
as heaps
in
the furrows
of
the field.
Jacob fled
into
the
country
of Syria,
and Israel
served
for
a wife,
and
was
a keeper
for
a wife.
But
the Lord
by
a prophet brought
Israel out
of Egypt:
and
he
was
preserved
by
a prophet.
Ephraim hath provoked
me
to wrath
with
his bitterness,
and
his blood
shall
come upon
him,
and
his
Lord
will render
his reproach unto
him.
When
Ephraim
spoke,
a horror seized
Israel:
and
he sinned
in
Baal
and
died.
And
now
they
have
sinned
more
and
more:
and
they
have
made
to
themselves
a molten
thing
of
their
silver
as
the likeness
of
idols:
the
whole
is
the
work
of
craftsmen:
to
these
that
say:
Sacrifice
men, ye
that adore
calves.
Therefore
they shall
be
as
a
morning
aloud,
and
as
the
early
dew
that passeth
away,
as
the dust
that
is driven
with
a whirlwind
out
of
the
floor,
and
as
the
smoke
out
of
the
chimney.
But
I
am
the
Lord thy
God
from
the
land
of
Egypt:
and thou shalt
know
no
God
but
me,
and
there
is
no saviour beside
me.
I
knew thee
in
the
desert,
in
the
land
of
the
wilderness.
According
to
their pastures
they
were
filled,
and
were
made
full:
and
they
lifted
up
their
heart,
and
have
forgotten
me.
And
I
will
be
to
them
as
a lioness,
as
a
leopard
in
the
way
of
the Assyrians.
I
will
meet
them
as
a
bear
that
is
robbed
of
her whelps,
and
I
will
rend
the inner parts
of
their liver:
and
I
will
devour
them
there
as
a lion,
the
beast
of
the
field
shall
tear
them.
Destruction
is thy own, O
Israel: thy
help
is only
in
me.
Where
is thy
king?
now especially
let
him
save thee
in
all thy
cities:
and thy
judges,
of
whom thou saidst:
Give
me
kings
and
princes.
I
will
give thee
a
king
in
my
wrath,
and
will
take
him
away
in
my indignation.
The
iniquity
of
Ephraim
is bound
up, his
sin
is
hidden.
The sorrows
of
a woman
in labour snail
come
upon
him,
he
is
an
unwise
son:
for
now
he
shall
not
stand
in
the breach
of
the
children.
I
will
deliver
them
out
of
the
hand
of
death.
I
will
redeem
them
from
death: O
death,
I
will
be thy
death; O hell,
I
will
be thy bite: comfort
is
hidden
from
my
eyes.
Because
he
shall
make
a separation
between
brothers:
the
Lord
will
bring
a burning
wind
that
shall
rise
from
the
desert,
and
it
shall
dry
up
his
springs,
and
shall
make
his
fountain desolate,
and
he
shall
carry
off
the
treasure
of
every
desirable
vessel.
Let
Samaria
perish,
because
she hath stirred
up
her
God
to bitterness: let
them
perish
by
the
sword, let
their
little
ones
be
dashed,
and let
the
women
with
child
be
ripped
up.
Return,
O
Israel,
to
the
Lord thy
God:
for thou hast fallen
down
by thy
iniquity.
Take
with
you
words,
and
return
to
the
Lord,
and
say
to
him:
Take
away
all
iniquity,
and
receive
the
good:
and
we
will
render
the calves
of
our
lips.
Assyria
shall
not
save
us,
we
will
not
ride
upon
horses,
neither
will
we
say
any
more:
The
works
of
our
hands
are
our
gods,
for thou wilt
have
mercy
on
the
fatherless
that
is
in thee.
I
will
heal
their breaches,
I
will
love
them
freely:
for
my
wrath
is
turned
away
from
them.
I
will
be
as
the
dew,
Israel
shall spring
as
the
lily,
and
his
root
shall
shoot forth
as
that
of Libanus.
His branches shall spread,
and
his
glory shall
be
as
the
olive
tree:
and
his smell
as
that
of Libanus.
They
shall
be
converted
that
sit
under
his
shadow: they
shall
live
upon wheat,
and they
shall blossom
as
a
vine:
his memorial
shall
be
as
the
wine
of Libanus.
Ephraim
shall say,
What
have
I
to
do
any
more
with
idols?
I
will hear
him,
and
I
will make
him
flourish
like
a
green
fir tree:
from
me
is thy
fruit
found.
Who
is
wise,
and
he
shall
understand
these
things?
prudent,
and
he
shall
know
these
things?
for
the
ways
of
the
Lord
are
right,
and
the
just
shall
walk
in
them:
but
the
transgressors
shall
fall
in
them.
Joel
The Book of Joel
Joel
Jol
The Book of
Joel
The
word
of
the
Lord
that
came
to
Joel
the
son
of Phatuel.
Hear
this, ye
old
men,
and
give
ear,
all ye
inhabitants
of
the
land:
did
this ever
happen
in
your
days,
or
in
the
days
of
your
fathers?
Tell ye
of this
to
your
children,
and let
your
children
tell
their
children,
and
their
children
to
another
generation.
That which
the palmerworm hath left,
the
locust hath
eaten:
and that which
the
locust hath left,
the bruchus hath
eaten:
and that which
the bruchus hath left,
the mildew hath
destroyed.
Awake, ye
that
are
drunk,
and
weep,
and
mourn
all ye
that take delight
in
drinking
sweet
wine:
for
it
is
cut
off
from
your
mouth.
For
a
nation
is
come
up
upon
my
land,
strong
and
without
number:
his
teeth
are
like
the
teeth
of
a
lion:
and
his cheek
teeth
as
of
a
lion’s whelp.
He hath
laid
my vineyard
waste,
and hath pilled
off
the bark
of
my
fig
tree:
he hath
stripped
it
bare,
and
cast
it
away;
the
branches thereof
are
made
white.
Lament
like
a
virgin
girded
with
sackcloth
for
the
husband
of
her
youth.
Sacrifice
and libation
is
cut
off
from
the
house
of
the
Lord:
the
priests,
the
Lord’s
ministers,
have
mourned:
The
country
is
destroyed,
the
ground hath
mourned:
for
the corn
is wasted,
the
wine
is confounded,
the
oil hath
languished.
The husbandmen are
ashamed,
the
vinedressers
have howled
for
the
wheat,
and
for
the
barley,
because
the
harvest
of
the
field
is
perished.
The vineyard
is confounded,
and
the
fig
tree hath
languished:
the
pomegranate
tree,
and
the
palm
tree,
and
the
apple
tree,
and
all
the
trees
of
the
field
are
withered:
because
joy
is withdrawn
from
the
children
of
men.
Gird
yourselves,
and
lament,
O ye
priests,
howl, ye
ministers
of
the
altars:
go
in, lie
in
sackcloth, ye
ministers
of
my
God:
because
sacrifice
and libation
is cut off
from
the
house
of
your
God.
Sanctify ye
a
fast,
call
an
assembly;
gather
together
the ancients,
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
into
the
house
of
your
God:
and
cry ye
to
the
Lord:
Ah,
ah,
ah,
for
the
day:
because
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
at
hand,
and
it
shall
come
like
destruction
from
the mighty.
Is
not
your
food
cut
off
before
your
eyes,
joy
and
gladness
from
the
house
of
our
God?
The beasts
have rotted
in
their dung,
the
barns
are
destroyed,
the
storehouses
are
broken
down:
because
the corn
is confounded.
Why
did
the
beast
groan,
why
did
the
herds
of
cattle low?
because
there
is
no
pasture
for
them:
yea,
and
the
flocks
of
sheep
are perished.
To thee,
O
Lord,
will
I
cry:
because
fire hath
devoured
the beautiful
places
of
the
wilderness,
and
the
flame hath burnt
all
the
trees
of
the
country.
Yea
and
the
beasts
of
the
field
have looked
up
to thee,
as
a garden bed
that thirsteth
after
rain,
for
the springs
of
waters
are
dried
up,
and
fire hath
devoured
the beautiful places
of
the
wilderness.
Blow ye
the
trumpet
in Sion,
sound
an
alarm
in
my
holy
mountain, let
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
tremble:
because
the
day
of
the
Lord cometh,
because
it
is nigh
at
hand,
A
day
of
darkness,
and
of gloominess,
a
day
of
clouds
and whirlwinds:
a
numerous
and
strong
people
as
the
morning
spread
upon
the
mountains:
the
like
to
it hath
not
been
from
the
beginning,
nor
shall
be
after
it
even
to
the
years
of
generation
and
generation.
Before
the
face thereof
a
devouring
fire,
and
behind
it
a
burning
flame:
the
land
is
like
a
garden
of pleasure
before
it,
and
behind
it
a
desolate
wilderness,
neither
is
there
any
one
that
can
escape
it.
The
appearance
of
them
is
as
the
appearance
of
horses,
and
they shall
run
like
horsemen.
They
shall
leap
like
the
noise
of
chariots
upon
the
tops
of
mountains,
like
the
noise
of
a
flame
of
fire
devouring
the
stubble,
as
a
strong
people prepared
to
battle.
At
their
presence
the
people
shall
be
in grievous pains:
all
faces
shall
be
made
like
a kettle.
They
shall
run
like
valiant
men:
like
men
of
war
they
shall scale
the
wall:
the
men
shall march
every
one
on
his
way,
and
they
shall
not turn aside
from
their ranks.
No
one
shall press
upon
his
brother:
they
shall walk
every
one
in
his
path: yea,
and
they
shall
fall
through
the windows,
and
shall take
no harm.
They
shall
enter
into
the
city:
they
shall
run
upon
the
wall,
they
shall
climb
up
the
houses,
they
shall
come
in
at
the
windows
as
a
thief.
At
their
presence
the
earth hath
trembled,
the
heavens
are
moved:
the
sun
and
moon
are darkened,
and
the
stars
have
withdrawn
their shining.
And
the
Lord hath
uttered
his
voice
before
the
face
of
his
army:
for
his
armies
are
exceeding
great,
for
they
are
strong
and
execute
his
word:
for
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
great
and
very terrible:
and
who
can stand
it?
Now
therefore saith
the
Lord:
Be
converted
to
me
with
all
your
heart,
in
fasting,
and
in
weeping,
and
in
mourning.
And
rend
your
hearts,
and
not
your
garments,
and
turn
to
the
Lord
your
God:
for
he
is
gracious
and
merciful,
patient
and rich
in
mercy,
and ready
to
repent
of
the
evil.
Who knoweth
but
he
will
return,
and forgive,
and
leave
a
blessing
behind
him,
sacrifice
and libation
to
the
Lord
your
God?
Blow
the
trumpet
in Sion,
sanctify
a
fast,
call
a
solemn
assembly,
Gather
together
the
people,
sanctify
the church,
assemble
the ancients,
gather
together
the
little
ones,
and
them
that
suck
at
the
breasts: let
the bridegroom
go
forth
from
his bed,
and
the
bride
out
of
her
bride
chamber.
Between
the
porch
and
the
altar
the
priests
the
Lord’s
ministers
shall
weep,
and
shall
say:
Spare,
O
Lord,
spare thy
people:
and
give
not thy
inheritance
to
reproach,
that
the heathen
should
rule
over
them.
Why
should
they
say
among
the
nations:
Where
is
their
God?
The
Lord hath
been
zealous
for
his
land,
and hath
spared
his
people.
And
the
Lord
answered
and
said
to
his
people:
Behold
I
will
send
you corn,
and
wine,
and
oil,
and
you
shall
be
filled
with
them:
and
I
will
no
more
make
you
a
reproach
among
the
nations.
And
I
will
remove
far
off
from
you
the
northern enemy:
and
I
will
drive
him
into
a
land unpassable,
and
desert,
with
his
face towards
the
east
sea,
and
his hinder
part towards
the utmost
sea:
and
his
stench
shall
ascend,
and
his rottenness
shall
go
up,
because
he hath
done proudly.
Fear
not,
O
land,
be
glad
and
rejoice:
for
the
Lord hath
done
great
things.
Fear
not, ye
beasts
of
the
fields:
for
the beautiful places
of
the
wilderness are sprung,
for
the
tree hath
brought
forth
its
fruit,
the
fig
tree,
and
the
vine
have
yielded
their
strength.
And
you,
O
children
of Sion,
rejoice,
and
be
joyful
in
the
Lord
your
God:
because
he hath
given
you
a teacher
of
justice,
and
he
will
make
the early
and
the
latter
rain
to
come
down
to
you
as
in
the
beginning.
And
the
floors shall be
filled
with
wheat,
and
the
presses shall
overflow
with
wine
and
oil.
And
I
will restore
to
you
the ears
which
the
locust,
and
the bruchus,
and
the mildew,
and
the palmerworm
have
eaten;
my
great host
which
I
sent upon
you.
And
you
shall
eat
in
plenty,
and
shall
be
filled:
and
you
shall
praise
the
name
of
the
Lord
your
God,
who hath
done
wonders
with
you,
and
my
people
shall
not
be
confounded
for
ever.
And
you
shall
know
that
I
am
in
the
midst
of
Israel:
and
I
am
the
Lord
your
God,
and
there
is
none
besides:
and
my
people
shall
not
be
confounded
for
ever.
And it shall come to pass after this, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.
Moreover upon my servants and handmaids in those days I will pour forth my spirit.
And I will shew wonders in heaven; and in earth, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood: before the great and dreadful day of the Lord doth come.
And it shall come to pass, that every one that shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved: for in mount Sion, and in Jerusalem shall be salvation, as the Lord hath said, and in the residue whom the Lord shall call.
For
behold
in
those days,
and
in
that
time
when
I
shall
bring
back
the captivity
of Juda
and Jerusalem:
I
will gather
together
all nations,
and
will bring
them
down
into
the valley
of Josaphat:
and
I
will plead
with
them
there
for
my people,
and
for
my inheritance Israel, whom
they
have scattered
among
the nations,
and
have parted
my land.
And
they
have
cast lots
upon
my
people:
and
the boy
they
have
put
in
the stews,
and
the girl
they
have sold
for wine,
that
they
might drink.
But
what
have
you
to
do
with
me,
O Tyre,
and Sidon,
and
all
the coast
of
the Philistines?
will
you revenge
yourselves
on
me?
and if
you revenge
yourselves
on
me,
I
will
very soon
return
you
a recompense
upon
your
own
head.
For
you
have
taken
away
my silver
and
my gold:
and
my desirable
and most beautiful
things
you
have carried
into
your temples.
And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.
Behold, I will raise them up out of the place wherein you have sold them: and I will return your recompense upon your own heads.
And I will sell your sons, and your daughters by the hands of the children of Juda, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far off, for the Lord hath spoken it.
Proclaim ye this among the nations: prepare war, rouse up the strong: let them come, let all the men of war come up.
Cut your ploughshares into swords, and your spades into spears. Let the weak say: I am strong.
Break forth, and come, all ye nations, from round about, and gather yourselves together: there will the Lord cause all thy strong ones to fall down.
Let them arise, and let the nations come up into the valley of Josaphat: for there I will sit to judge all nations round about.
Put ye in the sickles, for the harvest is ripe: come and go down, for the press is full, the fats run over: for their wickedness is multiplied.
Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars have withdrawn their shining.
And the Lord shall roar out of Sion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem: and the heavens and the earth shall be moved, and the Lord shall be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
And you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Sion my holy mountain: and Jerusalem shall be holy and strangers shall pass through it no more.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweetness, and the hills shall flow with milk: and waters shall flow through all the rivers of Juda: and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the torrent of thorns.
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom a wilderness destroyed: because they have done unjustly against the children of Juda, and have shed innocent blood in their land.
And Judea shall be inhabited for ever, and Jerusalem to generation and generation.
And I will cleanse their blood which I had not cleansed: and the Lord will dwell in Sion.
Amos
The Book of Amos
Amos
Amo
The Book of
Amos
The
words
of
Amos,
who
was
among herdsmen
of Thecua:
which
he
saw
concerning
Israel
in
the
days
of Ozias
king
of Juda,
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of Joas
king
of
Israel two
years
before
the
earthquake.
And
he
said:
The
Lord
will
roar
from Sion,
and
utter
his
voice
from
Jerusalem:
and
the beautiful
places
of
the
shepherds
have
mourned,
and
the
top
of
Carmel
is
withered.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of
Damascus,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
it:
because
they
have thrashed Galaad
with
iron wains.
And
I
will
send
a
fire into
the
house
of Azael,
and
it
shall
devour
the
houses
of Benadad.
And
I
will
break
the
bar
of
Damascus:
and
I
will
cut
off
the
inhabitants
from
the
plain
of
the idol,
and
him
that holdeth
the sceptre
from
the
house
of pleasure:
and
the
people
of
Syria
shall
be
carried
away
to Cyrene, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of
Gaza,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
it:
because
they
have
carried
away
a
perfect
captivity
to
shut
them
up
in
Edom.
And
I
will
send
a
fire
on
the
wall
of
Gaza,
and
it shall
devour
the houses thereof.
And
I
will
cut
off
the
inhabitant
from Azotus,
and
him
that holdeth
the sceptre
from Ascalon:
and
I
will
turn
my
hand
against Accaron,
and
the
rest
of
the
Philistines
shall
perish, saith
the
Lord
God.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of
Tyre,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
it:
because
they
have
shut
up
an
entire captivity
in
Edom,
and
have
not
remembered
the
covenant
of
brethren.
And
I
will
send
a
fire
upon
the
wall
of
Tyre,
and
it shall
devour
the houses thereof.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of
Edom,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
him:
because
he hath
pursued
his
brother
with
the
sword,
and hath cast
off
all pity,
and hath
carried
on
his
fury,
and hath
kept
his
wrath
to
the
end.
I
will
send
a
fire into Theman:
and
it shall
devour
the houses
of Bosra.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
him:
because
he hath
ripped
up
the
women
with
child
of Galaad
to
enlarge
his
border.
And
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
wall
of Rabba:
and
it
shall
devour
the houses thereof
with
shouting
in
the
day
of
battle,
and
with
a whirlwind
in
the
day
of trouble.
And Melchom
shall
go
into captivity,
both
he,
and
his
princes
together, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of
Moab,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
him:
because
he hath
burnt
the
bones
of
the
king
of
Edom
even
to ashes.
And
I
will seed
a
fire into
Moab,
and
it
shall
devour
the houses
of Carioth:
and
Moab
shall
die
with
a
noise,
with
the
sound
of
the
trumpet:
And
I
will
cut
off
the
judge
from
the
midst thereof,
and
will
slay
all
his
princes
with
him, saith
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of Juda,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
him:
because
he hath cast
away
the
law
of
the
Lord,
and hath
not
kept
his commandments:
for
their idols
have
caused
them
to
err,
after
which
their
fathers
have
walked.
And
I
will
send
a
fire
into Juda,
and
it
shall
devour
the houses
of
Jerusalem.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
For
three
crimes
of
Israel,
and
for
four
I
will
not convert
him:
because
he hath
sold
the
just
man
for
silver,
and
the
poor
man
for
a pair
of
shoes.
They bruise
the
heads
of
the
poor
upon
the
dust
of
the
earth,
and
turn
aside
the
way
of
the
humble:
and
the son
and
his
father
have gone
to
the
same
young
woman,
to
profane
my
holy
name.
And
they sat
down
upon
garments laid
to pledge
by
every
altar:
and
drank
the
wine
of
the condemned
in
the
house
of
their
God.
Yet
I cast
out
the Amorrhite
before
their
face:
whose
height
was
like
the
height
of
cedars,
and
who
was
strong
as
an
oak:
and
I
destroyed
his
fruit
from
above,
and
his
roots
beneath.
It
is
I
that
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
I led
you
forty
years
through
the
wilderness,
that
you might
possess
the
land
of
the Amorrhite.
And
I
raised
up
of
your
sons
for
prophets,
and
of
your
young
men
for Nazarites.
Is
it
not
so,
O ye
children
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord?
And
you
will present
wine
to
the Nazarites:
and
command
the
prophets,
saying:
Prophesy
not.
Behold,
I
will screak
under
you
as
a wain screaketh
that
is laden
with hay.
And
flight
shall
perish
from
the
swift,
and
the
valiant
shall
not possess
his
strength,
neither
shall
the
strong
save
his
life.
And
he
that holdeth
the
bow
shall
not
stand,
and
the
swift
of
foot
shall
not
escape,
neither
shall
the
rider
of
the
horse
save
his
life.
And
the stout
of
heart
among
the
valiant
shall
flee
away
naked
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord.
Hear
the
word
that
the
Lord hath
spoken
concerning
you,
O ye
children
of
Israel:
concerning
the
whole
family
that
I
brought
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying:
You
only
have
I
known
of
all
the
families
of
the
earth:
therefore
will
I
visit
upon
you
all
your
iniquities.
Shall
two walk
together
except
they
be
agreed?
Will
a
lion
roar
in
the
forest,
if
he
have
no
prey?
will
the
lion’s whelp
cry
out
of
his
den,
if
he
have
taken
nothing?
Will
the
bird
fall
into
the
snare
upon
the
earth,
if
there
be
no fowler?
Shall
the
snare
be
taken
up
from
the
earth,
before
it hath
taken somewhat?
Shall
the
trumpet
sound
in
a
city,
and
the
people
not
be
afraid?
Shall
there
be
evil
in
a
city, which
the
Lord hath
not
done?
For
the
Lord
God doth
nothing
without
revealing
his
secret
to
his
servants
the
prophets.
The
lion
shall
roar,
who
will
not
fear?
The
Lord
God hath
spoken,
who
shall
not
prophesy?
Publish
it
in
the houses
of Azotus,
and
in
the houses
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
say:
Assemble
yourselves
upon
the
mountains
of
Samaria,
and
behold
the
many follies
in
the
midst thereof,
and
them
that suffer
oppression
in
the
inner rooms thereof.
And
they
have
not
known
to
do
the right thing, saith
the
Lord, storing
up iniquity,
and robberies
in
their houses.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
The
land
shall
be
in tribulation,
and
shall
be compassed
about:
and thy
strength
shall
be
taken
away
from thee,
and thy houses
shall
be spoiled.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
As
if
a
shepherd
should get
out
of
the
lion’s
mouth
two
legs,
or
the tip
of
the
ear:
so
shall
the
children
of
Israel
be
taken
out
that
dwell
in
Samaria,
in
a
piece
of
a
bed,
and
in
the
couch
of Damascus.
Hear ye,
and testify
in
the
house
of
Jacob, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts:
That
in
the
day
when
I
shall begin
to
visit
the
transgressions
of
Israel,
I
will
visit
upon
him,
and
upon
the
altars
of
Bethel:
and
the
horns
of
the
altars
shall
be
cut
off,
and
shall
fall
to
the
ground.
And
I
will
strike
the
winter
house
with
the
summer
house:
and
the
houses
of
ivory
shall
perish,
and
many
houses
shall
be
destroyed, saith
the
Lord.
Hear
this
word, ye fat kine
that
are
in
the
mountains
of
Samaria:
you
that
oppress
the
needy,
and
crush
the
poor:
that
say
to
your
masters:
Bring,
and
we
will
drink.
The
Lord
God hath
sworn
by
his
holiness,
that
lo,
the
days
shall
come
upon
you,
when
they
shall
lift
you
up
on pikes,
and
what
shall remain
of
you
in boiling
pots.
And you
shall
go
out
at
the
breaches
one
over
against
the
other,
and you
shall
be
cast
forth
into Armon, saith
the
Lord.
Come ye
to
Bethel,
and
do wickedly:
to Galgal,
and
multiply transgressions:
and
bring
in
the
morning
your victims,
your
tithes
in
three
days.
And
offer
a
sacrifice
of
praise
with
leaven:
and
call free
offerings,
and
proclaim
it:
for
so
you
would
do,
O
children
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord
God.
Whereupon
I
also
have
given
you dulness
of
teeth
in
all
your
cities,
and want
of
bread
in
all
your
places:
yet
you
have
not
returned
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
I
also
have withholden
the
rain
from
you,
when
there
were
yet
three
months
to
the
harvest:
and
I
caused
it
to
rain
upon
one
city,
and
caused
it
not
to
rain
upon
another
city:
one piece
was
rained
upon:
and
the piece whereupon
I
rained
not,
withered.
And
two
and
three
cities
went
to
one
city
to
drink
water,
and
were
not
filled:
yet
you
returned
not
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
I
struck
you
with
a burning wind,
and
with
mildew,
the palmerworm hath
eaten
up
your
many
gardens,
and
your
vineyards:
your
olive
groves,
and
fig
groves:
yet
you
returned
not
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
I
sent death
upon
you
in
the
way
of
Egypt,
I
slew
your
young
men
with
the
sword,
even
to
the
captivity
of
your
horses:
and
I
made
the
stench
of
your
camp
to
come
up
into
your
nostrils:
yet
you
returned
not
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
I
destroyed some
of
you,
as
God
destroyed
Sodom
and Gomorrha,
and
you
were
as
a
firebrand
plucked
out
of
the
burning:
yet
you
returned
not
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
Therefore
I
will
do
these
things
to thee,
O
Israel:
and
after
I
shall
have
done
these
things
to thee,
be
prepared
to
meet thy
God,
O
Israel.
For
behold
he
that formeth
the
mountains
and createth
the
wind,
and declareth
his
word
to
man,
he
that maketh
the
morning mist,
and walketh
upon
the
high
places
of
the
earth:
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts
is
his
name.
Hear ye
this
word,
which
I
take
up
concerning
you
for
a
lamentation.
The
house
of
Israel
is fallen,
and
it
shall
rise no
more.
The
virgin
of
Israel
is
cast
down
upon
her
land,
there
is
none
to
raise
her
up.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
God:
The
city,
out
of
which
came
forth
a
thousand,
there
shall
be
left
in
it
a
hundred:
and
out
of
which
there
came
a
hundred,
there
shall
be
left
in
it
ten,
in
the
house
of
Israel.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
to
the
house
of
Israel:
Seek ye
me,
and
you
shall
live.
But
seek
not
Bethel,
and
go
not
into Galgal,
neither
shall
you
pass
over
to Bersabee:
for Galgal
shall
go
into
captivity,
and
Bethel
shall
be unprofitable.
Seek ye
the
Lord,
and
live:
lest
the
house
of
Joseph
be burnt
with
fire,
and
it
shall
devour,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
quench
Bethel.
You
that
turn
judgment
into
wormwood,
and forsake
justice
in
the
land,
Seek
him
that maketh Arcturus,
and
Orion,
and
that turneth
darkness
into
morning,
and
that changeth
day
into
night:
that calleth
the
waters
of
the
sea,
and poureth
them
out
upon
the
face
of
the
earth:
The
Lord
is
his
name.
He
that
with
a
smile bringeth
destruction
upon
the
strong,
and waste
upon
the
mighty.
They
have
hated
him that rebuketh
in
the
gate:
and
have
abhorred
him that speaketh perfectly.
Therefore
because
you robbed
the
poor,
and
took
the choice prey
from
him:
you
shall
build
houses
with square
stone,
and
shall
not
dwell
in
them:
you
shall
plant
most delightful
vineyards,
and
shall
not
drink
the
wine
of
them.
Because
I
know
your manifold
crimes,
and
your grievous
sins: enemies
of
the
just,
taking
bribes,
and oppressing
the
poor
in
the
gate.
Therefore
the prudent
shall keep silence
at
that
time,
for
it
is
an
evil
time.
Seek ye
good,
and
not
evil,
that
you
may
live:
and
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts
will
be
with
you,
as
you
have
said.
Hate
evil,
and
love
good,
and
establish
judgment
in
the
gate:
it
may
be
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts
may
have
mercy
on
the
remnant
of
Joseph.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts
the
sovereign
Lord:
In
every
street
there
shall
be
wailing:
and
in
all
places
that
are without,
they
shall
say:
Alas,
alas!
and
they
shall
call
the husbandman
to
mourning,
and
such
as
are
skillful
in
lamentation
to
lament.
And
in
all
vineyards
there
shall
be
wailing:
because
I
will
pass
through
in
the
midst
of thee, saith
the
Lord.
Woe
to
them
that
desire
the
day
of
the
Lord:
to
what end
is
it
for
you?
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
darkness,
and
not
light.
As
if
a
man
should
flee
from
the
face
of
a
lion,
and
a
bear
should
meet
him:
or
enter
into
the
house,
and
lean
with
his
hand
upon
the
wall,
and
a
serpent
should bite
him.
Shall
not
the
day
of
the
Lord
be
darkness,
and
not
light:
and
obscurity,
and
no
brightness
in
it?
I
hate,
and
have
rejected
your festivities:
and
I
will
not receive
the odour
of
your
assemblies.
And
if
you
offer
me holocausts,
and
your
gifts,
I
will
not
receive
them:
neither
will
I
regard
the vows
of
your fat beasts.
Take
away
from
me
the
tumult
of thy
songs:
and
I
will
not
hear
the canticles
of thy harp.
But
judgment
shall
be revealed
as
water,
and
justice
as
a mighty torrent.
Did
you
offer victims
and
sacrifices
to
me
in
the
desert
for
forty
years,
O
house
of
Israel?
But
you
carried
a tabernacle
for
your Moloch,
and
the
image
of
your idols,
the
star
of
your
god,
which
you
made
to
yourselves.
And
I
will cause
you
to
go
into
captivity
beyond
Damascus, saith
the
Lord,
the
God
of
hosts
is
his
name.
Woe
to
you
that
are wealthy
in Sion,
and
to
you
that
have
confidence
in
the
mountain
of
Samaria: ye great
men, heads
of
the
people,
that
go
in
with state
into
the
house
of
Israel.
Pass ye
over
to Chalane,
and
see,
and
go
from thence
into Emath
the
great:
and
go
down
into Geth
of
the
Philistines,
and
to
all
the
best
kingdoms
of
these:
if
their
border
be
larger
than
your
border.
You
that
are separated unto
the
evil
day:
and
that
approach
to
the throne
of iniquity;
You
that
sleep
upon
beds
of
ivory,
and
are wanton
on
your
couches:
that
eat
the
lambs
out
of
the
flock,
and
the
calves
out
of
the
midst
of
the herd;
You
that sing
to
the
sound
of
the psaltery:
they
have
thought
themselves
to
have
instruments
of
music
like
David;
That
drink
wine
in
bowls,
and
anoint
themselves
with
the best ointments:
and
they
are
not
concerned
for
the affliction
of
Joseph.
Wherefore
now
they
shall
go
captive
at
the
head
of
them
that
go
into
captivity:
and
the faction
of
the luxurious ones
shall
be
taken
away.
The
Lord
God hath
sworn
by
his
own
soul, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts:
I
detest
the
pride
of
Jacob,
and
I
hate
his houses,
and
I
will
deliver
up
the
city
with
the inhabitants thereof.
And
if
there
remain
ten
men
in
one
house,
they
also
shall
die.
And
a man’s kinsman
shall
take
him
up,
and
shall burn
him,
that
he
may
carry
the
bones
out
of
the
house;
and
he
shall
say
to
him
that
is
in
the
inner
rooms
of
the
house:
Is
there
yet
any
with thee?
And
he
shall answer:
There
is
an end.
And
he
shall
any
to
him:
Hold thy peace,
and mention
not
the name
of
the
Lord.
For behold
the Lord hath commanded,
and
he
will strike
the greater house
with breaches,
and
the lesser house
with clefts.
Can horses run upon
the rocks,
or
can
any
one plough
with buffles?
for
you
have turned
judgment
into bitterness,
and
the fruit
of justice
into wormwood.
You
that rejoice
in
a
thing
of nought:
you
that
say:
Have
we
not
taken unto
us horns
by
our own strength?
But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.
These things
the
Lord
God shewed
to
me:
and
behold
the locust
was
formed
in
the
beginning
of
the shooting
up
of
the latter rain,
and
lo,
it
was
the latter rain
after
the
king’s
mowing.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when
they
had
made
an
end
of
eating
the
grass
of
the
land,
I
said:
O
Lord
God,
be merciful,
I
beseech thee:
who
shall
raise
up
Jacob,
for
he
is very
little?
The
Lord
had
pity
upon
this:
It
shall
not
be,
said
the
Lord.
These things
the
Lord
God shewed
to
me:
and
behold
the
Lord
called
for judgment unto
fire,
and
it
devoured
the
great
deep,
and
ate
up
a part
at
the
same time.
And
I
said:
O
Lord
God,
cease,
I
beseech thee,
who
shall
raise
up
Jacob,
for
he
is
a
little
one?
The
Lord
had
pity
upon
this. Yea
this
also
shall
not
be,
said
the
Lord
God.
These things
the
Lord shewed
to
me:
and
behold
the
Lord
was
standing
upon
a plastered
wall,
and
in
his
hand
a mason’s trowel.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
What seest thou,
Amos?
And
I
said:
A mason’s trowel.
And
the
Lord
said:
Behold,
I
will
lay
down
the trowel
in
the
midst
of
my
people
Israel.
I
will plaster
them
over
no
more.
And
the
high
places
of
the
idol
shall
be thrown
down,
and
the
sanctuaries
of
Israel
shall
be
laid
waste:
and
I
will
rise
up
against
the
house
of
Jeroboam
with
the
sword.
And Amasias
the
priest
of
Bethel
sent
to
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
saying:
Amos hath rebelled
against thee
in
the
midst
of
the
house
of
Israel:
the
land
is
not
able
to bear
all
his
words.
For
thus saith
Amos:
Jeroboam
shall
die
by
the
sword,
and
Israel
shall
be
carried
away
captive
out
of
their own
land.
And Amasias
said
to
Amos: Thou
seer, go,
flee
away
into
the
land
of Juda:
and
eat
bread
there,
and
prophesy
there.
But
prophesy
not
again
any
more
in
Bethel:
because
it
is
the
king’s
sanctuary,
and
it
is
the
house
of
the
kingdom.
And
Amos
answered
and
said
to Amasias:
I
am
not
a
prophet,
nor
am
I
the
son
of
a
prophet:
but
I
am
a
herdsman plucking wild
figs.
And
the
Lord
took
me
when
I
followed
the
flock,
and
the
Lord
said
to
me: Go,
prophesy
to
my
people
Israel.
And
now
hear thou
the
word
of
the
Lord: Thou sayest, thou shalt
not
prophesy
against
Israel,
and thou shalt
not drop thy
word
upon
the
house
of
the
idol.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord: Thy
wife
shall
play
the
harlot
in
the
city,
and thy
sons
and thy
daughters
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and thy
land
shall
be measured
by
a
line:
and thou shalt
die
in
a polluted
land,
and
Israel
shall
go
into
captivity
out
of
their
land.
These things
the
Lord shewed
to
me:
and
behold
a hook
to draw down
the fruit.
And
he
said:
What seest thou,
Amos?
And
I
said:
A hook
to draw down fruit.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
The
end
is
come
upon
my
people
Israel:
I
will
not
again
pass
by
them
any
more.
And
the hinges
of
the
temple
shall screak
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord
God:
many
shall die:
silence
shall
be
cast
in
every
place.
Hear
this,
you
that crush
the
poor,
and
make
the
needy
of
the
land
to fail,
Saying:
When
will
the
month be
over,
and we shall
sell our wares:
and
the
sabbath,
and we shall
open
the corn:
that we
may lessen
the
measure,
and
increase
the sicle,
and
may convey
in
deceitful
balances,
That we
may possess
the
needy
for
money,
and
the
poor
for
a pair
of
shoes,
and
may
sell
the
refuse
of
the corn?
The
Lord hath
sworn
against
the
pride
of
Jacob:
surely
I
will
never
forget
all
their
works.
Shall
not
the
land
tremble
for
this,
and
every
one
mourn
that dwelleth therein:
and
rise
up
altogether
as
a
river,
and
be
cast
out,
and run
down
as
the
river
of
Egypt?
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord
God,
that
the
sun
shall
go down
at midday,
and
I
will
make
the
earth
dark
in
the
day
of
light:
And
I
will
turn
your
feasts
into
mourning,
and
all
your
songs
into
lamentation:
and
I
will
bring
up
sackcloth
upon
every
back
of yours,
and
baldness
upon
every
head:
and
I
will
make
it
as
the
mourning
of
an
only
son,
and
the
latter
end thereof
as
a
bitter
day.
Behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
will
send
forth
a
famine
into
the
land:
not
a
famine
of
bread,
nor
a
thirst
of
water,
but
of
hearing
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
they
shall move
from
sea
to
sea,
and
from
the
north
to
the
east:
they
shall go
about
seeking
the
word
of
the
Lord,
and
shall
not
find
it.
In
that
day
the
fair
virgins,
and
the
young
men
shall
faint
for
thirst.
They
that
swear
by
the sin
of
Samaria,
and
say: Thy
God,
O
Dan, liveth:
and
the
way
of Bersabee liveth:
and
they
shall
fall,
and
shall
rise
no
more.
I
saw
the
Lord
standing
upon
the
altar,
and
he
said:
Strike
the hinges,
and
let
the lintels
be
shook:
for
there
is covetousness
in
the
head
of
them
all,
and
I
will
slay
the
last
of
them
with
the
sword:
there
shall
be
no
flight
for
them:
they
shall
flee,
and
he
that
shall
flee
of
them
shall
not
be
delivered.
Though
they
go
down
even
to hell, thence
shall
my
hand
bring
them
out:
and
though
they
climb
up
to
heaven, thence
will
I
bring
them
down.
And
though
they
be
hid
in
the
top
of
Carmel,
I
will
search
and
take
them
away
from thence:
and
though
they
hide
themselves
from
my
eyes
in
the depth
of
the
sea,
there
will
I
command
the
serpent
and
he
shall bite
them.
And
if
they go
into
captivity
before
their
enemies,
there
will
I
command
the
sword,
and
it
shall
kill
them.
And
I
will
set
my
eyes
upon
them
for
evil,
and
not
for
good.
And
the
Lord
the
God
of
hosts
is
he
who toucheth
the
earth,
and
it
shall
melt:
and
all
that
dwell therein
shall
mourn:
and
it
shall
rise
up
as
a
river,
and
shall run
down
as
the
river
of
Egypt.
He
that buildeth
his ascension
in
heaven,
and hath
founded
his bundle
upon
the
earth:
who calleth
the
waters
of
the
sea,
and poureth
them
out
upon
the
face
of
the
earth,
the
Lord
is
his
name.
Are
not
you
as
the
children
of
the
Ethiopians unto
me,
O
children
of
Israel, saith
the
Lord?
did
not
I
bring
up
Israel,
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
and
the
Philistines
out
of Cappadocia,
and
the Syrians
out
of Cyrene?
Behold
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
God
are
upon
the
sinful
kingdom,
and
I
will
destroy
it
from
the
face
of
the
earth:
but
yet
I
will
not
utterly
destroy
the
house
of
Jacob, saith
the
Lord.
For
behold
I
will
command,
and
I
will sift
the
house
of
Israel
among
all
nations,
as corn
is sifted
in
a
sieve:
and
there
shall
not
a little
stone
fall
to
the
ground.
All
the
sinners
of
my
people
shall fall
by
the
sword:
who
say:
The evils
shall
not
approach,
and
shall
not
come upon
us.
In
that
day
I
will
raise
up
the tabernacle
of
David,
that
is
fallen:
and
I
will close
up
the
breaches
of
the walls thereof,
and
repair what
was
fallen:
and
I
will
rebuild
it
as
in
the
days
of
old.
That
they
may
possess
the
remnant
of
Edom,
and
all
nations,
because
my
name
is invoked
upon
them: saith
the
Lord
that doth
these
things.
Behold
the
days
come, saith
the
Lord,
when
the ploughman
shall
overtake
the reaper,
and
the
treader
of
grapes
him
that soweth
seed:
and
the
mountains
shall drop sweetness,
and
every
hill
shall
be tilled.
And
I
will
bring
back
the
captivity
of
my
people
Israel:
and
they
shall
build
the abandoned
cities,
and
inhabit
them:
and
they
shall
plant
vineyards,
and
drink
the
wine
of
them:
and
shall
make
gardens,
and
eat
the
fruits
of
them.
And
I
will
plant
them
upon
their own
land:
and
I
will
no
more
pluck
them
out
of
their
land
which
I
have
given
them, saith
the
Lord thy
God.
Obadiah
The Book of Obadiah
Obadiah
Oba
The Book of
Obadiah
The
vision
of Abdias.
Thus saith
the
Lord
God
to
Edom:
We
have
heard
a rumour
from
the
Lord,
and
he hath
sent
an ambassador
to
the
nations:
Arise,
and
let
us
rise
up
to
battle
against
him.
Behold
I
have
made thee
small
among
the
nations: thou art
exceeding contemptible.
The
pride
of thy
heart hath lifted thee up,
who dwellest
in
the
clefts
of
the
rocks,
and settest up thy throne
on
high:
who sayest
in thy
heart:
Who
shall
bring
me
down
to
the
ground?
Though thou
be
exalted
as
an
eagle,
and
though thou
set thy
nest
among
the
stars: thence
will
I
bring thee
down, saith
the
Lord.
If
thieves
had
gone
in
to thee,
if
robbers
by
night,
how wouldst thou
have held thy peace? would
they
not
have
stolen till
they
had
enough?
if
the grapegatherers
had
come
in
to thee, would
they
not
have
left thee
at
the least
a cluster?
How have they
searched
Esau,
how have they sought out
his
hidden things?
They
have
sent thee
out
even
to
the
border:
all
the
men
of thy confederacy
have deceived thee:
the
men
of thy
peace
have
prevailed
against thee:
they
that eat
with thee
shall
lay snares
under thee:
there
is
no
wisdom
in
him.
Shall
not
I
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord,
destroy
the
wise
out
of
Edom,
and
understanding
out
of
the
mount
of
Esau?
And thy
valiant
men
of
the south
shall
be afraid,
that
man
may
be
cut
off
from
the
mount
of
Esau.
For
the slaughter,
and
for
the iniquity
against thy
brother
Jacob, confusion
shall
cover thee,
and thou shalt
perish
for
ever.
In
the
day
when thou stoodest
against
him,
when
strangers
carried
away
his
army
captive,
and
foreigners
entered
into
his
gates,
and
cast
lots
upon
Jerusalem: thou
also wast
as
one
of
them.
But thou shalt
not
look
on
in
the
day
of thy
brother,
in
the
day
of
his leaving
his country:
and thou shalt
not
rejoice over
the
children
of Juda,
in
the
day
of
their
destruction:
and thou shalt
not
magnify thy
mouth
in
the
day
of
distress.
Neither shalt thou
enter
into
the
gate
of
my
people
in
the
day
of
their ruin:
neither shalt thou
also
look
on
in
his evils
in
the
day
of
his
calamity:
and thou shalt
not
be
sent
out
against
his
army
in
the
day
of
his desolation.
Neither shalt thou
stand
in
the crossways
to
kill
them
that flee:
and thou shalt
not
shut
up
them
that
remain
of
him
in
the
day
of tribulation.
For
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
at
hand
upon
all
nations:
as thou hast
done,
so
shall
it
be
done
to thee:
he
will
turn thy reward
upon thy own
head.
For
as
you
have
drunk
upon
my
holy
mountain,
so
all
nations
shall
drink
continually:
and
they
shall
drink,
and sup
up,
and
they
shall
be
as
though
they
were
not.
And
in
mount Sion
shall
be salvation,
and
it
shall
be
holy,
and
the
house
of
Jacob
shall
possess
those
that
possessed
them.
And
the
house
of
Jacob
shall
be
a
fire,
and
the
house
of
Joseph
a
flame,
and
the
house
of
Esau
stubble:
and
they
shall
be kindled
in
them,
and
shall
devour
them:
and
there
shall
be
no
remains
of
the
house
of
Esau,
for
the
Lord hath
spoken
it.
And
they
that
are toward
the
south,
shall
inherit
the
mount
of
Esau,
and
they
that
are
in
the
plains,
the
Philistines:
and
they
shall
possess
the
country
of
Ephraim,
and
the
country
of
Samaria:
and
Benjamin
shall
possess Galaad.
And
the captivity
of
this
host
of
the
children
of
Israel,
all
the places
of
the Chanaanites
even
to Sarepta:
and
the captivity
of
Jerusalem
that
is
in Bosphorus,
shall
possess
the
cities
of
the
south.
And saviours
shall
come
up
into
mount Sion
to
judge
the
mount
of
Esau:
and
the
kingdom
shall
be
for
the
Lord.
Jonah
The Book of Jonah
Jonah
Jon
The Book of
Jonah
Now
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jonas
the
son
of Amathi,
saying:
Arise,
and
go
to Ninive
the
great
city,
and preach
in
it:
for
the
wickedness thereof
is
come
up
before
me.
And Jonas
rose
up
to
flee
into Tharsis
from
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
he
went
down
to Joppe,
and
found
a
ship
going
to Tharsis:
and
he
paid
the
fare thereof,
and
went
down
into
it,
to
go
with
them
to Tharsis
from
the
face
of
the
Lord.
But
the
Lord sent
a
great
wind
into
the
sea:
and
a
great
tempest
was raised
in
the
sea,
and
the
ship
was
in danger
to
be
broken.
And
the mariners
were
afraid,
and
the
men
cried
to
their
god:
and
they
cast forth
the wares
that
were
in
the
ship,
into
the
sea,
to
lighten
it
of
them:
and Jonas
went
down
into
the
inner
part
of
the
ship,
and
fell
into
a deep
sleep.
And
the shipmaster
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him:
Why art thou fast asleep?
rise
up,
call
upon thy
God,
if
so
be
that
God
will
think
of
us,
that we
may
not
perish.
And
they
said
every
one
to
his
fellow:
Come,
and let
us
cast
lots,
that we
may
know why
this
evil
is
upon
us.
And
they
cast
lots,
and
the
lot
fell
upon Jonas.
And
they
said
to
him:
Tell
us
for
what cause
this
evil
is
upon
us,
what
is thy
business?
of
what
country art thou?
and whither goest thou?
or
of
what
people art thou?
And
he
said
to
them:
I
am
a
Hebrew,
and
I
fear
the
Lord
the
God
of
heaven,
who
made both
the
sea
and
the
dry
land.
And
the
men
were
greatly
afraid,
and
they
said
to
him:
Why hast thou
done
this? (for
the
men
knew
that
he
fled
from
the
face
of
the
Lord:
because
he
had
told
them.)
And
they
said
to
him:
What
shall
we
do
to thee,
that
the
sea
may
be
calm
to
us?
for
the
sea
flowed
and swelled.
And
he
said
to
them:
Take
me
up,
and
cast
me
into
the
sea,
and
the
sea
shall
be
calm
to
you:
for
I
know
that
for
my
sake
this
great
tempest
is
upon
you.
And
the
men
rowed hard
to
return
to
land,
but
they
were
not
able:
because
the
sea tossed
and swelled
upon
them.
And
they
cried
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
We
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
let
us
not
perish
for
this
man’s
life,
and
lay
not
upon
us
innocent
blood:
for thou,
O
Lord, hast
done
as
it
pleased thee.
And
they
took Jonas,
and
cast
him
into
the
sea,
and
the
sea ceased
from
raging.
And
the
men
feared
the
Lord
exceedingly,
and
sacrificed victims
to
the
Lord,
and
made
vows.
Now
the
Lord prepared
a
great
fish
to
swallow
up Jonas:
and Jonas
was
in
the belly
of
the
fish
three
days
and
three
nights.
And Jonas
prayed
to
the
Lord
his
God
out
of
the belly
of
the
fish.
And
he
said:
I
cried
out
of
my affliction
to
the
Lord,
and
he
heard
me:
I
cried
out
of
the
belly
of hell,
and thou hast
heard
my
voice.
And thou hast
cast
me forth
into
the
deep
in
the
heart
of
the
sea,
and
a flood hath compassed
me:
all thy
billows,
and thy
waves
have
passed
over
me.
And
I
said:
I
am cast
away
out
of
the
sight
of thy
eyes:
but
yet
I
shall
see thy
holy
temple
again.
The
waters compassed
me
about
even
to
the
soul:
the
deep hath closed
me
round
about,
the sea hath covered
my
head.
I
went
down
to
the lowest parts
of
the
mountains:
the
bars
of
the
earth
have shut
me
up
for
ever:
and thou wilt
bring
up
my
life
from
corruption,
O
Lord
my
God.
When
my
soul
was
in distress
within
me,
I
remembered
the
Lord:
that
my
prayer
may
come
to thee, unto thy
holy
temple.
They that are
vain
observe
vanities,
forsake
their own mercy.
But
I
with
the
voice
of
praise
will
sacrifice
to thee:
I
will
pay whatsoever
I
have
vowed
for
my
salvation
to
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
spoke
to
the
fish:
and
it vomited
out Jonas
upon
the
dry
land.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Jonas
the
second
time,
saying:
Arise,
and
go
to Ninive
the
great
city:
and preach
in
it
the preaching
that
I bid thee.
And Jonas
arose,
and
went
to Ninive,
according
to
the
word
of
the
Lord:
now Ninive
was
a
great
city
of
three
days’
journey.
And Jonas
began
to
enter
into
the
city
one
day’s
journey:
and
he
cried,
and
said:
Yet
forty
days,
and Ninive
shall
be
destroyed.
And
the
men
of Ninive
believed
in
God:
and
they
proclaimed
a
fast,
and
put
on
sackcloth
from
the
greatest
to
the least.
And
the
word
came
to
the
king
of Ninive;
and
he
rose
up
out
of
his
throne,
and
cast
away
his
robe
from
him,
and
was
clothed
with
sackcloth,
and
sat
in
ashes.
And
he caused
it
to
be proclaimed
and published
in Ninive
from
the mouth
of
the
king
and
of
his princes,
saying:
Let
neither
men
nor
beasts,
oxen
nor
sheep,
taste
any
thing:
let
them
not
feed,
nor
drink
water.
And let
men
and
beasts
be
covered
with
sackcloth,
and
cry
to
the Lord
with
all
their strength,
and let
them
turn
every
one
from
his
evil
way,
and
from
the iniquity
that
is
in
their
hands.
Who
can
tell if
God
will
turn,
and forgive:
and
will
turn
away
from
his
fierce
anger,
and
we
shall
not
perish?
And
God
saw
their
works,
that
they
were
turned
from
their
evil
way:
and
God
had mercy
with
regard
to
the
evil
which
he
had
said
that
he
would
do
to
them,
and
he
did
it
not.
And Jonas
was
exceedingly troubled,
and
was
angry:
And
he
prayed
to
the
Lord,
and
said:
I
beseech thee,
O
Lord,
is
not
this
what
I
said,
when
I
was
yet
in
my
own
country?
therefore
I
went
before
to
flee
into Tharsis:
for
I
know
that thou art
a
gracious
and
merciful
God,
patient,
and
of
much
compassion,
and easy
to forgive
evil.
And
now,
O
Lord,
I
beseech thee
take
my
life
from
me:
for
it
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.
And
the
Lord
said: Dost thou
think thou hast
reason
to
be
angry?
Then Jonas
went
out
of
the
city,
and
sat
toward
the
east side
of
the
city:
and
he
made
himself
a
booth
there,
and
he
sat
under
it
in
the
shadow,
till
he
might
see
what
would
befall
the
city.
And
the
Lord
God prepared
an ivy,
and
it
came
up
over
the
head
of Jonas,
to
be
a
shadow
over
his
head,
and
to cover
him (for
he
was fatigued),
and Jonas
was
exceeding
glad
of
the ivy.
But
God prepared
a worm,
when
the
morning
arose
on
the
following
day:
and
it
struck
the ivy
and
it
withered.
And
when
the
sun
was
risen,
the Lord
commanded
a hot
and burning
wind:
and
the
sun
beat
upon
the
head
of Jonas,
and
he broiled
with
the heat:
and
he
desired
for
his
soul
that
he might
die,
and
said:
It
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.
And
the Lord
said
to Jonas: Dost thou
think thou hast
reason
to
be
angry,
for
the ivy?
And
he
said:
I
am
angry
with
reason
even unto
death.
And
the
Lord
said: Thou art grieved
for
the ivy,
for
which thou hast
not laboured,
nor
made
it
to
grow,
which
in
one
night
came
up,
and
in
one
night
perished.
And
shall
not
I
spare Ninive,
that
great
city,
in
which
there
are
more
than
a hundred
and twenty
thousand
persons
that
know
not
how
to
distinguish
between
their
right
hand
and
their
left,
and
many
beasts?
Micah
The Book of Micah
Micah
Mic
The Book of
Micah
The
word
of
the
Lord
that
came
to Micheas
the Morasthite,
in
the
days
of Joathan, Achaz,
and Ezechias,
kings
of Juda:
which
he
saw
concerning
Samaria
and
Jerusalem.
Hear,
all ye
people:
and
let
the
earth
give ear,
and
all
that
is therein:
and
let
the
Lord
God
be
a
witness
to
you,
the
Lord
from
his
holy
temple.
For
behold
the
Lord
will
come
forth
out
of
his
place:
and
he
will
come
down,
and
will
tread
upon
the
high
places
of
the
earth.
And
the
mountains
shall
be
melted
under
him:
and
the
valleys
shall
be cleft,
as
wax
before
the
fire,
and
as
waters
that run
down
a
steep
place.
For
the wickedness
of
Jacob
is
all
this,
and
for
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Israel.
What
is
the wickedness
of
Jacob?
is
it
not
Samaria?
and
what
are
the
high
places
of Juda?
are
they
not
Jerusalem?
And
I
will
make
Samaria
as
a
heap
of
stones
in
the
field
when
a
vineyard
is
planted:
and
I
will
bring
down
the
stones thereof
into
the
valley,
and
will
lay
her
foundations
bare.
And
all
her
graven
things shall
be cut
in
pieces,
and
all
her
wages shall
be
burnt
with
fire,
and
I
will
bring
to destruction
all
her
idols:
for
they
were
gathered
together
of
the
hire
of
a
harlot,
and unto
the
hire
of
a
harlot
they shall
return.
Therefore
will
I
lament
and
howl:
I
will go stripped
and
naked:
I
will
make
a
wailing
like
the dragons,
and
a
mourning
like
the
ostriches.
Because
her
wound
is desperate,
because
it
is
come
even
to Juda,
it hath
touched
the
gate
of
my
people
even
to
Jerusalem.
Declare ye it
not
in Geth,
weep ye
not with tears:
in
the house
of
Dust sprinkle yourselves with
dust.
And
pass
away, O thou
that dwellest
in
the Beautiful place, covered
with thy
shame:
she
went
not
forth
that dwelleth
in
the confines:
the House adjoining
shall
receive mourning
from
you, which stood
by herself.
For
she
is become weak unto
good
that dwelleth
in bitterness:
for
evil
is
come
down
from
the
Lord
into
the
gate
of
Jerusalem.
A tumult
of
chariots hath astonished
the
inhabitants
of Lachis:
it
is
the
beginning
of
sin
to
the
daughter
of Sion,
for
in thee
were
found
the
crimes
of
Israel.
Therefore
shall
she
send messengers
to
the inheritance
of Geth:
the
houses
of lying
to deceive
the
kings
of
Israel.
Yet
will
I
bring
an
heir
to thee
that dwellest
in Maresa:
even
to Odollam
shall
the
glory
of
Israel
come.
Make thee
bald,
and
be polled
for thy delicate
children:
enlarge thy
baldness
as
the
eagle:
for
they
are
carried
into
captivity
from thee.
Woe
to
you
that
devise
that which
is unprofitable,
and
work
evil
in
your
beds:
in
the
morning
light
they
execute
it,
because
their
hand
is
against
God.
And
they
have
coveted
fields,
and
taken
them
by violence,
and
houses
they
have forcibly
taken
away:
and
oppressed
a
man
and
his
house,
a
man
and
his
inheritance.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
Behold,
I
devise
an
evil
against
this
family:
from
which
you
shall
not withdraw
your
necks,
and
you
shall
not walk
haughtily,
for
this
is
a
very
evil
time.
In
that
day
a
parable
shall
be
taken
up
upon
you,
and
a song
shall
be sung
with melody
by
them
that
say:
We
are
laid
waste
and spoiled:
the
portion
of
my
people
is
changed:
how
shall
he
depart
from
me, whereas
he
is returning
that
will
divide
our
land?
Therefore thou shalt
have
none
that
shall
cast
the
cord
of
a
lot
in
the
assembly
of
the
Lord.
Speak ye
not, saying:
It
shall
not drop upon
these, confusion
shall
not take them.
The
house
of
Jacob saith:
Is
the
spirit
of
the
Lord straitened,
or
are
these
his
thoughts?
Are
not
my
words
good
to
him
that walketh
uprightly?
But
my
people,
on
the contrary,
are
risen
up
as
an
enemy:
you have
taken
away
the
cloak
off
from
the coat:
and
them
that
passed harmless
you have
turned
to
war.
You
have cast
out
the
women
of
my
people
from
their
houses,
in
which
they
took
delight:
you
have
taken
my
praise
for
ever
from
their
children.
Arise ye,
and depart,
for
there
is
no
rest
here
for
you.
For
that uncleanness
of
the land,
it
shall
be corrupted
with
a grievous corruption.
Would God
I
were
not
a
man
that hath
the
spirit,
and
that
I rather spoke
a
lie:
I
will
let drop
to thee
of
wine,
and
of drunkenness:
and
it
shall
be
this
people
upon whom
it
shall drop.
I
will
assemble
and
gather
together
all
of thee, O
Jacob:
I
will
bring
together
the
remnant
of
Israel,
I
will
put
them
together
as
a
flock
in
the
fold,
as
the
sheep
in
the
midst
of
the sheepcotes,
they
shall
make
a tumult
by reason
of
the multitude
of
men.
For
he
shall
go
up
that
shall
open
the
way
before
them:
they
shall divide,
and
pass
through
the
gate,
and
shall
come
in
by
it:
and
their
king
shall
pass
before
them,
and
the
Lord
at
the
head
of
them.
And
I
said:
Hear,
O ye princes
of
Jacob,
and ye
chiefs
of
the
house
of
Israel:
Is
it
not
your part
to
know
judgment,
You
that
hate
good,
and
love
evil:
that violently pluck
off
their
skins
from
them,
and
their
flesh
from
their
bones?
Who
have
eaten
the
flesh
of
my
people,
and
have flayed
their
skin
from
off
them:
and
have broken,
and chopped
their
bones
as
for
the
kettle,
and
as
flesh
in
the
midst
of
the
pot.
Then
shall
they
cry
to
the
Lord,
and
he
will
not hear
them:
and
he
will
hide
his
face
from
them
at
that
time,
as
they
have behaved wickedly
in
their devices.
Thus saith
the
Lord
concerning
the
prophets
that
make
my
people
err:
that bite
with
their
teeth,
and preach
peace:
and
if
a man
give
not something
into
their
mouth,
they
prepare
war
against
him.
Therefore
night
shall
be
to
you instead
of
vision,
and
darkness
to
you instead
of
divination;
and
the
sun
shall
go
down
upon
the
prophets,
and
the
day
shall
be
darkened
over
them.
And
they
shall
be
confounded
that see
visions,
and
the
diviners
shall
be
confounded:
and
they
shall
all
cover
their faces,
because
there
is
no
answer
of
God.
But
yet
I
am
filled
with
the
strength
of
the
spirit
of
the
Lord,
with
judgment,
and
power:
to
declare unto
Jacob
his wickedness,
and
to
Israel
his
sin.
Hear
this, ye princes
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
and ye judges
of
the
house
of
Israel:
you
that
abhor
judgment,
and pervert
all
that
is
right.
You
that
build
up Sion
with
blood,
and
Jerusalem
with
iniquity.
Her princes
have
judged
for
bribes,
and
her
priests
have
taught
for hire,
and
her
prophets divined
for
money:
and
they
leaned
upon
the
Lord,
saying:
Is
not
the
Lord
in
the
midst
of
us?
no
evil
shall
come
upon
us.
Therefore,
because
of
you, Sion
shall
be ploughed
as
a
field,
and
Jerusalem
shall
be
as
a
heap
of stones,
and
the
mountain
of
the
temple
as
the
high
places
of
the forests.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
the
last
days,
that
the
mountain
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
shall
be
prepared
in
the
top
of
mountains,
and
high
above
the
hills:
and
people
shall flow
to
it.
And
many
nations
shall
come
in haste,
and
say:
Come,
let
us
go
up
to
the
mountain
of
the
Lord,
and
to
the
house
of
the
God
of
Jacob:
and
he
will
teach
us
of
his
ways,
and
we
will
walk
in
his
paths:
for
the
law
shall
go
forth
out
of Sion,
and
the
word
of
the
Lord
out
of
Jerusalem.
And
he
shall
judge
among
many
people,
and
rebuke
strong
nations
afar
off:
and
they
shall
beat
their
swords
into ploughshares,
and
their
spears
into spades:
nation
shall
not
take
sword
against
nation:
neither
shall
they
learn
war
any
more.
And
every
man
shall
sit
under
his
vine,
and
under
his
fig
tree,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
make
them
afraid:
for
the
mouth
of
the
Lord
of
hosts hath
spoken.
For
all
people
will walk
every
one
in
the
name
of
his
god:
but
we
will walk
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
our
God
for
ever
and
ever.
In
that
day, saith
the
Lord,
I
will
gather up
her
that halteth:
and
her
that
I
had
cast
out,
I
will
gather up:
and
her
whom
I
had afflicted.
And
I
will
make
her
that halted,
a
remnant:
and
her
that hath
been
afflicted,
a
mighty
nation:
and
the
Lord
will
reign
over
them
in
mount Sion,
from
this
time
now
and
for
ever.
And thou,
O cloudy
tower
of
the
flock,
of
the
daughter
of Sion, unto thee
shall
it
come: yea
the
first power
shall
come,
the
kingdom
to
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem.
Now,
why art thou drawn
together
with grief? Hast thou
no
king
in thee,
or
is thy counsellor
perished,
because sorrow hath
taken thee
as
a woman
in labour?
Be
in pain
and labour,
O
daughter
of Sion,
as
a
woman
that bringeth
forth:
for
now shalt thou
go
out
of
the
city,
and shalt
dwell
in
the
country,
and shalt
come
even
to
Babylon,
there thou shalt
be
delivered:
there
the
Lord
will
redeem thee
out
of
the
hand
of thy
enemies.
And
now
many
nations
are
gathered
together
against thee,
and
they
say:
Let
her
be stoned:
and
let
our
eye
look
upon Sion.
But
they
have
not
known
the
thoughts
of
the
Lord,
and
have
not
understood
his
counsel:
because
he hath
gathered
them
together
as
the hay
of
the
floor.
Arise,
and tread,
O
daughter
of Sion:
for
I
will
make thy
horn
iron,
and thy
hoofs
I
will
make brass:
and thou shalt beat
in pieces
many
peoples,
and shalt immolate
the spoils
of
them
to
the
Lord,
and
their
strength
to
the
Lord
of
the
whole
earth.
Now shalt thou
be
laid waste,
O daughter
of
the robber:
they
have
laid siege
against
us,
with
a rod
shall
they strike
the cheek
of
the judge
of
Israel.
AND THOU, BETHLEHEM Ephrata, art
a little
one
among
the thousands
of Juda:
out
of thee
shall
he
come
forth unto
me
that
is
to
be
the ruler
in
Israel:
and
his
going
forth
is
from
the
beginning,
from
the days
of eternity.
Therefore
will
he give
them
up
even
till
the
time wherein
she
that travaileth
shall
bring forth:
and
the remnant
of
his brethren
shall
be converted
to
the children
of Israel.
And
he
shall
stand,
and
feed
in
the strength
of
the Lord,
in
the height
of
the name
of
the Lord
his God:
and
they
shall
be converted,
for
now
shall
he
be magnified
even
to
the ends
of
the
earth.
And
this man
shall
be
our peace,
when
the Assyrian
shall
come
into
our
land,
and
when
he
shall
set
his
foot
in
our houses:
and
we
shall raise
against
him seven
shepherds,
and eight principal men.
And
they
shall feed
the
land
of Assyria
with
the sword,
and
the
land
of Nemrod
with
the spears thereof:
and
he
shall deliver
us
from
the Assyrian,
when
he
shall
come
into
our
land,
and
when
he
shall tread
in
our borders.
And
the
remnant
of
Jacob
shall
be
in
the
midst
of
many
peoples
as
a dew
from
the Lord,
and
as drops
upon
the grass,
which waiteth
not
for
man,
nor tarrieth
for
the children
of
men.
And
the remnant
of Jacob
shall
be
among
the Gentiles
in
the midst
of many peoples
as
a lion
among
the beasts
of
the forests,
and
as
a young lion
among
the flocks
of sheep:
who
when
he
shall go
through
and tread
down,
and
take,
there
is
none
to deliver.
Thy hand
shall
be lifted
up
over thy enemies,
and
all thy enemies
shall
be
cut
off.
And
it
shall come
to pass
in
that day, saith
the Lord,
that
I
will take
away thy horses
out
of
the midst
of thee,
and
will
destroy thy chariots.
And
I
will
destroy
the cities
of thy land,
and
will throw
down all thy strong holds,
and
I
will
take away
sorceries
out
of thy
hand,
and
there
shall
be
no divinations
in thee.
And
I
will
destroy thy
graven
things,
and thy statues
out
of
the
midst
of thee:
and thou shalt
no
more adore
the
works
of thy
hands.
And I will
pluck up thy groves out
of
the
midst
of thee:
and will crush thy
cities.
And
I
will execute
vengeance
in
wrath
and
in indignation
among all
the
nations
that
have
not
given ear.
Hear ye
what
the
Lord saith:
Arise,
contend thou
in
judgment
against
the
mountains,
and
let
the
hills
hear thy
voice.
Let
the
mountains
hear
the
judgment
of
the
Lord,
and
the strong
foundations
of
the
earth:
for
the
Lord
will enter
into
judgment
with
his
people,
and
he
will
plead
against
Israel.
O
my
people,
what have
I
done
to thee,
or
in
what have
I molested thee?
answer thou
me.
For
I
brought thee
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
delivered thee
out
of
the
house
of
slaves:
and
I
sent
before thy
face
Moses,
and
Aaron,
and Mary.
O
my
people,
remember,
I
pray thee,
what Balach
the
king
of
Moab
purposed:
and
what
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
answered
him,
from Setim
to Galgal,
that thou mightest
know
the justices
of
the
Lord.
What
shall
I offer
to
the
Lord
that
is worthy? wherewith
shall
I kneel
before
the
high
God?
shall
I offer holocausts unto
him,
and
calves
of
a
year
old?
May
the
Lord
be appeased
with
thousands
of
rams,
or
with many
thousands
of fat
he goats?
shall
I
give
my
firstborn
for
my wickedness,
the
fruit
of
my
body
for
the
sin
of
my
soul?
I
will shew thee,
O
man,
what
is
good,
and
what
the
Lord requireth
of thee: Verily,
to
do
judgment,
and
to
love
mercy,
and
to walk solicitous
with thy
God.
The
voice
of
the
Lord crieth
to
the
city,
and salvation
shall
be
to
them
that
fear thy
name:
hear,
O ye
tribes,
and
who
shall approve
it?
As
yet there
is
a fire
in
the
house
of
the
wicked,
the
treasures
of iniquity,
and
a scant
measure full
of wrath.
Shall
I
justify
wicked
balances,
and the
deceitful
weights
of the
bag?
By
which
her
rich
men
were
filled
with iniquity,
and
the
inhabitants thereof
have
spoken
lies,
and
their
tongue
was
deceitful
in
their
mouth.
And
I
therefore began
to
strike thee
with
desolation
for thy
sins.
Thou shalt
eat,
but shalt
not
be
filled:
and thy humiliation
shall
be
in
the
midst
of thee:
and thou shalt
take
hold,
but shalt
not save:
and
those
whom thou shalt save,
I
will
give
up
to
the
sword.
Thou shalt
sow,
but shalt
not
reap: thou shalt
tread
the
olives,
but shalt
not
be anointed
with
the
oil:
and
the
new
wine,
but shalt
not
drink
the
wine.
For thou hast
kept
the
statutes
of Amri,
and
all
the
works
of
the
house
of Achab:
and thou hast walked according
to
their wills,
that
I
should
make thee
a
desolation,
and
the
inhabitants thereof
a
hissing,
and
you
shall
bear
the
reproach
of
my
people.
Woe
is
me,
for
I
am
become
as
one
that gleaneth
in autumn
the grapes
of
the
vintage:
there
is
no
cluster
to
eat,
my
soul
desired
the firstripe figs.
The
holy
man
is
perished
out
of
the
earth,
and
there
is
none
upright
among
men:
they
all
lie
in
wait
for
blood,
every
one hunteth
his
brother
to
death.
The
evil
of
their
hands
they call
good:
the
prince requireth,
and
the
judge
is
for
giving:
and
the
great
man hath
uttered
the
desire
of
his
soul,
and
they
have troubled
it.
He
that
is
best among
them,
is
as
a brier:
and
he
that
is righteous,
as
the
thorn
of
the
hedge.
The
day
of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh:
now
shall
be
their destruction.
Believe
not
a
friend,
and
trust
not
in
a prince:
keep
the
doors
of thy
mouth
from
her
that sleepeth
in thy
bosom.
For
the
son dishonoureth
the
father,
and
the
daughter riseth
up
against
her
mother,
the
daughter
in law
against
her
mother
in law:
and
a
man’s
enemies
are
they
of
his
own
household.
But
I
will look towards
the
Lord,
I
will
wait
for
God
my Saviour:
my
God
will
hear
me.
Rejoice
not, thou,
my
enemy,
over
me,
because
I
am
fallen:
I
shall
arise,
when
I
sit
in
darkness,
the
Lord
is
my
light.
I
will
bear
the
wrath
of
the
Lord,
because
I
have
sinned
against
him;
until
he
judge
my
cause
and execute
judgment
for
me:
he
will
bring
me
forth
into
the
light,
I
shall
behold
his
justice.
And
my
enemy
shall
behold,
and she
shall
be
covered
with
shame,
who saith
to
me:
Where
is
the
Lord thy
God?
My
eyes
shall
look
down
upon
her:
now
shall she
be trodden under foot
as
the
mire
of
the
streets.
The
day
shall come,
that thy
walls
may
be
built
up:
in
that
day
shall
the law
be
far
removed.
In
that
day
they
shall
come
even
from
Assyria
to thee,
and
to
the
fortified
cities:
and
from
the
fortified
cities
even
to
the
river,
and
from
sea
to
sea,
and
from
mountain
to
mountain.
And
the
land
shall
be
made
desolate,
because
of
the
inhabitants thereof,
and
for
the
fruit
of
their devices.
Feed thy
people
with thy
rod,
the
flock
of thy
inheritance,
them
that
dwell
alone
in
the
forest,
in
the
midst
of
Carmel:
they
shall
feed
in Basan
and Galaad according
to
the
days
of
old.
According
to
the
days
of thy
coming
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
I
will shew
him
wonders.
The
nations
shall
see,
and
shall
be
confounded
at
all
their
strength:
they
shall
put
the
hand
upon
the
mouth,
their
ears
shall
be deaf.
They
shall
lick
the
dust
like
serpents,
as
the creeping things
of
the
earth,
they
shall
be
disturbed
in
their houses:
they
shall
dread
the
Lord
our
God,
and
shall
fear thee.
Who
is
a
God
like
to thee,
who takest
away
iniquity,
and passest
by
the
sin
of
the
remnant
of thy
inheritance?
he
will send
his fury
in
no
more,
because
he delighteth
in mercy.
He
will
turn
again,
and
have
mercy
on
us:
he
will
put
away
our
iniquities:
and
he
will
cast
all
our
sins
into
the bottom
of
the
sea.
Thou wilt perform
the
truth
of
Jacob,
the mercy
to
Abraham:
which thou hast
sworn
to
our
fathers
from
the
days
of old.
Nahum
The Book of Nahum
Nahum
Nam
The Book of
Nahum
The
burden
of Ninive.
The
book
of
the
vision
of
Nahum
the Elcesite.
The
Lord
is
a
jealous
God,
and
a revenger:
the
Lord
is
a revenger,
and hath
wrath:
the
Lord taketh
vengeance
on
his adversaries,
and
he
is
angry
with
his
enemies.
The
Lord
is
patient,
and
great
in
power,
and
will
not cleanse
and
acquit
the guilty.
The
Lord’s
ways
are
in
a
tempest,
and
a whirlwind,
and
clouds
are
the
dust
of
his
feet.
He rebuketh
the
sea,
and drieth
it
up:
and bringeth
all
the
rivers
to
be
a desert. Basan languisheth
and
Carmel:
and
the dower
of Libanus fadeth
away.
The
mountains
tremble
at
him,
and
the
hills
are
made desolate:
and
the
earth hath
quaked
at
his
presence,
and
the
world,
and
all
that
dwell therein.
Who
can
stand
before
the
face
of
his
indignation?
and
who
shall resist
in
the
fierceness
of
his
anger?
his
indignation
is
poured
out
like
fire:
and
the
rocks
are
melted
by
him.
The
Lord
is
good
and giveth
strength
in
the
day
of
trouble:
and knoweth
them
that hope
in
him.
But
with
a
flood
that passeth
by,
he
will
make an utter
end
of
the
place thereof:
and
darkness shall
pursue
his
enemies.
What
do ye
devise
against
the
Lord?
he
will
make
an utter
end:
there
shall
not
rise
a double affliction.
For
as thorns embrace
one another:
so
while
they
are feasting
and drinking together,
they shall
be
consumed
as
stubble
that
is
fully
dry.
Out
of thee
shall
come
forth
one
that imagineth
evil
against
the
Lord, contriving treachery
in
his mind.
Thus saith
the
Lord:
Though
they were
perfect:
and
many
of
them
so,
yet
thus
shall
they
be
cut
off,
and
he
shall
pass:
I
have
afflicted thee,
and
I
will
afflict thee
no
more.
And
now
I will
break
in
pieces
his rod
with which
he struck thy back,
and
I will
burst thy
bonds asunder.
And
the
Lord
will
give
a
commandment
concerning thee,
that
no
more
of thy
name
shall
be
sown:
I
will
destroy
the
graven
and molten
thing
out
of
the
house
of thy
God,
I
will
make
it thy
grave,
for thou art disgraced.
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay thy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is utterly cut off.
He
is come
up
that
shall
destroy
before thy face,
that
shall
keep
the siege:
watch
the
way, fortify thy loins, strengthen thy power exceedingly.
For
the Lord hath rendered
the pride
of Jacob,
as
the pride
of Israel:
because
the spoilers
have
laid
them waste,
and
have marred
their vine branches.
The shield
of
his mighty
men
is
like fire,
the
men
of
the army
are clad
in scarlet,
the reins
of
the chariot
are flaming
in
the day
of
his preparation,
and
the drivers
are stupefied.
They
are
in confusion
in
the ways,
the
chariots jostle
one
against
another
in
the streets:
their looks
are
like torches,
like lightning running
to
and fro.
He will muster up
his valiant men,
they shall stumble
in their march:
they shall
quickly get upon
the walls thereof:
and
a covering shall
be prepared.
The gates
of
the rivers
are opened,
and
the temple is thrown
down
to
the ground.
And
the soldier
is led
away captive:
and
her bondwomen
were led
away mourning
as doves, murmuring
in their hearts.
And
as
for Ninive,
her waters
are
like
a great pool,
but
the men flee
away.
They
cry:
Stand,
stand,
but
there
is none
that
will return
back.
Take ye
the spoil
of
the silver,
take
the spoil
of
the gold:
for
there
is
no end
of
the riches
of
all
the precious furniture.
She
is
destroyed,
and rent,
and torn:
the heart melteth,
and
the knees fail,
and
all
the loins lose
their strength:
and
the faces
of
them
all
are
as
the blackness
of
a kettle.
Where
is now
the dwelling
of
the lions,
and
the feeding
place
of
the young lions,
to which
the lion
went,
to enter
in thither,
the young lion,
and
there
was
none
to
make
them afraid?
The
lion caught enough
for
his whelps,
and killed
for
his lionesses:
and
he filled
his holes
with prey,
and
his
den
with rapine.
Behold
I
come against thee, saith
the Lord
of hosts,
and
I will burn thy chariots even
to smoke,
and
the sword shall devour thy young
lions:
and
I will cut off thy
prey out
of
the land,
and
the voice
of thy
messengers shall be heard no more.
Woe
to thee, O
city
of
blood,
all
full
of
lies
and violence: rapine
shall
not
depart
from thee.
The
noise
of
the
whip,
and
the
noise
of
the
rattling
of
the
wheels,
and
of
the neighing
horse,
and
of
the running
chariot,
and
of
the
horsemen coming up,
And
of
the shining
sword,
and
of
the
glittering
spear,
and
of
a
multitude
slain,
and
of
a grievous destruction:
and
there
is
no
end
of
carcasses,
and
they
shall
fall
down
on
their
dead
bodies.
Because
of
the
multitude
of
the fornications
of
the
harlot
that
was beautiful
and agreeable,
and
that made use
of witchcraft,
that
sold
nations through her fornications,
and
families through her
witchcrafts.
Behold
I
come
against thee, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
I
will discover thy
shame
to thy
face,
and
will shew thy
nakedness
to
the
nations,
and thy
shame
to
kingdoms.
And
I will
cast
abominations
upon thee,
and will disgrace thee,
and will
make
an example
of thee.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
that
every
one
that
shall
see thee,
shall
flee
from thee,
and
shall
say: Ninive
is laid
waste:
who
shall bemoan thee? whence
shall
I
seek
a
comforter
for thee?
Art thou
better than
the populous Alexandria,
that dwelleth
among
the
rivers?
waters
are
round
about
it:
the
sea
is
its riches,
the
waters
are
its
walls.
Ethiopia
and
Egypt
were
the strength thereof,
and
there
is
no
end: Africa
and
the
Libyans
were thy
helpers.
Yet
she
also
was removed
and
carried
into
captivity:
her young
children
were
dashed
in
pieces
at
the
top
of
every
street,
and
they
cast
lots
upon
her
nobles,
and
all
her
great
men
were
bound
in fetters.
Therefore thou
also shalt
be
made
drunk,
and shalt
be despised:
and thou shalt
seek help
from
the
enemy.
All thy strong holds
shall
be
like
fig
trees
with
their green
figs:
if
they
be
shaken,
they
shall
fall
into
the
mouth
of
the
eater.
Behold thy
people
in
the
midst
of thee
are
women:
the
gates
of thy
land
shall
be set wide
open
to thy
enemies,
the
fire
shall
devour thy
bars.
Draw thee
water
for
the
siege, build
up thy bulwarks:
go
into
the
clay,
and
tread, work
it
and
make
brick.
There
shall
the
fire
devour thee: thou shalt
perish
by
the
sword,
it
shall
devour thee
like
the bruchus: assemble together
like
the bruchus,
make thyself many
like
the
locust.
Thou hast
multiplied thy merchandises above
the
stars
of
heaven:
the bruchus hath spread himself
and flown away.
Thy
guards
are
like
the
locusts:
and thy little ones
like
the
locusts
of
locusts which swarm
on
the hedges
in
the
day
of
cold:
the
sun arose,
and
they flew
away,
and
their
place
was
not
known
where
they
were.
Thy
shepherds
have slumbered, O
king
of
Assyria, thy princes
shall
be buried: thy
people
are hid
in
the
mountains,
and
there
is
none
to
gather
them
together.
Thy
destruction
is
not hidden, thy
wound
is grievous:
all
that
have
heard
the
fame
of thee,
have clapped
their
hands
over thee:
for
upon
whom hath
not thy
wickedness
passed
continually?
Habakkuk
The Book of Habakkuk
Habakkuk
Hab
The Book of
Habakkuk
The
burden
that Habacuc
the
prophet
saw.
How
long,
O
Lord,
shall
I
cry,
and thou wilt
not
hear?
shall
I
cry
out
to thee suffering
violence,
and thou wilt
not
save?
Why hast thou shewn
me
iniquity
and grievance,
to
see rapine
and
injustice
before
me?
and
there
is
a judgment,
but opposition
is more powerful.
Therefore
the
law
is torn
in pieces,
and
judgment cometh
not
to
the
end:
because
the
wicked prevaileth
against
the
just,
therefore wrong
judgment goeth
forth.
Behold ye
among
the
nations,
and
see:
wonder,
and
be
astonished:
for
a
work
is
done
in
your
days,
which
no
man
will
believe
when
it
shall
be
told.
For
behold,
I
will
raise
up
the
Chaldeans,
a
bitter
and
swift
nation, marching upon
the breadth
of
the
earth,
to
possess
the
dwelling
places
that
are
not
their own.
They
are dreadful,
and terrible:
from themselves
shall
their
judgment,
and
their burden
proceed.
Their
horses
are
lighter than
leopards,
and
swifter than
evening
wolves;
and
their
horsemen shall be spread abroad:
for
their
horsemen shall
come
from
afar,
they shall
fly
as
an
eagle
that maketh haste
to
eat.
They
shall
all
come
to
the prey,
their
face
is
like
a burning
wind:
and
they
shall
gather
together
captives
as
the
sand.
And
their prince
shall triumph
over
kings,
and princes
shall
be
his laughingstock:
and
he
shall
laugh
at
every strong
hold,
and
shall cast
up
a mount,
and
shall
take
it.
Then shall
his
spirit
be
changed,
and
he shall
pass,
and fall:
this
is
his
strength
of
his
god.
Wast thou
not
from
the beginning,
O
Lord
my
God,
my
holy
one,
and
we
shall
not
die?
Lord, thou hast
appointed
him
for
judgment:
and
made
him strong
for correction.
Thy
eyes
are
too pure
to
behold
evil,
and thou canst
not
look
on iniquity.
Why lookest thou
upon
them
that
do
unjust
things,
and holdest thy peace
when
the
wicked devoureth
the
man
that
is
more
just
than
himself?
And thou wilt
make
men as
the fishes
of
the
sea,
and as
the
creeping
things
that
have
no
ruler.
He
lifted
up
all
them
with
his
hook,
he
drew
them
in
his
drag,
and
gathered
them
into
his net:
for
this
he
will
be
glad
and
rejoice.
Therefore
will
he
offer victims
to
his drag,
and
he
will
sacrifice
to
his net:
because
through
them
his
portion
is
made
fat,
and
his meat dainty.
For
this cause
therefore
he spreadeth
his net,
and
will
not
spare
continually
to
slay
the
nations.
I
will
stand
upon
my
watch,
and fix
my foot
upon
the tower:
and
I
will
watch,
to
see
what
will
be
said
to
me,
and
what
I
may
answer
to
him
that reproveth
me.
And
the
Lord
answered
me,
and
said:
Write
the
vision,
and
make
it plain
upon tables:
that
he
that readeth
it
may
run
over
it.
For
as
yet
the
vision
is far off,
and
it
shall appear
at
the
end,
and
shall
not
lie:
if
it
make
any
delay,
wait
for
it:
for
it
shall
surely
come,
and
it
shall
not
be slack.
Behold,
he
that
is unbelieving,
his
soul
shall
not
be
right
in
himself:
but
the
just
shall
live
in
his
faith.
And
as
wine deceiveth
him
that drinketh
it:
so
shall
the proud
man
be,
and
he
shall
not
be honoured:
who hath
enlarged
his
desire
like hell:
and
is
himself
like
death,
and
he
is
never
satisfied:
but
will
gather
together unto
him
all
nations,
and heap
together unto
him
all
people.
Shall
not
all
these
take
up
a
parable
against
him,
and
a
dark speech
concerning
him:
and
it
shall
be
said:
Woe
to
him
that heapeth
together
that
which
is
not
his own?
how
long also doth
he
load
himself
with thick clay?
Shall
they
not
rise
up
suddenly
that
shall bite thee:
and
they
be
stirred
up
that
shall tear thee,
and thou shalt
be
a
spoil
to
them?
Because thou hast spoiled
many
nations,
all
that
shall
be
left
of
the
people
shall spoil thee:
because
of
men’s
blood,
and
for
the iniquity
of
the
land,
of
the
city,
and
of
all
that
dwell therein.
Woe
to
him
that gathereth
together
an
evil covetousness
to
his
house,
that
his
nest
may
be
on
high,
and thinketh
he
may
be
delivered
out
of
the
hand
of
evil.
Thou hast
devised confusion
to thy
house, thou hast
cut
off
many
people,
and thy
soul hath
sinned.
For
the
stone
shall
cry
out
of
the
wall:
and
the
timber
that
is between
the joints
of
the building,
shall
answer.
Woe
to him
that buildeth
a
town
with
blood,
and prepareth
a
city
by
iniquity.
Are
not
these
things
from
the
Lord
of
hosts?
for
the
people
shall labour
in
a great
fire:
and
the
nations
in vain,
and
they
shall faint.
For
the
earth
shall
be
filled,
that men
may
know
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
as
waters
covering
the
sea.
Woe
to
him
that giveth
drink
to
his
friend,
and presenteth
his gall,
and maketh
him
drunk,
that
he
may
behold
his
nakedness.
Thou art
filled
with
shame instead
of
glory:
drink thou
also,
and fall fast asleep:
the
cup
of
the
right
hand
of
the
Lord
shall compass thee,
and shameful vomiting
shall
be
on thy
glory.
For
the iniquity
of Libanus
shall
cover thee,
and
the ravaging
of
beasts
shall terrify
them
because
of
the
blood
of
men,
and
the iniquity
of
the
land,
and
of
the
city,
and
of
all
that
dwell therein.
What doth
the
graven
thing
avail,
because
the
maker thereof hath
graven
it,
a molten,
and
a
false
image?
because
the forger thereof hath
trusted
in
a
thing
of
his own forging,
to
make dumb
idols.
Woe
to
him
that saith
to
wood:
Awake:
to
the dumb
stone:
Arise:
can
it
teach?
Behold,
it
is
laid
over
with
gold,
and
silver,
and
there
is
no
spirit
in
the bowels thereof.
But
the
Lord
is
in
his
holy
temple: let
all
the
earth
keep
silence
before
him.
A
PRAYER
OF HABACUC
THE
PROPHET
FOR IGNORANCES.
O
Lord,
I
have
heard thy
hearing,
and
was
afraid.
O
Lord, thy
work,
in
the
midst
of
the
years
bring
it
to
life:
In
the
midst
of
the
years thou shalt
make
it
known:
when thou art angry, thou wilt
remember
mercy.
God
will
come
from
the south,
and
the
holy
one
from
mount Pharan:
His
glory
covered
the
heavens,
and
the
earth
is
full
of
his
praise.
His
brightness
shall
be
as
the
light;
horns
are
in
his
hands:
There
is
his
strength hid:
Death
shall
go
before
his
face.
And
the devil
shall
go
forth
before
his
feet.
He
stood
and measured
the
earth.
He beheld,
and melted
the
nations:
and
the
ancient
mountains
were crushed
to pieces.
The
hills
of
the
world
were
bowed
down
by
the journeys
of
his
eternity.
I
saw
the
tents
of Ethiopia
for
their
iniquity,
the
curtains
of
the
land
of Madian
shall
be
troubled.
Wast thou
angry,
O
Lord,
with
the
rivers?
or
was thy
wrath
upon
the
rivers?
or thy indignation
in
the
sea?
Who
will
ride
upon thy
horses:
and thy
chariots
are
salvation.
Thou wilt surely take
up thy
bow: according
to
the
oaths which thou hast spoken
to
the
tribes. Thou wilt
divide
the
rivers
of
the
earth.
The
mountains
saw thee,
and
were grieved:
the great body
of
waters
passed
away.
The
deep
put
forth
its
voice:
the
deep
lifted
up
its
hands.
The
sun
and
the
moon
stood
still
in
their
habitation,
in
the
light
of thy
arrows, they shall
go
in
the
brightness
of thy
glittering
spear.
In thy
anger thou wilt tread
the
earth under foot:
in thy
wrath thou wilt astonish
the
nations.
Thou wentest
forth
for
the
salvation
of thy
people:
for
salvation
with thy Christ. Thou struckest
the
head
of
the
house
of
the
wicked: thou hast
laid
bare
his
foundation
even
to
the
neck.
Thou hast cursed
his sceptres,
the
head
of
his warriors,
them
that came out
as
a whirlwind
to
scatter
me.
Their joy
was
like
that
of
him
that devoureth
the
poor
man
in
secret.
Thou madest
a way
in
the
sea
for thy
horses,
in
the mud
of
many
waters.
I
have
heard
and
my bowels
were
troubled:
my
lips
trembled
at
the
voice.
Let
rottenness
enter
into
my
bones,
and swarm
under
me.
That
I
may
rest
in
the
day
of tribulation:
that
I
may
go
up
to
our
people
that
are girded.
For
the
fig
tree
shall
not blossom:
and
there
shall
be
no spring
in
the
vines.
The labour
of
the
olive
tree
shall
fail:
and
the
fields
shall
yield
no
food:
the
flock
shall
be
cut
off
from
the
fold,
and
there
shall
be
no
herd
in
the
stalls.
But
I
will
rejoice
in
the
Lord:
and
I
will joy
in
God
my Jesus.
The
Lord
God
is
my
strength:
and
he
will
make
my
feet
like
the
feet
of harts:
and
he
the conqueror
will
lead
me
upon
my
high
places singing psalms.
Zephaniah
The Book of Zephaniah
Zephaniah
Zep
The Book of
Zephaniah
The
word
of
the
Lord
that
came
to Sophonias
the
son
of Chusi,
the
son
of Godolias,
the
son
of Amarias,
the
son
of Ezechias,
in
the
days
of Josias
the
son
of
Amon
king
of Juda.
Gathering,
I
will
gather
together
all
things
from
off
the
face
of
the
land, saith
the
Lord:
I
will
gather
man,
and
beast,
I
will
gather
the
birds
of
the air,
and
the fishes
of
the
sea:
and
the
ungodly
shall
meet
with ruin:
and
I
will
destroy
men
from
off
the
face
of
the
land, saith
the
Lord.
And
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
upon Juda,
and
upon
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
and
I
will
destroy
out
of
this
place
the
remnant
of
Baal,
and
the
names
of
the wardens
of
the temples
with
the
priests:
And
them
that
worship
the
host
of
heaven
upon
the tops
of houses,
and
them
that adore,
and
swear
by
the
Lord,
and
swear
by Melchom.
And
them
that
turn
away
from
following
after
the
Lord,
and
that
have
not
sought
the
Lord,
nor
searched
after
him.
Be
silent
before
the
face
of
the
Lord
God:
for
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
near,
for
the
Lord hath
prepared
a victim,
he hath
sanctified
his
guests.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
the
day
of
the victim
of
the
Lord,
that
I
will
visit
upon
the
princes,
and
upon
the
king’s
sons,
and
upon
all
such
as
are
clothed
with strange
apparel.
And
I
will
visit
in
that
day
upon
every
one
that entereth arrogantly
over
the
threshold:
them
that
fill
the
house
of
the
Lord
their God
with iniquity
and
deceit.
And
there
shall
be
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord,
the
noise
of
a
cry
from
the
fish
gate,
and
a howling
from
the
Second,
and
a
great
destruction
from
the
hills.
Howl, ye
inhabitants
of
the Morter.
All
the
people
of Chanaan
is hush,
all are
cut
off
that
were wrapped
up
in
silver.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
at
that
time,
that
I
will
search
Jerusalem
with
lamps,
and
will
visit
upon
the
men
that
are settled
on
their lees:
that
say
in
their
hearts:
The
Lord
will
not
do
good,
nor
will
he
do
evil.
And
their
strength
shall
become
a booty,
and
their
houses
as
a desert:
and
they
shall
build
houses,
and
shall
not
dwell
in
them:
and
they
shall
plant
vineyards,
and
shall
not
drink
the
wine
of
them.
The
great
day
of
the
Lord
is
near,
it
is
near
and
exceeding swift:
the
voice
of
the
day
of
the
Lord
is
bitter,
the
mighty
man
shall
there meet
with tribulation.
That
day
is
a
day
of
wrath,
a
day
of tribulation
and
distress,
a
day
of
calamity
and misery,
a
day
of
darkness
and
obscurity,
a
day
of
clouds
and whirlwinds,
A
day
of
the
trumpet
and
alarm
against
the fenced
cities,
and
against
the
high bulwarks.
And
I
will distress
men,
and
they
shall
walk
like
blind
men,
because
they
have
sinned
against
the
Lord:
and
their
blood
shall
be
poured
out
as
earth,
and
their bodies
as
dung.
Neither
shall
their
silver
and
their
gold
be
able
to
deliver
them
in
the
day
of
the
wrath
of
the
Lord:
all
the
land
shall
be
devoured
by
the
fire
of
his
jealousy,
for
he
shall
make
even
a speedy
destruction
of
all
them
that
dwell
in
the
land.
Assemble yourselves together,
be gathered together, O
nation
not worthy
to
be loved:
Before
the
decree
bring
forth
the
day
as dust
passing
away,
before
the
fierce
anger
of
the
Lord
come
upon
you,
before
the
day
of
the
Lord’s indignation
come
upon
you.
Seek
the
Lord,
all ye meek
of
the
earth,
you
that
have
wrought
his
judgment:
seek
the
just,
seek
the meek:
if
by
any means
you
may
be
hid
in
the
day
of
the
Lord’s indignation.
For
Gaza shall
be destroyed,
and Ascalon shall
be
a desert,
they shall cast
out Azotus
at noonday,
and Accaron shall
be rooted
up.
Woe
to
you
that
inhabit
the
sea coast,
O
nation
of reprobates:
the
word
of
the
Lord
upon
you,
O Chanaan,
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
I
will
destroy thee,
so
that
there
shall
not
be
an
inhabitant.
And
the
sea coast shall
be
the resting
place
of
shepherds,
and
folds
for cattle:
And
it
shall
be
the portion
of
him
that
shall
remain
of
the
house
of Juda,
there
they
shall
feed:
in
the
houses
of Ascalon
they
shall
rest
in
the
evening:
because
the
Lord
their
God
will
visit
them,
and
bring
back
their
captivity.
I
have
heard
the
reproach
of
Moab,
and
the blasphemies
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
with
which
they reproached
my
people,
and
have
magnified
themselves
upon
their
borders.
Therefore
as
I
live, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts
the
God
of
Israel,
Moab
shall
be
as
Sodom,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
as Gomorrha,
the dryness
of thorns,
and heaps
of
salt,
and
a desert
even
for
ever:
the
remnant
of
my
people
shall
make
a
spoil
of
them,
and
the residue
of
my
nation
shall
possess
them.
This
shall befall
them
for
their
pride:
because
they
have blasphemed,
and
have
been
magnified
against
the
people
of
the
Lord
of
hosts.
The
Lord
shall
be terrible
upon
them,
and
shall consume
all
the
gods
of
the
earth:
and
they
shall adore
him
every
man
from
his
own
place,
all
the
islands
of
the
Gentiles.
You
Ethiopians,
also
shall
be
slain
with
my
sword.
And
he
will
stretch
out
his
hand
upon
the
north,
and
will
destroy
Assyria:
and
he
will
make
the beautiful city
a
wilderness,
and
as
a
place not passable,
and
as
a
desert.
And
flocks
shall
lie
down
in
the
midst thereof,
all
the
beasts
of
the
nations:
and
the bittern
and
the urchin
shall lodge
in
the threshold thereof:
the
voice
of
the
singing bird
in
the
window,
the raven
on
the upper post,
for
I
will consume
her strength.
This
is
the glorious
city
that
dwelt
in
security:
that
said
in
her
heart:
I
am,
and
there
is
none
beside
me:
how
is she
become
a desert,
a
place
for
beasts
to
lie
down
in?
every
one
that passeth
by
her,
shall
hiss,
and
wag
his
hand.
Woe
to
the provoking, and redeemed
city,
the dove.
She hath
not hearkened
to
the
voice,
neither hath
she
received
discipline:
she hath
not
trusted
in
the
Lord,
she
drew
not
near
to
her
God.
Her
princes
are
in
the
midst
of
her
as
roaring
lions:
her
judges
are
evening
wolves,
they left
nothing
for
the
morning.
Her
prophets
are senseless
men without faith:
her
priests
have polluted
the
sanctuary,
they
have acted unjustly
against
the
law.
The
just
Lord
is
in
the
midst thereof,
he
will
not
do
iniquity:
in
the
morning,
in
the
morning
he
will
bring
his
judgment
to
light,
and
it
shall
not
be hid:
but
the wicked
man hath
not
known
shame.
I
have
destroyed
the
nations,
and
their
towers
are beaten
down:
I
have
made
their ways desert,
so
that
there
is
none
that passeth
by:
their
cities
are
desolate,
there
is
not
a
man
remaining,
nor
any
inhabitant.
I
said:
Surely thou wilt
fear
me, thou wilt
receive
correction:
and
her
dwelling
shall
not
perish,
for
all
things
wherein
I
have
visited
her:
but
they
rose
early
and
corrupted
all
their thoughts.
Wherefore expect
me, saith
the
Lord,
in
the
day
of
my resurrection
that
is
to
come,
for
my
judgment
is
to
assemble
the
Gentiles,
and
to
gather
the
kingdoms:
and
to
pour
upon
them
my
indignation,
all
my
fierce
anger:
for
with
the
fire
of
my
jealousy
shall
all
the
earth
be
devoured.
Because
then
I
will
restore
to
the
people
a
chosen
lip,
that
all
may
call
upon
the
name
of
the
Lord,
and
may
serve
him
with
one
shoulder.
From
beyond
the
rivers
of
Ethiopia, shall
my suppliants
the children
of
my
dispersed people
bring me
an
offering.
In
that
day thou shalt
not
be
ashamed
for
all thy doings,
wherein thou hast
transgressed
against
me:
for
then
I
will
take
away
out
of
the
midst
of thee thy
proud boasters,
and thou shalt
no
more
be lifted
up
because
of
my
holy
mountain.
And
I
will
leave
in
the
midst
of thee
a
poor
and
needy
people:
and
they
shall hope
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
The
remnant
of
Israel
shall
not
do
iniquity,
nor
speak
lies,
nor
shall
a deceitful
tongue
be
found
in
their
mouth:
for
they
shall
feed,
and
shall
lie
down,
and
there
shall
be
none
to
make
them
afraid.
Give praise,
O
daughter
of Sion:
shout,
O
Israel:
be
glad,
and
rejoice
with
all thy
heart,
O
daughter
of
Jerusalem.
The
Lord hath
taken
away thy
judgment,
he hath
turned
away thy
enemies:
the
king
of
Israel
the
Lord
is
in
the
midst
of thee, thou shalt
fear
evil
no
more.
In
that
day
it
shall
be
said
to
Jerusalem:
Fear
not:
to Sion:
Let
not thy
hands
be weakened.
The
Lord thy
God
in
the
midst
of thee
is
mighty,
he
will
save:
he
will
rejoice
over thee
with
gladness,
he
will
be
silent
in
his
love,
he
will
be
joyful
over thee
in praise.
The triflers
that
were departed
from
the law,
I
will
gather
together,
because
they
were
of thee:
that thou mayest
no
more
suffer
reproach
for
them.
Behold
I
will cut
off
all
that
have afflicted thee
at
that
time:
and
I
will
save
her
that halteth,
and
will
gather
her
that
was
cast
out:
and
I
will get
them
praise,
and
a
name,
in
all
the
land where
they
had
been
put
to confusion.
At
that
time,
when
I
will
bring
you:
and
at
the
time
that
I
will
gather
you:
for
I
will
give
you
a
name,
and
praise
among
all
the
people
of
the
earth,
when
I
shall
have
brought
back
your
captivity
before
your
eyes, saith
the
Lord.
Haggai
The Book of Haggai
Haggai
Hag
The Book of
Haggai
In
the
second
year
of
Darius
the
king,
in
the
sixth
month,
in
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
by
the
hand
of Aggeus
the
prophet,
to Zorobabel
the
son
of Salathiel,
governor
of Juda,
and
to Jesus
the
son
of Josedec
the
high
priest,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
saying:
This
people saith:
The
time
is
not
yet
come
for
building
the
house
of
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
by
the
hand
of Aggeus
the
prophet,
saying:
Is
it
time
for
you
to
dwell
in ceiled
houses,
and
this
house lie desolate?
And
now
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Set
your
hearts
to
consider
your
ways.
You
have
sowed
much,
and
brought
in
little:
you
have
eaten,
but
have
not
had
enough:
you
have
drunk,
but
have
not
been
filled
with
drink:
you
have
clothed
yourselves,
but
have
not
been warmed:
and
he
that hath earned
wages,
put
them
into
a
bag
with
holes.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Set
Your
hearts
upon
your
ways:
Go
up
to
the
mountain,
bring
timber,
and
build
the
house:
and
it
shall
be
acceptable
to
me,
and
I
shall
be
glorified, saith
the
Lord.
You
have
looked
for
more,
and
behold
it became less,
and
you
brought
it
home,
and
I blowed
it
away:
why, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts?
because
my
house
is desolate,
and
you make haste
every
man
to
his
own
house.
Therefore
the
heavens
over
you
were stayed
from giving
dew,
and
the
earth
was hindered
from yielding
her fruits:
And
I
called
for
a drought
upon
the
land,
and
upon
the
mountains,
and
upon
the corn,
and
upon
the
wine,
and
upon
the
oil,
and
upon
all
that
the
ground bringeth
forth,
and
upon
men,
and
upon
beasts,
and
upon
all
the labour
of
the
hands.
Then Zorobabel
the
son
of Salathiel,
and Jesus
the
son
of Josedec
the
high
priest,
and
all
the
remnant
of
the
people hearkened
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
their
God,
and
to
the
words
of Aggeus
the
prophet,
as
the
Lord
their
God
sent
him
to
them:
and
the
people
feared
before
the
Lord.
And Aggeus
the
messenger
of
the
Lord,
as
one
of
the
messengers
of
the
Lord,
spoke,
saying
to
the
people:
I
am
with
you, saith
the
Lord.
And
the
Lord
stirred
up
the
spirit
of Zorobabel
the
son
of Salathiel
governor
of Juda,
and
the
spirit
of Jesus
the
son
of Josedec
the
high
priest,
and
the
spirit
of
all
the
rest
of
the
people:
and
they
went
in,
and
did
the
work
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
their
God.
In
the four
and
twentieth
day
of
the
month,
in
the sixth
month,
in
the second
year
of Darius
the king,
they
began.
And
in
the seventh month,
the
word
of
the Lord
came
by
the hand
of Aggeus
the
prophet,
saying:
Speak
to Zorobabel
the son
of Salathiel
the governor
of Juda,
and
to Jesus
the son
of Josedec
the high priest,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
people, saying:
Who
is left
among
you,
that
saw
this house
in
its first glory?
and
how
do
you see
it
now?
is
it
not
in comparison
to
that
as
nothing
in
your eyes?
Yet
now
take
courage, O Zorobabel, saith
the Lord,
and
take
courage, O Jesus
the son
of Josedec
the
high priest,
and
take
courage,
all ye
people
of
the land, saith
the Lord
of hosts:
and perform (for
I am
with
you, saith
the Lord
of hosts)
The
word
that
I covenanted
with
you
when
you
came
out
of
the
land
of Egypt:
and
my spirit
shall
be
in
the midst
of
you: fear
not.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Yet
one little
while,
and
I
will move
the heaven
and
the earth,
and
the sea,
and
the dry land.
And
I
will move all nations:
AND
THE DESIRED
OF ALL NATIONS
SHALL
COME:
and
I
will fill
this house
with glory: saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
The silver
is
mine,
and
the gold
is
mine, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
Great
shall
be
the glory
of
this last house more than
of
the first, saith
the
Lord
of hosts:
and
in
this
place
I
will
give peace, saith
the
Lord
of hosts.
In
the four
and twentieth day
of
the ninth month,
in
the second year
of Darius
the king,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Aggeus
the
prophet,
saying:
Thus saith
the Lord
of hosts:
Ask
the
priests
the law,
saying:
If
a
man carry sanctified flesh
in
the skirt
of
his garment,
and
touch
with
his skirt, bread,
or pottage,
or wine,
or oil,
or
any meat:
shall
it
be sanctified?
And
the
priests
answered,
and
said:
No.
And Aggeus
said:
If
one
that
is
unclean
by
occasion
of
a soul touch
any
of
all
these
things,
shall
it
be
defiled?
And
the priests
answered,
and
said:
It
shall
be
defiled.
And Aggeus answered,
and
said:
So
is
this people,
and
so
is
this nation
before
my face, saith
the
Lord,
and
so
is
all
the
work
of
their hands:
and
all
that
they
have offered
there,
shall
be defiled.
And
now consider
in
your hearts,
from
this day
and upward,
before
there
was
a stone
laid
upon
a stone
in
the temple
of
the Lord.
When
you
went
to
a heap
of twenty bushels,
and
they became ten:
and
you
went
into
the press,
to press
out fifty vessels,
and
they became twenty.
I struck
you
with
a blasting wind,
and
all
the works
of
your hand
with
the mildew
and
with hail,
yet
there
was
none
among
you
that returned
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
Set
your hearts
from
this
day,
and henceforward,
from
the four
and twentieth
day
of
the ninth month:
from
the
day
that
the foundations
of
the temple
of
the Lord
were
laid,
and lay
it
up
in
your hearts.
Is
the seed
as
yet sprung
up?
or hath
the vine,
and
the fig tree,
and
the pomegranate,
and
the olive tree
as
yet flourished?
from
this
day
I
will bless
you.
And
the
word
of
the Lord
came
a second time
to Aggeus
in
the four
and twentieth day
of
the month,
saying:
Speak
to Zorobabel
the governor
of Juda, saying: I
will move both heaven
and earth.
And
I
will overthrow
the throne
of kingdoms,
and
will destroy
the strength
of
the kingdom
of
the Gentiles:
and
I
will overthrow
the chariot,
and
him
that rideth therein:
and
the horses
and
their riders
shall
come
down,
every
one
by
the sword
of
his brother.
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take thee, O Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet, for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.
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The Book of Zechariah
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Zec
The Book of
Zechariah
In
the
eighth
month,
in
the
second
year
of king
Darius,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Zacharias
the
son
of Barachias,
the
son
of Addo,
the
prophet,
saying:
The
Lord hath
been exceeding
angry
with
your
fathers.
And thou shalt
say
to
them:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Turn ye
to
me, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
I
will
turn
to
you, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
Be
not
as
your
fathers,
to
whom
the
former
prophets
have
cried,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Turn ye
from
your
evil
ways,
and
from
your
wicked thoughts:
but
they
did
not
give ear,
neither
did
they hearken
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
Your
fathers,
where
are
they?
and
the
prophets,
shall
they
live
always?
But
yet
my
words,
and
my ordinances,
which
I
gave
in
charge
to
my
servants
the
prophets,
did
they
not
take hold
of
your
fathers,
and
they
returned,
and
said:
As
the
Lord
of
hosts
thought
to
do
to
us according
to
our
ways,
and according
to
our devices,
so
he hath
done
to
us.
In
the
four
and
twentieth
day
of
the
eleventh
month
which
is
called Sabath,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Zacharias
the
son
of Barachias,
the
son
of Addo,
the
prophet,
saying:
I
saw
by
night,
and
behold
a
man
riding
upon
a
red
horse,
and
he
stood
among
the
myrtle
trees,
that
were
in
the bottom:
and
behind
him
were
horses,
red, speckled,
and
white.
And
I
said:
What
are
these,
my
Lord?
and
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me,
said
to
me:
I
will shew thee
what
these
are:
And
the
man
that
stood
among
the
myrtle
trees
answered,
and
said:
These
are
they,
whom
the
Lord hath
sent
to
walk
through
the
earth.
And
they
answered
the
angel
of
the
Lord,
that
stood
among
the
myrtle
trees,
and
said:
We
have
walked
through
the
earth,
and
behold
all
the
earth
is
inhabited,
and
is
at
rest.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord
answered,
and
said:
O
Lord
of
hosts,
how
long wilt thou
not
have
mercy
on
Jerusalem,
and
on
the
cities
of Juda,
with
which thou hast
been
angry?
this
is
now
the seventieth
year.
And
the
Lord
answered
the
angel,
that
spoke
in
me,
good
words, comfortable
words.
And
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me,
said
to
me:
Cry thou,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
am
zealous
for
Jerusalem,
and Sion
with
a
great
zeal.
And
I
am
angry
with
a
great anger
with
the
wealthy
nations:
for
I
was
angry
a
little,
but
they
helped forward
the
evil.
Therefore
thus saith
the
Lord:
I
will
return
to
Jerusalem
in
mercies:
my
house
shall
be
built
in
it, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
the
building line
shall
be
stretched forth
upon
Jerusalem.
Cry
yet,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
My
cities
shall
yet flow
with
good things:
and
the
Lord
will
yet
comfort Sion,
and
he
will
yet
choose
Jerusalem.
And I lifted up my eyes, and saw: and behold four horns.
And I said to the angel that spoke to me: What are these? And he said to me: These are the horns that have scattered Juda, and Israel, and Jerusalem.
And the Lord shewed me four smiths.
And I said: What come these to do? and he spoke, saying: These are the horns which have scattered Juda every man apart, and none of them lifted up his head: and these are come to fray them, to cast down the horns of the nations, that have lifted up the horn upon the land of Juda to scatter it.
And
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw,
and
behold
a
man,
with
a measuring line
in
his hand.
And
I
said: Whither goest thou?
and
he
said
to
me:
To measure
Jerusalem,
and
to
see
how great
is
the breadth thereof,
and
how great
the length thereof.
And
behold
the angel
that spoke
in
me went forth,
and another angel went
out
to meet
him.
And
he
said
to
him: Run,
speak
to
this young
man,
saying: Jerusalem
shall
be inhabited
without walls,
by
reason
of
the multitude
of
men,
and
of
the beasts
in
the midst thereof.
And
I
will
be
to
it, saith
the Lord,
a wall
of fire round
about:
and
I
will
be
in glory
in
the midst thereof.
O,
O flee ye
out
of
the land
of
the north, saith
the Lord,
for
I
have scattered
you
into
the four winds
of heaven, saith
the Lord.
O Sion,
flee, thou
that dwellest
with
the daughter
of Babylon:
For thus saith
the Lord
of hosts:
After
the glory
he hath
sent
me
to
the nations
that
have robbed
you:
for
he
that toucheth
you, toucheth
the apple
of
my eye:
For behold
I lift
up
my hand
upon
them,
and
they
shall
be
a prey
to
those
that
served
them:
and
you
shall know
that
the
Lord
of hosts sent
me.
Sing
praise,
and rejoice,
O daughter
of Sion:
for behold
I come,
and
I
will dwell
in
the midst
of thee: saith
the
Lord.
And many nations
shall
be joined
to
the Lord
in
that day,
and they
shall
be
my
people,
and I
will
dwell
in
the midst
of thee:
and thou shalt know
that
the Lord
of hosts hath sent me
to thee.
And
the
Lord
shall possess Juda
his portion
in
the sanctified land:
and
he
shall
yet choose
Jerusalem.
Let
all flesh
be silent
at
the
presence
of
the
Lord:
for
he
is risen
up
out
of
his. holy habitation.
And
the
Lord shewed
me Jesus
the
high
priest
standing
before
the
angel
of
the
Lord:
and
Satan
stood
on
his
right
hand
to
be
his
adversary.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Satan:
The
Lord
rebuke thee,
O
Satan:
and
the
Lord
that
chose
Jerusalem
rebuke thee:
Is
not
this
a
brand
plucked
out
of
the
fire?
And Jesus
was
clothed
with
filthy
garments:
and
he
stood
before
the
face
of
the
angel.
Who
answered,
and
said
to
them
that
stood
before
him,
saying:
Take
away
the
filthy
garments
from
him.
And
he
said
to
him:
Behold
I
have
taken
away thy
iniquity,
and
have
clothed thee
with change
of
garments.
And
he
said:
Put
a
clean mitre
upon
his
head:
and
they
put
a
clean mitre
upon
his
head,
and
clothed
him
with
garments,
and
the
angel
of
the
Lord
stood.
And
the
angel
of
the
Lord protested
to Jesus,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
If thou wilt
walk
in
my
ways,
and Beep
my
charge, thou
also shalt
judge
my
house,
and shalt
keep
my courts,
and
I
will
give thee
some
of
them
that
are
now
present
here
to
walk
with thee.
Hear,
O Jesus thou
high
priest,
then
and thy
friends
that
dwell
before thee,
for
they
are portending
men:
for
behold
I
WILL
BRING
MY
SERVANT
THE ORIENT.
For
behold
the
stone
that
I
have
laid
before Jesus:
upon
one
stone
there
are
seven
eyes:
behold
I
will grave
the graving thereof, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
I
will
take
away
the
iniquity
of
that
land
in
one
day.
In
that
day, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
every
man shell
call
his
friend
under
the
vine
and
under
the
fig
tree.
And
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me
came
again:
and
he waked
me,
as
a
man
that
is wakened
out
of
his
sleep.
And
he
said
to
me:
What seest thou?
And
I
said:
I
have
looked,
and
behold
a candlestick
all
of
gold,
and
its
lamp
upon
the
top
of
it:
and
the
seven lights thereof
upon
it:
and
seven funnels
for
the lights
that
were
upon
the
top thereof.
And
two
olive
trees
over
it:
one
upon
the
right
side
of
the lamp,
and
the
other
upon
the
left
side thereof.
And
I
answered,
and
said
to
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me,
saying:
What
are
these
things,
my
lord?
And
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me
answered,
and
said
to
me: Knowest thou
not
what
these
things
are?
And
I
said:
No,
my
lord.
And
he
answered,
and
spoke
to
me,
saying:
This
is
the
word
of
the
Lord
to Zorobabel,
saying:
Not
with
an
army,
nor
by
might,
but
by
my
spirit, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
Who art thou,
O
great
mountain,
before Zorobabel? thou shalt
become
a
plain:
and
he
shall
bring
out
the chief
stone,
and
shall give equal
grace
to
the
grace thereof.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
The
hands
of Zorobabel
have
laid
the
foundations
of
this
house,
and
his
hands
shall
finish
it:
and
you
shall
know
that
the
Lord
of
hosts hath
sent
me
to
you.
For
who hath
despised
little
days?
and
they
shall
rejoice,
and
shall
see
the
tin plummet
in
the
hand
of Zorobabel.
These
are
the
seven
eyes
of
the
Lord,
that run
to
and fro
through
the
whole
earth.
And
I
answered,
and
said
to
him:
What
are
these
two
olive
trees
upon
the
right
side
of
the candlestick,
and
upon
the
left
side thereof?
And
I
answered
again,
and
said
to
him:
What
are
the
two
olive
branches,
that
are
by
the
two
golden beaks,
in
which
are
the funnels
of
gold?
And
he
spoke
to
me,
saying: Knowest thou
not
what
these
are?
And
I
said:
No,
my
lord.
And
he
said:
These
are
two
sons
of
oil
who
stand
before
the
Lord
of
the
whole
earth.
And
I
turned
and
lifted
up
my
eyes:
and
I
saw,
and
behold
a volume flying.
And
he
said
to
me:
What seest thou?
And
I
said:
I
see
a volume flying:
the
length thereof
is
twenty
cubits,
and
the
breadth thereof
ten
cubits.
And
he
said
to
me:
This
is
the
curse
that goeth
forth
over
the
face
of
the
earth:
for
every thief
shall
be judged
as
is
there written:
and
every
one
that sweareth
in
like manner
shall
be judged
by
it.
I
will
bring
it
forth, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
it
shall
come
to
the
house
of
the
thief,
and
to
the
house
of
him
that sweareth
falsely
by
my
name:
and
it
shall
remain
in
the
midst
of
his
house,
and
shall
consume
it,
with
the
timber thereof,
and
the
stones thereof.
And
the
angel
went
forth
that
spoke
in
me,
and
he
said
to
me:
Lift
up thy
eyes,
and
see
what
this
is,
that goeth
forth.
And
I
said:
What
is
it?
And
he
said:
This
is
a vessel
going
forth.
And
he
said:
This
is
their
eye
in
all
the
earth.
And
behold
a
talent
of
lead
was
carried,
and
behold
a
woman
sitting
in
the
midst
of
the vessel.
And
he
said:
This
is
wickedness.
And
he
cast
her
into
the
midst
of
the vessel,
and
cast
the
weight
of
lead
upon
the
mouth thereof.
And
I
lifted
up
my
eyes
and
looked:
and
behold
there
came
out
two
women,
and
wind
was
in
their
wings,
and
they
had
wings
like
the
wings
of
a kite:
and
they
lifted
up
the vessel
between
the
earth
and
the
heaven.
And
I
said
to
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me: Whither do
these carry
the vessel?
And
he
said
to
me:
That
a
house
may
be
built
for
it
in
the
land
of Sennaar,
and
that
it
may
be
established,
and
set
there
upon
its own basis.
And
I
turned,
and
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw:
and
behold
four
chariots
came
out
from
the
midst
of
two
mountains:
and
the
mountains
were
mountains
of
brass.
In
the
first
chariot
were
red
horses,
and
in
the
second
chariot
black
horses.
And
in
the
third
chariot
white
horses,
and
in
the
fourth
chariot grisled
horses,
and
strong
ones.
And
I
answered,
and
said
to
the
angel
that
spoke
in
me:
What
are
these,
my
lord?
And
the
angel
answered,
and
said
to
me:
These
are
the
four
winds
of
the
heaven,
which
go
forth
to
stand
before
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth.
That
in
which
were
the
black
horses
went
forth
into
the
land
of
the
north,
and
the
white
went
forth
after
them:
and
the grisled
went
forth
to
the
land
of
the
south.
And
they
that
were most
strong,
went
out,
and
sought
to
go,
and
to
run
to
and
fro
through all
the
earth.
And
he
said:
Go,
walk
throughout
the
earth:
and
they
walked
throughout
the
earth.
And
he
called
me,
and
spoke
to
me,
saying:
Behold
they
that
go
forth
into
the
land
of
the
north,
have quieted
my
spirit
in
the
land
of
the
north.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to
me,
saying:
Take
of
them
of
the captivity,
of Holdai,
and
of Tobias,
and
of Idaias; thou shalt
come
in
that
day,
and shalt
go
into
the
house
of Josias,
the
son
of Sophonias,
who
came
out
of
Babylon.
And thou shalt
take
gold
and
silver:
and shalt
make
crowns,
and thou shalt
set
them
on
the
head
of Jesus
the
son
of Josedec,
the
high
priest.
And thou shalt
speak
to
him,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
saying:
BEHOLD
A
MAN,
THE ORIENT
IS
HIS
NAME:
and
under
him
shall
he
spring
up,
and
shall
build
a
temple
to
the
Lord.
Yea,
he
shall
build
a
temple
to
the
Lord:
and
he
shall
bear
the
glory,
and
shall
sit,
and
rule
upon
his
throne:
and
he
shall
be
a
priest
upon
his
throne,
and
the
counsel
of
peace
shall
be
between
them
both.
And
the
crowns
shall
be
to
Helem,
and Tobias,
and Idaias,
and
to Hem,
the
son
of Sophonias,
a
memorial
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
they
that
are
far
off,
shall
come
and
shall
build
in
the
temple
of
the
Lord:
and
you
shall
know
that
the
Lord
of
hosts
sent
me
to
you.
But
this
shall
come
to
pass,
if
hearing
you
will
hear
the
voice
of
the
Lord
your
God.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
fourth
year
of
king
Darius,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Zacharias,
in
the
fourth
day
of
the
ninth
month,
which
is Casleu.
When Sarasar,
and Rogommelech,
and
the
men
that
were
with
him,
sent
to
the house
of
God,
to
entreat
the
face
of
the
Lord:
To
speak
to
the
priests
of
the
house
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
and
to
the
prophets,
saying: Must
I
weep
in
the
fifth
month,
or must
I sanctify myself
as
I
have
now
done
for
many
years?
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
came
to
me,
saying:
Speak
to
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
to
the
priests,
saying:
When
you
fasted,
and
mourned
in
the
fifth
and
the
seventh month
for
these
seventy
years: did
you keep
a
fast unto
me?
And
when
you
did
eat
and
drink,
did
you
not
eat
for
yourselves,
and
drink
for
yourselves?
Are
not
these
the
words
which
the
Lord
spoke
by
the
hand
of
the
former
prophets,
when
Jerusalem
as
yet
was
inhabited,
and
was wealthy, both itself
and
the
cities
round
about
it,
and
there
were
inhabitants towards
the
south,
and
in
the plain?
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
to Zacharias,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
saying:
Judge ye
true
judgment,
and shew ye
mercy
and
compassion
every
man
to
his
brother.
And
oppress
not
the
widow,
and
the
fatherless,
and
the
stranger,
and
the
poor:
and
let
not
a
man
devise
evil
in
his
heart
against
his
brother.
But
they would not hearken,
and
they
turned away
the
shoulder
to depart:
and
they
stopped
their
ears, not
to
hear.
And
they
made
their
heart
as
the adamant
stone, lest
they
should
hear
the
law,
and
the
words
which
the
Lord
of
hosts
sent
in
his
spirit
by
the
hand
of
the
former
prophets:
so
a
great indignation
came
from
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
as
he
spoke,
and
they
heard
not:
so
shall
they
cry,
and
I
will
not
hear, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
I dispersed
them
throughout
all kingdoms,
which
they
know
not:
and
the
land
was
left
desolate
behind
them,
so
that
no
man
passed
through
or
returned:
and
they changed
the delightful
land
into
a wilderness.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
came
to
me,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
have
been
jealous
for Sion
with
a
great
jealousy,
and
with
a
great indignation
have
I
been
jealous
for
her.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
am
returned
to Sion,
and
I
will
dwell
in
the
midst
of
Jerusalem:
and
Jerusalem
shall
be
called
The
city
of
truth,
and
the
mountain
of
the
Lord
of
hosts,
The sanctified
mountain.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
There
shall
yet
old
men
and
old
women
dwell
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem:
and
every
man
with
his
staff
in
his
hand
through
multitude
of
days.
And
the
streets
of
the
city
shall be
full
of
boys
and
girls,
playing
in
the
streets thereof.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
If
it
seem
hard
in
the
eyes
of
the
remnant
of
this
people
in
those
days:
shall
it
be
hard
in
my
eyes, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts?
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
Behold
I
will
save
my
people
from
the
land
of
the
east,
and
from
the
land
of
the
going down
of
the
sun.
And
I
will
bring
them,
and
they
shall
dwell
in
the
midst
of
Jerusalem:
and
they
shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God
in
truth
and
in
justice.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts: Let
your
hands
be
strengthened,
you
that
hear
in
these
days
these
words
by
the
mouth
of
the
prophets,
in
the
day
that
the
house
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
was
founded,
that
the
temple
might
be
built.
For
before
those
days
there
was
no
hire
for
men,
neither
was
there
hire
for
beasts,
neither
was
there
peace
to
him
that
came
in,
nor
to
him
that
went
out,
because
of
the tribulation:
and
I
let
all
men
go
every
one
against
his neighbour.
But
now
I
will
not deal
with
the
remnant
of
this
people according
to
the
former
days, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
But
there
shall
be
the
seed
of
peace:
the
vine
shall
yield
her
fruit,
and
the
earth
shall
give
her
increase,
and
the
heavens
shall
give
their
dew:
and
I
will
cause
the
remnant
of
this
people
to
possess
all
these
things.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
as
you
were
a
curse
among
the
Gentiles,
O
house
of Juda,
and
house
of
Israel:
so
will
I
save
you,
and
you
shall
be
a
blessing:
fear
not,
let
your
hands
be
strengthened.
For
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
As
I
purposed
to afflict
you,
when
your
fathers
had
provoked
me
to
wrath, saith
the
Lord,
And
I
had
no mercy:
so
turning
again
I
have thought
in
these
days
to
do
good
to
the
house
of Juda,
and
Jerusalem:
fear
not.
These
then
are
the
things,
which
you
shall
do:
Speak ye
truth
every
one
to
his neighbour:
judge ye
truth
and
judgment
of
peace
in
your
gates.
And
let
none
of
you imagine
evil
in
your
hearts
against
his
friend:
and
love
not
a
false
oath:
for
all
these
are
the
things
that
I
hate, saith
the
Lord.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
came
to
me,
saying:
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
The
fast
of
the
fourth month,
and
the
fast
of
the
fifth,
and
the
fast
of
the
seventh,
and
the
fast
of
the
tenth
shall
be
to
the
house
of Juda,
joy,
and
gladness,
and
great solemnities:
only
love ye
truth
and
peace.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts, until
people
come,
and
dwell
in
many
cities,
And
the
inhabitants
go
one
to
another,
saying:
Let
us
go,
and
entreat
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
let
us
seek
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
also
will
go.
And
many
peoples,
and
strong
nations
shall
come
to
seek
the
Lord
of
hosts
in
Jerusalem,
and
to
entreat
the
face
of
the
Lord.
Thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
In
those
days,
wherein
ten
men
of
all
languages
of
the
Gentiles
shall
take
hold,
and
shall
hold
fast
the shirt
of
one
that
is
a
Jew,
saying:
We
will go
with
you:
for
we
have
heard
that
God
is
with
you.
The
burden
of
the
word
of
the
Lord
in
the
land
of
Hadrach,
and
of
Damascus
the
rest thereof:
for
the
eye
of
man,
and
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
is
the
Lord’s.
Emath
also
in
the
borders thereof,
and
Tyre,
and
Sidon:
for
they
have taken
to themselves
to
be
exceeding
wise.
And
Tyre hath
built herself
a strong hold,
and heaped together
silver
as
earth,
and
gold
as
the
mire
of
the
streets.
Behold
the
Lord
shall
possess
her,
and
shall
strike
her
strength
in
the
sea,
and
she
shall
be
devoured
with
fire.
Ascalon
shall
see,
and
shall
fear,
and
Gaza,
and
shall
be
very sorrowful:
and Accaron,
because
her
hope
is
confounded:
and
the
king
shall
perish
from
Gaza,
and Ascalon
shall
not
be
inhabited.
And
the divider
shall
sit
in Azotus,
and
I
will
destroy
the
pride
of
the
Philistines.
And
I
will
take
away
his
blood
out
of
his
mouth,
and
his
abominations
from
between
his
teeth:
and
even
he
shall
be
left
to
our
God,
and
he
shall
be
as
a governor
in Juda,
and Accaron
as
a
Jebusite.
And
I
will encompass
my
house
with
them
that serve
me
in war,
going
and
returning,
and
the
oppressor
shall
no
more
pass
through
them:
for
now
I
have
seen
with
my
eyes.
Rejoice
greatly, O
daughter
of Sion,
shout
for
joy, O
daughter
of
Jerusalem:
BEHOLD THY
KING
will
come
to thee,
the
just
and saviour:
he
is
poor,
and
riding
upon
an ass,
and
upon
a
colt
the
foal
of
an ass.
And
I
will
destroy
the
chariot
out
of
Ephraim,
and
the
horse
out
of
Jerusalem,
and
the
bow
for
war
shall
be broken:
and
he
shall
speak
peace
to
the
Gentiles,
and
his power
shall
be
from
sea
to
sea,
and
from
the
rivers
even
to
the end
of
the
earth.
Thou
also
by
the
blood
of thy testament hast
sent
forth thy
prisoners
out
of
the
pit, wherein
is
no
water.
Return
to
the strong hold, ye
prisoners
of
hope,
I
will
render thee
double
at,
I
declare
today.
Because
I
have
bent Juda
for
me
as
a
bow,
I
have
filled
Ephraim:
and
I
will
raise
up thy
sons, O Sion,
above thy
sons, O
Greece,
and
I
will
make thee
as
the
sword
of
the
mighty.
And
the
Lord
God
shall
be
seen
over
them,
and
his dart
shall
go
forth
as
lightning:
and
the
Lord
God
will
sound
the
trumpet,
and
go
in
the whirlwind
of
the
south.
The
Lord
of
hosts
will
protect
them:
and
they
shall
devour,
and
subdue
with
the
stones
of
the sling:
and
drinking
they
shall
be inebriated
as
it
were
with
wine,
and
they
shall
be
filled
as
bowls,
and
as
the horns
of
the
altar.
And
the
Lord
their
God
will
save
them
in
that
day,
as
the dock
of
his
people:
for holy
stones
shall
be lifted
up
over
his
land.
For
what
is
the
good
thing
of
him,
and
what
is
his
beautiful
thing,
but
the corn
of
the elect,
and
wine springing forth
virgins?
Ask ye
of
the
Lord
rain
in
the
latter
season,
and
the
Lord
will
make snows,
and
will
give
them
showers
of
rain,
to
every
one
grass
in
the
field.
For
the
idols
have
spoken
what
was unprofitable,
and
the
diviners
have
seen
a
lie,
and
the
dreamers
have
spoken
vanity:
they
comforted
in
vain:
therefore
they
were
led
away
as
a dock:
they
shall
be
afflicted,
because
they
have
no
shepherd.
My
wrath
is
kindled
against
the
shepherds,
and
I
will
visit
upon
the buck
goats:
for
the
Lord
of
hosts hath
visited
his
flock,
the
house
of Juda,
and hath
made
them
as
the
horse
of
his
glory
in
the
battle.
Out
of
him shall
come
forth
the
corner,
out
of
him
the
pin,
out
of
him
the
bow
of
battle,
out
of
him
every exacter
together.
And
they
shall
be
as
mighty
men,
treading under foot
the
mire
of
the ways
in
battle:
and
they
shall
fight,
because
the
Lord
is
with
them,
and
the
riders
of
horses
shall
be confounded.
And
I
will
strengthen
the
house
of Juda,
and
save
the
house
of
Joseph:
and
I
will
bring
them
back
again,
because
I
will
have
mercy
on
them:
and
they
shall
be
as
they
were
when
I
had cast
them
off,
for
I
am
the
Lord
their
God,
and
will hear
them.
And
they
shall
be
as
the
valiant
men
of
Ephraim,
and
their
heart
shall
rejoice
as
through
wine:
and
their
children
shall
see,
and
shall
rejoice,
and
their
heart
shall
be
joyful
in
the
Lord.
I will
whistle
for
them,
and
I will
gather
them
together,
because
I
have
redeemed
them:
and
I will
multiply
them
as
they were
multiplied before.
And
I
will
sow
them
among
peoples:
and
from
afar
they
shall
remember
me:
and
they
shall
live
with
their
children,
and
shall
return.
And
I
will
bring
them
back
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
will
gather
them
from
among
the Assyrians:
and
will
bring
them
to
the
land
of Galaad,
and Libanus,
and
place
shall
not
be
found
for
them.
And
he
shall
pass
over
the strait
of
the
sea,
and
shall
strike
the
waves
in
the
sea,
and
all
the
depths
of
the
river
shall
be confounded,
and
the
pride
of
Assyria
shall
be humbled,
and
the sceptre
of
Egypt
shall
depart.
I
will
strengthen
them
in
the
Lord,
and
they
shall
walk
in
his
name, saith
the
Lord.
Open thy
gates, O Libanus,
and let
fire
devour thy
cedars.
Howl, thou
fir tree,
for
the
cedar
is
fallen,
for
the
mighty
are laid
waste:
howl, ye
oaks
of Basan,
because
the fenced
forest
is cut
down.
The
voice
of
the howling
of
the
shepherds,
because
their
glory
is laid
waste:
the
voice
of
the
roaring
of
the
lions,
because
the
pride
of
the
Jordan
is spoiled.
Thus saith
the
Lord
my
God:
Feed
the
flock
of
the
slaughter,
Which
they
that
possessed,
slew,
and repented
not,
and
they
sold
them,
saying:
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
we
are
become
rich:
and
their
shepherds
spared
them
not.
And
I
will
no
more
spare
the
inhabitants
of
the
land, saith
the
Lord:
behold
I
will
deliver
the
men,
every
one
into
his neighbour’s
hand,
and
into
the
hand
of
his
king:
and
they
shall destroy
the
land,
and
I
will
not
deliver
it
out
of
their
hand.
And
I
will
feed
the hock
of
slaughter
for
this, O ye
poor
of
the dock.
And
I
took unto
me
two
rods,
one
I
called
Beauty,
and
the
other
I
called
a
Cord,
and
I fed
the
flock.
And
I
cut
off
three
shepherds
in
one
month,
and
my
soul
was straitened
in
their regard:
for
their
soul
also varied
in
my regard.
And
I
said:
I
will
not
feed
you:
that
which dieth,
let
it
die:
and
that
which
is
cut
off,
let
it
be
cut
off:
and
let
the
rest
devour
every
one
the
flesh
of
his neighbour.
And
I
took
my
rod
that
was called
Beauty,
and
I
cut
it
asunder
to
make void
my
covenant,
which
I
had
made
with
all
people.
And
it
was
made void
in
that
day:
and
so
the
poor
of
the
flock
that
keep
for
me,
understood
that
it
is
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
I
said
to
them:
If
it
be
good
in
your
eyes,
bring hither
my
wages:
and
if
not,
be quiet.
And
they
weighed
for
my
wages
thirty pieces
of
silver.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Cast
it
to
the statuary,
a handsome
price,
that
I
was prized
at
by
them.
And
I
took
the
thirty pieces
of
silver,
and
I
cast
them
into
the
house
of
the
Lord
to
the statuary.
And
I
cut
off
my
second
rod
that
was called
a
Cord,
that
I
might
break
the
brotherhood
between Juda
and
Israel.
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Take
to thee
yet
the
instruments
of
a
foolish
shepherd.
For
behold
I
will
raise
up
a
shepherd
in
the
land,
who
shall
not
visit
what
is forsaken,
nor
seek
what
is
scattered,
nor
heal
what
is
broken,
nor
nourish
that which standeth,
and
he
shall
eat
the
flesh
of
the
fat ones,
and
break
their
hoofs.
O
shepherd,
and idol,
that forsaketh
the
flock:
the
sword
upon
his
arm
and
upon
his
right
eye:
his
arm
shall quite
wither away,
and
his
right
eye
shall
be utterly darkened.
The
burden
of
the
word
of
the
Lord
upon
Israel. Thus saith
the
Lord,
who stretcheth forth
the
heavens,
and layeth
the
foundations
of
the
earth,
and formeth
the
spirit
of
man
in
him:
Behold
I
will
make
Jerusalem
a lintel
of surfeiting
to
all
the
people
round
about:
and Juda
also
shall
be
in
the
siege
against
Jerusalem.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
I
will
make
Jerusalem
a
burdensome
stone
to
all
people:
all
that
shall
lift
it
up
shall
be rent
and torn,
and
all
the kingdoms
of
the
earth
shall
be
gathered
together
against
her.
In
that
day, saith
the
Lord,
I
will
strike
every
horse
with astonishment,
and
his
rider
with
madness:
and
I
will
open
my
eyes
upon
the
house
of Juda,
and
will
strike
every
horse
of
the
nations
with
blindness.
And
the governors
of Juda
shall
say
in
their
heart: Let
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
be strengthened
for
me
in
the
Lord
of
hosts,
their
God.
In
that
day
I
will
make
the governors
of Juda
like
a furnace
of
fire amongst
wood,
and
as
a firebrand amongst hay:
and
they
shall
devour
all
the
people
round
about,
to
the
right
hand,
and
to
the
left:
and
Jerusalem
shall
be
inhabited
again
in
her own
place
in
Jerusalem.
And
the
Lord
shall
save
the tabernacles
of Juda,
as
in
the
beginning:
that
the
house
of
David,
and
the
glory
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
may
not
boast
and
magnify
themselves
against Juda.
In
that
day
shall
the
Lord
protect
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
he
that hath offended
among
them
in
that
day
shall
be
as
David:
and
the
house
of
David,
as
that
of
God,
as
an
angel
of
the
Lord
in
their
sight.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
I
will
seek
to
destroy
all
the
nations
that
come
against
Jerusalem.
And
I
will
pour
out
upon
the
house
of
David,
and
upon
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
the
spirit
of
grace,
and
of prayers:
and
they
shall
look
upon
me,
whom
they
have
pierced:
and
they
shall
mourn
for
him
as
one mourneth
for
an
only
son,
and
they
shall grieve
over
him,
as
the manner
is
to grieve
for
the death
of
the
firstborn.
In
that
day there
shall
be
a
great
lamentation
in
Jerusalem like
the
lamentation
of Adadremmon
in
the
plain
of Mageddon.
And
the
land
shall
mourn:
families
and
families
apart:
the
families
of
the
house
of
David
apart,
and
their
women
apart:
The
families
of
the
house
of Nathan
apart,
and
their
women
apart:
the
families
of
the
house
of
Levi
apart,
and
their
women
apart:
the
families
of Semei
apart,
and
their
women
apart.
All
the
rest
of
the
families,
families
and
families
apart,
and
their
women
apart.
In
that
day
there
shall
be
a
fountain
open
to
the
house
of
David,
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
for
the washing
of
the sinner,
and
of
the
unclean
woman.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
that
I
will
destroy
the
names
of
idols
out
of
the
earth,
and
they
shall
be
remembered
no
more:
and
I
will
take
away
the false
prophets,
and
the
unclean
spirit
out
of
the
earth.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
when
any
man
shall
prophesy
any
more,
his
father
and
his
mother
that
brought
him
into
the world,
shall
say
to
him: Thou shalt
not
live:
because thou best
spoken
a
lie
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
his
father,
and
his
mother,
his
parents,
shall
thrust
him
through,
when
he
shall
prophesy.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
the
prophets
shall
be
confounded,
every
one
by
his
own
vision,
when
he
shall
prophesy,
neither
shall
they
be clad
with
a
garment
of sackcloth,
to
deceive:
But
he
shall
say:
I
am
no
prophet,
I
am
a husbandman:
for Adam
is
my example
from
my
youth.
And
they
shall
say
to
him:
What
are
these
wounds
in
the
midst
of thy
hands?
And
he
shall
say:
With
these
I
was
wounded
in
the
house
of
them
that
loved
me.
Awake,
O
sword,
against
my
shepherd,
and
against
the
man
that cleaveth
to
me, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
strike
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
shall
be
scattered:
and
I
will
turn
my
hand
to
the
little ones.
And
there
shall
be
in
all
the
earth, saith
the
Lord,
two
parts
in
it
shall
be scattered,
and
shall
perish:
but
the
third
part
shall
be
left therein.
And
I
will
bring
the
third
part
through
the
fire,
and
will
refine
them
as
silver
is
refined:
and
I
will
try
them
as
gold
is
tried.
They
shall
call
on
my
name,
and
I
will hear
them.
I
will
say: Thou art
my
people:
and
they
shall
say:
The
Lord
is
my
God.
Behold
the
days
of
the
Lord
shall
come,
and thy
spoils
shall
be
divided
in
the
midst
of thee.
And
I
will
gather
all
nations
to
Jerusalem
to
battle,
and
the
city
shall
be
taken,
and
the
houses
shall
be rifled,
and
the
women
shall
be defiled:
and
half
of
the
city
shall
go
forth
into captivity,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
shall
not
be
taken
away
out
of
the
city.
Then
the
Lord
shall
go
forth,
and
shall
fight
against
those
nations,
as
when
he
fought
in
the
day
of
battle.
And
his
feet
shall
stand
in
that
day
upon
the
mount
of
Olives,
which
is
over
against
Jerusalem
toward
the
east:
and
the
mount
of
Olives
shall
be
divided
in
the
midst thereof
to
the
east,
and
to
the
west
with
a
very
great opening,
and
half
of
the
mountain
shall
be separated
to
the
north,
and
half thereof
to
the
south.
And
you
shall
flee
to
the
valley
of
those
mountains,
for
the
valley
of
the
mountains
shall
be
joined
even
to
the
next,
and
you
shall
flee
as
you
fled
from
the
face
of
the
earthquake
in
the
days
of Ozias
king
of Juda:
and
the
Lord
my
God
shall
come,
and
all
the
saints
with
him.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
there
shall
be
no
light,
but cold
and frost.
And
there
shall
be
one
day,
which
is
known
to
the
Lord,
not
day
nor
night:
and
in
the
time
of
the
evening
there
shall
be
light.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
that
living
waters
shall
go
out
from
Jerusalem:
half
of
them
to
the
east
sea,
and
half
of
them
to
the
last
sea:
they
shall
be
in
summer
and
in
winter.
And
the
Lord
shall
be
king
over
all
the
earth:
in
that
day
there
shall
be
one
Lord,
and
his
name
shall
be
one.
And
all
the
land
shall
return
even
to
the
desert,
from
the hill
to Remmon
to
the
south
of
Jerusalem:
and
she
shall
be exalted,
and
shall
dwell
in
her own
place,
from
the
gate
of
Benjamin
even
to
the
place
of
the
former
gate,
and
even
to
the
gate
of
the corners:
and
from
the
tower
of Hananeel
even
to
the
king’s wine-presses.
And
people
shall
dwell
in
it,
and
there
shall
be
no
more
an anathema:
but
Jerusalem
shall
sit
secure.
And
this
shall
be
the
plague
where
with
the
Lord
shall
strike
all
nations
that
have
fought
against
Jerusalem:
the
flesh
of
every
one
shall consume
away
while
they
stand
upon
their
feet,
and
their
eyes
shall consume
away
in
their
holes,
and
their
tongue
shall consume
away
in
their
mouth.
In
that
day
there
shall
be
a
great
tumult
from
the
Lord
among
them:
and
a
man
shall
take
the
hand
of
his neighbour,
and
his
hand
shall
be clasped
upon
his neighbour’s
hand.
And
even Juda
shall
fight
against
Jerusalem:
and
the
riches
of
all
nations
round
about
shall
be
gathered
together,
gold,
and
silver,
and
garments
in
great
abundance.
And
the destruction
of
the
horse,
and
of
the
mule,
and
of
the
camel,
and
of
the ass,
and
of
all
the
beasts,
that
shall
be
in
those tents,
shall
be
like
this destruction.
And
all
they
that
shall
be
left
of
all
nations
that
came
against
Jerusalem,
shall
go
up
from
year
to
year,
to adore
the
King,
the
Lord
of
hosts,
and
to
keep
the
feast
of tabernacles.
And
it
shall
come
to
pass,
that
he
that
shall
not
go
up
of
the
families
of
the
land
to
Jerusalem,
to adore
the
King,
the
Lord
of
hosts,
there
shall
be
no
rain
upon
them.
And
if
the
family
of
Egypt
go
not
up
nor
come:
neither
shall
it
be
upon
them,
but
there
shall
be destruction wherewith
the
Lord
will
strike
all
nations
that
will
not
go
up
to
keep
the
feast
of tabernacles.
This
shall
be
the
sin
of
Egypt,
and
this
the
sin
of
all
nations,
that
will
not
go
up
to keep
the
feast
of tabernacles.
In
that
day
that
which
is
upon
the bridle
of
the
horse
shall
be
holy
to
the
Lord:
and
the caldrons
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
shall
be
as
the phials
before
the
altar.
And
every caldron
in
Jerusalem
and Juda
shall
be sanctified
to
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
all
that
sacrifice
shall
come,
and
take
of
them,
and
shall
seethe
in
them:
and
the merchant
shall
be
no
more
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
of
hosts
in
that
day.
Malachi
The Book of Malachi
Malachi
Mal
The Book of
Malachi
The
burden
of
the
word
of
the
Lord
to
Israel
by
the
hand
of Malachias.
I
have
loved
you, saith
the
Lord:
and
you
have
said: Wherein hast thou
loved
us?
Was
not
Esau
brother
to
Jacob, saith
the
Lord,
and
I
have
loved
Jacob,
But
have
hated
Esau?
and
I
have
made
his
mountains
a
wilderness,
and given
his
inheritance
to
the dragons
of
the
desert.
But
if
Edom
shall
say:
We
are
destroyed,
but
we
will
return
and
build
up
what hath
been
destroyed:
thus saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
They
shall
build
up,
and
I
will throw
down:
and
they
shall
be
called
the
borders
of
wickedness,
and
the
people
with
whom
the
Lord
is
angry
for
ever.
And
your
eyes
shall
see,
and
you
shall
say:
The
Lord
be
magnified
upon
the
border
of
Israel.
The
son honoureth
the
father,
and
the
servant
his
master:
if
then
I
be
a
father,
where
is
my honour?
and
if
I
be
a
master,
where
is
my
fear? saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
To
you,
O priests,
that
despise
my
name,
and
have
said: Wherein
have we
despised thy
name?
You offer polluted
bread
upon
my
altar,
and
you
say: Wherein
have we polluted thee?
In
that
you
say:
The
table
of
the
Lord
is contemptible.
If
you
offer
the
blind
for
sacrifice,
is
it
not
evil?
and
if
you
offer
the
lame
and
the
sick,
is
it
not
evil?
offer
it
to thy prince,
if
he
will
be
pleased
with
it,
or
if
he
will
regard thy
face, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
now
beseech ye
the
face
of
God,
that
he
may
have
mercy
on
you, (for
by
your
hand hath
this
been
done,)
if
by
any
means
he
will
receive
your
faces, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
Who
is
there
among
you,
that
will
shut
the
doors,
and
will
kindle
the
fire
on
my
altar gratis?
I
have
no
pleasure
in
you, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
and
I
will
not
receive
a
gift
of
your
hand.
For
from
the
rising
of
the
sun
even
to
the going
down,
my
name
is
great
among
the
Gentiles,
and
in
every
place
there
is
sacrifice,
and
there
is
offered
to
my
name
a
clean oblation:
for
my
name
is
great
among
the
Gentiles, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
you
have
profaned
it
in
that
you
say:
The
table
of
the
Lord
is
defiled:
and
that
which
is laid thereupon
is contemptible
with
the fire
that devoureth
it.
And
you
have
said:
Behold
of
our labour,
and
you puffed
it
away, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
and
you
brought
in
of rapine
the
lame,
and
the
sick,
and
brought
in
an
offering:
shall
I
accept
it
at
your
hands, saith
the
Lord?
Cursed
is
the deceitful
man
that hath
in
his
flock
a
male,
and making
a
vow offereth
in
sacrifice
that
which
is feeble
to
the
Lord:
for
I
am
a
great
King, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
and
my
name
is dreadful
among
the
Gentiles.
And
now, O ye
priests,
this
commandment
is
to
you.
If
you
will
not
hear,
and
if
you
will
not
lay
it
to
heart,
to
give
glory
to
my
name, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts:
I
will
send poverty
upon
you,
and
will
curse
your
blessings,
yea
I
will
curse
them,
because
you
have
not
laid
it
to
heart.
Behold,
I
will cast
the shoulder
to
you,
and
I
will
scatter
upon
your
face
the
dung
of
your solemnities,
and
it
shall
take
you
away
with
it.
And
you
shall
know
that
I
sent
you
this
commandment,
that
my
covenant
might
be
with
Levi, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
My
covenant
was
with
him
of
life
and
peace:
and
I
gave
him
fear:
and
he
feared
me,
and
he
was
afraid
before
my
name.
The
law
of
truth
was
in
his
mouth,
and
iniquity
was
not
found
in
his
lips:
he
walked
with
me
in
peace,
and
in equity,
and
turned
many
away
from
iniquity.
For
the
lips
of
the
priest
shall
keep
knowledge,
and
they
shall
seek
the
law
at
his
mouth:
because
he
is
the
angel
of
the
Lord
of
hosts.
But
you
have
departed
out
of
the
way,
and
have caused
many
to
stumble
at
the
law:
you
have made void
the
covenant
of
Levi, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
Therefore
have
I
also
made
you contemptible,
and base
before
all
people,
as
you
have
not
kept
my
ways,
and
have accepted persons
in
the
law.
Have
we
not
all
one
father? hath
not
one
God
created us?
why
then doth
every
one
of us despise
his
brother, violating
the
covenant
of
our
fathers?
Juda hath transgressed,
and
abomination hath
been
committed
in
Israel,
and
in
Jerusalem:
for Juda hath
profaned
the
holiness
of
the
Lord,
which
he
loved,
and hath
married
the
daughter
of
a
strange
God.
The
Lord
will
cut
off
the
man
that hath
done
this, both
the master,
and
the scholar,
out
of
the tabernacles
of
Jacob,
and
him
that offereth
an
offering
to
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
this
again
have
you
done,
you
have
covered
the
altar
of
the
Lord
with
tears,
with
weeping,
and bellowing,
so
that
I
have
no
more
a
regard
to
sacrifice,
neither
do
I
accept
any atonement
at
your
hands.
And
you
have
said:
For
what cause?
Because
the
Lord hath
been witness
between thee,
and
the
wife
of thy
youth,
whom thou hast despised:
yet
she
was thy partner,
and
the
wife
of thy
covenant.
Did
not
one
make
her,
and
she
is
the residue
of
his
spirit?
And
what doth
one
seek,
but
the
seed
of
God?
Keep
then
your
spirit,
and despise
not
the
wife
of thy
youth.
When thou shalt
hate
her
put
her
away, saith
the
Lord
the
God
of
Israel:
but iniquity
shall
cover
his
garment, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
keep
your
spirit,
and
despise
not.
You
have
wearied
the
Lord
with
your
words,
and
you
said: Wherein
have
we
wearied
him?
In
that
you
say:
Every
one
that doth
evil,
is
good
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
such please
him:
or surely
where
is
the
God
of
judgment?
Behold
I
send
my
angel,
and
he
shall
prepare
the
way
before
my
face.
And presently
the
Lord,
whom
you
seek,
and
the
angel
of
the testament,
whom
you
desire,
shall
come
to
his
temple.
Behold
he cometh, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
who
shall
be able
to
think
of
the
day
of
his
coming?
and
who
shall
stand
to
see
him?
for
he
is
like
a
refining
fire,
and
like
the
fuller’s herb:
And
he
shall
sit
refining
and
cleansing
the
silver,
and
he
shall
purify
the
sons
of
Levi,
and
shall
refine
them
as
gold,
and
as
silver,
and
they
shall offer
sacrifices
to
the
Lord
in
justice.
And
the
sacrifice
of Juda
and
of
Jerusalem
shall
please
the
Lord,
as
in
the
days
of
old,
and
in
the
ancient
years.
And
I
will
come
to
you
in
judgment,
and
will
be
a speedy
witness
against
sorcerers,
and
adulterers,
and
false swearers,
and
them
that
oppress
the hireling
in
his
wages;
the
widows,
and
the
fatherless:
and
oppress
the
stranger,
and
have
not
feared
me, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
For
I
am
the
Lord,
and
I change
not:
and
you
the
sons
of
Jacob
are
not
consumed.
For
from
the
days
of
your
fathers
you
have
departed
from
my ordinances,
and
have
not
kept
them:
Return
to
me,
and
I
will
return
to
you, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
you
have
said: Wherein
shall
we
return?
Shall
a
man afflict
God?
for
you afflict
me.
And
you
have
said: Wherein
do
we afflict thee?
in
tithes
and
in firstfruits.
And
you
are
cursed
with want,
and
you afflict
me,
even
the
whole
nation
of
you.
Bring
all
the
tithes
into
the
storehouse,
that
there
may
be meat
in
my
house,
and
try
me
in
this, saith
the
Lord:
if
I
open
not unto
you
the flood-gates
of
heaven,
and pour
you
out
a
blessing
even
to abundance.
And
I
will
rebuke
for
your sakes
the
devourer,
and
he
shall
not spoil
the
fruit
of
your
land:
neither
shall
the
vine
in
the
field
be barren, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
And
all
nations
shall
call
you
blessed:
for
you
shall
be
a
delightful
land, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts.
Your
words
have
been unsufferable
to
me, saith
the
Lord.
And
you
have
said:
What
have
we
spoken
against thee?
You
have
said:
He laboureth
in
vain
that serveth
God,
and
what
profit
is
it
that
we
have
kept
his ordinances,
and
that
we
have
walked sorrowful
before
the
Lord
of
hosts?
Wherefore
now
we
call
the
proud people
happy,
for
they
that work
wickedness
are
built
up,
and
they
have tempted
God
and
are preserved.
Then
they
that
feared
the
Lord
spoke
every
one
with
his neighbour:
and
the
Lord
gave ear,
and
heard
it:
and
a
book
of
remembrance
was
written
before
him
for
them
that
fear
the
Lord,
and
think
on
his
name.
And
they
shall
be
my special
possession, saith
the
Lord
of
hosts,
in
the
day
that
I
do
judgment:
and
I
will
spare
them,
as
a
man spareth
his
son
that serveth
him.
And
you
shall
return,
and
shall
see
the difference
between
the
just
and
the
wicked:
and
between
him
that serveth
God,
and
him
that serveth
him
not.
For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.
But unto you that fear my name, the Sun of justice shall arise, and health in his wings: and you shall go forth, and shall leap like calves of the herd.
And you shall tread down the wicked when they shall be ashes under the sole of your feet in the day that I do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the precepts, and judgments.
Behold I will send you Elias the prophet, before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers: lest I come, and strike the earth with anathema.
Tobit
Tobit
Tobit
Tob
TOBIT
Tobias of the tribe and city of Nephtali, (which is in the upper parts of Galilee above Naasson, beyond the way that leadeth to the west, having on the right hand the city of Sephet,)
When he was made captive in the days of Salmanasar king of the Assyrians, even in his captivity, forsook not the way of truth,
But every day gave all he could get to his brethren his fellow captives, that were of his kindred.
And when he was younger than any of the tribe of Nephtali, yet did he no childish thing in his work.
Moreover when all went to the golden calves which Jeroboam king of Israel had made, he alone fled the company of all,
And went to Jerusalem to the temple of the Lord, and there adored the Lord God of Israel, offering faithfully all his firstfruits, and his tithes,
So that in the third year he gave all his tithes to the proselytes, and strangers.
These and such like things did he observe when but a boy according to the law of God.
But when he was a man, he took to wife Anna of his own tribe, and had a son by her, whom he called after his own name,
And from his infancy he taught him to fear God, and to abstain from all sin.
And when by the captivity he with his wife and his son and all his tribe was come to the city of Ninive,
(When all ate of the meats of the Gentiles) he kept his soul and never was defiled with their meats.
And because he was mindful of the Lord with all his heart, God gave him favour in the sight of Salmanasar the king.
And he gave him leave to go whithersoever he would, with liberty to do whatever he had a mind.
He therefore went to all that were in captivity, and gave them wholesome admonitions.
And when he was come to Rages a city of the Medes, and had ten talents of silver of that with which he had been honoured by the king:
And when amongst a great multitude of his kindred, he saw Gabelus in want, who was one of his tribe, taking a note of his hand he gave him the aforesaid sum of money.
But after a long time, Salmanasar the king being dead, when Sennacherib his son, who reigned in his place, had a hatred for the children of Israel:
Tobias daily went among all his kindred, and comforted them, and distributed to every one as he was able, out of his goods:
He fed the hungry, and gave clothes to the naked, and was careful to bury the dead, and they that were slain.
And when king Sennacherib was come back, fleeing from Judea by reason of the slaughter that God had made about him for his blasphemy, and being angry slew many of the children of Israel, Tobias buried their bodies.
But when it was told the king, he commanded him to be slain, and took away all his substance.
But Tobias fleeing naked away with his son and with his wife, lay concealed, for many loved him.
But after forty-five days, the king was killed by his own sons.
And Tobias returned to his house, and all his substance was restored to him.
But after this, when there was a festival of the Lord, and a good dinner was prepared in Tobias’s house,
He said to his son: Go, and bring some of our tribe that fear God, to feast with us.
And when he had gone, returning he told him, that one of the children of Israel lay slain in the street. And he forthwith leaped up from his place at the table, and left his dinner, and came fasting to the body:
And taking it up carried it privately to his house, that after the sun was down, he might bury him cautiously.
And when he had hid the body, he ate bread with mourning and fear,
Remembering the word which the Lord spoke by Amos the prophet: Your festival days shall be turned into lamentation and mourning.
So when the sun was down, he went and buried him.
Now all his neighbours blamed him, saying: Once already commandment was given for thee to be slain because of this matter, and thou didst scarce escape the sentence of death, and dost thou again bury the dead?
But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.
Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,
And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.
Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.
For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,
But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.
For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:
Where is thy hope, for which thou gavest alms, and buriedst the dead?
But Tobias rebuked them, saying: Speak not so:
For we are the children of the saints, and look for that life which God will give to those that never change their faith from him.
Now Anna his wife went daily to weaving work, and she brought home what she could get for their living by the labour of her hands.
Whereby it came to pass, that she received a young kid, and brought it home:
And when her husband heard it bleating, he said: Take heed, lest perhaps it be stolen: restore ye it to its owners, for it is not lawful for us either to eat or to touch any thing that cometh by theft.
At these words his wife being angry answered: It is evident thy hope is come to nothing, and thy alms now appear.
And with these, and other such like words she upbraided him.
Then Tobias sighed, and began to pray with tears,
Saying: Thou art just, O Lord, and all thy judgments are just, and all thy ways mercy, and truth, and judgment:
And now, O Lord, think of me, and take not revenge of my sins, neither remember my offenses, nor those of my parents.
For we have not obeyed thy commandments, therefore are we delivered to spoil and to captivity, and death, and are made a fable, and a reproach to all nations, amongst which thou hast scattered us.
And now, O Lord, great are thy judgments, because we have not done according to thy precepts, and have not walked sincerely before thee:
And now, O Lord, do with me according to thy will, and command my spirit to be received in peace: for it is better for me to die, than to live.
Now it happened on the same day, that Sara daughter of Raguel, in Rages a city of the Medes, received a reproach from one of her father’s servant maids,
Because she had been given to seven husbands, and a devil named Asmodeus had killed them, at their first going in unto her.
So when she reproved the maid for her fault, she answered her, saying: May we never see son, or daughter of thee upon the earth, thou murderer of thy husbands.
Wilt thou kill me also, as thou hast already killed seven husbands? At these words she went into an upper chamber of her house: and for three days and three nights did neither eat nor drink:
But continuing in prayer with tears besought God, that he would deliver her from this reproach.
And it came to pass on the third day, when she was making an end of her prayer, blessing the Lord,
She said: Blessed is thy name, O God of our fathers: who when thou hast been angry, wilt shew mercy, and in the time of tribulation forgivest the sins of them that call upon thee.
To thee, O Lord, I turn my face, to thee I direct my eyes.
I beg, O Lord, that thou loose me from the bond of this reproach, or else take me away from the earth.
Thou knowest, O Lord, that I never coveted a husband, and have kept my soul clean from all lust.
Never have I joined myself with them that play: neither have I made myself partaker with them that walk in lightness.
But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust.
And either I was unworthy of them, or they perhaps were not worthy of me: because perhaps thou hast kept me for another man.
For thy counsel is not in man’s power.
But this every one is sure of that worshippeth thee, that his life, if it be under trial, shall be crowned: and if it be under tribulation, it shall be delivered: and if it be under correction, it shall be allowed to come to thy mercy.
For thou art not delighted in our being lost: because after a storm thou makest a calm, and after tears and weeping thou pourest in joyfulness.
Be thy name, O God of Israel, blessed for ever.
At that time the prayers of them both were heard in the sight of the glory of the most high God:
And the holy angel of the Lord, Raphael was sent to heal them both, whose prayers at one time were rehearsed in the sight of the Lord.
Therefore when Tobias thought that his prayer was heard that he might die, he called to him Tobias his son,
And said to him: Hear, my son, the words of my mouth, and lay them as a foundation in thy heart.
When God shall take my soul, thou shalt bury my body: and thou shalt honour thy mother all the days of her life:
For thou must be mindful what and how great perils she suffered for thee in her womb.
And when she also shall have ended the time of her life, bury her by me.
And all the days of thy life have God in thy mind: and take heed thou never consent to sin, nor transgress the commandments of the Lord our God.
Give alms out of thy substance, and turn not away thy face from any poor person: for so it shall come to pass that the face of the Lord shall not be turned from thee.
According to thy ability be merciful.
If thou have much give abundantly: if thou have a little, take care even so to bestow willingly a little.
For thus thou storest up to thyself a good reward for the day of necessity.
For alms deliver from all sin, and from death, and will not suffer the soul to go into darkness.
Alms shall be a great confidence before the most high God, to all them that give it.
Take heed to keep thyself, my son, from all fornication, and beside thy wife never endure to know a crime.
Never suffer pride to reign in thy mind, or in thy words: for from it all perdition took its beginning.
If any man hath done any work for thee, immediately pay him his hire, and let not the wages of thy hired servant stay with thee at all.
See thou never do to another what thou wouldst hate to have done to thee by another.
Eat thy bread with the hungry and the needy, and with thy garments cover the naked.
Lay out thy bread, and thy wine upon the burial of a just man, and do not eat and drink thereof with the wicked.
Seek counsel always of a wise man.
Bless God at all times: and desire of him to direct thy ways, and that all thy counsels may abide in him.
I tell thee also, my son, that I lent ten talents of silver, while thou wast yet a child, to Gabelus, in Rages a city of the Medes, and I have a note of his hand with me:
Now therefore inquire how thou mayst go to him, and receive of him the foresaid sum of money, and restore to him the note of his hand.
Fear not, my son: we lead indeed a poor life, but we shall have many good things if we fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is good.
Then Tobias answered his father, and said: I will do all things, father, which thou hast commanded me.
But how I shall get this money, I cannot tell; he knoweth me not, and I know not him: what token shall I give him? nor did I ever know the way which leadeth thither.
Then his father answered him, and said: I have a note of his hand with me, which when thou shalt shew him, he will presently pay it.
But go now, and seek thee out some faithful man, to go with thee for his hire: that thou mayst receive it, while I yet live.
Then Tobias going forth, found a beautiful young man, standing girded, and as it were ready to walk.
And not knowing that he was an angel of God, he saluted him, and said: From whence art thou, good young man?
But he answered: Of the children of Israel. And Tobias said to him: Knowest thou the way that leadeth to the country of the Medes?
And he answered: I know it: and I have often walked through all the ways thereof, and I have abode with Gabelus our brother, who dwelleth at Rages a city of the Medes, which is situate in the mount of Ecbatana.
And Tobias said to him: Stay for me, I beseech thee, till I tell these same things to my father.
Then Tobias going in told all these things to his father. Upon which his father being in admiration, desired that he would come in unto him.
So going in he saluted him, and said: Joy be to thee always.
And Tobias said: What manner of joy shall be to me, who sit in darkness, and see not the light of heaven?
And the young man said to him: Be of good courage, thy cure from God is at hand.
And Tobias said to him: Canst thou conduct my son to Gabelus at Rages, a city of the Medes? and when thou shalt return, I will pay thee thy hire.
And the angel said to him: I will conduct him thither, and bring him back to thee.
And Tobias said to him: I pray thee, tell me, of what family, or what tribe art thou?
And Raphael the angel answered: Dost thou seek the family of him thou hirest, or the hired servant himself to go with thy son?
But lest I should make thee uneasy, I am Azarias the son of the great Ananias.
And Tobias answered: Thou art of a great family. But I pray thee be not angry that I desired to know thy family.
And the angel said to him: I will lead thy son safe, and bring him to thee again safe.
And Tobias answering, said: May you have a good journey, and God be with you in your way, and his angel accompany you.
Then all things being ready, that were to be carried in their journey, Tobias bade his father and his mother farewell, and they set out both together.
And when they were departed, his mother began to weep, and to say: Thou hast taken the staff of our old age, and sent him away from us.
I wish the money for which thou hast sent him, had never been.
For poverty was sufficient for us, that we might account it as riches, that we saw our son.
And Tobias said to her: Weep not, our son will arrive thither safe, and will return safe to us, and thy eyes shall see him.
For I believe that the good angel of God doth accompany him, and doth order all things well that are done about him, so that he shall return to us with joy.
At these words his mother ceased weeping, and held her peace.
And Tobias went forward, and the dog followed him, and he lodged the first night by the river of Tigris.
And he went out to wash his feet, and behold a monstrous fish came up to devour him.
And Tobias being afraid of him, cried out with a loud voice, saying: Sir, he cometh upon me.
And the angel said to him: Take him by the gill, and draw him to thee. And when he had done so, he drew him out upon the land, and he began to pant before his feet.
Then the angel said to him: Take out the entrails of the fish, and lay up his heart, and his gall, and his liver for thee: for these are necessary for useful medicines.
And when he had done so, he roasted the flesh thereof, and they took it with them in the way: the rest they salted as much as might serve them, till they came to Rages the city of the Medes.
Then Tobias asked the angel, and said to him: I beseech thee, brother Azarias, tell me what remedies are these things good for, which thou hast bid me keep of the fish?
And the angel, answering, said to him: If thou put a little piece of its heart upon coals, the smoke thereof driveth away all kind of devils, either from man or from woman, so that they come no more to them.
And the gall is good for anointing the eyes, in which there is a white speck, and they shall be cured.
And Tobias said to him: Where wilt thou that we lodge?
And the angel answering, said: Here is one whose name is Raguel, a near kinsman of thy tribe, and he hath a daughter named Sara, but he hath no son nor any other daughter beside her.
All his substance is due to thee, and thou must take her to wife.
Ask her therefore of her father, and he will give her thee to wife.
Then Tobias answered, and said: I hear that she hath been given to seven husbands, and they all died: moreover I have heard, that a devil killed them.
Now I am afraid, lest the same thing should happen to me also: and whereas I am the only child of my parents, I should bring down their old age with sorrow to hell.
Then the angel Raphael said to him: Hear me, and I will shew thee who they are, over whom the devil can prevail.
For they who in such manner receive matrimony, as to shut out God from themselves, and from their mind, and to give themselves to their lust, as the horse and mule, which have not understanding, over them the devil hath power.
But thou when thou shalt take her, go into the chamber, and for three days keep thyself continent from her, and give thyself to nothing else but to prayers with her.
And on that night lay the liver of the fish on the fire, and the devil shall be driven away.
But the second night thou shalt be admitted into the society of the holy Patriarchs.
And the third night thou shalt obtain a blessing that sound children may be born of you.
And when the third night is past, thou shalt take the virgin with the fear of the Lord, moved rather for love of children than for lust, that in the seed of Abraham thou mayst obtain a blessing in children.
And they went in to Raguel, and Raguel received them with joy.
And Raguel looking upon Tobias, said to Anna his wife: How like is this young man to my cousin?
And when he had spoken these words, he said: Whence are ye young men our brethren?
But they said: We are of the tribe of Nephtali, of the captiveof Ninive.
And Raguel said to them: Do you know Tobias my brother? And they said: We know him.
And when he was speaking many good things of him, the angel said to Raguel: Tobias concerning whom thou inquirest is this young man’s father.
And Raguel went to him, and kissed him with tears, and weeping upon his neck, said: A blessing be upon thee, my son, because thou art the son of a good and most virtuous man.
And Anna his wife, and Sara their daughter wept.
And after they had spoken, Raguel commanded a sheep to be killed, and a feast to be prepared. And when he desired them to sit down to dinner,
Tobias said: I will not eat nor drink here this day, unless thou first grant me my petition, and promise to give me Sara thy daughter.
Now when Raguel heard this he was afraid, knowing what had happened to those seven husbands, that went in unto her: and he began to fear lest it might happen to him also in like manner: and as he was in suspense, and gave no answer to his petition,
The angel said to him: Be not afraid to give her to this man, for to him who feareth God is thy daughter due to be his wife: therefore another could not have her.
Then Raguel said: I doubt not but God hath regarded my prayers and tears in his sight.
And I believe he hath therefore made you come to me, that this maid might be married to one of her own kindred, according to the law of Moses: and now doubt not but I will give her to thee.
And taking the right hand of his daughter, he gave it into the right hand of Tobias, saying: The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob be with you, and may he join you together, and fulfill his blessing in you.
And taking paper they made a writing of the marriage.
And afterwards they made merry, blessing God.
And Raguel called to him Anna his wife, and bade her prepare another chamber.
And she brought Sara her daughter in thither, and she wept.
And she said to her: Be of good cheer, my daughter: the Lord of heaven give thee joy for the trouble thou hast undergone.
And after they had supped, they brought in the young man to her.
And Tobias remembering the angel’s word, took out of his bag part of the liver, and laid it upon burning coals.
Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.
Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God today, and tomorrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.
For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.
So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them,
And Tobias said: Lord God of our father, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.
Thou madest Adam of the slime of the earth, and gavest him Eve for a helper.
And now, Lord, thou knowest, that not for fleshly lust do I take my sister to wife, but only for the love of posterity, in which thy name may be blessed for ever and ever.
Sara also said: Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, and let us grow old both together in health.
And it came to pass about the cockcrowing, Raguel ordered his servants to be called for, and they went with him together to dig a grave.
For he said: Lest perhaps it may have happened to him, in like manner as it did to the other seven husbands, that went in unto her.
And when they had prepared the pit, Raguel went back to his wife, and said to her:
Send one of thy maids, and let her see if he be dead, that I may bury him before it be day.
So she sent one of her maidservants, who went into the chamber, and found them safe and sound, sleeping both together.
And returning she brought the good news: and Raguel and Anna his wife blessed the Lord,
And said: We bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because it hath not happened as we suspected.
For thou hast shewn thy mercy to us, and hast shut out from us the enemy that persecuted us.
And thou hast taken pity upon two only children. Make them, O Lord, bless thee more fully: and to offer up to thee a sacrifice of thy praise, and of their health, that all nations may know, that thou alone art God in all the earth.
And immediately Raguel commanded his servants, to fill up the pit they had made, before it was day.
And he spoke to his wife to make ready a feast, and prepare all kind of provisions that are necessary for such as go a journey.
He caused also two fat kine, and four wethers to be killed, and a banquet to be prepared for all his neighbours, and all his friends.
And Raguel adjured Tobias, to abide with him two weeks.
And of all things which Raguel possessed, he gave one half to Tobias, and made him a writing, that the half that remained should after their decease come also to Tobias.
Then Tobias called the angel to him, whom he took to be a man, and said to him: Brother Azarias, I pray thee hearken to my words:
If I should give myself to be thy servant I should not make a worthy return for thy care.
However, I beseech thee, to take with thee beasts and servants, and to go to Gabelus to Rages the city of the Medes: and to restore to him his note of hand, and receive of him the money, and desire him to come to my wedding.
For thou knowest that my father numbereth the days: and if I stay one day more, his soul will be afflicted.
And indeed thou seest how Raguel hath adjured me, whose adjuring I cannot despise.
Then Raphael took four of Raguel’s servants, and two camels, and went to Rages the city of the Medes: and finding Gabelus, gave him his note of hand, and received of him all the money.
And he told him concerning Tobias the son of Tobias, all that had been done: and made him come with him to the wedding.
And when he was come into Raguel’s house he found Tobias sitting at the table: and he leaped up, and they kissed each other: and Gabelus wept, and blessed God,
And said: The God of Israel bless thee, because thou art the son of a very good and just man, and that feareth God, and doth almsdeeds:
And may a blessing come upon thy wife and upon your parents.
And may you see your children, and your children’s children, unto the third and fourth generation: and may your seed be blessed by the God of Israel, who reigneth for ever and ever.
And when all had said, Amen, they went to the feast: but the marriage feast they celebrated also with the fear of the Lord.
But as Tobias made longer stay upon occasion of the marriage, Tobias his father was solicitous, saying: Why thinkest thou doth my son tarry, or why is he detained there?
Is Gabelus dead, thinkest thou, and no man will pay him the money?
And he began to be exceeding sad, both he and Anna his wife with him: and they began both to weep together: because their son did not return to them on the day appointed.
But his mother wept and was quite disconsolate, and said: Woe, woe is me, my son; why did we send thee to go to a strange country, the light of our eyes, the staff of our old age, the comfort of our life, the hope of our posterity?
We having all things together in thee alone, ought not to have let thee go from us.
And Tobias said to her: Hold thy peace, and be not troubled, our son is safe: that man with whom we sent him is very trusty.
But she could by no means be comforted, but daily running out looked round about, and went into all the ways by which there seemed any hope he might return, that she might if possible see him coming afar off.
But Raguel said to his son in law: Stay here, and I will send a messenger to Tobias thy father, that thou art in health.
And Tobias said to him: I know that my father and mother now count the days, and their spirit is grievously afflicted within them.
And when Raguel had pressed Tobias with many words, and he by no means would hearken to him, he delivered Sara unto him, and half of all his substance in menservants, and womenservants, in cattle, in camels, and in kine, and in much money, and sent him away safe and joyful from him.
Saying: The holy angel of the Lord be with you in your journey, and bring you through safe, and that you may find all things well about your parents, and my eyes see your children before I die.
And the parents taking their daughter kissed her, and let her go:
Admonishing her to honour her father and mother in law, to love her husband, to take care of the family, to govern the house, and to behave herself irreprehensibly.
And as they were returning they came to Charan, which is in the midway to Ninive, the eleventh day.
And the angel said: Brother Tobias, thou knowest how thou didst leave thy father.
If it please thee therefore, let us go before, and let the family follow softly after us, together with thy wife, and with the beasts.
And as this their going pleased him, Raphael said to Tobias: Take with thee of the gall of the fish, for it will be necessary. So Tobias took some of that gall and departed.
But Anna sat beside the way daily, on the top of a hill, from whence she might see afar off.
And while she watched his coming from that place, she saw him afar off, and presently perceived it was her son coming: and returning she told her husband, saying: Behold thy son cometh.
And Raphael said to Tobias: As soon as thou shalt come into thy house, forthwith adore the Lord thy God: and giving thanks to him, go to thy father, and kiss him.
And immediately anoint his eyes with this gall of the fish, which thou carriest with thee. For be assured that his eyes shall be presently opened, and thy father shall see the light of heaven, and shall rejoice in the sight of thee.
Then the dog, which had been with them in the way, ran before, and coming as if he had brought the news, shewed his joy by his fawning and wagging his tail.
And his father that was blind, rising up, began to run stumbling with his feet: and giving a servant his hand, went to meet his son.
And receiving him kissed him, as did also his wife, and they began to weep for joy.
And when they had adored God, and given him thanks, they sat down together.
Then Tobias taking of the gall of the fish, anointed his father’s eyes.
And he stayed about half an hour: and a white skin began to come out of his eyes, like the skin of an egg.
And Tobias took hold of it, and drew it from his eyes, and immediately he recovered his sight.
And they glorified God, both he and his wife and all that knew them.
And Tobias said: I bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because thou hast chastised me, and thou hast saved me: and behold I see Tobias my son.
And after seven days Sara his son’s wife, and all the family arrived safe, and the cattle, and the camels, and an abundance of money of his wife’s: and that money also which he had received of Gabelus:
And he told his parents all the benefits of God, which he had done to him by the man that conducted him.
And Achior and Nabath the kinsmen of Tobias came, rejoicing for Tobias, and congratulating with him for all the good things that God had done for him.
And for seven days they feasted and rejoiced all with great joy.
Then Tobias called to him his son, and said to him: What can we give to this holy man, that is come with thee?
Tobias answering, said to his father: Father, what wages shall we give him? or what can be worthy of his benefits?
He conducted me and brought me safe again, he received the money of Gabelus, he caused me to have my wife, and he chased from her the evil spirit, he gave joy to her parents, myself he delivered from being devoured by the fish, thee also he hath made to see the light of heaven, and we are filled with all good things through him. What can we give him sufficient for these things?
But I beseech thee, my father, to desire him, that he would vouchsafe to accept one half of all things that have been brought.
So the father and the son, calling him, took him aside: and began to desire him that he would vouchsafe to accept of half of all things that they had brought.
Then he said to them secretly: Bless ye the God of heaven, give glory to him in the sight of all that live, because he hath shewn his mercy to you.
For it is good to hide the secret of a king: but honourable to reveal and confess the works of God.
Prayer is good with fasting and alms more than to lay up treasures of gold:
For alms delivereth from death, and the same is that which purgeth away sins, and maketh to find mercy and life everlasting.
But they that commit sin and iniquity, are enemies to their own soul.
I discover then the truth unto you, and I will not hide the secret from you.
When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead, and didst leave thy dinner, and hide the dead by day in thy house, and bury them by night, I offered thy prayer to the Lord.
And because thou wast acceptable to God, it was necessary that temptation should prove thee.
And now the Lord hath sent me to heal thee, and to deliver Sara thy son’s wife from the devil.
For I am the angel Raphael, one of the seven, who stand before the Lord.
And when they had heard these things, they were troubled, and being seized with fear they fell upon the ground on their face.
And the angel said to them: Peace be to you, fear not.
For when I was with you, I was there by the will of God: bless ye him, and sing praises to him.
I seemed indeed to eat and to drink with you: but I use an invisible meat and drink, which cannot be seen by men.
It is time therefore that I return to him that sent me: but bless ye God, and publish all his wonderful works.
And when he had said these things, he was taken from their sight, and they could see him no more.
Then they lying prostrate for three hours upon their face, blessed God: and rising up, they told all his wonderful works.
And Tobias the elder opening his mouth, blessed the Lord, and said: Thou art great, O Lord, for ever, and thy kingdom is unto all ages:
For thou scourgest, and thou savest: thou leadest down to hell, and bringest up again: and there is none that can escape thy hand.
Give glory to the Lord, ye children of Israel, and praise him in the sight of the Gentiles:
Because he hath therefore scattered you among the Gentiles, who know not him, that you may declare his wonderful works, and make them know that there is no other almighty God besides him.
He hath chastised us for our iniquities: and he will save us for his own mercy.
See then what he hath done with us, and with fear and trembling give ye glory to him: and extol the eternal King of worlds in your works.
As for me, I will praise him in the land of my captivity: because he hath shewn his majesty toward a sinful nation.
Be converted therefore, ye sinners, and do justice before God, believing that he will shew his mercy to you.
And I and my soul will rejoice in him.
Bless ye the Lord, all his elect, keep days of joy, and give glory to him.
Jerusalem, city of God, the Lord hath chastised thee for the works of thy hands.
Give glory to the Lord for thy good things, and bless the God eternal, that he may rebuild his tabernacle in thee, and may call back all the captives to thee, and thou mayst rejoice for ever and ever.
Thou shalt shine with a glorious light: and all the ends of the earth shall worship thee.
Nations from afar shall come to thee: and shall bring gifts, and shall adore the Lord in thee, and shall esteem thy land as holy.
For they shall call upon the great name in thee.
They shall be cursed that shall despise thee: and they shall be condemned that shall blaspheme thee: and blessed shall they be that shall build thee up.
But thou shalt rejoice in thy children, because they shall all be blessed, and shall be gathered together to the Lord.
Blessed are all they that love thee, and that rejoice in thy peace.
My soul, bless thou the Lord, because the Lord our God hath delivered Jerusalem his city from all her troubles.
Happy shall I be if there shall remain of my seed, to see the glory of Jerusalem.
The gates of Jerusalem shall be built of sapphire, and of emerald, and all the walls thereof round about of precious stones.
All its streets shall be paved with white and clean stones: and Alleluia shall be sung in its streets.
Blessed be the Lord, who hath exalted it, and may he reign over it for ever and ever, Amen.
And the words of Tobias were ended. And after Tobias was restored to his sight, he lived two and forty years, and saw the children of his grandchildren.
And after he had lived a hundred and two years, he was buried honourably in Ninive.
For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again.
And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he departed in peace.
And at the hour of his death he called unto him his son Tobias and his children, seven young men, his grandsons, and said to them:
The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it.
And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither.
And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.
And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring the King of Israel.
Hearken therefore, my children, to your father: serve the Lord in truth, and seek to do the things that please him:
And command your children that they do justice and almsdeeds, and that they be mindful of God, and bless him at all times in truth, and with all their power.
And now, children, hear me, and do not stay here: but as soon as you shall bury your mother by me in one sepulchre, without delay direct your steps to depart hence:
For I see that its iniquity will bring it to destruction.
And it came to pass that after the death of his mother, Tobias departed out of Ninive with his wife, and children, and children’s children, and returned to his father and mother in law.
And he found them in health in a good old age: and he took care of them, and he closed their eyes: and all the inheritance of Raguel’s house came to him: and he saw his children’s children to the fifth generation.
And after he had lived ninety-nine years in the fear of the Lord, with joy they buried him.
And all his kindred, and all his generation continued in good life, and in holy conversation, so that they were acceptable both to God, and to men, and to all that dwelt in the land.
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Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,
Of stones squared and hewed: he made the walls thereof seventy cubits broad, and thirty cubits high, and the towers thereof he made a hundred cubits high. But on the square of them, each side was extended the space of twenty feet.
And he made the gates thereof according to the height of the towers:
And he gloried as a mighty one in the force of his army and in the glory of his chariots.
Now in the twelfth year of his reign, Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, who reigned in Ninive the great city, fought against Arphaxad and overcame him,
In the great plain which is called Ragua, about the Euphrates, and the Tigris, and the Jadason, in the plain of Erioch the king of the Elicians.
Then was the kingdom of Nabuchodonosor exalted, and his heart was elevated: and he sent to all that dwelt in Cilicia and Damascus, and Libanus,
And to the nations that are in Carmelus, and Cedar, and to the inhabitants of Galilee in the great plain of Asdrelon,
And to all that were in Samaria, and beyond the river Jordan even to Jerusalem, and all the land of Jesse till you come to the borders of Ethiopia.
To all these Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, sent messengers:
But they all with one mind refused, and sent them back empty, and rejected them without honour.
Then king Nabuchodonosor being angry against all that land, swore by his throne and kingdom that he would revenge himself of all those countries.
In the thirteenth year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, the two and twentieth day of the first month, the word was given out in the house of Nabuchodonosor king of the Assyrians, that he would revenge himself.
And he called all the ancients, and all the governors, and his officers of war, and communicated to them the secret of his counsel:
And he said that his thoughts were to bring all the earth under his empire.
And when this saying pleased them all, Nabuchodonosor, the king, called Holofernes the general of his armies,
And said to him: Go out against all the kingdoms of the west, and against them especially that despised my commandment.
Thy eye shall not spare any kingdom, and all the strong cities thou shalt bring under my yoke.
Then Holofernes called the captains and officers of the power of the Assyrians: and he mustered men for the expedition, as the king commanded him, a hundred and twenty thousand fighting men on foot, and twelve thousand archers, horsemen.
And he made all his warlike preparations to go before with a multitude of innumerable camels, with all provisions sufficient for the armies in abundance, and herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, without number.
He appointed corn to be prepared out of all Syria in his passage.
But gold and silver he took out of the king’s house in great abundance.
And he went forth he and all the army, with the chariots, and horsemen, and archers, who covered the face of the earth, like locusts.
And when he had passed through the borders of the Assyrians, he came to the great mountains of Ange, which are on the left of Cilicia: and he went up to all their castles, and took all the strong places.
And he took by assault the renowned city of Melothus, and pillaged all the children of Tharsis, and the children of Ismahel, who were over against the face of the desert, and on the south of the land of Cellon.
And he passed over the Euphrates and came into Mesopotamia: and he forced all the stately cities that were there, from the torrent of Mambre, till one comes to the sea:
And he took the borders thereof from Cilicia to the coasts of Japheth, which are towards the south.
And he carried away all the children of Madian, and stripped them of all their riches, and all that resisted him he slew with the edge of the sword.
And after these things he went down into the plains of Damascus in the days of the harvest, and he set all the corn on fire, and he caused all the trees and vineyards to be cut down.
And the fear of them fell upon alit the inhabitants of the land.
Then the kings and the princes of all the cities and provinces, of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Syria Sobal, and Libya, and Cilicia sent their ambassadors, who coming to Holofernes, said:
Let thy indignation towards us cease: for it is better for us to live and serve Nabuchodonosor the great king, and be subject to thee, than to die and to perish, or suffer the miseries of slavery.
All our cities and our possessions, all mountains and hills, and fields, and herds of oxen, and flocks of cheep, and goats, and horses, and camels, and all our goods, and families are in thy sight:
Let all we have be subject to thy law.
Both we and our children are thy servants.
Come to us a peaceable lord, and use our service as it shall please thee.
Then he came down from the mountains with horsemen, in great power, and made himself master of every city, and all the inhabitants of the land.
And from all the cities he took auxiliaries valiant men, and chosen for war.
And so great a fear lay upon all those provinces, that the inhabitants of all the cities, both princes and nobles, as well as the people, went out to meet him at his coming.
And received him with garlands, and lights, and dances, and tumbrels, and flutes.
And though they did these things, they could not for all that mitigate the fierceness of his heart:
For he both destroyed their cities and cut down their groves.
For Nabuchodonosor the king had commanded him to destroy all the gods of the earth, that he only might be called God by those nations which could be brought under him by the power of Holofernes.
And when he had passed through all Syria Sobal, and all Apamea, and all Mesopotamia, he came to the Idumeans into the land of Gabaa,
And he took possession of their cities, and stayed there for thirty days, in which days he commanded all the troops of his army to be united.
Then the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Juda, hearing these things, were exceedingly afraid of him.
Dread and horror seized upon their minds, lest he should do the same to Jerusalem and to the temple of the Lord, that he had done to other cities and their temples.
And they sent into all Samaria round about, as far as Jericho, and seized upon all the tops of the mountains:
And they compassed their towns with walls, and gathered together corn for provision for war.
And Eliachim the priest wrote to all that were over against Esdrelon, which faceth the great plain near Dothain, and to all by whom there might be a passage of way, that they should take possession of the ascents of the mountains, by which there might be any way to Jerusalem, and should keep watch where the way was narrow between the mountains.
And the children of Israel did as the priest of the Lord Eliachim had appointed them,
And all the people cried to the Lord with great earnestness, and they humbled their souls in fastings, and prayers, both they and their wives.
And the priests put on haircloths, and they caused the little children to lie prostrate before the temple of the Lord, and the altar of the Lord they covered with haircloth.
And they cried to the Lord the God of Israel with one accord, that their children might not be made a prey, and their wives carried off, and their cities destroyed, and their holy things profaned, and that they might not be made a reproach to the Gentiles.
Then Eliachim the high priest of the Lord went about all Israel and spoke to them,
Saying: Know ye that the Lord will hear your prayers, if you continue with perseverance in fastings and prayers in the sight of the Lord.
Remember Moses the servant of the Lord, who overcame Amalec that trusted in his own strength, and in his power, and in his army, and in his shields, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen, not by fighting with the sword, but by holy prayers:
So shall all the enemies of Israel be, if you persevere in this work which you have begun.
So they being moved by this exhortation of his, prayed to the Lord, and continued in the sight of the Lord.
So that even they who offered the holocausts to the Lord, offered the sacrifices to the Lord girded with haircloths, and with ashes upon their head.
And they all begged of God with all their heart, that he would visit his people Israel.
And it was told Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, that the children of Israel prepared themselves to resist, and had shut up the ways of the mountains.
And he was transported with exceeding great fury and indignation, and he called all the princes of Moab and the leaders of Amman.
And he said to them: Tell me what is this people that besetteth the mountains: or what are their cities, and of what sort, and how great: also what is their power, or what is their multitude: or who is the king over their warfare:
And why they above all that dwell in the east, have despised us, and have not come out to meet us, that they might receive us with peace?
Then Achior captain of all the children of Ammon answering, said: If thou vouch safe, my lord, to hear, I will tell the truth in thy sight concerning this people, that dwelleth in the mountains, and there shall not a false word come out of my mouth.
This people is of the offspring of the Chaldeans.
They dwelt first in Mesopotamia, because they would not follow the gods of their fathers, who were in the land of the Chaldeans.
Wherefore forsaking the ceremonies of their fathers, which consisted in the worship of many gods,
They worshipped one God of heaven, who also commanded them to depart from thence, and to dwell in Charan. And when there was a famine over all the land, they went down into Egypt, and there for four hundred years were so multiplied, that the army of them could not be numbered.
And when the king of Egypt oppressed them, and made slaves of them to labour in clay and brick, in the building of his cities, they cried to their Lord, and he struck the whole land of Egypt with divers plagues.
And when the Egyptians had cast them out from them, and the plague had ceased from them, and they had a mind to take them again, and bring them back to their service,
The God of heaven opened the sea to them in their flight, so that the waters were made to stand firm as a wall on either side, and they walked through the bottom of the sea and passed it dry foot.
And when an innumerable army of the Egyptians pursued after them in that place, they were so overwhelmed with the waters, that there was not one left, to tell what had happened to posterity.
And after they came out of the Red Sea, they abode in the deserts of mount Sina, in which never man could dwell, or son of man rested.
There bitter fountains were made sweet for them to drink, and for forty years they received food from heaven.
Wheresoever they went in without bow and arrow, and without shield and sword, their God fought for them and overcame.
And there was no one that triumphed over this people, but when they departed from the worship of the Lord their God.
But as often as beside their own God, they worshipped any other, they were given to spoil, and to the sword, and to reproach.
And as often as they were penitent for having revolted from the worship of their God, the God of heaven gave them power to resist.
So they overthrew the king of the Chanaanites, and of the Jebusites, and of the Pherezites, and of the Hethites, and of the Hevites, and of the Amorrhites, and all the mighty ones in Hesebon, and they possessed their lands, and their cities:
And as long as they sinned not in the sight of their God, it was well with them: for their God hateth iniquity.
And even some years ago when they had revolted from the way which God had given them to walk therein, they were destroyed in battles by many nations, and very many of them were led away captive into a strange land.
But of late returning to the Lord their God, from the different places wherein they were scattered, they are come together and are gone up into all these mountains, and possess Jerusalem again, where their holies are.
Now therefore, my lord, search if there be any iniquity of theirs in the sight of their God: let us go up to them, because their God will surely deliver them to thee, and they shall be brought under the yoke of thy power:
But if there be no offense of this people in the sight of their God, we can not resist them, because their God will defend them: and we shall be a reproach to the whole earth.
And it came to pass, when Achior had ceased to speak these words, all the great men of Holofernes were angry, and they had a mind to kill him, saying to each other:
Who is this, that saith the children of Israel can resist king Nabuchodonosor, and his armies, men unarmed, and without force, and without skill in the art of war?
That Achior therefore may know that he deceiveth us, let us go up into the mountains: and when the bravest of them shall be taken, then shall he with them be stabbed with the sword:
That every nation may know that Nabuchodonosor is god of the earth, and besides him there is no other.
And it came to pass when they had left off speaking, that Holofernes being in a violent passion, said to Achior:
Because thou hast prophesied unto us, saying: That the nation of Israel is defended by their God, to shew thee that there is no God, but Nabuchodonosor:
When we shall slay them all as one man, then thou also shalt die with them by the sword of the Assyrians, and all Israel shall perish with thee:
And thou shalt find that Nabuchodonosor is lord of the whole earth: and then the sword of my soldiers shall pass through thy sides, and thou shalt be stabbed and fall among the wounded of Israel, and thou shalt breathe no more till thou be destroyed with them.
But if thou think thy prophecy true, let not thy countenance sink, and let the paleness that is in thy face, depart from thee, if thou imaginest these my words cannot be accomplished.
And that thou mayst know that thou shalt experience these things together with them, behold from this hour thou shalt be associated to their people, that when they shall receive the punishment they deserve from my sword, thou mayst fall under the same vengeance.
Then Holofernes commanded his servants to take Achior, and to lead him to Bethulia, and to deliver him into the hands of the children of Israel.
And the servants of Holofernes taking him, went through the plains: but when they came near the mountains, the slingers came out against them.
Then turning out of the way by the side of the mountain, they tied Achior to a tree hand and foot, and so left him bound with ropes, and returned to their master.
And the children of Israel coming down from Bethulia, came to him, and loosing him they brought him to Bethulia, and setting him in the midst of the people, asked him what was the matter, that the Assyrians had left him bound.
In those days the rulers there, were Ozias the son of Micha of the tribe of Simeon, and Charmi, called also Gothoniel.
And Achior related in the midst of the ancients, and in the presence of all the people, all that he had said being asked by Holofernes: and how the people of Holofernes would have killed him for this word,
And how Holofernes himself being angry had commanded him to be delivered for this cause to the Israelites: that when he should overcome the children of Israel, then he might command Achior also himself to be put to death by diverse torments, for having said: The God of heaven is their defender.
And when Achior had declared all these things, all the people fell upon their faces, adoring the Lord, and all of them together mourning and weeping poured out their prayers with one accord to the Lord,
Saying: O Lord God of heaven and earth, behold their pride, and look on our low condition, and have regard to the face of thy saints, and shew that thou forsakes not them that trust on thee, and that thou humblest them that presume of themselves, and glory in their own strength.
So when their weeping was ended, and the peoples prayer, in which they continued all the day, was concluded, they comforted Achior,
Saying: the God of our fathers, whose power thou hast set forth, will make this return to thee, that thou rather shalt see their destruction.
And when the Lord our God shall give this liberty to his servants, let God be with thee also in the midst of us: that as it shall please thee, so thou with all thine mayst converse with us.
Then Ozias, after the assembly was broken up, received him into his house, and made him a great supper.
And all the ancients were invited, and they refreshed themselves together after their fast was over.
And afterwards all the people were called together, and they prayed all the night long within the church, desiring help of the God of Israel.
But Holofernes on the next day gave orders to his army, to go up against Bethulia.
Now there were in his troops a hundred and twenty thousand footmen, and two and twenty thousand horsemen, besides the preparations of those men who had been taken, and who had been brought away out of the provinces and cities of all the youth.
All these prepared themselves together to fight against the children of Israel, and they came by the hillside to the top, which looketh toward Dothain, from the place which is called Behlma, unto Chelmon, which is over against Esdrelon.
But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, prostrated themselves upon the ground, putting ashes upon their heads, praying with one accord, that the God of Israel would shew his mercy upon his people.
And taking their arms of war, they posted themselves at the places, which by a narrow pathway lead directly between the mountains, and they guarded them all day and night.
Now Holofernes, in going round about, found that the fountains which supplied them with water, ran through an aqueduct without the city on the south side: and he commanded their aqueduct to he cut off.
Nevertheless there were springs not far from the walls, out of which they were seen secretly to draw water, to refresh themselves a little rather than to drink their fill.
But the children of Ammon and Moab came to Holofernes, saying: The children of Israel trust not in their spears, nor in their arrows, but the mountains are their defense, and the steep hires and precipices guard them.
Wherefore that thou mayst overcome them without joining battle, set guards at the springs that they may not draw water out of them, and thou shalt destroy them without sword, or at least being wearied out they will yield up their city, which they suppose, because it is situate in the mountains, to be impregnable.
And these words pleased Holofernes, and his officers, and he placed all round about a hundred men at every spring.
And when they had kept this watch for full twenty days, the cisterns, and the reserve of waters failed among all the inhabitants of Bethulia, so that there was not within the city, enough to satisfy them, no not for one day, for water was daily given out to the people by measure.
Then all the men and women, young men, and children, gathering themselves together to Ozias, all together with one voice,
Said: God be judge between us and thee, for thou hast done evil against us, in that thou wouldst not speak peaceably with the Assyrians, and for this cause God hath sold us into their hands.
And therefore there is no one to help us, while we are cast down before their eyes in thirst, and sad destruction.
And now assemble ye all that are in the city, that we may of our own accord yield ourselves all up to the people of Holofernes.
For it is better, that being captives we should live and bless the Lord, than that we should die, and be a reproach to all flesh, after we have seen our wives and our infants die before our eyes.
We call to witness this day heaven and earth, and the God of our fathers, who taketh vengeance upon us according to our sins, conjuring you to deliver now the city into the hand of the army of Holofernes, that our end may be short by the edge of the sword, which is made longer by the drought of thirst.
And when they had said these things, there was great weeping and lamentation of all in the assembly, and for many hours with one voice they cried to God, saying:
We have sinned with our fathers we have done unjustly, we have commited iniquity:
Have thou mercy on us, because thou art good, or punish our iniquities by chastising us thyself, and deliver not them that trust in thee to a people that knoweth not thee,
That they may not say among the gentiles: Where is their God?
And when being wearied with these cries, and tired with these weepings, they held their peace,
Ozias rising up all in tears, said: Be of good courage, my brethren, and let us wait these five days for mercy from the Lord.
For perhaps he will put a stop to his indignation, and will give glory to his own name.
But if after five days be past there come no aid, we will do the things which you leave spoken.
Now it came to pass, when Judith a widow had heard these words, who was the daughter of Merari, the son of Idox, the son of Joseph, the son of Ozias, the son of Elai, the son of Jamnor, the son of Gedeon, the son of Raphaim, the son of Achitob, the son of Melehias, the son of Enan, the son of Nathanias, the son of Salathiel, the son of Simeon, the son of Ruben:
And her husband was Manasses, who died in the time of the barley harvest:
For he was standing over them that bound sheaves in the field; and the heat came upon his head, and he died in Bethulia his own city, and was buried there with his fathers.
And Judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months.
And she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her house, in which she abode shut up with her maids.
And she wore haircloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of her life, except the sabbaths, and new moons, and the feasts of the house of Israel.
And she was exceedingly beautiful, and her husband left her great riches, and very many servants, and large possessions of herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep.
And she was greatly renowned among all, because she feared the Lord very much, neither was there any one that spoke an ill word of her.
When therefore she had heard that Ozias had promised that he would deliver up the city after the fifth day, she sent to the ancients Chabri and Charmi.
And they came to her, and she said to them: What is this word, by which Ozias hath consented to give up the city to the Assyrians, if within five days there come no aid to us?
And who are you that tempt the Lord?
This is not a word that may draw down mercy, but rather that may stir up wrath, and enkindle indignation.
You have set a time for the mercy of the Lord, and you have appointed him a day, according to your pleasure.
But forasmuch as the Lord is patient, let us be penitent for this same thing, and with many tears let us beg his pardon:
For God will not threaten like man, nor be inflamed to anger like the son of man.
And therefore let us humble our souls before him, and continuing in an humble spirit, in his service:
Let us ask the Lord with tears, that according to his will so he would shew his mercy to us: that as our heart is troubled by their pride, so also we may glorify in our humility.
For we have not followed the sins of our fathers, who forsook their God, and worshipped strange gods.
For which crime they were given up to their enemies, to the sword, and to pillage, and to confusion: but we know no other God but him.
Let us humbly wait for his consolation, and the Lord our God will require our blood of the afflictions of our enemies, and he will humble all the nations that shall rise up against us, and bring them to disgrace.
And now, brethren, as you are the ancients among the people of God, and their very soul resteth upon you: comfort their hearts by your speech, that they may be mindful how our fathers were tempted that they might be proved, whether they worshipped their God truly.
They must remember how our father Abraham was tempted, and being proved by many tribulations, was made the friend of God.
So Isaac, so Jacob, so Moses, and all that have pleased God, passed through many tribulations, remaining faithful.
But they that did not receive the trials with the fear of the Lord, but uttered their impatience and the reproach of their murmuring against the Lord,
Were destroyed by the destroyer, and perished by serpents.
As for us therefore let us not revenge ourselves for these things which we suffer.
But esteeming these very punishments to be less than our sins deserve, let us believe that these scourges of the Lord, with which like servants we are chastised, have happened for our amendment, and not for our destruction.
And Ozias and the ancients said to her: All things which thou hast spoken are true, and there is nothing to be reprehended in thy words.
Now therefore pray for us, for thou art a holy woman, and one fearing God.
And Judith said to them: As you know that what I have been able to say is of God:
So that which I intend to do prove ye if it be of God, and pray that God may strengthen my design.
You shall stand at the gate this night, and I will go out with my maidservant: and pray ye, that as you have said, in five days the Lord may look down upon his people Israel.
But I desire that you search not into what I am doing, and till I bring you word let nothing else be done but to pray for me to the Lord our God.
And Ozias the prince of Juda said to her: Go in peace, and the Lord be with thee to take revenge of our enemies. So returning they departed.
And when they were gone, Judith went into her oratory: and putting on haircloth, laid ashes on her head: and falling down prostrate before the Lord, she cried to the Lord, saying:
O Lord God of my father Simeon, who gavest him a sword to execute vengeance against strangers, who had defiled by their uncleanness, and uncovered the virgin unto confusion:
And who gavest their wives to he made a prey, and their daughters into captivity: and all their spoils to be divided to thy servants, who were zealous with thy zeal: assist, I beseech thee, O Lord God, me a widow.
For thou hast done the things of old, and hast devised one thing after another: and what thou hast designed hath been done.
For all thy ways are prepared, and in thy providence thou hast placed thy judgments.
Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now, as thou wast pleased to look upon the camp of the Egyptians, when they pursued armed after thy servants, trusting in their chariots, and in their horsemen, and in a multitude of warriors.
But thou lookedst over their camp, and darkness wearied them.
The deep held their feet, and the waters overwhelmed them.
So may it be with these also, O Lord, who trust in their multitude, and in their chariots, and in their pikes, and in their shields, and in their arrows, and glory in their spears,
And know not that thou art our God, who destroyest wars from the beginning, and the Lord is thy name.
Lift up thy arm as from the beginning, and crush their power with thy power: let their power fall in their wrath, who promise themselves to violate thy sanctuary, and defile the dwelling place of thy name, and to beat down with their sword the horn of thy altar.
Bring to pass, O Lord, that his pride may be cut off with his own sword.
Let him be caught in the net of his own eyes in my regard, and do thou strike him by the graces of the words of my lips.
Give me constancy in my mind, that I may despise him: and fortitude that I may overthrow him.
For this will be a glorious monument for thy name, when he shall fall by the hand of a woman.
For thy power, O Lord, is not in a multitude, nor is thy pleasure in the strength of horses, nor from the beginning have the proud been acceptable to thee: but the prayer of the humble and the meek hath always pleased thee.
O God of the heavens, creator of the waters, and Lord of the whole creation, hear me a poor wretch, making supplication to thee, and presuming of thy mercy.
Remember, O Lord, thy covenant, and put thou words in my mouth, and strengthen the resolution in my heart, that thy house may continue in thy holiness:
And all nations may acknowledge that thou art God, and there is no other besides thee.
And it came to pass, when she had ceased to cry to the Lord, that she rose from the place wherein she lay prostrate before the Lord.
