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Genesis
The First Book of Moses, Commonly Called Genesis
Genesis
Genesis
The First Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Genesis
In
the
beginning,
God
1:1
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
created
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
The
earth
was
formless
and
empty.
Darkness
was
on
the
surface
of
the
deep
and
God’s
Spirit
was
hovering
over
the
surface
of
the
waters.
God
said, “Let
there
be
light,”
and
there
was
light.
God
saw
the
light,
and
saw
that
it
was
good.
God
divided
the
light
from
the
darkness.
God
called
the
light “day”,
and
the
darkness
he
called “night”.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
the
first
day.
God
said, “Let
there
be
an
expanse
in
the
middle
of
the
waters,
and
let
it
divide
the
waters
from
the
waters.”
God
made
the
expanse,
and
divided
the
waters
which
were
under
the
expanse
from
the
waters
which
were
above
the
expanse;
and
it
was
so.
God
called
the
expanse “sky”.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
second
day.
God
said, “Let
the
waters
under
the
sky
be
gathered
together
to
one
place,
and
let
the
dry
land
appear;”
and
it
was
so.
God
called
the
dry
land “earth”,
and
the
gathering
together
of
the
waters
he
called “seas”.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
God
said, “Let
the
earth
yield
grass,
herbs
yielding
seeds,
and
fruit
trees
bearing
fruit
after
their
kind,
with
their
seeds
in
it,
on
the
earth;”
and
it
was
so.
The
earth
yielded
grass,
herbs
yielding
seed
after
their
kind,
and
trees
bearing
fruit,
with
their
seeds
in
it,
after
their
kind;
and
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
third
day.
God
said, “Let
there
be
lights
in
the
expanse
of
the
sky
to
divide
the
day
from
the
night;
and
let
them
be
for
signs
to
mark
seasons,
days,
and
years;
and
let
them
be
for
lights
in
the
expanse
of
the
sky
to
give
light
on
the
earth;”
and
it
was
so.
God
made
the
two
great
lights:
the
greater
light
to
rule
the
day,
and
the
lesser
light
to
rule
the
night.
He
also
made
the
stars.
God
set
them
in
the
expanse
of
the
sky
to
give
light
to
the
earth,
and
to
rule
over
the
day
and
over
the
night,
and
to
divide
the
light
from
the
darkness.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
fourth
day.
God
said, “Let
the
waters
abound
with
living
creatures,
and
let
birds
fly
above
the
earth
in
the
open
expanse
of
the
sky.”
God
created
the
large
sea
creatures
and
every
living
creature
that
moves,
with
which
the
waters
swarmed,
after
their
kind,
and
every
winged
bird
after
its
kind.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
God
blessed
them,
saying, “Be
fruitful,
and
multiply,
and
fill
the
waters
in
the
seas,
and let
birds
multiply
on
the
earth.”
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
fifth
day.
God
said, “Let
the
earth
produce
living
creatures
after
their
kind,
livestock,
creeping
things,
and
animals
of
the
earth
after
their
kind;”
and
it
was
so.
God
made
the
animals
of
the
earth
after
their
kind,
and
the
livestock
after
their
kind,
and
everything
that
creeps
on
the
ground
after
its
kind.
God
saw
that
it
was
good.
God
said, “Let’s
make
man
in
our
image,
after
our
likeness. Let
them
have
dominion
over
the
fish
of
the
sea,
and
over
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
over
the
livestock,
and
over
all
the
earth,
and
over
every
creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth.”
God
created
man
in
his own
image.
In
God’s
image
he
created
him;
male
and
female
he
created
them.
God
blessed
them.
God
said
to
them, “Be
fruitful,
multiply,
fill
the
earth,
and
subdue
it.
Have
dominion
over
the
fish
of
the
sea,
over
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
over
every
living
thing
that
moves
on
the
earth.”
God
said, “Behold,
1:29
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
have
given
you
every
herb
yielding
seed,
which
is
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth,
and
every
tree,
which bears
fruit
yielding
seed.
It
will
be
your
food.
To
every
animal
of
the
earth,
and
to
every
bird
of
the
sky,
and
to
everything
that
creeps
on
the
earth,
in
which
there
is
life,
I
have given
every
green
herb
for
food;”
and
it
was
so.
God
saw
everything
that
he
had
made,
and,
behold,
it
was
very
good.
There
was
evening
and
there
was
morning,
a
sixth
day.
The
heavens,
the
earth,
and
all
their
vast
array
were
finished.
On
the
seventh
day
God
finished
his
work
which
he
had
done;
and
he
rested
on
the
seventh
day
from
all
his
work
which
he
had
done.
God
blessed
the
seventh
day,
and
made
it
holy,
because
he
rested
in
it
from
all
his
work
of
creation
which
he
had
done.
This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
the
heavens
and
of
the
earth
when
they
were
created,
in
the
day
that
Yahweh
2:4
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
God
made
the
earth
and
the
heavens.
No
plant
of
the
field
was
yet
in
the
earth,
and
no
herb
of
the
field
had
yet
sprung
up;
for
Yahweh
God
had
not
caused
it
to
rain
on
the
earth.
There
was
not
a
man
to
till
the
ground,
but
a
mist
went
up
from
the
earth,
and
watered
the
whole
surface
of
the
ground.
Yahweh
God
formed
man
from
the
dust
of
the
ground,
and
breathed
into
his
nostrils
the
breath
of
life;
and
man
became
a
living
soul.
Yahweh
God
planted
a
garden
eastward,
in
Eden,
and
there
he
put
the
man
whom
he
had
formed.
Out
of
the
ground
Yahweh
God
made
every
tree
to
grow
that
is
pleasant
to
the
sight,
and
good
for
food,
including
the
tree
of
life
in
the
middle
of
the
garden
and
the
tree
of
the
knowledge
of
good
and
evil.
A
river
went
out
of
Eden
to
water
the
garden;
and
from
there
it
was
parted,
and
became
the source
of
four
rivers.
The
name
of
the
first
is
Pishon:
it
flows
through
the
whole
land
of
Havilah,
where
there
is
gold;
and
the
gold
of
that
land
is
good.
Bdellium
2:12
or, aromatic resin
and
onyx
stone
are also
there.
The
name
of
the
second
river
is
Gihon.
It
is
the
same
river
that
flows
through
the
whole
land
of
Cush.
The
name
of
the
third
river
is Hiddekel.
This
is
the
one
which
flows
in front
of
Assyria.
The
fourth
river
is
the
Euphrates.
Yahweh
God
took
the
man,
and
put
him
into
the
garden
of
Eden
to
cultivate
and
keep
it.
Yahweh
God
commanded
the
man,
saying, “You
may
freely
eat
of
every
tree
of
the
garden;
but
you
shall
not
eat
of
the
tree
of
the
knowledge
of
good
and
evil;
for
in
the
day
that
you
eat
of
it,
you
will
surely
die.”
Yahweh
God
said, “It
is
not
good
for
the
man
to
be
alone.
I
will
make
him
a
helper comparable
to
2:18
or, suitable for, or appropriate for.
him.”
Out
of
the
ground
Yahweh
God
formed
every
animal
of
the
field,
and
every
bird
of
the
sky,
and
brought
them
to
the
man
to
see
what
he
would
call
them.
Whatever
the
man
called
every
living
creature
became
its
name.
The
man
gave
names
to
all
livestock,
and
to
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
to
every
animal
of
the
field;
but
for
man
there
was
not
found
a
helper comparable
to
him.
Yahweh
God
caused
the
man
to
fall
into
a
deep
sleep.
As
the
man
slept,
he
took
one
of
his
ribs,
and
closed
up
the
flesh
in
its
place.
Yahweh
God
made
a
woman
from
the
rib
which
he
had
taken
from
the
man,
and
brought
her
to
the
man.
The
man
said, “This
is
now
bone
of
my
bones,
and
flesh
of
my
flesh.
She
will
be
called ‘woman,’
because
she
was
taken
out
of
Man.”
Therefore
a
man
will
leave
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
will join
with
his
wife,
and
they
will
be
one
flesh.
The
man
and
his
wife
were
both
naked,
and
they
were
not
ashamed.
Now
the
serpent
was
more subtle
than
any
animal
of
the
field
which
Yahweh
God
had
made.
He
said
to
the
woman, “Has
God
really
said, ‘You
shall
not
eat
of
any
tree
of
the garden’?”
The
woman
said
to
the
serpent, “We
may
eat
fruit
from
the
trees
of
the
garden,
but
not
the
fruit
of
the
tree
which
is
in
the
middle
of
the
garden.
God
has
said, ‘You
shall
not
eat
of
it.
You
shall
not
touch
it,
lest
you
die.’”
The
serpent
said
to
the
woman, “You
won’t
really
die,
for
God
knows
that
in
the
day
you
eat
it,
your
eyes
will
be
opened,
and
you
will
be
like
God,
knowing
good
and
evil.”
When
the
woman
saw
that
the
tree
was
good
for
food,
and
that
it
was
a
delight
to
the
eyes,
and
that
the
tree
was
to
be
desired
to
make
one
wise,
she
took
some
of
its
fruit,
and
ate.
Then
she
gave
some
to
her
husband
with
her,
and
he
ate
it,
too.
Their
eyes
were
opened,
and
they
both
knew
that
they
were
naked.
They
sewed
fig
leaves
together,
and
made
coverings
for
themselves.
They
heard
Yahweh
God’s
voice
walking
in
the
garden
in
the
cool
of
the
day,
and
the
man
and
his
wife
hid
themselves
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh
God
among
the
trees
of
the
garden.
Yahweh
God
called
to
the
man,
and
said
to
him, “Where
are
you?”
The man
said, “I
heard
your
voice
in
the
garden,
and
I
was
afraid,
because
I
was
naked;
so
I
hid
myself.”
God
said, “Who
told
you
that
you
were
naked?
Have
you
eaten
from
the
tree
that
I
commanded
you
not
to
eat
from?”
The
man
said, “The
woman
whom
you
gave
to
be
with
me,
she
gave
me
fruit
from
the
tree,
and
I
ate
it.”
Yahweh
God
said
to
the
woman, “What
have
you
done?”
The
woman
said, “The
serpent deceived
me,
and
I
ate.”
Yahweh
God
said
to
the
serpent,
“Because
you
have
done
this,
you
are
cursed
above
all
livestock,
and
above
every
animal
of
the
field.
You
shall go
on
your
belly
and
you
shall
eat
dust
all
the
days
of
your
life.
I
will
put
hostility
between
you
and
the
woman,
and
between
your
offspring
and
her
offspring.
He
will
bruise
your
head,
and
you
will
bruise
his
heel.”
To
the
woman
he
said,
“I
will
greatly
multiply
your
pain
in
childbirth.
You
will
bear
children
in
pain.
Your
desire
will
be
for
your
husband,
and
he
will
rule
over
you.”
To
Adam
he
said,
“Because
you
have
listened
to
your
wife’s
voice,
and
have
eaten
from
the
tree,
about
which
I
commanded
you,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
eat
of
it,’
the
ground
is
cursed
for
your
sake.
You
will
eat
from
it
with
much labor
all
the
days
of
your
life.
It
will yield
thorns
and
thistles
to
you;
and
you
will
eat
the
herb
of
the
field.
You
will
eat
bread
by
the
sweat
of
your
face
until
you
return
to
the
ground,
for
you
were
taken
out
of
it.
For
you
are
dust,
and
you shall
return
to
dust.”
The
man
called
his
wife
Eve
because
she
would
be
the
mother
of
all
the
living.
Yahweh
God
made
garments
of animal
skins
for Adam
and
for
his
wife,
and
clothed
them.
Yahweh
God
said, “Behold,
the
man
has
become
like
one
of
us,
knowing
good
and
evil.
Now,
lest
he
reach
out
his
hand,
and
also
take
of
the
tree
of
life,
and
eat,
and
live
forever—”
Therefore
Yahweh
God
sent
him
out
from
the
garden
of
Eden,
to
till
the
ground
from
which
he
was
taken.
So
he
drove
out
the
man;
and
he placed
cherubim
3:24
cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10.
at
the
east
of
the
garden
of
Eden,
and
a flaming
sword
which
turned every
way,
to
guard
the
way
to
the
tree
of
life.
The
man
knew
4:1
or, lay with, or, had relations with
Eve
his
wife. She
conceived,
4:1
or, became pregnant
and
gave
birth
to
Cain,
and
said, “I
have
gotten
a
man
with
Yahweh’s help.”
Again she
gave
birth,
to Cain’s
brother
Abel.
Abel
was
a keeper
of
sheep,
but
Cain
was
a
tiller
of
the
ground.
As
time
passed,
Cain
brought
an
offering
to
Yahweh
from
the
fruit
of
the
ground.
Abel
also
brought some
of
the
firstborn
of
his
flock
and
of
its
fat.
Yahweh respected
Abel
and
his
offering,
but
he
didn’t
respect
Cain
and
his
offering.
Cain
was
very
angry,
and
the
expression
on
his
face
fell.
Yahweh
said
to
Cain, “Why
are
you
angry?
Why
has
the
expression
of
your
face
fallen?
If
you
do
well,
won’t
it
be
lifted
up?
If
you
don’t
do
well,
sin crouches
at
the
door.
Its
desire
is
for
you,
but
you
are
to
rule
over
it.”
Cain
said
to
Abel,
his
brother, “Let’s
go
into
the
field.”
While
they
were
in
the
field,
Cain
rose
up
against
Abel,
his
brother,
and
killed
him.
Yahweh
said
to
Cain, “Where
is
Abel,
your
brother?”
He
said, “I
don’t
know.
Am
I
my
brother’s
keeper?”
Yahweh
said, “What
have
you
done?
The
voice
of
your
brother’s
blood
cries
to
me
from
the
ground.
Now
you
are
cursed
because
of
the
ground,
which
has
opened
its
mouth
to
receive
your
brother’s
blood
from
your
hand.
From
now
on,
when
you
till
the
ground,
it
won’t
yield
its
strength
to
you.
You
will
be
a fugitive
and
a
wanderer
in
the
earth.”
Cain
said
to
Yahweh, “My
punishment
is
greater
than
I can
bear.
Behold,
you
have
driven
me
out
today
from
the
surface
of
the
ground.
I
will
be
hidden
from
your
face,
and
I
will
be
a fugitive
and
a
wanderer
in
the
earth.
Whoever
finds
me
will
kill
me.”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Therefore
whoever
slays
Cain,
vengeance
will
be
taken
on
him
sevenfold.”
Yahweh
appointed
a
sign
for
Cain,
so
that
anyone
finding
him
would
not
strike
him.
Cain
left
Yahweh’s
presence,
and
lived
in
the
land
of
Nod,
east
of
Eden.
Cain
knew
his
wife.
She
conceived,
and
gave
birth
to
Enoch.
He
built
a
city,
and
named
the
city
after
the
name
of
his
son,
Enoch.
Irad
was
born
to
Enoch.
Irad
became
the
father
of
Mehujael.
Mehujael
became
the
father
of
Methushael.
Methushael
became
the
father
of
Lamech.
Lamech
took
two
wives:
the
name
of
the
first
one
was
Adah,
and
the
name
of
the
second
one
was
Zillah.
Adah
gave
birth
to
Jabal,
who
was
the
father
of
those
who
dwell
in
tents
and
have
livestock.
His
brother’s
name
was
Jubal,
who
was
the
father
of
all
who
handle
the
harp
and
pipe.
Zillah
also
gave
birth
to Tubal Cain,
the
forger
of
every cutting instrument
of
bronze
and
iron. Tubal Cain’s
sister
was
Naamah.
Lamech
said
to
his
wives,
“Adah
and
Zillah,
hear
my
voice.
You
wives
of
Lamech,
listen
to
my speech,
for
I
have
slain
a
man
for
wounding
me,
a
young
man
for bruising
me.
If
Cain will
be
avenged
seven
times,
truly
Lamech
seventy-seven
times.”
Adam
knew
his
wife
again.
She
gave
birth
to
a
son,
and
named
him
Seth, saying, “for
God
has
given
me
another
child
instead
of
Abel,
for
Cain
killed
him.”
A
son
was
also
born
to
Seth,
and
he
named
him
Enosh.
At
that
time
men
began
to
call
on
Yahweh’s
name.
This
is
the
book
of
the
generations
of
Adam.
In
the
day
that
God
created
man,
he
made
him
in
God’s
likeness.
He
created
them
male
and
female,
and
blessed
them.
On
the
day
they
were
created,
he
named
them Adam.
5:2
“Adam” and “Man” are spelled with the exact same consonants in Hebrew, so this can be correctly translated either way.
Adam
lived
one
hundred
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
a son
in
his own
likeness,
after
his
image,
and
named
him
Seth.
The
days
of
Adam
after
he
became
the
father
of
Seth
were
eight
hundred
years,
and
he
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
All
the
days
that
Adam
lived
were
nine
hundred
thirty
years,
then
he
died.
Seth
lived
one
hundred
five
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Enosh.
Seth
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Enosh
eight
hundred
seven
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
All
of
the
days
of
Seth
were
nine
hundred
twelve
years,
then
he
died.
Enosh
lived
ninety
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Kenan.
Enosh
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Kenan
eight
hundred
fifteen
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
All
of
the
days
of
Enosh
were
nine
hundred
five
years,
then
he
died.
Kenan
lived
seventy
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Mahalalel.
Kenan
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Mahalalel
eight
hundred
forty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters
and
all
of
the
days
of
Kenan
were
nine
hundred
ten
years,
then
he
died.
Mahalalel
lived sixty-five
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Jared.
Mahalalel
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Jared
eight
hundred
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
All
of
the
days
of
Mahalalel
were
eight
hundred ninety-five
years,
then
he
died.
Jared
lived
one
hundred sixty-two
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Enoch.
Jared
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Enoch
eight
hundred
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
All
of
the
days
of
Jared
were
nine
hundred sixty-two
years,
then
he
died.
Enoch
lived sixty-five
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Methuselah.
After Methuselah’s
birth,
Enoch
walked
with
God
for
three
hundred
years,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
All
the
days
of
Enoch
were
three
hundred sixty-five
years.
Enoch
walked
with
God,
and
he
was
not
found,
for
God
took
him.
Methuselah
lived
one
hundred
eighty-seven
years,
then
became
the
father
of
Lamech.
Methuselah
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Lamech
seven
hundred
eighty-two
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
All
the
days
of
Methuselah
were
nine
hundred sixty-nine
years,
then
he
died.
Lamech
lived
one
hundred
eighty-two
years,
then
became
the
father
of
a
son.
He
named
him
Noah,
saying, “This
one
will
comfort
us
in
our
work
and
in
the
toil
of
our
hands,
caused
by
the
ground
which
Yahweh
has
cursed.”
Lamech
lived
after
he
became
the
father
of
Noah
five
hundred ninety-five
years,
and
became
the
father
of
other
sons
and
daughters.
All
the
days
of
Lamech
were
seven
hundred
seventy-seven
years,
then
he
died.
Noah
was
five
hundred
years
old,
then
Noah
became
the
father
of
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
When
men
began
to
multiply
on
the
surface
of
the
ground,
and
daughters
were
born
to
them,
God’s
sons
saw
that
men’s
daughters
were beautiful,
and
they
took
any
that
they wanted
for
themselves
as
wives.
Yahweh
said, “My
Spirit
will
not
strive
with
man
forever,
because
he
also
is
flesh;
so
his
days
will
be
one
hundred
twenty
years.”
The
Nephilim
6:4
or, giants
were
in
the
earth
in
those
days,
and
also
after
that,
when
God’s
sons
came
in
to
men’s
daughters
and
had
children
with
them.
Those
were
the
mighty
men
who
were
of
old,
men
of
renown.
Yahweh
saw
that
the
wickedness
of
man
was
great
in
the
earth,
and
that
every
imagination
of
the
thoughts
of
man’s
heart
was
continually
only
evil.
Yahweh
was
sorry
that
he
had
made
man
on
the
earth,
and
it
grieved
him
in
his
heart.
Yahweh
said, “I
will
destroy
man
whom
I
have
created
from
the
surface
of
the
ground—man,
along
with
animals,
creeping
things,
and
birds
of
the
sky—for
I
am
sorry
that
I
have
made
them.”
But
Noah
found
favor
in
Yahweh’s
eyes.
This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Noah:
Noah
was
a
righteous
man,
blameless
among
the
people
of
his
time.
Noah
walked
with
God.
Noah
became
the
father
of
three
sons:
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
The
earth
was
corrupt
before
God,
and
the
earth
was
filled
with
violence.
God
saw
the
earth,
and
saw
that
it
was
corrupt,
for
all
flesh
had
corrupted
their
way
on
the
earth.
God
said
to
Noah, “I
will
bring
an
end
to
all
flesh,
for
the
earth
is
filled
with
violence
through
them.
Behold,
I
will
destroy
them
and
the
earth.
Make
a
ship
of
gopher
wood.
You
shall
make
rooms
in
the
ship,
and
shall seal
it
inside
and
outside
with
pitch.
This
is
how
you
shall
make
it.
The
length
of
the
ship
shall be
three
hundred
cubits,
6:15
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
its
width
fifty
cubits,
and
its
height
thirty
cubits.
You shall
make
a roof
in
the
ship,
and
you shall
finish
it
to
a
cubit
upward.
You shall
set
the
door
of
the
ship
in
its
side.
You shall
make
it
with
lower,
second,
and
third levels.
I,
even
I,
will
bring
the
flood
of
waters
on
this
earth,
to
destroy
all
flesh having
the
breath
of
life
from
under
the
sky.
Everything
that
is
in
the
earth
will
die.
But
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you.
You
shall
come
into
the
ship,
you,
your
sons,
your
wife,
and
your
sons’
wives
with
you.
Of
every
living
thing
of
all
flesh,
you
shall
bring
two
of
every sort
into
the
ship,
to
keep
them
alive
with
you.
They
shall
be
male
and
female.
Of
the
birds
after
their
kind,
of
the
livestock
after
their
kind,
of
every
creeping
thing
of
the
ground
after
its
kind,
two
of
every sort
will
come
to
you,
to
keep
them
alive.
Take
with
you
some
of
all
food
that
is
eaten,
and
gather
it
to
yourself;
and
it
will
be
for
food
for
you,
and
for
them.”
Thus
Noah
did.
He
did
all
that
God
commanded
him.
Yahweh
said
to
Noah, “Come
with
all
of
your
household
into
the
ship,
for
I
have
seen
your righteousness
before
me
in
this
generation.
You
shall
take
seven
pairs
of
every
clean
animal
with
you,
the
male
and
his
female.
Of
the
animals
that
are
not
clean,
take
two,
the
male
and
his
female.
Also
of
the
birds
of
the
sky,
seven
and
seven,
male
and
female,
to keep
seed
alive
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth.
In
seven
days,
I
will cause
it
to
rain
on
the
earth
for
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
I
will
destroy
every
living
thing
that
I
have
made
from
the
surface
of
the
ground.”
Noah
did
everything
that
Yahweh
commanded
him.
Noah
was
six
hundred
years
old
when
the
flood
of
waters
came
on
the
earth.
Noah
went
into
the
ship
with
his
sons,
his
wife,
and
his
sons’
wives,
because
of
the
floodwaters.
Clean
animals, unclean
animals,
birds,
and
everything
that
creeps
on
the
ground
went
by
pairs
to
Noah
into
the
ship,
male
and
female,
as
God
commanded
Noah.
After
the
seven
days,
the
floodwaters
came
on
the
earth.
In
the
six
hundredth
year
of
Noah’s
life,
in
the
second
month,
on
the seventeenth
day
of
the
month,
on
that
day
all
the
fountains
of
the
great
deep
burst
open,
and
the sky’s
windows
opened.
It rained
on
the
earth
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
In
the
same
day
Noah,
and
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth—the
sons
of
Noah—and
Noah’s
wife
and
the
three
wives
of
his
sons
with
them,
entered
into
the
ship—
they,
and
every
animal
after
its
kind,
all
the
livestock
after
their
kind,
every
creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth
after
its
kind,
and
every
bird
after
its
kind,
every
bird
of
every sort.
Pairs
from
all
flesh
with
the
breath
of
life
in
them
went
into
the
ship
to
Noah.
Those
who
went
in,
went
in
male
and
female
of
all
flesh,
as
God
commanded
him;
then
Yahweh
shut
him
in.
The
flood
was
forty
days
on
the
earth.
The
waters
increased,
and
lifted
up
the
ship,
and
it
was
lifted
up
above
the
earth.
The
waters
rose,
and
increased
greatly
on
the
earth;
and
the
ship
floated
on
the
surface
of
the
waters.
The
waters
rose
very
high
on
the
earth.
All
the
high
mountains
that
were
under
the
whole
sky
were
covered.
The
waters
rose
fifteen
cubits
7:20
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
higher,
and
the
mountains
were
covered.
All
flesh
died
that
moved
on
the
earth,
including
birds,
livestock,
animals,
every creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth,
and
every
man.
All
on
the
dry
land,
in
whose
nostrils
was
the
breath
of
the
spirit
of
life,
died.
Every
living
thing
was
destroyed
that
was
on
the
surface
of
the
ground,
including
man,
livestock,
creeping
things,
and
birds
of
the
sky.
They
were
destroyed
from
the
earth.
Only
Noah
was
left,
and
those
who
were
with
him
in
the
ship.
The
waters flooded
the
earth
one
hundred
fifty
days.
God
remembered
Noah,
all
the
animals,
and
all
the
livestock
that
were
with
him
in
the
ship;
and
God
made
a
wind
to
pass
over
the
earth.
The
waters
subsided.
The deep’s
fountains
and
the sky’s
windows
were also
stopped,
and
the
rain
from
the
sky
was
restrained.
The
waters
continually
receded
from
the
earth.
After
the
end
of
one
hundred
fifty
days
the
waters
receded.
The
ship
rested
in
the
seventh
month,
on
the seventeenth
day
of
the
month,
on Ararat’s
mountains.
The
waters receded
continually
until
the
tenth
month.
In
the
tenth
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
tops
of
the
mountains
were
visible.
At
the
end
of
forty
days,
Noah
opened
the
window
of
the
ship
which
he
had
made,
and
he
sent
out
a
raven.
It
went
back
and
forth,
until
the
waters
were
dried
up
from
the
earth.
He
himself
sent
out
a
dove
to
see
if
the
waters
were
abated
from
the
surface
of
the
ground,
but
the
dove
found
no
place
to
rest
her
foot,
and
she
returned
into
the
ship
to
him,
for
the
waters
were
on
the
surface
of
the
whole
earth.
He
put
out
his
hand,
and
took
her,
and
brought
her
to
him
into
the
ship.
He waited
yet
another
seven
days;
and
again
he
sent
the
dove
out
of
the
ship.
The
dove
came
back
to
him
at
evening
and,
behold,
in
her
mouth
was
a
freshly
plucked
olive
leaf.
So
Noah
knew
that
the
waters
were
abated
from
the
earth.
He
waited
yet
another
seven
days,
and
sent
out
the
dove;
and
she
didn’t
return
to
him
any
more.
In
the
six
hundred
first
year,
in
the
first
month,
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
waters
were dried
up
from
the
earth.
Noah
removed
the
covering
of
the
ship,
and
looked.
He
saw
that
the
surface
of
the
ground
was
dry.
In
the
second
month,
on
the twenty-seventh
day
of
the
month,
the
earth
was
dry.
God
spoke
to
Noah,
saying,
“Go
out
of
the
ship,
you,
your
wife,
your
sons,
and
your
sons’
wives
with
you.
Bring
out
with
you
every
living
thing
that
is
with
you
of
all
flesh,
including
birds,
livestock,
and
every
creeping
thing
that
creeps
on
the
earth,
that
they
may
breed
abundantly
in
the
earth,
and
be
fruitful,
and
multiply
on
the
earth.”
Noah
went
out,
with
his
sons,
his
wife,
and
his
sons’
wives
with
him.
Every
animal,
every
creeping
thing,
and
every
bird,
whatever
moves
on
the
earth,
after
their
families,
went
out
of
the
ship.
Noah
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh,
and
took
of
every
clean
animal,
and
of
every
clean
bird,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
on
the
altar.
Yahweh
smelled
the pleasant
aroma.
Yahweh
said
in
his
heart, “I
will
not
again
curse
the
ground
any
more
for
man’s
sake
because
the
imagination
of
man’s
heart
is
evil
from
his
youth.
I
will
never
again
strike
every
living
thing,
as
I
have
done.
While
the
earth
remains,
seed
time
and
harvest,
and
cold
and
heat,
and
summer
and
winter,
and
day
and
night
will
not
cease.”
God
blessed
Noah
and
his
sons,
and
said
to
them, “Be
fruitful,
multiply,
and replenish
the
earth.
The
fear
of
you
and
the dread
of
you
will
be
on
every
animal
of
the
earth,
and
on
every
bird
of
the
sky.
Everything
that
moves
along
the
ground,
and
all
the
fish
of
the
sea,
are
delivered
into
your
hand.
Every
moving
thing
that
lives
will
be
food
for
you.
As
I
gave
you
the
green
herb,
I
have
given
everything
to
you.
But
flesh
with
its
life,
that
is,
its
blood,
you
shall
not
eat.
I
will
surely
require accounting
for
your life’s
blood.
At
the
hand
of
every
animal
I
will
require
it.
At
the
hand
of
man,
even
at
the
hand
of
every
man’s
brother,
I
will
require
the
life
of
man.
Whoever
sheds
man’s
blood,
his
blood
will
be
shed
by
man,
for
God
made
man
in
his own
image.
Be
fruitful
and
multiply.
Increase
abundantly
in
the
earth,
and
multiply
in it.”
God
spoke
to
Noah
and
to
his
sons
with
him,
saying,
“As
for
me,
behold,
I
establish
my
covenant
with
you,
and
with
your
offspring
after
you,
and
with
every
living
creature
that
is
with
you:
the
birds,
the
livestock,
and
every
animal
of
the
earth
with
you,
of
all
that
go
out
of
the
ship,
even
every
animal
of
the
earth.
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you:
All
flesh
will
not
be
cut
off
any
more
by
the
waters
of
the
flood.
There
will
never
again
be
a
flood
to
destroy
the
earth.”
God
said, “This
is
the token
of
the
covenant
which
I
make
between
me
and
you
and
every
living
creature
that
is
with
you,
for
perpetual
generations:
I
set
my
rainbow
in
the
cloud,
and
it
will
be
a
sign
of
a
covenant
between
me
and
the
earth.
When
I
bring
a
cloud
over
the
earth,
that
the
rainbow
will
be
seen
in
the
cloud,
I
will
remember
my
covenant,
which
is
between
me
and
you
and
every
living
creature
of
all
flesh,
and
the
waters
will
no
more
become
a
flood
to
destroy
all
flesh.
The
rainbow
will
be
in
the
cloud.
I
will
look
at
it,
that
I
may
remember
the
everlasting
covenant
between
God
and
every
living
creature
of
all
flesh
that
is
on
the
earth.”
God
said
to
Noah, “This
is
the token
of
the
covenant
which
I
have
established
between
me
and
all
flesh
that
is
on
the
earth.”
The
sons
of
Noah
who
went
out
from
the
ship
were
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
Ham
is
the
father
of
Canaan.
These
three
were
the
sons
of
Noah,
and
from
these
the
whole
earth
was populated.
Noah
began
to
be
a
farmer,
and
planted
a
vineyard.
He
drank
of
the
wine
and got
drunk.
He
was
uncovered
within
his
tent.
Ham,
the
father
of
Canaan,
saw
the
nakedness
of
his
father,
and
told
his
two
brothers
outside.
Shem
and
Japheth
took
a
garment,
and
laid
it
on
both
their
shoulders,
went
in backwards,
and
covered
the
nakedness
of
their
father.
Their
faces
were backwards,
and
they
didn’t
see
their
father’s
nakedness.
Noah
awoke
from
his
wine,
and
knew
what
his
youngest
son
had
done
to
him.
He
said,
“Canaan
is
cursed.
He
will
be
a
servant
of
servants
to
his
brothers.”
He
said,
“Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Shem.
Let
Canaan
be
his
servant.
May
God
enlarge
Japheth.
Let
him
dwell
in
the
tents
of
Shem.
Let
Canaan
be
his
servant.”
Noah
lived
three
hundred
fifty
years
after
the
flood.
All
the
days
of
Noah
were
nine
hundred
fifty
years,
and
then
he
died.
Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
the
sons
of
Noah
and
of
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
Sons
were
born
to
them
after
the
flood.
The
sons
of
Japheth
were:
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech,
and
Tiras.
The
sons
of
Gomer
were:
Ashkenaz,
Riphath,
and
Togarmah.
The
sons
of
Javan
were:
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim,
and
Dodanim.
Of
these
were
the
islands
of
the
nations
divided
in
their
lands,
everyone
after
his
language,
after
their
families,
in
their
nations.
The
sons
of
Ham
were:
Cush,
Mizraim,
Put,
and
Canaan.
The
sons
of
Cush
were:
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabtah,
Raamah,
and
Sabteca.
The
sons
of
Raamah
were:
Sheba
and
Dedan.
Cush
became
the
father
of
Nimrod.
He
began
to
be
a
mighty
one
in
the
earth.
He
was
a
mighty
hunter
before
Yahweh.
Therefore
it
is
said, “like
Nimrod,
a
mighty
hunter
before
Yahweh”.
The
beginning
of
his
kingdom
was
Babel,
Erech,
Accad,
and
Calneh,
in
the
land
of
Shinar.
Out
of
that
land
he
went
into
Assyria,
and
built
Nineveh,
Rehoboth Ir,
Calah,
and
Resen
between
Nineveh
and
the
great
city
Calah.
Mizraim
became
the
father
of
Ludim,
Anamim,
Lehabim,
Naphtuhim,
Pathrusim,
Casluhim (which
the
Philistines
descended
from),
and
Caphtorim.
Canaan
became
the
father
of
Sidon (his
firstborn),
Heth,
the
Jebusites,
the
Amorites,
the
Girgashites,
the
Hivites,
the
Arkites,
the
Sinites,
the
Arvadites,
the
Zemarites,
and
the
Hamathites.
Afterward
the
families
of
the
Canaanites
were
spread abroad.
The
border
of
the
Canaanites
was
from
Sidon—as
you
go
toward
Gerar—to
Gaza—as
you
go
toward
Sodom,
Gomorrah,
Admah,
and
Zeboiim—to
Lasha.
These
are
the
sons
of
Ham,
after
their
families, according
to
their
languages,
in
their
lands
and
their
nations.
Children
were
also
born
to
Shem (the
elder
brother
of
Japheth),
the
father
of
all
the
children
of
Eber.
The
sons
of
Shem
were:
Elam,
Asshur,
Arpachshad,
Lud,
and
Aram.
The
sons
of
Aram
were:
Uz,
Hul,
Gether,
and
Mash.
Arpachshad
became
the
father
of
Shelah.
Shelah
became
the
father
of
Eber.
To
Eber
were
born
two
sons.
The
name
of
the
one
was
Peleg,
for
in
his
days
the
earth
was
divided.
His
brother’s
name
was
Joktan.
Joktan
became
the
father
of
Almodad,
Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth,
Jerah,
Hadoram,
Uzal,
Diklah,
Obal,
Abimael,
Sheba,
Ophir,
Havilah,
and
Jobab.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Joktan.
Their
dwelling
extended
from
Mesha,
as
you
go
toward
Sephar,
the
mountain
of
the
east.
These
are
the
sons
of
Shem,
by
their
families, according
to
their
languages,
lands,
and
nations.
These
are
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Noah,
by
their
generations,
according
to
their
nations.
The
nations
divided
from
these
in
the
earth
after
the
flood.
The
whole
earth
was
of
one
language
and
of
one
speech.
As
they
traveled
east,
11:2
LXX reads “from the east”.
they
found
a
plain
in
the
land
of
Shinar,
and
they
lived
there.
They
said
to
one
another, “Come, let’s
make
bricks,
and
burn
them
thoroughly.”
They
had
brick
for
stone,
and
they
used
tar
for mortar.
They
said, “Come, let’s
build
ourselves
a
city,
and
a
tower
whose
top reaches
to
the
sky,
and let’s
make
a
name
for
ourselves,
lest
we
be
scattered abroad
on
the
surface
of
the
whole
earth.”
Yahweh
came
down
to
see
the
city
and
the
tower,
which
the
children
of
men
built.
Yahweh
said, “Behold,
they
are
one
people,
and
they
all
have
one
language,
and
this
is
what
they
begin
to
do.
Now
nothing
will
be withheld
from
them,
which
they
intend
to
do.
Come, let’s
go
down,
and
there confuse
their
language,
that
they
may
not
understand
one
another’s
speech.”
So
Yahweh
scattered
them abroad
from
there
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth.
They
stopped
building
the
city.
Therefore
its
name
was
called
Babel,
because
there
Yahweh
confused
the
language
of
all
the
earth.
From
there,
Yahweh
scattered
them abroad
on
the
surface
of
all
the
earth.
This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Shem:
Shem
was
one
hundred
years
old
when
he
became
the
father
of
Arpachshad
two
years
after
the
flood.
Shem
lived
five
hundred
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Arpachshad,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Arpachshad
lived thirty-five
years
and
became
the
father
of
Shelah.
Arpachshad
lived
four
hundred
three
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Shelah,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Shelah
lived
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Eber.
Shelah
lived
four
hundred
three
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Eber,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Eber
lived thirty-four
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Peleg.
Eber
lived
four
hundred
thirty
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Peleg,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Peleg
lived
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Reu.
Peleg
lived
two
hundred
nine
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Reu,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Reu
lived thirty-two
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Serug.
Reu
lived
two
hundred
seven
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Serug,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Serug
lived
thirty
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Nahor.
Serug
lived
two
hundred
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Nahor,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Nahor
lived
twenty-nine
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Terah.
Nahor
lived
one
hundred
nineteen
years
after
he
became
the
father
of
Terah,
and
became
the
father
of more
sons
and
daughters.
Terah
lived
seventy
years,
and
became
the
father
of
Abram,
Nahor,
and
Haran.
Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Terah.
Terah
became
the
father
of
Abram,
Nahor,
and
Haran.
Haran
became
the
father
of
Lot.
Haran
died
in
the
land
of
his
birth,
in Ur
of
the
Chaldees,
while
his
father
Terah
was still alive.
Abram
and
Nahor
married
wives.
The
name
of
Abram’s
wife
was
Sarai,
and
the
name
of
Nahor’s
wife
was
Milcah,
the
daughter
of
Haran,
who
was also
the
father
of
Iscah.
Sarai
was
barren. She
had
no
child.
Terah
took
Abram
his
son,
Lot
the
son
of
Haran,
his
son’s
son,
and
Sarai
his
daughter-in-law,
his
son
Abram’s
wife.
They
went
from Ur
of
the
Chaldees,
to
go
into
the
land
of
Canaan.
They
came
to
Haran
and
lived
there.
The
days
of
Terah
were
two
hundred
five
years.
Terah
died
in
Haran.
Now
Yahweh
said
to
Abram, “Leave
your
country,
and
your
relatives,
and
your
father’s
house,
and go
to
the
land
that
I
will
show
you.
I
will
make
of
you
a
great
nation.
I
will
bless
you
and
make
your
name
great.
You
will
be
a
blessing.
I
will
bless
those
who
bless
you,
and
I
will
curse
him
who treats
you
with
contempt.
All
the
families
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
through
you.”
So
Abram
went,
as
Yahweh
had
told
him.
Lot
went
with
him.
Abram
was
seventy-five
years
old
when
he
departed
from
Haran.
Abram
took
Sarai
his
wife,
Lot
his
brother’s
son,
all
their
possessions
that
they
had
gathered,
and
the
people
whom
they
had
acquired
in
Haran,
and
they
went
to
go
into
the
land
of
Canaan.
They
entered
into
the
land
of
Canaan.
Abram
passed
through
the
land
to
the
place
of
Shechem,
to
the
oak
of
Moreh.
At
that
time,
Canaanites
were
in
the
land.
Yahweh
appeared
to
Abram
and
said, “I
will
give
this
land
to
your
offspring.”
12:7
or, seed
He
built
an
altar
there
to
Yahweh,
who
had
appeared
to
him.
He
left
from
there
to go
to
the
mountain
on
the
east
of
Bethel
and
pitched
his
tent, having
Bethel
on
the
west,
and
Ai
on
the
east.
There
he
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh
and
called
on
Yahweh’s
name.
Abram
traveled, still
going
on
toward
the
South.
There
was
a
famine
in
the
land.
Abram
went
down
into
Egypt
to
live
as
a foreigner
there,
for
the
famine
was
severe
in
the
land.
When
he
had
come
near
to
enter
Egypt,
he
said
to
Sarai
his
wife, “See
now,
I
know
that
you
are
a
beautiful
woman
to
look
at.
It
will
happen
that
when
the
Egyptians
see
you,
they
will
say, ‘This
is
his
wife.’
They
will
kill
me,
but
they
will save
you
alive.
Please
say
that
you
are
my
sister,
that
it
may
be
well
with
me
for
your
sake,
and
that
my
soul
may
live
because
of
you.”
When
Abram
had
come
into
Egypt,
Egyptians
saw
that
the
woman
was
very
beautiful.
The
princes
of
Pharaoh
saw
her,
and
praised
her
to
Pharaoh;
and
the
woman
was
taken
into
Pharaoh’s
house.
He dealt
well
with
Abram
for
her
sake.
He
had
sheep,
cattle,
male
donkeys,
male
servants,
female
servants,
female
donkeys,
and
camels.
Yahweh
afflicted
Pharaoh
and
his
house
with
great
plagues
because
of
Sarai,
Abram’s
wife.
Pharaoh
called
Abram
and
said, “What
is
this
that
you
have
done
to
me?
Why
didn’t
you
tell
me
that
she
was
your
wife?
Why
did
you
say, ‘She
is
my
sister,’
so
that
I
took
her
to
be
my
wife?
Now
therefore,
see
your
wife,
take
her,
and
go
your way.”
Pharaoh
commanded
men
concerning
him,
and
they
escorted
him
away
with
his
wife
and
all
that
he
had.
Abram
went
up
out
of
Egypt—he,
his
wife,
all
that
he
had,
and
Lot
with
him—into
the
South.
Abram
was
very
rich
in
livestock,
in
silver,
and
in
gold.
He
went
on
his
journeys
from
the
South
as
far
as
Bethel,
to
the
place
where
his
tent
had
been
at
the
beginning,
between
Bethel
and
Ai,
to
the
place
of
the
altar,
which
he
had
made
there
at
the
first.
There
Abram
called
on
Yahweh’s
name.
Lot
also,
who
went
with
Abram,
had
flocks,
herds,
and
tents.
The
land
was
not
able
to
bear
them,
that
they might
live
together;
for
their
possessions
were
so
great
that
they
couldn’t
live
together.
There
was
strife
between
the
herdsmen
of
Abram’s
livestock
and
the
herdsmen
of
Lot’s
livestock.
The
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites
lived
in
the
land
at
that
time.
Abram
said
to
Lot, “Please,
let
there
be
no
strife
between
you
and
me,
and
between
your
herdsmen
and
my
herdsmen;
for
we
are
relatives.
Isn’t
the
whole
land
before
you?
Please
separate
yourself
from
me.
If
you
go
to
the
left
hand,
then
I
will
go
to
the
right.
Or
if
you
go
to
the
right
hand,
then
I
will
go
to
the
left.”
Lot
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
all
the
plain
of
the
Jordan,
that
it
was well-watered
everywhere,
before
Yahweh
destroyed
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
like
the
garden
of
Yahweh,
like
the
land
of
Egypt,
as
you
go
to
Zoar.
So
Lot
chose
the
Plain
of
the
Jordan
for
himself.
Lot
traveled
east,
and
they
separated
themselves
from
one
other.
Abram
lived
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
Lot
lived
in
the
cities
of
the
plain,
and
moved
his
tent
as
far
as
Sodom.
Now
the
men
of
Sodom
were
exceedingly
wicked
and
sinners
against
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
Abram,
after
Lot
was
separated
from
him, “Now,
lift
up
your
eyes,
and
look
from
the
place
where
you
are,
northward
and
southward
and
eastward
and
westward,
for
I
will
give
all
the
land
which
you
see
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
forever.
I
will
make
your
offspring
as
the
dust
of
the
earth,
so
that
if
a
man
can
count
the
dust
of
the
earth,
then
your
offspring
may
also
be
counted.
Arise,
walk
through
the
land
in
its
length
and
in
its
width;
for
I
will
give
it
to
you.”
Abram
moved
his
tent,
and
came
and
lived
by
the
oaks
of
Mamre,
which
are
in
Hebron,
and
built
an
altar
there
to
Yahweh.
In
the
days
of
Amraphel,
king
of
Shinar;
Arioch,
king
of
Ellasar;
Chedorlaomer,
king
of
Elam;
and
Tidal,
king
of
Goiim,
they
made
war
with
Bera,
king
of
Sodom;
Birsha,
king
of
Gomorrah;
Shinab,
king
of
Admah;
Shemeber,
king
of
Zeboiim;
and
the
king
of
Bela (also called
Zoar).
All
these
joined
together
in
the
valley
of
Siddim (also called
the
Salt
Sea).
They
served
Chedorlaomer
for
twelve
years,
and
in
the thirteenth
year
they
rebelled.
In
the fourteenth
year
Chedorlaomer
and
the
kings
who
were
with
him
came
and
struck
the
Rephaim
in Ashteroth Karnaim,
the
Zuzim
in
Ham,
the Emim
in
Shaveh
Kiriathaim,
and
the
Horites
in
their
Mount
Seir,
to El Paran,
which
is
by
the
wilderness.
They
returned,
and
came
to En Mishpat (also called
Kadesh),
and
struck
all
the
country
of
the
Amalekites,
and
also
the
Amorites,
that
lived
in Hazazon Tamar.
The
king
of
Sodom,
and
the
king
of
Gomorrah,
the
king
of
Admah,
the
king
of
Zeboiim,
and
the
king
of
Bela (also called
Zoar)
went
out;
and
they
set
the
battle
in
array
against
them
in
the
valley
of
Siddim
against
Chedorlaomer
king
of
Elam,
Tidal
king
of
Goiim,
Amraphel
king
of
Shinar,
and
Arioch
king
of
Ellasar;
four
kings
against
the
five.
Now
the
valley
of
Siddim
was full
of
tar
pits;
and
the
kings
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
fled,
and
some
fell
there. Those
who
remained
fled
to
the
hills.
They
took
all
the
goods
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
and
all
their
food,
and went
their
way.
They
took
Lot,
Abram’s
brother’s
son,
who
lived
in
Sodom,
and
his
goods,
and departed.
One
who
had escaped
came
and
told
Abram,
the
Hebrew.
At
that time,
he
lived
by
the
oaks
of
Mamre,
the
Amorite,
brother
of
Eshcol
and
brother
of
Aner.
They
were allies
of
Abram.
When
Abram
heard
that
his
relative
was
taken
captive,
he
led
out
his
three
hundred
eighteen
trained
men,
born
in
his
house,
and
pursued
as
far
as
Dan.
He
divided
himself
against
them
by
night,
he
and
his
servants,
and
struck
them,
and
pursued
them
to
Hobah,
which
is
on
the
left
hand
of
Damascus.
He
brought
back
all
the
goods,
and
also
brought
back
his
relative
Lot
and
his
goods,
and
the
women
also,
and
the
other
people.
The
king
of
Sodom
went
out
to
meet
him
after
his
return
from
the
slaughter
of
Chedorlaomer
and
the
kings
who
were
with
him,
at
the
valley
of
Shaveh (that
is,
the
King’s
Valley).
Melchizedek
king
of
Salem
brought
out
bread
and
wine.
He
was
priest
of
God
Most High.
He
blessed
him,
and
said, “Blessed
be
Abram
of
God Most High,
possessor
of
heaven
and
earth.
Blessed
be
God Most High,
who
has
delivered
your enemies
into
your
hand.”
Abram
gave
him
a
tenth
of
all.
The
king
of
Sodom
said
to
Abram, “Give
me
the
people,
and
take
the
goods
for
yourself.”
Abram
said
to
the
king
of
Sodom, “I
have
lifted
up
my
hand
to
Yahweh,
God
Most
High,
possessor
of
heaven
and
earth,
that
I
will
not
take
a
thread
nor
a
sandal
strap
nor
anything
that
is yours, lest
you
should
say, ‘I
have
made
Abram
rich.’
I
will
accept
nothing
from
you
except
that
which
the
young
men
have
eaten,
and
the
portion
of
the
men
who
went
with
me:
Aner,
Eshcol,
and
Mamre.
Let
them
take
their
portion.”
After
these
things
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Abram
in
a
vision,
saying, “Don’t
be
afraid,
Abram.
I
am
your
shield,
your
exceedingly
great
reward.”
Abram
said, “Lord
15:2
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”. Yahweh,
what
will
you
give
me, since
I
go
childless,
and
he
who
will inherit
my
estate
is
Eliezer
of
Damascus?”
Abram
said, “Behold,
you
have
given
no
children
to
me:
and,
behold,
one
born
in
my
house
is
my
heir.”
Behold,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
him,
saying, “This man
will
not
be
your
heir,
but
he
who
will
come
out
of
your
own
body
will
be
your
heir.”
Yahweh
brought
him
outside,
and
said, “Look
now toward
the
sky,
and
count
the
stars,
if
you
are
able
to
count
them.”
He
said
to Abram, “So
your
offspring
will
be.”
He
believed
in
Yahweh,
who
credited
it
to
him
for
righteousness.
He
said
to Abram, “I
am
Yahweh
who
brought
you
out
of Ur
of
the
Chaldees,
to
give
you
this
land
to
inherit
it.”
He
said, “Lord Yahweh,
how
will
I
know
that
I
will
inherit
it?”
He
said
to
him, “Bring
me
a
heifer
three years
old,
a
female
goat
three years
old,
a
ram
three years
old,
a
turtledove,
and
a
young
pigeon.”
He
brought
him
all
these,
and divided
them
in
the
middle,
and
laid
each
half
opposite
the
other;
but
he
didn’t
divide
the
birds.
The
birds
of
prey
came
down
on
the
carcasses,
and
Abram
drove
them
away.
When
the
sun
was
going
down,
a
deep
sleep
fell
on
Abram.
Now
terror
and
great
darkness
fell
on
him.
He
said
to
Abram, “Know
for
sure
that
your
offspring
will live
as
foreigners
in
a
land
that
is
not theirs,
and
will
serve
them.
They
will
afflict
them
four
hundred
years.
I
will
also
judge
that
nation,
whom
they
will
serve.
Afterward
they
will
come
out
with
great
wealth;
but
you
will
go
to
your
fathers
in
peace.
You
will
be
buried
at
a
good
old
age.
In
the
fourth
generation
they
will
come
here
again,
for
the
iniquity
of
the
Amorite
is
not
yet
full.”
It
came
to
pass
that,
when
the
sun
went
down,
and
it
was
dark,
behold,
a
smoking
furnace
and
a
flaming
torch
passed
between
these
pieces.
In
that
day
Yahweh
made
a
covenant
with
Abram,
saying, “I
have
given
this
land
to
your
offspring,
from
the
river
of
Egypt
to
the
great
river,
the
river
Euphrates:
the land
of
the
Kenites,
the
Kenizzites,
the
Kadmonites,
the
Hittites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Rephaim,
the
Amorites,
the
Canaanites,
the
Girgashites,
and
the
Jebusites.”
Now
Sarai,
Abram’s
wife,
bore
him
no
children.
She
had
a
servant,
an
Egyptian,
whose
name
was
Hagar.
Sarai
said
to
Abram, “See
now,
Yahweh
has
restrained
me
from
bearing.
Please
go
in
to
my
servant.
It
may
be
that
I
will
obtain
children
by
her.”
Abram
listened
to
the
voice
of
Sarai.
Sarai,
Abram’s
wife,
took
Hagar
the
Egyptian,
her
servant,
after
Abram
had
lived
ten
years
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
gave
her
to
Abram
her
husband
to
be
his
wife.
He
went
in
to
Hagar,
and
she
conceived.
When
she
saw
that
she
had
conceived,
her
mistress
was
despised
in
her
eyes.
Sarai
said
to
Abram, “This
wrong
is
your fault.
I
gave
my
servant
into
your
bosom,
and
when
she
saw
that
she
had
conceived,
she
despised
me.
May
Yahweh
judge
between
me
and
you.”
But
Abram
said
to
Sarai, “Behold,
your
maid
is
in
your
hand.
Do
to
her
whatever
is
good
in
your
eyes.”
Sarai dealt harshly
with
her,
and
she
fled
from
her
face.
Yahweh’s
angel
found
her
by
a fountain
of
water
in
the
wilderness,
by
the fountain
on
the
way
to
Shur.
He
said, “Hagar,
Sarai’s
servant,
where did
you
come
from?
Where
are
you
going?”
She
said, “I
am
fleeing
from
the
face
of
my
mistress
Sarai.”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
her, “Return
to
your
mistress,
and submit
yourself
under
her
hands.”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
her, “I
will
greatly
multiply
your
offspring,
that
they
will
not
be
counted
for
multitude.”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
her, “Behold,
you
are
with
child,
and
will
bear
a
son.
You
shall
call
his
name
Ishmael,
because
Yahweh
has
heard
your affliction.
He
will
be
like
a
wild
donkey
among
men.
His
hand
will
be
against
every
man,
and
every
man’s
hand
against
him.
He
will
live
opposed
to
all
of
his
brothers.”
She
called
the
name
of
Yahweh
who
spoke
to
her, “You
are
a
God
who
sees,”
for
she
said, “Have
I
even stayed
alive
after
seeing
him?”
Therefore
the
well
was
called Beer Lahai Roi.
16:14
Beer Lahai Roi means “well of the one who lives and sees me”.
Behold,
it
is
between
Kadesh
and
Bered.
Hagar
bore
a
son
for
Abram.
Abram
called
the
name
of
his
son,
whom
Hagar
bore,
Ishmael.
Abram
was
eighty-six
years
old
when
Hagar
bore
Ishmael
to
Abram.
When
Abram
was ninety-nine
years
old,
Yahweh
appeared
to
Abram
and
said
to
him, “I
am
God
Almighty.
Walk
before
me
and
be
blameless.
I
will
make
my
covenant
between
me
and
you,
and
will
multiply
you
exceedingly.”
Abram
fell
on
his
face.
God
talked
with
him,
saying,
“As
for
me,
behold,
my
covenant
is
with
you.
You
will
be
the
father
of
a
multitude
of
nations.
Your
name
will
no
more
be
called
Abram,
but
your
name
will
be
Abraham;
for
I
have
made
you
the
father
of
a
multitude
of
nations.
I
will
make
you
exceedingly
fruitful,
and
I
will
make
nations
of
you.
Kings
will
come
out
of
you.
I
will
establish
my
covenant
between
me
and
you
and
your
offspring
after
you
throughout
their
generations
for
an
everlasting
covenant,
to
be
a
God
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
after
you.
I
will
give
to
you,
and
to
your
offspring
after
you,
the
land
where
you
are traveling,
all
the
land
of
Canaan,
for
an
everlasting
possession.
I
will
be
their
God.”
God
said
to
Abraham, “As
for
you,
you
shall
keep
my
covenant,
you
and
your
offspring
after
you
throughout
their
generations.
This
is
my
covenant,
which
you
shall
keep,
between
me
and
you
and
your
offspring
after
you.
Every
male
among
you
shall
be
circumcised.
You
shall
be circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
your
foreskin.
It
will
be
a token
of
the
covenant
between
me
and
you.
He
who
is
eight
days
old
shall
be
circumcised
among
you,
every
male
throughout
your
generations,
he
who
is
born
in
the
house,
or
bought
with
money
from
any
foreigner
who
is
not
of
your
offspring.
He
who
is
born
in
your
house,
and
he
who
is
bought
with
your
money, must
be
circumcised.
My
covenant
shall
be
in
your
flesh
for
an
everlasting
covenant.
The
uncircumcised
male
who
is
not
circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
He
has
broken
my
covenant.”
God
said
to
Abraham, “As
for
Sarai
your
wife,
you
shall
not
call
her
name
Sarai,
but
her
name
shall
be
Sarah.
I
will
bless
her,
and
moreover
I
will
give
you
a
son
by
her.
Yes,
I
will
bless
her,
and
she
will
be
a mother
of
nations.
Kings
of
peoples
will
come
from
her.”
Then
Abraham
fell
on
his
face,
and
laughed,
and
said
in
his
heart, “Will
a
child
be
born
to
him
who
is
one
hundred
years
old?
Will
Sarah,
who
is
ninety
years
old,
give
birth?”
Abraham
said
to
God, “Oh
that
Ishmael
might
live
before
you!”
God
said, “No,
but
Sarah,
your
wife,
will
bear
you
a
son.
You
shall
call
his
name
Isaac.
17:19
Isaac means “he laughs”.
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
him
for
an
everlasting
covenant
for
his
offspring
after
him.
As
for
Ishmael,
I
have
heard
you.
Behold,
I
have
blessed
him,
and
will
make
him
fruitful,
and
will
multiply
him
exceedingly.
He
will
become
the
father
of
twelve
princes,
and
I
will
make
him
a
great
nation.
But
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
Isaac,
whom
Sarah
will
bear
to
you
at
this
set
time
next
year.”
When
he
finished
talking
with
him,
God
went
up
from
Abraham.
Abraham
took
Ishmael
his
son,
all
who
were
born
in
his
house,
and
all
who
were
bought
with
his
money:
every
male
among
the
men
of
Abraham’s
house,
and
circumcised
the
flesh
of
their
foreskin
in
the
same
day,
as
God
had
said
to
him.
Abraham
was ninety-nine
years
old
when
he
was
circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin.
Ishmael,
his
son,
was
thirteen
years
old
when
he
was
circumcised
in
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin.
In
the
same
day both
Abraham
and
Ishmael,
his
son,
were
circumcised.
All
the
men
of
his
house,
those
born
in
the
house,
and
those
bought
with
money
from
a
foreigner,
were
circumcised
with
him.
Yahweh
appeared
to
him
by
the
oaks
of
Mamre,
as
he
sat
in
the
tent
door
in
the
heat
of
the
day.
He
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
saw
that
three
men
stood
near
him.
When
he
saw
them,
he
ran
to
meet
them
from
the
tent
door,
and
bowed
himself
to
the
earth,
and
said, “My
lord,
if
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
please
don’t
go
away
from
your
servant.
Now
let
a
little
water
be fetched,
wash
your
feet,
and
rest
yourselves
under
the
tree.
I
will
get
a
piece
of
bread
so
you
can
refresh
your
heart.
After
that
you
may
go
your
way,
now
that
you
have come
to
your
servant.”
They
said, “Very
well,
do
as
you
have
said.”
Abraham
hurried
into
the
tent
to
Sarah,
and
said, “Quickly
prepare
three
seahs
18:6
1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
of
fine
meal,
knead
it,
and
make
cakes.”
Abraham
ran
to
the
herd,
and fetched
a
tender
and
good
calf,
and
gave
it
to
the
servant.
He
hurried
to dress
it.
He
took
butter,
milk,
and
the
calf
which
he
had dressed,
and
set
it
before
them.
He
stood
by
them
under
the
tree,
and
they
ate.
They
asked
him, “Where
is
Sarah,
your
wife?”
He
said, “There,
in
the
tent.”
He
said, “I
will
certainly
return
to
you
at
about
this
time
next
year;
and
behold,
Sarah
your
wife
will
have
a
son.”
Sarah
heard
in
the
tent
door,
which
was
behind
him.
Now
Abraham
and
Sarah
were
old, well
advanced
in
age.
Sarah
had
passed
the
age
of childbearing.
Sarah
laughed
within
herself,
saying, “After
I
have
grown
old
will
I
have pleasure,
my
lord
being
old
also?”
Yahweh
said
to
Abraham, “Why
did
Sarah
laugh,
saying, ‘Will
I
really
bear
a
child
when
I
am
old?’
Is
anything
too
hard
for
Yahweh?
At
the
set
time
I
will
return
to
you,
when
the
season comes
around,
and
Sarah
will
have
a
son.”
Then
Sarah
denied
it,
saying, “I
didn’t
laugh,”
for
she
was
afraid.
He
said, “No,
but
you
did
laugh.”
The
men
rose
up
from
there,
and
looked
toward
Sodom.
Abraham
went
with
them
to see
them
on
their
way.
Yahweh
said, “Will
I
hide
from
Abraham
what
I
do,
since
Abraham
will
surely
become
a
great
and
mighty
nation,
and
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
in
him?
For
I
have
known
him,
to
the
end
that
he
may
command
his
children
and
his
household
after
him,
that
they
may
keep
the
way
of
Yahweh,
to
do
righteousness
and
justice;
to
the
end
that
Yahweh
may
bring
on
Abraham
that
which
he
has
spoken
of
him.”
Yahweh
said, “Because
the
cry
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
is
great,
and
because
their
sin
is
very grievous,
I
will
go
down
now,
and
see
whether
their deeds
are
as bad
as
the reports which
have
come
to
me.
If
not,
I
will
know.”
The
men
turned
from
there,
and
went
toward
Sodom,
but
Abraham
stood
yet
before
Yahweh.
Abraham
came
near,
and
said, “Will
you consume
the
righteous
with
the
wicked?
What
if
there
are
fifty
righteous
within
the
city?
Will
you consume
and
not
spare
the
place
for
the
fifty
righteous
who
are
in
it?
May
it
be
far
from
you
to
do
things
like
that,
to
kill
the
righteous
with
the
wicked,
so
that
the
righteous
should
be
like
the
wicked.
May
that
be
far
from
you. Shouldn’t
the
Judge
of
all
the
earth
do
right?”
Yahweh
said, “If
I
find
in
Sodom
fifty
righteous
within
the
city,
then
I
will
spare
the
whole
place
for
their
sake.”
Abraham
answered, “See
now,
I
have taken
it
on
myself
to
speak
to
the
Lord,
although
I
am
dust
and
ashes.
What
if
there
will
lack
five
of
the
fifty
righteous?
Will
you
destroy
all
the
city
for
lack
of
five?”
He
said, “I
will
not
destroy
it
if
I
find
forty-five
there.”
He
spoke
to
him
yet
again,
and
said, “What
if
there
are
forty
found
there?”
He
said, “I
will
not
do
it
for
the forty’s
sake.”
He
said, “Oh
don’t
let
the
Lord
be
angry,
and
I
will
speak.
What
if
there
are
thirty
found
there?”
He
said, “I
will
not
do
it
if
I
find
thirty
there.”
He
said, “See
now,
I
have
taken
it
on myself
to
speak
to
the
Lord.
What
if
there
are
twenty
found
there?”
He
said, “I
will
not
destroy
it
for
the twenty’s
sake.”
He
said, “Oh
don’t
let
the
Lord
be
angry,
and
I
will
speak
just
once
more.
What
if
ten
are
found
there?”
He
said, “I
will
not
destroy
it
for
the ten’s
sake.”
Yahweh
went
his way
as soon
as
he
had
finished communing
with
Abraham,
and
Abraham
returned
to
his
place.
The
two
angels
came
to
Sodom
at
evening.
Lot
sat
in
the
gate
of
Sodom.
Lot
saw
them,
and
rose
up
to
meet
them.
He
bowed
himself
with
his
face
to
the
earth,
and
he
said, “See
now,
my
lords,
please
come
into
your
servant’s
house,
stay
all night,
wash
your
feet,
and
you
can
rise
up
early,
and
go
on
your
way.”
They
said, “No,
but
we
will
stay
in
the
street
all night.”
He
urged
them
greatly,
and
they
came
in
with
him,
and
entered
into
his
house.
He
made
them
a
feast,
and
baked
unleavened
bread,
and
they
ate.
But
before
they
lay
down,
the
men
of
the
city,
the
men
of
Sodom,
surrounded
the
house,
both
young
and
old,
all
the
people
from
every quarter.
They
called
to
Lot,
and
said
to
him, “Where
are
the
men
who
came
in
to
you
this
night?
Bring
them
out
to
us,
that
we
may
have sex
with
them.”
Lot
went
out
to
them
through
the
door,
and
shut
the
door
after
himself.
He
said, “Please,
my
brothers,
don’t
act
so wickedly.
See
now,
I
have
two virgin
daughters.
Please
let
me
bring
them
out
to
you,
and
you
may
do
to
them
what
seems
good
to
you.
Only
don’t
do
anything
to
these
men,
because
they
have
come
under
the
shadow
of
my
roof.”
They
said, “Stand
back!”
Then
they
said, “This
one
fellow
came
in
to
live
as
a foreigner,
and
he appoints
himself
a
judge.
Now
we
will
deal worse
with
you than
with
them!”
They
pressed
hard
on
the
man
Lot,
and
came
near
to
break
the
door.
But
the
men
reached
out
their
hand,
and
brought
Lot
into
the
house
to
them,
and
shut
the
door.
They
struck
the
men
who
were
at
the
door
of
the
house
with
blindness, both
small
and
great,
so
that
they
wearied
themselves
to
find
the
door.
The
men
said
to
Lot, “Do
you
have anybody
else
here? Sons-in-law,
your
sons,
your
daughters,
and
whomever
you
have
in
the
city,
bring
them
out
of
the
place:
for
we
will
destroy
this
place,
because
the
outcry
against
them
has
grown
so
great
before
Yahweh
that
Yahweh
has
sent
us
to
destroy
it.”
Lot
went
out,
and
spoke
to
his sons-in-law,
who
were pledged
to
marry
his
daughters,
and
said, “Get
up!
Get
out
of
this
place,
for
Yahweh
will
destroy
the
city!”
But
he
seemed
to
his sons-in-law
to
be joking.
When
the
morning
came,
then
the
angels
hurried
Lot,
saying, “Get
up!
Take
your
wife
and
your
two
daughters
who
are
here,
lest
you
be consumed
in
the
iniquity
of
the
city.”
But
he lingered;
and
the
men
grabbed
his
hand,
his
wife’s
hand,
and
his
two daughters’
hands,
Yahweh being merciful
to
him;
and
they
took
him
out,
and
set
him
outside
of
the
city.
It
came
to
pass,
when
they
had
taken
them
out,
that
he
said, “Escape
for
your
life!
Don’t
look
behind
you,
and
don’t
stay
anywhere
in
the
plain.
Escape
to
the
mountains,
lest
you
be consumed!”
Lot
said
to
them, “Oh,
not
so,
my
lord.
See
now,
your
servant
has
found
favor
in
your
sight,
and
you
have
magnified
your loving
kindness,
which
you
have
shown
to
me
in saving
my
life.
I
can’t
escape
to
the
mountain,
lest
evil
overtake
me,
and
I
die.
See
now,
this
city
is
near
to
flee
to,
and
it
is
a
little
one.
Oh
let
me
escape
there (isn’t
it
a
little
one?),
and
my
soul
will
live.”
He
said
to
him, “Behold,
I
have
granted
your
request
concerning
this
thing
also,
that
I
will
not
overthrow
the
city
of
which
you
have
spoken.
Hurry,
escape
there,
for
I
can’t
do
anything
until
you
get
there.”
Therefore
the
name
of
the
city
was
called
Zoar.
19:22
Zoar means “little”.
The
sun
had
risen
on
the
earth
when
Lot
came
to
Zoar.
Then
Yahweh
rained
on
Sodom
and
on
Gomorrah
sulfur
and
fire
from
Yahweh
out
of
the
sky.
He
overthrew
those
cities,
all
the
plain,
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
cities,
and
that which
grew
on
the
ground.
But Lot’s
wife
looked
back
from
behind
him,
and
she
became
a
pillar
of
salt.
Abraham
went
up
early
in
the
morning
to
the
place
where
he
had
stood
before
Yahweh.
He
looked
toward
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
and
toward
all
the
land
of
the
plain,
and
saw
that
the
smoke
of
the
land
went
up
as
the
smoke
of
a
furnace.
When
God
destroyed
the
cities
of
the
plain,
God
remembered
Abraham,
and
sent
Lot
out
of
the
middle
of
the
overthrow,
when
he
overthrew
the
cities
in
which
Lot
lived.
Lot
went
up
out
of
Zoar,
and
lived
in
the
mountain,
and
his
two
daughters
with
him;
for
he
was
afraid
to
live
in
Zoar.
He
lived
in
a
cave
with
his
two
daughters.
The
firstborn
said
to
the
younger, “Our
father
is
old,
and
there
is
not
a
man
in
the
earth
to
come
in
to
us
in
the
way
of
all
the
earth.
Come, let’s
make
our
father
drink
wine,
and we
will
lie
with
him,
that we
may
preserve
our
father’s
family
line.”
They
made
their
father
drink
wine
that
night:
and
the
firstborn
went
in,
and
lay
with
her
father.
He
didn’t
know
when
she
lay
down,
nor
when
she
arose.
It
came
to
pass
on
the
next
day,
that
the
firstborn
said
to
the
younger, “Behold,
I
lay
last
night
with
my
father. Let’s
make
him
drink
wine
again
tonight.
You
go
in,
and
lie
with
him,
that
we
may
preserve
our
father’s
family
line.”
They
made
their
father
drink
wine
that
night
also.
The
younger
went
and
lay
with
him.
He
didn’t
know
when
she
lay
down,
nor
when
she
got
up.
Thus
both
of
Lot’s
daughters
were
with
child
by
their
father.
The
firstborn
bore
a
son,
and
named
him
Moab.
He
is
the
father
of
the
Moabites
to
this
day.
The
younger
also
bore
a
son,
and
called
his
name Ben Ammi.
He
is
the
father
of
the
children
of
Ammon
to
this
day.
Abraham
traveled
from
there toward
the
land
of
the
South,
and
lived
between
Kadesh
and
Shur.
He
lived
as
a foreigner
in
Gerar.
Abraham
said
about
Sarah
his
wife, “She
is
my
sister.”
Abimelech
king
of
Gerar
sent,
and
took
Sarah.
But
God
came
to
Abimelech
in
a
dream
of
the
night,
and
said
to
him, “Behold,
you
are
a
dead
man,
because
of
the
woman
whom
you
have
taken;
for
she
is
a
man’s
wife.”
Now
Abimelech
had
not
come
near
her.
He
said, “Lord,
will
you
kill
even
a
righteous
nation?
Didn’t
he
tell
me, ‘She
is
my sister’?
She,
even
she
herself,
said, ‘He
is
my
brother.’
I
have
done
this
in
the
integrity
of
my
heart
and
the
innocence
of
my
hands.”
God
said
to
him
in
the
dream, “Yes,
I
know
that
in
the
integrity
of
your
heart
you
have
done
this,
and
I
also
withheld
you
from
sinning
against
me.
Therefore
I
didn’t
allow
you
to
touch
her.
Now
therefore,
restore
the
man’s
wife.
For
he
is
a
prophet,
and
he
will
pray
for
you,
and
you
will
live.
If
you
don’t
restore
her,
know
for
sure
that
you
will
die,
you,
and
all
who
are
yours.”
Abimelech
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
called
all
his
servants,
and
told
all
these
things
in
their
ear.
The
men
were
very scared.
Then
Abimelech
called
Abraham,
and
said
to
him, “What
have
you
done
to
us?
How
have
I
sinned
against
you,
that
you
have
brought
on
me
and
on
my
kingdom
a
great
sin?
You
have
done
deeds
to
me
that ought
not
to
be
done!”
Abimelech
said
to
Abraham, “What
did
you
see,
that
you
have
done
this
thing?”
Abraham
said, “Because
I
thought, ‘Surely
the
fear
of
God
is
not
in
this
place.
They
will
kill
me
for
my
wife’s
sake.’
Besides,
she
is
indeed
my
sister,
the
daughter
of
my
father,
but
not
the
daughter
of
my
mother;
and
she
became
my
wife.
When
God
caused
me
to
wander
from
my
father’s
house,
I
said
to
her, ‘This
is
your
kindness
which
you
shall
show
to
me.
Everywhere
that
we
go,
say
of
me, “He
is
my
brother.”’”
Abimelech
took
sheep
and
cattle,
male
servants
and
female
servants,
and
gave
them
to
Abraham,
and
restored
Sarah,
his
wife,
to
him.
Abimelech
said, “Behold,
my
land
is
before
you.
Dwell
where
it
pleases
you.”
To
Sarah
he
said, “Behold,
I
have
given
your
brother
a
thousand pieces
of
silver.
Behold,
it
is
for
you
a
covering
of
the
eyes
to
all
that
are
with
you.
In front
of
all
you
are vindicated.”
Abraham
prayed
to
God.
So
God
healed
Abimelech,
his
wife,
and
his
female servants,
and
they
bore
children.
For
Yahweh
had
closed
up tight
all
the
wombs
of
the
house
of
Abimelech,
because
of
Sarah,
Abraham’s
wife.
Yahweh
visited
Sarah
as
he
had
said,
and
Yahweh
did
to
Sarah
as
he
had
spoken.
Sarah
conceived,
and
bore
Abraham
a
son
in
his
old
age,
at
the
set
time
of
which
God
had
spoken
to
him.
Abraham
called
his
son
who
was
born
to
him,
whom
Sarah
bore
to
him,
Isaac.
21:3
Isaac means “He laughs”.
Abraham
circumcised
his
son,
Isaac,
when
he
was
eight
days
old,
as
God
had
commanded
him.
Abraham
was
one
hundred
years
old
when
his
son,
Isaac,
was
born
to
him.
Sarah
said, “God
has
made
me
laugh.
Everyone
who
hears
will
laugh
with
me.”
She
said, “Who
would
have
said
to
Abraham
that
Sarah
would
nurse
children?
For
I
have
borne
him
a
son
in
his
old
age.”
The
child
grew
and
was
weaned.
Abraham
made
a
great
feast
on
the
day
that
Isaac
was
weaned.
Sarah
saw
the
son
of
Hagar
the
Egyptian,
whom
she
had
borne
to
Abraham,
mocking.
Therefore
she
said
to
Abraham, “Cast
out
this
servant
and
her
son!
For
the
son
of
this
servant
will
not
be
heir
with
my
son,
Isaac.”
The
thing
was
very grievous
in
Abraham’s
sight
on
account
of
his
son.
God
said
to
Abraham, “Don’t
let
it
be grievous
in
your
sight
because
of
the
boy,
and
because
of
your
servant.
In
all
that
Sarah
says
to
you,
listen
to
her
voice.
For
your
offspring
will
be
named
through
Isaac.
I
will
also
make
a
nation
of
the
son
of
the
servant,
because
he
is
your
child.”
Abraham
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
took
bread
and
a container
of
water,
and
gave
it
to
Hagar,
putting
it
on
her
shoulder;
and
gave
her
the
child,
and
sent
her
away. She departed,
and
wandered
in
the
wilderness
of
Beersheba.
The
water
in
the container
was
spent,
and she
put
the
child
under
one
of
the shrubs.
She
went
and
sat
down
opposite
him,
a
good way
off,
about
a
bow shot
away.
For
she
said, “Don’t
let
me
see
the
death
of
the
child.”
She
sat
opposite
him,
and
lifted
up
her
voice,
and
wept.
God
heard
the
voice
of
the
boy.
The
angel
of
God
called
to
Hagar
out
of
the
sky,
and
said
to
her, “What troubles
you,
Hagar?
Don’t
be
afraid.
For
God
has
heard
the
voice
of
the
boy
where
he
is.
Get
up,
lift
up
the
boy,
and
hold
him
with
your
hand.
For
I
will
make
him
a
great
nation.”
God
opened
her
eyes,
and
she
saw
a
well
of
water.
She went,
filled
the container
with
water,
and
gave
the
boy
a
drink.
God
was
with
the
boy,
and
he
grew.
He
lived
in
the
wilderness,
and
as
he
grew
up,
he
became
an archer.
He
lived
in
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
His
mother
got
a
wife
for
him
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
At
that
time,
Abimelech
and
Phicol
the
captain
of
his
army
spoke
to
Abraham,
saying, “God
is
with
you
in
all
that
you
do.
Now,
therefore,
swear
to
me
here
by
God
that
you
will
not
deal
falsely
with
me,
nor
with
my son,
nor
with
my son’s son.
But according
to
the
kindness
that
I
have
done
to
you,
you
shall
do
to
me,
and
to
the
land
in
which
you
have
lived
as
a foreigner.”
Abraham
said, “I
will
swear.”
Abraham
complained
to
Abimelech
because
of
a
water
well,
which
Abimelech’s
servants
had violently
taken
away.
Abimelech
said, “I
don’t
know
who
has
done
this
thing.
You
didn’t
tell
me,
and
I
didn’t
hear
of
it
until
today.”
Abraham
took
sheep
and
cattle,
and
gave
them
to
Abimelech. Those
two
made
a
covenant.
Abraham
set
seven
ewe
lambs
of
the
flock
by
themselves.
Abimelech
said
to
Abraham, “What
do
these
seven
ewe
lambs,
which
you
have
set
by
themselves, mean?”
He
said, “You
shall
take
these
seven
ewe
lambs
from
my
hand,
that
it
may
be
a witness
to
me,
that
I
have
dug
this
well.”
Therefore
he
called
that
place
Beersheba,
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Beersheba can mean “well of the oath” or “well of seven”.
because
they
both
swore
an
oath
there.
So
they
made
a
covenant
at
Beersheba.
Abimelech
rose
up
with
Phicol,
the
captain
of
his
army,
and
they
returned
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
Abraham
planted
a
tamarisk
tree
in
Beersheba,
and
there
he
called
on
the
name
of
Yahweh,
the
Everlasting
God.
Abraham
lived
as
a foreigner
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines
many
days.
After
these
things,
God
tested
Abraham,
and
said
to
him, “Abraham!”
He
said, “Here
I
am.”
He
said, “Now
take
your
son,
your
only
son,
Isaac,
whom
you
love,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Moriah.
Offer
him
there
as
a
burnt
offering
on
one
of
the
mountains
which
I
will
tell
you
of.”
Abraham
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
saddled
his
donkey;
and
took
two
of
his
young
men
with
him,
and
Isaac
his
son.
He
split
the
wood
for
the
burnt offering,
and
rose
up,
and
went
to
the
place
of
which
God
had
told
him.
On
the
third
day
Abraham
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
the
place
far
off.
Abraham
said
to
his
young
men, “Stay
here
with
the
donkey.
The
boy
and
I
will
go
over
there.
We
will
worship,
and
come
back
to
you.”
Abraham
took
the
wood
of
the
burnt offering
and
laid
it
on
Isaac
his
son.
He
took
in
his
hand
the
fire
and
the
knife.
They
both went
together.
Isaac
spoke
to
Abraham
his
father,
and
said, “My
father?”
He
said, “Here
I am,
my
son.”
He
said, “Here
is
the
fire
and
the
wood,
but
where
is
the
lamb
for
a
burnt offering?”
Abraham
said, “God
will
provide himself
the
lamb
for
a
burnt offering,
my
son.”
So
they
both went
together.
They
came
to
the
place
which
God
had
told
him
of.
Abraham
built
the
altar
there,
and
laid
the
wood
in
order,
bound
Isaac
his
son,
and
laid
him
on
the
altar,
on
the
wood.
Abraham
stretched
out
his
hand,
and
took
the
knife
to
kill
his
son.
Yahweh’s
angel
called
to
him
out
of
the
sky,
and
said, “Abraham,
Abraham!”
He
said, “Here
I
am.”
He
said, “Don’t
lay
your
hand
on
the
boy
or
do
anything
to
him.
For
now
I
know
that
you
fear
God,
since
you
have
not
withheld
your
son,
your
only
son,
from
me.”
Abraham
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
looked,
and
saw
that
behind
him
was
a
ram
caught
in
the
thicket
by
his
horns.
Abraham
went
and
took
the
ram,
and
offered
him
up
for
a
burnt
offering
instead
of
his
son.
Abraham
called
the
name
of
that
place “Yahweh
Will
Provide”.
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or, Yahweh-Jireh, or, Yahweh-Seeing
As
it
is
said
to
this
day, “On
Yahweh’s
mountain,
it
will
be
provided.”
Yahweh’s
angel
called
to
Abraham
a
second
time
out
of
the
sky,
and
said, “‘I
have
sworn
by myself,’
says
Yahweh, ‘because
you
have
done
this
thing,
and
have
not
withheld
your
son,
your
only
son,
that
I
will
bless
you
greatly,
and
I
will
multiply
your
offspring
greatly
like
the
stars
of
the
heavens,
and
like
the
sand
which
is
on
the
seashore.
Your
offspring
will
possess
the
gate
of
his
enemies.
All
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
by
your
offspring,
because
you
have
obeyed
my
voice.’”
So
Abraham
returned
to
his
young
men,
and
they
rose
up
and
went
together
to
Beersheba.
Abraham
lived
at
Beersheba.
After
these
things,
Abraham
was
told, “Behold,
Milcah,
she
also
has
borne
children
to
your
brother
Nahor:
Uz
his
firstborn,
Buz
his
brother,
Kemuel
the
father
of
Aram,
Chesed,
Hazo,
Pildash,
Jidlaph,
and
Bethuel.”
Bethuel
became
the
father
of
Rebekah.
These
eight
Milcah
bore
to
Nahor,
Abraham’s
brother.
His
concubine,
whose
name
was
Reumah,
also
bore
Tebah,
Gaham,
Tahash,
and
Maacah.
Sarah
lived
one
hundred twenty-seven
years. This
was
the
length
of
Sarah’s
life.
Sarah
died
in Kiriath Arba (also called
Hebron),
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
Abraham
came
to
mourn
for
Sarah,
and
to
weep
for
her.
Abraham
rose
up
from
before
his
dead
and
spoke
to
the
children
of
Heth,
saying,
“I
am
a
stranger
and
a
foreigner living
with
you.
Give
me
a
possession
of
a burying-place
with
you,
that
I
may
bury
my
dead
out
of
my
sight.”
The
children
of
Heth
answered
Abraham,
saying
to
him,
“Hear
us,
my
lord.
You
are
a
prince
of
God
among
us.
Bury
your
dead
in
the best
of
our
tombs.
None
of
us
will
withhold
from
you
his
tomb.
Bury
your
dead.”
Abraham
rose
up,
and
bowed
himself
to
the
people
of
the
land,
to
the
children
of
Heth.
He
talked
with
them,
saying, “If
you
agree
that
I
should
bury
my
dead
out
of
my
sight,
hear
me,
and
entreat
for
me
to
Ephron
the
son
of
Zohar,
that
he
may
sell
me
the
cave
of
Machpelah,
which
he
has,
which
is
in
the
end
of
his
field.
For
the
full
price
let
him
sell
it
to
me
among
you
as
a
possession
for
a
burial
place.”
Now
Ephron
was
sitting
in
the
middle
of
the
children
of
Heth.
Ephron
the
Hittite
answered
Abraham
in
the
hearing
of
the
children
of
Heth,
even
of
all
who
went
in
at
the
gate
of
his
city,
saying,
“No,
my
lord,
hear
me.
I
give
you
the
field,
and
I
give
you
the
cave
that
is
in
it.
In
the
presence
of
the
children
of
my
people
I
give
it
to
you.
Bury
your
dead.”
Abraham
bowed
himself
down
before
the
people
of
the
land.
He
spoke
to
Ephron
in
the audience
of
the
people
of
the
land,
saying, “But
if
you
will,
please
hear
me.
I
will
give
the
price
of
the
field.
Take
it
from
me,
and
I
will
bury
my
dead
there.”
Ephron
answered
Abraham,
saying
to
him,
“My
lord,
listen
to
me.
What
is
a
piece
of
land
worth
four
hundred
shekels
of
silver
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A shekel is about 10 grams, so 400 shekels would be about 4 kg. or 8.8 pounds.
between
me
and
you?
Therefore
bury
your
dead.”
Abraham
listened
to
Ephron.
Abraham
weighed
to
Ephron
the
silver
which
he
had
named
in
the
hearing
of
the
children
of
Heth,
four
hundred
shekels
of
silver,
according
to
the current merchants’ standard.
So
the
field
of
Ephron,
which
was
in
Machpelah,
which
was
before
Mamre,
the
field,
the
cave
which
was
in
it,
and
all
the
trees
that
were
in
the
field,
that
were
in
all
of
its
borders,
were
deeded
to
Abraham
for
a
possession
in
the
presence
of
the
children
of
Heth,
before
all
who
went
in
at
the
gate
of
his
city.
After
this,
Abraham
buried
Sarah
his
wife
in
the
cave
of
the
field
of
Machpelah
before
Mamre (that
is,
Hebron),
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
The
field,
and
the
cave
that
is
in
it,
were
deeded
to
Abraham
by
the
children
of
Heth
as
a
possession
for
a
burial
place.
Abraham
was
old,
and well
advanced
in
age.
Yahweh
had
blessed
Abraham
in
all
things.
Abraham
said
to
his
servant,
the
elder
of
his
house,
who
ruled
over
all
that
he
had, “Please
put
your
hand
under
my
thigh.
I
will
make
you
swear
by
Yahweh,
the
God
of
heaven
and
the
God
of
the
earth,
that
you
shall
not
take
a
wife
for
my
son
of
the
daughters
of
the
Canaanites,
among
whom
I
live.
But
you
shall go
to
my
country,
and
to
my
relatives,
and
take
a
wife
for
my
son
Isaac.”
The
servant
said
to
him, “What
if
the
woman
isn’t
willing
to
follow
me
to
this
land?
Must
I
bring
your
son
again
to
the
land
you
came
from?”
Abraham
said
to
him, “Beware
that
you
don’t
bring
my
son
there
again.
Yahweh,
the
God
of
heaven—who
took
me
from
my
father’s
house,
and
from
the
land
of
my
birth,
who
spoke
to
me,
and
who
swore
to
me,
saying, ‘I
will
give
this
land
to
your
offspring—he
will
send
his
angel
before
you,
and
you
shall
take
a
wife
for
my
son
from
there.
If
the
woman
isn’t
willing
to
follow
you,
then
you
shall
be
clear
from
this
oath
to
me.
Only
you
shall
not
bring
my
son
there
again.”
The
servant
put
his
hand
under
the
thigh
of
Abraham
his
master,
and
swore
to
him
concerning
this
matter.
The
servant
took
ten
of
his
master’s
camels,
and departed,
having
a
variety
of
good
things
of
his
master’s
with
him.
He
arose,
and
went
to
Mesopotamia,
to
the
city
of
Nahor.
He made
the
camels
kneel
down
outside
the
city
by
the
well
of
water
at
the
time
of
evening,
the
time
that women
go
out
to
draw
water.
He
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
please
give
me success
today,
and
show
kindness
to
my
master
Abraham.
Behold,
I
am
standing
by
the
spring
of
water.
The
daughters
of
the
men
of
the
city
are
coming
out
to
draw
water.
Let
it
happen,
that
the
young
lady
to
whom
I
will
say, ‘Please
let
down
your
pitcher,
that
I
may
drink,’
then
she
says, ‘Drink,
and
I
will
also
give
your
camels
a
drink,’—let
her
be
the
one
you
have
appointed
for
your
servant
Isaac.
By
this
I
will
know
that
you
have
shown
kindness
to
my
master.”
Before
he
had
finished
speaking,
behold,
Rebekah
came
out,
who
was
born
to
Bethuel
the
son
of
Milcah,
the
wife
of
Nahor,
Abraham’s
brother,
with
her
pitcher
on
her
shoulder.
The
young
lady
was
very
beautiful
to
look
at,
a
virgin.
No
man
had
known
her.
She
went
down
to
the
spring,
filled
her
pitcher,
and
came
up.
The
servant
ran
to
meet
her,
and
said, “Please
give
me
a
drink,
a
little
water
from
your
pitcher.”
She
said, “Drink,
my
lord.”
She
hurried,
and
let
down
her
pitcher
on
her
hand,
and
gave
him
a
drink.
When
she
had
finished
giving
him
a
drink,
she
said, “I
will
also
draw
for
your
camels,
until
they
have
finished
drinking.”
She
hurried,
and
emptied
her
pitcher
into
the
trough,
and
ran
again
to
the
well
to
draw,
and
drew
for
all
his
camels.
The
man looked steadfastly
at
her, remaining
silent,
to
know
whether
Yahweh
had
made
his
journey
prosperous
or
not.
As
the
camels
had
done
drinking,
the
man
took
a
golden
ring
of half
a shekel
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
weight,
and
two
bracelets
for
her
hands
of
ten
shekels
weight
of
gold,
and
said, “Whose
daughter
are
you?
Please
tell
me.
Is
there
room
in
your
father’s
house
for
us
to
stay?”
She
said
to
him, “I
am
the
daughter
of
Bethuel
the
son
of
Milcah,
whom
she
bore
to
Nahor.”
She
said
moreover
to
him, “We
have
both
straw
and
feed
enough,
and
room
to lodge
in.”
The
man
bowed
his head,
and
worshiped
Yahweh.
He
said, “Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
who
has
not forsaken
his loving
kindness
and
his
truth
toward
my
master.
As
for
me,
Yahweh
has
led
me
on
the
way
to
the
house
of
my
master’s
relatives.”
The
young
lady
ran,
and
told
her
mother’s
house
about
these
words.
Rebekah
had
a
brother,
and
his
name
was
Laban.
Laban
ran
out
to
the
man,
to
the
spring.
When
he
saw
the
ring,
and
the
bracelets
on
his
sister’s
hands,
and
when
he
heard
the
words
of
Rebekah
his
sister,
saying, “This
is
what
the
man
said
to
me,”
he
came
to
the
man.
Behold,
he
was
standing
by
the
camels
at
the
spring.
He
said, “Come
in,
you
blessed
of
Yahweh.
Why
do
you
stand
outside?
For
I
have
prepared
the
house,
and
room
for
the
camels.”
The
man
came
into
the
house,
and
he unloaded
the
camels.
He
gave
straw
and
feed
for
the
camels,
and
water
to
wash
his
feet
and
the
feet
of
the
men
who
were
with
him.
Food
was set
before
him
to
eat,
but
he
said, “I
will
not
eat
until
I
have
told
my
message.”
Laban
said, “Speak
on.”
He
said, “I
am
Abraham’s
servant.
Yahweh
has
blessed
my
master
greatly.
He
has
become
great.
Yahweh
has
given
him
flocks
and
herds,
silver
and
gold,
male
servants
and
female
servants,
and
camels
and
donkeys.
Sarah,
my
master’s
wife,
bore
a
son
to
my
master
when
she
was
old.
He
has
given
all
that
he
has
to
him.
My
master
made
me
swear,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
take
a
wife
for
my
son
from
the
daughters
of
the
Canaanites,
in
whose
land
I
live,
but
you
shall go
to
my
father’s
house,
and
to
my
relatives,
and
take
a
wife
for
my
son.’
I
asked
my
master, ‘What
if
the
woman
will
not
follow
me?’
He
said
to
me, ‘Yahweh,
before
whom
I
walk,
will
send
his
angel
with
you,
and
prosper
your
way.
You
shall
take
a
wife
for
my
son
from
my
relatives,
and
of
my
father’s
house.
Then
you
will
be
clear
from
my
oath,
when
you
come
to
my
relatives.
If
they
don’t
give
her
to
you,
you
shall
be
clear
from
my
oath.’
I
came
today
to
the
spring,
and
said, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
if
now
you
do
prosper
my
way
which
I
go—
behold,
I
am
standing
by
this
spring
of
water.
Let
it
happen,
that
the
maiden
who
comes
out
to
draw,
to whom
I
will
say, “Please
give
me
a
little
water
from
your
pitcher
to
drink,”
then
she
tells
me, “Drink,
and
I
will
also
draw
for
your
camels,”—let
her
be
the
woman
whom
Yahweh
has
appointed
for
my
master’s
son.’
Before
I
had
finished
speaking
in
my
heart,
behold,
Rebekah
came
out
with
her
pitcher
on
her
shoulder.
She
went
down
to
the
spring,
and
drew.
I
said
to
her, ‘Please
let
me
drink.’
She
hurried
and
let
down
her
pitcher
from
her shoulder,
and
said, ‘Drink,
and
I
will
also
give
your
camels
a
drink.’
So
I
drank,
and
she
also
gave
the
camels
a
drink.
I
asked
her,
and
said, ‘Whose
daughter
are
you?’
She
said, ‘The
daughter
of
Bethuel,
Nahor’s
son,
whom
Milcah
bore
to
him.’
I
put
the
ring
on
her
nose,
and
the
bracelets
on
her
hands.
I
bowed
my head,
and
worshiped
Yahweh,
and
blessed
Yahweh,
the
God
of
my
master
Abraham,
who
had
led
me
in
the
right
way
to
take
my
master’s
brother’s
daughter
for
his
son.
Now
if
you
will
deal kindly
and
truly
with
my
master,
tell
me.
If
not,
tell
me,
that
I
may
turn
to
the
right
hand,
or
to
the
left.”
Then
Laban
and
Bethuel
answered, “The
thing
proceeds
from
Yahweh.
We
can’t
speak
to
you
bad
or
good.
Behold,
Rebekah
is
before
you.
Take
her,
and
go,
and
let
her
be
your
master’s
son’s
wife,
as
Yahweh
has
spoken.”
When
Abraham’s
servant
heard
their
words,
he
bowed
himself
down
to
the
earth
to
Yahweh.
The
servant
brought
out
jewels
of
silver,
and
jewels
of
gold,
and
clothing,
and
gave
them
to
Rebekah.
He also
gave
precious
things
to
her
brother
and
her
mother.
They
ate
and
drank,
he
and
the
men
who
were
with
him,
and
stayed
all night.
They
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
he
said, “Send
me
away
to
my
master.”
Her
brother
and
her
mother
said, “Let
the
young
lady
stay
with
us
a few
days,
at least
ten.
After
that
she
will go.”
He
said
to
them, “Don’t hinder
me, since
Yahweh
has prospered
my
way.
Send
me
away
that
I
may
go
to
my
master.”
They
said, “We
will
call
the
young
lady,
and
ask
her.”
They
called
Rebekah,
and
said
to
her, “Will
you go
with
this
man?”
She
said, “I
will go.”
They
sent
away
Rebekah,
their
sister,
with
her
nurse,
Abraham’s
servant,
and
his
men.
They
blessed
Rebekah,
and
said
to
her, “Our
sister,
may
you
be
the mother
of
thousands
of
ten
thousands,
and
let
your
offspring
possess
the
gate
of
those
who
hate
them.”
Rebekah
arose
with
her
ladies.
They
rode
on
the
camels,
and
followed
the
man.
The
servant
took
Rebekah,
and
went
his
way.
Isaac
came
from
the way
of Beer Lahai Roi,
for
he
lived
in
the
land
of
the
South.
Isaac
went
out
to
meditate
in
the
field
at
the
evening.
He
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked.
Behold,
there
were
camels
coming.
Rebekah
lifted
up
her
eyes,
and
when
she
saw
Isaac,
she got
off
the
camel.
She
said
to
the
servant, “Who
is
the
man
who
is
walking
in
the
field
to
meet
us?”
The
servant
said, “It
is
my
master.”
She
took
her
veil,
and
covered
herself.
The
servant
told
Isaac
all
the
things
that
he
had
done.
Isaac
brought
her
into
his
mother
Sarah’s
tent,
and
took
Rebekah,
and
she
became
his
wife.
He
loved
her.
So
Isaac
was
comforted
after
his
mother’s death.
Abraham
took
another
wife,
and
her
name
was
Keturah.
She
bore
him
Zimran,
Jokshan,
Medan,
Midian,
Ishbak,
and
Shuah.
Jokshan
became
the
father
of
Sheba,
and
Dedan.
The
sons
of
Dedan
were Asshurim,
Letushim,
and
Leummim.
The
sons
of
Midian
were
Ephah,
Epher,
Hanoch,
Abida,
and
Eldaah.
All
these
were
the
children
of
Keturah.
Abraham
gave
all
that
he
had
to
Isaac,
but
Abraham
gave
gifts
to
the
sons
of
Abraham’s
concubines.
While
he
still
lived,
he
sent
them
away
from
Isaac
his
son,
eastward,
to
the
east
country.
These
are
the
days
of
the
years
of
Abraham’s
life
which
he
lived:
one
hundred
seventy-five
years.
Abraham gave
up
his spirit,
and
died
at
a
good
old
age, an
old
man,
and
full
of
years,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.
Isaac
and
Ishmael,
his
sons,
buried
him
in
the
cave
of
Machpelah,
in
the
field
of
Ephron,
the
son
of
Zohar
the
Hittite,
which
is
near
Mamre,
the
field
which
Abraham
purchased
from
the
children
of
Heth.
Abraham
was
buried
there
with
Sarah,
his
wife.
After
the
death
of
Abraham,
God
blessed
Isaac,
his
son.
Isaac
lived
by Beer Lahai Roi.
Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Ishmael,
Abraham’s
son,
whom
Hagar
the
Egyptian,
Sarah’s
servant,
bore
to
Abraham.
These
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Ishmael,
by their
names, according
to
the
order
of their
birth:
the
firstborn
of
Ishmael,
Nebaioth,
then
Kedar,
Adbeel,
Mibsam,
Mishma,
Dumah,
Massa,
Hadad,
Tema,
Jetur,
Naphish,
and
Kedemah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Ishmael,
and
these
are
their
names,
by
their villages,
and
by
their
encampments:
twelve
princes, according
to
their nations.
These
are
the
years
of
the
life
of
Ishmael:
one
hundred thirty-seven
years.
He gave
up
his spirit
and
died,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.
They
lived
from
Havilah
to
Shur
that
is
before
Egypt,
as
you
go
toward
Assyria.
He
lived
opposite
all
his
relatives.
This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Isaac,
Abraham’s
son.
Abraham
became
the
father
of
Isaac.
Isaac
was
forty
years
old
when
he
took
Rebekah,
the
daughter
of
Bethuel
the
Syrian
of
Paddan
Aram,
the
sister
of
Laban
the
Syrian,
to
be
his
wife.
Isaac
entreated
Yahweh
for
his
wife,
because
she
was
barren.
Yahweh
was
entreated
by
him,
and
Rebekah
his
wife
conceived.
The
children
struggled
together
within
her.
She
said, “If
it
is
like
this,
why
do
I
live?”
She went
to
inquire
of
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
her,
“Two
nations
are
in
your
womb.
Two
peoples
will
be
separated
from
your
body.
The
one
people
will
be
stronger
than
the
other
people.
The elder
will
serve
the
younger.”
When
her
days
to
be
delivered
were
fulfilled,
behold,
there
were
twins
in
her
womb.
The
first
came
out
red
all
over,
like
a
hairy
garment.
They
named
him
Esau.
After
that,
his
brother
came
out,
and
his
hand
had
hold
on
Esau’s
heel.
He
was
named
Jacob.
Isaac
was
sixty
years
old
when
she
bore
them.
The
boys
grew.
Esau
was
a
skillful
hunter,
a
man
of
the
field.
Jacob
was
a quiet
man,
living
in
tents.
Now
Isaac
loved
Esau,
because
he ate
his venison.
Rebekah
loved
Jacob.
Jacob boiled
stew.
Esau
came
in
from
the
field,
and
he
was
famished.
Esau
said
to
Jacob, “Please feed
me
with
some
of
that
red stew,
for
I
am
famished.”
Therefore
his
name
was
called
Edom.
25:30
“Edom” means “red”.
Jacob
said, “First,
sell
me
your
birthright.”
Esau
said, “Behold,
I
am
about
to
die.
What good
is
the
birthright
to
me?”
Jacob
said, “Swear
to
me
first.”
He
swore
to
him.
He
sold
his
birthright
to
Jacob.
Jacob
gave
Esau
bread
and
lentil
stew.
He
ate
and
drank,
rose
up,
and
went
his way.
So
Esau
despised
his
birthright.
There
was
a
famine
in
the
land,
in
addition
to
the
first
famine
that
was
in
the
days
of
Abraham.
Isaac
went
to
Abimelech
king
of
the
Philistines,
to
Gerar.
Yahweh
appeared
to
him,
and
said, “Don’t
go
down
into
Egypt.
Live
in
the
land
I
will
tell
you
about.
Live
in
this
land,
and
I
will
be
with
you,
and
will
bless
you.
For
I
will
give
to
you,
and
to
your
offspring,
all
these
lands,
and
I
will
establish
the
oath
which
I
swore
to
Abraham
your
father.
I
will
multiply
your
offspring
as
the
stars
of
the
sky,
and
will
give
all
these
lands
to
your
offspring.
In
your
offspring
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed,
because
Abraham
obeyed
my
voice,
and
kept
my requirements,
my
commandments,
my
statutes,
and
my
laws.”
Isaac
lived
in
Gerar.
The
men
of
the
place
asked
him
about
his
wife.
He
said, “She
is
my
sister,”
for
he
was
afraid
to
say, “My
wife”,
lest,
he
thought, “the
men
of
the
place
might
kill
me
for
Rebekah,
because
she
is
beautiful
to look
at.”
When
he
had
been
there
a
long
time,
Abimelech
king
of
the
Philistines
looked
out
at
a
window,
and
saw,
and,
behold,
Isaac
was
caressing
Rebekah,
his
wife.
Abimelech
called
Isaac,
and
said, “Behold,
surely
she
is
your
wife.
Why did
you
say, ‘She
is
my
sister?’”
Isaac
said
to
him, “Because
I
said, ‘Lest
I
die
because
of
her.’”
Abimelech
said, “What
is
this
you
have
done
to
us?
One
of
the
people might
easily
have
lain
with
your
wife,
and
you
would
have
brought
guilt
on
us!”
Abimelech
commanded
all
the
people,
saying, “He
who
touches
this
man
or
his
wife
will
surely
be
put
to
death.”
Isaac
sowed
in
that
land,
and
reaped
in
the
same
year
one
hundred
times what
he
planted.
Yahweh
blessed
him.
The
man
grew
great,
and
grew
more
and
more
until
he
became
very
great.
He
had
possessions
of
flocks,
possessions
of
herds,
and
a
great
household.
The
Philistines
envied
him.
Now
all
the
wells
which
his
father’s
servants
had
dug
in
the
days
of
Abraham
his
father,
the
Philistines
had
stopped,
and
filled
with
earth.
Abimelech
said
to
Isaac, “Go
away
from
us,
for
you
are
much mightier
than
we.”
Isaac departed
from
there,
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Gerar,
and
lived
there.
Isaac
dug
again
the
wells
of
water,
which
they
had
dug
in
the
days
of
Abraham
his
father,
for
the
Philistines
had
stopped
them
after
the
death
of
Abraham.
He
called
their
names
after
the
names
by
which
his
father
had
called
them.
Isaac’s
servants
dug
in
the
valley,
and
found
there
a
well
of
flowing
26:19
Or, living. Or, fresh.
water.
The
herdsmen
of
Gerar argued
with
Isaac’s
herdsmen,
saying, “The
water
is ours.”
So
he
called
the
name
of
the
well
Esek,
26:20
“Esek” means “contention”.
because
they
contended
with
him.
They
dug
another
well,
and
they argued
over
that,
also.
So
he
called
its
name
Sitnah.
26:21
“Sitnah” means “hostility”.
He
left
that
place,
and
dug
another
well.
They
didn’t
argue
over
that
one.
So
he
called
it
Rehoboth.
26:22
“Rehoboth” means “broad places”.
He
said, “For
now
Yahweh
has
made
room
for
us,
and
we
will
be
fruitful
in
the
land.”
He
went
up
from
there
to
Beersheba.
Yahweh
appeared
to
him
the
same
night,
and
said, “I
am
the
God
of
Abraham
your
father.
Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
am
with
you,
and
will
bless
you,
and
multiply
your
offspring
for
my
servant
Abraham’s
sake.”
He
built
an
altar
there,
and
called
on
Yahweh’s
name,
and
pitched
his
tent
there.
There
Isaac’s
servants
dug
a
well.
Then
Abimelech
went
to
him
from
Gerar
with
Ahuzzath
his friend,
and
Phicol
the
captain
of
his
army.
Isaac
said
to
them, “Why
have
you
come
to
me, since
you
hate
me,
and
have
sent
me
away
from
you?”
They
said, “We
saw
plainly
that
Yahweh
was
with
you.
We
said, ‘Let
there
now
be
an
oath
between
us,
even
between
us
and
you,
and
let’s
make
a
covenant
with
you,
that
you
will
do
us
no
harm,
as
we
have
not
touched
you,
and
as
we
have
done
to
you
nothing
but
good,
and
have
sent
you
away
in
peace.’
You
are
now
the
blessed
of
Yahweh.”
He
made
them
a
feast,
and
they
ate
and
drank.
They
rose
up
some time
in
the
morning,
and
swore
an
oath
to
one
another.
Isaac
sent
them
away,
and
they departed
from
him
in
peace.
The
same
day,
Isaac’s
servants
came,
and
told
him
concerning
the
well
which
they
had
dug,
and
said
to
him, “We
have
found
water.”
He
called
it “Shibah”.
26:33
Shibah means “oath” or “seven”.
Therefore
the
name
of
the
city
is “Beersheba”
26:33
Beersheba means “well of the oath” or “well of the seven”
to
this
day.
When
Esau
was
forty
years
old,
he
took
as
wife
Judith,
the
daughter
of
Beeri
the
Hittite,
and
Basemath,
the
daughter
of
Elon
the
Hittite.
They grieved
Isaac’s
and
Rebekah’s
spirits.
When
Isaac
was
old,
and
his
eyes
were dim,
so
that
he could
not
see,
he
called
Esau
his
elder
son,
and
said
to
him, “My
son?”
He
said
to
him, “Here
I
am.”
He
said, “See
now,
I
am
old.
I
don’t
know
the
day
of
my
death.
Now
therefore,
please
take
your
weapons,
your
quiver
and
your
bow,
and
go
out
to
the
field,
and
get
me venison.
Make
me
savory
food,
such
as
I
love,
and
bring
it
to
me,
that
I
may
eat,
and
that
my
soul
may
bless
you
before
I
die.”
Rebekah
heard
when
Isaac
spoke
to
Esau
his
son.
Esau
went
to
the
field
to
hunt
for venison,
and
to
bring
it.
Rebekah
spoke
to
Jacob
her
son,
saying, “Behold,
I
heard
your
father
speak
to
Esau
your
brother,
saying,
‘Bring
me venison,
and
make
me
savory
food,
that
I
may
eat,
and
bless
you
before
Yahweh
before
my
death.’
Now
therefore,
my
son,
obey
my
voice according
to
that
which
I
command
you.
Go
now
to
the
flock
and
get
me
two
good
young
goats
from
there.
I
will
make
them
savory
food
for
your
father,
such
as
he
loves.
You
shall
bring
it
to
your
father,
that
he
may
eat,
so
that
he
may
bless
you
before
his
death.”
Jacob
said
to
Rebekah
his
mother, “Behold,
Esau
my
brother
is
a hairy
man,
and
I
am
a
smooth
man.
What
if
my
father touches
me?
I
will
seem
to
him
as
a deceiver,
and
I would
bring
a
curse
on myself,
and
not
a
blessing.”
His
mother
said
to
him, “Let
your
curse
be
on
me,
my
son.
Only
obey
my
voice,
and go
get
them
for
me.”
He
went,
and
got
them,
and
brought
them
to
his
mother.
His
mother
made
savory
food,
such
as
his
father
loved.
Rebekah
took
the good
clothes
of
Esau,
her
elder
son,
which
were
with
her
in
the
house,
and
put
them
on
Jacob,
her
younger
son.
She
put
the
skins
of
the
young
goats
on
his
hands,
and
on
the smooth
of
his
neck.
She
gave
the
savory
food
and
the
bread,
which
she
had
prepared,
into
the
hand
of
her
son
Jacob.
He
came
to
his
father,
and
said, “My
father?”
He
said, “Here
I am.
Who
are
you,
my
son?”
Jacob
said
to
his
father, “I
am
Esau
your
firstborn.
I
have
done
what
you
asked
me
to
do.
Please
arise,
sit
and
eat
of
my venison,
that
your
soul
may
bless
me.”
Isaac
said
to
his
son, “How
is
it
that
you
have
found
it
so
quickly,
my
son?”
He
said, “Because
Yahweh
your
God
gave
me success.”
Isaac
said
to
Jacob, “Please
come
near,
that
I
may
feel
you,
my
son,
whether
you
are
really
my
son
Esau
or
not.”
Jacob
went
near
to
Isaac
his
father.
He
felt
him,
and
said, “The
voice
is
Jacob’s
voice,
but
the
hands
are
the
hands
of
Esau.”
He
didn’t
recognize
him,
because
his
hands
were hairy,
like
his
brother
Esau’s
hands.
So
he
blessed
him.
He
said, “Are
you
really
my
son
Esau?”
He
said, “I
am.”
He
said, “Bring
it
near
to
me,
and
I
will
eat
of
my
son’s venison,
that
my
soul
may
bless
you.”
He
brought
it
near
to
him,
and
he
ate.
He
brought
him
wine,
and
he
drank.
His
father
Isaac
said
to
him, “Come
near
now,
and kiss
me,
my
son.”
He
came
near,
and
kissed
him.
He
smelled
the
smell
of
his
clothing,
and
blessed
him,
and
said,
“Behold,
the
smell
of
my
son
is
as
the
smell
of
a
field
which
Yahweh
has
blessed.
God
give
you
of
the
dew
of
the
sky,
of
the fatness
of
the
earth,
and
plenty
of
grain
and
new
wine.
Let
peoples
serve
you,
and
nations
bow
down
to
you.
Be
lord over
your
brothers.
Let
your
mother’s
sons
bow
down
to
you.
Cursed
be everyone
who
curses
you.
Blessed
be everyone
who
blesses
you.”
As
soon
as
Isaac
had
finished
blessing
Jacob,
and
Jacob
had
just
gone
out
from
the
presence
of
Isaac
his
father,
Esau
his
brother
came
in
from
his hunting.
He
also
made
savory
food,
and
brought
it
to
his
father.
He
said
to
his
father, “Let
my
father
arise,
and
eat
of
his
son’s venison,
that
your
soul
may
bless
me.”
Isaac
his
father
said
to
him, “Who
are
you?”
He
said, “I
am
your
son,
your
firstborn,
Esau.”
Isaac
trembled
violently,
and
said, “Who,
then,
is
he
who
has
taken venison,
and
brought
it
to
me,
and
I
have
eaten
of
all
before
you
came,
and
have
blessed
him?
Yes,
he
will
be
blessed.”
When
Esau
heard
the
words
of
his
father,
he
cried
with
an
exceedingly
great
and
bitter
cry,
and
said
to
his
father, “Bless
me,
even
me
also,
my
father.”
He
said, “Your
brother
came
with
deceit,
and
has
taken
away
your
blessing.”
He
said, “Isn’t
he rightly
named
Jacob?
For
he
has
supplanted
me
these
two
times.
He
took
away
my
birthright.
See,
now
he
has
taken
away
my
blessing.”
He
said, “Haven’t
you
reserved
a
blessing
for
me?”
Isaac
answered
Esau, “Behold,
I
have
made
him
your
lord,
and
all
his
brothers
I
have
given
to
him
for
servants.
I
have
sustained
him
with
grain
and
new
wine.
What
then
will
I
do
for
you,
my
son?”
Esau
said
to
his
father, “Do
you
have
just
one
blessing,
my
father?
Bless
me,
even
me
also,
my
father.”
Esau
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept.
Isaac
his
father
answered
him,
“Behold,
your
dwelling
will
be
of
the fatness
of
the
earth,
and
of
the
dew
of
the
sky
from
above.
You
will
live
by
your
sword,
and
you
will
serve
your
brother.
It
will
happen,
when
you
will
break
loose,
that
you
will shake
his
yoke
from
off
your
neck.”
Esau
hated
Jacob
because
of
the
blessing
with
which
his
father
blessed
him.
Esau
said
in
his
heart, “The
days
of
mourning
for
my
father
are
at hand.
Then
I
will
kill
my
brother
Jacob.”
The
words
of
Esau,
her
elder
son,
were
told
to
Rebekah.
She
sent
and
called
Jacob,
her
younger
son,
and
said
to
him, “Behold,
your
brother
Esau
comforts
himself
about
you
by
planning
to
kill
you.
Now
therefore,
my
son,
obey
my
voice.
Arise,
flee
to
Laban,
my
brother,
in
Haran.
Stay
with
him
a
few
days,
until
your
brother’s
fury
turns
away—
until
your
brother’s
anger
turns
away
from
you,
and
he
forgets
what
you
have
done
to
him.
Then
I
will
send,
and
get
you
from
there.
Why
should
I
be
bereaved
of
you
both
in
one
day?”
Rebekah
said
to
Isaac, “I am weary
of
my
life
because
of
the
daughters
of
Heth.
If
Jacob
takes
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Heth,
such
as
these,
of
the
daughters
of
the
land,
what good
will
my
life
do
me?”
Isaac
called
Jacob,
blessed
him,
and
commanded
him, “You
shall
not
take
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Canaan.
Arise,
go
to
Paddan
Aram,
to
the
house
of
Bethuel
your
mother’s
father.
Take
a
wife
from
there
from
the
daughters
of
Laban,
your
mother’s
brother.
May
God
Almighty
bless
you,
and
make
you
fruitful,
and
multiply
you,
that
you
may
be
a
company
of
peoples,
and
give
you
the
blessing
of
Abraham,
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
with
you,
that
you
may
inherit
the
land
where
you travel,
which
God
gave
to
Abraham.”
Isaac
sent
Jacob
away.
He
went
to
Paddan
Aram
to
Laban,
son
of
Bethuel
the
Syrian,
the
brother
of
Rebekah,
Jacob’s
and
Esau’s
mother.
Now
Esau
saw
that
Isaac
had
blessed
Jacob
and
sent
him
away
to
Paddan
Aram,
to
take
him
a
wife
from
there,
and
that
as
he
blessed
him
he
gave
him
a
command,
saying, “You
shall
not
take
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Canaan;”
and
that
Jacob
obeyed
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
was gone
to
Paddan
Aram.
Esau
saw
that
the
daughters
of
Canaan didn’t please
Isaac,
his
father.
So
Esau
went
to
Ishmael,
and
took,
in
addition
to
the
wives
that
he
had,
Mahalath
the
daughter
of
Ishmael,
Abraham’s
son,
the
sister
of
Nebaioth,
to
be
his
wife.
Jacob
went
out
from
Beersheba,
and
went toward
Haran.
He
came
to
a certain
place,
and
stayed
there
all night,
because
the
sun
had
set.
He
took
one
of
the
stones
of
the
place,
and
put
it
under
his
head,
and
lay
down
in
that
place
to
sleep.
He
dreamed
and
saw
a stairway
set
upon
the
earth,
and
its
top
reached
to
heaven.
Behold,
the
angels
of
God
were
ascending
and
descending
on
it.
Behold,
Yahweh
stood
above
it,
and
said, “I
am
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Abraham
your
father,
and
the
God
of
Isaac.
I
will
give
the
land
you
lie
on
to
you
and
to
your
offspring.
Your
offspring
will
be
as
the
dust
of
the
earth,
and
you
will
spread
abroad
to
the
west,
and
to
the
east,
and
to
the
north,
and
to
the
south.
In
you
and
in
your
offspring,
all
the
families
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed.
Behold,
I
am
with
you,
and
will
keep
you,
wherever
you
go,
and
will
bring
you
again
into
this
land.
For
I
will
not
leave
you
until
I
have
done
that
which
I
have
spoken
of
to
you.”
Jacob
awakened
out
of
his
sleep,
and
he
said, “Surely
Yahweh
is
in
this
place,
and
I
didn’t
know
it.”
He
was
afraid,
and
said, “How
awesome
this
place
is!
This
is
none
other
than
God’s
house,
and
this
is
the
gate
of
heaven.”
Jacob
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
took
the
stone
that
he
had
put
under
his
head,
and
set
it
up
for
a
pillar,
and
poured
oil
on
its
top.
He
called
the
name
of
that
place
Bethel,
but
the
name
of
the
city
was
Luz at
the
first.
Jacob
vowed
a
vow,
saying, “If
God
will
be
with
me,
and
will
keep
me
in
this
way
that
I
go,
and
will
give
me
bread
to
eat,
and
clothing
to
put
on,
so
that
I
come
again
to
my
father’s
house
in
peace,
and
Yahweh
will
be
my
God,
then
this
stone,
which
I
have
set
up
for
a
pillar,
will
be
God’s
house.
Of
all
that
you
will
give
me
I
will
surely
give
a
tenth
to
you.”
Then
Jacob
went
on
his
journey,
and came
to
the
land
of
the
children
of
the
east.
He
looked,
and
saw
a
well
in
the
field,
and
saw
three
flocks
of
sheep
lying
there
by
it.
For
out
of
that
well
they
watered
the
flocks.
The
stone
on
the
well’s
mouth
was
large.
There
all
the
flocks
were
gathered.
They
rolled
the
stone
from
the
well’s
mouth,
and
watered
the
sheep,
and
put
the
stone
back
on
the
well’s
mouth
in
its
place.
Jacob
said
to
them, “My
relatives,
where
are
you
from?”
They
said, “We
are
from
Haran.”
He
said
to
them, “Do
you
know
Laban,
the
son
of
Nahor?”
They
said, “We
know
him.”
He
said
to
them, “Is
it
well
with
him?”
They
said, “It
is
well.
See,
Rachel,
his
daughter,
is
coming
with
the
sheep.”
He
said, “Behold,
it
is
still
the middle
of
the
day,
not
time
to
gather
the
livestock
together.
Water
the
sheep,
and
go
and
feed
them.”
They
said, “We
can’t,
until
all
the
flocks
are
gathered
together,
and
they
roll
the
stone
from
the
well’s
mouth.
Then
we
will
water
the
sheep.”
While
he
was
yet
speaking
with
them,
Rachel
came
with
her
father’s
sheep,
for
she kept
them.
When
Jacob
saw
Rachel
the
daughter
of
Laban,
his
mother’s
brother,
and
the
sheep
of
Laban,
his
mother’s
brother,
Jacob
went
near,
and
rolled
the
stone
from
the
well’s
mouth,
and
watered
the
flock
of
Laban
his
mother’s
brother.
Jacob
kissed
Rachel,
and
lifted
up
his
voice,
and
wept.
Jacob
told
Rachel
that
he
was
her
father’s
relative,
and
that
he
was
Rebekah’s
son.
She
ran
and
told
her
father.
When
Laban
heard
the
news
of
Jacob,
his
sister’s
son,
he
ran
to
meet
Jacob,
and
embraced
him,
and
kissed
him,
and
brought
him
to
his
house.
Jacob
told
Laban
all
these
things.
Laban
said
to
him, “Surely
you
are
my
bone
and
my
flesh.”
Jacob
stayed
with
him
for
a
month.
Laban
said
to
Jacob, “Because
you
are
my
relative,
should
you
therefore
serve
me
for
nothing?
Tell
me,
what
will
your
wages
be?”
Laban
had
two
daughters.
The
name
of
the
elder
was
Leah,
and
the
name
of
the
younger
was
Rachel.
Leah’s
eyes
were
weak,
but
Rachel
was
beautiful
in
form
and
attractive.
Jacob
loved
Rachel.
He
said, “I
will
serve
you
seven
years
for
Rachel,
your
younger
daughter.”
Laban
said, “It
is
better
that
I
give
her
to
you,
than
that
I
should
give
her
to
another
man.
Stay
with
me.”
Jacob
served
seven
years
for
Rachel.
They
seemed
to
him
but
a
few
days,
for
the
love
he
had
for
her.
Jacob
said
to
Laban, “Give
me
my
wife,
for
my
days
are
fulfilled,
that
I
may
go
in
to
her.”
Laban
gathered
together
all
the
men
of
the
place,
and
made
a
feast.
In
the
evening,
he
took
Leah
his
daughter,
and
brought
her
to
Jacob.
He
went
in
to
her.
Laban
gave
Zilpah
his
servant
to
his
daughter
Leah
for
a
servant.
In
the
morning,
behold,
it
was
Leah!
He
said
to
Laban, “What
is
this
you
have
done
to
me?
Didn’t
I
serve
with
you
for
Rachel?
Why
then
have
you
deceived
me?”
Laban
said, “It
is
not
done
so
in
our
place,
to
give
the
younger
before
the
firstborn.
Fulfill
the
week
of
this
one,
and
we
will
give
you
the
other
also
for
the
service
which
you
will
serve
with
me
for
seven
more
years.”
Jacob
did
so,
and
fulfilled
her
week.
He
gave
him
Rachel
his
daughter
as
wife.
Laban
gave
Bilhah,
his
servant,
to
his
daughter
Rachel
to
be
her
servant.
He
went
in
also
to
Rachel,
and
he
loved
also
Rachel
more
than
Leah,
and
served
with
him
seven
more
years.
Yahweh
saw
that
Leah
was
hated,
and
he
opened
her
womb,
but
Rachel
was
barren.
Leah
conceived,
and
bore
a
son,
and
she
named
him
Reuben.
For
she
said, “Because
Yahweh
has
looked
at
my affliction;
for
now
my
husband
will
love
me.”
She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son,
and
said, “Because
Yahweh
has
heard
that
I
am
hated,
he
has
therefore
given
me
this
son
also.”
She
named
him
Simeon.
She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son.
She
said, “Now
this
time
my
husband
will
be joined
to
me,
because
I
have
borne
him
three
sons.”
Therefore
his
name
was
called
Levi.
She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son.
She
said, “This
time
I
will
praise
Yahweh.”
Therefore
she
named
him
Judah.
Then
she
stopped
bearing.
When
Rachel
saw
that
she
bore
Jacob
no
children,
Rachel
envied
her
sister.
She
said
to
Jacob, “Give
me
children,
or
else
I
will
die.”
Jacob’s
anger
burned
against
Rachel,
and
he
said, “Am
I
in
God’s
place,
who
has
withheld
from
you
the
fruit
of
the
womb?”
She
said, “Behold,
my
maid
Bilhah.
Go
in
to
her,
that
she
may
bear
on
my
knees,
and
I
also
may
obtain
children
by
her.”
She
gave
him
Bilhah
her
servant
as
wife,
and
Jacob
went
in
to
her.
Bilhah
conceived,
and
bore
Jacob
a
son.
Rachel
said, “God
has judged
me,
and
has
also
heard
my
voice,
and
has
given
me
a
son.”
Therefore
she
called
his
name
Dan.
Bilhah,
Rachel’s
servant,
conceived
again,
and
bore
Jacob
a
second
son.
Rachel
said, “I
have
wrestled
with
my
sister
with
mighty
wrestlings,
and
have
prevailed.”
She
named
him
Naphtali.
When
Leah
saw
that
she
had finished
bearing,
she
took
Zilpah,
her
servant,
and
gave
her
to
Jacob
as
a
wife.
Zilpah,
Leah’s
servant,
bore
Jacob
a
son.
Leah
said, “How
fortunate!”
She
named
him
Gad.
Zilpah,
Leah’s
servant,
bore
Jacob
a
second
son.
Leah
said, “Happy am
I,
for
the
daughters
will
call
me
happy.”
She
named
him
Asher.
Reuben
went
in
the
days
of
wheat
harvest,
and
found
mandrakes
in
the
field,
and
brought
them
to
his
mother,
Leah.
Then
Rachel
said
to
Leah, “Please
give
me
some
of
your
son’s
mandrakes.”
Leah
said
to
her, “Is
it
a
small
matter
that
you
have
taken
away
my
husband?
Would
you
take
away
my
son’s
mandrakes,
also?”
Rachel
said, “Therefore
he
will
lie
with
you
tonight
for
your
son’s
mandrakes.”
Jacob
came
from
the
field
in
the
evening,
and
Leah
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
said, “You
must
come
in
to
me;
for
I
have
surely
hired
you
with
my
son’s
mandrakes.”
He
lay
with
her
that
night.
God
listened
to
Leah,
and she
conceived,
and
bore
Jacob
a
fifth
son.
Leah
said, “God
has
given
me
my
hire,
because
I
gave
my
servant
to
my
husband.”
She
named
him
Issachar.
Leah
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
sixth
son
to
Jacob.
Leah
said, “God
has
endowed
me
with
a
good dowry.
Now
my
husband
will
live
with
me,
because
I
have
borne
him
six
sons.”
She
named
him
Zebulun.
Afterwards,
she
bore
a
daughter,
and
named
her
Dinah.
God
remembered
Rachel,
and
God
listened
to
her,
and
opened
her
womb.
She
conceived,
bore
a
son,
and
said, “God
has
taken
away
my
reproach.”
She
named
him
Joseph,
30:24
Joseph means “may he add”.
saying, “May
Yahweh
add
another
son
to
me.”
When
Rachel
had
borne
Joseph,
Jacob
said
to
Laban, “Send
me
away,
that
I
may
go
to
my
own
place,
and
to
my
country.
Give
me
my
wives
and
my
children
for
whom
I
have
served
you,
and
let
me go;
for
you
know
my
service
with
which
I
have
served
you.”
Laban
said
to
him, “If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes, stay
here,
for
I
have
divined
that
Yahweh
has
blessed
me
for
your sake.”
He
said, “Appoint
me
your
wages,
and
I
will
give
it.”
Jacob
said
to
him, “You
know
how
I
have
served
you,
and
how
your
livestock
have
fared
with
me.
For
it
was
little
which
you
had
before
I
came,
and
it
has
increased
to
a
multitude.
Yahweh
has
blessed
you
wherever
I
turned.
Now
when
will
I
provide
for
my
own
house
also?”
Laban
said, “What
shall
I
give
you?”
Jacob
said, “You
shall
not
give
me
anything.
If
you
will
do
this
thing
for
me,
I
will
again
feed
your
flock
and
keep
it.
I
will
pass
through
all
your
flock
today,
removing
from
there
every
speckled
and
spotted
one,
and
every
black
one
among
the
sheep,
and
the
spotted
and
speckled
among
the
goats.
This
will
be
my
hire.
So
my
righteousness
will
answer
for
me hereafter,
when
you
come
concerning
my
hire
that
is
before
you.
Every
one
that
is
not
speckled
and
spotted
among
the
goats,
and
black
among
the
sheep,
that
might
be
with
me,
will
be considered
stolen.”
Laban
said, “Behold,
let
it
be according
to
your
word.”
That
day,
he
removed
the
male
goats
that
were streaked
and
spotted,
and
all
the
female
goats
that
were
speckled
and
spotted,
every
one
that
had
white
in
it,
and
all
the
black
ones among
the
sheep,
and
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
his
sons.
He
set
three
days’
journey
between
himself
and
Jacob,
and
Jacob fed
the
rest
of Laban’s
flocks.
Jacob
took
to himself
rods
of
fresh
poplar,
almond,
and
plane tree,
peeled
white
streaks
in
them,
and
made
the
white appear
which
was
in
the
rods.
He
set
the
rods
which
he
had
peeled
opposite
the
flocks
in
the
watering
troughs
where
the
flocks
came
to
drink.
They
conceived
when
they
came
to
drink.
The
flocks
conceived
before
the
rods,
and
the
flocks
produced streaked,
speckled,
and
spotted.
Jacob
separated
the
lambs,
and
set
the
faces
of
the
flocks
toward
the streaked
and
all
the
black
in Laban’s
flock.
He
put
his
own
droves
apart,
and
didn’t
put
them
into Laban’s
flock.
Whenever
the
stronger
of
the
flock
conceived,
Jacob
laid
the
rods
in front
of
the
eyes
of
the
flock
in
the watering troughs,
that
they might conceive among
the
rods;
but
when
the
flock
were feeble,
he
didn’t
put
them
in.
So
the feebler
were Laban’s,
and
the
stronger
Jacob’s.
The
man
increased
exceedingly,
and
had
large
flocks,
female
servants
and
male
servants,
and
camels
and
donkeys.
Jacob
heard Laban’s
sons’
words,
saying, “Jacob
has
taken
away
all
that
was
our
father’s.
He
has obtained
all
this wealth
from
that
which
was
our
father’s.”
Jacob
saw
the
expression
on Laban’s
face,
and,
behold,
it
was
not
toward
him
as
before.
Yahweh
said
to
Jacob, “Return
to
the
land
of
your
fathers,
and
to
your
relatives,
and
I
will
be
with
you.”
Jacob
sent
and
called
Rachel
and
Leah
to
the
field
to
his
flock,
and
said
to
them, “I
see
the
expression
on
your
father’s
face,
that
it
is
not
toward
me
as
before;
but
the
God
of
my
father
has
been
with
me.
You
know
that
I
have
served
your
father
with
all
of
my
strength.
Your
father
has deceived
me,
and
changed
my
wages
ten
times,
but
God
didn’t
allow
him
to hurt
me.
If
he
said, ‘The
speckled
will
be
your
wages,’
then
all
the
flock
bore
speckled.
If
he
said, ‘The streaked
will
be
your
wages,’
then
all
the
flock
bore streaked.
Thus
God
has
taken
away
your
father’s
livestock,
and
given
them
to
me.
During
mating
season,
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw
in
a
dream,
and
behold,
the
male
goats
which leaped
on
the
flock
were streaked,
speckled,
and grizzled.
The
angel
of
God
said
to
me
in
the
dream, ‘Jacob,’
and
I
said, ‘Here
I
am.’
He
said, ‘Now
lift
up
your
eyes,
and
behold,
all
the
male
goats
which leap
on
the
flock
are streaked,
speckled,
and grizzled,
for
I
have
seen
all
that
Laban
does
to
you.
I
am
the
God
of
Bethel,
where
you
anointed
a
pillar,
where
you
vowed
a
vow
to
me.
Now
arise,
get
out
from
this
land,
and
return
to
the
land
of
your
birth.’”
Rachel
and
Leah
answered
him, “Is there
yet
any
portion
or
inheritance
for
us
in
our
father’s
house?
Aren’t
we
considered
as
foreigners
by
him?
For
he
has
sold
us,
and
has
also used
up
our
money.
For
all
the
riches
which
God
has
taken
away
from
our
father
are ours
and
our
children’s.
Now
then,
whatever
God
has
said
to
you,
do.”
Then
Jacob
rose
up,
and
set
his
sons
and
his
wives
on
the
camels,
and
he
took
away
all
his
livestock,
and
all
his
possessions
which
he
had
gathered,
including
the
livestock
which
he
had gained
in
Paddan
Aram,
to
go
to
Isaac
his
father,
to
the
land
of
Canaan.
Now
Laban
had
gone
to
shear
his
sheep;
and
Rachel
stole
the
teraphim
31:19
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
that
were
her
father’s.
Jacob
deceived
Laban
the
Syrian,
in
that
he didn’t
tell
him
that
he
was running
away.
So
he
fled
with
all
that
he
had.
He
rose
up,
passed
over
the
River,
and
set
his
face
toward
the
mountain
of
Gilead.
Laban
was
told
on
the
third
day
that
Jacob
had
fled.
He
took
his
relatives
with
him,
and
pursued
him
seven
days’
journey.
He
overtook
him
in
the
mountain
of
Gilead.
God
came
to
Laban
the
Syrian
in
a
dream
of
the
night,
and
said
to
him, “Be
careful
that
you
don’t
speak
to
Jacob
either
good
or
bad.”
Laban
caught
up
with
Jacob. Now
Jacob
had
pitched
his
tent
in
the
mountain,
and
Laban
with
his
relatives encamped
in
the
mountain
of
Gilead.
Laban
said
to
Jacob, “What
have
you
done,
that
you
have
deceived
me,
and
carried
away
my
daughters
like
captives
of
the
sword?
Why
did
you
flee
secretly,
and
deceive
me,
and
didn’t
tell
me,
that
I might
have
sent
you
away
with
mirth
and
with
songs,
with
tambourine
and
with
harp;
and
didn’t
allow
me
to kiss
my
sons
and
my
daughters?
Now
have
you
done
foolishly.
It
is
in
the
power
of
my
hand
to hurt
you,
but
the
God
of
your
father
spoke
to
me
last
night,
saying, ‘Be
careful
that
you
don’t
speak
to
Jacob
either
good
or
bad.’
Now,
you want
to
be
gone,
because
you
greatly
longed
for
your
father’s
house,
but
why
have
you
stolen
my
gods?”
Jacob
answered
Laban, “Because
I
was
afraid,
for
I
said, ‘Lest
you
should
take
your
daughters
from
me
by
force.’
Anyone
you
find
your
gods
with
shall
not
live.
Before
our
relatives,
discern
what
is yours
with
me,
and
take
it.”
For
Jacob
didn’t
know
that
Rachel
had
stolen
them.
Laban
went
into
Jacob’s
tent,
into
Leah’s
tent,
and
into
the
tent
of
the
two
female servants;
but
he
didn’t
find
them.
He
went
out
of
Leah’s
tent,
and
entered
into
Rachel’s
tent.
Now
Rachel
had
taken
the
teraphim,
put
them
in
the
camel’s
saddle,
and
sat
on
them.
Laban
felt
around
all
the
tent,
but
didn’t
find
them.
She
said
to
her
father, “Don’t
let
my
lord
be
angry
that
I
can’t
rise
up
before
you;
for I’m
having
my period.”
He
searched,
but
didn’t
find
the
teraphim.
Jacob
was
angry,
and argued
with
Laban.
Jacob
answered
Laban, “What
is
my trespass?
What
is
my
sin,
that
you
have
hotly
pursued
me?
Now
that
you
have
felt
around
in
all
my stuff,
what
have
you
found
of
all
your
household stuff?
Set
it
here
before
my
relatives
and
your
relatives,
that
they
may judge
between
us
two.
“These
twenty
years
I
have
been
with
you.
Your
ewes
and
your
female
goats
have
not
cast
their young,
and
I
haven’t
eaten
the
rams
of
your
flocks.
That which
was
torn
of animals,
I
didn’t
bring
to
you.
I
bore
its
loss.
Of
my
hand
you
required
it, whether
stolen
by
day
or
stolen
by
night.
This
was
my situation:
in
the
day
the drought
consumed
me,
and
the
frost
by
night;
and
my
sleep
fled
from
my
eyes.
These
twenty
years
I
have
been
in
your
house.
I
served
you
fourteen
years
for
your
two
daughters,
and
six
years
for
your
flock,
and
you
have
changed
my
wages
ten
times.
Unless
the
God
of
my
father,
the
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
fear
of
Isaac,
had
been
with
me,
surely
now
you would
have
sent
me
away
empty.
God
has
seen
my affliction
and
the
labor
of
my
hands,
and rebuked
you
last
night.”
Laban
answered
Jacob, “The
daughters
are
my
daughters,
the
children
are
my
children,
the
flocks
are
my
flocks,
and
all
that
you
see
is mine!
What
can
I
do
today
to
these
my
daughters,
or
to
their
children
whom
they
have
borne?
Now
come, let’s
make
a
covenant,
you
and
I.
Let
it
be
for
a
witness
between
me
and
you.”
Jacob
took
a
stone,
and
set
it
up
for
a
pillar.
Jacob
said
to
his
relatives, “Gather
stones.”
They
took
stones,
and
made
a
heap.
They
ate
there
by
the
heap.
Laban
called
it Jegar Sahadutha,
31:47
“Jegar Sahadutha” means “Witness Heap” in Aramaic.
but
Jacob
called
it
Galeed.
31:47
“Galeed” means “Witness Heap” in Hebrew.
Laban
said, “This
heap
is
witness
between
me
and
you
today.”
Therefore
it
was
named
Galeed
and
Mizpah,
for
he
said, “Yahweh
watch
between
me
and
you,
when
we
are
absent
one
from
another.
If
you
afflict
my
daughters,
or
if
you
take
wives
in
addition
to
my
daughters,
no
man
is
with
us;
behold,
God
is
witness
between
me
and
you.”
Laban
said
to
Jacob, “See
this
heap,
and
see
the
pillar,
which
I
have
set
between
me
and
you.
May
this
heap
be
a
witness,
and
the
pillar
be
a
witness,
that
I
will
not
pass
over
this
heap
to
you,
and
that
you
will
not
pass
over
this
heap
and
this
pillar
to
me,
for
harm.
The
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Nahor,
the
God
of
their
father,
judge
between
us.” Then
Jacob
swore
by
the
fear
of
his
father,
Isaac.
Jacob
offered
a
sacrifice
in
the
mountain,
and
called
his
relatives
to
eat
bread.
They
ate
bread,
and
stayed
all night
in
the
mountain.
Early in the morning, Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them. Laban departed and returned to his place.
Jacob
went
on
his way,
and
the angels
of God met
him.
When
he saw
them,
Jacob said, “This
is
God’s army.”
He called
the name
of
that place Mahanaim.
32:2
“Mahanaim” means “two camps”.
Jacob
sent messengers
in front
of
him
to
Esau,
his brother,
to
the
land
of Seir,
the field
of Edom.
He commanded
them, saying, “This
is what
you
shall
tell
my lord,
Esau: ‘This
is what
your servant,
Jacob, says.
I
have lived
as
a foreigner
with Laban,
and stayed until now.
I
have cattle, donkeys, flocks,
male
servants,
and female
servants.
I
have
sent
to
tell
my
lord,
that
I
may find favor
in
your sight.’”
The
messengers returned
to
Jacob, saying, “We
came
to
your brother Esau.
He
is coming
to
meet
you,
and four hundred
men
are
with
him.”
Then
Jacob
was greatly afraid
and
was distressed.
He divided
the
people
who
were
with
him,
along
with
the flocks,
the herds,
and
the camels,
into
two companies.
He said, “If Esau comes
to
the
one
company,
and strikes
it,
then
the
company
which
is left
will escape.”
Jacob
said, “God
of
my father
Abraham,
and
God
of
my father
Isaac, Yahweh,
who
said
to
me, ‘Return
to
your country,
and
to
your relatives,
and
I
will
do
you good,’
I
am
not worthy
of
the least
of all
the loving kindnesses,
and
of all
the truth, which
you
have
shown
to
your servant;
for
with just
my staff
I crossed
over
this Jordan;
and
now
I
have
become two companies.
Please deliver
me
from
the hand
of
my brother,
from
the hand
of Esau;
for
I fear
him, lest
he
come
and strike
me
and
the mothers
with
the children.
You said, ‘I
will
surely
do
you good,
and
make
your
offspring
as
the sand
of
the sea, which can’t
be counted
because there
are
so many.’”
He stayed
there
that night,
and
took
from
that
which
he
had
with
him
a present
for
Esau,
his brother:
two hundred female goats
and twenty male goats,
two hundred ewes
and twenty rams,
thirty milk camels
and their colts, forty cows, ten bulls,
twenty
female donkeys
and ten foals.
He delivered
them into
the hands
of
his servants, every herd
by itself,
and said
to
his servants, “Pass over before
me,
and put
a space between herd
and herd.”
He
commanded
the foremost,
saying, “When
Esau,
my brother, meets
you,
and
asks
you,
saying, ‘Whose
are
you?
Where
are
you going?
Whose
are
these
before
you?’
Then
you
shall
say, ‘They
are
your servant, Jacob’s.
It
is
a present
sent
to
my lord,
Esau. Behold,
he
also
is behind
us.’”
He
commanded
also
the second,
and
the third,
and
all
that
followed
the herds,
saying, “This
is
how
you
shall
speak
to
Esau,
when
you find
him.
You
shall
say, ‘Not
only
that,
but behold,
your servant,
Jacob,
is
behind
us.’”
For,
he
said, “I
will appease
him
with
the
present
that
goes
before
me,
and
afterward
I
will see
his face. Perhaps
he
will accept
me.”
So
the
present
passed
over
before
him,
and
he
himself stayed
that night
in
the camp.
He rose
up
that
night,
and took
his two wives,
and
his two servants,
and
his eleven sons,
and
crossed
over
the ford
of
the Jabbok.
He
took
them,
and
sent
them
over
the stream,
and
sent
over
that
which
he
had.
Jacob
was left alone,
and wrestled
with
a man
there until
the breaking
of
the day.
When
he saw
that
he didn’t prevail
against
him,
the
man touched
the hollow
of
his thigh,
and
the hollow
of
Jacob’s thigh
was strained
as
he
wrestled.
The
man said, “Let
me go,
for
the day breaks.”
Jacob said, “I
won’t
let
you go
unless
you bless
me.”
He
said
to
him, “What
is
your
name?”
He
said, “Jacob”.
He
said, “Your
name
will no longer
be
called
Jacob,
but Israel;
for
you
have fought
with
God
and
with
men,
and
have prevailed.”
Jacob
asked
him, “Please
tell
me
your
name.”
He
said, “Why
is
it
that
you
ask
what
my
name
is?”
So
he blessed
him there.
Jacob
called
the
name
of
the
place Peniel;
32:30
Peniel means “face of God”.
for
he
said, “I
have seen
God face
to face,
and
my life
is preserved.”
The sun rose
on
him
as
he passed
over
Peniel,
and
he limped
because
of
his thigh.
Therefore
the children
of Israel don’t eat
the sinew
of
the
hip,
which
is
on
the hollow
of
the
thigh,
to
this day,
because
he touched
the hollow
of Jacob’s
thigh
in
the sinew
of
the
hip.
Jacob
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
looked,
and,
behold,
Esau
was
coming,
and
with
him
four
hundred
men.
He
divided
the
children
between
Leah,
Rachel,
and
the
two
servants.
He
put
the
servants
and
their
children
in
front,
Leah
and
her
children after,
and
Rachel
and
Joseph at
the
rear.
He
himself
passed
over
in
front
of
them,
and
bowed
himself
to
the
ground
seven
times,
until
he
came
near
to
his
brother.
Esau
ran
to
meet
him,
embraced
him,
fell
on
his
neck,
kissed
him,
and
they
wept.
He
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
the
women
and
the
children;
and
said, “Who
are
these
with
you?”
He
said, “The
children
whom
God
has
graciously
given
your
servant.”
Then
the
servants
came
near
with
their
children,
and
they
bowed
themselves.
Leah
also
and
her
children
came
near,
and
bowed
themselves.
After
them,
Joseph
came
near
with
Rachel,
and
they
bowed
themselves.
Esau
said, “What
do
you mean
by
all
this
company
which
I
met?”
Jacob
said, “To
find
favor
in
the
sight
of
my
lord.”
Esau
said, “I
have
enough,
my
brother;
let
that
which
you
have
be yours.”
Jacob
said, “Please,
no,
if
I
have
now
found
favor
in
your
sight,
then
receive
my
present
at
my
hand,
because
I
have
seen
your
face,
as
one
sees
the
face
of
God,
and
you
were
pleased
with
me.
Please
take
the
gift
that
I
brought
to
you,
because
God
has dealt
graciously
with
me,
and
because
I
have enough.”
He
urged
him,
and
he
took
it.
Esau
said, “Let’s
take
our
journey,
and let’s
go,
and
I will
go
before you.”
Jacob
said
to
him, “My
lord
knows
that
the
children
are
tender,
and
that
the
flocks
and
herds
with
me
have
their
young,
and
if
they overdrive
them
one
day,
all
the
flocks
will
die.
Please
let
my
lord
pass
over
before
his
servant,
and
I
will
lead
on
gently,
according
to
the
pace
of
the livestock
that
are
before
me
and
according
to
the
pace
of
the
children,
until
I
come
to
my
lord
to
Seir.”
Esau
said, “Let
me
now
leave
with
you
some
of
the
people
who
are
with
me.”
He
said, “Why?
Let
me
find
favor
in
the
sight
of
my
lord.”
So
Esau
returned
that
day
on
his
way
to
Seir.
Jacob
traveled
to
Succoth,
built
himself
a
house,
and
made
shelters
for
his
livestock.
Therefore
the
name
of
the
place
is
called
Succoth.
33:17
succoth means shelters or booths.
Jacob
came
in peace
to
the
city
of
Shechem,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
when
he
came
from
Paddan
Aram;
and
encamped
before
the
city.
He
bought
the parcel
of
ground
where
he
had
spread
his
tent,
at
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Hamor,
Shechem’s
father,
for
one
hundred
pieces
of
money.
He
erected
an
altar
there,
and
called
it
El Elohe
Israel.
33:20
El Elohe Israel means “God, the God of Israel” or “The God of Israel is mighty”.
Dinah,
the
daughter
of
Leah,
whom
she
bore
to
Jacob,
went
out
to
see
the
daughters
of
the
land.
Shechem
the
son
of
Hamor
the
Hivite,
the
prince
of
the
land,
saw
her.
He
took
her,
lay
with
her,
and humbled
her.
His
soul
joined
to
Dinah,
the
daughter
of
Jacob,
and
he
loved
the
young
lady,
and
spoke
kindly
to
the
young
lady.
Shechem
spoke
to
his
father,
Hamor,
saying, “Get
me
this
young lady
as
a
wife.”
Now
Jacob
heard
that
he
had
defiled
Dinah,
his
daughter;
and
his
sons
were
with
his
livestock
in
the
field.
Jacob
held
his peace
until
they
came.
Hamor
the
father
of
Shechem
went
out
to
Jacob
to
talk
with
him.
The
sons
of
Jacob
came
in
from
the
field
when
they
heard
it.
The
men
were
grieved,
and
they
were
very
angry,
because
he
had
done
folly
in
Israel
in
lying
with
Jacob’s
daughter,
a
thing
that ought
not
to
be
done.
Hamor
talked
with
them,
saying, “The
soul
of
my
son,
Shechem, longs
for
your
daughter.
Please
give
her
to
him
as
a
wife.
Make marriages
with
us.
Give
your
daughters
to
us,
and
take
our
daughters
for yourselves.
You
shall
dwell
with
us,
and
the
land
will
be
before
you.
Live
and
trade
in
it,
and get
possessions
in
it.”
Shechem
said
to
her
father
and
to
her
brothers, “Let
me
find
favor
in
your
eyes,
and
whatever
you
will
tell
me
I
will
give.
Ask
me
a
great
amount
for
a
dowry,
and
I
will
give
whatever
you
ask
of
me,
but
give
me
the
young
lady
as
a
wife.”
The
sons
of
Jacob
answered
Shechem
and
Hamor
his
father
with
deceit
when
they
spoke,
because
he
had
defiled
Dinah
their
sister,
and
said
to
them, “We
can’t
do
this
thing,
to
give
our
sister
to
one
who
is
uncircumcised;
for
that
is
a
reproach
to
us.
Only
on
this condition
will
we
consent
to
you.
If
you
will
be
as
we
are,
that
every
male
of
you
be
circumcised,
then
will
we
give
our
daughters
to
you;
and
we
will
take
your
daughters
to
us,
and
we
will
dwell
with
you,
and
we
will
become
one
people.
But
if
you
will
not
listen
to
us
and
be
circumcised,
then
we
will
take
our sister,
34:17
Hebrew has, literally, “daughter”
and
we
will
be
gone.”
Their
words
pleased
Hamor
and
Shechem,
Hamor’s
son.
The
young
man
didn’t
wait
to
do
this
thing,
because
he
had
delight
in
Jacob’s
daughter,
and
he
was
honored above
all
the
house
of
his
father.
Hamor
and
Shechem,
his
son,
came
to
the
gate
of
their
city,
and
talked
with
the
men
of
their
city,
saying,
“These
men
are
peaceful
with
us.
Therefore
let
them
live
in
the
land
and
trade
in
it.
For
behold,
the
land
is large
enough
for
them. Let’s
take
their
daughters
to
us
for
wives,
and let’s
give
them
our
daughters.
Only
on
this condition
will
the
men
consent
to
us
to
live
with
us,
to
become
one
people,
if
every
male
among
us
is
circumcised,
as
they
are
circumcised.
Won’t
their
livestock
and
their
possessions
and
all
their
animals
be ours?
Only let’s give
our
consent
to
them,
and
they
will
dwell
with
us.”
All
who
went
out
of
the
gate
of
his
city
listened
to
Hamor,
and
to
Shechem
his
son;
and
every
male
was
circumcised,
all
who
went
out
of
the
gate
of
his
city.
On
the
third
day,
when
they
were sore,
two
of
Jacob’s
sons,
Simeon
and
Levi,
Dinah’s
brothers,
each
took
his
sword,
came
upon
the
unsuspecting
city,
and
killed
all
the
males.
They
killed
Hamor
and
Shechem,
his
son,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
took
Dinah
out
of
Shechem’s
house,
and
went
away.
Jacob’s
sons
came
on
the
dead,
and
plundered
the
city,
because
they
had
defiled
their
sister.
They
took
their
flocks,
their
herds,
their
donkeys,
that
which
was
in
the
city,
that
which
was
in
the
field,
and
all
their
wealth.
They
took
captive
all
their
little
ones
and
their
wives,
and
took
as
plunder
everything
that
was
in
the
house.
Jacob
said
to
Simeon
and
Levi, “You
have
troubled
me,
to make
me
odious
to
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
among
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites.
I
am
few
in
number.
They
will
gather
themselves
together
against
me
and
strike
me,
and
I
will
be
destroyed,
I
and
my
house.”
They
said, “Should
he
deal
with our
sister as
with
a
prostitute?”
God
said
to
Jacob, “Arise,
go
up
to
Bethel,
and
live
there.
Make
there
an
altar
to
God,
who
appeared
to
you
when
you
fled
from
the
face
of
Esau
your
brother.”
Then
Jacob
said
to
his
household,
and
to
all
who
were
with
him, “Put
away
the
foreign
gods
that
are
among
you,
purify
yourselves,
and
change
your
garments.
Let’s
arise,
and
go
up
to
Bethel.
I
will
make
there
an
altar
to
God,
who
answered
me
in
the
day
of
my
distress,
and
was
with
me
on
the
way
which
I
went.”
They
gave
to
Jacob
all
the
foreign
gods
which
were
in
their
hands,
and
the
rings
which
were
in
their
ears;
and
Jacob
hid
them
under
the
oak
which
was
by
Shechem.
They
traveled,
and
a
terror
of
God
was
on
the
cities
that
were
around
them,
and
they
didn’t
pursue
the
sons
of
Jacob.
So
Jacob
came
to
Luz (that
is,
Bethel),
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
he
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him.
He
built
an
altar
there,
and
called
the
place
El Beth
El;
because
there
God
was
revealed
to
him,
when
he
fled
from
the
face
of
his
brother.
Deborah,
Rebekah’s
nurse,
died,
and
she
was
buried
below
Bethel
under
the
oak;
and
its
name
was
called Allon Bacuth.
God
appeared
to
Jacob
again,
when
he
came
from
Paddan
Aram,
and
blessed
him.
God
said
to
him, “Your
name
is
Jacob.
Your
name
shall
not
be
Jacob
any
more,
but
your
name
will
be
Israel.”
He
named
him
Israel.
God
said
to
him, “I
am
God
Almighty.
Be
fruitful
and
multiply.
A
nation
and
a
company
of
nations
will
be
from
you,
and
kings
will
come
out
of
your body.
The
land
which
I
gave
to
Abraham
and
Isaac,
I
will
give
it
to
you,
and
to
your
offspring
after
you
I
will
give
the
land.”
God
went
up
from
him
in
the
place
where
he
spoke
with
him.
Jacob
set
up
a
pillar
in
the
place
where
he
spoke
with
him,
a
pillar
of
stone.
He
poured
out
a drink offering
on
it,
and
poured
oil
on
it.
Jacob
called
the
name
of
the
place
where
God
spoke
with
him “Bethel”.
They
traveled
from
Bethel.
There
was
still
some distance
to
come
to
Ephrath,
and
Rachel travailed. She
had
hard
labor.
When
she
was
in
hard
labor,
the
midwife
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
now
you
will
have
another
son.”
As
her
soul
was
departing (for
she
died),
she
named
him Benoni,
35:18
“Benoni” means “son of my trouble”.
but
his
father
named
him
Benjamin.
35:18
“Benjamin” means “son of my right hand”.
Rachel
died,
and
was
buried
on
the
way
to
Ephrath (also called
Bethlehem).
Jacob
set
up
a
pillar
on
her
grave.
The
same
is
the
Pillar
of
Rachel’s
grave
to
this
day.
Israel
traveled,
and
spread
his
tent
beyond
the
tower
of
Eder.
While
Israel
lived
in
that
land,
Reuben
went
and
lay
with
Bilhah,
his
father’s
concubine,
and
Israel
heard
of
it.
Now
the
sons
of
Jacob
were
twelve.
The
sons
of
Leah:
Reuben (Jacob’s
firstborn),
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar,
and
Zebulun.
The
sons
of
Rachel:
Joseph
and
Benjamin.
The
sons
of
Bilhah (Rachel’s
servant):
Dan
and
Naphtali.
The
sons
of
Zilpah (Leah’s
servant):
Gad
and
Asher.
These
are
the
sons
of
Jacob,
who
were
born
to
him
in
Paddan
Aram.
Jacob
came
to
Isaac
his
father,
to
Mamre,
to Kiriath Arba (which
is
Hebron),
where
Abraham
and
Isaac
lived
as
foreigners.
The
days
of
Isaac
were
one
hundred
eighty
years.
Isaac gave
up
the spirit
and
died,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people,
old
and
full
of
days.
Esau
and
Jacob,
his
sons,
buried
him.
Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Esau (that
is,
Edom).
Esau
took
his
wives
from
the
daughters
of
Canaan:
Adah
the
daughter
of
Elon,
the
Hittite;
and
Oholibamah
the
daughter
of
Anah,
the
daughter
of
Zibeon,
the
Hivite;
and
Basemath,
Ishmael’s
daughter,
sister
of
Nebaioth.
Adah
bore
to
Esau
Eliphaz.
Basemath
bore
Reuel.
Oholibamah
bore Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Esau,
who
were
born
to
him
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
Esau
took
his
wives,
his
sons,
his
daughters,
and
all
the
members
of
his
household,
with
his
livestock,
all
his
animals,
and
all
his
possessions,
which
he
had
gathered
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
went
into
a
land
away
from
his
brother
Jacob.
For
their substance
was
too
great
for
them
to
dwell
together,
and
the
land
of
their travels
couldn’t
bear
them
because
of
their
livestock.
Esau
lived
in
the
hill
country
of
Seir.
Esau
is
Edom.
This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Esau
the
father
of
the
Edomites
in
the
hill
country
of
Seir:
these
are
the
names
of
Esau’s
sons:
Eliphaz,
the
son
of
Adah,
the
wife
of
Esau;
and
Reuel,
the
son
of
Basemath,
the
wife
of
Esau.
The
sons
of
Eliphaz
were
Teman,
Omar,
Zepho,
and
Gatam,
and
Kenaz.
Timna
was
concubine
to
Eliphaz,
Esau’s
son;
and she
bore
to
Eliphaz
Amalek.
These
are
the
descendants
of
Adah,
Esau’s
wife.
These
are
the
sons
of
Reuel:
Nahath,
Zerah,
Shammah,
and
Mizzah.
These
were
the
descendants
of
Basemath,
Esau’s
wife.
These
were
the
sons
of
Oholibamah,
the
daughter
of
Anah,
the
daughter
of
Zibeon,
Esau’s
wife: she
bore
to
Esau Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
These
are
the chiefs
of
the
sons
of
Esau:
the
sons
of
Eliphaz
the
firstborn
of
Esau:
chief
Teman,
chief
Omar,
chief
Zepho,
chief
Kenaz,
chief
Korah,
chief
Gatam,
chief
Amalek.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
Eliphaz
in
the
land
of
Edom.
These
are
the
sons
of
Adah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Reuel,
Esau’s
son:
chief
Nahath,
chief
Zerah,
chief
Shammah,
chief
Mizzah.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
Reuel
in
the
land
of
Edom.
These
are
the
sons
of
Basemath,
Esau’s
wife.
These
are
the
sons
of
Oholibamah,
Esau’s
wife:
chief
Jeush,
chief
Jalam,
chief
Korah.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
Oholibamah
the
daughter
of
Anah,
Esau’s
wife.
These
are
the
sons
of
Esau (that
is,
Edom),
and
these
are their chiefs.
These
are
the
sons
of
Seir
the
Horite,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
Lotan,
Shobal,
Zibeon,
Anah,
Dishon,
Ezer,
and
Dishan.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
the
Horites,
the
children
of
Seir
in
the
land
of
Edom.
The
children
of
Lotan
were
Hori
and Heman.
Lotan’s
sister
was
Timna.
These
are
the
children
of
Shobal:
Alvan,
Manahath,
Ebal,
Shepho,
and
Onam.
These
are
the
children
of
Zibeon:
Aiah
and
Anah.
This
is
Anah
who
found
the
hot
springs
in
the
wilderness,
as
he fed
the
donkeys
of
Zibeon
his
father.
These
are
the
children
of
Anah:
Dishon
and
Oholibamah,
the
daughter
of
Anah.
These
are
the
children
of Dishon:
Hemdan,
Eshban,
Ithran,
and
Cheran.
These
are
the
children
of
Ezer:
Bilhan,
Zaavan,
and
Akan.
These
are
the
children
of
Dishan:
Uz
and
Aran.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
the
Horites:
chief
Lotan,
chief
Shobal,
chief
Zibeon,
chief
Anah,
chief
Dishon,
chief
Ezer,
and
chief
Dishan.
These
are
the chiefs
who came
of
the Horites, according
to their chiefs
in
the
land
of
Seir.
These
are
the
kings
who
reigned
in
the
land
of
Edom,
before
any
king
reigned
over
the
children
of
Israel.
Bela,
the
son
of
Beor,
reigned
in
Edom.
The
name
of
his
city
was
Dinhabah.
Bela
died,
and
Jobab,
the
son
of
Zerah
of
Bozrah,
reigned
in
his
place.
Jobab
died,
and
Husham
of
the
land
of
the
Temanites
reigned
in
his
place.
Husham
died,
and
Hadad,
the
son
of
Bedad,
who
struck
Midian
in
the
field
of
Moab,
reigned
in
his
place.
The
name
of
his
city
was
Avith.
Hadad
died,
and
Samlah
of
Masrekah
reigned
in
his
place.
Samlah
died,
and
Shaul
of
Rehoboth
by
the
river,
reigned
in
his
place.
Shaul
died,
and Baal Hanan
the
son
of
Achbor
reigned
in
his
place.
Baal Hanan
the
son
of
Achbor
died,
and
Hadar
reigned
in
his
place.
The
name
of
his
city
was
Pau.
His
wife’s
name
was
Mehetabel,
the
daughter
of
Matred,
the
daughter
of
Mezahab.
These
are
the
names
of
the chiefs
who came
from
Esau, according
to their
families,
after their
places,
and
by their
names:
chief
Timna,
chief
Alvah,
chief
Jetheth,
chief
Oholibamah,
chief
Elah,
chief
Pinon,
chief
Kenaz,
chief
Teman,
chief
Mibzar,
chief
Magdiel,
and
chief
Iram.
These
are
the chiefs
of
Edom, according
to their
habitations
in
the
land
of their
possession.
This
is
Esau,
the
father
of
the
Edomites.
Jacob
lived
in
the
land
of
his
father’s travels,
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
This
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Jacob.
Joseph,
being
seventeen
years
old,
was feeding
the
flock
with
his
brothers.
He
was
a
boy
with
the
sons
of
Bilhah
and
Zilpah,
his
father’s
wives.
Joseph
brought
an
evil
report
of
them
to
their
father.
Now
Israel
loved
Joseph
more
than
all
his
children,
because
he
was
the
son
of
his
old
age,
and
he
made
him
a
tunic
of many colors.
His
brothers
saw
that
their
father
loved
him
more
than
all
his
brothers,
and
they
hated
him,
and
couldn’t
speak
peaceably
to
him.
Joseph
dreamed
a
dream,
and
he
told
it
to
his
brothers,
and they
hated
him
all
the
more.
He
said
to
them, “Please
hear
this
dream
which
I
have
dreamed:
for
behold,
we
were
binding
sheaves
in
the
field,
and
behold,
my
sheaf
arose
and
also
stood upright;
and
behold,
your
sheaves came
around,
and
bowed
down
to
my
sheaf.”
His
brothers
asked
him, “Will
you
indeed
reign
over
us?
Will
you
indeed
have
dominion
over
us?”
They
hated
him
all
the
more
for
his
dreams
and
for
his
words.
He
dreamed
yet
another
dream,
and
told
it
to
his
brothers,
and
said, “Behold,
I
have
dreamed
yet
another
dream:
and
behold,
the
sun
and
the
moon
and
eleven
stars
bowed
down
to
me.”
He
told
it
to
his
father
and
to
his
brothers.
His
father
rebuked
him,
and
said
to
him, “What
is
this
dream
that
you
have
dreamed?
Will
I
and
your
mother
and
your
brothers
indeed
come
to
bow
ourselves
down
to
the
earth
before
you?”
His
brothers
envied
him, but
his
father
kept
this
saying
in mind.
His
brothers went
to
feed their
father’s
flock
in
Shechem.
Israel
said
to
Joseph, “Aren’t
your
brothers feeding
the flock
in
Shechem? Come,
and
I
will
send
you
to
them.”
He
said
to
him, “Here
I am.”
He
said
to
him, “Go
now,
see
whether
it
is
well
with
your
brothers,
and
well
with
the
flock;
and
bring
me
word
again.”
So
he
sent
him
out
of
the
valley
of
Hebron,
and
he
came
to
Shechem.
A
certain
man
found
him,
and
behold,
he
was
wandering
in
the
field.
The
man
asked
him, “What
are
you
looking
for?”
He
said, “I
am
looking
for
my
brothers.
Tell
me,
please,
where
they
are feeding
the flock.”
The
man
said, “They
have
left
here,
for
I
heard
them
say, ‘Let’s
go
to
Dothan.’”
Joseph
went
after
his
brothers,
and
found
them
in
Dothan.
They
saw
him
afar
off,
and
before
he
came
near
to
them,
they conspired
against
him
to
kill
him.
They
said
to
one
another, “Behold,
this dreamer
comes.
Come
now
therefore,
and let’s
kill
him,
and
cast
him
into
one
of
the
pits,
and
we
will
say, ‘An
evil
animal
has
devoured
him.’
We
will
see
what
will
become
of
his
dreams.”
Reuben
heard
it,
and
delivered
him
out
of
their
hand,
and
said, “Let’s
not
take
his
life.”
Reuben
said
to
them, “Shed
no
blood.
Throw
him
into
this
pit
that
is
in
the
wilderness,
but
lay
no
hand
on
him”—that
he
might
deliver
him
out
of
their
hand,
to
restore
him
to
his
father.
When
Joseph
came
to
his
brothers,
they
stripped
Joseph
of
his
tunic,
the
tunic
of many colors
that
was
on
him;
and
they
took
him,
and
threw
him
into
the
pit.
The
pit
was
empty.
There
was
no
water
in
it.
They
sat
down
to
eat
bread,
and
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
and
looked,
and
saw
a
caravan
of
Ishmaelites
was
coming
from
Gilead,
with
their
camels
bearing
spices
and
balm
and
myrrh,
going
to
carry
it
down
to
Egypt.
Judah
said
to
his
brothers, “What
profit
is
it
if
we
kill
our
brother
and
conceal
his
blood?
Come,
and let’s
sell
him
to
the
Ishmaelites,
and
not
let
our
hand
be
on
him;
for
he
is
our
brother,
our
flesh.”
His
brothers
listened
to
him.
Midianites
who
were
merchants
passed
by,
and
they
drew
and
lifted
up
Joseph
out
of
the
pit,
and
sold
Joseph
to
the
Ishmaelites
for
twenty pieces
of
silver.
The
merchants
brought
Joseph
into
Egypt.
Reuben
returned
to
the
pit,
and
saw
that
Joseph wasn’t
in
the
pit;
and
he
tore
his
clothes.
He
returned
to
his
brothers,
and
said, “The
child
is
no
more;
and
I,
where
will
I
go?”
They
took
Joseph’s
tunic,
and
killed
a
male
goat,
and
dipped
the
tunic
in
the
blood.
They
took
the
tunic
of many colors,
and
they
brought
it
to
their
father,
and
said, “We
have
found
this.
Examine
it,
now,
and
see
if
it
is
your
son’s
tunic
or
not.”
He
recognized
it,
and
said, “It
is
my
son’s
tunic.
An
evil
animal
has
devoured
him.
Joseph
is without doubt
torn
in
pieces.”
Jacob
tore
his
clothes,
and
put
sackcloth
on
his
waist,
and
mourned
for
his
son
many
days.
All
his
sons
and
all
his
daughters
rose
up
to
comfort
him,
but
he
refused
to
be
comforted.
He
said, “For
I
will
go
down
to
Sheol
37:35
Sheol is the place of the dead.
to
my
son,
mourning.”
His
father
wept
for
him.
The Midianites
sold
him
into
Egypt
to
Potiphar,
an
officer
of
Pharaoh’s,
the
captain
of
the
guard.
At
that
time,
Judah
went
down
from
his
brothers,
and
visited
a
certain
Adullamite,
whose
name
was
Hirah.
There,
Judah
saw
the
daughter
of
a
certain
Canaanite
man
named
Shua.
He
took
her,
and
went
in
to
her.
She
conceived,
and
bore
a
son;
and
he
named
him
Er.
She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
son;
and
she
named
him
Onan.
She
yet
again
bore
a
son,
and
named
him
Shelah.
He
was
at
Chezib
when
she
bore
him.
Judah
took
a
wife
for
Er,
his
firstborn,
and
her
name
was
Tamar.
Er,
Judah’s
firstborn,
was
wicked
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
So
Yahweh
killed
him.
Judah
said
to
Onan, “Go
in
to
your
brother’s
wife,
and
perform
the
duty
of
a
husband’s
brother
to
her,
and
raise
up
offspring
for
your
brother.”
Onan
knew
that
the
offspring wouldn’t
be
his;
and
when
he
went
in
to
his
brother’s
wife,
he spilled
his semen
on
the
ground, lest
he
should
give
offspring
to
his
brother.
The thing
which
he
did
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
he
killed
him
also.
Then
Judah
said
to
Tamar,
his
daughter-in-law, “Remain
a
widow
in
your
father’s
house,
until
Shelah,
my
son,
is
grown
up;”
for
he
said, “Lest
he
also
die,
like
his
brothers.”
Tamar
went
and
lived
in
her
father’s
house.
After
many
days, Shua’s
daughter,
the
wife
of
Judah,
died.
Judah
was
comforted,
and
went
up
to
his
sheep
shearers
to
Timnah,
he
and
his
friend
Hirah,
the
Adullamite.
Tamar
was
told, “Behold,
your
father-in-law
is
going
up
to
Timnah
to
shear
his
sheep.”
She
took
off
the
garments
of
her
widowhood,
and
covered
herself
with
her
veil,
and
wrapped
herself,
and
sat
in
the
gate
of Enaim,
which
is
on
the
way
to
Timnah;
for
she
saw
that
Shelah
was
grown
up,
and
she wasn’t
given
to
him
as
a
wife.
When
Judah
saw
her,
he
thought
that
she
was
a
prostitute,
for
she
had
covered
her
face.
He
turned
to
her
by
the
way,
and
said, “Please
come,
let
me
come
in
to
you,”
for
he
didn’t
know
that
she
was
his
daughter-in-law.
She
said, “What
will
you
give
me,
that
you
may
come
in
to
me?”
He
said, “I
will
send
you
a
young
goat
from
the
flock.”
She
said, “Will
you
give
me
a
pledge,
until
you
send
it?”
He
said, “What
pledge
will
I
give
you?”
She
said, “Your
signet
and
your
cord,
and
your
staff
that
is
in
your
hand.”
He
gave
them
to
her,
and
came
in
to
her,
and
she
conceived
by
him.
She
arose,
and
went
away,
and
put
off
her
veil
from
her,
and
put
on
the
garments
of
her
widowhood.
Judah
sent
the
young
goat
by
the
hand
of
his
friend,
the
Adullamite,
to
receive
the
pledge
from
the
woman’s
hand,
but
he
didn’t
find
her.
Then
he
asked
the
men
of
her
place,
saying, “Where
is
the prostitute,
that
was
at Enaim
by
the
road?”
They
said, “There
has
been
no prostitute
here.”
He
returned
to
Judah,
and
said, “I
haven’t
found
her;
and
also
the
men
of
the
place
said, ‘There
has
been
no prostitute
here.’”
Judah
said, “Let
her
keep
it,
lest
we
be shamed.
Behold,
I
sent
this
young
goat,
and
you
haven’t
found
her.”
About
three
months
later,
Judah
was
told, “Tamar,
your
daughter-in-law,
has
played
the
prostitute.
Moreover,
behold,
she
is
with
child
by prostitution.”
Judah
said, “Bring
her
out,
and
let
her
be
burned.”
When
she
was
brought
out,
she
sent
to
her
father-in-law,
saying, “I
am
with
child
by
the
man
who owns
these.”
She
also
said, “Please
discern
whose
these
are—the signet,
and
the
cords,
and
the
staff.”
Judah
acknowledged
them,
and
said, “She
is
more
righteous
than
I,
because
I
didn’t
give
her
to
Shelah,
my
son.”
He
knew
her
again
no
more.
In
the
time
of
her travail,
behold,
twins
were
in
her
womb.
When she travailed,
one
put
out
a
hand,
and
the
midwife
took
and
tied
a
scarlet thread
on
his
hand,
saying, “This
came
out
first.”
As
he
drew
back
his
hand,
behold,
his
brother
came
out,
and
she
said, “Why
have
you
made
a
breach
for
yourself?”
Therefore
his
name
was
called
Perez.
38:29
Perez means “breaking out”.
Afterward
his
brother
came
out,
who
had
the
scarlet thread
on
his
hand,
and
his
name
was
called
Zerah.
38:30
Zerah means “scarlet” or “brightness”.
Joseph
was
brought
down
to
Egypt.
Potiphar,
an
officer
of
Pharaoh’s,
the
captain
of
the
guard,
an
Egyptian,
bought
him
from
the
hand
of
the
Ishmaelites
that
had
brought
him
down
there.
Yahweh
was
with
Joseph,
and
he
was
a
prosperous
man.
He
was
in
the
house
of
his
master
the
Egyptian.
His
master
saw
that
Yahweh
was
with
him,
and
that
Yahweh
made
all
that
he
did
prosper
in
his
hand.
Joseph
found
favor
in
his
sight.
He
ministered
to
him,
and
Potiphar
made
him
overseer
over
his
house,
and
all
that
he
had
he
put
into
his
hand.
From
the
time
that
he
made
him
overseer
in
his
house,
and
over
all
that
he
had,
Yahweh
blessed
the
Egyptian’s
house
for
Joseph’s
sake.
Yahweh’s
blessing
was
on
all
that
he
had,
in
the
house
and
in
the
field.
He
left
all
that
he
had
in
Joseph’s
hand.
He
didn’t
concern
himself
with
anything,
except
for
the
food
which
he
ate.
Joseph
was well-built
and
handsome.
After
these
things,
his
master’s
wife
set
her
eyes
on
Joseph;
and
she
said, “Lie
with
me.”
But
he
refused,
and
said
to
his
master’s
wife, “Behold,
my
master
doesn’t
know
what
is
with
me
in
the
house,
and
he
has
put
all
that
he
has
into
my
hand.
No
one
is
greater
in
this
house
than
I
am,
and
he
has
not
kept
back
anything
from
me
but
you,
because
you
are
his
wife.
How
then
can
I
do
this
great
wickedness,
and
sin
against
God?”
As
she
spoke
to
Joseph
day
by
day,
he
didn’t
listen
to
her,
to
lie
by
her,
or
to
be
with
her.