And she called her maid, and going down into her house she took off her haircloth, and put away the garments of her widowhood,
And she washed her body, and anointed herself with the best ointment, and plaited the hair of her head, and put a bonnet upon her head, and clothed herself with the garments of her gladness, and put sandals on her feet, and took her bracelets, and lilies, and earlets, and rings, and adorned herself with all her ornaments.
And the Lord also gave her more beauty: because all this dressing up did not proceed from sensuality, lent from virtue: and therefore the Lord increased this her beauty, so that she appeared to all men’s eyes incomparably lovely.
And she gave to her maid a bottle of wine to carry, and a vessel of oil, and parched corn, and dry figs, and bread and cheese, and went out.
And when they came to the gate of the city, they found Ozias, and the ancients of the city waiting.
And when they saw her they were astonished, and admired her beauty exceedingly.
But they asked her no question, only they let her pass, saying: The God of our fathers give thee grace, and may he strengthen all the counsel of thy heart with his power, that Jerusalem may glory in thee, and thy name may be in the number of the holy and just.
And they that were there said, all with one voice: So be it, so be it.
But Judith praying to the Lord, passed through the gates, she and her maid.
And it came to pass, when she went down the hill, about break of day, that the watchmen of the Assyrians met her and stopped her, saying: Whence comest thou? or whither goest thou?
And she answered: I am a daughter of the Hebrews, and I am fled from them, because I knew they would be made a prey to you, because they despised you, and would not of their own accord yield themselves, that they might find mercy in your sight.
For this reason I thought with myself, saying: I will go to the presence of the prince Holofernes, that I may tell him their secrets, and shew him by what way he may take them, without the loss of one man of his army.
And when the men had heard her words, they beheld her face, and their eyes were amazed, for they wondered exceedingly at her beauty.
And they said to her: Thou hast saved thy life by taking this resolution, to come down to our lord.
And be assured of this, that when thou shalt stand before him, he will treat thee well, and thou wilt be most acceptable to his heart. And they brought her to the tent of Holofernes, telling him of her.
And when she was come into his presence, forthwith Holofernes was caught by his eyes.
And his officers said to him: Who can despise the people of the Hebrews who have such beautiful women, that we should not think it worth our while for their sakes to fight against them?
And Judith seeing Holofernes sitting under a canopy, which was woven of purple and gold, with emeralds and precious stones:
After she had looked on his face bowed down to him, prostrating herself to the ground. And the servants of Holofernes lifted her up, by the command of their master.
Then Holofernes said to her: Be of good comfort, and fear not in thy heart: for I have never hurt a man that was willing to serve Nabuchodonosor the king.
And if thy people had not despised me, I would never have lifted up my spear against them.
But now tell me, for what cause hast thou left them, and why it hath pleased thee to come to us?
And Judith said to him: Receive the words of thy handmaid, for if thou wilt follow the words of thy handmaid, the Lord will do with thee a perfect thing.
For as Nabuchodonosor the king of the earth liveth, and his power liveth which is in thee for chastising of all straying souls: not only men serve him through thee, but also the beasts of the field obey him.
For the industry of thy mind is spoken of among all nations, and it is told through the whole world, that thou only art excellent, and mighty in all his kingdom, and thy discipline is cried up in all provinces.
It is known also what Achior said, nor are we ignorant of what thou hast commanded to be done to him.
For it is certain that our God is so offended with sins, that he hath sent word by his prophets to the people, that he will deliver them up for their sins.
And because the children of Israel know they have offended their God, thy dread is upon them.
Moreover also a famine hath come upon them, and for drought of water they are already to be counted among the dead.
And they have a design even to kill their cattle, and to drink the blood of them.
And the consecrated things of the Lord their God which God forbade them to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these have they purposed to make use of, and they design to consume the things which they ought not to touch with their hands: therefore because they do these things, it is certain they will be given up to destruction.
And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things.
For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,
And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee:
Because these things are told me by the providence of God.
And because God is angry with them, I am sent to tell these very things to thee.
And all these words pleased Holofernes, and his servants, and they admired her wisdom, and they said one to another:
There is not such another woman upon earth in look, in beauty, and in sense of words.
And Holofernes said to her: God hath done well who sent thee before the people, that thou mightest give them into our hands:
And because thy promise is good, if thy God shall do this for me, he shall also be my God, and thou shalt be great in the house of Nabuchodonosor, and thy name shall be renowned through all the earth.
Then he ordered that she should go in where his treasures were laid up, and bade her tarry there, and he appointed what should be given her from his own table.
And Judith answered him and said: Now I cannot eat of these things which thou commandest to be given me, lest sin come upon me: but I will eat of the things which I have brought.
And Holofernes said to her: If these things which thou hast brought with thee fail thee, what shall we do for thee?
And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend all these things till God do by my hand that which I have purposed. And his servants brought her into the tent which he had commanded.
And when she was going in, she desired that she might have liberty to go out at night and before day to prayer, and to beseech the Lord.
And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleased, for three days.
And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water.
And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, that he would direct her way to the deliverance of his people.
And going in, she remained pure in the tent, until she took her own meat in the evening.
And it came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a supper for his servants, and said to Vagao his eunuch: Go, and persuade that Hebrew woman, to consent of her own accord to dwell with me.
For it is looked upon as shameful among the Assyrians, if a woman mock a man, by doing so as to pass free from him.
Then Vagao went in to Judith, and said: Let not my good maid be afraid to go in to my lord, that she may be honoured before his face, that she may eat with him and drink wine and be merry.
And Judith answered him: Who am I, that I should gainsay my lord?
All that shall be good and best before his eyes, I will do. And whatsoever shall please him, that shall be best to me all the days of my life.
And she arose and dressed herself out with her garments, and going in she stood before his face.
And the heart of Holofernes was smitten, for he was burning with the desire of her.
And Holofernes said to her: Drink now, and sit down and be merry for thou hast found favour before me.
And Judith said: I will drink my lord, because my life is magnified this day above all my days.
And she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared for her.
And Holofernes was made merry on her occasion, and drank exceeding much wine, so much as he had never drunk in his life.
And when it was grown late, his servants made haste to their lodgings, and Vagao shut the chamber doors, and went his way.
And they were all overcharged with wine.
And Judith was alone in the chamber.
But Holofernes lay on his bed, fast asleep, being exceedingly drunk.
And Judith spoke to her maid to stand without before the chamber, and to watch:
And Judith stood before the bed praying with tears, and the motion of her lips in silence,
Saying: Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, and in this hour look on the works of my hands, that as thou hast promised, thou mayst raise up Jerusalem thy city: and that I may bring to pass that which I have purposed, having a belief that it might be done by thee.
And when she had said this, she went to the pillar that was at his bed’s head, and loosed his sword that hung tied upon it.
And when she had drawn it out, she took him by the hair of his head, and said: Strengthen me, O Lord God, at this hour.
And she struck twice upon his neck, and out off his head, and took off his canopy from the pillars, and rolled away his headless body.
And after a while she went out, and delivered the head of Holofernes to her maid, and bade her put it into her wallet.
And they two went out according to their custom, as it were to prayer, and they passed the camp, and having compassed the valley, they came to the gate of the city.
And Judith from afar off cried to the watchmen upon the walls: Open the gates for God is with us, who hath shewn his power in Israel.
And it came to pass, when the men had heard her voice, that they called the ancients of the city.
And all ran to meet her from the least to the greatest: for they now had no hopes that she would come.
And lighting up lights they all gathered round about her: and she went up to a higher place, and commanded silence to be made. And when all had held their peace,
Judith said: Praise ye the Lord our God, who hath not forsaken them that hope in him.
And by me his handmaid he hath fulfilled his mercy, which he promised to the house of Israel: and he hath killed the enemy of his people by my hand this night.
Then she brought forth the head of Holofernes out of the wallet, and shewed it them, saying: Behold the head of Holofernes the general of the army of the Assyrians, and behold his canopy, wherein he lay in his drunkenness, where the Lord our God slew him by the hand of a woman.
But as the same Lord liveth, his angel hath been my keeper both going hence, and abiding there, and returning from thence hither: and the Lord hath not suffered me his handmaid to be defiled, but hath brought me back to you without pollution of sin, rejoicing for his victory, for my escape, and for your deliverance.
Give all of you glory to him, because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.
And they all adored the Lord, and said to her: The Lord hath blessed thee by his power, because by thee he hath brought our enemies to nought.
And Ozias the prince of the people of Israel, said to her: Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth.
Blessed be the Lord who made heaven and earth, who hath directed thee to the cutting off the head of the prince of our enemies.
Because he hath so magnified thy name this day, that thy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever, for that thou hast not spared thy life, by reason of the distress and tribulation of thy people, but hast prevented our ruin in the presence of our God.
And all the people said: So be it, so be it.
And Achior being called for came, and Judith said to him: The God of Israel, to whom thou gavest testimony, that he revengeth himself of his enemies, he hath cut off the head of all the unbelievers this night by my hand.
And that thou mayst find that it is so, behold the head of Holofernes, who in the contempt of his pride despised the God of Israel: and threatened thee with death, saying: When the people of Israel shall be taken, I will command thy sides to be pierced with a sword.
Then Achior seeing the head of Holofernes, being seized with a great fear he fell on his face upon the earth, and his soul swooned away.
But after he had recovered his spirits he fell down at her feet, and reverenced her and said:
Blessed art thou by thy God in every tabernacle of Jacob, for in every nation which shall hear thy name, the God of Israel shall be magnified on occasion of thee.
And Judith said to all the people: Hear me, my brethren, hang ye up this head upon our walls.
And as soon as the sun shall rise, let every man take his arms, and rush ye out, not as going down beneath, but as making an assault.
Then the watchmen must needs run to awake their prince for the battle.
And when the captains of them shall run to the tent of Holofernes, and shall find him without his head wallowing in his blood, fear shall fall upon them.
And when you shall know that they are fleeing, go after them securely, for the Lord will destroy them under your feet.
Then Achior seeing the power that the God of Israel had wrought, leaving the religion of the gentiles, he believed God, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the people of Israel, with all the succession of his kindred until this present day.
And immediately at break of day, they hung up the head of Holofernes upon the walls, and every man took his arms, and they sent out with a great noise and shouting.
And the watchmen seeing this, ran to the tent of Holofernes.
And they that were in the tent came, and made a noise before the door of the chamber to awake him, endeavouring by art to break his rest, that Holofernes might awake, not by their calling him, but by their noise.
For no man durst knock, or open and go into the chamber of the general of the Assyrians.
But when his captains and tribunes were come, and all the chiefs of the army of the king of the Assyrians, they said to the chamberlains:
Go in, and awake him, for the mice coming out of their holes, have presumed to challenge us to fight.
Then Vagao going into his chamber, stood before the curtain, and made a clapping with his hands: for he thought that he was sleeping with Judith.
But when with hearkening, he perceived no motion of one lying, he came near to the curtain, and lifting it up, and seeing the body of Holofernes, lying upon the ground, without the head, sweltering in his blood, he cried out with a loud voice, with weeping, and rent his garments.
And he went into the tent of Judith, and not finding her, he ran out to the people,
And said: One Hebrew woman hath made confusion in the house of king Nabuchodonosor: for behold Holofernes lieth upon the ground, and his head is not upon him.
Now when the chiefs of the army of the Assyrians had heard this, they all rent their garments, and an intolerable fear and dread fell upon them, and their minds were troubled exceedingly.
And there was a very great cry in the midst of their camp.
And when all the army heard that Holofernes was beheaded, courage and counsel fled from them, and being seized with trembling and fear they thought only to save themselves by flight:
So that no one spoke to his neighbor, but hanging down the head, leaving all things behind, they made haste to escape from the Hebrews, who, as they heard, were coming armed upon them, and fled by the ways of the fields, and the paths of the hills.
So the children of Israel seeing them fleeing, followed after them. And they went down sounding with trumpets and shouting after them.
And because the Assyrians were not united together, they went without order in their flight; but the children of Israel pursuing in one body, defeated all that they could find.
And Ozias sent messengers through all the cities and countries of Israel.
And every country, and every city, sent their chosen young men armed after them, and they pursued them with the edge of the sword until they came to the extremities of their confines.
And the rest that were in Bethulia went into the camp of the Assyrians, and took away the spoils, which the Assyrians in their flight had left behind them, and they were laden exceedingly.
But they that returned conquerors to Bethulia, brought with them all things that were theirs, so that there was no numbering of their cattle, and beasts, and all their moveables, insomuch that from the least to the greatest all were made rich by their spoils.
And Joachim the high priest came from Jerusalem to Bethulia with all his ancients to see Judith.
And when she was come out to him, they all blessed her with one voice, saying: Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honour of our people:
For thou hast done manfully, and thy heart has been strengthened, because thou hast loved chastity, and after thy husband hast not known any other: therefore also the hand of the Lord hath strengthened thee, and therefore thou shalt be blessed for ever.
And all the people said: So be it, so be it.
And thirty days were scarce sufficient for the people of Israel to gather up the spoils of the Assyrians.
But all those things that were proved to be the peculiar goods of Holofernes, they gave to Judith in gold, and silver, and garments and precious stones, and all household stuff, and they all were delivered to her by the people.
And all the people rejoiced, with the women, and virgins, and young men, playing on instruments and harps.
Then Judith sung this canticle to the Lord, saying:
Begin ye to the Lord with timbrels, sing ye to the Lord with cymbals, tune unto him a new psalm, extol and call upon his name.
The Lord putteth an end to wars, the Lord is his name.
He hath set his camp in the midst of his people, to deliver us from the hand of all our enemies.
The Assyrians came out of the mountains from the north in the multitude of his strength: his multitude stopped up the torrents, and their horses covered the valleys.
He bragged that he would set my borders on fire, and kill my young men with the sword, to make my infants a prey, and my virgins captives.
But the almighty Lord hath struck him, and hath delivered him into the hands of a woman, and hath slain him.
For their mighty one did not fall by young men, neither did the sons of Titan strike him, nor tall giants oppose themselves to him, but Judith the daughter of Merari weakened him with the beauty of her face.
For she put off her the garments of widowhood, and put on her the garments of joy, to give joy to the children of Israel.
She anointed her face with ointment, and bound up her locks with a crown, she took a new robe to deceive him.
Her sandals ravished his eyes, her beauty made his soul her captive, with a sword she cut off his head.
The Persians quaked at her constancy, and the Medes at her boldness.
Then the camp of the Assyrians howled, when my lowly ones appeared, parched with thirst.
The sons of the damsels have pierced them through, and they have killed them like children fleeing away: they perished in battle before the face of the Lord my God.
Let us sing a hymn to the Lord, let us sing a new hymn to our God.
O Adonai, Lord, great art thou, and glorious in thy power, and no one can overcome thee.
Let all thy creatures serve thee: because thou hast spoken, and they were made: thou didst send forth thy spirit, and they were created, and there is no one that can resist thy voice.
The mountains shall be moved from the foundations with the waters: the rooks shall melt as wax before thy face.
But they that fear thee, shall be great with thee in all things.
Woe be to the nation that riseth up against my people: for the Lord almighty will take revenge on them, in the day of judgment he will visit them.
For he will give fire, and worms into their flesh, that they may burn, and may feel for ever.
And it came to pass after these things, that all the people, after the victory, came to Jerusalem to adore the Lord: and as soon as they were purified, they all offered holocausts, and vows, and their promises.
And Judith offered for an anathema of oblivion all the arms of Holofernes, which the people gave her, and the canopy that she had taken away out of his chamber.
And the people were joyful in the sight of the sanctuary, and for three months the joy of this victory was celebrated with Judith.
And after those days every man returned to his house, and Judith was made great in Bethulia, and she was most renowned in all the land of Israel.
And chastity was joined to her virtue, so that she knew no man all the days of her life, after the death of Manasses her husband.
And on festival days she came forth with great glory.
And she abode in her husband’s house a hundred and five years, and made her handmaid free, and she died, and was buried with her husband in Bethulia.
And all the people mourned for seven days.
And all the time of her life there was none that troubled Israel, nor many years after her death.
But the day of the festivity of this victory is received by the Hebrews in the number of holy days, and is religiously observed by the Jews from that time until this day.
Wisdom of Solomon
The Wisdom of Solomon
Wisdom of Solomon
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THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart.
For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him.
For perverse thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise:
For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins.
For the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee from the deceitful, and will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he shall not abide when iniquity cometh in.
For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
For the spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world: and that, which containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice.
Therefore he that speaketh unjust things cannot be hid, neither shall the chastising judgment pass him by.
For inquisition shall be made into the thoughts of the ungodly: and the hearing of his words shall come to God, to the chastising of his iniquities.
For the ear of jealousy heareth all things, and the tumult of murmuring shall not be hid.
Keep yourselves therefore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul.
Seek not death in the error of your life, neither procure ye destruction by the works of your hands.
For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.
For he created all things that they might be: and he made the nations of the earth for health: and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor kingdom of hell upon the earth.
For justice is perpetual and immortal.
But the wicked with works and words have called it to them: and esteeming it a friend have fallen away, and have made a covenant with it: because they are worthy to be of the part thereof.
For they have said, reasoning with themselves, but not right: The time of our life is short and tedious, and in the end of a man there is no remedy, and no man hath been known to have returned from hell:
For we are born of nothing, and after this we shall be as if we had not been: for the breath in our nostrils is smoke: and speech a spark to move our heart,
Which being put out, our body shall be ashes, and our spirit shall be poured abroad as soft air, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, which is driven away by the beams of the sun, and overpowered with the heat thereof:
And our name in time shall be forgotten, and no man shall have any remembrance of our works.
For our time is as the passing of a shadow, and there is no going back of our end: for it is fast sealed, and no man returneth.
Come therefore, and let us enjoy the good things that are present, and let us speedily use the creatures as in youth.
Let us fill ourselves with costly wine, and ointments: and let not the flower of the time pass by us.
Let us crown ourselves with roses, before they be withered: let no meadow escape our riot.
Let none of us go without his part in luxury: let us everywhere leave tokens of joy: for this is our portion, and this our lot.
Let us oppress the poor just man, and not spare the widow, nor honour the ancient grey hairs of the aged.
But let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble, is found to be nothing worth.
Let us therefore lie in wait for the just, because he is not for our turn, and he is contrary to our doings, and upbraideth us with transgressions of the law, and divulgeth against us the sins of our way of life.
He boasteth that he hath the knowledge of God, and calleth himself the son of God.
He is become a censurer of our thoughts.
He is grievous unto us, even to behold: for his life is not like other men’s, and his ways are very different.
We are esteemed by him as triflers, and he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness, and he preferreth the latter end of the just, and glorieth that he hath God for his father.
Let us see then if his words be true, and let us prove what shall happen to him, and we shall know what his end shall be.
For if he be the true son of God, he will defend him, and will deliver him from the hands of his enemies.
Let us examine him by outrages and tortures, that we may know his meekness and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a most shameful death: for there shall be respect had unto him by his words.
These things they thought, and were deceived: for their own malice blinded them.
And they knew not the secrets of God, nor hoped for the wages of justice, nor esteemed the honour of holy souls.
For God created man incorruptible, and to the image of his own likeness he made him.
But by the envy of the devil, death came into the world:
And they follow him that are of his side.
But the souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them.
In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure was taken for misery:
And their going away from us, for utter destruction: but they are in peace.
And though in the sight of men they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.
Afflicted in few things, in many they shall be well rewarded: because God hath tried them, and found them worthy of himself.
As gold in the furnace he hath proved them, and as a victim of a holocaust he hath received them, and in time there shall be respect had to them.
The just shall shine, and shall run to and fro like sparks among the reeds.
They shall judge nations, and rule over people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
They that trust in him, shall understand the truth: and they that are faithful in love shall rest in him: for grace and peace is to his elect.
But the wicked shall be punished according to their own devices: who have neglected the just, and have revolted from the Lord.
For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable.
Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked.
Their offspring is cursed: for happy is the barren: and the undefiled, that hath not known bed in sin: she shall have fruit in the visitation of holy souls.
And the eunuch, that hath not wrought iniquity with his hands, nor thought wicked things against God: for the precious gift of faith shall be given to him, and a most acceptable lot in the temple of God.
For the fruit of good labours is glorious, and the root of wisdom never faileth.
But the children of adulterers shall not come to perfection, and the seed of the unlawful bed shall be rooted out.
And if they live long, they shall be nothing regarded, and their last old age shall be without honour.
And if they die quickly, they shall have no hope, nor speech of comfort in the day of trial.
For dreadful are the ends of a wicked race.
O how beautiful is the chaste generation with glory: for the memory thereof is immortal: because it is known both with God and with men.
When it is present, they imitate it: and they desire it when it hath withdrawn itself, and it triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the reward of undefiled conflicts.
But the multiplied brood of the wicked shall not thrive, and bastard slips shall not take deep root, nor any fast foundation.
And if they flourish in branches for a time, yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
For the branches not being perfect, shall be broken, and their fruits shall be unprofitable, and sour to eat, and fit for nothing.
For the children that are born of unlawful beds, are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.
But the just man, if he be prevented with death, shall be in rest.
For venerable old age is not that of long time, nor counted by the number of years: but the understanding of a man is grey hairs.
And a spotless life is old age.
He pleased God and was beloved, and living among sinners he was translated.
He was taken away lest wickedness should alter his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.
For the bewitching of vanity obscureth good things, and the wandering of concupiscence overturneth the innocent mind.
Being made perfect in a short space, he fulfilled a long time:
For his soul pleased God: therefore he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities: but the people see this, and understand not, nor lay up such things in their hearts:
That the grace of God, and his mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect to his chosen.
But the just that is dead, condemneth the wicked that are living, and youth soon ended, the long life of the unjust.
For they shall see the end of the wise man, and shall not understand what God hath designed for him, and why the Lord hath set him in safety.
They shall see him, and shall despise him: but the Lord shall laugh them to scorn.
And they shall fall after this without honour, and be a reproach among the dead for ever: for he shall burst them puffed up and speechless, and shall shake them from the foundations, and they shall be utterly laid waste: they shall be in sorrow, and their memory shall perish.
They shall come with fear at the thought of their sins, and their iniquities shall stand against them to convict them.
Then shall the just stand with great constancy against those that have afflicted them, and taken away their labours.
These seeing it, shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the suddenness of their unexpected salvation.
Saying within themselves, repenting, and groaning for anguish of spirit: These are they, whom we had some time in derision, and for a parable of reproach.
We fools esteemed their life madness, and their end without honour.
Behold how they are numbered among the children of God, and their lot is among the saints.
Therefore we have erred from the way of truth, and the light of justice hath not shined unto us, and the sun of understanding hath not risen upon us.
We wearied ourselves in the way of iniquity and destruction, and have walked through hard ways, but the way of the Lord we have not known.
What hath pride profited us? or what advantage hath the boasting of riches brought us?
All those things are passed away like a shadow, and like a post that runneth on,
And as a ship that passeth through the waves: whereof when it is gone by, the trace cannot be found, nor the path of its keel in the waters:
Or as when a bird flieth through the air, of the passage of which no mark can be found, but only the sound of the wings beating the light air, and parting it by the force of her flight; she moved her wings, and hath flown through, and there is no mark found afterwards of her way:
Or as when an arrow is shot at a mark, the divided air presently cometh together again, so that the passage thereof is not known:
So we also being born, forthwith ceased to be: and have been able to shew no mark of virtue: but are consumed in our wickedness.
Such things as these the sinners said in hell:
For the hope of the wicked is as dust, which is blown away with the wind, and as a thin froth which is dispersed by the storm: and a smoke that is scattered abroad by the wind: and as the remembrance of a guest of one day that passeth by.
But the just shall live for evermore: and their reward is with the Lord, and the care of them with the most High.
Therefore shall they receive a kingdom of glory, and a crown of beauty at the hand of the Lord: for with his right hand he will cover them, and with his holy arm he will defend them.
And his zeal will take armour, and he will arm the creature for the revenge of his enemies.
He will put on justice as a breastplate, and will take true judgment instead of a helmet.
He will take equity for an invincible shield:
And he will sharpen his severe wrath for a spear, and the whole world shall fight with him against the unwise.
Then shafts of lightning shall go directly from the clouds, as from a bow well bent, they shall be shot out, and shall fly to the mark.
And thick hail shall be cast upon them from the stone casting wrath: the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the rivers shall run together in a terrible manner.
A mighty wind shall stand up against them, and as a whirlwind shall divide them: and their iniquity shall bring all the earth to a desert, and wickedness shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.
Wisdom is better than strength, and a wise man is better than a strong man.
Hear therefore, ye kings, and understand: learn, ye that are judges of the ends of the earth.
Give ear, you that rule the people, and that please yourselves in multitudes of nations:
For power is given you by the Lord, and strength by the most High, who will examine your works, and search out your thoughts:
Because being ministers of his kingdom, you have not judged rightly, nor kept the law of justice, nor walked according to the will of God.
Horribly and speedily will he appear to you: for a most severe judgment shall be for them that bear rule.
For to him that is little, mercy is granted: but the mighty shall be mightily tormented.
For God will not except any man’s person, neither will he stand in awe of any man’s greatness: for he made the little and the great, and he hath equally care of all.
But a greater punishment is ready for the more mighty.
To you, therefore, O kings, are these my words, that you may learn wisdom, and not fall from it.
For they that have kept just things justly, shall be justified: and they that have learned these things, shall find what to answer.
Covet ye therefore my words, and love them, and you shall have instruction.
Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away, and is easily seen by them that love her, and is found by them that seek her.
She preventeth them that covet her, so that she first sheweth herself unto them.
He that awaketh early to seek her, shall not labour: for he shall find her sitting at his door.
To think therefore upon her, is perfect understanding: and he that watcheth for her, shall quickly be secure.
For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, and she sheweth herself to them cheerfully in the ways, and meeteth them with all providence.
For the beginning of her is the most true desire of discipline.
And the care of discipline is love: and love is the keeping of her laws: and the keeping of her laws is the firm foundation of incorruption:
And incorruption bringeth near to God.
Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to the everlasting kingdom.
If then your delight be in thrones, and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, love wisdom, that you may reign for ever.
Love the light of wisdom, all ye that bear rule over peoples.
Now what wisdom is, and what was her origin, I will declare: and I will not hide from you the mysteries of God, but will seek her out from the beginning of her birth, and bring the knowledge of her to light, and will not pass over the truth:
Neither will I go with consuming envy: for such a man shall not be partaker of wisdom.
Now the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the whole world: and a wise king is the upholding of the people.
Receive therefore instruction by my words, and it shall be profitable to you.
I myself also am a mortal man, like all others, and of the race of him, that was first made of the earth, and in the womb of my mother I was fashioned to be flesh.
In the time of ten months I was compacted in blood, of the seed of man, and the pleasure of sleep concurring.
And being born I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, that is made alike, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.
I was nursed in swaddling clothes, and with great cares.
For none of the kings had any other beginning of birth.
For all men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.
Wherefore I wished, and understanding was given me: and I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me:
And I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.
Neither did I compare unto her any precious stone: for all gold in comparison of her, is as a little sand, and silver in respect to her shall be counted as clay.
I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for her light cannot be put out.
Now all good things came to me together with her, and innumerable riches through her hands,
And I rejoiced in all these: for this wisdom went before me, and I knew not that she was the mother of them all.
Which I have learned without guile, and communicate without envy, and her riches I hide not.
For she is an infinite treasure to men! which they that use, become the friends of God, being commended for the gift of discipline.
And God hath given to me to speak as I would, and to conceive thoughts worthy of those things that are given me: because he is the guide of wisdom, and the director of the wise:
For in his hand are both we, and our words, and all wisdom, and the knowledge and skill of works.
For he hath given me the true knowledge of the things that are: to know the disposition of the whole world, and the virtues of the elements,
The beginning, and ending, and midst of the times, the alterations of their courses, and the changes of seasons,
The revolutions of the year, and the dispositions of the stars,
The natures of living creatures, and rage of wild beasts, the force of winds, and reasonings of men, the diversities of plants, and the virtues of roots,
And all such things as are hid and not foreseen, I have learned: for wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me.
For in her is the spirit of understanding: holy, one, manifold, subtile, eloquent, active, undefiled, sure, sweet, loving that which is good, quick, which nothing hindereth, beneficent,
Gentle, kind, steadfast, assured, secure, having all power, overseeing all things, and containing all spirits, intelligible, pure, subtile.
For wisdom is more active than all active things: and reacheth everywhere by reason of her purity.
For she is a vapour of the power of God, and a certain pure emanation of the glory of the almighty God: and therefore no defiled thing cometh into her.
For she is the brightness of eternal light, and the unspotted mirror of God’s majesty, and the image of his goodness.
And being but one, she can do all things: and remaining in herself the same, she reneweth all things, and through nations conveyeth herself into holy souls, she maketh the friends of God and prophets.
For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.
For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of the stars: being compared with the light, she is found before it.
For after this cometh night, but no evil can overcome wisdom.
She reacheth therefore from end to end mightily, and ordereth all things sweetly.
Her have I loved, and have sought her out from my youth, and have desired to take her for my spouse, and I became a lover of her beauty.
She glorifieth her nobility by being conversant with God: yea and the Lord of all things hath loved her.
For it is she that teacheth the knowledge of God, and is the chooser of his works.
And if riches be desired in life, what is richer than wisdom, which maketh all things?
And if sense do work: who is a more artful worker than she of those things that are?
And if a man love justice: her labours have great virtues; for she teacheth temperance, and prudence, and justice, and fortitude, which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in life.
And if a man desire much knowledge: she knoweth things past, and judgeth of things to come: she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and the solutions of arguments: she knoweth signs and wonders before they be done, and the events of times and ages.
I purposed therefore to take her to me to live with me: knowing that she will communicate to me of her good things, and will be a comfort in my cares and grief.
For her sake I shall have glory among the multitude, and honour with the ancients, though I be young:
And I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of the mighty, and the faces of princes shall wonder at me.
They shall wait for me when I hold my peace, and they shall look upon me when I speak, and if I talk much they shall lay their hands on their mouths.
Moreover by the means of her I shall have immortality: and shall leave behind me an everlasting memory to them that come after me.
I shall set the people in order: and nations shall be subject to me.
Terrible kings hearing shall be afraid of me: among the multitude I shall be found good, and valiant in war.
When I go into my house, I shall repose myself with her: for her conversation hath no bitterness, nor her company any tediousness, but joy and gladness.
Thinking these things with myself, and pondering them in my heart, that to be allied to wisdom is immortality,
And that there is great delight in her friendship, and inexhaustible riches in the works of her hands, and in the exercise of conference with her, wisdom, and glory in the communication of her words: I went about seeking, that I might take her to myself.
And I was a witty child and had received a good soul.
And whereas I was more good, I came to a body undefiled.
And as I knew that I could not otherwise be continent, except God gave it, and this also was a point of wisdom, to know whose gift it was: I went to the Lord, and besought him, and said with my whole heart:
God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word,
And by thy wisdom hast appointed man, that he should have dominion over the creature that was made by thee,
That he should order the world according to equity and justice, and execute justice with an upright heart:
Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne, and cast me not off from among thy children:
For I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid, a weak man, and of short time, and falling short of the understanding of judgment and laws.
For if one be perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.
Thou hast chosen me to be king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters.
And hast commanded me to build a temple on thy holy mount, and an altar in the city of thy dwelling place, a resemblance of thy holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning:
And thy wisdom with thee, which knoweth thy works, which then also was present when thou madest the world, and knew what was agreeable to thy eyes, and what was right in thy commandments.
Send her out of thy holy heaven, and from the throne of thy majesty, that she may be with me, and may labour with me, that I may know what is acceptable with thee:
For she knoweth and understandeth all things, and shall lead me soberly in my works, and shall preserve me by her power.
So shall my works be acceptable, and I shall govern thy people justly, and shall be worthy of the throne of my father.
For who among men is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of God is?
For the thoughts of mortal men are fearful, and our counsels uncertain.
For the corruptible body is a load upon the soul, and the earthly habitation presseth down the mind that museth upon many things.
And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth: and with labour do we find the things that are before us. But the things that are in heaven, who shall search out?
And who shall know thy thought, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above:
And so the ways of them that are upon earth may be corrected, and men may learn the things that please thee?
For by wisdom they were healed, whosoever have pleased thee, O Lord, from the beginning.
She preserved him, that was first formed by God the father of the world, when he was created alone,
And she brought him out of his sin, and gave him power to govern all things.
But when the unjust went away from her in his anger, he perished by the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.
For whose cause, when water destroyed the earth, wisdom healed it again, directing the course of the just by contemptible wood.
Moreover when the nations had conspired together to consent to wickedness, she knew the just, and preserved him without blame to God, and kept him strong against the compassion for his son.
She delivered the just man who fled from the wicked that were perishing, when the fire came down upon Pentapolis:
Whose land for a testimony of their wickedness is desolate, and smoketh to this day, and the trees bear fruits that ripen not, and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an incredulous soul.
For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things, but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid.
But wisdom hath delivered from sorrow them that attend upon her.
She conducted the just, when he fled from his brother’s wrath, through the right ways, and shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him the knowledge of the holy things, made him honourable in his labours, and accomplished his labours.
In the deceit of them that overreached him, she stood by him, and made him honourable.
She kept him safe from his enemies, and she defended him from seducers, and gave him a strong conflict, that he might overcome, and know that wisdom is mightier than all.
She forsook not the just when he was sold, but delivered him from sinners: she went down with him into the pit.
And in bands she left him not, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him: and shewed them to be liars that had accused him, and gave him everlasting glory.
She delivered the just people, and blameless seed from the nations that oppressed them.
She entered into the soul of the servant of God, and stood against dreadful kings in wonders and signs.
And she rendered to the just the wages of their labours, and conducted them in a wonderful way: and she was to them for a covert by day, and for the light of stars by night:
And she brought them through the Red Sea, and carried them over through a great water.
But their enemies she drowned in the sea, and from the depth of hell she brought them out. Therefore the just took the spoils of the wicked.
And they sung to thy holy name, O Lord, and they praised with one accord thy victorious hand.
For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of infants eloquent.
She prospered their works in the hands of the holy prophet.
They went through wildernesses that were not inhabited, and in desert places they pitched their tents.
They stood against their enemies, and revenged themselves of their adversaries.
They were thirsty, and they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the high rock, and a refreshment of their thirst out of the hard stone.
For by what things their enemies were punished, when their drink failed them, while the children of Israel abounded therewith and rejoiced:
By the same things they in their need were benefited.
For instead of a fountain of an ever running river, thou gavest human blood to the unjust.
And whilst they were diminished for a manifest reproof of their murdering the infants, thou gavest to thine abundant water unlooked for:
Shewing by the thirst that was then, how thou didst exalt thine, and didst kill their adversaries.
For when they were tried, and chastised with mercy, they knew how the wicked were judged with wrath and tormented.
For thou didst admonish and try them as a father: but the others, as a severe king, thou didst examine and condemn.
For whether absent or present, they were tormented alike.
For a double affliction came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
For when they heard that by their punishments the others were benefited, they remembered the Lord, wondering at the end of what was come to pass.
For whom they scorned before, when he was thrown out at the time of his being wickedly exposed to perish, him they admired in the end, when they saw the event: their thirsting being unlike to that of the just.
But for the foolish devices of their iniquity, because some being deceived worshipped dumb serpents and worthless beasts, thou didst send upon them a multitude of dumb beasts for vengeance.
That they might know that by what things a man sinneth, by the same also he is tormented.
For thy almighty hand, which made the world of matter without form, was not unable to send upon them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions,
Or unknown beasts of a new kind, full of rage: either breathing out a fiery vapour, or sending forth a stinking smoke, or shooting horrible sparks out of their eyes:
Whereof not only the hurt might be able to destroy them, but also the very sight might kill them through fear.
Yea and without these, they might have been slain with one blast, persecuted by their own deeds, and scattered by the breath of thy power: but thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight.
For great power always belonged to thee alone: and who shall resist the strength of thy arm?
For the whole world before thee is as the least grain of the balance, and as a drop of the morning dew, that falleth down upon the earth:
But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance.
For thou lovest all things that are, and hatest none of the things which thou hast made: for thou didst not appoint, or make any thing hating it.
And how could any thing endure, if thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if not called by thee.
But thou sparest all: because they are thine, O Lord, who lovest souls.
O how good and sweet is thy spirit, O Lord, in all things!
And therefore thou chastisest them that err, by little and little: and admonishest them, and speakest to them, concerning the things wherein they offend: that leaving their wickedness, they may believe in thee, O Lord.
For those ancient inhabitants of thy holy land, whom thou didst abhor,
Because they did works hateful to thee by their sorceries, and wicked sacrifices,
And those merciless murderers of their own children, and eaters of men’s bowels, and devourers of blood from the midst of thy consecration,
And those parents sacrificing with their own hands helpless souls, it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our parents,
That the land which of all is most dear to thee might receive a worthy colony of the children of God.
Yet even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thy host, to destroy them by little and little.
Not that thou wast unable to bring the wicked under the just by war, or by cruel beasts, or with one rough word to destroy them at once:
But executing thy judgments by degrees thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a wicked generation, and their malice natural, and that their thought could never be changed.
For it was a cursed seed from the beginning: neither didst thou for fear of any one give pardon to their sins.
For who shall say to thee: What hast thou done? or who shall withstand thy judgment? or who shall come before thee to be a revenger of wicked men? or who shall accuse thee, if the nations perish, which thou hast made?
For there is no other God but thou, who hast care of all, that thou shouldst shew that thou dost not give judgment unjustly.
Neither shall king, nor tyrant in thy sight inquire about them whom thou hast destroyed.
For so much then as thou art just, thou orderest all things justly: thinking it not agreeable to thy power, to condemn him who deserveth not to be punished.
For thy power is the beginning of justice: and because thou art Lord of all, thou makest thyself gracious to all.
For thou shewest thy power, when men will not believe thee to be absolute in power, and thou convincest the boldness of them that know thee not.
But thou being master of power, judgest with tranquillity; and with great favour disposest of us: for thy power is at hand when thou wilt.
But thou hast taught thy people by such works, that they must be just and humane, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope: because in judging thou givest place for repentance for sins.
For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy servants, and that deserved to die, with so great deliberation, giving them time and place whereby they might be changed from their wickedness:
With what circumspection hast thou judged thy own children, to whose parents thou hast sworn and made covenants of good promises?
Therefore whereas thou chastisest us, thou scourgest our enemies very many ways, to the end that when we judge we may think on thy goodness: and when we are judged, we may hope for thy mercy.
Wherefore thou hast also greatly tormented them who in their life have lived foolishly and unjustly, by the same things which they worshipped.
For they went astray for a long time in the ways of error, holding those things for gods which are the most worthless among beasts, living after the manner of children without understanding.
Therefore thou hast sent a judgment upon them as senseless children to mock them.
But they that were not amended by mockeries and reprehensions, experienced the worthy judgment of God.
For seeing with indignation that they suffered by those very things which they took for gods, when they were destroyed by the same, they acknowledged him the true God, whom in time past they denied that they knew: for which cause the end also of their condemnation came upon them.
But all men are vain, in whom there is not the knowledge of God: and who by these good things that are seen, could not understand him that is, neither by attending to the works have acknowledged who was the workman:
But have imagined either the fire, or the wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the great water, or the sun and moon, to be the gods that rule the world.
With whose beauty, if they, being delighted, took them to be gods: let them know how much the Lord of them is more beautiful than they: for the first author of beauty made all those things.
Or if they admired their power and their effects, let them understand by them, that he that made them, is mightier than they:
For by the greatness of the beauty, and of the creature, the creator of them may be seen, so as to be known thereby.
But yet as to these they are less to be blamed. For they perhaps err, seeking God, and desirous to find him.
For being conversant among his works, they search: and they are persuaded that the things are good which are seen.
But then again they are not to be pardoned.
For if they were able to know so much as to make a judgment of the world: how did they not more easily find out the Lord thereof?
But unhappy are they, and their hope is among the dead, who have called gods the works of the hands of men, gold and silver, the inventions of art, and the resemblances of beasts, or an unprofitable stone the work of an ancient hand.
Or if an artist, a carpenter, hath cut down a tree proper for his use in the wood, and skillfully taken off all the bark thereof, and with his art, diligently formeth a vessel profitable for the common uses of life,
And useth the chips of his work to dress his meat:
And taking what was left thereof, which is good for nothing, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, carveth it diligently when he hath nothing else to do, and by the skill of his art fashioneth it and maketh it like the image of a man:
Or the resemblance of some beast, laying it over with vermilion, and painting it red, and covering every spot that is in it:
And maketh a convenient dwelling place for it, and setting it in a wall, and fastening it with iron,
Providing for it, lest it should fall, knowing that it is unable to help itself: for it is an image, and hath need of help.
And then maketh prayer to it, inquiring concerning his substance, and his children, or his marriage. And he is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life:
And for health he maketh supplication to the weak, and for life prayeth to that which is dead, and for help calleth upon that which is unprofitable:
And for a good journey he petitioneth him that cannot walk: and for getting, and for working, and for the event of all things he asketh him that is unable to do any thing.
Again, another designing to sail, and beginning to make his voyage through the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more frail than the wood that carrieth him.
For this the desire of gain devised, and the workman built it by his skill.
But thy providence, O Father, governeth it: for thou hast made a way even in the sea, and a most sure path among the waves,
Shewing that thou art able to save out of all things, yea though a man went to sea without art.
But that the works of thy wisdom might not be idle: therefore men also trust their lives even to a little wood, and passing over the sea by ship are saved.
And from the beginning also when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world fleeing to a vessel, which was governed by thy hand, left to the world seed of generation.
For blessed is the wood, by which justice cometh.
But the idol that is made by hands, is cursed, as well it, as he that made it: he because he made it; and it because being frail it is called a god.
But to God the wicked and his wickedness are hateful alike.
For that which is made, together with him that made it, shall suffer torments.
Therefore there shall be no respect had even to the idols of the Gentiles: because the creatures of God are turned to an abomination, and a temptation to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise.
For the beginning of fornication is the devising of idols: and the invention of them is the corruption of life.
For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.
For by the vanity of men they came into the world: and therefore they shall be found to come shortly to an end.
For a father being afflicted with bitter grief, made to himself the image of his son who was quickly taken away: and him who then had died as a man, he began now to worship as a god, and appointed him rites and sacrifices among his servants.
Then in process of time, wicked custom prevailing, this error was kept as a law, and statues were worshipped by the commandment of tyrants.
And those whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they brought their resemblance from afar, and made an express image of the king whom they had a mind to honour: that by this their diligence, they might honour as present, him that was absent.
And to worshipping of these, the singular diligence also of the artificer helped to set forward the ignorant.
For he being willing to please him that employed him, laboured with all his art to make the resemblance in the best manner.
And the multitude of men, carried away by the beauty of the work, took him now for a god that a little before was but honoured as a man.
And this was the occasion of deceiving human life: for men serving either their affection, or their kings, gave the incommunicable name to stones and wood.
And it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but whereas they lived in a great war of ignorance, they call so many and so great evils peace.
For either they sacrifice their own children, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep watches full of madness,
So that now they neither keep life, nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth another through envy, or grieveth him by adultery:
And all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good,
Forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleanness.
For the worship of abominable idols is the cause, and the beginning and end of all evil.
For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves.
For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt.
But for two things they shall be justly punished, because they have thought not well of God, giving heed to idols, and have sworn unjustly, in guile despising justice.
For it is not the power of them, by whom they swear, but the just vengeance of sinners always punisheth the transgression of the unjust.
But thou, our God, art gracious and true, patient, and ordering all things in mercy.
For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy greatness: and if we sin not, we know that we are counted with thee.
For to know thee is perfect justice: and to know thy justice, and thy power, is the root of immortality.
For the invention of mischievous men hath not deceived us, nor the shadow of a picture, a fruitless labour, a graven figure with divers colours,
The sight whereof enticeth the fool to lust after it, and he loveth the lifeless figure of a dead image.
The lovers of evil things deserve to have no better things to trust in, both they that make them, and they that love them, and they that worship them.
The potter also tempering soft earth, with labour fashioneth every vessel for our service, and of the same clay he maketh both vessels that are for clean uses, and likewise such as serve to the contrary: but what is the use of these vessels, the potter is the judge.
And of the same clay by a vain labour he maketh a god: he who a little before was made of earth himself, and a little after returneth to the same out of which he was taken, when his life which was lent him shall be called for again.
But his care is, not that he shall labour, nor that his life is short, but he striveth with the goldsmiths and silversmiths: and he endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it a glory to make vain things.
For his heart is ashes, and his hope vain earth, and his life more base than clay:
Forasmuch as he knew not his maker and him that inspired into him the soul that worketh, and that breathed into him a living spirit.
Yea and they have counted our life a pastime, and the business of life to be gain, and that we must be getting every way, even out of evil.
For that man knoweth that he offendeth above all others, who of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels, and graven gods.
But all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and proud beyond measure:
For they have esteemed all the idols of the heathens for gods, which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle, and as for their feet, they are slow to walk.
For man made them: and he that borroweth his own breath, fashioned them. For no man can make a god like to himself.
For being mortal himself, he formeth a dead thing with his wicked hands. For he is better than they whom he worshippeth, because he indeed hath lived, though he were mortal, but they never.
Moreover they worship also the vilest creatures: but things without sense compared to these, are worse than they.
Yea, neither by sight can any man see good of these beasts. But they have fled from the praise of God, and from his blessing.
For these things, and by the like things to these, they were worthily punished, and were destroyed by a multitude of beasts.
Instead of which punishment, dealing well with thy people, thou gavest them their desire of delicious food, of a new taste, preparing for them quails for their meat:
To the end that they indeed desiring food, by means of those things that were shewn and sent among them, might loathe even that which was necessary to satisfy their desire. But these, after suffering want for a short time, tasted a new meat.
For it was requisite that inevitable destruction should come upon them that exercised tyranny: but to these it should only be shewn how their enemies were destroyed.
For when the fierce rage of beasts came upon these, they were destroyed with the bitings of crooked serpents.
But thy wrath endured not for ever, but they were troubled for a short time for their correction, having a sign of salvation to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.
For he that turned to it, was not healed by that which he saw, but by thee the Saviour of all.
And in this thou didst shew to our enemies, that thou art he who deliverest from all evil.
For the bitings of locusts, and of flies killed them, and there was found no remedy for their life: because they were worthy to be destroyed by such things.
But not even the teeth of venomous serpents overcame thy children: for thy mercy came and healed them.
For they were examined for the remembrance of thy words, and were quickly healed, lest falling into deep forgetfulness, they might not be able to use thy help.
For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaster that healed them, but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things.
For it is thou, O Lord, that hast power of life and death, and leadest down to the gates of death, and bringest back again:
A man indeed killeth through malice, and when the spirit is gone forth, it shall not return, neither shall he call back the soul that is received:
But it is impossible to escape thy hand.
For the wicked that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thy arm, being persecuted by strange waters, and hail, and rain, and consumed by fire.
And which was wonderful, in water, which extinguisheth all things, the fire had more force: for the world fighteth for the just.
For at one time, the fire was mitigated, that the beasts which were sent against the wicked might not be burned, but that they might see and perceive that they were persecuted by the judgment of God.
And at another time the fire, above its own power, burned in the midst of water, to destroy the fruits of a wicked land.
Instead of which things thou didst feed thy people with the food of angels, and gavest them bread from heaven prepared without labour; having in it all that is delicious, and the sweetness of every taste.
For thy sustenance shewed thy sweetness to thy children, and serving every man’s will, it was turned to what every man liked.
But snow and ice endured the force of fire, and melted not: that they might know that fire burning in the hail and flashing in the rain destroyed the fruits of the enemies.
But this same again, that the just might be nourished, did even forget its own strength.
For the creature serving thee the Creator, is made fierce against the unjust for their punishment; and abateth its strength for the benefit of them that trust in thee.
Therefore even then it was transformed into all things, and was obedient to thy grace that nourisheth all, according to the will of them that desired it of thee.
That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovedst, might know that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth men, but thy word preserveth them that believe in thee:
For that which could not be destroyed by fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam presently melted away:
That it might be known to all, that we ought to prevent the sun to bless thee, and adore thee at the dawning of the light.
For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter’s ice, and shall run off as unprofitable water.
For thy judgments, O Lord, are great, and thy words cannot be expressed: therefore undisciplined souls have erred.
For while the wicked thought to be able to have dominion over the holy nation, they themselves being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, shut up in their houses, lay there exiled from the eternal providence.
And while they thought to lie hid in their obscure sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly afraid and troubled with exceeding great astonishment.
For neither did the den that held them, keep them from fear: for noises coming down troubled them, and sad visions appearing to them, affrighted them.
And no power of fire could give them light, neither could the bright flames of the stars enlighten that horrible night.
But there appeared to them a sudden fire, very dreadful: and being struck with the fear of that face, which was not seen, they thought the things which they saw to be worse:
And the delusions of their magic art were put down, and their boasting of wisdom was reproachfully rebuked.
For they who promised to drive away fears and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of a fear worthy to be laughed at.
For though no terrible thing disturbed them: yet being scared with the passing by of beasts, and hissing of serpents, they died for fear: and denying that they saw the air, which could by no means be avoided.
For whereas wickedness is fearful, it beareth witness of its condemnation: for a troubled conscience always forecasteth grievous things.
For fear is nothing else but a yielding up of the succours from thought.
And while there is less expectation from within, the greater doth it count the ignorance of that cause which bringeth the torment.
But they that during that night, in which nothing could be done, and which came upon them from the lowest and deepest hell, slept the same sleep.
Were sometimes molested with the fear of monsters, sometimes fainted away, their soul failing them: for a sudden and unlooked for fear was come upon them.
Moreover if any of them had fallen down, he was kept shut up in prison without irons.
For if any one were a husbandman, or a shepherd, or a labourer in the field, and was suddenly overtaken, he endured a necessity from which he could not fly.
For they were all bound together with one chain of darkness. Whether it were a whistling wind, or the melodious voice of birds, among the spreading branches of trees, or a fall of water running down with violence,
Or the mighty noise of stones tumbling down, or the running that could not be seen of beasts playing together, or the roaring voice of wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the highest mountains: these things made them to swoon for fear.
For the whole world was enlightened with a clear light, and none were hindered in their labours.
But over them only was spread a heavy night, an image of that darkness which was to come upon them. But they were to themselves more grievous than the darkness.
But thy saints had a very great light, and they heard their voice indeed, but did not see their shape. And because they also did not suffer the same things, they glorified thee:
And they that before had been wronged, gave thanks, because they were not hurt now: and asked this gift, that there might be a difference.
Therefore they received a burning pillar of fire for a guide of the way which they knew not, and thou gavest them a harmless sun of a good entertainment.
The others indeed were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, who kept thy children shut up, by whom the pure light of the law was to be given to the world.
And whereas they thought to kill the babes of the just, one child being cast forth, and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away a multitude of their children, and destroyedst them all together in a mighty water.
For that night was known before by our fathers, that assuredly knowing what oaths they had trusted to, they might be of better courage.
So thy people received the salvation of the just, and destruction of the unjust.
For as thou didst punish the adversaries: so thou didst also encourage and glorify us.
For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers.
But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies, and a lamentable mourning was heard for the children that were bewailed.
And the servant suffered the same punishment as the master, and a common man suffered in like manner as the king.
So all alike had innumerable dead, with one kind of death. Neither were the living sufficient to bury them; for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.
For whereas they would not believe any thing before by reason of the enchantments, then first upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged the people to be of God.
For while all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course,
Thy almighty word leapt down from heaven from thy royal throne, as a fierce conqueror into the midst of the land of destruction.
With a sharp sword carrying thy unfeigned commandment, and he stood and filled all things with death, and standing on the earth reached even to heaven.
Then suddenly visions of evil dreams troubled them, and fears unlooked for came upon them.
And one thrown here, another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.
For the visions that troubled them foreshewed these things, lest they should perish and not know why they suffered these evils.
But the just also were afterwards touched by an assault of death, and there was a disturbance of the multitude in the wilderness: but thy wrath did not long continue.
For a blameless man made haste to pray for the people, bringing forth the shield of his ministry, prayer, and by incense making supplication, withstood the wrath, and put an end to the calamity, shewing that he was thy servant.
And he overcame the disturbance, not by strength of body nor with force of arms, but with a word he subdued him that punished them, alleging the oaths and covenant made with the fathers.
For when they were now fallen down dead by heaps one upon another, he stood between and stayed the assault, and cut off the way to the living.
For in the priestly robe which he wore, was the whole world: and in the four rows of the stones the glory of the fathers was graven, and thy majesty was written upon the diadem of his head.
And to these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them: for the proof only of wrath was enough.
But as to the wicked, even to the end there came upon them wrath without mercy. For he knew before also what they would do:
For when they had given them leave to depart, and had sent them away with great care, they repented, and pursued after them.
For whilst they were yet mourning, and lamenting at the graves of the dead, they took up another foolish device: and pursued them as fugitives whom they had pressed to be gone:
For a necessity, of which they were worthy, brought them to this end: and they lost the remembrance of those things which had happened, that their punishment might fill up what was wanting to their torments:
And that thy people might wonderfully pass through, but they might find a new death.
For every creature according to its kind was fashioned again as from the beginning, obeying thy commandments, that thy children might be kept without hurt.
For a cloud overshadowed their camp, and where water was before, dry land appeared, and in the Red Sea a way without hinderance, and out of the great deep a springing field:
Through which all the nation passed which was protected with thy hand, seeing thy miracles and wonders.
For they fed on their food like horses, and they skipped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them.
For they were yet mindful of those things which had been done in the time of their sojourning, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.
And at length they saw a new generation of birds, when being led by their appetite they asked for delicate meats.
For to satisfy their desire, the quail came up to them from the sea: and punishments came upon the sinners, not without foregoing signs by the force of thunders: for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness.
For they exercised a more detestable inhospitality than any: others indeed received not strangers unknown to them, but these brought their guests into bondage that had deserved well of them.
And not only so, but in another respect also they were worse: for the others against their will received the strangers.
But these grievously afflicted them whom they had received with joy, and who lived under the same laws.
But they were struck with blindness: as those others were at the doors of the just man, when they were covered with sudden darkness, and every one sought the passage of his own door.
For while the elements are changed in themselves, as in an instrument the sound of the quality is changed, yet all keep their sound: which may clearly be perceived by the very sight.
For the things of the land were turned into things of the water: and the things before swam in the water passed upon the land.
The fire had power in water above its own virtue, and the water forgot its quenching nature.
On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of corruptible animals walking therein, neither did they melt that good food, which was apt to melt as ice. For in all things thou didst magnify thy people, O Lord, and didst honour them, and didst not despise them, but didst assist them at all times, and in every place.
Sirach
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
Sirach
Sir
THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH,
OR
ECCLESIASTICUS
All wisdom is from the Lord God, and hath been always with him, and is before all time.
Who hath numbered the sand of the sea, and the drops of rain, and the days of the world? Who hath measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss?
Who hath searched out the wisdom of God that goeth before all things?
Wisdom hath been created before all things, and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
The word of God on high is the fountain of wisdom, and her ways are everlasting commandments.
To whom hath the root of wisdom been revealed, and who hath known her wise counsels?
To whom hath the discipline of wisdom been revealed and made manifest? and who hath understood the multiplicity of her steps?
There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who sitteth upon his throne, and is the God of dominion.
He created her in the Holy Ghost, and saw her, and numbered her, and measured her.
And he poured her out upon all his works, and upon all flesh according to his gift, and hath given her to them that love him.
The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart, and shall give joy, and gladness, and length of days.
With him that feareth the Lord, it shall go well in the latter end, and in the day of his death he shall be blessed.
The love of God is honourable wisdom.
Ana they to whom she shall shew herself love her by the sight, and by the knowledge of her great works.
The fear of the Lord Is the beginning of wisdom, and was created with the faithful in the womb, it walketh with chosen women, and is known with the just and faithful.
The fear of the Lord is the religiousness of knowledge.
Religiousness shall keep and justify the heart, it shall give joy and gladness.
It shall go well with him that feareth the Lord, and in the days of his end he shall be blessed.
To fear God is the fulness of wisdom, and fulness is from the fruits thereof.
She shall fill all her house with her increase, and the storehouses with her treasures.
The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation:
And it hath seen, and numbered her: but both are the gifts of God.
Wisdom shall distribute knowledge, and understanding of prudence: and exalteth the glory of them that hold her.
The root of wisdom is to fear the Lord: and the branches thereof are longlived.
In the treasures of wisdom is understanding, and religiousness of knowledge: but to sinners wisdom is an abomination.
The fear of the Lord driveth out sin:
For he that is without fear, cannot be justified: for the wrath of his high spirits is his ruin.
A patient man shall bear for a time, and afterwards joy shall be restored to him.
A good understanding will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his wisdom.
In the treasures of wisdom is the signification of discipline:
But the worship of God is an abomination to a sinner.
Son, if thou desire wisdom, keep justice, and God will give her to thee.
For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and discipline: and that which is agreeable to him,
Is faith, and meekness: and he will fill up his treasures.
Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord: and come not to him with a double heart.
Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to thee.
Watch over them, lest thou fall, and bring dishonour upon thy soul,
And God discover thy secrets, and cast thee down in the midst of the congregation.
Because thou camest to the Lord wickedly, and thy heart is full of guile and deceit.
Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.
Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.
Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.
Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.
For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.
Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.
Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.
Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight.
Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened.
My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded.
For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him?
For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth.
Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways.
Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.
Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.
And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?
They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.
They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.
They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls.
They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation,
Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.
For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.
The sons of wisdom are the church of the just: and their generation, obedience and love.
Children, hear the judgment of your father, and so do that you may be saved.
For God hath made the father honourable to the children: and seeking the judgment of the mothers, hath confirmed it upon the children.
He that loveth God, shall obtain pardon for his sins by prayer, and shall refrain himself from them, and shall be heard in the prayer of days.
And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.
He that honoureth his father shall have joy in his own children, and in the day of his prayer he shall be heard.
He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall be a comfort to his mother.
He that feareth the Lord, honoureth his parents, and will serve them as his masters that brought him into the world.
Honour thy father, in work and word, and all patience,
That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.
The father’s blessing establisheth the houses of the children: but the mother’s curse rooteth up the foundation.
Glory not in the dishonour of thy father: for his shame is no glory to thee.
For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the disgrace of the son.
Son, support the old age of thy father, and grieve him not in his life;
And if his understanding fail, have patience with him, and despise him not when thou art in thy strength: for the relieving of the father shall not be forgotten.
For good shall be repaid to thee for the sin of thy mother.
And in justice thou shalt be built up, and in the day of affliction thou shalt be remembered: and thy sins shall melt away as the ice in the fair warm weather.
Of what an evil fame is he that forsaketh his father: and he is cursed of God that angereth his mother.
My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men.
The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God:
For great is the power of God alone, and he is honoured by the humble.
Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.
For it is not necessary for thee to see with thy eyes those things that are hid.
In unnecessary matters be not over curious, and in many of his works thou shalt not be inquisitive.
For many things are shewn to thee above the understanding of men.
And the suspicion of them hath deceived many, and hath detained their minds in vanity.
A hard heart shall fear evil at the last: and he that loveth danger shall perish in it.
A heart that goeth two ways shall not have success, and the perverse of heart shall be scandalized therein.
A wicked heart shall be laden with sorrows, and the sinner will add sin to sin.
The congregation of the proud shall not be healed: for the plant of wickedness shall take root in them, and it shall not be perceived.
The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desire.
A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.
Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins:
And God provideth for him that sheweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.
Son, defraud not the poor of alms, and turn not away thy eyes from the poor.
Despise not the hungry soul: and provoke not the Boor in his want.
Afflict not the heart of the needy, and defer not to give to him that is in distress.
Reject not the petition of the afflicted: and turn not away thy face from the needy.
Turn not away thy eyes from the poor for fear of anger: and leave not to them that ask of thee to curse thee behind thy back.
For the prayer of him that curseth thee in the bitterness of his soul, shall be heard, for he that made him will hear him.
Make thyself affable to the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.
Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness.
Deliver him that suffereth wrong out of the hand of the proud: and be not fainthearted in thy soul.
In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.
And thou shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.
Wisdom inspireth life into her children, and protecteth them that seek after her, and will go before them in the way of justice.
And he that loveth her, loveth life: and they that watch for her, shall embrace her sweetness.
They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a blessing.
They that serve her, shall be servants to the holy one: and God loveth them that love her.
He that hearkeneth to her, shall judge nations: and he that looketh upon her, shall remain secure.
If he trust to her, he shall inherit her, and his generation shall be in assurance.
For she walketh with him in temptation, and at the first she chooseth him.
She will bring upon him fear and dread and trial: and she will scourge him with the affliction of her discipline, till she try him by her laws, and trust his soul.
Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy,
And will disclose her secrets to him, and will heap upon him treasures of knowledge and understanding of justice.
But if he go astray, she will forsake him, and deliver him into the hands of his enemy.
Son, observe the time, and fly from evil.
For thy soul be not ashamed to say the truth.
For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.
Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.
Reverence not thy neighbour in his fall:
And refrain not to speak in the time of salvation. Hide not thy wisdom in her beauty.
For by the tongue wisdom is discerned: and understanding, and knowledge, and learning by the word of the wise, and steadfastness in the works of justice.
In nowise speak against the truth, but be ashamed of the lie of thy ignorance.
Be not ashamed to confess thy sins, but submit not thyself to every man for sin.
Resist not against the face of the mighty, and do not strive against the stream of the river.
Strive for justice for thy soul, and even unto death fight for justice, and God will overthrow thy enemies for thee.
Be not hasty in thy tongue: and slack and remiss in thy works.
Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that are under thee.
Let not thy hand be stretched out to receive, and shut when thou shouldst give.
Set not thy heart upon unjust possessions, and say not: I have enough to live on: for it shall be of no service in the time of vengeance and darkness.
Follow not in thy strength the desires of thy heart:
And say not: How mighty am I? and who shall bring me under for my deeds? for God will surely take revenge.
Say not: I have sinned, and whet harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient rewarder.
Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin:
And say not: The mercy of the Lord is great, he will have mercy on the multitude of my sins.
For mercy and wrath quickly come from him, and his wrath looketh upon sinners.
Delay not to be converted to the Lord, and defer it not from day to day.
For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.
Be not anxious for goods unjustly gotten: for they shall not profit thee in the day of calamity and revenge.
Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a double tongue.
Be steadfast in the way of the Lord, and in the truth of thy judgment, and in knowledge, and let the word of peace and justice keep with thee.
Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.
If thou have understanding, answer thy neighbour: but if not, let thy hand be upon thy mouth, lest thou be surprised in an unskillful word, and be confounded.
Honour and glory is in the word of the wise, but the tongue of the fool is his ruin.
Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double tongued, but to the whisperer hatred, and enmity, and reproach.
Justify alike the small and the great.
Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit reproach and shame, so shall every sinner that is envious and double tongued.
Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly,
And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit: and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilderness.
For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, and shall lead him into the lot of the wicked.
A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man aboundeth.
Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.
If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.
For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred and strife and reproaches.
And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.
A friend if he continue steadfast, shall be to thee as thyself, and shall act with confidence among them of thy household.
If he humble himself before thee, and hide himself from thy face, thou shalt have unanimous friendship for good.
Separate thyself from thy enemies, and take heed of thy friends.
A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found him, hath found a treasure.
Nothing can be compared to a faithful friend, and no weight of gold and silver is able to countervail the goodness of his fidelity.
A faithful friend is the medicine of life and immortality: and they that fear the Lord, shall find him.
He that feareth God, shall likewise have good friendship: because according to him shall his friend be.
My son, from thy youth up receive instruction, and even to thy grey hairs thou shalt find wisdom.
Come to her as one that plougheth, and soweth, and wait for her good fruits:
For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.
How very unpleasant is wisdom to the unlearned, and the unwise will not continue with her.
She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it be long.
For the wisdom of doctrine is according to her name, and she is not manifest unto many, but with them to whom she is known, she continueth even to the sight of God.
Give ear, my son, and take wise counsel, and cast not away my advice.
Put thy feet into her fetters, and thy neck into her chains:
Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her, and be not grieved with her bands.
Come to her with all thy mind, and keep her ways with all thy power.
Search for her, and she shall be made known to thee, and when thou hast gotten her, let her not go:
For in the latter end thou shalt find rest in her, and she shall be turned to thy joy.
Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and a firm foundation, and her chain a robe of glory:
For in her is the beauty of life, and her bands are a healthful binding.
Thou shalt put her on as a robe of glory, and thee shalt set her upon thee as a crown of joy.
My son, if thou wilt attend to me, thou shalt learn: and if thou wilt apply thy mind, thou shalt be wise.
If thou wilt incline thy ear, thou shalt receive instruction: and if thou love to hear, thou shalt be wise.
Stand in the multitude of ancients that are wise, and join thyself from thy heart to their wisdom, that thou mayst hear every discourse of God, and the sayings of praise may not escape thee.
And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wear the steps of his doors.
Let thy thoughts be upon the precepts of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desire of wisdom shall be given thee.
Do no evils, and no evils shall lay hold of thee.
Depart from the unjust, and evils shall depart from thee.
My son, sow not evils in the furrows of injustice, and thou shalt not reap them sevenfold.
Seek not of the Lord a pre-eminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.
Justify not thyself before God, for he knoweth the heart: and desire not to appear wise before the king.
Seek not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear the person of the powerful, and lay a stumblingblock for thy integrity.
Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,
Nor bind sin to sin: for even in one thou shalt not be unpunished.
Be not fainthearted in thy mind:
Neglect not to pray, and to give alms.
Say not: God will have respect to the multitude of my gifts, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept my offerings.
Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one that humbleth and exalteth, God who seeth all.
Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend.
Be not willing to make any manner of lie: for the custom thereof is not good.
Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.
Hate not laborious works, nor husbandry ordained by the most High.
Number not thyself among the multitude of the disorderly.
Remember wrath, for it will not tarry long.
Humble thy spirit very much: for the vengeance on the flesh of the ungodly is fire and worms.
Do not transgress against thy friend deferring money, nor despise thy dear brother for the sake of gold.
Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou best gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the grace of her modesty is above gold.
Hurt not the servant that worketh faithfully, nor the hired man that giveth thee his life.
Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave him needy.
Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
Hast thou children? instruct them, and bow down their neck from their childhood.
Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards them.
Marry thy daughter well, and then shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.
If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, trust not thyself. With thy whole heart,
Honour thy father, and forget not the groanings of thy mother:
Remember that thou hadst not been born but through them: and make a return to them as they have done for thee.
With all thy soul fear the Lord, and reverence his priests.
With all thy strength love him that made thee: and forsake not his ministers.
Honour God with all thy soul, and give honour to the priests, and purify thyself with thy arms.
Give them their portion, as it is commanded thee, of the firstfruits and of purifications: and for thy negligences purify thyself with a few.
Offer to the Lord the gift of thy shoulders, and the sacrifice of sanctification, and the firstfruits of the holy things:
And stretch out thy hand to the poor, that thy expiation and thy blessing may be perfected.
A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living, and restrain not grace from the dead.
Be not wanting in comforting them that weep, and walk with them that mourn.
Be not slow to visit the sick: for by these things thou shalt be confirmed in love.
In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.
Strive not with a powerful man, lest thou fall into his hands.
Contend not with a rich man, lest he bring an action against thee.
For gold and silver hath destroyed many, and hath reached even to the heart of kings, and perverted them.
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
Communicate not with an ignorant man, lest he speak ill of thy family.
Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we are all worthy of reproof.
Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.
Rejoice not at the death of thy enemy; knowing that we all die, and are not willing that others should rejoice at our death.
Despise not the discourse of them that are ancient and wise, but acquaint thyself with their proverbs.
For of them thou shalt learn wisdom, and instruction of understanding, and to serve great men without blame.
Let not the discourse of the ancients escape thee, for they have learned of their fathers:
For of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give an answer in time of need.
Kindle not the coals of sinners by rebuking them, lest thou be burnt with the flame of the fire of their sins.
Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in thy words.
Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost.
Be not surety above thy power: and if thou be surety, think as if thou wert to pay it.
Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just.
Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly.
Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is as nothing in his sight, and where there is no help he will overthrow thee.
Advise not with fools, for they cannot love but such things as please them.
Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
Open not thy heart to every man: lest he repay thee with an evil turn, and speak reproachfully to thee.
Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked lesson.
Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be confounded.
Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.
Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by the force of her charms.
Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.
Give not thy soul to harlots in any point: lest thou destroy thyself and thy inheritance.
Look not round about thee in the of the city, nor wander up and down in the streets thereof.
Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another’s beauty.
For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.
Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.
Many by admiring the beauty of another man’s wife, have become reprobate, for her conversation burneth as fire.
Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor repose upon the bed with her:
And strive not with her over wine, lest thy heart decline towards her, and by thy blood thou fall into destruction.
Forsake not an old friend, for the new will not be like to him.
A new friend is as new wine: it shall grow old, and thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.
Be not pleased with the wrong done by the unjust, knowing that even to hell the wicked shall not please.
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill, so thou shalt not suspect the fear of death.
And if thou come to him, commit no fault, lest he take away thy life.
Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and walking upon the arms of them that are grieved:
According to thy power beware of thy neighbor, and treat with the wise and prudent.
Let just men be thy guests, and let thy glory be in the fear of God.
And let the thought of God be in thy mind, and all thy discourse on the commandments of the Highest.
Works shall be praised for the hand of the artificers, and the prince of the people for the wisdom of his speech, but word of the ancients for the sense.
A man full of tongue is terrible in his city, and he that is rash in his word shall be hateful.
A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
As the judge of the people is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also are they that dwell therein.
An unwise king shall be the ruin of his people: and cities shall be inhabited through the prudence of the rulers.
The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable ruler over it.
The prosperity of man is in the hand of God, and upon the person of the scribe he shall lay his honour.
Remember not any injury done thee by thy neighbour, and do thou nothing by deeds of injury.
Pride is hateful before God and men: and all iniquity of nations is execrable.
A kingdom is translated from one people to another, because of injustices, and wrongs, and injuries, and divers deceits.
But nothing is more wicked than the covetous man. Why is earth and ashes proud?
There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own soul to sale: because while he liveth he hath cast away his bowels.
All power is of short life. A long sickness is troublesome to the physician.
The physician cutteth off it short sickness: so also a king is today, and tomorrow he shall die.
For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
The beginning of the pride of man, is to fall off from God:
Because his heart is departed from him that made him: for pride is the beginning of all sin: be that holdeth it, shall be filled with maledictions, and it shall ruin him in the end.
Therefore hath the Lord disgraced the assemblies of the wicked, and hath utterly destroyed them.
God hath overturned the thrones of proud princes, and hath set up the meek in their stead.
God hath made the roots of proud nations to wither, and hath planted the humble of these nations.
The Lord hath overthrown the lands of the Gentiles, and hath destroyed them even to the foundation.
He hath made some of them to wither away, and hath destroyed them, and hath made the memory of them to cease from the earth.
God hath abolished the memory of the proud, and hath preserved the memory of them that are humble in mind.
Pride was not made for men: nor wrath for the race of women.
That seed of men shall be honoured, which feareth God: but that seed shall be dishonoured, which transgresseth the commandments of the Lord.
In the midst of brethren their chief is honourable: so shall they that fear the Lord, be in his eyes.
The fear of God is the glory of the rich, and of the honourable, and of the poor:
Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.
The great man, and the judge, and the mighty is in honour: and there is none greater than he that feareth God.
They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well instructed will not murmur when he is reproved; and he that is ignorant, shall not be honoured.
Extol not thyself in doing thy work, and linger not in the time of distress:
Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread.
My son, keep thy soul in meekness, and give it honour according to its desert.
Who will justify him that sinneth against his own soul? and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own soul?
The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear: and there is a man that is honoured for his wealth.
But he that is glorified in poverty, how much more in wealth? and he that is glorified in wealth, let him fear poverty.
The wisdom of the humble shall exalt his head, and shall make him sit in the midst of great men.
Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.
The bee is small among flying things, but her fruit hath the chiefest sweetness.
Glory not in apparel at any time, and be not exalted in the day of thy honour: for the works of the Highest only are wonderful, and his works are glorious, and secret, and hidden.
Many tyrants have sat on the throne, and he whom no man would think on, hath worn the crown.
Many mighty men have been greatly brought down, and the glorious have been delivered into the hand of others.
Before thou inquire, blame no man: and when thou hast inquired, reprove justly.
Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discourse.
Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners.
My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake: and if thou run before thou shalt not escape.
There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want.
Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty:
Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God.
Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.
Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him.
Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.
The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.
There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.
In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:
And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.
Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments.
Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place.
For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.
The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.
Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?
Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?
In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:
For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways.
The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works.
Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children.
Bring not every man into thy house: for many are the snares of the deceitful.
For as corrupted bowels send forth stinking breath, and as the partridge is brought into the cage, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on the fall of his neighbour.
For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot.
Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lieth in wait for blood.
Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee reproach for ever.
Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee out of thy own.
If thou do good, know to whom thou dost it, and there shall be much thanks for thy good deeds.
Do good to the just, and thou shalt find great recompense: and if not of him, assuredly of the Lord.
For there is no good for him that is always occupied in evil, and that giveth no alms: for the Highest hateth sinners, and hath mercy on the penitent.
Give to the merciful and uphold not the sinner: God will repay vengeance to the ungodly and to sinners, and keep them against the day of vengeance.
Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.
Do good to the humble, and give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not to him, lest thereby he overmaster thee.
For thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done to him: for the Highest also hateth sinners, and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
A friend shall not be known in prosperity, and an enemy shall not be hidden in adversity.
In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.
Never trust thy enemy: for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:
Though he humble himself and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him.
Set him not by thee, neither let him sit on thy right hand, lest he turn into thy place, and seek to take thy seat: and at the last thou acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings.
Who will pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him that keepeth company with a wicked man, and is involved in his sins.
For an hour he will abide with thee: but if thou begin to decline, he will not endure it.
An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.
An enemy weepeth with his eyes: but if he find an opportunity he will not be satisfied with blood:
And if evils come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first.
An enemy hath tears in his eyes, and while he pretendeth to help thee, will undermine thy feet.
He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.
He that toucheth pitch, shall be defiled with it: and he that hath fellowship with the proud, shall put on pride.
He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. And have no fellowship with one that is richer than thyself.
What agreement shall the earthen pot have with the kettle? for if they knock one against the other, it shall be broken.
The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he will fume: but the poor is wronged and must hold his peace.
If thou give, he will make use of thee: and if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.
If thou have any thing, he will live with thee, and will make thee bare, and he will not be sorry for thee.
If he have need of thee he will deceive thee, and smiling upon thee will put thee in hope; he will speak thee fair, and will say: What wantest thou?
And he will shame thee by his meats, till he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at last he will laugh at thee: and afterward when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.
Humble thyself to God, and wait for his hands.
Beware that thou be not deceived Into folly, and be humbled.
Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly.
If thou be invited by one that is mightier, withdraw thyself: for so he will invite thee the more.
Be not troublesome to him, lest thou be put back: and keep not far from him, lest thou be forgotten.
Affect not to speak with him as an equal: and believe not his many words: for by much talk he will sift thee, and smiling will examine thee concerning thy secrets.
His cruel mind will lay up thy words: and he will not spare to do thee hurt, and to cast thee into prison.
Take heed to thyself, and attend diligently to what thou hearest: for thou walkest in danger of thy ruin.
When thou hearest those things, see as it were in sleep, and thou shalt awake.
Love God all thy life, and call upon him for thy salvation.
Every beast loveth its like: so also every man him that is nearest to himself.
All flesh shall consort with the like to itself, and every man shall associate himself to his like.
If the wolf shall at any time have fellowship with the lamb, so the sinner with the just.
What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?
The wild ass is the lion’s prey in the desert: so also the poor are devoured by the rich.
And as humility is an abomination to the proud: so also the rich man abhorreth the poor.
When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down, he is thrust away even by his acquaintance.
When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and they have justified him.
The poor man was deceived, and he is rebuked also: he hath spoken wisely, and could have no place.
The rich man spoke, and all held their peace, and what he said they extol even to the clouds.
The poor man spoke, and they say: Who is this? and if he stumble, they will overthrow him.
Riches are good to him that hath no sin in his conscience: and poverty is very wicked in the mouth of the ungodly.
The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil.
The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.
Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with the remorse of sin.
Happy is he that hath had no sadness of his mind, and who is not fallen from his hope.
Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?
He that gathereth together by wronging his own soul, gathereth for others, and another will squander away his goods in rioting.
He that is evil to himself, to whom will he be good? and he shall not take pleasure in his goods.
There is none worse than he that envieth himself, and this is the reward of his wickedness:
And if he do good, he doth it ignorantly, and unwillingly: and at the last he discovereth his wickedness.
The eye of the envious is wicked: and he turneth away his face, and despiseth his own soul.
The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up.
An evil eye is towards evil things: and he shall not have his fill of bread, but shall be needy and pensive at his own table.
My son, if thou have any thing, do good to thyself, and offer to God worthy offerings.
Remember that death is not slow, and that the covenant of hell hath been shewn to thee: for the covenant of this world shall surely die.
Do good to thy friend before thou die, and according to thy ability, stretching out thy hand give to the poor.
Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.
Shalt thou not leave to others to divide by lot thy sorrows and labours?
Give and take, and justify thy soul.
Before thy death work justice: for in hell there is no finding food.
All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.
Some grow, and some fall off: so is the generation of flesh and blood, one cometh to an end, and another is born.
Every work that is corruptible shall fail in the end: and the worker thereof shall go with it.
And every excellent work shall be justified: and the worker thereof shall be honoured therein.
Blessed is the man that shall continue in wisdom, and that shall meditate in his justice, and in his mind shall think of the all seeing eye of God.
He that considereth her ways in his heart, and hath understanding in her secrets, who goeth after her as one that traceth, and stayeth in her ways:
He who looketh in at her windows, and hearkeneth at her door:
He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent nigh unto her, where good things shall rest in his lodging for ever.
He shall set his children under her shelter, and shall lodge under her branches:
He shall be protected under her covering from the heat, and shall rest in her glory.
He that feareth God, will do good: and he that possesseth justice, shall lay hold on her,
And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a virgin.
With the bread of life and understanding, she shall feed him, and give him the water of wholesome wisdom to drink: and she shall be made strong in him, and he shall not be moved:
And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.
And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.
She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.
But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit.
Lying men shall not be mindful of her: but men that speak truth shall be found with her, and shall advance, even till they come to the sight of God.
Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:
For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it.
Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth.
Say not: He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of wicked men.
The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it.
God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
He added his commandments and precepts.
If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.
He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.
Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him:
For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing.
The eyes of the Lord are towards them that fear him, and he knoweth all the work of man.
He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin:
For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable children.
Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.
Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.
For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.
And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.
By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.
Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.
In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall dame out.
The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:
And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.
He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.
So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished:
For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation:
According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.
The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.
All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.
Say not: I shall be hidden from God. and who shall remember me from on high?
In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?
Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,
The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.
And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him:
And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man see?
For many of his works are hidden: hut the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.
He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things: and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.
Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart.
And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge.
The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.
He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works.
Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.
Be not thou incredulous to his word.
After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.
The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.
God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.
And he turned him into it again, and clothed him with strength according to himself.
He gave him the number of his days and time, and gave him power over all things that are upon the earth.
He put the fear of him upon all flesh, and he had dominion over beasts and fowls.
He created of him a helpmate like to himself: he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.
He created in them the science of the spirit, he filled their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil.
He set his eye upon their hearts to shew them the greatness of his works:
That they might praise the name which he hath sanctified: and glory in his wondrous acts, that they might declare the glorious things of his works.
Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance.
He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments.
And their eye saw the majesty of his glory. and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity.
And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.
Their ways are always before him, they are not hidden from his eyes.
Over every nation he set a ruler.
And Israel was made the manifest portion of God.
And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God.
The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:
And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth.
But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth.
Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:
Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less.
Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy injustice, and greatly hate abomination.
And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God.
Go to the side of the holy age, with them that live and give praise to God.
Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing.
Give thanks whilst thou art living, whilst thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies.
How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to them that turn to him!
For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and they are delighted with the vanity of evil.
What is brighter than the sun; yet it shall be eclipsed. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood hath invented? and this shall be reproved.
He beholdeth the power of the height of heaven: and all men are earth and ashes.
He that liveth for ever created all things together. God only shall be justified, and he remaineth an invincible king for ever.
Who is able to declare his works?
For who shall search out his glorious acts?
And who shall shew forth the power of his majesty? or who shall be able to declare his mercy?
Nothing may be taken away, nor added, neither is it possible to find out the glorious works of God:
When a man hath done, then shall he begin: and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss.
What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil?
The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years: as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed: and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity.
Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.
He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil.
Therefore bath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice.
The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh.
He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his hock.
He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments.
My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word.
Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift.
Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man.
A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a gift of one ill taught consumeth the eyes.
Before judgment prepare thee justice, and learn before thou speak.
Before sickness take a medicine, and before judgment examine thyself, and thou shalt find mercy in the sight of God.
Humble thyself before thou art sick, and in the time of sickness shew thy conversation.
Let nothing hinder thee from praying always, and be not afraid to be justified even to death: for the reward of God continueth for ever.
Before prayer prepare thy soul: and be not as a man that tempteth God.
Remember the wrath that shall be at the last day, and the time of repaying when he shall turn away his face.
Remember poverty is the time of abundance, and the necessities of poverty in the day of riches.
From the morning until the evening the time shall be changed, and all these are swift in the eyes of God.
A wise man will fear in every thing, and in the days of sins will beware of sloth.
Every man of understanding knoweth wisdom, and will give praise to him that findeth her.
They that were of good understanding in words, have also done wisely themselves: and have understood truth and justice, and have poured forth proverbs and judgments.
Go not after thy lusts, but turn away from thy own will.
If thou give to thy soul her desires, she will make thee a joy to thy enemies.
Take no pleasure in riotous assemblies, be they ever so small: for their concertation is continual.
Make not thyself poor by borrowing to contribute to feasts when thou hast nothing in thy purse: for thou shalt be an enemy to thy own life.
A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall fall by little and little.
Wine and women make wise men fall off, and shall rebuke the prudent.
And he that joineth himself to harlots, will be wicked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and his soul shall be taken away out of the number.
He that is hasty to give credit, is light of heart, and shall be lessened: and he that sinneth against his own soul, shall be despised.
He that rejoiceth in iniquity, shall be censured, and he that hateth chastisement, shall have less life: and he that hateth babbling, extinguisheth evil.
He that sinneth against his own soul, shall repent: and he that is delighted with wickedness, shall be condemned.
Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse.
Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not.
For he will hearken to thee, and will watch thee, and as it were defending thy sin he will hate thee, and so will he be with thee always.
Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will not burst thee.
At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning. in the bringing forth a child.
As an arrow that sticketh in a man’s thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool.
Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, that he may do it no more.
Reprove thy neighbour, for it may be he hath not said it: and if he hath said it, that he may not say it again.
Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.
And believe not every word. There is one, that slippeth with the tongue, but not from his heart.
For who is there that hath not offended with his tongue? Admonish thy neighbour before thou threaten him.
And give place to the fear of the most High: for the fear of God is all wisdom, and therein is to fear God, and the disposition of the law is in all wisdom.
But the learning of wickedness is not wisdom: and the device of sinners is not prudence.
There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom.
Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, than he that aboundeth in understanding, and transgresseth the law of the most High.
There is an exquisite subtilty, and the same is unjust.
And there is one that uttereth an exact word telling the truth. There is one that humbleth himself wickedly, and his interior is full of deceit:
And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is one that casteth down his countenance, and maketh as if he did not see that which is unknown:
And if he be hindered from sinning for want of power, if he shall find opportunity to do evil, he will do it.
A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countenance.
The attire of the body, and the laughter of the teeth, and the gait of the man, shew what he is.
There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is not allowed to be good: and there is one that holdeth his peace, he is wise.
How much better is it to reprove, than to be angry, and not to hinder him that confesseth in prayer.
The lust of an eunuch shall devour a young maiden:
So is he that by violence executeth unjust judgment.
How good is it, when thou art reproved, to shew repentance! for so thou shalt escape wilful sin.
There is one that holdeth his peace, that is found wise: and there is another that is hateful, that is bold in speech.
There is one that holdeth his peace, because he knoweth not what to say: and there is another that holdeth his peace, knowing the proper time.
A wise man will hold his peace till he see opportunity: but a babbler, and a fool, will regard no time.
He that useth many words shall hurt his own soul: and he that taketh authority to himself unjustly shall be hated.
There is success in evil things to a man without discipline, and there is a finding that turneth to loss.
There is a gift that is not profitable: and there is a gift, the recompense of which is double.
There is an abasement because of glory: and there is one that shall lift up his head from a low estate.
There is that buyeth much for a small price, and restoreth the same sevenfold.
A man wise in words shall make himself beloved: but the graces of fools shall be poured out.
The gift of the fool shall do thee no good: for his eyes are sevenfold.
He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling of a fire.
Today a man lendeth, and tomorrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.
A fool shall have no friend, and there shall be no thanks for his good deeds.
For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him to scorn!
For he doth not distribute with right understanding that which was to be had: in like manner also that which was not to be had.
The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the wicked shall come speedily.
A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.
A parable coming out, of a fool’s mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due season.
There is that is hindered from sinning through want, and in his rest he shall be pricked.
There is that will destroy his own soul through shamefacedness, and by occasion of an unwise person he will destroy it: and by respect of person he will destroy himself.
There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, and maketh him his enemy for nothing.
A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without discipline.
A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destruction.
The manners of lying men are without honour: and their confusion is with them without ceasing.
A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great ones.
He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall be exalted: and he that pleaseth great men shall escape iniquity.
Presents and gifts blind the eyes of judges, and make them dumb in the mouth, so that they cannot correct.
Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is not seen: what profit is there in them both?
Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom.
My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more: but for thy former sins also pray that they may be forgiven thee.
Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take hold of thee.
The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.
All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.
Injuries and wrongs will waste riches: and the house that is very rich shall be brought to nothing by pride: so the substance of the proud shall be rooted out.
The prayer out of the mouth of the poor shall reach the ears of God, and judgment shall come for him speedily.
He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the trace of a sinner: and he that feareth God will turn to his own heart.
He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him.
He that buildeth his house at other men’s charges, is as he that gathereth himself stones to build in the winter.
The congregation of sinners is like tow heaped together, and the end of them is a flame of fire.
The way of sinners is made plain with stones, and in their end is hell, and darkness, and pains.
He that keepeth justice shall get the understanding thereof.
The perfection of the fear of God is wisdom and understanding.
He that is not wise in good, will not be taught.
But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is bitterness.
The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fountain of life.
The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.
A man of sense will praise every wise word he shall hear, and will apply it to himself: the luxurious man hath heard it, and it shall displease him, and he will cast it behind his back.
The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall be found.
The mouth of the prudent is sought after in the church, and they will think upon his words in their hearts.
As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as words without sense.
Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
A fool lifteth up his voice in laughter: but a wise man will scarce laugh low to himself.
Learning to the prudent is as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.
The foot of a fool is soon in his neighbour’s house: but a man of experience will be abashed at the person of the mighty.
A fool will peep through the window into the house: but he that is well taught will stand without.
It is the folly of a man to hearken at the door: and a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace.
The lips of the unwise will be telling foolish things but the words of the wise shall be weighed in a balance.
The heart of fools is in their mouth: and the mouth of wise men is in their heart.
While the ungodly curseth the devil, he curseth his own soul.
The talebearer shall defile his own soul, and shall be hated by all: and he that shall abide with him shall be hateful: the silent and wise man shall be honoured.
The sluggard is pelted with a dirty stone, and all men will speak of his disgrace.
The sluggard is pelted with the dung of oxen: and every one that toucheth him will shake his hands.
A son ill taught is the confusion of the father: and a foolish daughter shall be to his loss.
A wise daughter shall bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her father.
She that is bold shameth both her father and husband, and will not be inferior to the ungodly: and shall be disgraced by them both.
A tale out of time is like music in mourning: but the stripes and instruction of wisdom are never out of time.
He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.
He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep sleep.
He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the discourse he saith: Who is this?
Weep for the dead, for his light hath failed: and weep for the fool, for his understanding faileth.
Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.
For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.
The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of their life.
Talk not much with a fool, and go not with him that hath no sense.
Keep thyself from him, that thou mayst not have trouble, and thou shalt not be defiled with his sin.
Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly.
What is heavier than lead? and what other name hath he but fool?
Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked.
A frame of wood bound together in the foundation of a building, shall not be loosed: so neither shall the heart that is established by advised counsel.
The thought of him that is wise at all times, shall not be depraved by fear.
As pales set in high places, and plasterings made without cost, will not stand against the face of the wind:
So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence of fear.
As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he that continueth always in the commandments of God.
He that pricketh the eye, bringeth out tears: and he that pricketh the heart, bringeth forth resentment.
He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend, breaketh friendship.
Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend, despair not: for there may be a returning. To a friend,
If thou hast opened a sad mouth, fear not, for there may be a reconciliation: except upbraiding, and reproach, and pride, and disclosing of secrets, or a treacherous wound: for in all these cases a friend will flee away.
Keep fidelity with a friend in his poverty, that in his prosperity also thou mayst rejoice.
In the time of his trouble continue faithful to him, that thou mayst also be heir with him in his inheritance.
As the vapour of a chimney, and the smoke of the fire goeth up before the fire: so also injurious words, and reproaches, and threats, before blood.
I will not be ashamed to salute a friend, neither will I hide myself from his face: and if any evil happen to me by him, I will bear it.
But every one that shall hear it, will beware of him.
Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them, and that my tongue destroy me not?
O Lord, father, and sovereign ruler of my life, leave me not to their counsel: nor suffer me to fall by them.
Who will set scourges over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my heart, that they spare me not in their ignorances, and that their sins may not appear:
Lest my ignorance increase, and my offences be multiplied, and my sins abound, and I fall before my adversaries, and my enemy rejoice over me?
O Lord, father, and God of my life, leave me not to their devices.
Give me not haughtiness of my eyes, and turn away from me all coveting.
Take from me the greediness of the belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me, and give me not over to a shameless and foolish mind.
Hear, O ye children, the discipline of the mouth: and he that will keep it shall not perish by his lips, nor be brought to fall into most wicked works.
A sinner is caught in his own vanity, and the proud and the evil speakers shall fall thereby.
Let not thy mouth be accustomed to swearing: for in it there are many falls.
And let not the naming of God be usual in thy mouth, and meddle not with the names of saints, for thou shalt not escape free from them.
For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that sweareth, and nameth, shall not be wholly pure from sin.
A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart from his house.
And if he make it void, his sin shall be upon him: and if he dissemble it, he offendeth double:
And if he swear in vain, he shall not be justified: for his house shall be filled with his punishment.
There is also another speech opposite to death, let it not be found in the inheritance of Jacob.
For from the merciful all these things shall be taken away, and they shall not wallow in sins.
Let not thy mouth be accustomed to indiscreet speech: for therein is the word of sin.
Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest is the midst of great men:
Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom, be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity.
The man that is accustomed to opprobrious words, will never be corrected all the days of his life.
Two sorts of men multiply sins, and the third bringeth wrath and destruction.
A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.
And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled a fire.
To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the end.
Every man that passeth beyond his own bed, despising his own soul, and saying: Who seeth me?
Darkness compasseth me about, and the walls cover me, and no man seeth me: whom do I fear? the most High will not remember my sins.
And he understandeth not that his eye seeth all things, for such a man’s fear driveth from him the fear of God, and the eyes of men fearing him:
And he knoweth not that the eyes of the Lord are far brighter than the sun, beholding round about all the ways of men, and the bottom of the deep, and looking into the hearts of men, into the most hidden parts.
For all things were known to the Lord God, before they were created: so also after they were perfected he beholdeth all things.
This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and he shall be chased as a colt: and where he suspected not, he shall be taken.
And he shall be in disgrace with all men, because he understood not the fear of the Lord.
So every woman also that leaveth her husband, and bringeth in an heir by another:
For first she hath been unfaithful to the law of the most High: and secondly, she hath offended against her husband: thirdly, she hath fornicated in adultery, and hath gotten her children of another man.
This woman shall be brought into the assembly, and inquisition shall be made of her children.
Her children shall not take root, and her branches shall bring forth no fruit.
She shall leave her memory to be cursed, and her infamy shall not be blotted out.
And they that remain shall know. that there is nothing better than the fear of God: and that there is nothing sweeter than to have regard to the commandments of the Lord.
It is great glory to follow the Lord for length of days shall be received from him.
Wisdom shall praise her own self, and shall be honoured in God, and shall glory in the midst of her people,
And shall open her mouth in the churches of the most High, and shall glorify herself in the sight of his power,
And in the midst of her own people she shall be exalted, and shall be admired in the holy assembly.
And in the multitude of the elect she shall have praise, and among the blessed she shall be blessed, saying:
I came out of the mouth of the most High, the firstborn before all creatures:
I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I covered all the earth:
I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.
I alone have compassed the circuit of heaven, and have penetrated into the bottom of the deep, and have walked in the waves of the sea,
And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
And in every nation I have had the chief rule:
And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord.
Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,
And he said to me: Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in my elect.
From the beginning, and before the world, was I created, and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and in the holy dwelling place I have ministered before him.
And so was I established in Sion, and in the holy city likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem.
And I took root in an honourable people, and in the portion of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full assembly of saints.
I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:
As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I exalted.
I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon. and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the best myrrh:
And I perfumed my dwelling as storax, and galbanum, and onyx, and aloes, and as the frankincense not cut, and my odour is as the purest balm.
I have stretched out my branches as the turpentine tree, and my branches are of honour and grace.
As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour and riches.
I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope.
In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope of life and of virtue.
Come over to me, all ye that desire me, and be filled with my fruits.
For my spirit is sweet above honey, and my inheritance above honey and the honeycomb.
My memory is unto everlasting generations.
They that eat me, shall yet hunger: and they that drink me, shall yet thirst.
He that hearkeneth to me, shall not be confounded: and they that work by me, shall not sin.
They that explain me shall have life everlasting.
All these things are the book of life, and the covenant of the most High, and the knowledge of truth.
Moses commanded a law in the precepts of justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob, and the promises to Israel.
He appointed to David his servant to raise up of him a most mighty king, and sitting on the throne of glory for ever.
Who filleth up wisdom as the Phison, and as the Tigris in the days of the new fruits.
Who maketh understanding to abound as the Euphrates, who multiplieth it as the Jordan in the time of harvest.
Who sendeth knowledge as the light, and riseth up as Gehon in the time of the vintage.
Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.
For her thoughts are more vast than the sea, and her counsels more deep than the great ocean.
I, wisdom, have poured out rivers.
I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river. and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise.
I said: I will water my garden of plants, and I will water abundantly the fruits of my meadow.
And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea:
For I make doctrine to shine forth to all as the morning light, and I will declare it afar off.
I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.
I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy, and will leave it to them that seek wisdom, and will not cease to instruct their offspring even to the holy age.
See ye that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek out the truth.
With three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:
The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and mall and wife that agree well together.
Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:
A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.
The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?
O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!
O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!
Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.
Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue.
A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.
Blessed is he. that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him.
Blessed is he that findeth a true friend, and that declareth justice to an ear that heareth.
How great is he that findeth wisdom and knowledge! but there is none above him that feareth the Lord.
The fear of God hath set itself above all things:
Blessed is the man, to whom it is given to have the fear of God: he that holdeth it, to whom shall he be likened?
The fear of God is the beginning of his love: and the beginning of faith is to be fast joined unto it.
The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.
And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:
And ally wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:
And any affliction, but the affliction from them that hate him:
And ally revenge, but the revenge of enemies.
There is no head worse than the head of a serpent:
And there is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a dragon, than to dwell with a wicked woman.
The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: and sheweth it like sackcloth. In the midst of her neighbours,
Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.
All malice is shore to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.
As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a quiet man.
Look not upon a woman’s beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.
A woman’s anger, and impudence, and confusion is great.
A woman, if she have superiority, is contrary to her husband.
A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.
Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a woman that doth not make her husband happy.
From the woman came the beginning of sin, and by her we all die.
Give no issue to thy water, no, not a little: nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
If she walk not at thy hand, she will confound thee in the sight of thy enemies.
Cut her off from thy flesh, lest she always abuse thee.
Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.
A virtuous woman rejoiceth her husband: and shall fulfill the years of his life in peace.
A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a man for his good deeds.
Rich or poor, if his heart is good, his countenance shall be cheerful at all times.
Of three things my heart hath been afraid, and at the fourth my face hath trembled:
The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:
And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.
A jealous woman is the grief and mourning of the heart.
With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of her, is as he that taketh hold of a scorpion.
A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.
The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes, and by her eyelids.
On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunity she abuse herself.
Take heed of the impudence of her eyes, and wonder not if she slight thee.
She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every water near her, and will sit down by every hedge, and open her quiver against every arrow, until she fail.
The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.
Her discipline is the gift of God.
Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed soul.
A holy and shamefaced woman is grace upon grace.
And no price is worthy of a continent soul.
As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a good wife for the ornament of her house.
As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age.
As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady woman.
As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God In the heart of a holy woman.
At two things my heart is grieved, and the third bringeth anger upon me:
A man of was fainting through poverty: and a man of sense despised:
And he that passeth over from justice to sin, God hath prepared such an one for the sword.
Two sorts of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and a huckster shall not be justified from the sins of the lips.
Through poverty many have sinned: and he that seeketh to be enriched, turneth away his eye.
As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall stick fast.
Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.
Unless thou hold thyself diligently in the fear of the Lord, thy house shall quickly be overthrown.
As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in his thoughts.
The furnace trieth the potter’s vessels, and the trial of affliction just men.
Be the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.
Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.
If thou followest justice, thou shalt obtain her: and shalt put her on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of acknowledgment thou shalt find a strong foundation.
Birds resort unto their like: so truth will return to them that practise her.
The lion always lieth in wait for prey: so do sins for them that work iniquities.
A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
In the midst of the unwise keep in the word till its time: but be continually among men that think.
The discourse of sinners is hateful, and their laughter is at the pleasures of sin.
The speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head stand upright: and its irreverence shall make one stop his ears.
Is the quarrels of the proud is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.
He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.
Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.
But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.
For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:
In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.
If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will wound the deceitful.
He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble upon it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.
A mischievous counsel shall be rolled back upon the author, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.
Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.
Anger and fury are both of them abominable, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.
He that seeketh to revenge himself, shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keep his sins in remembrance.
Forgive thy neighbour if he hath hurl thee: and then shall thy sins be forgiven to thee when thou prayest.
Man to man reserveth anger, and doth he seek remedy of God?
He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?
He that is but flesh, nourisheth anger, and doth he ask forgiveness of God? who shall obtain pardon for his sins?
Remember thy last things, and let enmity cease:
For corruption and death hang over in his commandments.
Remember the fear of God, and be not angry with thy neighbour.
Remember the covenant of the most High, and overlook the ignorance of thy neighbour.
Refrain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins:
For a passionate man kindleth strife, and a sinful man will trouble his friends, and bring in debate in the midst of them that are at peace.
For as the wood of the forest is, so the fire burneth: and as a man’s strength is, so shall his anger be, and according to his riches he shall increase his anger.
A hasty contention kindleth a fire: and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood: and a tongue that beareth witness bringeth death.
If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quenched: both come out of the mouth.
The whisperer and the double tongued is accursed: for he hath troubled many that were at peace.
The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.
It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.
It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and undone strong nations.
The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.
He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose.
The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.
Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.
For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them.
Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.
Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth:
And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death.
He that sheweth mercy, lendeth to his neighbour: and he that is stronger in hand, keepeth the commandments.
Lend to thy neighbour in the time of his need, and pay thou thy neighbour again in due time.
Reap thy word, and deal faithfully with him: and thou shalt always find that which is necessary for thee.
Many have looked upon a thing lent as a thing found, and have given trouble to them that helped them.
Till they receive, they kiss the hands of the lender, and in promises they humble their voice:
But when they should repay, they will ask time, and will return tedious and murmuring words, and will complain of the time:
And if he be able to pay, he will stand off, he will scarce pay one half, and will count it as if he had found it:
But if not, he will defraud him of his money, and he shall get him for an enemy without cause:
And he will pay him with reproaches and curses, and instead of honour and good turn will repay him injuries.
Many have refused to lend, not out of wickedness, but they were afraid to be defrauded without cause.
But yet towards the poor be thou more hearty, and delay not to shew him mercy.
Help the poor because of the commandment: and send him not away empty handed because of his poverty.
Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.
Place thy treasure in the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.
Shut up alms in the heart of the poor, and it shall obtain help for thee against all evil.
Better than the shield of the mighty, and better than the spear:
It shall fight for thee against thy enemy.
A good man is surety for his neighbour: and he that hath lost shame, will leave him to himself.
Forget not the kindness of thy surety: for he hath given his life for thee.
The sinner and the unclean fleeth from his surety.
A sinner attributeth to himself the goods of his surety: and he that is of an unthankful mind will leave him that delivered him.
A man is surety for his neighbour: and when he hath lost all shame, he shall forsake him.
Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.
It hath made powerful men to go from place to place round about, and they have wandered in strange countries.
A sinner that transgresseth the commandment of the Lord, shall fall into an evil suretyship: and he that undertaketh many things, shall fall into judgment.
Recover thy neighbour according to thy power, and take heed to thyself that thou fall not.
The chief thing for man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
Better is the poor man’s fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in another man’s house.
Be contented with little instead of much, and thou shalt not hear the reproach of going abroad.
It is a miserable life to go as a guest from house to house: for where a man is a stranger, he shall not deal confidently, nor open his mouth.
He shall entertain and feed, and give drink to the unthankful, and moreover he shall hear bitter words.
Go, stranger, and furnish the table, and give others to eat what thou hast in thy hand.
Give place to the honourable presence of my friends: for I want my house, my brother being to be lodged with me.
These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the reproaching of the lender.
He that loveth his son, frequently chastiseth him, that he may rejoice in his latter end, and not grope after the doors of his neighbours.
He that instructeth his son shall be praised in him, and shall glory in him in the midst of them of his household.
He that teacheth his son, maketh his enemy jealous, and in the midst of his friends he shall glory in him.
His father is dead, and he is as if he were not dead: for he hath left one behind him that is like himself.
While he lived he saw and rejoiced in him: and when he died he was not sorrowful, neither was he confounded before his enemies.
For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requite kindness to his friends.
For the souls of his sons he shall bind up his wounds, and at every cry his bowels shall be troubled.
A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong.
Give thy son his way, and he shall make thee afraid: play with him, and he shall make thee sorrowful.
Laugh not with him, lest thou have sorrow, and at the last thy teeth be set on edge.
Give him not liberty in his youth, and wink not at his devices.
Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, and so be a sorrow of heart to thee.
Instruct thy son, and labour about him, lest his lewd behaviour be an offence to thee.
Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak and afflicted with evils.
Health of the soul in holiness of justice, is better then all gold and silver: and a sound body, than immense revenues.
There is no riches above the riches of the health of the body: and there is no pleasure above the joy of the heart.
Better is death than a bitter life: and everlasting rest, than continual sickness.
Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as masses of meat set about a grave.
What good shall an offering do to an idol? for it can neither eat, nor smell:
So is he that is persecuted by the Lord, bearing the reward of his iniquity:
He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing.
Give not up thy soul to sadness, and afflict not thyself in thy own counsel.
The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and the joy of a man is length of life.
Have pity on thy own soul, pleasing God, and contain thyself: gather up thy heart in his holiness: and drive away sadness far from thee.
For sadness hath killed many, and there is no profit in it.
Envy and anger shorten a man’s days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.
A Cheerful and good heart is always feasting: for his banquets are prepared with diligence.
Watching for riches consumeth the flesh, and the thought thereof driveth away sleep.
The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the soul sober.
The rich man hath laboured in gathering riches together, and when he resteth he shall be filled with his goods.
The poor man hath laboured in his low way of life, and in the end he is still poor.
He that loveth gold, shall not be justified: and he that followeth after corruption, shall be filled with it.
Many have been brought to fall for gold, and the beauty thereof hath been their ruin.
Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after it, and every fool shall perish by it.
Blessed is the rich man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.
Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.
Who hath been tried thereby, and made perfect, he shall have glory everlasting. He that could have transgressed, and hath not transgressed: and could do evil things, and hath not done them:
Therefore are his goods established in the Lord, and all the church of the saints shall declare his alms.
Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.
Say not: There are many things which are upon it.
Remember that a wicked eye is evil.
What is created more wicked than an eye? therefore shall it weep over all the face when it shall see.
Stretch not out thy hand first, lest being disgraced with envy thou be put to confusion.
Be not hasty in a feast.
Judge of the disposition of thy neighbour by thyself.
Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be hated.
Leave off first, for manners’ sake: and exceed not, lest thou offend.
And if thou sittest among many, reach not thy hand out first of all: and be not the first to ask for drink.
How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be uneasy with it, and thou shalt feel no pain.
Watching, and choler, and gripes, are with an intemperate man:
Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul shall be delighted with him.
And if thou hast been forced to eat much, arise, go out, and vomit: and it shall refresh thee, and thou shalt not bring sickness upon thy body.
Hear me, my son, and despise me not: and in the end thou shalt find my words.
In all thy works be quick, and no infirmity shall come to thee.
The lips of many shall bless him that is liberal of his bread, and the testimony of his truth is faithful.
Against him that is niggardly of his bread, the city will murmur, and the testimony of his niggardliness is true.
Challenge not them that love wine: for wine hath destroyed very many.
Fire trieth hard iron: so wine drunk to excess shall rebuke the hearts of the proud.
Wine taken with sobriety is equal lire to men: if thou drink it moderately, thou shalt be sober.
What is his life, who is diminished with wine?
What taketh away life? death.
Wine was created from the beginning to make men joyful, and not to make them drunk.
Wine drunken with moderation is the joy of the soul and the heart.
Sober drinking is health to soul and body.
Wine drunken with excess raiseth quarrels; and wrath, and many ruins.
Wine drunken with excess is bitterness of the soul.
The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in hip mirth.
Speak not to him words of reproach: and press him not in demanding again.
Have they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.
Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place:
That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.
Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee,
To speak the first word with care knowledge, and hinder not music.
Where there is no hearing, pour out words, and be not lifted up out season with thy wisdom.
A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.
As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.
Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.
Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.
If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.
In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.
In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much.
Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.
And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime.
And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech.
And for all these things bless the Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things.
He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.
He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.
They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.
A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will.
A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear:
Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking.
My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done.
Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged may, lest thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul.
And beware of thy own children, and take heed of them of thy household.
In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments.
He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse.
No evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him, and deliver him from evils.
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.
He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.
The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.
Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?
By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.
And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.
Some of them God made high and great days, and some of them he put in the number of ordinary days. And all men are from the ground, and out of the earth, from whence Adam was created.
With much knowledge the Lord hath divided them and diversified their ways.
Some of them hath he blessed, and exalted: and some of them hath he sanctified, and set near himself: and some of them hath he cursed and brought low, and turned them from their station.
As the potter’s clay is in his hand, to fashion and order it:
All his ways are according to his ordering: so man is in the hand of him that made him, and he will render to him according to his judgment.
Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man. And so look upon all the works of the most High. Two and two, and one against another.
And I awaked last of all, and as one that gathereth after the grapegatherers.
In the blessing of God I also have hoped: and as one that gathereth grapes, have I filled the winepress.
See that I have not laboured for myself only, but for all that seek discipline.
Hear me, ye great men, and all ye people, and hearken with your ears, ye rulers of the church.
Give not to son or wife, brother or friend, power over thee while thou livest; and give not thy estate to another, lest then repent, and thou entreat for the same.
As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee.
For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
In all thy works keep the pre-eminence.
Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave.
He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.
The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:
For idleness hath taught much evil.
Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one: and do no grievous thing without judgment.
If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.
If thou hurt him unjustly, he will run away:
And if he rise up and depart, thou knowest not whom to ask, and in what way to seek him.
The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind.
The vision of dreams is the resemblance of one thing to another: as when a man’s likeness is before the face of a man.
What can be made clean by the unclean? and what truth can come from that which is false?
Deceitful divinations and lying omens and the dreams of evildoers, are vanity:
And the heart fancieth as that of a woman in travail: except it be a vision sent forth from the most High, set no thy heart upon them.
For dreams have deceived many, and they have failed that put their trust in them.
The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.
What doth he know, that hath not been tried? A man that hath much experience, shall think of many things: and he that hath learned many things, shall shew forth understanding.
He that hath no experience, knoweth little: and he that hath been experienced in many things, multiplieth prudence.
He that hath not been tried, what manner of things doth he know? he that hath been surprised, shall abound with subtlety.
I have seen many things by travelling, and many customs of things.
Sometimes I have been in danger of death for these things, and I have been delivered by the grace of God.
The spirit of those that fear God; is sought after, and by his regard shall be blessed.
For their hope is on him that saveth them, and the eyes of God are upon them that love him.
He that feareth the Lord shall tremble at nothing, and shall not be afraid for he is his hope.
The soul of him that feareth the Lord is blessed.
To whom doth he look, and who in his strength?
The eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover from the sun at noon,
A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling; he raiseth up the soul, and enlighteneth the eyes, and giveth health, and life, and blessing.
The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mockeries of the unjust are not acceptable.
The Lord is only for them that wait upon him in the way of truth and justice.
The most High approveth not the gifts of the wicked: neither hath he respect to the oblations of the unjust, nor will he be pacified for sins by the multitude of their sacrifices.
He that offereth sacrifice of the goods of the poor, is as one that sacrificeth the son in the presence of his father.
The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man of blood.
He that taketh away the bread gotten by sweat, is like him that killeth his neighbour.
He that sheddeth blood, and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire, are brothers.
When one buildeth up, and another pulleth down: what profit have they but the labour?
When one prayeth, and another curseth: whose voice will God hear?
He that washeth himself after touching the dead, if he toucheth him again, what doth his washing avail?
So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself profit him? who will hear his prayer?
He that keepeth the law, multiplieth offerings.
It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquity.
And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a begging of pardon for sins.
He shall return thanks, that offereth fine flour: and he that doth mercy, offereth sacrifice.
To depart from iniquity is that which pleaseth the Lord, and to depart from injustice, is an entreaty for sins.
Thou shalt not appear empty in the sight of the Lord.
For all these things are to be done because of the commandment of God.
The oblation of the just maketh the altar fat, and is an odour of sweetness in the sight of the most High.
The sacrifice of the just is acceptable, and the Lord will not forget the memorial thereof.
Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.
In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.
Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do according to the ability of thy hands:
For the Lord maketh recompense, and will give thee seven times as much.
Do not offer wicked gifts, for such he will not receive.
And look not upon an unjust sacrifice, for the Lord is judge, and there is not with him respect of person.
The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him that is wronged.
He will not despise the prayers of the fatherless; nor the widow, when she poureth out her complaint.
Do not the widow’s tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
For from the cheek they go up even to heaven, and the Lord that heareth will not be delighted with them.
He that adoreth God with joy, shall be accepted, and his prayer shall approach even to the clouds.
The prayer of him that humbleth himself, shall pierce the clouds: and till it come nigh he will not be comforted: and he will not depart till the most High behold.
And the Lord will not be slack, but will judge for the just, and will do judgment: and the Almighty will not have patience with them, that he may crush their back:
And he will repay vengeance to the Gentiles, till he have taken away the multitude of the proud, and broken the sceptres of the unjust,
Till he have rendered to men according to their deeds: and according to the works of Adam, and according to his presumption,
Till he have judged the cause of his people, and he shall delight the just with his mercy.
The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of drought.
Have mercy upon us, O God of all, and behold us, and shew us the light of thy mercies:
And send thy fear upon the nations, that have not sought after thee: that they may know that there is no God beside thee, and that they may shew forth thy wonders.
Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.
For as thou hast been sanctified in us in their sight, so thou shalt be magnified among them in our presence,
That they may know thee, as we also have known thee, that there is no God beside thee, O Lord.
Renew thy signs, and work new miracles.
Glorify thy hand, and thy right arm.
Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath.
Take away the adversary, and crush the enemy.
Hasten the time, and remember the end, that they may declare thy wonderful works.
Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.
Crush the head of the princes of the enemies that say: There is no other beside us.
Gather together all the tribes of Jacob: that they may know that there is no God besides thee, and may declare thy great works: and thou shalt inherit them as from the beginning.
Have mercy on thy people, upon whom thy name is invoked: and upon Israel, whom thou hast raised up to be thy firstborn.
Have mercy on Jerusalem, the city which thou hast sanctified, the city of thy rest.
Fill Sion with thy unspeakable words, and thy people with thy glory.
Give testimony to them that are thy creatures from the beginning, and raise up the prophecies which the former prophets spoke in thy name.
Reward them that patiently wait for thee, that thy prophets may be found faithful: and hear the prayers of thy servants,
According to the blessing of Aaron over thy people, and direct us into the way of justice, and let all know that dwell upon the earth, that thou art God the beholder of all ages.
The belly will devour all meat, yet one is better than another.
The palate tasteth venison and the wise heart false speeches.
A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
A woman will receive every man: yet one daughter is better than another.
The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more.
If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and a pillar of rest.
Where there is no hedge, the possession shall be spoiled: and where there is no wife, he mourneth that is in want.
Who will trust him that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointed, that skippeth from city to city.
Every friend will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not this a grief even to death?
But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.
O wicked presumption, whence camest thou to cover the earth with thy malice, and deceitfulness?
There is a companion who rejoiceth with his friend in his joys, but in the time of trouble, he will be against him.
There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly’s sake, and he will take up a shield against enemy.
Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.
Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.
Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself.
Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind:
Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee:
Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee.
Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks,
Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the held labourer of every work,
Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel.
But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,
Whose soul is according to thy own soul: and who, when thou shalt stumble in the dark, will be sorry for thee.
And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more worth to thee than it.
The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit in a high piece to watch.
But above all these things pray to the most High, that he may direct thy way in truth.
In all thy works let the true word go before thee, and steady counsel before every action.
A wicked word shall change the beast: out of which four manner of things arise, good and evil, life and death: and the tongue is continually the ruler of them. There is a man that is subtle and a teacher of many, and yet is unprofitable to his own soul.
A skillful man hath taught many, and is sweet to his own soul.
He that speaketh sophistically, is hateful: he shall be destitute of every thing.
Grace is not given him from the Lord: for he is deprived of all wisdom.
There is a wise man that is wise to his own soul: and the fruit of his understanding is commendable.
A wise man instructeth his own people, and the fruits of his understanding are faithful.
A wise man shall be filled with blessings, and they that see shall praise him.
The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.
A wise man shall inherit honour among his people, and his name shall live for ever.
My son, prove thy soul in thy life: and if it be wicked, give it no power:
For all things are not expedient for all, and every kind pleaseth not every soul.
Be not greedy in any feasting, and pour not out thyself upon any meat:
For in many meats there will be sickness, and greediness will turn to choler.
By surfeiting many have perished: but he that is temperate, shall prolong life.
Honour the physician for the need thou hast of him: for the most High hath created him.
For all healing is from God, and he shall receive gifts of the king.
The skill of the physician shall lift up his head, and in the sight of great men he shall be praised.
The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
Was not bitter water made sweet with wood?
The virtue of these things is come to the knowledge of men, and the meet High hath given knowledge to men, that he may be honoured in his wonders.
By these he shall cure and shall allay their pains, and of these the apothecary shall make sweet confections, and shall make up ointments of health, and of his works there shall be no end.
For the peace of God is over all the face of the earth.
My son, in thy sickness neglect not thyself, but pray to the Lord, and he shall heal thee.
Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
For the Lord created him: and let him not depart from thee, for his works are necessary.
For there is a time when thou must fall into their hands:
And they shall beseech the Lord, that he would prosper what they give for ease and remedy, for their conversation.
He that sinneth in the sight of his Maker, shall fall into the hands of the physician.
My son, shed tears over the dead, and begin to lament as if thou hadst suffered some great harm, and according to judgment cover his body, and neglect not his burial.
And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a, day, and then comfort thyself in thy sadness.
And make mourning for him according to his merit for a day, or two, for fear of detraction.
For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.
Forget it not: for there is no returning, and thou shalt do him no good, and shalt hurt thyself.
Remember my judgment: for also shall be so: yesterday for me, and today for thee.
When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest, and comfort him in the departing of his spirit.
The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.
With what wisdom shall he be furnished that holdeth the plough, and that glorieth in the goad, that driveth the oxen therewith, and is occupied in their labours, and his whole talk is about the offspring of bulls?
He shall give his mind to turn up furrows, and his care is to give the kine fodder.
So every craftsman and workmaster that laboureth night and day, he who maketh graven seals, and by his continual diligence varieth the figure: he shall give his mind to the resemblance of the picture, and by his watching shall finish the work.
So doth the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the iron work. The vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace.
The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.
He setteth his mind to finish his work, and his watching to polish them, to perfection.
So doth the potter sitting at his work, turning the wheel about with his feet, who is always carefully set to his work, and maketh all his work by number:
He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet:
He shall give his mind to finish the glazing, and his watching to make clean the furnace.
All these trust to their hands, and every one is wise in his own art.
Without these a city is not built.
And they shall not dwell, nor walk about therein, and they shall not go up into the assembly.
Upon the judges’ seat they shall not sit, and the ordinance of judgment they shall not understand, neither shall they declare discipline and judgment, and they shall not be found where parables are spoken:
But they shall strengthen the state of the world, and their prayer shall be in the work of their craft, applying their soul, and searching in the law of the most High.
The wise men will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients, and will be occupied in the prophets.
He will keep the sayings of renowned men, and will enter withal into the subtilties of parables.
He will search out the hidden meanings of proverbs, and will be conversant in the secrets of parables.
He shall serve among great men, and: appear before the governor.
He shall pass into strange countries: for he shall try good and evil among men.
He will give his heart to resort early to the Lord that made him, and he will pray in the sight of the most High.
He will open his mouth in prayer, and will make supplication for his sins.
For if it shall please the great Lord, he will fill him with the spirit of understanding:
And he will pour forth the words of his wisdom as showers, and in his prayer he will confess to the Lord.
And he shall direct his counsel, and his knowledge, and in his secrets shall he meditate.
He shall shew forth the discipline he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
Many shall praise his wisdom, and it shall never be forgotten.
The memory of him shall not depart away, and his name shall be in request from generation to generation.
Nations shall declare his wisdom, and the church shall shew forth his praise.
If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his advantage.
I will yet meditate that I may declare: for I am filled as with a holy transport.
By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of waters.
Give ye a sweet odour as frankincense.
Send forth flowers, as the lily, and yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and praise with canticles, and bless the Lord in his works.
Magnify his name, and give glory to him with the voice of your lips, and with the canticles of your mouths, and with harps, and in praising him, you shall say in this manner:
All the works of the Lord are exceeding good.
At his word the waters stood as a heap: and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of waters:
For at his commandment favour is shewn, and there is no diminishing of his salvation.
The works of all flesh are before him, and there is nothing hid from his eyes.
He seeth from eternity to eternity, and there is nothing wonderful before him.
There is no saying: What is this, or what is that? for all things shall be sought in their time.
His blessing hath overflowed like a river.
And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have not sought after him:
Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were made plain for their journey: so to sinners they are stumblingblocks in his wrath.
Good things were created for the good from the beginning, so for the wicked, good and evil things.
The principal things necessary for the life of men, are water, fire, and iron, salt, milk, and bread of flour, and honey, and the cluster of the grape, and oil, and clothing.
All these things shall be for good to the holy, so to the sinners and the ungodly they shall be turned into evil.
There are spirits that are created for vengeance, and in their fury they lay on grievous torments.
In the time of destruction they shall pour out their force: and they shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
Fire, hail, famine, and death, all these were created for vengeance.
The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.
In his commandments they shall feast, and they shall be ready upon earth when need is, and when their time is come they shall not transgress his word.
Therefore from the beginning I was resolved, and I have meditated, and thought on these things and left them in writing.
All the works of the Lord are good, and he will furnish every work in due time.
It is not to be said: This is worse than that: for all shall be well approved in their time.
Now therefore with the whole heart and mouth praise ye him, and bless the name of the Lord.
Great labour is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam, from the day of their coming out of their mother’s womb, until the day of their burial into the mother of all.
Their thoughts, and fears of the heart, their imagination of things to come, and the day of their end:
From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:
From him that weareth purple, and beareth the crown, even to him that is covered with rough linen: wrath, envy, trouble, unquietness, and the fear of death, continual anger, and strife,
And in the time of rest upon his bed, the sleep of the night changeth his knowledge.
A little and as nothing is his rest, and afterward in sleep, as in the day of keeping watch.
He is troubled in the vision of his heart, as if he had escaped in the day of battle. In the time of his safety he rose up, and wondereth that there is no fear:
Such things happen to all flesh, from man even to beast, and upon sinners are sevenfold mere.
Moreover, death, and bloodshed, strife, and sword, oppressions, famine, and affliction, and scourges:
All these things are created for the wicked, and for their sakes came the flood.
All things that are of the earth, shall return to the earth again, and all waters shall return to the sea.
All bribery, and injustice shall blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.
The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass sway a noise like a great thunder in rain.
While he openeth his hands he shall rejoice: but transgressors shall pine away in the end.
The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.
Grace is like a paradise in blessings, and mercy remaineth for ever.
The life of a labourer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou shalt find a treasure.
Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be counted above them both.
Wine and music rejoice the heart, but the love of wisdom is above them both.
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
Thy eye desireth favour and beauty, but more than these green sown fields.
A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her husband.
Brethren are a help in the time of trouble, but mercy shall deliver more than they.
Gold and silver make the feet stand sure: but wise counsel is above them both.
Riches and strength lift up the heart: but above these is the fear of the Lord.
There is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek for help.
The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glory.
My son, in thy lifetime be not indigent: for it is better to die than to want.
The life of him that looketh toward another man’s table is not to be counted a life: for he feedeth his soul with another man’s meat.
But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself.
Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able to take meat!
O death, thy sentence is welcome to the man that is in need, and to him whose strength faileth:
Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that loseth patience!
Fear not the sentence of death. Remember what things have been before thee, and what shall come after thee: this sentence is from the Lord upon all flesh.
And what shall come upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? Whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years.
For among the dead there is no accusing of life.
The children of sinners become children of abominations, and they that converse near the houses of the ungodly.
The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
The children will complain of an ungodly father, because for his sake they are in reproach.
Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the most high Lord.
And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
Better is the man that hideth his folly, then the man that hideth his wisdom.
Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
Of theft, and of the truth of God, and the covenant: of leaning with thy elbow over meat, and of deceit in giving and taking:
Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy face from thy kinsman.
Turn not sway thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
Gaze not upon another man’s wife, and be not inquisitive after his handmaid, and approach not her bed.
Be ashamed of upbraiding speeches before friends: and after thou hast given, upbraid not.
Repeat not the word which thou hast heard, and disclose not the thing that is secret; so shalt thou be truly without confusion, and shall find favour before all men: be not ashamed of any of these things, and accept no person to sin thereby:
Of the law of the most High, and of his covenant, and of judgment to justify the ungodly:
Of the affair of companions and travellers, and of the gift of the inheritance of friends:
Of exactness of balance and weights, of getting much or little:
Of the corruption of buying, and of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to bleed.
Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.
Where there are many hands, shut up, and deliver all things in number, and weight: and put all in writing that thou givest out or receivest in.
Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the aged, that are judged I by young men: and thou shalt be well instructed in all things, and well approved in the sight of all men living.
The father waketh for the daughter when no man knoweth, and the care for her taketh away his sleep, when she is young, lest she pass away the flower of her age, and when she is married, lest she should be hateful:
In her virginity, lest she should be corrupted, and be found with child in her father’s house: and having a husband, lest she should misbehave herself, or at the least become barren.
Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at any time she make thee become a laughingstock to thy enemies, and a byword in the city, and a reproach among the people, and she make thee ashamed before all the multitude.
Behold not everybody’s beauty: and tarry not among women.
For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.
For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing shame and reproach.
I will now remember the works of the Lord, and I will declare the things I have seen. By the words of the Lord are his works.
The sun giving light hath looked upon all things, and full of the glory of the Lord is his work.
Hath not the Lord made the saints to declare all his wonderful works, which the Lord Almighty hath firmly settled to be established for his glory?
He hath searched out the deep, and the heart of men: and considered their crafty devices.
For the Lord knoweth all knowledge, and hath beheld the signs of the world, he declareth the things that are past, and the things that are to come, and revealeth the traces of hidden things.
No thought escapeth him, and no word can hide itself from him.
He hath beautified the glorious works of his wisdom: and he Is from eternity to eternity, and to him nothing may be added,
Nor can he be diminished, and he hath no need of any counsellor.
O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark!
All these things live, and remain for ever, and for every use all things obey him.
All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
He hath established the good things of every one. And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
The firmament on high is his beauty, the beauty of heaven with its glorious shew.
The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.
At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace in the works of heat:
The sun three times as much, burneth the mountains, breathing out fiery vapours, and shining with his beams, he blindeth the eyes.
Great is the Lord that made him, and at his words he hath hastened his course.
And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.
From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
The month is called after her name, increasing wonderfully in her perfection.
Being an instrument of the armies on high, shining gloriously in the Armament of heaven.
The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven; the Lord enlighteneth the world on high.
By the words of the holy one they shall stand in judgment, and shall never fail in their watches.
Look upon the rainbow, and bless him that made it: it is very beautiful in its brightness.
It encompasseth the heaven about with the circle of its glory, the hands of the most High have displayed it.
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall apace, and sendeth forth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.
Through this are the treasures opened, and the clouds fly out like birds.
By his greatness he hath fixed the clouds, and the hailstones are broken.
At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.
The noise of his thunder shall strike the earth, so doth the northern storm, and the whirlwind:
And as the birds lighting upon the earth, he scattereth snow, and the falling thereof, is as the coming down of locusts.
The eye admireth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the shower thereof.
He shall pour frost as salt upon the earth: and when it freezeth, it shall become like the tops of thistles.
The cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into crystal; upon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.
And it shall devour the mountains, and burn the wilderness, and consume all that is green as with fire.
A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the heat that cometh, shall overpower it.
At his word the wind is still, and with his thought he appeaseth the deep, and the Lord hath planted islands therein.
Let them that sail on the sea, tell the dangers thereof: and when we hear with our ears, we shall admire.
There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the monstrous creatures of whales.
Through him is established the end of their journey, and by his word all things are regulated.
We shall say much, and yet shall want words: but the sum of our words is, He is all.
What shall we be able to do to glorify him? for the Almighty himself is above all his works.
The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable.
Glorify the Lord as much as ever you can, for he will yet far exceed, and his magnificence is wonderful.
Blessing the Lord, exalt him as much as you can: for he is above all praise.
When you exalt him put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
Who shall see him, and declare him? and who shall magnify him as he is from the beginning?
There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a few of his works.
But the Lord hath made all things, and to the godly he hath given wisdom.
Let us now praise men of renown, and our fathers in their generation.
The Lord hath wrought great glory through his magnificence from the beginning.
Such as have borne rule in their dominions, men of great power, and endued with their wisdom, shewing forth in the prophets the dignity of prophets,
And ruling over the present people, and by the strength of wisdom instructing the people in most holy words.
Such as by their skill sought out musical tunes, and published canticles of the scriptures.
Rich men in virtue, studying beautifulness: living at peace in their houses.
All these have gained glory in their generations, and were praised in their days.
They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be related:
And there are some, of whom there is no memorial: who are perished, as if they had never been: and are become as if they had never been born, and their children with them.
But these were men of mercy, whose godly deeds have not failed:
Good things continue with their seed,
Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.
And their children for their sakes remain for ever: their seed and their glory shall not be forsaken.
Their bodies are buried in peace, and their name liveth unto generation and generation.
Let the people shew forth their wisdom, and the church declare their praise.
Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations.
Noe was found perfect, just, and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation.
Therefore was there a remnant left to the earth, when the flood came.
The covenants of the world were made with him, that all flesh should no more be destroyed with the flood.
Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and there was not found the like to him in glory, who kept the law of the most High, and was in covenant with him.
In his flesh he established the covenant, and in temptation he was found faithful.
Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth,
And that he would exalt his seed as the stars, and they should inherit from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.
And he did in like manner with Isaac for the sake of Abraham his father.
The Lord gave him the blessing of all nations, and confirmed his covenant upon the head of Jacob.
He acknowledged him in his blessings, and gave him an inheritance, and divided him his portion in twelve tribes.
And he preserved for him men of mercy, that found grace in the eyes of all flesh.
Moses was beloved of God, and men: whose memory is in benediction.
He made him like the saints in glory, and magnified him in the fear of his enemies, and with his words he made prodigies to cease.
He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and shewed him his glory.
He sanctified him in his faith, and meekness, and chose him out of all flesh.
For he heard him, and his voice, and brought him into a cloud.
And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction, that he might teach Jacob his covenant, and Israel his judgments.
He exalted Aaron his brother, and like to himself of the tribe of Levi:
He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the nation, and made him blessed in glory,
And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and crowned him with majestic attire.
He put upon him a garment to the feet, and breeches, and as ephod, and he compassed him with many little bells of gold all round about,
That as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple, for a memorial to the children of his people.
He gave him a holy robe of gold, and blue, and purple, a woven work of a wise man, endued with judgment and truth:
Of twisted scarlet the work of an artist, with precious stones cut and set in gold, and graven by the work of a lapidary for a memorial, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
And a crown of gold upon his mitre wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour: a work of power, and delightful to the eyes for its beauty.
Before him there were none so beautiful, even from the beginning.
No stranger was ever clothed with them, but only his children alone, and his grandchildren for ever.
His sacrifices were consumed with fire every day.
Moses filled his hands and anointed him with holy oil.
This was made to him for an everlasting testament, and to his seed as the days of heaven, to execute the office of the priesthood, and to have praise, and to glorify his people in his name.
He chose him out of all men living, to offer sacrifice to God, incense, and a good savour, for a memorial to make reconciliation for his people:
And he gave him power in his commandments, in the covenants of his judgments, that he should teach Jacob his testimonies, and give light to Israel in his law.
And strangers stood up against him, and through envy the men that were with Dathan and Abiron, compassed him about in the wilderness, and the congregation of Core in their wrath.
The Lord God saw and it pleased him not, and they were consumed in his wrathful indignation.
He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire.
And he added glory to Aaron, and gave him an inheritance, and divided unto him the firstfruits of the increase of the earth.
He prepared them bread in the first place unto fulness: for the sacrifices also of the Lord they shall eat, which he gave to him, and to his seed.
But he shall not inherit among the people in the land, and he hath no portion among the people: for he himself is his portion and inheritance.
Phinees the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, by imitating him in the fear of the Lord:
And he stood up in the shameful fall of the people: in the goodness and readiness of his soul he appeased God for Israel.
Therefore he made to him a covenant of peace, to be the prince of the sanctuary, and of his people, that the dignity of priesthood should be to him and to his seed for ever.
And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to him and to his seed, that he might give wisdom into our heart to judge his people in justice, that their good things might not be abolished, and he made their glory in their nation everlasting.
Valiant in war was Jesus the son of Nave, who was successor of Moses among the prophets, who was great according to his name,
Very great for the saving the elect of God, to overthrow the enemies that rose up against them, that he might get the inheritance for Israel.
How great glory did he gain when he lifted up his hands, and stretched out swords against the cities?
Who before him hath so resisted? for the Lord himself brought the enemies.
Was not the sun stopped in his anger, and one day made as two?
He called upon the most high Sovereign when the enemies assaulted him on every side, and the great and holy God heard him by hailstones of exceeding great force.
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
That the nations might know his power, that it is not easy to fight against God. And he followed the mighty one:
And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standing against the enemy, and withholding the people from sins, and appeasing the wicked murmuring.
And they two being appointed, were delivered out of the danger from among the number of six hundred thousand men on foot, to bring them into their inheritance, into the land that floweth with milk and honey.
And the Lord gave strength also to Caleb, and his strength continued even to his old age, so that he went up to the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an inheritance:
That all the children of Israel might see, that it is good to obey the holy God.
Then all the judges, every one by name, whose heart was not corrupted: who turned not away from the Lord,
That their memory might be blessed, and their bones spring up out of their place,
And their name continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children.
Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new government, and anointed princes over his people.
By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.
And he was known to be faithful in his words, because he saw the God of light:
And called upon the name of the Lord Almighty, in fighting against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb without blemish.
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
And he crushed the princes of the Tyrians, and all the lords of the Philistines:
And before the time of the end of his life in the world, he protested before the Lord, and his anointed: money, or any thing else, even to a shoe, he had not taken of any man, and no mall did accuse him.
And after this he slept, and he made known to the king, and shewed him the end of his life, and he lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy to blot out the wickedness of the nation.
Then Nathan the prophet arose in the days of David.
And as the fat taken away from the flesh, so was David chosen from among the children of Israel.
He played with lions as with lambs: and with bears he did in like manner as with the lambs of the flock, in his youth.
Did not he kill the giant, and take away reproach from his people?
In lifting up his hand, with the stone in the sling he beat down the boasting of Goliath:
For he called upon the Lord the Almighty, and he gave strength in his right hand, to take away the mighty warrior, and to set up the horn of his nation.
So in ten thousand did he glorify him, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in offering to him a crown of glory:
For he destroyed the enemies on every side, and extirpated the Philistines the adversaries unto this day: he broke their horn for ever.
In all his works he gave thanks to the holy one, and to the most High, with words of glory.
With his whole heart he praised the Lord, and loved God that made him: and he gave him power against his enemies:
And he set singers before the altar, and by their voices he made sweet melody.
And to the festivals he added beauty, and set in order the solemn times even to the end of his life, that they should praise the holy name of the Lord, and magnify the holiness of God in the morning.
The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: and he gave him a covenant of the kingdom, and a throne of glory in Israel.
After him arose up a wise son, and for his sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.
Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanctuary for ever: O how wise wast thou in thy youth!
And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.
And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
The countries wondered at thee for thy canticles, and proverbs, and parables, and interpretations,
And at the name of the Lord God, whose surname is, God of Israel.
Thou didst gather gold as copper, and didst multiply silver as lead,
And thou didst bow thyself to women: and by thy body thou wast brought under subjection.
Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled,
That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom to rule.
But God will not leave off his mercy, and he will not destroy, nor abolish his own works, neither will he out up by the roots the offspring of his elect: and he will not utterly take away the seed of him that loveth the Lord.
Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock.
And Solomon had an end with his fathers.
And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation,
Even Roboam that had little wisdom, who turned away the people through his counsel:
And Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who caused Israel to sin, and shewed Ephraim the way of sin, and their sins were multiplied exceedingly.
They removed them far away from their land.
And they sought out all iniquities, till vengeance came upon them, and put an end to all their sins.
And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.
He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a small number, for they could not endure the commandments of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven, and he brought down fire from heaven thrice.
Thus was Elias magnified in his wondrous works. And who can glory like to thee?
Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.
Who broughtest down kings to destruction, and brokest easily their power in pieces, and the glorious from their bed.
Who heardest judgment in Sina, and in Horeb the judgments of vengeance.
Who anointedst kings to penance, and madest prophets successors after thee.
Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
Who art registered in the judgments of times to appease the wrath of the Lord, to reconcile the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
Blessed are they that saw thee, and were honoured with thy friendship.
For we live only in our life, but after death our name shall not be such.
Elias was indeed covered with the whirlwind, and his spirit was filled up in Eliseus: in his days he feared not the prince, and no man was more powerful than he.
No word could overcome him, and after death his body prophesied.
In his life he did great wonders, and is death he wrought miracles.
For all this the people repented not, neither did they depart from their sins till they were cast out of their land, and were scattered through all the earth.
And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.
Some of these did that which pleased God: but others committed many sins.
Ezechias fortified his city, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well for water.
In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent Rabsaces, and lifted up his hand against them, and he stretched out his hand against Sion, and became proud through his power.
Then their hearts and hands trembled, and they were in pain as women in travail.
And they called upon the Lord who is merciful, and spreading their hands, they lifted them up to heaven: and the holy Lord God quickly heard their voice.
He was not mindful of their sins, neither did he deliver them up to their enemies, but he purified them by the hand of Isaias, the holy prophet.
He overthrew the army of the Assyrians, and the angel of the Lord destroyed them.
For Ezechias did that which pleased God, and walked valiantly in the way of David his father, which Isaias, the great prophet, and faithful in the sight of God, had commanded him.
In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the king’s life.
With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the mourners in Sion.
He shewed what should come to pass for ever, and secret things before they came.
The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer:
His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine.
He was directed by God unto the repentance of the nation, and he took away the abominations of wickedness.
And he directed his heart towards the Lord, and in the days of sinners he strengthened godliness.
Except David, and Ezechias, and Josias, all committed sin.
For the kings of Juda forsook the law of the most High, and despised the fear of God.
So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation.
They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.
For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother’s womb, to overthrow, and pluck up, and destroy, and to build again, and renew.
It was Ezechiel that saw the glorious vision, which was shewn him upon the chariot of cherubims.
For he made mention of the enemies under the figure of rain, and of doing good to them that shewed right ways.
And may the bones of the twelve prophets spring up out of their place: for they strengthened Jacob, and redeemed themselves by strong faith.
How shall we magnify Zorobabel? for he was as a signet on the right hand;
In like manner Jesus the son of Josedec? who in their days built the house, and set up a holy temple to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
And let Nehemias be a long time remembered, who raised up for us our walls that were cast down, and set up the gates and the bars, who rebuilt our houses.
No man was born upon earth like Henoch: for he also was taken up from the earth.
Nor as Joseph, who was a man born prince of his brethren, the support of his family, the ruler of his brethren, the stay of the people:
And his bones were visited, and after death they prophesied.
Seth and Sem obtained glory among men: and above every soul Adam in the beginning.
Simon the high priest, the son of Onias, who in his life propped up the house, and in his days fortified the temple.
By him also the height of the temple was founded, the double building and the high walls of the temple.
In his days the wells of water flowed out, and they were filled as the sea above measure.
He took care of his nation, and delivered it from destruction.
He prevailed to enlarge the city, and obtained glory in his conversation with the people: and enlarged the entrance of the house and the court.
He shone in his days as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the full.
And as the sun when it shineth, so did he shine in the temple of God.
And as the rainbow giving light in the bright clouds, and as the flower of roses in the days of the spring, and as the lilies that are on the brink of the water, and as the sweet smelling frankincense in the time of summer.
As a bright Are, and frankincense burning in the fire.
As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every precious stone.
As an olive tree budding forth, and a cypress tree rearing itself on high, when he put on the robe of glory, and was clothed with the perfection of power.
When he went up to the holy altar, he honoured the vesture of holiness.
And when he took the portions out of the hands of the priests, he himself stood by the altar. And about him was the ring of his brethren: and as the cedar planted in mount Libanus,
And as branches of palm trees, they stood round about him, and all the sons of Aaron in their glory.
And the oblation of the Lord was in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel: and finishing his service, on the altar, to honour the offering of the most high Ring,
He stretched forth his hand to make a libation, and offered of the blood of the grape.
He poured out at the foot of the altar a divine odour to the most high Prince.
Then the sons of Aaron shouted, they sounded with beaten trumpets, and made a great noise to be heard for a remembrance before God.
Then all the people together made haste, and fell down to the earth upon their faces, to adore the Lord their God, and to pray to the Almighty God the most High.
And the singers lifted up their voices. and in the great house the sound of sweet melody was increased.
And the people in prayer besought the Lord the most High, until the worship of the Lord was perfected, and they had finished their office.
Then coming down, he lifted up his hands over all the congregation of the children of Israel, to give glory to God with his lips, and to glory in his name:
And he repeated his prayer, willing to shew the power of God.
And now pray ye to the God of all, who hath done great things in all the earth, who hath increased our days from our mother’s womb, and hath done with us according to his mercy.
May he grant us joyfulness of heart, and that there be peace in our days in Israel for ever:
That Israel may believe that the mercy of God is with us, to deliver us in his days.
There are two nations which my soul abhorreth: and the third is no nation, which I hate:
They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem.
Jesus the son of Sirach, of Jerusalem, hath written in this book the doctrine of wisdom and instruction, who renewed wisdom from his heart.
Blessed is he that is conversant in these good things: and he that layeth them up in his heart, shall be wise always.
For if he do them, he shall be strong to do all things: because the light of God guideth his steps.
A prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach. I will give glory to thee, O Lord, O King, and I will praise thee, O God my Saviour.
I will give glory to thy name: for thou hast been a helper and protector to me.
And hast preserved my body from destruction, from the snare of an unjust tongue, and from the lips of them that forge lies, and in the sight of them that stood by, thou hast been my helper.
And thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.
Out of the hands of them that sought my life, and from the gates of afflictions, which compassed me about:
From the oppression of the flame which surrounded me, and in the midst of the fire I was not burnt.
From the depth of the belly of hell, and from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue:
My soul shall praise the Lord even to death.
And my life was drawing near to hell beneath.
They compassed me on every side, and there was no one that would help me. I looked for the succour of men, and there was none.
I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy works, which are from the beginning of the world.
How thou deliverest them that wait for thee, O Lord, and savest them out of the hands of the nations.
Thou hast exalted my dwelling place upon the earth and I have prayed for death to pass away.
I called upon the Lord, the father of my Lord, that he would not leave me in the day of my trouble, and in the time of the proud without help.
I will praise thy name continually, and will praise it with thanksgiving, and my prayer was heard.
And thou hast saved me from destruction, and hast delivered me from the evil time.
Therefore I will give thanks, and praise thee, and bless the name of the Lord.
When I was yet young, before I wandered about, I sought for wisdom openly in my prayer.
I prayed for her before the temple, and unto the very end I will seek after her, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe.
My heart delighted in her, my foot walked in the right way, from my youth up I sought after her.
I bowed down my ear a little, and received her.
I found much wisdom in myself, and I profited much therein.
To him that giveth me wisdom, will I give glory.
For I have determined to follow her: I have had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounded.
My soul hath wrestled for her, and in doing it I have been confirmed.
I stretched forth my hands on high, and I bewailed my ignorance of her.
I directed my soul to her, and in knowledge I found her.
I possessed my heart with her from the beginning: therefore I shall not be forsaken.
My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.
The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.
Draw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the house of discipline.
Why are ye slow? and what do you say of these things? your souls are exceeding thirsty.
I have opened my mouth, and have spoken: buy her for yourselves without silver,
And submit your neck to the yoke, and let your soul receive discipline: for she is near at hand to be found.
Behold with your eyes how I have laboured a little, and have found much rest to myself.
Receive ye discipline as a great sum of money, and possess abundance of gold by her.
Let your soul rejoice in his mercy, and you shall not be confounded in his praise.
Work your work before the time, and he will give you your reward in his time.
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And these are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maasias, the son of Sedecias, the son of Sedei, the son of Helcias, wrote in Babylonia.
In the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time that the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.
And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Juda, and in the hearing of all the people that came to hear the book.
And in the hearing of the nobles, the sons of the kings, and in the hearing of the ancients, and in the hearing of the people, from the least even to the greatest of them that dwelt in Babylonia, by the river Sedi.
And when they heard it they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord.
And they made a collection of money, according to every man’s power.
And they sent it to Jerusulem to Joakim the priest, the son of Helcias, the son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people, that were found with him in Jerusalem:
At the time when he received the vessels of the temple of the Lord, which had been taken away out of the temple, to return them into the land of Juda the tenth day of the month Sivan, the silver vessels, which Sedecias the son of Josias king of Juda had made,
After that Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and all the powerful men, and the people of the land from Jerusalem, and brought them bound to Babylon.
And they said: Behold we have sent you money, buy with it holocausts, and frankincense, and make meat offerings, and offerings for sin at the altar of the Lord our God:
And pray ye for the life of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and for the life of Balthasar his son, that their days may be upon earth as the days of heaven:
And that the Lord may give us strength, and enlighten our eyes, that we may live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Balthasar his son, and may serve them many days, and may find favour in their sight.
And pray ye for us to the Lord our God: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, and his wrath is not turned away from us even to this day.
And read ye this book, which we have sent to you to be read in the temple of the Lord, on feasts, and proper days.
And you shall say: To the Lord our God belongeth justice, but to us confusion of our face: as it is come to pass at this day to all Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
To our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers.
We have sinned before the Lord our God, and have not believed him, nor put our trust in him:
And we were not obedient to him, and we have not harkened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his commandments, which he hath given us.
From the day that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, we were disobedient to the Lord our God: and going astray we turned away from hearing his voice.
And many evils have cleaved to us, and the curses which the Lord foretold by Moses his servant: who brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.
And we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God according to all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us:
And we have gone away every man after the inclinations of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do evil in the sight of the Lord our God.
Wherefore the Lord our God hath made good his word, that he spoke to us, and to our judges that have judged Israel, and to our kings, and to our princes, and to all Israel and Juda:
That the Lord would bring upon us great evils, such as never happened under heaven, as they have come to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses:
That a man should eat the flesh of his own son, and the flesh of his own daughter.
And he hath delivered them up to be under the hand of all the kings that are round about us, to be a reproach, and desolation among all the people, among whom the Lord hath scattered us.
And we are brought under, and are not uppermost: because we have sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.
To the Lord our God belongeth justice: but to us, and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
For the Lord hath pronounced against us all these evils that are come upon us:
And we have not entreated the face of the Lord our God, that we might return every one of us from our most wicked ways.
And the Lord hath watched over us for evil, and hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is just in all his works which he hath commanded us:
And we have not hearkened to his voice to walk in the commandments of the Lord which he hath set before us.
And now, O Lord God of Israel, who hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with thy great power, and with a mighty arm, and hast made thee a name as at this day,
We have sinned, we have done wickedly, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all thy justices.
Let thy wrath be turned away from us: for we are left a few among the nations where thou hast scattered us.
Hear, O Lord, our prayers, and our petitions, and deliver us for thy own sake: and grant that we may find favour in the sight of them that have led us away:
That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, and that thy name is called upon Israel, and upon his posterity.
Look down upon us, O Lord, from thy holy house, and incline thy ear, and hear us.
Open thy eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in hell, whose spirit is taken away from their bowels, shall not give glory and justice to the Lord:
But the soul that is sorrowful for the greatness of evil she hath done, and goeth bowed down, and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul giveth glory and justice to thee the Lord.
For it is not for the justices of our fathers that we pour out our prayers, and beg mercy in thy sight, O Lord our God:
But because thou hast sent out thy wrath, and thy indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying:
Thus saith the Lord: Bow down your shoulder, and your neck, and serve the king of Babylon: and you shall remain in the land which I have given to your fathers.
But if you will not hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to serve the king of Babylon: I will cause you to depart out of the cities of Juda, and from without Jerusalem.
And I will take away from you the voice of mirth, and the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, and all the land shall be without any footstep of inhabitants.
And they hearkened not to thy voice, to serve the king of Babylon: and thou hast made good thy words, which thou spokest by the hands of thy servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers should be removed out of their place:
And behold they are cast out to the heat of the sun, and to the frost of the night: and they have died in grievous pains, by famine, and by the sword, and in banishment.
And thou hast made the temple, in which thy name was called upon, as it is at this day, for the iniquity of the house of Israel, and the house of Juda.
And thou hast dealt with us, O Lord our God, according to all thy goodness, and according to all that great mercy of thine:
As thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, in the day when thou didst command him to write thy law before the children of Israel,
Saying: If you will not hear my voice, this great multitude shall be turned into a very small number among the nations, where I will scatter them:
For I know that the people will not hear me, for they are a people of a stiff neck: but they shall turn to their heart in the land of their captivity:
And they shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and they shall understand: and ears, and they shall hear.
And they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and shall be mindful of my name.
And they shall turn away themselves from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, that sinned against me.
And I will bring them back again into the land which I promised with an oath to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be masters thereof: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be diminished.
And I will make with them another covenant that shall be everlasting, to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more remove my people, the children of Israel, out of the land that I have given them.
And now, O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, the soul in anguish, and the troubled spirit crieth to thee:
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy, for thou art a merciful God, and have pity on us: for we have sinned before thee.
For thou remainest for ever, and shall we perish everlastingly?
O Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead of Israel, and of their children, that have sinned before thee, and have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord their God, wherefore evils have cleaved fast to us.
Remember not the iniquities of our fathers, but think upon thy hand, and upon thy name at this time:
For thou art the Lord our God, and we will praise thee, O Lord:
Because for this end thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity, for we are converted from the iniquity of our fathers, who sinned before thee.
And behold we are at this day in our captivity, whereby thou hast scattered us to be a reproach, and a curse, and an offence, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, who departed from thee, O Lord our God.
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear, that thou mayst learn wisdom.
How happeneth it, O Israel, that thou art in thy enemies’ land?
Thou art grown old in a strange country, thou art defiled with the dead: thou art counted with them that go down into hell.
Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom:
For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou hadst surely dwelt in peace for ever.
Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding: that thou mayst know also where is length of days and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
Who hath found out her place? and who hath gone in to her treasures?
Where are the princes of the nations, and they that rule over the beasts that are upon the earth?
That take their diversion with the birds of the air.
That hoard up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and there is no end of their getting? who work in silver and are solicitous, and their works are unsearchable.
They are cut off, and are gone down to hell, and others are risen up in their place.
Young men have seen the light, and dwelt upon the earth: but the way of knowledge they have not known,
Nor have they understood the paths thereof, neither have their children received it, it is far from their face.
It hath not been heard of in the land of Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.
The children of Agar also, that search after the wisdom that is of the earth, the merchants of Merrha, and of Theman, and the tellers of fables, and searchers of prudence and understanding: but the way of wisdom they have not known, neither have they remembered her paths.
O Israel, how great is the house of God, and how vast is the place of his possession!
It is great, and hath no end: it is high and immense.
There were the giants, those renowned men that were from the beginning, of great stature, expert in war.
The Lord chose not them, neither did they find the way of knowledge: therefore did they perish.
And because they had not wisdom, they perished through their folly.
Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
Who hath passed over the sea, and found her, and brought her preferably to chosen gold?
There is none that is able to know her ways, nor that can search out her paths:
But he that knoweth all things, knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore, and filled it with cattle and fourfooted beasts:
He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth: and hath called it, and it obeyeth him with trembling.
And the stars have given light in their watches, and rejoiced:
They were called, and they said: Here we are: and with cheerfu Iness they have shined forth to him that made them.
This is our God, and there shall no other be accounted of in comparison of him.
He found out all the way of knowledge, and gave it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.
Afterwards he was seen upon earth, and conversed with men.
This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law, that is for ever: all they that keep it, shall come to life: but they that have forsaken it, to death.
Return, O Jacob, and take hold of it, walk in the way by its brightness, in the presence of the light thereof.
Give not thy honour to another, nor thy dignity to a strange nation.
We are happy, O Israel: because the things that are pleasing to God, are made known to us.
Be of good comfort, O people of God, the memorial of Israel:
You have been sold to the Gentiles, not for your destruction: but because you provoked God to wrath, you are delivered to your adversaries.
For you have provoked him who made you, the eternal God, offering sacrifice to devils, and not to God.
For you have forgotten God, who brought you up, and you have grieved Jerusalem that nursed you.
For she saw the wrath of God coming upon you, and she said: Give ear, all you that dwell near Sion, for God hath brought upon me great mourning:
For I have seen the captivity of my people, of my sons, and my daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them.
For I nourished them with joy: but I sent them away with weeping and mourning.
Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and desolate: I am forsaken of many for the sins of my children, because they departed from the law of God.
And they have not known his justices, nor walked by the ways of God’s commandments, neither have they entered by the paths of his truth and justice.
Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them.
For he hath brought a nation upon them from afar, a wicked nation, and of a strange tongue:
Who have neither reverenced the ancient, nor pitied children, and have carried away the beloved of the widow, and have left me all alone without children.
But as for me, what help can I give you?
But he that hath brought the evils upon you, he will deliver you out of the hands of your enemies.
Go your way, my children, go your way: for I am left alone.
I have put off the robe of peace, and have put upon me the sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry to the most High in my days.
Be of good comfort, my children, cry to the Lord, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the princes your enemies.
For my hope is in the Eternal that he will save you: and joy is come upon me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall come to you from our everlasting Saviour.
For I sent you forth with mourning and weeping: but the Lord will bring you back to me with joy and gladness for ever.
For as the neighbours of Sion have now seen your captivity from God: so shall they also shortly see your salvation from God, which shall come upon you with great honour, and everlasting glory.
My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you: for thy enemy hath persecuted thee, but thou shalt quickly see his destruction: and thou shalt get up upon his neck.
My delicate ones have walked rough ways, for they were taken away as a flock made a prey by the enemies.
Be of good comfort, my children, and cry to the Lord: for you shall be remembered by him that hath led you away.
For as it was your mind to go astray from God; so when you return again you shall seek him ten times as much.
For he that hath brought evils upon you, shall bring you everlasting joy again with your salvation.
Be of good heart, O Jerusalem: for he exhorteth thee, that named thee.
The wicked that have afflicted thee, shall perish: and they that have rejoiced at thy ruin, shall be punished.
The cities which thy children have served, shall be punished: and she that received thy sons.
For as she rejoiced at thy ruin, and was glad of thy fall: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
And the joy of her multitude shall be cut off: and her gladness shall be turned to mourning.
For fire shall come upon her from the Eternal, long to endure, and she shall be inhabited by devils for a great time.
Look about thee, O Jerusalem, towards the east, and behold the joy that cometh to thee from God.
For behold thy children come, whom thou sentest away scattered, they come gathered together from the east even to the west, at the word of the Holy One rejoicing for the honour of God.
Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of thy mourning, and affliction: and put on the beauty, and honour of that everlasting glory which thou hast from God.
God will clothe thee with the double garment of justice, and will set a crown on thy head of everlasting honour.
For God will shew his brightness in thee, to every one under heaven.
For thy name shall be named to thee by God for ever: the peace of justice, and honour of piety.
Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand on high: and look about towards the east, and behold thy children gathered together from the rising to the setting sun, by the word of the Holy One rejoicing in the remembrance of God.
For they went out from thee on foot, led by the enemies: but the Lord will bring them to thee exalted with honour as children of the kingdom.
For God hath appointed to bring down every high mountain, and the everlasting rocks, and to fill up the valleys to make them even with the ground: that Israel may walk diligently to the honour of God.
Moreover the woods, and every sweet-smelling tree have overshadowed Israel by the commandment of God.
For God will bring Israel with joy in the light of his majesty, with mercy, and justice, that cometh from him.
For the sins that you have committed before God, you shall be carried away captives into Babylon by Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon.
And when you are come into Babylon, you shall be there many years, and for a long time, even to seven generations: and after that I will bring you away from thence with peace.
But now, you shall see in Babylon gods of gold, and of silver, and of stone, and of wood borne upon shoulders, causing fear to the Gentiles.
Beware therefore that you imitate not the doings of others, and be afraid, and the fear of them should seize upon you.
But when you see the multitude behind, and before, adoring them, say you in your hearts: Thou oughtest to be adored, O Lord.
For my angel is with you: And I myself will demand an account of your souls.
For their tongue that is polished by the craftsman, and themselves laid over with gold and silver, are false things, and they cannot speak.
And as if it were for a maiden that loveth to go gay: so do they take gold and make them up.
Their gods have golden crowns upon their heads: whereof the priests secretly convey away from them gold, and silver, and bestow it on themselves.
Yea and they give thereof to prostitutes, and they dress out harlots: and again when they receive it of the harlots, they adorn their gods.
And these gods cannot defend themselves from the rust, and the moth.
But when they have covered them with a purple garment, they wipe their face because of the dust of the house, which is very much among them.
This holdeth a sceptre as a man, as a judge of the country, but cannot put to death one that offendeth him.
And this hath in his hand a sword, or an axe, but cannot save himself from war, or from robbers, whereby be it known to you, that they are not gods.
Therefore fear them not. For as a vessel that a man uses when it is broken becometh useless, even so are their gods:
When they are placed in the house, their eyes are full of dust by the feet of them that go in.
And as the gates are made sure on every side upon one that hath offended the king, or like a dead man carried to the grave, so do the priests secure the doors with bars and locks, lest they be stripped by thieves.
They light candles to them, and in great number, of which they cannot see one: but they are like beams in the house.
And they say that the creeping things which are of the earth, gnaw their hearts, while they eat them and their garments, and they feel it not.
Their faces are black with the smoke that is made in the house.
Owls, and swallows, and other birds fly upon their bodies, and upon their heads, and cats in like manner.
Whereby you may know that they are no gods. Therefore fear them not.
The gold also which they have, is for shew, but except a man wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for neither when they were molten, did they feel it.
Men buy them at a high price, whereas there is no breath in them.
And having not the use of feet they are carried upon shoulders, declaring to men how vile they are. Be they confounded also that worship them.
Therefore if they fall to the ground, they rise not up again of themselves, nor if a man set them upright, will they stand by themselves, but their gifts shall be set before them, as to the dead.
The things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and abuse: in like manner also their wives take part of them, but give nothing of it either to the sick, or to the poor.
The childbearing and menstruous women touch their sacrifices: knowing therefore by these things that they are not gods, fear them not.
For how can they be called gods? because women set offerings before the gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood:
And priests sit in their temples, having their garments rent, and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads.
And they roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.
The priests take away their garments, and clothe their wives and their children.
And whether it be evil that one doth unto them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: neither can they set up a king nor put him down:
In like manner they can neither give riches, nor requite evil. If a man make a vow to them, and perform it not, they cannot require it.
They cannot deliver a man from death nor save the weak from the mighty.
They cannot restore the blind man to his sight: nor deliver a man from distress.
They shall not pity the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
Their gods, of wood, and of stone, and of gold, and of silver, are like the stones that are hewn out of the mountains: and they that worship them shall be confounded.
How then is it to be supposed, or to be said, that they are gods?
Even the Chaldeans themselves dishonour them: who when they hear of one dumb that cannot speak, they present him to Bel, entreating him, that he may speak,
As though they could be sensible that have no motion themselves: and they, when they shall perceive this, will leave them: for their gods themselves have no sense.
The women also with cords about them, sit in the ways, burning olive stones.
And when any one of them, drawn away by some passenger, lieth with him, she upbraideth her neighbour, that she was not thought as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken.
But all things that are done about them, are false: how is it then to be thought, or to be said, that they are gods?
And they are made by workmen, and by goldsmiths. They shall be nothing else but what the priests will have them to be.
For the artificers themselves that make them, are of no long continuance. Can those things then that are made by them be gods?
But they have left false things and reproach to them that come after.
For when war cometh upon them, or evils, the priests consult with themselves where they may hide themselves with them.
How then can they be thought to be gods, that can neither deliver themselves from war, nor save themselves from evils?
For seeing they are but of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false things, by all nations and kings: and it shall be manifest that they are no gods, but the work of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
Whence therefore is it known that they are not gods, but the work of men’s hands, and no work of God is in them?
They cannot set up a king over the land, nor give rain to men.
They determine no causes, nor deliver countries from oppression; because they can do nothing, and are as daws between heaven and earth.
For when fire shall fall upon the house of these gods of wood, and of silver, and of gold, their priests indeed will flee away, and be saved: but they themselves shall be burnt in the midst like beams.
And they cannot withstand a king and war. How then can it be supposed, or admitted that they are gods?
Neither are these gods of wood, and of stone, and laid over with gold, and with silver, able to deliver themselves from thieves or robbers: they that are stronger than them,
Shall take from them the gold, and silver, and the raiment wherewith they are clothed, and shall go their way, neither shall they help themselves.
Therefore it is better to be a king that sheweth his power: or else a profitable vessel in the house, with which the owner thereof will be well satisfied: or a door in the house, to keep things safe that are therein, than such false gods.
The sun, and the moon, and the stars being bright, and sent forth for profitable uses, are obedient.
In like manner the lightning, when it breaketh forth, is easy to be seen: and after the same manner the wind bloweth in every country.
And the clouds when God commandeth them to go over the whole world, do that which is commanded them.
The fire also being sent from above to consume mountains and woods, doth as it is commanded. But these neither in shew, nor in power are like to any one of them.
Wherefore it is neither to be thought, nor to be said, that they are gods: since they are neither able to judge causes, nor to do any good to men.
Knowing therefore that they are not gods, fear them not.
For neither can they curse kings, nor bless them.
Neither do they shew signs in the heaven to the nations, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.
Beasts are better than they, which can fly under a covert, and help themselves.
Therefore there is no manner of appearance that they are gods: so fear them not.
For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers keepeth nothing, so are their gods of wood, and of silver, and laid over with gold.
They are no better than a white thorn in a garden, upon which every bird sitteth. In like manner also their gods of wood, and laid over with gold, and with silver, are like to a dead body cast forth in the dark.
By the purple also and the scarlet which are motheaten upon them, you shall know that they are not gods. And they themselves at last are consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country.
Better therefore is the just man that hath no idols: for he shall be far from reproach.
1 Maccabees
The First Book of the Maccabees
1 Maccabees
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
MACCABEES
Now it came to pass, after that Alexander the son of Philip the Macedonian, who first reigned in Greece, coming out of the land of Cethim, had overthrown Darius king of the Persians and Medes:
He fought many battles, and took the strong holds of all, and slew the kings of the earth:
And he went through even to the ends of the earth, and took the spoils of many nations: and the earth was quiet before him.
And he gathered a power, and a very strong army: and his heart was exalted and lifted up.
And he subdued countries of nations, and princes: and they became tributaries to him.
And after these things, he fell down upon his bed, and knew that he should die.
And he called his servants the nobles that were brought up with him from his youth: and he divided his kingdom among them, while he was yet alive.
And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.
And his servants made themselves kings every one in his place:
And they all put crowns upon themselves after his death, and their sons after them many years, and evils were multiplied in the earth.
And there came out of them a wicked root, Antiochus the Illustrious, the son of king Antiochus, who had been a hostage at Rome: and he reigned in the hundred and thirty-seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
In those days there went out of Israel wicked men, and they persuaded many, saying: Let us go, and make a covenant with the heathens that are round about us: for since we departed from them, many evils have befallen us.
And the word seemed good in their eyes.
And some of the people determined to do this, and went to the king: and he gave them license to do after the ordinances of the heathens.
And they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem, according to the laws of the nations:
And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil.
And the kingdom was established before Antiochus, and he had a mind to reign over the land of Egypt, that he might reign over two kingdoms.
And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots and elephants, and horsemen, and a great number of ships:
And he made war against Ptolemee king of Egypt, but Ptolemee was afraid at his presence, and fled, and many were wounded unto death.
And he took the strong cities in the land of Egypt: and he took the spoils of the land of Egypt.
And after Antiochus had ravaged Egypt in the hundred and forty-third year, he returned and went up against Israel.
And he went up to Jerusalem with a great multitude.
And he proudly entered into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof, and the table of proposition, and the pouring vessels, and the vials, and the little mortars of gold, and the veil, and the crowns, and the golden ornament that was before the temple: and he broke them all in pieces.
And he took the silver and gold, and the precious vessels: and he took the hidden treasures which he found: and when he had taken all away he departed into his own country.
And he made a great slaughter of men, and spoke very proudly.
And there was great mourning in Israel, and in every place where they were.
And the princes, and the ancients mourned, and the virgins and the young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed.
Every bridegroom took up lamentation: and the bride that set in the marriage bed, mourned:
And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
And after two full years the king sent the chief collector of his tributes to the cities of Juda, and he came to Jerusalem with a great multitude.
And he spoke to them peaceable words in deceit: and they believed him.
And he fell upon the city suddenly, and struck it with a great slaughter, and destroyed much people in Israel.
And he took the spoils of the city, and burnt it with fire, and threw down the houses thereof, and the walls thereof round about:
And they took the women captive, and the children, and the cattle they possessed.
And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, and with strong towers, and made it a fortress for them:
And they placed there a sinful nation, wicked men, and they fortified themselves therein: and they stored up armour, and victuals, and gathered together the spoils of Jerusalem;
And laid them up there: and they became a great snare.
And this was a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil devil in Israel.
And they shed innocent blood round about the sanctuary, and defiled the holy place.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled away by reason of them, and the city was made the habitation to strangers, and she became a stranger to her own seed, and her children forsook her.
Her sanctuary was desolate like a wilderness, her festival days were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into reproach, her honours were brought to nothing.
Her dishonour was increased according to her glory, and her excellency was turned into mourning.
And king Antiochus wrote to all his kingdom, that all the people should be one: and every one should leave his own law.
And all nations consented according to the word of king Antiochus.
And many of Israel consented to his service, and they sacrificed to idols, and profaned the sabbath.
And the king sent letters by the hands of messengers to Jerusalem, and to all the cities of Juda: that they should follow the law of the nations of the earth,
And should forbid holocausts and sacrifices, and atonements to be made in the temple of God.
And should prohibit the sabbath, and the festival days, to be celebrated.
And he commanded the holy places to be profaned, and the holy people of Israel.
And he commanded altars to be built, and temples, and idols, and swine’s flesh to be immolated, and unclean beasts.
And that they should leave their children uncircumcised, and let their souls be defiled with all uncleannesses, and abominations, to the end that they should forget the law, and should change all the justifications of God.
And that whosoever would not do according to the word of king Antiochus should be put to death.
According to all these words he wrote to his whole kingdom, and he appointed rulers over the people that should force them to do these things.
And they commanded the cities of Juda to sacrifice.
Then many of the people were gathered to them that had forsaken the law of the Lord: and they committed evils in the land:
And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives.
On the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation upon the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the cities of Juda round about:
And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at the doors of the houses, and in the streets.
And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:
And every one with whom the books of the testament of the Lord were found, and whosoever observed the law of the Lord, they put to death, according to the edict of the king.
Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month.
And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the altar of the idol that was over against the altar of God.
Now the women that circumcised their children, were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus.
And they hanged the children about their necks in all their houses: and those that had circumcised them, they put to death.
And many of the people of Israel determined with themselves, that they would not eat unclean things: and they chose rather to die than to be defiled with unclean meats.
And they would not break the holy law of God, and they were put to death:
And there was very great wrath upon the people.
In those days arose Mathathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and he abode in the mountain of Modin.
And he had five sons: John who was surnamed Gaddis:
And Simon, who was surnamed Thasi:
And Judas, who was called Machabeus:
And Eleazar, who was surnamed Abaron: and Jonathan, who was surnamed Apphus.
These saw the evils that were done in the people of Juda, and in Jerusalem.
And Mathathias said: Woe is me, wherefore was I born to see the ruin of my people, and the ruin of the holy city, and to dwell there, when it is given into the hands of the enemies?
The holy places are come into the hands of strangers: her temple is become as a man without honour.
The vessels of her glory are carried away captive: her old men are murdered in the streets, and her young men are fallen by the sword of the enemies.
What nation hath not inherited her kingdom, and gotten of her spoils?
All her ornaments are taken away. She that was free is made a slave.
And behold our sanctuary, and our beauty, and our glory is laid waste, and the Gentiles have defiled them.
To what end then should we live any longer?
And Mathathias and his sons rent their garments, and they covered themselves with haircloth, and made great lamentation.
And they that were sent from king Antiochus came thither, to compel them that were fled into the city of Modin, to sacrifice, and to burn incense, and to depart from the law of God.
And many of the people of Israel consented, and came to them: but Mathathias and his sons stood firm.
And they that were sent from Antiochus, answering, said to Mathathias: Thou art a ruler, and an honourable, and great man in this city, and adorned with sons, and brethren.
Therefore come thou first, and obey the king’s commandment, as all nations have done, and the men of Juda, and they that remain in Jerusalem: and thou, and thy sons, shall be in the number of the king’s friends, and enriched with gold, and silver, and many presents.
Then Mathathias answered, and said with a loud voice: Although all nations obey king Antiochus, so as to depart every man from the service of the law of his fathers, and consent to his commandments:
I and my sons, and my brethren will obey the law of our fathers.
God be merciful unto us: it is not profitable for us to forsake the law, and the justices of God:
We will not hearken to the words of king Antiochus, neither will we sacrifice, and transgress the commandments of our law, to go another way.
Now as he left off speaking these words, there came a certain Jew in the sight of all to sacrifice to the idols upon the altar in the city of Modin, according to the king’s commandment.
And Mathathias saw and was grieved, and his reins trembled, and his wrath was kindled according to the judgment of the law, and running upon him he slew him upon the altar:
Moreover the man whom king Antiochus had sent, who compelled them to sacrifice, he slew at the same time, and pulled down the altar.
And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees did by Zamri the son of Salomi.
And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: Every one that hath zeal for the law, and maintaineth the testament, let him follow me.
So he, and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they had in the city.
Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert:
And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives, and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them.
And it was told to the king’s men, and to the army that was in Jerusalem in the city of David, that certain men who had broken the king’s commandment, were gone away into the secret places in the wilderness, and that many were gone after them.
And forthwith they went out towards them, and made war against them on the sabbath day,
And they said to them: Do you still resist? come forth, and do according to the edict of king Antiochus, and you shall live.
And they said: We will not come forth, neither will we obey the king’s edict, to profane the sabbath day.
And they made haste to give them battle.
But they answered them not, neither did they cast a stone at them, nor stopped up the secret places,
Saying: Let us all die in our innocency: and heaven and earth shall be witnesses for us, that you put us to death wrongfully.
So they gave them battle on the sabbath: and they were slain with their wives, and their children, and their cattle, to the number of a thousand persons.
And Mathathias and his friends heard of it, and they mourned for them exceedingly.
And every man said to his neighbour: If we shall all do as our brethren have done, and not fight against the heathens for our lives, and our justifications: they will now quickly root us out of the earth.
And they determined in that day, saying: Whosoever shall come up against us to fight on the sabbath day, we will fight against him: and we will not all die, as our brethren that were slain in the secret places.
Then was assembled to them the congregation of the Assideans, the stoutest of Israel, every one that had a good will for the law.
And all they that fled from the evils, joined themselves to them, and were a support to them.
And they gathered an army, and slew the sinners in their wrath, and the wicked men in their indignation: and the rest fled to the nations for safety.
And Mathathias and his friends went round about, and they threw down the altars:
And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.
And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:
And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.
Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
Now therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
And call to remembrance the works of the fathers, which they have done in their generations: and you shall receive great glory, and an everlasting name.
Was not Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reputed to him unto justice?
Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, and he was made lord of Egypt.
Phinees our father, by being fervent in the zeal of God, received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
Jesus, whilst he fulfilled the word, was made ruler in Israel.
Caleb, for bearing witness before the congregation, received an inheritance.
David by his mercy obtained the throne of an everlasting kingdom.
Elias, while he was full of zeal for the law, was taken up into heaven.
Ananias and Azarias and Misael by believing, were delivered out of the flame.
Daniel in his innocency was delivered out of the mouth of the lions.
And thus consider through all generations: that none that trust in him fail in strength.
And fear not the words of a sinful man, for his glory is dung, and worms:
Today he is lifted up, and tomorrow he shall not be found, because he is returned into his earth; and his thought is come to nothing.
You therefore, my sons, take courage, and behave manfully in the law: for by it you shall be glorious.
And behold, I know that your brother Simon is a man of counsel: give ear to him always, and he shall be a father to you.
And Judas Machabeus who is valiant and strong from his youth up, let him be the leader of your army, and he shall manage the war of the people.
And you shall take to you all that observe the law: and revenge ye the wrong of your people.
Render to the Gentiles their reward, and take heed to the precepts of the law.
And he blessed them, and was joined to his fathers.
And he died in the hundred and forty-sixth year: and he was buried by his sons in the sepulchres of his fathers in Modin, and all Israel mourned for him with great mourning.
Then his son Judas, called Machabeus, rose up in his stead.
And all his brethren helped him, and all they that had joined themselves to his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.
And he got his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike armour about him in battles, and protected the camp with his sword.
In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion’s whelp roaring for his prey.
And he pursued the wicked and sought them out, and them that troubled his people he burnt with fire:
And his enemies were driven away for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled: and salvation prospered in his hand.
And he grieved many kings, and made Jacob glad with his works, and his memory is blessed for ever.
And he went through the cities of Juda, and destroyed the wicked out of them, and turned away wrath from Israel.
And he was renowned even to the utmost part of the earth, and he gathered them that were perishing.
And Apollonius gathered together the Gentiles, and a numerous and great army from Samaria, to make war against Israel.
And Judas understood it, and went forth to meet him: and he overthrew him, and killed him: and many fell down slain, the rest fled away.
And he took their spoils, and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and fought with it all his lifetime.
And Seron captain of the army of Syria heard that Judas had assembled a company of the faithful, and a congregation with him,
And he said: I will get me a name, and will be glorified in the kingdom, and will overthrow Judas, and those that are with him, that have despised the edict of the king.
And he made himself ready: and the host of the wicked went up with him, strong succours, to be revenged of the children of Israel.
And they approached even as far as Bethoron: and Judas went forth to meet him, with a small company.
But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas: How shall we, being few, be able to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, and we are ready to faint with fasting today?
And Judas said: It is an easy matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few: and there is no difference in the sight of the God of heaven to deliver with a great multitude, or with a small company:
For the success of war is not in the multitude of the army, but strength cometh from heaven.
They come against us with an insolent multitude, and with pride, to destroy us, and our wives, and our children, and to take our spoils.
But we will fight for our lives and our laws:
And the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: but as for you, fear them not.
And as soon as he had made an end of speaking, he rushed suddenly upon them: and Seron and his host were overthrown before him:
And he pursued him by the descent of Bethoron even to the plain, and there fell of them eight hundred men, and the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.
And the fear of Judas and of his brethren, and the dread of them fell upon all the nations round about them.
And his fame came to the king, and all nations told of the battles of Judas.
Now when king Antiochus heard these words, he was angry in his mind: and he sent and gathered the forces of all his kingdom, an exceeding strong army.
And he opened his treasury, and gave out pay to the army for a year: and he commanded them, that they should be ready for all things.
And he perceived that the money of his treasures failed, and that the tributes of the country were small because of the dissension, and the evil that he had brought upon the land, that he might take away the laws of old times:
And he feared that he should not have as formerly enough, for charges and gifts, which he had given before with a liberal hand: for he had abounded more than the kings that had been before him.
And he was greatly perplexed in mind, and purposed to go into Persia, and to take tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.
And he left Lysias, a nobleman of the blood royal, to oversee the affairs of the kingdom, from the river Euphrates even to the river of Egypt:
And to bring up his son Antiochus, till he came again.
And he delivered to him half the army, and the elephants: and he gave him charge concerning all that he would have done, and concerning the inhabitants of Judea, and Jerusalem:
And that he should send an army against them, to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away the memory of them from that place:
And that he should settle strangers to dwell in all their coasts, and divide their land by lot.
So the king took the half of the army that remained, and went forth from Antioch the chief city of his kingdom, in the hundred and forty-seventh year: and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went through the higher countries.
Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenus, and Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends.
And he sent with them forty thousand men, and seven thousand horsemen: to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it according to the king’s orders.
So they went forth with all their power, and came, and pitched near Emmaus in the plain country.
And the merchants of the countries heard the fame of them: and they took silver and gold in abundance, and servants: and they came into the camp, to buy the children of Israel for slaves: and there were joined to them the forces of Syria, and of the land of the strangers.
And Judas and his brethren saw that evils were multiplied, and that the armies approached to their borders: and they knew the orders the king had given to destroy the people and utterly abolish them.
And they said every man to his neighbour: Let us raise up the low condition of our people, and let us fight for our people, and our sanctuary.
And the assembly was gathered that they might be ready for battle: and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.
Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there.
And they assembled together, and came to Maspha over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.
And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments:
And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:
And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the firstfruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days:
And they cried with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them?
For thy holies are trodden down, and are profaned, and thy priests are in mourning, and are brought low.
And behold the nations are come together against us to destroy us: thou knowest what they intend against us.
How shall we be able to stand before their face, unless thou, O God, help us?
Then they sounded with trumpets, and cried out with a loud voice.
And after this Judas appointed captains over the people, over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens.
And he said to them that were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, that they should return every man to his house, according to the law.
So they removed the camp, and pitched on the south side of Emmaus.
And Judas said: Gird yourselves, and be valiant men, and be ready against the morning, that you may fight with these nations that are assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.
For it is better for us to die in battle, than to see the evils of our nation, and of the holies:
Nevertheless as it shall be the will of God in heaven so be it done.
Then Gorgias took five thousand men, and a thousand of the best horsemen: and they removed out of the camp by night.
That they might come upon the camp of the Jews, and strike them suddenly: and the men that were of the castle were their guides.
And Judas heard of it, and rose up, he and the valiant men, to attack the king’s forces that were in Emmaus.
For as yet the army was dispersed from the camp.
And Gorgias came by night into the camp of Judas, and found no man, and he sought them in the mountains: for he said: These men flee from us.
And when it was day, Judas shewed himself in the plain with three thousand men only, who neither had armour nor swords.
And they saw the camp of the Gentiles that it was strong, and the men in breastplates, and the horsemen round about them, and these were trained up to war.
And Judas said to the men that were with him: Fear ye not their multitude, neither be ye afraid of their assault.
Remember in what manner our fathers were saved in the Red Sea, when Pharao pursued them with a great army.
And now let us cry to heaven: and the Lord will have mercy on us, and will remember the covenant of our fathers, and will destroy this army before our face this day:
And all nations shall know that there is one that redeemeth and delivereth Israel.
And the strangers lifted up their eyes, and saw them coming against them.
And they went out of the camp to battle, and they that were with Judas sounded the trumpet.
And they joined battle: and the Gentiles were routed, and fled into the plain.
But all the hindmost of them fell by the sword, and they pursued them as far as Gezeron, and even to the plains of Idumea, and of Azotus, and of Jamnia: and there fell of them to the number of three thousand men.
And Judas returned again with his army that followed him,
And he said to the people: Be not greedy of the spoils: for there is war before us:
And Gorgias and his army are near us in the mountain: but stand ye now against our enemies, and overthrow them, and you shall take the spoils afterwards with safety.
And as Judas was speaking these words, behold part of them appeared looking forth from the mountain.
And Gorgias saw that his men were put to flight, and that they had set fire to the camp: for the smoke that was seen declared what was done.
And when they had seen this, they were seized with great fear, seeing at the same time Judas and his army in the plain ready to fight.
So they all fled away into the land of the strangers.
And Judas returned to take the spoils of the camp, and they got much gold, and silver, and blue silk, and purple of the sea, and great riches.
And returning home they sung a hymn, and blessed God in heaven, because he is good, because his mercy endureth for ever.
So Israel had a great deliverance that day.
And such of the strangers as escaped, went and told Lysias all that had happened.
And when he heard these things, he was amazed and discouraged: because things had not succeeded in Israel according to his mind, and as the king had commanded.
So the year following Lysias gathered together threescore thousand chosen men, and five thousand horsemen, that he might subdue them.
And they came into Judea, and pitched their tents in Bethoron, and Judas met them with ten thousand men.
And they saw that the army was strong, and he prayed, and said: Blessed art thou, O Saviour of Israel, who didst break the violence of the mighty by the hand of thy servant David, and didst deliver up the camp of the strangers into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul and of his armourbearer.
Shut up this army in the hands of thy people Israel, and let them be confounded in their host and their horsemen.
Strike them with fear, and cause the boldness of their strength to languish, and let them quake at their own destruction.
Cast them down with the sword of them that love thee: and let all that know thy name, praise thee with hymns.
And they joined battle: and there fell of the army of Lysias five thousand men.
And when Lysias saw that his men were put to flight, and how bold the Jews were, and that they were ready either to live, or to die manfully, he went to Antioch, and chose soldiers, that they might come again into Judea with greater numbers.
Then Judas, and his brethren said: Behold our enemies are discomfited: let us go up now to cleanse the holy places and to repair them.
And all the army assembled together, and they went up into mount Sion.
And they saw the sanctuary desolate, and the altar profaned, and the gates burnt, and shrubs growing up in the courts as in a forest, or on the mountains, and the chambers joining to the temple thrown down.
And they rent their garments, and made great lamentation, and put ashes on their heads:
And they fell face down to the ground on their faces, and they sounded with the trumpets of alarm, and they cried towards heaven.
Then Judas appointed men to fight against them that were in the castle, till they had cleansed the holy places.
And he chose priests without blemish, whose will was set upon the law of God:
And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.
And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.
And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.
And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them.
Then they took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar according to the former:
And they built up the holy places, and the things that were within the temple: and they sanctified the temple, and the courts.
And they made new holy vessels, and brought in the candlestick, and the altar of incense, and the table into the temple.
And they put incense upon the altar, and lighted up the lamps that were upon the candlestick, and they gave light in the temple.
And they set the loaves upon the table, and hung up the veils, and finished all the works that they had begun to make.
And they arose before the morning on the five and twentieth day of the ninth month (which is the month of Casleu) in the hundred and forty-eighth year.
And they offered sacrifice according to the law upon the new altar of holocausts which they had made.
According to the time, and according to the day wherein the heathens had defiled it, in the same was it dedicated anew with canticles, and harps, and lutes, and cymbals.
And all the people fell upon their faces, and adored, and blessed up to heaven, him that had prospered them.
And they kept the dedication of the altar eight days, and they offered holocausts with joy, and sacrifices of salvation, and of praise.
And they adorned the front of the temple with crowns of gold, and escutcheons, and they renewed the gates, and the chambers, and hanged doors upon them.
And there was exceeding great joy among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was turned away.
And Judas, and his brethren, and all the church of Israel decreed, that the day of the dedication of the altar should be kept in its season from year to year for eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, with joy and gladness.
They built up also at that time mount Sion, with high walls, and strong towers round about, lest the Gentiles should at any time come, and tread it down as they did before.
And he placed a garrison there to keep it, and he fortified it to secure Bethsura, that the people might have a defence against Idumea.
Now it came to pass, when the nations round about heard that the altar and the sanctuary were built up as before, that they were exceeding angry.
And they thought to destroy the generation of Jacob that were among them, and they began to kill some of the people, and to persecute them.
Then Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumea, and them that were in Acrabathane: because they beset the Israelites around about, and he made a great slaughter of them.
And he remembered the malice of the children of Bean: who were a snare and a stumblingblock to the people, by lying in wait for them in the way.
And they were shut up by him in towers, and he set upon them, and devoted them to utter destruction, and burnt their towers with fire, and all that were in them.
Then he passed over to the children of Ammon, where he found a mighty power, and much people, and Timotheus was their captain:
And he fought many battles with them, and they were discomfited in their sight, and he smote them:
And he took the city of Gazer and her towns, and returned into Judea.
And the Gentiles that were in Galaad, assembled themselves together against the Israelites that were in their quarters to destroy them: and they fled into the fortress of Datheman.
And they sent letters to Judas and his brethren, saying, The heathens that are round about are gathered together against us, to destroy us:
And they are preparing to come, and to take the fortress into which we are fled: and Timotheus is the captain of their host.
Now therefore come, and deliver us out of their hands, for many of us are slain.
And all our brethren that were in the places of Tubin, are killed: and they have carried away their wives, and their children, captives, and taken their spoils, and they have slain there almost a thousand men.
And while they were yet reading these letters, behold there came other messengers out Galilee with their garments rent, who related according to these words:
Saying, that they of Ptolemais, and of Tyre, and of Sidon, were assembled against them, and all Galilee is filled with strangers, in order to consume us.
Now when Judas and all the people heard these words, a great assembly met together to consider what they should do for their brethren that were in trouble, and were assaulted by them.
And Judas said to Simon his brother: Choose thee men, and go, and deliver they brethren in Galilee: and I, and my brother Jonathan will go into the country of Galaad.
And he left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias captains of the people with the remnant of the army in Judea to keep it:
And he commanded them, saying: Take ye the charge of this people: but make no war against the heathens, till we return.
Now three thousand men were alloted to Simon, to go into Galilee: and eight thousand to Judas to go into the land of Galaad.
And Simon went into Galilee, and fought many battles with the heathens: and the heathens were discomfited before his face, and he pursued them even to the gate of Ptolemais.
And there fell of the heathens almost three thousand men, and he took the spoils of them,
And he took with him those that were in Galilee and in Arbatis with their wives, and children, and all that they had, and he brought them into Judea with great joy.
And Judas Machabeus, and Jonathan his brother passed over the Jordan, and went three days’ journey through the desert.
And the Nabutheans met them, and received them in a peaceable manner, and told them all that happened to their brethren in the land of Galaad,
And that many of them were shut up in Barasa, and in Bosor, and in Alima, and in Casphor, and in Mageth, and in Carnaim: all these strong and great cities.
Yea, and that they were kept shut up in the rest of the cities of Galaad, and that they had appointed to bring their army on the morrow near to these cities, and to take them and to destroy them all in one day.
Then Judas and his army suddenly turned their march into the desert, to Bosor, and took the city: and he slew every male by the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burnt it with fire.
And they removed from thence by night, and went till they came to the fortress.
And it came to pass that early in the morning, when they lifted up their eyes, behold there were people without number, carrying ladders and engines to take the fortress, and assault them.
And Judas saw that the fight was begun, and the cry of the battle went up to heaven like a trumpet, and a great cry out of the city:
And he said to his host: Fight ye today for your brethren.
And he came with three companies behind them, and they sounded their trumpets, and cried out in prayer.
And the host of Timotheus understood that it was Machabeus, and they fled away before his face: and they made a great slaughter of them: and there fell of them in that day almost eight thousand men.
And Judas turned aside to Maspha, and assaulted, and took it, and he slew every male thereof, and took the spoils thereof, and burnt it with fire.
From thence he marched, and took Casbon, and Mageth, and Bosor, and the rest of the cities of Galaad.
But after this Timotheus gathered another army, and camped over against Raphon beyond the torrent.
And Judas sent men to view the army: and they brought him word, saying: All the nations, that are round about us, are assembled unto him an army exceeding great:
And they have hired the Arabians to help them, and they have pitched their tents beyond the torrent, ready to come to fight against thee. And Judas went to meet them.
And Timotheus said to the captains of his army: When Judas and his army come near the torrent of water, if he pass over unto us first, we shall not be able to withstand him: for he will certainly prevail over us.
But if he be afraid to pass over, and camp on the other side of the river, we will pass over to them and shall prevail against him.
Now when Judas came near the torrent of water, he set the scribes of the people by the torrent, and commanded them, saying: Suffer no man to stay behind: but let all come to the battle.
And he passed over to them first, and all the people after him, and all the heathens were discomfited before them, and they threw away their weapons, and fled to the temple that was in Carnaim.
And he took that city, and the temple he burnt with fire, with all things that were therein: and Carnaim was subdued, and could not stand against the face of Judas.
And Judas gathered together all the Israelites that were in the land of Galaad, from the least even to the greatest, and their wives, and children, and an army exceeding great, to come into the land of Juda.
And they came as far as Ephron: now this was a great city situate in the way, strongly fortified, and there was no means to turn from it on the right hand or on the left, but the way was through the midst of it.
And they that were in the city, shut themselves in, and stopped up the gates with stones: and Judas sent to them with peaceable words,
Saying: Let us pass through your land, to go into our country: and no man shall hurt you: we will only pass through on foot. But they would not open to them.
Then Judas commanded proclamation to be made in the camp, that they should make an assault every man in the place where he was.
And the men of the army drew near, and he assaulted that city all the day, and all the night, and the city was delivered into his hands:
And they slew every male with the edge of the sword, and he razed the city, and took the spoils thereof, and passed through all the city over them that were slain.
Then they passed over the Jordan to the great plain that is over against Bethsan.
And Judas gathered together the hindmost, and he exhorted the people all the way through, till they came into the land of Juda.
And they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness, and offered holocausts, because not one of them was slain, till they had returned in peace.
Now in the days that Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Galaad, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias captain of the soldiers, heard of the good success, and the battles that were fought.
And he said: Let us also get us a name, and let us go fight against the Gentiles that are round about us.
And he gave charge to them that were in his army, and they went towards Jamnia.
And Gorgias and his men went out of the city, to give them battle.
And Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued unto the borders of Judea: and there fell, on that day, of the people of Israel about two thousand men, and there was a great overthrow of the people:
Because they did not hearken to Judas, and his brethren, thinking that they should do manfully.
But they were not of the seed of those men by whom salvation was brought to Israel.
And the men of Juda were magnified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the nations where their name was heard.
And people assembled to them with joyful acclamations.
Then Judas and his brethren went forth and attacked the children of Esau, in the land toward the south, and he took Chebron, and her towns: and he burnt the walls thereof and the towers all round it.
And he removed his camp to go into the land of the aliens, and he went through Samaria.
In that day some priests fell in battle, while desiring to do manfully they went out unadvisedly to fight.
And Judas turned to Azotus into the land of the strangers, and he threw down their altars, and he burnt the statues of their gods with fire: and he took the spoils of the cities, and returned into the land of Juda.
Now king Antiochus was going through the higher countries, and he heard that the city of Elymais in Persia was greatly renowned, and abounding in silver and gold.
And that there was in it a temple, exceeding rich: and coverings of gold, and breastplates, and shields which king Alexander, son of Philip the Macedonian that reigned first in Greece, had left there.
Lo, he came, and sought to take the city and to pillage it: But he was not able, because the design was known to them that were in the city.
And they rose up against him in battle, and he fled away from thence, and departed with great sadness, and returned towards Babylonia.
And whilst he was in Persia, there came one that told him, how the armies that were in the land of Juda were put to flight:
And that Lysias went with a very great power, and was put to flight before the face of the Jews, and that thy were grown strong by the armour, and power, and store of spoils, which they had gotten out of the camps which they had destroyed:
And that they had thrown down the abomination which he had set up upon the altar in Jerusalem, and that they had compassed about the sanctuary with high walls as before, and Bethsura also his city.
And it came to pass when the king heard these words, that he was struck with fear, and exceedingly moved: and he laid himself down upon his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not fallen out to him as he imagined.
And he remained there many days: for great grief came more and more and more upon him, and he made account that he should die.
And he called for all his friends, and said to them: Sleep is gone from my eyes, and I am fallen away, and my heart is cast down for anxiety.
And I said in my heart: Into how much tribulation am I come, and into what floods of sorrow, wherein now I am: I that was pleasant and beloved in my power!
But now I remember the evils that I have done in Jerusalem, from whence also I took away all the spoils of gold, and of silver that were in it, and I sent to destroy the inhabitants of Juda without cause.
I know therefore that for this cause these evils have found me: and behold I perish with great grief in a strange land.
Then he called Philip, one of his friends, and he made him regent over all his kingdom.
And he gave him the crown, and his robe, and his ring, that he should go to Antiochus his son, and should bring him up for the kingdom.
So king Antiochus died there in the year one hundred and forty-nine.
And Lysias understood that the king was dead, and he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he brought up young: and he called his name Eupator.
Now they that were in the castle, had shut up the Israelites round about the holy places: and they were continually seeking their hurt, and to strengthen the Gentiles.
And Judas purposed to destroy them: and he called together all the people, to besiege them.
And they came together, and besieged them in the year one hundred and fifty, and they made battering slings and engines.
And some of the besieged got out: and some wicked men of Israel joined themselves unto them.
And they went to the king, and said: How long dost thou delay to execute the judgment, and to revenge our brethren?
We determined to serve thy father and to do according to his orders, and obey his edicts:
And for this they of our nation are alienated from us, and have slain as many of us as they could find, and have spoiled our inheritances.
Neither have they put forth their hand against us only, but also against all our borders.
And behold they have approached this day to the castle of Jerusalem to take it, and they have fortified the stronghold of Bethsura:
And unless thou speedily prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and thou shalt not be able to subdue them.
Now when the king heard this, he was angry: and he called together all his friends, and the captains of his army, and them that were over the horsemen.
There came also to him from other realms, and from the islands of the sea hired troops.
And the number of his army was an hundred thousand footmen, and twenty thousand horsemen, and thirty-two elephants, trained to battle.
And they went through Idumea, and approached to Bethsura, and fought many days, and they made engines: but they sallied forth and burnt them with fire, and fought manfully.
And Judas departed from the castle, and removed the camp to Bethzacharam, over against the king’s camp.
And the king rose before it was light, and made his troops march on fiercely towards the way of Bethzacharam: and the armies made themselves ready for the battle, and they sounded the trumpets:
And they shewed the elephants the blood of grapes, and mulberries to provoke them to fight.
And they distributed the beasts by the legions: and there stood by every elephant a thousand men in coats of mail, and with helmets of brass on their heads: and five hundred horsemen set in order were chosen for every beast.
These before the time wheresoever the beast was, the were there: and withersoever it went, they went, and they departed not from it.
And upon the beast, there were strong wooden towers, which covered every one of them: and engines upon them: and upon every one thirty-two valiant men, who fought from above; and an Indian to rule the beast.
And the rest of the horsemen he placed on this side and on that side at the two wings, with trumpets to stir up the army, and to hasten them forward that stood thick together in the legions thereof.
Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold, and of brass, the mountains glittered therewith, and they shone like lamps of fire.
And part of the king’s army was distinguished by the high mountains, and the other part by the low places: and they marched on warily and orderly.
And all the inhabitants of the land were moved at the noise of their multitude, and the marching of the company, and the rattling of the armour, for the army was exceeding great and strong.
And Judas and his army drew near for battle: and there fell of the king’s army six hundred men.
And Eleazar the son of Saura saw one of the beasts harnessed with the king’s harness: and it was higher than the other beasts: and it seemed to him that the king was on it:
And he exposed himself to deliver his people and to get himself an everlasting name.
And he ran up to it boldly in the midst of the legion, killing on the right hand, and on the left, and they fell by him on this side and that side.
And he went between the feet of the elephant, and put himself under it: and slew it, and it fell to the ground upon him, and he died there.
Then they seeing the strength of the king and the fierceness of his army, turned away from them.
But the king’s army went up against them to Jerusalem: and the king’s army pitched their tents against Judea and mount Sion.
And he made peace with them that were in Bethsura: and they came forth out of the city, because they had no victuals, being shut up there, for it was the year of rest to the land.
And the king took Bethsura: and he placed there a garrison to keep it.
And he turned his army against the sanctuary for many days: and he set up there battering slings, and engines and instruments to cast fire, and engines to cast stones and javelins, and pieces to shoot arrows, and slings.
And they also made engines against their engines, and they fought for many days.
But there were no victuals in the city, because it was the seventh year: and such as had stayed in Judea of them that came from among the nations, had eaten the residue of all that which had been stored up.
And there remained in the holy places but a few, for the famine had prevailed over them: and they were dispersed every man to his own place.
Now Lysias heard that Philip, whom king Antiochus while he lived had appointed to bring up his son Antiochus, and to reign, to be king,
Was returned from Persia, and Media, with the army that went with him, and that he sought to take upon him the affairs of the kingdom:
Wherefore he made haste to go, and say to the king and to the captains of the army: We decay daily, and our provision of victuals is small, and the place that we lay siege to is strong, and it lieth upon us to take order for the affairs of the kingdom.
Now therefore let us come to an agreement with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation.
And let us covenant with them, that they may live according to their own laws as before. For because of our despising their laws, they have been provoked, and have done all these things.
And the proposal was acceptable in the sight of the king, and of the princes: and he sent to them to make peace: and they accepted of it.
And the king and the princes swore to them: and they came out of the stronghold.
Then the king entered into mount Sion, and saw the strength of the place: and he quickly broke the oath that he had taken, and gave commandment to throw down the wall round about.
And he departed in haste, and returned to Antioch, where he found Philip master of the city: and he fought against him, and took the city.
In the hundred and fifty-first year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from the city of Rome, and came up with a few men into a city of the sea coast, and reigned there.
And it came to pass, as he entered into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army seized upon Antiochus, and Lysias, to bring them unto him.
And when he knew it, he said: Let me not see their face.
So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom:
And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: And Alcimus was at the head of them, who desired to be made high priest.
And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends, and he hath driven us out of our land.
Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest, and let him go, and see all the havock he hath made amongst us, and in the king’s lands: and let him punish all his friends and their helpers.
Then the king chose Bacchides, one of his friends that ruled beyond the great river in the kingdom, and was faithful to the king: and he sent him,
To see the havock that Judas had made: and the wicked Alcimus he made high priest, and commanded him to take revenge upon the children of Israel.
And they arose, and came with a great army into the land of Juda: and they sent messengers, and spoke to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.
But they gave no heed to their words: for they saw that they were come with a great army.
Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the scribes to require things that are just:
And first the Assideans that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.
For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.
And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm nor your friends.
And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written:
The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made.
And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.
Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides went away to the king:
But Alcimus did what he could to maintain his chief priesthood.
And they that disturbed the people resorted to him, and they got the land of Juda into their power, and did much hurt in Israel.
And Judas saw all the evils that Alcimus, and they that were with him, did to the children of Israel, much more than the Gentiles.
And he went out into all the coasts of Juda round about, and took vengeance upon the men that had revolted, and they ceased to go forth any more into the country.
And Alcimus saw that Judas, and they that were with him prevailed: and he knew that he could not stand against them, and he went back to the king, and accused them of many crimes.
And the king sent Nicanor one of his principal lords, who was a great enemy to Israel: and he commanded him to destroy the people.
And Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army, and he sent to Judas and to his brethren deceitfully with friendly words,
Saying: Let there be no fighting between me and you: I will come with a few men to see your faces with peace.
And he came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably: and the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by force.
And the thing was known to Judas that he was come to him with deceit: and he was much afraid of him, and would not see his face any more.
And Nicanor knew that his counsel was discovered: and he went out to fight against Judas near Capharsalama.
And there fell of Nicanor’s army almost five thousand men, and they fled into the city of David.
And after this Nicanor went up into mount Sion: and some of the priests and the people came out to salute him peaceably, and to shew him the holocausts that were offered for the king.
But he mocked them and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly,
And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace, I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage.
And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said:
Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people.
Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.
Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem, and encamped near to Bethoron: and an army of Syria joined him.
But Judas pitched in Adarsa with three thousand men: and Judas prayed, and said:
O Lord, when they that were sent by king Sennacherib blasphemed thee, an angel went out, and slew of them a hundred and eighty-five thousand:
Even so destroy this army in our sight today, and let the rest know that he hath spoken ill against thy sanctuary: and judge thou him according to his wickedness.
And the armies joined battle on the thirteenth day of the month Adar: and the army of Nicanor was defeated, and he himself was first slain in the battle.
And when his army saw that Nicanor was slain, they threw away their weapons, and fled:
And they pursued after them one day’s journey from Adazer, even till ye come to Gazara, and they sounded the trumpets after them with signals.
And they went forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and they pushed them with the horns, and they turned again to them, and they were all slain with the sword, and there was not left of them so much as one.
And they took the spoils of them for a booty, and they cut off Nicanor’s head, and his right hand, which he had proudly stretched out, and they brought it, and hung it up over against Jerusalem.
And the people rejoiced exceedingly, and they spent that day with great joy.
And he ordained that this day should be kept every year, being the thirteenth of the month of Adar.
And the land of Juda was quiet for a short time.
Now Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are powerful and strong, and willingly agree to all things that are requested of them: and that whosoever have come to them, they have made amity with them, and that they are mighty in power.
And they heard of their battles, and their noble acts, which they had done in Galatia, how they conquered them, and brought them under tribute:
And how great things they had done in the land of Spain, and that they had brought under their power the mines of silver and of gold that are there, and had gotten possession of all the place by their counsel and patience:
And had conquered places that were very far off from them, and kings that came against them from the ends of the earth, and had overthrown them with great slaughter: and the rest pay them tribute every year.
And that they had defeated in battle Philip, and Perses the king of the Ceteans, and the rest that had borne arms against them, and had conquered them:
And how Antiochus the great king of Asia, who went to fight against them, having a hundred and twenty elephants, with horsemen, and chariots, and a very great army, was routed by them:
And how they took him alive, and appointed to him, that both he and they that should reign after him, should pay a great tribute, and that he should give hostages, and that which was agreed upon,
And the country of the Indians, and of the Medes, and of the Lydians, some of their best provinces: and those which they had taken from them they gave to king Eumenes.
And that they who were in Greece had a mind to go and to destroy them: and they had knowledge thereof,
And they sent a general against them, and fought with them, and many of them were slain, and they carried away their wives and their children captives, and spoiled them, and took possession of their land, and threw down their walls, and brought them to be their servants unto this day.
And the other kingdoms, and islands, that at any time had resisted them, they had destroyed and brought under their power.
But with their friends, and such as relied upon them, they kept amity, and had conquered kingdoms that were near, and that were far off: for all that heard their name, were afraid of them.
That whom they had a mind to help to a kingdom, those reigned: and whom they would, they deposed from a kingdom: and they were greatly exalted.
And none of all these wore a crown, or was clothed in purple, to be magnified thereby.
And that they made themselves a senate house, and consulted daily three hundred and twenty men, that sat in council always for the people, that they might do the things that were right.
And that they committed their government to one man every year, to rule over all their country, and they all obey one, and there is no envy, nor jealousy amongst them.
So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Jacob, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and he sent them to Rome to make a league of amity and confederacy with them.
And that they might take off from them the yoke of the Grecians, for they saw that they oppressed the kingdom of Israel with servitude.
And they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said:
Judas Machabeus, and his brethren, and the people of the Jews have sent us to you, to make alliance and peace with you, and that we may be registered your confederates and friends.
And the proposal was pleasing in their sight.
And this is the copy of the writing that they wrote back again, graven in tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of the peace and alliance.
GOOD SUCCESS BE TO THE ROMANS, and to the people of the Jews, by sea and by land for ever: and far be the sword and enemy from them.
But if there come first any war upon the Romans, or any of their confederates, in all their dominions:
The nation of the Jews shall help them according as the time shall direct, with all their heart:
Neither shall they give them, whilst they are fighting, or furnish them with wheat, or arms, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Romans: and they shall obey their orders, without taking any thing of them.
In like manner also if war shall come first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall help them with all their heart, according as the time shall permit them.
And there shall not be given to them that come to their aid, either wheat, or arms, or money, or ships, as it hath seemed good to the Romans: and they shall observe their orders without deceit.
According to these articles did the Romans covenant with the people of the Jews.
And if after this one party or the other shall have a mind to add to these articles, or take away anything, they may do it at their pleasure: and whatsoever they shall add, or take away, shall be ratified.
Moreover concerning the evils that Demetrius the king hath done against them, we have written to him, saying: Why hast thou made thy yoke heavy upon our friends, and allies, the Jews?
If therefore they come again to us complaining of thee, we will do them justice, and will make war against thee by sea and land.
In the mean time when Demetrius heard that Nicanor and his army were fallen in battle, he sent again Bacchides and Alcimus into Judea; and the right wing of his army with them.
And they took the road that leadeth to Galgal, and they camped in Masaloth, which is in Arabella: and they made themselves masters of it, and slew many people.
In the first month of the hundred and fifty-second year they brought the army to Jerusalem:
And they arose, and went to Berea with twenty thousand men, and two thousand horsemen.
Now Judas had pitched his tents in Laisa, and three thousand chosen men with him:
And they saw the multitude of the army that they were many, and they were seized with great fear: and many withdrew themselves out of the camp, and there remained of them no more than eight hundred men.
And Judas saw that his army slipped away, and the battle pressed upon him, and his heart was cast down: because he had not time to gather them together, and he was discouraged.
Then he said to them that remained: Let us arise, and go against our enemies, if we may be able to fight against them.
But they dissuaded him, saying: We shall not be able, but let us save our lives now, and return to our brethren, and then we will fight against them: for we are but few.
Then Judas said: God forbid we should do this thing, and flee away from them: but if our time be come, let us die manfully for our brethren, and let us not stain our glory.
And the army removed out of the camp, and they stood over against them: and the horsemen were divided into two troops, and the slingers, and the archers went before the army, and they that were in the front were all men of valour.
And Bacchides was in the right wing, and the legion drew near on two sides, and they sounded the trumpets:
And they also were on Judas’ side, even they also cried out, and the earth shook at the noise of the armies: and the battle was fought from morning even unto the evening.
And Judas perceived that the stronger part of the army of Bacchides was on the right side, and all the stout of heart came together with him:
And the right wing was discomfited by them, and he pursued them even to the mount Azotus.
And they that were in the left wing saw that the right wing was discomfited, and they followed after Judas, and them that were with him, at their back:
And the battle was hard fought, and there fell many wounded of the one side and of the other.
And Judas was slain, and the rest fled away.
And Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of their fathers in the city of Modin.
And all the people of Israel bewailed him with great lamentation, and they mourned for him many days.
And said: How is the mighty man fallen, that saved the people of Israel!
But the rest of the words of the wars of Judas, and of the noble acts that he did, and of his greatness, are not written: for they were very many.
And it came to pass after the death of Judas, that the wicked began to put forth their heads in all the confines of Israel, and all the workers of iniquity rose up.
In those days there was a very great famine, and they and all their country yielded to Bacchides.
And Bacchides chose the wicked men, and made them lords of the country:
And they sought out, and made diligent search after the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance of them, and abused them.
And there was a great tribulation in Israel, such as was not since the day, that there was no prophet seen in Israel.
And all the friends of Judas came together, and said to Jonathan:
Since thy brother Judas died, there is not a man like him to go forth against our enemies, Bacchides, and them that are the enemies of our nation.
Now therefore we have chosen thee this day to be our prince, and captain in his stead to fight our battles.
So Jonathan took upon him the government at that time, and rose up in the place of Judas his brother.
And Bacchides had knowledge of it, and sought to kill him.
And Jonathan and Simon his brother, knew it, and all that were with them: and they fled into the desert of Thecua, and they pitched by the water of the lake of Asphar,
And Bacchides understood it, and he came himself with all his army over the Jordan on the sabbath day.
And Jonathan sent his brother a captain of the people, to desire the Nabutheans his friends, that they would lend them their equipage, which was copious.
And the children of Jambri came forth out of Madaba, and took John, and all that he had, and went away with them.
After this it was told Jonathan, and Simon his brother, that the children of Jambri made a great marriage, and were bringing the bride out of Madaba, the daughter of one of the great princes of Chanaan, with great pomp.
And the remembered the blood of John their brother: and they went up, and hid themselves under the covert of the mountain.
And they lifted up their eyes, and saw: and behold a tumult, and great preparation: and the bridegroom came forth, and his friends, and his brethren to meet them with timbrels, and musical instruments, and many weapons.
And they rose up against them from the place where they lay in ambush, and slew them, and there fell many wounded, and the rest fled into the mountains, and they took all their spoils:
And the marriage was turned into mourning, and the noise of their musical instruments into lamentation.
And they took revenge for the blood of their brother: and they returned to the bank of the Jordan.
And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan with a great power.
And Jonathan said to his company: Let us arise, and fight against our enemies: for it is not now as yesterday, and the day before.
And behold the battle is before us, and the water of the Jordan on this side and on that side, and banks, and marshes, and woods: and there is no place for us to turn aside.
Now therefore cry ye to heaven, that ye may be delivered from the hand of your enemies. And they joined battle.
And Jonathan stretched forth his hand to strike Bacchides, but he turned away from him backwards.
And Jonathan, and they that were with him leaped into the Jordan, and swam over the Jordan to them:
And there fell of Bacchides’ side that day a thousand man: and they returned to Jerusalem,
And they built strong cities in Judea, the fortress that was in Jericho, and in Ammaus, and in Bethoron, and in Bethel, and Thamnata, and Phara, and Thopo, with high walls, and gates, and bars.
And he placed garrisons in them, that they might wage war against Israel:
And he fortified the city of Bethsura, and Gazara, and the castle, and set garrisons in them, and provisions of victuals:
And he took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them in the castle in Jerusalem in custody.
Now in the year one hundred and fifty-three, the second month, Alcimus commanded the walls of the inner court of the sanctuary to be thrown down, and the works of the prophets to be destroyed: and he began to be destroyed: and he began to destroy.
At that time Alcimus was struck: and his works were hindered, and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, so that he could no more speak a word, nor give order concerning his house.
And Alcimus died at that time in great torment.
And Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead: and he returned to the king, and the land was quiet for two years.
And all the wicked held a council, saying: Behold Jonathan, and they that are with him, dwell at ease, and without fear: now therefore let us bring Bacchides hither, and he shall take them all in one night.
So they went, and gave him counsel.
And he arose to come with a great army: and he sent secretly letters to his adherents that were in Judea, to seize upon Jonathan, and them that were with him: but they could not, for their design was known to them.
And he apprehended of the men of the country, that were the principal authors of the mischief, fifty men, and slew them.
And Jonathan, and Simon, and they that were with him retired into Bethbessen, which is in the desert: and he repaired the breaches thereof, and they fortified it.
And when Bacchides knew it, he gathered together all his multitude: and sent word to them that were of Judea.
And he came, and camped above Bethbessen, and fought against it many days, and made engines.
But Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went forth into the country: and came with a number of men.
And struck Odares, and his brethren, and the children of Phaseron in their tents, and he began to slay, and to increase in forces.
But Simon and they that were with him, sallied out of the city, and burnt the engines.
And they fought against Bacchides, and he was discomfited by them: and they afflicted him exceedingly, for his counsel, and his enterprise was in vain.
And he was angry with the wicked men that had given him counsel to come into their country, and he slew many of them: and he purposed to return with the rest into their country.
And Jonathan had knowledge of it, and he sent ambassadors to him to make peace with him, and to restore to him the prisoners.
And he accepted it willingly, and did according to his words, and swore that the would do him no harm all the days of his life.
And he restored to him the prisoners which he before had taken out of the land of Juda: and he returned and went away into his own country, and he came no more into their borders.
So the sword ceased from Israel: and Jonathan dwelt in Machmas, and Jonathan began there to judge the people, and he destroyed the wicked out of Israel.
Now in the hundred and sixtieth year Alexander the son of Antiochus, surnamed the Illustrious, came up and took Ptolemais, and they received him, and he reigned there.
And king Demetrius heard of it, and gathered together an exceeding great army, and went forth against him to fight.
And Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with peaceable words, to magnify him.
For he said: Let us first make a peace with him, before he make one with Alexander against us.
For he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and against his brother, and against his nation.
And he gave him authority to gather together an army, and to make arms, and that he should be his confederate: and the hostages that were in the castle, he commanded to be delivered to him.
And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the hearing of all the people, and of them that were in the castle.
And they were struck with great fear, because they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.
And the hostages were delivered to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.
And Jonathan dwelt in Jerusalem, and began to build, and to repair the city.
And he ordered workmen to build the walls, and mount Sion round about with square stones for fortification: and so they did.
And the strangers that were in the strong holds, which Bacchides had built, fled away.
And every man left his place, and departed into his own country:
Only in Bethsura there remained some of them, that had forsaken the law, and the commandments of God: for this was a place of refuge for them.
And king Alexander heard of the promises that Demetrius had made Jonathan: and they told him of the battles, and the worthy acts that he, and his brethren had done, and the labours that they had endured.
And he said: Shall we find such another man? now therefore we will make him our friend and our confederate.
So he wrote a letter, and sent it to him according to these words, saying:
King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greeting.
We have heard of thee, that thou art a man of great power, and fit to be our friend:
Now therefore we make thee this day high priest of thy nation, and that thou be called the king’s friend, (and he sent him a purple robe, and a crown of gold,) and that thou be of one mind with us in our affairs, and keep friendship with us.
Then Jonathan put on the holy vestment in the seventh month, in the year one hundred and threescore, at the feast day of the tabernacles: and he gathered together an army, and made a great number of arms.
And Demetrius heard these words, and was exceeding sorry, and said:
What is this that we have done, that Alexander hath prevented us to gain the friendship of the Jews to strengthen himself?
I also will write to them words of request, and offer dignities, and gifts: that they may be with me to aid me.
And he wrote to them in these words: King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
Whereas you have kept covenant with us, and have continued in our friendship, and have not joined with our enemies, we have heard of it, and are glad.
Wherefore now continue still to keep fidelity towards us, and we will reward you with good things, for what you have done in our behalf.
And we will remit to you many charges, and will give you gifts.
And now I free you, and all the Jews from tributes, and I release you from the customs of salt, and remit the crowns, and the thirds of the seed:
And the half of the fruit of trees, which is my share, I leave to you from this day forward, so that it shall not be taken of the land of Juda, and of the three cities that are added thereto out of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth and for ever:
And let Jerusalem be holy and free, with the borders thereof: and let the tenths, and tributes be for itself.
I yield up also the power of the castle that is in Jerusalem, and I give it to the high priest, to place therein such men as he shall choose to keep it.
And every soul of the Jews that hath been carried captive from the land of Juda in all my kingdom, I set at liberty freely, that all be discharged from tributes even of their cattle.
And I will that all the feasts, and the sabbaths, and the new moons, and the days appointed, and three days before the solemn day, and three days after the solemn day, be all days of immunity and freedom, for all the Jews that are in my kingdom:
And no man shall have power to do any thing against them, or to molest any of them, in any cause.
And let there be enrolled in the king’s army to the number of thirty thousand of the Jews: and allowance shall be made them as is due to all the king’s forces, and certain of them shall be appointed to be in the fortresses of the great king:
And some of them shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom, that are of trust, and let the governors be taken from among themselves, and let them walk in their own laws, as the king hath commanded in the land of Juda.
And the three cities that are added to Judea, out of the country of Samaria, let them be accounted with Judea: that they may be under one, and obey no other authority but that of the high priest:
Ptolemais, and the confines thereof, I give as a free gift to the holy places, that are in Jerusalem, for the necessary charges of the holy things.
And I give every year fifteen thousand sicles of silver out of the king’s accounts, of what belongs to me:
And all that is above, which they that were over the affairs the years before, had not paid, from this time they shall give it to the works of the house.
Moreover the five thousand sicles of silver which they received from the account of the holy places, every year, shall also belong to the priests that execute the ministry.
And whosoever shall flee into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and in all the borders thereof, being indebted to the king for any matter, let them be set at liberty, and all that they have in my kingdom, let them have it free.
For the building also, or repairing the works of the holy places, the charges shall be given out of the king’s revenues:
For the building also of the walls of Jerusalem, and the fortifying thereof round about, the charges shall be given out of the king’s account, as also for the building of the walls in Judea.
Now when Jonathan, and the people heard these words, they gave no credit to them nor received them: because they remembered the great evil that he had done in Israel, for he had afflicted them exceedingly.
And their inclinations were towards Alexander, because he had been the chief promoter of peace in their regard, and him they always helped.
And king Alexander gathered together a great army, and moved his camp near to Demetrius.
And the two kings joined battle, and the army of Demetrius fled away, and Alexander pursued after him, and pressed them close.
And the battle was hard fought till the sun went down: and Demetrius was slain that day.
And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemee king of Egypt, with words to this effect, saying:
Forasmuch as I am returned into my kingdom, and am set in the throne of my ancestors and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and possessed our country,
And have joined battle with him, and both he and his army have been destroyed by us, and we are placed in the throne of his kingdom:
Now therefore let us make friendship one with another: and give me now thy daughter to wife, and I will be thy son in law, and I will give both thee and her gifts worthy of thee.
And king Ptolemee answered, saying: Happy is the day wherein thou didst return to the land of thy fathers, and sattest in the throne of their kingdom.
And now I will do to thee as thou hast written: but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see one another, and I may give her to thee as thou hast said.
So Ptolemee went out of Egypt, with Cleopatra his daughter, and he came to Ptolemais in the hundred and sixty-second year.
And king Alexander met him, and he gave him his daughter Cleopatra: and he celebrated her marriage at Ptolemais, with great glory, after the manner of kings.
And king Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come and meet him.
And he went honourably to Ptolemais, and he met there the two kings, and he gave them much silver, and gold, and presents: and he found favour in their sight.
And some pestilent men of Israel, men of a wicked life, assembled themselves against him to accuse him: and the king gave no heed to them.
And he commanded that Jonathan’s garments should be taken off, and that he should be clothed with purple: and they did so. And the king made him sit by himself.
And he said to his princes: Go out with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and that no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
So when his accusers saw his glory proclaimed, and him clothed with purple, they all fled away.
And the king magnified him, and enrolled him amongst his chief friends, and made him governor and partaker of his dominion.
And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with peace and joy.
In the year one hundred and sixty-five Demetrius the son of Demetrius came from Crete into the land of his fathers.
And king Alexander heard of it, and was much troubled, and returned to Antioch.
And king Demetrius made Apollonius his general, who was governor of Celesyria: and he gathered together a great army, and came to Jamnia: and he sent to Jonathan the high priest,
Saying: Thou alone standest against us, and I am laughed at, and reproached, because thou shewest thy power against us in the mountains.
Now therefore if thou trustest in thy forces, come down to us into the plain, and there let us try one another: for with me is the strength of war.
Ask, and learn who I am, and the rest that help me, who also say that your foot cannot stand before our face, for thy fathers have twice been put to flight in their own land:
And now how wilt thou be able to abide the horsemen, and so great an army in the plain, where there is no stone, nor rock, nor place to flee to?
Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind: and he chose ten thousand men, and went out of Jerusalem, and Simon his brother met him to help him.
And they pitched their tents near Joppe, but they shut him out of the city: because a garrison of Apollonius was in Joppe, and he laid siege to it.
And they that were in the city being affrighted, opened the gates to him: so Jonathan took Joppe.
And Apollonius heard of it, and he took three thousand horsemen, and a great army.
And he went to Azotus as one that was making a journey, and immediately he went forth into the plain: because he had a great number of horsemen, and he trusted in them. And Jonathan followed after him to Azotus, and they joined battle.
And Apollonius left privately in the camp a thousand horsemen behind them.
And Jonathan knew that there was an ambush behind him, and they surrounded his army, and cast darts at the people from morning till evening.
But the people stood still, as Jonathan had commanded them: and so their horses were fatigued.
Then Simon drew forth his army, and attacked the legion: for the horsemen were wearied: and they were discomfited by him, and fled.
And they that were scattered about the plain, fled into Azotus, and went into Bethdagon their idol’s temple, there to save themselves.
But Jonathan set fire to Azotus, and the cities that were around it, and took the spoils of them, and the temple of Dagon: and all them that were fled into it, he burnt with fire.
So they that were slain by the sword, with them that were burnt, were almost eight thousand men.
And Jonathan removed his army from thence, and camped against Ascalon: and they went out of the city to meet him with great honour.
And Jonathan returned into Jerusalem with his people, having many spoils.
And it came to pass: When Alexander the king heard these words, that he honoured Jonathan yet more.
And he sent him a buckle of gold, as the custom is, to be given to such as are of the royal blood. And he gave him Accaron and all the borders thereof in possession.
And the king of Egypt gathered together an army, like the sand that lieth upon the sea shore, and many ships: and he sought to get the kingdom of Alexander by deceit, and join it to his own kingdom.
And he went out into Syria with peaceable words, and they opened to him the cities, and met him: for king Alexander had ordered them to go forth to meet him, because he was his father in law.
Now when Ptolemee entered into the cities, he put garrisons of soldiers in every city.
And when he came near to Azotus, they shewed him the temple of Dagon that was burnt with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and the graves of them that were slain in the battle, which they had made near the way.
And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to make him odious: but the king held his peace.
And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they saluted one another, and they lodged there.
And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem.
And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side, even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander.
And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, saying: Come, let us make a league between us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath, and thou shalt reign in the kingdom of thy father.
For I repent that I have given him my daughter: for he hath sought to kill me.
And he slandered him, because he coveted his kingdom.
And he took away his daughter, and gave her to Demetrius, and alienated himself from Alexander, and his enmities were made manifest.
And Ptolemee entered into Antioch, and set two crowns upon his head, that of Egypt, and that of Asia.
Now king Alexander was in Cilicia at that time: because they that were in those places had rebelled.
And when Alexander heard of it, he came to give him battle, and king Ptolemee brought forth his army, and met him with a strong power, and put him to flight.
And Alexander fled into Arabia, there to be protected: and king Ptolemee was exalted.
And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemee.
And king Ptolemee died the third day after: and they that were in the strong holds were destroyed by them that were within the camp.
And Demetrius reigned in the hundred and sixty-seventh year.
In those days Jonathan gathered together them that were in Judea, to take the castle that was in Jerusalem: and they made many engines of war against it.
Then some wicked men that hated their own nation, went away to king Demetrius, and told him that Jonathan was besieging the castle.
And when he heard it, he was angry: and forthwith he came to Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan, that he should not besiege the castle, but should come to him in haste, and speak to him.
But when Jonathan heard this, he bade them besiege it still: and he chose some of the ancients of Israel, and of the priests, and put himself in danger.
And he took gold, and silver, and raiment, and many other presents, and went to the king to Ptolemais, and he found favour in his sight.
And certain wicked men of his nation made complaints against him.
And the king treated him as his predecessor had done before: and he exalted him in the sight of all his friends.
And he confirmed him in the high priesthood, and all the honours he had before, and he made him the chief of his friends.
And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three governments, and Samaria, and the confines thereof: and he promised him three hundred talents.
And the king consented: and he wrote letters to Jonathan of all these things to this effect.
King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
We send you here a copy of the letter, which we have written to Lasthenes our parent concerning you, that you might know it.
King Demetrius to Lasthenes his parent, greeting.
We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews who are our friends, and keep the things that are just with us, for their good will which they bear towards us.
We have ratified therefore unto them all the borders of Judea, and the three cities, Apherema, Lydda, and Ramatha, which are added to Judea, out of Samaria, and all their confines, to be set apart to all them that sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them every year, and for the fruits of the land, and of the trees.
And as for other things that belonged to us of the tithes, and of the tributes, from this time we discharge them of them: the saltpans also, and the crowns that were presented to us.
We give all to them, and nothing hereof shall be revoked from this time forth and for ever.
Now therefore see that thou make a copy of these things, and let it be given to Jonathan, and set upon the holy mountain, in a conspicuous place.
And king Demetrius seeing that the land was quiet before him, and nothing resisted him, sent away all his forces, every man to his own place, except the foreign army, which he had drawn together from the islands of the nations: so all the troops of his fathers hated him.
Now there was one Tryphon who had been of Alexander’s party before: who seeing that all the army murmured against Demetrius, went to Emalchuel the Arabian, who brought up Antiochus the son of Alexander.
And he pressed him much to deliver him to him, that he might be king in his father’s place: and he told him all that Demetrius had done, and how his soldiers hated him. And he remained there many days.
And Jonathan sent to king Demetrius, desiring that he would cast out them that were in the castle in Jerusalem, and those that were in the strong holds: because they fought against Israel.
And Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying: I will not only do this for thee, and for thy people, but I will greatly honour thee, and thy nation, when opportunity shall serve.
Now therefore thou shalt do well if thou send me men to help me: for all my army is gone from me.
And Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch: and they came to the king, and the king was very glad of their coming.
And they that were of the city assembled themselves together, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand men, and would have killed the king.
And the king fled into the palace, and they of the city kept the passages of the city, and began to fight.
And the king called the Jews to his assistance: and they came to him all at once, and they all dispersed themselves through the city.
And they slew in that day a hundred thousand men, and they set fire to the city, and got many spoils that day, and delivered the king.
And they that were of the city saw that the Jews had got the city as they would: and they were discouraged in their minds, and cried to the king, making supplication, and saying:
Grant us peace, and let the Jews cease from assaulting us, and the city.
And they threw down their arms, and made peace, and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and in the sight of all that were in his realm, and were renowned throughout the kingdom, and returned to Jerusalem with many spoils.
So king Demetrius sat in the throne of his kingdom: and the land was quiet before him.
And he falsified all whatsoever he had said, and alienated himself from Jonathan, and did not reward him according to the benefits he had received from him, but gave him great trouble.
And after this Tryphon returned, and with him Antiochus the young boy, who was made king, and put on the diadem.
And there assembled unto him all the hands which Demetrius had sent away, and they fought against Demetrius, who turned his back and fled.
And Tryphon took the elephants, and made himself master of Antioch.
And young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying: I confirm thee in the high priesthood, and I appoint thee ruler over the four cities, and to be one of the king’s friends.
And he sent him vessels of gold for his service, and he gave him leave to drink in gold, and to be clothed in purple, and to wear a golden buckle:
And he made his brother Simon governor from the borders of Tyre even to the confines of Egypt.
Then Jonathan went forth and passed through the cities beyond the river: and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves to him to help him, and he came to Ascalon, and they met him honourably out of the city.
And he went from thence to Gaza: and they that were in Gaza shut him out: and he besieged it, and burnt all the suburbs round about, and took the spoils.
And the men of Gaza made supplication to Jonathan, and he gave them the right hand: and he took their sons for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem: and he went through the country as far as Damascus.
And Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius were come treacherously to Cades, which is in Galilee, with a great army, purposing to remove him from the affairs of the kingdom:
And he went against them: but left his brother Simon in the country.
And Simon encamped against Bethsura, and assaulted it many days, and shut them up.
And they desired him to make peace, and he granted it them: and he cast them out from thence, and took the city, and placed a garrison in it.
And Jonathan, and his army encamped by the water of Genesar, and before it was light they were ready in the plain of Asor.
And behold the army of the strangers met him in the plain, and they laid an ambush for him in the mountains: but he went out against them.
And they that lay in ambush arose out of their places, and joined battle.
And all that were on Jonathan’s side fled, and none was left of them, but Mathathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Calphi, chief captain of the army.
And Jonathan rent his garments, and cast earth upon his head, and prayed.
And Jonathan turned again to them to battle, and he put them to flight, and they fought.
And they of his part that fled saw this, and they turned again to him, and they all with him pursued the enemies even to Cades to their own camp, and they came even thither.
And there fell of the aliens in that day three thousand men: and Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.
And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose certain men and sent them to Rome, to confirm and to renew the amity with them:
And he sent letters to the Spartans, and to other places according to the same form.
And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said: Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew the amity, and alliance as it was before.
And they gave them letters to their governors in every place, to conduct them into the land of Juda with peace.
And this is a copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
Jonathan the high priest, and the ancients of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to the Spartans, their brethren, greeting.
There were letters sent long ago to Onias the high priest from Arius who reigned then among you, to signify that you are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify.
And Onias received the ambassador with honour: and received the letters wherein there was mention made of the alliance, and amity.
We, though we needed none of these things, having for our comfort the holy books that are in our hands,
Chose rather to send to you to renew the brotherhood and friendship, lest we should become strangers to you altogether: for there is a long time passed since you sent to us.
We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our festivals, and other days, wherein it is convenient, remember you in the sacrifices that we offer, and in our observances, as it is meet, and becoming to remember brethren.
And we rejoice at your glory.
But we have had many troubles and wars on every side, and the kings that are round about us, have fought against us.
But we would not be troublesome to you, nor the rest of our allies and friends in these wars.
For we have had help from heaven, and we have been delivered, and our enemies are humbled.
We have chosen therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans to renew with them the former amity and alliance.
And we have commanded them to go also to you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters, concerning the renewing of our brotherhood.
And now you shall do well to give us an answer hereto.
And this is the copy of the letter which he had sent to Onias:
Arius king of the Spartans to Onias the high priest, greeting.
It is found in writing concerning the Spartans, and the Jews, that they are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham.
And now since this is come to our knowledge, you do well to write to us of your prosperity.
And we also have written back to you: That our cattle, and our possessions are yours: and yours, ours. We therefore have commanded that these things should be told you.
Now Jonathan heard that the generals of Demetrius were come again with a greater army than before to fight against him.
So he went out from Jerusalem, and met them in the land of Amath: for he gave them no time to enter into his country.
And he sent spies into their camp, and they came back and brought him word that they designed to come upon them in the night.
And when the sun was set, Jonathan commanded his men to watch, and to be in arms all night long ready to fight, and he set sentinels round about the camp.
And the enemies heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, and they were struck with fear, and dread in their heart: and they kindled fires in their camp.
But Jonathan and they that were with him knew it not till the morning: for they saw the lights burning.
And Jonathan pursued after them, but overtook them not: for they had passed the river Eleutherus.
And Jonathan turned upon the Arabians that are called Zabadeans: and he defeated them, and took the spoils of them.
And he went forward, and came to Damascus, and passed through all that country.
Simon also went forth, and came as far as Ascalon, and the neighbouring fortresses, and he turned aside to Joppe, and took possession of it,
(For he heard that they designed to deliver the hold to them that took part with Demetrius,) and he put a garrison there to keep it.
And Jonathan came back, and called together the ancients of the people, and he took a resolution with them to build fortresses in Judea,
And to build up walls in Jerusalem, and raise a mount between the castle and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might have no communication, and that they might neither buy nor sell.
And they came together to build up the city: for the wall that was upon the brook towards the east was broken down, and he repaired that which is called Caphetetha:
And Simon built Adiada in Sephela, and fortified it, and set up gates and bars.
Now when Tryphon had conceived a design to make himself king of Asia, and to take the crown, and to stretch out his hand against king Antiochus:
Fearing lest Jonathan would not suffer him, but would fight against him: he sought to seize upon him, and to kill him. So he rose up and came to Bethsan.
And Jonathan went out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for battle, and came to Bethsan.
Now when Tryphon saw that Jonathan came with a great army, he durst not stretch forth his hand against him,
But received him with honour, and commended him to all his friends, and gave him presents: and he commanded his troops to obey him, as himself.
And he said to Jonathan: Why hast thou troubled all the people, whereas we have no war?
Now therefore send them back to their own houses: and choose thee a few men that may be with thee, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will deliver it to thee, and the rest of the strong holds, and the army, and all that have any charge, and I will return and go away: for this is the cause of my coming.
And Jonathan believed him, and did as he said: and sent away his army, and they departed into the land of Juda:
But he kept with him three thousand men: of whom he sent two thousand into Galilee, and one thousand went with him.
Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates of the city, and took him: and all them that came in with him they slew with the sword.
Then Tryphon sent an army and horsemen into Galilee, and into the great plain to destroy all Jonathan’s company.
But they, when they understood that Jonathan and all that were with him were taken and slain, encouraged one another, and went out ready for battle.
Then they that had come after them, seeing that they stood for their lives, returned back.
Whereupon they all came peaceably into the land of Juda. And they bewailed Jonathan, and them that had been with him, exceedingly: and Israel mourned with great lamentation.
Then all the heathens that were round about them, sought to destroy them. For they said:
They have no prince, nor any to help them: now therefore let us make war upon them, and take away the memory of them from amongst men.
Now Simon heard that Tryphon was gathering together a very great army, to invade the land of Juda, and to destroy it.
And seeing that the people was in dread, and in fear, he went up to Jerusalem, and assembled the people:
And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen:
By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren.
I will avenge then my nation and the sanctuary, and our children, and wives: for all the heathens are gathered together to destroy us out of mere malice.
And the spirit of the people was enkindled as soon as they heard these words.
And they answered with a loud voice, saying: Thou art our leader in the place of Judas, and Jonathan thy brother.
Fight thou our battles, and we will do whatsoever thou shalt say to us.
So gathering together all the men of war, he made haste to finish all the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a new army into Joppe, and he cast out them that were in it, and himself remained there.
And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a great army, to invade the land of Juda, and Jonathan was with him in custody.
But Simon pitched in Addus, over against the plain.
And when Tryphon understood that Simon was risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan, and that he meant to join battle with him, he sent messengers to him,
Saying: We have detained thy brother Jonathan for the money that he owed in the king’s account, by reason of the affairs which he had the management of.
But now send a hundred talents of silver, and his two sons for hostages, that when he is set at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will release him.
Now Simon knew that he spoke deceitfully to him, nevertheless he ordered the money, and the children to be sent: lest he should bring upon himself a great hatred of the people of Israel, who might have said:
Because he sent not the money, and the children, therefore is he lost.
So he sent the children, and the hundred talents: and he lied, and did not let Jonathan go.
And after this Tryphon entered within the country, to destroy it: and they went about by the way that leadeth to Ador: and Simon and his army marched to every place whithersoever they went.
And they that were in the castle, sent messengers to Tryphon, that he should make haste to come through the desert, and sent them victuals.
And Tryphon made ready all his horsemen to come that night: but there fell a very great snow, and he came not into the country of Galaad.
And when he approached to Bascama, he slew Jonathan and his sons there.
And Tryphon returned, and went into his own country.
And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried them in Modin, in the city of his fathers.
And all Israel bewailed him with great lamentation: and they mourned for him many days.
And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building lofty to the sight, of polished stone behind and before:
And he set up seven pyramids one against another for his father and his mother, and his four brethren:
And round about these he set great pillars: and upon the pillars arms for a perpetual memory: and by the arms ships carved, which might be seen by all that sailed on the sea.
This is the sepulchre that he made in Modin even unto this day.
But Tryphon when he was upon a journey with the young king Antiochus, treacherously slew him.
And he reigned in his place, and put on the crown of Asia: and brought great evils upon the land.
And Simon built up the strong holds of Judea, fortifying them with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars: and he stored up victuals in the fortresses.
And Simon chose men and sent to king Demetrius, to the end that he should grant an immunity to the land: for all that Tryphon did was to spoil.
And king Demetrius in answer to this request, wrote a letter in this manner:
King Demetrius to Simon the high priest, and friend of kings, and to the ancients, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
The golden crown, and the palm, which you sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a firm peace with you, and to write to the king’s chief officers to release you the things that we have released.
For all that we have decreed in your favour, shall stand in force. The strong holds that you have built, shall be your own.
And as for any oversight or fault committed unto this day, we forgive it, and the crown which you owed: and if any other thing were taxed in Jerusalem, now let it not be taxed.
And if any of you be fit to be enrolled among ours, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.
In the year one hundred and seventy the yoke of the Gentiles was taken off from Israel.
And the people of Israel began to write in the instruments, and public records, The first year under Simon the high priest, the great captain and prince of the Jews.
In those days Simon besieged Gaza, and camped round about it, and he made engines, and set them to the city, and he struck one tower, and took it.
And they that were within the engine leaped into the city: and there was a great uproar in the city.
And they that were in the city went up with their wives and children upon the wall, with their garments rent, and they cried with a loud voice, beseeching Simon to grant them peace.
And they said: Deal not with us according to our evil deeds, but according to thy mercy.
And Simon being moved, did not destroy them: but yet he cast them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein there had been idols, and then he entered into it with hymns, blessing the Lord.
And having cast out of it all uncleanness, he placed in it men that should observe the law: and he fortified it, and made it his habitation.
But they that were in the castle of Jerusalem were hindered from going out and coming into the country, and from buying and selling: and they were straitened with hunger, and many of them perished through famine.
And they cried to Simon form peace, and he granted it to them: and he cast them out from thence, and cleansed the castle from uncleannesses.
And they entered into it the three and twentieth day of the second month, in the year one hundred and seventy-one, with thanksgiving, and branches of palm trees, and harps, and cymbals, and psalteries, and hymns, and canticles, because the great enemy was destroyed out of Israel.
And he ordained that these days should be kept every year with gladness.
And he fortified the mountain of the temple that was near the castle, and he dwelt there himself, and they that were with him.
And Simon saw that John his son was a valiant man for war: and he made him captain of all the forces: and he dwelt in Gazara.
In the year one hundred and seventy-two, king Demetrius assembled has army, and went into Media to get him succours to fight against Tryphon.
And Arsaces the king of Persia and Media heard that Demetrius was entered within his borders, and he sent one of his princes to take him alive, and bring him to him.
And he went and defeated the army of Demetrius: and took him, and brought him to Arsaces, and he put him into custody.
And all the land of Juda was at rest all the days of Simon, and he sought the good of his nation: and his power, and his glory pleased them well all his days.
And with all his glory he took Joppe for a haven, and made an entrance to the isles of the sea.
And he enlarged the bounds of his nation, and made himself master of the country.
And he gathered together a great number of captives, and had the dominion of Gazara, and of Bethsura, and of the castle: and took away all uncleanness out of it and there was none that resisted him.
And every man tilled his land with peace: and the land of Juda yielded her increase, and the trees of the fields their fruit.
The ancient men sat all in the streets, and treated together of the good things of the land, and the young men put on them glory, and the robes of war.
And he provided victuals for the cities, and he appointed that they should be furnished with ammunition, so that the fame of his glory was renowned even to the end of the earth.
He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy.
And every man sat under his vine, and under his fig tree: and there was none to make them afraid.
There was none left in the land to fight against them: kings were discomfited in those days.
And he strengthened all those of his people that were brought low, and he sought the law, and took away every unjust and wicked man.
He glorified the sanctuary, and multiplied the vessels of the holy places.
And it was heard at Rome, and as far as Sparta, that Jonathan was dead: and they were very sorry.
But when they heard that Simon his brother was made high priest in his place, and was possessed of all the country, and the cities therein:
They wrote to him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and alliance which they had made with Judas, and with Jonathan his brethren.
And they were read before the assembly in Jerusalem. And this is the copy of the letters that the Spartans sent.
The princes and the cities of the Spartans to Simon the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews their brethren, greeting.
The ambassadors that were sent to our people, have told us of your glory, and honour, and joy: and we rejoice at their coming.
And we registered what was said by them in the councils of the people in this manner: Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, ambassadors of the Jews, came to us to renew the former friendship with us.
And it pleased the people to receive the men honourably, and to put a copy of their words in the public records, to be a memorial to the people of the Spartans. And we have written a copy of them to Simon the high priest.
And after this Simon sent Numenius to Rome, with a great shield of gold the weight of a thousand pounds, to confirm the league with them. And when the people of Rome had heard
These words, they said: What thanks shall we give to Simon, and his sons?
For he hath restored his brethren, and hath driven away in fight the enemies of Israel from them: and they decreed him liberty, and registered it in tables of brass, and set it upon pillars in mount Sion.
And this is a copy of the writing: The eighteenth day of the month Elul, in the year one hundred and seventy-two, being the third year under Simon the high priest at Asaramel,
In a great assembly of the priests, and of the people, and the princes of the nation, and the ancients of the country, these things were notified: Forasmuch as there have often been wars in our country,
And Simon the son of Mathathias of the children of Jarib, and his brethren have put themselves in danger, and have resisted the enemies of their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and have raised their nation to great glory.
And Jonathan gathered together his nation, and was made their high priest, and he was laid to his people.
And their enemies desired to tread down and destroy their country, and to stretch forth their hands against their holy places.
Then Simon resisted and fought for his nation, and laid out much of his money, and armed the valiant men of his nation, and gave them wages:
And he fortified the cities of Judea, and Bethsura that lieth in the borders of Judea, where the armour of the enemies was before: and he placed there a garrison of Jews.
And he fortified Joppe which lieth by the sea: and Gazara, which bordereth upon Azotus, wherein the enemies dwelt before, and he placed Jews here: and furnished them with all things convenient for their reparation.
And the people seeing the acts of Simon, and to what glory he meant to bring his nation, made him their prince, and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice, and faith, which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to advance his people.
And in his days things prospered in his hands, so that the heathens were taken away out of their country, and they also that were in the city of David in Jerusalem in the castle, out of which they issued forth, and profaned all places round about the sanctuary, and did much evil to its purity.
And he placed therein Jews for the defence of the country, and of the city, and he raised up the walls of Jerusalem.
And king Demetrius confirmed him in the high priesthood.
According to these things he made him his friend, and glorified him with great glory.
For he had heard that the Romans had called the Jews their friends, and confederates, and brethren, and that they had received Simon’s ambassadors with honour:
And that the Jews, and their priests, had consented that he should be their prince, and high priest for ever, till there should arise a faithful prophet:
And that he should be chief over them, and that he should have the charge of the sanctuary, and that he should appoint rulers over their works, and over the country, and over the armour, and over the strong holds.
And that he should have care of the holy places: and that he should be obeyed by all, and that all the writings in the country should be made in his name: and that he should be clothed with purple, and gold:
And that it should not be lawful for any of the people, or of the priests, to disannul any of these things, or to gainsay his words, or to call together an assembly in the country without him: or to be clothed with purple, or to wear a buckle of gold:
And whosoever shall do otherwise, or shall make void any of these things shall be punished.
And it pleased all the people to establish Simon, and to do according to these words.
And Simon accepted thereof, and was well pleased to execute the office of the high priesthood, and to be captain, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and of the priests, and to be chief over all.
And they commanded that this writing should be put in tables of brass, and that they should be set up within the compass of the sanctuary, in a conspicuous place:
And that a copy thereof should be put in the treasury, that Simon and his sons may have it.
And king Antiochus the son of Demetrius sent letters from the isles of the sea to Simon the priest, and prince of the nation of the Jews, and to all the people:
And the contents were these: King Antiochus to Simon the high priest, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting.
Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge the kingdom, and to restore it to its former estate: and I have chosen a great army, and have built ships of war.
And I design to go through the country that I may take revenge of them that have destroyed our country, and that have made many cities desolate in my realm.
Now therefore I confirm unto thee all the oblations which all the kings before me remitted to thee, and what other gifts soever they remitted to thee:
And I give thee leave to coin thy own money in thy country:
And let Jerusalem be holy and free, and all the armour that hath been made, and the fortresses which thou hast built, and which thou keepest in thy hands, let them remain to thee.
And all that is due to the king, and what should be the king’s hereafter, from this present and for ever, is forgiven thee.
And when we shall have recovered our kingdom, we will glorify thee, and thy nation, and the temple with great glory, so that your glory shall be made manifest in all the earth.
In the year one hundred and seventy-four Antiochus entered into the land of this fathers, and all the forces assembled to him, so that few were left with Tryphon.
And king Antiochus pursued after him, and he fled along by the sea coast and came to Dora.
For he perceived that evils were gathered together upon him, and his troops had forsaken him.
And Antiochus camped above Dora with a hundred and twenty thousand men of war, and eight thousand horsemen:
And he invested the city, and the ships drew near by sea: and they annoyed the city by land, and by sea, and suffered none to come in, or to go out.
And Numenius, and they that had been with him, came from the city of Rome, having letters written to the kings, and countries, the contents whereof were these:
Lucius the consul of the Romans, to king Ptolemee, greeting.
The ambassadors of the Jews our friends came to us, to renew the former friendship and alliance, being sent from Simon the high priest, and the people of the Jews.
And they brought also a shield of gold of a thousand pounds.
It hath seemed good therefore to us to write to the kings, and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries: and that they should give no aid to them that fight against them.
And it hath seemed good to us to received the shield of them.
If therefore any pestilent men are fled out of their country to you, deliver them to Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their law.
These same things were written to king Demetrius, and to Attalus, and to Ariarathes, and to Arsaces,
And to all the countries; and to Lampsacus, and to the Spartans, and to Delus, and Myndus, and Sicyon, and Caria, and Samus, and Pamphylia, and Lycia, and Alicarnassus, and Cos, and Side, and Aradus, and Rhodes, and Phaselis, and Gortyna, and Gnidus, and Cyprus, and Cyrene.
And they wrote a copy thereof to Simon the high priest, and to the people of the Jews.
But king Antiochus moved his camp to Dora the second time, assaulting it continually, and making engines: and shut up Tryphon, that he could not go out.
And Simon sent to him two thousand chosen men to aid him, silver also, and gold, and abundance of furniture.
And he would not receive them, but broke all the covenant that he had made with him before, and alienated himself from him.
And he sent to him Athenobius one of his friends, to treat with him, saying: You hold Joppe, and Gazara, and the castle that is in Jerusalem, which are cities of my kingdom:
Their borders you have wasted, and you have made great havock in the land, and have got the dominion of many places in my kingdom.
Now therefore deliver up the cities that you have taken, and the tributes of the places whereof you have gotten the dominion without the borders of Judea.
But if not, give me for them five hundred talents of silver, and for the havock that you have made, and the tributes of the cities other five hundred talents: or else we will come and fight against you.
So Athenobius the king’s friend came to Jerusalem, and saw the glory of Simon and his magnificence in gold, and silver, and his great equipage, and he was astonished, and told him the king’s words.
And Simon answered him, and said to him: We have neither taken other men’s land, neither do we hold that which is other men’s: but the inheritance of our fathers, which was for some time unjustly possessed by our enemies.
But we having opportunity claim the inheritance of our fathers.
And as to thy complaints concerning Joppe and Gazara, they did great harm to the people, and to our country: yet for these we will give a hundred talents. And Athenobius answered him not a word:
But returning in a rage to the king, made report to him of these words, and of the glory of Simon, and of all that he had seen, and the king was exceeding angry.
And Tryphon fled away by ship to Orthosias.
And the king appointed Cendebeus captain of the sea coast, and gave him an army of footmen and horsemen.
And he commanded him to march with his army towards Judea: and he commanded him to build up Gedor, and to fortify the gates of the city, and to war against the people. But the king himself pursued after Tryphon.
And Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the people, and to ravage Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and to kill, and to build Gedor.
And he placed there horsemen, and an army: that they might issue forth, and make incursions upon the ways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.
Then John came up from Gazara, and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done against their people.
And Simon called his two eldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them: I and my brethren, and my father’s house, have fought against the enemies of Israel from our youth even to this day: and things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes.
And now I am old, but be you instead of me, and my brethren, and go out, and fight for our nation: and the help from heaven be with you.
Then he chose out of the country twenty thousand fighting men, and horsemen, and they went forth against Cendebeus: and they rested in Modin.
And they arose in the morning, and went into the plain: and behold a very great army of footmen and horsemen came against them, and there was a running river between them.
And he and his people pitched their camp over against them, and he saw that the people were afraid to go over the river, so he went over first: then the men seeing him, passed over after him.
And he divided the people, and set the horsemen in the midst of the footmen: but the horsemen of the enemies were very numerous.
And they sounded the holy trumpets: and Cendebeus and his army were put to flight: and there fell many of them wounded, and the rest fled into the strong hold.
At that time Judas John’s brother was wounded: but John pursued after them, till he came to Cedron, which he had built:
And they fled even to the towers that were in the fields of Azotus, and he burnt them with fire. And there fell of them two thousand men, and he returned into Judea in peace.
Now Ptolemee the son of Abobus was appointed captain in the plain of Jericho, and he had abundance of silver and gold,
For he was son in law of the high priest.
And his heart was lifted up, and he designed to make himself master of the country, and he purposed treachery against Simon, and his sons, to destroy them.
Now Simon, as he was going through the cities that were in the country of Judea, and taking care for the good ordering of them, went down to Jericho, he and Mathathias and Judas his sons, in the year one hundred and seventy-seven, the eleventh month: the same is the month Sabath.
And the son of Abobus received them deceitfully into a little fortress, that is called Doch which he had built: and he made them a great feast, and hid men there.
And when Simon and his sons had drunk plentifully, Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons, and entered into the banqueting place, and slew him, and his two sons, and some of his servants.
And he committed a great treachery in Israel, and rendered evil for good.
And Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an army to aid him, and he would deliver him the country, and their cities, and tributes.
And he sent others to Gazara to kill John: and to the tribunes he sent letters to come to him, and that he would give them silver, and gold, and gifts.
And he sent others to take Jerusalem, and the mountain of the temple.
Now one running before, told John in Gazara, that his father and his brethren were slain, and that he hath sent men to kill thee also.
But when he heard it he was exceedingly afraid: and he apprehended the men that came to kill him, and he put them to death: for he knew that they sought to make him away.
And as concerning the rest of the acts of John, and his wars, and the worthy deeds, which he bravely achieved, and the building of the walls, which he made, and the things that he did:
Behold these are written in the book of the days of his priesthood, from the time he was made high priest after his father.
2 Maccabees
The Second Book of the Maccabees
2 Maccabees
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE
MACCABEES
To the brethren the Jews that are throughout Egypt, the brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem, and in the land of Judea, send health, and good peace.
May God be gracious to you, and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants:
And give you all a heart to worship him, and to do his will with a great heart, and a willing mind.
May he open your heart in his law, and in his commandments, and send you peace.
May he hear your prayers, and be reconciled unto you, and never forsake you in the evil time.
And now here we are praying for you.
When Demetrius reigned, in the year one hundred and sixty-nine, we Jews wrote to you, in the trouble, and violence, that came upon us in those years, after Jason withdrew himself from the holy land, and from the kingdom.
They burnt the gate, and shed innocent blood: then we prayed to the Lord, and were heard, and we offered sacrifices, and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the leaves.
And now celebrate ye the days of Scenopegia in the month of Casleu.
In the year Bone hundred and eighty-eight, the people that is at Jerusalem, and in Judea, and the senate, and Judas, to Aristobolus, the preceptor of king Ptolemee, who is of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews that are in Egypt, health and welfare.
Having been delivered by God out of great dangers, we give him great thanks, forasmuch as we have been in war with such a king.
For he made numbers of men swarm out of Persia that have fought against us, and the holy city.
For when the leader himself was in Persia, and with him a very great army, he fell in the temple of Nanea, being deceived by the counsel of the priests of Nanea.
For Antiochus, with his friends, came to the place as though he would marry her, and that he might receive great sums of money under the title of a dowry.
And when the priests of Nanea had set it forth, and he with a small company had entered into the compass of the temple, they shut the temple,
When Antiochus was came in: and opening a secret entrance of the temple, they cast stones and slew the leader, and them that were with him, and hewed them in pieces, and cutting off their heads they threw them forth.
Blessed be God in all things, who hath delivered up the wicked.
Therefore whereas we purpose to keep the purification of the temple on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, we thought it necessary to signify it to you: that you also may keep the day of Scenopegia, and the day of the fire, that was given when Nehemias offered sacrifice, after the temple and the altar was built.
For when our fathers were led in Persia, the priests that then were worshippers of God took privately the fire from the altar, and hid it in a valley where there was a deep pit without water, and there they kept it safe, so that the place was unknown to all men.
But when many years had passed, and it pleased God that Nehemias should be sent by the king of Persia, he sent some of the posterity of those priests that had hid it, to seek for the fire: and as they told us, they found no fire, but thick water.
Then he bade them draw it up, and bring it to him: and the priest Nehemias commanded the sacrifices that were laid on, to be sprinkled with the same water, both the wood, and the things that were laid upon it.
And when this was done, and the time came that the sun shone out, which before was in a cloud, there was a great fire kindled, so that all wondered.
And all the priests made prayer, while the sacrifice was consuming, Jonathan beginning, and the rest answering.
And the prayer of Nehemias was after this manner: O Lord God, Creator of all things, dreadful and strong, just and merciful, who alone art the goad king,
Who alone art gracious, who alone art just, and almighty, and eternal, who deliverest Israel from all evil, who didst choose the fathers and didst sanctify them:
Receive the sacrifice for all thy people Israel, and preserve thy own portion, and sanctify it.
Gather together our scattered people, deliver them that are slaves to the Gentiles, and look upon them that are despised and abhorred: that the Gentiles may know that thou art our God.
Punish them that oppress us, and that treat us injuriously with pride.
Establish thy people in thy holy place, as Moses hath spoken.
And the priests sung hymns till the sacrifice was consumed.
And when the sacrifice was consumed, Nehemias commanded the water that was left to be poured out upon the great stones.
Which being done, there was kindled a dame from them: but it was consumed by the light that shined from the altar.
And when this matter became public, it was told to the king of Persia, that in the place where the priests that were led away, had hid the fire, there appeared water, with which Nehemias and they that were with him had purified the sacrifices.
And the king considering, and diligently examining the matter, made a temple for it, that he might prove what had happened.
And when he had proved it, he gave the priests many goods, and divers presents, and he took and distributed them to them with his own hand.
And Nehemias called this place Nephthar, which is interpreted purification. But many call it Nephi.
Now it is found in the descriptions of Jeremias the prophet, that he commanded them that went into captivity, to take the fire, as it hath been signified, and how he gave charge to them that were carried away into captivity.
And how he gave them the law that they should not forget the commandments of the Lord, and that they should not err in their minds, seeing the idols of gold, and silver, and the ornaments of them.
And with other such like speeches, he exhorted them that they would not remove the law from their heart.
It was also contained in the same writing, how the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should accompany him, till he came forth to the mountain where Moses went up, and saw the inheritance of God.
And when Jeremias came thither he found a hollow cave: and he carried in thither the tabernacle, and the ark, and the altar of incense, and so stopped the door.
Then some of them that followed him, came up to mark the place: but they could not And it.
And when Jeremias perceived it, he blamed them, saying: The place shall be unknown, till God gather together the congregation of the people, and receive them to mercy.
And then the Lord will shew these things, and the majesty of the Lord shall appear, and there shall be a cloud as it was also shewed to Moses, and he shewed it when Solomon prayed that the place might be sanctified to the great God.
For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.
And as Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocaust: so Solomon also prayed, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the holocaust.
And Moses said: Because the sin offering was not eaten, it was consumed.
So Solomon also celebrated the dedication eight days.
And these same things were set down in the memoirs and commentaries of Nehemias: and how he made a library, and gathered together out of the countries, the books both of the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings. and concerning the holy gifts.
And in like manner Judas also gathered together all such things as were lost by the war we had, and they are in our possession.
Wherefore if you want these things, send some that may fetch them to you.
As we are then about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you: and you shall do well, if you keep the same days.
And we hope that God who hath delivered his people, and hath rendered to all the inheritance, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and will gather us together from every land under heaven into the holy place.
For he hath delivered us out of great perils, and hath cleansed the place.
Now as concerning Judas Machabeus. and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication o the altar:
As also the wars against Antioch the Illustrious, and his son Eupator:
And the manifestations that from heaven to them, that behaved themselves manfully on the behalf of the Jews, so that, being but a few, they made themselves masters of the whole country, and put to flight; the barbarous multitude:
And recovered again the most renowned temple in all the world, and delivered the city, and restored the laws that were abolished, the Lord with all clemency shewing mercy to them.
And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.
For considering the multitude of books, and the difficulty that they find that desire to undertake the narrations of histories, because of the multitude of the matter,
We have taken care for those indeed that are willing to read, that it might be a pleasure of mind: and for the studious, that they may more easily commit to memory: and that all that read might receive profit.
And as to ourselves indeed, in undertaking this work of abridging, we have taken in hand no easy task, yea rather a business full of watching and sweat.
But as they that prepare a feast, and seek to satisfy the will of others: for the sake of many, we willingly undergo the labour.
Leaving to the authors the exact handling of every particular, and as for ourselves, according to the plan proposed, studying to be brief.
For as the master builder of a new house must have care of the whole building: but he that taketh care to paint it, must seek out fit things for the adorning of it: so must it be judged for us.
For to collect all that is to be known, to put the discourse in order, and curiously to discuss every particular point, is the duty of the author of a history:
But to pursue brevity of speech, and to avoid nice declarations of things, is to be granted to him that maketh an abridgment.
Here then we will begin the narration: let this be enough by way of a preface: for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself.
Therefore when the holy city was inhabited with all peace, and the laws as yet were very well kept, because of the godliness of Onias the high priest, and the hatred his soul had of evil,
It came to pass that even the kings themselves, and the princes esteemed the place worthy of the highest honour, and glorified the temple with very great gifts:
So that Seleucus king of Asia allowed out of his revenues all the charges belonging to the ministry of the sacrifices.
But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, who was appointed overseer of the temple, strove in opposition to the high priest, to bring about some unjust thing in the city.
And when he could not overcome Onias he went to Apollonius the son of Tharseas, who at that time was governor of Celesyria and Phenicia:
And told him, that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of immense sums of money, and the common store was infinite, which did not belong to the account of the sacrifices: and that it was possible to bring all into the king’s hands.
Now when Apollonius had given the king notice concerning the money that he was told of, he called for Heliodorus, who had the charge over his affairs, and sent him with commission to bring him the foresaid money.
So Heliodorus forthwith began his journey, under a colour of visiting the cities of Celesyria and Phenicia, but indeed to fulfill the king’s purpose.
And when he was come to Jerusalem, and had been courteously received in the city by the high priest, he told him what information had been given concerning the money: and declared the cause for which he was come: and asked if these things were so indeed.
Then the high priest told him that these were sums deposited, and provisions for the subsistence of the widows and the fatherless.
And that some part of that which wicked Simon had given intelligence of, belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias, a man of great dignity: and that the whole was four hundred talents of silver, and two hundred of gold:
But that to deceive them who had trusted to the place and temple which is honoured throughout the whole world, for the reverence and holiness of it, was a thing which could not by any means be done.
But he, by reason of the orders he had received from the king, said that by: all means the money must be carried to the king.
So on the day he had appointed, Heliodorus entered in to order this matter. But there was no small terror throughout the whole city.
And the priests prostrated themselves before the altar in their priests’ vestments, and called upon him from heaven, who made the law concerning things given to be kept, that he would preserve them safe, for them that had deposited them.
Now whosoever saw the countenance of the high priest, was wounded in heart: for his face, and the changing of his colour declared the inward sorrow of his mind.
For the man was so compassed with sadness and horror of the body, that it was manifest to them that beheld him, what sorrow he had in his heart.
Others also came hocking together out of their houses, praying and making public supplication, because the place was like to come into contempt.
And the women, girded with haircloth about their breasts, came together in the streets. And the virgins also that were shut up, came forth, some to Onias, and some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows.
And all holding up their hands towards heaven, made supplication.
For the expectation of the mixed multitude, and of the high priest who was in an agony, would have moved any one to pity.
And these indeed called upon almighty God, to preserve the things that had been committed to them, safe and sure for those that had committed them.
But Heliodorus executed that which he had resolved on, himself being present in the same place with his guard about the treasury.
But the spirit of the almighty God gave a great evidence of his presence, so that all that had presumed to obey him, falling down by the power of God, were struck with fainting and dread.
For there appeared to them a horse with a terrible rider upon him, adorned with a very rich covering: and he ran fiercely and struck Heliodorus with his fore feet, and he that sat upon him seemed to have armour of gold.
Moreover there appeared two other young men beautiful and strong, bright and glorious, and in comely apparel: who stood by him, on either side, and scourged him without ceasing with many stripes.
Arid Heliodorus suddenly fell to the ground, and they took him up covered with great darkness, and having put him into a litter they carried him out.
So he that came with many servants, and all his guard into the aforesaid treasury, was carried out, no one being able to help him, the manifest power of God being known.
And he indeed by the power of God lay speechless, and without all hope of recovery.
But they praised the Lord because he had glorified his place: and the temple, that a little before was full of fear and trouble, when the almighty Lord appeared, was filled with joy and gladness.
Then some of the friends of Heliodorus forthwith begged of Onias, that he would call upon the most High to grant him his life, who was ready to give up the ghost.
So the high priest considering that the king might perhaps suspect that some mischief had been done to Heliodorus by the Jews, offered a sacrifice of health for the recovery of the man.
And when the high priest was praying, the same young men in the same clothing stood by Heliodorus, and said to him: Give thanks to Onias the priest: because for his sake the Lord hath granted thee life.
And thou having been scourged by God, declare unto all men the great works and the power of God. And having spoken thus, they appeared no more.
So Heliodorus after he had offered a sacrifice to God, and made great vows to him, that had granted him life, and given thanks to Onias, taking his troops with him, returned to the king.
And he testified to all men the works of the great God, which he had seen with his own eyes.
And when the king asked Heliodorus, who might be a fit man to be sent yet once more to Jerusalem, he said:
If thou hast any enemy or traitor to thy kingdom, send him thither, and thou shalt receive him again scourged, if so be he escape: for there is undoubtedly in that place a certain power of God.
For he that hath his dwelling in the heavens, is the visitor, and protector of that place, and he striketh and destroyeth them that come to do evil to it.
And the things concerning Heliodorus, and the keeping of the treasury fell out in this manner.
But Simon, of whom we spoke before, and of his country, spoke ill of Onias, as though he had incited Heliodorus to do these things, and had been the promoter of evils:
And he presumed to call him a traitor to the kingdom, who provided for the city, and defended his nation, and wed zealous for the law of God.
But when the enmities proceeded so far, that murders also were committed by some of Simon’s friends:
Onias considering the danger of this contention, and that Apollonius, who was the governor of Celesyria and Phenicia, was outrageous, which increased the malice of Simon, went to the king,
Not to be an accuser of his countrymen, but with a view to the common good of all the people.
For he saw that, except the king took care, it was impossible that matters should be settled in peace, or that Simon would cease from his folly.
But after the death of Seleucus, when Antiochus, who was called the Illustrious, had taken possession of the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias ambitiously sought the high priesthood:
And went to the king, promising him three hundred and sixty talents of silver, and out of other revenues fourscore talents.
Besides this he promised also a hundred and fifty more, if he might have license to set him up a place for exercise, and a place for youth, and to entitle them, that were at Jerusalem, Antiochians.
Which when the king had granted, and he had gotten the rule into his hands, forthwith he began to bring over his countrymen to the fashion of the heathens.
And abolishing those things, which had been decreed of special favour by the kings in behalf of the Jews, by the means of John the father of that Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome to make amity and alliance, he disannulled the lawful ordinances of the citizens, and brought in fashions that were perverse.
For he had the boldness to set up, under the very castle, a place of exercise, and to put all the choicest youths in brothel houses.
Now this was not the beginning, but an increase, and progress of heathenish and foreign manners, through the abominable and unheard of wickedness of Jason, that impious wretch and no priest.
Insomuch that the priests were not now occupied about the offices of the altar, but despising the temple and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers of the games, and of the unlawful allowance thereof, and of the exercise of the discus.
And setting nought by the honours of their fathers, they esteemed the Grecian glories for the best:
For the sake of which they incurred a dangerous contention, and followed earnestly their ordinances, and in all things they coveted to be like them, who were their enemies and murderers.
For acting wickedly against the laws of God doth not pass unpunished: but this the time following will declare.
Now when the game that was used every fifth year was kept at Tyre, the king being present,
The wicked Jason sent from Jerusalem sinful men to carry three hundred didrachmas of silver for the sacrifice of Hercules; but the bearers thereof desired it might not be bestowed on the sacrifices, because it was not necessary, but might be deputed for other charges.
So the money was appointed by him that sent it to the sacrifice of Hercules: but because of them that carried it was employed for the making of galleys.
Now when Apollonius the son of Mnestheus was sent into Egypt to treat with the nobles of king Philometor, and Antiochus understood that he was wholly excluded from the affairs of the kingdom, consulting his own interest, he departed thence and came to Joppe, and from thence to Jerusalem:
Where he was received in a, magnificent manner by Jason, and the city, and came in with torch lights, and with praises, and from thence he returned with his army into Phenicia.
Three years afterwards Jason sent Menelaus, brother of the aforesaid Simon, to carry money to the king, and to bring answers from him concerning certain necessary affairs.
But he being recommended to the king, when he had magnified the appearance of his power, got the high priesthood for himself, by offering more than Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
So having received the king’s mandate, he returned bringing nothing worthy of the high priesthood: but having the mind of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.
Then Jason, who had undermined his own brother, being himself undermined, was driven out a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites.
So Menelaus got the principality: but as for the money he had promised to the king he took no care, when Sostratus the governor of the castle called for it.
For to him appertained the gathering of the taxes: wherefore they were both called before the king.
And Menelaus was removed from the priesthood, Lysimachus his brother succeeding: and Sostratus was made governor of the Cyprians.
When these things were in doing, it fell out that they of Tharsus and Mallos raised a sedition, because they were given for a gift to Antiochis, the king’s concubine.
The king therefore went in all haste to appease them, leaving Andronicus, one of his nobles, for his deputy.
Then Menelaus supposing that he had found a convenient time, having stolen certain vessels of gold out of the temple, gave them to Andronicus, and others he had sold at Tyre, and in the neighbouring cities.
Which when Onias understood most certainly, he reproved him, keeping himself in a safe place at Antioch beside Daphne.
Whereupon Menelaus coming to Andronicus, desired him to kill Onias. And he went to Onias, and gave him his right hand with an oath, and (though he were suspected by him) persuaded him to come forth out of the sanctuary, and immediately slew him, without any regard to justice.
For which cause not only the Jews, but also the other nations, conceived indignation, and were much grieved for the unjust murder of so great a man.
And when the king was come back from the places of Cilicia, the Jews that were at Antioch, and also the Creaks went to him: complaining of the unjust murder of Onias.
Antiochus therefore was grieved in his mind for Onias, and being moved to pity, shed tears, remembering the sobriety and modesty of the deceased.
And being inflamed to anger, he commanded Andronicus to be stripped of his purple, and to be led about through all the city: and that in the same place wherein he had committed the impiety against Onias, the sacrilegious wretch should be put to death, the Lord repaying him his deserved punishment.
Now when many sacrileges had been committed by Lysimachus in the temple by the counsel of Menelaus, and the rumour of it was spread abroad, the multitude gathered themselves together against Lysimachus, a great quantity of gold being already carried away.
Wherefore the multitude making an insurrection, and their minds being filled with anger, Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and began to use violence, one Tyrannus being captain, a man far gone both in age, and in madness.
But when they perceived the attempt of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, some strong clubs: and some threw ashes upon Lysimachus,
And many of them were wounded, and some struck down to the ground, but all were put to flight: and as for the sacrilegious fellow himself, they slew him beside the treasury.
Now concerning these matters, an accusation was laid against Menelaus.
And when the king was come to Tyre, three men were sent from the ancients to plead the cause before him.
But Menelaus being convicted, promised Ptolemee to give him much money to persuade the king to favour him.
So Ptolemee went to the king in a certain court where he was, as it were to cool himself, and brought him to be of another mind:
So Menelaus who was guilty of all the evil, was acquitted by him of the accusations: and those poor men, who, if they had pleaded their cause even before Scythians, should have been judged innocent, were condemned to death.
Thus they that prosecuted the cause for the city, and for the people, and the sacred vessels, did soon suffer unjust punishment.
Wherefore even the Tyrians being moved with indignation, were liberal towards their burial.
And so through the covetousness of them that were in power, Menelaus continued in authority, increasing in malice to the betraying of the citizens.
At the same time Antiochus prepared for a second journey into Egypt.
And it came to pass that through the whole city of Jerusalem for the space of forty days there were seen horsemen running in the air, in gilded raiment, and armed with spears, like bands of soldiers.
And horses set in order by ranks, running one against another, with the shakings of shields, and a multitude of men in helmets, with drawn swords, and casting of darts, and glittering of golden armour, and of harnesses of all sorts.
Wherefore all men prayed that these prodigies might turn to good.
Now when there was gone forth a false rumour, as though Antiochus had been dead, Jason taking with him no fewer than a thousand men, suddenly assaulted the city: and though the citizens ran together to the wall, the city at length was taken, and Menelaus fled into the castle.
But Jason slew his countrymen without mercy, not considering that prosperity against one’s own kindred is a very great evil, thinking they had been enemies, and not citizens, whom he conquered.
Yet he did not gee the principality, but received confusion at tile end, for the reward of his treachery, and fled again into the country of the Ammonites.
At the last having been shut up by Aretas the king of the Arabians, in order for his destruction, flying from city to city, hated by all men, as a forsaker of the laws, and execrable, as an enemy of his country and countrymen, he was thrust out into Egypt:
And he that had driven many out of their country, perished in a strange land, going to Lacedemon, as if for kindred sake he should have refuge there:
But he that had cast out many unburied, was himself cast forth both unlamented and unburied, neither having foreign burial, nor being partaker of the sepulchre of his fathers.
Now when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would forsake the alliance: whereupon departing out of Egypt with a furious mind, he took the city by force of arms.
And commanded the soldiers to kill, and not to spare any that came in their way, and to go up into the houses slay.
Thus there was a slaughter of young and old, a destruction of women children, and killing of virgins and infants.
And there were slain in the space o three whole days fourscore thousand, forty thousand were made prisoners, and as many sold.
But this was not enough; he presumed also to enter into the temple, the most holy in all the world, Menelaus, that traitor to the laws, and to his country, being his guide.
And taking in his wicked hands the holy vessels, which were given by other kings and cities, for the ornament and the glory of the place, he unworthily handled and profaned them.
Thus Antiochus going astray in mind, did not consider that God was angry for a while, because of the sins of the habitants of the city: and therefore contempt had happened to the place:
Otherwise had they not been involved in many sins, as Heliodorus, who was sent by king Seleucus to rob treasury, so this man also, as soon as had come, had been forthwith scourged, and put back from his presumption.
But God did not choose the people for the place’s sake, but the place for the people’s sake.
And therefore the place also itself was made partaker of the evils of the people: but afterward shall communicate in the good things thereof, and as it was forsaken in the wrath of almighty God, shall be exalted again with great glory, when the great Lord shall be reconciled.
So when Antiochus had taken away out of the temple a thousand and eight hundred talents, he went back in all haste to Antioch, thinking through pride, that he might now make the land navigable, and the sea passable on foot: such was the haughtiness of his mind.
He left also governors to afflict the people: at Jerusalem, Philip, a Phrygian by birth, but in manners more barbarous than he that set him there:
And in Gazarim, Andronicus and Menelaus, who bore a more heavy hand upon the citizens than the rest.
And whereas he was set against the Jews, he sent that hateful prince Apollonius with an army of two and twenty thousand men, commanding him to kill all that were of perfect age, and to sell the women and the younger sort.
Who when he was come to Jerusalem, pretending peace, rested till the holy day of the sabbath: and then the Jews keeping holiday, he commanded his men to take arms.
And he slew all that were come forth to see: and running through the city with armed men, he destroyed a very great multitude.
But Judas Machabeus, who was the tenth, had withdrawn himself into a desert place, and there lived amongst wild beasts in the mountains with his company: and they continued feeding on herbs, that they might not be partakers of the pollution.
But not long after the king sent a certain old man of Antioch, to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and of God:
And to defile the temple that was in Jerusalem, and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius: and that in Gazarim of Jupiter Hospitalis, according as they were that inhabited the place.
And very bad was this invasion of evils and grievous to all.
For the temple was full of the riot and revellings of the Gentiles: and of men lying with lewd women. And women thrust themselves of their accord into the holy places, and brought in things that were not lawful.
The altar also was filled with unlawful things, which were forbidden by the laws.
And neither were the sabbaths kept, nor the solemn days of the fathers observed, neither did any man plainly profess himself to be a Jew.
But they were led by bitter constraint on the king’s birthday to the sacrifices: and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, they wore compelled to go about crowned with ivy in honour of Bacchus.
And there went out a decree into the neighbouring cities of the Gentiles, by the suggestion of the Ptolemeans, that they also should act in like manner against the Jews, to oblige them to sacrifice:
And whosoever would not conform themselves to the ways of the Gentiles, should be put to death: then was misery to be seen.
For two women were accused to have circumcised their children: whom, when they had openly led about through the city with the infants hanging at their breasts, they threw down headlong from the walls.
And others that had met together in caves that were near, and were keeping the sabbath day privately, being discovered by Philip, were burnt with fire, because they made a conscience to help themselves with their hands, by reason of the religious observance of the day.
Now I beseech those that shall read this book, that they be not shocked at these calamities, but that they consider the things that happened, not as being for the destruction, but for the correction of our nation.
For it is a token of great goodness when sinners are not suffered to go on in their ways for a long time, but are presently punished.
For, not as with other nations (whom the Lord patiently expecteth, that when the day of judgment shall come, he may punish them in the fulness of their sins:)
Doth he also deal with us, so as to suffer our sins to come to their height, and then take vengeance on us.
And therefore he never withdraweth his mercy from us: but though he chastise his people with adversity, he forsaketh them not.
But let this suffice in a few words for a warning to the readers. And now we must come to the narration.
Eleazar one of the chief of the scribes, a man advanced in years, and of a comely countenance, was pressed to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh.
But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment.
And considering in what manner he was come to it, patiently bearing, he determined not to do any unlawful things for the love of life.
But they that stood by, being moved with wicked pity, for the old friendship they had with the man, taking him aside, desired that flesh might be brought, which it was lawful for him to eat, that he might make as if he had eaten, as the king had commanded of the flesh of the sacrifice:
That by so doing he might be delivered from death: and for the sake of their old friendship with the man they did him this courtesy.
But he began to consider the dignity of his age, and his ancient years, and the inbred honour of his grey head, and his good life and conversation from a child: and he answered without delay, according to the ordinances of the holy law made by God, saying, that he would rather be sent into the other world.
For it doth not become our age, said he, to dissemble: whereby many young persons might think that Eleazar, at the age of fourscore and ten years, was gone over to the life of the heathens:
And so they, through my dissimulation, and for a little time of a corruptible life, should be deceived, and hereby I should bring a stain and a curse upon my old age.
For though, for the present time, I should be delivered from the punishments of men, yet should I not escape the hand of the Almighty neither alive nor dead.
Wherefore by departing manfully out of this life, I shall shew myself worthy of my old age:
And I shall leave an example of fortitude to young men, if with a ready mind and constancy I suffer an honourable death, for the most venerable and most holy laws. And having spoken thus, he was forthwith carried to execution.
And they that led him, and had been a little before more mild, were changed to wrath for the words he had spoken, which they thought were uttered out of arrogancy.
But when he was now ready to die with the stripes, he groaned, and said: O Lord, who hast the holy knowledge, thou knowest manifestly that whereas I might be delivered from death, I suffer grevious pains in body: but in soul am well content to suffer these things because I fear thee.
Thus did this man die, leaving not only to young men, but also to the whole nation, the memory of his death for an example of virtue and fortitude.
It came to pass also, that seven brethren, together with their mother, were apprehended, and compelled by the king to eat swine’s flesh against the law, for which end they were tormented with whips and scourges.
But one of them, who was the eldest, said thus: What wouldst thou ask, or learn of us? we are ready to die rather than to transgress the laws of God, received from our fathers.
Then the king being angry commanded fryingpans, and brazen caldrons to be made hot: which forthwith being heated,
He commanded to cut out the tongue of him that had spoken first: and the skin of his head being drawn off, to chop off also the extremities of his hands and feet, the rest of his brethren, and his mother, looking on.
And when he was now maimed in all parts, he commanded him, being yet alive, to be brought to the Are, and to be fried in the fryingpan: and while he was suffering therein long torments, the rest, together with the mother, exhorted one another to die manfully,
Saying: The Lord God will look upon the truth, and will take pleasure in us, as Moses declared in the profession of the canticle: And In his servants he will take pleasure.
So when the first was dead after this manner, they brought the next to make him a, mocking stock: and when they had pulled off the skin of his head with the hair, they asked him if he would eat, before he were punished throughout the whole body in every limb.
But he answered in his own language, and said: I will not do it. Wherefore Ire also in the next place, received the torments of the first:
And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life.
After him the third was made a mocking stock, and when he was required, he quickly put forth his tongue, and courageously stretched out his hands:
And said with confidence: These have from heaven, but for the laws of God I now despise them: because I hope to receive them again from him.
So that the king, and they that were with him, wondered at the young man’s courage, because he esteemed the torments as nothing.
And after he was thus dead, they tormented the fourth in the like manner.
And when he was now ready to die, he spoke thus: It is better, being put to death by men, to look for hope from God, to be raised up again by him: for, as to thee thou shalt have no resurrection unto life.
And when they had brought the fifth, they tormented him. But he looking upon the king,
Said: Whereas thou hast power among men, though thou art corruptible, thou dost what thou wilt: but think not that our nation is forsaken by God.
But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in what manner he will torment thee and thy seed.
After him they brought the sixth, and he being ready to die, spoke thus: Be not deceived without cause: for we suffer these things for ourselves, having sinned against our God, and things worthy of admiration are done to us:
But do not think that thou shalt escape unpunished, for that thou attempted to fight against God.
Now the mother was to be admired above measure, and worthy to be remembered by good men, who beheld seven sons slain in the space of one day, and bore it with a good courage, for the hope that she had in God:
And she bravely exhorted every one of them in her own language, being filled with wisdom: and joining a man’s heart to a woman’s thought,
She said to them: I know not how you were formed in my womb: for I neither gave you breath, nor soul, nor life, neither did I frame the limbs of every one of you.
But the Creator of the world, that formed the nativity of man, and that found out the origin of all, he will restore to you again in his mercy, both breath and life, as now you despise yourselves for the sake of his laws.
Now Antiochus, thinking himself despised, and withal despising the voice of the upbraider, when the youngest was yet alive, did not only exhort him by words, but also assured him with an oath, that he would make him a rich and a happy man, and, if he would turn from the laws of his fathers, would take him for a friend, and furnish him with things necessary.
But when the young man was not moved with these things, the king called the mother, and counselled her to deal with the young man to save his life.
And when he had exhorted her with many words, she promised that she would counsel her son.
So bending herself towards him, mocking the cruel tyrant, she said in her own language: My son, have pity upon me, that bore thee nine months my womb, and save thee suck years, and nourished thee, and brought thee up unto this age.
I beseech thee, my son, look upon heaven and earth, and all that is in them: and consider that God made them out of nothing, and mankind also:
So thou shalt not fear this tormentor, but being made a worthy partner with thy brethren, receive death, that in that mercy I may receive thee again with thy brethren.
While she was yet speaking these words, the young man said: For whom do you stay? I will not obey the commandment of the king, but the commandment of the law, which was given us by Moses.
But thou that hast been the author of all mischief against the Hebrews, shalt not escape the hand of God.
For we suffer thus for our sins.
And though the Lord our God is angry with us a little while for our chastisement and correction: yet he will be reconciled again to his servants.
But thou, O wicked and of all men most flagitious, be not lifted up without cause with vain hopes, whilst thou art raging against his servants.
For thou hast not yet escaped the judgment of the almighty God, who beholdeth all things.
For my brethren, having now undergone a short pain, are under the covenant of eternal life: but thou by the judgment of God shalt receive just punishment for thy pride.
But I, like my brethren, offer up my life and my body for the laws of our fathers: calling upon God to be speedily merciful to our nation, and that thou by torments and stripes mayst confess that he alone is God.
But in me and in my brethren the wrath of the Almighty, which hath justly been brought upon all our nation, shall cease.
Then the king being incensed with anger, raged against him more cruelly than all the rest, taking it grievously that he was mocked.
So this man also died undefiled, wholly trusting in the Lord.
And last of all after the sons the mother also was consumed.
But now there is enough said of the sacrifices, and of the excessive cruelties.
But Judas Machabeus, and they that were with him, went privately into the towns: and calling together their kinsmen and friends, and taking unto them such as continued in the Jews’ religion, they assembled six thousand men.
And they called upon the Lord that he would look upon his people that was trodden down by all, and would have pity on the temple, that was defiled by the wicked:
That he would have pity also upon the city that was destroyed, that was ready to be made even with the ground, and would hear the voice of the blood that cried to him:
That he would remember also the most unjust deaths of innocent children, and the blasphemies offered to his name, and would shew his indignation on this occasion.
Now when Machabeus had gathered a multitude, he could not be withstood by the heathens: for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.
So coming unawares upon the towns and cities, he set them on fire, and taking possession of the most commodious places, he made no small slaughter of the enemies,
And especially in the nights he went upon these expeditions, and the fame of his valour was spread abroad every where.
Then Philip, seeing that the man gained ground by little and little, and that things for the most part succeeded prosperously with him, wrote to Ptolemee the governor of Celesyria and Phenicia, to send aid to the king’s affairs.
And he with all speed sent Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of his special friends, giving him no fewer than twenty thousand armed men of different nations, to root out the whole race of the Jews, joining also with him Gorgias, a good soldier, and of great experience in matters of war.
And Nicanor purposed to raise for the king the tribute of two thousand talents, that was to be given to the Romans, by making so much money of the captive Jews:
Wherefore he sent immediately to the cities upon the sea coast, to invite men together to buy up the Jewish slaves, promising that they should have ninety slaves for one talent, not reflecting on the vengeance, which was to follow him from the Almighty.
Now when Judas found that Nicanor was coming, he imparted to the Jews that were with him, that the enemy was at hand.
And some of them being afraid, and distrusting the justice of God, fled away:
Others sold all that they had left, and withal besought the Lord, that he would deliver them from the wicked Nicanor, who had sold them before he came near them:
And if not for their sakes, yet for the covenant that he had made with their fathers, and for the sake of his holy and glorious name that was invoked upon them.
But Machabeus calling together seven thousand that were with him, exhorted them not to be reconciled to the enemies, nor to fear the multitude of the enemies who came wrongfully against them, but to fight manfully:
Setting before their eyes the injury they had unjustly done the holy place, and also the injury they had done to the city, which had been shamefully abused, besides their destroying the ordinances of the fathers.
For, said he, they trust in their weapons, and in their boldness: but we trust in the Almighty Lord, who at a beck can utterly destroy both them that come against us, and the whole world.
Moreover he put them in mind also of the helps their fathers had received from God: and how under Sennacherib a hundred and eighty-five thousand had been destroyed.
And of the battle that they had fought against the Galatians in Babylonia, how they, being in all but six thousand, when it came to the point, and Macedonians their companions were a stand, slew a hundred and twenty thousand, because of the help they had from heaven, and for this they received many favours.
With these words they were greatly encouraged, and disposed even to die for the laws and their country.
So he appointed his brethren cap over each division of his army, Simon, and Joseph, and Jonathan, giving to one fifteen hundred men.
And after the holy Book had been read to them by Esdras, and he had given them for a watchword, The help of God: himself leading the first band, he joined battle with Nicanor:
And the Almighty being their helper, they slew above nine thousand men: and having wounded and disabled the greater part of Nicanor’s army, they obliged them to fly.
And they took the money of them that came to buy them, and they pursued them on every side.
But they came back for want of time: for it was the day before the sabbath: and therefore they did not continue the pursuit.
But when they had gathered together their arms and their spoils, they kept the sabbath: blessing the Lord who had delivered them that day, distilling the beginning of mercy upon them.
Then after the sabbath they divided the spoils to the feeble and the orphans, and the widows: and the rest they took for themselves and their servants.
When this was done, and they had all made a common supplication, they besought the merciful Lord to be reconciled to his servants unto the end.
Moreover they slew above twenty thousand of them that were with Timotheus and Bacchides who fought them, and they made themselves masters of the high strong holds: and they divided amongst them many spoils, giving equal portions to the feeble, the fatherless and the widows, yea and the aged also.
And when they had carefully gathered together their arms, they laid them all up in convenient places, and the residue of their spoils they carried to Jerusalem:
They slew also Philarches who was with Timotheus, a wicked man, who had many ways afflicted the Jews.
And when they kept the feast of the victory at Jerusalem, they burnt Callisthenes, that had set fire to the holy gates, who had taken refuge in a certain house, rendering to him a worthy reward for his impieties:
But as for that most wicked man Nicanor, who had brought a thousand merchants to the sale of the Jews,
Being through the help of the Lord brought down by them, of whom he had made no account, laying; aside his garment of glory, fleeing through the midland country, he came alone to Antioch, being rendered very unhappy by the destruction of his army.
And he that had promised to levy the tribute for the Romans by the means of the captives of Jerusalem, now professed that the Jews had God for their protector, and therefore they could not be hurt, because they followed the laws appointed by him.
At that time Antiochus returned with dishonour out of Persia.
For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and attempted to rob the temple, and to oppress the city: but the multitude running together to arms, put them to flight: and so it fell out that Antiochus being put to flight returned with disgrace.
Now when he was come about Ecbatana, he received the news of what had happened to Nicanor and Timotheus.
And swelling with anger he thought to revenge upon the Jews the injury done by them that had put him to flight. And therefore he commanded his chariot to be driven, without stopping in his journey, the judgment of heaven urging him forward, because he had spoken so proudly, that he would come to Jerusalem, and make it a common burying place of the Jews.
But the Lord the God of Israel, that seeth all things, struck him with an incurable and an invisible plague. For as soon as he had ended these words, a dreadful pain in his bowels came upon him, and bitter torments of the inner parts.
And indeed very justly, seeing he had tormented the bowels of others with many and new torments, albeit he by no means ceased from his malice.
Moreover being filled with pride, breathing out fire in his rage against the Jews, and commanding the matter to be hastened, it happened as he was going with violence that he fell from the chariot, so that his limbs were much pained by a grievous bruising of the body.
Thus he that seemed to himself to command even the waves of the sea, being proud above the condition of man, and to weigh the heights of the mountains in a balance, now being cast down to the ground, was carried in a litter, bearing witness to the manifest power of God in himself:
So that worms swarmed out of the body of this man, and whilst he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell off, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to the army.
And the man that thought a little to before he could reach the stars of heaven, no man could endure to carry, for the intolerable stench.
And by this means, being brought from his great pride, he began to come to the knowledge of himself, being admonished by the scourge of God, his pains increasing every moment.
And when he himself could not now abide his own stench, he spoke thus: It is just to be subject to God, and that a mortal man should not equal himself to God.
Then this wicked man prayed to the Lord, of whom he was not like to obtain mercy.
And the city to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground, and to make it a, common buryingplace, he now desireth to make free.
And the Jews whom he said he would not account worthy to be so much as buried, but would give them up to be devoured by the birds and wild beasts, and would utterly destroy them with their children, he now promiseth to make equal with the Athenians.
The holy temple also which before he had spoiled, he promiseth to adorn with goodly gifts, and to multiply the holy vessels, and to allow out of his revenues the charges pertaining to the sacrifices.
Yea also, that he would become a Jew himself, and would go through every place of the earth, and declare the power of God.
But his pains not ceasing (for the just judgment of God was come upon him) despairing of life he wrote to the Jews in the manner of a supplication, a letter in these words:
To his very good subjects the Jews, Antiochus king and ruler wisheth much health and welfare, and happiness.
If you and your children are well, and if all matters go with you to your mind, we give very great thanks.
As for me, being infirm, but yet kindly remembering you, returning out of the places of Persia, and being taken with a grievous disease, I thought it necessary to take care for the common good:
Not distrusting my life, but having great hope to escape the sickness.
But considering that my father also, at what time she led an army into the higher countries, appointed who should reign after him:
To the end that if any thing contrary to expectation should fall out, or ally bad tidings should be brought, they that were in the countries, knowing to whom the whole government was left, might not be troubled.
Moreover, considering that neighbouring princes and borderers wait for opportunities, and expect what shall be the event, I have appointed my son Antiochus king, whom I often recommended to many of you, when I went into the higher provinces: and I have written to him what I have joined here below.
I pray you therefore, and request of you, that remembering favours both public and private, you will every man of you continue to be faithful to me and to my son.
For I trust that he will behave with I moderation and humanity, and following my intentions, will be gracious unto you.
Thus the murderer and blasphemer, being grievously struck, as himself had treated others, died a miserable death in a strange country among the mountains.
But Philip that was brought up with him, carried away his body: and out of fear of the son of Antiochus, went into Egypt to Ptolemee Philometor.
But Machabeus, and they that were with him, by the protection of the Lord, recovered the temple and the city again.
But he threw down the altars, which the heathens had set up in the streets, as also the temples of the idols.
And having purified the temple, they made another altar: and taking fire out of the fiery stones, they offered sacrifices after two years, and set forth incense, and lamps, and the leaves of proposition.
And when they had done these things, they besought the Lord, lying prostrate on the ground, that they might no more fall into such evils; but if they should at any time sin, that they might be chastised by him more gently, and not be delivered up to barbarians and blasphemous men.
Now upon the same day that the temple had been polluted by the strangers, on the very same day it was cleansed again, to wit, on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu.
And they kept eight days with joy, after the manner of the feast of the tabernacles, remembering that not long before they had kept the feast of the tabernacles when they were in the mountains, and in dens like wild beasts.
Therefore they now, carried boughs, and green branches, and palms for Him that had given them good success in cleansing his place.
And they ordained by a common statute, and decree, that all the nation of the Jews should keep those days every year.
And this was the end of Antiochus that was called the Illustrious.
But now we will relate the acts of Eupator the son of that wicked Antiochus, abridging the account of the evils that happened in the wars.
For when he was come to the crown. he appointed over the affairs of his realm one Lysias, general of the army of Phenicia and Syria.
For Ptolemee that was called Macer, was determined to be strictly just to the Jews, and especially by reason of the wrong that had been done them, and to deal peaceably with them.
But being accused for this to Eupator by his friends, and being oftentimes called traitor, because he had left Cyprus which Philometor had committed to him, and coming over to Antiochus the Illustrious, had revolted also from him, he put an end to his life by poison.
But Gorgias, who was governor of the holds, taking with him the strangers, often fought against the Jews.
And the Jews that occupied the most commodious hold, received those that were driven out of Jerusalem, and attempted to make war.
Then they that were with Machabeus, beseeching the Lord by prayers to be their helper, made a strong attack upon the strong holds of the Idumeans:
And assaulting them with great force, won the holds, killed them that came in the way, and slew altogether no fewer than twenty thousand.
And whereas some were fled into very strong towers, having all manner of provision to sustain a siege,
Machabeus left Simon and Joseph, and Zacheus, and them that were with them in sufficient number to besiege them, and departed to those expeditions which urged more.
Now they that were with Simon, being led with covetousness, were persuaded For the sake of money by some that were in the towers: and taking seventy thousand didrachmas, let some of them escape.
But when it was told Machabeus what was done, he assembled the rulers of the people, and accused those men that they had sold their brethren for money, having let their adversaries escape.
So he put these traitors to death, and forthwith took the two towers.
And having good success in arms and in all things he took in hand, he slew more than twenty thousand in the two holds.
But Timotheus who before had been overcome by the Jews, having called together a multitude of foreign troops, and assembled horsemen out of Asia, came as though he would take Judea by force of arms.
But Machabeus and they that were with him, when he drew near, prayed to the Lord, sprinkling earth upon their heads and girding their loins with haircloth,
And lying prostrate at the foot of the altar, besought him to be merciful to them, and to be an enemy to their enemies, and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law saith.
And so after prayer taking their arms, they went forth further from the city, and when they were come very near the enemies they rested.
But as soon as the sun was risen both sides joined battle: the one part having with their valour the Lord for a surety o victory and success: but the other side making their rage their leader in battle.
But when they were in the heat of the engagement there appeared to the enemies from heaven five men upon horses, comely with golden bridles, conducting the Jews:
Two of whom took Machabeus between them, and covered him on every side with their arms, and kept him safe: but cast darts and fireballs against the enemy, so that they fell down, being both confounded with blindness, and filled with trouble.
And there were slain twenty thousand five hundred, and six hundred horsemen.
But Timotheus fled into Gazara a strong hold, where Chereas was governor.
Then Machabeus, and they that were with him, cheerfully laid siege to the fortress four days.
But they that were within, trusting to the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and cast forth abominable words.
But when the fifth day appeared, twenty young men of them that were with Machabeus, inflamed in their minds because of the blasphemy, approached manfully to the wall, and pushing forward with fierce courage got up upon it.
Moreover others also getting up after them, went to set Are to the towers and the gates, and to burn the blasphemers alive.
And having for two days together pillaged and sacked the fortress, they killed Timotheus, who was found hid in a certain place: they slew also his brother Chereas, and Apollophanes.
And when this was done, they blessed the Lord with hymns and thanksgiving, who had done great things in Israel, and given them the victory.
A short time after this Lysias the king’s lieutenant, and cousin, and who had chief charge over all the affairs, being greatly displeased with what had happened,
Gathered together fourscore thousand men, and all the horsemen, and came against the Jews, thinking to take the city, and make it a habitation of the Gentiles:
And to make a gain of the temple, as of the other temples of the Gentiles, and to set the high priesthood to sale every year:
Never considering the power of God, but puffed up in mind, and trusting in the multitude of his foot soldiers, and the thousands of his horsemen, and his fourscore elephants.
So he came into Judea, and approaching to Bethsura, which was in a narrow place, the space of five furlongs from Jerusalem, he laid siege to that fortress.
But when Machabeus and they that were with him, understood that the strong holds were besieged, they and all the people besought the Lord with lamentations and tears, that he would send a good angel to save Israel.
Then Machabeus himself, first taking his arms, exhorted the rest to expose themselves together with him, to the danger, and to succour their brethren.
And when they were going forth together with a willing mind, there appeared at Jerusatem a horseman going before them in white clothing, with golden armour, shaking a spear.
Then they all together blessed merciful Lord, and took great courage, being ready to break through not only men, but also the fiercest beasts, walls of iron.
So they went on courageously, having a helper from Peaven, and the who shewed mercy to them.
And rushing violently upon the my, like lions, they slew of them eleven thousand footmen, and one thousand hundred horsemen:
And put all the rest to flight: many of them being wounded, escaped naked: yea and Lysias himself fled away shamefully, and escaped.
And as he was a man of understanding considering with himself, the loss he had suffered, and perceiving that the Hebrews could not be overcome, because they relied upon the help of the Almighty God, he sent to them:
And promised that he would agree to all things that are just, and that he would persuade the king to be their friend.
Then Machabeus consented to the request of Lysias, providing for the common Food in all things, and whatsoever Machabeus wrote to Lysias concerning the Jews, the king allowed of.
For there were letters written to the Jews from Lysias, to this effect: Lysias to the people of the Jews, greeting.
John and Abesalom who were sent from you, delivering your writings, requested that I would accomplish those things which were signified by them.
Therefore whatsoever things could be reported to the king I have represented to him: and he hath granted as much as the matter permitted.
If therefore you will keep yourselves loyal in affairs, hereafter also I will endeavour to be a means of your good.
But as concerning other particulars, I have given orders by word both to these, and to them that are sent by me, to commune with you.
Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the four and twentieth day of the month of Dioscorus.
But the king’s letter contained these words: King Antiochus to Lysias his brother, greeting.
Our father being translated amongst the gods, we are desirous that they that are in our realm should live quietly, and apply themselves diligently to their own concerns,
And we have heard that the Jews would not consent to my father to turn to the rites of the Greeks, but that they would keep to their own manner of living, and therefore that they request us to allow them to live after their own laws.
Wherefore being desirous that this nation also should be at rest, we have ordained and decreed, that the temple should be restored to them, and that they may live according to the custom of their ancestors.
Thou shalt do well therefore to send to them, and grant them peace, that our pleasure being known, they may be of good comfort, and look to their own affairs.
But the king’s letter to the Jews was in this manner: King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews, and to the rest of the Jews, greeting.
If you are well, you are as we desire, we ourselves also are well.
Menelaus came to us, saying that you desired to come down to your countrymen, that are with us.
We grant therefore a safe conduct to all that come and go, until the thirtieth day of the month of Xanthicus,
That the Jews may use their own Bind of meats, and their own laws as before, and that none of them any manner of ways be molested for things which have been done by ignorance.
And we have sent also Menelaus to speak to you.
Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the fifteenth day of the month of Xanthicus.
The Romans also sent them a letter, to this effect. Quintus Memmius, and Titus Manilius, ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the Jews, greeting.
Whatsoever Lysias the king’s cousin hath granted you, we also have granted.
But touching such things as he thought should be referred to the king, after you have diligently conferred among yourselves, send some one forthwith, that we may decree as it is convenient for you: for we are going to Antioch.
And therefore make haste to write back, that we may know of what mind you are.
Fare ye well. In the year one hundred and forty-eight, the fifteenth day of the month of Xanthicus.
When these covenants were made, Lyslas went to the king, and the Jews gave themselves to husbandry.
But they that were behind, namely, Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Genneus, also Hieronymus, and Demophon, and besides them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not suffer them to live in peace, and to be quiet.
The men of Joppe also were guilty of this kind of wickedness: they desired the Jews who dwelt among them to go with their wives and children into the boats, which they had prepared, as though they had no enmity to them.
Which when they had consented to, according to the common decree of the city, suspecting nothing, because of the peace: when they were gone forth into the deep, they drowned no fewer than two hundred of them.
But as soon as Judas heard of this cruelty done to his countrymen, he commanded the men that were with him: and after having called upon God the just judge,
He came against those murderers of his brethren, and set the haven on fire in the night, burnt the boats, and slew with the sword them that escaped from the fire.
And when he had done these things in this manner, he departed as if he would return again, and root out all the Joppites.
But when he understood that the men of Jamnia also designed to do in like manner to the Jews that dwelt among them,
He came upon the Jamnites also by night, and set the haven on fire with the ships, so that the light of the fire was seen at Jerusalem two hundred and forty furlongs off.
And when they were now gone from thence nine furlongs, and were marching towards Timotheus, five thousand footmen and Ave hundred horsemen of the Arabians set upon them.
And after a hard fight, in which by the help of God they got the victory, the rest of the Arabians being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising to give him pastures, and to assist him in other things.
And Judas thinking that they might be profitable indeed in many things, promised them peace, and after having joined hands, they departed to their tents.
He also laid siege to a certain strong city, encompassed with bridges and walls, and inhabited by multitudes of different nations, the name of which is Casphin.
But they that were within it, trusting in the strength of the walls, and the provision of victuals, behaved in a more negligent manner, and provoked Judas with railing and blaspheming, and uttering such words as were not to be spoken.
But Machabeus calling upon the great Lord of the world, who without any rams or engines of war threw down the walls of Jericho in the time of Josue, fiercely assaulted the walls.
And having taken the city by the will of the Lord, he made an unspeakable slaughter, so that a pool adjoining of two furlongs broad seemed to run with the blood of the slain.
From thence they departed seven hundred and fifty furlongs, and came to Characa to the Jews that are called Tubianites.
But as for Timotheus, they found him not in those places, for before he had dispatched any thing he went back, having left a very strong garrison in a certain hold:
But Dositheus, and Sosipater, who were captains with Machabeus, slew them that were left by Timotheus in the hold, to the number of ten thousand men.
And Machabeus having set in order about him six thousand men, and divided them by bands, went forth against Timetheus, who had with him a hundred and twenty thousand footmen, and two thousand five hundred horsemen.
Now when Timotheus had knowledge of the coming of Judas, he sent the women and children, and the other baggage before him into a fortress, called Carnion: for it was impregnable and hard to come at, by reason of the straitness of the places.
But when the first band of Judas came in sight, the enemies were struck with fear, by the presence of God, who seeth all things, and they were put to flight one from another, so that they were often thrown down by their own companions, and wounded with the strokes of their own swords.
But Judas was vehemently earnest in punishing the profane, of whom he slew thirty thousand men.
And Timotheus himself fell into the hands of the band of Dositheus and Sosipater, and with many prayers he besought them to let him go with his life, because he had the parents and brethren of many of the Jews, who, by his death, might happen to be deceived.
And when he had given his faith that he would restore them according to the agreement, they let him go without hurt, for the saving of their brethren.
Then Judas went away to Carnion, where he slew five and twenty thousand persons.
And after he had put to flight and destroyed these, he removed his army to Ephron, a strong city, wherein there dwelt a multitude of divers nations: and stout young men standing upon the walls made a vigorous resistance: and in this place there were many engines of war, and a provision of darts.
But when they had invocated the Almighty, who with his power breaketh the strength of the enemies, they took the city; and slew five and twenty thousand of them that were within.
From thence they departed to Scythopolis, which lieth six hundred furlongs from Jerusalem.
But the Jews that were among the Scythopolitans testifying that they were used kindly by them, and that even in the times of their adversity they had treated them with humanity:
They gave them thanks exhorting them to be still friendly to their nation, and so they came to Jerusalem, the feast of the weeks being at hand.
And after Pentecost they marched against Gorgias the governor of Idumea.
And he came out with three thousand footmen, and four hundred horsemen.
And when they had joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews were slain.
But Dositheus, a horseman, one of Bacenor’s band, a valiant man, took hold of Gorgias: and when he would have taken him alive, a certain horseman of the Thracians came upon him, and cut off his shoulder: and so Gorgias escaped to Maresa.
But when they that were with Esdrin had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to be their helper, and leader of the battle:
Then beginning in his own language, and singing hymns with a loud voice, he put Gorgias’ soldiers to flight.
So Judas having gathered together his army, came into the city Odollam: and when the seventh day came, they purified themselves according to the custom, and kept the sabbath in the place.
And the day following Judas cam with his company, to take away the bodies of them that were slain, and to bury them with their kinsmen, in the sepulchres of their fathers.
And they found under the coats of the slain some of the donaries of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbiddeth to the Jews: so that all plainly saw, that for this cause they were slain.
Then they all blessed the just judgment of the Lord, who had discovered the things that were hidden.
And so betaking themselves to prayers, they besought him, that the sin which had been committed might be forgotten. But the most valiant Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves from sin, forasmuch as they saw before their eyes what had happened, because of the sins of those that were slain.
And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection,
(For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,)
And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
In the year one hundred and forty-nine, Judas understood that Antiochus Eupator was coming with a multitude against Judea,
And with him Lysias the regent, who had charge over the affairs of the realm, having with him a hundred and ten thousand footmen, five thousand horsemen, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with hooks.
Menelaus also joined himself with them: and with great deceitfulness besought Antiochus, not for the welfare of his country, but in hopes that he should be appointed chief ruler.
But the King of kings stirred up the mind of Antiochus against the sinner, and upon Lysias suggesting that he was the cause of all the evils, he commanded (as the custom is with them) that he should be apprehended and put to death in the same place.
Now there was in that place a tower fifty cubits high, having a heap of ashes on every side: this had a prospect steep down.
From thence he commanded the sacrilegious wretch to be thrown down into the ashes, all men thrusting him forward unto death.
And by such a law it happened that Menelaus the transgressor of the law was put to death: not having so much as burial in the earth.
And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had committed many sins against the altar of God, the fire and ashes of which were holy: he was condemned to die in ashes.
But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was.
Which, when Judas understood, he commanded the people to call upon the Lord day and night, that as he had always done, so now also he would help them:
Because they were afraid to be deprived of the law, and of their country, and of the holy temple: and that he would not suffer the people, that had of late taken breath for a little while, to be again in subjection to blasphemous nations.
So when they had all done this together, and had craved mercy of the Lord with weeping and fasting, lying prostrate on the ground for three days continually, Judas exhorted them to make themselves ready.
But he with the ancients determined, before the king should bring his army into Judea, and make himself master of the city, to go out, and to commit the event of the thing to the judgment of the Lord.
So committing all to God, the creator of the world, and having exhorted his people to fight manfully, and to stand up even to death for the laws, the temple, the city, their country, and citizens: he placed his army about Modin.
And having given his company for a watchword, The victory of God, with most valiant chosen young men, he set upon the king’s quarter by night, and slew four thousand men in the camp, and the greatest of the elephants, with them that had been upon him,
And having filled the camp of the enemies with exceeding greet fear and tumult, they went off with good success.
Now this was done at the break of day, by the protection and help of the Lord.
But the king having taken a taste of the hardiness of the Jews, attempted to take the strong places by policy:
And he marched with his army to Bethsura, which was a strong hold of the Jews: but he was repulsed, he failed, he rest his men.
Now Judas sent necessaries to them that were within.
But Rhodocus, one of the Jews’ army, disclosed the secrets to the enemies, so he was sought out, and taken up, and put in prison.
Again the king treated with them that were in Bethsura: gave his right hand: took theirs: and went away.
He fought with Jucias: and was overcome. And when he understood that Philip, who had been left over the affairs, had rebelled at Antioch, he was in a consternation of mind, and entreating the Jews, and yielding to them, he swore to all things that seemed reasonable, and, being reconciled, offered sacrifices, honoured the temple, and left gifts.
He embraced Machabeus, and made him governor and prince from Ptolemais unto the Cerrenians.
But when he was come to Ptolemais, the men of that city were much displeased with the conditions of the peace, being angry for fear they should break the covenant.
Then Lysias went up to the judgment seat, and set forth the reason, and appeased the people, and returned to Antioch: and thus matters went with regard to the king’s coming and his return.
But after the space of three years Judas, and they that were with him, understood that Demetrius the son of Seleucus was come up with a great power, and a navy by the haven of Tripolis to places proper for his purpose.
And had made himself master of the countries against Antiochus, and his general Lysias.
Now one Alcimus, who had been chief priest, but had wilfully defiled himself in the time of mingling with the heathens, seeing that there was no safety for him, nor access to the altar,
Came to king Demetrius in the year one hundred and fifty, presenting unto him a crown of gold, and a palm, and besides these, some boughs which seemed to belong to the temple. And that day indeed he held his peace.
But having gotten a convenient time to further his madness, being called to counsel by Demetrius, and asked what the Jews relied upon, and what were their counsels,
He answered thereunto: They among the Jews that are called Assideans, of whom Judas Machabeus is captain, nourish wars, and raise seditions, and will not suffer the realm to be in peace.
For I also being deprived of my ancestors’ glory (I mean of the high priesthood) am now come hither:
Principally indeed out of fidelity to the king’s interests, but in the next place also to provide for the good of my countrymen: for all our nation suffereth much from the evil proceedings of those men.
Wherefore, O king, seeing thou knowest all these things, take care, I beseech thee, both of the country, and of our nation, according to thy humanity which is known to all men,
For as long as Judas liveth, it is not possible that the state should be quiet.
Now when this man had spoken to this effect, the rest also of the king’s friends, who were enemies of Judas, incensed Demetrius against him.
And forthwith he sent Nicanor, the commander over the elephants, governor into Judea:
Giving him in charge, to take Judas himself: and disperse all them that were with him, and to make Alcimus the high priest of the great temple.
Then the Gentiles who had fled out of Judea from Judas, came to Nicanor by docks, thinking the miseries and calamities of the Jews to be the welfare of their affairs.
Now when the Jews heard of Nicanor’s coming, and that the nations were assembled against them, they cast earth upon their heads, and made supplication to him, who chose his people to keep them for ever, and who protected his portion by evident signs.
Then at the commandment of their captain, they forthwith removed from the place where they were, and went to the town of Dessau, to meet them.
Now Simon the brother of Judas had joined battle with Nicanor, but was frightened with the sudden coming of the adversaries.
Nevertheless Nicanor hearing of the valour of Judas’ companions, and the greatness of courage with which they fought for their country, was afraid to try the matter by the sword.
Wherefore he sent Posidonius, and Theodotius, and Matthias before to present and receive the right hands.
And when there had been a consultation thereupon, and the captain had acquainted the multitude with it, the) were all of one mind to consent to covenants.
So they appointed a day upon which they might commune together by themselves: and seats were brought out, and set for each one.
But Judas ordered men to be ready in convenient places, lest some mischief might he suddenly practiced by the enemies: so they made an agreeable conference.
And Nicanor abode in Jerusalem, and did no wrong, but sent away the flocks of the multitudes that had been gathered together.
And Judas was always dear to him from the heart, and he was well affected to the man.
And he desired him to marry a wife, and to have children. So he married: he lived quietly, and they lived in common.
But Alcimus seeing the love they had one to another, and the covenants, came to Demetrius, and told him that Nicanor assented to the foreign interest, for that he meant to make Judas, who was a traitor to the kingdom, his successor.
Then the king being in a rage and provoked with this man’s wicked accusations, wrote to Nicanor, signifying, that he was greatly displeased with the covenant of friendship: and that he commanded him nevertheless to send Machabeus prisoner in all haste to Antioch.
When this was known, Nicanor was in a consternation, and took it grievously that he should make void the articles that were agreed upon, having received no injury from the man.
But because he could not oppose the king, he watched an opportunity to comply with the orders.
But when Machabeus perceived that Nicanor was more stern to him, and that when they met together as usual he behaved himself in a rough manner: and was sensible that this rough behaviour came not of good, he gathered together a few of his men, and hid himself from Nicanor.
But he finding himself notably prevented by the man, came to the great and holy temple: and commanded the priests that were offering the accustomed sacrifices, to deliver him the man.
And when they swore unto him, that they knew not where the man was whom he sought, he stretched out his hand to the temple,
And swore, saying: Unless you deliver Judas prisoner to me, I will lay this temple of God even with the ground, and will beat down the altar, and I will dedicate this temple to Bacchus.
And when he had spoken thus he departed. But the priests stretching forth their hands to heaven, called upon him that was ever the defender of their nation, saying in this manner:
Thou, O Lord of all things, who wantest nothing, wast pleased that the temple of thy habitation should be amongst us.
Therefore now, O Lord the holy of all holies, keep this house for ever undefiled which was lately cleansed.
Now Razias, one of the ancients of Jerusalem, was accused to Nicanor, a man that was a lover of the city, and of good report, who for his affection was called the father of the Jews.
This man, for a long time, had held fast his purpose of keeping himself pure in the Jews’ religion, and was ready to expose his body and life, that he might persevere therein.
So Nicanor being willing to declare the hatred that he bore the Jews, sent five hundred soldiers to take him.
For he thought by insnaring him to hurt the Jews very much.
Now as the multitude sought to rush into his house, and to break open the door, and to set fire to it, when he was ready to be taken, he struck himself with his sword:
Choosing to die nobly rather than to fall into the hands of the wicked, and to suffer abuses unbecoming his noble birth.
But whereas through haste he missed of giving himself a sure wound, and the crowd was breaking into the doors, he ran boldly to the wall, and manfully threw himself down to the crowd:
But they quickly making room for his fall, he came upon the midst of the neck.
And as he had yet breath in him, being inflamed in mind he arose: and while his blood ran down with a great stream, and he was grievously wounded, he ran through the crowd:
And standing upon a steep rock, when he was now almost without blood, grasping his bowels with both hands, he cast them upon the throng, calling upon the Lord of life and spirit, to restore these to him again: and so he departed this life.
But when Nicanor understood that Judas was in the places of Samaria, he purposed to set upon him with all violence on the sabbath day.
And when the Jews that were constrained to follow him, said: Do not act so fiercely and barbarously, but give honour to the day that is sanctified: and reverence him that beholdeth all things:
That unhappy man asked, if there were a mighty One in heaven, that had commanded the sabbath day to be kept.
And when they answered: There is the living Lord himself in heaven, the mighty One, that commanded the seventh day to be kept,
Then he said: And I am mighty upon the earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king’s business. Nevertheless he prevailed not to accomplish his design.
So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.
But Machabeus ever trusted with all hope that God would help them.
And he exhorted his people not to fear the coming of the nations, but to remember the help they had before received from heaven, and now to hope for victory from the Almighty.
And speaking to them out of the law, and the prophets, and withal putting them in mind of the battles they had fought before, he made them more cheerful:
Then after he had encouraged them, he shewed withal the falsehood of the Gentiles, and their breach of oaths.
So he armed every one of them, not with defence of shield and spear, but with very good speeches and exhortations, and told them a dream worthy to be believed, whereby he rejoiced them all.
Now the vision was in this manner: Onias who had been high priest, a good and virtuous man, modest in his looks, gentle in his manners, and graceful in his speech, and who from a child was exercised in virtues, holding up his hands, prayed for all the people of the Jews:
After this there appeared also another man, admirable for age, and glory, and environed with great beauty and majesty:
Then Onias answering, Raid: This is a lover of his brethren, and of the people of Israel: this is he that prayeth much for the people, and for all the holy city, Jeremias the prophet of God.
Whereupon Jeremias stretched forth his right hand, and gave to Judas a sword of gold, saying:
Take this holy sword a gift from God, wherewith thou shalt overthrow the adversaries of my people Israel.
Thus being exhorted with the words of Judas, which were very good, and proper to stir up the courage, and strengthen the hearts of the young men, they resolved to fight, and to set upon them manfully: that valour might decide the matter, because the holy city and the temple were in danger.
For their concern was less for their wives, and children, and for their brethren, and kinsfolks: but their greatest and principal fear was for the holiness of the temple.
And they also that were in the city, had no little concern for them that were to be engaged in battle.
And now when all expected what judgment would be given, and the enemies were at hand, and the army was set in array, the beasts and the horsemen ranged in convenient places,
Machabeus considering the coming of the multitude, and the divers preparations of armour, and the fierceness of the beasts, stretching out his hands to heaven, called upon the Lord, that worketh wonders, who giveth victory to them that are worthy, not according to the power of their arms, but according as it seemeth good to him.
And in his prayer he said after this manner: Thou, O Lord, who didst send thy angel in the time of Ezechias king of Juda, and didst kill a hundred and eighty-five thousand of the army of Sennacherib:
Send now also, O Lord of heaven, thy good angel before us, for the fear and dread of the greatness of thy arm,
That they may be afraid, who come with blasphemy against thy holy people. And thus he concluded his prayer.
But Nicanor, and they that were with him came forward, with trumpets and songs.
But Judas, and they that were with him, encountered them, calling upon God by prayers:
So fighting with their hands, but praying to the Lord with their hearts, they slew no less than five and thirty thousand, being greatly cheered with the presence of God.
And when the battle was over, and they were returning with joy, they understood that Nicanor was slain in his armour.
Then making a shout, and a great noise, they blessed the Almighty Lord in their own language.
And Judas, who was altogether ready, in body and mind, to die for his countrymen, commanded that Nicanor’s head, and his hand with the shoulder should be cut off, and carried to Jerusalem.
And when he was come thither, having called together his countrymen, and the priests to the altar, he sent also for them that were in the castle,
And shewing them the head of Nicenor, and the wicked hand, which he had stretched out, with proud boasts, against the holy house of the Almighty God,
He commanded also, that the tongue of the wicked Nicanor, should be cut out and given by pieces to birds, and the hand of the furious man to be hanged up over against the temple.
Then all blessed the Lord of heaven, saying: Blessed be he that hath kept his own place undefiled.
And he hung up Nicanor’s head in the top of the castle, that it might be an evident and manifest sign of the help of God.
And they all ordained by a common decree, by no means to let this day pass without solemnity:
But to celebrate the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, called, in the Syrian language, the day before Mardochias’ day.
So these things being done with relation to Nicanor, and from that time the city being possessed by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my narration.
Which if I have done well, and as it becometh the history, it is what I desired: but if not so perfectly, it must be pardoned me.
For as it is hurtful to drink always wine, or always water, but pleasant to use sometimes the one, and sometimes the other: so if the speech be always nicely framed, it will not be grateful to the readers. But here it shall be ended.
Matthew
The Good News According to Matthew
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Mat
The Good News According to
Matthew
The
book
of
the generation
of
Jesus
Christ,
the
son
of
David,
the
son
of
Abraham:
Abraham begot
Isaac.
And
Isaac begot
Jacob.
And
Jacob begot
Judas
and
his
brethren.
And
Judas begot Phares
and Zara
of Thamar.
And Phares begot Esron.
And Esron begot Aram.
And Aram begot Aminadab.
And Aminadab begot Naasson.
And Naasson begot
Salmon.
And
Salmon begot Booz
of
Rahab.
And Booz begot Obed
of
Ruth.
And Obed begot
Jesse.
And
Jesse begot
David
the
king.
And
David
the
king begot
Solomon,
of her
that
had been
the wife
of Urias.
And
Solomon begot Roboam.
And Roboam begot Abia.
And Abia begot
Asa.
And
Asa begot Josaphat.
And Josaphat begot
Joram.
And
Joram begot Ozias.
And Ozias begot Joatham.
And Joatham begot Achaz.
And Achaz begot Ezechias.
And Ezechias begot Manasses.
And Manesses begot
Amon.
And
Amon begot Josias.
And Josias begot Jechonias
and
his
brethren
in
the transmigration
of
Babylon.
And
after
the transmigration
of
Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel.
And Salathiel begot Zorobabel.
And Zorobabel begot
Abiud.
And
Abiud begot Eliacim.
And Eliacim begot
Azor.
And
Azor begot Sadoc.
And Sadoc begot
Achim.
And
Achim begot
Eliud.
And
Eliud begot
Eleazar.
And
Eleazar begot Mathan.
And Mathan begot
Jacob.
And
Jacob begot
Joseph
the
husband
of
Mary,
of
whom
was
born
Jesus,
who
is
called
Christ.
So
all
the
generations,
from
Abraham
to
David,
are
fourteen
generations.
And
from
David
to
the transmigration
of
Babylon,
are
fourteen
generations:
and
from
the transmigration
of
Babylon
to
Christ
are
fourteen
generations.
Now
the generation
of
Christ
was
in
this wise.
When
as
his
mother
Mary
was espoused
to
Joseph,
before
they
came
together,
she
was
found
with child,
of
the
Holy Ghost.
Whereupon
Joseph
her
husband,
being
a
just
man,
and
not
willing publicly
to expose
her,
was minded
to put
her
away
privately.
But
while
he
thought
on
these
things,
behold
the
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
in
his sleep,
saying:
Joseph,
son
of
David,
fear
not
to
take unto thee
Mary thy
wife,
for
that
which
is
conceived
in
her,
is
of
the
Holy Ghost.
And
she
shall
bring
forth
a
son:
and thou shalt
call
his
name
JESUS.
For
he
shall
save
his
people
from
their
sins.
Now
all
this
was
done
that
it might
be
fulfilled
which
the
Lord
spoke
by
the
prophet,
saying:
Behold
a
virgin
shall
be
with
child,
and bring
forth
a
son,
and
they
shall
call
his
name Emmanuel,
which
being interpreted
is,
God
with
us.
And
Joseph rising
up
from
sleep,
did
as
the
angel
of
the
Lord
had
commanded
him,
and
took unto
him
his
wife.
And
he
knew
her
not till
she brought
forth
her firstborn
son:
and
he
called
his
name
JESUS.
When
Jesus
therefore
was
born
in
Bethlehem
of Juda,
in
the
days
of
king
Herod,
behold,
there
came wise men
from
the
east
to
Jerusalem.
Saying,
Where
is
he
that
is
born
king
of
the
Jews?
For
we
have
seen
his
star
in
the
east,
and
are
come
to adore
him.
And
king
Herod
hearing
this,
was
troubled,
and
all
Jerusalem
with
him.
And assembling
together
all
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
of
the
people,
he
inquired
of
them
where
Christ
should
be
born.
But
they
said
to
him:
In
Bethlehem
of Juda.
For
so
it
is
written
by
the
prophet:
And thou
Bethlehem
the
land
of Juda art
not
the
least
among
the princes
of Juda:
for
out
of thee
shall
come
forth
the captain
that
shall
rule
my
people
Israel.
Then
Herod,
privately
calling
the wise
men, learned diligently
of
them
the
time
of
the
star
which
appeared
to
them;
And
sending
them
into
Bethlehem,
said:
Go
and diligently
inquire
after
the
child,
and
when
you
have
found
him,
bring
me
word
again,
that
I
also
may
come
to adore
him.
Who having
heard
the
king,
went
their
way;
and
behold
the
star
which
they
had
seen
in
the
east,
went
before
them,
until
it
came
and
stood
over
where
the
child
was.
And
seeing
the
star
they
rejoiced
with exceeding
great
joy.
And entering
into
the
house,
they found
the
child
with
Mary
his
mother,
and
falling
down
they adored
him;
and
opening
their
treasures,
they
offered
him
gifts;
gold,
frankincense,
and
myrrh.
And having received
an answer
in sleep
that
they
should
not
return
to
Herod,
they
went
back
another
way
into
their
country.
And
after
they
were
departed,
behold
an
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
in sleep
to
Joseph,
saying:
Arise,
and
take
the
child
and
his
mother,
and fly
into
Egypt:
and
be
there
until
I
shall
tell thee.
For
it
will
come
to pass
that
Herod
will
seek
the
child
to
destroy
him.
Who arose,
and
took
the
child
and
his
mother
by
night,
and retired
into
Egypt:
and
he
was
there
until
the death
of
Herod:
That
it
might
be
fulfilled
which
the
Lord
spoke
by
the
prophet,
saying:
Out
of
Egypt
have
I
called
my
son.
Then
Herod perceiving
that
he
was deluded
by
the wise
men,
was exceeding angry;
and
sending
killed
all
the
men
children
that
were
in
Bethlehem,
and
in
all
the borders thereof,
from
two
years
old
and
under,
according
to
the
time
which
he
had diligently inquired
of
the wise
men.
Then
was
fulfilled
that
which
was
spoken
by Jeremias
the
prophet,
saying:
A
voice
in Rama
was
heard, lamentation
and
great
mourning;
Rachel bewailing
her
children,
and
would
not
be
comforted,
because
they
are
not.
But
when
Herod
was dead,
behold
an
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
in sleep
to
Joseph
in
Egypt,
Saying:
Arise,
and
take
the
child
and
his
mother,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Israel.
For
they
are
dead
that
sought
the
life
of
the
child.
Who arose,
and
took
the
child
and
his
mother,
and
came
into
the
land
of
Israel.
But
hearing
that
Archelaus
reigned
in
Judea
in
the room
of
Herod
his
father,
he
was
afraid
to
go thither:
and being
warned
in sleep retired
into
the quarters
of
Galilee.
And
coming
he dwelt
in
a
city
called
Nazareth:
that
it
might
be
fulfilled
which
was
said
by
prophets:
That
he
shall
be
called
a
Nazarene.
And
in
those
days cometh
John
the
Baptist
preaching
in
the
desert
of
Judea.
And
saying:
Do penance:
for
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
at
hand.
For
this
is
he
that
was
spoken
of
by Isaias
the
prophet,
saying:
A
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
desert,
Prepare ye
the
way
of
the
Lord,
make
straight
his
paths.
And
the
same
John
had
his
garment
of camels’
hair,
and
a leathern girdle
about
his
loins:
and
his
meat
was
locusts
and
wild
honey.
Then
went
out
to
him
Jerusalem
and
all
Judea,
and
all
the
country
about
Jordan:
And
were
baptized
by
him
in
the
Jordan,
confessing
their
sins.
And
seeing
many
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
coming
to
his
baptism,
he
said
to
them: Ye
brood
of
vipers,
who hath shewed
you
to
flee
from
the
wrath
to
come?
Bring
forth
therefore
fruit
worthy
of penance.
And
think
not
to
say
within
yourselves,
We
have
Abraham
for
our
father.
For
I
tell
you
that
God
is
able
of
these
stones
to
raise
up
children
to
Abraham.
For
now
the
axe
is
laid
to
the
root
of
the
trees.
Every
tree
therefore
that doth
not yield
good
fruit,
shall
be
cut
down,
and
cast
into
the
fire.
I
indeed
baptize
you
in
the
water unto penance,
but
he
that
shall
come
after
me,
is
mightier
than
I,
whose
shoes
I
am
not
worthy
to
bear;
he
shall
baptize
you
in
the
Holy Ghost
and
fire.
Whose fan
is
in
his
hand,
and
he
will thoroughly cleanse
his
floor
and
gather
his
wheat
into
the
barn;
but
the
chaff
he
will
burn
with
unquenchable
fire.
Then cometh
Jesus
from
Galilee
to
the
Jordan, unto
John,
to be
baptized
by
him.
But
John stayed
him,
saying:
I ought
to
be
baptized
by thee,
and comest thou
to
me?
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
him: Suffer
it
to
be
so
now.
For
so
it becometh
us
to
fulfill
all
justice.
Then
he suffered
him.
And
Jesus being
baptized, forthwith
came
out
of
the
water:
and
lo,
the
heavens
were
opened
to
him:
and
he
saw
the
Spirit
of
God
descending
as
a
dove,
and
coming
upon
him.
And
behold
a
voice
from
heaven,
saying:
This
is
my
beloved
Son,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased.
Then
Jesus
was
led
by
the
spirit
into
the
desert,
to be
tempted
by
the
devil.
And
when
he
had
fasted
forty
days
and
forty
nights,
afterwards
he
was
hungry.
And
the
tempter
coming
said
to
him:
If thou
be
the
Son
of
God,
command
that
these
stones
be
made
bread.
Who
answered
and
said:
It
is
written,
Not
in
bread
alone doth
man
live,
but
in
every
word
that proceedeth
from
the
mouth
of
God.
Then
the
devil
took
him
up
into
the
holy
city,
and
set
him
upon
the
pinnacle
of
the
temple,
And
said
to
him:
If thou
be
the
Son
of
God,
cast thyself
down,
for
it
is
written:
That
he hath
given
his
angels
charge
over thee,
and
in
their
hands
shall
they
bear thee
up, lest
perhaps thou dash thy
foot
against
a
stone.
Jesus
said
to
him:
It
is
written
again: Thou shalt
not tempt
the
Lord thy
God.
Again
the
devil
took
him
up
into
a
very
high
mountain,
and shewed
him
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world,
and
the
glory
of
them,
And
said
to
him:
All
these
will
I
give thee,
if
falling
down thou wilt adore
me.
Then
Jesus saith
to
him: Begone,
Satan:
for
it
is
written,
The
Lord thy
God shalt thou adore,
and
him
only shalt thou
serve.
Then
the
devil
left
him;
and
behold
angels
came
and
ministered
to
him.
And
when
Jesus
had
heard
that
John
was
delivered
up,
he retired
into
Galilee:
And
leaving
the city
Nazareth,
he
came
and dwelt
in Capharnaum
on
the
sea coast,
in
the borders
of Zabulon
and Nephthalim;
That
it might be
fulfilled
which
was
said
by Isaias
the
prophet:
Land
of Zabulon
and
land
of Nephthalim,
the
way
of
the
sea
beyond
the
Jordan,
Galilee
of
the
Gentiles:
The
people
that
sat
in
darkness, hath
seen
great
light:
and
to
them
that
sat
in
the
region
of
the
shadow
of
death,
light
is sprung up.
From
that
time
Jesus
began
to
preach,
and
to
say:
Do penance,
for
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
at
hand.
And
Jesus
walking
by
the
sea
of
Galilee,
saw
two
brethren,
Simon
who
is
called
Peter,
and
Andrew
his
brother,
casting
a net
into
the
sea (for
they
were
fishers).
And
he saith
to
them:
Come ye
after
me,
and
I
will
make
you
to
be
fishers
of
men.
And
they
immediately
leaving
their
nets,
followed
him.
And
going
on
from thence,
he
saw
other
two
brethren,
James
the son
of
Zebedee,
and
John
his
brother,
in
a
ship
with
Zebedee
their
father,
mending
their
nets:
and
he
called
them.
And
they forthwith
left
their nets
and
father,
and
followed
him.
And
Jesus
went
about
all
Galilee,
teaching
in
their
synagogues,
and
preaching
the
gospel
of
the
kingdom:
and
healing
all manner
of
sickness
and
every infirmity,
among
the
people.
And
his fame
went
throughout
all
Syria,
and
they
presented
to
him
all
sick
people
that
were taken
with divers
diseases
and torments,
and such
as
were
possessed
by devils,
and lunatics,
and
those
that
had palsy,
and
he
cured
them:
And
much
people
followed
him
from
Galilee,
and
from
Decapolis,
and
from
Jerusalem,
and
from
Judea,
and
from
beyond
the
Jordan.
And
seeing
the
multitudes,
he
went
up
into
a
mountain,
and
when
he
was set
down,
his
disciples
came unto
him.
And
opening
his
mouth,
he
taught
them,
saying:
Blessed
are
the
poor
in
spirit:
for
theirs
is
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Blessed
are
the meek:
for
they shall possess
the
land.
Blessed
are
they
that
mourn:
for
they shall be
comforted.
Blessed
are
they
that
hunger
and
thirst
after
justice:
for
they
shall
have
their fill.
Blessed
are
the
merciful:
for
they shall obtain
mercy.
Blessed
are
the
clean
of
heart:
for
they
shall
see
God.
Blessed
are
the
peacemakers:
for
they
shall
be
called children
of
God.
Blessed
are
they
that suffer persecution
for justice’
sake:
for
theirs
is
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Blessed
are ye
when
they
shall revile
you,
and
persecute
you,
and
speak
all
that
is
evil
against
you, untruly,
for
my
sake:
Be
glad
and
rejoice,
for
your
reward
is
very
great
in
heaven.
For
so
they
persecuted
the
prophets
that
were
before
you.
You
are
the
salt
of
the
earth.
But
if
the
salt lose
its savour, wherewith
shall
it
be
salted?
It
is
good
for
nothing
any
more
but
to
be
cast
out,
and
to
be trodden
on
by
men.
You
are
the
light
of
the
world.
A
city seated
on
a
mountain
cannot
be
hid.
Neither
do
men
light
a candle
and
put
it
under
a bushel,
but
upon
a candlestick,
that
it
may
shine
to
all
that
are
in
the
house.
So
let
your
light
shine
before
men,
that
they
may
see
your
good
works,
and
glorify
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
Do
not
think
that
I am
come
to
destroy
the
law,
or
the
prophets.
I am
not
come
to
destroy,
but
to
fulfill.
For
amen
I
say unto
you, till
heaven
and
earth
pass,
one jot,
or
one tittle
shall
not
pass
of
the
law, till
all
be fulfilled.
He
therefore
that
shall
break
one
of
these
least
commandments,
and
shall
so
teach
men,
shall
be
called
the
least
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
But
he
that
shall
do
and
teach,
he
shall
be
called
great
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
For
I
tell
you,
that
unless
your
justice
abound
more
than
that
of
the
scribes
and
Pharisees,
you
shall
not
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
You
have
heard
that
it
was
said
to
them
of
old: Thou shalt
not kill.
And whosoever
shall kill
shall
be
in danger
of
the
judgment.
But
I
say
to
you,
that whosoever
is
angry
with
his
brother, shall
be
in danger
of
the
judgment.
And whosoever shall
say
to
his
brother, Raca, shall
be
in danger
of
the
council.
And whosoever shall
say, Thou
Fool, shall
be
in danger
of
hell
fire.
If
therefore thou
offer thy
gift
at
the
altar,
and
there thou
remember
that thy
brother hath
any thing
against thee;
Leave
there thy
offering
before
the
altar,
and
go
first
to
be
reconciled
to thy
brother:
and
then
coming thou shalt
offer thy
gift.
Be
at agreement
with thy
adversary betimes, whilst thou art
in
the
way
with
him: lest
perhaps
the
adversary
deliver thee
to
the
judge,
and
the
judge
deliver thee
to
the
officer,
and thou
be
cast
into
prison.
Amen
I
say
to thee, thou shalt
not
go
out
from thence till thou
repay
the
last farthing.
You
have
heard
that
it
was
said
to
them
of old: Thou shalt
not
commit
adultery.
But
I
say
to
you,
that whosoever shall
look
on
a
woman
to
lust
after
her, hath
already
committed
adultery
with
her
in
his
heart.
And
if thy
right
eye scandalize thee,
pluck
it
out
and
cast
it
from thee.
For
it
is expedient
for thee
that
one
of thy
members
should
perish,
rather
than
that thy
whole
body
be
cast
into
hell.
And
if thy
right
hand scandalize thee,
cut
it
off,
and
cast
it
from thee:
for
it
is expedient
for thee
that
one
of thy
members
should
perish, rather
than
that thy
whole
body
be
cast
into
hell.
And
it hath been
said, whosoever shall
put
away
his
wife,
let
him
give
her
a bill
of
divorce.
But
I
say
to
you,
that whosoever
shall
put
away
his
wife, excepting
for
the
cause
of
fornication, maketh
her
to
commit
adultery:
and
he
that
shall
marry
her
that
is
put
away, committeth
adultery.
Again
you
have
heard
that
it
was
said
to
them
of
old, Thou shalt
not forswear thyself:
but thou shalt perform thy
oaths
to
the
Lord.
But
I
say
to
you
not
to
swear
at
all,
neither
by
heaven,
for
it
is
the
throne
of
God:
Nor
by
the
earth,
for
it
is
his
footstool:
nor
by
Jerusalem,
for
it
is
the
city
of
the
great
king:
Neither shalt thou
swear
by thy
head,
because thou canst
not
make
one
hair
white
or
black.
But
let
your
speech
be yea, yea:
no,
no:
and
that
which
is
over
and above
these,
is
of
evil.
You
have
heard
that
it hath
been
said,
An
eye
for
an
eye,
and
a
tooth
for
a
tooth.
But
I
say
to
you
not
to
resist
evil:
but
if
one strike thee
on thy
right
cheek,
turn
to
him
also
the
other:
And
if
a man
will contend
with thee
in
judgment,
and
take
away thy
coat,
let
go thy
cloak
also unto
him.
And whosoever
will force thee
one
mile,
go
with
him
other
two,
Give
to
him
that asketh
of thee
and
from
him
that
would
borrow
of thee
turn
not
away.
You
have
heard
that
it hath
been
said, Thou shalt
love thy
neighbor,
and
hate thy
enemy.
But
I
say
to
you,
Love
your
enemies:
do good
to
them
that hate
you:
and
pray
for
them
that
persecute
and calumniate
you:
That
you
may
be
the children
of
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
who maketh
his
sun
to
rise
upon
the
good,
and
bad,
and raineth
upon
the
just
and
the
unjust.
For
if
you
love
them
that
love
you,
what
reward
shall
you
have?
do
not
even
the publicans
this?
And
if
you salute
your
brethren
only,
what
do
you
more?
do
not
also
the heathens
this?
Be
you
therefore
perfect,
as
also
your
heavenly
Father
is
perfect.
Take heed
that
you
do
not
your
justice
before
men,
to
be
seen
by
them:
otherwise
you
shall
not
have
a
reward
of
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
Therefore
when thou dost
an almsdeed,
sound
not
a
trumpet
before thee,
as
the
hypocrites
do
in
the
synagogues
and
in
the
streets,
that
they
may
be honoured
by
men.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
they
have
received
their
reward.
But
when thou dost
alms,
let
not thy
left
hand
know
what thy
right
hand doth.
That thy
alms
may
be
in
secret,
and thy
Father
who seeth
in
secret
will
repay thee.
And
when ye
pray,
you
shall
not
be
as
the
hypocrites,
that
love
to
stand
and
pray
in
the
synagogues
and
corners
of
the
streets,
that
they
may
be
seen
by
men:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
they
have
received
their
reward.
But thou
when thou shalt
pray,
enter
into thy chamber,
and having
shut
the
door,
pray
to thy
Father
in
secret:
and thy
Father
who seeth
in
secret
will
repay thee.
And
when
you
are
praying, speak
not much,
as
the heathens.
For
they
think
that
in
their much speaking
they
may
be
heard.
Be
not
you
therefore
like
to
them,
for
your
Father knoweth
what
is needful
for
you,
before
you
ask
him.
Thus
therefore shall
you
pray:
Our
Father
who art
in
heaven,
hallowed
be thy
name.
Thy
kingdom
come. Thy
will
be
done
on
earth
as
it
is
in
heaven.
Give
us
this
day our supersubstantial
bread.
And
forgive
us
our
debts,
as
we
also
forgive
our
debtors.
And
lead
us
not
into
temptation.
But
deliver
us
from
evil. Amen.
For
if
you
will
forgive
men
their offences,
your
heavenly
Father
will
forgive
you
also
your offences.
But
if
you
will
not
forgive
men,
neither
will
your
Father
forgive
you
your offences.
And
when
you
fast,
be
not
as
the
hypocrites,
sad.
For
they disfigure
their
faces,
that
they
may
appear unto
men
to
fast.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
they
have
received
their
reward.
But thou,
when thou fastest
anoint thy
head,
and
wash thy
face;
That thou
appear
not
to
men
to
fast,
but
to thy
Father
who
is
in
secret:
and thy
Father
who seeth
in
secret,
will
repay thee.
Lay
not
up
to
yourselves
treasures
on
earth:
where
the
rust,
and
moth consume,
and
where
thieves
break through
and
steal.
But lay
up
to
yourselves
treasures
in
heaven:
where
neither
the
rust
nor
moth doth consume,
and
where
thieves
do
not
break
through,
nor
steal.
For
where thy
treasure
is,
there
is thy
heart
also.
The
light
of thy
body
is thy
eye.
If thy
eye
be single, thy
whole
body shall
be lightsome.
But
if thy
eye
be
evil thy
whole
body
shall
be darksome.
If
then
the
light
that
is
in thee,
be
darkness:
the
darkness itself
how
great
shall
it
be!
No
man
can
serve
two
masters.
For
either
he
will
hate
the
one,
and
love
the
other:
or
he
will sustain
the
one,
and
despise
the
other.
You
cannot
serve
God
and mammon.
Therefore
I
say
to
you,
be
not solicitous
for
your
life,
what
you
shall
eat,
nor
for
your
body,
what
you
shall
put
on.
Is
not
the
life
more
than
the
meat:
and
the
body
more
than
the raiment?
Behold
the
birds
of
the
air,
for
they
neither
sow,
nor
do
they
reap,
nor
gather
into
barns:
and
your
heavenly
Father feedeth
them.
Are
not
you
of
much
more value
than
they?
And
which
of
you
by taking thought,
can
add
to
his
stature
by
one cubit?
And
for raiment
why
are
you solicitous? Consider
the
lilies
of
the
field,
how
they
grow:
they labour
not,
neither
do
they
spin.
But
I
say
to
you,
that
not
even
Solomon
in
all
his
glory
was arrayed
as
one
of
these.
And
if
the
grass
of
the
field,
which
is
today,
and
tomorrow
is
cast
into
the oven,
God doth
so clothe:
how
much
more
you, O ye
of little faith?
Be
not solicitous
therefore,
saying,
What shall
we
eat:
or
what shall
we
drink,
or wherewith shall
we
be
clothed?
For
after
all
these
things
do
the heathens
seek.
For
your
Father knoweth
that
you
have
need
of
all
these
things.
Seek ye
therefore
first
the
kingdom
of
God,
and
his
justice,
and
all
these
things
shall
be
added unto
you.
Be
not
therefore solicitous
for
tomorrow;
for
the morrow
will
be solicitous
for
itself.
Sufficient
for
the
day
is
the
evil thereof.
Judge
not,
that
you
may
not
be
judged,
For
with
what
judgment
you
judge,
you
shall
be
judged:
and
with
what
measure
you mete,
it
shall
be
measured
to
you
again.
Any
why seest thou
the mote
that
is
in thy
brother’s
eye;
and seest
not
the beam
that
is
in thy
own
eye?
Or
how sayest thou
to thy
brother:
Let
me
cast
the mote
out
of thy
eye;
and
behold
a beam
is
in thy
own
eye?
Thou
hypocrite,
cast
out
first
the beam
in thy
own
eye,
and
then shalt thou
see
to
cast
out
the mote
out
of thy
brother’s
eye.
Give
not
that
which
is
holy
to
dogs;
neither
cast ye
your
pearls
before
swine,
lest
perhaps
they
trample
them
under
their
feet,
and
turning upon
you,
they
tear
you.
Ask,
and
it
shall
be
given
you:
seek,
and
you
shall
find:
knock,
and
it
shall
be
opened
to
you.
For
every
one
that asketh, receiveth:
and
he
that seeketh, findeth:
and
to
him
that knocketh,
it
shall
be
opened.
Or
what
man
is
there
among
you,
of
whom if
his
son
shall
ask
bread,
will
he reach
him
a
stone?
Or
if
he
shall
ask
him
a
fish,
will
he reach
him
a
serpent?
If
you
then
being
evil,
know
how
to
give
good
gifts
to
your
children:
how
much
more
will
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
give
good
things
to
them
that
ask
him?
All
things
therefore whatsoever
you
would
that
men
should
do
to
you,
do
you
also
to
them.
For
this
is
the
law
and
the
prophets.
Enter ye
in
at
the
narrow
gate:
for
wide
is
the
gate,
and
broad
is
the
way
that leadeth
to
destruction,
and
many
there
are
who
go
in thereat.
How
narrow
is
the
gate,
and strait
is
the
way
that leadeth
to
life:
and
few
there
are
that
find
it!
Beware
of
false
prophets,
who
come
to
you
in
the
clothing
of
sheep,
but
inwardly
they
are ravening
wolves.
By
their
fruits
you shall
know
them.
Do
men
gather
grapes
of
thorns,
or
figs
of
thistles?
Even
so
every
good
tree bringeth
forth
good
fruit,
and
the
evil
tree bringeth
forth
evil
fruit.
A
good
tree
cannot
bring
forth
evil
fruit,
neither
can
an
evil
tree
bring
forth
good
fruit.
Every
tree
that bringeth
not
forth
good
fruit,
shall
be
cut
down,
and
shall
be
cast
into
the
fire.
Wherefore
by
their
fruits
you shall
know
them.
Not
every
one
that saith
to
me,
Lord,
Lord,
shall
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven:
but
he
that doth
the
will
of
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
he
shall
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Many
will
say
to
me
in
that
day:
Lord,
Lord,
have
not
we
prophesied
in thy
name,
and
cast
out devils
in thy
name,
and
done
many
miracles
in thy
name?
And
then
will
I
profess unto
them,
I
never
knew
you:
depart
from
me,
you
that
work iniquity.
Every
one
therefore
that heareth
these
my
words,
and doth
them,
shall
be likened
to
a
wise
man
that
built
his
house
upon
a
rock,
And
the
rain
fell,
and
the
floods
came,
and
the
winds
blew,
and
they
beat
upon
that
house,
and
it
fell
not,
for
it
was
founded
on
a
rock.
And
every
one
that heareth
these
my
words,
and doth
them
not,
shall
be
like
a
foolish
man
that
built
his
house
upon
the
sand,
And
the
rain
fell,
and
the
floods
came,
and
the
winds
blew,
and
they
beat
upon
that
house,
and
it
fell,
and
great
was
the
fall thereof.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
Jesus
had fully ended
these
words,
the
people
were
in admiration
at
his doctrine.
For
he
was
teaching
them
as
one
having
power,
and
not
as
the
scribes
and Pharisees.
And
when
he
was
come
down
from
the
mountain,
great
multitudes
followed
him:
And
behold
a
leper
came
and adored
him,
saying:
Lord,
if thou wilt, thou canst
make
me
clean.
And
Jesus
stretching forth
his
hand,
touched
him,
saying:
I
will,
be thou
made
clean.
And forthwith
his
leprosy
was
cleansed.
And
Jesus saith
to
him:
See thou
tell
no
man:
but
go, shew thyself
to
the
priest,
and
offer
the
gift
which
Moses
commanded
for
a
testimony unto
them.
And
when
he
had
entered
into Capharnaum,
there
came
to
him
a
centurion,
beseeching
him,
And
saying,
Lord,
my
servant lieth
at
home
sick
of
the palsy,
and
is grieviously
tormented.
And
Jesus saith
to
him:
I
will
come
and
heal
him.
And
the
centurion making
answer,
said:
Lord,
I
am
not
worthy
that thou shouldst
enter
under
my
roof:
but
only
say
the
word,
and
my
servant
shall
be
healed.
For
I
also
am
a
man
subject
to
authority,
having
under
me
soldiers;
and
I
say
to
this,
Go,
and
he goeth,
and
to
another,
Come,
and
he cometh,
and
to
my
servant,
Do
this,
and
he doeth
it.
And
Jesus
hearing
this, marvelled;
and
said
to
them
that
followed
him:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
I
have
not
found
so
great
faith
in
Israel.
And
I
say
to
you
that
many
shall
come
from
the
east
and
the
west,
and
shall
sit
down
with
Abraham,
and
Isaac,
and
Jacob
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven:
But
the children
of
the
kingdom
shall
be
cast
out
into
the exterior
darkness:
there
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
And
Jesus
said
to
the
centurion:
Go,
and
as thou hast
believed,
so
be
it
done
to thee.
And
the
servant
was
healed
at
the
same
hour.
And
when
Jesus
was
come
into
Peter’s
house,
he
saw
his wife’s mother
lying,
and
sick
of
a
fever:
And
he
touched
her
hand,
and
the
fever
left
her,
and
she arose
and
ministered
to
them.
And
when
evening
was
come,
they
brought
to
him
many
that
were
possessed
with devils:
and
he
cast
out
the
spirits
with
his
word:
and
all
that
were
sick
he
healed:
That
it
might
be
fulfilled,
which
was
spoken
by
the
prophet Isaias,
saying:
He
took
our
infirmities,
and
bore
our
diseases.
And
Jesus
seeing
great
multitudes
about
him,
gave
orders
to pass
over
the water.
And
a certain
scribe
came
and
said
to
him: Master,
I
will
follow thee whithersoever thou shalt
go.
And
Jesus saith
to
him:
The
foxes
have
holes,
and
the
birds
of
the
air
nests:
but
the
son
of
man hath
not
where
to
lay
his
head.
And
another
of
his
disciples
said
to
him:
Lord, suffer
me
first
to
go
and
bury
my
father.
But
Jesus
said
to
him:
Follow
me,
and
let
the
dead
bury
their
dead.
And
when
he
entered
into
the
boat,
his
disciples
followed
him:
And
behold
a
great tempest
arose
in
the
sea,
so
that
the
boat
was
covered
with
waves,
but
he
was
asleep.
And
they
came
to
him,
and awaked
him,
saying:
Lord,
save
us,
we
perish.
And
Jesus saith
to
them:
Why
are
you fearful, O ye
of little faith?
Then rising
up
he
commanded
the
winds,
and
the
sea,
and
there
came
a
great
calm.
But
the
men
wondered,
saying:
What manner
of
man
is
this,
for
the
winds
and
the
sea
obey
him?
And
when
he
was
come
on
the
other
side
of
the water,
into
the
country
of
the Gerasens,
there
met
him
two
that
were possessed
with devils,
coming
out
of
the sepulchres, exceeding fierce,
so
that
none
could
pass
by
that
way.
And
behold
they
cried
out,
saying:
What
have
we
to
do
with thee,
Jesus
Son
of
God? art thou
come hither
to
torment
us
before
the
time?
And
there
was,
not
far
from
them,
an
herd
of
many
swine
feeding.
And
the devils besought
him,
saying:
If thou
cast
us
out hence,
send
us
into
the
herd
of
swine.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go.
But
they
going
out
went
into
the
swine,
and
behold
the
whole
herd ran violently
down
a
steep
place
into
the
sea:
and
they
perished
in
the
waters.
And
they
that
kept them
fled:
and coming
into
the
city,
told
every thing,
and concerning them
that
had
been possessed
by
the devils.
And
behold
the
whole
city
went
out
to
meet
Jesus,
and
when
they
saw
him,
they besought
him
that
he
would
depart
from
their coasts.
And entering
into
a
boat,
he passed
over
the water
and
came
into
his
own
city.
And
behold
they
brought
to
him
one
sick
of
the palsy
lying
in
a
bed.
And
Jesus,
seeing
their
faith,
said
to
the man
sick
of
the palsy:
Be
of good heart,
son, thy
sins
are
forgiven thee.
And
behold
some
of
the
scribes
said
within
themselves:
He blasphemeth.
And
Jesus
seeing
their
thoughts,
said:
Why
do
you think
evil
in
your
hearts?
Whether
is
easier,
to
say, Thy
sins
are
forgiven thee:
or
to
say,
Arise,
and
walk?
But
that
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
man hath
power
on
earth
to
forgive
sins, (then
said
he
to
the
man sick
of palsy,)
Arise,
take
up thy
bed,
and
go
into thy
house.
And
he arose,
and
went
into
his
house.
And
the
multitude
seeing
it,
feared,
and
glorified
God
that
gave
such
power
to
men.
And
when
Jesus
passed
on
from
hence,
he
saw
a
man
sitting
in
the custom house,
named
Matthew;
and
he saith
to
him:
Follow
me.
And
he
rose
up
and
followed
him.
And
it
came
to
pass
as
he
was sitting
at
meat
in
the
house,
behold
many publicans
and
sinners
came,
and sat down
with
Jesus
and
his
disciples.
And
the
Pharisees
seeing
it,
said
to
his
disciples:
Why doth
your master
eat
with publicans
and
sinners?
But
Jesus
hearing
it,
said:
They
that
are
in health
need
not
a
physician,
but
they
that
are ill.
Go
then
and
learn
what
this meaneth,
I
will
have
mercy
and
not
sacrifice.
For
I
am
not
come
to
call
the
just,
but
sinners.
Then
came
to
him
the
disciples
of
John,
saying:
Why
do
we
and
the
Pharisees
fast
often,
but thy
disciples
do
not
fast?
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
Can
the children
of
the
bridegroom
mourn,
as
long
as
the
bridegroom
is
with
them?
But
the
days
will
come,
when
the
bridegroom
shall
be
taken
away
from
them,
and
then
they
shall
fast.
And
nobody putteth
a
piece
of raw
cloth unto
an
old
garment.
For
it taketh
away
the
fullness thereof
from
the
garment,
and
there
is
made
a
greater rent.
Neither
do
they
put
new
wine
into
old bottles.
Otherwise
the bottles
break,
and
the
wine runneth
out,
and
the bottles
perish.
But
new
wine
they
put
into
new bottles:
and
both
are
preserved.
And
he
was
speaking
these
things unto
them,
behold
a certain
ruler
came
up,
and adored
him,
saying: Lord,
my
daughter
is
even
now dead;
but
come,
lay thy
hand
upon
her,
and
she
shall
live.
And
Jesus rising
up
followed
him,
with
his
disciples.
And
behold
a
woman
who
was troubled
with
an issue
of blood
twelve
years,
came
behind
him,
and
touched
the hem
of
his
garment.
For
she
said
within
herself:
If
I shall
touch
only
his
garment,
I shall
be healed.
But
Jesus
turning
and
seeing
her,
said:
Be
of good heart,
daughter, thy
faith hath
made thee whole.
And
the
woman
was
made whole
from
that
hour.
And
when
Jesus
was
come
into
the
house
of
the
ruler,
and
saw
the minstrels
and
the
multitude making
a rout,
He
said:
Give place,
for
the
girl
is
not
dead,
but sleepeth.
And
they laughed
him
to scorn.
And
when
the
multitude
was
put forth,
he
went
in,
and
took
her
by
the
hand.
And
the maid arose.
And
the fame hereof
went abroad
into
all
that
country.
And
as
Jesus
passed
from thence,
there
followed
him
two
blind
men
crying
out
and
saying,
Have
mercy
on
us, O
Son
of
David.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the
house,
the
blind
men
came
to
him.
And
Jesus saith
to
them,
Do
you
believe,
that
I
can
do
this unto
you?
They
say
to
him, Yea,
Lord.
Then
he
touched
their
eyes,
saying,
According
to
your
faith,
be
it
done unto
you.
And
their
eyes
were
opened,
and
Jesus strictly charged
them,
saying,
See
that
no
man
know
this.
But
they
going
out,
spread
his fame abroad
in
all
that
country.
And
when
they
were
gone
out,
behold
they
brought
him
a dumb
man, possessed
with
a devil.
And
after
the devil
was
cast
out,
the dumb
man
spoke,
and
the
multitudes
wondered,
saying,
Never
was
the
like
seen
in
Israel.
But
the
Pharisees
said,
By
the
prince
of devils
he casteth
out devils.
And
Jesus
went
about
all
the
cities,
and
towns,
teaching
in
their
synagogues,
and
preaching
the
gospel
of
the
kingdom,
and
healing
every
disease,
and
every infirmity.
And
seeing
the
multitudes,
he
had
compassion
on
them:
because
they
were
distressed,
and lying
like
sheep
that
have
no
shepherd.
Then
he saith
to
his
disciples,
The
harvest
indeed
is
great,
but
the labourers
are
few.
Pray ye
therefore
the
Lord
of
the
harvest,
that
he
send forth labourers
into
his
harvest.
And
having
called
his
twelve
disciples
together,
he
gave
them
power
over
unclean
spirits,
to
cast
them
out,
and
to
heal
all manner
of
diseases,
and
all manner
of infirmities.
And
the
names
of
the
twelve
apostles
are
these:
The
first,
Simon
who
is
called
Peter,
and
Andrew
his
brother,
James
the son
of Zebedee,
and John
his brother,
Philip
and
Bartholomew,
Thomas
and
Matthew
the publican,
and
James
the son
of Alpheus,
and Thaddeus,
Simon
the Cananean,
and
Judas
Iscariot,
who
also
betrayed
him.
These
twelve
Jesus
sent:
commanding
them,
saying:
Go ye
not
into
the
way
of
the
Gentiles,
and
into
the
city
of
the
Samaritans
enter ye
not.
But
go ye
rather
to
the
lost
sheep
of
the
house
of
Israel.
And
going,
preach,
saying:
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
at
hand.
Heal
the
sick,
raise
the
dead,
cleanse
the
lepers,
cast
out devils:
freely
have
you
received,
freely
give.
Do
not
possess
gold,
nor
silver,
nor
money
in
your purses:
Nor scrip
for
your
journey,
nor
two
coats,
nor
shoes,
nor
a
staff;
for
the
workman
is
worthy
of
his
meat.
And
into whatsoever
city
or
town
you shall
enter,
inquire
who
in
it
is
worthy,
and
there
abide till
you
go thence.
And
when
you
come
into
the
house, salute
it, saying: Peace be
to
this
house.
And
if
that
house
be
worthy,
your
peace
shall
come
upon
it;
but
if
it
be
not
worthy,
your
peace
shall
return
to
you.
And whosoever
shall
not
receive
you,
nor
hear
your
words:
going
forth
out
of
that
house
or
city
shake
off
the
dust
from
your
feet.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
it
shall
be
more
tolerable
for
the
land
of
Sodom
and Gomorrha
in
the
day
of
judgment,
than
for
that
city.
Behold
I
send
you
as
sheep
in
the
midst
of
wolves.
Be ye
therefore
wise
as
serpents
and simple
as
doves.
But
beware
of
men.
For
they
will
deliver
you
up
in
councils,
and
they
will
scourge
you
in
their
synagogues.
And
you
shall
be
brought
before
governors,
and
before
kings
for
my
sake,
for
a
testimony
to
them
and
to
the
Gentiles:
But
when
they shall
deliver
you
up, take
no thought
how
or
what
to
speak:
for
it shall
be
given
you
in
that
hour
what
to
speak.
For
it
is
not
you
that
speak,
but
the
Spirit
of
your
Father
that speaketh
in
you.
The
brother
also
shall
deliver
up
the
brother
to
death,
and
the
father
the
son:
and
the
children
shall
rise
up
against
their
parents,
and
shall
put
them
to
death.
And
you
shall
be
hated
by
all
men
for
my
name’s
sake:
but
he
that
shall persevere unto
the
end,
he
shall
be
saved.
And
when
they
shall
persecute
you
in
this
city,
flee
into
another.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
you
shall
not
finish
all
the
cities
of
Israel, till
the
Son
of
man
come.
The
disciple
is
not
above
the
master,
nor
the
servant
above
his
lord.
It
is
enough
for
the
disciple
that
he
be
as
his
master,
and
the
servant
as
his
lord.
If
they
have
called
the goodman
of
the
house Beelzebub,
how
much
more
them
of
his
household?
Therefore
fear
them
not.
For
nothing
is
covered
that
shall
not
be
revealed:
nor hid,
that
shall
not
be
known.
That
which
I
tell
you
in
the
dark,
speak ye
in
the
light:
and
that
which
you
hear
in
the
ear,
preach ye
upon
the
housetops.
And
fear ye
not
them
that
kill
the
body,
and
are
not
able
to
kill
the
soul:
but
rather
fear
him
that
can
destroy
both
soul
and
body
in
hell.
Are
not
two
sparrows
sold
for
a farthing?
and
not
one
of
them
shall
fall
on
the
ground
without
your
Father.
But
the
very
hairs
of
your
head
are
all
numbered.
Fear
not
therefore:
better
are
you
than
many
sparrows.
Every
one
therefore
that
shall
confess
me
before
men,
I
will
also
confess
him
before
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
But
he
that
shall
deny
me
before
men,
I
will
also
deny
him
before
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
Do
not
think
that
I
came
to send
peace
upon
earth:
I
came
not
to send
peace,
but
the
sword.
For
I
came
to
set
a
man
at variance
against
his
father,
and
the
daughter
against
her
mother,
and
the
daughter
in law
against
her
mother
in law.
And
as
a
man’s
enemies
shall
be
they
of
his
own
household.
He
that loveth
father
or
mother
more
than
me,
is
not
worthy
of
me;
and
he
that loveth
son
or
daughter
more
than
me,
is
not
worthy
of
me.
And
he
that taketh
not up
his
cross,
and followeth
me,
is
not
worthy
of
me.
He
that findeth
his
life,
shall
lose
it:
and
he
that
shall
lose
his
life
for
me,
shall
find
it.
He that receiveth
you, receiveth
me:
and
he that receiveth
me, receiveth
him that
sent
me.
He that receiveth
a
prophet
in
the
name
of
a
prophet,
shall
receive
the
reward
of
a
prophet:
and
he that receiveth
a
just
man
in
the
name
of
a
just
man,
shall
receive
the
reward
of
a
just
man.
And whosoever
shall
give
to
drink
to
one
of
these
little
ones
a
cup
of
cold
water
only
in
the
name
of
a
disciple,
amen
I
say
to
you,
he
shall
not
lose
his
reward.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Jesus
had
made
an end
of commanding
his
twelve
disciples,
he
passed
from thence,
to
teach
and
preach
in
their
cities.
Now
when
John
had
heard
in
prison
the
works
of
Christ:
sending two
of
his
disciples
he said
to
him:
Art thou
he
that art
to
come,
or
look
we
for
another?
And
Jesus making
answer
said
to
them:
Go
and relate
to
John
what
you
have
heard
and
seen.
The
blind
see,
the
lame
walk,
the
lepers
are
cleansed,
the
deaf
hear,
the
dead
rise
again,
the
poor
have
the
gospel
preached
to
them.
And
blessed
is
he
that
shall
not
be scandalized
in
me.
And
when
they
went
their
way,
Jesus
began
to
say
to
the
multitudes
concerning
John:
What
went
you
out
into
the
desert
to
see?
a
reed
shaken
with
the
wind?
But
what
went
you
out
to
see?
a
man clothed
in
soft garments?
Behold
they
that
are clothed
in
soft garments,
are
in
the houses
of
kings.
But
what
went
you
out
to
see?
a
prophet? yea
I
tell
you,
and more
than
a
prophet.
For
this
is
he
of
whom
it
is
written:
Behold
I
send
my
angel
before thy
face,
who
shall
prepare thy
way
before thee.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
there hath
not
risen
among
them
that
are
born
of
women
a
greater
than
John
the
Baptist:
yet
he
that
is
the lesser
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
greater
than
he.
And
from
the
days
of
John
the
Baptist
until
now,
the
kingdom
of
heaven suffereth
violence,
and
the
violent bear
it
away.
For
all
the
prophets
and
the
law
prophesied
until
John:
And
if
you
will
receive
it,
he
is Elias
that
is
to
come.
He
that hath
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.
But whereunto
shall
I esteem
this
generation
to
be
like?
It
is
like
to
children
sitting
in
the
market
place.
Who crying
to
their companions
say:
We
have piped
to
you,
and
you
have
not
danced:
we
have lamented,
and
you
have
not mourned.
For
John
came
neither
eating
nor
drinking;
and
they
say:
He hath
a devil.
The
Son
of
man
came
eating
and
drinking,
and
they
say:
Behold
a
man
that
is
a glutton
and
a wine drinker,
a
friend
of publicans
and
sinners.
And
wisdom
is
justified
by
her children.
Then
began
he
to upbraid
the
cities wherein
were
done
the
most
of
his
miracles,
for
that
they
had
not
done penance.
Woe
to thee, Corozain,
woe
to thee,
Bethsaida:
for
if
in
Tyre
and
Sidon
had
been wrought
the
miracles
that
have
been wrought
in
you,
they
had
long
ago
done penance
in
sackcloth
and
ashes.
But
I
say unto
you,
it
shall
be
more
tolerable
for
Tyre
and
Sidon
in
the
day
of
judgment,
than
for
you.
And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou
be
exalted up
to
heaven? thou shalt
go
down
even unto
hell.
For
if
in
Sodom
had
been wrought
the
miracles
that
have
been wrought
in thee, perhaps
it
had
remained unto
this
day.
But
I
say unto
you,
that
it shall
be
more
tolerable
for
the
land
of
Sodom
in
the
day
of
judgment,
than
for thee.
At
that
time
Jesus
answered
and
said:
I
confess
to thee, O
Father,
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
because thou hast
hid
these
things
from
the
wise
and prudent,
and hast
revealed
them
to
the little
ones.
Yea,
Father;
for
so hath
it seemed
good
in thy
sight.
All
things
are
delivered
to
me
by
my
Father.
And
no
one knoweth
the
Son,
but
the
Father:
neither doth
any
one
know
the
Father,
but
the
Son,
and
he
to
whom
it
shall please
the
Son
to
reveal
him.
Come
to
me,
all
you
that labour,
and
are
burdened,
and
I
will
refresh
you.
Take
up
my
yoke
upon
you,
and
learn
of
me,
because
I
am
meek,
and
humble
of
heart:
and
you
shall
find
rest
to
your
souls.
For
my
yoke
is sweet
and
my
burden
light.
At
that
time
Jesus
went
through
the corn
on
the
sabbath:
and
his
disciples being
hungry,
began
to pluck
the ears,
and
to
eat.
And
the
Pharisees
seeing
them,
said
to
him:
Behold thy
disciples
do
that
which
is
not
lawful
to
do
on
the
sabbath days.
But
he
said
to
them:
Have
you
not
read
what
David
did
when
he
was
hungry,
and
they
that
were
with
him:
How
he
entered
into
the
house
of
God,
and
did
eat
the
loaves
of proposition,
which
it
was
not
lawful
for
him
to
eat,
nor
for
them
that
were
with
him,
but
for
the
priests
only?
Or
have ye
not
read
in
the
law,
that
on
the
sabbath days
the
priests
in
the
temple
break
the
sabbath,
and
are
without blame?
But
I
tell
you
that
there
is
here
a
greater
than
the
temple.
And
if
you
knew
what
this meaneth:
I
will
have
mercy,
and
not
sacrifice:
you
would
never
have condemned
the
innocent.
For
the
Son
of
man
is
Lord
even
of
the
sabbath.
And
when
he
has
passed
from thence,
he
came
into
their
synagogues.
And
behold
there
was
a
man
who
had
a
withered
hand,
and
they
asked
him,
saying:
Is
it
lawful
to
heal
on
the
sabbath days?
that
they
might
accuse
him.
But
he
said
to
them:
What
man
shall
there
be
among
you,
that hath
one
sheep:
and
if
the
same
fall
into
a
pit
on
the
sabbath
day,
will
he
not
take
hold
on
it
and
lift
it
up?
How
much better
is
a
man
than
a
sheep?
Therefore
it
is
lawful
to
do
a
good deed
on
the
sabbath days.
Then
he saith
to
the
man:
Stretch forth thy
hand;
and
he
stretched
it forth,
and
it
was
restored
to
health
even
as
the
other.
And
the
Pharisees
going
out made
a
consultation
against
him,
how
they might
destroy
him.
But
Jesus
knowing
it, retired
from thence:
and
many
followed
him,
and
he
healed
them
all.
And
he charged
them
that
they
should
not
make
him
known.
That
it might be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
by Isaias
the
prophet,
saying:
Behold
my
servant
whom
I
have
chosen,
my
beloved
in
whom
my
soul hath
been
well
pleased.
I
will
put
my
spirit
upon
him,
and
he
shall shew
judgment
to
the
Gentiles.
He
shall
not contend,
nor
cry
out,
neither
shall
any
man
hear
his
voice
in
the
streets.
The
bruised
reed
he
shall
not
break:
and smoking flax
he
shall
not
extinguish: till
he
send forth
judgment unto
victory.
And
in
his
name
the
Gentiles
shall
hope.
Then
was
offered
to
him
one possessed
with
a devil,
blind
and dumb:
and
he
healed
him,
so
that
he
spoke
and
saw.
And
all
the
multitudes
were
amazed,
and
said:
Is
not
this
the
son
of
David?
But
the
Pharisees
hearing
it,
said:
This
man casteth
not
out
the devils
but
by Beelzebub
the
prince
of
the devils.
And
Jesus
knowing
their
thoughts,
said
to
them:
Every
kingdom
divided
against
itself
shall
be
made
desolate:
and
every
city
or
house
divided
against
itself
shall
not
stand.
And
if
Satan
cast
out
Satan,
he
is
divided
against
himself:
how
then
shall
his
kingdom
stand?
And
if
I
by Beelzebub
cast
out devils,
by
whom
do
your children
cast
them
out?
Therefore
they
shall
be
your
judges.
But
if
I
by
the
Spirit
of
God
cast
out devils,
then
is
the
kingdom
of
God
come
upon
you.
Or
how
can
any
one
enter
into
the
house
of
the
strong,
and rifle
his
goods,
unless
he
first
bind
the
strong?
and
then
he
will rifle
his
house.
He
that
is
not
with
me,
is
against
me:
and
he
that gathereth
not
with
me, scattereth.
Therefore
I
say
to
you:
Every
sin
and
blasphemy
shall
be
forgiven
men,
but
the
blasphemy
of
the
Spirit
shall
not
be
forgiven.
And whosoever
shall
speak
a
word
against
the
Son
of
man,
it
shall
be
forgiven
him:
but
he
that
shall
speak
against
the
Holy Ghost,
it
shall
not
be
forgiven
him,
neither
in
this
world,
nor
in
the
world
to
come.
Either
make
the
tree
good
and
its
fruit
good:
or
make
the
tree evil,
and
its
fruit evil.
For
by
the
fruit
the
tree
is
known.
O generation
of
vipers,
how
can
you
speak
good
things, whereas
you
are
evil?
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
the
heart
the
mouth speaketh.
A
good
man
out
of
a
good
treasure bringeth forth
good
things:
and
an
evil
man
out
of
an
evil
treasure bringeth forth
evil
things.
But
I
say unto
you,
that
every
idle
word
that
men
shall
speak,
they
shall
render
an
account
for
it
in
the
day
of
judgment.
For
by thy
words thou shalt
be
justified,
and
by thy
words thou shalt
be condemned.
Then
some
of
the
scribes
and
Pharisees
answered
him,
saying: Master
we
would
see
a
sign
from thee.
Who
answering
said
to
them:
An
evil
and
adulterous
generation seeketh
a
sign:
and
a
sign
shall
not
be
given
it,
but
the
sign
of Jonas
the
prophet.
For
as Jonas
was
in
the whale’s
belly
three
days
and
three
nights:
so
shall
the
Son
of
man
be
in
the
heart
of
the
earth
three
days
and
three
nights.
The
men
of Ninive
shall
rise
in
judgment
with
this
generation,
and
shall
condemn
it:
because
they
did penance
at
the
preaching
of Jonas.
And
behold
a
greater
than Jonas
here.
The
queen
of
the
south
shall
rise
in
judgment
with
this
generation,
and
shall
condemn
it:
because
she
came
from
the
ends
of
the
earth
to
hear
the
wisdom
of
Solomon,
and
behold
a
greater
than
Solomon
here.
And
when
an
unclean
spirit
is
gone
out
of
a
man
he walketh
through dry
places
seeking
rest,
and findeth
none.
Then
he saith:
I
will
return
into
my
house
from whence
I
came
out.
And
coming
he findeth
it empty,
swept,
and garnished.
Then
he goeth,
and taketh
with
him
seven
other
spirits
more
wicked
than
himself,
and
they
enter
in
and
dwell
there:
and
the
last state
of
that
man
is
made
worse
than
the
first.
So
shall
it
be
also
to
this
wicked
generation.
As
he
was
yet
speaking
to
the
multitudes,
behold
his
mother
and
his
brethren
stood
without,
seeking
to
speak
to
him.
And
one
said unto
him:
Behold thy
mother
and thy
brethren
stand
without,
seeking thee.
But
he
answering
him
that
told
him,
said:
Who
is
my
mother,
and
who
are
my
brethren?
And
stretching forth
his
hand towards
his
disciples,
he
said:
Behold
my
mother
and
my
brethren.
For whosoever
shall
do
the
will
of
my
Father,
that
is
in
heaven,
he
is
my
brother,
and
sister,
and
mother.
The same
day
Jesus
going
out
of
the
house,
sat
by
the
sea
side.
And
great
multitudes
were
gathered unto
him,
so
that
he
went
up
into
a
boat
and
sat:
and
all
the
multitude
stood
on
the shore.
And
he
spoke
to
them
many
things
in
parables,
saying:
Behold
the
sower
went
forth
to
sow.
And whilst
he soweth
some
fell
by
the
way
side,
and
the
birds
of
the air
came
and
ate
them
up.
And
other
some
fell
upon stony
ground,
where
they
had
not
much
earth:
and
they sprung
up
immediately,
because
they
had
no deepness
of
earth.
And
when
the
sun
was up
they
were
scorched:
and
because
they
had
not
root,
they
withered
away.
And
others
fell
among
thorns:
and
the
thorns
grew
up
and choked
them.
And
others
fell
upon
good
ground:
and
they brought forth
fruit,
some
an
hundredfold,
some sixtyfold,
and
some thirtyfold.
He
that hath
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.
And
his
disciples
came
and
said
to
him:
Why speakest thou
to
them
in
parables?
Who
answered
and
said
to
them:
Because
to
you
it
is
given
to
know
the
mysteries
of
the
kingdom
of
heaven:
but
to
them
it
is
not
given.
For
he
that hath,
to
him
shall
be
given,
and
he
shall
abound:
but
he
that hath
not,
from
him
shall
be
taken
away
that
also
which
he hath.
Therefore
do
I
speak
to
them
in
parables:
because
seeing
they
see
not,
and
hearing
they
hear
not,
neither
do
they
understand.
And
the
prophecy
of Isaias
is
fulfilled
in
them,
who saith:
By
hearing
you
shall
hear,
and
shall
not
understand:
and
seeing
you
shall
see,
and
shall
not
perceive.
For
the
heart
of
this
people
is grown gross,
and
with
their
ears
they
have
been
dull
of
hearing,
and
their
eyes
they
have shut: lest
at
any time
they
should
see
with
their
eyes,
and
hear
with
their
ears,
and
understand
with
their
heart,
and
be converted,
and
I
should
heal
them.
But
blessed
are
your
eyes,
because
they
see,
and
your
ears,
because
they
hear.
For,
amen,
I
say
to
you,
many
prophets
and
just
men
have
desired
to
see
the
things
that
you
see,
and
have
not
seen
them,
and
to
hear
the
things
that
you
hear
and
have
not
heard
them.
Hear
you
therefore
the
parable
of
the
sower.
When
any
one heareth
the
word
of
the
kingdom,
and understandeth
it
not,
there cometh
the
wicked
one,
and catcheth
away
that
which
was
sown
in
his
heart:
this
is
he
that received
the seed
by
the
way
side.
And
he
that
received
the seed
upon stony ground,
is
he
that heareth
the
word,
and
immediately receiveth
it
with
joy.
Yet hath
he
not
root
in
himself,
but
is
only
for
a time:
and
when
there ariseth
tribulation
and
persecution
because
of
the
word,
he
is presently scandalized.
And
he
that received
the seed
among
thorns,
is
he
that heareth
the
word,
and
the care
of
this
world
and
the
deceitfulness
of
riches choketh
up
the
word,
and
he becometh fruitless.
But
he
that received
the seed
upon
good
ground,
is
he
that heareth
the
word,
and understandeth,
and beareth
fruit,
and yieldeth
the
one
an
hundredfold,
and another
sixty,
and another
thirty.
Another
parable
he proposed
to
them,
saying:
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is likened
to
a
man
that
sowed
good
seeds
in
his
field.
But
while
men
were
asleep,
his
enemy
came
and oversowed cockle
among
the
wheat
and
went
his
way.
And
when
the
blade
was sprung up,
and
had brought
forth
fruit,
then
appeared
also
the cockle.
And
the
servants
of
the goodman
of
the
house
coming
said
to
him:
Sir, didst thou
not
sow
good
seed
in thy
field? whence
then hath
it cockle?
And
he
said
to
them:
An
enemy hath
done
this.
And
the
servants
said
to
him: Wilt thou
that
we
go
and
gather
it up?
And
he
said:
No, lest
perhaps
gathering up
the cockle,
you root up
the
wheat
also
together
with
it.
Suffer
both
to
grow
until
the
harvest,
and
in
the
time
of
the
harvest
I
will
say
to
the
reapers:
Gather
up
first
the cockle,
and
bind
it
into
bundles
to
burn,
but
the
wheat
gather ye
into
my
barn.
Another
parable
he proposed unto
them,
saying:
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
to
a
grain
of
mustard
seed,
which
a
man
took
and
sowed
in
his
field.
Which
is
the
least
indeed
of
all
seeds;
but
when
it
is
grown
up,
it
is
greater
than
all herbs,
and becometh
a
tree,
so
that
the
birds
of
the
air
come,
and dwell
in
the
branches thereof.
Another
parable
he
spoke
to
them:
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
to
leaven,
which
a
woman
took
and
hid
in
three
measures
of meal,
until
the
whole
was
leavened.
All
these
things
Jesus
spoke
in
parables
to
the
multitudes:
and
without
parables
he did
not
speak
to
them.
That
it
might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
by
the
prophet,
saying:
I
will
open
my
mouth
in
parables,
I
will
utter
things
hidden
from
the
foundation
of
the world.
Then having sent
away
the
multitudes,
he
came
into
the
house,
and
his
disciples
came
to
him,
saying: Expound
to
us
the
parable
of
the cockle
of
the
field.
Who
made
answer
and
said
to
them:
He
that soweth
the
good
seed,
is
the
Son
of
man.
And
the
field,
is
the
world.
And
the
good
seed
are
the
children
of
the
kingdom.
And
the cockle,
are
the
children
of
the
wicked
one.
And
the
enemy
that
sowed
them,
is
the
devil.
But
the
harvest
is
the
end
of
the
world.
And
the
reapers
are
the
angels.
Even
as cockle
therefore
is
gathered
up,
and burnt
with
fire:
so
shall
it
be
at
the
end
of
the
world.
The
Son
of
man
shall
send
his
angels,
and
they
shall
gather
out
of
his
kingdom
all scandals,
and
them
that work iniquity.
And
shall
cast
them
into
the
furnace
of
fire:
there
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
Then
shall
the
just
shine
as
the
sun,
in
the
kingdom
of
their
Father.
He
that hath
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like unto
a
treasure
hidden
in
a
field.
Which
a
man
having
found,
hid
it,
and
for
joy thereof goeth,
and selleth
all
that
he hath,
and buyeth
that
field.
Again
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
to
a
merchant
seeking
good
pearls.
Who
when
he
had
found
one
pearl
of
great price,
went
his
way,
and
sold
all
that
he
had,
and
bought
it.
Again
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
to
a net
cast
into
the
sea,
and
gathering
together
of
all
kind
of fishes.
Which,
when
it
was
filled,
they
drew
out,
and
sitting
by
the shore,
they chose
out
the
good
into vessels,
but
the
bad
they
cast
forth.
So
shall
it
be
at
the
end
of
the
world.
The
angels
shall
go
out,
and
shall
separate
the
wicked
from
among
the
just.
And
shall
cast
them
into
the
furnace
of
fire:
there
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
Have ye
understood
all
these
things?
They
say
to
him:
Yes.
He
said unto
them:
Therefore
every
scribe instructed
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven,
is
like
to
a
man
that
is
a householder,
who bringeth forth
out
of
his
treasure
new
things
and
old.
And
it
came
to
pass:
when
Jesus
had
finished
these
parables,
he passed
from thence.
And
coming
into
his
own
country,
he
taught
them
in
their
synagogues,
so
that
they wondered
and
said:
How
came
this
man
by
this
wisdom
and
miracles?
Is
not
this
the
carpenter’s
son?
Is
not
his
mother
called
Mary,
and
his
brethren
James,
and
Joseph,
and
Simon,
and
Jude:
And
his
sisters,
are
they
not
all
with us? Whence
therefore hath
he
all
these
things?
And
they
were scandalized
in
his regard.
But
Jesus
said
to
them:
A
prophet
is
not
without honour, save
in
his
own
country,
and
in
his
own
house.
And
he wrought
not
many
miracles
there,
because
of
their
unbelief.
At
the
time
Herod
the Tetrarch
heard
the fame
of
Jesus.
And
he
said
to
his
servants:
This
is
John
the
Baptist:
he
is
risen
from
the
dead,
and
therefore
mighty
works shew forth
themselves
in
him.
For
Herod
had apprehended
John
and
bound
him,
and
put
him
into
prison,
because
of
Herodias,
his
brother’s
wife.
For
John
said
to
him:
It
is
not
lawful
for thee
to
have
her.
And
having
a
mind
to
put
him
to
death,
he
feared
the
people:
because
they esteemed
him
as
a
prophet.
But
on
Herod’s
birthday,
the
daughter
of
Herodias
danced
before
them:
and
pleased
Herod.
Whereupon
he
promised
with
an
oath,
to
give
her whatsoever
she
would
ask
of
him.
But
she being
instructed
before
by
her
mother,
said:
Give
me
here
in
a dish
the
head
of
John
the
Baptist.
And
the
king
was
struck
sad:
yet
because
of
his
oath,
and
for
them
that sat
with
him
at
table,
he
commanded
it
to
be
given.
And
he
sent,
and
beheaded
John
in
the
prison.
And
his
head
was
brought
in
a dish:
and
it
was
given
to
the damsel,
and
she
brought
it
to
her
mother.
And
his
disciples
came
and
took
the
body,
and
buried
it,
and
came
and
told
Jesus.
Which
when
Jesus
had
heard,
he retired
from thence
by
boat,
into
a
desert
place apart,
and
the
multitudes having
heard
of
it,
followed
him
on foot
out
of
the
cities.
And
he
coming
forth
saw
a
great
multitude,
and
had
compassion
on
them,
and
healed
their
sick.
And
when
it
was
evening,
his
disciples
came
to
him,
saying:
This
is
a
desert
place,
and
the
hour
is
now
past:
send
away
the
multitudes,
that
going
into
the towns,
they
may
buy
themselves victuals.
But
Jesus
said
to
them,
They
have
no
need
to
go:
give
you
them
to
eat.
They
answered
him:
We
have
not
here,
but
five
loaves,
and
two fishes.
He
said
to
them:
Bring
them hither
to
me.
And
when
he
had
commanded
the
multitudes
to
sit
down
upon
the
grass,
he
took
the
five
loaves
and
the
two fishes,
and
looking
up
to
heaven,
he
blessed,
and brake,
and
gave
the
loaves
to
his
disciples,
and
the
disciples
to
the
multitudes.
And
they did
all
eat,
and
were
filled.
And
they
took
up
what remained,
twelve
full
baskets
of
fragments.
And
the number
of
them
that
did
eat,
was
five
thousand
men,
besides
women
and
children.
And forthwith
Jesus obliged
his
disciples
to
go
up
into
the
boat,
and
to
go
before
him
over
the water, till
he
dismissed
the
people.
And having
dismissed
the
multitude,
he
went
into
a
mountain
alone
to
pray.
And
when
it
was
evening,
he
was
there
alone.
But
the
boat
in
the
midst
of
the
sea
was tossed
with
the
waves:
for
the
wind
was
contrary.
And
in
the fourth
watch
of
the
night,
he
came
to
them
walking
upon
the
sea.
And
they
seeing
him
walk
upon
the
sea,
were
troubled,
saying:
It
is
an apparition.
And
they
cried
out
for
fear.
And
immediately
Jesus
spoke
to
them,
saying:
Be
of
good heart:
it
is
I,
fear ye
not.
And
Peter making
answer,
said:
Lord,
if
it
be thou, bid
me
come
to thee
upon
the
waters.
And
he
said:
Come.
And
Peter
going
down
out
of
the
boat,
walked
upon
the
water
to
come
to
Jesus.
But
seeing
the
wind
strong,
he
was
afraid:
and
when
he
began
to
sink,
he
cried
out,
saying:
Lord,
save
me.
And
immediately
Jesus
stretching forth
his
hand
took
hold
of
him,
and
said
to
him: O thou
of little faith,
why didst thou doubt?
And
when
they
were
come
up
into
the
boat,
the
wind
ceased.
And
they
that
were
in
the
boat
came
and adored
him,
saying:
Indeed thou art
the
Son
of
God.
And having passed
the water,
they
came
into
the
country
of Genesar.
And
when
the
men
of
that
place
had knowledge
of
him,
they
sent
into
all
that
country,
and
brought
to
him
all
that
were diseased.
And
they besought
him
that
they
might
touch
but
the hem
of
his
garment.
And
as
many
as
touched,
were made whole.
Then
came
to
him
from
Jerusalem
scribes
and
Pharisees,
saying:
Why
do thy
disciples
transgress
the
tradition
of
the ancients?
For
they
wash
not
their
hands
when
they
eat
bread.
But
he
answering,
said
to
them:
Why
do
you
also
transgress
the
commandment
of
God
for
your
tradition?
For
God
said:
Honour thy
father
and
mother:
And:
He
that
shall curse
father
or
mother,
let
him
die
the
death.
But
you
say: Whosoever shall
say
to
father
or
mother,
The
gift whatsoever proceedeth
from
me, shall
profit thee.
And
he
shall
not honour
his
father
or
his mother:
and
you
have made void
the
commandment
of
God
for
your
tradition.
Hypocrites,
well hath Isaias
prophesied
of
you,
saying:
This
people honoureth
me
with
their
lips:
but
their
heart
is
far
from
me.
And
in
vain do
they
worship
me,
teaching
doctrines
and
commandments
of
men.
And having
called
together
the
multitudes unto
him,
he
said
to
them:
Hear ye
and
understand.
Not
that
which goeth
into
the
mouth defileth
a
man:
but
what cometh
out
of
the
mouth,
this defileth
a
man.
Then
came
his
disciples,
and
said
to
him: Dost thou
know
that
the
Pharisees,
when
they
heard
this
word,
were scandalized?
But
he
answering
them,
said:
Every
plant
which
my
heavenly
Father hath
not
planted, shall
be rooted up.
Let
them
alone:
they
are
blind,
and leaders
of
the
blind.
And
if
the
blind
lead
the
blind,
both
will
fall
into
the
pit.
And
Peter
answering,
said
to
him: Expound
to
us
this
parable.
But
he
said:
Are
you
also
yet
without
understanding?
Do
you
not
understand,
that whatsoever entereth
into
the
mouth, goeth
into
the
belly,
and
is
cast
out
into
the privy?
But
the
things
which
proceed
out
of
the
mouth,
come
forth
from
the
heart,
and
those
things
defile
a
man.
For
from
the
heart
come
forth
evil
thoughts,
murders,
adulteries,
fornications,
thefts, false testimonies,
blasphemies.
These
are
the
things
that
defile
a
man.
But
to
eat
with
unwashed
hands doth
not
defile
a
man.
And
Jesus
went
from thence,
and retired
into
the coasts
of
Tyre
and
Sidon.
And
behold
a
woman
of Canaan
who
came
out
of
those coasts,
crying
out,
said
to
him:
Have
mercy
on
me, O
Lord, thou
son
of
David:
my
daughter
is grieviously troubled
by
the devil.
Who
answered
her
not
a
word.
And
his
disciples
came
and besought
him,
saying:
Send
her
away,
for
she crieth
after
us:
And
he
answering,
said:
I
was
not
sent
but
to
the
sheep
that
are
lost
of
the
house
of
Israel.
But
she
came
and adored
him,
saying:
Lord,
help
me.
Who
answering,
said:
It
is
not
good
to
take
the
bread
of
the
children,
and
to
cast
it
to
the
dogs.
But
she
said: Yea,
Lord;
for
the whelps
also
eat
of
the
crumbs
that
fall
from
the
table
of
their
masters.
Then
Jesus
answering,
said
to
her:
O
woman,
great
is thy
faith:
be
it
done
to thee
as thou wilt:
and
her
daughter
was
cured
from
that
hour.
And
when
Jesus
had
passed away
from thence,
he
came nigh
the
sea
of
Galilee.
And
going
up
into
a
mountain,
he
sat
there.
And
there
came
to
him
great
multitudes,
having
with
them
the dumb,
the
blind,
the
lame,
the maimed,
and
many
others:
and
they
cast
them
down
at
his
feet,
and
he
healed
them:
So
that
the
multitudes marvelled
seeing
the dumb
speak,
the
lame
walk,
and
the
blind
see:
and
they
glorified
the
God
of
Israel.
And
Jesus
called
together
his
disciples,
and
said:
I
have
compassion
on
the
multitudes,
because
they
continue
with
me
now
three
days,
and
have
not
what
to
eat,
and
I
will
not
send
them
away fasting, lest
they
faint
in
the
way.
And
the
disciples
say unto
him: Whence
then
should
we
have
so
many
loaves
in
the desert,
as
to fill
so
great
a
multitude?
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
How
many
loaves
have
you?
But
they
said:
Seven,
and
a
few
little fishes.
And
he
commanded
the
multitude
to
sit
down
upon
the
ground.
And
taking
the
seven
loaves
and
the fishes,
and
giving
thanks,
he brake,
and
gave
to
his
disciples,
and
the
disciples
to
the
people.
And
they did
all
eat,
and
had
their fill.
And
they
took
up
seven
baskets
full,
of
what remained
of
the
fragments.
And
they
that
did
eat,
were
four
thousand
men, beside
children
and
women.
And having
dismissed
the
multitude,
he
went
up
into
a
boat,
and
came
into
the coasts
of Magedan.
And there
came
to
him
the
Pharisees
and Sadduccees tempting:
and
they
asked
him
to shew
them
a
sign
from
heaven.
But
he
answered
and
said
to
them:
When
it
is
evening,
you
say,
It
will
be
fair
weather,
for
the
sky
is
red.
And
in
the
morning:
Today
there
will
be
a
storm,
for
the
sky
is
red
and lowering.
You
know
then
how
to
discern
the
face
of
the
sky:
and
can
you
not
know
the
signs
of
the
times?
A
wicked
and
adulterous
generation seeketh
after
a
sign:
and
a
sign
shall
not
be
given
it,
but
the
sign
of Jonas
the prophet.
And
he
left
them,
and
went
away.
And
when
his
disciples
were
come
over
the water,
they
had
forgotten
to
take
bread.
Who
said
to
them:
Take heed
and
beware
of
the
leaven
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.
But
they
thought
within
themselves,
saying:
Because
we
have
taken
no
bread.
And
Jesus
knowing
it,
said:
Why
do
you think
within
yourselves, O ye
of little faith,
for
that
you
have
no
bread?
Do
you
not
yet
understand,
neither
do
you
remember
the
five
loaves among
five
thousand men,
and
how
many
baskets
you
took up?
Nor
the
seven
loaves among
four
thousand men,
and
how
many
baskets
you
took up?
Why
do
you
not
understand
that
it
was
not
concerning
the
bread
I
said
to
you:
Beware
of
the
leaven
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees?
Then
they
understood
that
he
said
not
that
they
should
beware
of
the
leaven
of
bread,
but
of
the doctrine
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.
And
Jesus
came
into
the quarters
of Cesarea
Philippi:
and
he
asked
his
disciples,
saying:
Whom
do
men
say
that
the
Son
of
man
is?
But
they
said:
Some
John
the
Baptist,
and
other
some Elias,
and
others Jeremias,
or
one
of
the
prophets.
Jesus saith
to
them:
But
whom
do
you
say
that
I
am?
Simon
Peter
answered
and
said: Thou art
Christ,
the
Son
of
the
living
God.
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
him:
Blessed art thou,
Simon Bar-Jona:
because
flesh
and
blood hath
not
revealed
it
to thee,
but
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
And
I
say
to thee:
That thou art
Peter;
and
upon
this
rock
I
will
build
my
church,
and
the
gates
of
hell
shall
not
prevail
against
it.
And
I
will
give
to thee
the
keys
of
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
And whatsoever thou shalt
bind
upon
earth,
it
shall
be
bound
also
in
heaven:
and whatsoever thou shalt
loose
upon
earth,
it
shall
be
loosed
also
in
heaven.
Then
he commanded
his
disciples,
that
they
should
tell
no
one
that
he
was
Jesus
the
Christ.
From
that
time
Jesus
began
to shew
to
his
disciples,
that
he
must
go
to
Jerusalem,
and
suffer
many
things
from
the ancients
and
scribes
and
chief
priests,
and
be
put
to
death,
and
the
third
day
rise
again.
And
Peter
taking
him,
began
to
rebuke
him,
saying:
Lord,
be
it
far
from thee,
this
shall
not
be unto thee.
Who
turning,
said
to
Peter:
Go
behind
me,
Satan, thou art
a scandal unto
me:
because thou savourest
not
the
things
that
are
of
God,
but
the
things
that
are
of
men.
Then
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples:
If
any
man
will
come
after
me,
let
him
deny
himself,
and
take
up
his
cross,
and
follow
me.
For
he
that
will
save
his
life, shall
lose
it:
and
he
that shall
lose
his
life
for
my
sake, shall
find
it.
For
what doth
it
profit
a
man,
if
he
gain
the
whole
world,
and
suffer
the
loss
of
his
own
soul?
Or
what
exchange
shall
a
man
give
for
his
soul?
For
the
Son
of
man
shall
come
in
the
glory
of
his
Father
with
his
angels:
and
then
will
he
render
to
every
man
according
to
his works.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
there
are
some
of
them
that
stand
here,
that
shall
not
taste
death, till
they
see
the
Son
of
man
coming
in
his
kingdom.
And
after
six
days
Jesus taketh unto
him
Peter
and
James,
and
John
his
brother,
and bringeth
them
up
into
a
high
mountain apart:
And
he
was
transfigured
before
them.
And
his
face
did
shine
as
the
sun:
and
his
garments
became
white
as snow.
And
behold
there
appeared
to
them
Moses
and Elias
talking
with
him.
And
Peter
answering,
said
to
Jesus:
Lord,
it
is
good
for
us
to
be
here:
if thou wilt,
let
us
make
here
three
tabernacles,
one
for thee,
and
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for Elias.
And
as
he
was
yet
speaking,
behold
a
bright
cloud
overshadowed
them.
And
lo,
a
voice
out
of
the
cloud,
saying:
This
is
my
beloved
Son,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased:
hear ye
him.
And
the
disciples
hearing,
fell
upon
their
face,
and
were
very much
afraid.
And
Jesus
came
and
touched
them:
and
said
to
them,
Arise,
and
fear
not.
And
they
lifting
up
their
eyes
saw
no
one
but
only
Jesus.
And
as
they
came
down
from
the
mountain,
Jesus charged
them,
saying:
Tell
the
vision
to
no
man, till
the
Son
of
man
be
risen
from
the
dead.
And
his
disciples
asked
him,
saying:
Why
then
do
the
scribes
say
that Elias
must
come
first?
But
he
answering,
said
to
them: Elias
indeed
shall
come,
and
restore
all
things.
But
I
say
to
you,
that Elias
is
already
come,
and
they
knew
him
not,
but
have
done unto
him whatsoever
they
had
a
mind.
So
also
the
Son
of
man
shall
suffer
from
them.
Then
the
disciples
understood,
that
he
had
spoken
to
them
of
John
the
Baptist.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the
multitude,
there
came
to
him
a
man
falling
down
on
his
knees
before
him, saying: Lord,
have pity
on
my son,
for
he
is
a lunatic,
and suffereth much:
for
he falleth often
into
the fire,
and often
into
the water.
And
I
brought
him
to thy disciples,
and
they could
not cure
him.
Then
Jesus answered
and
said: O unbelieving
and perverse generation, how long
shall
I
be
with
you? How long
shall
I suffer
you?
bring
him hither
to
me.
And
Jesus rebuked
him,
and
the devil went
out
of
him,
and
the child
was cured
from
that hour.
Then
came
the disciples
to
Jesus secretly,
and
said: Why could
not
we cast
him
out?
Jesus
said
to
them:
Because
of
your unbelief.
For, amen
I
say
to
you, if
you
have faith
as
a grain
of mustard seed,
you shall
say
to
this mountain,
Remove
from hence hither,
and
it shall
remove;
and
nothing shall
be impossible
to
you.
But
this kind
is
not cast out
but
by prayer
and fasting.
And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
And
they
shall kill
him,
and
the third day
he
shall rise
again.
And
they
were troubled exceedingly.
And
when
they
were come
to Capharnaum,
they
that received
the didrachmas, came
to
Peter
and
said
to
him: Doth
not
your master pay
the didrachmas?
He
said:
Yes.
And
when
he
was
come
into
the house,
Jesus prevented
him,
saying:
What
is thy opinion,
Simon?
The kings
of
the earth,
of
whom
do
they
receive tribute
or custom?
of
their
own children,
or
of strangers?
And
he
said:
Of
strangers.
Jesus
said
to
him:
Then
the children
are free.
But
that
we
may
not scandalize
them, go
to
the sea,
and cast
in
a hook:
and
that fish
which shall first
come up, take:
and
when thou hast opened
its mouth, thou shalt find
a stater: take
that,
and
give
it
to
them
for
me
and thee.
At
that
hour
the
disciples
came
to
Jesus,
saying:
Who thinkest thou
is
the
greater
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven?
And
Jesus
calling unto
him
a little
child,
set
him
in
the
midst
of
them,
And
said:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
unless
you
be
converted,
and
become
as little
children,
you
shall
not
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
Whosoever
therefore
shall
humble
himself
as
this little
child,
he
is
the
greater
in
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
And
he
that
shall
receive
one
such little
child
in
my
name, receiveth
me.
But
he
that
shall scandalize
one
of
these
little
ones
that
believe
in
me,
it
were better
for
him
that
a
millstone
should
be
hanged
about
his
neck,
and
that
he
should
be
drowned
in
the
depth
of
the
sea.
Woe
to
the
world
because
of scandals.
For
it
must needs
be
that scandals
come:
but
nevertheless
woe
to
that
man
by
whom
the scandal cometh.
And
if thy
hand,
or thy
foot scandalize thee,
cut
it
off,
and
cast
it
from thee.
It
is
better
for thee
to
go
into
life maimed
or
lame,
than
having
two
hands
or
two
feet,
to
be
cast
into everlasting
fire.
And
if thy
eye scandalize thee,
pluck
it
out,
and
cast
it
from thee.
It
is
better
for thee
having
one
eye
to
enter
into
life,
than
having
two
eyes
to
be
cast
into
hell
fire.
See
that
you
despise
not
one
of
these
little
ones:
for
I
say
to
you,
that
their
angels
in
heaven
always
see
the
face
of
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
What
think
you?
If
a
man
have
an
hundred
sheep,
and
one
of
them
should
go
astray: doth
he
not
leave
the
ninety-nine
in
the
mountains,
and
go
to
seek
that
which
is
gone
astray?
And
if
it
so
be
that
he
find
it:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
he rejoiceth
more
for
that,
than
for
the
ninety-nine
that
went
not
astray.
Even
so
it
is
not
the
will
of
your
Father,
who
is
in
heaven,
that
one
of
these
little
ones
should
perish.
But
if thy
brother
shall offend
against thee,
go,
and
rebuke
him
between thee
and
him
alone.
If
he
shall
hear thee, thou shalt
gain thy
brother.
And
if
he
will
not
hear thee,
take
with thee
one
or
two
more:
that
in
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
every
word
may
stand.
And
if
he
will
not hear
them:
tell
the
church.
And
if
he
will
not hear
the
church,
let
him
be
to thee
as
the heathen
and publican.
Amen
I
say
to
you, whatsoever
you
shall
bind
upon
earth,
shall
be
bound
also
in
heaven;
and whatsoever
you
shall
loose
upon
earth,
shall
be
loosed
also
in
heaven.
Again
I
say
to
you,
that
if
two
of
you
shall consent
upon
earth,
concerning
any
thing whatsoever
they
shall
ask,
it
shall
be
done
to
them
by
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
For
where
there
are
two
or
three
gathered
together
in
my
name,
there
am
I
in
the
midst
of
them.
Then
came
Peter unto
him
and
said:
Lord,
how
often
shall
my
brother offend
against
me,
and
I
forgive
him? till
seven
times?
Jesus saith
to
him:
I
say
not
to thee, till
seven
times;
but till
seventy
times
seven
times.
Therefore
is
the
kingdom
of
heaven likened
to
a
king,
who
would take
an
account
of
his
servants.
And
when
he
had
begun
to take
the account,
one
was
brought
to
him,
that
owed
him
ten
thousand
talents.
And
as
he
had
not wherewith
to
pay
it,
his
lord
commanded
that
he
should
be
sold,
and
his
wife
and
children
and
all
that
he
had,
and payment
to
be
made.
But
that
servant
falling
down, besought
him,
saying:
Have
patience
with
me,
and
I
will
pay thee
all.
And
the
lord
of
that
servant being
moved
with
pity,
let
him
go
and
forgave
him
the
debt.
But
when
that
servant
was
gone
out,
he
found
one
of
his
fellow
servants
that
owed
him
an
hundred pence:
and laying
hold
of
him, throttled
him,
saying:
Pay
what thou owest.
And
his
fellow
servant
falling
down, besought
him,
saying:
Have
patience
with
me,
and
I
will
pay thee
all.
And
he
would
not:
but
went
and
cast
him
into
prison, till
he
paid
the debt.
Now
his
fellow
servants
seeing
what
was
done,
were
very much
grieved,
and
they
came
and told
their
lord
all
that
was
done.
Then
his
lord
called
him;
and
said
to
him: Thou
wicked
servant,
I
forgave thee
all
the
debt,
because thou besoughtest
me:
Shouldst
not thou
then
have
had compassion
also
on thy
fellow
servant,
even
as
I
had compassion
on thee?
And
his
lord being
angry,
delivered
him
to
the
torturers
until
he
paid
all
the debt.
So
also
shall
my
heavenly
Father
do
to
you,
if
you
forgive
not
every
one
his
brother
from
your
hearts.
And
it
came
to
pass
when
Jesus
had ended
these
words,
he
departed
from
Galilee,
and
came
into
the coasts
of
Judea,
beyond
Jordan.
And
great
multitudes
followed
him:
and
he
healed
them
there.
And
there
came
to
him
the
Pharisees tempting
him,
and
saying:
Is
it
lawful
for
a
man
to
put
away
his
wife
for
every
cause?
Who
answering,
said
to
them:
Have ye
not
read,
that
he
who
made
man
from
the
beginning,
Made
them
male
and
female?
And
he
said:
For
this cause
shall
a
man
leave
father
and
mother,
and
shall cleave
to
his
wife,
and
they
two
shall
be
in
one
flesh.
Therefore
now
they
are
not
two,
but
one
flesh.
What
therefore
God hath
joined
together,
let
no
man put asunder.
They
say
to
him:
Why
then
did
Moses
command
to
give
a bill
of
divorce,
and
to
put
away?
He saith
to
them:
Because
Moses
by
reason
of
the
hardness
of
your
heart
permitted
you
to
put
away
your
wives:
but
from
the
beginning
it
was
not
so.
And
I
say
to
you,
that whosoever
shall put
away
his
wife,
except
it
be
for
fornication,
and
shall
marry
another, committeth
adultery:
and
he
that
shall
marry
her
that
is put
away, committeth
adultery.
His
disciples
say unto
him:
If
the case
of
a
man
with
his
wife
be
so,
it
is
not expedient
to
marry.
Who
said
to
them:
All
men take
not
this
word,
but
they
to
whom
it
is
given.
For
there
are
eunuchs,
who
were
born
so
from
their
mother’s
womb:
and
there
are
eunuchs,
who
were
made
so
by
men:
and
there
are
eunuchs,
who
have
made
themselves
eunuchs
for
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
He
that
can take,
let
him take
it.
Then
were little
children
presented
to
him,
that
he
should impose
hands
upon
them
and
pray.
And
the
disciples
rebuked
them.
But
Jesus
said
to
them: Suffer
the little
children,
and
forbid
them
not
to
come
to
me:
for
the
kingdom
of
heaven
is
for
such.
And
when
he
had imposed
hands
upon
them,
he
departed
from thence.
And
behold
one
came
and
said
to
him:
Good master,
what
good
shall
I
do
that
I
may
have
life everlasting?
Who
said
to
him:
Why asketh thou
me
concerning
good?
One
is
good,
God.
But
if thou wilt
enter
into
life,
keep
the
commandments.
He
said
to
him:
Which?
And
Jesus
said: Thou shalt
do
no
murder, Thou shalt
not
commit
adultery, Thou shalt
not
steal, Thou shalt
not
bear
false
witness.
Honour thy
father
and thy
mother:
and, Thou shalt
love thy
neighbor
as thyself.
The
young
man saith
to
him:
All
these
I
have
kept
from
my youth,
what
is
yet wanting
to
me?
Jesus saith
to
him:
If thou wilt
be
perfect,
go
sell
what thou hast,
and
give
to
the
poor,
and thou shalt
have
treasure
in
heaven:
and
come
follow
me.
And
when
the
young
man
had
heard
this
word,
he
went
away
sad:
for
he
had
great possessions.
Then
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples:
Amen,
I
say
to
you,
that
a
rich
man shall hardly
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
And
again
I
say
to
you:
It
is
easier
for
a
camel
to pass
through
the eye
of
a
needle,
than
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
heaven.
And
when
they
had
heard
this,
the
disciples wondered
very much,
saying:
Who
then
can
be
saved?
And
Jesus beholding,
said
to
them:
With
men
this
is
impossible:
but
with
God
all
things
are
possible.
Then
Peter
answering,
said
to
him:
Behold
we
have
left
all
things,
and
have
followed thee:
what
therefore
shall
we
have?
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
Amen,
I
say
to
you,
that
you,
who
have
followed
me,
in
the
regeneration,
when
the
Son
of
man
shall
sit
on
the
seat
of
his majesty,
you
also
shall
sit
on
twelve seats
judging
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
And
every
one
that hath
left
house,
or
brethren,
or
sisters,
or
father,
or
mother,
or
wife,
or
children,
or lands
for
my
name’s
sake,
shall
receive
an hundredfold,
and
shall possess
life everlasting.
And
many
that
are
first,
shall
be
last:
and
the
last
shall
be
first.
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is
like
to
an householder,
who
went
out
early
in
the
morning
to
hire labourers
into
his
vineyard.
And having
agreed
with
the labourers
for
a penny
a
day,
he
sent
them
into
his
vineyard.
And
going
about
the
third
hour,
he
saw
others
standing
in
the
market
place
idle.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go
you
also
into
my
vineyard,
and
I
will
give
you
what
shall
be
just.
And
they
went
their
way.
And
again
he
went
out
about
the
sixth
and
the ninth
hour,
and
did
in like
manner.
But
about
the
eleventh hour
he
went
out
and
found
others
standing,
and
he saith
to
them:
Why
stand
you
here
all
the
day
idle?
They
say
to
him:
Because
no
man hath
hired
us.
He saith
to
them:
Go
you
also
into
my
vineyard.
And
when
evening
was
come,
the
lord
of
the
vineyard saith
to
his
steward:
Call
the labourers
and
pay
them
their hire,
beginning
from
the
last
even
to
the
first.
When therefore
they
were
come,
that
came
about
the
eleventh
hour,
they
received every man
a penny.
But
when
the
first
also
came,
they
thought
that
they
should
receive
more:
and
they
also
received every
man
a penny.
And
receiving
it
they murmured
against
the master
of
the
house,
Saying:
These
last
have
worked
but
one
hour,
and thou hast
made
them
equal
to
us,
that
have
borne
the
burden
of
the
day
and
the heats.
But
he
answering
said
to
one
of
them:
Friend,
I
do thee
no
wrong: didst thou
not
agree
with
me
for
a penny?
Take
what
is thine,
and
go thy
way:
I
will
also
give
to
this
last
even
as
to thee.
Or,
is
it
not
lawful
for
me
to
do
what
I
will?
is thy
eye
evil,
because
I
am
good?
So
shall
the
last
be
first,
and
the
first
last.
For many
are called,
but few chosen.
And
Jesus
going
up
to
Jerusalem,
took
the
twelve
disciples apart,
and
said
to
them:
Behold
we
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
betrayed
to
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes,
and
they
shall
condemn
him
to
death.
And
shall
deliver
him
to
the
Gentiles
to
be
mocked,
and
scourged,
and
crucified,
and
the
third
day
he
shall
rise
again.
Then
came
to
him
the
mother
of
the
sons
of
Zebedee
with
her
sons, adoring
and
asking
something
of
him.
Who
said
to
her:
What wilt thou?
She saith
to
him:
Say
that
these
my
two
sons
may
sit,
the
one
on thy
right
hand,
and
the
other
on thy
left,
in thy
kingdom.
And
Jesus
answering,
said:
You
know
not
what
you
ask.
Can
you
drink
the chalice
that
I shall
drink?
They
say
to
him:
We
can.
He saith
to
them:
My chalice
indeed
you
shall
drink;
but
to
sit
on
my
right
or
left
hand,
is
not
mine
to
give
to
you,
but
to
them
for
whom
it
is
prepared
by
my
Father.