About
this
time,
he
went
into
the
house
to
do
his
work,
and
there
were
none
of
the
men
of
the
house
inside.
She
caught
him
by
his
garment,
saying, “Lie
with
me!”
He
left
his
garment
in
her
hand,
and
ran
outside.
When
she
saw
that
he
had
left
his
garment
in
her
hand,
and
had
run
outside,
she
called
to
the
men
of
her
house,
and
spoke
to
them,
saying, “Behold,
he
has
brought
a
Hebrew
in
to
us
to mock
us.
He
came
in
to
me
to
lie
with
me,
and
I
cried
with
a
loud
voice.
When
he
heard
that
I
lifted
up
my
voice
and
cried,
he
left
his
garment
by
me,
and
ran
outside.”
She
laid
up
his
garment
by
her,
until
his
master
came
home.
She
spoke
to
him
according
to
these
words,
saying, “The
Hebrew
servant,
whom
you
have
brought
to
us,
came
in
to
me
to mock
me,
and
as
I
lifted
up
my
voice
and
cried,
he
left
his
garment
by
me,
and
ran
outside.”
When
his
master
heard
the
words
of
his
wife,
which
she
spoke
to
him,
saying, “This
is
what
your
servant
did
to
me,”
his
wrath
was
kindled.
Joseph’s
master
took
him,
and
put
him
into
the
prison,
the
place
where
the
king’s
prisoners
were
bound,
and
he
was
there
in custody.
But
Yahweh
was
with
Joseph,
and
showed
kindness
to
him,
and
gave
him
favor
in
the
sight
of
the
keeper
of
the
prison.
The
keeper
of
the
prison
committed
to
Joseph’s
hand
all
the
prisoners
who
were
in
the
prison.
Whatever
they
did
there,
he
was
responsible
for
it.
The
keeper
of
the
prison didn’t
look after
anything
that
was
under
his
hand,
because
Yahweh
was
with
him;
and
that
which
he
did,
Yahweh
made
it
prosper.
After
these
things,
the butler
of
the
king
of
Egypt
and
his
baker
offended
their
lord,
the
king
of
Egypt.
Pharaoh
was
angry
with
his
two
officers,
the
chief cup bearer
and
the
chief
baker.
He
put
them
in
custody
in
the
house
of
the
captain
of
the
guard,
into
the
prison,
the
place
where
Joseph
was
bound.
The
captain
of
the
guard
assigned
them
to
Joseph,
and
he
took
care
of
them.
They stayed
in
prison many
days.
They
both
dreamed
a
dream,
each
man
his
dream,
in
one
night,
each
man
according
to
the
interpretation
of
his
dream,
the cup bearer
and
the
baker
of
the
king
of
Egypt,
who
were
bound
in
the
prison.
Joseph
came
in
to
them
in
the
morning,
and
saw
them,
and
saw
that
they
were sad.
He
asked
Pharaoh’s
officers
who
were
with
him
in
custody
in
his
master’s
house,
saying, “Why do
you look
so sad
today?”
They
said
to
him, “We
have
dreamed
a
dream,
and
there
is
no
one
who
can
interpret
it.”
Joseph
said
to
them, “Don’t
interpretations
belong
to
God?
Please
tell
it
to
me.”
The
chief cup bearer
told
his
dream
to
Joseph,
and
said
to
him, “In
my
dream,
behold,
a
vine
was
in
front
of
me,
and
in
the
vine
were
three
branches.
It
was
as
though
it
budded,
it blossomed,
and
its
clusters
produced
ripe
grapes.
Pharaoh’s
cup
was
in
my
hand;
and
I
took
the
grapes,
and pressed
them
into
Pharaoh’s
cup,
and
I
gave
the
cup
into
Pharaoh’s
hand.”
Joseph
said
to
him, “This
is its
interpretation:
the
three
branches
are
three
days.
Within
three
more
days,
Pharaoh
will
lift
up
your
head,
and
restore
you
to
your office.
You
will
give
Pharaoh’s
cup
into
his
hand,
the
way
you
did
when
you
were
his
cup
bearer.
But
remember
me
when
it
is
well
with
you.
Please
show
kindness
to
me,
and
make
mention
of
me
to
Pharaoh,
and
bring
me
out
of
this
house.
For
indeed,
I
was
stolen
away
out
of
the
land
of
the
Hebrews,
and
here
also
I
have
done
nothing
that
they
should
put
me
into
the dungeon.”
When
the
chief
baker
saw
that
the
interpretation
was
good,
he
said
to
Joseph, “I
also
was
in
my
dream,
and
behold,
three
baskets
of
white
bread
were
on
my
head.
In
the uppermost
basket
there
were
all
kinds
of
baked
food
for
Pharaoh,
and
the
birds
ate
them
out
of
the
basket
on
my
head.”
Joseph
answered, “This
is its
interpretation.
The
three
baskets
are
three
days.
Within
three
more
days,
Pharaoh
will
lift
up
your
head
from
off
you,
and
will
hang
you
on
a
tree;
and
the
birds
will
eat
your
flesh
from
off
you.”
On
the
third
day,
which
was
Pharaoh’s
birthday,
he
made
a
feast
for
all
his
servants,
and
he
lifted
up
the
head
of
the
chief cup
bearer
and
the
head
of
the
chief
baker
among
his
servants.
He
restored
the
chief
cup bearer
to
his position
again,
and
he
gave
the
cup
into
Pharaoh’s
hand;
but
he
hanged
the
chief
baker,
as
Joseph
had
interpreted
to
them.
Yet
the
chief cup bearer
didn’t
remember
Joseph,
but
forgot
him.
At
the
end
of two
full
years,
Pharaoh
dreamed,
and
behold,
he
stood
by
the
river.
Behold,
seven cattle
came
up
out
of
the
river.
They
were
sleek
and
fat,
and
they fed
in
the
marsh
grass.
Behold,
seven
other cattle
came
up
after
them
out
of
the
river,
ugly
and
thin,
and
stood
by
the
other cattle
on
the brink
of
the
river.
The
ugly
and
thin cattle
ate
up
the
seven
sleek
and
fat cattle.
So
Pharaoh
awoke.
He
slept
and
dreamed
a
second
time;
and
behold,
seven
heads
of
grain
came
up
on
one
stalk,
healthy
and
good.
Behold,
seven
heads
of
grain,
thin
and blasted
with
the
east
wind,
sprung
up
after
them.
The
thin
heads
of
grain
swallowed
up
the
seven
healthy
and
full
ears.
Pharaoh
awoke,
and
behold,
it
was
a
dream.
In
the
morning,
his
spirit
was
troubled,
and
he
sent
and
called
for
all
of
Egypt’s
magicians
and
wise
men.
Pharaoh
told
them
his
dreams,
but
there
was
no
one
who could
interpret
them
to
Pharaoh.
Then
the
chief cup bearer
spoke
to
Pharaoh,
saying, “I
remember
my faults
today.
Pharaoh
was
angry
with
his
servants,
and
put
me
in
custody
in
the
house
of
the
captain
of
the
guard,
with
the
chief
baker.
We
dreamed
a
dream
in
one
night,
he
and
I.
Each
man
dreamed
according
to
the
interpretation
of
his
dream.
There
was
with
us
there
a
young
man,
a
Hebrew,
servant
to
the
captain
of
the
guard,
and
we
told
him,
and
he
interpreted
to
us
our
dreams.
He
interpreted
to
each
man
according
to
his
dream.
As
he
interpreted
to
us,
so
it
was.
He
restored
me
to
my office,
and
he
hanged
him.”
Then
Pharaoh
sent
and
called
Joseph,
and
they
brought
him hastily
out
of
the dungeon.
He
shaved
himself,
changed
his
clothing,
and
came
in
to
Pharaoh.
Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “I
have
dreamed
a
dream,
and
there
is
no
one
who
can
interpret
it.
I
have
heard
it
said
of
you,
that
when
you
hear
a
dream
you
can
interpret
it.”
Joseph
answered
Pharaoh,
saying, “It isn’t
in
me.
God
will
give
Pharaoh
an
answer
of
peace.”
Pharaoh
spoke
to
Joseph, “In
my
dream,
behold,
I
stood
on
the brink
of
the
river;
and
behold,
seven
fat
and
sleek cattle
came
up
out
of
the
river.
They fed
in
the
marsh
grass;
and
behold,
seven
other cattle
came
up
after
them, poor
and
very
ugly
and
thin,
such
as
I
never
saw
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt
for
ugliness.
The
thin
and
ugly cattle
ate
up
the
first
seven
fat cattle;
and
when
they
had eaten
them
up,
it
couldn’t
be
known
that
they
had eaten
them,
but
they
were still
ugly,
as
at
the
beginning.
So
I
awoke.
I
saw
in
my
dream,
and
behold,
seven
heads
of
grain
came
up
on
one
stalk,
full
and
good;
and
behold,
seven
heads
of
grain,
withered,
thin,
and blasted
with
the
east
wind,
sprung
up
after
them.
The
thin
heads
of
grain
swallowed
up
the
seven
good
heads
of
grain.
I
told
it
to
the
magicians,
but
there
was
no
one
who could
explain
it
to
me.”
Joseph
said
to
Pharaoh, “The
dream
of
Pharaoh
is
one.
What
God
is
about
to
do
he
has
declared
to
Pharaoh.
The
seven
good cattle
are
seven
years;
and
the
seven
good
heads
of
grain
are
seven
years.
The
dream
is
one.
The
seven
thin
and
ugly cattle
that
came
up
after
them
are
seven
years,
and
also
the
seven
empty
heads
of
grain blasted
with
the
east
wind;
they
will
be
seven
years
of
famine.
That
is
the
thing
which
I
have
spoken
to
Pharaoh.
God
has
shown
Pharaoh
what
he
is
about
to
do.
Behold,
seven
years
of
great
plenty
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt
are
coming.
Seven
years
of
famine
will
arise
after
them,
and
all
the
plenty
will
be
forgotten
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
The
famine
will
consume
the
land,
and
the
plenty
will
not
be
known
in
the
land
by
reason
of
that
famine
which
follows;
for
it
will
be
very
grievous.
The
dream
was doubled
to
Pharaoh,
because
the
thing
is
established
by
God,
and
God
will shortly
bring
it
to pass.
“Now
therefore
let
Pharaoh
look
for
a discreet
and
wise
man,
and
set
him
over
the
land
of
Egypt.
Let
Pharaoh
do
this,
and
let
him
appoint
overseers
over
the
land,
and
take
up
the
fifth
part
of
the
land
of
Egypt’s
produce
in
the
seven plenteous
years.
Let
them
gather
all
the
food
of
these
good
years
that
come,
and
store
grain
under
the
hand
of
Pharaoh
for
food
in
the
cities,
and let
them
keep
it.
The
food
will
be
to
supply
the
land
against
the
seven
years
of
famine,
which
will
be
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
so
that
the
land
will
not
perish
through
the
famine.”
The
thing
was
good
in
the
eyes
of
Pharaoh,
and
in
the
eyes
of
all
his
servants.
Pharaoh
said
to
his
servants, “Can
we
find
such
a
one
as
this,
a
man
in
whom
is
the
Spirit
of
God?”
Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “Because
God
has
shown
you
all
of
this,
there
is
no
one
so discreet
and
wise
as
you.
You
shall
be
over
my
house.
All
my
people
will
be ruled
according
to
your
word.
Only
in
the
throne
I
will
be
greater
than
you.”
Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “Behold,
I
have
set
you
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.”
Pharaoh
took
off
his
signet
ring
from
his
hand,
and
put
it
on
Joseph’s
hand,
and
arrayed
him
in
robes
of
fine
linen,
and
put
a
gold
chain
about
his
neck.
He
made
him
ride
in
the
second
chariot
which
he
had.
They
cried
before
him, “Bow
the
knee!”
He
set
him
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “I
am
Pharaoh.
Without
you,
no
man
shall
lift
up
his
hand
or
his
foot
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt.”
Pharaoh
called
Joseph’s
name
Zaphenath-Paneah.
He
gave
him
Asenath,
the
daughter
of
Potiphera
priest
of
On
as
a
wife.
Joseph
went
out
over
the
land
of
Egypt.
Joseph
was
thirty
years
old
when
he
stood
before
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt.
Joseph
went
out
from
the
presence
of
Pharaoh,
and
went
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
In
the
seven plenteous
years
the
earth
produced
abundantly.
He
gathered
up
all
the
food
of
the
seven
years
which
were
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
laid
up
the
food
in
the
cities.
He
stored
food
in
each
city
from
the
fields
around
that
city.
Joseph laid
up
grain
as
the
sand
of
the
sea,
very
much,
until
he
stopped
counting,
for
it
was
without
number.
To
Joseph
were
born
two
sons
before
the
year
of
famine
came,
whom
Asenath,
the
daughter
of
Potiphera
priest
of
On,
bore
to
him.
Joseph
called
the
name
of
the
firstborn
Manasseh,
41:51
“Manasseh” sounds like the Hebrew for “forget”. “For”,
he said, “God
has
made
me
forget
all
my
toil,
and
all
my
father’s
house.”
The
name
of
the
second,
he
called
Ephraim:
41:52
“Ephraim” sounds like the Hebrew for “twice fruitful”. “For
God
has
made
me
fruitful
in
the
land
of
my affliction.”
The
seven
years
of
plenty,
that
were
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
came
to
an
end.
The
seven
years
of
famine
began
to
come,
just
as
Joseph
had
said.
There
was
famine
in
all
lands,
but
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt
there
was
bread.
When
all
the
land
of
Egypt
was
famished,
the
people
cried
to
Pharaoh
for
bread,
and
Pharaoh
said
to
all
the
Egyptians, “Go
to
Joseph.
What
he
says
to
you,
do.”
The
famine
was
over
all
the
surface
of
the
earth.
Joseph
opened
all
the store houses,
and
sold
to
the
Egyptians.
The
famine
was
severe
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
All
countries
came
into
Egypt,
to
Joseph,
to
buy
grain,
because
the
famine
was
severe
in
all
the
earth.
Now
Jacob
saw
that
there
was
grain
in
Egypt,
and
Jacob
said
to
his
sons, “Why
do
you
look
at
one
another?”
He
said, “Behold,
I
have
heard
that
there
is
grain
in
Egypt.
Go
down
there,
and
buy
for
us
from
there,
so
that
we
may
live,
and
not
die.”
Joseph’s
ten
brothers
went
down
to
buy
grain
from
Egypt.
But
Jacob
didn’t
send
Benjamin,
Joseph’s
brother,
with
his
brothers;
for
he
said, “Lest
perhaps
harm
happen
to
him.”
The
sons
of
Israel
came
to
buy
among
those
who
came,
for
the
famine
was
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
Joseph
was
the governor
over
the
land.
It
was
he
who
sold
to
all
the
people
of
the
land.
Joseph’s
brothers
came,
and
bowed
themselves
down
to
him
with
their
faces
to
the
earth.
Joseph
saw
his
brothers,
and
he
recognized
them,
but acted
like
a stranger
to
them,
and
spoke roughly
with
them.
He
said
to
them, “Where did
you
come
from?”
They
said, “From
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
buy
food.”
Joseph
recognized
his
brothers,
but
they
didn’t
recognize
him.
Joseph
remembered
the
dreams
which
he
dreamed
about
them,
and
said
to
them, “You
are
spies!
You
have
come
to
see
the
nakedness
of
the
land.”
They
said
to
him, “No,
my
lord,
but
your
servants
have
come
to
buy
food.
We
are
all
one
man’s
sons;
we
are honest
men.
Your
servants
are
not
spies.”
He
said
to
them, “No,
but
you
have
come
to
see
the
nakedness
of
the
land!”
They
said, “We,
your
servants,
are
twelve
brothers,
the
sons
of
one
man
in
the
land
of
Canaan;
and
behold,
the
youngest
is
today
with
our
father,
and
one
is
no
more.”
Joseph
said
to
them, “It
is
like
I
told
you,
saying, ‘You
are
spies!’
By
this
you
shall
be
tested.
By
the
life
of
Pharaoh,
you
shall
not
go
out
from
here,
unless
your
youngest
brother
comes
here.
Send
one
of
you,
and
let
him
get
your
brother,
and
you
shall
be
bound,
that
your
words
may
be
tested,
whether there
is
truth
in
you,
or
else
by
the
life
of
Pharaoh
surely
you
are
spies.”
He
put
them
all
together
into
custody
for
three
days.
Joseph
said
to
them
the
third
day, “Do
this,
and
live,
for
I
fear
God.
If
you
are honest men,
then
let
one
of
your
brothers
be
bound
in
your
prison;
but
you
go,
carry
grain
for
the
famine
of
your
houses.
Bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me;
so
will
your
words
be
verified,
and
you
won’t
die.”
They
did
so.
They
said
to
one
another, “We
are
certainly
guilty
concerning
our
brother,
in
that
we
saw
the
distress
of
his
soul,
when
he begged
us,
and
we wouldn’t
listen.
Therefore
this
distress
has
come
upon
us.”
Reuben
answered
them,
saying, “Didn’t
I
tell
you,
saying, ‘Don’t
sin
against
the
child,’
and
you wouldn’t
listen?
Therefore
also,
behold,
his
blood
is
required.”
They
didn’t
know
that
Joseph
understood
them;
for
there
was
an interpreter
between
them.
He
turned
himself
away
from
them,
and
wept.
Then
he
returned
to
them,
and
spoke
to
them,
and
took
Simeon
from
among
them,
and
bound
him
before
their
eyes.
Then
Joseph
gave
a
command
to
fill
their
bags
with
grain,
and
to
restore
each
man’s
money
into
his
sack,
and
to
give
them
food
for
the
way.
So
it
was
done
to
them.
They
loaded
their
donkeys
with
their
grain,
and departed
from
there.
As
one
of
them
opened
his
sack
to
give
his
donkey
food
in
the
lodging
place,
he
saw
his
money.
Behold,
it
was
in
the
mouth
of
his
sack.
He
said
to
his
brothers, “My
money
is
restored!
Behold,
it
is
in
my
sack!”
Their
hearts
failed
them,
and
they
turned
trembling
to
one
another,
saying, “What
is
this
that
God
has
done
to
us?”
They
came
to
Jacob
their
father,
to
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
told
him
all
that
had
happened
to
them,
saying,
“The
man,
the
lord
of
the
land,
spoke roughly
with
us,
and
took
us
for
spies
of
the
country.
We
said
to
him, ‘We
are honest
men.
We
are
no
spies.
We
are
twelve
brothers,
sons
of
our
father;
one
is
no
more,
and
the
youngest
is
today
with
our
father
in
the
land
of
Canaan.’
The
man,
the
lord
of
the
land,
said
to
us, ‘By
this
I
will
know
that
you
are honest
men:
leave
one
of
your
brothers
with
me,
and
take
grain
for
the
famine
of
your
houses,
and
go
your
way.
Bring
your
youngest
brother
to
me.
Then
I
will
know
that
you
are
not
spies,
but
that
you
are honest men.
So
I
will
deliver
your
brother
to
you,
and
you
shall
trade
in
the
land.’”
As
they emptied
their
sacks,
behold,
each
man’s bundle
of
money
was
in
his
sack.
When
they
and
their
father
saw
their bundles
of
money,
they
were
afraid.
Jacob,
their
father,
said
to
them, “You
have
bereaved
me
of
my
children!
Joseph
is
no
more,
Simeon
is
no
more,
and
you want
to
take
Benjamin
away.
All
these
things
are
against
me.”
Reuben
spoke
to
his
father,
saying, “Kill
my
two
sons,
if
I
don’t
bring
him
to
you. Entrust
him
to
my
care,
and
I
will
bring
him
to
you
again.”
He
said, “My
son
shall
not
go
down
with
you;
for
his
brother
is
dead,
and
he
only
is
left.
If
harm happens
to
him
along
the
way
in
which
you
go,
then
you
will
bring
down
my
gray
hairs
with
sorrow
to
Sheol.”
42:38
Sheol is the place of the dead.
The
famine
was
severe
in
the
land.
When
they
had
eaten
up
the
grain
which
they
had
brought
out
of
Egypt,
their
father
said
to
them, “Go
again,
buy
us
a
little more
food.”
Judah
spoke
to
him,
saying, “The
man
solemnly
warned
us,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
see
my
face,
unless
your
brother
is
with
you.’
If you’ll
send
our
brother
with
us, we’ll
go
down
and
buy
you
food;
but
if
you
don’t
send
him,
we
won’t
go
down,
for
the
man
said
to
us, ‘You
shall
not
see
my
face,
unless
your
brother
is
with
you.’”
Israel
said, “Why
did
you treat
me so badly,
telling
the
man
that
you
had
another
brother?”
They
said, “The
man
asked directly
concerning
ourselves,
and
concerning
our
relatives,
saying, ‘Is
your
father
still
alive?
Have
you
another
brother?’
We
just
answered
his
questions.
Is
there
any
way
we
could
know
that
he
would
say, ‘Bring
your
brother
down?’”
Judah
said
to
Israel,
his
father, “Send
the
boy
with
me,
and we’ll
get
up
and
go,
so
that
we
may
live,
and
not
die,
both
we,
and
you,
and
also
our
little
ones.
I’ll
be
collateral
for
him.
From
my
hand
will
you
require
him.
If
I
don’t
bring
him
to
you,
and
set
him
before
you,
then
let
me
bear
the
blame
forever;
for
if
we hadn’t
delayed,
surely
we would
have
returned
a second
time
by
now.”
Their
father,
Israel,
said
to
them, “If
it
must
be
so,
then
do
this:
Take
from
the choice fruits
of
the
land
in
your
bags,
and
carry
down
a
present
for
the
man,
a
little
balm,
a
little
honey,
spices
and
myrrh,
nuts,
and
almonds;
and
take
double
money
in
your
hand,
and
take
back
the
money
that
was
returned
in
the
mouth
of
your
sacks.
Perhaps
it
was
an oversight.
Take
your
brother
also,
get
up,
and
return
to
the
man.
May
God
Almighty
give
you
mercy
before
the
man,
that
he
may
release
to
you
your
other
brother
and
Benjamin.
If
I
am
bereaved
of
my
children,
I
am
bereaved.”
The
men
took
that
present,
and
they
took
double
money
in
their
hand,
and
Benjamin;
and
got
up,
went
down
to
Egypt,
and
stood
before
Joseph.
When
Joseph
saw
Benjamin
with
them,
he
said
to
the
steward
of
his
house, “Bring
the
men
into
the
house,
and butcher
an
animal,
and
prepare;
for
the
men
will
dine
with
me
at
noon.”
The
man
did
as
Joseph
commanded,
and
the
man
brought
the
men
to
Joseph’s
house.
The
men
were
afraid,
because
they
were
brought
to
Joseph’s
house;
and
they
said, “Because
of
the
money
that
was
returned
in
our
sacks
the
first
time, we’re
brought
in;
that
he
may
seek
occasion
against
us,
attack
us,
and
seize
us
as
slaves,
along
with
our
donkeys.”
They
came
near
to
the
steward
of
Joseph’s
house,
and
they
spoke
to
him
at
the
door
of
the
house,
and
said, “Oh,
my
lord, we
indeed
came
down
the
first
time
to
buy
food.
When
we
came
to
the
lodging
place,
we
opened
our
sacks,
and
behold,
each
man’s
money
was
in
the
mouth
of
his
sack,
our
money
in
full
weight.
We
have
brought
it
back
in
our
hand.
We
have
brought
down
other
money
in
our
hand
to
buy
food. We
don’t
know
who
put
our
money
in
our
sacks.”
He
said, “Peace
be
to
you.
Don’t
be
afraid.
Your
God,
and
the
God
of
your
father,
has
given
you
treasure
in
your
sacks.
I
received
your
money.”
He
brought
Simeon
out
to
them.
The
man
brought
the
men
into
Joseph’s
house,
and
gave
them
water,
and
they
washed
their
feet.
He
gave
their
donkeys
fodder.
They
prepared
the
present
for
Joseph’s
coming
at
noon,
for
they
heard
that
they
should
eat
bread
there.
When
Joseph
came
home,
they
brought
him
the
present
which
was
in
their
hand
into
the
house,
and
bowed
themselves
down
to
the
earth before
him.
He
asked
them
of
their
welfare,
and
said, “Is
your
father
well,
the
old
man
of
whom
you
spoke?
Is
he
yet
alive?”
They
said, “Your
servant,
our
father,
is
well.
He
is
still
alive.”
They
bowed
down humbly.
He
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
Benjamin,
his
brother,
his
mother’s
son,
and
said, “Is
this
your
youngest
brother,
of
whom
you
spoke
to
me?”
He
said, “God
be gracious
to
you,
my
son.”
Joseph
hurried,
for
his heart yearned
over
his
brother;
and
he
sought
a
place
to
weep.
He
entered
into
his
room,
and
wept
there.
He
washed
his
face,
and
came
out.
He
controlled
himself,
and
said, “Serve
the
meal.”
They
served
him
by
himself,
and
them
by
themselves,
and
the
Egyptians
who
ate
with
him
by
themselves,
because
the
Egyptians
don’t
eat
with
the
Hebrews,
for
that
is
an
abomination
to
the
Egyptians.
They
sat
before
him,
the
firstborn
according
to
his
birthright,
and
the
youngest
according
to
his
youth,
and
the
men marveled
with
one
another.
He
sent
portions
to
them
from
before
him,
but
Benjamin’s
portion
was
five
times
as
much
as
any
of theirs.
They
drank,
and
were merry
with
him.
He
commanded
the
steward
of
his
house,
saying, “Fill
the
men’s
sacks
with
food,
as
much
as
they
can
carry,
and
put
each
man’s
money
in
his sack’s
mouth.
Put
my
cup,
the
silver
cup,
in
the sack’s
mouth
of
the
youngest,
with
his
grain
money.”
He
did
according
to
the
word
that
Joseph
had
spoken.
As
soon
as
the
morning
was
light,
the
men
were
sent
away,
they
and
their
donkeys.
When
they
had
gone
out
of
the
city,
and
were
not
yet
far
off,
Joseph
said
to
his
steward, “Up,
follow
after
the
men.
When
you
overtake
them,
ask
them, ‘Why
have
you rewarded
evil
for
good?
Isn’t
this
that
from
which
my
lord
drinks,
and
by
which
he
indeed divines?
You
have
done
evil
in
so
doing.’”
He
overtook
them,
and
he
spoke
these
words
to
them.
They
said
to
him, “Why
does
my
lord
speak
such
words
as
these?
Far
be
it
from
your
servants
that
they
should
do
such
a
thing!
Behold,
the
money,
which
we
found
in
our sacks’
mouths,
we
brought
again
to
you
out
of
the
land
of
Canaan.
How
then
should
we
steal
silver
or
gold
out
of
your
lord’s
house?
With
whomever
of
your
servants
it
is
found,
let
him
die,
and
we
also
will
be
my
lord’s
slaves.”
He
said, “Now
also
let
it
be according
to
your
words.
He
with
whom
it
is
found
will
be
my
slave;
and
you
will
be blameless.”
Then
they
hurried,
and
each
man
took
his
sack
down
to
the
ground,
and
each
man
opened
his
sack.
He
searched,
beginning
with
the
oldest,
and
ending
at
the
youngest.
The
cup
was
found
in
Benjamin’s
sack.
Then
they
tore
their
clothes,
and
each
man
loaded
his
donkey,
and
returned
to
the
city.
Judah
and
his
brothers
came
to
Joseph’s
house,
and
he
was
still
there.
They
fell
on
the
ground
before
him.
Joseph
said
to
them, “What
deed
is
this
that
you
have
done?
Don’t
you
know
that
such
a
man
as
I
can
indeed
do
divination?”
Judah
said, “What
will
we
tell
my
lord?
What
will
we
speak?
How
will
we clear
ourselves?
God
has
found
out
the
iniquity
of
your
servants.
Behold,
we
are
my
lord’s
slaves,
both
we
and
he
also
in
whose
hand
the
cup
is
found.”
He
said, “Far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
do
so.
The
man
in
whose
hand
the
cup
is
found,
he
will
be
my
slave;
but
as
for
you,
go
up
in
peace
to
your
father.”
Then
Judah
came
near
to
him,
and
said, “Oh,
my
lord,
please
let
your
servant
speak
a
word
in
my
lord’s
ears,
and
don’t
let
your
anger
burn
against
your
servant;
for
you
are
even
as
Pharaoh.
My
lord
asked
his
servants,
saying, ‘Have
you
a
father,
or
a
brother?’
We
said
to
my
lord, ‘We
have
a
father,
an
old
man,
and
a
child
of
his
old
age,
a
little
one;
and
his
brother
is
dead,
and
he
alone
is
left
of
his
mother;
and
his
father
loves
him.’
You
said
to
your
servants, ‘Bring
him
down
to
me,
that
I
may
set
my
eyes
on
him.’
We
said
to
my
lord, ‘The
boy
can’t
leave
his
father,
for if
he
should
leave
his
father,
his
father
would
die.’
You
said
to
your
servants, ‘Unless
your
youngest
brother
comes
down
with
you,
you
will
see
my
face
no
more.’
When
we
came
up
to
your
servant
my
father,
we
told
him
the
words
of
my
lord.
Our
father
said, ‘Go
again
and
buy
us
a
little
food.’
We
said, ‘We
can’t
go
down.
If
our
youngest
brother
is
with
us,
then
we
will
go
down:
for
we
may
not
see
the
man’s
face,
unless
our
youngest
brother
is
with
us.’
Your
servant,
my
father,
said
to
us, ‘You
know
that
my
wife
bore
me
two
sons.
One
went
out
from
me,
and
I
said, “Surely
he
is
torn
in
pieces;”
and
I
haven’t
seen
him since.
If
you
take
this
one
also
from
me,
and
harm
happens
to
him,
you
will
bring
down
my
gray
hairs
with sorrow
to
Sheol.’
44:29
Sheol is the place of the dead.
Now
therefore
when
I
come
to
your
servant
my
father,
and
the
boy
is
not
with
us;
since
his
life
is
bound
up
in
the
boy’s
life;
it
will
happen,
when
he
sees
that
the
boy
is
no
more,
that
he
will
die.
Your
servants
will
bring
down
the
gray
hairs
of
your
servant,
our
father,
with
sorrow
to
Sheol.
44:31
Sheol is the place of the dead.
For
your
servant
became
collateral
for
the
boy
to
my
father,
saying, ‘If
I
don’t
bring
him
to
you,
then
I
will
bear
the
blame
to
my
father
forever.’
Now
therefore,
please
let
your
servant
stay
instead
of
the
boy,
my
lord’s
slave;
and
let
the
boy
go
up
with
his
brothers.
For
how
will
I
go
up
to
my
father,
if
the
boy isn’t
with
me?—lest
I
see
the
evil
that
will
come
on
my
father.”
Then
Joseph
couldn’t
control
himself
before
all
those
who
stood
before
him,
and
he
called
out, “Cause
everyone
to
go
out
from
me!”
No
one
else
stood
with
him,
while
Joseph
made
himself
known
to
his
brothers.
He
wept
aloud.
The
Egyptians
heard,
and
the
house
of
Pharaoh
heard.
Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “I
am
Joseph!
Does
my
father
still
live?”
His
brothers
couldn’t
answer
him;
for
they
were
terrified
at
his
presence.
Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “Come
near
to
me,
please.”
They
came
near.
He
said, “I
am
Joseph,
your
brother,
whom
you
sold
into
Egypt.
Now
don’t
be
grieved,
nor
angry
with
yourselves,
that
you
sold
me
here,
for
God
sent
me
before
you
to
preserve
life.
For
these
two
years
the
famine
has
been
in
the
land,
and
there
are
yet
five
years,
in
which
there
will
be
no
plowing
and
no
harvest.
God
sent
me
before
you
to
preserve
for
you
a
remnant
in
the
earth,
and
to save
you
alive
by
a
great
deliverance.
So
now
it wasn’t
you
who
sent
me
here,
but
God,
and
he
has
made
me
a
father
to
Pharaoh,
lord
of
all
his
house,
and
ruler
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
Hurry,
and
go
up
to
my
father,
and
tell
him, ‘This
is
what
your
son
Joseph
says, “God
has
made
me
lord
of
all
Egypt.
Come
down
to
me.
Don’t
wait.
You
shall
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen,
and
you
will
be
near
to
me,
you,
your
children,
your
children’s
children,
your
flocks,
your
herds,
and
all
that
you
have.
There
I
will
provide
for
you;
for
there
are
yet
five
years
of
famine;
lest
you
come
to
poverty,
you,
and
your
household,
and
all
that
you
have.”’
Behold,
your
eyes
see,
and
the
eyes
of
my
brother
Benjamin,
that
it
is
my
mouth
that
speaks
to
you.
You
shall
tell
my
father
of
all
my
glory
in
Egypt,
and
of
all
that
you
have
seen.
You
shall
hurry
and
bring
my
father
down
here.”
He
fell
on
his
brother
Benjamin’s
neck
and
wept,
and
Benjamin
wept
on
his
neck.
He
kissed
all
his
brothers,
and
wept
on
them.
After
that
his
brothers
talked
with
him.
The
report
of
it
was
heard
in
Pharaoh’s
house,
saying, “Joseph’s
brothers
have
come.”
It
pleased
Pharaoh
well,
and
his
servants.
Pharaoh
said
to
Joseph, “Tell
your
brothers, ‘Do
this:
Load
your animals,
and
go, travel
to
the
land
of
Canaan.
Take
your
father
and
your
households,
and
come
to
me,
and
I
will
give
you
the
good
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
you
will
eat
the
fat
of
the
land.’
Now
you
are
commanded
to
do
this:
Take
wagons
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
for
your
little
ones,
and
for
your
wives,
and
bring
your
father,
and
come.
Also,
don’t concern
yourselves
about
your belongings,
for
the
good
of
all
the
land
of
Egypt
is yours.”
The
sons
of
Israel
did
so.
Joseph
gave
them
wagons,
according
to
the
commandment
of
Pharaoh,
and
gave
them provision
for
the
way.
He
gave
each
one
of
them
changes
of
clothing,
but
to
Benjamin
he
gave
three
hundred pieces
of
silver
and
five
changes
of
clothing.
He
sent
the
following
to
his
father:
ten
donkeys
loaded
with
the
good
things
of
Egypt,
and
ten
female
donkeys
loaded
with
grain
and
bread
and
provision
for
his
father
by
the
way.
So
he
sent
his
brothers
away,
and
they departed.
He
said
to
them, “See
that
you
don’t
quarrel
on
the
way.”
They
went
up
out
of
Egypt,
and
came
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
Jacob
their
father.
They
told
him,
saying, “Joseph
is
still
alive,
and
he
is
ruler
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt.”
His
heart
fainted,
for
he
didn’t
believe
them.
They
told
him
all
the
words
of
Joseph,
which
he
had
said
to
them.
When
he
saw
the
wagons
which
Joseph
had
sent
to
carry
him,
the
spirit
of
Jacob,
their
father,
revived.
Israel
said, “It
is
enough.
Joseph
my
son
is
still
alive.
I
will go
and
see
him
before
I
die.”
Israel
traveled
with
all
that
he
had,
and
came
to
Beersheba,
and
offered
sacrifices
to
the
God
of
his
father,
Isaac.
God
spoke
to
Israel
in
the
visions
of
the
night,
and
said, “Jacob,
Jacob!”
He
said, “Here
I
am.”
He
said, “I
am
God,
the
God
of
your
father.
Don’t
be
afraid
to
go
down
into
Egypt,
for
there
I
will
make
of
you
a
great
nation.
I
will
go
down
with
you
into
Egypt.
I
will
also
surely
bring
you
up again.
Joseph’s
hand
will
close
your
eyes.”
Jacob
rose
up
from
Beersheba,
and
the
sons
of
Israel
carried
Jacob,
their
father,
their
little
ones,
and
their
wives,
in
the
wagons
which
Pharaoh
had
sent
to
carry
him.
They
took
their
livestock,
and
their
goods,
which
they
had gotten
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
came
into
Egypt—Jacob,
and
all
his
offspring
with
him,
his
sons,
and
his
sons’
sons
with
him,
his
daughters,
and
his
sons’
daughters,
and
he
brought
all
his
offspring
with
him
into
Egypt.
These
are
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel,
who
came
into
Egypt,
Jacob
and
his
sons:
Reuben,
Jacob’s
firstborn.
The
sons
of
Reuben:
Hanoch,
Pallu,
Hezron,
and
Carmi.
The
sons
of
Simeon:
Jemuel,
Jamin,
Ohad,
Jachin,
Zohar,
and
Shaul
the
son
of
a
Canaanite woman.
The
sons
of
Levi:
Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
The
sons
of
Judah:
Er,
Onan,
Shelah,
Perez,
and
Zerah;
but
Er
and
Onan
died
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
The
sons
of
Perez
were
Hezron
and
Hamul.
The
sons
of
Issachar:
Tola,
Puvah,
Iob,
and
Shimron.
The
sons
of
Zebulun:
Sered,
Elon,
and
Jahleel.
These
are
the
sons
of
Leah,
whom
she
bore
to
Jacob
in
Paddan
Aram,
with
his
daughter
Dinah.
All
the
souls
of
his
sons
and
his
daughters
were
thirty-three.
The
sons
of
Gad:
Ziphion,
Haggi,
Shuni,
Ezbon,
Eri,
Arodi,
and
Areli.
The
sons
of
Asher:
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
Beriah,
and
Serah
their
sister.
The
sons
of
Beriah:
Heber
and
Malchiel.
These
are
the
sons
of
Zilpah,
whom
Laban
gave
to
Leah,
his
daughter,
and
these
she
bore
to
Jacob,
even
sixteen
souls.
The
sons
of
Rachel,
Jacob’s
wife:
Joseph
and
Benjamin.
To
Joseph
in
the
land
of
Egypt
were
born
Manasseh
and
Ephraim,
whom
Asenath,
the
daughter
of
Potiphera,
priest
of
On,
bore
to
him.
The
sons
of
Benjamin:
Bela,
Becher,
Ashbel,
Gera,
Naaman,
Ehi,
Rosh,
Muppim,
Huppim,
and
Ard.
These
are
the
sons
of
Rachel,
who
were
born
to
Jacob:
all
the
souls
were
fourteen.
The
son
of
Dan:
Hushim.
The
sons
of
Naphtali:
Jahzeel,
Guni,
Jezer,
and
Shillem.
These
are
the
sons
of
Bilhah,
whom
Laban
gave
to
Rachel,
his
daughter,
and
these
she
bore
to
Jacob:
all
the
souls
were
seven.
All
the
souls
who
came
with
Jacob
into
Egypt,
who
were
his
direct
offspring,
in addition
to
Jacob’s
sons’
wives,
all
the
souls
were sixty-six.
The
sons
of
Joseph,
who
were
born
to
him
in
Egypt,
were
two
souls.
All
the
souls
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
who
came
into
Egypt,
were
seventy.
Jacob
sent
Judah
before
him
to
Joseph,
to show
the
way
before
him
to
Goshen,
and
they
came
into
the
land
of
Goshen.
Joseph
prepared
his
chariot,
and
went
up
to
meet
Israel,
his
father,
in
Goshen.
He presented
himself
to
him,
and
fell
on
his
neck,
and
wept
on
his
neck
a good
while.
Israel
said
to
Joseph, “Now
let
me
die,
since
I
have
seen
your
face,
that
you
are
still
alive.”
Joseph
said
to
his
brothers,
and
to
his
father’s
house, “I
will
go
up,
and
speak
with
Pharaoh,
and
will
tell
him, ‘My
brothers,
and
my
father’s
house,
who
were
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
have
come
to
me.
These
men
are
shepherds,
for
they
have
been
keepers
of
livestock,
and
they
have
brought
their
flocks,
and
their
herds,
and
all
that
they
have.’
It
will
happen,
when
Pharaoh
summons
you,
and
will
say, ‘What
is
your
occupation?’
that
you
shall
say, ‘Your
servants
have
been
keepers
of
livestock
from
our
youth
even
until
now,
both
we,
and
our
fathers:’
that
you
may
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen;
for
every
shepherd
is
an
abomination
to
the
Egyptians.”
Then
Joseph
went
in
and
told
Pharaoh,
and
said, “My
father
and
my
brothers,
with
their
flocks,
their
herds,
and
all
that
they own,
have
come
out
of
the
land
of
Canaan;
and
behold,
they
are
in
the
land
of
Goshen.”
From
among
his
brothers
he
took
five
men,
and presented
them
to
Pharaoh.
Pharaoh
said
to
his
brothers, “What
is
your
occupation?”
They
said
to
Pharaoh, “Your
servants
are
shepherds,
both
we,
and
our
fathers.”
They
also
said
to
Pharaoh, “We
have
come
to
live
as
foreigners
in
the
land,
for
there
is
no
pasture
for
your
servants’
flocks.
For
the
famine
is
severe
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
Now
therefore,
please
let
your
servants
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen.”
Pharaoh
spoke
to
Joseph,
saying, “Your
father
and
your
brothers
have
come
to
you.
The
land
of
Egypt
is
before
you.
Make
your
father
and
your
brothers
dwell
in
the
best
of
the
land.
Let
them
dwell
in
the
land
of
Goshen.
If
you
know
any
able
men
among
them,
then
put
them
in
charge
of
my
livestock.”
Joseph
brought
in
Jacob,
his
father,
and
set
him
before
Pharaoh;
and
Jacob
blessed
Pharaoh.
Pharaoh
said
to
Jacob, “How
old
are
you?”
Jacob
said
to
Pharaoh, “The
years
of
my
pilgrimage
are
one
hundred
thirty
years.
The
days
of
the
years
of
my
life
have
been
few
and
evil.
They
have
not
attained
to
the
days
of
the
years
of
the
life
of
my
fathers
in
the
days
of
their
pilgrimage.”
Jacob
blessed
Pharaoh,
and
went
out
from
the
presence
of
Pharaoh.
Joseph
placed
his
father
and
his
brothers,
and
gave
them
a
possession
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
best
of
the
land,
in
the
land
of
Rameses,
as
Pharaoh
had
commanded.
Joseph
provided
his
father,
his
brothers,
and
all
of
his
father’s
household
with
bread,
according
to
the sizes
of
their
families.
There
was
no
bread
in
all
the
land;
for
the
famine
was
very
severe,
so
that
the
land
of
Egypt
and
the
land
of
Canaan fainted
by reason
of
the
famine.
Joseph
gathered
up
all
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
for
the
grain
which
they
bought:
and
Joseph
brought
the
money
into
Pharaoh’s
house.
When
the
money
was
all
spent
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
all
the
Egyptians
came
to
Joseph,
and
said, “Give
us
bread,
for
why
should
we
die
in
your
presence?
For
our
money fails.”
Joseph
said, “Give
me
your
livestock;
and
I
will
give
you food
for
your
livestock,
if
your
money
is
gone.”
They
brought
their
livestock
to
Joseph,
and
Joseph
gave
them
bread
in
exchange
for
the
horses,
and
for
the
flocks,
and
for
the
herds,
and
for
the
donkeys:
and
he
fed
them
with
bread
in
exchange
for
all
their
livestock
for
that
year.
When
that
year
was
ended,
they
came
to
him
the
second
year,
and
said
to
him, “We
will
not
hide
from
my
lord
how
our
money
is
all
spent,
and
the
herds
of
livestock
are
my
lord’s.
There
is
nothing
left
in
the
sight
of
my
lord,
but
our
bodies,
and
our
lands.
Why
should
we
die
before
your
eyes,
both
we
and
our
land?
Buy
us
and
our
land
for
bread,
and
we
and
our
land
will
be
servants
to
Pharaoh.
Give
us
seed,
that
we
may
live,
and
not
die,
and
that
the
land
won’t
be
desolate.”
So
Joseph
bought
all
the
land
of
Egypt
for
Pharaoh,
for
every
man
of
the
Egyptians
sold
his
field,
because
the
famine
was
severe
on
them,
and
the
land
became
Pharaoh’s.
As
for
the
people,
he moved
them
to
the
cities
from one
end
of
the
border
of
Egypt
even
to
the other
end
of
it.
Only
he
didn’t
buy
the
land
of
the
priests,
for
the
priests
had
a
portion
from
Pharaoh,
and
ate
their
portion
which
Pharaoh
gave
them.
That
is
why
they
didn’t
sell
their
land.
Then
Joseph
said
to
the
people, “Behold,
I
have
bought
you
and
your
land
today
for
Pharaoh.
Behold,
here
is
seed
for
you,
and
you
shall
sow
the
land.
It
will
happen
at
the
harvests,
that
you
shall
give
a
fifth
to
Pharaoh,
and
four
parts
will
be
your
own,
for
seed
of
the
field,
for
your
food,
for
them
of
your
households,
and
for
food
for
your
little
ones.”
They
said, “You
have saved
our
lives!
Let
us
find
favor
in
the
sight
of
my
lord,
and
we
will
be
Pharaoh’s
servants.”
Joseph
made
it
a
statute
concerning
the
land
of
Egypt
to
this
day,
that
Pharaoh
should
have
the
fifth.
Only
the
land
of
the
priests
alone
didn’t
become
Pharaoh’s.
Israel
lived
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
land
of
Goshen;
and
they got themselves
possessions therein,
and
were
fruitful,
and
multiplied
exceedingly.
Jacob
lived
in
the
land
of
Egypt
seventeen
years.
So
the
days
of
Jacob,
the
years
of
his
life,
were
one
hundred forty-seven
years.
The
time
came
near
that
Israel
must
die,
and
he
called
his
son
Joseph,
and
said
to
him, “If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
please
put
your
hand
under
my
thigh,
and
deal kindly
and
truly
with
me.
Please
don’t
bury
me
in
Egypt,
but
when
I
sleep
with
my
fathers,
you
shall
carry
me
out
of
Egypt,
and
bury
me
in
their
burying
place.”
Joseph
said, “I
will
do
as
you
have
said.”
Israel
said, “Swear
to
me,”
and
he
swore
to
him.
Then
Israel
bowed
himself
on
the bed’s
head.
After
these
things, someone
said
to
Joseph, “Behold,
your
father
is
sick.”
He
took
with
him
his
two
sons,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim.
Someone
told
Jacob,
and
said, “Behold,
your
son
Joseph
comes
to
you,”
and
Israel
strengthened
himself,
and
sat
on
the
bed.
Jacob
said
to
Joseph, “God
Almighty
appeared
to
me
at
Luz
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
blessed
me,
and
said
to
me, ‘Behold,
I
will
make
you
fruitful,
and
multiply
you,
and
I
will
make
of
you
a
company
of
peoples,
and
will
give
this
land
to
your
offspring
after
you
for
an
everlasting
possession.’
Now
your
two
sons,
who
were
born
to
you
in
the
land
of
Egypt
before
I
came
to
you
into
Egypt,
are mine;
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
even
as
Reuben
and
Simeon,
will
be mine.
Your
offspring,
whom
you
become
the
father
of
after
them,
will
be yours.
They
will
be
called
after
the
name
of
their
brothers
in
their
inheritance.
As
for
me,
when
I
came
from
Paddan,
Rachel
died
beside
me
in
the
land
of
Canaan
on
the
way,
when
there
was
still
some
distance
to
come
to
Ephrath,
and
I
buried
her
there
on
the
way
to
Ephrath (also
called
Bethlehem).”
Israel
saw
Joseph’s
sons,
and
said, “Who
are
these?”
Joseph
said
to
his
father, “They
are
my
sons,
whom
God
has
given
me
here.”
He
said, “Please
bring
them
to
me,
and
I
will
bless
them.”
Now
the
eyes
of
Israel
were
dim
for
age,
so
that
he
couldn’t
see well.
Joseph
brought
them
near
to
him;
and
he
kissed
them,
and
embraced
them.
Israel
said
to
Joseph, “I
didn’t
think
I
would
see
your
face,
and
behold,
God
has
let
me
see
your
offspring
also.”
Joseph
brought
them
out
from
between
his
knees,
and
he
bowed
himself
with
his
face
to
the
earth.
Joseph
took
them
both,
Ephraim
in
his
right
hand
toward
Israel’s
left
hand,
and
Manasseh
in
his
left
hand
toward
Israel’s
right
hand,
and
brought
them
near
to
him.
Israel
stretched
out
his
right
hand,
and
laid
it
on
Ephraim’s
head,
who
was
the
younger,
and
his
left
hand
on
Manasseh’s
head, guiding
his
hands knowingly,
for
Manasseh
was
the
firstborn.
He
blessed
Joseph,
and
said,
“The
God
before
whom
my
fathers
Abraham
and
Isaac
walked,
the
God
who
has fed
me
all
my
life
long
to
this
day,
the
angel
who
has
redeemed
me
from
all
evil,
bless
the
lads,
and
let
my
name
be
named
on
them,
and
the
name
of
my
fathers
Abraham
and
Isaac.
Let
them
grow
into
a
multitude
upon
the
earth.”
When
Joseph
saw
that
his
father
laid
his
right
hand
on
the
head
of
Ephraim,
it
displeased
him.
He
held
up
his
father’s
hand,
to
remove
it
from
Ephraim’s
head
to
Manasseh’s
head.
Joseph
said
to
his
father, “Not
so,
my
father,
for
this
is
the
firstborn.
Put
your
right
hand
on
his
head.”
His
father
refused,
and
said, “I
know,
my
son,
I
know.
He
also
will
become
a
people,
and
he
also
will
be
great.
However,
his
younger
brother
will
be
greater
than
he,
and
his
offspring
will
become
a
multitude
of
nations.”
He
blessed
them
that
day,
saying, “Israel
will
bless
in
you,
saying, ‘God
make
you
as
Ephraim
and
as Manasseh’”
He
set
Ephraim
before
Manasseh.
Israel
said
to
Joseph, “Behold,
I
am
dying,
but
God
will
be
with
you,
and
bring
you
again
to
the
land
of
your
fathers.
Moreover
I
have
given
to
you
one
portion
above
your
brothers,
which
I
took
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Amorite
with
my
sword
and
with
my
bow.”
Jacob
called
to
his
sons,
and
said: “Gather yourselves
together,
that
I
may
tell
you
that
which
will
happen
to
you
in
the
days
to
come.
Assemble
yourselves,
and
hear,
you
sons
of
Jacob.
Listen
to
Israel,
your
father.
“Reuben,
you
are my
firstborn, my
might,
and
the
beginning
of my
strength,
excelling
in
dignity,
and excelling
in
power.
Boiling
over
like
water,
you
shall
not
excel,
because
you
went
up
to
your
father’s
bed,
then defiled
it.
He
went
up
to
my
couch.
“Simeon
and
Levi
are
brothers.
Their
swords
are
weapons
of
violence.
My
soul,
don’t
come
into
their
council.
My
glory,
don’t
be
united
to
their
assembly;
for
in
their
anger
they
killed
men.
In
their
self-will
they hamstrung
cattle.
Cursed
be
their
anger,
for
it
was
fierce;
and
their
wrath,
for
it
was
cruel.
I
will
divide
them
in
Jacob,
and
scatter
them
in
Israel.
“Judah,
your
brothers
will
praise
you.
Your
hand
will
be
on
the
neck
of
your
enemies.
Your
father’s
sons
will
bow
down before
you.
Judah
is
a
lion’s
cub.
From
the
prey,
my
son,
you
have
gone
up.
He stooped
down,
he crouched
as
a
lion,
as
a
lioness.
Who
will
rouse
him
up?
The
scepter
will
not
depart
from
Judah,
nor
the
ruler’s
staff
from
between
his
feet,
until
he
comes
to whom
it belongs.
The
obedience
of
the
peoples
will
be
to
him.
Binding
his
foal
to
the
vine,
his
donkey’s
colt
to
the choice
vine,
he
has
washed
his
garments
in
wine,
his
robes
in
the
blood
of
grapes.
His
eyes
will
be red
with
wine,
his
teeth
white
with
milk.
“Zebulun
will
dwell
at
the
haven
of
the
sea.
He
will
be
for
a
haven
of
ships.
His border
will
be
on
Sidon.
“Issachar
is
a
strong
donkey,
lying
down
between
the saddlebags.
He
saw
a
resting
place,
that
it
was
good,
the
land,
that
it
was
pleasant.
He bows
his
shoulder
to
the burden,
and
becomes
a
servant doing
forced
labor.
“Dan
will
judge
his
people,
as
one
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
Dan
will
be
a
serpent
on
the
trail,
an adder
in
the
path,
that bites
the horse’s
heels,
so
that
his
rider
falls
backward.
I
have waited
for
your
salvation,
Yahweh.
“A
troop
will press on
Gad,
but
he
will press on their
heel.
“Asher’s
food
will
be rich.
He
will
produce
royal
dainties.
“Naphtali
is
a
doe
set
free,
who bears
beautiful fawns.
“Joseph
is
a
fruitful vine,
a
fruitful vine
by
a
spring.
His
branches
run
over
the
wall.
The archers
have severely grieved him,
shot at him,
and persecuted him:
But
his
bow
remained strong.
The
arms
of
his
hands
were made strong,
by
the
hands
of
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob,
(from
there
is
the
shepherd,
the
stone
of
Israel),
even
by
the
God
of
your
father,
who
will
help
you,
by
the
Almighty,
who
will
bless
you,
with
blessings
of
heaven
above,
blessings
of
the
deep
that
lies
below,
blessings
of
the
breasts,
and
of
the
womb.
The
blessings
of
your
father
have
prevailed
above
the
blessings
of
my
ancestors,
above
the boundaries
of
the
ancient
hills.
They
will
be
on
the
head
of
Joseph,
on
the
crown
of
the
head
of
him
who
is
separated
from
his
brothers.
“Benjamin
is
a
ravenous
wolf.
In
the
morning
he
will
devour
the
prey.
At
evening
he
will
divide
the
plunder.”
All
these
are
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel,
and
this
is
what
their
father
spoke
to
them,
and
blessed
them.
He
blessed
everyone
according
to
his
own
blessing.
He
instructed
them,
and
said
to
them, “I
am
to
be
gathered
to
my
people.
Bury
me
with
my
fathers
in
the
cave
that
is
in
the
field
of
Ephron
the
Hittite,
in
the
cave
that
is
in
the
field
of
Machpelah,
which
is
before
Mamre,
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
which
Abraham
bought
with
the
field
from
Ephron
the
Hittite
as
a
burial
place.
There
they
buried
Abraham
and
Sarah,
his
wife.
There
they
buried
Isaac
and
Rebekah,
his
wife,
and
there
I
buried
Leah:
the
field
and
the
cave
that
is therein,
which
was
purchased
from
the
children
of
Heth.”
When
Jacob
finished
charging
his
sons,
he
gathered
up
his
feet
into
the
bed,
breathed
his
last breath,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people.
Joseph
fell
on
his
father’s
face,
wept
on
him,
and
kissed
him.
Joseph
commanded
his
servants,
the
physicians,
to
embalm
his
father;
and
the
physicians
embalmed
Israel.
Forty
days
were used
for
him,
for
that
is
how many
days
it takes
to
embalm.
The
Egyptians
wept
for Israel
for
seventy
days.
When
the
days
of weeping
for
him
were past,
Joseph
spoke
to
Pharaoh’s staff,
saying, “If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
please
speak
in
the
ears
of
Pharaoh,
saying,
‘My
father
made
me
swear,
saying, “Behold,
I
am
dying.
Bury
me
in
my
grave
which
I
have
dug
for
myself
in
the
land
of
Canaan.”
Now
therefore,
please
let
me
go
up
and
bury
my
father,
and
I
will
come
again.’”
Pharaoh
said, “Go
up,
and
bury
your
father,
just
like
he
made
you
swear.”
Joseph
went
up
to
bury
his
father;
and
with
him
went
up
all
the
servants
of
Pharaoh,
the
elders
of
his
house,
all
the
elders
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
all
the
house
of
Joseph,
his
brothers,
and
his
father’s
house.
Only
their
little
ones,
their
flocks,
and
their
herds,
they
left
in
the
land
of
Goshen.
Both
chariots
and
horsemen
went
up
with
him.
It
was
a
very
great
company.
They
came
to
the
threshing
floor
of
Atad,
which
is
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
there
they
lamented
with
a
very
great
and
severe
lamentation.
He
mourned
for
his
father
seven
days.
When
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
the
Canaanites,
saw
the
mourning
in
the
floor
of
Atad,
they
said, “This
is
a
grievous
mourning
by
the
Egyptians.”
Therefore
its
name
was
called Abel Mizraim,
which
is
beyond
the
Jordan.
His
sons
did
to
him
just
as
he
commanded
them,
for
his
sons
carried
him
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
buried
him
in
the
cave
of
the
field
of
Machpelah,
which
Abraham
bought
with
the
field,
as
a
possession
for
a
burial
site,
from
Ephron
the
Hittite,
near
Mamre.
Joseph
returned
into
Egypt—he,
and
his
brothers,
and
all
that
went
up
with
him
to
bury
his
father,
after
he
had
buried
his
father.
When
Joseph’s
brothers
saw
that
their
father
was
dead,
they
said, “It
may
be
that
Joseph
will hate
us,
and
will fully
pay
us
back
for
all
the
evil
which
we
did
to
him.”
They
sent
a message
to
Joseph,
saying, “Your
father
commanded
before
he
died,
saying,
‘You
shall
tell
Joseph, “Now
please
forgive
the disobedience
of
your
brothers,
and
their
sin,
because
they
did
evil
to
you.”’
Now,
please
forgive
the disobedience
of
the
servants
of
the
God
of
your
father.”
Joseph
wept
when
they
spoke
to
him.
His
brothers
also
went
and
fell
down
before
his
face;
and
they
said, “Behold, we
are
your
servants.”
Joseph
said
to
them, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
am
I
in
the
place
of
God?
As
for
you,
you
meant
evil
against
me,
but
God
meant
it
for
good,
to save
many
people
alive,
as
is happening
today.
Now
therefore
don’t
be
afraid.
I
will
provide
for
you
and
your
little
ones.”
He
comforted
them,
and
spoke
kindly
to
them.
Joseph
lived
in
Egypt,
he,
and
his
father’s
house.
Joseph
lived
one
hundred
ten
years.
Joseph
saw
Ephraim’s
children
to
the
third
generation.
The
children
also
of
Machir,
the
son
of
Manasseh,
were
born
on
Joseph’s
knees.
Joseph
said
to
his
brothers, “I
am
dying,
but
God
will
surely
visit
you,
and
bring
you
up
out
of
this
land
to
the
land
which
he
swore
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob.”
Joseph
took
an
oath
from
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “God
will
surely
visit
you,
and
you
shall
carry
up
my
bones
from
here.”
So
Joseph
died,
being
one
hundred
ten
years
old,
and
they
embalmed
him,
and
he
was
put
in
a
coffin
in
Egypt.
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Exodus
Exodus
The Second Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Exodus
Now
these
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Israel,
who
came
into
Egypt (every
man
and
his
household
came
with
Jacob):
Reuben,
Simeon,
Levi,
and
Judah,
Issachar,
Zebulun,
and
Benjamin,
Dan
and
Naphtali,
Gad
and
Asher.
All
the
souls
who
came
out
of
Jacob’s
body
were
seventy
souls,
and
Joseph
was
in
Egypt already.
Joseph
died,
as did
all
his
brothers,
and
all
that
generation.
The
children
of
Israel
were
fruitful,
and
increased
abundantly,
and
multiplied,
and
grew
exceedingly mighty;
and
the
land
was
filled
with
them.
Now
there
arose
a
new
king
over
Egypt,
who
didn’t
know
Joseph.
He
said
to
his
people, “Behold,
1:9
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
the
people
of
the
children
of
Israel
are
more
and
mightier
than we.
Come, let’s
deal
wisely
with
them,
lest
they
multiply,
and
it
happen
that
when
any
war
breaks
out,
they
also
join
themselves
to
our
enemies
and
fight
against
us,
and escape
out
of
the
land.”
Therefore
they
set taskmasters
over
them
to
afflict
them
with
their
burdens.
They
built
storage
cities
for
Pharaoh:
Pithom
and
Raamses.
But
the
more
they
afflicted
them,
the
more
they
multiplied
and
the
more
they
spread
out.
They started
to
dread
the
children
of
Israel.
The
Egyptians ruthlessly
made
the
children
of
Israel
serve,
and
they
made
their
lives
bitter
with
hard
service
in mortar
and
in
brick,
and
in
all
kinds
of
service
in
the
field,
all
their
service,
in
which
they ruthlessly
made
them
serve.
The
king
of
Egypt
spoke
to
the
Hebrew
midwives,
of
whom
the
name
of
the
one
was
Shiphrah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Puah,
and
he
said, “When
you perform
the
duty
of
a
midwife
to
the
Hebrew
women,
and
see
them
on
the
birth stool,
if
it
is
a
son,
then
you
shall
kill
him;
but
if
it
is
a
daughter,
then
she
shall live.”
But
the
midwives
feared
God,
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The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
and
didn’t
do
what
the
king
of
Egypt
commanded
them,
but saved
the baby
boys
alive.
The
king
of
Egypt
called
for
the
midwives,
and
said
to
them, “Why
have
you
done
this
thing
and saved
the
boys
alive?”
The
midwives
said
to
Pharaoh, “Because
the
Hebrew
women aren’t
like
the
Egyptian
women;
for
they
are vigorous
and
give
birth
before
the
midwife
comes
to
them.”
God dealt
well
with
the
midwives,
and
the
people
multiplied,
and
grew
very
mighty.
Because
the
midwives
feared
God,
he
gave
them
families.
Pharaoh
commanded
all
his
people,
saying, “You
shall
cast
every
son
who
is
born
into
the
river,
and
every
daughter
you
shall save
alive.”
A
man
of
the
house
of
Levi
went
and
took
a
daughter
of
Levi
as
his wife.
The
woman
conceived
and
bore
a
son.
When
she
saw
that
he
was
a fine
child,
she
hid
him
three
months.
When
she
could
no
longer
hide
him,
she
took
a
papyrus
basket
for
him,
and coated
it
with
tar
and
with
pitch.
She
put
the
child
in
it,
and
laid
it
in
the
reeds
by
the river’s
bank.
His
sister
stood
far
off,
to
see
what
would be
done
to
him.
Pharaoh’s
daughter
came
down
to
bathe
at
the
river.
Her
maidens
walked
along
by
the riverside.
She
saw
the
basket
among
the
reeds,
and
sent
her
servant
to
get
it.
She
opened
it,
and
saw
the
child,
and
behold,
the baby
cried. She
had
compassion
on
him,
and
said, “This
is
one
of
the
Hebrews’
children.”
Then
his
sister
said
to
Pharaoh’s
daughter, “Should
I go
and
call
a
nurse
for
you
from
the
Hebrew
women,
that
she
may
nurse
the
child
for
you?”
Pharaoh’s
daughter
said
to
her, “Go.”
The
young
woman went
and
called
the
child’s
mother.
Pharaoh’s
daughter
said
to
her, “Take
this
child
away,
and
nurse
him
for
me,
and
I
will
give
you
your
wages.”
The
woman
took
the
child,
and
nursed
it.
The
child
grew,
and
she
brought
him
to
Pharaoh’s
daughter,
and
he
became
her
son.
She
named
him
Moses,
2:10
“Moses” sounds like the Hebrew for “draw out”.
and
said, “Because
I
drew
him
out
of
the
water.”
In
those
days,
when
Moses
had
grown
up,
he
went
out
to
his
brothers
and
saw
their
burdens.
He
saw
an
Egyptian
striking
a
Hebrew,
one
of
his
brothers.
He
looked
this
way
and
that
way,
and
when
he
saw
that
there
was
no
one,
he
killed
the
Egyptian,
and
hid
him
in
the
sand.
He
went
out
the
second
day,
and
behold,
two
men
of
the
Hebrews
were
fighting
with
each
other.
He
said
to
him
who
did
the wrong, “Why
do
you
strike
your
fellow?”
He
said, “Who
made
you
a
prince
and
a
judge
over
us?
Do
you
plan
to
kill
me,
as
you
killed
the
Egyptian?”
Moses
was
afraid,
and
said, “Surely
this
thing
is
known.”
Now
when
Pharaoh
heard
this
thing,
he
sought
to
kill
Moses.
But
Moses
fled
from
the
face
of
Pharaoh,
and
lived
in
the
land
of
Midian,
and
he
sat
down
by
a
well.
Now
the
priest
of
Midian
had
seven
daughters.
They
came
and
drew
water,
and
filled
the troughs
to
water
their
father’s
flock.
The
shepherds
came
and
drove
them
away;
but
Moses
stood
up
and
helped
them,
and
watered
their
flock.
When
they
came
to
Reuel,
their
father,
he
said, “How
is
it
that
you
have
returned
so early
today?”
They
said, “An
Egyptian
delivered
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
shepherds,
and
moreover
he drew
water
for
us,
and
watered
the
flock.”
He
said
to
his
daughters, “Where
is
he?
Why
is
it
that
you
have
left
the
man?
Call
him,
that
he
may
eat
bread.”
Moses
was content
to
dwell
with
the
man.
He
gave
Moses
Zipporah,
his
daughter.
She
bore
a
son,
and
he
named
him
Gershom,
2:22
“Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
for
he
said, “I
have
lived
as
a
foreigner
in
a
foreign
land.”
In
the course
of
those
many
days,
the
king
of
Egypt
died,
and
the
children
of
Israel
sighed
because
of
the
bondage,
and
they
cried,
and
their
cry
came
up
to
God
because
of
the
bondage.
God
heard
their
groaning,
and
God
remembered
his
covenant
with
Abraham,
with
Isaac,
and
with
Jacob.
God
saw
the
children
of
Israel,
and
God
understood.
Now
Moses
was keeping
the
flock
of
Jethro,
his
father-in-law,
the
priest
of
Midian,
and
he
led
the
flock
to
the
back
of
the
wilderness,
and
came
to
God’s
mountain,
to
Horeb.
Yahweh’s
3:2
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
angel
appeared
to
him
in
a
flame
of
fire
out
of
the
middle
of
a
bush.
He
looked,
and
behold,
the
bush
burned
with
fire,
and
the
bush
was
not
consumed.
Moses
said, “I
will
go
now,
and
see
this
great
sight,
why
the
bush
is
not
burned.”
When
Yahweh
saw
that
he
came
over
to
see,
God
called
to
him
out
of
the
middle
of
the
bush,
and
said, “Moses!
Moses!”
He
said, “Here
I
am.”
He
said, “Don’t
come
close.
Take
off
your
sandals,
for
the
place
you
are
standing
on
is
holy
ground.”
Moreover
he
said, “I
am
the
God
of
your
father,
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob.”
Moses
hid
his
face
because
he
was
afraid
to
look
at
God.
Yahweh
said, “I
have
surely
seen
the affliction
of
my
people
who
are
in
Egypt,
and
have
heard
their
cry
because
of
their
taskmasters,
for
I
know
their
sorrows.
I
have
come
down
to
deliver
them
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
to
bring
them
up
out
of
that
land
to
a
good
and large
land,
to
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey;
to
the
place
of
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite.
Now,
behold,
the
cry
of
the
children
of
Israel
has
come
to
me.
Moreover
I
have
seen
the
oppression
with
which
the
Egyptians
oppress
them.
Come
now
therefore,
and
I
will
send
you
to
Pharaoh,
that
you
may
bring
my
people,
the
children
of
Israel,
out
of
Egypt.”
Moses
said
to
God, “Who
am
I,
that
I
should
go
to
Pharaoh,
and
that
I
should
bring
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
Egypt?”
He
said, “Certainly
I
will
be
with
you.
This
will
be
the token
to
you,
that
I
have
sent
you:
when
you
have
brought
the
people
out
of
Egypt,
you
shall
serve
God
on
this
mountain.”
Moses
said
to
God, “Behold,
when
I
come
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘The
God
of
your
fathers
has
sent
me
to
you,’
and
they
ask
me, ‘What
is
his
name?’
what
should
I
tell
them?”
God
said
to
Moses, “I
AM
WHO
I
AM,”
and
he
said, “You
shall
tell
the
children
of
Israel
this: ‘I
AM
has
sent
me
to
you.’”
God
said
moreover
to
Moses, “You
shall
tell
the
children
of
Israel
this, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob,
has
sent
me
to
you.’
This
is
my
name
forever,
and
this
is
my
memorial
to
all
generations.
Go
and
gather
the
elders
of
Israel
together,
and
tell
them, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
the
God
of
Abraham,
of
Isaac,
and
of
Jacob,
has
appeared
to
me,
saying, “I
have
surely
visited
you,
and
seen
that which
is
done
to
you
in
Egypt.
I
have
said,
I
will
bring
you
up
out
of
the affliction
of
Egypt
to
the
land
of
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite,
to
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.”’
They
will
listen
to
your
voice.
You
shall
come,
you
and
the
elders
of
Israel,
to
the
king
of
Egypt,
and
you
shall
tell
him, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
the
Hebrews,
has
met
with
us.
Now
please
let
us
go
three
days’
journey
into
the
wilderness,
that
we
may
sacrifice
to
Yahweh,
our
God.’
I
know
that
the
king
of
Egypt
won’t
give
you permission
to
go,
no,
not
by
a
mighty
hand.
I
will
reach
out
my
hand
and
strike
Egypt
with
all
my
wonders
which
I
will
do
among
them,
and
after
that
he
will
let
you
go.
I
will
give
this
people
favor
in
the
sight
of
the
Egyptians,
and
it
will
happen
that
when
you
go,
you
shall
not
go
empty-handed.
But
every
woman
shall
ask
of
her
neighbor,
and
of
her
who visits
her
house,
jewels
of
silver,
jewels
of
gold,
and
clothing.
You
shall
put
them
on
your
sons,
and
on
your
daughters.
You
shall
plunder
the
Egyptians.”
Moses
answered, “But,
behold,
they
will
not
believe
me,
nor
listen
to
my
voice;
for
they
will
say, ‘Yahweh
has
not
appeared
to
you.’”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “What
is
that
in
your
hand?”
He
said, “A
rod.”
He
said, “Throw
it
on
the
ground.”
He
threw
it
on
the
ground,
and
it
became
a
snake;
and
Moses
ran
away
from
it.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Stretch
out
your
hand,
and
take
it
by
the
tail.”
He
stretched
out
his
hand,
and
took
hold
of
it,
and
it
became
a
rod
in
his
hand.
“This
is
so
that
they
may
believe
that
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob,
has
appeared
to
you.”
Yahweh
said
furthermore
to
him, “Now
put
your
hand
inside
your cloak.”
He
put
his
hand
inside
his cloak,
and
when
he
took
it
out,
behold,
his
hand
was
leprous,
as white
as
snow.
He
said, “Put
your
hand
inside
your cloak
again.”
He
put
his
hand
inside
his cloak
again,
and
when
he
took
it
out
of
his cloak,
behold,
it
had
turned
again
as
his other
flesh.
“It
will
happen,
if
they
will
not
believe
you
or
listen
to
the
voice
of
the
first
sign,
that
they
will
believe
the
voice
of
the
latter
sign.
It
will
happen,
if
they
will
not
believe
even
these
two
signs
or
listen
to
your
voice,
that
you
shall
take
of
the
water
of
the
river,
and
pour
it
on
the
dry
land.
The
water
which
you
take
out
of
the
river
will
become
blood
on
the
dry
land.”
Moses
said
to
Yahweh, “O
Lord,
4:10
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai”.
I
am
not eloquent,
neither
before
now,
nor
since
you
have
spoken
to
your
servant;
for
I
am
slow
of
speech,
and
of
a
slow
tongue.”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Who
made
man’s
mouth?
Or
who
makes
one
mute,
or
deaf,
or
seeing,
or
blind?
Isn’t
it
I,
Yahweh?
Now
therefore
go,
and
I
will
be
with
your
mouth,
and
teach
you
what
you
shall
speak.”
Moses
said, “Oh,
Lord,
please
send someone
else.”
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Moses,
and
he
said, “What
about
Aaron,
your
brother,
the
Levite?
I
know
that
he
can
speak
well.
Also,
behold,
he
is
coming
out
to
meet
you.
When
he
sees
you,
he
will
be
glad
in
his
heart.
You
shall
speak
to
him,
and
put
the
words
in
his
mouth.
I
will
be
with
your
mouth,
and
with
his
mouth,
and
will
teach
you
what
you
shall
do.
He
will
be
your
spokesman
to
the
people.
It
will
happen
that
he
will
be
to
you
a
mouth,
and
you
will
be
to
him
as
God.
You
shall
take
this
rod
in
your
hand,
with
which
you
shall
do
the
signs.”
Moses
went
and
returned
to
Jethro
his
father-in-law,
and
said
to
him, “Please
let
me
go
and
return
to
my
brothers
who
are
in
Egypt,
and
see
whether
they
are
still
alive.”
Jethro
said
to
Moses, “Go
in
peace.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses
in
Midian, “Go,
return
into
Egypt;
for
all
the
men
who
sought
your
life
are
dead.”
Moses
took
his
wife
and
his
sons,
and
set
them
on
a
donkey,
and
he
returned
to
the
land
of
Egypt.
Moses
took
God’s
rod
in
his
hand.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “When
you
go
back
into
Egypt,
see
that
you
do
before
Pharaoh
all
the
wonders
which
I
have
put
in
your
hand,
but
I
will
harden
his
heart
and
he
will
not
let
the
people
go.
You
shall
tell
Pharaoh, ‘Yahweh
says,
Israel
is
my
son,
my
firstborn,
and
I
have
said
to
you, “Let
my
son
go,
that
he
may
serve
me;”
and
you
have
refused
to
let
him
go.
Behold,
I
will
kill
your
firstborn
son.’”
On
the
way
at
a
lodging
place,
Yahweh
met Moses
and
wanted
to
kill
him.
Then
Zipporah
took
a
flint,
and
cut
off
the
foreskin
of
her
son,
and
cast
it
at
his
feet;
and
she
said, “Surely
you
are
a bridegroom
of
blood
to
me.”
So
he
let
him
alone.
Then
she
said, “You
are
a bridegroom
of
blood,”
because
of
the
circumcision.
Yahweh
said
to
Aaron, “Go
into
the
wilderness
to
meet
Moses.”
He
went,
and
met
him
on
God’s
mountain,
and
kissed
him.
Moses
told
Aaron
all
Yahweh’s
words
with
which
he
had
sent
him,
and
all
the
signs
with
which
he
had
instructed
him.
Moses
and
Aaron went
and
gathered
together
all
the
elders
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Aaron
spoke
all
the
words
which
Yahweh
had
spoken
to
Moses,
and
did
the
signs
in
the
sight
of
the
people.
The
people
believed,
and
when
they
heard
that
Yahweh
had
visited
the
children
of
Israel,
and
that
he
had
seen
their affliction,
then
they
bowed
their heads
and
worshiped.
Afterward
Moses
and
Aaron
came,
and
said
to
Pharaoh, “This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘Let
my
people
go,
that
they
may hold
a
feast
to
me
in
the
wilderness.’”
Pharaoh
said, “Who
is
Yahweh,
that
I
should
listen
to
his
voice
to
let
Israel
go?
I
don’t
know
Yahweh,
and
moreover
I
will
not
let
Israel
go.”
They
said, “The
God
of
the
Hebrews
has
met
with
us.
Please
let
us
go
three
days’
journey
into
the
wilderness,
and
sacrifice
to
Yahweh,
our
God,
lest
he
fall
on
us
with
pestilence,
or
with
the
sword.”
The
king
of
Egypt
said
to
them, “Why
do
you,
Moses
and
Aaron, take
the
people
from
their
work? Get
back
to
your
burdens!”
Pharaoh
said, “Behold,
the
people
of
the
land
are
now
many,
and
you make
them rest
from
their
burdens.”
The
same
day
Pharaoh
commanded
the
taskmasters
of
the
people
and
their
officers,
saying,
“You
shall
no
longer
give
the
people
straw
to
make
brick,
as
before.
Let
them go
and gather
straw
for
themselves.
You
shall require
from
them
the number
of
the
bricks
which
they
made
before.
You
shall
not diminish
anything
of
it,
for
they
are idle.
Therefore
they
cry,
saying, ‘Let’s
go
and
sacrifice
to
our
God.’
Let
heavier
work
be
laid
on
the
men,
that
they
may
labor
in
it.
Don’t
let
them
pay
any
attention
to
lying
words.”
The
taskmasters
of
the
people
went
out
with
their
officers,
and
they
spoke
to
the
people,
saying, “This
is
what
Pharaoh
says: ‘I
will
not
give
you
straw.
Go
yourselves,
get
straw
where
you
can
find
it,
for
nothing
of
your
work
shall
be
diminished.’”
So
the
people
were
scattered abroad
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt
to gather
stubble
for
straw.
The
taskmasters
were urgent
saying, “Fulfill
your
work
quota
daily,
as
when
there
was
straw!”
The
officers
of
the
children
of
Israel,
whom
Pharaoh’s
taskmasters
had
set
over
them,
were
beaten,
and
were
asked, “Why
haven’t
you fulfilled
your quota
both
yesterday
and
today,
in making brick
as
before?”
Then
the
officers
of
the
children
of
Israel
came
and
cried
to
Pharaoh,
saying, “Why
do
you
deal
this
way
with
your
servants?
No
straw
is
given
to
your
servants,
and
they
tell
us, ‘Make
brick!’
and
behold,
your
servants
are
beaten;
but
the
fault
is
in
your own
people.”
But Pharaoh
said, “You
are idle!
You
are idle!
Therefore
you
say, ‘Let’s
go
and
sacrifice
to
Yahweh.’
Go
therefore
now,
and
work;
for
no
straw
shall
be
given
to
you;
yet
you
shall
deliver
the same number
of
bricks!”
The
officers
of
the
children
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were
in
trouble
when
it
was
said, “You
shall
not diminish
anything
from
your
daily quota
of
bricks!”
They
met
Moses
and
Aaron,
who
stood
along
the way,
as
they
came
out
from
Pharaoh.
They
said
to
them, “May
Yahweh
look
at
you
and
judge,
because
you
have
made
us
a stench
to
be abhorred
in
the
eyes
of
Pharaoh,
and
in
the
eyes
of
his
servants,
to
put
a
sword
in
their
hand
to
kill
us!”
Moses
returned
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Lord,
why
have
you
brought
trouble
on
this
people?
Why
is
it
that
you
have
sent
me?
For
since
I
came
to
Pharaoh
to
speak
in
your
name,
he
has
brought
trouble
on
this
people.
You
have
not
rescued
your
people
at
all!”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Now
you
shall
see
what
I
will
do
to
Pharaoh,
for
by
a
strong
hand
he
shall
let
them
go,
and
by
a
strong
hand
he
shall
drive
them
out
of
his
land.”
God
spoke
to
Moses,
and
said
to
him, “I
am
Yahweh.
I
appeared
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob,
as
God
Almighty;
but
by
my
name
Yahweh
I
was
not
known
to
them.
I
have
also
established
my
covenant
with
them,
to
give
them
the
land
of
Canaan,
the
land
of
their travels,
in
which
they
lived
as aliens.
Moreover
I
have
heard
the
groaning
of
the
children
of
Israel,
whom
the
Egyptians
keep
in
bondage,
and
I
have
remembered
my
covenant.
Therefore
tell
the
children
of
Israel, ‘I
am
Yahweh,
and
I
will
bring
you
out
from
under
the
burdens
of
the
Egyptians,
and
I
will rid
you
out
of
their
bondage,
and
I
will
redeem
you
with
an
outstretched
arm,
and
with
great
judgments.
I
will
take
you
to
myself
for
a
people.
I
will
be
your
God;
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brings
you
out
from
under
the
burdens
of
the
Egyptians.
I
will
bring
you
into
the
land
which
I
swore
to
give
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob;
and
I
will
give
it
to
you
for
a heritage:
I
am
Yahweh.’”
Moses
spoke
so
to
the
children
of
Israel,
but
they
didn’t
listen
to
Moses
for anguish
of
spirit,
and
for
cruel
bondage.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Go
in,
speak
to
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
that
he
let
the
children
of
Israel
go
out
of
his
land.”
Moses
spoke
before
Yahweh,
saying, “Behold,
the
children
of
Israel
haven’t
listened
to
me.
How
then
shall
Pharaoh
listen
to
me,
when
I
have
uncircumcised
lips?”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
and
gave
them
a
command
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
to
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
to
bring
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
These
are
the
heads
of their
fathers’
houses.
The
sons
of
Reuben
the
firstborn
of
Israel:
Hanoch,
and
Pallu,
Hezron,
and
Carmi;
these
are
the
families
of
Reuben.
The
sons
of
Simeon:
Jemuel,
and
Jamin,
and
Ohad,
and
Jachin,
and
Zohar,
and
Shaul
the
son
of
a
Canaanite woman;
these
are
the
families
of
Simeon.
These
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Levi according
to
their
generations:
Gershon,
and
Kohath,
and
Merari;
and
the
years
of
the
life
of
Levi
were
one
hundred thirty-seven
years.
The
sons
of
Gershon:
Libni
and
Shimei, according
to their
families.
The
sons
of
Kohath:
Amram,
and
Izhar,
and
Hebron,
and
Uzziel;
and
the
years
of
the
life
of
Kohath
were
one
hundred
thirty-three
years.
The
sons
of
Merari:
Mahli
and
Mushi.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Levites according
to
their
generations.
Amram
took
Jochebed
his
father’s
sister
to himself
as
wife;
and she
bore
him
Aaron
and
Moses.
The
years
of
the
life
of
Amram
were
one
hundred thirty-seven
years.
The
sons
of
Izhar:
Korah,
and
Nepheg,
and
Zichri.
The
sons
of
Uzziel:
Mishael,
Elzaphan,
and
Sithri.
Aaron
took
Elisheba,
the
daughter
of
Amminadab,
the
sister
of
Nahshon,
as
his
wife;
and she
bore
him
Nadab
and
Abihu,
Eleazar
and
Ithamar.
The
sons
of
Korah:
Assir,
Elkanah,
and
Abiasaph;
these
are
the
families
of
the
Korahites.
Eleazar
Aaron’s
son
took
one
of
the
daughters
of
Putiel
as
his
wife;
and she
bore
him
Phinehas.
These
are
the
heads
of
the
fathers’ houses
of
the
Levites according
to
their
families.
These
are
that
Aaron
and
Moses
to
whom
Yahweh
said, “Bring
out
the
children
of
Israel
from
the
land
of
Egypt
according
to
their
armies.”
These
are
those
who
spoke
to
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
to
bring
out
the
children
of
Israel
from
Egypt.
These
are
that
Moses
and
Aaron.
On
the
day
when
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “I
am
Yahweh.
Tell
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
all
that
I
tell
you.”
Moses
said
before
Yahweh, “Behold,
I
am
of
uncircumcised
lips,
and
how
shall
Pharaoh
listen
to
me?”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Behold,
I
have
made
you
as
God
to
Pharaoh;
and
Aaron
your
brother
shall
be
your
prophet.
You
shall
speak
all
that
I
command
you;
and
Aaron
your
brother
shall
speak
to
Pharaoh,
that
he
let
the
children
of
Israel
go
out
of
his
land.
I
will
harden
Pharaoh’s
heart,
and
multiply
my
signs
and
my
wonders
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
But
Pharaoh
will
not
listen
to
you,
so
I
will
lay
my
hand
on
Egypt,
and
bring
out
my
armies,
my
people
the
children
of
Israel,
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
by
great
judgments.
The
Egyptians
shall
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
when
I
stretch
out
my
hand
on
Egypt,
and
bring
the
children
of
Israel
out
from
among
them.”
Moses
and
Aaron
did
so.
As
Yahweh
commanded
them,
so
they
did.
Moses
was
eighty
years
old,
and
Aaron
eighty-three
years
old,
when
they
spoke
to
Pharaoh.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“When
Pharaoh
speaks
to
you,
saying, ‘Perform
a
miracle!’
then
you
shall
tell
Aaron, ‘Take
your
rod,
and
cast
it
down
before
Pharaoh,
and
it
will
become
a
serpent.’”
Moses
and
Aaron
went
in
to
Pharaoh,
and
they
did
so,
as
Yahweh
had
commanded.
Aaron
cast
down
his
rod
before
Pharaoh
and
before
his
servants,
and
it
became
a
serpent.
Then
Pharaoh
also
called
for
the
wise
men
and
the
sorcerers.
They
also,
the
magicians
of
Egypt,
did
the
same
thing
with
their enchantments.
For
they
each
cast
down
their
rods,
and
they
became
serpents;
but
Aaron’s
rod
swallowed
up
their
rods.
Pharaoh’s
heart
was
hardened,
and
he
didn’t
listen
to
them,
as
Yahweh
had
spoken.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Pharaoh’s
heart
is
stubborn.
He
refuses
to
let
the
people
go.
Go
to
Pharaoh
in
the
morning.
Behold,
he
is
going
out
to
the
water.
You
shall
stand
by
the river’s
bank
to
meet
him.
You
shall
take
the
rod
which
was
turned
to
a
serpent
in
your
hand.
You
shall
tell
him, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
the
Hebrews,
has
sent
me
to
you,
saying, “Let
my
people
go,
that
they
may
serve
me
in
the
wilderness.
Behold,
until
now
you
haven’t
listened.”
Yahweh
says, “In
this
you
shall
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
Behold:
I
will
strike
with
the
rod
that
is
in
my
hand
on
the
waters
which
are
in
the
river,
and
they
shall
be
turned
to
blood.
The
fish
that
are
in
the
river
will
die
and
the
river
will
become
foul.
The
Egyptians
will loathe
to
drink
water
from
the
river.”’”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Tell
Aaron, ‘Take
your
rod,
and
stretch
out
your
hand
over
the
waters
of
Egypt,
over
their
rivers,
over
their
streams,
and
over
their
pools,
and
over
all
their
ponds
of
water,
that
they
may
become
blood.
There
will
be
blood
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
both
in vessels
of
wood
and
in vessels
of
stone.’”
Moses
and
Aaron
did
so,
as
Yahweh
commanded;
and
he
lifted
up
the
rod,
and
struck
the
waters
that
were
in
the
river,
in
the
sight
of
Pharaoh,
and
in
the
sight
of
his
servants;
and
all
the
waters
that
were
in
the
river
were
turned
to
blood.
The
fish
that
were
in
the
river
died.
The
river
became
foul.
The
Egyptians
couldn’t
drink
water
from
the
river.
The
blood
was
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
The
magicians
of
Egypt
did
the
same
thing
with
their enchantments.
So
Pharaoh’s
heart
was
hardened,
and
he
didn’t
listen
to
them,
as
Yahweh
had
spoken.
Pharaoh
turned
and
went
into
his
house,
and
he
didn’t
even
take
this
to
heart.
All
the
Egyptians
dug
around
the
river
for
water
to
drink;
for
they
couldn’t
drink
the
river
water.
Seven
days
were
fulfilled,
after
Yahweh
had
struck
the
river.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses, “Go
in
to Pharaoh,
and
tell
him, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh
says, “Let
my
people
go,
that
they
may serve
me.
If
you refuse
to
let
them
go, behold,
I
will plague
all
your
borders
with
frogs.
The
river
will swarm
with
frogs,
which
will
go
up
and
come
into
your house,
and
into
your bedroom,
and
on
your bed,
and
into
the house
of
your servants,
and
on
your
people,
and
into
your ovens,
and
into
your kneading troughs.
The
frogs
shall come
up
both
on
you,
and
on
your
people,
and
on
all
your servants.”’”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch
out
your hand
with
your rod
over
the
rivers,
over
the
streams,
and
over
the pools,
and cause
frogs
to come
up
on
the land
of Egypt.’”
Aaron stretched
out
his hand
over
the waters
of Egypt;
and
the frogs
came up,
and covered
the land
of Egypt.
The magicians
did
the
same thing
with
their enchantments,
and brought
up
frogs
on
the land
of Egypt.
Then
Pharaoh
called
for
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
said, “Entreat
Yahweh,
that
he
take
away
the
frogs
from
me
and
from
my
people;
and
I
will
let
the
people
go,
that
they
may sacrifice
to
Yahweh.”
Moses
said
to Pharaoh, “I give
you
the honor
of setting
the time
that
I
should pray
for
you,
and
for
your servants,
and
for
your people,
that
the
frogs
be destroyed
from
you
and
your
houses,
and remain
in
the river only.”
Pharaoh said, “Tomorrow.”
Moses said, “Let it
be according
to
your word,
that
you
may know
that there
is no
one
like Yahweh
our God.
The frogs
shall depart
from
you,
and
from
your houses,
and
from
your servants,
and
from
your
people.
They
shall
remain
in
the
river only.”
Moses
and
Aaron
went
out
from Pharaoh,
and
Moses cried
to
Yahweh
concerning
the frogs which
he
had
brought
on Pharaoh.
Yahweh
did
according
to
the word
of Moses,
and
the frogs died
out
of
the houses,
out
of
the courts,
and
out
of
the fields.
They gathered
them together
in heaps,
and
the land stank.
But
when
Pharaoh saw
that
there
was
a respite,
he
hardened
his
heart,
and
didn’t
listen
to
them,
as
Yahweh
had
spoken.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch
out
your rod,
and strike
the dust
of
the earth,
that
it
may
become lice
throughout
all
the
land
of Egypt.’”
They
did
so;
and Aaron
stretched
out
his hand
with
his rod,
and struck
the
dust
of
the
earth,
and
there
were lice
on
man,
and
on animal;
all
the
dust
of
the
earth became lice
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
The magicians tried
with
their enchantments
to
produce lice,
but
they couldn’t.
There
were lice
on man,
and
on
animal.
Then
the magicians said
to Pharaoh, “This
is God’s finger;”
but Pharaoh’s heart
was hardened,
and
he didn’t listen
to
them,
as Yahweh
had spoken.
Yahweh
said
to Moses, “Rise
up early
in
the morning,
and
stand
before
Pharaoh; behold,
he
comes
out
to
the water;
and
tell
him, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh says, “Let
my
people
go,
that
they
may
serve
me.
Else, if
you
will
not let
my
people go, behold,
I
will send swarms
of flies
on
you,
and
on
your servants,
and
on
your
people,
and
into
your houses.
The houses
of
the Egyptians
shall
be full
of swarms
of flies,
and
also
the
ground
they
are
on.
I
will
set apart
in
that
day
the land
of Goshen,
in
which
my
people dwell,
that
no swarms
of flies
shall
be
there,
to
the end
you
may know
that
I
am
Yahweh
on
the earth.
I
will put
a division between
my
people
and
your
people.
This sign
shall happen
by tomorrow.”’”
Yahweh
did
so;
and
there
came grievous swarms
of flies
into
the house
of
Pharaoh,
and
into
his servants’ houses.
In all
the land
of Egypt
the land
was corrupted
by reason
of
the swarms
of flies.
Pharaoh
called
for
Moses
and
for Aaron,
and
said, “Go,
sacrifice
to
your
God
in
the land!”
Moses
said, “It isn’t appropriate
to
do
so;
for we
shall sacrifice
the abomination
of
the Egyptians
to
Yahweh
our
God. Behold, if we sacrifice
the abomination
of
the Egyptians
before
their eyes, won’t
they stone
us?
We
will
go three days’ journey
into
the wilderness,
and sacrifice
to
Yahweh
our
God,
as
he
shall
command
us.”
Pharaoh said, “I
will
let
you
go,
that
you
may sacrifice
to Yahweh
your
God
in
the wilderness,
only
you
shall
not
go
very far
away. Pray
for
me.”
Moses said, “Behold, I am going out from you. I will pray to Yahweh that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, tomorrow; only don’t let Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Yahweh.”
Moses went out from Pharaoh, and prayed to Yahweh.
Yahweh did according to the word of Moses, and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. There remained not one.
Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he didn’t let the people go.
Then
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Go
in
to
Pharaoh,
and
tell
him, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
of
the
Hebrews,
says: “Let
my
people
go,
that
they
may
serve
me.
For
if
you
refuse
to
let
them
go,
and
hold
them
still,
behold,
Yahweh’s
hand
is
on
your
livestock
which
are
in
the
field,
on
the
horses,
on
the
donkeys,
on
the
camels,
on
the
herds,
and
on
the
flocks
with
a
very
grievous
pestilence.
Yahweh
will
make
a
distinction
between
the
livestock
of
Israel
and
the
livestock
of
Egypt;
and
nothing
shall
die
of
all
that belongs
to
the
children
of
Israel.”’”
Yahweh
appointed
a
set
time,
saying, “Tomorrow
Yahweh
shall
do
this
thing
in
the
land.”
Yahweh
did
that
thing
on
the
next
day;
and
all
the
livestock
of
Egypt
died,
but
of
the
livestock
of
the
children
of
Israel,
not
one
died.
Pharaoh
sent,
and,
behold,
there
was
not
so much
as
one
of
the
livestock
of
the
Israelites
dead.
But
the
heart
of
Pharaoh
was stubborn,
and
he
didn’t
let
the
people
go.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron, “Take
handfuls
of ashes
of
the
furnace,
and let
Moses
sprinkle
it
toward
the
sky
in
the
sight
of
Pharaoh.
It
shall
become small
dust
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
shall
be
boils
and blisters
breaking
out
on
man
and
on
animal,
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt.”
They
took ashes
of
the
furnace,
and
stood
before
Pharaoh;
and
Moses
sprinkled
it
up
toward
the
sky;
and
it
became
boils
and blisters
breaking
out
on
man
and
on
animal.
The
magicians
couldn’t
stand
before
Moses
because
of
the
boils;
for
the
boils
were
on
the
magicians
and
on
all
the
Egyptians.
Yahweh
hardened
the
heart
of
Pharaoh,
and
he
didn’t
listen
to
them,
as
Yahweh
had
spoken
to
Moses.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Rise
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
stand
before
Pharaoh,
and
tell
him, ‘This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
of
the
Hebrews,
says: “Let
my
people
go,
that
they
may
serve
me.
For
this
time
I
will
send
all
my
plagues
against
your
heart,
against
your
officials,
and
against
your
people;
that
you
may
know
that
there
is
no
one
like
me
in
all
the
earth.
For
now
I would
have
stretched
out
my
hand,
and
struck
you
and
your
people
with
pestilence,
and
you would
have
been
cut
off
from
the
earth;
but
indeed
for
this cause
I
have
made
you
stand:
to
show
you
my
power,
and
that
my
name
may
be
declared
throughout
all
the
earth,
because
you
still
exalt yourself against
my
people,
that
you won’t
let
them
go.
Behold,
tomorrow
about
this
time
I
will
cause
it
to
rain
a
very
grievous
hail,
such
as
has
not
been
in
Egypt
since
the
day
it
was
founded
even
until
now.
Now
therefore
command
that
all
of
your
livestock
and
all
that
you
have
in
the
field
be
brought
into
shelter.
The
hail
will
come
down
on
every
man
and
animal
that
is
found
in
the
field,
and
isn’t
brought
home,
and
they
will
die.”’”
Those
who
feared
Yahweh’s
word
among
the
servants
of
Pharaoh made
their
servants
and
their
livestock
flee
into
the
houses.
Whoever
didn’t
respect
Yahweh’s
word
left
his
servants
and
his
livestock
in
the
field.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Stretch
out
your
hand
toward
the
sky,
that
there
may
be
hail
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
on
man,
and
on
animal,
and
on
every
herb
of
the
field,
throughout
the
land
of
Egypt.”
Moses
stretched
out
his
rod
toward
the
heavens,
and
Yahweh
sent
thunder
and
hail;
and lightning
flashed
down
to
the
earth.
Yahweh
rained
hail
on
the
land
of
Egypt.
So
there
was
very
severe
hail,
and lightning mixed
with
the
hail,
such
as
had
not
been
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt
since
it
became
a
nation.
The
hail
struck
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt
all
that
was
in
the
field,
both
man
and
animal;
and
the
hail
struck
every
herb
of
the
field,
and
broke
every
tree
of
the
field.
Only
in
the
land
of
Goshen,
where
the
children
of
Israel
were,
there
was
no
hail.
Pharaoh
sent
and
called
for
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
said
to
them, “I
have
sinned
this
time.
Yahweh
is
righteous,
and
I
and
my
people
are
wicked.
Pray
to
Yahweh;
for
there
has
been
enough
of
mighty
thunderings
and
hail.
I
will
let
you
go,
and
you
shall
stay
no
longer.”
Moses
said
to
him, “As
soon
as
I
have
gone
out
of
the
city,
I
will
spread
out
my
hands
to
Yahweh.
The thunders
shall
cease,
and
there
will
not
be
any
more
hail;
that
you
may
know
that
the
earth
is
Yahweh’s.
But
as
for
you
and
your
servants,
I
know
that
you don’t
yet
fear
Yahweh
God.”
The
flax
and
the
barley
were
struck,
for
the
barley
had ripened
and
the
flax
was blooming.
But
the
wheat
and
the
spelt
were
not
struck,
for
they
had
not grown up.
Moses
went
out
of
the
city
from
Pharaoh,
and
spread
out
his
hands
to
Yahweh;
and
the thunders
and
hail
ceased,
and
the
rain
was
not
poured
on
the
earth.
When
Pharaoh
saw
that
the
rain
and
the
hail
and
the thunders
had
ceased,
he
sinned
yet
more,
and
hardened
his
heart,
he
and
his
servants.
The
heart
of
Pharaoh
was
hardened,
and
he
didn’t
let
the
children
of
Israel
go,
just
as
Yahweh
had
spoken
through
Moses.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Go
in
to
Pharaoh,
for
I
have
hardened
his
heart
and
the
heart
of
his
servants,
that
I
may show
these
my
signs
among
them;
and
that
you
may
tell
in
the
hearing
of
your
son,
and
of
your
son’s
son,
what
things
I
have done
to
Egypt,
and
my
signs
which
I
have done among
them;
that
you
may
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
Moses
and
Aaron
went
in
to
Pharaoh,
and
said
to
him, “This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
of
the
Hebrews,
says: ‘How
long
will
you
refuse
to humble
yourself
before
me?
Let
my
people
go,
that
they
may
serve
me.
Or else,
if
you
refuse
to
let
my
people
go,
behold,
tomorrow
I
will
bring
locusts
into
your country,
and
they
shall
cover
the
surface
of
the
earth,
so
that
one
won’t
be
able
to
see
the
earth.
They
shall
eat
the residue
of
that
which
has
escaped,
which
remains
to
you
from
the
hail,
and
shall
eat
every
tree
which
grows
for
you
out
of
the
field.
Your
houses
shall
be
filled,
and
the
houses
of
all
your
servants,
and
the
houses
of
all
the
Egyptians,
as
neither
your
fathers
nor
your
fathers’
fathers
have
seen,
since
the
day
that
they
were
on
the
earth
to
this
day.’”
He
turned,
and
went
out
from
Pharaoh.
Pharaoh’s
servants
said
to
him, “How
long
will
this
man
be
a
snare
to
us?
Let
the
men
go,
that
they
may
serve
Yahweh,
their
God. Don’t
you
yet
know
that
Egypt
is
destroyed?”
Moses
and
Aaron
were
brought
again
to
Pharaoh,
and
he
said
to
them, “Go,
serve
Yahweh
your
God;
but
who
are
those
who
will
go?”
Moses
said, “We
will go
with
our
young
and
with
our
old.
We
will go
with
our
sons
and
with
our
daughters,
with
our
flocks
and
with
our
herds;
for
we
must hold
a
feast
to
Yahweh.”
He
said
to
them, “Yahweh
be
with
you
if
I
let
you
go
with
your
little
ones!
See,
evil
is clearly
before
your
faces.
Not
so!
Go
now
you
who
are
men,
and
serve
Yahweh;
for
that
is
what
you
desire!”
Then
they
were
driven
out
from
Pharaoh’s
presence.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Stretch
out
your
hand
over
the
land
of
Egypt
for
the
locusts,
that
they
may
come
up
on
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
eat
every
herb
of
the
land,
even
all
that
the
hail
has
left.”
Moses
stretched
out
his
rod
over
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
Yahweh
brought
an
east
wind
on
the
land
all
that
day,
and
all
night;
and
when
it
was
morning,
the
east
wind
brought
the
locusts.
The
locusts
went
up
over
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
rested
in
all
the
borders
of
Egypt.
They
were
very
grievous.
Before
them
there
were
no
such
locusts
as
they,
nor
will
there ever
be
again.
For
they
covered
the
surface
of
the
whole
earth,
so
that
the
land
was
darkened,
and
they
ate
every
herb
of
the
land,
and
all
the
fruit
of
the
trees
which
the
hail
had
left.
There
remained
nothing
green, either
tree
or
herb
of
the
field,
through
all
the
land
of
Egypt.
Then
Pharaoh
called
for
Moses
and
Aaron
in
haste,
and
he
said, “I
have
sinned
against
Yahweh
your
God,
and
against
you.
Now
therefore
please
forgive
my
sin again,
and
pray
to
Yahweh
your
God,
that
he
may
also
take
away
from
me
this
death.”
Moses
went
out
from
Pharaoh,
and
prayed
to
Yahweh.
Yahweh sent
an
exceedingly
strong
west
wind,
which
took
up
the
locusts,
and
drove
them
into
the Red
Sea.
10:19
“Red Sea” is the translation for the Hebrew “Yam Suf”, which could be more literally translated “Sea of Reeds” or “Sea of Cattails”. It refers to the body of water currently known as the Red Sea, or possibly to one of the bodies of water connected to it or near it.
There
remained
not
one
locust
in
all
the
borders
of
Egypt.
But
Yahweh
hardened
Pharaoh’s
heart,
and
he
didn’t
let
the
children
of
Israel
go.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Stretch
out
your
hand
toward
the
sky,
that
there
may
be
darkness
over
the
land
of
Egypt,
even
darkness which
may
be
felt.”
Moses
stretched
out
his
hand
toward
the
sky,
and
there
was
a
thick
darkness
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt
for
three
days.
They
didn’t
see
one
another,
and
nobody
rose
from
his
place
for
three
days;
but
all
the
children
of
Israel
had
light
in
their
dwellings.
Pharaoh
called
to
Moses,
and
said, “Go,
serve
Yahweh.
Only let
your
flocks
and
your
herds stay behind. Let
your
little
ones
also go
with
you.”
Moses
said, “You
must
also
give
into
our
hand
sacrifices
and
burnt
offerings,
that
we
may
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
our
God.
Our
livestock
also
shall
go
with
us.
Not
a
hoof
shall
be
left
behind,
for
of
it
we
must
take
to
serve
Yahweh
our
God;
and
we
don’t
know
with
what
we
must
serve
Yahweh,
until
we
come
there.”
But
Yahweh
hardened
Pharaoh’s
heart,
and
he wouldn’t
let
them
go.
Pharaoh
said
to
him, “Get away
from
me!
Be
careful
to
see
my
face
no
more;
for
in
the
day
you
see
my
face
you
shall
die!”
Moses
said, “You
have
spoken
well.
I
will
see
your
face
again
no
more.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “I
will
bring
yet
one
more
plague
on
Pharaoh,
and
on
Egypt;
afterwards
he
will
let
you
go.
When
he
lets
you
go,
he
will
surely
thrust
you
out
altogether.
Speak
now
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
and
let
every
man
ask
of
his
neighbor,
and
every
woman
of
her
neighbor,
jewels
of
silver,
and
jewels
of
gold.”
Yahweh
gave
the
people
favor
in
the
sight
of
the
Egyptians.
Moreover,
the
man
Moses
was
very
great
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
sight
of
Pharaoh’s
servants,
and
in
the
sight
of
the
people.
Moses
said, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘About midnight
I
will
go
out
into
the
middle
of
Egypt,
and
all
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt
shall
die,
from
the
firstborn
of
Pharaoh
who
sits
on
his
throne,
even
to
the
firstborn
of
the
female
servant
who
is
behind
the mill,
and
all
the
firstborn
of
livestock.
There
will
be
a
great
cry
throughout
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
such
as
there
has
not
been,
nor
will
be
any
more.
But
against
any
of
the
children
of
Israel
a
dog
won’t
even bark
or move
its
tongue,
against
man
or
animal,
that
you
may
know
that
Yahweh
makes
a
distinction
between
the
Egyptians
and
Israel.
All
these
servants
of
yours
will
come
down
to
me,
and
bow
down
themselves
to
me,
saying, “Get
out,
with
all
the
people
who
follow
you;”
and
after
that
I
will
go
out.’”
He
went
out
from
Pharaoh
in
hot
anger.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Pharaoh
won’t
listen
to
you,
that
my
wonders
may
be
multiplied
in
the
land
of
Egypt.”
Moses
and
Aaron
did
all
these
wonders
before
Pharaoh,
but
Yahweh
hardened
Pharaoh’s
heart,
and
he
didn’t
let
the
children
of
Israel
go
out
of
his
land.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying,
“This
month
shall
be
to
you
the
beginning
of
months.
It
shall
be
the
first
month
of
the
year
to
you.
Speak
to
all
the
congregation
of
Israel,
saying, ‘On
the
tenth
day
of
this
month,
they
shall
take
to
them
every
man
a
lamb,
according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
a
lamb
for
a
household;
and
if
the
household
is
too
little
for
a
lamb,
then
he
and
his
neighbor
next
to
his
house
shall
take
one
according
to
the
number
of
the
souls.
You
shall
make
your count
for
the
lamb
according
to
what
everyone
can eat.
Your
lamb
shall
be
without
defect,
a
male
a
year
old.
You
shall
take
it
from
the
sheep
or
from
the
goats.
You
shall
keep
it
until
the fourteenth
day
of
the
same
month;
and
the
whole
assembly
of
the
congregation
of
Israel
shall
kill
it
at
evening.
They
shall
take
some
of
the
blood,
and
put
it
on
the
two
door
posts
and
on
the
lintel,
on
the
houses
in
which
they
shall
eat
it.
They
shall
eat
the
meat
in
that
night,
roasted
with
fire,
with
unleavened
bread.
They
shall
eat
it
with
bitter
herbs.
Don’t
eat
it
raw,
nor
boiled
at
all
with
water,
but
roasted
with
fire;
with
its
head,
its
legs
and
its
inner parts.
You
shall
let
nothing
of
it
remain
until
the
morning;
but
that
which
remains
of
it
until
the
morning
you
shall
burn
with
fire.
This
is how
you
shall
eat
it:
with
your belt
on
your
waist,
your
sandals
on
your
feet,
and
your
staff
in
your
hand;
and
you
shall
eat
it
in
haste:
it
is
Yahweh’s
Passover.
For
I
will
go
through
the
land
of
Egypt
in
that
night,
and
will
strike
all
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
both
man
and
animal.
I
will execute
judgments
against
all
the
gods
of
Egypt.
I
am
Yahweh.
The
blood
shall
be
to
you
for
a token
on
the
houses
where
you
are.
When
I
see
the
blood,
I
will
pass
over
you,
and
no
plague
will
be
on
you
to
destroy
you
when
I
strike
the
land
of
Egypt.
This
day
shall
be
a
memorial
for
you.
You
shall keep
it
as
a
feast
to
Yahweh.
You
shall keep
it
as
a
feast
throughout
your
generations
by
an
ordinance
forever.
“‘Seven
days
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread;
even
the
first
day
you
shall put
away
yeast
out
of
your
houses,
for
whoever
eats
leavened
bread
from
the
first
day
until
the
seventh
day,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
Israel.
In
the
first
day
there
shall
be
to
you
a
holy
convocation,
and
in
the
seventh
day
a
holy
convocation;
no kind
of
work
shall
be
done
in
them,
except
that
which
every
man
must
eat,
only
that
may
be
done
by
you.
You
shall
observe
the feast
of
unleavened
bread;
for
in
this
same
day
I
have
brought
your
armies
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
Therefore
you
shall
observe
this
day
throughout
your
generations
by
an
ordinance
forever.
In
the
first
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
at
evening,
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread,
until
the
twenty
first
day
of
the
month
at
evening.
There
shall
be
no
yeast
found
in
your
houses
for
seven
days,
for
whoever
eats
that
which
is
leavened,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
the
congregation
of
Israel, whether
he
is
a
foreigner,
or
one
who
is
born
in
the
land.
You
shall
eat
nothing
leavened.
In
all
your
habitations
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread.’”
Then
Moses
called
for
all
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them, “Draw
out,
and
take
lambs
according
to
your
families,
and
kill
the
Passover.
You
shall
take
a
bunch
of
hyssop,
and
dip
it
in
the
blood
that
is
in
the basin,
and
strike
the
lintel
and
the
two
door
posts
with
the
blood
that
is
in
the basin.
None
of
you
shall
go
out
of
the
door
of
his
house
until
the
morning.
For
Yahweh
will
pass
through
to
strike
the
Egyptians;
and
when
he
sees
the
blood
on
the
lintel,
and
on
the
two
door
posts,
Yahweh
will
pass
over
the
door,
and
will
not
allow
the
destroyer
to
come
in
to
your
houses
to
strike
you.
You
shall
observe
this
thing
for
an
ordinance
to
you
and
to
your
sons
forever.
It
shall
happen
when
you
have
come
to
the
land
which
Yahweh
will
give
you,
as
he
has
promised,
that
you
shall
keep
this
service.
It
will
happen,
when
your
children
ask
you, ‘What
do
you mean
by
this
service?’
that
you
shall
say, ‘It
is
the
sacrifice
of
Yahweh’s
Passover,
who passed
over
the
houses
of
the
children
of
Israel
in
Egypt,
when
he
struck
the
Egyptians,
and
spared
our
houses.’”
The
people
bowed
their heads
and
worshiped.
The
children
of
Israel went
and
did
so;
as
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses
and
Aaron,
so
they
did.
At midnight,
Yahweh
struck
all
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
the
firstborn
of
Pharaoh
who
sat
on
his
throne
to
the
firstborn
of
the captive
who
was
in
the dungeon,
and
all
the
firstborn
of
livestock.
Pharaoh
rose
up
in
the
night,
he,
and
all
his
servants,
and
all
the
Egyptians;
and
there
was
a
great
cry
in
Egypt,
for
there
was
not
a
house
where
there
was
not
one
dead.
He
called
for
Moses
and
Aaron
by
night,
and
said, “Rise
up,
get
out
from
among
my
people,
both
you
and
the
children
of
Israel;
and
go,
serve
Yahweh,
as
you
have
said!
Take
both
your
flocks
and
your
herds,
as
you
have
said,
and
be gone;
and
bless
me
also!”
The
Egyptians
were urgent
with
the
people,
to
send
them
out
of
the
land
in
haste,
for
they
said, “We
are
all
dead
men.”
The
people
took
their
dough
before
it was leavened,
their
kneading troughs being bound
up
in
their
clothes
on
their
shoulders.
The
children
of
Israel
did according
to
the
word
of
Moses;
and
they
asked
of
the
Egyptians
jewels
of
silver,
and
jewels
of
gold,
and
clothing.
Yahweh
gave
the
people
favor
in
the
sight
of
the
Egyptians,
so
that
they
let
them
have what
they
asked.
They
plundered
the
Egyptians.
The
children
of
Israel
traveled
from
Rameses
to
Succoth,
about
six
hundred
thousand
on
foot
who
were
men,
in addition
to
children.
A mixed multitude
went
up
also
with
them,
with
flocks,
herds,
and
even
very
much
livestock.
They
baked
unleavened
cakes
of
the
dough
which
they
brought
out
of
Egypt;
for
it wasn’t leavened,
because
they
were thrust
out
of
Egypt,
and
couldn’t
wait,
and
they
had
not
prepared
any
food
for themselves.
Now
the
time
that
the
children
of
Israel
lived
in
Egypt
was
four
hundred
thirty
years.
At
the
end
of
four
hundred
thirty
years,
to
the
day,
all
of
Yahweh’s
armies
went
out
from
the
land
of
Egypt.
It
is
a
night
to
be
much
observed
to
Yahweh
for
bringing
them
out
from
the
land
of
Egypt.
This
is
that
night
of
Yahweh,
to
be
much
observed
by
all
the
children
of
Israel
throughout
their
generations.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses
and
Aaron, “This
is
the
ordinance
of
the
Passover.
No
foreigner
shall
eat
of
it,
but
every
man’s
servant
who
is
bought
for
money,
when
you
have
circumcised
him,
then
shall
he
eat
of
it.
A foreigner
and
a
hired
servant
shall
not
eat
of
it.
It
must
be
eaten
in
one
house.
You
shall
not
carry
any
of
the
meat
outside
of
the
house.
Do
not
break
any
of
its
bones.
All
the
congregation
of
Israel
shall
keep
it.
When
a
stranger
lives
as
a
foreigner
with
you,
and
would
like
to
keep
the
Passover
to
Yahweh,
let
all
his
males
be
circumcised,
and
then
let
him
come
near
and
keep
it.
He
shall
be
as
one
who
is
born
in
the
land;
but
no
uncircumcised
person
shall
eat
of
it.
One
law
shall
be
to
him
who
is born
at
home,
and
to
the
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
among
you.”
All
the
children
of
Israel
did
so.
As
Yahweh
commanded
Moses
and
Aaron,
so
they
did.
That
same
day,
Yahweh
brought
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
by
their
armies.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Sanctify
to
me
all
the
firstborn,
whatever opens
the
womb
among
the
children
of
Israel,
both
of
man
and
of
animal.
It
is mine.”
Moses
said
to
the
people, “Remember
this
day,
in
which
you
came
out
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage;
for
by
strength
of
hand
Yahweh
brought
you
out
from
this
place.
No
leavened
bread
shall
be
eaten.
Today
you
go
out
in
the
month
Abib.
It
shall
be,
when
Yahweh
brings
you
into
the
land
of
the
Canaanite,
and
the
Hittite,
and
the
Amorite,
and
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite,
which
he
swore
to
your
fathers
to
give
you,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
that
you
shall
keep
this
service
in
this
month.
Seven
days
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread,
and
in
the
seventh
day
shall
be
a
feast
to
Yahweh.
Unleavened
bread
shall
be
eaten
throughout
the
seven
days;
and
no
leavened
bread
shall
be
seen
with
you.
No
yeast
shall
be
seen
with
you, within
all
your
borders.
You
shall
tell
your
son
in
that
day,
saying, ‘It
is
because
of
that
which
Yahweh
did
for
me
when
I
came
out
of
Egypt.’
It
shall
be
for
a
sign
to
you
on
your
hand,
and
for
a
memorial
between
your
eyes,
that
Yahweh’s
law
may
be
in
your
mouth;
for
with
a
strong
hand
Yahweh
has
brought
you
out
of
Egypt.
You
shall therefore
keep
this
ordinance
in
its
season
from
year
to
year.
“It
shall
be,
when
Yahweh
brings
you
into
the
land
of
the
Canaanite,
as
he
swore
to
you
and
to
your
fathers,
and
will
give
it to
you,
that
you
shall
set apart
to
Yahweh
all
that opens
the
womb,
and
every
firstborn
that
comes
from
an
animal
which
you
have.
The
males
shall
be
Yahweh’s.
Every
firstborn
of
a
donkey
you
shall
redeem
with
a
lamb;
and
if
you
will
not
redeem
it,
then
you
shall
break
its
neck;
and
you
shall
redeem
all
the
firstborn
of
man
among
your
sons.
It
shall
be,
when
your
son
asks
you
in
time
to
come,
saying, ‘What
is
this?’
that
you
shall
tell
him, ‘By
strength
of
hand
Yahweh
brought
us
out
from
Egypt,
from
the
house
of
bondage.
When
Pharaoh
stubbornly
refused
to
let
us
go,
Yahweh
killed
all
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
both
the
firstborn
of
man,
and
the
firstborn
of
livestock.
Therefore
I
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
all
that opens
the
womb,
being
males;
but
all
the
firstborn
of
my
sons
I
redeem.’
It
shall
be
for
a
sign
on
your
hand,
and
for
symbols
between
your
eyes;
for
by
strength
of
hand
Yahweh
brought
us
out
of
Egypt.”
When
Pharaoh
had
let
the
people
go,
God
didn’t
lead
them
by
the
way
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
although
that
was
near;
for
God
said, “Lest
perhaps
the
people
change
their
minds
when
they
see
war,
and
they
return
to
Egypt”;
but
God
led
the
people
around
by
the
way
of
the
wilderness
by
the Red
Sea;
and
the
children
of
Israel
went
up armed
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
Moses
took
the
bones
of
Joseph
with
him,
for
he
had
made
the
children
of
Israel
swear,
saying, “God
will
surely
visit
you,
and
you
shall
carry
up
my
bones
away
from
here
with
you.”
They took their
journey
from
Succoth,
and
encamped
in Etham,
in the edge of the
wilderness.
Yahweh
went
before
them
by
day
in
a
pillar
of
cloud,
to
lead
them
on
their
way,
and
by
night
in
a
pillar
of
fire,
to
give
them
light,
that
they
might
go
by
day
and
by
night:
the
pillar
of
cloud
by
day,
and
the
pillar
of
fire
by
night,
didn’t
depart
from
before
the
people.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
turn
back
and
encamp
before Pihahiroth,
between
Migdol
and
the
sea,
before Baal Zephon.
You
shall
encamp
opposite
it
by
the
sea.
Pharaoh
will
say
of
the
children
of
Israel, ‘They
are entangled
in
the
land.
The
wilderness
has
shut
them
in.’
I
will
harden
Pharaoh’s
heart,
and
he
will
follow
after
them;
and
I
will get
honor
over
Pharaoh,
and
over
all
his
armies;
and
the
Egyptians
shall
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
They
did
so.
The
king
of
Egypt
was
told
that
the
people
had
fled;
and
the
heart
of
Pharaoh
and
of
his
servants
was
changed
toward
the
people,
and
they
said, “What
is
this
we
have
done,
that
we
have
let
Israel
go
from
serving
us?”
He
prepared
his
chariot,
and
took
his
army
with
him;
and
he
took
six
hundred
chosen
chariots,
and
all
the
chariots
of
Egypt,
with captains
over
all
of
them.
Yahweh
hardened
the
heart
of
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
and
he
pursued
the
children
of
Israel;
for
the
children
of
Israel
went
out
with
a
high
hand.
14:8
or, defiantly.
The
Egyptians
pursued
them.
All
the
horses
and
chariots
of
Pharaoh,
his
horsemen,
and
his
army
overtook
them encamping
by
the
sea,
beside Pihahiroth,
before Baal Zephon.
When
Pharaoh
came
near,
the
children
of
Israel
lifted
up
their
eyes,
and
behold,
the
Egyptians
were
marching
after
them;
and
they
were
very
afraid.
The
children
of
Israel
cried
out
to
Yahweh.
They
said
to
Moses, “Because
there
were
no
graves
in
Egypt,
have
you
taken
us
away
to
die
in
the
wilderness?
Why
have
you
treated
us
this
way,
to
bring
us
out
of
Egypt?
Isn’t
this
the
word
that
we
spoke
to
you
in
Egypt,
saying, ‘Leave
us
alone,
that
we
may
serve
the
Egyptians?’
For
it
would
have
been
better
for
us
to
serve
the
Egyptians
than
to
die
in
the
wilderness.”
Moses
said
to
the
people, “Don’t
be
afraid.
Stand
still,
and
see
the
salvation
of
Yahweh,
which
he
will work
for
you
today;
for
you
will
never
again
see
the
Egyptians
whom
you
have
seen
today.
Yahweh
will
fight
for
you,
and
you
shall
be still.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Why
do
you
cry
to
me?
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
go
forward.
Lift
up
your
rod,
and
stretch
out
your
hand
over
the
sea
and
divide
it.
Then
the
children
of
Israel
shall
go
into
the
middle
of
the
sea
on
dry
ground.
Behold,
I
myself
will
harden
the
hearts
of
the
Egyptians,
and
they
will
go
in
after
them.
I
will
get
myself
honor
over
Pharaoh,
and
over
all
his
armies,
over
his
chariots,
and
over
his
horsemen.
The
Egyptians
shall
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
when
I
have gotten
myself
honor
over
Pharaoh,
over
his
chariots,
and
over
his
horsemen.”
The
angel
of
God,
who
went
before
the
camp
of
Israel,
moved
and
went
behind
them;
and
the
pillar
of
cloud
moved
from
before
them,
and
stood
behind
them.
It
came
between
the
camp
of
Egypt
and
the
camp
of
Israel.
There
was
the
cloud
and
the
darkness,
yet
it
gave
light
by
night.
One
didn’t
come
near
the
other
all
night.
Moses
stretched
out
his
hand
over
the
sea,
and
Yahweh caused
the
sea
to go
back
by
a
strong
east
wind
all
night,
and
made
the
sea
dry
land,
and
the
waters
were
divided.
The
children
of
Israel
went
into
the
middle
of
the
sea
on
the
dry
ground;
and
the
waters
were
a
wall
to
them
on
their
right
hand
and
on
their
left.
The
Egyptians
pursued,
and
went
in
after
them
into
the
middle
of
the
sea:
all
of
Pharaoh’s
horses,
his
chariots,
and
his
horsemen.
In
the
morning
watch,
Yahweh
looked
out
on
the
Egyptian
army
through
the
pillar
of
fire
and
of
cloud,
and
confused
the
Egyptian
army.
He
took
off
their
chariot
wheels,
and
they drove
them heavily;
so
that
the
Egyptians
said, “Let’s
flee
from
the
face
of
Israel,
for
Yahweh
fights
for
them
against
the
Egyptians!”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Stretch
out
your
hand
over
the
sea,
that
the
waters
may
come
again
on
the
Egyptians,
on
their
chariots,
and
on
their
horsemen.”
Moses
stretched
out
his
hand
over
the
sea,
and
the
sea
returned
to
its
strength
when
the
morning appeared;
and
the
Egyptians
fled
against
it.
Yahweh
overthrew
the
Egyptians
in
the
middle
of
the
sea.
The
waters
returned,
and
covered
the
chariots
and
the
horsemen,
even
all
Pharaoh’s
army
that
went
in
after
them
into
the
sea.
There
remained
not
so
much
as
one
of
them.
But
the
children
of
Israel
walked
on
dry
land
in
the
middle
of
the
sea,
and
the
waters
were
a
wall
to
them
on
their
right
hand
and
on
their
left.
Thus
Yahweh
saved
Israel
that
day
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians;
and
Israel
saw
the
Egyptians
dead
on
the
seashore.
Israel
saw
the
great work
which
Yahweh
did
to
the
Egyptians,
and
the
people
feared
Yahweh;
and
they
believed
in
Yahweh
and
in
his
servant
Moses.
Then
Moses
and
the
children
of
Israel
sang
this
song
to
Yahweh,
and
said,
“I
will
sing
to
Yahweh,
for
he
has triumphed
gloriously.
He
has thrown
the
horse
and
his
rider
into
the
sea.
Yah
is
my
strength
and
song.
He
has
become
my
salvation.
This
is
my
God,
and
I
will
praise
him;
my
father’s
God,
and
I
will
exalt
him.
Yahweh
is
a
man
of
war.
Yahweh
is
his
name.
He
has
cast
Pharaoh’s
chariots
and
his
army
into
the
sea.
His chosen captains are
sunk
in
the Red
Sea.
The
deeps
cover
them.
They
went
down
into
the
depths
like
a
stone.
Your
right
hand,
Yahweh,
is
glorious
in
power.
Your
right
hand,
Yahweh, dashes
the
enemy
in pieces.
In
the
greatness
of
your excellency,
you
overthrow
those who
rise
up against
you.
You
send
out
your
wrath.
It
consumes
them
as
stubble.
With
the
blast
of your
nostrils,
the
waters
were
piled
up.
The floods
stood upright
as
a heap.
The
deeps
were congealed
in
the
heart
of
the
sea.
The
enemy
said, ‘I
will
pursue.
I
will
overtake.
I
will
divide
the
plunder.
My
desire
will
be
satisfied
on
them.
I
will draw
my
sword.
My
hand
will
destroy
them.’
You
blew
with
your
wind.
The
sea
covered them.
They
sank
like
lead
in
the
mighty
waters.
Who
is
like
you,
Yahweh,
among
the
gods?
Who
is
like
you,
glorious
in
holiness,
fearful
in
praises,
doing
wonders?
You
stretched
out
your
right
hand.
The
earth
swallowed
them.
“You,
in
your loving
kindness,
have
led
the
people
that
you
have
redeemed.
You
have
guided
them
in
your
strength
to
your
holy habitation.
The
peoples
have
heard.
They
tremble.
Pangs
have
taken
hold
of
the
inhabitants
of
Philistia.
Then
the chiefs
of
Edom
were
dismayed.
Trembling
takes
hold
of
the mighty
men
of
Moab.
All
the
inhabitants
of
Canaan
have
melted
away.
Terror
and
dread
falls
on
them.
By
the
greatness
of
your
arm
they
are
as
still
as
a
stone,
until
your
people
pass
over,
Yahweh,
until
the
people
you
have
purchased
pass
over.
You
will
bring
them
in,
and
plant
them
in
the
mountain
of
your
inheritance,
the
place,
Yahweh,
which
you
have
made
for
yourself
to
dwell
in:
the
sanctuary,
Lord,
which
your
hands
have
established.
Yahweh
will
reign
forever
and
ever.”
For
the
horses
of
Pharaoh
went
in
with
his
chariots
and
with
his
horsemen
into
the
sea,
and
Yahweh
brought
back
the
waters
of
the
sea
on
them;
but
the
children
of
Israel
walked
on
dry
land
in
the
middle
of
the
sea.
Miriam
the
prophetess,
the
sister
of
Aaron,
took
a
tambourine
in
her
hand;
and
all
the
women
went
out
after
her
with
tambourines
and
with
dances.
Miriam
answered
them,
“Sing
to
Yahweh,
for
he
has triumphed
gloriously.
He
has thrown
the
horse
and
his
rider
into
the
sea.”
Moses
led
Israel onward
from
the Red
Sea,
and
they
went
out
into
the
wilderness
of
Shur;
and
they
went
three
days
in
the
wilderness,
and
found
no
water.
When
they
came
to
Marah,
they
couldn’t
drink
from
the
waters
of
Marah,
for
they
were
bitter.
Therefore
its
name
was
called
Marah.
15:23
Marah means bitter.
The
people
murmured
against
Moses,
saying, “What
shall we
drink?”
Then
he
cried
to
Yahweh.
Yahweh
showed
him
a
tree,
and
he
threw
it
into
the
waters,
and
the
waters
were
made
sweet.
There
he
made
a
statute
and
an
ordinance
for
them,
and
there
he
tested
them.
He
said, “If
you
will
diligently
listen
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
and
will
do
that
which
is
right
in
his
eyes,
and
will
pay
attention
to
his
commandments,
and
keep
all
his
statutes,
I
will
put
none
of
the diseases
on
you
which
I
have
put
on
the
Egyptians;
for
I
am
Yahweh
who
heals
you.”
They
came
to
Elim,
where
there
were
twelve springs
of
water
and
seventy
palm
trees.
They
encamped
there
by
the
waters.
They
took
their
journey
from
Elim,
and
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
came
to
the
wilderness
of Sin,
which
is
between
Elim
and
Sinai,
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
second
month
after
their
departing
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
The
whole
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
murmured
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron
in
the
wilderness;
and
the
children
of
Israel
said
to
them, “We
wish
that
we
had
died
by
Yahweh’s
hand
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
when
we
sat
by
the
meat
pots,
when
we
ate
our
fill
of
bread,
for
you
have
brought
us
out
into
this
wilderness
to
kill
this
whole
assembly
with
hunger.”
Then
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Behold,
I
will
rain
bread
from
the
sky
for
you,
and
the
people
shall
go
out
and
gather
a
day’s
portion
every
day,
that
I
may
test
them,
whether
they
will walk
in
my
law
or
not.
It
shall
come
to
pass
on
the
sixth
day,
that
they
shall
prepare
that
which
they
bring
in,
and
it
shall
be
twice
as
much
as
they
gather
daily.”
Moses
and
Aaron
said
to
all
the
children
of
Israel, “At
evening,
you
shall
know
that
Yahweh
has
brought
you
out
from
the
land
of
Egypt.
In
the
morning,
you
shall
see
Yahweh’s
glory;
because
he
hears
your murmurings
against
Yahweh.
Who
are
we,
that
you
murmur
against
us?”
Moses
said, “Now
Yahweh
will
give
you
meat
to
eat
in
the
evening,
and
in
the
morning
bread
to
satisfy
you,
because
Yahweh
hears
your murmurings
which
you murmur
against
him.
And
who
are
we?
Your murmurings
are
not
against
us,
but
against
Yahweh.”
Moses
said
to
Aaron, “Tell
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel, ‘Come
close
to
Yahweh,
for
he
has
heard
your murmurings.’”
As
Aaron
spoke
to
the
whole
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
they
looked
toward
the
wilderness,
and
behold,
Yahweh’s
glory
appeared
in
the
cloud.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“I
have
heard
the murmurings
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Speak
to
them,
saying, ‘At
evening
you
shall
eat
meat,
and
in
the
morning
you
shall
be
filled
with
bread.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.’”
In
the
evening,
quail
came
up
and
covered
the
camp;
and
in
the
morning
the
dew
lay
around
the
camp.
When
the
dew
that lay
had
gone,
behold,
on
the
surface
of
the
wilderness
was
a small round
thing, small
as
the frost
on
the
ground.
When
the
children
of
Israel
saw
it,
they
said
to
one
another, “What
is
it?”
For
they
didn’t
know
what
it
was.
Moses
said
to
them, “It
is
the
bread
which
Yahweh
has
given
you
to
eat.
This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
has
commanded: ‘Gather
of
it
everyone
according
to
his eating;
an omer
16:16
An omer is about 2.2 liters or about 2.3 quarts
a
head,
according
to
the
number
of
your
persons,
you
shall
take
it,
every
man
for
those
who
are
in
his
tent.’”
The
children
of
Israel
did
so,
and some
gathered
more, some
less.
When
they
measured
it
with
an omer,
he
who
gathered
much
had
nothing
over,
and
he
who
gathered
little
had
no
lack.
They
each
gathered
according
to
his eating.
Moses
said
to
them, “Let
no
one
leave
of
it
until
the
morning.”
Notwithstanding
they
didn’t
listen
to
Moses,
but
some
of
them
left
of
it
until
the
morning,
so
it bred
worms
and
became
foul;
and
Moses
was
angry
with
them.
They
gathered
it
morning
by
morning,
everyone
according
to
his eating.
When
the
sun
grew
hot,
it
melted.
On
the
sixth
day,
they
gathered
twice
as
much
bread,
two
omers
for
each
one;
and
all
the rulers
of
the
congregation
came
and
told
Moses.
He
said
to
them, “This
is
that
which
Yahweh
has
spoken, ‘Tomorrow
is
a
solemn
rest,
a
holy
Sabbath
to
Yahweh.
Bake
that
which
you want
to
bake,
and
boil
that
which
you want
to
boil;
and
all
that remains
over lay
up
for
yourselves
to
be
kept
until
the
morning.’”
They
laid
it
up
until
the
morning,
as
Moses
ordered,
and
it
didn’t
become
foul,
and
there
were
no
worms
in
it.
Moses
said, “Eat
that
today,
for
today
is
a
Sabbath
to
Yahweh.
Today
you
shall
not
find
it
in
the
field.
Six
days
you
shall
gather
it,
but
on
the
seventh
day
is
the
Sabbath.
In
it
there
shall
be
none.”
On
the
seventh
day,
some
of
the
people
went
out
to
gather,
and
they
found
none.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “How
long
do
you
refuse
to
keep
my
commandments
and
my
laws?
Behold,
because
Yahweh
has
given
you
the
Sabbath,
therefore
he
gives
you
on
the
sixth
day
the
bread
of
two
days.
Everyone
stay
in
his
place.
Let
no
one
go
out
of
his
place
on
the
seventh
day.”
So
the
people
rested
on
the
seventh
day.
The
house
of
Israel
called
its
name “Manna”,
16:31
“Manna” means “What is it?”
and
it
was
like
coriander
seed,
white;
and
its
taste
was
like
wafers
with
honey.
Moses
said, “This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
has
commanded, ‘Let
an omer-full
of
it
be
kept
throughout
your
generations,
that
they
may
see
the
bread
with
which
I
fed
you
in
the
wilderness,
when
I
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.’”
Moses
said
to
Aaron, “Take
a pot,
and
put
an omer-full
of
manna
in
it,
and
lay
it
up
before
Yahweh,
to
be
kept
throughout
your
generations.”
As
Yahweh
commanded
Moses,
so
Aaron
laid
it
up
before
the
Testimony,
to
be
kept.
The
children
of
Israel
ate
the
manna
forty
years,
until
they
came
to
an
inhabited
land.
They
ate
the
manna
until
they
came
to
the borders
of
the
land
of
Canaan.
Now an omer
is
one
tenth
of an
ephah.
16:36
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
All
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
traveled
from
the
wilderness
of Sin, starting
according
to
Yahweh’s
commandment,
and
encamped
in
Rephidim;
but
there
was
no
water
for
the
people
to
drink.
Therefore
the
people
quarreled
with
Moses,
and
said, “Give
us
water
to
drink.”
Moses
said
to
them, “Why
do
you
quarrel
with
me?
Why
do
you
test
Yahweh?”
The
people
were
thirsty
for
water
there;
so
the
people
murmured
against
Moses,
and
said, “Why
have
you
brought
us
up
out
of
Egypt,
to
kill
us,
our
children,
and
our
livestock
with
thirst?”
Moses
cried
to
Yahweh,
saying, “What
shall
I
do
with
these
people?
They
are
almost ready
to
stone
me.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Walk
on
before
the
people,
and
take
the
elders
of
Israel
with
you,
and
take
the
rod
in
your
hand
with
which
you
struck
the
Nile,
and
go.
Behold,
I
will
stand
before
you
there
on
the
rock
in
Horeb.
You
shall
strike
the
rock,
and
water
will
come
out
of
it,
that
the
people
may
drink.”
Moses
did
so
in
the
sight
of
the
elders
of
Israel.
He
called
the
name
of
the
place
Massah,
17:7
Massah means testing.
and
Meribah,
17:7
Meribah means quarreling.
because
the
children
of
Israel quarreled,
and
because
they
tested
Yahweh,
saying, “Is
Yahweh
among
us,
or
not?”
Then
Amalek
came
and
fought
with
Israel
in
Rephidim.
Moses
said
to
Joshua, “Choose
men
for
us,
and
go
out
to
fight
with
Amalek.
Tomorrow
I
will
stand
on
the
top
of
the
hill
with
God’s
rod
in
my
hand.”
So
Joshua
did
as
Moses
had
told
him,
and
fought
with
Amalek;
and
Moses,
Aaron,
and
Hur
went
up
to
the
top
of
the
hill.
When
Moses
held
up
his
hand,
Israel
prevailed.
When
he
let
down
his
hand,
Amalek
prevailed.
But
Moses’
hands
were
heavy;
so
they
took
a
stone,
and
put
it
under
him,
and
he
sat
on
it.
Aaron
and
Hur
held
up
his
hands,
the
one
on
the
one
side,
and
the
other
on
the
other
side.
His
hands
were
steady
until sunset.
Joshua defeated
Amalek
and
his
people
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Write
this
for
a
memorial
in
a
book,
and rehearse
it
in
the
ears
of
Joshua:
that
I
will utterly blot
out
the
memory
of
Amalek
from
under
the
sky.”
Moses
built
an
altar,
and
called its
name “Yahweh our Banner”.
17:15
Hebrew, Yahweh Nissi
He
said, “Yah
has sworn: ‘Yahweh
will
have
war
with
Amalek
from
generation
to
generation.’”
Now
Jethro,
the
priest
of
Midian,
Moses’
father-in-law,
heard
of
all
that
God
had
done
for
Moses
and
for
Israel
his
people,
how
Yahweh
had
brought
Israel
out
of
Egypt.
Jethro,
Moses’
father-in-law,
received
Zipporah,
Moses’
wife,
after
he
had
sent
her
away,
and
her
two
sons.
The
name
of
one
son
was
Gershom,
18:3
“Gershom” sounds like the Hebrew for “an alien there”.
for
Moses
said, “I
have
lived
as
a
foreigner
in
a
foreign
land”.
The
name
of
the
other
was
Eliezer,
18:4
Eliezer means “God is my helper”.
for
he said, “My
father’s
God
was
my
help
and
delivered
me
from
Pharaoh’s
sword.”
Jethro,
Moses’
father-in-law,
came
with
Moses’
sons
and
his
wife
to
Moses
into
the
wilderness
where
he
was
encamped,
at
the
Mountain
of
God.
He
said
to
Moses, “I,
your
father-in-law
Jethro,
have
come
to
you
with
your
wife,
and
her
two
sons
with
her.”
Moses
went
out
to
meet
his
father-in-law,
and
bowed
and
kissed
him.
They
asked
each
other
of
their
welfare,
and
they
came
into
the
tent.
Moses
told
his
father-in-law
all
that
Yahweh
had
done
to
Pharaoh
and
to
the
Egyptians
for
Israel’s
sake,
all
the hardships
that
had
come
on
them
on
the
way,
and
how
Yahweh
delivered
them.
Jethro
rejoiced
for
all
the goodness
which
Yahweh
had
done
to
Israel,
in
that
he
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians.
Jethro
said, “Blessed
be
Yahweh,
who
has
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
Pharaoh;
who
has
delivered
the
people
from
under
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians.
Now
I
know
that
Yahweh
is
greater
than
all
gods
because
of
the
way
that
they treated
people
arrogantly.”
Jethro,
Moses’
father-in-law,
took
a
burnt offering
and
sacrifices
for
God.
Aaron
came
with
all
the
elders
of
Israel,
to
eat
bread
with
Moses’
father-in-law
before
God.
On
the
next
day,
Moses
sat
to
judge
the
people,
and
the
people
stood
around
Moses
from
the
morning
to
the
evening.
When
Moses’
father-in-law
saw
all
that
he
did
to
the
people,
he
said, “What
is
this
thing
that
you
do
for
the
people?
Why
do
you
sit
alone,
and
all
the
people
stand
around
you
from
morning
to
evening?”
Moses
said
to
his
father-in-law, “Because
the
people
come
to
me
to
inquire
of
God.
When
they
have
a
matter,
they
come
to
me,
and
I
judge
between
a
man
and
his
neighbor,
and
I
make
them
know
the
statutes
of
God,
and
his
laws.”
Moses’
father-in-law
said
to
him, “The
thing
that
you
do
is
not
good.
You
will
surely
wear
away,
both
you,
and
this
people
that
is
with
you;
for
the
thing
is
too
heavy
for
you.
You
are
not
able
to
perform
it
yourself
alone.
Listen
now
to
my
voice.
I
will
give
you
counsel,
and
God
be
with
you.
You represent
the
people
before
God,
and
bring
the causes
to
God.
You
shall
teach
them
the
statutes
and
the
laws,
and
shall
show
them
the
way
in
which
they
must
walk,
and
the
work
that
they
must
do.
Moreover
you
shall provide
out
of
all
the
people
able
men which
fear
God:
men
of
truth,
hating
unjust
gain;
and
place
such
over
them,
to
be
rulers
of
thousands,
rulers
of
hundreds,
rulers
of
fifties,
and
rulers
of
tens.
Let
them
judge
the
people
at
all
times.
It
shall
be
that
every
great
matter
they
shall
bring
to
you,
but
every
small
matter
they
shall
judge
themselves.
So
shall
it
be
easier
for
you,
and
they
shall share
the
load
with
you.
If
you
will
do
this
thing,
and
God
commands
you
so,
then
you
will
be
able
to
endure,
and
all
these
people
also
will
go
to
their
place
in
peace.”
So
Moses
listened
to
the
voice
of
his
father-in-law,
and
did
all
that
he
had
said.
Moses
chose
able
men
out
of
all
Israel,
and
made
them
heads
over
the
people,
rulers
of
thousands,
rulers
of
hundreds,
rulers
of
fifties,
and
rulers
of
tens.
They
judged
the
people
at
all
times.
They
brought
the
hard
cases
to
Moses,
but
every
small
matter
they
judged
themselves.
Moses
let
his
father-in-law depart,
and
he
went
his
way
into
his own
land.
In
the
third
month
after
the
children
of
Israel
had
gone
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
on
that
same
day
they
came
into
the
wilderness
of
Sinai.
When
they
had
departed
from
Rephidim,
and
had
come
to
the
wilderness
of
Sinai,
they
encamped
in
the
wilderness;
and
there
Israel
encamped
before
the
mountain.
Moses
went
up
to
God,
and
Yahweh
called
to
him
out
of
the
mountain,
saying, “This
is
what
you
shall
tell
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
tell
the
children
of
Israel:
‘You
have
seen
what
I
did
to
the
Egyptians,
and
how
I
bore
you
on
eagles’
wings,
and
brought
you
to myself.
Now
therefore,
if
you
will
indeed
obey
my
voice
and
keep
my
covenant,
then
you
shall
be
my
own
possession
from
among
all
peoples;
for
all
the
earth
is mine;
and
you
shall
be
to
me
a
kingdom
of
priests
and
a
holy
nation.’
These
are
the
words
which
you
shall
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel.”
Moses
came
and
called
for
the
elders
of
the
people,
and
set
before
them
all
these
words
which
Yahweh
commanded
him.
All
the
people
answered
together,
and
said, “All
that
Yahweh
has
spoken
we
will
do.”
Moses
reported
the
words
of
the
people
to
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Behold,
I
come
to
you
in
a
thick
cloud,
that
the
people
may
hear
when
I
speak
with
you,
and
may
also
believe
you
forever.”
Moses
told
the
words
of
the
people
to
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Go
to
the
people,
and
sanctify
them
today
and
tomorrow,
and let
them
wash
their
garments,
and
be
ready
for
the
third
day;
for
on
the
third
day
Yahweh
will
come
down
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people
on
Mount
Sinai.
You
shall
set
bounds
to
the
people
all
around,
saying, ‘Be
careful
that
you
don’t
go
up onto
the
mountain,
or
touch
its
border.
Whoever
touches
the
mountain
shall
be
surely
put
to
death.
No
hand
shall
touch
him,
but
he
shall
surely
be
stoned
or
shot
through;
whether
it
is
animal
or
man,
he
shall
not
live.’
When
the trumpet
sounds
long,
they
shall
come
up
to
the
mountain.”
Moses
went
down
from
the
mountain
to
the
people,
and
sanctified
the
people;
and
they
washed
their
clothes.
He
said
to
the
people, “Be
ready
by
the
third
day.
Don’t
have sexual
relations
with
a
woman.”
On
the
third
day,
when
it
was
morning,
there
were thunders
and
lightnings,
and
a
thick
cloud
on
the
mountain,
and
the
sound
of
an
exceedingly
loud
trumpet;
and
all
the
people
who
were
in
the
camp
trembled.
Moses
led
the
people
out
of
the
camp
to
meet
God;
and
they
stood
at
the
lower
part
of
the
mountain.
All
of
Mount
Sinai smoked,
because
Yahweh
descended
on
it
in
fire;
and
its
smoke
ascended
like
the
smoke
of
a
furnace,
and
the
whole
mountain
quaked
greatly.
When
the
sound
of
the
trumpet
grew
louder
and
louder,
Moses
spoke,
and
God
answered
him
by
a
voice.
Yahweh
came
down
on
Mount
Sinai,
to
the
top
of
the
mountain.
Yahweh
called
Moses
to
the
top
of
the
mountain,
and
Moses
went
up.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Go
down,
warn
the
people,
lest
they
break
through
to
Yahweh
to
gaze,
and
many
of
them
perish.
Let
the
priests
also,
who
come
near
to
Yahweh,
sanctify
themselves,
lest
Yahweh
break
out
on
them.”
Moses
said
to
Yahweh, “The
people
can’t
come
up
to
Mount
Sinai,
for
you
warned
us,
saying, ‘Set
bounds
around
the
mountain,
and
sanctify
it.’”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Go
down!
You
shall
bring
Aaron
up
with
you,
but
don’t
let
the
priests
and
the
people
break
through
to
come
up
to
Yahweh,
lest
he
break
out
against
them.”
So
Moses
went
down
to
the
people,
and
told
them.
God
20:1
After “God”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
spoke
all
these
words,
saying,
“I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
“You
shall
have
no
other
gods
before
me.
“You
shall
not
make
for
yourselves
an
idol,
nor
any
image
of
anything
that
is
in
the
heavens
above,
or
that
is
in
the
earth
beneath,
or
that
is
in
the
water
under
the
earth:
you
shall
not
bow
yourself
down
to
them,
nor
serve
them,
for
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
am
a
jealous
God,
visiting
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
on
the
children,
on
the
third
and
on
the
fourth
generation
of
those
who
hate
me,
and showing
loving
kindness
to
thousands
of those
who
love
me
and
keep
my
commandments.
“You
shall
not misuse
the
name
of
Yahweh
your
God,
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or, You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain
for
Yahweh
will
not hold
him guiltless
who misuses
his
name.
“Remember
the
Sabbath
day,
to
keep
it
holy.
You
shall
labor
six
days,
and
do
all
your
work,
but
the
seventh
day
is
a
Sabbath
to
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not
do
any
work
in
it,
you,
nor
your
son,
nor
your
daughter,
your
male
servant,
nor
your
female
servant,
nor
your
livestock,
nor
your
stranger
who
is within
your
gates;
for
in
six
days
Yahweh
made
heaven
and
earth,
the
sea,
and
all
that
is
in
them,
and
rested
the
seventh
day;
therefore
Yahweh
blessed
the
Sabbath
day,
and
made
it
holy.
“Honor
your
father
and
your
mother,
that
your
days
may
be
long
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you.
“You
shall
not
murder.
“You
shall
not
commit
adultery.
“You
shall
not
steal.
“You
shall
not
give
false
testimony
against
your
neighbor.
“You
shall
not
covet
your
neighbor’s
house.
You
shall
not
covet
your
neighbor’s
wife,
nor
his
male
servant,
nor
his
female
servant,
nor
his
ox,
nor
his
donkey,
nor
anything
that
is
your
neighbor’s.”
All
the
people
perceived
the
thunderings,
the lightnings,
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
and
the
mountain
smoking.
When
the
people
saw
it,
they
trembled,
and
stayed
at
a
distance.
They
said
to
Moses, “Speak
with
us
yourself,
and
we
will
listen;
but
don’t
let
God
speak
with
us,
lest
we
die.”
Moses
said
to
the
people, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
God
has
come
to
test
you,
and
that
his
fear
may
be
before
you,
that
you won’t
sin.”
The
people
stayed
at
a
distance,
and
Moses
came
near
to
the
thick
darkness
where
God
was.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “This
is
what
you
shall
tell
the
children
of
Israel: ‘You
yourselves
have
seen
that
I
have
talked
with
you
from
heaven.
You
shall most
certainly
not
make
gods
of
silver
or
gods
of
gold
for yourselves
to
be
alongside
me.
You
shall
make
an
altar
of
earth
for
me,
and
shall
sacrifice
on
it
your
burnt
offerings
and
your
peace
offerings,
your
sheep
and
your
cattle.
In
every
place
where
I record
my
name
I
will
come
to
you
and
I
will
bless
you.
If
you
make
me
an
altar
of
stone,
you
shall
not
build
it
of
cut
stones;
for
if
you lift
up
your
tool
on
it,
you
have polluted
it.
You
shall
not
go
up
by
steps
to
my
altar,
that
your
nakedness
may
not
be
exposed
to
it.’
“Now
these
are
the
ordinances
which
you
shall
set
before
them:
“If
you
buy
a
Hebrew
servant,
he
shall
serve
six
years,
and
in
the
seventh
he
shall
go
out
free
without
paying anything.
If
he
comes
in
by
himself,
he
shall
go
out
by
himself.
If
he
is
married,
then
his
wife
shall
go
out
with
him.
If
his
master
gives
him
a
wife
and
she
bears
him
sons
or
daughters,
the
wife
and
her
children
shall
be
her
master’s,
and
he
shall
go
out
by
himself.
But
if
the
servant
shall
plainly
say, ‘I
love
my
master,
my
wife,
and
my
children.
I
will
not
go
out
free;’
then
his
master
shall
bring
him
to
God,
and
shall
bring
him
to
the
door
or
to
the
doorpost,
and
his
master
shall bore
his
ear
through
with
an
awl,
and
he
shall
serve
him
forever.
“If
a
man
sells
his
daughter
to
be
a
female
servant,
she
shall
not
go
out
as
the
male
servants
do.
If
she
doesn’t please
her
master,
who
has married
her
to
himself,
then
he
shall
let
her
be
redeemed.
He
shall
have
no
right
to
sell
her
to
a
foreign
people,
since
he
has
dealt
deceitfully
with
her.
If
he marries
her
to
his
son,
he
shall
deal
with
her
as
a
daughter.
If
he
takes
another wife
to
himself,
he
shall
not diminish
her
food,
her
clothing,
and
her marital rights.
If
he
doesn’t
do
these
three
things
for
her,
she
may
go
free
without
paying
any
money.
“One
who
strikes
a
man
so
that
he
dies
shall
surely
be
put
to
death,
but
not
if
it
is unintentional,
but
God allows
it
to happen;
then
I
will
appoint
you
a
place
where
he
shall
flee.
If
a
man schemes
and
comes
presumptuously
on
his
neighbor
to
kill
him,
you
shall
take
him
from
my
altar,
that
he
may
die.
“Anyone
who
attacks
his
father
or
his
mother
shall
be
surely
put
to
death.
“Anyone
who
kidnaps
someone
and
sells
him,
or
if
he
is
found
in
his
hand,
he
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
“Anyone
who
curses
his
father
or
his
mother
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
“If
men
quarrel
and
one
strikes
the
other
with
a
stone,
or
with
his
fist,
and
he
doesn’t
die,
but
is confined
to
bed;
if
he
rises
again
and
walks
around
with
his
staff,
then
he
who
struck
him shall
be cleared;
only
he shall
pay
for
the
loss
of
his
time,
and shall
provide
for
his
healing
until
he
is thoroughly
healed.
“If
a
man
strikes
his
servant
or
his
maid
with
a
rod,
and
he
dies
under
his
hand,
the
man
shall
surely
be
punished.
Notwithstanding,
if
his servant gets
up
after
a
day
or
two,
he
shall
not
be
punished,
for
the servant
is
his
property.
“If
men
fight
and hurt
a
pregnant
woman
so
that
she
gives
birth
prematurely,
and
yet
no
harm follows,
he
shall
be
surely
fined
as
much
as
the
woman’s
husband
demands
and
the
judges
allow.
But
if
any
harm follows,
then
you
must
take
life
for
life,
eye
for
eye,
tooth
for
tooth,
hand
for
hand,
foot
for
foot,
burning
for burning,
wound
for
wound,
and
bruise
for
bruise.
“If
a
man
strikes
his
servant’s
eye,
or
his maid’s
eye,
and
destroys
it,
he
shall
let
him
go
free
for
his eye’s sake.
If
he strikes
out
his
male
servant’s
tooth,
or
his
female
servant’s
tooth,
he
shall
let
the
servant
go
free
for
his tooth’s sake.
“If
a
bull
gores
a
man
or
a
woman
to
death,
the
bull
shall
surely
be
stoned,
and
its
meat
shall
not
be
eaten;
but
the
owner
of
the
bull
shall
not
be held responsible.
But
if
the
bull
had
a
habit
of
goring
in
the
past,
and
this
has
been
testified
to
its
owner,
and
he
has
not
kept
it
in,
but
it
has
killed
a
man
or
a
woman,
the
bull
shall
be
stoned,
and
its
owner
shall
also
be
put
to
death.
If
a
ransom
is
imposed
on
him,
then
he
shall
give
for
the redemption
of
his
life
whatever
is
imposed.
Whether
it
has gored
a
son
or
has gored
a
daughter,
according
to
this
judgment
it
shall
be
done
to
him.
If
the
bull
gores
a
male
servant
or
a
female
servant,
thirty
shekels
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 30 shekels is about 300 grams or about 10.6 ounces.
of
silver
shall
be
given
to
their
master,
and
the
ox
shall
be
stoned.
“If
a
man
opens
a
pit,
or
if
a
man
digs
a
pit
and
doesn’t
cover
it,
and
a
bull
or
a
donkey
falls
into
it,
the
owner
of
the
pit
shall
make
it good.
He
shall
give
money
to
its
owner,
and
the
dead
animal
shall
be
his.
“If
one
man’s
bull
injures
another’s,
so
that
it
dies,
then
they
shall
sell
the
live
bull,
and
divide
its
price;
and
they
shall
also
divide
the
dead
animal.
Or
if
it
is
known
that
the
bull
was
in
the
habit
of
goring
in
the
past,
and
its
owner
has
not
kept
it
in,
he
shall
surely
pay
bull
for
bull,
and
the
dead
animal
shall
be
his
own.
“If
a
man steals
an ox
or
a sheep,
and
kills
it
or sells
it,
he
shall pay five oxen
for
an ox,
and four sheep
for
a sheep.
If
the thief
is
found breaking
in,
and
is struck
so
that
he dies,
there
shall
be
no
guilt
of
bloodshed
for
him.
If
the sun
has risen
on
him,
he
is guilty
of bloodshed.
He
shall
make
restitution.
If
he
has
nothing, then
he
shall
be sold
for
his
theft.
If
the stolen property
is found
in
his hand alive,
whether
it
is ox, donkey,
or sheep,
he
shall
pay double.
“If
a
man
causes
a
field
or vineyard
to
be
eaten
by letting
his animal loose,
and
it
grazes
in another man’s
field,
he
shall
make
restitution
from
the best
of
his own
field,
and
from
the best
of
his own vineyard.
“If fire breaks
out,
and catches
in thorns
so
that
the shocks
of grain,
or
the standing grain,
or
the field
are consumed;
he
who kindled
the fire
shall
surely
make
restitution.
“If
a
man delivers
to
his
neighbor money
or stuff
to
keep,
and
it
is stolen
out
of
the man’s
house,
if
the
thief
is
found,
he
shall pay double.
If
the thief
isn’t found,
then
the
master
of
the house
shall
come
near
to
God,
to find
out whether
or
not
he
has
put
his hand
on
his
neighbor’s goods.
For
every matter
of trespass,
whether
it
is
for
ox,
for
donkey,
for
sheep,
for clothing,
or
for
any
kind
of lost
thing,
about
which
one says, ‘This
is mine,’
the
cause
of
both
parties
shall come
before
God.
He whom
God condemns
shall
pay double
to
his
neighbor.
“If
a
man delivers
to
his
neighbor
a donkey,
an ox,
a sheep,
or
any
animal
to
keep,
and
it dies
or
is injured,
or driven
away,
no
man seeing
it;
the oath
of Yahweh
shall be
between them both,
he
has
not put
his hand
on
his neighbor’s goods;
and
its
owner
shall accept
it,
and
he
shall
not make
restitution.
But
if
it
is stolen
from
him,
the
one
who stole
shall make
restitution
to
its owner.
If
it
is
torn
in
pieces, let
him
bring
it
for evidence.
He
shall
not
make good
that which
was
torn.
“If
a
man borrows
anything
of
his neighbor’s,
and
it
is injured,
or dies,
its
owner
not being
with
it,
he
shall
surely make
restitution.
If
its owner
is
with
it,
he
shall
not
make
it good.
If
it
is
a leased
thing,
it
came
for
its lease.
“If
a man entices
a
virgin
who isn’t
pledged
to
be married,
and lies
with
her,
he
shall
surely
pay
a
dowry
for
her
to
be
his wife.
If her father utterly refuses
to give her
to him,
he
shall pay money according
to
the dowry
of virgins.
“You
shall not allow
a sorceress
to live.
“Whoever
has sex
with
an animal
shall surely
be put
to death.
“He
who sacrifices
to
any
god,
except
to Yahweh only,
shall
be utterly destroyed.
“You
shall
not wrong an alien
or
oppress
him,
for
you were aliens
in
the land
of Egypt.
“You shall
not take advantage
of
any widow
or fatherless child.
If
you
take advantage
of
them
at all,
and
they cry
at all
to
me,
I
will
surely hear
their cry;
and
my wrath
will grow hot,
and
I
will kill
you
with
the sword;
and
your wives
shall
be
widows,
and
your children fatherless.
“If
you lend money
to any
of
my
people
with
you who
is poor,
you shall
not
be
to
him
as
a creditor.
You shall
not charge
him interest.
If
you
take
your neighbor’s
garment
as collateral,
you
shall restore
it
to
him
before
the sun goes
down,
for
that
is
his only covering,
it
is
his garment
for
his skin. What would
he sleep
in?
It
will happen, when
he cries
to
me,
that
I
will hear,
for
I
am gracious.
“You
shall
not blaspheme
God,
nor curse
a ruler
of
your
people.
“You
shall
not delay
to
offer
from
your harvest
and
from
the outflow
of
your presses.
“You
shall
give
the firstborn
of
your sons
to
me.
You
shall do likewise
with
your cattle
and
with
your sheep.
It
shall
be
with
its mother seven days,
then
on
the eighth day
you
shall
give
it
to
me.
“You shall be holy men to me, therefore you shall not eat any meat that is torn by animals in the field. You shall cast it to the dogs.
“You
shall
not
spread
a
false
report.
Don’t
join
your
hand
with
the
wicked
to
be
a
malicious
witness.
“You
shall
not
follow
a crowd
to do
evil.
You
shall
not
testify
in court
to
side
with
a multitude
to
pervert justice.
You
shall
not favor
a
poor man
in
his
cause.
“If
you
meet
your enemy’s
ox
or
his
donkey
going
astray,
you
shall
surely
bring
it
back
to
him
again.
If
you
see
the
donkey
of
him
who
hates
you fallen
down
under
his
burden, don’t
leave
him.
You
shall
surely help
him
with
it.
“You
shall
not deny
justice
to
your
poor
people
in
their lawsuits.
“Keep
far
from
a
false
charge,
and
don’t
kill
the
innocent
and
righteous;
for
I
will
not
justify
the
wicked.
“You
shall
take
no
bribe,
for
a
bribe
blinds
those
who
have sight
and
perverts
the
words
of
the
righteous.
“You
shall
not
oppress
an
alien,
for
you
know
the
heart
of
an
alien,
since
you
were
aliens
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
“For
six
years
you
shall
sow
your
land,
and
shall
gather
in
its
increase,
but
the
seventh
year
you
shall
let
it
rest
and
lie
fallow,
that
the
poor
of
your
people
may
eat;
and
what
they
leave
the
animal
of
the
field
shall
eat.
In
the
same
way,
you
shall
deal
with
your
vineyard
and
with
your
olive
grove.
“Six
days
you
shall
do
your
work,
and
on
the
seventh
day
you
shall
rest,
that
your
ox
and
your
donkey
may
have
rest,
and
the
son
of
your
servant,
and
the
alien
may
be
refreshed.
“Be
careful
to
do
all
things
that
I
have
said
to
you;
and
don’t
invoke
the
name
of
other
gods
or
even
let
them
be
heard
out
of
your
mouth.
“You shall
observe
a
feast
to me
three
times
a
year.
You
shall
observe
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread.
Seven
days
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread,
as
I
commanded
you,
at
the
time
appointed
in
the
month
Abib (for
in
it
you
came
out
of
Egypt),
and
no
one
shall
appear
before
me
empty.
And
the
feast
of
harvest,
the
first
fruits
of
your
labors,
which
you
sow
in
the
field;
and
the
feast
of
ingathering,
at
the
end
of
the
year,
when
you
gather
in
your
labors
out
of
the
field.
Three
times
in
the
year
all
your
males
shall
appear
before
the
Lord
Yahweh.
“You
shall
not
offer
the
blood
of
my
sacrifice
with
leavened
bread.
The
fat
of
my
feast
shall
not
remain
all night
until
the
morning.
You
shall
bring
the
first
of
the
first
fruits
of
your
ground
into
the
house
of
Yahweh
your
God.
“You
shall
not
boil
a
young
goat
in
its
mother’s
milk.
“Behold,
I
send
an
angel
before
you,
to
keep
you
by
the
way,
and
to
bring
you
into
the
place
which
I
have
prepared.
Pay
attention
to
him,
and
listen
to
his
voice.
Don’t provoke
him,
for
he
will
not
pardon
your disobedience,
for
my
name
is
in
him.
But
if
you
indeed
listen
to
his
voice,
and
do
all
that
I
speak,
then
I
will
be
an
enemy
to
your
enemies,
and
an adversary
to
your
adversaries.
For
my
angel
shall
go
before
you,
and
bring
you
in
to
the
Amorite,
the
Hittite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Canaanite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite;
and
I
will
cut
them
off.
You
shall
not
bow
down
to
their
gods,
nor
serve
them,
nor follow
their
practices,
but
you
shall
utterly
overthrow
them
and demolish
their
pillars.
You
shall
serve
Yahweh
your
God,
and
he
will
bless
your
bread
and
your
water,
and
I
will
take
sickness
away
from
among
you.
No
one
will
miscarry
or
be
barren
in
your
land.
I
will
fulfill
the
number
of
your
days.
I
will
send
my
terror
before
you,
and
will
confuse
all
the
people
to
whom
you
come,
and
I
will
make
all
your
enemies
turn
their
backs
to
you.
I
will
send
the
hornet
before
you, which
will
drive
out
the
Hivite,
the
Canaanite,
and
the
Hittite,
from
before
you.
I
will
not
drive
them
out
from
before
you
in
one
year,
lest
the
land
become
desolate,
and
the
animals
of
the
field
multiply
against
you.
Little
by
little
I
will
drive
them
out
from
before
you,
until
you
have
increased
and
inherit
the
land.
I
will
set
your
border
from
the Red
Sea
even
to
the
sea
of
the
Philistines,
and
from
the
wilderness
to
the
River;
for
I
will
deliver
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
into
your
hand,
and
you
shall
drive
them
out
before
you.
You
shall
make
no
covenant
with
them,
nor
with
their
gods.
They
shall
not
dwell
in
your
land,
lest
they
make
you
sin
against
me,
for
if
you
serve
their
gods,
it
will
surely
be
a
snare
to
you.”
He
said
to
Moses, “Come
up
to
Yahweh,
you,
and
Aaron,
Nadab,
and
Abihu,
and
seventy
of
the
elders
of
Israel;
and
worship
from
a
distance.
Moses
alone
shall
come
near
to
Yahweh,
but
they
shall
not
come
near.
The
people
shall
not
go
up
with
him.”
Moses
came
and
told
the
people
all
Yahweh’s
words,
and
all
the
ordinances;
and
all
the
people
answered
with
one
voice,
and
said, “All
the
words
which
Yahweh
has
spoken
will
we
do.”
Moses
wrote
all
Yahweh’s
words,
then
rose
up
early
in
the
morning
and
built
an
altar
at
the base
of
the
mountain,
with
twelve
pillars
for
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
He
sent
young
men
of
the
children
of
Israel,
who
offered
burnt
offerings
and
sacrificed
peace
offerings
of cattle
to
Yahweh.
Moses
took
half
of
the
blood
and
put
it
in
basins,
and
half
of
the
blood
he
sprinkled
on
the
altar.
He
took
the
book
of
the
covenant
and
read
it
in
the
hearing
of
the
people,
and
they
said, “We
will
do
all
that
Yahweh
has
said,
and
be
obedient.”
Moses
took
the
blood,
and
sprinkled
it
on
the
people,
and
said, “Look,
this
is
the
blood
of
the
covenant,
which
Yahweh
has
made
with
you
concerning
all
these
words.”
Then
Moses,
Aaron,
Nadab,
Abihu,
and
seventy
of
the
elders
of
Israel
went
up.
They
saw
the
God
of
Israel.
Under
his
feet
was
like
a paved
work
of
sapphire
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or, lapis lazuli stone,
like
the skies
for clearness.
He
didn’t
lay
his
hand
on
the
nobles
of
the
children
of
Israel.
They
saw
God,
and
ate
and
drank.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Come
up
to
me
on
the
mountain,
and stay
here,
and
I
will
give
you
the
stone
tablets
with
the
law
and
the
commands
that
I
have
written,
that
you
may
teach
them.”
Moses
rose
up
with
Joshua,
his
servant,
and
Moses
went
up
onto
God’s
Mountain.
He
said
to
the
elders, “Wait
here
for
us,
until
we
come
again
to
you.
Behold,
Aaron
and
Hur
are
with
you.
Whoever
is involved
in
a
dispute
can
go
to
them.”
Moses
went
up
on
the
mountain,
and
the
cloud
covered
the
mountain.
Yahweh’s
glory
settled
on
Mount
Sinai,
and
the
cloud
covered
it
six
days.
The
seventh
day
he
called
to
Moses
out
of
the
middle
of
the
cloud.
The
appearance
of
Yahweh’s
glory
was
like
devouring
fire
on
the
top
of
the
mountain
in
the
eyes
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Moses
entered
into
the
middle
of
the
cloud,
and
went
up
on
the
mountain;
and
Moses
was
on
the
mountain
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
take
an
offering
for
me.
From
everyone
whose
heart
makes
him
willing
you
shall
take
my
offering.
This
is
the
offering
which
you
shall
take
from
them:
gold,
silver,
bronze,
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
fine
linen,
goats’ hair,
rams’
skins
dyed
red, sea cow
hides,
25:5
or, fine leather
acacia
wood,
oil
for the
light,
spices
for the
anointing
oil
and
for the
sweet
incense,
onyx
stones,
and
stones
to be set
for the
ephod
and
for the breastplate.
Let
them
make me
a
sanctuary,
that I
may
dwell
among
them.
According
to
all
that
I
show
you,
the
pattern
of
the
tabernacle,
and
the
pattern
of
all
of
its
furniture,
even
so
you
shall
make
it.
“They shall
make an
ark
of
acacia
wood.
Its
length shall
be
two
and
a
half
cubits,
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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
its
width
a
cubit
and
a
half,
and
a
cubit
and
a
half
its
height.
You
shall
overlay
it
with
pure
gold.
You
shall
overlay
it
inside
and
outside,
and
you
shall
make
a
gold
molding
around
it.
You shall
cast
four
rings
of
gold
for
it,
and
put
them
in
its
four
feet.
Two
rings shall
be
on
the
one
side
of
it,
and
two
rings
on
the
other
side
of
it.
You
shall
make
poles
of
acacia
wood,
and
overlay
them
with
gold.
You
shall
put
the
poles
into
the
rings
on
the
sides
of
the
ark
to
carry
the
ark.
The
poles
shall
be
in
the
rings
of
the
ark.
They
shall
not
be
taken
from
it.
You
shall
put
the covenant
which
I
shall
give
you
into
the
ark.
You
shall
make
a
mercy
seat
of
pure
gold.
Two
and
a
half
cubits
shall be
its
length,
and
a
cubit
and
a
half
its
width.
You
shall
make
two
cherubim
of
hammered
gold.
You
shall
make
them at
the
two
ends
of
the
mercy
seat.
Make
one
cherub
at
the
one
end,
and
one
cherub
at
the
other
end.
You
shall
make
the
cherubim
on
its
two
ends
of
one piece
with
the
mercy
seat.
The
cherubim
shall
spread
out
their
wings
upward,
covering
the
mercy
seat
with
their
wings,
with
their
faces
toward
one
another.
The
faces
of
the
cherubim
shall
be
toward
the
mercy
seat.
You
shall
put
the
mercy
seat
on
top
of
the
ark,
and
in
the
ark
you
shall
put
the covenant
that
I
will
give
you.
There
I
will
meet
with
you,
and
I
will
tell
you
from
above
the
mercy
seat,
from
between
the
two
cherubim
which
are
on
the
ark
of
the covenant,
all
that
I
command
you
for
the
children
of
Israel.
“You shall
make
a
table
of
acacia
wood.
Its
length shall
be
two
cubits,
and
its
width
a
cubit,
and
its
height
one
and
a
half
cubits.
You
shall
overlay
it
with
pure
gold,
and
make a
gold
molding
around
it.
You shall
make a
rim
of a hand width
around
it.
You shall
make a
golden
molding
on
its
rim
around
it.
You
shall
make
four
rings
of
gold
for
it,
and
put
the
rings
in
the
four
corners
that
are
on
its
four
feet.
The
rings
shall
be
close
to
the
rim,
for
places
for
the
poles
to
carry
the
table.
You
shall
make
the
poles
of
acacia
wood,
and
overlay
them
with
gold, that
the
table
may
be
carried
with
them.
You
shall
make
its
dishes,
its
spoons,
its
ladles,
and
its
bowls
with
which
to
pour
out offerings.
You
shall
make
them
of
pure
gold.
You
shall
set
bread
of
the
presence
on
the
table
before
me
always.
“You
shall
make
a lamp stand
of
pure
gold.
The lamp stand
shall
be
made
of
hammered
work.
Its
base,
its
shaft,
its
cups,
its
buds,
and
its
flowers
shall
be
of
one piece
with
it.
There
shall
be
six
branches
going
out
of
its
sides:
three
branches
of
the lamp stand
out
of
its
one
side,
and
three
branches
of
the lamp stand
out
of
its
other
side;
three
cups made
like
almond
blossoms
in
one
branch,
a
bud
and
a
flower;
and
three
cups made
like
almond
blossoms
in
the
other
branch,
a
bud
and
a
flower,
so
for
the
six
branches
going
out
of
the lamp stand;
and
in the lamp stand
four
cups made
like
almond
blossoms, its
buds
and its
flowers;
and
a bud
under
two
branches
of
one piece
with
it,
and
a bud
under
two
branches
of
one piece
with
it,
and
a bud
under
two
branches
of
one piece
with
it,
for
the
six
branches
going
out
of
the lamp
stand.
Their buds
and
their
branches
shall
be
of
one piece
with
it,
all
of
it
one beaten
work
of
pure
gold.
You
shall
make
its
lamps
seven,
and
they
shall
light
its
lamps
to
give
light
to
the
space
in
front
of
it.
Its
snuffers
and its snuff dishes
shall be
of
pure
gold.
It
shall
be
made
of
a
talent
25:39
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
of
pure
gold,
with
all
these accessories.
See
that
you
make
them after
their
pattern,
which
has
been
shown
to
you
on
the
mountain.
“Moreover
you
shall
make
the
tabernacle
with
ten
curtains
of
fine
twined
linen,
and
blue,
and
purple,
and
scarlet,
with
cherubim.
You
shall
make
them
with
the
work
of
a
skillful
workman.
The
length
of
each
curtain shall
be
twenty-eight
cubits,
26:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
the
width
of
each
curtain
four
cubits:
all
the
curtains shall
have
one
measure.
Five
curtains
shall
be coupled
together
to
one
another,
and
the
other
five
curtains
shall
be coupled
to
one
another.
You shall
make
loops
of
blue
on
the
edge
of
the
one
curtain
from
the
edge
in
the coupling,
and
you shall
do
likewise
on
the
edge
of
the
curtain
that
is
outermost
in
the
second coupling.
You
shall
make
fifty
loops
in
the
one
curtain,
and
you
shall
make
fifty
loops
in
the edge
of
the
curtain
that
is
in
the
second coupling.
The
loops
shall
be
opposite
one
another.
You
shall
make
fifty
clasps
of
gold,
and couple
the
curtains
to
one
another
with
the
clasps.
The
tabernacle
shall
be
a
unit.
“You
shall
make
curtains
of
goats’
hair
for
a covering
over
the
tabernacle.