And
the
ten
hearing
it,
were moved
with indignation
against
the
two
brethren.
But
Jesus
called
them
to
him,
and
said:
You
know
that
the princes
of
the
Gentiles
lord
it
over
them;
and
they
that
are
the
greater,
exercise power
upon
them.
It shall
not
be
so
among
you:
but whosoever
will
be
the
greater
among
you,
let
him
be
your
minister:
And
he
that
will
be
first
among
you,
shall
be
your
servant.
Even
as
the
Son
of
man
is
not
come
to
be
ministered unto,
but
to
minister,
and
to
give
his
life
a redemption
for
many.
And
when
they
went
out
from
Jericho,
a
great
multitude
followed
him.
And
behold
two
blind
men
sitting
by
the
way
side,
heard
that
Jesus
passed
by,
and
they
cried
out,
saying: O
Lord, thou
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
us.
And
the
multitude
rebuked
them
that
they
should hold
their peace.
But
they
cried
out
the
more,
saying: O
Lord, thou
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
us.
And
Jesus
stood,
and
called
them,
and
said:
What
will ye
that
I
do
to
you?
They
say
to
him:
Lord,
that
our
eyes
be
opened.
And
Jesus having
compassion
on
them,
touched
their
eyes.
And
immediately
they saw,
and
followed
him.
And
when
they drew nigh
to
Jerusalem,
and
were
come
to
Bethphage, unto
mount Olivet,
then
Jesus
sent
two
disciples,
Saying
to
them:
Go ye
into
the
village
that
is
over
against
you,
and
immediately
you
shall
find
an ass
tied,
and
a
colt
with
her:
loose
them
and
bring
them
to
me.
And
if
any
man
shall
say
anything
to
you,
say ye,
that
the
Lord hath
need
of
them:
and forthwith
he
will
let
them go.
Now
all
this
was
done
that
it might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
by
the
prophet,
saying:
Tell ye
the
daughter
of Sion:
Behold thy
king cometh
to thee, meek,
and sitting
upon
an ass,
and
a
colt
the
foal
of
her
that
is used
to
the yoke.
And
the
disciples
going,
did
as
Jesus
commanded
them.
And
they
brought
the ass
and
the
colt,
and
laid
their
garments
upon
them,
and made
him sit thereon.
And
a
very
great
multitude
spread
their
garments
in
the
way:
and
others
cut boughs
from
the
trees,
and strewed
them
in
the
way:
And
the
multitudes
that
went
before
and
that
followed,
cried,
saying:
Hosanna
to
the
son
of
David:
Blessed
is
he
that cometh
in
the
name
of
the
Lord:
Hosanna
in
the
highest.
And
when
he
was
come
into
Jerusalem,
the
whole
city
was moved,
saying:
Who
is
this?
And
the
people
said:
This
is
Jesus
the
prophet,
from
Nazareth
of
Galilee.
And
Jesus
went
into
the
temple
of
God,
and
cast
out
all
them
that
sold
and
bought
in
the
temple,
and overthrew
the
tables
of
the money changers,
and
the chairs
of
them
that
sold
doves:
And
he saith
to
them:
It
is
written,
My
house
shall
be
called
the
house
of
prayer;
but
you
have
made
it
a
den
of thieves.
And
there
came
to
him
the
blind
and
the
lame
in
the
temple;
and
he
healed
them.
And
the
chief
priests
and
scribes,
seeing
the
wonderful
things
that
he
did,
and
the
children
crying
in
the
temple,
and
saying:
Hosanna
to
the
son
of
David;
were moved
with indignation.
And
said
to
him: Hearest thou
what
these
say?
And
Jesus
said
to
them: Yea,
have
you
never
read:
Out
of
the
mouth
of
infants
and
of sucklings thou hast perfected
praise?
And
leaving
them,
he
went
out
of
the
city
into Bethania,
and remained
there.
And
in
the
morning,
returning
into
the
city,
he
was
hungry.
And
seeing
a certain
fig
tree
by
the
way side,
he
came
to
it,
and
found
nothing
on
it
but
leaves
only,
and
he saith
to
it:
May
no
fruit grow
on thee henceforward
for
ever.
And
immediately
the
fig
tree
withered
away.
And
the
disciples
seeing
it
wondered,
saying:
How
is
it presently
withered
away?
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
Amen,
I
say
to
you,
if
you
shall
have
faith,
and stagger
not,
not
only
this
of
the
fig
tree
shall
you
do,
but
also
if
you
shall
say
to
this
mountain,
Take
up
and
cast thyself
into
the
sea,
it
shall
be
done.
And
in
all
things whatsoever
you
shall
ask
in
prayer,
believing,
you
shall
receive.
And
when
he
was
come
into
the
temple,
there
came
to
him,
as
he
was
teaching,
the
chief
priests
and ancients
of
the
people,
saying:
By
what
authority dost thou
these
things?
and
who hath
given thee
this
authority?
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
I
also
will
ask
you
one
word,
which
if
you
shall
tell
me,
I
will
also
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.
The
baptism
of
John, whence
was
it?
from
heaven
or
from
men?
But
they
thought
within
themselves,
saying:
If
we
shall
say,
from
heaven,
he
will
say
to
us:
Why
then
did
you
not
believe
him?
But
if
we
shall
say,
from
men,
we
are
afraid
of
the
multitude:
for
all
held
John
as
a
prophet.
And
answering
Jesus,
they
said:
We
know
not.
He
also
said
to
them:
Neither
do
I
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.
But
what
think
you?
A certain
man
had
two
sons;
and
coming
to
the
first,
he
said:
Son,
go
work
today
in
my
vineyard.
And
he
answering,
said:
I
will
not.
But
afterwards, being moved
with repentance,
he
went.
And
coming
to
the
other,
he
said
in like
manner.
And
he
answering,
said:
I
go,
Sir;
and
he
went
not.
Which
of
the
two
did
the
father’s
will?
They
say
to
him:
The
first.
Jesus saith
to
them:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
the publicans
and
the
harlots
shall
go
into
the
kingdom
of
God
before
you.
For
John
came
to
you
in
the
way
of
justice,
and
you
did
not
believe
him.
But
the publicans
and
the
harlots
believed
him:
but
you,
seeing
it,
did
not
even
afterwards repent,
that
you
might
believe
him.
Hear ye
another
parable.
There
was
a
man
an householder,
who
planted
a
vineyard,
and made
a hedge round
about
it,
and
dug
in
it
a press,
and
built
a
tower,
and
let
it
out
to husbandmen;
and
went
into
a strange country.
And
when
the
time
of
the
fruits drew nigh,
he
sent
his
servants
to
the husbandmen
that
they might
receive
the
fruits thereof.
And
the husbandmen laying hands
on
his
servants,
beat
one,
and
killed another,
and
stoned another.
Again
he
sent
other
servants
more
than
the former;
and
they
did
to
them
in
like
manner.
And
last
of
all
he
sent
to
them
his
son,
saying:
They
will reverence
my
son.
But
the husbandmen
seeing
the
son,
said
among
themselves:
This
is
the
heir:
come,
let
us
kill
him,
and
we
shall
have
his
inheritance.
And
taking
him,
they
cast
him
forth
out
of
the
vineyard,
and
killed
him.
When
therefore
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
shall
come,
what
will
he
do
to
those husbandmen?
They
say
to
him:
He
will
bring
those
evil
men
to
an
evil
end;
and
will
let
out
his
vineyard
to
other husbandmen,
that
shall
render
him
the
fruit
in due
season.
Jesus saith
to
them:
Have
you
never
read
in
the
Scriptures:
The
stone
which
the
builders
rejected,
the
same
is
become
the
head
of
the
corner?
By
the
Lord
this
has
been
done;
and
it
is wonderful
in
our
eyes.
Therefore
I
say
to
you,
that
the
kingdom
of
God
shall
be
taken
from
you,
and
shall
be
given
to
a
nation
yielding
the
fruits thereof.
And whosoever
shall fall
on
this
stone,
shall
be broken:
but
on whomsoever
it
shall fall,
it
shall grind
him
to powder.
And
when
the
chief
priests
and
Pharisees
had
heard
his
parables,
they
knew
that
he
spoke
of
them.
And
seeking
to lay hands
on
him,
they
feared
the
multitudes:
because
they
held
him
as
a
prophet.
And
Jesus
answering,
spoke
again
in
parables
to
them,
saying:
The
kingdom
of
heaven
is likened
to
a
king,
who
made
a
marriage
for
his
son.
And
he
sent
his
servants,
to
call
them
that
were
invited
to
the
marriage;
and
they
would
not
come.
Again
he
sent
other
servants,
saying:
Tell
them
that
were
invited,
Behold,
I
have
prepared
my
dinner;
my beeves
and fatlings
are
killed,
and
all
things
are
ready:
come ye
to
the
marriage.
But
they neglected,
and
went
their
own ways,
one
to
his
farm,
and another
to
his merchandise.
And
the
rest
laid hands
on
his
servants,
and having treated
them contumeliously,
put
them
to
death.
But
when
the
king
had heard
of
it,
he
was
angry,
and
sending
his
armies,
he
destroyed
those
murderers,
and burnt
their
city.
Then
he saith
to
his
servants:
The
marriage
indeed
is
ready;
but
they
that
were
invited
were
not
worthy.
Go ye
therefore
into
the
highways;
and
as
many
as
you
shall
find,
call
to
the
marriage.
And
his
servants
going
forth
into
the
ways,
gathered
together
all
that
they
found,
both
bad
and
good:
and
the
marriage
was
filled
with
guests.
And
the
king
went
in
to
see
the
guests:
and
he
saw
there
a
man
who
had
not
on
a
wedding
garment.
And
he saith
to
him:
Friend,
how camest thou
in hither
not
having
a
wedding
garment?
But
he
was silent.
Then
the
king
said
to
the waiters:
Bind
his
hands
and
feet,
and
cast
him
into
the exterior
darkness:
there
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
For
many
are
called,
but
few
are
chosen.
Then
the
Pharisees
going, consulted
among
themselves
how
to insnare
him
in
his
speech.
And
they
sent
to
him
their
disciples
with
the
Herodians,
saying: Master,
we
know
that thou art
a
true speaker,
and teachest
the
way
of
God
in
truth,
neither carest thou
for
any
man:
for thou dost
not
regard
the
person
of
men.
Tell
us
therefore
what dost thou
think,
is
it
lawful
to
give tribute
to
Caesar,
or
not?
But
Jesus
knowing
their
wickedness,
said:
Why
do
you
tempt
me, ye
hypocrites?
Shew
me
the
coin
of
the tribute.
And
they
offered
him
a penny.
And
Jesus saith
to
them:
Whose
image
and
inscription
is
this?
They
say
to
him:
Caesar’s.
Then
he saith
to
them:
Render
therefore
to
Caesar
the
things
that
are
Caesar’s;
and
to
God,
the
things
that
are
God’s.
And
hearing
this
they
wondered,
and
leaving
him,
went
their ways.
That
day
there
came
to
him
the
Sadducees,
who
say
there
is
no
resurrection;
and
asked
him,
Saying: Master,
Moses
said:
If
a
man
die
having
no
son,
his
brother
shall
marry
his
wife,
and
raise
up issue
to
his
brother.
Now
there
were
with
us
seven
brethren:
and
the
first
having
married
a
wife,
died;
and
not
having issue,
left
his
wife
to
his
brother.
In
like
manner
the
second,
and
the
third,
and
so
on
to
the
seventh.
And
last
of
all
the
woman
died
also.
At
the
resurrection
therefore
whose
wife
of
the
seven shall
she
be?
for
they
all
had
her.
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
You err,
not
knowing
the
Scriptures,
nor
the
power
of
God.
For
in
the
resurrection
they
shall
neither
marry
nor
be
married;
but
shall
be
as
the
angels
of
God
in
heaven.
And
concerning
the
resurrection
of
the
dead,
have
you
not
read
that
which
was
spoken
by
God,
saying
to
you:
I
am
the
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob?
He
is
not
the
God
of
the
dead,
but
of
the
living.
And
the
multitudes
hearing
it,
were
in admiration
at
his doctrine.
But
the
Pharisees
hearing
that
he
had
silenced
the
Sadducees,
came
together:
And
one
of
them,
a doctor
of
the
law,
asking
him, tempting
him:
Master,
which
is
the
greatest
commandment
in
the
law?
Jesus
said
to
him: Thou shalt
love
the
Lord thy
God
with thy
whole
heart,
and
with thy
whole
soul,
and
with thy
whole
mind.
This
is
the
greatest
and
the
first
commandment.
And
the
second
is
like
to
this: Thou shalt
love thy
neighbor
as thyself.
On
these
two
commandments dependeth
the
whole
law
and
the
prophets.
And
the
Pharisees being
gathered
together,
Jesus
asked
them,
Saying:
What
think
you
of
Christ?
whose
son
is
he?
They
say
to
him:
David’s.
He saith
to
them:
How
then doth
David
in
spirit
call
him
Lord,
saying:
The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
Sit
on
my
right
hand,
until
I
make thy
enemies thy footstool?
If
David
then
call
him
Lord,
how
is
he
his
son?
And
no
man
was
able
to
answer
him
a
word;
neither durst
any
man
from
that
day forth
ask
him
any
more
questions.
Then
Jesus
spoke
to
the
multitudes
and
to
his
disciples,
Saying:
The
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
have sitten
on
the
chair
of
Moses.
All
things
therefore whatsoever
they
shall
say
to
you,
observe
and
do:
but
according
to
their
works
do ye
not;
for
they
say,
and
do
not.
For
they bind
heavy
and insupportable
burdens,
and
lay
them
on
men’s
shoulders;
but
with
a
finger
of
their
own
they
will
not
move
them.
And
all
their
works
they
do
for
to
be
seen
of
men.
For
they
make
their
phylacteries broad,
and enlarge
their fringes.
And
they
love
the first
places
at feasts,
and
the first chairs
in
the
synagogues,
And salutations
in
the
market
place,
and
to
be
called
by
men,
Rabbi.
But
be
not
you
called
Rabbi.
For
one
is
your master;
and
all
you
are
brethren.
And
call
none
your
father
upon
earth;
for
one
is
your
father,
who
is
in
heaven.
Neither
be ye
called masters;
for
one
is
you master,
Christ.
He
that
is
the
greatest among
you shall
be
your
servant.
And whosoever
shall
exalt
himself
shall
be
humbled:
and
he
that
shall
humble
himself
shall
be
exalted.
But
woe
to
you
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites;
because
you
shut
the
kingdom
of
heaven
against
men,
for
you
yourselves
do
not
enter
in;
and
those
that
are
going
in,
you suffer
not
to
enter.
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites: because you devour the houses of widows, praying long prayers. For this you shall receive the greater judgment.
Woe
to
you
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites;
because
you go round
about
the
sea
and
the
land
to
make
one
proselyte;
and
when
he
is
made,
you
make
him
the child
of
hell twofold more
than
yourselves.
Woe
to
you
blind
guides,
that
say, Whosoever shall
swear
by
the
temple,
it
is
nothing;
but
he
that shall
swear
by
the
gold
of
the
temple,
is
a debtor.
Ye
foolish
and
blind;
for
whether
is
greater,
the
gold,
or
the
temple
that sanctifieth
the
gold?
And whosoever
shall
swear
by
the
altar,
it
is
nothing;
but whosoever
shall
swear
by
the
gift
that
is
upon
it,
is
a debtor.
Ye
blind:
for
whether
is
greater,
the
gift,
or
the
altar
that sanctifieth
the
gift?
He
therefore
that sweareth
by
the
altar, sweareth
by
it,
and
by
all
things
that
are upon
it:
And whosoever
shall
swear
by
temple, sweareth
by
it,
and
by
him
that dwelleth
in
it:
And
he
that sweareth
by
heaven, sweareth
by
the
throne
of
God,
and
by
him
that sitteth thereon.
Woe
to
you
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites;
because
you tithe
mint,
and anise,
and
cummin,
and
have
left
the
weightier
things
of
the
law;
judgment,
and
mercy,
and
faith.
These
things
you
ought
to
have
done,
and
not
to
leave
those undone.
Blind
guides,
who
strain out
a
gnat,
and
swallow
a
camel.
Woe
to
you
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites;
because
you
make
clean
the
outside
of
the
cup
and
of
the
dish,
but
within
you
are
full
of rapine
and uncleanness.
Thou
blind
Pharisee,
first
make
clean
the
inside
of
the
cup
and
of
the
dish,
that
the
outside
may
become
clean.
Woe
to
you
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites;
because
you
are
like
to whited sepulchres,
which
outwardly
appear
to
men
beautiful,
but
within
are
full
of
dead
men’s
bones,
and
of
all filthiness.
So
you
also
outwardly
indeed
appear
to
men
just;
but
inwardly
you
are
full
of
hypocrisy
and iniquity.
Woe
to
you
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites;
that
build
the sepulchres
of
the
prophets,
and
adorn
the
monuments
of
the
just,
And
say:
If
we
had
been
in
the
days
of
our
Fathers,
we
would
not
have
been
partakers
with
them
in
the
blood
of
the
prophets.
Wherefore
you
are
witnesses
against
yourselves,
that
you
are
the
sons
of
them
that killed
the
prophets.
Fill ye up
then
the
measure
of
your
fathers.
You
serpents, generation
of
vipers,
how
will
you
flee
from
the
judgment
of
hell?
Therefore
behold
I
send
to
you
prophets,
and
wise
men,
and
scribes:
and
some
of
them
you
will
put
to
death
and
crucify,
and
some
you
will
scourge
in
your
synagogues,
and
persecute
from
city
to
city:
That
upon
you
may
come
all
the
just
blood
that hath
been
shed
upon
the
earth,
from
the
blood
of
Abel
the
just,
even unto
the
blood
of
Zacharias
the
son
of Barachias,
whom
you killed
between
the
temple
and
the
altar.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
all
these
things
shall
come
upon
this
generation.
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem, thou
that killest
the
prophets,
and stonest
them
that
are
sent unto thee,
how
often
would
I
have
gathered
together thy
children,
as
the
hen doth
gather
her chickens
under
her
wings,
and thou wouldest
not?
Behold,
you
house shall be
left
to
you,
desolate.
For
I
say
to
you,
you
shall
not
see
me henceforth till
you
say:
Blessed
is
he
that cometh
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
Jesus being
come
out
of
the
temple,
went
away.
And
his
disciples
came
to shew
him
the
buildings
of
the
temple.
And
he
answering,
said
to
them:
Do
you
see
all
these
things?
Amen
I
say
to
you
there
shall
not
be
left
here
a
stone
upon
a
stone
that
shall
not
be
destroyed.
And
when
he
was
sitting
on
mount Olivet,
the
disciples
came
to
him
privately,
saying:
Tell
us
when
shall
these
things
be?
and
what
shall
be
the
sign
of thy
coming,
and
of
the
consummation
of
the
world?
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
Take
heed
that
no
man seduce
you:
For
many
will
come
in
my
name
saying,
I
am
Christ:
and
they
will seduce
many.
And
you
shall
hear
of
wars
and rumours
of
wars.
See
that ye
be
not troubled.
For
these
things
must
come
to
pass,
but
the
end
is
not
yet.
For
nation
shall
rise
against
nation,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom;
and
there
shall
be pestilences,
and
famines,
and
earthquakes
in
places:
Now
all
these
are
the beginnings
of sorrows.
Then
shall
they
deliver
you
up
to
be afflicted,
and
shall
put
you
to
death:
and
you
shall
be
hated
by
all
nations
for
my
name’s
sake.
And
then
shall
many
be scandalized:
and
shall
betray
one
another:
and
shall
hate
one
another.
And
many
false
prophets
shall
rise,
and
shall seduce
many.
And
because iniquity hath abounded,
the charity
of
many
shall
grow
cold.
But
he
that
shall persevere
to
the
end,
he
shall
be
saved.
And
this
gospel
of
the
kingdom,
shall
be
preached
in
the
whole
world,
for
a
testimony
to
all
nations,
and
then
shall
the consummation
come.
When
therefore
you
shall
see
the
abomination
of
desolation,
which
was
spoken
of
by
Daniel
the
prophet,
standing
in
the
holy
place:
he
that readeth
let
him
understand.
Then
they
that
are
in
Judea, let
them
flee
to
the
mountains:
And
he
that
is
on
the
housetop, let
him
not
come
down
to
take
any
thing
out
of
his
house:
And
he
that
is
in
the
field, let
him
not go
back
to
take
his
coat.
And
woe
to
them
that
are
with child,
and
that give suck
in
those
days.
But
pray
that
your
flight
be
not
in
the
winter,
or
on
the
sabbath.
For
there shall
be
then
great
tribulation,
such
as hath
not
been
from
the
beginning
of
the
world
until
now,
neither shall
be.
And
unless
those
days
had
been
shortened,
no
flesh
should
be
saved:
but
for
the
sake
of
the
elect
those
days
shall
be
shortened.
Then
if
any
man shall
say
to
you:
Lo
here
is
Christ,
or
there,
do
not
believe
him.
For there
shall
arise
false
Christs
and
false
prophets,
and
shall
show
great
signs
and
wonders, insomuch
as
to
deceive (if
possible)
even
the
elect.
Behold
I
have told
it
to
you, beforehand.
If
therefore
they shall
say
to
you:
Behold
he
is
in
the
desert,
go ye
not
out:
Behold
he
is
in
the closets,
believe
it
not.
For
as
lightning cometh
out
of
the
east,
and appeareth
even
into
the
west:
so
shall
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
man
be.
Wheresoever
the
body shall
be,
there shall
the eagles also
be
gathered
together.
And
immediately
after
the
tribulation
of
those
days,
the
sun
shall
be
darkened
and
the
moon
shall
not
give
her
light,
and
the
stars
shall
fall
from
heaven,
and
the
powers
of
heaven
shall
be moved:
And
then
shall
appear
the
sign
of
the
Son
of
man
in
heaven:
and
then
shall
all
tribes
of
the
earth
mourn:
and
they
shall
see
the
Son
of
man
coming
in
the
clouds
of
heaven
with
much
power
and majesty.
And
he
shall
send
his
angels
with
a
trumpet,
and
a
great voice:
and
they
shall
gather
together
his
elect
from
the
four
winds,
from
the
farthest parts
of
the
heavens
to
the utmost bounds
of
them.
And
from
the
fig
tree
learn
a
parable:
When
the
branch thereof
is
now
tender,
and
the
leaves
come
forth,
you
know
that
summer
is nigh.
So
you
also,
when
you
shall
see
all
these
things,
know ye
that
it
is nigh,
even
at
the
doors.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
this
generation
shall
not
pass, till
all
these
things
be
done.
Heaven
and
earth
shall
pass,
but
my
words
shall
not
pass.
But
of
that
day
and
hour
no
one knoweth,
not
the
angels
of
heaven,
but
the
Father
alone.
And
as
in
the
days
of Noe,
so
shall
also
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
man
be.
For
as
in
the
days
before
the
flood,
they
were
eating
and
drinking,
marrying
and giving
in
marriage,
even till
that
day
in
which Noe
entered
into
the
ark,
And
they
knew
not till
the
flood
came,
and
took
them
all
away;
so
also
shall
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
man
be.
Then
two
shall
be
in
the
field:
one
shall
be
taken,
and
one
shall
be
left.
Two
women
shall
be
grinding
at
the
mill:
one
shall
be
taken,
and
one
shall
be
left.
Watch ye
therefore,
because ye
know
not
what hour
your
Lord
will
come.
But
know
this ye,
that
if
the goodman
of
the
house
knew
at
what hour
the
thief
would
come,
he
would
certainly
watch,
and
would
not suffer
his
house
to
be
broken open.
Wherefore
be
you
also
ready,
because
at
what
hour
you know
not
the
Son
of
man
will
come.
Who, thinkest thou,
is
a
faithful
and
wise
servant,
whom
his
lord hath
appointed
over
his family,
to
give
them
meat
in
season.
Blessed
is
that
servant,
whom
when
his
lord
shall
come
he
shall
find
so
doing.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
he shall place
him
over
all
his goods.
But
if
that
evil
servant
shall
say
in
his
heart:
My
lord
is
long
a
coming:
And
shall
begin
to
strike
his
fellow
servants,
and
shall
eat
and
drink
with
drunkards:
The
lord
of
that
servant
shall
come
in
a
day
that
he hopeth
not,
and
at
an
hour
that
he knoweth
not:
And
shall separate
him,
and appoint
his
portion
with
the
hypocrites.
There
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
Then shall
the
kingdom
of
heaven be
like
to
ten
virgins,
who
taking
their
lamps
went
out
to
meet
the
bridegroom
and
the bride.
And
five
of
them
were
foolish,
and
five
wise.
But
the five
foolish, having
taken
their
lamps, did
not
take
oil
with
them:
But
the
wise
took
oil
in
their vessels
with
the
lamps.
And
the
bridegroom tarrying,
they
all slumbered
and slept.
And
at
midnight
there
was
a cry
made:
Behold
the
bridegroom cometh,
go ye
forth
to
meet
him.
Then
all
those
virgins arose
and
trimmed
their
lamps.
And
the
foolish
said
to
the
wise:
Give
us
of
your
oil,
for
our
lamps
are gone
out.
The
wise
answered,
saying:
Lest
perhaps
there
be
not
enough
for
us
and
for
you,
go ye
rather
to
them
that
sell,
and
buy
for
yourselves.
Now whilst
they
went
to
buy,
the
bridegroom
came:
and
they
that
were
ready,
went
in
with
him
to
the
marriage,
and
the
door
was
shut.
But
at
last
come
also
the
other
virgins,
saying:
Lord,
Lord,
open
to
us.
But
he
answering
said:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
I
know
you
not.
Watch ye
therefore,
because
you
know
not
the
day
nor
the
hour.
For
even
as
a
man going
into
a
far country,
called
his
servants,
and
delivered
to
them
his goods;
And
to
one
he
gave
five
talents,
and
to
another
two,
and
to
another
one,
to
every
one
according
to
his
proper
ability:
and
immediately
he took
his
journey.
And
he
that
had
received
the
five
talents,
went
his
way,
and traded
with
the
same,
and
gained
other
five.
And
in like
manner he
that
had received
the
two,
gained
other
two.
But
he
that
had
received
the
one,
going
his
way digged
into
the
earth,
and
hid
his
lord’s
money.
But
after
a
long
time
the
lord
of
those
servants
came,
and reckoned
with
them.
And
he
that
had
received
the
five
talents
coming,
brought
other
five
talents,
saying:
Lord, thou didst
deliver
to
me
five
talents,
behold
I
have
gained
other
five
over
and above.
His
lord
said
to
him:
Well
done,
good
and
faithful
servant,
because thou hast
been
faithful
over
a
few
things,
I
will place thee
over
many
things:
enter thou
into
the
joy
of thy
lord.
And
he
also
that
had received
the
two
talents
came
and
said:
Lord, thou deliveredst
two
talents
to
me:
behold
I
have
gained
other
two.
His
lord
said
to
him:
Well
done,
good
and
faithful
servant:
because thou hast
been
faithful
over
a
few
things,
I
will place thee
over
many
things:
enter thou
into
the
joy
of thy
lord.
But
he
that
had
received
the
one
talent,
came
and
said:
Lord,
I
know
that thou art
a
hard
man; thou reapest
where thou hast
not
sown,
and gatherest
where thou hast
not strewed.
And
being
afraid
I
went
and
hid thy
talent
in
the
earth:
behold
here thou hast
that
which
is thine.
And
his
lord
answering,
said
to
him:
Wicked
and slothful
servant, thou knewest
that
I
reap
where
I
sow
not,
and
gather
where
I
have
not strewed:
Thou oughtest
therefore
to
have committed
my
money
to
the bankers,
and
at
my
coming
I
should
have
received
my
own
with usury.
Take ye
away
therefore
the
talent
from
him,
and
give
it
to
him
that hath
ten
talents.
For
to
every
one
that hath
shall
be
given,
and
he
shall
abound:
but
from
him
that hath
not,
that
also
which
he seemeth
to
have
shall
be
taken
away.
And
the unprofitable
servant
cast ye
out
into
the exterior
darkness.
There
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
And
when
the
Son
of
man
shall
come
in
his majesty,
and
all
the
angels
with
him,
then
shall
he
sit
upon
the
seat
of
his majesty.
And
all
nations
shall
be
gathered
together
before
him,
and
he
shall
separate
them
one
from
another,
as
the
shepherd separateth
the
sheep
from
the
goats:
And
he
shall
set
the
sheep
on
his
right
hand,
but
the
goats
on
his
left.
Then shall
the
king
say
to
them
that shall be
on
his
right
hand:
Come, ye
blessed
of
my
Father, possess
you
the
kingdom
prepared
for
you
from
the
foundation
of
the
world.
For
I
was
hungry,
and
you
gave
me
to
eat;
I
was
thirsty,
and
you
gave
me
to
drink;
I
was
a
stranger,
and
you took
me
in:
Naked,
and
you covered
me:
sick,
and
you visited
me:
I
was
in
prison,
and
you
came
to
me.
Then
shall
the
just
answer
him,
saying:
Lord,
when
did
we
see thee
hungry,
and
fed thee;
thirsty,
and
gave thee
drink?
And
when
did
we
see thee
a
stranger,
and took thee
in?
or
naked,
and covered thee?
Or
when
did
we
see thee
sick
or
in
prison,
and
came
to thee?
And
the
king
answering,
shall
say
to
them:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
as
long
as
you
did
it
to
one
of
these
my
least
brethren,
you
did
it
to
me.
Then
he
shall
say
to
them
also
that
shall
be
on
his
left hand:
Depart
from
me,
you
cursed,
into everlasting
fire
which
was
prepared
for
the
devil
and
his
angels.
For
I
was
hungry,
and
you
gave
me
not
to
eat:
I
was
thirsty,
and
you
gave
me
not
to
drink.
I
was
a
stranger,
and
you took
me
not
in:
naked,
and
you covered
me
not:
sick
and
in
prison,
and
you
did
not
visit
me.
Then
they
also
shall
answer
him,
saying:
Lord,
when
did
we
see thee
hungry,
or
thirsty,
or
a
stranger,
or
naked,
or
sick,
or
in
prison,
and
did
not
minister
to thee?
Then
he
shall
answer
them,
saying:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
as
long
as
you
did
it
not
to
one
of
these
least,
neither
did
you
do
it
to
me.
And
these
shall
go
into everlasting
punishment:
but
the
just,
into
life everlasting.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Jesus
had ended
all
these
words,
he
said
to
his
disciples:
You
know
that
after
two
days
shall
be
the pasch,
and
the
son
of
man
shall
be
delivered
up
to
be
crucified:
Then
were
gathered
together
the
chief
priests
and ancients
of
the
people
into
the
court
of
the
high
priest,
who
was
called Caiphas:
And
they consulted
together,
that
by subtilty
they
might apprehend
Jesus,
and
put
him
to
death.
But
they
said:
Not
on
the
festival day,
lest perhaps
there
should
be
a tumult
among
the
people.
And
when
Jesus
was
in Bethania,
in
the
house
of
Simon
the
leper,
There
came
to
him
a
woman
having
an
alabaster box
of
precious
ointment,
and
poured
it
on
his
head
as
he
was
at table.
And
the
disciples
seeing
it,
had indignation,
saying:
To
what purpose
is
this
waste?
For
this
might
have
been
sold
for
much,
and
given
to
the
poor.
And
Jesus
knowing
it,
said
to
them:
Why
do
you
trouble
this
woman?
for
she hath wrought
a
good
work
upon
me.
For
the
poor
you
have
always
with
you:
but
me
you
have
not
always.
For
she
in pouring
this
ointment
upon
my
body, hath
done
it
for
my
burial.
Amen
I
say
to
you, wheresoever
this
gospel
shall
be
preached
in
the
whole
world,
that
also
which
she hath
done,
shall
be
told
for
a
memory
of
her.
Then
went
one
of
the
twelve,
who
was
called
Judas
Iscariot,
to
the
chief
priests,
And
said
to
them:
What
will
you
give
me,
and
I
will
deliver
him unto
you?
But
they appointed
him
thirty
pieces
of
silver.
And
from thenceforth
he
sought
opportunity
to
betray
him.
And
on
the
first day
of
the Azymes,
the
disciples
came
to
Jesus,
saying:
Where wilt thou
that
we
prepare
for thee
to
eat
the pasch?
But
Jesus
said:
Go ye
into
the
city
to
a
certain
man,
and
say
to
him:
the master saith,
My
time
is
near
at
hand,
with thee
I
make
the pasch
with
my
disciples.
And
the
disciples
did
as
Jesus
appointed
to
them,
and
they
prepared
the pasch.
But
when
it
was
evening,
he sat down
with
his
twelve
disciples.
And whilst
they
were
eating,
he
said:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
one
of
you
is
about
to
betray
me.
And
they
being
very much troubled,
began
every
one
to
say:
Is
it
I,
Lord?
But
he
answering,
said:
He
that dippeth
his
hand
with
me
in
the dish,
he
shall
betray
me.
The
Son
of
man
indeed goeth,
as
it
is
written
of
him:
but
woe
to
that
man
by
whom
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
betrayed:
it
were
better
for
him,
if
that
man
had
not
been
born.
And
Judas
that
betrayed
him,
answering,
said:
Is
it
I,
Rabbi?
He saith
to
him: Thou hast
said
it.
And whilst
they
were
at
supper,
Jesus
took
bread,
and
blessed,
and
broke:
and
gave
to
his
disciples,
and
said:
Take ye,
and
eat.
This
is
my
body.
And
taking
the chalice,
he
gave
thanks,
and
gave
to
them,
saying:
Drink ye
all
of
this.
For
this
is my
blood
of
the new testament,
which
shall
be
shed
for
many unto remission
of
sins.
And
I
say
to
you,
I
will
not
drink
from henceforth
of
this
fruit
of
the
vine,
until
that
day
when
I
shall
drink
it
with
you
new
in
the
kingdom
of
my
Father.
And
a
hymn being
said,
they
went
out unto
mount Olivet.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them:
All
you
shall
be scandalized
in
me
this
night.
For
it
is
written:
I
will
strike
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
of
the
flock
shall
be dispersed.
But
after
I shall
be
risen
again,
I
will
go
before
you
into
Galilee.
And
Peter
answering,
said
to
him:
Although
all shall
be scandalized
in thee,
I
will
never
be scandalized.
Jesus
said
to
him:
Amen
I
say
to thee,
that
in
this
night
before
the cock
crow, thou wilt
deny
me thrice.
Peter saith
to
him: Yea,
though
I
should
die
with thee,
I
will
not
deny thee.
And
in
like
manner
said
all
the
disciples.
Then
Jesus
came
with
them
into
a country
place
which
is
called Gethsemani;
and
he
said
to
his
disciples:
Sit
you
here, till
I
go yonder
and
pray.
And
taking
with
him
Peter
and
the
two
sons
of
Zebedee,
he
began
to grow
sorrowful
and
to
be
sad.
Then
he saith
to
them:
My
soul
is sorrowful
even unto
death:
stay
you
here,
and
watch
with
me.
And
going
a
little further,
he
fell
upon
his
face,
praying,
and
saying:
My
Father,
if
it
be
possible,
let
this chalice
pass
from
me.
Nevertheless
not
as
I
will,
but
as thou wilt.
And
he cometh
to
his
disciples,
and findeth
them
asleep,
and
he saith
to
Peter:
What?
Could
you
not
watch
one
hour
with
me?
Watch ye,
and
pray
that ye
enter
not
into
temptation.
The
spirit
indeed
is
willing,
but
the
flesh
weak.
Again
the
second
time,
he
went
and
prayed,
saying:
My
Father,
if
this chalice
may
not
pass
away,
but
I
must
drink
it, thy
will
be
done.
And
he cometh
again
and findeth
them
sleeping:
for
their
eyes
were
heavy.
And
leaving
them,
he
went
again:
and
he
prayed
the
third
time,
saying
the selfsame
word.
Then
he cometh
to
his
disciples,
and saith
to
them:
Sleep ye
now
and
take
your
rest;
behold
the
hour
is
at
hand,
and
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
sinners.
Rise,
let
us
go:
behold
he
is
at
hand
that
will
betray
me.
As
he
yet
spoke,
behold
Judas,
one
of
the
twelve,
came,
and
with
him
a
great
multitude
with
swords
and
clubs, sent
from
the
chief
priests
and
the ancients
of
the
people.
And
he
that
betrayed
him,
gave
them
a
sign,
saying: Whomsoever
I shall
kiss,
that
is
he,
hold
him
fast.
And forthwith
coming
to
Jesus,
he
said:
Hail,
Rabbi.
And
he
kissed
him.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Friend, whereto art thou
come?
Then
they
came
up,
and
laid
hands
on
Jesus,
and
held
him.
And
behold
one
of
them
that
were
with
Jesus,
stretching forth
his
hand,
drew
out
his
sword:
and
striking
the
servant
of
the
high
priest,
cut
off
his
ear.
Then
Jesus saith
to
him:
Put
up
again thy
sword
into
its
place:
for
all
that
take
the
sword
shall
perish
with
the
sword.
Thinkest thou
that
I
cannot
ask
my
Father,
and
he
will give
me presently
more
than
twelve
legions
of
angels?
How
then shall
the
scriptures
be
fulfilled,
that
so
it
must
be
done?
In
that
same
hour
Jesus
said
to
the
multitudes:
You
are
come
out
as
it
were
to
a
robber
with
swords
and
clubs
to apprehend
me.
I
sat
daily
with
you,
teaching
in
the
temple,
and
you
laid
not hands
on
me.
Now
all
this
was
done,
that
the
scriptures
of
the
prophets
might
be
fulfilled.
Then
the
disciples
all
leaving
him,
fled.
But
they
holding
Jesus
led
him
to Caiphas
the
high
priest,
where
the
scribes
and
the ancients
were
assembled.
And
Peter
followed
him afar
off,
even
to
the
court
of
the
high
priest.
And
going
in,
he
sat
with
the
servants,
that
he
might
see
the
end.
And
the
chief
priests
and
the
whole
council
sought false witness
against
Jesus,
that
they
might
put
him
to
death:
And
they
found
not,
whereas
many false witnesses
had
come
in.
And
last
of
all
there
came
two false witnesses:
And
they
said:
This
man
said,
I
am
able
to
destroy
the
temple
of
God,
and
after
three
days
to
rebuild
it.
And
the
high
priest
rising
up,
said
to
him: Answerest thou
nothing
to
the
things
which
these witness
against thee?
But
Jesus held
his peace.
And
the
high
priest
said
to
him:
I
adjure thee
by
the
living
God,
that thou
tell
us
if thou
be
the
Christ
the
Son
of
God.
Jesus saith
to
him: Thou hast
said
it.
Nevertheless
I
say
to
you, hereafter
you
shall
see
the
Son
of
man
sitting
on
the
right
hand
of
the
power
of
God,
and
coming
in
the
clouds
of
heaven.
Then
the
high
priests rent
his
garments,
saying:
He hath
blasphemed;
what
further
need
have
we
of
witnesses?
Behold,
now
you
have
heard
the
blasphemy:
What
think
you?
But
they
answering,
said:
He
is
guilty
of
death.
Then did
they
spit
in
his
face,
and buffeted
him:
and
others struck
his
face
with
the palms
of
their hands,
Saying:
Prophesy unto
us, O
Christ,
who
is
he
that
struck thee?
But
Peter
sat
without
in
the
court:
and
there
came
to
him
a servant maid,
saying: Thou
also wast
with
Jesus
the
Galilean.
But
he
denied
before
them
all,
saying:
I
know
not
what thou sayest.
And
as
he
went
out
of
the
gate,
another maid
saw
him,
and
she saith
to
them
that
were
there:
This
man
also
was
with
Jesus
of
Nazareth.
And
again
he
denied
with
an
oath,
I
know
not
the
man.
And
after
a
little
while
they
came
that
stood
by,
and
said
to
Peter:
Surely thou
also art
one
of
them;
for
even thy speech doth discover thee.
Then
he
began
to curse
and
to
swear
that
he
knew
not
the
man.
And
immediately
the cock crew.
And
Peter
remembered
the
word
of
Jesus
which
he
had
said:
Before
the cock
crow, thou wilt
deny
me thrice.
And
going
forth,
he
wept
bitterly.
And
when morning
was
come,
all
the
chief
priests
and ancients
of
the
people
took counsel
against
Jesus,
that
they
might
put
him
to
death.
And
they brought
him
bound,
and
delivered
him
to Pontius
Pilate
the
governor.
Then
Judas,
who
betrayed
him,
seeing
that
he
was
condemned, repenting
himself, brought
back
the
thirty
pieces
of
silver
to
the
chief
priests
and ancients,
Saying:
I
have
sinned
in
betraying
innocent
blood.
But
they
said:
What
is
that
to
us?
look thou
to
it.
And casting
down
the
pieces
of
silver
in
the
temple,
he
departed:
and
went
and
hanged
himself
with
an halter.
But
the
chief
priests having
taken
the
pieces
of
silver,
said:
It
is
not
lawful
to
put
them
into
the corbona,
because
it
is
the
price
of
blood.
And
after
they
had consulted
together,
they
bought
with
them
the
potter’s
field,
to be
a burying
place
for
strangers.
For
this cause
the
field
was
called Haceldama,
that
is,
The
field
of
blood,
even
to
this
day.
Then
was
fulfilled
that
which
was
spoken
by Jeremias
the
prophet,
saying:
And
they
took
the
thirty
pieces
of
silver,
the
price
of
him
that
was prized,
whom
they prized
of
the children
of
Israel.
And
they
gave
them unto
the
potter’s
field,
as
the
Lord appointed
to
me.
And
Jesus
stood
before
the
governor,
and
the
governor
asked
him,
saying: Art thou
the
king
of
the
Jews?
Jesus saith
to
him: Thou sayest
it.
And
when
he
was
accused
by
the
chief
priests
and ancients,
he
answered
nothing.
Then
Pilate saith
to
him: Dost
not thou
hear
how
great testimonies
they allege
against thee?
And
he
answered
him
to
never
a
word;
so
that
the
governor
wondered
exceedingly.
Now upon
the solemn day
the
governor
was
accustomed
to
release
to
the
people
one
prisoner,
whom
they
would.
And
he
had
then
a
notorious
prisoner,
that
was
called
Barabbas.
They
therefore
being
gathered
together,
Pilate
said:
Whom
will
you
that
I
release
to
you,
Barabbas,
or
Jesus
that
is
called
Christ?
For
he
knew
that
for
envy
they
had
delivered
him.
And
as
he
was
sitting
in
the place
of
judgment,
his
wife
sent
to
him,
saying:
Have thou
nothing
to
do
with
that
just
man;
for
I
have
suffered
many
things
this
day
in
a
dream
because
of
him.
But
the
chief
priests
and ancients
persuaded
the
people,
that
they
should
ask
Barabbas,
and make
Jesus
away.
And
the
governor
answering,
said
to
them: Whether
will
you
of
the
two
to be
released unto
you?
But
they
said,
Barabbas.
Pilate saith
to
them:
What shall
I
do
then
with
Jesus
that
is
called
Christ?
They
say
all:
Let
him
be
crucified.
The governor
said
to
them:
Why,
what
evil hath
he
done?
But
they
cried
out
the
more,
saying:
Let
him be
crucified.
And
Pilate
seeing
that
he prevailed
nothing,
but
that
rather
a tumult
was
made;
taking
water
washed
his
hands
before
the
people,
saying:
I
am
innocent
of
the
blood
of
this just
man;
look
you
to
it.
And
the
whole
people
answering,
said:
His
blood
be
upon
us
and
our
children.
Then
he
released
to
them
Barabbas,
and having
scourged
Jesus,
delivered
him unto
them
to be
crucified.
Then
the
soldiers
of
the
governor
taking
Jesus
into
the hall,
gathered
together unto
him
the
whole band;
And stripping
him,
they
put
a
scarlet cloak
about
him.
And platting
a
crown
of
thorns,
they
put
it
upon
his
head,
and
a
reed
in
his
right
hand.
And bowing
the knee
before
him,
they
mocked
him,
saying:
Hail,
king
of
the
Jews.
And
spitting upon
him,
they
took
the
reed,
and
struck
his
head.
And
after
they
had
mocked
him,
they
took
off
the
cloak
from
him,
and
put
on
him
his
own
garments,
and
led
him
away
to
crucify
him.
And
going
out,
they
found
a
man
of
Cyrene,
named
Simon:
him
they
forced
to
take
up
his
cross.
And
they
came
to
the
place
that
is
called
Golgotha,
which
is
the
place
of Calvary.
And
they
gave
him
wine
to
drink mingled
with
gall.
And
when
he
had
tasted,
he
would
not
drink.
And
after
they
had
crucified
him,
they
divided
his
garments,
casting
lots;
that
it might be fulfilled
which
was spoken
by
the prophet, saying:
They
divided
my
garments
among
them;
and upon
my vesture
they
cast
lots.
And
they
sat
and watched
him.
And
they
put
over
his
head
his
cause
written:
THIS
IS
JESUS
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.
Then
were
crucified
with
him
two thieves:
one
on
the
right
hand,
and
one
on
the
left.
And
they
that passed
by,
blasphemed
him,
wagging
their
heads,
And
saying: Vah, thou
that destroyest
the
temple
of
God,
and
in
three
days dost
rebuild
it:
save thy
own
self:
if thou
be
the
Son
of
God,
come
down
from
the
cross.
In
like
manner
also
the
chief
priests,
with
the
scribes
and ancients,
mocking,
said:
He
saved
others;
himself
he
cannot
save.
If
he
be
the
king
of
Israel,
let
him
now
come
down
from
the
cross,
and
we
will
believe
him.
He
trusted
in
God;
let
him
now
deliver
him
if
he
will
have
him;
for
he
said:
I
am
the
Son
of
God.
And
the selfsame
thing
the thieves
also,
that
were
crucified
with
him,
reproached
him
with.
Now
from
the
sixth
hour
there
was
darkness
over
the
whole
earth,
until
the ninth
hour.
And
about
the ninth
hour
Jesus
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying:
Eli,
Eli, lamma sabacthani?
that
is,
My
God,
my
God,
why hast thou
forsaken
me?
And
some
that
stood
there
and
heard,
said:
This
man calleth Elias.
And
immediately
one
of
them
running
took
a
sponge,
and
filled
it
with vinegar;
and
put
it
on
a
reed,
and
gave
him
to
drink.
And
the
others
said:
Let be,
let
us
see
whether Elias
will
come
to
deliver
him.
And
Jesus
again
crying
with
a
loud
voice,
yielded up
the ghost.
And
behold
the
veil
of
the
temple
was rent
in
two
from
the
top
even
to
the
bottom,
and
the
earth quaked,
and
the
rocks
were rent.
And
the
graves
were
opened:
and
many
bodies
of
the
saints that
had slept arose,
And
coming
out
of
the
tombs
after
his
resurrection,
came
into
the
holy
city,
and
appeared
to
many.
Now
the
centurion
and
they
that
were
with
him
watching
Jesus, having
seen
the
earthquake,
and
the
things
that
were
done,
were sore
afraid,
saying:
Indeed
this
was
the
Son
of
God.
And
there
were
there
many
women afar
off,
who
had
followed
Jesus
from
Galilee,
ministering unto
him:
Among
whom
was
Mary Magdalen,
and
Mary
the
mother
of
James
and
Joseph,
and
the
mother
of
the
sons
of
Zebedee.
And
when
it
was
evening,
there
came
a certain
rich
man
of
Arimathea,
named
Joseph,
who
also
himself
was
a
disciple
of
Jesus.
He
went
to
Pilate,
and
asked
the
body
of
Jesus.
Then
Pilate
commanded
that
the
body
should
be delivered.
And
Joseph
taking
the
body,
wrapped
it up
in
a
clean
linen
cloth.
And
laid
it
in
his
own
new monument,
which
he
had hewed out
in
a
rock.
And
he
rolled
a
great
stone
to
the
door
of
the monument,
and
went
his
way.
And
there
was
there
Mary Magdalen,
and
the
other
Mary
sitting
over
against
the sepulchre.
And
the
next
day,
which followed
the
day
of
preparation,
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees
came
together
to
Pilate,
Saying:
Sir,
we
have
remembered,
that
that seducer
said,
while
he
was
yet
alive:
After
three
days
I
will
rise
again.
Command
therefore
the sepulchre
to
be guarded
until
the
third
day: lest
perhaps
his
disciples
come
and
steal
him
away,
and
say
to
the
people:
He
is
risen
from
the
dead;
and
the
last
error
shall
be
worse
than
the
first.
Pilate saith
to
them:
You
have
a
guard;
go,
guard
it
as
you
know.
And
they departing,
made
the sepulchre sure, sealing
the
stone,
and setting guards.
And
in
the
end
of
the
sabbath,
when
it began
to
dawn towards
the
first
day
of
the
week,
came
Mary Magdalen
and
the
other
Mary,
to
see
the sepulchre.
And
behold
there
was
a
great
earthquake.
For
an
angel
of
the
Lord
descended
from
heaven,
and
coming,
rolled back
the
stone,
and
sat
upon
it.
And
his countenance
was
as
lightning,
and
his raiment
as
snow.
And
for
fear
of
him,
the
guards
were struck
with terror,
and
became
as
dead
men.
And
the
angel
answering,
said
to
the
women:
Fear
not
you;
for
I
know
that
you
seek
Jesus
who
was
crucified.
He
is
not
here,
for
he
is
risen,
as
he
said.
Come,
and
see
the
place
where
the Lord
was
laid.
And
going
quickly,
tell ye
his
disciples
that
he
is
risen:
and
behold
he
will
go
before
you
into
Galilee;
there
you
shall
see
him.
Lo,
I
have foretold
it
to
you.
And
they
went
out
quickly
from
the sepulchre
with
fear
and
great
joy,
running
to
tell
his
disciples.
And
behold
Jesus
met
them,
saying:
All
hail.
But
they
came
up
and
took
hold
of
his
feet,
and adored
him.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them:
Fear
not.
Go,
tell
my
brethren
that
they
go
into
Galilee,
there
they
shall
see
me.
Who
when
they
were
departed,
behold
some
of
the guards
came
into
the
city,
and
told
the
chief
priests
all
things
that
had
been
done.
And
they being
assembled
together
with
the ancients,
taking counsel,
gave
a great
sum
of
money
to
the
soldiers,
Saying:
Say
you,
His
disciples
came
by
night,
and
stole
him
away
when
we
were
asleep.
And
if
the
governor
shall
hear
this,
we
will
persuade
him,
and secure
you.
So
they
taking
the
money,
did
as
they
were
taught:
and
this
word
was
spread abroad
among
the
Jews
even unto
this
day.
And
the
eleven
disciples
went
into
Galilee, unto
the
mountain
where
Jesus
had
appointed
them.
And
seeing
them
they adored:
but
some doubted.
And
Jesus
coming,
spoke
to
them,
saying:
All
power
is
given
to
me
in
heaven
and
in
earth.
Going
therefore, teach ye
all
nations;
baptizing
them
in
the
name
of
the
Father,
and
of
the
Son,
and
of
the
Holy Ghost.
Teaching
them
to
observe
all
things whatsoever
I
have
commanded
you:
and
behold
I
am
with
you
all
days,
even
to
the
consummation
of
the
world.
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The
beginning
of
the
gospel
of
Jesus
Christ,
the Son
of God.
As
it
is
written
in Isaias
the
prophet:
Behold
I
send
my
angel
before thy
face,
who
shall
prepare
the
way
before thee.
A
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
desert:
Prepare ye
the
way
of
the
Lord,
make
straight
his
paths.
John
was
in
the
desert
baptizing,
and
preaching
the
baptism
of penance, unto remission
of
sins.
And
there
went
out
to
him
all
the
country
of
Judea,
and
all
they
of
Jerusalem,
and
were
baptized
by
him
in
the
river
of
Jordan,
confessing
their
sins.
And
John
was clothed
with
camel’s
hair,
and
a leathern girdle
about
his
loins;
and
he
ate
locusts
and
wild
honey.
And
he
preached,
saying:
There cometh
after
me
one
mightier
than
I,
the latchet
of
whose
shoes
I
am
not
worthy
to
stoop
down
and
loose.
I
have
baptized
you
with
water;
but
he shall
baptize
you
with
the
Holy Ghost.
And
it
came
to
pass,
in
those
days,
Jesus
came
from
Nazareth
of
Galilee,
and
was
baptized
by
John
in
the
Jordan.
And forthwith
coming
up
out
of
he
water,
he
saw
the
heavens opened,
and
the
Spirit
as
a
dove
descending,
and remaining
on
him.
And
there
came
a
voice
from
heaven: Thou art
my
beloved
Son;
in thee
I
am
well
pleased.
And
immediately
the
Spirit
drove
him
out
into
the
desert.
And
he
was
in
the
desert
forty
days
and
forty nights,
and
was
tempted
by
Satan;
and
he
was
with
beasts,
and
the
angels
ministered
to
him.
And
after
that
John
was
delivered
up,
Jesus
came
into
Galilee,
preaching
the
gospel
of
the kingdom
of
God,
And
saying:
The
time
is
accomplished,
and
the
kingdom
of
God
is
at
hand:
repent,
and
believe
the
gospel.
And
passing
by
the
sea
of
Galilee,
he
saw
Simon
and
Andrew
his
brother,
casting nets
into
the
sea (for
they
were
fishermen).
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
Come
after
me,
and
I
will
make
you
to
become
fishers
of
men.
And
immediately
leaving
their
nets,
they
followed
him.
And
going
on
from thence
a
little
farther,
he
saw
James
the son
of
Zebedee,
and
John
his
brother,
who
also
were
mending
their
nets
in
the
ship:
And forthwith
he
called
them.
And
leaving
their
father
Zebedee
in
the
ship
with
his
hired
men,
they
followed
him.
And
they
entered
into Capharnaum,
and forthwith upon
the
sabbath days going
into
the
synagogue,
he
taught
them.
And
they
were
astonished
at
his doctrine.
For
he
was
teaching
them
as
one
having
power,
and
not
as
the
scribes.
And
there
was
in
their
synagogue
a
man
with
an
unclean
spirit;
and
he
cried
out,
Saying:
What
have
we
to
do
with thee,
Jesus
of
Nazareth? art thou
come
to
destroy
us?
I
know
who thou art,
the
Holy
One
of
God.
And
Jesus threatened
him,
saying:
Speak no more,
and
go
out
of
the man.
And
the
unclean
spirit tearing
him,
and
crying
out
with
a
loud
voice,
went
out
of
him.
And
they
were
all
amazed, insomuch
that
they questioned
among
themselves,
saying:
What
thing
is
this?
what
is
this
new doctrine?
for
with
power
he commandeth
even
the
unclean
spirits,
and
they
obey
him.
And
the fame
of
him
was
spread forthwith
into
all
the
country
of
Galilee.
And
immediately
going
out
of
the
synagogue
they
came
into
the
house
of
Simon
and
Andrew,
with
James
and
John.
And
Simon’s wife’s mother
lay
in
a fit
of
a
fever:
and forthwith
they
tell
him
of
her.
And
coming
to
her,
he lifted
her
up,
taking
her
by
the
hand;
and immediately
the
fever
left
her,
and
she
ministered unto
them.
And
when
it
was
evening,
after sunset,
they
brought
to
him
all
that
were ill
and
that
were
possessed
with devils.
And
all
the
city
was
gathered
together
at
the
door.
And
he
healed
many
that
were troubled
with divers
diseases;
and
he
cast
out
many devils,
and
he suffered
them
not
to
speak,
because
they
knew
him.
And
rising
very
early,
going
out,
he
went
into
a
desert
place:
and
there
he
prayed.
And
Simon,
and
they
that
were
with
him, followed
after
him.
And
when
they
had
found
him,
they
said
to
him:
All
seek
for thee.
And
he saith
to
them:
Let
us
go
into
the neighbouring
towns
and cities,
that
I
may
preach
there
also;
for
to
this
purpose
am
I
come.
And
he
was
preaching
in
their
synagogues,
and
in
all
Galilee,
and casting
out devils.
And
there
came
a
leper
to
him,
beseeching
him,
and kneeling
down
said
to
him:
If thou wilt, thou canst
make
me
clean.
And
Jesus having
compassion
on
him,
stretched forth
his
hand;
and
touching
him, saith
to
him:
I
will.
Be thou
made
clean.
And
when
he
had spoken,
immediately
the
leprosy
departed
from
him,
and
he
was made
clean.
And
he strictly charged
him,
and forthwith
sent
him
away.
And
he saith
to
him:
See thou
tell
no
one;
but
go, shew thyself
to
the high
priest,
and
offer
for thy
cleansing
the
things
that
Moses
commanded,
for
a
testimony
to
them.
But
he
being
gone
out,
began
to publish
and
to blaze abroad
the
word:
so
that
he
could
not
openly
go
into
the
city,
but
was
without
in
desert
places:
and
they flocked
to
him
from
all
sides.
And
again
he
entered
into Capharnaum
after some
days.
And
it
was heard
that
he
was
in
the house,
and
many
came
together,
so
that
there
was
no
room;
no,
not
even
at
the
door;
and
he
spoke
to
them
the
word.
And
they
came
to
him,
bringing
one sick
of
the palsy,
who
was
carried
by
four.
And
when
they
could
not
offer
him unto
him
for
the
multitude,
they uncovered
the
roof
where
he
was;
and opening
it,
they
let
down
the bed wherein
the
man
sick
of
the palsy
lay.
And
when
Jesus
had
seen
their
faith,
he saith
to
the sick
of
the palsy:
Son, thy
sins
are
forgiven thee.
And
there
were
some
of
the
scribes
sitting
there,
and thinking
in
their
hearts:
Why doth
this
man
speak
thus?
he blasphemeth.
Who
can
forgive
sins,
but
God
only?
Which
Jesus presently knowing
in
his
spirit,
that
they
so
thought
within
themselves, saith
to
them:
Why think
you
these
things
in
your
hearts?
Which
is
easier,
to
say
to
the sick
of
the palsy: Thy
sins
are
forgiven thee;
or
to
say:
Arise,
take
up thy bed,
and
walk?
But
that
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
man hath
power
on
earth
to
forgive
sins, (he saith
to
the sick
of
the palsy,)
I
say
to thee:
Arise,
take
up thy bed,
and
go
into thy
house.
And
immediately
he arose;
and
taking
up
his bed,
went
his
way
in
the
sight
of
all;
so
that
all wondered
and
glorified
God,
saying:
We
never
saw
the
like.
And
he
went
forth
again
to
the
sea
side;
and
all
the
multitude
came
to
him,
and
he
taught
them.
And
when
he
was
passing
by,
he
saw
Levi
the son
of Alpheus
sitting
at
the receipt
of custom;
and
he saith
to
him:
Follow
me.
And
rising
up,
he
followed
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
as
he sat
at
meat
in
his
house,
many publicans
and
sinners sat down
together
with
Jesus
and
his
disciples.
For
they
were
many,
who
also
followed
him.
And
the
scribes
and
the
Pharisees,
seeing
that
he
ate
with publicans
and
sinners,
said
to
his disiples: Why doth
your master
eat
and
drink
with publicans
and
sinners?
Jesus
hearing
this, saith
to
them:
They
that
are
well
have
no
need
of
a
physician,
but
they
that
are
sick.
For
I
came
not
to
call
the
just,
but
sinners.
And
the disiples
of
John
and
the
Pharisees used
to
fast;
and
they
come
and
say
to
him:
Why
do
the
disciples
of
John
and
of
the
Pharisees
fast;
but thy
disciples
do
not
fast?
And
Jesus saith
to
them:
Can
the children
of
the marriage
fast,
as
long
as
the
bridegroom
is
with
them?
As
long
as
they
have
the
bridegroom
with
them,
they
cannot
fast.
But
the
days
will
come
when
the
bridegroom
shall
be
taken
away
from
them;
and
then
they
shall
fast
in
those
days.
No
man seweth
a
piece
of raw
cloth
to
an
old
garment:
otherwise
the
new piecing taketh
away
from
the
old,
and
there
is
made
a
greater rent.
And
no
man putteth
new
wine
into
old bottles:
otherwise
the
wine
will
burst
the bottles,
and
both
the
wine
will
be spilled,
and
the bottles
will
be
lost.
But
new
wine
must
be
put
into
new bottles.
And
it
came
to
pass
again,
as
the Lord walked
through
the corn fields
on
the
sabbath,
that
his
disciples
began
to
go forward,
and
to pluck
the ears
of corn.
And
the
Pharisees
said
to
him:
Behold,
why
do
they
on
the
sabbath
day
that
which
is
not
lawful?
And
he
said
to
them:
Have
you
never
read
what
David
did
when
he
had
need,
and
was
hungry
himself,
and
they
that
were
with
him?
How
he
went
into
the
house
of
God,
under
Abiathar
the
high
priest,
and
did
eat
the
loaves
of proposition,
which
was
not
lawful
to
eat
but
for
the
priests,
and
gave
to
them
who
were
with
him?
And
he
said
to
them:
The
sabbath
was
made
for
man,
and
not
man
for
the
sabbath.
Therefore
the
Son
of
man
is
Lord
of
the
sabbath
also.
And
he
entered
again
into
the
synagogue,
and
there
was
a
man
there
who
had
a
withered
hand.
And
they
watched
him
whether
he
would
heal
on
the
sabbath days;
that
they
might
accuse
him.
And
he
said
to
the
man
who
had
the
withered
hand:
Stand
up
in
the
midst.
And
he saith
to
them:
Is
it
lawful
to
do
good
on
the
sabbath days,
or
to
do
evil?
to
save
life,
or
to
destroy?
But
they
held
their peace.
And
looking round
about
on
them
with
anger,
being
grieved
for
the blindness
of
their
hearts,
he saith
to
the
man:
Stretch forth thy
hand.
And
he
stretched
it forth:
and
his
hand
was
restored unto
him.
And
the
Pharisees
going
out,
immediately
made
a
consultation
with
the
Herodians
against
him,
how
they
might
destroy
him.
But
Jesus retired
with
his
disciples
to
the
sea;
and
a
great
multitude
followed
him
from
Galilee
and
Judea,
And
from
Jerusalem,
and
from
Idumea,
and
from
beyond
the
Jordan.
And
they
about
Tyre
and
Sidon,
a
great
multitude,
hearing
the
things
which
he
did,
came
to
him.
And
he
spoke
to
his
disciples
that
a
small ship
should wait
on
him
because
of
the
multitude,
lest
they
should
throng
him.
For
he
healed
many,
so
that
they
pressed
upon
him
for
to
touch
him,
as
many
as
had evils.
And
the
unclean
spirits,
when
they
saw
him,
fell
down
before
him:
and
they
cried,
saying:
Thou art
the Son
of
God.
And
he
strictly charged
them
that
they
should
not
make
him
known.
And
going
up
into
a
mountain,
he
called unto
him
whom
he
would
himself:
and
they
came
to
him.
And
he
made
that
twelve
should
be
with
him,
and
that
he
might
send
them
to
preach.
And
he gave
them
power
to heal sicknesses,
and
to
cast
out devils.
And
to
Simon
he
gave
the
name
Peter:
And
James
the
son
of
Zebedee,
and
John
the
brother
of
James;
and
he
named
them
Boanerges,
which
is,
The
sons
of
thunder:
And
Andrew
and
Philip,
and
Bartholomew
and
Matthew,
and
Thomas
and
James
of Alpheus,
and Thaddeus,
and
Simon
the Cananean:
And
Judas
Iscariot,
who
also
betrayed
him.
And
they
come
to
a
house,
and
the
multitude cometh
together
again,
so
that
they
could
not
so much
as
eat
bread.
And
when
his friends
had
heard
of
it,
they
went
out
to lay
hold
on
him.
For
they
said:
He
is become mad.
And
the
scribes
who
were
come
down
from
Jerusalem,
said:
He hath Beelzebub,
and
by
the
prince
of devils
he casteth
out devils.
And
after
he
had
called
them
together,
he
said
to
them
in
parables:
How
can
Satan
cast
out
Satan?
And
if
a
kingdom
be
divided
against
itself,
that
kingdom
cannot
stand.
And
if
a
house
be
divided
against
itself,
that
house
cannot
stand.
And
if
Satan
be
risen
up
against
himself,
he
is
divided,
and
cannot
stand,
but hath
an
end.
No
man
can
enter
into
the
house
of
a
strong
man
and rob
him
of
his
goods,
unless
he
first
bind
the
strong
man,
and
then
shall
he
plunder
his
house.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
all
sins
shall
be
forgiven unto
the
sons
of
men,
and
the
blasphemies wherewith
they
shall
blaspheme:
But
he
that shall
blaspheme
against
the
Holy Ghost, shall
never
have
forgiveness,
but shall
be
guilty
of
an everlasting
sin.
Because
they
said:
He hath
an
unclean
spirit.
And
his
mother
and
his
brethren
came;
and
standing
without,
sent unto
him,
calling
him.
And
the
multitude
sat
about
him;
and
they
say
to
him:
Behold thy
mother
and thy
brethren
without
seek
for thee.
And
answering
them,
he
said:
Who
is
my
mother
and
my
brethren?
And
looking
round
about
on
them
who
sat
about
him,
he saith:
Behold
my
mother
and
my
brethren.
For whosoever
shall
do
the
will
of
God,
he
is
my
brother,
and
my
sister,
and
mother.
And
again
he
began
to
teach
by
the
sea
side;
and
a
great
multitude
was
gathered
together unto
him,
so
that
he
went
up
into
a
ship,
and
sat
in
the
sea;
and
all
the
multitude
was
upon
the
land
by
the
sea
side.
And
he
taught
them
many
things
in
parables,
and
said unto
them
in
his doctrine:
Hear ye:
Behold,
the
sower
went
out
to
sow.
And whilst
he
sowed,
some
fell
by
the
way
side,
and
the
birds
of
the air
came
and
ate
it
up.
And
other
some
fell
upon stony
ground,
where
it
had
not
much
earth;
and
it shot
up
immediately,
because
it
had
no
depth
of
earth.
And
when
the
sun
was
risen,
it
was
scorched;
and
because
it
had
no
root,
it
withered
away.
And
some
fell
among
thorns;
and
the
thorns
grew
up,
and
choked
it,
and
it
yielded
no
fruit.
And
some
fell upon
good
ground;
and
brought forth
fruit
that
grew
up,
and
increased
and
yielded,
one
thirty,
another
sixty,
and
another
a
hundred.
And
he
said:
He
that hath
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear.
And
when
he
was
alone,
the
twelve
that
were
with
him
asked
him
the
parable.
And
he
said
to
them:
To
you
it
is
given
to know
the
mystery
of
the
kingdom
of
God:
but
to
them
that
are
without,
all
things
are
done
in
parables:
That
seeing
they
may
see,
and
not
perceive;
and
hearing
they
may
hear,
and
not
understand:
lest
at
any time
they
should
be converted,
and
their sins
should
be
forgiven
them.
And
he saith
to
them:
Are
you ignorant
of
this
parable?
and
how
shall
you
know
all
parables?
He
that soweth, soweth
the
word.
And
these
are
they
by
the
way
side,
where
the
word
is
sown,
and
as
soon
as
they
have
heard,
immediately
Satan cometh
and taketh
away
the
word
that
was
sown
in
their hearts.
And
these
likewise
are
they
that
are
sown
on
the stony ground:
who
when
they
have
heard
the
word,
immediately
receive
it
with
joy.
And
they
have
no
root
in
themselves,
but
are
only
for
a time:
and
then
when
tribulation
and
persecution ariseth
for
the
word
they
are presently scandalized.
And
others
there
are
who
are
sown
among
thorns:
these
are
they
that
hear
the
word,
And
the
cares
of
the
world,
and
the
deceitfulness
of
riches,
and
the
lusts
after
other
things
entering
in
choke
the
word,
and
it
is
made fruitless.
And
these
are
they
who
are
sown
upon
the
good
ground,
who
hear
the
word,
and
receive
it,
and yield
fruit,
the
one
thirty,
another
sixty,
and
another
a
hundred.
And
he
said
to
them: Doth
a candle
come
in
to
be
put
under
a bushel,
or
under
a
bed?
and
not
to
be
set
on
a candlestick?
For
there
is
nothing hid, which shall
not
be
made
manifest:
neither
was
it
made
secret,
but
that
it
may
come abroad.
If
any
man
have
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.
And
he
said
to
them:
Take
heed
what
you
hear.
In
what
measure
you
shall mete,
it
shall
be
measured
to
you
again,
and
more
shall
be
given
to
you.
For
he
that hath,
to
him
shall
be
given:
and
he
that hath
not,
that
also
which
he hath
shall
be
taken
away
from
him.
And
he
said:
So
is
the
kingdom
of
God,
as
if
a
man
should
cast
seed
into
the
earth,
And
should
sleep,
and
rise,
night
and
day,
and
the
seed
should spring,
and grow
up whilst
he knoweth
not.
For
the
earth
of
itself bringeth forth
fruit,
first
the
blade,
then
the ear, afterwards
the
full corn
in
the ear.
And
when
the
fruit
is brought
forth,
immediately
he putteth
in
the
sickle,
because
the
harvest
is
come.
And
he
said:
To
what
shall
we liken
the
kingdom
of
God?
or
to
what
parable
shall
we
compare
it?
It
is
as
a
grain
of
mustard
seed:
which
when
it
is
sown
in
the
earth,
is
less
than
all
the
seeds
that
are
in
the
earth:
And
when
it
is
sown,
it groweth
up,
and becometh
greater
than
all herbs,
and shooteth
out
great
branches,
so
that
the
birds
of
the
air
may dwell
under
the
shadow thereof.
And
with
many
such
parables,
he
spoke
to
them
the
word, according
as
they
were
able
to
hear.
And
without
parable
he did
not
speak unto
them;
but
apart,
he explained
all
things
to
his
disciples.
And
he saith
to
them
that
day,
when
evening
was
come:
Let
us
pass
over
to
the
other
side.
And sending
away
the
multitude,
they
take
him
even
as
he
was
in
the
ship:
and
there
were
other
ships
with
him.
And
there
arose
a
great
storm
of
wind,
and
the
waves beat
into
the
ship,
so
that
the
ship
was
filled.
And
he
was
in
the hinder
part
of
the ship,
sleeping
upon
a pillow;
and
they
awake
him,
and
say
to
him: Master, doth
it
not concern thee
that
we
perish?
And rising up,
he
rebuked
the
wind,
and
said
to
the
sea: Peace,
be
still.
And
the
wind
ceased:
and
there
was
made
a
great
calm.
And
he
said
to
them:
Why
are
you fearful?
have
you
not
faith
yet?
And
they feared exceedingly:
and
they
said
one
to another:
Who
is
this (thinkest thou)
that
both wind
and sea obey
him?
And
they
came
over
the strait
of
the
sea
into
the
country
of
the Gerasens.
And
as
he
went
out
of
the
ship,
immediately
there
met
him
out
of
the
monuments
a
man
with
an
unclean
spirit,
Who
had
his
dwelling
in
the
tombs,
and
no
man
now
could
bind
him,
not
even
with
chains.
For having
been
often
bound
with fetters
and
chains,
he
had burst
the
chains,
and
broken
the fetters
in
pieces,
and
no
one
could
tame
him.
And
he
was
always
day
and
night
in
the monuments
and
in
the
mountains,
crying
and cutting
himself
with
stones.
And
seeing
Jesus afar
off,
he
ran
and adored
him.
And
crying
with
a
loud
voice,
he
said:
What
have
I
to
do
with thee,
Jesus
the
Son
of
the
most
high
God?
I
adjure thee
by
God
that thou
torment
me
not.
For
he
said unto
him:
Go
out
of
the
man, thou
unclean
spirit.
And
he
asked
him:
What
is thy
name?
And
he saith
to
him:
My
name
is
Legion,
for
we
are
many.
And
he besought
him
much,
that
he
would
not drive
him
away
out
of
the
country.
And
there
was
there
near
the
mountain
a
great
herd
of
swine,
feeding.
And
the spirits besought
him,
saying:
Send
us
into
the
swine,
that
we
may
enter
into
them.
And
Jesus immediately
gave
them
leave.
And
the
unclean
spirits
going
out,
entered
into
the
swine:
and
the
herd
with great violence
was carried headlong
into
the
sea, being
about
two
thousand,
and
were stifled
in
the
sea.
And
they
that fed
them
fled,
and
told
it
in
the
city
and
in
the
fields.
And
they
went
out
to
see
what
was
done:
And
they
came
to
Jesus,
and
they
see
him
that
was troubled
with
the devil,
sitting,
clothed,
and
well
in
his wits,
and
they
were
afraid.
And
they
that
had
seen
it, told
them,
in
what manner
he
had
been dealt
with
who
had
the devil;
and
concerning
the
swine.
And
they
began
to pray
him
that
he
would
depart
from
their coasts.
And
when
he
went
up
into
the
ship,
he
that
had
been troubled
with
the devil, began
to beseech
him
that
he
might
be
with
him.
And
he admitted
him
not,
but saith
to
him:
Go
into thy
house
to thy friends,
and
tell
them
how
great
things
the
Lord hath
done
for thee,
and hath
had
mercy
on thee.
And
he
went
his
way,
and
began
to publish
in
Decapolis
how
great
things
Jesus
had
done
for
him:
and
all
men
wondered.
And
when
Jesus
had passed
again
in
the
ship
over
the strait,
a
great
multitude
assembled
together unto
him,
and
he
was nigh unto
the
sea.
And there cometh
one
of
the rulers
of
the
synagogue
named
Jairus:
and
seeing
him, falleth
down
at
his
feet.
And
he besought
him
much,
saying:
My
daughter
is
at
the
point
of
death,
come,
lay thy
hand
upon
her,
that
she
may
be safe,
and
may
live.
And
he
went
with
him,
and
a
great
multitude
followed
him,
and
they thronged
him.
And
a
woman
who
was
under
an issue
of
blood
twelve
years,
And
had
suffered
many
things
from
many
physicians;
and
had
spent
all
that
she
had,
and
was
nothing
the
better,
but
rather
worse,
When
she
had
heard
of
Jesus,
came
in
the
crowd
behind
him,
and
touched
his
garment.
For
she
said:
If
I shall
touch
but
his
garment,
I shall be whole.
And forthwith
the
fountain
of
her
blood
was
dried up,
and
she
felt
in
her
body
that
she
was
healed
of
the evil.
And
immediately
Jesus knowing
in
himself
the virtue
that
had
proceeded
from
him,
turning
to
the
multitude,
said:
Who hath
touched
my
garments?
And
his
disciples
said
to
him: Thou seest
the
multitude thronging thee,
and sayest thou
who hath
touched
me?
And
he
looked
about
to
see
her
who
had
done
this.
But
the
woman
fearing
and
trembling,
knowing
what
was
done
in
her,
came
and
fell
down
before
him,
and
told
him
all
the
truth.
And
he
said
to
her:
Daughter, thy
faith hath
made thee whole:
go
in
peace,
and
be thou whole
of thy
disease.
While
he
was
yet
speaking,
some
come
from
the ruler
of
the synagogue’s
house,
saying: Thy
daughter
is
dead:
why dost thou
trouble
the master
any
further?
But
Jesus having heard
the
word
that
was
spoken, saith
to
the ruler
of
the
synagogue:
Fear
not,
only
believe.
And
he admitted
not
any
man
to
follow
him,
but
Peter,
and
James,
and
John
the
brother
of
James.
And
they
come
to
the
house
of
the ruler
of
the
synagogue;
and
he seeth
a tumult,
and
people
weeping
and
wailing
much.
And
going
in,
he saith
to
them:
Why
make
you
this ado,
and
weep?
the damsel
is
not
dead,
but sleepeth.
And
they laughed
him
to scorn.
But
he having
put
them
all
out, taketh
the
father
and
the
mother
of
the damsel,
and
them
that
were
with
him,
and entereth
in
where
the damsel
was lying.
And
taking
the damsel
by
the
hand,
he saith
to
her:
Talitha cumi,
which
is,
being interpreted: Damsel (I
say
to thee)
arise.
And
immediately
the damsel
rose
up,
and
walked:
and
she
was
twelve
years old:
and
they
were
astonished
with
a
great
astonishment.
And
he charged
them
strictly
that
no
man
should
know
it:
and commanded
that
something
should
be
given
her
to
eat.
And
going
out
from thence,
he
went
into
his
own
country;
and
his
disciples
followed
him.
And
when
the
sabbath
was
come,
he
began
to
teach
in
the
synagogue:
and
many
hearing
him
were
in admiration
at
his doctrine,
saying:
How
came
this
man
by
all
these
things?
and
what
wisdom
is
this
that
is
given
to
him,
and
such
mighty works
as
are wrought
by
his
hands?
Is
not
this
the
carpenter,
the
son
of
Mary,
the
brother
of
James,
and Joseph,
and
Jude,
and
Simon?
are
not
also
his
sisters
here
with
us?
And
they
were scandalized
in
regard
of
him.
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
A
prophet
is
not
without
honor,
but
in
his
own
country,
and
in
his
own
house,
and
among
his
own kindred.
And
he
could
not
do
any
miracles
there,
only
that
he
cured
a
few
that
were
sick,
laying
his
hands
upon
them.
And
he
wondered
because
of
their
unbelief,
and
he
went
through
the
villages
round
about
teaching.
And
he
called
the
twelve;
and
began
to
send
them
two
and
two,
and
gave
them
power
over
unclean
spirits.
And
he
commanded
them
that
they
should
take
nothing
for
the
way,
but
a
staff
only:
no scrip,
no
bread,
nor
money
in
their purse,
But
to
be
shod
with
sandals,
and
that
they
should
not
put
on
two
coats.
And
he
said
to
them: Wheresoever
you
shall
enter
into
an
house,
there
abide till
you
depart
from
that
place.
And whosoever
shall
not
receive
you,
nor
hear
you;
going
forth
from thence,
shake
off
the
dust
from
your
feet
for
a
testimony
to
them.
And
going
forth
they
preached
that men
should
do penance:
And
they
cast
out
many devils,
and
anointed
with
oil
many that
were
sick,
and
healed
them.
And
king
Herod
heard, (for
his
name
was
made manifest,)
and
he
said:
John
the
Baptist
is
risen
again
from
the
dead,
and
therefore
mighty
works shew forth
themselves
in
him.
And
others
said:
It
is Elias.
But
others
said:
It
is
a
prophet,
as
one
of
the
prophets.
Which
Herod
hearing,
said:
John
whom
I
beheaded,
he
is
risen
again
from
the dead.
For
Herod
himself
had
sent
and apprehended
John,
and
bound
him
in
prison
for
the
sake
of
Herodias
the
wife
of
Philip
his
brother,
because
he
had
married
her.
For
John
said
to
Herod:
It
is
not
lawful
for thee
to
have thy
brother’s
wife.
Now
Herodias laid snares
for
him:
and
was desirous
to
put
him
to
death,
and
could
not.
For
Herod
feared
John,
knowing
him
to
be
a
just
and
holy
man:
and
kept
him,
and
when
he
heard
him,
did
many
things:
and
he
heard
him willingly.
And
when
a convenient
day
was
come,
Herod
made
a
supper
for
his
birthday,
for
the princes,
and tribunes,
and chief
men
of
Galilee.
And
when
the
daughter
of
the
same
Herodias
had
come
in,
and
had
danced,
and
pleased
Herod,
and
them
that
were
at
table
with
him,
the
king
said
to
the damsel:
Ask
of
me
what thou wilt,
and
I
will
give
it thee.
And
he
swore
to
her: Whatsoever thou shalt
ask
I
will
give thee,
though
it
be
the
half
of
my
kingdom.
Who
when
she
was
gone
out,
said
to
her
mother,
What
shall
I
ask?
But
she
said:
The
head
of
John
the
Baptist.
And
when
she
was
come
in
immediately
with haste
to
the
king,
she
asked,
saying:
I
will
that forthwith thou
give
me
in
a dish,
the
head
of
John
the
Baptist.
And
the
king
was struck
sad.
Yet
because
of
his
oath,
and
because
of
them
that
were
with
him
at table,
he
would
not displease
her:
But
sending
an
executioner,
he
commanded
that
his
head
should
be
brought
in
a dish.
And
he
beheaded
him
in
the
prison,
and
brought
his
head
in
a dish:
and
gave
it
to
the damsel,
and
the damsel
gave
it
to
her
mother.
Which
his
disciples
hearing
came,
and
took
his
body,
and
laid
it
in
a
tomb.
And
the
apostles coming
together unto
Jesus, related
to
him
all
things
that
they
had
done
and
taught.
And
he
said
to
them:
Come apart
into
a
desert
place,
and
rest
a
little.
For
there
were
many
coming
and
going:
and
they
had
not
so
much
as
time
to
eat.
And
going
up
into
a
ship,
they
went
into
a
desert
place apart.
And
they
saw
them
going
away,
and
many
knew:
and
they
ran flocking thither
on foot
from
all
the
cities,
and
were
there
before
them.
And
Jesus
going
out
saw
a
great
multitude:
and
he
had
compassion
on
them,
because
they
were
as
sheep
not
having
a
shepherd,
and
he
began
to
teach
them
many
things.
And
when
the day
was
now
far
spent,
his
disciples
came
to
him,
saying:
This
is
a
desert
place,
and
the
hour
is
now past:
Send
them
away,
that
going
into
the next
villages
and towns,
they
may
buy
themselves
meat
to
eat.
And
he
answering
said
to
them:
Give
you
them
to
eat.
And
they
said
to
him:
Let
us
go
and
buy
bread
for
two
hundred pence,
and
we
will
give
them
to
eat.
And
he saith
to
them:
How
many
loaves
have
you?
go
and
see.
And
when
they
knew,
they
say:
Five,
and
two fishes.
And
he
commanded
them
that
they
should make
them
all
sit
down
by companies
upon
the
green
grass.
And
they
sat
down
in ranks,
by
hundreds
and
by
fifties.
And
when
he
had
taken
the
five
loaves,
and
the
two fishes:
looking
up
to
heaven,
he
blessed,
and
broke
the
loaves,
and
gave
to
his
disciples
to
set
before
them:
and
the
two fishes
he
divided
among
them
all.
And
they
all did
eat,
and
had
their fill.
And
they
took
up
the leavings,
twelve
full
baskets
of
fragments,
and
of
the fishes.
And
they
that
did
eat,
were
five
thousand
men.
And
immediately
he obliged
his
disciples
to
go
up
into
the
ship,
that
they
might
go
before
him
over
the water
to
Bethsaida, whilst
he
dismissed
the
people.
And
when
he
had dismissed
them,
he
went
up
to
the
mountain
to
pray.
And
when
it
was late,
the
ship
was
in
the
midst
of
the
sea,
and
himself
alone
on
the
land.
And
seeing
them labouring
in rowing, (for
the
wind
was
against
them,)
and
about
the fourth
watch
of
the
night,
he cometh
to
them
walking
upon
the
sea,
and
he
would
have
passed
by
them.
But
they
seeing
him
walking
upon
the
sea,
thought
it
was
an apparition,
and
they
cried
out.
For
they
all
saw
him,
and
were
troubled.
And
immediately
he
spoke
with
them,
and
said
to
them:
Have
a
good heart,
it
is
I,
fear ye
not.
And
he
went
up
to
them
into
the
ship,
and
the
wind
ceased:
and
they
were
far
more
astonished
within
themselves:
For
they
understood
not
concerning
the
loaves;
for
their
heart
was blinded.
And
when
they
had passed
over,
they
came
into
the
land
of Genezareth,
and set
to
the
shore.
And
when
they
were
gone
out
of
the
ship,
immediately
they
knew
him:
And running through
that
whole
country,
they
began
to
carry
about
in beds
those
that
were
sick,
where
they
heard
he
was.
And whithersoever
he
entered,
into
towns
or
into
villages
or
cities,
they
laid
the
sick
in
the streets,
and besought
him
that
they
might
touch
but
the hem
of
his
garment:
and
as
many
as
touched
him
were
made
whole.
And there
assembled
together unto
him
the
Pharisees
and
some
of
the
scribes,
coming
from
Jerusalem.
And
when
they
had
seen
some
of
his
disciples
eat
bread
with
common,
that
is,
with
unwashed
hands,
they
found fault.
For
the
Pharisees,
and
all
the
Jews
eat
not
without
often washing
their
hands,
holding
the
tradition
of
the ancients:
And
when
they
come
from
the
market,
unless
they
be
washed,
they
eat
not:
and
many
other
things
there
are
that
have
been delivered
to
them
to
observe,
the
washings
of
cups
and
of
pots,
and
of brazen vessels,
and
of beds.
And
the
Pharisees
and
scribes
asked
him:
Why
do
not thy
disciples
walk
according
to
the
tradition
of
the ancients,
but
they
eat
bread
with
common
hands?
But
he answering,
said
to
them:
Well
did Isaias
prophesy
of
you
hypocrites,
as
it
is
written:
This
people honoureth
me
with
their
lips,
but
their
heart
is
far
from
me.
And
in
vain
to
they
worship
me,
teaching
doctrines
and
precepts
of
men.
For
leaving
the
commandment
of
God,
you
hold
the
tradition
of
men,
the washing
of pots
and
of cups:
and many other
things
you do like
to
these.
And
he
said
to
them:
Well
do
you make void
the
commandment
of
God,
that
you
may
keep
your
own
tradition.
For
Moses
said: Honour thy
father
and thy
mother;
and
He
that
shall curse
father
or
mother,
dying
let
him
die.
But
you
say:
If
a
man
shall
say
to
his
father
or
mother,
Corban, (which
is
a
gift,) whatsoever
is
from
me,
shall
profit thee.
And
further
you suffer
him
not
to
do
any
thing
for
his
father
or
mother,
Making void
the
word
of
God
by
your own
tradition,
which
you
have
given
forth.
And
many
other
such
like
things
you
do.
And
calling
again
the
multitude unto
him,
he
said
to
them:
Hear ye
me
all,
and
understand.
There
is
nothing
from
without
a
man
that
entering
into
him,
can
defile
him.
But
the
things
which
come
from
a
man,
those
are
they
that
defile
a
man.
If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
And
when
he
was
come
into
the
house
from
the
multitude,
his
disciples
asked
him
the
parable.
And
he saith
to
them:
So
are
you
also
without knowledge?
understand
you
not
that
every
thing
from
without,
entering
into
a
man
cannot
defile
him:
Because
it entereth
not
into
his
heart,
but goeth
into
the
belly,
and goeth
out
into
the privy, purging
all meats?
But
he
said
that
the
things
which
come
out
from
a
man,
they
defile
a
man.
For
from
within
out
of
the
heart
of
men
proceed
evil
thoughts, adulteries,
fornications,
murders,
Thefts,
covetousness,
wickedness,
deceit, lasciviousness, an
evil
eye,
blasphemy,
pride,
foolishness.
All
these
evil
things
come
from
within,
and
defile
a
man.
And
rising
from thence
he
went
into
the coasts
of
Tyre
and Sidon:
and
entering
into
a
house,
he
would
that
no
man
should
know
it,
and
he
could
not
be hid.
For
a
woman
as
soon
as
she
heard
of
him,
whose
daughter
had
an
unclean
spirit,
came
in
and
fell
down
at
his
feet.
For
the
woman
was
a
Gentile,
a Syrophenician born.
And
she besought
him
that
he
would
cast forth
the devil
out
of
her
daughter.
Who
said
to
her: Suffer
first
the
children
to
be
filled:
for
it
is
not
good
to
take
the
bread
of
the
children,
and
cast
it
to
the
dogs.
But
she
answered
and
said
to
him: Yea,
Lord;
for
the whelps
also
eat
under
the
table
of
the
crumbs
of
the
children.
And
he
said
to
her:
For
this
saying
go thy
way,
the devil
is
gone
out
of thy
daughter.
And
when
she
was
come
into
her
house,
she
found
the girl
lying
upon
the
bed,
and
that
the devil
was
gone
out.
And
again
going
out
of
the coasts
of
Tyre,
he
came
by
Sidon
to
the
sea
of
Galilee,
through
the
midst
of
the coasts
of
Decapolis.
And
they
bring
to
him
one
deaf
and dumb;
and
they besought
him
that
he
would
lay
his
hand
upon
him.
And taking
him
from
the
multitude apart,
he
put
his
fingers
into
his
ears,
and
spitting,
he
touched
his
tongue:
And
looking
up
to
heaven,
he groaned,
and
said
to
him: Ephpheta,
which
is,
Be thou
opened.
And
immediately
his
ears
were
opened,
and
the string
of
his
tongue
was
loosed,
and
he
spoke right.
And
he charged
them
that
they
should
tell
no
man.
But
the
more
he charged
them,
so
much
the
more
a
great deal did
they publish
it.
And
so much
the
more
did
they wonder,
saying:
He hath
done
all
things
well;
he hath
made
both
the
deaf
to
hear,
and
the dumb
to
speak.
In
those
days
again,
when
there
was
a
great
multitude,
and
had
nothing
to
eat;
calling
his
disciples
together,
he saith
to
them:
I
have
compassion
on
the
multitude,
for behold
they
have
now
been
with
me
three
days,
and
have
nothing
to
eat.
And
if
I
shall
send
them
away fasting
to
their
home,
they
will
faint
in
the
way;
for
some
of
them came
from afar
off.
And
his
disciples
answered
him:
From whence
can
any
one fill
them
here
with
bread
in
the
wilderness?
And
he
asked
them:
How
many
loaves
have ye?
Who
said:
Seven.
And
taking
the
seven
loaves,
giving
thanks,
he
broke,
and
gave
to
his
disciples
for
to
set
before
them;
and
they
set
them
before
the
people.
And
they
had
a
few
little fishes;
and
he
blessed
them,
and commanded
them
to
be
set
before
them.
And
they did
eat
and
were
filled;
and
they
took
up that
which
was
left
of
the
fragments,
seven
baskets.
And
they
that
had eaten
were
about
four
thousand;
and
he
sent
them
away.
And
immediately
going
up
into
a
ship
with
his
disciples,
he
came
into
the
parts
of
Dalmanutha.
And
the
Pharisees
came
forth,
and
began
to question
with
him,
asking
him
a
sign
from
heaven, tempting
him.
And
sighing
deeply
in
spirit,
he saith:
Why doth
this
generation
seek
a
sign?
Amen,
I
say
to
you,
a
sign
shall
not
be
given
to
this
generation.
And
leaving
them,
he
went
up
again
into
the ship,
and
passed
to
the
other
side
of
the water.
And
they forgot
to
take
bread;
and
they
had
but
one
loaf
with
them
in
the
ship.
And
he charged
them,
saying:
Take
heed
and
beware
of
the
leaven
of
the
Pharisees,
and
of
the
leaven
of
Herod.
And
they
reasoned
among
themselves,
saying:
Because
we
have
no
bread.
Which
Jesus
knowing, saith
to
them:
Why
do
you
reason,
because
you
have
no
bread?
do
you
not
yet
know
nor
understand?
have
you
still
your
heart blinded?
Having
eyes,
see
you
not?
and
having
ears,
hear
you
not?
neither
do
you
remember.
When
I
broke
the
five
loaves
among
five
thousand,
how
many
baskets
full
of
fragments
took
you
up?
They
say
to
him,
Twelve.
When
also
the
seven loaves
among
four
thousand,
how
many
baskets
of
fragments
took
you
up?
And
they
say
to
him,
Seven.
And
he
said
to
them: How
do
you
not
yet
understand?
And
they
came
to
Bethsaida;
and
they
bring
to
him
a
blind
man,
and
they besought
him
that
he
would
touch
him.
And
taking
the
blind
man
by
the
hand,
he led
him
out
of
the
town;
and
spitting
upon
his
eyes,
laying
his
hands
on
him,
he
asked
him
if
he
saw
any
thing.
And
looking
up,
he
said:
I
see
men
as
it
were
trees,
walking.
After
that
again
he
laid
his
hands
upon
his
eyes,
and
he
began
to
see,
and
was
restored,
so
that
he saw
all
things
clearly.
And
he
sent
him
into
his
house,
saying:
Go
into thy
house,
and
if thou
enter
into
the
town,
tell nobody.
And
Jesus
went
out,
and
his
disciples,
into
the towns
of
Caesarea
Philippi.
And
in
the
way,
he
asked
his
disciples,
saying
to
them:
Whom
do
men
say
that
I
am?
Who
answered
him,
saying:
John
the
Baptist;
but
some Elias,
and
others
as
one
of
the
prophets.
Then
he saith
to
them:
But
whom
do
you
say
that
I
am?
Peter
answering
said
to
him: Thou art
the
Christ.
And
he strictly charged
them
that
they
should
not
tell
any
man
of
him.
And
he
began
to
teach
them,
that
the
Son
of
man
must
suffer
many
things,
and
be
rejected
by
the ancients
and
by
the
high
priests,
and
the
scribes,
and
be
killed:
and
after
three
days
rise
again.
And
he
spoke
the
word
openly.
And
Peter
taking
him,
began
to
rebuke
him.
Who
turning
about
and
seeing
his
disciples, threatened
Peter,
saying:
Go
behind
me,
Satan,
because thou savorest
not
the
things
that
are
of
God,
but
that
are
of
men.
And
calling
the
multitude
together
with
his
disciples,
he
said
to
them:
If any man
will
follow
me,
let
him
deny
himself,
and
take
up
his
cross,
and
follow
me.
For whosoever
will
save
his
life,
shall
lose
it:
and whosoever
shall
lose
his
life
for
my
sake
and
the
gospel,
shall
save
it.
For
what
shall
it
profit
a
man,
if
he
gain
the
whole
world,
and
suffer
the
loss
of
his
soul?
Or
what
shall
a
man
give
in
exchange
for
his
soul?
For
he
that
shall
be
ashamed
of
me,
and
of
my
words,
in
this
adulterous
and
sinful
generation:
the
Son
of
man
also
will
be
ashamed
of
him,
when
he
shall
come
in
the
glory
of
his
Father
with
the
holy
angels.
And he said to them: Amen I say to you, that there are some of them that stand here, who shall not taste death, till they see the kingdom of God coming in power.
And
after six days
Jesus taketh
with
him
Peter
and James
and
John,
and leadeth
them
up
into
an
high mountain apart
by
themselves,
and
was transfigured
before
them.
And
his garments became shining
and exceeding white
as snow,
so
as no fuller
upon earth can make white.
And
there
appeared
to
them Elias
with
Moses;
and
they
were talking
with
Jesus.
And
Peter answering,
said
to
Jesus: Rabbi,
it
is
good
for
us
to
be
here:
and
let
us make three tabernacles,
one
for thee,
and
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for Elias.
For
he knew
not
what
he
said:
for
they
were struck
with fear.
And
there
was
a cloud overshadowing
them:
and
a voice
came
out
of
the cloud, saying:
This
is
my most beloved son; hear ye
him.
And immediately looking
about,
they saw no
man any more,
but
Jesus
only
with
them.
And
as
they came down
from
the mountain,
he charged
them
not
to tell
any
man
what
things
they
had
seen, till
the Son
of
man
shall
be risen
again
from
the dead.
And
they
kept
the word
to
themselves; questioning
together
what
that
should mean,
when
he
shall
be
risen
from
the
dead.
And
they
asked
him,
saying:
Why
then
do
the Pharisees
and scribes
say
that Elias
must
come first?
Who answering,
said
to
them: Elias,
when
he
shall
come
first,
shall restore
all
things;
and
as
it
is written
of
the Son
of
man,
that
he
must suffer many
things
and
be despised.
But
I
say
to
you,
that Elias
also
is
come, (and
they
have done
to
him whatsoever
they
would,)
as
it
is
written
of
him.
And
coming
to
his disciples,
he saw
a
great multitude
about
them,
and
the scribes disputing
with
them.
And presently
all
the
people
seeing
Jesus,
were astonished
and struck
with fear;
and running
to
him,
they saluted
him.
And
he asked
them:
What
do
you question
about
among
you?
And
one
of
the multitude, answering,
said: Master,
I
have brought
my son
to thee, having
a dumb spirit.
Who, wheresoever
he taketh
him, dasheth
him,
and
he foameth,
and gnasheth
with
the teeth,
and pineth away;
and
I
spoke
to thy disciples
to cast
him
out,
and
they
could
not.
Who answering
them,
said: O incredulous generation, how long
shall
I
be
with
you? how long
shall
I suffer
you?
bring
him unto
me.
And
they
brought
him.
And
when
he
had seen
him, immediately
the spirit troubled
him;
and
being thrown
down
upon
the ground,
he rolled
about foaming.
And
he asked
his father: How long
time
is
it since
this hath
happened unto
him?
But
he
said:
From
his infancy:
And oftentimes hath
he cast
him
into
the fire
and
into waters
to destroy
him.
But
if thou canst
do any
thing, help
us, having compassion
on
us.
And
Jesus saith
to
him:
If thou canst believe, all
things
are possible
to
him
that believeth.
And immediately
the father
of
the boy crying out,
with tears
said:
I
do
believe, Lord: help
my unbelief.
And
when
Jesus saw
the multitude running together,
he threatened
the unclean spirit,
saying
to
him: Deaf
and dumb spirit,
I
command thee, go
out
of
him;
and enter
not any more into
him.
And crying
out,
and greatly tearing
him,
he
went
out
of
him,
and
he became
as dead,
so
that
many
said:
He
is dead.
But
Jesus
taking
him
by
the hand, lifted
him up;
and
he
arose.
And
when
he
was come
into
the house,
his disciples secretly asked
him: Why could
not
we cast
him out?
And
he
said
to
them:
This kind
can
go
out
by
nothing,
but
by prayer
and fasting.
And
departing
from thence,
they passed
through Galilee,
and
he
would
not
that
any
man
should know
it.
And
he taught
his disciple,
and
said
to
them:
The Son
of
man
shall
be betrayed
into
the hands
of
men,
and
they
shall kill
him;
and
after
that
he
is killed,
he
shall rise
again
the third day.
But
they understood
not
the word,
and
they
were afraid
to
ask
him.
And
they came
to Capharnaum.
And
when
they
were
in
the house,
he
asked
them:
What did
you treat
of
in
the
way?
But
they held
their peace,
for
in
the
way
they
had disputed
among
themselves,
which
of
them
should
be
the greatest.
And sitting down,
he called
the twelve,
and saith
to
them: If any man desire
to
be first,
he shall
be
the last
of
all,
and
the minister
of
all.
And taking
a child,
he set
him
in
the midst
of
them.
Whom
when
he
had embraced,
he saith
to
them:
Whosoever
shall
receive
one such
child
as
this
in
my name, receiveth
me.
And whosoever
shall
receive
me, receiveth
not
me,
but
him
that sent
me.
John answered
him, saying: Master,
we saw
one casting
out devils
in thy
name,
who followeth
not
us,
and
we forbade
him.
But
Jesus
said:
Do
not
forbid
him.
For
there
is
no
man
that doth
a miracle
in
my
name,
and can
soon speak ill
of
me.
For
he
that
is
not
against
you,
is
for
you.
For whosoever shall give
you
to drink
a cup
of water
in
my name,
because
you
belong
to Christ: amen
I
say
to
you,
he shall
not lose
his reward.
And whosoever shall scandalize
one
of
these little
ones
that believe
in
me;
it
were better
for
him
that
a millstone
were hanged around
his neck,
and
he
were cast
into
the sea.
And
if thy hand scandalize thee, cut
it off:
it
is
better
for thee
to enter
into life, maimed,
than having two hands
to go
into hell,
into unquenchable fire:
Where
there worm dieth
not,
and
the
fire
is
not extinguished.
And if thy foot scandalize thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter lame into life everlasting, than having two feet, to be cast into the hell of unquenchable fire:
Where
their worm dieth
not,
and
the fire
is
not extinguished.
And if thy eye scandalize thee, pluck it out. It is better for thee with one eye to enter into the kingdom of God, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire:
Where
the worm dieth
not,
and
the fire
is
not extinguished.
For every
one
shall
be salted
with
fire:
and every victim
shall
be salted
with salt.
Salt
is good.
But if
the salt became unsavoury; wherewith
will
you season it?
Have salt
in
you,
and
have peace among
you.
And
rising
up
from thence,
he cometh
into
the coasts
of
Judea
beyond
the
Jordan:
and
the
multitudes flock
to
him
again.
And
as
he
was
accustomed,
he
taught
them
again.
And
the
Pharisees
coming
to
him
asked
him:
Is
it
lawful
for
a
man
to
put
away
his
wife? tempting
him.
But
he
answering, saith
to
them:
What
did
Moses
command
you?
Who
said:
Moses
permitted
to
write
a bill
of
divorce,
and
to put
her
away.
To
whom
Jesus answering,
said:
Because
of
the
hardness
of
your
heart
he
wrote
you
that precept.
But
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation,
God
made
them
male
and
female.
For
this cause
a
man
shall
leave
his
father
and
mother;
and
shall cleave
to
his
wife.
And
they
two
shall
be
in
one
flesh.
Therefore
now
they
are
not
two,
but
one
flesh.
What
therefore
God hath
joined
together,
let
not
man put asunder.
And
in
the
house
again
his
disciples
asked
him
concerning
the
same
thing.
And
he saith
to
them: Whosoever
shall put
away
his
wife
and
marry
another, committeth
adultery
against
her.
And
if
the wife
shall put
away
her
husband,
and
be
married
to
another,
she committeth
adultery.
And
they
brought
to
him young
children,
that
he
might
touch
them.
And
the
disciples
rebuked
them
that
brought
them.
Whom
when
Jesus
saw,
he
was much displeased,
and saith
to
them:
Suffer
the little
children
to
come unto
me,
and
forbid
them
not;
for
of
such
is
the
kingdom
of
God.
Amen
I
say
to
you, whosoever
shall
not
receive
the
kingdom
of
God
as
a little
child,
shall
not
enter
into
it.
And embracing
them,
and
laying
his
hands
upon
them,
he
blessed
them.
And
when
he
was gone
forth
into
the
way,
a certain
man
running
up
and kneeling
before
him,
asked
him,
Good Master,
what
shall
I
do
that
I
may receive
life everlasting?
And
Jesus
said
to
him,
Why callest thou
me
good?
None
is
good
but
one,
that
is
God.
Thou knowest
the
commandments:
Do
not
commit
adultery,
do
not kill,
do
not
steal,
bear
not
false
witness,
do
no fraud, honour thy
father
and
mother.
But
he answering,
said
to
him: Master,
all
these
things
I
have observed
from
my
youth.
And
Jesus
looking
on
him,
loved
him,
and
said
to
him:
One
thing
is wanting unto thee:
go,
sell whatsoever thou hast,
and
give
to
the
poor,
and thou shalt
have
treasure
in
heaven;
and
come,
follow
me.
Who
being struck
sad
at
that
saying,
went
away
sorrowful:
for
he
had
great possessions.
And
Jesus
looking round
about, saith
to
his
disciples:
How hardly
shall
they
that
have riches,
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
God!
And
the
disciples
were astonished
at
his
words.
But
Jesus
again
answering, saith
to
them:
Children,
how
hard
is
it
for
them
that trust
in riches,
to
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
God?
It
is
easier
for
a
camel
to
pass
through
the
eye
of
a
needle,
than
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
God.
Who wondered
the
more,
saying
among
themselves:
Who
then
can
be
saved?
And
Jesus
looking
on
them, saith:
With
men
it
is
impossible;
but
not
with
God:
for
all
things
are
possible
with
God.
And
Peter
began
to
say unto
him:
Behold,
we
have
left
all
things,
and
have
followed thee.
Jesus answering,
said:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
there
is
no
man
who hath
left
house
or
brethren,
or
sisters,
or
father,
or
mother,
or
children,
or lands,
for
my
sake
and
for
the
gospel,
Who
shall
not
receive
an
hundred
times
as
much,
now
in
this
time;
houses,
and
brethren,
and
sisters,
and
mothers,
and
children,
and lands,
with
persecutions:
and
in
the
world
to
come
life everlasting.
But
many
that
are
first,
shall
be
last:
and
the
last,
first.
And
they
were
in
the
way
going
up
to
Jerusalem:
and
Jesus
went
before
them,
and
they
were astonished;
and
following
were
afraid.
And
taking
again
the
twelve,
he
began
to
tell
them
the
things
that
should befall
him.
Saying:
Behold
we
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
betrayed
to
the
chief
priests,
and
to
the
scribes
and ancients,
and
they
shall
condemn
him
to
death,
and
shall
deliver
him
to
the
Gentiles.
And
they
shall
mock
him,
and
spit
on
him,
and
scourge
him,
and
kill
him:
and
the third
day
he
shall
rise
again.
And
James
and
John
the
sons
of
Zebedee, come
to
him,
saying: Master,
we
desire
that whatsoever
we
shall
ask, thou wouldst
do
it
for
us:
But
he
said
to
them:
What
would
you
that
I should
do
for
you?
And
they
said:
Grant
to
us,
that
we
may
sit,
one
on thy
right
hand,
and
the
other
on thy
left
hand,
in thy
glory.
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
You
know
not
what
you
ask.
Can
you
drink
of
the chalice
that
I
drink
of:
or
be
baptized
with
the
baptism wherewith
I
am
baptized?
But
they
said
to
him:
We
can.
And
Jesus saith
to
them:
You
shall
indeed
drink
of
the chalice
that
I
drink
of:
and
with
the
baptism wherewith
I
am
baptized,
you
shall
be
baptized.
But
to
sit
on
my
right
hand,
or
on
my
left,
is
not
mine
to
give
to
you,
but
to
them
for
whom
it
is
prepared.
And
the
ten
hearing
it,
began
to
be much displeased
at
James
and
John.
But
Jesus
calling
them, saith
to
them:
You
know
that
they
who
seem
to
rule
over
the
Gentiles,
lord
it
over
them:
and
their princes
have power
over
them.
But
it
is
not
so
among
you:
but whosoever
will
be
greater, shall
be
your
minister.
And whosoever
will
be
first
among
you,
shall
be
the
servant
of
all.
For
the
Son
of
man
also
is
not
come
to
be
ministered unto,
but
to
minister,
and
to
give
his
life
a redemption
for
many.
And
they
came
to
Jericho:
and
as
he
went
out
of
Jericho,
with
his
disciples,
and
a
very great
multitude, Bartimeus
the
blind
man,
the
son
of Timeus,
sat
by
the
way
side begging.
Who
when
he
had
heard,
that
it
was
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
began
to
cry
out,
and
to
say:
Jesus
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me.
And
many
rebuked
him,
that
he
might hold
his peace;
but
he
cried
a
great deal
the
more:
Son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me.
And
Jesus,
standing
still, commanded
him
to
be
called.
And
they
call
the
blind
man,
saying
to
him:
Be
of better comfort:
arise,
he calleth thee.
Who casting off
his
garment leaped
up,
and
came
to
him.
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
him:
What wilt thou
that
I
should
do
to thee?
And
the
blind
man
said
to
him:
Rabboni,
that
I
may
see.
And
Jesus saith
to
him:
Go thy
way, thy
faith hath
made thee
whole.
And
immediately
he saw,
and
followed
him
in
the
way.
And
when
they
were
drawing
near
to
Jerusalem
and
to Bethania
at
the
mount
of
Olives,
he sendeth
two
of
his
disciples,
And saith
to
them:
Go
into
the
village
that
is
over
against
you,
and
immediately
at
your coming
in thither,
you
shall
find
a
colt
tied,
upon
which
no
man
yet hath
sat:
loose
him,
and
bring
him.
And
if
any
man
shall
say
to
you,
What
are
you
doing?
say ye
that
the
Lord hath
need
of
him:
and
immediately
he
will
let
him come hither.
And
going
their
way,
they
found
the
colt
tied
before
the
gate
without,
in
the meeting
of two ways:
and
they
loose
him.
And
some
of
them
that
stood
there,
said
to
them:
What
do
you loosing
the
colt?
Who
said
to
them
as
Jesus
had commanded
them;
and
they
let
him
go
with
them.
And
they
brought
the
colt
to
Jesus;
and
they
lay
their
garments
on
him,
and
he
sat
upon
him.
And
many
spread
their
garments
in
the
way:
and
others
cut down boughs
from
the trees,
and strewed
them
in
the
way.
And
they
that
went
before
and
they
that
followed,
cried, saying:
Hosanna,
blessed
is
he
that cometh
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
Blessed
be
the
kingdom
of
our
father
David
that cometh:
Hosanna
in
the
highest.
And
he
entered
into
Jerusalem,
into
the
temple:
and having viewed
all
things round
about,
when
now
the eventide
was
come,
he
went
out
to Bethania
with
the
twelve.
And
the
next
day
when
they
came
out
from Bethania,
he
was
hungry.
And
when
he
had
seen afar
off
a
fig
tree
having
leaves,
he
came
if
perhaps
he
might
find
any
thing
on
it.
And
when
he
was
come
to
it,
he
found
nothing
but
leaves.
For
it
was
not
the
time
for
figs.
And
answering
he
said
to
it:
May
no
man hereafter
eat
fruit
of thee
any
more
for
ever.
And
his
disciples
heard
it.
And
they
came
to
Jerusalem.
And
when
he
was
entered
into
the
temple,
he
began
to
cast
out
them
that
sold
and
bought
in
the
temple,
and overthrew
the
tables
of
the moneychangers,
and
the chairs
of
them
that
sold
doves.
And
he suffered
not
that
any
man
should
carry
a
vessel
through
the
temple;
And
he
taught,
saying
to
them:
Is
it
not
written,
My
house
shall
be
called
the
house
of
prayer
to
all
nations?
But
you
have
made
it
a
den
of thieves.
Which
when
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
had
heard,
they
sought
how
they
might
destroy
him.
For
they
feared
him,
because
the
whole
multitude
was
in admiration
at
his doctrine.
And
when
evening
was
come,
he
went
forth
out
of
the
city.
And
when
they passed
by
in
the
morning
they
saw
the
fig
tree
dried up
from
the
roots.
And
Peter remembering,
said
to
him:
Rabbi,
behold
the
fig
tree,
which thou didst
curse,
is
withered
away.
And
Jesus
answering, saith
to
them:
Have
the
faith
of
God.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that whosoever
shall
say
to
this
mountain,
Be thou
removed
and
be
cast
into
the
sea,
and
shall
not stagger
in
his
heart,
but
believe,
that whatsoever
he saith
shall
be
done;
it
shall
be
done unto
him.
Therefore
I
say unto
you,
all
things, whatsoever
you
ask
when ye
pray,
believe
that
you
shall
receive;
and
they
shall
come unto
you.
And
when
you
shall
stand
to
pray,
forgive,
if
you
have aught
against
any
man;
that
your
Father
also,
who
is
in
heaven,
may
forgive
you
your
sins.
But if you will not forgive, neither will your Father that is in heaven, forgive you your sins.
And
they
come
again
to
Jerusalem.
And
when
he
was
walking
in
the
temple,
there
come
to
him
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
and
the ancients,
And
they
say
to
him:
By
what
authority dost thou
these
things?
and
who hath
given thee
this
authority
that thou shouldst
do
these
things?
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
I
will
also
ask
you
one
word,
and
answer
you
me,
and
I
will
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.
The
baptism
of
John,
was
it
from
heaven,
or
from
men?
Answer
me.
But
they
thought
with
themselves,
saying:
If
we
say,
From
heaven;
he
will
say,
Why
then
did
you
not
believe
him?
If
we
say,
From
men,
we
fear
the
people.
For
all
men counted
John
that
he
was
a
prophet
indeed.
And
they
answering,
say
to
Jesus:
We
know
not.
And
Jesus
answering, saith
to
them:
Neither
do
I
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.
And
he
began
to
speak
to
them
in
parables:
A certain
man
planted
a
vineyard
and
made
a hedge
about
it,
and
dug
a
place
for
the winefat,
and
built
a
tower,
and let
it
to husbandmen;
and
went
into
a far country.
And
at
the
season
he
sent
to
the husbandmen
a
servant
to
receive
of
the husbandmen
of
the
fruit
of
the
vineyard.
Who having laid hands
on
him,
beat
him,
and
sent
him
away
empty.
And
again
he
sent
to
them
another
servant;
and
him
they
wounded
in
the
head,
and used
him reproachfully.
And
again
he
sent
another,
and
him
they
killed:
and
many
others,
of
whom
some
they
beat,
and
others
they
killed.
Therefore
having
yet
one
son, most
dear
to
him;
he
also
sent
him unto
them
last
of
all,
saying:
They
will reverence
my
son.
But
the husbandmen
said
one
to
another:
This
is
the
heir;
come
let
us
kill
him;
and
the
inheritance
shall
be
ours.
And laying hold
on
him,
they
killed
him,
and
cast
him
out
of
the
vineyard.
What therefore
will
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
do?
He
will
come
and
destroy
those husbandmen;
and
will
give
the
vineyard
to
others.
And
have
you
not
read
this
scripture,
The
stone
which
the
builders
rejected,
the
same
is
made
the
head
of
the
corner:
By
the
Lord
has
this
been
done,
and
it
is wonderful
in
our
eyes.
And
they
sought
to lay hands
on
him,
but
they
feared
the
people.
For
they
knew
that
he
spoke
this
parable
to
them.
And
leaving
him,
they
went
their
way.
And
they
sent
to
him
some
of
the
Pharisees
and
of
the
Herodians;
that
they
should catch
him
in
his
words.
Who
coming,
say
to
him: Master,
we
know
that thou art
a
true speaker,
and carest
not
for
any
man;
for thou regardest
not
the
person
of
men,
but teachest
the
way
of
God
in
truth.
Is
it
lawful
to
give tribute
to
Caesar;
or
shall
we
not
give
it?
Who knowing
their wiliness, saith
to
them:
Why
tempt
you
me?
bring
me
a penny
that
I
may
see
it.
And
they
brought
it
him.
And
he saith
to
them:
Whose
is
this
image
and
inscription?
They
say
to
him,
Caesar’s.
And
Jesus answering,
said
to
them:
Render
therefore
to
Caesar
the
things
that
are
Caesar’s,
and
to
God
the
things
that
are
God’s.
And
they marvelled
at
him.
And
there
came
to
him
the
Sadducees,
who
say
there
is
no
resurrection;
and
they
asked
him,
saying:
Master,
Moses
wrote unto
us,
that
if
any
man’s
brother
die,
and
leave
his
wife
behind
him,
and
leave
no
children,
his
brother
should
take
his
wife,
and
raise
up
seed
to
his
brother.
Now
there
were
seven
brethren;
and
the
first
took
a
wife,
and
died
leaving
no issue.
And
the
second
took
her,
and
died:
and
neither did
he
leave any issue.
And
the
third
in
like
manner.
And
the
seven
all took
her
in like manner;
and
did
not
leave issue.
Last
of
all
the
woman
also
died.
In
the
resurrection therefore,
when
they shall
rise
again,
whose
wife shall
she
be
of
them?
for
the
seven
had
her
to
wife.
And
Jesus answering, saith
to
them:
Do ye
not
therefore err,
because
you
know
not
the
scriptures,
nor
the
power
of
God?
For
when
they shall
rise
again
from
the
dead,
they shall
neither
marry,
nor
be
married,
but
are
as
the
angels
in
heaven.
And
as
concerning
the
dead
that
they
rise
again,
have
you
not
read
in
the
book
of
Moses,
how
in
the
bush
God
spoke
to
him,
saying:
I
am
the
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob?
He
is
not
the
God
of
the
dead,
but
of
the
living.
You therefore
do
greatly err.
And
there
came
one
of
the
scribes
that
had
heard
them reasoning
together,
and
seeing
that
he
had
answered
them
well,
asked
him
which
was
the
first
commandment
of
all.
And
Jesus
answered
him:
The
first commandment
of
all
is,
Hear, O
Israel:
the
Lord thy
God
is
one
God.
And thou shalt
love
the
Lord thy
God,
with thy
whole
heart,
and
with thy
whole
soul,
and
with thy
whole
mind,
and
with thy
whole
strength.
This
is
the first commandment.
And
the
second
is
like
to
it: Thou shalt
love thy neighbour
as thyself.
There
is
no
other
commandment
greater
than
these.
And
the
scribe
said
to
him:
Well, Master, thou hast
said
in
truth,
that
there
is
one
God,
and
there
is
no
other
besides
him.
And
that
he
should
be
loved
with
the
whole
heart,
and
with
the
whole
understanding,
and
with
the
whole soul,
and
with
the
whole
strength;
and
to
love
one’s neighbour
as
one’s self,
is
a greater
thing
than
all holocausts
and
sacrifices.
And
Jesus
seeing
that
he
had
answered wisely,
said
to
him: Thou art
not
far
from
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
no
man
after
that durst
ask
him
any
question.
And
Jesus
answering,
said,
teaching
in
the
temple:
How
do
the
scribes
say,
that
Christ
is
the
son
of
David?
For
David
himself saith
by
the
Holy Ghost:
The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
Sit
on
my
right
hand,
until
I
make thy
enemies thy
footstool.
David therefore
himself calleth
him
Lord,
and whence
is
he
then
his
son?
And
a
great
multitude
heard
him
gladly.
And
he
said
to
them
in
his doctrine:
Beware
of
the
scribes,
who love
to
walk
in
long
robes,
and
to
be saluted
in
the marketplace,
And
to sit
in
the first chairs,
in
the
synagogues,
and
to
have
the highest
places
at suppers:
Who
devour
the
houses
of
widows under
the pretence
of
long
prayer:
these
shall
receive greater
judgment.
And
Jesus
sitting
over
against
the
treasury, beheld
how
the
people
cast
money
into
the
treasury,
and
many
that
were
rich
cast
in
much.
And
there
came
a certain
poor
widow,
and
she
cast
in
two mites,
which make
a farthing.
And
calling
his
disciples
together,
he saith
to
them:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
this
poor
widow hath
cast
in
more
than
all
they
who
have
cast
into
the
treasury.
For
all
they
did
cast
in
of
their
abundance;
but
she
of
her
want
cast
in
all
she
had,
even
her
whole
living.
And
as
he
was
going
out
of
the
temple,
one
of
his
disciples
said
to
him: Master,
behold
what manner
of
stones
and
what
buildings
are here.
And
Jesus answering,
said
to
him: Seest thou
all
these
great
buildings?
There
shall
not
be
left
a
stone
upon
a
stone,
that
shall
not
be thrown
down.
And
as
he
sat
on
the
mount
of Olivet
over
against
the
temple,
Peter
and
James
and
John
and
Andrew
asked
him apart:
Tell
us,
when
shall
these
things
be?
and
what
shall
be
the
sign
when
all
these
things
shall begin
to
be
fulfilled?
And
Jesus answering,
began
to
say
to
them,
Take
heed
lest
any
man
deceive
you.
For
many
shall
come
in
my
name,
saying,
I
am
he;
and
they
shall
deceive
many.
And
when
you
shall
hear
of
wars
and rumours
of
wars, fear ye
not.
For such
things
must needs
be,
but
the
end
is
not
yet.
For
nation
shall
rise
against
nation
and
kingdom
against
kingdom,
and
there
shall
be
earthquakes
in divers
places,
and
famines. These things
are
the
beginning
of sorrows.
But
look
to
yourselves.
For
they
shall
deliver
you
up
to
councils,
and
in
the
synagogues
you
shall
be
beaten,
and
you
shall
stand
before
governors
and
kings
for
my
sake,
for
a
testimony unto
them.
And unto
all
nations
the
gospel
must
first
be
preached.
And
when
they
shall
lead
you
and
deliver
you
up,
be
not thoughtful
beforehand
what
you
shall
speak;
but whatsoever
shall
be
given
you
in
that
hour,
that
speak ye.
For
it
is
not
you
that
speak,
but
the
Holy Ghost.
And
the
brother
shall
betray
his
brother unto
death,
and
the
father
his
son;
and
children
shall
rise
up
against
the
parents,
and
shall work
their
death.
And
you
shall
be
hated
by
all
men
for
my
name’s
sake.
But
he
that
shall
endure unto
the
end,
he
shall
be
saved.
And
when
you shall
see
the
abomination
of
desolation,
standing
where
it
ought
not:
he
that readeth let
him
understand:
then let
them
that
are
in
Judea,
flee unto
the
mountains:
And let
him
that
is
on
the
housetop,
not
go
down
into
the
house,
nor
enter therein
to
take
any
thing
out
of
the
house:
And let
him
that
shall
be
in
the
field,
not
turn
back
to
take
up
his
garment.
And
woe
to
them
that
are
with child,
and
that give suck
in
those
days.
But
pray ye,
that these things
happen
not
in
winter.
For
in
those
days
shall
be
such
tribulations,
as
were
not
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation
which
God
created
until
now,
neither
shall
be.
And
unless
the
Lord
had
shortened
the
days,
no
flesh
should
be
saved:
but
for
the
sake
of
the
elect
which
he hath
chosen,
he hath
shortened
the
days.
And
then
if
any
man
shall
say
to
you,
Lo,
here
is
Christ;
lo,
he
is
here:
do
not
believe.
For
there
will
rise
up
false
Christs
and
false
prophets,
and
they
shall shew
signs
and
wonders,
to seduce (if
it
were
possible)
even
the
elect.
Take
you
heed
therefore; behold
I
have foretold
you
all
things.
But
in
those
days,
after
that
tribulation,
the
sun
shall
be
darkened,
and
the
moon
shall
not
give
her
light.
And
the
stars
of
heaven
shall
be
falling
down,
and
the
powers
that
are
in
heaven,
shall
be moved.
And
then
shall
they
see
the
Son
of
man
coming
in
the
clouds,
with
great
power
and
glory.
And
then
shall
he
send
his
angels,
and
shall
gather
together
his
elect
from
the
four
winds,
from
the uttermost part
of
the
earth
to
the uttermost part
of
heaven.
Now
of
the
fig
tree
learn ye
a
parable.
When
the
branch thereof
is
now
tender,
and
the
leaves
are
come
forth,
you
know
that
summer
is
very
near.
So
you
also
when
you
shall
see
these
things
come
to
pass,
know ye
that
it
is
very nigh,
even
at
the
doors.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
this
generation
shall
not
pass,
until
all
these
things
be
done.
Heaven
and
earth
shall
pass
away,
but
my
word
shall
not
pass
away.
But
of
that
day
or
hour
no
man knoweth,
neither
the
angels
in
heaven,
nor
the
Son,
but
the
Father.
Take ye
heed,
watch
and pray.
For ye
know
not
when
the
time
is.
Even
as
a
man
who going
into
a
far country,
left
his
house;
and
gave
authority
to
his
servants
over
every
work,
and
commanded
the porter
to
watch.
Watch ye
therefore, (for
you
know
not
when
the
lord
of
the
house cometh:
at
even,
or
at
midnight,
or
at
the cockcrowing,
or
in
the
morning,)
Lest
coming on
a sudden,
he
find
you
sleeping.
And
what
I
say
to
you,
I
say
to
all:
Watch.
Now
the feast
of
the pasch,
and
of
the Azymes
was
after
two
days;
and
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
sought
how
they
might
by
some wile lay
hold
on
him,
and
kill
him.
But
they
said:
Not
on
the
festival day,
lest
there should
be
a tumult
among
the
people.
And
when
he
was
in Bethania,
in
the
house
of
Simon
the
leper,
and
was
at
meat,
there
came
a
woman
having
an
alabaster box
of
ointment
of
precious spikenard:
and breaking
the
alabaster box,
she
poured
it
out
upon
his
head.
Now
there
were
some
that
had indignation within
themselves,
and
said:
Why
was
this
waste
of
the
ointment
made?
For
this
ointment
might
have
been
sold
for
more
than
three
hundred pence,
and
given
to
the
poor.
And
they murmured
against
her.
But
Jesus
said:
Let
her
alone,
why
do
you molest
her?
She hath wrought
a
good
work
upon
me.
For
the
poor
you
have
always
with
you:
and whensoever
you
will,
you
may
do
them
good:
but
me
you
have
not
always.
She hath
done
what
she
could:
she
is come
beforehand
to anoint
my
body
for
burial.
Amen,
I
say
to
you, wheresoever
this
gospel
shall
be
preached
in
the
whole
world,
that
also
which
she hath
done,
shall
be
told
for
a
memorial
of
her.
And
Judas
Iscariot,
one
of
the
twelve,
went
to
the
chief
priests,
to
betray
him
to
them.
Who
hearing
it
were
glad;
and
they
promised
him
they
would
give
him
money.
And
he
sought
how
he
might conveniently
betray
him.
Now
on
the
first
day
of
the
unleavened bread,
when
they
sacrificed
the pasch,
the
disciples
say
to
him: Whither wilt thou
that
we
go,
and
prepare
for thee
to
eat
the pasch?
And
he sendeth
two
of
his
disciples,
and saith
to
them:
Go ye
into
the
city;
and
there
shall
meet
you
a
man
carrying
a
pitcher
of
water,
follow
him;
And whithersoever
he
shall
go
in,
say
to
the master
of
the
house,
The master saith,
Where
is
my refectory,
where
I
may
eat
the pasch
with
my
disciples?
And
he
will shew
you
a
large dining room
furnished;
and
there
prepare ye
for
us.
And
his
disciples
went
their
way,
and
came
into
the
city;
and
they
found
as
he
had
told
them,
and
they
prepared
the pasch.
And
when
evening
was
come,
he cometh
with
the
twelve.
And
when
they
were
at table
and
eating,
Jesus saith:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
one
of
you
that eateth
with
me
shall
betray
me.
But
they
began
to
be
sorrowful,
and
to
say
to
him
one
by
one:
Is
it
I?
Who saith
to
them:
One
of
the
twelve,
who dippeth
with
me
his
hand
in
the dish.
And
the
Son
of
man
indeed goeth,
as
it
is
written
of
him:
but
woe
to
that
man
by
whom
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
betrayed.
It
were
better
for
him,
if
that
man
had
not
been
born.
And whilst
they
were
eating,
Jesus
took
bread;
and
blessing,
broke,
and
gave
to
them,
and
said:
Take ye.
This
is
my
body.
And having
taken
the chalice,
giving
thanks,
he
gave
it
to
them.
And
they
all
drank
of
it.
And
he
said
to
them:
This
is
my
blood
of
the new testament,
which
shall
be
shed
for
many.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
I
will
drink
no
more
of
the
fruit
of
the
vine,
until
that
day
when
I
shall
drink
it
new
in
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
when
they
had
said
an
hymn,
they
went
forth
to
the
mount
of
Olives.
And
Jesus saith
to
them:
You
will
all
be scandalized
in
my regard
this night;
for
it
is
written,
I
will
strike
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
shall
be dispersed.
But
after
I shall
be
risen
again,
I
will
go
before
you
into
Galilee.
But
Peter saith
to
him:
Although
all
shall
be scandalized
in thee,
yet
not
I.
And
Jesus saith
to
him:
Amen
I
say
to thee,
today,
even
in
this
night,
before
the cock
crow
twice, thou
shall
deny
me thrice.
But
he
spoke
the
more vehemently:
Although
I
should
die
together
with thee,
I
will
not
deny thee.
And
in like
manner
also
said
they
all.
And
they
came
to
a farm
called Gethsemani.
And
he saith
to
his
disciples:
Sit
you
here,
while
I
pray.
And
he taketh
Peter
and
James
and
John
with
him;
and
he
began
to fear
and
to
be heavy.
And
he saith
to
them:
My
soul
is sorrowful
even unto
death;
stay
you
here,
and
watch.
And
when
he
was
gone forward
a
little,
he
fell flat
on
the
ground;
and
he
prayed,
that
if
it
might
be,
the
hour
might
pass
from
him.
And
he saith:
Abba,
Father,
all
things
are
possible
to thee:
remove
this chalice
from
me;
but
not
what
I
will,
but
what thou wilt.
And
he cometh,
and findeth
them
sleeping.
And
he saith
to
Peter:
Simon, sleepest thou? couldst thou
not
watch
one
hour?
Watch ye,
and
pray
that
you enter
not
into
temptation.
The
spirit
indeed
is
willing,
but
the
flesh
is
weak.
A
going
away
again,
he
prayed,
saying
the
same
words.
And
when
he
returned,
he
found
them
again
asleep, (for
their
eyes
were heavy,)
and
they
knew
not
what
to
answer
him.
And
he cometh
the
third
time,
and saith
to
them:
Sleep ye
now,
and
take
your
rest.
It
is
enough:
the
hour
is
come:
behold
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
sinners.
Rise
up,
let
us
go.
Behold,
he
that
will
betray
me
is
at
hand.
And
while
he
was
yet
speaking, cometh
Judas
Iscariot,
one
of
the
twelve:
and
with
him
a great
multitude
with
swords
and staves,
from
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
and
the ancients.
And
he
that
betrayed
him,
had
given
them
a sign,
saying: Whomsoever
I
shall
kiss,
that
is
he; lay
hold
on
him,
and
lead
him
away carefully.
And
when
he
was
come,
immediately
going
up
to
him,
he saith: Hail,
Rabbi;
and
he
kissed
him.
But
they
laid
hands
on
him,
and
held
him.
An
one
of
them
that
stood
by, drawing
a
sword,
struck
a
servant
of
the
chief
priest,
and
cut
off
his
ear.
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
Are
you
come
out
as
to
a
robber,
with
swords
and staves
to apprehend
me?
I
was
daily
with
you
in
the
temple
teaching,
and
you
did
not lay hands
on
me.
But
that
the
scriptures
may
be
fulfilled.
Then
his disciples
leaving
him,
all
fled
away.
And
a
certain
young
man followed
him, having
a
linen
cloth cast
about
his
naked body;
and
they
laid
hold
on
him.
But
he, casting off
the
linen
cloth,
fled
from
them
naked.
And
they brought
Jesus
to
the
high
priest;
and
all
the
priests
and
the
scribes
and
the ancients
assembled
together.
And
Peter
followed
him
from afar
off,
even
into
the
court
of
the
high
priest;
and
he sat
with
the
servants
at
the
fire,
and
warmed
himself.
And
the
chief
priests
and
all
the
council
sought
for
evidence
against
Jesus,
that
they
might
put
him
to
death,
and
found
none.
For
many bore
false
witness
against
him,
and
their evidences
were
not agreeing.
And
some
rising
up, bore
false
witness
against
him,
saying:
We
heard
him
say,
I
will
destroy
this
temple
made
with
hands,
and within
three
days
I
will
build
another
not
made
with
hands.
And
their
witness
did
not
agree.
And
the
high
priest
rising
up
in
the
midst,
asked
Jesus,
saying: Answerest thou
nothing
to
the
things
that
are laid
to thy charge
by
these
men?
But
he held
his peace,
and
answered
nothing.
Again
the
high
priest
asked
him,
and
said
to
him: Art thou
the
Christ
the
Son
of
the
blessed
God?
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
I
am.
And
you
shall
see
the
Son
of
man
sitting
on
the
right
hand
of
the
power
of
God,
and
coming
with
the
clouds
of
heaven.
Then
the
high
priest rending
his garments, saith:
What
need
we
any
further
witnesses?
You
have
heard
the
blasphemy.
What think
you?
Who
all
condemned
him
to
be
guilty
of
death.
And
some
began
to
spit
on
him,
and
to cover
his
face,
and
to buffet
him,
and
to
say unto
him:
Prophesy:
and
the
servants
struck
him
with
the palms
of
their hands.
Now
when
Peter
was
in
the
court
below,
there cometh
one
of
the maidservants
of
the
high
priest.
And
when
she
had
seen
Peter
warming
himself,
looking
on
him
she saith: Thou
also wast
with
Jesus
of
Nazareth.
But
he
denied,
saying:
I
neither
know
nor
understand
what thou sayest.
And
he
went
forth
before
the court;
and
the cock crew.
And
again
a maidservant
seeing
him,
began
to
say
to
the standers
by:
This
is
one
of
them.
But
he
denied
again.
And
after
a
while
they
that
stood
by
said
again
to
Peter:
Surely thou art
one
of
them;
for thou art
also
a
Galilean.
But
he
began
to
curse
and
to
swear,
saying;
I
know
not
this
man
of
whom
you
speak.
And
immediately
the cock crew
again.
And
Peter
remembered
the
word
that
Jesus
had
said unto
him:
Before
the cock
crow
twice, thou shalt thrice
deny
me.
And
he began
to
weep.
And straightway
in
the
morning,
the
chief
priests holding
a
consultation
with
the ancients
and
the
scribes
and
the
whole
council,
binding
Jesus,
led
him
away,
and
delivered
him
to
Pilate.
And
Pilate
asked
him: Art thou
the
king
of
the
Jews?
But
he
answering, saith
to
him: Thou sayest
it.
And
the
chief
priests
accused
him
in
many
things.
And
Pilate
again
asked
him,
saying: Answerest thou
nothing?
behold
in
how
many
things
they
accuse thee.
But
Jesus still
answered
nothing;
so
that
Pilate
wondered.
Now
on
the
festival day
he
was wont
to
release unto
them
one
of
the
prisoners, whomsoever
they demanded.
And
there
was
one
called
Barabbas,
who
was
put
in prison
with
some seditious men,
who
in
the sedition
had
committed
murder.
And
when
the
multitude
was
come
up,
they
began
to desire
that
he
would
do,
as
he
had ever
done unto
them.
And
Pilate
answered
them,
and
said:
Will
you
that
I
release
to
you
the
king
of
the
Jews?
For
he
knew
that
the
chief
priests
had
delivered
him
up out
of
envy.
But
the
chief
priests moved
the
people,
that
he
should
rather
release
Barabbas
to
them.
And
Pilate
again
answering, saith
to
them:
What
will
you
then
that
I
do
to
the
king
of
the
Jews?
But
they
again
cried
out:
Crucify
him.
And
Pilate saith
to
them:
Why,
what
evil hath
he
done?
But
they
cried
out
the
more:
Crucify
him.
And
so
Pilate being
willing
to satisfy
the
people,
released
to
them
Barabbas,
and
delivered
up
Jesus,
when
he
had
scourged
him,
to
be
crucified.
And
the
soldiers
led
him
away
into
the
court
of
the
palace,
and
they
called
together
the
whole band:
And
they clothe
him
with
purple,
and platting
a
crown
of
thorns,
they
put
it upon
him.
And
they
began
to salute
him:
Hail,
king
of
the
Jews.
And
they
struck
his
head
with
a
reed:
and
they
did
spit
on
him.
And
bowing
their
knees,
they adored
him.
And
after
they
had
mocked
him,
they
took
off
the
purple
from
him,
and
put
his
own
garments
on
him,
and
they
led
him
out
to
crucify
him.
And
they
forced
one
Simon
a Cyrenian
who
passed
by,
coming
out
of
the
country,
the
father
of
Alexander
and
of
Rufus,
to
take
up
his
cross.
And
they
bring
him
into
the
place
called
Golgotha,
which
being interpreted
is,
The
place
of Calvary.
And
they
gave
him
to drink
wine mingled
with
myrrh;
but
he
took
it
not.
And crucifying
him,
they
divided
his
garments,
casting
lots
upon
them,
what every man
should
take.
And
it
was
the
third
hour,
and
they
crucified
him.
And
the
inscription
of
his
cause
was
written over:
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.
And
with
him
they
crucify
two thieves;
the
one
on
his
right
hand,
and
the
other
on
his
left.
And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith: And with the wicked he was reputed.
And
they
that passed
by
blasphemed
him,
wagging
their
heads,
and
saying: Vah, thou
that destroyest
the
temple
of
God,
and
in
three
days buildest
it
up
again;
Save thyself,
coming
down
from
the
cross.
In
like
manner
also
the
chief
priests
mocking,
said
with
the
scribes
one
to
another:
He
saved
others;
himself
he
cannot
save.
Let
Christ
the
king
of
Israel
come
down
now
from
the
cross,
that
we
may
see
and
believe.
And
they
that
were
crucified
with
him
reviled
him.
And
when
the
sixth
hour
was
come,
there
was
darkness
over
the
whole
earth
until
the ninth
hour.
And
at
the ninth
hour,
Jesus
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice, saying:
Eloi,
Eloi, lamma sabacthani?
Which
is,
being interpreted,
My
God,
my
God,
why hast thou
forsaken
me?
And
some
of
the standers
by
hearing,
said:
Behold
he calleth Elias.
And
one
running
and
filling
a
sponge
with vinegar,
and putting
it
upon
a
reed,
gave
him
to
drink,
saying: Stay,
let
us
see
if Elias
come
to
take
him
down.
And
Jesus having cried out
with
a
loud
voice,
gave up
the ghost.
And
the
veil
of
the
temple
was rent
in
two,
from
the
top
to
the
bottom.
And
the
centurion
who
stood
over
against
him,
seeing
that crying
out
in
this
manner
he
had given up
the ghost,
said:
Indeed
this
man
was
the
son
of
God.
And
there
were
also
women
looking
on afar
off:
among
whom
was
Mary Magdalen,
and
Mary
the
mother
of
James
the
less
and
of Joseph,
and
Salome:
Who
also
when
he
was
in
Galilee
followed
him,
and
ministered
to
him,
and
many
other
women
that
came
up
with
him
to
Jerusalem.
And
when
evening
was
now
come, (because
it
was
the Parasceve,
that
is,
the
day
before
the
sabbath,)
Joseph
of
Arimathea,
a noble counsellor,
who
was
also
himself
looking
for
the
kingdom
of
God,
came
and
went
in
boldly
to
Pilate,
and begged
the
body
of
Jesus.
But
Pilate
wondered
that
he
should
be
already
dead.
And sending
for
the
centurion,
he
asked
him
if
he
were
already
dead.
And
when
he
had
understood
it
by
the
centurion,
he gave
the
body
to
Joseph.
And
Joseph
buying fine
linen,
and taking
him
down,
wrapped
him up
in
the fine
linen,
and
laid
him
in
a sepulchre
which
was hewed
out
of
a
rock.
And
he
rolled
a
stone
to
the
door
of
the sepulchre.
And
Mary Magdalen,
and
Mary
the mother
of Joseph, beheld
where
he
was
laid.
And
when
the
sabbath
was past,
Mary Magdalen,
and
Mary
the mother
of
James,
and
Salome,
bought sweet
spices,
that
coming,
they
might
anoint
Jesus.
And
very
early
in
the
morning,
the
first
day
of
the
week,
they
come
to
the sepulchre,
the
sun being
now
risen.
And
they
said
one
to
another:
Who
shall
roll
us
back
the
stone
from
the
door
of
the sepulchre?
And
looking,
they
saw
the
stone
rolled back.
For
it
was
very
great.
And
entering
into
the sepulchre,
they
saw
a
young
man
sitting
on
the
right side,
clothed
with
a
white
robe:
and
they
were astonished.
Who saith
to
them:
Be
not affrighted;
you
seek
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
who
was
crucified:
he
is
risen,
he
is
not
here,
behold
the
place
where
they
laid
him.
But
go,
tell
his
disciples
and
Peter
that
he goeth
before
you
into
Galilee;
there
you
shall
see
him,
as
he
told
you.
But
they
going
out,
fled
from
the sepulchre.
For
a
trembling
and
fear
had seized
them:
and
they
said
nothing
to
any
man;
for
they
were
afraid.
But
he
rising
early
the
first
day
of
the
week,
appeared
first
to
Mary Magdalen,
out
of
whom
he
had
cast
seven devils.
She
went
and
told
them
that
had
been
with
him,
who
were
mourning
and
weeping.
And
they
hearing
that
he
was
alive,
and
had
been
seen
by
her,
did
not
believe.
And
after
that
he
appeared
in
another shape
to
two
of
them
walking,
as
they
were
going
into
the
country.
And
they
going
told
it
to
the
rest:
neither
did
they
believe
them.
At length
he
appeared
to
the
eleven
as
they
were
at table:
and
he upbraided
them
with
their incredulity
and
hardness
of
heart,
because
they did
not
believe
them
who
had
seen
him
after
he
was
risen
again.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go ye
into
the
whole
world,
and
preach
the
gospel
to
every
creature.
He
that believeth
and
is
baptized,
shall
be
saved:
but
he
that believeth
not
shall
be
condemned.
And
these
signs
shall follow
them
that
believe:
In
my
name
they
shall
cast
out devils:
they
shall
speak
with
new
tongues.
They
shall
take
up
serpents;
and
if
they
shall
drink
any
deadly
thing,
it
shall
not
hurt
them:
they
shall
lay
their
hands
upon
the
sick,
and
they
shall recover.
And
the
Lord
Jesus,
after
he
had
spoken
to
them,
was
taken
up
into
heaven,
and sitteth
on
the
right
hand
of
God.
But
they
going
forth
preached every where:
the
Lord
working withal,
and confirming
the
word
with
signs
that
followed.
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Forasmuch
as
many
have taken
in hand
to set forth
in order
a narration
of
the
things
that
have
been
accomplished
among
us;
According
as
they
have
delivered
them unto us,
who
from
the
beginning
were
eyewitnesses
and ministers
of
the
word:
It
seemed
good
to
me
also, having diligently attained
to
all
things from
the
beginning,
to
write
to thee
in
order,
most
excellent
Theophilus,
That thou mayest
know
the verity
of
those
words
in
which thou hast been
instructed.
There
was
in
the
days
of
Herod,
the
king
of
Judea,
a
certain
priest
named Zachary,
of
the course
of Abia;
and
his
wife
was
of
the
daughters
of
Aaron,
and
her
name
Elizabeth.
And
they
were
both
just
before
God,
walking
in
all
the
commandments
and justifications
of
the
Lord
without
blame.
And
they
had
no
son,
for
that
Elizabeth
was
barren,
and
they
both
were
well
advanced
in
years.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he executed
the
priestly function
in
the
order
of
his course
before
God,
According
to
the
custom
of
the
priestly
office,
it
was
his
lot
to offer
incense,
going
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord.
And
all
the
multitude
of
the
people
was
praying
without,
at
the
hour
of
incense.
And
there
appeared
to
him
an
angel
of
the
Lord,
standing
on
the
right side
of
the alter
of
incense.
And Zachary
seeing
him,
was
troubled,
and
fear
fell
upon
him.
But
the
angel
said
to
him:
Fear
not, Zachary,
for thy
prayer
is
heard;
and thy
wife
Elizabeth
shall
bear thee
a
son,
and thou shalt
call
his
name
John:
And thou shalt
have
joy
and
gladness,
and
many
shall
rejoice
in
his nativity.
For
he
shall
be
great
before
the
Lord;
and
shall
drink
no
wine
nor
strong
drink:
and
he
shall
be
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost,
even
from
his
mother’s
womb.
And
he
shall convert
many
of
the children
of
Israel
to
the
Lord
their
God.
And
he
shall
go
before
him
in
the
spirit
and
power
of Elias;
that
he
may
turn
the
hearts
of
the
fathers unto
the
children,
and
the incredulous
to
the wisdom
of
the
just,
to
prepare unto
the
Lord
a perfect
people.
And Zachary
said
to
the
angel: Whereby
shall
I
know
this?
for
I
am
an
old
man,
and
my
wife
is
advanced
in
years.
And
the
angel
answering,
said
to
him:
I
am
Gabriel,
who
stand
before
God:
and
am
sent
to
speak
to thee,
and
to
bring thee
these
good tidings.
And
behold, thou shalt
be dumb,
and shalt
not
be
able
to
speak
until
the
day wherein
these
things
shall
come
to
pass,
because thou hast
not
believed
my
words,
which
shall
be
fulfilled
in
their
time.
And
the
people
were
waiting
for Zachary;
and
they
wondered
that
he tarried
so
long
in
the
temple.
And
when
he
came
out,
he
could
not
speak
to
them:
and
they
understood
that
he
had
seen
a
vision
in
the
temple.
And
he
made
signs
to
them,
and
remained dumb.
And
it
came
to
pass,
after
the
days
of
his office
were
accomplished,
he
departed
to
his
own
house.
And
after
those
days,
Elizabeth
his
wife
conceived,
and hid
herself
five
months,
saying:
Thus hath
the
Lord
dealt
with
me
in
the
days wherein
he hath
had regard
to
take
away
my reproach
among
men.
And
in
the
sixth
month,
the
angel
Gabriel
was
sent
from
God
into
a
city
of
Galilee,
called
Nazareth,
To
a
virgin espoused
to
a
man
whose
name
was
Joseph,
of
the
house
of
David;
and
the
virgin’s
name
was
Mary.
And
the
angel
being
come
in,
said unto
her:
Hail, full
of grace,
the
Lord
is
with thee: blessed art thou
among
women.
Who having heard,
was troubled
at
his
saying,
and thought
with herself
what manner
of
salutation
this
should
be.
And
the
angel
said
to
her:
Fear
not,
Mary,
for thou hast
found
grace
with
God.
Behold thou shalt
conceive
in thy
womb,
and shalt bring
forth
a
son;
and thou shalt
call
his
name
Jesus.
He
shall
be
great,
and
shall
be
called
the
Son
of
the
most
High;
and
the
Lord
God
shall
give unto
him
the
throne
of
David
his
father;
and
he
shall reign
in
the house
of Jacob
for ever.
And
of
his
kingdom
there
shall
be
no
end.
And
Mary
said
to
the
angel:
How
shall
this
be done,
because
I
know
not
man?
And
the
angel
answering,
said
to
her:
The
Holy Ghost
shall
come
upon thee,
and
the
power
of
the
most
High
shall
overshadow thee.
And
therefore
also
the
Holy
which
shall
be
born
of thee
shall
be
called
the
Son
of
God.
And
behold thy cousin
Elizabeth,
she
also hath
conceived
a
son
in
her
old
age;
and
this
is
the
sixth
month
with
her
that
is
called
barren:
Because
no
word
shall
be
impossible
with
God.
And
Mary
said:
Behold
the handmaid
of
the
Lord;
be
it
done
to
me
according
to thy
word.
And
the
angel
departed
from
her.
And
Mary
rising
up
in
those
days,
went
into
the
hill
country
with haste
into
a
city
of Juda.
And
she
entered
into
the
house
of Zachary,
and saluted
Elizabeth.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when
Elizabeth
heard
the
salutation
of
Mary,
the infant
leaped
in
her
womb.
And
Elizabeth
was
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost:
And
she
cried out
with
a
loud
voice,
and
said:
Blessed art thou
among
women,
and
blessed
is
the
fruit
of thy
womb.
And whence
is
this
to
me,
that
the
mother
of
my
Lord
should
come
to
me?
For
behold
as
soon
as
the
voice
of thy
salutation sounded
in
my
ears,
the infant
in
my
womb
leaped
for
joy.
And
blessed art thou
that hast
believed,
because
those
things
shall
be accomplished
that
were
spoken
to thee
by
the
Lord.
And
Mary
said:
My
soul doth magnify
the
Lord.
And
my
spirit hath
rejoiced
in
God
my Saviour.
Because
he hath regarded
the humility
of
his handmaid;
for
behold
from henceforth
all
generations shall call
me
blessed.
Because
he
that
is
mighty, hath
done
great
things
to
me;
and
holy
is
his
name.
And
his
mercy
is
from
generation unto
generations,
to
them
that
fear
him.
He hath shewed
might
in
his
arm:
he hath
scattered
the proud
in
the conceit
of
their
heart.
He hath put
down
the mighty
from
their seat,
and hath
exalted
the
humble.
He hath filled
the
hungry
with
good
things;
and
the
rich
he hath
sent
empty
away.
He hath received
Israel
his
servant, being mindful
of
his
mercy:
As
he
spoke
to
our
fathers,
to
Abraham
and
to
his
seed
for
ever.
And
Mary abode
with
her
about
three
months;
and
she
returned
to
her
own
house.
Now Elizabeth’s full
time
of being delivered
was come,
and
she brought
forth
a
son.
And
her neighbours
and kinsfolks
heard
that
the
Lord
had shewed
his
great
mercy towards
her,
and
they congratulated
with
her.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
on
the
eighth
day
they
came
to
circumcise
the
child,
and
they
called
him
by
his
father’s
name Zachary.
And
his
mother
answering,
said:
Not
so;
but
he
shall
be
called
John.
And
they
said
to
her:
There
is
none
of thy kindred
that
is
called
by
this
name.
And
they
made
signs
to
his
father,
how
he
would
have
him
called.
And
demanding
a
writing table,
he
wrote,
saying:
John
is
his
name.
And
they
all
wondered.
And
immediately
his
mouth
was
opened,
and
his
tongue loosed,
and
he
spoke,
blessing
God.
And
fear
came
upon
all
their neighbours;
and
all
these
things
were noised abroad
over
all
the
hill
country
of
Judea.
And
all
they
that
had
heard
them
laid
them up
in
their
heart,
saying:
What
an
one, think ye,
shall
this
child
be?
For
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
with
him.
And Zachary
his
father
was
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost;
and
he
prophesied,
saying:
Blessed
be
the
Lord
God
of
Israel;
because
he hath visited
and wrought
the
redemption
of
his
people:
And hath
raised
up
an
horn
of
salvation
to
us,
in
the
house
of
David
his
servant:
As
he
spoke
by
the
mouth
of
his
holy
prophets,
who
are
from
the
beginning:
Salvation
from
our
enemies,
and
from
the
hand
of
all
that
hate
us:
To
perform
mercy
to
our
fathers,
and
to
remember
his
holy testament,
The
oath,
which
he
swore
to
Abraham
our
father,
that
he would
grant
to
us,
That being
delivered
from
the
hand
of our
enemies, we
may
serve
him
without
fear,
In
holiness
and
justice
before
him,
all
our
days.
And thou,
child, shalt
be
called
the
prophet
of
the
Highest:
for thou shalt
go
before
the
face
of
the
Lord
to
prepare
his
ways:
To
give
knowledge
of
salvation
to
his
people, unto
the remission
of
their
sins:
Through
the bowels
of
the
mercy
of
our
God,
in
which
the Orient
from
on
high hath visited
us:
To enlighten
them
that
sit
in
darkness,
and
in
the
shadow
of
death:
to
direct
our
feet
into
the
way
of
peace.
And
the
child
grew,
and
was
strengthened
in
spirit;
and
was
in
the
deserts
until
the
day
of
his manifestation
to
Israel.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
in
those
days
there
went
out
a
decree
from
Caesar
Augustus,
that
the
whole
world should
be
enrolled.
This enrolling
was
first
made
by Cyrinus,
the
governor
of
Syria.
And
all
went
to
be
enrolled,
every
one
into
his
own
city.
And
Joseph
also
went
up
from
Galilee,
out
of
the
city
of
Nazareth
into
Judea,
to
the
city
of
David,
which
is
called
Bethlehem:
because
he
was
of
the
house
and
family
of
David,
To
be
enrolled
with
Mary
his espoused wife,
who
was
with
child.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when
they
were
there,
her
days
were
accomplished,
that
she should
be delivered.
And
she brought
forth
her
firstborn
son,
and
wrapped
him up
in swaddling clothes,
and
laid
him
in
a
manger;
because
there
was
no
room
for
them
in
the
inn.
And
there
were
in
the
same
country
shepherds
watching,
and
keeping
the
night watches
over
their
flock.
And behold
an
angel
of
the
Lord
stood
by
them,
and
the
brightness
of
God
shone round
about
them;
and
they
feared
with
a
great
fear.
And
the
angel
said
to
them:
Fear
not;
for,
behold,
I
bring
you
good tidings
of
great
joy,
that
shall
be
to
all
the
people:
For,
this
day,
is
born
to
you
a Saviour,
who
is
Christ
the
Lord,
in
the
city
of
David.
And
this
shall
be
a
sign unto
you.
You
shall
find
the infant
wrapped
in swaddling clothes,
and
laid
in
a
manger.
And
suddenly
there
was
with
the
angel
a
multitude
of
the
heavenly
army,
praising
God,
and
saying:
Glory
to
God
in
the
highest;
and
on
earth
peace
to
men
of
good
will.
And
it
came
to
pass,
after
the
angels
departed
from
them
into
heaven,
the
shepherds
said
one
to
another:
Let
us
go
over
to
Bethlehem,
and
let
us
see
this
word
that
is
come
to
pass,
which
the
Lord hath shewed
to
us.
And
they
came
with
haste;
and
they
found
Mary
and
Joseph,
and
the infant
lying
in
the
manger.
And
seeing,
they understood
of
the
word
that
had been
spoken
to
them
concerning
this
child.
And
all
that
heard,
wondered;
and
at
those
things
that
were
told
them
by
the
shepherds.
But
Mary
kept
all
these
words,
pondering
them
in
her
heart.
And
the
shepherds
returned,
glorifying
and
praising
God,
for
all
the
things
they
had
heard
and
seen,
as
it
was
told unto
them.
And
after
eight
days
were accomplished,
that
the child
should
be
circumcised,
his
name
was
called
JESUS,
which
was
called
by
the
angel,
before
he
was
conceived
in
the
womb.
And
after
the
days
of
her
purification,
according
to
the
law
of
Moses,
were accomplished,
they carried
him
to
Jerusalem,
to
present
him
to
the
Lord:
As
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
the
Lord:
Every
male opening
the
womb
shall
be
called
holy
to
the
Lord:
And
to
offer
a
sacrifice,
according
as
it
is written
in
the
law
of
the
Lord,
a
pair
of
turtledoves,
or
two
young
pigeons:
And
behold
there
was
a
man
in
Jerusalem
named
Simeon,
and
this
man
was
just
and
devout,
waiting
for
the
consolation
of
Israel;
and
the
Holy Ghost
was
in
him.
And
he
had received
an answer
from
the
Holy Ghost,
that
he
should
not
see
death,
before
he
had
seen
the
Christ
of
the
Lord.
And
he
came
by
the
Spirit
into
the
temple.
And
when
his
parents
brought
in
the
child
Jesus,
to
do
for
him
according
to
the
custom
of
the
law,
He
also
took
him
into
his
arms,
and
blessed
God,
and
said:
Now thou dost dismiss thy
servant, O
Lord,
according
to thy
word
in
peace;
Because
my
eyes
have
seen thy
salvation,
Which thou hast
prepared
before
the
face
of
all
peoples:
A
light
to
the
revelation
of
the
Gentiles,
and
the
glory
of thy
people
Israel.
And
his
father
and
mother
were
wondering
at
those
things
which
were
spoken
concerning
him.
And
Simeon
blessed
them,
and
said
to
Mary
his
mother:
Behold
this child
is
set
for
the
fall,
and
for
the
resurrection
of
many
in
Israel,
and
for
a
sign
which
shall
be contradicted;
And thy
own
soul
a
sword
shall
pierce,
that,
out
of
many
hearts,
thoughts
may
be
revealed.
And
there
was
one
Anna,
a
prophetess,
the
daughter
of
Phanuel,
of
the
tribe
of Aser;
she
was
far
advanced
in
years,
and
had
lived
with
her
husband
seven
years
from
her virginity.
And
she
was
a
widow
until fourscore
and
four
years;
who
departed
not
from
the
temple,
by
fastings
and
prayers
serving
night
and
day.
Now
she,
at
the
same
hour, coming
in, confessed
to
the
Lord;
and
spoke
of
him
to
all
that looked
for
the
redemption
of
Israel.
And
after
they
had
performed
all
things
according
to
the
law
of
the
Lord,
they
returned
into
Galilee,
to
their
city
Nazareth.
And
the
child
grew,
and waxed
strong,
full
of
wisdom;
and
the
grace
of
God
was
in
him.
And
his
parents
went
every
year
to
Jerusalem,
at
the solemn day
of
the pasch,
And
when
he
was
twelve
years old,
they
going
up
into Jerusalem,
according
to
the
custom
of
the
feast,
And having fulfilled
the
days,
when
they
returned,
the
child
Jesus
remained
in
Jerusalem;
and
his
parents
knew
it
not.
And thinking
that
he
was
in
the company,
they
came
a
day’s
journey,
and sought
him
among
their kinsfolks
and acquaintance.
And
not
finding
him,
they
returned
into
Jerusalem, seeking
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that,
after
three
days,
they
found
him
in
the
temple,
sitting
in
the
midst
of
the doctors,
hearing
them,
and
asking
them
questions.
And
all
that
heard
him
were
astonished
at
his wisdom
and
his
answers.
And
seeing
him,
they wondered.
And
his
mother
said
to
him:
Son,
why hast thou
done
so
to
us?
behold thy
father
and
I
have
sought thee sorrowing.
And
he
said
to
them:
How
is
it
that
you
sought
me?
did
you
not
know,
that
I
must
be
about
my
father’s business?
And
they
understood
not
the
word
that
he
spoke unto
them.
And
he
went
down
with
them,
and
came
to
Nazareth,
and
was
subject
to
them.
And
his
mother
kept
all
these
words
in
her
heart.
And
Jesus advanced
in
wisdom,
and
age,
and
grace
with
God
and
men.
Now
in
the
fifteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Tiberius
Caesar,
Pontius
Pilate being
governor
of
Judea,
and
Herod being tetrarch
of
Galilee,
and
Philip
his
brother tetrarch
of Iturea,
and
the
country
of
Trachonitis,
and
Lysanias tetrarch
of Abilina;
Under
the
high
priests
Annas
and Caiphas;
the
word
of
the
Lord
was
made unto
John,
the
son
of Zachary,
in
the
desert.
And
he
came
into
all
the
country
about
the
Jordan,
preaching
the
baptism
of penance
for
the remission
of
sins;
As
it
was
written
in
the
book
of
the
sayings
of Isaias
the
prophet:
A
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
wilderness:
Prepare ye
the
way
of
the
Lord,
make
straight
his
paths.
Every
valley
shall
be
filled;
and
every
mountain
and
hill
shall
be
brought
low;
and
the
crooked
shall
be
made
straight;
and
the
rough
ways plain;
And
all
flesh
shall
see
the
salvation
of
God.
He
said
therefore
to
the
multitudes
that
went
forth
to
be
baptized
by
him: Ye
offspring
of
vipers,
who hath shewed
you
to
flee
from
the
wrath
to
come?
Bring
forth
therefore
fruits
worthy
of penance;
and
do
not
begin
to
say,
We
have
Abraham
for
our
father.
For
I
say unto
you,
that
God
is
able
of
these
stones
to
raise
up
children
to
Abraham.
For
now
the
axe
is
laid
to
the
root
of
the
trees.
Every
tree
therefore
that bringeth
not
forth
good
fruit,
shall
be
cut
down
and
cast
into
the
fire.
And
the
people
asked
him,
saying:
What
then
shall
we
do?
And
he
answering,
said
to
them:
He
that hath
two
coats,
let
him
give
to
him
that hath
none;
and
he
that hath
meat,
let
him
do
in
like
manner.
And
the publicans
also
came
to
be
baptized,
and
said
to
him: Master,
what
shall
we
do?
But
he
said
to
them:
Do
nothing
more
than
that
which
is appointed
you.
And
the
soldiers
also
asked
him,
saying:
And
what
shall
we
do?
And
he
said
to
them:
Do violence
to
no
man;
neither calumniate
any
man;
and
be
content
with
your pay.
And
as
the
people
were
of opinion,
and
all
were thinking
in
their
hearts
of
John,
that
perhaps
he
might
be
the
Christ;
John
answered,
saying unto
all:
I
indeed
baptize
you
with
water;
but
there
shall
come
one
mightier
that
I,
the latchet
of
whose
shoes
I
am
not
worthy
to
loose:
he
shall
baptize
you
with
the
Holy Ghost,
and
with
fire:
Whose fan
is
in
his
hand,
and
he
will purge
his
floor,
and
will
gather
the
wheat
into
his
barn;
but
the
chaff
he
will
burn
with
unquenchable
fire.
And
many
other
things
exhorting,
did
he
preach
to
the
people.
But
Herod
the tetrarch,
when
he
was
reproved
by
him
for
Herodias,
his
brother’s
wife,
and
for
all
the
evils
which
Herod
had
done;
He
added
this
also
above
all,
and shut
up
John
in
prison.
Now
it
came
to
pass,
when
all
the
people
were
baptized,
that
Jesus
also
being
baptized
and
praying,
heaven
was
opened;
And
the
Holy Ghost
descended
in
a
bodily shape,
as
a
dove
upon
him;
and
a
voice
came
from
heaven: Thou art
my
beloved
Son;
in thee
I
am
well
pleased.
And
Jesus
himself
was
beginning
about
the
age
of
thirty
years;
being (as
it
was
supposed)
the
son
of
Joseph,
who
was
of Heli,
who
was
of Mathat,
Who
was
of
Levi,
who
was
of
Melchi,
who
was
of Janne,
who
was
of
Joseph,
Who
was
of Mathathias,
who
was
of
Amos,
who
was
of
Nahum,
who
was
of
Hesli,
who
was
of Nagge,
Who
was
of Mahath,
who
was
of Mathathias,
who
was
of Semei,
who
was
of
Joseph,
who
was
of Juda,
Who
was
of Joanna,
who
was
of Reza,
who
was
of Zorobabel,
who
was
of Salathiel,
who
was
of
Neri,
Who
was
of
Melchi,
who
was
of
Addi,
who
was
of Cosan,
who
was
of Helmadan,
who
was
of Her,
Who
was
of
Jesus,
who
was
of
Eliezer,
who
was
of
Jorim,
who
was
of Mathat,
who
was
of
Levi,
Who
was
of
Simeon,
who
was
of
Judas,
who
was
of
Joseph,
who
was
of Jona,
who
was
of
Eliakim,
Who
was
of
Melea,
who
was
of Menna,
who
was
of Mathatha,
who
was
of
Nathan,
who
was
of
David,
Who
was
of
Jesse,
who
was
of Obed,
who
was
of Booz,
who
was
of Salmon,
who
was
of Naasson,
Who
was
of Aminadab,
who
was
of Aram,
who
was
of Esron,
who
was
of Phares,
who
was
of
Judas,
Who
was
of
Jacob,
who
was
of
Isaac,
who
was
of
Abraham,
who
was
of Thare,
who
was
of Nachor,
Who
was
of Sarug,
who
was
of Ragau,
who
was
of Phaleg,
who
was
of
Heber,
who
was
of Sale,
Who
was
of
Cainan,
who
was
of
Arphaxad,
who
was
of Sem,
who
was
of Noe,
who
was
of
Lamech,
Who
was
of Mathusale,
who
was
of Henoch,
who
was
of
Jared,
who
was
of Malaleel,
who
was
of
Cainan,
Who
was
of Henos,
who
was
of
Seth,
who
was
of
Adam,
who
was
of
God.
And
Jesus being
full
of
the
Holy Ghost,
returned
from
the
Jordan,
and
was
led
by
the
Spirit
into
the
desert,
For
the space
of
forty
days;
and
was
tempted
by
the
devil.
And
he
ate
nothing
in
those
days;
and
when
they
were
ended,
he
was
hungry.
And
the
devil
said
to
him:
If thou
be
the
Son
of
God,
say
to
this
stone
that
it
be
made
bread.
And
Jesus
answered
him:
It
is
written,
that
Man liveth
not
by
bread
alone,
but
by every word
of
God.
And
the devil
led
him
into
a high mountain,
and shewed
him
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world
in
a
moment
of
time;
And
he
said
to
him:
To thee
will
I
give
all
this
power,
and
the
glory
of
them;
for
to
me
they
are
delivered,
and
to
whom
I
will,
I
give
them.
If thou
therefore wilt adore
before
me,
all shall
be thine.
And
Jesus
answering
said
to
him:
It
is
written: Thou shalt adore
the
Lord thy
God,
and
him
only shalt thou
serve.
And
he
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
set
him
on
a
pinnacle
of
the
temple,
and
he
said
to
him:
If thou
be
the
Son
of
God,
cast thyself
from
hence.
For
it
is
written,
that
He hath
given
his
angels charge
over thee,
that
they keep thee.
And
that
in
their
hands
they
shall
bear thee
up, lest
perhaps thou dash thy
foot
against
a
stone.
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
him:
It
is
said: Thou shalt
not tempt
the
Lord thy
God.
And
all
the
temptation being
ended,
the
devil
departed
from
him
for
a
time.
And
Jesus
returned
in
the
power
of
the
spirit,
into
Galilee,
and
the fame
of
him
went
out
through
the
whole
country.
And
he
taught
in
their
synagogues,
and
was magnified
by
all.
And
he
came
to
Nazareth,
where
he
was
brought
up:
and
he
went
into
the
synagogue,
according
to
his
custom,
on
the
sabbath
day;
and
he
rose
up
to
read.
And
the
book
of Isaias
the
prophet
was
delivered unto
him.
And
as
he unfolded
the
book,
he
found
the
place
where
it
was
written:
The
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is
upon
me. Wherefore
he hath
anointed
me
to
preach
the
gospel
to
the
poor,
he hath
sent
me
to heal
the contrite
of heart,
To
preach deliverance
to
the
captives,
and
sight
to
the
blind,
to
set
at liberty
them
that
are bruised,
to
preach
the
acceptable
year
of
the
Lord,
and
the day
of reward.
And
when
he
had folded
the
book,
he restored
it
to
the
minister,
and
sat
down.
And
the
eyes
of
all
in
the
synagogue
were
fixed
on
him.
And
he
began
to
say
to
them:
This
day
is
fulfilled
this
scripture
in
your
ears.
And
all gave
testimony
to
him:
and
they
wondered
at
the
words
of
grace
that
proceeded
from
his
mouth,
and
they
said:
Is
not
this
the
son
of
Joseph?
And
he
said
to
them: Doubtless
you
will
say
to
me
this similitude:
Physician,
heal thyself:
as
great
things
as
we
have
heard
done
in Capharnaum,
do
also
here
in thy
own
country.
And
he
said:
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
no
prophet
is accepted
in
his
own
country.
In
truth
I
say
to
you,
there
were
many
widows
in
the
days
of Elias
in
Israel,
when
heaven
was
shut up
three
years
and
six
months,
when
there
was
a
great
famine
throughout
all
the
earth.
And
to
none
of
them
was Elias
sent,
but
to Sarepta
of
Sidon,
to
a
widow
woman.
And
there
were
many
lepers
in
Israel
in
the
time
of Eliseus
the
prophet:
and
none
of
them
was
cleansed
but
Naaman
the
Syrian.
And
all
they
in
the
synagogue,
hearing
these
things,
were
filled
with
anger.
And
they
rose
up
and thrust
him
out
of
the
city;
and
they
brought
him
to
the
brow
of
the
hill, whereon
their
city
was
built,
that
they
might
cast
him
down headlong.
But
he
passing
through
the
midst
of
them,
went
his
way.
And
he
went
down
into Capharnaum,
a
city
of
Galilee,
and
there
he
taught
them
on
the
sabbath days.
And
they
were
astonished
at
his doctrine:
for
his
speech
was
with
power.
And
in
the
synagogue
there
was
a
man
who
had
an
unclean devil,
and
he
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice,
Saying:
Let
us
alone,
what
have
we
to
do
with thee,
Jesus
of
Nazareth? art thou
come
to
destroy
us?
I
know thee
who thou art,
the
holy
one
of
God.
And
Jesus
rebuked
him,
saying: Hold thy peace,
and
go
out
of
him.
And
when
the devil
had
thrown
him
into
the
midst,
he
went
out
of
him,
and
hurt
him
not
at
all.
And
there
came fear
upon
all,
and
they talked
among
themselves,
saying:
What
word
is
this,
for
with
authority
and
power
he commandeth
the
unclean
spirits,
and
they
go
out?
And
the fame
of
him
was published
into
every
place
of
the
country.
And
Jesus
rising
up
out
of
the
synagogue,
went
into
Simon’s
house.
And
Simon’s wife’s mother
was taken
with
a
great
fever,
and
they besought
him
for
her.
And
standing
over
her,
he
commanded
the
fever,
and
it
left
her.
And
immediately
rising,
she
ministered
to
them.
And
when
the
sun
was down,
all
they
that
had
any
sick
with divers
diseases,
brought
them
to
him.
But
he
laying
his
hands
on
every
one
of
them,
healed
them.
And devils
went
out
from
many,
crying
out
and
saying: Thou art
the
Son
of
God.
And
rebuking
them
he suffered
them
not
to
speak,
for
they
knew
that
he
was
Christ.
And
when
it
was
day,
going
out
he
went
into
a
desert
place,
and
the
multitudes
sought
him,
and
came unto
him:
and
they stayed
him
that
he
should
not
depart
from
them.
To
whom
he
said:
To
other
cities
also
I
must
preach
the
kingdom
of
God:
for
therefore
am
I
sent.
And
he
was
preaching
in
the
synagogues
of
Galilee.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when
the
multitudes pressed
upon
him
to
hear
the
word
of
God,
he
stood
by
the
lake
of Genesareth,
And
saw
two
ships
standing
by
the
lake:
but
the
fishermen
were gone
out
of
them,
and
were
washing
their
nets.
And going
into
one
of
the
ships
that
was
Simon’s,
he desired
him
to draw
back
a
little
from
the
land.
And
sitting
he
taught
the
multitudes
out
of
the
ship.
Now
when
he
had
ceased
to
speak,
he
said
to
Simon: Launch out
into
the
deep,
and
let
down
your
nets
for
a draught.
And
Simon
answering
said
to
him:
Master,
we
have
labored
all
the
night,
and
have
taken
nothing:
but
at thy
word
I
will
let
down
the
net.
And
when
they
had
done
this,
they
enclosed
a
very
great
multitude
of fishes,
and
their
net broke.
And
they beckoned
to
their
partners
that
were
in
the
other
ship,
that
they
should
come
and
help
them.
And
they
came,
and
filled
both
the
ships,
so
that
they
were almost sinking.
Which
when
Simon
Peter
saw,
he
fell
down
at
Jesus’
knees,
saying:
Depart
from
me,
for
I
am
a
sinful
man, O
Lord.
For
he
was wholly astonished,
and
all
that
were
with
him,
at
the draught
of
the fishes
which
they
had
taken.
And
so
were
also
James
and
John
the
sons
of
Zebedee,
who
were
Simon’s
partners.
And
Jesus saith
to
Simon:
Fear
not:
from henceforth thou shalt catch
men.
And having
brought
their
ships
to
land,
leaving
all
things,
they
followed
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
was
in
a certain
city,
behold
a
man
full
of
leprosy,
who
seeing
Jesus,
and
falling
on
his
face, besought
him,
saying:
Lord,
if thou wilt, thou canst
make
me
clean.
And
stretching forth
his
hand,
he
touched
him,
saying:
I
will.
Be thou
cleansed.
And
immediately
the
leprosy
departed
from
him.
And
he charged
him
that
he
should
tell
no
man,
but,
Go, shew thyself
to
the
priest,
and
offer
for thy
cleansing according
as
Moses
commanded,
for
a
testimony
to
them.
But
the fame
of
him
went abroad
the
more,
and
great
multitudes
came
together
to
hear,
and
to
be
healed
by
him
of
their
infirmities.
And
he retired
into
the
desert,
and
prayed.
And
it
came
to
pass
on
a certain
day,
as
he
sat
teaching,
that
there
were
also
Pharisees
and doctors
of
the
law
sitting
by,
that
were
come
out
of
every
town
of
Galilee,
and
Judea
and
Jerusalem:
and
the
power
of
the
Lord
was
to
heal
them.
And
behold,
men
brought
in
a
bed
a
man,
who
had
the palsy:
and
they
sought
means
to
bring
him
in,
and
to
lay
him
before
him.
And
when
they
could
not
find
by
what
way
they
might
bring
him
in,
because
of
the
multitude,
they
went
up
upon
the
roof,
and
let
him
down
through
the
tiles
with
his bed
into
the
midst
before
Jesus.
Whose
faith
when
he
saw,
he
said:
Man, thy
sins
are
forgiven thee.
And
the
scribes
and
Pharisees
began
to think,
saying:
Who
is
this
who speaketh
blasphemies?
Who
can
forgive
sins,
but
God
alone?
And
when
Jesus
knew
their
thoughts,
answering,
he
said
to
them:
What
is
it
you think
in
your
hearts?
Which
is
easier
to
say, Thy
sins
are
forgiven thee;
or
to
say,
Arise
and
walk?
But
that
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
man hath
power
on
earth
to
forgive
sins, (he saith
to
the sick
of
the palsy,)
I
say
to thee,
Arise,
take
up thy bed,
and
go
into thy
house.
And
immediately
rising
up
before
them,
he
took
up
the bed
on
which
he
lay;
and
he
went
away
to
his
own
house,
glorifying
God.
And
all
were astonished;
and
they
glorified
God.
And
they
were
filled
with
fear,
saying:
We
have
seen wonderful
things
today.
And
after
these
things
he
went
forth,
and
saw
a publican
named
Levi,
sitting
at
the receipt
of custom,
and
he
said
to
him:
Follow
me.
And
leaving
all
things,
he
rose
up
and
followed
him.
And
Levi
made
him
a
great feast
in
his
own
house;
and
there
was
a
great company
of publicans,
and
of
others,
that
were
at table
with
them.
But
the
Pharisees
and
scribes murmured,
saying
to
his
disciples:
Why
do
you
eat
and
drink
with publicans
and
sinners?
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
They
that
are whole,
need
not
the
physician:
but
they
that
are
sick.
I
came
not
to
call
the
just,
but
sinners
to penance.
And
they
said
to
him: Why
do
the
disciples
of
John
fast
often,
and
make
prayers,
and
the
disciples
of
the
Pharisees
in
like
manner;
but thine
eat
and
drink?
To
whom
he
said:
Can
you
make
the children
of
the
bridegroom
fast, whilst
the
bridegroom
is
with
them?
But
the
days
will
come,
when
the
bridegroom
shall
be
taken
away
from
them,
then
shall
they
fast
in
those
days.
And
he
spoke
also
a similitude
to
them:
That
no
man putteth
a
piece
from
a
new
garment
upon
an
old
garment;
otherwise
he
both rendeth
the
new,
and
the
piece taken
from
the
new agreeth
not
with
the
old.
And
no
man putteth
new
wine
into
old bottle:
otherwise
the
new
wine
will
break
the bottles,
and
it
will
be spilled,
and
the bottles
will
be
lost.
But
new
wine
must
be
put
into
new bottles;
and both
are preserved.
And
no
man
drinking
old, hath presently
a
mind
to
new:
for
he saith,
The
old
is better.
And
it
came
to
pass
on
the second first
sabbath,
that
as
he
went
through
the corn fields,
his
disciples plucked
the ears,
and
did
eat,
rubbing
them
in
their
hands.
And
some
of
the
Pharisees
said
to
them:
Why
do
you
that
which
is
not
lawful
on
the
sabbath days?
And
Jesus
answering
them,
said:
Have
you
not
read
so much
as
this,
what
David
did,
when
himself
was
hungry,
and
they
that
were
with
him:
How
he
went
into
the
house
of
God,
and
took
and
ate
the
bread
of proposition,
and
gave
to
them
that
were
with
him,
which
is
not
lawful
to
eat
but
only
for
the
priests?
And
he
said
to
them:
The
Son
of
man
is
Lord
also
of
the
sabbath.
And
it
came
to
pass
also
on
another
sabbath,
that
he
entered
into
the
synagogue,
and
taught.
And
there
was
a
man,
whose
right
hand
was
withered.
And
the
scribes
and
Pharisees
watched
if
he
would
heal
on
the
sabbath;
that
they
might
find
an
accusation
against
him.
But
he
knew
their
thoughts;
and
said
to
the
man
who
had
the
withered
hand:
Arise,
and
stand forth
in
the
midst.
And
rising
he
stood forth.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them:
I
ask
you,
if
it
be
lawful
on
the
sabbath days
to
do
good,
or
to
do
evil;
to
save
life,
or
to
destroy?
And
looking round
about
on
them
all,
he
said
to
the
man:
Stretch
forth thy
hand.
And
he
stretched
it
forth:
and
his
hand
was
restored.
And
they
were
filled
with madness;
and
they
talked
one
with
another,
what
they
might
do
to
Jesus.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days,
that
he
went
out
into
a
mountain
to
pray,
and
he passed
the
whole
night
in
the
prayer
of
God.
And
when
day
was
come,
he
called unto
him
his
disciples;
and
he
chose
twelve
of
them (whom
also
he
named
apostles).
Simon,
whom
he surnamed
Peter,
and
Andrew
his
brother,
James
and
John,
Philip
and
Bartholomew,
Matthew
and
Thomas,
James
the son
of Alpheus,
and
Simon
who
is
called Zelotes,
And
Jude,
the brother
of
James,
and
Judas
Iscariot,
who
was
the
traitor.
And
coming
down
with
them,
he
stood
in
a plain
place,
and
the company
of
his
disciples,
and
a
very
great
multitude
of
people
from
all
Judea
and
Jerusalem,
and
the sea
coast
both
of
Tyre
and
Sidon,
Who
were
come
to
hear
him,
and
to
be
healed
of
their
diseases.
And
they
that
were
troubled
with
unclean
spirits,
were
cured.
And
all
the
multitude
sought
to
touch
him,
for virtue
went
out
from
him,
and
healed
all.
And
he,
lifting
up
his
eyes
on
his
disciples,
said:
Blessed
are ye
poor,
for
yours
is
the
kingdom
of
God.
Blessed
are ye
that
hunger
now:
for
you shall
be
filled.
Blessed
are ye
that
weep
now:
for
you shall
laugh.
Blessed
shall
you
be
when
men
shall
hate
you,
and
when
they
shall
separate
you,
and
shall
reproach
you,
and
cast
out
your
name
as
evil,
for
the
Son
of
man’s
sake.
Be
glad
in
that
day
and
rejoice;
for
behold,
your
reward
is
great
in
heaven.
For
according
to
these
things
did
their
fathers
to
the
prophets.
But
woe
to
you
that
are
rich:
for
you
have
your
consolation.
Woe
to
you
that
are filled:
for
you
shall
hunger.
Woe
to
you
that
now
laugh:
for
you
shall
mourn
and
weep.
Woe
to
you
when
men
shall bless
you:
for
according
to
these
things
did
their
fathers
to
the
false
prophets.
But
I
say
to
you
that
hear:
Love
your
enemies,
do
good
to
them
that
hate
you.
Bless
them
that
curse
you,
and
pray
for
them
that calumniate
you.
And
to
him
that striketh thee
on
the
one
cheek,
offer
also
the
other.
And
him
that taketh
away
from thee thy
cloak,
forbid
not
to
take thy
coat
also.
Give
to
every
one
that asketh thee,
and
of
him
that taketh
away thy goods,
ask
them
not
again.
And
as
you
would
that
men
should
do
to
you,
do
you
also
to
them
in
like
manner.
And
if
you
love
them
that
love
you,
what
thanks
are
to
you?
for
sinners
also
love
those
that
love
them.
And
if
you
do
good
to
them
who
do
good
to
you,
what
thanks
are
to
you?
for
sinners
also
do
this.
And
if
you
lend
to
them
of
whom
you
hope
to
receive,
what
thanks
are
to
you?
for
sinners
also
lend
to
sinners,
for
to
receive
as much.
But
love ye
your
enemies:
do
good,
and
lend, hoping
for
nothing thereby:
and
your
reward
shall
be
great,
and
you
shall
be
the
sons
of
the
Highest;
for
he
is
kind
to
the unthankful,
and
to
the
evil.
Be ye therefore
merciful,
as
your
Father
also
is
merciful.
Judge
not,
and
you
shall
not
be
judged.
Condemn
not,
and
you
shall
not
be
condemned.
Forgive,
and
you
shall
be forgiven.
Give,
and
it
shall
be
given
to
you:
good
measure
and
pressed
down
and
shaken
together
and
running
over
shall
they
give
into
your
bosom.
For
with
the
same
measure
that
you
shall mete withal,
it
shall
be
measured
to
you
again.
And
he
spoke
also
to
them
a similitude:
Can
the
blind
lead
the
blind?
do
they
not
both
fall
into
the ditch?
The
disciple
is
not
above
his master:
but
every
one shall
be
perfect,
if
he
be
as
his master.
And
why seest thou
the mote
in thy
brother’s
eye:
but
the beam
that
is
in thy
own
eye thou considerest
not?
Or
how canst thou
say
to thy
brother:
Brother,
let
me pull
the mote
out
of thy
eye,
when thou thyself seest
not
the beam
in thy
own
eye?
Hypocrite,
cast
first
the beam
out
of thy
own
eye;
and
then shalt thou
see
clearly
to
take
out
the mote
from thy
brother’s
eye.
For
there
is
no
good
tree
that bringeth
forth evil
fruit;
nor
an evil
tree
that bringeth
forth
good
fruit.
For
every
tree
is
known
by
its
fruit.
For men
do
not
gather
figs
from
thorns;
nor
from
a bramble
bush
do
they
gather
the grape.
A
good
man
out
of
the
good
treasure
of
his
heart bringeth
forth
that
which
is
good:
and
an
evil
man
out
of
the
evil
treasure bringeth
forth
that
which
is
evil.
For
out
of
the
abundance
of
the
heart
the
mouth speaketh.
And
why
call
you
me,
Lord,
Lord;
and
do
not
the
things
which
I
say?
Every
one
that cometh
to
me,
and heareth
my
words,
and doth
them,
I
will shew
you
to
whom
he
is
like.
He
is
like
to
a
man
building
a
house,
who digged
deep,
and
laid
the
foundation
upon
a
rock.
And
when
a
flood
came,
the stream beat vehemently
upon
that
house,
and
it
could
not
shake
it;
for
it
was founded
on
a
rock.
But
he
that heareth,
and doth
not,
is
like
to
a
man
building
his
house
upon
the
earth
without
a
foundation:
against
which
the stream
beat vehemently,
and
immediately
it
fell,
and
the
ruin
of
that
house
was
great.
And
when
he
had
finished
all
his
words
in
the
hearing
of
the
people,
he
entered
into Capharnaum.
And
the
servant
of
a
certain
centurion,
who
was dear
to
him,
being
sick,
was
ready
to
die.
And
when
he
had
heard
of
Jesus,
he
sent unto
him
the ancients
of
the
Jews, desiring
him
to
come
and heal
his
servant.
And
when
they
came
to
Jesus,
they besought
him
earnestly,
saying
to
him:
He
is
worthy
that thou shouldest
do
this
for
him.
For
he loveth
our
nation;
and
he hath
built us
a
synagogue.
And
Jesus
went
with
them.
And
when
he
was
now
not
far
from
the
house,
the
centurion
sent
his
friends
to
him,
saying:
Lord,
trouble
not thyself;
for
I
am
not
worthy
that thou shouldest
enter
under
my
roof.
For
which cause
neither
did
I think
myself
worthy
to
come
to thee;
but
say
the
word,
and
my
servant
shall
be
healed.
For
I
also
am
a
man
subject
to
authority,
having
under
me
soldiers:
and
I
say
to
one,
Go,
and
he goeth;
and
to
another,
Come,
and
he cometh;
and
to
my
servant,
Do
this,
and
he doth
it.
Which
Jesus
hearing, marvelled:
and
turning
about
to
the
multitude
that
followed
him,
he
said: Amen
I
say
to
you,
I
have
not
found
so
great
faith,
not
even
in
Israel.
And
they
who
were
sent, being
returned
to
the
house,
found
the
servant whole
who
had
been sick.
And
it
came
to
pass afterwards,
that
he
went
into
a
city
that
is
called Naim;
and
there
went
with
him
his
disciples,
and
a
great
multitude.
And
when
he
came nigh
to
the
gate
of
the
city,
behold
a
dead
man
was
carried
out,
the
only
son
of
his
mother;
and
she
was
a
widow:
and
a great
multitude
of
the
city
was
with
her.
Whom
when
the
Lord
had
seen, being
moved
with mercy towards
her,
he
said
to
her:
Weep
not.
And
he
came
near
and
touched
the bier.
And
they
that
carried
it,
stood
still.
And
he
said:
Young
man,
I
say
to thee,
arise.
And
he
that
was
dead,
sat
up,
and
began
to
speak.
And
he
gave
him
to
his
mother.
And
there came
a
fear
on
them
all:
and
they
glorified
God,
saying:
A
great
prophet
is
risen
up
among
us:
and,
God hath visited
his
people.
And
this rumour
of
him
went
forth
throughout
all
Judea,
and
throughout
all
the
country round
about.
And
John’s
disciples
told
him
of
all
these
things.
And
John
called
to
him
two
of
his
disciples,
and
sent
them
to
Jesus,
saying: Art thou
he
that art
to
come;
or
look
we
for
another?
And
when
the
men
were
come unto
him,
they
said:
John
the
Baptist hath
sent
us
to thee,
saying: Art thou
he
that art
to
come;
or
look
we
for
another?
(And
in
that
same
hour,
he
cured
many
of
their
diseases,
and hurts,
and
evil
spirits:
and
to
many
that
were
blind
he
gave
sight.)
And
answering,
he
said
to
them:
Go
and relate
to
John
what
you
have
heard
and
seen:
the
blind
see,
the
lame
walk,
the
lepers
are
made
clean,
the
deaf
hear,
the
dead
rise
again,
to
the
poor
the
gospel
is
preached:
And
blessed
is
he whosoever
shall
not
be scandalized
in
me.
And
when
the
messengers
of
John
were
departed,
he
began
to
speak
to
the
multitudes
concerning
John.
What
went ye
out
into
the
desert
to
see?
a
reed
shaken
with
the
wind?
But
what
went
you
out
to
see?
a
man
clothed
in
soft
garments?
Behold
they
that
are
in costly apparel
and
live delicately,
are
in
the houses
of kings.
But
what
went
you
out
to
see?
a
prophet? Yea,
I
say
to
you,
and more
than
a
prophet.
This
is
he
of
whom
it
is
written:
Behold
I
send
my
angel
before thy
face,
who
shall
prepare thy
way
before thee.
For
I
say
to
you: Amongst
those
that
are
born
of
women,
there
is
not
a
greater
prophet
that
John
the Baptist.
But
he
that
is
the lesser
in
the
kingdom
of
God,
is
greater
than
he.
And
all
the
people
hearing,
and
the publicans,
justified
God, being
baptized
with
John’s
baptism.
But
the
Pharisees
and
the
lawyers despised
the
counsel
of
God
against
themselves, being
not
baptized
by
him.
And
the Lord
said: Whereunto
then
shall
I liken
the
men
of
this
generation?
and
to
what
are
they
like?
They
are
like
to
children
sitting
in
the marketplace,
and
speaking
one
to
another,
and
saying:
We
have piped
to
you,
and
you
have
not
danced:
we
have mourned,
and
you
have
not
wept.
For
John
the
Baptist
came
neither
eating
bread
nor
drinking
wine;
and
you
say:
He hath
a devil.
The
Son
of
man
is
come
eating
and
drinking:
and
you
say:
Behold
a
man
that
is
a glutton
and
a drinker
of wine,
a
friend
of publicans
and
sinners.
And
wisdom
is
justified
by
all
her
children.
And
one
of
the
Pharisees desired
him
to
eat
with
him.
And
he
went
into
the
house
of
the
Pharisee,
and sat
down
to
meat.
And
behold
a
woman
that
was
in
the
city,
a
sinner,
when
she
knew
that
he sat
at
meat
in
the
Pharisee’s
house,
brought
an
alabaster box
of
ointment;
And
standing
behind
at
his
feet,
she
began
to wash
his
feet,
with
tears,
and
wiped
them
with
the
hairs
of
her
head,
and
kissed
his
feet,
and
anointed
them
with
the
ointment.
And
the
Pharisee,
who
had
invited
him,
seeing
it,
spoke
within
himself,
saying:
This
man,
if
he
were
a
prophet,
would
know surely
who
and
what manner
of
woman
this
is
that toucheth
him,
that
she
is
a
sinner.
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
him:
Simon,
I
have
somewhat
to
say
to thee.
But
he
said: Master,
say
it.
A
certain
creditor
had
two
debtors,
the
one
who
owed
five
hundred pence,
and
the
other
fifty.
And whereas
they
had
not wherewith
to
pay,
he
forgave
them
both.
Which
therefore
of
the two loveth
him
most?
Simon
answering,
said:
I
suppose
that
he
to
whom
he
forgave
most.
And
he
said
to
him: Thou hast
judged
rightly.
And
turning
to
the
woman,
he
said unto
Simon: Dost thou
see
this
woman?
I
entered
into thy
house, thou gavest
me
no
water
for
my
feet;
but
she
with
tears hath washed
my
feet,
and
with
her
hairs hath
wiped
them.
Thou gavest
me
no
kiss;
but
she,
since
she
came
in, hath
not
ceased
to
kiss
my
feet.
My
head
with
oil thou didst
not
anoint;
but
she
with
ointment hath
anointed my
feet.
Wherefore
I
say
to thee:
Many
sins
are
forgiven
her,
because
she hath
loved
much.
But
to
whom less
is
forgiven,
he loveth less.
And
he
said
to
her: Thy
sins
are
forgiven thee.
And
they
that sat
at
meat
with
him
began
to
say
within
themselves:
Who
is
this
that forgiveth
sins
also?
And
he
said
to
the
woman: Thy
faith hath
made thee safe,
go
in
peace.
And
it
came
to
pass afterwards,
that
he travelled
through
the
cities
and
towns,
preaching
and evangelizing
the
kingdom
of
God;
and
the
twelve
with
him:
And
certain
women
who
had
been
healed
of
evil
spirits
and
infirmities;
Mary
who
is
called Magdalen,
out
of
whom
seven devils
were
gone
forth,
And
Joanna
the
wife
of Chusa,
Herod’s
steward,
and
Susanna,
and
many
others
who
ministered unto
him
of
their substance.
And
when
a
very
great
multitude
was gathered
together,
and hastened out
of
the
cities unto
him,
he
spoke
by
a similitude.
The
sower
went
out
to
sow
his
seed.
And
as
he
sowed,
some
fell
by
the
way
side,
and
it
was trodden
down,
and
the fowls
of
the
air
devoured
it.
And
other
some
fell
upon
a
rock:
and
as soon
as
it
was sprung
up,
it
withered
away,
because
it
had
no
moisture.
And
other
some
fell
among
thorns,
and
the
thorns
growing up
with
it,
choked
it.
And
other
some
fell upon
good
ground;
and
being sprung
up, yielded
fruit
a hundredfold.
Saying
these
things,
he
cried
out:
He
that hath
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear.
And
his
disciples
asked
him
what
this
parable might
be.
To
whom
he
said:
To
you
it
is
given
to
know
the
mystery
of
the
kingdom
of
God;
but
to
the
rest
in
parables,
that
seeing
they
may
not
see,
and
hearing
may
not
understand.
Now
the
parable
is
this:
The
seed
is
the
word
of
God.
And
they
by
the
way
side
are
they
that
hear;
then
the
devil cometh,
and taketh
the
word
out
of
their
heart,
lest
believing
they
should
be
saved.
Now
they
upon
the
rock,
are
they
who
when
they
hear,
receive
the
word
with
joy:
and
these
have
no
roots;
for
they
believe
for
a
while,
and
in
time
of
temptation,
they
fall
away.
And
that
which
fell
among
thorns,
are
they
who
have
heard,
and
going
their
way,
are
choked
with
the
cares
and
riches
and
pleasures
of
this
life,
and yield
no
fruit.
But
that
on
the
good
ground,
are
they
who
in
a
good
and perfect
heart,
hearing
the
word,
keep
it,
and bring forth
fruit
in
patience.
Now
no
man
lighting
a candle covereth
it
with
a
vessel,
or putteth
it
under
a
bed;
but setteth
it
upon
a candlestick,
that
they
who
come
in
may
see
the
light.
For
there
is
not
any
thing
secret
that
shall
not
be
made manifest,
nor
hidden,
that
shall
not
be
known
and
come abroad.
Take
heed
therefore
how
you
hear.
For whosoever hath,
to
him
shall
be
given:
and whosoever hath
not,
that
also
which
he thinketh
he hath,
shall
be
taken
away
from
him.
And
his
mother
and
brethren
came unto
him;
and
they
could
not
come
at
him
for
the
crowd.
And
it
was
told
him: Thy
mother
and thy
brethren
stand
without,
desiring
to
see thee.
Who
answering,
said
to
them:
My
mother
and
my
brethren
are
they
who
hear
the
word
of
God,
and
do
it.
And
it
came
to
pass
on
a certain
day
that
he
went
into
a little
ship
with
his
disciples,
and
he
said
to
them:
Let
us
go
over
to
the
other
side
of
the
lake.
And
they
launched forth.
And
when
they
were
sailing,
he slept;
and
there
came
down
a
storm
of
wind upon
the
lake,
and
they
were filled,
and
were
in
danger.
And
they
came
and awaked
him,
saying:
Master,
we
perish.
But
he arising,
rebuked
the
wind
and
the rage
of
the
water;
and
it
ceased,
and
there
was
a
calm.
And
he
said
to
them:
Where
is
your
faith?
Who
being
afraid,
wondered,
saying
one
to
another:
Who
is
this, (think
you),
that
he commandeth
both
the
winds
and
the sea,
and
they
obey
him?
And
they
sailed
to
the
country
of
the Gerasens,
which
is
over
against
Galilee.
And
when
he
was
come
forth
to
the
land,
there
met
him
a
certain
man
who
had
a devil
now
a
very
long
time,
and
he
wore
no
clothes,
neither
did
he
abide
in
a
house,
but
in
the sepulchres.
And
when
he
saw
Jesus,
he
fell
down
before
him;
and crying
out
with
a
loud
voice,
he
said:
What
have
I
to
do
with thee,
Jesus,
Son
of
the
most
high
God?
I beseech thee,
do
not
torment
me.
For
he
commanded
the
unclean
spirit
to
go
out
of
the
man.
For
many
times
it
seized
him,
and
he
was
bound
with
chains,
and
kept
in fetters;
and breaking
the
bonds,
he
was
driven
by
the devil
into
the
deserts.
And
Jesus
asked
him,
saying:
What
is thy
name?
But
he
said:
Legion;
because
many devils
were
entered
into
him.
And
they besought
him
that
he
would
not
command
them
to
go
into
the
abyss.
And
there
was
there
a
herd
of
many
swine
feeding
on
the
mountain;
and
they besought
him
that
he
would suffer
them
to
enter
into
them.
And
he suffered
them.
The devils
therefore
went
out
of
the
man,
and
entered
into
the
swine;
and
the
herd ran violently
down
a
steep place
into
the
lake,
and
were stifled.
Which
when
they
that fed
them
saw
done,
they
fled
away,
and
told
it
in
the
city
and
in
the villages.
And
they
went
out
to
see
what
was
done;
and
they
came
to
Jesus,
and
found
the
man,
out
of
whom
the devils
were
departed,
sitting
at
his
feet,
clothed,
and
in
his
right
mind;
and
they
were
afraid.
And
they
also
that
had
seen,
told
them
how
he
had been healed
from
the legion.
And
all
the
multitude
of
the
country
of
the Gerasens besought
him
to
depart
from
them;
for
they
were taken
with
great
fear.
And
he,
going
up
into
the
ship,
returned
back
again.
Now
the
man,
out
of
whom
the devils
were
departed, besought
him
that
he might
be
with
him.
But
Jesus
sent
him
away,
saying:
Return
to thy
house,
and
tell
how
great
things
God hath
done
to thee.
And
he
went
through
the
whole
city, publishing
how
great
things
Jesus
had
done
to
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when
Jesus
was
returned,
the
multitude
received
him:
for
they
were
all
waiting
for
him.
And
behold
there
came
a
man
whose
name
was
Jairus,
and
he
was
a
ruler
of
the
synagogue:
and
he
fell
down
at
the
feet
of
Jesus,
beseeching
him
that
he
would
come
into
his
house:
For
he
had
an
only
daughter, almost
twelve
years old,
and
she
was
dying.
And
it
happened
as
he
went,
that
he
was thronged
by
the
multitudes.
And
there
was
a certain
woman having
an issue
of
blood
twelve
years,
who
had bestowed
all
her substance
on
physicians,
and
could
not
be
healed
by
any.
She
came
behind
him,
and
touched
the hem
of
his
garment;
and
immediately
the issue
of
her
blood
stopped.
And
Jesus
said:
Who
is
it
that
touched
me?
And
all
denying,
Peter
and
they
that
were
with
him
said:
Master,
the
multitudes
throng
and press thee,
and dost thou
say,
Who
touched
me?
And
Jesus
said:
Somebody hath
touched
me;
for
I
know
that virtue
is
gone
out
from
me.
And
the
woman
seeing
that
she
was
not hid,
came
trembling,
and
fell
down
before
his feet,
and
declared
before
all
the
people
for
what
cause
she
had
touched
him,
and
how
she
was
immediately
healed.
But
he
said
to
her:
Daughter, thy
faith hath
made thee whole;
go thy
way
in
peace.
As
he
was
yet
speaking, there cometh
one
to
the ruler
of
the
synagogue,
saying
to
him: Thy
daughter
is
dead,
trouble
him
not.
And
Jesus
hearing
this word,
answered
the father
of
the maid:
Fear
not;
believe
only,
and
she
shall
be safe.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the
house,
he suffered
not
any
man
to
go
in
with
him,
but
Peter
and
James
and
John,
and
the
father
and
mother
of
the maiden.
And
all
wept
and mourned
for
her.
But
he
said:
Weep
not;
the maid
is
not
dead,
but sleepeth.
And
they laughed
him
to scorn,
knowing
that
she
was
dead.
But
he
taking
her
by
the
hand,
cried out,
saying: Maid,
arise.
And
her
spirit
returned,
and
she
arose
immediately.
And
he bid
them
give
her
to
eat.
And
her
parents
were
astonished,
whom
he charged
to
tell
no
man
what
was
done.
Then calling
together
the
twelve apostles,
he
gave
them
power
and
authority
over
all devils,
and
to
cure
diseases.
And
he
sent
them
to
preach
the
kingdom
of
God,
and
to
heal
the
sick.
And
he
said
to
them:
Take
nothing
for
your
journey;
neither
staff,
nor scrip,
nor
bread,
nor
money;
neither
have
two
coats.
And whatsoever
house
you
shall
enter
into,
abide
there,
and
depart
not
from thence.
And whosoever
will
not
receive
you,
when ye
go
out
of
that
city,
shake
off
even
the
dust
of
your
feet,
for
a
testimony
against
them.
And
going
out,
they
went
about
through
the towns,
preaching
the
gospel,
and
healing
every
where.
Now
Herod,
the tetrarch,
heard
of
all
things
that
were
done
by
him;
and
he
was
in
a doubt,
because
it
was
said
By
some,
that John
was
risen
from
the dead:
but
by
other
some,
that Elias
had
appeared;
and
by
others,
that
one
of
the
old
prophets
was
risen
again.
And
Herod
said:
John
I
have
beheaded;
but
who
is
this
of
whom
I
hear
such
things?
And
he
sought
to
see
him.
And
the
apostles,
when
they
were
returned, told
him
all
they
had
done.
And
taking
them,
he
went
aside
into
a desert place, apart,
which belongeth
to
Bethsaida.
Which
when
the
people
knew,
they
followed
him;
and
he
received
them,
and
spoke
to
them
of
the
kingdom
of
God,
and
healed
them
who
had
need
of
healing.
Now
the
day
began
to decline.
And
the
twelve
came
and
said
to
him:
Send
away
the
multitude,
that
going
into
the towns
and
villages
round
about,
they
may lodge
and
get victuals;
for
we
are
here
in
a
desert
place.
But
he
said
to
them:
Give
you
them
to
eat.
And
they
said:
We
have
no
more
than
five
loaves
and
two fishes;
unless
perhaps
we
should
go
and
buy
food
for
all
this multitude.
Now
there
were
about
five
thousand
men.
And
he
said
to
his
disciples: Make
them
sit
down
by
fifties
in
a company.
And
they
did
so;
and
made
them
all
sit
down.
And
taking
the
five
loaves
and
the
two fishes,
he
looked
up
to
heaven,
and
blessed
them;
and
he
broke,
and distributed
to
his
disciples,
to
set
before
the
multitude.
And
they did
all
eat,
and
were
filled.
And there
were
taken
up
of
fragments
that remained
to
them,
twelve
baskets.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
he
was
alone
praying,
his
disciples
also
were
with
him:
and
he
asked
them,
saying:
Whom
do
the
people
say
that
I
am?
But
they
answered,
and
said:
John
the
Baptist;
but
some
say Elias;
and
others
say
that
one
of
the former
prophets
is
risen
again.
And
he
said
to
them:
But
whom
do
you
say
that
I
am?
Simon
Peter
answering,
said:
The
Christ
of
God.
But
he strictly charging
them,
commanded
they
should
tell
this
to
no
man.
Saying:
The
Son
of
man
must
suffer
many
things,
and
be
rejected
by
the ancients
and
chief
priests
and
scribes,
and
be
killed,
and
the
third
day
rise
again.
And
he
said
to
all:
If
any
man
will
come
after
me,
let
him
deny
himself,
and
take
up
his
cross
daily,
and
follow
me.
For whosoever
will
save
his
life,
shall
lose
it;
for
he
that
shall
lose
his
life
for
my
sake,
shall
save
it.
For
what
is
a
man advantaged, if
he
gain
the
whole
world,
and
lose
himself,
and cast
away
himself?
For
he
that
shall
be
ashamed
of
me
and
of
my
words,
of
him
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
ashamed,
when
he
shall
come
in
his majesty,
and
that
of
his
Father,
and
of
the
holy
angels.
But
I
tell
you
of
a truth:
There
are
some
standing
here
that
shall
not
taste
death, till
they
see
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
it
came
to
pass
about
eight
days
after
these
words,
that
he
took
Peter,
and
James,
and
John,
and
went
up
into
a
mountain
to
pray.
And whilst
he
prayed,
the shape
of
his countenance
was altered,
and
his raiment
became
white
and glittering.
And
behold
two
men
were
talking
with
him.
And
they
were
Moses
and Elias,
Appearing
in majesty.
And
they
spoke
of
his decease
that
he should
accomplish
in
Jerusalem.
But
Peter
and
they
that
were
with
him
were
heavy
with
sleep.
And waking,
they
saw
his
glory,
and
the
two
men
that stood
with
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
as
they
were departing
from
him,
Peter saith
to
Jesus:
Master,
it
is
good
for
us
to
be
here;
and
let
us
make
three
tabernacles,
one
for thee,
and
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for Elias;
not
knowing
what
he
said.
And
as
he
spoke
these
things,
there
came
a
cloud,
and
overshadowed
them;
and
they
were
afraid,
when
they
entered
into
the
cloud.
And
a
voice
came
out
of
the
cloud,
saying:
This
is
my beloved
Son;
hear
him.
And whilst
the
voice
was uttered,
Jesus
was
found
alone.
And
they held
their peace,
and
told
no
man
in
those
days
any
of
these
things
which
they
had
seen.
And
it
came
to
pass
the
day following,
when
they
came
down
from
the
mountain,
there
met
him
a
great
multitude.
And
behold
a
man
among
the
crowd
cried
out,
saying: Master,
I beseech thee,
look
upon
my
son,
because
he
is
my
only
one.
And
lo,
a
spirit seizeth
him,
and
he
suddenly crieth
out,
and
he throweth
him down
and teareth
him,
so
that
he foameth;
and bruising
him,
he hardly departeth
from
him.
And
I desired thy
disciples
to
cast
him
out,
and
they
could
not.
And
Jesus
answering,
said:
O faithless
and
perverse
generation,
how
long
shall
I
be
with
you,
and suffer
you?
Bring hither thy
son.
And
as
he
was
coming
to
him,
the devil
threw
him
down,
and tore
him.
And
Jesus rebuked
the unclean spirit,
and cured
the boy,
and restored
him
to
his father.
And
all
were astonished
at
the mighty
power
of God.
But
while
all wondered
at
all
the
things
he
did,
he
said
to
his disciples:
Lay
you
up
in
your hearts
these
words,
for
it
shall
come
to pass,
that
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
men.
But
they understood
not
this
word;
and
it
was hid
from
them,
so
that
they perceived
it
not.
And
they
were
afraid
to
ask
him
concerning
this
word.
And
there
entered
a thought
into
them,
which
of
them should
be
greater.
But
Jesus
seeing
the
thoughts
of
their
heart,
took
a
child
and
set
him
by
him,
And
said
to
them: Whosoever
shall
receive
this
child
in
my
name, receiveth
me;
and whosoever
shall
receive
me, receiveth
him
that
sent
me.
For
he
that
is
the lesser
among
you
all,
he
is
the
greater.
And
John,
answering,
said:
Master,
we
saw
a
certain
man casting
out devils
in thy
name,
and
we forbade
him,
because
he followeth
not
with
us.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Forbid
him
not;
for
he
that
is
not
against
you,
is
for
you.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
days
of
his assumption
were accomplishing,
that
he steadfastly
set
his
face
to
go
to
Jerusalem.
And
he
sent
messengers
before
his
face;
and
going,
they
entered
into
a
city
of
the
Samaritans,
to
prepare
for
him.
And
they
received
him
not,
because
his
face
was
of
one
going
to
Jerusalem.
And
when
his
disciples
James
and
John
had
seen
this,
they
said:
Lord, wilt thou
that
we
command
fire
to
come
down
from
heaven,
and
consume
them?
And
turning,
he
rebuked
them, saying:
You know not
of
what spirit
you
are.
The Son
of
man came
not
to destroy souls,
but
to save.
And
they
went
into
another
town.
And
it
came
to pass,
as
they walked
in
the
way,
that
a
certain
man
said
to
him:
I
will
follow thee withersoever thou goest.
Jesus
said
to
him:
The
foxes
have
holes,
and
the
birds
of
the
air
nests;
but
the
Son
of
man hath
not
where
to
lay
his
head.
But
he
said
to
another:
Follow
me.
And
he
said:
Lord, suffer
me
first
to
go,
and
to
bury
my
father.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Let
the
dead
bury
their
dead:
but
go thou,
and preach
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
another
said:
I
will
follow thee,
Lord;
but
let
me
first take
my
leave
of
them
that
are
at
my
house.
Jesus
said
to
him:
No
man
putting
his
hand
to
the plough,
and
looking
back,
is
fit
for
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
after
these
things
the
Lord
appointed
also
other
seventy-two:
and
he
sent
them
two
and
two
before
his
face
into
every
city
and
place whither
he
himself
was
to
come.
And
he
said
to
them:
The
harvest
indeed
is
great,
but
the labourers
are
few.
Pray ye
therefore
the
Lord
of
the
harvest,
that
he
send labourers
into
his
harvest.
Go:
Behold
I
send
you
as
lambs
among
wolves.
Carry
neither purse,
nor scrip,
nor
shoes;
and salute
no
man
by
the
way.
Into whatsoever
house
you
enter,
first
say:
Peace
be
to
this
house.
And
if
the
son
of
peace
be
there,
your
peace
shall
rest
upon
him;
but
if
not,
it
shall
return
to
you.
And
in
the
same
house,
remain,
eating
and
drinking such
things
as
they
have:
for
the labourer
is
worthy
of
his hire. Remove
not
from
house
to
house.
And
into
what
city soever
you
enter,
and
they
receive
you,
eat
such
things
as
are
set
before
you.
And
heal
the
sick
that
are therein,
and
say
to
them:
The
kingdom
of
God
is
come nigh unto
you.
But
into whatsoever
city
you
enter,
and
they
receive
you
not,
going
forth
into
the
streets thereof,
say:
Even
the
very
dust
of
your
city
that cleaveth
to
us,
we
wipe
off
against
you.
Yet
know
this,
that
the
kingdom
of
God
is
at
hand.
I
say
to
you,
it shall
be
more
tolerable
at
that
day
for
Sodom,
than
for
that
city.
Woe
to thee, Corozain,
woe
to thee,
Bethsaida.
For
if
in
Tyre
and
Sidon
had
been wrought
the
mighty works
that
have
been wrought
in
you,
they
would
have
done penance
long
ago,
sitting
in
sackcloth
and
ashes.
But
it
shall
be
more
tolerable
for
Tyre
and
Sidon
at
the judgement,
than
for
you.
And thou, Capharnaum, which art
exalted unto
heaven, thou shalt
be thrust
down
to
hell.
He
that heareth
you, heareth
me;
and
he
that despiseth
you, despiseth
me;
and
he
that despiseth
me, despiseth
him
that
sent
me.
And
the
seventy-two
returned
with
joy,
saying:
Lord,
the devils
also
are
subject
to
us
in thy
name.
And
he
said
to
them:
I
saw
Satan
like lightening
falling
from
heaven.
Behold,
I
have
given
you
power
to
tread
upon
serpents
and
scorpions,
and
upon
all
the
power
of
the
enemy:
and
nothing
shall
hurt
you.
But
yet
rejoice
not
in
this,
that
spirits
are
subject unto
you;
but
rejoice
in
this,
that
your
names
are
written
in
heaven.
In
that
same
hour,
he
rejoiced
in
the
Holy Ghost,
and
said:
I
confess
to thee, O
Father,
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
because thou hast
hidden
these
things
from
the
wise
and prudent,
and hast
revealed
them
to little
ones. Yea,
Father,
for
so
it hath seemed
good
in thy
sight.
All
things
are
delivered
to
me
by
my
Father;
and
no
one knoweth
who
the
Son
is,
but
the
Father;
and
who
the
Father
is,
but
the
Son,
and
to
whom
the
Son
will
reveal
him.
And
turning
to
his
disciples,
he
said:
Blessed
are
the
eyes
that
see
the
things
which
you
see.
For
I
say
to
you,
that
many
prophets
and
kings
have
desired
to
see
the
things
that
you
see,
and
have
not
seen
them;
and
to
hear
the
things
that
you
hear,
and
have
not
heard
them.
And
behold
a
certain
lawyer
stood
up, tempting
him,
and
saying, Master,
what
must
I
do
to possess
eternal
life?
But
he
said
to
him:
What
is
written
in
the
law?
how readest thou?
He
answering,
said: Thou shalt
love
the
Lord thy
God
with thy
whole
heart,
and
with thy
whole
soul,
and
with
all thy
strength,
and
with
all thy
mind:
and thy neighbour
as thyself.
And
he
said
to
him: Thou hast
answered right:
this
do,
and thou shalt
live.
But
he
willing
to
justify
himself,
said
to
Jesus:
And
who
is
my neighbour?
And
Jesus answering,
said:
A
certain
man
went
down
from
Jerusalem
to
Jericho,
and
fell
among
robbers,
who
also
stripped
him,
and having wounded
him
went
away,
leaving
him
half
dead.
And
it chanced,
that
a
certain
priest
went
down
the
same
way:
and
seeing
him,
passed
by.
In
like
manner
also
a
Levite,
when
he
was
near
the
place
and
saw
him,
passed
by.
But
a
certain
Samaritan being
on
his
journey,
came
near
him;
and
seeing
him,
was
moved
with
compassion.
And
going
up
to
him, bound
up
his
wounds,
pouring
in
oil
and
wine:
and setting
him
upon
his
own
beast,
brought
him
to
an
inn,
and
took
care
of
him.
And
the
next
day
he
took
out
two pence,
and
gave
to
the host,
and
said:
Take
care
of
him;
and whatsoever thou shalt
spend
over
and
above,
I,
at
my
return,
will
repay thee.
Which
of
these
three,
in thy opinion,
was neighbour
to
him
that
fell
among
the
robbers?
But
he
said:
He
that shewed
mercy
to
him.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Go,
and
do thou
in
like
manner.
Now
it
came
to
pass
as
they
went,
that
he
entered
into
a
certain
town:
and
a
certain
woman
named
Martha,
received
him
into
her
house.
And
she
had
a
sister
called
Mary,
who sitting
also
at
the
Lord’s
feet,
heard
his
word.
But
Martha
was busy
about
much
serving.
Who
stood
and
said:
Lord, hast thou
no
care
that
my
sister hath
left
me
alone
to
serve?
speak
to
her
therefore,
that
she
help
me.
And
the
Lord
answering,
said
to
her:
Martha,
Martha, thou art careful,
and art troubled
about
many
things:
But
one
thing
is
necessary.
Mary hath
chosen
the best
part,
which shall
not
be
taken
away
from
her.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
as
he
was
in
a
certain
place
praying,
when
he
ceased,
one
of
his
disciples
said
to
him:
Lord,
teach
us
to
pray,
as
John
also
taught
his
disciples.
And
he
said
to
them:
When
you
pray,
say:
Father,
hallowed be thy
name. Thy
kingdom
come.
Give
us
this
day
our
daily
bread.
And
forgive
us
our
sins,
for
we
also
forgive
every
one
that
is
indebted
to
us.
And
lead
us
not
into
temptation.
And
he
said
to
them:
Which
of
you
shall
have
a
friend,
and
shall
go
to
him
at
midnight,
and
shall
say
to
him:
Friend,
lend
me
three
loaves,
Because
a
friend
of
mine
is
come off
his
journey
to
me,
and
I
have
not
what
to
set
before
him.
And
he
from
within
should
answer,
and
say:
Trouble
me
not,
the
door
is
now
shut,
and
my
children
are
with
me
in
bed;
I
cannot
rise
and
give thee.
Yet
if
he
shall
continue knocking,
I
say
to
you,
although
he
will
not
rise
and
give
him,
because
he
is
his
friend;
yet,
because
of
his importunity,
he
will
rise,
and
give
him
as
many
as
he needeth.
And
I
say
to
you,
Ask,
and
it
shall
be
given
you:
seek,
and
you
shall
find:
knock,
and
it
shall
be
opened
to
you.
For
every
one
that asketh, receiveth;
and
he
that seeketh, findeth;
and
to
him
that knocketh,
it
shall
be
opened.
And
which
of
you,
if
he
ask
his
father
bread,
will
he
give
him
a
stone?
or
a
fish,
will
he
for
a
fish
give
him
a
serpent?
Or
if
he
shall
ask
an
egg,
will
he reach
him
a
scorpion?
If
you
then,
being
evil,
know
how
to
give
good
gifts
to
your
children,
how
much
more
will
your
Father
from
heaven
give
the
good
Spirit
to
them
that
ask
him?
And
he
was casting
out
a devil,
and
the
same
was dumb:
and
when
he
had
cast
out
the devil,
the dumb
spoke:
and
the
multitudes
were
in admiration
at
it:
But
some
of
them
said:
He casteth
out devils
by Beelzebub,
the
prince
of devils.
And
others tempting,
asked
of
him
a
sign
from
heaven.
But
he
seeing
their
thoughts,
said
to
them:
Every
kingdom
divided
against
itself,
shall
be brought
to desolation,
and
house
upon
house
shall
fall.
And
if
Satan
also
be
divided
against
himself,
how
shall
his
kingdom
stand?
because
you
say,
that
through Beelzebub
I
cast
out devils.
Now
if
I
cast
out devils
by Beelzebub;
by
whom
do
your children
cast
them
out?
Therefore
they
shall
be
your
judges.
But
if
I
by
the
finger
of
God
cast
out devils; doubtless
the
kingdom
of
God
is
come
upon
you.
When
a
strong
man
armed keepeth
his
court,
those
things
are
in
peace
which
he possesseth.
But
if
a
stronger
than
he
come
upon
him,
and
overcome
him;
he
will
take
away
all
his armour wherein
he
trusted,
and
will
distribute
his spoils.
He
that
is
not
with
me,
is
against
me;
and
he
that gathereth
not
with
me, scattereth.
When
the
unclean
spirit
is
gone
out
of
a
man,
he walketh
through
places
without
water,
seeking
rest;
and
not
finding,
he saith:
I
will
return
into
my
house whence
I
came
out.
And
when
he
is
come,
he findeth
it
swept
and garnished.
Then
he goeth
and taketh
with
him
seven
other
spirits
more
wicked
than
himself,
and
entering
in
they
dwell
there.
And
the
last state
of
that
man
becomes
worse
than
the
first.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
he
spoke
these
things,
a
certain
woman
from
the
crowd,
lifting
up
her
voice,
said
to
him:
Blessed
is
the
womb
that
bore thee,
and
the paps
that gave thee suck.
But
he
said: Yea
rather,
blessed
are
they
who
hear
the
word
of
God,
and
keep
it.
And
the
multitudes running
together,
he
began
to
say:
This
generation
is
a
wicked
generation:
it asketh
a
sign,
and
a
sign
shall
not
be
given
it,
but
the
sign
of Jonas
the prophet.
For
as Jonas
was
a
sign
to
the Ninivites;
so
shall
the
Son
of
man
also
be
to
this
generation.
The
queen
of
the
south
shall
rise
in
the
judgment
with
the
men
of
this
generation,
and
shall
condemn
them:
because
she
came
from
the
ends
of
the
earth
to
hear
the
wisdom
of
Solomon;
and
behold
more
than
Solomon
here.
The
men
of Ninive
shall
rise
in
the
judgment
with
this
generation,
and
shall
condemn
it;
because
they
did penance
at
the
preaching
of Jonas;
and
behold
more
than Jonas
here.
No
man lighteth
a candle,
and putteth
it
in
a hidden
place,
nor
under
a bushel;
but
upon
a candlestick,
that they
that
come
in,
may
see
the
light.
The
light
of thy
body
is thy
eye.
If thy
eye
be single, thy
whole
body
will
be lightsome:
but
if
it
be
evil, thy
body
also
will
be darksome.
Take heed
therefore,
that
the
light
which
is
in thee,
be
not
darkness.
If
then thy
whole
body
be lightsome,
having
no
part
of
darkness;
the
whole shall
be lightsome;
and
as
a
bright
lamp, shall enlighten thee.
And
as
he
was
speaking,
a certain
Pharisee prayed
him,
that
he
would dine
with
him.
And
he
going
in,
sat
down
to eat.
And
the
Pharisee began
to say, thinking within himself, why
he
was
not
washed
before
dinner.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Now
you
Pharisees
make
clean
the
outside
of
the
cup
and
of
the
platter;
but
your
inside
is
full
of rapine
and iniquity.
Ye
fools,
did
not
he that
made that
which
is
without,
make
also that
which
is
within?
But
yet
that
which remaineth,
give
alms;
and
behold,
all
things
are
clean unto
you.
But
woe
to
you,
Pharisees,
because
you tithe
mint
and
rue
and
every
herb;
and
pass
over
judgment,
and
the charity
of
God.
Now
these
things
you
ought
to
have
done,
and
not
to leave
the
other undone.
Woe
to
you,
Pharisees,
because
you
love
the uppermost
seats
in
the
synagogues,
and salutations
in
the marketplace.
Woe
to
you,
because
you
are
as sepulchres
that appear
not,
and
men
that
walk
over
are
not aware.
And
one
of
the
lawyers
answering, saith
to
him: Master,
in
saying
these
things, thou reproachest
us
also.
But
he
said:
Woe
to
you
lawyers
also,
because
you
load
men
with
burdens
which
they
cannot
bear,
and
you
yourselves
touch
not
the packs
with
one
of
your
fingers.
Woe
to
you
who
build
the
monuments
of
the
prophets:
and
your
fathers
killed
them.
Truly
you bear
witness
that
you consent
to
the doings
of
your
fathers:
for
they
indeed
killed
them,
and
you
build
their sepulchres.
For
this cause
also
the
wisdom
of
God
said:
I
will
send
to
them
prophets
and
apostles;
and
some
of
them
they
will
kill
and
persecute.
That
the
blood
of
all
the
prophets
which
was
shed
from
the
foundation
of
the
world,
may
be required
of
this
generation,
From
the
blood
of
Abel unto
the
blood
of
Zacharias,
who
was slain
between
the alter
and
the temple: Yea
I
say
to
you,
It
shall
be required
of
this
generation.
Woe
to
you
lawyers,
for
you
have
taken
away
the
key
of
knowledge:
you
yourselves
have
not
entered
in,
and
those
that
were
entering
in,
you
have
hindered.
And
as
he
was saying
these
things
to
them,
the
Pharisees
and
the lawyers
began violently
to urge
him,
and
to oppress
his mouth
about
many
things,
Lying
in
wait
for
him,
and seeking
to
catch
something
from
his
mouth,
that
they
might accuse
him.
And
when great
multitudes stood
about
him,
so
that
they trod
one
upon
another,
he
began
to
say
to
his
disciples:
Beware ye
of
the
leaven
of
the
Pharisees,
which
is
hypocrisy.
For
there
is
nothing
covered,
that
shall
not
be
revealed:
nor
hidden,
that
shall
not
be
known.
For whatsoever
things
you
have
spoken
in
darkness,
shall
be published
in
the
light:
and
that
which
you
have
spoken
in
the
ear
in
the chambers,
shall
be
preached
on
the
housetops.
And
I
say
to
you,
my
friends:
Be
not
afraid
of
them
who
kill
the
body,
and
after
that
have
no more
that
they
can
do.
But
I
will shew
you
whom
you
shall
fear:
fear ye
him,
who
after
he hath
killed, hath
power
to
cast
into
hell. Yea,
I
say
to
you,
fear
him.
Are
not
five
sparrows
sold
for
two farthings,
and
not
one
of
them
is
forgotten
before
God?
Yea,
the
very
hairs
of
your
head
are
all
numbered.
Fear
not therefore:
you
are
of
more value
than
many
sparrows.
And
I
say
to
you, Whosoever
shall
confess
me
before
men,
him
shall
the
Son
of
man
also
confess
before
the
angels
of
God.
But
he
that
shall
deny
me
before
men,
shall
be
denied
before
the
angels
of
God.
And whosoever speaketh
a
word
against
the
Son
of
man,
it
shall
be
forgiven
him:
but
to
him
that
shall
blaspheme
against
the
Holy Ghost,
it
shall
not
be
forgiven.
And
when
they
shall
bring
you
into
the
synagogues,
and
to magistrates
and
powers,
be
not solicitous
how
or
what
you
shall answer,
or
what
you
shall
say;
For
the
Holy Ghost shall
teach
you
in
the
same
hour
what
you
must
say.
And
one
of
the
multitude
said
to
him: Master,
speak
to
my
brother
that
he
divide
the
inheritance
with
me.
But
he
said
to
him:
Man,
who hath
appointed
me
judge,
or divider,
over
you?
And
he
said
to
them: Take heed
and
beware
of
all
covetousness;
for
a
man’s
life doth
not
consist
in
the
abundance
of
things
which
he possesseth.
And
he
spoke
a similitude
to
them,
saying:
The
land
of
a
certain
rich
man brought forth plenty
of fruits.
And
he
thought
within
himself,
saying:
What
shall
I
do,
because
I
have
no room
where
to bestow
my
fruits?
And
he
said:
This
will
I
do:
I
will pull
down
my
barns,
and
will
build
greater;
and
into
them
will
I
gather
all
things
that
are grown
to
me,
and
my
goods.
And
I
will
say
to
my
soul:
Soul, thou hast
much
goods
laid
up
for
many
years
take thy
rest;
eat,
drink, make
good cheer.
But
God
said
to
him: Thou
fool,
this
night
do
they require thy
soul
of thee:
and
whose
shall
those
things
be
which thou hast provided?
So
is
he
that layeth
up
treasure
for
himself,
and
is
not
rich towards
God.
And
he
said
to
his
disciples:
Therefore
I
say
to
you,
be
not solicitous
for
your
life,
what
you
shall
eat;
nor
for
your
body,
what
you
shall
put
on.
The
life
is
more
than
the
meat,
and
the
body
is
more
than
the raiment.
Consider
the
ravens,
for
they
sow
not,
neither
do
they
reap,
neither
have
they
storehouse
nor
barn,
and
God feedeth
them.
How
much
are
you
more
valuable
than
they?
And
which
of
you,
by taking thought,
can
add
to
his
stature
one cubit?
If
then ye
be
not
able
to
do
so much
as
the
least
thing,
why
are
you solicitous
for
the
rest?
Consider
the
lilies,
how
they
grow:
they labour
not,
neither
do
they
spin.
But
I
say
to
you,
not
even
Solomon
in
all
his
glory
was
clothed
like
one
of
these.
Now
if
God clothe
in
this
manner
the
grass
that
is
today
in
the
field,
and
tomorrow
is
cast
into
the oven;
how
much
more
you, O ye
of little faith?
And
seek
not
you
what
you
shall
eat,
or
what
you
shall
drink:
and
be
not lifted up
on high.
For
all
these
things
do
the
nations
of
the
world
seek.
But
your
Father knoweth
that
you
have
need
of
these
things.
But
seek ye first
the
kingdom
of
God
and
his justice,
and
all
these
things
shall
be
added unto
you.
Fear
not,
little
flock,
for
it hath
pleased
your
Father
to
give
you
a
kingdom.
Sell
what
you
possess
and
give
alms.
Make
to
yourselves bags
which grow
not
old,
a
treasure
in
heaven
which faileth
not:
where
no
thief approacheth,
nor
moth corrupteth.
For
where
your
treasure
is,
there
will
your
heart
be
also.
Let
your
loins
be girt,
and
lamps
burning
in
your hands.
And
you
yourselves
like
to
men
who wait
for
their
lord,
when
he
shall return
from
the
wedding;
that
when
he cometh
and knocketh,
they
may
open
to
him
immediately.
Blessed
are
those
servants,
whom
the
Lord
when
he cometh,
shall
find
watching.
Amen
I
say
to
you,
that
he
will
gird
himself,
and
make
them
sit
down
to
meat,
and
passing
will
minister unto
them.
And
if
he
shall
come
in
the
second
watch,
or
come
in
the
third
watch,
and
find
them
so,
blessed
are
those servants.
But
this
know ye,
that
if
the householder
did
know
at
what
hour
the
thief
would
come,
he
would surely watch,
and
would
not suffer
his
house
to
be
broken open.
Be
you
then
also
ready:
for
at
what
hour
you
think
not,
the
Son
of
man
will
come.
And
Peter
said
to
him:
Lord, dost thou
speak
this
parable
to
us,
or
likewise
to
all?
And
the
Lord
said:
Who (thinkest thou)
is
the
faithful
and
wise
steward,
whom
his
lord setteth
over
his family,
to
give
them
their measure
of wheat
in due
season?
Blessed
is
that
servant,
whom
when
his
lord
shall
come,
he
shall
find
so
doing.
Verily
I
say
to
you,
he
will
set
him
over
all
that
he possesseth.
But
if
that
servant
shall
say
in
his
heart:
My
lord
is
long
a
coming;
and
shall
begin
to
strike
the menservants
and maidservants,
and
to
eat
and
to
drink
and
be
drunk:
The
lord
of
that
servant
will
come
in
the
day
that
he hopeth
not,
and
at
the
hour
that
he knoweth
not,
and
shall separate
him,
and
shall appoint
him
his
portion
with
unbelievers.
And
that
servant
who
knew
the
will
of
his
lord,
and
prepared
not
himself,
and
did
not
according
to
his
will,
shall
be
beaten
with
many stripes.
But
he
that
knew
not,
and
did
things
worthy
of stripes,
shall
be
beaten
with
few stripes.
And unto whomsoever
much
is
given,
of
him
much
shall
be required:
and
to
whom
they
have
committed
much,
of
him
they
will
demand
the
more.
I
am
come
to
cast
fire
on
the
earth;
and
what
will
I,
but
that
it
be
kindled?
And
I
have
a
baptism wherewith
I
am
to
be
baptized:
and
how
am
I straitened
until
it
be
accomplished?
Think ye,
that
I am
come
to
give
peace
on
earth?
I
tell
you,
no;
but separation.
For
there
shall
be
from henceforth
five
in
one
house
divided:
three
against
two,
and
two
against
three.
The
father
shall
be
divided
against
the
son,
and
the
son
against
his
father,
the
mother
against
the
daughter,
and
the
daughter
against
the
mother,
the
mother
in law
against
her
daughter
in law,
and
the
daughter
in law
against
her
mother
in law.
And
he
said
also
to
the
multitudes:
When
you
see
a
cloud
rising
from
the
west, presently
you
say:
A shower
is
coming:
and
so
it happeneth:
And
when ye see
the
south
wind
blow,
you
say:
There
will
be
heat:
and
it cometh
to
pass.
You
hypocrites,
you
know
how
to discern
the
face
of
the
heaven
and
of
the
earth:
but
how
is
it
that
you
do
not discern
this
time?
And
why
even
of
yourselves,
do
you
not
judge
that
which
is
just?
And
when thou goest
with thy
adversary
to
the
prince, whilst thou art
in
the
way, endeavour
to
be
delivered
from
him: lest
perhaps
he draw thee
to
the
judge,
and
the
judge
deliver thee
to
the exacter,
and
the exacter
cast thee
into
prison.
I
say
to thee, thou shalt
not
go
out thence,
until thou
pay
the
very
last mite.
And
there
were
present,
at
that
very
time,
some
that
told
him
of
the
Galileans,
whose
blood
Pilate
had mingled
with
their
sacrifices.
And
he
answering,
said
to
them:
Think
you
that
these
Galileans
were
sinners
above
all
the
men
of
Galilee,
because
they
suffered
such
things?
No,
I
say
to
you:
but
unless
you shall
do penance,
you shall
all
likewise
perish.
Or
those eighteen
upon
whom
the
tower
fell
in Siloe,
and slew
them:
think
you,
that
they
also
were
debtors
above
all
the
men
that dwelt
in
Jerusalem?
No,
I
say
to
you;
but
except
you
do penance,
you shall
all
likewise
perish.
He
spoke
also
this
parable:
A
certain
man
had
a
fig
tree
planted
in
his
vineyard,
and
he
came
seeking
fruit
on
it,
and
found
none.
And
he
said
to
the dresser
of
the vineyard:
Behold,
for
these
three
years
I
come
seeking
fruit
on
this
fig
tree,
and
I
find
none.
Cut
it
done
therefore:
why cumbereth
it
the
ground?
But
he
answering,
said
to
him:
Lord,
let
it
alone
this
year
also,
until
I
dig
about
it,
and dung
it.
And
if happily
it
bear
fruit:
but
if
not,
then
after
that thou shalt
cut
it
down.
And
he
was
teaching
in
their
synagogue
on
their
sabbath.
And
behold
there
was
a
woman,
who
had
a
spirit
of
infirmity eighteen
years:
and
she
was bowed
together,
neither
could
she
look upwards
at
all.
Whom
when
Jesus
saw,
he
called
her unto
him,
and
said
to
her:
Woman, thou art delivered
from thy
infirmity.
And
he
laid
his
hands
upon
her,
and
immediately
she
was
made straight,
and
glorified
God.
And
the ruler
of
the
synagogue (being angry
that
Jesus
had
healed
on
the
sabbath)
answering,
said
to
the
multitude:
Six
days
there
are wherein
you
ought
to
work.
In
them
therefore
come,
and
be
healed;
and
not
on
the
sabbath
day.
And
the
Lord
answering
him,
said: Ye
hypocrites, doth
not
every
one
of
you,
on
the
sabbath
day,
loose
his
ox
or
his ass
from
the
manger,
and
lead
them
to
water?
And
ought
not
this
daughter
of
Abraham,
whom
Satan hath
bound,
lo,
these eighteen
years,
be
loosed
from
this
bond
on
the
sabbath
day?
And
when
he
said
these
things,
all
his
adversaries
were ashamed:
and
all
the
people
rejoiced
for
all
the
things
that
were gloriously
done
by
him.
He
said
therefore:
To
what
is
the
kingdom
of
God
like,
and whereunto
shall
I resemble
it?
It
is
like
to
a
grain
of
mustard
seed,
which
a
man
took
and
cast
into
his
garden,
and
it
grew
and
became
a great
tree,
and
the
birds
of
the
air lodged
in
the
branches thereof.
And
again
he
said: Whereunto
shall
I esteem
the
kingdom
of
God
to
be
like?
It
is
like
to
leaven,
which
a
woman
took
and
hid
in
three
measures
of meal, till
the
whole
was
leavened.
And
he went
through
the
cities
and
towns
teaching,
and
making
his journey
to
Jerusalem.
And
a
certain
man
said
to
him:
Lord,
are
they
few
that
are
saved?
But
he
said
to
them:
Strive
to
enter
by
the
narrow
gate;
for
many,
I
say
to
you,
shall
seek
to
enter,
and
shall
not
be
able.
But
when
the
master
of
the
house
shall
be gone
in,
and
shall shut
the
door,
you
shall
begin
to
stand
without,
and
knock
at
the
door,
saying:
Lord,
open
to
us.
And
he
answering,
shall
say
to
you:
I
know
you
not, whence
you
are.
Then
you
shall
begin
to
say:
We
have
eaten
and
drunk
in thy
presence,
and thou hast
taught
in
our
streets.
And
he
shall
say
to
you:
I
know
you
not, whence
you
are:
depart
from
me,
all ye
workers
of
iniquity.
There
shall
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth,
when
you
shall
see
Abraham
and
Isaac
and
Jacob,
and
all
the
prophets,
in
the
kingdom
of
God,
and
you
yourselves thrust
out.
And
there
shall
come
from
the
east
and
the
west,
and
the
north
and
the
south;
and
shall
sit
down
in
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
behold,
they
are
last
that
shall
be
first;
and
they
are
first
that
shall
be
last.
The
same day,
there
came
some
of
the
Pharisees,
saying
to
him:
Depart,
and
get thee
hence,
for
Herod hath
a
mind
to
kill thee.
And
he
said
to
them:
Go
and
tell
that
fox,
Behold,
I
cast
out devils,
and
do
cures
today
and
tomorrow,
and
the
third
day
I
am consummated.
Nevertheless
I
must walk
today
and
tomorrow,
and
the
day
following,
because
it
cannot
be
that
a
prophet
perish,
out
of
Jerusalem.
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
that killest
the
prophets,
and stonest
them
that
are
sent
to thee,
how
often
would
I
have
gathered thy
children
as
the bird doth
her
brood
under
her
wings,
and thou wouldest
not?
Behold
your
house
shall
be
left
to
you
desolate.
And
I
say
to
you,
that
you
shall
not
see
me till
the time
come,
when
you
shall
say:
Blessed
is
he
that cometh
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Jesus
went
into
the
house
of
one
of
the chief
of
the
Pharisees,
on
the
sabbath
day,
to
eat
bread,
that
they
watched
him.
And
behold,
there
was
a
certain
man
before
him
that
had
the
dropsy.
And
Jesus
answering,
spoke
to
the
lawyers
and
Pharisees,
saying:
Is
it
lawful
to
heal
on
the
sabbath
day?
But
they held
their peace.
But
he
taking
him,
healed
him,
and
sent
him
away.
And
answering
them,
he
said:
Which
of
you
shall
have
an ass
or
an
ox
fall
into
a
pit,
and
will
not
immediately draw
him
out,
on
the
sabbath
day?
And
they
could
not answer
him
to
these
things.
And
he
spoke
a
parable
also
to
them
that
were
invited, marking
how
they
chose
the first seats
at
the table,
saying
to
them:
When thou art
invited
to
a
wedding,
sit
not
down
in
the first
place,
lest
perhaps
one
more honourable
than thou
be
invited
by
him:
And
he
that
invited thee
and
him,
come
and
say
to thee,
Give
this
man
place:
and
then thou
begin
with
shame
to take
the lowest
place.
But
when thou art
invited,
go,
sit
down
in
the lowest
place;
that
when
he
who
invited thee, cometh,
he
may
say
to thee:
Friend,
go
up
higher.
Then shalt thou
have
glory
before
them
that
sit
at
table
with thee.
Because
every
one
that exalteth
himself,
shall
be
humbled;
and
he
that humbleth
himself,
shall
be
exalted.
And
he
said
to
him
also
that
had
invited
him:
When thou makest
a
dinner
or
a
supper,
call
not thy
friends,
nor thy
brethren,
nor thy kinsmen,
nor thy neighbours
who
are
rich;
lest
perhaps
they
also
invite thee
again,
and
a recompense
be
made
to thee.
But
when thou makest
a feast,
call
the
poor,
the maimed,
the
lame,
and
the
blind;
And thou shalt
be
blessed,
because
they
have
not wherewith
to
make thee recompense:
for recompense
shall
be made thee
at
the
resurrection
of
the
just.
When
one
of
them
that sat
at
table
with
him,
had
heard
these
things,
he
said
to
him:
Blessed
is
he
that
shall
eat
bread
in
the
kingdom
of
God.
But
he
said
to
him:
A
certain
man
made
a
great
supper,
and
invited
many.
And
he
sent
his
servant
at
the
hour
of
supper
to
say
to
them
that
were
invited,
that
they
should
come,
for
now
all
things
are
ready.
And
they
began
all
at once
to
make
excuse.
The
first
said
to
him:
I
have
bought
a
farm,
and
I
must needs
go
out
and
see
it:
I pray thee,
hold
me
excused.
And
another
said:
I
have
bought
five
yoke
of
oxen,
and
I
go
to try
them:
I pray thee,
hold
me
excused.
And
another
said:
I
have
married
a
wife,
and
therefore
I
cannot
come.
And
the
servant returning,
told
these
things
to
his
lord.
Then
the
master
of
the
house, being
angry,
said
to
his
servant:
Go
out
quickly
into
the
streets
and
lanes
of
the
city,
and
bring
in hither
the
poor,
and
the feeble,
and
the
blind,
and
the
lame.
And
the
servant
said:
Lord,
it
is
done
as thou hast
commanded,
and
yet
there
is
room.
And
the
Lord
said
to
the
servant:
Go
out
into
the
highways
and
hedges,
and
compel
them
to
come
in,
that
my
house
may
be
filled.
But
I
say unto
you,
that
none
of
those
men
that
were
invited,
shall
taste
of
my
supper.
And
there went
great
multitudes
with
him.
And
turning,
he
said
to
them:
If
any
man
come
to
me,
and
hate
not
his
father,
and
mother,
and
wife,
and
children,
and
brethren,
and
sisters, yea
and
his
own
life
also,
he
cannot
be
my
disciple.
And whosoever doth
not
carry
his
cross
and
come
after
me,
cannot
be
my
disciple.
For
which
of
you
having
a mind
to
build
a
tower, doth
not
first
sit
down,
and reckon
the charges
that
are necessary,
whether
he
have wherewithal
to finish
it:
Lest,
after
he hath
laid
the
foundation,
and
is
not
able
to
finish
it,
all
that
see
it
begin
to
mock
him,
Saying:
This
man
began
to
build,
and
was
not
able
to
finish.
Or
what
king,
about
to
go
to make
war
against
another
king, doth
not
first
sit
down,
and think
whether
he
be
able,
with
ten
thousand,
to
meet
him
that,
with
twenty
thousand, cometh
against
him?
Or else, whilst
the
other
is
yet afar off,
sending
an embassy,
he desireth conditions
of
peace.
So likewise
every
one
of
you
that doth
not
renounce
all
that
he possesseth,
cannot
be
my
disciple.
Salt
is
good.
But
if
the
salt
shall lose its savour, wherewith
shall
it
be
seasoned?
It
is
neither profitable
for
the
land
nor
for
the dunghill, but
shall
be
cast
out.
He
that hath
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear.
Now
the publicans
and
sinners drew
near unto
him
to
hear
him.
And
the
Pharisees
and
the
scribes murmured,
saying:
This
man receiveth
sinners,
and eateth
with
them.
And
he
spoke
to
them
this
parable,
saying:
What
man
of
you
that hath
an
hundred
sheep:
and
if
he
shall
lose
one
of
them, doth
he
not
leave
the
ninety-nine
in
the
desert,
and
go
after
that
which
was
lost,
until
he
find
it?
And
when
he hath
found
it,
lay
it
upon
his
shoulders,
rejoicing:
And
coming
home,
call
together
his
friends
and neighbours,
saying
to
them:
Rejoice
with
me,
because
I
have
found
my
sheep
that
was
lost?
I
say
to
you,
that even
so
there
shall
be
joy
in
heaven
upon
one
sinner
that doth penance,
more
than
upon
ninety-nine
just
who
need
not penance.
Or
what
woman
having
ten groats;
if
she
lose
one groat, doth
not
light
a candle,
and
sweep
the
house,
and
seek diligently
until
she
find
it?
And
when
she hath
found
it,
call
together
her
friends
and neighbours,
saying:
Rejoice
with
me,
because
I
have
found
the groat
which
I
had
lost.
So
I
say
to
you,
there
shall
be
joy
before
the
angels
of
God
upon
one
sinner doing penance.
And
he
said:
A
certain
man
had
two
sons:
And
the
younger
of
them
said
to
his
father:
Father,
give
me
the
portion
of substance
that falleth
to
me.
And
he
divided unto
them
his substance.
And
not
many
days
after,
the
younger
son,
gathering
all
together,
went
abroad
into
a
far
country:
and
there wasted
his substance,
living riotously.
And
after
he
had
spent
all,
there
came
a
mighty
famine
in
that
country;
and
he
began
to
be
in want.
And
he
went
and cleaved
to
one
of
the
citizens
of
that
country.
And
he
sent
him
into
his
farm
to
feed
swine.
And
he
would fain
have
filled
his
belly
with
the husks
the
swine
did
eat;
and
no
man
gave unto
him.
And
returning
to
himself,
he
said:
How
many
hired servants
in my
father’s house
abound
with
bread,
and
I
here
perish
with
hunger?
I
will
arise,
and
will
go
to
my
father,
and
say
to
him:
Father,
I
have
sinned
against
heaven,
and
before thee:
I
am
not
worthy
to
be
called thy
son:
make
me
as
one
of thy
hired servants.
And
rising
up
he
came
to
his
father.
And
when
he
was
yet
a great
way
off,
his
father
saw
him,
and
was
moved
with
compassion,
and
running
to
him
fell
upon
his
neck,
and
kissed
him.
And
the
son
said
to
him:
Father,
I
have
sinned
against
heaven,
and
before thee,
I
am
not
now
worthy
to
be
called thy
son.
And
the
father
said
to
his
servants:
Bring forth
quickly
the
first
robe,
and
put
it
on
him,
and
put
a
ring
on
his
hand,
and
shoes
on
his
feet:
And
bring hither
the fatted
calf,
and
kill
it,
and let us
eat
and make
merry:
Because
this
my
son
was
dead,
and
is
come
to
life
again:
was
lost,
and
is
found.
And
they
began
to
be
merry.
Now
his
elder
son
was
in
the
field,
and
when
he
came
and drew nigh
to
the
house,
he
heard
music
and
dancing:
And
he
called
one
of
the
servants,
and
asked
what
these
things
meant.
And
he
said
to
him: Thy
brother
is
come,
and thy
father hath
killed
the fatted
calf,
because
he hath
received
him
safe.
And
he
was
angry,
and
would
not
go
in.
His
father
therefore
coming
out began
to
entreat
him.
And
he
answering,
said
to
his
father:
Behold,
for
so
many
years
do
I
serve thee,
and
I
have
never transgressed thy
commandment,
and
yet thou hast
never
given
me
a kid
to
make
merry
with
my
friends:
But
as
soon
as
this thy
son
is
come,
who hath
devoured
his substance
with
harlots, thou hast
killed
for
him
the fatted
calf.
But
he
said
to
him:
Son, thou art
always
with
me,
and
all
I
have
is thine.
But
it
was fit
that
we
should
make
merry
and
be
glad,
for
this thy
brother
was
dead
and
is
come
to
life
again;
he
was
lost,
and
is
found.
And
he
said
also
to
his
disciples:
There
was
a
certain
rich
man
who
had
a
steward:
and
the
same
was accused unto
him,
that
he
had wasted
his goods.
And
he
called
him,
and
said
to
him:
How
is
it
that
I
hear
this
of thee?
give
an
account
of thy
stewardship:
for
now thou canst
be steward
no
longer.
And
the
steward
said
within
himself:
What
shall
I
do,
because
my
lord taketh
away
from
me
the
stewardship?
To
dig
I
am
not
able;
to
beg
I
am
ashamed.
I
know
what
I
will
do,
that
when
I shall be
removed
from
the
stewardship,
they
may
receive
me
into
their houses.
Therefore
calling
together
every
one
of
his
lord’s
debtors,
he
said
to
the
first:
How
much dost thou
owe
my
lord?
But
he
said:
An
hundred barrels
of
oil.
And
he
said
to
him:
Take thy
bill
and
sit
down
quickly,
and
write
fifty.
Then
he
said
to
another:
And
how
much dost thou
owe?
Who
said:
An
hundred quarters
of
wheat.
He
said
to
him:
Take thy
bill,
and
write
eighty.
And
the
lord
commended
the unjust
steward, forasmuch
as
he
had
done wisely:
for
the children
of
this
world
are wiser
in
their
generation
than
the children
of
light.
And
I
say
to
you:
Make unto
you
friends
of
the mammon
of
iniquity;
that
when
you
shall
fail,
they
may
receive
you
into everlasting
dwellings.
He
that
is
faithful
in
that
which
is
least,
is
faithful
also
in
that
which
is
greater:
and
he
that
is
unjust
in
that
which
is
little,
is
unjust
also
in
that
which
is
greater.
If
then
you
have
not
been
faithful
in
the
unjust mammon;
who
will trust
you
with
that
which
is
the
true?
And
if
you
have
not
been
faithful
in
that
which
is
another’s;
who
will
give
you
that
which
is
your
own?
No
servant
can
serve
two
masters:
for
either
he
will
hate
the
one,
and
love
the
other;
or
he
will hold
to
the
one,
and
despise
the
other.
You
cannot
serve
God
and mammon.
Now
the
Pharisees,
who
were covetous,
heard
all
these
things:
and
they derided
him.
And
he
said
to
them:
You
are
they
who
justify
yourselves
before
men,
but
God knoweth
your
hearts;
for
that
which
is
high
to
men,
is
an
abomination
before
God.
The
law
and
the
prophets
were
until
John;
from
that
time
the
kingdom
of
God
is
preached,
and
every
one useth
violence towards
it.
And
it
is
easier
for
heaven
and
earth
to
pass,
than
one tittle
of
the
law
to
fall.
Every
one
that putteth
away
his
wife,
and marrieth
another, committeth
adultery:
and
he
that marrieth
her
that
is put
away
from
her
husband, committeth
adultery.
There
was
a
certain
rich
man,
who
was clothed
in
purple
and
fine
linen;
and feasted
sumptuously
every
day.
And
there
was
a
certain beggar,
named
Lazarus,
who
lay
at
his
gate, full
of
sores,
Desiring
to
be
filled
with
the crumbs
that
fell
from
the
rich
man’s
table,
and
no
one
did
give
him; moreover
the
dogs
came,
and licked
his
sores.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
the beggar
died,
and
was
carried
by
the
angels
into
Abraham’s
bosom.
And
the
rich
man
also
died:
and
he
was
buried
in hell.
And
lifting
up
his
eyes
when
he
was
in torments,
he
saw
Abraham afar
off,
and
Lazarus
in
his
bosom:
And
he
cried,
and
said:
Father
Abraham,
have
mercy
on
me,
and
send
Lazarus,
that
he
may
dip
the
tip
of
his
finger
in
water,
to
cool
my
tongue:
for
I
am tormented
in
this
flame.
And
Abraham
said
to
him:
Son,
remember
that thou didst
receive
good
things
in thy
lifetime,
and
likewise Lazareth
evil
things,
but
now
he
is
comforted;
and thou art tormented.
And
besides
all
this,
between
us
and
you,
there
is
fixed
a
great chaos:
so
that
they
who
would pass
from
hence
to
you,
cannot,
nor
from thence
come hither.
And
he
said:
Then,
father,
I beseech thee,
that thou wouldst
send
him
to
my
father’s
house,
for
I
have five brethren,
That
he
may
testify unto
them,
lest
they
also
come
into
this
place
of torments.
And
Abraham
said
to
him:
They
have
Moses
and
the
prophets;
let
them
hear
them.
But
he
said:
No,
father
Abraham:
but
if
one
went
to
them
from
the
dead,
they
will
do penance.
And
he
said
to
him:
If
they
hear
not
Moses
and
the
prophets,
neither
will
they
believe,
if
one
rise
again
from
the
dead.
And
he
said
to
his
disciples:
It
is impossible
that scandals should
not
come:
but
woe
to
him
through
whom
they
come.
It
were
better
for
him,
that
a millstone
were hanged
about
his
neck,
and
he
cast
into
the
sea,
than
that
he
should scandalize
one
of
these
little
ones.
Take heed
to
yourselves.
If thy
brother
sin
against thee, reprove
him:
and
if
he
do penance,
forgive
him.
And
if
he
sin
against thee
seven
times
in
a
day,
and
seven
times
in
a
day
be converted unto thee,
saying,
I
repent;
forgive
him.
And
the
apostles
said
to
the
Lord:
Increase
our
faith.
And
the
Lord
said:
If
you
had
faith
like
to
a
grain
of
mustard
seed,
you
might
say
to
this
mulberry
tree,
Be thou rooted up,
and
be thou transplanted
into
the
sea:
and
it
would
obey
you.
But
which
of
you
having
a
servant ploughing,
or
feeding cattle,
will
say
to
him,
when
he
is
come
from
the
field:
Immediately
go,
sit
down
to
meat:
And
will
not
rather
say
to
him:
Make
ready
my
supper,
and
gird thyself,
and
serve
me, whilst
I
eat
and
drink,
and afterwards thou shalt
eat
and
drink?
Doth
he
thank
that
servant,
for
doing
the
things
which
he
commanded
him?
I think
not.
So
you
also,
when
you
shall
have
done
all
these
things
that
are
commanded
you,
say:
We
are unprofitable
servants;
we
have
done
that
which
we
ought
to
do.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
he
was
going
to
Jerusalem,
he
passed
through
the
midst
of
Samaria
and
Galilee.
And
as
he
entered
into
a
certain
town,
there
met
him
ten
men
that
were
lepers,
who
stood afar off;
And
lifted
up
their
voice,
saying:
Jesus,
master,
have
mercy
on
us.
Whom
when
he
saw,
he
said:
Go, shew
yourselves
to
the
priests.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
they
went,
they
were
made
clean.
And
one
of
them,
when
he
saw
that
he
was made clean,
went
back,
with
a
loud
voice
glorifying
God.
And
he
fell
on
his
face
before
his
feet,
giving
thanks:
and
this
was
a
Samaritan.
And
Jesus
answering,
said,
Were
not
ten
made
clean?
and
where
are
the
nine?
There
is
no
one
found
to
return
and
give
glory
to
God,
but
this stranger.
And
he
said
to
him:
Arise,
go thy
way;
for thy
faith hath
made thee whole.
And being
asked
by
the
Pharisees,
when
the
kingdom
of
God
should
come?
he
answered
them,
and
said:
The
kingdom
of
God cometh
not
with observation:
Neither
shall
they
say:
Behold
here,
or
behold
there.
For
lo,
the
kingdom
of
God
is within
you.
And
he
said
to
his
disciples:
The
days
will
come,
when
you
shall
desire
to
see
one
day
of
the
Son
of
man;
and
you
shall
not
see
it.
And
they
will
say
to
you:
See
here,
and
see
there.
Go ye
not
after,
nor follow
them:
For
as
the lightening
that lighteneth
from
under
heaven, shineth unto
the parts
that
are
under
heaven,
so
shall
the
Son
of
man
be
in
his
day.
But
first
he
must
suffer
many
things,
and
be
rejected
by
this
generation.
And
as
it
came
to
pass
in
the
days
of Noe,
so
shall
it
be
also
in
the
days
of
the
Son
of
man.
They
did
eat
and
drink,
they
married wives,
and
were given
in
marriage,
until
the
day
that Noe
entered
into
the
ark:
and
the
flood
came
and
destroyed
them
all.
Likewise
as
it
came
to
pass,
in
the
days
of
Lot:
they
did
eat
and
drink,
they
bought
and
sold,
they
planted
and
built.
And
in
the
day
that
Lot
went
out
of
Sodom,
it
rained
fire
and
brimstone
from
heaven,
and
destroyed
them
all.
Even thus
shall
it
be
in
the
day
when
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
revealed.
In
that hour,
he
that
shall
be
on
the
housetop,
and
his
goods
in
the
house,
let
him
not
go
down
to
take
them
away:
and
he
that
shall
be
in
the
field,
in
like
manner,
let
him
not
return
back.
Remember
Lot’s
wife.
Whosoever
shall
seek
to save
his
life,
shall
lose
it:
and whosoever
shall
lose
it,
shall
preserve
it.
I
say
to
you:
in
that
night
there
shall
be
two
men
in
one
bed;
the
one
shall
be
taken,
and
the
other
shall
be
left.
Two
women
shall
be
grinding
together:
the
one
shall
be
taken,
and
the
other
shall
be
left:
two
men
shall
be
in
the field;
the
one
shall
be
taken,
and
the
other
shall
be keft.
They answering, say to him: Where, Lord?
Who
said
to
them: Wheresoever
the
body
shall
be, thither
will
the eagles
also
be
gathered
together.
And
he
spoke
also
a
parable
to
them,
that
we
ought
always
to
pray,
and
not
to faint,
Saying:
There
was
a
judge
in
a
certain
city,
who
feared
not
God,
nor regarded
man.
And
there
was
a certain
widow
in
that
city,
and
she
came
to
him,
saying:
Avenge
me
of
my
adversary.
And
he
would
not
for
a
long
time.
But afterwards
he
said
within
himself:
Although
I
fear
not
God,
nor regard
man,
Yet
because
this
widow
is troublesome
to
me,
I
will
avenge
her,
lest
continually
coming
she weary
me.
And
the
Lord
said:
Hear
what
the unjust
judge saith.
And
will
not
God revenge
his
elect
who
cry
to
him
day
and
night:
and
will
he
have
patience
in
their regard?
I
say
to
you,
that
he
will
quickly revenge
them.
But
yet
the
Son
of
man,
when
he cometh,
shall
he
find, think
you,
faith
on
earth?
And
to
some
who
trusted
in
themselves
as
just,
and
despised
others,
he
spoke
also
this
parable:
Two
men
went
up
into
the
temple
to
pray:
the
one
a
Pharisee,
and
the
other
a publican.
The
Pharisee
standing,
prayed
thus
with
himself: O
God,
I
give thee
thanks
that
I
am
not
as
the
rest
of
men, extortioners,
unjust,
adulterers,
as
also
is
this publican.
I
fast
twice
in
a
week:
I give tithes
of
all
that
I
possess.
And
the publican,
standing afar off,
would
not
so much
as
lift
up
his
eyes towards
heaven;
but
struck
his
breast,
saying: O
god,
be
merciful
to
me
a
sinner.
I
say
to
you,
this
man
went
down
into
his
house
justified
rather
that
the
other:
because
every
one
that exalteth
himself,
shall
be
humbled:
and
he
that humbleth
himself,
shall
be
exalted.
And
they
brought unto
him
also
infants,
that
he
might
touch
them.
Which
when
the
disciples
saw,
they
rebuked
them.
But
Jesus,
calling
them
together,
said: Suffer
children
to
come
to
me,
and
forbid
them
not:
for
of
such
is
the
kingdom
of
God.
Amen,
I
say
to
you: Whosoever
shall
not
receive
the
kingdom
of
God
as
a
child,
shall
not
enter
into
it.
And
a
certain
ruler
asked
him,
saying:
Good master,
what
shall
I
do
to possess everlasting
life?
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Why dost thou
call
me
good?
None
is
good
but
God
alone.
Thou knowest
the
commandments: Thou shalt
not kill: Thou shalt
not
commit
adultery: Thou shalt
not
steal: Thou shalt
not
bear
false
witness: Honour thy
father
and
mother.
Who
said:
All
these
things
have
I
kept
from
my
youth.
Which
when
Jesus
had
heard,
he
said
to
him:
Yet
one
thing
is wanting
to thee:
sell
all
whatever thou hast,
and
give
to
the
poor,
and thou shalt
have
treasure
in
heaven:
and
come,
follow
me.
He having
heard
these
things,
became sorrowful;
for
he
was
very
rich.
And
Jesus
seeing
him
become sorrowful,
said:
How hardly
shall
they
that
have riches
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
God.
For
it
is
easier
for
a
camel
to pass
through
the eye
of
a needle,
than
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
they
that
heard
it,
said:
Who
then
can
be
saved?
He
said
to
them:
The
things
that
are
impossible
with
men,
are
possible
with
God.
Then
Peter
said:
Behold,
we
have
left
all
things,
and
have
followed thee.
Who
said
to
them:
Amen,
I
say
to
you,
there
is
no
man
that hath
left
house,
or
parents,
or
brethren,
or
wife,
or
children,
for
the
kingdom
of
God’s
sake,
Who
shall
not
receive
much more
in
this
present
time,
and
in
the
world
to
come
life everlasting.
Then
Jesus
took unto
him
the
twelve,
and
said
to
them:
Behold,
we
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
all
things
shall
be
accomplished
which
were
written
by
the
prophets concerning
the
Son
of
man.
For
he
shall
be
delivered
to
the
Gentiles,
and
shall
be
mocked,
and scourged,
and
spit upon:
And
after
they
have
scourged
him,
they
will
put
him
to
death;
and
the
third
day
he
shall
rise
again.
And
they
understood
none
of
these
things,
and
this
word
was
hid
from
them,
and
they
understood
not
the
things
that
were
said.
Now
it
came
to
pass,
when
he drew nigh
to
Jericho,
that
a
certain
blind
man
sat
by
the
way
side,
begging.
And
when
he
heard
the
multitude
passing
by,
he
asked
what
this
meant.
And
they
told
him,
that
Jesus
of
Nazareth
was
passing
by.
And
he
cried out,
saying:
Jesus,
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me.
And
they
that
went
before,
rebuked
him,
that
he
should hold
his peace:
but
he
cried
out
much
more:
Son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me.
And
Jesus
standing,
commanded
him
to be
brought unto
him.
And
when
he
was
come
near,
he
asked
him,
Saying:
What wilt thou
that
I
do
to thee?
But
he
said:
Lord,
that
I
may
see.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Receive thy
sight: thy
faith hath
made thee whole.
And
immediately
he
saw,
and
followed
him,
glorifying
God.
And
all
the
people,
when
they
saw
it,
gave
praise
to
God.
And
entering
in,
he walked
through
Jericho.
And
behold,
there
was
a
man
named Zacheus,
who
was
the
chief
of
the publicans,
and
he
was
rich.
And
he
sought
to
see
Jesus
who
he
was,
and
he
could
not
for
the
crowd,
because
he
was low
of
stature.
And running
before,
he
climbed
up
into
a
sycamore
tree,
that
he
might
see
him;
for
he
was
to
pass
that
way.
And
when
Jesus
was
come
to
the
place,
looking
up,
he saw
him,
and
said
to
him: Zacheus,
make
haste
and
come
down;
for
this
day
I
must
abide
in thy
house.
And
he made
haste
and
came
down;
and
received
him
with
joy.
And
when
all
saw
it,
they murmured,
saying,
that
he
was
gone
to
be
a
guest
with
a
man
that
was
a
sinner.
But Zacheus
standing,
said
to
the
Lord:
Behold,
Lord,
the
half
of
my goods
I
give
to
the
poor;
and
if
I
have wronged
any
man
of
any
thing,
I restore
him fourfold.
Jesus
said
to
him:
This
day
is
salvation
come
to
this
house,
because
he
also
is
a
son
of
Abraham.
For
the
Son
of
man
is
come
to
seek
and
to
save
that
which
was
lost.
As
they
were
hearing
these
things,
he
added
and
spoke
a
parable,
because
he
was nigh
to
Jerusalem,
and
because
they
thought
that
the
kingdom
of
God
should
immediately
be manifested.
He
said
therefore:
A
certain nobleman
went
into
a far
country,
to
receive
for
himself
a
kingdom,
and
to
return.
And
calling
his
ten
servants,
he
gave
them
ten pounds,
and
said
to
them: Trade till
I
come.
But
his
citizens
hated
him:
and
they
sent
an embassage
after
him,
saying:
We
will
not
have
this
man
to
reign
over
us.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
he
returned, having
received
the
kingdom:
and
he commanded
his
servants
to
be
called,
to
whom
he
had
given
the
money,
that
he
might
know
how much every
man
had gained
by trading.
And
the
first
came,
saying:
Lord, thy pound hath gained
ten pounds.
And
he
said
to
him:
Well
done, thou
good
servant,
because thou hast
been
faithful
in
a
little, thou shalt
have
power
over
ten
cities.
And
the
second
came,
saying:
Lord, thy pound hath gained
five pounds.
And
he
said
to
him:
Be thou
also
over
five
cities.
And
another
came,
saying:
Lord,
behold
here
is thy pound,
which
I
have
kept
laid
up
in
a napkin;
For
I
feared thee,
because thou art
an austere
man: thou takest
up
what thou didst
not
lay
down,
and thou reapest
that
which thou didst
not
sow.
He saith
to
him:
Out
of thy
own
mouth
I
judge thee, thou
wicked
servant. Thou knewest
that
I
was
an austere
man,
taking
up
what
I
laid
not
down,
and
reaping
that
which
I
did
not
sow:
And
why
then didst thou
not
give
my
money
into
the
bank,
that
at
my
coming,
I
might
have exacted
it
with usury?
And
he
said
to
them
that
stood
by:
Take
the pound
away
from
him,
and
give
it
to
him
that hath
ten pounds.
And
they
said
to
him:
Lord,
he hath
ten pounds.
But
I
say
to
you,
that
to
every
one
that hath
shall
be
given,
and
he
shall abound:
and
from
him
that hath
not,
even
that
which
he hath,
shall
be
taken
from
him.
But
as
for
those
my
enemies,
who
would
not
have
me
reign
over
them,
bring
them hither,
and kill
them
before
me.
And having
said
these
things,
he
went
before,
going
up
to
Jerusalem.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
he
was
come nigh
to
Bethphage
and Bethania, unto
the
mount
called Olivet,
he
sent
two
of
his
disciples,
Saying:
Go
into
the
town
which
is
over
against
you,
at
your
entering
into
which
you
shall
find
the
colt
of
an ass
tied,
on
which
no
man
ever hath sitten:
loose
him,
and
bring
him hither.
And
if
any
man
shall
ask
you:
Why
do
you
loose
him?
you
shall
say
thus unto
him:
Because
the
Lord hath
need
of
his service.
And
they
that
were
sent,
went
their
way,
and
found
the colt standing,
as
he
had
said unto
them.
And
as
they
were loosing
the
colt,
the
owners thereof
said
to
them:
Why
loose
you
the
colt?
But
they
said:
Because
the
Lord hath
need
of
him.
And
they
brought
him
to
Jesus.
And
casting
their
garments
on
the
colt,
they set
Jesus thereon.
And
as
he
went,
they
spread
their
clothes underneath
in
the
way.
And
when
he
was
now
coming
near
the
descent
of
mount Olivet,
the
whole
multitude
of
his
disciples
began
with
joy
to
praise
God
with
a
loud
voice,
for
all
the
mighty works
they
had
seen,
Saying:
Blessed
be
the
king
who cometh
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
peace
in
heaven,
and
glory
on
high!
And
some
of
the
Pharisees,
from amongst
the
multitude,
said
to
him: Master,
rebuke thy
disciples.
To
whom
he
said:
I
say
to
you,
that
if
these
shall hold
their peace,
the
stones
will
cry
out.
And
when
he drew
near,
seeing
the
city,
he
wept
over
it,
saying:
If thou
also hadst
known,
and
that
in
this thy
day,
the
things
that
are
to thy
peace;
but
now
they
are
hidden
from thy
eyes.
For
the
days
shall
come
upon thee,
and thy
enemies
shall cast
a trench
about thee,
and compass thee round,
and straiten thee
on
every
side,
And beat thee flat
to
the
ground,
and thy
children
who
are
in thee:
and
they
shall
not
leave
in thee
a
stone
upon
a
stone:
because thou hast
not
known
the
time
of thy
visitation.
And
entering
into
the
temple,
he
began
to
cast
out
them
that
sold therein,
and
them
that bought.
Saying
to
them:
It
is
written:
My
house
is
the
house
of
prayer.
But
you
have
made
it
a
den
of thieves.
And
he
was
teaching
daily
in
the
temple.
And
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
and
the rulers
of
the
people
sought
to
destroy
him:
And
they
found
not
what
to
do
to
him:
for
all
the
people
were
very attentive
to
hear
him.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
on
one
of
the
days,
as
he
was
teaching
the
people
in
the
temple,
and
preaching
the
gospel,
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes,
with
the ancients, met
together,
And
spoke
to
him,
saying:
Tell
us,
by
what
authority dost thou
these
things?
or,
Who
is
he
that hath
given thee
this
authority?
And
Jesus
answering,
said
to
them:
I
will
also
ask
you
one
thing.
Answer
me:
The
baptism
of
John,
was
it
from
heaven,
or
of
men?
But
they
thought within
themselves,
saying:
If
we shall
say,
From
heaven:
he
will
say:
Why
then
did
you
not
believe
him?
But
if
we
say,
Of
men,
the
whole
people
will
stone
us:
for
they
are
persuaded
that
John
was
a
prophet.
And
they
answered,
that
they
knew
not whence
it
was.
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
Neither
do
I
tell thee
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.
And
he
began
to
speak
to
the
people
this
parable:
A certain
man
planted
a
vineyard,
and
let
it out
to husbandmen:
and
he
was abroad
for
a
long
time.
And
at
the
season
he
sent
a
servant
to
the husbandmen,
that
they
should
give
him
of
the
fruit
of
the
vineyard.
Who,
beating
him,
sent
him
away
empty.
And
again
he
sent
another
servant.
But
they
beat
him
also,
and treating
him reproachfully,
sent
him
away
empty.
And
again
he
sent
the
third:
and
they
wounded
him
also,
and
cast
him
out.
Then
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
said:
What
shall
I
do?
I
will
send
my
beloved
son:
it
may
be,
when
they see
him,
they
will reverence
him.
Whom
when
the husbandmen
saw,
they
thought within
themselves,
saying:
This
is
the
heir,
let
us
kill
him,
that
the
inheritance
may
be
ours.
So casting
him
out
of
the
vineyard,
they
killed
him.
What
therefore
will
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
do
to
them?
He
will
come,
and
will
destroy
these husbandmen,
and
will
give
the
vineyard
to
others.
Which
they
hearing,
said
to
him:
God forbid.
But
he
looking
on
them,
said:
What
is
this
then
that
is
written,
The
stone,
which
the
builders
rejected,
the
same
is
become
the
head
of
the
corner?
Whosoever shall
fall
upon
that
stone, shall
be bruised:
and
upon whomsoever
it shall
fall,
it
will grind
him
to powder.
And
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
sought
to
lay
hands
on
him
the
same
hour:
but
they
feared
the
people,
for
they
knew
that
he
spoke
this
parable
to
them.
And
being
upon
the watch,
they
sent
spies,
who
should feign
themselves
just,
that
they
might
take
hold
of
him
in
his
words,
that
they
might
deliver
him
up
to
the
authority
and
power
of
the
governor.
And
they
asked
him,
saying: Master,
we
know
that thou speakest
and teachest
rightly:
and thou dost
not respect
any
person,
but teachest
the
way
of
God
in
truth.
Is it
lawful
for
us
to
give tribute
to
Caesar,
or
no?
But
he considering
their guile,
said
to
them: Why tempt
you
me?
Shew
me
a penny.
Whose
image
and
inscription hath
it?
They
answering,
said
to
him,
Caesar’s.
And
he
said
to
them:
Render
therefore
to
Caesar
the
things
that
are
Caesar’s:
and
to
God
the
things
that
are
God’s.
And
they
could
not reprehend
his
word
before
the
people:
and
wondering
at
his
answer,
they held
their peace.
And
there
came
to
him
some
of
the
Sadducees,
who deny
that
there
is
any
resurrection,
and
they
asked
him,
Saying: Master,
Moses
wrote unto
us,
If
any
man’s
brother
die,
having
a
wife,
and
he leave no
children,
that
his
brother
should
take
her
to
wife,
and
raise
up
seed unto
his
brother.
There
were
therefore
seven
brethren:
and
the
first
took
a
wife,
and
died
without children.
And
the next took her
to wife,
and
he
also died childless.
And
the
third
took
her.
And
in
like
manner
all
the
seven,
and
they
left
no
children,
and
died.
Last
of
all
the
woman
died
also.
In
the
resurrection
therefore,
whose
wife
of
them shall
she
be?
For
all
the
seven
had
her
to
wife.
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
The children
of
this
world
marry,
and
are given
in
marriage:
But
they
that
shall
be accounted
worthy
of
that
world,
and
of
the
resurrection
from
the
dead,
shall
neither
be
married,
nor take wives.
Neither
can
they
die
any
more:
for
they
are equal
to
the
angels,
and
are
the children
of
God,
being
the children
of
the
resurrection.
Now
that
the
dead
rise
again,
Moses
also shewed,
at
the
bush,
when
he
called
the
Lord,
The
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob;
For
he
is
not
the
God
of
the
dead,
but
of
the
living:
for
all
live
to
him.
And
some
of
the
scribes
answering,
said
to
him: Master, thou hast
said
well.
And
after
that
they durst
not
ask
him
any
more
questions.
But
he
said
to
them:
How
say
they
that
Christ
is
the
son
of
David?
And
David
himself saith
in
the
book
of
Psalms:
The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
sit thou
on
my
right
hand,
Till
I
make thy
enemies thy
footstool.
David
then calleth
him
Lord:
and
how
is
he
his
son?
And
in
the
hearing
of
all
the
people,
he
said
to
his
disciples:
Beware
of
the
scribes,
who
desire
to
walk
in
long
robes,
and
love salutations
in
the marketplace,
and
the first chairs
in
the
synagogues,
and
the
chief rooms
at feasts:
Who
devour
the
houses
of
widows, feigning
long
prayer.
These
shall
receive greater damnation.
And
looking
on,
he
saw
the
rich
men
cast
their
gifts
into
the
treasury.
And
he
saw
also
a
certain
poor
widow
casting
in
two brass mites.
And
he
said: Verily
I
say
to
you,
that
this
poor
widow hath
cast
in
more
than
they
all:
For
all
these
have
of
their
abundance
cast
into
the
offerings
of
God:
but
she
of
her want, hath
cast
in
all
the
living
that
she
had.
And
some
saying
of
the
temple,
that
it
was
adorned
with goodly
stones
and gifts,
he
said:
These
things
which
you
see,
the
days
will
come
in
which
there
shall
not
be
left
a
stone
upon
a
stone
that
shall
not
be thrown
down.
And
they
asked
him,
saying: Master,
when
shall
these
things
be?
and
what
shall
be
the
sign
when
they
shall begin
to
come
to
pass?
Who
said:
Take
heed
you
be
not seduced;
for
many
will
come
in
my
name,
saying,
I
am
he;
and
the
time
is
at
hand:
go ye
not
therefore
after
them.
And
when
you
shall
hear
of
wars
and seditions,
be
not
terrified:
these
things
must
first
come
to
pass;
but
the
end
is
not
yet presently.
Then
he
said
to
them:
Nation
shall
rise
against
nation,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom.
And
there
shall
be
great
earthquakes
in divers
places,
and pestilences,
and
famines,
and
terrors
from
heaven;
and
there
shall
be
great
signs.
But
before
all
these
things,
they
will
lay
their
hands
upon
you,
and
persecute
you,
delivering
you
up
to
the
synagogues
and
into
prisons, dragging
you
before
kings
and
governors,
for
my
name’s
sake.
And
it shall
happen unto
you
for a
testimony.
Lay
it up
therefore
into
your
hearts,
not
to meditate
before how
you shall answer:
For
I
will
give
you
a
mouth
and
wisdom,
which
all
your
adversaries
shall
not
be
able
to
resist
and gainsay.
And
you
shall
be
betrayed
by
your
parents
and
brethren,
and kinsmen
and
friends;
and
some
of
you
they
will
put
to
death.
And
you
shall
be
hated
by
all
men
for
my
name’s
sake.
But
a
hair
of
your
head
shall
not
perish.
In
your
patience
you shall
possess
your
souls.
And
when
you shall
see
Jerusalem compassed
about
with
an army;
then
know
that
the
desolation thereof
is
at
hand.
Then let
those
who
are
in
Judea,
flee
to
the
mountains;
and
those
who
are
in
the
midst thereof, depart
out:
and
those
who
are
in
the countries,
not
enter
into
it.
For
these
are
the
days
of
vengeance,
that
all
things
may
be fulfilled,
that
are
written.
But
woe
to
them
that
are
with child,
and give suck
in
those
days;
for
there
shall
be
great
distress
in
the
land,
and
wrath
upon
this
people.
And
they
shall
fall
by
the
edge
of
the
sword;
and
shall
be
led away captives
into
all
nations;
and
Jerusalem
shall
be
trodden
down
by
the
Gentiles; till
the
times
of
the
nations
be
fulfilled.
And
there
shall
be
signs
in
the
sun,
and
in
the
moon,
and
in
the
stars;
and
upon
the
earth
distress
of
nations,
by reason
of
the confusion
of
the
roaring
of
the
sea
and
of
the
waves;
Men withering
away
for
fear,
and
expectation
of
what
shall
come
upon
the whole
world.
For
the
powers
of
heaven
shall
be moved;
And
then
they
shall
see
the
Son
of
man
coming
in
a
cloud,
with
great
power
and majesty.
But
when
these
things
begin
to
come
to
pass,
look
up,
and
lift
up
your
heads,
because
your
redemption
is
at
hand.
And
he
spoke
to
them
in
a similitude.
See
the
fig
tree,
and
all
the
trees:
When
they
now shoot
forth
their fruit,
you
know
that
summer
is nigh;
So
you
also,
when
you
shall
see
these
things
come
to
pass,
know
that
the
kingdom
of
God
is
at hand.
Amen,
I
say
to
you,
this
generation
shall
not
pass
away, till
all
things
be fulfilled.
Heaven
and
earth
shall
pass
away,
but
my
words
shall
not
pass
away.
And
take heed
to
yourselves, lest
perhaps
your
hearts
be overcharged
with surfeiting
and
drunkenness,
and
the
cares
of
this
life,
and
that
day
come
upon
you
suddenly.
For
as
a
snare shall
it
come
upon
all
that
sit
upon
the
face
of
the
whole
earth.
Watch ye,
therefore,
praying
at
all
times,
that
you
may
be accounted worthy
to
escape
all
these
things
that
are
to
come,
and
to
stand
before
the
Son
of
man.
And
in
the
daytime,
he
was
teaching
in
the
temple;
but
at
night,
going
out,
he abode
in
the
mount
that
is
called Olivet.
And
all
the
people
came
early
in
the
morning
to
him
in
the
temple,
to
hear
him.
Now
the
feast
of
unleavened bread,
which
is
called
the pasch,
was
at
hand.
And
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
sought
how
they
might
put
Jesus
to
death:
but
they
feared
the
people.
And
Satan
entered
into
Judas,
who
was surnamed
Iscariot,
one
of
the
twelve.
And
he
went,
and discoursed
with
the
chief
priests
and
the
magistrates,
how
he
might
betray
him
to
them.
And
they
were
glad,
and covenanted
to
give
him
money.
And
he promised.
And
he
sought
opportunity
to
betray
him
in
the absence
of
the
multitude.
And
the
day
of
the
unleavened bread
came,
on
which
it
was
necessary
that
the pasch
should
be
killed.
And
he
sent
Peter
and
John,
saying:
Go,
and
prepare
for
us
the pasch,
that
we
may
eat.
But
they
said:
Where wilt thou
that
we
prepare?
And
he
said
to
them:
Behold,
as
you
go
into
the
city,
there
shall
meet
you
a
man
carrying
a
pitcher
of
water:
follow
him
into
the
house
where
he entereth
in.
And
you
shall
say
to
the goodman
of
the
house:
The master saith
to thee,
Where
is
the
guest chamber,
where
I
may
eat
the pasch
with
my
disciples?
And
he
will shew
you
a
large dining room,
furnished;
and
there
prepare.
And
they
going,
found
as
he
had
said
to
them,
and
made
ready
the pasch.
And
when
the
hour
was
come,
he
sat
down,
and
the twelve
apostles
with
him.
And
he
said
to
them:
With
desire
I
have
desired
to
eat
this pasch
with
you,
before
I
suffer.
For
I
say
to
you,
that
from
this time
I
will
not
eat
it, till
it
be
fulfilled
in
the
kingdom
of
God.
And having
taken
the chalice,
he
gave
thanks,
and
said:
Take,
and
divide
it
among
you:
For
I
say
to
you,
that
I
will
not
drink
of
the
fruit
of
the
vine, till
the
kingdom
of
God
come.
And
taking
bread,
he
gave
thanks,
and brake;
and
gave
to
them,
saying:
This
is
my
body,
which
is
given
for
you.
Do
this
for
a commemoration
of
me.
In like
manner
the chalice
also,
after
he
had supped,
saying:
This
is
the chalice,
the
new testament
in
my
blood,
which
shall
be
shed
for
you.
But
yet
behold,
the
hand
of
him
that betrayeth
me
is
with
me
on
the
table.
And
the
Son
of
man
indeed goeth,
according
to
that
which
is
determined:
but
yet,
woe
to
that
man
by
whom
he
shall
be
betrayed.
And
they
began
to inquire
among
themselves,
which
of
them
it
was
that
should
do
this
thing.
And
there
was
also
a strife amongst
them,
which
of
them
should
seem
to
be
the
greater.
And
he
said
to
them:
The
kings
of
the
Gentiles
lord
it
over
them;
and
they
that
have power
over
them,
are
called beneficent.
But
you
not
so:
but
he
that
is
the
greater
among
you,
let
him
become
as
the
younger;
and
he
that
is
the
leader,
as
he
that serveth.
For
which
is
greater,
he
that sitteth
at table,
or
he
that serveth?
Is
it
not
he
that sitteth
at table?
But
I
am
in
the
midst
of
you,
as
he
that serveth:
And
you
are
they
who
have continued
with
me
in
my temptations:
And
I dispose
to
you,
as my
Father hath disposed
to
me, a
kingdom;
That
you
may
eat
and
drink
at
my
table,
in
my
kingdom:
and
may
sit
upon
thrones,
judging
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
And
the Lord said:
Simon,
Simon,
behold
Satan hath desired
to
have
you,
that
he may sift
you
as
wheat:
But
I
have
prayed
for thee,
that thy
faith
fail
not:
and thou,
being
once converted,
confirm thy
brethren.
Who
said
to
him:
Lord,
I
am
ready
to
go
with thee,
both
into
prison,
and
to
death.
And
he
said:
I
say
to thee,
Peter,
the cock shall
not
crow
this
day, till thou thrice deniest
that thou knowest
me.
And
he
said
to
them:
When
I
sent
you
without purse,
and scrip,
and
shoes,
did
you want
anything?
But
they
said:
Nothing.
Then
said
he unto
them:
But
now
he
that hath
a purse,
let
him
take
it,
and
likewise
a scrip;
and
he
that hath
not,
let
him
sell
his
coat,
and
buy
a
sword.
For
I
say
to
you,
that
this
that
is
written
must
yet
be
fulfilled
in
me:
And
with
the wicked
was
he
reckoned.
For
the
things
concerning
me
have
an
end.
But
they
said:
Lord,
behold
here
are
two
swords.
And
he
said
to
them,
It
is
enough.
And
going
out,
he
went,
according
to
his
custom,
to
the
mount
of
Olives.
And
his
disciples
also
followed
him.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the
place,
he
said
to
them:
Pray,
lest ye
enter
into
temptation.
And
he
was withdrawn
away
from
them
a
stone’s cast;
and kneeling
down,
he
prayed,
Saying:
Father,
if thou wilt,
remove
this chalice
from
me:
but
yet
not
my
will,
but thine
be
done.
And
there
appeared
to
him
an
angel
from
heaven,
strengthening
him.
And being
in
an agony,
he prayed
the longer.
And
his
sweat
became
as
drops
of
blood, trickling
down
upon
the
ground.
And
when
he
rose
up
from
prayer,
and
was
come
to
his
disciples,
he
found
them
sleeping
for
sorrow.
And
he
said
to
them:
Why
sleep
you?
arise,
pray,
lest
you
enter
into
temptation.
As
he
was
yet
speaking,
behold
a
multitude;
and
he
that
was
called
Judas,
one
of
the
twelve,
went
before
them,
and drew
near
to
Jesus,
for
to
kiss
him.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Judas, dost thou
betray
the
Son
of
man
with
a
kiss?
And
they
that
were
about
him,
seeing
what
would follow,
said
to
him:
Lord,
shall
we
strike
with
the
sword?
And
one
of
them
struck
the
servant
of
the
high
priest,
and
cut
off
his
right
ear.
But
Jesus
answering,
said: Suffer ye
thus
far.
And
when
he
had
touched
his
ear,
he
healed
him.
And
Jesus
said
to
the
chief
priests,
and
magistrates
of
the
temple,
and
the ancients,
that
were
come unto
him:
Are ye
come
out,
as
it
were
against
a thief,
with
swords
and
clubs?
When
I
was
daily
with
you
in
the
temple,
you
did
not
stretch forth
your
hands
against
me:
but
this
is
your
hour,
and
the
power
of
darkness.
And apprehending
him,
they
led
him
to
the
high
priest’s
house.
But
Peter
followed afar off.
And
when
they
had
kindled
a
fire
in
the
midst
of
the hall,
and
were
sitting
about
it,
Peter
was
in
the
midst
of
them.
Whom
when
a
certain servant maid
had
seen
sitting
at
the
light,
and
had earnestly beheld
him,
she
said:
This
man
also
was
with
him.
But
he
denied
him,
saying:
Woman,
I
know
him
not.
And
after
a
little
while,
another
seeing
him,
said: Thou
also art
one
of
them.
But
Peter
said: O
man,
I
am
not.
And
after
the space,
as
it
were
of
one
hour,
another
certain
man affirmed,
saying:
Of
a
truth,
this
man
was
also
with
him;
for
he
is
also
a
Galilean.
And
Peter
said:
Man,
I
know
not
what thou sayest.
And
immediately,
as
he
was
yet
speaking,
the cock crew.
And
the
Lord
turning
looked
on
Peter.
And
Peter
remembered
the
word
of
the
Lord,
as
he
had
said:
Before
the cock
crow, thou shalt
deny
me thrice.
And
Peter
going
out,
wept
bitterly.
And
the
men
that held
him,
mocked
him,
and struck
him.
And
they
blindfolded
him,
and smote
his face.
And
they
asked
him,
saying:
Prophesy,
who
is
it
that
struck thee?
And
blaspheming,
many
other
things
they
said
against
him.
And
as
soon
as
it
was
day,
the ancients
of
the
people,
and
the
chief
priests
and
scribes, came
together;
and
they
brought
him
into
their
council,
saying:
If thou
be
the
Christ,
tell
us.
And
he saith
to
them:
If
I shall
tell
you,
you
will
not
believe
me.
And
if
I shall
also
ask
you,
you
will
not
answer
me,
nor let
me go.
But hereafter
the
Son
of
man
shall
be
sitting
on
the
right
hand
of
the
power
of
God.
Then
said
they
all: Art thou
then
the
Son
of
God?
Who
said:
You
say
that
I
am.
And
they
said:
What
need
we
any
further
testimony?
for
we
ourselves
have
heard
it
from
his
own
mouth.
And
the
whole
multitude
of
them
rising
up,
led
him
to
Pilate.
And
they
began
to
accuse
him,
saying:
We
have
found
this
man perverting
our
nation,
and
forbidding
to
give tribute
to
Caesar,
and
saying
that
he
is
Christ
the
king.
And
Pilate
asked
him,
saying: Art thou
the
king
of
the
Jews?
But
he
answering,
said: Thou sayest
it.
And
Pilate
said
to
the
chief
priests
and
to
the
multitudes:
I
find
no
cause
in
this
man.
But
they
were
more earnest,
saying:
He stirreth up
the
people,
teaching
throughout
all
Judea,
beginning
from
Galilee
to
this
place.
But
Pilate
hearing
Galilee,
asked
if
the
man
were
of
Galilee?
And
when
he
understood
that
he
was
of
Herod’s
jurisdiction,
he
sent
him away
to
Herod,
who
was
also
himself
at
Jerusalem,
in
those
days.
And
Herod,
seeing
Jesus,
was
very
glad;
for
he
was desirous
of
a
long
time
to
see
him,
because
he
had
heard
many
things
of
him;
and
he
hoped
to
see
some
sign wrought
by
him.
And
he
questioned
him
in
many
words.
But
he
answered
him
nothing.
And
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
stood
by, earnestly
accusing
him.
And
Herod
with
his
army set
him
at nought,
and
mocked
him, putting
on
him
a white garment,
and
sent
him
back
to
Pilate.
And
Herod
and
Pilate
were
made
friends,
that
same
day;
for
before
they
were
enemies
one
to
another.
And
Pilate, calling
together
the
chief
priests,
and
the magistrates,
and
the
people,
Said
to
them:
You
have
presented unto
me
this
man,
as
one
that perverteth
the
people;
and
behold
I, having
examined
him
before
you,
find
no
cause
in
this
man,
in
those
things wherein
you
accuse
him.
No,
nor
Herod
neither.
For
I
sent
you
to
him,
and
behold,
nothing
worthy
of
death
is
done
to
him.
I
will chastise
him
therefore,
and
release
him.
Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day.
But
the whole multitude
together
cried
out,
saying:
Away
with
this
man,
and
release unto
us
Barabbas:
Who,
for
a
certain sedition
made
in
the
city,
and
for
a
murder,
was
cast
into
prison.
And
Pilate
again
spoke
to
them,
desiring
to
release
Jesus.
But
they cried again,
saying:
Crucify
him,
crucify
him.
And
he
said
to
them
the
third
time:
Why,
what
evil hath
this
man
done?
I
find
no
cause
of
death
in
him.
I
will chastise
him
therefore,
and
let
him
go.
But
they
were instant
with
loud
voices, requiring
that
he
might
be
crucified;
and
their
voices
prevailed.
And
Pilate gave
sentence
that
it
should
be
as
they required.
And
he
released unto
them
him
who
for
murder
and sedition,
had
been
cast
into
prison,
whom
they
had desired;
but
Jesus
he
delivered
up
to
their
will.
And
as
they
led
him
away,
they
laid
hold
of
one
Simon
of
Cyrene,
coming
from
the
country;
and
they
laid
the
cross
on
him
to
carry
after
Jesus.
And
there
followed
him
a
great
multitude
of
people,
and
of
women,
who bewailed
and lamented
him.
But
Jesus
turning
to
them,
said:
Daughters
of
Jerusalem,
weep
not
over
me;
but
weep
for
yourselves,
and
for
your
children.
For
behold,
the
days
shall
come, wherein
they
will
say:
Blessed
are
the
barren,
and
the
wombs
that
have
not borne,
and
the paps
that
have
not given suck.
Then
shall
they
begin
to
say
to
the
mountains:
Fall
upon
us;
and
to
the
hills:
Cover
us.
For
if
in
the
green
wood
they
do
these
things,
what
shall
be
done
in
the
dry?
And
there
were
also
two
other malefactors
led
with
him
to
be
put
to
death.
And
when
they
were
come
to
the
place
which
is
called Calvary,
they
crucified
him
there;
and
the robbers,
one
on
the
right
hand,
and
the
other
on
the
left.
And
Jesus
said:
Father,
forgive
them,
for
they
know
not
what
they
do.
But
they,
dividing
his
garments,
cast
lots.
And
the
people
stood beholding,
and
the
rulers
with
them derided
him,
saying:
He
saved
others;
let
him
save
himself,
if
he
be
Christ,
the
elect
of
God.
And
the
soldiers
also
mocked
him,
coming
to
him,
and
offering
him vinegar,
And
saying:
If thou
be
the
king
of
the
Jews,
save thyself.
And
there
was
also
a superscription written
over
him
in letters
of Greek,
and Latin,
and Hebrew:
THIS
IS
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.
And
one
of
those robbers
who
were
hanged,
blasphemed
him,
saying:
If thou
be
Christ,
save thyself
and
us.
But
the
other
answering,
rebuked
him,
saying:
Neither dost thou
fear
God, seeing thou art
condemned
under
the
same
condemnation?
And
we
indeed
justly,
for
we
receive
the due reward
of
our deeds;
but
this
man hath
done
no evil.
And
he
said
to
Jesus: Lord,
remember
me
when thou shalt
come
into thy
kingdom.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
Amen
I
say
to thee,
this
day thou shalt
be
with
me
in
paradise.
And
it
was almost
the
sixth
hour;
and
there
was
darkness
over
all
the
earth
until
the ninth
hour.
And
the
sun
was darkened,
and
the
veil
of
the
temple
was rent
in
the
midst.
And
Jesus
crying out
with
a
loud
voice,
said:
Father,
into thy
hands
I
commend
my
spirit.
And
saying
this,
he gave
up
the ghost.
Now
the
centurion,
seeing
what
was
done,
glorified
God,
saying:
Indeed
this
was
a
just
man.
And
all
the
multitude
of
them
that
were
come
together
to
that
sight,
and
saw
the
things
that
were
done,
returned striking
their
breasts.
And
all
his acquaintance,
and
the
women
that
had followed
him
from
Galilee,
stood afar
off, beholding
these
things.
And
behold
there
was
a
man
named
Joseph,
who
was
a counsellor,
a
good
and
just
man,
(The
same
had
not
consented
to
their
counsel
and doings;)
of
Arimathea,
a
city
of
Judea;
who
also
himself looked
for
the
kingdom
of
God.
This
man
went
to
Pilate,
and begged
the
body
of
Jesus.
And taking
him
down,
he
wrapped
him
in fine
linen,
and
laid
him
in
a sepulchre
that
was hewed
in stone, wherein
never
yet
any
man
had
been
laid.
And
it
was
the
day
of
the Parasceve,
and
the
sabbath drew
on.
And
the
women
that
were
come
with
him
from
Galilee,
following
after,
saw
the sepulchre,
and
how
his
body
was
laid.
And
returning,
they
prepared
spices
and ointments;
and
on
the
sabbath
day
they
rested,
according
to
the
commandment.
And
on
the
first
day
of
the
week, very
early
in
the
morning,
they
came
to
the sepulchre,
bringing
the
spices
which
they
had
prepared.
And
they
found
the
stone
rolled back
from
the sepulchre.
And
going
in,
they
found
not
the
body
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
they
were astonished
in
their
mind
at
this,
behold,
two
men
stood
by
them,
in shining
apparel.
And
as
they
were afraid,
and
bowed down
their countenance towards
the
ground,
they
said unto
them:
Why
seek
you
the
living
with
the
dead?
He
is
not
here,
but
is
risen.
Remember
how
he
spoke unto
you,
when
he
was
in
Galilee,
Saying:
The
Son
of
man
must
be
delivered
into
the
hands
of
sinful
men,
and
be
crucified,
and
the
third
day
rise
again.
And
they
remembered
his
words.
And going
back
from
the sepulchre,
they
told
all
these
things
to
the
eleven,
and
to
all
the
rest.
And
it
was
Mary Magdalen,
and
Joanna,
and
Mary
of
James,
and
the
other
women
that
were
with
them,
who
told
these
things
to
the
apostles.
And
these
words
seemed
to
them
as idle tales;
and
they
did
not
believe
them.
But
Peter
rising
up,
ran
to
the sepulchre,
and
stooping down,
he
saw
the
linen cloths laid
by
themselves;
and
went
away
wondering
in
himself
at
that which
was
come
to
pass.
And
behold,
two
of
them
went,
the
same
day,
to
a
town
which
was
sixty furlongs
from
Jerusalem,
named
Emmaus.
And
they
talked
together
of
all
these
things
which
had
happened.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
while
they
talked
and reasoned
with
themselves,
Jesus
himself
also
drawing
near,
went
with
them.
But
their
eyes
were
held,
that
they should
not
know
him.
And
he
said
to
them:
What
are
these discourses
that
you
hold
one
with
another
as
you
walk,
and
are
sad?
And
the
one
of
them,
whose
name
was Cleophas,
answering,
said
to
him: Art thou
only
a stranger
to
Jerusalem,
and hast
not
known
the
things
that
have
been
done
there
in
these
days?
To
whom
he
said:
What
things?
And
they
said:
Concerning
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
who
was
a
prophet,
mighty
in
work
and
word
before
God
and
all
the
people;
And
how
our
chief
priests
and princes
delivered
him
to
be
condemned
to
death,
and
crucified
him.
But
we
hoped,
that
it
was
he
that
should
have
redeemed
Israel:
and
now
besides
all
this,
today
is
the
third
day
since
these
things
were
done.
Yea
and
certain
women
also
of
our company affrighted
us,
who
before
it
was light,
were
at
the sepulchre,
And
not
finding
his
body,
came,
saying,
that
they
had
also
seen
a
vision
of
angels,
who
say
that
he
is
alive.
And
some
of
our
people
went
to
the sepulchre,
and
found
it
so
as
the
women
had
said,
but
him
they
found
not.
Then
he
said
to
them:
O
foolish,
and
slow
of
heart
to
believe
in
all
things
which
the
prophets
have
spoken.
Ought
not
Christ
to
have
suffered
these
things,
and
so
to
enter
into
his
glory?
And
beginning
at
Moses
and
all
the
prophets,
he expounded
to
them
in
all
the
scriptures,
the
things
that
were
concerning
him.
And
they drew night
to
the
town, whither
they
were
going:
and
he made
as
though
he
would
go
farther.
But
they constrained
him;
saying:
Stay
with
us,
because
it
is towards
evening,
and
the
day
is
now
far spent.
And
he
went
in
with
them.
And
it
came
to
pass, whilst
he
was
at table
with
them,
he
took
bread,
and
blessed,
and brake,
and
gave
to
them.
And
their
eyes
were
opened,
and
they
knew
him:
and
he
vanished
out
of
their
sight.
And
they
said
one
to
the
other:
Was
not
our
heart
burning
within
us, whilst
he
spoke
in
this
way,
and
opened
to
us
the
scriptures?
And
rising
up,
the
same
hour,
they
went
back
to
Jerusalem:
and
they
found
the
eleven
gathered
together,
and
those
that
were staying
with
them,
Saying:
The
Lord
is
risen
indeed,
and hath
appeared
to
Simon.
And
they
told
what
things
were done
in
the
way;
and
how
they
knew
him
in
the
breaking
of
the
bread.
Now whilst
they
were
speaking
these
things,
Jesus
stood
in
the
midst
of
them,
and saith
to
them: Peace
be
to
you;
it
is
I, fear
not.
But
they
being troubled
and
frightened,
supposed
that
they
saw
a
spirit.
And
he
said
to
them:
Why
are
you
troubled,
and
why
do
thoughts
arise
in
your
hearts?
See
my
hands
and
feet,
that
it
is
I
myself; handle,
and
see:
for
a
spirit hath
not
flesh
and
bones,
as
you
see
me
to
have.
And
when
he
had
said
this,
he shewed
them
his
hands
and
feet.
But
while
they
yet believed
not,
and
wondered
for
joy,
he
said:
Have
you
any
thing
to
eat?
And
they offered
him
a
piece
of
a
broiled
fish,
and
a honeycomb.
And
when
he
had
eaten
before
them,
taking
the remains,
he gave
to
them.
And
he
said
to
them:
These
are
the
words
which
I
spoke
to
you,
while
I
was
yet
with
you,
that
all
things
must needs
be
fulfilled,
which
are
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
and
in
the
prophets,
and
in
the
psalms,
concerning
me.
Then
he
opened
their
understanding,
that
they might
understand
the
scriptures.
And
he
said
to
them:
Thus
it
is
written,
and
thus
it behoved
Christ
to
suffer,
and
to
rise
again
from
the
dead,
the
third
day:
And
that penance
and remission
of
sins
should
be
preached
in
his
name, unto
all
nations,
beginning
at
Jerusalem.
And
you
are
witnesses
of
these
things.
And
I
send
the
promise
of
my
Father
upon
you:
but
stay
you
in
the
city till
you
be endued
with
power
from
on
high.
And
he
led
them
out
as
far
as Bethania:
and
lifting
up
his
hands,
he
blessed
them.
And
it
came
to
pass, whilst
he
blessed
them,
he departed
from
them,
and
was
carried
up
to
heaven.
And
they adoring
went
back
into
Jerusalem
with
great
joy.
And
they
were
always
in
the
temple,
praising
and
blessing
God. Amen.
John
The Good News According to John
John
Jhn
The Good News According to
John
In
the
beginning
was
the
Word,
and
the
Word
was
with
God,
and
the
Word
was
God.
The
same
was
in
the
beginning
with
God.
All
things
were
made
by
him:
and
without
him
was
made
nothing
that
was
made.
In
him
was
life,
and
the
life
was
the
light
of
men.
And
the
light shineth
in
darkness,
and
the
darkness did
not
comprehend
it.
There
was
a
man
sent
from
God,
whose
name
was
John.
This
man
came
for
a
witness,
to
give
testimony
of
the
light,
that
all
men
might
believe
through
him.
He
was
not
the
light,
but
was
to give
testimony
of
the
light.
That
was
the
true
light,
which enlighteneth
every
man
that cometh
into
this
world.
He
was
in
the
world,
and
the
world
was
made
by
him,
and
the
world
knew
him
not.
He
came unto
his
own,
and
his
own
received
him
not.
But
as
many
as
received
him,
he
gave
them
power
to
be
made
the
sons
of
God,
to
them
that
believe
in
his
name.
Who
are
born,
not
of
blood,
nor
of
the
will
of
the
flesh,
nor
of
the
will
of
man,
but
of
God.
And
the
Word
was
made
flesh,
and
dwelt
among
us, (and
we
saw
his
glory,
the
glory
as
it
were
of
the
only
begotten
of
the
Father,)
full
of
grace
and
truth.
John beareth
witness
of
him,
and crieth
out,
saying:
This
was
he
of
whom
I
spoke:
He
that
shall
come
after
me,
is preferred
before
me:
because
he
was
before
me.
And
of
his fulness
we
all
have
received,
and
grace
for
grace.
For
the
law
was
given
by
Moses;
grace
and
truth
came
by
Jesus
Christ.
No
man hath
seen
God
at
any
time:
the
only
begotten
Son
who
is
in
the
bosom
of
the
Father,
he hath declared
him.
And
this
is
the
testimony
of
John,
when
the
Jews
sent
from
Jerusalem
priests
and
Levites
to
him,
to
ask
him:
Who art thou?
And
he
confessed,
and
did
not
deny:
and
he
confessed:
I
am
not
the
Christ.
And
they
asked
him:
What
then? Art thou Elias?
And
he
said:
I
am
not. Art thou
the
prophet?
And
he
answered:
No.
They
said
therefore unto
him:
Who art thou,
that
we
may
give
an
answer
to
them
that
sent
us?
What sayest thou
of thyself?
He
said:
I
am
the
voice
of
one
crying out
in
the
wilderness,
make
straight
the
way
of
the
Lord,
as
said
the
prophet Isaias.
And
they
that
were
sent,
were
of
the
Pharisees.
And
they
asked
him,
and
said
to
him:
Why
then dost thou
baptize,
if thou
be
not
Christ,
nor Elias,
nor
the
prophet?
John
answered
them,
saying:
I
baptize
with
water;
but
there hath
stood
one
in
the
midst
of
you,
whom
you
know
not.
The
same
is
he
that shall
come
after
me,
who
is preferred
before
me:
the latchet
of
whose shoe
I
am
not
worthy
to
loose.
These
things
were
done
in Bethania,
beyond
the
Jordan,
where
John
was
baptizing.
The
next
day,
John
saw
Jesus
coming
to
him,
and
he saith:
Behold
the
Lamb
of
God,
behold
him
who taketh
away
the
sin
of
the
world.
This
is
he,
of
whom
I
said:
After
me
there cometh
a
man,
who
is preferred
before
me:
because
he
was
before
me.
And
I
knew
him
not,
but
that
he
may
be
made
manifest
in
Israel,
therefore
am
I
come
baptizing
with
water.
And
John gave
testimony,
saying:
I
saw
the
Spirit
coming
down,
as
a
dove
from
heaven,
and
he
remained
upon
him.
And
I
knew
him
not;
but
he
who
sent
me
to
baptize
with
water,
said
to
me:
He
upon
whom thou shalt
see
the
Spirit
descending,
and
remaining
upon
him,
he
it
is
that baptizeth
with
the
Holy Ghost.
And
I
saw,
and
I gave
testimony,
that
this
is
the
Son
of
God.
The
next
day
again
John
stood,
and
two
of
his
disciples.
And beholding
Jesus
walking,
he saith:
Behold
the
Lamb
of
God.
And
the
two
disciples
heard
him
speak,
and
they
followed
Jesus.
And
Jesus
turning,
and
seeing
them
following
him, saith
to
them:
What
seek
you?
Who
said
to
him,
Rabbi, (which
is
to
say, being interpreted, Master,)
where dwellest thou?
He saith
to
them:
Come
and
see.
They
came,
and
saw
where
he abode,
and
they
stayed
with
him
that
day:
now
it
was
about
the
tenth
hour.
And
Andrew,
the
brother
of
Simon
Peter,
was
one
of
the
two
who
had
heard
of
John,
and
followed
him.
He findeth
first
his
brother
Simon,
and saith
to
him:
We
have
found
the Messias,
which
is,
being interpreted,
the
Christ.
And
he
brought
him
to
Jesus.
And
Jesus
looking
upon
him,
said: Thou art
Simon
the
son
of Jona: thou shalt
be
called
Cephas,
which
is interpreted
Peter.
On
the
following
day,
he
would
go
forth
into
Galilee,
and
he findeth
Philip.
And
Jesus saith
to
him:
Follow
me.
Now
Philip
was
of
Bethsaida,
the
city
of
Andrew
and
Peter.
Philip findeth
Nathanael,
and saith
to
him:
We
have
found
him
of
whom
Moses
in
the
law,
and
the
prophets
did
write,
Jesus
the
son
of
Joseph
of
Nazareth.
And
Nathanael
said
to
him:
Can
any
thing
of
good
come
from
Nazareth?
Philip saith
to
him:
Come
and
see.
Jesus
saw
Nathanael
coming
to
him:
and
he saith
of
him:
Behold
an
Israelite
indeed,
in
whom
there
is no guile.
Nathanael saith
to
him: Whence knowest thou
me?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
him:
Before
that
Philip
called thee,
when thou wast
under
the
fig
tree,
I
saw thee.
Nathanael
answered
him,
and
said:
Rabbi, thou art
the
Son
of
God, thou art
the
King
of
Israel.
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
him:
Because
I
said unto thee,
I
saw thee
under
the
fig
tree, thou believest:
greater
things
than
these shalt thou
see.
And
he saith
to
him:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
you
shall
see
the
heaven
opened,
and
the
angels
of
God
ascending
and
descending
upon
the
Son
of
man.
And
the
third
day,
there
was
a
marriage
in
Cana
of
Galilee:
and
the
mother
of
Jesus
was
there.
And
Jesus
also
was
invited,
and
his
disciples,
to
the
marriage.
And
the
wine failing,
the
mother
of
Jesus saith
to
him:
They
have
no
wine.
And
Jesus saith
to
her:
Woman,
what
is
that
to
me
and
to thee?
my
hour
is
not
yet
come.
His
mother saith
to
the waiters: Whatsoever
he shall
say
to
you,
do ye.
Now
there
were
set
there
six
waterpots
of
stone,
according
to
the manner
of
the purifying
of
the
Jews,
containing
two
or
three measures
apiece.
Jesus saith
to
them:
Fill
the
waterpots
with
water.
And
they
filled
them
up
to
the
brim.
And
Jesus saith
to
them:
Draw out
now,
and
carry
to
the chief steward
of
the feast.
And
they carried
it.
And
when
the chief steward
had
tasted
the
water
made
wine,
and
knew
not whence
it
was,
but
the waiters
knew
who
had
drawn
the
water;
the chief steward calleth
the
bridegroom,
And saith
to
him:
Every
man
at
first setteth forth
good
wine,
and
when
men
have
well
drunk,
then
that
which
is worse.
But thou hast
kept
the
good
wine
until
now.
This
beginning
of miracles
did
Jesus
in
Cana
of
Galilee;
and
manifested
his
glory,
and
his
disciples
believed
in
him.
After
this
he
went
down
to Capharnaum,
he
and
his
mother,
and
his
brethren,
and
his
disciples:
and
they
remained
there
not
many
days.
And
the pasch
of
the
Jews
was
at hand,
and
Jesus
went
up
to
Jerusalem.
And
he
found
in
the
temple
them
that
sold
oxen
and
sheep
and
doves,
and
the
changers
of
money
sitting.
And
when
he
had
made,
as
it
were,
a
scourge
of little
cords,
he
drove
them
all
out
of
the
temple,
the
sheep
also
and
the
oxen,
and
the money
of
the changers
he poured
out,
and
the
tables
he overthrew.
And
to
them
that
sold
doves
he
said:
Take
these
things
hence,
and
make
not
the
house
of
my
Father
a
house
of traffic.
And
his
disciples
remembered,
that
it
was
written:
The
zeal
of thy
house hath eaten
me up.
The
Jews,
therefore,
answered,
and
said
to
him:
What
sign dost thou shew unto
us, seeing thou dost
these
things?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
them:
Destroy
this
temple,
and
in
three
days
I
will
raise
it
up.
The
Jews
then
said:
Six
and
forty
years
was
this
temple
in
building;
and wilt thou
raise
it
up
in
three
days?
But
he
spoke
of
the
temple
of
his
body.
When
therefore
he
was
risen
again
from
the
dead,
his
disciples
remembered,
that
he
had
said
this,
and
they
believed
the
scripture,
and
the
word
that
Jesus
had
said.
Now
when
he
was
at
Jerusalem,
at
the pasch,
upon
the
festival day,
many
believed
in
his
name,
seeing
his
signs
which
he
did.
But
Jesus
did
not trust
himself unto
them,
for
that
he
knew
all
men,
And
because
he
needed
not
that
any
should give
testimony
of
man:
for
he
knew
what
was
in
man.
And
there
was
a
man
of
the
Pharisees,
named
Nicodemus,
a
ruler
of
the
Jews.
This
man
came
to
Jesus
by
night,
and
said
to
him:
Rabbi,
we
know
that thou art
come
a
teacher
from
God;
for
no
man
can
do
these
signs
which thou dost,
unless
God
be
with
him.
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
him:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to thee,
unless
a
man
be
born
again,
he
cannot
see
the
kingdom
of
God.
Nicodemus saith
to
him:
How
can
a
man
be
born
when
he
is
old?
can
he
enter
a
second
time
into
his
mother’s
womb,
and
be
born
again?
Jesus
answered:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to thee,
unless
a
man
be
born
again
of
water
and
the Holy Ghost,
he
cannot
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
God.
That
which
is
born
of
the
flesh,
is
flesh;
and
that
which
is
born
of
the
Spirit,
is
spirit.
Wonder
not,
that
I
said
to thee,
you
must
be
born
again.
The
Spirit breatheth
where
he
will;
and thou hearest
his
voice,
but thou knowest
not whence
he cometh,
and whither
he goeth:
so
is
every
one
that
is
born
of
the
Spirit.
Nicodemus
answered,
and
said
to
him:
How
can
these
things
be
done?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
him: Art thou
a master
in
Israel,
and knowest
not
these
things?
Amen,
amen
I
say
to thee,
that
we
speak
what
we
know,
and
we
testify
what
we
have
seen,
and
you
receive
not
our
testimony.
If
I
have
spoken
to
you
earthly
things,
and
you
believe
not;
how
will
you
believe,
if
I
shall
speak
to
you
heavenly
things?
And
no
man hath
ascended
into
heaven,
but
he
that
descended
from
heaven,
the
Son
of
man
who
is
in
heaven.
And
as
Moses
lifted
up
the
serpent
in
the
desert,
so
must
the
Son
of
man
be
lifted
up:
That whosoever believeth
in
him,
may not perish; but
may
have
life everlasting.
For
God
so
loved
the
world,
as
to
give
his
only
begotten
Son;
that whosoever believeth
in
him,
may
not
perish,
but
may
have
life everlasting.
For
God
sent
not
his
Son
into
the
world,
to
judge
the
world,
but
that
the
world
may
be
saved
by
him.
He
that believeth
in
him
is
not
judged.
But
he
that doth
not
believe,
is
already
judged:
because
he believeth
not
in
the
name
of
the
only
begotten
Son
of
God.
And
this
is
the
judgment:
because
the
light
is
come
into
the
world,
and
men
loved
darkness
rather
than
the
light:
for
their
works
were
evil.
For
every
one
that doth
evil hateth
the
light,
and cometh
not
to
the
light,
that
his
works
may
not
be
reproved.
But
he
that doth
truth, cometh
to
the
light,
that
his
works
may
be
made
manifest,
because
they
are
done
in
God.
After
these
things
Jesus
and
his
disciples
came
into
the
land
of
Judea:
and
there
he abode
with
them,
and
baptized.
And
John
also
was
baptizing
in Ennon
near
Salim;
because
there
was
much
water
there;
and
they
came
and
were
baptized.
For
John
was
not
yet
cast
into
prison.
And
there
arose
a question
between
some
of
John’s
disciples
and
the
Jews
concerning
purification:
And
they
came
to
John,
and
said
to
him:
Rabbi,
he
that
was
with thee
beyond
the
Jordan,
to
whom thou gavest
testimony,
behold
he baptizeth,
and
all
men
come
to
him.
John
answered,
and
said:
A
man
cannot
receive
any
thing,
unless
it
be
given
him
from
heaven.
You
yourselves
do
bear
me
witness,
that
I
said,
I
am
not
Christ,
but
that
I
am
sent
before
him.
He
that hath
the
bride,
is
the
bridegroom:
but
the
friend
of
the
bridegroom,
who standeth
and heareth
him, rejoiceth
with
joy
because
of
the
bridegroom’s
voice.
This
my
joy
therefore
is
fulfilled.
He
must
increase,
but
I
must
decrease.
He
that cometh
from
above,
is
above
all.
He
that
is
of
the
earth,
of
the
earth
he
is,
and
of
the
earth
he speaketh.
He
that cometh
from
heaven,
is
above
all.
And
what
he hath
seen
and
heard,
that
he testifieth:
and
no
man receiveth
his
testimony.
He
that hath
received
his
testimony, hath
set
to
his
seal
that
God
is
true.
For
he
whom
God hath
sent, speaketh
the
words
of
God:
for
God doth
not
give
the
Spirit
by
measure.
The
Father loveth
the
Son:
and
he hath
given
all
things
into
his
hand.
He
that believeth
in
the
Son, hath
life everlasting;
but
he
that believeth
not
the
Son,
shall
not
see
life;
but
the
wrath
of
God abideth
on
him.
When
Jesus
therefore
understood
that
the
Pharisees
had
heard
that
Jesus maketh
more
disciples,
and baptizeth
more
than
John,
(Though
Jesus
himself
did
not
baptize,
but
his
disciples,)
He
left
Judea,
and
went
again
into
Galilee.
And
he
was
of necessity
to
pass
through
Samaria.
He cometh
therefore
to
a
city
of
Samaria,
which
is
called Sichar,
near
the
land
which
Jacob
gave
to
his
son
Joseph.
Now
Jacob’s
well
was
there.
Jesus
therefore
being
wearied
with
his
journey,
sat
thus
on
the
well.
It
was
about
the
sixth
hour.
There cometh
a
woman
of
Samaria,
to
draw
water.
Jesus saith
to
her:
Give
me
to
drink.
For
his
disciples
were
gone
into
the
city
to
buy meats.
Then
that
Samaritan
woman saith
to
him:
How dost thou,
being
a
Jew,
ask
of
me
to
drink,
who
am
a
Samaritan
woman?
For
the
Jews
do
not communicate
with
the Samaritans.
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
her:
If thou didst
know
the
gift
of
God,
and
who
he
is
that saith
to thee,
Give
me
to
drink; thou perhaps wouldst
have
asked
of
him,
and
he
would
have
given thee
living
water.
The
woman saith
to
him:
Sir, thou hast
nothing wherein
to
draw,
and
the
well
is
deep;
from whence
then hast thou
living
water?
Art thou
greater
than
our
father
Jacob,
who
gave
us
the
well,
and
drank thereof
himself,
and
his children,
and
his
cattle?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
her: Whosoever drinketh
of
this
water,
shall
thirst
again;
but
he
that
shall
drink
of
the
water
that
I
will
give
him,
shall
not
thirst
for ever:
But
the
water
that
I
will
give
him, shall
become
in
him
a
fountain
of
water,
springing
up
into
life everlasting.
The
woman saith
to
him:
Sir,
give
me
this
water,
that
I
may
not
thirst,
nor
come hither
to
draw.
Jesus saith
to
her:
Go,
call thy
husband,
and
come hither.
The
woman
answered,
and
said:
I
have
no
husband.
Jesus
said
to
her: Thou hast
said
well,
I
have
no
husband:
For thou hast
had
five
husbands:
and
he
whom thou
now hast,
is
not thy
husband.
This thou hast
said
truly.
The
woman saith
to
him:
Sir,
I
perceive
that thou art
a
prophet.
Our
fathers adored
on
this
mountain,
and
you
say,
that
at
Jerusalem
is
the
place
where
men
must adore.
Jesus saith
to
her:
Woman,
believe
me,
that
the
hour cometh,
when
you
shall
neither
on
this
mountain,
not
in
Jerusalem, adore
the
Father.
You adore
that
which
you
know
not:
we adore
that
which
we
know;
for
salvation
is
of
the
Jews.
But
the
hour cometh,
and
now
is,
when
the
true adorers
shall adore
the
Father
in
spirit
and
in
truth.
For
the
Father
also seeketh
such
to adore
him.
God
is
a
spirit;
and
they
that adore
him,
must adore
him
in
spirit
and
in
truth.
The
woman saith
to
him:
I
know
that
the Messias cometh (who
is
called
Christ). Therefore,
when
he
is
come,
he
will
tell
us
all
things.
Jesus saith
to
her:
I
am
he,
who
am
speaking
with thee.
And immediately
his
disciples
came;
and
they
wondered
that
he
talked
with
the
woman.
Yet
no
man
said:
What seekest thou?
or,
why talkest thou
with
her?
The
woman
therefore
left
her
waterpot,
and
went
her
way
into
the
city,
and saith
to
the
men
there:
Come,
and
see
a
man
who
has
told
me
all
things whatsoever
I
have
done.
Is
not
he
the
Christ?
They
went therefore
out
of
the
city,
and
came unto
him.
In
the
mean time
the
disciples prayed
him,
saying:
Rabbi,
eat.
But
he
said
to
them:
I
have
meat
to
eat,
which
you
know
not.
The
disciples
therefore
said
one
to
another: Hath
any
man
brought
him
to
eat?
Jesus saith
to
them:
My
meat
is
to
do
the
will
of
him
that
sent
me,
that
I
may
perfect
his
work.
Do
you
not
say,
There
are
yet
four
months,
and
then
the
harvest cometh?
Behold,
I
say
to
you,
lift
up
your
eyes,
and
see
the countries;
for
they
are
white
already
to
harvest.
And
he
that reapeth receiveth
wages,
and gathereth
fruit unto
life everlasting:
that
both
he
that soweth,
and
he
that reapeth,
may
rejoice
together.
For
in
this
is
the
saying
true:
That
it
is
one
man
that soweth,
and
it
is
another
that reapeth.
I
have
sent
you
to
reap
that
in
which
you
did
not labour:
others
have laboured,
and
you
have
entered
into
their labours.
Now
of
that
city
many
of
the
Samaritans
believed
in
him,
for
the
word
of
the
woman
giving
testimony:
He
told
me
all
things whatsoever
I
have
done.
So
when
the
Samaritans
were
come
to
him,
they desired
that
he
would tarry
there.
And
he abode
there
two
days.
And
many
more
believed
in
him
because
of
his
own
word.
And
they
said
to
the
woman:
We
now
believe,
not
for thy
saying:
for
we
ourselves
have
heard
him,
and
know
that
this
is
indeed
the Saviour
of
the
world.
Now
after
two
days,
he
departed thence,
and
went
into
Galilee.
For
Jesus
himself gave
testimony
that
a
prophet hath
no honour
in
his
own
country.
And
when
he
was
come
into
Galilee,
the
Galileans
received
him,
having
seen
all
the
things
he
had
done
at
Jerusalem
on
the
festival day;
for
they
also
went
to
the
festival day.
He
came
again
therefore
into
Cana
of
Galilee,
where
he
made
the
water
wine.
And
there
was
a certain ruler,
whose
son
was
sick
at Capharnaum.
He having
heard
that
Jesus
was
come
from
Judea
into
Galilee,
went
to
him,
and prayed
him
to
come
down,
and
heal
his
son;
for
he
was
at
the
point
of
death.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
him:
Unless
you
see
signs
and
wonders,
you
believe
not.
The ruler saith
to
him:
Lord,
come
down
before
that
my son
die.
Jesus saith
to
him:
Go thy
way; thy
son liveth.
The
man
believed
the
word
which
Jesus
said
to
him,
and
went
his
way.
And
as
he
was
going
down,
his
servants
met
him;
and
they
brought word,
saying,
that
his
son
lived.
He
asked
therefore
of
them
the
hour wherein
he grew
better.
And
they
said
to
him:
Yesterday,
at
the
seventh
hour,
the
fever
left
him.
The
father
therefore
knew,
that
it
was
at
the
same
hour
that
Jesus
said
to
him, Thy
son liveth;
and
himself
believed,
and
his
whole
house.
This
is
again
the
second
miracle
that
Jesus
did,
when
he
was
come
out
of
Judea
into
Galilee.
After
these
things
was
a
festival day
of
the
Jews,
and
Jesus
went
up
to
Jerusalem.
Now
there
is
at
Jerusalem
a pond,
called Probatica,
which
in
Hebrew
is
named Bethsaida,
having
five porches.
In
these
lay
a
great
multitude
of
sick,
of
blind,
of
lame,
of
withered; waiting
for
the moving
of
the water.
And an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond; and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water, was made whole, of whatsoever infirmity he lay under.
And
there
was
a
certain
man
there,
that
had
been
eight
and
thirty
years
under
his
infirmity.
Him
when
Jesus
had
seen
lying,
and
knew
that
he
had
been
now
a
long
time,
he saith
to
him: Wilt thou
be
made whole?
The infirm
man
answered
him:
Sir,
I
have
no
man,
when
the
water
is
troubled,
to
put
me
into
the pond.
For whilst
I
am
coming,
another goeth
down
before
me.
Jesus saith
to
him:
Arise,
take
up thy bed,
and
walk.
And
immediately
the
man
was
made
whole:
and
he
took
up
his bed,
and
walked.
And
it
was
the
sabbath
that
day.
The
Jews
therefore
said
to
him
that
was
healed:
It
is
the
sabbath;
it
is
not
lawful
for thee
to
take
up thy bed.
He
answered
them:
He
that
made
me whole,
he
said
to
me,
Take
up thy bed,
and
walk.
They
asked
him
therefore:
Who
is
that
man
who
said
to thee,
Take
up thy bed,
and
walk?
But
he
who
was
healed,
knew
not
who
it
was;
for
Jesus went aside
from
the
multitude standing
in
the
place.
Afterwards,
Jesus findeth
him
in
the
temple,
and saith
to
him:
Behold thou art
made
whole:
sin
no
more,
lest
some
worse
thing
happen
to thee.
The
man
went
his
way,
and
told
the
Jews,
that
it
was
Jesus
who
had
made
him whole.
Therefore
did
the
Jews
persecute
Jesus,
because
he
did
these
things
on
the
sabbath.
But
Jesus
answered
them: My
Father worketh
until
now;
and
I
work.
Hereupon
therefore
the
Jews
sought
the
more
to
kill
him,
because
he
did
not
only
break
the
sabbath,
but
also
said
God
was
his
Father,
making
himself
equal
to
God.
Then
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
them:
Amen,
amen,
I
say unto
you,
the
Son
cannot
do
any
thing
of
himself,
but
what
he seeth
the
Father
doing:
for
what
things soever
he doth,
these
the
Son
also doth
in
like
manner.
For
the
Father loveth
the
Son,
and sheweth
him
all
things
which
himself doth:
and
greater
works
than
these
will
he shew
him,
that
you
may
wonder.
For
as
the
Father raiseth
up
the
dead,
and giveth
life:
so
the
Son
also giveth
life
to
whom
he
will.
For
neither doth
the
Father
judge
any
man,
but hath
given
all
judgment
to
the
Son.
That
all
men
may honour
the
Son,
as
they honour
the
Father.
He
who honoureth
not
the
Son, honoureth
not
the
Father,
who hath
sent
him.
Amen,
amen
I
say unto
you,
that
he
who heareth
my
word,
and believeth
him
that
sent
me, hath
life everlasting;
and cometh
not
into
judgment,
but
is
passed
from
death
to
life.
Amen,
amen
I
say unto
you,
that
the
hour cometh,
and
now
is,
when
the
dead
shall
hear
the
voice
of
the
Son
of
God,
and
they
that
hear
shall
live.
For
as
the
Father hath
life
in
himself,
so
he hath
given
the
Son
also
to
have
life
in
himself:
And
he hath
given
him
power
to
do
judgment,
because
he
is
the
Son
of
man.
Wonder
not
at
this;
for
the
hour cometh, wherein
all
that
are
in
the
graves
shall
hear
the
voice
of
the Son
of
God.
And
they
that
have
done
good
things,
shall
come
forth unto
the
resurrection
of
life;
but
they
that
have
done
evil, unto
the
resurrection
of
judgment.
I
cannot
of
myself
do
any
thing.
As
I
hear,
so
I
judge:
and
my
judgment
is
just;
because
I
seek
not
my
own
will,
but
the
will
of
him
that
sent
me.
If
I
bear
witness
of
myself,
my
witness
is
not
true.
There
is
another
that beareth
witness
of
me;
and
I
know
that
the
witness
which
he witnesseth
of
me
is
true.
You
sent
to
John,
and
he gave
testimony
to
the
truth.
But
I
receive
not
testimony
from
man:
but
I
say
these
things,
that
you
may
be
saved.
He
was
a
burning
and
a
shining
light:
and
you
were
willing
for
a
time
to
rejoice
in
his
light.
But
I
have
a
greater
testimony
than
that
of
John:
for
the
works
which
the
Father hath
given
me
to
perfect;
the
works
themselves,
which
I
do,
give
testimony
of
me,
that
the
Father hath
sent
me.
And
the
Father
himself
who hath
sent
me, hath
given
testimony
of
me:
neither
have
you
heard
his
voice
at
any
time,
nor
seen
his shape.
And
you
have
not
his
word
abiding
in
you:
for
whom
he hath
sent,
him
you
believe
not.
Search
the
scriptures,
for
you
think
in
them
to
have
life everlasting;
and
the
same
are
they
that give
testimony
of
me.
And
you
will
not
come
to
me
that
you
may
have
life.
I
receive
glory
not
from
men.
But
I
know
you,
that
you
have
not
the
love
of
God
in
you.
I
am
come
in
the
name
of
my
Father,
and
you
receive
me
not:
if
another
shall
come
in
his
own
name,
him
you
will
receive.
How
can
you
believe,
who
receive
glory
one
from
another:
and
the
glory
which
is
from
God
alone,
you
do
not
seek?
Think
not
that
I
will
accuse
you
to
the
Father.
There
is
one
that accuseth
you,
Moses,
in
whom
you
trust.
For
if
you did
believe
Moses,
you
would perhaps
believe
me also;
for
he
wrote
of
me.
But
if
you
do
not
believe
his
writings,
how
will
you
believe
my
words?
After
these
things
Jesus
went
over
the
sea
of
Galilee,
which
is
that
of
Tiberias.
And
a
great
multitude
followed
him,
because
they
saw
the miracles
which
he
did
on
them
that
were diseased.
Jesus
therefore
went
up
into
a
mountain,
and
there
he
sat
with
his
disciples.
Now
the pasch,
the
festival day
of
the
Jews,
was
near
at
hand.
When
Jesus
therefore
had
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
seen
that
a
very
great
multitude cometh
to
him,
he
said
to
Philip: Whence
shall
we
buy
bread,
that
these
may
eat?
And
this
he
said
to try
him;
for
he
himself
knew
what
he
would
do.
Philip
answered
him:
Two
hundred pennyworth
of
bread
is
not
sufficient
for
them,
that
every
one
may
take
a
little.
One
of
his
disciples,
Andrew,
the
brother
of
Simon
Peter, saith
to
him:
There
is
a boy
here
that hath
five
barley
loaves,
and
two fishes;
but
what
are
these
among
so
many?
Then
Jesus
said:
Make
the
men
sit
down.
Now
there
was
much
grass
in
the
place.
The
men
therefore
sat
down,
in
number
about
five
thousand.
And
Jesus
took
the
loaves:
and
when
he
had
given
thanks,
he
distributed
to
them
that
were set down.
In
like
manner
also
of
the fishes,
as
much
as
they
would.
And
when
they
were filled,
he
said
to
his
disciples:
Gather up
the
fragments
that remain,
lest
they
be
lost.
They
gathered
up
therefore,
and
filled
twelve
baskets
with
the
fragments
of
the
five
barley
loaves,
which remained
over
and above
to
them
that
had
eaten.
Now
those
men,
when
they
had
seen
what
a
miracle
Jesus
had
done,
said:
This
is
of
a truth
the
prophet,
that
is
to
come
into
the
world.
Jesus
therefore,
when
he
knew
that
they
would
come
to
take
him
by
force,
and
make
him
king,
fled
again
into
the
mountain
himself
alone.
And
when
evening
was
come,
his
disciples
went
down
to
the
sea.
And
when
they
had gone
up
into
a
ship,
they
went
over
the
sea
to Capharnaum;
and
it
was
now
dark,
and
Jesus
was
not
come unto
them.
And
the
sea arose,
by reason
of a
great
wind that
blew.
When
they
had
rowed
therefore
about
five
and
twenty
or
thirty furlongs,
they
see
Jesus
walking
upon
the
sea,
and
drawing nigh
to
the
ship,
and
they
were
afraid.
But
he saith
to
them:
It
is
I;
be
not
afraid.
They
were
willing
therefore
to
take
him
into
the
ship;
and presently
the
ship
was
at
the
land
to
which
they
were
going.
The
next
day,
the
multitude
that
stood
on
the
other
side
of
the
sea,
saw
that
there
was
no
other
ship
there
but
one,
and
that
Jesus
had
not
entered
into
the
ship
with
his
disciples,
but
that
his
disciples
were
gone
away
alone.
But other ships
came
in
from
Tiberias; nigh unto
the
place
where
they
had
eaten
the
bread,
the
Lord
giving
thanks.
When
therefore
the
multitude
saw
that
Jesus
was
not
there,
nor
his
disciples,
they took shipping,
and
came
to Capharnaum,
seeking
for
Jesus.
And
when
they
had
found
him
on
the
other
side
of
the
sea,
they
said
to
him:
Rabbi,
when camest thou hither?
Jesus
answered
them,
and
said:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
you
seek
me,
not
because
you
have
seen miracles,
but
because
you
did
eat
of
the
loaves,
and
were
filled.
Labour
not
for
the
meat
which perisheth,
but
for
that
which endureth unto
life everlasting,
which
the
Son
of
man
will
give
you.
For
him hath
God,
the
Father,
sealed.
They
said
therefore unto
him:
What
shall
we
do,
that
we
may
work
the
works
of
God?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
them:
This
is
the
work
of
God,
that
you
believe
in
him
whom
he hath
sent.
They
said
therefore
to
him:
What
sign
therefore dost thou shew,
that
we
may
see,
and
may
believe thee?
What dost thou
work?
Our
fathers
did
eat
manna
in
the
desert,
as
it
is
written:
He
gave
them
bread
from
heaven
to
eat.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you;
Moses
gave
you
not
bread
from
heaven,
but
my
Father giveth
you
the
true
bread
from
heaven.
For
the
bread
of
God
is
that
which cometh
down
from
heaven,
and giveth
life
to
the
world.
They
said
therefore unto
him:
Lord,
give
us
always
this
bread.
And
Jesus
said
to
them:
I
am
the
bread
of
life:
he
that cometh
to
me
shall
not
hunger:
and
he
that believeth
in
me
shall
never
thirst.
But
I
said unto
you,
that
you
also
have
seen
me,
and
you
believe
not.
All
that
the
Father giveth
to
me
shall
come
to
me;
and
him
that cometh
to
me,
I
will
not
cast
out.
Because
I
came
down
from
heaven,
not
to
do
my
own
will,
but
the
will
of
him
that
sent
me.
Now
this
is
the
will
of
the
Father
who
sent
me:
that
of
all
that
he hath
given
me,
I
should
lose
nothing;
but
should
raise
it
up
again
in
the
last
day.
And
this
is
the
will
of
my
Father
that sent
me:
that
every
one
who seeth
the
Son,
and believeth
in
him,
may
have
life everlasting,
and
I
will
raise
him
up
in
the
last
day.
The
Jews
therefore murmured
at
him,
because
he
had
said:
I
am
the living
bread
which
came
down
from
heaven.
And
they
said:
Is
not
this
Jesus,
the
son
of
Joseph,
whose
father
and
mother
we
know?
How
then saith
he,
I
came
down
from
heaven?
Jesus therefore
answered,
and
said
to
them: Murmur
not
among
yourselves.
No
man
can
come
to
me,
except
the
Father,
who hath
sent
me,
draw
him;
and
I
will
raise
him
up
in
the
last
day.
It
is
written
in
the
prophets:
And
they
shall
all
be
taught
of
God.
Every
one
that hath
heard
of
the
Father,
and hath
learned, cometh
to
me.
Not
that
any
man hath
seen
the
Father;
but
he
who
is
of
God,
he hath
seen
the
Father.
Amen,
amen
I
say unto
you:
He
that believeth
in
me, hath everlasting
life.
I
am
the
bread
of
life.
Your
fathers did
eat
manna
in
the
desert,
and
are
dead.
This
is
the
bread
which cometh
down
from
heaven;
that
if
any
man
eat
of
it,
he
may
not
die.
I
am
the
living
bread
which
came
down
from
heaven.
If any
man
eat
of
this bread,
he
shall live
for ever;
and
the bread
that
I
will
give,
is
my
flesh,
for
the
life
of
the world.
The Jews
therefore strove
among
themselves,
saying: How
can
this
man
give
us
his
flesh
to
eat?
Then
Jesus
said
to
them: Amen, amen
I
say unto
you: Except
you eat
the
flesh
of
the Son
of
man,
and
drink
his
blood,
you
shall
not
have
life
in
you.
He
that eateth
my
flesh,
and drinketh
my
blood, hath everlasting
life:
and
I
will raise
him up
in
the last day.
For
my
flesh
is
meat
indeed:
and
my
blood
is
drink
indeed.
He
that eateth
my flesh,
and drinketh
my blood, abideth
in
me,
and
I
in
him.
As
the
living
Father hath sent
me,
and
I
live
by
the
Father;
so
he
that eateth
me,
the
same
also
shall
live
by
me.
This
is
the bread
that came down
from heaven.
Not
as
your fathers did eat manna,
and
are dead.
He
that eateth
this bread,
shall live
for ever.
These
things
he
said,
teaching
in
the synagogue,
in Capharnaum.
Many
therefore
of
his
disciples, hearing
it,
said:
This
saying
is hard,
and
who
can hear
it?
But
Jesus, knowing
in himself,
that
his
disciples murmured
at
this, said
to
them: Doth
this scandalize
you?
If
then
you
shall see
the Son
of
man ascend up
where
he
was
before?
It
is
the spirit
that quickeneth:
the flesh profiteth
nothing.
The
words
that
I
have spoken
to
you,
are spirit
and life.
But
there
are
some
of
you
that believe
not.
For
Jesus knew
from
the beginning,
who
they
were
that
did
not believe,
and
who
he
was,
that
would betray
him.
And
he
said:
Therefore
did
I say
to
you,
that
no
man can
come
to
me, unless
it
be given
him
by
my Father.
After
this many
of
his disciples
went
back;
and walked
no more
with
him.
Then
Jesus
said
to
the twelve:
Will
you
also
go
away?
And Simon Peter answered
him:
Lord,
to
whom
shall
we go? thou hast
the
words
of eternal life.
And
we
have believed
and
have known,
that thou art
the
Christ,
the Son
of
God.
Jesus
answered
them:
Have
not
I chosen
you
twelve;
and
one
of
you
is
a devil?
Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for this same was about to betray him, whereas he was one of the twelve.
After
these
things
Jesus
walked
in
Galilee;
for
he
would
not
walk
in
Judea,
because
the
Jews
sought
to
kill
him.
Now
the Jews’
feast
of tabernacles
was
at
hand.
And
his
brethren
said
to
him:
Pass
from
hence,
and
go
into
Judea;
that thy
disciples
also
may
see thy
works
which thou dost.
For
there
is
no
man
that doth
any
thing
in
secret,
and
he
himself seeketh
to
be
known
openly.
If thou
do
these
things,
manifest thyself
to
the
world.
For
neither
did
his
brethren
believe
in
him.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them:
My
time
is
not
yet
come;
but
your
time
is
always
ready.
The
world
cannot
hate
you;
but
me
it hateth:
because
I give
testimony
of
it,
that
the
works thereof
are
evil.
Go
you
up
to
this
festival day,
but
I
go
not
up
to
this
festival day:
because
my
time
is
not
accomplished.
When
he
had
said
these
things,
he
himself
stayed
in
Galilee.
But
after
his
brethren
were
gone
up,
then
he
also
went
up
to
the
feast,
not
openly,
but,
as
it
were,
in
secret.
The
Jews
therefore
sought
him
on
the
festival day,
and
said:
Where
is
he?
And
there
was
much murmuring
among
the
multitude
concerning
him.
For
some
said:
He
is
a
good
man.
And
others
said:
No,
but
he seduceth
the
people.
Yet
no
man
spoke
openly
of
him,
for
fear
of
the
Jews.
Now
about
the
midst
of
the
feast,
Jesus
went
up
into
the
temple,
and
taught.
And
the
Jews
wondered,
saying:
How doth
this
man
know
letters,
having
never
learned?
Jesus
answered
them,
and
said:
My doctrine
is
not
mine,
but
his
that
sent
me.
If
any
man
do
the
will
of
him;
he
shall
know
of
the doctrine,
whether
it
be
of
God,
or
whether
I
speak
of
myself.
He
that speaketh
of
himself, seeketh
his
own
glory:
but
he
that seeketh
the
glory
of
him
that
sent
him,
he
is
true,
and
there
is
no
injustice
in
him.
Did
Moses
not
give
you
the
law,
and
yet
none
of
you keepeth
the
law?
Why
seek
you
to
kill
me?
The
multitude
answered,
and
said: Thou hast
a devil;
who seeketh
to
kill thee?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
them:
One
work
I
have
done;
and
you
all
wonder:
Therefore,
Moses
gave
you
circumcision (not
because
it
is
of
Moses,
but
of
the
fathers;)
and
on
the
sabbath
day
you
circumcise
a
man.
If
a
man
receive
circumcision
on
the
sabbath
day,
that
the
law
of
Moses
may
not
be
broken;
are
you
angry
at
me
because
I
have
healed
the
whole
man
on
the
sabbath
day?
Judge
not
according
to
the
appearance,
but
judge
just
judgment.
Some
therefore
of
Jerusalem
said:
Is
not
this
he
whom
they
seek
to
kill?
And
behold,
he speaketh
openly,
and
they
say
nothing
to
him.
Have
the
rulers
known
for
a truth,
that
this
is
the
Christ?
But
we
know
this
man, whence
he
is:
but
when
the
Christ cometh,
no
man knoweth whence
he
is.
Jesus
therefore
cried
out
in
the
temple,
teaching,
and
saying:
You
both
know
me,
and
you
know whence
I
am:
and
I
am
not
come
of
myself;
but
he
that
sent
me,
is
true,
whom
you
know
not.
I
know
him,
because
I
am
from
him,
and
he hath
sent
me.
They
sought
therefore
to apprehend
him:
and
no
man
laid
hands
on
him,
because
his
hour
was
not
yet
come.
But
of
the
people
many
believed
in
him,
and
said:
When
the
Christ cometh,
shall
he
do
more miracles,
than
these
which
this
man doth?
The
Pharisees
heard
the
people
murmuring
these
things
concerning
him:
and
the rulers
and
Pharisees
sent ministers
to apprehend
him.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them:
Yet
a little
while
I
am
with
you:
and
then
I
go
to
him
that
sent
me.
You
shall
seek
me,
and
shall
not
find
me:
and
where
I
am, thither
you
cannot
come.
The
Jews
therefore
said
among
themselves: Whither
will
he
go,
that
we
shall
not
find
him?
will
he
go unto
the
dispersed
among
the Gentiles,
and
teach
the Gentiles?
What
is
this
saying
that
he hath
said:
You
shall
seek
me,
and
shall
not
find
me;
and
where
I
am,
you
cannot
come?
And
on
the
last,
and
great
day
of
the festivity,
Jesus
stood
and
cried,
saying:
If
any
man
thirst,
let
him
come
to
me,
and
drink.
He
that believeth
in
me,
as
the
scripture saith,
Out
of
his
belly shall
flow
rivers
of
living
water.
Now
this
he
said
of
the
Spirit
which
they
should
receive,
who
believed
in
him:
for
as
yet
the
Spirit
was
not given,
because
Jesus
was
not
yet
glorified.
Of
that
multitude
therefore,
when
they
had
heard
these
words
of
his,
some
said:
This
is
the
prophet
indeed.
Others
said:
This
is
the
Christ.
But
some
said: Doth
the
Christ
come
out
of
Galilee?
Doth
not
the
scripture
say:
That
Christ cometh
of
the
seed
of
David,
and
from
Bethlehem
the
town
where
David
was?
So
there
arose
a dissension
among
the
people
because
of
him.
And
some
of
them
would
have apprehended
him:
but
no
man
laid
hands
on
him.
The ministers
therefore
came
to
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees.
And
they
said
to
them:
Why
have
you
not
brought
him?
The ministers
answered:
Never
did
man
speak
like
this
man.
The
Pharisees
therefore
answered
them:
Are
you
also seduced?
Hath
any
one
of
the
rulers
believed
in
him,
or
of
the
Pharisees?
But
this
multitude,
that knoweth
not
the
law,
are
accursed.
Nicodemus
said
to
them, (he
that
came
to
him
by night,
who
was
one
of
them:)
Doth
our
law
judge
any
man,
unless
it
first
hear
him,
and
know
what
he doth?
They
answered,
and
said
to
him: Art thou
also
a Galilean?
Search
the scriptures,
and
see,
that
out
of
Galilee
a
prophet riseth
not.
And
every
man returned
to
his
own
house.
And
Jesus
went unto
mount Olivet.
And
early
in
the
morning
he
came
again
into
the
temple,
and
all
the
people
came
to
him,
and
sitting
down
he
taught
them.
And
the
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
bring unto
him
a
woman taken
in
adultery:
and
they
set
her
in
the
midst,
And
said
to
him: Master,
this
woman
was
even
now taken
in
adultery.
Now
Moses
in
the
law
commanded
us
to
stone
such
a
one.
But
what sayest thou?
And
this
they
said tempting
him,
that
they might
accuse
him.
But
Jesus bowing
himself
down,
wrote
with
his
finger
on
the
ground.
When
therefore
they
continued
asking
him,
he lifted up
himself,
and
said
to
them:
He
that
is
without
sin
among
you,
let
him
first
cast
a
stone
at
her.
And
again stooping
down,
he
wrote
on
the
ground.
But
they
hearing
this,
went
out
one
by
one,
beginning
at
the eldest.
And
Jesus
alone remained,
and
the
woman
standing
in
the
midst.
Then
Jesus lifting up
himself,
said
to
her:
Woman,
where
are
they
that accused thee? Hath
no
man
condemned thee?
Who
said:
No
man,
Lord.
And
Jesus
said:
Neither
will
I
condemn thee.
Go,
and
now
sin
no
more.
Again
therefore,
Jesus
spoke
to
them,
saying:
I
am
the
light
of
the
world:
he
that followeth
me, walketh
not
in
darkness,
but
shall
have
the
light
of
life.
The
Pharisees
therefore
said
to
him: Thou givest
testimony
of thyself: thy
testimony
is
not
true.
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
them:
Although
I
give
testimony
of
myself,
my
testimony
is
true:
for
I
know whence
I
came,
and whither
I
go:
but
you
know
not whence
I
come,
or whither
I
go.
You
judge
according
to
the
flesh:
I
judge
not
any
man.
And
if
I
do
judge,
my
judgment
is
true:
because
I
am
not
alone,
but
I
and
the
Father
that
sent
me.
And
in
your
law
it
is
written,
that
the
testimony
of
two
men
is
true.
I
am
one
that give
testimony
of
myself:
and
the
Father
that
sent
me giveth
testimony
of
me.
They
said
therefore
to
him:
Where
is thy
Father?
Jesus
answered:
Neither
me
do
you
know,
nor
my
Father:
if
you
did
know
me, perhaps
you
would
know
my
Father
also.
These
words
Jesus
spoke
in
the
treasury,
teaching
in
the
temple:
and
no
man laid hands
on
him,
because
his
hour
was
not
yet
come.
Again
therefore
Jesus
said
to
them:
I
go,
and
you
shall
seek
me,
and
you
shall
die
in
your
sin. Whither
I
go,
you
cannot
come.
The
Jews
therefore
said:
Will
he
kill
himself,
because
he
said: Whither
I
go,
you
cannot
come?
And
he
said
to
them:
You
are
from beneath,
I
am
from
above.
You
are
of
this
world,
I
am
not
of
this
world.
Therefore
I
said
to
you,
that
you shall
die
in
your
sins.
For
if
you
believe
not
that
I
am
he,
you shall
die
in
your
sin.
They
said
therefore
to
him:
Who art thou?
Jesus
said
to
them:
The
beginning,
who
also
speak unto
you.
Many
things
I
have
to
speak
and
to
judge
of
you.
But
he
that
sent
me,
is
true:
and
the
things
I
have
heard
of
him,
these
same
I
speak
in
the
world.
And
they
understood
not,
that
he
called
God
his
Father.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them:
When
you
shall
have
lifted up
the
Son
of
man,
then
shall
you
know,
that
I
am
he,
and
that
I
do
nothing
of
myself,
but
as
the
Father hath
taught
me,
these
things
I
speak:
And
he
that
sent
me,
is
with
me,
and
he hath
not
left
me
alone:
for
I
do
always
the
things
that please
him.
When
he
spoke
these
things,
many
believed
in
him.
Then
Jesus
said
to
those
Jews,
who
believed
him:
If
you
continue
in
my
word,
you shall
be
my
disciples
indeed.
And
you
shall
know
the
truth,
and
the
truth
shall
make
you
free.
They
answered
him:
We
are
the
seed
of
Abraham,
and
we
have
never
been
slaves
to
any
man:
how sayest thou:
you
shall
be
free?
Jesus
answered
them:
Amen,
amen
I
say unto
you:
that whosoever committeth
sin,
is
the
servant
of
sin.
Now
the
servant abideth
not
in
the
house
for
ever;
but
the
son abideth
for
ever.
If
therefore
the
son shall
make
you
free,
you shall
be
free
indeed.
I
know
that
you
are
the
children
of
Abraham:
but
you
seek
to
kill
me,
because
my
word hath
no
place
in
you.
I
speak
that
which
I
have
seen
with
my
Father:
and
you
do
the
things
that
you
have
seen
with
your
father.
They
answered,
and
said
to
him:
Abraham
is
our
father.
Jesus saith
to
them:
If
you
be
the
children
of
Abraham,
do
the
works
of
Abraham.
But
now
you
seek
to
kill
me,
a
man
who
have
spoken
the
truth
to
you,
which
I
have
heard
of
God.
This
Abraham
did
not.
You
do
the
works
of
your
father.
They
said therefore
to
him:
We
are
not
born
of
fornication:
we
have
one
Father,
even
God.
Jesus therefore
said
to
them:
If
God
were
your
Father,
you
would
indeed
love
me.
For
from
God
I
proceeded,
and
came;
for
I
came
not
of
myself,
but
he
sent
me:
Why
do
you
not
know
my
speech?
Because
you
cannot
hear
my
word.
You
are
of
your
father
the
devil,
and
the
desires
of
your
father
you
will
do.
He
was
a
murderer
from
the
beginning,
and
he
stood
not
in
the
truth;
because
truth
is
not
in
him.
When
he speaketh
a
lie,
he speaketh
of
his
own:
for
he
is
a
liar,
and
the
father thereof.
But
if
I
say
the
truth,
you
believe
me
not.
Which
of
you shall convince
me
of
sin?
If
I
say
the
truth
to
you,
why
do
you
not
believe
me?
He
that
is
of
God, heareth
the
words
of
God.
Therefore
you
hear
them
not,
because
you
are
not
of
God.
The
Jews therefore
answered,
and
said
to
him:
Do
not
we
say
well
that thou art
a
Samaritan,
and hast
a devil?
Jesus
answered:
I
have
not
a devil:
but
I honour
my
Father,
and
you
have dishonoured
me.
But
I
seek
not
my own
glory:
there
is
one
that seeketh
and judgeth.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you:
If
any
man
keep
my
word,
he shall
not
see
death
for
ever.
The
Jews therefore
said:
Now
we
know
that thou hast
a devil.
Abraham
is
dead,
and
the
prophets;
and thou sayest:
If
any
man
keep
my
word,
he
shall
not
taste
death
for
ever.
Art thou
greater
than
our
father
Abraham,
who
is
dead?
and
the
prophets
are
dead.
Whom dost thou
make thyself?
Jesus
answered:
If
I
glorify
myself,
my
glory
is
nothing.
It
is
my
Father
that glorifieth
me,
of
whom
you
say
that
he
is
your
God.
And
you
have
not
known
him,
but
I
know
him.
And
if
I
shall
say
that
I
know
him
not,
I
shall
be
like
to
you,
a
liar.
But
I
do
know
him,
and
do
keep
his
word.
Abraham
your
father
rejoiced
that
he
might
see
my
day:
he
saw
it,
and
was
glad.
The
Jews
therefore
said
to
him: Thou art
not
yet
fifty
years old,
and hast thou
seen
Abraham?
Jesus
said
to
them:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
before
Abraham
was
made,
I
am.
They
took
up
stones
therefore
to
cast
at
him.
But
Jesus
hid
himself,
and
went
out
of
the
temple.
And
Jesus
passing
by,
saw
a
man,
who
was
blind
from
his
birth:
And
his
disciples
asked
him:
Rabbi,
who hath
sinned,
this
man,
or
his
parents,
that
he
should
be
born
blind?
Jesus
answered:
Neither hath
this
man
sinned,
nor
his
parents;
but
that
the
works
of
God
should
be
made
manifest
in
him.
I
must
work
the
works
of
him
that
sent
me, whilst
it
is
day:
the
night cometh,
when
no
man
can
work.
As long
as
I
am
in
the
world,
I
am
the
light
of
the
world.
When
he
had
said
these
things,
he
spat
on
the
ground,
and
made
clay
of
the
spittle,
and spread
the
clay
on
his
eyes,
And
said
to
him:
Go,
wash
in
the
pool
of Siloe,
which
is interpreted,
Sent.
He
went
therefore,
and
washed,
and
he
came
seeing.
The neighbours
therefore,
and
they
who
had
seen
him
before
that
he
was
a beggar,
said:
Is
not
this
he
that
sat
and begged?
Some
said:
This
is
he.
But
others
said:
No,
but
he
is
like
him.
But
he
said:
I
am
he.
They
said
therefore
to
him:
How
were thy
eyes
opened?
He
answered:
That
man
that
is
called
Jesus
made
clay,
and
anointed
my
eyes,
and
said
to
me:
Go
to
the pool
of Siloe,
and
wash.
And
I
went,
I
washed,
and
I
see.
And
they
said
to
him:
Where
is
he?
He saith:
I
know
not.
They
bring
him
that
had been
blind
to
the
Pharisees.
Now
it
was
the
sabbath,
when
Jesus
made
the
clay,
and
opened
his
eyes.
Again
therefore
the
Pharisees
asked
him,
how
he
had
received
his
sight.
But
he
said
to
them:
He
put
clay
upon
my
eyes,
and
I
washed,
and
I
see.
Some
therefore
of
the
Pharisees
said:
This
man
is
not
of
God,
who keepeth
not
the
sabbath.
But
others
said:
How
can
a
man
that
is
a
sinner
do
such miracles?
And
there
was
a
division
among
them.
They
say
therefore
to
the
blind
man
again:
What sayest thou
of
him
that hath
opened
they
eyes?
And
he
said:
He
is
a
prophet.
The
Jews
then
did
not
believe
concerning
him,
that
he
had
been
blind,
and
had
received
his
sight,
until
they
called
the
parents
of
him
that
had
received
his
sight,
And
asked
them,
saying:
Is
this
your
son,
who
you
say
was
born
blind?
How
then doth
he
now
see?
His
parents
answered
them,
and
said:
We
know
that
this
is
our
son,
and
that
he
was
born
blind:
But
how
he
now seeth,
we
know
not;
or
who hath
opened
his
eyes,
we
know
not:
ask
himself:
he
is
of
age,
let
him
speak
for
himself.
These
things
his
parents
said,
because
they
feared
the
Jews:
for
the
Jews
had
already
agreed among
themselves,
that
if
any
man
should
confess
him
to
be
Christ,
he
should
be
put
out
of
the
synagogue.
Therefore
did
his
parents
say:
He
is
of
age,
ask
himself.
They
therefore
called
the
man
again
that
had
been
blind,
and
said
to
him:
Give
glory
to
God.
We
know
that
this
man
is
a
sinner.
He
said
therefore
to
them:
If
he
be
a
sinner,
I
know
not:
one
thing
I
know,
that whereas
I
was
blind,
now
I
see.
They
said
then
to
him:
What
did
he
to thee?
How
did
he
open thy
eyes?
He
answered
them:
I
have
told
you
already,
and
you
have
heard:
why
would
you
hear
it
again?
will
you
also
become
his
disciples?
They
reviled
him
therefore,
and
said:
Be thou
his
disciple;
but
we
are
the
disciples
of
Moses.
We
know
that
God
spoke
to
Moses:
but
as
to
this
man,
we
know
not
from whence
he
is.
The
man
answered,
and
said
to
them:
Why, herein
is
a wonderful
thing,
that
you
know
not
from whence
he
is,
and
he hath
opened
my
eyes.
Now
we
know
that
God doth
not
hear
sinners:
but
if
a
man
be
a server
of
God,
and doth
his
will,
him
he heareth.
From
the
beginning
of
the
world
it hath
not
been
heard,
that
any
man hath
opened
the
eyes
of
one
born
blind.
Unless
this
man
were
of
God,
he
could
not
do
any
thing.
They
answered,
and
said
to
him: Thou wast
wholly
born
in
sins,
and dost thou
teach
us?
And
they
cast
him
out.
Jesus
heard
that
they
had
cast
him
out:
and
when
he
had
found
him,
he
said
to
him: Dost thou
believe
in
the
Son
of
God?
He
answered,
and
said:
Who
is
he,
Lord,
that
I
may
believe
in
him?
And
Jesus
said
to
him: Thou hast
both
seen
him;
and
it
is
he
that talketh
with thee.
And
he
said:
I
believe,
Lord.
And falling
down,
he adored
him.
And
Jesus
said:
For
judgment
I
am
come
into
this
world;
that
they
who
see
not,
may
see;
and
they
who
see,
may
become
blind.
And
some
of
the
Pharisees,
who
were
with
him,
heard:
and
they
said unto
him:
Are
we
also
blind?
Jesus
said
to
them:
If
you
were
blind,
you
should
not
have
sin:
but
now
you
say:
We
see.
Your
sin remaineth.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you:
He
that entereth
not
by
the
door
into
the
sheepfold,
but climbeth
up another
way,
the
same
is
a
thief
and
a
robber.
But
he
that entereth
in
by
the
door
is
the
shepherd
of
the
sheep.
To
him
the porter openeth;
and
the
sheep
hear
his
voice:
and
he calleth
his
own
sheep
by
name,
and leadeth
them
out.
And
when
he hath let
out
his
own
sheep,
he goeth
before
them:
and
the
sheep
follow
him,
because
they
know
his
voice.
But
a
stranger
they
follow
not,
but fly
from
him,
because
they
know
not
the
voice
of
strangers.
This
proverb
Jesus
spoke
to
them.
But
they
understood
not
what
he
spoke
to
them.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them
again:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
I
am
the
door
of
the
sheep.
All
others,
as
many
as
have
come,
are
thieves
and
robbers:
and
the
sheep
heard
them
not.
I
am
the
door.
By
me,
if
any
man
enter
in,
he
shall
be
saved:
and
he
shall
go
in,
and
go
out,
and
shall
find pastures.
The
thief cometh
not,
but
for
to
steal,
and
to
kill,
and
to
destroy.
I
am
come
that
they
may
have
life,
and
may
have
it
more
abundantly.
I
am
the
good
shepherd.
The
good
shepherd giveth
his
life
for
his
sheep.
But
the hireling,
and
he
that
is
not
the
shepherd,
whose
own
the
sheep
are
not, seeth
the
wolf
coming,
and leaveth
the
sheep,
and flieth:
and
the
wolf catcheth,
and scattereth
the
sheep:
And
the hireling flieth,
because
he
is
a hireling:
and
he hath
no
care
for
the
sheep.
I
am
the
good
shepherd;
and
I
know
mine,
and
mine
know
me.
As
the
Father knoweth
me,
and
I
know
the
Father:
and
I
lay
down
my
life
for
my
sheep.
And
other
sheep
I
have,
that
are
not
of
this
fold:
them
also
I
must
bring,
and
they
shall
hear
my
voice,
and
there
shall
be
one
fold
and
one
shepherd.
Therefore doth
the
Father
love
me:
because
I
lay
down
my
life,
that
I
may
take
it
again.
No
man taketh
it
away
from
me:
but
I
lay
it
down
of
myself,
and
I
have
power
to
lay
it
down:
and
I
have
power
to
take
it
up
again.
This
commandment
have
I
received
of
my
Father.
A dissension rose
again
among
the
Jews
for
these
words.
And
many
of
them
said:
He hath
a devil,
and
is
mad:
why
hear
you
him?
Others
said:
These
are
not
the
words
of
one
that hath
a devil:
Can
a devil
open
the
eyes
of
the
blind?
And
it
was
the
feast
of
the
dedication
at
Jerusalem:
and
it
was
winter.
And
Jesus
walked
in
the
temple,
in
Solomon’s porch.
The
Jews
therefore
came round
about
him,
and
said
to
him:
How
long dost thou hold
our
souls
in suspense?
If thou
be
the
Christ,
tell
us
plainly.
Jesus
answered
them:
I
speak
to
you,
and
you
believe
not:
the
works
that
I
do
in
the
name
of
my
Father,
they
give
testimony
of
me.
But
you
do
not
believe,
because
you
are
not
of
my
sheep.
My
sheep
hear
my
voice:
and
I
know
them,
and
they
follow
me.
And
I
give
them
life everlasting;
and
they
shall
not
perish
for
ever,
and
no
man
shall pluck
them
out
of
my
hand.
That
which
my
Father hath
given
me,
is
greater
than
all:
and
no
one
can
snatch
them
out
of
the
hand
of
my
Father.
I
and
the
Father
are
one.
The
Jews
then took
up
stones
to
stone
him.
Jesus
answered
them:
Many
good
works
I
have shewed
you
from
my
Father;
for
which
of
these
works
do
you
stone
me?
The
Jews
answered
him:
For
a
good
work
we
stone thee
not,
but
for
blasphemy;
and
because
that thou,
being
a
man, maketh thyself
God.
Jesus
answered
them:
Is
it
not
written
in
your
law:
I
said
you
are
gods?
If
he
called
them
gods,
to
whom
to
word
of
God
was
spoken,
and
the
scripture
cannot
be
broken;
Do
you
say
of
him
whom
the
Father hath
sanctified
and
sent
into
the
world: Thou blasphemest,
because
I
said,
I
am
the
Son
of
God?
If
I
do
not
the
works
of
my
Father,
believe
me
not.
But
if
I
do,
though
you
will
not
believe
me,
believe
the
works:
that
you
may
know
and
believe
that
the
Father
is
in
me,
and
I
in
the
Father.
They
sought
therefore
to take
him;
and
he escaped
out
of
their
hands.
And
he
went
again
beyond
the
Jordan,
into
that
place
where
John
was
baptizing
first;
and
there
he abode.
And
many resorted
to
him,
and
they
said:
John
indeed
did
no
sign.
But
all
things whatsoever
John
said
of
this man,
were true.
And
many
believed
in
him.
Now
there
was
a
certain
man
sick, named
Lazarus,
of Bethania,
of
the
town
of
Mary
and
Martha
her
sister.
(And
Mary
was
she
that
anointed
the
Lord
with
ointment,
and
wiped
his
feet
with
her
hair:
whose
brother
Lazarus
was
sick.)
His
sisters
therefore
sent
to
him,
saying:
Lord,
behold,
he
whom thou lovest
is
sick.
And
Jesus
hearing
it,
said
to
them:
This
sickness
is
not unto
death,
but
for
the
glory
of
God:
that
the
Son
of
God
may
be
glorified
by
it.
Now
Jesus
loved
Martha,
and
her
sister
Mary,
and
Lazarus.
When
he
had
heard
therefore
that
he
was
sick,
he still
remained
in
the
same
place
two
days.
Then
after
that,
he
said
to
his
disciples:
Let
us
go
into
Judea
again.
The
disciples
say
to
him:
Rabbi,
the
Jews
but
now
sought
to
stone thee:
and goest thou thither
again?
Jesus
answered:
Are
there
not
twelve
hours
of
the
day?
If
a
man
walk
in
the
day,
he stumbleth
not,
because
he seeth
the
light
of
this
world:
But
if
he
walk
in
the
night,
he stumbleth,
because
the
light
is
not
in
him.
These
things
he
said;
and
after
that
he
said
to
them:
Lazarus
our
friend sleepeth;
but
I
go
that
I
may awake
him out
of
sleep.
His
disciples
therefore
said:
Lord,
if
he
sleep,
he
shall
do
well.
But
Jesus
spoke
of
his
death;
and
they
thought
that
he
spoke
of
the repose
of
sleep.
Then
therefore
Jesus
said
to
them
plainly:
Lazarus
is
dead.
And
I
am
glad,
for
your
sakes,
that
I
was
not
there,
that
you
may
believe:
but
let us
go
to
him.
Thomas
therefore,
who
is
called
Didymus,
said
to
his
fellow
disciples:
Let
us
also
go,
that
we
may
die
with
him.
Jesus
therefore
came,
and
found
that
he
had
been
four
days
already
in
the grave.
(Now Bethania
was
near
Jerusalem,
about
fifteen furlongs
off.)
And
many
of
the
Jews
were
come
to
Martha
and
Mary,
to
comfort
them
concerning
their
brother.
Martha
therefore,
as
soon
as
she
heard
that
Jesus
had
come,
went
to
meet
him:
but
Mary
sat
at
home.
Martha
therefore
said
to
Jesus:
Lord,
if thou hadst
been
here,
my
brother
had
not
died.
But
now
also
I
know
that whatsoever thou wilt
ask
of
God,
God
will
give
it thee.
Jesus saith
to
her: Thy
brother shall
rise
again.
Martha saith
to
him:
I
know
that
he shall
rise
again,
in
the
resurrection
at
the
last
day.
Jesus
said
to
her:
I
am
the
resurrection
and
the
life:
he
that believeth
in
me,
although
he
be
dead,
shall
live:
And
every
one
that liveth,
and believeth
in
me,
shall
not
die
for
ever. Believest thou
this?
She saith
to
him: Yea,
Lord,
I
have
believed
that thou art
Christ
the
Son
of
the living
God,
who art
come
into
this
world.
And
when
she
had
said
these
things,
she
went,
and
called
her
sister
Mary
secretly,
saying:
The master
is come,
and calleth
for thee.
She,
as
soon
as
she
heard
this, riseth
quickly,
and cometh
to
him.
For
Jesus
was
not
yet
come
into
the town:
but
he
was
still
in
that
place
where
Martha
had
met
him.
The
Jews
therefore,
who
were
with
her
in
the
house,
and comforted
her,
when
they
saw
Mary
that
she
rose
up speedily
and
went
out,
followed
her,
saying:
She goeth
to
the grave
to
weep
there.
When
Mary
therefore
was
come
where
Jesus
was,
seeing
him,
she
fell
down
at
his
feet,
and saith
to
him:
Lord,
if thou hadst
been
here,
my
brother
had
not
died.
Jesus,
therefore,
when
he
saw
her
weeping,
and
the
Jews
that
were
come
with
her,
weeping, groaned
in
the
spirit,
and
troubled
himself,
And
said:
Where
have
you
laid
him?
They
say
to
him:
Lord,
come
and
see.
And
Jesus
wept.
The
Jews
therefore
said:
Behold
how
he
loved
him.
But
some
of
them
said:
Could
not
he
that
opened
the
eyes
of
the
man born
blind,
have
caused
that
this
man
should
not
die?
Jesus
therefore
again groaning
in
himself, cometh
to
the sepulchre.
Now
it
was
a
cave;
and
a
stone
was laid
over
it.
Jesus saith:
Take
away
the
stone.
Martha,
the
sister
of
him
that
was dead, saith
to
him:
Lord,
by
this
time
he stinketh,
for
he
is
now
of four days.
Jesus saith
to
her:
Did
not
I
say
to thee,
that
if thou
believe, thou shalt
see
the
glory
of
God?
They
took
therefore
the
stone
away.
And
Jesus lifting
up
his
eyes
said:
Father,
I
give thee
thanks
that thou hast
heard
me.
And
I
knew
that thou hearest
me
always;
but
because
of
the
people
who stand
about
have
I
said
it,
that
they
may
believe
that thou hast
sent
me.
When
he
had
said
these
things,
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice:
Lazarus,
come
forth.
And presently
he
that
had
been
dead
came
forth,
bound
feet
and
hands
with winding bands;
and
his
face
was
bound
about
with
a napkin.
Jesus
said
to
them:
Loose
him,
and
let
him
go.
Many
therefore
of
the
Jews,
who
were
come
to
Mary
and Martha,
and
had
seen
the
things
that
Jesus
did,
believed
in
him.
But
some
of
them
went
to
the
Pharisees,
and
told
them
the
things
that
Jesus
had
done.
The
chief
priests
therefore,
and
the
Pharisees,
gathered
a
council,
and
said:
What
do
we,
for
this
man doth
many miracles?
If
we
let
him
alone
so,
all
will
believe
in
him;
and
the
Romans
will
come,
and
take
away
our
place
and
nation.
But
one
of
them,
named Caiphas,
being
the
high
priest
that
year,
said
to
them:
You
know
nothing.
Neither
do
you
consider
that
it
is expedient
for
you
that
one
man
should
die
for
the
people,
and
that
the
whole
nation
perish
not.
And
this
he
spoke
not
of
himself:
but
being
the
high
priest
of
that
year,
he
prophesied
that
Jesus
should
die
for
the
nation.
And
not
only
for
the
nation,
but
to
gather
together
in
one
the
children
of
God,
that
were dispersed.
From
that
day
therefore
they devised
to
put
him
to
death.
Wherefore
Jesus
walked
no
more
openly
among
the
Jews;
but
he
went
into
a
country
near
the
desert, unto
a
city
that
is
called Ephrem,
and
there
he abode
with
his
disciples.
And
the pasch
of
the
Jews
was
at
hand;
and
many
from
the
country
went
up
to
Jerusalem,
before
the pasch
to
purify
themselves.
They
sought
therefore
for
Jesus;
and
they discoursed
one
with
another,
standing
in
the
temple:
What
think
you
that
he
is
not
come
to
the
festival day?
And
the
chief
priests
and
Pharisees
had
given
a
commandment,
that
if
any
man
knew
where
he
was,
he
should tell,
that
they
might apprehend
him.
Jesus
therefore,
six
days
before
the pasch,
came
to Bethania,
where
Lazarus
had
been
dead,
whom
Jesus
raised
to life.
And
they
made
him
a
supper
there:
and
Martha
served:
but
Lazarus
was
one
of
them
that
were
at table
with
him.
Mary
therefore
took
a
pound
of
ointment
of right spikenard,
of
great price,
and
anointed
the
feet
of
Jesus,
and
wiped
his
feet
with
her
hair;
and
the
house
was
filled
with
the odour
of
the
ointment.
Then
one
of
his
disciples,
Judas
Iscariot,
he
that
was
about
to
betray
him,
said:
Why
was
not
this
ointment
sold
for
three
hundred pence,
and
given
to
the
poor?
Now
he
said
this,
not
because
he cared
for
the
poor;
but
because
he
was
a
thief,
and
having
the purse,
carried
the
things
that
were
put therein.
Jesus
therefore
said:
Let
her
alone,
that
she
may
keep
it
against
the
day
of
my
burial.
For
the
poor
you
have
always
with
you;
but
me
you
have
not
always.
A
great
multitude
therefore
of
the
Jews
knew
that
he
was
there;
and
they
came,
not
for
Jesus’
sake
only,
but
that
they
might
see
Lazarus,
whom
he
had
raised
from
the
dead.
But
the
chief
priests thought
to
kill
Lazarus
also:
Because
many
of
the
Jews,
by
reason
of
him,
went
away,
and
believed
in
Jesus.
And
on
the
next
day,
a
great
multitude
that
was
to
come
to
the
festival
day,
when
they
had
heard
that
Jesus
was
coming
to
Jerusalem,
Took
branches
of
palm
trees,
and
went
forth
to
meet
him,
and
cried:
Hosanna,
blessed
is
he
that cometh
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
the
king
of
Israel.
And
Jesus
found
a
young ass,
and
sat
upon
it,
as
it
is
written:
Fear
not,
daughter
of Sion:
behold, thy
king cometh,
sitting
on an ass’s
colt.
These
things
his
disciples
did
not
know
at
the
first;
but
when
Jesus
was
glorified,
then
they
remembered
that
these
things
were
written
of
him,
and
that
they
had
done
these
things
to
him.
The
multitude
therefore gave
testimony,
which
was
with
him,
when
he
called
Lazarus
out
of
the grave,
and
raised
him
from
the
dead.
For
which
reason
also
the
people
came
to
meet
him,
because
they
heard
that
he
had
done
this
miracle.
The
Pharisees
therefore
said
among
themselves:
Do
you
see
that
we prevail
nothing?
behold,
the whole
world
is
gone
after
him.
Now
there
were
certain Gentiles
among
them,
who
came
up
to adore
on
the
festival day.
These
therefore
came
to
Philip,
who
was
of
Bethsaida
of
Galilee,
and
desired
him,
saying:
Sir,
we
would
see
Jesus.
Philip cometh,
and telleth
Andrew.
Again
Andrew
and
Philip
told
Jesus.
But
Jesus
answered
them,
saying:
The
hour
is
come,
that
the
Son
of
man
should
be
glorified.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
unless
the
grain
of
wheat
falling
into
the
ground
die,
Itself remaineth
alone.
But
if
it die,
it bringeth forth much fruit.
He
that loveth
his
life
shall
lose
it;
and
he
that hateth
his
life
in
this
world, keepeth
it unto
life
eternal.
If
any
man
minister
to
me,
let
him
follow
me;
and
where
I
am,
there
also
shall
my
minister
be.
If
any
man
minister
to
me,
him
will
my
Father honour.
Now
is
my
soul
troubled.
And
what
shall
I
say?
Father,
save
me
from
this
hour.
But
for
this cause
I
came unto
this
hour.
Father,
glorify thy
name.
A
voice
therefore
came
from
heaven:
I
have
both
glorified
it,
and
will
glorify
it
again.
The
multitude
therefore
that
stood
and
heard,
said
that
it
thundered.
Others
said:
An
angel
spoke
to
him.
Jesus
answered,
and
said:
This
voice
came
not
because
of
me,
but
for
your
sakes.
Now
is
the
judgment
of
the
world:
now
shall
the
prince
of
this
world
be
cast
out.
And
I,
if
I
be
lifted up
from
the
earth,
will
draw
all
things
to
myself.
(Now
this
he
said,
signifying
what
death
he
should
die.)
The
multitude
answered
him:
We
have
heard
out
of
the
law,
that
Christ abideth
for
ever;
and
how sayest thou:
The
Son
of
man
must
be
lifted
up?
Who
is
this
Son
of
man?
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them:
Yet
a little
while,
the
light
is
among
you.
Walk whilst
you
have
the
light,
that
the
darkness
overtake
you
not.
And
he
that walketh
in
darkness, knoweth
not whither
he goeth.
Whilst
you
have
the
light,
believe
in
the
light,
that
you
may
be
the children
of
light.
These
things
Jesus
spoke;
and
he
went
away,
and
hid
himself
from
them.
And
whereas
he
had
done
so
many miracles
before
them,
they
believed
not
in
him:
That
the
saying
of Isaias
the
prophet
might
be
fulfilled,
which
he
said:
Lord,
who hath
believed
our
hearing?
and
to
whom hath
the
arm
of
the
Lord
been
revealed?
Therefore
they
could
not
believe,
because Isaias
said
again:
He hath
blinded
their
eyes,
and
hardened
their
heart,
that
they
should
not
see
with
their
eyes,
nor
understand
with
their
heart,
and
be
converted,
and
I
should
heal
them.
These
things
said Isaias,
when
he
saw
his
glory,
and
spoke
of
him.
However,
many
of
the chief
men
also
believed
in
him;
but
because
of
the
Pharisees
they
did
not
confess
him,
that
they
might
not
be cast
out
of
the
synagogue.
For they
loved
the
glory
of
men
more
than
the
glory
of
God.
But
Jesus
cried,
and
said:
He
that believeth
in
me, doth
not
believe
in
me,
but
in
him
that
sent
me.
And
he that seeth
me, seeth
him that
sent
me.
I
am
come
a
light
into
the
world;
that whosoever believeth
in
me,
may
not
remain
in
darkness.
And
if
any
man
hear
my
words,
and
keep
them
not,
I
do
not
judge
him:
for
I
came
not
to
judge
the
world,
but
to
save
the
world.
He
that despiseth
me,
and receiveth
not
my
words, hath
one
that judgeth
him;
the
word
that
I
have
spoken,
the
same
shall
judge
him
in
the
last
day.
For
I
have
not
spoken
of
myself;
but
the
Father
who
sent
me,
he
gave
me
commandment
what
I
should
say,
and
what
I
should
speak.
And
I
know
that
his
commandment
is
life everlasting.
The
things
therefore
that
I
speak,
even
as
the
Father
said unto
me,
so
do
I
speak.
Before
the
festival day
of
the pasch,
Jesus
knowing
that
his
hour
was
come,
that
he
should pass
out
of
this
world
to
the
Father: having
loved
his
own
who
were
in
the
world,
he
loved
them unto
the
end.
And
when
supper
was
done, (the
devil
having
now
put
into
the
heart
of
Judas
Iscariot,
the son
of
Simon,
to
betray
him,)
Knowing
that
the
Father
had
given
him
all
things
into
his
hands,
and
that
he
came
from
God,
and goeth
to
God;
He riseth
from
supper,
and layeth
aside
his
garments,
and having
taken
a
towel,
girded
himself.
After
that,
he putteth
water
into
a
basin,
and
began
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
disciples,
and
to
wipe
them
with
the
towel wherewith
he
was
girded.
He cometh
therefore
to
Simon
Peter.
And
Peter saith
to
him:
Lord, dost thou
wash
my
feet?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
him:
What
I
do thou knowest
not
now;
but thou shalt
know hereafter.
Peter saith
to
him: Thou shalt
never
wash
my
feet.
Jesus
answered
him:
If
I
wash thee
not, thou shalt
have
no
part
with
me.
Simon
Peter saith
to
him:
Lord,
not
only
my
feet,
but
also
my
hands
and
my
head.
Jesus saith
to
him:
He
that
is
washed, needeth
not
but
to
wash
his
feet,
but
is
clean
wholly.
And
you
are
clean,
but
not
all.
For
he
knew
who
he
was
that
would
betray
him;
therefore
he
said:
You
are
not
all
clean.
Then
after
he
had
washed
their
feet,
and
taken
his
garments,
being set
down
again,
he
said
to
them:
Know
you
what
I
have
done
to
you?
You
call
me
Master,
and
Lord;
and
you
say
well,
for
so
I
am.
If
then
I
being
your
Lord
and
Master,
have
washed
your
feet;
you
also
ought
to
wash
one
another’s
feet.
For
I
have
given
you
an
example,
that
as
I
have
done
to
you,
so
you
do
also.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you:
The
servant
is
not
greater
than
his
lord;
neither
is
the
apostle
greater
than
he
that
sent
him.
If
you
know
these
things,
you
shall
be
blessed
if
you
do
them.
I
speak
not
of
you
all:
I
know
whom
I
have
chosen.
But
that
the
scripture
may
be
fulfilled:
He
that eateth
bread
with
me, shall
lift
up
his
heel
against
me.
At
present
I
tell
you,
before
it
come
to
pass:
that
when
it shall
come
to
pass,
you
may
believe
that
I
am
he.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
he
that receiveth whomsoever
I
send, receiveth
me;
and
he
that receiveth
me, receiveth
him
that
sent
me.
When
Jesus
had
said
these
things,
he
was
troubled
in
spirit;
and
he
testified,
and
said:
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
one
of
you
shall
betray
me.
The
disciples therefore looked
one upon
another, doubting
of
whom
he
spoke.
Now
there
was leaning
on
Jesus’
bosom
one
of
his
disciples,
whom
Jesus
loved.
Simon
Peter
therefore beckoned
to
him,
and
said
to
him:
Who
is
it
of
whom
he speaketh?
He
therefore,
leaning
on
the
breast
of
Jesus, saith
to
him:
Lord,
who
is
it?
Jesus
answered:
He
it
is
to
whom
I
shall reach bread
dipped.
And
when
he
had
dipped
the bread,
he
gave
it
to
Judas
Iscariot,
the son
of
Simon.
And
after
the
morsel,
Satan
entered
into
him.
And
Jesus
said
to
him:
That
which thou dost,
do
quickly.
Now
no
man
at
the table
knew
to
what
purpose
he
said
this unto
him.
For
some
thought,
because
Judas
had
the purse,
that
Jesus
had
said
to
him:
Buy
those
things
which
we
have
need
of
for
the
festival day:
or
that
he
should
give
something
to
the
poor.
He
therefore
having
received
the
morsel,
went
out
immediately.
And
it
was
night.
When
he
therefore
was
gone
out,
Jesus
said:
Now
is
the
Son
of
man
glorified,
and
God
is
glorified
in
him.
If
God
be
glorified
in
him,
God
also
will
glorify
him
in
himself;
and
immediately
will
he
glorify
him.
Little
children,
yet
a
little
while
I
am
with
you.
You
shall
seek
me;
and
as
I
said
to
the
Jews: Whither
I
go
you
cannot
come;
so
I
say
to
you
now.
A
new
commandment
I
give unto
you:
That
you
love
one
another,
as
I
have
loved
you,
that
you
also
love
one
another.
By
this
shall
all
men
know
that
you
are
my
disciples,
if
you
have
love
one
for
another.
Simon
Peter saith
to
him:
Lord, whither goest thou?
Jesus
answered: Whither
I
go, thou canst
not
follow
me
now;
but thou shalt
follow hereafter.
Peter saith
to
him:
Why
cannot
I
follow thee
now?
I
will
lay
down
my
life
for thee.
Jesus
answered
him: Wilt thou
lay
down thy
life
for
me?
Amen,
amen
I
say
to thee,
the cock shall
not
crow, till thou
deny
me thrice.
Let
not
your
heart
be
troubled.
You
believe
in
God,
believe
also
in
me.
In
my
Father’s
house
there
are
many mansions.
If
not,
I
would
have
told
you:
because
I
go
to
prepare
a
place
for
you.
And
if
I
shall
go,
and
prepare
a
place
for
you,
I
will
come
again,
and
will
take
you
to
myself;
that
where
I
am,
you
also
may
be.
And whither
I
go
you
know,
and
the
way
you
know.
Thomas saith
to
him:
Lord,
we
know
not whither thou goest;
and
how
can
we
know
the
way?
Jesus saith
to
him:
I
am
the
way,
and
the
truth,
and
the
life.
No
man cometh
to
the
Father,
but
by
me.
If
you
had
known
me,
you
would
without doubt
have
known
my
Father
also:
and
from henceforth
you
shall
know
him,
and
you
have
seen
him.
Philip saith
to
him:
Lord, shew
us
the
Father,
and
it
is
enough
for
us.
Jesus saith
to
him:
Have
I
been
so
long
a
time
with
you;
and
have
you
not
known
me?
Philip,
he
that seeth
me seeth
the
Father
also.
How sayest thou, Shew
us
the
Father?
Do
you
not
believe,
that
I
am
in
the
Father,
and
the
Father
in
me?
The
words
that
I
speak
to
you,
I
speak
not
of
myself.
But
the
Father
who abideth
in
me,
he doth
the
works.
Believe
you
not
that
I
am
in
the
Father,
and
the
Father
in
me?
Otherwise
believe
for
the
very works’
sake.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
he
that believeth
in
me,
the
works
that
I
do,
he
also
shall
do;
and
greater
than
these
shall
he
do.
Because
I go
to
the
Father:
and whatsoever
you
shall
ask
the
Father
in
my
name,
that
will
I
do:
that
the
Father
may
be
glorified
in
the
Son.
If
you shall
ask
me
any thing
in
my
name,
that
I
will
do.
If
you
love
me,
keep
my
commandments.
And
I
will
ask
the
Father,
and
he
shall
give
you
another Paraclete,
that
he
may abide
with
you
for
ever.
The
spirit
of
truth,
whom
the
world
cannot
receive,
because
it seeth
him
not,
nor knoweth
him:
but
you
shall
know
him;
because
he
shall
abide
with
you,
and
shall
be
in
you.
I
will
not
leave
you
orphans,
I
will
come
to
you.
Yet
a
little
while:
and
the
world seeth
me
no
more.
But
you
see
me:
because
I
live,
and
you
shall
live.
In
that
day
you
shall
know,
that
I
am
in
my
Father,
and
you
in
me,
and
I
in
you.
He
that hath
my
commandments,
and keepeth
them;
he
it
is
that loveth
me.
And
he
that loveth
me,
shall
be
loved
of
my
Father:
and
I
will
love
him,
and
will manifest
myself
to
him.
Judas saith
to
him,
not
the
Iscariot:
Lord,
how
is
it,
that thou wilt manifest thyself
to
us,
and
not
to
the
world?
Jesus
answered,
and
said
to
him:
If
any
one
love
me,
he
will
keep
my
word,
and
my
Father
will
love
him,
and
we
will
come
to
him,
and
will
make
our
abode
with
him.
He
that loveth
me
not, keepeth
not
my
words.
And
the
word
which
you
have
heard,
is
not
mine;
but
the
Father’s
who
sent
me.
These
things
have
I
spoken
to
you,
abiding
with
you.
But
the Paraclete,
the
Holy Ghost,
whom
the
Father
will
send
in
my
name,
he
will
teach
you
all
things,
and
bring
all
things
to
your
mind, whatsoever
I
shall
have
said
to
you.
Peace
I
leave
with
you,
my
peace
I
give unto
you:
not
as
the
world giveth,
do
I
give unto
you.
Let
not
your
heart
be
troubled,
nor
let
it
be afraid.
You
have
heard
that
I
said
to
you:
I
go
away,
and
I
come unto
you.
If
you
loved
me,
you
would
indeed
be
glad,
because
I
go
to
the
Father:
for
the
Father
is
greater
than
I.
And
now
I
have
told
you
before
it
comes
to
pass:
that
when
it
shall
come
to
pass,
you
may
believe.
I
will
not
now
speak
many
things
with
you.
For
the
prince
of
this
world cometh,
and
in
me
he hath
not
any
thing.
But
that
the
world
may
know,
that
I
love
the
Father:
and
as
the
Father hath
given
me commandment,
so
do
I:
Arise,
let
us
go
hence.
I
am
the
true
vine;
and
my
Father
is
the husbandman.
Every
branch
in
me,
that beareth
not
fruit,
he
will
take
away:
and
every
one
that beareth
fruit,
he
will purge
it,
that
it
may
bring forth
more
fruit.
Now
you
are
clean
by
reason
of
the
word,
which
I
have
spoken
to
you.
Abide
in
me,
and
I
in
you.
As
the
branch
cannot
bear
fruit
of
itself,
unless
it
abide
in
the
vine,
so
neither
can
you,
unless
you
abide
in
me.
I
am
the
vine:
you
the
branches:
he
that abideth
in
me,
and
I
in
him,
the
same beareth
much
fruit:
for
without
me
you
can
do
nothing.
If
any
one
abide
not
in
me,
he
shall
be
cast
forth
as
a
branch,
and
shall
wither,
and
they
shall
gather
him
up,
and
case
him
into
the
fire,
and
be burneth.
If
you
abide
in
me,
and
my
words
abide
in
you,
you
shall
ask
whatever
you
will,
and
it
shall
be
done unto
you.
In
this
is
my
Father
glorified;
that
you
bring forth
very
much
fruit,
and
become
my
disciples.
As
the
Father hath
loved
me,
I
also
have
loved
you.
If
you
keep
my
commandments,
you
shall
abide
in
my
love;
as
I
also
have
kept
my
Father’s
commandments,
and
do
abide
in
his
love.
These
things
I
have
spoken
to
you,
that
my
joy
may
be
in
you,
and
your
joy
may
be
filled.
This
is
my
commandment,
that
you
love
one
another,
as
I
have
loved
you.
Greater
love
than
this
no
man hath,
that
a
man
lay
down
his
life
for
his
friends.
You
are
my
friends,
if
you
do
the
things
that
I
command
you.
I
will
not
now
call
you
servants:
for
the
servant knoweth
not
what
his
lord doth.
But
I
have
called
you
friends:
because
all
things whatsoever
I
have
heard
of
my
Father,
I
have
made
known
to
you.
You
have
not
chosen
me:
but
I
have
chosen
you;
and
have
appointed
you,
that
you
should
go,
and
should
bring forth
fruit;
and
your
fruit
should
remain:
that whatsoever
you
shall
ask
of
the
Father
in
my
name,
he
may
give
it
you.
These
things
I
command
you,
that
you
love
one
another.
If
the
world
hate
you,
know ye,
that it hath
hated
me
before
you.
If
you
had
been
of
the
world,
the
world
would
love
its
own:
but
because
you
are
not
of
the
world,
but
I
have
chosen
you
out
of
the
world,
therefore
the
world hateth
you.
Remember
my
word
that
I
said
to
you:
The
servant
is
not
greater
than
his
master.
If
they
have
persecuted
me,
they
will
also
persecute
you:
if
they
have
kept
my
word,
they
will
keep
yours
also.
But
all
these
things
they
will
do
to
you
for
my
name’s
sake:
because
they
know
not
him
who
sent
me.
If
I
had
not
come,
and
spoken
to
them,
they
would
not
have
sin;
but
now
they
have
no
excuse
for
their
sin.
He that hateth
me, hateth
my
Father
also.
If
I
had
not
done
among
them
the
works
that
no
other
man hath
done,
they
would
not
have
sin;
but
now
they
have
both
seen
and
hated
both
me
and
my
Father.
But
that
the
word
may
be
fulfilled
which
is
written
in
their
law:
They
hated
me without cause.
But
when
the Paraclete cometh,
whom
I
will
send
you
from
the
Father,
the
Spirit
of
truth,
who proceedeth
from
the
Father,
he shall
give
testimony
of
me.
And
you
shall give
testimony,
because
you
are
with
me
from
the
beginning.
These
things
have
I
spoken
to
you,
that
you
may
not
be scandalized.
They
will
put
you
out
of
the synagogues: yea,
the
hour cometh,
that whosoever killeth
you,
will
think
that
he doth
a
service
to
God.
And
these
things
will
they
do
to
you;
because
they
have
not
known
the
Father,
nor
me.
But
these
things
I
have
told
you,
that
when
the
hour
shall
come,
you
may
remember
that
I
told
you
of
them.
But
I
told
you
not
these
things
from
the beginning,
because
I
was
with
you.
And
now
I
go
to
him
that
sent
me,
and
none
of
you asketh
me: Whither goest thou?
But
because
I
have
spoken
these
things
to
you,
sorrow hath
filled
your
heart.
But
I
tell
you
the
truth:
it
is expedient
to
you
that
I
go:
for
if
I
go
not,
the Paraclete
will
not
come
to
you;
but
if
I
go,
I
will
send
him
to
you.
And
when
he
is
come,
he
will convince
the
world
of
sin,
and
of
justice,
and
of
judgment.
Of
sin:
because
they
believed
not
in
me.
And
of
justice:
because
I
go
to
the
Father;
and
you
shall
see
me
no
longer.
And
of
judgment:
because
the
prince
of
this
world
is already
judged.
I
have
yet
many
things
to
say
to
you:
but
you
cannot
bear
them
now.
But
when
he,
the
Spirit
of
truth,
is
come,
he
will teach
you
all
truth.
For
he
shall
not
speak
of
himself;
but
what
things soever
he
shall
hear,
he
shall
speak;
and
the
things
that
are
to
come,
he
shall shew
you.
He
shall
glorify
me;
because
he
shall
receive
of
mine,
and
shall shew
it
to
you.
All
things whatsoever
the
Father hath,
are
mine.
Therefore
I
said,
that
he
shall
receive
of
mine,
and shew
it
to
you.
A
little
while,
and
now
you
shall
not
see
me;
and
again
a
little
while,
and
you
shall
see
me: because
I go
to
the Father.
Then
some
of
the
disciples
said
one
to
another:
What
is
this
that
he saith
to
us:
A
little
while,
and
you
shall
not
see
me;
and
again
a
little
while,
and
you
shall
see
me,
and,
because
I
go
to
the
Father?
They
said
therefore:
What
is
this
that
he saith,
A
little
while?
we
know
not
what
he speaketh.
And
Jesus
knew
that
they
had
a
mind
to
ask
him;
and
he
said
to
them:
Of
this
do
you
inquire
among
yourselves,
because
I
said:
A
little
while,
and
you
shall
not
see
me;
and
again
a
little
while,
and
you
shall
see
me?
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you,
that
you
shall
lament
and
weep,
but
the
world
shall
rejoice;
and
you
shall
be
made
sorrowful,
but
your
sorrow
shall
be
turned
into
joy.
A
woman,
when
she
is
in labour, hath
sorrow,
because
her
hour
is
come;
but
when
she hath
brought
forth
the
child,
she remembereth
no
more
the
anguish,
for
joy
that
a
man
is
born
into
the
world.
So
also
you
now
indeed
have
sorrow;
but
I
will
see
you
again,
and
your
heart
shall
rejoice;
and
your
joy
no
man
shall
take
from
you.
And
in
that
day
you
shall
not
ask
me
any
thing.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to
you:
if
you
ask
the
Father
any
thing
in
my
name,
he
will
give
it
you.
Hitherto
you
have
not
asked
any
thing
in
my
name.
Ask,
and
you
shall
receive;
that
your
joy
may
be
full.
These
things
I
have
spoken
to
you
in proverbs.
The
hour cometh,
when
I
will
no
more
speak
to
you
in proverbs,
but
will shew
you
plainly
of
the
Father.
In
that
day
you
shall
ask
in
my
name;
and
I
say
not
to
you,
that
I
will
ask
the
Father
for
you:
For
the
Father
himself loveth
you,
because
you
have
loved
me,
and
have
believed
that
I
came
out
from
God.
I
came
forth
from
the
Father,
and
am
come
into
the
world:
again
I
leave
the
world,
and
I
go
to
the
Father.
His
disciples
say
to
him:
Behold,
now thou speakest
plainly,
and speakest
no
proverb.
Now
we
know
that thou knowest
all
things,
and thou needest
not
that
any
man
should
ask thee.
By
this
we
believe
that thou camest
forth
from
God.
Jesus
answered
them:
Do
you
now
believe?
Behold,
the
hour cometh,
and
it
is
now
come,
that
you
shall
be
scattered
every
man
to
his
own,
and
shall
leave
me
alone;
and
yet
I
am
not
alone,
because
the
Father
is
with
me.
These
things
I
have
spoken
to
you,
that
in
me
you
may
have
peace.
In
the
world
you
shall
have
distress:
but
have confidence,
I
have
overcome
the
world.
These
things
Jesus
spoke,
and
lifting
up
his
eyes
to
heaven,
he
said:
Father,
the
hour
is
come,
glorify thy
Son,
that thy
Son
may
glorify thee.
As thou hast
given
him
power
over
all
flesh,
that
he
may
give
eternal
life
to
all
whom thou hast
given
him.
Now
this
is
eternal
life:
That
they
may
know thee,
the
only
true
God,
and
Jesus
Christ,
whom thou hast
sent.
I
have
glorified thee
on
the
earth;
I
have
finished
the
work
which thou gavest
me
to
do.
And
now
glorify thou
me, O
Father,
with thyself,
with
the
glory
which
I
had,
before
the
world
was,
with thee.
I
have
manifested thy
name
to
the
men
whom thou hast
given
me
out
of
the
world. Thine
they
were,
and
to
me thou gavest
them;
and
they
have
kept thy
word.
Now
they
have
known,
that
all
things
which thou hast
given
me,
are
from thee:
Because
the
words
which thou gavest
me,
I
have
given
to
them;
and
they
have
received
them,
and
have
known
in
very deed
that
I
came
out
from thee,
and
they
have
believed
that thou didst
send
me.
I pray
for
them:
I pray
not
for
the
world,
but
for
them
whom thou hast
given
me:
because
they
are thine:
And
all
my
things
are thine,
and thine
are
mine;
and
I
am
glorified
in
them.
And
now
I
am
not
in
the
world,
and
these
are
in
the
world,
and
I
come
to thee.
Holy
Father,
keep
them
in thy
name
whom thou
has
given
me;
that
they
may
be
one,
as
we
also
are.
While
I
was
with
them,
I
kept
them
in thy
name.
Those
whom thou gavest
me
have
I
kept;
and
none
of
them
is
lost,
but
the
son
of
perdition,
that
the
scripture
may
be
fulfilled.
And
now
I
come
to thee;
and
these
things
I
speak
in
the
world,
that
they
may
have
my
joy
filled
in
themselves.
I
have
given
them thy
word,
and
the
world hath
hated
them,
because
they
are
not
of
the
world;
as
I
also
am
not
of
the
world.
I
pray
not
that thou shouldst
take
them
out
of
the
world,
but
that thou shouldst
keep
them
from
evil.
They
are
not
of
the
world,
as
I also
am
not
of
the
world.
Sanctify
them
in
truth. Thy
word
is
truth.
As thou hast
sent
me
into
the
world,
I
also
have
sent
them
into
the
world.
And
for
them
do
I
sanctify
myself,
that
they
also
may
be
sanctified
in
truth.
And
not
for
them
only
do
I pray,
but
for
them
also
who
through
their
word
shall
believe
in
me;
That
they
all
may
be
one,
as thou,
Father,
in
me,
and
I
in thee;
that
they
also
may
be
one
in
us;
that
the
world
may
believe
that thou hast
sent
me.
And
the
glory
which thou hast
given
me,
I
have
given
to
them;
that
they
may
be
one,
as
we
also
are
one:
I
in
them,
and thou
in
me;
that
they
may
be
made
perfect
in
one:
and
the
world
may
know
that thou hast
sent
me,
and hast
loved
them,
as thou hast
also
loved
me.
Father,
I
will
that
where
I
am,
they
also
whom thou hast
given
me
may
be
with
me;
that
they
may
see
my
glory
which thou hast
given
me,
because thou hast
loved
me
before
the creation
of
the
world.
Just
Father,
the
world hath
not
known thee;
but
I
have
known thee:
and
these
have
known
that thou hast
sent
me.
And
I
have
made
known thy
name
to
them,
and
will
make
it
known;
that
the
love wherewith thou hast
loved
me,
may
be
in
them,
and
I
in
them.
When
Jesus
had
said
these
things,
he
went
forth
with
his
disciples
over
the brook Cedron,
where
there
was
a
garden,
into
which
he
entered
with
his
disciples.
And
Judas
also,
who
betrayed
him,
knew
the
place;
because
Jesus
had
often resorted thither
together
with
his
disciples.
Judas
therefore
having
received
a band
of soldiers
and
servants
from
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees, cometh thither
with
lanterns
and
torches
and
weapons.
Jesus
therefore,
knowing
all
things
that
should
come
upon
him,
went
forth,
and
said
to
them:
Whom
seek ye?
They
answered
him:
Jesus
of
Nazareth.
Jesus saith
to
them:
I
am
he.
And
Judas
also,
who
betrayed
him,
stood
with
them.
As soon
therefore
as
he
had
said
to
them:
I
am
he;
they
went backward,
and
fell
to
the
ground.
Again
therefore
he
asked
them:
Whom
seek ye?
And
they
said,
Jesus
of
Nazareth.
Jesus
answered,
I
have
told
you
that
I
am
he.
If
therefore
you
seek
me,
let
these
go
their
way.
That
the
word
might
be
fulfilled
which
he
said:
Of
them
whom thou hast
given
me,
I
have
not
lost
any
one.
Then
Simon
Peter,
having
a
sword,
drew
it,
and
struck
the
servant
of
the
high
priest,
and
cut
off
his
right
ear.
And
the
name
of
the
servant
was
Malchus.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
Peter:
Put
up thy
sword
into
the scabbard.
The chalice
which
my
Father hath
given
me,
shall
I
not
drink
it?
Then
the band
and
the tribune,
and
the
servants
of
the
Jews, took
Jesus,
and
bound
him:
And
they
led
him
away
to
Annas
first,
for
he
was father
in law
to Caiphas,
who
was
the
high
priest
of
that
year.
Now Caiphas
was
he
who
had given
the counsel
to
the
Jews:
That
it
was expedient
that
one
man should
die
for
the
people.
And
Simon
Peter
followed
Jesus,
and
so
did
another
disciple.
And
that
disciple
was
known
to
the
high
priest,
and went
in
with
Jesus
into
the
court
of
the
high
priest.
But
Peter
stood
at
the
door
without.
The
other
disciple
therefore,
who
was
known
to
the
high
priest,
went
out,
and
spoke
to
the portress,
and
brought
in
Peter.
The maid
therefore
that
was portress, saith
to
Peter: Art
not thou
also
one
of
this
man’s
disciples?
He saith:
I
am
not.
Now
the
servants
and ministers
stood
at
a
fire
of coals,
because
it
was
cold,
and
warmed
themselves.
And
with
them
was
Peter
also,
standing,
and
warming
himself.
The
high
priest
therefore
asked
Jesus
of
his
disciples,
and
of
his doctrine.
Jesus
answered
him:
I
have
spoken
openly
to
the
world:
I
have
always
taught
in
the
synagogue,
and
in
the
temple, whither
all
the
Jews resort;
and
in
secret
I
have
spoken
nothing.
Why asketh thou
me?
ask
them
who
have
heard
what
I
have
spoken unto
them:
behold
they
know
what
things
I
have
said.
And
when
he
had
said
these
things,
one
of
the
servants
standing
by,
gave
Jesus
a blow,
saying: Answerest thou
the
high
priest
so?
Jesus
answered
him:
If
I
have
spoken
evil, give
testimony
of
the
evil;
but
if
well,
why strikest thou
me?
And
Annas
sent
him
bound
to Caiphas
the
high
priest.
And
Simon
Peter
was
standing,
and
warming
himself.
They
said
therefore
to
him: Art
not thou
also
one
of
his
disciples?
He
denied
it,
and
said:
I
am
not.
One
of
the
servants
of
the
high
priest (a kinsman
to
him
whose
ear
Peter
cut
off) saith
to
him:
Did
I
not
see thee
in
the
garden
with
him?
Again
therefore
Peter
denied;
and
immediately
the cock crew.
Then
they
led
Jesus
from Caiphas
to
the governor’s hall.
And
it
was
morning;
and
they
went
not
into
the hall,
that
they
might
not
be
defiled,
but
that
they
might
eat
the pasch.
Pilate
therefore
went
out
to
them,
and
said:
What
accusation
bring
you
against
this
man?
They
answered,
and
said
to
him:
If
he
were
not
a malefactor,
we
would
not
have
delivered
him
up
to thee.
Pilate
therefore
said
to
them:
Take
him
you,
and
judge
him
according
to
your
law.
The
Jews
therefore
said
to
him:
It
is
not
lawful
for
us
to
put
any
man
to
death;
That
the
word
of
Jesus might
be
fulfilled,
which
he
said,
signifying
what
death
he
should
die.
Pilate
therefore
went
into
the hall
again,
and
called
Jesus,
and
said
to
him: Art thou
the
king
of
the
Jews?
Jesus
answered: Sayest thou
this
thing
of thyself,
or
have
others
told
it thee
of
me?
Pilate
answered:
Am
I
a
Jew? Thy own
nation,
and
the
chief
priests,
have
delivered thee
up
to
me:
what hast thou
done?
Jesus
answered:
My
kingdom
is
not
of
this
world.
If
my
kingdom
were
of
this
world,
my
servants
would certainly
strive
that
I
should
not
be
delivered
to
the
Jews:
but
now
my
kingdom
is
not
from hence.
Pilate
therefore
said
to
him: Art thou
a
king
then?
Jesus
answered: Thou sayest
that
I
am
a
king.
For
this
was
I
born,
and
for
this
came
I
into
the
world;
that
I
should
give
testimony
to
the
truth.
Every
one
that
is
of
the
truth, heareth
my
voice.
Pilate saith
to
him:
What
is
truth?
And
when
he
said
this,
he
went
out
again
to
the
Jews,
and saith
to
them:
I
find
no
cause
in
him.
But
you
have
a
custom
that
I
should
release
one unto
you
at
the pasch:
will
you,
therefore,
that
I
release unto
you
the
king
of
the
Jews?
Then
cried
they
all
again,
saying:
Not
this
man,
but
Barabbas.
Now
Barabbas
was
a
robber.
Then
therefore,
Pilate
took
Jesus,
and
scourged
him.
And
the
soldiers platting
a
crown
of
thorns,
put
it upon
his
head;
and
they
put
on
him
a
purple
garment.
And
they
came
to
him,
and
said:
Hail,
king
of
the
Jews;
and
they
gave
him blows.
Pilate therefore
went
forth
again,
and saith
to
them:
Behold,
I
bring
him
forth unto
you,
that
you
may
know
that
I
find
no
cause
in
him.
(Jesus
therefore
came
forth, bearing
the
crown
of
thorns
and
the
purple
garment.)
And
he saith
to
them:
Behold
the
Man.
When
the
chief
priests,
therefore,
and
the
servants,
had
seen
him,
they
cried
out,
saying:
Crucify
him,
crucify
him.
Pilate saith
to
them:
Take
him
you,
and
crucify
him:
for
I
find
no
cause
in
him.
The
Jews
answered
him:
We
have
a
law;
and
according
to
the
law
he
ought
to
die,
because
he
made
himself
the
Son
of
God.
When
Pilate
therefore
had
heard
this
saying,
he
feared
the
more.
And
he
entered
into
the hall
again,
and
he
said
to
Jesus: Whence art thou?
But
Jesus
gave
him
no
answer.
Pilate
therefore saith
to
him: Speakest thou
not
to
me? knowest thou
not
that
I
have
power
to
crucify thee,
and
I
have
power
to
release thee?
Jesus
answered: Thou shouldst
not
have
any
power
against
me,
unless
it
were
given thee
from
above.
Therefore,
he
that hath
delivered
me
to thee, hath
the
greater
sin.
And
from henceforth
Pilate
sought
to
release
him.
But
the
Jews
cried
out,
saying:
If thou
release
this
man, thou art
not
Caesar’s
friend.
For whosoever maketh
himself
a
king, speaketh
against
Caesar.
Now
when
Pilate
had
heard
these
words,
he
brought
Jesus
forth,
and
sat
down
in
the
judgment
seat,
in
the
place
that
is
called Lithostrotos,
and
in
Hebrew
Gabbatha.
And
it
was
the parasceve
of
the pasch,
about
the
sixth
hour,
and
he saith
to
the
Jews:
Behold
your
king.
But
they
cried
out:
Away
with
him;
away
with
him;
crucify
him.
Pilate saith
to
them: Shall
I
crucify
your
king?
The
chief
priests
answered:
We
have
no
king
but
Caesar.
Then
therefore
he
delivered
him
to
them
to
be
crucified.
And
they
took
Jesus,
and led
him forth.
And
bearing
his
own
cross,
he
went
forth
to
that
place
which
is
called Calvary,
but
in
Hebrew
Golgotha.
Where
they
crucified
him,
and
with
him
two
others,
one
on
each
side,
and
Jesus
in
the
midst.
And
Pilate
wrote
a title
also,
and
he
put
it
upon
the
cross.
And
the
writing
was:
JESUS
OF
NAZARETH,
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.
This title
therefore
many
of
the
Jews
did
read:
because
the
place
where
Jesus
was
crucified
was nigh
to
the
city:
and
it
was
written
in
Hebrew,
in
Greek,
and
in
Latin.
Then
the
chief
priests
of
the
Jews
said
to
Pilate:
Write
not,
The
King
of
the
Jews;
but
that
he
said,
I
am
the
King
of
the
Jews.
Pilate
answered:
What
I
have
written,
I
have
written.
The
soldiers
therefore,
when
they
had
crucified
him,
took
his
garments, (and
they
made
four
parts,
to
every
soldier
a
part,)
and
also
his
coat.
Now
the
coat
was
without seam,
woven
from
the
top
throughout.
They
said
then
one
to
another:
Let
us
not cut
it,
but
let
us
cast
lots
for
it,
whose
it
shall
be;
that
the
scripture
might
be
fulfilled,
saying:
They
have parted
my
garments
among
them,
and
upon
my vesture
they
have
cast
lot.
And
the
soldiers
indeed
did
these
things.
Now
there
stood
by
the
cross
of
Jesus,
his
mother,
and
his
mother’s
sister,
Mary
of Cleophas,
and
Mary Magdalen.
When
Jesus
therefore
had
seen
his
mother
and
the
disciple
standing
whom
he
loved,
he saith
to
his
mother:
Woman,
behold thy
son.
After
that,
he saith
to
the
disciple:
Behold thy
mother.
And
from
that
hour,
the
disciple
took
her
to
his
own.
Afterwards,
Jesus
knowing
that
all
things
were
now
accomplished,
that
the
scripture
might
be
fulfilled,
said:
I
thirst.
Now there
was
a
vessel
set there
full
of vinegar.
And
they, putting
a
sponge
full
of vinegar
and
hyssop,
put
it
to
his
mouth.
Jesus
therefore,
when
he
had
taken
the vinegar,
said:
It
is consummated.
And bowing
his
head,
he
gave
up
the ghost.
Then
the
Jews, (because
it
was
the parasceve,)
that
the
bodies
might
not
remain
on
the
cross
on
the
sabbath
day, (for
that
was
a
great
sabbath
day,) besought
Pilate
that
their
legs
might
be
broken,
and
that
they
might
be
taken
away.
The
soldiers
therefore
came;
and
they
broke
the
legs
of
the
first,
and
of
the
other
that
was
crucified
with
him.
But
after
they
were
come
to
Jesus,
when
they
saw
that
he
was
already
dead,
they
did
not
break
his
legs.