You
shall
make
eleven
curtains.
The
length
of
each
curtain shall
be
thirty
cubits,
and
the
width
of
each
curtain
four
cubits:
the
eleven
curtains shall have
one
measure.
You
shall couple
five
curtains
by
themselves,
and
six
curtains
by
themselves,
and
shall
double
over
the
sixth
curtain
in
the forefront
of
the
tent.
You shall
make
fifty
loops
on
the
edge
of
the
one
curtain that
is
outermost
in
the coupling,
and
fifty
loops
on
the
edge
of
the
curtain which
is
outermost
in
the
second coupling.
You shall
make
fifty
clasps
of
bronze,
and
put
the
clasps
into
the
loops,
and couple
the
tent
together,
that
it
may
be
one.
The overhanging
part that remains
of
the
curtains
of
the
tent—the
half
curtain that remains—shall
hang
over
the
back
of
the
tabernacle.
The
cubit
on
the
one
side
and
the
cubit
on
the
other
side,
of
that
which
remains
in
the
length
of
the
curtains
of
the
tent,
shall
hang
over
the
sides
of
the
tabernacle
on
this
side
and
on
that
side,
to
cover
it.
You shall
make
a
covering
for
the
tent
of rams’
skins
dyed
red,
and
a
covering
of sea cow
hides
above.
“You shall
make
the boards
for
the
tabernacle
of
acacia
wood,
standing
upright.
Ten
cubits shall
be
the
length
of
a board,
and
one
and
a
half
cubits
the
width
of
each board.
There
shall
be
two
tenons
in
each board, joined
to
one
another:
thus
you
shall
make
for
all
the boards
of
the
tabernacle.
You
shall
make
twenty boards
for
the
tabernacle,
for
the
south
side
southward.
You
shall
make
forty
sockets
of
silver
under
the
twenty boards;
two
sockets
under
one board
for
its
two
tenons,
and
two
sockets
under
another board
for
its
two
tenons.
For
the
second
side
of
the
tabernacle,
on
the
north
side,
twenty
boards,
and
their
forty
sockets
of
silver;
two
sockets
under
one board,
and
two
sockets
under
another board.
For
the
far
side
of
the
tabernacle
westward
you shall
make
six boards.
You shall
make
two boards
for
the corners
of
the
tabernacle
in
the
far side.
They
shall
be
double
beneath,
and
in
the
same
way
they
shall
be whole
to
its
top
to
one
ring:
thus
shall
it
be
for
them
both;
they
shall
be
for
the
two
corners.
There
shall
be
eight boards,
and
their
sockets
of
silver,
sixteen
sockets;
two
sockets
under
one board,
and
two
sockets
under
another board.
“You shall
make
bars
of
acacia
wood:
five
for
the
boards
of
the
one
side
of
the
tabernacle,
and
five
bars
for
the
boards
of
the
other
side
of
the
tabernacle,
and
five
bars
for
the
boards
of
the
side
of
the
tabernacle,
for
the
far
side
westward.
The
middle
bar
in
the
middle
of
the boards shall
pass
through
from
end
to
end.
You
shall
overlay
the boards
with
gold,
and
make
their
rings
of
gold
for
places
for
the
bars.
You
shall
overlay
the
bars
with
gold.
You
shall
set
up
the
tabernacle
according
to
the
way
that
it
was
shown
to
you
on
the
mountain.
“You
shall
make
a
veil
of
blue,
and
purple,
and
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
with
cherubim.
It
shall be
the
work
of
a
skillful
workman.
You
shall
hang
it
on
four
pillars
of
acacia
overlaid
with
gold;
their
hooks
shall
be
of
gold,
on
four
sockets
of
silver.
You
shall
hang
up
the
veil
under
the
clasps,
and
shall
bring
the
ark
of
the covenant
in
there
within
the
veil.
The
veil
shall
separate
the
holy
place
from
the
most
holy
for
you.
You shall
put
the
mercy
seat
on
the
ark
of
the covenant
in
the
most
holy
place.
You
shall
set
the
table
outside
the
veil,
and
the lamp stand
opposite
the
table
on
the
side
of
the
tabernacle
toward
the
south.
You
shall
put
the
table
on
the
north
side.
“You
shall
make a
screen
for
the
door
of
the
Tent,
of
blue,
and
purple,
and
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
the
work
of
the
embroiderer.
You shall
make
for
the
screen
five
pillars
of
acacia,
and
overlay
them
with
gold.
Their
hooks shall be
of
gold.
You shall
cast
five
sockets
of
bronze
for
them.
“You shall
make
the
altar
of
acacia
wood,
five
cubits
27:1
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
long,
and
five
cubits
wide.
The
altar shall
be
square.
Its
height shall
be
three
cubits.
27:1
The altar was to be about 2.3×2.3×1.4 meters or about 7½×7½×4½ feet.
You shall
make
its
horns
on
its
four
corners.
Its
horns shall
be
of
one piece
with
it.
You shall
overlay
it
with
bronze.
You
shall
make
its
pots
to
take
away
its
ashes;
and
its
shovels,
its
basins,
its meat hooks,
and
its fire pans.
You
shall
make
all
its
vessels
of
bronze.
You
shall
make
a
grating
for
it
of
network
of
bronze.
On
the
net
you
shall
make
four
bronze
rings
in
its
four
corners.
You
shall
put
it
under
the
ledge around
the
altar
beneath,
that
the
net
may
reach
halfway
up
the
altar.
You
shall
make
poles
for
the
altar,
poles
of
acacia
wood,
and
overlay
them
with
bronze.
Its
poles
shall
be
put
into
the
rings,
and
the
poles
shall
be
on
the
two
sides
of
the
altar
when
carrying
it.
You
shall
make
it
hollow
with
planks.
They
shall
make
it
as
it
has
been
shown
you
on
the
mountain.
“You
shall
make
the
court
of
the
tabernacle:
for
the
south
side
southward there
shall
be
hangings
for
the
court
of
fine
twined
linen
one
hundred
cubits
long
for
one
side.
Its
pillars
shall
be
twenty,
and their
sockets
twenty,
of
bronze. The
hooks
of the
pillars
and their fillets
shall
be
of
silver.
Likewise
for
the
length
of
the
north
side, there
shall
be
hangings
one
hundred cubits
long,
and its
pillars
twenty,
and
their
sockets
twenty,
of
bronze;
the
hooks
of
the
pillars,
and
their fillets,
of
silver.
For
the
width
of
the
court
on
the
west
side
shall
be
hangings
of
fifty
cubits; their
pillars
ten,
and their
sockets
ten.
The
width
of
the
court
on
the
east
side
eastward
shall be
fifty
cubits.
The
hangings for
the one
side
of
the gate shall be
fifteen
cubits; their
pillars
three,
and their
sockets
three.
For
the
other
side shall be
hangings
of
fifteen cubits; their
pillars
three,
and their
sockets
three.
For
the
gate
of
the
court
shall be a
screen
of
twenty
cubits,
of
blue,
and
purple,
and
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
the
work
of
the
embroiderer; their
pillars
four,
and their
sockets
four.
All
the
pillars
of
the
court
around
shall
be filleted
with
silver;
their
hooks
of
silver,
and
their
sockets
of
bronze.
The
length
of
the
court shall be
one
hundred
cubits,
and
the
width
fifty
throughout,
and
the
height
five
cubits,
of
fine
twined
linen,
and their
sockets
of
bronze.
All
the
instruments
of
the
tabernacle
in
all
its
service,
and
all
its pins,
and
all
the pins
of
the
court,
shall
be
of
bronze.
“You
shall
command
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
bring
to
you
pure
olive
oil
beaten
for
the
light,
to cause
a
lamp
to
burn
continually.
In
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
outside
the
veil
which
is
before
the covenant,
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall keep
it
in
order
from
evening
to
morning
before
Yahweh:
it
shall
be
a
statute
forever
throughout
their
generations
on
the
behalf
of
the
children
of
Israel.
“Bring
Aaron
your
brother,
and
his
sons
with
him,
near
to
you
from
among
the
children
of
Israel,
that
he
may
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office:
Aaron,
with
Nadab,
Abihu,
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar,
Aaron’s
sons.
You
shall
make
holy
garments
for
Aaron
your
brother,
for
glory
and
for
beauty.
You
shall
speak
to
all
who
are wise-hearted,
whom
I
have
filled
with
the
spirit
of
wisdom,
that
they
make
Aaron’s
garments
to
sanctify
him,
that
he
may
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office.
These
are
the
garments
which
they
shall
make:
a breastplate,
an
ephod,
a
robe,
a fitted
tunic,
a
turban,
and
a
sash.
They
shall
make
holy
garments
for
Aaron
your
brother
and
his
sons,
that
he
may
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office.
They shall
use
the
gold,
and
the
blue,
and
the
purple,
and
the
scarlet,
and
the
fine
linen.
“They
shall
make
the
ephod
of
gold,
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
the
work
of
the
skillful
workman.
It shall
have
two
shoulder straps
joined
to
the
two
ends
of
it,
that
it
may
be
joined
together.
The
skillfully
woven
band,
which
is
on
it,
shall
be
like
its
work
and
of
the
same piece;
of
gold,
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen.
You
shall
take
two
onyx
stones,
and engrave
on
them
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Six
of
their
names
on
the
one
stone,
and
the
names
of
the
six that
remain
on
the
other
stone,
in
the
order
of
their
birth.
With
the
work
of
an
engraver
in
stone,
like
the
engravings
of
a
signet,
you
shall engrave
the
two
stones,
according
to
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel.
You
shall
make
them
to
be enclosed
in
settings
of
gold.
You
shall
put
the
two
stones
on
the
shoulder straps
of
the
ephod,
to
be
stones
of
memorial
for
the
children
of
Israel.
Aaron
shall
bear
their
names
before
Yahweh
on
his
two
shoulders
for
a
memorial.
You shall
make
settings
of
gold,
and
two
chains
of
pure
gold;
you
shall
make
them
like
cords
of
braided
work.
You
shall
put
the
braided
chains
on
the
settings.
“You
shall
make
a breastplate
of
judgment,
the
work
of
the
skillful
workman;
like
the
work
of
the
ephod
you
shall
make
it;
of
gold,
of
blue,
and
purple,
and
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
you
shall
make
it.
It shall
be
square
and
folded
double;
a
span
28:16
A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) shall
be
its
length,
and
a
span
its
width.
You
shall
set
in it
settings
of
stones,
four
rows
of
stones:
a
row
of
ruby,
topaz,
and beryl
shall
be
the
first
row;
and the
second
row
a
turquoise,
a
sapphire,
28:18
or, lapis lazuli
and an emerald;
and
the
third
row
a
jacinth, an
agate,
and an
amethyst;
and
the
fourth
row
a chrysolite,
an
onyx,
and
a
jasper.
They shall
be
enclosed
in
gold
in
their
settings.
The
stones
shall
be
according
to
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel,
twelve,
according
to
their
names;
like
the
engravings
of
a
signet,
everyone
according
to
his
name,
they
shall
be
for
the
twelve
tribes.
You
shall
make
on
the breastplate
chains
like
cords,
of
braided
work
of
pure
gold.
You shall
make
on
the breastplate
two
rings
of
gold,
and shall
put
the
two
rings
on
the
two
ends
of
the breastplate.
You shall
put
the
two braided
chains
of
gold
in
the
two
rings
at
the
ends
of
the breastplate.
The
other
two
ends
of
the
two braided
chains
you
shall
put
on
the
two
settings,
and
put
them
on
the
shoulder straps
of
the
ephod
in
its forepart.
You
shall
make
two
rings
of
gold,
and
you
shall
put
them
on
the
two
ends
of
the breastplate,
on
its
edge,
which
is
toward
the
side
of
the
ephod
inward.
You
shall
make
two
rings
of
gold,
and
shall
put
them
on
the
two
shoulder straps
of
the
ephod
underneath,
in
its forepart,
close
by
its coupling,
above
the
skillfully
woven
band
of
the
ephod.
They
shall
bind
the breastplate
by
its
rings
to
the
rings
of
the
ephod
with
a lace
of
blue,
that
it
may
be
on
the
skillfully
woven
band
of
the
ephod,
and
that
the breastplate
may
not swing
out
from
the
ephod.
Aaron
shall
bear
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel
in
the breastplate
of
judgment
on
his
heart,
when
he
goes
in
to
the
holy
place,
for
a
memorial
before
Yahweh
continually.
You
shall
put
in
the breastplate
of
judgment
the
Urim
and
the
Thummim;
and
they
shall
be
on
Aaron’s
heart,
when
he
goes
in
before
Yahweh.
Aaron
shall
bear
the
judgment
of
the
children
of
Israel
on
his
heart
before
Yahweh
continually.
“You shall
make
the
robe
of
the
ephod
all
of
blue.
It
shall
have
a hole
for
the
head
in
the
middle
of
it.
It
shall
have
a
binding
of
woven
work
around
its hole,
as
it
were
the hole
of
a
coat
of
mail,
that
it
not
be
torn.
On
its
hem
you shall
make
pomegranates
of
blue,
and
of
purple,
and
of
scarlet,
all
around
its
hem;
with
bells
of
gold
between
and
around
them:
a
golden
bell
and
a
pomegranate,
a
golden
bell
and
a
pomegranate,
around
the
hem
of
the
robe.
It
shall
be
on
Aaron
to
minister:
and
its
sound
shall
be
heard
when
he
goes
in
to
the
holy
place
before
Yahweh,
and
when
he
comes
out,
that
he
not
die.
“You
shall
make
a
plate
of
pure
gold,
and engrave
on
it,
like
the
engravings
of
a
signet, ‘HOLY
TO
YAHWEH.’
You
shall
put
it
on
a lace
of
blue,
and
it
shall
be
on
the sash.
It
shall
be
on
the
front
of
the sash.
It
shall
be
on
Aaron’s
forehead,
and
Aaron
shall
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
holy
things,
which
the
children
of
Israel
shall
make
holy
in
all
their
holy
gifts;
and
it
shall
be
always
on
his
forehead,
that
they
may
be
accepted
before
Yahweh.
You
shall
weave
the
tunic
with
fine
linen.
You
shall
make a
turban
of
fine
linen.
You
shall
make a
sash,
the
work
of
the
embroiderer.
“You
shall
make
tunics
for
Aaron’s
sons.
You
shall
make
sashes
for
them.
You
shall
make
headbands
for
them,
for
glory
and
for
beauty.
You
shall
put
them
on
Aaron
your
brother,
and
on
his
sons
with
him,
and
shall
anoint
them,
and
consecrate
them,
and
sanctify
them,
that
they
may
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office.
You
shall
make
them
linen pants
to
cover
their naked
flesh.
They
shall
reach
from
the
waist
even
to
the
thighs.
They
shall
be
on
Aaron
and
on
his
sons,
when
they
go
in
to
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
or
when
they
come
near
to
the
altar
to
minister
in
the
holy
place,
that
they
don’t
bear
iniquity,
and
die.
This
shall
be
a
statute
forever
to
him
and
to
his
offspring
after
him.
“This
is
the
thing
that
you
shall
do
to
them
to
make
them
holy,
to
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office:
take
one
young
bull
and
two
rams
without
defect,
unleavened
bread,
unleavened
cakes
mixed
with
oil,
and
unleavened
wafers
anointed
with
oil.
You shall
make
them
of
fine
wheat
flour.
You shall
put
them
into
one
basket,
and
bring
them
in
the
basket,
with
the
bull
and
the
two
rams.
You
shall
bring
Aaron
and
his
sons
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
shall
wash
them
with
water.
You
shall
take
the
garments,
and
put
on
Aaron
the
tunic,
the
robe
of
the
ephod,
the
ephod,
and
the breastplate,
and
clothe
him
with
the
skillfully
woven
band
of
the
ephod.
You
shall
set
the
turban
on
his
head,
and
put
the
holy
crown
on
the
turban.
Then
you
shall
take
the
anointing
oil,
and
pour
it
on
his
head,
and
anoint
him.
You
shall
bring
his
sons,
and
put
tunics
on
them.
You
shall clothe
them
with belts,
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
bind
headbands
on
them.
They
shall
have
the
priesthood
by
a
perpetual
statute.
You
shall consecrate
Aaron
and
his
sons.
“You
shall
bring
the
bull
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting;
and
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
lay
their
hands
on
the
head
of
the
bull.
You
shall
kill
the
bull
before
Yahweh
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
You shall
take
of
the
blood
of
the
bull,
and
put
it
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
with
your
finger;
and
you shall
pour
out
all
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
You
shall
take
all
the
fat
that
covers
the innards,
the
cover
of
the
liver,
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
on
them,
and
burn
them
on
the
altar.
But
the
meat
of
the
bull,
and
its
skin,
and
its
dung,
you
shall
burn
with
fire
outside
of
the
camp.
It
is
a
sin offering.
“You
shall
also
take
the
one
ram,
and
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
lay
their
hands
on
the
head
of
the
ram.
You shall
kill
the
ram,
and
you shall
take
its
blood,
and
sprinkle
it
around
on
the
altar.
You
shall
cut
the
ram
into
its
pieces,
and
wash
its innards,
and
its
legs,
and
put
them
with
its
pieces,
and
with
its
head.
You
shall
burn
the
whole
ram
on
the
altar:
it
is
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh;
it
is
a pleasant
aroma,
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
“You
shall
take
the
other
ram,
and
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
lay
their
hands
on
the
head
of
the
ram.
Then
you
shall
kill
the
ram,
and
take
some
of
its
blood,
and
put
it
on
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
Aaron,
and
on
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
his
sons,
and
on
the
thumb
of
their
right
hand,
and
on
the
big
toe
of
their
right
foot;
and
sprinkle
the
blood
around
on
the
altar.
You
shall
take
of
the
blood
that
is
on
the
altar,
and
of
the
anointing
oil,
and sprinkle
it
on
Aaron,
and
on
his
garments,
and
on
his
sons,
and
on
the
garments
of
his
sons
with
him:
and
he
shall
be
made
holy,
and
his
garments,
and
his
sons,
and
his
sons’
garments
with
him.
Also
you
shall
take
some
of
the ram’s
fat,
the
fat
tail,
the
fat
that
covers
the innards,
the
cover
of
the
liver,
the
two
kidneys,
the
fat
that
is
on
them,
and
the
right
thigh (for
it
is
a
ram
of
consecration),
and
one
loaf
of
bread,
one
cake
of oiled
bread,
and
one
wafer
out
of
the
basket
of
unleavened
bread
that
is
before
Yahweh.
You
shall
put
all
of
this
in
Aaron’s
hands,
and
in
his
sons’
hands,
and
shall
wave
them
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
You
shall
take
them
from
their
hands,
and
burn
them
on
the
altar
on
the
burnt
offering,
for
a pleasant
aroma
before
Yahweh:
it
is
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
“You
shall
take
the
breast
of
Aaron’s
ram
of
consecration,
and
wave
it
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
It
shall
be
your
portion.
You
shall
sanctify
the
breast
of
the
wave
offering
and
the
thigh
of
the
wave
offering,
which
is
waved,
and
which
is
raised
up,
of
the
ram
of
consecration,
even
of
that
which
is
for
Aaron,
and
of
that
which
is
for
his
sons.
It
shall
be
for
Aaron
and
his
sons
as
their
portion
forever
from
the
children
of
Israel;
for
it
is
a wave
offering.
It
shall
be
a wave
offering
from
the
children
of
Israel
of
the
sacrifices
of
their
peace
offerings,
even
their wave
offering
to
Yahweh.
“The
holy
garments
of
Aaron
shall
be
for
his
sons
after
him,
to
be anointed
in
them,
and
to
be
consecrated
in
them.
Seven
days
shall
the
son
who
is
priest
in
his
place
put
them
on,
when
he
comes
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting
to
minister
in
the
holy
place.
“You
shall
take
the
ram
of
consecration
and
boil
its
meat
in
a
holy
place.
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
eat
the
meat
of
the
ram,
and
the
bread
that
is
in
the
basket,
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
They
shall
eat
those
things
with
which
atonement
was
made,
to
consecrate
and
sanctify
them;
but
a stranger
shall
not
eat
of
it,
because
they
are
holy.
If
anything
of
the
meat
of
the
consecration,
or
of
the
bread,
remains
to
the
morning,
then
you
shall
burn
the
remainder
with
fire.
It
shall
not
be
eaten,
because
it
is
holy.
“You
shall
do
so
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons,
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
you.
You
shall consecrate
them
seven
days.
Every
day
you
shall
offer
the
bull
of
sin
offering
for
atonement.
You
shall
cleanse
the
altar
when
you
make
atonement
for
it.
You
shall
anoint
it,
to
sanctify
it.
Seven
days
you
shall make
atonement
for
the
altar,
and
sanctify
it;
and
the
altar
shall
be
most
holy.
Whatever
touches
the
altar
shall
be
holy.
“Now
this
is
that
which
you
shall
offer
on
the
altar:
two
lambs
a
year
old
day
by
day
continually.
The
one
lamb
you shall
offer
in
the
morning;
and
the
other
lamb
you shall
offer
at
evening;
and
with the
one
lamb
a
tenth part
of
an ephah
29:40
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
mixed
with the
fourth part
of
a
hin
29:40
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons, so a fourth of a hin is about 1.6 liters.
of
beaten
oil,
and the
fourth part
of
a
hin
of
wine
for
a drink
offering.
The
other
lamb
you
shall
offer
at
evening,
and
shall
do
to
it according
to
the
meal
offering
of
the
morning
and according
to
its drink
offering,
for
a pleasant
aroma,
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
It
shall
be
a
continual
burnt
offering
throughout
your
generations
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
before
Yahweh,
where
I
will
meet
with
you,
to
speak
there
to
you.
There
I
will
meet
with
the
children
of
Israel;
and
the
place
shall
be
sanctified
by
my
glory.
I
will
sanctify
the
Tent
of
Meeting
and
the
altar.
I
will
also
sanctify
Aaron
and
his
sons
to
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office.
I
will
dwell
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
will
be
their
God.
They
shall
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
their
God,
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
I
might
dwell
among
them:
I
am
Yahweh
their
God.
“You shall
make an
altar
to burn
incense
on.
You shall
make
it
of
acacia
wood.
Its
length shall
be
a
cubit,
30:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
its
width
a
cubit.
It shall
be
square,
and
its
height shall
be
two
cubits.
Its
horns shall
be
of
one piece
with
it.
You
shall
overlay
it
with
pure
gold,
its
top,
its
sides
around
it,
and
its
horns;
and
you
shall
make a
gold
molding
around
it.
You
shall
make
two
golden
rings
for
it
under
its
molding;
on
its
two
ribs,
on
its
two
sides
you
shall
make
them;
and
they
shall
be
for
places
for
poles
with
which
to
bear
it.
You
shall
make
the
poles
of
acacia
wood,
and
overlay
them
with
gold.
You
shall
put
it
before
the
veil
that
is
by
the
ark
of
the covenant,
before
the
mercy
seat
that
is
over
the covenant,
where
I
will
meet
with
you.
Aaron
shall
burn
incense
of
sweet
spices
on
it
every
morning.
When
he tends
the
lamps,
he
shall
burn
it.
When
Aaron lights
the
lamps
at
evening,
he
shall
burn
it,
a
perpetual
incense
before
Yahweh
throughout
your
generations.
You
shall
offer
no
strange
incense
on
it,
nor
burnt
offering,
nor
meal
offering;
and
you
shall
pour
no drink
offering
on
it.
Aaron
shall make
atonement
on
its
horns
once
in
the
year;
with
the
blood
of
the
sin
offering
of
atonement
once
in
the
year
he
shall make
atonement
for
it
throughout
your
generations.
It
is
most
holy
to
Yahweh.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“When
you
take
a
census
of
the
children
of
Israel,
according
to
those
who
are
counted
among
them,
then
each
man
shall
give
a
ransom
for
his
soul
to
Yahweh
when
you
count
them,
that
there
be
no
plague
among
them
when
you
count
them.
They
shall
give
this,
everyone
who
passes
over
to
those
who
are
counted,
half
a
shekel
according
to
the
shekel
30:13
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
the
sanctuary (the
shekel
is
twenty
gerahs
30:13
a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains);
half
a
shekel
for
an
offering
to
Yahweh.
Everyone
who
passes
over
to
those
who
are
counted,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
shall
give
the
offering
to
Yahweh.
The
rich
shall
not
give
more,
and
the
poor
shall
not
give
less,
than
the
half
shekel,
30:15
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
when
they
give
the
offering
of
Yahweh,
to
make
atonement
for
your
souls.
You
shall
take
the
atonement
money
from
the
children
of
Israel,
and
shall
appoint
it
for
the
service
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting;
that
it
may
be
a
memorial
for
the
children
of
Israel
before
Yahweh,
to
make
atonement
for
your
souls.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“You
shall
also
make
a
basin
of
bronze,
and
its
base
of
bronze,
in
which
to
wash.
You
shall
put
it
between
the
Tent
of
Meeting
and
the
altar,
and
you
shall
put
water
in
it.
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
wash
their
hands
and
their
feet
in
it.
When
they
go
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
they
shall
wash
with
water,
that
they
not
die;
or
when
they
come
near
to
the
altar
to
minister,
to
burn
an
offering made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
So
they
shall
wash
their
hands
and
their
feet,
that
they
not
die. This
shall
be
a
statute
forever
to
them,
even
to
him
and
to
his
descendants
throughout
their
generations.”
Moreover
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Also
take fine
spices:
of liquid
myrrh,
five
hundred shekels;
30:23
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 500 shekels is about 5 kilograms or about 11 pounds.
and
of
fragrant
cinnamon
half
as
much, even
two
hundred
and
fifty;
and
of
fragrant
cane,
two
hundred
and
fifty;
and
of
cassia
five
hundred, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary;
and
a
hin
30:24
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
of
olive
oil.
You
shall
make
it
into
a
holy
anointing
oil,
a
perfume compounded
after
the
art
of
the
perfumer:
it
shall
be
a
holy
anointing
oil.
You
shall use it
to
anoint
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
ark
of
the covenant,
the
table
and
all
its
articles,
the lamp stand
and
its accessories,
the
altar
of
incense,
the
altar
of
burnt offering
with
all
its
utensils,
and
the
basin
with
its
base.
You shall
sanctify
them,
that
they
may
be
most
holy.
Whatever
touches
them shall
be
holy.
You
shall
anoint
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
sanctify
them,
that
they
may
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office.
You
shall
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘This
shall
be
a
holy
anointing
oil
to
me
throughout
your
generations.
It
shall
not
be poured
on
man’s
flesh,
and
do
not
make
any
like
it,
according
to
its composition.
It
is
holy.
It
shall
be
holy
to
you.
Whoever compounds
any
like
it,
or
whoever
puts
any
of
it
on
a stranger,
he
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.’”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Take
to
yourself
sweet
spices,
gum resin,
onycha,
and
galbanum:
sweet
spices
with
pure
frankincense.
There
shall
be
an equal weight
of
each.
You
shall
make
incense
of
it, a
perfume after
the
art
of
the
perfumer, seasoned
with salt,
pure
and
holy.
You
shall
beat
some
of
it
very small,
and
put
some
of
it
before
the covenant
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
where
I
will
meet
with
you.
It
shall
be
to
you
most
holy.
You
shall
not
make
this
incense, according
to
its composition,
for
yourselves:
it
shall
be
to
you
holy
for
Yahweh.
Whoever
shall
make
any
like
that,
to
smell
of
it,
he
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Behold,
I
have
called
by
name
Bezalel
the
son
of
Uri,
the
son
of
Hur,
of
the
tribe
of
Judah.
I
have
filled
him
with
the
Spirit
of
God,
in
wisdom,
and
in
understanding,
and
in
knowledge,
and
in
all
kinds
of
workmanship,
to
devise
skillful
works,
to work
in
gold,
and
in
silver,
and
in
bronze,
and
in
cutting
of
stones
for setting,
and
in
carving
of
wood,
to
work
in
all
kinds
of
workmanship.
Behold,
I
myself
have
appointed
with
him
Oholiab,
the
son
of
Ahisamach,
of
the
tribe
of
Dan;
and
in
the
heart
of
all
who
are wise-hearted
I
have
put
wisdom,
that
they
may
make
all
that
I
have
commanded
you:
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
ark
of
the covenant,
the
mercy
seat
that
is
on
it,
all
the
furniture
of
the
Tent,
the
table
and
its
vessels,
the
pure lamp stand
with
all
its
vessels,
the
altar
of
incense,
the
altar
of
burnt offering
with
all
its
vessels,
the
basin
and
its
base,
the
finely worked
garments—the
holy
garments
for
Aaron
the
priest,
the
garments
of
his
sons
to
minister
in
the
priest’s office—
the
anointing
oil,
and
the
incense
of
sweet
spices
for
the
holy
place: according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
you
they
shall
do.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
also
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘Most
certainly
you
shall
keep
my
Sabbaths;
for
it
is
a
sign
between
me
and
you
throughout
your
generations,
that
you
may
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
you.
You
shall
keep
the
Sabbath
therefore,
for
it
is
holy
to
you.
Everyone
who
profanes
it
shall
surely
be
put
to
death;
for
whoever
does
any
work therein,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
his
people.
Six
days
shall
work
be
done,
but
on
the
seventh
day
is
a
Sabbath
of
solemn
rest,
holy
to
Yahweh.
Whoever
does
any
work
on
the
Sabbath
day
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
Therefore
the
children
of
Israel
shall
keep
the
Sabbath,
to
observe
the
Sabbath
throughout
their
generations,
for
a
perpetual
covenant.
It
is
a
sign
between
me
and
the
children
of
Israel
forever;
for
in
six
days
Yahweh
made
heaven
and
earth,
and
on
the
seventh
day
he
rested,
and
was
refreshed.’”
When
he
finished
speaking
with
him
on
Mount
Sinai,
he
gave
Moses
the
two
tablets
of
the covenant,
stone
tablets,
written
with
God’s
finger.
When
the
people
saw
that
Moses
delayed
coming
down
from
the
mountain,
the
people
gathered
themselves
together
to
Aaron,
and
said
to
him, “Come,
make
us
gods,
which
shall
go
before
us;
for
as
for
this
Moses,
the
man
who
brought
us
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
we
don’t
know
what
has
become
of
him.”
Aaron
said
to
them, “Take
off
the
golden
rings,
which
are
in
the
ears
of
your
wives,
of
your
sons,
and
of
your
daughters,
and
bring
them
to
me.”
All
the
people
took
off
the
golden
rings
which
were
in
their
ears,
and
brought
them
to
Aaron.
He
received
what
they
handed
him,
fashioned
it
with
an engraving
tool,
and
made
it
a molded
calf.
Then
they
said, “These
are
your
gods,
Israel,
which
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.”
When
Aaron
saw
this,
he
built
an
altar
before
it;
and
Aaron
made
a
proclamation,
and
said, “Tomorrow
shall
be
a
feast
to
Yahweh.”
They
rose
up
early
on
the
next
day,
and
offered
burnt
offerings,
and
brought
peace
offerings;
and
the
people
sat
down
to
eat
and
to
drink,
and
rose
up
to
play.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses, “Go,
get
down;
for
your
people,
whom
you
brought
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
have
corrupted
themselves!
They
have
turned
away
quickly
out
of
the
way
which
I
commanded
them.
They
have
made
themselves
a molded
calf,
and
have
worshiped
it,
and
have
sacrificed
to
it,
and
said, ‘These
are
your
gods,
Israel,
which
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.’”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “I
have
seen
these
people,
and
behold,
they
are
a stiff-necked
people.
Now
therefore
leave
me
alone,
that
my
wrath
may
burn hot
against
them,
and
that
I
may
consume
them;
and
I
will
make
of
you
a
great
nation.”
Moses begged
Yahweh
his
God,
and
said, “Yahweh,
why
does
your
wrath
burn hot
against
your
people,
that
you
have
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
great
power
and
with
a
mighty
hand?
Why
should
the
Egyptians talk,
saying, ‘He
brought
them
out
for
evil,
to
kill
them
in
the
mountains,
and
to
consume
them
from
the
surface
of
the
earth?’
Turn
from
your
fierce
wrath,
and
turn
away
from
this
evil
against
your
people.
Remember
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Israel,
your
servants,
to
whom
you
swore
by
your
own self,
and
said
to
them, ‘I
will
multiply
your
offspring
32:13
or, seed
as
the
stars
of
the
sky,
and
all
this
land
that
I
have
spoken
of
I
will
give
to
your
offspring,
and
they
shall
inherit
it
forever.’”
So
Yahweh turned
away
from
the
evil
which
he
said
he
would
do
to
his
people.
Moses
turned,
and
went
down
from
the
mountain,
with
the
two
tablets
of
the covenant
in
his
hand;
tablets
that
were
written
on
both
their
sides.
They
were
written
on
one
side
and
on
the
other.
The
tablets
were
the
work
of
God,
and
the
writing
was
the
writing
of
God,
engraved
on
the
tablets.
When
Joshua
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
as
they
shouted,
he
said
to
Moses, “There
is
the
noise
of
war
in
the
camp.”
He
said, “It isn’t
the
voice
of those
who
shout
for victory. It
is
not
the
voice
of those
who
cry
for being
overcome;
but
the
noise
of those
who
sing
that
I
hear.”
As
soon
as
he
came
near
to
the
camp,
he
saw
the
calf
and
the
dancing.
Then
Moses’
anger grew hot,
and
he
threw
the
tablets
out
of
his
hands,
and
broke
them
beneath
the
mountain.
He
took
the
calf
which
they
had
made,
and
burned
it
with
fire,
ground
it
to
powder,
and
scattered
it
on
the
water,
and
made
the
children
of
Israel
drink
it.
Moses
said
to
Aaron, “What
did
these
people
do
to
you,
that
you
have
brought
a
great
sin
on
them?”
Aaron
said, “Don’t
let
the
anger
of
my
lord grow hot.
You
know
the
people,
that
they
are set
on
evil.
For
they
said
to
me, ‘Make
us
gods,
which
shall
go
before
us.
As
for
this
Moses,
the
man
who
brought
us
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
we
don’t
know
what
has
become
of
him.’
I
said
to
them, ‘Whoever
has
any
gold,
let
them
take
it
off.’
So
they
gave
it
to
me;
and
I
threw
it
into
the
fire,
and
out
came
this
calf.”
When
Moses
saw
that
the
people
were
out
of control, (for
Aaron
had let
them lose control, causing
derision
among
their
enemies),
then
Moses
stood
in
the
gate
of
the
camp,
and
said, “Whoever
is
on
Yahweh’s side, come
to
me!”
All
the
sons
of
Levi
gathered
themselves
together
to
him.
He
said
to
them, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘Every
man
put
his
sword
on
his
thigh,
and
go
back
and forth
from
gate
to
gate
throughout
the
camp,
and
every
man
kill
his
brother,
and
every
man
his
companion,
and
every
man
his
neighbor.’”
The
sons
of
Levi
did
according
to
the
word
of
Moses.
About
three
thousand
men
fell
of
the
people
that
day.
Moses
said, “Consecrate
yourselves
today
to
Yahweh,
for
every
man
was
against
his
son
and
against
his
brother,
that
he
may
give
you
a
blessing
today.”
On
the
next
day,
Moses
said
to
the
people, “You
have
sinned
a
great
sin.
Now
I
will
go
up
to
Yahweh.
Perhaps
I
shall make
atonement
for
your
sin.”
Moses
returned
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Oh,
this
people
have
sinned
a
great
sin,
and
have
made themselves
gods
of
gold.
Yet
now,
if
you
will,
forgive
their
sin—and
if
not,
please blot
me
out
of
your
book
which
you
have
written.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Whoever
has
sinned
against
me,
I
will blot
him
out
of
my
book.
Now
go,
lead
the
people
to
the place
of
which
I
have
spoken
to
you.
Behold,
my
angel
shall
go
before
you.
Nevertheless,
in
the
day
when
I
punish,
I
will
punish
them
for
their
sin.”
Yahweh
struck
the
people,
because
of
what
they
did
with
the
calf,
which
Aaron
made.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses, “Depart,
go
up
from
here,
you
and
the
people
that
you
have
brought
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
to
the
land
of
which
I
swore
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob,
saying, ‘I
will
give
it
to
your
offspring.’
I
will
send
an
angel
before
you;
and
I
will
drive
out
the
Canaanite,
the
Amorite,
and
the
Hittite,
and
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite.
Go
to
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey;
but
I
will
not
go
up
among
you,
for
you
are
a stiff-necked
people,
lest
I
consume
you
on
the
way.”
When
the
people
heard
this
evil news,
they
mourned;
and
no
one
put
on
his
jewelry.
Yahweh
had
said
to
Moses, “Tell
the
children
of
Israel, ‘You
are
a stiff-necked
people.
If
I
were
to
go
up
among
you
for
one
moment,
I
would
consume
you.
Therefore
now
take
off
your
jewelry
from
you,
that
I
may
know
what
to
do
to
you.’”
The
children
of
Israel
stripped themselves
of
their
jewelry
from
Mount
Horeb onward.
Now
Moses
used
to
take
the
tent
and
pitch
it
outside
the
camp,
far
away
from
the
camp,
and
he
called
it “The
Tent
of
Meeting.”
Everyone
who
sought
Yahweh
went
out
to
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
which
was
outside
the
camp.
When
Moses
went
out
to
the
Tent,
all
the
people
rose
up,
and
stood,
everyone
at
their
tent
door,
and
watched
Moses,
until
he
had
gone
into
the
Tent.
When
Moses
entered
into
the
Tent,
the
pillar
of
cloud
descended,
stood
at
the
door
of
the
Tent,
and Yahweh
spoke
with
Moses.
All
the
people
saw
the
pillar
of
cloud
stand
at
the
door
of
the
Tent,
and
all
the
people
rose
up
and
worshiped,
everyone
at
their
tent
door.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
face
to
face,
as
a
man
speaks
to
his
friend.
He
turned
again
into
the
camp,
but
his
servant
Joshua,
the
son
of
Nun,
a
young
man,
didn’t
depart
from
the
Tent.
Moses
said
to
Yahweh, “Behold,
you
tell
me, ‘Bring
up
this
people;’
and
you
haven’t
let
me
know
whom
you
will
send
with
me.
Yet
you
have
said, ‘I
know
you
by
name,
and
you
have
also
found
favor
in
my
sight.’
Now
therefore,
if
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
please
show
me
your
way,
now,
that
I
may
know
you,
so
that
I
may
find
favor
in
your
sight;
and
consider
that
this
nation
is
your
people.”
He
said, “My
presence
will go
with
you,
and
I
will
give
you
rest.”
Moses
said
to
him, “If
your
presence doesn’t
go
with
me,
don’t
carry
us
up
from
here.
For
how
would
people
know
that
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
I
and
your
people?
Isn’t
it
that
you go
with
us,
so
that
we
are separated,
I
and
your
people,
from
all
the
people
who
are
on
the
surface
of
the
earth?”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “I
will
do
this
thing
also
that
you
have
spoken;
for
you
have
found
favor
in
my
sight,
and
I
know
you
by
name.”
Moses
said, “Please
show
me
your
glory.”
He
said, “I
will
make
all
my
goodness
pass
before
you,
and
will
proclaim
Yahweh’s
name
before
you.
I
will
be gracious
to
whom
I
will
be gracious,
and
will
show
mercy
on
whom
I
will
show
mercy.”
He
said, “You
cannot
see
my
face,
for
man
may
not
see
me
and live.”
Yahweh
also
said, “Behold,
there
is
a
place
by
me,
and
you
shall
stand
on
the
rock.
It
will
happen,
while
my
glory
passes
by,
that
I
will
put
you
in
a
cleft
of
the
rock,
and
will cover
you
with
my
hand
until
I
have
passed
by;
then
I
will
take
away
my
hand,
and
you
will
see
my
back;
but
my
face
shall
not
be
seen.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Chisel
two
stone
tablets
like
the
first.
I
will
write
on
the
tablets
the
words
that
were
on
the
first
tablets,
which
you
broke.
Be
ready
by
the
morning,
and
come
up
in
the
morning
to
Mount
Sinai,
and
present
yourself
there
to
me
on
the
top
of
the
mountain.
No
one
shall
come
up
with
you
or
be
seen
anywhere
on
the
mountain.
Do
not
let
the
flocks
or
herds
graze
in
front
of
that
mountain.”
He chiseled
two
tablets
of
stone
like
the
first;
then
Moses
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
went
up
to
Mount
Sinai,
as
Yahweh
had
commanded
him,
and
took
in
his
hand
two
stone
tablets.
Yahweh
descended
in
the
cloud,
and
stood
with
him
there,
and
proclaimed
Yahweh’s
name.
Yahweh
passed
by
before
him,
and
proclaimed, “Yahweh!
Yahweh,
a
merciful
and
gracious
God,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness
and
truth,
keeping loving
kindness
for
thousands,
forgiving
iniquity
and disobedience
and
sin;
and
who
will
by
no
means
clear
the
guilty,
visiting
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
on
the
children,
and
on
the
children’s
children,
on
the
third
and
on
the
fourth
generation.”
Moses
hurried
and
bowed
his head toward
the
earth,
and
worshiped.
He
said, “If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
Lord,
please
let
the
Lord
go
among
us,
even
though
this
is
a stiff-necked
people;
pardon
our
iniquity
and
our
sin,
and
take
us
for
your
inheritance.”
He
said, “Behold,
I
make
a
covenant:
before
all
your
people
I
will
do marvels,
such
as
have
not
been
worked
in
all
the
earth,
nor
in
any
nation;
and
all
the
people
among
whom
you
are
shall
see
the
work
of
Yahweh;
for
it
is
an
awesome
thing
that
I
do
with
you.
Observe
that
which
I
command
you
today.
Behold,
I
will
drive
out
before
you
the
Amorite,
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite.
Be
careful,
lest
you
make
a
covenant
with
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
where
you
are
going,
lest
it
be
for
a
snare
among
you;
but
you
shall
break
down
their
altars,
and dash
in
pieces
their
pillars,
and
you
shall
cut
down
their
Asherah poles;
for
you
shall
worship
no
other
god;
for
Yahweh,
whose
name
is
Jealous,
is
a
jealous
God.
“Don’t
make
a
covenant
with
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
lest
they
play
the
prostitute
after
their
gods,
and
sacrifice
to
their
gods,
and
one
call
you
and
you
eat
of
his
sacrifice;
and
you
take
of
their
daughters
to
your
sons,
and
their
daughters
play
the
prostitute
after
their
gods,
and
make
your
sons
play
the
prostitute
after
their
gods.
“You
shall
make
no cast idols
for yourselves.
“You
shall
keep
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread.
Seven
days
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread,
as
I
commanded
you,
at
the
time
appointed
in
the
month
Abib;
for
in
the
month
Abib
you
came
out
of
Egypt.
“All
that opens
the
womb
is mine;
and
all
your
livestock
that
is male,
the
firstborn
of cow
and
sheep.
You
shall
redeem
the
firstborn
of
a
donkey
with
a
lamb.
If
you
will
not
redeem
it,
then
you
shall
break
its
neck.
You
shall
redeem
all
the
firstborn
of
your
sons.
No
one
shall
appear
before
me
empty.
“Six
days
you
shall
work,
but
on
the
seventh
day
you
shall rest:
in
plowing
time
and
in
harvest
you
shall rest.
“You shall
observe
the
feast
of
weeks
with
the
first
fruits
of
wheat
harvest,
and
the
feast
of
harvest
at
the
year’s end.
Three
times
in
the
year
all
your
males
shall
appear
before
the
Lord
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
For
I
will
drive
out
nations
before
you
and
enlarge
your
borders;
neither
shall
any
man
desire
your
land
when
you
go
up
to
appear
before
Yahweh,
your
God,
three
times
in
the
year.
“You
shall
not
offer
the
blood
of
my
sacrifice
with
leavened
bread.
The
sacrifice
of
the
feast
of
the
Passover
shall
not
be left
to
the
morning.
“You
shall
bring
the
first
of
the
first
fruits
of
your
ground
to
the
house
of
Yahweh
your
God.
“You
shall
not
boil
a
young
goat
in
its
mother’s
milk.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Write
these
words;
for
in
accordance
with
these
words
I
have
made
a
covenant
with
you
and
with
Israel.”
He
was
there
with
Yahweh
forty
days
and
forty
nights;
he
neither
ate
bread,
nor
drank
water.
He
wrote
on
the
tablets
the
words
of
the
covenant,
the
ten
commandments.
When
Moses
came
down
from
Mount
Sinai
with
the
two
tablets
of
the covenant
in
Moses’
hand,
when
he
came
down
from
the
mountain,
Moses
didn’t
know
that
the
skin
of
his
face
shone
by reason
of
his
speaking
with
him.
When
Aaron
and
all
the
children
of
Israel
saw
Moses,
behold,
the
skin
of
his
face
shone;
and
they
were
afraid
to
come
near
him.
Moses
called
to
them,
and
Aaron
and
all
the rulers
of
the
congregation
returned
to
him;
and
Moses
spoke
to
them.
Afterward
all
the
children
of
Israel
came
near,
and
he
gave
them
all
the commandments
that
Yahweh
had
spoken
with
him
on
Mount
Sinai.
When
Moses
was done
speaking
with
them,
he
put
a
veil
on
his
face.
But
when
Moses
went
in
before
Yahweh
to
speak
with
him,
he
took
the
veil
off,
until
he
came
out;
and
he
came
out,
and
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel
that
which
he
was
commanded.
The
children
of
Israel
saw
Moses’
face,
that
the
skin
of
Moses’
face
shone;
so
Moses
put
the
veil
on
his
face
again,
until
he
went
in
to
speak
with
him.
Moses
assembled
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them, “These
are
the
words
which
Yahweh
has
commanded,
that
you
should
do
them.
‘Six
days
shall
work
be
done,
but
on
the
seventh
day
there
shall
be
a
holy
day
for
you,
a
Sabbath
of
solemn
rest
to
Yahweh:
whoever
does
any
work
in
it
shall
be
put
to
death.
You
shall
kindle
no
fire
throughout
your
habitations
on
the
Sabbath
day.’”
Moses
spoke
to
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
commanded,
saying,
‘Take
from among
you
an
offering
to
Yahweh.
Whoever
is
of
a
willing
heart, let
him
bring
it
as
Yahweh’s
offering:
gold,
silver,
bronze,
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
fine
linen,
goats’ hair,
rams’
skins
dyed
red, sea cow
hides,
acacia
wood,
oil
for the
light,
spices
for the
anointing
oil
and
for the
sweet
incense,
onyx
stones,
and
stones
to be set
for the
ephod
and
for the breastplate.
“‘Let
every wise-hearted
man among
you
come,
and
make
all
that
Yahweh
has
commanded:
the
tabernacle,
its outer
covering,
its roof,
its
clasps,
its boards,
its
bars,
its
pillars,
and
its
sockets;
the
ark,
and
its
poles,
the
mercy
seat,
the
veil
of
the
screen;
the
table
with
its
poles
and
all
its
vessels,
and
the show
bread;
the
lamp stand
also
for
the
light,
with
its
vessels,
its
lamps,
and
the
oil
for
the
light;
and
the
altar
of
incense
with
its
poles,
the
anointing
oil,
the
sweet
incense,
the
screen
for
the
door,
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle;
the
altar
of
burnt offering,
with
its
grating
of
bronze,
its
poles,
and
all
its
vessels,
the
basin
and
its
base;
the
hangings
of
the
court,
its
pillars, their
sockets,
and
the
screen for
the
gate
of
the
court;
the pins
of
the
tabernacle,
the pins
of
the
court,
and their
cords;
the
finely worked
garments
for
ministering
in
the
holy
place—the
holy
garments
for
Aaron
the
priest,
and
the
garments
of
his
sons—to
minister
in
the
priest’s office.’”
All
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
departed
from
the
presence
of
Moses.
They
came,
everyone
whose
heart
stirred
him
up,
and
everyone
whom
his
spirit
made
willing,
and
brought
Yahweh’s
offering
for
the
work
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
for
all
of
its
service,
and
for
the
holy
garments.
They
came,
both
men
and
women,
as many
as
were willing-hearted,
and
brought
brooches,
earrings,
signet
rings,
and armlets,
all
jewels
of
gold;
even
every
man
who
offered
an
offering
of
gold
to
Yahweh.
Everyone
with
whom
was
found
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
fine
linen,
goats’ hair, rams’
skins
dyed
red,
and sea cow
hides,
brought
them.
Everyone
who
offered
an
offering
of
silver
and
bronze
brought
Yahweh’s
offering;
and
everyone
with
whom
was
found
acacia
wood
for
any
work
of
the
service,
brought
it.
All
the
women
who
were wise-hearted
spun
with
their
hands,
and
brought
that
which
they
had
spun:
the
blue,
the
purple,
the
scarlet,
and
the
fine
linen.
All
the
women
whose
heart
stirred
them
up
in
wisdom
spun
the
goats’ hair.
The rulers
brought
the
onyx
stones
and
the
stones
to be
set
for
the
ephod
and
for
the breastplate;
with
the
spice
and
the
oil
for
the
light,
for
the
anointing
oil,
and
for
the
sweet
incense.
The
children
of
Israel
brought
a free
will
offering
to
Yahweh;
every
man
and
woman
whose
heart
made
them
willing
to
bring
for
all
the
work,
which
Yahweh
had
commanded
to
be
made
by
Moses.
Moses
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “Behold,
Yahweh
has
called
by
name
Bezalel
the
son
of
Uri,
the
son
of
Hur,
of
the
tribe
of
Judah.
He
has
filled
him
with
the
Spirit
of
God,
in
wisdom,
in
understanding,
in
knowledge,
and
in
all
kinds
of
workmanship;
and
to
make
skillful
works,
to work
in
gold,
in
silver,
in
bronze,
in
cutting
of
stones
for setting,
and
in
carving
of
wood,
to
work
in
all
kinds
of skillful
workmanship.
He
has
put
in
his
heart
that
he
may
teach,
both
he
and
Oholiab,
the
son
of
Ahisamach,
of
the
tribe
of
Dan.
He
has
filled
them
with
wisdom
of
heart
to
work
all
kinds
of
workmanship,
of
the
engraver,
of
the
skillful
workman,
and
of
the
embroiderer,
in
blue,
in
purple,
in
scarlet,
and
in
fine
linen,
and
of
the
weaver,
even
of
those
who
do
any
workmanship,
and
of
those
who
make
skillful
works.
“Bezalel
and
Oholiab
shall
work
with
every wise-hearted
man,
in
whom
Yahweh
has
put
wisdom
and
understanding
to
know
how
to
do
all
the
work
for
the
service
of
the
sanctuary,
according
to
all
that
Yahweh
has
commanded.”
Moses
called
Bezalel
and
Oholiab,
and
every wise-hearted
man,
in
whose
heart
Yahweh
had
put
wisdom,
even
everyone
whose
heart
stirred
him
up
to
come
to
the
work
to
do
it.
They
received
from
Moses
all
the
offering
which
the
children
of
Israel
had
brought
for
the
work
of
the
service
of
the
sanctuary,
with
which
to
make
it.
They
kept
bringing free
will
offerings
to
him
every
morning.
All
the
wise
men,
who
performed
all
the
work
of
the
sanctuary,
each
came
from
his
work
which
he
did.
They
spoke
to
Moses,
saying, “The
people
have
brought
much
more
than
enough
for
the
service
of
the
work
which
Yahweh
commanded
to
make.”
Moses
gave
a
commandment,
and
they
caused
it
to
be proclaimed
throughout
the
camp,
saying, “Let
neither
man
nor
woman
make
anything
else
for
the
offering
for
the
sanctuary.”
So
the
people
were
restrained
from
bringing.
For
the stuff
they
had
was
sufficient
to
do
all
the
work,
and too
much.
All
the wise-hearted
men among
those
who
did
the
work
made
the
tabernacle
with
ten
curtains
of
fine
twined
linen,
blue,
purple,
and
scarlet.
They
made
them
with
cherubim,
the
work
of
a
skillful
workman.
The
length
of
each
curtain
was
twenty-eight
cubits,
36:9
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
the
width
of
each
curtain
four
cubits.
All
the
curtains
had
one
measure.
He coupled
five
curtains
to
one
another,
and
the
other
five
curtains
he coupled
to
one
another.
He
made
loops
of
blue
on
the
edge
of
the
one
curtain
from
the
edge
in
the coupling.
Likewise
he
made
in
the
edge
of
the
curtain
that
was
outermost
in
the
second coupling.
He
made
fifty
loops
in
the
one
curtain,
and
he
made
fifty
loops
in
the edge
of
the
curtain
that
was
in
the
second coupling.
The
loops
were
opposite
to
one
another.
He
made
fifty
clasps
of
gold,
and coupled
the
curtains
to
one
another
with
the
clasps:
so
the
tabernacle
was
a
unit.
He
made
curtains
of
goats’
hair
for
a covering
over
the
tabernacle.
He
made
them
eleven
curtains.
The
length
of
each
curtain
was
thirty
cubits,
and
four
cubits
the
width
of
each
curtain.
The
eleven
curtains
had
one
measure.
He coupled
five
curtains
by
themselves,
and
six
curtains
by
themselves.
He
made
fifty
loops
on
the
edge
of
the
curtain that
was
outermost
in
the coupling,
and
he
made
fifty
loops
on
the
edge
of
the
curtain which
was
outermost
in
the
second coupling.
He
made
fifty
clasps
of
bronze
to couple
the
tent
together,
that
it might
be
a
unit.
He
made
a
covering
for
the
tent
of rams’
skins
dyed
red,
and
a
covering
of sea cow
hides
above.
He
made
the boards
for
the
tabernacle
of
acacia
wood,
standing
up.
Ten
cubits
was
the
length
of
a board,
and
a
cubit
and
a
half
the
width
of
each board.
Each board
had
two
tenons, joined
to
one
another.
He
made
all
the boards
of
the
tabernacle
this
way.
He
made
the boards
for
the
tabernacle,
twenty boards
for
the
south
side
southward.
He
made
forty
sockets
of
silver
under
the
twenty boards:
two
sockets
under
one board
for
its
two
tenons,
and
two
sockets
under
another board
for
its
two
tenons.
For
the
second
side
of
the
tabernacle,
on
the
north
side,
he
made
twenty
boards
and
their
forty
sockets
of
silver:
two
sockets
under
one board,
and
two
sockets
under
another board.
For
the
far
part
of
the
tabernacle
westward
he
made
six boards.
He
made
two boards
for
the corners
of
the
tabernacle
in
the
far
part.
They
were
double
beneath,
and
in
the
same
way
they
were
all
the
way
to
its
top
to
one
ring.
He
did
this
to
both
of
them
in
the
two
corners.
There
were
eight boards
and
their
sockets
of
silver,
sixteen
sockets—under
every board
two
sockets.
He
made
bars
of
acacia
wood:
five
for
the
boards
of
the
one
side
of
the
tabernacle,
and
five
bars
for
the
boards
of
the
other
side
of
the
tabernacle,
and
five
bars
for
the
boards
of
the
tabernacle
for
the hinder
part
westward.
He
made
the
middle
bar
to
pass
through
in
the
middle
of
the boards
from
the
one
end
to
the other.
He
overlaid
the boards
with
gold,
and
made
their
rings
of
gold
as
places
for
the
bars,
and
overlaid
the
bars
with
gold.
He
made
the
veil
of
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
with
cherubim.
He
made
it
the
work
of
a
skillful
workman.
He
made
four
pillars
of
acacia
for
it,
and
overlaid
them
with
gold.
Their
hooks
were
of
gold.
He
cast
four
sockets
of
silver
for
them.
He
made a
screen
for
the
door
of
the
tent,
of
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
the
work
of an
embroiderer;
and
the
five
pillars
of
it
with
their
hooks.
He
overlaid
their capitals
and
their fillets
with
gold,
and
their
five
sockets
were
of
bronze.
Bezalel
made
the
ark
of
acacia
wood.
Its
length
was
two
and
a
half
cubits,
37:1
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
its
width
a
cubit
and
a
half,
and
a
cubit
and
a
half
its
height.
He
overlaid
it
with
pure
gold
inside
and
outside,
and
made
a
molding
of
gold
for
it
around
it.
He
cast
four
rings
of
gold
for
it
in
its
four
feet—two
rings
on
its
one
side,
and
two
rings
on
its
other
side.
He
made
poles
of
acacia
wood
and
overlaid
them
with
gold.
He
put
the
poles
into
the
rings
on
the
sides
of
the
ark,
to
bear
the
ark.
He
made
a
mercy
seat
of
pure
gold.
Its
length
was
two
and
a
half
cubits,
and
a
cubit
and
a
half
its
width.
He
made
two
cherubim
of
gold.
He
made
them
of beaten
work, at
the
two
ends
of
the
mercy
seat:
one
cherub
at
the
one
end,
and
one
cherub
at
the
other
end.
He
made
the
cherubim
of
one piece
with
the
mercy
seat
at
its
two
ends.
The
cherubim
spread
out
their
wings
above,
covering
the
mercy
seat
with
their
wings,
with
their
faces
toward
one
another.
The
faces
of
the
cherubim
were
toward
the
mercy
seat.
He
made
the
table
of
acacia
wood.
Its
length
was
two
cubits,
and
its
width
was
a
cubit,
and
its
height
was
a
cubit
and
a
half.
He
overlaid
it
with
pure
gold,
and
made a
gold
molding
around
it.
He
made a
border
of a hand’s width
around
it,
and
made a
golden
molding
on
its
border
around
it.
He
cast
four
rings
of
gold
for
it,
and
put
the
rings
in
the
four
corners
that
were
on
its
four
feet.
The
rings
were
close
by
the
border,
the
places
for
the
poles
to
carry
the
table.
He
made
the
poles
of
acacia
wood,
and
overlaid
them
with
gold,
to
carry
the
table.
He
made
the
vessels
which
were
on
the
table,
its
dishes,
its
spoons,
its
bowls,
and
its
pitchers
with
which
to
pour
out,
of
pure
gold.
He
made
the lamp stand
of
pure
gold.
He
made
the lamp stand
of beaten
work.
Its
base,
its
shaft,
its
cups,
its
buds,
and
its
flowers
were
of
one piece
with
it.
There
were
six
branches
going
out
of
its
sides:
three
branches
of
the lamp stand
out
of
its
one
side,
and
three
branches
of
the lamp stand
out
of
its
other
side:
three
cups made
like
almond
blossoms
in
one
branch,
a
bud
and
a
flower,
and
three
cups made
like
almond
blossoms
in
the
other
branch,
a
bud
and
a
flower;
so
for
the
six
branches
going
out
of
the lamp stand.
In the lamp stand
were
four
cups made
like
almond
blossoms, its
buds
and its
flowers;
and
a bud
under
two
branches
of
one piece
with
it,
and
a bud
under
two
branches
of
one piece
with
it,
and
a bud
under
two
branches
of
one piece
with
it,
for
the
six
branches
going
out
of
it.
Their buds
and
their
branches
were
of
one piece
with
it.
The
whole
thing
was
one beaten
work
of
pure
gold.
He
made
its
seven
lamps,
and
its
snuffers,
and
its snuff dishes,
of
pure
gold.
He
made
it
of
a
talent
37:24
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
of
pure
gold,
with
all
its
vessels.
He
made
the
altar
of
incense
of
acacia
wood.
It
was
square:
its
length
was
a
cubit,
and
its
width
a
cubit.
Its
height
was
two
cubits.
Its
horns
were
of
one piece
with
it.
He
overlaid
it
with
pure
gold:
its
top,
its
sides
around
it,
and
its
horns.
He
made a
gold
molding
around
it.
He
made
two
golden
rings
for
it
under
its
molding crown,
on
its
two
ribs,
on
its
two
sides,
for
places
for
poles
with
which
to
carry
it.
He
made
the
poles
of
acacia
wood,
and
overlaid
them
with
gold.
He
made
the
holy
anointing
oil
and
the
pure
incense
of
sweet
spices, after
the
art
of
the
perfumer.
He
made
the
altar
of
burnt offering
of
acacia
wood.
It
was
square.
Its
length
was
five
cubits,
38:1
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
its
width
was
five
cubits,
and
its
height
was
three
cubits.
He
made
its
horns
on
its
four
corners.
Its
horns
were
of
one piece
with
it,
and
he
overlaid
it
with
bronze.
He
made
all
the
vessels
of
the
altar:
the
pots,
the
shovels,
the
basins,
the forks,
and
the fire pans.
He
made
all
its
vessels
of
bronze.
He
made
for
the
altar
a
grating
of
a
network
of
bronze,
under
the
ledge around
it
beneath,
reaching
halfway
up.
He
cast
four
rings
for
the
four corners
of
bronze
grating,
to
be
places
for
the
poles.
He
made
the
poles
of
acacia
wood,
and
overlaid
them
with
bronze.
He
put
the
poles
into
the
rings
on
the
sides
of
the
altar,
with which
to
carry
it.
He
made
it
hollow
with
planks.
He
made
the
basin
of
bronze,
and
its
base
of
bronze,
out
of
the mirrors
of
the ministering
women
who ministered
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
He
made
the
court:
for
the
south
side
southward
the
hangings
of
the
court
were
of
fine
twined
linen,
one
hundred
cubits;
their
pillars were
twenty,
and their
sockets
twenty,
of
bronze; the
hooks
of the
pillars
and their fillets were
of
silver.
For
the
north
side
one
hundred
cubits, their
pillars
twenty,
and their
sockets
twenty,
of
bronze;
the
hooks
of
the
pillars,
and their fillets,
of
silver.
For
the
west
side were
hangings
of
fifty
cubits, their
pillars
ten,
and their
sockets
ten;
the
hooks
of
the
pillars,
and their fillets,
of
silver.
For
the
east
side
eastward
fifty
cubits,
the
hangings
for
the
one
side
were
fifteen
cubits;
their
pillars
three,
and
their
sockets
three;
and
so
for
the
other
side:
on
this hand
and
that hand
by
the
gate
of
the
court
were
hangings
of
fifteen
cubits;
their
pillars
three,
and
their
sockets
three.
All
the
hangings
around
the
court
were
of
fine
twined
linen.
The
sockets
for
the
pillars
were
of
bronze.
The
hooks
of
the
pillars
and
their fillets
were
of
silver.
Their capitals
were
overlaid
with
silver.
All
the
pillars
of
the
court had
silver
bands.
The
screen
for
the
gate
of
the
court
was
the
work
of
the
embroiderer,
of
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen.
Twenty
cubits
was
the
length,
and
the
height
along
the
width
was
five
cubits,
like
the
hangings
of
the
court.
Their
pillars
were
four,
and their
sockets
four,
of
bronze; their
hooks
of
silver,
and
the
overlaying
of their capitals,
and their fillets,
of
silver.
All
the pins
of
the
tabernacle,
and
around
the
court,
were
of
bronze.
These
are
the amounts
of materials used
for
the
tabernacle,
even
the
Tabernacle
of
the
Testimony,
as
they
were
counted,
according
to
the
commandment
of
Moses,
for
the
service
of
the
Levites,
by
the
hand
of
Ithamar,
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest.
Bezalel
the
son
of
Uri,
the
son
of
Hur,
of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
made
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
With
him
was
Oholiab,
the
son
of
Ahisamach,
of
the
tribe
of
Dan,
an
engraver,
and
a
skillful
workman,
and
an
embroiderer
in
blue,
in
purple,
in
scarlet,
and
in
fine
linen.
All
the
gold
that
was
used
for
the
work
in
all
the
work
of
the
sanctuary,
even
the
gold
of
the
offering,
was
twenty-nine
talents
38:24
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.
and
seven
hundred
thirty
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
38:24
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces.
of
the
sanctuary.
The
silver
of those
who
were
counted
of
the
congregation
was
one
hundred
talents
38:25
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
and
one
thousand
seven
hundred
seventy-five
shekels,
38:25
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary:
a
beka
38:26
a beka is about 5 grams or about 0.175 ounces
a
head,
that
is,
half
a
shekel,
according
to
the
shekel
38:26
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
the
sanctuary,
for
everyone
who
passed
over
to
those
who
were
counted,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
for
six
hundred
three
thousand
five
hundred
fifty
men.
The
one
hundred
talents
38:27
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
of
silver
were
for
casting
the
sockets
of
the
sanctuary
and
the
sockets
of
the
veil:
one
hundred
sockets
for
the
one
hundred
talents,
one
talent per
socket.
From
the
one
thousand
seven
hundred
seventy-five shekels
38:28
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1775 shekels is about 17.75 kilograms or about 39 pounds.
he
made
hooks
for
the
pillars,
overlaid
their capitals,
and
made fillets
for
them.
The
bronze
of
the
offering
was
seventy
talents
38:29
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
and
two
thousand
four
hundred
shekels.
38:29
70 talents + 2400 shekels is about 2124 kilograms, or 2.124 metric tons.
With
this
he
made
the
sockets
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
bronze
altar,
the
bronze
grating
for
it,
all
the
vessels
of
the
altar,
the
sockets
around
the
court,
the
sockets
of
the
gate
of
the
court,
all
the pins
of
the
tabernacle,
and
all
the pins
around
the
court.
Of
the
blue,
purple,
and
scarlet,
they
made
finely
worked
garments
for
ministering
in
the
holy
place,
and
made
the
holy
garments
for
Aaron,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
made
the
ephod
of
gold,
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen.
They beat
the
gold
into thin
plates,
and
cut
it
into wires,
to
work
it
in
with
the
blue,
the
purple,
the
scarlet,
and
the
fine
linen,
the
work
of
the
skillful
workman.
They
made
shoulder straps
for
it,
joined
together.
It
was
joined
together
at
the
two
ends.
The
skillfully
woven
band
that
was
on
it,
with
which
to fasten
it
on,
was
of
the
same piece,
like
its
work:
of
gold,
of
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
They
worked
the
onyx
stones, enclosed
in
settings
of
gold,
engraved
with
the
engravings
of
a
signet,
according
to
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel.
He
put
them
on
the
shoulder straps
of
the
ephod,
to
be
stones
of
memorial
for
the
children
of
Israel,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
made
the breastplate,
the
work
of
a
skillful
workman,
like
the
work
of
the
ephod:
of
gold,
of
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
fine
twined
linen.
It
was
square.
They
made
the breastplate
double.
Its
length
was
a
span,
39:9
A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
and
its
width
a
span,
being
double.
They
set
in it
four
rows
of
stones.
A
row
of
ruby,
topaz,
and beryl
was
the
first
row;
and the
second
row,
a
turquoise,
a
sapphire,
39:11
or, lapis lazuli
and an emerald;
and
the
third
row,
a
jacinth, an
agate,
and an
amethyst;
and
the
fourth
row,
a chrysolite, an
onyx,
and
a
jasper.
They were enclosed
in
gold
settings.
The
stones
were
according
to
the
names
of
the
children
of
Israel,
twelve,
according
to
their
names;
like
the
engravings
of
a
signet,
everyone
according
to
his
name,
for
the
twelve
tribes.
They
made
on
the breastplate
chains
like
cords,
of
braided
work
of
pure
gold.
They
made
two
settings
of
gold,
and
two
gold
rings,
and
put
the
two
rings
on
the
two
ends
of
the breastplate.
They
put
the
two braided
chains
of
gold
in
the
two
rings
at
the
ends
of
the breastplate.
The
other
two
ends
of
the
two braided
chains
they
put
on
the
two
settings,
and
put
them
on
the
shoulder straps
of
the
ephod,
in
its
front.
They
made
two
rings
of
gold,
and
put
them
on
the
two
ends
of
the breastplate,
on
its
edge,
which
was
toward
the
side
of
the
ephod
inward.
They
made
two
more
rings
of
gold,
and
put
them
on
the
two
shoulder straps
of
the
ephod
underneath,
in
its
front,
close
by
its coupling,
above
the
skillfully
woven
band
of
the
ephod.
They
bound
the breastplate
by
its
rings
to
the
rings
of
the
ephod
with
a lace
of
blue,
that
it
might
be
on
the
skillfully
woven
band
of
the
ephod,
and
that
the breastplate
might
not
come
loose
from
the
ephod,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
made
the
robe
of
the
ephod
of
woven
work,
all
of
blue.
The
opening
of
the
robe
in
the
middle
of
it
was
like
the
opening
of
a
coat
of
mail,
with
a
binding
around
its
opening,
that
it should
not
be
torn.
They
made
on
the
skirts
of
the
robe
pomegranates
of
blue,
purple,
scarlet,
and
twined linen.
They
made
bells
of
pure
gold,
and
put
the
bells
between
the
pomegranates
around
the
skirts
of
the
robe,
between
the
pomegranates;
a
bell
and
a
pomegranate,
a
bell
and
a
pomegranate,
around
the
skirts
of
the
robe,
to
minister
in,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
They
made
the
tunics
of
fine
linen
of
woven
work
for
Aaron
and
for
his
sons,
the
turban
of
fine
linen,
the
linen
headbands
of
fine
linen,
the
linen trousers
of
fine
twined
linen,
the
sash
of
fine
twined
linen,
blue,
purple,
and
scarlet,
the
work
of
the
embroiderer,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
They
made
the
plate
of
the
holy
crown
of
pure
gold,
and
wrote
on
it
an
inscription,
like
the
engravings
of
a
signet: “HOLY
TO
YAHWEH”.
They
tied
to
it
a lace
of
blue,
to
fasten
it
on
the
turban
above,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Thus
all
the
work
of
the
tabernacle
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
was
finished.
The
children
of
Israel
did according
to
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses;
so
they
did.
They
brought
the
tabernacle
to
Moses:
the
tent,
with
all
its
furniture,
its
clasps,
its boards,
its
bars,
its
pillars,
its
sockets,
the
covering
of rams’
skins
dyed
red,
the
covering
of sea cow
hides,
the
veil
of
the
screen,
the
ark
of
the covenant
with
its
poles,
the
mercy
seat,
the
table,
all
its
vessels,
the show
bread,
the
pure
lamp stand,
its
lamps,
even
the
lamps
to
be set
in order,
all
its
vessels,
the
oil
for
the
light,
the
golden
altar,
the
anointing
oil,
the
sweet
incense,
the
screen
for
the
door
of
the
Tent,
the
bronze
altar,
its
grating
of
bronze,
its
poles,
all
of
its
vessels,
the
basin
and
its
base,
the
hangings
of
the
court,
its
pillars,
its
sockets,
the
screen
for
the
gate
of
the
court,
its
cords,
its pins,
and
all
the
instruments
of
the
service
of
the
tabernacle,
for
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
finely worked
garments
for
ministering
in
the
holy
place,
the
holy
garments
for
Aaron
the
priest,
and
the
garments
of
his
sons,
to
minister
in
the
priest’s office.
According
to
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses,
so
the
children
of
Israel
did
all
the
work.
Moses
saw
all
the
work,
and
behold,
they
had
done
it
as
Yahweh
had
commanded.
They
had
done
so;
and
Moses
blessed
them.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“On
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
you
shall
raise
up
the
tabernacle
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
You
shall
put
the
ark
of
the covenant
in
it,
and
you
shall screen
the
ark
with
the
veil.
You shall
bring
in
the
table,
and
set
in order
the things
that
are
on
it.
You shall
bring
in
the
lamp
stand,
and light
its
lamps.
You
shall
set
the
golden
altar
for
incense
before
the
ark
of
the covenant,
and
put
the
screen
of
the
door
to
the
tabernacle.
“You
shall
set
the
altar
of
burnt offering
before
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
You
shall
set
the
basin
between
the
Tent
of
Meeting
and
the
altar,
and
shall
put
water therein.
You
shall
set
up
the
court
around
it,
and
hang
up
the
screen
of
the
gate
of
the
court.
“You
shall
take
the
anointing
oil,
and
anoint
the
tabernacle
and
all
that
is
in
it,
and
shall
make
it
holy,
and
all
its
furniture,
and
it
will
be
holy.
You
shall
anoint
the
altar
of
burnt offering,
with
all
its
vessels,
and
sanctify
the
altar,
and
the
altar
will
be
most
holy.
You shall
anoint
the
basin
and
its
base,
and
sanctify
it.
“You
shall
bring
Aaron
and
his
sons
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
shall
wash
them
with
water.
You
shall
put
on
Aaron
the
holy
garments;
and
you
shall
anoint
him,
and
sanctify
him,
that
he
may
minister
to
me
in
the priest’s office.
You
shall
bring
his
sons,
and
put
tunics
on
them.
You
shall
anoint
them,
as
you
anointed
their
father,
that
they
may
minister
to
me
in
the
priest’s office.
Their
anointing
shall
be
to
them
for
an
everlasting
priesthood
throughout
their
generations.”
Moses
did
so. According
to
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
him,
so
he
did.
In
the
first
month
in
the
second
year,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
tabernacle
was
raised
up.
Moses
raised
up
the
tabernacle,
and
laid
its
sockets,
and
set
up
its boards,
and
put
in
its
bars,
and
raised
up
its
pillars.
He
spread
the
covering
over
the
tent,
and
put
the roof
of
the
tabernacle
above
on
it,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
took
and
put
the covenant
into
the
ark,
and
set
the
poles
on
the
ark,
and
put
the
mercy
seat
above
on
the
ark.
He
brought
the
ark
into
the
tabernacle,
and
set
up
the
veil
of
the
screen,
and screened
the
ark
of
the covenant,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
put
the
table
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
on
the
north
side
of
the
tabernacle,
outside
of
the
veil.
He
set
the
bread
in
order
on
it
before
Yahweh,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
put
the lamp stand
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
opposite
the
table,
on
the
south
side
of
the
tabernacle.
He lit
the
lamps
before
Yahweh,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
put
the
golden
altar
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting
before
the
veil;
and
he
burned
incense
of
sweet
spices
on
it,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
put
up
the
screen
of
the
door
to
the
tabernacle.
He
set
the
altar
of
burnt
offering
at
the
door
of
the
tabernacle
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
offered
on
it
the
burnt
offering
and
the
meal
offering,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
set
the
basin
between
the
Tent
of
Meeting
and
the
altar,
and
put
water therein,
with
which
to
wash.
Moses,
Aaron,
and
his
sons
washed
their
hands
and
their
feet there.
When
they
went
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
when
they
came
near
to
the
altar,
they
washed,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
raised
up
the
court
around
the
tabernacle
and
the
altar,
and
set
up
the
screen
of
the
gate
of
the
court.
So
Moses
finished
the
work.
Then
the
cloud
covered
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
the
tabernacle.
Moses wasn’t
able
to
enter
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
because
the
cloud stayed
on
it,
and
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
the
tabernacle.
When
the
cloud
was
taken
up
from
over
the
tabernacle,
the
children
of
Israel
went onward,
throughout
all
their
journeys;
but
if
the
cloud wasn’t
taken
up,
then
they
didn’t travel
until
the
day
that
it
was
taken
up.
For
the
cloud
of
Yahweh
was
on
the
tabernacle
by
day,
and
there
was
fire
in
the
cloud
by
night,
in
the
sight
of
all
the
house
of
Israel,
throughout
all
their
journeys.
World English Bible (WEB)
Leviticus
The Third Book of Mosis, Commonly Called Leviticus
Leviticus
Leviticus
The Third Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Leviticus
Yahweh
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
called
to
Moses,
and
spoke
to
him
from
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
anyone
of
you
offers
an
offering
to
Yahweh,
you
shall
offer
your
offering
of
the
livestock,
from
the
herd
and
from
the
flock.
“‘If
his
offering
is
a
burnt
offering
from
the
herd,
he
shall
offer
a
male
without
defect.
He
shall
offer
it
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
that
he
may
be
accepted
before
Yahweh.
He
shall
lay
his
hand
on
the
head
of
the
burnt
offering,
and
it
shall
be
accepted
for
him
to
make
atonement
for
him.
He
shall
kill
the
bull
before
Yahweh.
Aaron’s
sons,
the
priests,
shall
present
the
blood
and
sprinkle
the
blood
around
on
the
altar
that
is
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
He shall
skin
the
burnt offering
and
cut it into
pieces.
The
sons
of
Aaron
the
priest
shall
put
fire
on
the
altar,
and
lay
wood
in order
on
the
fire;
and
Aaron’s
sons,
the
priests,
shall
lay
the
pieces,
the
head,
and
the fat
in order
on
the
wood
that
is
on
the
fire
which
is
on
the
altar;
but
he
shall
wash
its innards
and
its
legs
with
water.
The
priest
shall
burn
all
of
it
on
the
altar,
for
a
burnt
offering,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
“‘If
his
offering
is
from
the
flock,
from
the
sheep
or
from
the
goats,
for
a
burnt
offering,
he
shall
offer
a
male
without
defect.
He
shall
kill
it
on
the
north
side
of
the
altar
before
Yahweh.
Aaron’s
sons,
the
priests,
shall
sprinkle
its
blood
around
on
the
altar.
He
shall
cut
it
into
its
pieces,
with
its
head
and
its fat.
The
priest
shall lay
them
in order
on
the
wood
that
is
on
the
fire
which
is
on
the
altar,
but
the innards
and
the
legs
he
shall
wash
with
water.
The
priest
shall
offer
the
whole,
and
burn
it
on
the
altar.
It
is
a
burnt
offering,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
“‘If
his
offering
to
Yahweh
is
a
burnt
offering
of
birds,
then
he
shall
offer
his
offering
from
turtledoves
or
of
young
pigeons.
The
priest
shall
bring
it
to
the
altar,
and
wring
off
its
head,
and
burn
it
on
the
altar;
and
its
blood
shall
be
drained
out
on
the
side
of
the
altar;
and
he shall
take
away
its
crop
and
its
feathers,
and
cast
it
beside
the
altar
on
the
east part,
in
the
place
of
the
ashes.
He
shall
tear
it
by
its
wings,
but
shall
not
divide
it
apart.
The
priest
shall
burn
it
on
the
altar,
on
the
wood
that
is
on
the
fire.
It
is
a
burnt
offering,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
“‘When
anyone
offers
an
offering
of
a
meal
offering
to
Yahweh,
his
offering
shall
be
of
fine
flour.
He
shall
pour
oil
on
it,
and
put
frankincense
on
it.
He
shall
bring
it
to
Aaron’s
sons,
the
priests.
He
shall
take
his
handful
of
its
fine
flour,
and
of
its
oil,
with
all
its
frankincense,
and
the
priest
shall
burn
its
memorial
on
the
altar,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
That which
is
left
of
the
meal
offering
shall
be
Aaron’s
and
his
sons’.
It
is
a
most
holy
part
of
the
offerings
of
Yahweh made
by
fire.
“‘When
you
offer
an
offering
of
a
meal
offering
baked
in
the
oven,
it shall
be
unleavened
cakes
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil,
or
unleavened
wafers
anointed
with
oil.
If
your
offering
is
a
meal
offering
made
on
a
griddle,
it shall
be
of
unleavened
fine
flour,
mixed
with
oil.
You
shall cut
it
in
pieces,
and
pour
oil
on
it.
It
is
a
meal
offering.
If
your
offering
is
a
meal
offering
of
the
pan,
it shall
be
made
of
fine
flour
with
oil.
You
shall
bring
the
meal
offering
that
is
made
of
these
things
to
Yahweh.
It
shall
be
presented
to
the
priest,
and
he
shall
bring
it
to
the
altar.
The
priest
shall
take
from
the
meal
offering
its
memorial,
and
shall
burn
it
on
the
altar,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
That which
is
left
of
the
meal
offering
shall
be
Aaron’s
and
his
sons’.
It
is
a
most
holy
part
of
the
offerings
of
Yahweh made
by
fire.
“‘No
meal
offering
which
you
shall
offer
to
Yahweh
shall
be
made
with
yeast;
for
you
shall
burn
no
yeast,
nor
any
honey,
as
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
As
an
offering
of
first
fruits
you
shall
offer
them
to
Yahweh,
but
they
shall
not
rise
up
as
a pleasant
aroma
on
the
altar.
Every
offering
of
your
meal
offering
you
shall season
with
salt.
You
shall
not
allow
the
salt
of
the
covenant
of
your
God
2:13
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
to
be lacking
from
your
meal
offering.
With
all
your
offerings
you
shall
offer
salt.
“‘If
you
offer
a
meal
offering
of
first
fruits
to
Yahweh,
you
shall
offer
for
the
meal
offering
of
your
first
fruits
fresh
heads
of
grain
parched
with
fire
and crushed.
You
shall
put
oil
on
it
and
lay
frankincense
on
it.
It
is
a
meal
offering.
The
priest
shall
burn
as
its
memorial
part
of
its crushed
grain
and
part
of
its
oil,
along
with
all
its
frankincense.
It
is
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
“‘If
his
offering
is
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
if
he
offers
it
from
the
herd,
whether
male
or
female,
he
shall
offer
it
without
defect
before
Yahweh.
He
shall
lay
his
hand
on
the
head
of
his
offering,
and
kill
it
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Aaron’s
sons,
the
priests,
shall
sprinkle
the
blood
around
on
the
altar.
He
shall
offer
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
The
fat
that
covers
the innards,
and
all
the
fat
that
is
on
the innards,
and
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
on
them,
which
is
by
the
loins,
and
the cover
on
the
liver,
with
the
kidneys,
he
shall
take
away.
Aaron’s
sons
shall
burn
it
on
the
altar
on
the
burnt
offering,
which
is
on
the
wood
that
is
on
the
fire:
it
is
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
“‘If
his
offering
for
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
to
Yahweh
is
from
the
flock,
either
male
or
female,
he
shall
offer
it
without
defect.
If
he
offers
a
lamb
for
his
offering,
then
he
shall
offer
it
before
Yahweh;
and
he
shall
lay
his
hand
on
the
head
of
his
offering,
and
kill
it
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Aaron’s
sons
shall
sprinkle
its
blood
around
on
the
altar.
He
shall
offer
from
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh;
its
fat,
the
entire
tail
fat,
he
shall
take
away
close
to
the
backbone;
and
the
fat
that
covers
the
entrails,
and
all
the
fat
that
is
on
the
entrails,
and
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
on
them,
which
is
by
the
loins,
and
the cover
on
the
liver,
with
the
kidneys,
he
shall
take
away.
The
priest
shall
burn
it
on
the
altar:
it
is
the
food
of
the
offering made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
“‘If
his
offering
is
a
goat,
then
he
shall
offer
it
before
Yahweh.
He
shall
lay
his
hand
on
its
head,
and
kill
it
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting;
and
the
sons
of
Aaron
shall
sprinkle
its
blood
around
on
the
altar.
He
shall
offer
from
it
as
his
offering,
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh;
the
fat
that
covers
the innards,
and
all
the
fat
that
is
on
the innards,
and
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
on
them,
which
is
by
the
loins,
and
the cover
on
the
liver,
with
the
kidneys,
he
shall
take
away.
The
priest
shall
burn
them
on
the
altar:
it
is
the
food
of
the
offering
made
by
fire,
for
a pleasant
aroma;
all
the
fat
is
Yahweh’s.
“‘It
shall
be
a
perpetual
statute
throughout
your
generations
in
all
your
dwellings,
that
you
shall
eat
neither
fat
nor
blood.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘If
anyone
sins
unintentionally,
in
any
of
the
things
which
Yahweh
has
commanded
not
to
be
done,
and
does
any
one
of
them,
if
the
anointed
priest
sins
so
as
to
bring
guilt
on
the
people,
then let
him
offer
for
his
sin
which
he
has
sinned
a
young
bull
without
defect
to
Yahweh
for
a
sin
offering.
He
shall
bring
the
bull
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
before
Yahweh;
and
he
shall
lay
his
hand
on
the
head
of
the
bull,
and
kill
the
bull
before
Yahweh.
The
anointed
priest
shall
take some
of
the
blood
of
the
bull,
and
bring
it
to
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
The
priest
shall
dip
his
finger
in
the
blood,
and sprinkle
some
of
the
blood
seven
times
before
Yahweh,
before
the
veil
of
the
sanctuary.
The
priest
shall
put
some
of
the
blood
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
of
sweet
incense
before
Yahweh,
which
is
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting;
and
he
shall
pour
out
the rest
of
the
blood
of
the
bull
at
the
base
of
the
altar
of
burnt
offering,
which
is
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
He
shall
take
all
the
fat
of
the
bull
of
the
sin
offering
from
it:
the
fat
that
covers
the innards,
and
all
the
fat
that
is
on
the innards,
and
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
on
them,
which
is
by
the
loins,
and
the cover
on
the
liver,
with
the
kidneys,
he
shall
remove,
as
it
is
removed
from
the
bull
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings.
The
priest
shall
burn
them
on
the
altar
of
burnt
offering.
He
shall carry
the bull’s
skin,
all
its
meat,
with
its
head,
and
with
its
legs,
its innards,
and
its
dung
—all
the rest
of
the
bull—outside
of
the
camp
to
a
clean
place
where
the
ashes
are
poured
out,
and
burn
it
on
wood
with
fire.
It
shall
be
burned
where
the
ashes
are
poured
out.
“‘If
the
whole
congregation
of
Israel sins,
and
the
thing
is
hidden
from
the
eyes
of
the
assembly,
and
they
have
done
any
of
the
things
which
Yahweh
has
commanded
not
to
be
done,
and
are
guilty;
when
the
sin
in
which
they
have
sinned
is
known,
then
the
assembly
shall
offer
a
young
bull
for
a
sin
offering,
and
bring
it
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
The
elders
of
the
congregation
shall
lay
their
hands
on
the
head
of
the
bull
before
Yahweh;
and
the
bull
shall
be
killed
before
Yahweh.
The
anointed
priest
shall
bring some
of
the
blood
of
the
bull
to
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
The
priest
shall
dip
his
finger
in
the
blood
and sprinkle
it
seven
times
before
Yahweh,
before
the
veil.
He
shall
put
some
of
the
blood
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
which
is
before
Yahweh,
that
is
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting;
and
the rest
of
the
blood
he
shall
pour
out
at
the
base
of
the
altar
of
burnt
offering,
which
is
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
All
its
fat
he shall
take
from
it,
and
burn
it
on
the
altar.
He
shall
do
this
with
the
bull;
as
he
did
with
the
bull
of
the
sin
offering,
so
he
shall
do
with
this;
and
the
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
them,
and
they
shall
be
forgiven.
He
shall
carry
the
bull
outside
the
camp,
and
burn
it
as
he
burned
the
first
bull.
It
is
the
sin offering
for
the
assembly.
“‘When
a ruler
sins,
and unwittingly
does
any
one
of
all
the
things
which
Yahweh
his
God
has
commanded
not
to
be
done,
and
is
guilty,
if
his
sin
in
which
he
has
sinned
is
made
known
to
him,
he
shall
bring
as
his
offering
a
goat,
a
male
without
defect.
He
shall
lay
his
hand
on
the
head
of
the
goat,
and
kill
it
in
the
place
where
they
kill
the
burnt
offering
before
Yahweh.
It
is
a
sin
offering.
The
priest
shall
take some
of
the
blood
of
the
sin
offering
with
his
finger,
and
put
it
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
of
burnt
offering.
He
shall
pour
out
the rest
of
its
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar
of
burnt
offering.
All
its
fat
he
shall
burn
on
the
altar,
like
the
fat
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings;
and
the
priest
shall make
atonement
for
him
concerning
his
sin,
and
he
will
be
forgiven.
“‘If
anyone
of
the
common
people
sins unwittingly,
in
doing
any
of
the
things
which
Yahweh
has
commanded
not
to
be
done,
and
is
guilty,
if
his
sin
which
he
has
sinned
is
made
known
to
him,
then
he
shall
bring
for
his
offering
a
goat,
a
female
without
defect,
for
his
sin
which
he
has
sinned.
He
shall
lay
his
hand
on
the
head
of
the
sin offering,
and
kill
the
sin offering
in
the
place
of
burnt offering.
The
priest
shall
take
some
of
its
blood
with
his
finger,
and
put
it
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
of
burnt
offering;
and
the rest
of
its
blood
he
shall
pour
out
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
All
its
fat
he
shall
take
away,
like
the
fat
is
taken
away
from
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings;
and
the
priest
shall
burn
it
on
the
altar
for
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh;
and
the
priest
shall make
atonement
for
him,
and
he
will
be
forgiven.
“‘If
he
brings
a
lamb
as
his
offering
for
a
sin
offering,
he shall
bring
a
female
without
defect.
He
shall
lay
his
hand
on
the
head
of
the
sin offering,
and
kill
it
for
a
sin offering
in
the
place
where
they
kill
the
burnt offering.
The
priest
shall
take
some
of
the
blood
of
the
sin
offering
with
his
finger,
and
put
it
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
of
burnt
offering;
and
all
the rest
of
its
blood
he
shall
pour
out
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
He
shall
remove
all
its
fat,
like
the
fat
of
the
lamb
is
removed
from
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings.
The
priest
shall
burn
them
on
the
altar,
on
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by
fire.
The
priest
shall make
atonement
for
him
concerning
his
sin
that
he
has
sinned,
and
he
will
be
forgiven.
“‘If
anyone
sins,
in
that
he
hears
a
public
adjuration
to testify,
he
being
a
witness,
whether
he
has
seen
or
known,
if
he
doesn’t
report
it,
then
he
shall
bear
his
iniquity.
“‘Or
if
anyone
touches
any
unclean
thing,
whether
it
is
the
carcass
of
an
unclean
animal,
or
the
carcass
of
unclean
livestock,
or
the
carcass
of
unclean creeping
things,
and
it
is
hidden
from
him,
and
he
is
unclean,
then
he
shall
be
guilty.
“‘Or
if
he
touches
the
uncleanness
of
man,
whatever
his
uncleanness
is
with
which
he
is
unclean,
and
it
is
hidden
from
him;
when
he
knows
of
it,
then
he
shall
be
guilty.
“‘Or
if
anyone
swears
rashly
with
his
lips
to
do
evil
or
to
do
good—whatever
it
is
that
a
man
might
utter
rashly
with
an
oath,
and
it
is
hidden
from
him—when
he
knows
of
it,
then
he
will
be
guilty
of
one
of
these.
It
shall
be,
when
he
is
guilty
of
one
of
these,
he
shall
confess
that
in
which
he
has
sinned;
and
he
shall
bring
his trespass
offering
to
Yahweh
for
his
sin
which
he
has
sinned:
a
female
from
the
flock,
a
lamb
or
a
goat,
for
a
sin
offering;
and
the
priest
shall make
atonement
for
him
concerning
his
sin.
“‘If
he
can’t
afford
a
lamb,
then
he
shall
bring
his trespass
offering
for
that
in
which
he
has
sinned,
two
turtledoves,
or
two
young
pigeons,
to
Yahweh;
one
for
a
sin
offering,
and
the
other
for
a
burnt
offering.
He
shall
bring
them
to
the
priest,
who
shall
first
offer
the
one
which
is
for
the
sin
offering.
He
shall
wring
off
its
head
from
its
neck,
but
shall
not
sever
it completely.
He
shall sprinkle some
of
the
blood
of
the
sin offering
on
the
side
of
the
altar;
and
the
rest
of
the
blood
shall
be
drained
out
at
the
base
of
the
altar.
It
is
a
sin offering.
He
shall
offer
the
second
for
a
burnt
offering,
according
to
the
ordinance;
and
the
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
him
concerning
his
sin
which
he
has
sinned,
and
he
shall
be
forgiven.
“‘But
if
he
can’t
afford
two
turtledoves
or
two
young
pigeons,
then
he
shall
bring
as
his
offering
for
that
in
which
he
has
sinned,
one
tenth
of
an
ephah
5:11
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
for
a
sin
offering.
He
shall
put
no
oil
on
it,
and
he
shall
not
put
any
frankincense
on
it,
for
it
is
a
sin
offering.
He
shall
bring
it
to
the
priest,
and
the
priest
shall
take
his
handful
of
it
as
the
memorial
portion,
and
burn
it
on
the
altar,
on
the
offerings
of
Yahweh made
by
fire.
It
is
a
sin
offering.
The
priest
shall make
atonement
for
him
concerning
his
sin
that
he
has
sinned
in
any
of
these
things,
and
he
will
be
forgiven;
and
the
rest
shall
be
the
priest’s,
as
the
meal
offering.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“If
anyone
commits
a
trespass,
and
sins unwittingly regarding
Yahweh’s
holy
things,
then
he
shall
bring
his
trespass
offering
to
Yahweh:
a
ram
without
defect
from
the
flock,
according
to
your estimation
in
silver
by
shekels,
according
to
the
shekel
5:15
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
the
sanctuary,
for
a
trespass
offering.
He
shall
make
restitution
for
that
which
he
has
done
wrong
regarding
the
holy
thing,
and
shall
add
a
fifth
part
to
it,
and
give
it
to
the
priest;
and
the
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
him
with
the
ram
of
the trespass
offering,
and
he
will
be
forgiven.
“If
anyone
sins,
doing
any
of
the
things
which
Yahweh
has
commanded
not
to
be
done,
though
he
didn’t
know
it,
he
is still
guilty,
and
shall
bear
his
iniquity.
He
shall
bring
a
ram
without
defect
from
of
the
flock,
according
to
your estimation,
for
a trespass
offering,
to
the
priest;
and
the
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
him
concerning
the
thing
in
which
he
sinned
and
didn’t
know
it,
and
he
will
be
forgiven.
It
is
a trespass
offering.
He
is
certainly
guilty before
Yahweh.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“If
anyone sins,
and commits
a trespass
against Yahweh,
and deals falsely
with
his neighbor
in
a matter
of deposit,
or
of bargain,
or
of robbery,
or
has oppressed
his neighbor,
or
has found
that
which
was lost,
and lied
about
it,
and swearing
to
a lie—in
any
of
these
things
that
a
man sins
in
his actions—
then
it
shall be, if
he
has sinned,
and
is guilty,
he
shall restore
that which
he
took
by robbery, or
the thing which
he
has gotten
by oppression, or
the deposit which
was committed
to
him, or
the lost thing which
he found,
or
any thing
about
which
he
has sworn falsely:
he
shall restore
it
in full,
and
shall add
a fifth
part
more
to
it.
He
shall return
it
to
him
to whom
it belongs
in
the
day
of
his being found guilty.
He
shall bring
his trespass offering
to Yahweh:
a ram
without defect
from
the flock,
according
to
your estimation,
for
a trespass offering,
to
the priest.
The priest
shall make atonement
for
him
before
Yahweh,
and
he
will
be forgiven
concerning whatever
he
does
to become guilty.”
Yahweh spoke
to Moses, saying,
“Command
Aaron
and
his
sons, saying, ‘This
is
the law
of
the burnt
offering:
the burnt
offering
shall
be
on
the hearth
on
the altar
all night until
the morning;
and
the
fire
of
the altar
shall
be
kept burning
on
it.
The priest
shall
put
on
his linen garment,
and
he
shall
put
on
his linen trousers upon
his body;
and
he
shall remove
the ashes
from
where
the
fire
has consumed
the burnt
offering
on
the altar,
and
he
shall
put
them beside
the altar.
He
shall take
off
his garments,
and put
on
other garments,
and carry
the ashes outside
the camp
to
a clean
place.
The fire
on
the altar
shall
be kept burning
on
it,
it
shall not go
out;
and
the priest
shall burn wood
on
it every morning.
He
shall lay
the burnt
offering
in
order
upon
it,
and
shall burn
on
it
the fat
of
the peace
offerings.
Fire
shall
be kept burning
on
the altar
continually;
it
shall
not
go
out.
“‘This
is
the law
of
the
meal
offering:
the sons
of Aaron
shall
offer
it
before
Yahweh,
before
the altar.
He
shall take
from
there
his handful
of
the fine flour
of
the meal
offering,
and
of
its oil,
and
all
the frankincense which
is
on
the meal
offering,
and
shall
burn
it
on
the altar
for
a pleasant aroma,
as
its memorial
portion,
to
Yahweh.
That which
is
left
of
it Aaron
and
his sons
shall
eat.
It
shall
be
eaten
without yeast
in
a holy
place.
They
shall
eat
it
in
the court
of
the Tent
of Meeting.
It
shall not
be baked
with yeast.
I
have given
it
as
their portion
of
my
offerings
made
by fire.
It
is most holy,
as
are
the sin
offering
and
the trespass
offering.
Every
male
among
the
children
of
Aaron
shall eat
of
it,
as
their
portion forever
throughout
your generations,
from
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by fire.
Whoever touches
them
shall
be
holy.’”
Yahweh spoke
to Moses, saying,
“This
is
the offering
of Aaron
and
of
his sons,
which
they
shall offer
to Yahweh
in
the day
when
he
is anointed:
one tenth
of
an ephah
6:20
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of fine flour
for
a meal offering perpetually, half
of
it
in
the morning,
and half
of
it
in
the evening.
It
shall
be
made
with oil
in
a griddle.
When
it
is soaked,
you
shall
bring
it
in.
You
shall offer
the meal offering
in
baked
pieces
for
a pleasant aroma
to Yahweh.
The anointed
priest
that
will
be
in
his
place
from among
his sons
shall offer
it.
By
a statute forever,
it
shall
be
wholly burned
to Yahweh.
Every meal
offering
of
a priest
shall
be
wholly
burned.
It
shall
not
be
eaten.”
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.
The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken; and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.
Every male among the priests shall eat of it. It is most holy.
No sin offering, of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be eaten. It shall be burned with fire.
“‘This
is
the
law
of
the trespass
offering:
It
is
most
holy.
In
the
place
where
they
kill
the
burnt
offering,
he
shall
kill
the trespass
offering;
and
its
blood
he
shall
sprinkle
around
on
the
altar.
He shall
offer
all
of
its
fat:
the
fat
tail,
and
the
fat
that
covers
the innards,
and
he
shall
take
away
the
two
kidneys,
and
the
fat
that
is
on
them,
which
is
by
the
loins,
and
the cover
on
the
liver,
with
the
kidneys;
and
the
priest
shall
burn
them
on
the
altar
for
an
offering made
by
fire
to
Yahweh:
it
is
a trespass
offering.
Every
male among
the
priests
may
eat
of
it.
It
shall
be
eaten
in
a
holy
place.
It
is
most
holy.
“‘As
is
the
sin
offering,
so
is
the trespass
offering;
there
is
one
law
for
them.
The
priest
who makes
atonement
with
them
shall
have
it.
The
priest
who
offers
any
man’s
burnt
offering
shall
have
for
himself
the
skin
of
the
burnt
offering
which
he
has
offered.
Every
meal
offering
that
is
baked
in
the
oven,
and
all
that
is
prepared
in
the
pan
and
on
the
griddle,
shall
be
the
priest’s
who
offers
it.
Every
meal
offering,
mixed
with
oil
or dry,
belongs
to
all
the
sons
of
Aaron,
one
as well
as
another.
“‘This
is
the
law
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
which
one
shall
offer
to
Yahweh:
If
he
offers
it
for
a
thanksgiving,
then
he shall
offer
with
the
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving
unleavened
cakes
mixed
with
oil,
and
unleavened
wafers
anointed
with
oil,
and
cakes
mixed
with
oil.
He shall
offer
his
offering
with
the
sacrifice
of
his
peace
offerings
for
thanksgiving
with
cakes
of
leavened
bread.
Of
it
he
shall
offer
one
out
of
each
offering
for
a
heave
offering
to
Yahweh.
It
shall
be
the
priest’s
who sprinkles
the
blood
of
the
peace
offerings.
The
flesh
of
the
sacrifice
of
his
peace
offerings
for
thanksgiving
shall
be
eaten
on
the
day
of
his
offering.
He
shall
not
leave
any
of
it
until
the
morning.
“‘But
if
the
sacrifice
of
his
offering
is
a
vow,
or
a free
will
offering,
it
shall
be
eaten
on
the
day
that
he
offers
his
sacrifice.
On
the
next
day what
remains
of
it
shall
be
eaten,
but what
remains
of
the
meat
of
the
sacrifice
on
the
third
day
shall
be
burned
with
fire.
If
any
of
the
meat
of
the
sacrifice
of
his
peace
offerings
is
eaten
on
the
third
day,
it
will
not
be
accepted,
and
it
shall
not
be
credited
to
him
who
offers
it.
It
will
be
an abomination,
and
the
soul
who
eats
any
of
it
will
bear
his
iniquity.
“‘The
meat
that
touches
any
unclean
thing
shall
not
be
eaten.
It
shall
be
burned
with
fire.
As
for
the
meat,
everyone
who
is
clean
may
eat
it;
but
the
soul
who
eats
of
the
meat
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
that belongs
to
Yahweh,
having
his
uncleanness
on
him,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
When
anyone
touches
any
unclean
thing,
the
uncleanness
of
man,
or
an
unclean
animal,
or
any
unclean abomination,
and
eats
some
of
the
meat
of
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
which belong
to
Yahweh,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘You
shall
eat
no
fat,
of
bull,
or
sheep,
or
goat.
The
fat
of
that
which
dies
of
itself,
and
the
fat
of
that
which
is
torn
of animals,
may
be
used
for
any
other
service,
but
you
shall
in
no
way
eat
of
it.
For
whoever
eats
the
fat
of
the
animal
which
men
offer
as
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh,
even
the
soul
who
eats
it
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
You
shall
not
eat
any
blood, whether
it
is
of
bird
or
of
animal,
in
any
of
your
dwellings.
Whoever
it
is
who
eats
any
blood,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘He
who
offers
the
sacrifice
of
his
peace
offerings
to
Yahweh
shall
bring
his
offering
to
Yahweh
out
of
the
sacrifice
of
his
peace
offerings.
With
his
own
hands
he
shall
bring
the
offerings
of
Yahweh made
by
fire.
He
shall
bring
the
fat
with
the
breast,
that
the
breast
may
be
waved
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
The
priest
shall
burn
the
fat
on
the
altar,
but
the
breast
shall
be
Aaron’s
and
his
sons’.
The
right
thigh
you
shall
give
to
the
priest
for
a
heave
offering
out
of
the
sacrifices
of
your
peace
offerings.
He among
the
sons
of
Aaron
who
offers
the
blood
of
the
peace
offerings,
and
the
fat,
shall
have
the
right
thigh
for
a
portion.
For
the waved
breast
and
the heaved
thigh
I
have
taken
from
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
sacrifices
of
their
peace
offerings,
and
have
given
them
to
Aaron
the
priest
and
to
his
sons
as
their
portion
forever
from
the
children
of
Israel.’”
This
is
the consecrated portion
of
Aaron,
and
the consecrated portion
of
his
sons,
out
of
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by
fire,
in
the
day
when
he
presented
them
to
minister
to
Yahweh
in
the priest’s office;
which
Yahweh
commanded
to
be
given
them
of
the
children
of
Israel,
in
the
day
that
he
anointed
them.
It
is
their portion
forever
throughout
their
generations.
This
is
the
law
of
the
burnt
offering,
the
meal
offering,
the
sin
offering,
the trespass
offering,
the
consecration,
and
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
which
Yahweh
commanded
Moses
in
Mount
Sinai
in
the
day
that
he
commanded
the
children
of
Israel
to
offer
their
offerings
to
Yahweh,
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Take
Aaron
and
his
sons
with
him,
and
the
garments,
and
the
anointing
oil,
and
the
bull
of
the
sin offering,
and
the
two
rams,
and
the
basket
of
unleavened
bread;
and
assemble
all
the
congregation
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.”
Moses
did
as
Yahweh
commanded
him;
and
the
congregation
was
assembled
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Moses
said
to
the
congregation, “This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
has
commanded
to
be
done.”
Moses
brought
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
washed
them
with
water.
He
put
the
tunic
on
him,
tied
the
sash
on
him,
clothed
him
with
the
robe,
put
the
ephod
on
him,
and
he
tied
the
skillfully
woven
band
of
the
ephod
on
him
and
fastened
it
to
him
with
it.
He
placed
the breastplate
on
him.
He
put
the
Urim
and
Thummim
in
the breastplate.
He
set
the
turban
on
his
head.
He
set
the
golden
plate,
the
holy
crown,
on
the
front
of
the
turban,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Moses
took
the
anointing
oil,
and
anointed
the
tabernacle
and
all
that
was
in
it,
and
sanctified
them.
He sprinkled
it
on
the
altar
seven
times,
and
anointed
the
altar
and
all
its
vessels,
and
the
basin
and
its
base,
to
sanctify
them.
He
poured some
of
the
anointing
oil
on
Aaron’s
head,
and
anointed
him,
to
sanctify
him.
Moses
brought
Aaron’s
sons,
and
clothed
them
with
tunics,
and tied
sashes
on
them,
and
put
headbands
on
them,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
brought
the
bull
of
the
sin offering,
and
Aaron
and
his
sons
laid
their
hands
on
the
head
of
the
bull
of
the
sin offering.
He
killed
it;
and
Moses
took
the
blood,
and
put
it
around
on
the
horns
of
the
altar
with
his
finger,
and
purified
the
altar,
and
poured
out
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar,
and
sanctified
it,
to
make
atonement
for
it.
He
took
all
the
fat
that
was
on
the innards,
and
the cover
of
the
liver,
and
the
two
kidneys,
and
their
fat;
and
Moses
burned
it
on
the
altar.
But
the
bull,
and
its
skin,
and
its
meat,
and
its
dung,
he
burned
with
fire
outside
the
camp,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
presented
the
ram
of
the
burnt
offering.
Aaron
and
his
sons
laid
their
hands
on
the
head
of
the
ram.
He
killed
it;
and
Moses
sprinkled
the
blood
around
on
the
altar.
He
cut
the
ram into
its
pieces;
and
Moses
burned
the
head,
and
the
pieces,
and
the fat.
He
washed
the innards
and
the
legs
with
water;
and
Moses
burned
the
whole
ram
on
the
altar.
It
was
a
burnt
offering
for
a pleasant
aroma.
It
was
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
He
presented
the
other
ram,
the
ram
of
consecration.
Aaron
and
his
sons
laid
their
hands
on
the
head
of
the
ram.
He
killed
it;
and
Moses
took
some
of
its
blood,
and
put
it
on
the tip
of
Aaron’s
right
ear,
and
on
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand,
and
on
the great
toe
of
his
right
foot.
He
brought
Aaron’s
sons;
and
Moses
put
some
of
the
blood
on
the tip
of
their
right
ear,
and
on
the
thumb
of
their
right
hand,
and
on
the great
toe
of
their
right
foot;
and
Moses
sprinkled
the
blood
around
on
the
altar.
He
took
the
fat,
the
fat
tail,
all
the
fat
that
was
on
the innards,
the cover
of
the
liver,
the
two
kidneys
and
their
fat,
and
the
right
thigh;
and
out
of
the
basket
of
unleavened
bread
that
was
before
Yahweh,
he
took
one
unleavened
cake,
one
cake
of oiled
bread,
and
one
wafer,
and
placed
them
on
the
fat
and
on
the
right
thigh.
He
put
all
these
in
Aaron’s
hands
and
in
his
sons’
hands,
and
waved
them
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
Moses
took
them
from
their
hands,
and
burned
them
on
the
altar
on
the
burnt
offering.
They
were
a
consecration
offering
for
a pleasant
aroma.
It
was
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
Moses
took
the
breast,
and
waved
it
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
It
was
Moses’
portion
of
the
ram
of
consecration,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Moses
took
some
of
the
anointing
oil,
and
some
of
the
blood
which
was
on
the
altar,
and sprinkled
it
on
Aaron,
on
his
garments,
and
on
his
sons,
and
on
his
sons’
garments
with
him,
and
sanctified
Aaron,
his
garments,
and
his
sons,
and
his
sons’
garments
with
him.
Moses
said
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons, “Boil
the
meat
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
there
eat
it
and
the
bread
that
is
in
the
basket
of
consecration,
as
I
commanded,
saying, ‘Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
eat
it.’
What
remains
of
the
meat
and
of
the
bread
you
shall
burn
with
fire.
You
shall
not
go
out
from
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
for
seven
days,
until
the
days
of
your
consecration
are
fulfilled:
for
he
shall consecrate
you
seven
days.
What
has
been
done
today,
so
Yahweh
has
commanded
to
do,
to
make
atonement
for
you.
You
shall
stay
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
day
and
night
seven
days,
and
keep
Yahweh’s
command,
that
you
don’t
die:
for
so
I
am
commanded.”
Aaron
and
his
sons
did
all
the
things
which
Yahweh
commanded
by
Moses.
On
the
eighth
day,
Moses
called
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
the
elders
of
Israel;
and
he
said
to
Aaron, “Take
a
calf
from
the
herd
for
a
sin
offering,
and
a
ram
for
a
burnt
offering,
without
defect,
and
offer
them
before
Yahweh.
You
shall
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘Take
a
male
goat
for
a
sin offering;
and
a
calf
and
a
lamb, both
a
year
old,
without
defect,
for
a
burnt offering;
and
a
bull
and
a
ram
for
peace
offerings,
to
sacrifice
before
Yahweh;
and
a
meal
offering
mixed
with
oil:
for
today
Yahweh
appears
to
you.’”
They
brought
what
Moses
commanded
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
All
the
congregation
came
near
and
stood
before
Yahweh.
Moses
said, “This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
commanded
that
you
should
do;
and
Yahweh’s
glory
shall
appear
to
you.”
Moses
said
to
Aaron, “Draw
near
to
the
altar,
and
offer
your
sin
offering,
and
your
burnt
offering,
and
make
atonement
for
yourself,
and
for
the
people;
and
offer
the
offering
of
the
people,
and
make
atonement
for
them,
as
Yahweh
commanded.”
So
Aaron
came
near
to
the
altar,
and
killed
the
calf
of
the
sin
offering,
which
was
for
himself.
The
sons
of
Aaron
presented
the
blood
to
him;
and
he
dipped
his
finger
in
the
blood,
and
put
it
on
the
horns
of
the
altar,
and
poured
out
the
blood
at
the
base
of
the
altar;
but
the
fat,
and
the
kidneys,
and
the cover
from
the
liver
of
the
sin
offering,
he
burned upon
the
altar,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
The
meat
and
the
skin
he
burned
with
fire
outside
the
camp.
He
killed
the
burnt offering;
and
Aaron’s
sons
delivered
the
blood
to
him,
and
he
sprinkled
it
around
on
the
altar.
They
delivered
the
burnt
offering
to
him,
piece
by
piece,
and
the
head.
He
burned
them
upon
the
altar.
He
washed
the innards
and
the
legs,
and
burned
them
on
the
burnt
offering
on
the
altar.
He
presented
the
people’s
offering,
and
took
the
goat
of
the
sin
offering
which
was
for
the
people,
and
killed
it,
and
offered
it
for
sin,
like
the
first.
He
presented
the
burnt
offering,
and
offered
it
according
to
the
ordinance.
He
presented
the
meal
offering,
and
filled
his
hand
from there,
and
burned
it
upon
the
altar,
in
addition
to
the
burnt
offering
of
the
morning.
He
also
killed
the
bull
and
the
ram,
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
which
was
for
the
people.
Aaron’s
sons
delivered
to
him
the
blood,
which
he
sprinkled
around
on
the
altar;
and
the
fat
of
the
bull
and
of
the
ram,
the
fat
tail,
and
that which covers
the innards,
and
the
kidneys,
and
the cover
of
the
liver;
and
they
put
the
fat
upon
the
breasts,
and
he
burned
the
fat
on
the
altar.
Aaron
waved
the
breasts
and
the
right
thigh
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh,
as
Moses
commanded.
Aaron
lifted
up
his
hands
toward
the
people,
and
blessed
them;
and
he
came
down
from
offering
the
sin
offering,
and
the
burnt
offering,
and
the
peace
offerings.
Moses
and
Aaron
went
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
came
out,
and
blessed
the
people;
and
Yahweh’s
glory
appeared
to
all
the
people.
Fire
came
out
from
before
Yahweh,
and
consumed
the
burnt
offering
and
the
fat
upon
the
altar.
When
all
the
people
saw
it,
they
shouted,
and
fell
on
their
faces.
Nadab
and
Abihu,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
each
took
his
censer,
and
put
fire
in
it,
and
laid
incense
on
it,
and
offered
strange
fire
before
Yahweh,
which
he
had
not
commanded
them.
Fire
came
out
from
before
Yahweh,
and
devoured
them,
and
they
died
before
Yahweh.
Then
Moses
said
to
Aaron, “This
is
what
Yahweh
spoke
of,
saying,
‘I
will
show
myself
holy
to
those
who come
near
me,
and
before
all
the
people
I
will
be
glorified.’”
Aaron
held
his peace.
Moses
called
Mishael
and
Elzaphan,
the
sons
of
Uzziel
the
uncle
of
Aaron,
and
said
to
them, “Draw
near,
carry
your
brothers
from
before
the
sanctuary
out
of
the
camp.”
So
they
came
near,
and
carried
them
in
their
tunics
out
of
the
camp,
as
Moses
had
said.
Moses
said
to
Aaron,
and
to
Eleazar
and
to
Ithamar,
his
sons, “Don’t
let
the
hair
of
your
heads go
loose,
and
don’t
tear
your
clothes,
so
that
you
don’t
die,
and
so
that
he
will
not
be
angry
with
all
the
congregation;
but
let
your
brothers,
the
whole
house
of
Israel,
bewail
the
burning
which
Yahweh
has kindled.
You
shall
not
go
out
from
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
lest
you
die;
for
the
anointing
oil
of
Yahweh
is
on
you.”
They
did
according
to
the
word
of
Moses.
Then
Yahweh
said
to
Aaron,
“You
and
your
sons
are
not
to
drink
wine
or
strong
drink whenever
you
go
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
or
you
will
die.
This
shall
be
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations.
You are
to
make
a
distinction
between
the
holy
and
the
common,
and
between
the
unclean
and
the
clean.
You
are
to
teach
the
children
of
Israel
all
the
statutes
which
Yahweh
has
spoken
to
them
by
Moses.”
Moses
spoke
to
Aaron,
and
to
Eleazar
and
to
Ithamar,
his
sons
who
were
left, “Take
the
meal
offering
that
remains
of
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by
fire,
and
eat
it without yeast
beside
the
altar;
for
it
is
most
holy;
and
you
shall
eat
it
in
a
holy
place,
because
it
is
your
portion,
and
your
sons’
portion,
of
the
offerings
of
Yahweh made
by
fire;
for
so
I
am
commanded.
The waved
breast
and
the heaved
thigh
you
shall
eat
in
a
clean
place,
you,
and
your
sons,
and
your
daughters
with
you:
for
they
are
given
as
your
portion,
and
your
sons’
portion,
out
of
the
sacrifices
of
the
peace
offerings
of
the
children
of
Israel.
They
shall
bring
the heaved
thigh
and
the
waved
breast
with
the
offerings
made
by
fire
of
the
fat,
to
wave
it
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
It
shall
be yours,
and
your
sons’
with
you,
as
a
portion
forever,
as
Yahweh
has
commanded.”
Moses diligently
inquired
about
the
goat
of
the
sin offering,
and,
behold,
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“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
it
was
burned.
He
was
angry
with
Eleazar
and
with
Ithamar,
the
sons
of
Aaron
who
were
left,
saying,
“Why
haven’t
you
eaten
the
sin
offering
in
the
place
of
the
sanctuary,
since
it
is
most
holy,
and
he
has
given
it
to
you
to
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
congregation,
to
make
atonement
for
them
before
Yahweh?
Behold,
its
blood
was
not
brought
into
the
inner
part
of
the
sanctuary.
You
certainly
should
have
eaten
it
in
the
sanctuary,
as
I
commanded.”
Aaron
spoke
to
Moses, “Behold,
today
they
have
offered
their
sin
offering
and
their
burnt
offering
before
Yahweh;
and
such
things
as
these
have
happened
to
me.
If
I
had
eaten
the
sin
offering
today,
would
it
have
been
pleasing
in
Yahweh’s
sight?”
When
Moses
heard
that,
it
was
pleasing
in
his
sight.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying
to
them,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘These
are
the
living
things
which
you
may
eat
among
all
the
animals
that
are
on
the
earth.
Whatever
parts
the
hoof,
and
is cloven-footed,
and
chews
the
cud among
the
animals,
that
you
may
eat.
“‘Nevertheless
these
you
shall
not
eat
of
those
that
chew
the
cud,
or
of
those
who
part
the
hoof:
the
camel,
because
it
chews
the
cud
but
doesn’t
have
a parted
hoof,
is
unclean
to
you.
The hyrax,
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or rock badger, or cony
because
it
chews
the
cud
but
doesn’t
have
a parted
hoof,
is
unclean
to
you.
The
hare,
because
it
chews
the
cud
but
doesn’t
have
a parted
hoof,
is
unclean
to
you.
The
pig,
because
it
has
a
split
hoof,
and
is cloven-footed,
but
doesn’t
chew
the
cud,
is
unclean
to
you.
You
shall
not
eat
their
meat.
You
shall
not
touch
their
carcasses.
They
are
unclean
to
you.
“‘You
may
eat
of
all
these
that
are
in
the
waters:
whatever
has
fins
and
scales
in
the
waters,
in
the
seas,
and
in
the rivers,
that
you
may
eat.
All
that
don’t
have
fins
and
scales
in
the
seas
and rivers,
all
that move
in
the
waters,
and
all
the
living
creatures
that
are
in
the
waters,
they
are
an abomination
to
you,
and
you
shall
detest
them.
You
shall
not
eat
of
their
meat,
and
you
shall
detest
their
carcasses.
Whatever
has
no
fins
nor
scales
in
the
waters
is
an abomination
to
you.
“‘You
shall
detest
these
among
the
birds;
they
shall
not
be
eaten
because
they
are
an abomination:
the
eagle,
the
vulture,
the black
vulture,
the red
kite, any
kind
of black
kite,
any
kind
of
raven,
the horned
owl,
the screech
owl,
the
gull, any
kind
of
hawk,
the little
owl,
the
cormorant,
the
great
owl,
the
white
owl,
the desert
owl,
the osprey,
the
stork, any
kind
of
heron,
the
hoopoe,
and
the
bat.
“‘All flying
insects
that
walk
on
all
fours
are
an abomination
to
you.
Yet
you
may
eat
these:
of
all
winged creeping
things
that
go
on
all
fours,
which
have long,
jointed
legs
for hopping
on
the
earth.
Even
of
these
you
may
eat:
any
kind
of
locust,
any
kind
of katydid,
any
kind
of
cricket,
and
any
kind
of
grasshopper.
But
all
winged creeping
things
which
have
four
feet
are an abomination
to
you.
“‘By
these
you
will
become
unclean:
whoever
touches
their
carcass
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Whoever
carries
any part
of
their
carcass
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘Every
animal
which
has
a
split
hoof
that isn’t
completely
divided,
or doesn’t
chew
the
cud,
is
unclean
to
you.
Everyone
who
touches
them
shall
be
unclean.
Whatever
goes
on
its
paws,
among
all
animals
that
go
on
all
fours,
they
are
unclean
to
you.
Whoever
touches
their
carcass
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He
who
carries
their
carcass
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
They
are
unclean
to
you.
“‘These
are
they
which
are
unclean
to
you
among
the creeping
things
that creep
on
the
earth:
the weasel,
the rat, any
kind
of great lizard,
the
gecko, and
the monitor
lizard,
the wall
lizard,
the skink, and
the
chameleon.
These
are
they
which
are
unclean
to
you
among
all
that creep.
Whoever
touches
them
when
they
are
dead
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Anything
they
fall
on
when
they
are
dead
shall
be
unclean;
whether
it
is
any
vessel
of
wood,
or
clothing,
or
skin,
or
sack,
whatever
vessel
it
is,
with
which
any
work
is
done,
it must
be
put
into
water,
and
it
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Then
it
will
be
clean.
Every
earthen
vessel
into
which
any
of
them
falls
and
all
that
is
in
it
shall
be
unclean.
You
shall
break
it.
All
food
which
may
be
eaten
which
is soaked
in
water
shall
be
unclean.
All
drink
that
may
be
drunk
in
every
such
vessel
shall
be
unclean.
Everything whereupon
part
of
their
carcass
falls
shall
be
unclean; whether
oven, or range
for pots,
it
shall
be
broken
in pieces.
They
are
unclean,
and
shall
be
unclean
to
you.
Nevertheless
a
spring or
a
cistern
in
which
water
is gathered
shall
be
clean,
but
that
which
touches
their
carcass
shall
be
unclean.
If
part
of
their
carcass
falls
on
any
sowing
seed
which
is
to
be
sown,
it
is
clean.
But
if
water
is
put
on
the
seed,
and
part
of
their
carcass
falls
on
it,
it
is
unclean
to
you.
“‘If
any
animal
of
which
you
may
eat
dies,
he
who
touches
its
carcass
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He who
eats
of
its
carcass
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He
also who
carries
its
carcass
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘Every creeping
thing
that creeps
on
the
earth
is
an abomination.
It
shall
not
be
eaten.
Whatever
goes
on
its belly,
and
whatever
goes
on
all
fours,
or
whatever
has
many
feet,
even
all creeping
things
that creep
on
the
earth,
them
you
shall
not
eat;
for
they
are
an abomination.
You
shall
not
make
yourselves abominable
with
any creeping
thing
that creeps.
You
shall
not
make
yourselves
unclean
with
them,
that
you should
be
defiled
by
them.
For
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
Sanctify
yourselves
therefore,
and
be
holy;
for
I
am
holy.
You
shall
not
defile
yourselves
with
any kind
of creeping
thing
that
moves
on
the
earth.
For
I
am
Yahweh
who
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
to
be
your
God.
You
shall
therefore
be
holy,
for
I
am
holy.
“‘This
is
the
law
of
the
animal,
and
of
the
bird,
and
of
every
living
creature
that
moves
in
the
waters,
and
of
every
creature
that
creeps
on
the
earth,
to
make
a
distinction
between
the
unclean
and
the
clean,
and
between
the
living
thing
that
may
be
eaten
and
the
living
thing
that
may
not
be
eaten.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘If
a
woman conceives,
and
bears
a
male
child,
then
she
shall
be
unclean
seven
days;
as
in
the
days
of
her monthly
period
she
shall
be
unclean.
In
the
eighth
day
the
flesh
of
his
foreskin
shall
be
circumcised.
She
shall continue
in
the
blood
of
purification
thirty-three
days.
She
shall
not
touch
any
holy
thing,
nor
come
into
the
sanctuary,
until
the
days
of
her
purifying
are
completed.
But
if
she
bears
a
female
child, then
she
shall
be
unclean
two
weeks,
as
in
her
period;
and
she
shall continue
in
the
blood
of
purification sixty-six
days.
“‘When
the
days
of
her
purification
are
completed
for
a
son
or
for
a
daughter, she
shall
bring
to
the
priest
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
a
year
old
lamb
for
a
burnt
offering,
and
a
young
pigeon
or
a
turtledove,
for
a
sin
offering.
He
shall
offer
it
before
Yahweh,
and make
atonement
for
her;
then
she
shall
be
cleansed
from
the
fountain
of
her
blood.
“‘This
is
the
law
for
her
who
bears,
whether
a
male
or
a
female.
If
she
cannot
afford
a
lamb,
then
she
shall
take
two
turtledoves
or
two
young
pigeons:
the
one
for
a
burnt
offering,
and
the
other
for
a
sin
offering.
The
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
her,
and
she
shall
be
clean.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“When
a
man
shall
have
a
swelling
in
his body’s
skin,
or
a
scab,
or
a
bright
spot,
and
it
becomes
in
the
skin
of
his
body
the
plague
of
leprosy,
then
he
shall
be
brought
to
Aaron
the
priest
or
to
one
of
his
sons,
the
priests.
The
priest
shall examine
the
plague
in
the
skin
of
the
body.
If
the
hair
in
the
plague
has
turned
white,
and
the
appearance
of
the
plague
is
deeper than
the body’s
skin,
it
is
the
plague
of
leprosy;
so
the
priest
shall examine
him
and
pronounce
him
unclean.
If
the
bright
spot
is
white
in
the
skin
of
his
body,
and
its
appearance
isn’t
deeper
than
the
skin,
and
its
hair
hasn’t
turned
white,
then
the
priest
shall
isolate
the infected
person
for
seven
days.
The
priest
shall examine
him
on
the
seventh
day.
Behold,
if
in
his
eyes
the
plague
is arrested
and
the
plague
hasn’t
spread
in
the
skin,
then
the
priest
shall
isolate
him
for
seven
more
days.
The
priest
shall examine
him
again
on
the
seventh
day.
Behold,
if
the
plague
has
faded
and
the
plague
hasn’t
spread
in
the
skin,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
clean.
It
is
a
scab.
He
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
be
clean.
But
if
the
scab
spreads
on
the
skin
after
he
has
shown
himself
to
the
priest
for
his
cleansing,
he
shall
show
himself
to
the
priest
again.
The
priest
shall examine
him;
and
behold,
if
the
scab
has
spread
on
the
skin,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
unclean.
It
is
leprosy.
“When
the
plague
of
leprosy
is
in
a
man,
then
he
shall
be
brought
to
the
priest;
and
the
priest
shall examine
him.
Behold,
if
there
is
a
white
swelling
in
the
skin,
and
it
has
turned
the
hair
white,
and
there
is
raw
flesh
in
the
swelling,
it
is
a
chronic
leprosy
in
the
skin
of
his
body,
and
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
unclean.
He
shall
not
isolate
him,
for
he
is already
unclean.
“If
the
leprosy
breaks
out
all
over
the
skin,
and
the
leprosy
covers
all
the
skin
of
the infected person
from
his
head
even
to
his
feet,
as
far
as
it
appears
to
the
priest,
then
the
priest
shall examine
him.
Behold,
if
the
leprosy
has
covered
all
his
flesh,
he
shall
pronounce
him
clean
of
the
plague.
It
has
all
turned
white:
he
is
clean.
But
whenever
raw
flesh
appears
in
him,
he
shall
be
unclean.
The
priest
shall examine
the
raw
flesh,
and
pronounce
him
unclean:
the
raw
flesh
is
unclean.
It
is
leprosy.
Or
if
the
raw
flesh
turns
again,
and
is
changed
to
white,
then
he
shall
come
to
the
priest.
The
priest
shall examine
him.
Behold,
if
the
plague
has
turned
white,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
clean
of
the
plague.
He
is
clean.
“When
the
body
has
a
boil
on
its
skin,
and
it
has
healed,
and
in
the
place
of
the
boil
there
is
a
white
swelling,
or
a
bright
spot,
reddish-white,
then
it
shall
be
shown
to
the
priest.
The
priest
shall examine
it.
Behold,
if
its
appearance
is
deeper
than
the
skin,
and
its
hair
has
turned
white,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
unclean.
It
is
the
plague
of
leprosy.
It
has broken
out
in
the
boil.
But
if
the
priest
examines
it,
and
behold,
there
are
no
white
hairs
in
it,
and
it isn’t
deeper
than
the
skin,
but
is
dim,
then
the
priest
shall
isolate
him
seven
days.
If
it
spreads
in
the
skin,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
unclean.
It
is
a
plague.
But
if
the
bright
spot
stays
in
its
place,
and
hasn’t
spread,
it
is
the
scar
from
the
boil;
and
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
clean.
“Or
when
the
body
has
a
burn
from
fire
on
its
skin,
and
the
raw
flesh
of
the
burn
becomes
a
bright
spot,
reddish-white,
or
white,
then
the
priest
shall examine
it;
and
behold,
if
the
hair
in
the
bright
spot
has
turned
white,
and
its
appearance
is
deeper
than
the
skin,
it
is
leprosy.
It
has broken
out
in
the burning,
and
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
unclean.
It
is
the
plague
of
leprosy.
But
if
the
priest
examines
it,
and
behold,
there
is
no
white
hair
in
the
bright
spot,
and
it isn’t
deeper
than
the
skin,
but
has
faded,
then
the
priest
shall
isolate
him
seven
days.
The
priest
shall examine
him
on
the
seventh
day.
If
it
has
spread
in
the
skin,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
unclean.
It
is
the
plague
of
leprosy.
If
the
bright
spot
stays
in
its
place,
and
hasn’t
spread
in
the
skin,
but
is
faded,
it
is
the
swelling
from
the
burn,
and
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
clean,
for
it
is
the
scar
from
the
burn.
“When
a
man
or
woman
has
a
plague
on
the
head
or
on
the
beard,
then
the
priest
shall examine
the
plague;
and
behold,
if
its
appearance
is
deeper
than
the
skin,
and
the
hair
in
it
is yellow
and
thin,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
unclean.
It
is
an itch.
It
is
leprosy
of
the
head
or
of
the
beard.
If
the
priest
examines
the
plague
of itching,
and
behold,
its
appearance isn’t
deeper
than
the
skin,
and
there
is
no
black
hair
in
it,
then
the
priest
shall
isolate
the
person infected
with itching
seven
days.
On
the
seventh
day
the
priest
shall examine
the
plague;
and
behold,
if
the itch
hasn’t
spread,
and
there
is
no yellow
hair
in
it,
and
the
appearance
of
the itch
isn’t
deeper
than
the
skin,
then
he
shall
be
shaved,
but
he
shall
not
shave
the itch.
Then
the
priest
shall
isolate
the
one
who
has
the itch
seven
more
days.
On
the
seventh
day,
the
priest
shall examine
the itch;
and
behold,
if
the itch
hasn’t
spread
in
the
skin,
and
its
appearance
isn’t
deeper
than
the
skin,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
him
clean.
He
shall
wash
his
clothes
and
be
clean.
But
if
the itch
spreads
in
the
skin
after
his
cleansing,
then
the
priest
shall
examine
him;
and
behold,
if
the itch
has
spread
in
the
skin,
the
priest
shall
not
look
for
the yellow
hair;
he
is
unclean.
But
if
in
his
eyes
the itch
is arrested
and
black
hair
has
grown
in
it,
then
the itch
is
healed.
He
is
clean.
The
priest
shall
pronounce
him
clean.
“When
a
man
or
a
woman
has
bright
spots
in
the
skin
of
the
body,
even
white
bright
spots,
then
the
priest
shall examine
them.
Behold,
if
the
bright
spots
on
the
skin
of
their
body
are
a dull
white,
it
is
a harmless rash.
It
has broken
out
in
the
skin.
He
is
clean.
“If
a
man’s
hair
has fallen
from
his
head,
he
is
bald.
He
is
clean.
If
his
hair
has fallen
off
from
the
front
part
of
his
head,
he
is
forehead
bald.
He
is
clean.
But
if
a
reddish-white
plague
is
in
the
bald
head
or
the
bald
forehead,
it
is
leprosy
breaking out
in
his
bald
head
or
his
bald
forehead.
Then
the
priest
shall examine
him.
Behold,
if
the
swelling
of
the
plague
is
reddish-white
in
his
bald
head,
or
in
his
bald
forehead,
like
the
appearance
of
leprosy
in
the
skin
of
the
body,
he
is
a
leprous
man.
He
is
unclean.
The
priest
shall
surely
pronounce
him
unclean.
His
plague
is
on
his
head.
“The
leper
in
whom
the
plague
is
shall
wear
torn
clothes,
and
the
hair
of
his
head
shall hang
loose.
He
shall
cover
his upper lip,
and
shall
cry, ‘Unclean!
Unclean!’
All
the
days
in
which
the
plague
is
in
him
he
shall
be
unclean.
He
is
unclean.
He
shall
dwell
alone.
His
dwelling
shall
be
outside
of
the
camp.
“The
garment
also
that
the
plague
of
leprosy
is
in,
whether
it
is
a woolen
garment,
or
a
linen
garment;
whether
it
is
in
warp
or
woof;
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warp and woof are the vertical and horizontal threads in woven cloth
of
linen
or
of
wool;
whether
in
a
leather,
or
in
anything
made
of
leather;
if
the
plague
is
greenish
or
reddish
in
the
garment,
or
in
the
leather,
or
in
the
warp,
or
in
the
woof,
or
in
anything
made
of
leather;
it
is
the
plague
of
leprosy,
and
shall
be
shown
to
the
priest.
The
priest
shall examine
the
plague,
and
isolate
the
plague
seven
days.
He
shall examine
the
plague
on
the
seventh
day.
If
the
plague
has
spread
in
the
garment,
either
in
the
warp,
or
in
the
woof,
or
in
the
skin,
whatever
use
the
skin
is
used
for,
the
plague
is
a destructive mildew.
It
is
unclean.
He
shall
burn
the
garment,
whether
the
warp
or
the
woof,
in
wool
or
in
linen,
or
anything
of
leather,
in
which
the
plague
is,
for
it
is
a destructive mildew.
It
shall
be
burned
in
the
fire.
“If
the
priest
examines
it,
and
behold,
the
plague
hasn’t
spread
in
the
garment,
either
in
the
warp,
or
in
the
woof,
or
in
anything
of
skin;
then
the
priest
shall
command
that
they
wash
the
thing
that
the
plague
is
in,
and
he
shall
isolate
it
seven
more
days.
Then
the
priest
shall examine
it,
after
the
plague
is
washed;
and
behold,
if
the
plague
hasn’t
changed
its color,
and
the
plague
hasn’t
spread,
it
is
unclean;
you
shall
burn
it
in
the
fire.
It
is
a mildewed spot,
whether
the bareness
is inside
or outside.
If
the
priest
looks,
and
behold,
the
plague
has
faded
after
it
is
washed,
then
he
shall
tear
it
out
of
the
garment,
or
out
of
the
skin,
or
out
of
the
warp,
or
out
of
the
woof;
and
if
it
appears
again
in
the
garment,
either
in
the
warp,
or
in
the
woof,
or
in
anything
of
skin,
it
is spreading.
You
shall
burn
what
the
plague
is
in
with
fire.
The
garment,
either
the
warp,
or
the
woof,
or
whatever
thing
of
skin
it
is,
which
you
shall
wash,
if
the
plague
has
departed
from
them,
then
it
shall
be
washed
the
second
time,
and
it
will
be
clean.”
This
is
the
law
of
the
plague
of mildew
in
a
garment
of
wool
or
linen,
either
in
the
warp,
or
the
woof,
or
in
anything
of
skin,
to
pronounce
it
clean,
or
to
pronounce
it
unclean.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“This
shall
be
the
law
of
the
leper
in
the
day
of
his
cleansing:
He
shall
be
brought
to
the
priest,
and
the
priest
shall
go
out
of
the
camp.
The
priest
shall examine
him.
Behold,
if
the
plague
of
leprosy
is
healed
in
the
leper,
then
the
priest
shall
command
them
to
take
for
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed
two
living
clean
birds,
cedar
wood,
scarlet,
and
hyssop.
The
priest
shall
command
them
to
kill
one
of
the
birds
in
an
earthen
vessel
over running
water.
As
for
the
living
bird,
he
shall
take
it,
the
cedar
wood,
the
scarlet,
and
the
hyssop,
and
shall
dip
them
and
the
living
bird
in
the
blood
of
the
bird
that
was
killed
over
the running
water.
He
shall sprinkle
on
him who
is
to
be
cleansed
from
the
leprosy
seven
times,
and
shall
pronounce
him
clean,
and
shall
let
the
living
bird
go
into
the
open
field.
“He
who
is
to
be
cleansed
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
shave
off
all
his
hair,
and
bathe
himself
in
water;
and
he
shall
be
clean.
After
that
he
shall
come
into
the
camp,
but
shall
dwell
outside
his
tent
seven
days.
It
shall
be
on
the
seventh
day,
that
he
shall
shave
all
his
hair
off
his
head
and
his
beard
and
his eyebrows.
He
shall
shave
off
all
his
hair.
He
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
he
shall
bathe
his
body
in
water.
Then
he
shall
be
clean.
“On
the
eighth
day
he
shall
take
two
male
lambs
without
defect,
one
ewe
lamb
a
year
old
without
defect,
three tenths
of
an ephah
14:10
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
for
a
meal
offering,
mixed
with
oil,
and
one
log
14:10
a log is a liquid measure of about 300 ml or 10 ounces
of
oil.
The
priest
who cleanses
him
shall
set
the
man
who
is
to
be
cleansed,
and
those things,
before
Yahweh,
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
“The
priest
shall
take
one
of
the
male
lambs,
and
offer
him
for
a trespass
offering,
with
the
log
of
oil,
and
wave
them
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
He
shall
kill
the
male
lamb
in
the
place
where
they
kill
the
sin
offering
and
the
burnt
offering,
in
the
place
of
the
sanctuary;
for
as
the
sin
offering
is
the
priest’s,
so
is
the trespass
offering.
It
is
most
holy.
The
priest
shall
take
some
of
the
blood
of
the trespass
offering,
and
the
priest
shall
put
it
on
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed,
and
on
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand,
and
on
the
big
toe
of
his
right
foot.
The
priest
shall
take some
of
the
log
of
oil,
and
pour
it
into
the
palm
of
his own
left
hand.
The
priest
shall
dip
his
right
finger
in
the
oil
that
is
in
his
left
hand,
and
shall sprinkle
some
of
the
oil
with
his
finger
seven
times
before
Yahweh.
The
priest
shall
put
some
of
the
rest
of
the
oil
that
is
in
his
hand
on
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed,
and
on
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand,
and
on
the
big
toe
of
his
right
foot,
upon
the
blood
of
the trespass
offering.
The
rest
of
the
oil
that
is
in
the
priest’s
hand
he
shall
put
on
the
head
of
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed,
and
the
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
him
before
Yahweh.
“The
priest
shall
offer
the
sin
offering,
and
make
atonement
for
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed
because
of
his
uncleanness.
Afterward
he
shall
kill
the
burnt
offering;
then
the
priest
shall
offer
the
burnt
offering
and
the
meal
offering
on
the
altar.
The
priest
shall make
atonement
for
him,
and
he
shall
be
clean.
“If
he
is
poor,
and can’t
afford
so
much,
then
he
shall
take
one
male
lamb
for
a trespass
offering
to
be waved,
to
make
atonement
for
him,
and
one
tenth
of
an ephah
14:21
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering,
and
a
log
14:21
a log is a liquid measure of about 300 ml or 10 ounces
of
oil;
and
two
turtledoves,
or
two
young
pigeons,
such
as
he
is
able
to
afford;
and
the
one
shall
be
a
sin
offering,
and
the
other
a
burnt
offering.
“On
the
eighth
day
he
shall
bring
them
for
his
cleansing
to
the
priest,
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
before
Yahweh.
The
priest
shall
take
the
lamb
of
the trespass
offering,
and
the
log
of
oil,
and
the
priest
shall
wave
them
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
He
shall
kill
the
lamb
of
the trespass
offering.
The
priest
shall
take
some
of
the
blood
of
the trespass
offering
and
put
it
on
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed,
and
on
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand,
and
on
the
big
toe
of
his
right
foot.
The
priest
shall
pour
some
of
the
oil
into
the
palm
of
his own
left
hand;
and
the
priest
shall sprinkle
with
his
right
finger
some
of
the
oil
that
is
in
his
left
hand
seven
times
before
Yahweh.
Then
the
priest
shall
put
some
of
the
oil
that
is
in
his
hand
on
the tip
of
the
right
ear
of
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed,
and
on
the
thumb
of
his
right
hand,
and
on
the
big
toe
of
his
right
foot,
on
the
place
of
the
blood
of
the trespass
offering.
The
rest
of
the
oil
that
is
in
the
priest’s
hand
he
shall
put
on
the
head
of
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed,
to
make
atonement
for
him
before
Yahweh.
He
shall
offer
one
of
the
turtledoves,
or
of
the
young
pigeons,
which ever
he
is
able
to
afford,
of
the kind
he
is
able
to
afford,
the
one
for
a
sin
offering,
and
the
other
for
a
burnt
offering,
with
the
meal
offering.
The
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
him
who
is
to
be
cleansed
before
Yahweh.”
This
is
the
law
for
him
in
whom
is
the
plague
of
leprosy,
who
is
not
able
to
afford
the sacrifice
for
his
cleansing.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“When
you
have
come
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
which
I
give
to
you
for
a
possession,
and
I
put
a spreading mildew
in
a
house
in
the
land
of
your
possession,
then
he
who owns
the
house
shall
come
and
tell
the
priest,
saying, ‘There seems
to
me
to
be some sort
of
plague
in
the
house.’
The
priest
shall
command
that
they
empty
the
house,
before
the
priest
goes
in
to examine
the
plague,
that
all
that
is
in
the
house
not
be
made
unclean.
Afterward
the
priest
shall
go
in
to inspect
the
house.
He
shall examine
the
plague;
and
behold,
if
the
plague
is
in
the
walls
of
the
house
with hollow streaks,
greenish
or
reddish,
and
it
appears
to
be
deeper
than
the
wall,
then
the
priest
shall
go
out
of
the
house
to
the
door
of
the
house,
and
shut
up
the
house
seven
days.
The
priest
shall
come
again
on
the
seventh
day,
and
look.
If
the
plague
has
spread
in
the
walls
of
the
house,
then
the
priest
shall
command
that
they take
out
the
stones
in
which
is
the
plague,
and
cast
them
into
an
unclean
place
outside
of
the
city.
He
shall cause
the
inside
of
the
house
to
be
scraped
all
over.
They
shall
pour
out
the mortar
that
they
scraped
off
outside
of
the
city
into an
unclean
place.
They
shall
take
other
stones,
and
put
them
in
the
place
of
those
stones;
and
he
shall
take
other mortar,
and
shall
plaster
the
house.
“If
the
plague comes
again,
and
breaks
out
in
the
house
after
he
has taken
out
the
stones,
and
after
he
has
scraped
the
house,
and
after
it
was
plastered,
then
the
priest
shall
come
in
and
look;
and
behold,
if
the
plague
has
spread
in
the
house,
it
is
a destructive mildew
in
the
house.
It
is
unclean.
He
shall
break
down
the
house,
its
stones,
and
its
timber,
and
all
the house’s mortar.
He
shall
carry
them
out
of
the
city
into an
unclean
place.
“Moreover
he
who
goes
into
the
house
while
it
is
shut
up
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He who
lies
down
in
the
house
shall
wash
his
clothes;
and
he who
eats
in
the
house
shall
wash
his
clothes.
“If
the
priest
shall
come
in,
and examine
it,
and
behold,
the
plague
hasn’t
spread
in
the
house,
after
the
house
was
plastered,
then
the
priest
shall
pronounce
the
house
clean,
because
the
plague
is
healed.
To
cleanse
the
house
he
shall
take
two
birds,
cedar
wood,
scarlet,
and
hyssop.
He
shall
kill
one
of
the
birds
in
an
earthen
vessel
over running
water.
He
shall
take
the
cedar
wood,
the
hyssop,
the
scarlet,
and
the
living
bird,
and
dip
them
in
the
blood
of
the
slain
bird,
and
in
the running
water,
and sprinkle
the
house
seven
times.
He
shall
cleanse
the
house
with
the
blood
of
the
bird,
and
with
the running
water,
with
the
living
bird,
with
the
cedar
wood,
with
the
hyssop,
and
with
the
scarlet;
but
he
shall
let
the
living
bird
go
out
of
the
city
into
the
open
field.
So
shall
he make
atonement
for
the
house;
and
it
shall
be
clean.”
This
is
the
law
for
any
plague
of
leprosy,
and
for an itch,
and
for
the destructive mildew
of a
garment,
and
for a
house,
and for a
swelling,
and for a
scab,
and for a
bright
spot;
to
teach
when it
is
unclean,
and
when it
is
clean.
This
is
the
law
of
leprosy.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
any
man
has
a
discharge
from
his
body,
because
of
his
discharge
he
is
unclean.
This
shall
be
his
uncleanness
in
his
discharge:
whether
his
body runs
with
his
discharge,
or
his
body
has stopped
from
his
discharge,
it
is
his
uncleanness.
“‘Every
bed
on
which
he
who
has
the
discharge
lies
shall
be
unclean;
and
everything
he
sits
on
shall
be
unclean.
Whoever
touches
his
bed
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He
who
sits
on
anything
on
which
the man
who
has
the
discharge
sat
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘He who
touches
the
body
of
him who
has
the
discharge
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘If
he
who
has
the
discharge
spits
on
him
who
is
clean,
then
he
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘Whatever
saddle
he
who
has
the
discharge
rides
on
shall
be
unclean.
Whoever
touches
anything
that
was
under
him
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He
who
carries
those
things
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘Whomever
he
who
has
the
discharge
touches,
without
having
rinsed
his
hands
in
water,
he
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘The
earthen
vessel,
which
he
who
has
the
discharge
touches,
shall
be
broken;
and
every
vessel
of
wood
shall
be
rinsed
in
water.
“‘When
he
who
has
a
discharge
is
cleansed
of
his
discharge,
then
he
shall
count
to
himself
seven
days
for
his
cleansing,
and
wash
his
clothes;
and
he
shall
bathe
his
flesh
in running
water,
and
shall
be
clean.
“‘On
the
eighth
day
he
shall
take
two
turtledoves,
or
two
young
pigeons,
and
come
before
Yahweh
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
give
them
to
the
priest.
The
priest
shall
offer
them,
the
one
for
a
sin
offering,
and
the
other
for
a
burnt
offering.
The
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
him
before
Yahweh
for
his
discharge.
“‘If
any
man
has
an
emission
of semen,
then
he
shall
bathe
all
his
flesh
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Every
garment
and
every
skin
which
the semen
is
on
shall
be
washed
with
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
If
a
man
lies
with
a
woman
and
there
is
an
emission
of semen,
they
shall both
bathe
themselves
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘If
a
woman
has
a
discharge,
and
her
discharge
in
her
flesh
is
blood,
she
shall
be
in
her
impurity
seven
days.
Whoever
touches
her
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘Everything
that
she
lies
on
in
her
impurity
shall
be
unclean.
Everything
also
that
she
sits
on
shall
be
unclean.
Whoever
touches
her
bed
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Whoever
touches
anything
that
she
sits
on
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
If
it
is
on
the
bed,
or
on
anything
she
sits
on,
when
he
touches
it,
he
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘If
any
man
lies
with
her,
and
her monthly flow
is
on
him,
he
shall
be
unclean
seven
days;
and
every
bed
he
lies
on
shall
be
unclean.
“‘If
a
woman
has
a
discharge
of
her
blood
many
days
not
in
the
time
of
her
period,
or
if
she
has
a
discharge
beyond
the
time
of
her
period,
all
the
days
of
the
discharge
of
her
uncleanness
shall
be
as
in
the
days
of
her
period.
She
is
unclean.
Every
bed
she
lies
on
all
the
days
of
her
discharge
shall
be
to
her
as
the
bed
of
her
period.
Everything
she
sits
on
shall
be
unclean,
as
the
uncleanness
of
her
period.
Whoever
touches
these
things
shall
be
unclean,
and
shall
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“‘But
if
she
is
cleansed
of
her
discharge,
then
she
shall
count
to herself
seven
days,
and
after
that
she
shall
be
clean.
On
the
eighth
day she
shall
take
two
turtledoves,
or
two
young
pigeons,
and
bring
them
to
the
priest,
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
The
priest
shall
offer
the
one
for
a
sin
offering,
and
the
other
for
a
burnt
offering;
and
the
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
her
before
Yahweh
for
the
uncleanness
of
her
discharge.
“‘Thus
you
shall separate
the
children
of
Israel
from
their
uncleanness,
so
they
will
not
die
in
their
uncleanness
when
they
defile
my
tabernacle
that
is
among
them.’”
This
is
the
law
of
him
who
has
a
discharge,
and
of
him
who
has
an
emission
of semen,
so
that
he
is
unclean
by
it;
and
of
her
who
has
her
period,
and
of
a
man
or
woman
who
has
a
discharge,
and
of
him
who
lies
with
her
who
is
unclean.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
after
the
death
of
the
two
sons
of
Aaron,
when
they
came
near
before
Yahweh,
and
died;
and
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Tell
Aaron
your
brother
not
to
come
at
just
any
time
into
the
Most
Holy
Place
within
the
veil,
before
the
mercy
seat
which
is
on
the
ark; lest
he
die;
for
I
will
appear
in
the
cloud
on
the
mercy
seat.
“Aaron
shall
come
into
the
sanctuary
with
a
young
bull
for
a
sin offering,
and
a
ram
for
a
burnt offering.
He
shall
put
on
the
holy
linen
tunic.
He
shall
have
the
linen trousers
on
his
body,
and
shall
put
on
the
linen
sash,
and
he
shall
be
clothed
with
the
linen
turban.
They
are
the
holy
garments.
He
shall
bathe
his
body
in
water,
and
put
them
on.
He
shall
take
from
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
two
male
goats
for
a
sin
offering,
and
one
ram
for
a
burnt
offering.
“Aaron
shall
offer
the
bull
of
the
sin
offering,
which
is
for
himself,
and make
atonement
for
himself
and
for
his
house.
He
shall
take
the
two
goats,
and
set
them
before
Yahweh
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Aaron
shall
cast
lots
for
the
two
goats:
one
lot
for
Yahweh,
and
the
other
lot
for
the
scapegoat.
Aaron
shall
present
the
goat
on
which
the
lot
fell
for
Yahweh,
and
offer
him
for
a
sin
offering.
But
the
goat
on
which
the
lot
fell
for
the
scapegoat
shall
be
presented
alive
before
Yahweh,
to
make
atonement
for
him,
to
send
him
away
as
the
scapegoat
into
the
wilderness.
“Aaron
shall
present
the
bull
of
the
sin
offering,
which
is
for
himself,
and
shall make
atonement
for
himself
and
for
his
house,
and
shall
kill
the
bull
of
the
sin
offering
which
is
for
himself.
He
shall
take
a
censer
full
of
coals
of
fire
from
off
the
altar
before
Yahweh,
and
two
handfuls
of
sweet
incense beaten small,
and
bring
it
within
the
veil.
He
shall
put
the
incense
on
the
fire
before
Yahweh,
that
the
cloud
of
the
incense
may
cover
the
mercy
seat
that
is
on
the covenant,
so
that
he
will
not
die.
He
shall
take
some
of
the
blood
of
the
bull,
and sprinkle
it
with
his
finger
on
the
mercy
seat
on
the
east;
and
before
the
mercy
seat
he
shall sprinkle
some
of
the
blood
with
his
finger
seven
times.
“Then
he
shall
kill
the
goat
of
the
sin offering
that
is
for
the
people,
and
bring
his
blood
within
the
veil,
and
do
with
his
blood
as
he
did
with
the
blood
of
the
bull,
and sprinkle
it
on
the
mercy
seat
and
before
the
mercy
seat.
He
shall
make
atonement
for
the
Holy
Place,
because
of
the
uncleanness
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
because
of
their
transgressions,
even
all
their
sins;
and
so
he
shall
do
for
the
Tent
of
Meeting
that
dwells
with
them
in
the
middle
of
their
uncleanness.
No
one
shall
be
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting
when
he
enters
to make
atonement
in
the
Holy
Place,
until
he
comes
out,
and
has
made
atonement
for
himself
and
for
his
household,
and
for
all
the
assembly
of
Israel.
“He
shall
go
out
to
the
altar
that
is
before
Yahweh
and
make
atonement
for
it,
and
shall
take some
of
the bull’s
blood,
and some
of
the goat’s
blood,
and
put
it
around
on
the
horns
of
the
altar.
He
shall sprinkle
some
of
the
blood
on
it
with
his
finger
seven
times,
and
cleanse
it,
and make
it
holy
from
the
uncleanness
of
the
children
of
Israel.
“When
he
has
finished atoning
for
the
Holy
Place,
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
the
altar,
he
shall
present
the
live
goat.
Aaron
shall
lay
both
his
hands
on
the
head
of
the
live
goat,
and
confess
over
him
all
the
iniquities
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
all
their
transgressions,
even
all
their
sins;
and
he
shall
put
them
on
the
head
of
the
goat,
and
shall
send
him
away
into
the
wilderness
by
the
hand
of
a
man
who
is ready.
The
goat
shall
carry
all
their
iniquities
on
himself
to
a
solitary
land,
and
he
shall
release
the
goat
in
the
wilderness.
“Aaron
shall
come
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
shall
take
off
the
linen
garments
which
he
put
on
when
he
went
into
the
Holy
Place,
and
shall
leave
them
there.
Then
he
shall
bathe
himself
in
water
in
a
holy
place,
put
on
his
garments,
and
come
out
and
offer
his
burnt
offering
and
the
burnt
offering
of
the
people,
and
make
atonement
for
himself
and
for
the
people.
The
fat
of
the
sin
offering
he shall
burn
on
the
altar.
“He who
lets
the
goat
go
as
the
scapegoat
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
his
flesh
in
water,
and
afterward
he
shall
come
into
the
camp.
The
bull
for
the
sin
offering,
and
the
goat
for
the
sin
offering,
whose
blood
was
brought
in
to make
atonement
in
the
Holy
Place,
shall be
carried
outside
the
camp;
and
they
shall
burn
their
skins,
their
flesh,
and
their
dung
with
fire.
He who
burns
them
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
his
flesh
in
water,
and
afterward
he
shall
come
into
the
camp.
“It
shall
be
a
statute
to
you
forever:
in
the
seventh
month,
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
you
shall
afflict
your
souls,
and
shall
do
no kind
of
work, whether
native-born
or
a
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
among
you;
for
on
this
day
shall
atonement
be
made
for
you,
to
cleanse
you.
You
shall
be
clean
from
all
your
sins
before
Yahweh.
It
is
a
Sabbath
of
solemn
rest
to
you,
and
you
shall
afflict
your
souls.
It
is
a
statute
forever.
The
priest,
who
is
anointed
and
who
is
consecrated
to
be
priest
in
his
father’s
place,
shall
make
the
atonement,
and
shall
put
on
the
linen
garments,
even
the
holy
garments.
Then
he
shall make
atonement
for
the
Holy
Sanctuary;
and
he
shall make
atonement
for
the
Tent
of
Meeting
and
for
the
altar;
and
he
shall make
atonement
for
the
priests
and
for
all
the
people
of
the
assembly.
“This
shall
be
an
everlasting
statute
for
you,
to
make
atonement
for
the
children
of
Israel
once
in
the
year
because
of
all
their
sins.”
It
was
done
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
Aaron,
and
to
his
sons,
and
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them, ‘This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
has
commanded:
Whatever
man
there
is
of
the
house
of
Israel
who
kills
a
bull,
or
lamb,
or
goat
in
the
camp,
or
who
kills
it
outside
the
camp,
and
hasn’t
brought
it
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
to
offer
it
as
an
offering
to
Yahweh
before
Yahweh’s
tabernacle:
blood
shall
be imputed
to
that
man.
He
has
shed
blood.
That
man
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
his
people.
This
is
to
the end
that
the
children
of
Israel
may
bring
their
sacrifices,
which
they
sacrifice
in
the
open
field,
that
they
may
bring
them
to
Yahweh,
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
to
the
priest,
and
sacrifice
them
for
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings
to
Yahweh.
The
priest
shall
sprinkle
the
blood
on
Yahweh’s
altar
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
burn
the
fat
for
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
They
shall
no
more
sacrifice
their
sacrifices
to
the
goat idols,
after
which
they
play
the
prostitute.
This
shall
be
a
statute
forever
to
them
throughout
their
generations.’
“You
shall
say
to
them, ‘Any
man
there
is
of
the
house
of
Israel,
or
of
the
strangers
who
live
as
foreigners
among
them,
who
offers
a
burnt
offering
or
sacrifice,
and
doesn’t
bring
it
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
to sacrifice
it
to
Yahweh,
that
man
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
“‘Any
man
of
the
house
of
Israel,
or
of
the
strangers
who
live
as
foreigners
among
them,
who
eats
any kind
of
blood,
I
will
set
my
face
against
that
soul
who
eats
blood,
and
will
cut
him
off
from
among
his
people.
For
the
life
of
the
flesh
is
in
the
blood.
I
have
given
it
to
you
on
the
altar
to
make
atonement
for
your
souls;
for
it
is
the
blood
that
makes
atonement
by
reason
of
the
life.
Therefore
I
have
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “No
person
among
you
may
eat
blood,
nor
may
any
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
among
you
eat
blood.”
“‘Whatever
man
there
is
of
the
children
of
Israel,
or
of
the
strangers
who
live
as
foreigners
among
them,
who takes
in hunting
any
animal
or
bird
that
may
be
eaten,
he
shall
pour
out
its
blood,
and
cover
it
with
dust.
For
as
to
the
life
of
all
flesh,
its
blood
is
with
its
life.
Therefore
I
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “You
shall
not
eat
the
blood
of
any kind
of
flesh;
for
the
life
of
all
flesh
is
its
blood.
Whoever
eats
it
shall
be
cut
off.”
“‘Every
person
that
eats
what
dies
of itself,
or
that
which
is
torn
by animals, whether
he
is
native-born
or
a
foreigner,
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
Then
he
shall
be
clean.
But
if
he
doesn’t
wash
them,
or
bathe
his
flesh,
then
he
shall
bear
his
iniquity.’”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them, ‘I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not
do
as
they
do
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
where
you
lived.
You
shall
not
do
as
they
do
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
where
I
am
bringing
you.
You
shall
not follow
their
statutes.
You
shall
do
my
ordinances.
You
shall
keep
my
statutes
and walk
in
them.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
therefore
keep
my
statutes
and
my
ordinances,
which
if
a
man
does,
he
shall live
in
them.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘None
of
you
shall
approach
any
close
relatives,
to
uncover
their
nakedness:
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
father,
nor
the
nakedness
of
your
mother:
she
is
your
mother.
You
shall
not
uncover
her
nakedness.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
father’s
wife.
It
is
your
father’s
nakedness.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
sister,
the
daughter
of
your
father,
or
the
daughter
of
your
mother,
whether
born
at
home
or
born
abroad.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
son’s
daughter,
or
of
your
daughter’s
daughter,
even
their
nakedness;
for theirs
is
your own
nakedness.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
father’s
wife’s
daughter, conceived
by
your
father, since
she
is
your
sister.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
father’s
sister.
She
is
your
father’s
near kinswoman.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
mother’s
sister,
for
she
is
your
mother’s
near kinswoman.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
father’s
brother.
You
shall
not
approach
his
wife.
She
is
your
aunt.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
daughter-in-law.
She
is
your
son’s
wife.
You
shall
not
uncover
her
nakedness.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
brother’s
wife.
It
is
your
brother’s
nakedness.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
a
woman
and
her
daughter.
You
shall
not
take
her
son’s
daughter,
or
her
daughter’s
daughter,
to
uncover
her
nakedness.
They
are
near kinswomen.
It
is
wickedness.
“‘You
shall
not
take
a
wife
in
addition
to
her
sister,
to
be
a rival,
to
uncover
her
nakedness,
while
her
sister
is still
alive.
“‘You
shall
not
approach
a
woman
to
uncover
her
nakedness,
as
long
as
she
is impure
by
her
uncleanness.
“‘You
shall
not lie carnally
with
your
neighbor’s
wife,
and
defile
yourself
with
her.
“‘You
shall
not
give
any
of
your
children
as
a sacrifice
to
Molech.
You
shall
not
profane
the
name
of
your
God.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘You
shall
not
lie
with
a
man
as
with
a
woman.
That
is
detestable.
“‘You
shall
not lie
with
any
animal
to
defile
yourself
with
it.
No
woman
may
give
herself
to
an
animal,
to lie
down
with
it:
it
is
a
perversion.
“‘Don’t
defile
yourselves
in
any
of
these
things;
for
in
all
these
the
nations
which
I
am
casting
out
before
you
were
defiled.
The
land
was
defiled.
Therefore
I
punished
its
iniquity,
and
the
land vomited
out
her
inhabitants.
You
therefore
shall
keep
my
statutes
and
my
ordinances,
and
shall
not
do
any
of
these
abominations;
neither
the
native-born,
nor
the
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
among
you
(for
the
men
of
the
land
that
were
before
you
had
done
all
these
abominations,
and
the
land
became
defiled),
that
the
land
not
vomit
you
out
also,
when
you
defile
it,
as
it vomited
out
the
nation
that
was
before
you.
“‘For
whoever
shall
do
any
of
these
abominations,
even
the
souls
that
do
them
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
their
people.
Therefore
you
shall
keep
my requirements,
that
you
do
not
practice
any
of
these
abominable
customs
which
were
practiced
before
you,
and
that
you
do
not
defile
yourselves
with
them.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘You
shall
be
holy;
for
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
am
holy.
“‘Each
one
of
you
shall respect
his
mother
and
his
father.
You
shall
keep
my
Sabbaths.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘Don’t
turn
to
idols,
nor
make molten
gods
for
yourselves.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘When
you
offer
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
to
Yahweh,
you
shall
offer
it
so
that
you
may
be
accepted.
It
shall
be
eaten
the same
day
you
offer
it,
and
on
the
next
day. If
anything
remains
until
the
third
day,
it
shall
be
burned
with
fire.
If
it
is
eaten
at
all
on
the
third
day,
it
is
an abomination.
It
will
not
be
accepted;
but everyone
who
eats
it
shall
bear
his
iniquity,
because
he
has
profaned
the
holy
thing
of
Yahweh,
and
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
“‘When
you
reap
the
harvest
of
your
land,
you
shall
not wholly
reap
the
corners
of
your
field,
neither
shall
you
gather
the
gleanings
of
your
harvest.
You
shall
not
glean
your
vineyard,
neither
shall
you
gather
the
fallen grapes
of
your
vineyard.
You
shall
leave
them
for
the
poor
and
for
the
foreigner.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘You
shall
not
steal.
“‘You
shall
not
lie.
“‘You
shall
not
deceive
one
another.
“‘You
shall
not
swear
by
my
name
falsely,
and
profane
the
name
of
your
God.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘You
shall
not
oppress
your
neighbor,
nor
rob
him.
“‘The
wages
of
a
hired
servant
shall
not
remain
with
you
all night
until
the
morning.
“‘You
shall
not
curse
the
deaf,
nor
put
a
stumbling
block
before
the
blind;
but
you
shall
fear
your
God.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘You
shall
do
no
injustice
in
judgment.
You
shall
not
be
partial
to
the
poor,
nor
show favoritism
to
the
great;
but
you
shall
judge
your
neighbor
in
righteousness.
“‘You
shall
not go
around
as
a
slanderer
among
your
people.
“‘You
shall
not endanger
the
life
19:16
literally, “blood”
of
your
neighbor.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘You
shall
not
hate
your
brother
in
your
heart.
You
shall
surely
rebuke
your
neighbor,
and
not
bear
sin
because
of
him.
“‘You
shall
not
take
vengeance,
nor
bear
any
grudge
against
the
children
of
your
people;
but
you
shall
love
your
neighbor
as yourself.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘You
shall
keep
my
statutes.
“‘You
shall
not cross-breed different
kinds
of
animals.
“‘You
shall
not
sow
your
field
with
two
kinds
of
seed;
“‘Don’t
wear
a
garment
made
of
two
kinds
of
material.
“‘If
a
man
lies carnally
with
a
woman
who
is
a
slave
girl,
pledged
to
be
married
to
another
man,
and
not
ransomed
or
given
her
freedom;
they
shall
be punished.
They
shall
not
be
put
to
death,
because
she
was
not
free.
He
shall
bring
his trespass
offering
to
Yahweh,
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
even
a
ram
for
a trespass
offering.
The
priest
shall make
atonement
for
him
with
the
ram
of
the trespass
offering
before
Yahweh
for
his
sin
which
he
has
committed;
and
the
sin
which
he
has
committed
shall
be
forgiven
him.
“‘When
you
come
into
the
land,
and
have
planted
all
kinds
of
trees
for
food,
then
you
shall
count
their
fruit
as
forbidden.
19:23
literally, “uncircumcised”
For
three
years
it
shall
be
forbidden
to
you.
It
shall
not
be
eaten.
But
in
the
fourth
year
all
its
fruit
shall
be
holy,
for giving
praise
to
Yahweh.
In
the
fifth
year
you
shall
eat
its
fruit,
that
it
may
yield
its
increase
to
you.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘You
shall
not
eat
any meat
with
the
blood
still
in
it.
You
shall
not
use
enchantments,
nor
practice sorcery.
“‘You
shall
not cut
the
hair
on
the
sides
of
your
head
or clip
off
the edge
of
your
beard.
“‘You
shall
not
make
any cuttings
in
your
flesh
for
the
dead,
nor tattoo
any
marks
on
you.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘Don’t
profane
your
daughter,
to make
her
a
prostitute; lest
the
land
fall
to prostitution,
and
the
land
become
full
of
wickedness.
“‘You
shall
keep
my
Sabbaths,
and reverence
my
sanctuary;
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘Don’t
turn
to those
who
are
mediums,
nor
to
the wizards.
Don’t
seek
them
out,
to
be
defiled
by
them.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘You
shall
rise
up
before
the
gray
head
and
honor
the
face
of
the elderly;
and
you
shall
fear
your
God.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘If
a
stranger
lives
as
a
foreigner
with
you
in
your
land,
you
shall
not
do
him
wrong.
The
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
with
you
shall
be
to
you
as
the
native-born
among
you,
and
you
shall
love
him
as
yourself;
for
you
lived
as
foreigners
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘You
shall
do
no
unrighteousness
in
judgment,
in measures
of length,
of
weight,
or
of quantity.
You
shall
have
just
balances,
just
weights,
a
just
ephah,
19:36
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
and
a
just
hin.
19:36
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
“‘You
shall
observe
all
my
statutes
and
all
my
ordinances,
and
do
them.
I
am
Yahweh.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Moreover,
you
shall
tell
the
children
of
Israel, ‘Anyone
of
the
children
of
Israel,
or
of
the
strangers
who
live
as
foreigners
in
Israel,
who
gives
any
of
his
offspring
20:2
or, seed
to
Molech
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
The
people
of
the
land
shall
stone
that
person
with
stones.
I
also
will
set
my
face
against
that
person,
and
will
cut
him
off
from
among
his
people,
because
he
has
given
of
his
offspring
to
Molech,
to
defile
my
sanctuary,
and
to
profane
my
holy
name.
If
the
people
of
the
land
all
hide
their
eyes
from
that
person
when
he
gives
of
his
offspring
to
Molech,
and don’t
put
him
to
death,
then
I
will
set
my
face
against
that
man
and
against
his
family,
and
will
cut
him
off,
and
all
who
play
the
prostitute
after
him
to
play
the
prostitute
with
Molech,
from
among
their
people.
“‘The
person
that
turns
to
those
who
are
mediums
and wizards,
to
play
the
prostitute
after
them,
I
will
even
set
my
face
against
that
person,
and
will
cut
him
off
from
among
his
people.
“‘Sanctify
yourselves
therefore,
and
be
holy;
for
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
keep
my
statutes,
and
do
them.
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
you.
“‘For
everyone
who
curses
his
father
or
his
mother
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
He
has
cursed
his
father
or
his
mother.
His
blood
shall
be upon
himself.
“‘The
man
who
commits
adultery
with
another
man’s
wife,
even
he
who
commits
adultery
with
his
neighbor’s
wife,
the
adulterer
and
the
adulteress
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
“‘The
man
who
lies
with
his
father’s
wife
has
uncovered
his
father’s
nakedness.
Both
of
them
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
Their
blood
shall
be
upon themselves.
“‘If
a
man
lies
with
his
daughter-in-law,
both
of
them
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
They
have
committed
a
perversion.
Their
blood
shall
be upon themselves.
“‘If
a
man
lies
with
a
male,
as
with
a
woman,
both
of
them
have
committed
an
abomination.
They
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
Their
blood
shall
be
upon themselves.
“‘If
a
man
takes
a
wife
and
her
mother,
it
is
wickedness.
They
shall
be
burned
with
fire, both
he
and
they,
that
there
may
be
no
wickedness
among
you.
“‘If
a
man
lies
with
an
animal,
he
shall
surely
be
put
to
death;
and
you
shall
kill
the
animal.
“‘If
a
woman
approaches
any
animal
and
lies
with
it,
you
shall
kill
the
woman
and
the
animal.
They
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
Their
blood
shall
be
upon
them.
“‘If
a
man
takes
his
sister—his
father’s
daughter,
or
his
mother’s
daughter—and
sees
her
nakedness,
and
she
sees
his
nakedness,
it
is
a shameful
thing.
They
shall
be
cut
off
in
the
sight
of
the
children
of
their
people.
He
has
uncovered
his
sister’s
nakedness.
He
shall
bear
his
iniquity.
“‘If
a
man
lies
with
a
woman having
her monthly period,
and
uncovers
her
nakedness,
he
has
made
her
fountain
naked,
and
she
has
uncovered
the
fountain
of
her
blood.
Both
of
them
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
their
people.
“‘You
shall
not
uncover
the
nakedness
of
your
mother’s
sister,
nor
of
your
father’s
sister,
for
he
has
made
his close
relative
naked.
They
shall
bear
their
iniquity.
If
a
man
lies
with
his
uncle’s
wife,
he
has
uncovered
his
uncle’s
nakedness.
They
shall
bear
their
sin.
They
shall
die
childless.
“‘If
a
man
takes
his
brother’s
wife,
it
is
an
impurity.
He
has
uncovered
his
brother’s
nakedness.
They
shall
be
childless.
“‘You
shall
therefore
keep
all
my
statutes
and
all
my
ordinances,
and
do
them,
that
the
land
where
I
am
bringing
you
to
dwell
may
not
vomit
you
out.
You
shall
not walk
in
the
customs
of
the
nation
which
I
am
casting
out
before
you;
for
they
did
all
these
things,
and
therefore
I
abhorred
them.
But
I
have
said
to
you, “You
shall
inherit
their
land,
and
I
will
give
it
to
you
to
possess
it,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.”
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
has
separated
you
from
the
peoples.
“‘You
shall
therefore
make
a
distinction
between
the
clean
animal
and
the
unclean,
and
between
the
unclean
fowl
and
the
clean.
You
shall
not
make
yourselves abominable
by
animal,
or
by
bird,
or
by
anything
with
which
the
ground teems,
which
I
have
separated
from
you
as
unclean
for
you.
You
shall
be
holy
to
me,
for
I,
Yahweh,
am
holy,
and
have
set
you
apart
from
the
peoples,
that
you
should
be
mine.
“‘A
man
or
a
woman
that
is
a
medium
or
is
a wizard
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
They
shall
be
stoned
with
stones.
Their
blood
shall
be
upon themselves.’”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Speak
to
the
priests,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
say
to
them, ‘A
priest
shall
not
defile
himself
for
the
dead
among
his
people,
except
for
his
relatives
that
are
near
to
him:
for
his
mother,
for
his
father,
for
his
son,
for
his
daughter,
for
his
brother,
and
for
his
virgin
sister
who
is
near
to
him,
who
has
had
no
husband;
for
her
he
may
defile
himself.
He
shall
not
defile
himself, being
a chief
man
among
his
people,
to
profane
himself.
“‘They
shall
not
shave
their
heads
or
shave
off
the
corners
of
their
beards
or
make
any cuttings
in
their
flesh.
They
shall
be
holy
to
their
God,
and
not
profane
the
name
of
their
God,
for
they
offer
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by
fire,
the
bread
of
their
God.
Therefore
they
shall
be
holy.
“‘They
shall
not
marry
a
woman
who
is
a
prostitute,
or
profane.
A priest
shall
not
marry
a
woman
divorced
from
her
husband;
for
he
is
holy
to
his
God.
Therefore
you
shall
sanctify
him,
for
he
offers
the
bread
of
your
God.