But
one
of
the
soldiers
with
a
spear opened
his
side,
and
immediately
there
came
out
blood
and
water.
And
he
that
saw
it, hath
given
testimony,
and
his
testimony
is
true.
And
he knoweth
that
he saith
true;
that
you
also
may
believe.
For
these
things
were
done,
that
the
scripture might
be
fulfilled:
You
shall
not break
a
bone
of
him.
And
again
another
scripture saith:
They
shall
look
on
him
whom
they
pierced.
And
after
these
things,
Joseph
of
Arimathea (because
he
was
a
disciple
of
Jesus,
but
secretly
for
fear
of
the
Jews) besought
Pilate
that
he
might
take
away
the
body
of
Jesus.
And
Pilate
gave leave.
He
came
therefore,
and
took
the
body
of
Jesus.
And
Nicodemus
also
came, (he
who
at
the
first
came
to
Jesus
by
night,)
bringing
a
mixture
of
myrrh
and
aloes,
about
an
hundred
pound weight.
They
took
therefore
the
body
of
Jesus,
and
bound
it
in
linen cloths,
with
the
spices,
as
the manner
of
the
Jews
is
to bury.
Now
there
was
in
the
place
where
he
was
crucified,
a
garden;
and
in
the
garden
a
new sepulchre, wherein
no
man
yet
had
been
laid.
There,
therefore,
because
of
the parasceve
of
the
Jews,
they
laid
Jesus,
because
the sepulchre
was nigh
at hand.
And
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
Mary Magdalen cometh
early,
when
it
was
yet
dark, unto
the sepulchre;
and
she
saw
the
stone
taken
away
from
the sepulchre.
She
ran,
therefore,
and cometh
to
Simon
Peter,
and
to
the
other
disciple
whom
Jesus
loved,
and saith
to
them:
They
have
taken
away
the
Lord
out
of
the sepulchre,
and
we
know
not
where
they
have
laid
him.
Peter
therefore
went
out,
and
that
other
disciple,
and
they
came
to
the sepulchre.
And
they
both
ran
together,
and
that
other
disciple
did outrun
Peter,
and
came
first
to
the sepulchre.
And
when
he
stooped down,
he
saw
the
linen cloths
lying;
but
yet
he
went
not
in.
Then cometh
Simon
Peter,
following
him,
and
went
into
the sepulchre,
and
saw
the
linen cloths
lying,
And
the napkin
that
had
been
about
his
head,
not
lying
with
the
linen cloths,
but
apart,
wrapped
up
into
one
place.
Then
that
other
disciple
also
went
in,
who
came
first
to
the sepulchre:
and
he
saw,
and
believed.
For
as
yet
they
knew
not
the
scripture,
that
he
must
rise
again
from
the
dead.
The
disciples
therefore
departed
again
to
their home.
But
Mary
stood
at
the sepulchre without,
weeping.
Now
as
she
was
weeping,
she
stooped down,
and
looked
into
the sepulchre,
And she
saw
two
angels
in
white,
sitting,
one
at
the
head,
and
one
at
the
feet,
where
the
body
of
Jesus
had
been
laid.
They
say
to
her:
Woman,
why weepest thou?
She saith
to
them:
Because
they
have
taken
away
my
Lord;
and
I
know
not
where
they
have
laid
him.
When
she
had
thus
said,
she
turned herself
back,
and
saw
Jesus
standing;
and
she
knew
not
that
it
was
Jesus.
Jesus saith
to
her:
Woman,
why weepest thou?
whom seekest thou?
She,
thinking
it
was
the
gardener, saith
to
him:
Sir,
if thou hast
taken
him hence,
tell
me
where thou hast
laid
him,
and
I
will
take
him
away.
Jesus saith
to
her:
Mary.
She
turning, saith
to
him:
Rabboni (which
is
to
say, Master).
Jesus saith
to
her:
Do
not
touch
me,
for
I
am
not
yet
ascended
to
my
Father.
But
go
to
my
brethren,
and
say
to
them:
I
ascend
to
my
Father
and
to
your
Father,
to
my
God
and
your
God.
Mary Magdalen cometh,
and telleth
the
disciples:
I
have
seen
the
Lord,
and
these
things
he
said
to
me.
Now
when
it
was late
that
same
day,
the
first
of
the
week,
and
the
doors
were
shut,
where
the
disciples
were gathered
together,
for
fear
of
the
Jews,
Jesus
came
and
stood
in
the
midst,
and
said
to
them:
Peace
be
to
you.
And
when
he
had
said
this,
he shewed
them
his
hands
and
his
side.
The
disciples
therefore
were
glad,
when
they
saw
the
Lord.
He
said
therefore
to
them
again:
Peace
be
to
you.
As
the
Father hath
sent
me,
I
also
send
you.
When
he
had
said
this,
he
breathed
on
them;
and
he
said
to
them:
Receive ye
the
Holy Ghost.
Whose
sins
you shall
forgive,
they
are
forgiven
them;
and
whose
sins
you shall
retain,
they
are
retained.
Now
Thomas,
one
of
the
twelve,
who
is
called
Didymus,
was
not
with
them
when
Jesus
came.
The
other
disciples
therefore
said
to
him:
We
have
seen
the
Lord.
But
he
said
to
them:
Except
I
shall
see
in
his
hands
the print
of
the
nails,
and
put
my
finger
into
the
place
of
the
nails,
and
put
my
hand
into
his
side,
I
will
not
believe.
And
after
eight
days
again
his
disciples
were
within,
and
Thomas
with
them.
Jesus cometh,
the
doors
being
shut,
and
stood
in
the
midst,
and
said:
Peace
be
to
you.
Then
he saith
to
Thomas:
Put
in thy
finger hither,
and
see
my
hands;
and
bring hither thy
hand,
and
put
it
into
my
side;
and
be
not faithless,
but
believing.
Thomas
answered,
and
said
to
him:
My
Lord,
and
my
God.
Jesus saith
to
him:
Because thou hast
seen
me, Thomas, thou hast
believed:
blessed
are
they
that
have
not
seen,
and
have
believed.
Many
other
signs
also
did
Jesus
in
the
sight
of
his
disciples,
which
are
not
written
in
this
book.
But
these
are
written,
that
you
may
believe
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ,
the
Son
of
God:
and
that
believing,
you
may
have
life
in
his
name.
After
this,
Jesus shewed
himself
again
to
the
disciples
at
the
sea
of
Tiberias.
And
he shewed
himself
after
this
manner.
There
were
together
Simon
Peter,
and
Thomas,
who
is
called
Didymus,
and
Nathanael,
who
was
of
Cana
of
Galilee,
and
the sons
of
Zebedee,
and
two
others
of
his
disciples.
Simon
Peter saith
to
them:
I
go
a
fishing.
They
say
to
him:
We
also
come
with thee.
And
they
went
forth,
and
entered
into
the
ship:
and
that
night
they
caught
nothing.
But
when
the morning
was
come,
Jesus
stood
on
the shore:
yet
the
disciples
knew
not
that
it
was
Jesus.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them:
Children,
have
you
any meat?
They
answered
him:
No.
He saith
to
them:
Cast
the
net
on
the
right
side
of
the
ship,
and
you
shall
find.
They
cast
therefore;
and
now
they
were
not
able
to
draw
it,
for
the
multitude
of fishes.
That
disciple
therefore
whom
Jesus
loved,
said
to
Peter:
It
is
the
Lord.
Simon
Peter,
when
he
heard
that
it
was
the
Lord, girt
his coat
about
him, (for
he
was
naked,)
and
cast
himself
into
the
sea.
But
the
other
disciples
came
in
the ship, (for
they
were
not
far
from
the
land,
but
as
it
were
two
hundred
cubits,)
dragging
the
net
with fishes.
As soon
then
as
they came
to
land,
they
saw hot coals
lying,
and
a
fish
laid thereon,
and
bread.
Jesus saith
to
them:
Bring hither
of
the fishes
which
you
have
now
caught.
Simon
Peter
went
up,
and
drew
the
net
to
land,
full
of
great fishes,
one
hundred
and
fifty-three.
And
although
there
were
so
many,
the
net
was
not broken.
Jesus saith
to
them:
Come,
and dine.
And
none
of
them
who
were
at
meat, durst
ask
him:
Who art thou?
knowing
that
it
was
the
Lord.
And
Jesus cometh
and taketh
bread,
and giveth
them,
and
fish
in
like
manner.
This
is
now
the
third
time
that
Jesus
was
manifested
to
his
disciples,
after
he
was
risen
from
the
dead.
When
therefore
they
had dined,
Jesus saith
to
Simon
Peter:
Simon son
of
John, lovest thou
me
more
than
these?
He saith
to
him: Yea,
Lord, thou knowest
that
I
love thee.
He saith
to
him:
Feed
my
lambs.
He saith
to
him
again:
Simon, son
of
John, lovest thou
me?
He saith
to
him: Yea,
Lord, thou knowest
that
I
love thee.
He saith
to
him: Feed
my lambs.
He
said
to
him
the
third
time:
Simon, son
of
John, lovest thou
me?
Peter
was
grieved,
because
he
had
said
to
him
the
third
time: Lovest thou
me?
And
he
said
to
him:
Lord, thou knowest
all
things: thou knowest
that
I
love thee.
He
said
to
him:
Feed
my
sheep.
Amen,
amen
I
say
to thee,
when thou wast
younger, thou didst
gird thyself,
and didst
walk
where thou wouldst.
But
when thou shalt
be
old, thou shalt
stretch forth thy
hands,
and
another
shall
gird thee,
and
lead thee whither thou wouldst
not.
And
this
he
said,
signifying
by
what
death
he
should
glorify
God.
And
when
he
had
said
this,
he saith
to
him:
Follow
me.
Peter
turning
about,
saw
that
disciple
whom
Jesus
loved
following,
who
also
leaned
on
his
breast
at
supper,
and
said:
Lord,
who
is
he
that
shall
betray thee?
Him
therefore
when
Peter
had
seen,
he saith
to
Jesus:
Lord,
and
what
shall
this
man
do?
Jesus saith
to
him:
So
I
will
have
him
to
remain till
I
come,
what
is
it
to thee?
follow thou
me.
This
saying
therefore
went abroad
among
the
brethren,
that
that
disciple
should
not
die.
And
Jesus
did
not
say
to
him:
He
should
not
die;
but,
So
I
will
have
him
to
remain till
I
come,
what
is
it
to thee?
This
is
that
disciple
who giveth
testimony
of
these
things,
and hath
written
these
things;
and
we
know
that
his
testimony
is
true.
But
there
are
also
many
other
things
which
Jesus
did;
which,
if
they
were
written
every
one,
the
world
itself,
I think,
would
not
be able
to
contain
the
books
that
should
be
written.
Acts
The Acts of the Apostles
Acts
Act
The Acts of the Apostles
The former treatise
I
made,
O
Theophilus,
of
all
things
which
Jesus
began
to
do
and
to
teach,
Until
the
day
on
which, giving commandments
by
the
Holy Ghost
to
the
apostles
whom
he
had
chosen,
he
was
taken
up.
To
whom
also
he shewed
himself
alive
after
his passion,
by
many
proofs,
for
forty
days
appearing
to
them,
and
speaking
of
the
kingdom
of
God.
And eating
together
with
them,
he
commanded
them,
that
they
should
not depart
from
Jerusalem,
but
should
wait
for
the
promise
of
the
Father,
which
you
have
heard (saith
he)
by
my mouth.
For
John
indeed
baptized
with
water,
but
you
shall
be
baptized
with
the
Holy Ghost,
not
many
days hence.
They
therefore
who
were
come
together,
asked
him,
saying:
Lord, wilt thou
at
this
time
restore again
the
kingdom
to
Israel?
But
he
said
to
them:
It
is
not
for
you
to
know
the
times
or moments,
which
the
Father hath
put
in
his
own
power:
But
you
shall
receive
the
power
of
the
Holy Ghost
coming
upon
you,
and
you
shall
be
witnesses unto
me
in
Jerusalem,
and
in
all
Judea,
and
Samaria,
and
even
to
the uttermost
part
of
the
earth.
And
when
he
had
said
these
things,
while
they looked
on,
he
was
raised
up:
and
a
cloud
received
him
out
of
their
sight.
And
while
they
were beholding
him
going
up
to
heaven,
behold
two
men
stood
by
them
in
white
garments.
Who
also
said: Ye
men
of
Galilee,
why
stand
you
looking
up
to
heaven?
This
Jesus
who
is
taken
up
from
you
into
heaven,
shall
so
come,
as
you
have
seen
him
going
into
heaven.
Then
they
returned
to
Jerusalem
from
the
mount
that
is
called
Olivet,
which
is nigh
Jerusalem, within
a
sabbath
day’s
journey.
And
when
they
were
come
in,
they
went
up
into
an
upper
room,
where abode
Peter
and
John,
James
and
Andrew,
Philip
and
Thomas,
Bartholomew
and
Matthew,
James
of Alpheus,
and
Simon Zelotes,
and
Jude
the brother
of
James.
All
these
were persevering
with
one
mind
in
prayer
with
the
women,
and
Mary
the
mother
of
Jesus,
and
with
his
brethren.
In
those
days
Peter
rising
up
in
the
midst
of
the
brethren,
said: (now
the
number
of
persons
together
was
about
an
hundred
and
twenty:)
Men,
brethren,
the
scripture
must needs
be
fulfilled,
which
the
Holy Ghost spoke
before
by
the
mouth
of
David
concerning
Judas,
who
was
the leader
of
them
that apprehended
Jesus:
Who
was numbered
with
us,
and
had obtained
part
of
this
ministry.
And
he
indeed hath possessed
a
field
of
the
reward
of
iniquity,
and
being hanged,
burst asunder
in
the
midst:
and
all
his bowels gushed
out.
And
it
became
known
to
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
so
that
the
same
field
was
called
in
their tongue, Haceldama,
that
is
to say,
The
field
of
blood.
For
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Psalms:
Let
their habitation
become
desolate,
and
let
there
be
none
to
dwell therein.
And
his bishopric
let
another
take.
Wherefore
of
these
men
who
have companied
with
us
all
the
time
that
the
Lord
Jesus
came
in
and
went
out
among
us,
Beginning
from
the
baptism
of
John,
until
the
day wherein
he
was
taken
up
from us,
one
of
these
must
be
made
a
witness
with us
of
his
resurrection.
And
they appointed
two,
Joseph,
called Barsabas,
who
was surnamed
Justus,
and
Matthias.
And
praying,
they
said: Thou,
Lord,
who knowest
the
hearts
of
all
men, shew
whether
of
these
two thou hast
chosen,
To
take
the
place
of
this
ministry
and
apostleship,
from
which
Judas hath
by transgression fallen,
that
he
might
go
to
his
own
place.
And
they
gave
them
lots,
and
the
lot
fell
upon
Matthias,
and
he
was numbered
with
the
eleven
apostles.
And
when
the
days
of
the
Pentecost
were accomplished,
they
were
all
together
in
one
place:
And
suddenly
there
came
a sound
from
heaven,
as
of
a mighty
wind
coming,
and
it
filled
the
whole
house
where
they
were
sitting.
And there
appeared
to
them parted
tongues
as
it
were
of
fire,
and
it
sat
upon
every
one
of
them:
And
they
were
all
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost,
and
they
began
to
speak
with divers
tongues, according
as
the
Holy Ghost
gave
them
to
speak.
Now
there
were
dwelling
at
Jerusalem,
Jews,
devout
men,
out
of
every
nation
under
heaven.
And
when
this
was noised abroad,
the
multitude
came
together,
and
were confounded
in
mind,
because
that
every
man
heard
them
speak
in
his
own tongue.
And
they
were
all
amazed,
and
wondered,
saying:
Behold,
are
not
all
these,
that
speak,
Galileans?
And
how
have
we
heard,
every
man
our
own tongue wherein
we
were
born?
Parthians,
and
Medes,
and
Elamites,
and
inhabitants
of
Mesopotamia,
Judea,
and
Cappadocia,
Pontus
and
Asia,
Phrygia,
and
Pamphylia,
Egypt,
and
the
parts
of
Libya
about
Cyrene,
and strangers
of
Rome,
Jews
also,
and
proselytes, Cretes,
and Arabians:
we
have
heard
them
speak
in
our
own
tongues
the wonderful works
of
God.
And
they
were
all
astonished,
and wondered,
saying
one
to
another:
What meaneth
this?
But
others mocking,
said:
These men
are
full
of new
wine.
But
Peter
standing
up
with
the
eleven,
lifted
up
his
voice,
and spoke
to
them: Ye
men
of
Judea,
and
all
you
that
dwell
in
Jerusalem,
be
this
known
to
you,
and
with
your ears receive
my
words.
For
these
are
not
drunk,
as
you
suppose,
seeing
it
is
but
the
third
hour
of
the
day:
But
this
is
that
which
was
spoken
of
by
the
prophet
Joel:
And
it
shall
come
to pass,
in
the
last
days, (saith
the
Lord,)
I
will pour
out
of
my
Spirit
upon
all
flesh:
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters
shall
prophesy,
and
your
young
men
shall
see
visions,
and
your
old
men
shall
dream
dreams.
And
upon
my
servants
indeed,
and
upon
my handmaids
will
I pour
out
in
those
days
of
my
spirit,
and
they
shall
prophesy.
And
I
will shew
wonders
in
the
heaven
above,
and
signs
on
the
earth beneath:
blood
and
fire,
and vapour
of
smoke.
The
sun
shall
be
turned
into
darkness,
and
the
moon
into
blood,
before
the
great
and manifest
day
of
the
Lord
come.
And
it
shall
come
to pass,
that whosoever
shall
call
upon
the
name
of
the
Lord,
shall
be
saved.
Ye
men
of
Israel,
hear
these
words:
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
a
man approved
of
God
among
you,
by
miracles,
and
wonders,
and
signs,
which
God
did
by
him,
in
the
midst
of
you,
as
you
also
know:
This
same being
delivered up,
by
the determinate
counsel
and
foreknowledge
of
God,
you
by
the
hands
of wicked
men
have crucified
and
slain.
Whom
God hath
raised
up, having
loosed
the sorrows
of hell,
as
it
was impossible
that
he
should
be holden
by
it.
For
David saith concerning
him:
I foresaw
the
Lord
before
my face:
because
he
is
at
my
right
hand,
that
I
may
not
be moved.
For
this
my
heart hath
been
glad,
and
any
tongue hath
rejoiced:
moreover
my
flesh
also
shall rest
in
hope.
Because thou wilt
not
leave
my
soul
in
hell,
nor
suffer thy
Holy
One
to
see corruption.
Thou hast
made
known
to
me
the
ways
of
life: thou shalt
make
me
full
of joy
with thy countenance.
Ye
men,
brethren,
let
me freely
speak
to
you
of
the
patriarch
David;
that
he
died,
and
was
buried;
and
his sepulchre
is
with
us
to
this
present
day.
Whereas
therefore
he
was
a
prophet,
and
knew
that
God hath
sworn
to
him
with
an
oath,
that
of
the
fruit
of
his
loins
one
should
sit
upon
his
throne.
Foreseeing
this,
he
spoke
of
the
resurrection
of
Christ.
For
neither
was
he
left
in
hell,
neither
did
his
flesh
see corruption.
This
Jesus hath
God
raised
again, whereof
all
we
are
witnesses.
Being
exalted
therefore
by
the
right
hand
of
God,
and
having
received
of
the
Father
the
promise
of
the
Holy Ghost,
he hath poured forth
this
which
you
see
and
hear.
For
David
ascended
not
into
heaven;
but
he
himself
said:
The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
sit thou
on
my
right
hand,
Until
I
make thy
enemies thy
footstool.
Therefore
let
all
the
house
of
Israel
know most
certainly,
that
God hath
made
both
Lord
and
Christ,
this
same
Jesus,
whom
you
have
crucified.
Now
when
they
had
heard
these
things,
they
had compunction
in
their
heart,
and
said
to
Peter,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
apostles:
What
shall
we
do,
men
and
brethren?
But
Peter
said
to
them:
Do penance,
and
be
baptized
every
one
of
you
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
for
the remission
of
your
sins:
and
you
shall
receive
the
gift
of
the
Holy Ghost.
For
the
promise
is
to
you,
and
to
your
children,
and
to
all
that
are
far off, whomsoever
the
Lord
our
God
shall
call.
And
with
very
many
other
words did
he
testify
and
exhort
them,
saying:
Save
yourselves
from
this
perverse
generation.
They
therefore
that
received
his
word,
were
baptized;
and
there
were
added
in
that
day
about
three
thousand
souls.
And
they
were persevering
in
the doctrine
of
the
apostles,
and
in
the communication
of
the
breaking
of
bread,
and
in
prayers.
And
fear
came
upon
every
soul:
many
wonders
also
and
signs
were
done
by
the
apostles
in
Jerusalem,
and
there
was
great
fear
in
all.
And
all
they
that
believed,
were
together,
and
had
all
things
common.
Their
possessions
and goods
they
sold,
and
divided
them
to
all, according
as
every
one
had
need.
And
continuing
daily
with
one
accord
in
the
temple,
and
breaking
bread
from
house
to
house,
they took
their
meat
with
gladness
and simplicity
of
heart;
Praising
God,
and
having favour
with
all
the
people.
And
the
Lord increased
daily
together
such
as
should
be
saved.
Now
Peter
and
John
went
up
into
the
temple
at
the ninth
hour
of
prayer.
And
a
certain
man
who
was
lame
from
his
mother’s
womb,
was
carried:
whom
they
laid
every
day
at
the
gate
of
the
temple,
which
is
called
Beautiful,
that
he
might
ask
alms
of
them
that
went
into
the
temple.
He,
when
he
had
seen
Peter
and
John
about
to
go
into
the
temple,
asked
to
receive
an
alms.
But
Peter
with
John fastening
his eyes upon
him,
said:
Look upon
us.
But
he looked earnestly upon
them, hoping
that
he
should
receive
something
of
them.
But
Peter
said:
Silver
and
gold
I
have
none;
but
what
I
have,
I
give thee:
In
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Nazareth, arise,
and
walk.
And taking
him
by
the
right
hand,
he lifted
him
up,
and forthwith
his
feet
and soles received strength.
And
he
leaping
up,
stood,
and
walked,
and
went
in
with
them
into
the
temple,
walking,
and
leaping,
and
praising
God.
And
all
the
people
saw
him
walking
and
praising
God.
And
they
knew
him,
that
it
was
he
who
sat begging
alms
at
the
Beautiful
gate
of
the
temple:
and
they
were
filled
with
wonder
and
amazement
at
that
which
had
happened
to
him.
And
as
he
held
Peter
and
John,
all
the
people
ran
to
them
to
the porch
which
is
called
Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
But
Peter
seeing,
made
answer
to
the
people: Ye
men
of
Israel,
why
wonder
you
at
this?
or
why
look
you
upon
us,
as
if
by
our
strength
or
power
we
had
made
this
man
to
walk?
The
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob,
the
God
of
our
fathers, hath
glorified
his
Son
Jesus,
whom
you
indeed
delivered
up
and
denied
before
the
face
of
Pilate,
when
he
judged
he
should
be
released.
But
you
denied
the
Holy
One
and
the
Just,
and desired
a
murderer
to
be
granted unto
you.
But
the
author
of
life
you
killed,
whom
God hath
raised
from
the
dead,
of
which
we
are
witnesses.
And
in
the
faith
of
his
name,
this
man,
whom
you
have
seen
and known, hath
his
name
strengthened;
and
the
faith
which
is
by
him, hath
given
this
perfect soundness
in
the
sight
of
you
all.
And
now,
brethren,
I
know
that
you
did
it
through
ignorance,
as
did
also
your
rulers.
But
those
things
which
God
before
had shewed
by
the
mouth
of
all
the
prophets,
that
his
Christ
should
suffer,
he hath
so
fulfilled.
Be penitent,
therefore,
and
be converted,
that
your
sins
may
be blotted
out.
That
when
the
times
of refreshment
shall
come
from
the
presence
of
the
Lord,
and
he
shall
send
him
who hath
been preached unto
you,
Jesus
Christ,
Whom
heaven
indeed
must
receive,
until
the
times
of
the restitution
of
all
things,
which
God hath
spoken
by
the
mouth
of
his
holy
prophets,
from
the
beginning
of
the
world.
For
Moses
said:
A
prophet
shall
the
Lord
your
God
raise
up unto
you
of
your
brethren,
like unto
me:
him
you
shall
hear
according
to
all
things whatsoever
he
shall
speak
to
you.
And
it
shall
be,
that
every
soul
which
will
not
hear
that
prophet,
shall
be
destroyed
from
among
the
people.
And
all
the
prophets,
from
Samuel
and afterwards,
who
have
spoken,
have
told
of
these
days.
You
are
the
children
of
the
prophets,
and
of
the testament
which
God
made
to
our
fathers,
saying
to
Abraham:
And
in thy
seed
shall
all
the kindreds
of
the
earth
be
blessed.
To
you
first
God,
raising
up
his
Son, hath
sent
him
to
bless
you;
that
every
one
may convert
himself
from
his
wickedness.
And
as
they
were
speaking
to
the
people,
the
priests,
and
the officer
of
the
temple,
and
the
Sadducees,
came upon
them,
Being grieved
that
they
taught
the
people,
and preached
in
Jesus
the
resurrection
from
the
dead:
And
they
laid
hands
upon
them,
and
put
them
in hold till
the
next
day;
for
it
was
now
evening.
But
many
of
them
who
had
heard
the
word,
believed;
and
the
number
of
the
men
was
made
five
thousand.
And
it
came
to
pass
on
the morrow,
that
their princes,
and ancients,
and
scribes,
were
gathered
together
in
Jerusalem;
And
Annas
the
high
priest,
and Caiphas,
and
John,
and
Alexander,
and
as
many
as
were
of
the kindred
of
the
high
priest.
And
setting
them
in
the
midst,
they
asked:
By
what
power,
or
by
what
name,
have
you
done
this?
Then
Peter,
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost,
said
to
them: Ye princes
of
the
people,
and ancients, hear:
If
we
this
day
are
examined
concerning
the good deed
done
to
the infirm
man,
by
what
means
he hath been
made
whole:
Be
it
known
to
you
all,
and
to
all
the
people
of
Israel,
that
by
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
of
Nazareth,
whom
you
crucified,
whom
God hath
raised
from
the
dead,
even
by
him
this
man standeth
here
before
you
whole.
This
is
the
stone
which
was
rejected
by
you
the
builders,
which
is
become
the
head
of
the
corner.
Neither
is
there
salvation
in
any
other.
For
there
is
no
other
name
under
heaven
given
to
men, whereby
we
must
be
saved.
Now
seeing
the constancy
of
Peter
and
of
John, understanding
that
they
were illiterate
and ignorant
men,
they
wondered;
and
they
knew
them
that
they
had
been
with
Jesus.
Seeing
the
man
also
who
had
been
healed
standing
with
them,
they
could
say
nothing
against
it.
But
they
commanded
them
to
go aside
out
of
the
council;
and
they conferred
among
themselves,
Saying:
What
shall
we
do
to
these
men?
for
indeed
a
known
miracle hath
been
done
by
them,
to
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
it
is manifest,
and
we
cannot
deny
it.
But
that
it
may
be
no farther
spread
among
the
people,
let
us threaten
them
that
they
speak
no
more
in
this
name
to
any
man.
And
calling
them,
they charged
them
not
to
speak
at
all,
nor
teach
in
the
name
of
Jesus.
But
Peter
and
John
answering,
said
to
them:
If
it
be
just
in
the
sight
of
God,
to
hear
you
rather
than
God,
judge ye.
For
we
cannot
but
speak
the
things
which
we
have
seen
and
heard.
But
they threatening,
sent
them
away,
not
finding
how
they
might
punish
them,
because
of
the
people;
for
all
men
glorified
what
had
been
done,
in
that
which
had
come
to
pass.
For
the
man
was
above
forty
years old,
in
whom
that miraculous cure
had
been wrought.
And being
let
go,
they
came
to
their
own company,
and related
all
that
the
chief
priests
and ancients
had
said
to
them.
Who
having
heard
it,
with
one
accord
lifted
up
their
voice
to
God,
and
said:
Lord, thou art
he
that didst
make
heaven
and
earth,
the
sea,
and
all
things
that
are
in
them.
Who,
by
the
Holy Ghost,
by
the
mouth
of
our
father
David, thy
servant, hast
said:
Why did
the
Gentiles
rage,
and
the
people meditate
vain
things?
The
kings
of
the
earth
stood up,
and
the princes
assembled
together
against
the
Lord
and
his
Christ.
For
of
a
truth
there
assembled
together
in
this
city
against thy
holy
child
Jesus,
whom thou hast
anointed,
Herod,
and
Pontius
Pilate,
with
the
Gentiles
and
the
people
of
Israel,
To
do
what thy
hand
and thy
counsel decreed
to
be
done.
And
now,
Lord, behold
their threatenings,
and
grant unto thy
servants,
that
with
all
confidence
they
may
speak thy
word,
By
stretching forth thy
hand
to
cures,
and
signs,
and
wonders
to
be
done
by
the
name
of thy
holy
Son
Jesus.
And
when
they
had
prayed,
the
place
was moved wherein
they
were
assembled;
and
they
were
all
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost,
and
they
spoke
the
word
of
God
with
confidence.
And
the
multitude
of
believers
had
but
one
heart
and
one
soul:
neither
did
any
one
say
that aught
of
the
things
which
he possessed,
was
his
own;
but
all
things
were
common unto
them.
And
with
great
power
did
the
apostles
give
testimony
of
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord;
and
great
grace
was
in
them
all.
For
neither
was
there
any
one
needy
among
them.
For
as
many
as
were
owners
of
lands
or
houses,
sold
them,
and
brought
the
price
of
the
things
they
sold,
And
laid
it
down
before
the
feet
of
the
apostles.
And distribution
was
made
to
every
one, according
as
he
had
need.
And
Joseph,
who,
by
the
apostles,
was surnamed
Barnabas, (which
is,
by interpretation,
The
son
of
consolation,)
a
Levite,
a
Cyprian born,
Having
land,
sold
it,
and
brought
the price,
and
laid
it
at
the
feet
of
the
apostles.
But
a
certain
man
named
Ananias,
with Saphira
his
wife,
sold
a
piece
of land,
And
by fraud
kept
back
part
of
the
price
of
the land,
his
wife
being privy thereunto:
and
bringing
a
certain
part
of
it,
laid
it
at
the
feet
of
the
apostles.
But
Peter
said:
Ananias,
why hath
Satan tempted thy
heart,
that thou shouldst
lie
to
the
Holy Ghost,
and
by fraud
keep part
of
the
price
of
the
land?
Whilst
it
remained,
did
it
not
remain
to thee?
and
after
it
was
sold,
was
it
not
in thy
power?
Why hast thou
conceived
this
thing
in thy
heart? Thou hast
not
lied
to
men,
but
to
God.
And
Ananias
hearing
these
words,
fell
down,
and gave up
the ghost.
And
there
came
great
fear
upon
all
that
heard
it.
And
the
young
men
rising
up, removed
him,
and
carrying
him
out,
buried
him.
And
it
was
about
the space
of
three
hours
after,
when
his
wife,
not
knowing
what
had
happened,
came
in.
And
Peter
said
to
her:
Tell
me, woman,
whether
you
sold
the
land
for
so
much?
And
she
said: Yea,
for
so
much.
And
Peter
said unto
her:
Why
have
you
agreed
together
to
tempt
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord?
Behold
the
feet
of
them
who
have
buried thy
husband
are
at
the
door,
and
they
shall
carry thee
out.
Immediately
she
fell
down
before
his
feet,
and gave up
the ghost.
And
the
young
men
coming
in,
found
her
dead:
and
carried
her
out,
and
buried
her
by
her
husband.
And
there
came
great
fear
upon
the
whole
church,
and
upon
all
that
heard
these
things.
And
by
the
hands
of
the
apostles
were
many
signs
and
wonders wrought
among
the
people.
And
they
were
all
with
one
accord
in
Solomon’s porch.
But
of
the
rest
no
man durst
join
himself unto
them;
but
the
people
magnified
them.
And
the
multitude
of
men
and
women
who
believed
in
the
Lord,
was
more increased:
Insomuch
that
they
brought forth
the
sick
into
the
streets,
and
laid
them
on beds
and couches,
that
when
Peter
came,
his
shadow
at
the
least,
might
overshadow
any
of
them,
and
they
might
be delivered
from
their infirmities.
And
there
came
also
together
to
Jerusalem
a
multitude out
of
the neighboring
cities,
bringing
sick persons,
and such
as
were troubled
with
unclean
spirits;
who
were
all
healed.
Then
the
high
priest
rising
up,
and
all
they
that
were
with
him, (which
is
the heresy
of
the
Sadducees,)
were
filled
with envy.
And
they
laid
hands
on
the
apostles,
and
put
them
in
the common prison.
But
an
angel
of
the
Lord
by
night
opening
the
doors
of
the
prison,
and leading
them
out,
said:
Go,
and
standing
speak
in
the
temple
to
the
people
all
the
words
of
this
life.
Who having
heard
this,
early
in
the
morning,
entered
into
the
temple,
and
taught.
And
the
high
priest
coming,
and
they
that
were
with
him,
called
together
the
council,
and
all
the ancients
of
the children
of
Israel;
and
they
sent
to
the
prison
to
have
them
brought.
But
when
the ministers
came,
and opening
the
prison,
found
them
not
there,
they
returned
and
told,
Saying:
The
prison
indeed
we
found
shut
with
all diligence,
and
the keepers
standing
before
the
doors;
but
opening
it,
we
found
no
man
within.
Now
when
the officer
of
the
temple
and
the
chief
priests
heard
these
words,
they
were
in doubt
concerning
them,
what
would
come
to
pass.
But
one
came
and
told
them:
Behold,
the
men
whom
you
put
in
prison
are
in
the
temple
standing,
and
teaching
the
people.
Then
went
the
officer
with
the ministers,
and
brought
them
without
violence;
for
they
feared
the
people,
lest
they
should
be
stoned.
And
when
they
had
brought
them,
they
set
them
before
the
council.
And
the
high
priest
asked
them,
Saying:
Commanding
we
commanded
you,
that
you
should
not
teach
in
this
name;
and
behold,
you
have
filled
Jerusalem
with
your doctrine,
and
you
have
a
mind
to
bring
the
blood
of
this
man
upon
us.
But
Peter
and
the
apostles
answering,
said:
We
ought
to
obey
God,
rather
than
men.
The
God
of
our
fathers hath
raised
up
Jesus,
whom
you put
to death,
hanging
him
upon
a
tree.
Him hath
God
exalted
with
his
right
hand,
to
be
Prince
and Saviour,
to
give
repentance
to
Israel,
and remission
of
sins.
And
we
are
witnesses
of
these
things
and
the
Holy Ghost,
whom
God hath
given
to
all
that
obey
him.
When
they
had
heard
these
things,
they
were
cut
to
the heart,
and
they thought
to
put
them
to
death.
But
one
in
the
council
rising
up,
a
Pharisee,
named
Gamaliel,
a doctor
of
the
law,
respected
by
all
the
people,
commanded
the
men
to
be
put
forth
a
little
while.
And
he
said
to
them: Ye
men
of
Israel,
take heed
to
yourselves
what
you
intend
to
do,
as touching
these
men.
For
before
these
days
rose
up Theodas, affirming
himself
to
be
somebody,
to
whom
a
number
of
men,
about
four
hundred,
joined
themselves:
who
was
slain;
and
all
that believed
him
were scattered,
and
brought
to
nothing.
After
this
man,
rose
up
Judas
of
Galilee,
in
the
days
of
the enrolling,
and
drew
away
the
people
after
him:
he
also
perished;
and
all,
even
as
many
as consented
to
him,
were dispersed.
And
now, therefore,
I
say
to
you, refrain
from
these
men,
and
let
them
alone;
for
if
this council
or
this
work
be
of
men,
it
will
come
to nought;
But
if
it
be
of
God,
you
cannot
overthrow
it, lest
perhaps
you
be
found
even
to fight
against
God.
And
they consented
to
him.
And
calling
in
the
apostles,
after
they
had scourged
them,
they charged
them
that
they
should
not
speak
at
all
in
the
name
of
Jesus;
and
they
dismissed
them.
And
they
indeed
went
from
the
presence
of
the
council,
rejoicing
that
they
were accounted
worthy
to suffer reproach
for
the
name
of
Jesus.
And
every
day
they
ceased
not
in
the
temple,
and
from
house
to
house,
to
teach
and
preach
Christ
Jesus.
And
in
those
days,
the
number
of
the
disciples
increasing,
there
arose
a murmuring
of
the Greeks
against
the
Hebrews,
for
that
their
widows
were neglected
in
the
daily ministration.
Then
the
twelve
calling together
the
multitude
of
the
disciples,
said:
It
is
not
reason
that
we
should
leave
the
word
of
God,
and
serve
tables.
Wherefore,
brethren, look ye
out
among
you
seven
men
of
good
reputation,
full
of
the Holy Ghost
and
wisdom,
whom
we
may
appoint
over
this business.
But
we
will give
ourselves
continually
to
prayer,
and
to
the
ministry
of
the
word.
And
the
saying
was liked
by
all
the
multitude.
And
they
chose
Stephen,
a
man
full
of
faith,
and
of
the
Holy Ghost,
and
Philip,
and
Prochorus,
and
Nicanor,
and
Timon,
and
Parmenas,
and
Nicolas,
a
proselyte
of
Antioch.
These
they
set
before
the
apostles;
and
they
praying, imposed
hands
upon
them.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
increased;
and
the
number
of
the
disciples
was
multiplied
in
Jerusalem
exceedingly:
a
great
multitude
also
of
the
priests
obeyed
the
faith.
And
Stephen,
full
of
grace
and fortitude,
did
great
wonders
and
signs
among
the
people.
Now
there
arose
some
of
that
which
is
called
the
synagogue
of
the Libertines,
and
of
the
Cyrenians,
and
of
the
Alexandrians,
and
of
them
that
were
of
Cilicia
and
Asia, disputing
with
Stephen.
And
they
were
not
able
to
resist
the
wisdom
and
the
spirit
that
spoke.
Then
they suborned
men
to
say,
they
had
heard
him
speak
words
of blasphemy
against
Moses
and
against
God.
And
they
stirred
up
the
people,
and
the ancients,
and
the
scribes;
and running
together,
they
took
him,
and
brought
him
to
the
council.
And
they
set up
false
witnesses,
who
said:
This
man ceaseth
not
to
speak
words
against
the
holy
place
and
the
law.
For
we
have
heard
him
say,
that
this
Jesus
of
Nazareth
shall
destroy
this
place,
and
shall
change
the traditions
which
Moses
delivered unto
us.
And
all
that
sat
in
the
council,
looking
on
him,
saw
his
face
as
if
it
had
been
the
face
of
an
angel.
Then
the
high
priest
said:
Are
these
things
so?
Who
said: Ye
men,
brethren,
and
fathers,
hear.
The
God
of
glory
appeared
to
our
father
Abraham,
when
he
was
in
Mesopotamia,
before
he dwelt
in Charan.
And
said
to
him:
Go
forth
out
of thy
country,
and
from thy kindred,
and
come
into
the
land
which
I
shall shew thee.
Then
he
went
out
of
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
and dwelt
in Charan.
And
from thence,
after
his
father
was
dead,
he removed
him
into
this
land, wherein
you
now
dwell.
And
he
gave
him
no
inheritance
in
it;
no,
not
the pace
of
a
foot:
but
he
promised
to
give
it
him
in
possession,
and
to
his
seed
after
him,
when
as
yet
he
had
no
child.
And
God
said
to
him:
That
his
seed
should sojourn
in
a strange
country,
and
that
they
should bring
them
under
bondage,
and treat
them evil
four
hundred
years.
And
the
nation
which
they
shall
serve
will
I
judge,
said
the
Lord;
and
after
these
things
they
shall
go
out,
and
shall
serve
me
in
this
place.
And
he
gave
him
the
covenant
of
circumcision,
and
so
he begot
Isaac,
and
circumcised
him
the
eighth
day;
and
Isaac begot
Jacob;
and
Jacob
the
twelve
patriarchs.
And
the
patriarchs, through
envy,
sold
Joseph
into
Egypt;
and
God
was
with
him,
And delivered
him
out
of
all
his
tribulations:
and
he
gave
him favour
and
wisdom
in
the
sight
of Pharao,
the
king
of
Egypt;
and
he
appointed
him
governor
over
Egypt,
and
over
all
his
house.
Now
there
came
a
famine
upon
all
Egypt
and Chanaan,
and
great
tribulation;
and
our
fathers
found
no
food.
But
when
Jacob
had
heard
that
there
was corn
in
Egypt,
he
sent
our
fathers
first:
And
at
the
second
time,
Joseph
was
known
by
his
brethren,
and
his kindred
was
made
known
to Pharao.
And
Joseph
sending,
called thither
Jacob,
his
father,
and
all
his kindred, seventy-five
souls.
So
Jacob
went
down
into
Egypt;
and
he
died,
and
our
fathers.
And
they
were translated
into Sichem,
and
were
laid
in
the sepulchre,
that
Abraham bought
for
a
sum
of
money
of
the
sons
of Hemor,
the
son
of Sichem.
And
when
the
time
of
the
promise drew
near,
which
God
had
promised
to
Abraham,
the
people
increased,
and
were
multiplied
in
Egypt,
Till
another
king
arose
in
Egypt,
who
knew
not
Joseph.
This
same dealing craftily
with
our
race, afflicted
our
fathers,
that
they
should expose
their
children,
to
the
end
they
might
not
be
kept alive.
At
the
same
time
was
Moses
born,
and
he
was acceptable
to
God:
who
was nourished
three
months
in
his
father’s
house.
And
when
he
was exposed, Pharao’s
daughter
took
him
up,
and nourished
him
for
her
own
son.
And
Moses
was instructed
in
all
the
wisdom
of
the
Egyptians;
and
he
was
mighty
in
his
words
and
in
his
deeds.
And
when
he
was
full
forty years old,
it
came
into
his
heart
to
visit
his
brethren,
the children
of
Israel.
And
when
he
had
seen
one
of
them
suffer
wrong,
he defended
him;
and
striking
the
Egyptian,
he
avenged
him
who suffered
the injury.
And
he
thought
that
his
brethren
understood
that
God
by
his
hand
would save
them;
but
they
understood
it
not.
And
the
day following,
he shewed
himself
to
them
when
they
were
at strife;
and
would
have reconciled
them
in
peace,
saying:
Men, ye
are
brethren;
why
hurt
you
one
another?
But
he
that
did
the injury
to
his neighbour thrust
him
away,
saying:
Who hath
appointed thee
prince
and
judge
over
us?
What, wilt thou
kill
me,
as thou didst
yesterday
kill
the
Egyptian?
And
Moses
fled
upon
this
word,
and
was
a stranger
in
the
land
of Madian,
where
he begot
two
sons.
And
when
forty
years
were expired,
there
appeared
to
him
in
the
desert
of
mount Sina,
an
angel
in
a
flame
of
fire
in
a
bush.
And
Moses
seeing
it,
wondered
at
the
sight.
And
as
he drew
near
to view
it,
the
voice
of
the
Lord
came unto
him, saying:
I
am
the
God
of thy
fathers;
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob.
And
Moses
being terrified, durst
not behold.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Loose
the
shoes
from thy
feet,
for
the
place wherein thou standest,
is
holy
ground.
Seeing
I
have
seen
the affliction
of
my
people
which
is
in
Egypt,
and
I
have
heard
their
groaning,
and
am
come
down
to deliver
them.
And
now
come,
and
I
will
send thee
into
Egypt.
This
Moses,
whom
they
refused,
saying:
Who hath
appointed thee
prince
and
judge?
him
God
sent
to
be
prince
and redeemer
by
the
hand
of
the
angel
who
appeared
to
him
in
the
bush.
He
brought
them
out,
doing
wonders
and
signs
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
in
the
Red
Sea,
and
in
the
desert
forty
years.
This
is
that
Moses
who
said
to
the children
of
Israel:
A
prophet
shall
God
raise
up
to
you
of
your own
brethren,
as
myself: him
shall
you hear.
This
is
he
that
was
in
the
church
in
the
wilderness,
with
the
angel
who
spoke
to
him
on
mount Sina,
and
with
our
fathers;
who
received
the
words
of
life
to
give unto
us.
Whom
our
fathers
would
not obey;
but thrust
him
away,
and
in
their
hearts
turned
back
into
Egypt,
Saying
to
Aaron:
Make
us
gods
to
go
before
us.
For
as
for
this
Moses,
who
brought
us
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
we
know
not
what
is
become
of
him.
And
they
made
a
calf
in
those
days,
and offered
sacrifices
to
the
idol,
and rejoiced
in
the
works
of
their
own
hands.
And
God
turned,
and
gave
them
up
to
serve
the
host
of
heaven,
as
it
is
written
in
the
books
of
the
prophets: Did
you
offer
victims
and
sacrifices
to
me
for
forty
years,
in
the
desert, O
house
of
Israel?
And
you
took unto
you
the
tabernacle
of
Moloch,
and
the
star
of
your
god Rempham, figures
which
you
made
to adore
them.
And
I
will
carry
you away
beyond
Babylon.
The
tabernacle
of
the
testimony
was
with
our
fathers
in
the
desert,
as
God
ordained
for
them,
speaking
to
Moses,
that
he should
make
it
according
to
the form
which
he
had
seen.
Which
also
our
fathers receiving,
brought
in
with
Jesus,
into
the
possession
of
the
Gentiles,
whom
God
drove
out
before
the
face
of
our
fathers, unto
the
days
of
David.
Who
found
grace
before
God,
and desired
to
find
a
tabernacle
for
the
God
of
Jacob.
But
Solomon
built
him
a
house.
Yet
the
most
High dwelleth
not
in houses
made
by
hands,
as
the
prophet saith:
Heaven
is
my
throne,
and
the
earth
my
footstool.
What
house
will
you
build
me? saith
the
Lord;
or
what
is
the
place
of
my
resting?
Hath
not
my
hand
made
all
these
things?
You stiffnecked
and
uncircumcised
in
heart
and
ears,
you
always resist
the
Holy Ghost:
as
your
fathers did,
so
do
you
also.
Which
of
the
prophets
have
not
your
fathers
persecuted?
And
they
have slain
them
who
foretold
of
the
coming
of
the
Just
One;
of
whom
you
have
been
now
the
betrayers
and
murderers:
Who
have
received
the
law
by
the disposition
of
angels,
and
have
not
kept
it.
Now
hearing
these
things,
they
were
cut
to
the
heart,
and
they gnashed
with
their
teeth
at
him.
But
he,
being
full
of
the
Holy Ghost,
looking
up steadfastly
to
heaven,
saw
the
glory
of
God,
and
Jesus
standing
on
the
right
hand
of
God.
And
he
said:
Behold,
I
see
the
heavens opened,
and
the Son
of
man
standing
on
the
right
hand
of
God.
And
they crying
out
with
a loud voice,
stopped
their ears,
and
with
one accord ran violently
upon
him.
And casting
him forth
without
the
city,
they stoned
him;
and
the witnesses laid down
their garments
at
the feet
of
a young man,
whose name
was
Saul.
And
they
stoned
Stephen, invoking,
and saying: Lord
Jesus, receive
my spirit.
And falling
on
his knees,
he cried
with
a loud voice,
saying:
Lord, lay
not
this sin
to
their charge.
And
when
he
had
said
this,
he fell asleep
in
the
Lord.
And Saul
was consenting
to
his death.
And
at
that
time
there
was raised
a
great
persecution
against
the
church
which
was
at
Jerusalem;
and
they
were
all dispersed
through
the countries
of
Judea,
and
Samaria,
except
the
apostles.
And
devout
men
took order
for Stephen’s funeral,
and
made
great mourning
over
him.
But
Saul made havock
of
the
church,
entering
in
from
house
to
house,
and
dragging
away
men
and
women,
committed
them
to
prison.
They
therefore
that
were dispersed,
went
about
preaching
the
word
of God.
And
Philip going
down
to
the
city
of
Samaria,
preached
Christ unto
them.
And
the
people
with
one
accord
were attentive
to
those
things
which
were
said
by
Philip,
hearing,
and
seeing
the miracles
which
he
did.
For
many
of
them
who
had
unclean
spirits,
crying
with
a
loud
voice,
went
out.
And
many,
taken
with
the palsy,
and
that
were lame,
were healed.
There
was
therefore
great joy
in
that
city.
Now
there
was
a
certain
man
named
Simon,
who
before
had
been
a magician
in
that
city, seducing
the
people
of
Samaria, giving
out
that
he
was
some
great
one:
To
whom
they
all gave ear,
from
the
least
to
the
greatest,
saying:
This
man
is
the
power
of
God,
which
is
called
great.
And
they
were attentive
to
him,
because,
for
a
long
time,
he
had bewitched
them
with
his magical practices.
But
when
they
had
believed
Philip
preaching
of
the
kingdom
of
God,
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
they
were
baptized,
both
men
and
women.
Then
Simon
himself
believed
also;
and
being
baptized,
he adhered
to
Philip.
And
being
astonished, wondered
to
see
the
signs
and exceeding
great
miracles
which
were
done.
Now
when
the
apostles,
who
were
in
Jerusalem,
had
heard
that
Samaria
had
received
the
word
of
God,
they
sent unto
them
Peter
and
John.
Who,
when
they
were
come,
prayed
for
them,
that
they might
receive
the
Holy Ghost.
For
he
was
not
as
yet
come
upon
any
of
them;
but
they
were
only
baptized
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
Then
they
laid
their
hands
upon
them,
and
they
received
the
Holy Ghost.
And
when
Simon
saw,
that
by
the imposition
of
the
hands
of
the
apostles,
the Holy Ghost
was
given,
he
offered
them
money,
Saying:
Give
me
also
this
power,
that
on whomsoever
I
shall
lay
my
hands,
he
may
receive
the
Holy Ghost.
But Peter
said
to
him:
Keep thy
money
to thyself,
to
perish
with thee,
because thou hast
thought
that
the
gift
of
God
may
be purchased
with
money.
Thou hast
no
part
nor
lot
in
this
matter.
For thy
heart
is
not
right
in
the
sight
of
God.
Do penance
therefore
for
this thy
wickedness;
and
pray
to God,
that
perhaps
this thought
of thy
heart
may
be
forgiven thee.
For
I
see thou art
in
the
gall
of
bitterness,
and
in
the bonds
of
iniquity.
Then
Simon
answering,
said:
Pray
you
for
me
to
the
Lord,
that none
of
these
things
which
you
have
spoken
may
come
upon
me.
And
they
indeed
having
testified
and
preached
the
word
of
the
Lord,
returned
to
Jerusalem,
and
preached
the
gospel
to
many countries
of
the
Samaritans.
Now
an
angel
of
the
Lord
spoke
to
Philip,
saying:
Arise,
go towards
the
south,
to
the
way
that goeth
down
from
Jerusalem
into
Gaza:
this
is
desert.
And
rising
up,
he
went.
And
behold
a
man
of Ethiopia,
an
eunuch,
of
great authority
under
Candace
the
queen
of
the
Ethiopians,
who
had
charge
over
all
her treasures,
had
come
to
Jerusalem
to adore.
And
he
was
returning,
sitting
in
this
chariot,
and
reading Isaias
the
prophet.
And
the
Spirit
said
to
Philip:
Go
near,
and
join thyself
to
this
chariot.
And
Philip
running thither,
heard
him
reading
the
prophet Isaias.
And
he
said: Thinkest thou
that thou understandest
what thou readest?
Who
said:
And
how
can
I,
unless
some
man shew
me?
And
he desired
Philip
that
he
would
come
up
and
sit
with
him.
And
the place
of
the
scripture
which
he
was
reading
was
this:
He
was
led
as
a
sheep
to
the
slaughter;
and
like
a
lamb
without
voice
before
his
shearer,
so openeth
he
not
his
mouth.
In humility
his
judgment
was
taken
away.
His
generation
who shall
declare,
for
his
life shall
be
taken
from
the
earth?
And
the
eunuch
answering
Philip,
said:
I beseech thee,
of
whom doth
the
prophet
speak
this?
of
himself,
or
of
some
other
man?
Then
Philip,
opening
his
mouth,
and
beginning
at
this
scripture,
preached unto
him
Jesus.
And
as
they
went
on
their
way,
they
came
to
a
certain
water;
and
the
eunuch
said:
See,
here
is
water:
what doth
hinder
me
from being
baptized?
And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And he answering, said: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
And
he
commanded
the
chariot
to
stand
still;
and
they
went
down
into
the
water,
both
Philip
and
the
eunuch:
and
he
baptized
him.
And
when
they
were
come
up
out
of
the
water,
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord took
away
Philip;
and
the
eunuch
saw
him
no
more.
And
he
went
on
his
way
rejoicing.
But
Philip
was
found
in
Azotus;
and
passing
through,
he
preached
the
gospel
to
all
the
cities, till
he
came
to
Caesarea.
And
Saul,
as
yet
breathing out threatenings
and slaughter
against
the
disciples
of
the
Lord,
went
to
the
high
priest,
And
asked
of
him
letters
to
Damascus,
to
the
synagogues:
that
if
he
found
any
men
and
women
of
this
way,
he
might
bring
them
bound
to
Jerusalem.
And
as
he
went
on
his
journey,
it
came
to
pass
that
he drew nigh
to
Damascus;
and
suddenly
a
light
from
heaven shined round
about
him.
And
falling
on
the
ground,
he
heard
a
voice
saying
to
him:
Saul,
Saul,
why persecutest thou
me?
Who
said:
Who art thou,
Lord?
And
he:
I
am
Jesus
whom thou persecutest.
It
is hard
for thee
to kick against
the goad.
And
he trembling
and astonished,
said: Lord,
what wilt thou
have
me
to
do?
And
the Lord said
to
him: Arise,
and go into
the
city,
and
there
it
shall be told thee
what thou
must
do.
Now
the
men
who went
in company
with
him,
stood amazed,
hearing
indeed
a
voice,
but
seeing
no
man.
And
Saul arose
from
the
ground;
and
when
his
eyes
were
opened,
he
saw
nothing.
But
they
leading
him
by
the hands,
brought
him
to
Damascus.
And
he
was
there
three
days,
without
sight,
and
he
did
neither
eat
nor
drink.
Now
there
was
a
certain
disciple
at
Damascus,
named
Ananias.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him
in
a
vision:
Ananias.
And
he
said:
Behold
I
am
here,
Lord.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Arise,
and
go
into
the
street
that
is
called Stait,
and
seek
in
the
house
of
Judas,
one
named
Saul
of
Tarsus.
For
behold
he prayeth.
(And
he
saw
a
man
named
Ananias
coming
in,
and putting
his
hands
upon
him,
that
he
might
receive
his
sight.)
But
Ananias
answered:
Lord,
I
have
heard
by
many
of
this
man,
how
much
evil
he hath
done
to thy
saints
in
Jerusalem.
And
here
he hath
authority
from
the
chief
priests
to
bind
all
that invoke thy
name.
And
the
Lord
said
to
him:
Go thy
way;
for
this
man
is
to
me
a
vessel
of
election,
to
carry
my
name
before
the
Gentiles,
and
kings,
and
the children
of
Israel.
For
I
will shew
him
how
great
things
he
must
suffer
for my
name’s
sake.
And
Ananias
went
his
way,
and
entered
into
the
house.
And
laying
his
hands
upon
him,
he
said:
Brother
Saul,
the
Lord
Jesus hath
sent
me,
he
that
appeared
to thee
in
the
way
as thou camest;
that thou mayest
receive thy
sight,
and
be
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost.
And
immediately
there
fell
from
his
eyes
as
it
were
scales,
and
he
received
his
sight;
and
rising
up,
he
was
baptized.
And
when
he
had
taken
meat,
he
was
strengthened.
And
he
was
with
the
disciples
that
were
at
Damascus,
for
some
days.
And
immediately
he
preached
Jesus
in
the
synagogues,
that
he
is
the
Son
of
God.
And
all
that
heard
him,
were
astonished,
and
said:
Is
not
this
he
who persecuted
in
Jerusalem
those
that
called
upon
this
name:
and
came hither
for
that intent,
that
he
might carry
them
bound
to
the
chief
priests?
But
Saul increased
much
more
in
strength,
and confounded
the
Jews
who dwelt
at
Damascus, affirming
that
this
is
the
Christ.
And
when
many
days
were
passed,
the
Jews consulted
together
to
kill
him.
But
their laying
in wait
was made
known
to
Saul.
And
they
watched
the
gates
also
day
and
night,
that
they
might
kill
him.
But
the
disciples
taking
him
in
the
night, conveyed
him away
by
the
wall, letting
him
down
in
a
basket.
And
when
he
was
come
into
Jerusalem,
he essayed
to
join
himself
to
the
disciples;
and
they
all
were
afraid
of
him,
not
believing
that
he
was
a
disciple.
But
Barnabas
took
him,
and
brought
him
to
the
apostles,
and
told
them
how
he
had
seen
the
Lord,
and
that
he
had
spoken
to
him;
and
how
in
Damascus
he
had dealt confidently
in
the
name
of
Jesus.
And
he
was
with
them
coming
in
and
going
out
in
Jerusalem,
and dealing
confidently
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
He
spoke
also
to
the Gentiles,
and disputed
with
the Greeks;
but
they sought
to
kill
him.
Which
when
the
brethren
had
known,
they
brought
him
down
to
Caesarea,
and
sent
him
away
to
Tarsus.
Now
the
church
had
peace
throughout
all
Judea,
and
Galilee,
and
Samaria;
and
was
edified,
walking
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
and
was filled
with
the
consolation
of
the
Holy Ghost.
And
it
came
to
pass
that
Peter,
as
he
passed
through, visiting
all,
came
to
the
saints
who dwelt
at
Lydda.
And
he
found
there
a
certain
man
named Eneas,
who
had
kept
his bed
for
eight
years,
who
was ill
of
the palsy.
And
Peter
said
to
him: Eneas,
the Lord
Jesus
Christ healeth thee:
arise,
and
make thy
bed.
And
immediately
he
arose.
And
all
that dwelt
at
Lydda
and Saron,
saw
him:
who
were converted
to
the
Lord.
And
in Joppe
there
was
a
certain
disciple
named
Tabitha,
which
by interpretation
is
called
Dorcas.
This
woman
was
full
of
good
works
and almsdeeds
which
she
did.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
those
days
that
she
was
sick,
and
died.
Whom
when
they
had
washed,
they
laid
her
in
an
upper chamber.
And forasmuch
as
Lydda
was nigh
to Joppe,
the
disciples
hearing
that
Peter
was
there,
sent unto
him
two
men, desiring
him
that
he
would
not
be slack
to
come unto
them.
And
Peter
rising
up,
went
with
them.
And
when
he
was
come,
they
brought
him
into
the
upper chamber.
And
all
the
widows
stood
about
him
weeping,
and shewing
him
the
coats
and
garments
which
Dorcas
made
them.
And
they
all being
put
forth,
Peter kneeling
down
prayed,
and
turning
to
the
body,
he
said:
Tabitha,
arise.
And
she
opened
her
eyes;
and
seeing
Peter,
she
sat
up.
And
giving
her
his
hand,
he lifted
her
up.
And
when
he
had
called
the
saints
and
the
widows,
he
presented
her
alive.
And
it
was
made
known
throughout
all Joppe;
and
many
believed
in
the
Lord.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
he abode
many
days
in Joppe,
with
one
Simon
a
tanner.
And
there
was
a
certain
man
in
Caesarea,
named
Cornelius,
a
centurion
of
that
which
is
called
the
Italian band;
A religious
man,
and
fearing
God
with
all
his
house,
giving
much
alms
to
the
people,
and
always
praying
to
God.
This
man
saw
in
a
vision manifestly,
about
the ninth
hour
of
the
day,
an
angel
of
God
coming
in unto
him,
and
saying
to
him:
Cornelius.
And
he, beholding
him,
being seized
with fear,
said:
What
is
it,
Lord?
And
he
said
to
him: Thy
prayers
and thy
alms
are
ascended
for
a
memorial
in
the
sight
of
God.
And
now
send
men
to Joppe,
and
call hither
one
Simon,
who
is surnamed
Peter:
He lodgeth
with
one
Simon
a
tanner,
whose
house
is
by
the
sea
side.
He
will tell thee
what thou
must
do.
And
when
the
angel
who
spoke
to
him
was
departed,
he
called
two
of
his
household servants,
and
a
soldier
who feared
the Lord,
of
them
that
were under
him.
To
whom
when
he
had
related
all,
he
sent
them
to Joppe.
And
on
the
next
day, whilst
they
were
going
on
their journey,
and
drawing nigh
to
the
city,
Peter
went
up
to
the higher parts
of
the house
to
pray,
about
the
sixth
hour.
And
being
hungry,
he
was desirous
to
taste somewhat.
And
as
they
were preparing,
there
came
upon
him
an ecstasy
of
mind.
And
he
saw
the
heaven
opened,
and
a
certain
vessel
descending,
as
it
were
a
great linen
sheet
let
down
by
the
four
corners
from
heaven
to
the
earth:
Wherein
were
all manner
of fourfooted beasts,
and creeping
things
of
the
earth,
and fowls
of
the
air.
And
there
came
a
voice
to
him:
Arise,
Peter;
kill
and
eat.
But
Peter
said:
Far
be
it
from
me;
for
I
never did
eat
any
thing
that
is
common
and
unclean.
And
the
voice spoke
to
him
again
the
second
time:
That
which
God hath
cleansed,
do
not thou call common.
And
this
was
done thrice;
and presently
the
vessel
was
taken
up
into
heaven.
Now, whilst
Peter
was doubting
within
himself,
what
the
vision
that
he
had
seen should
mean,
behold
the
men
who
were
sent
from
Cornelius, inquiring
for
Simon’s
house,
stood
at
the
gate.
And
when
they
had
called,
they
asked,
if
Simon,
who
is surnamed
Peter,
were lodged
there.
And
as
Peter
was
thinking
of
the
vision,
the
Spirit
said
to
him:
Behold three
men
seek thee.
Arise, therefore,
get thee
down
and
go
with
them,
doubting
nothing:
for
I
have
sent
them.
Then
Peter,
going
down
to
the
men,
said:
Behold,
I
am
he
whom
you
seek;
what
is
the
cause
for
which
you
are
come?
Who
said:
Cornelius,
a
centurion,
a
just
man,
and
one
that feareth
God,
and
having
good
testimony
from
all
the
nation
of
the
Jews,
received
an answer
of
an
holy
angel,
to
send
for thee
into
his
house,
and
to
hear
words
of thee.
Then bringing
them
in,
he lodged
them.
And
the
day
following
he
arose,
and
went
with
them:
and
some
of
the
brethren
from Joppe
accompanied
him.
And
the morrow
after,
he
entered
into
Caesarea.
And
Cornelius
waited
for
them, having
called
together
his kinsmen
and special
friends.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when
Peter
was
come
in,
Cornelius
came
to
meet
him,
Cornelius
came
to
meet
him,
and
falling
at
his
feet adored.
But
Peter lifted
him
up,
saying:
Arise,
I
myself
also
am
a
man.
And talking
with
him,
he
went
in,
and
found
many
that
were
come
together.
And
he
said
to
them:
You
know
how
abominable
it
is
for
a
man
that
is
a
Jew,
to
keep company
or
to
come unto
one
of
another nation:
but
God hath shewed
to
me,
to
call
no
man
common
or
unclean.
For
which cause, making no doubt,
I
came
when
I
was
sent
for.
I
ask,
therefore,
for
what cause
you
have
sent
for
me?
And
Cornelius
said:
Four
days
ago, unto
this
hour,
I
was
praying
in
my
house,
at
the ninth
hour,
and
behold
a
man
stood
before
me
in white
apparel,
and
said:
Cornelius, thy
prayer
is
heard,
and thy
alms
are
had
in
remembrance
in
the
sight
of
God.
Send
therefore
to Joppe,
and
call hither
Simon,
who
is surnamed
Peter:
he lodgeth
in
the
house
of
Simon
a
tanner,
by
the
sea
side.
Immediately
therefore
I
sent
to thee:
and thou hast
done
well
in
coming.
Now
therefore
all
we
are
present
in thy
sight,
to
hear
all
things whatsoever
are
commanded thee
by
the
Lord.
And
Peter
opening
his
mouth,
said:
In very deed
I perceive,
that
God
is
not
a respecter
of persons.
But
in
every
nation,
he
that feareth
him,
and worketh
justice,
is
acceptable
to
him.
God
sent
the
word
to
the children
of
Israel,
preaching
peace
by
Jesus
Christ: (he
is
Lord
of
all.)
You
know
the
word
which hath
been published
through
all
Judea:
for
it
began
from
Galilee,
after
the
baptism
which
John
preached,
Jesus
of
Nazareth:
how
God
anointed
him
with
the
Holy Ghost,
and
with
power,
who
went
about
doing
good,
and
healing
all
that
were oppressed
by
the
devil,
for
God
was
with
him.
And
we
are
witnesses
of
all
things
that
he
did
in
the
land
of
the
Jews
and
in
Jerusalem,
whom
they
killed,
hanging
him
upon
a
tree.
Him
God
raised
up
the
third
day,
and
gave
him
to
be
made
manifest,
Not
to
all
the
people,
but
to
witnesses preordained
by
God,
even
to
us,
who did
eat
and drink
with
him
after
he
arose
again
from
the
dead;
And
he
commanded us
to
preach
to
the
people,
and
to
testify
that
it
is
he
who
was
appointed
by
God,
to
be
judge
of
the
living
and
of
the
dead.
To
him
all
the
prophets give
testimony,
that
by
his
name
all
receive remission
of
sins,
who
believe
in
him.
While
Peter
was
yet
speaking
these
words,
the
Holy Ghost
fell
on
all
them
that
heard
the
word.
And
the
faithful
of
the
circumcision,
who
came
with
Peter,
were
astonished,
for
that
the grace
of
the
Holy Ghost
was poured
out
upon
the
Gentiles
also.
For
they
heard
them
speaking
with
tongues,
and magnifying
God.
Then Peter answered:
Can
any
man
forbid
water,
that
these
should
not
be
baptized,
who
have
received
the
Holy Ghost,
as
well
as
we?
And
he
commanded
them
to
be
baptized
in
the
name
of
the Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Then
they desired
him
to tarry
with
them
some
days.
And
the
apostles
and
brethren,
who
were
in
Judea,
heard
that
the
Gentiles
also
had
received
the
word
of
God.
And
when
Peter
was
come
up
to
Jerusalem,
they
that
were
of
the
circumcision contended
with
him,
Saying: Why didst thou
go
in
to
men
uncircumcised,
and didst
eat
with
them?
But
Peter
began
and declared
to
them
the matter
in
order,
saying:
I
was
in
the
city
of Joppe
praying,
and
I
saw
in
an ecstasy
of
mind
a
vision,
a
certain
vessel
descending,
as
it
were
a
great
sheet
let
down
from
heaven
by
four
corners,
and
it
came
even unto
me.
Into
which
looking,
I considered,
and
saw fourfooted
creatures
of
the
earth,
and
beasts,
and creeping
things,
and fowls
of
the
air:
And
I
heard
also
a
voice
saying
to
me:
Arise,
Peter;
kill
and
eat.
And
I
said:
Not
so,
Lord;
for
nothing
common
or
unclean hath
ever
entered
into
my
mouth.
And
the
voice
answered again
from
heaven:
What
God hath
made
clean,
do
not thou call common.
And
this
was
done
three
times:
and
all
were
taken
up
again
into
heaven.
And
behold,
immediately
there
were
three
men
come
to
the
house wherein
I
was,
sent
to
me
from
Caesarea.
And
the
Spirit
said
to
me,
that
I
should
go
with
them,
nothing
doubting.
And
these
six
brethren
went
with
me
also:
and
we
entered
into
the
man’s
house.
And
he
told
us
how
he
had
seen
an
angel
in
his
house,
standing,
and
saying
to
him:
Send
to Joppe,
and
call hither
Simon,
who
is surnamed
Peter,
Who
shall
speak
to thee
words, whereby thou shalt
be
saved,
and
all thy
house.
And
when
I
had
begun
to
speak,
the
Holy Ghost
fell
upon
them,
as
upon
us
also
in
the
beginning.
And
I
remembered
the
word
of
the
Lord,
how
that
he
said:
John
indeed
baptized
with
water,
but
you
shall
be
baptized
with
the
Holy Ghost.
If
then
God
gave
them
the
same grace,
as
to
us
also
who
believed
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
who
was
I,
that
could withstand
God?
Having
heard
these
things,
they held
their peace,
and
glorified
God,
saying:
God
then hath
also
to
the
Gentiles
given
repentance unto
life.
Now
they
who
had
been dispersed
by
the
persecution
that
arose
on occasion
of
Stephen,
went
about
as
far
as Phenice
and
Cyprus
and
Antioch,
speaking
the
word
to
none,
but
to
the
Jews
only.
But
some
of
them
were
men
of
Cyprus
and
Cyrene,
who,
when
they
were
entered
into
Antioch,
spoke
also
to
the
Greeks,
preaching
the
Lord
Jesus.
And
the
hand
of
the
Lord
was
with
them:
and
a
great
number
believing,
were converted
to
the
Lord.
And
the tidings
came
to
the
ears
of
the
church
that
was
at
Jerusalem, touching
these
things:
and
they
sent
Barnabas
as
far
as
Antioch.
Who,
when
he
was
come,
and
had
seen
the
grace
of
God,
rejoiced:
and
he
exhorted
them
all
with
purpose
of
heart
to
continue
in
the
Lord.
For
he
was
a
good
man,
and
full
of
the
Holy Ghost
and
of
faith.
And
a great
multitude
was
added
to
the
Lord.
And Barnabas
went
to
Tarsus
to seek
Saul: whom,
when
he
had
found,
he
brought
to
Antioch.
And
they conversed
there
in
the
church
a
whole
year;
and
they
taught
a great
multitude,
so
that
at
Antioch
the
disciples
were
first named
Christians.
And
in
these
days
there
came
prophets
from
Jerusalem
to
Antioch:
And
one
of
them
named
Agabus,
rising
up, signified
by
the
Spirit,
that
there should
be
a
great
famine
over
the
whole
world,
which
came
to
pass
under
Claudius.
And
the
disciples,
every
man according
to
his ability, purposed
to
send
relief
to
the
brethren
who dwelt
in
Judea:
Which
also
they
did,
sending
it
to
the ancients,
by
the
hands
of
Barnabas
and
Saul.
And
at
the same
time,
Herod
the
king stretched forth
his
hands,
to afflict
some
of
the
church.
And
he
killed
James,
the
brother
of
John,
with
the
sword.
And
seeing
that
it
pleased
the
Jews,
he
proceeded
to take up
Peter
also.
Now
it
was
in
the
days
of
the Azymes.
And
when
he
had apprehended
him,
he cast
him
into
prison,
delivering
him
to
four files
of
soldiers
to
be
kept,
intending,
after
the pasch,
to
bring
him forth
to
the
people.
Peter
therefore
was
kept
in
prison.
But
prayer
was
made without ceasing
by
the
church unto
God
for
him.
And
when
Herod
would
have
brought
him forth,
the
same
night
Peter
was
sleeping
between
two
soldiers,
bound
with
two
chains:
and
the keepers
before
the
door
kept
the
prison.
And
behold
an
angel
of
the
Lord
stood
by
him:
and
a
light
shined
in
the room:
and
he
striking
Peter
on
the
side,
raised
him
up,
saying:
Arise
quickly.
And
the
chains fell off
from
his
hands.
And
the
angel
said
to
him:
Gird thyself,
and
put
on thy
sandals.
And
he
did
so.
And
he
said
to
him: Cast thy
garment
about thee,
and
follow
me.
And
going
out,
he
followed
him,
and
he
knew
not
that
it
was
true
which
was
done
by
the
angel:
but
thought
he
saw
a
vision.
And
passing
through
the
first
and
the
second ward,
they
came
to
the
iron
gate
that leadeth
to
the
city,
which
of
itself
opened
to
them.
And
going
out,
they
passed
on
through
one
street:
and
immediately
the
angel
departed
from
him.
And
Peter
coming
to
himself,
said:
Now
I
know
in
very deed,
that
the
Lord hath
sent
his
angel,
and hath delivered
me
out
of
the
hand
of
Herod,
and
from
all
the
expectation
of
the
people
of
the
Jews.
And considering,
he
came
to
the
house
of
Mary
the
mother
of
John,
who
was surnamed
Mark,
where
many
were
gathered
together
and
praying.
And
when
he
knocked
at
the
door
of
the
gate,
a damsel
came
to hearken,
whose
name
was Rhode.
And
as soon
as she
knew
Peter’s
voice, she
opened
not
the
gate
for
joy,
but running
in she
told
that
Peter
stood
before
the
gate.
But
they
said
to
her: Thou art
mad.
But
she affirmed
that
it
was
so.
Then
said
they:
It
is
his
angel.
But
Peter
continued
knocking.
And
when
they
had
opened,
they
saw
him,
and
were
astonished.
But
he beckoning
to
them
with
his
hand
to hold
their peace,
told
how
the
Lord
had
brought
him
out
of
prison,
and
he
said:
Tell
these
things
to
James,
and
to
the
brethren.
And
going
out,
he
went
into
another
place.
Now
when
day
was
come,
there
was
no
small stir
among
the
soldiers,
what
was
become
of
Peter.
And
when
Herod
had
sought
for
him,
and
found
him
not; having
examined
the keepers,
he
commanded
they
should
be put
to death;
and going
down
from
Judea
to
Caesarea,
he abode
there.
And
he
was
angry
with
the Tyrians
and
the Sidonians.
But
they
with
one
accord
came
to
him,
and
having gained
Blastus,
who
was
the
king’s chamberlain,
they desired
peace,
because
their countries
were
nourished
by
him.
And
upon
a
day
appointed,
Herod
being arrayed
in kingly
apparel,
sat
in
the
judgment
seat,
and made
an oration
to
them.
And
the
people made acclamation, saying:
It
is
the
voice
of
a
god,
and
not
of
a
man.
And forthwith
an
angel
of
the
Lord
struck
him,
because
he
had
not
given
the honour
to
God:
and
being
eaten
up
by
worms,
he
gave
up
the ghost.
But
the
word
of
the
Lord
increased
and
multiplied.
And
Barnabas
and
Saul
returned
from
Jerusalem, having
fulfilled
their
ministry,
taking
with them
John,
who
was surnamed
Mark.
Now
there
were
in
the
church
which
was
at
Antioch,
prophets
and doctors,
among
whom
was
Barnabas,
and Simon
who
was
called
Niger,
and
Lucius
of
Cyrene,
and Manahen,
who
was
the foster brother
of
Herod
the tetrarch,
and
Saul.
And
as
they
were
ministering
to
the
Lord,
and
fasting,
the
Holy Ghost
said
to
them:
Separate
me
Saul
and
Barnabas,
for
the
work whereunto
I
have taken
them.
Then
they,
fasting
and
praying,
and imposing
their
hands
upon
them,
sent
them
away.
So
they being
sent
by
the
Holy Ghost,
went
to
Seleucia:
and
from thence
they
sailed
to
Cyprus.
And
when
they
were
come
to Salamina,
they preached
the
word
of
God
in
the
synagogues
of
the
Jews.
And
they
had
John
also
in
the ministry.
And
when
they
had
gone
through
the
whole
island,
as
far
as
Paphos,
they
found
a
certain
man,
a
magician,
a
false
prophet,
a
Jew,
whose
name
was Bar-jesu:
Who
was
with
the
proconsul
Sergius
Paulus,
a prudent
man.
He sending
for
Barnabas
and
Saul, desired
to
hear
the
word
of
God.
But
Elymas
the
magician (for
so
his
name
is interpreted) withstood
them,
seeking
to
turn
away
the
proconsul
from
the
faith.
Then
Saul, otherwise
Paul,
filled
with
the
Holy Ghost,
looking upon
him,
Said:
O
full
of
all guile,
and
of
all
deceit, child
of
the
devil,
enemy
of
all
justice, thou ceasest
not
to pervert
the
right
ways
of
the
Lord.
And
now
behold,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
is
upon thee,
and thou shalt
be
blind,
not
seeing
the
sun
for
a
time.
And
immediately
there
fell
a
mist
and
darkness
upon
him,
and
going
about,
he
sought
some
one
to
lead
him
by
the
hand.
Then
the
proconsul,
when
he
had
seen
what
was
done,
believed, admiring
at
the doctrine
of
the
Lord.
Now
when
Paul
and
they
that
were
with
him
had sailed
from
Paphos,
they
came
to Perge
in
Pamphylia.
And
John departing
from
them,
returned
to
Jerusalem.
But
they
passing
through Perge,
came
to
Antioch
in
Pisidia:
and
entering
into
the
synagogue
on
the
sabbath
day,
they
sat
down.
And
after
the
reading
of
the
law
and
the
prophets,
the rulers
of
the
synagogue
sent
to
them,
saying: Ye
men,
brethren,
if
you
have
any
word
of
exhortation
to make
to
the
people,
speak.
Then
Paul
rising
up,
and
with
his
hand bespeaking silence,
said: Ye
men
of Israel,
and
you
that
fear
God,
give ear.
The
God
of
the
people
of
Israel
chose
our
fathers,
and
exalted
the
people
when
they
were sojourners
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
with
an
high
arm
brought
them
out
from thence,
And
for
the space
of
forty years endured
their manners
in
the
desert.
And
destroying
seven
nations
in
the
land
of Chanaan, divided
their
land
among
them,
by lot,
As
it
were,
after
four
hundred
and
fifty
years:
and
after
these
things,
he
gave unto
them
judges,
until
Samuel
the
prophet.
And
after
that
they desired
a
king:
and
God
gave
them
Saul
the
son
of Cis,
a
man
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
forty
years.
And
when
he
had
removed
him,
he
raised
them
up
David
to
be
king:
to
whom
giving
testimony,
he
said:
I
have
found
David,
the son
of
Jesse,
a
man
according
to
my
own
heart,
who
shall
do
all
my wills.
Of
this
man’s
seed
God
according
to
his
promise, hath raised up
to
Israel
a Saviour,
Jesus:
John first preaching,
before
his
coming,
the
baptism
of penance
to
all
the
people
of
Israel.
And
when
John
was fulfilling
his
course,
he
said:
I
am
not
he,
whom
you
think
me
to
be:
but
behold,
there cometh
one
after
me,
whose
shoes
of
his
feet
I
am
not
worthy
to
loose.
Men,
brethren,
children
of
the stock
of
Abraham,
and whosoever
among
you
fear
God,
to
you
the
word
of
this
salvation
is
sent.
For
they
that inhabited
Jerusalem,
and
the
rulers thereof,
not
knowing
him,
nor
the
voices
of
the
prophets,
which
are
read
every
sabbath,
judging
him
have
fulfilled
them.
And
finding
no
cause
of
death
in
him,
they desired
of
Pilate,
that
they
might
kill
him.
And
when
they
had
fulfilled
all
things
that
were
written
of
him, taking
him
down
from
the
tree,
they
laid
him
in
a sepulchre.
But
God
raised
him
up
from
the
dead
the third day:
Who
was
seen
for
many
days,
by
them
who
came
up
with
him
from
Galilee
to
Jerusalem,
who
to
this
present
are
his
witnesses
to
the
people.
And
we declare unto
you,
that
the
promise
which
was
made
to
our
fathers,
This
same
God hath
fulfilled
to
our
children,
raising
up
Jesus,
as
in
the
second
psalm
also
is
written: Thou art
my
Son,
this
day
have
I
begotten thee.
And
to shew
that
he
raised
him
up
from
the
dead,
not
to
return
now
any
more
to corruption,
he
said
thus:
I
will
give
you
the
holy
things
of
David
faithful.
And
therefore,
in
another
place
also,
he saith: Thou shalt
not
suffer thy
holy
one
to
see corruption.
For
David,
when
he
had
served
in
his
generation,
according
to
the
will
of
God, slept:
and
was
laid unto
his
fathers,
and
saw corruption.
But
he
whom
God hath
raised
from
the dead,
saw
no corruption.
Be
it
known
therefore
to
you,
men,
brethren,
that
through
him
forgiveness
of
sins
is preached
to
you:
and
from
all
the
things,
from
which
you
could
not
be
justified
by
the
law
of
Moses.
In
him
every
one
that believeth,
is
justified.
Beware,
therefore,
lest
that
come
upon
you
which
is
spoken
in
the
prophets:
Behold, ye despisers,
and
wonder,
and
perish:
for
I
work
a
work
in
your
days,
a
work
which
you
will
not
believe,
if
any
man
shall tell
it
you.
And
as
they went out,
they desired
them,
that
on
the
next
sabbath,
they
would
speak unto
them
these
words.
And
when
the
synagogue
was
broken up,
many
of
the
Jews,
and
of
the strangers
who served
God,
followed
Paul
and
Barnabas:
who
speaking
to
them,
persuaded
them
to
continue
in
the
grace
of
God.
But
the
next
sabbath
day,
the
whole
city
almost
came
together,
to
hear
the
word
of
God.
And
the
Jews
seeing
the
multitudes,
were
filled
with envy,
and contradicted
those
things
which
were
said
by
Paul,
blaspheming.
Then
Paul
and
Barnabas
said
boldly:
To
you
it behoved
us
first
to
speak
the
word
of
God:
but
because
you reject
it,
and
judge
yourselves
unworthy
of
eternal
life,
behold
we
turn
to
the
Gentiles.
For
so
the
Lord hath
commanded
us:
I
have
set thee
to
be
the
light
of
the
Gentiles;
that thou mayest
be
for
salvation unto
the utmost
part
of
the
earth.
And
the
Gentiles
hearing
it,
were
glad,
and
glorified
the
word
of
the
Lord:
and
as
many
as
were ordained
to
life everlasting,
believed.
And
the
word
of
the
Lord
was published
throughout
the
whole
country.
But
the
Jews
stirred up religious
and honourable
women,
and
the chief
men
of
the
city,
and raised
persecution
against
Paul
and
Barnabas:
and
cast
them
out
of
their coasts.
But
they, shaking
off
the
dust
of
their
feet
against
them,
came
to
Iconium.
And
the
disciples
were
filled
with
joy
and
with
the
Holy Ghost.
And
it
came
to
pass
in
Iconium,
that
they
entered
together
into
the
synagogue
of
the
Jews,
and
so
spoke
that
a
very
great
multitude
both
of
the
Jews
and
of
the
Greeks
did
believe.
But
the unbelieving
Jews
stirred up
and incensed
the
minds
of
the
Gentiles
against
the
brethren.
A
long
time
therefore
they abode
there,
dealing confidently
in
the
Lord,
who
gave
testimony
to
the
word
of
his
grace,
granting
signs
and
wonders
to
be
done
by
their
hands.
And
the
multitude
of
the
city
was
divided;
and
some
of
them
indeed held
with
the
Jews,
but
some
with
the
apostles.
And
when
there
was
an assault
made
by
the
Gentiles
and
the
Jews
with
their
rulers,
to use
them contumeliously,
and
to
stone
them:
They understanding
it,
fled
to
Lystra,
and
Derbe,
cities
of
Lycaonia,
and
to
the whole
country round
about,
and
were there preaching
the gospel.
And
there sat
a certain man at Lystra, impotent
in his feet,
a cripple
from his mother’s womb,
who never
had walked.
This
same heard
Paul speaking.
Who looking
upon
him,
and seeing
that
he
had
faith
to
be healed,
Said
with
a loud voice: Stand upright
on thy feet.
And
he leaped up,
and walked.
And
when
the multitudes
had seen
what Paul
had done,
they lifted
up
their
voice
in
the Lycaonian tongue,
saying:
The gods
are come down
to
us
in
the likeness
of
men;
And
they
called Barnabas, Jupiter:
but
Paul, Mercury;
because
he
was chief speaker.
The priest
also
of Jupiter
that
was
before
the
city, bringing oxen
and garlands
before
the gate,
would
have offered sacrifice
with
the
people.
Which,
when
the apostles Barnabas
and
Paul
had heard, rending
their clothes,
they leaped
out
among
the
people, crying,
And saying: Ye
men, why
do ye
these
things?
We
also
are mortals,
men
like unto
you, preaching
to
you
to
be converted
from
these vain
things,
to
the living
God,
who made
the heaven,
and
the earth,
and
the sea,
and
all
things
that
are
in
them:
Who
in times past suffered
all nations
to walk
in
their
own ways.
Nevertheless
he
left
not
himself without testimony, doing good
from heaven, giving rains
and fruitful seasons, filling
our hearts
with food
and gladness.
And speaking
these
things,
they scarce restrained
the
people
from sacrificing
to
them.
Now there came thither certain Jews
from Antioch,
and Iconium:
and persuading
the
multitude,
and stoning
Paul, drew
him out
of
the
city, thinking
him
to
be dead.
But
as
the disciples stood round
about
him,
he rose up
and entered
into
the
city,
and
the next day
he departed
with Barnabas
to Derbe.
And
when
they
had preached
the gospel
to
that
city,
and
had taught many,
they
returned
again
to Lystra,
and
to Iconium,
and
to Antioch:
Confirming
the souls
of
the
disciples,
and exhorting
them
to
continue
in
the faith:
and
that through
many tribulations
we
must enter
into
the kingdom
of God.
And
when
they
had ordained
to
them priests
in every church,
and
had prayed
with fasting,
they commended
them
to
the
Lord,
in
whom
they believed.
And passing
through Pisidia,
they came
into Pamphylia.
And having spoken
the word
of
the Lord
in Perge,
they
went down
into Attalia:
And thence
they sailed
to Antioch,
from whence
they
had
been delivered
to
the grace
of
God, unto
the work
which
they accomplished.
And
when
they
were
come,
and
had assembled
the church,
they related
what great
things
God
had
done
with
them,
and how
he
had opened
the door
of
faith
to
the Gentiles.
And
they abode no small time
with
the disciples.
And
some coming
down
from
Judea,
taught
the
brethren:
That
except
you
be
circumcised
after
the manner
of
Moses,
you
cannot
be
saved.
And
when
Paul
and
Barnabas
had
no
small contest
with
them,
they
determined
that
Paul
and
Barnabas,
and
certain
others
of
the
other side,
should
go
up
to
the
apostles
and priests
to
Jerusalem
about
this question.
They
therefore being brought
on
their
way
by
the
church,
passed
through Phenice,
and
Samaria, relating
the
conversion
of
the
Gentiles;
and
they
caused
great
joy
to
all
the
brethren.
And
when
they
were
come
to
Jerusalem,
they
were
received
by
the
church,
and
by
the
apostles
and ancients,
declaring
how
great
things
God
had
done
with
them.
But
there arose
some
of
the
sect
of
the
Pharisees
that
believed,
saying:
They
must
be
circumcised,
and
be
commanded
to
observe
the
law
of
Moses.
And
the
apostles
and ancients
assembled
to
consider
of
this
matter.
And
when
there
had
been
much disputing,
Peter,
rising
up,
said
to
them:
Men,
brethren,
you
know,
that
in former
days
God
made
choice
among
us,
that
by
my
mouth
the
Gentiles
should
hear
the
word
of
the
gospel,
and
believe.
And
God,
who knoweth
the
hearts,
gave
testimony,
giving unto
them
the
Holy Ghost,
as
well
as
to
us;
And put
no difference
between us
and
them, purifying
their
hearts
by
faith.
Now
therefore,
why
tempt
you
God
to
put
a
yoke
upon
the
necks
of
the
disciples,
which
neither
our
fathers
nor
we
have
been
able
to
bear?
But
by
the
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
we
believe
to
be
saved,
in
like manner
as
they
also.
And
all
the
multitude
held
their peace;
and
they
heard
Barnabas
and
Paul telling
what
great
signs
and
wonders
God
had wrought
among
the
Gentiles
by
them.
And
after
they
had held
their peace,
James
answered,
saying:
Men,
brethren,
hear
me.
Simon hath
related
how
God
first visited
to
take
of
the
Gentiles
a
people
to
his
name.
And
to
this
agree
the
words
of
the
prophets,
as
it
is
written:
After
these
things
I
will
return,
and
will
rebuild
the
tabernacle
of
David,
which
is
fallen
down;
and
the
ruins thereof
I
will
rebuild,
and
I
will set
it up:
That
the residue
of
men
may seek
after
the
Lord,
and
all
nations
upon
whom
my
name
is invoked, saith
the
Lord,
who doth
these
things.
To
the Lord was his own work
known
from
the
beginning
of
the
world.
For
which cause
I
judge
that they,
who
from
among
the
Gentiles
are converted
to
God,
are
not
to
be disquieted.
But
that
we
write unto
them,
that
they refrain
themselves
from
the pollutions
of
idols,
and
from
fornication,
and
from
things
strangled,
and
from
blood.
For
Moses
of
old time hath
in
every
city
them
that
preach
him
in
the
synagogues,
where
he
is
read
every
sabbath.
Then
it pleased
the
apostles
and ancients,
with
the
whole
church,
to
choose
men
of
their
own company,
and
to
send
to
Antioch,
with
Paul
and
Barnabas, namely,
Judas,
who
was surnamed Barsabas,
and
Silas,
chief
men
among
the
brethren.
Writing
by
their
hands:
The
apostles
and ancients,
brethren,
to
the
brethren
of
the
Gentiles
that
are
at
Antioch,
and
in
Syria
and
Cilicia,
greeting.
Forasmuch
as
we
have
heard,
that
some
going
out
from
us
have
troubled
you
with
words, subverting
your
souls;
to
whom
we
gave
no
commandment:
It hath
seemed
good
to us,
being assembled
together,
to
choose
out
men,
and
to
send them unto
you,
with
our
well
beloved
Barnabas
and
Paul:
Men
that
have
given
their
lives
for
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
have
sent
therefore
Judas
and
Silas,
who
themselves
also
will,
by
word
of mouth,
tell
you
the
same
things.
For
it hath
seemed
good
to
the
Holy Ghost
and
to us,
to
lay
no
further
burden upon
you
than
these necessary
things:
That
you
abstain
from
things
sacrificed
to
idols,
and
from
blood,
and
from
things
strangled,
and
from
fornication;
from
which
things keeping
yourselves,
you
shall
do
well. Fare ye
well.
They
therefore being
dismissed,
went
down
to
Antioch;
and
gathering
together
the
multitude,
delivered
the epistle.
Which
when
they
had
read,
they
rejoiced
for
the
consolation.
But
Judas
and
Silas,
being
prophets
also
themselves,
with
many
words
comforted
the
brethren,
and confirmed
them.
And
after
they
had
spent
some
time
there,
they
were
let
go
with
peace
by
the
brethren, unto
them
that
had
sent
them.
But it seemed good unto Silas to remain there; and Judas alone departed to Jerusalem.
And
Paul
and
Barnabas continued
at
Antioch,
teaching
and
preaching,
with
many
others,
the
word
of
the
Lord.
And
after
some
days,
Paul
said
to
Barnabas:
Let
us
return
and
visit
our
brethren
in
all
the
cities wherein
we
have preached
the
word
of
the
Lord,
to see
how
they
do.
And
Barnabas
would
have taken
with
them
John
also,
that
was surnamed
Mark;
But
Paul desired
that
he (as having
departed
from
them
out
of
Pamphylia,
and
not
gone
with
them
to
the
work)
might
not
be received.
And
there
arose
a dissension,
so
that
they departed
one
from
another;
and
Barnabas
indeed
taking
Mark,
sailed
to
Cyprus.
But
Paul choosing
Silas,
departed, being
delivered
by
the
brethren
to
the
grace
of God.
And
he
went
through
Syria
and
Cilicia, confirming
the
churches, commanding them
to keep
the precepts
of
the apostles
and
the ancients.
And
he
came
to
Derbe
and
Lystra.
And
behold,
there
was
a
certain
disciple
there
named
Timothy,
the
son
of
a
Jewish
woman
that believed;
but
his
father
was
a Gentile.
To
this
man
the
brethren
that
were
in
Lystra
and
Iconium, gave
a
good
testimony.
Him
Paul
would
have
to
go
along
with
him:
and
taking
him
he
circumcised
him,
because
of
the
Jews
who
were
in
those
places.
For
they
all
knew
that
his
father
was
a Gentile.
And
as
they passed
through
the
cities,
they
delivered unto
them
the
decrees
for
to
keep,
that
were decreed
by
the
apostles
and ancients
who
were
at
Jerusalem.
And
the
churches
were confirmed
in
faith,
and increased
in
number
daily.
And
when
they
had
passed
through
Phrygia,
and
the
country
of
Galatia,
they
were
forbidden
by
the
Holy Ghost
to preach
the
word
in
Asia.
And
when
they
were
come
into
Mysia,
they attempted
to
go
into Bythynia,
and
the
Spirit
of
Jesus suffered
them
not.
And
when
they
had
passed through
Mysia,
they
went
down
to
Troas.
And
a
vision
was shewed
to
Paul
in
the
night,
which
was
a
man
of
Macedonia
standing
and
beseeching
him,
and
saying: Pass
over
into
Macedonia,
and
help
us.
And
as soon
as
he
had
seen
the
vision,
immediately
we
sought
to
go
into
Macedonia, being assured
that
God
had
called
us
to
preach
the
gospel
to
them.
And sailing
from
Troas,
we came
with
a
straight
course
to Samothracia,
and
the day following
to
Neapolis;
And
from thence
to
Philippi,
which
is
the chief
city
of
part
of
Macedonia,
a
colony.
And
we
were
in
this
city
some
days conferring
together.
And
upon
the
sabbath
day,
we
went
forth
without
the
gate
by
a
river
side,
where
it seemed
that
there
was
prayer;
and
sitting
down,
we
spoke
to
the
women
that
were
assembled.
And
a
certain
woman
named
Lydia,
a
seller
of
purple,
of
the
city
of
Thyatira,
one
that worshipped
God,
did
hear:
whose
heart
the
Lord
opened
to attend
to
those
things
which
were
said
by
Paul.
And
when
she
was
baptized,
and
her
household,
she besought
us,
saying:
If
you
have
judged
me
to
be
faithful
to
the
Lord,
come
into
my
house,
and
abide
there.
And
she constrained
us.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
we
went
to
prayer,
a
certain girl,
having
a pythonical
spirit,
met
us,
who
brought
to
her
masters
much gain
by divining.
This
same
following
Paul
and
us,
cried
out,
saying:
These
men
are
the
servants
of
the
most
high
God,
who preach unto
you
the
way
of
salvation.
And
this
she
did
many
days.
But
Paul
being grieved,
turned,
and
said
to
the
spirit:
I
command thee,
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
to
go
out
from
her.
And
he
went
out
the
same
hour.
But
her
masters,
seeing
that
the
hope
of
their gain
was
gone, apprehending
Paul
and
Silas,
brought
them
into
the marketplace
to
the
rulers.
And presenting
them
to
the
magistrates,
they
said:
These
men disturb
our
city,
being
Jews;
And preach
a fashion
which
it
is
not
lawful
for
us
to
receive
nor
observe,
being
Romans.
And
the
people ran
together
against
them;
and
the
magistrates rending
off
their
clothes,
commanded
them
to
be
beaten
with
rods.
And
when
they
had
laid
many stripes upon
them,
they
cast
them
into
prison, charging
the gaoler
to
keep
them diligently.
Who having
received
such
a
charge, thrust
them
into
the
inner
prison,
and
made
their
feet fast
in
the
stocks.
And
at
midnight,
Paul
and
Silas
praying, praised
God.
And
they
that
were
in prison, heard
them.
And
suddenly
there
was
a
great
earthquake,
so
that
the
foundations
of
the
prison
were
shaken.
And
immediately
all
the
doors
were
opened,
and
the bands
of
all
were loosed.
And
the keeper
of
the
prison, awaking
out
of
his sleep,
and
seeing
the
doors
of
the
prison
open,
drawing
his
sword,
would
have
killed
himself,
supposing
that
the
prisoners
had
been
fled.
But
Paul
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying:
Do thyself
no
harm,
for
we
all
are
here.
Then
calling
for
a
light,
he
went
in,
and
trembling,
fell
down
at
the feet
of
Paul
and
Silas.
And
bringing
them
out,
he
said:
Masters,
what
must
I
do,
that
I
may
be
saved?
But
they
said:
Believe
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
and thou shalt
be
saved,
and thy
house.
And
they preached
the
word
of
the
Lord
to
him
and
to
all
that
were
in
his
house.
And
he,
taking
them
the
same
hour
of
the
night,
washed
their stripes,
and
himself
was
baptized,
and
all
his house
immediately.
And
when
he
had
brought
them
into
his
own
house,
he laid
the
table
for
them,
and
rejoiced
with
all
his
house,
believing
God.
And
when
the
day
was
come,
the
magistrates
sent
the serjeants,
saying,
Let
those
men
go.
And
the keeper
of
the prison
told
these
words
to
Paul:
The
magistrates
have
sent
to
let
you
go;
now
therefore
depart,
and
go
in
peace.
But
Paul
said
to
them:
They
have
beaten
us
publicly,
uncondemned,
men
that
are
Romans,
and
have
cast
us
into
prison:
and
now
do
they thrust
us
out
privately?
Not
so;
but let
them
come,
And
let
us
out
themselves.
And
the serjeants
told
these
words
to
the
magistrates.
And
they
were
afraid,
hearing
that
they
were
Romans.
And
coming,
they besought
them;
and bringing
them
out,
they desired
them
to
depart
out
of
the
city.
And
they
went
out
of
the
prison,
and
entered
into
the house
of
Lydia;
and having
seen
the
brethren,
they
comforted
them,
and
departed.
And
when
they
had passed
through
Amphipolis
and
Apollonia,
they
came
to
Thessalonica,
where
there
was
a
synagogue
of
the
Jews.
And
Paul,
according
to
his
custom,
went
in unto
them;
and
for
three
sabbath days
he
reasoned
with
them
out
of
the
scriptures:
Declaring
and insinuating
that
the
Christ
was
to
suffer,
and
to
rise
again
from
the
dead;
and
that
this
is
Jesus
Christ,
whom
I preach
to
you.
And
some
of
them believed,
and
were associated
to
Paul
and
Silas;
and
of
those
that served
God,
and
of
the Gentiles
a
great
multitude,
and
of noble
women
not
a
few.
But
the
Jews, moved
with
envy,
and
taking unto
them
some
wicked
men
of
the vulgar sort,
and making
a tumult,
set
the
city
in
an uproar;
and besetting
Jason’s
house,
sought
to
bring
them
out unto
the
people.
And
not
finding
them,
they drew
Jason
and
certain
brethren
to
the rulers
of
the
city,
crying:
They
that set
the
city
in
an uproar,
are come hither
also;
Whom
Jason hath
received;
and
these
all
do
contrary
to
the
decrees
of
Caesar,
saying
that
there
is
another
king,
Jesus.
And
they
stirred up
the
people,
and
the rulers
of
the
city
hearing
these
things,
And having
taken satisfaction
of
Jason
and
of
the
rest,
they
let
them
go.
But
the
brethren
immediately
sent
away
Paul
and
Silas
by
night unto
Berea.
Who,
when
they
were
come thither,
went
into
the
synagogue
of
the
Jews.
Now
these
were
more noble
than
those
in
Thessalonica,
who
received
the
word
with
all
eagerness,
daily searching
the
scriptures,
whether
these
things
were
so.
And
many
indeed
of
them
believed,
and
of honourable
women
that
were Gentiles,
and
of
men
not
a
few.
And
when
the
Jews
of
Thessalonica
had knowledge
that
the
word
of
God
was
also preached
by
Paul
at
Berea,
they
came thither
also,
stirring
up
and troubling
the
multitude.
And
then
immediately
the
brethren
sent
away
Paul,
to
go unto
the
sea;
but
Silas
and
Timothy
remained
there.
And
they
that conducted
Paul,
brought
him
as
far
as
Athens;
and
receiving
a
commandment
from
him
to
Silas
and
Timothy,
that
they
should
come
to
him
with
all speed,
they departed.
Now whilst
Paul waited
for
them
at
Athens,
his
spirit
was stirred
within
him,
seeing
the
city wholly given
to idolatry.
He disputed,
therefore,
in
the
synagogue
with
the
Jews,
and
with
them
that served
God,
and
in
the marketplace,
every
day
with
them
that
were
there.
And
certain
philosophers
of
the Epicureans
and
of
the Stoics disputed
with
him;
and
some
said:
What
is
it,
that
this word sower
would
say?
But
others:
He seemeth
to
be
a setter forth
of new
gods;
because
he
preached
to
them
Jesus
and
the
resurrection.
And
taking
him,
they
brought
him
to
the
Areopagus,
saying:
May
we
know
what
this
new doctrine
is,
which thou speakest
of?
For thou bringest
in
certain new
things
to our
ears.
We
would
know
therefore
what
these
things
mean.
(Now
all
the
Athenians,
and
strangers
that
were
there, employed
themselves
in
nothing
else,
but
either
in
telling
or
in
hearing
some
new
thing.)
But
Paul
standing
in
the
midst
of
the
Areopagus,
said: Ye
men
of
Athens,
I
perceive
that
in
all
things
you
are too superstitious.
For
passing
by,
and seeing
your idols,
I
found
an
altar
also,
on
which
was
written:
To
the
unknown
God.
What
therefore
you
worship,
without
knowing
it,
that
I preach
to
you:
God,
who
made
the
world,
and
all
things therein;
he,
being
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth, dwelleth
not
in
temples
made
with
hands;
Neither
is
he
served
with men’s
hands,
as
though
he
needed
any
thing; seeing
it
is
he
who giveth
to
all
life,
and
breath,
and
all
things:
And hath
made
of
one,
all
mankind,
to
dwell
upon
the
whole
face
of
the
earth,
determining
appointed
times,
and
the limits
of
their habitation.
That
they
should
seek
God,
if happily
they
may feel
after
him
or
find
him,
although
he
be
not
far
from
every
one
of us:
For
in
him
we
live,
and
move,
and
are;
as
some
also
of
your
own
poets
said:
For
we
are
also
his
offspring.
Being
therefore
the
offspring
of
God,
we
must
not
suppose
the divinity
to
be
like unto
gold,
or
silver,
or
stone,
the graving
of
art,
and device
of
man.
And
God
indeed
having winked
at
the
times
of
this
ignorance,
now declareth unto
men,
that
all
should
every where do penance.
Because
he hath
appointed
a
day wherein
he
will
judge
the
world
in equity,
by
the
man
whom
he hath
appointed; giving
faith
to
all,
by
raising
him
up
from
the
dead.
And
when
they
had
heard
of
the
resurrection
of
the
dead,
some
indeed mocked,
but
others
said:
We
will
hear thee
again
concerning
this matter.
So
Paul
went
out
from
among
them.
But
certain
men adhering
to
him,
did
believe;
among
whom
was
also
Dionysius,
the
Areopagite,
and
a
woman
named
Damaris,
and
others
with
them.
After
these
things, departing
from
Athens,
he
came
to
Corinth.
And
finding
a
certain
Jew,
named
Aquila, born
in
Pontus, lately
come
from
Italy,
with
Priscilla
his
wife, (because
that
Claudius
had
commanded
all
Jews
to depart
from
Rome,)
he
came
to
them.
And
because
he
was
of
the
same
trade,
he
remained
with
them,
and wrought; (now
they
were
tentmakers
by
trade.)
And
he
reasoned
in
the
synagogue
every
sabbath, bringing
in
the name
of
the Lord
Jesus;
and
he
persuaded
the
Jews
and
the
Greeks.
And
when
Silas
and
Timothy
were
come
from
Macedonia,
Paul
was earnest
in
preaching,
testifying
to
the
Jews,
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ.
But
they gainsaying
and
blaspheming,
he
shook
his
garments,
and
said
to
them:
Your
blood
be
upon
your
own
heads;
I
am
clean:
from henceforth
I
will
go unto
the
Gentiles.
And
departing thence,
he
entered
into
the
house
of
a
certain
man,
named
Titus
Justus,
one
that worshipped
God,
whose
house
was adjoining
to
the
synagogue.
And
Crispus,
the ruler
of
the
synagogue,
believed
in
the
Lord,
with
all
his
house;
and
many
of
the
Corinthians
hearing,
believed,
and
were
baptized.
And
the
Lord
said
to
Paul
in
the
nights,
by
a
vision:
Do
not
fear,
but
speak;
and hold
not thy peace,
Because
I
am
with thee:
and
no
man
shall set
upon thee,
to hurt thee;
for
I
have
much
people
in
this
city.
And
he stayed
there
a
year
and
six
months,
teaching
among
them
the
word
of
God.
But
when
Gallio
was
proconsul
of
Achaia,
the
Jews
with
one
accord rose up
against
Paul,
and
brought
him
to
the
judgment
seat,
Saying:
This
man persuadeth
men
to
worship
God
contrary
to
the
law.
And
when
Paul
was beginning
to
open
his
mouth,
Gallio
said
to
the
Jews:
If
it
were
some
matter
of injustice,
or
an heinous deed,
O
Jews,
I
should
with
reason
bear
with
you.
But
if
they
be
questions
of
word
and
names,
and
of
your
law,
look
you
to
it:
I
will
not
be
judge
of
such
things.
And
he
drove
them
from
the
judgment
seat.
And
all laying
hold
on
Sosthenes,
the ruler
of
the
synagogue,
beat
him
before
the
judgment
seat;
and
Gallio cared
for
none
of
those
things.
But
Paul,
when
he
had stayed
yet
many
days,
taking
his
leave
of
the
brethren,
sailed thence
into
Syria (and
with
him
Priscilla
and
Aquila),
having shorn
his
head
in Cenchrae:
for
he
had
a
vow.
And
he
came
to
Ephesus,
and
left
them
there.
But
he
himself
entering
into
the
synagogue, disputed
with
the
Jews.
And
when
they desired
him,
that
he
would tarry
a
longer
time,
he consented
not;
But
taking
his
leave,
and
saying:
I
will
return
to
you
again,
God
willing,
he departed
from
Ephesus.
And
going
down
to
Caesarea,
he
went
up
to Jerusalem,
and saluted
the
church,
and
so
came
down
to
Antioch.
And
after
he
had
spent
some
time
there,
he
departed,
and
went
through
the
country
of
Galatia
and
Phrygia,
in
order, confirming
all
the
disciples.
Now
a
certain
Jew,
named Apollo, born
at Alexandria,
an
eloquent
man,
came
to
Ephesus,
one
mighty
in
the
scriptures.
This
man
was
instructed
in
the
way
of
the
Lord;
and
being
fervent
in
spirit,
spoke,
and
taught diligently
the
things
that
are
of
Jesus,
knowing
only
the
baptism
of
John.
This
man
therefore
began
to
speak
boldly
in
the
synagogue.
Whom
when
Priscilla
and
Aquila
had
heard,
they
took
him
to
them,
and expounded
to
him
the
way
of
the
Lord more diligently.
And
whereas
he
was desirous
to
go
to
Achaia,
the
brethren exhorting,
wrote
to
the
disciples
to receive
him.
Who,
when
he
was
come,
helped
them
much
who
had
believed.
For
with much vigour
he convinced
the
Jews openly, shewing
by
the
scriptures,
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ.
And
it
came
to
pass,
while Apollo
was
at
Corinth,
that
Paul having
passed
through
the
upper coasts,
came
to
Ephesus,
and
found
certain
disciples.
And
he
said
to
them:
Have
you
received
the
Holy Ghost
since ye
believed?
But
they
said
to
him:
We
have
not
so much
as
heard
whether
there
be
a
Holy Ghost.
And
he
said:
In
what
then
were
you
baptized?
Who
said:
In
John’s
baptism.
Then
Paul
said:
John
baptized
the
people
with
the
baptism
of penance,
saying:
That
they
should
believe
in
him
who
was
to
come
after
him,
that
is
to
say,
in
Jesus.
Having
heard
these
things,
they
were
baptized
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
And
when
Paul
had imposed
his
hands
on
them,
the
Holy Ghost
came
upon
them,
and
they
spoke
with
tongues
and
prophesied.
And
all
the
men
were
about
twelve.
And
entering
into
the
synagogue,
he
spoke
boldly
for
the space
of
three
months, disputing
and exhorting
concerning
the
kingdom
of
God.
But
when
some
were
hardened,
and believed
not,
speaking
evil
of
the
way
of
the Lord,
before
the
multitude, departing
from
them,
he
separated
the
disciples, disputing
daily
in
the
school
of
one
Tyrannus.
And
this continued
for
the space
of
two
years,
so
that
all
they
who dwelt
in
Asia,
heard
the
word
of
the
Lord,
both
Jews
and Gentiles.
And
God wrought
by
the
hand
of
Paul
more
than common
miracles.
So
that
even there
were brought
from
his
body
to
the
sick,
handkerchiefs
and
aprons,
and
the
diseases departed
from
them,
and
the
wicked
spirits
went
out
of
them.
Now
some
also
of
the
Jewish
exorcists
who
went
about,
attempted
to invoke
over
them
that
had
evil
spirits,
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
saying:
I conjure
you
by
Jesus,
whom
Paul preacheth.
And
there
were
certain
men,
seven
sons
of
Sceva,
a
Jew,
a
chief
priest,
that
did
this.
But
the
wicked
spirit,
answering,
said
to
them:
Jesus
I
know,
and
Paul
I
know;
but
who
are
you?
And
the
man
in
whom
the
wicked
spirit
was, leaping
upon
them,
and mastering
them
both, prevailed
against
them,
so
that
they
fled
out
of
that
house
naked
and
wounded.
And
this
became
known
to
all
the
Jews
and
the Gentiles
that dwelt
at
Ephesus;
and
fear
fell
on
them
all,
and
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
was
magnified.
And
many
of
them
that
believed,
came
confessing
and
declaring
their
deeds.
And
many
of
them
who
had followed curious arts, brought
together
their
books,
and burnt
them
before
all;
and counting
the
price
of
them,
they
found
the
money
to
be fifty
thousand
pieces
of
silver.
So
mightily
grew
the
word
of God,
and
was confirmed.
And
when
these
things
were ended,
Paul
purposed
in
the
spirit,
when
he
had
passed
through
Macedonia
and
Achaia,
to
go
to
Jerusalem,
saying:
After
I
have
been
there,
I
must
see
Rome
also.
And
sending
into
Macedonia
two
of
them
that
ministered
to
him,
Timothy
and
Erastus,
he
himself remained
for
a
time
in
Asia.
Now
at
that
time
there
arose
no
small
disturbance
about
the
way
of
the Lord.
For
a
certain
man
named
Demetrius,
a
silversmith,
who
made
silver
temples
for Diana,
brought
no
small gain
to
the
craftsmen;
Whom
he
calling
together,
with
the
workmen
of
like occupation,
said: Sirs,
you
know
that
our gain
is
by
this trade;
And
you
see
and
hear,
that
this
Paul
by persuasion hath drawn
away
a
great
multitude,
not
only
of
Ephesus,
but
almost
of
all
Asia,
saying:
They
are
not
gods
which
are
made
by
hands.
So
that
not
only
this
our craft
is
in
danger
to
be set
at nought,
but
also
the
temple
of
great Diana
shall
be reputed
for
nothing; yea,
and
her
majesty
shall begin
to
be
destroyed,
whom
all
Asia
and
the
world worshippeth.
Having
heard
these
things,
they
were
full
of
anger,
and
cried
out,
saying:
Great
is Diana
of
the
Ephesians.
And
the whole
city
was
filled
with
confusion;
and having
caught
Gaius
and
Aristarchus, men
of
Macedonia,
Paul’s
companions,
they
rushed
with
one
accord
into
the theatre.
And
when
Paul
would
have
entered
in unto
the
people,
the
disciples suffered
him
not.
And
some
also
of
the rulers
of Asia,
who
were
his
friends,
sent unto
him, desiring
that
he
would
not venture
himself
into
the theatre.
Now
some
cried
one thing,
some
another.
For
the
assembly
was confused,
and
the
greater part
knew
not
for
what cause
they
were
come
together.
And
they drew
forth
Alexander
out
of
the
multitude,
the
Jews thrusting
him
forward.
And
Alexander beckoning
with
his
hand
for silence,
would
have given
the
people satisfaction.
But
as
soon
as
they
perceived him
to
be
a
Jew,
all
with
one
voice,
for
the space
of
about
two
hours,
cried
out:
Great
is Diana
of
the
Ephesians.
And
when
the
town
clerk
had appeased
the
multitudes,
he
said: Ye
men
of Ephesus,
what
man
is
there
that knoweth
not
that
the
city
of
the
Ephesians
is
a worshipper
of
the
great Diana,
and
of Jupiter’s offspring.
For
as much
therefore
as
these
things cannot
be contradicted,
you
ought
to
be quiet,
and
to
do
nothing rashly.
For
you
have
brought hither
these
men,
who
are
neither guilty
of sacrilege,
nor
of blasphemy
against
your
goddess.
But
if
Demetrius
and
the
craftsmen
that
are
with
him,
have
a
matter
against
any
man,
the
courts
of justice
are open,
and
there
are
proconsuls:
let
them accuse
one
another.
And
if
you inquire
after
any
other
matter,
it
may
be decided
in
a
lawful
assembly.
For
we
are
even
in
danger
to
be
called
in
question
for
this day’s uproar,
there
being
no
man
guilty (of
whom
we
may
give
account)
of
this concourse.
And
when
he
had
said
these
things,
he
dismissed
the
assembly.
And
after
the tumult
was
ceased,
Paul calling
to
him
the
disciples,
and
exhorting
them, took
his
leave,
and set forward
to
go
into
Macedonia.
And
when
he
had
gone
over
those
parts,
and
had
exhorted
them
with
many
words,
he
came
into
Greece;
Where,
when
he
had
spent
three
months,
the
Jews laid wait
for
him,
as
he
was
about
to
sail
into
Syria;
so
he
took
a resolution
to
return
through
Macedonia.
And
there
accompanied
him
Sopater
the son
of Pyrrhus,
of Berea;
and
of
the
Thessalonians,
Aristarchus,
and
Secundus,
and
Gaius
of Derbe,
and
Timothy;
and
of
Asia,
Tychicus
and
Trophimus.
These
going
before,
stayed
for
us
at
Troas.
But
we
sailed
from
Philippi
after
the
days
of
the Azymes,
and
came
to
them
to
Troas
in
five
days,
where
we abode
seven
days.
And
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
when
we
were
assembled
to
break
bread,
Paul discoursed
with
them, being
to depart
on
the morrow:
and
he continued
his
speech
until
midnight.
And
there
were
a great
number
of
lamps
in
the
upper chamber
where
we
were
assembled.
And
a
certain
young
man
named
Eutychus,
sitting
on
the
window, being oppressed
with
a
deep
sleep, (as
Paul
was
long preaching,)
by occasion
of
his
sleep
fell
from
the
third loft
down,
and
was
taken
up
dead.
To
whom,
when
Paul
had gone
down,
he laid
himself
upon
him,
and
embracing
him,
said:
Be
not troubled,
for
his
soul
is
in
him.
Then
going
up,
and
breaking
bread
and
tasting,
and having
talked
a
long
time
to
them,
until daylight,
so
he
departed.
And
they
brought
the youth
alive,
and
were
not
a little
comforted.
But
we,
going
aboard
the
ship, sailed
to
Assos,
being
there
to
take
in
Paul;
for
so
he
had appointed,
himself purposing
to travel
by
land.
And
when
he
had
met
with
us
at
Assos,
we
took
him
in,
and
came
to
Mitylene.
And
sailing thence,
the day
following
we
came
over
against
Chios;
and
the
next day
we
arrived
at
Samos;
and
the day
following
we
came
to
Miletus.
For
Paul
had
determined
to
sail
by
Ephesus,
lest
he should
be
stayed any
time
in
Asia.
For
he hasted,
if
it
were
possible
for
him,
to
keep
the
day
of
Pentecost
at
Jerusalem.
And
sending
from
Miletus
to
Ephesus,
he
called
the ancients
of
the
church.
And
when
they
were
come
to
him,
and
were
together,
he
said
to
them:
You
know
from
the
first
day
that
I
came
into
Asia,
in
what manner
I
have
been
with
you,
for
all
the
time,
Serving
the
Lord
with
all
humility,
and
with
tears,
and temptations
which befell
me
by
the conspiracies
of
the
Jews;
How
I
have
kept
back
nothing
that
was
profitable
to
you,
but
have preached
it
to
you,
and
taught
you
publicly,
and
from
house
to
house,
Testifying
both
to
Jews
and Gentiles penance towards
God,
and
faith
in
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
And
now,
behold, being
bound
in
the
spirit,
I
go
to
Jerusalem:
not
knowing
the
things
which
shall befall
me
there:
Save
that
the
Holy Ghost
in
every
city witnesseth
to
me,
saying:
That bands
and
afflictions wait
for
me
at Jerusalem.
But
I fear
none
of
these
things,
neither
do
I count
my
life more
precious
than
myself,
so
that
I
may consummate
my
course
and
the
ministry
of
the
word
which
I
received
from
the
Lord
Jesus,
to
testify
the
gospel
of
the
grace
of
God.
And
now
behold,
I
know
that
all
you,
among
whom
I
have
gone
preaching
the
kingdom
of God,
shall
see
my
face
no
more.
Wherefore
I take
you
to witness
this
day,
that
I
am
clear
from
the
blood
of
all
men;
For
I
have
not spared
to
declare unto
you
all
the
counsel
of
God.
Take heed
to
yourselves,
and
to
the
whole
flock, wherein
the
Holy Ghost hath
placed
you bishops,
to
rule
the
church
of
God,
which
he hath
purchased
with
his
own
blood.
I
know
that,
after
my
departure, ravening
wolves
will
enter
in
among
you,
not
sparing
the
flock.
And
of
your
own
selves
shall
arise
men
speaking
perverse
things,
to
draw
away
disciples
after
them.
Therefore
watch,
keeping
in memory,
that
for
three
years
I
ceased
not,
with
tears
to
admonish
every
one
of
you
night
and
day.
And
now
I
commend
you
to
God,
and
to
the
word
of
his
grace,
who
is
able
to
build
up,
and
to
give
an
inheritance
among
all
the
sanctified.
I
have
not
coveted
any man’s
silver,
gold,
or apparel, as
You
yourselves
know:
for
such
things
as
were needful
for
me
and
them
that
are
with
me,
these
hands
have furnished.
I
have shewed
you
all
things,
how
that
so labouring
you
ought
to support
the
weak,
and
to
remember
the
word
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
how
he
said:
It
is
a
more
blessed
thing
to
give,
rather
than
to
receive.
And
when
he
had
said
these
things, kneeling
down,
he
prayed
with
them
all.
And
there
was much
weeping
among
them
all;
and
falling
on
the
neck
of
Paul,
they
kissed
him,
Being grieved most
of
all
for
the
word
which
he
had
said,
that
they should
see
his
face
no
more.
And
they
brought
him
on
his
way
to
the
ship.
And
when
it
came
to
pass
that,
being
parted
from
them,
we
set
sail,
we
came
with
a
straight
course
to Coos,
and
the
day following
to
Rhodes,
and
from thence
to
Patara.
And
when
we
had
found
a
ship sailing
over
to Phenice,
we
went
aboard,
and
set forth.
And
when
we
had discovered
Cyprus,
leaving
it
on
the
left
hand,
we
sailed
into
Syria,
and
came
to
Tyre:
for
there
the
ship
was
to unlade
her burden.
And finding
disciples,
we tarried
there
seven
days:
who
said
to
Paul
through
the
Spirit,
that
he should
not go
up
to
Jerusalem.
And
the
days
being expired,
departing
we
went forward,
they
all bringing
us
on
our
way,
with
their
wives
and
children, till
we
were
out
of
the
city:
and
we kneeled
down
on
the shore,
and
we
prayed.
And
when
we
had bid
one
another farewell,
we took
ship;
and
they
returned
home.
But
we having
finished
the
voyage
by sea,
from
Tyre
came down
to
Ptolemais:
and saluting
the
brethren,
we abode
one
day
with
them.
And
the
next
day
departing,
we
came
to
Caesarea.
And
entering
into
the
house
of
Philip
the
evangelist,
who
was
one
of
the
seven,
we abode
with
him.
And
he
had
four
daughters,
virgins,
who
did
prophesy.
And
as
we tarried
there
for
some
days,
there
came
from
Judea
a
certain
prophet,
named
Agabus.
Who,
when
he
was
come
to
us,
took
Paul’s girdle:
and
binding
his
own
feet
and
hands,
he
said:
Thus saith
the
Holy Ghost:
The
man
whose girdle
this
is,
the
Jews
shall
bind
in
this
manner
in
Jerusalem,
and
shall
deliver
him
into
the
hands
of
the
Gentiles.
Which
when
we
had
heard,
both
we
and
they
that
were
of
that
place, desired
him
that
he
would
not
go
up
to
Jerusalem.
Then
Paul
answered,
and
said:
What
do
you
mean
weeping
and afflicting
my
heart?
For
I
am
ready
not
only
to
be
bound,
but
to
die
also
in
Jerusalem,
for
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
And
when
we
could
not
persuade
him,
we ceased,
saying:
The
will
of
the
Lord
be
done.
And
after
those
days,
being prepared,
we
went
up
to
Jerusalem.
And
there
went
also
with
us
some
of
the
disciples
from
Caesarea,
bringing
with
them
one
Mnason
a
Cyprian,
an
old
disciple,
with
whom
we
should
lodge.
And
when
we
were
come
to
Jerusalem,
the
brethren
received
us
gladly.
And
the day following,
Paul
went
in
with us unto
James;
and
all
the ancients
were assembled.
Whom
when
he
had saluted,
he
related particularly
what
things
God
had wrought
among
the
Gentiles
by
his
ministry.
But
they
hearing
it,
glorified
God,
and
said
to
him: Thou seest,
brother,
how
many
thousands
there
are
among
the
Jews
that
have
believed:
and
they
are
all
zealous
for
the
law.
Now
they
have heard
of thee
that thou teachest
those
Jews,
who
are
among
the
Gentiles,
to depart
from
Moses:
saying,
that
they ought
not
to
circumcise
their
children,
nor
walk
according
to
the
custom.
What
is
it
therefore?
the
multitude
must needs
come
together:
for
they
will
hear
that thou art
come.
Do
therefore
this
that
we
say
to thee.
We
have
four
men,
who
have
a
vow
on
them.
Take
these,
and sanctify thyself
with
them:
and bestow
on
them,
that
they
may shave
their
heads:
and
all
will
know
that
the
things
which
they
have
heard
of thee,
are false;
but
that thou thyself
also walkest
keeping
the
law.
But
as touching
the
Gentiles
that
believe,
we
have
written, decreeing
that
they
should
only refrain
themselves
from
that
which
has
been offered
to
idols,
and
from
blood,
and
from
things strangles,
and
from
fornication.
Then
Paul
took
the
men,
and
the
next
day
being
purified
with
them, entered
into
the
temple,
giving
notice
of
the accomplishment
of
the
days
of
purification,
until
an oblation should
be
offered
for
every
one
of
them.
But
when
the
seven
days
were drawing
to
an end,
those
Jews
that
were
of
Asia,
when
they
saw
him
in
the
temple, stirred
up
all
the
people,
and
laid
hands
upon
him, crying
out:
Men
of Israel,
help:
This
is
the
man
that teacheth
all
men
every
where
against
the
people,
and
the
law,
and
this
place;
and moreover hath
brought
in Gentiles
into
the
temple,
and hath violated
this
holy
place.
(For
they
had
seen
Trophimus
the
Ephesian
in
the
city
with
him,
whom
they
supposed
that
Paul
had
brought
into
the
temple.)
And
the
whole
city
was
in
an uproar:
and
the
people ran
together.
And
taking
Paul,
they
drew
him
out
of
the
temple,
and
immediately
the
doors
were
shut.
And
as
they
went
about
to
kill
him,
it
was told
the tribune
of
the band,
That
all
Jerusalem
was
in
confusion.
Who, forthwith
taking
with
him
soldiers
and
centurions,
ran
down
to
them.
And
when
they
saw
the tribune
and
the
soldiers
they left off
beating
Paul.
Then
the tribune
coming
near,
took
him,
and
commanded
him
to
be
bound
with
two
chains:
and demanded
who
he
was,
and
what
he
had
done.
And
some cried
one
thing,
some
another,
among
the
multitude.
And
when
he
could
not
know
the
certainty
for
the tumult,
he
commanded
him
to
be carried
into
the castle.
And
when
he
was
come
to
the
stairs,
it
fell
out
that
he
was
carried
by
the
soldiers,
because
of
the
violence
of
the
people.
For
the
multitude
of
the
people
followed
after,
crying:
Away
with
him.
And
as
Paul
was
about
to
be
brought
into
the castle,
he saith
to
the tribune:
May
speak
something
to thee?
Who
said: Canst thou
speak
Greek?
Art
not thou
that
Egyptian
who
before
these
days didst raise
a tumult,
and didst
lead forth
into
the
desert
four
thousand
men
that
were murderers?
But
Paul
said
to
him:
I
am
a
Jew
of
Tarsus
in
Cilicia,
a
citizen
of
no
mean
city.
And
I beseech thee, suffer
me
to
speak
to
the
people.
And
when
he
had
given
him leave,
Paul
standing
on
the
stairs, beckoned
with
his
hand
to
the
people.
And
a
great
silence
being
made,
he
spoke unto
them
in
the
Hebrew tongue,
saying:
Men,
brethren,
and
fathers,
hear ye
the account
which
I
now
give unto
you.
(And
when
they
heard
that
he
spoke
to
them
in
the
Hebrew tongue,
they kept
the
more silence.)
And
he saith:
I
am
a
Jew,
born
at
Tarsus
in
Cilicia,
but
brought
up
in
this
city,
at
the
feet
of
Gamaliel,
taught
according
to
the truth
of
the
law
of
the
fathers,
zealous
for
the
law,
as
also
all
you
are
this
day:
Who
persecuted
this
way unto
death,
binding
and
delivering
into
prisons
both
men
and
women.
As
the
high
priest doth
bear
me
witness,
and
all
the ancients:
from
whom
also receiving
letters
to
the
brethren,
I
went
to
Damascus,
that
I
might
bring
them
bound
from thence
to
Jerusalem
to
be
punished.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as
I
was
going,
and
drawing nigh
to
Damascus
at midday,
that
suddenly
from
heaven
there shone round
about
me
a great
light:
And
falling
on
the
ground,
I
heard
a
voice
saying
to
me:
Saul,
Saul,
why persecutest thou
me?
And
I
answered:
Who art thou,
Lord?
And
he
said
to
me:
I
am
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
whom thou persecutest.
And
they
that
were
with
me,
saw
indeed
the
light,
but
they
heard
not
the
voice
of
him
that
spoke
with
me.
And
I
said:
What
shall
I
do,
Lord?
And
the
Lord
said
to
me:
Arise,
and
go
to
Damascus;
and
there
it
shall
be
told thee
of
all
things
that thou
must
do.
And
whereas
I
did
not
see
for
the
brightness
of
that
light, being
led
by
the
hand
by
my companions,
I
came
to
Damascus.
And
one
Ananias,
a
man
according
to
the
law,
having
testimony
of
all
the
Jews
who dwelt
there,
Coming
to
me,
and
standing
by
me,
said
to
me:
Brother
Saul, look
up.
And
I
the
same
hour
looked
upon
him.
But
he
said:
The
God
of
our
fathers hath preordained thee
that thou shouldst
know
his
will,
and
see
the
Just
One,
and shouldst
hear
the
voice
from
his
mouth.
For thou shalt
be
his
witness
to
all
men,
of
those
things
which thou hast
seen
and
heard.
And
now
why tarriest thou?
Rise
up,
and
be
baptized,
and
wash
away thy
sins, invoking
his
name.
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
I
was
come
again
to
Jerusalem,
and
was
praying
in
the
temple,
that
I
was
in
a
trance,
And
saw
him
saying unto
me:
Make
haste,
and
get thee
quickly
out
of
Jerusalem;
because
they
will
not
receive thy
testimony
concerning
me.
And
I
said:
Lord,
they
know
that
I cast
into prison,
and
beat
in
every
synagogue,
them
that
believed
in thee.
And
when
the
blood
of
Stephen thy
witness
was
shed,
I
stood
by
and consented,
and
kept
the
garments
of
them
that
killed
him.
And
he
said
to
me:
Go,
for unto
the
Gentiles afar
off,
will
I
send thee.
And
they
heard
him
until
this
word,
and
then
lifted
up
their
voice,
saying:
Away
with
such
an
one
from
the
earth;
for
it
is
not fit
that
he
should
live.
And
as
they
cried
out
and
threw
off
their
garments,
and
cast
dust
into
the
air,
The tribune
commanded
him
to
be
brought
into
the castle,
and
that
he
should
be scourged
and tortured:
to
know
for
what
cause
they did
so cry out
against
him.
And
when
they
had bound
him
with
thongs,
Paul saith
to
the
centurion
that
stood
by
him:
Is
it
lawful
for
you
to
scourge
a
man
that
is
a
Roman,
and
uncondemned?
Which
the
centurion
hearing,
went
to
the tribune,
and
told
him,
saying:
What art thou
about
to
do?
For
this
man
is
a
Roman citizen.
And
the tribune
coming,
said
to
him:
Tell
me, art thou
a
Roman?
But
he
said: Yea.
And
the tribune
answered:
I obtained
the being free
of
this city
with
a
great
sum.
And
Paul
said:
But
I
was
born
so.
Immediately
therefore
they
departed
from
him
that
were
about
to torture
him.
The tribune
also
was
afraid
after
he
understood
that
he
was
a
Roman citizen,
and
because
he
had
bound
him.
But
on
the
next
day, meaning
to
know
more diligently
for
what cause
he
was
accused
by
the
Jews,
he
loosed
him,
and
commanded
the
priests
to
come
together,
and
all
the
council:
and bringing forth
Paul,
he
set
him
before
them.
And
Paul
looking upon
the
council,
said:
Men,
brethren,
I
have conversed
with
all
good
conscience
before
God
until
this
present
day.
And
the
high
priest
Ananias
commanded
them
that
stood
by
him
to
strike
him
on
the
mouth.
Then
Paul
said
to
him:
God
shall
strike thee, thou whited
wall.
For sittest thou
to
judge
me
according
to
the
law,
and
contrary
to
the
law commandest
me
to
be
struck?
And
they
that
stood
by
said: Dost thou
revile
the
high
priest
of
God?
And
Paul
said:
I
knew
not,
brethren,
that
he
is
the
high
priest.
For
it
is
written: Thou shalt
not
speak
evil
of
the
prince
of thy
people.
And
Paul
knowing
that
the
one
part
were
Sadducees,
and
the
other
Pharisees,
cried
out
in
the
council:
Men,
brethren,
I
am
a
Pharisee,
the
son
of
Pharisees:
concerning
the
hope
and
resurrection
of
the
dead
I
am called
in question.
And
when
he
had
so
said,
there
arose
a dissension
between
the
Pharisees
and
the
Sadducees;
and
the
multitude
was
divided.
For
the
Sadducees
say
that
there
is
no
resurrection,
neither
angel,
nor
spirit:
but
the
Pharisees
confess
both.
And
there
arose
a
great cry.
And
some
of
the
Pharisees
rising
up, strove,
saying:
We
find
no
evil
in
this
man.
What
if
a
spirit hath
spoken
to
him,
or
an
angel?
And
when
there
arose
a
great dissension,
the tribune
fearing
lest
Paul should
be pulled
in
pieces
by
them,
commanded
the
soldiers
to
go
down,
and
to
take
him
by
force
from
among
them,
and
to
bring
him
into
the castle.
And
the
night following
the
Lord
standing
by
him,
said:
Be constant;
for
as thou hast
testified
of
me
in
Jerusalem,
so
must thou
bear
witness
also
at
Rome.
And
when
day
was
come,
some
of
the
Jews gathered together,
and
bound
themselves
under
a
curse,
saying,
that
they
would
neither
eat,
nor
drink, till
they
killed
Paul.
And
they
were
more
than
forty
men
that
had
made
this
conspiracy.
Who
came
to
the
chief
priests
and
the ancients,
and
said:
We
have
bound
ourselves
under
a great
curse
that
we
will
eat
nothing till
we
have slain
Paul.
Now
therefore
do
you
with
the
council signify
to
the tribune,
that
he
bring
him forth
to
you,
as
if
you
meant
to know
something more certain touching
him.
And
we,
before
he
come
near,
are
ready
to
kill
him.
Which
when
Paul’s sister’s
son
had
heard,
of
their lying
in wait,
he
came
and
entered
into
the castle
and
told
Paul.
And
Paul,
calling
to
him
one
of
the
centurions,
said: Bring
this
young
man
to
the tribune,
for
he hath
some
thing
to
tell
him.
And
he
taking
him,
brought
him
to
the tribune,
and
said:
Paul,
the
prisoner, desired
me
to
bring
this
young
man unto thee,
who hath
some
thing
to
say
to thee.
And
the tribune
taking
him
by
the
hand,
went
aside
with
him
privately,
and
asked
him:
What
is
it
that thou hast
to
tell
me?
And
he
said:
The
Jews
have
agreed
to desire thee,
that thou wouldst
bring forth
Paul
tomorrow
into
the
council,
as
if
they
meant
to
inquire
some
thing more
certain touching
him.
But
do
not thou give credit
to
them;
for
there lie
in
wait
for
him
more
than
forty
men
of
them,
who
have
bound
themselves
by
oath
neither
to
eat,
nor
to
drink, till
they
have
killed
him:
and
they
are
now
ready,
looking
for
a
promise
from thee.
The tribune
therefore
dismissed
the
young
man, charging
him
that
he
should
tell
no
man,
that
he
had made known
these
things unto
him.
Then having
called
two
centurions,
he
said
to
them:
Make
ready
two
hundred
soldiers
to
go
as
far
as
Caesarea,
and
seventy
horsemen,
and
two
hundred
spearmen
for
the
third
hour
of
the
night:
And
provide
beasts,
that
they
may set
Paul
on,
and
bring
him safe
to
Felix
the
governor.
(For
he feared lest perhaps
the Jews might
take
him away
by force
and kill
him,
and
he
should afterwards
be slandered,
as if
he
was
to
take money.)
And
he
wrote
a
letter after
this manner:
Claudius
Lysias
to
the
most
excellent
governor,
Felix,
greeting.
This
man
being
taken
by
the
Jews,
and
ready
to
be
killed
by
them,
I
rescued coming
in
with
an
army, understanding
that
he
is
a
Roman:
And meaning
to
know
the
cause
which
they objected unto
him,
I
brought
him forth
into
their
council.
Whom
I
found
to
be
accused
concerning
questions
of
their
law;
but
having
nothing laid
to
his
charge
worthy
of
death
or
of bands.
And
when
I
was
told
of ambushes
that
they
had prepared
for
him,
I
sent
him
to thee, signifying
also
to
his
accusers
to plead
before thee. Farewell.
Then
the
soldiers,
according
as
it
was
commanded
them,
taking
Paul,
brought
him
by
night
to
Antipatris.
And
the
next
day,
leaving
the
horsemen
to
go
with
him,
they
returned
to
the castle.
Who,
when
they
were
come
to
Caesarea,
and
had
delivered
the
letter
to
the
governor,
did
also
present
Paul
before
him.
And
when
he
had
read
it,
and
had
asked
of
what
province
he
was,
and understood
that
he
was
of
Cilicia;
I
will hear thee,
said
he,
when thy
accusers
come.
And
he
commanded
him
to
be
kept
in
Herod’s judgment hall.
And
after
five
days
the
high
priest
Ananias
came
down,
with
some
of
the ancients,
and
one
Tertullus
an orator,
who
went
to
the
governor
against
Paul.
And
Paul
being
called
for,
Tertullus
began
to
accuse
him,
saying:
Whereas
through thee
we live
in
much
peace,
and
many
things
are rectified
by thy
providence,
We accept
it
always
and
in
all places,
most
excellent
Felix,
with
all
thanksgiving.
But
that
I
be
no
further tedious
to thee,
I desire thee
of thy clemency
to
hear
us
in few
words.
We
have
found
this
to
be
a pestilent
man,
and raising seditions
among
all
the
Jews
throughout
the
world,
and author
of
the sedition
of
the
sect
of
the
Nazarenes.
Who
also hath gone
about
to profane
the
temple:
whom,
we having apprehended,
would
also
have judged according
to
our law.
But Lysias the tribune coming upon us, with great violence took him away out of our hands;
Commanding
his accusers
to come
to thee:
of
whom thou mayest thyself,
by examination,
have knowledge
of
all
these
things, whereof
we
accuse
him.
And
the
Jews
also added,
and
said
that
these
things
were
so.
Then
Paul
answered, (the
governor making
a sign
to
him
to
speak:)
Knowing
that
for
many
years thou hast
been
judge
over
this
nation,
I
will
with
good courage
answer
for
myself.
For thou mayest
understand,
that
there
are
yet
but
twelve
days,
since
I
went
up
to adore
in
Jerusalem:
And
neither
in
the
temple
did
they
find
me disputing
with
any
man,
or
causing
any concourse
of
the
people,
neither
in
the
synagogues,
nor
in
the
city:
Neither
can
they
prove unto thee
the
things whereof
they
now
accuse
me.
But
this
I
confess
to thee,
that
according
to
the
way,
which
they
call
a heresy,
so
do
I
serve
the Father
and
my
God,
believing
all
things
which
are
written
in
the
law
and
the
prophets:
Having
hope
in
God,
which
these
also
themselves look
for,
that
there
shall
be
a
resurrection
of
the
just
and
unjust.
And herein
do
I endeavour
to
have
always
a
conscience
without offence
toward
God,
and towards
men.
Now
after
many
years,
I
came
to
bring
alms
to
my
nation,
and
offerings,
and vows.
In
which
I
was
found
purified
in
the
temple:
neither
with
multitude,
nor
with tumult.
But
certain
Jews
of
Asia,
who
ought
to
be
present
before thee,
and
to
accuse,
if
they
had
any
thing
against
me:
Or
let
these
men
themselves
say, if
they
found
in
me
any iniquity,
when
standing
before
the
council,
Except
it
be
for
this
one
voice only
that
I
cried,
standing
among
them,
Concerning
the
resurrection
of
the
dead
am
I
judged
this
day
by
you.
And
Felix
put
them
off, having most
certain knowledge
of
this
way,
saying:
When
Lysias
the tribune shall
come
down,
I
will hear
you.
And
he
commanded
a
centurion
to
keep
him,
and
that
he
should
be easy,
and
that
he
should
not prohibit
any
of
his
friends
to minister unto
him.
And
after
some
days,
Felix,
coming
with
Drusilla
his
wife,
who
was
a
Jew,
sent
for
Paul,
and
heard
of
him
the
faith,
that
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
And
as
he treated
of
justice,
and chastity,
and
of
the
judgment
to
come,
Felix
being
terrified,
answered:
For
this
time,
go thy
way:
but
when
I
have
a convenient
time,
I
will send
for thee.
Hoping
also withal,
that
money
should
be
given
him
by
Paul;
for
which
cause
also oftentimes sending
for
him,
he spoke
with
him.
But
when
two
years
were ended,
Felix
had
for successor Portius
Festus.
And
Felix being
willing
to shew
the
Jews
a pleasure,
left
Paul
bound.
Now
when
Festus
was
come
into
the
province,
after
three
days,
he
went
up
to
Jerusalem
from
Caesarea.
And
the
chief
priests,
and principal
men
of
the
Jews, went unto
him
against
Paul:
and
they besought
him,
Requesting favour
against
him,
that
he
would command
him
to be
brought
to
Jerusalem, laying wait
to
kill
him
in
the
way.
But
Festus
answered:
That
Paul
was
kept
in
Caesarea,
and
that
he
himself
would very
shortly depart thither.
Let
them,
therefore, saith
he,
among
you
that
are
able,
go down
with me,
and
accuse
him,
if
there
be
any crime
in
the
man.
And
having tarried
among
them
no
more
than
eight
or
ten
days,
he
went
down
to
Caesarea,
and
the
next
day
he
sat
in
the
judgment
seat;
and
commanded
Paul
to
be
brought.
Who being
brought,
the
Jews
stood
about
him,
who
were
come
down
from
Jerusalem, objecting
many
and grievous causes,
which
they
could
not
prove;
Paul making answer
for
himself:
Neither
against
the
law
of
the
Jews,
nor
against
the
temple,
nor
against
Caesar,
have
I offended
in
any thing.
But
Festus,
willing
to shew
the
Jews
a pleasure,
answering
Paul,
said: Wilt thou
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
there
be
judged
of
these
things
before
me?
Then
Paul
said:
I
stand
at
Caesar’s
judgment
seat,
where
I
ought
to
be
judged.
To
the
Jews
I
have
done
no injury,
as thou
very
well knowest.
For
if
I
have injured
them,
or
have
committed
any
thing
worthy
of
death,
I
refuse
not
to
die.
But
if
there
be
none
of
these
things whereof
they
accuse
me,
no
man
may deliver
me
to
them:
I
appeal
to
Caesar.
Then
Festus having
conferred
with
the
council,
answered: Hast thou
appealed
to
Caesar?
To
Caesar shalt thou
go.
And
after
some
days,
king
Agrippa
and
Bernice
came down
to
Caesarea
to salute
Festus.
And
as
they tarried
there
many
days,
Festus
told
the
king
of
Paul,
saying:
A
certain
man
was
left
prisoner
by
Felix.
About
whom,
when
I
was
at
Jerusalem,
the
chief
priests,
and
the ancients
of
the
Jews,
came unto
me, desiring condemnation
against
him.
To
whom
I
answered:
It
is
not
the
custom
of
the
Romans
to condemn
any
man,
before
that
he
who
is
accused
have
his
accusers
present,
and
have liberty
to
make
his
answer,
to clear himself
of
the
things laid
to
his
charge.
When
therefore
they
were
come hither,
without
any delay,
on
the
day following,
sitting
in
the
judgment
seat,
I
commanded
the
man
to
be
brought.
Against
whom,
when
the
accusers
stood up,
they
brought
no accusation
of
things
which
I thought ill
of:
But
had
certain
questions
of
their
own superstition
against
him,
and
of
one
Jesus deceased,
whom
Paul affirmed
to
be
alive.
I
therefore
being
in
a doubt
of
this manner
of question,
asked
him
whether
he would
go
to
Jerusalem,
and
there
be
judged
of
these
things.
But
Paul appealing
to be
reserved unto
the hearing
of Augustus,
I
commanded
him
to be
kept, till
I might
send
him
to
Caesar.
And
Agrippa
said
to
Festus:
I
would
also
hear
the
man,
myself.
Tomorrow,
said
he, thou shalt
hear
him.
And
on
the
next
day,
when
Agrippa
and
Bernice
were
come
with
great
pomp,
and
had
entered
into
the hall
of audience,
with
the tribunes,
and principal
men
of
the
city,
at Festus’ commandment,
Paul
was
brought forth.
And
Festus saith:
King
Agrippa,
and
all ye
men
who
are
here
present
with
us,
you
see
this
man,
about
whom
all
the
multitude
of
the
Jews dealt
with
me
at
Jerusalem, requesting
and
crying out
that
he
ought
not
to
live
any
longer.
Yet
have
I
found
nothing
that
he hath
committed
worthy
of
death.
But forasmuch
as
he
himself hath
appealed
to Augustus,
I
have
determined
to
send
him.
Of
whom
I
have
nothing
certain
to
write
to
my
lord.
For
which cause
I
have
brought
him forth
before
you,
and
especially
before thee, O
king
Agrippa,
that examination
being
made,
I
may
have
what
to
write.
For
it seemeth
to
me unreasonable
to
send
a
prisoner,
and
not
to signify
the
things laid
to
his
charge.
Then
Agrippa
said
to
Paul: Thou art
permitted
to
speak
for thyself.
Then
Paul
stretching forth
his
hand, began
to
make
his answer.
I think
myself
happy, O
king
Agrippa,
that
I
am
to answer
for
myself
this
day
before thee, touching
all
the
things whereof
I
am
accused
by
the
Jews.
Especially
as thou knowest
all,
both
customs
and
questions
that
are
among
the
Jews:
Wherefore
I beseech thee
to
hear
me
patiently.
And
my
life
indeed
from
my
youth,
which
was
from
the
beginning
among
my own
nation
in
Jerusalem,
all
the
Jews
do
know:
Having
known
me
from
the
beginning (if
they
will give
testimony)
that
according
to
the most sure
sect
of
our
religion
I
lived
a
Pharisee.
And
now
for
the
hope
of
the
promise
that
was
made
by
God
to
the
fathers,
do
I
stand subject
to
judgment:
Unto
which,
our
twelve
tribes,
serving
night
and
day,
hope
to
come.
For
which
hope, O
king,
I
am
accused
by
the
Jews.
Why
should it
be thought
a thing
incredible,
that
God
should
raise
the
dead?
And
I
indeed
did formerly
think,
that
I
ought
to
do
many
things
contrary
to
the
name
of
Jesus
of
Nazareth.
Which
also
I
did
at
Jerusalem,
and
many
of
the
saints
did
I shut
up
in
prison,
having
received
authority
of
the
chief
priests:
and
when
they
were
put
to
death,
I brought
the sentence.
And oftentimes punishing
them,
in
every
synagogue,
I
compelled
them
to
blaspheme:
and being
yet
more mad
against
them,
I
persecuted
them
even unto
foreign
cities.
Whereupon
when
I
was
going
to
Damascus
with
authority
and permission
of
the
chief
priest,
At midday, O
king,
I
saw
in
the
way
a
light
from
heaven
above
the brightness
of
the
sun,
shining round
about
me,
and
them
that
were
in company
with
me.
And
when
we
were
all
fallen
down
on
the
ground,
I
heard
a
voice
speaking
to
me
in
the
Hebrew tongue:
Saul,
Saul,
why persecutest thou
me?
It
is
hard
for thee
to kick
against
the goad.
And
I
said:
Who art thou,
Lord?
And
the
Lord
answered:
I
am
Jesus
whom thou persecutest.
But
rise
up,
and
stand
upon thy
feet:
for
to
this
end
have
I
appeared
to thee,
that
I
may
make thee
a
minister,
and
a
witness
of
those
things
which thou hast
seen,
and
of
those
things wherein
I
will
appear
to thee,
Delivering thee
from
the
people,
and
from
the
nations, unto
which
now
I
send thee:
To
open
their
eyes,
that
they
may
be converted
from
darkness
to
light,
and
from
the
power
of
Satan
to
God,
that
they
may
receive
forgiveness
of
sins,
and
a
lot
among
the saints,
by
the
faith
that
is
in
me.
Whereupon, O
king
Agrippa,
I
was
not incredulous
to
the
heavenly
vision:
But
to
them
first
that
are
at
Damascus,
and
at
Jerusalem,
and unto
all
the
country
of
Judea,
and
to
the
Gentiles
did
I preach,
that
they
should
do penance,
and
turn
to
God,
doing
works
worthy
of penance.
For
this cause
the
Jews,
when
I
was
in
the
temple, having apprehended
me, went
about
to kill
me.
But
being aided
by
the
help
of
God,
I
stand unto
this
day, witnessing
both
to
small
and
great,
saying
no
other
thing
than
those
which
the
prophets,
and
Moses
did
say
should
come
to
pass:
That
Christ
should
suffer,
and
that
he
should
be
the
first
that
should
rise
from
the
dead,
and
should shew
light
to
the
people,
and
to
the
Gentiles.
As
he spoke
these
things,
and made
his answer,
Festus
said
with
a
loud
voice:
Paul, thou art beside thyself:
much
learning doth
make thee
mad.
And
Paul
said:
I
am
not
mad,
most
excellent
Festus,
but
I speak
words
of
truth
and soberness.
For
the
king knoweth
of
these
things,
to
whom
also
I
speak
with
confidence.
For
I
am
persuaded
that
none
of
these
things
are hidden
from
him.
For
neither
was
any
of
these
things
done
in
a
corner.
Believest thou
the
prophets, O
king
Agrippa?
I
know
that thou believest.
And
Agrippa said
to
Paul:
In
a
little thou persuadest
me
to
become
a
Christian.
And
Paul
said:
I
would
to
God,
that
both
in
a
little
and
in
much,
not
only thou,
but
also
all
that
hear
me,
this
day,
should
become
such
as
I
also
am,
except
these bands.
And
the
king
rose
up,
and
the
governor,
and
Bernice,
and
they
that sat
with
them.
And
when
they
were
gone
aside,
they
spoke
among
themselves,
saying:
This
man hath
done
nothing
worthy
of
death
or
of bands.
And
Agrippa
said
to
Festus:
This
man
might
have
been
set
at liberty,
if
he
had
not
appealed
to
Caesar.
And
when
it
was
determined
that
he
should
sail
into
Italy,
and
that
Paul,
with
the
other
prisoners,
should
be
delivered
to
a
centurion,
named
Julius,
of
the band Augusta,
Going
on board
a
ship
of Adrumetum,
we
launched, meaning
to
sail
by
the coasts
of
Asia,
Aristarchus,
the
Macedonian
of
Thessalonica, continuing
with
us.
And
the day
following
we came
to
Sidon.
And
Julius
treating
Paul courteously,
permitted
him
to
go
to
his
friends,
and
to take
care
of
himself.
And
when
we
had
launched
from thence,
we
sailed
under
Cyprus,
because
the
winds
were
contrary.
And sailing
over
the
sea
of
Cilicia,
and
Pamphylia,
we
came
to Lystra,
which
is
in
Lycia:
And
there
the
centurion
finding
a
ship
of Alexandria
sailing
into
Italy, removed
us
into
it.
And
when
for
many
days
we
had
sailed
slowly,
and
were scarce
come
over
against Gnidus,
the
wind
not
suffering
us,
we
sailed
near
Crete
by
Salmone:
And
with much ado
sailing
by
it,
we
came
into
a
certain
place,
which
is
called Good-havens, nigh
to
which
was
the
city
of Thalassa.
And
when much
time
was spent,
and
when sailing
now
was
dangerous,
because
the
fast
was
now
past,
Paul comforted
them,
Saying
to
them: Ye
men,
I
see
that
the
voyage beginneth
to
be
with injury
and
much
damage,
not
only
of
the lading
and
ship,
but
also
of
our
lives.
But
the
centurion believed
the
pilot
and
the master
of
the
ship,
more
than
those
things
which
were
said
by
Paul.
And
whereas
it
was
not
a commodious haven
to
winter
in,
the greatest part gave
counsel
to
sail thence,
if
by any
means
they
might
reach Phenice
to
winter
there,
which
is
a haven
of
Crete,
looking towards
the
southwest
and
northwest.
And
the
south
wind gently blowing,
thinking
that
they
had obtained
their
purpose,
when
they
had loosed
from Asson,
they sailed
close
by
Crete.
But
not
long
after,
there arose
against
it
a tempestuous
wind,
called Euroaquilo.
And
when
the
ship
was
caught,
and
could
not
bear up
against
the
wind,
giving up
the
ship
to
the
winds,
we
were
driven.
And
running
under
a
certain
island,
that
is
called
Cauda,
we
had much work
to
come
by
the
boat.
Which being
taken
up,
they
used helps,
undergirding
the
ship,
and
fearing
lest
they should fall
into
the quicksands,
they
let
down
the sail yard,
and
so
were
driven.
And
we being mightily tossed
with
the tempest,
the
next
day
they lightened
the ship.
And
the
third day
they
cast out
with
their own hands
the tackling
of
the
ship.
And
when
neither
sun
nor
stars
appeared
for
many
days,
and
no
small
storm lay
on
us,
all
hope
of
our
being
saved
was
now
taken
away.
And
after
they
had fasted
a
long
time,
Paul
standing forth
in
the
midst
of
them,
said:
You
should
indeed,
O ye
men,
have hearkened unto
me,
and
not
have loosed
from
Crete,
and
have
gained
this harm
and
loss.
And
now
I exhort
you
to
be
of
good cheer.
For
there
shall
be
no
loss
of
any man’s
life
among
you,
but
only
of
the
ship.
For
an
angel
of
God,
whose
I
am,
and
whom
I
serve,
stood
by
me
this
night,
Saying:
Fear
not,
Paul, thou
must
be brought
before
Caesar;
and
behold,
God hath
given thee
all
them
that
sail
with thee.
Wherefore, sirs,
be
of
good cheer;
for
I
believe
God
that
it
shall
so
be,
as
it hath
been
told
me.
And
we
must come unto
a
certain
island.
But
after
the fourteenth
night
was
come,
as
we
were sailing
in Adria,
about
midnight,
the shipmen deemed
that
they discovered
some
country.
Who
also
sounding,
found
twenty
fathoms;
and going
on
a
little further,
they
found
fifteen
fathoms.
Then
fearing
lest
we should fall
upon
rough
places,
they
cast
four
anchors
out
of
the
stern,
and
wished
for
the
day.
But
as
the shipmen
sought
to fly
out
of
the
ship, having
let
down
the
boat
into
the
sea,
under colour,
as
though
they
would
have cast
anchors
out
of
the forepart
of
the
ship,
Paul
said
to
the
centurion,
and
to
the
soldiers:
Except
these
stay
in
the
ship,
you
cannot
be
saved.
Then
the
soldiers
cut
off
the
ropes
of
the
boat,
and
let
her fall
off.
And
when
it
began
to
be light,
Paul besought
them
all
to
take
meat,
saying:
This
day
is
the fourteenth
day
that
you
have
waited,
and continued fasting,
taking
nothing.
Wherefore
I pray
you
to
take
some
meat
for
your health’s sake;
for
there
shall
not
an
hair
of
the
head
of
any
of
you
perish.
And
when
he
had
said
these
things,
taking
bread,
he
gave
thanks
to
God
in
the
sight
of
them
all;
and
when
he
had
broken
it,
he
began
to
eat.
Then
were
they
all
of better cheer,
and
they
also
took some meat.
And
we
were
in
all
in
the
ship,
two
hundred threescore
and sixteen
souls.
And
when
they
had
eaten enough,
they lightened
the
ship, casting
the
wheat
into
the
sea.
And
when
it
was
day,
they
knew
not
the
land;
but
they discovered
a
certain creek
that
had
a
shore,
into
which
they minded,
if
they
could,
to thrust
in
the
ship.
And
when
they
had
taken
up
the
anchors,
they committed
themselves
to
the
sea, loosing withal
the
rudder bands;
and
hoisting
up
the mainsail
to
the
wind,
they made towards shore.
And
when
we
were fallen
into
a
place
where
two
seas
met,
they run
the ship
aground;
and
the forepart
indeed, sticking
fast,
remained unmoveable:
but
the hinder part
was
broken
with
the
violence
of
the sea.
And
the
soldiers’
counsel
was,
that
they
should
kill
the
prisoners,
lest
any
of
them, swimming
out,
should
escape.
But
the
centurion,
willing
to
save
Paul, forbade
it
to
be done;
and
he
commanded
that
they
who
could
swim,
should cast
themselves
first
into
the sea,
and
save
themselves,
and
get
to
land.
And
the
rest,
some
they
carried
on boards,
and
some
on
those
things
that
belonged
to
the
ship.
And
so
it
came
to
pass,
that
every soul
got safe
to
land.
And
when
we
had escaped,
then
we
knew
that
the
island
was
called Melita.
But
the barbarians shewed
us no small courtesy.
For kindling
a
fire,
they refreshed
us
all,
because
of
the present
rain,
and
of
the
cold.
And
when
Paul
had
gathered
together
a
bundle
of
sticks,
and
had
laid
them
on
the
fire,
a
viper
coming
out
of
the
heat,
fastened
on
his
hand.
And
when
the
barbarians
saw
the
beast
hanging
on
his
hand,
they
said
one
to
another:
Undoubtedly
this
man
is
a
murderer,
who
though
he hath escaped
the
sea,
yet vengeance doth
not
suffer
him
to
live.
And
he
indeed shaking
off
the
beast
into
the
fire,
suffered
no
harm.
But
they supposed
that
he
would begin
to swell
up,
and
that
he
would
suddenly
fall
down
and die.
But
expecting
long,
and
seeing
that
there
came
no harm
to
him, changing
their
minds,
they
said,
that
he
was
a
god.
Now
in
these
places
were
possessions
of
the chief
man
of
the
island,
named
Publius,
who receiving
us,
for
three
days
entertained
us
courteously.
And
it
happened
that
the
father
of
Publius
lay
sick
of
a
fever,
and
of
a bloody flux.
To
whom
Paul
entered
in;
and
when
he
had
prayed,
and
laid
his
hands
on
him,
he
healed
him.
Which
being
done,
all
that
had
diseases
in
the
island,
came
and
were
healed:
Who
also honoured us
with
many honours,
and
when
we
were
to
set
sail,
they laded us
with
such
things
as
were
necessary.
And
after
three
months,
we sailed
in
a
ship
of Alexandria,
that
had
wintered
in
the
island, whose sign
was
the Castors.
And
when
we
were come
to Syracusa,
we tarried there
three
days.
From thence, compassing
by
the shore,
we
came
to
Rhegium:
and
after
one
day,
the
south
wind blowing,
we
came
the
second
day
to
Puteoli;
Where,
finding
brethren,
we
were desired
to tarry
with
them
seven
days:
and
so
we
went
to
Rome.
And
from thence,
when
the
brethren
had
heard
of
us,
they
came
to
meet
us
as
far
as Appii Forum,
and
the
Three
Taverns:
whom
when
Paul
saw,
he
gave
thanks
to
God,
and
took
courage.
And
when
we
were
come
to
Rome,
Paul
was suffered
to dwell
by
himself,
with
a
soldier
that
kept
him.
And
after
the third
day,
he
called
together
the chief
of
the
Jews.
And
when
they
were
assembled,
he
said
to
them:
Men,
brethren,
I,
having
done
nothing
against
the
people,
or
the
custom
of
our
fathers,
was
delivered
prisoner
from
Jerusalem
into
the
hands
of
the
Romans;
Who,
when
they
had
examined
me,
would
have
released
me,
for
that
there
was
no
cause
of
death
in
me;
But
the
Jews
contradicting
it,
I
was constrained
to
appeal unto
Caesar;
not
that
I
had
any thing
to
accuse
my
nation
of.
For
this
cause
therefore
I desired
to
see
you,
and
to
speak
to
you.
Because
that
for
the
hope
of
Israel,
I
am bound
with
this
chain.
But
they
said
to
him:
We
neither
received
letters
concerning thee
from
Judea,
neither
did
any
of
the
brethren
that
came hither, relate
or
speak
any
evil
of thee.
But
we
desire
to
hear
of thee
what thou thinkest;
for
as
concerning
this
sect,
we
know
that
it
is
every
where contradicted.
And
when
they
had
appointed
him
a
day,
there
came
very
many
to
him unto
his lodgings;
to
whom
he expounded,
testifying
the
kingdom
of
God,
and
persuading
them
concerning
Jesus,
out
of
the
law
of
Moses
and
the
prophets,
from
morning
until
evening.
And
some believed
the
things
that
were
said;
but
some believed
not.
And
when
they agreed
not
among
themselves,
they departed,
Paul
speaking
this
one
word:
Well
did
the
Holy Ghost
speak
to
our
fathers
by Isaias
the
prophet,
Saying:
Go
to
this
people,
and
say
to
them:
With
the ear
you
shall
hear,
and
shall
not
understand;
and
seeing
you
shall
see,
and
shall
not
perceive.
For
the
heart
of
this
people
is grown gross,
and
with
their
ears
have
they
heard heavily,
and
their
eyes
they
have shut; lest
perhaps
they
should
see
with
their
eyes,
and
hear
with
their
ears,
and
understand
with
their
heart,
and
should
be converted,
and
I
should
heal
them.
Be
it
known
therefore
to
you,
that
this
salvation
of
God
is
sent
to
the
Gentiles,
and
they
will
hear
it.
And when he had said these things, the Jews went out from him, having much reasoning among themselves.
And
he remained
two
whole
years
in
his
own hired lodging;
and
he
received
all
that
came
in
to
him,
Preaching
the
kingdom
of
God,
and
teaching
the
things
which concern
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
with
all
confidence,
without prohibition.
Romans
Paul’s Letter to the Romans
Romans
Rom
Paul’s Letter to the
Romans
Paul,
a
servant
of
Jesus
Christ,
called
to
be
an
apostle,
separated unto
the
gospel
of
God,
Which
he
had
promised
before,
by
his
prophets,
in
the
holy
scriptures,
Concerning
his
Son,
who
was
made
to
him
of
the
seed
of
David,
according
to
the
flesh,
Who
was predestinated
the
Son
of
God
in
power,
according
to
the
spirit
of sanctification,
by
the
resurrection
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
from
the
dead;
By
whom
we
have
received
grace
and
apostleship
for
obedience
to
the
faith,
in
all
nations,
for
his
name;
Among
whom
are
you
also
the
called
of
Jesus
Christ:
To
all
that
are
at
Rome,
the
beloved
of
God,
called
to
be
saints.
Grace
to
you,
and
peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
First
I
give
thanks
to
my
God,
through
Jesus
Christ,
for
you
all,
because
your
faith
is spoken
of
in
the
whole
world.
For
God
is
my
witness,
whom
I
serve
in
my
spirit
in
the
gospel
of
his
Son,
that
without
ceasing
I
make
a commemoration
of
you;
Always
in
my
prayers making request,
if
by
any
means
now
at length
I
may
have
a prosperous journey,
by
the
will
of
God,
to
come unto
you.
For
I
long
to
see
you,
that
I
may
impart unto
you
some
spiritual grace,
to
strengthen
you:
That
is
to
say,
that
I
may
be comforted
together
in
you,
by
that
which
is common
to
us
both,
your
faith
and
mine.
And
I
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
brethren,
that
I
have
often
purposed
to
come unto
you, (and
have
been
hindered hitherto,)
that
I
might
have
some
fruit
among
you
also,
even
as
among
other
Gentiles.
To
the
Greeks
and
to
the
barbarians,
to
the
wise
and
to
the unwise,
I
am
a debtor;
So (as much
as
is
in
me)
I
am ready
to
preach
the
gospel
to
you
also
that
are
at
Rome.
For
I
am
not
ashamed
of
the
gospel.
For
it
is
the
power
of
God unto
salvation
to
every
one
that believeth,
to
the
Jew
first,
and
to
the
Greek.
For
the
justice
of
God
is
revealed therein,
from
faith unto
faith,
as
it
is
written:
The
just
man liveth
by
faith.
For
the
wrath
of
God
is
revealed
from
heaven
against
all
ungodliness
and
injustice
of
those
men
that detain
the
truth
of
God
in
injustice:
Because
that
which
is
known
of
God
is
manifest
in
them.
For
God hath
manifested
it unto
them.
For
the
invisible
things
of
him,
from
the
creation
of
the
world,
are
clearly
seen,
being
understood
by
the
things
that
are
made;
his
eternal
power
also,
and divinity:
so
that
they
are inexcusable.
Because
that,
when
they
knew
God,
they
have
not
glorified
him
as
God,
or
given
thanks;
but
became vain
in
their
thoughts,
and
their
foolish
heart
was
darkened.
For
professing
themselves
to
be
wise,
they
became
fools.
And
they
changed
the
glory
of
the incorruptible
God
into
the
likeness
of
the
image
of
a
corruptible
man,
and
of
birds,
and
of fourfooted beasts,
and
of creeping
things.
Wherefore
God
gave
them
up
to
the
desires
of
their
heart, unto
uncleanness,
to dishonour
their
own
bodies
among
themselves.
Who changed
the
truth
of
God
into
a
lie;
and worshipped
and
served
the
creature
rather
than
the
Creator,
who
is
blessed
for
ever.
Amen.
For
this cause
God
delivered
them
up
to shameful affections.
For
their
women
have changed
the
natural
use
into
that
use
which
is
against
nature.
And,
in
like
manner,
the
men
also,
leaving
the
natural use
of
the
women,
have
burned
in
their lusts
one towards
another,
men
with
men working
that
which
is filthy,
and
receiving
in
themselves
the recompense
which
was
due
to
their
error.
And
as
they liked
not
to
have
God
in
their
knowledge,
God
delivered
them
up
to
a reprobate sense,
to
do
those
things
which
are
not convenient;
Being
filled
with
all
iniquity,
malice, fornication, avarice,
wickedness,
full
of
envy,
murder, contention,
deceit, malignity, whisperers,
Detractors, hateful
to
God, contumelious, proud, haughty,
inventors
of
evil
things,
disobedient
to
parents,
Foolish, dissolute,
without affection,
without fidelity,
without mercy.
Who,
having
known
the justice
of
God,
did
not
understand
that
they
who
do
such
things,
are
worthy
of
death;
and
not
only
they
that
do
them,
but
they
also
that consent
to
them
that
do
them.
Wherefore thou art inexcusable,
O
man, whosoever thou art
that judgest.
For wherein thou judgest
another, thou condemnest thyself.
For thou dost
the
same
things
which thou judgest.
For
we
know
that
the
judgment
of
God
is,
according
to
truth,
against
them
that
do
such
things.
And thinkest thou
this,
O
man,
that judgest
them
who
do
such
things,
and dost
the
same,
that thou shalt
escape
the
judgment
of
God?
Or despisest thou
the
riches
of
his goodness,
and
patience,
and longsuffering? Knowest thou
not,
that
the benignity
of
God leadeth thee
to penance?
But
according
to thy hardness
and impenitent
heart, thou treasurest
up
to thyself
wrath,
against
the
day
of
wrath,
and
revelation
of
the
just
judgment
of
God.
Who
will
render
to
every
man
according
to
his
works.
To
them
indeed,
who
according
to
patience
in
good
work,
seek
glory
and honour
and incorruption,
eternal
life:
But
to
them
that
are contentious,
and
who
obey
not
the
truth,
but give credit
to
iniquity,
wrath
and
indignation.
Tribulation
and
anguish
upon
every
soul
of
man
that worketh
evil,
of
the
Jew
first,
and
also
of
the
Greek.
But
glory,
and honour,
and
peace
to
every
one
that worketh
good,
to
the
Jew
first,
and
also
to
the
Greek.
For
there
is
no respect
of persons
with
God.
For whosoever
have
sinned
without
the
law,
shall
perish
without
the
law;
and whosoever
have
sinned
in
the
law,
shall
be
judged
by
the
law.
For
not
the
hearers
of
the
law
are
just
before
God,
but
the
doers
of
the
law
shall
be
justified.
For
when
the
Gentiles,
who
have
not
the
law,
do
by
nature
those
things
that
are
of
the
law;
these
having
not
the
law
are
a
law
to
themselves:
Who shew
the
work
of
the
law
written
in
their
hearts,
their
conscience
bearing
witness
to
them,
and
their
thoughts
between
themselves
accusing,
or
also
defending
one
another,
In
the
day
when
God
shall
judge
the
secrets
of
men
by
Jesus
Christ,
according
to
my
gospel.
But
if thou art called
a
Jew
and restest
in
the
law,
and makest thy
boast
of
God,
And knowest
his
will,
and approvest
the
more profitable
things, being
instructed
by
the
law,
Art
confident
that thou thyself art
a
guide
of
the
blind,
a
light
of
them
that
are
in
darkness,
An instructor
of
the
foolish,
a
teacher
of
infants,
having
the
form
of
knowledge
and
of
truth
in
the
law.
Thou
therefore
that teachest
another, teachest
not thyself: thou
that preachest
that men should
not
steal, stealest:
Thou
that sayest, men should
not
commit
adultery, committest
adultery: thou
that abhorrest
idols, committest sacrilege:
Thou
that makest thy
boast
of
the
law,
by
transgression
of
the
law dishonourest
God.
(For
the
name
of
God
through
you
is
blasphemed
among
the
Gentiles,
as
it
is
written.)
Circumcision profiteth
indeed,
if thou keep
the
law;
but
if thou
be
a
transgressor
of
the
law, thy
circumcision
is
made
uncircumcision.
If,
then,
the
uncircumcised
keep
the justices
of
the
law, shall
not
this
uncircumcision
be
counted
for
circumcision?
And
shall
not
that
which
by
nature
is
uncircumcision,
if
it fulfill
the
law,
judge thee,
who
by
the
letter
and
circumcision art
a
transgressor
of
the
law?
For
it
is
not
he
is
a
Jew,
who
is
so outwardly;
nor
is
that
circumcision
which
is outwardly
in
the
flesh:
But
he
is
a
Jew,
that
is
one
inwardly;
and
the
circumcision
is
that
of
the
heart,
in
the
spirit,
not
in
the
letter;
whose
praise
is
not
of
men,
but
of
God.
What
advantage
then hath
the
Jew,
or
what
is
the profit
of
circumcision?
Much
every
way.
First
indeed,
because
the
words
of
God
were committed
to
them.
For
what
if
some
of
them
have
not believed?
shall
their
unbelief
make
the
faith
of
God
without effect?
God forbid.
But
God
is
true;
and
every
man
a
liar,
as
it
is
written,
That thou mayest
be
justified
in thy
words,
and mayest
overcome
when thou art
judged.
But
if
our
injustice
commend
the
justice
of
God,
what
shall
we
say?
Is
God
unjust,
who executeth
wrath?
(I speak according
to
man.)
God forbid:
otherwise
how
shall
God
judge
this
world?
For
if
the
truth
of
God hath
more
abounded
through
my
lie, unto
his
glory,
why
am
I
also
yet
judged
as
a
sinner?
And
not rather (as
we
are
slandered,
and
as
some affirm
that
we
say)
let
us
do
evil,
that
there
may
come
good?
whose damnation
is
just.
What
then?
Do
we excel
them?
No,
not
so.
For
we
have
charged
both
Jews,
and
Greeks,
that
they
are
all
under
sin.
As
it
is
written:
There
is
not
any
man
just.
There
is
none
that understandeth,
there
is
none
that seeketh after
God.
All
have
turned
out
of
the
way;
they
are
become unprofitable
together:
there
is
none
that doth
good,
there
is
not so much
as
one.
Their
throat
is an
open sepulchre;
with
their
tongues
they
have dealt deceitfully.
The venom
of
asps
is
under
their
lips.
Whose
mouth
is
full
of
cursing
and
bitterness:
Their
feet
swift
to
shed
blood:
Destruction
and
misery
in
their
ways:
And
the
way
of
peace
they
have
not
known:
There
is
no
fear
of
God
before
their
eyes.
Now
we
know,
that
what
things soever
the
law speaketh,
it speaketh
to
them
that
are
in
the
law;
that
every
mouth
may
be
stopped,
and
all
the
world
may
be
made subject
to
God.
Because
by
the
works
of
the
law
no
flesh shall
be
justified
before
him.
For
by
the
law
is
the
knowledge
of
sin.
But
now
without
the
law
the
justice
of
God
is
made
manifest, being
witnessed
by
the
law
and
the
prophets.
Even
the
justice
of
God,
by
faith
of
Jesus
Christ, unto
all
and
upon
all
them
that
believe
in
him:
for
there
is
no
distinction:
For
all
have
sinned,
and
do
need
the
glory
of
God.
Being
justified
freely
by
his
grace,
through
the
redemption,
that
is
in
Christ
Jesus,
Whom
God hath proposed
to
be
a
propitiation,
through
faith
in
his
blood,
to
the shewing
of
his
justice,
for
the remission
of former
sins,
Through
the
forbearance
of
God,
for
the shewing
of
his
justice
in
this
time;
that
he
himself
may
be
just,
and
the
justifier
of
him,
who
is
of
the
faith
of
Jesus
Christ.
Where
is
then thy
boasting?
It
is
excluded.
By
what
law?
Of
works?
No,
but
by
the
law
of
faith.
For
we
account
a
man
to
be
justified
by
faith,
without
the
works
of
the
law.
Is
he
the
God
of
the
Jews
only?
Is
he
not
also
of
the
Gentiles?
Yes,
of
the
Gentiles
also.
For
it
is
one
God,
that justifieth
circumcision
by
faith,
and
uncircumcision
through
faith.
Do
we,
then, destroy
the
law
through
faith? God forbid:
but
we
establish
the
law.
What shall
we
say
then
that
Abraham hath
found,
who
is
our
father
according
to
the
flesh.
For
if
Abraham
were
justified
by
works,
he hath whereof
to
glory,
but
not
before
God.
For
what saith
the
scripture?
Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was reputed
to
him unto
justice.
Now
to him
that worketh,
the
reward
is
not
reckoned
according
to
grace,
but
according
to debt.
But
to
him
that worketh
not,
yet believeth
in
him
that justifieth
the
ungodly,
his
faith
is reputed
to
justice, according
to
the
purpose
of
the grace
of
God.
As
David
also termeth
the
blessedness
of
a
man,
to
whom
God reputeth
justice
without
works:
Blessed
are
they
whose iniquities
are
forgiven,
and
whose
sins
are
covered.
Blessed
is
the
man
to
whom
the
Lord hath
not imputed
sin.
This
blessedness
then, doth
it remain
in
the
circumcision
only,
or
in
the
uncircumcision
also?
For
we
say
that unto
Abraham
faith
was reputed
to
justice.
How
then
was
it reputed?
When
he
was
in
circumcision,
or
in
uncircumcision?
Not
in
circumcision,
but
in
uncircumcision.
And
he
received
the
sign
of
circumcision,
a
seal
of
the
justice
of
the
faith,
which
he
had,
being
uncircumcised;
that
he
might
be
the
father
of
all
them
that
believe,
being
uncircumcised,
that unto
them
also
it
may
be reputed
to
justice:
And
might
be
the
father
of
circumcision;
not
to
them
only,
that
are
of
the
circumcision,
but
to
them
also
that
follow
the
steps
of
the faithful,
that
is
in
the
uncircumcision
of
our
father
Abraham.
For
not
through
the
law
was
the
promise
to
Abraham,
or
to
his
seed,
that
he should
be
heir
of
the
world;
but
through
the
justice
of
faith.
For
if
they
who
are
of
the
law
be
heirs,
faith
is
made
void,
the
promise
is
made
of
no effect.
For
the
law worketh
wrath.
For
where
there
is
no
law,
neither
is
there
transgression.
Therefore
is
it
of
faith,
that
according
to
grace
the
promise
might
be
firm
to
all
the
seed;
not
to
that
only
which
is
of
the
law,
but
to
that
also
which
is
of
the
faith
of
Abraham,
who
is
the
father
of
us
all,
(As
it
is
written:
I
have
made thee
a
father
of
many
nations,)
before
God,
whom
he
believed,
who quickeneth
the
dead;
and calleth
those
things
that
are
not,
as
those
that
are.
Who
against
hope
believed
in
hope;
that
he
might
be
made
the
father
of
many
nations,
according
to
that
which
was
said
to
him:
So shall thy
seed
be.
And
he
was
not
weak
in
faith;
neither did
he
consider
his
own
body
now
dead, whereas
he
was almost
an
hundred
years
old,
nor
the
dead
womb
of Sara.
In
the
promise
also
of
God
he staggered
not
by distrust;
but
was
strengthened
in
faith,
giving
glory
to
God:
Most
fully knowing,
that whatsoever
he
has
promised,
he
is
able
also
to
perform.
And
therefore
it
was reputed
to
him unto
justice.
Now
it
is
not
written
only
for
him,
that
it
was reputed
to
him unto justice,
But
also
for
us,
to
whom
it
shall
be reputed,
if
we
believe
in
him,
that
raised
up
Jesus
Christ,
our
Lord,
from
the
dead,
Who
was
delivered
up
for
our
sins,
and
rose
again
for
our
justification.
Being
justified
therefore
by
faith,
let
us
have
peace
with
God,
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ:
By
whom
also
we
have
access
through
faith
into
this
grace, wherein
we
stand,
and
glory
in
the
hope
of
the
glory
of
the sons
of
God.
And
not
only
so;
but
we
glory
also
in
tribulations,
knowing
that
tribulation worketh
patience;
And
patience trial;
and trial
hope;
And
hope confoundeth
not:
because
the charity
of
God
is
poured forth
in
our
hearts,
by
the
Holy Ghost,
who
is
given
to
us.
For
why
did
Christ,
when
as
yet
we
were
weak,
according
to
the
time,
die
for
the
ungodly?
For scarce
for
a
just
man
will
one
die;
yet
perhaps
for
a
good
man
some
one
would
dare
to
die.
But
God commendeth
his charity towards
us;
because
when
as
yet
we
were
sinners, according
to
the time,
Christ died
for
us;
much
more
therefore, being
now
justified
by
his
blood, shall
we
be
saved
from
wrath
through
him.
For
if,
when
we
were
enemies,
we
were
reconciled
to
God
by
the
death
of
his
Son;
much
more,
being
reconciled,
shall
we
be
saved
by
his
life.
And
not
only
so;
but
also
we
glory
in
God,
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
by
whom
we
have
now
received
reconciliation.
Wherefore
as
by
one
man
sin
entered
into
this
world,
and
by
sin
death;
and
so
death
passed
upon
all
men,
in
whom
all
have
sinned.
For
until
the
law
sin
was
in
the
world;
but
sin
was
not
imputed,
when
the
law
was
not.
But
death
reigned
from
Adam unto
Moses,
even
over
them
also
who
have
not
sinned
after
the similitude
of
the
transgression
of
Adam,
who
is
a figure
of
him
who
was
to
come.
But
not
as
the offence,
so
also
the
gift.
For
if
by
the offence
of
one,
many
died;
much
more
the
grace
of
God,
and
the
gift,
by
the
grace
of
one
man,
Jesus
Christ, hath
abounded unto
many.
And
not
as
it
was
by
one
sin,
so
also
is
the
gift.
For
judgment
indeed
was
by
one unto
condemnation;
but grace
is
of
many offences, unto
justification.
For
if
by
one man’s offence
death
reigned
through
one;
much
more
they
who
receive
abundance
of
grace,
and
of
the
gift,
and
of
justice,
shall
reign
in
life
through
one,
Jesus
Christ.
Therefore,
as
by
the offence
of
one, unto
all
men
to
condemnation;
so
also
by
the justice
of
one, unto
all
men
to
justification
of
life.
For
as
by
the
disobedience
of
one
man,
many
were
made
sinners;
so
also
by
the
obedience
of
one,
many
shall
be
made
just.
Now
the
law entered
in,
that
sin might abound.
And
where
sin
abounded,
grace
did
more abound.
That
as
sin hath
reigned
to
death;
so
also
grace
might
reign
by
justice unto
life everlasting,
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
What shall
we
say,
then? shall
we
continue
in
sin,
that
grace
may abound?
God forbid.
For
we
that
are
dead
to
sin,
how shall
we
live
any
longer therein?
Know
you not
that
all
we,
who
are
baptized
in
Christ
Jesus,
are
baptized
in
his
death?
For
we
are
buried
together
with
him
by
baptism
into
death;
that
as
Christ
is
risen
from
the
dead
by
the
glory
of
the
Father,
so
we
also
may
walk
in
newness
of
life.
For
if
we
have
been planted
together
in
the
likeness
of
his
death,
we
shall
be
also
in
the
likeness
of
his
resurrection.
Knowing
this,
that our
old
man
is
crucified
with
him,
that
the
body
of
sin
may
be destroyed,
to
the
end
that
we
may
serve
sin
no
longer.
For
he
that
is
dead
is
justified
from
sin.
Now
if
we
be
dead
with
Christ,
we
believe
that
we
shall
live
also
together
with
Christ:
Knowing
that
Christ rising
again
from
the
dead, dieth
now
no
more,
death shall
no
more
have dominion
over
him.
For
in
that
he
died
to
sin,
he
died
once;
but
in
that
he liveth,
he liveth unto
God:
So
do
you
also reckon,
that
you
are
dead
to
sin,
but
alive unto
God,
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
Let
no
sin
therefore
reign
in
your
mortal
body,
so
as
to
obey
the
lusts thereof.
Neither yield ye
your
members
as
instruments
of
iniquity unto
sin;
but
present
yourselves
to
God,
as
those
that
are
alive
from
the
dead,
and
your
members
as
instruments
of
justice unto
God.
For
sin shall
not
have dominion
over
you;
for
you
are
not
under
the
law,
but
under
grace.
What
then? Shall
we
sin,
because
we
are
not
under
the
law,
but
under
grace? God forbid.
Know
you
not,
that
to
whom
you yield
yourselves
servants
to
obey,
his
servants
you
are
whom
you
obey,
whether
it
be
of
sin unto
death,
or
of
obedience unto
justice.
But
thanks
be
to
God,
that
you
were
the
servants
of
sin,
but
have
obeyed
from
the
heart, unto
that form
of doctrine,
into
which
you
have
been
delivered.
Being
then
freed
from
sin,
we
have been
made servants
of
justice.
I
speak
an
human
thing,
because
of
the
infirmity
of
your
flesh.
For
as
you
have yielded
your
members
to serve
uncleanness
and iniquity, unto iniquity;
so
now yield
your
members
to serve
justice, unto
sanctification.
For
when
you
were
the
servants
of
sin,
you
were
free
men
to
justice.
What
fruit
therefore
had
you
then
in
those
things,
of
which
you
are
now
ashamed?
For
the
end
of
them
is
death.
But
now
being
made
free
from
sin,
and
become servants
to
God,
you
have
your
fruit unto
sanctification,
and
the
end
life everlasting.
For
the
wages
of
sin
is
death.
But
the grace
of
God,
life everlasting,
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
Know
you not,
brethren, (for
I
speak
to
them
that
know
the
law,)
that
the
law hath dominion
over
a
man,
as
long
as
it liveth?
For
the
woman
that hath
an
husband, whilst
her
husband liveth
is
bound
to
the
law.
But
if
her
husband be
dead,
she
is loosed
from
the
law
of
her
husband.
Therefore, whilst
her
husband liveth,
she shall
be
called
an
adulteress,
if
she
be
with
another
man:
but
if
her
husband
be
dead,
she
is delivered
from
the
law
of
her
husband;
so
that
she
is
not
an
adulteress,
if
she
be
with
another
man.
Therefore,
my
brethren,
you
also
are
become
dead
to
the
law,
by
the
body
of
Christ;
that
you
may
belong
to
another,
who
is
risen
again
from
the
dead,
that
we
may
bring forth
fruit
to
God.
For
when
we
were
in
the
flesh,
the
passions
of
sins,
which
were
by
the
law,
did
work
in
our
members,
to
bring forth
fruit unto
death.
But
now
we
are loosed
from
the
law
of
death, wherein
we
were detained;
so
that
we
should
serve
in
newness
of
spirit,
and
not
in
the
oldness
of
the
letter.
What shall
we
say,
then?
Is
the
law
sin?
God forbid.
But
I
do
not
know
sin,
but
by
the
law;
for
I
had
not
known concupiscence,
if
the
law
did
not
say: Thou shalt
not
covet.
But
sin
taking
occasion
by
the
commandment, wrought
in
me
all manner
of concupiscence.
For
without
the
law
sin
was
dead.
And
I
lived
some
time
without
the
law.
But
when
the
commandment
came,
sin revived,
And
I
died.
And
the
commandment
that
was ordained
to
life,
the
same
was
found
to
be unto
death
to
me.
For
sin,
taking
occasion
by
the
commandment, seduced
me,
and
by
it
killed
me.
Wherefore
the
law
indeed
is
holy,
and
the
commandment
holy,
and
just,
and
good.
Was
that
then
which
is
good,
made
death unto
me? God forbid.
But
sin,
that
it
may
appear
sin,
by
that
which
is
good, wrought
death
in
me;
that
sin,
by
the
commandment,
might
become
sinful above
measure.
For
we
know
that
the
law
is
spiritual;
but
I
am carnal,
sold
under
sin.
For
that
which
I
work,
I
understand
not.
For
I
do
not
that good
which
I
will;
but
the evil
which
I
hate,
that
I
do.
If
then
I
do
that
which
I
will
not,
I consent
to
the
law,
that
it
is
good.
Now
then
it
is
no
more
I
that do
it,
but
sin
that dwelleth
in
me.
For
I
know
that
there dwelleth
not
in
me,
that
is
to
say,
in
my
flesh,
that
which
is
good.
For
to
will,
is
present
with
me;
but
to accomplish
that
which
is
good,
I find
not.
For
the
good
which
I
will,
I
do
not;
but
the
evil
which
I
will
not,
that
I
do.
Now
if
I
do
that
which
I
will
not,
it
is
no
more
I
that
do
it,
but
sin
that dwelleth
in
me.
I
find
then
a
law,
that
when
I
have
a
will
to
do
good,
evil
is
present
with
me.
For
I am delighted
with
the
law
of
God,
according
to
the inward
man:
But
I
see
another
law
in
my
members, fighting
against
the
law
of
my
mind,
and captivating
me
in
the
law
of
sin,
that
is
in
my
members.
Unhappy
man
that
I
am,
who
shall
deliver
me
from
the
body
of
this
death?
The
grace
of
God,
by
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
Therefore,
I
myself,
with
the
mind
serve
the
law
of
God;
but
with
the
flesh,
the
law
of
sin.
There
is
now
therefore
no
condemnation
to
them
that
are
in
Christ
Jesus,
who walk
not according
to
the flesh.
For
the
law
of
the
spirit
of
life,
in
Christ
Jesus, hath delivered me
from
the
law
of
sin
and
of
death.
For
what
the
law
could
not
do,
in
that
it
was
weak
through
the
flesh;
God
sending
his
own
Son,
in
the
likeness
of
sinful
flesh
and
of
sin, hath
condemned
sin
in
the
flesh;
That
the
justification
of
the
law
might
be
fulfilled
in
us,
who
walk
not
according
to
the
flesh,
but
according
to
the
spirit.
For
they
that
are
according
to
the
flesh,
mind
the
things
that
are
of
the
flesh;
but
they
that
are
according
to
the
spirit,
mind
the
things
that
are
of
the
spirit.
For
the wisdom
of
the
flesh
is
death;
but
the wisdom
of
the
spirit
is
life
and
peace.
Because
the wisdom
of
the
flesh
is
an enemy
to
God;
for
it
is
not
subject
to
the
law
of
God,
neither
can
it
be.
And
they
who
are
in
the
flesh,
cannot
please
God.
But
you
are
not
in
the
flesh,
but
in
the
spirit,
if
so
be
that
the
Spirit
of
God dwell
in
you.
Now
if
any
man
have
not
the
Spirit
of
Christ,
he
is
none
of
his.
And
if
Christ
be
in
you,
the
body
indeed
is
dead,
because
of
sin;
but
the
spirit liveth,
because
of justification.
And
if
the
Spirit
of
him
that
raised
up
Jesus
from
the
dead,
dwell
in
you;
he
that
raised
up
Jesus
Christ
from
the
dead,
shall quicken
also
your
mortal
bodies,
because
of
his
Spirit
that dwelleth
in
you.
Therefore,
brethren,
we
are
debtors,
not
to
the
flesh,
to
live
according
to
the
flesh.
For
if
you
live
according
to
the
flesh,
you shall
die:
but
if
by
the
Spirit
you mortify
the
deeds
of
the
flesh,
you shall
live.
For whosoever
are
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God,
they
are
the
sons
of
God.
For
you
have
not
received
the
spirit
of bondage
again
in
fear;
but
you
have
received
the
spirit
of
adoption
of
sons, whereby
we
cry:
Abba (Father).
For
the
Spirit
himself giveth testimony
to
our
spirit,
that
we
are
the
sons
of
God.
And
if
sons,
heirs
also;
heirs
indeed
of
God,
and joint
heirs
with
Christ:
yet
so,
if
we
suffer
with
him,
that
we
may
be
also
glorified
with
him.
For
I reckon
that
the
sufferings
of
this
time
are
not
worthy
to
be compared
with
the
glory
to
come,
that shall
be
revealed
in
us.
For
the
expectation
of
the
creature waiteth
for
the
revelation
of
the
sons
of
God.
For
the
creature
was made
subject
to
vanity,
not
willingly,
but
by
reason
of
him
that made
it
subject,
in
hope:
Because
the
creature
also
itself
shall
be delivered
from
the servitude
of
corruption,
into
the
liberty
of
the
glory
of
the
children
of
God.
For
we
know
that
every
creature groaneth
and travaileth
in pain,
even till
now.
And
not
only
it,
but
ourselves
also,
who
have
the firstfruits
of
the
Spirit,
even
we
ourselves
groan
within
ourselves,
waiting
for
the
adoption
of
the
sons
of
God,
the
redemption
of
our
body.
For
we
are
saved
by
hope.
But
hope
that
is
seen,
is
not
hope.
For
what
a man seeth,
why doth
he
hope
for?
But
if
we
hope
for
that
which
we
see
not,
we
wait
for
it
with
patience.
Likewise
the
Spirit
also helpeth
our
infirmity.
For
we
know
not
what
we
should
pray
for
as
we
ought;
but
the
Spirit
himself asketh
for us
with unspeakable
groanings.
And
he
that searcheth
the
hearts, knoweth
what
the
Spirit desireth;
because
he asketh
for
the
saints
according
to
God.
And
we
know
that
to
them
that
love
God,
all
things
work
together unto
good,
to
such
as,
according
to
his
purpose,
are
called
to
be saints.
For
whom
he
foreknew,
he
also predestinated
to
be made conformable
to
the
image
of
his
Son;
that
he
might
be
the
firstborn amongst
many
brethren.
And
whom
he predestinated,
them
he
also
called.
And
whom
he
called,
them
he
also
justified.
And
whom
he
justified,
them
he
also
glorified.
What
shall
we
then
say
to
these
things?
If
God
be
for
us,
who
is
against
us?
He
that spared
not
even
his
own
Son,
but
delivered
him
up
for
us
all,
how hath
he
not
also,
with
him,
given
us
all
things?
Who
shall accuse
against
the
elect
of
God?
God
that justifieth.
Who
is
he
that
shall
condemn?
Christ
Jesus
that
died, yea
that
is
risen
also
again;
who
is
at
the
right
hand
of
God,
who
also maketh
intercession
for
us.
Who then
shall
separate us
from
the
love
of
Christ?
Shall
tribulation?
or
distress?
or
famine?
or
nakedness?
or
danger?
or
persecution?
or
the
sword?
(As it
is
written:
For thy
sake
we
are
put
to
death
all
the
day
long.
We
are accounted
as
sheep
for
the
slaughter.)
But
in
all
these
things
we overcome,
because
of
him
that hath
loved
us.
For
I
am
sure
that
neither
death,
nor
life,
nor
angels,
nor
principalities,
nor
powers,
nor
things
present,
nor
things
to
come,
nor might,
Nor
height,
nor
depth,
nor
any
other
creature,
shall
be
able
to
separate
us
from
the
love
of
God,
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
I
speak
the
truth
in
Christ,
I
lie
not,
my
conscience
bearing
me
witness
in
the
Holy Ghost:
That
I
have
great
sadness,
and continual
sorrow
in
my
heart.
For
I
wished
myself
to
be
an anathema
from
Christ,
for
my
brethren,
who
are
my kinsmen
according
to
the
flesh,
Who
are
Israelites,
to
whom belongeth
the
adoption
as
of children,
and
the
glory,
and
the testament,
and
the
giving
of
the
law,
and
the
service
of God,
and
the
promises:
Whose
are
the
fathers,
and
of
whom
is
Christ,
according
to
the
flesh,
who
is
over
all
things,
God
blessed
for
ever.
Amen.
Not
as
though
the
word
of
God hath miscarried.
For
all
are
not Israelites
that
are
of
Israel:
Neither
are
all
they
that
are
the
seed
of
Abraham,
children;
but
in
Isaac
shall thy
seed
be
called:
That
is
to say,
not
they
that
are
the
children
of
the
flesh,
are
the
children
of
God; buy
they,
that
are
the
children
of
the
promise,
are accounted
for
the
seed.
For
this
is
the
word
of
promise:
According
to
this
time
will
I
come;
and Sara
shall
have
a
son.
And
not
only
she.
But
when Rebecca
also
had
conceived
at once,
of
Isaac
our
father.
For
when
the
children
were
not
yet
born,
nor
had
done
any
good
or
evil (that
the
purpose
of
God,
according
to
election,
might
stand,)
Not
of
works,
but
of
him
that calleth,
it
was
said
to
her:
The elder
shall
serve
the
younger.
As
it
is
written:
Jacob
I
have
loved,
but
Esau
I
have
hated.
What
shall
we
say
then?
Is
there
injustice
with
God?
God forbid.
For
he saith
to
Moses:
I
will
have
mercy
on
whom
I
will
have
mercy;
and
I
will shew
mercy
to
whom
I
will shew
mercy.
So
then
it
is
not
of
him
that willeth,
nor
of
him
that runneth,
but
of
God
that sheweth
mercy.
For
the
scripture saith
to Pharao:
To
this
purpose
have
I
raised thee,
that
I
may shew
my
power
in thee,
and
that
my
name
may
be declared
throughout
all
the
earth.
Therefore
he hath
mercy
on
whom
he
will;
and
whom
he
will,
he hardeneth.
Thou wilt
say
therefore
to
me:
Why doth
he
then
find
fault?
for
who resisteth
his
will?
O
man,
who art thou
that repliest
against
God?
Shall
the
thing
formed
say
to
him
that
formed
it:
Why hast thou
made
me
thus?
Or hath
not
the
potter
power
over
the
clay,
of
the
same
lump,
to
make
one
vessel unto honour,
and another unto dishonour?
What
if
God,
willing
to shew
his
wrath,
and
to
make
his
power
known,
endured
with
much
patience
vessels
of
wrath, fitted
for
destruction,
That
he
might shew
the
riches
of
his
glory
on
the
vessels
of
mercy,
which
he hath
prepared unto
glory?
Even
us,
whom
also
he hath
called,
nor
only
of
the
Jews,
but
also
of
the
Gentiles.
As
in Osee
he saith:
I
will
call
that
which
was
not
my
people,
my
people;
and her
that
was
not
beloved,
beloved;
and her
that
had
not obtained mercy,
one
that hath obtained mercy.
And
it
shall
be,
in
the
place
where
it
was
said unto
them,
You
are
not
my
people;
there
they
shall
be
called
the
sons
of
the
living
God.
And Isaias crieth
out
concerning
Israel:
If
the
number
of
the children
of
Israel
be
as
the
sand
of
the
sea,
a
remnant shall
be
saved.
For
he
shall finish
his
word,
and cut
it short
in justice;
because
a short
word
shall
the
Lord
make
upon
the
earth.
And
as Isaias foretold:
Unless
the
Lord
of
Sabaoth
had
left us
a
seed,
we
had
been
made
as
Sodom,
and
we
had
been
like unto Gomorrha.
What
then shall
we
say?
That
the
Gentiles,
who followed
not
after
justice,
have
attained
to
justice,
even
the
justice
that
is
of
faith.
But
Israel,
by following
after
the
law
of
justice,
is
not
come unto
the
law
of
justice.
Why
so?
Because
they sought
it
not
by
faith,
but
as
it
were
of
works.
For
they
stumbled
at
the stumblingstone.
As
it
is
written:
Behold
I
lay
in Sion
a stumblingstone
and
a
rock
of scandal;
and whosoever believeth
in
him
shall
not
be confounded.
Brethren,
the
will
of
my
heart,
indeed,
and
my
prayer
to
God,
is
for
them unto
salvation.
For
I
bear
them
witness,
that
they
have
a
zeal
of
God,
but
not
according
to
knowledge.
For
they,
not
knowing
the
justice
of
God,
and
seeking
to
establish
their
own,
have
not submitted
themselves
to
the
justice
of
God.
For
the
end
of
the
law
is
Christ, unto
justice
to
every
one
that believeth.
For
Moses
wrote,
that
the
justice
which
is
of
the
law,
the
man
that
shall
do
it,
shall
live
by
it.
But
the
justice
which
is
of
faith, speaketh
thus:
Say
not
in thy
heart,
Who
shall
ascend
into
heaven?
that
is,
to
bring
Christ
down;
Or
who
shall
descend
into
the deep?
that
is,
to
bring
up
Christ
again
from
the
dead.
But
what saith
the
scripture?
The
word
is nigh thee,
even
in thy
mouth,
and
in thy
heart.
This
is
the
word
of
faith,
which
we
preach.
For
if thou
confess
with thy
mouth
the
Lord
Jesus,
and
believe
in thy
heart
that
God hath
raised
him
up
from
the
dead, thou shalt
be
saved.
For,
with
the
heart,
we
believe unto
justice;
but,
with
the
mouth, confession
is
made unto
salvation.
For
the
scripture saith: Whosoever believeth
in
him, shall
not
be confounded.
For
there
is
no
distinction
of
the
Jew
and
the
Greek:
for
the
same
is
Lord
over
all,
rich unto
all
that
call
upon
him.
For whosoever
shall
call upon
the
name
of
the
Lord,
shall
be
saved.
How
then
shall
they
call
on
him,
in
whom
they
have
not
believed?
Or
how
shall
they
believe
him,
of
whom
they
have
not
heard?
And
how
shall
they
hear,
without
a
preacher?
And
how shall
they
preach
unless
they
be
sent,
as
it
is
written:
How
beautiful
are
the
feet
of
them
that
preach
the
gospel
of peace,
of
them
that
bring glad tidings
of
good
things!
But
all
do
not
obey
the
gospel.
For Isaias saith:
Lord,
who hath
believed
our
report?
Faith
then cometh
by
hearing;
and
hearing
by
the
word
of
Christ.
But
I
say:
Have
they
not
heard?
Yes, verily,
their sound hath
gone
forth
into
all
the
earth,
and
their
words unto
the
ends
of
the
whole
world.
But
I
say: Hath
not
Israel
known?
First,
Moses saith:
I
will
provoke
you
to
jealousy
by
that which
is
not
a
nation;
by
a
foolish
nation
I
will
anger
you.
But Isaias
is
bold,
and saith:
I
was
found
by
them
that
did
not
seek
me:
I
appeared openly
to
them
that
asked
not
after
me.
But
to
Israel
he saith:
All
the
day
long
have
I spread
my
hands
to
a
people
that believeth
not,
and contradicteth
me.
I
say
then: Hath
God cast
away
his
people?
God forbid.
For
I
also
am
an
Israelite
of
the
seed
of
Abraham,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
God hath
not cast
away
his
people,
which
he
foreknew.
Know
you
not
what
the
scripture saith
of Elias;
how
he calleth
on
God
against
Israel?
Lord,
they
have slain thy
prophets,
they
have dug
down thy
altars;
and
I
am left
alone,
and
they
seek
my
life.
But
what saith
the
divine answer
to
him?
I
have
left
me
seven
thousand
men,
that
have
not
bowed
their
knees
to
Baal.
Even
so
then
at
this
present
time
also,
there
is
a
remnant saved
according
to
the
election
of
grace.
And
if
by
grace,
it
is
not
now
by
works:
otherwise
grace
is
no
more
grace.
What
then?
That
which
Israel
sought,
he hath
not
obtained:
but
the
election hath
obtained
it;
and
the
rest
have
been blinded.
As
it
is
written:
God hath
given
them
the
spirit
of insensibility;
eyes
that
they
should
not
see;
and
ears
that
they
should
not
hear,
until
this present
day.
And
David saith:
Let
their
table
be
made
a
snare,
and
a
trap,
and
a
stumbling
block,
and
a recompense unto
them.
Let
their
eyes
be
darkened,
that
they
may
not
see:
and bow down
their back
always.
I
say
then,
have
they
so stumbled,
that
they
should
fall?
God forbid.
But
by
their offence,
salvation
is
come
to
the
Gentiles,
that
they
may
be emulous
of
them.
Now
if
the offence
of
them
be
the
riches
of
the
world,
and
the diminution
of
them,
the
riches
of
the
Gentiles;
how
much
more
the fulness
of
them?
For
I
say
to
you,
Gentiles:
as
long
indeed
as
I
am
the
apostle
of
the
Gentiles,
I
will honour
my
ministry,
If,
by
any
means,
I
may
provoke
to emulation
them
who
are
my
flesh,
and
may
save
some
of
them.
For
if
the
loss
of
them
be
the
reconciliation
of
the
world,
what shall
the receiving
of
them
be,
but
life
from
the
dead?
For
if
the firstfruit
be
holy,
so
is
the
lump
also:
and
if
the
root
be
holy,
so
are
the
branches.
And
if
some
of
the
branches
be
broken,
and thou,
being
a
wild
olive, art ingrafted
in
them,
and art
made
partaker
of
the
root,
and
of
the fatness
of
the
olive
tree,
Boast
not
against
the
branches.
But
if thou
boast, thou bearest
not
the
root,
but
the
root thee.
Thou wilt
say
then:
The
branches
were
broken
off,
that
I
might
be
grafted
in.
Well:
because
of
unbelief
they
were
broken
off.
But thou standest
by
faith:
be
not highminded,
but
fear.
For
if
God hath
not spared
the
natural
branches, fear lest perhaps
he
also
spare
not thee.
See
then
the goodness
and
the
severity
of
God: towards
them
indeed
that
are
fallen,
the
severity;
but towards thee,
the goodness
of
God,
if thou abide
in goodness,
otherwise thou
also shalt
be
cut
off.
And
they
also,
if
they abide
not still
in
unbelief,
shall
be
grafted
in:
for
God
is
able
to graft
them
in
again.
For
if thou wert
cut
out
of
the
wild
olive
tree,
which
is
natural
to thee;
and,
contrary
to
nature,
were
grafted
into
the good
olive
tree;
how
much
more
shall
they
that
are
the
natural branches,
be
grafted
into
their
own
olive
tree?
For
I
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
brethren,
of
this
mystery, (lest
you
should
be
wise
in
your
own conceits),
that blindness
in
part
has
happened
in
Israel,
until
the fulness
of
the
Gentiles
should
come
in.
And
so
all
Israel
should
be
saved,
as
it
is
written: There
shall
come
out
of Sion,
he
that
shall
deliver,
and
shall
turn
away
ungodliness
from
Jacob.
And
this
is
to
them
my
covenant:
when
I
shall
take
away
their
sins.
As concerning
the
gospel,
indeed,
they
are
enemies
for
your
sake:
but
as touching
the
election,
they
are most
dear
for
the
sake
of
the
fathers.
For
the
gifts
and
the
calling
of
God
are
without repentance.
For
as
you
also
in
times past did
not believe
God,
but
now
have obtained
mercy, through their unbelief;
So
these
also
now
have
not believed,
for
your
mercy,
that
they
also
may obtain
mercy.
For
God hath concluded
all
in unbelief,
that
he
may
have
mercy
on
all.
O
the
depth
of
the
riches
of
the
wisdom
and
of
the
knowledge
of
God!
How incomprehensible
are
his
judgments,
and
how
unsearchable
his
ways!
For
who hath
known
the
mind
of
the
Lord?
Or
who hath
been
his counsellor?
Or
who hath
first
given
to
him,
and recompense
shall
be made
him?
For
of
him,
and
by
him,
and
in
him,
are
all
things:
to
him
be
glory
for
ever.
Amen.
I BESEECH
you
therefore,
brethren,
by
the
mercy
of
God,
that
you
present
your
bodies
a
living
sacrifice,
holy,
pleasing unto
God,
your
reasonable
service.
And
be
not
conformed
to
this
world;
but
be reformed
in
the newness
of
your
mind,
that
you
may prove
what
is
the
good,
and
the
acceptable,
and
the
perfect
will
of
God.
For
I
say,
by
the
grace
that
is
given
me,
to
all
that
are
among
you,
not
to
be
more wise
than
it behoveth
to
be wise,
but
to
be wise unto sobriety,
and
according
as
God hath
divided
to
every
one
the
measure
of
faith.
For
as
in
one
body
we
have
many
members,
but
all
the
members
have
not
the
same office:
So
we
being
many,
are
one
body
in
Christ,
and
every
one
members
one
of
another.
And
having
different
gifts,
according
to
the
grace
that
is
given
us, either
prophecy,
to
be used
according
to
the rule
of
faith;
Or
ministry,
in ministering;
or
he
that teacheth,
in
doctrine;
He
that exhorteth,
in
exhorting;
he
that giveth,
with
simplicity;
he
that ruleth,
with carefulness;
he
that sheweth
mercy,
with
cheerfulness.
Let
love
be
without dissimulation. Hating that
which
is
evil, cleaving
to that
which
is
good.
Loving
one
another
with
the charity
of brotherhood,
with honour preventing
one
another.
In carefulness
not slothful.
In
spirit
fervent.
Serving
the
Lord.
Rejoicing
in
hope. Patient
in
tribulation. Instant
in
prayer.
Communicating
to
the necessities
of
the
saints.
Pursuing
hospitality.
Bless
them
that
persecute
you:
bless,
and
curse
not.
Rejoice
with
them
that
rejoice;
weep
with
them
that
weep.
Being
of
one
mind
one towards
another.
Not minding
high
things,
but consenting
to
the
humble.
Be
not
wise
in
your
own conceits.
To
no
man rendering
evil
for
evil. Providing
good
things,
not only
in
the
sight
of God,
but also
in
the
sight
of
all
men.
If
it
be
possible,
as much
as
is
in
you,
have
peace
with
all
men.
Revenge
not
yourselves,
my dearly
beloved;
but
give
place unto
wrath,
for
it
is
written:
Revenge
is
mine,
I
will
repay, saith
the
Lord.
But
if thy
enemy
be
hungry,
give
him
to eat;
if
he
thirst,
give
him
to
drink.
For,
doing
this, thou shalt
heap
coals
of
fire
upon
his
head.
Be
not
overcome
by
evil,
but
overcome
evil
by
good.
Let
every
soul
be
subject
to higher
powers:
for
there
is
no
power
but
from
God:
and
those
that
are,
are ordained
of
God.
Therefore
he
that resisteth
the
power, resisteth
the
ordinance
of
God.
And
they
that
resist, purchase
to
themselves damnation.
For princes
are
not
a terror
to
the
good
work,
but
to
the
evil. Wilt thou
then
not
be
afraid
of
the
power?
Do
that
which
is
good:
and thou shalt
have
praise
from
the
same.
For
he
is
God’s
minister
to thee,
for
good.
But
if thou
do
that
which
is
evil,
fear:
for
he beareth
not
the
sword
in
vain.
For
he
is
God’s
minister:
an
avenger
to
execute
wrath
upon
him
that doth
evil.
Wherefore
be
subject
of
necessity,
not
only
for
wrath,
but
also
for
conscience’
sake.
For
therefore
also
you
pay tribute.
For
they
are
the
ministers
of
God, serving unto
this
purpose.
Render therefore
to
all
men
their dues. Tribute,
to
whom tribute
is
due:
custom,
to
whom
custom:
fear,
to
whom
fear: honour,
to
whom honour.
Owe
no
man
any thing,
but
to
love
one
another.
For
he
that loveth
his neighbour, hath
fulfilled
the
law.
For Thou shalt
not
commit
adultery: Thou shalt
not kill: Thou shalt
not
steal, Thou shalt
not bear false witness: Thou shalt
not
covet:
and
if
there
be
any
other
commandment,
it
is comprised
in
this
word, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour
as thyself.
The
love
of our neighbour worketh
no
evil.
Love
therefore
is
the fulfilling
of
the
law.
And
that
knowing
the
season;
that
it
is
now
the
hour
for
us
to
rise
from
sleep.
For
now
our
salvation
is
nearer
than
when
we
believed.
The
night
is passed,
and
the
day
is
at
hand.
Let us
therefore cast off
the
works
of
darkness,
and
put
on
the armour
of
light.
Let
us
walk honestly,
as
in
the
day:
not
in rioting
and
drunkenness,
not
in chambering
and impurities,
not
in contention
and envy:
But
put ye
on
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
make
not
provision
for
the
flesh
in its concupiscences.
Now
him
that
is
weak
in
faith, take unto
you:
not
in disputes
about
thoughts.
For
one believeth
that
he
may
eat
all
things:
but
he
that
is
weak, let
him
eat herbs.
Let
not
him
that eateth,
despise
him
that eateth
not:
and
he
that eateth
not,
let
him
not
judge
him
that eateth.
For
God hath
taken
him
to
him.
Who art thou
that judgest
another
man’s
servant?
To
his
own
lord
he standeth
or falleth.
And
he
shall
stand:
for
God
is
able
to
make
him
stand.
For
one judgeth between
day
and
day:
and
another judgeth
every
day:
let
every
man abound
in
his
own sense.
He
that regardeth
the
day, regardeth
it unto
the
Lord.
And
he
that eateth, eateth
to
the
Lord:
for
he giveth
thanks
to
God.
And
he
that eateth
not,
to
the
Lord
he eateth
not,
and giveth
thanks
to
God.
For
none
of us liveth
to
himself;
and
no
man dieth
to
himself.
For
whether
we
live,
we
live unto
the
Lord;
or
whether
we
die,
we
die unto
the
Lord.
Therefore,
whether
we
live,
or
whether
we
die,
we
are
the
Lord’s.
For
to
this
end
Christ
died
and rose
again;
that
he
might
be
Lord
both
of
the
dead
and
of
the
living.
But thou,
why judgest thou thy
brother?
or thou,
why dost thou
despise thy
brother?
For
we
shall
all
stand
before
the
judgment
seat
of Christ.
For
it
is
written:
As
I
live, saith
the
Lord,
every
knee
shall
bow
to
me,
and
every
tongue
shall
confess
to
God.
Therefore
every
one
of
us
shall render
account
to
God
for
himself.
Let us
not
therefore
judge
one
another
any
more.
But
judge
this
rather,
that
you
put
not
a stumblingblock
or
a scandal
in
your
brother’s
way.
I
know,
and
am
confident
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
that
nothing
is
unclean
of
itself;
but
to
him
that esteemeth
any
thing
to
be
unclean,
to
him
it
is
unclean.
For
if,
because
of thy
meat, thy
brother
be
grieved, thou walkest
not now
according
to charity.
Destroy
not
him
with thy
meat,
for
whom
Christ
died.
Let
not
then our
good
be
evil
spoken
of.
For
the
kingdom
of
God
is
not
meat
and
drink;
but
justice,
and
peace,
and
joy
in
the
Holy Ghost.
For
he
that
in
this serveth
Christ, pleaseth
God,
and
is
approved
of
men.
Therefore
let
us follow
after
the
things
that
are
of
peace;
and keep
the
things
that
are
of
edification
one towards
another.
Destroy
not
the
work
of
God
for
meat.
All
things
indeed
are
clean:
but
it
is
evil
for
that
man
who eateth
with offence.
It
is
good
not
to
eat flesh,
and
not
to
drink
wine,
nor
any
thing whereby thy
brother
is
offended,
or scandalized,
or made
weak.
Hast thou
faith?
Have
it
to thyself
before
God.
Blessed
is
he
that condemneth
not
himself
in
that
which
he alloweth.
But
he
that discerneth,
if
he
eat,
is
condemned;
because
not
of
faith.
For
all
that
is
not
of
faith
is
sin.
Now
we
that
are stronger,
ought
to
bear
the infirmities
of
the weak,
and
not
to
please
ourselves.
Let
every
one
of
you
please
his neighbour unto
good,
to
edification.
For
Christ
did
not
please
himself,
but
as
it
is
written:
The
reproaches
of
them
that
reproached thee,
fell
upon
me.
For
what
things soever
were
written,
were
written
for
our learning:
that
through
patience
and
the
comfort
of
the
scriptures,
we
might
have
hope.
Now
the
God
of
patience
and
of
comfort
grant
you
to
be
of
one
mind
one towards
another,
according
to
Jesus
Christ:
That
with
one
mind,
and
with
one
mouth,
you
may
glorify
God
and
the
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Wherefore
receive
one
another,
as
Christ
also hath
received
you unto
the honour
of
God.
For
I
say
that
Christ
Jesus
was
minister
of
the
circumcision
for
the
truth
of
God,
to
confirm
the
promises
made unto
the
fathers.
But
that
the
Gentiles
are
to
glorify
God
for
his
mercy,
as
it
is
written:
Therefore
will
I
confess
to thee, O
Lord,
among
the
Gentiles,
and
will
sing
to thy
name.
And
again
he saith:
Rejoice, ye
Gentiles,
with
his
people.
And
again:
Praise
the
Lord,
all ye
Gentiles;
and magnify
him,
all ye
people.
And
again Isaias saith:
There
shall
be
a
root
of
Jesse;
and
he
that
shall
rise
up
to
rule
the
Gentiles,
in
him
the
Gentiles
shall
hope.
Now
the
God
of
hope
fill
you
with
all
joy
and
peace
in
believing;
that
you
may
abound
in
hope,
and
in
the
power
of
the
Holy Ghost.
And
I
myself
also,
my
brethren,
am assured
of
you,
that
you
also
are
full
of love, replenished
with
all
knowledge,
so
that
you
are
able
to
admonish
one
another.
But
I
have
written
to
you, brethren, more
boldly
in
some sort,
as
it
were
putting
you
in mind:
because
of
the
grace
which
is
given
me
from
God.
That
I
should
be
the
minister
of
Christ
Jesus
among
the
Gentiles; sanctifying
the
gospel
of
God,
that
the oblation
of
the
Gentiles
may
be
made
acceptable
and
sanctified
in
the
Holy Ghost.
I
have
therefore glory
in
Christ
Jesus towards
God.
For
I
dare
not
to
speak
of
any
of
those
things
which
Christ worketh
not
by
me,
for
the
obedience
of
the
Gentiles,
by
word
and
deed,
By
the virtue
of
signs
and
wonders,
in
the
power
of
the Holy Ghost,
so
that
from
Jerusalem
round
about
as
far
as unto
Illyricum,
I
have replenished
the
gospel
of
Christ.
And
I
have
so
preached
this
gospel,
not
where
Christ
was
named,
lest
I
should
build
upon
another
man’s
foundation.
But
as
it
is
written:
They
to
whom
he
was
not spoken
of,
shall
see,
and
they
that
have
not
heard
shall
understand.
For
which cause
also
I
was
hindered
very
much
from
coming
to
you,
and
have
been kept away till
now.
But
now
having
no
more
place
in
these countries,
and
having
a
great desire
these
many
years past
to
come unto
you,
When
I
shall begin
to take
my
journey
into
Spain,
I
hope
that
as
I pass,
I
shall
see
you,
and
be
brought
on
my
way thither
by
you,
if
first,
in
part,
I
shall
have enjoyed
you:
But
now
I shall
go
to
Jerusalem,
to
minister unto
the
saints.
For
it hath
pleased
them
of
Macedonia
and
Achaia
to
make
a
contribution
for
the
poor
of
the
saints
that
are
in
Jerusalem.
For
it hath
pleased
them;
and
they
are
their
debtors.
For
if
the
Gentiles
have
been made partakers
of
their
spiritual
things,
they
ought
also
in carnal
things
to
minister
to
them.
When
therefore
I
shall
have
accomplished
this,
and consigned
to
them
this
fruit,
I
will come
by
you
into
Spain.
And
I
know,
that
when
I
come
to
you,
I shall
come
in
the
abundance
of
the
blessing
of
the gospel
of
Christ.
I beseech
you
therefore,
brethren,
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
by
the charity
of
the Holy Ghost,
that
you help
me
in
your
prayers
for
me
to
God,
That
I
may
be
delivered
from
the unbelievers
that
are
in
Judea,
and
that
the oblation
of
my
service
may
be
acceptable
in
Jerusalem
to
the
saints.
That
I
may
come
to
you
with
joy,
by
the
will
of
God,
and
may
be refreshed
with
you.
Now
the
God
of
peace
be
with
you
all.
Amen.
And
I
commend
to
you Phebe,
our
sister,
who
is
in
the ministry
of
the
church,
that
is
in Cenchrae:
That
you
receive
her
in
the
Lord
as becometh
saints;
and
that
you assist
her
in whatsoever business
she
shall
have
need
of
you.
For
she
also hath assisted
many,
and
myself
also.
Salute
Prisca
and
Aquila,
my helpers
in
Christ
Jesus,
(Who
have
for
my
life laid down
their
own
necks:
to
whom
not
I
only
give
thanks,
but
also
all
the
churches
of
the
Gentiles,)
And
the
church
which
is
in
their
house. Salute
Epenetus,
my
beloved:
who
is
the firstfruits
of
Asia
in
Christ.
Salute
Mary,
who hath laboured
much
among
you.
Salute
Andronicus
and
Junias,
my kinsmen
and
fellow
prisoners:
who
are
of note
among
the
apostles,
who
also
were
in
Christ
before
me.
Salute
Ampliatus, most
beloved
to
me
in
the
Lord.
Salute
Urbanus,
our helper
in
Christ
Jesus,
and
Stachys,
my
beloved.
Salute
Apelles,
approved
in
Christ.
Salute
them
that
are
of Aristobulus’ household. Salute Herodian,
my kinsman. Salute
them
that
are
of Narcissus’ household,
who
are
in
the
Lord.
Salute
Tryphaena
and
Tryphosa,
who labour
in
the
Lord. Salute
Persis,
the dearly
beloved,
who hath
much laboured
in
the
Lord.
Salute
Rufus,
elect
in
the
Lord,
and
his
mother
and
mine.
Salute
Asyncritus,
Phlegon,
Hermas,
Patrobas,
Hermes,
and
the
brethren
that
are
with
them.
Salute
Philologus
and
Julia,
Nereus
and
his
sister,
and Olympias;
and
all
the
saints
that
are
with
them.
Salute
one
another
with an
holy
kiss.
All
the
churches
of
Christ salute
you.
Now
I beseech
you,
brethren,
to mark
them
who
make
dissensions
and offences
contrary
to
the doctrine
which
you
have
learned,
and
avoid
them.
For
they
that
are
such,
serve
not
Christ
our
Lord,
but
their
own
belly;
and
by pleasing speeches
and good
words, seduce
the
hearts
of
the
innocent.
For
your
obedience
is published
in
every place.
I
rejoice
therefore
in
you.
But
I
would
have
you
to
be
wise
in
good,
and simple
in
evil.
And
the
God
of
peace
crush
Satan
under
your
feet
speedily.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
Timothy,
my
fellow labourer, saluteth
you,
and
Lucius,
and
Jason,
and
Sosipater,
my kinsmen.
I
Tertius,
who
wrote
this epistle, salute
you
in
the
Lord.
Caius,
my
host,
and
the
whole
church, saluteth
you.
Erastus,
the
treasurer
of
the
city, saluteth
you,
and
Quartus,
a
brother.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all.
Amen.
Now
to
him
that
is
able
to
establish
you,
according
to
my
gospel,
and
the
preaching
of
Jesus
Christ,
according
to
the
revelation
of
the
mystery,
which
was
kept
secret
from
eternity,
(Which
now
is
made
manifest
by
the
scriptures
of
the
prophets,
according
to
the precept
of
the
eternal
God,
for
the
obedience
of
faith,)
known
among
all
nations;
To
God
the
only
wise,
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
whom
be honour
and
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
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Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians
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1Co
Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians
Paul,
called
to
be
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
the
will
of
God,
and
Sosthenes
a
brother,
To
the
church
of
God
that
is
at
Corinth,
to
them
that
are
sanctified
in
Christ
Jesus,
called
to
be
saints,
with
all
that invoke
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
in
every
place
of
theirs
and
ours.
Grace
to
you,
and
peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
I
give
thanks
to
my
God
always
for
you,
for
the
grace
of
God
that
is
given
you
in
Christ
Jesus,
That
in
all
things
you
are made
rich
in
him,
in
all
utterance,
and
in
all
knowledge;
As
the
testimony
of
Christ
was
confirmed
in
you,
So
that
nothing
is wanting
to
you
in
any grace,
waiting
for
the manifestation
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Who
also
will
confirm
you unto
the
end
without crime,
in
the
day
of
the coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
God
is
faithful:
by
whom
you
are
called unto
the
fellowship
of
his
Son
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
Now
I beseech
you,
brethren,
by
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
you
all
speak
the
same
thing,
and
that
there
be
no schisms
among
you;
but
that
you
be
perfect
in
the
same
mind,
and
in
the
same
judgment.
For
it hath
been signified unto
me,
my
brethren,
of
you,
by
them
that
are
of
the house
of Chloe,
that
there
are contentions
among
you.
Now
this
I
say,
that
every
one
of
you saith:
I
indeed
am
of
Paul;
and
I
am
of Apollo;
and
I
am
of
Cephas;
and
I
of
Christ.
Is
Christ
divided?
Was
Paul then
crucified
for
you?
or
were
you
baptized
in
the
name
of
Paul?
I
give God
thanks,
that
I
baptized
none
of
you
but
Crispus
and Caius;
Lest
any
should
say
that
you
were
baptized
in
my
name.
And
I
baptized
also
the
household
of Stephanus; besides,
I
know
not
whether
I
baptized
any
other.
For
Christ
sent
me
not
to
baptize,
but
to
preach
the
gospel:
not
in
wisdom
of
speech,
lest
the
cross
of
Christ
should
be
made
void.
For
the
word
of
the
cross,
to
them
indeed
that
perish,
is
foolishness;
but
to
them
that
are
saved,
that
is,
to us,
it
is
the
power
of
God.
For
it
is
written:
I
will
destroy
the
wisdom
of
the
wise,
and
the prudence
of
the prudent
I
will
reject.
Where
is
the
wise?
Where
is
the
scribe?
Where
is
the disputer
of
this
world? Hath
not
God
made
foolish
the
wisdom
of
this
world?
For seeing
that
in
the
wisdom
of
God
the
world,
by
wisdom,
knew
not
God,
it
pleased
God,
by
the
foolishness
of
our
preaching,
to
save
them
that
believe.
For
both
the
Jews require
signs,
and
the
Greeks
seek
after
wisdom:
But
we
preach
Christ
crucified, unto
the
Jews
indeed
a stumblingblock,
and unto
the
Gentiles
foolishness:
But unto
them
that
are
called,
both
Jews
and
Greeks,
Christ
the
power
of
God,
and
the
wisdom
of
God.
For
the
foolishness
of
God
is
wiser
than
men;
and
the
weakness
of
God
is
stronger
than
men.
For
see
your vocation,
brethren,
that
there
are
not
many
wise
according
to
the
flesh,
not
many
mighty,
not
many noble:
But
the
foolish
things
of
the
world hath
God
chosen,
that
he
may confound
the
wise;
and
the
weak
things
of
the
world hath
God
chosen,
that
he
may confound
the
strong.
And
the
base
things
of
the
world,
and
the
things
that
are
contemptible, hath
God
chosen,
and
things
that
are
not,
that
he
might
bring
to nought
things
that
are:
That
no
flesh
should
glory
in
his
sight.
But
of
him
are
you
in
Christ
Jesus,
who
of
God
is
made unto
us
wisdom,
and
justice,
and
sanctification,
and
redemption:
That,
as it
is
written:
He
that glorieth,
may
glory
in
the
Lord.
And
I,
brethren,
when
I
came
to
you,
came
not
in loftiness
of
speech
or
of
wisdom, declaring unto
you
the
testimony
of Christ.
For
I
judged
not myself
to
know
anything
among
you,
but
Jesus
Christ,
and
him
crucified.
And
I
was
with
you
in
weakness,
and
in
fear,
and
in
much
trembling.
And
my
speech
and
my
preaching
was
not
in
the
persuasive
words
of human
wisdom,
but
in shewing
of
the
Spirit
and
power;
That
your
faith
might
not stand
on
the
wisdom
of
men,
but
on
the
power
of
God.
Howbeit
we
speak
wisdom
among
the
perfect:
yet
not
the
wisdom
of
this
world,
neither
of
the princes
of
this
world
that come
to nought;
But
we
speak
the
wisdom
of
God
in
a
mystery,
a
wisdom
which
is
hidden,
which
God ordained
before
the
world, unto
our
glory:
Which
none
of
the princes
of
this
world
knew;
for
if
they
had
known
it,
they
would
never
have
crucified
the
Lord
of
glory.
But,
as
it
is
written:
That
eye hath
not
seen,
nor
ear
heard,
neither hath
it
entered
into
the
heart
of
man,
what
things
God hath
prepared
for
them
that
love
him.
But
to us
God hath
revealed
them,
by
this
Spirit.
For
the
Spirit searcheth
all
things, yea,
the
deep
things
of
God.
For
what
man knoweth
the
things
of
a
man,
but
the
spirit
of
a
man
that
is
in
him?
So
the
things
also
that
are
of
God
no
man knoweth,
but
the
Spirit
of
God.
Now
we
have
received
not
the
spirit
of
this
world,
but
the
Spirit
that
is
of
God;
that
we
may
know
the
things
that
are
given
us
from
God.
Which
things
also
we
speak,
not
in
the learned
words
of
human
wisdom;
but
in
the doctrine
of
the
Spirit, comparing
spiritual
things
with
spiritual.
But
the sensual
man perceiveth
not
these
things
that
are
of
the
Spirit
of
God;
for
it
is
foolishness
to
him,
and
he
cannot
understand,
because
it
is
spiritually
examined.
But
the
spiritual
man judgeth
all
things;
and
he
himself
is judged
of
no
man.
For
who hath
known
the
mind
of
the
Lord,
that
we
may
instruct
him?
But
we
have
the
mind
of
Christ.
And
I,
brethren,
could
not
speak
to
you
as unto
spiritual,
but
as unto carnal.
As unto little ones
in
Christ.
I
gave
you
milk
to
drink,
not meat;
for
you
were
not
able
as
yet.
But
neither
indeed
are
you
now
able;
for
you
are
yet carnal.
For,
whereas
there
is
among
you envying
and contention,
are
you
not carnal,
and
walk
according
to
man?
For
while
one saith,
I
indeed
am
of
Paul;
and
another,
I
am
of Apollo;
are
you
not
men?
What
then
is Apollo,
and
what
is
Paul?
The ministers
of
him
whom
you
have
believed;
and
to
every
one
as
the
Lord hath
given.
I
have
planted, Apollo
watered,
but
God
gave
the
increase.
Therefore,
neither
he
that planteth
is
any thing,
nor
he
that watereth;
but
God
that giveth
the
increase.
Now
he
that planteth,
and
he
that watereth, ate
one.
And
every
man
shall
receive
his
own
reward,
according
to
his
own labour.
For
we
are
God’s coadjutors:
you
are
God’s husbandry;
you
are
God’s
building.
According
to
the
grace
of
God
that
is
given
to
me,
as
a
wise architect,
I
have
laid
the
foundation;
and
another buildeth thereon.
But let
every
man
take
heed
how
he buildeth thereupon.
For
other
foundation
no
man
can
lay,
but
that
which
is
laid;
which
is
Christ
Jesus.
Now
if
any
man build
upon
this
foundation,
gold,
silver,
precious
stones,
wood,
hay, stubble:
Every
man’s
work
shall
be manifest;
for
the
day
of
the Lord
shall declare
it,
because
it
shall
be
revealed
in
fire;
and
the
fire
shall try
every
man’s
work,
of
what sort
it
is.
If
any
man’s
work
abide,
which
he hath
built thereupon,
he shall
receive
a
reward.
If
any
man’s
work
burn,
he shall
suffer
loss;
but
he
himself shall
be
saved,
yet
so
as
by
fire.
Know
you
not,
that
you
are
the
temple
of
God,
and
that
the
Spirit
of
God dwelleth
in
you?
But
if
any
man violate
the
temple
of
God, him
shall
God
destroy.
For
the
temple
of
God
is
holy,
which
you
are.
Let
no
man
deceive
himself:
if
any
man
among
you
seem
to
be
wise
in
this
world,
let
him
become
a
fool,
that
he
may
be
wise.
For
the
wisdom
of
this
world
is
foolishness
with
God.
For
it
is
written:
I
will catch
the
wise
in
their
own
craftiness.
And
again:
The
Lord knoweth
the
thoughts
of
the
wise,
that
they
are
vain.
Let
no
man
therefore
glory
in
men.
For
all
things
are
yours,
whether it
be
Paul,
or Apollo,
or
Cephas,
or
the
world,
or
life,
or
death,
or
things
present,
or
things
to some;
for
all
are
yours;
And
you
are
Christ’s;
and
Christ
is
God’s.
Let
a
man
so
account
of us
as
of
the ministers
of
Christ,
and
the dispensers
of
the
mysteries
of
God.
Here
now
it
is required
among
the dispensers,
that
a
man
be
found
faithful.
But
to
me
it
is
a
very
small
thing
to
be judged
by
you,
or
by man’s
day;
but
neither
do
I
judge
my
own self.
For
I
am
not conscious
to
myself
of
any
thing,
yet
am
I
not hereby
justified;
but
he
that judgeth
me,
is
the
Lord.
Therefore
judge
not
before
the
time;
until
the
Lord
come,
who
both
will
bring
to
light
the
hidden
things
of
darkness,
and
will
make
manifest
the counsels
of
the
hearts;
and
then
shall
every
man
have
praise
from
God.
But
these
things,
brethren,
I
have
in
a figure transferred
to
myself
and
to Apollo,
for
your
sakes;
that
in
us
you
may
learn,
that
one
be
not puffed
up
against
the
other
for
another,
above
that
which
is
written.
For
who distinguisheth thee?
Or
what hast thou
that thou hast
not
received?
And
if thou hast
received,
why dost thou
glory,
as
if thou hadst
not
received
it?
You
are
now full;
you
are
now
become
rich;
you
reign
without us;
and
I
would
to God
you
did
reign,
that
we
also
might
reign
with
you.
For
I
think
that
God hath
set forth
us
apostles,
the
last,
as
it
were
men appointed
to
death:
we
are
made
a
spectacle
to
the
world,
and
to
angels,
and
to
men.
We
are
fools
for
Christ’s
sake,
but
you
are
wise
in
Christ;
we
are
weak,
but
you
are
strong;
you
are honourable,
but
we
without honour.
Even unto
this
hour
we
both
hunger
and
thirst,
and
are naked,
and
are buffeted,
and
have no fixed abode;
And
we labour,
working
with
our
own
hands:
we
are
reviled,
and
we
bless;
we
are
persecuted,
and
we suffer
it.
We
are blasphemed,
and
we
entreat;
we
are
made
as
the refuse
of
this
world,
the offscouring
of
all
even
until
now.
I
write
not
these
things
to confound
you;
but
I
admonish
you
as
my dearest
children.
For
if
you
have
ten
thousand instructors
in
Christ,
yet
not
many
fathers.
For
in
Christ
Jesus,
by
the
gospel,
I
have
begotten
you.
Wherefore
I beseech
you,
be ye followers
of
me,
as
I
also
am
of Christ.
For
this cause
have
I
sent
to
you
Timothy,
who
is
my dearest
son
and
faithful
in
the
Lord;
who
will
put
you
in
mind
of
my
ways,
which
are
in
Christ
Jesus;
as
I
teach
every
where
in
every
church.
As
if
I
would
not
come
to
you,
so
some
are puffed
up.
But
I
will
come
to
you
shortly,
if
the
Lord
will:
and
will
know,
not
the
speech
of them
that
are puffed
up,
but
the
power.
For
the
kingdom
of
God
is
not
in
speech,
but
in
power.
What
will
you? shall
I
come
to
you
with
a
rod;
or
in charity,
and
in
the
spirit
of
meekness?
It
is absolutely
heard,
that
there
is
fornication
among
you,
and
such
fornication
as
the
like
is
not
among
the heathens;
that
one
should
have
his
father’s
wife.
And
you
are puffed
up;
and
have
not
rather
mourned,
that
he
might
be
taken
away
from
among
you,
that hath
done
this
deed.
I
indeed,
absent
in
body,
but
present
in
spirit,
have
already
judged,
as
though
I
were
present,
him
that hath
so
done,
In
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
you
being
gathered
together,
and
my
spirit,
with
the
power
of
our
Lord
Jesus;
To
deliver
such
a
one
to
Satan
for
the
destruction
of
the
flesh,
that
the
spirit
may
be
saved
in
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Your glorying
is
not
good.
Know
you
not
that
a
little
leaven corrupteth
the
whole
lump?
Purge
out
the
old
leaven,
that
you
may
be
a
new paste,
as
you
are
unleavened.
For
Christ
our pasch
is
sacrificed.
Therefore let
us feast,
not
with
the
old
leaven,
nor
with
the
leaven
of
malice
and
wickedness;
but
with
the
unleavened bread
of
sincerity
and
truth.
I
wrote
to
you
in
an epistle,
not
to
keep company
with
fornicators.
I mean
not
with
the
fornicators
of
this
world,
or
with
the
covetous,
or
the extortioners,
or
the servers
of idols;
otherwise
you
must needs
go
out
of
this
world.
But
now
I
have
written
to
you,
not
to
keep company,
if
any
man
that
is
named
a
brother,
be
a fornicator,
or
covetous,
or
a server
of idols,
or
a railer,
or
a
drunkard,
or
an extortioner:
with
such
a
one,
not
so much
as
to
eat.
For
what
have
I
to
do
to
judge them
that
are without?
Do
not
you
judge them
that
are
within?
For
them
that
are without,
God
will
judge. Put
away
the
evil
one
from
among
yourselves.
Dare
any
of
you,
having
a
matter
against
another,
go
to
be
judged
before
the
unjust,
and
not
before
the
saints?
Know
you
not
that
the
saints
shall
judge
this
world?
And
if
the
world
shall
be
judged
by
you,
are
you
unworthy
to
judge
the
smallest matters?
Know
you
not
that
we shall
judge
angels?
how
much
more
things
of
this world?
If
therefore
you
have judgments
of
things pertaining
to
this world, set
them
to judge,
who
are
the most
despised
in
the
church.
I
speak
to
your
shame.
Is
it
so
that
there
is
not
among
you
any
one
wise
man,
that
is
able
to
judge
between
his
brethren?
But
brother goeth
to
law
with
brother,
and
that
before
unbelievers.
Already
indeed
there
is plainly
a fault
among
you,
that
you
have
lawsuits
one
with
another.
Why
do
you
not
rather
take
wrong?
Why
do
you
not
rather suffer
yourselves
to
be
defrauded?
But
you
do
wrong
and
defraud,
and
that
to
your
brethren.
Know
you
not
that
the
unjust
shall
not possess
the
kingdom
of
God?
Do
not err:
neither
fornicators,
nor
idolaters,
nor
adulterers,
Nor
the effeminate,
nor liers
with mankind,
nor
thieves,
nor
covetous,
nor
drunkards,
nor railers,
nor extortioners,
shall possess
the
kingdom
of
God.
And
such
some
of
you
were;
but
you
are
washed,
but
you
are
sanctified,
but
you
are
justified
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
the
Spirit
of
our
God.
All
things
are
lawful
to
me,
but
all
things
are
not expedient.
All
things
are
lawful
to
me,
but
I
will
not
be brought
under
the
power
of
any.
Meat
for
the
belly,
and
the
belly
for
the meats;
but
God
shall destroy
both
it
and
them:
but
the
body
is
not
for
fornication,
but
for
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
for
the
body.
Now
God hath
both
raised
up
the
Lord,
and
will
raise
us
up
also
by
his
power.
Know
you
not
that
your
bodies
are
the
members
of
Christ? Shall
I
then
take
the
members
of
Christ,
and
make
them
the
members
of
an
harlot?
God forbid.
Or
know
you
not,
that
he
who
is
joined
to
a
harlot,
is made
one
body?
For
they
shall
be, saith
he,
two
in
one
flesh.
But
he
who
is
joined
to
the
Lord,
is
one
spirit.
Fly
fornication.
Every
sin
that
a
man doth,
is without
the
body;
but
he
that committeth
fornication, sinneth
against
his
own
body.
Or
know
you
not,
that
your members
are
the
temple
of
the
Holy Ghost,
who
is
in
you,
whom
you
have
from
God;
and
you
are
not
your
own?
For
you
are
bought
with
a great
price.
Glorify
and bear
God
in
your
body.
Now
concerning
the
thing whereof
you
wrote
to me:
It
is
good
for
a
man
not
to
touch
a
woman.
But
for fear
of
fornication, let
every
man
have
his
own
wife,
and let
every
woman
have
her
own
husband.
Let
the
husband
render
the
debt
to
his
wife,
and
the
wife
also
in
like
manner
to
the
husband.
The
wife hath
not power
of
her
own
body,
but
the
husband.
And
in
like
manner
the
husband
also hath
not power
of
his
own
body,
but
the
wife.
Defraud
not
one
another,
except,
perhaps,
by consent,
for
a
time,
that
you
may give
yourselves
to
prayer;
and return
together
again,
lest
Satan
tempt
you
for
your incontinency.
But
I
speak
this
by indulgence,
not
by
commandment.
For
I
would
that
all
men
were
even
as
myself:
but
every
one hath
his
proper
gift
from
God;
one
after
this
manner,
and another
after
that.
But
I
say
to
the
unmarried,
and
to
the
widows:
It
is
good
for
them
if
they
so
continue,
even
as
I.
But
if
they
do
not contain
themselves,
let
them
marry.
For
it
is
better
to
marry
than
to
be burnt.
But
to
them
that
are
married,
not
I
but
the
Lord commandeth,
that
the
wife depart
not
from
her
husband.
And
if
she depart,
that
she
remain
unmarried,
or
be
reconciled
to
her
husband.
And
let
not
the
husband put
away
his
wife.
For
to
the
rest
I
speak,
not
the
Lord.
If
any
brother hath
a
wife
that believeth
not,
and
she consent
to dwell
with
him,
let
him
not put
her
away.
And
if
any
woman hath
a
husband
that believeth
not,
and
he consent
to dwell
with
her,
let
her
not put
away
her
husband.
For
the
unbelieving
husband
is
sanctified
by
the
believing
wife;
and
the
unbelieving
wife
is
sanctified
by
the
believing
husband:
otherwise
your
children
should
be
unclean;
but
now
they
are
holy.
But
if
the
unbeliever depart,
let
him depart.
For
a
brother
or
sister
is
not
under servitude
in
such cases.
But
God hath
called
us
in
peace.
For
how knowest thou, O
wife,
whether thou shalt
save thy
husband?
Or
how knowest thou, O
man,
whether thou shalt
save thy
wife?
But
as
the
Lord hath distributed
to
every
one,
as
God hath
called
every
one,
so let
him
walk:
and
so
in
all
churches
I teach.
Is
any
man
called,
being
circumcised? let
him
not procure
uncircumcision.
Is
any
man
called
in
uncircumcision? let
him
not
be
circumcised.
Circumcision
is
nothing,
and
uncircumcision
is
nothing:
but
the observance
of
the
commandments
of
God.
Let
every
man
abide
in
the
same
calling
in
which
he
was
called.
Wast thou
called,
being
a bondman?
care
not
for
it;
but
if thou mayest
be
made
free,
use
it
rather.
For
he
that
is
called
in
the
Lord,
being
a bondman,
is
the
freeman
of
the
Lord.
Likewise
he
that
is
called,
being
free,
is
the bondman
of
Christ.
You
are
bought
with
a
price;
be
not
made
the
bondslaves
of
men.
Brethren,
let
every
man, wherein
he
was
called, therein
abide
with
God.
Now
concerning
virgins,
I
have
no
commandment
of
the
Lord;
but
I
give counsel,
as
having
obtained
mercy
of
the
Lord,
to
be
faithful.
I
think
therefore
that
this
is
good
for
the
present
necessity,
that
it
is
good
for
a
man
so
to
be.
Art thou
bound
to
a
wife?
seek
not
to
be
loosed. Art thou
loosed
from
a
wife?
seek
not
a
wife.
But
if thou
take
a wife, thou hast
not
sinned.
And
if
a
virgin
marry,
she hath
not
sinned:
nevertheless,
such
shall
have
tribulation
of
the
flesh.
But
I
spare
you.
This
therefore
I
say,
brethren;
the
time
is
short;
it remaineth,
that
they
also
who
have
wives,
be
as
if
they
had
none;
And
they
that
weep,
as
though
they
wept
not;
and
they
that
rejoice,
as
if
they
rejoiced
not;
and
they
that
buy,
as
though
they possessed
not;
And
they
that
use
this
world,
as
if
they
used
it
not:
for
the fashion
of
this
world passeth
away.
But
I
would
have
you
to
be without solicitude.
He
that
is without
a wife,
is solicitous
for
the
things
that
belong
to
the
Lord,
how
he
may
please God.
But
he
that
is
with
a
wife,
is solicitous
for
the
things
of
the
world,
how
he
may
please
his
wife:
and
he
is divided.
And
the
unmarried
woman
and
the
virgin thinketh
on
the
things
of
the
Lord,
that
she
may
be
holy
both
in
body
and
in
spirit.
But
she
that
is
married thinketh
on
the
things
of
the
world,
how
she
may
please
her
husband.
And
this
I
speak
for
your profit:
not
to cast
a snare upon
you;
but
for
that
which
is decent,
and
which
may
give
you power
to attend upon
the
Lord,
without impediment.
But
if
any
man
think
that
he seemeth dishonoured,
with regard
to
his
virgin,
for
that
she
is
above
the age,
and
it
must
so
be:
let
him
do
what
he
will;
he sinneth
not,
if
she
marry.
For
he
that hath
determined
being
steadfast
in
his
heart,
having
no
necessity,
but
having
power
of
his
own
will;
and hath
judged
this
in
his
heart,
to
keep
his
virgin, doth
well.
Therefore,
both
he
that giveth
his
virgin
in marriage, doth
well;
and
he
that giveth
her
not, doth
better.
A
woman
is
bound
by
the law
as
long
as
her
husband liveth;
but
if
her
husband die,
she
is
at liberty:
let
her
marry
to
whom
she
will;
only
in
the
Lord.
But
more
blessed
shall
she
be,
if
she
so
remain,
according
to
my counsel;
and
I
think
that
I
also
have
the
spirit
of
God.
Now
concerning
those
things
that
are
sacrificed
to
idols,
we
know
that
we
all
have
knowledge.
Knowledge puffeth
up;
but charity edifieth.
And
if
any
man
think
that
he knoweth
any thing,
he hath
not
yet
known
as
he
ought
to
know.
But
if
any
any
love
God,
the
same
is
known
by
him.
But
as
for
the meats
that
are
sacrificed
to
idols,
we
know
that
an
idol
is
nothing
in
the
world,
and
that
there
is
no
God
but
one.
For
although
there
be
that
are
called
gods,
either
in
heaven
or
on
earth (for
there
be
gods
many,
and
lords
many).
Yet
to
us
there
is
but
one
God,
the
Father,
of
whom
are
all
things,
and
we unto
him;
and
one
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
by
whom
are
all
things,
and
we
by
him.
But
there
is
not
knowledge
in
every
one.
For
some
until
this
present,
with
conscience
of
the
idol:
eat
as
a
thing
sacrificed
to
an
idol,
and
their
conscience,
being
weak,
is
defiled.
But
meat doth
not
commend us
to
God.
For
neither,
if
we
eat,
shall
we
have
the
more;
nor,
if
we
eat
not,
shall
we
have
the
less.
But
take
heed
lest perhaps
this
your
liberty
become
a stumblingblock
to
the
weak.
For
if
a
man
see
him
that hath
knowledge sit
at
meat
in
the
idol’s
temple, shall
not
his
conscience,
being
weak,
be emboldened
to
eat
those
things
which
are
sacrificed
to
idols?
And
through thy
knowledge shall
the
weak
brother
perish,
for
whom
Christ hath
died?
Now
when
you
sin
thus
against
the
brethren,
and
wound
their
weak
conscience,
you
sin
against
Christ.
Wherefore,
if
meat scandalize
my
brother,
I
will
never
eat flesh,
lest
I
should scandalize
my
brother.
Am
not
I
free?
Am
not
I
an
apostle?
Have
not
I
seen
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord?
Are
not
you
my
work
in
the
Lord?
And
if unto
others
I
be
not
an
apostle,
but
yet
to
you
I
am.
For
you
are
the
seal
of
my
apostleship
in
the
Lord.
My defence
with
them
that
do
examine
me
is
this.
Have
not
we
power
to
eat
and
to
drink?
Have
we
not
power
to carry
about
a
woman,
a
sister,
as
well
as
the
rest
of
the
apostles,
and
the
brethren
of
the
Lord,
and
Cephas?
Or
I
only
and
Barnabas,
have
not
we
power
to
do
this?
Who serveth
as
a
soldier
at
any
time,
at
his
own charges?
Who planteth
a
vineyard,
and eateth
not
of
the
fruit thereof?
Who feedeth
the
flock,
and eateth
not
of
the
milk
of
the
flock?
Speak
I
these
things
according
to
man?
Or doth
not
the
law
also
say
these
things?
For
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses: Thou shalt
not
muzzle
the mouth
of
the
ox
that treadeth out
the corn. Doth
God take
care
for
oxen?
Or doth
he
say
this
indeed
for
our
sakes?
For
these
things
are
written
for
our
sakes:
that
he
that plougheth,
should plough
in
hope;
and
he
that thrasheth,
in
hope
to receive fruit.
If
we
have
sown unto
you
spiritual
things,
is it
a
great matter
if
we
reap
your carnal
things?
If
others
be partakers
of
this
power
over
you, why
not
we
rather?
Nevertheless,
we
have
not
used
this
power:
but
we bear
all
things,
lest
we
should
give
any
hindrance
to
the
gospel
of
Christ.
Know
you
not,
that
they
who
work
in
the holy place,
eat
the
things
that
are
of
the holy place;
and
they
that serve
the
altar, partake
with
the
altar?
So
also
the
Lord
ordained
that
they
who preach
the
gospel,
should
live
by
the
gospel.
But
I
have
used
none
of
these
things.
Neither
have
I
written
these
things,
that
they
should
be
so
done unto
me:
for
it
is
good
for
me
to
die,
rather
than
that
any
man
should
make
my
glory
void.
For
if
I
preach
the
gospel,
it
is
no
glory
to
me,
for
a
necessity lieth
upon
me:
for
woe
is unto
me
if
I
preach
not
the
gospel.
For
if
I
do
this
thing
willingly,
I
have
a
reward:
but
if
against
my
will,
a dispensation
is
committed
to
me:
What
is
my
reward
then?
That
preaching
the
gospel,
I
may deliver
the
gospel
without
charge,
that
I abuse
not
my
power
in
the
gospel.
For whereas
I
was
free
as
to
all,
I
made
myself
the servant
of
all,
that
I
might
gain
the
more.
And
I
became
to
the
Jews,
a
Jew,
that
I
might
gain
the
Jews:
To
them
that
are
under
the
law,
as
if
I
were
under
the
law, (whereas myself
was
not
under
the
law,)
that
I
might
gain
them
that
were
under
the
law.
To
them
that
were
without
the
law,
as
if
I
were
without
the
law, (whereas
I
was
not
without
the
law
of
God,
but
was
in
the
law
of
Christ,)
that
I
might
gain
them
that
were
without
the
law.
To
the
weak
I
became
weak,
that
I
might
gain
the
weak.
I
became
all
things
to
all
men,
that
I
might
save
all.
And
I
do
all
things
for
the
gospel’s
sake:
that
I
may
be
made
partaker thereof.
Know
you
not
that
they
that
run
in
the
race,
all
run
indeed,
but
one receiveth
the
prize?
So
run
that
you
may obtain.
And
every
one
that striveth
for
the mastery, refraineth
himself
from
all
things:
and
they
indeed
that
they
may
receive
a
corruptible
crown;
but
we
an incorruptible
one.
I
therefore
so
run,
not
as at
an uncertainty:
I
so fight,
not
as
one
beating
the
air:
But
I chastise
my
body,
and bring
it
into subjection:
lest perhaps,
when
I
have
preached
to
others,
I
myself
should
become
a castaway.
For
I
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
brethren,
that
our
fathers
were
all
under
the
cloud,
and
all
passed
through
the
sea.
And
all
in
Moses
were
baptized,
in
the
cloud,
and
in
the
sea:
And did
all
eat
the
same
spiritual
food,
And
all
drank
the
same
spiritual
drink; (and
they
drank
of
the
spiritual
rock
that
followed
them,
and
the
rock
was
Christ.)
But
with
most
of
them
God
was
not
well
pleased:
for
they
were overthrown
in
the
desert.
Now
these
things
were
done
in
a figure
of
us,
that
we
should
not
covet
evil
things
as
they
also
coveted.
Neither
become ye
idolaters,
as
some
of
them,
as
it
is
written:
The
people
sat
down
to
eat
and
drink,
and
rose
up
to
play.
Neither let us
commit fornication,
as
some
of
them
committed fornication,
and there
fell
in
one
day
three
and
twenty
thousand.
Neither let us
tempt
Christ:
as
some
of
them
tempted,
and
perished
by
the
serpents.
Neither
do
you murmur:
as
some
of
them murmured,
and
were
destroyed
by
the
destroyer.
Now
all
these
things
happened
to
them
in figure:
and
they
are
written
for
our correction, upon
whom
the
ends
of
the
world
are
come.
Wherefore
he
that thinketh himself
to
stand, let
him
take
heed
lest
he
fall.
Let
no
temptation
take hold
on
you,
but
such
as
is
human.
And
God
is
faithful,
who
will
not suffer
you
to
be
tempted
above
that
which
you
are
able:
but
will
make
also
with
temptation issue,
that
you
may
be
able
to
bear
it.
Wherefore,
my dearly
beloved, fly
from
the service
of idols.
I
speak
as
to
wise
men:
judge ye
yourselves
what
I
say.
The chalice
of benediction,
which
we
bless,
is
it
not
the communion
of
the
blood
of
Christ?
And
the
bread,
which
we
break,
is
it
not
the partaking
of
the
body
of
the Lord?
For
we,
being
many,
are
one
bread,
one
body,
all
that
partake
of
one
bread.
Behold
Israel
according
to
the
flesh:
are
not
they,
that
eat
of
the
sacrifices,
partakers
of
the
altar?
What
then?
Do
I
say,
that
what
is offered
in sacrifice
to
idols,
is
any
thing?
Or,
that
the
idol
is
any
thing?
But
the
things
which
the heathens
sacrifice,
they
sacrifice
to devils,
and
not
to
God.
And
I
would
not
that
you
should
be
made
partakers
with devils.
You
cannot
drink
the chalice
of
the
Lord,
and
the chalice
of devils:
you
cannot
be partakers
of
the
table
of
the
Lord,
and
of
the
table
of devils.
Do
we
provoke
the
Lord
to
jealousy?
Are
we
stronger
than
he?
All
things
are lawful
for me,
but
all
things
are
not expedient.
All
things
are
lawful
for
me,
but
all
things
do
not
edify.
Let
no
man
seek
his
own,
but
that
which
is another’s.
Whatsoever
is
sold
in
the shambles,
eat;
asking
no question
for
conscience’
sake.
The
earth
is
the
Lord’s,
and
the fulness thereof.
If
any
of
them
that believe
not,
invite
you,
and
you
will
be
willing
to
go;
eat
of
any thing
that
is
set
before
you,
asking
no question
for
conscience’
sake.
But
if
any
man
say:
This
has
been
sacrificed
to
idols,
do
not
eat
of
it
for
his
sake
that
told
it,
and
for
conscience’
sake.
Conscience,
I
say,
not thy
own,
but
the other’s.
For
why
is
my
liberty
judged
by
another man’s
conscience?
If
I
partake
with thanksgiving,
why
am
I
evil
spoken
of,
for
that
for
which
I
give
thanks?
Therefore,
whether
you
eat
or
drink,
or whatsoever else
you
do,
do
all
to
the
glory
of
God.
Be
without offence
to
the
Jews,
and
to
the Gentiles,
and
to
the
church
of
God:
As
I
also
in
all
things
please
all
men,
not
seeking
that
which
is
profitable
to
myself,
but
to
many,
that
may
be
saved.
Be ye followers
of
me,
as
I
also
am
of
Christ.
Now
I
praise
you, brethren,
that
in
all
things
you
are mindful
of
me:
and
keep
my ordinances
as
I
have
delivered
them
to
you.
But
I
would
have
you
know,
that
the
head
of
every
man
is
Christ;
and
the
head
of
the
woman
is
the
man;
and
the
head
of
Christ
is
God.
Every
man
praying
or
prophesying
with
his
head
covered, disgraceth
his
head.
But
every
woman
praying
or
prophesying
with
her
head
not covered, disgraceth
her
head:
for
it
is
all
one
as
if
she
were shaven.
For
if
a
woman
be
not
covered,
let
her
be shorn.
But
if
it
be
a shame
to
a
woman
to
be shorn
or made bald,
let
her
cover
her head.
The
man
indeed
ought
not
to
cover
his
head,
because
he
is
the
image
and
glory
of
God;
but
the
woman
is
the
glory
of
the
man.
For
the
man
is
not
of
the
woman,
but
the
woman
of
the
man.
For
the
man
was
not
created
for
the
woman,
but
the
woman
for
the
man.
Therefore
ought
the
woman
to
have
a
power
over
her
head,
because
of
the
angels.
But
yet
neither
is
the
man
without
the
woman,
nor
the
woman
without
the
man,
in
the
Lord.
For
as
the
woman
is
of
the
man,
so
also
is
the
man
by
the
woman:
but
all
things
of
God.
You
yourselves
judge: doth
it become
a
woman,
to
pray unto
God
uncovered?
Doth
not
even
nature
itself
teach
you,
that
a
man
indeed,
if
he nourish
his
hair,
it
is
a
shame unto
him?
But
if
a
woman nourish
her
hair,
it
is
a
glory
to
her;
for
her
hair
is
given
to
her
for
a
covering.
But
if
any
man
seem
to
be
contentious,
we
have
no
such
custom,
nor
the
church
of
God.
Now
this
I ordain:
not praising
you,
that
you
come
together
not
for
the
better,
but
for
the worse.
For
first
of
all
I
hear
that
when
you
come
together
in
the
church,
there
are schisms
among
you;
and
in
part
I
believe
it.
For
there
must
be
also
heresies:
that
they
also,
who
are
approved,
may
be
made manifest
among
you.
When
you
come
therefore
together
into
one place,
it
is
not
now
to
eat
the
Lord’s
supper.
For
every
one taketh
before
his
own
supper
to
eat.
And
one
indeed
is
hungry
and another
is
drunk.
What,
have
you
not
houses
to
eat
and
to
drink
in?
Or
despise ye
the
church
of
God;
and put
them
to
shame
that
have
not?
What
shall
I
say
to
you?
Do
I
praise
you?
In
this
I
praise
you
not.
For
I
have
received
of
the
Lord
that
which
also
I
delivered unto
you,
that
the
Lord
Jesus,
the
same
night
in
which
he
was
betrayed,
took
bread.
And
giving
thanks,
broke,
and
said: Take ye,
and eat:
this
is
my
body,
which
shall
be delivered
for
you:
this
do
for
the commemoration
of
me.
In like
manner
also
the chalice,
after
he
had supped,
saying:
This chalice
is
the
new testament
in
my
blood:
this
do ye,
as
often
as
you
shall
drink,
for
the commemoration
of
me.
For
as
often
as
you
shall
eat
this
bread,
and
drink
the chalice,
you
shall shew
the
death
of
the
Lord,
until
he
come.
Therefore whosoever
shall
eat
this
bread,
or
drink
the chalice
of
the
Lord unworthily,
shall
be
guilty
of
the
body
and
of
the
blood
of
the
Lord.
But
let
a
man prove
himself:
and
so
let
him
eat
of
that
bread,
and
drink
of
the chalice.
For
he
that eateth
and drinketh unworthily, eateth
and drinketh
judgment
to
himself,
not discerning
the
body
of
the Lord.
Therefore
are
there
many infirm
and
weak
among
you,
and
many
sleep.
But
if
we
would
judge
ourselves,
we should
not
be
judged.
But whilst
we
are
judged,
we
are chastised
by
the
Lord,
that
we
be
not
condemned
with
this
world.
Wherefore, my
brethren,
when
you
come
together
to
eat,
wait
for
one
another.
If
any
man
be
hungry,
let
him
eat
at
home;
that
you
come
not
together unto
judgment.
And
the
rest
I
will set
in
order,
when
I
come.
Now
concerning
spiritual
things, my
brethren,
I
would
not
have
you
ignorant.
You
know
that
when
you
were heathens,
you went
to dumb
idols,
according
as
you
were
led.
Wherefore
I
give
you
to understand,
that
no
man,
speaking
by
the
Spirit
of
God, saith Anathema
to
Jesus.
And
no
man
can
say
the
Lord
Jesus,
but
by
the
Holy Ghost.
Now
there
are diversities
of graces,
but
the
same
Spirit;
And
there
are diversities
of
ministries,
but
the
same
Lord;
And
there
are diversities
of operations,
but
the
same
God,
who worketh
all
in
all.
And
the
manifestation
of
the
Spirit
is
given
to
every
man unto profit.
To
one
indeed,
by
the
Spirit,
is
given
the
word
of
wisdom:
and
to
another,
the
word
of
knowledge,
according
to
the
same
Spirit;
To
another,
faith
in
the
same
spirit;
to
another,
the grace
of
healing
in
one
Spirit;
To
another,
the working
of
miracles;
to
another,
prophecy;
to
another,
the discerning
of
spirits;
to
another, diverse
kinds
of
tongues;
to
another,
interpretation
of speeches.
But
all
these
things
one
and
the
same
Spirit worketh, dividing
to
every
one according
as
he
will.
For
as
the
body
is
one,
and hath
many
members;
and
all
the
members
of
the
body,
whereas
they
are
many,
yet
are
one
body,
so
also
is
Christ.
For
in
one
Spirit
were
we
all
baptized
into
one
body,
whether
Jews
or Gentiles,
whether bond
or
free;
and
in
one
Spirit
we
have
all
been
made
to
drink.
For
the
body
also
is
not
one
member,
but
many.
If
the
foot
should
say,
because
I
am
not
the
hand,
I
am
not
of
the
body;
is
it therefore
not
of
the
body?
And
if
the
ear
should
say,
because
I
am
not
the
eye,
I
am
not
of
the
body;
is
it therefore
not
of
the
body?
If
the
whole
body
were
the
eye,
where would
be
the
hearing?
If
the
whole
were
hearing,
where would
be
the smelling?
But
now
God hath
set
the
members
every
one
of
them
in
the
body
as
it hath pleased
him.
And
if
they
all
were
one
member,
where would
be
the
body?
But
now
there
are
many
members
indeed,
yet
one
body.
And
the
eye
cannot
say
to
the
hand:
I
need
not thy
help;
nor
again
the
head
to
the
feet:
I
have
no
need
of
you.
Yea,
much
more
those
that
seem
to
be
the
more feeble
members
of
the
body,
are
more
necessary.
And
such
as
we
think
to
be
the
less honourable
members
of
the
body,
about
these
we
put
more
abundant honour;
and
those
that
are
our uncomely parts,
have
more
abundant comeliness.
But
our comely parts
have
no
need:
but
God hath tempered
the
body together,
giving
to
that
which wanted
the
more
abundant honour,
That
there might
be
no schism
in
the
body;
but
the
members might
be mutually careful
one
for
another.
And
if
one
member
suffer
any
thing,
all
the
members
suffer
with
it;
or
if
one
member
glory,
all
the
members
rejoice
with
it.
Now
you
are
the
body
of
Christ,
and
members
of
member.
And
God
indeed hath
set
some
in
the
church;
first
apostles, secondly
prophets, thirdly doctors;
after
that
miracles;
then
the graces
of
healing,
helps, governments,
kinds
of
tongues, interpretations
of speeches.
Are
all
apostles?
Are
all
prophets?
Are
all doctors?
Are
all workers
of miracles?
Have
all
the grace
of
healing?
Do
all
speak
with
tongues?
Do
all
interpret?
But
be zealous
for
the better
gifts.
And
I shew unto
you
yet
a
more
excellent
way.
If
I
speak
with
the
tongues
of
men,
and
of
angels,
and
have
not charity,
I
am
become
as sounding brass,
or
a tinkling
cymbal.
And
if
I
should
have
prophecy
and
should
know
all
mysteries,
and
all
knowledge,
and
if
I
should
have
all
faith,
so
that
I
could
remove
mountains,
and
have
not charity,
I
am
nothing.
And
if
I
should distribute
all
my goods
to
feed
the poor,
and
if
I
should
deliver
my
body
to
be
burned,
and
have
not charity,
it profiteth
me
nothing.
Charity
is
patient,
is
kind: charity envieth
not, dealeth
not perversely;
is
not puffed up;
Is
not ambitious, seeketh
not her
own,
is
not
provoked
to anger, thinketh
no
evil;
Rejoiceth
not
in
iniquity,
but rejoiceth
with
the
truth;
Beareth
all
things, believeth
all
things, hopeth
all
things, endureth
all
things.
Charity
never falleth
away:
whether
prophecies
shall be made void,
or
tongues
shall
cease,
or
knowledge
shall be destroyed.
For
we
know
in
part,
and
we
prophesy
in
part.
But
when
that
which
is
perfect
is
come,
that
which
is
in
part shall be
done
away.
When
I
was
a
child,
I
spoke
as
a
child,
I understood
as
a
child,
I thought
as
a
child. But,
when
I
became
a
man,
I
put
away
the
things
of
a
child.
We
see
now
through
a glass
in
a dark manner;
but
then
face
to
face.
Now
I
know
I
part;
but
then
I
shall
know
even
as
I
am
known.
And
now
there
remain
faith,
hope,
and charity,
these
three:
but
the
greatest
of
these
is charity.
Follow
after charity,
be zealous
for
spiritual gifts;
but
rather
that you
may
prophesy.
For
he
that speaketh
in
a
tongue, speaketh
not unto
men,
but unto
God:
for
no
man heareth.
Yet
by
the
Spirit
he speaketh
mysteries.
But
he
that prophesieth, speaketh
to
men unto
edification,
and
exhortation,
and
comfort.
He
that speaketh
in
a
tongue, edifieth
himself:
but
he
that prophesieth, edifieth
the
church.
And
I
would
have
you
all
to
speak
with
tongues,
but
rather
to
prophesy.
For
greater
is
he
that prophesieth,
than
he
that speaketh
with
tongues:
unless perhaps
he
interpret,
that
the
church
may
receive
edification.
But
now,
brethren,
if
I
come
to
you
speaking
with
tongues,
what
shall
I
profit
you,
unless
I
speak
to
you
either
in
revelation,
or
in
knowledge,
or
in
prophecy,
or
in doctrine?
Even
things
without life
that
give
sound,
whether pipe
or
harp,
except
they
give
a
distinction
of
sounds,
how shall
it
be
known
what
is piped
or harped?
For
if
the
trumpet
give
an uncertain
sound,
who
shall
prepare
himself
to
the
battle?
So
likewise
you,
except
you
utter
by
the
tongue plain
speech,
how
shall
it
be
known
what
is
said?
For
you
shall
be
speaking
into
the
air.
There
are,
for example,
so
many
kinds
of tongues
in
this
world;
and
none
is
without
voice.
If
then
I
know
not
the
power
of
the
voice,
I
shall
be
to
him
to
whom
I
speak
a
barbarian;
and
he
that speaketh,
a
barbarian
to
me.
So
you
also, forasmuch
as
you
are
zealous
of
spirits,
seek
to
abound unto
the
edifying
of
the
church.
And
therefore
he
that speaketh
by
a
tongue,
let
him
pray
that
he
may
interpret.
For
if
I
pray
in
a
tongue, my
spirit prayeth,
but my
understanding
is
without
fruit.
What
is
it
then?
I
will
pray
with
the
spirit,
I
will
pray
also
with
the
understanding;
I
will
sing
with
the
spirit,
I
will
sing
also
with
the
understanding.
Else
if thou shalt
bless
with
the
spirit,
how shall
he
that holdeth
the
place
of
the unlearned
say,
Amen,
to thy
blessing?
because
he knoweth
not
what thou sayest.
For thou
indeed givest
thanks
well,
but
the
other
is
not
edified.
I
thank
my
God
I
speak
with
all
your
tongues.
But
in
the
church
I
had
rather
speak
five
words
with
my
understanding,
that
I
may
instruct
others
also;
than
ten
thousand
words
in
a
tongue.
Brethren,
do
not
become
children
in sense:
but
in
malice
be
children,
and
in sense
be
perfect.
In
the
law
it
is
written:
In
other
tongues
and
other
lips
I
will
speak
to
this
people;
and
neither
so
will
they hear
me, saith
the
Lord.
Wherefore
tongues
are
for
a
sign,
not
to
believers,
but
to
unbelievers;
but
prophecies
not
to
unbelievers,
but
to
believers.
If
therefore
the
whole
church
come
together
into
one place,
and
all
speak
with
tongues,
and
there
come
in unlearned persons
or infidels,
will
they
not
say
that
you
are
mad?
But
if
all
prophesy,
and
there
come
in
one
that believeth not,
or
an unlearned
person,
he
is convinced
of
all,
he
is judged
of
all.
The
secrets
of
his
heart
are
made manifest;
and
so,
falling
down
on
his
face,
he
will adore
God, affirming
that
God
is
among
you
indeed.
How
is
it
then,
brethren?
When
you
come
together,
every
one
of
you hath
a
psalm, hath
a doctrine, hath
a
revelation, hath
a
tongue, hath
an
interpretation:
let
all
things
be
done
to
edification.
If
any
speak
with
a
tongue,
let
it
be
by
two,
or
at
the
most
by
three,
and
in course,
and
let
one
interpret.
But
if
there
be
no
interpreter,
let
him hold
his peace
in
the
church,
and
speak
to
himself
and
to
God.
And
let
the
prophets
speak,
two
or
three;
and
let
the rest
judge.
But
if
any thing
be
revealed
to
another
sitting, let
the
first hold
his peace.
For
you
may
all
prophesy
one
by
one;
that
all
may
learn,
and
all
may
be
exhorted:
And
the
spirits
of
the
prophets
are
subject
to
the
prophets.
For
God
is
not
the
God
of dissension,
but
of
peace:
as
also
I teach
in
all
the
churches
of
the
saints.
Let
women
keep silence
in
the
churches:
for
it
is
not
permitted
them
to
speak,
but
to
be
subject,
as
also
the
law saith.
But
if
they
would
learn
any thing,
let
them
ask
their
husbands
at
home.
For
it
is
a shame
for
a
woman
to
speak
in
the
church.
Or
did
the
word
of
God
come
out
from
you?
Or
came
it
only unto
you?
If
any
seem
to
be
a
prophet,
or
spiritual,
let
him
know
the
things
that
I
write
to
you,
that
they
are
the commandments
of
the
Lord.
But
if
any
man
know not,
he shall not
be known.
Wherefore,
brethren,
be zealous
to
prophesy;
and
forbid
not
to
speak
with
tongues.
But
let
all
things
be
done
decently,
and
according
to
order.
Now
I
make
known unto
you,
brethren,
the
gospel
which
I
preached
to
you,
which
also
you
have
received,
and wherein
you
stand;
By
which
also
you
are
saved,
if
you
hold
fast
after
what manner
I
preached unto
you,
unless
you
have
believed
in
vain.
For
I
delivered unto
you
first
of
all,
which
I
also
received:
how
that
Christ
died
for
our
sins,
according
to
the
scriptures:
And
that
he
was
buried,
and
that
he
rose
again
the
third
day,
according
to
the
scriptures:
And
that
he
was
seen
by
Cephas;
and
after
that
by
the eleven.
Then
he
was
seen
by
more
than
five
hundred
brethren
at
once:
of
whom
many
remain
until
this
present,
and
some
are
fallen
asleep.
After
that,
he
was
seen
by
James,
then
by
all
the
apostles.
And
last
of
all,
he
was
seen
also
by
me,
as
by
one
born out
of due time.
For
I
am
the
least
of
the
apostles,
who
am
not
worthy
to
be
called
an
apostle,
because
I
persecuted
the
church
of
God.
But
by
the
grace
of
God,
I
am
what
I
am;
and
his
grace
in
me hath
not
been void,
but
I
have laboured
more abundantly
than
all
they:
yet
not
I,
but
the
grace
of
God
with
me.
For
whether
I,
or
they,
so
we
preach,
and
so
you
have
believed.
Now
if
Christ
be
preached,
that
he arose
again
from
the
dead,
how
do
some
among
you
say,
that
there
is
no
resurrection
of
the
dead?
But
if
there
be
no
resurrection
of
the
dead,
then
Christ
is
not
risen
again.
And
if
Christ
be
not
risen
again,
then
is
our
preaching
vain,
and
your
faith
is
also
vain.
Yea,
and
we
are
found false
witnesses
of
God:
because
we
have
given
testimony
against
God,
that
he hath
raised
up
Christ;
whom
he hath
not
raised
up,
if
the
dead
rise
not
again.
For
if
the
dead
rise
not
again,
neither
is
Christ
risen
again.
And
if
Christ
be
not
risen
again,
your
faith
is
vain,
for
you
are
yet
in
your
sins.
Then
they
also
that
are
fallen
asleep
in
Christ,
are
perished.
If
in
this
life
only
we
have
hope
in
Christ,
we
are
of
all
men
most
miserable.
But
now
Christ
is
risen
from
the
dead,
the firstfruits
of them
that
sleep:
For
by
a
man
came
death,
and
by
a
man
the
resurrection
of
the
dead.
And
as
in
Adam
all
die,
so
also
in
Christ
all
shall
be
made
alive.
But
every
one
in
his
own
order:
the firstfruits
Christ,
then
they
that
are
of
Christ,
who
have believed
in
his
coming.
Afterwards
the
end,
when
he
shall
have
delivered
up
the
kingdom
to
God
and
the
Father,
when
he
shall
have brought
to nought
all principality,
and
power,
and virtue.
For
he
must
reign,
until
he hath
put
all
his
enemies
under
his
feet.
And
the
enemy
death shall
be destroyed
last:
For
he hath put
all
things under his feet.
And whereas
he saith,
All
things
are
put
under
him; undoubtedly,
he
is
excepted,
who
put
all
things
under
him.
And
when
all
things
shall
be subdued unto
him,
then
the
Son
also
himself
shall
be
subject unto
him
that
put
all
things
under
him,
that
God
may
be
all
in
all.
Otherwise
what
shall
they
do
that
are
baptized
for
the
dead,
if
the
dead
rise
not
again
at
all?
why
are
they
then
baptized
for
them?
Why
also
are
we
in
danger
every
hour?
I
die
daily,
I protest
by
your glory,
brethren,
which
I
have
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
If (according
to
man)
I
fought
with
beasts
at
Ephesus,
what doth
it
profit
me,
if
the
dead
rise
not
again? Let
us
eat
and
drink,
for
tomorrow
we
shall
die.
Be
not seduced:
Evil communications corrupt
good manners.
Awake, ye
just,
and
sin
not.
For
some
have
not
the
knowledge
of
God,
I
speak
it
to
your
shame.
But
some
man
will
say:
How
do
the
dead
rise
again?
or
with
what manner
of
body shall
they
come?
Senseless
man,
that
which thou sowest
is
not quickened,
except
it
die first.
And
that
which thou sowest, thou sowest
not
the
body
that
shall
be;
but
bare
grain,
as
of
wheat,
or
of
some
of
the
rest.
But
God giveth
it
a
body
as
he
will:
and
to
every
seed
its
proper
body.
All
flesh
is
not
the
same
flesh:
but
one
is
the
flesh
of
men,
another
of
beasts,
another
of
birds,
another
of fishes.
And
there
are
bodies celestial,
and
bodies terrestrial:
but,
one
is
the
glory
of
the celestial,
and
another
of
the terrestrial.
One
is
the
glory
of
the
sun,
another
the
glory
of
the
moon,
and
another
the
glory
of
the
stars.
For
star differeth
from
star
in
glory.
So
also
is
the
resurrection
of
the
dead.
It
is
sown
in
corruption,
it
shall
rise
in incorruption.
It
is
sown
in dishonour, it shall
rise
in
glory. It
is
sown
in
weakness, it shall
rise
in
power.
It
is
sown
a
natural
body,
it
shall
rise
a
spiritual
body.
If
there
be
a
natural
body,
there
is
also
a
spiritual
body,
as
it
is written:
The
first
man
Adam
was
made
into
a
living
soul;
the
last
Adam
into
a quickening
spirit.
Yet
that
was
not
first
which
is
spiritual,
but
that
which
is
natural; afterwards
that
which
is
spiritual.
The
first
man
was
of
the
earth,
earthly:
the
second
man,
from
heaven,
heavenly.
Such
as
is
the earthly,
such
also
are
the earthly:
and
such
as
is
the
heavenly,
such
also
are
they that
are
heavenly.
Therefore
as
we
have
borne
the
image
of
the earthly, let us
bear
also
the
image
of
the
heavenly.
Now
this
I
say,
brethren,
that
flesh
and
blood
cannot possess
the
kingdom
of
God:
neither
shall
corruption possess incorruption.
Behold,
I
tell
you
a
mystery.
We shall
all
indeed rise again:
but
we shall
not
all
be
changed.
In
a
moment,
in
the
twinkling
of
an
eye,
at
the
last
trumpet:
for
the
trumpet
shall
sound,
and
the
dead
shall
rise
again incorruptible:
and
we
shall
be
changed.
For
this
corruptible
must
put
on incorruption;
and
this
mortal
must
put
on
immortality.
And
when
this
mortal hath
put
on
immortality,
then
shall
come
to
pass
the
saying
that
is
written:
Death
is
swallowed
up
in
victory.
O
death,
where
is thy
victory? O
death,
where
is thy
sting?
Now
the
sting
of
death
is
sin:
and
the
power
of
sin
is
the
law.
But
thanks
be
to
God,
who hath
given
us
the
victory
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Therefore,
my
beloved
brethren,
be ye
steadfast
and unmoveable;
always
abounding
in
the
work
of
the
Lord,
knowing
that
your labour
is
not
in
vain
in
the
Lord.
Now
concerning
the
collections
that
are
made
for
the
saints,
as
I
have given order
to
the
churches
of
Galatia,
so
do ye
also.
On
the
first
day
of
the
week
let
every
one
of
you
put apart
with
himself,
laying
up
what
it shall well please
him;
that
when
I
come,
the
collections
be
not
then
to
be
made.
And
when
I
shall
be
with
you, whomsoever
you
shall
approve
by
letters,
them
will
I
send
to
carry
your
grace
to
Jerusalem.
And
if
it
be meet
that
I
also
go,
they shall
go
with
me.
Now
I
will
come
to
you,
when
I shall have
passed
through
Macedonia.
For
I shall
pass
through
Macedonia.
And
with
you
perhaps
I
shall abide,
or
even
spend
the
winter:
that
you
may bring
me
on
my
way whithersoever
I
shall
go.
For
I
will
not
see
you
now
by
the
way,
for
I
trust
that
I
shall abide
with
you
some
time,
if
the
Lord
permit.
But
I will tarry
at
Ephesus
until
Pentecost.
For
a
great
door
and evident
is
opened unto
me:
and
many
adversaries.
Now
if
Timothy
come,
see
that
he
be
with
you
without
fear,
for
he worketh
the
work
of
the
Lord,
as
I
also
do.
Let
no
man
therefore
despise
him,
but conduct ye
him
on
his
way
in
peace:
that
he
may
come
to
me.
For
I look
for
him
with
the
brethren.
And touching
our
brother Apollo,
I
give
you
to understand,
that
I
much entreated
him
to
come unto
you
with
the
brethren:
and
indeed
it
was
not
his
will
at
all
to
come
at
this
time.
But
he
will
come
when
he
shall
have leisure.
Watch ye,
stand fast
in
the
faith, do manfully,
and
be
strengthened.
Let
all
your
things
be
done
in charity.
And
I beseech
you,
brethren,
you
know
the
house
of
Stephanas,
and
of Fortunatus,
and
of Achaicus,
that
they
are
the firstfruits
of
Achaia,
and
have dedicated
themselves
to
the
ministry
of
the
saints:
That
you
also
be
subject
to
such,
and
to
every
one
that worketh
with us,
and laboureth.
And
I
rejoice
in
the
presence
of
Stephanas,
and
Fortunatus,
and
Achaicus,
because
that
which
was wanting
on
your part,
they
have
supplied.
For
they
have
refreshed
both
my
spirit
and
yours.
Know
them,
therefore,
that
are
such.
The
churches
of
Asia salute
you.
Aquila
and
Priscilla salute
you
much
in
the
Lord,
with
the
church
that
is
in
their
house,
with
whom
I
also lodge.
All
the
brethren salute
you. Salute
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
The
salutation
of me
Paul,
with
my
own
hand.
If
any
man
love
not
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
let him
be anathema,
maranatha.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
My charity
be
with
you
all
in
Christ
Jesus. Amen.
2 Corinthians
Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians
2 Corinthians
2Co
Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
by
the
will
of
God,
and
Timothy
our
brother:
to
the
church
of
God
that
is
at
Corinth,
with
all
the
saints
that
are
in
all
Achaia:
Grace unto
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Father
of
mercies,
and
the
God
of
all
comfort.
Who comforteth
us
in
all
our
tribulation;
that
we
also
may
be
able
to
comfort
them
who
are
in
all
distress,
by
the
exhortation wherewith
we
also
are
exhorted
by
God.
For
as
the
sufferings
of
Christ
abound
in
us:
so
also
by
Christ doth
our
comfort
abound.
Now
whether
we
be
in tribulation,
it
is
for
your
exhortation
and
salvation:
or
whether
we
be
comforted,
it
is
for
your
consolation:
or
whether
we
be
exhorted,
it
is
for
your
exhortation
and
salvation,
which worketh
the
enduring
of
the
same
sufferings
which
we
also
suffer.
That
our
hope
for
you
may
be
steadfast:
knowing
that
as
you
are
partakers
of
the
sufferings,
so
shall
you
be
also
of
the
consolation.
For
we
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
brethren,
of
our
tribulation,
which
came
to
us
in
Asia,
that
we
were pressed
out
of
measure
above
our
strength,
so
that
we
were weary
even
of
life.
But
we
had
in
ourselves
the answer
of
death,
that
we
should
not
trust
in
ourselves,
but
in
God
who raiseth
the
dead.
Who hath
delivered
and doth
deliver
us
out
of
so
great dangers:
in
whom
we
trust
that
he
will
yet
also
deliver
us.
You
helping withal
in
prayer
for
us:
that
for
this
gift obtained
for
us,
by
the
means
of
many
persons,
thanks
may
be
given
by
many
in
our
behalf.
For
our glory
is
this,
the
testimony
of
our
conscience,
that
in simplicity
of heart
and
sincerity
of
God,
and
not
in carnal
wisdom,
but
in
the
grace
of
God,
we
have conversed
in
this
world:
and
more abundantly towards
you.
For
we
write
no
other
things
to
you
than
what
you
have
read
and
known.
And
I
hope
that
you
shall
know unto
the
end:
As
also
you
have
known
us
in
part,
that
we
are
your
glory,
as
you
also
are
ours,
in
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
And
in
this
confidence
I
had
a
mind
to
come
to
you
before,
that
you
might
have
a
second
grace:
And
to
pass
by
you
into
Macedonia,
and
again
from
Macedonia
to
come
to
you,
and
by
you
to
be
brought
on
my
way towards
Judea.
Whereas
then
I
was
thus minded,
did
I
use lightness?
Or,
the
things
that
I
purpose,
do
I
purpose
according
to
the
flesh,
that
there
should
be
with
me,
It
is,
and
It
is
not?
But
God
is
faithful,
for
our
preaching
which
was
to
you,
was
not,
It
is,
and
It
is
not.
For
the
Son
of
God,
Jesus
Christ
who
was
preached
among
you
by
us,
by
me,
and Sylvanus,
and
Timothy,
was
not,
It
is
and
It
is
not,
but,
It
is,
was
in
him.
For
all
the
promises
of
God
are
in
him,
It
is;
therefore
also
by
him,
amen
to
God, unto
our
glory.
Now
he
that confirmeth
us
with
you
in
Christ,
and
that hath
anointed
us,
is
God:
Who
also hath
sealed
us,
and
given
the
pledge
of
the
Spirit
in
our
hearts.
But
I
call
God
to
witness
upon
my
soul,
that
to
spare
you,
I
came
not
any
more
to
Corinth:
not
because
we exercise dominion
over
your
faith:
but
we
are helpers
of
your
joy:
for
in
faith
you
stand.
But
I
determined
this
with
myself,
not
to
come
to
you
again
in
sorrow.
For
if
I
make
you
sorrowful,
who
is
he
then
that can
make
me
glad,
but
the
same
who
is
made
sorrowful
by
me?
And
I
wrote
this
same
to
you;
that
I
may
not,
when
I
come,
have
sorrow
upon
sorrow,
from
them
of
whom
I
ought
to
rejoice:
having
confidence
in
you
all,
that
my
joy
is
the
joy
of
you
all.
For
out
of
much
affliction
and
anguish
of
heart,
I
wrote
to
you
with
many
tears:
not
that
you
should
be
made
sorrowful:
but
that
you
might
know
the charity
I
have
more abundantly towards
you.
And
if
any
one
have
caused grief,
he hath
not
grieved
me;
but
in
part,
that
I
may
not
burden
you
all.
To him
who
is
such
a
one,
this rebuke
is
sufficient,
which
is given
by
many:
So
that
on
the
contrary,
you
should
rather
forgive
him
and
comfort
him,
lest perhaps
such
a
one
be
swallowed
up
with overmuch
sorrow.
Wherefore,
I beseech
you,
that
you
would confirm
your charity towards
him.
For
to
this
end
also
did
I
write,
that
I
may
know
the experiment
of
you,
whether
you
be
obedient
in
all
things.
And
to
whom
you
have pardoned
any
thing,
I
also.
For,
what
I
have pardoned,
if
I
have pardoned
any
thing,
for
your
sakes
have
I done
it
in
the
person
of
Christ.
That
we
be
not overreached
by
Satan.
For
we
are
not
ignorant
of
his devices.
And
when
I
was
come
to
Troas
for
the
gospel
of
Christ,
and
a
door
was
opened unto
me
in
the
Lord,
I
had
no
rest
in
my
spirit,
because
I
found
not
Titus
my
brother;
but
bidding
them
farewell,
I
went
into
Macedonia.
Now
thanks
be
to
God,
who
always maketh
us
to
triumph
in
Christ
Jesus,
and manifesteth
the odour
of
his
knowledge
by
us
in
every
place.
For
we
are
the
good odour
of
Christ unto
God,
in
them
that
are
saved,
and
in
them
that
perish.
To
the
one
indeed
the odour
of
death unto
death:
but
to
the
others
the odour
of
life unto
life.
And
for
these
things
who
is
so
sufficient?
For
we
are
not
as
many, adulterating
the
word
of
God;
but
with
sincerity,
but
as
from
God,
before
God,
in
Christ
we
speak.
Do
we
begin
again
to
commend
ourselves?
Or
do
we
need (as
some
do) epistles
of
commendation
to
you,
or
from
you?
You
are
our epistle,
written
in
our
hearts,
which
is
known
and
read
by
all
men:
Being
manifested,
that
you
are
the epistle
of
Christ,
ministered
by
us,
and
written
not
with
ink,
but
with
the
Spirit
of
the
living
God;
not
in
tables
of
stone,
but
in
the fleshly
tables
of
the
heart.
And
such
confidence
we
have,
through
Christ, towards
God.
Not
that
we
are
sufficient
to
think
any thing
of
ourselves,
as
of
ourselves:
but
our sufficiency
is
from
God.
Who
also hath
made
us fit ministers
of
the
new testament,
not
in
the
letter,
but
in
the
spirit.
For
the
letter killeth,
but
the
spirit quickeneth.
Now
if
the ministration
of
death, engraven
with
letters
upon
stones,
was
glorious;
so
that
the children
of
Israel
could
not steadfastly behold
the
face
of
Moses,
for
the
glory
of
his countenance,
which
is
made void:
How shall
not
the ministration
of
the
spirit
be
rather
in
glory?
For
if
the ministration
of
condemnation
be
glory,
much
more
the ministration
of
justice aboundeth
in
glory.
For
even
that
which
was
glorious
in
this
part
was
not
glorified,
by
reason
of
the
glory
that excelleth.
For
if
that
which
is
done
away
was
glorious,
much
more
that
which remaineth
is
in
glory.
Having
therefore
such
hope,
we
use
much
confidence:
And
not
as
Moses
put
a
veil
upon
his
face,
that
the children
of
Israel
might
not steadfastly
look
on
the
face
of
that
which
is
made void.
But
their senses
were made dull.
For,
until
this present
day,
the selfsame
veil,
in
the
reading
of
the
old testament, remaineth
not taken
away (because
in
Christ
it
is made void).
But
even
until
this
day,
when
Moses
is
read,
the
veil
is
upon
their
heart.
But
when
they
shall
be converted
to
the
Lord,
the
veil
shall
be
taken
away.
Now
the
Lord
is
a
Spirit.
And
where
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is,
there
is
liberty.
But
we
all
beholding
the
glory
of
the
Lord
with open
face,
are
transformed
into
the
same
image
from
glory
to
glory,
as
by
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord.
Therefore, seeing
we
have
this ministration, according
as
we
have
obtained
mercy,
we faint
not;
But
we renounce
the
hidden
things
of dishonesty,
not
walking
in
craftiness,
nor
adulterating
the
word
of
God;
but
by
manifestation
of
the
truth
commending
ourselves
to
every
man’s
conscience,
in
the
sight
of
God.
And
if
our
gospel
be
also hid,
it
is hid
to
them
that
are
lost,
In
whom
the
god
of
this
world hath
blinded
the
minds
of
unbelievers,
that
the
light
of
the
gospel
of
the
glory
of
Christ,
who
is
the
image
of
God,
should
not shine unto
them.
For
we
preach
not
ourselves,
but
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord;
and
ourselves
your
servants
through
Jesus.
For
God,
who commanded
the
light
to
shine
out
of
darkness, hath
shined
in
our
hearts,
to
give
the
light
of
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
God,
in
the
face
of
Christ
Jesus.
But
we
have
this
treasure
in
earthen
vessels,
that
the excellency
may
be
of
the
power
of
God,
and
not
of
us.
In
all
things we
suffer tribulation,
but
are
not distressed; we
are straitened,
but
are
not destitute;
We suffer persecution,
but are
not
forsaken; we are cast
down,
but we
perish
not:
Always bearing
about
in
our
body
the mortification
of
Jesus,
that
the
life
also
of
Jesus
may
be
made
manifest
in
our
bodies.
For
we
who
live
are
always
delivered unto
death
for
Jesus’
sake;
that
the
life
also
of
Jesus
may
be
made
manifest
in
our
mortal
flesh.
So
then
death worketh
in
us,
but
life
in
you.
But
having
the
same
spirit
of
faith,
as
it
is
written:
I
believed,
for
which cause
I
have
spoken;
we
also
believe,
for
which cause
we
speak
also:
Knowing
that
he
who
raised
up
Jesus,
will
raise
us
up
also
with
Jesus,
and
place
us
with
you.
For
all
things
are
for
your
sakes;
that
the
grace
abounding
through
many,
may
abound
in
thanksgiving unto
the
glory
of
God.
For
which cause
we faint
not;
but
though
our outward
man
is
corrupted,
yet
the inward
man
is
renewed
day
by
day.
For
that
which
is
at
present
momentary
and
light
of
our
tribulation, worketh
for
us above
measure exceedingly
an
eternal
weight
of
glory.
While
we
look
not
at
the
things
which
are
seen,
but
at
the
things
which
are
not
seen.
For
the
things
which
are
seen,
are
temporal;
but
the
things
which
are
not
seen,
are
eternal.
For
we
know,
if
our
earthly
house
of
this habitation
be dissolved,
that
we
have
a
building
of
God,
a
house
not
made
with
hands,
eternal
in
heaven.
For
in
this
also
we
groan, desiring
to
be
clothed
upon
with
our habitation
that
is
from
heaven.
Yet
so
that
we
be
found clothed,
not
naked.
For
we
also,
who
are
in
this tabernacle,
do
groan,
being burthened;
because
we
would
not
be
unclothed,
but
clothed
upon,
that
that
which
is
mortal
may
be
swallowed
up
by
life.
Now
he
that maketh
us
for
this
very
thing,
is
God,
who hath
given
us
the
pledge
of
the
Spirit.
Therefore
having
always
confidence,
knowing
that,
while
we
are
in
the
body,
we
are
absent
from
the
Lord.
(For
we
walk
by
faith,
and
not
by
sight.)
But
we
are confident,
and
have
a
good
will
to
be
absent
rather
from
the
body,
and
to
be present
with
the
Lord.
And
therefore
we labour,
whether
absent
or present,
to please
him.
For
we
must
all
be
manifested
before
the judgement
seat
of
Christ,
that
every
one
may
receive
the proper
things
of
the
body,
according
as
he hath
done,
whether
it
be
good
or
evil.
Knowing
therefore
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
we use persuasion
to
men;
but
to
God
we
are
manifest.
And
I
trust
also
that
in
your
consciences
we
are
manifest.
We
commend
not
ourselves
again
to
you,
but
give
you
occasion
to
glory
in
our
behalf;
that
you
may
have somewhat
to answer
them
who
glory
in
face,
and
not
in
heart.
For
whether we
be transported
in
mind, it
is
to
God;
or
whether we
be sober, it
is
for
you.
For
the charity
of
Christ presseth us:
judging
this,
that
if
one died
for
all,
then
all
were dead.
And
Christ
died
for
all;
that
they
also
who
live,
may
not
now
live
to
themselves,
but unto
him
who
died
for
them,
and
rose
again.
Wherefore henceforth,
we
know
no
man
according
to
the
flesh.
And
if
we
have
known
Christ
according
to
the
flesh;
but
now
we
know
him
so
no
longer.
If
then
any
be
in
Christ
a
new
creature,
the
old
things
are
passed
away,
behold
all
things
are
made
new.
But
all
things
are
of
God,
who hath
reconciled
us
to
himself
by
Christ;
and hath
given
to
us
the
ministry
of
reconciliation.
For
God
indeed
was
in
Christ,
reconciling
the
world
to
himself,
not imputing
to
them
their
sins;
and
he hath
placed
in
us
the
word
of
reconciliation.
For
Christ
therefore
we
are
ambassadors,
God
as
it
were
exhorting
by us.
For
Christ,
we beseech
you,
be
reconciled
to
God.
Him,
who
knew
no
sin,
he hath
made
sin
for
us,
that
we
might
be
made
the
justice
of
God
in
him.
And
we helping
do
exhort
you,
that
you
receive
not
the
grace
of
God
in
vain.
For
he saith:
In
an accepted
time
have
I heard thee;
and
in
the
day
of
salvation
have
I
helped thee.
Behold,
now
is
the
acceptable
time;
behold,
now
is
the
day
of
salvation.
Giving
no offence
to
any
man,
that
our
ministry
be
not blamed:
But
in
all
things let
us exhibit
ourselves
as
the ministers
of
God,
in
much
patience,
in
tribulation,
in necessities,
in
distresses,
In stripes,
in
prisons,
in seditions,
in labours,
in watchings,
in
fastings,
In chastity,
in
knowledge,
in longsuffering,
in sweetness,
in
the
Holy Ghost,
in charity unfeigned,
In
the
word
of
truth,
in
the
power
of
God;
by
the armour
of
justice
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left;
By honour
and dishonour,
by evil
report
and
good
report;
as
deceivers,
and
yet
true;
as unknown,
and
yet known;
As
dying,
and
behold
we
live;
as chastised,
and
not killed;
As
sorrowful,
yet
always
rejoicing;
as needy,
yet enriching
many;
as
having
nothing,
and
possessing
all
things.
Our
mouth
is
open
to
you, O ye
Corinthians, our
heart
is enlarged.
You
are
not straitened
in
us,
but
in
your own bowels
you
are straitened.
But having
the
same recompense, (I
speak
as
to
my
children,)
be
you
also enlarged.
Bear
not
the yoke
with
unbelievers.
For
what
participation hath
justice
with injustice?
Or
what
fellowship hath
light
with
darkness?
And
what concord hath
Christ
with
Belial?
Or
what
part hath
the
faithful
with
the
unbeliever?
And
what
agreement hath
the
temple
of
God
with
idols?
For
you
are
the
temple
of
the
living
God;
as
God saith:
I
will
dwell
in
them,
and
walk
among
them;
and
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
shall
be
my
people.
Wherefore,
Go
out
from
among
them,
and
be ye
separate, saith
the
Lord,
and
touch
not
the
unclean
thing:
And
I
will receive
you;
and
I
will
be
a
Father
to
you;
and
you
shall
be
my
sons
and
daughters, saith
the
Lord
Almighty.
Having
therefore
these
promises, dearly
beloved,
let
us
cleanse
ourselves
from
all
defilement
of
the
flesh
and
of
the
spirit,
perfecting sactification
in
the
fear
of
God.
Receive us.
We
have injured
no
man,
we
have
corrupted
no
man,
we
have overreached
no
man.
I
speak
not
this
to
your
condemnation.
For
we
have
said
before,
that
you
are
in
our
hearts,
to
die
together,
and
to
live
together.
Great
is
my
confidence
for
you,
great
is
my glorying
for
you.
I
am
filled
with
comfort:
I exceedingly abound
with
joy
in
all
our
tribulation.
For
also
when
we
were
come
into
Macedonia,
our
flesh
had
no
rest,
but
we suffered
all tribulation; combats
without,
fears
within.
But
God,
who comforteth
the
humble,
comforted
us
by
the
coming
of
Titus.
And
not
by
his
coming
only,
but
also
by
the
consolation, wherewith
he
was
comforted
in
you, relating
to
us
your desire,
your
mourning,
your
zeal
for
me,
so
that
I
rejoiced
the
more.
For
although
I
made
you
sorrowful
by
my epistle,
I
do
not repent;
and
if
I did repent,
seeing
that
the
same epistle (although
but
for
a
time) did
make
you
sorrowful;
Now
I
am
glad:
not
because
you
were
made
sorrowful;
but
because
you
were
made
sorrowful unto penance.
For
you
were
made
sorrowful
according
to
God,
that
you
might
suffer damage
by
us
in
nothing.
For
the
sorrow
that
is
according
to
God worketh penance, steadfast unto
salvation;
but
the
sorrow
of
the
world worketh
death.
For
behold
this selfsame
thing,
that
you
were
made
sorrowful
according
to
God,
how
great carefulness
it worketh
in
you; yea defence, yea
indignation, yea
fear, yea desire, yea
zeal, yea revenge:
in
all
things
you
have shewed
yourselves
to
be undefiled
in
the
matter.
Wherefore
although
I
wrote
to
you,
it
was
not
for
his
sake
that
I
did
the
wrong,
nor
for
him
that suffered
it;
but
to
manifest
our carefulness
that
we
have
for
you
Before
God:
therefore
we
were
comforted.
But
in
our
consolation,
we did
the
more abundantly
rejoice
for
the
joy
of
Titus,
because
his
spirit
was
refreshed
by
you
all.
And
if
I
have
boasted
any
thing
to
him
of
you,
I
have
not
been
put
to
shame;
but
as
we
have
spoken
all
things
to
you
in
truth,
so
also
our
boasting
that
was
made
to
Titus
is
found
a
truth.
And
his bowels
are
more abundantly towards
you; remembering
the
obedience
of
you
all,
how
with
fear
and
trembling
you
have
received
him.
I
rejoice
that
in
all
things
I
have
confidence
in
you.
Now
we
make
known unto
you,
brethren,
the
grace
of
God,
that hath been
given
in
the
churches
of
Macedonia.
That
in
much experience
of
tribulation,
they
have
had
abundance
of
joy;
and
their
very
deep
poverty hath
abounded unto
the
riches
of
their
simplicity.
For
according
to
their
power (I
bear
them
witness),
and
beyond
their
power,
they
were willing.
With
much entreaty
begging
of
us
the
grace
and communication
of
the
ministry
that
is done
toward
the
saints.
And
not
as
we
hoped,
but
they
gave
their
own selves
first
to
the
Lord,
then
to
us
by
the
will
of
God:
Insomuch,
that
we desired
Titus,
that
as
he
had begun,
so
also
he
would
finish
among
you
this
same
grace.
That
as
in
all
things
you
abound
in
faith,
and
word,
and
knowledge,
and
all carefulness; moreover
also
in
your charity towards
us,
so
in
this
grace
also
you
may
abound.
I
speak
not
as commanding;
but
by
the carefulness
of
others, approving
also
the good disposition
of
your charity.
For
you
know
the
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
being
rich
he
became poor,
for
your
sakes;
that
through
his
poverty
you
might
be
rich.
And herein
I
give
my advice;
for
this
is
profitable
for
you,
who
have begun
not
only
to
do,
but
also
to
be
willing,
a
year
ago.
Now
therefore
perform ye
it
also
in deed;
that
as
your
mind
is forward
to
be
willing,
so
it
may
be
also
to
perform,
out
of
that
which
you
have.
For
if
the
will
be forward,
it
is accepted
according
to
that
which
a man hath,
not
according
to
that
which
he hath
not.
For
I mean
not
that
others
should
be eased,
and
you burthened,
but
by an
equality.
In
this
present
time
let
your
abundance supply
their want,
that
their
abundance
also
may supply
your want,
that
there
may
be
an
equality,
As
it
is
written:
He
that
had
much,
had
nothing over;
and
he
that
had
little,
had
no want.
And
thanks
be
to
God,
who hath
given
the
same carefulness
for
you
in
the
heart
of
Titus.
For
indeed
he
accepted
the
exhortation;
but
being more careful,
of
his
own
will
he
went unto
you.
We
have
sent
also
with
him
the
brother,
whose
praise
is
in
the
gospel
through
all
the
churches.
And
not
that
only,
but
he
was
also ordained
by
the
churches companion
of
our travels,
for
this
grace,
which
is
administered
by us,
to
the
glory
of
the
Lord,
and
our determined
will:
Avoiding
this,
lest
any
man
should blame
us
in
this abundance
which
is
administered
by
us.
For
we forecast
what
may
be
good
not
only
before God,
but
also
before
men.
And
we
have
sent
with
them
our
brother
also,
whom
we
have
often proved
diligent
in
many
things;
but
now
much
more
diligent,
with
much
confidence
in
you,
Either
for
Titus,
who
is
my companion
and
fellow labourer towards
you,
or
our
brethren,
the
apostles
of
the
churches,
the
glory
of
Christ.
Wherefore shew ye
to
them,
in
the
sight
of
the
churches,
the evidence
of
your charity,
and
of
our
boasting
on
your
behalf.
For
concerning
the
ministry
that
is done towards
the
saints,
it
is
superfluous
for
me
to
write unto
you.
For
I
know
your forward
mind:
for
which
I
boast
of
you
to
the
Macedonians.
That
Achaia
also
is ready
from
the
year past,
and
your emulation hath provoked
very
many.
Now
I
have
sent
the
brethren,
that
the
thing
which
we
boast
of
concerning
you,
be
not
made
void
in
this
behalf,
that (as
I
have
said)
you
may
be ready:
Lest,
when
the
Macedonians
shall
come
with
me,
and
find
you
unprepared,
we (not
to
say ye)
should
be ashamed
in
this matter.
Therefore
I
thought
it
necessary
to desire
the
brethren
that
they
would
go
to
you
before,
and prepare
this
blessing
before
promised,
to
be
ready,
so
as
a
blessing,
not
as
covetousness.
Now
this
I say:
He
who soweth
sparingly,
shall
also
reap
sparingly:
and
he
who soweth
in blessings,
shall
also
reap blessings.
Every
one
as
he hath determined
in
his
heart,
not
with
sadness,
or
of
necessity:
for
God loveth
a
cheerful
giver.
And
God
is
able
to
make
all
grace
abound
in
you;
that ye
always,
having
all
sufficiency
in
all
things,
may
abound
to
every
good
work,
As
it
is
written:
He hath dispersed abroad,
he hath
given
to
the
poor:
his
justice remaineth
for
ever.
And
he
that ministereth
seed
to
the
sower,
will
both
give
you
bread
to eat,
and
will
multiply
your
seed,
and
increase
the
growth
of
the fruits
of
your
justice:
That being
enriched
in
all
things,
you
may abound unto
all
simplicity,
which worketh
through
us
thanksgiving
to
God.
Because
the administration
of
this office doth
not
only supply
the want
of
the
saints,
but aboundeth
also
by
many
thanksgivings
in
the
Lord,
By
the
proof
of
this
ministry,
glorifying
God
for
the
obedience
of
your
confession unto
the
gospel
of
Christ,
and
for
the
simplicity
of
your communicating unto
them,
and unto
all.
And
in
their praying
for
you,
being desirous
of
you,
because
of
the excellent
grace
of
God
in
you.
Thanks
be
to
God
for
his unspeakable
gift.
Now
I
Paul
myself beseech
you,
by
the mildness
and modesty
of
Christ,
who
in
presence
indeed
am
lowly
among
you,
but
being
absent,
am
bold
toward
you.
But
I beseech
you,
that
I
may
not
be
bold
when
I
am
present,
with
that
confidence wherewith
I
am thought
to
be
bold,
against
some,
who reckon
us
as
if
we
walked
according
to
the
flesh.
For
though we
walk
in
the
flesh, we
do
not
war
according
to
the
flesh.
For
the
weapons
of
our
warfare
are
not carnal,
but
mighty
to
God unto
the pulling
down
of fortifications,
destroying counsels,
And
every
height
that exhalteth itself
against
the
knowledge
of
God,
and bringing
into captivity
every
understanding unto
the
obedience
of
Christ;
And
having
in readiness
to
revenge
all
disobedience,
when
your
obedience
shall
be
fulfilled.
See
the
things
that
are
according
to
outward
appearance.
If
any
man
trust
to
himself,
that
he
is
Christ’s,
let
him
think
this
again
with
himself,
that
as
he
is
Christ’s,
so
are
we
also.
For
if
also
I
should
boast
somewhat
more
of
our
power,
which
the
Lord hath
given
us unto
edification,
and
not
for
your
destruction,
I
should
not
be
ashamed.
But
that
I
may
not
be
thought
as
it
were
to
terrify
you
by epistles,
(For
his epistles
indeed,
say
they,
are
weighty
and
strong;
but
his bodily
presence
is
weak,
and
his
speech
contemptible,)
Let
such
a
one
think
this,
that
such
as
we
are
in
word
by epistles,
when
absent,
such
also
we
will
be
indeed
when
present.
For
we
dare
not match,
or
compare
ourselves
with
some,
that
commend
themselves;
but
we
measure
ourselves
by
ourselves,
and
compare
ourselves
with
ourselves.
But
we
will
not
glory
beyond
our
measure;
but
according
to
the
measure
of
the
rule,
which
God hath measured
to
us,
a
measure
to
reach
even unto
you.
For
we stretch
not
ourselves
beyond
our measure,
as
if
we
reached
not unto
you.
For
we
are
come
as
far
as
to
you
in
the
gospel
of
Christ.
Not glorying
beyond
measure
in
other
men’s labours;
but
having
hope
of
your
increasing
faith,
to
be
magnified
in
you
according
to
our
rule abundantly;
Yea, unto
those places
that
are
beyond
you,
to
preach
the
gospel,
not
to
glory
in
another
man’s
rule,
in
those
things
that
are made
ready
to
our hand.
But
he
that glorieth, let
him
glory
in
the
Lord.
For
not
he
who commendeth
himself,
is
approved,
but
he,
whom God commendeth.
Would
to God
you could
bear
with
some
little
of
my folly:
but
do
bear
with
me.
For
I
am
jealous
of
you
with
the
jealousy
of
God.
For
I
have espoused
you
to
one
husband
that
I
may
present
you
as
a
chaste
virgin
to
Christ.
But
I
fear
lest,
as
the
serpent seduced
Eve
by
his subtilty,
so
your
minds
should
be
corrupted,
and fall
from
the
simplicity
that
is
in
Christ.
For
if
he
that cometh preacheth
another Christ,
whom
we
have
not
preached;
or
if
you
receive
another
Spirit,
whom
you
have
not
received;
or
another
gospel
which
you
have
not
received;
you might
well
bear
with
him.
For
I
suppose
that
I
have done
nothing less than
the great
apostles.
For
although
I
be rude
in
speech,
yet
not
in
knowledge;
but
in
all
things
we
have
been
made
manifest
to
you.
Or
did
I
commit
a fault,
humbling
myself,
that
you
might
be
exalted?
Because
I
preached unto
you
the
gospel
of
God
freely?
I
have
taken
from
other
churches,
receiving
wages
of
them
for
your
ministry.
And,
when
I
was
present
with
you,
and wanted,
I
was chargeable
to no
man:
for
that
which
was wanting
to
me,
the
brethren
supplied
who
came
from
Macedonia;
and
in
all
things
I
have
kept
myself
from
being burthensome
to
you,
and
so
I
will
keep
myself.
The
truth
of
Christ
is
in
me,
that
this glorying
shall
not
be broken off
in
me
in
the
regions
of
Achaia.
Wherefore?
Because
I
love
you
not?
God knoweth
it.
But
what
I
do,
that
I
will
do,
that
I
may
cut
off
the
occasion
from
them
that
desire
occasion,
that wherein
they
glory,
they
may
be
found
even
as
we.
For
such
false
apostles
are
deceitful
workmen, transforming
themselves
into
the
apostles
of
Christ.
And
no
wonder:
for
Satan
himself transformeth
himself
into
an
angel
of
light.
Therefore
it
is
no
great
thing
if
his ministers
be transformed
as
the ministers
of
justice,
whose
end
shall
be
according
to
their
works.
I
say
again, (let
no
man
think
me
to
be
foolish,
otherwise
take
me
as
one
foolish,
that
I
also
may
glory
a
little.)
That
which
I
speak,
I
speak
not
according
to
God,
but
as
it
were
in
foolishness,
in
this matter
of glorying.
Seeing
that
many
glory
according
to
the
flesh,
I
will
glory
also.
For
you
gladly suffer
the
foolish; whereas yourselves
are
wise.
For
you suffer
if
a
man
bring
you
into
bondage,
if
a
man
devour
you,
if
a
man
take
from
you,
if
a
man
be
lifted
up,
if
a
man
strike
you
on
the
face.
I
speak
according
to dishonour,
as
if
we
had
been
weak
in
this
part. Wherein
if
any
man
dare (I
speak
foolishly),
I
dare
also.
They
are
Hebrews:
so
am
I.
They
are
Israelites:
so
am
I.
They
are
the
seed
of
Abraham:
so
am
I.
They
are
the ministers
of
Christ (I
speak
as one less wise).
I
am
more;
in
many
more labours,
in
prisons
more frequently,
in stripes
above measure,
in deaths
often.
Of
the
Jews
five
times did
I
receive
forty stripes, save
one.
Thrice
was
I
beaten
with
rods,
once
I
was
stoned, thrice
I
suffered
shipwreck,
a
night
and
a
day
I
was
in
the depth
of
the sea.
In journeying
often,
in perils
of waters,
in perils
of
robbers,
in perils
from
my own
nation,
in perils
from
the
Gentiles,
in perils
in
the
city,
in perils
in
the
wilderness,
in perils
in
the
sea,
in perils
from
false
brethren.
In labour
and painfulness,
in much watchings,
in
hunger
and
thirst,
in
fastings
often,
in
cold
and
nakedness.
Besides
those
things
which
are
without:
my
daily instance,
the solicitude
for
all
the
churches.
Who
is
weak,
and
I
am
not
weak?
Who
is scandalized,
and
I
am
not
on fire?
If
I
must needs
glory,
I
will
glory
of
the
things
that concern
my
infirmity.
The
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
is
blessed
for
ever, knoweth
that
I
lie
not.
At
Damascus,
the governor
of
the nation
under
Aretas
the
king, guarded
the
city
of
the
Damascenes,
to apprehend
me.
And
through
a
window
in
a
basket
was
I
let
down
by
the
wall,
and
so
escaped
his
hands.
If
I
must
glory (it
is
not expedient
indeed),
but
I
will
come
to
visions
and
revelations
of
the
Lord.
I
know
a
man
in
Christ
above
fourteen
years
ago (whether
in
the
body,
I
know
not,
or
out
of
the
body,
I
know
not;
God knoweth),
such
a
one
caught
up
to
the
third
heaven.
And
I
know
such
a
man (whether
in
the
body,
or out
of
the
body,
I
know
not:
God knoweth),
That
he
was
caught
up
into
paradise,
and
heard secret
words,
which
it
is
not granted
to
man
to utter.
For
such
an
one
I
will
glory;
but
for
myself
I
will
glory
nothing,
but
in
my
infirmities.
For
though
I
should
have
a mind
to
glory,
I
shall
not
be
foolish;
for
I
will
say
the
truth.
But
I forbear,
lest
any
man
should
think
of
me
above
that
which
he seeth
in
me,
or
any
thing
he heareth
from
me.
And
lest
the
greatness
of
the
revelations
should exalt
me, there
was
given
me
a sting
of
my
flesh,
an
angel
of
Satan,
to buffet
me.
For
which
thing thrice
I besought
the
Lord,
that
it
might
depart
from
me.
And
he
said
to
me:
My
grace
is
sufficient
for thee;
for
power
is
made perfect
in
infirmity.
Gladly
therefore
will
I
glory
in
my
infirmities,
that
the
power
of
Christ
may
dwell
in
me.
For
which cause
I please myself
in
my
infirmities,
in reproaches,
in necessities,
in
persecutions,
in
distresses,
for
Christ.
For
when
I
am
weak,
then
am
I
powerful.
I
am
become
foolish:
you
have
compelled
me.
For
I
ought
to
have
been
commended
by
you:
for
I
have
no way
come
short
of
them
that
are above measure
apostles,
although
I
be
nothing.
Yet
the
signs
of
my apostleship
have
been wrought
on
you,
in
all
patience,
in
signs,
and
wonders,
and
mighty deeds.
For
what
is
there
that
you
have
had
less
than
the
other
churches,
but
that
I
myself
was
not burthensome
to
you? Pardon
me
this injury.
Behold
now
the
third
time
I
am
ready
to
come
to
you;
and
I
will
not
be burthensome unto
you.
For
I
seek
not
the
things
that
are
yours,
but
you.
For
neither
ought
the
children
to lay
up
for
the
parents,
but
the
parents
for
the
children.
But
I
most
gladly
will
spend
and
be
spent
myself
for
your
souls;
although loving
you
more,
I
be
loved
less.
But
be
it
so:
I
did
not burthen
you:
but
being
crafty,
I
caught
you
by guile.
Did
I overreach
you
by
any
of
them
whom
I
sent
to
you?
I desired
Titus,
and
I
sent
with
him
a
brother.
Did
Titus overreach
you?
Did
we
not
walk
with
the
same
spirit?
did
we
not
in
the
same
steps?
Of old,
think
you
that
we excuse ourselves
to
you?
We
speak
before
God
in
Christ;
but
all
things,
my dearly
beloved,
for
your
edification.
For
I
fear
lest perhaps
when
I
come
I shall
not
find
you
such
as
I
would,
and
that
I shall
be
found
by
you
such
as
you
would
not.
Lest perhaps contentions, envyings, animosities, dissensions, detractions, whisperings, swellings, seditions,
be among
you.
Lest
again,
when
I
come,
God
humble
me
among
you:
and
I
mourn
many
of
them
that
sinned
before,
and
have
not
done penance
for
the
uncleanness,
and
fornication,
and lasciviousness,
that
they
have
committed.
Behold,
this
is
the
third
time
I
am
coming
to
you:
In
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
shall
every
word
stand.
I
have told
before,
and foretell,
as
present,
and
now
absent,
to
them
that
sinned
before,
and
to
all
the
rest,
that
if
I
come
again,
I
will
not
spare.
Do
you
seek
a
proof
of
Christ
that speaketh
in
me,
who towards
you
is
not
weak,
but
is
mighty
in
you?
For
although
he
was
crucified
through
weakness,
yet
he liveth
by
the
power
of
God.
For
we
also
are
weak
in
him:
but
we
shall
live
with
him
by
the
power
of
God towards
you.
Try
your
own selves
if
you
be
in
the
faith; prove ye
yourselves.
Know
you
not
your
own selves,
that
Christ
Jesus
is
in
you,
unless
perhaps
you
be reprobates?
But
I
trust
that
you shall
know
that
we
are
not reprobates.
Now
we
pray
God,
that
you
may
do
no
evil,
not
that
we
may
appear
approved,
but
that
you
may
do
that
which
is
good,
and
that
we
may
be
as reprobates.
For
we
can
do
nothing
against
the
truth;
but
for
the
truth.
For
we
rejoice
that
we
are
weak,
and
you
are
strong.
This
also
we
pray
for,
your perfection.
Therefore
I
write
these
things, being
absent,
that, being
present,
I
may
not deal
more
severely,
according
to
the
power
which
the
Lord hath
given
me unto
edification,
and
not unto
destruction.
For
the
rest,
brethren,
rejoice,
be
perfect, take exhortation,
be
of
one
mind,
have
peace;
and
the
God
of
peace
and
of
love
shall
be
with
you.
Salute
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
All
the
saints salute
you.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
the charity
of
God,
and
the communication
of
the
Holy Ghost
be
with
you
all. Amen.
Galatians
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
Galatians
Gal
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
Paul,
an
apostle,
not
of
men,
neither
by
man,
but
by
Jesus
Christ,
and
God
the
Father,
who
raised
him
from
the
dead,
And
all
the
brethren
who
are
with
me,
to
the
churches
of
Galatia.
Grace
be
to
you,
and
peace
from
God
the
Father,
and
from
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
Who
gave
himself
for
our
sins,
that
he
might deliver
us
from
this
present
wicked
world,
according
to
the
will
of
God
and
our
Father:
To
whom
is
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
I
wonder
that
you
are
so
soon removed
from
him
that
called
you
into
the
grace
of
Christ, unto
another
gospel.
Which
is
not
another,
only
there
are
some
that trouble
you,
and
would pervert
the
gospel
of
Christ.
But
though
we,
or
an
angel
from
heaven,
preach
a
gospel
to
you
besides
that
which
we
have
preached
to
you,
let
him
be anathema.
As
we
said
before,
so
now
I
say
again:
If
any
one
preach
to
you
a
gospel, besides
that
which
you
have
received,
let
him
be anathema.
For
do
I
now
persuade
men,
or
God?
Or
do
I
seek
to
please
men?
If
I
yet
pleased
men,
I
should
not
be
the
servant
of
Christ.
For
I give
you
to understand,
brethren,
that
the
gospel
which
was
preached
by
me
is
not
according
to
man.
For
neither
did
I
receive
it
of
man,
nor
did
I
learn
it;
but
by
the
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ.
For
you
have
heard
of
my conversation
in
time past
in
the Jews’ religion:
how
that, beyond
measure,
I
persecuted
the
church
of
God,
and wasted
it.
And
I made
progress
in
the Jews’ religion
above
many
of
my equals
in
my own
nation,
being
more abundantly
zealous
for
the
traditions
of
my fathers.
But
when
it
pleased
him,
who
separated
me
from
my
mother’s
womb,
and
called
me
by
his
grace,
To
reveal
his
Son
in
me,
that
I
might
preach
him
among
the
Gentiles,
immediately
I condescended
not
to
flesh
and
blood.
Neither
went
I
to
Jerusalem,
to
the
apostles
who
were
before
me:
but
I
went
into
Arabia,
and
again
I
returned
to
Damascus.
Then,
after
three
years,
I
went
to
Jerusalem,
to see
Peter,
and
I tarried
with
him
fifteen
days.
But
other
of
the
apostles
I
saw
none, saving
James
the
brother
of
the
Lord.
Now
the
things
which
I
write
to
you,
behold,
before
God,
I
lie
not.
Afterwards
I
came
into
the
regions
of
Syria
and
Cilicia.
And
I
was
unknown
by
face
to
the
churches
of
Judea,
which
were
in
Christ:
But
they
had
heard
only:
He,
who
persecuted
us
in
times past, doth
now
preach
the
faith
which
once
he impugned:
And
they
glorified
God
in
me.
Then,
after
fourteen
years,
I
went
up
again
to
Jerusalem
with
Barnabas,
taking
Titus
also
with
me.
And
I
went
up
according
to
revelation;
and communicated
to
them
the
gospel,
which
I
preach
among
the
Gentiles,
but apart
to
them
who
seemed
to
be
some
thing:
lest perhaps
I
should
run,
or
had
run
in
vain.
But
neither
Titus,
who
was
with
me,
being
a Gentile,
was
compelled
to
be
circumcised.
But
because
of
false
brethren unawares
brought
in,
who
came
in privately
to
spy
our
liberty,
which
we
have
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
they
might
bring
us
into servitude.
To
whom
we yielded
not
by
subjection,
no
not
for
an
hour,
that
the
truth
of
the
gospel
might
continue
with
you.
But
of
them
who
seemed
to
be
some
thing, (what
they
were
some
time,
it
is
nothing
to
me,
God accepteth
not
the
person
of
man,)
for
to
me
they
that
seemed
to
be
some
thing added
nothing.
But contrariwise,
when
they
had
seen
that
to
me
was committed
the
gospel
of
the
uncircumcision,
as
to
Peter
was
that
of
the
circumcision.
(For
he
who wrought
in
Peter
to
the
apostleship
of
the
circumcision, wrought
in
me
also
among
the
Gentiles.)
And
when
they
had
known
the
grace
that
was
given
to
me,
James
and
Cephas
and
John,
who
seemed
to
be
pillars,
gave
to
me
and
Barnabas
the
right hands
of
fellowship:
that
we
should go unto
the
Gentiles,
and
they unto
the
circumcision:
Only
that
we
should
be mindful
of
the
poor:
which
same
thing
also
I
was careful
to
do.
But
when
Cephas
was
come
to
Antioch,
I withstood
him
to
the
face,
because
he
was
to
be blamed.
For
before
that
some
came
from
James,
he
did
eat
with
the
Gentiles:
but
when
they
were
come,
he withdrew
and
separated
himself,
fearing
them
who
were
of
the
circumcision.
And
to
his dissimulation
the
rest
of
the
Jews consented,
so
that
Barnabas
also
was led
by
them
into
that dissimulation.
But
when
I
saw
that
they walked
not uprightly unto
the
truth
of
the
gospel,
I
said
to
Cephas
before
them
all:
If thou,
being
a
Jew, livest
after
the manner
of
the
Gentiles,
and
not
as
the
Jews
do,
how dost thou
compel
the
Gentiles
to
live
as
do
the
Jews?
We
by
nature
are
Jews,
and
not
of
the
Gentiles
sinners.
But
knowing
that
man
is
not
justified
by
the
works
of
the
law,
but
by
the
faith
of
Jesus
Christ;
we
also
believe
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
we
may
be
justified
by
the
faith
of
Christ,
and
not
by
the
works
of
the
law:
because
by
the
works
of
the
law
no
flesh
shall
be
justified.
But
if
while
we
seek
to
be
justified
in
Christ,
we
ourselves
also
are
found
sinners;
is
Christ
then
the
minister
of
sin?
God forbid.
For
if
I
build
up
again
the
things
which
I
have
destroyed,
I make
myself
a prevaricator.
For
I,
through
the
law,
am
dead
to
the
law,
that
I
may
live
to
God:
with
Christ
I
am nailed
to
the cross.
And
I
live,
now
not
I;
but
Christ liveth
in
me.
And
that
I
live
now
in
the
flesh:
I
live
in
the
faith
of
the
Son
of
God,
who
loved
me,
and
delivered
himself
for
me.
I cast
not away
the
grace
of
God.
For
if
justice
be
by
the
law,
then
Christ
died
in vain.
O
senseless
Galatians,
who hath
bewitched
you
that
you should
not obey
the truth,
before
whose
eyes
Jesus
Christ hath
been set forth,
crucified
among
you?
This
only
would
I
learn
of
you:
Did
you
receive
the
Spirit
by
the
works
of
the
law,
or
by
the
hearing
of
faith?
Are
you
so
foolish,
that, whereas
you
began
in
the
Spirit,
you would
now
be made
perfect
by
the
flesh?
Have
you
suffered
so
great
things
in
vain?
If
it
be
yet
in
vain.
He
therefore
who giveth
to
you
the
Spirit,
and worketh
miracles
among
you; doth
he
do
it
by
the
works
of
the
law,
or
by
the
hearing
of
the
faith?
As
it
is written:
Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was reputed
to
him unto
justice.
Know ye
therefore,
that
they
who
are
of
faith,
the
same
are
the children
of
Abraham.
And
the
scripture, foreseeing,
that
God justifieth
the
Gentiles
by
faith, told unto
Abraham
before:
In thee
shall
all
nations
be
blessed.
Therefore
they
that
are
of
faith, shall be
blessed
with
faithful
Abraham.
For
as
many
as
are
of
the
works
of
the
law,
are
under
a
curse.
For
it
is
written:
Cursed
is
every
one,
that abideth
not
in
all
things,
which
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
to
do
them.
But
that
in
the
law
no
man
is
justified
with
God,
it
is manifest:
because
the
just
man liveth
by
faith.
But
the
law
is
not
of
faith:
but,
He
that doth
those
things, shall
live
in
them.
Christ hath
redeemed
us
from
the
curse
of
the
law,
being
made
a
curse
for
us:
for
it
is
written:
Cursed
is
every
one
that hangeth
on
a
tree:
That
the
blessing
of
Abraham
might
come
on
the
Gentiles
through
Christ
Jesus:
that
we
may
receive
the
promise
of
the
Spirit
by
faith.
Brethren (I
speak
after
the manner
of
man,)
yet
a
man’s testament, if
it
be confirmed,
no
man despiseth,
nor addeth
to
it.
To
Abraham
were
the
promises
made
and
to
his
seed.
He saith
not,
And
to
his
seeds,
as
of
many:
but
as
of
one,
And
to thy
seed,
which
is
Christ.
Now
this
I
say,
that
the testament
which
was confirmed
by
God,
the
law
which
was
made
after
four
hundred
and
thirty
years, doth
not disannul,
to
make
the
promise
of
no effect.
For
if
the
inheritance
be
of
the
law,
it
is
no
more
of
promise.
But
God
gave
it
to
Abraham
by
promise.
Why
then
was
the
law?
It
was set
because
of
transgressions,
until
the
seed should
come,
to
whom
he
made
the
promise, being
ordained
by
angels
in
the
hand
of
a
mediator.
Now
a
mediator
is
not
of
one:
but
God
is
one.
Was
the
law
then
against
the
promises
of
God?
God forbid.
For
if
there
had
been
a
law
given
which
could
give
life, verily
justice
should
have
been
by
the
law.
But
the
scripture hath concluded
all
under
sin,
that
the
promise,
by
the
faith
of
Jesus
Christ,
might
be
given
to
them
that
believe.
But
before
the
faith
came,
we
were
kept
under
the
law
shut
up, unto
that
faith
which
was
to
be
revealed.
Wherefore
the
law
was
our pedagogue
in
Christ,
that
we
might
be
justified
by
faith.
But
after
the
faith
is
come,
we
are
no
longer
under
a pedagogue.
For
you
are
all
the children
of
God
by
faith,
in
Christ
Jesus.
For
as
many
of
you
as
have
been
baptized
in
Christ,
have
put
on
Christ.
There
is
neither
Jew
nor
Greek:
there
is
neither bond
nor
free:
there
is
neither
male
nor
female.
For
you
are
all
one
in
Christ
Jesus.
And
if
you
be
Christ’s,
then
are
you
the
seed
of
Abraham,
heirs
according
to
the
promise.
Now
I
say,
as
long
as
the
heir
is
a
child,
he differeth
nothing
from
a
servant,
though
he
be
lord
of
all;
But
is
under tutors
and governors
until
the time appointed
by
the
father:
So
we
also,
when
we
were
children,
were
serving
under
the
elements
of
the
world.
But
when
the fulness
of
the
time
was
come,
God
sent
his
Son,
made
of
a
woman,
made
under
the
law:
That
he might
redeem
them
who
were
under
the
law:
that
we might
receive
the
adoption
of
sons.
And
because
you
are
sons,
God hath
sent
the
Spirit
of
his
Son
into
your
hearts,
crying:
Abba,
Father.
Therefore
now
he
is
not
a
servant,
but
a
son.
And
if
a
son,
an
heir
also
through
God.
But
then
indeed,
not
knowing
God,
you
served
them,
who,
by
nature,
are
not
gods.
But
now,
after
that
you
have
known
God,
or
rather
are
known
by
God:
how
turn
you
again
to
the
weak
and needy
elements,
which
you
desire
to
serve
again?
You
observe
days,
and
months,
and
times,
and
years.
I
am
afraid
of
you,
lest perhaps
I
have laboured
in
vain
among
you.
Be ye
as
I,
because
I
also
am
as
you:
brethren,
I beseech
you:
you
have
not injured
me
at
all.
And
you
know,
how
through
infirmity
of
the
flesh,
I
preached
the
gospel
to
you heretofore:
and
your temptation
in
my
flesh,
You
despised
not,
nor
rejected:
but
received
me
as
an
angel
of
God,
even
as
Christ
Jesus.
Where
is
then
your
blessedness?
For
I
bear
you
witness,
that,
if
it
could
be done,
you would
have
plucked
out
your
own
eyes,
and would
have
given
them
to
me.
Am
I
then
become
your
enemy, because
I tell
you
the
truth?
They
are zealous
in
your regard
not
well:
but
they
would exclude
you,
that
you might
be zealous
for
them.
But
be zealous
for
that
which
is
good
in
a
good
thing
always:
and
not
only
when
I
am
present
with
you.
My little
children,
of
whom
I
am
in labour
again,
until
Christ
be
formed
in
you.
And
I
would willingly
be
present
with
you
now,
and
change
my
voice:
because
I
am ashamed
for
you.
Tell
me,
you
that
desire
to
be
under
the
law,
have
you
not read
the
law?
For
it
is
written
that
Abraham
had
two
sons:
the
one
by
a
bondwoman,
and
the
other
by
a
free
woman.
But
he
who
was
of
the
bondwoman,
was
born
according
to
the
flesh:
but
he
of
the
free
woman,
was
by
promise.
Which
things
are said
by
an allegory.
For
these
are
the
two testaments.
The
one
from
mount Sina, engendering unto bondage;
which
is Agar:
For Sina
is
a
mountain
in
Arabia,
which hath affinity
to
that
Jerusalem
which
now
is,
and
is
in
bondage
with
her
children.
But
that
Jerusalem,
which
is
above,
is
free:
which
is
our
mother.
For
it
is
written:
Rejoice, thou
barren,
that bearest
not:
break
forth
and
cry, thou
that travailest
not:
for
many
are
the
children
of
the
desolate,
more
than
of
her
that hath
a
husband.
Now
we,
brethren,
as
Isaac
was,
are
the
children
of
promise.
But
as
then
he,
that
was
born
according
to
the
flesh,
persecuted
him
that
was
after
the
spirit;
so
also
it
is
now.
But
what saith
the
scripture?
Cast
out
the
bondwoman
and
her
son;
for
the
son
of
the
bondwoman
shall
not
be
heir
with
the
son
of
the
free
woman.
So
then,
brethren,
we
are
not
the
children
of
the
bondwoman,
but
of
the
free:
by
the freedom wherewith Christ
has made us
free.
Stand fast,
and
be
not held
again under
the
yoke
of bondage.
Behold,
I
Paul
tell
you,
that
if
you
be
circumcised,
Christ shall
profit
you
nothing.
And
I
testify
again
to
every
man circumcising himself,
that
he
is
a debtor
to
the
whole
law.
You
are made void
of
Christ,
you
who
are
justified
in
the
law:
you
are fallen
from
grace.
For
we
in
spirit,
by
faith,
wait
for
the
hope
of
justice.
For
in
Christ
Jesus
neither
circumcision availeth
any thing,
nor
uncircumcision:
but
faith
that worketh
by charity.
You
did
run
well,
who hath
hindered
you,
that
you should
not
obey
the
truth?
This
persuasion
is
not
from
him that calleth
you.
A
little
leaven corrupteth
the
whole
lump.
I
have
confidence
in
you
in
the
Lord:
that
you
will
not
be
of
another
mind:
but
he
that troubleth
you,
shall
bear
the
judgment, whosoever
he
be.
And
I,
brethren,
if
I
yet
preach
circumcision,
why
do
I
yet suffer persecution?
Then
is
the scandal
of
the
cross
made void.
I
would
they
were
even
cut
off,
who trouble
you.
For
you,
brethren,
have
been
called unto
liberty:
only
make
not
liberty
an
occasion
to
the
flesh,
but
by charity
of
the spirit
serve
one
another.
For
all
the
law
is
fulfilled
in
one
word: Thou shalt
love thy neighbour
as thyself.
But
if
you
bite
and
devour
one
another;
take
heed
you
be
not
consumed
one
of
another.
I
say
then,
walk
in
the
spirit,
and
you
shall
not fulfill
the
lusts
of
the
flesh.
For
the
flesh lusteth
against
the
spirit:
and
the
spirit
against
the
flesh;
for
these
are
contrary
one
to
another:
so
that
you
do
not
the
things
that
you
would.
But
if
you
are
led
by
the
spirit,
you
are
not
under
the
law.
Now
the
works
of
the
flesh
are manifest,
which
are
fornication,
uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,
Idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths,
quarrels,
dissensions, sects,
Envies, murders,
drunkenness, revellings,
and
such
like.
Of
the
which
I foretell
you,
as
I
have foretold
to
you,
that
they
who
do
such
things
shall
not obtain
the
kingdom
of
God.
But
the
fruit
of
the
Spirit
is, charity,
joy,
peace,
patience, benignity,
goodness, longanimity,
Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity.
Against
such
there
is
no
law.
And
they
that
are
Christ’s,
have
crucified
their
flesh,
with
the vices
and concupiscences.
If
we
live
in
the
Spirit, let us
also
walk
in
the
Spirit.
Let us
not
be
made desirous
of vain glory,
provoking
one
another,
envying
on
another.
Brethren,
and
if
a
man
be overtaken
in
any fault,
you,
who
are
spiritual, instruct
such
a
one
in
the
spirit
of
meekness, considering thyself,
lest thou
also
be
tempted.
Bear ye
one
another’s
burdens;
and
so
you
shall
fulfill
the
law
of
Christ.
For
if
any
man
think
himself
to
be
some thing, whereas
he
is
nothing,
he deceiveth
himself.
But
let
every
one prove
his
own
work,
and
so
he
shall
have
glory
in
himself
only,
and
not
in
another.
For
every
one shall
bear
his
own
burden.
And let
him
that
is
instructed
in
the
word, communicate
to
him
that instructeth
him,
in
all
good
things.
Be
not
deceived,
God
is
not
mocked.
For
what
things
a
man shall
sow,
those
also shall
he
reap.
For
he
that soweth
in
his
flesh,
of
the
flesh
also shall
reap
corruption.
But
he
that soweth
in
the
spirit,
of
the
spirit shall
reap
life everlasting.
And
in
doing
good, let
us
not fail.
For
in
due
time
we shall
reap,
not failing.
Therefore, whilst
we
have
time,
let us
work
good
to
all
men,
but
especially
to
those
who
are
of
the
household
of
the
faith.
See
what
a
letter
I
have
written
to
you
with
my
own
hand.
For
as
many
as
desire
to
please
in
the
flesh,
they constrain
you
to
be
circumcised,
only
that
they
may
not suffer
the persecution
of
the
cross
of
Christ.
For
neither
they
themselves
who
are
circumcised,
keep
the
law;
but
they
will
have
you
to
be
circumcised,
that
they
may
glory
in
your
flesh.
But God forbid
that
I should
glory, save
in
the
cross
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
by
whom
the
world
is
crucified
to
me,
and
I
to
the
world.
For
in Christ
Jesus
neither
circumcision availeth
any
thing,
nor
uncircumcision,
but
a
new
creature.
And whosoever
shall
follow
this
rule,
peace
on
them,
and
mercy,
and
upon
the
Israel
of
God.
From henceforth
let
no
man
be troublesome
to
me;
for
I
bear
the marks
of
the Lord
Jesus
in
my
body.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit,
brethren.
Amen.
Ephesians
Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
Ephesians
Eph
Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
by
the
will
of
God,
to
all
the
saints
who
are
at
Ephesus,
and
to
the
faithful
in
Christ
Jesus.
Grace
be
to
you,
and
peace
from
God
the
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who hath
blessed
us
with
spiritual blessings
in
heavenly places,
in
Christ:
As
he
chose
us
in
him
before
the
foundation
of
the
world,
that
we
should
be
holy
and unspotted
in
his
sight
in charity.
Who hath predestinated
us unto
the
adoption
of children
through
Jesus
Christ unto
himself:
according
to
the
purpose
of
his
will:
Unto
the
praise
of
the
glory
of
his
grace,
in
which
he hath graced
us
in
his
beloved son.
In
whom
we
have
redemption
through
his
blood,
the remission
of
sins,
according
to
the
riches
of
his
grace,
Which hath superabounded
in
us
in
all
wisdom
and prudence,
That
he
might
make
known unto
us
the
mystery
of
his
will,
according
to
his
good
pleasure,
which
he hath
purposed
in
him,
In
the dispensation
of
the fulness
of
times,
to re-establish
all
things
in
Christ,
that
are
in
heaven
and
on
earth,
in
him.
In
whom
we
also
are
called
by lot, being predestinated
according
to
the
purpose
of
him
who worketh
all
things
according
to
the
counsel
of
his
will.
That
we
may
be unto
the
praise
of
his
glory,
we
who
before hoped
Christ:
In
whom
you
also,
after
you
had
heard
the
word
of
truth, (the
gospel
of
your
salvation;)
in
whom
also
believing,
you
were signed
with
the
holy
Spirit
of
promise,
Who
is
the
pledge
of
our
inheritance, unto
the
redemption
of acquisition, unto
the
praise
of
his
glory.
Wherefore
I
also,
hearing
of
your
faith
that
is
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
and
of
your
love towards
all
the
saints,
Cease
not
to
give
thanks
for
you,
making commemoration
of
you
in
my
prayers,
That
the
God
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Father
of
glory,
may
give unto
you
the
spirit
of
wisdom
and
of
revelation,
in
the
knowledge
of
him:
The
eyes
of
your
heart
enlightened,
that
you may
know
what
the
hope
is
of
the
glory
of
his
inheritance
in
the
saints.
And
what
is
the exceeding
greatness
of
his
power towards
us,
who
believe
according
to
the operation
of
the
might
of
his
power,
Which
he wrought
in
Christ, raising
him
up
from
the
dead,
and setting
him
on
his
right
hand
in
the
heavenly places.
Above
all principality,
and
power,
and virtue,
and
dominion,
and
every
name
that
is
named,
not
only
in
this
world,
but
also
in
that
which
is
to
come.
And
he hath
subjected
all
things
under
his
feet,
and hath made
him
head
over
all
the
church,
Which
is
his
body,
and
the fulness
of
him
who
is
filled
all
in
all.
And
you,
when
you
were
dead
in
your offences,
and
sins,
Wherein
in
time past
you
walked
according
to
the
course
of
this
world,
according
to
the
prince
of
the
power
of
this
air,
of
the
spirit
that
now worketh
on
the children
of unbelief:
In
which
also
we
all conversed
in
time past,
in
the
desires
of
our
flesh, fulfilling
the
will
of
the
flesh
and
of
our
thoughts,
and
were
by
nature
children
of
wrath,
even
as
the
rest:
But
God, (who
is
rich
in
mercy,)
for
his exceeding charity wherewith
he
loved
us,
Even
when
we
were
dead
in
sins, hath quickened
us
together
in
Christ, (by whose
grace
you
are
saved,)
And hath
raised
us up
together,
and hath made
us sit
together
in
the
heavenly places,
through
Christ
Jesus.
That
he
might shew
in
the
ages
to
come
the abundant
riches
of
his
grace,
in
his bounty towards
us
in
Christ
Jesus.
For
by
grace
you
are
saved
through
faith,
and
that
not
of
yourselves,
for
it
is
the
gift
of
God;
Not
of
works,
that
no
man
may
glory.
For
we
are
his
workmanship,
created
in
Christ
Jesus
in
good
works,
which
God hath
prepared
that
we
should
walk
in
them.
For
which cause
be mindful
that
you,
being heretofore
Gentiles
in
the
flesh,
who
are
called
uncircumcision
by
that
which
is
called
circumcision
in
the
flesh,
made
by
hands;
That
you
were
at
that
time
without
Christ,
being aliens
from
the conversation
of
Israel,
and
strangers
to
the testament,
having
no
hope
of
the
promise,
and
without
God
in
this
world.
But
now
in
Christ
Jesus,
you,
who
some
time
were afar
off,
are
made nigh
by
the
blood
of
Christ.
For
he
is
our
peace,
who hath
made
both
one,
and
breaking
down
the middle
wall
of partition,
the enmities
in
his
flesh:
Making void
the
law
of
commandments contained
in
decrees;
that
he might
make
the
two
in
himself
into
one
new
man,
making
peace;
And
might
reconcile
both
to
God
in
one
body
by
the
cross,
killing
the enmities
in
himself.
And
coming,
he
preached
peace
to
you that
were afar
off,
and
peace
to them that
were nigh.
For
by
him
we
have
access
both
in
one
Spirit
to
the
Father.
Now
therefore
you
are
no
more
strangers
and
foreigners;
but
you
are
fellow
citizens
with
the
saints,
and
the domestics
of
God,
Built
upon
the
foundation
of
the
apostles
and
prophets,
Jesus
Christ
himself
being
the chief
corner stone:
In
whom
all
the
building, being framed
together, groweth
up
into
an
holy
temple
in
the
Lord.
In
whom
you
also
are
built
together
into
an habitation
of
God
in
the
Spirit.
For
this cause,
I
Paul,
the
prisoner
of
Jesus
Christ,
for
you
Gentiles;
If
yet
you
have
heard
of
the dispensation
of
the
grace
of
God
which
is
given
me towards
you:
How
that,
according
to
revelation,
the
mystery
has been
made
known
to
me,
as
I
have
written above
in
a
few words;
As
you
reading,
may
understand
my knowledge
in
the
mystery
of
Christ,
Which
in
other
generations
was
not
known
to
the
sons
of
men,
as
it
is
now
revealed
to
his
holy
apostles
and
prophets
in
the
Spirit:
That
the
Gentiles
should
be
fellow
heirs,
and
of
the
same
body,
and co-partners
of
his
promise
in
Christ
Jesus,
by
the
gospel:
Of
which
I
am
made
a
minister,
according
to
the
gift
of
the
grace
of
God,
which
is
given
to
me
according
to
the operation
of
his
power:
To
me,
the
least
of
all
the
saints,
is
given
this
grace,
to
preach among
the
Gentiles,
the unsearchable
riches
of
Christ,
And
to enlighten
all
men,
that
they
may see
what
is
the dispensation
of
the
mystery
which hath
been
hidden
from
eternity
in
God,
who
created
all
things:
That
the
manifold
wisdom
of
God
may
be
made
known
to
the
principalities
and
powers
in
heavenly places
through
the
church,
According
to
the
eternal
purpose,
which
he
made,
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord:
In
whom
we
have
boldness
and
access
with
confidence
by
the
faith
of
him.
Wherefore
I
pray
you
not
to faint
at
my
tribulations
for
you,
which
is
your
glory.
For
this cause
I
bow
my
knees
to
the
Father
of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
Of
whom
all paternity
in
heaven
and
earth
is
named,
That
he
would
grant
you,
according
to
the
riches
of
his
glory,
to
be
strengthened
by
his
Spirit
with might unto
the inward
man,
That
Christ
may
dwell
by
faith
in
your
hearts;
that
being rooted
and
founded
in charity,
You
may
be
able
to
comprehend,
with
all
the
saints,
what
is
the
breadth,
and
length,
and
height,
and
depth:
To
know
also
the charity
of
Christ,
which surpasseth
all
knowledge,
that
you
may
be
filled unto
all
the fulness
of
God.
Now
to
him
who
is
able
to
do
all
things
more
abundantly
than
we desire
or
understand,
according
to
the
power
that worketh
in
us;
To
him
be
glory
in
the
church,
and
in
Christ
Jesus unto
all
generations,
world
without
end.
Amen.
I
therefore,
a
prisoner
in
the
Lord, beseech
you
that
you
walk
worthy
of
the vocation
in
which
you
are
called,
With
all
humility
and mildness,
with
patience, supporting
one
another
in charity.
Careful
to
keep
the
unity
of
the
Spirit
in
the
bond
of
peace.
One
body
and
one
Spirit;
as
you
are
called
in
one
hope
of
your
calling.
One
Lord,
one
faith,
one
baptism.
One
God
and
Father
of
all,
who
is
above
all,
and
through
all,
and
in
us
all.
But
to
every
one
of
us
is
given
grace,
according
to
the
measure
of
the
giving
of
Christ.
Wherefore
he saith:
Ascending
on
high,
he
led
captivity
captive;
he
gave
gifts
to
men.
Now
that
he
ascended,
what
is
it,
but
because
he
also
descended first
into
the lower
parts
of
the
earth?
He
that
descended
is
the
same
also
that
ascended
above
all
the
heavens,
that
he
might
fill
all
things.
And
he
gave
some
apostles,
and
some
prophets,
and
other
some
evangelists,
and
other
some
pastors
and doctors,
For
the perfecting
of
the
saints,
for
the
work
of
the
ministry,
for
the
edifying
of
the
body
of
Christ:
Until
we
all meet
into
the unity
of
faith,
and
of
the
knowledge
of
the
Son
of
God, unto
a
perfect
man, unto
the
measure
of
the
age
of
the fulness
of
Christ;
That henceforth
we
be
no
more
children
tossed
to
and fro,
and
carried
about
with
every
wind
of
doctrine
by
the wickedness
of
men,
by cunning
craftiness,
by
which
they lie
in wait
to deceive.
But doing
the
truth
in charity,
we
may
in
all
things
grow
up
in
him
who
is
the
head,
even
Christ:
From
whom
the
whole
body, being compacted
and fitly joined
together,
by
what
every
joint supplieth,
according
to
the operation
in
the
measure
of
every
part, maketh increase
of
the
body, unto
the
edifying
of
itself
in charity.
This
then
I
say
and
testify
in
the
Lord:
That henceforward
you
walk
not
as
also
the
Gentiles
walk
in
the
vanity
of
their
mind,
Having
their
understanding
darkened,
being
alienated
from
the
life
of
God
through
the
ignorance
that
is
in
them,
because
of
the blindness
of
their
hearts.
Who despairing,
have
given
themselves
up
to lasciviousness, unto
the working
of
all
uncleanness, unto
the working
of
all
uncleanness, unto
covetousness.
But
you
have
not
so
learned
Christ;
If
so
be
that
you
have
heard
him,
and
have
been
taught
in
him,
as
the
truth
is
in
Jesus:
To
put
off,
according
to
former conversation,
the
old
man,
who
is
corrupted
according
to
the
desire
of error.
And be
renewed
in
the
spirit
of
your
mind:
And
put
on
the
new
man,
who
according
to
God
is
created
in
justice
and
holiness
of
truth.
Wherefore
putting
away
lying,
speak; ye
the
truth
every
man
with
his neighbour;
for
we
are
members
one
of
another.
Be
angry,
and
sin
not.
Let
not
the
sun
go
down
upon
your
anger.
Give
not
place
to
the
devil.
He
that
stole,
let
him
now
steal
no
more;
but
rather
let
him labour,
working
with
his
hands
the
thing
which
is
good,
that
he
may
have something
to give
to
him
that suffereth
need.
Let
no evil
speech
proceed
from
your
mouth;
but
that
which
is
good,
to
the
edification
of faith,
that
it
may administer
grace
to
the
hearers.
And
grieve
not
the
holy
Spirit
of
God: whereby
you
are
sealed unto
the
day
of
redemption.
Let
all
bitterness,
and
anger,
and
indignation,
and clamour,
and
blasphemy,
be
put
away
from
you,
with
all
malice.
And
be ye
kind
one
to
another; merciful,
forgiving
one
another,
even
as
God hath
forgiven
you
in
Christ.
Be ye
therefore
followers
of
God,
as most
dear
children;
And
walk
in
love,
as
Christ
also hath
loved
us,
and hath
delivered
himself
for
us,
an oblation
and
a
sacrifice
to
God
for
an odour
of sweetness.
But
fornication,
and
all
uncleanness,
or
covetousness,
let
it
not
so much
as
be
named
among
you,
as becometh
saints:
Or obscenity,
or foolish talking,
or scurrility,
which
is
to
no
purpose;
but
rather
giving
of
thanks.
For
know
you
this
and
understand,
that
no fornicator,
or
unclean,
or
covetous
person (which
is
a serving
of idols), hath
inheritance
in
the
kingdom
of
Christ
and
of
God.
Let
no
man
deceive
you
with
vain
words.
For
because
of
these
things cometh
the
anger
of
God
upon
the children
of unbelief.
Be ye
not
therefore
partakers
with
them.
For
you
were heretofore
darkness,
but
now
light
in
the
Lord.
Walk
then
as
children
of
the
light.
For
the
fruit
of
the
light
is
in
all
goodness,
and
justice,
and
truth;
Proving
what
is well
pleasing
to God:
And
have
no fellowship
with
the
unfruitful
works
of
darkness,
but
rather
reprove
them.
For
the
things
that
are
done
by
them
in secret,
it
is
a shame
even
to
speak
of.
But
all
things
that
are
reproved,
are
made
manifest
by
the
light;
for
all
that
is
made
manifest
is
light.
Wherefore
he saith:
Rise thou
that sleepest,
and
arise
from
the
dead:
and
Christ
shall enlighten thee.
See
therefore, brethren,
how
you
walk circumspectly:
not
as
unwise,
But
as wise: redeeming
the
time,
because
the
days
are
evil.
Wherefore
become
not unwise,
but
understanding
what
is
the
will
of God.
And
be
not
drunk
with
wine, wherein
is luxury;
but
be ye
filled
with
the holy
Spirit,
Speaking
to
yourselves
in
psalms,
and
hymns,
and
spiritual canticles,
singing
and
making
melody
in
your
hearts
to
the
Lord;
Giving
thanks
always
for
all
things,
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
to
God
and
the
Father:
Being
subject
one
to
another,
in
the
fear
of
Christ.
Let
women
be subject
to
their
husbands,
as
to
the
Lord:
Because
the
husband
is
the
head
of
the
wife,
as
Christ
is
the
head
of
the
church.
He
is
the saviour
of
his
body.
Therefore
as
the
church
is
subject
to
Christ,
so
also let
the
wives
be
to
their
husbands
in
all
things.
Husbands,
love
your
wives,
as
Christ
also
loved
the
church,
and
delivered
himself
up
for
it:
That
he might
sanctify
it,
cleansing
it
by
the laver
of
water
in
the
word
of life:
That
he
might
present
it
to
himself
a
glorious
church,
not
having
spot
or
wrinkle,
or
any;
such
thing;
but
that
it
should
be
holy,
and
without
blemish.
So
also
ought
men
to
love
their
wives
as
their
own
bodies.
He
that loveth
his
wife, loveth
himself.
For
no
man
ever
hated
his
own
flesh;
but nourisheth
and cherisheth
it,
as
also
Christ doth
the
church:
Because
we
are
members
of
his
body,
of
his flesh,
and
of
his bones.
For
this cause
shall
a
man
leave
his
father
and
mother,
and
shall cleave
to
his
wife,
and
they
shall
be
two
in
one
flesh.
This
is
a
great sacrament;
but
I
speak
in
Christ
and
in
the
church.
Nevertheless
let
every
one
of
you
in particular
love
his
wife
as
himself:
and
let
the
wife
fear
her
husband.
Children,
obey
your
parents
in
the
Lord,
for
this
is
just.
Honour thy
father
and thy
mother,
which
is
the
first
commandment
with
a
promise:
That
it
may
be
well
with thee,
and thou mayest
be
long
lived
upon
earth.
And
you,
fathers,
provoke
not
your
children
to
anger;
but
bring
them
up
in
the
discipline
and correction
of
the
Lord.
Servants,
be
obedient
to
them
that
are
your
lords
according
to
the
flesh,
with
fear
and
trembling,
in
the
simplicity
of
your
heart,
as
to
Christ:
Not serving
to
the eye,
as
it
were pleasing
men,
but,
as
the
servants
of
Christ
doing
the
will
of
God
from
the
heart,
With
a
good
will
serving,
as
to
the
Lord,
and
not
to
men.
Knowing
that whatsoever
good
thing
any
man
shall
do,
the
same
shall
he
receive
from
the
Lord,
whether
he
be bond,
or
free.
And
you,
masters,
do
the
same
things
to
them, forbearing threatenings,
knowing
that
the
Lord
both
of
them
and
you
is
in
heaven;
and
there
is
no respect
of
persons
with
him.
Finally, brethren,
be
strengthened
in
the
Lord,
and
in
the
might
of
his
power.
Put
you
on
the armour
of
God,
that
you
may
be
able
to
stand
against
the deceits
of
the
devil.
For
our wrestling
is
not
against
flesh
and
blood;
but
against
principalities
and
power,
against
the
rulers
of
the
world
of
this
darkness,
against
the spirits
of
wickedness
in
the high places.
Therefore
take unto
you
the armour
of
God,
that
you
may
be
able
to
resist
in
the
evil
day,
and
to
stand
in
all
things perfect.
Stand
therefore,
having
your
loins girt
about
with
truth,
and
having
on
the
breastplate
of
justice,
And
your
feet
shod
with
the
preparation
of
the
gospel
of
peace:
In
all
things
taking
the
shield
of
faith, wherewith
you
may
be
able
to
extinguish
all
the fiery darts
of
the most
wicked
one.
And
take unto
you
the
helmet
of
salvation,
and
the
sword
of
the
Spirit (which
is
the
word
of
God).
By
all
prayer
and
supplication
praying
at
all
times
in
the
spirit;
and
in
the
same watching
with
all instance
and
supplication
for
all
the
saints:
And
for
me,
that
speech
may
be
given
me,
that
I
may open
my
mouth
with
confidence,
to
make
known
the
mystery
of
the
gospel.
For
which
I
am
an
ambassador
in
a
chain,
so
that therein
I
may
be bold
to
speak
according
as
I
ought.
But
that
you
also
may
know
the
things
that concern
me,
and
what
I
am
doing,
Tychicus,
my dearest
brother
and
faithful
minister
in
the
Lord,
will
make
known
to
you
all
things:
Whom
I
have
sent
to
you
for
this
same
purpose,
that
you
may
know
the
things
concerning
us,
and
that
he
may
comfort
your
hearts.
Peace
be
to
the
brethren
and charity
with
faith,
from
God
the
Father,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Grace
be
with
all
them
that
love
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
in incorruption. Amen.
Philippians
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
Philippians
Php
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
Paul
and
Timothy,
the
servants
of
Jesus
Christ;
to
all
the
saints
in
Christ
Jesus,
who
are
at
Philippi,
with
the bishops
and
deacons.
Grace
be unto
you,
and
peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
I
give
thanks
to
my
God
in
every
remembrance
of
you,
Always
in
all
my
prayers
making
supplication
for
you
all,
with
joy;
For
your communication
in
the
gospel
of Christ
from
the
first
day
until
now.
Being
confident
of
this
very
thing,
that
he,
who hath
begun
a
good
work
in
you,
will
perfect
it unto
the
day
of
Christ
Jesus.
As
it
is meet
for
me
to
think
this
for
you
all,
for
that
I
have
you
in
my
heart;
and
that
in
my bands,
and
in
the defence
and
confirmation
of
the
gospel,
you
all
are
partakers
of
my
joy.
For
God
is
my
witness,
how
I
long
after
you
all
in
the bowels
of
Jesus
Christ.
And
this
I
pray,
that
your charity
may
more
and
more
abound
in
knowledge,
and
in
all understanding:
That
you
may
approve
the better
things,
that
you
may
be
sincere
and
without offence unto
the
day
of
Christ,
Filled
with
the
fruit
of
justice,
through
Jesus
Christ, unto
the
glory
and
praise
of
God.
Now,
brethren,
I
desire
you
should
know,
that
the
things
which
have
happened
to
me,
have fallen out
rather
to
the furtherance
of
the
gospel:
So
that
my bands
are
made manifest
in
Christ,
in
all
the court,
and
in
all
other places;
And
many
of
the
brethren
in
the
Lord,
growing
confident
by
my bands,
are
much
more
bold
to
speak
the
word
of
God
without
fear.
Some
indeed,
even out
of
envy
and contention;
but
some
also
for
good
will
preach
Christ.
Some
out
of charity,
knowing
that
I am
set
for
the defence
of
the
gospel.
And
some
out
of contention preach
Christ
not
sincerely: supposing
that
they
raise
affliction
to my bands.
But
what
then?
So
that
by
all
means,
whether
by occasion,
or
by
truth,
Christ
be preached:
in
this
also
I
rejoice, yea,
and
will
rejoice.
For
I
know
that
this
shall fall out
to
me unto
salvation,
through
your
prayer,
and
the supply
of
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
Christ,
According
to
my
expectation
and
hope;
that
in
nothing
I
shall
be confounded,
but
with
all
confidence,
as
always,
so
now
also
shall
Christ
be
magnified
in
my
body, wither
it
be
by
life,
or
by
death.
For
to
me,
to
live
is
Christ;
and
to
die
is
gain.
And
if
to
live
in
the
flesh,
this
is
to
me
the
fruit
of labour,
and
what
I
shall
choose
I
know
not.
But
I
am straitened
between
two:
having
a
desire
to
be dissolved
and
to
be
with
Christ,
a thing
by
far
the
better.
But
to abide still
in
the
flesh,
is needful
for
you.
And
having
this
confidence,
I
know
that
I
shall
abide,
and
continue
with
you
all,
for
your furtherance
and
joy
of
faith:
That
your rejoicing
may
abound
in
Christ
Jesus
for
me,
by
my
coming
to
you
again.
Only
let
your conversation
be
worthy
of
the
gospel
of
Christ:
that,
whether
I
come
and
see
you,
or,
being
absent,
may
hear
of
you,
that
you
stand fast
in
one
spirit,
with
one
mind labouring
together
for
the
faith
of
the
gospel.
And
in
nothing
be ye terrified
by
the
adversaries:
which
to
them
is
a cause
of
perdition,
but
to
you
of
salvation,
and
this
from
God:
For unto
you
it
is
given
for
Christ,
not
only
to
believe
in
him,
but
also
to
suffer
for
him.
Having
the
same
conflict
as
that
which
you
have
seen
in
me,
and
now
have
heard
of
me.
If
there
be
therefore
any
consolation
in
Christ,
if
any
comfort
of charity,
if
any society
of
the
spirit,
if
any bowels
of commiseration:
Fulfill ye
my
joy,
that
you
may
be
of
one
mind,
having
the
same charity,
being
of
one accord, agreeing
in sentiment.
Let
nothing
be done
through contention,
neither
by vain glory:
but
in
humility, let
each
esteem
others better
than
themselves:
Each
one
not considering
the
things
that
are
his
own,
but
those
that
are
other men’s.
For let
this
mind
be
in
you,
which
was
also
in
Christ
Jesus:
Who
being
in
the
form
of
God,
thought
it
not robbery
to
be
equal
with
God:
But
emptied
himself,
taking
the
form
of
a
servant,
being
made
in
the
likeness
of
men,
and
in habit
found
as
a
man.
He
humbled
himself,
becoming
obedient unto
death,
even
to
the
death
of
the
cross.
For
which cause
God
also hath
exalted
him,
and hath
given
him
a
name
which
is
above
all
names:
That
in
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
should
bow,
of
those
that
are
in
heaven,
on
earth,
and
under
the
earth:
And
that
every
tongue
should
confess
that
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
in
the
glory
of
God
the
Father.
Wherefore,
my dearly
beloved, (as
you
have
always
obeyed,
not
as
in
my
presence
only,
but
much
more
now
in
my
absence,)
with
fear
and
trembling
work
out
your
salvation.
For
it
is
God
who worketh
in
you,
both
to
will
and
to
accomplish, according
to
his
good
will.
And
do ye
all
things
without murmurings
and hesitations;
That
you
may
be
blameless,
and sincere
children
of
God,
without reproof,
in
the
midst
of
a
crooked
and
perverse
generation;
among
whom
you
shine
as
lights
in
the
world.
Holding forth
the
word
of
life
to
my
glory
in
the
day
of
Christ,
because
I
have
not
run
in
vain,
nor laboured
in
vain.
Yea,
and
if
I
be made
a victim
upon
the
sacrifice
and
service
of
your
faith,
I
rejoice,
and congratulate
with
you
all.
And
for
the selfsame
thing
do
you
also
rejoice,
and congratulate
with
me.
And
I
hope
in
the
Lord
Jesus
to
send
Timothy unto
you
shortly,
that
I
also
may
be
of good comfort,
when
I
know
the
things
concerning
you.
For
I
have
no
man
so
of
the same mind,
who
with sincere affection
is solicitous
for
you.
For
all
seek
the
things
that
are
their
own;
not
the
things
that
are
Jesus
Christ’s.
Now
know ye
the
proof
of
him,
that
as
a
son
with
the
father,
so hath
he
served
with
me
in
the
gospel.
Him
therefore
I
hope
to
send unto
you
immediately,
so soon
as
I
shall
see
how
it
will go
with
me.
And
I
trust
in
the
Lord,
that
I
myself
also
shall
come
to
you
shortly.
But
I
have
thought
it
necessary
to
send
to
you
Epaphroditus,
my
brother
and
fellow labourer,
and
fellow
soldier,
but
your
apostle,
and
he
that hath ministered
to
my wants.
For
indeed
he longed
after
you
all:
and
was sad,
for
that
you
had
heard
that
he
was
sick.
For
indeed
he
was
sick, nigh unto
death;
but
God
had
mercy
on
him;
and
not
only
on
him,
but
on
me
also,
lest
I
should
have
sorrow
upon
sorrow.
Therefore
I
sent
him
the
more speedily:
that
seeing
him
again,
you
may
rejoice,
and
I
may
be without sorrow.
Receive
him
therefore
with
all
joy
in
the
Lord;
and treat
with honour
such
as
he
is.
Because
for
the
work
of
Christ
he
came
to
the
point
of
death: delivering
his
life,
that
he
might
fulfill
that
which
on
your
part
was wanting towards
my
service.
As
to
the rest,
my
brethren,
rejoice
in
the
Lord.
To
write
the
same
things
to
you,
to
me
indeed
is
not wearisome,
but
to
you
it
is necessary.
Beware
of
dogs,
beware
of
evil
workers,
beware
of
the concision.
For
we
are
the
circumcision,
who
in
spirit
serve
God;
and
glory
in
Christ
Jesus,
not
having
confidence
in
the
flesh.
Though
I
might
also
have
confidence
in
the
flesh.
If
any
other thinketh
he
may
have
confidence
in
the
flesh,
I
more,
Being
circumcised
the
eighth
day,
of
the stock
of
Israel,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
an
Hebrew
of
the
Hebrews;
according
to
the
law, a
Pharisee:
According
to
zeal,
persecuting
the
church
of God;
according
to
the
justice
that
is
in
the
law, conversing
without
blame.
But
the
things
that
were
gain
to
me,
the
same
I
have
counted
loss
for
Christ.
Furthermore
I
count
all
things
to
be
but
loss
for
the excellent
knowledge
of
Jesus
Christ
my
Lord;
for
whom
I
have
suffered
the
loss
of
all
things,
and
count
them
but
as dung,
that
I
may
gain
Christ:
And
may
be
found
in
him,
not
having
my
justice,
which
is
of
the
law,
but
that
which
is
of
the
faith
of
Christ
Jesus,
which
is
of
God,
justice
in
faith:
That
I
may
know
him,
and
the
power
of
his
resurrection,
and
the
fellowship
of
his
sufferings, being made conformable
to
his
death,
If
by any
means
I
may
attain
to
the
resurrection
which
is
from
the
dead.
Not
as
though
I
has
already
attained,
or
were
already
perfect;
but
I follow
after,
if
I
may
by
any means apprehend, wherein
I
am
also apprehended
by
Christ
Jesus.
Brethren,
I
do
not
count
myself
to
have apprehended.
But
one
thing
I
do:
forgetting
the things
that
are
behind,
and stretching forth
myself
to
those
that
are
before,
I
press towards
the mark,
to
the
prize
of
the supernal vocation
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus.
Let us
therefore,
as
many
as
are
perfect,
be
thus minded;
and
if
in
any
thing
you
be
otherwise minded,
this
also
God
will
reveal
to
you.
Nevertheless whereunto
we
are
come,
that
we be
of
the
same mind, let
us
also continue
in
the
same rule.
Be ye followers
of
me,
brethren,
and
observe them
who
walk
so
as
you
have
our model.
For
many
walk,
of
whom
I
have
told
you
often (and
now
tell
you
weeping),
that
they
are
enemies
of
the
cross
of
Christ;
Whose
end
is
destruction;
whose
God
is
their
belly;
and
whose
glory
is
in
their
shame;
who
mind
earthly
things.
But
our conversation
is
in
heaven;
from whence
also
we look
for
the Saviour,
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
Who
will reform
the
body
of
our lowness, made
like
to
the
body
of
his
glory,
according
to
the operation whereby
also
he
is
able
to subdue
all
things unto
himself.
Therefore,
my dearly
beloved
brethren,
and most desired,
my
joy
and
my
crown;
so
stand fast
in
the
Lord,
my dearly
beloved.
I
beg
of Evodia,
and
I beseech
Syntyche,
to
be
of
one
mind
in
the
Lord.
And
I entreat thee
also,
my sincere
companion,
help
those
women
who
have laboured
with
me
in
the
gospel,
with
Clement
and
the
rest
of
my
fellow labourers,
whose
names
are
in
the
book
of
life.
Rejoice
in
the
Lord
always;
again,
I
say,
rejoice.
Let
your modesty
be
known
to
all
men.
The
Lord
is nigh.
Be
nothing solicitous;
but
in
every thing,
by
prayer
and
supplication,
with
thanksgiving, let
your petitions
be
made
known
to
God.
And
the
peace
of
God,
which surpasseth
all
understanding, keep
your
hearts
and
minds
in
Christ
Jesus.
For
the
rest,
brethren, whatsoever
things
are
true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever
just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever
lovely, whatsoever
of
good
fame,
if
there
be
any virtue,
if
any
praise
of discipline,
think
on
these
things.
The
things
which
you
have
both
learned,
and
received,
and
heard,
and
seen
in
me,
these
do ye,
and
the
God
of
peace
shall
be
with
you.
Now
I
rejoice
in
the
Lord exceedingly,
that
now
at length
your thought
for
me hath flourished
again,
as
you did
also
think;
but
you
were busied.
I
speak
not
as
it
were
for
want.
For
I
have
learned,
in whatsoever state
I
am,
to
be
content therewith.
I
know
both how
to
be
brought
low,
and
I
know how
to
abound: (everywhere,
and
in
all
things
I
am instructed)
both
to
be
full,
and
to
be
hungry;
both
to
abound,
and
to suffer
need.
I
can
do
all
these
things
in
him
who strengtheneth
me.
Nevertheless
you
have
done
well
in communicating
to
my
tribulation.
And
you
also
know, O
Philippians,
that
in
the
beginning
of
the
gospel,
when
I
departed
from
Macedonia,
no
church communicated
with
me
as concerning
giving
and
receiving,
but
you
only:
For unto
Thessalonica
also
you
sent
once
and
again
for
my use.
Not
that
I
seek
the
gift,
but
I
seek
the
fruit
that may abound
to
your
account.
But
I
have
all,
and
abound:
I
am
filled,
having
received
from
Epaphroditus
the
things
you
sent,
an odour
of sweetness,
an
acceptable
sacrifice,
pleasing
to
God.
And
may
my
God
supply
all
your want,
according
to
his
riches
in
glory
in
Christ
Jesus.
Now
to
God
and
our
Father
be
glory
world
without
end.
Amen.
Salute ye
every
saint
in
Christ
Jesus.
The brethren
who
are
with me, salute
you.
All
the
saints salute
you;
especially
they
that
are
of
Caesar’s
household.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit. Amen.
Colossians
Paul’s Letter to the Colossians
Colossians
Col
Paul’s Letter to the Colossians
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
by
the
will
of
God,
and
Timothy,
a
brother,
To
the
saints
and
faithful
brethren
in
Christ
Jesus,
who
are
at Colossa.
Grace
be
to
you
and peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
give
thanks
to
God,
and
the
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
praying
always
for
you.
Hearing
your
faith
in
Christ
Jesus,
and
the
love
which
you
have towards
all
the
saints.
For
the
hope
that
is
laid up
for
you
in
heaven,
which
you
have
heard
in
the
word
of
the
truth
of
the
gospel,
Which
is
come unto
you,
as
also
it
is
in
the
whole
world,
and bringeth forth
fruit
and groweth,
even
as
it doth
in
you,
since
the
day
you
heard
and
knew
the
grace
of
God
in
truth.
As
you
learned
of
Epaphras,
our
most
beloved
fellow
servant,
who
is
for
you
a
faithful
minister
of
Christ
Jesus;
Who
also hath manifested
to
us
your
love
in
the
spirit.
Therefore
we
also,
from
the
day
that
we
heard
it,
cease
not
to
pray
for
you,
and
to
beg
that
you
may
be
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
his
will,
in
all
wisdom,
and
spiritual
understanding:
That
you
may
walk
worthy
of
God,
in
all
things pleasing; being fruitful
in
every
good
work,
and
increasing
in
the
knowledge
of
God:
Strengthened
with
all
might,
according
to
the
power
of
his
glory,
in
all
patience
and longsuffering
with
joy,
Giving
thanks
to
God
the
Father,
who hath
made
us worthy
to
be partakers
of
the
lot
of
the
saints
in
light:
Who hath
delivered
us
from
the
power
of
darkness,
and hath translated
us
into
the
kingdom
of
the
Son
of
his
love,
In
whom
we
have
redemption
through
his blood,
the remission
of
sins;
Who
is
the
image
of
the
invisible
God,
the
firstborn
of
every
creature:
For
in
him
were
all
things
created
in
heaven
and
on
earth,
visible
and
invisible,
whether
thrones,
or dominations,
or
principalities,
or
powers:
all
things
were
created
by
him
and
in
him.
And
he
is
before
all,
and
by
him
all
things
consist.
And
he
is
the
head
of
the
body,
the
church,
who
is
the
beginning,
the
firstborn
from
the
dead;
that
in
all
things
he
may hold
the primacy:
Because
in
him,
it hath
well
pleased
the Father,
that
all
fullness should
dwell;
And
through
him
to
reconcile
all
things unto
himself, making
peace
through
the
blood
of
his
cross,
both
as
to
the
things
that
are
on
earth,
and
the
things
that
are
in
heaven.
And
you,
whereas
you
were
some
time
alienated
and
enemies
in
mind
in
evil
works:
Yet
now
he hath
reconciled
in
the
body
of
his
flesh
through
death,
to
present
you
holy
and unspotted,
and
blameless
before
him:
If
so ye
continue
in
the
faith,
grounded
and settled,
and immoveable
from
the
hope
of
the
gospel
which
you
have
heard,
which
is
preached
in
all
the
creation
that
is
under
heaven, whereof
I
Paul
am
made
a
minister.
Who
now
rejoice
in
my
sufferings
for
you,
and fill
up
those
things
that
are wanting
of
the
sufferings
of
Christ,
in
my
flesh,
for
his
body,
which
is
the
church:
Whereof
I
am
made
a
minister
according
to
the dispensation
of
God,
which
is
given
me towards
you,
that
I
may
fulfill
the
word
of
God:
The
mystery
which hath
been
hidden
from
ages
and
generations,
but
now
is
manifested
to
his
saints,
To
whom
God
would
make
known
the
riches
of
the
glory
of
this
mystery
among
the
Gentiles,
which
is
Christ,
in
you
the
hope
of
glory.
Whom
we preach,
admonishing
every
man,
and
teaching
every
man
in
all
wisdom,
that
we
may
present
every
man
perfect
in
Christ
Jesus.
Wherein
also
I labour,
striving
according
to
his
working
which
he worketh
in
me
in
power.
For
I
would
have
you
know,
what manner
of care
I
have
for
you
and
for
them
that
are
at
Laodicea,
and whosoever
have
not
seen
my
face
in
the
flesh:
That
their
hearts
may
be
comforted, being instructed
in charity,
and unto
all
riches
of fulness
of
understanding, unto
the
knowledge
of
the
mystery
of
God
the Father
and
of
Christ
Jesus:
In
whom
are hid
all
the
treasures
of
wisdom
and
knowledge.
Now
this
I
say,
that
no
man
may deceive
you
by loftiness
of words.
For
though
I
be
absent
in
body,
yet
in
spirit
I
am
with
you;
rejoicing,
and beholding
your
order,
and
the steadfastness
of
your
faith
which
is
in
Christ.
As
therefore
you
have
received
Jesus
Christ
the
Lord,
walk ye
in
him;
Rooted
and
built
up
in
him,
and
confirmed
in
the
faith,
as
also
you
have learned,
abounding
in
him
in
thanksgiving.
Beware
lest
any
man cheat
you
by
philosophy,
and
vain
deceit;
according
to
the
tradition
of
men,
according
to
the
elements
of
the
world,
and
not
according
to
Christ:
For
in
him dwelleth
all
the fulness
of
the Godhead corporeally;
And
you
are
filled
in
him,
who
is
the
head
of
all principality
and
power:
In
whom
also
you
are
circumcised
with
circumcision
not
made
by hand,
in despoiling
of
the
body
of
the
flesh,
but
in
the
circumcision
of
Christ:
Buried
with
him
in
baptism,
in
whom
also
you
are
risen
again
by
the
faith
of
the operation
of
God,
who hath
raised
him
up
from
the
dead.
And
you,
when
you
were
dead
in
your
sins,
and
the
uncircumcision
of
your
flesh;
he hath quickened
together
with
him,
forgiving
you
all offences:
Blotting
out
the handwriting
of
the
decree
that
was
against
us,
which
was
contrary
to
us.
And
he hath
taken
the
same
out
of
the
way, fastening
it
to
the
cross:
And despoiling
the
principalities
and
powers,
he hath exposed
them
confidently
in open shew, triumphing
over
them
in
himself.
Let
no
man
therefore
judge
you
in meat
or
in
drink,
or
in
respect
of
a
festival
day,
or
of
the new moon,
or
of
the
sabbaths,
Which
are
a
shadow
of
things
to
come,
but
the
body
is
of
Christ.
Let
no
man seduce
you,
willing
in
humility,
and
religion
of
angels, walking
in
the
things
which
he hath
not
seen,
in
vain puffed up
by
the sense
of
his
flesh,
And
not
holding
the
head,
from
which
the
whole
body,
by
joints
and bands, being
supplied
with nourishment
and compacted, groweth unto
the
increase
of
God.
If
then
you
be
dead
with
Christ
from
the
elements
of
this
world,
why
do
you yet decree
as
though
living
in
the
world?
Touch
not,
taste
not,
handle
not:
Which
all
are unto
destruction
by
the
very
use,
according
to
the
precepts
and
doctrines
of
men.
Which
things
have
indeed
a shew
of
wisdom
in superstition
and
humility,
and
not sparing
the
body;
not
in
any honour
to
the filling
of
the
flesh.
Therefore,
if
you
be risen
with
Christ,
seek
the
things
that
are
above;
where
Christ
is
sitting
at
the
right
hand
of
God:
Mind
the
things
that
are
above,
not
the
things
that
are
upon
the
earth.
For
you
are
dead;
and
your
life
is
hid
with
Christ
in
God.
When
Christ
shall
appear,
who
is
your
life,
then
you
also
shall
appear
with
him
in
glory.
Mortify
therefore
your
members
which
are
upon
the
earth;
fornication,
uncleanness,
lust,
evil concupiscence,
and
covetousness,
which
is
the service
of idols.
For
which
things
the
wrath
of
God cometh
upon
the children
of unbelief,
In
which
you
also
walked
some
time,
when
you
lived
in
them.
But
now
put
you
also
all away:
anger,
indignation,
malice,
blasphemy, filthy
speech
out
of
your
mouth.
Lie
not
one
to
another: stripping
yourselves
of
the
old
man
with
his
deeds,
And putting
on
the
new,
him
who
is
renewed unto
knowledge,
according
to
the
image
of
him
that
created
him.
Where
there
is
neither Gentile
nor
Jew,
circumcision
nor
uncircumcision,
Barbarian
nor
Scythian, bond
nor
free.
But
Christ
is
all,
and
in
all.
Put ye
on
therefore,
as
the
elect
of
God,
holy,
and
beloved,
the bowels
of
mercy, benignity,
humility, modesty,
patience:
Bearing
with
one
another,
and
forgiving
one
another,
if
any
have
a
complaint
against
another:
even
as
the
Lord hath
forgiven
you,
so
do
you
also.
But
above
all
these
things
have charity,
which
is
the
bond
of perfection:
And
let
the
peace
of
Christ rejoice
in
your
hearts, wherein
also
you
are
called
in
one
body:
and
be ye
thankful.
Let
the
word
of
Christ
dwell
in
you
abundantly,
in
all
wisdom:
teaching
and
admonishing
one
another
in
psalms,
hymns,
and
spiritual canticles,
singing
in
grace
in
your
hearts
to
God.
All whatsoever
you
do
in
word
or
in
work,
do
all
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
giving
thanks
to
God
and
the
Father
by
him.
Wives,
be
subject
to
your
husbands,
as it behoveth
in
the
Lord.
Husbands,
love
your
wives,
and
be
not
bitter towards
them.
Children,
obey
your
parents
in
all
things:
for
this
is
well
pleasing
to
the
Lord.
Fathers,
provoke
not
your
children
to indignation,
lest
they
be discouraged.
Servants,
obey
in
all
things
your
masters
according
to
the
flesh,
not serving
to
the eye,
as pleasing
men,
but
in
simplicity
of
heart,
fearing God.
Whatsoever
you
do,
do
it
from
the
heart,
as
to
the
Lord,
and
not
to
men:
Knowing
that
you
shall
receive
of
the
Lord
the
reward
of
inheritance.
Serve ye
the
Lord
Christ.
For
he
that doth
wrong,
shall
receive
for
that
which
he hath
done wrongfully:
and
there
is
no respect
of persons
with God.
Masters,
do
to
your
servants
that
which
is
just
and equal:
knowing
that
you
also
have
a
master
in
heaven.
Be instant
in
prayer;
watching
in
it
with
thanksgiving:
Praying withal
for
us
also,
that
God
may
open unto
us
a
door
of
speech
to
speak
the
mystery
of
Christ (for
which
also
I
am
bound;)
That
I
may
make
it
manifest
as
I
ought
to
speak.
Walk
with
wisdom towards
them
that
are without, redeeming
the
time.
Let
your
speech
be
always
in
grace
seasoned
with
salt:
that
you
may
know
how
you
ought
to
answer
every
man.
All
the
things
that concern
me,
Tychicus,
our dearest
brother,
and
faithful
minister
and
fellow
servant
in
the
Lord,
will
make
known
to
you,
Whom
I
have
sent
to
you
for
this
same
purpose,
that
he
may
know
the
things
that concern
you,
and
comfort
your
hearts,
With
Onesimus,
a most
beloved
and
faithful
brother,
who
is
one
of
you.
All
things
that
are done
here,
they
shall
make
known
to
you.
Aristarchus,
my
fellow
prisoner, saluteth
you,
and
Mark,
the
cousin german
of Barnabus, touching
whom
you
have
received
commandments;
if
he
come unto
you,
receive
him:
And
Jesus,
that
is
called
Justus:
who
are
of
the
circumcision:
these
only
are
my helpers
in
the
kingdom
of
God;
who
have
been
a comfort
to
me.
Epaphras saluteth
you,
who
is
one
of
you,
a
servant
of
Christ
Jesus,
who
is
always solicitous
for
you
in
prayers,
that
you
may
stand
perfect,
and
full
in
all
the
will
of
God.
For
I
bear
him
testimony
that
he hath
much labour
for
you,
and
for
them
that
are
at
Laodicea,
and
them
at
Hierapolis.
Luke,
the most
dear
physician, saluteth
you:
and
Demas.
Salute
the
brethren
who
are
at
Laodicea,
and Nymphas,
and
the
church
that
is
in
his
house.
And
when
this epistle
shall
have
been
read
with
you,
cause
that
it
be
read
also
in
the
church
of
the
Laodiceans:
and
that
you
read
that
which
is
of
the
Laodiceans.
And
say
to
Archippus:
Take
heed
to
the
ministry
which thou hast
received
in
the
Lord,
that thou
fulfill
it.
The
salutation
of
Paul
with
my
own
hand.
Be mindful
of
my bands.
Grace
be
with
you. Amen.
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Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians
Paul
and Sylvanus
and
Timothy:
to
the
church
of
the
Thessalonians,
in
God
the
Father,
and
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Grace
be
to
you
and peace.
We
give
thanks
to
God
always
for
you
all;
making
a
remembrance
of
you
in
our
prayers
without
ceasing,
Being mindful
of
the
work
of
your
faith,
and labour,
and charity,
and
of
the
enduring
of
the
hope
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
before
God
and
our
Father:
Knowing,
brethren
beloved
of
God,
your
election:
For
our
gospel hath
not
been unto
you
in
word
only,
but
in
power
also,
and
in
the
Holy Ghost,
and
in
much fulness,
as
you
know
what manner
of
men
we
have
been
among
you
for
your
sakes.
And
you
became followers
of
us,
and
of
the
Lord; receiving
the
word
in
much
tribulation,
with
joy
of
the
Holy Ghost:
So
that
you
were
made
a
pattern
to
all
that
believe
in
Macedonia
and
in
Achaia.
For
from
you
was
spread abroad
the
word
of
the
Lord,
not
only
in
Macedonia,
and
in
Achaia,
but
also
in
every
place,
your
faith
which
is towards
God,
is
gone
forth,
so
that
we
need
not
to
speak
any
thing.
For
they
themselves relate
of
us,
what manner
of entering
in
we
had unto
you;
and
how
you
turned
to
God
from
idols,
to
serve
the
living
and
true
God.
And
to
wait
for
his
Son
from
heaven (whom
he
raised
up
from
the
dead,)
Jesus,
who hath
delivered
us
from
the
wrath
to
come.
For
yourselves
know,
brethren,
our
entrance
in unto
you,
that
it
was
not
in
vain:
But having suffered
many
things
before,
and
been shamefully treated (as
you
know)
at
Philippi,
we
had
confidence
in
our
God,
to
speak unto
you
the
gospel
of
God
in
much carefulness.
For
our
exhortation
was
not
of
error,
nor
of
uncleanness,
nor
in
deceit:
But
as
we
were approved
by
God
that
the
gospel
should
be committed
to us: even
so
we
speak,
not
as
pleasing
men,
but
God,
who proveth
our
hearts.
For
neither
have
we used,
at
any
time,
the
speech
of flattery,
as
you
know;
nor
taken
an occasion
of
covetousness,
God
is
witness:
Nor
sought
we
glory
of
men,
neither
of
you,
nor
of
others.
Whereas
we
might
have
been burdensome
to
you,
as
the
apostles
of
Christ:
but
we
became little ones
in
the
midst
of
you,
as
if
a nurse should cherish
her
children:
So desirous
of
you,
we
would
gladly
impart unto
you
not
only
the
gospel
of
God,
but
also
our
own
souls:
because
you
were
become most
dear unto us.
For
you
remember,
brethren,
our labour
and
toil: working
night
and
day,
lest
we
should
be chargeable
to
any
of
you,
we
preached
among
you
the
gospel
of
God.
You
are
witnesses,
and
God
also,
how holily,
and
justly,
and
without
blame,
we
have
been
to
you
that
have
believed:
As
you
know
in
what manner, entreating
and comforting
you, (as
a
father doth
his
children,)
We testified
to every
one
of
you,
that
you
would
walk
worthy
of
God,
who hath
called
you unto
his
kingdom
and
glory.
Therefore,
we
also
give
thanks
to
God
without
ceasing:
because,
that
when
you
had
received
of
us
the
word
of
the
hearing
of
God,
you
received
it
not
as
the
word
of
men,
but (as
it
is
indeed)
the
word
of
God,
who worketh
in
you
that
have
believed.
For
you,
brethren,
are
become followers
of
the
churches
of
God
which
are
in
Judea,
in
Christ
Jesus:
for
you
also
have
suffered
the
same
things
from
your
own coutrymen,
even
as
they
have
from
the
Jews,
Who
both
killed
the
Lord
Jesus,
and
the
prophets,
and
have
persecuted us,
and
please
not
God,
and
are adversaries
to
all
men;
Prohibiting
us
to
speak
to
the
Gentiles,
that
they
may
be
saved,
to
fill
up
their
sins
always:
for
the
wrath
of
God
is
come
upon
them
to
the
end.
But
we,
brethren,
being
taken
away
from
you
for
a short
time,
in
sight,
not
in
heart,
have hastened
the
more abundantly
to
see
your
face
with
great
desire.
For
we
would
have
come unto
you,
I
Paul
indeed,
once
and
again:
but
Satan hath
hindered us.
For
what
is
our
hope,
or
joy,
or
crown
of glory?
Are
not
you,
in
the
presence
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
at
his
coming?
For
you
are
our
glory
and
joy.
For which cause, forbearing
no
longer,
we
thought
it
good
to remain
at
Athens
alone:
And
we
sent
Timothy,
our
brother,
and
the
minister
of
God
in
the
gospel
of
Christ,
to
confirm
you
and
exhort
you
concerning
your
faith:
That
no
man
should
be moved
in
these
tribulations:
for
yourselves
know,
that
we
are
appointed thereunto.
For
even
when
we
were
with
you,
we foretold
you
that
we
should
suffer tribulations,
as
also
it
is
come
to
pass,
and
you
know.
For
this cause
also,
I, forbearing
no
longer,
sent
to
know
your
faith:
lest perhaps
he
that tempteth
should
have
tempted
you,
and
our labour
should
be
made
vain.
But
now
when
Timothy
came
to
us
from
you,
and related
to
us
your
faith
and charity,
and
that
you
have
a
good
remembrance
of
us
always, desiring
to
see
us
as
we
also
to
see
you;
Therefore
we
were
comforted,
brethren,
in
you,
in
all
our
necessity
and
tribulation,
by
your
faith,
Because
now
we
live,
if
you
stand
in
the
Lord.
For
what
thanks
can
we
return
to
God
for
you,
in
all
the
joy wherewith
we
rejoice
for
you
before
our
God,
Night
and
day
more
abundantly
praying
that
we
may
see
your
face,
and
may accomplish
those
things
that
are wanting
to
your
faith?
Now
God
himself
and
our
Father,
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
direct
our
way unto
you.
And
may
the
Lord
multiply
you,
and
make
you
abound
in charity towards
one
another,
and towards
all
men:
as
we
do
also towards
you,
To
confirm
your
hearts
without
blame,
in
holiness,
before
God
and
our
Father,
at
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
with
all
his
saints.
Amen.
For
the rest
therefore,
brethren,
we
pray
and beseech
you
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
that
as
you
have
received
from
us,
how
you
ought
to
walk,
and
to
please
God,
so
also
you
would
walk,
that
you
may
abound
the
more.
For
you
know
what precepts
I
have
given
to
you
by
the
Lord
Jesus.
For
this
is
the
will
of
God,
your
sanctification;
that
you
should
abstain
from
fornication;
That
every
one
of
you
should
know how
to
possess
his
vessel
in
sanctification
and honour:
Not
in
the
passion
of
lust,
like
the
Gentiles
that
know
not
God:
And
that
no
man overreach,
nor circumvent
his
brother
in business:
because
the
Lord
is
the
avenger
of
all
these
things,
as
we
have told
you
before,
and
have
testified.
For
God hath
not
called
us unto
uncleanness,
but unto
sanctification.
Therefore,
he
that despiseth
these
things, despiseth
not
man,
but
God,
who
also hath
given
his
holy
Spirit
in
us.
But
as touching
the charity
of brotherhood,
we
have
no
need
to
write
to
you:
for
yourselves
have learned
of
God
to
love
one
another.
For
indeed
you
do
it towards
all
the
brethren
in
all
Macedonia.
But
we
entreat
you,
brethren,
that
you
abound
more:
And that
you use
your endeavour
to
be
quiet,
and that
you
do
your
own business,
and
work
with
your
own
hands,
as
we
commanded
you:
and that
you walk honestly towards
them that
are
without;
and that
you want nothing
of any man’s.
And
we
will
not
have
you ignorant, brethren, concerning
them
that
are asleep,
that
you
be
not sorrowful,
even
as
others
who
have
no hope.
For
if
we believe
that
Jesus
died,
and rose
again;
even
so
them
who
have slept through
Jesus,
will God bring
with
him.
For
this
we
say unto
you
in
the word
of
the
Lord,
that
we
who
are alive,
who remain unto
the coming
of
the
Lord,
shall
not prevent
them
who
have slept.
For
the
Lord
himself
shall
come down
from heaven
with
commandment,
and
with
the voice
of an archangel,
and
with
the trumpet
of
God:
and
the
dead
who
are
in
Christ,
shall rise
first.
Then
we
who
are alive,
who
are
left,
shall
be taken
up
together
with
them
in
the clouds
to meet
Christ,
into
the
air,
and
so
shall
we
be always
with
the
Lord.
Wherefore, comfort ye
one another
with
these
words.
But
of
the
times
and moments,
brethren,
you
need
not,
that
we
should
write
to
you;
For
yourselves
know perfectly,
that
the
day
of
the
Lord
shall
so
come,
as
a
thief
in
the
night.
For
when
they
shall
say,
peace
and
security;
then
shall
sudden
destruction
come upon
them,
as
the
pains upon
her
that
is
with child,
and
they
shall
not
escape.
But
you,
brethren,
are
not
in
darkness,
that
that
day
should
overtake
you
as
a
thief.
For
all
you
are
the children
of
light,
and children
of
the
day:
we
are
not
of
the
night,
nor
of
darkness.
Therefore,
let us
not
sleep,
as
others
do;
but
let us
watch,
and
be
sober.
For
they that
sleep,
sleep
in
the
night;
and
they that
are
drunk,
are
drunk
in
the
night.
But
let us,
who
are
of
the
day,
be
sober, having
on
the
breastplate
of
faith
and charity,
and
for
a
helmet
the
hope
of
salvation.
For
God hath
not
appointed
us unto
wrath,
but unto
the purchasing
of
salvation
by
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
Who
died
for
us;
that,
whether
we
watch
or
sleep,
we
may
live
together
with
him.
For
which
cause
comfort
one
another;
and
edify
one
another,
as
you
also
do.
And
we beseech
you,
brethren,
to
know
them
who labour
among
you,
and
are
over
you
in
the
Lord,
and
admonish
you:
That
you
esteem
them
more
abundantly
in charity,
for
their work’s
sake.
Have
peace
with
them.
And
we beseech
you,
brethren, rebuke
the unquiet,
comfort
the feeble minded, support
the
weak,
be
patient towards
all
men.
See
that
none
render
evil
for
evil
to
any
man;
but ever follow
that
which
is
good towards
each
other,
and towards
all
men.
Always
rejoice.
Pray
without
ceasing.
In
all
things
give
thanks;
for
this
is
the
will
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus concerning
you
all.
Extinguish
not
the
spirit.
Despise
not
prophecies.
But prove
all
things;
hold
fast
that
which
is
good.
From
all appearance
of
evil refrain yourselves.
And
may
the
God
of
peace
himself
sanctify
you
in
all
things;
that
your
whole
spirit,
and
soul,
and
body,
may
be
preserved
blameless
in
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
He
is
faithful
who hath
called
you,
who
also
will
do
it.
Brethren,
pray
for
us.
Salute
all
the
brethren
with
a
holy
kiss.
I charge
you
by
the
Lord,
that
this epistle
be
read
to
all
the holy
brethren.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you. Amen.
2 Thessalonians
Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
2Th
Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians
Paul,
and Sylvanus,
and
Timothy,
to
the
church
of
the
Thessalonians
in
God
our
Father,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Grace unto
you,
and
peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
are bound
to
give
thanks
always
to
God
for
you,
brethren,
as
it
is
fitting,
because
your
faith groweth exceedingly,
and
the charity
of
every
one
of
you towards
each
other, aboundeth:
So
that
we
ourselves
also
glory
in
you
in
the
churches
of
God,
for
your
patience
and
faith,
and
in
all
your
persecutions
and
tribulations,
which
you
endure,
For
an example
of
the
just
judgment
of
God,
that
you
may
be counted
worthy
of
the
kingdom
of
God,
for
which
also
you
suffer.
Seeing it
is
a
just thing
with
God
to
repay
tribulation
to them
that
trouble
you:
And
to
you
who
are troubled,
rest
with
us
when
the
Lord
Jesus
shall
be
revealed
from
heaven,
with
the
angels
of
his
power:
In
a
flame
of
fire,
giving
vengeance
to
them
who
know
not
God,
and
who
obey
not
the
gospel
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Who
shall suffer
eternal
punishment
in
destruction,
from
the
face
of
the
Lord,
and
from
the
glory
of
his
power:
When
he
shall
come
to
be
glorified
in
his
saints,
and
to
be made wonderful
in
all
them
who
have
believed;
because
our
testimony
was
believed
upon
you
in
that
day.
Wherefore
also
we
pray
always
for
you;
that
our
God
would
make
you
worthy
of
his vocation,
and
fulfill
all
the
good
pleasure
of
his
goodness
and
the
work
of
faith
in
power;
That
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
may
be
glorified
in
you,
and
you
in
him,
according
to
the
grace
of
our
God,
and
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
And
we beseech
you,
brethren,
by
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
of
our
gathering
together unto
him:
That
you
be
not
easily moved
from
your sense,
nor
be terrified,
neither
by
spirit,
nor
by
word,
nor
by epistle,
as sent
from
us,
as
if
the
day
of
the
Lord
were
at hand.
Let
no
man
deceive
you
by
any means,
for
unless
there
come
a revolt
first,
and
the
man
of sin
be
revealed,
the
son
of
perdition,
Who opposeth,
and
is lifted
up
above
all
that
is
called
God,
or
that
is worshipped,
so
that
he sitteth
in
the
temple
of
God, shewing
himself
as
if
he
were
God.
Remember
you
not,
that
when
I
was
yet
with
you,
I
told
you
these
things?
And
now
you
know
what withholdeth,
that
he
may
be
revealed
in
his
time.
For
the
mystery
of iniquity
already worketh;
only
that
he
who
now holdeth,
do
hold,
until
he
be
taken
out
of
the
way.
And
then
that wicked
one
shall
be
revealed
whom
the
Lord
Jesus
shall
kill
with
the
spirit
of
his
mouth;
and
shall destroy
with
the brightness
of
his
coming,
him,
Whose
coming
is
according
to
the
working
of
Satan,
in
all
power,
and
signs,
and
lying
wonders,
And
in
all seduction
of
iniquity
to
them
that
perish;
because
they
receive
not
the
love
of
the
truth,
that
they
might
be
saved. Therefore
God
shall send
them
the operation
of error,
to believe lying:
That
all
may
be judged
who
have
not
believed
the truth,
but
have consented
to iniquity.
But
we ought
to give thanks
to
God
always
for
you, brethren, beloved
of
God,
for
that
God hath
chosen
you firstfruits unto salvation,
in sanctification
of
the spirit,
and
faith
of
the
truth:
Whereunto
also
he hath called
you
by
our gospel, unto
the purchasing
of
the glory
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Therefore, brethren, stand fast;
and hold
the traditions
which
you
have learned,
whether
by word,
or
by
our epistle.
Now
our Lord
Jesus Christ himself,
and God
and
our Father,
who hath loved us,
and hath given us everlasting consolation,
and good hope
in grace,
Exhort
your hearts,
and confirm
you
in every
good
work
and word.
For
the rest,
brethren,
pray
for
us,
that
the
word
of
God
may
run,
and
may
be
glorified,
even
as
among
you;
And
that
we
may
be
delivered
from importunate
and
evil
men;
for
all
men
have
not
faith.
But God
is
faithful,
who
will
strengthen
and
keep
you
from
evil.
And
we
have
confidence
concerning
you
in
the
Lord,
that
the
things
which
we
command,
you
both
do,
and
will
do.
And
the
Lord
direct
your
hearts,
in
the charity
of
God,
and
the
patience
of
Christ.
And
we
charge
you,
brethren,
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
you withdraw
yourselves
from
every
brother
walking disorderly,
and
not
according
to
the
tradition
which
they
have
received
of
us.
For
yourselves
know
how
you
ought
to
imitate
us:
for
we
were
not disorderly
among
you;
Neither
did
we
eat
any
man’s
bread
for
nothing,
but
in labour
and
in
toil
we
worked
night
and
day,
lest
we
should
be chargeable
to
any
of
you.
Not
as
if
we
had
not
power:
but
that
we
might
give
ourselves
a
pattern unto
you,
to
imitate
us.
For
also
when
we
were
with
you,
this
we declared
to
you:
that,
if
any
man
will
not
work,
neither
let
him
eat.
For
we
have
heard
there are
some
among
you
who
walk disorderly, working
not
at
all,
but curiously meddling.
Now
we
charge
them
that
are
such,
and beseech
them
by
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that, working
with silence,
they
would
eat
their
own
bread.
But
you,
brethren,
be
not weary
in well
doing.
And
if
any
man
obey
not
our
word
by
this epistle,
note
that
man,
and
do
not
keep company
with
him,
that
he
may
be ashamed:
Yet
do
not
esteem
him
as
an
enemy,
but
admonish
him
as
a
brother.
Now
the
Lord
of
peace
himself
give
you everlasting
peace
in
every
place.
The
Lord
be
with
you
all.
The
salutation
of
Paul
with
my
own
hand;
which
is
the
sign
in
every epistle.
So
I
write.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all. Amen.
1 Timothy
Paul’s First Letter to Timothy
1 Timothy
1Ti
Paul’s First Letter to Timothy
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
according
to
the
commandment
of
God
our Saviour,
and
of
Christ
Jesus
our
hope:
To
Timothy,
his beloved
son
in
faith.
Grace,
mercy,
and
peace
from
God
the
Father,
and
from
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
As
I desired thee
to
remain
at
Ephesus
when
I
went
into
Macedonia,
that thou mightest
charge
some
not
to
teach
otherwise,
Not
to
give heed
to
fables
and
endless
genealogies:
which furnish
questions
rather
than
the edification
of
God,
which
is
in
faith.
Now
the
end
of
the commandment
is charity,
from
a
pure
heart,
and
a
good
conscience,
and
an unfeigned
faith.
From
which
things
some going
astray,
are
turned
aside unto vain babbling:
Desiring
to
be
teachers
of
the
law, understanding
neither
the
things
they
say,
nor whereof
they affirm.
But
we
know
that
the
law
is
good,
if
a
man
use
it
lawfully:
Knowing
this,
that
the
law
is
not
made
for
the
just
man,
but
for
the unjust
and disobedient,
for
the
ungodly,
and
for
sinners,
for
the wicked
and defiled,
for
murderers
of fathers,
and
murderers
of
mothers,
for manslayers,
For
fornicators,
for them
who defile themselves
with mankind,
for menstealers,
for
liars,
for perjured
persons,
and
whatever
other thing
is
contrary
to
sound
doctrine,
Which
is
according
to
the
gospel
of
the
glory
of
the
blessed
God,
which hath been committed
to
my trust.
I give
thanks
who hath
strengthened
me,
even
to
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord,
for
that
he hath
counted
me
faithful,
putting
me
in
the
ministry;
Who
before
was
a
blasphemer,
and
a
persecutor,
and contumelious.
But
I obtained
the
mercy
of
God,
because
I
did
it
ignorantly
in
unbelief.
Now
the
grace
of
our
Lord hath abounded exceedingly
with
faith
and
love,
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
A
faithful
saying,
and
worthy
of
all acceptation,
that
Christ
Jesus
came
into
this
world
to
save
sinners,
of
whom
I
am
the chief.
But
for
this cause
have
I obtained
mercy:
that
in
me
first
Christ
Jesus
might shew forth
all
patience,
for
the information
of
them
that
shall
believe
in
him unto
life everlasting.
Now
to
the
king
of
ages,
immortal,
invisible,
the
only
God,
be honour
and
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
This precept
I
commend
to thee, O
son
Timothy;
according
to
the
prophecies
going
before
on thee,
that thou
war
in
them
a
good
warfare,
Having
faith
and
a
good
conscience,
which
some rejecting
have made
shipwreck
concerning
the
faith.
Of
whom
is Hymeneus
and
Alexander,
whom
I
have
delivered
up
to
Satan,
that
they
may learn
not
to
blaspheme.
I desire
therefore,
first
of
all,
that supplications,
prayers,
intercessions,
and
thanksgivings
be
made
for
all
men:
For
kings,
and
for
all
that
are
in high station:
that
we
may
lead
a
quiet
and
a peaceable
life
in
all
piety
and chastity.
For
this
is
good
and
acceptable
in
the
sight
of
God
our Saviour,
Who
will
have
all
men
to
be
saved,
and
to
come
to
the
knowledge
of
the
truth.
For
there
is
one
God,
and
one
mediator
of
God
and
men,
the
man
Christ
Jesus:
Who
gave
himself
a redemption
for
all,
a
testimony
in
due
times.
Whereunto
I
am
appointed
a
preacher
and
an
apostle, (I
say
the
truth,
I
lie
not,)
a doctor
of
the
Gentiles
in
faith
and
truth.
I
will
therefore
that
men
pray
in
every
place,
lifting
up pure
hands,
without
anger
and contention.
In like
manner
women
also
in decent
apparel: adorning
themselves
with
modesty
and sobriety,
not
with plaited
hair,
or
gold,
or
pearls,
or
costly attire,
But
as
it becometh
women professing
godliness,
with
good
works.
Let
the
woman
learn
in silence,
with
all
subjection.
But
I suffer
not
a
woman
to
teach,
nor
to use
authority
over
the
man:
but
to
be
in silence.
For
Adam was
first formed;
then
Eve.
And
Adam
was
not seduced;
but
the
woman
being seduced,
was
in
the
transgression.
Yet
she
shall
be
saved
through
childbearing;
if
she
continue
in
faith,
and
love,
and
sanctification,
with sobriety.
A
faithful
saying:
if
a
man
desire
the
office
of
a bishop,
he desireth
a
good
work.
It behoveth
therefore
a bishop
to
be blameless,
the
husband
of
one
wife, sober,
prudent,
of
good behaviour, chaste, given
to hospitality,
a teacher,
Not given
to
wine,
no striker,
but modest,
not quarrelsome,
not covetous,
but
One
that ruleth
well
his
own
house,
having
his
children
in
subjection
with
all chastity.
But
if
a
man
know
not
how
to rule
his
own
house,
how
shall
he
take
care
of
the
church
of
God?
Not
a neophyte:
lest being puffed
up
with pride, he
fall
into
the
judgment
of
the
devil.
Moreover
he
must
have
a
good
testimony
of
them
who
are
without:
lest
he
fall
into
reproach
and
the
snare
of
the
devil.
Deacons
in like
manner chaste,
not double tongued,
not given
to
much
wine,
not greedy
of filthy lucre:
Holding
the
mystery
of
faith
in
a
pure
conscience.
And
let
these
also
first
be proved:
and
so
let
them
minister, having no crime.
The
women
in like
manner chaste,
not
slanderers,
but sober,
faithful
in
all
things.
Let
deacons
be
the
husbands
of
one
wife:
who rule
well
their
children,
and
their
own houses.
For
they
that
have
ministered
well,
shall purchase
to
themselves
a
good degree,
and
much
confidence
in
the
faith
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
These
things
I
write
to thee,
hoping
that
I
shall
come
to thee
shortly.
But
if
I tarry long,
that thou mayest
know
how thou oughtest
to behave thyself
in
the
house
of
God,
which
is
the
church
of
the
living
God,
the
pillar
and ground
of
the
truth.
And evidently
great
is
the
mystery
of
godliness,
which
was
manifested
in
the
flesh,
was
justified
in
the
spirit,
appeared unto
angels, hath
been
preached unto
the
Gentiles,
is
believed
in
the
world,
is
taken
up
in
glory.
Now
the
Spirit manifestly saith,
that
in
the last
times
some
shall
depart
from
the
faith,
giving heed
to
spirits
of error,
and
doctrines
of devils,
Speaking lies
in
hypocrisy,
and having
their
conscience seared,
Forbidding
to
marry,
to
abstain
from meats,
which
God hath
created
to
be
received
with
thanksgiving
by
the
faithful,
and
by
them
that
have
known
the
truth.
For
every
creature
of
God
is
good,
and
nothing
to
be
rejected
that
is
received
with
thanksgiving:
For
it
is
sanctified
by
the
word
of
God
and
prayer.
These
things proposing
to
the
brethren, thou shalt
be
a
good
minister
of
Christ
Jesus,
nourished up
in
the
words
of
faith,
and
of
the
good
doctrine
which thou hast attained unto.
But avoid foolish
and
old wives’
fables:
and exercise thyself unto
godliness.
For
bodily
exercise
is
profitable
to
little:
but
godliness
is
profitable
to
all
things,
having
promise
of
the
life
that
now
is,
and
of
that
which
is
to
come.
A
faithful
saying
and
worthy
of
all acceptation.
For therefore
we
labor
and
are
reviled,
because
we
hope
in
the
living
God,
who
is
the Saviour
of
all
men,
especially
of
the
faithful.
These
things
command
and
teach.
Let
no
man
despise thy
youth:
but
be thou
an example
of
the
faithful
in
word,
in
conversation,
in charity,
in
faith,
in chastity.
Till
I
come, attend unto
reading,
to
exhortation,
and
to
doctrine.
Neglect
not
the grace
that
is
in thee,
which
was
given thee
by prophesy,
with imposition
of
the
hands
of
the priesthood.
Meditate
upon
these
things,
be wholly
in
these
things:
that thy profiting
may
be manifest
to
all.
Take
heed
to thyself
and
to
doctrine:
be earnest
in
them.
For
in
doing
this thou shalt
both
save thyself
and
them
that
hear thee.
An ancient
man
rebuke
not,
but
entreat
him
as
a
father:
young
men,
as
brethren:
Old
women,
as
mothers:
young
women,
as
sisters,
in
all chastity.
Honour
widows, that
are
widows
indeed.
But
if
any
widow
have
children,
or
grandchildren,
let
her
learn
first
to govern
her
own
house,
and
to
make
a
return
of duty
to
her
parents:
for
this
is
acceptable
before
God.
But she
that
is
a
widow
indeed,
and desolate, let
her
trust
in
God,
and
continue
in supplications
and
prayers
night
and
day.
For she
that liveth
in pleasures,
is
dead
while she
is
living.
And
this
give
in
charge,
that
they
may
be blameless.
But
if
any
man
have
not care
of
his
own,
and
especially
of
those
of
his house,
he hath
denied
the
faith,
and
is
worse
than
an infidel.
Let
a
widow
be chosen
of
no
less
than threescore
years
of
age,
who hath
been
the
wife
of
one
husband.