He
shall
be
holy
to
you,
for
I
Yahweh,
who
sanctify
you,
am
holy.
“‘The
daughter
of
any
priest,
if
she
profanes
herself
by
playing
the
prostitute,
she
profanes
her
father.
She
shall
be
burned
with
fire.
“‘He
who
is
the
high
priest
among
his
brothers,
upon
whose
head
the
anointing
oil
is
poured,
and
who
is consecrated
to
put
on
the
garments,
shall
not
let
the
hair
of
his
head hang
loose,
or
tear
his
clothes.
He
must
not
go
in
to
any
dead
body,
or
defile
himself
for
his
father
or
for
his
mother.
He
shall
not
go
out
of
the
sanctuary,
nor
profane
the
sanctuary
of
his
God;
for
the
crown
of
the
anointing
oil
of
his
God
is
upon
him.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘He
shall
take
a
wife
in
her
virginity.
He
shall
not
marry
a
widow,
or
one
divorced,
or
a
woman
who
has
been defiled,
or
a
prostitute.
He
shall
take
a
virgin
of
his own
people
as
a
wife.
He
shall
not
profane
his
offspring
among
his
people,
for
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
him.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Say
to
Aaron, ‘None
of
your
offspring
throughout
their
generations
who
has
a
defect
may
approach
to
offer
the
bread
of
his
God.
For
whatever
man
he
is
that
has
a
defect,
he
shall
not
draw
near:
a
blind
man,
or
a
lame,
or
he
who
has
a flat nose,
or
any deformity,
or
a
man
who
has
an injured
foot,
or
an injured
hand,
or hunchbacked,
or
a
dwarf,
or
one who
has
a
defect
in
his
eye,
or
an itching disease,
or
scabs,
or who
has damaged
testicles.
No
man
of
the
offspring
of
Aaron
the
priest
who
has
a
defect
shall
come
near
to
offer
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by
fire.
Since
he
has
a
defect,
he
shall
not
come
near
to
offer
the
bread
of
his
God.
He shall
eat
the
bread
of
his
God,
both
of
the
most
holy,
and
of
the
holy.
He
shall
not
come
near
to
the
veil,
nor
come
near
to
the
altar,
because
he
has
a
defect;
that
he
may
not
profane
my
sanctuaries,
for
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
them.’”
So
Moses
spoke
to
Aaron,
and
to
his
sons,
and
to
all
the
children
of
Israel.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Tell
Aaron
and
his
sons
to separate
themselves
from
the
holy
things
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
they
make
holy
to
me,
and
that
they
not
profane
my
holy
name.
I
am
Yahweh.
“Tell
them, ‘If
anyone
of
all
your
offspring
throughout
your
generations
approaches
the
holy
things
which
the
children
of
Israel
make
holy
to
Yahweh,
having
his
uncleanness
on
him,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
before
me.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘Whoever
of
the
offspring
of
Aaron
is
a
leper
or
has
a
discharge
shall
not
eat
of
the
holy
things
until
he
is
clean.
Whoever
touches
anything
that
is
unclean
by
the
dead,
or
a
man
who
has
a
seminal
emission,
or
whoever
touches
any creeping
thing
by
which
he
may
be
made
unclean,
or
a
man
from
whom
he
may
become
unclean,
whatever
uncleanness
he
has—
the
person
that
touches
any
such
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening,
and
shall
not
eat
of
the
holy
things
unless
he bathes
his
body
in
water.
When
the
sun
is
down,
he
shall
be
clean;
and
afterward
he
shall
eat
of
the
holy
things,
because
it
is
his
bread.
He
shall
not
eat
that
which
dies
of itself
or
is
torn
by animals,
defiling
himself
by
it.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘They
shall
therefore
follow
my commandment, lest
they
bear
sin
for
it
and
die
in
it,
if
they
profane
it.
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
them.
“‘No stranger
shall
eat
of
the
holy
thing:
a
foreigner living
with
the
priests,
or
a
hired
servant,
shall
not
eat
of
the
holy
thing.
But
if
a
priest
buys
a
slave,
purchased
by
his
money,
he
shall
eat
of
it;
and
those
who
are
born
in
his
house
shall
eat
of
his
bread.
If
a
priest’s
daughter
is married
to
an outsider,
she
shall
not
eat
of
the
heave
offering
of
the
holy
things.
But
if
a
priest’s
daughter
is
a
widow,
or
divorced,
and
has
no
child,
and
has
returned
to
her
father’s
house
as
in
her
youth,
she
may
eat
of
her
father’s
bread;
but
no stranger
shall
eat
any
of
it.
“‘If
a
man
eats something
holy unwittingly,
then
he
shall
add
the
fifth
part
of
its value
to
it,
and
shall
give
the
holy
thing
to
the
priest.
The
priests
shall
not
profane
the
holy
things
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
they
offer
to
Yahweh,
and
so
cause
them
to
bear
the
iniquity
that brings
guilt
when
they
eat
their
holy
things;
for
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
them.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
Aaron,
and
to
his
sons,
and
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them, ‘Whoever
is
of
the
house
of
Israel,
or
of
the
foreigners
in
Israel,
who
offers
his
offering,
whether
it
is
any
of
their
vows
or
any
of
their free
will
offerings,
which
they
offer
to
Yahweh
for
a
burnt
offering:
that
you may
be
accepted,
you
shall offer
a
male
without
defect,
of
the
bulls,
of
the
sheep,
or
of
the
goats.
But
you
shall
not
offer
whatever
has
a
defect,
for
it
shall
not
be
acceptable
for
you.
Whoever
offers
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
to
Yahweh
to accomplish
a
vow,
or
for
a free
will
offering
of
the
herd
or
of
the
flock,
it
shall
be
perfect
to
be
accepted.
It
shall
have
no
defect.
You
shall
not
offer
what
is blind,
is
injured,
is
maimed,
has
a wart,
is festering,
or
has
a
running
sore
to
Yahweh,
nor
make
an
offering
by
fire
of
them
on
the
altar
to
Yahweh.
Either
a
bull
or
a
lamb
that
has
any deformity
or lacking
in
his parts,
that
you
may
offer
for
a free
will
offering;
but
for
a
vow
it
shall
not
be
accepted.
You
must
not
offer
to
Yahweh
that which
has
its testicles
bruised,
crushed,
broken,
or
cut.
You
must
not
do
this
in
your
land.
You
must
not
offer
any
of
these
as
the
bread
of
your
God
from
the
hand
of
a
foreigner,
because
their corruption
is
in
them.
There
is
a
defect
in
them.
They
shall
not
be
accepted
for
you.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“When
a
bull,
a
sheep,
or
a
goat
is
born,
it
shall
remain
seven
days
with
its
mother.
From
the
eighth
day
on
it
shall
be
accepted
for
the
offering
of
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
Whether
it
is
a cow
or ewe,
you
shall
not
kill
it
and
its
young both
in
one
day.
“When
you
sacrifice
a
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving
to
Yahweh,
you
shall
sacrifice
it
so
that
you
may
be
accepted.
It
shall
be
eaten
on
the
same
day;
you
shall
leave
none
of
it
until
the
morning.
I
am
Yahweh.
“Therefore
you
shall
keep
my
commandments,
and
do
them.
I
am
Yahweh.
You
shall
not
profane
my
holy
name,
but
I
will
be
made
holy
among
the
children
of
Israel.
I
am
Yahweh
who
makes
you
holy,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
to
be
your
God.
I
am
Yahweh.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘The
set
feasts
of
Yahweh,
which
you
shall
proclaim
to
be
holy
convocations,
even
these
are
my
set
feasts.
“‘Six
days
shall
work
be
done,
but
on
the
seventh
day
is
a
Sabbath
of
solemn
rest,
a
holy
convocation;
you
shall
do
no kind
of
work.
It
is
a
Sabbath
to
Yahweh
in
all
your
dwellings.
“‘These
are
the
set
feasts
of
Yahweh,
even
holy
convocations,
which
you
shall
proclaim
in
their
appointed
season.
In
the
first
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
in
the
evening,
is
Yahweh’s
Passover.
On
the fifteenth
day
of
the
same
month
is
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
to
Yahweh.
Seven
days
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread.
In
the
first
day
you
shall
have
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work.
But
you
shall
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh
seven
days.
In
the
seventh
day
is
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
you
have
come
into
the
land
which
I
give
to
you,
and
shall
reap
its
harvest,
then
you
shall
bring
the
sheaf
of
the
first
fruits
of
your
harvest
to
the
priest.
He
shall
wave
the
sheaf
before
Yahweh,
to
be
accepted
for
you.
On
the
next
day
after
the
Sabbath
the
priest
shall
wave
it.
On
the
day
when
you
wave
the
sheaf,
you
shall
offer
a
male
lamb
without
defect
a
year
old
for
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
The
meal
offering
with
it
shall
be
two tenths
of
an ephah
23:13
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil,
an
offering made
by
fire
to
Yahweh
for
a pleasant
aroma;
and
the drink
offering
with
it
shall
be
of
wine,
the
fourth part
of
a
hin.
23:13
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
You
must
not
eat
bread,
or
roasted
grain,
or
fresh
grain,
until
this
same
day,
until
you
have
brought
the
offering
of
your
God.
This
is
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations
in
all
your
dwellings.
“‘You
shall
count
from
the
next
day
after
the
Sabbath,
from
the
day
that
you
brought
the
sheaf
of
the
wave
offering:
seven
Sabbaths
shall
be completed.
The
next
day
after
the
seventh
Sabbath
you
shall
count
fifty
days;
and
you
shall
offer
a
new
meal
offering
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
bring
out
of
your
habitations
two
loaves
of
bread
for
a
wave
offering
made
of
two tenths
of
an ephah
23:17
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour.
They
shall
be
baked
with yeast,
for
first
fruits
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
present
with
the
bread
seven
lambs
without
defect
a
year
old,
one
young
bull,
and
two
rams.
They
shall
be
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh,
with
their
meal
offering
and
their drink
offerings,
even
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a sweet
aroma
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
offer
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
and
two
male
lambs
a
year
old
for
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings.
The
priest
shall
wave
them
with
the
bread
of
the
first
fruits
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh,
with
the
two
lambs.
They
shall
be
holy
to
Yahweh
for
the
priest.
You
shall
make
proclamation
on
the
same
day
that
there
shall
be
a
holy
convocation
to
you.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work.
This
is
a
statute
forever
in
all
your
dwellings
throughout
your
generations.
“‘When
you
reap
the
harvest
of
your
land,
you
must
not wholly
reap
into
the
corners
of
your
field.
You
must
not
gather
the
gleanings
of
your
harvest.
You
must
leave
them
for
the
poor
and
for
the
foreigner.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘In
the
seventh
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
there
shall
be
a
solemn
rest
for
you,
a
memorial
of
blowing
of
trumpets,
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work.
You
shall
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“However
on
the
tenth
day
of
this
seventh
month
is
the
day
of
atonement.
It
shall
be
a
holy
convocation
to
you.
You
shall
afflict
yourselves
and
you
shall
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
do
no kind
of
work
in
that
same
day,
for
it
is
a
day
of
atonement,
to
make
atonement
for
you
before
Yahweh
your
God.
For
whoever
it
is
who
shall
not deny
himself
in
that
same
day
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
Whoever
does
any kind
of
work
in
that
same
day,
I
will
destroy
that
person
from
among
his
people.
You
shall
do
no
kind
of
work:
it
is
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations
in
all
your
dwellings.
It
shall
be
a
Sabbath
of
solemn
rest
for
you,
and
you
shall deny
yourselves.
In
the
ninth
day
of
the
month
at
evening,
from
evening
to
evening,
you
shall keep
your
Sabbath.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say, ‘On
the fifteenth
day
of
this
seventh
month
is
the
feast
of
booths
23:34
or, feast of tents, or Succoth
for
seven
days
to
Yahweh.
On
the
first
day
shall
be
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work.
Seven
days
you
shall
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
On
the
eighth
day
shall
be
a
holy
convocation
to
you.
You
shall
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
It
is
a
solemn
assembly;
you
shall
do
no
regular
work.
“‘These
are
the
appointed
feasts
of
Yahweh
which
you
shall
proclaim
to
be
holy
convocations,
to
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh,
a
burnt
offering,
a
meal
offering,
a
sacrifice,
and drink
offerings,
each
on
its own
day—
in addition
to
the
Sabbaths
of
Yahweh,
and
in addition
to
your
gifts,
and
in addition
to
all
your
vows,
and
in addition
to
all
your free
will
offerings,
which
you
give
to
Yahweh.
“‘So
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
seventh
month,
when
you
have
gathered
in
the fruits
of
the
land,
you
shall keep
the
feast
of
Yahweh
seven
days.
On
the
first
day
shall
be
a
solemn
rest,
and
on
the
eighth
day
shall
be
a
solemn
rest.
You
shall
take
on
the
first
day
the
fruit
of
majestic
trees,
branches
of
palm
trees,
and
boughs
of thick
trees,
and
willows
of
the
brook;
and
you
shall
rejoice
before
Yahweh
your
God
seven
days.
You
shall keep
it
as
a
feast
to
Yahweh
seven
days
in
the
year.
It
is
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations.
You
shall keep
it
in
the
seventh
month.
You
shall
dwell
in
temporary
shelters
23:42
or, booths
for
seven
days.
All
who
are
native-born
in
Israel
shall
dwell
in
temporary
shelters,
23:42
or, booths
that
your
generations
may
know
that
I
made
the
children
of
Israel
to
dwell
in
temporary
shelters
23:43
or, booths
when
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.’”
So
Moses
declared
to
the
children
of
Israel
the
appointed
feasts
of
Yahweh.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Command
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
bring
to
you
pure
olive
oil
beaten
for
the
light,
to cause
a
lamp
to
burn
continually.
Outside
of
the
veil
of
the
Testimony,
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
Aaron
shall keep
it
in
order
from
evening
to
morning
before
Yahweh
continually.
It
shall
be
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations.
He
shall keep
in order
the
lamps
on
the
pure gold
lamp stand
before
Yahweh
continually.
“You shall
take
fine
flour,
and
bake
twelve
cakes
of
it:
two tenths
of
an ephah
24:5
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel shall
be
in
one
cake.
You
shall
set
them
in
two
rows,
six
on
a
row,
on
the
pure gold
table
before
Yahweh.
You
shall
put
pure
frankincense
on each
row,
that
it
may
be
to
the
bread
for
a
memorial,
even
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
Every
Sabbath
day
he
shall set
it
in order
before
Yahweh
continually.
It
is
an
everlasting
covenant
on
the behalf
of
the
children
of
Israel.
It
shall
be
for
Aaron
and
his
sons.
They
shall
eat
it
in
a
holy
place;
for
it
is
most
holy
to
him
of
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by
fire
by
a
perpetual
statute.”
The
son
of
an
Israelite
woman,
whose father
was
an
Egyptian,
went
out
among
the
children
of
Israel;
and
the
son
of
the
Israelite
woman
and
a
man
of
Israel strove together
in
the
camp.
The
son
of
the
Israelite
woman blasphemed
the
Name,
and
cursed;
and
they
brought
him
to
Moses.
His
mother’s
name
was
Shelomith,
the
daughter
of
Dibri,
of
the
tribe
of
Dan.
They
put
him
in
custody
until
Yahweh’s
will
should
be declared
to
them.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Bring
him
who
cursed
out
of
the
camp;
and let
all
who
heard
him
lay
their
hands
on
his
head,
and let
all
the
congregation
stone
him.
You
shall
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘Whoever
curses
his
God
shall
bear
his
sin.
He
who blasphemes
Yahweh’s
name,
he
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
All
the
congregation
shall
certainly
stone
him.
The
foreigner
as well
as
the
native-born
shall
be
put
to
death
when
he blasphemes
the
Name.
“‘He
who
strikes
any
man
mortally
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
He
who
strikes
an
animal mortally
shall make
it good,
life
for
life.
If
anyone injures
his
neighbor,
it
shall
be
done
to
him
as
he
has
done:
fracture
for
fracture,
eye
for
eye,
tooth
for
tooth.
It
shall
be done
to
him
as
he
has injured
someone.
He
who
kills
an
animal
shall make
it good;
and
he
who
kills
a
man
shall
be
put
to
death.
You
shall
have
one
kind
of law
for
the
foreigner
as well
as
the
native-born;
for
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.’”
Moses
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel;
and
they
brought
him
who
had
cursed
out
of
the
camp,
and
stoned
him
with
stones.
The
children
of
Israel
did
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses
on
Mount
Sinai,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
you
come
into
the
land
which
I
give
you,
then
the
land
shall
keep
a
Sabbath
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
sow
your
field
six
years,
and
you
shall
prune
your
vineyard
six
years,
and
gather
in
its fruits;
but
in
the
seventh
year
there
shall
be
a
Sabbath
of
solemn
rest
for
the
land,
a
Sabbath
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
not
sow
your
field
or
prune
your
vineyard.
What grows
of itself
in
your
harvest
you
shall
not
reap,
and
you
shall
not
gather
the
grapes
of
your undressed vine.
It
shall
be
a
year
of
solemn
rest
for
the
land.
The
Sabbath
of
the
land
shall
be
for
food
for
you;
for
yourself,
for
your
servant,
for
your
maid,
for
your
hired
servant,
and
for
your stranger,
who
lives
as
a foreigner
with
you.
For
your
livestock
also,
and
for
the
animals
that
are
in
your
land,
shall
all
its
increase
be
for
food.
“‘You
shall
count
off
seven
Sabbaths
of
years,
seven
times
seven
years;
and
there
shall
be
to
you
the
days
of
seven
Sabbaths
of
years,
even forty-nine
years.
Then
you
shall
sound
the loud
trumpet
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
seventh
month.
On
the
Day
of
Atonement
you
shall
sound
the
trumpet
throughout
all
your
land.
You
shall
make
the
fiftieth
year
holy,
and
proclaim
liberty
throughout
the
land
to
all
its
inhabitants.
It
shall
be
a
jubilee
to
you;
and
each
of
you
shall
return
to
his
own
property,
and
each
of
you
shall
return
to
his
family.
That
fiftieth
year
shall
be
a
jubilee
to
you.
In
it
you
shall
not
sow,
neither
reap
that
which grows
of
itself,
nor
gather
from
the undressed
vines.
For
it
is
a
jubilee;
it
shall
be
holy
to
you.
You
shall
eat
of
its
increase
out
of
the
field.
“‘In
this
Year
of
Jubilee
each
of
you
shall
return
to
his
property.
“‘If
you
sell anything
to
your
neighbor,
or
buy
from
your
neighbor,
you
shall
not
wrong
one
another.
According
to
the
number
of
years
after
the
Jubilee
you
shall
buy
from
your
neighbor.
According
to
the
number
of
years
of
the
crops
he
shall
sell
to
you.
According
to
the
length
of
the
years
you
shall
increase
its
price,
and
according
to
the shortness
of
the
years
you
shall
diminish
its
price;
for
he
is
selling
the
number
of
the
crops
to
you.
You
shall
not
wrong
one
another,
but
you
shall
fear
your
God;
for
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘Therefore
you
shall
do
my
statutes,
and
keep
my
ordinances
and
do
them;
and
you
shall
dwell
in
the
land
in
safety.
The
land
shall
yield
its
fruit,
and
you
shall
eat
your
fill,
and
dwell therein
in
safety.
If
you
said, “What
shall
we
eat
the
seventh
year?
Behold,
we
shall
not
sow,
nor
gather
in
our
increase;”
then
I
will
command
my
blessing
on
you
in
the
sixth
year,
and
it shall bear fruit
for
the
three
years.
You shall
sow
the
eighth
year,
and
eat
of
the fruits
from
the
old store
until
the
ninth
year.
Until
its fruits
come
in,
you shall
eat
the
old store.
“‘The
land
shall
not
be
sold
in perpetuity,
for
the
land
is mine;
for
you
are
strangers
and live
as
foreigners
with
me.
In
all
the
land
of
your
possession
you
shall
grant
a
redemption
for
the
land.
“‘If
your
brother
becomes
poor,
and
sells some
of
his
possessions,
then
his
kinsman
who
is
next
to
him
shall
come,
and
redeem
that which
his
brother
has
sold.
If
a
man
has
no
one
to
redeem
it,
and
he
becomes prosperous
and
finds
sufficient
means
to
redeem
it,
then let
him reckon
the
years
since
its
sale,
and
restore
the surplus
to
the
man
to
whom
he
sold
it;
and
he
shall
return
to
his
property.
But
if
he
isn’t
able
to
get
it
back
for
himself,
then
what
he
has
sold
shall
remain
in
the
hand
of
him
who
has
bought
it
until
the
Year
of
Jubilee.
In
the
Jubilee
it
shall
be
released,
and
he
shall
return
to
his
property.
“‘If
a
man
sells
a
dwelling
house
in
a
walled
city,
then
he
may redeem
it
within
a
whole
year
after
it
has
been
sold.
For
a
full
year
he
shall
have
the
right
of
redemption.
If
it
isn’t
redeemed
within
the
space
of
a
full
year,
then
the
house
that
is
in
the
walled
city
shall
be
made sure
in perpetuity
to
him
who
bought
it,
throughout
his
generations.
It
shall
not
be
released
in
the
Jubilee.
But
the
houses
of
the villages
which
have
no
wall
around
them
shall
be
accounted
for
with
the
fields
of
the
country:
they
may
be redeemed,
and
they
shall
be
released
in
the
Jubilee.
“‘Nevertheless,
in
the
cities
of
the
Levites,
the
Levites
may redeem
the
houses
in
the
cities
of
their
possession
at
any
time.
The
Levites
may
redeem
the
house
that
was
sold,
and
the
city
of
his
possession,
and
it
shall
be
released
in
the
Jubilee;
for
the
houses
of
the
cities
of
the
Levites
are
their
possession
among
the
children
of
Israel.
But
the
field
of
the
pasture
lands
of
their
cities
may
not
be
sold,
for
it
is
their
perpetual
possession.
“‘If
your
brother
has become
poor,
and
his
hand can’t
support
himself
among
you,
then
you
shall uphold
him.
He
shall
live
with
you
like
an
alien
and
a temporary
resident.
Take
no
interest
from
him
or profit;
but
fear
your
God,
that
your
brother
may
live
among
you.
You
shall
not
lend
him
your
money
at
interest,
nor
give
him
your
food
for profit.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
to
give
you
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
to
be
your
God.
“‘If
your
brother
has grown
poor
among
you,
and
sells
himself
to
you,
you
shall
not
make
him
to
serve
as
a
slave.
As
a
hired
servant,
and
as
a temporary
resident,
he shall
be
with
you;
he shall
serve
with
you
until
the
Year
of
Jubilee.
Then
he
shall
go
out
from
you,
he
and
his
children
with
him,
and
shall
return
to
his
own
family,
and
to
the
possession
of
his
fathers.
For
they
are
my
servants,
whom
I
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
They
shall
not
be
sold
as
slaves.
You
shall
not
rule
over
him
with harshness,
but
shall
fear
your
God.
“‘As
for
your
male
and
your
female
slaves,
whom
you
may
have
from
the
nations
that
are
around
you,
from
them
you
may
buy
male
and
female
slaves.
Moreover,
of
the
children
of
the aliens
who
live
among
you,
of
them
you
may
buy,
and
of
their
families
who
are
with
you,
which
they
have conceived
in
your
land;
and
they
will
be
your
property.
You
may
make
them
an
inheritance
for
your
children
after
you,
to hold
for
a
possession.
Of
them
you
may
take
your
slaves
forever,
but
over
your
brothers
the
children
of
Israel
you
shall
not
rule,
one
over
another,
with harshness.
“‘If
an
alien
or temporary
resident
with
you
becomes rich,
and
your
brother
beside
him
has grown
poor,
and
sells
himself
to
the
stranger
or
foreigner living
among
you,
or
to
a member
of
the
stranger’s
family,
after
he
is
sold
he
may
be
redeemed.
One
of
his
brothers
may
redeem
him;
or
his
uncle,
or
his
uncle’s
son,
may
redeem
him,
or
any
who
is
a
close
relative
to
him
of
his
family
may
redeem
him;
or
if
he
has grown rich,
he
may
redeem
himself.
He
shall reckon
with
him
who
bought
him
from
the
year
that
he
sold
himself
to
him
to
the
Year
of
Jubilee.
The
price
of
his
sale
shall
be according
to
the
number
of
years;
he
shall
be
with
him according
to
the
time
of
a
hired
servant.
If
there
are
yet
many
years,
according
to
them
he
shall
give
back
the
price
of
his
redemption out
of
the
money
that
he
was
bought
for.
If
there
remain
but
a
few
years
to
the
year
of
jubilee,
then
he
shall reckon
with
him;
according
to
his
years
of service
he
shall
give
back
the price
of
his
redemption.
As
a
servant
hired
year
by
year
shall
he
be
with
him.
He
shall
not
rule
with harshness
over
him
in
your
sight.
If
he
isn’t
redeemed
by
these
means,
then
he
shall
be
released
in
the
Year
of
Jubilee:
he
and
his
children
with
him.
For
to
me
the
children
of
Israel
are
servants;
they
are
my
servants
whom
I
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘You
shall
make
for
yourselves
no
idols,
and
you
shall
not
raise
up
a
carved
image
or
a
pillar,
and
you
shall
not
place
any
figured
stone
in
your
land,
to
bow
down
to
it;
for
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
“‘You
shall
keep
my
Sabbaths,
and
have reverence
for
my
sanctuary.
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘If
you walk
in
my
statutes
and
keep
my
commandments,
and
do
them,
then
I
will
give
you
your
rains
in
their
season,
and
the
land
shall
yield
its
increase,
and
the
trees
of
the
field
shall
yield
their
fruit.
Your
threshing
shall continue
until
the
vintage,
and
the
vintage
shall continue
until
the
sowing
time.
You
shall
eat
your
bread
to
the
full,
and
dwell
in
your
land
safely.
“‘I
will
give
peace
in
the
land,
and
you
shall
lie
down,
and
no
one
will
make
you
afraid.
I
will
remove
evil
animals
out
of
the
land,
neither
shall
the
sword
go
through
your
land.
You
shall
chase
your
enemies,
and
they
shall
fall
before
you
by
the
sword.
Five
of
you
shall
chase
a
hundred,
and
a
hundred
of
you
shall
chase
ten
thousand;
and
your
enemies
shall
fall
before
you
by
the
sword.
“‘I
will
have
respect
for
you,
make
you
fruitful,
multiply
you,
and
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you.
You
shall
eat
old supplies
long
kept,
and
you
shall move
out
the
old
because
of
the
new.
I
will
set
my tent
among
you,
and
my
soul
won’t
abhor
you.
I
will
walk
among
you,
and
will
be
your
God,
and
you
will
be
my
people.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
that
you
should
not
be
their
slaves.
I
have
broken
the
bars
of
your
yoke,
and
made
you walk
upright.
“‘But
if
you
will
not
listen
to
me,
and
will
not
do
all
these
commandments,
and
if
you
shall
reject
my
statutes,
and
if
your
soul
abhors
my
ordinances,
so
that
you
will
not
do
all
my
commandments,
but
break
my
covenant,
I
also
will
do
this
to
you:
I
will
appoint
terror
over
you,
even
consumption
and
fever,
that
shall
consume
the
eyes,
and
make
the
soul
to
pine
away.
You
will
sow
your
seed
in vain,
for
your
enemies
will
eat
it.
I
will
set
my
face
against
you,
and
you
will
be
struck
before
your
enemies.
Those
who
hate
you
will
rule
over
you;
and
you
will
flee
when
no
one
pursues
you.
“‘If
you
in
spite
of
these
things
will
not
listen
to
me,
then
I
will
chastise
you
seven
times
more
for
your
sins.
I
will
break
the
pride
of
your
power,
and
I
will
make
your
sky
like
iron,
and
your
soil
like
bronze.
Your
strength
will
be
spent
in vain;
for
your
land
won’t
yield
its
increase,
neither
will
the
trees
of
the
land
yield
their
fruit.
“‘If
you walk
contrary
to
me,
and
won’t
listen
to
me,
then
I
will bring
seven
times
more
plagues
on
you
according
to
your
sins.
I
will
send
the
wild
animals among
you,
which
will rob
you
of
your
children,
destroy
your
livestock,
and
make
you
few
in number.
Your
roads
will
become
desolate.
“‘If
by
these
things
you
won’t
be
turned
back
to
me,
but
will
walk contrary
to
me,
then
I
will
also
walk
contrary
to
you;
and
I
will
strike
you,
even
I,
seven
times
for
your
sins.
I
will
bring
a
sword
upon
you
that
will
execute
the
vengeance
of
the
covenant.
You
will
be
gathered
together
within
your
cities,
and
I
will
send
the
pestilence
among
you.
You
will
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
enemy.
When
I
break
your
staff
of
bread,
ten
women
shall
bake
your
bread
in
one
oven,
and
they
shall deliver
your
bread
again
by
weight.
You
shall
eat,
and
not
be
satisfied.
“‘If
you
in spite
of
this
won’t
listen
to
me,
but
walk contrary
to
me,
then
I
will
walk
contrary
to
you
in
wrath.
I
will
also
chastise
you
seven
times
for
your
sins.
You
will
eat
the
flesh
of
your
sons,
and
you
will
eat
the
flesh
of
your
daughters.
I
will
destroy
your
high
places,
and
cut
down
your
incense
altars,
and
cast
your
dead
bodies
upon
the
bodies
of
your
idols;
and
my
soul
will
abhor
you.
I
will
lay
your
cities
waste,
and
will
bring
your
sanctuaries
to
desolation.
I
will
not
take delight
in
the sweet fragrance
of
your offerings.
I
will bring
the
land
into
desolation,
and
your
enemies
who
dwell
in
it
will
be
astonished
at
it.
I
will
scatter
you
among
the
nations,
and
I
will draw
out
the
sword
after
you.
Your
land
will
be
a
desolation,
and
your
cities
shall
be
a
waste.
Then
the
land
will
enjoy
its
Sabbaths
as
long
as
it
lies
desolate
and
you
are
in
your enemies’
land.
Even
then
the
land
will rest
and
enjoy
its
Sabbaths.
As
long
as
it
lies
desolate
it
shall
have rest,
even
the rest
which
it
didn’t
have
in
your
Sabbaths
when
you
lived
on
it.
“‘As
for
those
of
you
who
are
left,
I
will send
a faintness
into
their
hearts
in
the
lands
of
their
enemies.
The
sound
of
a
driven
leaf
will
put
them
to
flight;
and
they
shall
flee,
as
one
flees
from
the
sword.
They
will
fall
when
no
one
pursues.
They
will
stumble
over
one
another,
as
it
were
before
the
sword,
when
no
one
pursues.
You
will
have
no power
to
stand
before
your
enemies.
You
will
perish
among
the
nations.
The
land
of
your
enemies
will
eat
you
up.
Those
of
you
who
are
left
will pine
away
in
their
iniquity
in
your enemies’
lands;
and
also
in
the
iniquities
of
their
fathers
they
shall pine
away
with
them.
“‘If
they
confess
their
iniquity
and
the
iniquity
of
their
fathers,
in
their
trespass
which
they trespassed
against
me;
and
also
that
because
they
walked contrary
to
me,
I
also walked contrary
to
them,
and
brought
them
into
the
land
of
their
enemies;
if
then
their
uncircumcised
heart
is
humbled,
and
they
then
accept
the
punishment
of
their
iniquity,
then
I
will
remember
my
covenant
with
Jacob,
my
covenant
with
Isaac,
and
also
my
covenant
with
Abraham;
and
I
will
remember
the
land.
The
land
also
will
be
left
by
them,
and
will
enjoy
its
Sabbaths
while
it
lies
desolate without
them;
and
they
will
accept
the
punishment
of
their
iniquity
because
they
rejected
my
ordinances,
and
their
soul
abhorred
my
statutes.
Yet
for
all
that,
when
they
are
in
the
land
of
their
enemies,
I
will
not
reject
them,
neither
will
I
abhor
them,
to
destroy
them utterly
and
to
break
my
covenant
with
them;
for
I
am
Yahweh
their
God.
But
I
will
for
their sake
remember
the
covenant
of
their
ancestors,
whom
I
brought
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
in
the
sight
of
the
nations,
that
I
might
be
their
God.
I
am
Yahweh.’”
These
are
the
statutes,
ordinances,
and
laws,
which
Yahweh
made
between
him
and
the
children
of
Israel
in
Mount
Sinai
by
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
say
to
them, ‘When
a
man consecrates
a
person
to
Yahweh
in
a
vow,
according
to
your
valuation,
your
valuation
of
a
male
from
twenty
years
old
to
sixty
years
old
shall
be
fifty
shekels
of
silver, according
to
the
shekel
27:3
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
the
sanctuary.
If
she
is
a
female,
then
your
valuation
shall
be
thirty
shekels.
If
the person
is
from
five
years
old
to
twenty
years
old,
then
your
valuation
shall
be
for
a
male
twenty
shekels,
and
for
a
female
ten
shekels.
If
the person
is
from
a
month
old
to
five
years
old,
then
your
valuation
shall
be
for
a
male
five
shekels
of
silver,
and
for
a
female
your
valuation
shall
be
three
shekels
of
silver.
If
the person
is
from
sixty
years
old
and
upward;
if
he
is
a
male,
then
your
valuation
shall
be
fifteen
shekels,
and
for
a
female
ten
shekels.
But
if
he
is
poorer
than
your
valuation,
then
he
shall
be
set
before
the
priest,
and
the
priest
shall assign
a
value
to
him.
The
priest
shall assign
a
value
according
to
his ability
to pay.
“‘If
it
is
an
animal
of
which
men
offer
an
offering
to
Yahweh,
all
that
any
man
gives
of
such
to
Yahweh
becomes
holy.
He
shall
not alter
it,
nor
exchange
it,
a
good
for
a
bad,
or
a
bad
for
a
good.
If
he
shall
at all
exchange
animal
for
animal,
then both
it
and
that
for
which
it
is
exchanged
shall
be
holy.
If
it
is
any
unclean
animal,
of
which
they
do
not
offer
as
an
offering
to
Yahweh,
then
he
shall
set
the
animal
before
the
priest;
and
the
priest
shall evaluate
it,
whether
it
is
good
or
bad.
As
the
priest evaluates
it,
so
it
shall
be.
But
if
he
will
indeed
redeem
it,
then
he
shall
add
the
fifth
part
of
it
to
its
valuation.
“‘When
a
man dedicates
his
house
to
be
holy
to
Yahweh,
then
the
priest
shall evaluate
it,
whether
it
is
good
or
bad.
As
the
priest evaluates
it,
so
it
shall
stand.
If
he who dedicates
it
will
redeem
his
house,
then
he
shall
add
the
fifth
part
of
the
money
of
your
valuation
to
it,
and
it
shall
be
his.
“‘If
a
man dedicates
to
Yahweh part
of
the
field
of
his
possession,
then
your
valuation
shall
be
according
to
the
seed
for
it.
The
sowing
of
a homer
27:16
1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
of
barley
shall
be valued
at
fifty
shekels
27:16
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
silver.
If
he dedicates
his
field
from
the
Year
of
Jubilee, according
to
your
valuation
it
shall
stand.
But
if
he dedicates
his
field
after
the
Jubilee,
then
the
priest
shall reckon
to
him
the
money
according
to
the
years
that
remain
to
the
Year
of
Jubilee;
and
an abatement
shall
be
made
from
your
valuation.
If
he who
dedicated
the
field
will
indeed
redeem
it,
then
he
shall
add
the
fifth
part
of
the
money
of
your
valuation
to
it,
and
it
shall remain
his.
If
he
will
not
redeem
the
field,
or
if
he
has
sold
the
field
to
another
man,
it
shall
not
be
redeemed
any
more;
but
the
field,
when
it
goes
out
in
the
Jubilee,
shall
be
holy
to
Yahweh,
as
a
devoted
field.
It
shall
be
owned
by
the
priests.
“‘If
he dedicates
a
field
to
Yahweh
which
he
has
bought,
which
is
not
of
the
field
of
his
possession,
then
the
priest
shall reckon
to
him
the worth
of
your
valuation
up
to
the
Year
of
Jubilee;
and
he
shall
give
your
valuation
on
that
day,
as
a
holy
thing
to
Yahweh.
In
the
Year
of
Jubilee
the
field
shall
return
to
him
from
whom
it
was
bought,
even
to
him
to
whom
the
possession
of
the
land belongs.
All
your valuations shall
be according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary:
twenty
gerahs
27:25
A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.
to
the
shekel.
27:25
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
“‘However
the
firstborn
among
animals,
which belongs
to
Yahweh
as
a
firstborn,
no
man
may
dedicate,
whether
an
ox
or
a
sheep.
It
is
Yahweh’s.
If
it
is
an
unclean
animal,
then
he
shall
buy
it
back
according
to
your
valuation,
and
shall
add
to
it
the
fifth
part
of
it;
or
if
it
isn’t
redeemed,
then
it
shall
be
sold
according
to
your
valuation.
“‘Notwithstanding,
no
devoted
thing
that
a
man devotes
to
Yahweh
of
all
that
he
has, whether
of
man
or
animal,
or
of
the
field
of
his
possession,
shall
be
sold
or
redeemed.
Everything
that
is permanently
devoted
is
most
holy
to
Yahweh.
“‘No
one
devoted
to destruction,
who
shall
be
devoted
from
among
men,
shall
be
ransomed.
He
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
“‘All
the
tithe
of
the
land, whether
of
the
seed
of
the
land
or
of
the
fruit
of
the
trees,
is
Yahweh’s.
It
is
holy
to
Yahweh.
If
a
man
redeems anything
of
his
tithe,
he
shall
add
a
fifth
part
to
it.
All
the
tithe
of
the
herds
or
the
flocks,
whatever
passes
under
the
rod,
the
tenth
shall
be
holy
to
Yahweh.
He
shall
not
examine
whether
it
is
good
or
bad,
neither
shall
he
exchange
it.
If
he
exchanges
it
at all,
then both
it
and
that
for
which
it
is
exchanged
shall
be
holy.
It
shall
not
be
redeemed.’”
These
are
the
commandments
which
Yahweh
commanded
Moses
for
the
children
of
Israel
on
Mount
Sinai.
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Numbers
The Fourth Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Numbers
Yahweh
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai,
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
on
the
first
day
of
the
second
month,
in
the
second
year
after
they
had
come
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying,
“Take
a
census
of
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
every
male,
one
by
one,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
are able
to
go
out
to
war
in
Israel.
You
and
Aaron
shall
count
them
by
their divisions.
With
you
there
shall
be
a
man
of
every
tribe,
each
one
head
of
his
fathers’
house.
These
are
the
names
of
the
men
who
shall
stand
with
you:
Of
Reuben:
Elizur
the
son
of
Shedeur.
Of
Simeon:
Shelumiel
the
son
of Zurishaddai.
Of
Judah:
Nahshon
the
son
of
Amminadab.
Of
Issachar:
Nethanel
the
son
of
Zuar.
Of
Zebulun:
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon.
Of
the
children
of
Joseph:
of
Ephraim:
Elishama
the
son
of
Ammihud;
of
Manasseh:
Gamaliel
the
son
of
Pedahzur.
Of
Benjamin:
Abidan
the
son
of
Gideoni.
Of
Dan:
Ahiezer
the
son
of
Ammishaddai.
Of
Asher:
Pagiel
the
son
of
Ochran.
Of
Gad:
Eliasaph
the
son
of
Deuel.
Of
Naphtali:
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan.”
These
are
those
who
were
called
of
the
congregation,
the
princes
1:16
or, chiefs, or, leaders
of
the
tribes
of
their
fathers;
they
were
the
heads
of
the
thousands
of
Israel.
Moses
and
Aaron
took
these
men
who
are mentioned
by
name.
They
assembled
all
the
congregation
together
on
the
first
day
of
the
second
month;
and
they declared
their
ancestry
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses,
according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
one
by
one.
As
Yahweh
commanded
Moses,
so
he
counted
them
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai.
The
children
of
Reuben,
Israel’s
firstborn,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
one
by
one,
every
male
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
were forty-six
thousand
five
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Simeon,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses,
those
who
were
counted
of
it, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
one
by
one,
every
male
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Simeon,
were fifty-nine
thousand
three
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Gad,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Gad,
were
forty-five
thousand
six
hundred
fifty.
Of
the
children
of
Judah,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
were seventy-four
thousand
six
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Issachar,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar,
were fifty-four
thousand
four
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Zebulun,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun,
were fifty-seven
thousand
four
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Joseph:
of
the
children
of
Ephraim,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim,
were
forty
thousand
five
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Manasseh,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
were thirty-two
thousand
two
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
were thirty-five
thousand
four
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Dan,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Dan,
were sixty-two
thousand
seven
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Asher,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Asher,
were forty-one
thousand
five
hundred.
Of
the
children
of
Naphtali,
their
generations,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses, according
to
the
number
of
the
names,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war:
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali,
were fifty-three
thousand
four
hundred.
These
are
those
who
were
counted,
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
counted,
and
the
twelve
men
who
were
princes
of
Israel,
each
one
for
his
fathers’
house.
So
all
those
who
were
counted
of
the
children
of
Israel
by
their
fathers’
houses,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
all
who
were able
to
go
out
to
war
in
Israel—
all
those
who
were
counted
were
six
hundred
three
thousand
five
hundred
fifty.
But
the
Levites after
the
tribe
of
their
fathers
were
not
counted
among
them.
For
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Only
the
tribe
of
Levi
you
shall
not
count,
neither
shall
you
take
a
census
of
them
among
the
children
of
Israel;
but
appoint
the
Levites
over
the
Tabernacle
of
the
Testimony,
and
over
all
its
furnishings,
and
over
all
that belongs
to
it.
They
shall
carry
the
tabernacle
and
all
its
furnishings;
and
they
shall
take
care
of
it,
and
shall
encamp
around
it.
When
the
tabernacle
is
to
move,
the
Levites
shall
take
it
down;
and
when
the
tabernacle
is
to
be
set
up,
the
Levites
shall
set
it
up.
The stranger
who
comes
near
shall
be
put
to
death.
The
children
of
Israel
shall pitch
their tents,
every
man
by
his
own
camp,
and
every
man
by
his
own
standard,
according
to
their divisions.
But
the
Levites
shall
encamp
around
the
Tabernacle
of
the
Testimony,
that
there
may
be
no
wrath
on
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel.
The
Levites
shall
be responsible
for
the
Tabernacle
of
the
Testimony.”
Thus
the
children
of
Israel
did. According
to
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses,
so
they
did.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“The
children
of
Israel
shall
encamp
every
man
by
his
own
standard,
with
the
banners
of
their
fathers’
houses.
They
shall
encamp
around
the
Tent
of
Meeting
at
a distance
from
it.
“Those
who
encamp
on
the
east
side toward
the
sunrise
shall
be
of
the
standard
of
the
camp
of
Judah, according
to their divisions.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Judah
shall
be
Nahshon
the
son
of
Amminadab.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were seventy-four
thousand
six
hundred.
“Those
who
encamp
next
to
him
shall
be
the
tribe
of
Issachar.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Issachar
shall
be
Nethanel
the
son
of
Zuar.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of it,
were fifty-four
thousand
four
hundred.
“The
tribe
of
Zebulun:
the
prince
of
the
children
of
Zebulun
shall
be
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of it,
were fifty-seven
thousand
four
hundred.
“All
who
were
counted
of
the
camp
of
Judah
were
one
hundred
eighty-six
thousand
four
hundred, according
to
their
divisions.
They
shall
set
out
first.
“On
the
south
side
shall
be
the
standard
of
the
camp
of
Reuben according
to their divisions.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Reuben
shall
be
Elizur
the
son
of
Shedeur.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of it,
were forty-six
thousand
five
hundred.
“Those
who
encamp
next
to
him
shall
be
the
tribe
of
Simeon.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Simeon
shall
be
Shelumiel
the
son
of Zurishaddai.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were fifty-nine
thousand
three
hundred.
“The
tribe
of
Gad:
the
prince
of
the
children
of
Gad
shall
be
Eliasaph
the
son
of
Reuel.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were
forty-five
thousand
six
hundred
fifty.
“All
who
were
counted
of
the
camp
of
Reuben
were
one
hundred fifty-one
thousand
four
hundred
fifty, according
to
their
armies.
They
shall
set
out
second.
“Then
the
Tent
of
Meeting
shall
set
out,
with
the
camp
of
the
Levites
in
the
middle
of
the
camps.
As
they
encamp,
so
shall
they
set
out,
every
man
in
his
place,
by
their
standards.
“On
the
west
side
shall
be
the
standard
of
the
camp
of
Ephraim according
to their divisions.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Ephraim
shall
be
Elishama
the
son
of
Ammihud.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were
forty
thousand
five
hundred.
“Next
to
him
shall
be
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Manasseh
shall
be
Gamaliel
the
son
of
Pedahzur.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were thirty-two
thousand
two
hundred.
“The
tribe
of
Benjamin:
the
prince
of
the
children
of
Benjamin
shall
be
Abidan
the
son
of
Gideoni.
His
army,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were thirty-five
thousand
four
hundred.
“All
who
were
counted
of
the
camp
of
Ephraim
were
one
hundred
eight
thousand
one
hundred, according
to
their
divisions.
They
shall
set
out
third.
“On
the
north
side
shall
be
the
standard
of
the
camp
of
Dan according
to
their divisions.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Dan
shall
be
Ahiezer
the
son
of
Ammishaddai.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were sixty-two
thousand
seven
hundred.
“Those
who
encamp
next
to
him
shall
be
the
tribe
of
Asher.
The
prince
of
the
children
of
Asher
shall
be
Pagiel
the
son
of
Ochran.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were forty-one
thousand
five
hundred.
“The
tribe
of
Naphtali:
the
prince
of
the
children
of
Naphtali
shall
be
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan.
His division,
and those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were fifty-three
thousand
four
hundred.
“All
who
were
counted
of
the
camp
of
Dan
were
one
hundred fifty-seven
thousand
six
hundred.
They
shall
set
out
last
by
their
standards.”
These
are
those
who
were
counted
of
the
children
of
Israel
by
their
fathers’
houses.
All
who
were
counted
of
the
camps according
to
their
armies
were
six
hundred
three
thousand
five
hundred
fifty.
But
the
Levites
were
not
counted
among
the
children
of
Israel,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Thus
the
children
of
Israel
did.
According
to
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses,
so
they
encamped
by
their
standards,
and
so
they
set
out,
everyone
by
their
families,
according
to
their
fathers’
houses.
Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Aaron
and
Moses
in
the
day
that
Yahweh
spoke
with
Moses
in
Mount
Sinai.
These
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Aaron:
Nadab
the
firstborn,
and
Abihu,
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
These
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Aaron,
the
priests
who
were
anointed,
whom
he consecrated
to
minister
in
the
priest’s office.
Nadab
and
Abihu
died
before
Yahweh
when
they
offered
strange
fire
before
Yahweh
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai,
and
they
had
no
children.
Eleazar
and
Ithamar
ministered
in
the priest’s office
in
the
presence
of
Aaron
their
father.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Bring
the
tribe
of
Levi
near,
and
set
them
before
Aaron
the
priest,
that
they
may
minister
to
him.
They
shall
keep
his requirements,
and
the requirements
of
the
whole
congregation
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
to
do
the
service
of
the
tabernacle.
They
shall
keep
all
the
furnishings
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
the
obligations
of
the
children
of
Israel,
to
do
the
service
of
the
tabernacle.
You
shall
give
the
Levites
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons.
They
are
wholly
given
to
him
on
the behalf
of
the
children
of
Israel.
You
shall
appoint
Aaron
and
his
sons,
and
they
shall
keep
their
priesthood,
but
the stranger
who
comes
near
shall
be
put
to
death.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Behold,
3:12
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
have
taken
the
Levites
from
among
the
children
of
Israel
instead
of
all
the
firstborn
who
open
the
womb
among
the
children
of
Israel;
and
the
Levites
shall
be
mine,
for
all
the
firstborn
are mine.
On
the
day
that
I
struck
down
all
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt
I
made
holy
to
me
all
the
firstborn
in
Israel,
both
man
and
animal.
They
shall
be mine.
I
am
Yahweh.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai,
saying,
“Count
the
children
of
Levi
by
their
fathers’
houses,
by
their
families.
You
shall count
every
male
from
a
month
old
and
upward.”
Moses
counted
them
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
as
he
was
commanded.
These
were
the
sons
of
Levi
by
their
names:
Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
These
are
the
names
of
the
sons
of
Gershon
by their
families:
Libni
and
Shimei.
The
sons
of
Kohath
by their
families:
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron,
and
Uzziel.
The
sons
of
Merari
by
their
families:
Mahli
and
Mushi.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Levites according
to
their
fathers’
houses.
Of
Gershon
was
the
family
of
the Libnites,
and
the
family
of
the
Shimeites.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Gershonites.
Those
who
were
counted
of
them, according
to
the
number
of
all
the
males
from
a
month
old
and
upward,
even
those
who
were
counted
of
them
were
seven
thousand
five
hundred.
The
families
of
the
Gershonites shall
encamp
behind
the
tabernacle
westward.
Eliasaph
the
son
of
Lael
shall
be
the
prince
of
the
fathers’
house
of
the
Gershonites.
The
duty
of
the
sons
of
Gershon
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting
shall
be
the
tabernacle,
the
tent, its
covering,
the
screen
for
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
hangings
of
the
court,
the
screen
for
the
door
of
the
court
which
is
by
the
tabernacle
and
around
the
altar,
and
its
cords
for
all
of
its
service.
Of
Kohath
was
the
family
of
the
Amramites,
the
family
of
the
Izharites,
the
family
of
the
Hebronites,
and
the
family
of
the
Uzzielites.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Kohathites.
According
to
the
number
of
all
the
males
from
a
month
old
and
upward,
there
were
eight
thousand
six
hundred
keeping
the requirements
of
the
sanctuary.
The
families
of
the
sons
of
Kohath
shall
encamp
on
the
south
side
of
the
tabernacle.
The
prince
of
the
fathers’
house
of
the
families
of
the
Kohathites
shall
be
Elizaphan
the
son
of
Uzziel.
Their
duty
shall
be
the
ark,
the
table,
the lamp stand,
the
altars,
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary
with
which
they
minister,
the
screen,
and
all
its
service.
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest
shall
be
prince
of
the
princes
of
the
Levites,
with
the
oversight
of
those
who
keep
the requirements
of
the
sanctuary.
Of
Merari
was
the
family
of
the
Mahlites
and
the
family
of
the
Mushites.
These
are
the
families
of
Merari.
Those
who
were
counted
of
them, according
to
the
number
of
all
the
males
from
a
month
old
and
upward,
were
six
thousand
two
hundred.
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+ 22,000 is the sum rounded to 2 significant digits. The sum of the Gershonites, Kohathites, and Merarites given above is 22,300, but the traditional Hebrew text has the number rounded to 2 significant digits, not 3 significant digits.
The
prince
of
the
fathers’
house
of
the
families
of
Merari
was
Zuriel
the
son
of
Abihail.
They
shall
encamp
on
the
north
side
of
the
tabernacle.
The
appointed
duty
of
the
sons
of
Merari
shall
be
the tabernacle’s boards,
its
bars,
its
pillars,
its
sockets,
all
its
instruments,
all
its
service,
the
pillars
of
the
court
around
it,
their
sockets,
their pins,
and
their
cords.
Those
who
encamp
before
the
tabernacle
eastward,
in
front
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
toward
the
sunrise,
shall
be
Moses,
with
Aaron
and
his
sons,
keeping
the requirements
of
the
sanctuary
for
the
duty
of
the
children
of
Israel.
The outsider
who
comes
near
shall
be
put
to
death.
All
who
were
counted
of
the
Levites,
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
counted
at
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
by
their
families,
all
the
males
from
a
month
old
and
upward,
were
twenty-two
thousand.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Count
all
the
firstborn
males
of
the
children
of
Israel
from
a
month
old
and
upward,
and
take
the
number
of
their
names.
You
shall
take
the
Levites
for
me—I
am
Yahweh—instead
of
all
the
firstborn
among
the
children
of
Israel;
and
the
livestock
of
the
Levites
instead
of
all
the
firstborn
among
the
livestock
of
the
children
of
Israel.”
Moses
counted,
as
Yahweh
commanded
him,
all
the
firstborn
among
the
children
of
Israel.
All
the
firstborn
males according
to
the
number
of
names
from
a
month
old
and
upward,
of
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were
twenty-two
thousand
two
hundred seventy-three.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Take
the
Levites
instead
of
all
the
firstborn
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
livestock
of
the
Levites
instead
of
their
livestock;
and
the
Levites
shall
be
mine.
I
am
Yahweh.
For
the redemption
of
the
two
hundred seventy-three
of
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel
who
exceed
the number
of
the
Levites,
you shall
take
five
shekels
apiece
for each one; according
to
the
shekel
3:47
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
the
sanctuary
you shall
take
them (the
shekel
is
twenty
gerahs
3:47
A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.);
and
you
shall
give
the
money,
with which
their remainder
is redeemed,
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons.”
Moses
took
the redemption
money
from
those
who exceeded
the number
of
those
who
were redeemed
by
the
Levites;
from
the
firstborn
of
the
children
of
Israel
he
took
the
money,
one
thousand
three
hundred sixty-five
shekels,
3:50
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1365 shekels is about 13.65 kilograms or about 30 pounds. according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary;
and
Moses
gave
the redemption
money
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“Take
a
census
of
the
sons
of
Kohath
from
among
the
sons
of
Levi,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses,
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward
even
until
fifty
years
old,
all
who
enter
into
the
service
to
do
the
work
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
“This
is
the
service
of
the
sons
of
Kohath
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting, regarding
the
most
holy
things.
When
the
camp moves
forward,
Aaron
shall
go
in
with
his
sons;
and
they
shall
take
down
the
veil
of
the
screen,
cover
the
ark
of
the
Testimony
with
it,
put
a
covering
of sealskin
on
it,
spread
a
blue
cloth
over
it,
and
put
in
its
poles.
“On
the
table
of
show
bread
they
shall
spread
a
blue
cloth,
and
put
on
it
the
dishes,
the
spoons,
the
bowls,
and
the cups
with
which
to pour
out;
and
the
continual
bread
shall
be
on
it.
They
shall
spread
on
them
a
scarlet
cloth,
and
cover
it
with
a
covering
of sealskin,
and
shall
put
in
its
poles.
“They
shall
take
a
blue
cloth
and
cover
the
lamp stand
of
the
light,
its
lamps,
its
snuffers,
its snuff dishes,
and
all
its
oil
vessels,
with
which
they
minister
to
it.
They
shall
put
it
and
all
its
vessels
within
a
covering
of sealskin,
and
shall
put
it
on
the frame.
“On
the
golden
altar
they
shall
spread
a
blue
cloth,
and
cover
it
with
a
covering
of sealskin,
and
shall
put
in
its
poles.
“They
shall
take
all
the
vessels
of ministry
with
which
they
minister
in
the
sanctuary,
and
put
them
in
a
blue
cloth,
cover
them
with
a
covering
of sealskin,
and
shall
put
them
on
the frame.
“They shall
take
away
the
ashes
from
the
altar,
and
spread
a
purple
cloth
on
it.
They
shall
put
on
it
all
its
vessels
with
which
they
minister
about
it,
the fire pans,
the meat hooks,
the
shovels,
and
the
basins—all
the
vessels
of
the
altar;
and
they
shall
spread
on
it
a
covering
of sealskin,
and
put
in
its
poles.
“When
Aaron
and
his
sons
have
finished
covering
the
sanctuary
and
all
the
furniture
of
the
sanctuary,
as
the
camp moves
forward;
after
that,
the
sons
of
Kohath
shall
come
to
carry
it;
but
they
shall
not
touch
the
sanctuary, lest
they
die.
The
sons
of
Kohath
shall
carry
these
things belonging
to
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
“The duty
of
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest
shall
be
the
oil
for
the
light,
the
sweet
incense,
the
continual
meal
offering,
and
the
anointing
oil,
the requirements
of
all
the
tabernacle,
and
of
all
that
is
in
it,
the
sanctuary,
and
its
furnishings.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“Don’t
cut
off
the
tribe
of
the
families
of
the
Kohathites
from
among
the
Levites;
but
do
this
to
them,
that
they
may
live,
and
not
die,
when
they
approach
the
most
holy
things:
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
go
in
and
appoint
everyone
to
his
service
and
to
his
burden;
but
they
shall
not
go
in
to
see
the
sanctuary
even
for
a
moment, lest
they
die.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Take
a
census
of
the
sons
of
Gershon
also,
by
their
fathers’
houses,
by
their
families;
you
shall
count
them
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward
until
fifty
years
old:
all
who
enter
in
to wait
on
the
service,
to
do
the
work
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
“This is
the
service
of
the
families
of
the
Gershonites,
in
serving
and
in bearing burdens:
they
shall
carry
the
curtains
of
the
tabernacle
and
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
its
covering,
the
covering
of sealskin
that
is
on
it,
the
screen
for
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
hangings
of
the
court,
the
screen
for
the
door
of
the
gate
of
the
court
which
is
by
the
tabernacle
and
around
the
altar,
their
cords,
and
all
the
instruments
of
their
service,
and
whatever
shall
be
done
with
them.
They
shall
serve
in
there.
At
the
commandment
of
Aaron
and
his
sons
shall
be
all
the
service
of
the
sons
of
the
Gershonites,
in
all
their
burden
and
in
all
their
service;
and
you
shall
appoint
their
duty
to
them
in
all
their
responsibilities.
This
is
the
service
of
the
families
of
the
sons
of
the
Gershonites
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Their
duty
shall
be
under
the
hand
of
Ithamar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest.
“As
for
the
sons
of
Merari,
you
shall count
them
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses;
you
shall
count
them
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward
even
to
fifty
years
old—everyone
who
enters
on
the
service,
to
do
the
work
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
This
is
the
duty
of
their
burden, according
to
all
their
service
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting:
the tabernacle’s boards,
its
bars,
its
pillars,
its
sockets,
the
pillars
of
the
court
around
it,
their
sockets,
their pins,
their
cords,
with
all
their
instruments,
and
with
all
their
service.
You
shall
appoint
the
instruments
of
the
duty
of
their
burden
to
them
by
name.
This
is
the
service
of
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
according
to
all
their
service
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
under
the
hand
of
Ithamar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest.”
Moses
and
Aaron
and
the
princes
of
the
congregation
counted
the
sons
of
the
Kohathites
by
their
families,
and
by
their
fathers’
houses,
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward
even
to
fifty
years
old,
everyone
who
entered
into
the
service
for
work
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Those
who
were
counted
of
them
by
their
families
were
two
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty.
These
are
those
who
were
counted
of
the
families
of
the
Kohathites,
all
who
served
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
counted
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
by
Moses.
Those
who
were
counted
of
the
sons
of
Gershon,
by
their
families,
and
by
their
fathers’
houses,
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward
even
to
fifty
years
old—everyone
who
entered
into
the
service
for
work
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
even
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses,
were
two
thousand
six
hundred
thirty.
These
are
those
who
were
counted
of
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Gershon,
all
who
served
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
counted
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh.
Those
who
were
counted
of
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
by
their
families,
by
their
fathers’
houses,
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward
even
to
fifty
years
old—everyone
who
entered
into
the
service
for
work
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
even
those
who
were
counted
of
them
by
their
families,
were
three
thousand
two
hundred.
These
are
those
who
were
counted
of
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
counted
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
by
Moses.
All
those
who
were
counted
of
the
Levites
whom
Moses
and
Aaron
and
the
princes
of
Israel
counted,
by
their
families
and
by
their
fathers’
houses,
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward
even
to
fifty
years
old,
everyone
who
entered
in
to
do
the
work
of
service
and
the
work
of bearing burdens
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
even
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were
eight
thousand
five
hundred
eighty.
According
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
they
were
counted
by
Moses,
everyone
according
to
his
service
and
according
to
his
burden. Thus
they
were
counted
by
him,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Command
the
children
of
Israel
that
they
put
out
of
the
camp
every
leper,
everyone
who
has
a
discharge,
and
whoever
is
unclean
by
a
corpse.
You
shall
put both
male
and
female
outside
of
the
camp
so
that
they
don’t
defile
their
camp,
in
the
midst
of
which
I
dwell.”
The
children
of
Israel
did
so,
and
put
them
outside
of
the
camp;
as
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
so
the
children
of
Israel
did.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel: ‘When
a
man
or
woman
commits
any
sin
that
men commit,
so
as
to
trespass
against
Yahweh,
and
that
soul
is
guilty,
then
he
shall
confess
his
sin
which
he
has
done;
and
he
shall
make
restitution
for
his
guilt
in
full,
add
to
it
the
fifth
part
of
it,
and
give
it
to
him
in
respect
of
whom
he
has
been
guilty.
But
if
the
man
has
no
kinsman
to
whom
restitution
may
be
made
for
the
guilt,
the
restitution
for
guilt
which
is
made
to
Yahweh
shall
be
the
priest’s,
in
addition
to
the
ram
of
the
atonement,
by
which
atonement
shall
be
made
for
him.
Every
heave
offering
of
all
the
holy
things
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
they
present
to
the
priest,
shall
be
his.
Every
man’s
holy
things
shall
be
his;
whatever
any
man
gives
the
priest,
it
shall
be
his.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them: ‘If
any
man’s
wife
goes
astray
and
is
unfaithful
to
him,
and
a
man
lies
with
her carnally,
and
it
is
hidden
from
the
eyes
of
her
husband
and
this
is kept
concealed,
and
she
is
defiled,
there
is
no
witness
against
her,
and
she
isn’t
taken
in
the act;
and
the
spirit
of
jealousy comes
on
him,
and
he
is
jealous
of
his
wife
and
she
is
defiled;
or
if
the
spirit
of
jealousy comes
on
him,
and
he
is
jealous
of
his
wife
and
she
isn’t
defiled;
then
the
man
shall
bring
his
wife
to
the
priest,
and
shall
bring
her
offering
for
her:
one
tenth
of
an
ephah
5:15
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
barley
meal.
He
shall
pour
no
oil
on
it,
nor
put
frankincense
on
it,
for
it
is
a
meal
offering
of
jealousy,
a
meal
offering
of
memorial,
bringing
iniquity
to memory.
The
priest
shall
bring
her
near,
and
set
her
before
Yahweh.
The
priest
shall
take
holy
water
in
an
earthen
vessel;
and
the
priest
shall
take
some
of
the
dust
that
is
on
the
floor
of
the
tabernacle
and
put
it
into
the
water.
The
priest
shall
set
the
woman
before
Yahweh,
and
let
the
hair
of
the
woman’s
head
go
loose,
and
put
the
meal
offering
of
memorial
in
her
hands,
which
is
the
meal
offering
of
jealousy.
The
priest
shall
have
in
his
hand
the
water
of
bitterness
that
brings
a
curse.
The
priest
shall cause
her
to
take
an
oath
and
shall
tell
the
woman, “If
no
man
has
lain
with
you,
and
if
you
haven’t
gone
aside
to
uncleanness, being
under
your
husband’s authority,
be
free
from
this
water
of
bitterness
that
brings
a
curse.
But
if
you
have
gone
astray, being
under
your
husband’s authority,
and
if
you
are
defiled,
and
some
man
has lain
with
you
besides
your
husband—”
then
the
priest
shall
cause
the
woman
to
swear
with
the
oath
of cursing,
and
the
priest
shall
tell
the
woman, “May
Yahweh
make
you
a
curse
and
an
oath
among
your
people,
when
Yahweh allows
your
thigh
to
fall
away,
and
your
body
to
swell;
and
this
water
that
brings
a
curse
will
go
into
your
bowels,
and make
your
body
swell,
and
your
thigh
fall
away.”
The
woman
shall
say, “Amen,
Amen.”
“‘The
priest
shall
write
these
curses
in
a
book,
and
he
shall
wipe
them
into
the
water
of
bitterness.
He
shall make
the
woman
drink
the
water
of
bitterness
that causes
the
curse;
and
the
water
that causes
the
curse
shall
enter
into
her
and become
bitter.
The
priest
shall
take
the
meal
offering
of
jealousy
out
of
the
woman’s
hand,
and
shall
wave
the
meal
offering
before
Yahweh,
and
bring
it
to
the
altar.
The
priest
shall
take
a
handful
of
the
meal
offering,
as
its
memorial
portion,
and
burn
it
on
the
altar,
and
afterward
shall make
the
woman
drink
the
water.
When
he
has
made
her
drink
the
water,
then
it
shall
happen,
if
she
is
defiled
and
has
committed
a
trespass
against
her
husband,
that
the
water
that causes
the
curse
will
enter
into
her
and
become
bitter,
and
her
body
will
swell,
and
her
thigh
will
fall
away;
and
the
woman
will
be
a
curse
among
her
people.
If
the
woman
isn’t
defiled,
but
is
clean;
then
she
shall
be
free,
and
shall
conceive
offspring.
5:28
or, seed
“‘This
is
the
law
of
jealousy,
when
a
wife, being
under
her
husband,
goes
astray,
and
is
defiled,
or
when
the
spirit
of
jealousy
comes
on
a
man,
and
he
is
jealous
of
his
wife;
then
he
shall
set
the
woman
before
Yahweh,
and
the
priest
shall execute
on
her
all
this
law.
The
man
shall
be
free
from
iniquity,
and
that
woman
shall
bear
her
iniquity.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them: ‘When
either
man
or
woman
shall
make
a
special
vow,
the
vow
of
a
Nazirite,
to separate
himself
to
Yahweh,
he
shall separate
himself
from
wine
and
strong
drink.
He
shall
drink
no
vinegar
of
wine,
or
vinegar
of fermented
drink,
neither
shall
he
drink
any
juice
of
grapes,
nor
eat
fresh
grapes
or
dried.
All
the
days
of
his
separation
he
shall
eat
nothing
that
is
made
of
the grapevine,
from
the
seeds
even
to
the skins.
“‘All
the
days
of
his
vow
of
separation
no
razor
shall
come
on
his
head,
until
the
days
are
fulfilled
in
which
he
separates
himself
to
Yahweh.
He
shall
be
holy.
He
shall
let
the
locks
of
the
hair
of
his
head
grow
long.
“‘All
the
days
that
he
separates
himself
to
Yahweh
he
shall
not
go
near
a
dead
body.
He
shall
not
make
himself
unclean
for
his
father,
or
for
his
mother,
for
his
brother,
or
for
his
sister,
when
they
die,
because
his
separation
to
God
6:7
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
is
on
his
head.
All
the
days
of
his
separation
he
is
holy
to
Yahweh.
“‘If
any
man
dies
very
suddenly
beside
him,
and
he
defiles
the
head
of
his
separation,
then
he
shall
shave
his
head
in
the
day
of
his
cleansing.
On
the
seventh
day
he
shall
shave
it.
On
the
eighth
day
he
shall
bring
two
turtledoves
or
two
young
pigeons
to
the
priest,
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
The
priest
shall
offer
one
for
a
sin
offering,
and
the
other
for
a
burnt
offering,
and
make
atonement
for
him,
because
he
sinned
by
reason
of
the
dead,
and
shall
make
his
head
holy
that
same
day.
He
shall separate
to
Yahweh
the
days
of
his
separation,
and
shall
bring
a
male
lamb
a
year
old
for
a trespass
offering;
but
the
former
days
shall
be
void,
because
his
separation
was
defiled.
“‘This
is
the
law
of
the
Nazirite:
when
the
days
of
his
separation
are
fulfilled,
he
shall
be
brought
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
he
shall
offer
his
offering
to
Yahweh:
one
male
lamb
a
year
old
without
defect
for
a
burnt
offering,
one
ewe
lamb
a
year
old
without
defect
for
a
sin
offering,
one
ram
without
defect
for
peace
offerings,
a
basket
of
unleavened
bread,
cakes
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil,
and
unleavened
wafers
anointed
with
oil
with
their
meal
offering
and
their drink
offerings.
The
priest
shall
present
them
before
Yahweh,
and
shall
offer
his
sin
offering
and
his
burnt
offering.
He
shall
offer
the
ram
for
a
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings
to
Yahweh,
with
the
basket
of
unleavened
bread.
The
priest
shall
offer
also
its
meal
offering
and
its drink
offering.
The
Nazirite
shall
shave
the
head
of
his
separation
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
take
the
hair
of
the
head
of
his
separation,
and
put
it
on
the
fire
which
is
under
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings.
The
priest
shall
take
the
boiled
shoulder
of
the
ram,
one
unleavened
cake
out
of
the
basket,
and
one
unleavened
wafer,
and
shall
put
them
on
the
hands
of
the
Nazirite
after
he
has
shaved
the head
of
his
separation;
and
the
priest
shall
wave
them
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh.
They
are
holy
for
the
priest,
together
with
the
breast
that
is
waved
and
the
thigh
that
is
offered.
After
that
the
Nazirite
may
drink
wine.
“‘This
is
the
law
of
the
Nazirite
who
vows
and
of
his
offering
to
Yahweh
for
his
separation,
in
addition
to
that
which
he
is
able
to
afford.
According
to
his
vow
which
he
vows,
so
he must
do
after
the
law
of
his
separation.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons,
saying, ‘This
is how
you
shall
bless
the
children
of
Israel.’
You
shall
tell
them,
‘Yahweh
bless
you,
and
keep
you.
Yahweh
make
his
face
to
shine
on
you,
and
be gracious
to
you.
Yahweh
lift
up
his
face
toward
you,
and
give
you
peace.’
“So
they
shall
put
my
name
on
the
children
of
Israel;
and
I
will
bless
them.”
On
the
day
that
Moses
had
finished
setting
up
the
tabernacle,
and
had
anointed
it
and
sanctified
it
with
all
its
furniture,
and
the
altar
with
all
its
vessels,
and
had
anointed
and
sanctified
them;
the
princes
of
Israel,
the
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses,
gave
offerings.
These
were
the
princes
of
the
tribes.
These
are
they
who
were
over
those
who
were
counted;
and
they
brought
their
offering
before
Yahweh,
six
covered
wagons
and
twelve
oxen;
a
wagon
for
every
two
of
the
princes,
and
for
each
one
an
ox.
They
presented
them
before
the
tabernacle.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Accept
these
from
them,
that
they
may
be
used
in doing
the
service
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting;
and
you
shall
give
them
to
the
Levites,
to
every
man
according
to
his
service.”
Moses
took
the
wagons
and
the
oxen,
and
gave
them
to
the
Levites.
He
gave
two
wagons
and
four
oxen
to
the
sons
of
Gershon,
according
to
their
service.
He
gave
four
wagons
and
eight
oxen
to
the
sons
of
Merari,
according
to
their
service,
under
the
direction
of
Ithamar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest.
But
to
the
sons
of
Kohath
he
gave
none,
because
the
service
of
the
sanctuary belonged
to
them;
they
carried
it
on
their
shoulders.
The
princes gave offerings
for
the
dedication
of
the
altar
in
the
day
that
it
was
anointed.
The
princes gave
their offerings
before
the
altar.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “They
shall
offer
their
offering,
each
prince
on
his
day,
for
the
dedication
of
the
altar.”
He
who
offered
his
offering
the
first
day
was
Nahshon
the
son
of
Amminadab,
of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
and
his
offering
was:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
7:13
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Nahshon
the
son
of
Amminadab.
On
the
second
day
Nethanel
the
son
of
Zuar,
prince
of
Issachar, gave
his
offering.
He
offered
for
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Nethanel
the
son
of
Zuar.
On
the
third
day
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon,
prince
of
the
children
of
Zebulun,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
a
hundred
and
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon.
On
the
fourth
day
Elizur
the
son
of
Shedeur,
prince
of
the
children
of
Reuben,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Elizur
the
son
of
Shedeur.
On
the
fifth
day
Shelumiel
the
son
of Zurishaddai,
prince
of
the
children
of
Simeon,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old:
this
was
the
offering
of
Shelumiel
the
son
of Zurishaddai.
On
the
sixth
day,
Eliasaph
the
son
of
Deuel,
prince
of
the
children
of
Gad,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Eliasaph
the
son
of
Deuel.
On
the
seventh
day
Elishama
the
son
of
Ammihud,
prince
of
the
children
of
Ephraim,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Elishama
the
son
of
Ammihud.
On
the
eighth
day
Gamaliel
the
son
of
Pedahzur,
prince
of
the
children
of
Manasseh,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Gamaliel
the
son
of
Pedahzur.
On
the
ninth
day
Abidan
the
son
of
Gideoni,
prince
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Abidan
the
son
of
Gideoni.
On
the
tenth
day
Ahiezer
the
son
of
Ammishaddai,
prince
of
the
children
of
Dan,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Ahiezer
the
son
of
Ammishaddai.
On
the
eleventh
day
Pagiel
the
son
of
Ochran,
prince
of
the
children
of
Asher,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Pagiel
the
son
of
Ochran.
On
the twelfth
day
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan,
prince
of
the
children
of
Naphtali,
gave
his
offering:
one
silver
platter,
the
weight
of which
was
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
one
silver
bowl
of
seventy
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary,
both
of
them
full
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering;
one
golden ladle
of
ten
shekels,
full
of
incense;
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
one
male
lamb
a
year
old,
for
a
burnt
offering;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
and
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
two head
of
cattle,
five
rams,
five
male
goats,
and
five
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
offering
of
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan.
This
was
the
dedication offering
of
the
altar,
on
the
day
when
it
was
anointed,
by
the
princes
of
Israel:
twelve
silver
platters,
twelve
silver
bowls,
twelve
golden
ladles;
each
silver
platter
weighing
one
hundred
thirty
shekels,
and
each
bowl
seventy;
all
the
silver
of
the
vessels
two
thousand
four
hundred
shekels, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary;
the
twelve
golden
ladles,
full
of
incense,
weighing
ten
shekels
apiece, according
to
the
shekel
of
the
sanctuary;
all
the
gold
of
the
ladles weighed
one
hundred
twenty
shekels;
all
the
cattle
for
the
burnt
offering
twelve
bulls,
the
rams
twelve,
the
male
lambs
a
year
old
twelve,
and
their
meal
offering;
and
twelve
male
goats
for
a
sin
offering;
and
all
the
cattle
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings:
twenty-four
bulls,
sixty
rams,
sixty
male
goats,
and
sixty
male
lambs
a
year
old.
This
was
the
dedication
offering
of
the
altar,
after
it
was
anointed.
When
Moses
went
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting
to
speak
with Yahweh,
he
heard
his
voice
speaking
to
him
from
above
the
mercy
seat
that
was
on
the
ark
of
the
Testimony,
from
between
the
two
cherubim;
and
he
spoke
to
him.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
Aaron,
and
tell
him, ‘When
you
light
the
lamps,
the
seven
lamps
shall
give
light
in
front
of
the
lamp stand.’”
Aaron
did
so.
He lit
its
lamps
to light
the area
in
front
of
the
lamp stand,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
This
was
the
workmanship
of
the lamp stand, beaten
work
of
gold.
From
its
base
to
its
flowers,
it
was beaten
work.
He
made
the lamp stand according
to
the
pattern
which
Yahweh
had
shown
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Take
the
Levites
from
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
cleanse
them.
You
shall
do
this
to
them
to
cleanse
them: sprinkle
the
water
of
cleansing
on
them, let
them shave
their
whole
bodies
with
a
razor, let
them
wash
their
clothes,
and
cleanse
themselves.
Then let
them
take
a
young
bull
and
its
meal
offering,
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil;
and
another
young
bull
you
shall
take
for
a
sin
offering.
You
shall
present
the
Levites
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
You
shall
assemble
the
whole
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel.
You
shall
present
the
Levites
before
Yahweh.
The
children
of
Israel
shall
lay
their
hands
on
the
Levites,
and
Aaron
shall
offer
the
Levites
before
Yahweh
for
a
wave
offering
on
the behalf
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
it
may
be theirs
to
do
the
service
of
Yahweh.
“The
Levites
shall
lay
their
hands
on
the
heads
of
the
bulls,
and
you
shall
offer
the
one
for
a
sin
offering
and
the
other
for
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh,
to
make
atonement
for
the
Levites.
You
shall
set
the
Levites
before
Aaron
and
before
his
sons,
and
offer
them
as
a
wave
offering
to
Yahweh.
Thus
you
shall
separate
the
Levites
from
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
Levites
shall
be mine.
“After
that,
the
Levites
shall
go
in
to
do
the service
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
You
shall
cleanse
them,
and
offer
them
as
a
wave
offering.
For
they
are
wholly
given
to
me
from
among
the
children
of
Israel;
instead
of
all
who
open
the
womb,
even
the
firstborn
of
all
the
children
of
Israel,
I
have
taken
them
to
me.
For
all
the
firstborn
among
the
children
of
Israel
are mine,
both
man
and
animal.
On
the
day
that
I
struck
all
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
I
sanctified
them
for
myself.
I
have
taken
the
Levites
instead
of
all
the
firstborn
among
the
children
of
Israel.
I
have
given
the
Levites
as
a
gift
to
Aaron
and
to
his
sons
from
among
the
children
of
Israel,
to
do
the
service
of
the
children
of
Israel
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
to
make
atonement
for
the
children
of
Israel,
so
that
there
will
be
no
plague
among
the
children
of
Israel
when
the
children
of
Israel
come
near
to
the
sanctuary.”
Moses,
and
Aaron,
and
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
did
so
to
the
Levites. According
to
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses
concerning
the
Levites,
so
the
children
of
Israel
did
to
them.
The
Levites
purified
themselves
from
sin,
and
they
washed
their
clothes;
and
Aaron
offered
them
for
a
wave
offering
before
Yahweh
and
Aaron made
atonement
for
them
to
cleanse
them.
After
that,
the
Levites
went
in
to
do
their
service
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting
before
Aaron
and
before
his
sons:
as
Yahweh
had
commanded
Moses
concerning
the
Levites,
so
they
did
to
them.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“This
is
what
is
assigned
to
the
Levites:
from
twenty-five
years
old
and
upward
they
shall
go
in
to wait
on
the
service
in
the
work
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting;
and
from
the
age
of
fifty
years
they
shall
retire
from doing
the
work,
and
shall
serve
no
more,
but
shall
assist
their
brothers
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
to
perform
the
duty,
and
shall
perform
no
service.
This
is
how
you
shall
have
the
Levites
do
their
duties.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai,
in
the
first
month
of
the
second
year
after
they
had
come
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying,
“Let
the
children
of
Israel
keep
the
Passover
in
its
appointed
season.
On
the fourteenth
day
of
this
month,
at
evening,
you
shall
keep
it
in
its
appointed
season.
You
shall
keep
it
according
to
all
its
statutes
and
according
to
all
its
ordinances.”
Moses
told
the
children
of
Israel
that
they
should
keep
the
Passover.
They
kept
the
Passover
in
the
first
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
at
evening,
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai. According
to
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses,
so
the
children
of
Israel
did.
There
were
certain
men
who
were
unclean
because
of
the
dead
body
of
a
man,
so
that
they
could
not
keep
the
Passover
on
that
day,
and
they
came
before
Moses
and
Aaron
on
that
day.
Those
men
said
to
him, “We
are
unclean
because
of
the
dead
body
of
a
man.
Why
are
we kept
back,
that
we
may
not
offer
the
offering
of
Yahweh
in
its
appointed
season
among
the
children
of
Israel?”
Moses
answered
them, “Wait,
that
I
may
hear
what
Yahweh
will
command
concerning
you.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Say
to
the
children
of
Israel, ‘If
any
man
of
you
or
of
your
generations
is
unclean
by reason
of
a
dead
body,
or
is
on
a
journey
far
away,
he
shall
still
keep
the
Passover
to
Yahweh.
In
the
second
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
at
evening
they
shall
keep
it;
they
shall
eat
it
with
unleavened
bread
and
bitter
herbs.
They
shall
leave
none
of
it
until
the
morning,
nor
break
a
bone
of
it.
According
to
all
the
statute
of
the
Passover
they
shall
keep
it.
But
the
man
who
is
clean,
and
is
not
on
a
journey,
and fails
to
keep
the
Passover,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
his
people.
Because
he
didn’t
offer
the
offering
of
Yahweh
in
its
appointed
season,
that
man
shall
bear
his
sin.
“‘If
a
foreigner
lives
among
you
and desires
to
keep
the
Passover
to
Yahweh,
then
he
shall
do
so
according
to
the
statute
of
the
Passover,
and
according
to
its
ordinance.
You
shall
have
one
statute, both
for
the
foreigner
and
for
him
who
is born
in
the
land.’”
On
the
day
that
the
tabernacle
was
raised
up,
the
cloud
covered
the
tabernacle,
even
the
Tent
of
the
Testimony.
At
evening
it
was
over
the
tabernacle,
as
it
were
the
appearance
of
fire,
until
morning.
So
it
was
continually.
The
cloud
covered
it,
and
the
appearance
of
fire
by
night.
Whenever
the
cloud
was
taken
up
from
over
the
Tent,
then
after
that
the
children
of
Israel
traveled;
and
in
the
place
where
the
cloud
remained,
there
the
children
of
Israel
encamped.
At
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
the
children
of
Israel
traveled,
and
at
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
they
encamped.
As
long
as
the
cloud
remained
on
the
tabernacle
they
remained
encamped.
When
the
cloud stayed
on
the
tabernacle
many
days,
then
the
children
of
Israel
kept
Yahweh’s
command,
and
didn’t travel.
Sometimes
the
cloud
was
a
few
days
on
the
tabernacle;
then
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
they
remained
encamped,
and
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
they
traveled.
Sometimes
the
cloud
was
from
evening
until
morning;
and
when
the
cloud
was
taken
up
in
the
morning,
they
traveled;
or
by
day
and
by
night,
when
the
cloud
was
taken
up,
they
traveled.
Whether
it
was
two
days,
or
a
month,
or
a
year
that
the
cloud stayed
on
the
tabernacle, remaining
on
it,
the
children
of
Israel
remained
encamped,
and
didn’t travel;
but
when
it
was
taken
up,
they
traveled.
At
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
they
encamped,
and
at
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
they
traveled.
They
kept
Yahweh’s
command,
at
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
by
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Make
two
trumpets
of
silver.
You
shall
make
them
of beaten
work.
You
shall
use
them
for
the calling
of
the
congregation
and
for
the journeying
of
the
camps.
When
they
blow
them,
all
the
congregation
shall
gather
themselves
to
you
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
If
they
blow just
one,
then
the
princes,
the
heads
of
the
thousands
of
Israel,
shall
gather
themselves
to
you.
When you
blow
an
alarm,
the
camps that lie
on
the
east side shall
go
forward.
When
you
blow
an
alarm
the
second
time,
the
camps that lie
on
the
south
side
shall
go
forward. They
shall
blow
an
alarm
for their
journeys.
But
when
the
assembly
is
to
be
gathered
together,
you
shall
blow,
but
you
shall
not
sound
an
alarm.
“The
sons
of
Aaron,
the
priests,
shall
blow
the
trumpets.
This
shall
be
to
you
for
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations.
When
you
go
to
war
in
your
land
against
the adversary
who oppresses
you,
then
you
shall
sound
an
alarm
with
the
trumpets.
Then
you
will
be
remembered
before
Yahweh
your
God,
and
you
will
be
saved
from
your
enemies.
“Also
in
the
day
of
your
gladness,
and
in
your
set
feasts,
and
in
the
beginnings
of
your
months,
you
shall
blow
the
trumpets
over
your
burnt
offerings,
and
over
the
sacrifices
of
your
peace
offerings;
and
they
shall
be
to
you
for
a
memorial
before
your
God.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.”
In
the
second
year,
in
the
second
month,
on
the
twentieth
day
of
the
month,
the
cloud
was
taken
up
from
over
the
tabernacle
of
the covenant.
The
children
of
Israel
went
forward
on their
journeys
out
of
the
wilderness
of
Sinai;
and
the
cloud stayed
in
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
They
first
went
forward
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
by
Moses.
First,
the
standard
of
the
camp
of
the
children
of
Judah
went
forward
according
to
their
armies.
Nahshon
the
son
of
Amminadab
was
over
his
army.
Nethanel
the
son
of
Zuar
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Issachar.
Eliab
the
son
of
Helon
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Zebulun.
The
tabernacle
was
taken
down;
and
the
sons
of
Gershon
and
the
sons
of
Merari,
who
bore
the
tabernacle,
went
forward.
The
standard
of
the
camp
of
Reuben
went
forward
according
to
their
armies.
Elizur
the
son
of
Shedeur
was
over
his
army.
Shelumiel
the
son
of Zurishaddai
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Simeon.
Eliasaph
the
son
of
Deuel
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Gad.
The
Kohathites
set
forward,
bearing
the
sanctuary.
The others
set
up
the
tabernacle
before
they
arrived.
The
standard
of
the
camp
of
the
children
of
Ephraim
set
forward
according
to
their
armies.
Elishama
the
son
of
Ammihud
was
over
his
army.
Gamaliel
the
son
of
Pedahzur
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Manasseh.
Abidan
the
son
of
Gideoni
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Benjamin.
The
standard
of
the
camp
of
the
children
of
Dan,
which
was
the
rear
guard
of
all
the
camps,
set
forward
according
to
their
armies.
Ahiezer
the
son
of
Ammishaddai
was
over
his
army.
Pagiel
the
son
of
Ochran
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Asher.
Ahira
the
son
of
Enan
was
over
the
army
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Naphtali.
Thus
were
the travels
of
the
children
of
Israel according
to their
armies;
and
they
went
forward.
Moses
said
to
Hobab,
the
son
of
Reuel
the
Midianite,
Moses’
father-in-law, “We
are
journeying
to
the
place
of
which
Yahweh
said, ‘I
will
give
it
to
you.’ Come
with
us,
and
we
will
treat
you
well;
for
Yahweh
has
spoken
good
concerning
Israel.”
He
said
to
him, “I
will
not go;
but
I
will depart
to
my own
land,
and
to
my
relatives.”
Moses
said, “Don’t
leave
us,
please;
because
you
know
how
we
are
to
encamp
in
the
wilderness,
and
you
can
be
our
eyes.
It
shall
be,
if
you
go
with
us—yes,
it
shall
be—that
whatever
good
Yahweh
does
to
us,
we
will
do
the
same
to
you.”
They
set
forward
from
the
Mount
of
Yahweh
three
days’
journey.
The
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
went
before
them
three
days’
journey,
to
seek
out
a
resting
place
for
them.
The
cloud
of
Yahweh
was
over
them
by
day,
when
they
set
forward
from
the
camp.
When
the
ark
went
forward,
Moses
said, “Rise
up,
Yahweh,
and
let
your
enemies
be
scattered!
Let
those
who
hate
you
flee
before
you!”
When
it
rested,
he
said, “Return,
Yahweh,
to
the
ten
thousands
of
the
thousands
of
Israel.”
The
people
were complaining
in
the
ears
of
Yahweh.
When
Yahweh
heard
it,
his
anger
burned;
and
Yahweh’s
fire
burned among
them,
and
consumed
some
of
the outskirts
of
the
camp.
The
people
cried
to
Moses;
and
Moses
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
the
fire abated.
The
name
of
that
place
was
called
Taberah,
11:3
Taberah means “burning”
because
Yahweh’s
fire
burned
among
them.
The mixed multitude
that
was
among
them lusted exceedingly;
and
the
children
of
Israel
also
wept
again,
and
said, “Who
will
give
us
meat
to
eat?
We
remember
the
fish,
which
we
ate
in
Egypt
for
nothing;
the
cucumbers,
and
the
melons,
and
the
leeks,
and
the
onions,
and
the garlic;
but
now
we
have lost
our
appetite.
There
is
nothing
at
all
except
this
manna
to
look
at.”
The
manna
was
like
coriander
seed,
and
it
looked
like
bdellium.
11:7
Bdellium is a resin extracted from certain African trees.
The
people
went around,
gathered
it,
and
ground
it
in mills,
or
beat
it
in mortars,
and
boiled
it
in pots,
and
made
cakes
of
it.
Its
taste
was
like
the
taste
of fresh
oil.
When
the
dew
fell
on
the
camp
in
the
night,
the
manna
fell
on
it.
Moses
heard
the
people
weeping
throughout
their
families,
every
man
at
the
door
of
his
tent;
and
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
greatly;
and
Moses
was
displeased.
Moses
said
to
Yahweh, “Why
have
you
treated
your
servant
so badly?
Why
haven’t
I
found
favor
in
your
sight,
that
you
lay
the
burden
of
all
this
people
on
me?
Have
I
conceived
all
this
people?
Have
I
brought
them
out,
that
you
should
tell
me, ‘Carry
them
in
your
bosom,
as
a
nurse
carries
a
nursing
infant,
to
the
land
which
you
swore
to
their
fathers?’
Where
could
I get
meat
to
give
all
these
people?
For
they
weep
before
me,
saying, ‘Give
us
meat,
that
we
may
eat.’
I
am
not
able
to
bear
all
this
people
alone,
because
it
is
too
heavy
for
me.
If
you
treat
me
this way,
please
kill
me
right
now,
if
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight;
and
don’t
let
me
see
my wretchedness.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Gather
to
me
seventy
men
of
the
elders
of
Israel,
whom
you
know
to
be
the
elders
of
the
people
and
officers
over
them;
and
bring
them
to
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
that
they
may
stand
there
with
you.
I
will
come
down
and
talk
with
you
there.
I
will
take
of
the
Spirit
which
is
on
you,
and
will
put
it
on
them;
and
they
shall
bear
the
burden
of
the
people
with
you,
that
you
don’t
bear
it
yourself
alone.
“Say
to
the
people, ‘Sanctify
yourselves
in preparation
for
tomorrow,
and
you
will
eat
meat;
for
you
have
wept
in
the
ears
of
Yahweh,
saying, “Who
will
give
us
meat
to
eat?
For
it
was
well
with
us
in
Egypt.”
Therefore
Yahweh
will
give
you
meat,
and
you
will
eat.
You
will
not
eat just
one
day,
or
two
days,
or
five
days,
or
ten
days,
or
twenty
days,
but
a
whole
month,
until
it
comes
out
at
your
nostrils,
and
it
is
loathsome
to
you;
because
you
have
rejected
Yahweh
who
is
among
you,
and
have
wept
before
him,
saying, “Why
did
we
come
out
of
Egypt?”’”
Moses
said, “The
people,
among
whom
I
am,
are
six
hundred
thousand
men
on
foot;
and
you
have
said, ‘I
will
give
them
meat,
that
they
may
eat
a
whole
month.’
Shall
flocks
and
herds
be
slaughtered
for
them,
to
be
sufficient
for
them? Shall
all
the
fish
of
the
sea
be
gathered
together
for
them,
to
be
sufficient
for
them?”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Has
Yahweh’s
hand grown short?
Now
you
will
see
whether
my
word
will
happen
to
you
or
not.”
Moses
went
out,
and
told
the
people
Yahweh’s
words;
and
he
gathered
seventy
men
of
the
elders
of
the
people,
and
set
them
around
the
Tent.
Yahweh
came
down
in
the
cloud,
and
spoke
to
him,
and
took
of
the
Spirit
that
was
on
him,
and
put
it
on
the
seventy
elders.
When
the
Spirit
rested
on
them,
they
prophesied,
but
they
did
so
no
more.
But
two
men
remained
in
the
camp.
The
name
of
one
was
Eldad,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Medad;
and
the
Spirit
rested
on
them.
They
were
of
those
who
were
written,
but
had
not
gone
out
to
the
Tent;
and
they
prophesied
in
the
camp.
A
young
man
ran,
and
told
Moses,
and
said, “Eldad
and
Medad
are
prophesying
in
the
camp!”
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
the
servant
of
Moses,
one
of
his chosen
men,
answered, “My
lord
Moses, forbid
them!”
Moses
said
to
him, “Are
you
jealous
for
my
sake?
I
wish
that
all
Yahweh’s
people
were
prophets,
that
Yahweh
would
put
his
Spirit
on
them!”
Moses
went
into
the
camp,
he
and
the
elders
of
Israel.
A
wind
from
Yahweh
went
out
and
brought
quails
from
the
sea,
and let
them
fall
by
the
camp,
about
a
day’s
journey
on
this
side,
and
a
day’s
journey
on
the
other
side,
around
the
camp,
and
about
two
cubits
11:31
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
above
the
surface
of
the
earth.
The
people
rose
up
all
that
day,
and
all
of
that
night,
and
all
the
next
day,
and
gathered
the
quails.
He
who
gathered
least
gathered
ten
homers;
11:32
1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
and
they
spread
them
all
out
for
themselves
around
the
camp.
While
the
meat
was
still
between
their
teeth,
before
it
was
chewed,
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
the
people,
and
Yahweh
struck
the
people
with
a
very
great
plague.
The
name
of
that
place
was
called Kibroth Hattaavah,
11:34
Kibroth Hattaavah means “graves of lust”
because
there
they
buried
the
people
who lusted.
From Kibroth Hattaavah
the
people
traveled
to
Hazeroth;
and
they stayed
at
Hazeroth.
Miriam
and
Aaron
spoke
against
Moses
because
of
the
Cushite
woman
whom
he
had
married;
for
he
had
married
a
Cushite
woman.
They
said, “Has
Yahweh
indeed
spoken
only
with
Moses?
Hasn’t
he
spoken
also
with
us?”
And
Yahweh
heard
it.
Now
the
man
Moses
was
very
humble,
more
than
all
the
men
who
were
on
the
surface
of
the
earth.
Yahweh
spoke
suddenly
to
Moses,
to
Aaron,
and
to
Miriam, “You
three
come
out
to
the
Tent
of
Meeting!”
The
three
of
them
came
out.
Yahweh
came
down
in
a
pillar
of
cloud,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
the
Tent,
and
called
Aaron
and
Miriam;
and
they
both
came
forward.
He
said, “Now
hear
my
words.
If
there
is
a
prophet
among
you,
I,
Yahweh,
will
make
myself
known
to
him
in
a
vision.
I
will
speak
with
him
in
a
dream.
My
servant
Moses
is
not
so.
He
is
faithful
in
all
my
house.
With
him,
I
will
speak
mouth
to
mouth,
even plainly,
and
not
in
riddles;
and
he
shall
see
Yahweh’s
form.
Why
then
were
you
not
afraid
to
speak
against
my
servant,
against
Moses?”
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
them;
and
he departed.
The
cloud
departed
from
over
the
Tent;
and
behold,
Miriam
was
leprous,
as white
as
snow.
Aaron
looked
at
Miriam,
and
behold, she
was
leprous.
Aaron
said
to
Moses, “Oh,
my
lord,
please
don’t count
this
sin
against
us,
in
which
we
have
done
foolishly,
and
in
which
we
have
sinned.
Let
her
not,
I
pray,
be
as
one
dead,
of
whom
the
flesh
is
half
consumed
when
he
comes
out
of
his
mother’s
womb.”
Moses
cried
to
Yahweh,
saying, “Heal
her,
God,
I
beg
you!”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “If
her
father
had
but
spit
in
her
face, shouldn’t
she
be
ashamed
seven
days?
Let
her
be
shut
up
outside
of
the
camp
seven
days,
and
after
that
she
shall
be
brought
in
again.”
Miriam
was
shut
up
outside
of
the
camp
seven
days,
and
the
people
didn’t travel
until
Miriam
was
brought
in
again.
Afterward
the
people
traveled
from
Hazeroth,
and
encamped
in
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Send
men,
that
they
may
spy
out
the
land
of
Canaan,
which
I
give
to
the
children
of
Israel.
Of
every
tribe
of
their
fathers,
you
shall
send
a
man,
every
one
a
prince
among
them.”
Moses
sent
them
from
the
wilderness
of
Paran
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh.
All
of
them
were
men
who
were
heads
of
the
children
of
Israel.
These
were their
names:
Of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
Shammua
the
son
of
Zaccur.
Of
the
tribe
of
Simeon,
Shaphat
the
son
of
Hori.
Of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh.
Of
the
tribe
of
Issachar,
Igal
the
son
of
Joseph.
Of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim,
Hoshea
the
son
of
Nun.
Of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
Palti
the
son
of
Raphu.
Of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun,
Gaddiel
the
son
of
Sodi.
Of
the
tribe
of
Joseph,
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
Gaddi
the
son
of
Susi.
Of
the
tribe
of
Dan,
Ammiel
the
son
of
Gemalli.
Of
the
tribe
of
Asher,
Sethur
the
son
of
Michael.
Of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali,
Nahbi
the
son
of
Vophsi.
Of
the
tribe
of
Gad,
Geuel
the
son
of
Machi.
These
are
the
names
of
the
men
who
Moses
sent
to
spy
out
the
land.
Moses
called
Hoshea
the
son
of
Nun
Joshua.
Moses
sent
them
to
spy
out
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
said
to
them, “Go
up
this
way
by
the
South,
and
go
up
into
the
hill
country.
See
the
land,
what
it
is;
and
the
people
who
dwell therein,
whether
they
are
strong
or weak,
whether
they
are
few
or
many;
and
what
the
land
is
that
they
dwell
in,
whether
it
is
good
or
bad;
and
what
cities
they
are
that
they
dwell
in,
whether
in
camps,
or
in
strongholds;
and
what
the
land
is,
whether
it
is
fertile
or
poor,
whether
there
is
wood therein,
or
not.
Be
courageous,
and
bring
some
of
the
fruit
of
the
land.”
Now
the
time
was
the
time
of
the first-ripe
grapes.
So
they
went
up,
and
spied
out
the
land
from
the
wilderness
of
Zin
to
Rehob,
to
the
entrance
of
Hamath.
They
went
up
by
the
South,
and
came
to
Hebron;
and
Ahiman,
Sheshai,
and
Talmai,
the
children
of
Anak,
were
there. (Now
Hebron
was
built
seven
years
before
Zoan
in
Egypt.)
They
came
to
the
valley
of
Eshcol,
and
cut
down
from
there
a
branch
with
one
cluster
of
grapes,
and
they
bore
it
on
a staff
between
two.
They
also
brought
some
of
the
pomegranates
and
figs.
That
place
was
called
the
valley
of
Eshcol,
because
of
the
cluster
which
the
children
of
Israel
cut
down
from
there.
They
returned
from
spying
out
the
land
at
the
end
of
forty
days.
They
went
and
came
to
Moses,
to
Aaron,
and
to
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
to
the
wilderness
of
Paran,
to
Kadesh;
and
brought
back
word
to
them
and
to
all
the
congregation.
They
showed
them
the
fruit
of
the
land.
They
told
him,
and
said, “We
came
to
the
land
where
you
sent
us.
Surely
it
flows
with
milk
and
honey,
and
this
is
its
fruit.
However,
the
people
who
dwell
in
the
land
are
strong,
and
the
cities
are
fortified
and
very
large.
Moreover,
we
saw
the
children
of
Anak
there.
Amalek
dwells
in
the
land
of
the
South.
The
Hittite,
the
Jebusite,
and
the
Amorite
dwell
in
the
hill
country.
The
Canaanite
dwells
by
the
sea,
and
along
the
side
of
the
Jordan.”
Caleb stilled
the
people
before
Moses,
and
said, “Let’s
go
up
at once,
and
possess
it;
for
we
are well
able
to
overcome
it!”
But
the
men
who
went
up
with
him
said, “We aren’t
able
to
go
up
against
the
people;
for
they
are
stronger
than
we.”
They
brought
up
an
evil
report
of
the
land
which
they
had
spied
out
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “The
land,
through
which
we
have
gone
to
spy
it
out,
is
a
land
that
eats
up
its
inhabitants;
and
all
the
people
who
we
saw
in
it
are
men
of great stature.
There
we
saw
the
Nephilim,
13:33
or, giants
the
sons
of
Anak,
who
come
from
the
Nephilim.
13:33
or, giants
We
were
in
our
own
sight
as
grasshoppers,
and
so
we
were
in
their
sight.”
All
the
congregation
lifted
up
their
voice,
and
cried;
and
the
people
wept
that
night.
All
the
children
of
Israel
murmured
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron.
The
whole
congregation
said
to
them, “We wish
that
we
had
died
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
or
that
we
had
died
in
this
wilderness!
Why
does
Yahweh
bring
us
to
this
land,
to
fall
by
the
sword?
Our
wives
and
our
little
ones
will
be captured
or
killed! Wouldn’t
it
be
better
for
us
to
return
into
Egypt?”
They
said
to
one
another, “Let’s choose
a
leader,
and let’s
return
into
Egypt.”
Then
Moses
and
Aaron
fell
on
their
faces
before
all
the
assembly
of
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
and
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh,
who
were
of
those
who
spied
out
the
land,
tore
their
clothes.
They
spoke
to
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “The
land,
which
we
passed
through
to
spy
it
out,
is
an
exceedingly
good
land.
If
Yahweh
delights
in
us,
then
he
will
bring
us
into
this
land,
and
give
it
to
us:
a
land
which
flows
with
milk
and
honey.
Only
don’t
rebel
against
Yahweh,
neither
fear
the
people
of
the
land;
for
they
are
bread
for
us.
Their defense
is
removed
from
over
them,
and
Yahweh
is
with
us.
Don’t
fear
them.”
But
all
the
congregation
threatened
to
stone
them
with
stones.
Yahweh’s
glory
appeared
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting
to
all
the
children
of
Israel.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “How
long
will
this
people
despise
me?
How
long
will
they
not
believe
in
me,
for
all
the
signs
which
I
have
worked
among
them?
I
will
strike
them
with
the
pestilence,
and disinherit
them,
and
will
make
of
you
a
nation
greater
and
mightier
than
they.”
Moses
said
to
Yahweh, “Then
the
Egyptians
will
hear
it;
for
you
brought
up
this
people
in
your
might
from
among
them.
They
will
tell
it
to
the
inhabitants
of
this
land.
They
have
heard
that
you
Yahweh
are
among
this
people;
for
you
Yahweh
are
seen
face
to
face,
and
your
cloud
stands
over
them,
and
you
go
before
them,
in
a
pillar
of
cloud
by
day,
and
in
a
pillar
of
fire
by
night.
Now
if
you
killed
this
people
as
one
man,
then
the
nations
which
have
heard
the
fame
of
you
will
speak,
saying,
‘Because
Yahweh
was
not
able
to
bring
this
people
into
the
land
which
he
swore
to
them,
therefore
he
has
slain
them
in
the
wilderness.’
Now
please
let
the
power
of
the
Lord
14:17
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
be
great, according
as
you
have
spoken,
saying,
‘Yahweh
is
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness,
forgiving
iniquity
and disobedience;
and
he
will
by
no
means
clear
the
guilty,
visiting
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
on
the
children,
on
the
third
and
on
the
fourth
generation.’
Please
pardon
the
iniquity
of
this
people according
to
the
greatness
of
your loving
kindness,
and
just
as
you
have
forgiven
this
people,
from
Egypt
even
until
now.”
Yahweh
said, “I
have
pardoned according
to
your
word;
but
in very deed—as
I
live,
and
as
all
the
earth
shall
be
filled
with
Yahweh’s
glory—
because
all
those
men
who
have
seen
my
glory
and
my
signs,
which
I
worked
in
Egypt
and
in
the
wilderness,
yet
have
tempted
me
these
ten
times,
and
have
not
listened
to
my
voice;
surely
they
shall
not
see
the
land
which
I
swore
to
their
fathers,
neither
shall
any
of
those
who
despised
me
see
it.
But
my
servant
Caleb,
because
he
had
another
spirit
with
him,
and
has
followed
me
fully,
him
I
will
bring
into
the
land
into
which
he
went.
His
offspring
shall
possess
it.
Since
the
Amalekite
and
the
Canaanite
dwell
in
the
valley,
tomorrow
turn
and
go
into
the
wilderness
by
the
way
to
the Red
Sea.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“How
long
shall
I bear
with
this
evil
congregation
that complain
against
me?
I
have
heard
the complaints
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
they complain
against
me.
Tell
them, ‘As
I
live,
says
Yahweh,
surely
as
you
have
spoken
in
my
ears,
so
I
will
do
to
you.
Your
dead
bodies
shall
fall
in
this
wilderness;
and
all
who
were
counted
of
you,
according
to
your
whole
number,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
who
have complained
against
me,
surely
you
shall
not
come
into
the
land
concerning
which
I
swore
that
I
would
make
you
dwell therein,
except
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh,
and
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun.
But
I
will
bring
in
your
little
ones
that
you
said
should
be captured
or killed,
and
they
shall
know
the
land
which
you
have
rejected.
But
as
for
you,
your
dead
bodies
shall
fall
in
this
wilderness.
Your
children
shall
be wanderers
in
the
wilderness
forty
years,
and
shall
bear
your
prostitution,
until
your
dead
bodies
are
consumed
in
the
wilderness.
After
the
number
of
the
days
in
which
you
spied
out
the
land,
even
forty
days,
for
every
day
a
year,
you
will
bear
your
iniquities,
even
forty
years,
and
you
will
know
my alienation.’
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken.
I
will
surely
do
this
to
all
this
evil
congregation
who
are
gathered
together
against
me.
In
this
wilderness
they
shall
be
consumed,
and
there
they
shall
die.”
The
men
whom
Moses
sent
to
spy
out
the
land,
who
returned
and
made
all
the
congregation
to
murmur
against
him
by
bringing
up
an
evil
report
against
the
land,
even
those
men
who
brought up
an
evil
report
of
the
land,
died
by
the
plague
before
Yahweh.
But
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
and
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh remained
alive
of
those
men
who
went
to
spy
out
the
land.
Moses
told
these
words
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
the
people
mourned
greatly.
They
rose
up
early
in
the
morning
and
went
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain,
saying, “Behold,
we
are
here,
and
will
go
up
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
has
promised;
for
we
have
sinned.”
Moses
said, “Why
now
do
you disobey
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
since
it
shall
not
prosper?
Don’t
go
up,
for
Yahweh
isn’t
among
you;
that
way
you
won’t
be
struck
down
before
your
enemies.
For
there
the
Amalekite
and
the
Canaanite
are
before
you,
and
you
will
fall
by
the
sword
because
you
turned
back
from
following
Yahweh;
therefore
Yahweh
will
not
be
with
you.”
But
they presumed
to
go
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain. Nevertheless,
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
and
Moses
didn’t
depart
out
of
the
camp.
Then
the
Amalekites
came
down,
and
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
that
mountain,
and
struck
them
and
beat
them
down
even
to
Hormah.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
you
have
come
into
the
land
of
your
habitations,
which
I
give
to
you,
and
will
make
an
offering
by
fire
to
Yahweh—a
burnt
offering,
or
a
sacrifice,
to
accomplish
a
vow,
or
as
a free
will
offering,
or
in
your
set
feasts,
to
make
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh,
of
the
herd,
or
of
the
flock—
then
he
who
offers
his
offering
shall
offer
to
Yahweh
a
meal
offering
of
one
tenth
of
an ephah
15:4
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
one
fourth
of
a
hin
15:4
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
of
oil.
You shall
prepare
wine
for
the drink
offering,
one
fourth
of
a
hin,
with
the
burnt
offering
or
for
the
sacrifice,
for
each
lamb.
“‘For
a
ram,
you shall
prepare
for
a
meal
offering
two tenths
of
an ephah
15:6
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
the
third
part
of
a
hin
of
oil;
and
for
the drink
offering
you
shall
offer
the
third
part
of
a
hin
of
wine,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
When
you
prepare
a
bull
for
a
burnt
offering
or
for
a
sacrifice,
to
accomplish
a
vow,
or
for
peace
offerings
to
Yahweh,
then
he
shall
offer
with
the
bull
a
meal
offering
of
three tenths
of
an ephah
15:9
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
half
a
hin
of
oil;
and
you
shall
offer
for
the drink
offering
half
a
hin
of
wine,
for
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
Thus
it
shall
be
done
for
each
bull,
for
each
ram,
for
each
of
the
male
lambs,
or
of
the young
goats.
According
to
the
number
that
you
shall
prepare,
so
you
shall
do
to
everyone
according
to
their
number.
“‘All
who
are
native-born
shall
do
these
things
in
this
way,
in
offering
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
If
a
stranger
lives
as
a
foreigner
with
you,
or
whoever
may
be
among
you
throughout
your
generations,
and
will
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh,
as
you
do,
so
he
shall
do.
For
the
assembly,
there
shall
be
one
statute
for
you
and
for
the
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner,
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations.
As
you
are,
so
the
foreigner
shall
be
before
Yahweh.
One
law
and
one
ordinance
shall
be
for
you
and
for
the
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
with
you.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
you
come
into
the
land
where
I
bring
you,
then
it
shall
be
that
when
you
eat
of
the
bread
of
the
land,
you
shall
offer
up
a wave
offering
to
Yahweh.
Of
the
first
of
your
dough
you shall
offer
up
a
cake
for
a wave
offering.
As
the wave
offering
of
the
threshing
floor,
so
you shall
heave
it.
Of
the
first
of
your
dough,
you
shall
give
to
Yahweh
a wave
offering
throughout
your
generations.
“‘When
you err,
and
don’t
observe
all
these
commandments
which
Yahweh
has
spoken
to
Moses—
even
all
that
Yahweh
has
commanded
you
by
Moses,
from
the
day
that
Yahweh
gave
commandment
and
onward
throughout
your
generations—
then
it
shall
be,
if
it
was
done unwittingly, without
the
knowledge
of
the
congregation,
that
all
the
congregation
shall
offer
one
young
bull
for
a
burnt
offering,
for
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh,
with
its
meal
offering
and
its drink
offering,
according
to
the
ordinance,
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering.
The
priest
shall
make
atonement
for
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they
shall
be
forgiven;
for
it
was
an
error,
and
they
have
brought
their
offering,
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh,
and
their
sin
offering
before
Yahweh,
for
their
error.
All
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
shall
be
forgiven,
as well
as
the
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
among
them;
for
with regard
to
all
the
people,
it
was
done unwittingly.
“‘If
a
person
sins unwittingly,
then
he
shall
offer
a
female
goat
a
year
old
for
a
sin
offering.
The
priest
shall make
atonement
for
the
soul
who
errs
when
he
sins unwittingly
before
Yahweh.
He
shall make
atonement
for
him;
and
he
shall
be
forgiven.
You
shall
have
one
law
for
him
who
does anything unwittingly,
for
him
who
is
native-born
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
for
the
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
among
them.
“‘But
the
soul
who
does anything
with
a high
hand,
whether
he
is
native-born
or
a
foreigner, blasphemes
Yahweh.
That
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
his
people.
Because
he
has
despised
Yahweh’s
word,
and
has
broken
his
commandment,
that
soul
shall
be utterly
cut
off.
His
iniquity
shall
be
on
him.’”
While
the
children
of
Israel
were
in
the
wilderness,
they
found
a
man
gathering
sticks
on
the
Sabbath
day.
Those
who
found
him
gathering
sticks
brought
him
to
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
to
all
the
congregation.
They
put
him
in
custody,
because
it
had
not
been declared
what
should
be
done
to
him.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “The
man
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
All
the
congregation
shall
stone
him
with
stones
outside
of
the
camp.”
All
the
congregation
brought
him
outside
of
the
camp,
and
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them
that
they
should
make
themselves fringes
15:38
or, tassels (Hebrew צִיצִ֛ת)
on
the borders
of
their
garments
throughout
their
generations,
and
that
they
put
on
the fringe
15:38
or, tassel
of
each border
a
cord
of
blue.
It
shall
be
to
you
for
a fringe,
15:39
or, tassel
that
you
may
see
it,
and
remember
all
Yahweh’s
commandments,
and
do
them;
and
that
you
don’t
follow
your
own
heart
and
your
own
eyes,
after
which
you
used
to
play
the
prostitute;
so
that
you
may
remember
and
do
all
my
commandments,
and
be
holy
to
your
God.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
to
be
your
God:
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.”
Now
Korah,
the
son
of
Izhar,
the
son
of
Kohath,
the
son
of
Levi,
with
Dathan
and
Abiram,
the
sons
of
Eliab,
and
On,
the
son
of
Peleth,
sons
of
Reuben,
took some
men.
They
rose
up
before
Moses,
with
some
of
the
children
of
Israel,
two
hundred
fifty
princes
of
the
congregation,
called
to
the
assembly,
men
of
renown.
They
assembled
themselves
together
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron,
and
said
to
them, “You
take
too
much
on
yourself,
since
all
the
congregation
are
holy,
everyone
of
them,
and
Yahweh
is
among
them!
Why
do
you
lift
yourselves
up
above
Yahweh’s
assembly?”
When
Moses
heard
it,
he
fell
on
his
face.
He
said
to
Korah
and
to
all
his
company, “In
the
morning,
Yahweh
will
show
who
are
his,
and
who
is
holy,
and
will cause
him
to
come
near
to
him.
Even
him
whom
he
shall
choose,
he
will cause
to
come
near
to
him.
Do
this:
have
Korah
and
all
his
company
take
censers,
put
fire
in
them,
and
put
incense
on
them
before
Yahweh
tomorrow.
It
shall
be
that
the
man
whom
Yahweh
chooses,
he
shall
be
holy.
You
have
gone
too
far,
you
sons
of
Levi!”
Moses
said
to
Korah, “Hear
now,
you
sons
of
Levi!
Is
it
a
small
thing
to
you
that
the
God
of
Israel
has
separated
you
from
the
congregation
of
Israel,
to
bring
you
near
to
himself,
to
do
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
tabernacle,
and
to
stand
before
the
congregation
to
minister
to
them;
and
that
he
has
brought
you
near,
and
all
your
brothers
the
sons
of
Levi
with
you?
Do
you
seek
the
priesthood
also?
Therefore
you
and
all
your
company
have
gathered
together
against
Yahweh!
What
is
Aaron
that
you complain
against
him?”
Moses
sent
to
call
Dathan
and
Abiram,
the
sons
of
Eliab;
and
they
said, “We
won’t
come
up!
Is
it
a
small
thing
that
you
have
brought
us
up
out
of
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
to
kill
us
in
the
wilderness,
but
you
must
also
make
yourself
a prince
over
us?
Moreover
you
haven’t
brought
us
into
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
nor
given
us
inheritance
of
fields
and
vineyards.
Will
you
put
out
the
eyes
of
these
men?
We
won’t
come
up.”
Moses
was
very
angry,
and
said
to
Yahweh, “Don’t
respect
their
offering.
I
have
not
taken
one
donkey
from
them,
neither
have
I hurt
one
of
them.”
Moses
said
to
Korah, “You
and
all
your
company
go
before
Yahweh,
you,
and
they,
and
Aaron,
tomorrow.
Each
man
take
his
censer
and
put
incense
on
it,
and
each
man
bring
before
Yahweh
his
censer,
two
hundred
fifty
censers;
you
also,
and
Aaron,
each
with
his
censer.”
They
each
took
his
censer,
and
put
fire
in
it,
and
laid
incense
on
it,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
with
Moses
and
Aaron.
Korah
assembled
all
the
congregation
opposite
them
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Yahweh’s
glory
appeared
to
all
the
congregation.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“Separate
yourselves
from
among
this
congregation,
that
I may
consume
them
in
a
moment!”
They
fell
on
their
faces,
and
said, “God,
the
God
of
the
spirits
of
all
flesh,
shall
one
man
sin,
and
will
you
be
angry
with
all
the
congregation?”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
congregation,
saying, ‘Get
away
from
around
the tent
of
Korah,
Dathan,
and
Abiram!’”
Moses
rose
up
and
went
to
Dathan
and
Abiram;
and
the
elders
of
Israel
followed
him.
He
spoke
to
the
congregation,
saying, “Depart,
please,
from
the
tents
of
these
wicked
men,
and
touch
nothing
of theirs,
lest
you
be consumed
in
all
their
sins!”
So
they
went
away
from
the
tent
of
Korah,
Dathan,
and
Abiram,
on
every
side.
Dathan
and
Abiram
came
out,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
their
tents
with
their
wives,
their
sons,
and
their
little
ones.
Moses
said, “Hereby
you
shall
know
that
Yahweh
has
sent
me
to
do
all
these
works;
for
they
are
not
from
my own
mind.
If
these
men
die
the common
death
of
all
men,
or
if
they experience
what
all
men experience,
then
Yahweh
hasn’t
sent
me.
But
if
Yahweh
makes
a
new
thing,
and
the
ground
opens
its
mouth,
and
swallows
them
up
with
all
that
belong
to
them,
and
they
go
down
alive
into
Sheol,
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Sheol is the place of the dead.
then
you
shall
understand
that
these
men
have
despised
Yahweh.”
As
he
finished
speaking
all
these
words,
the
ground
that
was
under
them
split apart.
The
earth
opened
its
mouth
and
swallowed
them
up
with
their
households,
all
of
Korah’s
men,
and
all
their
goods.
So
they,
and
all
that belonged
to
them
went
down
alive
into
Sheol.
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Sheol is the place of the dead.
The
earth
closed
on
them,
and
they
perished
from
among
the
assembly.
All
Israel
that
were
around
them
fled
at
their
cry;
for
they
said, “Lest
the
earth
swallow
us
up!”
Fire
came
out
from
Yahweh,
and
devoured
the
two
hundred
fifty
men
who
offered
the
incense.
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
“Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy,
even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Yahweh. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.”
Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar,
to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!”
When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and Yahweh’s glory appeared.
Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces.
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, in addition to those who died about the matter of Korah.
Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of Israel,
and
take rods
from
them,
one
for each fathers’ house,
of all
their princes
according
to
their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s
name
on
his rod.
You
shall write Aaron’s name
on Levi’s rod.
There
shall
be
one rod
for each
head
of
their fathers’ houses.
You
shall lay
them
up
in
the Tent
of Meeting before
the covenant,
where
I meet
with
you.
It
shall
happen
that
the rod
of
the
man
whom
I
shall choose
shall bud.
I
will
make
the murmurings
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
they murmur
against
you, cease
from
me.”
Moses
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel;
and
all
their princes
gave
him rods,
for
each prince
one,
according
to
their fathers’ houses,
a
total
of twelve rods.
Aaron’s rod
was
among
their rods.
Moses laid
up
the rods
before
Yahweh
in
the
Tent
of
the Testimony.
On
the
next
day,
Moses
went
into
the
Tent
of
the Testimony;
and behold,
Aaron’s rod
for
the house
of Levi
had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms,
and bore ripe almonds.
Moses brought
out all
the rods
from
before
Yahweh
to all
the children
of Israel.
They looked,
and each man took
his rod.
Yahweh said
to Moses, “Put back
the rod
of Aaron
before
the covenant,
to
be kept
for
a token
against
the children
of rebellion;
that
you
may
make
an
end
of
their complaining
against
me,
that
they not
die.”
Moses did
so.
As
Yahweh
commanded
him,
so
he did.
The children
of
Israel
spoke
to
Moses,
saying, “Behold,
we perish!
We
are undone!
We
are
all undone!
Everyone
who keeps approaching Yahweh’s tabernacle,
dies!
Will
we all perish?”
Yahweh
said
to
Aaron, “You
and
your
sons
and
your
fathers’
house
with
you
shall
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
sanctuary;
and
you
and
your
sons
with
you
shall
bear
the
iniquity
of
your
priesthood.
Bring
your
brothers
also,
the
tribe
of
Levi,
the
tribe
of
your
father,
near
with
you,
that
they
may
be
joined
to
you,
and
minister
to
you;
but
you
and
your
sons
with
you
shall
be
before
the
Tent
of
the
Testimony.
They
shall
keep
your commands
and
the
duty
of
the
whole
Tent;
only
they
shall
not
come
near
to
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary
and
to
the
altar,
that
they
not
die,
neither
they
nor
you.
They
shall
be
joined
to
you
and
keep
the
responsibility
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
for
all
the
service
of
the
Tent.
A stranger
shall
not
come
near
to
you.
“You
shall
perform
the
duty
of
the
sanctuary
and
the
duty
of
the
altar,
that
there
be
no
more
wrath
on
the
children
of
Israel.
Behold,
I
myself
have
taken
your
brothers
the
Levites
from
among
the
children
of
Israel.
They
are
a
gift
to
you,
dedicated
to
Yahweh,
to
do
the
service
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
You
and
your
sons
with
you
shall
keep
your
priesthood
for
everything
of
the
altar,
and
for
that
within
the
veil.
You
shall
serve.
I
give
you
the
service
of
the
priesthood
as
a
gift.
The stranger
who
comes
near
shall
be
put
to
death.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Aaron, “Behold,
I
myself
have
given
you
the command
of
my wave
offerings,
even
all
the
holy
things
of
the
children
of
Israel.
I
have
given
them
to
you
by reason
of
the
anointing,
and
to
your
sons,
as
a
portion
forever.
This
shall
be yours
of
the
most
holy
things
from
the
fire:
every
offering
of theirs, even
every
meal
offering
of theirs,
and
every
sin
offering
of theirs,
and
every trespass
offering
of theirs,
which
they
shall
render
to
me,
shall
be
most
holy
for
you
and
for
your
sons.
You
shall
eat
of
it
like
the
most
holy
things.
Every
male
shall
eat
of
it.
It
shall
be
holy
to
you.
“This
is
yours, too:
the
wave
offering
of
their
gift,
even
all
the
wave
offerings
of
the
children
of
Israel.
I
have
given
them
to
you,
and
to
your
sons
and
to
your
daughters
with
you,
as
a
portion
forever.
Everyone
who
is
clean
in
your
house
shall
eat
of
it.
“I
have
given
to
you
all
the
best
of
the
oil,
all
the
best
of
the vintage,
and
of
the
grain,
the
first
fruits
of
them
which
they
give
to
Yahweh.
The first-ripe
fruits
of
all
that
is
in
their
land,
which
they
bring
to
Yahweh,
shall
be yours.
Everyone
who
is
clean
in
your
house
shall
eat
of
it.
“Everything
devoted
in
Israel
shall
be yours.
Everything
that opens
the
womb,
of
all
flesh
which
they
offer
to
Yahweh,
both
of
man
and
animal,
shall
be yours.
Nevertheless,
you
shall
surely
redeem
the
firstborn
of
man,
and
you
shall
redeem
the
firstborn
of
unclean
animals.
You
shall
redeem
those
who
are
to
be
redeemed
of
them
from
a
month
old, according
to
your estimation,
for
five
shekels
of
money, according
to
the
shekel
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
the
sanctuary,
which weighs
twenty
gerahs.
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A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.
“But
you
shall
not
redeem
the
firstborn
of
a cow,
or
the
firstborn
of
a
sheep,
or
the
firstborn
of
a
goat.
They
are
holy.
You
shall
sprinkle
their
blood
on
the
altar,
and
shall
burn
their
fat
for
an
offering made
by
fire,
for
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
Their
meat
shall
be yours,
as
the
wave
offering
breast
and
as
the
right
thigh,
it
shall
be yours.
All
the wave
offerings
of
the
holy
things
which
the
children
of
Israel
offer
to
Yahweh,
I
have
given
you
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters
with
you,
as
a
portion
forever.
It
is
a
covenant
of
salt
forever
before
Yahweh
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
with
you.”
Yahweh
said
to
Aaron, “You
shall
have
no
inheritance
in
their
land,
neither
shall
you
have
any
portion
among
them.
I
am
your
portion
and
your
inheritance
among
the
children
of
Israel.
“To
the
children
of
Levi,
behold,
I
have
given
all
the
tithe
in
Israel
for
an
inheritance,
in
return
for
their
service
which
they
serve,
even
the
service
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Henceforth
the
children
of
Israel
shall
not
come
near
the
Tent
of
Meeting, lest
they
bear
sin,
and
die.
But
the
Levites
shall
do
the
service
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
they
shall
bear
their
iniquity.
It
shall
be
a
statute
forever
throughout
your
generations.
Among
the
children
of
Israel,
they
shall
have
no
inheritance.
For
the
tithe
of
the
children
of
Israel,
which
they
offer
as
a wave
offering
to
Yahweh,
I
have
given
to
the
Levites
for
an
inheritance.
Therefore
I
have
said
to
them, ‘Among
the
children
of
Israel
they
shall
have
no
inheritance.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Moreover
you
shall
speak
to
the
Levites,
and
tell
them, ‘When
you
take
of
the
children
of
Israel
the
tithe
which
I
have
given
you
from
them
for
your
inheritance,
then
you
shall
offer
up
a wave
offering
of
it
for
Yahweh,
a
tithe
of
the
tithe.
Your wave
offering shall
be
credited
to
you,
as though
it were
the
grain
of
the
threshing
floor,
and
as
the fullness
of
the
wine
press.
Thus
you
also
shall
offer
a wave
offering
to
Yahweh
of
all
your
tithes,
which
you
receive
of
the
children
of
Israel;
and
of
it
you
shall
give
Yahweh’s wave
offering
to
Aaron
the
priest.
Out
of
all
your
gifts,
you
shall
offer
every wave
offering
to
Yahweh,
of
all
its
best parts,
even
the
holy
part
of
it.’
“Therefore
you
shall
tell
them, ‘When
you heave
its
best
from
it,
then
it
shall
be
credited
to
the
Levites
as
the
increase
of
the
threshing
floor,
and
as
the
increase
of
the
wine
press.
You
may
eat
it
anywhere,
you
and
your
households,
for
it
is
your
reward
in
return
for
your
service
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
You
shall
bear
no
sin
by
reason
of
it,
when
you
have heaved
from
it
its
best.
You
shall
not
profane
the
holy
things
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
you
not
die.’”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Aaron,
saying,
“This
is
the
statute
of
the
law
which
Yahweh
has
commanded.
Tell
the
children
of
Israel
to
bring
you
a
red
heifer
without
spot,
in
which
is
no
defect,
and
which
was
never yoked.
You
shall
give
her
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
he
shall
bring
her
outside
of
the
camp,
and
one
shall
kill
her
before
his
face.
Eleazar
the
priest
shall
take some
of
her
blood
with
his
finger,
and sprinkle
her
blood
toward
the
front
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting
seven
times.
One
shall
burn
the
heifer
in
his
sight;
her
skin,
and
her
meat,
and
her
blood,
with
her
dung,
shall
he
burn.
The
priest
shall
take
cedar
wood,
hyssop,
and
scarlet,
and
cast
it
into
the
middle
of
the
burning
of
the
heifer.
Then
the
priest
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
he
shall
bathe
his
flesh
in
water,
and
afterward
he
shall
come
into
the
camp,
and
the
priest
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
He who
burns
her
shall
wash
his
clothes
in
water,
and
bathe
his
flesh
in
water,
and
shall
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
“A
man
who
is
clean
shall
gather
up
the
ashes
of
the
heifer,
and
lay
them
up
outside
of
the
camp
in
a
clean
place;
and
it
shall
be
kept
for
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
for
use
in
water
for cleansing
impurity.
It
is
a
sin offering.
He
who
gathers
the
ashes
of
the
heifer
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
be
unclean
until
the
evening.
It
shall
be
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
to
the
stranger
who
lives
as
a
foreigner
among
them,
for
a
statute
forever.
“He
who
touches
the
dead
body
of
any
man
shall
be
unclean
seven
days.
He
shall
purify
himself
with water
on
the
third
day,
and
on
the
seventh
day
he
shall
be
clean;
but
if
he
doesn’t
purify
himself
the
third
day,
then
the
seventh
day
he
shall
not
be
clean.
Whoever
touches
a
dead
person,
the
body
of
a
man
who
has
died,
and
doesn’t
purify
himself,
defiles
Yahweh’s
tabernacle;
and
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
Israel;
because
the
water
for
impurity
was
not
sprinkled
on
him,
he
shall
be
unclean.
His
uncleanness
is
yet
on
him.
“This
is
the
law
when
a
man
dies
in
a
tent:
everyone
who
comes
into
the
tent,
and
everyone
who
is
in
the
tent,
shall
be
unclean
seven
days.
Every
open
vessel,
which
has
no
covering bound
on
it,
is
unclean.
“Whoever
in
the
open
field
touches
one
who
is
slain
with
a
sword,
or
a
dead
body,
or
a
bone
of
a
man,
or
a
grave,
shall
be
unclean
seven
days.
“For
the
unclean,
they
shall
take
of
the
ashes
of
the
burning
of
the
sin offering;
and running
water
shall
be poured
on
them
in
a
vessel.
A
clean
person
shall
take
hyssop,
dip
it
in
the
water,
and sprinkle
it
on
the
tent,
on
all
the
vessels,
on
the
persons
who
were
there,
and
on
him
who
touched
the
bone,
or
the
slain,
or
the
dead,
or
the
grave.
The
clean person
shall
sprinkle
on
the
unclean
on
the
third
day,
and
on
the
seventh
day.
On
the
seventh
day,
he
shall
purify
him.
He
shall
wash
his
clothes
and
bathe
himself
in
water,
and
shall
be
clean
at
evening.
But
the
man
who
shall
be
unclean,
and
shall
not
purify
himself,
that
soul
shall
be
cut
off
from
among
the
assembly,
because
he
has
defiled
the
sanctuary
of
Yahweh.
The
water
for
impurity
has
not
been
sprinkled
on
him.
He
is
unclean.
It
shall
be
a
perpetual
statute
to
them.
He who sprinkles
the
water
for
impurity
shall
wash
his
clothes,
and
he who
touches
the
water
for
impurity
shall
be
unclean
until
evening.
“Whatever
the
unclean
person
touches
shall
be
unclean;
and
the
soul
that
touches
it
shall
be
unclean
until
evening.”
The
children
of
Israel, even
the
whole
congregation,
came
into
the
wilderness
of
Zin
in
the
first
month.
The
people
stayed
in
Kadesh.
Miriam
died
there,
and
was
buried
there.
There
was
no
water
for
the
congregation;
and
they
assembled
themselves
together
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron.
The
people
quarreled
with
Moses,
and
spoke,
saying, “We wish
that
we
had
died
when
our
brothers
died
before
Yahweh!
Why
have
you
brought
Yahweh’s
assembly
into
this
wilderness,
that
we
should
die
there,
we
and
our animals?
Why
have
you
made
us
to
come
up
out
of
Egypt,
to
bring
us
in
to
this
evil
place?
It
is
no
place
of
seed,
or
of
figs,
or
of
vines,
or
of
pomegranates;
neither
is
there
any
water
to
drink.”
Moses
and
Aaron
went
from
the
presence
of
the
assembly
to
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
fell
on
their
faces.
Yahweh’s
glory
appeared
to
them.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Take
the
rod,
and
assemble
the
congregation,
you,
and
Aaron
your
brother,
and
speak
to
the
rock
before
their
eyes,
that
it pour
out
its
water.
You
shall
bring
water
to
them
out
of
the
rock;
so
you
shall
give
the
congregation
and
their livestock
drink.”
Moses
took
the
rod
from
before
Yahweh,
as
he
commanded
him.
Moses
and
Aaron
gathered
the
assembly
together
before
the
rock,
and
he
said
to
them, “Hear
now,
you
rebels!
Shall
we
bring
water
out
of
this
rock
for
you?”
Moses
lifted
up
his
hand,
and
struck
the
rock
with
his
rod
twice,
and
water
came
out
abundantly.
The
congregation
and
their livestock
drank.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses
and
Aaron, “Because
you
didn’t
believe
in
me,
to
sanctify
me
in
the
eyes
of
the
children
of
Israel,
therefore
you
shall
not
bring
this
assembly
into
the
land
which
I
have
given
them.”
These
are
the
waters
of
Meribah;
20:13
“Meribah” means “quarreling”.
because
the
children
of
Israel strove
with
Yahweh,
and
he
was
sanctified
in
them.
Moses
sent
messengers
from
Kadesh
to
the
king
of
Edom,
saying:
“Your
brother
Israel
says:
You
know
all
the travail
that
has
happened
to
us;
how
our
fathers
went
down
into
Egypt,
and
we
lived
in
Egypt
a
long
time.
The
Egyptians mistreated
us
and
our
fathers.
When
we
cried
to
Yahweh,
he
heard
our
voice,
sent
an
angel,
and
brought
us
out
of
Egypt.
Behold,
we
are
in
Kadesh,
a
city
in
the edge
of
your
border.
“Please
let
us
pass
through
your
land.
We
will
not
pass
through
field
or
through
vineyard,
neither
will
we
drink
from
the
water
of
the
wells.
We
will
go
along
the
king’s
highway.
We
will
not
turn
away
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left,
until
we
have
passed
your
border.”
Edom
said
to
him, “You
shall
not
pass
through
me,
lest
I
come
out
with
the
sword
against
you.”
The
children
of
Israel
said
to
him, “We
will
go
up
by
the
highway;
and
if
we
drink
your
water,
I
and
my
livestock,
then
I
will
give
its
price.
Only
let
me,
without
doing
anything else,
pass
through
on
my
feet.”
He
said, “You
shall
not
pass
through.”
Edom
came
out
against
him
with many
people,
and
with
a
strong
hand.
Thus
Edom
refused
to
give
Israel passage
through
his
border,
so
Israel
turned
away
from
him.
They
traveled
from
Kadesh,
and
the
children
of
Israel, even
the
whole
congregation,
came
to
Mount
Hor.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
Aaron
in
Mount
Hor,
by
the
border
of
the
land
of
Edom,
saying,
“Aaron
shall
be
gathered
to
his
people;
for
he
shall
not
enter
into
the
land
which
I
have
given
to
the
children
of
Israel,
because
you
rebelled
against
my
word
at
the
waters
of
Meribah.
Take
Aaron
and
Eleazar
his
son,
and
bring
them
up
to
Mount
Hor;
and
strip
Aaron
of
his
garments,
and
put
them
on
Eleazar
his
son.
Aaron
shall
be
gathered,
and
shall
die
there.”
Moses
did
as
Yahweh
commanded.
They
went
up
onto
Mount
Hor
in
the
sight
of
all
the
congregation.
Moses
stripped
Aaron
of
his
garments,
and
put
them
on
Eleazar
his
son.
Aaron
died
there
on
the
top
of
the
mountain,
and
Moses
and
Eleazar
came
down
from
the
mountain.
When
all
the
congregation
saw
that
Aaron
was dead,
they
wept
for
Aaron
thirty
days,
even
all
the
house
of
Israel.
The
Canaanite,
the
king
of
Arad,
who
lived
in
the
South,
heard
that
Israel
came
by
the
way
of
Atharim.
He
fought
against
Israel,
and
took
some
of
them
captive.
Israel
vowed
a
vow
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “If
you
will
indeed
deliver
this
people
into
my
hand,
then
I
will utterly
destroy
their
cities.”
Yahweh
listened
to
the
voice
of
Israel,
and
delivered
up
the
Canaanites;
and
they utterly destroyed
them
and
their
cities.
The
name
of
the
place
was
called
Hormah.
21:3
“Hormah” means “destruction”.
They
traveled
from
Mount
Hor
by
the
way
to
the Red
Sea,
to
go
around
the
land
of
Edom.
The
soul
of
the
people
was very discouraged because
of
the
journey.
The
people
spoke
against
God
and
against
Moses: “Why
have
you
brought
us
up
out
of
Egypt
to
die
in
the
wilderness?
For
there
is
no
bread,
there
is
no
water,
and
our
soul loathes
this disgusting
food!”
Yahweh
sent venomous
snakes
among
the
people,
and
they bit
the
people.
Many
people
of
Israel
died.
The
people
came
to
Moses,
and
said, “We
have
sinned,
because
we
have
spoken
against
Yahweh
and
against
you.
Pray
to
Yahweh,
that
he
take
away
the
serpents
from
us.”
Moses
prayed
for
the
people.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Make
a venomous snake,
and
set
it
on
a pole.
It
shall
happen
that
everyone
who
is bitten,
when
he
sees
it,
shall live.”
Moses
made
a
serpent
of
bronze,
and
set
it
on
the pole.
If
a
serpent
had bitten
any
man,
when
he
looked
at
the
serpent
of
bronze,
he
lived.
The
children
of
Israel
traveled,
and
encamped
in
Oboth.
They
traveled
from
Oboth,
and
encamped
at Iyeabarim,
in
the
wilderness
which
is
before
Moab,
toward
the
sunrise.
From
there
they
traveled,
and
encamped
in
the
valley of
Zered.
From
there
they
traveled,
and
encamped
on
the
other
side
of
the
Arnon,
which
is
in
the
wilderness
that
comes
out
of
the
border
of
the
Amorites;
for
the
Arnon
is
the
border
of
Moab,
between
Moab
and
the
Amorites.
Therefore
it
is
said
in
The
Book
of
the
Wars
of
Yahweh, “Vaheb
in Suphah,
the
valleys
of
the
Arnon,
the
slope
of
the
valleys
that
incline toward
the
dwelling
of
Ar,
leans
on
the
border
of
Moab.”
From
there
they traveled
to
Beer;
that
is
the
well
of
which
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Gather
the
people
together,
and
I
will
give
them
water.”
Then
Israel
sang
this
song:
“Spring
up,
well!
Sing
to
it,
the
well, which
the
princes
dug,
which
the
nobles
of
the
people
dug,
with
the
scepter,
and
with their poles.”
From
the
wilderness
they traveled
to
Mattanah;
and from
Mattanah
to
Nahaliel; and from
Nahaliel
to
Bamoth;
and
from
Bamoth
to
the
valley
that
is
in
the
field
of
Moab,
to
the
top
of
Pisgah,
which
looks
down
on
the
desert.
Israel
sent
messengers
to
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
saying,
“Let
me
pass
through
your
land.
We
will
not
turn
away
into
field
or
vineyard.
We
will
not
drink
of
the
water
of
the
wells.
We
will
go
by
the
king’s
highway,
until
we
have
passed
your
border.”
Sihon
would
not
allow
Israel
to
pass
through
his
border,
but
Sihon
gathered
all
his
people
together,
and
went
out
against
Israel
into
the
wilderness,
and
came
to
Jahaz.
He
fought
against
Israel.
Israel
struck
him
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
possessed
his
land
from
the
Arnon
to
the
Jabbok,
even
to
the
children
of
Ammon;
for
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ammon
was fortified.
Israel
took
all
these
cities.
Israel
lived
in
all
the
cities
of
the
Amorites,
in
Heshbon,
and
in
all
its
villages.
For
Heshbon
was
the
city
of
Sihon
the
king
of
the
Amorites,
who
had
fought
against
the
former
king
of
Moab,
and
taken
all
his
land
out
of
his
hand,
even
to
the
Arnon.
Therefore
those
who
speak
in proverbs
say,
“Come
to
Heshbon.
Let
the
city
of
Sihon
be
built
and
established;
for
a
fire
has
gone
out
of
Heshbon,
a
flame
from
the
city
of
Sihon.
It
has
devoured
Ar
of
Moab,
The
lords
of
the
high
places
of
the
Arnon.
Woe
to
you,
Moab!
You
are undone,
people
of
Chemosh!
He
has
given
his
sons
as
fugitives,
and
his
daughters
into
captivity,
to
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites.
We
have
shot
at
them.
Heshbon
has
perished
even
to
Dibon.
We
have
laid
waste
even
to
Nophah,
Which
reaches
to
Medeba.”
Thus
Israel
lived
in
the
land
of
the
Amorites.
Moses
sent
to
spy
out
Jazer.
They
took
its
villages,
and
drove
out
the
Amorites
who
were
there.
They
turned
and
went
up
by
the
way
of
Bashan.
Og
the
king
of
Bashan
went
out
against
them,
he
and
all
his
people,
to
battle
at
Edrei.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Don’t
fear
him,
for
I
have
delivered
him
into
your
hand,
with
all
his
people,
and
his
land.
You
shall
do
to
him
as
you
did
to
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
who
lived
at
Heshbon.”
So
they
struck
him,
with
his
sons
and
all
his
people,
until
there
were
no
survivors;
and
they
possessed
his
land.
The
children
of
Israel
traveled,
and
encamped
in
the
plains
of
Moab
beyond
the
Jordan
at
Jericho.
Balak
the
son
of
Zippor
saw
all
that
Israel
had
done
to
the
Amorites.
Moab
was
very
afraid
of
the
people,
because
they
were
many.
Moab
was distressed
because
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Moab
said
to
the
elders
of
Midian, “Now
this multitude
will
lick
up
all
that
is
around
us,
as
the
ox
licks
up
the
grass
of
the
field.”
Balak
the
son
of
Zippor
was
king
of
Moab
at
that
time.
He
sent
messengers
to
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor,
to Pethor,
which
is
by
the
River,
to
the
land
of
the
children
of
his
people,
to
call
him,
saying, “Behold,
there
is
a
people
who
came
out
of
Egypt.
Behold,
they
cover
the
surface
of
the
earth,
and
they
are
staying
opposite
me.
Please
come
now
therefore,
and
curse
this
people
for
me;
for
they
are
too
mighty
for
me.
Perhaps
I
shall
prevail,
that
we
may
strike
them,
and
that
I
may
drive
them
out
of
the
land;
for
I
know
that
he
whom
you
bless
is
blessed,
and
he
whom
you
curse
is
cursed.”
The
elders
of
Moab
and
the
elders
of
Midian
departed
with
the rewards
of
divination
in
their
hand.
They
came
to
Balaam,
and
spoke
to
him
the
words
of
Balak.
He
said
to
them, “Lodge
here
this
night,
and
I
will
bring
you
word
again,
as
Yahweh
shall
speak
to
me.”
The
princes
of
Moab
stayed
with
Balaam.
God
came
to
Balaam,
and
said, “Who
are
these
men
with
you?”
Balaam
said
to
God, “Balak
the
son
of
Zippor,
king
of
Moab,
has
said
to
me,
‘Behold,
the
people
that
has
come
out
of
Egypt
covers
the
surface
of
the
earth.
Now,
come
curse
them
for
me.
Perhaps
I
shall
be
able
to
fight
against
them,
and
shall
drive
them
out.’”
God
said
to
Balaam, “You
shall
not go
with
them.
You
shall
not
curse
the
people,
for
they
are
blessed.”
Balaam
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
said
to
the
princes
of
Balak, “Go
to
your
land;
for
Yahweh
refuses
to
permit
me
to
go
with
you.”
The
princes
of
Moab
rose
up,
and
they
went
to
Balak,
and
said, “Balaam
refuses
to
come
with
us.”
Balak
again
sent
princes,
more,
and
more
honorable
than
they.
They
came
to
Balaam,
and
said
to
him, “Balak
the
son
of
Zippor
says, ‘Please
let
nothing
hinder
you
from
coming
to
me,
for
I
will
promote
you
to
very
great
honor,
and
whatever
you
say
to
me
I
will
do.
Please
come
therefore,
and
curse
this
people
for
me.’”
Balaam
answered
the
servants
of
Balak, “If
Balak
would
give
me
his
house
full
of
silver
and
gold,
I
can’t
go
beyond
the
word
of
Yahweh
my
God,
to
do
less
or
more.
Now
therefore
please
stay
here
tonight
as
well,
that
I
may
know
what
else
Yahweh
will
speak
to
me.”
God
came
to
Balaam
at
night,
and
said
to
him, “If
the
men
have
come
to
call
you,
rise
up,
go
with
them;
but
only
the
word
which
I
speak
to
you,
that
you
shall
do.”
Balaam
rose
up
in
the
morning,
and
saddled
his
donkey,
and
went
with
the
princes
of
Moab.
God’s
anger
burned
because
he
went;
and
Yahweh’s
angel
placed
himself
in
the
way
as
an
adversary
against
him.
Now
he
was
riding
on
his
donkey,
and
his
two
servants
were
with
him.
The
donkey
saw
Yahweh’s
angel
standing
in
the
way,
with
his
sword
drawn
in
his
hand;
and
the
donkey
turned
out
of
the
path,
and went
into
the
field.
Balaam
struck
the
donkey,
to
turn
her
into
the
path.
Then
Yahweh’s
angel
stood
in
a
narrow
path between
the
vineyards,
a
wall being
on
this
side,
and
a
wall
on
that
side.
The
donkey
saw
Yahweh’s
angel,
and she
thrust herself
to
the
wall,
and crushed
Balaam’s
foot
against
the
wall.
He
struck
her
again.
Yahweh’s
angel
went
further,
and
stood
in
a narrow
place,
where
there
was
no
way
to
turn either
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left.
The
donkey
saw
Yahweh’s
angel,
and she
lay
down
under
Balaam.
Balaam’s
anger
burned,
and
he
struck
the
donkey
with
his
staff.
Yahweh
opened
the
mouth
of
the
donkey,
and
she
said
to
Balaam, “What
have
I
done
to
you,
that
you
have
struck
me
these
three
times?”
Balaam
said
to
the
donkey, “Because
you
have mocked
me,
I wish
there
were
a
sword
in
my
hand,
for
now
I
would
have
killed
you.”
The
donkey
said
to
Balaam, “Am
I
not
your
donkey,
on
which
you
have
ridden
all
your
life
long
until
today?
Was
I
ever
in
the habit
of
doing
so
to
you?”
He
said, “No.”
Then
Yahweh
opened
the
eyes
of
Balaam,
and
he
saw
Yahweh’s
angel
standing
in
the
way,
with
his
sword
drawn
in
his
hand;
and
he
bowed
his head,
and fell
on
his
face.
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
him, “Why
have
you
struck
your
donkey
these
three
times?
Behold,
I
have
come
out
as
an
adversary,
because
your
way
is perverse
before
me.
The
donkey
saw
me,
and
turned
away
before
me
these
three
times.
Unless
she
had
turned
away
from
me,
surely
now
I would
have
killed
you,
and saved
her
alive.”
Balaam
said
to
Yahweh’s
angel, “I
have
sinned;
for
I
didn’t
know
that
you
stood
in
the
way
against
me.
Now
therefore,
if
it
displeases
you,
I
will
go
back
again.”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
Balaam, “Go
with
the
men;
but
you
shall
only
speak
the
word
that
I
shall
speak
to
you.”
So
Balaam
went
with
the
princes
of
Balak.
When
Balak
heard
that
Balaam
had
come,
he
went
out
to
meet
him
to
the
City
of
Moab,
which
is
on
the
border
of
the
Arnon,
which
is
in
the utmost
part
of
the
border.
Balak
said
to
Balaam, “Didn’t
I earnestly
send
for
you
to
summon
you?
Why
didn’t
you
come
to
me?
Am
I
not
able
indeed
to promote
you
to
honor?”
Balaam
said
to
Balak, “Behold,
I
have
come
to
you.
Have
I
now
any power
at
all
to
speak
anything?
I
will
speak
the
word
that
God
puts
in
my
mouth.”
Balaam
went
with
Balak,
and
they
came
to Kiriath Huzoth.
Balak
sacrificed
cattle
and
sheep,
and
sent
to
Balaam,
and
to
the
princes
who
were
with
him.
In
the
morning,
Balak
took
Balaam,
and
brought
him
up
into
the high places
of Baal;
and
he
saw
from
there part
of
the
people.
Balaam
said
to
Balak, “Build
here
seven
altars
for
me,
and
prepare
here
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams
for
me.”
Balak
did
as
Balaam
had
spoken;
and
Balak
and
Balaam
offered
on every
altar
a
bull
and
a
ram.
Balaam
said
to
Balak, “Stand
by
your
burnt
offering,
and
I
will go.
Perhaps
Yahweh
will
come
to
meet
me.
Whatever
he
shows
me
I
will
tell
you.”
He
went
to
a
bare height.
God
met
Balaam,
and
he
said
to
him, “I
have prepared
the
seven
altars,
and
I
have
offered
up
a
bull
and
a
ram
on every
altar.”
Yahweh
put
a
word
in
Balaam’s
mouth,
and
said, “Return
to
Balak,
and
thus
you
shall
speak.”
He
returned
to
him,
and
behold,
he
was
standing
by
his
burnt offering,
he,
and
all
the
princes
of
Moab.
He
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“From
Aram
has
Balak
brought
me,
the
king
of
Moab
from
the
mountains
of
the
East.
Come,
curse
Jacob
for
me.
Come, defy
Israel.
How
shall
I
curse
whom
God
has
not
cursed?
How
shall
I defy
whom
Yahweh
has
not defied?
For
from
the
top
of
the
rocks
I
see
him.
From
the
hills
I
see
him.
Behold,
it
is
a
people
that
dwells
alone,
and
shall
not
be listed
among
the
nations.
Who
can
count
the
dust
of
Jacob,
or
count
the
fourth
part
of
Israel?
Let
me
die
the
death
of
the righteous!
Let
my
last
end
be
like
his!”
Balak
said
to
Balaam, “What
have
you
done
to
me?
I
took
you
to
curse
my
enemies,
and
behold,
you
have
blessed
them altogether.”
He
answered
and
said, “Must
I
not
take
heed
to
speak
that
which
Yahweh
puts
in
my
mouth?”
Balak
said
to
him, “Please come
with
me
to
another
place,
where
you
may
see
them.
You
shall
see
just part
of
them,
and
shall
not
see
them
all.
Curse
them
from
there
for
me.”
He
took
him
into
the
field
of
Zophim,
to
the
top
of
Pisgah,
and
built
seven
altars,
and
offered
up
a
bull
and
a
ram
on
every
altar.
He
said
to
Balak, “Stand
here
by
your
burnt offering,
while
I
meet
God
over
there.”
Yahweh
met
Balaam,
and
put
a
word
in
his
mouth,
and
said, “Return
to
Balak,
and
say
this.”
He
came
to
him,
and
behold,
he
was
standing
by
his
burnt
offering,
and
the
princes
of
Moab
with
him.
Balak
said
to
him, “What
has
Yahweh
spoken?”
He
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“Rise
up,
Balak,
and
hear!
Listen
to
me,
you
son
of
Zippor.
God
is
not
a
man,
that
he
should
lie,
nor
a
son
of
man,
that
he
should
repent.
Has
he
said,
and
he
won’t
do
it?
Or
has
he
spoken,
and
he
won’t
make
it
good?
Behold,
I
have
received
a command
to
bless.
He
has
blessed,
and
I
can’t
reverse
it.
He
has
not
seen
iniquity
in
Jacob.
Neither
has
he
seen perverseness
in
Israel.
Yahweh
his
God
is
with
him.
The
shout
of
a
king
is
among
them.
God
brings
them
out
of
Egypt.
He
has
as it
were
the strength
of
the
wild
ox.
Surely there
is
no enchantment
with
Jacob;
neither
is there
any
divination
with
Israel.
Now
it
shall
be
said
of
Jacob
and
of
Israel,
‘What
has
God
done!’
Behold,
a
people
rises
up
as
a
lioness.
As
a
lion
he
lifts
himself
up.
He
shall
not
lie
down
until
he
eats
of
the
prey,
and
drinks
the
blood
of
the
slain.”
Balak
said
to
Balaam, “Neither
curse
them
at
all,
nor
bless
them
at
all.”
But
Balaam
answered
Balak, “Didn’t
I
tell
you,
saying, ‘All
that
Yahweh
speaks,
that
I
must
do?’”
Balak
said
to
Balaam, “Come
now,
I
will
take
you
to
another
place;
perhaps
it
will
please
God
that
you
may
curse
them
for
me
from
there.”
Balak
took
Balaam
to
the
top
of
Peor, that
looks
down
on
the
desert.
Balaam
said
to
Balak, “Build
seven
altars
for
me
here,
and
prepare
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams
for
me
here.”
Balak
did
as
Balaam
had
said,
and
offered
up
a
bull
and
a
ram
on every
altar.
When
Balaam
saw
that
it
pleased
Yahweh
to
bless
Israel,
he
didn’t
go,
as
at
the
other
times,
to use divination,
but
he
set
his
face
toward
the
wilderness.
Balaam
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
he
saw
Israel
dwelling
according
to
their
tribes;
and
the
Spirit
of
God
came
on
him.
He
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
says,
the
man
whose
eyes
are open
says;
he
says,
who
hears
the
words
of
God,
who
sees
the
vision
of
the
Almighty,
falling
down,
and having
his
eyes
open:
How goodly
are
your
tents,
Jacob,
and
your
dwellings,
Israel!
As
valleys
they
are
spread
out,
as
gardens
by
the riverside,
as
aloes
which
Yahweh
has
planted,
as
cedar trees
beside
the
waters.
Water
shall
flow
from
his
buckets.
His
seed
shall
be
in
many
waters.
His
king
shall
be
higher
than
Agag.
His
kingdom
shall
be
exalted.
God
brings
him
out
of
Egypt.
He
has
as
it
were
the
strength
of
the
wild
ox.
He
shall
consume
the
nations
his adversaries,
shall break
their
bones
in pieces,
and pierce
them
with
his
arrows.
He couched,
he
lay
down
as
a
lion,
as
a
lioness;
who
shall
rouse
him
up?
Everyone
who
blesses
you
is
blessed.
Everyone
who
curses
you
is
cursed.”
Balak’s
anger
burned
against
Balaam,
and
he
struck
his
hands
together.
Balak
said
to
Balaam, “I
called
you
to
curse
my
enemies,
and,
behold,
you
have altogether
blessed
them
these
three
times.
Therefore,
flee
to
your
place,
now!
I
thought
to promote
you
to great
honor;
but,
behold,
Yahweh
has
kept
you
back
from
honor.”
Balaam
said
to
Balak, “Didn’t
I
also
tell
your
messengers
whom
you
sent
to
me,
saying,
‘If
Balak
would
give
me
his
house
full
of
silver
and
gold,
I
can’t
go
beyond
Yahweh’s
word,
to
do
either
good
or
bad
from
my own
mind.
I
will
say
what
Yahweh says’?
Now,
behold,
I
go
to
my
people.
Come,
I
will inform
you
what
this
people
shall
do
to
your
people
in
the
latter
days.”
He
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
says,
the
man
whose
eyes
are open
says;
he
says,
who
hears
the
words
of
God,
knows
the
knowledge
of
the Most High,
and
who
sees
the
vision
of
the
Almighty,
falling
down,
and having
his
eyes
open:
I
see
him,
but
not
now.
I
see
him,
but
not
near.
A
star
will
come
out
of
Jacob.
A
scepter
will
rise
out
of
Israel,
and
shall strike
through
the
corners
of
Moab,
and
crush
all
the
sons
of Sheth.
Edom
shall
be
a possession.
Seir,
his
enemy,
also
shall
be
a possession,
while
Israel
does
valiantly.
Out of
Jacob
shall one have
dominion,
and
shall
destroy
the
remnant
from
the
city.”
He
looked
at
Amalek,
and
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“Amalek
was
the
first
of
the
nations,
but
his
latter
end
shall
come
to
destruction.”
He
looked
at
the
Kenite,
and
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“Your
dwelling
place
is strong.
Your
nest
is
set
in
the
rock.
Nevertheless
Kain
shall
be wasted,
until
Asshur carries
you
away
captive.”
He
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“Alas,
who
shall
live
when
God does this?
But
ships
shall come
from
the
coast
of
Kittim.
They
shall
afflict
Asshur,
and
shall
afflict
Eber.
He
also
shall come
to
destruction.”
Balaam
rose
up,
and
went
and
returned
to
his
place;
and
Balak
also
went
his
way.
Israel
stayed
in
Shittim;
and
the
people
began
to
play
the
prostitute
with
the
daughters
of
Moab;
for
they
called
the
people
to
the
sacrifices
of
their
gods.
The
people
ate
and
bowed
down
to
their
gods.
Israel
joined himself
to
Baal
Peor,
and
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Take
all
the
chiefs
of
the
people,
and
hang
them
up
to
Yahweh
before
the
sun,
that
the
fierce
anger
of
Yahweh
may
turn
away
from
Israel.”
Moses
said
to
the
judges
of
Israel, “Everyone
kill
his
men
who
have
joined themselves
to
Baal
Peor.”
Behold,
one
of
the
children
of
Israel
came
and
brought
to
his
brothers
a
Midianite
woman
in
the
sight
of
Moses,
and
in
the
sight
of
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
while
they
were
weeping
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
When
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest,
saw
it,
he
rose
up
from
the
middle
of
the
congregation,
and
took
a
spear
in
his
hand.
He
went
after
the
man
of
Israel
into
the pavilion,
and
thrust
both
of
them
through,
the
man
of
Israel,
and
the
woman
through
her body.
So
the
plague
was
stopped
among
the
children
of
Israel.
Those who
died
by
the
plague
were
twenty-four
thousand.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest,
has
turned
my
wrath
away
from
the
children
of
Israel,
in
that
he
was
jealous
with
my
jealousy
among
them,
so
that
I
didn’t
consume
the
children
of
Israel
in
my
jealousy.
Therefore
say, ‘Behold,
I
give
to
him
my
covenant
of
peace.
It
shall
be
to
him,
and
to
his
offspring
after
him,
the
covenant
of
an
everlasting
priesthood,
because
he
was
jealous
for
his
God,
and
made
atonement
for
the
children
of
Israel.’”
Now
the
name
of
the
man
of
Israel
that
was
slain,
who
was
slain
with
the
Midianite
woman,
was
Zimri,
the
son
of Salu,
a
prince
of
a
fathers’
house
among
the
Simeonites.
The
name
of
the
Midianite
woman
who
was
slain
was
Cozbi,
the
daughter
of
Zur.
He
was
head
of
the
people
of
a
fathers’
house
in
Midian.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Harass
the
Midianites,
and
strike
them;
for
they harassed
you
with
their wiles,
wherein
they
have
deceived
you
in
the
matter
of
Peor,
and
in
the incident
regarding
Cozbi,
the
daughter
of
the
prince
of
Midian,
their
sister,
who
was
slain
on
the
day
of
the
plague
in
the
matter
of
Peor.”
After
the plague,
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
and
to
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
the
priest,
saying,
“Take
a
census
of
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
by
their
fathers’
houses,
all
who
are able
to
go
out
to
war
in
Israel.”
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
spoke
with
them
in
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho,
saying,
“Take
a census,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses
and
the
children
of
Israel.”
These
are
those
who
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
Reuben,
the
firstborn
of
Israel;
the
sons
of
Reuben:
of
Hanoch,
the
family
of
the
Hanochites;
of
Pallu,
the
family
of
the Palluites;
of
Hezron,
the
family
of
the
Hezronites;
of
Carmi,
the
family
of
the
Carmites.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Reubenites;
and
those
who
were
counted
of
them
were forty-three
thousand
seven
hundred
thirty.
The
son
of
Pallu:
Eliab.
The
sons
of
Eliab:
Nemuel,
Dathan,
and
Abiram.
These
are
that
Dathan
and
Abiram
who
were
called
by
the
congregation,
who
rebelled
against
Moses
and
against
Aaron
in
the
company
of
Korah
when
they
rebelled
against
Yahweh;
and
the
earth
opened
its
mouth,
and
swallowed
them
up
together
with
Korah
when
that
company
died;
at
the
time
the
fire
devoured
two
hundred
fifty
men,
and
they
became
a sign.
Notwithstanding,
the
sons
of
Korah
didn’t
die.
The
sons
of
Simeon after their
families:
of
Nemuel,
the
family
of
the
Nemuelites;
of
Jamin,
the
family
of
the
Jaminites;
of
Jachin,
the
family
of
the
Jachinites;
of
Zerah,
the
family
of
the
Zerahites;
of
Shaul,
the
family
of
the
Shaulites.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Simeonites,
twenty-two
thousand
two
hundred.
The
sons
of
Gad after their
families:
of
Zephon,
the
family
of
the
Zephonites;
of
Haggi,
the
family
of
the
Haggites;
of
Shuni,
the
family
of
the
Shunites;
of Ozni,
the
family
of
the Oznites;
of
Eri,
the
family
of
the
Erites;
of
Arod,
the
family
of
the
Arodites;
of
Areli,
the
family
of
the
Arelites.
These
are
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Gad according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
forty
thousand
and
five
hundred.
The
sons
of
Judah:
Er
and
Onan.
Er
and
Onan
died
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
The
sons
of
Judah
after
their
families
were:
of
Shelah,
the
family
of
the
Shelanites;
of
Perez,
the
family
of
the
Perezites;
of
Zerah,
the
family
of
the
Zerahites.
The
sons
of
Perez
were:
of
Hezron,
the
family
of
the
Hezronites;
of
Hamul,
the
family
of
the
Hamulites.
These
are
the
families
of
Judah according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
them, seventy-six
thousand
five
hundred.
The
sons
of
Issachar after their
families:
of
Tola,
the
family
of
the
Tolaites;
of
Puvah,
the
family
of
the
Punites;
of
Jashub,
the
family
of
the
Jashubites;
of
Shimron,
the
family
of
the
Shimronites.
These
are
the
families
of
Issachar according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
them, sixty-four
thousand
three
hundred.
The
sons
of
Zebulun after their
families:
of
Sered,
the
family
of
the
Seredites;
of
Elon,
the
family
of
the
Elonites;
of
Jahleel,
the
family
of
the
Jahleelites.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Zebulunites according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
sixty
thousand
five
hundred.
The
sons
of
Joseph after their
families:
Manasseh
and
Ephraim.
The
sons
of
Manasseh:
of
Machir,
the
family
of
the
Machirites;
and
Machir
became
the
father
of
Gilead;
of
Gilead,
the
family
of
the
Gileadites.
These
are
the
sons
of
Gilead:
of
Iezer,
the
family
of
the
Iezerites;
of
Helek,
the
family
of
the
Helekites;
and
Asriel,
the
family
of
the
Asrielites;
and
Shechem,
the
family
of
the
Shechemites;
and
Shemida,
the
family
of
the
Shemidaites;
and
Hepher,
the
family
of
the
Hepherites.
Zelophehad
the
son
of
Hepher
had
no
sons,
but
daughters:
and
the
names
of
the
daughters
of
Zelophehad
were
Mahlah,
Noah,
Hoglah,
Milcah,
and
Tirzah.
These
are
the
families
of
Manasseh.
Those
who
were
counted
of
them
were
fifty-two
thousand
seven
hundred.
These
are
the
sons
of
Ephraim after their
families:
of
Shuthelah,
the
family
of
the
Shuthelahites;
of
Becher,
the
family
of
the
Becherites;
of
Tahan,
the
family
of
the
Tahanites.
These
are
the
sons
of
Shuthelah:
of
Eran,
the
family
of
the
Eranites.
These
are
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Ephraim according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
them, thirty-two
thousand
five
hundred.
These
are
the
sons
of
Joseph after
their
families.
The
sons
of
Benjamin after their
families:
of
Bela,
the
family
of
the
Belaites;
of
Ashbel,
the
family
of
the
Ashbelites;
of
Ahiram,
the
family
of
the
Ahiramites;
of Shephupham,
the
family
of
the
Shuphamites;
of
Hupham,
the
family
of
the
Huphamites.
The
sons
of
Bela
were
Ard
and
Naaman:
the
family
of
the
Ardites;
and
of
Naaman,
the
family
of
the
Naamites.
These
are
the
sons
of
Benjamin after
their
families;
and
those
who
were
counted
of
them
were
forty-five
thousand
six
hundred.
These
are
the
sons
of
Dan after
their
families:
of
Shuham,
the
family
of
the
Shuhamites.
These
are
the
families
of
Dan after
their
families.
All
the
families
of
the
Shuhamites, according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
them,
were sixty-four
thousand
four
hundred.
The
sons
of
Asher after their
families:
of
Imnah,
the
family
of
the
Imnites;
of
Ishvi,
the
family
of
the
Ishvites;
of
Beriah,
the
family
of
the Berites.
Of
the
sons
of
Beriah:
of
Heber,
the
family
of
the
Heberites;
of
Malchiel,
the
family
of
the
Malchielites.
The
name
of
the
daughter
of
Asher
was
Serah.
These
are
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Asher according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
them, fifty-three
thousand
four
hundred.
The
sons
of
Naphtali after their
families:
of
Jahzeel,
the
family
of
the
Jahzeelites;
of
Guni,
the
family
of
the
Gunites;
of
Jezer,
the
family
of
the
Jezerites;
of
Shillem,
the
family
of
the
Shillemites.
These
are
the
families
of
Naphtali according
to
their
families;
and
those
who
were
counted
of
them
were
forty-five
thousand
four
hundred.
These
are
those
who
were
counted
of
the
children
of
Israel,
six
hundred
one
thousand
seven
hundred
thirty.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“To
these
the
land
shall
be
divided
for an
inheritance according
to
the
number
of
names.
To
the
more
you
shall
give
the
more
inheritance,
and
to
the fewer
you
shall
give
the
less
inheritance.
To
everyone
according
to
those
who
were
counted
of
him
shall
his
inheritance
be
given.
Notwithstanding,
the
land
shall
be
divided
by
lot. According
to
the
names
of
the
tribes
of
their
fathers
they
shall
inherit.
According
to
the
lot
shall
their
inheritance
be
divided
between
the
more
and
the fewer.”
These
are
those
who
were
counted
of
the
Levites after
their
families:
of
Gershon,
the
family
of
the
Gershonites;
of
Kohath,
the
family
of
the
Kohathites;
of
Merari,
the
family
of
the
Merarites.
These
are
the
families
of
Levi:
the
family
of
the Libnites,
the
family
of
the
Hebronites,
the
family
of
the
Mahlites,
the
family
of
the
Mushites,
and
the
family
of
the
Korahites.
Kohath
became
the
father
of
Amram.
The
name
of
Amram’s
wife
was
Jochebed,
the
daughter
of
Levi,
who
was
born
to
Levi
in
Egypt.
She
bore
to
Amram
Aaron
and
Moses,
and
Miriam
their
sister.
To
Aaron
were
born
Nadab
and
Abihu,
Eleazar
and
Ithamar.
Nadab
and
Abihu
died
when
they
offered
strange
fire
before
Yahweh.
Those
who
were
counted
of
them
were twenty-three
thousand,
every
male
from
a
month
old
and
upward;
for
they
were
not
counted
among
the
children
of
Israel,
because
there
was
no
inheritance
given
them
among
the
children
of
Israel.
These
are
those
who
were
counted
by
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
who
counted
the
children
of
Israel
in
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho.
But
among
these
there
was
not
a
man
of
them
who
were
counted
by
Moses
and
Aaron
the
priest,
who
counted
the
children
of
Israel
in
the
wilderness
of
Sinai.
For
Yahweh
had
said
of
them, “They
shall
surely
die
in
the
wilderness.”
There
was
not
a
man
left
of
them,
except
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh,
and
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun.
Then
the
daughters
of
Zelophehad,
the
son
of
Hepher,
the
son
of
Gilead,
the
son
of
Machir,
the
son
of
Manasseh,
of
the
families
of
Manasseh
the
son
of
Joseph
came
near.
These
are
the
names
of
his
daughters:
Mahlah,
Noah,
Hoglah,
Milcah,
and
Tirzah.
They
stood
before
Moses,
before
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
before
the
princes
and
all
the
congregation,
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
saying,
“Our
father
died
in
the
wilderness.
He
was
not
among
the
company
of
those
who
gathered
themselves
together
against
Yahweh
in
the
company
of
Korah,
but
he
died
in
his
own
sin.
He
had
no
sons.
Why
should
the
name
of
our
father
be
taken
away
from
among
his
family,
because
he
had
no
son?
Give
to
us
a
possession
among
the
brothers
of
our
father.”
Moses
brought
their cause
before
Yahweh.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“The
daughters
of
Zelophehad
speak
right.
You
shall
surely
give
them
a
possession
of
an
inheritance
among
their
father’s
brothers.
You
shall
cause
the
inheritance
of
their
father
to
pass
to
them.
You
shall
speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘If
a
man
dies,
and
has
no
son,
then
you
shall cause
his
inheritance
to
pass
to
his
daughter.
If
he
has
no
daughter,
then
you
shall
give
his
inheritance
to
his
brothers.
If
he
has
no
brothers,
then
you
shall
give
his
inheritance
to
his
father’s
brothers.
If
his
father
has
no
brothers,
then
you
shall
give
his
inheritance
to
his
kinsman
who
is
next
to
him
of
his
family,
and
he
shall
possess
it.
This
shall
be
a
statute
and
ordinance
for
the
children
of
Israel,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.’”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Go
up
into
this
mountain
of
Abarim,
and
see
the
land
which
I
have
given
to
the
children
of
Israel.
When
you
have
seen
it,
you
also
shall
be
gathered
to
your
people,
as
Aaron
your
brother
was
gathered;
because
in
the
strife
of
the
congregation,
you
rebelled
against
my
word
in
the
wilderness
of
Zin,
to honor
me
as
holy
at
the
waters
before
their
eyes.” (These
are
the
waters
of
Meribah
of
Kadesh
in
the
wilderness
of
Zin.)
Moses
spoke
to
Yahweh,
saying,
“Let
Yahweh,
the
God
of
the
spirits
of
all
flesh,
appoint
a
man
over
the
congregation,
who
may
go
out
before
them,
and
who
may
come
in
before
them,
and
who
may
lead
them
out,
and
who
may
bring
them
in,
that
the
congregation
of
Yahweh
may
not
be
as
sheep
which
have
no
shepherd.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Take
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
a
man
in
whom
is
the
Spirit,
and
lay
your
hand
on
him.
Set
him
before
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
before
all
the
congregation;
and
commission
him
in
their
sight.
You
shall
give
authority
to
him,
that
all
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
may
obey.
He
shall
stand
before
Eleazar
the
priest,
who
shall
inquire
for
him
by
the
judgment
of
the
Urim
before
Yahweh.
At
his
word
they
shall
go
out,
and
at
his
word
they
shall
come
in,
both
he
and
all
the
children
of
Israel
with
him,
even
all
the
congregation.”
Moses
did
as
Yahweh
commanded
him.
He
took
Joshua,
and
set
him
before
Eleazar
the
priest
and
before
all
the
congregation.
He
laid
his
hands
on
him
and
commissioned
him,
as
Yahweh
spoke
by
Moses.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Command
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘See
that
you
present
my
offering,
my
food
for
my
offerings
made
by
fire,
as
a pleasant
aroma
to
me,
in
their due
season.’
You
shall
tell
them, ‘This
is
the
offering
made
by
fire
which
you
shall
offer
to
Yahweh:
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect,
two
day
by
day,
for
a
continual
burnt
offering.
You shall
offer
the
one
lamb
in
the
morning,
and
you shall
offer
the
other
lamb
at
evening,
with one
tenth
of
an
ephah
28:5
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
for
a
meal
offering,
mixed
with
the
fourth part
of
a
hin
28:5
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
of
beaten
oil.
It
is
a
continual
burnt
offering
which
was ordained
in
Mount
Sinai
for
a pleasant
aroma,
an
offering
made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
Its
drink
offering
shall
be
the
fourth part
of
a
hin
28:7
One hin is about 6.5 liters, so 1/4 hin is about 1.6 liters or 1.7 quarts.
for
each
lamb. You
shall
pour out
a
drink
offering
of
strong
drink
to
Yahweh
in
the
holy
place.
The
other
lamb
you
shall
offer
at
evening.
As
the
meal
offering
of
the
morning,
and
as
its drink
offering,
you
shall
offer
it,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
for
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
“‘On
the
Sabbath
day,
you
shall offer
two
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect,
and
two tenths
of
an ephah
28:9
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
for
a
meal
offering
mixed
with
oil,
and its drink
offering:
this
is
the
burnt offering
of
every
Sabbath,
in
addition
to
the
continual
burnt offering
and
its drink offering.