Having
testimony
for
her
good
works,
if
she
have
brought
up
children,
if
she
have
received
to harbour,
if
she
have
washed
the
saints’
feet,
if
she
have ministered
to
them
that
suffer tribulation,
if
she
have diligently
followed
every
good
work.
But
the
younger
widows avoid.
For
when
they
have grown wanton
in
Christ,
they
will
marry:
Having damnation,
because
they
have made void
their
first
faith.
And withal being
idle
they
learn
to
go
about
from
house
to
house:
and
are
not
only
idle,
but tattlers
also,
and
busybodies,
speaking
things
which
they
ought
not.
I
will
therefore
that
the
younger
should
marry,
bear
children,
be mistresses
of families,
give
no
occasion
to
the adversary
to speak evil.
For
some
are
already
turned
aside
after
Satan.
If
any
of
the
faithful
have
widows,
let
him minister
to
them,
and
let
not
the
church
be charged:
that there
may
be sufficient
for
them
that
are
widows
indeed.
Let
the priests
that rule
well,
be esteemed
worthy
of
double honour:
especially
they
who labour
in
the
word
and
doctrine:
For
the
scripture saith: Thou shalt
not
muzzle
the
ox
that treadeth out
the corn:
and,
The labourer
is
worthy
of
his
reward.
Against
a priest
receive
not
an
accusation,
but
under
two
or
three
witnesses.
Them
that
sin
reprove
before
all:
that
the
rest
also
may
have
fear.
I
charge thee
before
God,
and
Christ
Jesus,
and
the
elect
angels,
that thou
observe
these
things
without
prejudice,
doing
nothing
by declining
to
either side.
Impose
not
hands lightly
upon
any
man,
neither
be partaker
of
other
men’s
sins.
Keep thyself
chaste.
Do
not still
drink
water,
but
use
a
little
wine
for thy stomach’s
sake,
and thy
frequent
infirmities.
Some
men’s
sins
are manifest,
going
before
to
judgment:
and
some
men
they
follow
after.
In like
manner
also
good
deeds
are manifest:
and
they
that
are
otherwise,
cannot
be
hid.
Whosoever
are
servants
under
the
yoke,
let
them
count
their
masters
worthy
of
all honour;
lest
the
name
of
the
Lord
and
his
doctrine
be
blasphemed.
But
they
that
have
believing
masters,
let
them
not
despise
them,
because
they
are
brethren;
but
serve
them
the
rather,
because
they
are
faithful
and
beloved,
who
are partakers
of
the
benefit.
These
things
teach
and
exhort.
If
any
man
teach
otherwise,
and consent
not
to
the
sound
words
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
to
that
doctrine
which
is
according
to
godliness,
He
is proud,
knowing
nothing,
but sick
about
questions
and strifes
of
words;
from
which
arise envies, contentions,
blasphemies,
evil
suspicions,
Conflicts
of
men
corrupted
in
mind,
and
who
are destitute
of
the
truth,
supposing
gain
to
be
godliness.
But
godliness
with
contentment
is
great
gain.
For
we
brought
nothing
into
this
world:
and
certainly
we
can
carry
nothing
out.
But
having
food,
and wherewith
to
be
covered,
with
these
we
are
content.
For
they
that
will
become
rich,
fall
into
temptation,
and
into
the
snare
of
the devil,
and
into
many unprofitable
and hurtful
desires,
which drown
men
into
destruction
and
perdition.
For
the
desire
of
money
is
the
root
of
all
evils;
which
some coveting
have erred
from
the
faith,
and
have entangled
themselves
in
many sorrows.
But thou,
O
man
of
God, fly
these
things:
and
pursue
justice,
godliness,
faith, charity,
patience, mildness.
Fight
the
good
fight
of
faith: lay
hold
on
eternal
life, whereunto thou art
called,
and hast
confessed
a
good
confession
before
many
witnesses.
I
charge thee
before
God,
who quickeneth
all
things,
and
before
Christ
Jesus,
who
gave
testimony
under
Pontius
Pilate,
a
good
confession,
That thou
keep
the
commandment without spot, blameless, unto
the coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
Which
in
his
times
he
shall shew
who
is
the
Blessed
and
only Mighty,
the
King
of
kings,
and
Lord
of
lords;
Who
only hath
immortality,
and inhabiteth
light inaccessible,
whom
no
man hath
seen,
nor
can
see:
to
whom
be honour
and empire everlasting.
Amen.
Charge
the
rich
of
this
world
not
to
be highminded,
nor
to
trust
in
the
uncertainty
of
riches,
but
in
the living
God, (who giveth
us
abundantly
all
things
to
enjoy,)
To
do
good,
to
be
rich
in
good
works,
to give easily,
to communicate
to others,
To lay
up
in store
for
themselves
a
good
foundation
against
the time
to
come,
that they
may lay
hold
on
the true
life.
O
Timothy,
keep that
which
is committed
to thy trust,
avoiding
the
profane novelties
of
words,
and oppositions
of
knowledge
falsely
so
called.
Which
some
promising,
have erred
concerning
the
faith.
Grace
be
with thee. Amen.
2 Timothy
Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy
2 Timothy
2Ti
Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
by
the
will
of
God,
according
to
the
promise
of
life,
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
To
Timothy
my dearly
beloved
son,
grace,
mercy,
and
peace,
from
God
the
Father,
and
from
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
I give
thanks
to
God,
whom
I
serve
from
my
forefathers
with
a
pure
conscience,
that
without ceasing,
I
have
a
remembrance
of thee
in
my
prayers,
night
and
day.
Desiring
to
see thee,
being mindful
of thy
tears,
that
I
may be
filled
with
joy,
Calling
to
mind
that
faith
which
is
in thee unfeigned,
which
also
dwelt
first
in thy
grandmother
Lois,
and
in thy
mother
Eunice,
and
I
am certain
that
in thee
also.
For
which
cause
I admonish thee,
that thou stir up
the grace
of
God
which
is
in thee,
by
the imposition
of
my
hands.
For
God hath
not
given
us
the
spirit
of fear:
but
of
power,
and
of
love,
and
of sobriety.
Be
not thou
therefore
ashamed
of
the
testimony
of
our
Lord,
nor
of
me
his
prisoner:
but labour
with
the
gospel,
according
to
the
power
of
God,
Who hath delivered
us
and
called
us
by
his
holy
calling,
not
according
to
our
works,
but
according
to
his
own
purpose
and
grace,
which
was
given
us
in
Christ
Jesus
before
the
times
of
the world.
But
is
now
made
manifest
by
the illumination
of
our Saviour
Jesus
Christ,
who hath destroyed
death,
and hath
brought
to
light
life
and incorruption
by
the
gospel:
Wherein
I
am
appointed
a
preacher,
and
an
apostle,
and
teacher
of
the Gentiles.
For
which
cause
I
also
suffer
these
things:
but
I
am
not
ashamed.
For
I
know
whom
I
have
believed,
and
I
am certain
that
he
is
able
to
keep
that
which
I
have committed unto
him,
against
that
day.
Hold
the form
of
sound
words,
which thou hast
heard
of
me
in
faith,
and
in
the
love
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
Keep
the
good
thing committed
to thy trust
by
the
Holy Ghost,
who dwelleth
in
us.
Thou knowest
this,
that
all
they
who
are
in
Asia,
are
turned
away
from
me:
of
whom
are Phigellus
and
Hermogenes.
The
Lord
give
mercy
to
the
house
of
Onesiphorus:
because
he hath
often
refreshed
me,
and hath
not
been
ashamed
of
my
chain:
But
when
he
was
come
to
Rome,
he carefully
sought
me,
and
found
me.
The
Lord
grant unto
him
to
find
mercy
of
the
Lord
in
that
day:
and
in
how
many
things
he
ministered unto
me
at
Ephesus, thou
very
well knowest.
Thou
therefore,
my
son,
be
strong
in
the
grace
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus:
And
the
things
which thou hast
heard
of
me
by
many
witnesses,
the
same
commend
to
faithful
men,
who
shall
be
fit
to
teach
others
also.
Labour
as
a
good
soldier
of
Christ
Jesus.
No
man, being a
soldier
to God, entangleth himself
with secular businesses;
that he
may
please
him
to
whom he hath engaged himself.
For
he
also
that striveth
for
the mastery,
is
not
crowned,
except
he strive
lawfully.
The husbandman, that laboureth,
must
first partake
of
the
fruits.
Understand
what
I
say:
for
the
Lord
will
give thee
in
all
things
understanding.
Be mindful
that
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
is
risen
again
from
the
dead,
of
the
seed
of
David,
according
to
my
gospel.
Wherein
I labour
even unto bands,
as
an evildoer;
but
the
word
of
God
is
not
bound.
Therefore
I
endure
all
things
for
the
sake
of
the
elect,
that
they
also
may
obtain
the
salvation,
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus,
with heavenly
glory.
A
faithful
saying:
for
if
we
be dead
with
him,
we
shall
live
also
with
him.
If
we suffer,
we
shall
also
reign
with
him.
If
we
deny
him,
he
will
also
deny us.
If
we
believe
not,
he continueth
faithful,
he
can
not
deny
himself.
Of
these
things put
them
in mind, charging
them
before
the
Lord. Contend
not
in
words,
for
it
is
to
no profit,
but
to
the subverting
of
the
hearers.
Carefully study
to
present thyself
approved unto
God,
a
workman
that needeth not
to
be
ashamed, rightly
handling
the
word
of
truth.
But shun
profane
and vain babblings:
for
they grow
much towards
ungodliness.
And
their
speech spreadeth
like
a canker:
of
whom
are Hymeneus
and
Philetus:
Who
have erred
from
the
truth,
saying,
that
the
resurrection
is past
already,
and
have subverted
the
faith
of
some.
But
the
sure
foundation
of
God standeth
firm,
having
this
seal:
the
Lord knoweth
who
are
his;
and
let
every
one
depart
from
iniquity
who nameth
the
name
of
the
Lord.
But
in
a
great
house
there
are
not
only
vessels
of
gold
and
silver,
but
also
of
wood
and earth:
and
some
indeed unto honour,
but
some unto dishonour.
If
any
man
therefore
shall cleanse
himself
from
these,
he
shall
be
a
vessel unto honour,
sanctified
and profitable
to
the
Lord,
prepared unto
every
good
work.
But
flee thou
youthful
desires,
and
pursue
justice,
faith, charity,
and
peace,
with
them
that
call
on
the
Lord
out
of
a
pure
heart.
And avoid
foolish
and unlearned
questions,
knowing
that
they beget strifes.
But
the
servant
of
the
Lord
must
not wrangle:
but
be mild towards
all
men, apt
to
teach,
patient,
With modesty admonishing
them
that resist
the
truth:
if peradventure
God
may
give
them
repentance
to know
the
truth,
And
they
may recover
themselves
from
the snares
of
the
devil,
by
whom
they
are
held
captive
at
his
will.
Know
also
this,
that,
in
the
last
days,
shall
come dangerous
times.
Men
shall
be
lovers
of
themselves, covetous, haughty, proud,
blasphemers,
disobedient
to
parents,
ungrateful, wicked,
Without affection,
without peace,
slanderers, incontinent, unmerciful,
without kindness,
Traitors, stubborn, puffed up,
and
lovers
of pleasures
more
than
of
God:
Having
an appearance
indeed
of
godliness,
but
denying
the
power thereof.
Now
these
avoid.
For
of
these sort
are
they
who creep
into
houses,
and
lead
captive silly
women laden
with
sins,
who
are
led
away
with divers
desires:
Ever
learning,
and
never attaining
to
the
knowledge
of
the
truth.
Now
as
Jannes
and Mambres resisted
Moses,
so
these
also
resist
the
truth,
men corrupted
in
mind, reprobate
concerning
the
faith.
But
they
shall
proceed
no farther;
for
their
folly
shall
be manifest
to
all
men,
as
theirs
also
was.
But thou hast fully known
my
doctrine, manner
of life,
purpose,
faith, longsuffering,
love,
patience,
Persecutions, afflictions:
such
as
came
upon
me
at
Antioch,
at
Iconium,
and
at
Lystra:
what
persecutions
I
endured,
and
out
of
them
all
the
Lord
delivered
me.
And
all
that
will
live
godly
in
Christ
Jesus,
shall suffer persecution.
But
evil
men
and seducers
shall grow
worse
and
worse:
erring,
and driving
into error.
But
continue thou
in
those
things
which thou hast
learned,
and
which
have
been committed
to thee:
knowing
of
whom thou hast
learned
them;
And
because
from thy
infancy thou hast known
the holy scriptures,
which
can instruct thee
to
salvation,
by
the
faith
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
All
scripture,
inspired
of
God,
is
profitable
to teach,
to reprove,
to correct,
to instruct
in
justice,
That
the
man
of
God
may
be perfect, furnished
to
every
good
work.
I
charge thee,
before
God
and
Jesus
Christ,
who
shall
judge
the
living
and
the
dead,
by
his coming,
and
his
kingdom:
Preach
the
word:
be instant
in
season, out
of
season:
reprove,
entreat,
rebuke
in
all
patience
and doctrine.
For
there shall
be
a
time,
when
they
will
not
endure
sound
doctrine;
but,
according
to
their
own
desires,
they
will heap
to
themselves
teachers, having itching
ears:
And
will
indeed
turn
away
their
hearing
from
the
truth,
but
will
be
turned unto
fables.
But
be thou vigilant, labour
in
all
things,
do
the
work
of
an
evangelist,
fulfill thy
ministry.
Be
sober.
For
I
am
even
now
ready
to
be sacrificed:
and
the
time
of
my dissolution
is
at hand.
I
have
fought a
good
fight,
I
have
finished
my
course,
I
have
kept
the
faith.
As
to
the rest,
there
is
laid up
for
me
a
crown
of
justice,
which
the
Lord
the
just
judge
will
render
to
me
in
that
day:
and
not
only
to
me,
but
to
them
also
that
love
his coming.
Make haste
to come
to
me
quickly.
For Demas hath left
me, loving this world,
and
is gone
to Thessalonica:
Crescens
into
Galatia,
Titus
into
Dalmatia.
Only
Luke
is
with
me.
Take
Mark,
and
bring
him
with thee:
for
he
is profitable
to
me
for
the
ministry.
But
Tychicus
I have
sent
to
Ephesus.
The cloak
that
I
left
at
Troas,
with
Carpus,
when thou comest,
bring
with thee,
and
the
books,
especially
the
parchments.
Alexander
the
coppersmith hath
done
me
much
evil:
the
Lord
will
reward
him
according
to
his
works:
Whom
do thou
also avoid,
for
he hath
greatly withstood
our
words.
At
my
first answer
no
man stood
with
me,
but
all forsook
me:
may
it
not
be laid
to
their charge.
But
the
Lord
stood
by
me,
and
strengthened
me,
that
by
me
the
preaching
may
be
accomplished,
and
that
all
the
Gentiles
may
hear:
and
I
was
delivered
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
lion.
The
Lord hath
delivered
me
from
every
evil
work:
and
will preserve
me unto
his
heavenly
kingdom,
to
whom
be
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
Salute
Prisca
and
Aquila,
and
the
household
of
Onesiphorus.
Erastus
remained
at
Corinth.
And
Trophimus
I
left
sick
at
Miletus.
Make haste
to
come
before
winter
Eubulus
and
Pudens,
and
Linus
and
Claudia,
and
all
the
brethren, salute thee.
The
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with thy
spirit.
Grace
be
with
you. Amen.
Titus
Paul’s Letter to Titus
Titus
Tit
Paul’s Letter to Titus
Paul,
a
servant
of
God,
and
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
according
to
the
faith
of
the
elect
of
God
and
the acknowledging
of
the
truth,
which
is
according
to
godliness:
Unto
the
hope
of
life everlasting,
which
God,
who lieth
not, hath
promised
before
the
times
of
the world:
But hath
in
due
times
manifested
his
word
in
preaching,
which
is committed
to
me
according
to
the
commandment
of
God
our Saviour:
To
Titus
my beloved
son,
according
to
the
common
faith,
grace
and
peace
from
God
the
Father,
and
from
Christ
Jesus
our Saviour.
For
this cause
I
left thee
in
Crete,
that thou shouldest
set
in
order
the
things
that
are wanting,
and shouldest ordain priests
in
every
city,
as
I
also
appointed thee:
If
any
be
without crime,
the
husband
of
one
wife,
having
faithful
children,
not
accused
of riot,
or unruly.
For
a bishop
must
be
without crime,
as
the
steward
of
God:
not proud,
not subject
to anger,
not given
to
wine,
no striker,
not greedy
of filthy lucre:
But given
to hospitality, gentle, sober,
just,
holy, continent:
Embracing
that
faithful
word
which
is
according
to
doctrine,
that
he
may
be
able
to
exhort
in
sound
doctrine,
and
to convince
the gainsayers.
For
there
are
also
many disobedient, vain
talkers,
and seducers:
especially
they
who
are
of
the
circumcision:
Who
must
be reproved,
who subvert
whole houses,
teaching
things
which
they
ought
not,
for filthy lucre’s
sake.
One
of
them
a
prophet
of
their
own,
said,
The Cretians
are
always
liars,
evil
beasts, slothful bellies.
This
testimony
is
true. Wherefore
rebuke
them
sharply,
that
they
may
be
sound
in
the
faith;
Not
giving heed
to
Jewish
fables
and
commandments
of
men,
who
turn themselves
away
from
the
truth.
All
things
are
clean
to
the
clean:
but
to
them
that
are
defiled,
and
to
unbelievers,
nothing
is
clean:
but
both
their
mind
and
their
conscience
are
defiled.
They
profess
that
they
know
God:
but
in
their
works
they
deny
him;
being abominable,
and incredulous,
and
to
every
good
work reprobate.
But
speak thou
the
things
that become
sound
doctrine:
That
the
aged
men
be sober, chaste,
prudent,
sound
in
faith,
in
love,
in
patience.
The aged
women,
in like
manner,
in holy attire,
not false accusers,
not given
to
much
wine,
teaching well:
That
they
may teach
the
young women
to
be wise,
to
love
their
husbands,
to
love
their
children,
To
be discreet,
chaste, sober, having
a care
of
the house, gentle,
obedient
to
their
husbands,
that
the
word
of
God
be
not
blasphemed.
Young men,
in like
manner,
exhort
that they be sober.
In
all
things shew thyself an example
of
good
works,
in
doctrine,
in integrity,
in gravity,
The
sound
word
that
can
not
be blamed:
that
he,
who
is
on
the
contrary
part,
may
be afraid,
having
no
evil
to
say
of
us.
Exhort
servants
to
be
obedient
to
their
masters,
in
all
things
pleasing,
not gainsaying:
Not defrauding,
but
in
all
things shewing
good fidelity,
that
they
may
adorn
the
doctrine
of
God
our Saviour
in
all
things:
For
the
grace
of
God
our Saviour hath
appeared
to
all
men;
Instructing
us,
that,
denying
ungodliness
and
worldly
desires,
we
should
live soberly,
and
justly,
and
godly
in
this
world,
Looking
for
the
blessed
hope
and coming
of
the
glory
of
the
great
God
and
our Saviour
Jesus
Christ,
Who
gave
himself
for
us,
that
he
might
redeem
us
from
all iniquity,
and
might
cleanse
to
himself
a
people acceptable,
a pursuer
of
good
works.
These
things
speak,
and
exhort
and
rebuke
with
all
authority.
Let
no
man despise thee.
Admonish
them
to
be
subject
to princes
and
powers,
to
obey
at
a word,
to
be
ready
to
every
good
work.
To speak
evil
of
no
man,
not
to
be litigious,
but
gentle: shewing
all mildness towards
all
men.
For
we
ourselves
also
were some
time unwise, incredulous,
erring,
slaves
to divers
desires
and
pleasures, living
in
malice
and
envy,
hateful,
and
hating
one
another.
But
when
the goodness
and
kindness
of
God
our Saviour
appeared:
Not
by
the
works
of
justice,
which
we
have
done,
but
according
to
his
mercy,
he
saved
us,
by
the laver
of
regeneration,
and renovation
of
the
Holy Ghost;
Whom
he hath poured forth
upon
us
abundantly,
through
Jesus
Christ
our Saviour:
That,
being
justified
by
his
grace,
we
may
be
heirs,
according
to
hope
of
life everlasting.
It
is
a
faithful
saying:
and
these
things
I
will
have thee affirm constantly:
that
they,
who
believe
in
God,
may
be
careful
to excel
in
good
works.
These
things
are
good
and
profitable unto
men.
But
avoid
foolish
questions,
and
genealogies,
and contentions,
and strivings
about
the
law.
For
they
are
unprofitable
and
vain.
A
man
that
is
a heretic,
after
the
first
and
second admonition, avoid:
Knowing
that
he,
that
is
such
an
one,
is subverted,
and sinneth,
being condemned
by
his own judgment.
When
I shall
send
to thee
Artemas
or
Tychicus,
make haste
to
come unto
me
to
Nicopolis.
For
there
I
have
determined
to
winter.
Send forward
Zenas,
the
lawyer,
and Apollo,
with care,
that
nothing
be wanting
to
them.
And
let
our men
also
learn
to excel
in
good
works
for
necessary uses:
that
they
be
not
unfruitful.
All
that
are
with
me salute thee: salute
them
that
love
us
in
the
faith.
The
grace
of God
be
with
you
all. Amen.
Philemon
Paul’s Letter to Philemon
Philemon
Phm
Paul’s Letter to Philemon
Paul,
a
prisoner
of
Christ
Jesus,
and
Timothy,
a
brother:
to
Philemon,
our
beloved
and
fellow labourer;
And
to Appia,
our dearest
sister,
and
to
Archippus,
our
fellow
soldier,
and
to
the
church
which
is
in thy
house:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father,
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
I
give
thanks
to
my
God,
always
making
a
remembrance
of thee
in
my
prayers.
Hearing
of thy charity
and
faith,
which thou hast
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
and towards
all
the
saints:
That
the communication
of thy
faith
may
be
made evident
in
the acknowledgment
of
every
good work,
that
is
in
you
in
Christ
Jesus.
For
I
have
had
great
joy
and
consolation
in thy charity,
because
the bowels
of
the
saints
have
been
refreshed
by thee,
brother.
Wherefore
though
I
have
much
confidence
in
Christ Jesus,
to
command thee
that
which
is
to
the purpose:
For charity
sake
I
rather beseech,
whereas thou art
such
a
one,
as
Paul
an
old
man,
and
now
a
prisoner
also
of
Jesus
Christ.
I beseech thee
for
my
son,
whom
I
have
begotten
in
my bands,
Onesimus,
Who hath
been heretofore unprofitable
to thee,
but
now
is profitable
both
to
me
and thee,
Whom
I
have
sent
back
to thee.
And
do thou receive
him
as
my
own bowels.
Whom
I
would
have retained
with
me,
that
in thy stead
he
might
have
ministered
to
me
in
the bands
of
the
gospel:
But
without thy counsel
I
would
do
nothing:
that thy
good deed might
not
be
as
it
were
of
necessity,
but voluntary.
For
perhaps
he
therefore
departed
for
a season
from thee,
that thou mightest receive
him again
for ever:
Not
now
as
a
servant,
but
instead
of
a
servant,
a
most
dear
brother,
especially
to
me:
but
how
much
more
to thee
both
in
the
flesh
and
in
the
Lord?
If
therefore thou count
me
a
partner,
receive
him
as
myself.
And
if
he hath
wronged thee
in
any
thing,
or
is
in thy debt, put
that
to
my
account.
I
Paul
have
written
it
with
my
own
hand:
I
will
repay
it:
not
to
say
to thee,
that thou owest
me thy
own
self
also.
Yea,
brother.
May
I enjoy thee
in
the
Lord.
Refresh
my bowels
in
the
Lord.
Trusting
in thy
obedience,
I
have
written
to thee:
knowing
that thou wilt
also
do
more
than
I
say.
But withal
prepare
me
also
a
lodging.
For
I
hope
that
through
your
prayers
I
shall
be
given unto
you.
There salute thee
Epaphras,
my
fellow
prisoner
in
Christ
Jesus;
Mark,
Aristarchus,
Demas,
and
Luke my
fellow labourers.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit. Amen.
Hebrews
The Letter to the Hebrews
Hebrews
Heb
The Letter to the Hebrews
God,
who,
at sundry times
and
in divers manners,
spoke
in times
past
to
the
fathers
by
the
prophets,
last
of
all,
In
these
days hath
spoken
to
us
by
his
Son,
whom
he hath
appointed
heir
of
all
things,
by
whom
also
he
made
the
world.
Who
being
the
brightness
of
his
glory,
and
the figure
of
his substance,
and upholding
all
things
by
the
word
of
his
power,
making purgation
of
sins, sitteth
on
the
right
hand
of
the
majesty
on
high.
Being
made
so
much
better
than
the
angels,
as
he hath
inherited
a
more
excellent
name
than
they.
For
to
which
of
the
angels hath
he
said
at
any
time, Thou art
my
Son,
today
have
I
begotten thee?
And
again,
I
will
be
to
him
a
Father,
and
he
shall
be
to
me
a
Son?
And
again,
when
he bringeth
in
the first begotten
into
the
world,
he saith:
And
let
all
the
angels
of
God adore
him.
And
to
the
angels
indeed
he saith:
He
that maketh
his
angels
spirits,
and
his
ministers
a
flame
of
fire.
But
to
the
Son: Thy
throne, O
God,
is
for
ever
and
ever:
a sceptre
of justice
is
the sceptre
of thy
kingdom.
Thou hast
loved
justice,
and
hated
iniquity:
therefore
God, thy
God, hath
anointed thee
with
the
oil
of
gladness
above thy fellows.
And: Thou
in
the
beginning, O
Lord, didst
found
the
earth:
and
the
works
of thy
hands
are
the
heavens.
They
shall
perish,
but thou shalt
continue:
and
they
shall
all grow
old
as
a
garment.
And
as
a vesture shalt thou
change
them,
and
they
shall
be
changed:
but thou art
the selfsame,
and thy
years
shall
not
fail.
But
to
which
of
the
angels
said
he
at
any
time:
Sit
on
my
right
hand,
until
I
make thy
enemies thy
footstool?
Are
they
not
all
ministering
spirits,
sent
to minister
for
them,
who shall receive
the inheritance
of
salvation?
Therefore
ought
we
more diligently
to observe
the
things
which
we
have
heard, lest
perhaps
we
should let
them slip.
For
if
the
word,
spoken
by
angels,
became
steadfast,
and
every
transgression
and
disobedience
received
a
just recompense
of
reward:
How
shall
we
escape
if
we
neglect
so
great
salvation?
which having begun
to
be
declared
by
the
Lord,
was
confirmed unto
us
by
them
that
heard
him.
God
also bearing
them witness
by
signs,
and
wonders,
and divers
miracles,
and distributions
of
the
Holy Ghost,
according
to
his
own
will.
For
God hath
not
subjected unto
angels
the
world
to
come, whereof
we
speak.
But
one
in
a
certain place hath
testified,
saying:
What
is
man,
that thou art mindful
of
him:
or
the
son
of
man,
that thou visitest
him?
Thou hast
made
him
a
little
lower
than
the
angels: thou hast
crowned
him
with
glory
and honour,
and hast set
him
over
the works
of thy hands:
Thou hast
subjected
all
things
under
his
feet.
For
in
that
he hath
subjected
all
things
to
him,
he
left
nothing
not
subject
to
him.
But
now
we
see
not
as
yet
all
things
subject
to
him.
But
we
see
Jesus,
who
was
made
a
little
lower
than
the
angels,
for
the
suffering
of
death,
crowned
with
glory
and honour:
that,
through
the
grace
of
God,
he
might
taste
death
for
all.
For
it became
him,
for
whom
are
all
things,
and
by
whom
are
all
things,
who
had
brought
many children
into
glory,
to
perfect
the
author
of
their
salvation,
by
his passion.
For
both
he
that sanctifieth,
and
they
who
are
sanctified,
are
all
of
one.
For
which
cause
he
is
not
ashamed
to
call
them
brethren, saying:
I
will declare thy
name
to
my
brethren;
in
the
midst
of
the
church
will
I
praise thee.
And
again:
I
will
put
my
trust
in
him.
And
again:
Behold
I
and
my
children,
whom
God hath
given
me.
Therefore
because
the
children
are partakers
of
flesh
and
blood,
he
also
himself
in
like manner hath
been partaker
of
the
same:
that,
through
death,
he
might destroy
him
who
had
the empire
of
death,
that
is
to
say,
the
devil:
And
might deliver
them,
who
through
the
fear
of
death
were
all
their lifetime
subject
to servitude.
For
no where doth
he
take
hold
of
the
angels:
but
of
the
seed
of
Abraham
he taketh
hold.
Wherefore
it behoved
him
in
all
things
to
be
made
like unto
his
brethren,
that
he
might
become
a
merciful
and
faithful
priest
before
God,
that
he
might
be
a
propitiation
for
the
sins
of
the
people.
For
in
that, wherein
he
himself hath
suffered
and been
tempted,
he
is
able
to succour
them
also
that
are
tempted.
Wherefore,
holy
brethren,
partakers
of
the
heavenly vocation,
consider
the
apostle
and
high
priest
of
our
confession,
Jesus:
Who
is
faithful
to
him
that
made
him,
as
was
also
Moses
in
all
his
house.
For
this
man
was
counted
worthy
of
greater
glory
than
Moses,
by
so
much
as
he
that hath
built
the
house, hath
greater honour
than
the
house.
For
every
house
is
built
by
some
man:
but
he
that created
all
things,
is
God.
And
Moses
indeed
was
faithful
in
all
his
house
as
a
servant,
for
a
testimony
of
those
things
which
were
to
be
said:
But
Christ
as
the
Son
in
his
own
house:
which
house
are
we,
if
we
hold
fast
the
confidence
and
glory
of
hope unto
the
end.
Wherefore,
as
the
Holy Ghost saith:
Today
if
you
shall
hear
his
voice,
Harden
not
your
hearts,
as
in
the provocation;
in
the
day
of
temptation
in
the
desert,
Where
your
fathers
tempted
me, proved
and
saw
my
works,
Forty
years:
for
which cause
I
was offended
with
this
generation,
and
I
said:
They
always err
in
heart.
And
they
have
not
known
my
ways,
As
I
have
sworn
in
my
wrath:
If
they shall
enter
into
my
rest.
Take
heed,
brethren, lest
perhaps
there
be
in
any
of
you
an
evil
heart
of
unbelief,
to
depart
from
the
living
God.
But
exhort
one
another
every
day, whilst
it
is
called
today,
that
none
of
you
be
hardened
through
the
deceitfulness
of
sin.
For
we
are
made
partakers
of
Christ:
yet
so,
if
we
hold
the
beginning
of
his substance
firm unto
the
end.
While
it
is
said,
Today
if
you
shall
hear
his
voice,
harden
not
your
hearts,
as
in
that provocation.
For
some
who
heard
did provoke:
but
not
all
that
came
out
of
Egypt
by
Moses.
And
with
whom
was
he offended
forty
years?
Was
it
not
with
them
that
sinned,
whose carcasses
were overthrown
in
the
desert?
And
to
whom
did
he
swear,
that
they should
not
enter
into
his
rest:
but
to
them
that
were incredulous?
And
we
see
that
they
could
not
enter
in,
because
of
unbelief.
Let
us
fear
therefore lest
the
promise
being
left
of
entering
into
his
rest,
any
of
you
should
be
thought
to
be wanting.
For unto
us
also
it hath
been
declared,
in
like manner
as unto
them.
But
the
word
of
hearing
did
not
profit
them,
not
being mixed
with
faith
of
those
things
they
heard.
For
we,
who
have
believed, shall
enter
into
rest;
as
he
said:
As
I
have
sworn
in
my
wrath;
If
they shall
enter
into
my
rest;
and
this
indeed
when
the
works
from
the
foundation
of
the
world
were
finished.
For
in
a certain
place
he
spoke
of
the
seventh
day
thus:
And
God
rested
the
seventh
day
from
all
his
works.
And
in
this
place
again:
If
they
shall
enter
into
my
rest.
Seeing
then
it remaineth
that
some
are
to
enter
into
it,
and
they,
to
whom
it
was
first
preached,
did
not
enter
because
of unbelief:
Again
he limiteth
a
certain
day,
saying
in
David,
Today,
after
so
long
a
time,
as
it
is above
said:
Today
if
you
shall
hear
his
voice,
harden
not
your
hearts.
For
if
Jesus
had
given
them
rest,
he
would
never
have afterwards
spoken
of
another
day.
There remaineth
therefore
a day
of
rest
for
the
people
of
God.
For
he
that
is
entered
into
his
rest,
the
same
also hath
rested
from
his
works,
as
God
did
from
his.
Let
us hasten
therefore
to
enter
into
that
rest;
lest
any
man
fall
into
the
same
example
of unbelief.
For
the
word
of
God
is
living
and effectual,
and
more
piercing
than
any two edged
sword;
and reaching unto
the
division
of
the
soul
and
the
spirit,
of
the
joints
also
and
the
marrow,
and
is
a discerner
of
the
thoughts
and intents
of
the
heart.
Neither
is
there
any
creature invisible
in
his
sight:
but
all
things
are
naked
and
open
to
his
eyes,
to
whom
our
speech
is.
Having
therefore
a
great
high
priest
that hath
passed
into
the
heavens,
Jesus
the
Son
of
God:
let us
hold
fast
our
confession.
For
we
have
not
a
high
priest,
who
can
not
have compassion
on
our
infirmities:
but
one
tempted
in
all
things
like
as
we
are,
without
sin.
Let
us
go
therefore
with
confidence
to
the
throne
of
grace:
that
we
may obtain
mercy,
and
find
grace
in seasonable aid.
For
every
high
priest
taken
from
among
men,
is ordained
for
men
in
the
things
that appertain
to
God,
that
he
may
offer
up
gifts
and
sacrifices
for
sins:
Who
can
have compassion
on
them
that
are
ignorant
and
that err:
because
he
himself
also
is compassed
with
infirmity.
And
therefore
he
ought,
as
for
the
people,
so
also
for
himself,
to
offer
for
sins.
Neither doth
any
man
take
the honour
to
himself,
but
he
that
is
called
by
God,
as
Aaron
was.
So
Christ
also
did
not
glorify
himself,
that
he
might
be
made
a
high
priest:
but
he
that
said unto
him: Thou art
my
Son,
this
day
have
I
begotten thee.
As
he saith
also
in
another
place: Thou art
a
priest
for
ever,
according
to
the
order
of Melchisedech.
Who
in
the
days
of
his
flesh,
with
a
strong cry
and
tears,
offering
up
prayers
and
supplications
to
him
that
was
able
to
save
him
from
death,
was
heard
for
his
reverence.
And whereas
indeed
he
was
the
Son
of God,
he
learned
obedience
by
the
things
which
he
suffered:
And
being consummated,
he
became,
to
all
that
obey
him,
the
cause
of
eternal
salvation.
Called
by
God
a
high
priest
according
to
the
order
of Melchisedech.
Of
whom
we
have
much
to
say,
and
hard
to
be intelligibly uttered:
because
you
are
become weak
to hear.
For whereas
for
the
time
you
ought
to
be masters,
you
have
need
to
be
taught
again
what
are
the
first
elements
of
the
words
of
God:
and
you
are
become
such
as
have
need
of
milk,
and
not
of
strong
meat.
For
every
one
that
is
a partaker
of
milk,
is unskillful
in
the
word
of
justice:
for
he
is
a little
child.
But
strong
meat
is
for
the
perfect;
for
them
who
by custom
have
their
senses exercised
to
the discerning
of
good
and
evil.
Wherefore
leaving
the
word
of
the
beginning
of
Christ,
let
us
go
on
to
things
more
perfect,
not
laying
again
the
foundation
of penance
from
dead
works,
and
of
faith towards
God,
Of
the doctrine
of baptisms,
and imposition
of
hands,
and
of
the
resurrection
of
the
dead,
and
of
eternal
judgment.
And
this
will
we
do,
if
God
permit.
For
it
is
impossible
for
those
who
were
once illuminated,
have
tasted
also
the
heavenly
gift,
and
were
made
partakers
of
the
Holy Ghost,
Have moreover
tasted
the
good
word
of
God,
and
the
powers
of
the
world
to
come,
And
are
fallen
away:
to
be renewed
again
to penance, crucifying
again
to
themselves
the
Son
of
God,
and making
him
a mockery.
For
the
earth
that drinketh
in
the
rain
which cometh
often
upon
it,
and bringeth
forth herbs meet
for
them
by
whom
it
is
tilled, receiveth
blessing
from
God.
But
that
which bringeth forth
thorns
and briers,
is reprobate,
and
very
near unto
a
curse,
whose
end
is
to
be burnt.
But,
my dearly
beloved,
we
trust
better
things
of
you,
and nearer
to
salvation;
though
we
speak
thus.
For
God
is
not
unjust,
that
he
should
forget
your
work,
and
the
love
which
you
have shewn
in
his
name,
you
who
have
ministered,
and
do
minister
to
the
saints.
And
we
desire
that
every
one
of
you shew forth
the
same carefulness
to
the accomplishing
of
hope unto
the
end:
That
you
become
not slothful,
but followers
of
them,
who
through
faith
and
patience
shall
inherit
the
promises.
For
God
making
promise
to
Abraham,
because
he
had
no
one
greater
by
whom
he
might
swear,
swore
by
himself,
Saying:
Unless
blessing
I
shall
bless thee,
and
multiplying
I
shall
multiply thee.
And
so
patiently enduring
he
obtained
the
promise.
For
men
swear
by
one
greater
than
themselves:
and
an
oath
for
confirmation
is
the
end
of
all
their controversy.
Wherein
God, meaning more abundantly
to shew
to
the
heirs
of
the
promise
the immutability
of
his
counsel,
interposed
an
oath:
That
by
two immutable
things,
in
which
it
is
impossible
for
God
to
lie,
we
may
have
the strongest
comfort,
who
have
fled
for
refuge
to
hold
fast
the
hope
set
before
us.
Which
we
have
as
an
anchor
of
the
soul,
sure
and
firm,
and
which entereth
in
even
within
the
veil;
Where
the
forerunner
Jesus
is
entered
for
us,
made
a
high
priest
for
ever
according
to
the
order
of Melchisedech.
For
this Melchisedech
was
king
of
Salem,
priest
of
the
most
high
God,
who
met
Abraham
returning
from
the
slaughter
of
the
kings,
and
blessed
him:
To
whom
also
Abraham
divided
the
tithes
of
all:
who
first
indeed
by interpretation,
is
king
of
justice:
and
then
also
king
of
Salem,
that
is,
king
of
peace:
Without
father,
without
mother,
without
genealogy,
having
neither
beginning
of
days
nor
end
of
life,
but likened unto
the
Son
of
God, continueth
a
priest
for ever.
Now consider
how
great
this
man
is,
to
whom
also
Abraham
the
patriarch
gave
tithes
out
of
the principal
things.
And
indeed
they
that
are
of
the
sons
of
Levi,
who
receive
the priesthood,
have
a
commandment
to
take tithes
of
the
people
according
to
the
law,
that
is
to say,
of
their
brethren:
though
they
themselves
also
came
out
of
the
loins
of
Abraham.
But
he,
whose pedigree
is
not numbered
among
them,
received
tithes
of
Abraham,
and
blessed
him
that
had
the
promises.
And
without
all contradiction,
that
which
is
less,
is
blessed
by
the
better.
And
here
indeed,
men
that
die,
receive thithes:
but
there
he hath
witness,
that
he liveth.
And (as
it
may
be
said)
even
Levi
who
received
tithes,
paid
tithes
in
Abraham:
For
he
was
yet
in
the
loins
of
his
father,
when Melchisedech
met
him.
If
then
perfection
was
by
the
Levitical
priesthood, (for
under
it
the
people
received
the
law,)
what
further
need
was
there
that
another
priest
should
rise
according
to
the
order
of Melchisedech,
and
not
be
called
according
to
the
order
of
Aaron?
For
the
priesthood
being translated,
it
is
necessary
that
a translation
also
be
made
of
the
law.
For
he,
of
whom
these
things
are
spoken,
is
of
another
tribe,
of
which
no
one attended
on
the
altar.
For
it
is
evident
that
our
Lord sprung
out
of Juda:
in
which
tribe
Moses
spoke
nothing
concerning
priests.
And
it
is
yet
far
more evident:
if
according
to
the similitude
of Melchisedech
there ariseth
another
priest,
Who
is
made
not
according
to
the
law
of
a carnal
commandment,
but
according
to
the
power
of
an indissoluble
life:
For
he testifieth: Thou art
a
priest
for
ever,
according
to
the
order
of Melchisedech.
There
is
indeed
a
setting
aside
of
the
former
commandment,
because
of
the
weakness
and unprofitableness thereof:
(For
the
law brought
nothing
to perfection,)
but
a bringing
in
of
a
better
hope,
by
which
we
draw nigh
to
God.
And inasmuch
as
it
is
not
without
an
oath, (for
the
others
indeed
were
made
priests
without
an
oath;
But
this
with
an
oath,
by
him
that
said unto
him:
The
Lord hath
sworn,
and
he
will
not repent, Thou art
a
priest
for
ever.)
By
so
much
is
Jesus
made
a surety
of
a
better testament.
And
the
others
indeed
were
made
many
priests,
because
by
reason
of
death
they
were
not suffered
to
continue:
But
this,
for
that
he continueth
for
ever, hath
an everlasting
priesthood,
Whereby
he
is
able
also
to
save
for ever
them
that
come
to
God
by
him;
always
living
to
make
intercession
for
us.
For
it
was
fitting
that
we
should
have
such
a
high
priest,
holy,
innocent,
undefiled,
separated
from
sinners,
and
made higher
than
the
heavens;
Who needeth
not
daily (as
the
other
priests)
to
offer
sacrifices
first
for
his
own
sins,
and
then
for
the people’s:
for
this
he
did
once,
in
offering
himself.
For
the
law maketh
men
priests,
who
have
infirmity:
but
the
word
of
the
oath,
which
was
since
the
law,
the
Son
who
is
perfected
for evermore.
Now
of
the
things
which
we
have
spoken,
this
is
the
sum:
We
have
such
an
high
priest,
who
is set
on
the
right
hand
of
the
throne
of
majesty
in
the
heavens,
A
minister
of
the
holies,
and
of
the
true
tabernacle,
which
the
Lord hath
pitched,
and
not
man.
For
every
high
priest
is
appointed
to
offer
gifts
and
sacrifices: wherefore
it
is
necessary
that
he
also
should
have
some
thing
to
offer.
If
then
he
were
on
earth,
he
would
not
be
a
priest: seeing
that
there
would
be
others
to
offer
gifts
according
to
the
law,
Who
serve unto
the
example
and
shadow
of
heavenly
things.
As
it
was
answered
to
Moses,
when
he
was
to
finish
the
tabernacle:
See (saith
he)
that thou
make
all
things
according
to
the
pattern
which
was shewn thee
on
the
mount.
But
now
he hath
obtained
a
better
ministry,
by
how
much
also
he
is
a
mediator
of
a
better testament,
which
is established
on
better
promises.
For
if
that former
had
been
faultless,
there
should
not
indeed
a
place
have
been
sought
for
a
second.
For
finding
fault
with
them,
he saith:
Behold,
the
days
shall
come, saith
the
Lord:
and
I
will perfect unto
the
house
of
Israel,
and unto
the
house
of Juda,
a
new testament:
Not
according
to
the testament
which
I
made
to
their
fathers,
on
the
day
when
I
took
them
by
the
hand
to
lead
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt:
because
they continued
not
in
my testament:
and
I regarded
them
not, saith
the
Lord.
For
this
is
the testament
which
I
will
make
to
the
house
of
Israel
after
those
days, saith
the
Lord:
I
will
give
my
laws
into
their
mind,
and
in
their
heart
will
I
write
them:
and
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
shall
be
my
people:
And
they
shall
not
teach
every
man
his neighbour
and
every
man
his
brother,
saying,
Know
the
Lord:
for
all
shall
know
me
from
the
least
to
the
greatest
of
them:
Because
I
will
be
merciful
to
their
iniquities,
and
their
sins
I
will
remember
no
more.
Now
in
saying
a
new,
he hath
made
the former
old.
And
that
which decayeth
and groweth
old,
is
near its end.
The former
indeed
had
also justifications
of
divine
service,
and
a
worldly
sanctuary.
For
there
was
a
tabernacle
made
the
first, wherein
were
the candlesticks,
and
the
table,
and
the setting forth
of
loaves,
which
is
called
the
holy.
And
after
the
second
veil,
the
tabernacle,
which
is
called
the
holy
of
holies:
Having
a
golden censer,
and
the
ark
of
the testament
covered
about
on
every part
with
gold,
in
which
was
a
golden pot
that
had
manna,
and
the
rod
of
Aaron,
that
had blossomed,
and
the
tables
of
the testament.
And
over
it
were
the cherubims
of
glory
overshadowing
the propitiatory:
of
which
it
is
not needful
to
speak
now particularly.
Now
these
things being
thus ordered,
into
the
first
tabernacle
the
priests
indeed
always entered, accomplishing
the offices
of sacrifices.
But
into
the
second,
the
high
priest
alone,
once
a
year:
not
without
blood,
which
he offereth
for
his
own,
and
the people’s
ignorance:
The
Holy Ghost
signifying
this,
that
the
way into
the
holies
was
not
yet
made
manifest, whilst
the former
tabernacle
was
yet
standing.
Which
is
a
parable
of
the
time
present:
according
to
which
gifts
and
sacrifices
are
offered,
which
can
not,
as
to
the
conscience,
make
him
perfect
that serveth,
only
in meats
and
in drinks,
And divers
washings,
and justices
of
the
flesh laid
on
them
until
the
time
of correction.
But
Christ,
being
come
an
high
priest
of
the
good
things
to
come,
by
a
greater
and
more
perfect
tabernacle
not
made
with
hand,
that
is,
not
of
this
creation:
Neither
by
the
blood
of
goats,
or
of
calves,
but
by
his
own
blood,
entered
once
into
the
holies, having
obtained
eternal
redemption.
For
if
the
blood
of
goats
and
of
oxen,
and
the
ashes
of
an
heifer being
sprinkled,
sanctify such
as
are
defiled,
to
the
cleansing
of
the
flesh:
How
much
more
shall
the
blood
of
Christ,
who
by
the Holy Ghost
offered
himself unspotted unto
God,
cleanse
our
conscience
from
dead
works,
to
serve
the
living
God?
And
therefore
he
is
the
mediator
of
the
new testament:
that
by
means
of
his
death,
for
the
redemption
of
those
transgressions,
which
were
under
the former testament,
they
that
are
called
may
receive
the
promise
of
eternal
inheritance.
For
where
there
is
a testament,
the
death
of
the testator
must
of
necessity come
in.
For
a testament
is
of
force,
after
men
are
dead:
otherwise
it
is
as
yet
of
no strength, whilst
the testator liveth.
Whereupon
neither
was
the
first indeed dedicated
without
blood.
For
when
every
commandment
of
the
law
had
been read
by
Moses
to
all
the
people,
he
took
the
blood
of
calves
and
goats,
with
water,
and
scarlet
wool
and
hyssop,
and
sprinkled
both
the
book
itself
and
all
the
people,
Saying:
This
is
the
blood
of
the testament,
which
God hath enjoined unto
you.
The
tabernacle
also
and
all
the
vessels
of
the
ministry,
in
like
manner,
he
sprinkled
with
blood.
And
almost
all
things,
according
to
the
law,
are
cleansed
with
blood:
and
without
shedding
of
blood
there
is
no remission.
It
is
necessary
therefore
that
the patterns
of
heavenly
things
should
be
cleansed
with
these:
but
the
heavenly
things
themselves
with
better
sacrifices
than
these.
For
Jesus
is
not
entered
into
the
holies
made
with
hands,
the patterns
of
the
true:
but
into
heaven
itself,
that
he
may
appear
now
in
the
presence
of
God
for
us.
Nor yet
that
he
should
offer
himself
often,
as
the
high
priest entereth
into
the
holies,
every
year
with
the
blood
of
others:
For
then
he
ought
to
have
suffered
often
from
the
beginning
of
the
world:
but
now
once
at
the
end
of
ages,
he hath
appeared
for
the destruction
of
sin,
by
the
sacrifice
of
himself.
And
as
it
is
appointed unto
men
once
to
die,
and
after
this
the
judgment:
So
also
Christ
was
offered
once
to exhaust
the
sins
of
many;
the
second
time
he
shall
appear
without
sin
to
them
that expect
him unto
salvation.
For
the
law
having
a
shadow
of
the
good
things
to
come,
not
the
very
image
of
the
things;
by
the selfsame
sacrifices
which
they
offer
continually
every
year,
can
never
make
the comers thereunto
perfect:
For then
they
would
have
ceased
to
be
offered:
because
the worshippers
once
cleansed
should
have
no
conscience
of
sin
any
longer:
But
in
them
there
is made
a commemoration
of
sins
every
year.
For
it
is
impossible that
with
the
blood
of
oxen
and
goats
sin
should
be
taken
away.
Wherefore
when
he cometh
into
the
world,
he saith:
Sacrifice
and oblation thou wouldest
not:
but
a
body thou hast fitted
to
me:
Holocausts
for
sin did
not please thee.
Then
said
I:
Behold
I
come:
in
the head
of
the
book
it
is
written
of
me:
that
I
should
do thy
will, O
God.
In
saying
before,
Sacrifices,
and oblations,
and holocausts
for
sin thou wouldest
not,
neither
are
they pleasing
to thee,
which
are
offered
according
to
the
law.
Then
said
I:
Behold,
I
come
to
do thy
will, O
God:
he taketh
away
the
first,
that
he
may
establish
that
which followeth.
In
the
which
will,
we
are
sanctified
by
the oblation
of
the
body
of
Jesus
Christ
once.
And
every
priest
indeed standeth
daily
ministering,
and
often
offering
the
same
sacrifices,
which
can
never
take
away
sins.
But
this
man
offering
one
sacrifice
for
sins,
for ever sitteth
on
the
right
hand
of
God,
From henceforth expecting,
until
his
enemies
be
made
his
footstool.
For
by
one oblation he hath
perfected
for ever them that
are
sanctified.
And
the
Holy Ghost
also doth
testify
this
to
us.
For
after
that
he
said:
And
this
is
the testament
which
I
will
make unto
them
after
those
days, saith
the
Lord.
I
will
give
my
laws
in
their
hearts,
and
on
their
minds
will
I
write
them:
And
their
sins
and iniquities
I
will
remember
no
more.
Now
where
there
is
a remission
of
these,
there
is
no
more
an oblation
for
sin.
Having
therefore,
brethren,
a
confidence
in
the entering
into
the
holies
by
the
blood
of Christ;
A
new
and
living
way
which
he hath dedicated
for us
through
the
veil,
that
is
to
say,
his
flesh,
And
a
high
priest
over
the
house
of
God:
Let
us
draw
near
with
a
true
heart
in fulness
of
faith, having
our
hearts
sprinkled
from
an
evil
conscience,
and
our
bodies
washed
with
clean water.
Let us
hold
fast
the
confession
of
our
hope
without
wavering (for
he
is
faithful
that hath
promised),
And let
us
consider
one
another,
to provoke unto charity
and
to
good
works:
Not
forsaking
our assembly,
as
some
are accustomed;
but comforting
one
another,
and
so
much
the
more
as
you
see
the
day
approaching.
For if
we
sin wilfully
after having
the
knowledge
of
the
truth, there
is now
left
no
sacrifice
for
sins,
But
a
certain dreadful
expectation
of
judgment,
and
the rage
of
a
fire
which
shall
consume
the
adversaries.
A
man making void
the
law
of
Moses, dieth
without
any
mercy
under
two
or
three
witnesses:
How
much more,
do
you
think
he deserveth
worse punishments,
who hath trodden
under
foot
the
Son
of
God,
and hath esteemed
the
blood
of
the testament
unclean,
by
which
he
was
sanctified,
and hath offered
an affront
to
the
Spirit
of
grace?
For
we
know
him
that hath
said:
Vengeance belongeth
to
me,
and
I
will
repay.
And
again:
The
Lord
shall
judge
his
people.
It
is
a
fearful
thing
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
living
God.
But call
to mind
the
former
days, wherein,
being illuminated,
you
endured
a
great fight
of afflictions.
And
on
the
one
hand
indeed,
by
reproaches
and
tribulations,
were
made
a gazingstock;
and
on
the
other,
became companions
of
them
that
were used
in
such sort.
For
you
both
had compassion
on
them
that
were
in bands,
and took
with
joy
the
being stripped
of
your
own goods,
knowing
that
you
have
a
better
and
a
lasting substance.
Do
not
therefore lose
your
confidence,
which hath
a
great
reward.
For
patience
is
necessary
for
you;
that,
doing
the
will
of
God,
you
may
receive
the
promise.
For
yet
a
little
and
a
very
little
while,
and
he
that
is
to
come,
will
come,
and
will
not
delay.
But
my
just
man liveth
by
faith;
but
if
he
withdraw
himself,
he
shall
not please
my
soul.
But
we
are
not
the children
of withdrawing unto
perdition,
but
of
faith
to
the saving
of
the
soul.
Now
faith
is
the substance
of
things
to
be
hoped
for,
the evidence
of
things
that appear
not.
For
by
this
the ancients
obtained
a
testimony.
By
faith
we
understand
that
the
world
was framed
by
the
word
of
God;
that
from invisible
things
visible
things
might
be
made.
By
faith
Abel
offered
to
God
a
sacrifice exceeding
that
of
Cain,
by
which
he
obtained
a
testimony
that
he
was
just,
God giving
testimony
to
his
gifts;
and
by
it
he
being
dead
yet speaketh.
By
faith Henoch
was translated,
that
he
should
not
see
death;
and
he
was
not
found,
because
God
had translated
him:
for
before
his translation
he
had
testimony
that
he
pleased
God.
But
without
faith
it
is
impossible
to
please
God.
For
he
that cometh
to
God,
must
believe
that
he
is,
and
is
a
rewarder
to
them
that seek
him.
By
faith Noe, having received
an answer
concerning
those
things
which
as
yet
were
not
seen, moved
with fear, framed
the
ark
for
the saving
of
his
house,
by
the
which
he
condemned
the
world;
and
was instituted
heir
of
the
justice
which
is
by
faith.
By
faith
he
that
is
called
Abraham,
obeyed
to
go
out
into
a
place
which
he
was
to
receive
for
an
inheritance;
and
he
went
out,
not
knowing whither
he
went.
By
faith
he abode
in
the
land,
dwelling
in cottages,
with
Isaac
and
Jacob,
the co-heirs
of
the
same
promise.
For
he looked
for
a
city
that hath
foundations;
whose
builder
and maker
is
God.
By
faith
also Sara
herself, being barren,
received
strength
to conceive
seed,
even past
the
time
of
age;
because
she believed
that
he
was
faithful
who
had
promised,
For
which cause there sprung
even
from
one (and
him
as good
as
dead)
as
the
stars
of
heaven
in
multitude,
and
as
the
sand
which
is
by
the
sea shore
innumerable.
All
these
died
according
to
faith,
not having
received
the
promises,
but beholding
them afar
off,
and saluting
them,
and
confessing
that
they
are pilgrims
and
strangers
on
the
earth.
For
they
that
say
these
things,
do signify
that
they
seek
a
country.
And truly
if
they
had
been mindful
of
that
from whence
they came
out,
they
had doubtless
time
to
return.
But
now
they
desire
a
better,
that
is
to say,
a
heavenly country.
Therefore
God
is
not
ashamed
to
be
called
their
God;
for
he hath
prepared
for
them
a
city.
By
faith
Abraham,
when
he
was
tried,
offered
Isaac:
and
he that
had
received
the
promises,
offered
up
his
only
begotten son;
(To
whom
it
was
said:
In
Isaac
shall thy
seed
be
called.)
Accounting
that
God
is
able
to
raise
up
even
from
the
dead. Whereupon
also
he
received
him
for
a
parable.
By
faith
also
of
things
to
come,
Isaac
blessed
Jacob
and
Esau.
By
faith
Jacob
dying,
blessed
each
of
the
sons
of
Joseph,
and adored
the
top
of
his
rod.
By
faith
Joseph,
when
he
was
dying,
made
mention
of
the going out
of
the children
of
Israel;
and
gave commandment
concerning
his
bones.
By
faith
Moses,
when
he
was
born,
was
hid
three
months
by
his
parents;
because
they
saw
he
was
a comely babe,
and
they
feared
not
the
king’s
edict.
By
faith
Moses,
when
he
was grown up,
denied himself
to
be
the
son
of Pharao’s
daughter;
Rather
choosing
to
be afflicted
with
the
people
of
God,
than
to
have
the pleasure
of
sin
for
a time,
Esteeming
the
reproach
of
Christ
greater
riches
than
the
treasure
of
the Egyptians.
For he looked unto
the
reward.
By
faith
he
left
Egypt,
not
fearing
the fierceness
of
the
king:
for
he
endured
as
seeing
him
that
is
invisible.
By
faith
he celebrated
the pasch,
and
the shedding
of
the
blood;
that
he,
who destroyed
the
firstborn,
might
not
touch
them.
By
faith
they
passed
through
the
Red
Sea,
as
by
dry
land:
which
the
Egyptians attempting,
were
swallowed
up.
By
faith
the
walls
of
Jericho
fell
down,
by
the going round
them
seven
days.
By
faith
Rahab
the
harlot perished
not
with
the unbelievers, receiving
the
spies
with
peace.
And
what
shall
I
yet
say?
For
the
time
would fail
me
to
tell
of Gedeon, Barac,
Samson, Jephthe,
David,
Samuel,
and
the
prophets:
Who
by
faith
conquered
kingdoms, wrought
justice,
obtained
promises,
stopped
the
mouths
of
lions,
Quenched
the violence
of
fire,
escaped
the
edge
of
the
sword, recovered
strength
from
weakness,
became valiant
in
battle,
put
to
flight
the
armies
of
foreigners:
Women
received
their
dead raised
to life again.
But
others
were racked,
not
accepting deliverance,
that
they might find
a
better
resurrection.
And
others
had trial
of mockeries
and stripes,
moreover
also
of bands
and
prisons.
They were
stoned,
they were cut asunder,
they were
tempted,
they were
put
to
death
by
the
sword,
they wandered
about
in
sheepskins,
in goatskins, being
in want, distressed,
afflicted:
Of
whom
the
world
was
not
worthy;
wandering
in
deserts,
in
mountains,
and
in dens,
and
in caved
of
the
earth.
And
all
these being approved
by
the
testimony
of
faith,
received
not
the
promise;
God providing
some
better thing
for
us,
that
they
should
not
be
perfected
without
us.
And
therefore
we
also
having
so
great
a
cloud
of
witnesses
over
our head,
laying
aside
every
weight
and
sin
which surrounds us, let us
run
by
patience
to
the
fight proposed
to us:
Looking
on
Jesus,
the
author
and finisher
of
faith,
who having
joy
set
before
him,
endured
the
cross,
despising
the
shame,
and
now sitteth
on
the
right
hand
of
the
throne
of
God.
For
think diligently upon
him
that
endured
such
opposition
from
sinners
against
himself;
that
you
be
not wearied, fainting
in
your
minds.
For you
have
not
yet
resisted unto
blood,
striving
against
sin:
And
you
have
forgotten
the
consolation,
which speaketh
to
you,
as unto children, saying:
My
son, neglect
not
the
discipline
of
the
Lord;
neither
be thou wearied whilst thou art
rebuked
by
him.
For
whom
the
Lord loveth,
he chastiseth;
and
he scourgeth
every
son
whom
he receiveth.
Persevere
under
discipline.
God dealeth
with
you
as
with
his
sons;
for
what
son
is
there,
whom
the
father doth
not correct?
But
if
you
be
without chastisement, whereof
all
are
made
partakers,
then
are
you bastards,
and
not
sons.
Moreover
we
have
had
fathers
of
our
flesh,
for instructors,
and
we reverenced them:
shall
we
not
much
more obey
the
Father
of
spirits,
and
live?
And
they
indeed
for
a
few
days,
according
to
their
own pleasure, instructed
us:
but
he,
for
our profit,
that
we might
receive
his sanctification.
Now
all chastisement
for
the
present
indeed seemeth
not
to bring
with
it
joy,
but
sorrow:
but
afterwards
it
will yield,
to
them
that
are exercised
by
it,
the most
peaceable
fruit
of
justice.
Wherefore lift up
the
hands
which hang down,
and
the
feeble
knees,
And
make
straight steps
with
your
feet:
that
no
one, halting,
may go
out
of
the way;
but
rather
be
healed.
Follow
peace
with
all
men,
and
holiness:
without
which
no
man
shall
see God.
Looking diligently,
lest
any
man
be wanting
to
the
grace
of
God;
lest
any
root
of
bitterness
springing
up
do hinder,
and
by
it
many
be
defiled.
Lest
there
be
any fornicator,
or
profane
person,
as
Esau;
who
for
one mess,
sold
his
first
birthright.
For
know ye
that
afterwards,
when
he
desired
to
inherit
the benediction,
he
was
rejected;
for
he
found
no
place
of
repentance,
although
with
tears
he
had sought
it.
For
you
are
not
come
to
a mountain that
might
be
touched,
and
a
burning
fire,
and
a
whirlwind,
and
darkness,
and storm,
And
the
sound
of
a
trumpet,
and
the
voice
of
words,
which
they
that
heard
excused
themselves,
that
the
word
might
not
be
spoken
to
them:
For
they did
not endure
that
which
was said:
And
if
so much
as
a
beast shall
touch
the
mount,
it shall
be
stoned.
And
so
terrible
was
that
which
was seen,
Moses
said:
I
am frighted,
and tremble.
But
you
are
come
to
mount Sion,
and
to
the
city
of
the
living
God,
the
heavenly
Jerusalem,
and
to
the company
of
many
thousands
of
angels,
And
to
the
church
of
the
firstborn,
who
are written
in
the
heavens,
and
to
God
the
judge
of
all,
and
to
the
spirits
of
the
just
made
perfect,
And
to
Jesus
the
mediator
of
the
new testament,
and
to
the sprinkling
of
blood
which speaketh
better
than
that
of
Abel.
See
that
you
refuse
him
not
that speaketh.
For
if
they
escaped
not
who
refused
him
that
spoke
upon
the
earth,
much
more shall
not
we,
that
turn
away
from
him
that speaketh
to
us
from
heaven.
Whose
voice
then moved
the
earth;
but
now
he promiseth,
saying:
Yet
once
more,
and
I
will move
not
only
the
earth,
but
heaven
also.
And
in
that
he saith,
Yet
once
more,
he signifieth
the translation
of
the moveable
things
as
made,
that
those
things
may
remain
which
are immoveable.
Therefore receiving
an immoveable
kingdom,
we
have
grace; whereby let us
serve,
pleasing
God,
with fear
and
reverence.
For
our
God
is
a
consuming
fire.
Let
the charity
of
the brotherhood
abide
in you.
And
hospitality
do
not
forget;
for
by
this
some, being
not aware
of
it,
have
entertained
angels.
Remember
them
that
are
in bands,
as
if
you
were bound
with
them;
and
them
that labour,
as
being
yourselves
also
in
the
body.
Marriage honourable
in
all,
and
the
bed
undefiled.
For
fornicators
and
adulterers
God
will
judge.
Let
your manners
be
without covetousness, contented
with such
things
as
you
have;
for
he hath
said:
I
will
not
leave thee,
neither
will
I
forsake thee.
So
that
we
may
confidently
say:
The
Lord
is
my
helper:
I
will
not
fear
what
man
shall
do
to
me.
Remember
your prelates
who
have
spoken
the
word
of
God
to
you;
whose
faith
follow,
considering
the end
of
their
conversation,
Jesus
Christ,
yesterday,
and
today;
and
the
same
for
ever.
Be
not led
away
with
various
and
strange doctrines.
For
it
is best
that
the
heart
be
established
with
grace,
not
with meats;
which
have
not
profited
those
that
walk
in
them.
We
have
an
altar, whereof
they
have
no
power
to
eat
who
serve
the
tabernacle.
For
the
bodies
of
those beasts,
whose
blood
is
brought
into
the
holies
by
the
high
priest
for
sin,
are
burned without
the camp.
Wherefore
Jesus
also,
that
he
might
sanctify
the
people
by
his
own
blood,
suffered
without
the
gate.
Let us
go
forth
therefore
to
him without
the camp,
bearing
his
reproach.
For
we
have
not
here
a
lasting
city,
but
we
seek
one
that
is
to
come.
By
him
therefore
let us
offer
the
sacrifice
of
praise
always
to
God,
that
is
to
say,
the
fruit
of
lips
confessing
to
his
name.
And
do
not
forget
to
do
good,
and
to impart;
for
by
such
sacrifices
God’s favour
is obtained.
Obey
your prelates,
and
be subject
to
them.
For
they
watch
as
being
to
render
an
account
of
your
souls;
that
they
may
do
this
with
joy,
and
not
with
grief.
For
this
is
not expedient
for
you.
Pray
for
us.
For
we
trust
we
have
a
good
conscience,
being
willing
to behave
ourselves
well
in
all
things.
And
I beseech
you
the
more
to
do
this,
that
I
may
be
restored
to
you
the sooner.
And
may
the
God
of
peace,
who
brought again
from
the
dead
the
great pastor
of
the
sheep,
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
in
the
blood
of
the everlasting testament,
Fit
you
in
all
goodness,
that
you
may
do
his
will;
doing
in
you
that
which
is
well
pleasing
in
his
sight,
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
whom
is
glory
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
And
I beseech
you,
brethren,
that
you suffer
this
word
of
consolation.
For
I
have
written
to
you
in
a few
words.
Know ye
that
our
brother
Timothy
is
set
at liberty:
with
whom (if
he
come shortly)
I
will
see
you.
Salute
all
your prelates,
and
all
the
saints.
The brethren
from
Italy salute
you.
Grace
be
with
you
all. Amen.
James
The Letter from James
James
Jas
The Letter from James
James
the
servant
of
God,
and
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
to
the
twelve
tribes
which
are
scattered
abroad,
greeting.
My
brethren,
count
it
all
joy,
when
you shall fall into divers temptations;
Knowing
that
the trying
of
your
faith worketh
patience.
And
patience hath
a
perfect
work;
that
you
may
be
perfect
and entire, failing
in
nothing.
But
if
any
of
you want
wisdom, let
him
ask
of
God,
who giveth
to
all
men abundantly,
and upbraideth
not;
and
it
shall
be
given
him.
But let
him
ask
in
faith,
nothing wavering.
For
he
that wavereth
is like
a wave
of
the
sea,
which
is moved
and carried
about
by
the
wind.
Therefore let
not
that
man think
that
he
shall
receive
any thing
of
the
Lord.
A double minded
man
is inconstant
in
all
his
ways.
But let
the
brother
of low condition
glory
in
his exaltation:
And
the
rich,
in
his being low;
because
as
the
flower
of
the
grass shall
he
pass
away.
For
the
sun rose
with
a burning
heat,
and parched
the
grass,
and
the
flower thereof fell off,
and
the
beauty
of
the shape thereof
perished:
so
also
shall
the
rich
man
fade
away
in
his ways.
Blessed
is
the
man
that endureth
temptation;
for
when
he hath
been
proved,
he shall
receive
a
crown
of
life,
which
God hath
promised
to
them
that
love
him.
Let
no
man,
when
he
is
tempted,
say
that
he
is
tempted
by
God.
For
God
is
not
a
tempter
of
evils,
and
he tempteth
no
man.
But
every
man
is
tempted
by
his
own concupiscence, being drawn
away
and allured.
Then
when concupiscence hath
conceived,
it bringeth
forth
sin.
But
sin,
when
it
is completed, begetteth
death.
Do
not err, therefore,
my dearest
brethren.
Every best
gift,
and
every
perfect
gift,
is
from
above,
coming
down
from
the
Father
of
lights,
with
whom
there
is
no change,
nor
shadow
of alteration.
For
of
his
own
will hath
he begotten
us
by
the
word
of
truth,
that
we
might
be
some beginning
of
his
creatures.
You
know,
my dearest
brethren.
And
let
every
man
be swift
to
hear,
but
slow
to
speak,
and
slow
to
anger.
For
the
anger
of
man worketh
not
the
justice
of
God.
Wherefore casting away
all uncleanness,
and
abundance
of naughtiness,
with
meekness
receive
the ingrafted
word,
which
is
able
to
save
your
souls.
But
be ye
doers
of
the
word,
and
not
hearers
only, deceiving
your
own selves.
For
if
a
man
be
a
hearer
of
the
word,
and
not
a
doer,
he
shall
be
compared
to
a
man beholding
his
own countenance
in
a glass.
For
he beheld
himself,
and
went
his
way,
and presently forgot
what manner
of man
he
was.
But
he
that hath
looked
into
the
perfect
law
of
liberty,
and hath continued therein,
not
becoming
a
forgetful
hearer,
but
a
doer
of
the
work;
this
man
shall
be
blessed
in
his
deed.
And
if
any
man
think
himself
to
be
religious,
not bridling
his
tongue,
but deceiving
his
own
heart,
this
man’s
religion
is
vain.
Religion
clean
and
undefiled
before
God
and
the
Father,
is
this:
to
visit
the fatherless
and
widows
in
their
tribulation:
and
to
keep
one’s self unspotted
from
this
world.
My
brethren,
have
not
the
faith
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
of
glory
with respect
of persons.
For
if
there
shall
come
into
your
assembly
a
man having
a golden
ring,
in
fine
apparel,
and
there
shall
come
in
also
a
poor
man
in mean
attire,
And
you
have respect
to
him
that
is clothed
with
the
fine
apparel,
and
shall
say
to
him:
Sit thou
here
well;
but
say
to
the
poor
man:
Stand thou
there,
or
sit
under
my
footstool:
Do
you
not
judge
within
yourselves,
and
are
become
judges
of unjust
thoughts?
Hearken,
my dearest
brethren: hath
not
God
chosen
the
poor
in
this
world,
rich
in
faith,
and
heirs
of
the
kingdom
which
God hath
promised
to
them
that
love
him?
But
you
have dishonoured
the
poor
man.
Do
not
the
rich oppress
you
by
might?
and
do
not
they
draw
you
before
the judgment seats?
Do
not
they
blaspheme
the
good
name
that
is invoked
upon
you?
If then
you fulfill
the
royal
law,
according
to
the
scriptures, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour
as thyself;
you
do
well.
But
if
you
have respect
to persons,
you commit
sin, being
reproved
by
the
law
as
transgressors.
And whosoever shall
keep
the
whole
law,
but offend
in
one point,
is
become
guilty
of
all.
For
he
that
said, Thou shalt
not
commit
adultery,
said
also, Thou shalt
not kill.
Now
if thou
do
not
commit
adultery,
but shalt kill, thou art
become
a
transgressor
of
the
law.
So
speak ye,
and
so
do,
as being
to
be
judged
by
the
law
of
liberty.
For
judgment
without
mercy
to
him
that hath
not
done
mercy.
And
mercy exalteth itself above
judgment.
What shall
it
profit,
my
brethren,
if
a
man
say
he hath
faith,
but hath
not
works? Shall
faith
be
able
to
save
him?
And
if
a
brother
or
sister
be
naked,
and want
daily
food:
And
one
of
you
say
to
them:
Go
in
peace,
be ye
warmed
and
filled;
yet
give
them
not
those
things
that
are
necessary
for
the
body,
what
shall
it
profit?
So
faith
also,
if
it
have
not
works,
is
dead
in
itself.
But
some
man
will
say: Thou hast
faith,
and
I
have
works: shew
me thy
faith
without
works;
and
I
will shew thee,
by
works,
my
faith.
Thou believest
that
there
is
one
God. Thou dost
well:
the devils
also
believe
and tremble.
But wilt thou
know,
O
vain
man,
that
faith
without
works
is dead?
Was
not
Abraham
our
father
justified
by
works, offering
up
Isaac
his
son
upon
the
altar?
Seest thou,
that
faith did co-operate
with
his
works;
and
by
works
faith
was
made
perfect?
And
the
scripture
was
fulfilled,
saying:
Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was reputed
to
him
to
justice,
and
he
was
called
the
friend
of
God.
Do
you
see
that
by
works
a
man
is
justified;
and
not
by
faith
only?
And
in
like
manner
also
Rahab
the
harlot,
was
not she
justified
by
works, receiving
the
messengers,
and sending
them
out
another
way?
For
even
as
the
body
without
the
spirit
is
dead;
so
also
faith
without
works
is
dead.
Be ye
not
many masters,
my
brethren,
knowing
that
you
receive
the
greater
judgment.
For
in
many
things
we
all offend.
If
any
man offend
not
in
word,
the
same
is
a
perfect
man.
He
is
able
also
with
a
bridle
to lead
about
the
whole
body.
For
if
we
put
bits
into
the
mouths
of
horses,
that
they
may
obey
us,
and
we turn
about
their
whole
body.
Behold
also
ships,
whereas
they
are
great,
and
are
driven
by
strong
winds,
yet
are
they turned
about
with
a
small helm, whithersoever
the force
of
the governor willeth.
Even
so
the
tongue
is
indeed
a
little
member,
and boasteth
great
things.
Behold
how
small
a
fire kindleth
a
great wood.
And
the
tongue
is
a
fire,
a
world
of
iniquity.
The
tongue
is placed
among
our
members,
which defileth
the
whole
body,
and inflameth
the wheel
of
our nativity, being
set
on
fire
by
hell.
For
every
nature
of
beasts,
and
of
birds,
and
of serpents,
and
of
the rest,
is
tamed,
and hath
been
tamed,
by
the
nature
of
man:
But
the
tongue
no
man
can
tame,
an unquiet
evil,
full
of
deadly
poison.
By
it
we
bless
God
and
the
Father:
and
by
it
we
curse
men,
who
are
made
after
the
likeness
of
God.
Out
of
the
same
mouth proceedeth
blessing
and
cursing.
My
brethren,
these
things
ought
not
so
to
be.
Doth
a
fountain
send forth,
out
of
the
same hole,
sweet
and
bitter water?
Can
the
fig
tree,
my
brethren,
bear grapes;
or
the
vine,
figs?
So
neither
can
the
salt
water yield
sweet.
Who
is
a
wise
man,
and endued
with knowledge
among
you? Let
him shew,
by
a
good conversation,
his
work
in
the
meekness
of
wisdom.
But
if
you
have
bitter
zeal,
and
there
be contentions
in
your
hearts; glory
not,
and
be
not liars
against
the
truth.
For
this
is
not
wisdom, descending
from
above:
but
earthly, sensual, devilish.
For
where envying
and contention
is,
there
is inconstancy,
and
every
evil work.
But
the
wisdom,
that
is
from
above,
first
indeed
is
chaste,
then
peaceable, modest, easy
to
be persuaded, consenting
to
the
good,
full
of
mercy
and
good
fruits,
without judging,
without dissimulation.
And
the
fruit
of
justice
is
sown
in
peace,
to
them
that
make
peace.
From whence
are
wars
and contentions
among
you?
Are
they
not
hence,
from
your concupiscences,
which
war
in
your
members?
You
covet,
and
have
not:
you kill,
and
envy,
and
can
not
obtain.
You contend
and
war,
and
you
have
not,
because
you
ask
not.
You
ask,
and
receive
not;
because
you
ask amiss:
that
you
may consume
it
on
your concupiscences.
Adulterers,
know
you
not
that
the
friendship
of
this
world
is
the
enemy
of
God? Whosoever
therefore
will
be
a
friend
of
this
world, becometh
an
enemy
of
God.
Or
do
you
think
that
the
scripture saith
in vain:
To
envy doth
the
spirit covet
which dwelleth
in
you?
But
he giveth
greater
grace.
Wherefore
he saith:
God resisteth
the
proud,
and giveth
grace
to
the
humble.
Be
subject
therefore
to
God,
but
resist
the
devil,
and
he
will fly
from
you.
Draw nigh
to
God,
and
he
will
draw nigh
to
you.
Cleanse
your
hands, ye
sinners:
and
purify
your
hearts, ye double minded.
Be afflicted,
and
mourn,
and
weep: let
your
laughter
be
turned
into
mourning,
and
your
joy
into sorrow.
Be
humbled
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
he
will
exalt
you.
Detract
not
one
another,
my
brethren.
He
that detracteth
his
brother,
or
he
that judgeth
his
brother, detracteth
the
law,
and judgeth
the
law.
But
if thou
judge
the
law, thou art
not
a
doer
of
the
law,
but
a
judge.
There
is
one
lawgiver,
and
judge,
that
is
able
to
destroy
and
to
deliver.
But
who art thou
that judgest thy neighbour? Behold,
now
you
that
say:
Today
or
tomorrow
we
will
go
into
such
a
city,
and
there
we
will
spend
a
year,
and
will traffic,
and
make
our
gain.
Whereas
you
know
not
what
shall
be
on
the morrow.
For
what
is
your
life?
It
is
a vapour
which appeareth
for
a little
while,
and afterwards
shall vanish away.
For
that
you
should
say:
If
the
Lord
will,
and
if
we
shall
live,
we
will
do
this
or
that.
But
now
you
rejoice
in
your arrogancies.
All
such rejoicing
is
wicked.
To
him
therefore
who knoweth
to
do
good,
and doth
it
not,
to
him
it
is
sin.
Go
to
now, ye
rich men,
weep
and
howl
in
your
miseries,
which shall
come
upon
you.
Your
riches
are corrupted:
and
your
garments
are motheaten.
Your
gold
and
silver
is cankered:
and
the
rust
of
them
shall
be
for
a
testimony
against
you,
and
shall
eat
your
flesh
like
fire.
You
have
stored
up
to
yourselves wrath
against
the
last
days.
Behold
the hire
of
the labourers,
who
have
reaped down
your
fields,
which
by fraud
has
been kept
back
by
you, crieth:
and
the
cry
of
them hath
entered
into
the
ears
of
the
Lord
of
Sabaoth.
You
have feasted
upon
earth:
and
in riotousness
you
have
nourished
your
hearts,
in
the
day
of
slaughter.
You
have condemned
and
put
to
death
the
Just
One,
and he
resisted
you
not.
Be
patient
therefore,
brethren,
until
the
coming
of
the
Lord.
Behold,
the husbandman waiteth
for
the
precious
fruit
of
the
earth:
patiently bearing till
he
receive
the early
and latter rain.
Be
you therefore
also
patient,
and
strengthen
your
hearts:
for
the
coming
of
the
Lord
is
at
hand.
Grudge
not,
brethren,
one
against
another,
that
you
may
not
be
judged.
Behold
the
judge standeth
before
the
door.
Take,
my
brethren,
for
an
example
of
suffering evil,
of labour
and
patience,
the
prophets,
who
spoke
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
Behold,
we account
them
blessed
who
have
endured.
You
have
heard
of
the
patience
of Job,
and
you
have
seen
the
end
of
the
Lord,
that
the
Lord
is
merciful
and compassionate.
But
above
all
things,
my
brethren,
swear
not,
neither
by
heaven,
nor
by
the
earth,
nor
by
any
other
oath.
But
let
your speech
be, yea, yea:
no,
no:
that
you
fall
not
under
judgment.
Is
any
of
you sad? Let
him
pray.
Is
he
cheerful
in mind? Let
him
sing.
Is
any
man
sick
among
you? Let
him bring
in
the priests
of
the
church,
and let
them
pray
over
him, anointing
him
with
oil
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
And
the
prayer
of
faith
shall
save
the
sick
man:
and
the
Lord
shall
raise
him
up:
and
if
he
be
in
sins,
they
shall
be
forgiven
him.
Confess
therefore
your
sins
one
to
another:
and
pray
one
for
another,
that
you
may
be saved.
For
the continual
prayer
of
a
just
man availeth
much.
Elias
was
a
man passible
like unto
us:
and
with
prayer
he
prayed
that
it
might
not
rain
upon
the
earth,
and
it
rained
not
for
three
years
and
six
months.
And
he
prayed
again:
and
the
heaven
gave
rain,
and
the
earth brought forth
her
fruit.
My
brethren,
if
any
of
you err
from
the
truth,
and
one convert
him:
He
must
know
that
he
who causeth
a
sinner
to
be converted
from
the
error
of
his
way,
shall
save
his
soul
from
death,
and
shall
cover
a
multitude
of
sins.
1 Peter
Peter’s First Letter
1 Peter
1Pe
Peter’s First Letter
Peter,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
to
the
strangers
dispersed through
Pontus,
Galatia,
Cappadocia,
Asia,
and
Bithynia,
elect,
According
to
the
foreknowledge
of
God
the
Father, unto
the
sanctification
of
the
Spirit, unto
obedience
and sprinkling
of
the
blood
of
Jesus
Christ:
Grace unto
you
and
peace
be
multiplied.
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
according
to
his
great
mercy hath regenerated
us unto
a lively
hope,
by
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ
from
the
dead,
Unto
an
inheritance incorruptible,
and
undefiled,
and
that can
not
fade,
reserved
in
heaven
for
you,
Who,
by
the
power
of
God,
are
kept
by
faith unto
salvation,
ready
to
be
revealed
in
the
last
time.
Wherein
you shall
greatly
rejoice,
if
now
you
must
be
for
a
little
time
made
sorrowful
in divers temptations:
That
the trial
of
your
faith (much
more
precious
than
gold
which
is tried
by
the
fire)
may
be
found unto
praise
and
glory
and honour
at
the appearing
of
Jesus
Christ:
Whom having
not
seen,
you
love:
in
whom
also
now,
though
you
see
him
not,
you
believe:
and
believing
shall
rejoice
with
joy unspeakable
and
glorified;
Receiving
the
end
of
your
faith, even
the
salvation
of
your
souls.
Of
which
salvation
the
prophets
have inquired
and diligently
searched,
who
prophesied
of
the
grace
to come
in
you.
Searching
what
or
what manner
of
time
the
Spirit
of
Christ
in
them
did signify:
when
it foretold
those
sufferings
that
are
in
Christ,
and
the
glories
that
should follow:
To
whom
it
was
revealed,
that
not
to
themselves,
but
to
you
they
ministered
those
things
which
are
now declared
to
you
by
them
that
have
preached
the
gospel
to
you,
the
Holy Ghost
being
sent down
from
heaven,
on
whom
the
angels
desire
to
look.
Wherefore having
the
loins
of
your
mind girt up,
being
sober,
trust perfectly
in
the
grace
which
is offered
you
in
the
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ,
As
children
of
obedience,
not fashioned
according
to
the
former
desires
of
your
ignorance:
But
according
to
him
that hath
called
you,
who
is
holy,
be
you
also
in
all
manner
of conversation
holy:
Because
it
is
written:
You shall
be
holy,
for
I
am
holy.
And
if
you invoke
as
Father
him
who,
without
respect
of persons, judgeth
according
to
every
one’s
work: converse
in
fear
during
the
time
of
your sojourning
here.
Knowing
that
you
were
not
redeemed
with
corruptible
things
as
gold
or
silver,
from
your
vain conversation
of
the tradition
of
your fathers:
But
with
the
precious
blood
of
Christ,
as
of
a
lamb unspotted
and undefiled,
Foreknown
indeed
before
the
foundation
of
the
world,
but
manifested
in
the
last
times
for
you,
Who
through
him
are
faithful
in
God,
who
raised
him
up
from
the
dead,
and hath
given
him
glory,
that
your
faith
and
hope
might
be
in
God.
Purifying
your
souls
in
the
obedience
of charity,
with
a
brotherly
love,
from
a
sincere
heart
love
one
another
earnestly:
Being
born
again
not
of
corruptible
seed,
but incorruptible,
by
the
word
of
God
who liveth
and remaineth
for ever.
For
all
flesh
is
as
grass;
and
all
the
glory thereof
as
the
flower
of
grass.
The
grass
is
withered,
and
the
flower thereof
is fallen
away.
But
the
word
of
the
Lord endureth
for
ever.
And
this
is
the
word
which
by
the
gospel hath
been
preached unto
you.
Wherefore
laying away
all
malice,
and
all guile,
and dissimulations,
and envies,
and
all detractions,
As
newborn babes, desire
the rational
milk without guile,
that thereby
you
may
grow unto
salvation:
If
so
be
you
have
tasted
that
the
Lord
is sweet.
Unto
whom
coming,
as
to
a
living
stone,
rejected
indeed
by
men,
but
chosen
and made honourable
by
God:
Be
you
also
as
living
stones
built
up,
a
spiritual
house,
a
holy
priesthood,
to
offer
up
spiritual
sacrifices,
acceptable
to
God
by
Jesus
Christ.
Wherefore
it
is
said
in
the
scripture:
Behold,
I
lay
in Sion
a chief
corner
stone,
elect,
precious.
And
he
that
shall
believe
in
him,
shall
not
be confounded.
To
you
therefore
that
believe,
he
is honour:
but
to
them
that
believe
not,
the
stone
which
the
builders
rejected,
the
same
is
made
the
head
of
the
corner:
And
a
stone
of
stumbling,
and
a
rock
of scandal,
to
them
who
stumble
at
the
word,
neither
do believe, whereunto
also
they
are
set.
But
you
are
a
chosen generation,
a kingly
priesthood,
a
holy
nation,
a purchased
people:
that
you
may declare
his virtues,
who hath
called
you
out
of
darkness
into
his marvellous
light:
Who
in
time past
were
not
a
people:
but
are
now
the
people
of
God.
Who
had
not obtained
mercy;
but
now
have obtained
mercy.
Dearly
beloved,
I beseech
you
as
strangers
and pilgrims,
to refrain yourselves
from carnal
desires
which
war
against
the
soul,
Having
your conversation
good
among
the
Gentiles:
that whereas
they
speak
against
you
as
evildoers,
they
may,
by
the
good
works,
which
they
shall behold
in
you,
glorify
God
in
the
day
of
visitation.
Be ye
subject
therefore
to
every
human
creature
for God’s
sake:
whether
it
be
to
the
king
as excelling;
Or
to
governors
as
sent
by
him
for
the
punishment
of
evildoers,
and
for
the
praise
of
the good:
For
so
is
the
will
of
God,
that
by
doing well
you
may put
to
silence
the
ignorance
of
foolish
men:
As
free,
and
not
as making
liberty
a cloak
for
malice,
but
as
the
servants
of
God.
Honour
all
men.
Love
the
brotherhood.
Fear
God. Honour
the
king.
Servants,
be
subject
to
your
masters
with
all
fear,
not
only
to
the
good
and
gentle,
but
also
to
the froward.
For
this
is thankworthy,
if
for
conscience towards
God,
a
man
endure
sorrows,
suffering wrongfully.
For
what glory
is
it,
if
committing
sin,
and being buffeted
for
it,
you
endure?
But
if
doing
well
you
suffer
patiently;
this
is thankworthy
before
God.
For unto
this
are
you
called:
because
Christ
also
suffered
for
us,
leaving
you
an
example
that
you
should
follow
his
steps.
Who
did
no
sin,
neither
was guile
found
in
his
mouth.
Who,
when
he
was
reviled,
did
not
revile:
when
he
suffered,
he threatened
not:
but
delivered himself
to
him
that
judged
him unjustly.
Who
his
own self
bore
our
sins
in
his
body
upon
the
tree:
that
we, being dead
to
sins,
should
live
to
justice:
by
whose stripes
you
were
healed.
For
you
were
as
sheep going
astray;
but
you
are
now converted
to
the
shepherd
and bishop
of
your
souls.
In
like
manner
also
let
wives
be
subject
to
their
husbands:
that
if
any believe
not
the
word,
they
may
be
won
without
the
word,
by
the
conversation
of
the
wives.
Considering
your
chaste conversation
with
fear.
Whose adorning
let
it
not
be
the outward plaiting
of
the
hair,
or
the
wearing
of
gold,
or
the
putting
on
of apparel:
But
the
hidden
man
of
the
heart
in
the incorruptibility
of
a
quiet
and
a meek
spirit,
which
is rich
in
the
sight
of
God.
For
after
this
manner heretofore
the
holy
women
also,
who trusted
in
God,
adorned
themselves,
being
in
subjection
to
their
own
husbands:
As Sara
obeyed
Abraham,
calling
him
lord:
whose daughters
you
are,
doing
well,
and
not
fearing
any disturbance.
Ye
husbands,
likewise dwelling
with
them
according
to
knowledge, giving honour
to
the female
as
to
the
weaker
vessel,
and
as
to
the co-heirs
of
the
grace
of
life:
that
your
prayers
be
not
hindered.
And
in fine,
be ye
all
of
one mind, having compassion
one
of another, being lovers
of
the brotherhood, merciful, modest, humble:
Not rendering
evil
for
evil,
nor railing
for railing,
but contrariwise,
blessing:
for unto
this
are
you
called,
that
you
may
inherit
a
blessing.
For
he
that
will
love
life,
and
see
good
days, let
him
refrain
his
tongue
from
evil,
and
his
lips
that
they
speak
no guile.
Let
him decline
from
evil,
and
do
good: let
him
seek
after
peace
and
pursue
it:
Because
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
are
upon
the
just,
and
his
ears unto
their
prayers:
but
the countenance
of
the
Lord
upon
them
that
do
evil
things.
And
who
is
he
that can hurt
you,
if
you
be
zealous
of
good?
But
if
also
you
suffer any
thing
for justice’
sake,
blessed
are ye.
And
be
not
afraid
of
their
fear,
and
be
not
troubled.
But
sanctify
the
Lord
Christ
in
your
hearts,
being
ready
always
to satisfy
every
one
that asketh
you
a
reason
of
that
hope
which
is
in
you.
But
with modesty
and
fear,
having
a
good
conscience:
that whereas
they
speak evil
of
you,
they
may
be ashamed
who falsely accuse
your
good conversation
in
Christ.
For it
is
better
doing
well (if such
be
the
will
of
God)
to
suffer,
than
doing ill.
Because
Christ
also
died
once
for
our
sins,
the
just
for
the
unjust:
that
he
might offer
us
to
God,
being
put
to
death
indeed
in
the
flesh,
but enlivened
in
the
spirit,
In
which
also coming
he
preached
to
those
spirits
that
were
in
prison:
Which
had
been
some
time incredulous,
when
they
waited
for
the
patience
of
God
in
the
days
of Noe,
when
the
ark
was
a building: wherein
a
few,
that
is,
eight
souls,
were
saved
by
water.
Whereunto
baptism
being
of
the like form,
now saveth
you
also:
not
the putting away
of
the filth
of
the
flesh,
but
the examination
of
a
good
conscience towards
God
by
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ.
Who
is
on
the
right
hand
of
God, swallowing down death,
that
we
might
be made heirs
of life everlasting:
being
gone
into
heaven,
the
angels
and
powers
and virtues
being made
subject
to
him.
Christ
therefore
having
suffered
in
the
flesh,
be
you
also armed
with
the
same thought:
for
he
that hath
suffered
in
the
flesh, hath
ceased
from
sins:
That
now
he
may
live
the
rest
of
his
time
in
the
flesh,
not
after
the
desires
of
men,
but according
to
the
will
of
God.
For
the
time
past
is
sufficient
to
have fulfilled
the
will
of
the
Gentiles,
for
them
who
have walked
in riotousness,
lusts, excess
of wine, revellings, banquetings,
and
unlawful worshipping
of idols.
Wherein
they think
it
strange,
that
you
run
not
with
them
into
the
same confusion
of riotousness, speaking
evil
of
you.
Who
shall
render
account
to
him,
who
is
ready
to
judge
the
living
and
the
dead.
For,
for
this cause
was
the
gospel
preached
also
to
the
dead:
that
they
might
be
judged
indeed
according
to
men,
in
the
flesh;
but
may
live
according
to
God,
in
the
Spirit.
But
the
end
of
all
is
at
hand.
Be prudent
therefore,
and watch
in
prayers.
But
before
all
things
have
a constant mutual charity
among
yourselves:
for charity covereth
a
multitude
of
sins.
Using hospitality
one towards
another,
without murmuring,
As
every
man hath
received
grace,
ministering
the
same
one
to
another:
as
good
stewards
of
the
manifold
grace
of
God.
If
any
man
speak,
let
him
speak,
as
the
words
of
God.
If
any
man
minister,
let
him
do
it,
as
of
the
power,
which
God administereth:
that
in
all
things
God
may
be honoured
through
Jesus
Christ:
to
whom
is
glory
and empire
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
Dearly
beloved, think
not
strange
the
burning heat
which
is
to try
you,
as
if
some new
thing
happened
to
you;
But
if
you partake
of
the
sufferings
of
Christ,
rejoice
that
when
his
glory
shall
be
revealed,
you
may
also
be
glad
with exceeding
joy.
If
you
be
reproached
for
the
name
of
Christ,
you
shall
be
blessed:
for
that
which
is
of
the honour,
glory,
and power
of
God,
and
that
which
is
his
Spirit, resteth
upon
you.
But
let
none
of
you
suffer
as
a
murderer,
or
a
thief,
or
a railer,
or
a coveter
of
other men’s
things.
But
if
as
a
Christian, let
him
not
be
ashamed,
but let
him
glorify
God
in
that
name.
For
the
time
is,
that
judgment
should
begin
at
the
house
of
God.
And
if
first
at us,
what
shall
be
the
end
of
them
that believe
not
the
gospel
of
God?
And
if
the
just
man
shall
scarcely
be
saved,
where
shall
the
ungodly
and
the
sinner
appear?
Wherefore let
them
also
that
suffer
according
to
the
will
of
God,
commend
their
souls
in good deeds
to
the
faithful
Creator.
The ancients
therefore
that
are
among
you,
I beseech,
who
am myself
also
an ancient,
and
a
witness
of
the
sufferings
of
Christ:
as
also
a
partaker
of
that
glory
which
is
to
be
revealed
in time
to
come:
Feed
the
flock
of
God
which
is
among
you, taking care
of it,
not
by constraint,
but
willingly,
according
to
God:
not
for filthy lucre’s sake,
but
voluntarily:
Neither
as lording it over
the clergy,
but
being
made
a
pattern
of
the
flock
from
the heart.
And
when
the prince
of pastors
shall
appear,
you
shall
receive
a never fading
crown
of
glory.
In
like
manner, ye
young
men,
be
subject
to
the ancients.
And
do
you
all insinuate
humility
one
to
another,
for
God resisteth
the proud,
but
to
the
humble
he giveth
grace.
Be
you
humbled
therefore
under
the
mighty
hand
of
God,
that
he
may
exalt
you
in
the
time
of visitation:
Casting
all
your
care
upon
him,
for
he hath
care
of
you.
Be
sober
and
watch: because
your
adversary
the
devil,
as
a
roaring
lion, goeth
about
seeking
whom
he may
devour.
Whom
resist ye,
strong
in
faith:
knowing
that
the
same affliction befalls
your
brethren
who
are
in
the
world.
But
the
God
of
all
grace,
who hath
called
us
into
his
eternal
glory
in
Christ
Jesus,
after
you
have
suffered
a
little,
will
himself
perfect
you,
and
confirm
you,
and
establish
you.
To
him be glory
and empire
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
By Sylvanus,
a
faithful
brother unto
you,
as
I
think,
I
have
written
briefly:
beseeching
and
testifying
that
this
is
the
true
grace
of
God, wherein
you
stand.
The church
that
is
in
Babylon, elected
together
with
you, saluteth
you:
and
so doth
my
son
Mark.
Salute
one
another
with
a holy
kiss. Grace
be
to
all
you,
who
are
in
Christ Jesus. Amen.
2 Peter
Peter’s Second Letter
2 Peter
2Pe
Peter’s Second Letter
Simon
Peter,
servant
and
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
to
them
that
have obtained equal
faith
with
us
in
the
justice
of
our
God
and Saviour
Jesus
Christ.
Grace
to
you
and
peace
be accomplished
in
the
knowledge
of
God
and
of
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord:
As
all
things
of
his
divine
power
which appertain
to
life
and
godliness,
are
given
us,
through
the
knowledge
of
him
who hath
called
us
by
his
own
proper
glory
and virtue.
By
whom
he hath given
us most
great
and
precious
promises:
that
by
these
you
may
be
made
partakers
of
the
divine
nature: flying
the
corruption
of
that concupiscence
which
is
in
the
world.
And
you, employing
all care, minister
in
your
faith, virtue;
and
in virtue,
knowledge;
And
in
knowledge, abstinence;
and
in abstinence,
patience;
and
in
patience,
godliness;
And
in
godliness,
love
of brotherhood;
and
in
love
of brotherhood, charity.
For
if
these
things
be
with
you
and abound,
they
will
make
you
to
be
neither empty
nor
unfruitful
in
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
For
he
that hath
not
these
things
with
him,
is
blind,
and groping, having forgotten
that
he
was purged
from
his old
sins.
Wherefore,
brethren, labour
the
more,
that
by good works
you
may
make
sure
your
calling
and
election.
For
doing
these
things,
you
shall
not sin
at
any
time.
For
so
an
entrance
shall
be ministered
to
you
abundantly
into
the everlasting
kingdom
of
our
Lord
and Saviour
Jesus
Christ.
For
which cause
I
will begin
to put
you
always
in
remembrance
of
these
things:
though
indeed
you
know
them,
and
are confirmed
in
the
present
truth.
But
I think
it meet
as
long
as
I
am
in
this
tabernacle,
to
stir
you up
by putting
you
in remembrance.
Being assured
that
the
laying away
of
this
my
tabernacle
is
at hand, according
as
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
also hath signified
to
me.
And
I
will endeavour,
that
you frequently
have
after
my decease, whereby
you
may
keep
a memory
of
these
things.
For
we
have
not
by following artificial
fables,
made
known
to
you
the
power,
and
presence
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
but
we
were
eyewitnesses
of
his
greatness.
For
he
received
from
God
the
Father, honour
and
glory:
this
voice coming down
to
him
from
the excellent
glory:
This
is
my
beloved
Son,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased; hear ye
him.
And
this
voice
we
heard
brought
from
heaven,
when
we
were
with
him
in
the
holy
mount.
And
we
have
the
more
firm prophetical
word: whereunto
you
do
well
to attend,
as
to
a
light
that shineth
in
a dark
place,
until
the
day dawn,
and
the
day
star arise
in
your
hearts:
Understanding
this
first,
that
no
prophecy
of
scripture
is
made
by private
interpretation.
For
prophecy came
not
by
the
will
of
man
at
any
time:
but
the
holy
men
of
God
spoke, inspired
by
the
Holy Ghost.
But
there
were
also
false
prophets
among
the
people,
even
as
there
shall
be
among
you lying
teachers,
who
shall
bring
in sects
of
perdition,
and
deny
the
Lord
who
bought
them:
bringing
upon
themselves
swift
destruction.
And
many
shall
follow
their riotousnesses,
through
whom
the
way
of
truth
shall
be
evil
spoken
of.
And
through
covetousness
shall
they
with feigned
words
make merchandise
of
you.
Whose
judgment
now
of
a
long time lingereth
not,
and
their
perdition slumbereth
not.
For
if
God spared
not
the
angels
that
sinned,
but
delivered
them, drawn
down
by infernal ropes
to
the lower
hell, unto torments,
to
be
reserved unto
judgment:
And spared
not
the original
world,
but
preserved Noe,
the
eighth person,
the
preacher
of
justice,
bringing
in
the
flood upon
the
world
of
the
ungodly.
And
reducing
the
cities
of
the Sodomites,
and
of
the Gomorrhites,
into
ashes,
condemned them
to
be overthrown, making them
an
example
to
those that
should
after act wickedly.
And
delivered
just
Lot,
oppressed
by
the injustice
and lewd conversation
of
the wicked.
For
in
sight
and
hearing
he
was
just: dwelling
among
them,
who
from
day
to
day vexed
the
just
soul
with unjust
works.
The
Lord knoweth how
to
deliver
the
godly
from
temptation,
but
to reserve
the
unjust unto
the
day
of
judgment
to
be tormented.
And
especially
them
who walk
after
the
flesh
in
the
lust
of uncleanness,
and
despise government, audacious, self willed,
they fear
not
to bring
in sects,
blaspheming.
Whereas
angels
who
are
greater
in
strength
and
power,
bring
not
against
themselves
a railing
judgment.
But
these
men,
as
irrational beasts, naturally tending
to
the snare
and
to
destruction,
blaspheming
those
things
which
they
know
not,
shall
perish
in
their
corruption,
Receiving
the
reward
of
their
injustice, counting
for
a
pleasure
the delights
of
a
day:
stains
and spots, sporting
themselves
to excess, rioting
in
their feasts
with
you:
Having
eyes
full
of
adultery
and
of
sin
that ceaseth
not: alluring
unstable
souls,
having
their
heart exercised
with
covetousness,
children
of malediction:
Leaving
the
right
way
they
have
gone
astray, having
followed
the
way
of
Balaam
of Bosor,
who
loved
the
wages
of
iniquity,
But
had
a check
of
his
madness,
the dumb
beast used
to
the yoke,
which
speaking
with
man’s
voice, forbade
the folly
of
the
prophet.
These
are fountains
without
water,
and clouds tossed
with whirlwinds,
to
whom
the
mist
of
darkness
is
reserved.
For,
speaking proud words
of
vanity,
they allure
by
the
desires
of
fleshly riotousness,
those
who
for
a
little
while
escape, such
as converse
in
error:
Promising
them
liberty, whereas
they
themselves
are
the
slaves
of
corruption.
For
by
whom
a
man
is
overcome,
of
the
same
also
he
is
the
slave.
For
if, flying
from
the pollutions
of
the
world,
through
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord
and Saviour
Jesus
Christ,
they
be
again
entangled
in
them
and
overcome:
their latter state
is
become unto
them
worse
than
the former.
For
it
had
been
better
for
them
not
to
have
known
the
way
of
justice,
than
after
they
have
known
it,
to
turn
back
from
that
holy
commandment
which
was
delivered
to
them.
For,
that
of
the
true
proverb
has
happened
to
them:
The
dog
is
returned
to
his
vomit:
and,
The
sow
that
was
washed,
to
her
wallowing
in
the
mire.
Behold
this
second epistle
I
write
to
you,
my dearly
beloved,
in
which
I
stir up
by
way
of admonition
your
sincere
mind:
That
you
may
be mindful
of
those
words
which
I told
you
before
from
the
holy
prophets,
and
of
your
apostles,
of
the precepts
of
the
Lord
and Saviour.
Knowing
this
first,
that
in
the
last
days
there
shall
come deceitful
scoffers,
walking
after
their
own
lusts,
Saying:
Where
is
his
promise
or
his
coming?
for
since
the time
that
the
fathers slept,
all
things
continue
as
they
were
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation.
For
this
they
are wilfully ignorant
of,
that
the
heavens
were
before,
and
the
earth
out
of
water,
and
through
water, consisting
by
the
word
of
God.
Whereby
the
world
that
then
was, being overflowed
with
water,
perished.
But
the
heavens
and
the
earth
which
are
now,
by
the
same
word
are
kept
in
store,
reserved unto
fire
against
the
day
of
judgment
and
perdition
of
the
ungodly
men.
But
of
this
one
thing
be
not ignorant,
my
beloved,
that
one
day
with
the
Lord
is
as
a
thousand
years,
and
a
thousand
years
as
one
day.
The
Lord delayeth
not
his
promise,
as
some imagine,
but dealeth
patiently
for
your
sake,
not
willing
that
any
should
perish,
but
that
all
should return
to penance.
But
the
day
of
the
Lord
shall
come
as
a
thief,
in
which
the
heavens
shall
pass
away
with great violence,
and
the
elements
shall
be melted
with heat,
and
the
earth
and
the
works
which
are
in
it,
shall
be burnt
up.
Seeing
then
that
all
these
things
are
to
be dissolved,
what
manner
of
people
ought
you
to
be
in
holy conversation
and
godliness?
Looking
for
and hasting unto
the
coming
of
the
day
of
the
Lord,
by
which
the
heavens
being
on fire
shall
be dissolved,
and
the
elements
shall
melt
with
the
burning heat?
But
we
look
for
new
heavens
and
a
new
earth
according
to
his
promises,
in
which
justice dwelleth.
Wherefore, dearly
beloved,
waiting
for
these
things,
be
diligent
that
you
may
be
found
before
him unspotted
and
blameless
in
peace.
And account
the longsuffering
of
our
Lord,
salvation;
as
also
our most
dear
brother
Paul,
according
to
the
wisdom
given
him, hath
written
to
you:
As
also
in
all
his epistles,
speaking
in
them
of
these
things;
in
which
are
certain
things
hard
to
be understood,
which
the unlearned
and
unstable wrest,
as
they
do
also
the
other
scriptures,
to
their
own
destruction.
You
therefore, brethren,
knowing
these
things
before, take heed,
lest
being led aside
by
the
error
of
the unwise,
you fall
from
your
own
steadfastness.
But
grow
in
grace,
and
in
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord
and Saviour
Jesus
Christ.
To
him
be
glory
both
now
and unto
the
day
of
eternity.
Amen.
1 John
John’s First Letter
1 John
1Jn
John’s First Letter
That
which
was
from
the
beginning,
which
we
have
heard,
which
we
have
seen
with
our
eyes,
which
we
have
looked
upon,
and
our
hands
have handled,
of
the
word
of
life:
For
the
life
was
manifested;
and
we
have
seen
and
do
bear
witness,
and declare unto
you
the
life
eternal,
which
was
with
the
Father,
and hath
appeared
to
us:
That
which
we
have
seen
and
have
heard,
we declare unto
you,
that
you
also
may
have
fellowship
with
us,
and
our
fellowship
may
be
with
the
Father,
and
with
his
Son
Jesus
Christ.
And
these
things
we
write
to
you,
that
you
may rejoice,
and
your
joy
may
be
full.
And
this
is
the declaration
which
we
have
heard
from
him,
and
declare unto
you:
That
God
is
light,
and
in
him
there
is
no
darkness.
If
we
say
that
we
have
fellowship
with
him,
and
walk
in
darkness,
we
lie,
and
do
not
the
truth.
But
if
we
walk
in
the
light,
as
he
also
is
in
the
light,
we
have
fellowship
one
with
another,
and
the
blood
of
Jesus
Christ
his
Son cleanseth
us
from
all
sin.
If
we
say
that
we
have
no
sin,
we
deceive
ourselves,
and
the
truth
is
not
in
us.
If
we
confess
our
sins,
he
is
faithful
and
just,
to
forgive
us
our
sins,
and
to
cleanse
us
from
all
iniquity.
If
we
say
that
we
have
not
sinned,
we
make
him
a
liar,
and
his
word
is
not
in
us.
My
little
children,
these
things
I
write
to
you,
that
you
may
not
sin.
But
if
any
man
sin,
we
have
an
advocate
with
the
Father,
Jesus
Christ
the
just:
And
he
is
the
propitiation
for
our
sins:
and
not
for
ours
only,
but
also
for
those
of
the
whole
world.
And
by
this
we
know
that
we
have
known
him,
if
we
keep
his
commandments.
He
who saith
that
he knoweth
him,
and keepeth
not
his
commandments,
is
a
liar,
and
the
truth
is
not
in
him.
But
he
that keepeth
his
word,
in
him
in
very deed
the charity
of
God
is
perfected;
and
by
this
we
know
that
we
are
in
him.
He
that saith
he abideth
in
him,
ought
himself
also
to
walk,
even
as
he
walked.
Dearly
beloved,
I
write
not
a
new
commandment
to
you,
but
an
old
commandment
which
you
had
from
the
beginning.
The
old
commandment
is
the
word
which
you
have
heard.
Again
a
new
commandment
I
write unto
you,
which
thing
is
true
both
in
him
and
in
you;
because
the
darkness
is
passed,
and
the
true
light
now shineth.
He
that saith
he
is
in
the
light,
and hateth
his
brother,
is
in
darkness
even
until
now.
He
that loveth
his
brother, abideth
in
the
light,
and
there
is
no scandal
in
him.
But
he
that hateth
his
brother,
is
in
darkness,
and walketh
in
darkness,
and knoweth
not whither
he goeth;
because
the
darkness hath
blinded
his
eyes.
I
write unto
you,
little
children,
because
your
sins
are
forgiven
you
for
his
name’s
sake.
I
write unto
you,
fathers,
because
you
have
known
him,
who
is
from
the
beginning.
I
write unto
you,
young
men,
because
you
have
overcome
the
wicked
one.
I
write unto
you, babes,
because
you
have
known
the
Father.
I
write unto
you,
young
men,
because
you
are
strong,
and
the
word
of
God abideth
in
you,
and
you
have
overcome
the
wicked
one.
Love
not
the
world,
nor
the
things
which
are
in
the
world.
If
any
man
love
the
world,
the charity
of
the
Father
is
not
in
him.
For
all
that
is
in
the
world,
is
the concupiscence
of
the
flesh,
and
the concupiscence
of
the
eyes,
and
the
pride
of
life,
which
is
not
of
the
Father,
but
is
of
the
world.
And
the
world passeth
away,
and
the concupiscence thereof:
but
he
that doth
the
will
of
God, abideth
for
ever.
Little
children,
it
is
the
last
hour;
and
as
you
have
heard
that
Antichrist cometh,
even
now
there
are
become
many
Antichrists: whereby
we
know
that
it
is
the
last
hour.
They
went
out
from
us,
but
they
were
not
of
us.
For
if
they
had
been
of
us,
they
would
no doubt
have
remained
with
us;
but
that
they
may
be
manifest,
that
they
are
not
all
of
us.
But
you
have
the unction
from
the
Holy
One,
and
know
all
things.
I
have
not
written
to
you
as
to
them
that
know
not
the
truth,
but
as
to
them
that
know
it:
and
that
no
lie
is
of
the
truth.
Who
is
a
liar,
but
he
who denieth
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ?
This
is
Antichrist,
who denieth
the
Father,
and
the
Son.
Whosoever denieth
the
Son,
the
same hath
not
the
Father.
He
that confesseth
the
Son, hath
the
Father
also.
As
for
you,
let
that
which
you
have
heard
from
the
beginning,
abide
in
you.
If
that
abide
in
you,
which
you
have
heard
from
the
beginning,
you
also
shall
abide
in
the
Son,
and
in
the
Father.
And
this
is
the
promise
which
he hath
promised us,
life everlasting.
These
things
have
I
written
to
you,
concerning
them
that seduce
you.
And
as
for
you,
let
the unction,
which
you
have
received
from
him,
abide
in
you.
And
you
have
no
need
that
any
man
teach
you;
but
as
his unction teacheth
you
of
all
things,
and
is
truth,
and
is
no
lie.
And
as
it hath
taught
you,
abide
in
him.
And
now,
little
children,
abide
in
him,
that
when
he
shall
appear,
we
may
have
confidence,
and
not
be confounded
by
him
at
his
coming.
If
you
know,
that
he
is
just,
know ye,
that
every
one
also,
who doth
justice,
is
born
of
him.
Behold
what manner
of charity
the
Father hath
bestowed
upon
us,
that
we
should
be
called,
and
should
be
the
sons
of
God.
Therefore
the
world knoweth
not
us,
because
it
knew
not
him.
Dearly
beloved,
we
are
now
the
sons
of
God;
and
it hath
not
yet
appeared
what
we
shall
be.
We
know,
that,
when
he
shall
appear,
we
shall
be
like
to
him:
because
we
shall
see
him
as
he
is.
And
every
one
that hath
this
hope
in
him, sanctifieth
himself,
as
he
also
is holy.
Whosoever committeth
sin committeth
also iniquity;
and
sin
is iniquity.
And
you
know
that
he
appeared
to
take
away
our
sins,
and
in
him
there
is
no
sin.
Whosoever abideth
in
him, sinneth
not;
and whosoever sinneth, hath
not
seen
him,
nor
known
him.
Little
children,
let
no
man
deceive
you.
He
that doth
justice
is
just, even
as
he
is
just.
He
that committeth
sin
is
of
the
devil:
for
the
devil sinneth
from
the
beginning.
For
this purpose,
the
Son
of
God
appeared,
that
he
might
destroy
the
works
of
the
devil.
Whosoever
is
born
of
God, committeth
not
sin:
for
his
seed abideth
in
him,
and
he
can
not
sin,
because
he
is
born
of
God.
In
this
the
children
of
God
are manifest,
and
the
children
of
the
devil. Whosoever
is
not
just,
is
not
of
God,
nor
he
that loveth
not
his
brother.
For
this
is
the declaration,
which
you
have
heard
from
the
beginning,
that
you
should
love
one
another.
Not
as
Cain,
who
was
of
the
wicked
one,
and killed
his
brother.
And wherefore
did
he kill
him?
Because
his
own
works
were
wicked:
and
his
brother’s
just.
Wonder
not,
brethren,
if
the
world
hate
you.
We
know
that
we
have
passed
from
death
to
life,
because
we
love
the
brethren.
He
that loveth
not, abideth
in
death.
Whosoever hateth
his
brother
is
a
murderer.
And
you
know
that
no
murderer hath
eternal
life
abiding
in
himself.
In
this
we
have
known
the charity
of
God,
because
he hath
laid
down
his
life
for
us:
and
we
ought
to
lay
down
our
lives
for
the
brethren.
He
that hath
the substance
of
this
world,
and
shall
see
his
brother
in
need,
and
shall
shut up
his bowels
from
him:
how doth
the charity
of
God
abide
in
him?
My
little
children, let
us
not
love
in
word,
nor
in
tongue,
but
in
deed,
and
in
truth.
In
this
we
know
that
we
are
of
the
truth:
and
in
his
sight
shall
persuade
our
hearts.
For
if
our
heart reprehend us,
God
is
greater
than
our
heart,
and knoweth
all
things.
Dearly
beloved,
if
our
heart
do
not reprehend us,
we
have
confidence towards
God:
And whatsoever
we
shall
ask,
we
shall
receive
of
him:
because
we
keep
his
commandments,
and
do
those
things
which
are
pleasing
in
his
sight.
And
this
is
his
commandment,
that
we
should
believe
in
the
name
of
his
Son
Jesus
Christ:
and
love
one
another,
as
he hath
given
commandment unto
us.
And
he
that keepeth
his
commandments, abideth
in
him,
and
he
in
him.
And
in
this
we
know
that
he abideth
in
us,
by
the
Spirit
which
he hath
given
us.
Dearly
beloved,
believe
not
every
spirit,
but try
the
spirits
if
they
be
of
God:
because
many
false
prophets
are
gone
out
into
the
world.
By
this
is
the
spirit
of
God
known.
Every
spirit
which confesseth
that
Jesus
Christ
is
come
in
the
flesh,
is
of
God:
And
every
spirit
that dissolveth
Jesus,
is
not
of
God:
and
this
is
Antichrist,
of
whom
you
have
heard
that
he cometh,
and
he
is
now
already
in
the
world.
You
are
of
God,
little
children,
and
have
overcome
him.
Because
greater
is
he
that
is
in
you,
than
he
that
is
in
the
world.
They
are
of
the
world:
therefore
of
the
world
they
speak,
and
the
world heareth
them.
We
are
of
God.
He
that knoweth
God, heareth
us.
He
that
is
not
of
God, heareth
us
not.
By
this
we
know
the
spirit
of
truth,
and
the
spirit
of
error.
Dearly
beloved,
let
us
love
one
another,
for charity
is
of
God.
And
every
one
that loveth,
is
born
of
God,
and knoweth
God.
He
that loveth
not, knoweth
not
God:
for
God
is charity.
By
this hath
the charity
of
God
appeared towards
us,
because
God hath
sent
his
only
begotten
Son
into
the
world,
that
we
may
live
by
him.
In
this
is charity:
not
as
though
we
had
loved
God,
but
because
he hath first
loved
us,
and
sent
his
Son
to
be
a
propitiation
for
our
sins.
My dearest,
if
God hath
so
loved us;
we
also
ought
to
love
one
another.
No
man hath
seen
God
at
any
time.
If
we
love
one
another,
God abideth
in
us,
and
his charity
is
perfected
in
us.
In
this
we
know
that
we
abide
in
him,
and
he
in
us:
because
he hath
given
us
of
his
spirit.
And
we
have
seen,
and
do
testify,
that
the
Father hath
sent
his
Son
to
be
the Saviour
of
the
world.
Whosoever
shall
confess
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God,
God abideth
in
him,
and
he
in
God.
And
we
have
known,
and
have
believed
the charity,
which
God hath
to
us.
God
is charity:
and
he
that abideth
in charity, abideth
in
God,
and
God
in
him.
In
this
is
the charity
of God
perfected
with
us,
that
we
may
have
confidence
in
the
day
of
judgment:
because
as
he
is,
we
also
are
in
this
world.
Fear
is
not
in charity:
but
perfect charity casteth
out
fear,
because
fear hath pain.
And
he
that feareth,
is
not
perfected
in charity.
Let us therefore
love
God,
because
God
first hath
loved us.
If
any
man
say,
I
love
God,
and hateth
his
brother;
he
is
a
liar.
For
he
that loveth
not
his
brother,
whom
he seeth,
how
can
he
love
God,
whom
he seeth
not?
And
this
commandment
we
have
from
God,
that
he,
who loveth
God,
love
also
his
brother.
Whosoever believeth
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ,
is
born
of
God.
And
every
one
that loveth
him
who begot, loveth
him
also
who
is
born
of
him.
In
this
we
know
that
we
love
the
children
of
God:
when
we
love
God,
and
keep
his
commandments.
For
this
is
the charity
of
God,
that
we
keep
his
commandments:
and
his
commandments
are
not
heavy.
For whatsoever
is
born
of
God, overcometh
the
world:
and
this
is
the
victory
which overcometh
the
world,
our
faith.
Who
is
he
that overcometh
the
world,
but
he
that believeth
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God?
This
is
he
that
came
by
water
and
blood,
Jesus
Christ:
not
by
water
only,
but
by
water
and
blood.
And
it
is
the
Spirit
which testifieth,
that
Christ
is
the
truth.
And
there
are
three
who give
testimony
in heaven,
the Father,
the Word,
and
the Holy Ghost.
And
these
three
are
one.
And
there
are
three
that give testimony
on earth:
the
spirit,
and
the
water,
and
the
blood:
and
these
three
are
one.
If
we
receive
the
testimony
of
men,
the
testimony
of
God
is
greater.
For
this
is
the
testimony
of
God,
which
is
greater,
because
he hath
testified
of
his
Son.
He
that believeth
in
the
Son
of
God, hath
the
testimony
of
God
in
himself.
He
that believeth
not
the
Son, maketh
him
a
liar:
because
he believeth
not
in
the
testimony
which
God hath
testified
of
his
Son.
And
this
is
the
testimony,
that
God hath
given
to
us
eternal
life.
And
this
life
is
in
his
Son.
He
that hath
the
Son, hath
life.
He
that hath
not
the
Son, hath
not
life.
These
things
I
write
to
you,
that
you
may
know
that
you
have
eternal
life,
you
who
believe
in
the
name
of
the
Son
of
God.
And
this
is
the
confidence
which
we
have towards
him:
That, whatsoever
we
shall
ask
according
to
his
will,
he heareth
us.
And
we
know
that
he heareth
us whatsoever
we
ask:
we
know
that
we
have
the petitions
which
we
request
of
him.
He
that knoweth
his
brother
to
sin
a
sin
which
is
not
to
death,
let
him
ask,
and
life
shall
be
given
to
him,
who sinneth
not
to
death.
There
is
a
sin unto
death:
for
that
I
say
not
that
any
man
ask.
All
iniquity
is
sin.
And
there
is
a
sin unto
death.
We
know
that whosoever
is
born
of
God, sinneth
not:
but
the generation
of
God preserveth
him,
and
the
wicked
one toucheth
him
not.
We
know
that
we
are
of
God,
and
the
whole
world
is seated
in wickedness.
And
we
know
that
the
Son
of
God
is
come:
and
he hath
given
us
understanding
that
we
may
know
the
true
God,
and
may
be
in
his
true
Son.
This
is
the
true
God
and
life
eternal.
Little
children,
keep
yourselves
from
idols. Amen.
2 John
John’s Second Letter
2 John
2Jn
John’s Second Letter
The ancient
to
the
lady
Elect,
and
her
children,
whom
I
love
in
the
truth,
and
not
I
only,
but
also
all
they
that
have
known
the
truth,
For
the
sake
of
the
truth
which dwelleth
in
us,
and
shall
be
with
us
for
ever.
Grace
be
with
you,
mercy,
and
peace
from
God
the
Father,
and
from
Christ
Jesus
the
Son
of
the
Father;
in
truth
and charity.
I
was exceeding
glad,
that
I
found
of thy
children
walking
in
truth,
as
we
have
received
a
commandment
from
the
Father.
And
now
I beseech thee,
lady,
not
as
writing
a
new
commandment
to thee,
but
that
which
we
have
had
from
the
beginning,
that
we
love
one
another.
And
this
is charity,
that
we
walk
according
to
his
commandments.
For
this
is
the
commandment,
that,
as
you
have
heard
from
the
beginning,
you
should
walk
in
the
same:
For
many seducers
are
gone
out
into
the
world,
who
confess
not
that
Jesus
Christ
is
come
in
the
flesh:
this
is
a seducer
and
an
antichrist.
Look
to
yourselves,
that
you
lose
not
the
things
which
you
have wrought:
but
that
you
may
receive
a
full
reward.
Whosoever revolteth,
and continueth
not
in
the doctrine
of
Christ, hath
not
God.
He
that continueth
in
the doctrine,
the
same hath
both
the
Father
and
the
Son.
If
any
man
come
to
you,
and
bring
not
this doctrine,
receive
him
not
into
the
house
nor
say
to
him,
God speed
you.
For
he
that saith unto
him,
God speed
you, communicateth
with
his
wicked
works.
Having
more
things
to
write unto
you,
I
would
not
by
paper
and
ink:
for
I
hope
that
I
shall
be
with
you,
and
speak
face
to
face:
that
your
joy
may
be
full.
The
children
of thy
sister
Elect salute thee.
3 John
John’s Third Letter
3 John
3Jn
John’s Third Letter
The ancient
to
the dearly
beloved
Gaius,
whom
I
love
in
truth.
Dearly
beloved,
concerning
all
things
I make
it
my prayer
that thou mayest proceed prosperously,
and fare
well
as thy
soul doth prosperously.
I
was
exceedingly
glad
when
the
brethren
came
and gave
testimony
to
the
truth
in thee,
even
as thou walkest
in
the
truth.
I
have
no
greater grace
than
this,
to
hear
that
my
children
walk
in
truth.
Dearly
beloved, thou dost
faithfully
whatever thou dost
for
the
brethren,
and
that
for
strangers,
Who
have
given
testimony
to thy charity
in
the
sight
of
the
church:
whom thou shalt
do
well
to
bring forward
on
their
way
in
a
manner
worthy
of
God.
Because,
for
his
name
they
went
out,
taking
nothing
of
the
Gentiles.
We
therefore
ought
to receive
such,
that
we
may
be
fellow helpers
of
the
truth.
I
had
written perhaps
to
the
church:
but
Diotrephes,
who loveth
to
have
the pre-eminence among
them, doth
not
receive us.
For
this
cause,
if
I
come,
I
will advertise
his
works
which
he doth,
with malicious
words prating
against
us.
And
as
if
these
things
were
not
enough
for
him,
neither doth
he
himself
receive
the
brethren,
and
them
that
do
receive
them
he forbiddeth,
and casteth
out
of
the
church.
Dearly
beloved,
follow
not
that
which
is
evil,
but
that
which
is
good.
He
that doth
good,
is
of
God:
he
that doth
evil, hath
not
seen
God.
To
Demetrius
testimony
is
given
by
all,
and
by
the
truth
itself, yea
and
we
also give
testimony:
and thou knowest
that
our
testimony
is
true.
I
had
many
things
to
write unto thee:
but
I
would
not
by
ink
and
pen
write
to thee.
But
I
hope speedily
to
see thee,
and
we
will
speak
mouth
to
mouth. Peace
be
to thee.
Our friends salute thee. Salute
the friends
by name.
Jude
The Letter from Jude
Jude
Jud
The Letter from Jude
Jude,
the
servant
of
Jesus
Christ,
and
brother
of
James:
to
them
that
are
beloved
in
God
the
Father,
and
preserved
in
Jesus
Christ,
and
called.
Mercy unto
you,
and
peace,
and charity
be fulfilled.
Dearly
beloved, taking
all care
to
write unto
you
concerning
your
common
salvation,
I
was
under
a
necessity
to
write unto
you:
to beseech
you
to
contend
earnestly
for
the
faith
once
delivered
to
the
saints.
For
certain
men
are secretly entered
in, (who
were
written
of
long
ago unto
this
judgment,)
ungodly
men, turning
the
grace
of
our
Lord
God
into riotousness,
and
denying
the
only sovereign Ruler,
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
I
will
therefore admonish
you,
though ye
once
knew
all
things,
that
Jesus, having
saved
the
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
did afterwards
destroy
them
that
believed
not:
And
the
angels
who
kept
not
their principality,
but forsook
their
own habitation,
he hath
reserved
under
darkness
in everlasting
chains, unto
the
judgment
of
the
great
day.
As
Sodom
and Gomorrha,
and
the neighbouring
cities,
in
like manner, having given
themselves
to fornication,
and
going
after
other
flesh,
were made
an
example, suffering
the
punishment
of
eternal
fire.
In
like
manner
these
men
also
defile
the
flesh,
and despise
dominion,
and
blaspheme majesty.
When
Michael
the
archangel, disputing
with
the
devil, contended
about
the
body
of
Moses,
he durst
not
bring
against
him
the
judgment
of
railing speech,
but
said:
The
Lord
command thee.
But
these
men
blaspheme
whatever
things
they
know
not:
and
what
things soever
they naturally
know,
like dumb beasts,
in
these
they
are
corrupted.
Woe unto
them,
for
they
have
gone
in
the
way
of
Cain:
and
after
the
error
of
Balaam
they
have
for
reward poured out
themselves,
and
have
perished
in
the contradiction
of Core.
These
are spots
in
their banquets,
feasting
together
without
fear,
feeding
themselves,
clouds
without
water,
which
are
carried
about
by
winds,
trees
of
the
autumn,
unfruitful,
twice
dead, plucked up
by
the roots,
Raging
waves
of
the
sea, foaming
out
their
own confusion;
wandering
stars,
to
whom
the storm
of
darkness
is
reserved
for
ever.
Now
of
these
Enoch
also,
the
seventh
from
Adam,
prophesied,
saying:
Behold,
the
Lord cometh
with
thousands
of
his
saints,
To
execute
judgment
upon
all,
and
to
reprove
all
the
ungodly
for
all
the
works
of
their
ungodliness, whereby
they
have
done
ungodly,
and
of
all
the
hard
things
which
ungodly
sinners
have
spoken
against
God.
These
are murmurers, full
of complaints,
walking
according
to
their
own
desires,
and
their
mouth speaketh proud
things, admiring
persons
for gain’s
sake.
But
you,
my dearly
beloved,
be mindful
of
the
words
which
have
been spoken
before
by
the
apostles
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
Who
told
you,
that
in
the
last
time
there should
come
mockers,
walking
according
to
their
own
desires
in ungodlinesses.
These
are
they,
who separate
themselves, sensual
men,
having
not
the
Spirit.
But
you,
my
beloved,
building
yourselves upon
your
most
holy
faith,
praying
in
the
Holy Ghost,
Keep
yourselves
in
the
love
of
God,
waiting
for
the
mercy
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ, unto
life everlasting.
And
some
indeed
reprove, being
judged:
But
others
save, pulling
them
out
of
the
fire.
And
on
others
have
mercy,
in
fear,
hating
also
the spotted
garment
which
is carnal.
Now
to
him
who
is
able
to preserve
you
without sin,
and
to present
you spotless
before
the
presence
of
his
glory
with exceeding
joy,
in
the coming
of
our Lord
Jesus
Christ,
To
the
only
God
our Saviour
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord,
be
glory
and magnificence, empire
and
power,
before
all
ages,
and
now,
and
for
all
ages
of
ages.
Amen.
Revelation
The Revelation to John
Revelation
Rev
The Revelation to John
The
Revelation
of
Jesus
Christ,
which
God
gave unto
him,
to
make known
to
his
servants
the
things
which
must
shortly
come
to
pass:
and signified,
sending
by
his
angel
to
his
servant
John,
Who hath
given
testimony
to
the
word
of
God,
and
the
testimony
of
Jesus
Christ,
what
things soever
he hath
seen.
Blessed
is
he,
that readeth
and heareth
the
words
of
this
prophecy;
and keepeth
those
things
which
are
written
in
it;
for
the
time
is
at hand.
John
to
the
seven
churches
which
are
in
Asia.
Grace
be unto
you
and
peace
from
him
that
is,
and
that
was,
and
that
is
to
come,
and
from
the
seven
spirits
which
are
before
his
throne,
And
from
Jesus
Christ,
who
is
the
faithful
witness,
the first begotten
of
the
dead,
and
the
prince
of
the
kings
of
the
earth,
who hath
loved
us,
and washed
us
from
our
sins
in
his
own
blood,
And hath
made
us
a
kingdom,
and
priests
to
God
and
his
Father,
to
him
be
glory
and empire
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
Behold,
he cometh
with
the
clouds,
and
every
eye
shall
see
him,
and
they
also
that
pierced
him.
And
all
the
tribes
of
the
earth
shall bewail
themselves
because
of
him.
Even
so.
Amen.
I
am Alpha
and
Omega,
the beginning
and
the end, saith
the
Lord
God,
who
is,
and
who
was,
and
who
is
to
come,
the
Almighty.
I
John,
your
brother
and
your partner
in
tribulation,
and
in
the
kingdom,
and
patience
in Christ
Jesus,
was
in
the
island,
which
is
called
Patmos,
for
the
word
of
God,
and
for
the
testimony
of
Jesus.
I
was
in
the
spirit
on
the
Lord’s
day,
and
heard
behind
me
a
great
voice,
as
of
a
trumpet,
Saying:
What thou seest,
write
in
a
book,
and
send
to
the
seven
churches
which
are
in Asia,
to
Ephesus,
and
to
Smyrna,
and
to Pergamus,
and
to
Thyatira,
and
to
Sardis,
and
to
Philadelphia,
and
to
Laodicea.
And
I
turned
to
see
the
voice
that
spoke
with
me.
And being
turned,
I
saw
seven
golden candlesticks:
And
in
the
midst
of
the seven
golden candlesticks,
one
like
to
the
Son
of
man, clothed
with
a garment down
to
the
feet,
and girt
about
the paps
with
a
golden girdle.
And
his
head
and
his
hairs
were
white,
as
white
wool,
and
as
snow,
and
his
eyes
were
as
a
flame
of
fire,
And
his
feet
like unto fine brass,
as
in
a
burning
furnace.
And
his
voice
as
the
sound
of
many
waters.
And
he
had
in
his
right
hand
seven
stars.
And
from
his
mouth
came
out
a
sharp two edged
sword:
and
his
face
was
as
the
sun shineth
in
his
power.
And
when
I
had
seen
him,
I
fell
at
his
feet
as
dead.
And
he
laid
his
right
hand
upon
me,
saying:
Fear
not.
I
am
the
First
and
the
Last,
And
alive,
and
was
dead,
and
behold
I
am
living
for
ever
and
ever,
and
have
the
keys
of
death
and
of
hell.
Write
therefore
the
things
which thou hast
seen,
and
which
are,
and
which
must
be
done hereafter.
The
mystery
of
the
seven
stars,
which thou sawest
in
my
right
hand,
and
the
seven
golden candlesticks.
The
seven
stars
are
the
angels
of
the
seven
churches.
And
the
seven candlesticks
are
the
seven
churches.
Unto
the
angel
of
the
church
of
Ephesus
write:
These
things saith
he,
who holdeth
the
seven
stars
in
his
right
hand,
who walketh
in
the
midst
of
the
seven
golden candlesticks:
I
know thy
works,
and thy labour,
and thy
patience,
and
how thou canst
not
bear
them
that
are
evil,
and thou hast
tried
them,
who
say
they
are
apostles,
and
are
not,
and hast
found
them
liars:
And thou hast
patience,
and hast
endured
for
my
name,
and hast
not fainted.
But
I
have somewhat
against thee,
because thou hast
left thy
first charity.
Be mindful
therefore
from whence thou art
fallen:
and
do penance,
and
do
the
first
works.
Or
else
I
come
to thee,
and
will
move thy candlestick
out
of
its
place,
except thou
do penance.
But
this thou hast,
that thou hatest
the
deeds
of
the Nicolaites,
which
I
also
hate.
He,
that hath
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit saith
to
the
churches:
To
him,
that overcometh,
I
will
give
to
eat
of
the
tree
of
life,
which
is
in
the
paradise
of
my
God.
And
to
the
angel
of
the
church
of
Smyrna
write:
These
things saith
the
First
and
the
Last,
who
was
dead,
and
is
alive:
I
know thy
tribulation
and thy
poverty,
but thou art
rich:
and thou art blasphemed
by
them
that
say
they
are
Jews
and
are
not,
but
are
the
synagogue
of
Satan.
Fear none
of
those
things
which thou shalt
suffer.
Behold,
the
devil
will
cast
some
of
you
into
prison
that
you
may
be
tried:
and
you
shall
have
tribulation
ten
days.
Be thou
faithful
until
death:
and
I
will
give thee
the
crown
of
life.
He,
that hath
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit saith
to
the
churches:
He
that
shall
overcome,
shall
not
be
hurt
by
the
second
death.
And
to
the
angel
of
the
church
of Pergamus
write:
These
things, saith
he,
that hath
the
sharp two edged
sword:
I
know
where thou dwellest,
where
the seat
of
Satan
is:
and thou holdest
fast
my
name,
and hast
not
denied
my
faith.
Even
in
those
days
when
Antipas
was
my
faithful
witness,
who
was slain
among
you,
where
Satan dwelleth.
But
I
have
against thee
a
few
things:
because thou hast
there
them
that
hold
the doctrine
of
Balaam,
who
taught Balac
to
cast
a stumblingblock
before
the children
of
Israel,
to
eat,
and
to
commit fornication:
So hast thou
also them
that
hold
the doctrine
of
the Nicolaites.
In
like manner
do penance:
if
not,
I
will
come
to thee
quickly,
and
will
fight
against
them
with
the
sword
of
my
mouth.
He,
that hath
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit saith
to
the
churches:
To
him
that overcometh,
I
will
give
the
hidden
manna,
and
will
give
him
a
white counter,
and
in
the counter,
a
new
name
written,
which
no
man knoweth,
but
he
that receiveth
it.
And
to
the
angel
of
the
church
of
Thyatira
write:
These
things saith
the
Son
of
God,
who hath
his
eyes
like
to
a
flame
of
fire,
and
his
feet
like
to fine brass.
I
know thy
works,
and thy
faith,
and thy charity,
and thy
ministry,
and thy
patience,
and thy
last
works
which
are
more
than
the former.
But
I
have
against thee
a few
things:
because thou sufferest
the
woman Jezabel,
who calleth
herself
a
prophetess,
to
teach,
and
to seduce
my
servants,
to
commit fornication,
and
to
eat
of
things
sacrificed
to
idols.
And
I
gave
her
a
time
that
she
might
do penance,
and
she
will
not
repent
of
her
fornication.
Behold,
I
will
cast
her
into
a
bed:
and
they
that
commit
adultery
with
her
shall
be
in
very
great
tribulation,
except
they
do penance
from
their
deeds.
And
I
will
kill
her
children
with
death,
and
all
the
churches
shall
know
that
I
am
he
that searcheth
the reins
and
hearts,
and
I
will
give
to
every
one
of
you
according
to
your
works.
But
to
you
I
say,
And
to
the
rest
who
are
at
Thyatira: Whosoever
have
not
this doctrine,
and
who
have
not
known
the depths
of
Satan,
as
they
say,
I
will
not
put
upon
you
any
other burthen.
Yet
that,
which
you
have,
hold
fast till
I
come.
And
he
that
shall
overcome,
and
keep
my
works unto
the
end,
I
will
give
him
power
over
the
nations.
And
he
shall
rule
them
with
a
rod
of
iron,
and
as
the
vessel
of
a
potter
they
shall
be
broken,
As
I
also
have
received
of
my
Father:
and
I
will
give
him
the
morning
star.
He
that hath
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit saith
to
the
churches.
And
to
the
angel
of
the
church
of
Sardis,
write:
These
things saith
he,
that hath
the
seven
spirits
of
God,
and
the
seven
stars:
I
know thy
works,
that thou hast
the
name
of
being
alive:
and thou art
dead.
Be watchful
and
strengthen
the
things
that
remain,
which
are
ready
to
die.
For
I
find
not thy
works
full
before
my
God.
Have
in
mind
therefore
in
what manner thou hast
received
and
heard:
and
observe,
and
do penance.
If
then thou shalt
not
watch,
I
will
come
to thee
as
a
thief,
and thou shalt
not
know
at
what
hour
I
will
come
to thee.
But thou hast
a
few
names
in
Sardis,
which
have
not
defiled
their
garments:
and
they
shall
walk
with
me
in
white,
because
they
are
worthy.
He
that
shall
overcome,
shall
thus
be
clothed
in
white
garments,
and
I
will
not blot
out
his
name
out
of
the
book
of
life,
and
I
will
confess
his
name
before
my
Father,
and
before
his
angels.
He
that hath
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit saith
to
the
churches.
And
to
the
angel
of
the
church
of
Philadelphia,
write:
These
things saith
the
Holy
One
and
the
true
one,
he
that hath
the
key
of
David;
he
that openeth,
and
no
man shutteth; shutteth,
and
no
man openeth:
I
know thy
works.
Behold,
I
have
given
before thee
a
door
opened,
which
no
man
can
shut:
because thou hast
a
little
strength,
and hast
kept
my
word,
and hast
not
denied
my
name.
Behold,
I
will
bring
of
the
synagogue
of
Satan,
who
say
they
are
Jews,
and
are
not,
but
do
lie.
Behold,
I
will
make
them
to
come
and adore
before thy
feet.
And
they
shall
know
that
I
have
loved thee.
Because thou hast
kept
the
word
of
my
patience,
I
will
also
keep thee
from
the
hour
of
the
temptation,
which shall
come
upon
the
whole
world
to try
them
that
dwell
upon
the
earth.
Behold,
I
come
quickly:
hold
fast
that
which thou hast,
that
no
man
take thy
crown.
He
that
shall
overcome,
I
will
make
him
a
pillar
in
the
temple
of
my
God;
and
he
shall
go
out
no
more;
and
I
will
write
upon
him
the
name
of
my
God,
and
the
name
of
the
city
of
my
God,
the
new
Jerusalem,
which cometh
down
out
of
heaven
from
my
God,
and
my
new
name.
He
that hath
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit saith
to
the
churches.
And
to
the
angel
of
the
church
of
Laodicea,
write:
These
things saith
the
Amen,
the
faithful
and
true
witness,
who
is
the
beginning
of
the
creation
of
God:
I
know thy
works,
that thou art
neither
cold,
nor
hot.
I would thou wert
cold,
or
hot.
But
because thou art
lukewarm,
and
neither
cold,
not
hot,
I
will begin
to
vomit thee
out
of
my
mouth.
Because thou sayest:
I
am
rich,
and
made
wealthy,
and
have
need
of
nothing:
and knowest
not,
that thou art
wretched,
and
miserable,
and
poor,
and
blind,
and
naked.
I counsel thee
to
buy
of
me
gold
fire tried,
that thou mayest
be
made
rich;
and mayest
be
clothed
in
white
garments,
and
that
the
shame
of thy
nakedness
may
not
appear;
and
anoint thy
eyes
with eyesalve,
that thou mayest
see.
Such
as
I
love,
I
rebuke
and chastise.
Be zealous
therefore,
and
do penance.
Behold,
I
stand
at
the
gate,
and
knock.
If
any
man
shall
hear
my
voice,
and
open
to
me
the
door,
I
will
come
in
to
him,
and
will sup
with
him,
and
he
with
me.
To
him
that
shall
overcome,
I
will
give
to
sit
with
me
in
my
throne:
as
I
also
have
overcome,
and
am set
down
with
my
Father
in
his
throne.
He
that hath
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit saith
to
the
churches.
After
these
things
I
looked,
and
behold
a
door
was
opened
in
heaven,
and
the
first
voice
which
I
heard,
as
it
were,
of
a
trumpet
speaking
with
me,
said:
Come
up hither,
and
I
will shew thee
the
things
which
must
be
done hereafter.
And
immediately
I
was
in
the
spirit:
and
behold
there
was
a
throne
set
in
heaven,
and
upon
the
throne
one
sitting.
And
he that
sat,
was
to
the
sight
like
the
jasper
and
the sardine
stone;
and there
was
a
rainbow round
about
the
throne,
in
sight
like unto
an
emerald.
And round
about
the
throne
were
four
and
twenty seats;
and
upon
the seats,
four
and
twenty ancients
sitting,
clothed
in
white
garments,
and
on
their
heads
were
crowns
of
gold.
And
from
the
throne
proceeded lightnings,
and
voices,
and
thunders;
and
there
were
seven
lamps
burning
before
the
throne,
which
are
the
seven
spirits
of
God.
And
in
the
sight
of
the
throne
was,
as
it
were,
a
sea
of
glass
like
to
crystal;
and
in
the
midst
of
the
throne,
and
round
about
the
throne,
were
four
living
creatures,
full
of
eyes
before
and
behind.
And
the
first
living
creature
was
like
a
lion:
and
the
second
living
creature
like
a
calf:
and
the
third
living
creature,
having
the
face,
as
it
were,
of
a
man:
and
the fourth
living
creature
was
like
an
eagle
flying.
And
the
four
living
creatures
had
each
of
them
six
wings;
and round
about
and
within
they
are
full
of
eyes.
And
they rested
not
day
and
night,
saying:
Holy,
holy,
holy,
Lord
God
Almighty,
who
was,
and
who
is,
and
who
is
to
come.
And
when
those
living
creatures
gave
glory,
and honour,
and benediction
to
him
that sitteth
on
the
throne,
who liveth
for
ever
and
ever;
The
four
and
twenty ancients
fell
down
before
him
that sitteth
on
the
throne,
and adored
him
that liveth
for
ever
and
ever,
and
cast
their
crowns
before
the
throne,
saying:
Thou art
worthy, O
Lord
our
God,
to
receive
glory,
and honour,
and
power:
because thou hast
created
all
things;
and
for thy
will
they
were,
and
have
been
created.
And
I
saw
in
the
right
hand
of
him
that
sat
on
the
throne,
a
book
written
within
and
without,
sealed
with
seven
seals.
And
I
saw
a
strong
angel,
proclaiming
with
a
loud
voice:
Who
is
worthy
to
open
the
book,
and
to
loose
the
seals thereof?
And
no
man
was
able,
neither
in
heaven,
nor
on
earth,
nor
under
the
earth,
to
open
the
book,
nor
to
look
on
it.
And
I
wept
much,
because
no
man
was
found
worthy
to
open
the
book,
nor
to
see
it.
And
one
of
the ancients
said
to
me:
Weep
not;
behold
the
lion
of
the
tribe
of Juda,
the
root
of
David, hath prevailed
to
open
the
book,
and
to loose
the
seven
seals thereof.
And
I
saw:
and
behold
in
the
midst
of
the
throne
and
of
the
four
living
creatures,
and
in
the
midst
of
the ancients,
a
Lamb
standing
as
it
were
slain,
having
seven
horns
and
seven
eyes:
which
are
the
seven
Spirits
of
God,
sent
forth
into
all
the
earth.
And
he
came
and
took
the book
out
of
the
right
hand
of
him
that
sat
on
the
throne.
And
when
he
had opened
the
book,
the
four
living
creatures,
and
the
four
and
twenty ancients
fell
down
before
the
Lamb,
having
every
one
of
them
harps,
and
golden vials
full
of odours,
which
are
the
prayers
of
saints:
And
they sung
a
new canticle,
saying: Thou art
worthy, O
Lord,
to
take
the
book,
and
to
open
the
seals thereof;
because thou wast
slain,
and hast redeemed
us
to
God,
in thy
blood,
out
of
every
tribe,
and
tongue,
and
people,
and
nation.
And hast
made
us
to
our
God
a
kingdom
and
priests,
and
we
shall
reign
on
the
earth.
And
I beheld,
and
I
heard
the
voice
of
many
angels
round
about
the
throne,
and
the
living
creatures,
and
the ancients;
and
the
number
of
them
was
thousands
of
thousands,
Saying
with
a
loud
voice:
The
Lamb
that
was
slain
is
worthy
to
receive
power,
and divinity,
and
wisdom,
and
strength,
and honour,
and
glory,
and benediction.
And
every
creature,
which
is
in
heaven,
and
on
the
earth,
and
under
the
earth,
and
such
as
are
in
the
sea,
and
all
that
are
in
them:
I
heard
all
saying:
To
him
that sitteth
on
the
throne,
and
to
the
Lamb, benediction,
and honour,
and
glory,
and
power,
for
ever
and
ever.
And
the
four
living
creatures
said:
Amen.
And
the
four
and twenty ancients
fell
down
on
their faces,
and adored
him
that liveth
for ever
and ever.
And
I
saw
that
the
Lamb
had
opened
one
of
the
seven
seals,
and
I
heard
one
of
the
four
living
creatures,
as
it
were
the
voice
of
thunder,
saying:
Come,
and
see.
And
I
saw:
and
behold
a
white
horse,
and
he
that
sat
on
him
had
a
bow,
and
there
was
a
crown
given
him,
and
he
went
forth
conquering
that
he
might
conquer.
And
when
he
had
opened
the
second
seal,
I
heard
the
second
living
creature,
saying:
Come,
and see.
And there
went
out
another
horse
that
was
red:
and
to
him
that
sat thereon,
it
was
given
that
he
should
take
peace
from
the
earth,
and
that
they
should kill
one
another,
and
a
great
sword
was
given
to
him.
And
when
he
had
opened
the
third
seal,
I
heard
the
third
living
creature
saying:
Come,
and
see.
And
behold
a
black
horse,
and
he
that
sat
on
him
had
a
pair
of
scales
in
his
hand.
And
I
heard
as
it
were
a
voice
in
the
midst
of
the
four
living
creatures,
saying:
Two pounds
of
wheat
for
a penny,
and thrice
two pounds
of
barley
for
a penny,
and see thou
hurt
not
the
wine
and
the
oil.
And
when
he
had
opened
the fourth
seal,
I
heard
the
voice
of
the fourth
living
creature,
saying:
Come,
and see.
And
behold
a pale
horse,
and
he
that
sat
upon
him,
his
name
was
Death,
and
hell
followed
him.
And
power
was
given
to
him
over
the
four parts
of
the
earth,
to
kill
with
sword,
with
famine,
and
with
death,
and
with
the
beasts
of
the
earth.
And
when
he
had
opened
the
fifth
seal,
I
saw
under
the
altar
the
souls
of
them
that
were
slain
for
the
word
of
God,
and
for
the
testimony
which
they
held.
And
they
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying:
How
long, O
Lord (holy
and
true) dost thou
not
judge
and
revenge
our
blood
on
them
that
dwell
on
the
earth?
And
white
robes
were
given
to
every
one
of
them
one;
and
it
was
said
to
them,
that
they
should
rest
for
a little
time, till
their
fellow
servants,
and
their
brethren,
who
are
to
be slain,
even
as
they,
should
be
filled
up.
And
I
saw,
when
he
had
opened
the
sixth
seal,
and
behold
there
was
a
great
earthquake,
and
the
sun
became
black
as
sackcloth
of
hair:
and
the
whole
moon
became
as
blood:
And
the
stars
from
heaven
fell
upon
the
earth,
as
the
fig
tree casteth
its green
figs
when
it
is
shaken
by
a
great
wind:
And
the
heaven departed
as
a
book folded
up:
and
every
mountain,
and
the islands
were
moved
out
of
their
places.
And
the
kings
of
the
earth,
and
the princes,
and tribunes,
and
the
rich,
and
the
strong,
and
every bondman,
and
every
freeman,
hid
themselves
in
the dens
and
in
the
rocks
of
mountains:
And
they
say
to
the
mountains
and
the
rocks:
Fall
upon
us,
and
hide
us
from
the
face
of
him
that sitteth
upon
the
throne
and
from
the
wrath
of
the
Lamb:
For
the
great
day
of
their
wrath
is
come,
and
who
shall
be
able
to
stand?
After
these
things,
I
saw
four
angels
standing
on
the
four
corners
of
the
earth,
holding
the
four
winds
of
the
earth,
that
they
should
not
blow
upon
the
earth,
nor
upon
the
sea,
nor
on
any
tree.
And
I
saw
another
angel
ascending
from
the
rising
of
the
sun,
having
the sign
of
the
living
God;
and
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice
to
the
four
angels,
to
whom
it
was
given
to
hurt
the
earth
and
the
sea,
Saying:
Hurt
not
the
earth,
nor
the
sea,
nor
the
trees, till
we sign
the
servants
of
our
God
in
their
foreheads.
And
I
heard
the
number
of
them
that
were signed,
an
hundred
forty-four
thousand
were signed,
of
every
tribe
of
the children
of
Israel.
Of
the
tribe
of Juda, were
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of Ruben,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of
Gad,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of Aser,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of Nephthali,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of Manasses,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of
Simeon,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of
Levi,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of Issachar,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of Zabulon,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of
Joseph,
twelve
thousand signed:
Of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
twelve
thousand signed.
After
this
I
saw
a
great
multitude,
which
no
man
could
number,
of
all
nations,
and
tribes,
and
peoples,
and
tongues,
standing
before
the
throne,
and
in
sight
of
the
Lamb,
clothed
with
white
robes,
and palms
in
their
hands:
And
they
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying:
Salvation
to
our
God,
who sitteth
upon
the
throne,
and
to
the
Lamb.
And
all
the
angels
stood
round
about
the
throne,
and
the ancients,
and
the
four
living
creatures;
and
they
fell
down
before
the
throne
upon
their
faces,
and adored
God,
Saying:
Amen. Benediction,
and
glory,
and
wisdom,
and
thanksgiving, honour,
and
power,
and
strength
to
our
God
for
ever
and
ever.
Amen.
And
one
of
the ancients
answered,
and
said
to
me:
These
that
are
clothed
in
white
robes,
who
are
they?
and whence
came
they?
And
I
said
to
him:
My
Lord, thou knowest.
And
he
said
to
me:
These
are
they
who
are
come
out
of
great
tribulation,
and
have
washed
their
robes,
and
have
made
them
white
in
the
blood
of
the
Lamb.
Therefore
they
are
before
the
throne
of
God,
and
they
serve
him
day
and
night
in
his
temple:
and
he,
that sitteth
on
the
throne,
shall
dwell
over
them.
They shall
no
more
hunger
nor
thirst,
neither shall
the
sun
fall
on
them,
nor
any
heat.
For
the
Lamb,
which
is
in
the
midst
of
the
throne,
shall
rule
them,
and
shall
lead
them
to
the fountains
of
the
waters
of
life,
and
God
shall
wipe
away
all
tears
from
their
eyes.
And
when
he
had
opened
the
seventh
seal,
there
was
silence
in
heaven,
as
it
were
for
half
an
hour.
And
I
saw
seven
angels
standing
in
the
presence
of
God;
and
there
were
given
to
them
seven
trumpets.
And
another
angel
came,
and
stood
before
the
altar,
having
a
golden
censer;
and
there
was
given
to
him
much
incense,
that
he
should
offer
of
the
prayers
of
all
saints
upon
the
golden
altar,
which
is
before
the
throne
of
God.
And
the
smoke
of
the
incense
of
the
prayers
of
the
saints
ascended
up
before
God
from
the
hand
of
the
angel.
And
the
angel
took
the
censer,
and
filled
it
with
the
fire
of
the
altar,
and
cast
it
on
the
earth,
and
there
were
thunders
and
voices
and lightnings,
and
a great
earthquake.
And
the
seven
angels,
who
had
the
seven
trumpets,
prepared
themselves
to
sound
the
trumpet.
And
the
first angel
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
there
followed
hail
and
fire, mingled
with
blood,
and
it
was
cast
on
the
earth,
and
the
third part
of
the
earth
was burnt
up,
and
the
third part
of
the
trees
was burnt
up,
and
all
green
grass
was burnt
up.
And
the
second
angel
sounded
the
trumpet:
and
as
it
were
a
great
mountain,
burning
with
fire,
was
cast
into
the
sea,
and
the
third part
of
the
sea
became
blood:
And
the
third part
of
those
creatures
died,
which
had
life
in
the
sea,
and
the
third part
of
the
ships
was
destroyed.
And
the
third
angel
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
a
great
star
fell
from
heaven,
burning
as
it
were
a
torch,
and
it
fell
on
the
third part
of
the
rivers,
and
upon
the fountains
of
waters:
And
the
name
of
the
star
is
called
Wormwood.
And
the
third part
of
the
waters
became
wormwood;
and
many
men
died
of
the
waters,
because
they
were
made
bitter.
And
the fourth
angel
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
the
third
part
of
the
sun
was smitten,
and
the
third
part
of
the
moon,
and
the
third
part
of
the
stars,
so
that
the
third
part
of
them
was
darkened,
and
the
day did
not
shine
for
a
third
part
of
it,
and
the
night
in
like
manner.
And
I beheld,
and
heard
the
voice
of
one
eagle
flying
through
the midst
of heaven,
saying
with
a
loud
voice:
Woe,
woe,
woe
to
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth:
by
reason
of
the
rest
of
the
voices
of
the
three
angels,
who
are
yet
to
sound
the
trumpet.
And
the
fifth
angel
sounded
the
trumpet,
and
I
saw
a
star
fall
from
heaven
upon
the
earth,
and there
was
given
to
him
the
key
of
the
bottomless
pit.
And
he
opened
the
bottomless
pit:
and
the
smoke
of
the
pit arose,
as
the
smoke
of
a
great
furnace;
and
the
sun
and
the
air
were
darkened
with
the
smoke
of
the
pit.
And
from
the
smoke
of
the pit there
came
out
locusts upon
the
earth.
And
power
was
given
to
them,
as
the
scorpions
of
the
earth
have
power:
And
it
was commanded
them
that
they
should
not
hurt
the
grass
of
the
earth,
nor
any
green
thing,
nor
any
tree:
but
only
the
men
who
have
not
the sign
of
God
on
their
foreheads.
And
it
was
given unto
them
that
they
should
not
kill
them;
but
that
they
should
torment
them
five
months:
and
their
torment
was
as
the
torment
of
a
scorpion
when
he striketh
a
man.
And
in
those
days
men
shall
seek
death,
and
shall
not
find
it:
and
they
shall
desire
to
die,
and
death
shall fly
from
them.
And
the shapes
of
the
locusts
were
like unto
horses
prepared unto
battle:
and
on
their
heads
were,
as
it
were,
crowns
like
gold:
and
their
faces
were
as
the
faces
of
men.
And
they
had
hair
as
the
hair
of
women;
and
their
teeth
were
as
lions:
And
they
had
breastplates
as
breastplates
of
iron,
and
the noise
of
their
wings
was
as
the noise
of
chariots
and
many
horses
running
to
battle.
And
they
had
tails
like
to
scorpions,
and
there
were
stings
in
their
tails;
and
their
power
was
to
hurt
men
five
months.
And
they
had
over
them
A
king,
the
angel
of
the
bottomless pit;
whose
name
in
Hebrew
is
Abaddon,
and
in
Greek
Apollyon;
in Latin Exterminans,
One
woe
is
past,
and
behold
there
come
yet
two
woes
more hereafter.
And
the
sixth
angel
sounded
the
trumpet:
and
I
heard
a
voice
from
the
four
horns
of
the great
altar,
which
is
before
the eyes
of
God,
Saying
to
the
sixth
angel,
who
had
the
trumpet:
Loose
the
four
angels,
who
are
bound
in
the
great
river
Euphrates.
And
the
four
angels
were
loosed,
who
were
prepared
for
an
hour,
and
a
day,
and
a
month,
and
a
year:
for
to
kill
the
third part
of
men.
And
the
number
of
the
army
of
horsemen
was twenty
thousand times ten
thousand.
And
I
heard
the
number
of
them.
And
thus
I
saw
the
horses
in
the
vision:
and
they
that
sat
on
them,
had
breastplates
of
fire
and
of
hyacinth
and
of
brimstone,
and
the
heads
of
the
horses
were
as
the
heads
of
lions:
and
from
their
mouths
proceeded
fire,
and
smoke,
and
brimstone.
And
by
these
three
plagues
was slain
the
third
part
of
men,
by
the
fire
and
by
the
smoke
and
by
the
brimstone,
which issued
out
of
their
mouths.
For
the
power
of
the
horses
is
in
their
mouths,
and
in
their
tails.
For,
their
tails
are
like
to
serpents,
and
have
heads:
and
with
them
they
hurt.
And
the
rest
of
the
men,
who
were
not slain
by
these
plagues,
did
not
do penance
from
the
works
of
their
hands,
that
they
should
not adore devils,
and
idols
of
gold,
and
silver,
and
brass,
and
stone,
and
wood,
which
neither
can
see,
nor
hear,
nor
walk:
Neither
did
they penance
from
their
murders,
nor
from
their
sorceries,
nor
from
their
fornication,
nor
from
their
thefts.
And
I
saw
another
mighty
angel
come
down
from
heaven,
clothed
with
a
cloud,
and
a
rainbow
was
on
his
head,
and
his
face
was
as
the
sun,
and
his
feet
as
pillars
of
fire.
And
he
had
in
his
hand
a
little
book
open:
and
he
set
his
right
foot
upon
the
sea,
and
his
left
foot
upon
the
earth.
And
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice
as
when
a
lion roareth.
And
when
he
had
cried,
seven
thunders
uttered
their
voices.
And
when
the
seven
thunders
had
uttered
their
voices,
I
was
about
to
write:
and
I
heard
a
voice
from
heaven
saying
to
me:
Seal
up
the
things
which
the
seven
thunders
have
spoken;
and
write
them
not.
And
the
angel,
whom
I
saw
standing
upon
the
sea
and
upon
the
earth,
lifted
up
his
hand
to
heaven,
And
he
swore
by
him
that liveth
for
ever
and
ever,
who
created
heaven,
and
the
things
which
are therein;
and
the
earth,
and
the
things
which
are
in
it;
and
the
sea,
and
the
things
which
are therein:
That
time
shall
be
no
longer.
But
in
the
days
of
the
voice
of
the
seventh
angel,
when
he
shall begin
to
sound
the
trumpet,
the
mystery
of
God
shall
be
finished,
as
he hath declared
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
And
I
heard
a
voice
from
heaven
again
speaking
to
me,
and
saying:
Go,
and
take
the
book
that
is
open,
from
the
hand
of
the
angel
who standeth
upon
the
sea,
and
upon
the
earth.
And
I
went
to
the
angel,
saying unto
him,
that
he
should
give
me
the
book.
And
he
said
to
me:
Take
the
book,
and
eat
it
up:
and
it
shall
make thy
belly
bitter,
but
in thy
mouth
it
shall
be
sweet
as
honey.
And
I
took
the
book
from
the
hand
of
the
angel,
and
ate
it up:
and
it
was
in
my
mouth,
sweet
as
honey:
and
when
I
had
eaten
it,
my
belly
was
bitter.
And
he
said
to
me: Thou
must
prophesy
again
to
many
nations,
and
peoples,
and
tongues,
and
kings.
And
there
was
given
me
a
reed
like unto
a
rod:
and
it
was
said
to
me:
Arise,
and
measure
the
temple
of
God,
and
the
altar
and
them
that adore therein.
But
the
court,
which
is
without
the
temple,
cast
out,
and
measure
it
not:
because
it
is
given unto
the
Gentiles,
and
the
holy
city
they
shall
tread
under
foot
two
and
forty
months:
And
I
will
give unto
my
two
witnesses,
and
they
shall
prophesy
a
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
days,
clothed
in
sackcloth.
These
are
the
two
olive
trees,
and
the
two candlesticks,
that
stand
before
the
Lord
of
the
earth.
And
if
any
man
will
hurt
them,
fire
shall
come
out
of
their
mouths,
and
shall
devour
their
enemies.
And
if
any
man
will
hurt
them,
in
this
manner
must
he
be slain.
These
have
power
to
shut
heaven,
that
it
rain
not
in
the
days
of
their
prophecy:
and
they
have
power
over
waters
to
turn
them
into
blood,
and
to
strike
the
earth
with
all
plagues
as
often
as
they
will.
And
when
they
shall
have
finished
their
testimony,
the
beast,
that ascendeth
out
of
the
abyss,
shall
make
war
against
them,
and
shall
overcome
them,
and
kill
them.
And
their
bodies
shall lie
in
the
streets
of
the
great
city,
which
is
called
spiritually,
Sodom
and
Egypt,
where
their
Lord
also
was
crucified.
And
they
of
the
tribes,
and
peoples,
and
tongues,
and
nations,
shall
see
their
bodies
for
three
days
and
a
half:
and
they
shall
not suffer
their
bodies
to
be
laid
in sepulchres.
And
they
that
dwell
upon
the
earth
shall
rejoice
over
them,
and make
merry:
and
shall
send
gifts
one
to
another,
because
these
two
prophets
tormented
them
that dwelt
upon
the
earth.
And
after
three
days
and
a
half,
the
spirit
of
life
from
God
entered
into
them.
And
they
stood
upon
their
feet,
and
great
fear
fell
upon
them
that
saw
them.
And
they
heard
a
great
voice
from
heaven,
saying
to
them:
Come
up hither.
And
they
went
up
to
heaven
in
a
cloud:
and
their
enemies
saw
them.
And
at
that
hour
there
was
made
a
great
earthquake,
and
the
tenth part
of
the
city
fell:
and
there
were slain
in
the
earthquake
names
of
men
seven
thousand:
and
the
rest
were cast
into
a fear,
and
gave
glory
to
the
God
of
heaven.
The
second
woe
is
past:
and
behold
the
third
woe
will
come
quickly.
And
the
seventh
angel
sounded
the
trumpet:
and
there
were
great
voices
in
heaven,
saying:
The
kingdom
of
this
world
is
become
our
Lord’s
and
his
Christ’s,
and
he
shall
reign
for
ever
and
ever. Amen.
And
the
four
and
twenty ancients,
who
sit
on
their seats
in
the
sight
of
God,
fell
on
their
faces
and adored
God, saying:
We
give thee
thanks, O
Lord
God
Almighty,
who art,
and
who wast,
and
who art
to
come:
because thou hast
taken
to thee thy
great
power,
and thou hast
reigned.
And
the
nations
were
angry,
and thy
wrath
is
come,
and
the
time
of
the
dead,
that
they
should
be
judged,
and
that thou shouldest render
reward
to thy
servants
the
prophets
and
the
saints,
and
to
them
that
fear thy
name,
little
and
great,
and shouldest
destroy
them
who
have
corrupted
the
earth.
And
the
temple
of
God
was
opened
in
heaven:
and
the
ark
of
his testament
was
seen
in
his
temple,
and
there
were lightnings,
and
voices,
and
an
earthquake,
and
great
hail.
And
a
great
sign
appeared
in
heaven:
A
woman
clothed
with
the
sun,
and
the
moon
under
her
feet,
and
on
her
head
a
crown
of
twelve
stars:
And
being
with
child,
she
cried travailing
in
birth,
and
was
in
pain
to
be delivered.
And
there
was
seen
another
sign
in
heaven:
and
behold
a
great
red
dragon,
having
seven
heads,
and
ten
horns:
and
on
his
head
seven
diadems:
And
his
tail drew
the
third
part
of
the
stars
of
heaven,
and
cast
them
to
the
earth:
and
the
dragon
stood
before
the
woman
who
was
ready
to
be delivered;
that,
when
she
should
be delivered,
he
might
devour
her
son.
And
she brought
forth
a
man
child,
who
was
to
rule
all
nations
with
an
iron
rod:
and
her
son
was taken
up
to
God,
and
to
his
throne.
And
the
woman
fled
into
the
wilderness,
where
she
had
a
place
prepared
by
God,
that
there
they
should
feed
her
a
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
days.
And
there
was
a great
battle
in
heaven,
Michael
and
his
angels
fought
with
the
dragon,
and
the
dragon
fought
and
his
angels:
And
they prevailed
not,
neither
was
their
place
found
any
more
in
heaven.
And
that
great
dragon
was
cast
out,
that
old
serpent,
who
is
called
the
devil
and
Satan,
who seduceth
the
whole
world;
and
he
was
cast unto
the
earth,
and
his
angels
were
thrown down
with
him.
And
I
heard
a
loud
voice
in
heaven,
saying:
Now
is
come
salvation,
and
strength,
and
the
kingdom
of
our
God,
and
the
power
of
his
Christ:
because
the accuser
of
our
brethren
is
cast forth,
who
accused
them
before
our
God
day
and
night.
And
they
overcame
him
by
the
blood
of
the
Lamb,
and
by
the
word
of
the
testimony,
and
they
loved
not
their
lives unto
death.
Therefore
rejoice, O
heavens,
and
you
that
dwell therein.
Woe
to
the
earth,
and
to
the
sea,
because
the
devil
is
come
down unto
you,
having
great
wrath,
knowing
that
he hath
but
a
short
time.
And
when
the
dragon
saw
that
he
was
cast unto
the
earth,
he
persecuted
the
woman,
who
brought
forth
the man
child:
And
there
were
given
to
the
woman
two
wings
of
a
great
eagle,
that
she
might
fly
into
the
desert unto
her
place,
where
she
is
nourished
for
a
time
and
times,
and
half
a
time,
from
the
face
of
the
serpent.
And
the
serpent
cast
out
of
his
mouth
after
the
woman,
water
as
it
were
a
river;
that
he
might
cause
her
to
be
carried
away
by
the
river.
And
the
earth
helped
the
woman,
and
the
earth
opened
her
mouth,
and
swallowed
up
the
river,
which
the
dragon
cast
out
of
his
mouth.
And
the
dragon
was
angry
against
the
woman:
and
went
to
make
war
with
the
rest
of
her
seed,
who
keep
the
commandments
of
God,
and
have
the
testimony
of
Jesus
Christ.
And
he
stood
upon
the
sand
of
the
sea.
And
I
saw
a
beast
coming
up
out
of
the
sea,
having
seven
heads
and
ten
horns,
and
upon
his
horns
ten
diadems,
and
upon
his
heads
names
of
blasphemy.
And
the
beast,
which
I
saw,
was
like
to
a
leopard,
and
his
feet
were
as
the
feet
of
a
bear,
and
his
mouth
as
the
mouth
of
a
lion.
And
the
dragon
gave
him
his
own
strength,
and
great
power.
And
I saw
one
of
his
heads
as
it
were
slain
to
death:
and
his death’s
wound
was
healed.
And
all
the
earth
was
in admiration
after
the
beast.
And
they adored
the
dragon,
which
gave
power
to
the
beast:
and
they adored
the
beast,
saying:
Who
is
like
to
the
beast?
and
who
shall
be
able
to
fight
with
him?
And
there
was
given
to
him
a
mouth
speaking
great
things,
and
blasphemies:
and
power
was
given
to
him
to
do
two
and
forty
months.
And
he
opened
his
mouth unto
blasphemies
against
God,
to
blaspheme
his
name,
and
his
tabernacle,
and
them
that
dwell
in
heaven.
And
it
was
given unto
him
to
make
war
with
the
saints,
and
to
overcome
them.
And
power
was
given
him
over
every
tribe,
and
people,
and
tongue,
and
nation.
And
all
that
dwell
upon
the
earth adored
him,
whose
names
are
not
written
in
the
book
of
life
of
the
Lamb,
which
was
slain
from
the beginning
of
the
world.
If
any
man
have
an
ear, let
him
hear.
He
that
shall
lead
into
captivity,
shall
go
into
captivity:
he
that
shall
kill
by
the
sword,
must
be
killed
by
the
sword.
Here
is
the
patience
and
the
faith
of
the
saints.
And
I
saw
another
beast
coming
up
out
of
the
earth,
and
he
had
two
horns,
like
a
lamb,
and
he
spoke
as
a
dragon.
And
he executed
all
the
power
of
the former
beast
in
his
sight;
and
he
caused
the
earth,
and
them
that
dwell therein,
to adore
the
first
beast,
whose
wound
to
death
was
healed.
And
he
did
great
signs,
so
that
he
made
also
fire
to
come
down
from
heaven unto
the
earth
in
the
sight
of
men.
And
he seduced
them
that
dwell
on
the
earth,
for
the
signs,
which
were
given
him
to
do
in
the
sight
of
the
beast,
saying
to
them
that
dwell
on
the
earth,
that
they
should
make
the
image
of
the
beast,
which
had
the
wound
by
the
sword,
and
lived.
And
it
was
given
him
to
give
life
to
the
image
of
the
beast,
and
that
the
image
of
the
beast
should
speak;
and
should
cause,
that whosoever
will
not adore
the
image
of
the
beast,
should
be slain.
And
he
shall
make
all,
both
little
and
great,
rich
and
poor, freemen
and bondmen,
to
have
a character
in
their
right
hand,
or
on
their
foreheads.
And
that
no
man
might
buy
or
sell,
but
he
that hath
the character,
or
the
name
of
the
beast,
or
the
number
of
his
name.
Here
is
wisdom.
He
that hath
understanding,
let
him count
the
number
of
the
beast.
For
it
is
the
number
of
a
man:
and
the
number
of
him
is
six
hundred sixty-six.
And
I beheld,
and
lo
a
lamb
stood
upon
mount Sion,
and
with
him
an
hundred
forty-four
thousand,
having
his
name,
and
the
name
of
his
Father,
written
on
their
foreheads.
And
I
heard
a
voice
from
heaven,
as
the noise
of
many
waters,
and
as
the
voice
of
great
thunder;
and
the
voice
which
I
heard,
was
as
the
voice
of harpers, harping
on
their
harps.
And
they sung
as
it
were
a
new canticle,
before
the
throne,
and
before
the
four
living
creatures,
and
the ancients;
and
no
man
could say
the canticle,
but
those
hundred
forty-four
thousand,
who
were
purchased
from
the
earth.
These
are
they
who
were
not
defiled
with
women:
for
they
are
virgins.
These
follow
the
Lamb whithersoever
he goeth.
These
were
purchased
from
among
men,
the firstfruits
to
God
and
to
the
Lamb:
And
in
their
mouth
there
was
found
no
lie;
for
they
are
without spot
before
the throne
of
God.
And
I
saw
another
angel
flying
through
the midst
of heaven,
having
the
eternal
gospel,
to
preach unto
them
that
sit
upon
the
earth,
and
over
every
nation,
and
tribe,
and
tongue,
and
people:
Saying
with
a
loud
voice:
Fear
the
Lord,
and
give
him honour,
because
the
hour
of
his
judgment
is
come;
and adore ye
him,
that
made
heaven
and
earth,
the
sea,
and
the fountains
of
waters.
And
another
angel
followed,
saying:
That
great
Babylon
is
fallen,
is
fallen;
which
made
all
nations
to
drink
of
the
wine
of
the
wrath
of
her
fornication.
And
the
third
angel
followed
them,
saying
with
a
loud
voice:
If
any
man
shall adore
the
beast
and
his
image,
and
receive
his character
in
his
forehead,
or
in
his
hand;
He
also
shall
drink
of
the
wine
of
the
wrath
of
God,
which
is mingled
with pure
wine
in
the
cup
of
his
wrath,
and
shall
be
tormented
with
fire
and
brimstone
in
the
sight
of
the
holy
angels,
and
in
the
sight
of
the
Lamb.
And
the
smoke
of
their torments
shall
ascend
up
for
ever
and
ever:
neither
have
they
rest
day
nor
night,
who
have adored
the
beast,
and
his
image,
and
whoever receiveth
the character
of
his
name.
Here
is
the
patience
of
the
saints,
who
keep
the
commandments
of
God,
and
the
faith
of
Jesus.
And
I
heard
a
voice
from
heaven,
saying
to
me:
Write:
Blessed
are
the
dead,
who
die
in
the
Lord.
From henceforth
now, saith
the
Spirit,
that
they
may
rest
from
their labours;
for
their
works
follow
them.
And
I
saw,
and
behold
a
white
cloud;
and
upon
the
cloud
one
sitting
like
to
the
Son
of
man,
having
on
his
head
a
crown
of
gold,
and
in
his
hand
a
sharp
sickle.
And
another
angel
came
out
from
the
temple
crying
with
a
loud
voice
to
him
that
sat
upon
the
cloud: Thrust
in thy
sickle,
and
reap,
because
the
hour
is
come
to
reap:
for
the
harvest
of
the
earth
is
ripe.
And
he
that
sat
on
the
cloud thrust
his
sickle
into
the
earth,
and
the
earth
was
reaped.
And
another
angel
came
out
of
the
temple
which
is
in
heaven,
he
also
having
a
sharp
sickle.
And
another
angel
came
out
from
the
altar,
who
had
power
over
fire;
and
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice
to
him
that
had
the
sharp
sickle,
saying: Thrust
in thy
sharp
sickle,
and
gather
the
clusters
of
the vineyard
of
the
earth;
because
the
grapes thereof
are
ripe.
And
the
angel thrust
in
his sharp
sickle
into
the
earth,
and
gathered
the vineyard
of
the
earth,
and
cast
it
into
the
great press
of
the
wrath
of
God:
And
the press
was
trodden
without
the
city,
and
blood
came
out
of
the press, up
to
the
horses’
bridles,
for
a
thousand
and
six
hundred furlongs.
And
I
saw
another
sign
in
heaven,
great
and wonderful:
seven
angels
having
the
seven
last
plagues.
For
in
them
is filled up
the
wrath
of
God.
And
I
saw
as
it
were
a
sea
of
glass mingled
with
fire,
and
them
that
had
overcome
the
beast,
and
his
image,
and
the
number
of
his
name,
standing
on
the
sea
of
glass,
having
the
harps
of
God:
And
singing
the canticle
of
Moses,
the
servant
of
God,
and
the canticle
of
the
Lamb,
saying:
Great
and wonderful
are thy
works, O
Lord
God
Almighty;
just
and
true
are thy
ways, O
King
of
ages.
Who
shall
not
fear thee, O
Lord,
and
magnify thy
name?
For thou
only art
holy:
for
all
nations
shall
come,
and
shall adore
in thy
sight,
because thy judgments
are
manifest.
And
after
these
things
I
looked;
and
behold,
the
temple
of
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony
in
heaven
was
opened:
And
the
seven
angels
came
out
of
the
temple,
having
the
seven
plagues, clothed
with
clean
and white
linen,
and girt
about
the
breasts
with
golden girdles.
And
one
of
the
four
living
creatures
gave
to
the
seven
angels
seven
golden vials,
full
of
the
wrath
of
God,
who liveth
for
ever
and
ever.
And
the
temple
was
filled
with
smoke
from
the majesty
of
God,
and
from
his
power;
and
no
man
was
able
to
enter
into
the
temple, till
the
seven
plagues
of
the
seven
angels
were
fulfilled.
And
I
heard
a
great
voice
out
of
the
temple,
saying
to
the
seven
angels:
Go,
and pour
out
the
seven vials
of
the
wrath
of
God
upon
the
earth.
And
the
first
went,
and poured
out
his vial
upon
the
earth,
and
there
fell
a
sore
and grievous wound
upon
men,
who
had
the character
of
the
beast;
and
upon
them
that adored
the
image thereof.
And
the
second
angel poured
out
his vial
upon
the
sea,
and
there
came
blood
as
it
were
of
a
dead
man;
and
every
living
soul
died
in
the
sea.
And
the
third poured
out
his vial
upon
the
rivers
and
the fountains
of
waters;
and
there
was
made
blood.
And
I
heard
the
angel
of
the
waters
saying: Thou art
just, O Lord,
who art,
and
who wast,
the
Holy
One,
because thou hast
judged
these
things:
For
they
have
shed
the
blood
of
saints
and
prophets,
and thou hast
given
them
blood
to
drink;
for
they
are
worthy.
And
I
heard another,
from
the
altar,
saying: Yea, O
Lord
God
Almighty,
true
and
just
are thy
judgments.
And
the fourth
angel
poured
out
his vial
upon
the
sun,
and
it
was
given unto
him
to afflict
men
with heat
and
fire:
And
men
were
scorched
with
great
heat,
and
they
blasphemed
the
name
of
God,
who hath
power
over
these
plagues,
neither
did
they penance
to
give
him
glory.
And
the
fifth
angel poured
out
his vial
upon
the seat
of
the
beast;
and
his
kingdom
became dark,
and
they
gnawed
their
tongues
for
pain:
And
they
blasphemed
the
God
of
heaven,
because
of
their
pains
and wounds,
and
did
not penance
for
their
works.
And
the
sixth
angel poured
out
his vial
upon
that
great
river
Euphrates;
and
dried up
the
water thereof,
that
a
way
might
be
prepared
for
the
kings
from
the
rising
of
the
sun.
And
I
saw
from
the
mouth
of
the
dragon,
and
from
the
mouth
of
the
beast,
and
from
the
mouth
of
the
false
prophet,
three
unclean
spirits
like
frogs.
For
they
are
the
spirits
of devils
working
signs,
and
they
go
forth unto
the
kings
of
the
whole
earth,
to
gather
them
to
battle
against
the
great
day
of
the
Almighty
God.
Behold,
I
come
as
a
thief.
Blessed
is
he
that watcheth,
and keepeth
his
garments,
lest
he
walk
naked,
and
they
see
his
shame.
And
he
shall
gather
them
together
into
a
place,
which
in
Hebrew
is
called Armagedon.
And
the
seventh
angel poured
out
his vial
upon
the
air,
and
there
came
a
great
voice
out
of
the
temple
from
the
throne,
saying:
It
is
done.
And
there
were lightnings,
and
voices,
and
thunders,
and
there
was
a
great
earthquake,
such
an
one
as
never
had
been
since
men
were
upon
the
earth,
such
an
earthquake,
so
great.
And
the
great
city
was divided
into
three
parts;
and
the
cities
of
the
Gentiles
fell.
And
great
Babylon
came
in
remembrance
before
God,
to
give
her
the
cup
of
the
wine
of
the
indignation
of
his
wrath.
And
every
island
fled
away,
and
the
mountains
were
not
found.
And
great
hail,
like
a talent,
came
down
from
heaven
upon
men:
and
men
blasphemed
God
for
the
plague
of
the
hail:
because
it
was exceeding
great.
And
there
came
one
of
the
seven
angels,
who
had
the
seven vials,
and
spoke
with
me,
saying:
Come,
I
will shew thee
the
condemnation
of
the
great
harlot,
who sitteth
upon
many
waters,
With
whom
the
kings
of
the
earth
have
committed
fornication;
and
they
who inhabit
the
earth,
have
been
made
drunk
with
the whine
of
her whoredom.
And
he took
me
away
in
spirit
into
the
desert.
And
I
saw
a
woman
sitting
upon
a
scarlet coloured
beast,
full
of
names
of
blasphemy,
having
seven
heads
and
ten
horns.
And
the
woman
was
clothed round
about
with
purple
and
scarlet,
and gilt
with
gold,
and
precious
stones
and
pearls,
having
a
golden
cup
in
her
hand,
full
of
the
abomination
and filthiness
of
her
fornication.
And
on
her
forehead
a
name
was
written:
A
mystery;
Babylon
the
great,
the
mother
of
the fornications,
and
the
abominations
of
the
earth.
And
I
saw
the
woman
drunk
with
the
blood
of
the
saints,
and
with
the
blood
of
the martyrs
of
Jesus.
And
I
wondered,
when
I
had
seen
her,
with
great admiration.
And
the
angel
said
to
me:
Why dost thou
wonder?
I
will
tell thee
the
mystery
of
the
woman,
and
of
the
beast
which carrieth
her,
which hath
the
seven
heads
and
ten
horns.
The
beast,
which thou sawest,
was,
and
is
not,
and
shall
come
up
out
of
the
bottomless pit,
and
go
into
destruction:
and
the
inhabitants
on
the
earth (whose
names
are
not
written
in
the
book
of
life
from
the
foundation
of
the
world)
shall
wonder,
seeing
the
beast
that
was,
and
is
not.
And
here
is
the
understanding
that hath
wisdom.
The
seven
heads
are
seven
mountains,
upon
which
the
woman sitteth,
and
they
are
seven
kings:
Five
are
fallen,
one
is,
and
the
other
is
not
yet
come:
and
when
he
is
come,
he
must
remain
a
short
time.
And
the
beast
which
was,
and
is
not:
the
same
also
is
the
eighth,
and
is
of
the
seven,
and goeth
into
destruction.
And
the
ten
horns
which thou sawest,
are
ten
kings,
who
have
not
yet
received
a
kingdom,
but
shall
receive
power
as
kings
one
hour
after
the
beast.
These
have
one design:
and
their
strength
and
power
they
shall deliver
to
the
beast.
These
shall
fight
with
the
Lamb,
and
the
Lamb
shall
overcome
them,
because
he
is
Lord
of
lords,
and
King
of
kings,
and
they
that
are
with
him
are
called,
and
elect,
and
faithful.
And
he
said
to
me:
The
waters
which thou sawest,
where
the
harlot sitteth,
are
peoples,
and
nations,
and
tongues.
And
the
ten
horns
which thou sawest
in
the
beast:
these
shall
hate
the
harlot,
and
shall
make
her
desolate
and
naked,
and
shall
eat
her
flesh,
and
shall
burn
her
with
fire.
For
God hath
given
into
their
hearts
to
do
that
which pleaseth
him:
that
they
give
their
kingdom
to
the
beast, till
the
words
of
God
be
fulfilled.
And
the
woman
which thou sawest,
is
the
great
city,
which hath
kingdom
over
the
kings
of
the
earth.
And
after
these
things,
I
saw
another
angel
come
down
from
heaven,
having
great
power:
and
the
earth
was
enlightened
with
his
glory.
And
he
cried
out
with
a
strong
voice,
saying:
Babylon
the
great
is
fallen,
is
fallen;
and
is
become
the habitation
of devils,
and
the hold
of
every
unclean
spirit,
and
the hold
of
every
unclean
and
hateful
bird:
Because
all
nations
have
drunk
of
the
wine
of
the
wrath
of
her
fornication;
and
the
kings
of
the
earth
have
committed
fornication
with
her;
and
the
merchants
of
the
earth
have
been made
rich
by
the
power
of
her delicacies.
And
I
heard
another
voice
from
heaven,
saying:
Go
out
from
her,
my
people;
that
you
be
not partakers
of
her
sins,
and
that
you
receive
not
of
her
plagues.
For
her
sins
have reached unto
heaven,
and
the
Lord hath
remembered
her
iniquities.
Render
to
her
as
she
also hath rendered
to
you;
and
double unto
her
double
according
to
her
works:
in
the
cup wherein
she hath mingled, mingle ye
double unto
her.
As
much
as
she hath
glorified
herself,
and
lived
in delicacies,
so
much
torment
and sorrow
give ye
to
her;
because
she saith
in
her
heart:
I
sit
a
queen,
and
am
no
widow;
and sorrow
I
shall
not
see.
Therefore
shall
her
plagues
come
in
one
day,
death,
and
mourning,
and
famine,
and
she
shall
be burnt
with
the
fire;
because
God
is
strong,
who
shall
judge
her.
And
the
kings
of
the
earth,
who
have
committed fornication,
and
lived
in delicacies
with
her,
shall
weep,
and bewail
themselves
over
her,
when
they
shall
see
the
smoke
of
her
burning:
Standing afar
off
for
fear
of
her torments,
saying: Alas! alas!
that
great
city
Babylon,
that
mighty
city:
for
in
one
hour
is thy
judgment
come.
And
the
merchants
of
the
earth
shall
weep,
and
mourn
over
her:
for
no
man
shall
buy
their merchandise
any
more.
Merchandise
of
gold
and
silver,
and
precious
stones;
and
of
pearls,
and
fine
linen,
and
purple,
and
silk,
and
scarlet,
and
all thyine
wood,
and
all manner
of
vessels
of
ivory,
and
all manner
of
vessels
of
precious
stone,
and
of brass,
and
of
iron,
and
of
marble,
And
cinnamon,
and odours,
and
ointment,
and
frankincense,
and
wine,
and
oil,
and
fine
flour,
and
wheat,
and
beasts,
and
sheep,
and
horses,
and
chariots,
and
slaves,
and
souls
of
men.
And
the fruits
of
the
desire
of thy
soul
are
departed
from thee,
and
all fat
and goodly
things
are
perished
from thee,
and
they
shall
find
them
no
more
at
all.
The
merchants
of
these
things,
who
were made
rich,
shall
stand afar
off
from
her,
for
fear
of
her torments,
weeping
and
mourning.
And
saying: Alas! alas!
that
great
city,
which
was
clothed
with
fine
linen,
and
purple,
and
scarlet,
and
was gilt
with
gold,
and
precious
stones,
and
pearls.
For
in
one
hour
are
so
great
riches
come
to nought;
and
every
shipmaster,
and
all
that
sail
into
the
lake,
and mariners,
and
as
many
as
work
in
the
sea,
stood afar
off.
And
cried,
seeing
the place
of
her
burning,
saying:
What
city
is
like
to
this
great
city?
And
they
cast
dust
upon
their
heads,
and
cried,
weeping
and
mourning,
saying: Alas! alas!
that
great
city, wherein
all
were
made
rich,
that
had
ships
at
sea,
by
reason
of
her prices:
for
in
one
hour
she
is
made
desolate.
Rejoice
over
her, thou
heaven,
and ye
holy
apostles
and
prophets;
for
God hath
judged
your
judgment
on
her.
And
a
mighty
angel
took
up
a
stone,
as
it
were
a
great
millstone,
and
cast
it
into
the
sea,
saying:
With
such
violence
as
this
shall
Babylon,
that
great
city,
be
thrown down,
and
shall
be
found
no
more
at
all.
And
the
voice
of harpers,
and
of
musicians,
and
of
them
that play
on
the pipe,
and
on
the trumpet,
shall
no
more
be
heard
at
all
in thee;
and
no
craftsman
of
any
art whatsoever
shall
be
found
any
more
at
all
in thee;
and
the
sound
of
the
mill
shall
be
heard
no
more
at
all
in thee;
And
the
light
of
the
lamp
shall
shine
no
more
at
all
in thee;
and
the
voice
of
the
bridegroom
and
the
bride
shall
be
heard
no
more
at
all
in thee:
for thy
merchants
were
the
great
men
of
the
earth,
for
all
nations
have
been
deceived
by thy enchantments.
And
in
her
was
found
the
blood
of
prophets
and
of
saints,
and
of
all
that
were
slain
upon
the
earth.
After
these
things
I
heard
as
it
were
the
voice
of
much
people
in
heaven,
saying: Alleluia.
Salvation,
and
glory,
and
power
is
to
our
God.
For
true
and
just
are
his
judgments,
who hath
judged
the
great
harlot
which
corrupted
the
earth
with
her
fornication,
and hath revenged
the
blood
of
his
servants,
at
her
hands.
And
again
they
said: Alleluia.
And
her
smoke ascendeth
for
ever
and
ever.
And
the
four
and
twenty ancients,
and
the
four
living
creatures
fell
down
and adored
God
that sitteth
upon
the
throne,
saying:
Amen; Alleluia.
And
a
voice
came
out
from
the
throne,
saying:
Give
praise
to
our
God,
all ye
his
servants;
and
you
that
fear
him,
little
and
great.
And
I
heard
as
it
were
the
voice
of
a
great
multitude,
and
as
the
voice
of
many
waters,
and
as
the
voice
of
great
thunders,
saying, Alleluia:
for
the
Lord
our
God
the
Almighty hath
reigned.
Let
us
be
glad
and
rejoice,
and
give
glory
to
him;
for
the
marriage
of
the
Lamb
is
come,
and
his
wife hath
prepared
herself.
And
it
is
granted
to
her
that
she
should
clothe
herself
with
fine
linen, glittering
and white.
For
the
fine
linen
are
the justifications
of
saints.
And
he
said
to
me:
Write:
Blessed
are
they
that
are
called
to
the
marriage
supper
of
the
Lamb.
And
he saith
to
me:
These
words
of
God
are
true.
And
I
fell
down
before
his
feet,
to adore
him.
And
he saith
to
me:
See thou
do
it
not:
I
am thy
fellow
servant,
and
of thy
brethren,
who
have
the
testimony
of
Jesus. Adore
God.
For
the
testimony
of
Jesus
is
the
spirit
of
prophecy.
And
I
saw
heaven
opened,
and
behold
a
white
horse;
and
he
that
sat
upon
him
was
called
faithful
and
true,
and
with
justice doth
he
judge
and
fight.
And
his
eyes
were
as
a
flame
of
fire,
and
on
his
head
were
many
diadems,
and
he
had
a
name
written,
which
no
man knoweth
but
himself.
And
he
was
clothed
with
a
garment
sprinkled
with
blood;
and
his
name
is
called,
THE
WORD
OF
GOD.
And
the
armies
that
are
in
heaven
followed
him
on
white
horses, clothed
in
fine
linen,
white
and
clean.
And
out
of
his
mouth proceedeth
a
sharp two edged
sword;
that
with
it
he
may
strike
the
nations.
And
he
shall
rule
them
with
a
rod
of
iron;
and
he treadeth
the
winepress
of
the fierceness
of
the
wrath
of
God
the
Almighty.
And
he hath
on
his
garment,
and
on
his
thigh
written:
KING
OF
KINGS,
AND
LORD
OF
LORDS.
And
I
saw
an
angel
standing
in
the
sun,
and
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying
to
all
the
birds
that
did
fly
through
the midst
of heaven:
Come,
gather
yourselves
together
to
the
great
supper
of
God:
That
you
may
eat
the
flesh
of
kings,
and
the
flesh
of tribunes,
and
the
flesh
of
mighty
men,
and
the
flesh
of
horses,
and
of
them
that
sit
on
them,
and
the
flesh
of
all freemen
and bondmen,
and
of
little
and
of
great.
And
I
saw
the
beast,
and
the
kings
of
the
earth,
and
their
armies
gathered
together
to
make
war
with
him
that
sat
upon
the
horse,
and
with
his
army.
And
the
beast
was
taken,
and
with
him
the
false
prophet,
who wrought
signs
before
him, wherewith
he seduced
them
who
received
the character
of
the
beast,
and
who adored
his
image.
These
two
were
cast
alive
into
the pool
of
fire,
burning
with
brimstone.
And
the
rest
were slain
by
the
sword
of
him
that sitteth
upon
the
horse,
which proceedeth
out
of
his
mouth;
and
all
the
birds
were
filled
with
their
flesh.
And
I
saw
an
angel
coming
down
from
heaven,
having
the
key
of
the
bottomless pit,
and
a
great
chain
in
his
hand.
And
he
laid
hold
on
the
dragon
the
old
serpent,
which
is
the
devil
and
Satan,
and
bound
him
for
a
thousand
years.
And
he
cast
him
into
the
bottomless pit,
and
shut
him
up,
and
set
a
seal upon
him,
that
he
should
no
more seduce
the
nations, till
the
thousand
years
be
finished.
And
after
that,
he
must
be
loosed
a little
time.
And
I
saw seats;
and
they
sat
upon
them;
and
judgment
was
given unto
them;
and
the
souls
of
them
that
were
beheaded
for
the
testimony
of
Jesus,
and
for
the
word
of
God,
and
who
had
not adored
the
beast
nor
his
image,
nor
received
his character
on
their
foreheads,
or
in
their
hands;
and
they
lived
and
reigned
with
Christ
a
thousand
years.
The
rest
of
the
dead
lived
not, till
the
thousand
years
were
finished.
This
is
the
first
resurrection.
Blessed
and
holy
is
he
that hath
part
in
the
first
resurrection.
In
these
the
second
death hath
no
power;
but
they
shall
be
priests
of
God
and
of
Christ;
and
shall
reign
with
him
a
thousand
years.
And
when
the
thousand
years
shall
be
finished,
Satan
shall
be
loosed
out
of
his
prison,
and
shall go forth,
and seduce
the nations,
which
are
over
the four quarters
of
the earth, Gog,
and Magog,
and
shall gather
them
together
to battle,
the
number
of
whom
is
as
the sand
of
the sea.
And
they
came upon
the breadth
of
the
earth,
and encompassed
the camp
of
the saints,
and
the beloved
city.
And there
came
down
fire
from
God
out
of
heaven,
and
devoured
them;
and
the devil,
who seduced
them,
was cast
into
the pool
of
fire
and brimstone, where
both
the beast
And
the
false
prophet
shall
be
tormented
day
and
night
for
ever
and
ever.
And
I
saw
a
great
white
throne,
and
one
sitting
upon
it,
from
whose
face
the
earth
and
heaven
fled
away,
and
there
was
no
place
found
for
them.
And
I
saw
the
dead,
great
and
small,
standing
in
the
presence
of
the
throne,
and
the
books
were
opened;
and
another
book
was
opened,
which
is
the
book
of
life;
and
the
dead
were
judged
by
those
things
which
were
written
in
the
books,
according
to
their
works.
And
the
sea
gave
up
the
dead
that
were
in
it,
and
death
and
hell
gave
up
their
dead
that
were
in
them;
and
they
were
judged
every
one
according
to
their
works.
And
hell
and
death
were
cast
into
the pool
of
fire.
This
is
the
second
death.
And whosoever
was
not
found
written
in
the
book
of
life,
was
cast
into
the pool
of
fire.
And
I
saw
a
new
heaven
and
a
new
earth.
For
the
first
heaven
and
the
first
earth
was
gone,
and
the
sea
is
now
no
more.
And
I
John
saw
the
holy
city,
the
new
Jerusalem,
coming
down
out
of
heaven
from
God,
prepared
as
a
bride
adorned
for
her
husband.
And
I
heard
a
great
voice
from
the
throne,
saying:
Behold
the
tabernacle
of
God
with
men,
and
he
will
dwell
with
them.
And
they
shall
be
his
people;
and
God
himself
with
them
shall
be
their
God.
And
God
shall
wipe
away
all
tears
from
their
eyes:
and
death
shall
be
no
more,
nor
mourning,
nor
crying,
nor sorrow
shall
be
any
more,
for
the former
things
are
passed
away.
And
he
that
sat
on
the
throne,
said:
Behold,
I
make
all
things
new.
And
he
said
to
me:
Write,
for
these
words
are most
faithful
and
true.
And
he
said
to
me:
It
is
done.
I
am Alpha
and
Omega;
the
beginning
and
the
end.
To
him
that thirsteth,
I
will
give
of
the
fountain
of
the
water
of
life,
freely.
He
that
shall
overcome
shall
possess
these
things,
and
I
will
be
his
God;
and
he
shall
be
my
son.
But
the fearful,
and
unbelieving,
and
the
abominable,
and
murderers,
and whoremongers,
and
sorcerers,
and
idolaters,
and
all
liars,
they
shall
have
their
portion
in
the pool
burning
with
fire
and
brimstone,
which
is
the
second
death.
And
there
came
one
of
the
seven
angels,
who
had
the vials
full
of
the
seven
last
plagues,
and
spoke
with
me,
saying:
Come,
and
I
will shew thee
the
bride,
the
wife
of
the
Lamb.
And
he took
me up
in
spirit
to
a
great
and
high
mountain:
and
he shewed
me
the
holy
city
Jerusalem
coming
down
out
of
heaven
from
God,
Having
the
glory
of
God,
and
the light thereof
was
like
to
a
precious
stone,
as
to
the
jasper
stone,
even
as crystal.
And
it
had
a
wall
great
and
high,
having
twelve
gates,
and
in
the
gates
twelve
angels,
and
names
written thereon,
which
are
the
names
of
the
twelve
tribes
of
the children
of
Israel.
On
the
east,
three
gates:
and
on
the
north,
three
gates:
and
on
the
south,
three
gates:
and
on
the
west,
three
gates.
And
the
wall
of
the
city
had
twelve
foundations,
and
in
them,
the
twelve
names
of
the
twelve
apostles
of
the
Lamb.
And
he
that
spoke
with
me,
had
a
measure
of
a
reed
of
gold,
to
measure
the
city
and
the
gates thereof,
and
the
wall.
And
the
city lieth
in
a foursquare,
and
the
length thereof
is
as
great
as
the
breadth:
and
he
measured
the
city
with
the golden
reed
for
twelve
thousand furlongs,
and
the
length
and
the
height
and
the
breadth thereof
are
equal.
And
he
measured
the
wall thereof
an
hundred
and
forty-four
cubits,
the
measure
of
a
man,
which
is
of
an
angel.
And
the building
of
the
wall thereof
was
of
jasper stone:
but
the
city
itself
pure
gold,
like
to
clear
glass.
And
the
foundations
of
the
wall
of
the
city
were
adorned
with
all manner
of
precious
stones.
The
first
foundation
was
jasper:
the
second,
sapphire:
the
third,
a
chalcedony:
the fourth, an
emerald:
The
fifth,
sardonyx:
the
sixth,
sardius:
the
seventh,
chrysolite:
the
eighth,
beryl:
the ninth, a
topaz:
the
tenth, a chrysoprasus:
the
eleventh, a
jacinth:
the
twelfth, an
amethyst.
And
the
twelve
gates
are
twelve
pearls,
one
to
each:
and
every several
gate
was
of
one several
pearl.
And
the
street
of
the
city
was
pure
gold,
as
it
were
transparent
glass.
And
I
saw
no
temple therein.
For
the
Lord
God
Almighty
is
the
temple thereof,
and
the
Lamb.
And
the
city hath
no
need
of
the
sun,
nor
of
the
moon,
to
shine
in
it.
For
the
glory
of
God hath
enlightened
it,
and
the
Lamb
is
the
lamp thereof.
And
the
nations
shall
walk
in
the
light
of
it:
and
the
kings
of
the
earth
shall
bring
their
glory
and honour
into
it.
And
the
gates thereof
shall
not
be
shut
by
day:
for
there
shall
be
no
night
there.
And
they
shall
bring
the
glory
and honour
of
the
nations
into
it.
There
shall
not
enter
into
it
any
thing
defiled,
or
that worketh
abomination
or maketh
a
lie,
but
they
that
are
written
in
the
book
of
life
of
the
Lamb.
And
he
showed
me
a
river
of
water
of
life,
clear
as
crystal, proceeding
from
the
throne
of
God
and
of
the
Lamb.
In
the
midst
of
the
street thereof,
and
on
both sides
of
the
river,
was
the
tree
of
life,
bearing
twelve
fruits,
yielding
its
fruits
every
month,
and
the
leaves
of
the
tree
were
for
the
healing
of
the
nations.
And
there
shall
be
no
curse
any
more;
but
the
throne
of
God
and
of
the
Lamb
shall
be
in
it,
and
his
servants
shall
serve
him.
And
they
shall
see
his
face:
and
his
name
shall
be
on
their
foreheads.
And
night
shall
be
no
more:
and
they
shall
not
need
the
light
of
the
lamp,
nor
the
light
of
the
sun,
because
the
Lord
God
shall enlighten
them,
and
they
shall
reign
for
ever
and
ever.
And
he
said
to
me:
These
words
are most
faithful
and
true.
And
the
Lord
God
of
the
spirits
of
the
prophets
sent
his
angel
to shew
his
servants
the
things
which
must
be
done
shortly.
And,
Behold
I
come
quickly.
Blessed
is
he
that keepeth
the
words
of
the
prophecy
of
this
book.
And
I,
John,
who
have
heard
and
seen
these
things.
And
after
I
had
heard
and
seen,
I
fell
down
to adore
before
the
feet
of
the
angel,
who shewed
me
these
things.
And
he
said
to
me:
See thou
do
it
not:
for
I
am thy
fellow
servant,
and
of thy
brethren
the
prophets,
and
of
them
that
keep
the
words
of
the prophecy
of
this
book. Adore
God.
And
he saith
to
me:
Seal
not
the
words
of
the
prophecy
of
this
book:
for
the
time
is
at hand.
He that hurteth, let
him
hurt
still:
and
he that
is
filthy, let
him
be
filthy
still:
and
he that
is
just, let
him
be justified
still:
and
he that
is
holy, let
him
be
sanctified
still.
Behold,
I
come
quickly;
and
my
reward
is
with
me,
to
render
to
every
man
according
to
his
works.
I
am Alpha
and
Omega,
the
first
and
the
last,
the
beginning
and
the
end.
Blessed
are
they
that
wash
their
robes
in
the blood
of
the Lamb:
that
they
may
have
a
right
to
the
tree
of
life,
and
may
enter
in
by
the
gates
into
the
city.
Without
are
dogs,
and
sorcerers,
and unchaste,
and
murderers,
and servers
of idols,
and
every
one
that loveth
and maketh
a
lie.
I
Jesus
have
sent
my
angel,
to
testify
to
you
these
things
in
the
churches.
I
am
the
root
and stock
of
David,
the
bright
and
morning
star.
And
the
spirit
and
the
bride
say:
Come.
And
he
that heareth,
let
him
say:
Come.
And
he
that thirsteth,
let
him
come:
and
he
that
will,
let
him
take
the
water
of
life,
freely.
For
I
testify
to
every
one
that heareth
the
words
of
the
prophecy
of
this
book:
If
any
man
shall
add
to
these
things,
God
shall
add unto
him
the
plagues
written
in
this
book.
And
if
any
man
shall
take
away
from
the
words
of
the
book
of
this
prophecy,
God
shall
take
away
his
part
out
of
the
book
of
life,
and
out
of
the
holy
city,
and
from
these
things
that
are
written
in
this
book.
He
that giveth
testimony
of
these
things, saith, Surely
I
come
quickly:
Amen.
Come,
Lord
Jesus.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all. Amen.