“‘In
the beginnings
of
your
months,
you
shall
offer
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh:
two
young
bulls,
one
ram,
seven
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect,
and
three tenths
of
an ephah
28:12
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
fine
flour
for
a
meal
offering
mixed
with
oil,
for
each
bull;
and
two
tenth parts
of
fine
flour
for
a
meal
offering
mixed
with
oil,
for
the
one
ram;
and
one
tenth part
of
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil
for
a
meal
offering
to
every
lamb,
as
a
burnt
offering
of
a pleasant
aroma,
an
offering made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
Their drink
offerings shall
be
half
a
hin
of
wine
for
a
bull,
the
third
part
of
a
hin
for
the
ram,
and
the
fourth
part
of
a
hin
for
a
lamb.
This
is
the
burnt offering
of
every
month
throughout
the
months
of
the
year.
Also,
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering
to
Yahweh
shall
be offered
in
addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering
and
its drink
offering.
“‘In
the
first
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month,
is
Yahweh’s
Passover.
On
the fifteenth
day
of
this
month
shall
be
a
feast.
Unleavened
bread
shall
be
eaten
for
seven
days.
In
the
first
day
shall
be
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work,
but
you
shall
offer
an
offering
made
by
fire,
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh:
two
young
bulls,
one
ram,
and
seven
male
lambs
a
year
old.
They
shall
be
without
defect,
with
their
meal
offering,
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil.
You shall
offer
three tenths
for
a
bull,
and
two tenths
for
the
ram.
You shall
offer
one
tenth
for
every
lamb
of
the
seven
lambs;
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
to make
atonement
for
you.
You
shall
offer
these
in addition
to
the
burnt offering
of
the
morning,
which
is
for
a
continual
burnt offering.
In
this
way
you
shall
offer
daily,
for
seven
days,
the
food
of
the
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh.
It
shall
be offered
in
addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering
and
its drink
offering.
On
the
seventh
day
you
shall
have
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work.
“‘Also
in
the
day
of
the
first
fruits,
when
you
offer
a
new
meal
offering
to
Yahweh
in
your feast
of
weeks,
you
shall
have
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work;
but
you
shall
offer
a
burnt
offering
for
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh:
two
young
bulls,
one
ram,
seven
male
lambs
a
year
old;
and
their
meal
offering,
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil,
three tenths
for
each
bull,
two tenths
for
the
one
ram,
one
tenth
for
every
lamb
of the
seven
lambs;
and
one
male
goat,
to make
atonement
for
you.
Besides
the
continual
burnt
offering
and
its
meal
offering,
you
shall
offer
them
and
their drink
offerings. See
that
they
are
without
defect.
“‘In
the
seventh
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
you
shall
have
a
holy
convocation;
you
shall
do
no
regular
work.
It
is
a
day
of
blowing
of
trumpets
to
you.
You
shall
offer
a
burnt
offering
for
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh:
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
seven
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
and
their
meal
offering,
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil:
three tenths
for
the
bull,
two tenths
for
the
ram,
and
one
tenth
for
every
lamb
of the
seven
lambs;
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
to make
atonement
for
you;
in addition
to
the
burnt
offering
of
the
new
moon
with its
meal
offering,
and
the
continual
burnt
offering
with its
meal
offering,
and
their drink
offerings,
according
to
their
ordinance,
for
a pleasant
aroma,
an
offering made
by
fire
to
Yahweh.
“‘On
the
tenth
day
of
this
seventh
month
you
shall
have
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
afflict
your
souls.
You
shall
do
no kind
of
work;
but
you
shall
offer
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh
for
a pleasant
aroma:
one
young
bull,
one
ram,
seven
male
lambs
a
year
old,
all
without
defect;
and
their
meal
offering,
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil:
three tenths
for
the
bull,
two tenths
for
the
one
ram,
one
tenth
for
every
lamb
of the
seven
lambs;
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
in addition
to
the
sin
offering
of
atonement,
and
the
continual
burnt
offering,
and its
meal
offering,
and their drink
offerings.
“‘On
the fifteenth
day
of
the
seventh
month
you
shall
have
a
holy
convocation.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work.
You
shall
keep
a
feast
to
Yahweh
seven
days.
You
shall
offer
a
burnt
offering,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
of
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh:
thirteen
young
bulls,
two
rams,
fourteen
male
lambs
a
year
old, all
without
defect;
and
their
meal
offering,
fine
flour
mixed
with
oil:
three tenths
for
every
bull
of
the
thirteen
bulls,
two tenths
for
each
ram
of
the
two
rams,
and
one
tenth
for
every
lamb
of
the
fourteen
lambs;
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering, its
meal
offering,
and its drink
offering.
“‘On
the
second
day
you
shall offer
twelve
young
bulls,
two
rams,
and
fourteen
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
and their
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
for
the
bulls,
for
the
rams,
and
for
the
lambs,
according
to their
number, after
the
ordinance;
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering,
with its
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings.
“‘On
the
third
day:
eleven
bulls,
two
rams,
fourteen
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
and their
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
for
the
bulls,
for
the
rams,
and
for
the
lambs,
according
to their
number, after
the
ordinance;
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering,
and its
meal
offering,
and its drink
offering.
“‘On
the
fourth
day
ten
bulls,
two
rams,
fourteen
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
their
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
for
the
bulls,
for
the
rams,
and
for
the
lambs,
according
to their
number, after
the
ordinance;
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering, its
meal
offering,
and its drink
offering.
“‘On
the
fifth
day:
nine
bulls,
two
rams,
fourteen
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
and their
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
for
the
bulls,
for
the
rams,
and
for
the
lambs,
according
to their
number, after
the
ordinance,
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering,
and its
meal
offering,
and its drink
offering.
“‘On
the
sixth
day:
eight
bulls,
two
rams,
fourteen
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
and their
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
for
the
bulls,
for
the
rams,
and
for
the
lambs,
according
to their
number, after
the
ordinance,
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering, its
meal
offering,
and
the drink
offerings
of
it.
“‘On
the
seventh
day:
seven
bulls,
two
rams,
fourteen
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
and their
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
for
the
bulls,
for
the
rams,
and
for
the
lambs,
according
to their
number, after
the
ordinance,
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering;
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering, its
meal
offering,
and its drink
offering.
“‘On
the
eighth
day
you
shall
have
a
solemn
assembly.
You
shall
do
no
regular
work;
but
you
shall
offer
a
burnt
offering,
an
offering
made
by
fire,
a pleasant
aroma
to
Yahweh:
one
bull,
one
ram,
seven
male
lambs
a
year
old
without
defect;
their
meal
offering
and their drink
offerings
for
the
bull,
for
the
ram,
and
for
the
lambs, shall be
according
to their
number, after
the
ordinance,
and
one
male
goat
for
a
sin
offering,
in addition
to
the
continual
burnt
offering,
with its
meal
offering,
and its drink
offering.
“‘You
shall
offer
these
to
Yahweh
in
your
set
feasts—in addition
to
your
vows
and
your free
will
offerings—for
your
burnt
offerings,
your
meal
offerings,
your drink
offerings,
and
your
peace
offerings.’”
Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
Moses
spoke
to
the heads
of
the tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
has
commanded.
When
a
man vows
a vow
to
Yahweh,
or swears
an
oath
to bind
his soul
with
a bond,
he
shall
not break
his
word.
He
shall
do
according
to
all
that proceeds
out
of
his mouth.
“Also,
when
a woman
vows
a
vow
to
Yahweh
and
binds
herself
by
a pledge,
being
in
her father’s house,
in
her youth,
and
her
father hears
her
vow
and
her pledge
with
which
she
has
bound
her soul,
and
her
father says nothing
to
her,
then all
her
vows
shall stand,
and
every pledge
with
which
she
has
bound
her soul
shall stand.
But
if
her
father forbids
her
in
the day
that
he
hears,
none
of
her
vows
or
of
her pledges
with
which
she
has
bound
her
soul,
shall
stand. Yahweh
will forgive
her,
because
her
father
has forbidden
her.
“If
she
has
a husband,
while
her
vows
are
on
her,
or
the rash utterance
of
her lips
with
which
she
has
bound
her
soul,
and
her
husband hears
it,
and says
nothing
to
her
in
the day
that
he hears
it;
then
her
vows
shall stand,
and
her pledges
with
which
she
has
bound
her
soul
shall stand.
But
if
her
husband forbids
her
in
the
day
that
he
hears
it,
then
he makes void
her
vow
which
is
on
her
and
the rash utterance
of
her lips,
with
which
she
has
bound
her
soul. Yahweh
will forgive
her.
“But
the
vow
of
a widow,
or
of
her
who
is divorced,
everything
with
which
she
has
bound
her
soul
shall stand
against
her.
“If
she
vowed
in
her husband’s house
or
bound
her
soul
by
a bond
with
an oath,
and
her
husband heard
it,
and held
his peace
at
her
and didn’t disallow
her,
then
all
her
vows
shall stand,
and
every pledge
with
which
she
bound
her
soul
shall stand.
But
if
her
husband
made
them null
and void
in
the day
that
he
heard
them,
then
whatever proceeded
out
of
her lips
concerning
her
vows,
or
concerning
the bond
of
her
soul,
shall
not
stand.
Her
husband
has
made
them void. Yahweh
will forgive
her.
Every
vow,
and
every
binding oath
to afflict
the
soul,
her
husband
may
establish
it,
or
her
husband
may
make
it void.
But
if
her
husband says
nothing
to
her
from day
to day,
then
he establishes
all
her
vows
or
all
her pledges which
are
on
her.
He
has
established
them,
because
he said
nothing
to
her
in
the day
that
he heard
them.
But
if
he makes
them null
and void
after
he
has
heard
them,
then
he
shall bear
her iniquity.”
These
are
the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between
a man
and
his wife, between
a father
and
his daughter, being
in
her youth,
in
her father’s house.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Avenge
the
children
of
Israel
on
the
Midianites.
Afterward
you
shall
be
gathered
to
your
people.”
Moses
spoke
to
the
people,
saying, “Arm
men
from
among
you
for
war,
that
they
may
go
against
Midian,
to
execute
Yahweh’s
vengeance
on
Midian.
You
shall
send
one
thousand
out
of
every
tribe,
throughout
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to
the
war.”
So there
were delivered,
out
of
the
thousands
of
Israel,
a
thousand
from every
tribe,
twelve
thousand
armed
for
war.
Moses
sent
them,
one
thousand
of every
tribe,
to
the
war
with
Phinehas
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
priest,
to
the
war,
with
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary
and
the
trumpets
for
the
alarm
in
his
hand.
They
fought
against
Midian,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
They
killed
every
male.
They
killed
the
kings
of
Midian
with
the rest
of
their
slain:
Evi,
Rekem,
Zur,
Hur,
and
Reba,
the
five
kings
of
Midian.
They
also
killed
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
with
the
sword.
The
children
of
Israel
took
the
women
of
Midian
captive
with
their
little
ones;
and
all
their
livestock,
all
their
flocks,
and
all
their
goods,
they
took
as
plunder.
All
their
cities
in
the
places
in
which
they
lived,
and
all
their
encampments,
they
burned
with
fire.
They
took
all
the captives,
and
all
the
plunder,
both
of
man
and
of
animal.
They
brought
the
captives
with
the prey
and
the
plunder,
to
Moses,
and
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
to
the
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel,
to
the
camp
at
the
plains
of
Moab,
which
are
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho.
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
with
all
the
princes
of
the
congregation,
went
out
to
meet
them
outside
of
the
camp.
Moses
was
angry
with
the
officers
of
the
army,
the
captains
of
thousands
and
the
captains
of
hundreds,
who
came
from
the
service
of
the
war.
Moses
said
to
them, “Have
you saved
all
the
women
alive?
Behold,
these
caused
the
children
of
Israel,
through
the
counsel
of
Balaam,
to commit
trespass
against
Yahweh
in
the
matter
of
Peor,
and
so
the
plague
was
among
the
congregation
of
Yahweh.
Now
therefore
kill
every
male
among
the
little
ones,
and
kill
every
woman
who
has
known
man
by
lying
with
him.
But
all
the girls,
who
have
not
known
man
by
lying
with
him, keep
alive
for
yourselves.
“Encamp
outside
of
the
camp
for
seven
days.
Whoever
has
killed
any
person,
and
whoever
has
touched
any
slain,
purify
yourselves
on
the
third
day
and
on
the
seventh
day,
you
and
your
captives.
You
shall
purify
every
garment,
and
all
that
is
made
of
skin,
and
all
work
of
goats’ hair,
and
all
things
made
of
wood.”
Eleazar
the
priest
said
to
the
men
of
war
who
went
to
the
battle, “This
is
the
statute
of
the
law
which
Yahweh
has
commanded
Moses.
However
the
gold,
and
the
silver,
the
bronze,
the
iron,
the
tin,
and
the
lead,
everything
that
may
withstand
the
fire,
you
shall make
to
go
through
the
fire,
and
it
shall
be
clean;
nevertheless
it
shall
be
purified
with
the
water
for
impurity.
All
that
doesn’t
withstand
the
fire
you
shall make
to
go
through
the
water.
You
shall
wash
your
clothes
on
the
seventh
day,
and
you
shall
be
clean.
Afterward
you
shall
come
into
the
camp.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Count
the
plunder
that
was
taken,
both
of
man
and
of
animal,
you,
and
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
congregation;
and
divide
the
plunder
into two parts:
between
the
men skilled
in
war,
who
went
out
to
battle,
and
all
the
congregation.
Levy
a
tribute
to
Yahweh
of
the
men
of
war
who
went
out
to
battle:
one
soul
of
five
hundred;
of
the
persons,
of
the
cattle,
of
the
donkeys,
and
of
the
flocks.
Take
it
from
their
half,
and
give
it
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
for
Yahweh’s wave
offering.
Of
the
children
of
Israel’s
half,
you
shall
take
one
drawn
out
of
every
fifty,
of
the
persons,
of
the
cattle,
of
the
donkeys,
and
of
the
flocks,
of
all
the
livestock,
and
give
them
to
the
Levites,
who
perform
the
duty
of
Yahweh’s
tabernacle.”
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
did
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Now
the
plunder, over
and above
the
booty
which
the
men
of
war
took,
was
six
hundred
seventy-five
thousand
sheep,
seventy-two
thousand head
of
cattle,
sixty-one
thousand
donkeys,
and thirty-two
thousand
persons
in
all,
of
the
women
who
had
not
known
man
by
lying
with
him.
The
half,
which
was
the
portion
of
those
who
went
out
to
war,
was
in
number
three
hundred thirty-seven
thousand
five
hundred
sheep;
and
Yahweh’s
tribute
of
the
sheep
was
six
hundred
seventy-five.
The
cattle
were thirty-six
thousand,
of which
Yahweh’s
tribute
was seventy-two.
The
donkeys
were
thirty
thousand
five
hundred,
of which
Yahweh’s
tribute
was sixty-one.
The
persons
were
sixteen
thousand,
of whom
Yahweh’s
tribute
was thirty-two
persons.
Moses
gave
the
tribute,
which
was
Yahweh’s wave
offering,
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Of
the
children
of
Israel’s
half,
which
Moses
divided
off
from
the
men
who
fought
(now
the
congregation’s
half
was
three
hundred thirty-seven
thousand
five
hundred
sheep,
thirty-six
thousand head
of
cattle,
thirty
thousand
five
hundred
donkeys,
and
sixteen
thousand
persons),
even
of
the
children
of
Israel’s
half,
Moses
took
one
drawn
out
of
every
fifty,
both
of
man
and
of
animal,
and
gave
them
to
the
Levites,
who
performed
the
duty
of
Yahweh’s
tabernacle,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
The
officers
who
were
over
the
thousands
of
the
army,
the
captains
of
thousands,
and
the
captains
of
hundreds,
came
near
to
Moses.
They
said
to
Moses, “Your
servants
have
taken
the
sum
of
the
men
of
war
who
are
under
our
command,
and
there lacks
not
one
man
of
us.
We
have
brought
Yahweh’s
offering,
what
every
man
found:
gold
ornaments,
armlets,
bracelets,
signet
rings,
earrings,
and
necklaces,
to make
atonement
for
our
souls
before
Yahweh.”
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
took
their
gold,
even
all worked
jewels.
All
the
gold
of
the wave
offering
that
they
offered
up
to
Yahweh,
of
the
captains
of
thousands,
and
of
the
captains
of
hundreds,
was
sixteen
thousand
seven
hundred
fifty
shekels.
31:52
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 16,750 shekels is about 167.5 kilograms or about 368.5 pounds.
The
men
of
war
had
taken
booty,
every
man
for
himself.
Moses
and
Eleazar
the
priest
took
the
gold
of
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
and
brought
it
into
the
Tent
of
Meeting
for
a
memorial
for
the
children
of
Israel
before
Yahweh.
Now
the
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
had
a
very
great multitude
of
livestock.
They
saw
the
land
of
Jazer,
and
the
land
of
Gilead.
Behold,
the
place
was
a
place
for
livestock.
Then
the
children
of
Gad
and
the
children
of
Reuben
came
and
spoke
to
Moses,
and
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
to
the
princes
of
the
congregation,
saying,
“Ataroth,
Dibon,
Jazer,
Nimrah,
Heshbon,
Elealeh,
Sebam,
Nebo,
and
Beon,
the
land
which
Yahweh
struck
before
the
congregation
of
Israel,
is
a
land
for
livestock;
and
your
servants
have
livestock.”
They
said, “If
we
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
let
this
land
be
given
to
your
servants
for
a
possession.
Don’t
bring
us
over
the
Jordan.”
Moses
said
to
the
children
of
Gad,
and
to
the
children
of
Reuben, “Shall
your
brothers
go
to
war
while
you
sit
here?
Why
do
you discourage
the
heart
of
the
children
of
Israel
from going
over
into
the
land
which
Yahweh
has
given
them?
Your
fathers
did
so
when
I
sent
them
from Kadesh Barnea
to
see
the
land.
For
when
they
went
up
to
the
valley
of
Eshcol,
and
saw
the
land,
they discouraged
the
heart
of
the
children
of
Israel,
that
they
should
not
go
into
the
land
which
Yahweh
had
given
them.
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
in
that
day,
and
he
swore,
saying,
‘Surely
none
of
the
men
who
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
shall
see
the
land
which
I
swore
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob;
because
they
have
not wholly
followed
me,
except
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh
the
Kenizzite,
and
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
because
they
have
followed
Yahweh completely.’
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel,
and
he
made
them
wander back
and forth
in
the
wilderness
forty
years,
until
all
the
generation
who
had
done
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight
was
consumed.
“Behold,
you
have
risen
up
in
your
fathers’
place,
an increase
of
sinful
men,
to increase
the
fierce
anger
of
Yahweh
toward
Israel.
For
if
you
turn
away
from
after
him,
he
will
yet
again
leave
them
in
the
wilderness;
and
you
will
destroy
all
these
people.”
They
came
near
to
him,
and
said, “We
will
build
sheepfolds
here
for
our
livestock,
and
cities
for
our
little
ones;
but
we
ourselves
will
be ready
armed
to
go
before
the
children
of
Israel,
until
we
have
brought
them
to
their
place.
Our
little
ones
shall
dwell
in
the
fortified
cities
because
of
the
inhabitants
of
the
land.
We
will
not
return
to
our
houses
until
the
children
of
Israel
have
all
received
their
inheritance.
For
we
will
not
inherit
with
them
on
the
other
side
of
the
Jordan
and
beyond,
because
our
inheritance
has
come
to
us
on
this
side
of
the
Jordan
eastward.”
Moses
said
to
them: “If
you
will
do
this
thing,
if
you
will arm
yourselves
to go
before
Yahweh
to
the
war,
and
every
one
of
your
armed
men
will
pass
over
the
Jordan
before
Yahweh
until
he
has
driven
out
his
enemies
from
before
him,
and
the
land
is
subdued
before
Yahweh;
then
afterward
you
shall
return,
and
be clear
of obligation
to
Yahweh
and
to
Israel.
Then
this
land
shall
be
your
possession
before
Yahweh.
“But
if
you
will
not
do
so,
behold,
you
have
sinned
against
Yahweh;
and
be
sure
your
sin
will
find
you
out.
Build
cities
for
your
little
ones,
and
folds
for
your
sheep;
and
do
that which
has
proceeded
out
of
your
mouth.”
The
children
of
Gad
and
the
children
of
Reuben
spoke
to
Moses,
saying, “Your
servants
will
do
as
my
lord
commands.
Our
little
ones,
our
wives,
our
flocks,
and
all
our
livestock
shall
be
there
in
the
cities
of
Gilead;
but
your
servants
will
pass
over,
every
man
who
is
armed
for
war,
before
Yahweh
to
battle,
as
my
lord
says.”
So
Moses
commanded
concerning
them
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
and
to
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Moses
said
to
them, “If
the
children
of
Gad
and
the
children
of
Reuben
will
pass
with
you
over
the
Jordan,
every
man
who
is
armed
to
battle
before
Yahweh,
and
the
land
is
subdued
before
you,
then
you
shall
give
them
the
land
of
Gilead
for
a
possession;
but
if
they
will
not
pass
over
with
you
armed,
they
shall
have
possessions
among
you
in
the
land
of
Canaan.”
The
children
of
Gad
and
the
children
of
Reuben
answered,
saying, “As
Yahweh
has
said
to
your
servants,
so
will
we
do.
We
will
pass
over
armed
before
Yahweh
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
the
possession
of
our
inheritance
shall remain
with
us
beyond
the
Jordan.”
Moses
gave
to
them,
even
to
the
children
of
Gad,
and
to
the
children
of
Reuben,
and
to
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
the
son
of
Joseph,
the
kingdom
of
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
and
the
kingdom
of
Og
king
of
Bashan;
the
land, according
to
its
cities
and
borders,
even
the
cities
of
the
surrounding
land.
The
children
of
Gad
built
Dibon,
Ataroth,
Aroer,
Atroth-shophan,
Jazer,
Jogbehah,
Beth Nimrah,
and Beth Haran:
fortified
cities
and
folds
for
sheep.
The
children
of
Reuben
built
Heshbon,
Elealeh,
Kiriathaim,
Nebo,
and Baal Meon, (their
names
being
changed),
and
Sibmah.
They
gave other
names
to
the
cities
which
they
built.
The
children
of
Machir
the
son
of
Manasseh went
to
Gilead,
took
it,
and
dispossessed
the
Amorites
who
were therein.
Moses
gave
Gilead
to
Machir
the
son
of
Manasseh;
and
he
lived therein.
Jair
the
son
of
Manasseh
went
and
took
its villages,
and
called
them Havvoth
Jair.
Nobah
went
and
took
Kenath
and
its
villages,
and
called
it
Nobah,
after
his own
name.
These
are
the
journeys
of
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
went
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
by
their
armies
under
the
hand
of
Moses
and
Aaron.
Moses
wrote
the
starting points
of
their
journeys
by
the
commandment
of
Yahweh.
These
are
their
journeys
according
to
their
starting points.
They
traveled
from
Rameses
in
the
first
month,
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
first
month;
on
the
next
day
after
the
Passover,
the
children
of
Israel
went
out
with
a
high
hand
in
the
sight
of
all
the
Egyptians,
while
the
Egyptians
were
burying
all
their
firstborn,
whom
Yahweh
had
struck
among
them.
Yahweh
also
executed
judgments
on
their
gods.
The
children
of
Israel
traveled
from
Rameses,
and
encamped
in
Succoth.
They
traveled
from
Succoth,
and
encamped
in Etham,
which
is
in
the edge
of
the
wilderness.
They
traveled
from Etham,
and
turned
back
to Pihahiroth,
which
is
before Baal Zephon,
and
they
encamped
before
Migdol.
They
traveled
from
before
Hahiroth,
and
crossed
through
the
middle
of
the
sea
into
the
wilderness.
They
went
three
days’
journey
in
the
wilderness
of Etham,
and
encamped
in
Marah.
They
traveled
from
Marah,
and
came
to
Elim.
In
Elim,
there
were
twelve springs
of
water
and
seventy
palm
trees,
and
they
encamped
there.
They
traveled
from
Elim,
and
encamped
by
the Red
Sea.
They
traveled
from
the Red
Sea,
and
encamped
in
the
wilderness
of Sin.
They
traveled
from the
wilderness of Sin,
and
encamped
in
Dophkah.
They
traveled
from
Dophkah,
and
encamped
in
Alush.
They
traveled
from
Alush,
and
encamped
in
Rephidim,
where
there
was
no
water
for
the
people
to
drink.
They
traveled
from
Rephidim,
and
encamped
in the
wilderness of
Sinai.
They
traveled
from the
wilderness of
Sinai,
and
encamped
in Kibroth Hattaavah.
They
traveled
from Kibroth Hattaavah,
and
encamped
in
Hazeroth.
They
traveled
from
Hazeroth,
and
encamped
in
Rithmah.
They
traveled
from
Rithmah,
and
encamped
in Rimmon Perez.
They
traveled
from Rimmon Perez,
and
encamped
in
Libnah.
They
traveled
from
Libnah,
and
encamped
in
Rissah.
They
traveled
from
Rissah,
and
encamped
in
Kehelathah.
They
traveled
from
Kehelathah,
and
encamped
in
Mount
Shepher.
They
traveled
from
Mount
Shepher,
and
encamped
in
Haradah.
They
traveled
from
Haradah,
and
encamped
in
Makheloth.
They
traveled
from
Makheloth,
and
encamped
in
Tahath.
They
traveled
from
Tahath,
and
encamped
in
Terah.
They
traveled
from
Terah,
and
encamped
in
Mithkah.
They
traveled
from
Mithkah,
and
encamped
in
Hashmonah.
They
traveled
from
Hashmonah,
and
encamped
in
Moseroth.
They
traveled
from
Moseroth,
and
encamped
in Bene Jaakan.
They
traveled
from Bene Jaakan,
and
encamped
in Hor Haggidgad.
They
traveled
from Hor Haggidgad,
and
encamped
in
Jotbathah.
They
traveled
from
Jotbathah,
and
encamped
in
Abronah.
They
traveled
from
Abronah,
and
encamped
in Ezion Geber.
They
traveled
from Ezion Geber,
and
encamped
at
Kadesh
in
the
wilderness
of
Zin.
They
traveled
from
Kadesh,
and
encamped
in
Mount
Hor,
in
the edge
of
the
land
of
Edom.
Aaron
the
priest
went
up
into
Mount
Hor
at
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
and
died
there,
in
the
fortieth
year
after
the
children
of
Israel
had
come
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
fifth
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month.
Aaron
was
one
hundred twenty-three
years
old
when
he
died
in
Mount
Hor.
The
Canaanite
king
of
Arad,
who
lived
in
the
South
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
heard
of
the
coming
of
the
children
of
Israel.
They
traveled
from
Mount
Hor,
and
encamped
in
Zalmonah.
They
traveled
from
Zalmonah,
and
encamped
in
Punon.
They
traveled
from
Punon,
and
encamped
in
Oboth.
They
traveled
from
Oboth,
and
encamped
in Iye Abarim,
in the
border
of
Moab.
They
traveled
from
Iyim,
and
encamped
in
Dibon
Gad.
They
traveled
from
Dibon
Gad,
and
encamped
in Almon Diblathaim.
They
traveled
from Almon Diblathaim,
and
encamped
in
the
mountains
of
Abarim,
before
Nebo.
They
traveled
from
the
mountains
of
Abarim,
and
encamped
in
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho.
They
encamped
by
the
Jordan,
from Beth Jeshimoth
even
to Abel Shittim
in
the
plains
of
Moab.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho,
saying,
Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, “When
you
pass
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
then
you
shall
drive
out
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
from
before
you,
destroy
all
their stone idols,
destroy
all
their molten
images,
and
demolish
all
their
high
places.
You
shall
take
possession
of
the
land,
and
dwell therein;
for
I
have
given
the
land
to
you
to
possess
it.
You
shall
inherit
the
land
by
lot
according
to
your
families;
to
the
larger groups
you
shall
give
a
larger
inheritance,
and
to
the
smaller
you
shall
give
a
smaller
inheritance.
Wherever
the
lot
falls
to
any man,
that
shall
be
his.
You
shall
inherit
according
to
the
tribes
of
your
fathers.
“But
if
you
do
not
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
from
before
you,
then
those
you
let
remain
of
them
will
be
like
pricks
in
your
eyes
and
thorns
in
your
sides.
They
will harass
you
in
the
land
in
which
you
dwell.
It
shall
happen
that
as
I
thought
to
do
to
them,
so
I
will
do
to
you.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Command
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
you
come
into
the
land
of
Canaan (this
is
the
land
that
shall
fall
to
you
for
an
inheritance,
even
the
land
of
Canaan
according
to
its
borders),
then
your
south quarter
shall
be
from
the
wilderness
of
Zin
along
by
the
side
of
Edom,
and
your
south
border
shall
be
from
the
end
of
the
Salt
Sea
eastward.
Your
border
shall
turn
about
southward
of
the
ascent
of
Akrabbim,
and
pass along
to
Zin;
and
it
shall
pass
southward
of Kadesh Barnea;
and
it
shall
go
from
there
to Hazar Addar,
and
pass along
to
Azmon.
The
border
shall
turn
about
from
Azmon
to
the
brook
of
Egypt,
and
it
shall end
at
the
sea.
“‘For
the
western
border,
you
shall
have
the
great
sea
and
its
border.
This
shall
be
your
west
border.
“‘This
shall
be
your
north
border:
from
the
great
sea
you
shall mark
out
for yourselves
Mount
Hor.
From
Mount
Hor
you
shall mark
out
to
the
entrance
of
Hamath;
and
the
border
shall
pass
by
Zedad.
Then
the
border
shall
go
to
Ziphron,
and
it
shall
end
at Hazar Enan.
This
shall
be
your
north
border.
“‘You
shall mark
out your
east
border
from Hazar Enan
to
Shepham.
The
border
shall
go
down
from
Shepham
to
Riblah,
on
the
east
side
of
Ain.
The
border
shall
go
down,
and
shall reach
to
the
side
of
the
sea
of
Chinnereth
eastward.
The
border
shall
go
down
to
the
Jordan,
and end
at
the
Salt
Sea.
This
shall
be
your
land according
to
its
borders
around
it.’”
Moses
commanded
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “This
is
the
land
which
you
shall
inherit
by
lot,
which
Yahweh
has
commanded
to
give
to
the
nine
tribes,
and
to
the
half-tribe;
for
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Reuben according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Gad according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
have
received
their
inheritance.
The
two
tribes
and
the
half-tribe
have
received
their
inheritance
beyond
the
Jordan
at
Jericho
eastward, toward
the
sunrise.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“These
are
the
names
of
the
men
who
shall
divide
the
land
to
you
for
inheritance:
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun.
You
shall
take
one
prince
of
every
tribe,
to
divide
the
land
for
inheritance.
These
are
the
names
of
the
men:
Of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Simeon,
Shemuel
the
son
of
Ammihud.
Of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
Elidad
the
son
of
Chislon.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Dan
a
prince,
Bukki
the
son
of
Jogli.
Of
the
children
of
Joseph:
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Manasseh
a
prince,
Hanniel
the
son
of
Ephod.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Ephraim
a
prince,
Kemuel
the
son
of
Shiphtan.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Zebulun
a
prince,
Elizaphan
the
son
of
Parnach.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Issachar
a
prince,
Paltiel
the
son
of
Azzan.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Asher
a
prince,
Ahihud
the
son
of
Shelomi.
Of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Naphtali
a
prince,
Pedahel
the
son
of
Ammihud.”
These
are
they
whom
Yahweh
commanded
to
divide
the
inheritance
to
the
children
of
Israel
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
in
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho,
saying,
“Command
the
children
of
Israel
to
give
to
the
Levites
cities
to
dwell
in
out
of
their
inheritance.
You
shall
give
pasture
lands
for
the
cities
around
them
to
the
Levites.
They
shall
have
the
cities
to
dwell
in.
Their
pasture
lands
shall
be
for
their
livestock,
and
for
their
possessions,
and
for
all
their
animals.
“The
pasture
lands
of
the
cities,
which
you
shall
give
to
the
Levites,
shall
be
from
the
wall
of
the
city
and
outward
one
thousand
cubits
35:4
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
around
it.
You
shall
measure
outside
of
the
city
for
the
east
side
two
thousand
cubits,
and
for
the
south
side
two
thousand
cubits,
and
for
the
west
side
two
thousand
cubits,
and
for
the
north
side
two
thousand
cubits,
the
city
being
in
the
middle.
This
shall
be
the
pasture
lands
of
their
cities.
“The
cities
which
you
shall
give
to
the
Levites,
they
shall
be
the
six
cities
of
refuge,
which
you
shall
give
for
the man slayer
to
flee
to.
Besides
them
you
shall
give
forty-two
cities.
All
the
cities
which
you
shall
give
to
the
Levites
shall
be
forty-eight
cities together
with
their
pasture
lands.
Concerning
the
cities
which
you
shall
give
of
the
possession
of
the
children
of
Israel,
from
the
many
you
shall
take
many,
and
from
the
few
you
shall
take
few.
Everyone
according
to
his
inheritance
which
he
inherits
shall
give
some
of
his
cities
to
the
Levites.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘When
you
pass
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
of
Canaan,
then
you
shall appoint
for
yourselves
cities
to
be
cities
of
refuge
for
you,
that
the
man
slayer
who
kills
any
person unwittingly
may
flee
there.
The
cities
shall
be
for
your
refuge
from
the
avenger,
that
the
man slayer
not
die
until
he
stands
before
the
congregation
for
judgment.
The
cities
which
you
shall
give
shall
be
for
you
six
cities
of
refuge.
You
shall
give
three
cities
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
you
shall
give
three
cities
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
They
shall
be
cities
of
refuge.
These
six
cities
shall
be
refuge
for
the
children
of
Israel,
for
the
stranger,
and
for
the
foreigner
living
among
them,
that
everyone
who
kills
any
person unwittingly
may
flee
there.
“‘But
if
he
struck
him
with
an instrument
of
iron,
so
that
he
died,
he
is
a
murderer.
The
murderer
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
If
he
struck
him
with
a
stone
in
the
hand,
by
which
a
man
may
die,
and
he
died,
he
is
a
murderer.
The
murderer
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
Or
if
he
struck
him
with
a
weapon
of
wood
in
the
hand,
by
which
a
man
may
die,
and
he
died,
he
is
a
murderer.
The
murderer
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
The
avenger
of
blood
shall
himself
put
the
murderer
to
death. When
he
meets
him,
he
shall
put
him
to
death.
If
he shoved
him
out
of
hatred,
or
hurled something
at
him
while
lying
in
wait,
so
that
he
died,
or
in
hostility
struck
him
with
his
hand,
so
that
he
died,
he
who
struck
him
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
He
is
a
murderer.
The
avenger
of
blood
shall
put
the
murderer
to
death
when
he
meets
him.
“‘But
if
he shoved
him
suddenly
without
hostility,
or
hurled
on
him
anything
without
lying
in
wait,
or
with
any
stone,
by
which
a
man
may
die,
not
seeing
him,
and
cast
it
on
him
so
that
he
died,
and
he
was
not
his
enemy
and
not
seeking
his
harm,
then
the
congregation
shall
judge
between
the striker
and
the
avenger
of
blood
according
to
these
ordinances.
The
congregation
shall
deliver
the
man slayer
out
of
the
hand
of
the
avenger
of
blood,
and
the
congregation
shall
restore
him
to
his
city
of
refuge,
where
he
had
fled.
He
shall
dwell therein
until
the
death
of
the
high
priest,
who
was
anointed
with
the
holy
oil.
“‘But
if
the man slayer
shall
at
any
time
go
beyond
the
border
of
his
city
of
refuge
where
he
flees,
and
the
avenger
of
blood
finds
him
outside
of
the
border
of
his
city
of
refuge,
and
the
avenger
of
blood
kills
the
man slayer,
he
shall
not
be guilty
of
blood,
because
he
should
have
remained
in
his
city
of
refuge
until
the
death
of
the
high
priest.
But
after
the
death
of
the
high
priest,
the
man slayer
shall
return
into
the
land
of
his
possession.
“‘These
things
shall
be
for
a
statute
and
ordinance
to
you
throughout
your
generations
in
all
your
dwellings.
“‘Whoever
kills
any
person,
the
murderer
shall
be
slain based
on
the
testimony
of
witnesses;
but
one
witness
shall
not
testify
alone
against
any
person
so
that
he
dies.
“‘Moreover
you
shall
take
no
ransom
for
the
life
of
a
murderer
who
is
guilty
of
death.
He
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.
“‘You
shall
take
no
ransom
for
him
who
has
fled
to
his
city
of
refuge,
that
he
may
come
again
to
dwell
in
the
land
before
the
death
of
the
priest.
“‘So
you
shall
not
pollute
the
land
where
you live;
for
blood
pollutes
the
land.
No
atonement
can
be
made
for
the
land
for
the
blood
that
is
shed
in
it,
but
by
the
blood
of
him
who
shed
it.
You
shall
not
defile
the
land
which
you
inhabit,
where
I
dwell;
for
I,
Yahweh,
dwell
among
the
children
of
Israel.’”
The
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
family
of
the
children
of
Gilead,
the
son
of
Machir,
the
son
of
Manasseh,
of
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Joseph,
came
near
and
spoke
before
Moses
and
before
the
princes,
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
children
of
Israel.
They
said, “Yahweh
commanded
my
lord
to
give
the
land
for
inheritance
by
lot
to
the
children
of
Israel.
My
lord
was
commanded
by
Yahweh
to
give
the
inheritance
of
Zelophehad
our
brother
to
his
daughters.
If
they
are
married
to
any
of
the
sons
of
the
other
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel,
then
their
inheritance
will
be
taken
away
from
the
inheritance
of
our
fathers,
and
will
be
added
to
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
to
which
they
shall
belong.
So
it
will
be
taken
away
from
the
lot
of
our
inheritance.
When
the
jubilee
of
the
children
of
Israel
comes,
then
their
inheritance
will
be
added
to
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
to
which
they
shall
belong.
So
their
inheritance
will
be
taken
away
from
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
our
fathers.”
Moses
commanded
the
children
of
Israel
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
saying, “The
tribe
of
the
sons
of
Joseph
speak
what
is
right.
This
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
commands
concerning
the
daughters
of
Zelophehad,
saying, ‘Let
them
be
married
to
whom
they
think
best,
only
they
shall
marry
into
the
family
of
the
tribe
of
their
father.
So
shall
no
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Israel
move
from
tribe
to
tribe;
for
the
children
of
Israel
shall
all keep
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
his
fathers.
Every
daughter
who possesses
an
inheritance
in
any
tribe
of
the
children
of
Israel
shall
be
wife
to
one
of
the
family
of
the
tribe
of
her
father,
that
the
children
of
Israel
may
each
possess
the
inheritance
of
his
fathers.
So
shall
no
inheritance
move
from
one
tribe
to
another
tribe;
for
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel
shall
each keep
his
own
inheritance.’”
The
daughters
of
Zelophehad
did
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses:
for
Mahlah,
Tirzah,
Hoglah,
Milcah,
and
Noah,
the
daughters
of
Zelophehad,
were
married
to
their father’s brothers’
sons.
They
were
married
into
the
families
of
the
sons
of
Manasseh
the
son
of
Joseph.
Their
inheritance
remained
in
the
tribe
of
the
family
of
their
father.
These
are
the
commandments
and
the
ordinances
which
Yahweh
commanded
by
Moses
to
the
children
of
Israel
in
the
plains
of
Moab
by
the
Jordan
at
Jericho.
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The Fifth Book of Moses, Commonly Called Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
The Fifth Book of Moses,
Commonly Called
Deuteronomy
These
are
the
words
which
Moses
spoke
to
all
Israel
beyond
the
Jordan
in
the
wilderness,
in
the
Arabah
opposite Suf,
between
Paran,
Tophel,
Laban,
Hazeroth,
and
Dizahab.
It
is
eleven
days’
journey
from
Horeb
by
the
way
of
Mount
Seir
to Kadesh Barnea.
In
the
fortieth
year,
in
the
eleventh
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
Moses
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel
according
to
all
that
Yahweh
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“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
had
given
him
in
commandment
to
them,
after
he
had
struck
Sihon
the
king
of
the
Amorites
who
lived
in
Heshbon,
and
Og
the
king
of
Bashan
who
lived
in
Ashtaroth,
at
Edrei.
Beyond
the
Jordan,
in
the
land
of
Moab,
Moses
began
to declare
this
law,
saying,
“Yahweh
our
God
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The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
spoke
to
us
in
Horeb,
saying, ‘You
have
lived
long
enough
at
this
mountain.
Turn,
and
take
your
journey,
and
go
to
the
hill
country
of
the
Amorites
and
to
all
the
places
near
there:
in
the
Arabah,
in
the
hill
country,
in
the
lowland,
in
the
South,
by
the
seashore,
in
the
land
of
the
Canaanites,
and
in
Lebanon
as
far
as
the
great
river,
the
river
Euphrates.
Behold,
1:8
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
have
set
the
land
before
you.
Go
in
and
possess
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers—to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob—to
give
to
them
and
to
their
offspring
1:8
or, seed
after
them.’”
I
spoke
to
you
at
that
time,
saying, “I
am
not
able
to
bear
you
myself
alone.
Yahweh
your
God
has
multiplied
you,
and
behold,
you
are
today
as
the
stars
of
the
sky
for
multitude.
May
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
make
you
a
thousand
times
as many
as
you
are
and
bless
you,
as
he
has
promised
you!
How
can I
myself
alone
bear
your problems,
your burdens,
and
your
strife?
Take
wise
men
of
understanding
who
are respected
among
your
tribes,
and
I
will
make
them
heads
over
you.”
You
answered
me,
and
said, “The
thing
which
you
have
spoken
is
good
to
do.”
So
I
took
the
heads
of
your
tribes,
wise
and respected
men,
and
made
them
heads
over
you,
captains
of
thousands,
captains
of
hundreds,
captains
of
fifties,
captains
of
tens,
and
officers,
according
to
your
tribes.
I
commanded
your
judges
at
that
time,
saying, “Hear cases
between
your
brothers
and
judge
righteously
between
a
man
and
his
brother,
and
the
foreigner
who
is
living
with
him.
You
shall
not
show
partiality
in
judgment;
you
shall
hear
the
small
and
the
great
alike.
You
shall
not
be
afraid
of
the
face
of
man,
for
the
judgment
is
God’s.
The
case
that
is
too
hard
for
you,
you
shall
bring
to
me,
and
I
will
hear
it.”
I
commanded
you
at
that
time
all
the
things
which
you
should
do.
We
traveled
from
Horeb
and
went
through
all
that
great
and terrible
wilderness
which
you
saw,
by
the
way
to
the
hill
country
of
the
Amorites,
as
Yahweh
our
God
commanded
us;
and
we
came
to Kadesh Barnea.
I
said
to
you, “You
have
come
to
the
hill
country
of
the
Amorites,
which
Yahweh
our
God
gives
to
us.
Behold,
Yahweh
your
God
has
set
the
land
before
you.
Go
up,
take
possession,
as
Yahweh
the
God
of
your
fathers
has
spoken
to
you.
Don’t
be
afraid,
neither
be
dismayed.”
You
came
near
to
me,
everyone
of
you,
and
said, “Let’s
send
men
before
us,
that
they
may
search
the
land
for
us,
and
bring
back
to
us
word
of
the
way
by
which
we
must
go
up,
and
the
cities
to
which
we
shall
come.”
The
thing
pleased
me
well.
I
took
twelve
of
your
men,
one
man
for
every
tribe.
They
turned
and
went
up
into
the
hill
country,
and
came
to
the
valley
of
Eshcol,
and
spied
it
out.
They
took
some
of
the
fruit
of
the
land
in
their
hands
and
brought
it
down
to
us,
and
brought
us
word
again,
and
said, “It
is
a
good
land
which
Yahweh
our
God
gives
to
us.”
Yet
you wouldn’t
go
up,
but
rebelled
against
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
your
God.
You murmured
in
your
tents,
and
said, “Because
Yahweh
hated
us,
he
has
brought
us
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
to
deliver
us
into
the
hand
of
the
Amorites
to
destroy
us.
Where
are
we
going
up?
Our
brothers
have
made
our
heart
melt,
saying, ‘The
people
are
greater
and
taller
than
we.
The
cities
are
great
and
fortified
up
to
the
sky.
Moreover
we
have
seen
the
sons
of
the
Anakim
there!’”
Then
I
said
to
you, “Don’t
be
terrified.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
them.
Yahweh
your
God,
who
goes
before
you,
he
will
fight
for
you, according
to
all
that
he
did
for
you
in
Egypt
before
your
eyes,
and
in
the
wilderness
where
you
have
seen
how
that
Yahweh
your
God
carried
you,
as
a
man
carries
his
son,
in
all
the
way
that
you
went,
until
you
came
to
this
place.”
Yet
in
this
thing
you didn’t
believe
Yahweh
your
God,
who
went
before
you
on
the
way,
to
seek
out
a
place
for
you
to pitch
your tents
in:
in
fire
by
night,
to
show
you
by
what
way
you
should
go,
and
in
the
cloud
by
day.
Yahweh
heard
the
voice
of
your
words
and
was
angry,
and
swore,
saying,
“Surely
not
one
of
these
men
of
this
evil
generation
shall
see
the
good
land
which
I
swore
to
give
to
your
fathers,
except
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh.
He
shall
see
it.
I
will
give
the
land
that
he
has
trodden
on
to
him
and
to
his
children,
because
he
has
wholly
followed
Yahweh.”
Also
Yahweh
was
angry
with
me
for
your sakes,
saying, “You
also
shall
not
go
in
there.
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
who
stands
before
you,
shall
go
in
there.
Encourage
him,
for
he
shall cause
Israel
to
inherit
it.
Moreover
your
little
ones,
whom
you
said
would
be captured
or killed,
your
children,
who
today
have
no
knowledge
of
good
or
evil,
shall
go
in
there.
I
will
give
it
to
them,
and
they
shall
possess
it.
But
as
for
you,
turn,
and
take
your
journey
into
the
wilderness
by
the
way
to
the Red
Sea.”
Then
you
answered
and
said
to
me, “We
have
sinned
against
Yahweh.
We
will
go
up
and
fight,
according
to
all
that
Yahweh
our
God
commanded
us.”
Every
man
of
you
put
on
his
weapons
of
war,
and presumed
to
go
up
into
the
hill
country.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Tell
them, ‘Don’t
go
up
and
don’t
fight;
for
I
am
not
among
you, lest
you
be
struck
before
your
enemies.’”
So
I
spoke
to
you,
and
you
didn’t
listen;
but
you
rebelled
against
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
and
were presumptuous,
and
went
up
into
the
hill
country.
The
Amorites,
who
lived
in
that
hill
country,
came
out
against
you
and
chased
you
as
bees
do,
and
beat
you
down
in
Seir,
even
to
Hormah.
You
returned
and
wept
before
Yahweh,
but
Yahweh
didn’t
listen
to
your
voice,
nor
turn
his
ear
to
you.
So
you
stayed
in
Kadesh
many
days, according
to
the
days
that
you
remained.
Then
we
turned,
and
took
our
journey
into
the
wilderness
by
the
way
to
the Red
Sea,
as
Yahweh
spoke
to
me;
and
we
encircled
Mount
Seir
many
days.
Yahweh
spoke
to
me,
saying,
“You
have
encircled
this
mountain long
enough.
Turn
northward.
Command
the
people,
saying, ‘You
are
to
pass
through
the
border
of
your
brothers,
the
children
of
Esau,
who
dwell
in
Seir;
and
they
will
be
afraid
of
you.
Therefore
be
careful.
Don’t
contend
with
them;
for
I
will
not
give
you
any
of
their
land,
no,
not
so much
as
for
the
sole
of
the
foot
to tread
on,
because
I
have
given
Mount
Seir
to
Esau
for
a
possession.
You
shall
purchase
food
from
them
for
money,
that
you
may
eat.
You
shall
also
buy
water
from
them
for
money,
that
you
may
drink.’”
For
Yahweh
your
God
has
blessed
you
in
all
the
work
of
your
hands.
He
has
known
your walking
through
this
great
wilderness.
These
forty
years,
Yahweh
your
God
has
been
with
you.
You
have
lacked
nothing.
So
we
passed
by
from
our
brothers,
the
children
of
Esau,
who
dwell
in
Seir,
from
the
way
of
the
Arabah
from
Elath
and
from Ezion Geber.
We
turned
and
passed
by
the
way
of
the
wilderness
of
Moab.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Don’t bother
Moab,
neither
contend
with
them
in
battle;
for
I
will
not
give
you
any
of
his
land
for
a
possession,
because
I
have
given
Ar
to
the
children
of
Lot
for
a
possession.”
(The Emim
lived
there
before,
a
great
and
numerous
people,
and
tall
as
the
Anakim.
These
also
are
considered
to be
Rephaim,
as
the
Anakim;
but
the
Moabites
call
them Emim.
The
Horites
also
lived
in
Seir
in
the past,
but
the
children
of
Esau
succeeded
them.
They
destroyed
them
from
before
them,
and
lived
in
their
place,
as
Israel
did
to
the
land
of
his
possession,
which
Yahweh
gave
to
them.)
“Now
rise
up
and
cross
over
the
brook
Zered.”
We
went
over
the
brook
Zered.
The
days
in
which
we
came
from Kadesh Barnea
until
we
had
come
over
the
brook
Zered
were thirty-eight
years,
until
all
the
generation
of
the
men
of
war
were
consumed
from
the
middle
of
the
camp,
as
Yahweh
swore
to
them.
Moreover
Yahweh’s
hand
was
against
them,
to
destroy
them
from
the
middle
of
the
camp,
until
they
were
consumed.
So,
when
all
the
men
of
war
were
consumed
and
dead
from
among
the
people,
Yahweh
spoke
to
me,
saying,
“You
are
to
pass
over
Ar,
the
border
of
Moab,
today.
When
you
come
near
the border
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
don’t bother
them,
nor
contend
with
them;
for
I
will
not
give
you
any
of
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon
for
a
possession,
because
I
have
given
it
to
the
children
of
Lot
for
a
possession.”
(That
also
is
considered
a
land
of
Rephaim.
Rephaim
lived
there
in
the past,
but
the
Ammonites
call
them Zamzummim,
a
great
people,
many,
and
tall,
as
the
Anakim;
but
Yahweh
destroyed
them
from
before
Israel,
and
they
succeeded
them,
and
lived
in
their
place,
as
he
did
for
the
children
of
Esau
who
dwell
in
Seir,
when
he
destroyed
the
Horites
from
before
them;
and
they
succeeded
them,
and
lived
in
their
place
even
to
this
day.
Then
the
Avvim,
who
lived
in villages
as
far
as
Gaza:
the
Caphtorim,
who
came
out
of
Caphtor,
destroyed
them
and
lived
in
their
place.)
“Rise
up,
take
your
journey,
and
pass
over
the
valley
of
the
Arnon.
Behold,
I
have
given
into
your
hand
Sihon
the
Amorite,
king
of
Heshbon,
and
his
land;
begin
to
possess
it,
and
contend
with
him
in
battle.
Today
I
will
begin
to
put
the
dread
of
you
and
the
fear
of
you
on
the
peoples
who
are
under
the
whole
sky,
who
shall
hear
the
report
of
you,
and
shall
tremble
and
be
in
anguish
because
of
you.”
I
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wilderness
of
Kedemoth
to
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon
with
words
of
peace,
saying,
“Let
me
pass
through
your
land.
I
will
go along
by
the
highway.
I
will
turn
neither
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left.
You
shall
sell
me
food
for
money,
that
I
may
eat;
and
give
me
water
for
money,
that
I
may
drink. Just
let
me
pass
through
on
my
feet,
as
the
children
of
Esau
who
dwell
in
Seir,
and
the
Moabites
who
dwell
in
Ar,
did
to
me,
until
I
pass
over
the
Jordan
into
the
land
which
Yahweh
our
God
gives
us.”
But
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon
would
not
let
us
pass
by
him,
for
Yahweh
your
God
hardened
his
spirit
and
made
his
heart
obstinate,
that
he
might
deliver
him
into
your
hand,
as
it
is
today.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Behold,
I
have
begun
to
deliver
up
Sihon
and
his
land
before
you.
Begin
to
possess,
that
you
may
inherit
his
land.”
Then
Sihon
came
out
against
us,
he
and
all
his
people,
to
battle
at
Jahaz.
Yahweh
our
God
delivered
him
up
before
us;
and
we
struck
him,
his
sons,
and
all
his
people.
We
took
all
his
cities
at
that
time,
and utterly destroyed
every inhabited
city,
with
the
women
and
the
little
ones.
We
left
no
one
remaining.
Only
the
livestock
we
took
for
plunder
for ourselves,
with
the
plunder
of
the
cities
which
we
had
taken.
From
Aroer,
which
is
on
the
edge
of
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
and
the
city
that
is
in
the
valley,
even
to
Gilead,
there
was
not
a
city
too
high
for
us.
Yahweh
our
God
delivered
up
all
before
us.
Only
to
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon
you
didn’t
come
near:
all
the
banks
of
the
river
Jabbok,
and
the
cities
of
the
hill
country,
and
wherever
Yahweh
our
God forbade
us.
Then
we
turned,
and
went
up
the
way
to
Bashan.
Og
the
king
of
Bashan
came
out
against
us,
he
and
all
his
people,
to
battle
at
Edrei.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Don’t
fear
him;
for
I
have
delivered
him,
with
all
his
people
and
his
land,
into
your
hand.
You
shall
do
to
him
as
you
did
to
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
who
lived
at
Heshbon.”
So
Yahweh
our
God
also
delivered
into
our
hand
Og,
the
king
of
Bashan,
and
all
his
people.
We
struck
him
until
no
one
was
left
to
him
remaining.
We
took
all
his
cities
at
that
time.
There
was
not
a
city
which
we
didn’t
take
from
them:
sixty
cities,
all
the region
of Argob,
the
kingdom
of
Og
in
Bashan.
All
these
were
cities
fortified
with
high
walls,
gates,
and
bars,
in addition
to
a
great
many villages without
walls.
We utterly destroyed
them,
as
we
did
to
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon, utterly destroying
every inhabited
city,
with
the
women
and
the
little
ones.
But
all
the
livestock,
and
the
plunder
of
the
cities,
we
took
for
plunder
for ourselves.
We
took
the
land
at
that
time
out
of
the
hand
of
the
two
kings
of
the
Amorites
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
from
the
valley
of
the
Arnon
to
Mount
Hermon.
(The
Sidonians
call
Hermon
Sirion,
and
the
Amorites
call
it
Senir.)
We took
all
the
cities
of
the
plain,
and
all
Gilead,
and
all
Bashan,
to
Salecah
and
Edrei,
cities
of
the
kingdom
of
Og
in
Bashan.
(For
only
Og
king
of
Bashan
remained
of
the
remnant
of
the
Rephaim.
Behold,
his
bedstead
was
a
bedstead
of
iron.
Isn’t
it
in
Rabbah
of
the
children
of
Ammon?
Nine
cubits
3:11
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
was
its
length,
and
four
cubits
its
width,
after
the
cubit
of
a
man.)
This
land
we
took
in
possession
at
that
time:
from
Aroer,
which
is
by
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
and
half
the
hill
country
of
Gilead
with
its
cities,
I
gave
to
the
Reubenites
and
to
the
Gadites;
and
the
rest
of
Gilead,
and
all
Bashan,
the
kingdom
of
Og,
I
gave
to
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh—all
the
region
of Argob,
even
all
Bashan. (The
same
is
called
the
land
of
Rephaim.
Jair
the
son
of
Manasseh
took
all
the region
of Argob,
to
the
border
of
the
Geshurites
and
the
Maacathites,
and
called
them,
even
Bashan,
after
his own
name, Havvoth
Jair,
to
this
day.)
I
gave
Gilead
to
Machir.
To
the
Reubenites
and
to
the
Gadites
I
gave
from
Gilead
even
to
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
the
middle
of
the
valley,
and
its
border,
even
to
the
river
Jabbok,
which
is
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ammon;
the
Arabah also,
and
the
Jordan
and
its
border,
from
Chinnereth
even
to
the
sea
of
the
Arabah,
the
Salt
Sea,
under
the
slopes
of
Pisgah
eastward.
I
commanded
you
at
that
time,
saying, “Yahweh
your
God
has
given
you
this
land
to
possess
it.
All
of
you
men
of
valor
shall
pass
over
armed
before
your
brothers,
the
children
of
Israel.
But
your
wives,
and
your
little
ones,
and
your
livestock, (I
know
that
you
have
much
livestock),
shall
live
in
your
cities
which
I
have
given
you,
until
Yahweh
gives
rest
to
your
brothers,
as
to
you,
and
they
also
possess
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
them
beyond
the
Jordan.
Then
you
shall
each
return
to
his
own
possession,
which
I
have
given
you.”
I
commanded
Joshua
at
that
time,
saying, “Your
eyes
have
seen
all
that
Yahweh
your
God
has
done
to
these
two
kings.
So
shall
Yahweh
do
to
all
the
kingdoms
where
you
go
over.
You
shall
not
fear
them;
for
Yahweh
your
God
himself
fights
for
you.”
I begged
Yahweh
at
that
time,
saying,
“Lord
3:24
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh,
you
have
begun
to
show
your
servant
your
greatness,
and
your
strong
hand.
For
what
god
is
there
in
heaven
or
in
earth
that
can
do
works
like
yours,
and
mighty
acts
like
yours?
Please
let
me
go
over
and
see
the
good
land
that
is
beyond
the
Jordan,
that fine
mountain,
and
Lebanon.”
But
Yahweh
was angry
with
me
because
of
you,
and
didn’t
listen
to
me.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “That
is
enough!
Speak
no
more
to
me
of
this
matter.
Go
up
to
the
top
of
Pisgah,
and
lift
up
your
eyes
westward,
and
northward,
and
southward,
and
eastward,
and
see
with
your
eyes;
for
you
shall
not
go
over
this
Jordan.
But
commission
Joshua,
and
encourage
him,
and
strengthen
him;
for
he
shall
go
over
before
this
people,
and
he
shall cause
them
to
inherit
the
land
which
you
shall
see.”
So we
stayed
in
the
valley near Beth Peor.
Now,
Israel,
listen
to
the
statutes
and
to
the
ordinances
which
I
teach
you,
to
do
them,
that
you
may
live
and
go
in
and
possess
the
land
which
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
gives
you.
You
shall
not
add
to
the
word
which
I
command
you,
neither
shall
you
take
away
from
it,
that
you
may
keep
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God
which
I
command
you.
Your
eyes
have
seen
what
Yahweh
did
because
of
Baal
Peor;
for
Yahweh
your
God
has
destroyed
all
the
men
who
followed
Baal
Peor
from
among
you.
But
you
who
were faithful
to
Yahweh
your
God
are
all
alive
today.
Behold,
I
have
taught
you
statutes
and
ordinances,
even
as
Yahweh
my
God
commanded
me,
that
you
should
do
so
in
the
middle
of
the
land
where
you
go
in
to
possess
it.
Keep
therefore
and
do
them;
for
this
is
your
wisdom
and
your
understanding
in
the
sight
of
the
peoples
who
shall
hear
all
these
statutes
and
say, “Surely
this
great
nation
is
a
wise
and
understanding
people.”
For
what
great
nation
is
there
that
has
a
god
so
near
to
them
as
Yahweh
our
God
is
whenever
we
call
on
him?
What
great
nation
is
there
that
has
statutes
and
ordinances
so
righteous
as
all
this
law
which
I
set
before
you
today?
Only
be
careful,
and
keep
your
soul
diligently,
lest
you
forget
the
things
which
your
eyes
saw,
and
lest
they
depart
from
your
heart
all
the
days
of
your
life;
but
make
them
known
to
your
children
and
your
children’s
children—
the
day
that
you
stood
before
Yahweh
your
God
in
Horeb,
when
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Assemble
the
people
to
me,
and
I
will
make
them
hear
my
words,
that
they
may
learn
to
fear
me
all
the
days
that
they
live
on
the
earth,
and
that
they
may
teach
their
children.”
You
came
near
and
stood
under
the
mountain.
The
mountain
burned
with
fire
to
the
heart
of
the
sky,
with
darkness,
cloud,
and
thick
darkness.
Yahweh
spoke
to
you
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire:
you
heard
the
voice
of
words,
but
you
saw
no
form;
you
only
heard
a
voice.
He
declared
to
you
his
covenant,
which
he
commanded
you
to
perform,
even
the
ten
commandments.
He
wrote
them
on
two
stone
tablets.
Yahweh
commanded
me
at
that
time
to
teach
you
statutes
and
ordinances,
that
you
might
do
them
in
the
land
where
you
go
over
to
possess
it.
Be
very
careful,
for
you
saw
no kind
of
form
on
the
day
that
Yahweh
spoke
to
you
in
Horeb
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire,
lest
you
corrupt
yourselves,
and
make yourself
a
carved
image
in
the
form
of
any
figure,
the
likeness
of
male
or
female,
the
likeness
of
any
animal
that
is
on
the
earth,
the
likeness
of
any
winged
bird
that
flies
in
the
sky,
the
likeness
of
anything
that
creeps
on
the
ground,
the
likeness
of
any
fish
that
is
in
the
water
under
the
earth;
and
lest
you
lift
up
your
eyes
to
the
sky,
and
when
you
see
the
sun
and
the
moon
and
the
stars,
even
all
the
army
of
the
sky,
you
are
drawn
away
and
worship
them,
and
serve
them,
which
Yahweh
your
God
has allotted
to
all
the
peoples
under
the
whole
sky.
But
Yahweh
has
taken
you,
and
brought
you
out
of
the
iron
furnace,
out
of
Egypt,
to
be
to
him
a
people
of
inheritance,
as
it
is
today.
Furthermore
Yahweh
was
angry
with
me
for
your
sakes,
and
swore
that
I
should
not
go
over
the
Jordan,
and
that
I
should
not
go
in
to
that
good
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance;
but
I
must
die
in
this
land.
I
must
not
go
over
the
Jordan,
but
you
shall
go
over
and
possess
that
good
land.
Be
careful,
lest
you
forget
the
covenant
of
Yahweh
your
God,
which
he
made
with
you,
and
make
yourselves
a
carved
image
in
the
form
of
anything
which
Yahweh
your
God
has forbidden
you.
For
Yahweh
your
God
is
a
devouring
fire,
a
jealous
God.
When
you
father
children
and
children’s
children,
and
you
have
been
long
in
the
land,
and
then
corrupt
yourselves,
and
make
a
carved
image
in
the
form
of
anything,
and
do
that
which
is
evil
in
Yahweh
your
God’s
sight
to
provoke
him
to
anger,
I call
heaven
and
earth
to witness
against
you
today,
that
you
will
soon
utterly
perish
from
off
the
land
which
you
go
over
the
Jordan
to
possess
it.
You
will
not
prolong
your
days
on
it,
but
will
utterly
be
destroyed.
Yahweh
will
scatter
you
among
the
peoples,
and
you
will
be
left
few
in
number
among
the
nations
where
Yahweh
will lead
you
away.
There
you
will
serve
gods,
the
work
of
men’s
hands,
wood
and
stone,
which
neither
see,
nor
hear,
nor
eat,
nor
smell.
But
from
there
you
shall
seek
Yahweh
your
God,
and
you
will
find
him
when
you
search
after
him
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul.
When
you
are
in oppression,
and
all
these
things
have
come
on
you,
in
the
latter
days
you
shall
return
to
Yahweh
your
God
and
listen
to
his
voice.
For
Yahweh
your
God
is
a
merciful
God.
He
will
not
fail
you
nor
destroy
you,
nor
forget
the
covenant
of
your
fathers
which
he
swore
to
them.
For
ask
now
of
the
days
that
are
past,
which
were
before
you,
since
the
day
that
God
created
man
on
the
earth,
and
from
the
one
end
of
the
sky
to
the
other,
whether
there
has
been
anything
as
great
as
this
thing
is,
or
has
been
heard
like
it?
Did
a
people ever
hear
the
voice
of
God
speaking
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire,
as
you
have
heard,
and
live?
Or
has
God
tried
to
go
and
take
a
nation
for
himself
from
among another
nation,
by trials,
by
signs,
by
wonders,
by
war,
by
a
mighty
hand,
by
an
outstretched
arm,
and
by
great
terrors,
according
to
all
that
Yahweh
your
God
did
for
you
in
Egypt
before
your
eyes?
It
was
shown
to
you
so
that
you
might
know
that
Yahweh
is
God.
There
is
no
one
else
besides
him.
Out
of
heaven
he
made
you
to
hear
his
voice,
that
he might instruct
you.
On
earth
he
made
you
to
see
his
great
fire;
and
you
heard
his
words
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire.
Because
he
loved
your
fathers,
therefore
he
chose
their
offspring
after
them,
and
brought
you
out
with
his
presence,
with
his
great
power,
out
of
Egypt;
to
drive
out
nations
from
before
you
greater
and
mightier
than
you,
to
bring
you
in,
to
give
you
their
land
for
an
inheritance,
as
it
is
today.
Know
therefore
today,
and
take
it
to
heart,
that
Yahweh
himself
is
God
in
heaven
above
and
on
the
earth
beneath.
There
is
no
one
else.
You
shall
keep
his
statutes
and
his
commandments
which
I
command
you
today,
that
it
may
go
well
with
you
and
with
your
children
after
you,
and
that
you
may
prolong
your
days
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
all
time.
Then
Moses
set
apart
three
cities
beyond
the
Jordan toward
the
sunrise,
that
the
man slayer
might
flee
there,
who
kills
his
neighbor unintentionally
and
didn’t
hate
him
in time
past,
and
that
fleeing
to
one
of
these
cities
he
might live:
Bezer
in
the
wilderness,
in
the
plain
country,
for
the
Reubenites;
and
Ramoth
in
Gilead
for
the
Gadites;
and
Golan
in
Bashan
for
the
Manassites.
This
is
the
law
which
Moses
set
before
the
children
of
Israel.
These
are
the testimonies,
and
the
statutes,
and
the
ordinances
which
Moses
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel
when
they
came
out
of
Egypt,
beyond
the
Jordan,
in
the
valley
opposite Beth Peor,
in
the
land
of
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
who
lived
at
Heshbon,
whom
Moses
and
the
children
of
Israel
struck
when
they
came
out
of
Egypt.
They
took
possession
of
his
land
and
the
land
of
Og
king
of
Bashan,
the
two
kings
of
the
Amorites,
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan toward
the
sunrise;
from
Aroer,
which
is
on
the
edge
of
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
even
to
Mount Zion (also called
Hermon),
and
all
the
Arabah
beyond
the
Jordan
eastward,
even
to
the
sea
of
the
Arabah,
under
the
slopes
of
Pisgah.
Moses
called
to
all
Israel,
and
said
to
them, “Hear,
Israel,
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances
which
I
speak
in
your
ears
today,
that
you
may
learn
them,
and
observe
to
do
them.”
Yahweh
our
God
made
a
covenant
with us
in
Horeb.
Yahweh
didn’t
make
this
covenant
with
our
fathers,
but
with
us,
even
us,
who
are
all
of
us
here
alive
today.
Yahweh
spoke
with
you
face
to
face
on
the
mountain
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire,
(I
stood
between
Yahweh
and
you
at
that
time,
to
show
you
Yahweh’s
word;
for
you
were
afraid
because
of
the
fire,
and
didn’t
go
up onto
the
mountain)
saying,
“I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
“You
shall
have
no
other
gods
before
me.
“You
shall
not
make
a
carved
image
for yourself—any
likeness
of
what
is
in
heaven
above,
or
what
is
in
the
earth
beneath,
or
that
is
in
the
water
under
the
earth.
You
shall
not
bow
yourself
down
to
them,
nor
serve
them,
for
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
am
a
jealous
God,
visiting
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
on
the
children
and
on
the
third
and
on
the
fourth
generation
of
those
who
hate
me
and showing
loving
kindness
to
thousands
of those
who
love
me
and
keep
my
commandments.
“You
shall
not misuse
the
name
of
Yahweh
your
God;
5:11
or, You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain;
for
Yahweh
will
not hold
him guiltless
who misuses
his
name.
“Observe
the
Sabbath
day,
to
keep
it
holy,
as
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
you.
You
shall
labor
six
days,
and
do
all
your
work;
but
the
seventh
day
is
a
Sabbath
to
Yahweh
your
God,
in
which
you
shall
not
do
any
work—
neither
you,
nor
your
son,
nor
your
daughter,
nor
your
male
servant,
nor
your
female
servant,
nor
your
ox,
nor
your
donkey,
nor
any
of
your
livestock,
nor
your
stranger
who
is within
your
gates;
that
your
male
servant
and
your
female
servant
may
rest
as
well
as
you.
You
shall
remember
that
you
were
a
servant
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
Yahweh
your
God
brought
you
out
of
there
by
a
mighty
hand
and
by
an
outstretched
arm.
Therefore
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
you
to
keep
the
Sabbath
day.
“Honor
your
father
and
your
mother,
as
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
you,
that
your
days
may
be
long
and
that
it
may
go
well
with
you
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you.
“You
shall
not
murder.
“You
shall
not
commit
adultery.
“You
shall
not
steal.
“You
shall
not
give
false
testimony
against
your
neighbor.
“You
shall
not
covet
your
neighbor’s
wife.
Neither
shall
you
desire
your
neighbor’s
house,
his
field,
or
his
male
servant,
or
his
female
servant,
his
ox,
or
his
donkey,
or
anything
that
is
your
neighbor’s.”
Yahweh
spoke
these
words
to
all
your
assembly
on
the
mountain
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire,
of
the
cloud,
and
of
the
thick
darkness,
with
a
great
voice.
He
added
no
more.
He
wrote
them
on
two
stone
tablets,
and
gave
them
to
me.
When
you
heard
the
voice
out
of
the
middle
of
the
darkness,
while
the
mountain
was
burning
with
fire,
you
came
near
to
me,
even
all
the
heads
of
your
tribes,
and
your
elders;
and
you
said, “Behold,
Yahweh
our
God
has
shown
us
his
glory
and
his
greatness,
and
we
have
heard
his
voice
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire.
We
have
seen
today
that
God
does
speak
with
man,
and
he lives.
Now
therefore,
why
should
we
die?
For
this
great
fire
will
consume
us.
If
we
hear
Yahweh
our
God’s
voice
any
more,
then
we
shall
die.
For
who
is
there
of
all
flesh
who
has
heard
the
voice
of
the
living
God
speaking
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire,
as
we
have,
and
lived?
Go
near,
and
hear
all
that
Yahweh
our
God
shall
say,
and
tell
us
all
that
Yahweh
our
God
tells
you;
and
we
will
hear
it,
and
do
it.”
Yahweh
heard
the
voice
of
your
words
when
you
spoke
to
me;
and
Yahweh
said
to
me, “I
have
heard
the
voice
of
the
words
of
this
people
which
they
have
spoken
to
you.
They
have
well
said
all
that
they
have
spoken.
Oh
that
there
were
such
a
heart
in
them
that
they
would
fear
me
and
keep
all
my
commandments
always,
that
it
might
be
well
with
them
and
with
their
children
forever!
“Go
tell
them, ‘Return
to
your
tents.’
But
as
for
you,
stand
here
by
me,
and
I
will
tell
you
all
the
commandments,
and
the
statutes,
and
the
ordinances,
which
you
shall
teach
them,
that
they
may
do
them
in
the
land
which
I
give
them
to
possess.”
You
shall
observe
to
do
therefore
as
Yahweh
your
God
has
commanded
you.
You
shall
not
turn
away
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left.
You
shall
walk
in
all
the
way
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
commanded
you,
that
you
may
live
and
that
it
may
be
well
with
you,
and
that
you
may
prolong
your
days
in
the
land
which
you
shall
possess.
Now
these
are
the
commandments,
the
statutes,
and
the
ordinances,
which
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
to
teach
you,
that
you
might
do
them
in
the
land
that
you
go
over
to
possess;
that
you
might
fear
Yahweh
your
God,
to
keep
all
his
statutes
and
his
commandments,
which
I
command
you—you,
your
son,
and
your
son’s
son,
all
the
days
of
your
life;
and
that
your
days
may
be
prolonged.
Hear
therefore,
Israel,
and
observe
to
do
it,
that
it
may
be
well
with
you,
and
that
you
may
increase mightily,
as
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
has
promised
to
you,
in
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
Hear,
Israel:
Yahweh
is
our
God.
Yahweh
is
one.
You
shall
love
Yahweh
your
God
with
all
your
heart,
with
all
your
soul,
and
with
all
your
might.
These
words,
which
I
command
you
today,
shall
be
on
your
heart;
and
you
shall
teach
them
diligently
to
your
children,
and
shall
talk
of
them
when
you
sit
in
your
house,
and
when
you
walk
by
the
way,
and
when
you
lie
down,
and
when
you
rise
up.
You
shall
bind
them
for
a
sign
on
your
hand,
and
they
shall
be
for frontlets
between
your
eyes.
You
shall
write
them
on
the
door
posts
of
your
house
and
on
your
gates.
It
shall
be,
when
Yahweh
your
God
brings
you
into
the
land
which
he
swore
to
your
fathers,
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob,
to
give
you,
great
and goodly
cities
which
you
didn’t
build,
and
houses
full
of
all
good
things
which
you
didn’t
fill,
and
cisterns dug
out
which
you
didn’t
dig,
vineyards
and
olive
trees
which
you
didn’t
plant,
and
you
shall
eat
and
be
full;
then
beware
lest
you
forget
Yahweh,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
You
shall
fear
Yahweh
your
God;
and
you
shall
serve
him,
and
shall
swear
by
his
name.
You
shall
not go
after
other
gods,
of
the
gods
of
the
peoples
who
are
around
you,
for
Yahweh
your
God
among
you
is
a
jealous
God,
lest
the
anger
of
Yahweh
your
God
be
kindled
against
you,
and
he
destroy
you
from
off
the
face
of
the
earth.
You
shall
not tempt
Yahweh
your
God,
as
you
tempted
him
in
Massah.
You
shall
diligently
keep
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God,
and
his testimonies,
and
his
statutes,
which
he
has
commanded
you.
You
shall
do
that
which
is
right
and
good
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
that
it
may
be
well
with
you
and
that
you
may
go
in
and
possess
the
good
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers,
to
thrust
out
all
your
enemies
from
before
you,
as
Yahweh
has
spoken.
When
your
son
asks
you
in
time
to
come,
saying, “What
do
the testimonies,
the
statutes,
and
the
ordinances,
which
Yahweh
our
God
has
commanded
you mean?”
then
you
shall
tell
your
son, “We
were
Pharaoh’s
slaves
in
Egypt.
Yahweh
brought
us
out
of
Egypt
with
a
mighty
hand;
and
Yahweh
showed
great
and
awesome
signs
and
wonders
on
Egypt,
on
Pharaoh,
and
on
all
his
house,
before
our
eyes;
and
he
brought
us
out
from
there,
that
he
might
bring
us
in,
to
give
us
the
land
which
he
swore
to
our
fathers.
Yahweh
commanded
us
to
do
all
these
statutes,
to
fear
Yahweh
our
God,
for
our
good
always,
that
he
might
preserve
us
alive,
as
we
are
today.
It
shall
be
righteousness
to
us,
if
we
observe
to
do
all
these
commandments
before
Yahweh
our
God,
as
he
has
commanded
us.”
When
Yahweh
your
God
brings
you
into
the
land
where
you
go
to
possess
it,
and casts
out
many
nations
before
you—the
Hittite,
the
Girgashite,
the
Amorite,
the
Canaanite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite—seven
nations
greater
and
mightier
than
you;
and
when
Yahweh
your
God
delivers
them
up
before
you,
and
you
strike
them,
then
you
shall utterly
destroy
them.
You
shall
make
no
covenant
with
them,
nor
show
mercy
to
them.
You
shall
not
make marriages
with
them.
You
shall
not
give
your
daughter
to
his
son,
nor
shall
you
take
his
daughter
for
your
son.
For
that
would
turn
away
your
sons
from
following
me,
that
they
may
serve
other
gods.
So
Yahweh’s
anger
would
be
kindled
against
you,
and
he
would
destroy
you
quickly.
But
you shall
deal
with
them
like
this:
you shall
break
down
their
altars, dash
their
pillars
in
pieces,
cut
down
their
Asherah poles,
and
burn
their
engraved
images
with
fire.
For
you
are
a
holy
people
to
Yahweh
your
God.
Yahweh
your
God
has
chosen
you
to
be
a
people
for
his
own
possession,
above
all
peoples
who
are
on
the
face
of
the
earth.
Yahweh
didn’t set
his love
on
you
nor
choose
you,
because
you were
more
in
number
than
any
people;
for
you were
the
fewest
of
all
peoples;
but
because
Yahweh
loves
you,
and
because
he desires
to
keep
the
oath
which
he
swore
to
your
fathers,
Yahweh
has
brought
you
out
with
a
mighty
hand
and
redeemed
you
out
of
the
house
of
bondage,
from
the
hand
of
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt.
Know
therefore
that
Yahweh
your
God
himself
is
God,
the
faithful
God,
who
keeps
covenant
and
loving
kindness
to
a
thousand
generations
with
those
who
love
him
and
keep
his
commandments,
and
repays
those
who
hate
him
to
their
face,
to
destroy
them.
He
will
not
be slack
to
him
who
hates
him.
He
will
repay
him
to
his
face.
You
shall
therefore
keep
the
commandments,
the
statutes,
and
the
ordinances
which
I
command
you
today,
to
do
them.
It
shall
happen,
because
you
listen
to
these
ordinances
and
keep
and
do
them,
that
Yahweh
your
God
will
keep
with
you
the
covenant
and
the loving
kindness
which
he
swore
to
your
fathers.
He
will
love
you,
bless
you,
and
multiply
you.
He
will
also
bless
the
fruit
of
your
body
and
the
fruit
of
your
ground,
your
grain
and
your
new
wine
and
your
oil,
the
increase
of
your livestock
and
the
young
of
your
flock,
in
the
land
which
he
swore
to
your
fathers
to
give
you.
You
will
be
blessed above
all
peoples.
There
won’t
be male
or female
barren
among
you,
or
among
your
livestock.
Yahweh
will
take
away
from
you
all
sickness;
and
he
will
put
none
of
the
evil
diseases
of
Egypt,
which
you
know,
on
you,
but
will
lay
them
on
all
those
who
hate
you.
You
shall
consume
all
the
peoples
whom
Yahweh
your
God
shall
deliver
to
you.
Your
eye
shall
not
pity
them.
You
shall
not
serve
their
gods;
for
that
would
be
a
snare
to
you.
If
you
shall
say
in
your
heart, “These
nations
are
more
than
I;
how
can
I
dispossess
them?”
you
shall
not
be
afraid
of
them.
You
shall
remember
well
what
Yahweh
your
God
did
to
Pharaoh
and
to
all
Egypt:
the
great trials
which
your
eyes
saw,
the
signs,
the
wonders,
the
mighty
hand,
and
the
outstretched
arm,
by
which
Yahweh
your
God
brought
you
out.
So
shall
Yahweh
your
God
do
to
all
the
peoples
of
whom
you
are
afraid.
Moreover
Yahweh
your
God
will
send
the
hornet among
them,
until
those
who
are
left,
and
hide themselves,
perish
from
before
you.
You
shall
not
be scared
of
them;
for
Yahweh
your
God
is
among
you,
a
great
and
awesome
God.
Yahweh
your
God
will cast
out
those
nations
before
you
little
by
little.
You
may
not
consume
them
at once,
lest
the
animals
of
the
field
increase
on
you.
But
Yahweh
your
God
will
deliver
them
up
before
you,
and
will
confuse
them
with
a
great
confusion,
until
they
are
destroyed.
He
will
deliver
their
kings
into
your
hand,
and
you
shall
make
their
name
perish
from
under
the
sky.
No
one
will
be
able
to
stand
before
you
until
you
have
destroyed
them.
You
shall
burn
the
engraved
images
of
their
gods
with
fire.
You
shall
not
covet
the
silver
or
the
gold
that
is
on
them,
nor
take
it
for
yourself,
lest
you
be
snared
in
it;
for
it
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not
bring
an
abomination
into
your
house
and
become
a
devoted
thing
like
it.
You
shall
utterly
detest
it.
You
shall
utterly
abhor
it;
for
it
is
a
devoted
thing.
You
shall
observe
to
do
all
the
commandments
which
I
command
you
today,
that
you
may
live,
and
multiply,
and
go
in
and
possess
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers.
You
shall
remember
all
the
way
which
Yahweh
your
God
has led
you
these
forty
years
in
the
wilderness,
that
he
might humble
you,
to
test
you,
to
know
what
was
in
your
heart,
whether
you
would
keep
his
commandments
or
not.
He humbled
you,
allowed
you
to
be
hungry,
and
fed
you
with
manna,
which
you
didn’t
know,
neither
did
your
fathers
know,
that
he
might
teach
you
that
man
does
not
live
by
bread
only,
but
man
lives
by
every
word
that
proceeds
out
of
Yahweh’s
mouth.
Your
clothing
didn’t grow
old
on
you,
neither
did
your
foot
swell,
these
forty
years.
You
shall
consider
in
your
heart
that
as
a
man
disciplines
his
son,
so
Yahweh
your
God
disciplines
you.
You
shall
keep
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God,
to
walk
in
his
ways,
and
to
fear
him.
For
Yahweh
your
God
brings
you
into
a
good
land,
a
land
of brooks
of
water,
of
springs,
and
underground
water
flowing
into
valleys
and
hills;
a
land
of
wheat,
barley,
vines,
fig
trees,
and
pomegranates;
a
land
of
olive
trees
and
honey;
a
land
in
which
you
shall
eat
bread
without
scarcity,
you
shall
not
lack
anything
in
it;
a
land
whose
stones
are
iron,
and
out
of
whose
hills
you
may
dig
copper.
You
shall
eat
and
be
full,
and
you
shall
bless
Yahweh
your
God
for
the
good
land
which
he
has
given
you.
Beware
lest
you
forget
Yahweh
your
God,
in
not
keeping
his
commandments,
his
ordinances,
and
his
statutes,
which
I
command
you
today;
lest,
when
you
have
eaten
and
are
full,
and
have
built fine
houses
and
lived
in
them;
and
when
your
herds
and
your
flocks
multiply,
and
your
silver
and
your
gold
is
multiplied,
and
all
that
you
have
is
multiplied;
then
your
heart
might
be
lifted
up,
and
you
forget
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
house
of
bondage;
who
led
you
through
the
great
and terrible
wilderness,
with venomous
snakes
and
scorpions,
and
thirsty
ground
where
there
was
no
water;
who poured
water
for
you
out
of
the
rock
of
flint;
who
fed
you
in
the
wilderness
with
manna,
which
your
fathers
didn’t
know,
that
he
might humble
you,
and
that
he
might
prove
you,
to
do
you
good
at
your
latter
end;
and lest
you
say
in
your
heart, “My
power
and
the
might
of
my
hand
has gotten
me
this
wealth.”
But
you
shall
remember
Yahweh
your
God,
for
it
is
he
who
gives
you
power
to
get
wealth,
that
he
may
establish
his
covenant
which
he
swore
to
your
fathers,
as
it
is
today.
It
shall
be,
if
you
shall
forget
Yahweh
your
God,
and
walk
after
other
gods,
and
serve
them
and
worship
them,
I testify against
you
today
that
you
shall
surely
perish.
As
the
nations
that
Yahweh
makes
to
perish
before
you,
so
you
shall
perish,
because
you wouldn’t
listen
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice.
Hear,
Israel!
You
are
to
pass
over
the
Jordan
today,
to
go
in
to
dispossess
nations
greater
and
mightier
than
yourself,
cities
great
and
fortified
up
to
the
sky,
a
people
great
and
tall,
the
sons
of
the
Anakim,
whom
you
know,
and
of
whom
you
have
heard say, “Who
can
stand
before
the
sons
of
Anak?”
Know
therefore
today
that
Yahweh
your
God
is
he
who
goes
over
before
you
as
a
devouring
fire.
He
will
destroy
them
and
he
will
bring
them
down
before
you.
So
you
shall
drive
them
out
and
make
them
perish
quickly,
as
Yahweh
has
spoken
to
you.
Don’t
say
in
your
heart,
after
Yahweh
your
God
has
thrust
them
out
from
before
you, “For
my
righteousness
Yahweh
has
brought
me
in
to
possess
this
land;”
because
Yahweh drives
them
out
before
you
because
of
the
wickedness
of
these
nations.
Not
for
your
righteousness
or
for
the
uprightness
of
your
heart
do
you
go
in
to
possess
their
land;
but
for
the
wickedness
of
these
nations
Yahweh
your
God
does
drive
them
out
from
before
you,
and
that
he
may
establish
the
word
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers,
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob.
Know
therefore
that
Yahweh
your
God
doesn’t
give
you
this
good
land
to
possess
for
your
righteousness,
for
you
are
a stiff-necked
people.
Remember,
and
don’t
forget,
how
you
provoked
Yahweh
your
God
to
wrath
in
the
wilderness.
From
the
day
that
you
left
the
land
of
Egypt
until
you
came
to
this
place,
you
have
been
rebellious
against
Yahweh.
Also
in
Horeb
you
provoked
Yahweh
to
wrath,
and
Yahweh
was
angry
with
you
to
destroy
you.
When
I
had
gone
up onto
the
mountain
to
receive
the
stone
tablets,
even
the
tablets
of
the
covenant
which
Yahweh
made
with
you,
then
I
stayed
on
the
mountain
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
I
neither
ate
bread
nor
drank
water.
Yahweh
delivered
to
me
the
two
stone
tablets
written
with
God’s
finger.
On
them
were
all
the
words
which
Yahweh
spoke
with
you
on
the
mountain
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire
in
the
day
of
the
assembly.
It
came
to
pass
at
the
end
of
forty
days
and
forty
nights
that
Yahweh
gave
me
the
two
stone
tablets,
even
the
tablets
of
the
covenant.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Arise,
get
down
quickly
from
here;
for
your
people
whom
you
have
brought
out
of
Egypt
have
corrupted themselves.
They
have
quickly
turned
away
from
the
way
which
I
commanded
them.
They
have
made
a molten image
for themselves!”
Furthermore
Yahweh
spoke
to
me,
saying, “I
have
seen
these
people,
and
behold,
they
are
a stiff-necked
people.
Leave
me
alone,
that
I
may
destroy
them,
and blot
out
their
name
from
under
the
sky;
and
I
will
make
of
you
a
nation
mightier
and
greater
than
they.”
So
I
turned
and
came
down
from
the
mountain,
and
the
mountain
was
burning
with
fire.
The
two
tablets
of
the
covenant
were
in
my
two
hands.
I
looked,
and
behold,
you
had
sinned
against
Yahweh
your
God.
You
had
made
yourselves
a molded
calf.
You
had
quickly
turned
away
from
the
way
which
Yahweh
had
commanded
you.
I
took
hold
of
the
two
tablets,
and
threw
them
out
of
my
two
hands,
and
broke
them
before
your
eyes.
I
fell
down
before
Yahweh,
as
at
the
first,
forty
days
and
forty
nights.
I
neither
ate
bread
nor
drank
water,
because
of
all
your
sin
which
you
sinned,
in
doing
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
For
I
was
afraid
of
the
anger
and
hot
displeasure
with
which
Yahweh
was
angry
against
you
to
destroy
you.
But
Yahweh
listened
to
me
that
time
also.
Yahweh
was
angry
enough
with
Aaron
to
destroy
him.
I
prayed
for
Aaron
also
at
the
same
time.
I
took
your
sin,
the
calf
which
you
had
made,
and
burned
it
with
fire,
and
crushed
it,
grinding
it
very
small,
until
it
was
as
fine
as
dust.
I
threw
its
dust
into
the
brook
that
descended
out
of
the
mountain.
At
Taberah,
at
Massah,
and
at Kibroth Hattaavah
you
provoked
Yahweh
to
wrath.
When
Yahweh
sent
you
from Kadesh Barnea,
saying, “Go
up
and
possess
the
land
which
I
have
given
you,”
you
rebelled
against
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
your
God,
and
you
didn’t
believe
him
or
listen
to
his
voice.
You
have
been
rebellious
against
Yahweh
from
the
day
that
I
knew
you.
So
I
fell
down
before
Yahweh
the
forty
days
and
forty
nights
that
I
fell
down,
because
Yahweh
had
said
he
would
destroy
you.
I
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Lord
Yahweh,
don’t
destroy
your
people
and
your
inheritance
that
you
have
redeemed
through
your
greatness,
that
you
have
brought
out
of
Egypt
with
a
mighty
hand.
Remember
your
servants,
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob.
Don’t
look
at
the
stubbornness
of
this
people,
nor
at
their
wickedness,
nor
at
their
sin,
lest
the
land
you
brought
us
out
from
say, ‘Because
Yahweh
was
not
able
to
bring
them
into
the
land
which
he
promised
to
them,
and
because
he
hated
them,
he
has
brought
them
out
to
kill
them
in
the
wilderness.’
Yet
they
are
your
people
and
your
inheritance,
which
you
brought
out
by
your
great
power
and
by
your
outstretched
arm.”
At
that
time
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Cut
two
stone
tablets
like
the
first,
and
come
up
to
me
onto
the
mountain,
and
make
an
ark
of
wood.
I
will
write
on
the
tablets
the
words
that
were
on
the
first
tablets
which
you
broke,
and
you
shall
put
them
in
the
ark.”
So
I
made an
ark
of
acacia
wood,
and
cut
two
stone
tablets
like
the
first,
and
went
up onto
the
mountain, having
the
two
tablets
in
my
hand.
He
wrote
on
the
tablets,
according
to
the
first
writing,
the
ten
commandments,
which
Yahweh
spoke
to
you
on
the
mountain
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire
in
the
day
of
the
assembly;
and
Yahweh
gave
them
to
me.
I
turned
and
came
down
from
the
mountain,
and
put
the
tablets
in
the
ark
which
I
had
made;
and
there
they
are
as
Yahweh
commanded
me.
(The
children
of
Israel
traveled
from
Beeroth Bene Jaakan
to
Moserah.
There
Aaron
died,
and
there
he
was
buried;
and
Eleazar
his
son
ministered
in
the priest’s office
in
his
place.
From
there
they
traveled
to
Gudgodah;
and
from
Gudgodah
to
Jotbathah,
a
land
of brooks
of
water.
At
that
time
Yahweh
set
apart
the
tribe
of
Levi
to
bear
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
to
stand
before
Yahweh
to
minister
to
him,
and
to
bless
in
his
name,
to
this
day.
Therefore
Levi
has
no
portion
nor
inheritance
with
his
brothers;
Yahweh
is
his
inheritance,
according
as
Yahweh
your
God
spoke
to
him.)
I
stayed
on
the
mountain,
as
at
the
first
time,
forty
days
and
forty
nights;
and
Yahweh
listened
to
me
that
time
also.
Yahweh
would
not
destroy
you.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Arise,
take
your
journey
before
the
people;
and
they
shall
go
in
and
possess
the
land
which
I
swore
to
their
fathers
to
give
to
them.”
Now,
Israel,
what
does
Yahweh
your
God
require
of
you,
but
to
fear
Yahweh
your
God,
to
walk
in
all
his
ways,
to
love
him,
and
to
serve
Yahweh
your
God
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul,
to
keep
Yahweh’s
commandments
and
statutes,
which
I
command
you
today
for
your
good?
Behold,
to
Yahweh
your
God belongs
heaven,
the
heaven
of
heavens,
and
the
earth,
with
all
that
is therein.
Only
Yahweh
had
a delight
in
your
fathers
to
love
them,
and
he
chose
their
offspring
after
them,
even
you above
all
peoples,
as
it
is
today.
Circumcise
therefore
the
foreskin
of
your
heart,
and
be
no
more stiff-necked.
For
Yahweh
your
God,
he
is
God
of
gods
and
Lord
of
lords,
the
great
God,
the
mighty,
and
the
awesome,
who
doesn’t
respect persons
or
take
bribes.
He
executes
justice
for
the
fatherless
and
widow
and
loves
the
foreigner
in
giving
him
food
and
clothing.
Therefore
love
the
foreigner,
for
you
were
foreigners
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
You
shall
fear
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
serve
him.
You
shall
cling
to
him,
and
you
shall
swear
by
his
name.
He
is
your
praise,
and
he
is
your
God,
who
has
done
for
you
these
great
and
awesome
things
which
your
eyes
have
seen.
Your
fathers
went
down
into
Egypt
with
seventy
persons;
and
now
Yahweh
your
God
has
made
you
as
the
stars
of
the
sky
for
multitude.
Therefore
you
shall
love
Yahweh
your
God,
and
keep
his
instructions,
his
statutes,
his
ordinances,
and
his
commandments,
always.
Know
this
day—for
I
don’t speak
with
your
children
who
have
not
known,
and
who
have
not
seen
the chastisement
of
Yahweh
your
God,
his
greatness,
his
mighty
hand,
his
outstretched
arm,
his
signs,
and
his
works,
which
he
did
in
the
middle
of
Egypt
to
Pharaoh
the
king
of
Egypt,
and
to
all
his
land;
and
what
he
did
to
the
army
of
Egypt,
to
their
horses,
and
to
their
chariots;
how
he
made
the
water
of
the Red
Sea
to overflow
them
as
they
pursued
you,
and
how
Yahweh
has
destroyed
them
to
this
day;
and
what
he
did
to
you
in
the
wilderness
until
you
came
to
this
place;
and
what
he
did
to
Dathan
and
Abiram,
the
sons
of
Eliab,
the
son
of
Reuben—how
the
earth
opened
its
mouth
and
swallowed
them
up,
with
their
households,
their
tents,
and
every
living
thing
that
followed
them,
in
the
middle
of
all
Israel;
but
your
eyes
have
seen
all
of
Yahweh’s
great
work
which
he
did.
Therefore
you
shall
keep
the
entire
commandment
which
I
command
you
today,
that
you
may
be
strong,
and
go
in
and
possess
the
land
that
you
go
over
to
possess;
and
that
you
may
prolong
your
days
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers
to
give
to
them
and
to
their
offspring,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
For
the
land,
where
you
go
in
to
possess
isn’t
like
the
land
of
Egypt
that
you
came
out
of,
where
you
sowed
your
seed
and
watered
it
with
your
foot,
as
a
garden
of herbs;
but
the
land
that
you
go
over
to
possess
is
a
land
of
hills
and
valleys
which
drinks
water
from
the
rain
of
the
sky,
a
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
cares
for.
Yahweh
your
God’s
eyes
are
always
on
it,
from
the
beginning
of
the
year
even
to
the
end
of
the
year.
It
shall
happen,
if
you
shall
listen
diligently
to
my
commandments
which
I
command
you
today,
to
love
Yahweh
your
God,
and
to
serve
him
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul,
that
I
will
give
the
rain
for
your
land
in
its
season,
the
early
rain
and
the
latter
rain,
that
you
may
gather
in
your
grain,
your
new
wine,
and
your
oil.
I
will
give
grass
in
your
fields
for
your
livestock,
and
you
shall
eat
and
be
full.
Be
careful,
lest
your
heart
be deceived,
and
you
turn
away
to
serve
other
gods
and
worship
them;
and
Yahweh’s
anger
be
kindled
against
you,
and
he
shut
up
the
sky
so
that
there
is
no
rain,
and
the
land
doesn’t
yield
its
fruit;
and
you
perish
quickly
from
off
the
good
land
which
Yahweh
gives
you.
Therefore
you
shall
lay
up
these
words
of mine
in
your
heart
and
in
your
soul.
You
shall
bind
them
for
a
sign
on
your
hand,
and
they
shall
be
for frontlets
between
your
eyes.
You
shall
teach
them
to
your
children,
talking
of
them
when
you
sit
in
your
house,
when
you
walk
by
the
way,
when
you
lie
down,
and
when
you
rise
up.
You
shall
write
them
on
the
door
posts
of
your
house
and
on
your
gates;
that
your
days
and
your
children’s
days
may
be
multiplied
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers
to
give
them,
as
the
days
of
the
heavens
above
the
earth.
For
if
you
shall
diligently
keep
all
these
commandments
which
I
command
you—to
do
them,
to
love
Yahweh
your
God,
to
walk
in
all
his
ways,
and
to
cling
to
him—
then
Yahweh
will
drive
out
all
these
nations
from
before
you,
and
you
shall
dispossess
nations
greater
and
mightier
than
yourselves.
Every
place
on
which
the
sole
of
your
foot
treads
shall
be yours:
from
the
wilderness
and
Lebanon,
from
the
river,
the
river
Euphrates,
even
to
the
western
sea
shall
be
your
border.
No
man
will
be able
to
stand
before
you.
Yahweh
your
God
will
lay
the
fear
of
you
and
the
dread
of
you
on
all
the
land
that
you
tread
on,
as
he
has
spoken
to
you.
Behold,
I
set
before
you
today
a
blessing
and
a
curse:
the
blessing,
if
you
listen
to
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God,
which
I
command
you
today;
and
the
curse,
if
you
do
not
listen
to
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God,
but
turn
away
out
of
the
way
which
I
command
you
today,
to
go
after
other
gods
which
you
have
not
known.
It
shall
happen,
when
Yahweh
your
God
brings
you
into
the
land
that
you
go
to
possess,
that
you
shall
set
the
blessing
on
Mount
Gerizim,
and
the
curse
on
Mount
Ebal.
Aren’t
they
beyond
the
Jordan,
behind
the
way
of
the going
down
of
the
sun,
in
the
land
of
the
Canaanites
who
dwell
in
the
Arabah
near
Gilgal,
beside
the
oaks
of
Moreh?
For
you
are
to
pass
over
the
Jordan
to
go
in
to
possess
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
and
you
shall
possess
it
and
dwell
in
it.
You
shall
observe
to
do
all
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances
which
I
set
before
you
today.
These
are
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances
which
you
shall
observe
to
do
in
the
land
which
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
has
given
you
to
possess
all
the
days
that
you
live
on
the
earth.
You
shall
surely
destroy
all
the
places
in
which
the
nations
that
you
shall
dispossess
served
their
gods:
on
the
high
mountains,
and
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
You
shall
break
down
their
altars, dash
their
pillars
in
pieces,
and
burn
their
Asherah poles
with
fire.
You
shall
cut
down
the
engraved
images
of
their
gods.
You
shall
destroy
their
name
out
of
that
place.
You
shall
not
do
so
to
Yahweh
your
God.
But
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose
out
of
all
your
tribes,
to
put
his
name
there,
you
shall
seek
his habitation,
and
you
shall
come
there.
You
shall
bring
your
burnt
offerings,
your
sacrifices,
your
tithes,
the wave
offering
of
your
hand,
your
vows,
your free
will
offerings,
and
the
firstborn
of
your
herd
and
of
your
flock
there.
There
you
shall
eat
before
Yahweh
your
God,
and
you
shall
rejoice
in
all
that
you
put
your
hand
to,
you
and
your
households,
in
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
blessed
you.
You
shall
not
do
all
the
things
that
we
do
here
today,
every
man
whatever
is
right
in
his
own
eyes;
for
you
haven’t
yet
come
to
the
rest
and
to
the
inheritance
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you.
But
when
you
go
over
the
Jordan
and
dwell
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God causes
you
to
inherit,
and
he
gives
you
rest
from
all
your
enemies
around
you,
so
that
you
dwell
in
safety,
then
it
shall
happen
that
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose,
to
cause
his
name
to
dwell
there,
there
you
shall
bring
all
that
I
command
you:
your
burnt
offerings,
your
sacrifices,
your
tithes,
the wave
offering
of
your
hand,
and
all
your
choice
vows
which
you
vow
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
rejoice
before
Yahweh
your
God—you,
and
your
sons,
your
daughters,
your
male
servants,
your
female
servants,
and
the
Levite
who
is
within
your
gates,
because
he
has
no
portion
nor
inheritance
with
you.
Be
careful
that
you
don’t
offer
your
burnt
offerings
in
every
place
that
you
see;
but
in
the
place
which
Yahweh
chooses
in
one
of
your
tribes,
there
you
shall
offer
your
burnt
offerings,
and
there
you
shall
do
all
that
I
command
you.
Yet
you
may kill
and
eat
meat
within
all
your
gates,
after
all
the
desire
of
your
soul, according
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
blessing
which
he
has
given
you.
The
unclean
and
the
clean
may
eat
of
it,
as
of
the gazelle
and
the
deer.
Only
you
shall
not
eat
the
blood.
You
shall
pour
it
out
on
the
earth
like
water.
You
may
not
eat within
your
gates
the
tithe
of
your
grain,
or
of
your
new
wine,
or
of
your
oil,
or
the
firstborn
of
your
herd
or
of
your
flock,
nor
any
of
your
vows
which
you
vow,
nor
your free
will
offerings,
nor
the wave
offering
of
your
hand;
but
you
shall
eat
them
before
Yahweh
your
God
in
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose:
you,
your
son,
your
daughter,
your
male
servant,
your
female
servant,
and
the
Levite
who
is within
your
gates.
You
shall
rejoice
before
Yahweh
your
God
in
all
that
you
put
your
hand
to.
Be
careful
that
you
don’t
forsake
the
Levite
as
long
as
you
live
in
your
land.
When
Yahweh
your
God
enlarges
your
border,
as
he
has
promised
you,
and
you
say, “I
want
to
eat
meat,”
because
your
soul
desires
to
eat
meat,
you
may
eat
meat,
after
all
the
desire
of
your
soul.
If
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose
to
put
his
name
is
too
far
from
you,
then
you
shall kill
of
your
herd
and
of
your
flock,
which
Yahweh
has
given
you,
as
I
have
commanded
you;
and
you
may
eat within
your
gates,
after
all
the
desire
of
your
soul.
Even
as
the gazelle
and
as
the
deer
is
eaten,
so
you
shall
eat
of
it.
The
unclean
and
the
clean
may
eat
of
it
alike.
Only
be
sure
that
you
don’t
eat
the
blood;
for
the
blood
is
the
life.
You
shall
not
eat
the
life
with
the
meat.
You
shall
not
eat
it.
You
shall
pour
it
out
on
the
earth
like
water.
You
shall
not
eat
it,
that
it
may
go
well
with
you
and
with
your
children
after
you,
when
you
do
that
which
is
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes.
Only
your
holy
things
which
you
have,
and
your
vows,
you
shall
take
and
go
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
shall
choose.
You
shall
offer
your
burnt
offerings,
the
meat
and
the
blood,
on
Yahweh
your
God’s
altar.
The
blood
of
your
sacrifices
shall
be
poured
out
on
Yahweh
your
God’s
altar,
and
you
shall
eat
the
meat.
Observe
and
hear
all
these
words
which
I
command
you,
that
it
may
go
well
with
you
and
with
your
children
after
you
forever,
when
you
do
that
which
is
good
and
right
in
Yahweh
your
God’s
eyes.
When
Yahweh
your
God
cuts
off
the
nations
from
before
you
where
you
go
in
to
dispossess
them,
and
you
dispossess
them
and
dwell
in
their
land,
be
careful
that
you
are
not
ensnared
to
follow
them
after
they
are
destroyed
from
before
you,
and
that
you
not
inquire
after
their
gods,
saying, “How
do
these
nations
serve
their
gods?
I
will
do
likewise.”
You
shall
not
do
so
to
Yahweh
your
God;
for
every
abomination
to
Yahweh,
which
he
hates,
they
have
done
to
their
gods;
for
they
even
burn
their
sons
and
their
daughters
in
the
fire
to
their
gods.
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.
If
a prophet
or
a dreamer
of dreams arises
among
you,
and
he gives
you
a sign
or
a wonder,
and
the
sign
or
the
wonder
comes
to
pass,
of
which
he
spoke
to
you, saying, “Let’s
go
after other gods” (which
you
have
not known) “and let’s serve
them,”
you
shall
not listen
to
the words
of
that
prophet,
or
to
that dreamer
of dreams;
for Yahweh
your
God
is testing
you,
to
know whether
you love Yahweh
your
God
with
all
your heart
and
with
all
your soul.
You
shall walk
after
Yahweh
your
God, fear
him,
keep
his
commandments,
and
obey
his voice.
You
shall serve
him,
and cling
to
him.
That
prophet,
or
that dreamer
of dreams,
shall
be put
to death,
because
he
has
spoken rebellion
against
Yahweh
your
God,
who brought
you
out
of
the land
of Egypt
and redeemed
you
out
of
the house
of
bondage,
to draw
you
aside
out
of
the way which
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
you
to walk
in.
So
you
shall remove
the evil
from among
you.
If
your brother,
the son
of
your mother,
or
your son,
or
your
daughter,
or
the
wife
of
your bosom,
or
your friend
who
is
as
your own soul, entices
you secretly,
saying, “Let’s
go
and serve other
gods”—which
you
have
not
known,
you,
nor
your fathers;
of
the
gods
of
the peoples
who
are around
you,
near
to
you,
or far
off
from
you,
from
the
one end
of
the earth
even
to
the
other end
of
the earth—
you
shall
not consent
to
him
nor listen
to
him; neither
shall
your eye pity
him, neither
shall
you spare, neither
shall
you conceal
him;
but
you
shall
surely kill
him.
Your hand
shall
be first
on
him
to put
him
to death,
and afterwards
the hands
of all
the
people.
You
shall stone
him
to
death
with stones,
because
he
has sought
to draw
you
away
from Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
out
of
the land
of Egypt,
out
of
the house
of bondage.
All Israel
shall hear,
and fear,
and
shall
not
do
any
more wickedness
like
this
among
you.
If
you
hear
about
one
of
your cities,
which Yahweh
your
God gives
you
to dwell
there,
that
certain wicked fellows
have gone
out
from
among
you
and
have drawn away
the
inhabitants
of
their
city,
saying, “Let’s go
and serve
other
gods,”
which
you
have
not
known,
then
you
shall inquire,
investigate,
and
ask diligently.
Behold,
if
it
is true,
and
the thing
certain,
that
such abomination
was done
among
you,
you
shall
surely strike
the inhabitants
of
that city
with
the edge
of
the sword, destroying
it utterly,
with
all
that
is therein
and
its livestock,
with
the edge
of
the sword.
You
shall gather
all
its plunder
into
the middle
of
its street,
and
shall burn
with fire
the
city,
with
all
of
its plunder,
to Yahweh
your God.
It
shall
be
a heap
forever.
It
shall not
be built again.
Nothing
of
the devoted
thing
shall cling
to
your hand,
that
Yahweh
may
turn
from
the fierceness
of
his anger
and
show
you
mercy,
and
have compassion
on
you
and multiply
you,
as
he
has sworn
to
your fathers,
when
you listen
to
Yahweh
your God’s voice,
to keep
all
his commandments
which
I
command
you today,
to
do
that
which
is right
in
Yahweh
your God’s eyes.
You
are
the
children
of
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not
cut
yourselves,
nor
make
any
baldness
between
your
eyes
for
the
dead.
For
you
are
a
holy
people
to
Yahweh
your
God,
and
Yahweh
has
chosen
you
to
be
a
people
for
his
own
possession,
above
all
peoples
who
are
on
the
face
of
the
earth.
You
shall
not
eat
any
abominable
thing.
These
are
the
animals
which
you
may
eat:
the
ox,
the
sheep,
the
goat,
the
deer, the gazelle, the
roebuck, the
wild
goat, the
ibex, the
antelope, and the chamois.
Every
animal
that
parts
the
hoof,
and
has
the
hoof
split
in
two
and
chews
the
cud, among
the
animals,
you
may
eat.
Nevertheless
these
you
shall
not
eat
of
them
that
chew
the
cud,
or
of
those
who
have
the
hoof
split:
the
camel,
the
hare,
and
the
rabbit.
Because
they
chew
the
cud
but
don’t part
the
hoof,
they
are
unclean
to
you.
The
pig,
because
it
has
a split
hoof
but
doesn’t chew
the
cud,
is
unclean
to
you.
You
shall
not
eat
their
meat.
You
shall
not
touch
their
carcasses.
These
you
may
eat
of
all
that
are
in
the
waters:
you
may
eat
whatever
has
fins
and
scales.
You
shall
not
eat
whatever
doesn’t
have
fins
and
scales.
It
is
unclean
to
you.
Of
all
clean
birds
you
may
eat.
But
these
are
they
of
which
you
shall
not
eat:
the
eagle,
the
vulture,
the osprey,
the red kite,
the
falcon,
the kite
of any
kind,
every
raven
of
any
kind,
the
ostrich,
the
owl,
the seagull,
the
hawk
of any
kind,
the little
owl,
the
great
owl,
the horned
owl,
the
pelican,
the
vulture,
the
cormorant,
the
stork, the
heron
after its
kind, the
hoopoe, and the
bat.
All
winged creeping
things
are
unclean
to
you.
They
shall
not
be
eaten.
Of
all
clean
birds
you
may
eat.
You
shall
not
eat
of
anything
that
dies
of itself.
You
may
give
it
to
the
foreigner living
among
you
who
is within
your
gates,
that
he
may
eat
it;
or
you
may
sell
it
to
a
foreigner;
for
you
are
a
holy
people
to
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not
boil
a
young
goat
in
its
mother’s
milk.
You
shall
surely
tithe
all
the
increase
of
your
seed,
that which
comes
out
of
the
field
year
by
year.
You
shall
eat
before
Yahweh
your
God,
in
the
place
which
he
chooses
to cause
his
name
to
dwell,
the
tithe
of
your
grain,
of
your
new
wine,
and
of
your
oil,
and
the
firstborn
of
your
herd
and
of
your
flock;
that
you
may
learn
to
fear
Yahweh
your
God
always.
If
the
way
is
too long
for
you,
so
that
you
are
not
able
to
carry
it
because
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose
to
set
his
name
there
is
too
far
from
you,
when
Yahweh
your
God
blesses
you,
then
you
shall
turn
it
into
money, bind
up
the
money
in
your
hand,
and
shall
go
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose.
You
shall trade
the
money
for
whatever
your
soul
desires:
for
cattle,
or
for
sheep,
or
for
wine,
or
for
strong
drink,
or
for
whatever
your
soul
asks
of
you.
You
shall
eat
there
before
Yahweh
your
God,
and
you
shall
rejoice,
you
and
your
household.
You
shall
not
forsake
the
Levite
who
is
within
your
gates,
for
he
has
no
portion
nor
inheritance
with
you.
At
the
end
of
every
three
years
you
shall
bring
all
the
tithe
of
your
increase
in
the
same
year,
and
shall store
it within
your
gates.
The
Levite,
because
he
has
no
portion
nor
inheritance
with
you,
as
well
as
the
foreigner living
among
you,
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow
who
are
within
your
gates
shall
come,
and
shall
eat
and
be
satisfied;
that
Yahweh
your
God
may
bless
you
in
all
the
work
of
your
hand
which
you
do.
At
the
end
of
every
seven
years,
you shall cancel debts.
This
is
the
way
it
shall
be
done:
every
creditor
shall
release
that
which
he
has
lent
to
his
neighbor.
He
shall
not require payment
from
his
neighbor
and
his
brother,
because
Yahweh’s
release
has
been
proclaimed.
Of
a
foreigner
you
may require
it;
but
whatever
of yours
is
with
your
brother,
your
hand
shall
release.
However
there
will
be
no
poor
with
you (for
Yahweh
will
surely
bless
you
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance
to
possess)
if
only
you
diligently
listen
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
to
observe
to
do
all
this
commandment
which
I
command
you
today.
For
Yahweh
your
God
will
bless
you,
as
he
promised
you.
You
will
lend
to
many
nations,
but
you
will
not
borrow.
You
will
rule
over
many
nations,
but
they
will
not
rule
over
you.
If
a
poor
man,
one
of
your
brothers,
is
with
you within
any
of
your
gates
in
your
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
you
shall
not
harden
your
heart,
nor
shut
your
hand
from
your
poor
brother;
but
you
shall
surely
open
your
hand
to
him,
and
shall
surely
lend
him
sufficient
for
his
need,
which
he
lacks.
Beware
that
there
not
be
a
wicked
thought
in
your
heart,
saying, “The
seventh
year,
the
year
of release,
is
at
hand,”
and
your
eye
be
evil
against
your
poor
brother
and
you
give
him
nothing;
and
he
cry
to
Yahweh
against
you,
and
it
be
sin
to
you.
You
shall
surely
give,
and
your
heart
shall
not
be grieved
when
you
give
to
him,
because
it
is
for
this
thing
Yahweh
your
God
will
bless
you
in
all
your
work
and
in
all
that
you
put
your
hand
to.
For
the
poor
will
never
cease
out
of
the
land.
Therefore
I
command
you
to
surely
open
your
hand
to
your
brother,
to
your
needy,
and
to
your
poor,
in
your
land.
If
your
brother,
a
Hebrew
man,
or
a
Hebrew
woman,
is
sold
to
you
and
serves
you
six
years,
then
in
the
seventh
year
you
shall
let
him
go
free
from
you.
When
you
let
him
go
free
from
you,
you
shall
not
let
him
go
empty.
You
shall
furnish
him
liberally out
of
your
flock, out
of
your
threshing
floor,
and out
of
your
wine
press.
As
Yahweh
your
God
has
blessed
you,
you
shall
give
to
him.
You
shall
remember
that
you
were
a
slave
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
Yahweh
your
God
redeemed
you.
Therefore
I
command
you
this
thing
today.
It
shall
be,
if
he
tells
you, “I
will
not
go
out
from
you,”
because
he
loves
you
and
your
house,
because
he
is
well
with
you,
then
you
shall
take
an
awl,
and thrust
it
through
his
ear
to
the
door,
and
he
shall
be
your
servant
forever.
Also
to
your
female
servant
you
shall
do
likewise.
It
shall
not
seem
hard
to
you
when
you
let
him
go
free
from
you,
for
he
has
been
double
the
value
of
a
hired hand
as
he
served
you
six
years.
Yahweh
your
God
will
bless
you
in
all
that
you
do.
You
shall
dedicate
all
the
firstborn
males
that
are
born
of
your
herd
and
of
your
flock
to
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
do
no
work
with
the
firstborn
of
your
herd,
nor
shear
the
firstborn
of
your
flock.
You
shall
eat
it
before
Yahweh
your
God
year
by
year
in
the
place
which
Yahweh
shall
choose,
you
and
your
household.
If
it
has
any
defect—is
lame
or
blind,
or
has
any
defect
whatever,
you
shall
not
sacrifice
it
to
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
eat
it within
your
gates.
The
unclean
and
the
clean
shall
eat
it
alike,
as
the gazelle
and
as
the
deer.
Only
you
shall
not
eat
its
blood.
You
shall
pour
it
out
on
the
ground
like
water.
Observe
the
month
of
Abib,
and
keep
the
Passover
to
Yahweh
your
God;
for
in
the
month
of
Abib
Yahweh
your
God
brought
you
out
of
Egypt
by
night.
You
shall
sacrifice
the
Passover
to
Yahweh
your
God,
of
the
flock
and
the
herd,
in
the
place
which
Yahweh
shall
choose
to cause
his
name
to
dwell
there.
You
shall
eat
no
leavened
bread
with
it.
You
shall
eat
unleavened
bread
with
it
seven
days,
even
the
bread
of affliction (for
you
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
in
haste)
that
you
may
remember
the
day
when
you
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
all
the
days
of
your
life.
No
yeast
shall
be
seen
with
you
in
all
your
borders
seven
days;
neither
shall
any
of
the
meat,
which
you
sacrifice
the
first
day
at
evening,
remain
all
night until
the
morning.
You
may
not
sacrifice
the
Passover within
any
of
your
gates
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you;
but
at
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose
to cause
his
name
to
dwell
in,
there
you
shall
sacrifice
the
Passover
at
evening,
at
the
going
down
of
the
sun,
at
the
season
that
you
came
out
of
Egypt.
You
shall roast
and
eat
it
in
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
chooses.
In
the
morning
you
shall
return
to
your
tents.
Six
days
you
shall
eat
unleavened
bread.
On
the
seventh
day
shall
be
a
solemn
assembly
to
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
do
no
work.
You shall
count
for yourselves
seven
weeks.
From
the time
you
begin
to put
the
sickle
to
the
standing
grain
you shall
begin
to
count
seven
weeks.
You
shall
keep
the
feast
of
weeks
to
Yahweh
your
God
with
a
tribute
of
a free
will
offering
of
your
hand,
which
you
shall
give
according
to
how
Yahweh
your
God
blesses
you.
You
shall
rejoice
before
Yahweh
your
God:
you,
your
son,
your
daughter,
your
male
servant,
your
female
servant,
the
Levite
who
is
within
your
gates,
the
foreigner,
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow
who
are
among
you,
in
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose
to cause
his
name
to
dwell
there.
You
shall
remember
that
you
were
a
slave
in
Egypt.
You
shall
observe
and
do
these
statutes.
You
shall
keep
the
feast
of
booths
seven
days,
after
you
have
gathered
in
from
your
threshing
floor
and
from
your
wine
press.
You
shall
rejoice
in
your
feast,
you,
your
son,
your
daughter,
your
male
servant,
your
female
servant,
the
Levite,
the
foreigner,
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow
who
are within
your
gates.
You
shall keep
a
feast
to
Yahweh
your
God
seven
days
in
the
place
which
Yahweh
chooses,
because
Yahweh
your
God
will
bless
you
in
all
your
increase
and
in
all
the
work
of
your
hands,
and
you
shall
be
altogether
joyful.
Three
times
in
a
year
all
of
your
males
shall
appear
before
Yahweh
your
God
in
the
place
which
he
chooses:
in
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread,
in
the
feast
of
weeks,
and
in
the
feast
of
booths.
They
shall
not
appear
before
Yahweh
empty.
Every
man
shall
give
as
he
is
able,
according
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
blessing
which
he
has
given
you.
You
shall
make
judges
and
officers
in
all
your
gates,
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
according
to
your
tribes;
and
they
shall
judge
the
people
with
righteous
judgment.
You
shall
not
pervert
justice.
You
shall
not
show
partiality.
You
shall
not
take
a
bribe,
for
a
bribe
blinds
the
eyes
of
the
wise
and
perverts
the
words
of
the
righteous.
You
shall
follow
that
which
is altogether
just,
that
you
may
live
and
inherit
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you.
You
shall
not
plant
for
yourselves
an
Asherah
of
any kind
of
tree
beside
Yahweh
your
God’s
altar,
which
you
shall
make
for
yourselves.
Neither
shall
you
set yourself
up
a sacred
stone
which
Yahweh
your
God
hates.
You
shall
not
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
your
God
an
ox
or
a
sheep
in
which
is
a
defect
or
anything
evil;
for
that
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh
your
God.
If
there
is
found
among
you,
within
any
of
your
gates
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
a
man
or
woman
who
does
that
which
is
evil
in
Yahweh
your
God’s
sight
in transgressing
his
covenant,
and
has
gone
and
served
other
gods
and
worshiped
them,
or
the
sun,
or
the
moon,
or
any
of
the stars
of
the
sky,
which
I
have
not
commanded,
and
you
are
told,
and
you
have
heard
of
it,
then
you
shall
inquire
diligently.
Behold,
if
it
is
true,
and
the
thing
certain,
that
such
abomination
is
done
in
Israel,
then
you
shall
bring
out
that
man
or
that
woman
who
has
done
this
evil
thing
to
your
gates,
even
that
same
man
or
woman;
and
you
shall
stone
them
to
death
with
stones.
At
the
mouth
of
two
witnesses,
or
three
witnesses,
he
who
is
to
die
shall
be
put
to
death.
At
the
mouth
of
one
witness
he
shall
not
be
put
to
death.
The
hands
of
the
witnesses
shall
be
first
on
him
to
put
him
to
death,
and
afterward
the
hands
of
all
the
people.
So
you
shall remove
the
evil
from
among
you.
If
there
arises
a
matter
too
hard
for
you
in
judgment,
between
blood
and
blood,
between
plea
and
plea,
and
between
stroke
and
stroke,
being
matters
of
controversy
within
your
gates,
then
you
shall
arise,
and
go
up
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
chooses.
You
shall
come
to
the
priests
who
are
Levites
and
to
the
judge
who
shall
be
in
those
days.
You
shall
inquire,
and
they
shall
give
you
the
verdict.
You
shall
do
according
to
the decisions
of
the
verdict
which
they
shall
give
you
from
that
place
which
Yahweh
chooses.
You
shall
observe
to
do
according
to
all
that
they
shall
teach
you.
According
to
the
decisions
of
the
law
which
they
shall
teach
you,
and
according
to
the
judgment
which
they
shall
tell
you,
you
shall
do.
You
shall
not
turn
away
from
the
sentence
which
they
announce
to
you,
to
the
right
hand,
nor
to
the
left.
The
man
who
does
presumptuously
in
not
listening
to
the
priest
who
stands
to
minister
there
before
Yahweh
your
God,
or
to
the
judge,
even
that
man
shall
die.
You
shall
put
away
the
evil
from
Israel.
All
the
people
shall
hear
and
fear,
and
do
no
more
presumptuously.
When
you
have
come
to
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
and
possess
it
and
dwell
in
it,
and
say, “I
will
set
a
king
over
me,
like
all
the
nations
that
are
around
me,”
you
shall
surely
set
him
whom
Yahweh
your
God
chooses
as
king
over
yourselves.
You
shall
set
as
king
over
you
one
from
among
your
brothers.
You
may
not
put
a
foreigner
over
you,
who
is
not
your
brother.
Only
he
shall
not
multiply
horses
to
himself,
nor
cause
the
people
to
return
to
Egypt,
to
the end
that
he
may
multiply
horses;
because
Yahweh
has
said
to
you, “You
shall
not
go
back
that
way
again.”
He
shall
not
multiply
wives
to
himself,
that
his
heart
not
turn
away.
He
shall
not
greatly
multiply
to
himself
silver
and
gold.
It
shall
be,
when
he
sits
on
the
throne
of
his
kingdom,
that
he
shall
write
himself
a
copy
of
this
law
in
a
book,
out
of
that which
is
before
the
Levitical
priests.
It
shall
be
with
him,
and
he
shall
read
from
it
all
the
days
of
his
life,
that
he
may
learn
to
fear
Yahweh
his
God,
to
keep
all
the
words
of
this
law
and
these
statutes,
to
do
them;
that
his
heart
not
be
lifted
up
above
his
brothers,
and
that
he
not
turn
away
from
the
commandment
to
the
right
hand,
or
to
the
left,
to
the end
that
he
may
prolong
his
days
in
his
kingdom,
he
and
his
children,
in
the
middle
of
Israel.
The
priests
and
the
Levites—all
the
tribe
of
Levi—shall
have
no
portion
nor
inheritance
with
Israel.
They
shall
eat
the
offerings
of
Yahweh
made
by
fire
and
his
portion.
They
shall
have
no
inheritance
among
their
brothers.
Yahweh
is
their
inheritance,
as
he
has
spoken
to
them.
This
shall
be
the
priests’
due
from
the
people,
from
those
who
offer
a
sacrifice,
whether
it
be
ox
or
sheep,
that
they
shall
give
to
the
priest:
the
shoulder,
the
two
cheeks,
and
the inner parts.
You shall
give
him
the
first
fruits
of
your
grain,
of
your
new
wine,
and
of
your
oil,
and
the
first
of
the
fleece
of
your
sheep.
For
Yahweh
your
God
has
chosen
him
out
of
all
your
tribes
to
stand
to
minister
in
Yahweh’s
name,
him
and
his
sons
forever.
If
a
Levite
comes
from
any
of
your
gates
out
of
all
Israel
where
he
lives,
and
comes
with
all
the
desire
of
his
soul
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
shall
choose,
then
he
shall
minister
in
the
name
of
Yahweh
his
God,
as
all
his
brothers
the
Levites
do,
who
stand
there
before
Yahweh.
They
shall
have
like
portions
to
eat,
in
addition
to
that which comes
from
the
sale
of
his
family possessions.
When
you
have
come
into
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
you
shall
not
learn
to imitate
the
abominations
of
those
nations.
There
shall
not
be
found
with
you anyone
who makes
his
son
or
his
daughter
to
pass
through
the
fire,
one
who
uses
divination,
one
who tells fortunes,
or
an enchanter,
or
a
sorcerer,
or
a charmer,
or
someone
who
consults
with
a familiar
spirit,
or
a wizard,
or
a necromancer.
For
whoever
does
these
things
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh.
Because
of
these
abominations,
Yahweh
your
God drives
them
out
from
before
you.
You
shall
be
blameless
with
Yahweh
your
God.
For
these
nations
that
you
shall
dispossess
listen
to
those
who
practice sorcery
and
to
diviners;
but
as
for
you,
Yahweh
your
God
has
not
allowed
you
so
to
do.
Yahweh
your
God
will
raise
up
to
you
a
prophet
from
among
you,
of
your
brothers,
like
me.
You
shall
listen
to
him.
This
is according
to
all
that
you
desired
of
Yahweh
your
God
in
Horeb
in
the
day
of
the
assembly,
saying, “Let
me
not
hear
again
Yahweh
my
God’s
voice,
neither
let
me
see
this
great
fire
any
more,
that
I
not
die.”
Yahweh
said
to
me, “They
have
well
said
that
which
they
have
spoken.
I
will
raise
them
up
a
prophet
from
among
their
brothers,
like
you.
I
will
put
my
words
in
his
mouth,
and
he
shall
speak
to
them
all
that
I
shall
command
him.
It
shall
happen,
that
whoever
will
not
listen
to
my
words
which
he
shall
speak
in
my
name,
I
will
require
it
of
him.
But
the
prophet
who
speaks
a
word
presumptuously
in
my
name,
which
I
have
not
commanded
him
to
speak,
or
who
speaks
in
the
name
of
other
gods,
that
same
prophet
shall
die.”
You
may
say
in
your
heart, “How
shall
we
know
the
word
which
Yahweh
has
not
spoken?”
When
a
prophet
speaks
in
Yahweh’s
name,
if
the
thing
doesn’t
follow,
nor
happen,
that
is
the
thing
which
Yahweh
has
not
spoken.
The
prophet
has
spoken
it
presumptuously.
You
shall
not
be
afraid
of
him.
When
Yahweh
your
God
cuts
off
the
nations
whose
land
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
and
you succeed
them
and
dwell
in
their
cities
and
in
their
houses,
you
shall
set
apart
three
cities
for
yourselves
in
the
middle
of
your
land,
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
to
possess.
You
shall
prepare
the
way,
and
divide
the
borders
of
your
land
which
Yahweh
your
God causes
you
to
inherit
into
three
parts,
that
every
man slayer
may
flee
there.
This
is
the
case
of
the man
slayer
who
shall
flee
there
and live:
Whoever
kills
his
neighbor unintentionally,
and
didn’t
hate
him
in time
past—
as
when
a
man
goes
into
the
forest
with
his
neighbor
to chop
wood
and
his
hand
swings
the ax
to
cut
down
the
tree,
and
the
head
slips
from
the
handle
and hits
his
neighbor
so
that
he
dies—he
shall
flee
to
one
of
these
cities
and live.
Otherwise,
the
avenger
of
blood
might
pursue
the
man
slayer
while hot
anger
is
in
his
heart
and
overtake
him,
because
the
way
is
long,
and
strike
him mortally,
even
though
he
was
not
worthy
of
death,
because
he
didn’t
hate
him
in time
past.
Therefore
I
command
you
to
set
apart
three
cities
for
yourselves.
If
Yahweh
your
God
enlarges
your
border,
as
he
has
sworn
to
your
fathers,
and
gives
you
all
the
land
which
he
promised
to
give
to
your
fathers;
and
if
you
keep
all
this
commandment
to
do
it,
which
I
command
you
today,
to
love
Yahweh
your
God,
and
to
walk
ever
in
his
ways,
then
you
shall
add
three
cities
more
for
yourselves,
in
addition
to
these
three.
This
is
so
that
innocent
blood
will
not
be
shed
in
the
middle
of
your
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance, leaving
blood
guilt
on
you.
But
if
any
man
hates
his
neighbor,
lies
in
wait
for
him,
rises
up
against
him,
strikes
him
mortally
so
that
he
dies,
and
he
flees
into
one
of
these
cities;
then
the
elders
of
his
city
shall
send
and
bring
him
there,
and
deliver
him
into
the
hand
of
the
avenger
of
blood,
that
he
may
die.
Your
eye
shall
not
pity
him,
but
you
shall
purge
the
innocent
blood
from
Israel
that
it
may go
well
with
you.
You
shall
not remove
your
neighbor’s landmark,
which
they
of
old
time
have
set,
in
your
inheritance
which
you
shall
inherit,
in
the
land
that
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
to
possess.
One
witness
shall
not
rise
up
against
a
man
for
any
iniquity,
or
for
any
sin
that
he
sins.
At
the
mouth
of
two
witnesses,
or
at
the
mouth
of
three
witnesses,
shall
a
matter
be
established.
If
an unrighteous
witness
rises
up
against
any
man
to
testify
against
him
of
wrongdoing,
then
both
the
men, between
whom
the
controversy
is,
shall
stand
before
Yahweh,
before
the
priests
and
the
judges
who
shall
be
in
those
days;
and
the
judges
shall
make diligent inquisition;
and
behold,
if
the
witness
is
a
false
witness,
and
has testified
falsely against
his
brother,
then
you
shall
do
to
him
as
he
had
thought
to
do
to
his
brother.
So
you
shall remove
the
evil
from
among
you.
Those
who
remain
shall
hear,
and
fear,
and
will
never
again commit
any
such
evil
among
you.
Your
eyes
shall
not
pity:
life
for
life,
eye
for
eye,
tooth
for
tooth,
hand
for
hand,
foot
for
foot.
When
you
go
out
to
battle
against
your
enemies,
and
see
horses,
chariots,
and
a
people
more
numerous
than
you,
you
shall
not
be
afraid
of
them;
for
Yahweh
your
God,
who
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
is
with
you.
It
shall
be,
when
you
draw
near
to
the
battle,
that
the
priest
shall
approach
and
speak
to
the
people,
and
shall
tell
them, “Hear,
Israel,
you draw
near
today
to
battle
against
your
enemies.
Don’t
let
your
heart
faint!
Don’t
be
afraid,
nor
tremble,
neither
be scared
of
them;
for
Yahweh
your
God
is
he
who
goes
with
you,
to
fight
for
you
against
your
enemies,
to
save
you.”
The
officers
shall
speak
to
the
people,
saying, “What
man
is
there
who
has
built
a
new
house,
and
has
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
who
has
planted
a
vineyard,
and
has
not used
its fruit?
Let
him
go
and
return
to
his
house,
lest
he
die
in
the
battle,
and
another
man use
its fruit.
What
man
is
there
who
has pledged
to
be
married
to
a
wife,
and
has
not
taken
her?
Let
him
go
and
return
to
his
house,
lest
he
die
in
the
battle,
and
another
man
take
her.”
The
officers
shall
speak
further
to
the
people,
and
they
shall
say, “What
man
is
there
who
is fearful
and faint-hearted?
Let
him
go
and
return
to
his
house, lest
his
brother’s
heart
melt
as
his
heart.”
It
shall
be,
when
the
officers
have
finished
speaking
to
the
people,
that
they
shall
appoint
captains
of
armies
at
the
head
of
the
people.
When
you
draw
near
to
a
city
to
fight
against
it,
then
proclaim
peace
to
it.
It shall
be,
if
it gives
you
answer
of
peace
and
opens
to
you,
then
it shall
be
that
all
the
people
who
are
found therein shall
become
forced
laborers
to
you,
and shall
serve
you.
If
it
will
make
no peace
with
you,
but
will
make
war
against
you,
then
you
shall besiege
it.
When
Yahweh
your
God
delivers
it
into
your
hand,
you
shall
strike
every male
of
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
but
the
women,
the
little
ones,
the
livestock,
and
all
that
is
in
the
city,
even
all
its
plunder,
you
shall
take
for
plunder
for
yourself.
You
may
use
the
plunder
of
your
enemies,
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
you.
Thus
you
shall
do
to
all
the
cities
which
are
very
far
off
from
you,
which
are
not
of
the
cities
of
these
nations.
But
of
the
cities
of
these
peoples
that
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance,
you
shall save
alive
nothing
that
breathes;
but
you
shall utterly
destroy
them:
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
the
Canaanite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite,
as
Yahweh
your
God
has
commanded
you;
that
they
not
teach
you
to
follow
all
their
abominations,
which
they
have
done
for
their
gods;
so
would
you
sin
against
Yahweh
your
God.
When
you
shall besiege
a
city
a
long
time,
in
making war
against
it
to
take
it,
you
shall
not
destroy
its
trees
by
wielding
an ax
against
them;
for
you
may
eat
of
them.
You
shall
not
cut
them
down,
for
is
the
tree
of
the
field
man,
that
it
should
be
besieged
by
you?
Only
the
trees
that
you
know
are
not
trees
for
food,
you
shall
destroy
and
cut
them
down.
You
shall
build bulwarks
against
the
city
that
makes
war
with
you,
until
it
falls.
If
someone
is
found
slain
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
to
possess,
lying
in
the
field,
and
it
isn’t
known
who
has
struck
him,
then
your
elders
and
your
judges
shall
come
out,
and
they
shall
measure
to
the
cities
which
are
around
him
who
is
slain.
It
shall
be
that
the
elders
of
the
city
which
is
nearest
to
the
slain
man
shall
take
a
heifer
of
the
herd,
which
hasn’t
been
worked
with
and
which
has
not
drawn
in
the
yoke.
The
elders
of
that
city
shall
bring
the
heifer
down
to
a
valley
with
running
water,
which
is
neither
plowed
nor
sown,
and
shall
break
the
heifer’s
neck
there
in
the
valley.
The
priests
the
sons
of
Levi
shall
come
near,
for
them
Yahweh
your
God
has
chosen
to
minister
to
him,
and
to
bless
in
Yahweh’s
name;
and
according
to
their
word
shall
every
controversy
and
every
assault
be decided.
All
the
elders
of
that
city
which
is
nearest
to
the
slain
man
shall
wash
their
hands
over
the
heifer
whose
neck
was
broken
in
the
valley.
They
shall
answer
and
say, “Our
hands
have
not
shed
this
blood,
neither
have
our
eyes
seen
it.
Forgive,
Yahweh,
your
people
Israel,
whom
you
have
redeemed,
and
don’t
allow
innocent
blood
among
your
people
Israel.”
The
blood
shall
be forgiven
them.
So
you
shall put away
the
innocent
blood
from
among
you,
when
you
shall
do
that
which
is
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes.
When
you
go
out
to
battle
against
your
enemies,
and
Yahweh
your
God
delivers
them
into
your
hands
and
you
carry
them
away
captive,
and
see
among
the
captives
a
beautiful
woman,
and
you
are attracted
to
her,
and desire
to
take
her
as
your
wife,
then
you
shall
bring
her
home
to
your
house. She
shall
shave
her
head
and
trim
her
nails.
She
shall
take
off
the
clothing
of
her
captivity,
and
shall
remain
in
your
house,
and
bewail
her
father
and
her
mother
a
full
month.
After
that
you
shall
go
in
to
her
and
be
her
husband,
and
she
shall
be
your
wife.
It
shall
be,
if
you
have
no
delight
in
her,
then
you
shall
let
her
go
where
she desires;
but
you
shall
not
sell
her
at all
for
money.
You
shall
not deal
with
her
as
a
slave,
because
you
have humbled
her.
If
a
man
has
two
wives,
the
one
beloved
and
the
other
hated,
and
they
have
borne
him
children,
both
the
beloved
and
the
hated,
and
if
the
firstborn
son
is hers
who
was
hated,
then
it
shall
be,
in
the
day
that
he causes
his
sons
to
inherit
that
which
he
has,
that
he
may
not
give
the
son
of
the
beloved
the rights
of
the
firstborn
before
the
son
of
the
hated,
who
is
the
firstborn;
but
he
shall
acknowledge
the
firstborn,
the
son
of
the
hated,
by
giving
him
a
double
portion
of
all
that
he
has;
for
he
is
the
beginning
of
his
strength.
The
right
of
the
firstborn
is
his.
If
a
man
has
a
stubborn
and
rebellious
son
who
will
not
obey
the
voice
of
his
father
or
the
voice
of
his
mother,
and
though
they
chasten
him,
will
not
listen
to
them,
then
his
father
and
his
mother
shall
take
hold
of
him
and
bring
him
out
to
the
elders
of
his
city
and
to
the
gate
of
his
place.
They
shall
tell
the
elders
of
his
city, “This
our
son
is
stubborn
and
rebellious.
He
will
not
obey
our
voice.
He
is
a glutton
and
a drunkard.”
All
the
men
of
his
city
shall
stone
him
to
death
with
stones.
So
you
shall remove
the
evil
from
among
you.
All
Israel
shall
hear,
and
fear.
If
a
man
has
committed
a
sin
worthy
of
death,
and
he
is
put
to
death,
and
you
hang
him
on
a
tree,
his
body
shall
not
remain
all night
on
the
tree,
but
you
shall
surely
bury
him
the
same
day;
for
he
who
is
hanged
is
accursed
of
God.
Don’t
defile
your
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance.
You
shall
not
see
your
brother’s
ox
or
his
sheep
go
astray
and
hide yourself
from
them.
You
shall
surely
bring
them
again
to
your
brother.
If
your
brother
isn’t
near
to
you,
or
if
you
don’t
know
him,
then
you
shall
bring
it
home
to
your
house,
and
it
shall
be
with
you
until
your
brother
comes
looking
for
it,
and
you
shall
restore
it
to
him.
So
you
shall
do
with
his
donkey.
So
you
shall
do
with
his
garment.
So
you
shall
do
with
every
lost
thing
of
your
brother’s,
which
he
has
lost
and
you
have
found.
You
may
not
hide yourself.
You
shall
not
see
your
brother’s
donkey
or
his
ox
fallen
down
by
the
way,
and
hide
yourself
from
them.
You
shall
surely
help
him
to
lift
them
up
again.
A
woman
shall
not
wear
men’s
clothing,
neither
shall
a
man
put
on women’s
clothing;
for
whoever
does
these
things
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh
your
God.
If
you
come
across
a
bird’s
nest
on
the
way,
in
any
tree
or
on
the
ground,
with
young
ones
or
eggs,
and
the hen
sitting
on
the
young,
or
on
the
eggs,
you
shall
not
take
the hen
with
the
young.
You
shall
surely
let
the hen
go,
but
the
young
you
may
take
for yourself,
that
it
may
be
well
with
you,
and
that
you
may
prolong
your
days.
When
you
build
a
new
house,
then
you
shall
make
a railing around
your
roof,
so
that
you
don’t
bring
blood
on
your
house
if
anyone
falls
from there.
You
shall
not
sow
your
vineyard
with
two
kinds
of
seed,
lest
all
the fruit
be
defiled,
the
seed
which
you
have
sown,
and
the
increase
of
the
vineyard.
You
shall
not
plow with an
ox
and
a
donkey
together.
You
shall
not
wear
clothes
of
wool
and
linen woven
together.
You
shall
make
yourselves fringes
22:12
or, tassels
on
the
four
corners
of
your cloak
with
which
you
cover
yourself.
If
any
man
takes
a
wife,
and
goes
in
to
her,
hates
her,
accuses
her
of
shameful
things, gives
her
a
bad
name,
and
says, “I
took
this
woman,
and
when
I
came
near
to
her,
I
didn’t
find
in
her
the tokens
of
virginity;”
then
the
young lady’s
father
and
mother
shall
take
and
bring
the tokens
of
the
young lady’s
virginity
to
the
elders
of
the
city
in
the
gate.
The
young lady’s
father
shall
tell
the
elders, “I
gave
my
daughter
to
this
man
as
his
wife,
and
he
hates
her.
Behold,
he
has accused
her
of
shameful
things,
saying, ‘I
didn’t
find
in
your
daughter
the tokens
of
virginity;’
and
yet
these
are
the tokens
of
my
daughter’s
virginity.”
They
shall
spread
the
cloth
before
the
elders
of
the
city.
The
elders
of
that
city
shall
take
the
man
and
chastise
him.
They
shall
fine
him
one
hundred
shekels
of
silver,
22:19
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 100 shekels is about a kilogram or 2.2 pounds.
and
give
them
to
the
father
of
the
young
lady,
because
he
has
given
a
bad
name
to
a
virgin
of
Israel.
She
shall
be
his
wife.
He
may
not
put
her
away
all
his
days.
But
if
this
thing
is
true,
that
the tokens
of
virginity
were
not
found
in
the
young
lady,
then
they
shall
bring
out
the
young
lady
to
the
door
of
her
father’s
house,
and
the
men
of
her
city
shall
stone
her
to
death
with
stones,
because
she
has
done
folly
in
Israel,
to
play
the
prostitute
in
her
father’s
house.
So
you
shall
remove
the
evil
from
among
you.
If
a
man
is
found
lying
with
a
woman
married
to
a
husband,
then
they
shall
both
die,
the
man
who
lay
with
the
woman
and
the
woman.
So
you
shall remove
the
evil
from
Israel.
If
there
is
a
young
lady
who
is
a
virgin pledged
to
be married
to
a
husband,
and
a
man
finds
her
in
the
city,
and
lies
with
her,
then
you
shall
bring
them
both
out
to
the
gate
of
that
city,
and
you
shall
stone
them
to
death
with
stones;
the
lady,
because
she
didn’t
cry, being
in
the
city;
and
the
man,
because
he
has humbled
his
neighbor’s
wife.
So
you
shall
remove
the
evil
from
among
you.
But
if
the
man
finds
the
lady
who
is pledged
to
be married
in
the
field,
and
the
man
forces
her
and
lies
with
her,
then
only
the
man
who
lay
with
her
shall
die;
but
to
the
lady
you
shall
do
nothing.
There
is
in
the
lady
no
sin worthy
of
death;
for
as
when
a
man
rises
against
his
neighbor
and
kills
him,
even
so
is
this
matter;
for
he
found
her
in
the
field,
the pledged
to
be married
lady
cried,
and
there
was
no
one
to
save
her.
If
a
man
finds
a
lady
who
is
a
virgin,
who
is
not pledged
to
be married, grabs
her
and
lies
with
her,
and
they
are
found,
then
the
man
who
lay
with
her
shall
give
to
the lady’s
father
fifty
shekels
22:29
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
silver.
She
shall
be
his
wife,
because
he
has humbled
her.
He
may
not
put
her
away
all
his
days.
A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
He
who
is emasculated
by crushing
or cutting
shall
not enter
into Yahweh’s assembly.
A
person
born
of
a forbidden union
shall
not
enter
into
Yahweh’s
assembly;
even
to
the tenth generation
shall
no
one
of
his
enter
into
Yahweh’s
assembly.
An Ammonite
or
a Moabite
shall
not
enter
into
Yahweh’s
assembly;
even
to
the
tenth
generation
shall
no
one belonging
to
them
enter
into
Yahweh’s
assembly
forever,
because
they
didn’t meet
you
with bread
and
with water
on
the
way
when
you
came
out
of Egypt,
and because
they hired
against
you Balaam
the son
of Beor
from Pethor
of Mesopotamia,
to curse
you.
Nevertheless Yahweh
your
God wouldn’t listen
to
Balaam,
but Yahweh
your
God turned
the
curse
into
a blessing
to
you,
because Yahweh
your
God loved
you.
You
shall
not
seek
their
peace
nor
their prosperity all
your days forever.
You
shall
not abhor an Edomite,
for
he
is
your brother.
You
shall
not abhor an Egyptian,
because
you lived
as
a foreigner
in
his land.
The children
of
the third generation
who
are
born
to
them
may enter
into Yahweh’s assembly.
When
you
go
out
and camp
against
your enemies,
then
you
shall
keep
yourselves
from
every evil thing.
If
there
is
among
you
any
man
who
is
not clean
by
reason
of
that
which happens
to
him
by night,
then
shall
he
go
outside
of
the
camp.
He
shall
not
come
within
the
camp;
but
it
shall
be,
when
evening
comes,
he
shall bathe
himself
in water.
When
the sun
is
down,
he
shall
come
within
the
camp.
You
shall
have
a
place
also
outside
of
the
camp
where
you
go relieve
yourself.
You
shall
have
a trowel
among
your weapons.
It
shall
be,
when
you relieve
yourself,
you
shall dig
with
it,
and
shall
turn
back
and cover
your excrement;
for Yahweh
your God walks
in
the middle
of
your camp,
to deliver
you,
and
to
give
up
your enemies
before
you.
Therefore
your camp
shall
be holy,
that
he
may
not see
an unclean thing
in
you,
and
turn
away
from
you.
You
shall
not
deliver
to
his
master
a servant
who
has
escaped
from
his
master
to
you.
He
shall dwell
with
you,
among
you,
in
the place
which
he
shall choose
within
one
of
your gates,
where
it pleases
him best.
You
shall
not oppress
him.
There
shall
be
no prostitute
of
the daughters
of Israel,
neither
shall
there
be
a sodomite
of
the sons
of Israel.
You
shall
not
bring
the hire
of
a
prostitute,
or
the wages
of
a
male
prostitute,
23:18
literally, dog
into
the house
of Yahweh
your
God
for
any vow;
for both
of these
are
an abomination
to Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not lend
on interest
to
your brother: interest
of
money, interest
of
food, interest
of
anything
that
is lent
on interest.
You
may
charge
a foreigner
interest;
but
you
shall
not
charge
your
brother
interest,
that Yahweh
your
God
may bless
you
in
all
that
you put
your hand
to,
in
the land
where
you go
in
to possess
it.
When
you
vow
a
vow
to
Yahweh
your
God,
you
shall
not
be slack
to pay
it,
for
Yahweh
your
God
will
surely require
it
of
you;
and
it
would
be sin
in
you.
But
if
you
refrain
from
making
a
vow,
it
shall
be
no
sin
in
you.
You
shall observe
and do
that which
has
gone out
of
your lips. Whatever
you
have
vowed
to Yahweh
your
God
as
a free
will offering, which
you
have
promised
with
your mouth,
you
must do.
When
you come
into
your neighbor’s vineyard,
then
you
may eat
your fill
of grapes
at
your own pleasure;
but
you
shall not
put any
in
your container.
When
you
come
into
your
neighbor’s standing grain,
then
you
may pluck
the ears
with
your
hand;
but
you
shall
not
use
a sickle
on
your
neighbor’s standing grain.
When
a
man
takes
a
wife
and
marries
her,
then
it
shall
be,
if
she
finds
no
favor
in
his
eyes
because
he
has
found
some unseemly
thing
in
her,
that
he
shall
write
her
a
certificate
of
divorce,
put
it
in
her
hand,
and
send
her
out
of
his
house.
When
she
has
departed
out
of
his
house,
she
may
go
and
be
another
man’s wife.
If
the
latter
husband
hates
her,
and
writes
her
a
certificate
of
divorce,
puts
it
in
her
hand,
and
sends
her
out
of
his
house;
or
if
the
latter
husband
dies,
who
took
her
to
be
his
wife;
her
former
husband,
who
sent
her
away,
may
not
take
her
again
to
be
his
wife
after
she
is
defiled;
for
that
would
be
an
abomination
to
Yahweh.
You
shall
not
cause
the
land
to
sin,
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance.
When
a
man
takes
a
new
wife,
he
shall
not
go
out
in
the
army,
neither
shall
he
be
assigned
any
business.
He
shall
be
free
at
home
one
year,
and
shall cheer
his
wife
whom
he
has
taken.
No
man
shall
take
the mill
or
the
upper
millstone
as
a pledge,
for
he takes
a
life
in pledge.
If
a
man
is
found
stealing
any
of
his
brothers
of
the
children
of
Israel,
and
he deals
with
him
as
a
slave,
or
sells
him,
then
that
thief
shall
die.
So
you
shall remove
the
evil
from
among
you.
Be
careful
in
the
plague
of
leprosy,
that
you
observe
diligently
and
do according
to
all
that
the
Levitical
priests
teach
you.
As
I
commanded
them,
so
you
shall
observe
to
do.
Remember
what
Yahweh
your
God
did
to
Miriam,
by
the
way
as
you
came
out
of
Egypt.
When
you
lend
your
neighbor
any
kind
of
loan,
you
shall
not
go
into
his
house
to
get
his
pledge.
You
shall
stand
outside,
and
the
man
to
whom
you
lend
shall
bring
the
pledge
outside
to
you.
If
he
is
a
poor
man,
you
shall
not
sleep
with
his
pledge.
You
shall
surely
restore
to
him
the
pledge
when
the
sun
goes
down,
that
he
may
sleep
in
his
garment
and
bless
you.
It
shall
be
righteousness
to
you
before
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not
oppress
a
hired
servant
who
is
poor
and
needy,
whether
he
is
one
of
your
brothers
or
one
of
the
foreigners
who
are
in
your
land within
your
gates.
In
his
day
you
shall
give
him
his
wages,
neither
shall
the
sun
go
down
on
it,
for
he
is
poor
and
sets
his
heart
on
it, lest
he
cry
against
you
to
Yahweh,
and
it
be
sin
to
you.
The
fathers
shall
not
be
put
to
death
for
the
children,
neither
shall
the
children
be
put
to
death
for
the
fathers.
Every
man
shall
be
put
to
death
for
his
own
sin.
You
shall
not
deprive
the
foreigner
or
the
fatherless
of
justice,
nor
take
a
widow’s
clothing
in pledge;
but
you
shall
remember
that
you
were
a
slave
in
Egypt,
and
Yahweh
your
God
redeemed
you
there.
Therefore
I
command
you
to
do
this
thing.
When
you
reap
your
harvest
in
your
field,
and
have
forgotten
a
sheaf
in
the
field,
you
shall
not
go
again
to
get
it.
It
shall
be
for
the
foreigner,
for
the
fatherless,
and
for
the
widow,
that
Yahweh
your
God
may
bless
you
in
all
the
work
of
your
hands.
When
you
beat
your
olive
tree,
you
shall
not
go over
the boughs
again.
It
shall
be
for
the
foreigner,
for
the
fatherless,
and
for
the
widow.
When
you harvest
your
vineyard,
you
shall
not glean
it
after yourselves.
It
shall
be
for
the
foreigner,
for
the
fatherless,
and
for
the
widow.
You
shall
remember
that
you
were
a
slave
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
Therefore
I
command
you
to
do
this
thing.
If
there
is
a
controversy
between
men,
and
they
come
to
judgment
and
the
judges
judge
them,
then
they
shall
justify
the
righteous
and
condemn
the
wicked.
It
shall
be,
if
the
wicked
man
is worthy
to
be
beaten,
that
the
judge
shall
cause
him
to
lie
down
and
to
be
beaten
before
his
face,
according
to
his
wickedness,
by
number.
He
may sentence
him
to
no
more
than
forty
stripes.
He
shall
not
give
more,
lest
if
he should
give
more
and
beat
him
more
than
that
many
stripes,
then
your
brother
will
be
degraded
in
your
sight.
You
shall
not
muzzle
the
ox when
he treads out
the grain.
If
brothers
dwell
together,
and
one
of
them
dies
and
has
no
son,
the
wife
of
the
dead
shall
not
be
married
outside
to
a stranger.
Her
husband’s
brother
shall
go
in
to
her,
and
take
her
as
his
wife,
and
perform
the
duty
of
a
husband’s
brother
to
her.
It
shall
be
that
the
firstborn
whom
she
bears
shall
succeed
in
the
name
of
his
brother
who
is
dead,
that
his
name
not
be blotted
out
of
Israel.
If
the
man
doesn’t
want
to
take
his
brother’s
wife,
then
his
brother’s
wife
shall
go
up
to
the
gate
to
the
elders,
and
say, “My
husband’s
brother
refuses
to
raise
up
to
his
brother
a
name
in
Israel.
He
will
not
perform
the
duty
of
a
husband’s
brother
to
me.”
Then
the
elders
of
his
city
shall
call
him,
and
speak
to
him. If
he
stands
and
says, “I
don’t
want
to
take
her,”
then
his
brother’s
wife
shall
come
to
him
in
the
presence
of
the
elders,
and
loose
his
sandal
from
off
his
foot,
and
spit
in
his
face.
She
shall
answer
and
say, “So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
who
does
not
build
up
his
brother’s
house.”
His
name
shall
be
called
in
Israel, “The
house
of
him
who
had
his
sandal removed.”
When
men strive
against
each
other,
and
the
wife
of
one
draws
near
to
deliver
her
husband
out
of
the
hand
of
him
who
strikes
him,
and
puts
out
her
hand,
and grabs
him
by
his private
parts,
then
you
shall
cut
off
her
hand.
Your
eye
shall
have
no
pity.
You
shall
not
have
in
your
bag diverse
weights,
one
heavy
and
one light.
You
shall
not
have
in
your
house diverse
measures,
one
large
and
one
small.
You
shall
have
a
perfect
and
just
weight.
You
shall
have
a
perfect
and
just
measure,
that
your
days
may
be
long
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you.
For
all
who
do
such
things,
all
who
do unrighteously,
are
an
abomination
to
Yahweh
your
God.
Remember
what
Amalek
did
to
you
by
the
way
as
you
came
out
of
Egypt,
how
he
met
you
by
the
way,
and struck
the rearmost
of
you,
all
who
were feeble
behind
you,
when
you
were
faint
and
weary;
and
he
didn’t
fear
God.
Therefore
it
shall
be,
when
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
you
rest
from
all
your
enemies
all
around,
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance
to
possess
it,
that
you
shall blot
out
the
memory
of
Amalek
from
under
the
sky.
You
shall
not
forget.
It
shall
be,
when
you
have
come
in
to
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
for
an
inheritance,
possess
it,
and
dwell
in
it,
that
you
shall
take
some
of
the
first
of
all
the
fruit
of
the
ground,
which
you
shall
bring
in
from
your
land
that
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you.
You
shall
put
it
in
a
basket,
and
shall
go
to
the
place
which
Yahweh
your
God
shall
choose
to
cause
his
name
to
dwell
there.
You
shall
come
to
the
priest
who
shall
be
in
those
days,
and
tell
him, “I profess
today
to
Yahweh
your
God,
that
I
have
come
to
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
our
fathers
to
give
us.”
The
priest
shall
take
the
basket
out
of
your
hand,
and
set
it
down
before
Yahweh
your
God’s
altar.
You
shall
answer
and
say
before
Yahweh
your
God, “My
father
26:5
or, forefather
was
a
Syrian ready
to
perish.
He
went
down
into
Egypt,
and
lived
there,
few
in
number.
There
he
became
a
great,
mighty,
and populous
nation.
The
Egyptians
mistreated
us,
afflicted
us,
and
imposed
hard
labor
on
us.
Then
we
cried
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
our
fathers.
Yahweh
heard
our
voice,
and
saw
our affliction,
our
toil,
and
our
oppression.
Yahweh
brought
us
out
of
Egypt
with
a
mighty
hand,
with
an
outstretched
arm,
with
great
terror,
with
signs,
and
with
wonders;
and
he
has
brought
us
into
this
place,
and
has
given
us
this
land,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
Now,
behold,
I
have
brought
the
first
of
the
fruit
of
the
ground,
which
you,
Yahweh,
have
given
me.”
You
shall
set
it
down
before
Yahweh
your
God,
and
worship
before
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
rejoice
in
all
the
good
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
to
you,
and
to
your
house,
you,
and
the
Levite,
and
the
foreigner
who
is
among
you.
When
you
have
finished
tithing
all
the
tithe
of
your
increase
in
the
third
year, which
is
the
year
of
tithing,
then
you
shall
give
it
to
the
Levite,
to
the
foreigner,
to
the
fatherless,
and
to
the
widow,
that
they
may
eat within
your
gates
and
be
filled.
You
shall
say
before
Yahweh
your
God, “I
have
put
away
the
holy
things
out
of
my
house,
and
also
have
given
them
to
the
Levite,
to
the
foreigner,
to
the
fatherless,
and
to
the
widow,
according
to
all
your
commandment
which
you
have
commanded
me.
I
have
not transgressed
any
of
your
commandments,
neither
have
I
forgotten
them.
I
have
not
eaten
of
it
in
my
mourning,
neither
have
I
removed
any
of
it
while
I
was
unclean,
nor
given
of
it
for
the
dead.
I
have
listened
to
Yahweh
my
God’s
voice.
I
have
done
according
to
all
that
you
have
commanded
me.
Look
down
from
your
holy
habitation,
from
heaven,
and
bless
your
people
Israel,
and
the
ground
which
you
have
given
us,
as
you
swore
to
our
fathers,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.”
Today
Yahweh
your
God
commands
you
to
do
these
statutes
and
ordinances.
You
shall
therefore
keep
and
do
them
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul.
You
have
declared
today
that
Yahweh
is
your
God,
and
that
you
would
walk
in
his
ways,
keep
his
statutes,
his
commandments,
and
his
ordinances,
and
listen
to
his
voice.
Yahweh
has
declared
today
that
you
are
a
people
for
his
own
possession,
as
he
has
promised
you,
and
that
you
should
keep
all
his
commandments.
He
will
make
you
high
above
all
nations
that
he
has
made,
in
praise,
in
name,
and
in
honor,
and
that
you
may
be
a
holy
people
to
Yahweh
your
God,
as
he
has
spoken.
Moses
and
the
elders
of
Israel
commanded
the
people,
saying, “Keep
all
the
commandment
which
I
command
you
today.
It
shall
be
on
the
day
when
you
shall
pass
over
the
Jordan
to
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
that
you
shall
set
yourself
up
great
stones,
and
coat
them
with plaster.
You
shall
write
on
them
all
the
words
of
this
law,
when
you
have
passed
over,
that
you
may
go
in
to
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
as
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
has
promised
you.
It
shall
be,
when
you
have
crossed
over
the
Jordan,
that
you
shall
set
up
these
stones,
which
I
command
you
today,
on
Mount
Ebal,
and
you
shall
coat
them
with plaster.
There
you
shall
build
an
altar
to
Yahweh
your
God,
an
altar
of
stones.
You
shall
not
use
any
iron
tool
on
them.
You
shall
build
Yahweh
your
God’s
altar
of
uncut
stones.
You
shall
offer
burnt
offerings
on
it
to
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
sacrifice
peace
offerings,
and
shall
eat
there.
You
shall
rejoice
before
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
write
on
the
stones
all
the
words
of
this
law
very plainly.”
Moses
and
the
Levitical
priests
spoke
to
all
Israel,
saying, “Be
silent
and
listen,
Israel!
Today
you
have
become
the
people
of
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
therefore
obey
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
and
do
his
commandments
and
his
statutes,
which
I
command
you
today.”
Moses
commanded
the
people
the
same
day,
saying,
“These
shall
stand
on
Mount
Gerizim
to
bless
the
people,
when
you
have
crossed
over
the
Jordan:
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar,
Joseph,
and
Benjamin.
These
shall
stand
on
Mount
Ebal
for
the
curse:
Reuben,
Gad,
Asher,
Zebulun,
Dan,
and
Naphtali.
With
a
loud
voice,
the
Levites
shall
say
to
all
the
men
of
Israel,
‘Cursed
is
the
man
who
makes
an engraved
or molten
image,
an
abomination
to
Yahweh,
the
work
of
the
hands
of
the
craftsman,
and
sets
it
up
in secret.’
All
the
people
shall
answer
and
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
dishonors
his
father
or
his
mother.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who removes
his
neighbor’s landmark.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
leads
the
blind
astray
on
the
road.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who withholds
justice
from
the
foreigner,
fatherless,
and
widow.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
lies
with
27:20
i.e., has sexual relations with
his
father’s
wife,
because
he dishonors
his
father’s
bed.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
lies
with
any kind
of
animal.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
lies
with
his
sister,
his
father’s
daughter
or
his
mother’s
daughter.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
lies
with
his mother-in-law.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who secretly
kills
his
neighbor.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
takes
a
bribe
to
kill
an
innocent
person.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’
‘Cursed
is
he
who
doesn’t uphold
the
words
of
this
law
by
doing
them.’
All
the
people
shall
say, ‘Amen.’”
It
shall
happen,
if
you
shall
listen
diligently
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
to
observe
to
do
all
his
commandments
which
I
command
you
today,
that
Yahweh
your
God
will
set
you
high
above
all
the
nations
of
the
earth.
All
these
blessings
will
come
upon
you,
and
overtake
you,
if
you
listen
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice.
You
shall
be
blessed
in
the
city,
and
you
shall
be
blessed
in
the
field.
You
shall
be
blessed
in
the
fruit
of
your
body,
the
fruit
of
your
ground,
the
fruit
of
your
animals,
the
increase
of
your
livestock,
and
the
young
of
your
flock.
Your
basket
and
your
kneading trough shall
be
blessed.
You shall
be
blessed
when
you
come
in,
and
you shall
be
blessed
when
you
go
out.
Yahweh
will
cause
your
enemies
who
rise
up
against
you
to
be
struck
before
you.
They
will
come
out
against
you
one
way,
and
will
flee
before
you
seven
ways.
Yahweh
will
command
the
blessing
on
you
in
your
barns,
and
in
all
that
you
put
your
hand
to.
He
will
bless
you
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you.
Yahweh
will
establish
you
for
a
holy
people
to
himself,
as
he
has
sworn
to
you,
if
you
shall
keep
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God,
and
walk
in
his
ways.
All
the
peoples
of
the
earth
shall
see
that
you
are
called
by
Yahweh’s
name,
and
they
will
be
afraid
of
you.
Yahweh
will
grant
you abundant
prosperity
in
the
fruit
of
your
body,
in
the
fruit
of
your
livestock,
and
in
the
fruit
of
your
ground,
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers
to
give
you.
Yahweh
will
open
to
you
his
good
treasure
in
the
sky,
to
give
the
rain
of
your
land
in
its
season,
and
to
bless
all
the
work
of
your
hand.
You
will
lend
to
many
nations,
and
you
will
not
borrow.
Yahweh
will
make
you
the
head,
and
not
the
tail.
You
will
be
above
only,
and
you
will
not
be
beneath,
if
you
listen
to
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God
which
I
command
you
today,
to
observe
and
to
do,
and
shall
not
turn
away
from
any
of
the
words
which
I
command
you
today,
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left,
to
go
after
other
gods
to
serve
them.
But
it
shall
come
to
pass,
if
you
will
not
listen
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
to
observe
to
do
all
his
commandments
and
his
statutes
which
I
command
you
today,
that
all
these
curses
will
come
on
you
and
overtake
you.
You
will
be
cursed
in
the
city,
and
you
will
be
cursed
in
the
field.
Your
basket
and
your
kneading trough
will
be
cursed.
The
fruit
of
your
body,
the
fruit
of
your
ground,
the
increase
of
your livestock,
and
the
young
of
your
flock
will
be
cursed.
You
will
be
cursed
when
you
come
in,
and
you
will
be
cursed
when
you
go
out.
Yahweh
will
send
on
you cursing,
confusion,
and
rebuke
in
all
that
you
put
your
hand
to
do,
until
you
are
destroyed
and
until
you
perish
quickly,
because
of
the
evil
of
your
doings,
by
which
you
have forsaken
me.
Yahweh
will
make
the
pestilence
cling
to
you,
until
he
has
consumed
you
from
off
the
land
where
you
go
in
to
possess
it.
Yahweh
will
strike
you
with
consumption,
with
fever,
with
inflammation,
with
fiery
heat,
with
the
sword,
with
blight,
and
with
mildew.
They
will
pursue
you
until
you
perish.
Your
sky
that
is
over
your
head
will
be
bronze,
and
the
earth
that
is
under
you
will
be
iron.
Yahweh
will
make
the
rain
of
your
land
powder
and
dust.
It
will
come
down
on
you
from
the
sky,
until
you
are
destroyed.
Yahweh
will
cause
you
to
be
struck
before
your
enemies.
You
will
go
out
one
way
against
them,
and
will
flee
seven
ways
before
them.
You
will
be tossed
back
and
forth
among
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth.
Your
dead
bodies
will
be
food
to
all
birds
of
the
sky,
and
to
the
animals
of
the
earth;
and
there
will
be
no
one
to
frighten
them
away.
Yahweh
will
strike
you
with
the
boils
of
Egypt,
with
the tumors,
with
the scurvy,
and
with
the itch,
of
which
you
can
not
be
healed.
Yahweh
will
strike
you
with
madness,
with
blindness,
and
with astonishment
of
heart.
You
will
grope
at noonday,
as
the
blind
gropes
in
darkness,
and
you
shall
not
prosper
in
your
ways.
You
will
only
be
oppressed
and
robbed
always,
and
there
will
be
no
one
to
save
you.
You
will
betroth
a
wife,
and
another
man
shall lie
with
her.
You
will
build
a
house,
and
you
won’t
dwell
in
it.
You
will
plant
a
vineyard,
and
not use
its fruit.
Your
ox
will
be slain
before
your
eyes,
and
you
will
not
eat
any
of
it.
Your
donkey
will
be violently
taken
away
from
before
your
face,
and
will
not
be
restored
to
you.
Your
sheep
will
be
given
to
your
enemies,
and
you
will
have
no
one
to
save
you.
Your
sons
and
your
daughters
will
be
given
to
another
people.
Your
eyes
will
look
and fail
with longing
for
them
all
day
long.
There
will
be
no
power
in
your
hand.
A
nation
which
you
don’t
know
will
eat
the
fruit
of
your
ground
and
all
of
your work.
You
will
only
be
oppressed
and
crushed
always,
so
that
the sights
that
you
see
with
your
eyes
will drive
you
mad.
Yahweh
will
strike
you
in
the
knees
and
in
the
legs
with
a sore
boil,
of
which
you
cannot
be
healed,
from
the
sole
of
your
foot
to
the
crown
of
your
head.
Yahweh
will
bring
you,
and
your
king
whom
you
will
set
over
yourselves,
to
a
nation
that
you
have
not
known,
you
nor
your
fathers.
There
you
will
serve
other
gods
of
wood
and
stone.
You
will
become
an astonishment,
a
proverb,
and
a
byword
among
all
the
peoples
where
Yahweh
will lead
you
away.
You
will
carry
much
seed
out
into
the
field,
and
will
gather
little
in,
for
the
locust
will
consume
it.
You
will
plant
vineyards
and dress
them,
but
you
will
neither
drink
of
the
wine,
nor harvest,
because
worms
will
eat
them.
You
will
have
olive
trees
throughout
all
your
borders,
but
you
won’t
anoint yourself
with
the
oil,
for
your
olives
will
drop
off.
You
will
father
sons
and
daughters,
but
they
will
not
be yours,
for
they
will
go
into
captivity.
Locusts
will consume
all
of
your
trees
and
the
fruit
of
your
ground.
The
foreigner
who
is
among
you
will
mount
up
above
you
higher
and
higher,
and
you
will
come
down
lower
and
lower.
He
will
lend
to
you,
and
you
won’t
lend
to
him.
He
will
be
the
head,
and
you
will
be
the
tail.
All
these
curses
will
come
on
you,
and
will
pursue
you
and
overtake
you,
until
you
are
destroyed,
because
you
didn’t
listen
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
to
keep
his
commandments
and
his
statutes
which
he
commanded
you.
They
will
be
for
a
sign
and
for
a
wonder
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
forever.
Because
you
didn’t
serve
Yahweh
your
God
with joyfulness
and
with
gladness
of
heart,
by
reason
of
the
abundance
of
all
things;
therefore
you
will
serve
your
enemies
whom
Yahweh
sends
against
you,
in
hunger,
in
thirst,
in
nakedness,
and
in
lack
of
all
things.
He
will
put
an
iron
yoke
on
your
neck
until
he
has
destroyed
you.
Yahweh
will
bring
a
nation
against
you
from
far
away,
from
the
end
of
the
earth,
as
the
eagle
flies:
a
nation
whose
language
you
will
not
understand,
a
nation
of
fierce facial expressions,
that
doesn’t
respect
the elderly,
nor
show
favor
to
the
young.
They
will
eat
the
fruit
of
your
livestock
and
the
fruit
of
your
ground,
until
you
are
destroyed.
They
also
won’t
leave
you
grain,
new
wine,
oil,
the
increase
of
your
livestock,
or
the
young
of
your
flock,
until
they
have
caused
you
to
perish.
They
will besiege
you
in
all
your
gates
until
your
high
and
fortified
walls
in
which
you
trusted
come
down
throughout
all
your
land.
They
will besiege
you
in
all
your
gates
throughout
all
your
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
you.
You
will
eat
the
fruit
of
your own
body,
the
flesh
of
your
sons
and
of
your
daughters,
whom
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
you,
in
the
siege
and
in
the
distress
with
which
your
enemies
will
distress
you.
The
man
who
is
tender
among
you,
and
very
delicate,
his
eye
will
be
evil toward
his
brother, toward
the
wife
whom
he loves,
and toward
the
remnant
of
his
children
whom
he
has
remaining,
so
that
he
will
not
give
to
any
of
them
of
the
flesh
of
his
children
whom
he
will
eat,
because
he
has
nothing
left
to
him,
in
the
siege
and
in
the
distress
with
which
your
enemy
will
distress
you
in
all
your
gates.
The
tender
and
delicate
woman
among
you,
who
would
not
venture
to
set
the
sole
of
her
foot
on
the
ground
for
delicateness
and tenderness,
her
eye
will
be
evil
toward
the
husband
that
she loves,
toward
her
son,
toward
her
daughter,
toward
her
young
one
who
comes
out
from
between
her
feet,
and toward
her
children
whom
she
bears;
for
she
will
eat
them secretly
for
lack
of
all
things
in
the
siege
and
in
the
distress
with
which
your
enemy
will
distress
you
in
your
gates.
If
you
will
not
observe
to
do
all
the
words
of
this
law
that
are
written
in
this
book,
that
you
may
fear
this
glorious
and
fearful
name,
YAHWEH
your
God,
then
Yahweh
will make
your
plagues
and
the
plagues
of
your
offspring fearful,
even
great
plagues,
and
of long duration,
and
severe
sicknesses,
and
of long duration.
He
will
bring
on
you
again
all
the
diseases
of
Egypt,
which
you
were
afraid
of;
and
they
will
cling
to
you.
Also
every
sickness
and
every
plague
which
is
not
written
in
the
book
of
this
law,
Yahweh
will
bring
them
on
you
until
you
are
destroyed.
You
will
be
left
few
in
number,
even
though
you
were
as
the
stars
of
the
sky
for
multitude,
because
you
didn’t
listen
to
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice.
It
will
happen
that
as
Yahweh
rejoiced
over
you
to
do
you
good,
and
to
multiply
you,
so
Yahweh
will
rejoice
over
you
to
cause
you
to
perish
and
to
destroy
you.
You
will
be plucked
from
the
land
that
you
are
going
in
to
possess.
Yahweh
will
scatter
you
among
all
peoples,
from
one
end
of
the
earth
to
the
other
end
of
the
earth.
There
you
will
serve
other
gods
which
you
have
not
known,
you
nor
your
fathers,
even
wood
and
stone.
Among
these
nations
you
will
find
no ease,
and
there
will
be
no
rest
for
the
sole
of
your
foot;
but
Yahweh
will
give
you
there
a
trembling
heart,
failing
of
eyes,
and pining
of
soul.
Your
life
will
hang
in doubt
before
you.
You
will
be
afraid
night
and
day,
and
will
have
no
assurance
of
your
life.
In
the
morning
you
will
say, “I
wish
it
were
evening!”
and
at
evening
you
will
say, “I
wish
it
were
morning!”
for
the
fear
of
your
heart
which
you
will
fear,
and
for
the sights
which
your
eyes
will
see.
Yahweh
will
bring
you
into
Egypt
again
with
ships,
by
the
way
of
which
I
told
to
you
that
you
would
never
see
it
again.
There
you
will
offer
yourselves
to
your
enemies
for
male
and
female
slaves,
and
nobody
will
buy
you.
These
are
the words
of
the covenant
which
Yahweh
commanded
Moses
to
make
with
the children
of
Israel
in
the
land
of Moab,
in
addition
to
the covenant
which
he
made
with
them
in Horeb.
Moses called
to
all Israel,
and said
to
them:
Your
eyes
have
seen
all
that Yahweh
did
in
the land
of Egypt
to Pharaoh,
and
to
all
his servants,
and
to
all
his land;
the great trials
which
your
eyes
saw,
the signs,
and
those great wonders.
But Yahweh
has
not given
you
a heart
to know, eyes
to see,
and ears
to hear,
to this day.
I
have led
you forty years
in
the wilderness.
Your clothes
have
not grown old
on
you,
and
your sandals
have
not grown old
on
your feet.
You
have
not eaten bread, neither
have
you drunk wine
or strong drink,
that
you
may know
that
I am Yahweh
your
God.
When
you came
to this
place, Sihon
the king
of Heshbon
and Og
the king
of Bashan came
out against
us
to battle,
and
we struck
them.
We
took
their land,
and
gave
it
for
an inheritance
to
the Reubenites,
and
to
the Gadites,
and
to
the half-tribe
of
the Manassites.
Therefore keep
the words
of
this covenant
and
do
them,
that
you
may prosper
in
all
that
you
do.
All
of
you stand today
in
the
presence
of Yahweh
your God:
your heads,
your tribes,
your elders,
and
your officers,
even
all
the
men
of Israel,
your little ones,
your wives,
and
the foreigners
who
are
in
the middle
of
your camps,
from
the
one
who
cuts
your wood
to
the
one
who draws
your water,
that
you
may enter
into
the
covenant
of Yahweh
your
God,
and
into
his
oath,
which Yahweh
your
God
makes
with
you
today,
that
he
may establish
you today
as
his
people,
and
that
he
may
be
your
God,
as
he spoke
to
you
and
as
he swore
to
your fathers,
to Abraham,
to Isaac,
and
to Jacob.
Neither
do
I
make
this covenant
and
this oath
with
you only,
but
with
those
who
stand here
with
us today
before Yahweh
our God,
and
also
with
those
who
are
not here
with
us today
(for
you know
how
we lived
in
the land
of Egypt,
and
how
we came
through
the middle
of
the nations
through
which
you passed;
and
you
have seen
their abominations
and
their idols
of wood,
stone, silver,
and gold,
which
were
among
them);
lest
there
should
be
among
you
man, woman, family,
or tribe whose
heart turns
away today
from Yahweh
our
God,
to
go
to
serve
the gods
of
those nations; lest
there
should
be
among
you
a root
that produces bitter poison;
and
it happen,
when
he hears
the words
of
this
curse,
that
he bless
himself
in
his heart, saying, “I
shall
have peace,
though
I walk
in
the stubbornness
of
my heart,”
to
destroy
the moist
with
the dry.
Yahweh
will
not pardon
him,
but
then
Yahweh’s anger
and
his jealousy
will smoke
against
that
man,
and
all
the
curse
that
is
written
in
this
book
will fall
on
him,
and
Yahweh
will blot
out
his name
from under
the sky.
Yahweh
will
set
him apart
for evil
out
of
all
the tribes
of Israel,
according
to
all
the curses
of
the covenant written
in
this book
of
the law.
The generation
to
come—your children
who
will
rise
up
after
you,
and
the foreigner
who
will
come
from
a
far
land—will say,
when
they
see
the plagues
of
that
land,
and
the sicknesses
with
which
Yahweh
has
made
it sick,
that
all
of
its
land
is sulfur, salt,
and burning,
that
it
is
not sown, doesn’t
produce, nor
does
any grass grow
in
it,
like
the overthrow
of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah,
and Zeboiim,
which
Yahweh overthrew
in
his
anger,
and
in
his
wrath.
Even all
the
nations
will
say, “Why
has
Yahweh done
this
to
this
land?
What
does
the heat
of
this
great anger mean?”
Then men
will say, “Because
they abandoned
the covenant
of Yahweh,
the
God
of
their fathers,
which
he
made
with
them
when
he brought
them
out
of
the land
of Egypt,
and
went
and served
other gods
and worshiped
them, gods
that
they didn’t know
and
that
he
had
not given
to
them.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
anger burned
against
this
land,
to bring
on
it
all
the curses
that
are written
in
this book.
Yahweh rooted
them
out
of
their land
in anger,
in wrath,
and
in
great indignation,
and thrust
them
into another land,
as
it
is today.”
The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
It
shall
happen,
when
all
these
things
have
come
on
you,
the
blessing
and
the
curse,
which
I
have
set
before
you,
and
you
shall
call
them
to
mind
among
all
the
nations
where
Yahweh
your
God
has
driven
you,
and
return
to
Yahweh
your
God
and
obey
his
voice according
to
all
that
I
command
you
today,
you
and
your
children,
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul,
that
then
Yahweh
your
God
will release
you
from
captivity,
have
compassion
on
you,
and
will
return
and
gather
you
from
all
the
peoples
where
Yahweh
your
God
has
scattered
you.
If
your
outcasts
are
in
the uttermost parts
of
the
heavens,
from
there
Yahweh
your
God
will
gather
you,
and
from
there
he
will
bring
you
back.
Yahweh
your
God
will
bring
you
into
the
land
which
your
fathers
possessed,
and
you
will
possess
it.
He
will
do
you
good,
and
increase
your numbers
more
than
your
fathers.
Yahweh
your
God
will
circumcise
your
heart,
and
the
heart
of
your
offspring,
to
love
Yahweh
your
God
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul,
that
you
may
live.
Yahweh
your
God
will
put
all
these
curses
on
your
enemies
and
on
those
who
hate
you,
who
persecuted
you.
You
shall
return
and
obey
Yahweh’s
voice,
and
do
all
his
commandments
which
I
command
you
today.
Yahweh
your
God
will
make
you prosperous
in
all
the
work
of
your
hand,
in
the
fruit
of
your
body,
in
the
fruit
of
your
livestock,
and
in
the
fruit
of
your
ground,
for
good;
for
Yahweh
will
again
rejoice
over
you
for
good,
as
he
rejoiced
over
your
fathers,
if
you
will
obey
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
to
keep
his
commandments
and
his
statutes
which
are
written
in
this
book
of
the
law,
if
you
turn
to
Yahweh
your
God
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul.
For
this
commandment
which
I
command
you
today
is
not
too
hard
for
you
or
too
distant.
It
is
not
in
heaven,
that
you
should
say, “Who
will
go
up
for
us
to
heaven,
bring
it
to
us,
and
proclaim
it
to
us,
that
we
may
do
it?”
Neither
is
it
beyond
the
sea,
that
you
should
say, “Who
will
go
over
the
sea
for
us,
bring
it
to
us,
and
proclaim
it
to
us,
that
we
may
do
it?”
But
the
word
is
very
near
to
you,
in
your
mouth
and
in
your
heart,
that
you
may
do
it.
Behold,
I
have
set
before
you
today
life
and
prosperity,
and
death
and
evil.
For
I
command
you
today
to
love
Yahweh
your
God,
to
walk
in
his
ways
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
his
statutes,
and
his
ordinances,
that
you
may
live
and
multiply,
and
that
Yahweh
your
God
may
bless
you
in
the
land
where
you
go
in
to
possess
it.
But
if
your
heart
turns
away,
and
you
will
not
hear,
but
are
drawn
away
and
worship
other
gods,
and
serve
them,
I
declare
to
you
today
that
you
will
surely
perish.
You
will
not
prolong
your
days
in
the
land
where
you
pass
over
the
Jordan
to
go
in
to
possess
it.
I call
heaven
and
earth
to witness
against
you
today
that
I
have
set
before
you
life
and
death,
the
blessing
and
the
curse.
Therefore
choose
life,
that
you
may
live,
you
and
your
descendants,
to
love
Yahweh
your
God,
to
obey
his
voice,
and
to
cling
to
him;
for
he
is
your
life,
and
the
length
of
your
days,
that
you
may
dwell
in
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
your
fathers,
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob,
to
give
them.
Moses
went
and
spoke
these
words
to
all
Israel.
He
said
to
them, “I
am
one
hundred
twenty
years
old
today.
I
can
no
more
go
out
and
come
in.
Yahweh
has
said
to
me, ‘You
shall
not
go
over
this
Jordan.’
Yahweh
your
God
himself
will
go
over
before
you.
He
will
destroy
these
nations
from
before
you,
and
you
shall
dispossess
them.
Joshua
will
go
over
before
you,
as
Yahweh
has
spoken.
Yahweh
will
do
to
them
as
he
did
to
Sihon
and
to
Og,
the
kings
of
the
Amorites,
and
to
their
land,
when
he
destroyed
them.
Yahweh
will
deliver
them
up
before
you,
and
you
shall
do
to
them according
to
all
the
commandment
which
I
have
commanded
you.
Be
strong
and
courageous.
Don’t
be
afraid
or scared
of
them,
for
Yahweh
your
God
himself
is
who
goes
with
you.
He
will
not
fail
you
nor
forsake
you.”
Moses
called
to
Joshua,
and
said
to
him
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel, “Be
strong
and
courageous,
for
you
shall
go
with
this
people
into
the
land
which
Yahweh
has
sworn
to
their
fathers
to
give
them;
and
you
shall
cause
them
to
inherit
it.
Yahweh
himself
is
who
goes
before
you.
He
will
be
with
you.
He
will
not
fail
you
nor
forsake
you.
Don’t
be
afraid.
Don’t
be
discouraged.”
Moses
wrote
this
law
and
delivered
it
to
the
priests
the
sons
of
Levi,
who
bore
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
and
to
all
the
elders
of
Israel.
Moses
commanded
them,
saying, “At
the
end
of
every
seven
years,
in
the
set
time
of
the
year
of release,
in
the
feast
of
booths,
when
all
Israel
has
come
to
appear
before
Yahweh
your
God
in
the
place
which
he
will
choose,
you
shall
read
this
law
before
all
Israel
in
their
hearing.
Assemble
the
people,
the
men
and
the
women
and
the
little
ones,
and
the
foreigners
who
are within
your
gates,
that
they
may
hear,
learn,
fear
Yahweh
your
God,
and
observe
to
do
all
the
words
of
this
law,
and
that
their
children,
who
have
not
known,
may
hear
and
learn
to
fear
Yahweh
your
God,
as
long
as
you
live
in
the
land
where
you
go
over
the
Jordan
to
possess
it.”
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Behold,
your
days
approach
that
you
must
die.
Call
Joshua,
and
present
yourselves
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
that
I
may
commission
him.”
Moses
and
Joshua
went,
and
presented
themselves
in
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
Yahweh
appeared
in
the
Tent
in
a
pillar
of
cloud,
and
the
pillar
of
cloud
stood
over
the Tent’s
door.
Yahweh
said
to
Moses, “Behold,
you
shall
sleep
with
your
fathers.
This
people
will
rise
up
and
play
the
prostitute
after
the
strange
gods
of
the
land
where
they
go
to
be
among
them,
and
will
forsake
me
and
break
my
covenant
which
I
have
made
with
them.
Then
my
anger
shall
be
kindled
against
them
in
that
day,
and
I
will
forsake
them,
and
I
will
hide
my
face
from
them,
and
they
shall
be
devoured,
and
many evils
and troubles
shall
come
on
them;
so
that
they
will
say
in
that
day, ‘Haven’t
these evils
come
on
us
because
our
God
is
not
among
us?’
I
will
surely
hide
my
face
in
that
day
for
all
the
evil
which
they
have
done,
in
that
they
have
turned
to
other
gods.
“Now
therefore
write
this
song
for yourselves,
and
teach
it
to
the
children
of
Israel.
Put
it
in
their
mouths,
that
this
song
may
be
a
witness
for
me against
the
children
of
Israel.
For
when
I
have
brought
them
into
the
land
which
I
swore
to
their
fathers,
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
and
they
have
eaten
and
filled themselves,
and grown
fat,
then
they
will
turn
to
other
gods,
and
serve
them,
and
despise
me,
and
break
my
covenant.
It
will
happen,
when
many evils
and troubles
have
come
on
them,
that
this
song
will
testify
before
them
as
a
witness;
for
it
will
not
be
forgotten
out
of
the
mouths
of
their
descendants;
for
I
know
their ways
and
what
they
are
doing
today,
before
I
have
brought
them
into
the
land
which
I
promised
them.”
So
Moses
wrote
this
song
the
same
day,
and
taught
it
to
the
children
of
Israel.
He
commissioned
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
and
said, “Be
strong
and
courageous;
for
you
shall
bring
the
children
of
Israel
into
the
land
which
I
swore
to
them.
I
will
be
with
you.”
When
Moses
had
finished
writing
the
words
of
this
law
in
a
book,
until
they
were
finished,
Moses
commanded
the
Levites,
who
bore
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
saying,
“Take
this
book
of
the
law,
and
put
it
by
the
side
of
the
ark
of
Yahweh
your
God’s
covenant,
that
it
may
be
there
for
a
witness against
you.
For
I
know
your
rebellion
and
your stiff
neck.
Behold,
while
I
am
yet
alive
with
you
today,
you
have
been
rebellious
against
Yahweh.
How
much
more
after
my
death?
Assemble
to
me
all
the
elders
of
your
tribes
and
your
officers,
that
I
may
speak
these
words
in
their
ears,
and call
heaven
and
earth
to witness
against
them.
For
I
know
that
after
my
death
you
will utterly
corrupt
yourselves,
and
turn
away
from
the
way
which
I
have
commanded
you;
and
evil
will
happen
to
you
in
the
latter
days,
because
you
will
do
that
which
is
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
to
provoke
him
to
anger
through
the
work
of
your
hands.”
Moses
spoke
in
the
ears
of
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
the
words
of
this
song,
until
they
were
finished.
Give
ear,
you
heavens,
and
I
will
speak.
Let
the
earth
hear
the
words
of
my
mouth.
My doctrine will
drop as
the
rain.
My speech will condense as
the
dew,
as
the misty
rain
on
the
tender
grass,
as
the
showers
on
the
herb.
For
I
will
proclaim
Yahweh’s
name.
Ascribe
greatness
to
our
God!
The
Rock:
his
work
is
perfect,
for
all
his
ways
are
just.
A
God
of
faithfulness
who
does
no
wrong,
just
and
right
is
he.
They
have dealt
corruptly with
him.
They
are
not
his
children, because
of
their
defect.
They
are
a
perverse
and
crooked
generation.
Is
this
the
way
you
repay
Yahweh,
foolish
and
unwise
people?
Isn’t
he
your
father
who
has
bought
you?
He
has
made
you
and
established
you.
Remember
the
days
of
old.
Consider
the
years
of
many
generations.
Ask
your
father,
and
he
will
show
you;
your
elders,
and
they
will
tell
you.
When
the Most
High
gave
to
the
nations
their
inheritance,
when
he
separated
the
children
of
men,
he
set
the bounds
of
the
peoples
according
to
the
number
of
the
children
of
Israel.
For
Yahweh’s
portion
is
his
people.
Jacob
is
the
lot
of
his
inheritance.
He
found
him
in
a
desert
land,
in
the
waste
howling
wilderness.
He
surrounded
him.
He
cared
for
him.
He
kept
him
as
the
apple
of
his
eye.
As
an
eagle
that
stirs
up
her
nest,
that flutters
over
her
young,
he
spread abroad
his
wings,
he
took
them,
he
bore
them
on
his feathers.
Yahweh
alone
led
him.
There
was
no
foreign
god
with
him.
He made
him
ride
on
the
high
places
of
the
earth.
He
ate
the increase
of
the
field.
He caused
him
to
suck
honey
out
of
the
rock,
oil
out
of
the
flinty
rock;
butter
from
the
herd,
and
milk
from
the
flock,
with
fat
of
lambs,
rams
of
the
breed
of
Bashan,
and
goats,
with
the
finest
of
the
wheat.
From
the
blood
of
the
grape,
you
drank
wine.
But
Jeshurun
grew
fat,
and
kicked.
You
have
grown
fat.
You
have
grown
thick.
You
have become
sleek.
Then
he
abandoned
God
who
made
him,
and rejected
the
Rock
of
his
salvation.
They moved
him
to
jealousy
with
strange gods.
They
provoked
him
to
anger
with
abominations.
They
sacrificed
to
demons,
not
God,
to
gods
that
they
didn’t
know,
to
new
gods
that
came
up recently,
which
your
fathers
didn’t dread.
Of
the
Rock
who
became
your
father,
you
are unmindful,
and
have
forgotten
God
who
gave
you
birth.
Yahweh
saw
and abhorred,
because
of
the provocation
of
his
sons
and
his
daughters.
He
said, “I
will
hide
my
face
from
them.
I
will
see
what
their
end
will
be;
for
they
are
a very
perverse
generation,
children
in whom
is
no
faithfulness.
They
have moved
me
to
jealousy
with
that
which
is
not
God.
They
have
provoked
me
to
anger
with
their
vanities.
I
will move
them
to
jealousy
with
those
who
are
not
a
people.
I
will
provoke
them
to
anger
with
a
foolish
nation.
For
a
fire
is
kindled
in
my
anger,
that
burns
to
the
lowest
Sheol,
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Sheol is the place of the dead.
devours
the
earth
with
its
increase,
and
sets
the
foundations
of
the
mountains
on
fire.
“I
will
heap evils
on
them.
I
will
spend
my
arrows
on
them.
They
shall be
wasted
with
hunger,
and devoured
with
burning
heat
and
bitter
destruction.
I
will
send
the
teeth
of
animals
on
them,
with
the
venom
of vipers
that glide
in
the
dust.
Outside
the
sword
will
bereave,
and
in
the
rooms,
terror
on
both
young
man
and
virgin,
the
nursing
infant
with
the
gray-haired
man.
I
said
that
I
would scatter
them afar.
I
would make
their
memory
to
cease from among
men;
were
it
not
that
I feared
the provocation
of
the
enemy,
lest
their adversaries
should judge wrongly,
lest
they
should
say, ‘Our
hand
is
exalted;
Yahweh
has
not
done
all
this.’”
For
they
are
a
nation void
of
counsel.
There
is
no
understanding
in
them.
Oh
that they were
wise,
that they
understood
this,
that they
would
consider
their
latter
end!
How could
one
chase
a
thousand,
and
two
put
ten
thousand
to
flight,
unless
their
Rock
had
sold
them,
and
Yahweh
had
delivered
them
up?
For
their
rock
is
not
as
our
Rock,
even
our
enemies themselves
concede.
For
their
vine
is
of
the
vine
of
Sodom,
of
the
fields
of
Gomorrah.
Their
grapes
are
poison
grapes.
Their
clusters
are
bitter.
Their
wine
is the
poison
of
serpents,
the
cruel
venom
of asps.
“Isn’t
this
laid
up
in
store
with
me,
sealed
up
among
my
treasures?
Vengeance
is mine,
and recompense,
at
the
time
when
their
foot slides,
for
the
day
of
their
calamity
is
at
hand.
Their doom rushes
at
them.”
For
Yahweh
will
judge
his
people,
and
have
compassion
on
his
servants,
when
he
sees
that
their
power
is
gone,
that
there
is
no
one remaining,
shut
up
or
left
at large.
He
will
say, “Where
are
their
gods,
the
rock
in which
they took
refuge,
which
ate
the
fat
of
their
sacrifices,
and
drank
the
wine
of
their
drink offering?
Let
them
rise
up
and
help
you!
Let
them
be
your protection.
“See
now
that
I
myself
am
he.
There
is
no
god
with
me.
I
kill
and
I
make
alive.
I wound
and
I
heal.
There
is
no
one
who
can
deliver
out
of
my
hand.
For
I
lift
up
my
hand
to
heaven
and declare,
as
I
live
forever,
if
I
sharpen
my
glittering
sword,
my
hand
grasps
it
in
judgment;
I
will
take
vengeance
on
my adversaries,
and
will
repay
those
who
hate
me.
I
will
make
my
arrows
drunk
with
blood.
My
sword
shall
devour
flesh
with
the
blood
of
the
slain
and
the
captives,
from
the
head
of
the
leaders
of
the
enemy.”
Rejoice,
you
nations,
with
his
people,
for
he
will
avenge
the
blood
of
his
servants.
He
will
take
vengeance
on
his adversaries,
and
will
make
atonement
for
his
land
and
for
his
people.
32:43
For this verse, LXX reads: Rejoice, you heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice you Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people.
Moses
came
and
spoke
all
the
words
of
this
song
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
he
and
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun.
Moses
finished
reciting
all
these
words
to
all
Israel.
He
said
to
them, “Set
your
heart
to
all
the
words
which
I testify
to
you
today,
which
you
shall
command
your
children
to
observe
to
do,
all
the
words
of
this
law.
For
it
is
no vain
thing
for
you,
because
it
is
your
life,
and
through
this
thing
you
shall
prolong
your
days
in
the
land,
where
you
go
over
the
Jordan
to
possess
it.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
that
same
day,
saying,
“Go
up
into
this
mountain
of
Abarim,
to
Mount
Nebo,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Moab,
that
is
across
from
Jericho;
and
see
the
land
of
Canaan,
which
I
give
to
the
children
of
Israel
for
a
possession.
Die
on
the
mountain
where
you
go
up,
and
be
gathered
to
your
people,
as
Aaron
your
brother
died
on
Mount
Hor,
and
was
gathered
to
his
people;
because
you trespassed
against
me
among
the
children
of
Israel
at
the
waters
of Meribah
of
Kadesh,
in
the
wilderness
of
Zin;
because
you
didn’t uphold
my
holiness
among
the
children
of
Israel.
For
you
shall
see
the
land
from
a distance;
but
you
shall
not
go
there
into
the
land
which
I
give
the
children
of
Israel.”
This
is
the
blessing
with
which
Moses
the
man
of
God
blessed
the
children
of
Israel
before
his
death.
He
said,
“Yahweh
came
from
Sinai,
and
rose
from
Seir
to
them.
He
shone
from
Mount
Paran.
He
came
from
the
ten
thousands
of
holy
ones.
At
his
right
hand
was
a fiery law
for
them.
33:2
another manuscript reads “He came with myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.”
Yes,
he
loves
the
people.
All
his
saints
are
in
your
hand.
They sat
down
at
your
feet.
Each
receives
your
words.
Moses
commanded us
a
law,
an inheritance
for
the
assembly
of
Jacob.
He
was
king
in
Jeshurun,
when
the
heads
of
the
people
were
gathered,
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
together.
“Let
Reuben
live,
and
not
die;
Nor
let
his
men
be
few.”
This
is
for
Judah.
He
said,
“Hear,
Yahweh,
the
voice
of
Judah.
Bring
him
in
to
his
people.
With
his
hands
he contended
for
himself.
You
shall
be
a
help
against
his adversaries.”
About
Levi
he
said,
“Your
Thummim
and
your
Urim
are
with
your
godly
one,
whom
you
proved
at
Massah,
with
whom
you
contended
at
the
waters
of
Meribah.
He
said
of
his
father,
and
of
his
mother, ‘I
have
not
seen
him.’
He
didn’t
acknowledge
his
brothers,
nor
did
he
know
his own
children;
for
they
have
observed
your
word,
and
keep
your
covenant.
They
shall
teach
Jacob
your
ordinances,
and
Israel
your
law.
They
shall
put
incense
before
you,
and
whole
burnt
offering
on
your
altar.
Yahweh,
bless
his skills.
Accept
the
work
of
his
hands.
Strike
through
the
hips
of
those
who
rise
up
against
him,
of
those
who
hate
him,
that
they not
rise
again.”
About
Benjamin
he
said,
“The
beloved
of
Yahweh
will
dwell
in
safety
by
him.
He covers
him
all
day
long.
He
dwells
between
his
shoulders.”
About
Joseph
he
said,
“His
land
is
blessed
by
Yahweh,
for
the precious
things
of
the
heavens,
for
the
dew,
for
the
deep
that couches
beneath,
for the precious
things
of the fruits
of the
sun,
for the precious
things that the moon can
yield,
for
the
best
things
of
the
ancient
mountains,
for
the precious
things
of
the
everlasting
hills,
for
the precious
things
of
the
earth
and
its
fullness,
the
good
will
of
him
who
lived
in
the
bush.
33:16
i.e., the burning bush of Exodus 3:3-4.
Let
this
come
on
the
head
of
Joseph,
on
the
crown
of
the
head
of
him
who
was
separated
from
his
brothers.
Majesty belongs
to
the
firstborn
of
his
herd.
His
horns
are
the
horns
of
the
wild
ox.
With
them
he
will
push
all
the
peoples
to
the
ends
of
the
earth.
They
are
the
ten
thousands
of
Ephraim.
They
are
the
thousands
of
Manasseh.”
About
Zebulun
he
said,
“Rejoice,
Zebulun,
in
your
going
out;
and
Issachar,
in
your
tents.
They
will
call
the
peoples
to
the
mountain.
There
they
will
offer
sacrifices
of
righteousness,
for
they
will
draw
out
the
abundance
of
the
seas,
the
hidden treasures
of
the
sand.”
About
Gad
he
said,
“He
who
enlarges
Gad
is
blessed.
He
dwells
as
a
lioness,
and
tears
the
arm
and
the
crown
of
the
head.
He
provided
the
first part
for himself,
for
the lawgiver’s
portion
was
reserved
for
him.
He
came
with
the
heads
of
the
people.
He executed
the
righteousness
of
Yahweh,
His
ordinances
with
Israel.”
About
Dan
he
said,
“Dan
is
a
lion’s
cub
that
leaps
out
of
Bashan.”
About
Naphtali
he
said,
“Naphtali,
satisfied
with
favor,
full
of
Yahweh’s
blessing,
Possess
the
west
and
the
south.”
About
Asher
he
said,
“Asher
is
blessed
with
children.
Let
him
be
acceptable
to
his
brothers.
Let
him
dip
his
foot
in
oil.
Your bars
will
be
iron
and
bronze.
As
your
days, so
your
strength
will
be.
“There
is
no
one
like
God,
Jeshurun,
who
rides
on
the
heavens
for
your
help,
in
his excellency
on
the
skies.
The
eternal
God
is
your
dwelling
place.
Underneath
are
the
everlasting
arms.
He thrust
out
the
enemy
from
before
you,
and
said, ‘Destroy!’
Israel
dwells
in
safety,
the fountain
of
Jacob
alone,
In
a
land
of
grain
and
new
wine.
Yes,
his
heavens
drop
down
dew.
You
are
happy,
Israel!
Who
is
like
you,
a
people
saved
by
Yahweh,
the
shield
of
your
help,
the
sword
of
your excellency?
Your
enemies
will
submit
themselves
to
you.
You
will
tread
on
their
high
places.”
Moses
went
up
from
the
plains
of
Moab
to
Mount
Nebo,
to
the
top
of
Pisgah,
that
is
opposite
Jericho.
Yahweh
showed
him
all
the
land
of
Gilead
to
Dan,
and
all
Naphtali,
and
the
land
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
and
all
the
land
of
Judah,
to
the
Western
Sea,
and
the
south,
34:3
or, Negev
and
the
Plain
of
the
valley
of
Jericho
the
city
of
palm
trees,
to
Zoar.
Yahweh
said
to
him, “This
is
the
land
which
I
swore
to
Abraham,
to
Isaac,
and
to
Jacob,
saying, ‘I
will
give
it
to
your
offspring.’
I
have
caused
you
to
see
it
with
your
eyes,
but
you
shall
not
go
over
there.”
So
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
died
there
in
the
land
of
Moab,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
He
buried
him
in
the
valley
in
the
land
of
Moab
opposite Beth Peor,
but
no
man
knows
where
his
tomb
is
to
this
day.
Moses
was
one
hundred
twenty
years
old
when
he
died.
His
eye
was
not dim,
nor
his strength
gone.
The
children
of
Israel
wept
for
Moses
in
the
plains
of
Moab
thirty
days, until
the
days
of
weeping
in
the
mourning
for
Moses
were
ended.
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
was
full
of
the
spirit
of
wisdom,
for
Moses
had
laid
his
hands
on
him.
The
children
of
Israel
listened
to
him,
and
did
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Since
then,
there
has
not
arisen
a
prophet
in
Israel
like
Moses,
whom
Yahweh
knew
face
to
face,
in
all
the
signs
and
the
wonders
which
Yahweh
sent
him
to
do
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
to
Pharaoh,
and
to
all
his
servants,
and
to
all
his
land,
and
in
all
the
mighty
hand,
and
in
all
the
awesome
deeds,
which
Moses
did
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel.
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Joshua
The Book of
Joshua
Now
after
the
death
of
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh,
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
Moses’
servant,
saying,
“Moses
my
servant
is
dead.
Now
therefore
arise,
go
across
this
Jordan,
you
and
all
these
people,
to
the
land
which
I
am
giving
to
them,
even
to
the
children
of
Israel.
I
have
given
you
every
place
that
the
sole
of
your
foot
will
tread
on,
as
I
told
Moses.
From
the
wilderness
and
this
Lebanon
even
to
the
great
river,
the
river
Euphrates,
all
the
land
of
the
Hittites,
and
to
the
great
sea
toward
the going down
of
the
sun,
shall
be
your
border.
No
man
will
be able
to
stand
before
you
all
the
days
of
your
life.
As
I
was
with
Moses,
so
I
will
be
with
you.
I
will
not
fail
you
nor
forsake
you.
“Be
strong
and
courageous;
for
you
shall
cause
this
people
to
inherit
the
land
which
I
swore
to
their
fathers
to
give
them.
Only
be
strong
and
very
courageous.
Be
careful
to
observe
to
do
according
to
all
the
law
which
Moses
my
servant
commanded
you.
Don’t
turn
from
it
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left,
that
you
may
have good success
wherever
you
go.
This
book
of
the
law
shall
not
depart
from
your
mouth,
but
you
shall
meditate
on
it
day
and
night,
that
you
may
observe
to
do
according
to
all
that
is
written
in
it;
for
then
you
shall
make
your
way
prosperous,
and
then
you
shall
have good
success.
Haven’t
I
commanded
you?
Be
strong
and
courageous.
Don’t
be afraid.
Don’t
be
dismayed,
for
Yahweh
your
God
1:9
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
is
with
you
wherever
you go.”
Then
Joshua
commanded
the
officers
of
the
people,
saying,
“Pass
through
the
middle
of
the
camp,
and
command
the
people,
saying, ‘Prepare
food;
for
within
three
days
you
are
to
pass
over
this
Jordan,
to
go
in
to
possess
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
to
possess.’”
Joshua
spoke
to
the
Reubenites,
and
to
the
Gadites,
and
to
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
saying,
“Remember
the
word
which
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
commanded
you,
saying, ‘Yahweh
your
God
gives
you
rest,
and
will
give
you
this
land.
Your
wives,
your
little
ones,
and
your
livestock
shall
live
in
the
land
which
Moses
gave
you
beyond
the
Jordan;
but
you
shall
pass
over
before
your
brothers armed,
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
and
shall
help
them
until
Yahweh
has
given
your
brothers
rest,
as
he
has
given
you,
and
they
have
also
possessed
the
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
gives
them.
Then
you
shall
return
to
the
land
of
your
possession
and
possess
it,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
gave
you
beyond
the
Jordan
toward
the
sunrise.’”
They
answered
Joshua,
saying, “All
that
you
have
commanded
us
we
will
do,
and
wherever
you
send
us
we
will
go.
Just
as
we
listened
to
Moses
in
all
things,
so
will
we
listen
to
you.
Only
may
Yahweh
your
God
be
with
you,
as
he
was
with
Moses.
Whoever
rebels
against
your
commandment,
and
doesn’t
listen
to
your
words
in
all
that
you
command
him
shall
himself
be
put
to
death.
Only
be
strong
and
courageous.”
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
secretly
sent
two
men
out
of
Shittim
as
spies,
saying, “Go,
view
the
land,
including
Jericho.”
They
went
and
came
into
the
house
of
a
prostitute
whose
name
was
Rahab,
and
slept
there.
The
king
of
Jericho
was
told, “Behold,
2:2
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
men
of
the
children
of
Israel
came
in
here
tonight
to spy
out
the
land.”
Jericho’s
king
sent
to
Rahab,
saying, “Bring
out
the
men
who
have
come
to
you,
who
have
entered
into
your
house;
for
they
have
come
to spy
out
all
the
land.”
The
woman
took
the
two
men
and
hid
them.
Then
she
said, “Yes,
the
men
came
to
me,
but
I
didn’t
know
where
they
came
from.
About
the
time
of
the shutting
of
the
gate,
when
it
was
dark,
the
men
went
out.
Where
the
men
went,
I
don’t
know.
Pursue
them
quickly.
You
may
catch
up
with
them.”
But
she
had
brought
them
up
to
the
roof,
and
hidden
them
under
the
stalks
of
flax
which
she
had
laid
in order
on
the
roof.
The
men
pursued
them
along
the
way
to
the fords
of
the
Jordan River.
As soon
as
those
who
pursued
them
had
gone
out,
they
shut
the
gate.
Before
they
had
lain
down,
she
came
up
to
them
on
the
roof.
She
said
to
the
men, “I
know
that
Yahweh
has
given
you
the
land,
and
that
the
fear
of
you
has
fallen
upon
us,
and
that
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
melt
away
before
you.
For
we
have
heard
how
Yahweh
dried
up
the
water
of
the Red
Sea
before
you,
when
you
came
out
of
Egypt;
and
what
you
did
to
the
two
kings
of
the
Amorites,
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
to
Sihon
and
to
Og,
whom
you utterly destroyed.
As
soon
as
we
had
heard
it,
our
hearts
melted,
and
there wasn’t
any
more
spirit
in
any
man,
because
of
you:
for
Yahweh
your
God,
he
is
God
in
heaven
above,
and
on
earth
beneath.
Now
therefore,
please
swear
to
me
by
Yahweh,
since
I
have dealt kindly
with
you,
that
you
also
will
deal kindly
with
my
father’s
house,
and
give
me
a
true
sign;
and
that
you
will
save
alive
my
father,
my
mother,
my
brothers,
and
my
sisters,
and
all
that
they
have,
and
will
deliver
our
lives
from
death.”
The
men
said
to
her, “Our
life
for
yours,
if
you
don’t
talk
about
this
business
of ours;
and
it
shall
be,
when
Yahweh
gives
us
the
land,
that
we
will
deal kindly
and
truly
with
you.”
Then
she
let
them
down
by
a
cord
through
the
window;
for
her
house
was
on
the
side
of
the
wall,
and
she
lived
on
the
wall.
She
said
to
them, “Go
to
the
mountain,
lest
the
pursuers find
you.
Hide
yourselves
there
three
days,
until
the
pursuers
have
returned.
Afterward,
you
may
go
your
way.”
The
men
said
to
her, “We
will
be guiltless
of
this
your
oath
which you’ve
made
us
to
swear.
Behold,
when
we
come
into
the
land,
tie
this
line
of
scarlet
thread
in
the
window
which
you
used
to
let
us
down.
Gather
to
yourself
into
the
house
your
father,
your
mother,
your
brothers,
and
all
your
father’s
household.
It
shall
be
that
whoever
goes
out
of
the
doors
of
your
house
into
the
street,
his
blood
will
be
on
his
head,
and
we
will
be guiltless.
Whoever
is
with
you
in
the
house,
his
blood
shall
be
on
our
head,
if
any
hand
is
on
him.
But
if
you
talk
about
this
business
of ours,
then
we
shall
be guiltless
of
your
oath
which you’ve
made
us
to
swear.”
She
said, “Let
it
be
as
you
have
said.”
She
sent
them
away,
and
they departed.
Then
she
tied
the
scarlet line
in
the
window.
They
went
and
came
to
the
mountain,
and
stayed
there
three
days,
until
the
pursuers
had
returned.
The
pursuers
sought
them
all
along
the
way,
but
didn’t
find
them.
Then
the
two
men
returned,
descended
from
the
mountain,
crossed
the river,
and
came
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun.
They
told
him
all
that
had
happened
to
them.
They
said
to
Joshua, “Truly
Yahweh
has
delivered
all
the
land
into
our
hands.
Moreover,
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
melt
away
before
us.”
Joshua
got
up
early
in
the
morning;
and
they
moved
from
Shittim
and
came
to
the
Jordan,
he
and
all
the
children
of
Israel.
They camped
there
before
they
crossed
over.
After
three
days,
the
officers
went
through
the
middle
of
the
camp;
and
they
commanded
the
people,
saying, “When
you
see
the
ark
of
Yahweh
your
God’s
covenant,
and
the
Levitical
priests
bearing
it,
then
leave
your
place
and
follow
it.
Yet
there
shall
be
a space
between
you
and
it
of
about
two
thousand
cubits
3:4
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters, so 2,000 cubits is about 920 meters.
by
measure—don’t
come closer
to
it—that
you
may
know
the
way
by
which
you
must
go;
for
you
have
not
passed
this
way
before.”
Joshua
said
to
the
people, “Sanctify
yourselves;
for
tomorrow
Yahweh
will
do
wonders
among
you.”
Joshua
spoke
to
the
priests,
saying, “Take
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant,
and
cross
over
before
the
people.”
They
took
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant,
and
went
before
the
people.
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Today
I
will
begin
to
magnify
you
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
that
they
may
know
that
as
I
was
with
Moses,
so
I
will
be
with
you.
You
shall
command
the
priests
who
bear
the
ark
of
the
covenant,
saying, ‘When
you
come
to
the brink
of
the
waters
of
the
Jordan,
you
shall
stand
still
in
the
Jordan.’”
Joshua
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “Come
here,
and
hear
the
words
of
Yahweh
your
God.”
Joshua
said, “By
this
you
shall
know
that
the
living
God
is
among
you,
and
that
he
will without fail
drive
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Hivite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Girgashite,
the
Amorite,
and
the
Jebusite
out
from
before
you.
Behold,
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
the
Lord
3:11
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
of
all
the
earth
passes
over
before
you
into
the
Jordan.
Now
therefore
take
twelve
men
out
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
for
every
tribe
a
man.
It
shall
be
that
when
the
soles
of
the
feet
of
the
priests
who
bear
the
ark
of
Yahweh,
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth,
rest
in
the
waters
of
the
Jordan,
that
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
will
be
cut
off.
The
waters
that
come
down
from
above
shall
stand
in
one heap.”
When
the
people
moved
from
their
tents
to
pass
over
the
Jordan,
the
priests
who
bore
the
ark
of
the
covenant
being
before
the
people,
and
when
those
who
bore
the
ark
had
come
to
the
Jordan,
and
the
feet
of
the
priests
who
bore
the
ark
had
dipped
in
the edge
of
the
water (for
the
Jordan overflows
all
its
banks
all
the
time
of
harvest),
the
waters
which
came
down
from
above
stood,
and
rose
up
in
one heap
a
great
way
off,
at
Adam,
the
city
that
is
beside
Zarethan;
and
those
that
went
down
toward
the
sea
of
the
Arabah,
even
the
Salt
Sea,
were wholly
cut
off.
Then
the
people
passed
over
near
Jericho.
The
priests
who
bore
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
stood
firm
on
dry
ground
in
the
middle
of
the
Jordan;
and
all
Israel
crossed
over
on
dry
ground,
until
all
the
nation
had
passed
completely
over
the
Jordan.
When
all
the
nation
had
completely
crossed
over
the
Jordan,
Yahweh
spoke
to
Joshua,
saying,
“Take
twelve
men
out
of
the
people,
a
man
out
of
every
tribe,
and
command
them,
saying, ‘Take
from
out
of
the
middle
of
the
Jordan,
out
of
the
place
where
the
priests’
feet
stood
firm,
twelve
stones,
carry
them
over
with
you,
and lay
them
down
in
the
place
where you’ll camp
tonight.’”
Then
Joshua
called
the
twelve
men
whom
he
had
prepared
of
the
children
of
Israel,
a
man
out
of
every
tribe.
Joshua
said
to
them, “Cross
before
the
ark
of
Yahweh
your
God
into
the
middle
of
the
Jordan,
and
each
of
you pick
up
a
stone
and put
it
on
your
shoulder,
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel;
that
this
may
be
a
sign
among
you,
that
when
your
children
ask
in
the future,
saying, ‘What
do
you mean
by
these
stones?’
then
you
shall
tell
them, ‘Because
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
were
cut
off
before
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant.
When
it
crossed
over
the
Jordan,
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
were
cut
off.
These
stones
shall
be
for
a
memorial
to
the
children
of
Israel
forever.’”
The
children
of
Israel
did
as
Joshua
commanded,
and
took
up
twelve
stones
out
of
the
middle
of
the
Jordan,
as
Yahweh
spoke
to
Joshua,
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel.
They
carried
them
over
with
them
to
the
place
where
they camped,
and
laid
them
down
there.
Joshua
set
up
twelve
stones
in
the
middle
of
the
Jordan,
in
the
place
where
the
feet
of
the
priests
who
bore
the
ark
of
the
covenant
stood;
and
they
are
there
to
this
day.
For
the
priests
who
bore
the
ark
stood
in
the
middle
of
the
Jordan
until
everything
was
finished
that
Yahweh
commanded
Joshua
to
speak
to
the
people,
according
to
all
that
Moses
commanded
Joshua;
and
the
people
hurried
and
passed
over.
When
all
the
people
had
completely
crossed
over,
Yahweh’s
ark
crossed
over
with
the
priests
in
the
presence
of
the
people.
The
children
of
Reuben,
and
the
children
of
Gad,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
crossed
over armed
before
the
children
of
Israel,
as
Moses
spoke
to
them.
About
forty
thousand
men, ready
and
armed
for
war,
passed
over
before
Yahweh
to
battle,
to
the
plains
of
Jericho.
On
that
day,
Yahweh
magnified
Joshua
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel;
and
they
feared
him,
as
they
feared
Moses,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Joshua,
saying,
“Command
the
priests
who
bear
the
ark
of
the covenant,
that
they
come
up
out
of
the
Jordan.”
Joshua therefore
commanded
the
priests,
saying, “Come
up
out
of
the
Jordan!”
When
the
priests
who
bore
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
had
come
up
out
of
the
middle
of
the
Jordan,
and
the
soles
of
the
priests’
feet
had
been
lifted
up
to
the
dry
ground,
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
returned
to
their
place,
and
went
over
all
its
banks,
as
before.
The
people
came
up
out
of
the
Jordan
on
the
tenth
day
of
the
first
month,
and
encamped
in
Gilgal,
on
the
east
border
of
Jericho.
Joshua
set
up
those
twelve
stones,
which
they
took
out
of
the
Jordan,
in
Gilgal.
He
spoke
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, “When
your
children
ask
their
fathers
in
time
to
come,
saying, ‘What
do
these
stones mean?’
Then
you
shall let
your
children
know,
saying, ‘Israel
came
over
this
Jordan
on
dry
land.
For
Yahweh
your
God
dried
up
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
from
before
you
until
you
had
crossed
over,
as
Yahweh
your
God
did
to
the Red
Sea,
which
he
dried
up
from
before
us,
until
we
had
crossed
over,
that
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
may
know
that
Yahweh’s
hand
is
mighty,
and
that
you
may
fear
Yahweh
your
God
forever.’”
When
all
the
kings
of
the
Amorites,
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan
westward,
and
all
the
kings
of
the
Canaanites,
who
were
by
the
sea,
heard
how
Yahweh
had
dried
up
the
waters
of
the
Jordan
from
before
the
children
of
Israel
until
we
had
crossed
over,
their
heart
melted,
and
there
was
no
more
spirit
in
them,
because
of
the
children
of
Israel.
At
that
time,
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Make
flint
knives,
and
circumcise
again
the
sons
of
Israel
the
second
time.”
Joshua
made
himself
flint
knives,
and
circumcised
the
sons
of
Israel
at
the
hill
of
the
foreskins.
This
is
the
reason
Joshua
circumcised
them:
all
the
people
who
came
out
of
Egypt,
who
were
males,
even
all
the
men
of
war,
died
in
the
wilderness along
the
way,
after
they
came
out
of
Egypt.
For
all
the
people
who
came
out
were
circumcised;
but
all
the
people
who
were
born
in
the
wilderness
along
the
way
as
they
came
out
of
Egypt
had
not
been
circumcised.
For
the
children
of
Israel
walked
forty
years
in
the
wilderness
until
all
the
nation,
even
the
men
of
war
who
came
out
of
Egypt,
were
consumed,
because
they
didn’t
listen
to
Yahweh’s
voice.
Yahweh
swore
to
them
that
he wouldn’t
let
them
see
the
land
which
Yahweh
swore
to
their
fathers
that
he
would
give
us,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
Their
children, whom
he
raised
up
in
their
place,
were
circumcised
by
Joshua,
for
they
were
uncircumcised,
because
they
had
not
circumcised
them
on
the
way.
When
they
were
done
circumcising
the
whole
nation,
they
stayed
in
their
places
in
the
camp
until
they
were healed.
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Today
I
have
rolled
away
the
reproach
of
Egypt
from
you.”
Therefore
the
name
of
that
place
was
called
Gilgal
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“Gilgal” sounds like the Hebrew for “roll.”
to
this
day.
The
children
of
Israel
encamped
in
Gilgal.
They
kept
the
Passover
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month
at
evening
in
the
plains
of
Jericho.
They
ate
unleavened
cakes
and
parched grain
of
the
produce
of
the
land
on
the
next
day
after
the
Passover,
in
the
same
day.
The
manna ceased
on
the
next
day,
after
they
had
eaten
of
the
produce
of
the
land.
The
children
of
Israel
didn’t
have
manna
any
more,
but
they
ate
of
the fruit
of
the
land
of
Canaan
that
year.
When
Joshua
was
by
Jericho,
he
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
behold,
a
man
stood
in
front
of
him
with
his
sword
drawn
in
his
hand.
Joshua
went
to
him
and
said
to
him, “Are
you
for
us,
or
for
our enemies?”
He
said, “No;
but
I
have
come
now
as
commander
of
Yahweh’s
army.”
Joshua
fell
on
his
face
to
the
earth,
and
worshiped,
and
asked
him, “What
does
my
lord
say
to
his
servant?”
The
prince
of
Yahweh’s
army
said
to
Joshua, “Take
off
your
sandals,
for
the
place
on
which
you
stand
is
holy.”
Joshua
did
so.
Now
Jericho
was
tightly
shut
up
because
of
the
children
of
Israel.
No
one
went
out,
and
no
one
came
in.
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Behold,
I
have
given
Jericho
into
your
hand,
with
its
king
and
the
mighty
men
of
valor.
All
of
your
men
of
war
shall
march
around
the
city, going
around
the
city
once.
You
shall
do
this
six
days.
Seven
priests
shall
bear
seven
trumpets
of
rams’
horns
before
the
ark.
On
the
seventh
day,
you
shall
march
around
the
city
seven
times,
and
the
priests
shall
blow
the
trumpets.
It
shall
be
that
when
they
make
a
long
blast
with
the
ram’s
horn,
and
when
you
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
all
the
people
shall
shout
with
a
great
shout;
then
the
city
wall
will
fall
down
flat,
and
the
people
shall
go
up,
every
man
straight
in
front
of
him.”
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
called
the
priests,
and
said
to
them, “Take
up
the
ark
of
the
covenant,
and let
seven
priests
bear
seven
trumpets
of
rams’
horns
before
Yahweh’s
ark.”
They
said
to
the
people, “Advance!
March
around
the
city,
and let
the
armed
men
pass
on
before
Yahweh’s
ark.”
It
was
so,
that
when
Joshua
had
spoken
to
the
people,
the
seven
priests
bearing
the
seven
trumpets
of
rams’
horns
before
Yahweh
advanced
and
blew
the
trumpets,
and
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
followed
them.
The
armed
men
went
before
the
priests
who
blew
the
trumpets,
and
the
ark
went
after
them.
The
trumpets
sounded
as
they
went.
Joshua
commanded
the
people,
saying, “You
shall
not
shout
nor
let
your
voice
be
heard,
neither
shall
any
word
proceed
out
of
your
mouth
until
the
day
I
tell
you
to
shout.
Then
you
shall
shout.”
So
he caused
Yahweh’s
ark
to
go
around
the
city,
circling
it
once.
Then
they
came
into
the
camp,
and
stayed
in
the
camp.
Joshua
rose
early
in
the
morning,
and
the
priests
took
up
Yahweh’s
ark.
The
seven
priests
bearing
the
seven
trumpets
of
rams’
horns
in
front
of
Yahweh’s
ark
went
on
continually,
and
blew
the
trumpets.
The
armed
men
went
in
front
of
them.
The
rear
guard
came
after
Yahweh’s
ark.
The
trumpets
sounded
as
they
went.
The
second
day
they
marched
around
the
city
once,
and
returned
into
the
camp.
They
did
this
six
days.
On
the
seventh
day,
they
rose
early
at
the
dawning
of
the
day,
and
marched
around
the
city
in
the
same
way
seven
times.
On
this
day
only
they
marched
around
the
city
seven
times.
At
the
seventh
time,
when
the
priests
blew
the
trumpets,
Joshua
said
to
the
people, “Shout,
for
Yahweh
has
given
you
the
city!
The
city
shall
be
devoted,
even
it
and
all
that
is
in
it,
to
Yahweh.
Only
Rahab
the
prostitute
shall
live,
she
and
all
who
are
with
her
in
the
house,
because
she
hid
the
messengers
that
we
sent.
But
as
for
you,
only
keep
yourselves
from what
is
devoted
to destruction,
lest
when
you
have
devoted
it,
you
take
of
the
devoted thing;
so
you
would
make
the
camp
of
Israel accursed
and
trouble
it.
But
all
the
silver,
gold,
and
vessels
of
bronze
and
iron
are
holy
to
Yahweh.
They
shall
come
into
Yahweh’s
treasury.”
So
the
people
shouted
and
the priests
blew
the
trumpets.
When
the
people
heard
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
the
people
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
and
the
wall
fell
down
flat,
so
that
the
people
went
up
into
the
city,
every
man
straight
in
front
of
him,
and
they
took
the
city.
They utterly destroyed
all
that
was
in
the
city,
both
man
and
woman,
both
young
and
old,
and
ox,
sheep,
and
donkey,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
Joshua
said
to
the
two
men
who
had
spied
out
the
land, “Go
into
the prostitute’s
house,
and
bring
the
woman
and
all
that
she
has
out
from
there,
as
you
swore
to
her.”
The
young
men
who
were
spies
went
in,
and
brought
out
Rahab
with
her
father,
her
mother,
her
brothers,
and
all
that
she
had.
They
also
brought
out
all
of
her
relatives,
and
they
set
them
outside
of
the
camp
of
Israel.
They
burned
the
city
with
fire,
and
all
that
was
in
it.
Only
they
put
the
silver,
the
gold,
and
the
vessels
of
bronze
and
of
iron
into
the
treasury
of
Yahweh’s
house.
But
Rahab
the
prostitute,
her
father’s
household,
and
all
that
she
had,
Joshua saved
alive.
She
lives
in
the
middle
of
Israel
to
this
day,
because
she
hid
the
messengers
whom
Joshua
sent
to
spy
out
Jericho.
Joshua
commanded
them
with
an
oath
at
that
time,
saying, “Cursed
is
the
man
before
Yahweh
who
rises
up
and
builds
this
city
Jericho.
With
the loss
of
his
firstborn
he
will
lay
its
foundation,
and
with
the loss
of
his
youngest
son
he
will
set
up
its
gates.”
So
Yahweh
was
with
Joshua;
and
his
fame
was
in
all
the
land.
But
the
children
of
Israel
committed
a
trespass
in
the
devoted
things;
for
Achan,
the
son
of
Carmi,
the
son
of
Zabdi,
the
son
of
Zerah,
of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
took
some
of
the
devoted
things.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
the
children
of
Israel.
Joshua
sent
men
from
Jericho
to
Ai,
which
is
beside Beth Aven,
on
the
east
side
of
Bethel,
and
spoke
to
them,
saying, “Go
up
and
spy
out
the
land.”
The
men
went
up
and
spied
out
Ai.
They
returned
to
Joshua,
and
said
to
him, “Don’t
let
all
the
people
go
up,
but
let
about
two
or
three
thousand
men
go
up
and
strike
Ai.
Don’t
make
all
the
people
to
toil
there,
for
there
are
only
a
few
of
them.”
So
about
three
thousand
men
of
the
people
went
up
there,
and
they
fled
before
the
men
of
Ai.
The
men
of
Ai
struck
about thirty-six
men
of
them.
They
chased
them
from
before
the
gate
even
to
Shebarim,
and
struck
them
at
the
descent.
The
hearts
of
the
people
melted,
and
became
like
water.
Joshua
tore
his
clothes,
and
fell
to
the
earth
on
his
face
before
Yahweh’s
ark
until
the
evening,
he
and
the
elders
of
Israel;
and
they
put
dust
on
their
heads.
Joshua
said, “Alas,
Lord Yahweh,
why
have
you
brought
this
people
over
the
Jordan
at all,
to
deliver
us
into
the
hand
of
the
Amorites,
to
cause
us
to
perish?
I wish
that we
had
been content
and
lived
beyond
the
Jordan!
Oh,
Lord,
what
shall
I
say,
after
Israel
has
turned
their
backs
before
their
enemies?
For
the
Canaanites
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
will
hear
of
it,
and
will
surround
us,
and
cut
off
our
name
from
the
earth.
What
will
you
do
for
your
great
name?”
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Get
up!
Why
have
you
fallen
on
your
face
like
that?
Israel
has
sinned.
Yes,
they
have
even transgressed
my
covenant
which
I
commanded
them.
Yes,
they
have
even
taken
some
of
the
devoted
things,
and
have
also
stolen,
and
also
deceived.
They
have
even
put
it
among
their own stuff.
Therefore
the
children
of
Israel
can’t
stand
before
their
enemies.
They
turn
their
backs
before
their
enemies,
because
they
have
become
devoted
for
destruction.
I
will
not
be
with
you
any
more,
unless
you
destroy
the
devoted
things
from
among
you.
Get
up!
Sanctify
the
people,
and
say, ‘Sanctify
yourselves
for
tomorrow,
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, “There
is
a
devoted
thing
among
you,
Israel.
You
cannot
stand
before
your
enemies
until
you
take
away
the
devoted
thing
from
among
you.”
In
the
morning
therefore
you
shall
be
brought
near
by
your
tribes.
It
shall
be
that
the
tribe
which
Yahweh
selects
shall
come
near
by
families.
The
family
which
Yahweh
selects
shall
come
near
by
households.
The
household
which
Yahweh
selects
shall
come
near
man
by
man.
It
shall
be,
that
he
who
is
taken
with
the
devoted
thing
shall
be
burned
with
fire,
he
and
all
that
he
has,
because
he
has transgressed
Yahweh’s
covenant,
and
because
he
has
done
a
disgraceful
thing
in
Israel.’”
So
Joshua
rose
up
early
in
the
morning
and
brought
Israel
near
by
their
tribes.
The
tribe
of
Judah
was selected.
He
brought
near
the
family
of
Judah,
and
he selected
the
family
of
the
Zerahites.
He
brought
near
the
family
of
the
Zerahites
man
by
man,
and
Zabdi
was selected.
He
brought
near
his
household
man
by
man,
and
Achan,
the
son
of
Carmi,
the
son
of
Zabdi,
the
son
of
Zerah,
of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
was selected.
Joshua
said
to
Achan, “My
son,
please
give
glory
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
make
confession
to
him.
Tell
me
now
what
you
have
done!
Don’t
hide
it
from
me!”
Achan
answered
Joshua,
and
said, “I
have
truly
sinned
against
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
this
is
what
I
have
done.
When
I
saw
among
the
plunder
a beautiful Babylonian
robe,
two
hundred
shekels
7:21
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
silver,
and
a wedge
of
gold
weighing
fifty
shekels,
then
I
coveted
them
and
took
them.
Behold,
they
are
hidden
in
the
ground
in
the
middle
of
my
tent,
with
the
silver
under
it.”
So
Joshua
sent
messengers,
and
they
ran
to
the
tent.
Behold,
it
was
hidden
in
his
tent,
with
the
silver
under
it.
They
took
them
from
the
middle
of
the
tent,
and
brought
them
to
Joshua
and
to
all
the
children
of
Israel.
They
laid
them
down
before
Yahweh.
Joshua,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
took
Achan
the
son
of
Zerah,
the
silver,
the
robe,
the wedge
of
gold,
his
sons,
his
daughters,
his
cattle,
his
donkeys,
his
sheep,
his
tent,
and
all
that
he
had;
and
they
brought
them
up
to
the
valley
of
Achor.
Joshua
said, “Why
have
you
troubled
us?
Yahweh
will
trouble
you
today.”
All
Israel
stoned
him
with
stones,
and
they
burned
them
with
fire
and
stoned
them
with
stones.
They
raised
over
him
a
great
heap
of
stones
that remains
to
this
day.
Yahweh
turned
from
the
fierceness
of
his
anger.
Therefore
the
name
of
that
place
was
called “The
valley
of
Achor”
to
this
day.
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Don’t
be
afraid,
and
don’t
be
dismayed.
Take
all
the
warriors
with
you,
and
arise,
go
up
to
Ai.
Behold,
I
have
given
into
your
hand
the
king
of
Ai,
with
his
people,
his
city,
and
his
land.
You
shall
do
to
Ai
and
her
king
as
you
did
to
Jericho
and
her
king,
except
you
shall
take
its goods
and
its
livestock
for yourselves.
Set
an
ambush
for
the
city
behind
it.”
So
Joshua
arose,
with
all
the
warriors,
to
go
up
to
Ai.
Joshua
chose
thirty
thousand
men,
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
and
sent
them
out
by
night.
He
commanded
them,
saying, “Behold,
you shall
lie
in
ambush
against
the
city,
behind
the
city.
Don’t
go
very
far
from
the
city,
but
all
of
you
be
ready.
I
and
all
the
people
who
are
with
me
will
approach
the
city.
It
shall
happen,
when
they
come
out
against
us,
as
at
the
first,
that
we
will
flee
before
them.
They
will
come
out
after
us
until
we
have
drawn
them
away
from
the
city;
for
they
will
say, ‘They
flee
before
us,
like
the
first
time.’
So
we
will
flee
before
them,
and
you
shall
rise
up
from
the
ambush,
and
take
possession
of
the
city;
for
Yahweh
your
God
will
deliver
it
into
your
hand.
It
shall
be,
when
you
have
seized
the
city,
that
you
shall
set
the
city
on
fire.
You
shall
do
this according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
Behold,
I
have
commanded
you.”
Joshua
sent
them
out;
and
they
went
to
set
up
the
ambush,
and
stayed
between
Bethel
and
Ai
on
the
west
side
of
Ai;
but
Joshua
stayed
among
the
people
that
night.
Joshua
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
mustered
the
people,
and
went
up,
he
and
the
elders
of
Israel,
before
the
people
to
Ai.
All
the
people, even
the
men
of
war
who
were
with
him,
went
up
and
came
near,
and
came
before
the
city
and
encamped
on
the
north
side
of
Ai.
Now
there
was
a
valley
between
him
and
Ai.
He
took
about
five
thousand
men,
and
set
them
in
ambush
between
Bethel
and
Ai,
on
the
west
side
of
the
city.
So
they
set
the
people,
even
all
the
army
who
was
on
the
north
of
the
city,
and
their ambush
on
the
west
of
the
city;
and
Joshua went
that
night
into
the
middle
of
the
valley.
When
the
king
of
Ai
saw
it,
they
hurried
and
rose
up
early,
and
the
men
of
the
city
went
out
against
Israel
to
battle,
he
and
all
his
people,
at
the
time
appointed,
before
the
Arabah;
but
he
didn’t
know
that
there
was
an
ambush
against
him
behind
the
city.
Joshua
and
all
Israel
made
as if
they
were
beaten
before
them,
and
fled
by
the
way
of
the
wilderness.
All
the
people
who
were
in
the
city
were
called
together
to
pursue
after
them.
They
pursued
Joshua,
and
were
drawn
away
from
the
city.
There
was
not
a
man
left
in
Ai
or
Bethel
who
didn’t
go
out
after
Israel.
They
left
the
city
open,
and
pursued
Israel.
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Stretch
out
the
javelin
that
is
in
your
hand
toward
Ai,
for
I
will
give
it
into
your
hand.”
Joshua
stretched
out
the
javelin
that
was
in
his
hand
toward
the
city.
The
ambush
arose
quickly
out
of
their
place,
and
they
ran
as
soon
as
he
had
stretched
out
his
hand
and
entered
into
the
city
and
took
it.
They
hurried
and
set
the
city
on
fire.
When
the
men
of
Ai
looked
behind
them,
they
saw,
and
behold,
the
smoke
of
the
city
ascended
up
to
heaven,
and
they
had
no
power
to
flee
this
way
or
that
way.
The
people
who
fled
to
the
wilderness
turned
back
on
the
pursuers.
When
Joshua
and
all
Israel
saw
that
the
ambush
had
taken
the
city,
and
that
the
smoke
of
the
city
ascended,
then
they
turned
back
and
killed
the
men
of
Ai.
The
others
came
out
of
the
city
against
them,
so
they
were
in
the
middle
of
Israel,
some
on
this
side,
and
some
on
that
side.
They
struck
them,
so
that
they
let
none
of
them
remain
or
escape.
They
captured
the
king
of
Ai
alive,
and
brought
him
to
Joshua.
When
Israel
had
finished
killing
all
the
inhabitants
of
Ai
in
the
field,
in
the
wilderness
in
which
they
pursued
them,
and
they
had
all
fallen
by
the
edge
of
the
sword
until
they
were
consumed,
all
Israel
returned
to
Ai
and
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
All
that
fell
that
day,
both
of
men
and
women,
were
twelve
thousand,
even
all
the
people
of
Ai.
For
Joshua
didn’t
draw
back
his
hand,
with
which
he
stretched
out
the
javelin,
until
he
had utterly destroyed
all
the
inhabitants
of
Ai.
Israel
took
for
themselves
only
the
livestock
and
the goods
of
that
city, according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
commanded
Joshua.
So
Joshua
burned
Ai
and
made
it
a
heap
forever,
even
a
desolation,
to
this
day.
He
hanged
the
king
of
Ai
on
a
tree
until
the
evening.
At
sundown,
Joshua
commanded,
and
they
took
his
body
down
from
the
tree
and
threw
it
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
raised
a
great
heap
of
stones
on
it
that remains
to
this
day.
Then
Joshua
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
on
Mount
Ebal,
as
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
commanded
the
children
of
Israel,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses:
an
altar
of
uncut
stones,
on
which
no
one
had
lifted
up
any
iron.
They
offered
burnt
offerings
on
it
to
Yahweh
and
sacrificed
peace
offerings.
He
wrote
there
on
the
stones
a
copy
of
Moses’
law,
which
he
wrote
in
the
presence
of
the
children
of
Israel.
All
Israel,
with
their
elders,
officers,
and
judges,
stood
on
both
sides
of
the
ark
before
the
Levitical
priests,
who
carried
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
the
foreigner
as
well
as
the
native;
half
of
them
in
front
of
Mount
Gerizim,
and
half
of
them
in
front
of
Mount
Ebal,
as
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
had
commanded
at
the
first,
that
they
should
bless
the
people
of
Israel.
Afterward
he
read
all
the
words
of
the
law,
the
blessing
and
the
curse,
according
to
all
that
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law.
There
was
not
a
word
of
all
that
Moses
commanded
which
Joshua
didn’t
read
before
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
with
the
women,
the
little
ones,
and
the
foreigners
who
were
among
them.
When
all
the
kings
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
in
the
hill
country,
and
in
the
lowland,
and
on
all
the shore
of
the
great
sea
in
front
of
Lebanon,
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
the
Canaanite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite,
heard
of
it
they
gathered
themselves
together
to
fight
with
Joshua
and
with
Israel,
with
one
accord.
But
when
the
inhabitants
of
Gibeon
heard
what
Joshua
had
done
to
Jericho
and
to
Ai,
they
also resorted
to
a ruse,
and went
and
made
as if
they
had been ambassadors,
and
took old
sacks
on
their
donkeys,
and old, torn-up
and bound
up
wine skins,
and old
and
patched
sandals
on
their
feet,
and
wore old
garments.
All
the
bread
of
their
food supply
was
dry
and moldy.
They
went
to
Joshua
at
the
camp
at
Gilgal,
and
said
to
him
and
to
the
men
of
Israel, “We
have
come
from
a
far
country.
Now
therefore
make
a
covenant
with
us.”
The
men
of
Israel
said
to
the
Hivites, “What
if
you
live
among
us?
How
could
we
make
a
covenant
with
you?”
They
said
to
Joshua, “We
are
your
servants.”
Joshua
said
to
them, “Who
are
you?
Where
do
you
come
from?”
They
said
to
him, “Your
servants
have
come
from
a
very
far
country
because
of
the
name
of
Yahweh
your
God;
for
we
have
heard
of
his
fame,
all
that
he
did
in
Egypt,
and
all
that
he
did
to
the
two
kings
of
the
Amorites
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
to
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon
and
to
Og
king
of
Bashan,
who
was
at
Ashtaroth.
Our
elders
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
our
country
spoke
to
us,
saying, ‘Take
supplies
in
your
hand
for
the
journey,
and go
to
meet
them.
Tell
them, “We
are
your
servants.
Now
make
a
covenant
with
us.”’
This
our
bread
we
took
hot
for
our supplies
out
of
our
houses
on
the
day
we
went
out
to
go
to
you;
but
now,
behold,
it
is
dry,
and
has
become moldy.
These
wine skins,
which
we
filled,
were
new;
and
behold,
they
are
torn.
These
our
garments
and
our
sandals
have
become
old
because
of
the
very
long
journey.”
The
men sampled
their provisions,
and
didn’t
ask
counsel
from
Yahweh’s
mouth.
Joshua
made
peace
with
them,
and
made
a
covenant
with
them,
to let
them
live.
The
princes
of
the
congregation
swore
to
them.
At
the
end
of
three
days
after
they
had
made
a
covenant
with
them,
they
heard
that
they
were
their
neighbors,
and
that
they
lived
among
them.
The
children
of
Israel
traveled
and
came
to
their
cities
on
the
third
day.
Now
their
cities
were
Gibeon, Chephirah,
Beeroth,
and
Kiriath Jearim.
The
children
of
Israel
didn’t
strike
them,
because
the
princes
of
the
congregation
had
sworn
to
them
by
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
All
the
congregation
murmured
against
the
princes.
But
all
the
princes
said
to
all
the
congregation, “We
have
sworn
to
them
by
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
Now
therefore
we
may
not
touch
them.
We
will
do
this
to
them,
and
let
them
live; lest
wrath
be
on
us,
because
of
the
oath
which
we
swore
to
them.”
The
princes
said
to
them, “Let
them
live.”
So
they
became
wood cutters
and
drawers
of
water
for
all
the
congregation,
as
the
princes
had
spoken
to
them.
Joshua
called
for
them,
and
he
spoke
to
them,
saying, “Why
have
you
deceived
us,
saying, ‘We
are
very
far
from
you,’
when
you
live
among
us?
Now
therefore
you
are
cursed,
and
some
of
you
will
never
fail
to
be
slaves,
both
wood cutters
and
drawers
of
water
for
the
house
of
my
God.”
They
answered
Joshua,
and
said, “Because
your
servants
were
certainly
told
how
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
his
servant
Moses
to
give
you
all
the
land,
and
to
destroy
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
from
before
you.
Therefore
we
were
very
afraid
for
our
lives
because
of
you,
and
have
done
this
thing.
Now,
behold,
we
are
in
your
hand.
Do
to
us
as
it
seems
good
and
right
to
you
to
do.”
He
did
so
to
them,
and
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Israel,
so
that
they
didn’t
kill
them.
That
day
Joshua
made
them
wood cutters
and
drawers
of
water
for
the
congregation
and
for
Yahweh’s
altar
to
this
day,
in
the
place
which
he
should
choose.
Now
when
Adoni-Zedek
king
of
Jerusalem
heard
how
Joshua
had
taken
Ai,
and
had utterly destroyed
it;
as
he
had
done
to
Jericho
and
her
king,
so
he
had
done
to
Ai
and
her
king;
and
how
the
inhabitants
of
Gibeon
had
made peace
with
Israel,
and
were
among
them,
they
were
very
afraid,
because
Gibeon
was
a
great
city,
as
one
of
the
royal
cities,
and
because
it
was
greater
than
Ai,
and
all
its
men
were
mighty.
Therefore
Adoni-Zedek
king
of
Jerusalem
sent
to
Hoham
king
of
Hebron,
Piram
king
of
Jarmuth,
Japhia
king
of
Lachish,
and
Debir
king
of
Eglon,
saying,
“Come
up
to
me
and
help
me.
Let’s
strike
Gibeon;
for
they
have
made peace
with
Joshua
and
with
the
children
of
Israel.”
Therefore
the
five
kings
of
the
Amorites,
the
king
of
Jerusalem,
the
king
of
Hebron,
the
king
of
Jarmuth,
the
king
of
Lachish,
and
the
king
of
Eglon,
gathered
themselves
together
and
went
up,
they
and
all
their
armies,
and
encamped
against
Gibeon,
and
made war
against
it.
The
men
of
Gibeon
sent
to
Joshua
at
the
camp
at
Gilgal,
saying, “Don’t
abandon
your
servants!
Come
up
to
us
quickly
and
save
us!
Help
us;
for
all
the
kings
of
the
Amorites
that
dwell
in
the
hill
country
have
gathered
together
against
us.”
So
Joshua
went
up
from
Gilgal,
he
and
the
whole
army
with
him,
including
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor.
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Don’t
fear
them,
for
I
have
delivered
them
into
your
hands.
Not
a
man
of
them
will
stand
before
you.”
Joshua therefore
came
to
them
suddenly.
He
marched
from
Gilgal
all
night.
Yahweh
confused
them
before
Israel.
He
killed
them
with
a
great
slaughter
at
Gibeon,
and
chased
them
by
the
way
of
the ascent
of Beth Horon,
and
struck
them
to
Azekah
and
to
Makkedah.
As
they
fled
from
before
Israel,
while
they
were
at
the
descent
of Beth Horon,
Yahweh
hurled
down
great
stones
from
the
sky
on
them
to
Azekah,
and
they
died.
There
were
more
who
died
from
the
hailstones
than
those
whom
the
children
of
Israel
killed
with
the
sword.
Then
Joshua
spoke
to
Yahweh
in
the
day
when
Yahweh
delivered
up
the
Amorites
before
the
children
of
Israel.
He
said
in
the
sight
of
Israel, “Sun, stand
still
on
Gibeon!
You,
moon, stop
in
the
valley
of
Aijalon!”
The
sun
stood
still,
and
the
moon
stayed,
until
the
nation
had
avenged
themselves
of
their
enemies.
Isn’t
this
written
in
the
book
of
Jashar?
The
sun
stayed
in
the
middle
of
the
sky,
and
didn’t hurry
to
go
down
about
a
whole
day.
There
was
no
day
like
that
before
it
or
after
it,
that
Yahweh
listened
to
the
voice
of
a
man;
for
Yahweh
fought
for
Israel.
Joshua
returned,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
to
the
camp
to
Gilgal.
These
five
kings
fled,
and
hid
themselves
in
the
cave
at
Makkedah.
Joshua
was
told,
saying, “The
five
kings
have been
found,
hidden
in
the
cave
at
Makkedah.”
Joshua
said, “Roll
large
stones
to
cover
the cave’s entrance,
and set
men
by
it
to
guard
them;
but
don’t
stay
there.
Pursue
your
enemies,
and
attack
them
from
the
rear.
Don’t
allow
them
to
enter
into
their
cities;
for
Yahweh
your
God
has
delivered
them
into
your
hand.”
When
Joshua
and
the
children
of
Israel
had
finished
killing
them
with
a
very
great
slaughter
until
they
were
consumed,
and
the
remnant which
remained
of
them
had
entered
into
the
fortified
cities,
all
the
people
returned
to
the
camp
to
Joshua
at
Makkedah
in
peace.
None moved
his
tongue
against
any
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Then
Joshua
said, “Open
the
cave entrance,
and
bring
those
five
kings
out
of
the
cave
to
me.”
They
did
so,
and
brought
those
five
kings
out
of
the
cave
to
him:
the
king
of
Jerusalem,
the
king
of
Hebron,
the
king
of
Jarmuth,
the
king
of
Lachish,
and
the
king
of
Eglon.
When
they
brought
those
kings
out
to
Joshua,
Joshua
called
for
all
the
men
of
Israel,
and
said
to
the
chiefs
of
the
men
of
war
who
went
with
him, “Come
near.
Put
your
feet
on
the
necks
of
these
kings.”
They
came
near,
and
put
their
feet
on
their
necks.
Joshua
said
to
them, “Don’t
be
afraid,
nor
be
dismayed.
Be
strong
and
courageous,
for
Yahweh
will
do
this
to
all
your
enemies
against
whom
you
fight.”
Afterward
Joshua
struck
them,
put
them
to
death,
and
hanged
them
on
five
trees.
They
were
hanging
on
the
trees
until
the
evening.
At
the
time
of
the
going
down
of
the
sun,
Joshua
commanded,
and
they
took
them
down
off
the
trees,
and
threw
them
into
the
cave
in
which
they
had
hidden
themselves,
and
laid
great
stones
on
the
mouth
of
the
cave,
which
remain
to
this
very
day.
Joshua
took
Makkedah
on
that
day,
and
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
with
its
king.
He utterly
destroyed
it
and
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it.
He
left
no
one
remaining.
He
did
to
the
king
of
Makkedah
as
he
had
done
to
the
king
of
Jericho.
Joshua
passed
from
Makkedah,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
to
Libnah,
and
fought
against
Libnah.
Yahweh
delivered
it
also,
with
its
king,
into
the
hand
of
Israel.
He
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it.
He
left
no
one
remaining
in
it.
He
did
to
its
king
as
he
had
done
to
the
king
of
Jericho.
Joshua
passed
from
Libnah,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
to
Lachish,
and
encamped
against
it,
and
fought
against
it.
Yahweh
delivered
Lachish
into
the
hand
of
Israel.
He
took
it
on
the
second
day,
and
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
with
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it,
according
to
all
that
he
had
done
to
Libnah.
Then
Horam
king
of
Gezer
came
up
to
help
Lachish;
and
Joshua
struck
him
and
his
people,
until
he
had
left
him
no
one
remaining.
Joshua
passed
from
Lachish,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
to
Eglon;
and
they
encamped
against
it
and
fought
against
it.
They
took
it
on
that
day,
and
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
He utterly
destroyed
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it
that
day,
according
to
all
that
he
had
done
to
Lachish.
Joshua
went
up
from
Eglon,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
to
Hebron;
and
they
fought
against
it.
They
took
it,
and
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
with
its
king
and
all
its
cities,
and
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it.
He
left
no
one
remaining,
according
to
all
that
he
had
done
to
Eglon;
but
he utterly
destroyed
it,
and
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it.
Joshua
returned,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
to
Debir,
and
fought
against
it.
He
took
it,
with
its
king
and
all
its
cities.
They
struck
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and utterly
destroyed
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it.
He
left
no
one
remaining.
As
he
had
done
to
Hebron,
so
he
did
to
Debir,
and
to
its
king;
as
he
had
done
also
to
Libnah,
and
to
its
king.
So
Joshua
struck
all
the
land,
the
hill
country,
the
South,
the
lowland,
the
slopes,
and
all
their
kings.
He
left
no
one
remaining,
but
he utterly
destroyed
all
that
breathed,
as
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
commanded.
Joshua
struck
them
from Kadesh Barnea
even
to
Gaza,
and
all
the
country
of
Goshen,
even
to
Gibeon.
Joshua
took
all
these
kings
and
their
land
at
one
time
because
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
fought
for
Israel.
Joshua
returned,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
to
the
camp
to
Gilgal.
When
Jabin
king
of
Hazor
heard
of
it,
he
sent
to
Jobab
king
of
Madon,
to
the
king
of
Shimron,
to
the
king
of
Achshaph,
and
to
the
kings
who
were
on
the
north,
in
the
hill
country,
in
the
Arabah
south
of
Chinneroth,
in
the
lowland,
and
in
the heights
of
Dor
on
the
west,
to
the
Canaanite
on
the
east
and
on
the
west,
the
Amorite,
the
Hittite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Jebusite
in
the
hill
country,
and
the
Hivite
under
Hermon
in
the
land
of
Mizpah.
They
went
out,
they
and
all
their
armies
with
them,
many
people,
even
as
the
sand
that
is
on
the
seashore
in
multitude,
with
very
many
horses
and
chariots.
All
these
kings met
together;
and
they
came
and
encamped
together
at
the
waters
of
Merom,
to
fight
with
Israel.
Yahweh
said
to
Joshua, “Don’t
be
afraid
because
of
them;
for
tomorrow
at
this
time,
I
will
deliver
them
up
all
slain
before
Israel.
You
shall
hamstring
their
horses
and
burn
their
chariots
with
fire.”
So
Joshua
came
suddenly,
with
all
the
warriors,
against
them
by
the
waters
of
Merom,
and
attacked
them.
Yahweh
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel,
and
they
struck
them,
and
chased
them
to
great
Sidon,
and
to
Misrephoth Maim,
and
to
the
valley
of
Mizpah
eastward.
They
struck
them
until
they
left
them
no
one
remaining.
Joshua
did
to
them
as
Yahweh
told
him.
He hamstrung
their
horses
and
burned
their
chariots
with
fire.
Joshua
turned
back
at
that
time,
and
took
Hazor,
and
struck
its
king
with
the
sword;
for
Hazor
used
to
be
the
head
of
all
those
kingdoms.
They
struck
all
the
souls
who
were
in
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword, utterly destroying
them.
There
was
no
one
left
who
breathed.
He
burned
Hazor
with
fire.
Joshua
captured
all
the
cities
of
those
kings,
with
their
kings,
and
he
struck
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and utterly
destroyed
them,
as
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
commanded.
But
as
for
the
cities
that
stood
on
their
mounds,
Israel
burned
none
of
them,
except
Hazor
only.
Joshua
burned
that.
The
children
of
Israel
took
all
the
plunder
of
these
cities,
with
the
livestock,
as
plunder
for
themselves;
but
every
man
they
struck
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
until
they
had
destroyed
them.
They
didn’t
leave
any
who
breathed.
As
Yahweh
commanded
Moses
his
servant,
so
Moses
commanded
Joshua.
Joshua
did
so.
He
left
nothing undone
of
all
that
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
So
Joshua
captured
all
that
land,
the
hill
country,
all
the
South,
all
the
land
of
Goshen,
the
lowland,
the
Arabah,
the
hill
country
of
Israel,
and
the
lowland
of
the
same,
from
Mount
Halak,
that
goes
up
to
Seir,
even
to Baal Gad
in
the
valley
of
Lebanon
under
Mount
Hermon.
He
took
all
their
kings,
struck
them,
and
put
them
to
death.
Joshua
made
war
a
long
time
with
all
those
kings.
There
was
not
a
city
that
made peace
with
the
children
of
Israel,
except
the
Hivites,
the
inhabitants
of
Gibeon.
They
took
all
in
battle.
For
it
was
of
Yahweh
to
harden
their
hearts,
to
come
against
Israel
in
battle,
that
he
might
utterly
destroy
them,
that
they
might
have
no
favor,
but
that
he
might
destroy
them,
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Joshua
came
at
that
time,
and
cut
off
the
Anakim
from
the
hill
country,
from
Hebron,
from
Debir,
from
Anab,
and
from
all
the
hill
country
of
Judah,
and
from
all
the
hill
country
of
Israel.
Joshua utterly
destroyed
them
with
their
cities.
There
were
none
of
the
Anakim
left
in
the
land
of
the
children
of
Israel.
Only
in
Gaza,
in
Gath,
and
in
Ashdod,
did
some
remain.
So
Joshua
took
the
whole
land,
according
to
all
that
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses;
and
Joshua
gave
it
for
an
inheritance
to
Israel
according
to
their
divisions
by
their
tribes.
Then
the
land
had
rest
from
war.
Now
these
are
the
kings
of
the
land,
whom
the
children
of
Israel
struck,
and
possessed
their
land
beyond
the
Jordan
toward
the
sunrise,
from
the
valley
of
the
Arnon
to
Mount
Hermon,
and
all
the
Arabah
eastward:
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
who
lived
in
Heshbon,
and
ruled
from
Aroer,
which
is
on
the
edge
of
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
and
the
middle
of
the
valley,
and
half
Gilead,
even
to
the
river
Jabbok,
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
the
Arabah
to
the
sea
of
Chinneroth,
eastward,
and
to
the
sea
of
the
Arabah,
even
the
Salt
Sea,
eastward,
the
way
to Beth Jeshimoth;
and
on
the
south,
under
the
slopes
of
Pisgah:
and
the
border
of
Og
king
of
Bashan,
of
the remnant
of
the
Rephaim,
who
lived
at
Ashtaroth
and
at
Edrei,
and
ruled
in
Mount
Hermon,
and
in
Salecah,
and
in
all
Bashan,
to
the
border
of
the
Geshurites
and
the
Maacathites,
and
half
Gilead,
the
border
of
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon.
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
and
the
children
of
Israel
struck
them.
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
gave
it
for
a
possession
to
the
Reubenites,
and
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh.
These
are
the
kings
of
the
land
whom
Joshua
and
the
children
of
Israel
struck
beyond
the
Jordan
westward,
from Baal Gad
in
the
valley
of
Lebanon
even
to
Mount
Halak,
that
goes
up
to
Seir.
Joshua
gave
it
to
the
tribes
of
Israel
for
a
possession according
to
their
divisions;
in
the
hill
country,
and
in
the
lowland,
and
in
the
Arabah,
and
in
the
slopes,
and
in
the
wilderness,
and
in
the
South;
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
and
the
Canaanite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite:
the
king
of
Jericho,
one;
the
king
of
Ai,
which
is
beside
Bethel,
one;
the
king
of
Jerusalem,
one;
the
king
of
Hebron,
one;
the
king
of
Jarmuth,
one;
the
king
of
Lachish,
one;
the
king
of
Eglon,
one;
the
king
of
Gezer,
one;
the
king
of
Debir,
one;
the
king
of
Geder,
one;
the
king
of
Hormah,
one;
the
king
of
Arad,
one;
the
king
of
Libnah,
one;
the
king
of
Adullam,
one;
the
king
of
Makkedah,
one;
the
king
of
Bethel,
one;
the
king
of
Tappuah,
one;
the
king
of
Hepher,
one;
the
king
of
Aphek,
one;
the
king
of Lassharon,
one;
the
king
of
Madon,
one;
the
king
of
Hazor,
one;
the
king
of Shimron Meron,
one;
the
king
of
Achshaph,
one;
the
king
of
Taanach,
one;
the
king
of
Megiddo,
one;
the
king
of
Kedesh,
one;
the
king
of
Jokneam
in
Carmel,
one;
the
king
of
Dor
in
the height
of
Dor,
one;
the
king
of
Goiim
in
Gilgal,
one;
the
king
of
Tirzah,
one:
all
the
kings thirty-one.
Now
Joshua
was
old
and
well
advanced
in
years.
Yahweh
said
to
him, “You
are
old
and
advanced
in
years,
and
there
remains
yet
very
much
land
to
be
possessed.
“This
is
the
land
that still
remains:
all
the
regions
of
the
Philistines,
and
all
the
Geshurites;
from
the
Shihor,
which
is
before
Egypt,
even
to
the
border
of
Ekron
northward,
which
is
counted
as
Canaanite;
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines;
the
Gazites,
and
the
Ashdodites,
the Ashkelonites,
the
Gittites,
and
the
Ekronites;
also
the Avvim,
on
the
south;
all
the
land
of
the
Canaanites,
and
Mearah
that belongs
to
the
Sidonians,
to
Aphek,
to
the
border
of
the
Amorites;
and
the
land
of
the
Gebalites,
and
all
Lebanon,
toward
the
sunrise,
from Baal Gad
under
Mount
Hermon
to
the
entrance
of
Hamath;
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
hill
country
from
Lebanon
to
Misrephoth Maim,
even
all
the
Sidonians.
I
will
drive
them
out
from
before
the
children
of
Israel.
Just allocate
it
to
Israel
for
an
inheritance,
as
I
have
commanded
you.
Now
therefore
divide
this
land
for an
inheritance
to
the
nine
tribes
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh.”
With
him
the
Reubenites
and
the
Gadites
received
their
inheritance,
which
Moses
gave
them,
beyond
the
Jordan
eastward, even
as
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
gave
them:
from
Aroer,
that
is
on
the
edge
of
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
and
the
city
that
is
in
the
middle
of
the
valley,
and
all
the
plain
of
Medeba
to
Dibon;
and
all
the
cities
of
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
who
reigned
in
Heshbon,
to
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
Gilead,
and
the
border
of
the
Geshurites
and
Maacathites,
and
all
Mount
Hermon,
and
all
Bashan
to
Salecah;
all
the
kingdom
of
Og
in
Bashan,
who
reigned
in
Ashtaroth
and
in
Edrei (who
was
left
of
the
remnant
of
the
Rephaim);
for
Moses
attacked
these,
and
drove
them
out.
Nevertheless
the
children
of
Israel
didn’t
drive
out
the
Geshurites,
nor
the
Maacathites:
but
Geshur
and
Maacath
live
within
Israel
to
this
day.
Only
he
gave
no
inheritance
to
the
tribe
of
Levi.
The
offerings
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
made
by
fire
are
his
inheritance,
as
he
spoke
to
him.
Moses
gave
to
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Reuben according
to
their
families.
Their
border
was
from
Aroer,
that
is
on
the
edge
of
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
and
the
city
that
is
in
the
middle
of
the
valley,
and
all
the
plain
by
Medeba;
Heshbon,
and
all
its
cities
that
are
in
the
plain;
Dibon,
Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
Jahaz,
Kedemoth,
Mephaath,
Kiriathaim,
Sibmah, Zereth Shahar
in
the
mount
of
the
valley,
Beth Peor, the
slopes
of
Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,
all
the
cities
of
the
plain,
and
all
the
kingdom
of
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
who
reigned
in
Heshbon,
whom
Moses
struck
with
the
chiefs
of
Midian,
Evi,
Rekem,
Zur,
Hur,
and
Reba,
the
princes
of
Sihon,
who
lived
in
the
land.
The
children
of
Israel
also
killed
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor,
the soothsayer,
with
the
sword,
among
the rest
of
their
slain.
The
border
of
the
children
of
Reuben
was
the bank
of
the
Jordan.
This
was
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Reuben according
to
their
families,
the
cities
and
its villages.
Moses
gave
to
the
tribe
of
Gad,
to
the
children
of
Gad, according
to
their
families.
Their
border
was
Jazer,
and
all
the
cities
of
Gilead,
and
half
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
to
Aroer
that
is
near
Rabbah;
and
from
Heshbon
to Ramath Mizpeh,
and
Betonim;
and
from
Mahanaim
to
the
border
of
Debir;
and
in
the
valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah,
Succoth,
and
Zaphon,
the
rest
of
the
kingdom
of
Sihon
king
of
Heshbon,
the Jordan’s bank,
to
the uttermost part
of
the
sea
of
Chinnereth
beyond
the
Jordan
eastward.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Gad according
to their
families,
the
cities
and
its villages.
Moses
gave
an inheritance
to
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh.
It
was
for
the
half-tribe
of
the
children
of
Manasseh according
to
their
families.
Their
border
was
from
Mahanaim,
all
Bashan,
all
the
kingdom
of
Og
king
of
Bashan,
and
all
the villages
of
Jair,
which
are
in
Bashan,
sixty
cities.
Half
Gilead,
Ashtaroth,
and
Edrei,
the
cities
of
the
kingdom
of
Og
in
Bashan,
were
for
the
children
of
Machir
the
son
of
Manasseh,
even
for
the
half
of
the
children
of
Machir according
to their
families.
These
are
the inheritances
which
Moses
distributed
in
the
plains
of
Moab,
beyond
the
Jordan
at
Jericho,
eastward.
But
Moses
gave
no
inheritance
to
the
tribe
of
Levi.
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
is
their
inheritance,
as
he
spoke
to
them.
These
are
the inheritances
which
the
children
of
Israel
took
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
which
Eleazar
the
priest,
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’ houses
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel,
distributed
to
them,
by
the
lot
of
their
inheritance,
as
Yahweh
commanded
by
Moses,
for
the
nine
tribes,
and
for
the
half-tribe.
For
Moses
had
given
the
inheritance
of
the
two
tribes
and
the
half-tribe
beyond
the
Jordan;
but
to
the
Levites
he
gave
no
inheritance
among
them.
For
the
children
of
Joseph
were
two
tribes,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim.
They
gave
no
portion
to
the
Levites
in
the
land,
except
cities
to
dwell
in,
with
their
pasture
lands
for
their
livestock
and
for
their
property.
The
children
of
Israel
did
as
Yahweh
commanded
Moses,
and
they
divided
the
land.
Then
the
children
of
Judah
came
near
to
Joshua
in
Gilgal.
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh
the
Kenizzite
said
to
him, “You
know
the
thing
that
Yahweh
spoke
to
Moses
the
man
of
God
concerning
me
and
concerning
you
in Kadesh Barnea.
I
was
forty
years
old
when
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
sent
me
from Kadesh Barnea
to
spy
out
the
land.
I
brought
him
word
again
as
it
was
in
my
heart.
Nevertheless,
my
brothers
who
went
up
with
me
made
the
heart
of
the
people
melt;
but
I wholly
followed
Yahweh
my
God.
Moses
swore
on
that
day,
saying, ‘Surely
the
land
where
you
walked
shall
be
an
inheritance
to
you
and
to
your
children
forever,
because
you
have wholly
followed
Yahweh
my
God.’
“Now,
behold,
Yahweh
has kept
me
alive,
as
he
spoke,
these
forty-five
years,
from
the
time
that
Yahweh
spoke
this
word
to
Moses,
while
Israel
walked
in
the
wilderness.
Now,
behold,
I
am
eighty-five
years
old,
today.
As
yet
I am
as
strong
today
as
I
was
in
the
day
that
Moses
sent
me.
As
my
strength
was
then,
even
so
is
my
strength
now
for
war,
to
go
out
and
to
come
in.
Now
therefore
give
me
this
hill
country,
of
which
Yahweh
spoke
in
that
day;
for
you
heard
in
that
day
how
the
Anakim
were
there,
and
great
and
fortified
cities.
It
may
be
that
Yahweh
will
be
with
me,
and
I
shall
drive
them
out,
as
Yahweh
said.”
Joshua
blessed
him;
and
he
gave
Hebron
to
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh
for
an
inheritance.
Therefore
Hebron
became
the
inheritance
of
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh
the
Kenizzite
to
this
day,
because
he
followed
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
wholeheartedly.
Now
the
name
of
Hebron
before
was Kiriath Arba,
after
the
greatest
man
among
the
Anakim.
Then
the
land
had
rest
from
war.
The
lot
for
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Judah
according
to
their
families
was
to
the
border
of
Edom, even
to
the
wilderness
of
Zin
southward,
at
the uttermost part
of
the
south.
Their
south
border
was
from
the uttermost
part
of
the
Salt
Sea,
from
the
bay
that looks
southward;
and
it
went
out
southward
of
the
ascent
of
Akrabbim,
and
passed
along
to
Zin,
and
went
up
by
the
south
of Kadesh Barnea,
and
passed
along
by
Hezron,
went
up
to
Addar,
and
turned
toward
Karka;
and
it
passed along
to
Azmon,
went
out
at
the
brook
of
Egypt;
and
the
border ended
at
the
sea.
This
shall
be
your
south
border.
The
east
border
was
the
Salt
Sea,
even
to
the
end
of
the
Jordan.
The
border
of
the
north quarter
was
from
the
bay
of
the
sea
at
the
end
of
the
Jordan.
The
border
went
up
to Beth Hoglah,
and
passed along
by
the
north
of Beth Arabah;
and
the
border
went
up
to
the
stone
of
Bohan
the
son
of
Reuben.
The
border
went
up
to
Debir
from
the
valley
of
Achor,
and
so
northward,
looking
toward
Gilgal,
that
faces
the
ascent
of
Adummim,
which
is
on
the
south
side
of
the
river.
The
border
passed
along
to
the
waters
of En Shemesh,
and ended
at En Rogel.
The
border
went
up
by
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom
to
the
side
of
the
Jebusite (also called
Jerusalem)
southward;
and
the
border
went
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain
that
lies
before
the
valley
of
Hinnom
westward,
which
is
at
the farthest
part
of
the
valley
of
Rephaim
northward.
The
border
extended
from
the
top
of
the
mountain
to
the
spring
of
the
waters
of
Nephtoah,
and
went
out
to
the
cities
of
Mount
Ephron;
and
the
border
extended
to
Baalah (also called
Kiriath Jearim);
and
the
border
turned
about
from
Baalah
westward
to
Mount
Seir,
and
passed
along
to
the
side
of
Mount
Jearim (also called
Chesalon)
on
the
north,
and
went
down
to Beth Shemesh,
and
passed
along
by
Timnah;
and
the
border
went
out
to
the
side
of
Ekron
northward;
and
the
border
extended
to
Shikkeron,
and
passed
along
to
Mount
Baalah,
and
went
out
at
Jabneel;
and
the goings
out
of
the
border
were
at
the
sea.
The
west
border
was
to
the shore
of
the
great
sea.
This
is
the
border
of
the
children
of
Judah according
to
their
families.
He
gave
to
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh
a
portion
among
the
children
of
Judah,
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
to
Joshua,
even Kiriath Arba, named
after
the
father
of
Anak (also called
Hebron).
Caleb
drove
out
the
three
sons
of
Anak:
Sheshai,
and
Ahiman,
and
Talmai,
the
children
of
Anak.
He
went
up
against
the
inhabitants
of
Debir: now
the
name
of
Debir
before
was Kiriath Sepher.
Caleb
said, “He
who
strikes Kiriath Sepher,
and
takes
it,
to
him
I
will
give
Achsah
my
daughter
as
wife.”
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz,
the
brother
of
Caleb,
took
it:
and
he
gave
him
Achsah
his
daughter
as
wife.
When
she
came,
she
had
him
ask
her
father
for
a
field.
She got
off
her
donkey,
and
Caleb
said, “What
do
you want?”
She
said, “Give
me
a
blessing.
Because
you
have
set
me
in
the
land
of
the
South,
give
me
also
springs
of
water.”
So
he
gave
her
the
upper
springs
and
the
lower
springs.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Judah according
to their
families.
The farthest
cities
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Judah
toward
the
border
of
Edom
in
the
South
were
Kabzeel,
Eder,
Jagur,
Kinah,
Dimonah,
Adadah,
Kedesh,
Hazor,
Ithnan,
Ziph,
Telem,
Bealoth,
Hazor Hadattah,
Kerioth
Hezron (also called
Hazor),
Amam,
Shema,
Moladah,
Hazar Gaddah,
Heshmon, Beth Pelet,
Hazar Shual,
Beersheba,
Biziothiah,
Baalah,
Iim,
Ezem,
Eltolad,
Chesil,
Hormah,
Ziklag,
Madmannah,
Sansannah,
Lebaoth,
Shilhim,
Ain,
and
Rimmon.
All
the
cities
are
twenty-nine,
with
their villages.
In
the
lowland,
Eshtaol,
Zorah,
Ashnah,
Zanoah, En Gannim,
Tappuah,
Enam,
Jarmuth,
Adullam,
Socoh,
Azekah,
Shaaraim,
Adithaim
and
Gederah (or
Gederothaim);
fourteen
cities with their villages.
Zenan,
Hadashah, Migdal Gad,
Dilean,
Mizpah,
Joktheel,
Lachish,
Bozkath,
Eglon,
Cabbon, Lahmam,
Chitlish,
Gederoth, Beth Dagon,
Naamah,
and
Makkedah;
sixteen
cities with their villages.
Libnah,
Ether,
Ashan,
Iphtah,
Ashnah,
Nezib,
Keilah,
Achzib,
and
Mareshah;
nine
cities with their villages.
Ekron, with its
towns
and its
villages;
from
Ekron
even
to
the
sea,
all
that
were
by
the
side
of
Ashdod,
with
their villages.
Ashdod,
its
towns
and
its
villages;
Gaza,
its
towns
and
its
villages;
to
the
brook
of
Egypt,
and
the great
sea
with
its
coastline.
In
the
hill
country, Shamir,
Jattir,
Socoh,
Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (which
is
Debir),
Anab,
Eshtemoh,
Anim,
Goshen,
Holon,
and
Giloh;
eleven
cities with their villages.
Arab,
Dumah,
Eshan,
Janim, Beth Tappuah,
Aphekah,
Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called
Hebron),
and
Zior;
nine
cities
with their villages.
Maon,
Carmel,
Ziph, Jutah,
Jezreel,
Jokdeam,
Zanoah,
Kain,
Gibeah,
and
Timnah;
ten
cities
with their villages.
Halhul, Beth Zur,
Gedor,
Maarath, Beth Anoth,
and
Eltekon;
six
cities with their villages.
Kiriath Baal (also called
Kiriath Jearim),
and
Rabbah;
two
cities
with
their villages.
In the
wilderness, Beth Arabah,
Middin,
Secacah,
Nibshan,
the
City
of
Salt,
and En Gedi;
six
cities with their villages.
As
for
the
Jebusites,
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
the
children
of
Judah
couldn’t
drive
them
out;
but
the
Jebusites
live
with
the
children
of
Judah
at
Jerusalem
to
this
day.
The
lot
came
out
for
the
children
of
Joseph
from
the
Jordan
at
Jericho,
at
the
waters
of
Jericho
on
the
east, even
the
wilderness,
going
up
from
Jericho
through
the
hill
country
to
Bethel.
It
went
out
from
Bethel
to
Luz,
and
passed
along
to
the
border
of
the
Archites
to
Ataroth;
and
it
went
down
westward
to
the
border
of
the
Japhletites,
to
the
border
of Beth Horon
the
lower,
and
on
to
Gezer;
and ended
at
the
sea.
The
children
of
Joseph,
Manasseh
and
Ephraim, took
their
inheritance.
This
was
the
border
of
the
children
of
Ephraim according
to
their
families.
The
border
of
their
inheritance
eastward
was Ataroth Addar,
to Beth Horon
the
upper.
The
border
went
out
westward
at
Michmethath
on
the
north.
The
border
turned
about
eastward
to Taanath Shiloh,
and
passed
along
it
on
the
east
of
Janoah.
It
went
down
from
Janoah
to
Ataroth,
to
Naarah,
reached
to
Jericho,
and
went
out
at
the
Jordan.
From
Tappuah
the
border
went along
westward
to
the
brook
of
Kanah;
and ended
at
the
sea.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Ephraim according
to
their
families;
together
with
the
cities which
were
set
apart
for
the
children
of
Ephraim
in
the
middle
of
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Manasseh,
all
the
cities
with
their villages.
They
didn’t
drive
out
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
Gezer;
but
the
Canaanites
dwell
in
the territory
of
Ephraim
to
this
day,
and
have
become
servants
to
do
forced
labor.
This
was
the
lot
for
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
for
he
was
the
firstborn
of
Joseph.
As
for
Machir
the
firstborn
of
Manasseh,
the
father
of
Gilead,
because
he
was
a
man
of
war,
therefore
he
had
Gilead
and
Bashan.
So
this
was
for
the
rest
of
the
children
of
Manasseh according
to
their
families:
for
the
children
of
Abiezer,
for
the
children
of
Helek,
for
the
children
of
Asriel,
for
the
children
of
Shechem,
for
the
children
of
Hepher,
and
for
the
children
of
Shemida.
These
were
the
male
children
of
Manasseh
the
son
of
Joseph according
to
their
families.
But
Zelophehad,
the
son
of
Hepher,
the
son
of
Gilead,
the
son
of
Machir,
the
son
of
Manasseh,
had
no
sons,
but
daughters.
These
are
the
names
of
his
daughters:
Mahlah,
Noah,
Hoglah,
Milcah,
and
Tirzah.
They
came
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
and
to
the
princes,
saying, “Yahweh
commanded
Moses
to
give
us
an
inheritance
among
our
brothers.”
Therefore
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
he
gave
them
an
inheritance
among
the
brothers
of
their
father.
Ten parts
fell
to
Manasseh,
in addition
to
the
land
of
Gilead
and
Bashan,
which
is
beyond
the
Jordan;
because
the
daughters
of
Manasseh
had
an
inheritance
among
his
sons.
The
land
of
Gilead
belonged
to
the
rest
of
the
sons
of
Manasseh.
The
border
of
Manasseh
was
from
Asher
to
Michmethath,
which
is
before
Shechem.
The
border
went
along
to
the
right
hand,
to
the
inhabitants
of En Tappuah.
The
land
of
Tappuah
belonged
to
Manasseh;
but
Tappuah
on
the
border
of
Manasseh
belonged
to
the
children
of
Ephraim.
The
border
went
down
to
the
brook
of
Kanah,
southward
of
the
brook.
These
cities
belonged
to
Ephraim
among
the
cities
of
Manasseh.
The
border
of
Manasseh
was
on
the
north
side
of
the
brook,
and ended
at
the
sea.
Southward
it
was
Ephraim’s,
and
northward
it
was
Manasseh’s,
and
the
sea
was
his
border. They
reached
to
Asher
on
the
north,
and
to
Issachar
on
the
east.
Manasseh
had
three heights
in
Issachar,
in
Asher Beth Shean
and
its
towns,
and
Ibleam
and
its
towns,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Dor
and
its
towns,
and
the
inhabitants
of Endor
and
its
towns,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Taanach
and
its
towns,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Megiddo
and
its
towns.
Yet
the
children
of
Manasseh
couldn’t
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
those
cities;
but
the
Canaanites would
dwell
in
that
land.
When
the
children
of
Israel
had
grown
strong,
they
put
the
Canaanites
to
forced
labor,
and
didn’t utterly
drive
them
out.
The
children
of
Joseph
spoke
to
Joshua,
saying, “Why
have
you
given
me
just
one
lot
and
one part
for
an
inheritance,
since
we
are
a
numerous
people,
because
Yahweh
has
blessed
us
so
far?”
Joshua
said
to
them, “If
you
are
a
numerous
people,
go
up
to
the
forest,
and clear
land
for
yourself
there
in
the
land
of
the
Perizzites
and
of
the
Rephaim,
since
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim
is
too
narrow
for
you.”
The
children
of
Joseph
said, “The
hill
country
is
not
enough
for
us.
All
the
Canaanites
who
dwell
in
the
land
of
the
valley
have
chariots
of
iron,
both
those
who
are
in Beth Shean
and
its
towns,
and
those
who
are
in
the
valley
of
Jezreel.”
Joshua
spoke
to
the
house
of
Joseph,
that
is,
to
Ephraim
and
to
Manasseh,
saying, “You
are
a
numerous
people,
and
have
great
power.
You
shall
not
have
one
lot
only;
but
the
hill
country
shall
be yours.
Although
it
is
a
forest,
you
shall cut
it
down,
and it’s
farthest extent
shall
be yours;
for
you
shall
drive
out
the
Canaanites,
though
they
have
chariots
of
iron,
and
though
they
are
strong.”
The
whole
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
together
at
Shiloh,
and
set
up
the
Tent
of
Meeting
there.
The
land
was
subdued
before
them.
Seven
tribes
remained
among
the
children
of
Israel,
which
had
not
yet
divided
their
inheritance.
Joshua
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “How
long
will
you neglect
to
go
in
to
possess
the
land,
which
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
has
given
you?
Appoint
for yourselves
three
men
from
each
tribe.
I
will
send
them,
and
they
shall
arise,
walk
through
the
land,
and
describe
it
according
to
their
inheritance;
then
they
shall
come
to
me.
They
shall
divide
it
into
seven
portions.
Judah
shall live
in
his
borders
on
the
south,
and
the
house
of
Joseph
shall live
in
their
borders
on
the
north.
You
shall
survey
the
land
into
seven parts,
and
bring
the description
here
to
me;
and
I
will
cast
lots
for
you
here
before
Yahweh
our
God.
However,
the
Levites
have
no
portion
among
you;
for
the
priesthood
of
Yahweh
is
their
inheritance.
Gad,
Reuben,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
have
received
their
inheritance
east
of
the
Jordan,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
gave
them.”
The
men
arose
and
went.
Joshua
commanded
those
who
went
to
survey
the
land,
saying, “Go
walk
through
the
land,
survey
it,
and
come
again
to
me.
I
will
cast
lots
for
you
here
before
Yahweh
in
Shiloh.”
The
men
went
and
passed
through
the
land,
and surveyed
it
by
cities
into
seven
portions
in
a
book.
They
came
to
Joshua
to
the
camp
at
Shiloh.
Joshua
cast
lots
for
them
in
Shiloh
before
Yahweh.
There
Joshua
divided
the
land
to
the
children
of
Israel according
to
their
divisions.
The
lot
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Benjamin
came
up according
to
their
families.
The
border
of
their
lot
went
out
between
the
children
of
Judah
and
the
children
of
Joseph.
Their
border
on
the
north quarter
was
from
the
Jordan.
The
border
went
up
to
the
side
of
Jericho
on
the
north,
and
went
up
through
the
hill
country
westward.
It ended
at
the
wilderness
of Beth Aven.
The
border
passed
along
from
there
to
Luz,
to
the
side
of
Luz (also
called
Bethel),
southward.
The
border
went
down
to Ataroth Addar,
by
the
mountain
that
lies
on
the
south
of Beth Horon
the
lower.
The
border
extended,
and
turned
around
on
the
west quarter
southward,
from
the
mountain
that
lies
before Beth Horon
southward;
and ended
at
Kiriath Baal (also called
Kiriath Jearim),
a
city
of
the
children
of
Judah.
This
was
the
west quarter.
The
south quarter
was
from
the farthest part
of
Kiriath Jearim.
The
border
went
out
westward,
and
went
out
to
the
spring
of
the
waters
of
Nephtoah.
The
border
went
down
to
the farthest
part
of
the
mountain
that
lies
before
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom,
which
is
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim
northward.
It
went
down
to
the
valley
of
Hinnom,
to
the
side
of
the
Jebusite
southward,
and
went
down
to En Rogel.
It
extended
northward,
went
out
at En Shemesh,
and
went
out
to
Geliloth,
which
is
opposite
the
ascent
of
Adummim.
It
went
down
to
the
stone
of
Bohan
the
son
of
Reuben.
It
passed
along
to
the
side
opposite
the
Arabah
northward,
and
went
down
to
the
Arabah.
The
border
passed
along
to
the
side
of Beth Hoglah
northward;
and
the
border ended
at
the
north
bay
of
the
Salt
Sea,
at
the
south
end
of
the
Jordan.
This
was
the
south
border.
The
Jordan
was
its
border
on
the
east quarter.
This
was
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
by
the
borders
around
it, according
to
their
families.
Now
the
cities
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Benjamin according
to
their
families
were
Jericho, Beth Hoglah,
Emek
Keziz,
Beth Arabah,
Zemaraim,
Bethel,
Avvim,
Parah,
Ophrah,
Chephar Ammoni,
Ophni,
and
Geba;
twelve
cities
with
their villages.
Gibeon,
Ramah,
Beeroth,
Mizpeh, Chephirah,
Mozah,
Rekem,
Irpeel,
Taralah,
Zelah, Eleph,
the
Jebusite (also called
Jerusalem), Gibeath,
and
Kiriath;
fourteen
cities
with their villages.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Benjamin according
to their
families.
The
second
lot
came
out
for
Simeon, even
for
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Simeon according
to
their
families.
Their
inheritance
was
in
the
middle
of
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Judah.
They
had
for
their
inheritance
Beersheba (or
Sheba),
Moladah,
Hazar Shual,
Balah,
Ezem,
Eltolad,
Bethul,
Hormah,
Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah,
Beth Lebaoth,
and
Sharuhen;
thirteen
cities
with their villages;
Ain,
Rimmon,
Ether,
and
Ashan;
four
cities with their villages;
and
all
the villages
that
were
around
these
cities
to Baalath Beer,
Ramah
of
the
South.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Simeon according
to
their
families.
Out
of
the
part
of
the
children
of
Judah
was
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Simeon;
for
the
portion
of
the
children
of
Judah
was
too
much
for
them.
Therefore
the
children
of
Simeon
had
inheritance
in
the
middle
of
their
inheritance.
The
third
lot
came
up
for
the
children
of
Zebulun according
to
their
families.
The
border
of
their
inheritance
was
to Sarid.
Their
border
went
up
westward,
even
to
Maralah,
and
reached
to
Dabbesheth.
It
reached
to
the
brook
that
is
before
Jokneam.
It
turned
from Sarid
eastward
toward
the
sunrise
to
the
border
of Chisloth Tabor.
It
went
out
to
Daberath,
and
went
up
to
Japhia.
From
there
it
passed along
eastward
to Gath Hepher,
to Ethkazin;
and
it
went
out
at
Rimmon
which stretches
to
Neah.
The
border
turned
around
it
on
the
north
to
Hannathon;
and
it ended
at
the
valley
of Iphtah El;
Kattath,
Nahalal,
Shimron,
Idalah,
and
Bethlehem:
twelve
cities
with
their villages.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Zebulun according
to their
families,
these
cities
with their villages.
The
fourth
lot
came
out
for
Issachar, even
for
the
children
of
Issachar according
to
their
families.
Their
border
was
to
Jezreel,
Chesulloth,
Shunem,
Hapharaim,
Shion,
Anaharath,
Rabbith,
Kishion,
Ebez,
Remeth, Engannim, En Haddah,
and Beth Pazzez.
The
border
reached
to
Tabor,
Shahazumah,
and Beth Shemesh.
Their
border ended
at
the
Jordan:
sixteen
cities
with
their villages.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Issachar according
to their
families,
the
cities
with their villages.
The
fifth
lot
came
out
for
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Asher according
to
their
families.
Their
border
was
Helkath,
Hali,
Beten,
Achshaph,
Allammelech,
Amad,
Mishal. It
reached
to
Carmel
westward,
and
to Shihorlibnath.
It
turned
toward
the
sunrise
to Beth Dagon,
and
reached
to
Zebulun,
and
to
the
valley
of Iphtah El
northward
to Beth Emek
and Neiel.
It
went
out
to
Cabul
on
the
left
hand,
and
Ebron,
Rehob,
Hammon,
and
Kanah,
even
to
great
Sidon.
The
border
turned
to
Ramah,
to
the
fortified
city
of
Tyre;
and
the
border
turned
to
Hosah.
It ended
at
the
sea
by
the region
of
Achzib;
Ummah also,
and
Aphek,
and
Rehob:
twenty-two
cities
with
their villages.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Asher according
to their
families,
these
cities
with their villages.
The
sixth
lot
came
out
for
the
children
of
Naphtali, even
for
the
children
of
Naphtali according
to
their
families.
Their
border
was
from
Heleph,
from
the oak
in
Zaanannim,
Adami-nekeb,
and
Jabneel,
to
Lakkum.
It ended
at
the
Jordan.
The
border
turned
westward
to Aznoth Tabor,
and
went
out
from
there
to
Hukkok.
It
reached
to
Zebulun
on
the
south,
and
reached
to
Asher
on
the
west,
and
to
Judah
at
the
Jordan
toward
the
sunrise.
The
fortified
cities were
Ziddim,
Zer,
Hammath,
Rakkath,
Chinnereth,
Adamah,
Ramah,
Hazor,
Kedesh,
Edrei, En Hazor,
Iron, Migdal El,
Horem, Beth Anath,
and Beth Shemesh;
nineteen
cities with their villages.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Naphtali according
to their
families,
the
cities
with their villages.
The
seventh
lot
came
out
for
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Dan according
to
their
families.
The
border
of
their
inheritance
was
Zorah,
Eshtaol, Irshemesh,
Shaalabbin,
Aijalon,
Ithlah,
Elon,
Timnah,
Ekron,
Eltekeh,
Gibbethon,
Baalath,
Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon,
Me Jarkon,
and
Rakkon,
with
the
border
opposite
Joppa.
The
border
of
the
children
of
Dan
went
out
beyond
them;
for
the
children
of
Dan
went
up
and
fought
against
Leshem,
and
took
it,
and
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
possessed
it,
and
lived therein,
and
called
Leshem,
Dan,
after
the
name
of
Dan
their
forefather.
This
is
the
inheritance
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Dan according
to
their
families,
these
cities
with
their villages.
So
they
finished distributing
the
land
for
inheritance
by
its
borders.
The
children
of
Israel
gave
an
inheritance
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
among
them.
According
to
Yahweh’s
commandment,
they
gave
him
the
city
which
he
asked,
even Timnathserah
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim;
and
he
built
the
city,
and
lived
there.
These
are
the
inheritances,
which
Eleazar
the
priest,
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’ houses
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel,
distributed
for
inheritance
by
lot
in
Shiloh
before
Yahweh,
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
So
they
finished
dividing
the
land.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Joshua,
saying,
“Speak
to
the
children
of
Israel,
saying, ‘Assign
the
cities
of
refuge,
of
which
I
spoke
to
you
by
Moses,
that
the
man
slayer
who
kills
any
person
accidentally
or
unintentionally
may
flee
there.
They
shall
be
to
you
for
a
refuge
from
the
avenger
of
blood.
He
shall
flee
to
one
of
those
cities,
and
shall
stand
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
declare
his
case
in
the
ears
of
the
elders
of
that
city.
They
shall
take
him
into
the
city
with
them,
and
give
him
a
place,
that
he
may
live
among
them.
If
the
avenger
of
blood
pursues
him,
then
they
shall
not
deliver
up
the man
slayer
into
his
hand;
because
he
struck
his
neighbor unintentionally,
and
didn’t
hate
him
before.
He
shall
dwell
in
that
city
until
he
stands
before
the
congregation
for
judgment,
until
the
death
of
the
high
priest
that
shall
be
in
those
days.
Then
the
man slayer
shall
return,
and
come
to
his
own
city,
and
to
his
own
house,
to
the
city
he
fled
from.’”
They
set
apart
Kedesh
in
Galilee
in
the
hill
country
of
Naphtali,
Shechem
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and Kiriath Arba (also called
Hebron)
in
the
hill
country
of
Judah.
Beyond
the
Jordan
at
Jericho
eastward, they
assigned
Bezer
in
the
wilderness
in
the
plain
out
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
Ramoth
in
Gilead
out
of
the
tribe
of
Gad,
and
Golan
in
Bashan
out
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
These
were
the
appointed
cities
for
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
for
the
alien
who
lives
among
them,
that
whoever
kills
any
person
unintentionally
might
flee
there,
and
not
die
by
the
hand
of
the
avenger
of
blood,
until
he
stands trial
before
the
congregation.
Then
the
heads
of
fathers’ houses
of
the
Levites
came
near
to
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
and
to
the
heads
of
fathers’ houses
of
the
tribes
of
the
children
of
Israel.
They
spoke
to
them
at
Shiloh
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
saying, “Yahweh
commanded
through
Moses
to
give
us
cities
to
dwell
in,
with
their
pasture
lands
for
our
livestock.”
The
children
of
Israel
gave
to
the
Levites
out
of
their
inheritance,
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
these
cities
with
their
pasture
lands.
The
lot
came
out
for
the
families
of
the
Kohathites.
The
children
of
Aaron
the
priest,
who
were
of
the
Levites,
had
thirteen
cities
by
lot
out
of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
out
of
the
tribe
of
the
Simeonites,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
The
rest
of
the
children
of
Kohath
had
ten
cities
by
lot out
of
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim, out
of
the
tribe
of
Dan,
and out
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh.
The
children
of
Gershon
had
thirteen
cities
by
lot out
of
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar, out
of
the
tribe
of
Asher, out
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali,
and out
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
in
Bashan.
The
children
of
Merari according
to
their
families
had
twelve
cities
out
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
out
of
the
tribe
of
Gad,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun.
The
children
of
Israel
gave
these
cities
with
their
pasture
lands
by
lot
to
the
Levites,
as
Yahweh
commanded
by
Moses.
They
gave
out
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Judah,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
the
children
of
Simeon,
these
cities
which
are
mentioned
by
name:
and
they
were
for
the
children
of
Aaron,
of
the
families
of
the
Kohathites,
who
were
of
the
children
of
Levi;
for
theirs
was
the
first
lot.
They
gave
them Kiriath Arba, named
after
the
father
of
Anak (also called
Hebron),
in
the
hill
country
of
Judah,
with
its
pasture
lands
around
it.
But they
gave
the
fields
of
the
city
and
its villages
to
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh
for
his
possession.
To
the
children
of
Aaron
the
priest
they
gave
Hebron
with
its
pasture
lands,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the
man slayer,
Libnah
with
its
pasture
lands,
Jattir
with
its
pasture
lands,
Eshtemoa
with
its
pasture
lands,
Holon
with
its
pasture
lands,
Debir
with
its
pasture
lands,
Ain
with
its
pasture
lands,
Juttah
with
its
pasture
lands,
and Beth Shemesh
with
its
pasture
lands:
nine
cities
out
of
those
two
tribes.
Out
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
Gibeon
with
its
pasture
lands,
Geba
with
its
pasture
lands,
Anathoth
with
its
pasture
lands,
and
Almon
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities.
All
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Aaron,
the
priests,
were
thirteen
cities
with
their
pasture
lands.
The
families
of
the
children
of
Kohath,
the
Levites, even
the
rest
of
the
children
of
Kohath,
had
the
cities
of
their
lot out
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
They
gave
them
Shechem
with
its
pasture
lands
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the man slayer,
and
Gezer
with
its
pasture
lands,
Kibzaim
with
its
pasture
lands,
and Beth Horon
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities.
Out
of
the
tribe
of
Dan,
Elteke
with
its
pasture
lands,
Gibbethon
with
its
pasture
lands,
Aijalon
with
its
pasture
lands, Gath Rimmon
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities.
Out
of
the half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
Taanach
with
its
pasture
lands,
and Gath Rimmon
with
its
pasture
lands:
two
cities.
All
the
cities
of
the
families
of
the
rest
of
the
children
of
Kohath
were
ten
with
their
pasture
lands.
They gave
to
the
children
of
Gershon,
of
the
families
of
the
Levites,
out
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
Golan
in
Bashan
with
its
pasture
lands,
the
city
of
refuge
for
the
man slayer,
and
Be Eshterah
with
its
pasture
lands:
two
cities.
Out
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar,
Kishion
with
its
pasture
lands,
Daberath
with
its
pasture
lands,
Jarmuth
with
its
pasture
lands, En Gannim
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities.
Out
of
the
tribe
of
Asher,
Mishal
with
its
pasture
lands,
Abdon
with
its
pasture
lands,
Helkath
with
its
pasture
lands,
and
Rehob
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities.
Out
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali,
Kedesh
in
Galilee
with
its
pasture
lands,
the
city
of
refuge for
the man slayer, Hammothdor
with
its
pasture
lands,
and
Kartan
with
its
pasture
lands:
three
cities.
All
the
cities
of
the
Gershonites according
to
their
families
were
thirteen
cities
with
their
pasture
lands.
To
the
families
of
the
children
of
Merari,
the
rest
of
the
Levites,
out
of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun,
Jokneam
with
its
pasture
lands,
Kartah
with
its
pasture
lands,
Dimnah
with
its
pasture
lands,
and
Nahalal
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities.
Out
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
Bezer
with
its
pasture
lands,
Jahaz
with
its
pasture
lands,
Kedemoth
with
its
pasture
lands,
and
Mephaath
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities.
Out
of
the
tribe
of
Gad,
Ramoth
in
Gilead
with
its
pasture
lands,
the
city
of
refuge for
the man slayer,
and
Mahanaim
with
its
pasture
lands,
Heshbon
with
its
pasture
lands,
Jazer
with
its
pasture
lands:
four
cities
in
all.
All
these
were
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Merari according
to
their
families, even
the
rest
of
the
families
of
the
Levites.
Their
lot
was
twelve
cities.
All
the
cities
of
the
Levites
among
the
possessions
of
the
children
of
Israel
were
forty-eight
cities
with
their
pasture
lands.
Each
of
these
cities
included
their
pasture
lands
around
them.
It
was
this
way
with
all
these
cities.
So
Yahweh
gave
to
Israel
all
the
land
which
he
swore
to
give
to
their
fathers.
They
possessed
it,
and
lived
in
it.
Yahweh
gave
them
rest
all
around,
according
to
all
that
he
swore
to
their
fathers.
Not
a
man
of
all
their
enemies
stood
before
them.
Yahweh
delivered
all
their
enemies
into
their
hand.
Nothing
failed
of
any
good
thing
which
Yahweh
had
spoken
to
the
house
of
Israel.
All
came
to
pass.
Then
Joshua
called
the
Reubenites,
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
and
said
to
them, “You
have
kept
all
that
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
commanded
you,
and
have
listened
to
my
voice
in
all
that
I
commanded
you.
You
have
not
left
your
brothers
these
many
days
to
this
day,
but
have
performed
the
duty
of
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
your
God.
Now
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
rest
to
your
brothers,
as
he
spoke
to
them.
Therefore
now return
and go
to
your
tents,
to
the
land
of
your
possession,
which
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
gave
you
beyond
the
Jordan.
Only
take
diligent
heed
to
do
the
commandment
and
the
law
which
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
commanded
you,
to
love
Yahweh
your
God,
to
walk
in
all
his
ways,
to
keep
his
commandments,
to
hold
fast
to
him,
and
to
serve
him
with
all
your
heart
and
with
all
your
soul.”
So
Joshua
blessed
them,
and
sent
them
away;
and they
went
to
their
tents.
Now
to
the
one
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
Moses
had
given inheritance
in
Bashan;
but
Joshua
gave
to
the
other
half
among
their
brothers
beyond
the
Jordan
westward.
Moreover
when
Joshua
sent
them
away
to
their
tents,
he
blessed
them,
and
spoke
to
them,
saying, “Return
with
much
wealth
to
your
tents,
with
very
much
livestock,
with
silver,
with
gold,
with
bronze,
with
iron,
and
with
very
much
clothing.
Divide
the
plunder
of
your
enemies
with
your
brothers.”
The
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
returned,
and departed
from
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
Shiloh,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
go
to
the
land
of
Gilead,
to
the
land
of
their
possession,
which
they
owned,
according
to
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
by
Moses.
When
they
came
to
the
region
near
the
Jordan,
that
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
the
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
built
an
altar
there
by
the
Jordan,
a
great
altar
to look
at.
The
children
of
Israel
heard
this, “Behold,
the
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
have
built
an
altar
along
the border
of
the
land
of
Canaan,
in
the
region around
the
Jordan,
on
the
side
that belongs
to
the
children
of
Israel.”
When
the
children
of
Israel
heard
of
it,
the
whole
congregation
of
the
children
of
Israel
gathered
themselves
together
at
Shiloh,
to
go
up
against
them
to
war.
The
children
of
Israel
sent
to
the
children
of
Reuben,
and
to
the
children
of
Gad,
and
to
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
into
the
land
of
Gilead,
Phinehas
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
priest.
With
him
were
ten
princes,
one
prince
of
a
fathers’
house
for
each
of
the
tribes
of
Israel;
and
they
were
each
head
of
their
fathers’
houses
among
the
thousands
of
Israel.
They
came
to
the
children
of
Reuben,
and
to
the
children
of
Gad,
and
to
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
to
the
land
of
Gilead,
and
they
spoke
with
them,
saying,
“The
whole
congregation
of
Yahweh
says, ‘What
trespass
is
this
that
you
have
committed
against
the
God
of
Israel,
to
turn
away
today
from
following
Yahweh,
in
that
you
have
built
yourselves
an
altar,
to
rebel
today
against
Yahweh?
Is
the
iniquity
of
Peor
too
little
for
us,
from
which
we
have
not
cleansed
ourselves
to
this
day,
although
there
came
a
plague
on
the
congregation
of
Yahweh,
that
you must
turn
away
today
from
following
Yahweh?
It
will
be,
since
you
rebel
today
against
Yahweh,
that
tomorrow
he
will
be
angry
with
the
whole
congregation
of
Israel.
However,
if
the
land
of
your
possession
is
unclean,
then
pass
over
to
the
land
of
the
possession
of
Yahweh,
in
which
Yahweh’s
tabernacle
dwells,
and
take
possession
among
us;
but
don’t
rebel
against
Yahweh,
nor
rebel
against
us,
in
building
an
altar
other
than
Yahweh
our
God’s
altar.
Didn’t
Achan
the
son
of
Zerah commit
a
trespass
in
the
devoted
thing,
and
wrath
fell
on
all
the
congregation
of
Israel?
That
man
didn’t
perish
alone
in
his
iniquity.’”
Then
the
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
answered,
and
spoke
to
the
heads
of
the
thousands
of
Israel,
“The
Mighty
One,
God,
Yahweh,
the
Mighty
One,
God,
Yahweh,
he
knows;
and
Israel
shall
know:
if
it
was
in
rebellion,
or
if
in
trespass
against
Yahweh (don’t
save
us
today),
that
we
have
built
us
an
altar
to
turn
away
from
following
Yahweh;
or
if
to
offer
burnt
offering
or
meal
offering,
or
if
to
offer
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings, let
Yahweh
himself
require
it.
“If
we
have
not
out
of
concern
done
this,
and
for
a
reason,
saying, ‘In
time
to
come
your
children
might
speak
to
our
children,
saying, “What
have
you
to
do
with
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel?
For
Yahweh
has
made
the
Jordan
a
border
between
us
and
you,
you
children
of
Reuben
and
children
of
Gad.
You
have
no
portion
in
Yahweh.”’
So
your
children
might
make
our
children
cease
from fearing
Yahweh.
“Therefore
we
said, ‘Let’s
now
prepare
to
build
ourselves
an
altar,
not
for
burnt offering,
nor
for
sacrifice;
but
it
will
be
a
witness
between
us
and
you,
and
between
our
generations
after
us,
that
we
may
perform
the
service
of
Yahweh
before
him
with
our
burnt
offerings,
with
our
sacrifices,
and
with
our
peace
offerings;’
that
your
children
may
not
tell
our
children
in
time
to
come, ‘You
have
no
portion
in
Yahweh.’
“Therefore
we
said, ‘It
shall
be,
when
they
tell
us
or
our
generations
this
in
time
to
come,
that
we
shall
say, “Behold
the
pattern
of
Yahweh’s
altar,
which
our
fathers
made,
not
for
burnt
offering,
nor
for
sacrifice;
but
it
is
a
witness
between
us
and
you.”’
“Far
be
it
from
us
that
we
should
rebel
against
Yahweh,
and
turn
away
today
from
following
Yahweh,
to
build
an
altar
for
burnt
offering,
for
meal
offering,
or
for
sacrifice,
besides
Yahweh
our
God’s
altar
that
is
before
his
tabernacle!”
When
Phinehas
the
priest,
and
the
princes
of
the
congregation,
even
the
heads
of
the
thousands
of
Israel
that
were
with
him,
heard
the
words
that
the
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
and
the
children
of
Manasseh
spoke,
it
pleased
them
well.
Phinehas
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
priest
said
to
the
children
of
Reuben,
to
the
children
of
Gad,
and
to
the
children
of
Manasseh, “Today
we
know
that
Yahweh
is
among
us,
because
you
have
not
committed
this
trespass
against
Yahweh.
Now
you
have
delivered
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
Yahweh’s
hand.”
Phinehas
the
son
of
Eleazar
the
priest,
and
the
princes,
returned
from
the
children
of
Reuben,
and
from
the
children
of
Gad,
out
of
the
land
of
Gilead,
to
the
land
of
Canaan,
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
brought
them
word
again.
The
thing
pleased
the
children
of
Israel;
and
the
children
of
Israel
blessed
God,
and
spoke
no
more
of
going
up
against
them
to
war,
to
destroy
the
land
in
which
the
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
lived.
The
children
of
Reuben
and
the
children
of
Gad
named
the
altar “A
Witness
Between
Us
that
Yahweh
is
God.”
After
many
days,
when
Yahweh
had
given
rest
to
Israel
from
their
enemies
all
around,
and
Joshua
was
old
and
well
advanced
in
years,
Joshua
called
for
all
Israel,
for
their
elders
and
for
their
heads,
and
for
their
judges
and
for
their
officers,
and
said
to
them, “I
am
old
and well
advanced
in
years.
You
have
seen
all
that
Yahweh
your
God
has
done
to
all
these
nations
because
of
you;
for
it
is
Yahweh
your
God
who
has
fought
for
you.
Behold,
I
have
allotted
to
you
these
nations
that
remain,
to
be
an
inheritance
for
your
tribes,
from
the
Jordan,
with
all
the
nations
that
I
have
cut
off,
even
to
the
great
sea
toward
the
going
down
of
the
sun.
Yahweh
your
God
will
thrust
them
out
from
before
you,
and
drive
them
from
out
of
your
sight.
You
shall
possess
their
land,
as
Yahweh
your
God
spoke
to
you.
“Therefore
be
very
courageous
to
keep
and
to
do
all
that
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
that
you
not
turn
away
from
it
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left;
that
you
not
come
among
these
nations,
these
that
remain
among
you;
neither
make
mention
of
the
name
of
their
gods,
nor cause
to
swear
by
them,
neither
serve
them,
nor
bow
down
yourselves
to
them;
but
hold
fast
to
Yahweh
your
God,
as
you
have
done
to
this
day.
“For
Yahweh
has
driven
great
and
strong
nations
out
from
before
you.
But
as
for
you,
no
man
has
stood
before
you
to
this
day.
One
man
of
you
shall
chase
a
thousand;
for
it
is
Yahweh
your
God
who
fights
for
you,
as
he
spoke
to
you.
Take good
heed
therefore
to
yourselves,
that
you
love
Yahweh
your
God.
“But
if
you
do
at all
go
back,
and
hold
fast
to
the
remnant
of
these
nations,
even
these
who
remain
among
you,
and
make marriages
with
them,
and
go
in
to
them,
and
they
to
you;
know
for
a
certainty
that
Yahweh
your
God
will
no
longer
drive
these
nations
from
out
of
your
sight;
but
they
shall
be
a
snare
and
a
trap
to
you,
a scourge
in
your
sides,
and
thorns
in
your
eyes,
until
you
perish
from
off
this
good
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
you.
“Behold,
today
I
am
going
the
way
of
all
the
earth.
You
know
in
all
your
hearts
and
in
all
your
souls
that
not
one
thing
has
failed
of
all
the
good
things
which
Yahweh
your
God
spoke
concerning
you.
All
have
happened
to
you.
Not
one
thing
has
failed
of
it.
It
shall
happen
that
as
all
the
good
things
have
come
on
you
of
which
Yahweh
your
God
spoke
to
you,
so
Yahweh
will
bring
on
you
all
the
evil
things,
until
he
has
destroyed
you
from
off
this
good
land
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
given
you,
when
you disobey
the
covenant
of
Yahweh
your
God,
which
he
commanded
you,
and
go
and
serve
other
gods,
and
bow
down
yourselves
to
them.
Then
Yahweh’s
anger
will
be
kindled
against
you,
and
you
will
perish
quickly
from
off
the
good
land
which
he
has
given
to
you.”
Joshua
gathered
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
Shechem,
and
called
for
the
elders
of
Israel,
for
their
heads,
for
their
judges,
and
for
their
officers;
and
they
presented
themselves
before
God.
Joshua
said
to
all
the
people, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘Your
fathers
lived
of
old
time
beyond
the
River,
even
Terah,
the
father
of
Abraham,
and
the
father
of
Nahor.
They
served
other
gods.
I
took
your
father
Abraham
from
beyond
the
River,
and led
him
throughout
all
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
multiplied
his
offspring,
24:3
or, seed
and
gave
him
Isaac.
I
gave
to
Isaac
Jacob
and
Esau:
and
I
gave
to
Esau
Mount
Seir,
to
possess
it.
Jacob
and
his
children
went
down
into
Egypt.
“‘I
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
I
plagued
Egypt,
according
to
that
which
I
did
among
them:
and
afterward
I
brought
you
out.
I
brought
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt:
and
you
came
to
the
sea.
The
Egyptians
pursued
your
fathers
with
chariots
and
with
horsemen
to
the Red
Sea.
When
they
cried
out
to
Yahweh,
he
put
darkness
between
you
and
the
Egyptians,
and
brought
the
sea
on
them,
and
covered
them;
and
your
eyes
saw
what
I
did
in
Egypt.
You
lived
in
the
wilderness
many
days.
“‘I
brought
you
into
the
land
of
the
Amorites,
that
lived
beyond
the
Jordan.
They
fought
with
you,
and
I
gave
them
into
your
hand.
You
possessed
their
land,
and
I
destroyed
them
from
before
you.
Then
Balak
the
son
of
Zippor,
king
of
Moab,
arose
and
fought
against
Israel.
He
sent
and
called
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
to
curse
you,
but
I
would
not
listen
to
Balaam; therefore
he
blessed
you still.
So
I
delivered
you
out
of
his
hand.
“‘You
went
over
the
Jordan,
and
came
to
Jericho.
The
men
of
Jericho
fought
against
you,
the
Amorite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Girgashite,
the
Hivite,
and
the
Jebusite;
and
I
delivered
them
into
your
hand.
I
sent
the
hornet
before
you,
which
drove
them
out
from
before
you,
even
the
two
kings
of
the
Amorites;
not
with
your
sword,
nor
with
your
bow.
I
gave
you
a
land
on
which
you
had
not
labored,
and
cities
which
you
didn’t
build,
and
you
live
in
them.
You
eat
of
vineyards
and
olive
groves
which
you
didn’t
plant.’
“Now
therefore
fear
Yahweh,
and
serve
him
in
sincerity
and
in
truth.
Put
away
the
gods
which
your
fathers
served
beyond
the
River,
in
Egypt;
and
serve
Yahweh.
If
it
seems
evil
to
you
to
serve
Yahweh,
choose
today
whom
you
will
serve;
whether
the
gods
which
your
fathers
served
that
were
beyond
the
River,
or
the
gods
of
the
Amorites,
in
whose
land
you
dwell;
but
as
for
me
and
my
house,
we
will
serve
Yahweh.”
The
people
answered, “Far
be
it
from
us
that we
should
forsake
Yahweh,
to
serve
other
gods;
for
it
is
Yahweh
our
God
who
brought
us
and
our
fathers
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
from
the
house
of
bondage,
and
who
did
those
great
signs
in
our
sight,
and
preserved
us
in
all
the
way
in
which
we
went,
and
among
all
the
peoples
through
the
middle
of
whom
we
passed.
Yahweh
drove
out
from
before
us
all
the
peoples,
even
the
Amorites
who
lived
in
the
land.
Therefore
we
also
will
serve
Yahweh;
for
he
is
our
God.”
Joshua
said
to
the
people, “You
can’t
serve
Yahweh,
for
he
is
a
holy
God.
He
is
a
jealous
God.
He
will
not
forgive
your disobedience
nor
your
sins.
If
you
forsake
Yahweh,
and
serve
foreign
gods,
then
he
will
turn
and
do
you
evil,
and
consume
you,
after
he
has
done
you
good.”
The
people
said
to
Joshua, “No,
but
we
will
serve
Yahweh.”
Joshua
said
to
the
people, “You
are
witnesses
against
yourselves
that
you
have
chosen
Yahweh
yourselves,
to
serve
him.”
They
said, “We
are
witnesses.”
“Now
therefore
put
away
the
foreign
gods
which
are
among
you,
and
incline
your
heart
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.”
The
people
said
to
Joshua, “We
will
serve
Yahweh
our
God,
and
we
will
listen
to
his
voice.”
So
Joshua
made
a
covenant
with
the
people
that
day,
and
made
for
them
a
statute
and
an
ordinance
in
Shechem.
Joshua
wrote
these
words
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
God;
and
he
took
a
great
stone,
and
set
it
up
there
under
the
oak
that
was
by
the
sanctuary
of
Yahweh.
Joshua
said
to
all
the
people, “Behold,
this
stone
shall
be
a
witness
against
us,
for
it
has
heard
all
Yahweh’s
words
which
he
spoke
to
us.
It
shall
be
therefore
a
witness
against
you,
lest
you
deny
your
God.”
So
Joshua
sent
the
people
away,
each
to
his
own
inheritance.
After
these
things,
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
the
servant
of
Yahweh,
died,
being
one
hundred
ten
years
old.
They
buried
him
in
the
border
of
his
inheritance
in Timnathserah,
which
is
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
on
the
north
of
the
mountain
of
Gaash.
Israel
served
Yahweh
all
the
days
of
Joshua,
and
all
the
days
of
the
elders
who
outlived
Joshua,
and
had
known
all
the
work
of
Yahweh,
that
he
had
worked
for
Israel.
They
buried
the
bones
of
Joseph,
which
the
children
of
Israel
brought
up
out
of
Egypt,
in
Shechem,
in
the parcel
of
ground
which
Jacob
bought
from
the
sons
of
Hamor
the
father
of
Shechem
for
a
hundred
pieces
of silver.
24:32
Hebrew: kesitahs. A kesitah was a kind of silver coin.
They
became
the
inheritance
of
the
children
of
Joseph.
Eleazar
the
son
of
Aaron
died.
They
buried
him
in
the
hill
of
Phinehas
his
son,
which
was
given
him
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim.
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After
the
death
of
Joshua,
the
children
of
Israel
asked
of
Yahweh,
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
saying, “Who
should
go
up
for
us
first
against
the
Canaanites,
to
fight
against
them?”
Yahweh
said, “Judah
shall
go
up.
Behold,
1:2
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
have
delivered
the
land
into
his
hand.”
Judah
said
to
Simeon
his
brother, “Come
up
with
me
into
my
lot,
that
we
may
fight
against
the
Canaanites;
and
I
likewise
will
go
with
you
into
your
lot.”
So
Simeon
went
with
him.
Judah
went
up,
and
Yahweh
delivered
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites
into
their
hand.
They
struck
ten
thousand
men
in
Bezek.
They
found
Adoni-Bezek
in
Bezek,
and
they
fought
against
him.
They
struck
the
Canaanites
and
the
Perizzites.
But
Adoni-Bezek
fled.
They
pursued
him,
caught
him,
and
cut
off
his
thumbs
and
his
big
toes.
Adoni-Bezek
said, “Seventy
kings,
having
their
thumbs
and
their
big
toes
cut
off, scavenged
under
my
table.
As
I
have
done,
so
God
1:7
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
has
done
to
me.”
They
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
he
died
there.
The
children
of
Judah
fought
against
Jerusalem,
took
it,
struck
it
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
set
the
city
on
fire.
After
that,
the
children
of
Judah
went
down
to
fight
against
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
the
hill
country,
and
in
the
South,
and
in
the
lowland.
Judah
went
against
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
Hebron. (The
name
of
Hebron
before
that
was Kiriath Arba.)
They
struck
Sheshai,
Ahiman,
and
Talmai.
From
there
he
went
against
the
inhabitants
of
Debir. (The
name
of
Debir
before
that
was Kiriath Sepher.)
Caleb
said, “I
will
give
Achsah
my
daughter
as
wife
to
the man
who
strikes Kiriath Sepher,
and
takes
it.”
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz,
Caleb’s
younger
brother,
took
it,
so
he
gave
him
Achsah
his
daughter
as
his
wife.
When
she
came,
she got
him
to
ask
her
father
for
a
field.
She got
off
her
donkey;
and
Caleb
said
to
her, “What
would
you
like?”
She
said
to
him, “Give
me
a
blessing;
because
you
have
set
me
in
the
land
of
the
South,
give
me
also
springs
of
water.”
Then
Caleb
gave
her
the
upper
springs
and
the
lower
springs.
The
children
of
the
Kenite,
Moses’ brother-in-law,
went
up
out
of
the
city
of
palm
trees
with
the
children
of
Judah
into
the
wilderness
of
Judah,
which
is
in
the
south
of
Arad;
and
they
went
and
lived
with
the
people.
Judah went
with
Simeon
his
brother,
and
they
struck
the
Canaanites
who
inhabited
Zephath,
and utterly
destroyed
it.
The
name
of
the
city
was
called
Hormah.
Also
Judah
took
Gaza
with
its
border,
and
Ashkelon
with
its
border,
and
Ekron
with
its
border.
Yahweh
was
with
Judah,
and
drove
out
the
inhabitants
of
the
hill
country;
for
he could
not
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
the
valley,
because
they
had
chariots
of
iron.
They
gave
Hebron
to
Caleb,
as
Moses
had
said,
and
he
drove
the
three
sons
of Anak
out
of
there.
The
children
of
Benjamin
didn’t
drive
out
the
Jebusites
who
inhabited
Jerusalem,
but
the
Jebusites
dwell
with
the
children
of
Benjamin
in
Jerusalem
to
this
day.
The
house
of
Joseph
also
went
up
against
Bethel,
and
Yahweh
was
with
them.
The
house
of
Joseph sent
to
spy
out
Bethel. (The
name
of
the
city
before
that
was
Luz.)
The watchers
saw
a
man
come
out
of
the
city,
and
they
said
to
him, “Please
show
us
the
entrance
into
the
city,
and
we
will
deal kindly
with
you.”
He
showed
them
the
entrance
into
the
city,
and
they
struck
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
but
they
let
the
man
and
all
his
family
go.
The
man
went
into
the
land
of
the
Hittites,
built
a
city,
and
called
its
name
Luz,
which
is
its
name
to
this
day.
Manasseh
didn’t
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of Beth Shean
and
its
towns,
nor
Taanach
and
its
towns,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Dor
and
its
towns,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Ibleam
and
its
towns,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Megiddo
and
its
towns;
but
the
Canaanites would
dwell
in
that
land.
When
Israel
had
grown
strong,
they
put
the
Canaanites
to
forced
labor,
and
didn’t utterly
drive
them
out.
Ephraim
didn’t
drive
out
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
Gezer,
but
the
Canaanites
lived
in
Gezer
among
them.
Zebulun
didn’t
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
Kitron,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Nahalol;
but
the
Canaanites
lived
among
them,
and
became subject
to
forced
labor.
Asher
didn’t
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
Acco,
nor
the
inhabitants
of
Sidon,
nor
of
Ahlab,
nor
of
Achzib,
nor
of
Helbah,
nor
of
Aphik,
nor
of
Rehob;
but
the
Asherites
lived
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
for
they
didn’t
drive
them
out.
Naphtali
didn’t
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of Beth Shemesh,
nor
the
inhabitants
of Beth Anath;
but
he
lived
among
the
Canaanites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land. Nevertheless
the
inhabitants
of Beth Shemesh
and
of Beth Anath
became subject
to
forced
labor.
The
Amorites
forced
the
children
of
Dan
into
the
hill
country,
for
they would
not
allow
them
to
come
down
to
the
valley;
but
the
Amorites would
dwell
in
Mount
Heres,
in
Aijalon,
and
in
Shaalbim. Yet
the
hand
of
the
house
of
Joseph prevailed,
so
that
they
became subject
to
forced
labor.
The
border
of
the
Amorites
was
from
the
ascent
of
Akrabbim,
from
the
rock,
and
upward.
Yahweh’s
angel
came
up
from
Gilgal
to
Bochim.
He
said, “I
brought
you
out
of
Egypt,
and
have
brought
you
to
the
land
which
I
swore
to
give
your
fathers.
I
said, ‘I
will
never
break
my
covenant
with
you.
You
shall
make
no
covenant
with
the
inhabitants
of
this
land.
You
shall
break
down
their
altars.’
But
you
have
not
listened
to
my
voice.
Why
have
you
done
this?
Therefore
I
also
said, ‘I
will
not
drive
them
out
from
before
you;
but
they
shall
be
in
your
sides,
and
their
gods
will
be
a
snare
to
you.’”
When
Yahweh’s
angel
spoke
these
words
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
the
people
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept.
They
called
the
name
of
that
place
Bochim,
2:5
“Bochim” means “weepers”.
and
they
sacrificed
there
to
Yahweh.
Now
when
Joshua
had
sent
the
people
away,
the
children
of
Israel
each
went
to
his
inheritance
to
possess
the
land.
The
people
served
Yahweh
all
the
days
of
Joshua,
and
all
the
days
of
the
elders
who
outlived
Joshua,
who
had
seen
all
the
great
work
of
Yahweh
that
he
had
worked
for
Israel.
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun,
the
servant
of
Yahweh,
died,
being
one
hundred
ten
years
old.
They
buried
him
in
the
border
of
his
inheritance
in Timnath Heres,
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
on
the
north
of
the
mountain
of
Gaash.
After
all
that
generation
were
gathered
to
their
fathers,
another
generation
arose
after
them
who
didn’t
know
Yahweh,
nor
the
work
which
he
had
done
for
Israel.
The
children
of
Israel
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
served
the
Baals.
They
abandoned
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
followed
other
gods,
of
the
gods
of
the
peoples
who
were
around
them,
and
bowed
themselves
down
to
them;
and
they
provoked
Yahweh
to
anger.
They
abandoned
Yahweh,
and
served
Baal
and
the
Ashtaroth.
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of raiders
who
plundered
them.
He
sold
them
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies
all
around,
so
that
they
could
no
longer
stand
before
their
enemies.
Wherever
they
went
out,
Yahweh’s
hand
was
against
them
for
evil,
as
Yahweh
had
spoken,
and
as
Yahweh
had
sworn
to
them;
and
they
were
very distressed.
Yahweh
raised
up
judges,
who
saved
them
out
of
the
hand
of
those
who
plundered
them.
Yet
they
didn’t
listen
to
their
judges;
for
they
prostituted
themselves
to
other
gods,
and
bowed
themselves
down
to
them.
They
quickly
turned
away
from
the
way
in
which
their
fathers
walked,
obeying
Yahweh’s
commandments.
They
didn’t
do
so.
When
Yahweh
raised
up
judges
for
them,
then
Yahweh
was
with
the
judge,
and
saved
them
out
of
the
hand
of
their
enemies
all
the
days
of
the
judge;
for
it grieved
Yahweh
because
of
their
groaning
by reason
of
those
who
oppressed
them
and troubled
them.
But
when
the
judge
was
dead,
they
turned
back,
and dealt
more
corruptly
than
their
fathers
in
following
other
gods
to
serve
them
and
to
bow
down
to
them.
They
didn’t cease
what
they
were
doing,
or
give
up
their
stubborn
ways.
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel;
and
he
said, “Because
this
nation transgressed
my
covenant
which
I
commanded
their
fathers,
and
has
not
listened
to
my
voice,
I
also
will
no
longer
drive
out
any
of
the
nations
that
Joshua
left
when
he
died
from
before
them;
that
by
them
I
may
test
Israel,
to
see
if
they
will
keep
Yahweh’s
way
to
walk therein,
as
their
fathers
kept
it,
or
not.”
So
Yahweh
left
those
nations,
without
driving
them
out hastily.
He
didn’t
deliver
them
into
Joshua’s
hand.
Now
these
are
the
nations
which
Yahweh
left,
to
test
Israel
by
them,
even
as many
as
had
not
known
all
the
wars
of
Canaan;
only
that
the
generations
of
the
children
of
Israel
might
know,
to
teach
them
war,
at least
those
who
knew
nothing
of
it
before:
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines,
all
the
Canaanites,
the
Sidonians,
and
the
Hivites
who
lived
on
Mount
Lebanon,
from
Mount Baal Hermon
to
the
entrance
of
Hamath.
They
were
left
to
test
Israel
by
them,
to
know whether
they
would
listen
to
Yahweh’s
commandments,
which
he
commanded
their
fathers
by
Moses.
The
children
of
Israel
lived
among
the
Canaanites,
the
Hittites,
the
Amorites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Hivites,
and
the
Jebusites.
They
took
their
daughters
to
be
their
wives,
and
gave
their own
daughters
to
their
sons
and
served
their
gods.
The
children
of
Israel
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
forgot
Yahweh
their
God,
and
served
the
Baals
and
the
Asheroth.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of Cushan Rishathaim
king
of
Mesopotamia;
and
the
children
of
Israel
served Cushan Rishathaim
eight
years.
When
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Yahweh,
Yahweh
raised
up
a
savior
to
the
children
of
Israel,
who
saved
them,
even
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz,
Caleb’s
younger
brother.
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came
on
him,
and
he
judged
Israel;
and
he
went
out
to
war,
and
Yahweh
delivered Cushan Rishathaim
king
of Mesopotamia
into
his
hand.
His
hand
prevailed
against Cushan Rishathaim.
The
land
had
rest
forty
years,
then
Othniel
the
son
of
Kenaz
died.
The
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
Yahweh
strengthened
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
against
Israel,
because
they
had
done
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
He
gathered
the
children
of
Ammon
and
Amalek
to
himself;
and
he
went
and
struck
Israel,
and
they
possessed
the
city
of
palm
trees.
The
children
of
Israel
served
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab
eighteen
years.
But
when
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Yahweh,
Yahweh
raised
up
a
savior
for
them:
Ehud
the
son
of
Gera,
the
Benjamite,
a
left-handed
man.
The
children
of
Israel
sent
tribute
by
him
to
Eglon
the
king
of
Moab.
Ehud
made himself
a
sword
which
had
two
edges,
a
cubit
3:16
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
in
length;
and
he
wore
it
under
his clothing
on
his
right
thigh.
He
offered
the
tribute
to
Eglon
king
of
Moab. Now
Eglon
was
a
very
fat
man.
When
Ehud
had
finished
offering
the
tribute,
he
sent
away
the
people
who
carried
the
tribute.
But
he
himself
turned
back
from
the
stone
idols
that
were
by
Gilgal,
and
said, “I
have
a secret
message
for
you, O
king.”
The
king
said, “Keep
silence!”
All
who
stood
by
him
left
him.
Ehud
came
to
him;
and
he
was
sitting
by
himself
alone
in
the
cool
upper
room.
Ehud
said, “I
have
a
message
from
God
to
you.”
He
arose
out
of
his
seat.
Ehud
put
out
his
left
hand,
and
took
the
sword
from
his
right
thigh,
and
thrust
it
into
his
body.
The
handle
also
went
in
after
the
blade;
and
the
fat
closed
on
the
blade,
for
he
didn’t
draw
the
sword
out
of
his
body;
and
it
came
out
behind.
Then
Ehud
went
out onto
the porch,
and
shut
the
doors
of
the
upper
room
on
him,
and
locked
them.
After
he
had
gone,
his
servants
came
and
saw
that
the
doors
of
the
upper
room
were locked.
They
said, “Surely
he
is covering
his
feet
3:24
or, “relieving himself”.
in
the
upper
room.”
They waited
until
they
were
ashamed;
and
behold,
he didn’t
open
the
doors
of
the
upper
room.
Therefore
they
took
the
key
and
opened
them,
and
behold,
their
lord
had
fallen
down
dead
on
the
floor.
Ehud
escaped
while
they waited,
passed
beyond
the stone
idols,
and
escaped
to
Seirah.
When
he
had
come,
he
blew
a
trumpet
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim;
and
the
children
of
Israel
went
down
with
him
from
the
hill
country,
and
he
led
them.
He
said
to
them, “Follow
me;
for
Yahweh
has
delivered
your
enemies
the
Moabites
into
your
hand.”
They
followed
him,
and
took
the fords
of
the
Jordan
against
the
Moabites,
and
didn’t
allow
any
man
to
pass
over.
They
struck
at
that
time
about
ten
thousand
men
of
Moab,
every
strong
man
and
every
man
of
valor.
No
man
escaped.
So
Moab
was
subdued
that
day
under
the
hand
of
Israel.
Then
the
land
had
rest
eighty
years.
After
him
was
Shamgar
the
son
of
Anath,
who
struck
six
hundred
men
of
the
Philistines
with
an
ox goad.
He
also
saved
Israel.
The
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
when
Ehud
was
dead.
Yahweh
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Jabin
king
of
Canaan,
who
reigned
in
Hazor;
the
captain
of
whose
army
was
Sisera,
who
lived
in Harosheth
of
the
Gentiles.
The
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Yahweh,
for
he
had
nine
hundred
chariots
of
iron;
and
he mightily
oppressed
the
children
of
Israel
for
twenty
years.
Now
Deborah,
a
prophetess,
the
wife
of
Lappidoth,
judged
Israel
at
that
time.
She
lived
under Deborah’s
palm
tree
between
Ramah
and
Bethel
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim;
and
the
children
of
Israel
came
up
to
her
for
judgment.
She
sent
and
called
Barak
the
son
of
Abinoam
out
of
Kedesh
Naphtali,
and
said
to
him, “Hasn’t
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
commanded, ‘Go
and
lead
the
way
to
Mount
Tabor,
and
take
with
you
ten
thousand
men
of
the
children
of
Naphtali
and
of
the
children
of
Zebulun?
I
will
draw
to
you,
to
the
river
Kishon,
Sisera,
the
captain
of
Jabin’s
army,
with
his
chariots
and
his
multitude;
and
I
will
deliver
him
into
your
hand.’”
Barak
said
to
her, “If
you
will
go
with
me,
then
I
will
go;
but
if
you
will
not
go
with
me,
I
will
not
go.”
She
said, “I
will
surely
go
with
you.
Nevertheless,
the
journey
that
you
take
won’t
be
for
your
honor;
for
Yahweh
will
sell
Sisera
into
a
woman’s
hand.”
Deborah
arose,
and
went
with
Barak
to
Kedesh.
Barak
called
Zebulun
and
Naphtali
together
to
Kedesh.
Ten
thousand
men
followed
him;
and
Deborah
went
up
with
him.
Now
Heber
the
Kenite
had
separated
himself
from
the
Kenites,
even
from
the
children
of
Hobab,
Moses’ brother-in-law,
and
had
pitched
his
tent
as
far
as
the
oak
in
Zaanannim,
which
is
by
Kedesh.
They
told
Sisera
that
Barak
the
son
of
Abinoam
had
gone
up
to
Mount
Tabor.
Sisera gathered
together
all
his
chariots,
even
nine
hundred
chariots
of
iron,
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him,
from Harosheth
of
the
Gentiles,
to
the
river
Kishon.
Deborah
said
to
Barak, “Go;
for
this
is
the
day
in
which
Yahweh
has
delivered
Sisera
into
your
hand.
Hasn’t
Yahweh
gone
out
before
you?”
So
Barak
went
down
from
Mount
Tabor,
and
ten
thousand
men
after
him.
Yahweh
confused
Sisera,
all
his
chariots,
and
all
his
army,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword
before
Barak.
Sisera abandoned
his
chariot
and
fled
away
on
his
feet.
But
Barak
pursued
the
chariots
and
the
army
to Harosheth
of
the
Gentiles;
and
all
the
army
of
Sisera
fell
by
the
edge
of
the
sword.
There
was
not
a
man
left.
However
Sisera
fled
away
on
his
feet
to
the
tent
of
Jael
the
wife
of
Heber
the
Kenite;
for
there
was
peace
between
Jabin
the
king
of
Hazor
and
the
house
of
Heber
the
Kenite.
Jael
went
out
to
meet
Sisera,
and
said
to
him, “Turn
in,
my
lord,
turn
in
to
me;
don’t
be
afraid.”
He
came
in
to
her
into
the
tent,
and she
covered
him
with
a
rug.
He
said
to
her, “Please
give
me
a
little
water
to
drink;
for
I am
thirsty.”
She
opened
a container
of
milk,
and
gave
him
a
drink,
and
covered
him.
He
said
to
her, “Stand
in
the
door
of
the
tent,
and
if
any
man
comes
and
inquires
of
you,
and
says, ‘Is
there
any
man
here?’
you
shall
say, ‘No.’”
Then
Jael,
Heber’s
wife,
took
a
tent
peg,
and
took
a hammer
in
her
hand,
and
went softly
to
him,
and struck
the
pin
into
his
temples,
and
it pierced
through
into
the
ground,
for
he
was
in
a deep sleep;
so
he fainted
and
died.
Behold,
as
Barak
pursued
Sisera,
Jael
came
out
to
meet
him,
and
said
to
him, “Come,
and
I
will
show
you
the
man
whom
you
seek.”
He
came
to
her;
and
behold,
Sisera
lay
dead,
and
the
tent
peg
was
in
his
temples.
So
God
subdued
Jabin
the
king
of
Canaan
before
the
children
of
Israel
on
that
day.
The
hand
of
the
children
of
Israel prevailed
more
and
more
against
Jabin
the
king
of
Canaan,
until
they
had
destroyed
Jabin
king
of
Canaan.
Then
Deborah
and
Barak
the
son
of
Abinoam
sang
on
that
day,
saying,
“Because
the
leaders took
the lead
in
Israel,
because
the
people
offered themselves
willingly,
be
blessed,
Yahweh!
“Hear,
you
kings!
Give
ear,
you princes!
I, even
I,
will
sing
to
Yahweh.
I
will
sing
praise
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
“Yahweh,
when
you
went
out
of
Seir,
when
you
marched
out
of
the
field
of
Edom,
the
earth trembled,
the
sky
also
dropped.
Yes,
the
clouds
dropped
water.
The
mountains
quaked
at
Yahweh’s
presence,
even
Sinai
at
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
“In
the
days
of
Shamgar
the
son
of
Anath,
in
the
days
of
Jael,
the
highways
were unoccupied.
The
travelers
walked
through byways.
The rulers
ceased
in
Israel.
They
ceased
until
I,
Deborah,
arose;
Until
I
arose
a
mother
in
Israel.
They
chose
new
gods.
Then
war
was
in
the
gates.
Was there
a
shield
or
spear
seen
among
forty
thousand
in
Israel?
My
heart
is toward
the governors
of
Israel,
who
offered themselves
willingly
among
the
people.
Bless
Yahweh!
“Speak,
you
who
ride
on
white
donkeys,
you
who
sit
on rich
carpets,
and
you
who
walk
by
the
way.
Far
from
the
noise
of archers,
in
the
places
of drawing water,
there
they
will rehearse
Yahweh’s
righteous
acts,
the
righteous
acts
of
his rule
in
Israel.
“Then
Yahweh’s
people
went
down
to
the
gates.
‘Awake,
awake,
Deborah!
Awake,
awake,
utter
a
song!
Arise,
Barak,
and lead
away
your
captives,
you
son
of
Abinoam.’
“Then
a
remnant
of
the
nobles
and
the
people came down.
Yahweh came down
for me against
the
mighty.
Those
whose
root
is
in
Amalek
came
out
of
Ephraim,
after
you,
Benjamin,
among
your
peoples.
Governors
come
down
out
of
Machir.
Those
who handle
the marshal’s
staff
came
out
of
Zebulun.
The
princes
of
Issachar
were
with
Deborah.
As
was
Issachar,
so
was
Barak.
They
rushed into
the
valley
at
his
feet.
By
the watercourses
of
Reuben,
there
were
great resolves
of
heart.
Why
did
you
sit
among
the
sheepfolds?
To
hear
the whistling
for
the
flocks?
At
the watercourses
of
Reuben,
there
were
great
searchings
of
heart.
Gilead
lived
beyond
the
Jordan.
Why
did
Dan
remain
in
ships?
Asher
sat
still
at
the
haven
of
the
sea,
and
lived
by
his creeks.
Zebulun
was
a
people
that jeopardized
their
lives
to
the
death;
Naphtali also,
on
the
high
places
of
the
field.
“The
kings
came
and
fought,
then
the
kings
of
Canaan
fought
at
Taanach
by
the
waters
of
Megiddo.
They
took
no
plunder
of
silver.
From
the
sky
the
stars
fought.
From
their
courses,
they
fought
against
Sisera.
The
river
Kishon
swept
them
away,
that
ancient
river,
the
river
Kishon.
My
soul,
march
on
with
strength.
Then
the
horse
hoofs stamped because
of
the prancing,
the prancing
of
their
strong
ones.
‘Curse
Meroz,’
said
Yahweh’s
angel.
‘Curse bitterly
its
inhabitants,
because
they
didn’t
come
to
help
Yahweh,
to
help
Yahweh
against
the
mighty.’
“Jael
shall
be
blessed above
women,
the
wife
of
Heber
the
Kenite;
blessed
shall she
be above
women
in
the
tent.
He
asked
for
water.
She
gave
him
milk.
She
brought
him
butter
in
a lordly dish.
She
put
her
hand
to
the
tent
peg,
and
her
right
hand
to
the workmen’s
hammer.
With
the
hammer she
struck
Sisera.
She
struck
through
his
head.
Yes, she
pierced
and
struck
through
his
temples.
At
her
feet
he
bowed,
he
fell,
he
lay.
At
her
feet
he
bowed,
he
fell.
Where
he
bowed,
there
he
fell
down
dead.
“Through
the
window
she
looked
out,
and
cried:
Sisera’s
mother
looked
through
the
lattice.
‘Why
is
his
chariot
so
long
in
coming?
Why
do
the wheels
of
his
chariots
wait?’
Her
wise
ladies
answered
her,
Yes,
she
returned
answer
to
herself,
‘Have
they
not
found,
have
they
not
divided
the
plunder?
A lady,
two ladies
to
every
man;
to
Sisera
a
plunder
of
dyed garments,
a
plunder
of
dyed garments
embroidered,
of
dyed garments
embroidered
on both sides,
on
the
necks
of
the
plunder?’
“So
let
all
your
enemies
perish,
Yahweh,
but
let
those
who
love
him
be
as
the
sun
when
it
rises
in
its
strength.”
Then
the
land
had
rest
forty
years.
The
children
of
Israel
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
so
Yahweh
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Midian
seven
years.
The
hand
of
Midian
prevailed
against
Israel;
and
because
of
Midian
the
children
of
Israel
made
themselves
the
dens
which
are
in
the
mountains,
the
caves,
and
the
strongholds.
So
it
was,
when
Israel
had
sown,
that
the
Midianites,
the
Amalekites,
and
the
children
of
the
east
came
up
against
them.
They
encamped
against
them,
and
destroyed
the
increase
of
the
earth,
until
you
come
to
Gaza.
They
left
no
sustenance
in
Israel,
and
no
sheep,
ox,
or
donkey.
For
they
came
up
with
their
livestock
and
their
tents.
They
came
in
as
locusts
for
multitude. Both
they
and
their
camels
were
without
number;
and
they
came
into
the
land
to
destroy
it.
Israel
was
brought
very
low
because
of
Midian;
and
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Yahweh.
When
the
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Yahweh
because
of
Midian,
Yahweh
sent
a
prophet
to
the
children
of
Israel;
and
he
said
to
them, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘I
brought
you
up
from
Egypt,
and
brought
you
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
who
oppressed
you,
and
drove
them
out
from
before
you,
and
gave
you
their
land.
I
said
to
you, “I
am
Yahweh
your
God.
You
shall
not
fear
the
gods
of
the
Amorites,
in
whose
land
you
dwell.”
But
you
have
not
listened
to
my
voice.’”
Yahweh’s
angel
came
and
sat
under
the
oak
which
was
in
Ophrah,
that belonged
to
Joash
the
Abiezrite.
His
son
Gideon
was
beating
out
wheat
in
the
wine
press,
to hide
it
from
the
Midianites.
Yahweh’s
angel
appeared
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
is
with
you,
you
mighty
man
of
valor!”
Gideon
said
to
him, “Oh,
my
lord,
if
Yahweh
is
with
us,
why
then
has
all
this
happened
to
us?
Where
are
all
his
wondrous
works
which
our
fathers
told
us
of,
saying, ‘Didn’t
Yahweh
bring
us
up
from
Egypt?’
But
now
Yahweh
has
cast
us
off,
and
delivered
us
into
the
hand
of
Midian.”
Yahweh
looked
at
him,
and
said, “Go
in
this
your
might,
and
save
Israel
from
the
hand
of
Midian.
Haven’t
I
sent
you?”
He
said
to
him, “O
Lord,
6:15
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
how
shall
I
save
Israel?
Behold,
my
family
is
the poorest
in
Manasseh,
and
I
am
the
least
in
my
father’s
house.”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Surely
I
will
be
with
you,
and
you
shall
strike
the
Midianites
as
one
man.”
He
said
to
him, “If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
then
show
me
a
sign
that
it
is
you
who
talk
with
me.
Please
don’t
go
away
until
I
come
to
you,
and
bring
out
my
present,
and
lay
it
before
you.”
He
said, “I
will
wait
until
you
come
back.”
Gideon
went
in
and
prepared
a
young
goat
and
unleavened
cakes
of
an
ephah
6:19
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
meal.
He
put
the
meat
in
a
basket
and
he
put
the
broth
in
a
pot,
and
brought
it
out
to
him
under
the
oak,
and
presented
it.
The
angel
of
God
said
to
him, “Take
the
meat
and
the
unleavened
cakes,
and lay
them
on
this
rock,
and
pour
out
the
broth.”
He
did
so.
Then
Yahweh’s
angel
stretched
out
the
end
of
the
staff
that
was
in
his
hand,
and
touched
the
meat
and
the
unleavened
cakes;
and
fire
went
up
out
of
the
rock
and
consumed
the
meat
and
the
unleavened
cakes.
Then
Yahweh’s
angel
departed
out
of
his
sight.
Gideon
saw
that
he
was
Yahweh’s
angel;
and
Gideon
said, “Alas,
Lord
Yahweh!
Because
I
have
seen
Yahweh’s
angel
face
to
face!”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Peace
be
to
you!
Don’t
be
afraid.
You
shall
not
die.”
Then
Gideon
built
an
altar
there
to
Yahweh,
and
called
it “Yahweh
is
Peace.”
6:24
or, Yahweh Shalom
To
this
day
it
is
still
in
Ophrah
of
the
Abiezrites.
That
same
night,
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Take
your
father’s
bull,
even
the
second
bull
seven
years
old,
and throw
down
the
altar
of
Baal
that
your
father
has,
and
cut
down
the
Asherah
that
is
by
it.
Then
build
an
altar
to
Yahweh
your
God
on
the
top
of
this
stronghold,
in
an
orderly
way,
and
take
the
second
bull,
and
offer
a
burnt
offering
with
the
wood
of
the
Asherah
which
you
shall
cut
down.”
Then
Gideon
took
ten
men
of
his
servants,
and
did
as
Yahweh
had
spoken
to
him.
Because
he
feared
his
father’s
household
and
the
men
of
the
city,
he
could
not
do
it
by
day,
but
he
did
it
by
night.
When
the
men
of
the
city
arose
early
in
the
morning,
behold,
the
altar
of
Baal
was
broken
down,
and
the
Asherah
was
cut
down
that
was
by
it,
and
the
second
bull
was
offered
on
the
altar
that
was
built.
They
said
to
one
another, “Who
has
done
this
thing?”
When
they
inquired
and
asked,
they
said, “Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
has
done
this
thing.”
Then
the
men
of
the
city
said
to
Joash, “Bring
out
your
son,
that
he
may
die,
because
he
has
broken
down
the
altar
of
Baal,
and
because
he
has
cut
down
the
Asherah
that
was
by
it.”
Joash
said
to
all
who
stood
against
him, “Will
you
contend
for
Baal?
Or
will
you
save
him?
He
who
will
contend
for
him, let
him
be
put
to
death
by
morning!
If
he
is
a
god, let
him
contend
for
himself,
because
someone
has
broken
down
his
altar!”
Therefore
on
that
day
he
named
him
Jerub-Baal,
6:32
“Jerub-Baal” means “Let Baal contend”.
saying, “Let
Baal
contend
against
him,
because
he
has
broken
down
his
altar.”
Then
all
the
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
the
children
of
the
east
assembled
themselves
together;
and
they
passed
over,
and
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Jezreel.
But
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came
on
Gideon,
and
he
blew
a
trumpet;
and
Abiezer
was gathered
together
to
follow
him.
He
sent
messengers
throughout
all
Manasseh,
and
they
also
were gathered
together
to
follow
him.
He
sent
messengers
to
Asher,
to
Zebulun,
and
to
Naphtali;
and
they
came
up
to
meet
them.
Gideon
said
to
God, “If
you
will
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as
you
have
spoken,
behold,
I
will
put
a
fleece
of
wool
on
the
threshing
floor.
If
there
is
dew
on
the
fleece
only,
and
it
is
dry
on
all
the
ground,
then I’ll
know
that
you
will
save
Israel
by
my
hand,
as
you
have
spoken.”
It
was
so;
for
he
rose
up
early
on
the
next
day,
and
pressed
the
fleece together,
and wrung
the
dew
out
of
the
fleece,
a
bowl
full
of
water.
Gideon
said
to
God, “Don’t
let
your
anger
be
kindled
against
me,
and
I
will
speak
but
this
once.
Please
let
me
make
a trial
just
this
once
with
the
fleece.
Let
it
now
be
dry
only
on
the
fleece,
and
on
all
the
ground
let
there
be
dew.”
God
did
so
that
night;
for
it
was
dry
on
the
fleece
only,
and
there
was
dew
on
all
the
ground.
Then
Jerubbaal,
who
is
Gideon,
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him,
rose
up
early
and
encamped
beside
the spring
of Harod.
Midian’s
camp
was
on
the
north
side
of
them,
by
the
hill
of
Moreh,
in
the
valley.
Yahweh
said
to
Gideon, “The
people
who
are
with
you
are
too
many
for
me
to
give
the
Midianites
into
their
hand,
lest
Israel
brag
against
me,
saying, ‘My own
hand
has
saved
me.’
Now
therefore
proclaim
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
saying, ‘Whoever
is fearful
and trembling,
let
him
return
and
depart
from
Mount
Gilead.’”
So
twenty-two
thousand
of
the
people
returned,
and
ten
thousand
remained.
Yahweh
said
to
Gideon, “There
are
still
too
many
people.
Bring
them
down
to
the
water,
and
I
will
test
them
for
you
there.
It
shall
be,
that
those
whom
I
tell
you, ‘This
shall
go
with
you,’
shall
go
with
you;
and
whoever
I
tell
you, ‘This
shall
not
go
with
you,’
shall
not
go.”
So
he
brought
down
the
people
to
the
water;
and
Yahweh
said
to
Gideon, “Everyone
who
laps
of
the
water
with
his
tongue,
like
a
dog
laps,
you
shall
set
him
by
himself;
likewise
everyone
who bows
down
on
his
knees
to
drink.”
The
number
of
those
who
lapped, putting
their
hand
to
their
mouth,
was
three
hundred
men;
but
all
the
rest
of
the
people
bowed
down
on
their
knees
to
drink
water.
Yahweh
said
to
Gideon, “I
will
save
you
by
the
three
hundred
men
who
lapped,
and
deliver
the
Midianites
into
your
hand.
Let
all
the
other
people go,
each
to
his
own
place.”
So
the
people
took
food
in
their
hand,
and
their
trumpets;
and
he
sent
all
the
rest
of
the
men
of
Israel
to
their
own
tents,
but
retained
the
three
hundred
men;
and
the
camp
of
Midian
was
beneath
him
in
the
valley.
That
same
night,
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Arise,
go
down
into
the
camp,
for
I
have
delivered
it
into
your
hand.
But
if
you
are
afraid
to
go
down,
go
with
Purah
your
servant
down
to
the
camp.
You
will
hear
what
they
say;
and
afterward
your
hands
will
be
strengthened
to
go
down
into
the
camp.”
Then
went
he
down
with
Purah
his
servant
to
the outermost
part
of
the armed
men
who
were
in
the
camp.
The
Midianites
and
the
Amalekites
and
all
the
children
of
the
east
lay
along
in
the
valley
like
locusts
for
multitude;
and
their
camels
were
without
number,
as
the
sand which
is
on
the
seashore
for
multitude.
When
Gideon
had
come,
behold,
there
was
a
man
telling
a
dream
to
his
fellow.
He
said, “Behold,
I
dreamed
a
dream;
and
behold,
a cake
of
barley
bread tumbled
into
the
camp
of
Midian,
came
to
the
tent,
and
struck
it
so
that
it
fell,
and
turned
it
upside
down,
so
that
the
tent
lay
flat.”
His
fellow
answered, “This
is
nothing
other
than
the
sword
of
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash,
a
man
of
Israel.
God
has
delivered
Midian
into
his
hand,
with
all
the
army.”
It
was
so,
when
Gideon
heard
the
telling
of
the
dream
and
its
interpretation,
that
he
worshiped.
Then
he
returned
into
the
camp
of
Israel
and
said, “Arise,
for
Yahweh
has
delivered
the
army
of
Midian
into
your
hand!”
He
divided
the
three
hundred
men
into
three
companies,
and
he
put
into
the
hands
of
all
of
them
trumpets
and
empty
pitchers,
with
torches
within
the
pitchers.
He
said
to
them, “Watch
me,
and
do
likewise.
Behold,
when
I
come
to
the outermost
part
of
the
camp,
it
shall
be
that,
as
I
do,
so
you
shall
do.
When
I
blow
the
trumpet,
I
and
all
who
are
with
me,
then
blow
the
trumpets
also
on
every
side
of
all
the
camp,
and shout, ‘For
Yahweh
and
for
Gideon!’”
So
Gideon
and
the
hundred
men
who
were
with
him
came
to
the outermost
part
of
the
camp
in
the
beginning
of
the
middle
watch,
when
they
had
but newly
set
the
watch.
Then
they
blew
the
trumpets
and broke
in pieces
the
pitchers
that
were
in
their
hands.
The
three
companies
blew
the
trumpets,
broke
the
pitchers,
and
held
the
torches
in
their
left
hands
and
the
trumpets
in
their
right
hands
with
which
to
blow;
and
they
shouted, “The
sword
of
Yahweh
and
of
Gideon!”
They
each
stood
in
his
place
around
the
camp,
and
all
the
army
ran;
and
they
shouted,
and
put
them
to
flight.
They
blew
the
three
hundred
trumpets,
and
Yahweh
set
every
man’s
sword
against
his
fellow
and
against
all
the
army;
and
the
army
fled
as
far
as Beth Shittah
toward
Zererah,
as
far
as
the border
of Abel Meholah,
by
Tabbath.
The
men
of
Israel
were gathered
together
out
of
Naphtali,
out
of
Asher,
and
out
of
all
Manasseh,
and
pursued
Midian.
Gideon
sent
messengers
throughout
all
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
saying, “Come
down
against
Midian
and
take
the
waters
before
them
as
far
as Beth Barah,
even
the
Jordan!”
So
all
the
men
of
Ephraim
were gathered
together
and
took
the
waters
as
far
as Beth Barah,
even
the
Jordan.
They
took
the
two
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb.
They
killed
Oreb
at Oreb’s
rock,
and
Zeeb
they
killed
at Zeeb’s
wine
press,
as
they
pursued
Midian.
Then
they
brought
the
heads
of
Oreb
and
Zeeb
to
Gideon
beyond
the
Jordan.
The
men
of
Ephraim
said
to
him, “Why
have
you
treated
us
this
way,
that
you didn’t
call
us
when
you
went
to
fight
with
Midian?”
They rebuked
him sharply.
He
said
to
them, “What
have
I
now
done
in comparison
with
you?
Isn’t
the
gleaning
of
the grapes
of
Ephraim
better
than
the
vintage
of
Abiezer?
God
has
delivered
into
your
hand
the
princes
of
Midian,
Oreb
and
Zeeb!
What
was
I
able
to
do
in comparison
with
you?”
Then
their
anger
was abated
toward
him
when
he
had
said
that.
Gideon
came
to
the
Jordan
and
passed
over,
he
and
the
three
hundred
men
who
were
with
him,
faint,
yet
pursuing.
He
said
to
the
men
of
Succoth, “Please
give
loaves
of
bread
to
the
people
who
follow
me;
for
they
are
faint,
and
I
am
pursuing
after
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
the
kings
of
Midian.”
The
princes
of
Succoth
said, “Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
now
in
your
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
to
your
army?”
Gideon
said, “Therefore
when
Yahweh
has
delivered
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
into
my
hand,
then
I
will tear
your
flesh
with
the
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
with
briers.”
He
went
up
there
to
Penuel,
and
spoke
to
them
in
the
same
way;
and
the
men
of
Penuel
answered
him
as
the
men
of
Succoth
had
answered.
He
spoke
also
to
the
men
of
Penuel,
saying, “When
I
come
again
in
peace,
I
will
break
down
this
tower.”
Now
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
were
in Karkor,
and
their
armies
with
them,
about
fifteen
thousand
men,
all
who
were
left
of
all
the
army
of
the
children
of
the
east;
for
there
fell
one
hundred
twenty
thousand
men
who
drew
sword.
Gideon
went
up
by
the
way
of
those
who
lived
in
tents
on
the
east
of
Nobah
and
Jogbehah,
and
struck
the
army;
for
the
army felt
secure.
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
fled
and
he
pursued
them.
He
took
the
two
kings
of
Midian,
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
and confused
all
the
army.
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
returned
from
the
battle
from
the
ascent
of Heres.
He
caught
a
young
man
of
the
men
of
Succoth,
and
inquired
of
him;
and
he
described
for
him
the
princes
of
Succoth,
and
its
elders,
seventy-seven
men.
He
came
to
the
men
of
Succoth,
and
said, “See
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
concerning
whom
you
taunted
me,
saying, ‘Are
the
hands
of
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
now
in
your
hand,
that
we
should
give
bread
to
your
men
who
are
weary?’”
He
took
the
elders
of
the
city,
and
thorns
of
the
wilderness
and
briers,
and
with
them
he
taught
the
men
of
Succoth.
He
broke
down
the
tower
of
Penuel,
and
killed
the
men
of
the
city.
Then
he
said
to
Zebah
and
Zalmunna, “What
kind
of
men
were
they
whom
you
killed
at
Tabor?”
They
answered, “They
were
like
you.
They
all resembled
the
children
of
a
king.”
He
said, “They
were
my
brothers,
the
sons
of
my
mother.
As
Yahweh
lives,
if
you
had saved
them
alive,
I
would
not
kill
you.”
He
said
to
Jether
his
firstborn, “Get
up
and
kill
them!”
But
the
youth
didn’t
draw
his
sword;
for
he
was
afraid,
because
he
was
yet
a
youth.
Then
Zebah
and
Zalmunna
said, “You
rise
and
fall
on
us;
for
as
the
man
is,
so
is
his
strength.”
Gideon
arose,
and
killed
Zebah
and
Zalmunna,
and
took
the crescents
that
were
on
their
camels’
necks.
Then
the
men
of
Israel
said
to
Gideon, “Rule
over
us,
both
you,
your
son,
and
your
son’s
son
also;
for
you
have
saved
us
out
of
the
hand
of
Midian.”
Gideon
said
to
them, “I
will
not
rule
over
you,
neither
shall
my
son
rule
over
you.
Yahweh
shall
rule
over
you.”
Gideon
said
to
them, “I do
have
a
request:
that
you
would
each
give
me
the
earrings
of
his
plunder.” (For
they
had
golden
earrings,
because
they
were
Ishmaelites.)
They
answered, “We
will willingly
give
them.”
They
spread
a
garment,
and
every
man
threw
the
earrings
of
his
plunder
into
it.
The
weight
of
the
golden
earrings
that
he
requested
was
one
thousand
and
seven
hundred
shekels
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 1700 shekels is about 17 kilograms or 37.4 pounds.
of
gold,
in
addition
to
the crescents,
and
the
pendants,
and
the
purple
clothing
that
was
on
the
kings
of
Midian,
and
in
addition
to
the chains
that
were
about
their
camels’
necks.
Gideon
made
an
ephod
out
of
it,
and
put
it
in
Ophrah,
his
city.
Then
all
Israel
played
the
prostitute
with
it
there;
and
it
became
a
snare
to
Gideon
and
to
his
house.
So
Midian
was
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel,
and
they
lifted
up
their
heads
no
more.
The
land
had
rest
forty
years
in
the
days
of
Gideon.
Jerubbaal
the
son
of
Joash
went
and
lived
in
his own
house.
Gideon
had
seventy
sons conceived
from
his body,
for
he
had
many
wives.
His
concubine
who
was
in
Shechem
also
bore
him
a
son,
and
he
named
him
Abimelech.
Gideon
the
son
of
Joash
died
in
a
good
old
age,
and
was
buried
in
the
tomb
of
Joash
his
father,
in
Ophrah
of
the
Abiezrites.
As soon
as
Gideon
was
dead,
the
children
of
Israel
turned
again
and
played
the
prostitute
following
the
Baals,
and
made
Baal Berith
their
god.
The
children
of
Israel
didn’t
remember
Yahweh
their
God,
who
had
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
all
their
enemies
on
every
side;
neither
did
they
show
kindness
to
the
house
of
Jerubbaal,
that
is,
Gideon, according
to
all
the goodness
which
he
had
shown
to
Israel.
Abimelech
the
son
of
Jerubbaal
went
to
Shechem
to
his
mother’s
brothers,
and
spoke
with
them
and
with
all
the
family
of
the
house
of
his
mother’s
father,
saying,
“Please
speak
in
the
ears
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem, ‘Is
it
better
for
you
that
all
the
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
who
are
seventy
persons,
rule
over
you,
or
that
one
rule
over
you?’
Remember
also
that
I
am
your
bone
and
your
flesh.”
His
mother’s
brothers
spoke
of
him
in
the
ears
of
all
the
men
of
Shechem
all
these
words.
Their
hearts
inclined
to
follow
Abimelech;
for
they
said, “He
is
our
brother.”
They
gave
him
seventy pieces
of
silver
out
of
the
house
of Baal Berith,
with
which
Abimelech
hired vain
and
reckless
fellows
who
followed
him.
He
went
to
his
father’s
house
at
Ophrah,
and
killed
his
brothers
the
sons
of
Jerubbaal,
being
seventy
persons,
on
one
stone;
but
Jotham
the
youngest
son
of
Jerubbaal
was
left,
for
he
hid
himself.
All
the
men
of
Shechem
assembled
themselves
together
with
all
the
house
of
Millo,
and
went
and
made
Abimelech
king
by
the
oak
of
the
pillar
that
was
in
Shechem.
When
they
told
it
to
Jotham,
he
went
and
stood
on
the
top
of
Mount
Gerizim
and
lifted
up
his
voice,
cried
out,
and
said
to
them, “Listen
to
me,
you
men
of
Shechem,
that
God
may
listen
to
you.
The
trees
set
out
to
anoint
a
king
over
themselves.
They
said
to
the
olive
tree, ‘Reign
over
us.’
“But
the
olive
tree
said
to
them, ‘Should
I
stop producing
my oil,
with
which
they
honor
God
and
man
by
me,
and
go
to
wave
back
and
forth
over
the
trees?’
“The
trees
said
to
the
fig
tree, ‘Come
and
reign
over
us.’
“But
the
fig
tree
said
to
them, ‘Should
I
leave
my
sweetness,
and
my
good
fruit,
and
go
to
wave
back
and
forth
over
the
trees?’
“The
trees
said
to
the
vine, ‘Come
and
reign
over
us.’
“The
vine
said
to
them, ‘Should
I
leave
my
new
wine,
which
cheers
God
and
man,
and
go
to
wave
back
and
forth
over
the
trees?’
“Then
all
the
trees
said
to
the
bramble, ‘Come
and
reign
over
us.’
“The
bramble
said
to
the
trees, ‘If
in
truth
you
anoint
me
king
over
you,
then
come
and
take
refuge
in
my
shade;
and
if
not, let
fire
come
out
of
the
bramble,
and
devour
the
cedars
of
Lebanon.’
“Now
therefore,
if
you
have dealt
truly
and righteously,
in
that
you
have
made
Abimelech
king,
and
if
you
have dealt
well
with
Jerubbaal
and
his
house,
and
have
done
to
him
according
to
the deserving
of
his
hands
(for
my
father
fought
for
you, risked
his
life,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
Midian;
and
you
have
risen
up
against
my
father’s
house
today
and
have
slain
his
sons,
seventy
persons,
on
one
stone,
and
have made
Abimelech,
the
son
of
his
female
servant,
king
over
the
men
of
Shechem,
because
he
is
your
brother);
if
you
then
have dealt
truly
and righteously
with
Jerubbaal
and
with
his
house
today,
then
rejoice
in
Abimelech,
and
let
him
also
rejoice
in
you;
but
if
not, let
fire
come
out
from
Abimelech
and
devour
the
men
of
Shechem
and
the
house
of
Millo;
and let
fire
come
out
from
the
men
of
Shechem
and
from
the
house
of
Millo
and
devour
Abimelech.”
Jotham
ran
away
and
fled,
and
went
to
Beer
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“Beer” is Hebrew for “well”, i.e., a village named for its well.
and
lived
there,
for fear
of
Abimelech
his
brother.
Abimelech
was prince
over
Israel
three
years.
Then
God
sent
an
evil
spirit
between
Abimelech
and
the
men
of
Shechem;
and
the
men
of
Shechem
dealt
treacherously
with
Abimelech,
that
the
violence
done
to
the
seventy
sons
of
Jerubbaal
might
come,
and
that
their
blood
might
be
laid
on
Abimelech
their
brother
who
killed
them,
and
on
the
men
of
Shechem
who
strengthened
his
hands
to
kill
his
brothers.
The
men
of
Shechem
set
an
ambush
for
him
on
the
tops
of
the
mountains,
and
they
robbed
all
who came
along
that
way
by
them;
and
Abimelech
was
told
about
it.
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
came
with
his
brothers
and
went
over
to
Shechem;
and
the
men
of
Shechem
put
their
trust
in
him.
They
went
out
into
the
field,
harvested
their
vineyards,
trod
the grapes,
celebrated,
and
went
into
the
house
of
their
god
and
ate
and
drank,
and
cursed
Abimelech.
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
said, “Who
is
Abimelech,
and
who
is
Shechem,
that
we
should
serve
him?
Isn’t
he
the
son
of
Jerubbaal?
Isn’t
Zebul
his
officer?
Serve
the
men
of
Hamor
the
father
of
Shechem,
but
why
should
we
serve
him?
I
wish
that
this
people
were
under
my
hand!
Then
I
would
remove
Abimelech.”
He
said
to
Abimelech, “Increase
your
army
and
come
out!”
When
Zebul
the
ruler
of
the
city
heard
the
words
of
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed,
his
anger
burned.
He
sent
messengers
to
Abimelech craftily,
saying, “Behold,
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
and
his
brothers
have
come
to
Shechem;
and
behold,
they incite
the
city
against
you.
Now
therefore,
go
up
by
night,
you
and
the
people
who
are
with
you,
and
lie
in
wait
in
the
field.
It
shall
be
that
in
the
morning,
as
soon
as
the
sun
is
up,
you
shall
rise
early
and
rush
on
the
city.
Behold,
when
he
and
the
people
who
are
with
him
come
out
against
you,
then
may
you
do
to
them
as
you
shall
find
occasion.”
Abimelech
rose
up,
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him,
by
night,
and
they laid
wait
against
Shechem
in
four
companies.
Gaal
the
son
of
Ebed
went
out,
and
stood
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
the
city.
Abimelech
rose
up,
and
the
people
who
were
with
him,
from
the
ambush.
When
Gaal
saw
the
people,
he
said
to
Zebul, “Behold,
people
are
coming
down
from
the
tops
of
the
mountains.”
Zebul
said
to
him, “You
see
the
shadows
of
the
mountains
as
if
they
were
men.”
Gaal
spoke
again
and
said, “Behold,
people
are
coming
down
by
the middle
of
the
land,
and
one
company
comes
by
the
way
of
the
oak
of Meonenim.”
Then
Zebul
said
to
him, “Now
where
is
your
mouth,
that
you
said, ‘Who
is
Abimelech,
that
we
should
serve
him?’
Isn’t
this
the
people
that
you
have despised?
Please
go
out
now
and
fight
with
them.”
Gaal
went
out
before
the
men
of
Shechem,
and
fought
with
Abimelech.
Abimelech
chased
him,
and
he
fled
before
him,
and
many
fell
wounded,
even
to
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
Abimelech
lived
at
Arumah;
and
Zebul
drove
out
Gaal
and
his
brothers,
that they should not
dwell
in
Shechem.
On
the
next
day,
the
people
went
out
into
the
field;
and
they
told
Abimelech.
He
took
the
people
and
divided
them
into
three
companies,
and
laid
wait
in
the
field;
and
he
looked,
and
behold,
the
people
came
out
of
the
city.
So,
he
rose
up
against
them
and
struck
them.
Abimelech
and
the
companies
that
were
with
him
rushed forward
and
stood
in
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
the
city;
and
the
two
companies
rushed
on
all
who
were
in
the
field
and
struck
them.
Abimelech
fought
against
the
city
all
that
day;
and
he
took
the
city
and
killed
the
people
in
it.
He beat
down
the
city
and
sowed
it
with
salt.
When
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
heard
of
it,
they
entered
into
the stronghold
of
the
house
of Elberith.
Abimelech
was
told
that
all
the
men
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
were
gathered
together.
Abimelech
went
up
to
Mount
Zalmon,
he
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him;
and
Abimelech
took
an ax
in
his
hand,
and
cut
down
a bough
from
the
trees,
and
took
it
up,
and
laid
it
on
his
shoulder.
Then
he
said
to
the
people
who
were
with
him, “What
you
have
seen
me
do,
make
haste,
and
do
as
I
have
done!”
All
the
people
likewise
each
cut
down
his bough,
followed
Abimelech,
and
put
them
at
the base
of
the stronghold,
and
set
the stronghold
on
fire
over
them,
so
that
all
the
people
of
the
tower
of
Shechem
died
also,
about
a
thousand
men
and
women.
Then
Abimelech
went
to
Thebez
and
encamped
against
Thebez,
and
took
it.
But
there
was
a
strong
tower
within
the
city,
and
all
the
men
and
women
of
the
city
fled
there,
and
shut
themselves
in,
and
went
up
to
the
roof
of
the
tower.
Abimelech
came
to
the
tower
and
fought
against
it,
and
came
near
to
the
door
of
the
tower
to
burn
it
with
fire.
A
certain
woman
cast
an
upper
millstone
on
Abimelech’s
head,
and
broke
his
skull.
Then
he
called hastily
to
the
young
man,
his
armor
bearer,
and
said
to
him, “Draw
your
sword
and
kill
me,
that
men
not
say
of
me, ‘A
woman
killed
him.’
His
young
man
thrust
him
through,
and
he
died.”
When
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
Abimelech
was
dead,
they
each departed
to
his
place.
Thus
God
repaid
the
wickedness
of
Abimelech,
which
he
did
to
his
father
in
killing
his
seventy
brothers;
and
God
repaid
all
the
wickedness
of
the
men
of
Shechem
on
their
heads;
and
the
curse
of
Jotham
the
son
of
Jerubbaal
came
on
them.
After
Abimelech,
Tola
the
son
of
Puah,
the
son
of
Dodo,
a
man
of
Issachar,
arose
to
save
Israel.
He
lived
in Shamir
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim.
He
judged
Israel twenty-three
years,
and
died,
and
was
buried
in Shamir.
After
him
Jair,
the
Gileadite,
arose.
He
judged
Israel
twenty-two
years.
He
had
thirty
sons
who
rode
on
thirty donkey
colts.
They
had
thirty
cities,
which
are
called Havvoth Jair
to
this
day,
which
are
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
Jair
died,
and was
buried
in
Kamon.
The
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
served
the
Baals,
the
Ashtaroth,
the
gods
of
Syria,
the
gods
of
Sidon,
the
gods
of
Moab,
the
gods
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
the
gods
of
the
Philistines.
They
abandoned
Yahweh,
and
didn’t
serve
him.
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel,
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
and
into
the
hand
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
They troubled
and
oppressed
the
children
of
Israel
that
year.
For
eighteen
years
they
oppressed
all
the
children
of
Israel
that
were
beyond
the
Jordan
in
the
land
of
the
Amorites,
which
is
in
Gilead.
The
children
of
Ammon
passed
over
the
Jordan
to
fight
also
against
Judah,
and
against
Benjamin,
and
against
the
house
of
Ephraim,
so
that
Israel
was
very distressed.
The
children
of
Israel
cried
to
Yahweh,
saying, “We
have
sinned
against
you,
even
because
we
have forsaken
our
God,
and
have
served
the
Baals.”
Yahweh
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “Didn’t
I save
you
from
the
Egyptians,
and
from
the
Amorites,
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
from
the
Philistines?
The
Sidonians
also,
and
the
Amalekites,
and
the
Maonites,
oppressed
you;
and
you
cried
to
me,
and
I
saved
you
out
of
their
hand.
Yet
you
have forsaken
me
and
served
other
gods.
Therefore
I
will
save
you
no
more.
Go
and
cry
to
the
gods
which
you
have
chosen.
Let
them
save
you
in
the
time
of
your
distress!”
The
children
of
Israel
said
to
Yahweh, “We
have
sinned!
Do
to
us
whatever
seems
good
to
you;
only
deliver
us,
please,
today.”
They
put
away
the
foreign
gods
from
among
them
and
served
Yahweh;
and
his
soul
was grieved
for
the
misery
of
Israel.
Then
the
children
of
Ammon
were
gathered
together
and
encamped
in
Gilead.
The
children
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
together
and
encamped
in
Mizpah.
The
people,
the
princes
of
Gilead,
said
to
one
another, “Who
is
the
man
who
will
begin
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon?
He
shall
be
head
over
all
the
inhabitants
of
Gilead.”
Now
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
was
a
mighty
man
of
valor.
He
was
the
son
of
a
prostitute.
Gilead
became
the
father
of
Jephthah.
Gilead’s
wife
bore
him
sons.
When
his
wife’s
sons
grew
up,
they
drove
Jephthah
out
and
said
to
him, “You
will
not
inherit
in
our
father’s
house,
for
you
are
the
son
of
another
woman.”
Then
Jephthah
fled
from
his
brothers
and
lived
in
the
land
of
Tob. Outlaws
joined
up
with
Jephthah,
and
they
went
out
with
him.
After
a
while,
the
children
of
Ammon
made war
against
Israel.
When
the
children
of
Ammon
made war
against
Israel,
the
elders
of
Gilead
went
to
get
Jephthah
out
of
the
land
of
Tob.
They
said
to
Jephthah, “Come
and
be
our
chief,
that we
may
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon.”
Jephthah
said
to
the
elders
of
Gilead, “Didn’t
you
hate
me,
and
drive
me
out
of
my
father’s
house?
Why
have
you
come
to
me
now
when
you
are
in
distress?”
The
elders
of
Gilead
said
to
Jephthah, “Therefore
we
have
turned
again
to
you
now,
that
you
may
go
with
us
and
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon.
You
will
be
our
head
over
all
the
inhabitants
of
Gilead.”
Jephthah
said
to
the
elders
of
Gilead, “If
you
bring
me
home
again
to
fight
with
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Yahweh
delivers
them
before
me,
will
I
be
your
head?”
The
elders
of
Gilead
said
to
Jephthah, “Yahweh
will
be
witness
between
us.
Surely
we
will
do
what
you
say.”
Then
Jephthah
went
with
the
elders
of
Gilead,
and
the
people
made
him
head
and
chief
over
them.
Jephthah
spoke
all
his
words
before
Yahweh
in
Mizpah.
Jephthah
sent
messengers
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
saying, “What
do
you
have
to
do
with
me,
that
you
have
come
to
me
to
fight
against
my
land?”
The
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
answered
the
messengers
of
Jephthah, “Because
Israel
took
away
my
land
when
he
came
up
out
of
Egypt,
from
the
Arnon
even
to
the
Jabbok,
and
to
the
Jordan.
Now
therefore
restore
that
territory
again
peaceably.”
Jephthah
sent
messengers
again
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
he
said
to
him, “Jephthah
says:
Israel
didn’t
take
away
the
land
of
Moab,
nor
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon;
but
when
they
came
up
from
Egypt,
and
Israel
went
through
the
wilderness
to
the Red
Sea,
and
came
to
Kadesh,
then
Israel
sent
messengers
to
the
king
of
Edom,
saying, ‘Please
let
me
pass
through
your
land;’
but
the
king
of
Edom
didn’t
listen.
In
the same
way,
he
sent
to
the
king
of
Moab,
but
he
refused;
so
Israel
stayed
in
Kadesh.
Then
they
went
through
the
wilderness,
and
went
around
the
land
of
Edom,
and
the
land
of
Moab,
and
came
by
the
east
side
of
the
land
of
Moab,
and
they
encamped
on
the
other
side
of
the
Arnon;
but
they
didn’t
come
within
the
border
of
Moab,
for
the
Arnon
was
the
border
of
Moab.
Israel
sent
messengers
to
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
the
king
of
Heshbon;
and
Israel
said
to
him, ‘Please
let
us
pass
through
your
land
to
my
place.’
But
Sihon
didn’t
trust
Israel
to
pass
through
his
border;
but
Sihon
gathered
all
his
people
together,
and
encamped
in
Jahaz,
and
fought
against
Israel.
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
delivered
Sihon
and
all
his
people
into
the
hand
of
Israel,
and
they
struck
them.
So
Israel
possessed
all
the
land
of
the
Amorites,
the
inhabitants
of
that
country.
They
possessed
all
the
border
of
the
Amorites,
from
the
Arnon
even
to
the
Jabbok,
and
from
the
wilderness
even
to
the
Jordan.
So
now
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
has
dispossessed
the
Amorites
from
before
his
people
Israel,
and
should
you
possess
them?
Won’t
you
possess
that
which
Chemosh
your
god
gives
you
to
possess?
So
whoever
Yahweh
our
God
has
dispossessed
from
before
us,
them
will
we
possess.
Now
are
you anything
better
than
Balak
the
son
of
Zippor,
king
of
Moab? Did
he
ever
strive
against
Israel,
or did
he
ever
fight
against
them?
Israel
lived
in
Heshbon
and
its
towns,
and
in
Aroer
and
its
towns,
and
in
all
the
cities
that
are
along
the
side
of
the
Arnon
for
three
hundred
years!
Why
didn’t
you
recover
them
within
that
time?
Therefore
I
have
not
sinned
against
you,
but
you
do
me
wrong
to war
against
me.
May
Yahweh
the
Judge
be
judge
today
between
the
children
of
Israel
and
the
children
of
Ammon.”
However,
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
didn’t
listen
to
the
words
of
Jephthah
which
he
sent
him.
Then
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came
on
Jephthah,
and
he
passed
over
Gilead
and
Manasseh,
and
passed
over
Mizpah
of
Gilead,
and
from
Mizpah
of
Gilead
he
passed
over
to
the
children
of
Ammon.
Jephthah
vowed
a
vow
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “If
you
will
indeed
deliver
the
children
of
Ammon
into
my
hand,
then
it
shall
be,
that
whatever
comes
out
of
the
doors
of
my
house
to
meet
me
when
I
return
in
peace
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
it
shall
be
Yahweh’s,
and
I
will
offer
it
up
for
a
burnt
offering.”
So
Jephthah
passed
over
to
the
children
of
Ammon
to
fight
against
them;
and
Yahweh
delivered
them
into
his
hand.
He
struck
them
from
Aroer
until
you
come
to
Minnith,
even
twenty
cities,
and
to Abelcheramim,
with
a
very
great
slaughter.
So
the
children
of
Ammon
were
subdued
before
the
children
of
Israel.
Jephthah
came
to
Mizpah
to
his
house;
and
behold,
his
daughter
came
out
to
meet
him
with
tambourines
and
with
dances.
She
was
his
only
child.
Besides
her
he
had
neither
son
nor
daughter.
When
he
saw
her,
he
tore
his
clothes,
and
said, “Alas,
my
daughter!
You
have
brought
me
very
low,
and
you
are
one
of
those
who
trouble
me;
for
I
have
opened
my
mouth
to
Yahweh,
and
I
can’t
go
back.”
She
said
to
him, “My
father,
you
have
opened
your
mouth
to
Yahweh;
do
to
me
according
to
that
which
has
proceeded
out
of
your
mouth,
because
Yahweh
has
taken
vengeance
for
you
on
your
enemies,
even
on
the
children
of
Ammon.”
Then
she
said
to
her
father, “Let
this
thing
be
done
for
me.
Leave
me
alone
two
months,
that
I
may depart
and
go
down
on
the
mountains,
and
bewail
my
virginity,
I
and
my companions.”
He
said, “Go.”
He
sent
her
away
for
two
months;
and
she departed,
she
and
her
companions,
and
mourned
her
virginity
on
the
mountains.
At
the
end
of
two
months,
she
returned
to
her
father,
who
did
with
her
according
to
his
vow
which
he
had
vowed.
She
was
a virgin.
It
became
a
custom
in
Israel
that
the
daughters
of
Israel went
yearly
to celebrate
the
daughter
of
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
four
days
in
a
year.
The
men
of
Ephraim
were gathered
together,
and
passed
northward;
and
they
said
to
Jephthah, “Why
did
you
pass
over
to
fight
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
didn’t
call
us
to
go
with
you? We
will
burn
your
house
around
you
with
fire!”
Jephthah
said
to
them, “I
and
my
people
were
at
great
strife
with
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
when
I
called
you,
you
didn’t
save
me
out
of
their
hand.
When
I
saw
that
you didn’t
save
me,
I
put
my
life
in
my
hand,
and
passed
over
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Yahweh
delivered
them
into
my
hand.
Why
then
have
you
come
up
to
me
today,
to
fight
against
me?”
Then
Jephthah
gathered
together
all
the
men
of
Gilead,
and
fought
with
Ephraim.
The
men
of
Gilead
struck
Ephraim,
because
they
said, “You
are
fugitives
of
Ephraim,
you
Gileadites,
in
the
middle
of
Ephraim,
and
in
the
middle
of
Manasseh.”
The
Gileadites
took
the fords
of
the
Jordan
against
the
Ephraimites.
Whenever
a
fugitive
of
Ephraim
said, “Let
me
go
over,”
the
men
of
Gilead
said
to
him, “Are
you
an
Ephraimite?”
If
he
said, “No;”
then
they
said
to
him, “Now
say ‘Shibboleth;’”
and
he
said “Sibboleth”;
for
he
couldn’t manage
to
pronounce
it
correctly,
then
they
seized
him
and
killed
him
at
the fords
of
the
Jordan.
At
that
time,
forty-two
thousand
of
Ephraim
fell.
Jephthah
judged
Israel
six
years.
Then
Jephthah
the
Gileadite
died,
and
was
buried
in
the
cities
of
Gilead.
After
him
Ibzan
of
Bethlehem
judged
Israel.
He
had
thirty
sons.
He
sent
his
thirty
daughters
outside
his clan,
and
he
brought
in
thirty
daughters
from
outside
his clan
for
his
sons.
He
judged
Israel
seven
years.
Ibzan
died,
and was
buried
at
Bethlehem.
After
him,
Elon
the
Zebulunite
judged
Israel;
and
he
judged
Israel
ten
years.
Elon
the
Zebulunite
died,
and
was
buried
in
Aijalon
in
the
land
of
Zebulun.
After
him,
Abdon
the
son
of
Hillel
the
Pirathonite
judged
Israel.
He
had
forty
sons
and
thirty
sons’
sons
who
rode
on
seventy donkey
colts.
He
judged
Israel
eight
years.
Abdon
the
son
of
Hillel
the
Pirathonite
died,
and
was
buried
in
Pirathon
in
the
land
of
Ephraim,
in
the
hill
country
of
the
Amalekites.
The
children
of
Israel
again
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight;
and
Yahweh
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
forty
years.
There
was
a
certain
man
of
Zorah,
of
the
family
of
the
Danites,
whose
name
was
Manoah;
and
his
wife
was
barren,
and
childless.
Yahweh’s
angel
appeared
to
the
woman,
and
said
to
her, “See
now,
you
are
barren
and
childless;
but
you
shall
conceive
and
bear
a
son.
Now
therefore
please
beware
and
drink
no
wine
nor
strong
drink,
and
don’t
eat
any
unclean
thing;
for,
behold,
you
shall
conceive
and
give
birth
to
a
son.
No razor
shall
come
on
his
head,
for
the
child
shall
be
a
Nazirite
to
God
from
the
womb.
He
shall
begin
to
save
Israel
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
Then
the
woman
came
and
told
her
husband,
saying, “A
man
of
God
came
to
me,
and
his
face
was
like
the
face
of
the
angel
of
God,
very
awesome.
I
didn’t
ask
him
where
he
was
from,
neither
did
he
tell
me
his
name;
but
he
said
to
me, ‘Behold,
you
shall
conceive
and
bear
a
son;
and
now
drink
no
wine
nor
strong
drink.
Don’t
eat
any
unclean
thing,
for
the
child
shall
be
a
Nazirite
to
God
from
the
womb
to
the
day
of
his
death.’”
Then
Manoah
entreated
Yahweh,
and
said, “Oh,
Lord,
please
let
the
man
of
God
whom
you
sent
come
again
to
us,
and
teach
us
what
we
should
do
to
the
child
who
shall
be
born.”
God
listened
to
the
voice
of
Manoah,
and
the
angel
of
God
came
again
to
the
woman
as
she
sat
in
the
field;
but
Manoah,
her
husband, wasn’t
with
her.
The
woman
hurried
and
ran,
and
told
her
husband,
saying
to
him, “Behold,
the
man
who
came
to
me
that
day
has
appeared
to
me.”
Manoah
arose
and
followed
his
wife,
and
came
to
the
man,
and
said
to
him, “Are
you
the
man
who
spoke
to
my
wife?”
He
said, “I
am.”
Manoah
said, “Now
let
your
words
happen.
What
shall
the
child’s
way
of
life
and mission
be?”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
Manoah, “Of
all
that
I
said
to
the
woman let
her
beware.
She
may
not
eat
of
anything
that
comes
of
the
vine,
neither
let
her
drink
wine
or
strong
drink,
nor
eat
any
unclean
thing.
Let
her
observe
all
that
I
commanded
her.”
Manoah
said
to
Yahweh’s
angel, “Please stay
with
us,
that
we
may
make
a
young
goat ready
for
you.”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
Manoah, “Though
you
detain
me,
I
won’t
eat
your
bread.
If
you
will
prepare
a
burnt
offering,
you
must
offer
it
to
Yahweh.”
For
Manoah
didn’t
know
that
he
was
Yahweh’s
angel.
Manoah
said
to
Yahweh’s
angel, “What
is
your
name,
that
when
your
words
happen,
we
may
honor
you?”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
him, “Why
do
you
ask
about
my
name, since
it
is incomprehensible
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or, wonderful?”
So
Manoah
took
the
young
goat
with
the
meal
offering,
and
offered
it
on
the
rock
to
Yahweh.
Then
the angel
did
an
amazing thing
as
Manoah
and
his
wife
watched.
For
when
the
flame
went
up
toward
the
sky
from
off
the
altar,
Yahweh’s
angel
ascended
in
the
flame
of
the
altar.
Manoah
and
his
wife
watched;
and
they
fell
on
their
faces
to
the
ground.
But
Yahweh’s
angel
didn’t
appear
to
Manoah
or
to
his
wife
any
more.
Then
Manoah
knew
that
he
was
Yahweh’s
angel.
Manoah
said
to
his
wife, “We
shall
surely
die,
because
we
have
seen
God.”
But
his
wife
said
to
him, “If
Yahweh
were
pleased
to
kill
us,
he wouldn’t
have
received
a
burnt
offering
and
a
meal
offering
at
our
hand,
and
he wouldn’t
have
shown
us
all
these
things,
nor
would
he
have
told
us
such
things
as
these
at
this
time.”
The
woman
bore
a
son
and
named
him
Samson.
The
child
grew,
and
Yahweh
blessed
him.
Yahweh’s
Spirit
began
to move
him
in Mahaneh
Dan,
between
Zorah
and
Eshtaol.
Samson
went
down
to
Timnah,
and
saw
a
woman
in
Timnah
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines.
He
came
up,
and
told
his
father
and
his
mother,
saying, “I
have
seen
a
woman
in
Timnah
of
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines.
Now
therefore
get
her
for
me
as
my
wife.”
Then
his
father
and
his
mother
said
to
him, “Isn’t
there
a
woman
among
your
brothers’
daughters,
or
among
all
my
people,
that
you
go
to
take
a
wife
of
the
uncircumcised
Philistines?”
Samson
said
to
his
father, “Get
her
for
me,
for
she
pleases
me well.”
But
his
father
and
his
mother
didn’t
know
that
it
was
of
Yahweh;
for
he
sought
an occasion against
the
Philistines.
Now
at
that
time
the
Philistines
ruled
over
Israel.
Then
Samson
went
down
to
Timnah
with
his
father
and
his
mother,
and
came
to
the
vineyards
of
Timnah;
and
behold,
a
young
lion
roared
at
him.
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came mightily
on
him,
and
he
tore
him
as
he
would
have torn
a
young
goat
with
his bare
hands,
but
he
didn’t
tell
his
father
or
his
mother
what
he
had
done.
He
went
down
and
talked
with
the
woman,
and she
pleased
Samson well.
After
a
while
he
returned
to
take
her,
and
he
went
over
to
see
the
carcass
of
the
lion;
and
behold,
there
was
a
swarm
of
bees
in
the body
of
the
lion,
and
honey.
He
took
it
into
his
hands,
and
went
on,
eating
as
he
went.
He
came
to
his
father
and
mother
and
gave
to
them,
and
they
ate,
but
he
didn’t
tell
them
that
he
had
taken
the
honey
out
of
the
lion’s body.
His
father
went
down
to
the
woman;
and
Samson
made
a
feast
there,
for
the
young
men
used
to
do
so.
When
they
saw
him,
they
brought
thirty
companions
to
be
with
him.
Samson
said
to
them, “Let
me
tell
you
a
riddle
now.
If
you
can
tell
me
the
answer within
the
seven
days
of
the
feast,
and
find
it
out,
then
I
will
give
you
thirty
linen
garments
and
thirty
changes
of
clothing;
but
if
you
can’t
tell
me
the
answer,
then
you
shall
give
me
thirty
linen
garments
and
thirty
changes
of
clothing.”
They
said
to
him, “Tell
us
your
riddle,
that
we
may
hear
it.”
He
said
to
them,
“Out
of
the
eater
came
out
food.
Out
of
the
strong
came
out sweetness.”
They
couldn’t
in
three
days
declare
the
riddle.
On
the
seventh
day,
they
said
to
Samson’s
wife, “Entice
your
husband,
that
he
may
declare
to
us
the
riddle,
lest
we
burn
you
and
your
father’s
house
with
fire.
Have
you
called
us
to
impoverish
us?
Isn’t
that
so?”
Samson’s
wife
wept
before
him,
and
said, “You just
hate
me,
and
don’t
love
me. You’ve
told
a
riddle
to
the
children
of
my
people,
and
haven’t
told
it
to
me.”
He
said
to
her, “Behold,
I
haven’t
told
my
father
or
my
mother,
so
why
should
I
tell
you?”
She
wept
before
him
the
seven
days,
while
their
feast
lasted;
and
on
the
seventh
day,
he
told
her,
because
she
pressed
him severely;
and
she
told
the
riddle
to
the
children
of
her
people.
The
men
of
the
city
said
to
him
on
the
seventh
day
before
the sun
went down, “What
is
sweeter
than
honey?
What
is
stronger
than
a
lion?”
He
said
to
them,
“If
you hadn’t
plowed
with
my
heifer,
you wouldn’t
have
found
out
my
riddle.”
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came mightily
on
him,
and
he
went
down
to
Ashkelon
and
struck
thirty
men
of
them.
He
took
their plunder,
then
gave
the
changes
of clothing
to
those
who
declared
the
riddle.
His
anger
burned,
and
he
went
up
to
his
father’s
house.
But
Samson’s
wife
was given
to
his
companion,
who
had
been
his friend.
But
after
a
while,
in
the
time
of
wheat
harvest,
Samson
visited
his
wife
with
a
young
goat.
He
said, “I
will
go
in
to
my
wife’s
room.”
But
her
father wouldn’t
allow
him
to
go
in.
Her
father
said, “I
most
certainly
thought
that
you utterly
hated
her;
therefore
I
gave
her
to
your
companion.
Isn’t
her
younger
sister
more beautiful
than
she?
Please,
take
her
instead.”
Samson
said
to
them, “This
time
I
will
be
blameless
in
the
case
of
the
Philistines
when
I
harm
them.”
Samson
went
and
caught
three
hundred
foxes,
and
took
torches,
and
turned
tail
to
tail,
and
put
a
torch
in
the
middle
between
every
two
tails.
When
he
had
set
the
torches
on
fire,
he
let
them
go into
the
standing
grain
of
the
Philistines,
and
burned
up both
the shocks
and
the
standing
grain,
and
also
the
olive
groves.
Then
the
Philistines
said, “Who
has
done
this?”
They
said, “Samson,
the
son-in-law
of
the
Timnite,
because
he
has
taken
his
wife
and
given
her
to
his
companion.”
The
Philistines
came
up,
and
burned
her
and
her
father
with
fire.
Samson
said
to
them, “If
you
behave like
this,
surely
I
will
take
revenge on
you,
and
after
that
I
will
cease.”
He
struck
them
hip
and
thigh
with
a
great
slaughter;
and
he
went
down
and
lived
in
the cave
in Etam’s
rock.
Then
the
Philistines
went
up,
encamped
in
Judah,
and
spread themselves
in
Lehi.
The
men
of
Judah
said, “Why
have
you
come
up
against
us?”
They
said, “We
have
come
up
to
bind
Samson,
to
do
to
him
as
he
has
done
to
us.”
Then
three
thousand
men
of
Judah
went
down
to
the cave
in Etam’s
rock,
and
said
to
Samson, “Don’t
you
know
that
the
Philistines
are
rulers
over
us?
What
then
is
this
that
you
have
done
to
us?”
He
said
to
them, “As
they
did
to
me,
so
I
have
done
to
them.”
They
said
to
him, “We
have
come
down
to
bind
you,
that
we
may
deliver
you
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
Samson
said
to
them, “Swear
to
me
that
you
will
not
attack
me
yourselves.”
They
spoke
to
him,
saying, “No,
but
we
will
bind
you securely
and
deliver
you
into
their
hands;
but
surely
we
will
not
kill
you.”
They
bound
him
with
two
new
ropes,
and
brought
him
up
from
the
rock.
When
he
came
to
Lehi,
the
Philistines
shouted
as
they
met
him.
Then
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came mightily
on
him,
and
the
ropes
that
were
on
his
arms
became
as
flax
that
was
burned
with
fire;
and
his bands
dropped
from
off
his
hands.
He
found
a
fresh
jawbone
of
a
donkey,
put
out
his
hand,
took
it,
and
struck
a
thousand
men
with
it.
Samson
said, “With
the
jawbone
of
a
donkey,
heaps
on
heaps;
with
the
jawbone
of
a
donkey
I
have
struck
a
thousand
men.”
When
he
had
finished
speaking,
he
threw
the
jawbone
out
of
his
hand;
and
that
place
was
called
Ramath Lehi.
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“Ramath” means “hill” and “Lehi” means “jawbone”.
He
was
very
thirsty,
and
called
on
Yahweh
and
said, “You
have
given
this
great
deliverance
by
the
hand
of
your
servant;
and
now
shall
I
die
of
thirst,
and
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
uncircumcised?”
But
God
split
the
hollow
place
that
is
in
Lehi,
and
water
came
out
of
it.
When
he
had
drunk,
his
spirit
came
again,
and
he
revived.
Therefore
its
name
was
called En Hakkore,
which
is
in
Lehi,
to
this
day.
He
judged
Israel
twenty
years
in
the
days
of
the
Philistines.
Samson
went
to
Gaza,
and
saw
there
a
prostitute,
and
went
in
to
her.
The
Gazites
were
told, “Samson
is
here!”
They
surrounded
him
and
laid
wait
for
him
all
night
in
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
were quiet
all
the
night,
saying, “Wait
until
morning
light;
then
we
will
kill
him.”
Samson
lay
until midnight,
then
arose
at midnight
and
took
hold
of
the
doors
of
the
gate
of
the
city,
with
the
two
posts,
and
plucked
them
up,
bar
and
all,
and
put
them
on
his
shoulders
and
carried
them
up
to
the
top
of
the
mountain
that
is
before
Hebron.
It
came
to
pass
afterward
that
he
loved
a
woman
in
the
valley
of Sorek,
whose
name
was
Delilah.
The
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
to
her
and
said
to
her, “Entice
him,
and
see
in
which
his
great
strength lies,
and
by
what
means
we
may
prevail
against
him,
that
we
may
bind
him
to
afflict
him;
and
we
will
each
give
you eleven
hundred pieces
of
silver.”
Delilah
said
to
Samson, “Please
tell
me
where
your
great
strength lies,
and
what
you
might
be
bound
to
afflict
you.”
Samson
said
to
her, “If
they
bind
me
with
seven
green cords
that
were
never dried,
then
shall
I
become
weak,
and
be
as
another
man.”
Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
brought
up
to her
seven
green cords
which
had
not
been dried,
and
she
bound
him
with
them.
Now
she
had
an
ambush waiting
in
the
inner
room.
She
said
to
him, “The
Philistines
are
on
you,
Samson!”
He
broke
the
cords
as
a flax
thread
is
broken
when
it touches
the
fire.
So
his
strength
was
not
known.
Delilah
said
to
Samson, “Behold,
you
have
mocked
me,
and
told
me
lies.
Now
please
tell
me
how
you might
be
bound.”
He
said
to
her, “If
they
only
bind
me
with
new
ropes
with
which
no
work
has
been
done,
then
shall
I
become
weak,
and
be
as
another
man.”
So
Delilah
took
new
ropes
and
bound
him
with
them,
then
said
to
him, “The
Philistines
are
on
you,
Samson!”
The
ambush
was waiting
in
the
inner
room.
He
broke
them
off
his
arms
like
a
thread.
Delilah
said
to
Samson, “Until
now,
you
have
mocked
me
and
told
me
lies.
Tell
me
with
what
you might be
bound.”
He
said
to
her, “If
you
weave
the
seven
locks
of
my
head
with
the
fabric
on
the loom.”
She
fastened
it
with
the
pin,
and
said
to
him, “The
Philistines
are
on
you,
Samson!”
He
awakened
out
of
his
sleep,
and
plucked away
the
pin
of
the beam
and
the
fabric.
She
said
to
him, “How
can
you
say, ‘I
love
you,’
when
your
heart
is
not
with
me?
You
have
mocked
me
these
three
times,
and
have
not
told
me
where
your
great
strength lies.”
When
she
pressed
him
daily
with
her
words
and
urged
him,
his
soul
was troubled
to
death.
He
told
her
all
his
heart
and
said
to
her, “No razor
has
ever
come
on
my
head;
for
I
have
been
a
Nazirite
to
God
from
my
mother’s
womb.
If
I
am
shaved,
then
my
strength
will
go
from
me
and
I
will
become
weak,
and
be
like
any
other
man.”
When
Delilah
saw
that
he
had
told
her
all
his
heart,
she
sent
and
called
for
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
saying, “Come
up
this
once,
for
he
has
told
me
all
his
heart.”
Then
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
came
up
to
her
and
brought
the
money
in
their
hand.
She
made
him
sleep
on
her
knees;
and
she
called
for
a
man
and
shaved
off
the
seven
locks
of
his
head;
and
she
began
to
afflict
him,
and
his
strength
went
from
him.
She
said, “The
Philistines
are
upon
you,
Samson!”
He
awoke
out
of
his
sleep,
and
said, “I
will
go
out
as
at
other
times,
and
shake
myself
free.”
But
he
didn’t
know
that
Yahweh
had
departed
from
him.
The
Philistines laid
hold
on
him
and
put
out
his
eyes;
and
they
brought
him
down
to
Gaza
and
bound
him
with
fetters
of
bronze;
and
he
ground
at
the mill
in
the
prison.
However,
the
hair
of
his
head
began
to
grow
again after
he
was
shaved.
The
lords
of
the
Philistines
gathered
together
to
offer
a
great
sacrifice
to
Dagon
their
god,
and
to
rejoice;
for
they
said, “Our
god
has
delivered
Samson
our
enemy
into
our
hand.”
When
the
people
saw
him,
they
praised
their
god;
for
they
said, “Our
god
has
delivered
our
enemy
and
the destroyer
of
our
country,
who
has
slain
many
of
us,
into
our
hand.”
When
their
hearts
were merry,
they
said, “Call
for
Samson,
that
he
may
entertain
us.”
They
called
for
Samson
out
of
the
prison;
and
he performed
before
them.
They
set
him
between
the
pillars;
and
Samson
said
to
the
boy
who
held
him
by
the
hand, “Allow
me
to
feel
the
pillars
on
which
the
house
rests,
that
I
may
lean
on
them.”
Now
the
house
was
full
of
men
and
women;
and
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
were
there;
and
there
were
on
the
roof
about
three
thousand
men
and
women,
who
saw
while
Samson performed.
Samson
called
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Lord
Yahweh,
remember
me,
please,
and
strengthen
me,
please,
only
this
once,
God,
that
I
may
be
at
once
avenged
of
the
Philistines
for
my
two
eyes.”
Samson
took
hold
of
the
two
middle
pillars
on
which
the
house
rested
and
leaned
on
them,
the
one
with
his
right
hand
and
the
other
with
his
left.
Samson
said, “Let
me
die
with
the
Philistines!”
He
bowed
himself
with
all
his
might;
and
the
house
fell
on
the
lords,
and
on
all
the
people
who
were
in
it.
So
the
dead
that
he
killed
at
his
death
were
more
than
those
who
he
killed
in
his
life.
Then
his
brothers
and
all
the
house
of
his
father
came
down
and
took
him,
and
brought
him
up
and
buried
him
between
Zorah
and
Eshtaol
in
the
burial site
of
Manoah
his
father.
He
judged
Israel
twenty
years.
There
was
a
man
of
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
whose
name
was
Micah.
He
said
to
his
mother, “The eleven
hundred pieces
of
silver
that
were
taken
from
you,
about
which
you
uttered
a
curse,
and
also
spoke
it
in
my
ears—behold,
the
silver
is
with
me.
I
took
it.”
His
mother
said, “May
Yahweh
bless
my
son!”
He
restored
the eleven
hundred pieces
of
silver
to
his
mother,
then
his
mother
said, “I most
certainly
dedicate
the
silver
to
Yahweh
from
my
hand
for
my
son,
to
make
a
carved
image
and
a molten
image.
Now
therefore
I
will
restore
it
to
you.”
When
he
restored
the
money
to
his
mother,
his
mother
took
two
hundred pieces
of
silver,
and
gave
them
to
a
silversmith,
who
made
a
carved
image
and
a molten
image
out
of
it.
It
was
in
the
house
of
Micah.
The
man
Micah
had
a
house
of
gods,
and
he
made
an
ephod,
and
teraphim,
17:5
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
and consecrated
one
of
his
sons,
who
became
his
priest.
In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel.
Everyone
did
that
which
was
right
in
his
own
eyes.
There
was
a
young
man
out
of
Bethlehem
Judah,
of
the
family
of
Judah,
who
was
a
Levite;
and
he
lived
there.
The
man
departed
out
of
the
city,
out
of
Bethlehem
Judah,
to
live
where
he
could
find
a
place,
and
he
came
to
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
to
the
house
of
Micah,
as
he
traveled.
Micah
said
to
him, “Where
did
you
come
from?”
He
said
to
him, “I
am
a
Levite
of
Bethlehem
Judah,
and
I
am
looking
for
a
place
to
live.”
Micah
said
to
him, “Dwell
with
me,
and
be
to
me
a
father
and
a
priest,
and
I
will
give
you
ten pieces
of
silver per
year,
a
suit
of
clothing,
and
your food.”
So
the
Levite
went
in.
The
Levite
was content
to
dwell
with
the
man;
and
the
young
man
was
to
him
as
one
of
his
sons.
Micah consecrated
the
Levite,
and
the
young
man
became
his
priest,
and
was
in
the
house
of
Micah.
Then
Micah
said, “Now
I
know
that
Yahweh
will
do
good
to
me,
since
I
have
a
Levite
as
my
priest.”
In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel.
In
those
days
the
tribe
of
the
Danites
sought
an
inheritance
to
dwell
in;
for
to
that
day,
their
inheritance
had
not
fallen
to
them
among
the
tribes
of
Israel.
The
children
of
Dan
sent
five
men
of
their
family
from
their
whole
number,
men
of
valor,
from
Zorah
and
from
Eshtaol,
to
spy
out
the
land
and
to
search
it.
They
said
to
them, “Go,
explore
the
land!”
They
came
to
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
to
the
house
of
Micah,
and lodged
there.
When
they
were
by
the
house
of
Micah,
they knew
the
voice
of
the
young
man
the
Levite;
so
they
went
over
there
and
said
to
him, “Who
brought
you
here?
What
do
you
do
in
this
place?
What
do
you
have
here?”
He
said
to
them, “Thus
and
thus
has
Micah dealt
with
me,
and
he
has
hired
me,
and
I
have
become
his
priest.”
They
said
to
him, “Please
ask counsel
of
God,
that
we
may
know whether
our
way
which
we
go
shall
be
prosperous.”
The
priest
said
to
them, “Go
in
peace.
Your
way
in
which
you go
is
before
Yahweh.”
Then
the
five
men
departed
and
came
to Laish
and
saw
the
people
who
were
there,
how
they
lived
in
safety,
in
the
way
of
the
Sidonians,
quiet
and
secure;
for
there
was
no
one
in
the
land possessing
authority,
that
might
put
them
to
shame
in
anything,
and
they
were
far
from
the
Sidonians,
and
had
no
dealings
with
anyone else.
They
came
to
their
brothers
at
Zorah
and
Eshtaol;
and
their
brothers
asked
them, “What
do
you
say?”
They
said, “Arise,
and let’s
go
up
against
them;
for
we
have
seen
the
land,
and
behold,
it
is
very
good.
Do
you
stand
still?
Don’t
be slothful
to
go
and
to
enter
in
to
possess
the
land.
When
you
go,
you
will
come
to
an
unsuspecting
people,
and
the
land
is large;
for
God
has
given
it
into
your
hand,
a
place
where
there
is
no
lack
of
anything
that
is
in
the
earth.”
The
family
of
the
Danites
set
out
from
Zorah
and
Eshtaol
with
six
hundred
men
armed
with
weapons
of
war.
They
went
up
and
encamped
in
Kiriath Jearim
in
Judah.
Therefore
they
call
that
place Mahaneh Dan
to
this
day.
Behold,
it
is
behind
Kiriath Jearim.
They
passed
from
there
to
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
came
to
the
house
of
Micah.
Then
the
five
men
who
went
to
spy
out
the
country
of Laish
answered
and
said
to
their
brothers, “Do
you
know
that
there
is
in
these
houses
an
ephod,
and
teraphim,
18:14
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
and
a
carved
image,
and
a molten
image?
Now
therefore
consider
what
you
have
to
do.”
They
went
over
there
and
came
to
the
house
of
the
young
Levite
man, even
to
the
house
of
Micah,
and
asked
him
how
he
was doing.
The
six
hundred
men
armed
with
their
weapons
of
war,
who
were
of
the
children
of
Dan,
stood
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
The
five
men
who
went
to
spy
out
the
land
went
up,
and
came
in
there,
and
took
the
engraved image,
the
ephod,
the
teraphim,
and
the molten image;
and
the
priest
stood
by
the
entrance
of
the
gate
with
the
six
hundred
men
armed
with
weapons
of
war.
When
these
went
into
Micah’s
house,
and
took
the engraved
image,
the
ephod,
the
teraphim,
and
the molten
image,
the
priest
said
to
them, “What
are
you
doing?”
They
said
to
him, “Hold
your peace,
put
your
hand
on
your
mouth,
and
go
with
us.
Be
a
father
and
a
priest
to
us.
Is
it
better
for
you
to
be
priest
to
the
house
of
one
man,
or
to
be
priest
to
a
tribe
and
a
family
in
Israel?”
The
priest’s
heart
was
glad,
and
he
took
the
ephod,
the
teraphim,
and
the engraved
image,
and
went
with
the
people.
So
they
turned
and departed,
and
put
the
little
ones,
the
livestock,
and
the goods
before
them.
When
they
were
a
good way
from
the
house
of
Micah,
the
men
who
were
in
the
houses
near
Micah’s
house gathered
together
and
overtook
the
children
of
Dan.
As
they
called
to
the
children
of
Dan,
they
turned
their
faces,
and
said
to
Micah, “What ails
you,
that
you
come
with such
a company?”
He
said, “You
have
taken
away
my
gods
which
I
made,
and
the
priest,
and
have gone
away!
What
more
do
I
have?
How
can
you
ask
me, ‘What ails
you?’”
The
children
of
Dan
said
to
him, “Don’t
let
your
voice
be
heard
among
us,
lest angry
fellows
fall
on
you,
and
you
lose
your
life,
with
the
lives
of
your
household.”
The
children
of
Dan
went
their
way;
and
when
Micah
saw
that
they
were
too
strong
for
him,
he
turned
and
went
back
to
his
house.
They
took
that
which
Micah
had
made,
and
the
priest
whom
he
had,
and
came
to Laish,
to
a
people
quiet
and
unsuspecting,
and
struck
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
then
they
burned
the
city
with
fire.
There
was
no
deliverer,
because
it
was
far
from
Sidon,
and
they
had
no
dealings
with
anyone else;
and
it
was
in
the
valley
that
lies
by Beth Rehob.
They
built
the
city
and
lived
in
it.
They
called
the
name
of
the
city
Dan,
after
the
name
of
Dan
their
father,
who
was
born
to
Israel;
however
the
name
of
the
city used
to
be Laish.
The
children
of
Dan
set
up
for themselves
the engraved
image;
and
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Gershom,
the
son
of Moses,
and
his
sons
were
priests
to
the
tribe
of
the
Danites
until
the
day
of
the
captivity
of
the
land.
So
they
set
up
for
themselves
Micah’s engraved
image
which
he
made,
and
it
remained
all
the
time
that
God’s
house
was
in
Shiloh.
In
those
days,
when
there
was
no
king
in
Israel,
there
was
a
certain
Levite
living
on
the farther
side
of
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
who
took
for
himself
a
concubine
out
of
Bethlehem
Judah.
His
concubine
played
the
prostitute
against
him,
and
went away
from
him
to
her
father’s
house
to
Bethlehem
Judah,
and
was
there
for
four
months.
Her
husband
arose
and
went
after
her
to
speak
kindly
to
her,
to
bring
her
again, having
his
servant
with
him
and
a
couple
of
donkeys.
She
brought
him
into
her
father’s
house;
and
when
the
father
of
the
young
lady
saw
him,
he
rejoiced
to
meet
him.
His
father-in-law,
the
young lady’s
father,
kept
him
there;
and
he
stayed
with
him
three
days.
So
they
ate
and
drank,
and
stayed
there.
On
the
fourth
day,
they
got
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
he
rose
up
to depart.
The
young lady’s
father
said
to
his
son-in-law, “Strengthen
your
heart
with
a
morsel
of
bread,
and
afterward
you
shall
go
your way.”
So
they
sat
down,
ate,
and
drank,
both
of
them
together.
Then
the
young lady’s
father
said
to
the
man, “Please
be
pleased
to
stay
all night,
and
let
your
heart
be
merry.”
The
man
rose
up
to depart;
but
his
father-in-law
urged
him,
and
he
stayed
there
again.
He
arose
early
in
the
morning
on
the
fifth
day
to depart;
and
the
young lady’s
father
said, “Please strengthen
your
heart
and stay
until
the
day declines;”
and
they
both
ate.
When
the
man
rose
up
to
depart,
he,
and
his
concubine,
and
his
servant,
his
father-in-law,
the
young lady’s
father,
said
to
him, “Behold,
now
the
day draws
toward
evening,
please
stay
all night.
Behold,
the
day
is ending.
Stay
here,
that
your
heart
may
be
merry;
and
tomorrow
go
on
your
way
early,
that
you
may
go
home.”
But
the
man wouldn’t
stay
that night,
but
he
rose
up
and
went
near
Jebus (also called
Jerusalem).
With
him
were
a
couple
of
saddled
donkeys.
His
concubine
also
was
with
him.
When
they
were
by
Jebus,
the
day
was
far
spent;
and
the
servant
said
to
his
master, “Please
come
and
let’s enter
into
this
city
of
the
Jebusites,
and
stay
in it.”
His
master
said
to
him, “We
won’t enter
into
the
city
of
a
foreigner
that
is
not
of
the
children
of
Israel;
but
we
will
pass
over
to
Gibeah.”
He
said
to
his
servant, “Come
and let’s
draw
near
to
one
of these
places;
and we
will lodge
in
Gibeah,
or
in
Ramah.”
So
they
passed
on
and
went
their way;
and
the
sun
went down
on
them
near
Gibeah,
which belongs
to
Benjamin.
They
went
over
there,
to
go
in
to
stay
in
Gibeah.
He
went
in,
and
sat
down
in
the
street
of
the
city;
for
there
was
no
one
who
took
them
into
his
house
to
stay.
Behold,
an
old
man
came
from
his
work
out
of
the
field
at
evening.
Now
the
man
was
from
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
he
lived
in
Gibeah;
but
the
men
of
the
place
were
Benjamites.
He
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
the wayfaring
man
in
the
street
of
the
city;
and
the
old
man
said, “Where
are
you
going?
Where
did
you
come
from?”
He
said
to
him, “We
are
passing
from
Bethlehem
Judah
to
the farther side
of
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim.
I
am
from
there,
and
I
went
to
Bethlehem
Judah.
I
am
going
to
Yahweh’s
house;
and
there
is
no
one
who
has
taken
me
into
his
house.
Yet
there
is
both
straw
and
feed
for
our
donkeys;
and
there
is
bread
and
wine
also
for
me,
and
for
your
servant,
and
for
the
young
man
who
is
with
your
servants.
There
is
no
lack
of
anything.”
The
old
man
said, “Peace
be
to
you!
Just
let
me supply
all
your
needs,
but
don’t sleep
in
the
street.”
So
he
brought
him
into
his
house,
and
gave
the
donkeys fodder.
Then
they
washed
their
feet,
and
ate
and
drank.
As
they
were making
their
hearts
merry,
behold,
the
men
of
the
city,
certain
wicked
fellows,
surrounded
the
house, beating
at
the
door;
and
they
spoke
to
the
master
of
the
house,
the
old
man,
saying, “Bring
out
the
man
who
came
into
your
house,
that
we
can
have sex
with
him!”
The
man,
the
master
of
the
house,
went
out
to
them,
and
said
to
them, “No,
my
brothers,
please
don’t
act
so wickedly;
since
this
man
has
come
into
my
house,
don’t
do
this
folly.
Behold,
here
is
my
virgin
daughter
and
his
concubine.
I
will
bring
them
out
now. Humble
them,
and
do
with
them
what
seems
good
to
you;
but
to
this
man
don’t
do
any
such
folly.”
But
the
men wouldn’t
listen
to
him;
so
the
man
grabbed
his
concubine,
and
brought
her
out
to
them;
and
they
had sex
with
her,
and abused
her
all
night
until
the
morning.
When
the
day began
to
dawn,
they
let
her
go.
Then
the
woman
came
in
the dawning
of
the
day,
and
fell
down
at
the
door
of
the
man’s
house
where
her
lord
was,
until
it
was
light.
Her
lord
rose
up
in
the
morning
and
opened
the
doors
of
the
house,
and
went
out
to
go
his
way;
and
behold,
the
woman
his
concubine
had
fallen
down
at
the
door
of
the
house,
with
her
hands
on
the threshold.
He
said
to
her, “Get
up,
and let’s
get going!”
but
no
one
answered.
Then
he
took
her
up
on
the
donkey;
and
the
man
rose
up,
and
went
to
his
place.
When
he
had
come
into
his
house,
he
took
a
knife
and
cut
up
his
concubine,
and divided
her,
limb
by
limb,
into
twelve
pieces,
and
sent
her
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
It
was
so,
that
all
who
saw
it
said, “Such
a deed
has
not
been
done
or
seen
from
the
day
that
the
children
of
Israel
came
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
to
this
day!
Consider
it,
take
counsel,
and
speak.”
Then
all
the
children
of
Israel
went
out,
and
the
congregation
was
assembled
as
one
man,
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba,
with
the
land
of
Gilead,
to
Yahweh
at
Mizpah.
The
chiefs
of
all
the
people, even
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
presented
themselves
in
the
assembly
of
the
people
of
God,
four
hundred
thousand
footmen
who
drew
sword.
(Now
the
children
of
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
had
gone
up
to
Mizpah.)
The
children
of
Israel
said, “Tell
us,
how did
this
wickedness
happen?”
The
Levite,
the
husband
of
the
woman
who
was
murdered,
answered, “I
came
into
Gibeah
that belongs
to
Benjamin,
I
and
my
concubine,
to
spend
the night.
The
men
of
Gibeah
rose
against
me,
and
surrounded
the
house
by
night.
They
intended
to
kill
me
and
they raped
my
concubine,
and
she
is
dead.
I
took
my
concubine
and
cut
her
in
pieces,
and
sent
her
throughout
all
the
country
of
the
inheritance
of
Israel;
for
they
have
committed
lewdness
and
folly
in
Israel.
Behold,
you
children
of
Israel,
all
of
you,
give
here
your
advice
and
counsel.”
All
the
people
arose
as
one
man,
saying, “None
of
us
will
go
to
his
tent,
neither
will
any
of
us
turn
to
his
house.
But
now
this
is
the
thing
which
we
will
do
to
Gibeah:
we
will go
up
against
it
by
lot;
and
we
will
take
ten
men
of
one
hundred
throughout
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
one
hundred
of
one
thousand,
and
a
thousand
out
of
ten
thousand
to
get
food
for
the
people,
that
they
may
do,
when
they
come
to Gibeah
of
Benjamin,
according
to
all
the
folly
that
the
men
of Gibeah
have
done
in
Israel.”
So
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
against
the
city, knit
together
as
one
man.
The
tribes
of
Israel
sent
men
through
all
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
saying, “What
wickedness
is
this
that
has
happened
among
you?
Now
therefore
deliver
up
the
men,
the
wicked
fellows
who
are
in
Gibeah,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death
and
put
away
evil
from
Israel.”
But
Benjamin
would
not
listen
to
the
voice
of
their
brothers,
the
children
of
Israel.
The
children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
out
of
the
cities
to
Gibeah,
to
go
out
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Israel.
The
children
of
Benjamin
were
counted
on
that
day
out
of
the
cities
twenty-six
thousand
men
who
drew
the
sword,
in addition
to
the
inhabitants
of
Gibeah,
who
were
counted
seven
hundred chosen
men.
Among
all
these
soldiers
there
were
seven
hundred chosen
men
who
were
left-handed.
Every
one
of
them
could sling
a
stone
at
a
hair
and
not
miss.
The
men
of
Israel,
besides
Benjamin,
were
counted
four
hundred
thousand
men
who
drew
sword.
All
these
were
men
of
war.
The
children
of
Israel
arose,
went
up
to
Bethel,
and
asked counsel
of
God.
They
asked, “Who
shall
go
up
for
us
first
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin?”
Yahweh
said, “Judah
first.”
The
children
of
Israel
rose
up
in
the
morning
and
encamped
against
Gibeah.
The
men
of
Israel
went
out
to
battle
against
Benjamin;
and
the
men
of
Israel
set
the
battle
in
array
against
them
at
Gibeah.
The
children
of
Benjamin
came
out
of
Gibeah,
and
on
that
day
destroyed
twenty-two
thousand
of
the
Israelite
men down
to
the
ground.
The
people,
the
men
of
Israel,
encouraged themselves,
and
set
the
battle
again
in
array
in
the
place
where
they
set themselves
in
array
the
first
day.
The
children
of
Israel
went
up
and
wept
before
Yahweh
until
evening;
and
they
asked
of
Yahweh,
saying, “Shall
I
again
draw
near
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
my
brother?”
Yahweh
said, “Go
up
against
him.”
The
children
of
Israel
came
near
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
the
second
day.
Benjamin
went
out
against
them
out
of
Gibeah
the
second
day,
and
destroyed
down
to
the
ground
of
the
children
of
Israel
again
eighteen
thousand
men.
All
these
drew
the
sword.
Then
all
the
children
of
Israel
and
all
the
people
went
up,
and
came
to
Bethel,
and
wept,
and
sat
there
before
Yahweh,
and
fasted
that
day
until
evening;
then
they
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings
before
Yahweh.
The
children
of
Israel
asked
Yahweh (for
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God
was
there
in
those
days,
and
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron,
stood
before
it
in
those
days),
saying, “Shall
I
yet
again
go
out
to
battle
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
my
brother,
or
shall
I
cease?”
Yahweh
said, “Go
up;
for
tomorrow
I
will
deliver
him
into
your
hand.”
Israel
set
ambushes
all
around
Gibeah.
The
children
of
Israel
went
up
against
the
children
of
Benjamin
on
the
third
day,
and
set themselves
in array
against
Gibeah,
as
at
other
times.
The
children
of
Benjamin
went
out
against
the
people,
and
were
drawn
away
from
the
city;
and
they
began
to
strike
and
kill
of
the
people
as
at
other
times,
in
the
highways,
of
which
one
goes
up
to
Bethel
and
the
other
to
Gibeah,
in
the
field,
about
thirty
men
of
Israel.
The
children
of
Benjamin
said, “They
are
struck
down
before
us,
as
at
the
first.”
But
the
children
of
Israel
said, “Let’s
flee,
and
draw
them
away
from
the
city
to
the
highways.”
All
the
men
of
Israel
rose
up
out
of
their
place
and
set themselves
in array
at Baal Tamar.
Then
the ambushers
of
Israel
broke
out
of
their
place, even
out
of Maareh Geba.
Ten
thousand
chosen
men
out
of
all
Israel
came
over
against
Gibeah,
and
the
battle
was severe;
but
they
didn’t
know
that
disaster
was
close
to
them.
Yahweh
struck
Benjamin
before
Israel;
and
the
children
of
Israel
destroyed
of
Benjamin
that
day
twenty-five
thousand
one
hundred
men.
All
these
drew
the
sword.
So
the
children
of
Benjamin
saw
that
they
were
struck,
for
the
men
of
Israel
yielded
to
Benjamin
because
they
trusted
the ambushers
whom
they
had
set
against
Gibeah.
The ambushers hurried,
and
rushed
on
Gibeah;
then
the ambushers spread
out,
and
struck
all
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
Now
the
appointed
sign
between
the
men
of
Israel
and
the ambushers
was
that
they
should make
a great
cloud
of
smoke
rise
up
out
of
the
city.
The
men
of
Israel
turned
in
the
battle,
and
Benjamin
began
to
strike
and
kill
of
the
men
of
Israel
about
thirty
persons;
for
they
said, “Surely
they
are
struck
down
before
us,
as
in
the
first
battle.”
But
when
the
cloud
began
to
arise
up
out
of
the
city
in
a
pillar
of
smoke,
the Benjamites
looked
behind
them;
and
behold,
the
whole
city
went
up
in
smoke
to
the
sky.
The
men
of
Israel
turned,
and
the
men
of
Benjamin
were
dismayed;
for
they
saw
that
disaster
had
come
on
them.
Therefore
they
turned
their backs
before
the
men
of
Israel
to
the
way
of
the
wilderness,
but
the
battle followed hard
after
them;
and
those
who
came
out
of
the
cities
destroyed
them
in
the
middle
of
it.
They
surrounded
the Benjamites,
chased
them,
and
trod
them
down
at
their
resting
place,
as
far
as
near
Gibeah
toward
the
sunrise.
Eighteen
thousand
men
of
Benjamin
fell;
all
these
were
men
of
valor.
They
turned
and
fled
toward
the
wilderness
to
the
rock
of
Rimmon.
They gleaned
five
thousand
men
of
them
in
the
highways,
and
followed hard
after
them
to
Gidom,
and
struck
two
thousand
men
of
them.
So
that
all
who
fell
that
day
of
Benjamin
were
twenty-five
thousand
men
who
drew
the
sword.
All
these
were
men
of
valor.
But
six
hundred
men
turned
and
fled
toward
the
wilderness
to
the
rock
of
Rimmon,
and
stayed
in
the
rock
of
Rimmon
four
months.
The
men
of
Israel
turned
again
on
the
children
of
Benjamin,
and
struck
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword—including
the
entire
city,
the
livestock,
and
all
that
they
found.
Moreover
they
set
all
the
cities
which
they
found
on
fire.
Now
the
men
of
Israel
had
sworn
in
Mizpah,
saying, “None
of
us
will
give
his
daughter
to
Benjamin
as
a
wife.”
The
people
came
to
Bethel
and
sat
there
until
evening
before
God,
and
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept severely.
They
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
why
has
this
happened
in
Israel,
that
there
should
be
one
tribe lacking
in
Israel
today?”
On
the
next
day,
the
people
rose
early
and
built
an
altar
there,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings.
The
children
of
Israel
said, “Who
is
there
among
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
who
didn’t
come
up
in
the
assembly
to
Yahweh?”
For
they
had
made
a
great
oath
concerning
him
who
didn’t
come
up
to
Yahweh
to
Mizpah,
saying, “He
shall
surely
be
put
to
death.”
The
children
of
Israel grieved
for
Benjamin
their
brother,
and
said, “There
is
one
tribe
cut
off
from
Israel
today.
How
shall
we
provide
wives
for those
who
remain, since
we
have
sworn
by
Yahweh
that
we
will
not
give
them
of
our
daughters
to
wives?”
They
said, “What
one
is
there
of
the
tribes
of
Israel
who
didn’t
come
up
to
Yahweh
to
Mizpah?”
Behold,
no
one
came
from
Jabesh
Gilead
to
the
camp
to
the
assembly.
For
when
the
people
were
counted,
behold,
there
were
none
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh
Gilead
there.
The
congregation
sent
twelve
thousand
of
the most
valiant
men
there,
and
commanded
them,
saying, “Go
and
strike
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh
Gilead
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
with
the
women
and
the
little
ones.
This
is
the
thing
that
you
shall
do:
you
shall utterly
destroy
every
male,
and
every
woman
who
has lain
with
a
man.”
They
found
among
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh
Gilead
four
hundred
young
virgins
who
had
not
known
man
by
lying
with
him;
and
they
brought
them
to
the
camp
to
Shiloh,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
The
whole
congregation
sent
and
spoke
to
the
children
of
Benjamin
who
were
in
the
rock
of
Rimmon,
and
proclaimed
peace
to
them.
Benjamin
returned
at
that
time;
and
they
gave
them
the
women
whom
they
had saved
alive
of
the
women
of
Jabesh
Gilead.
There
still weren’t
enough
for
them.
The
people grieved
for
Benjamin,
because
Yahweh
had
made
a
breach
in
the
tribes
of
Israel.
Then
the
elders
of
the
congregation
said, “How
shall
we
provide
wives
for
those
who
remain,
since
the
women
are
destroyed
out
of
Benjamin?”
They
said, “There
must
be
an
inheritance
for those
who
are
escaped
of
Benjamin,
that
a
tribe
not
be blotted
out
from
Israel.
However,
we
may
not
give
them
wives
of
our
daughters,
for
the
children
of
Israel
had
sworn,
saying, ‘Cursed
is
he
who
gives
a
wife
to
Benjamin.’”
They
said, “Behold,
there
is
a
feast
of
Yahweh
from
year
to
year
in
Shiloh,
which
is
on
the
north
of
Bethel,
on
the
east
side
of
the
highway
that
goes
up
from
Bethel
to
Shechem,
and
on
the
south
of
Lebonah.”
They
commanded
the
children
of
Benjamin,
saying, “Go
and
lie
in
wait
in
the
vineyards,
and
see,
and
behold,
if
the
daughters
of
Shiloh
come
out
to
dance
in
the
dances,
then
come
out
of
the
vineyards,
and
each
man
catch
his
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Shiloh,
and
go
to
the
land
of
Benjamin.
It
shall
be,
when
their
fathers
or
their
brothers
come
to
complain
to
us,
that
we
will
say
to
them, ‘Grant
them
graciously
to
us,
because
we
didn’t
take
for
each
man
his
wife
in
battle,
neither
did
you
give
them
to
them;
otherwise
you
would
now
be
guilty.’”
The
children
of
Benjamin
did
so,
and
took
wives
for
themselves
according
to
their
number,
of
those
who danced,
whom
they
carried
off.
They
went
and
returned
to
their
inheritance,
built
the
cities,
and
lived
in
them.
The
children
of
Israel
departed
from
there
at
that
time,
every
man
to
his
tribe
and
to
his
family,
and
they
each
went
out
from
there
to
his
own
inheritance.
In
those
days
there
was
no
king
in
Israel.
Everyone
did
that
which
was
right
in
his
own
eyes.
World English Bible (WEB)
Ruth
The Book of Ruth
Ruth
Ruth
The Book of
Ruth
In
the
days
when
the
judges
judged,
there
was
a
famine
in
the
land.
A
certain
man
of
Bethlehem
Judah
went
to
live
in
the
country
of
Moab
with
his
wife
and
his
two
sons.
The
name
of
the
man
was
Elimelech,
and
the
name
of
his
wife
Naomi.
The
names
of
his
two
sons
were
Mahlon
and
Chilion,
Ephrathites
of
Bethlehem
Judah.
They
came
into
the
country
of
Moab
and
lived
there.
Elimelech,
Naomi’s
husband,
died;
and
she
was
left
with
her
two
sons.
They
took
for themselves
wives
of
the
women
of
Moab.
The
name
of
the
one
was
Orpah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
was
Ruth.
They
lived
there
about
ten
years.
Mahlon
and
Chilion
both
died,
and
the
woman
was bereaved
of
her
two
children
and
of
her
husband.
Then
she
arose
with
her
daughters-in-law,
that
she
might
return
from
the
country
of
Moab;
for
she
had
heard
in
the
country
of
Moab
how
Yahweh
1:6
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
had
visited
his
people
in
giving
them
bread.
She
went
out
of
the
place
where
she
was,
and
her
two
daughters-in-law
with
her.
They
went
on
the
way
to
return
to
the
land
of
Judah.
Naomi
said
to
her
two
daughters-in-law, “Go,
return
each
of
you
to
her
mother’s
house.
May
Yahweh
deal kindly
with
you,
as
you
have dealt
with
the
dead
and
with
me.
May
Yahweh
grant
you
that
you
may
find
rest,
each
of
you
in
the
house
of
her
husband.”
Then she
kissed
them,
and
they
lifted
up
their
voices,
and
wept.
They
said
to
her, “No,
but
we
will
return
with
you
to
your
people.”
Naomi
said, “Go
back,
my
daughters.
Why
do
you want
to
go
with
me?
Do
I
still
have
sons
in
my
womb,
that
they
may
be
your
husbands?
Go
back,
my
daughters,
go
your way;
for
I
am
too
old
to
have
a
husband.
If
I
should
say, ‘I
have
hope,’
if
I
should
even
have
a
husband
tonight,
and
should
also
bear
sons,
would
you
then wait
until
they
were
grown?
Would
you
then
refrain
from
having
husbands?
No,
my
daughters,
for
it grieves
me seriously
for
your sakes,
for
Yahweh’s
hand
has
gone
out
against
me.”
They
lifted
up
their
voices
and
wept
again;
then
Orpah
kissed
her
mother-in-law, but
Ruth
stayed
with
her.
She
said, “Behold,
1:15
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
your
sister-in-law
has
gone
back
to
her
people
and
to
her
god.
Follow
your
sister-in-law.”
Ruth
said, “Don’t
urge
me
to
leave
you,
and
to
return
from
following
you,
for
where
you
go,
I
will
go;
and
where
you
stay,
I
will
stay.
Your
people
will
be
my
people,
and
your
God
1:16
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
my
God.
Where
you
die,
I
will
die,
and
there
I
will
be
buried.
May
Yahweh
do
so
to
me,
and
more
also,
if anything
but
death
parts
you
and
me.”
When Naomi
saw
that
she
was
determined
to go
with
her,
she
stopped urging
her.
So
they
both
went
until
they
came
to
Bethlehem.
When
they
had
come
to
Bethlehem,
all
the
city
was excited
about
them,
and
they
asked, “Is
this
Naomi?”
She
said
to
them, “Don’t
call
me
Naomi.
1:20
“Naomi” means “pleasant”.
Call
me
Mara,
1:20
“Mara” means “bitter”.
for
the
Almighty
has
dealt
very
bitterly
with
me.
I
went
out
full,
and
Yahweh
has
brought
me
home
again
empty.
Why
do
you
call
me
Naomi, since
Yahweh
has testified against
me,
and
the
Almighty
has afflicted
me?”
So
Naomi
returned,
and
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
her
daughter-in-law,
with
her,
who
returned
out
of
the
country
of
Moab.
They
came
to
Bethlehem
in
the
beginning
of
barley
harvest.
Naomi
had
a relative
of
her
husband’s,
a
mighty
man
of
wealth,
of
the
family
of
Elimelech,
and
his
name
was
Boaz.
Ruth
the
Moabitess
said
to
Naomi, “Let
me
now
go
to
the
field,
and
glean
among
the
ears
of
grain
after
him
in
whose
sight
I
find
favor.”
She
said
to
her, “Go,
my
daughter.”
She
went,
and
came
and
gleaned
in
the
field
after
the reapers;
and
she
happened
to
come
to
the
portion
of
the
field belonging
to
Boaz,
who
was
of
the
family
of
Elimelech.
Behold,
Boaz
came
from
Bethlehem,
and
said
to
the reapers, “May
Yahweh
be
with
you.”
They
answered
him, “May
Yahweh
bless
you.”
Then
Boaz
said
to
his
servant
who
was
set
over
the reapers, “Whose
young
lady
is
this?”
The
servant
who
was
set
over
the reapers
answered, “It
is
the
Moabite
lady
who
came
back
with
Naomi
out
of
the
country
of
Moab.
She
said, ‘Please
let
me
glean
and
gather
after
the reapers
among
the sheaves.’
So
she
came,
and
has
continued
even
from
the
morning
until
now, except
that
she rested
a
little
in
the
house.”
Then
Boaz
said
to
Ruth, “Listen,
my
daughter.
Don’t
go
to
glean
in
another
field,
and
don’t
go
from
here,
but
stay
here
close
to
my
maidens.
Let
your
eyes
be
on
the
field
that
they
reap,
and
go
after
them.
Haven’t
I
commanded
the
young
men
not
to
touch
you?
When
you
are
thirsty,
go
to
the
vessels,
and
drink
from
that
which
the
young
men
have
drawn.”
Then
she
fell
on
her
face
and
bowed
herself
to
the
ground,
and
said
to
him, “Why
have
I
found
favor
in
your
sight,
that
you
should
take
knowledge
of
me, since
I
am
a
foreigner?”
Boaz
answered
her, “I
have
been
told
all
about
what
you
have
done
for
your
mother-in-law
since
the
death
of
your
husband,
and
how
you
have
left
your
father,
your
mother,
and
the
land
of
your
birth,
and
have come
to
a
people
that
you
didn’t
know
before.
May
Yahweh
repay
your
work,
and
a
full
reward
be given
to
you
from
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
under
whose
wings
you
have
come
to
take
refuge.”
Then
she
said, “Let
me
find
favor
in
your
sight,
my
lord,
because
you
have
comforted
me,
and
because
you
have
spoken
kindly
to
your
servant,
though
I
am
not
as
one
of
your
servants.”
At
meal
time
Boaz
said
to
her, “Come
here,
and
eat
some
bread,
and
dip
your
morsel
in
the
vinegar.”
She
sat
beside
the reapers,
and
they
passed
her
parched
grain.
She
ate,
was
satisfied,
and
left
some
of
it.
When
she
had
risen
up
to
glean,
Boaz
commanded
his
young
men,
saying, “Let
her
glean
even
among
the sheaves,
and
don’t reproach
her.
Also pull
out
some
for
her
from
the
bundles,
and
leave
it.
Let
her
glean,
and
don’t
rebuke
her.”
So
she
gleaned
in
the
field
until
evening;
and
she
beat
out
that
which
she
had
gleaned,
and
it
was
about
an
ephah
2:17
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
barley.
She
took
it
up,
and
went
into
the
city.
Then
her
mother-in-law
saw
what
she
had
gleaned;
and
she
brought
out
and
gave
to
her
that
which
she
had
left
after
she
had
enough.
Her
mother-in-law
said
to
her, “Where
have
you
gleaned
today?
Where
have
you
worked?
Blessed
be
he
who
noticed
you.”
She
told
her
mother-in-law
with
whom
she
had
worked, “The
man’s
name
with
whom
I
worked
today
is
Boaz.”
Naomi
said
to
her
daughter-in-law, “May
he
be
blessed
by
Yahweh,
who
has
not
abandoned
his
kindness
to
the
living
and
to
the
dead.”
Naomi
said
to
her, “The
man
is
a
close
relative
to
us,
one
of
our
near
kinsmen.”
Ruth
the
Moabitess
said, “Yes,
he
said
to
me, ‘You
shall
stay
close
to
my
young
men
until
they
have
finished
all
my
harvest.’”
Naomi
said
to
Ruth
her
daughter-in-law, “It
is
good,
my
daughter,
that
you
go
out
with
his
maidens,
and
that
they
not
meet
you
in
any
other
field.”
So
she
stayed
close
to
the
maidens
of
Boaz,
to
glean
to
the
end
of
barley
harvest
and
of
wheat
harvest;
and
she
lived
with
her
mother-in-law.
Naomi
her
mother-in-law
said
to
her, “My
daughter,
shall
I
not
seek
rest
for
you,
that
it
may
be
well
with
you?
Now
isn’t
Boaz
our
kinsman,
with
whose
maidens
you
were?
Behold,
he
will
be
winnowing
barley
tonight
on
the
threshing
floor.
Therefore
wash
yourself,
anoint
yourself, get dressed,
and
go
down
to
the
threshing
floor;
but
don’t
make
yourself
known
to
the
man
until
he
has
finished
eating
and
drinking.
It
shall
be,
when
he
lies
down,
that
you
shall
note
the
place
where
he
is
lying.
Then
you
shall
go
in,
uncover
his
feet,
and
lie
down.
Then
he
will
tell
you
what
to
do.”
She
said
to
her, “All
that
you
say,
I
will
do.”
She
went
down
to
the
threshing
floor,
and
did
everything
that
her
mother-in-law
told
her.
When
Boaz
had
eaten
and
drunk,
and
his
heart
was
merry,
he
went
to
lie
down
at
the
end
of
the
heap
of
grain.
She
came softly,
uncovered
his
feet,
and
lay
down.
At midnight,
the
man
was
startled
and
turned
himself;
and
behold,
a
woman
lay
at
his
feet.
He
said, “Who
are
you?”
She
answered, “I
am
Ruth
your
servant.
Therefore
spread
the
corner
of
your
garment
over
your
servant;
for
you
are
a
near
kinsman.”
He
said, “You
are
blessed
by
Yahweh,
my
daughter.
You
have
shown
more
kindness
in
the
latter
end
than
at
the
beginning,
because
you didn’t
follow
young
men,
whether
poor
or
rich.
Now,
my
daughter,
don’t
be
afraid.
I
will
do
to
you
all
that
you
say;
for
all
the
city
of
my
people
knows
that
you
are
a
worthy
woman.
Now
it
is
true
that
I
am
a
near
kinsman.
However,
there
is
a
kinsman nearer
than
I.
Stay
this
night,
and
in
the
morning,
if
he
will perform
for
you
the part
of
a
kinsman,
good.
Let
him
do
the kinsman’s duty.
But
if
he
will
not
do
the duty
of
a
kinsman
for
you,
then
I
will
do
the duty
of
a
kinsman
for
you,
as
Yahweh
lives.
Lie
down
until
the
morning.”
She
lay
at
his
feet
until
the
morning,
then
she
rose
up
before
one
could
discern
another.
For
he
said, “Let
it
not
be
known
that
the
woman
came
to
the
threshing
floor.”
He
said, “Bring
the mantle
that
is
on
you,
and
hold
it.”
She
held
it;
and
he
measured
six measures
of
barley,
and
laid
it
on
her;
then
he
went
into
the
city.
When
she
came
to
her
mother-in-law,
she
said, “How
did
it
go,
my
daughter?”
She
told
her
all
that
the
man
had
done
for
her.
She
said, “He
gave
me
these
six measures
of
barley;
for
he
said, ‘Don’t
go
empty
to
your
mother-in-law.’”
Then
she
said, “Wait,
my
daughter,
until
you
know
what
will
happen;
for
the
man
will
not
rest
until
he
has
settled
this
today.”
Now
Boaz
went
up
to
the
gate
and
sat
down
there.
Behold,
the
near
kinsman
of
whom
Boaz
spoke
came
by.
Boaz
said
to
him, “Come
over
here, friend,
and
sit
down!”
He
came
over,
and
sat
down.
Boaz
took
ten
men
of
the
elders
of
the
city,
and
said, “Sit
down
here,”
and
they
sat
down.
He
said
to
the near
kinsman, “Naomi,
who
has
come
back out
of
the
country
of
Moab,
is
selling
the parcel
of
land,
which
was
our
brother Elimelech’s.
I
thought
I
should
tell
you,
saying, ‘Buy
it
before
those
who
sit
here,
and
before
the
elders
of
my
people.’
If
you
will
redeem
it,
redeem
it;
but
if
you
will
not
redeem
it,
then
tell
me,
that
I
may
know.
For
there
is
no
one
to
redeem
it
besides
you;
and
I
am
after
you.”
He
said, “I
will
redeem
it.”
Then
Boaz
said, “On
the
day
you
buy
the
field
from
the
hand
of
Naomi,
you
must
buy
it
also
from
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
the
wife
of
the
dead,
to
raise
up
the
name
of
the
dead
on
his
inheritance.”
The
near
kinsman
said, “I
can’t
redeem
it
for myself,
lest
I endanger
my own
inheritance. Take
my
right
of
redemption
for
yourself;
for
I
can’t
redeem
it.”
Now
this
was
the
custom
in
former
time
in
Israel
concerning redeeming
and
concerning exchanging,
to
confirm
all
things:
a
man
took
off
his
sandal,
and
gave
it
to
his
neighbor;
and
this
was
the
way
of formalizing transactions
in
Israel.
So
the near
kinsman
said
to
Boaz, “Buy
it
for yourself,”
then
he took off
his
sandal.
Boaz
said
to
the
elders
and
to
all
the
people, “You
are
witnesses
today,
that
I
have
bought
all
that
was Elimelech’s,
and
all
that
was Chilion’s
and Mahlon’s,
from
the
hand
of
Naomi.
Moreover,
Ruth
the
Moabitess,
the
wife
of
Mahlon,
I
have
purchased
to
be
my
wife,
to
raise
up
the
name
of
the
dead
on
his
inheritance,
that
the
name
of
the
dead
may
not
be
cut
off
from
among
his
brothers
and
from
the
gate
of
his
place.
You
are
witnesses
today.”
All
the
people
who
were
in
the
gate,
and
the
elders,
said, “We
are
witnesses.
May
Yahweh
make
the
woman
who
has
come
into
your
house
like
Rachel
and
like
Leah,
which
both
built
the
house
of
Israel;
and
treat
you worthily
in
Ephrathah,
and
be
famous
in
Bethlehem.
Let
your
house
be
like
the
house
of
Perez,
whom
Tamar
bore
to
Judah,
of
the
offspring
4:12
or, seed
which
Yahweh
will
give
you
by
this
young
woman.”
So
Boaz
took
Ruth
and she
became
his
wife;
and
he
went
in
to
her,
and
Yahweh
enabled
her
to
conceive,
and she
bore
a
son.
The
women
said
to
Naomi, “Blessed
be
Yahweh,
who
has
not left
you
today
without
a
near
kinsman.
Let
his
name
be
famous
in
Israel.
He
shall
be
to
you
a
restorer
of
life
and
sustain
you
in
your
old
age;
for
your
daughter-in-law,
who
loves
you,
who
is
better
to
you
than
seven
sons,
has
given
birth
to
him.”
Naomi
took
the
child,
laid
him
in
her
bosom,
and
became
nurse
to
him.
The
women,
her
neighbors,
gave
him
a
name,
saying, “A
son
is
born
to
Naomi”.
They
named
him
Obed.
He
is
the
father
of
Jesse,
the
father
of
David.
Now
this
is
the
history
of
the
generations
of
Perez:
Perez
became
the
father
of
Hezron,
and
Hezron
became
the
father
of
Ram,
and
Ram
became
the
father
of
Amminadab,
and
Amminadab
became
the
father
of
Nahshon,
and
Nahshon
became
the
father
of
Salmon,
and
Salmon
became
the
father
of
Boaz,
and
Boaz
became
the
father
of
Obed,
and
Obed
became
the
father
of
Jesse,
and
Jesse
became
the
father
of
David.
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Samuel
The First Book of Samuel
1 Samuel
1 Samuel
The First Book of Samuel
Now
there
was
a
certain
man
of Ramathaim Zophim,
of
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
his
name
was
Elkanah,
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Elihu,
the
son
of
Tohu,
the
son
of
Zuph,
an
Ephraimite.
He
had
two
wives.
The
name
of
one
was
Hannah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Peninnah.
Peninnah
had
children,
but
Hannah
had
no
children.
This
man
went
up
out
of
his
city
from
year
to
year
to
worship
and
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
1:3
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
of
Armies
in
Shiloh.
The
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
priests
to
Yahweh,
were
there.
When
the
day
came
that
Elkanah
sacrificed,
he
gave
portions
to
Peninnah
his
wife
and
to
all
her
sons
and
her
daughters;
but
he
gave
a
double
portion
to
Hannah,
for
he
loved
Hannah,
but
Yahweh
had
shut
up
her
womb.
Her rival
provoked
her severely,
to
irritate
her,
because
Yahweh
had
shut
up
her
womb.
So
year
by
year,
when
she
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house,
her rival
provoked
her.
Therefore
she
wept,
and
didn’t
eat.
Elkanah
her
husband
said
to
her, “Hannah,
why
do
you
weep?
Why
don’t
you
eat?
Why
is
your
heart grieved?
Am
I
not
better
to
you
than
ten
sons?”
So
Hannah
rose
up
after
they
had finished
eating
and
drinking
in
Shiloh.
Now
Eli
the
priest
was
sitting
on
his
seat
by
the
doorpost
of
Yahweh’s
temple.
She
was
in
bitterness
of
soul,
and
prayed
to
Yahweh,
weeping
bitterly.
She
vowed
a
vow,
and
said, “Yahweh
of
Armies,
if
you
will
indeed
look
at
the affliction
of
your
servant
and
remember
me,
and
not
forget
your
servant,
but
will
give
to
your
servant
a boy,
then
I
will
give
him
to
Yahweh
all
the
days
of
his
life,
and
no razor
shall
come
on
his
head.”
As
she
continued
praying
before
Yahweh,
Eli saw
her
mouth.
Now
Hannah
spoke
in
her
heart.
Only
her
lips moved,
but
her
voice
was
not
heard. Therefore
Eli
thought
she
was
drunk.
Eli
said
to
her, “How
long
will
you be
drunk?
Get rid
of
your
wine!”
Hannah
answered, “No,
my
lord,
I
am
a
woman
of
a sorrowful
spirit.
I
have
not
been
drinking
wine
or
strong
drink,
but
I
poured
out
my
soul
before
Yahweh.
Don’t
consider
your
servant
a
wicked
woman;
for
I
have been
speaking
out
of
the
abundance
of
my
complaint
and
my provocation.”
Then
Eli
answered, “Go
in
peace;
and
may
the
God
1:17
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
of
Israel
grant
your
petition
that
you
have
asked
of
him.”
She
said, “Let
your
servant
find
favor
in
your
sight.”
So
the
woman
went
her
way
and
ate;
and
her facial
expression wasn’t sad
any
more.
They
rose
up
in
the
morning
early
and
worshiped
Yahweh,
then
returned
and
came
to
their
house
to
Ramah.
Then
Elkanah
knew
Hannah
his
wife;
and
Yahweh
remembered
her.
When
the
time
had
come,
Hannah
conceived,
and
bore
a
son;
and
she
named
him
Samuel,
1:20
Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.” saying, “Because
I
have
asked
him
of
Yahweh.”
The
man
Elkanah,
and
all
his
house,
went
up
to
offer
to
Yahweh
the
yearly
sacrifice
and
his
vow.
But
Hannah
didn’t
go
up,
for
she
said
to
her
husband, “Not
until
the
child
is
weaned;
then
I
will
bring
him,
that
he
may
appear
before
Yahweh,
and
stay
there
forever.”
Elkanah
her
husband
said
to
her, “Do
what
seems
good
to
you.
Wait
until
you
have
weaned
him;
only
may
Yahweh
establish
his
word.”
So
the
woman waited
and
nursed
her
son
until
she
weaned
him.
When
she
had
weaned
him,
she
took
him
up
with
her,
with
three
bulls,
and
one
ephah
1:24
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
meal,
and
a container
of
wine,
and
brought
him
to
Yahweh’s
house
in
Shiloh.
The
child
was
young.
They
killed
the
bull,
and
brought
the
child
to
Eli.
She
said, “Oh,
my
lord,
as
your
soul
lives,
my
lord,
I
am
the
woman
who
stood
by
you
here,
praying
to
Yahweh.
I
prayed
for
this
child,
and
Yahweh
has
given
me
my
petition
which
I
asked
of
him.
Therefore
I
have
also given
him
to
Yahweh.
As
long
as
he
lives
he
is given
to
Yahweh.”
He
worshiped
Yahweh
there.
Hannah
prayed,
and
said,
“My
heart
exults
in
Yahweh!
My
horn
is
exalted
in
Yahweh.
My
mouth
is
enlarged
over
my
enemies,
because
I
rejoice
in
your
salvation.
There
is
no
one
as
holy
as
Yahweh,
for
there
is
no
one
besides
you,
nor
is
there
any
rock
like
our
God.
“Don’t keep
talking
so exceedingly
proudly.
Don’t
let
arrogance
come
out
of
your
mouth,
for
Yahweh
is
a
God
of
knowledge.
By
him
actions
are
weighed.
“The
bows
of the
mighty
men
are broken.
Those
who
stumbled
are armed
with
strength.
Those
who
were
full
have
hired themselves
out
for
bread.
Those
who
were
hungry
are
satisfied.
Yes,
the
barren
has
borne
seven.
She
who
has
many
children
languishes.
“Yahweh
kills
and
makes
alive.
He
brings
down
to
Sheol
2:6
Sheol is the place of the dead.
and
brings
up.
Yahweh
makes
poor
and
makes
rich.
He
brings
low,
he
also
lifts
up.
He
raises
up
the
poor
out
of
the
dust.
He
lifts
up
the
needy
from
the dunghill
to
make
them
sit
with
princes
and
inherit
the
throne
of
glory.
For
the
pillars
of
the
earth
are
Yahweh’s.
He
has
set
the
world
on
them.
He
will
keep
the
feet
of
his
holy
ones,
but
the
wicked
will
be put
to silence
in
darkness;
for
no
man
will
prevail
by
strength.
Those
who
strive
with
Yahweh
shall
be broken
to pieces.
He
will
thunder
against
them
in
the
sky.
“Yahweh
will
judge
the
ends
of
the
earth.
He
will
give
strength
to
his
king,
and
exalt
the
horn
of
his
anointed.”
Elkanah
went
to
Ramah
to
his
house.
The
child
served
Yahweh
before
Eli
the
priest.
Now
the
sons
of
Eli
were
wicked
men.
They
didn’t
know
Yahweh.
The
custom
of
the
priests
with
the
people
was
that
when
anyone
offered
a
sacrifice,
the
priest’s
servant
came
while
the
meat
was
boiling,
with
a
fork
of
three
teeth
in
his
hand;
and
he
stabbed
it
into
the
pan,
or
kettle,
or cauldron,
or
pot.
The
priest
took
all
that
the
fork
brought
up
for himself.
They
did
this
to
all
the
Israelites
who
came
there
to
Shiloh.
Yes,
before
they
burned
the
fat,
the
priest’s
servant
came,
and
said
to
the
man
who
sacrificed, “Give
meat
to
roast
for
the
priest;
for
he
will
not
accept
boiled
meat
from
you,
but
raw.”
If
the
man
said
to
him, “Let
the
fat
be
burned
first,
and
then
take
as
much
as
your
soul
desires;”
then
he
would
say, “No,
but
you
shall
give
it
to
me
now;
and
if
not,
I
will
take
it
by
force.”
The
sin
of
the
young
men
was
very
great
before
Yahweh;
for
the
men
despised
Yahweh’s
offering.
But
Samuel
ministered
before
Yahweh, being
a
child,
clothed
with
a
linen
ephod.
Moreover
his
mother
made
him
a
little
robe,
and
brought
it
to
him
from
year
to
year
when
she
came
up
with
her
husband
to
offer
the
yearly
sacrifice.
Eli
blessed
Elkanah
and
his
wife,
and
said, “May
Yahweh
give
you
offspring
2:20
or, seed
from
this
woman
for
the
petition
which
was
asked
of
Yahweh.”
Then
they
went
to
their own
home.
Yahweh
visited
Hannah,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
three
sons
and
two
daughters.
The
child
Samuel
grew
before
Yahweh.
Now
Eli
was
very
old;
and
he
heard
all
that
his
sons
did
to
all
Israel,
and
how
that
they
slept
with
the
women
who
served
at
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
He
said
to
them, “Why
do
you
do
such
things?
For
I
hear
of
your
evil
dealings
from
all
these
people.
No,
my
sons;
for
it
is
not
a
good
report
that
I
hear!
You
make
Yahweh’s
people disobey.
If
one
man
sins
against
another,
God
will judge
him;
but
if
a
man
sins
against
Yahweh,
who
will
intercede
for
him?” Notwithstanding,
they
didn’t
listen
to
the
voice
of
their
father,
because
Yahweh intended
to
kill
them.
The
child
Samuel
grew
on,
and increased
in
favor
both
with
Yahweh
and
also
with
men.
A
man
of
God
came
to
Eli
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Did
I
reveal myself
to
the
house
of
your
father
when
they
were
in
Egypt
in bondage
to
Pharaoh’s
house?
Didn’t
I
choose
him
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
be
my
priest,
to
go
up
to
my
altar,
to
burn
incense,
to
wear
an
ephod
before
me? Didn’t
I
give
to
the
house
of
your
father
all
the
offerings
of
the
children
of
Israel
made
by
fire?
Why
do
you
kick
at
my
sacrifice
and
at
my
offering,
which
I
have
commanded
in
my
habitation,
and
honor
your
sons
above
me,
to
make
yourselves fat
with
the best
of
all
the
offerings
of
Israel
my
people?’
“Therefore
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘I
said
indeed
that
your
house
and
the
house
of
your
father
should
walk
before
me
forever.’
But
now
Yahweh
says, ‘Far
be
it
from
me;
for
those
who
honor
me
I
will
honor,
and
those
who
despise
me
will
be
cursed.
Behold,
2:31
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
the
days
come
that
I
will
cut
off
your
arm
and
the
arm
of
your
father’s
house,
that
there
will
not
be
an
old
man
in
your
house.
You
will
see
the affliction
of
my
habitation,
in
all
the
wealth
which
I
will
give
Israel.
There
shall
not
be
an
old
man
in
your
house
forever.
The
man
of yours whom
I
don’t
cut
off
from
my
altar
will
consume
your
eyes
2:33
or, blind your eyes with tears
and
grieve
your
heart.
All
the
increase
of
your
house
will
die
in
the flower
of
their age.
This
will
be
the
sign
to
you
that
will
come
on
your
two
sons,
on
Hophni
and
Phinehas:
in
one
day
they
will
both
die.
I
will
raise
up
a
faithful
priest
for
myself
who
will
do according
to
that
which
is
in
my
heart
and
in
my
mind.
I
will
build
him
a
sure
house.
He
will
walk
before
my
anointed
forever.
It
will
happen
that
everyone
who
is
left
in
your
house
will
come
and
bow
down
to
him
for
a
piece
of
silver
and
a
loaf
of
bread,
and
will
say, “Please
put
me
into
one
of
the priests’
offices,
that
I
may
eat
a
morsel
of
bread.”’”
The
child
Samuel
ministered
to
Yahweh
before
Eli.
Yahweh’s
word
was
rare
in
those
days.
There
were
not many
visions,
then.
At
that
time,
when
Eli
was
laid
down
in
his
place (now
his
eyes
had
begun
to grow
dim,
so
that
he
could
not
see),
and
God’s
lamp hadn’t
yet
gone
out,
and
Samuel
had
laid
down
in
Yahweh’s
temple
where
God’s
ark
was,
Yahweh
called
Samuel.
He
said, “Here
I
am.”
He
ran
to
Eli
and
said, “Here
I
am;
for
you
called
me.”
He
said, “I
didn’t
call.
Lie
down
again.”
He
went
and
lay
down.
Yahweh
called
yet
again, “Samuel!”
Samuel
arose
and
went
to
Eli
and
said, “Here
I
am;
for
you
called
me.”
He
answered, “I
didn’t
call,
my
son.
Lie
down
again.”
Now
Samuel didn’t
yet
know
Yahweh, neither
was
Yahweh’s
word
yet
revealed
to
him.
Yahweh
called
Samuel
again
the
third
time.
He
arose
and
went
to
Eli
and
said, “Here
I
am;
for
you
called
me.”
Eli
perceived
that
Yahweh
had
called
the
child.
Therefore
Eli
said
to
Samuel, “Go,
lie
down.
It
shall
be,
if
he
calls
you,
that
you
shall
say, ‘Speak,
Yahweh;
for
your
servant
hears.’”
So
Samuel
went
and
lay
down
in
his
place.
Yahweh
came,
and
stood,
and
called
as
at
other
times, “Samuel!
Samuel!”
Then
Samuel
said, “Speak;
for
your
servant
hears.”
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Behold,
I
will
do
a
thing
in
Israel
at
which
both
the
ears
of
everyone
who
hears
it
will
tingle.
In
that
day
I
will perform
against
Eli
all
that
I
have
spoken
concerning
his
house,
from
the
beginning
even
to
the
end.
For
I
have
told
him
that
I
will
judge
his
house
forever
for
the
iniquity
which
he
knew,
because
his
sons
brought
a
curse
on
themselves,
and
he
didn’t restrain
them.
Therefore
I
have
sworn
to
the
house
of
Eli
that
the
iniquity
of
Eli’s
house
shall
not
be removed
with
sacrifice
or
offering
forever.”
Samuel
lay
until
the
morning,
and
opened
the
doors
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Samuel
was
afraid
to
show
Eli
the
vision.
Then
Eli
called
Samuel
and
said, “Samuel,
my
son!”
He
said, “Here
I
am.”
He
said, “What
is
the
thing
that
he
has
spoken
to
you?
Please
don’t
hide
it
from
me.
God
do
so
to
you,
and
more
also,
if
you
hide
anything
from
me
of
all
the
things
that
he
spoke
to
you.”
Samuel
told
him
every bit,
and
hid
nothing
from
him.
He
said, “It
is
Yahweh.
Let
him
do
what
seems
good
to
him.”
Samuel
grew,
and
Yahweh
was
with
him
and
let
none
of
his
words
fall
to
the
ground.
All
Israel
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba
knew
that
Samuel
was
established
to
be
a
prophet
of
Yahweh.
Yahweh
appeared
again
in
Shiloh;
for
Yahweh
revealed
himself
to
Samuel
in
Shiloh
by
Yahweh’s
word.
The
word
of
Samuel
came
to
all
Israel.
Now
Israel
went
out
against
the
Philistines
to
battle,
and
encamped
beside
Ebenezer;
and
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Aphek.
The
Philistines put themselves
in
array
against
Israel.
When
they joined
battle,
Israel
was
defeated
by
the
Philistines,
who
killed
about
four
thousand
men
of
the
army
in
the
field.
When
the
people
had
come
into
the
camp,
the
elders
of
Israel
said, “Why
has
Yahweh
defeated
us
today
before
the
Philistines? Let’s
get
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
out
of
Shiloh
and
bring
it
to
us,
that
it
may
come
among
us
and
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies.”
So
the
people
sent
to
Shiloh,
and
they
brought
from
there
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
who
sits above
the
cherubim;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were
there
with
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
When
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
came
into
the
camp,
all
Israel
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
so
that
the
earth
resounded.
When
the
Philistines
heard
the
noise
of
the
shout,
they
said, “What
does
the
noise
of
this
great
shout
in
the
camp
of
the
Hebrews mean?”
They
understood
that
Yahweh’s
ark
had
come
into
the
camp.
The
Philistines
were
afraid,
for
they
said, “God
has
come
into
the
camp.”
They
said, “Woe
to
us!
For
there
has
not
been
such
a
thing
before.
Woe
to
us!
Who
shall
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
these
mighty
gods?
These
are
the
gods
that
struck
the
Egyptians
with
all
kinds
of
plagues
in
the
wilderness.
Be
strong
and behave
like
men, O
you
Philistines,
that
you
not
be
servants
to
the
Hebrews,
as
they
have
been
to
you.
Strengthen yourselves
like
men,
and
fight!”
The
Philistines
fought,
and
Israel
was
defeated,
and
each
man
fled
to
his
tent.
There
was
a
very
great
slaughter;
for
thirty
thousand
footmen
of
Israel
fell.
God’s
ark
was
taken;
and
the
two
sons
of
Eli,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
were slain.
A
man
of
Benjamin
ran
out
of
the
army
and
came
to
Shiloh
the
same
day,
with
his
clothes
torn
and
with
dirt
on
his
head.
When
he
came,
behold,
Eli
was
sitting
on
his
seat
by
the
road
watching,
for
his
heart trembled
for
God’s
ark.
When
the
man
came
into
the
city
and
told
about
it,
all
the
city
cried
out.
When
Eli
heard
the
noise
of
the
crying,
he
said, “What
does
the
noise
of
this
tumult mean?”
The
man
hurried,
and
came
and
told
Eli.
Now
Eli
was ninety-eight
years
old.
His
eyes
were
set,
so
that
he
could
not
see.
The
man
said
to
Eli, “I
am
he
who
came
out
of
the
army,
and
I
fled
today
out
of
the
army.”
He
said, “How
did
the
matter
go,
my
son?”
He
who
brought
the
news
answered, “Israel
has
fled
before
the
Philistines,
and
there
has
been
also
a
great
slaughter
among
the
people.
Your
two
sons
also,
Hophni
and
Phinehas,
are
dead,
and
God’s
ark
has
been
captured.”
When
he
made
mention
of
God’s
ark,
Eli
fell
from
off
his
seat
backward
by
the
side
of
the
gate;
and
his
neck
broke,
and
he
died,
for
he
was
an
old
man
and
heavy.
He
had
judged
Israel
forty
years.
His
daughter-in-law, Phinehas’
wife,
was
with
child,
near
to
giving
birth.
When
she
heard
the
news
that
God’s
ark
was
taken
and
that
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband
were
dead,
she
bowed
herself
and
gave
birth;
for
her pains
came
on
her.
About
the
time
of
her
death
the women
who
stood
by
her
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
you
have
given
birth
to
a
son.”
But
she
didn’t
answer,
neither
did
she
regard
it.
She
named
the
child
Ichabod,
4:21
“Ichabod” means “no glory”.
saying, “The
glory
has
departed
from
Israel!”
because
God’s
ark
was
taken,
and
because
of
her
father-in-law
and
her
husband.
She
said, “The
glory
has
departed
from
Israel;
for
God’s
ark
has been
taken.”
Now
the
Philistines
had
taken
God’s
ark,
and
they
brought
it
from
Ebenezer
to
Ashdod.
The
Philistines
took
God’s
ark,
and
brought
it
into
the
house
of
Dagon
and
set
it
by
Dagon.
When
the
people
of
Ashdod
arose
early
on
the
next
day,
behold,
Dagon
had
fallen
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
Yahweh’s
ark.
They
took
Dagon
and
set
him
in
his
place
again.
When
they
arose
early
on
the
following
morning,
behold,
Dagon
had
fallen
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
Yahweh’s
ark;
and
the
head
of
Dagon
and
both
the
palms
of
his
hands
were
cut
off
on
the
threshold.
Only
Dagon’s torso
was
intact.
Therefore
neither
the
priests
of
Dagon
nor
any
who
come
into
Dagon’s
house step
on
the
threshold
of
Dagon
in
Ashdod
to
this
day.
But
Yahweh’s
hand
was
heavy
on
the people
of
Ashdod,
and
he
destroyed
them
and
struck
them
with tumors,
even
Ashdod
and
its
borders.
When
the
men
of
Ashdod
saw
that
it
was
so,
they
said, “The
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
shall
not
stay
with
us,
for
his
hand
is
severe
on
us
and
on
Dagon
our
god.”
They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
said, “What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel?”
They
answered, “Let
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
be
carried
over
to
Gath.”
They
carried
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
there.
It
was
so,
that
after
they
had carried
it
there,
Yahweh’s
hand
was
against
the
city
with
a
very
great
confusion;
and
he
struck
the
men
of
the
city, both
small
and
great,
so
that tumors
broke
out
on
them.
So
they
sent
God’s
ark
to
Ekron.
As
God’s
ark
came
to
Ekron,
the
Ekronites
cried
out,
saying, “They
have
brought
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
here
to
us,
to
kill
us
and
our
people.”
They
sent
therefore
and
gathered
together
all
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
and
they
said, “Send
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel
away,
and
let
it
go
again
to
its
own
place,
that
it
not
kill
us
and
our
people.”
For
there
was
a
deadly
panic
throughout
all
the
city.
The
hand
of
God
was
very
heavy
there.
The
men
who
didn’t
die
were
struck
with
the tumors;
and
the
cry
of
the
city
went
up
to
heaven.
Yahweh’s
ark
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
The
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners,
saying, “What
shall
we
do
with
Yahweh’s
ark?
Show
us
how
we
should
send
it
to
its
place.”
They
said, “If
you
send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
don’t
send
it
empty;
but
by
all
means
return
a trespass
offering
to
him.
Then
you
will
be
healed,
and
it
will
be
known
to
you
why
his
hand
is
not
removed
from
you.”
Then
they
said, “What
should
the trespass
offering
be
which
we
shall
return
to
him?”
They
said, “Five
golden tumors
and
five
golden
mice,
for
the
number
of
the
lords
of
the
Philistines;
for
one
plague
was
on
you
all,
and
on
your
lords.
Therefore
you
shall
make
images
of
your tumors
and
images
of
your
mice
that mar
the
land;
and
you
shall
give
glory
to
the
God
of
Israel.
Perhaps
he
will release
his
hand
from
you,
from
your
gods,
and
from
your
land.
Why
then
do
you
harden
your
hearts
as
the
Egyptians
and
Pharaoh
hardened
their
hearts?
When
he
had worked wonderfully
among
them,
didn’t
they
let
the
people
go,
and
they departed?
“Now
therefore
take
and
prepare
yourselves
a
new
cart
and
two milk
cows
on
which
there
has
come
no
yoke;
and
tie
the
cows
to
the
cart,
and
bring
their
calves
home
from
them;
and
take
Yahweh’s
ark
and
lay
it
on
the
cart.
Put
the
jewels
of
gold,
which
you
return
him
for
a trespass
offering,
in
a
box
by
its
side;
and
send
it
away,
that
it
may
go.
Behold,
if
it
goes
up
by
the
way
of
its
own
border
to Beth Shemesh,
then
he
has
done
us
this
great
evil;
but
if
not,
then
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand
that
struck
us.
It
was
a
chance
that
happened
to
us.”
The
men
did
so,
and
took
two milk
cows
and
tied
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
They
put
Yahweh’s
ark
on
the
cart,
and
the
box
with
the
golden
mice
and
the
images
of
their
tumors.
The
cows
took
the
straight
way
by
the
way
to Beth Shemesh.
They
went
along
the
highway,
lowing
as
they
went,
and
didn’t
turn
away
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
to
the
border
of Beth Shemesh.
The
people
of Beth Shemesh
were reaping
their
wheat
harvest
in
the
valley;
and
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
and
saw
the
ark,
and
rejoiced
to
see
it.
The
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua
of Beth Shemesh,
and
stood
there,
where
there
was
a
great
stone.
Then
they
split
the
wood
of
the
cart
and
offered
up
the
cows
for
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
The
Levites
took
down
Yahweh’s
ark
and
the
box
that
was
with
it,
in
which
the
jewels
of
gold
were,
and
put
them
on
the
great
stone;
and
the
men
of Beth Shemesh
offered
burnt
offerings
and
sacrificed
sacrifices
the
same
day
to
Yahweh.
When
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
had
seen
it,
they
returned
to
Ekron
the
same
day.
These
are
the
golden
tumors
which
the
Philistines
returned
for
a trespass
offering
to
Yahweh:
for
Ashdod
one,
for
Gaza
one,
for
Ashkelon
one,
for
Gath
one,
for
Ekron
one;
and
the
golden
mice,
according
to
the
number
of
all
the
cities
of
the
Philistines belonging
to
the
five
lords,
both
of
fortified
cities
and
of
country
villages,
even
to
the
great
stone
on
which
they
set
down
Yahweh’s
ark.
That
stone remains
to
this
day
in
the
field
of
Joshua
of Beth Shemesh.
He
struck
of
the
men
of Beth Shemesh,
because
they
had
looked
into
Yahweh’s
ark,
he
struck
fifty
thousand
seventy
of
the
men.
Then
the
people
mourned,
because
Yahweh
had
struck
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
The
men
of Beth Shemesh
said, “Who
is
able
to
stand
before
Yahweh,
this
holy
God?
To
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
us?”
They
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of
Kiriath Jearim,
saying, “The
Philistines
have
brought
back
Yahweh’s
ark.
Come
down
and
bring
it
up
to
yourselves.”
The
men
of
Kiriath Jearim
came
and
took
Yahweh’s
ark,
and
brought
it
into Abinadab’s
house
on
the
hill,
and
consecrated
Eleazar
his
son
to
keep
Yahweh’s
ark.
From
the
day
that
the
ark
stayed
in
Kiriath Jearim,
the
time
was
long—for
it
was
twenty
years;
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
lamented
after
Yahweh.
Samuel
spoke
to
all
the
house
of
Israel,
saying, “If
you
are
returning
to
Yahweh
with
all
your
heart,
then
put
away
the
foreign
gods
and
the
Ashtaroth
from
among
you,
and
direct
your
hearts
to
Yahweh,
and
serve
him
only;
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
Then
the
children
of
Israel
removed
the
Baals
and
the
Ashtaroth,
and
served
Yahweh
only.
Samuel
said, “Gather
all
Israel
to
Mizpah,
and
I
will
pray
to
Yahweh
for
you.”
They
gathered
together
to
Mizpah,
and
drew
water,
and
poured
it
out
before
Yahweh,
and
fasted
on
that
day,
and
said
there, “We
have
sinned
against
Yahweh.”
Samuel
judged
the
children
of
Israel
in
Mizpah.
When
the
Philistines
heard
that
the
children
of
Israel
were
gathered
together
at
Mizpah,
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
up
against
Israel.
When
the
children
of
Israel
heard
it,
they
were
afraid
of
the
Philistines.
The
children
of
Israel
said
to
Samuel, “Don’t
stop
crying
to
Yahweh
our
God
for
us,
that
he
will
save
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
Samuel
took
a
suckling
lamb,
and
offered
it
for
a
whole
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
Samuel
cried
to
Yahweh
for
Israel,
and
Yahweh
answered
him.
As
Samuel
was
offering
up
the
burnt
offering,
the
Philistines
came
near
to
battle
against
Israel;
but
Yahweh
thundered
with
a
great
thunder
on
that
day
on
the
Philistines
and
confused
them;
and
they
were
struck
down
before
Israel.
The
men
of
Israel
went
out
of
Mizpah
and
pursued
the
Philistines,
and
struck
them
until
they
came
under Beth Kar.
Then
Samuel
took
a
stone
and
set
it
between
Mizpah
and
Shen,
and
called
its
name
Ebenezer,
7:12
“Ebenezer” means “stone of help”.
saying, “Yahweh
helped
us
until
now.”
So
the
Philistines
were
subdued,
and
they
stopped
coming
within
the
border
of
Israel.
Yahweh’s
hand
was
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Samuel.
The
cities
which
the
Philistines
had
taken
from
Israel
were
restored
to
Israel,
from
Ekron
even
to
Gath;
and
Israel
recovered
its
border
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
There
was
peace
between
Israel
and
the
Amorites.
Samuel
judged
Israel
all
the
days
of
his
life.
He
went
from
year
to
year
in
a
circuit
to
Bethel,
Gilgal,
and
Mizpah;
and
he
judged
Israel
in
all
those
places.
His
return
was
to
Ramah,
for
his
house
was
there,
and
he
judged
Israel
there;
and
he
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh
there.
When
Samuel
was
old,
he
made
his
sons
judges
over
Israel.
Now
the
name
of
his
firstborn
was
Joel,
and
the
name
of
his
second,
Abijah.
They
were
judges
in
Beersheba.
His
sons
didn’t
walk
in
his
ways,
but
turned
away
after
dishonest
gain,
took
bribes,
and
perverted
justice.
Then
all
the
elders
of
Israel
gathered
themselves
together
and
came
to
Samuel
to
Ramah.
They
said
to
him, “Behold,
you
are
old,
and
your
sons
don’t
walk
in
your
ways.
Now
make
us
a
king
to
judge
us
like
all
the
nations.”
But
the
thing
displeased
Samuel
when
they
said, “Give
us
a
king
to
judge
us.”
Samuel
prayed
to
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Listen
to
the
voice
of
the
people
in
all
that
they
tell
you;
for
they
have
not
rejected
you,
but
they
have
rejected
me
as
the
king
over
them.
According
to
all
the
works
which
they
have
done
since
the
day
that
I
brought
them
up
out
of
Egypt
even
to
this
day,
in
that
they
have forsaken
me
and
served
other
gods,
so
they
also
do
to
you.
Now
therefore,
listen
to
their
voice.
However,
you
shall protest
solemnly
to
them,
and
shall
show
them
the
way
of
the
king
who
will
reign
over
them.”
Samuel
told
all
Yahweh’s
words
to
the
people
who
asked
him
for
a
king.
He
said, “This
will
be
the
way
of
the
king
who
shall
reign
over
you:
he
will
take
your
sons
and
appoint
them
as
his servants,
for
his
chariots
and
to
be
his
horsemen;
and
they
will
run
before
his
chariots.
He
will
appoint
them
to
him
for
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
fifties;
and
he
will
assign some
to
plow
his ground
and
to
reap
his
harvest;
and
to
make
his
instruments
of
war
and
the
instruments
of
his
chariots.
He
will
take
your
daughters
to be
perfumers,
to be
cooks,
and
to be
bakers.
He
will
take
your
fields,
your
vineyards,
and
your
olive
groves,
even
your
best,
and
give
them
to
his
servants.
He
will
take
one
tenth
of
your
seed
and
of
your
vineyards,
and
give
it
to
his
officers
and
to
his
servants.
He
will
take
your
male
servants,
your
female
servants,
your
best
young
men,
and
your
donkeys,
and assign
them
to
his own
work.
He
will
take
one
tenth
of
your
flocks;
and
you
will
be
his
servants.
You
will
cry
out
in
that
day
because
of
your
king
whom
you
will
have
chosen
for
yourselves;
and
Yahweh
will
not
answer
you
in
that
day.”
But
the
people
refused
to
listen
to
the
voice
of
Samuel;
and
they
said, “No,
but
we
will
have
a
king
over
us,
that
we
also
may
be
like
all
the
nations;
and
that
our
king
may
judge
us,
and
go
out
before
us,
and
fight
our
battles.”
Samuel
heard
all
the
words
of
the
people,
and
he rehearsed
them
in
the
ears
of
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Listen
to
their
voice,
and
make
them
a
king.”
Samuel
said
to
the
men
of
Israel, “Everyone go
to
your
own
city.”
Now
there
was
a
man
of Benjamin,
whose
name
was
Kish
the
son
of
Abiel,
the
son
of Zeror,
the
son
of
Becorath,
the
son
of Aphiah,
the
son
of
a Benjamite,
a
mighty
man
of
valor.
He
had
a
son
whose
name
was
Saul,
an
impressive
young
man;
and
there
was
not
among
the
children
of
Israel
a
more
handsome
person
than
he.
From
his
shoulders
and
upward
he
was
taller
than
any
of
the
people.
The
donkeys
of
Kish,
Saul’s
father,
were
lost.
Kish
said
to
Saul
his
son, “Now
take
one
of
the
servants
with
you,
and
arise,
go
look
for
the
donkeys.”
He
passed
through
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
passed
through
the
land
of
Shalishah,
but
they
didn’t
find
them.
Then
they
passed
through
the
land
of
Shaalim,
and
they weren’t
there.
Then
he
passed
through
the
land
of
the Benjamites,
but
they
didn’t
find
them.
When
they
had
come
to
the
land
of
Zuph,
Saul
said
to
his
servant
who
was
with
him, “Come! Let’s
return,
lest
my
father
stop caring
about
the
donkeys
and
be
anxious
for
us.”
The servant
said
to
him, “Behold
now,
there
is
a
man
of
God
in
this
city,
and
he
is
a
man
who
is
held
in
honor.
All
that
he
says
surely happens.
Now
let’s
go
there.
Perhaps
he
can
tell
us
which
way
to
go.”
Then
Saul
said
to
his
servant, “But
behold,
if
we
go,
what
should
we
bring
the
man?
For
the
bread
is spent
in
our sacks,
and
there
is
not
a
present
to
bring
to
the
man
of
God.
What
do
we
have?”
The
servant
answered
Saul
again
and
said, “Behold,
I
have
in
my
hand
the
fourth
part
of
a
shekel
9:8
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1/4 shekel would be a small coin of about 2.5 grams.
of
silver.
I
will
give
that
to
the
man
of
God,
to
tell
us
our
way.”
(In earlier
times
in
Israel,
when
a
man
went
to
inquire
of
God,
he
said, “Come! Let’s go
to
the seer;”
for
he
who
is
now
called
a
prophet
was
before
called
a seer.)
Then
Saul
said
to
his
servant, “Well
said. Come! Let’s go.”
So
they
went
to
the
city
where
the
man
of
God
was.
As
they
went
up
the
ascent
to
the
city,
they
found
young
maidens
going
out
to
draw
water,
and
said
to
them, “Is
the seer
here?”
They
answered
them
and
said, “He
is.
Behold,
he
is
before
you.
Hurry
now,
for
he
has
come
today
into
the
city;
for
the
people
have
a
sacrifice
today
in
the
high
place.
As
soon
as
you
have
come
into
the
city,
you
will immediately
find
him
before
he
goes
up
to
the
high
place
to
eat;
for
the
people
will
not
eat
until
he
comes,
because
he
blesses
the
sacrifice.
Afterwards
those
who
are
invited
eat.
Now
therefore
go
up;
for
at
this
time
you
will
find
him.”
They
went
up
to
the
city.
As
they
came
within
the
city,
behold,
Samuel
came
out
toward
them
to
go
up
to
the
high
place.
Now
Yahweh
had
revealed
to
Samuel
a
day
before
Saul
came,
saying,
“Tomorrow
about
this
time
I
will
send
you
a
man
out
of
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
you
shall
anoint
him
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel.
He
will
save
my
people
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines;
for
I
have
looked
upon
my
people,
because
their
cry
has
come
to
me.”
When
Samuel
saw
Saul,
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Behold,
the
man
of
whom
I
spoke
to
you!
He
will
have authority
over
my
people.”
Then
Saul
approached
Samuel
in
the
gateway,
and
said, “Please
tell
me
where
the seer’s
house
is.”
Samuel
answered
Saul
and
said, “I
am
the seer.
Go
up
before
me
to
the
high
place,
for
you
are
to
eat
with
me
today.
In
the
morning
I
will
let
you
go
and
will
tell
you
all
that
is
in
your
heart.
As
for
your
donkeys
who
were
lost
three
days
ago,
don’t
set
your
mind
on
them,
for
they
have
been
found.
For
whom
does
all
Israel
desire?
Is
it
not
you
and
all
your
father’s
house?”
Saul
answered, “Am
I
not
a
Benjamite,
of
the smallest
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
And
my
family
the
least
of
all
the
families
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin?
Why
then
do
you
speak
to
me
like
this?”
Samuel
took
Saul
and
his
servant
and
brought
them
into
the guest
room,
and
made
them
sit
in
the
best
place
among
those
who
were
invited,
who
were
about
thirty
persons.
Samuel
said
to
the
cook, “Bring
the
portion
which
I
gave
you,
of
which
I
said
to
you, ‘Set
it
aside.’”
The
cook
took
up
the
thigh,
and
that
which
was
on
it,
and
set
it
before
Saul.
Samuel
said, “Behold,
that
which
has been
reserved!
Set
it
before
yourself
and
eat;
because
it
has been
kept
for
you
for
the
appointed
time,
for
I
said, ‘I
have
invited
the
people.’”
So
Saul
ate
with
Samuel
that
day.
When
they
had
come
down
from
the
high
place
into
the
city,
he
talked
with
Saul
on
the
housetop.
They
arose
early;
and
about
daybreak,
Samuel
called
to
Saul
on
the
housetop,
saying, “Get
up,
that
I
may
send
you
away.”
Saul
arose,
and
they
both
went
outside,
he
and
Samuel, together.
As
they
were
going
down
at
the
end
of
the
city,
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Tell
the
servant
to
go
on
ahead
of
us.”
He
went
ahead,
then
Samuel
said, “But
stand
still
first,
that
I
may
cause
you
to
hear
God’s
message.”
Then
Samuel
took
the vial
of
oil
and
poured
it
on
his
head,
then
kissed
him
and
said, “Hasn’t
Yahweh
anointed
you
to
be
prince
over
his
inheritance?
When
you
have
departed
from
me
today,
then
you
will
find
two
men
by
Rachel’s
tomb,
on
the
border
of
Benjamin
at
Zelzah.
They
will
tell
you, ‘The
donkeys
which
you
went
to
look
for
have
been
found;
and
behold,
your
father
has stopped caring
about
the
donkeys
and
is
anxious
for
you,
saying, “What
shall
I
do
for
my
son?”’
“Then
you
will
go
on
forward
from
there,
and
you
will
come
to
the
oak
of
Tabor.
Three
men
will
meet
you
there
going
up
to
God
to
Bethel:
one
carrying
three
young
goats,
and
another
carrying
three
loaves
of
bread,
and
another
carrying
a container
of
wine.
They
will
greet
you
and
give
you
two
loaves
of
bread,
which
you
shall
receive
from
their
hand.
“After
that
you
will
come
to
the
hill
of
God,
where
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
is;
and
it
will
happen,
when
you
have
come
there
to
the
city,
that
you
will
meet
a band
of
prophets
coming
down
from
the
high
place
with
a lute,
a
tambourine,
a pipe,
and
a
harp
before
them;
and
they
will
be
prophesying.
Then
Yahweh’s
Spirit
will
come mightily
on
you,
then
you
will
prophesy
with
them
and
will
be
turned
into
another
man.
Let
it
be,
when
these
signs
have
come
to
you,
that
you
do
what
is
appropriate
for
the
occasion;
for
God
is
with
you.
“Go
down
ahead
of
me
to
Gilgal;
and
behold,
I
will
come
down
to
you
to
offer
burnt
offerings
and
to
sacrifice
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings.
Wait
seven
days,
until
I
come
to
you
and
show
you
what
you
are
to
do.”
It
was
so,
that
when
he
had
turned
his
back
to
go
from
Samuel,
God
gave
him
another
heart;
and
all
those
signs
happened
that
day.
When
they
came
there
to
the
hill,
behold,
a band
of
prophets
met
him;
and
the
Spirit
of
God
came mightily
on
him,
and
he
prophesied
among
them.
When
all
who
knew
him
before
saw
that,
behold,
he
prophesied
with
the
prophets,
then
the
people
said
to
one
another, “What
is
this
that
has
come
to
the
son
of
Kish?
Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?”
One
from
the
same
place
answered, “Who
is
their
father?”
Therefore
it
became
a
proverb, “Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?”
When
he
had
finished
prophesying,
he
came
to
the
high
place.
Saul’s
uncle
said
to
him
and
to
his
servant, “Where
did
you
go?”
He
said, “To
seek
the
donkeys.
When
we
saw
that
they
were
not
found,
we
came
to
Samuel.”
Saul’s
uncle
said, “Please
tell
me
what
Samuel
said
to
you.”
Saul
said
to
his
uncle, “He
told
us
plainly
that
the
donkeys
were
found.”
But
concerning
the
matter
of
the
kingdom,
of
which
Samuel
spoke,
he
didn’t
tell
him.
Samuel
called
the
people
together
to
Yahweh
to
Mizpah;
and
he
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says ‘I
brought
Israel
up
out
of
Egypt
and
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Egyptians,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
the
kingdoms
that
oppressed
you.’
But
you
have
today
rejected
your
God,
who
himself
saves
you
out
of
all
your
calamities
and
your distresses;
and
you
have
said
to
him, ‘No!
Set
a
king
over
us!’
Now
therefore
present
yourselves
before
Yahweh
by
your
tribes
and
by
your
thousands.”
So
Samuel
brought
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
near,
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
was chosen.
He
brought
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
near
by
their
families
and
the
family
of
the Matrites
was chosen.
Then
Saul
the
son
of
Kish
was chosen;
but
when
they
looked
for
him,
he could
not
be
found.
Therefore
they
asked
of
Yahweh
further, “Is
there
yet
a
man
to
come
here?”
Yahweh
answered, “Behold,
he
has
hidden
himself
among
the
baggage.”
They
ran
and
got
him
there.
When
he
stood
among
the
people,
he
was
higher
than
any
of
the
people
from
his
shoulders
and
upward.
Samuel
said
to
all
the
people, “Do
you
see
him
whom
Yahweh
has
chosen,
that
there
is
no
one
like
him
among
all
the
people?”
All
the
people
shouted
and
said, “Long
live
the
king!”
Then
Samuel
told
the
people
the
regulations
of
the
kingdom,
and
wrote
it
in
a
book
and
laid
it
up
before
Yahweh.
Samuel
sent
all
the
people
away,
every
man
to
his
house.
Saul
also
went
to
his
house
in
Gibeah;
and
the
army
went
with
him,
whose
hearts
God
had
touched.
But certain
worthless
fellows
said, “How
could
this
man
save
us?”
They
despised
him,
and
brought
him
no
tribute.
But
he
held
his peace.
Then
Nahash
the
Ammonite
came
up
and
encamped
against
Jabesh
Gilead;
and
all
the
men
of
Jabesh
said
to
Nahash, “Make
a
covenant
with
us,
and
we
will
serve
you.”
Nahash
the
Ammonite
said
to
them, “On
this condition
I
will
make
it
with
you,
that
all
your
right
eyes
be
gouged
out.
I
will
make
this dishonor
all
Israel.”
The
elders
of
Jabesh
said
to
him, “Give
us
seven
days,
that
we
may
send
messengers
to
all
the
borders
of
Israel;
and
then,
if
there
is
no
one
to
save
us,
we
will
come
out
to
you.”
Then
the
messengers
came
to
Gibeah
of
Saul,
and
spoke
these
words
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
then
all
the
people
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept.
Behold,
Saul
came
following
the
oxen
out
of
the
field;
and
Saul
said, “What ails
the
people
that
they
weep?”
They
told
him
the
words
of
the
men
of
Jabesh.
God’s
Spirit
came mightily
on
Saul
when
he
heard
those
words,
and
his
anger
burned hot.
He
took
a
yoke
of
oxen
and
cut
them
in
pieces,
then
sent
them
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel
by
the
hand
of
messengers,
saying, “Whoever doesn’t
come
out
after
Saul
and
after
Samuel,
so
shall
it
be
done
to
his
oxen.”
The
dread
of
Yahweh
fell
on
the
people,
and
they
came
out
as
one
man.
He
counted
them
in
Bezek;
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
three
hundred
thousand,
and
the
men
of
Judah
thirty
thousand.
They
said
to
the
messengers
who
came, “Tell
the
men
of
Jabesh
Gilead, ‘Tomorrow,
by
the
time
the
sun
is
hot,
you
will
be rescued.’”
The
messengers
came
and
told
the
men
of
Jabesh;
and
they
were
glad.
Therefore
the
men
of
Jabesh
said, “Tomorrow
we
will
come
out
to
you,
and
you
shall
do
with
us
all
that
seems
good
to
you.”
On
the
next
day,
Saul
put
the
people
in
three
companies;
and
they
came
into
the
middle
of
the
camp
in
the
morning
watch,
and
struck
the
Ammonites
until
the
heat
of
the
day.
Those
who
remained
were
scattered,
so
that
no
two
of
them
were
left
together.
The
people
said
to
Samuel, “Who
is
he
who
said, ‘Shall
Saul
reign
over
us?’
Bring
those
men,
that
we
may
put
them
to
death!”
Saul
said, “No
man
shall
be
put
to
death
today;
for
today
Yahweh
has rescued
Israel.”
Then
Samuel
said
to
the
people, “Come! Let’s go
to
Gilgal,
and
renew
the
kingdom
there.”
All
the
people
went
to
Gilgal;
and
there
they
made
Saul
king
before
Yahweh
in
Gilgal.
There
they
offered
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings
before
Yahweh;
and
there
Saul
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
rejoiced
greatly.
Samuel
said
to
all
Israel, “Behold,
I
have
listened
to
your
voice
in
all
that
you
said
to
me,
and
have
made
a
king
over
you.
Now,
behold,
the
king
walks
before
you.
I
am
old
and gray-headed.
Behold,
my
sons
are
with
you.
I
have
walked
before
you
from
my
youth
to
this
day.
Here
I
am.
Witness
against
me
before
Yahweh
and
before
his
anointed.
Whose
ox
have
I
taken?
Whose
donkey
have
I
taken?
Whom
have
I
defrauded?
Whom
have
I
oppressed?
Of
whose
hand
have
I
taken
a
bribe
to
make
me
blind
my
eyes?
I
will
restore
it
to
you.”
They
said, “You
have
not
defrauded
us,
nor
oppressed
us,
neither
have
you
taken
anything
from anyone’s
hand.”
He
said
to
them, “Yahweh
is
witness
against
you,
and
his
anointed
is
witness
today,
that
you
have
not
found
anything
in
my
hand.”
They
said, “He
is
witness.”
Samuel
said
to
the
people, “It
is
Yahweh
who appointed
Moses
and
Aaron,
and
that
brought
your
fathers
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
Now
therefore
stand still,
that
I
may
plead
with
you
before
Yahweh
concerning
all
the
righteous
acts
of
Yahweh,
which
he
did
to
you
and
to
your
fathers.
“When
Jacob
had
come
into
Egypt,
and
your
fathers
cried
to
Yahweh,
then
Yahweh
sent
Moses
and
Aaron,
who
brought
your
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
and
made
them
to
dwell
in
this
place.
But
they
forgot
Yahweh
their
God;
and
he
sold
them
into
the
hand
of
Sisera,
captain
of
the
army
of
Hazor,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Moab;
and
they
fought
against
them.
They
cried
to
Yahweh,
and
said, ‘We
have
sinned,
because
we
have forsaken
Yahweh
and
have
served
the
Baals
and
the
Ashtaroth;
but
now
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
our
enemies,
and
we
will
serve
you.’
Yahweh
sent
Jerubbaal,
Bedan,
Jephthah,
and
Samuel,
and
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
your
enemies
on
every
side;
and
you
lived
in
safety.
“When
you
saw
that
Nahash
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
came
against
you,
you
said
to
me, ‘No,
but
a
king
shall
reign
over
us,’
when
Yahweh
your
God
was
your
king.
Now
therefore
see
the
king
whom
you
have
chosen
and
whom
you
have
asked
for.
Behold,
Yahweh
has
set
a
king
over
you.
If
you
will
fear
Yahweh,
and
serve
him,
and
listen
to
his
voice,
and
not
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
then
both
you
and
also
the
king
who
reigns
over
you
are followers
of
Yahweh
your
God.
But
if
you
will
not
listen
to
Yahweh’s
voice,
but
rebel
against
the
commandment
of
Yahweh,
then
Yahweh’s
hand
will
be
against
you,
as
it
was
against
your
fathers.
“Now
therefore
stand
still
and
see
this
great
thing,
which
Yahweh
will
do
before
your
eyes.
Isn’t
it
wheat
harvest
today?
I
will
call
to
Yahweh,
that
he
may
send
thunder
and
rain;
and
you
will
know
and
see
that
your
wickedness
is
great,
which
you
have
done
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
in
asking
for
a
king.”
So
Samuel
called
to
Yahweh,
and
Yahweh
sent
thunder
and
rain
that
day.
Then
all
the
people
greatly
feared
Yahweh
and
Samuel.
All
the
people
said
to
Samuel, “Pray
for
your
servants
to
Yahweh
your
God,
that
we
not
die;
for
we
have
added
to
all
our
sins
this
evil,
to
ask
for
a
king.”
Samuel
said
to
the
people, “Don’t
be
afraid.
You
have
indeed
done
all
this
evil;
yet
don’t
turn
away
from
following
Yahweh,
but
serve
Yahweh
with
all
your
heart.
Don’t
turn
away
to
go
after vain
things
which
can’t
profit
or
deliver,
for
they
are vain.
For
Yahweh
will
not
forsake
his
people
for
his
great
name’s
sake,
because
it
has
pleased
Yahweh
to
make
you
a
people
for
himself.
Moreover,
as
for
me,
far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
sin
against
Yahweh
in
ceasing
to
pray
for
you;
but
I
will
instruct
you
in
the
good
and
the
right
way.
Only
fear
Yahweh,
and
serve
him
in
truth
with
all
your
heart;
for
consider
what
great
things
he
has
done
for
you.
But
if
you keep doing
evil,
you
will
be consumed,
both
you
and
your
king.”
Saul
was thirty
years
old
when
he
became
king,
and
he
reigned
over
Israel
forty-two
years.
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The traditional Hebrew text omits “thirty” and “forty-”. The blanks are filled in here from a few manuscripts of the Septuagint.
Saul
chose
for
himself
three
thousand
men
of
Israel,
of
which two
thousand
were
with
Saul
in
Michmash
and
in
the
Mount
of
Bethel,
and
one
thousand
were
with
Jonathan
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin.
He
sent
the
rest
of
the
people
to
their
own
tents.
Jonathan
struck
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
that
was
in
Geba,
and
the
Philistines
heard
of
it.
Saul
blew
the
trumpet
throughout
all
the
land,
saying, “Let
the
Hebrews
hear!”
All
Israel
heard
that
Saul
had
struck
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines,
and
also
that
Israel
was considered
an abomination
to
the
Philistines.
The
people
were gathered
together
after
Saul
to
Gilgal.
The
Philistines
assembled
themselves
together
to
fight
with
Israel:
thirty
thousand
chariots,
six
thousand
horsemen,
and
people
as
the
sand
which
is
on
the
seashore
in
multitude.
They
came
up
and
encamped
in
Michmash, eastward
of Beth Aven.
When
the
men
of
Israel
saw
that
they
were
in
trouble (for
the
people
were distressed),
then
the
people
hid
themselves
in
caves,
in thickets,
in
rocks,
in tombs,
and
in
pits.
Now
some
of
the
Hebrews
had gone
over
the
Jordan
to
the
land
of
Gad
and
Gilead;
but
as
for
Saul,
he
was
yet
in
Gilgal,
and
all
the
people
followed
him
trembling.
He stayed
seven
days,
according
to
the
time
set
by
Samuel;
but
Samuel
didn’t
come
to
Gilgal,
and
the
people
were scattering
from
him.
Saul
said, “Bring
the
burnt
offering
to
me
here,
and
the
peace
offerings.”
He
offered
the
burnt
offering.
It
came
to
pass
that
as soon
as
he
had
finished
offering
the
burnt
offering,
behold,
Samuel
came;
and
Saul
went
out
to
meet
him,
that
he might
greet
him.
Samuel
said, “What
have
you
done?”
Saul
said, “Because
I
saw
that
the
people
were
scattered
from
me,
and
that
you
didn’t
come
within
the
days
appointed,
and
that
the
Philistines
assembled
themselves
together
at
Michmash,
therefore
I
said, ‘Now
the
Philistines
will
come
down
on
me
to
Gilgal,
and
I
haven’t entreated
the
favor
of
Yahweh.’
I
forced myself
therefore,
and
offered
the
burnt
offering.”
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “You
have
done
foolishly.
You
have
not
kept
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
your
God,
which
he
commanded
you;
for
now
Yahweh
would
have
established
your
kingdom
on
Israel
forever.
But
now
your
kingdom
will
not
continue.
Yahweh
has
sought
for
himself
a
man
after
his
own
heart,
and
Yahweh
has
appointed
him
to
be
prince
over
his
people,
because
you
have
not
kept
that
which
Yahweh
commanded
you.”
Samuel
arose,
and
went
from
Gilgal
to
Gibeah
of
Benjamin.
Saul
counted
the
people
who
were
present
with
him,
about
six
hundred
men.
Saul,
and
Jonathan
his
son,
and
the
people
who
were
present
with
them,
stayed
in
Geba
of
Benjamin;
but
the
Philistines
encamped
in
Michmash.
The
raiders
came
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
in
three
companies:
one
company
turned
to
the
way
that
leads
to
Ophrah,
to
the
land
of
Shual;
another
company
turned
the
way
to Beth Horon;
and
another
company
turned
the
way
of
the
border
that
looks
down
on
the
valley
of
Zeboim
toward
the
wilderness.
Now
there
was
no
blacksmith
found
throughout
all
the
land
of
Israel,
for
the
Philistines
said, “Lest
the
Hebrews
make themselves
swords
or
spears”;
but
all
the
Israelites
went
down
to
the
Philistines,
each
man
to
sharpen
his
own
plowshare, mattock, ax,
and sickle.
The price
was
one payim
13:21
A payim (or pim) was 2/3 shekel of silver, or 0.26 ounces, or 7.6 grams each
to sharpen mattocks,
plowshares, pitchforks,
axes,
and goads.
So
it
came
to
pass
in
the
day
of
battle
that
neither
sword
nor
spear
was
found
in
the
hand
of
any
of
the
people
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan;
but
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
had
them.
The
garrison
of
the
Philistines
went
out
to
the pass
of
Michmash.
Now
it
happened
on
a
day
that
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul
said
to
the
young
man
who
bore
his
armor, “Come! Let’s
go
over
to
the
Philistines’
garrison
that
is
on
the
other
side.”
But
he
didn’t
tell
his
father.
Saul
stayed
in
the uttermost part
of
Gibeah
under
the
pomegranate
tree
which
is
in
Migron;
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
were about
six
hundred
men,
including
Ahijah
the
son
of
Ahitub,
Ichabod’s
brother,
the
son
of
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eli
the
priest
of
Yahweh
in
Shiloh,
wearing
an
ephod.
The
people
didn’t
know
that
Jonathan
was
gone.
Between
the
passes,
by
which
Jonathan
sought
to
go
over
to
the
Philistines’
garrison,
there
was
a
rocky
crag
on
the
one
side
and
a
rocky
crag
on
the
other
side;
and
the
name
of
the
one
was
Bozez,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Seneh.
The
one
crag
rose
up
on
the
north
in
front
of
Michmash,
and
the
other
on
the
south
in
front
of
Geba.
Jonathan
said
to
the
young
man
who
bore
his
armor, “Come! Let’s
go
over
to
the
garrison
of
these
uncircumcised.
It
may
be
that
Yahweh
will work
for
us,
for
there
is
no restraint
on
Yahweh
to
save
by
many
or
by
few.”
His
armor
bearer
said
to
him, “Do
all
that
is
in
your
heart. Go,
and
behold,
I
am
with
you according
to
your
heart.”
Then
Jonathan
said, “Behold,
we
will
pass
over
to
the
men,
and
we
will
reveal
ourselves
to
them.
If
they
say
this
to
us, ‘Wait
until
we
come
to
you!’
then
we
will
stand
still
in
our
place
and
will
not
go
up
to
them.
But
if
they
say
this, ‘Come
up
to
us!’
then
we
will
go
up,
for
Yahweh
has
delivered
them
into
our
hand.
This
shall
be
the
sign
to
us.”
Both
of
them
revealed
themselves
to
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
said, “Behold,
the
Hebrews
are
coming
out
of
the
holes
where
they
had
hidden
themselves!”
The
men
of
the garrison
answered
Jonathan
and
his
armor
bearer,
and
said, “Come
up
to
us,
and
we
will
show
you
something!”
Jonathan
said
to
his
armor
bearer, “Come
up
after
me,
for
Yahweh
has
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel.”
Jonathan
climbed
up
on
his
hands
and
on
his
feet,
and
his
armor
bearer
after
him,
and
they
fell
before
Jonathan;
and
his
armor
bearer
killed
them
after
him.
That
first
slaughter,
which
Jonathan
and
his
armor
bearer
made,
was
about
twenty
men, within
as
it
were
half
a furrow’s length
in
an
acre
of
land.
There
was
a
trembling
in
the
camp,
in
the
field,
and
among
all
the
people;
the
garrison
and
the
raiders
also
trembled;
and
the
earth
quaked,
so
there
was
an
exceedingly
great
trembling.
The
watchmen
of
Saul
in
Gibeah
of
Benjamin
looked;
and
behold,
the
multitude
melted
away
and scattered.
Then
Saul
said
to
the
people
who
were
with
him, “Count
now,
and
see
who
is
missing
from
us.”
When
they
had
counted,
behold,
Jonathan
and
his
armor
bearer
were
not
there.
Saul
said
to
Ahijah, “Bring
God’s
ark
here.”
For
God’s
ark
was
with
the
children
of
Israel
at
that
time.
While
Saul
talked
to
the
priest,
the
tumult
that
was
in
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
went
on
and increased;
and
Saul
said
to
the
priest, “Withdraw
your
hand!”
Saul
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him
were gathered
together,
and
came
to
the
battle;
and
behold,
they
were
all striking
each
other
with
their
swords
in
very
great
confusion.
Now
the
Hebrews
who
were
with
the
Philistines
before
and
who
went
up
with
them
into
the
camp
from
all
around,
even
they
also
turned
to
be
with
the
Israelites
who
were
with
Saul
and
Jonathan.
Likewise
all
the
men
of
Israel
who
had
hidden
themselves
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
when
they
heard
that
the
Philistines
fled,
even
they
also
followed
hard
after
them
in
the
battle.
So
Yahweh
saved
Israel
that
day;
and
the
battle
passed
over
by Beth Aven.
The
men
of
Israel
were distressed
that
day;
for
Saul
had adjured
the
people,
saying, “Cursed
is
the
man
who
eats
any
food
until
it
is
evening,
and
I am
avenged
of
my
enemies.”
So
none
of
the
people
tasted
food.
All
the
people
came
into
the
forest;
and
there
was
honey
on
the
ground.
When
the
people
had
come
to
the
forest,
behold,
honey
was dripping,
but
no
one
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth,
for
the
people
feared
the
oath.
But
Jonathan
didn’t
hear
when
his
father
commanded
the
people
with
the
oath.
Therefore
he
put
out
the
end
of
the
rod
that
was
in
his
hand
and
dipped
it
in
the
honeycomb,
and
put
his
hand
to
his
mouth;
and
his
eyes brightened.
Then
one
of
the
people
answered,
and
said, “Your
father directly
commanded
the
people
with
an
oath,
saying, ‘Cursed
is
the
man
who
eats
food
today.’”
So
the
people
were faint.
Then
Jonathan
said, “My
father
has
troubled
the
land.
Please
look
how
my
eyes
have
brightened
because
I
tasted
a
little
of
this
honey.
How
much
more,
if
perhaps
the
people
had
eaten
freely
today
of
the
plunder
of
their
enemies
which
they
found?
For
now
there
has
been
no great
slaughter
among
the
Philistines.”
They
struck
the
Philistines
that
day
from
Michmash
to
Aijalon.
The
people
were
very faint;
and
the
people pounced
on
the
plunder,
and
took
sheep,
cattle,
and
calves,
and
killed
them
on
the
ground;
and
the
people
ate
them
with
the
blood.
Then
they
told
Saul,
saying, “Behold,
the
people
are
sinning
against
Yahweh,
in
that
they
eat meat
with
the
blood.”
He
said, “You
have
dealt
treacherously.
Roll
a
large
stone
to
me
today!”
Saul
said, “Disperse
yourselves
among
the
people,
and
tell
them, ‘Every
man
bring
me
here
his
ox,
and
every
man
his
sheep,
and
kill
them
here,
and
eat;
and
don’t
sin
against
Yahweh
in
eating meat
with
the
blood.’”
All
the
people
brought
every
man
his
ox
with
him
that
night,
and
killed
them
there.
Saul
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh.
This
was
the first
altar
that
he
built
to
Yahweh.
Saul
said, “Let’s
go
down
after
the
Philistines
by
night,
and
take
plunder
among
them
until
the
morning
light. Let’s
not
leave
a
man
of
them.”
They
said, “Do
whatever
seems
good
to
you.”
Then
the
priest
said, “Let’s
draw
near
here
to
God.”
Saul
asked counsel
of
God: “Shall
I
go
down
after
the
Philistines?
Will
you
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Israel?”
But
he
didn’t
answer
him
that
day.
Saul
said, “Draw
near
here,
all
you
chiefs
of
the
people,
and
know
and
see
in whom
this
sin
has
been
today.
For
as
Yahweh
lives,
who
saves
Israel,
though
it
is
in
Jonathan
my
son,
he
shall
surely
die.”
But
there
was
not
a
man
among
all
the
people
who
answered
him.
Then
he
said
to
all
Israel, “You
be
on
one
side,
and
I
and
Jonathan
my
son
will
be
on
the
other
side.”
The
people
said
to
Saul, “Do
what
seems
good
to
you.”
Therefore
Saul
said
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel, “Show
the right.”
Jonathan
and
Saul
were chosen,
but
the
people
escaped.
Saul
said, “Cast lots
between
me
and
Jonathan
my
son.”
Jonathan
was selected.
Then
Saul
said
to
Jonathan, “Tell
me
what
you
have
done!”
Jonathan
told
him,
and
said, “I
certainly
did
taste
a
little
honey
with
the
end
of
the
rod
that
was
in
my
hand;
and
behold,
I
must
die.”
Saul
said, “God
do
so
and
more
also;
for
you
shall
surely
die,
Jonathan.”
The
people
said
to
Saul, “Shall
Jonathan
die,
who
has
worked
this
great
salvation
in
Israel?
Far
from
it!
As
Yahweh
lives,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of
his
head
fall
to
the
ground,
for
he
has
worked
with
God
today!”
So
the
people
rescued
Jonathan,
so
he
didn’t
die.
Then
Saul
went
up
from
following
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
went
to
their own
place.
Now
when
Saul
had
taken
the
kingdom
over
Israel,
he
fought
against
all
his
enemies
on
every
side:
against
Moab,
and
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
against
Edom,
and
against
the
kings
of
Zobah,
and
against
the
Philistines.
Wherever
he
turned
himself,
he defeated
them.
He
did
valiantly
and
struck
the
Amalekites,
and
delivered
Israel
out
of
the
hands
of
those
who
plundered
them.
Now
the
sons
of
Saul
were
Jonathan,
Ishvi,
and Malchishua;
and
the
names
of
his
two
daughters
were these:
the
name
of
the
firstborn
Merab,
and
the
name
of
the
younger
Michal.
The
name
of
Saul’s
wife
was
Ahinoam
the
daughter
of
Ahimaaz.
The
name
of
the
captain
of
his
army
was
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
Saul’s
uncle.
Kish
was
the
father
of
Saul,
and
Ner
the
father
of
Abner
was
the
son
of
Abiel.
There
was
severe
war
against
the
Philistines
all
the
days
of
Saul;
and
when
Saul
saw
any
mighty
man
or
any
valiant
man,
he
took
him
into
his service.
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Yahweh
sent
me
to
anoint
you
to
be
king
over
his
people,
over
Israel.
Now
therefore
listen
to
the
voice
of
Yahweh’s
words.
Yahweh
of
Armies
says, ‘I remember
what
Amalek
did
to
Israel,
how
he
set himself
against
him
on
the
way
when
he
came
up
out
of
Egypt.
Now go
and
strike
Amalek,
and utterly
destroy
all
that
they
have,
and
don’t
spare
them;
but
kill
both
man
and
woman,
infant
and
nursing baby,
ox
and
sheep,
camel
and
donkey.’”
Saul
summoned
the
people,
and
counted
them
in
Telaim,
two
hundred
thousand
footmen
and
ten
thousand
men
of
Judah.
Saul
came
to
the
city
of
Amalek,
and
set
an ambush
in
the
valley.
Saul
said
to
the
Kenites, “Go,
depart,
go
down
from
among
the
Amalekites,
lest
I
destroy
you
with
them;
for
you showed
kindness
to
all
the
children
of
Israel
when
they
came
up
out
of
Egypt.”
So
the
Kenites
departed
from
among
the
Amalekites.
Saul
struck
the
Amalekites,
from
Havilah
as
you
go
to
Shur,
which
is
before
Egypt.
He
took
Agag
the
king
of
the
Amalekites
alive,
and utterly destroyed
all
the
people
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
But
Saul
and
the
people
spared
Agag
and
the
best
of
the
sheep,
of
the
cattle,
of
the fat
calves,
of
the
lambs,
and
all
that
was
good,
and
were
not
willing
to utterly
destroy
them;
but
everything
that
was vile
and
refuse,
that
they destroyed utterly.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Samuel,
saying,
“It grieves
me
that
I
have
set
up
Saul
to
be
king,
for
he
has
turned
back
from
following
me,
and
has
not performed
my
commandments.”
Samuel
was
angry;
and
he
cried
to
Yahweh
all
night.
Samuel
rose
early
to
meet
Saul
in
the
morning;
and
Samuel
was
told,
saying, “Saul
came
to
Carmel,
and
behold,
he
set
up
a
monument
for
himself,
turned,
passed
on,
and
went
down
to
Gilgal.”
Samuel
came
to
Saul;
and
Saul
said
to
him, “You
are
blessed
by
Yahweh!
I
have performed
the
commandment
of
Yahweh.”
Samuel
said, “Then
what
does
this
bleating
of
the
sheep
in
my
ears
and
the
lowing
of
the
cattle
which
I
hear mean?”
Saul
said, “They
have
brought
them
from
the
Amalekites;
for
the
people
spared
the
best
of
the
sheep
and
of
the
cattle,
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
your
God.
We
have utterly destroyed
the
rest.”
Then
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Stay,
and
I
will
tell
you
what
Yahweh
said
to
me last
night.”
He
said
to
him, “Say
on.”
Samuel
said, “Though
you
were
little
in
your
own
sight, weren’t
you made
the
head
of
the
tribes
of
Israel?
Yahweh
anointed
you
king
over
Israel;
and
Yahweh
sent
you
on
a
journey,
and
said, ‘Go,
and utterly
destroy
the
sinners
the
Amalekites,
and
fight
against
them
until
they
are
consumed.’
Why
then
didn’t
you
obey
Yahweh’s
voice,
but took
the
plunder,
and
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight?”
Saul
said
to
Samuel, “But
I
have
obeyed
Yahweh’s
voice,
and
have
gone
the
way
which
Yahweh
sent
me,
and
have
brought
Agag
the
king
of
Amalek,
and
have utterly destroyed
the
Amalekites.
But
the
people
took
of
the
plunder,
sheep
and
cattle,
the best
of
the
devoted things,
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
your
God
in
Gilgal.”
Samuel
said, “Has
Yahweh
as
great
delight
in
burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices,
as
in
obeying
Yahweh’s
voice?
Behold,
to
obey
is
better
than
sacrifice,
and
to
listen
than
the
fat
of
rams.
For
rebellion
is
as
the
sin
of witchcraft,
and stubbornness
is
as
idolatry
and
teraphim.
15:23
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
Because
you
have
rejected
Yahweh’s
word,
he
has
also
rejected
you
from being
king.”
Saul
said
to
Samuel, “I
have
sinned;
for
I
have transgressed
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
and
your
words,
because
I
feared
the
people
and
obeyed
their
voice.
Now
therefore,
please
pardon
my
sin,
and
turn
again
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Yahweh.”
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “I
will
not
return
with
you;
for
you
have
rejected
Yahweh’s
word,
and
Yahweh
has
rejected
you
from
being
king
over
Israel.”
As
Samuel
turned
around
to
go
away,
Saul
grabbed
the
skirt
of
his
robe,
and
it
tore.
Samuel
said
to
him, “Yahweh
has
torn
the
kingdom
of
Israel
from
you
today,
and
has
given
it
to
a
neighbor
of
yours
who
is
better
than
you.
Also
the
Strength
of
Israel
will
not
lie
nor
repent;
for
he
is
not
a
man,
that
he
should
repent.”
Then
he
said, “I
have
sinned;
yet
please
honor
me
now
before
the
elders
of
my
people
and
before
Israel,
and
come
back
with
me,
that
I
may
worship
Yahweh
your
God.”
So
Samuel
went
back
with
Saul;
and
Saul
worshiped
Yahweh.
Then
Samuel
said, “Bring
Agag
the
king
of
the
Amalekites
here
to
me!”
Agag
came
to
him cheerfully.
Agag
said, “Surely
the
bitterness
of
death
is
past.”
Samuel
said, “As
your
sword
has
made
women
childless,
so
your
mother
will
be
childless
among
women!”
Then
Samuel cut
Agag
in
pieces
before
Yahweh
in
Gilgal.
Then
Samuel
went
to
Ramah;
and
Saul
went
up
to
his
house
to
Gibeah
of
Saul.
Samuel
came
no
more
to
see
Saul
until
the
day
of
his
death,
but
Samuel
mourned
for
Saul.
Yahweh
grieved
that
he
had made
Saul
king
over
Israel.
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “How
long
will
you
mourn
for
Saul,
since
I
have
rejected
him
from
being
king
over
Israel?
Fill
your
horn
with
oil,
and
go.
I
will
send
you
to
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite,
for
I
have
provided
a
king
for
myself
among
his
sons.”
Samuel
said, “How
can
I
go? If
Saul
hears
it,
he
will
kill
me.”
Yahweh
said, “Take
a
heifer
with
you,
and
say, ‘I
have
come
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh.’
Call
Jesse
to
the
sacrifice,
and
I
will
show
you
what
you
shall
do.
You
shall
anoint
to
me
him
whom
I
name
to
you.”
Samuel
did
that
which
Yahweh
spoke,
and
came
to
Bethlehem.
The
elders
of
the
city
came
to
meet
him
trembling,
and
said, “Do
you
come
peaceably?”
He
said, “Peaceably;
I
have
come
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh.
Sanctify
yourselves,
and
come
with
me
to
the
sacrifice.”
He
sanctified
Jesse
and
his
sons,
and
called
them
to
the
sacrifice.
When
they
had
come,
he
looked
at
Eliab,
and
said, “Surely
Yahweh’s
anointed
is
before
him.”
But
Yahweh
said
to
Samuel, “Don’t
look
on
his
face,
or
on
the
height
of
his
stature,
because
I
have
rejected
him;
for
I
don’t
see
as
man
sees.
For
man
looks
at
the
outward
appearance,
but
Yahweh
looks
at
the
heart.”
Then
Jesse
called
Abinadab,
and
made
him
pass
before
Samuel.
He
said, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
this
one,
either.”
Then
Jesse
made
Shammah
to
pass
by.
He
said, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
this
one,
either.”
Jesse
made
seven
of
his
sons
to
pass
before
Samuel.
Samuel
said
to
Jesse, “Yahweh
has
not
chosen
these.”
Samuel
said
to
Jesse, “Are
all
your
children
here?”
He
said, “There
remains
yet
the
youngest.
Behold,
he
is keeping
the
sheep.”
Samuel
said
to
Jesse, “Send
and
get
him,
for
we
will
not
sit
down
until
he
comes
here.”
He
sent,
and
brought
him
in.
Now
he
was
ruddy,
with
a
handsome
face
and
good
appearance.
Yahweh
said, “Arise!
Anoint
him,
for
this
is
he.”
Then
Samuel
took
the
horn
of
oil
and
anointed
him
in
the
middle
of
his
brothers.
Then
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came mightily
on
David
from
that
day
forward.
So
Samuel
rose
up
and
went
to
Ramah.
Now
Yahweh’s
Spirit
departed
from
Saul,
and
an
evil
spirit
from
Yahweh troubled
him.
Saul’s
servants
said
to
him, “See
now,
an
evil
spirit
from
God troubles
you.
Let
our
lord
now
command
your
servants
who
are
in
front
of
you
to
seek
out
a
man
who
is
a
skillful
player
on
the
harp.
Then
when
the
evil
spirit
from
God
is
on
you,
he
will
play
with
his
hand,
and
you
will
be
well.”
Saul
said
to
his
servants, “Provide
me
now
a
man
who
can
play
well,
and
bring
him
to
me.”
Then
one
of
the
young
men
answered
and
said, “Behold,
I
have
seen
a
son
of
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite
who
is
skillful
in
playing,
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
a
man
of
war,
prudent
in
speech,
and
a
handsome
person;
and
Yahweh
is
with
him.”
Therefore
Saul
sent
messengers
to
Jesse,
and
said, “Send
me
David
your
son,
who
is
with
the
sheep.”
Jesse
took
a
donkey loaded
with
bread,
a container
of
wine,
and
a
young
goat,
and
sent
them
by
David
his
son
to
Saul.
David
came
to
Saul
and
stood
before
him.
He
loved
him
greatly;
and
he
became
his
armor
bearer.
Saul
sent
to
Jesse,
saying, “Please
let
David
stand
before
me,
for
he
has
found
favor
in
my
sight.”
When
the
spirit
from
God
was
on
Saul,
David
took
the
harp
and
played
with
his
hand;
so
Saul
was
refreshed
and
was
well,
and
the
evil
spirit
departed
from
him.
Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
their
armies
to
battle;
and
they
were
gathered
together
at
Socoh,
which belongs
to
Judah,
and
encamped
between
Socoh
and
Azekah
in Ephesdammim.
Saul
and
the
men
of
Israel
were
gathered
together,
and
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Elah,
and set
the
battle
in
array
against
the
Philistines.
The
Philistines
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
one
side,
and
Israel
stood
on
the
mountain
on
the
other
side:
and
there
was
a
valley
between
them.
A champion
out
of
the
camp
of
the
Philistines
named
Goliath
of
Gath,
whose
height
was
six
cubits
and
a
span
17:4
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) Therefore, Goliath was about 9 feet and 9 inches or 2.97 meters tall.
went
out.
He
had
a
helmet
of
bronze
on
his
head,
and
he
wore
a coat
of mail;
and
the
weight
of
the coat
was
five
thousand
shekels
17:5
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 5000 shekels is about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.
of
bronze.
He had
bronze shin armor
on
his
legs
and
a
bronze
javelin
between
his
shoulders.
The staff
of
his
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam;
and
his spear’s
head weighed
six
hundred
shekels
of
iron.
17:7
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or about 13 pounds.
His
shield
bearer
went
before
him.
He
stood
and
cried
to
the
armies
of
Israel,
and
said
to
them, “Why
have
you
come
out
to
set
your
battle
in
array?
Am
I
not
a
Philistine,
and
you
servants
to
Saul?
Choose
a
man
for
yourselves,
and
let
him
come
down
to
me.
If
he
is
able
to
fight
with
me
and
kill
me,
then
will
we
be
your
servants;
but
if
I
prevail
against
him
and
kill
him,
then
you
will
be
our
servants
and
serve
us.”
The
Philistine
said, “I
defy
the
armies
of
Israel
today!
Give
me
a
man,
that
we
may
fight
together!”
When
Saul
and
all
Israel
heard
those
words
of
the
Philistine,
they
were
dismayed
and
greatly
afraid.
Now
David
was
the
son
of
that
Ephrathite
of
Bethlehem
Judah,
whose
name
was
Jesse;
and
he
had
eight
sons.
The
man
was
an elderly
old
man
in
the
days
of
Saul.
The
three
oldest
sons
of
Jesse
had
gone
after
Saul
to
the
battle;
and
the
names
of
his
three
sons
who
went
to
the
battle
were
Eliab
the
firstborn,
and
next
to
him
Abinadab,
and
the
third
Shammah.
David
was
the
youngest;
and
the
three
oldest
followed
Saul.
Now
David
went
back
and
forth
from
Saul
to
feed
his
father’s
sheep
at
Bethlehem.
The
Philistine
came
near
morning
and
evening,
and
presented
himself
forty
days.
Jesse
said
to
David
his
son, “Now
take
for
your
brothers
an
ephah
17:17
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
of
this
parched
grain
and
these
ten
loaves,
and
carry
them
quickly
to
the
camp
to
your
brothers;
and
bring
these
ten cheeses
to
the
captain
of
their
thousand;
and
see
how
your
brothers
are doing,
and
bring
back
news.”
Now
Saul,
and
they,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
were
in
the
valley
of
Elah,
fighting
with
the
Philistines.
David
rose
up
early
in
the
morning
and
left
the
sheep
with
a
keeper,
and
took
the provisions
and
went,
as
Jesse
had
commanded
him.
He
came
to
the
place
of
the wagons
as
the
army
which
was
going
out
to
the
fight
shouted
for
the
battle.
Israel
and
the
Philistines put
the
battle
in
array,
army
against
army.
David
left
his
baggage
in
the
hand
of
the
keeper
of
the
baggage
and
ran
to
the
army,
and
came
and greeted
his
brothers.
As
he
talked
with
them,
behold,
the champion,
the
Philistine
of
Gath,
Goliath
by
name,
came
up
out
of
the ranks
of
the
Philistines,
and
said
the
same
words;
and
David
heard
them.
All
the
men
of
Israel,
when
they
saw
the
man,
fled
from
him
and
were
terrified.
The
men
of
Israel
said, “Have
you
seen
this
man
who
has
come
up?
He
has
surely
come
up
to
defy
Israel.
The
king
will
give
great
riches
to
the
man
who
kills
him,
and
will
give
him
his
daughter,
and
will
make
his
father’s
house tax-free
in
Israel.”
David
spoke
to
the
men
who
stood
by
him,
saying, “What
shall
be
done
to
the
man
who
kills
this
Philistine
and
takes
away
the
reproach
from
Israel?
For
who
is
this
uncircumcised
Philistine,
that
he
should
defy
the
armies
of
the
living
God?”
The
people
answered
him
in
this
way,
saying, “So
shall
it
be
done
to
the
man
who
kills
him.”
Eliab
his
oldest
brother
heard
when
he
spoke
to
the
men;
and
Eliab’s
anger
burned
against
David,
and
he
said, “Why
have
you
come
down?
With
whom
have
you
left
those
few
sheep
in
the
wilderness?
I
know
your
pride
and
the
evil
of
your
heart;
for
you
have
come
down
that
you
might
see
the
battle.”
David
said, “What
have
I
now
done?
Is there
not
a
cause?”
He
turned
away
from
him
toward
another,
and
spoke
like
that
again;
and
the
people
answered
him
again
the
same
way.
When
the
words
were
heard
which
David
spoke,
they rehearsed
them
before
Saul;
and
he
sent
for
him.
David
said
to
Saul, “Let
no
man’s
heart
fail
because
of
him.
Your
servant
will
go
and
fight
with
this
Philistine.”
Saul
said
to
David, “You
are
not
able
to go
against
this
Philistine
to
fight
with
him;
for
you
are
but
a
youth,
and
he
a
man
of
war
from
his
youth.”
David
said
to
Saul, “Your
servant
was keeping
his
father’s
sheep;
and
when
a
lion
or
a
bear
came
and
took
a
lamb
out
of
the
flock,
I
went
out
after
him,
struck
him,
and
rescued
it
out
of
his
mouth.
When
he
arose
against
me,
I
caught
him
by
his
beard,
struck
him,
and
killed
him.
Your
servant
struck
both
the
lion
and
the
bear.
This
uncircumcised
Philistine
shall
be
as
one
of
them,
since
he
has defied
the
armies
of
the
living
God.”
David
said, “Yahweh,
who
delivered
me
out
of
the
paw
of
the
lion
and
out
of
the
paw
of
the
bear,
will
deliver
me
out
of
the
hand
of
this
Philistine.”
Saul
said
to
David, “Go!
Yahweh
will
be
with
you.”
Saul
dressed
David
with
his
clothing.
He
put
a
helmet
of
bronze
on
his
head,
and
he clad
him
with
a coat
of mail.
David
strapped
his
sword
on
his clothing
and
he
tried
to
move,
for
he
had
not
tested
it.
David
said
to
Saul, “I
can’t
go
with
these,
for
I
have
not
tested
them.”
Then
David
took
them
off.
He
took
his
staff
in
his
hand,
and
chose
for
himself
five
smooth
stones
out
of
the
brook,
and
put
them
in
the
pouch
of
his shepherd’s
bag
which
he
had.
His sling
was
in
his
hand;
and
he
came
near
to
the
Philistine.
The
Philistine
walked
and
came
near
to
David;
and
the
man
who
bore
the
shield
went
before
him.
When
the
Philistine
looked around
and
saw
David,
he
disdained
him;
for
he
was
but
a
youth,
and
ruddy,
and
had
a good
looking
face.
The
Philistine
said
to
David, “Am
I
a
dog,
that
you
come
to
me
with
sticks?”
The
Philistine
cursed
David
by
his
gods.
The
Philistine
said
to
David, “Come
to
me,
and
I
will
give
your
flesh
to
the
birds
of
the
sky
and
to
the
animals
of
the
field.”
Then
David
said
to
the
Philistine, “You
come
to
me
with
a
sword,
with
a
spear,
and
with
a
javelin;
but
I
come
to
you
in
the
name
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
whom
you
have defied.
Today,
Yahweh
will
deliver
you
into
my
hand.
I
will
strike
you
and
take
your
head
from
off
you.
I
will
give
the
dead
bodies
of
the
army
of
the
Philistines
today
to
the
birds
of
the
sky
and
to
the
wild
animals
of
the
earth,
that
all
the
earth
may
know
that
there
is
a
God
in
Israel,
and
that
all
this
assembly
may
know
that
Yahweh
doesn’t
save
with
sword
and
spear;
for
the
battle
is
Yahweh’s,
and
he
will
give
you
into
our
hand.”
When
the
Philistine
arose,
and walked
and
came
near
to
meet
David,
David
hurried
and
ran
toward
the
army
to
meet
the
Philistine.
David
put
his
hand
in
his
bag,
took
a
stone
and slung
it,
and
struck
the
Philistine
in
his
forehead.
The
stone
sank
into
his
forehead,
and
he
fell
on
his
face
to
the
earth.
So
David
prevailed
over
the
Philistine
with
a sling
and
with
a
stone,
and
struck
the
Philistine
and
killed
him;
but
there
was
no
sword
in
David’s
hand.
Then
David
ran,
stood
over
the
Philistine,
took
his
sword,
drew
it
out
of
its
sheath,
killed
him,
and
cut
off
his
head
with
it.
When
the
Philistines
saw
that
their
champion
was
dead,
they
fled.
The
men
of
Israel
and
of
Judah
arose
and
shouted,
and
pursued
the
Philistines
as
far
as Gai
and
to
the
gates
of
Ekron.
The
wounded
of
the
Philistines
fell
down
by
the
way
to
Shaaraim,
even
to
Gath
and
to
Ekron.
The
children
of
Israel
returned
from
chasing
after
the
Philistines,
and
they
plundered
their
camp.
David
took
the
head
of
the
Philistine
and
brought
it
to
Jerusalem,
but
he
put
his
armor
in
his
tent.
When
Saul
saw
David
go
out
against
the
Philistine,
he
said
to
Abner,
the
captain
of
the
army, “Abner,
whose
son
is
this
youth?”
Abner
said, “As
your
soul
lives,
O
king,
I
can’t
tell.”
The
king
said, “Inquire
whose
son
the
young
man
is!”
As
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
Abner
took
him
and
brought
him
before
Saul
with
the
head
of
the
Philistine
in
his
hand.
Saul
said
to
him, “Whose
son
are
you,
you
young
man?”
David
answered, “I am
the
son
of
your
servant
Jesse
the
Bethlehemite.”
When
he
had
finished
speaking
to
Saul,
the
soul
of
Jonathan
was
knit
with
the
soul
of
David,
and
Jonathan
loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
Saul
took
him
that
day,
and wouldn’t
let
him
go
home
to
his
father’s
house
any
more.
Then
Jonathan
and
David
made
a
covenant, because
he loved
him
as
his
own
soul.
Jonathan
stripped himself
of
the
robe
that
was
on
him
and
gave
it
to
David
with
his clothing,
even
including
his
sword,
his
bow,
and
his sash.
David
went
out
wherever
Saul
sent
him,
and behaved
himself wisely;
and
Saul
set
him
over
the
men
of
war.
It
was
good
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people,
and
also
in
the
sight
of
Saul’s
servants.
As
they
came,
when
David
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Philistine,
the
women
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Israel,
singing
and
dancing,
to
meet
King
Saul
with
tambourines,
with
joy,
and
with instruments
of music.
The
women sang
to
one
another
as
they
played,
and
said,
“Saul
has
slain
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands.”
Saul
was
very
angry,
and
this
saying
displeased
him.
He
said, “They
have credited
David
with
ten
thousands,
and
they
have
only credited
me
with
thousands.
What
can
he
have
more
but
the
kingdom?”
Saul watched
David
from
that
day
and
forward.
On
the
next
day,
an
evil
spirit
from
God
came mightily
on
Saul,
and
he
prophesied
in
the
middle
of
the
house.
David
played
with
his
hand,
as
he
did
day
by
day.
Saul
had
his
spear
in
his
hand;
and
Saul
threw
the
spear,
for
he
said, “I
will
pin
David
to
the
wall!”
David
escaped
from
his
presence
twice.
Saul
was
afraid
of
David,
because
Yahweh
was
with
him,
and
had
departed
from
Saul.
Therefore
Saul
removed
him
from
his
presence,
and
made
him
his
captain
over
a
thousand;
and
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
the
people.
David behaved himself wisely
in
all
his
ways;
and
Yahweh
was
with
him.
When
Saul
saw
that
he behaved
himself
very wisely,
he stood
in awe
of
him.
But
all
Israel
and
Judah
loved
David;
for
he
went
out
and
came
in
before
them.
Saul
said
to
David, “Behold,
my
elder
daughter
Merab.
I
will
give
her
to
you
as
wife.
Only
be
valiant
for
me,
and
fight
Yahweh’s
battles.”
For
Saul
said, “Don’t
let
my
hand
be
on
him,
but
let
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
be
on
him.”
David
said
to
Saul, “Who
am
I,
and
what
is
my
life,
or
my
father’s
family
in
Israel,
that
I
should
be
son-in-law
to
the
king?”
But
at
the
time
when
Merab,
Saul’s
daughter,
should
have
been
given
to
David,
she
was
given
to
Adriel
the
Meholathite
as
wife.
Michal,
Saul’s
daughter,
loved
David;
and they
told
Saul,
and
the
thing
pleased
him.
Saul
said,
I
will
give
her
to
him,
that she
may
be
a
snare
to
him
and
that
the
hand
of
the
Philistines
may
be
against
him.
Therefore
Saul
said
to
David
a
second
time, “You
shall
today
be
my
son-in-law.”
Saul
commanded
his
servants, “Talk
with
David
secretly,
and
say, ‘Behold,
the
king
has
delight
in
you,
and
all
his
servants
love
you.
Now
therefore
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.’”
Saul’s
servants
spoke
those
words
in
the
ears
of
David.
David
said, “Does
it
seem
to
you
a
light
thing
to
be
the
king’s
son-in-law, since
I
am
a
poor
man
and little known?”
The
servants
of
Saul
told
him,
saying, “David
spoke
like
this.”
Saul
said, “Tell
David, ‘The
king desires
no
dowry
except
one
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines,
to
be
avenged
of
the
king’s
enemies.’”
Now
Saul
thought
he
would
make
David
fall
by
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
When
his
servants
told
David
these
words,
it
pleased
David well
to
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.
Before
the deadline,
David
arose
and
went,
he
and
his
men,
and
killed
two
hundred
men
of
the
Philistines.
Then
David
brought
their
foreskins,
and
they
gave
them
in
full number
to
the
king,
that
he
might
be
the
king’s
son-in-law.
Then
Saul
gave
him
Michal
his
daughter
as
wife.
Saul
saw
and
knew
that
Yahweh
was
with
David;
and
Michal,
Saul’s
daughter,
loved
him.
Saul
was
even
more
afraid
of
David;
and
Saul
was
David’s
enemy
continually.
Then
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
went
out;
and
as
often
as
they
went
out,
David behaved himself
more wisely
than
all
the
servants
of
Saul,
so
that
his
name
was
highly
esteemed.
Saul
spoke
to
Jonathan
his
son
and
to
all
his
servants,
that
they
should
kill
David.
But
Jonathan,
Saul’s
son,
greatly delighted
in
David.
Jonathan
told
David,
saying, “Saul
my
father
seeks
to
kill
you.
Now
therefore,
please
take
care
of yourself
in
the
morning,
live
in
a secret place,
and
hide yourself.
I
will
go
out
and
stand
beside
my
father
in
the
field
where
you
are,
and
I
will
talk
with
my
father
about
you;
and
if
I
see
anything,
I
will
tell
you.”
Jonathan
spoke
good
of
David
to
Saul
his
father,
and
said
to
him, “Don’t
let
the
king
sin
against
his
servant,
against
David;
because
he
has
not
sinned
against
you,
and
because
his
works
have
been
very
good
toward
you;
for
he
put
his
life
in
his
hand
and
struck
the
Philistine,
and
Yahweh
worked
a
great
victory
for
all
Israel.
You
saw
it
and
rejoiced.
Why
then
will
you
sin
against
innocent
blood,
to
kill
David
without
a
cause?”
Saul
listened
to
the
voice
of
Jonathan;
and
Saul
swore, “As
Yahweh
lives,
he
shall
not
be
put
to
death.”
Jonathan
called
David,
and
Jonathan showed
him
all
those
things.
Then
Jonathan
brought
David
to
Saul,
and
he
was
in
his
presence
as
before.
There
was
war
again.
David
went
out
and
fought
with
the
Philistines,
and
killed
them
with
a
great
slaughter;
and
they
fled
before
him.
An
evil
spirit
from
Yahweh
was
on
Saul
as
he
sat
in
his
house
with
his
spear
in
his
hand;
and
David
was
playing music
with
his
hand.
Saul
sought
to
pin
David
to
the
wall
with
the
spear,
but
he
slipped
away
out
of
Saul’s
presence;
and
he
stuck
the
spear
into
the
wall.
David
fled
and
escaped
that
night.
Saul
sent
messengers
to
David’s
house
to
watch
him
and
to
kill
him
in
the
morning.
Michal,
David’s
wife,
told
him,
saying, “If
you
don’t
save
your
life
tonight,
tomorrow
you
will
be
killed.”
So
Michal
let
David
down
through
the
window.
He
went
away,
fled,
and
escaped.
Michal
took
the
teraphim
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and
laid
it
in
the
bed,
and
put
a pillow
of
goats’ hair
at
its
head
and
covered
it
with
clothes.
When
Saul
sent
messengers
to
take
David,
she
said, “He
is
sick.”
Saul
sent
the
messengers
to
see
David,
saying, “Bring
him
up
to
me
in
the
bed,
that
I
may
kill
him.”
When
the
messengers
came
in,
behold,
the
teraphim
was
in
the
bed,
with
the pillow
of
goats’ hair
at
its
head.
Saul
said
to
Michal, “Why have
you
deceived
me
like
this
and
let
my
enemy
go,
so
that
he
has
escaped?”
Michal
answered
Saul, “He
said
to
me, ‘Let
me
go!
Why
should
I
kill
you?’”
Now
David
fled
and
escaped,
and
came
to
Samuel
at
Ramah,
and
told
him
all
that
Saul
had
done
to
him.
He
and
Samuel
went
and
lived
in
Naioth.
Saul
was
told,
saying, “Behold,
David
is
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.”
Saul
sent
messengers
to
seize
David;
and
when
they
saw
the
company
of
the
prophets
prophesying,
and
Samuel
standing
as head
over
them,
God’s
Spirit
came
on
Saul’s
messengers,
and
they
also
prophesied.
When
Saul
was
told,
he
sent
other
messengers,
and
they
also
prophesied.
Saul
sent
messengers
again
the
third
time,
and
they
also
prophesied.
Then
he
also
went
to
Ramah,
and
came
to
the
great
well
that
is
in
Secu:
and
he
asked, “Where
are
Samuel
and
David?”
One
said, “Behold,
they
are
at
Naioth
in
Ramah.”
He
went
there
to
Naioth
in
Ramah.
Then
God’s
Spirit
came
on
him
also,
and
he
went
on,
and
prophesied,
until
he
came
to
Naioth
in
Ramah.
He
also
stripped
off
his
clothes.
He
also
prophesied
before
Samuel
and
lay
down
naked
all
that
day
and
all
that
night.
Therefore
they
say, “Is
Saul
also
among
the
prophets?”
David
fled
from
Naioth
in
Ramah,
and
came
and
said
to
Jonathan, “What
have
I
done?
What
is
my
iniquity?
What
is
my
sin
before
your
father,
that
he
seeks
my
life?”
He
said
to
him, “Far
from
it;
you
will
not
die.
Behold,
my
father
does
nothing
either
great
or
small,
but
that
he
discloses
it
to
me.
Why
would
my
father
hide
this
thing
from
me?
It
is
not
so.”
David
swore
moreover,
and
said, “Your
father
knows
well
that
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes;
and
he
says, ‘Don’t
let
Jonathan
know
this,
lest
he
be
grieved;’
but
truly
as
Yahweh
lives,
and
as
your
soul
lives,
there
is
but
a
step
between
me
and
death.”
Then
Jonathan
said
to
David, “Whatever
your
soul desires,
I
will
even
do
it
for
you.”
David
said
to
Jonathan, “Behold,
tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
I
should
not fail
to
dine
with
the
king;
but
let
me
go,
that
I
may
hide
myself
in
the
field
to
the
third
day
at
evening.
If
your
father
misses
me
at
all,
then
say, ‘David
earnestly
asked
leave
of
me
that
he might
run
to
Bethlehem,
his
city;
for
it
is
the
yearly
sacrifice
there
for
all
the
family.’
If
he
says, ‘It
is
well,’
your
servant
shall
have
peace;
but
if
he
is
angry,
then
know
that
evil
is
determined
by
him.
Therefore
deal kindly
with
your
servant,
for
you
have
brought
your
servant
into
a
covenant
of
Yahweh
with
you;
but
if
there
is
iniquity
in
me,
kill
me
yourself,
for
why
should
you
bring
me
to
your
father?”
Jonathan
said, “Far
be
it
from
you;
for
if
I
should
at
all
know
that
evil
were
determined
by
my
father
to
come
on
you,
then wouldn’t
I
tell
you
that?”
Then
David
said
to
Jonathan, “Who
will
tell
me
if
your
father
answers
you roughly?”
Jonathan
said
to
David, “Come! Let’s
go
out
into
the
field.”
They
both
went
out
into
the
field.
Jonathan
said
to
David, “By
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
when
I
have
sounded
out
my
father
about
this
time
tomorrow,
or
the
third
day,
behold,
if
there
is
good
toward
David,
won’t
I
then
send
to
you
and disclose
it
to
you?
Yahweh
do
so
to
Jonathan
and
more
also,
should
it
please
my
father
to
do
you
evil,
if
I don’t disclose
it
to
you
and
send
you
away,
that
you
may
go
in
peace.
May
Yahweh
be
with
you
as
he
has
been
with
my
father.
You
shall
not
only
show
me
the loving
kindness
of
Yahweh
while
I
still
live,
that
I
not
die;
but
you
shall
also
not
cut
off
your
kindness
from
my
house
forever,
no,
not
when
Yahweh
has
cut
off
every
one
of
the
enemies
of
David
from
the
surface
of
the
earth.”
So
Jonathan
made
a covenant
with
David’s
house, saying, “Yahweh
will
require
it
at
the
hand
of
David’s
enemies.”
Jonathan caused
David
to
swear
again,
for
the
love
that
he
had
to
him;
for
he
loved
him
as
he
loved
his
own
soul.
Then
Jonathan
said
to
him, “Tomorrow
is
the
new
moon,
and
you
will
be
missed,
because
your
seat
will
be
empty.
When
you
have
stayed
three
days,
go
down
quickly
and
come
to
the
place
where
you
hid
yourself
when
this started,
and
remain
by
the
stone
Ezel.
I
will
shoot
three
arrows
on
its
side,
as though
I
shot
at
a mark.
Behold,
I
will
send
the
boy,
saying, ‘Go,
find
the
arrows!’
If
I
tell
the
boy, ‘Behold,
the
arrows
are
on
this
side
of
you.
Take
them;’
then
come,
for
there
is
peace
to
you
and
no danger,
as
Yahweh
lives.
But
if
I
say
this
to
the
boy, ‘Behold,
the
arrows
are
beyond
you,’
then
go
your
way,
for
Yahweh
has
sent
you
away.
Concerning
the
matter
which
you
and
I
have
spoken
of,
behold,
Yahweh
is
between
you
and
me
forever.”
So
David
hid
himself
in
the
field.
When
the
new
moon
had
come,
the
king
sat
himself
down
to
eat
food.
The
king
sat
on
his
seat,
as
at
other
times,
even
on
the
seat
by
the
wall;
and
Jonathan
stood
up,
and
Abner
sat
by
Saul’s
side,
but
David’s
place
was
empty.
Nevertheless
Saul
didn’t
say
anything
that
day,
for
he
thought, “Something
has happened
to
him.
He
is
not
clean.
Surely
he
is
not
clean.”
On
the
next
day
after
the
new
moon,
the
second
day,
David’s
place
was
empty.
Saul
said
to
Jonathan
his
son, “Why
didn’t
the
son
of
Jesse
come
to eat,
either
yesterday,
or
today?”
Jonathan
answered
Saul, “David
earnestly
asked permission
of
me
to go
to
Bethlehem.
He
said, ‘Please
let
me
go,
for
our
family
has
a
sacrifice
in
the
city.
My
brother
has
commanded
me
to
be
there.
Now,
if
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
please
let
me
go
away
and
see
my
brothers.’
Therefore
he
has
not
come
to
the
king’s
table.”
Then
Saul’s
anger
burned
against
Jonathan,
and
he
said
to
him, “You
son
of
a perverse
rebellious woman,
don’t
I
know
that
you
have
chosen
the
son
of
Jesse
to
your own
shame,
and
to
the
shame
of
your
mother’s
nakedness?
For
as
long
as
the
son
of
Jesse
lives
on
the
earth,
you
will
not
be
established,
nor
will
your
kingdom.
Therefore
now
send
and
bring
him
to
me,
for
he
shall
surely
die!”
Jonathan
answered
Saul
his
father,
and
said
to
him, “Why
should
he
be
put
to
death?
What
has
he
done?”
Saul
cast
his
spear
at
him
to
strike
him.
By
this
Jonathan
knew
that
his
father
was determined
to
put
David
to
death.
So
Jonathan
arose
from
the
table
in
fierce
anger,
and
ate
no
food
the
second
day
of
the
month;
for
he
was
grieved
for
David,
because
his
father
had treated
him shamefully.
In
the
morning,
Jonathan
went
out
into
the
field
at
the
time
appointed
with
David,
and
a
little
boy
with
him.
He
said
to
his
boy, “Run,
find
now
the
arrows
which
I
shoot.”
As
the
boy
ran,
he
shot
an
arrow
beyond
him.
When
the
boy
had
come
to
the
place
of
the
arrow
which
Jonathan
had
shot,
Jonathan
cried
after
the
boy,
and
said, “Isn’t
the
arrow
beyond
you?”
Jonathan
cried
after
the
boy, “Go fast!
Hurry!
Don’t
delay!”
Jonathan’s
boy
gathered
up
the
arrows,
and
came
to
his
master.
But
the
boy
didn’t
know
anything.
Only
Jonathan
and
David
knew
the
matter.
Jonathan
gave
his
weapons
to
his
boy,
and
said
to
him, “Go,
carry
them
to
the
city.”
As soon
as
the
boy
was
gone,
David
arose
out
of
the
south,
and
fell
on
his
face
to
the
ground,
and
bowed
himself
three
times.
They
kissed
one
another
and
wept
with
one
another,
and
David
wept
the most.
Jonathan
said
to
David, “Go
in
peace,
because
we
have
both
sworn
in
Yahweh’s
name,
saying, ‘Yahweh
is
between
me
and
you,
and
between
my
offspring
and
your
offspring,
forever.’”
He arose
and
departed;
and
Jonathan
went
into
the city.
Then David
came
to Nob
to Ahimelech
the priest. Ahimelech
came
to meet David trembling,
and said
to
him, “Why
are
you alone,
and no man
with
you?”
David
said
to
Ahimelech
the
priest, “The king
has
commanded
me
to
do something,
and
has
said
to
me, ‘Let
no
one
know
anything
about
the business
about which
I send
you,
and what
I
have
commanded
you.
I
have
sent
the young
men
to
a
certain
place.’
Now
therefore
what
is under
your hand?
Please
give
me five loaves
of bread
in
my hand,
or
whatever
is available.”
The priest answered
David,
and said, “I
have
no common
bread,
but
there
is holy
bread;
if only
the young men
have
kept themselves
from women.”
David
answered
the
priest,
and
said
to
him, “Truly,
women
have
been
kept
from
us
as usual these three
days.
When
I
came
out,
the vessels
of
the
young
men
were
holy,
though
it
was
only
a
common journey.
How
much
more
then today
shall
their vessels
be
holy?”
So
the
priest
gave
him
holy bread;
for
there
was
no bread
there
but
the
show bread
that
was
taken
from
before Yahweh,
to
be replaced
with hot bread
in
the
day
when
it
was
taken
away.
Now
a certain man
of
the
servants
of Saul
was
there
that
day, detained
before
Yahweh;
and
his
name
was Doeg
the Edomite,
the best
of
the herdsmen
who
belonged
to Saul.
David said
to Ahimelech, “Isn’t
there
here
under
your hand spear
or sword?
For
I haven’t brought
my sword
or
my weapons
with
me,
because
the king’s business required haste.”
The priest
said, “Behold,
the
sword
of Goliath
the Philistine, whom
you
killed
in
the valley
of Elah,
is
here wrapped
in
a cloth behind
the ephod.
If
you
would
like
to
take
that,
take
it,
for
there
is
no
other
except
that
here.”
David
said, “There
is
none
like
that.
Give
it
to
me.”
David arose
and fled
that day
for fear
of
Saul,
and went
to Achish
the king
of Gath.
The servants
of
Achish
said
to
him, “Isn’t
this
David
the
king
of
the
land? Didn’t
they sing
to
one another
about
him
in dances, saying,
‘Saul
has slain
his thousands,
and
David
his ten thousands?’”
David laid
up
these words
in
his heart,
and
was
very afraid
of
Achish
the
king
of Gath.
He changed
his behavior
before
them
and pretended
to
be insane
in
their hands,
and scribbled
on
the doors
of
the gate,
and
let
his spittle fall
down
on
his beard.
Then Achish
said
to
his servants, “Look,
you
see
the
man
is insane. Why
then
have
you
brought
him
to
me?
Do
I lack
madmen,
that
you
have
brought
this
fellow
to play
the
madman
in
my presence?
Should
this
fellow
come
into
my house?”
David
therefore
departed
from
there
and
escaped
to Adullam’s
cave.
When
his
brothers
and
all
his
father’s
house
heard
it,
they
went
down
there
to
him.
Everyone
who
was
in
distress,
everyone
who
was
in debt,
and
everyone
who
was discontented
gathered
themselves
to
him;
and
he
became
captain
over
them.
There
were
with
him
about
four
hundred
men.
David
went
from
there
to
Mizpeh
of
Moab;
and
he
said
to
the
king
of
Moab, “Please
let
my
father
and
my
mother
come
out
to
you,
until
I
know
what
God
will
do
for
me.”
He
brought
them
before
the
king
of
Moab;
and
they
lived
with
him
all
the
time
that
David
was
in
the stronghold.
The
prophet
Gad
said
to
David, “Don’t
stay
in
the stronghold. Depart,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Judah.”
Then
David
departed,
and
came
into
the
forest
of
Hereth.
Saul
heard
that
David
was
discovered,
with
the
men
who
were
with
him.
Now
Saul
was
sitting
in
Gibeah,
under
the
tamarisk
tree
in Ramah,
with
his
spear
in
his
hand,
and
all
his
servants
were
standing
around
him.
Saul
said
to
his
servants
who
stood
around
him, “Hear
now,
you Benjamites!
Will
the
son
of
Jesse
give
everyone
of
you
fields
and
vineyards?
Will
he
make
you
all
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds?
Is
that
why
all
of
you
have
conspired
against
me,
and
there
is
no
one
who
discloses
to
me
when
my
son
makes
a treaty
with
the
son
of
Jesse,
and
there
is
none
of
you
who
is sorry
for
me,
or
discloses
to
me
that
my
son
has
stirred
up
my
servant
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
it
is
today?”
Then
Doeg
the
Edomite,
who
stood
by
the
servants
of
Saul,
answered
and
said, “I
saw
the
son
of
Jesse
coming
to
Nob,
to
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub.
He
inquired
of
Yahweh
for
him,
gave
him
food,
and
gave
him
the
sword
of
Goliath
the
Philistine.”
Then
the
king
sent
to
call
Ahimelech
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
and
all
his
father’s
house,
the
priests
who
were
in
Nob;
and
they
all
came
to
the
king.
Saul
said, “Hear
now,
you
son
of
Ahitub.”
He
answered, “Here
I
am,
my
lord.”
Saul
said
to
him, “Why
have
you
conspired
against
me,
you
and
the
son
of
Jesse,
in
that
you
have
given
him
bread,
and
a
sword,
and
have
inquired
of
God
for
him,
that
he
should
rise
against
me,
to
lie
in
wait,
as
it
is
today?”
Then
Ahimelech
answered
the
king,
and
said, “Who
among
all
your
servants
is
so
faithful
as
David,
who
is
the
king’s
son-in-law, captain
of
your body
guard,
and
honored
in
your
house?
Have
I
today
begun
to
inquire
of
God
for
him?
Be
it
far
from
me!
Don’t
let
the
king
impute
anything
to
his
servant,
nor
to
all
the
house
of
my
father;
for
your
servant
knew
nothing
of
all
this,
less
or
more.”
The
king
said, “You
shall
surely
die,
Ahimelech,
you
and
all
your
father’s
house.”
The
king
said
to
the
guard
who
stood
about
him, “Turn
and
kill
the
priests
of
Yahweh,
because
their
hand
also
is
with
David,
and
because
they
knew
that
he
fled
and
didn’t disclose
it
to
me.”
But
the
servants
of
the
king wouldn’t
put
out
their
hand
to
fall
on
the
priests
of
Yahweh.
The
king
said
to
Doeg, “Turn
and
attack
the
priests!”
Doeg
the
Edomite
turned,
and
he
attacked
the
priests,
and
he
killed
on
that
day
eighty-five
people
who
wore
a
linen
ephod.
He
struck
Nob,
the
city
of
the
priests,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword—both
men
and
women,
children
and
nursing
babies,
and
cattle,
donkeys,
and
sheep,
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
One
of
the
sons
of
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Ahitub,
named
Abiathar,
escaped
and
fled
after
David.
Abiathar
told
David
that
Saul
had
slain
Yahweh’s
priests.
David
said
to
Abiathar, “I
knew
on
that
day,
when
Doeg
the
Edomite
was
there,
that
he
would
surely
tell
Saul.
I
am responsible
for
the
death
of
all
the
persons
of
your
father’s
house.
Stay
with
me.
Don’t
be
afraid,
for
he
who
seeks
my
life
seeks
your
life.
You
will
be
safe
with
me.”
David
was
told, “Behold,
the
Philistines
are
fighting
against
Keilah,
and
are robbing
the
threshing
floors.”
Therefore
David
inquired
of
Yahweh,
saying, “Shall
I go
and
strike
these
Philistines?”
Yahweh
said
to
David, “Go
strike
the
Philistines,
and
save
Keilah.”
David’s
men
said
to
him, “Behold,
we
are
afraid
here
in
Judah.
How
much
more
then
if
we
go
to
Keilah
against
the
armies
of
the
Philistines?”
Then
David
inquired
of
Yahweh
yet
again.
Yahweh
answered
him,
and
said, “Arise,
go
down
to
Keilah;
for
I
will
deliver
the
Philistines
into
your
hand.”
David
and
his
men
went
to
Keilah
and
fought
with
the
Philistines,
and
brought
away
their
livestock,
and
killed
them
with
a
great
slaughter.
So
David
saved
the
inhabitants
of
Keilah.
When
Abiathar
the
son
of
Ahimelech
fled
to
David
to
Keilah,
he
came
down
with
an
ephod
in
his
hand.
Saul
was
told
that
David
had
come
to
Keilah.
Saul
said, “God
has
delivered
him
into
my
hand,
for
he
is
shut
in
by
entering
into
a
town
that
has
gates
and
bars.”
Saul
summoned
all
the
people
to
war,
to
go
down
to
Keilah
to besiege
David
and
his
men.
David
knew
that
Saul
was devising mischief
against
him.
He
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest, “Bring
the
ephod
here.”
Then
David
said, “O
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
your
servant
has
surely
heard
that
Saul
seeks
to
come
to
Keilah
to
destroy
the
city
for
my
sake.
Will
the
men
of
Keilah
deliver
me
up
into
his
hand?
Will
Saul
come
down,
as
your
servant
has
heard?
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
beg
you,
tell
your
servant.”
Yahweh
said, “He
will
come
down.”
Then
David
said, “Will
the
men
of
Keilah
deliver
me
and
my
men
into
the
hand
of
Saul?”
Yahweh
said, “They
will
deliver
you
up.”
Then
David
and
his
men,
who
were
about
six
hundred,
arose
and
departed
out
of
Keilah
and
went
wherever
they
could
go.
Saul
was
told
that
David
had
escaped
from
Keilah;
and
he
gave
up
going
there.
David
stayed
in
the
wilderness
in
the
strongholds,
and
remained
in
the
hill
country
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
Saul
sought
him
every
day,
but
God
didn’t
deliver
him
into
his
hand.
David
saw
that
Saul
had
come
out
to
seek
his
life.
David
was
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph
in
the woods.
Jonathan,
Saul’s
son,
arose
and
went
to
David
into
the woods,
and
strengthened
his
hand
in
God.
He
said
to
him, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
the
hand
of
Saul
my
father
won’t
find
you;
and
you
will
be
king
over
Israel,
and
I
will
be
next
to
you;
and
Saul
my
father
knows
that
also.”
They
both
made
a
covenant
before
Yahweh.
Then
David
stayed
in
the woods
and
Jonathan
went
to
his
house.
Then
the
Ziphites
came
up
to
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying, “Doesn’t
David
hide
himself
with
us
in
the
strongholds
in
the woods,
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
on
the
south
of
the
desert?
Now
therefore,
O
king,
come
down.
According
to
all
the
desire
of
your
soul
to
come
down;
and
our
part
will
be
to
deliver
him
up
into
the
king’s
hand.”
Saul
said, “You
are
blessed
by
Yahweh,
for
you
have
had
compassion
on
me.
Please
go
make
yet
more
sure,
and
know
and
see
his
place
where
his
haunt
is,
and
who
has
seen
him
there;
for
I
have
been
told
that
he
is
very
cunning.
See
therefore,
and
take
knowledge
of
all
the lurking
places
where
he
hides
himself;
and
come
again
to
me
with
certainty,
and
I
will
go
with
you.
It
shall
happen,
if
he
is
in
the
land,
that
I
will
search
him
out
among
all
the
thousands
of
Judah.”
They
arose,
and
went
to
Ziph
before
Saul;
but
David
and
his
men
were
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon,
in
the
Arabah
on
the
south
of
the
desert.
Saul
and
his
men
went
to
seek
him.
When
David
was
told,
he
went
down
to
the
rock,
and
stayed
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
When
Saul
heard
that,
he
pursued
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Maon.
Saul
went
on
this
side
of
the
mountain,
and
David
and
his
men
on
that
side
of
the
mountain;
and
David
hurried
to get
away
for fear
of
Saul,
for
Saul
and
his
men surrounded
David
and
his
men
to
take
them.
But
a
messenger
came
to
Saul,
saying, “Hurry
and
come,
for
the
Philistines
have
made
a
raid
on
the
land!”
So
Saul
returned
from
pursuing
David,
and
went
against
the
Philistines.
Therefore
they
called
that
place Sela Hammahlekoth.
23:28
“Sela Hammahlekoth” means “rock of parting”.
David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
When Saul
had
returned
from following
the Philistines,
he
was told, “Behold,
David
is
in
the wilderness
of En Gedi.”
Then
Saul
took three thousand chosen
men out
of
all Israel,
and
went
to seek
David
and
his
men
on
the rocks
of
the wild goats.
He
came
to
the sheep pens
by
the
way,
where
there
was
a cave;
and
Saul
went
in
to relieve
himself. Now
David
and
his
men
were staying
in
the innermost parts
of
the cave.
David’s
men
said
to
him, “Behold,
the day
of
which Yahweh
said
to
you, ‘Behold,
I
will deliver
your enemy
into
your hand,
and
you
shall
do
to
him
as
it
shall seem good
to
you.’”
Then
David arose
and cut
off
the skirt
of
Saul’s robe secretly.
Afterward,
David’s heart struck
him
because
he
had
cut
off
Saul’s
skirt.
He
said
to
his
men, “Yahweh forbid
that
I
should do
this
thing
to
my lord, Yahweh’s anointed,
to stretch
out
my hand
against
him,
since
he
is Yahweh’s anointed.”
So
David checked
his
men
with
these
words,
and didn’t allow
them
to rise
against
Saul.
Saul rose
up
out
of
the cave,
and
went
on
his
way.
David
also
arose afterward,
and
went
out
of
the
cave
and
cried
after
Saul,
saying, “My lord
the king!”
When
Saul looked behind
him,
David bowed
with
his face
to
the earth,
and
showed respect.
David
said
to
Saul, “Why
do
you listen
to men’s words,
saying, ‘Behold,
David seeks
to harm
you?’
Behold, today
your eyes
have seen
how Yahweh
had delivered
you today into
my hand
in
the cave.
Some urged
me
to kill
you,
but
I spared
you.
I
said, ‘I
will
not stretch
out
my hand
against
my lord,
for
he
is Yahweh’s anointed.’
Moreover,
my father,
behold,
yes,
see
the skirt
of
your robe
in
my
hand;
for
in
that
I cut
off
the skirt
of
your robe
and
didn’t
kill
you, know
and
see
that
there
is
neither evil
nor disobedience
in
my
hand.
I
have
not sinned
against
you,
though
you hunt
for
my
life
to
take
it.
May Yahweh judge between
me
and
you,
and
may Yahweh avenge
me
of
you;
but
my
hand
will
not
be
on
you.
As
the proverb
of
the ancients says, ‘Out
of
the wicked
comes wickedness;’
but
my
hand
will
not
be
on
you.
Against
whom
has
the king
of Israel
come
out?
Whom
do
you pursue?
A dead dog?
A flea?
May Yahweh
therefore
be judge,
and give sentence between
me
and
you,
and see,
and plead
my cause,
and deliver
me
out
of
your hand.”
It
came
to
pass,
when
David
had finished speaking these words
to Saul,
that Saul said, “Is
that
your voice,
my son
David?” Saul lifted
up
his voice
and wept.
He
said
to
David, “You
are more righteous than
I;
for
you
have
done good
to
me, whereas
I
have
done evil
to
you.
You
have
declared today
how
you
have
dealt
well
with
me,
because
when Yahweh
had delivered
me
up
into
your hand,
you didn’t kill
me.
For
if
a man finds
his enemy,
will
he
let
him go away unharmed?
Therefore
may
Yahweh reward
you
good
for
that
which
you
have
done
to
me
today.
Now, behold,
I know
that
you
will
surely
be king,
and
that
the kingdom
of Israel
will
be established
in
your hand.
Swear
now
therefore
to
me
by Yahweh
that
you
will
not cut off
my offspring
after
me,
and
that
you
will
not destroy
my name
out
of
my father’s house.”
David
swore
to Saul. Saul
went
home,
but David
and
his
men
went
up
to
the stronghold.
Samuel
died;
and
all
Israel
gathered
themselves
together
and
mourned
for
him,
and
buried
him
at
his
house
at
Ramah.
Then
David
arose
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Paran.
There
was
a
man
in
Maon
whose possessions
were
in
Carmel;
and
the
man
was
very
great.
He
had
three
thousand
sheep
and
a
thousand
goats;
and
he
was
shearing
his
sheep
in
Carmel.
Now
the
name
of
the
man
was
Nabal;
and
the
name
of
his
wife
Abigail.
This
woman
was intelligent
and
had
a
beautiful face;
but
the
man
was surly
and
evil
in
his
doings.
He
was
of
the house
of Caleb.
David
heard
in
the
wilderness
that
Nabal
was
shearing
his
sheep.
David
sent
ten
young
men;
and
David
said
to
the
young
men, “Go
up
to
Carmel,
and
go
to
Nabal,
and
greet
him
in
my
name.
Tell
him, ‘Long
life
to
you!
Peace
be
to
you!
Peace
be
to
your
house!
Peace
be
to
all
that
you
have!
Now
I
have
heard
that
you
have
shearers.
Your
shepherds
have
now
been
with
us,
and
we
didn’t harm
them.
Nothing
was
missing
from
them
all
the
time
they
were
in
Carmel.
Ask
your
young
men,
and
they
will
tell
you.
Therefore
let
the
young
men
find
favor
in
your
eyes,
for
we
come
on
a
good
day.
Please
give
whatever
comes
to
your
hand
to
your
servants
and
to
your
son
David.’”
When
David’s
young
men
came,
they
spoke
to
Nabal
all
those
words
in
the
name
of
David,
and
waited.
Nabal
answered
David’s
servants
and
said, “Who
is
David?
Who
is
the
son
of
Jesse? There
are
many
servants
who
break
away
from
their
masters these
days.
Shall
I
then
take
my
bread,
my
water,
and
my
meat
that
I
have killed
for
my
shearers,
and
give
it
to
men
who
I
don’t
know
where
they come
from?”
So
David’s
young
men
turned
on
their
way
and
went
back,
and
came
and
told
him
all
these
words.
David
said
to
his
men, “Every
man
put
on
his
sword!”
Every
man
put
on
his
sword.
David
also
put
on
his
sword.
About
four
hundred
men
followed
David,
and
two
hundred
stayed
by
the
baggage.
But
one
of
the
young
men
told
Abigail,
Nabal’s
wife,
saying, “Behold,
David
sent
messengers
out
of
the
wilderness
to
greet
our
master;
and
he insulted
them.
But
the
men
were
very
good
to
us,
and
we
were
not harmed,
and
we
didn’t
miss
anything
as
long
as
we
went
with
them,
when
we
were
in
the
fields.
They
were
a
wall
to
us
both
by
night
and
by
day,
all
the
while
we
were
with
them keeping
the
sheep.
Now
therefore
know
and
consider
what
you
will
do;
for
evil
is
determined
against
our
master
and
against
all
his
house,
for
he
is
such
a
worthless fellow
that
one
can’t
speak
to
him.”
Then
Abigail
hurried
and
took
two
hundred
loaves
of
bread,
two
containers
of
wine,
five
sheep ready dressed,
five
seahs
25:18
1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
of
parched
grain,
one
hundred
clusters
of
raisins,
and
two
hundred
cakes
of
figs,
and
laid
them
on
donkeys.
She
said
to
her
young
men, “Go
on
before
me.
Behold,
I
am
coming
after
you.”
But
she
didn’t
tell
her
husband,
Nabal.
As
she
rode
on
her
donkey,
and
came
down hidden
by
the
mountain,
behold,
David
and
his
men
came
down
toward
her,
and
she
met
them.
Now
David
had
said, “Surely
in
vain
I
have
kept
all
that
this fellow
has
in
the
wilderness,
so
that
nothing
was
missed
of
all
that pertained
to
him.
He
has
returned
me
evil
for
good.
God
do
so
to
the
enemies
of
David,
and
more
also,
if
I
leave
of
all
that belongs
to
him
by
the
morning light
so
much
as
one
who urinates
on
a
wall.”
25:22
or, male.
When
Abigail
saw
David,
she
hurried
and got
off
her
donkey,
and
fell
before
David
on
her
face
and
bowed
herself
to
the
ground.
She
fell
at
his
feet
and
said, “On
me,
my
lord,
on
me
be
the
blame!
Please
let
your
servant
speak
in
your
ears.
Hear
the
words
of
your
servant.
Please
don’t
let
my
lord
pay
attention
to
this
worthless
fellow,
Nabal,
for
as
his
name
is,
so
is
he.
Nabal
25:25
“Nabal” means “foolish”.
is
his
name,
and
folly
is
with
him;
but
I,
your
servant,
didn’t
see
my
lord’s
young
men
whom
you
sent.
Now
therefore,
my
lord,
as
Yahweh
lives
and
as
your
soul
lives,
since
Yahweh
has
withheld
you
from
blood guiltiness
and
from
avenging
yourself
with
your
own
hand,
now
therefore
let
your
enemies
and
those
who
seek
evil
to
my
lord
be
as
Nabal.
Now
this
present
which
your
servant
has
brought
to
my
lord,
let
it
be
given
to
the
young
men
who
follow
my
lord.
Please
forgive
the trespass
of
your
servant.
For
Yahweh
will
certainly
make
my
lord
a
sure
house,
because
my
lord
fights
Yahweh’s
battles.
Evil
will
not
be
found
in
you
all
your
days.
Though
men
may
rise
up
to
pursue
you
and
to
seek
your
soul,
yet
the
soul
of
my
lord
will
be bound
in
the bundle
of
life
with
Yahweh
your
God.
He
will sling
out
the
souls
of
your
enemies
as
from
a sling’s
pocket.
It
will
come
to
pass,
when
Yahweh
has
done
to
my
lord
according
to
all
the
good
that
he
has
spoken
concerning
you,
and
has
appointed
you
prince
over
Israel,
that
this
shall
be
no
grief
to
you,
nor offense
of
heart
to
my
lord, either
that
you
have
shed
blood
without
cause,
or
that
my
lord
has
avenged
himself.
When
Yahweh
has dealt
well
with
my
lord,
then
remember
your
servant.”
David
said
to
Abigail, “Blessed
is
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
sent
you
today
to
meet
me!
Blessed
is
your
discretion,
and
blessed
are
you,
who
have
kept
me
today
from
blood guiltiness,
and
from
avenging myself
with
my own
hand.
For
indeed,
as
Yahweh
the
God
of
Israel
lives,
who
has
withheld
me
from harming
you,
unless
you
had
hurried
and
come
to
meet
me,
surely
there wouldn’t
have
been
left
to
Nabal
by
the
morning
light
so
much
as
one
who urinates
on
a
wall.”
25:34
or, one male.
So
David
received
from
her
hand
that
which
she
had
brought
him.
Then
he
said
to
her, “Go
up
in
peace
to
your
house.
Behold,
I
have
listened
to
your
voice
and
have
granted
your
request.”
Abigail
came
to
Nabal;
and
behold,
he held
a
feast
in
his
house
like
the
feast
of
a
king.
Nabal’s
heart
was merry
within
him,
for
he
was
very
drunk. Therefore
she
told
him
nothing
until
the
morning
light.
In
the
morning,
when
the
wine
had
gone
out
of
Nabal,
his
wife
told
him
these
things;
and
his
heart
died
within
him,
and
he
became
as
a
stone.
About
ten
days
later,
Yahweh
struck
Nabal,
so
that
he
died.
When
David
heard
that
Nabal
was
dead,
he
said, “Blessed
is
Yahweh,
who
has
pleaded
the
cause
of
my
reproach
from
the
hand
of
Nabal,
and
has
kept
back
his
servant
from
evil.
Yahweh
has
returned
the evildoing
of
Nabal
on
his own
head.”
David
sent
and
spoke
concerning
Abigail,
to
take
her
to
himself
as
wife.
When
David’s
servants
had
come
to
Abigail
to
Carmel,
they
spoke
to
her,
saying, “David
has
sent
us
to
you,
to
take
you
to
him
as
wife.”
She
arose
and
bowed
herself
with
her
face
to
the
earth,
and
said, “Behold,
your
servant
is
a
servant
to
wash
the
feet
of
the
servants
of
my
lord.”
Abigail
hurriedly
arose
and
rode
on
a
donkey
with
her
five
maids
who
followed
her;
and
she
went
after
the
messengers
of
David,
and
became
his
wife.
David
also
took
Ahinoam
of
Jezreel;
and
they
both
became
his
wives.
Now
Saul
had
given
Michal
his
daughter,
David’s
wife,
to
Palti
the
son
of Laish,
who
was
of
Gallim.
The
Ziphites
came
to
Saul
to
Gibeah,
saying, “Doesn’t
David
hide
himself
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah, which
is
before
the
desert?”
Then
Saul
arose
and
went
down
to
the
wilderness
of
Ziph, having
three
thousand chosen
men
of
Israel
with
him,
to
seek
David
in
the
wilderness
of
Ziph.
Saul
encamped
in
the
hill
of
Hachilah,
which
is
before
the
desert,
by
the
way.
But
David
stayed
in
the
wilderness,
and
he
saw
that
Saul
came
after
him
into
the
wilderness.
David
therefore
sent
out
spies,
and
understood
that
Saul
had
certainly
come.
Then
David
arose
and
came
to
the
place
where
Saul
had
encamped;
and
David
saw
the
place
where
Saul
lay,
with
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
the
captain
of
his
army.
Saul
lay
within
the
place
of
the wagons,
and
the
people
were
encamped
around
him.
Then
David
answered
and
said
to
Ahimelech
the
Hittite,
and
to
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
brother
of
Joab,
saying, “Who
will
go
down
with
me
to
Saul
to
the
camp?”
Abishai
said, “I
will
go
down
with
you.”
So
David
and
Abishai
came
to
the
people
by
night;
and,
behold,
Saul
lay
sleeping
within
the
place
of
the wagons,
with
his
spear
stuck
in
the
ground
at
his
head;
and
Abner
and
the
people
lay
around
him.
Then
Abishai
said
to
David, “God
has
delivered
up
your
enemy
into
your
hand
today.
Now
therefore
please
let
me
strike
him
with
the
spear
to
the
earth
at
one
stroke,
and
I
will
not
strike
him
the
second
time.”
David
said
to
Abishai, “Don’t
destroy
him,
for
who
can
stretch
out
his
hand
against
Yahweh’s
anointed,
and
be guiltless?”
David
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
Yahweh
will
strike
him;
or
his
day
shall
come
to
die,
or
he
shall
go
down
into
battle
and
perish.
Yahweh
forbid
that
I
should
stretch
out
my
hand
against
Yahweh’s
anointed;
but
now
please
take
the
spear
that
is
at
his
head
and
the
jar
of
water,
and
let’s
go.”
So
David
took
the
spear
and
the
jar
of
water
from
Saul’s
head,
and
they went
away.
No
man
saw
it,
or
knew
it,
nor
did
any awake;
for
they
were
all
asleep,
because
a
deep
sleep
from
Yahweh
had
fallen
on
them.
Then
David went
over
to
the
other
side,
and
stood
on
the
top
of
the
mountain
far
away,
a
great
space being
between
them;
and
David
cried
to
the
people,
and
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
saying, “Don’t
you
answer,
Abner?”
Then
Abner
answered, “Who
are
you
who
calls
to
the
king?”
David
said
to
Abner, “Aren’t
you
a
man?
Who
is
like
you
in
Israel?
Why
then
have
you
not
kept
watch
over
your
lord
the
king?
For
one
of
the
people
came
in
to
destroy
your
lord
the
king.
This
thing
isn’t
good
that
you
have
done.
As
Yahweh
lives,
you
are worthy
to
die,
because
you
have
not
kept
watch
over
your
lord,
Yahweh’s
anointed.
Now
see
where
the
king’s
spear
is,
and
the
jar
of
water
that
was
at
his
head.”
Saul
recognized
David’s
voice,
and
said, “Is
this
your
voice,
my
son
David?”
David
said, “It
is
my
voice,
my
lord, O
king.”
He
said, “Why
does
my
lord
pursue
his
servant?
For
what
have
I
done?
What
evil
is
in
my
hand?
Now
therefore,
please
let
my
lord
the
king
hear
the
words
of
his
servant.
If
it
is
so
that
Yahweh
has
stirred
you
up
against
me,
let
him
accept
an
offering.
But
if
it
is
the
children
of
men,
they
are
cursed
before
Yahweh;
for
they
have
driven
me
out
today
that
I shouldn’t cling
to
Yahweh’s
inheritance,
saying, ‘Go,
serve
other
gods!’
Now
therefore,
don’t
let
my
blood
fall
to
the
earth
away
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh;
for
the
king
of
Israel
has
come
out
to
seek
a
flea,
as
when
one
hunts
a
partridge
in
the
mountains.”
Then
Saul
said, “I
have
sinned.
Return,
my
son
David;
for
I
will
no
more
do
you
harm,
because
my
life
was
precious
in
your
eyes
today.
Behold,
I
have
played
the
fool,
and
have
erred
exceedingly.”
David
answered, “Behold
the
spear, O
king! Let
one
of
the
young
men come
over
and
get
it.
Yahweh
will
render
to
every
man
his
righteousness
and
his
faithfulness;
because
Yahweh
delivered
you
into
my
hand
today,
and
I wouldn’t
stretch
out
my
hand
against
Yahweh’s
anointed.
Behold,
as
your
life
was
respected
today
in
my
eyes,
so
let
my
life
be
respected
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
and
let
him
deliver
me
out
of
all oppression.”
Then
Saul
said
to
David, “You
are
blessed,
my
son
David.
You
will
both
do mightily,
and
will
surely
prevail.”
So
David
went
his
way,
and
Saul
returned
to
his
place.
David
said
in
his
heart, “I
will
now
perish
one
day
by
the
hand
of
Saul.
There
is
nothing
better
for
me
than
that
I
should
escape
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines;
and
Saul
will
despair
of
me,
to
seek
me
any
more
in
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
So
I
will
escape
out
of
his
hand.”
David
arose
and
passed
over,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
who
were
with
him,
to
Achish
the
son
of
Maoch,
king
of
Gath.
David
lived
with
Achish
at
Gath,
he
and
his
men,
every
man
with
his
household, even
David
with
his
two
wives,
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess
and
Abigail
the
Carmelitess,
Nabal’s
wife.
Saul
was
told
that
David
had
fled
to
Gath,
so
he stopped
looking
for
him.
David
said
to
Achish, “If
now
I
have
found
favor
in
your
eyes,
let
them
give
me
a
place
in
one
of
the
cities
in
the
country,
that
I
may
dwell
there.
For
why
should
your
servant
dwell
in
the
royal
city
with
you?”
Then
Achish
gave
him
Ziklag
that
day:
therefore
Ziklag
belongs
to
the
kings
of
Judah
to
this
day.
The
number
of
the
days
that
David
lived
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
was
a
full
year
and
four
months.
David
and
his
men
went
up
and
raided
the
Geshurites,
the Girzites,
and
the
Amalekites;
for
those
were
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
who
were
of
old,
on
the
way
to
Shur,
even
to
the
land
of
Egypt.
David
struck
the
land,
and saved
no
man
or
woman
alive,
and
took
away
the
sheep,
the
cattle,
the
donkeys,
the
camels,
and
the
clothing.
Then
he
returned,
and
came
to
Achish.
Achish
said, “Against whom
have
you
made
a
raid
today?”
David
said, “Against
the
South
of
Judah,
against
the
South
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
and
against
the
South
of
the
Kenites.”
David saved
neither
man
nor
woman
alive
to
bring
them
to
Gath,
saying, “Lest
they
should
tell
about
us,
saying, ‘David
did
this,
and
this
has
been
his
way
all
the
time
he
has
lived
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines.’”
Achish
believed
David,
saying, “He
has
made
his
people
Israel utterly
to abhor
him.
Therefore
he
will
be
my
servant
forever.”
In
those
days,
the
Philistines
gathered
their
armies
together
for
warfare,
to
fight
with
Israel.
Achish
said
to
David, “Know
assuredly
that
you
will
go
out
with
me
in
the
army,
you
and
your
men.”
David
said
to
Achish, “Therefore
you
will
know
what
your
servant
can
do.”
Achish
said
to
David, “Therefore
I
will
make
you
my bodyguard
forever.”
Now
Samuel
was
dead,
and
all
Israel
had
mourned
for
him
and
buried
him
in
Ramah,
even
in
his own
city.
Saul
had sent
away
those
who
had familiar spirits
and
the wizards
out
of
the
land.
The
Philistines
gathered
themselves
together,
and
came
and
encamped
in
Shunem;
and
Saul
gathered
all
Israel
together,
and
they
encamped
in
Gilboa.
When
Saul
saw
the
army
of
the
Philistines,
he
was
afraid,
and
his
heart
trembled
greatly.
When
Saul
inquired
of
Yahweh,
Yahweh
didn’t
answer
him
by
dreams,
by
Urim,
or
by
prophets.
Then
Saul
said
to
his
servants, “Seek
for
me
a
woman
who
has
a familiar
spirit,
that
I may
go
to
her
and
inquire
of
her.”
His
servants
said
to
him, “Behold,
there
is
a
woman
who
has
a familiar
spirit
at Endor.”
Saul
disguised
himself
and
put
on
other
clothing,
and
went,
he
and
two
men
with
him,
and
they
came
to
the
woman
by
night.
Then
he
said, “Please consult
for
me
by
the familiar
spirit,
and
bring
me
up
whomever
I
shall
name
to
you.”
The
woman
said
to
him, “Behold,
you
know
what
Saul
has
done,
how
he
has
cut
off
those
who
have
familiar spirits
and
the wizards
out
of
the
land.
Why
then
do
you
lay
a
snare
for
my
life,
to cause
me
to
die?”
Saul
swore
to
her
by
Yahweh,
saying, “As
Yahweh
lives,
no
punishment
will
happen
to
you
for
this
thing.”
Then
the
woman
said, “Whom
shall
I
bring
up
to
you?”
He
said, “Bring
Samuel
up
for
me.”
When
the
woman
saw
Samuel,
she
cried
with
a
loud
voice;
and
the
woman
spoke
to
Saul,
saying, “Why
have
you
deceived
me?
For
you
are
Saul!”
The
king
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid!
What
do
you
see?”
The
woman
said
to
Saul, “I
see
a
god
coming
up
out
of
the
earth.”
He
said
to
her, “What
does
he look
like?”
She
said, “An
old
man
comes
up.
He
is covered
with
a
robe.”
Saul
perceived
that
it
was
Samuel,
and
he
bowed
with
his
face
to
the
ground,
and showed respect.
Samuel
said
to
Saul, “Why
have
you
disturbed
me,
to
bring
me
up?”
Saul
answered, “I
am
very distressed;
for
the
Philistines
make war
against
me,
and
God
has
departed
from
me,
and
answers
me
no
more,
by
prophets,
or
by
dreams.
Therefore
I
have
called
you,
that
you
may
make
known
to
me
what
I
shall
do.”
Samuel
said, “Why
then
do
you
ask
me, since
Yahweh
has
departed
from
you
and
has
become
your
adversary?
Yahweh
has
done
to
you
as
he
spoke
by
me.
Yahweh
has
torn
the
kingdom
out
of
your
hand
and
given
it
to
your
neighbor,
even
to
David.
Because
you
didn’t
obey
Yahweh’s
voice,
and
didn’t execute
his
fierce
wrath
on
Amalek,
therefore
Yahweh
has
done
this
thing
to
you
today.
Moreover
Yahweh
will
deliver
Israel
also
with
you
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines;
and
tomorrow
you
and
your
sons
will
be
with
me.
Yahweh
will
deliver
the
army
of
Israel
also
into
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.”
Then
Saul
fell
immediately
his
full
length
on
the
earth,
and
was
terrified,
because
of
Samuel’s
words.
There
was
no
strength
in
him,
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread
all
day
long
or
all
night
long.
The
woman
came
to
Saul
and
saw
that
he
was
very
troubled,
and
said
to
him, “Behold,
your
servant
has
listened
to
your
voice,
and
I
have
put
my
life
in
my
hand,
and
have
listened
to
your
words
which
you
spoke
to
me.
Now
therefore,
please
listen
also
to
the
voice
of
your
servant,
and
let
me
set
a
morsel
of
bread
before
you.
Eat,
that
you
may
have
strength
when
you
go
on
your
way.”
But
he
refused,
and
said, “I
will
not
eat.”
But
his
servants,
together
with
the
woman, constrained
him;
and
he
listened
to
their
voice.
So
he
arose
from
the
earth
and
sat
on
the
bed.
The
woman
had
a
fattened
calf
in
the
house. She
hurried
and killed
it;
and she
took
flour
and
kneaded
it,
and
baked
unleavened
bread
of
it.
She
brought
it
before
Saul
and
before
his
servants,
and
they
ate.
Then
they
rose
up
and
went
away
that
night.
Now
the
Philistines
gathered
together
all
their
armies
to
Aphek;
and
the
Israelites
encamped
by
the
spring
which
is
in
Jezreel.
The
lords
of
the
Philistines
passed
on
by
hundreds
and
by
thousands;
and
David
and
his
men
passed
on
in
the
rear
with
Achish.
Then
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said, “What
about
these
Hebrews?”
Achish
said
to
the
princes
of
the
Philistines, “Isn’t
this
David,
the
servant
of
Saul
the
king
of
Israel,
who
has
been
with
me
these
days,
or
rather
these
years?
I
have
found
no
fault
in
him
since
he
fell
away
until
today.”
But
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
were
angry
with
him;
and
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
said
to
him, “Make
the
man
return,
that
he
may
go
back
to
his
place
where
you
have
appointed
him,
and
let
him
not
go
down
with
us
to
battle, lest
in
the
battle
he
become
an
adversary
to
us.
For
with
what
should
this
fellow reconcile
himself
to
his
lord?
Should
it
not
be
with
the
heads
of
these
men?
Isn’t
this
David,
of
whom
people sang
to
one
another
in
dances,
saying,
‘Saul
has
slain
his
thousands,
and
David
his
ten
thousands?’”
Then
Achish
called
David
and
said
to
him, “As
Yahweh
lives,
you
have
been
upright,
and
your
going
out
and
your
coming
in
with
me
in
the
army
is
good
in
my
sight;
for
I
have
not
found
evil
in
you
since
the
day
of
your
coming
to
me
to
this
day.
Nevertheless,
the
lords
don’t
favor
you.
Therefore
now
return,
and
go
in
peace,
that
you
not displease
the
lords
of
the
Philistines.”
David
said
to
Achish, “But
what
have
I
done?
What
have
you
found
in
your
servant
so
long
as
I
have
been
before
you
to
this
day,
that
I
may
not
go
and
fight
against
the
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king?”
Achish
answered
David, “I
know
that
you
are
good
in
my
sight,
as
an
angel
of
God. Notwithstanding,
the
princes
of
the
Philistines
have
said, ‘He
shall
not
go
up
with
us
to
the
battle.’
Therefore
now
rise
up
early
in
the
morning
with
the
servants
of
your
lord
who
have
come
with
you;
and
as
soon
as
you
are
up
early
in
the
morning
and
have
light, depart.”
So
David
rose
up
early,
he
and
his
men,
to
depart
in
the
morning,
to
return
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines;
and
the
Philistines
went
up
to
Jezreel.
When
David
and
his
men
had
come
to
Ziklag
on
the
third
day,
the
Amalekites
had
made
a
raid
on
the
South
and
on
Ziklag,
and
had
struck
Ziklag
and
burned
it
with
fire,
and
had
taken
captive
the
women
and
all
who
were
in
it,
both
small
and
great.
They
didn’t
kill
any,
but
carried
them
off
and
went
their
way.
When
David
and
his
men
came
to
the
city,
behold,
it
was
burned
with
fire;
and
their
wives,
their
sons,
and
their
daughters
were
taken
captive.
Then
David
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept
until
they
had
no
more
power
to
weep.
David’s
two
wives
were
taken
captive,
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite.
David
was
greatly distressed,
for
the
people
spoke
of
stoning
him,
because
the
souls
of
all
the
people
were grieved,
every
man
for
his
sons
and
for
his
daughters;
but
David
strengthened
himself
in
Yahweh
his
God.
David
said
to
Abiathar
the
priest,
the
son
of
Ahimelech, “Please
bring
the
ephod
here
to
me.”
Abiathar
brought
the
ephod
to
David.
David
inquired
of
Yahweh,
saying, “If
I
pursue
after
this
troop,
will
I
overtake
them?”
He
answered
him, “Pursue,
for
you
will
surely
overtake
them,
and
will without fail
recover
all.”
So
David
went,
he
and
the
six
hundred
men
who
were
with
him,
and
came
to
the
brook
Besor,
where
those
who
were
left
behind
stayed.
But
David
pursued,
he
and
four
hundred
men;
for
two
hundred
stayed behind,
who
were
so faint
that
they couldn’t
go
over
the
brook
Besor.
They
found
an
Egyptian
in
the
field,
and
brought
him
to
David,
and
gave
him
bread,
and
he
ate;
and
they
gave
him
water
to
drink.
They
gave
him
a
piece
of
a
cake
of
figs
and
two
clusters
of
raisins.
When
he
had
eaten,
his
spirit
came
again
to
him;
for
he
had
eaten
no
bread,
and
drank
no
water
for
three
days
and
three
nights.
David
asked
him, “To
whom
do
you belong?
Where
are
you
from?”
He
said, “I
am
a
young
man
of
Egypt,
servant
to
an
Amalekite;
and
my
master
left
me,
because
three
days
ago
I got
sick.
We
made
a
raid
on
the
South
of
the
Cherethites,
and
on
that
which belongs
to
Judah,
and
on
the
South
of
Caleb;
and
we
burned
Ziklag
with
fire.”
David
said
to
him, “Will
you
bring
me
down
to
this
troop?”
He
said, “Swear
to
me
by
God
that
you
will
not
kill
me
and
not
deliver
me
up
into
the
hands
of
my
master,
and
I
will
bring
you
down
to
this
troop.”
When
he
had
brought
him
down,
behold,
they
were
spread
around
over
all
the
ground,
eating,
drinking,
and
dancing,
because
of
all
the
great
plunder
that
they
had
taken
out
of
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
land
of
Judah.
David
struck
them
from
the
twilight
even
to
the
evening
of
the
next
day.
Not
a
man
of
them
escaped
from
there,
except
four
hundred
young
men
who
rode
on
camels
and
fled.
David
recovered
all
that
the
Amalekites
had
taken,
and
David
rescued
his
two
wives.
There
was
nothing lacking
to
them,
neither
small
nor
great,
neither
sons
nor
daughters,
neither
plunder,
nor
anything
that
they
had
taken.
David
brought
them
all
back.
David
took
all
the
flocks
and
the
herds,
which
they drove
before
those
other
livestock,
and
said, “This
is
David’s
plunder.”
David
came
to
the
two
hundred
men,
who
were
so faint
that
they
could
not
follow
David,
whom
also
they
had
made
to
stay
at
the
brook
Besor;
and
they
went
out
to
meet
David,
and
to
meet
the
people
who
were
with
him.
When
David
came
near
to
the
people,
he greeted
them.
Then
all
the
wicked
men
and
worthless
fellows
of
those
who
went
with
David
answered
and
said, “Because
they
didn’t
go
with
us,
we
will
not
give
them
anything
of
the
plunder
that
we
have
recovered,
except
to
every
man
his
wife
and
his
children,
that
he
may
lead
them
away
and
depart.”
Then
David
said, “Do
not
do
so,
my
brothers,
with
that
which
Yahweh
has
given
to
us,
who
has
preserved
us,
and
delivered
the
troop
that
came
against
us
into
our
hand.
Who
will
listen
to
you
in
this
matter?
For
as
his
share
is
who
goes
down
to
the
battle,
so
shall
his
share
be
who
stays
with
the
baggage.
They
shall
share
alike.”
It
was
so
from
that
day
forward
that
he
made
it
a
statute
and
an
ordinance
for
Israel
to
this
day.
When
David
came
to
Ziklag,
he
sent
some
of
the
plunder
to
the
elders
of
Judah,
even
to
his
friends,
saying, “Behold,
a
present
for
you
from
the
plunder
of
Yahweh’s
enemies.”
He sent
it
to
those
who
were
in
Bethel,
to
those
who
were
in
Ramoth
of
the South,
to
those
who
were
in
Jattir,
to
those
who
were
in
Aroer,
to
those
who
were
in
Siphmoth,
to
those
who
were
in
Eshtemoa,
to
those
who
were
in
Racal,
to
those
who
were
in
the
cities
of
the
Jerahmeelites,
to
those
who
were
in
the
cities
of
the
Kenites,
to
those
who
were
in
Hormah,
to
those
who
were
in Borashan,
to
those
who
were
in
Athach,
to
those
who
were
in
Hebron,
and
to
all
the
places
where
David
himself
and
his
men
used
to stay.
Now
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel;
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
slain
on
Mount
Gilboa.
The
Philistines
overtook
Saul
and
his
sons;
and
the
Philistines
killed
Jonathan,
Abinadab,
and Malchishua,
the
sons
of
Saul.
The
battle
went
hard
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
overtook
him;
and
he
was
greatly distressed
by reason
of
the
archers.
Then
Saul
said
to
his
armor
bearer, “Draw
your
sword,
and
thrust
me
through
with
it,
lest
these
uncircumcised
come
and
thrust
me
through
and abuse
me!”
But
his
armor
bearer
would
not,
for
he
was
terrified.
Therefore
Saul
took
his
sword
and
fell
on
it.
When
his
armor
bearer
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
likewise
fell
on
his
sword,
and
died
with
him.
So
Saul
died
with
his
three
sons,
his
armor
bearer,
and
all
his
men
that
same
day
together.
When
the
men
of
Israel
who
were
on
the
other
side
of
the
valley,
and
those
who
were
beyond
the
Jordan,
saw
that
the
men
of
Israel
fled
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
were
dead,
they
abandoned
the
cities
and
fled;
and
the
Philistines
came
and
lived
in
them.
On
the
next
day,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
they
found
Saul
and
his
three
sons
fallen
on
Mount
Gilboa.
They
cut
off
his
head,
stripped
off
his
armor,
and
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
all
around,
to
carry
the
news
to
the
house
of
their
idols
and
to
the
people.
They
put
his
armor
in
the
house
of
the
Ashtaroth,
and
they
fastened
his body
to
the
wall
of
Beth Shan.
When
the
inhabitants
of
Jabesh
Gilead
heard
what
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
all
the
valiant
men
arose,
went
all
night,
and
took
the body
of
Saul
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons
from
the
wall
of Beth Shan;
and
they
came
to
Jabesh
and
burned
them
there.
They
took
their
bones
and
buried
them
under
the
tamarisk
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or, salt cedar
tree
in
Jabesh,
and
fasted
seven
days.
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The Second Book of Samuel
2 Samuel
2 Samuel
The Second Book of Samuel
After
the
death
of
Saul,
when
David
had
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Amalekites,
and
David
had
stayed
two
days
in
Ziklag,
on
the
third
day,
behold,
1:2
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
a
man
came
out
of
the
camp
from
Saul,
with
his
clothes
torn
and
earth
on
his
head.
When
he
came
to
David,
he
fell
to
the
earth
and showed
respect.
David
said
to
him, “Where
do
you
come
from?”
He
said
to
him, “I
have
escaped
out
of
the
camp
of
Israel.”
David
said
to
him, “How
did
it
go?
Please
tell
me.”
He
answered, “The
people
have
fled
from
the
battle,
and
many
of
the
people
also
have
fallen
and
are
dead.
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
are
dead
also.”
David
said
to
the
young
man
who
told
him, “How do
you
know
that
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
are
dead?”
The
young
man
who
told
him
said, “As
I
happened
by
chance
on
Mount
Gilboa,
behold,
Saul
was
leaning
on
his
spear;
and
behold,
the
chariots
and
the
horsemen followed
close behind
him.
When
he
looked
behind
him,
he
saw
me
and
called
to
me.
I
answered, ‘Here
I
am.’
He
said
to
me, ‘Who
are
you?’
I
answered
him, ‘I
am
an
Amalekite.’
He
said
to
me, ‘Please
stand
beside
me,
and
kill
me,
for anguish
has
taken
hold
of
me
because
my
life lingers
in
me.’
So
I
stood
beside
him
and
killed
him,
because
I
was
sure
that
he could
not
live
after
he
had
fallen.
I
took
the
crown
that
was
on
his
head
and
the
bracelet
that
was
on
his
arm,
and
have
brought
them
here
to
my
lord.”
Then
David
took
hold
on
his
clothes
and
tore
them;
and
all
the
men
who
were
with
him
did
likewise.
They
mourned,
wept,
and
fasted
until
evening
for
Saul
and
for
Jonathan
his
son,
and
for
the
people
of
Yahweh,
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“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
and
for
the
house
of
Israel,
because
they
had
fallen
by
the
sword.
David
said
to
the
young
man
who
told
him, “Where
are
you
from?”
He
answered, “I
am
the
son
of
a
foreigner,
an
Amalekite.”
David
said
to
him, “Why
were
you
not
afraid
to
stretch
out
your
hand
to
destroy
Yahweh’s
anointed?”
David
called
one
of
the
young
men
and
said, “Go
near,
and
cut
him
down!”
He
struck
him
so
that
he
died.
David
said
to
him, “Your
blood
be
on
your
head,
for
your
mouth
has testified
against
you,
saying, ‘I
have slain
Yahweh’s
anointed.’”
David lamented
with
this
lamentation
over
Saul
and
over
Jonathan
his
son
(and
he
commanded
them
to
teach
the
children
of
Judah
the song
of
the
bow;
behold,
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Jashar):
“Your glory,
Israel,
was
slain
on
your
high
places!
How
the
mighty
have
fallen!
Don’t
tell
it
in
Gath.
Don’t publish
it
in
the
streets
of
Ashkelon,
lest
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines
rejoice,
lest
the
daughters
of
the
uncircumcised triumph.
You
mountains
of
Gilboa,
let
there
be
no
dew
or
rain
on
you,
and
no
fields
of
offerings;
for
there
the
shield
of
the
mighty
was
defiled
and cast away,
the
shield
of
Saul
was
not
anointed
with
oil.
From
the
blood
of
the
slain,
from
the
fat
of
the
mighty,
Jonathan’s
bow
didn’t
turn
back.
Saul’s
sword
didn’t
return
empty.
Saul
and
Jonathan
were lovely
and
pleasant
in
their
lives.
In
their
death,
they
were
not
divided.
They
were
swifter
than
eagles.
They
were
stronger
than
lions.
You
daughters
of
Israel,
weep
over
Saul,
who
clothed
you delicately
in
scarlet,
who
put
ornaments
of
gold
on
your
clothing.
How
the
mighty
have
fallen
in
the
middle
of
the
battle!
Jonathan
was
slain
on
your
high
places.
I am distressed
for
you,
my
brother
Jonathan.
You
have been
very
pleasant
to
me.
Your
love
to
me
was
wonderful,
surpassing
the
love
of
women.
How
the
mighty have
fallen,
and
the
weapons
of
war have
perished!”
After
this,
David
inquired
of
Yahweh,
saying, “Shall
I
go
up
into
any
of
the
cities
of
Judah?”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Go
up.”
David
said, “Where
shall
I
go
up?”
He
said, “To
Hebron.”
So
David
went
up
there
with
his
two
wives,
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite.
David
brought
up
his
men
who
were
with
him,
every
man
with
his
household.
They
lived
in
the
cities
of
Hebron.
The
men
of
Judah
came,
and
there
they
anointed
David
king
over
the
house
of
Judah.
They
told
David, “The
men
of
Jabesh
Gilead
were
those
who
buried
Saul.”
David
sent
messengers
to
the
men
of
Jabesh
Gilead,
and
said
to
them, “Blessed
are
you
by
Yahweh,
that
you
have
shown
this
kindness
to
your
lord,
even
to
Saul,
and
have
buried
him.
Now
may
Yahweh
show loving
kindness
and
truth
to
you.
I
also
will reward
you
for
this
kindness,
because
you
have
done
this
thing.
Now
therefore
let
your
hands
be
strong,
and
be
valiant;
for
Saul
your
lord
is
dead,
and
also
the
house
of
Judah
have
anointed
me
king
over
them.”
Now
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
captain
of
Saul’s
army,
had
taken Ishbosheth
the
son
of
Saul
and
brought
him
over
to
Mahanaim.
He
made
him
king
over
Gilead,
over
the Ashurites,
over
Jezreel,
over
Ephraim,
over
Benjamin,
and
over
all
Israel.
Ishbosheth,
Saul’s
son,
was
forty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign
over
Israel,
and
he
reigned
two
years.
But
the
house
of
Judah
followed
David.
The
time
that
David
was
king
in
Hebron
over
the
house
of
Judah
was
seven
years
and
six
months.
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
and
the
servants
of Ishbosheth
the
son
of
Saul,
went
out
from
Mahanaim
to
Gibeon.
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
and
David’s
servants
went
out,
and
met
them
by
the
pool
of
Gibeon;
and
they
sat
down,
the
one
on
the
one
side
of
the
pool
and
the
other
on
the
other
side
of
the
pool.
Abner
said
to
Joab, “Please
let
the
young
men
arise
and compete
before
us!”
Joab
said, “Let
them
arise!”
Then
they
arose
and
went
over
by
number:
twelve
for
Benjamin
and
for Ishbosheth
the
son
of
Saul,
and
twelve
of
David’s
servants.
They
each
caught
his
opponent
by
the
head
and thrust
his
sword
in
his fellow’s
side;
so
they
fell
down
together.
Therefore
that
place
in
Gibeon
was
called Helkath Hazzurim.
2:16
“Helkath Hazzurim” means “field of daggers”.
The
battle
was
very
severe
that
day;
and
Abner
was
beaten,
and
the
men
of
Israel,
before
David’s
servants.
The
three
sons
of
Zeruiah
were
there:
Joab,
Abishai,
and
Asahel.
Asahel
was
as light
of
foot
as
a
wild gazelle.
Asahel
pursued
Abner.
He
didn’t
turn
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left
from
following
Abner.
Then
Abner
looked
behind
him
and
said, “Is
that
you,
Asahel?”
He
answered, “It
is.”
Abner
said
to
him, “Turn
away
to
your
right
hand
or
to
your
left,
and grab
one
of
the
young
men,
and
take
his armor.”
But
Asahel
would
not
turn
away
from
following
him.
Abner
said
again
to
Asahel, “Turn
away
from
following
me.
Why
should
I
strike
you
to
the
ground?
How
then
could
I
look
Joab
your
brother
in
the
face?”
However,
he
refused
to
turn
away.
Therefore
Abner
with
the
back
end
of
the
spear
struck
him
in
the
body,
so
that
the
spear
came
out
behind
him;
and
he
fell
down
there
and
died
in
the same
place.
As many
as
came
to
the
place
where
Asahel
fell
down
and
died
stood
still.
But
Joab
and
Abishai
pursued
Abner.
The
sun
went
down
when
they
had
come
to
the
hill
of Ammah,
that
lies
before
Giah
by
the
way
of
the
wilderness
of
Gibeon.
The
children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
after
Abner
and
became
one
band,
and
stood
on
the
top
of
a
hill.
Then
Abner
called
to
Joab,
and
said, “Shall
the
sword
devour
forever?
Don’t
you
know
that
it
will
be
bitterness
in
the
latter
end?
How
long
will
it
be
then,
before
you
ask
the
people
to
return
from
following
their
brothers?”
Joab
said, “As
God
2:27
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
lives,
if
you
had
not
spoken,
surely
then
in
the
morning
the
people
would
have
gone
away,
and
not
each
followed
his
brother.”
So
Joab
blew
the
trumpet;
and
all
the
people
stood
still
and
pursued
Israel
no
more,
and
they
fought
no
more.
Abner
and
his
men
went
all
that
night
through
the
Arabah;
and
they
passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
went
through
all Bithron,
and
came
to
Mahanaim.
Joab
returned
from
following
Abner;
and
when
he
had
gathered
all
the
people
together,
nineteen
men
of
David’s
and
Asahel
were
missing.
But
David’s
servants
had
struck
Benjamin
Abner’s
men
so
that
three
hundred
sixty
men
died.
They
took
up
Asahel
and
buried
him
in
the
tomb
of
his
father,
which
was
in
Bethlehem.
Joab
and
his
men
went
all
night,
and
the day broke
on
them
at
Hebron.
Now
there
was
long
war
between
Saul’s
house
and
David’s
house.
David
grew
stronger
and
stronger,
but
Saul’s
house
grew
weaker
and
weaker.
Sons
were
born
to
David
in
Hebron.
His
firstborn
was
Amnon,
of
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess;
and
his
second,
Chileab,
of
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite;
and
the
third,
Absalom
the
son
of
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Talmai
king
of
Geshur;
and
the
fourth,
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith;
and
the
fifth,
Shephatiah
the
son
of
Abital;
and
the
sixth,
Ithream,
of
Eglah,
David’s
wife.
These
were
born
to
David
in
Hebron.
While
there
was
war
between
Saul’s
house
and
David’s
house,
Abner
made
himself
strong
in
Saul’s
house.
Now
Saul
had
a
concubine,
whose
name
was
Rizpah,
the
daughter
of
Aiah;
and Ishbosheth
said
to
Abner, “Why
have
you
gone
in
to
my
father’s
concubine?”
Then
Abner
was
very
angry
about Ishbosheth’s
words,
and
said, “Am
I
a
dog’s
head
that belongs
to
Judah?
Today
I
show
kindness
to
your
father
Saul’s
house,
to
his
brothers,
and
to
his
friends,
and
have
not
delivered
you
into
the
hand
of
David;
and
yet
you
charge
me
today
with
a
fault
concerning
this
woman!
God
do
so
to
Abner,
and
more
also,
if,
as
Yahweh
has
sworn
to
David,
I don’t
do
even
so
to
him:
to
transfer
the
kingdom
from
Saul’s
house,
and
to
set
up
David’s
throne
over
Israel
and
over
Judah,
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba.”
He
could
not
answer
Abner
another
word,
because
he
was
afraid
of
him.
Abner
sent
messengers
to
David
on
his
behalf,
saying, “Whose
is
the
land?”
and
saying, “Make
your alliance
with
me,
and
behold,
my
hand
will
be
with
you
to
bring
all
Israel
around
to
you.”
David
said, “Good.
I
will
make
a
treaty
with
you,
but
one
thing
I
require
of
you.
That
is,
you
will
not
see
my
face
unless
you
first
bring
Michal,
Saul’s
daughter,
when
you
come
to
see
my
face.”
David
sent
messengers
to Ishbosheth,
Saul’s
son,
saying, “Deliver
me
my
wife
Michal,
whom
I
was
given
to
marry
for
one
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines.”
Ishbosheth
sent
and
took
her
from
her
husband,
Paltiel
the
son
of Laish.
Her
husband
went
with
her,
weeping
as
he
went,
and
followed
her
to
Bahurim.
Then
Abner
said
to
him, “Go!
Return!”
and
he
returned.
Abner
had communication
with
the
elders
of
Israel,
saying, “In times
past,
you
sought
for
David
to
be
king
over
you.
Now
then
do
it!
For
Yahweh
has
spoken
of
David,
saying, ‘By
the
hand
of
my
servant
David,
I
will
save
my
people
Israel
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
their
enemies.’”
Abner
also
spoke
in
the
ears
of
Benjamin;
and
Abner
went
also
to
speak
in
the
ears
of
David
in
Hebron
all
that
seemed
good
to
Israel
and
to
the
whole
house
of
Benjamin.
So
Abner
came
to
David
to
Hebron,
and
twenty
men
with
him.
David
made
Abner
and
the
men
who
were
with
him
a
feast.
Abner
said
to
David, “I
will
arise
and
go,
and
will
gather
all
Israel
to
my
lord
the
king,
that
they
may
make
a
covenant
with
you,
and
that
you
may
reign
over
all
that
your
soul
desires.”
David
sent
Abner
away;
and
he
went
in
peace.
Behold,
David’s
servants
and
Joab
came
from
a
raid
and
brought
in
a
great
plunder
with
them;
but
Abner
was
not
with
David
in
Hebron,
for
he
had
sent
him
away,
and
he
had
gone
in
peace.
When
Joab
and
all
the
army
who
was
with
him
had
come,
they
told
Joab, “Abner
the
son
of
Ner
came
to
the
king,
and
he
has
sent
him
away,
and
he
has
gone
in
peace.”
Then
Joab
came
to
the
king
and
said, “What
have
you
done?
Behold,
Abner
came
to
you.
Why
is
it
that
you
have
sent
him
away,
and
he
is
already
gone?
You
know
Abner
the
son
of
Ner.
He
came
to deceive
you,
and
to
know
your
going
out
and
your
coming
in,
and
to
know
all
that
you
do.”
When
Joab
had
come
out
from
David,
he
sent
messengers
after
Abner,
and
they
brought
him
back
from
the
well
of
Sirah;
but
David
didn’t
know
it.
When
Abner
had
returned
to
Hebron,
Joab
took
him
aside
into
the
middle
of
the
gate
to
speak
with
him quietly,
and
struck
him
there
in
the
body,
so
that
he
died
for
the
blood
of
Asahel
his
brother.
Afterward,
when
David
heard
it,
he
said, “I
and
my
kingdom
are guiltless
before
Yahweh
forever
of
the
blood
of
Abner
the
son
of
Ner.
Let
it
fall
on
the
head
of
Joab
and
on
all
his
father’s
house.
Let
there
not
fail
from
the
house
of
Joab
one
who
has
a
discharge,
or
who
is
a
leper,
or
who leans
on
a staff,
or
who
falls
by
the
sword,
or
who
lacks
bread.”
So
Joab
and
Abishai
his
brother
killed
Abner,
because
he
had
killed
their
brother
Asahel
at
Gibeon
in
the
battle.
David
said
to
Joab
and
to
all
the
people
who
were
with
him, “Tear
your
clothes,
and clothe
yourselves
with
sackcloth,
and
mourn
in
front
of
Abner.”
King
David
followed
the
bier.
They
buried
Abner
in
Hebron;
and
the
king
lifted
up
his
voice
and
wept
at
Abner’s
grave;
and
all
the
people
wept.
The
king lamented
for
Abner,
and
said, “Should
Abner
die
as
a
fool
dies?
Your
hands weren’t
bound,
and
your
feet weren’t
put
into
fetters.
As
a
man
falls
before
the
children
of
iniquity,
so
you
fell.”
All
the
people
wept
again
over
him.
All
the
people
came
to urge
David
to
eat
bread
while
it
was
yet
day;
but
David
swore,
saying, “God
do
so
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
I
taste
bread
or
anything
else, until
the
sun
goes
down.”
All
the
people
took
notice
of
it,
and
it
pleased
them,
as
whatever
the
king
did
pleased
all
the
people.
So
all
the
people
and
all
Israel
understood
that
day
that
it
was
not
of
the
king
to
kill
Abner
the
son
of
Ner.
The
king
said
to
his
servants, “Don’t
you
know
that
a
prince
and
a
great
man
has
fallen
today
in
Israel?
I
am
weak
today, though
anointed
king.
These
men,
the
sons
of
Zeruiah
are
too
hard
for
me.
May
Yahweh
reward
the evildoer
according
to
his
wickedness.”
When
Saul’s
son
heard
that
Abner
was
dead
in
Hebron,
his
hands became
feeble,
and
all
the
Israelites
were troubled.
Saul’s
son
had
two
men
who
were
captains
of raiding
bands.
The
name
of
one
was
Baanah
and
the
name
of
the
other
Rechab,
the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
of
the
children
of
Benjamin (for
Beeroth
also
is
considered
a
part
of
Benjamin;
and
the
Beerothites
fled
to
Gittaim,
and
have
lived
as
foreigners
there
until
today).
Now
Jonathan,
Saul’s
son,
had
a
son
who
was lame
in
his
feet.
He
was
five
years
old
when
the
news
came
about
Saul
and
Jonathan
out
of
Jezreel;
and
his
nurse
picked
him
up
and
fled.
As she
hurried
to
flee,
he
fell
and
became lame.
His
name
was
Mephibosheth.
The
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
Rechab
and
Baanah,
went
out
and
came
at
about
the
heat
of
the
day
to
the
house
of Ishbosheth
as
he
took
his
rest
at
noon.
They
came
there
into
the
middle
of
the
house
as though
they would
have fetched
wheat,
and
they
struck
him
in
the body;
and
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother
escaped.
Now
when
they
came
into
the
house
as
he
lay
on
his
bed
in
his
bedroom,
they
struck
him,
killed
him, beheaded
him,
and
took
his
head,
and
went
by
the
way
of
the
Arabah
all
night.
They
brought
the
head
of Ishbosheth
to
David
to
Hebron,
and
said
to
the
king, “Behold,
the
head
of Ishbosheth,
the
son
of
Saul,
your
enemy,
who
sought
your
life!
Yahweh
has
avenged
my
lord
the
king
today
of
Saul
and
of
his
offspring.
4:8
or, seed”
David
answered
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother,
the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
and
said
to
them, “As
Yahweh
lives,
who
has
redeemed
my
soul
out
of
all
adversity,
when
someone
told
me, ‘Behold,
Saul
is
dead,’
thinking
that
he
brought
good
news,
I
seized
him
and
killed
him
in
Ziklag,
which
was
the
reward
I
gave
him
for
his
news.
How
much
more,
when
wicked
men
have
slain
a
righteous
person
in
his
own
house
on
his
bed,
should
I
not
now
require
his
blood
from
your
hand,
and rid
the
earth
of
you?”
David
commanded
his
young
men,
and
they
killed
them,
cut
off
their
hands
and
their
feet,
and
hanged
them
up
beside
the
pool
in
Hebron.
But
they
took
the
head
of Ishbosheth
and
buried
it
in
Abner’s
grave
in
Hebron.
Then
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
came
to
David
at
Hebron
and
spoke,
saying, “Behold,
we
are
your
bone
and
your
flesh.
In times past,
when
Saul
was
king
over
us,
it
was
you
who
led
Israel
out
and
in.
Yahweh
said
to
you, ‘You
will
be
shepherd
of
my
people
Israel,
and
you
will
be
prince
over
Israel.’”
So
all
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
to
Hebron,
and
King
David
made
a
covenant
with
them
in
Hebron
before
Yahweh;
and
they
anointed
David
king
over
Israel.
David
was
thirty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
forty
years.
In
Hebron
he
reigned
over
Judah
seven
years
and
six
months,
and
in
Jerusalem
he
reigned
thirty-three
years
over
all
Israel
and
Judah.
The
king
and
his
men
went
to
Jerusalem
against
the
Jebusites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
who
spoke
to
David,
saying, “The
blind
and
the lame
will
keep
you
out
of
here,”
thinking, “David
can’t
come
in
here.”
Nevertheless
David
took
the stronghold
of
Zion.
This
is
David’s
city.
David
said
on
that
day, “Whoever
strikes
the
Jebusites,
let
him
go
up
to
the watercourse
and
strike
those
lame
and
blind,
who
are
hated
by
David’s
soul.”
Therefore
they
say, “The
blind
and
the
lame
can’t
come
into
the
house.”
David
lived
in
the stronghold,
and
called
it
David’s
city.
David
built
around
from
Millo
and
inward.
David
grew
greater
and
greater,
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
was
with
him.
Hiram
king
of
Tyre
sent
messengers
to
David,
with
cedar
trees,
carpenters,
and
masons;
and
they
built
David
a
house.
David
perceived
that
Yahweh
had
established
him
king
over
Israel,
and
that
he
had
exalted
his
kingdom
for
his
people
Israel’s
sake.
David
took
more
concubines
and
wives
for himself
out
of
Jerusalem,
after
he
had
come
from
Hebron;
and
more
sons
and
daughters
were
born
to
David.
These
are
the
names
of
those
who
were
born
to
him
in
Jerusalem:
Shammua,
Shobab,
Nathan,
Solomon,
Ibhar,
Elishua,
Nepheg,
Japhia,
Elishama,
Eliada,
and
Eliphelet.
When
the
Philistines
heard
that
they
had
anointed
David
king
over
Israel,
all
the
Philistines
went
up
to
seek
David,
but
David
heard
about
it
and
went
down
to
the stronghold.
Now
the
Philistines
had
come
and
spread themselves
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
David
inquired
of
Yahweh,
saying, “Shall
I
go
up
against
the
Philistines?
Will
you
deliver
them
into
my
hand?”
Yahweh
said
to
David, “Go
up;
for
I
will
certainly
deliver
the
Philistines
into
your
hand.”
David
came
to Baal Perazim,
and
David
struck
them
there.
Then
he
said, “Yahweh
has
broken
my
enemies
before
me,
like
the
breach
of
waters.”
Therefore
he
called
the
name
of
that
place Baal Perazim.
5:20
“Baal Perazim” means “Lord who breaks out”.
They
left
their
images
there,
and
David
and
his
men
took
them
away.
The
Philistines
came
up
yet
again
and
spread themselves
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
When
David
inquired
of
Yahweh,
he
said, “You
shall
not
go
up.
Circle
around
behind
them,
and
attack
them
in
front
of
the mulberry
trees.
When
you
hear
the
sound
of marching
in
the
tops
of
the mulberry
trees,
then stir yourself
up;
for
then
Yahweh
has
gone
out
before
you
to
strike
the
army
of
the
Philistines.”
David
did
so,
as
Yahweh
commanded
him,
and
struck
the
Philistines
all
the
way
from
Geba
to
Gezer.
David
again gathered together
all
the chosen
men
of
Israel,
thirty
thousand.
David
arose
and
went
with
all
the
people
who
were
with
him
from Baale Judah,
to
bring
up
from
there
God’s
ark,
which
is
called
by
the
Name,
even
the
name
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
who
sits
above
the
cherubim.
They
set
God’s
ark
on
a
new
cart,
and
brought
it
out
of Abinadab’s
house
that
was
on
the
hill;
and
Uzzah
and
Ahio,
the
sons
of
Abinadab,
drove
the
new
cart.
They
brought
it
out
of Abinadab’s
house
which
was
in
the
hill,
with
God’s
ark;
and
Ahio
went
before
the
ark.
David
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
played
before
Yahweh
with
all
kinds
of instruments
made
of
cypress
wood,
with
harps,
with stringed instruments,
with
tambourines,
with
castanets,
and
with
cymbals.
When
they
came
to
the
threshing
floor
of Nacon,
Uzzah
reached
for
God’s
ark
and
took
hold
of
it,
for
the
cattle
stumbled.
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Uzzah,
and
God
struck
him
there
for
his error;
and
he
died
there
by
God’s
ark.
David
was displeased
because
Yahweh
had
broken
out
against
Uzzah;
and
he
called
that
place Perez
Uzzah
6:8
“Perez Uzzah” means “outbreak against Uzzah”.
to
this
day.
David
was
afraid
of
Yahweh
that
day;
and
he
said, “How could
Yahweh’s
ark
come
to
me?”
So
David
would
not
move
Yahweh’s
ark
to
be
with
him
in
David’s
city;
but
David
carried
it
aside
into
Obed-Edom
the Gittite’s
house.
Yahweh’s
ark
remained
in
Obed-Edom
the Gittite’s
house
three
months;
and
Yahweh
blessed
Obed-Edom
and
all
his
house.
King
David
was
told, “Yahweh
has
blessed
the
house
of
Obed-Edom,
and
all
that belongs
to
him,
because
of
God’s
ark.”
So
David
went
and
brought
up
God’s
ark
from
the
house
of
Obed-Edom
into
David’s
city
with
joy.
When
those
who
bore
Yahweh’s
ark
had
gone
six
paces,
he
sacrificed
an
ox
and
a fattened calf.
David danced
before
Yahweh
with
all
his
might;
and
David
was
clothed
in
a
linen
ephod.
So
David
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
brought
up
Yahweh’s
ark
with
shouting
and
with
the
sound
of
the
trumpet.
As
Yahweh’s
ark
came
into
David’s
city,
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
looked
out
through
the
window
and
saw
King
David
leaping
and
dancing
before
Yahweh;
and
she
despised
him
in
her
heart.
They
brought
in
Yahweh’s
ark,
and
set
it
in
its
place
in
the
middle
of
the
tent
that
David
had
pitched
for
it;
and
David
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings
before
Yahweh.
When
David
had
finished
offering
the
burnt
offering
and
the
peace
offerings,
he
blessed
the
people
in
the
name
of
Yahweh
of
Armies.
He gave
to
all
the
people,
even
among
the
whole
multitude
of
Israel,
both
to
men
and
women,
to
everyone
a
portion
of
bread,
dates,
and
raisins.
So
all
the
people departed,
each
to
his
own
house.
Then
David
returned
to
bless
his
household.
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
came
out
to
meet
David,
and
said, “How
glorious
the
king
of
Israel
was
today,
who
uncovered
himself
today
in
the
eyes
of
his
servants’
maids,
as
one
of
the vain fellows
shamelessly
uncovers
himself!”
David
said
to
Michal, “It
was
before
Yahweh,
who
chose
me
above
your
father,
and
above
all
his
house,
to
appoint
me
prince
over
the
people
of
Yahweh,
over
Israel.
Therefore
I
will
celebrate
before
Yahweh.
I
will
be
yet
more undignified
than
this,
and
will
be worthless
in
my
own
sight.
But
the
maids
of
whom
you
have
spoken
will
honor
me.”
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
had
no
child
to
the
day
of
her
death.
When
the
king
lived
in
his
house,
and
Yahweh
had
given
him
rest
from
all
his
enemies
all
around,
the
king
said
to
Nathan
the
prophet, “See
now,
I
dwell
in
a
house
of
cedar,
but
God’s
ark
dwells
within
curtains.”
Nathan
said
to
the
king, “Go,
do
all
that
is
in
your
heart,
for
Yahweh
is
with
you.”
That
same
night,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Nathan,
saying,
“Go
and
tell
my
servant
David, ‘Yahweh
says, “Should
you
build
me
a
house
for
me
to
dwell
in?
For
I
have
not
lived
in
a
house
since
the
day
that
I
brought
the
children
of
Israel
up
out
of
Egypt,
even
to
this
day,
but
have
moved
around
in
a
tent
and
in
a
tabernacle.
In
all
places
in
which
I
have
walked
with
all
the
children
of
Israel,
did
I
say
a
word
to
anyone
from
the
tribes
of
Israel
whom
I
commanded
to
be
shepherd
of
my
people
Israel,
saying, ‘Why
have
you
not
built
me
a
house
of
cedar?’”’
Now
therefore
tell
my
servant
David
this: ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says, “I
took
you
from
the
sheep pen,
from
following
the
sheep,
to
be
prince
over
my
people,
over
Israel.
I
have
been
with
you
wherever
you
went,
and
have
cut
off
all
your
enemies
from
before
you.
I
will
make
you
a
great
name,
like
the
name
of
the
great
ones
who
are
in
the
earth.
I
will
appoint
a
place
for
my
people
Israel,
and
will
plant
them,
that
they
may
dwell
in
their own
place
and
be
moved
no
more.
The
children
of
wickedness
will
not
afflict
them
any
more,
as
at
the
first,
and
as
from
the
day
that
I
commanded
judges
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.
I
will cause
you
to
rest
from
all
your
enemies. Moreover
Yahweh
tells
you
that
Yahweh
will
make
you
a
house.
When
your
days
are
fulfilled
and
you
sleep
with
your
fathers,
I
will
set
up
your
offspring
after
you,
who
will
proceed
out
of
your
body,
and
I
will
establish
his
kingdom.
He
will
build
a
house
for
my
name,
and
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
his
kingdom
forever.
I
will
be
his
father,
and
he
will
be
my
son.
If
he commits iniquity,
I
will chasten
him
with
the
rod
of
men
and
with
the
stripes
of
the
children
of
men;
but
my loving
kindness
will
not
depart
from
him,
as
I
took
it
from
Saul,
whom
I
put
away
before
you.
Your
house
and
your
kingdom
will
be
made
sure
forever
before
you.
Your
throne
will
be
established
forever.”’”
Nathan
spoke
to
David
all
these
words,
and
according
to
all
this
vision.
Then
David
the
king
went
in
and
sat
before
Yahweh;
and
he
said, “Who
am
I,
Lord
7:18
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Yahweh,
and
what
is
my
house,
that
you
have
brought
me
this
far?
This
was
yet
a
small
thing
in
your
eyes,
Lord Yahweh,
but
you
have
spoken
also
of
your
servant’s
house
for
a
great
while
to
come;
and
this
among
men,
Lord Yahweh!
What
more
can
David
say
to
you?
For
you
know
your
servant,
Lord Yahweh.
For
your word’s
sake,
and according
to
your own
heart,
you
have
worked
all
this
greatness,
to
make
your
servant
know
it.
Therefore
you
are
great, Yahweh
God.
For
there
is
no
one
like
you,
neither
is
there
any
God
besides
you,
according
to
all
that
we
have
heard
with
our
ears.
What
one
nation
in
the
earth
is
like
your
people,
even
like
Israel,
whom
God
went
to
redeem
to
himself
for
a
people,
and
to
make
himself
a
name,
and
to
do
great
things
for
you,
and
awesome
things
for
your
land,
before
your
people,
whom
you
redeemed
to yourself
out
of
Egypt,
from
the
nations
and
their
gods?
You
established
for
yourself
your
people
Israel
to
be
your
people
forever;
and
you,
Yahweh,
became
their
God.
“Now,
Yahweh
God,
the
word
that
you
have
spoken
concerning
your
servant,
and
concerning
his
house,
confirm
it
forever,
and
do
as
you
have
spoken.
Let
your
name
be
magnified
forever,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
is
God
over
Israel;
and
the
house
of
your
servant
David
will
be
established
before
you.’
For
you,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
have
revealed
to
your
servant,
saying, ‘I
will
build
you
a
house.’
Therefore
your
servant
has
found
in
his
heart
to
pray
this
prayer
to
you.
“Now,
O
Lord Yahweh,
you
are
God,
and
your
words
are
truth,
and
you
have
promised
this
good
thing
to
your
servant.
Now
therefore,
let
it
please
you
to
bless
the
house
of
your
servant,
that
it
may
continue
forever
before
you;
for
you,
Lord Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.
Let
the
house
of
your
servant
be
blessed
forever
with
your
blessing.”
After
this,
David
struck
the
Philistines
and
subdued
them;
and
David
took
the bridle
of
the mother city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
He
defeated
Moab,
and
measured
them
with
the
line, making
them
to
lie
down
on
the
ground;
and
he
measured
two lines
to
put
to
death,
and
one
full
line
to keep
alive.
The
Moabites
became
servants
to
David,
and
brought
tribute.
David
also
struck
Hadadezer
the
son
of
Rehob,
king
of
Zobah,
as
he
went
to recover
his dominion
at
the
River.
David
took
from
him
one
thousand
seven
hundred
horsemen
and
twenty
thousand
footmen.
David hamstrung
the
chariot
horses,
but
reserved
enough
of
them
for
one
hundred
chariots.
When
the Syrians
of
Damascus
came
to
help
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
David
struck
twenty
two
thousand
men
of
the Syrians.
Then
David
put
garrisons
in
Syria
of
Damascus;
and
the Syrians
became
servants
to
David,
and
brought
tribute.
Yahweh
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
David
took
the
shields
of
gold
that
were
on
the
servants
of
Hadadezer,
and
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
From
Betah
and
from Berothai,
cities
of
Hadadezer,
King
David
took
a
great quantity
of
bronze.
When
Toi
king
of
Hamath
heard
that
David
had
struck
all
the
army
of
Hadadezer,
then
Toi
sent
Joram
his
son
to
King
David
to
greet
him
and
to
bless
him,
because
he
had
fought
against
Hadadezer
and
struck
him;
for
Hadadezer
had
wars
with
Toi.
Joram
brought
with
him
vessels
of
silver,
vessels
of
gold,
and
vessels
of
bronze.
King
David
also
dedicated
these
to
Yahweh,
with
the
silver
and
gold
that
he
dedicated
of
all
the
nations
which
he
subdued—
of
Syria,
of
Moab,
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
of
the
Philistines,
of
Amalek,
and
of
the
plunder
of
Hadadezer,
son
of
Rehob,
king
of
Zobah.
David earned
a
reputation
when
he
returned
from
striking
down
eighteen
thousand
men
of
the Syrians
in
the
Valley
of
Salt.
He
put
garrisons
in
Edom.
Throughout
all
Edom,
he
put
garrisons,
and
all
the
Edomites
became
servants
to
David.
Yahweh
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
David
reigned
over
all
Israel;
and
David executed
justice
and
righteousness
for
all
his
people.
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
was
over
the
army,
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder,
Zadok
the
son
of
Ahitub
and
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar
were
priests,
Seraiah
was
scribe,
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was over
the
Cherethites
and
the
Pelethites;
and
David’s
sons
were
chief
ministers.
David
said, “Is
there
yet
any
who
is
left
of
Saul’s
house,
that
I
may
show
him
kindness
for
Jonathan’s
sake?”
There
was
of
Saul’s
house
a
servant
whose
name
was
Ziba,
and
they
called
him
to
David;
and
the
king
said
to
him, “Are
you
Ziba?”
He
said, “I am
your
servant.”
The
king
said, “Is
there
not
yet
any
of
Saul’s
house,
that
I
may
show
the
kindness
of
God
to
him?”
Ziba
said
to
the
king, “Jonathan
still
has
a
son,
who
is lame
in
his
feet.”
The
king
said
to
him, “Where
is
he?”
Ziba
said
to
the
king, “Behold,
he
is
in
the
house
of
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel,
in
Lo Debar.”
Then
King
David
sent
and
brought
him
out
of
the
house
of
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel,
from Lo Debar.
Mephibosheth,
the
son
of
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Saul,
came
to
David,
fell
on
his
face,
and showed
respect.
David
said, “Mephibosheth?”
He
answered, “Behold,
your
servant!”
David
said
to
him, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
will
surely
show
you
kindness
for
Jonathan
your
father’s
sake,
and
will
restore
to
you
all
the
land
of
Saul
your
father.
You
will
eat
bread
at
my
table
continually.”
He
bowed
down,
and
said, “What
is
your
servant,
that
you
should
look
at
such
a
dead
dog
as
I am?”
Then
the
king
called
to
Ziba,
Saul’s
servant,
and
said
to
him, “All
that
belonged
to
Saul
and
to
all
his
house
I
have
given
to
your
master’s
son.
Till
the
land
for
him—you,
your
sons,
and
your
servants.
Bring
in
the
harvest,
that
your
master’s
son
may
have
bread
to
eat;
but
Mephibosheth
your
master’s
son
will
always
eat
bread
at
my
table.”
Now
Ziba
had
fifteen
sons
and
twenty
servants.
Then
Ziba
said
to
the
king, “According
to
all
that
my
lord
the
king
commands
his
servant,
so
your
servant
will
do.”
So
Mephibosheth
ate
at
the
king’s
table
like
one
of
the
king’s
sons.
Mephibosheth
had
a
young
son,
whose
name
was
Mica.
All
who
lived
in Ziba’s
house
were
servants
to
Mephibosheth.
So
Mephibosheth
lived
in
Jerusalem,
for
he
ate
continually
at
the
king’s
table.
He
was
lame
in
both
his
feet.
After
this,
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
died,
and
Hanun
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
David
said, “I
will
show
kindness
to
Hanun
the
son
of
Nahash,
as
his
father showed
kindness
to
me.”
So
David
sent
by
his
servants
to
comfort
him
concerning
his
father.
David’s
servants
came
into
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
But
the
princes
of
the
children
of
Ammon
said
to
Hanun
their
lord, “Do
you
think
that
David
honors
your
father,
in
that
he
has
sent
comforters
to
you?
Hasn’t
David
sent
his
servants
to
you
to
search
the
city,
to
spy
it
out,
and
to
overthrow
it?”
So
Hanun
took
David’s
servants,
shaved
off one
half
of
their
beards,
and
cut
off
their
garments
in
the
middle,
even
to
their buttocks,
and
sent
them
away.
When
they
told
David
this,
he
sent
to
meet
them,
for
the
men
were
greatly
ashamed.
The
king
said, “Wait
at
Jericho
until
your
beards
have
grown,
and
then
return.”
When
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
they
had
become
odious
to
David,
the
children
of
Ammon
sent
and
hired
the Syrians
of Beth Rehob
and
the Syrians
of
Zobah,
twenty
thousand
footmen,
and
the
king
of
Maacah
with
one
thousand
men,
and
the
men
of
Tob
twelve
thousand
men.
When
David
heard
of
it,
he
sent
Joab
and
all
the
army
of
the
mighty
men.
The
children
of
Ammon
came
out,
and
put
the
battle
in
array
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
The Syrians
of
Zobah
and
of
Rehob
and
the
men
of
Tob
and
Maacah
were
by
themselves
in
the
field.
Now
when
Joab
saw
that
the
battle
was set
against
him
before
and
behind,
he
chose
of
all
the
choice
men
of
Israel
and put
them
in
array
against
the Syrians.
The
rest
of
the
people
he
committed
into
the
hand
of
Abishai
his
brother;
and
he
put
them
in array
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
He
said, “If
the Syrians
are
too
strong
for
me,
then
you
shall
help
me;
but
if
the
children
of
Ammon
are
too
strong
for
you,
then
I
will
come
and
help
you.
Be
courageous,
and let’s
be
strong
for
our
people
and
for
the
cities
of
our
God;
and
may
Yahweh
do
what
seems
good
to
him.”
So
Joab
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
came
near
to
the
battle
against
the Syrians,
and
they
fled
before
him.
When
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
the Syrians
had
fled,
they likewise
fled
before
Abishai,
and
entered
into
the
city.
Then
Joab
returned
from
the
children
of
Ammon
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
When
the Syrians
saw
that
they
were
defeated
by
Israel,
they
gathered
themselves
together.
Hadadezer
sent
and
brought
out
the Syrians
who
were
beyond
the
River;
and
they
came
to
Helam,
with
Shobach
the
captain
of
the
army
of
Hadadezer
at
their
head.
David
was
told
that;
and
he
gathered
all
Israel
together,
passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
came
to
Helam.
The Syrians
set
themselves
in array
against
David
and
fought
with
him.
The Syrians
fled
before
Israel;
and
David
killed
seven
hundred
charioteers
of
the Syrians
and
forty
thousand
horsemen,
and
struck
Shobach
the
captain
of
their
army,
so
that
he
died
there.
When
all
the
kings
who
were
servants
to
Hadadezer
saw
that
they
were
defeated
before
Israel,
they
made peace
with
Israel
and
served
them.
So
the Syrians
were
afraid
to
help
the
children
of
Ammon
any
more.
At
the
return
of
the
year,
at
the
time
when
kings
go
out,
David
sent
Joab
and
his
servants
with
him,
and
all
Israel;
and
they
destroyed
the
children
of
Ammon
and besieged
Rabbah.
But
David
stayed
at
Jerusalem.
At
evening,
David
arose
from
his
bed
and
walked
on
the
roof
of
the
king’s
house.
From
the
roof,
he
saw
a
woman
bathing,
and
the
woman
was
very
beautiful
to
look
at.
David
sent
and
inquired
after
the
woman.
One
said, “Isn’t
this
Bathsheba,
the
daughter
of
Eliam,
Uriah
the Hittite’s
wife?”
David
sent
messengers,
and
took
her;
and
she
came
in
to
him,
and
he
lay
with
her (for
she
was
purified
from
her
uncleanness);
and
she
returned
to
her
house.
The
woman
conceived;
and she
sent
and
told
David,
and
said, “I
am
with
child.”
David
sent
to
Joab, “Send
me
Uriah
the
Hittite.”
Joab
sent
Uriah
to
David.
When
Uriah
had
come
to
him,
David
asked
him
how
Joab did,
and
how
the
people fared,
and
how
the
war prospered.
David
said
to
Uriah, “Go
down
to
your
house
and
wash
your
feet.”
Uriah
departed
out
of
the
king’s
house,
and
a
gift
from
the
king
was
sent
after
him.
But
Uriah
slept
at
the
door
of
the
king’s
house
with
all
the
servants
of
his
lord,
and
didn’t
go
down
to
his
house.
When
they
had
told
David,
saying, “Uriah
didn’t
go
down
to
his
house,”
David
said
to
Uriah, “Haven’t
you
come
from
a
journey?
Why
didn’t
you
go
down
to
your
house?”
Uriah
said
to
David, “The
ark,
Israel,
and
Judah,
are
staying
in tents;
and
my
lord
Joab
and
the
servants
of
my
lord
are
encamped
in
the
open
field.
Shall
I
then
go
into
my
house
to
eat
and
to
drink,
and
to
lie
with
my
wife?
As
you
live,
and
as
your
soul
lives,
I
will
not
do
this
thing!”
David
said
to
Uriah, “Stay
here
today
also,
and
tomorrow
I
will
let
you depart.”
So
Uriah
stayed
in
Jerusalem
that
day
and
the
next
day.
When
David
had
called
him,
he
ate
and
drank
before
him;
and
he
made
him
drunk.
At
evening,
he
went
out
to
lie
on
his
bed
with
the
servants
of
his
lord,
but
didn’t
go
down
to
his
house.
In
the
morning,
David
wrote
a
letter
to
Joab
and
sent
it
by
the
hand
of
Uriah.
He
wrote
in
the
letter,
saying, “Send
Uriah
to
the forefront
of
the hottest
battle,
and
retreat
from
him,
that
he
may
be
struck
and
die.”
When
Joab
kept
watch
on
the
city,
he
assigned
Uriah
to
the
place
where
he
knew
that
valiant
men
were.
The
men
of
the
city
went
out
and
fought
with
Joab.
Some
of
the
people
fell,
even
of
David’s
servants;
and
Uriah
the
Hittite
died
also.
Then
Joab
sent
and
told
David
all
the
things
concerning
the
war;
and
he
commanded
the
messenger,
saying, “When
you
have
finished
telling
all
the
things
concerning
the
war
to
the
king,
it
shall
be
that,
if
the
king’s
wrath
arise,
and
he
asks
you, ‘Why
did
you
go
so
near
to
the
city
to
fight?
Didn’t
you
know
that
they
would
shoot
from
the
wall?
Who
struck
Abimelech
the
son
of
Jerubbesheth?
Didn’t
a
woman
cast
an
upper
millstone
on
him
from
the
wall,
so
that
he
died
at
Thebez?
Why
did
you
go
so
near
the
wall?’
then
you
shall
say, ‘Your
servant
Uriah
the
Hittite
is
also
dead.’”
So
the
messenger
went,
and
came
and showed
David
all
that
Joab
had
sent
him
for.
The
messenger
said
to
David, “The
men
prevailed
against
us,
and
came
out
to
us
into
the
field;
and
we
were
on
them
even
to
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
The shooters
shot
at
your
servants
from
off
the
wall;
and some
of
the
king’s
servants
are
dead,
and
your
servant
Uriah
the
Hittite
is
also
dead.”
Then
David
said
to
the
messenger, “Tell
Joab, ‘Don’t
let
this
thing displease
you,
for
the
sword
devours
one
as well
as
another.
Make
your
battle
stronger
against
the
city,
and
overthrow
it.’
Encourage
him.”
When
Uriah’s
wife
heard
that
Uriah
her
husband
was
dead,
she
mourned
for
her
husband.
When
the
mourning
was past,
David
sent
and
took
her
home
to
his
house,
and
she
became
his
wife
and
bore
him
a
son.
But
the
thing
that
David
had
done
displeased
Yahweh.
Yahweh
sent
Nathan
to
David.
He
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “There
were
two
men
in
one
city:
the
one
rich,
and
the
other
poor.
The
rich
man
had
very
many
flocks
and
herds,
but
the
poor
man
had
nothing,
except
one
little
ewe
lamb,
which
he
had
bought
and
raised.
It
grew
up
together
with
him
and
with
his
children.
It
ate
of
his
own
food,
drank
of
his
own
cup,
and
lay
in
his
bosom,
and
was
like
a
daughter
to
him.
A
traveler
came
to
the
rich
man,
and
he didn’t want
to
take
of
his
own
flock
and
of
his
own
herd
to
prepare
for
the wayfaring
man
who
had
come
to
him,
but
took
the
poor
man’s
lamb
and
prepared
it
for
the
man
who
had
come
to
him.”
David’s
anger
burned hot
against
the
man,
and
he
said
to
Nathan, “As
Yahweh
lives,
the
man
who
has
done
this
deserves
to
die!
He
must restore
the
lamb
fourfold,
because
he
did
this
thing
and
because
he
had
no
pity!”
Nathan
said
to
David, “You
are
the
man!
This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘I
anointed
you
king
over
Israel,
and
I
delivered
you
out
of
the
hand
of
Saul.
I
gave
you
your
master’s
house
and
your
master’s
wives
into
your
bosom,
and
gave
you
the
house
of
Israel
and
of
Judah;
and
if
that
would
have
been too
little,
I
would
have
added
to
you many
more
such
things.
Why
have
you
despised
Yahweh’s
word,
to
do
that
which
is
evil
in
his
sight?
You
have
struck
Uriah
the
Hittite
with
the
sword,
have
taken
his
wife
to
be
your
wife,
and
have
slain
him
with
the
sword
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
Now
therefore
the
sword
will
never
depart
from
your
house,
because
you
have
despised
me
and
have
taken
Uriah
the Hittite’s
wife
to
be
your
wife.’
“This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
raise
up
evil
against
you
out
of
your
own
house;
and
I
will
take
your
wives
before
your
eyes
and
give
them
to
your
neighbor,
and
he
will
lie
with
your
wives
in
the
sight
of
this
sun.
For
you
did
this secretly,
but
I
will
do
this
thing
before
all
Israel,
and
before
the
sun.’”
David
said
to
Nathan, “I
have
sinned
against
Yahweh.”
Nathan
said
to
David, “Yahweh
also
has
put
away
your
sin.
You
will
not
die.
However,
because
by
this
deed
you
have
given great occasion
to
Yahweh’s
enemies
to
blaspheme,
the
child
also
who
is
born
to
you
will
surely
die.”
Then
Nathan departed
to
his
house.
Yahweh
struck
the
child
that
Uriah’s
wife
bore
to
David,
and
he
was very
sick.
David
therefore begged
God
for
the
child;
and
David
fasted,
and
went
in
and
lay
all night
on
the
ground.
The
elders
of
his
house
arose
beside
him,
to
raise
him
up
from
the
earth;
but
he
would
not,
and
he
didn’t eat
bread
with
them.
On
the
seventh
day,
the
child
died.
David’s
servants
were
afraid
to
tell
him
that
the
child
was
dead,
for
they
said, “Behold,
while
the
child
was
yet
alive,
we
spoke
to
him
and
he
didn’t
listen
to
our
voice.
How
will
he
then
harm
himself
if
we
tell
him
that
the
child
is
dead?”
But
when
David
saw
that
his
servants
were
whispering together,
David
perceived
that
the
child
was
dead;
and
David
said
to
his
servants, “Is
the
child
dead?”
They
said, “He
is
dead.”
Then
David
arose
from
the
earth,
and
washed
and anointed
himself,
and
changed
his
clothing;
and
he
came
into
Yahweh’s
house,
and
worshiped.
Then
he
came
to
his own
house;
and
when
he
requested,
they
set
bread
before
him
and
he
ate.
Then
his
servants
said
to
him, “What
is
this
that
you
have
done?
You
fasted
and
wept
for
the
child
while
he
was
alive,
but
when
the
child
was
dead,
you
rose
up
and
ate
bread.”
He
said, “While
the
child
was
yet
alive,
I
fasted
and
wept;
for
I
said, ‘Who
knows whether
Yahweh
will
not
be gracious
to
me,
that
the
child
may
live?’
But
now
he
is
dead.
Why
should
I
fast?
Can
I
bring
him
back
again?
I
will
go
to
him,
but
he
will
not
return
to
me.”
David
comforted
Bathsheba
his
wife,
and
went
in
to
her,
and
lay
with
her.
She
bore
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name
Solomon.
Yahweh
loved
him;
and
he
sent
by
the
hand
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
he
named
him
Jedidiah,
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“Jedidiah” means “loved by Yahweh”.
for
Yahweh’s
sake.
Now
Joab
fought
against
Rabbah
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
took
the
royal
city.
Joab
sent
messengers
to
David,
and
said, “I
have
fought
against
Rabbah.
Yes,
I
have
taken
the
city
of
waters.
Now
therefore
gather
the
rest
of
the
people
together,
and
encamp
against
the
city
and
take
it;
lest
I
take
the
city,
and
it
be
called
by
my
name.”
David
gathered
all
the
people
together
and went
to
Rabbah,
and
fought
against
it
and
took
it.
He
took
the
crown
of
their
king
from
off
his
head;
and
its
weight
was
a
talent
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A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
of
gold,
and
in
it
were
precious
stones;
and
it
was
set
on
David’s
head.
He
brought
a
great quantity
of
plunder
out
of
the
city.
He
brought
out
the
people
who
were
in
it,
and
put
them
to
work
under
saws,
under
iron
picks,
under
axes
of
iron,
and
made
them
go
to
the
brick kiln;
and
he
did
so
to
all
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
Then
David
and
all
the
people
returned
to
Jerusalem.
After
this,
Absalom
the
son
of
David
had
a
beautiful
sister,
whose
name
was
Tamar;
and
Amnon
the
son
of
David
loved
her.
Amnon
was
so troubled
that
he became
sick
because
of
his
sister
Tamar,
for
she
was
a
virgin,
and
it
seemed
hard
to
Amnon
to
do
anything
to
her.
But
Amnon
had
a
friend
whose
name
was
Jonadab
the
son
of
Shimeah,
David’s
brother;
and
Jonadab
was
a
very subtle
man.
He
said
to
him, “Why,
son
of
the
king,
are
you
so sad
from
day
to
day?
Won’t
you
tell
me?”
Amnon
said
to
him, “I
love
Tamar,
my
brother
Absalom’s
sister.”
Jonadab
said
to
him, “Lay
down
on
your
bed
and pretend
to
be
sick.
When
your
father
comes
to
see
you,
tell
him, ‘Please
let
my
sister
Tamar
come
and
give
me
bread
to
eat,
and
prepare
the
food
in
my
sight,
that
I
may
see
it
and
eat
it
from
her
hand.’”
So
Amnon
lay
down
and faked being
sick.
When
the
king
came
to
see
him,
Amnon
said
to
the
king, “Please
let
my
sister
Tamar
come
and
make
me
a
couple
of
cakes
in
my
sight,
that
I
may
eat
from
her
hand.”
Then
David
sent
home
to
Tamar,
saying, “Go
now
to
your
brother
Amnon’s
house,
and
prepare
food
for
him.”
So
Tamar
went
to
her
brother
Amnon’s
house;
and
he
was
lying
down.
She
took
dough,
kneaded
it,
made
cakes
in
his
sight,
and
baked
the
cakes.
She
took
the
pan
and
poured
them
out
before
him,
but
he
refused
to
eat.
Amnon
said, “Have
all
men
leave
me.”
Then
every
man
went
out
from
him.
Amnon
said
to
Tamar, “Bring
the
food
into
the
room,
that
I
may
eat
from
your
hand.”
Tamar
took
the
cakes
which
she
had
made,
and
brought
them
into
the
room
to
Amnon
her
brother.
When
she
had
brought
them
near
to
him
to
eat,
he
took
hold
of
her
and
said
to
her, “Come,
lie
with
me,
my
sister!”
She
answered
him, “No,
my
brother,
do
not force
me!
For
no
such
thing ought
to
be
done
in
Israel.
Don’t
you
do
this
folly!
As
for
me,
where
would
I carry
my
shame?
And
as
for
you,
you
will
be
as
one
of
the
fools
in
Israel.
Now
therefore,
please
speak
to
the
king;
for
he
will
not
withhold
me
from
you.”
However,
he
would
not
listen
to
her
voice;
but being
stronger
than
she,
he forced
her
and
lay
with
her.
Then
Amnon
hated
her
with
exceedingly
great
hatred;
for
the
hatred
with
which
he
hated
her
was
greater
than
the
love
with
which
he
had
loved
her.
Amnon
said
to
her, “Arise,
be gone!”
She
said
to
him, “Not
so,
because
this
great
wrong
in
sending
me
away
is
worse
than
the
other
that
you
did
to
me!”
But
he
would
not
listen
to
her.
Then
he
called
his
servant
who
ministered
to
him,
and
said, “Now
put
this woman
out
from
me,
and bolt
the
door
after
her.”
She
had
a
garment
of various colors
on
her,
for
the
king’s
daughters
who
were
virgins
dressed
in
such
robes.
Then
his
servant
brought
her
out
and bolted
the
door
after
her.
Tamar
put
ashes
on
her
head,
and
tore
her
garment
of various colors
that
was
on
her;
and
she
laid
her
hand
on
her
head
and
went
her
way,
crying
aloud
as
she
went.
Absalom
her
brother
said
to
her, “Has
Amnon
your
brother
been
with
you?
But
now
hold
your peace,
my
sister.
He
is
your
brother.
Don’t
take
this
thing
to
heart.”
So
Tamar
remained
desolate
in
her
brother
Absalom’s
house.
But
when
King
David
heard
of
all
these
things,
he
was
very
angry.
Absalom
spoke
to
Amnon
neither
good
nor
bad;
for
Absalom
hated
Amnon,
because
he
had forced
his
sister
Tamar.
After two
full
years,
Absalom
had sheep
shearers
in Baal Hazor,
which
is
beside
Ephraim;
and
Absalom
invited
all
the
king’s
sons.
Absalom
came
to
the
king
and
said, “See
now,
your
servant
has sheep
shearers.
Please
let
the
king
and
his
servants
go
with
your
servant.”
The
king
said
to
Absalom, “No,
my
son,
let’s
not
all
go, lest
we
be
burdensome
to
you.”
He
pressed
him; however
he
would
not
go,
but
blessed
him.
Then
Absalom
said, “If
not,
please
let
my
brother
Amnon
go
with
us.”
The
king
said
to
him, “Why
should
he
go
with
you?”
But
Absalom
pressed
him,
and
he
let
Amnon
and
all
the
king’s
sons
go
with
him.
Absalom
commanded
his
servants,
saying, “Mark
now,
when
Amnon’s
heart
is merry
with
wine;
and
when
I
tell
you, ‘Strike
Amnon,’
then
kill
him.
Don’t
be
afraid.
Haven’t
I
commanded
you?
Be
courageous,
and
be
valiant!”
The
servants
of
Absalom
did
to
Amnon
as
Absalom
had
commanded.
Then
all
the
king’s
sons
arose,
and
every
man
got
up
on
his
mule
and
fled.
While
they
were
on
the
way,
the
news
came
to
David,
saying, “Absalom
has
slain
all
the
king’s
sons,
and
there
is
not
one
of
them
left!”
Then
the
king
arose,
and
tore
his
garments,
and
lay
on
the
earth;
and
all
his
servants
stood
by
with
their
clothes
torn.
Jonadab
the
son
of
Shimeah,
David’s
brother,
answered, “Don’t
let
my
lord
suppose
that
they
have
killed
all
the
young
men,
the
king’s
sons,
for
Amnon
only
is
dead;
for
by
the appointment
of
Absalom
this
has
been
determined
from
the
day
that
he forced
his
sister
Tamar.
Now
therefore
don’t
let
my
lord
the
king
take
the
thing
to
his
heart,
to
think
that
all
the
king’s
sons
are
dead;
for
only
Amnon
is
dead.”
But
Absalom
fled.
The
young
man
who kept
the
watch
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
behold,
many
people
were
coming
by
way
of
the hillside
behind
him.
Jonadab
said
to
the
king, “Behold,
the
king’s
sons
are
coming!
It
is
as
your
servant
said.”
As soon
as
he
had
finished
speaking,
behold,
the
king’s
sons
came,
and
lifted
up
their
voices
and
wept.
The
king
also
and
all
his
servants
wept
bitterly.
But
Absalom
fled
and
went
to
Talmai
the
son
of Ammihur,
king
of
Geshur.
David
mourned
for
his
son
every
day.
So
Absalom
fled
and
went
to
Geshur,
and
was
there
three
years.
King
David
longed
to
go
out
to
Absalom,
for
he
was
comforted
concerning
Amnon,
since
he
was
dead.
Now
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
perceived
that
the
king’s
heart
was
toward
Absalom.
Joab
sent
to
Tekoa
and
brought
a
wise
woman
from
there,
and
said
to
her, “Please
act
like
a
mourner,
and
put
on
mourning
clothing,
please,
and
don’t
anoint
yourself
with
oil;
but
be
as
a
woman
who
has
mourned
a
long
time
for
the
dead.
Go
in
to
the
king
and
speak
like
this
to
him.”
So
Joab
put
the
words
in
her
mouth.
When
the
woman
of
Tekoa
spoke
to
the
king, she
fell
on
her
face
to
the
ground, showed
respect,
and
said, “Help, O
king!”
The
king
said
to
her, “What ails
you?”
She
answered, “Truly
I
am
a
widow,
and
my
husband
is
dead.
Your
servant
had
two
sons;
and
they
both fought
together
in
the
field,
and
there
was
no
one
to part
them,
but
the
one
struck
the
other
and
killed
him.
Behold,
the
whole
family
has
risen
against
your
servant,
and
they
say, ‘Deliver
him
who
struck
his
brother,
that
we
may
kill
him
for
the
life
of
his
brother
whom
he
killed,
and
so
destroy
the
heir
also.’
Thus
they
would
quench
my
coal
which
is
left,
and
would
leave
to
my
husband
neither
name
nor remainder
on
the
surface
of
the
earth.”
The
king
said
to
the
woman, “Go
to
your
house,
and
I
will
give
a
command
concerning
you.”
The
woman
of
Tekoa
said
to
the
king, “My
lord,
O
king,
may
the
iniquity
be
on
me,
and
on
my
father’s
house;
and
may
the
king
and
his
throne
be guiltless.”
The
king
said, “Whoever
says
anything
to
you,
bring
him
to
me,
and
he
will
not
bother
you
any
more.”
Then
she
said, “Please
let
the
king
remember
Yahweh
your
God,
that
the
avenger
of
blood
destroy
not
any
more, lest
they
destroy
my
son.”
He
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
not
one
hair
of
your
son
shall
fall
to
the
earth.”
Then
the
woman
said, “Please
let
your
servant
speak
a
word
to
my
lord
the
king.”
He
said, “Say
on.”
The
woman
said, “Why
then
have
you
devised
such
a
thing
against
the
people
of
God?
For
in
speaking
this
word
the
king
is
as
one
who
is
guilty,
in
that
the
king
does
not
bring
home
again
his
banished
one.
For
we
must
die,
and
are
like
water
spilled
on
the
ground,
which
can’t
be
gathered
up
again;
neither
does
God
take
away
life,
but
devises
means,
that
he
who
is
banished
not
be
an
outcast
from
him.
Now
therefore,
seeing
that
I
have
come
to
speak
this
word
to
my
lord
the
king,
it
is
because
the
people
have
made
me
afraid.
Your
servant
said, ‘I
will
now
speak
to
the
king;
it
may
be
that
the
king
will
perform
the
request
of
his
servant.’
For
the
king
will
hear,
to
deliver
his
servant
out
of
the
hand
of
the
man
who
would
destroy
me
and
my
son
together
out
of
the
inheritance
of
God.
Then
your
servant
said, ‘Please
let
the
word
of
my
lord
the
king
bring
rest;
for
as
an
angel
of
God,
so
is
my
lord
the
king
to
discern
good
and
bad.
May
Yahweh,
your
God,
be
with
you.’”
Then
the
king
answered
the
woman, “Please
don’t
hide
anything
from
me
that
I
ask
you.”
The
woman
said, “Let
my
lord
the
king
now
speak.”
The
king
said, “Is
the
hand
of
Joab
with
you
in
all
this?”
The
woman
answered, “As
your
soul
lives,
my
lord
the
king,
no
one
can
turn
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left
from
anything
that
my
lord
the
king
has
spoken;
for
your
servant
Joab urged
me,
and
he
put
all
these
words
in
the
mouth
of
your
servant.
Your
servant
Joab
has
done
this
thing
to
change
the
face
of
the
matter.
My
lord
is
wise, according
to
the
wisdom
of
an
angel
of
God,
to
know
all
things
that
are
in
the
earth.”
The
king
said
to
Joab, “Behold
now,
I
have granted
this
thing.
Go therefore,
and
bring
the
young
man
Absalom
back.”
Joab
fell
to
the
ground
on
his
face, showed
respect,
and
blessed
the
king.
Joab
said, “Today
your
servant
knows
that
I
have
found
favor
in
your
sight,
my
lord, O
king,
in
that
the
king
has performed
the
request
of
his
servant.”
So
Joab
arose
and
went
to
Geshur,
and
brought
Absalom
to
Jerusalem.
The
king
said, “Let
him return
to
his
own
house,
but
let
him
not
see
my
face.”
So
Absalom
returned
to
his
own
house,
and
didn’t
see
the
king’s
face.
Now
in
all
Israel
there
was
no
one
to
be
so
much
praised
as
Absalom
for
his beauty.
From
the
sole
of
his
foot
even
to
the
crown
of
his
head
there
was
no
defect
in
him.
When
he
cut
the
hair
of
his
head (now
it
was
at
every year’s
end
that
he
cut
it;
because
it
was
heavy
on
him,
therefore
he
cut
it),
he
weighed
the
hair
of
his
head
at
two
hundred
shekels,
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 200 shekels is about 2 kilograms or about 4.4 pounds.
after
the
king’s
weight.
Three
sons
were
born
to
Absalom,
and
one
daughter,
whose
name
was
Tamar.
She
was
a
woman
with
a
beautiful
face.
Absalom
lived
two
full
years
in
Jerusalem,
and
he
didn’t
see
the
king’s
face.
Then
Absalom
sent
for
Joab,
to
send
him
to
the
king,
but
he
would
not
come
to
him.
Then
he
sent
again
a
second
time,
but
he
would
not
come.
Therefore
he
said
to
his
servants, “Behold,
Joab’s
field
is
near mine,
and
he
has
barley
there. Go
and
set
it
on
fire.”
So
Absalom’s
servants
set
the
field
on
fire.
Then
Joab
arose
and
came
to
Absalom
to
his
house,
and
said
to
him, “Why
have
your
servants
set
my
field
on
fire?”
Absalom
answered
Joab, “Behold,
I
sent
to
you,
saying, ‘Come
here,
that
I
may
send
you
to
the
king,
to
say, “Why
have
I
come
from
Geshur?
It
would
be
better
for
me
to
be
there
still.
Now
therefore,
let
me
see
the
king’s
face;
and
if
there
is
iniquity
in
me,
let
him
kill
me.”’”
So
Joab
came
to
the
king
and
told
him;
and
when
he
had
called
for
Absalom,
he
came
to
the
king
and
bowed
himself
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
king;
and
the
king
kissed
Absalom.
After
this,
Absalom
prepared
a
chariot
and
horses
for
himself,
and
fifty
men
to
run
before
him.
Absalom
rose
up
early,
and
stood
beside
the
way
of
the
gate.
When
any
man
had
a
suit
which
should
come
to
the
king
for
judgment,
then
Absalom
called
to
him,
and
said, “What
city
are
you
from?”
He
said, “Your
servant
is
of
one
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.”
Absalom
said
to
him, “Behold,
your
matters
are
good
and
right;
but
there
is
no
man deputized
by
the
king
to
hear
you.”
Absalom
said
moreover, “Oh
that
I
were
made
judge
in
the
land,
that
every
man
who
has
any
suit
or
cause
might
come
to
me,
and
I
would
do
him
justice!”
It
was
so,
that
when
any
man
came
near
to
bow
down
to
him,
he
stretched
out
his
hand,
took
hold
of
him,
and
kissed
him.
Absalom
did
this sort
of
thing
to
all
Israel
who
came
to
the
king
for
judgment.
So
Absalom
stole
the
hearts
of
the
men
of
Israel.
At
the
end
of
forty
years,
Absalom
said
to
the
king, “Please
let
me
go
and
pay
my
vow,
which
I
have
vowed
to
Yahweh,
in
Hebron.
For
your
servant
vowed
a
vow
while
I
stayed
at
Geshur
in
Syria,
saying, ‘If
Yahweh
shall
indeed
bring
me
again
to
Jerusalem,
then
I
will
serve
Yahweh.’”
The
king
said
to
him, “Go
in
peace.”
So
he
arose
and
went
to
Hebron.
But
Absalom
sent
spies
throughout
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
saying, “As soon
as
you
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
then
you
shall
say, ‘Absalom
is
king
in
Hebron!’”
Two
hundred
men
went
with
Absalom
out
of
Jerusalem,
who
were
invited,
and
went
in
their simplicity;
and
they
didn’t
know
anything.
Absalom
sent
for
Ahithophel
the
Gilonite,
David’s
counselor,
from
his
city,
even
from
Giloh,
while
he
was
offering
the
sacrifices.
The
conspiracy
was
strong,
for
the
people increased
continually
with
Absalom.
A
messenger
came
to
David,
saying, “The
hearts
of
the
men
of
Israel
are
after
Absalom.”
David
said
to
all
his
servants
who
were
with
him
at
Jerusalem, “Arise!
Let’s
flee,
or
else
none
of
us
will
escape
from
Absalom.
Hurry
to depart,
lest
he
overtake
us
quickly
and
bring
down
evil
on
us,
and
strike
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.”
The
king’s
servants
said
to
the
king, “Behold,
your
servants
are ready
to
do
whatever
my
lord
the
king
chooses.”
The
king
went
out,
and
all
his
household
after
him.
The
king
left
ten
women,
who
were
concubines,
to
keep
the
house.
The
king
went
out,
and
all
the
people
after
him;
and
they
stayed
in Beth Merhak.
All
his
servants
passed
on
beside
him;
and
all
the
Cherethites,
and
all
the
Pelethites,
and
all
the
Gittites,
six
hundred
men
who
came
after
him
from
Gath,
passed
on
before
the
king.
Then
the
king
said
to
Ittai
the
Gittite, “Why
do
you
also
go
with
us?
Return,
and
stay
with
the
king;
for
you
are
a
foreigner
and
also
an
exile.
Return
to
your
own
place.
Whereas
you
came
but
yesterday,
should
I
today
make
you
go
up
and
down
with
us,
since
I
go
where
I
may?
Return,
and
take
back
your
brothers. Mercy
and
truth
be
with
you.”
Ittai
answered
the
king
and
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
and
as
my
lord
the
king
lives,
surely
in
what
place
my
lord
the
king
is,
whether
for
death
or
for
life,
your
servant
will
be
there
also.”
David
said
to
Ittai, “Go
and
pass
over.”
Ittai
the
Gittite
passed
over,
and
all
his
men,
and
all
the
little
ones
who
were
with
him.
All
the
country
wept
with
a
loud
voice,
and
all
the
people
passed
over.
The
king
also
himself
passed
over
the
brook
Kidron,
and
all
the
people
passed
over
toward
the
way
of
the
wilderness.
Behold,
Zadok
also
came,
and
all
the
Levites
with
him,
bearing
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God;
and
they
set
down
God’s
ark;
and
Abiathar
went
up
until
all
the
people
finished
passing
out
of
the
city.
The
king
said
to
Zadok, “Carry
God’s
ark
back
into
the
city.
If
I
find
favor
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
he
will
bring
me
again,
and
show
me both
it
and
his habitation;
but
if
he
says, ‘I
have
no
delight
in
you,’
behold,
here
I
am.
Let
him
do
to
me
as
seems
good
to
him.”
The
king
said
also
to
Zadok
the
priest, “Aren’t
you
a seer?
Return
into
the
city
in
peace,
and
your
two
sons
with
you,
Ahimaaz
your
son
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Abiathar.
Behold,
I
will stay
at
the
fords
of
the
wilderness
until
word
comes
from
you
to
inform
me.”
Zadok therefore
and
Abiathar carried
God’s
ark
to
Jerusalem
again;
and
they
stayed
there.
David
went
up
by
the
ascent
of
the
Mount
of
Olives,
and
wept
as
he
went
up;
and
he
had
his
head
covered
and
went
barefoot.
All
the
people
who
were
with
him
each
covered
his
head,
and
they
went
up,
weeping
as
they
went
up.
Someone
told
David,
saying, “Ahithophel
is
among
the
conspirators
with
Absalom.”
David
said, “Yahweh,
please turn
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel into
foolishness.”
When
David
had
come
to
the
top,
where
God
was
worshiped,
behold,
Hushai
the
Archite
came
to
meet
him
with
his
tunic
torn
and
earth
on
his
head.
David
said
to
him, “If
you
pass
on
with
me,
then
you
will
be
a
burden
to
me;
but
if
you
return
to
the
city,
and
tell
Absalom, ‘I
will
be
your
servant,
O
king.
As
I
have
been
your
father’s
servant
in
time past,
so
I
will
now
be
your
servant;
then
will
you defeat
for
me
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel.’
Don’t
you
have
Zadok
and
Abiathar
the
priests
there
with
you?
Therefore
whatever
you
hear
out
of
the
king’s
house,
tell
it
to
Zadok
and
Abiathar
the
priests.
Behold,
they
have
there
with
them
their
two
sons,
Ahimaaz,
Zadok’s
son,
and
Jonathan,
Abiathar’s
son.
Send
to
me
everything
that
you
shall
hear
by
them.”
So
Hushai,
David’s
friend,
came
into
the
city;
and
Absalom
came
into
Jerusalem.
When
David
was
a
little past
the
top,
behold,
Ziba
the
servant
of
Mephibosheth
met
him
with
a
couple
of
donkeys
saddled,
and
on
them
two
hundred
loaves
of
bread,
and
one
hundred
clusters
of
raisins,
and
one
hundred
summer fruits,
and
a container
of
wine.
The
king
said
to
Ziba, “What
do
you mean
by
these?”
Ziba
said, “The
donkeys
are
for
the
king’s
household
to
ride
on;
and
the
bread
and
summer
fruit
for
the
young
men
to
eat;
and
the
wine,
that
those
who
are
faint
in
the
wilderness
may
drink.”
The
king
said, “Where
is
your
master’s
son?”
Ziba
said
to
the
king, “Behold,
he
is
staying
in
Jerusalem;
for
he
said, ‘Today
the
house
of
Israel
will
restore
me
the
kingdom
of
my
father.’”
Then
the
king
said
to
Ziba, “Behold,
all
that belongs
to
Mephibosheth
is yours.”
Ziba
said, “I
bow
down. Let
me
find
favor
in
your
sight,
my
lord, O
king.”
When
King
David
came
to
Bahurim,
behold,
a
man
of
the
family
of
Saul’s
house
came
out,
whose
name
was
Shimei,
the
son
of
Gera.
He
came
out
and
cursed
as
he
came.
He
cast
stones
at
David
and
at
all
the
servants
of
King
David,
and
all
the
people
and
all
the
mighty
men
were
on
his
right
hand
and
on
his
left.
Shimei
said
when
he
cursed, “Be
gone,
be
gone,
you
man
of
blood,
and
wicked
fellow!
Yahweh
has
returned
on
you
all
the
blood
of
Saul’s
house,
in
whose
place
you
have
reigned!
Yahweh
has
delivered
the
kingdom
into
the
hand
of
Absalom
your
son!
Behold,
you
are caught
by
your
own mischief,
because
you
are
a
man
of
blood!”
Then
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
said
to
the
king, “Why
should
this
dead
dog
curse
my
lord
the
king?
Please
let
me
go
over
and
take
off
his
head.”
The
king
said, “What
have
I
to
do
with
you,
you
sons
of
Zeruiah?
Because
he
curses,
and
because
Yahweh
has
said
to
him, ‘Curse
David,’
who
then
shall
say, ‘Why
have
you
done
so?’”
David
said
to
Abishai
and
to
all
his
servants, “Behold,
my
son,
who
came
out
of
my
bowels,
seeks
my
life.
How
much
more
this
Benjamite,
now?
Leave
him alone,
and
let
him
curse;
for
Yahweh
has invited
him.
It
may
be
that
Yahweh
will
look
on
the
wrong done
to
me,
and
that
Yahweh
will
repay
me
good
for
the
cursing
of
me
today.”
So
David
and
his
men
went
by
the
way;
and
Shimei
went
along
on
the hillside opposite
him
and
cursed
as
he
went,
threw
stones
at
him,
and
threw
dust.
The
king
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him
arrived
weary;
and
he
refreshed
himself
there.
Absalom
and
all
the
people,
the
men
of
Israel,
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
Ahithophel
with
him.
When
Hushai
the
Archite,
David’s
friend,
had
come
to
Absalom,
Hushai
said
to
Absalom, “Long
live
the
king!
Long
live
the
king!”
Absalom
said
to
Hushai, “Is
this
your
kindness
to
your
friend?
Why
didn’t
you
go
with
your
friend?”
Hushai
said
to
Absalom, “No;
but
whomever
Yahweh
and
this
people
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
have
chosen,
I
will
be
his,
and
I
will
stay
with
him.
Again,
whom
should
I
serve? Shouldn’t
I
serve
in
the
presence
of
his
son?
As
I
have
served
in
your
father’s
presence,
so
I
will
be
in
your
presence.”
Then
Absalom
said
to
Ahithophel, “Give
your
counsel
what
we
shall
do.”
Ahithophel
said
to
Absalom, “Go
in
to
your
father’s
concubines
that
he
has
left
to
keep
the
house.
Then
all
Israel
will
hear
that
you
are abhorred
by
your
father.
Then
the
hands
of
all
who
are
with
you
will
be
strong.”
So
they
spread
a
tent
for
Absalom
on
the
top
of
the house,
and
Absalom
went
in
to
his
father’s
concubines
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel.
The
counsel
of
Ahithophel,
which
he
gave
in
those
days,
was
as
if
a
man
inquired
at
the inner sanctuary
of
God.
All
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel
was
like
this
both
with
David
and
with
Absalom.
Moreover
Ahithophel
said
to
Absalom, “Let
me
now
choose
twelve
thousand
men,
and
I
will
arise
and
pursue
after
David
tonight.
I
will
come
on
him
while
he
is
weary
and exhausted,
and
will
make
him
afraid.
All
the
people
who
are
with
him
will
flee.
I
will
strike
the
king
only,
and
I
will
bring
back
all
the
people
to
you.
The
man
whom
you
seek
is
as
if
all
returned.
All
the
people
shall
be
in
peace.”
The
saying
pleased
Absalom well,
and
all
the
elders
of
Israel.
Then
Absalom
said, “Now
call
Hushai
the
Archite
also,
and
let’s
hear
likewise
what
he
says.”
When
Hushai
had
come
to
Absalom,
Absalom
spoke
to
him,
saying, “Ahithophel
has
spoken
like
this.
Shall
we
do
what
he
says?
If
not,
speak
up.”
Hushai
said
to
Absalom, “The
counsel
that
Ahithophel
has
given
this
time
is
not
good.”
Hushai
said moreover, “You
know
your
father
and
his
men,
that
they
are
mighty
men,
and
they
are
fierce
in
their minds,
like
a
bear robbed
of
her cubs
in
the
field.
Your
father
is
a
man
of
war,
and
will
not lodge
with
the
people.
Behold,
he
is
now
hidden
in
some
pit,
or
in
some
other
place.
It
will
happen,
when
some
of
them
have
fallen
at
the
first,
that
whoever
hears
it
will
say, ‘There
is
a
slaughter among
the
people
who
follow
Absalom!’
Even
he
who
is
valiant,
whose
heart
is
as
the
heart
of
a
lion,
will utterly
melt;
for
all
Israel
knows
that
your
father
is
a
mighty
man,
and
those
who
are
with
him
are
valiant
men.
But
I
counsel
that
all
Israel
be
gathered
together
to
you,
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba,
as
the
sand
that
is
by
the
sea
for
multitude;
and
that
you
go
to
battle
in
your
own
person.
So
we
will
come
on
him
in
some
place
where
he
will
be
found,
and
we
will light
on
him
as
the
dew
falls
on
the
ground,
then
we
will
not
leave
so
much
as
one
of
him
and
of
all
the
men
who
are
with
him.
Moreover,
if
he
has
gone
into
a
city,
then
all
Israel
will
bring
ropes
to
that
city,
and
we
will draw
it
into
the
river,
until
there
isn’t
one small
stone
found
there.”
Absalom
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
said, “The
counsel
of
Hushai
the
Archite
is
better
than
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel.”
For
Yahweh
had
ordained
to defeat
the
good
counsel
of
Ahithophel,
to
the intent
that
Yahweh
might
bring
evil
on
Absalom.
Then
Hushai
said
to
Zadok
and
to
Abiathar
the
priests, “Ahithophel
counseled
Absalom
and
the
elders
of
Israel
that
way;
and
I
have
counseled
this
way.
Now
therefore
send
quickly,
and
tell
David,
saying, ‘Don’t lodge
tonight
at
the
fords
of
the
wilderness,
but
by
all means
pass
over,
lest
the
king
be
swallowed
up,
and
all
the
people
who
are
with
him.’”
Now
Jonathan
and
Ahimaaz
were
staying
by En Rogel;
and
a
female
servant used
to
go
and
report
to
them,
and
they
went
and
told
King
David;
for
they
couldn’t risk being
seen
coming
into
the
city.
But
a
boy
saw
them,
and
told
Absalom.
Then
they
both
went
away
quickly
and
came
to
the
house
of
a
man
in
Bahurim,
who
had
a
well
in
his
court;
and
they
went
down
there.
The
woman
took
and
spread
the
covering
over
the
well’s
mouth,
and
spread
out
crushed
grain
on
it;
and
nothing
was
known.
Absalom’s
servants
came
to
the
woman
to
the
house;
and
they
said, “Where
are
Ahimaaz
and
Jonathan?”
The
woman
said
to
them, “They
have
gone
over
the
brook
of
water.”
When
they
had
sought
and could
not
find
them,
they
returned
to
Jerusalem.
After
they
had departed,
they
came
up
out
of
the
well
and
went
and
told
King
David;
and
they
said
to
David, “Arise
and
pass
quickly
over
the
water;
for
thus
has
Ahithophel
counseled
against
you.”
Then
David
arose,
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
him,
and
they
passed
over
the
Jordan.
By
the
morning
light
there lacked
not
one
of
them
who
had
not
gone
over
the
Jordan.
When
Ahithophel
saw
that
his
counsel
was
not followed,
he
saddled
his
donkey,
arose,
and
went
home
to
his
city,
set
his
house
in
order,
and hanged
himself;
and
he
died,
and
was
buried
in
the
tomb
of
his
father.
Then
David
came
to
Mahanaim.
Absalom
passed
over
the
Jordan,
he
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
with
him.
Absalom
set
Amasa
over
the
army
instead
of
Joab.
Now
Amasa
was
the
son
of
a
man
whose
name
was
Ithra
the
Israelite,
who
went
in
to
Abigail
the
daughter
of
Nahash,
sister
to
Zeruiah,
Joab’s
mother.
Israel
and
Absalom
encamped
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
When
David
had
come
to
Mahanaim,
Shobi
the
son
of
Nahash
of
Rabbah
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel
of
Lodebar,
and
Barzillai
the
Gileadite
of
Rogelim,
brought
beds,
basins, earthen
vessels,
wheat,
barley,
meal,
parched
grain,
beans,
lentils,
roasted
grain,
honey,
butter,
sheep,
and
cheese
of
the
herd,
for
David
and
for
the
people
who
were
with
him
to
eat;
for
they
said, “The
people
are
hungry,
weary,
and
thirsty
in
the
wilderness.”
David
counted
the
people
who
were
with
him,
and
set
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds
over
them.
David
sent
the
people
out,
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Joab,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
Joab’s
brother,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Ittai
the
Gittite.
The
king
said
to
the
people, “I
will
also
surely
go
out
with
you
myself.”
But
the
people
said, “You
shall
not
go
out,
for
if
we
flee
away,
they
will
not care
for
us,
neither
if
half
of
us
die,
will
they care
for
us.
But
you
are worth
ten
thousand
of
us.
Therefore
now
it
is
better
that
you
are
ready
to
help
us
out
of
the
city.”
The
king
said
to
them, “I
will
do
what
seems
best
to
you.”
The
king
stood
beside
the
gate,
and
all
the
people
went
out
by
hundreds
and
by
thousands.
The
king
commanded
Joab
and
Abishai
and
Ittai,
saying, “Deal
gently
for
my
sake
with
the
young
man
Absalom.”
All
the
people
heard
when
the
king
commanded
all
the
captains
concerning
Absalom.
So
the
people
went
out
into
the
field
against
Israel;
and
the
battle
was
in
the
forest
of
Ephraim.
The
people
of
Israel
were
struck
there
before
David’s
servants,
and
there
was
a
great
slaughter
there
that
day
of
twenty
thousand
men.
For
the
battle
was
there
spread
over
the
surface
of
all
the
country,
and
the
forest
devoured
more
people
that
day
than
the
sword
devoured.
Absalom
happened
to
meet
David’s
servants.
Absalom
was
riding
on
his
mule,
and
the
mule
went
under
the
thick boughs
of
a
great
oak;
and
his
head
caught
hold
of
the
oak,
and
he
was
hanging
between
the
sky
and
earth;
and
the
mule
that
was
under
him
went
on.
A
certain
man
saw
it,
and
told
Joab,
and
said, “Behold,
I
saw
Absalom
hanging
in
an
oak.”
Joab
said
to
the
man
who
told
him, “Behold,
you
saw
it,
and
why
didn’t
you
strike
him
there
to
the
ground?
I
would
have
given
you
ten pieces
of
silver
and
a sash.”
The
man
said
to
Joab, “Though
I
should
receive
a
thousand pieces
of
silver
in
my
hand,
I
still wouldn’t
stretch
out
my
hand
against
the
king’s
son;
for
in
our
hearing
the
king
commanded
you
and
Abishai
and
Ittai,
saying, ‘Beware
that
no
one touch
the
young
man
Absalom.’
Otherwise,
if
I
had dealt
falsely
against
his
life (and
there
is
no
matter
hidden
from
the
king),
then
you
yourself
would
have
set
yourself
against
me.”
Then
Joab
said, “I’m
not going
to
wait
like
this
with
you.”
He
took
three darts
in
his
hand
and
thrust
them
through
Absalom’s
heart
while
he
was
still
alive
in
the
middle
of
the
oak.
Ten
young
men
who
bore
Joab’s
armor
surrounded
and
struck
Absalom,
and
killed
him.
Joab
blew
the
trumpet,
and
the
people
returned
from
pursuing
after
Israel;
for
Joab held
the
people
back.
They
took
Absalom
and
cast
him
into
a
great
pit
in
the
forest,
and raised
over
him
a
very
great
heap
of
stones.
Then
all
Israel
fled,
each
to
his
own
tent.
Now
Absalom
in
his
lifetime
had
taken
and reared
up
for
himself
the
pillar
which
is
in
the
king’s
valley,
for
he
said, “I
have
no
son
to
keep
my
name
in
memory.”
He
called
the
pillar
after
his own
name.
It
is
called
Absalom’s
monument,
to
this
day.
Then
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok
said, “Let
me
now
run
and
carry
the
king
news,
how
Yahweh
has avenged
him
of
his
enemies.”
Joab
said
to
him, “You
must
not
be
the
bearer
of
news
today,
but
you
must
carry
news
another
day.
But
today
you
must
carry
no
news,
because
the
king’s
son
is
dead.”
Then
Joab
said
to
the
Cushite, “Go,
tell
the
king
what
you
have
seen!”
The
Cushite
bowed
himself
to
Joab,
and
ran.
Then
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok
said
yet
again
to
Joab, “But
come
what
may,
please
let
me
also
run
after
the
Cushite.”
Joab
said, “Why
do
you
want
to
run,
my
son,
since
you
will
have
no
reward
for
the
news?”
“But
come
what
may,”
he
said, “I
will
run.”
He
said
to
him, “Run!”
Then
Ahimaaz
ran
by
the
way
of
the
Plain,
and outran
the
Cushite.
Now
David
was
sitting
between
the
two
gates;
and
the
watchman
went
up
to
the
roof
of
the
gate
to
the
wall,
and
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and,
behold,
a
man
running
alone.
The
watchman
shouted
and
told
the
king.
The
king
said, “If
he
is
alone, there
is
news
in
his
mouth.”
He
came closer
and closer.
The
watchman
saw
another
man
running;
and
the
watchman
called
to
the
gatekeeper
and
said, “Behold,
a
man
running
alone!”
The
king
said, “He
also
brings
news.”
The
watchman
said, “I
think
the
running
of
the
first
one
is
like
the
running
of
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok.”
The
king
said, “He
is
a
good
man,
and
comes
with
good
news.”
Ahimaaz
called,
and
said
to
the
king, “All
is
well.”
He
bowed
himself
before
the
king
with
his
face
to
the
earth,
and
said, “Blessed
is
Yahweh
your
God,
who
has
delivered
up
the
men
who
lifted
up
their
hand
against
my
lord
the
king!”
The
king
said, “Is
it
well
with
the
young
man
Absalom?”
Ahimaaz
answered, “When
Joab
sent
the
king’s
servant,
even
me
your
servant,
I
saw
a
great
tumult,
but
I
don’t
know
what
it
was.”
The
king
said, “Come
and
stand
here.”
He
came
and
stood
still.
Behold,
the
Cushite
came.
The
Cushite
said, “Good
news
for
my
lord
the
king,
for
Yahweh
has avenged
you
today
of
all
those
who
rose
up
against
you.”
The
king
said
to
the
Cushite, “Is
it
well
with
the
young
man
Absalom?”
The
Cushite
answered, “May
the
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king,
and
all
who
rise
up
against
you
to
do
you
harm,
be
as
that
young
man
is.”
The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”
Joab
was
told, “Behold,
the
king
weeps
and mourns
for
Absalom.”
The victory
that day
was turned
into
mourning
among
all
the people,
for
the people
heard
it said
that day, “The
king grieves
for
his son.”
The
people sneaked
into
the
city
that
day,
as
people
who
are ashamed steal
away
when
they flee
in
battle.
The king covered
his face,
and
the king cried
with
a loud voice, “My son Absalom, Absalom,
my son,
my son!”
Joab came into
the house
to
the
king,
and said, “Today
you
have shamed
the
faces
of
all
your servants
who today
have saved
your life,
and
the lives
of
your
sons
and
of
your daughters,
and
the lives
of
your wives,
and
the lives
of
your concubines;
in
that
you love
those
who hate
you
and hate
those
who love
you.
For
you
have
declared
today
that princes
and
servants
are
nothing
to
you.
For
today
I perceive
that
if Absalom
had
lived
and
we
had
all died
today,
then
it
would
have pleased
you well.
Now
therefore arise, go
out
and speak
to comfort
your
servants;
for
I
swear
by Yahweh,
if
you
don’t go
out,
not
a
man
will stay
with
you
this night.
That
would
be worse
to
you
than
all
the evil
that
has happened
to
you
from
your youth until
now.”
Then
the
king
arose
and sat
in
the gate.
The
people
were
all
told, “Behold,
the
king
is sitting
in
the gate.”
All
the
people
came
before
the
king.
Now Israel
had fled
every
man
to
his tent.
All
the
people
were
at strife
throughout
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
has
fled
out
of
the
land
from Absalom.
Absalom, whom
we anointed
over
us,
is dead
in battle.
Now
therefore why don’t
you
speak
a
word
of bringing
the
king back?”
King David
sent
to Zadok
and
to Abiathar
the priests, saying, “Speak
to
the elders
of Judah, saying, ‘Why
are
you
the last
to
bring
the
king
back
to
his house,
since
the speech
of all
Israel
has
come
to
the
king,
to
return
him
to
his house?
You
are
my brothers.
You
are
my bone
and
my flesh.
Why
then
are
you
the
last
to
bring
back
the
king?’
Say
to Amasa, ‘Aren’t
you
my
bone
and
my
flesh? God
do
so
to
me,
and more
also,
if
you aren’t captain
of
the army before
me continually instead
of Joab.’”
He bowed
the heart
of
all
the
men
of Judah,
even
as
one
man,
so
that
they
sent
to
the king,
saying, “Return,
you
and
all
your servants.”
So
the
king
returned,
and
came
to
the Jordan.
Judah
came
to Gilgal,
to
go
to meet
the
king,
to
bring
the
king
over
the Jordan.
Shimei
the son
of Gera,
the Benjamite,
who
was
of Bahurim, hurried
and
came down
with
the men
of
Judah
to
meet
King David.
There
were
a thousand
men
of Benjamin
with
him,
and Ziba
the servant
of Saul’s house,
and
his fifteen
sons
and
his twenty
servants
with
him;
and
they
went through
the Jordan
in
the
presence
of
the
king.
A ferry boat
went
to bring
over
the
king’s
household,
and
to do what
he thought good.
Shimei
the
son
of Gera fell
down
before
the
king
when
he
had come
over
the
Jordan.
He said
to
the
king, “Don’t let
my lord impute iniquity
to
me,
or remember
that
which
your servant
did perversely
the day
that
my lord
the
king
went
out
of Jerusalem,
that
the
king
should take
it
to
his heart.
For
your
servant knows
that
I
have sinned.
Therefore behold,
I
have
come
today
as
the
first
of
all
the house
of
Joseph
to
go
down
to
meet
my
lord
the
king.”
But Abishai
the son
of Zeruiah
answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei
be
put
to death
for
this,
because
he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”
David
said, “What
have
I
to do
with
you,
you
sons
of
Zeruiah,
that
you
should
be adversaries
to
me today?
Shall
any
man
be
put
to
death today
in Israel?
For
don’t
I know
that
I
am king
over Israel today?”
The
king
said
to Shimei, “You
will
not
die.”
The
king swore
to
him.
Mephibosheth
the son
of
Saul
came down
to meet
the
king;
and
he
had
neither groomed
his feet,
nor trimmed
his beard,
nor washed
his clothes,
from
the day
the
king departed until
the day
he
came home
in peace.
When
he
had
come
to Jerusalem
to
meet
the
king,
the
king said
to
him, “Why
didn’t
you
go
with
me,
Mephibosheth?”
He
answered, “My lord,
O
king,
my servant deceived
me.
For
your servant
said, ‘I
will saddle
a donkey
for
myself,
that
I
may ride
on
it
and
go
with
the
king,’
because
your servant
is lame.
He
has slandered
your
servant
to
my
lord
the
king,
but
my
lord
the
king
is
as
an angel
of
God.
Therefore do
what
is good
in
your eyes.
For all
my father’s house
were
but dead
men
before
my
lord
the
king; yet
you
set
your
servant
among those
who ate
at
your
own table.
What
right therefore
have
I yet
that
I
should appeal any more
to
the
king?”
The
king
said
to
him, “Why
do
you speak
any
more
of
your matters?
I say,
you
and Ziba divide
the land.”
Mephibosheth
said
to
the
king, “Yes, let
him take
all,
because
my lord
the
king
has come
in peace
to
his own house.”
Barzillai
the Gileadite
came down
from Rogelim;
and
he
went
over
the Jordan
with
the
king
to conduct
him
over
the Jordan.
Now
Barzillai
was
a very aged man,
even eighty years old.
He
had provided
the
king
with sustenance
while
he stayed
at Mahanaim,
for
he
was
a very great man.
The
king said
to
Barzillai, “Come
over
with
me,
and
I
will
sustain
you
with
me
in Jerusalem.”
Barzillai
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 eighty
years old,
today.
Can
I discern between good
and bad?
Can
your servant taste
what
I eat
or
what
I drink?
Can
I hear
the voice
of singing
men
and singing women
any
more?
Why
then
should
your servant
be
a
burden
to
my lord
the
king?
Your
servant
will
just
go
over
the Jordan
with
the
king.
Why
should
the
king repay
me
with
such
a reward?
Please let
your
servant
turn back again,
that
I
may die
in
my own city,
by
the grave
of
my father
and
my mother.
But behold,
your
servant Chimham; let
him
go
over
with
my lord
the
king;
and
do
to
him
what
shall seem good
to
you.”
The
king
answered, “Chimham
shall
go
over
with
me,
and
I
will
do
to
him
that
which
shall
seem
good
to
you.
Whatever
you request
of
me,
that
I
will
do
for
you.”
All
the
people went
over
the Jordan,
and
the
king went
over.
Then
the
king kissed Barzillai
and blessed
him;
and
he returned
to
his
own
place.
So
the
king
went
over
to Gilgal,
and Chimham
went
over
with
him.
All
the
people
of Judah
brought
the
king
over,
and
also half
the
people
of
Israel.
Behold,
all
the
men
of
Israel came
to
the
king,
and said
to
the
king, “Why
have
our brothers
the
men
of
Judah stolen
you
away,
and brought
the
king
and
his household,
over
the Jordan,
and
all David’s
men
with
him?”
All
the
men
of
Judah
answered
the
men
of
Israel, “Because
the
king
is
a
close
relative
to
us.
Why
then
are
you angry
about
this matter?
Have
we eaten
at
all
at
the
king’s cost?
Or
has
he given
us
any gift?”
The
men
of
Israel
answered
the
men
of
Judah,
and
said, “We
have ten
parts
in
the
king,
and
we
have
also
more claim
to David
than
you.
Why
then
did
you despise
us,
that
our
advice
should
not
be
first
had
in
bringing
back
our
king?”
The
words
of
the
men
of
Judah
were fiercer
than
the
words
of
the
men
of
Israel.
There
happened
to
be
there
a
wicked
fellow,
whose
name
was
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri,
a Benjamite;
and
he
blew
the
trumpet,
and
said, “We
have
no
portion
in
David,
neither
have
we
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse.
Every
man
to
his
tents,
Israel!”
So
all
the
men
of
Israel
went
up
from
following
David,
and
followed
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri;
but
the
men
of
Judah
joined
with
their
king,
from
the
Jordan
even
to
Jerusalem.
David
came
to
his
house
at
Jerusalem;
and
the
king
took
the
ten
women
his
concubines,
whom
he
had
left
to
keep
the
house,
and
put
them
in custody
and
provided
them
with
sustenance,
but
didn’t
go
in
to
them.
So
they
were shut
up
to
the
day
of
their
death,
living
in
widowhood.
Then
the
king
said
to
Amasa, “Call
me
the
men
of
Judah
together
within
three
days,
and
be
here
present.”
So
Amasa went
to
call
the men
of
Judah
together,
but
he stayed longer
than
the
set
time
which
had
been
appointed
to
him.
David
said
to
Abishai, “Now
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
will do
us
more harm
than
Absalom did.
Take
your
lord’s
servants
and
pursue
after
him,
lest
he
get
himself
fortified
cities,
and
escape
out
of
our
sight.”
Joab’s
men
went
out
after
him
with
the
Cherethites,
the
Pelethites,
and
all
the
mighty
men;
and
they
went
out
of
Jerusalem
to
pursue
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
When
they
were
at
the
great
stone
which
is
in
Gibeon,
Amasa
came
to
meet
them.
Joab
was
clothed
in
his
apparel
of
war
that
he
had
put
on,
and
on
it
was
a sash
with
a
sword
fastened
on
his
waist
in
its
sheath;
and
as
he
went
along
it
fell
out.
Joab
said
to
Amasa, “Is
it
well
with
you,
my
brother?”
Joab
took
Amasa
by
the
beard
with
his
right
hand
to kiss
him.
But
Amasa
took
no
heed
to
the
sword
that
was
in
Joab’s
hand.
So
he
struck
him
with
it
in
the
body
and
shed
out
his
bowels
to
the
ground,
and
didn’t
strike
him
again;
and
he
died.
Joab
and
Abishai
his
brother
pursued
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
One
of
Joab’s
young
men stood
by
him,
and
said, “He
who favors
Joab,
and
he
who
is
for
David, let
him
follow
Joab!”
Amasa
lay
wallowing
in
his
blood
in
the
middle
of
the
highway.
When
the
man
saw
that
all
the
people
stood
still,
he
carried
Amasa
out
of
the
highway
into
the
field,
and
cast
a
garment
over
him
when
he
saw
that
everyone
who
came
by
him
stood
still.
When
he
was
removed
out
of
the
highway,
all
the
people
went
on
after
Joab
to
pursue
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
He
went
through
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
Abel,
to Beth Maacah,
and
all
the
Berites.
They
were gathered together,
and
went
also
after
him.
They
came
and besieged
him
in
Abel
of Beth Maacah,
and
they
cast
up
a mound
against
the
city,
and
it
stood
against
the
rampart;
and
all
the
people
who
were
with
Joab battered
the
wall
to
throw
it
down.
Then
a
wise
woman
cried
out
of
the
city, “Hear,
hear!
Please
say
to
Joab, ‘Come
near
here,
that
I
may
speak
with
you.’”
He
came
near
to
her;
and
the
woman
said, “Are
you
Joab?”
He
answered, “I
am.”
Then she
said
to
him, “Hear
the
words
of
your
servant.”
He
answered, “I’m
listening.”
Then
she
spoke,
saying, “They used
to
say
in
old times, ‘They shall
surely
ask counsel
at
Abel,’
and
so
they settled
a matter.
I
am
among those
who
are peaceable
and
faithful
in
Israel.
You
seek
to
destroy
a
city
and
a
mother
in
Israel.
Why
will
you
swallow
up
Yahweh’s
inheritance?”
Joab
answered, “Far be
it,
far be
it
from
me,
that
I
should
swallow
up
or
destroy.
The
matter
is
not
so.
But
a
man
of
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
by
name,
has
lifted
up
his
hand
against
the
king,
even
against
David.
Just
deliver
him,
and
I
will depart
from
the
city.”
The
woman
said
to
Joab, “Behold,
his
head
will
be
thrown
to
you
over
the
wall.”
Then
the
woman
went
to
all
the
people
in
her
wisdom.
They
cut
off
the
head
of
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri,
and
threw
it
out
to
Joab.
He
blew
the
trumpet,
and
they
were
dispersed
from
the
city,
every
man
to
his
tent.
Then
Joab
returned
to
Jerusalem
to
the
king.
Now
Joab
was
over
all
the
army
of
Israel,
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
over
the Cherethites
and
over
the
Pelethites,
Adoram
was
over
the
men subject
to
forced
labor,
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
the
recorder,
Sheva
was
scribe,
Zadok
and
Abiathar
were
priests,
and
Ira
the
Jairite
was
chief minister
to
David.
There
was
a
famine
in
the
days
of
David
for
three
years,
year
after
year;
and
David
sought
the
face
of
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said, “It
is
for
Saul,
and
for
his
bloody
house,
because
he
put
the
Gibeonites
to
death.”
The
king
called
the
Gibeonites
and
said
to
them (now
the
Gibeonites
were
not
of
the
children
of
Israel,
but
of
the remnant
of
the
Amorites,
and
the
children
of
Israel
had
sworn
to
them;
and
Saul
sought
to
kill
them
in
his
zeal
for
the
children
of
Israel
and
Judah);
and
David
said
to
the
Gibeonites, “What
should
I
do
for
you?
And
with
what
should
I
make
atonement,
that
you
may
bless
Yahweh’s
inheritance?”
The
Gibeonites
said
to
him, “It
is
no matter
of
silver
or
gold
between
us
and
Saul
or
his
house;
neither
is
it
for
us
to
put
any
man
to
death
in
Israel.”
He
said, “I
will
do
for
you
whatever
you
say.”
They
said
to
the
king, “The
man
who
consumed
us
and
who
plotted
against
us,
that
we
should
be
destroyed
from
remaining
in
any
of
the
borders
of
Israel,
let
seven
men
of
his
sons
be
delivered
to
us,
and
we
will
hang
them
up
to
Yahweh
in
Gibeah
of
Saul,
the
chosen
of
Yahweh.”
The
king
said, “I
will
give
them.”
But
the
king
spared
Mephibosheth
the
son
of
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul,
because
of
Yahweh’s
oath
that
was
between
them,
between
David
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul.
But
the
king
took
the
two
sons
of
Rizpah
the
daughter
of
Aiah,
whom
she
bore
to
Saul,
Armoni
and
Mephibosheth;
and
the
five
sons
of
Merab
the
daughter
of
Saul,
whom
she
bore
to
Adriel
the
son
of
Barzillai
the
Meholathite.
He
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of
the
Gibeonites;
and
they
hanged
them
on
the
mountain
before
Yahweh,
and
all
seven
of
them
fell
together.
They
were
put
to
death
in
the
days
of
harvest,
in
the
first
days,
at
the
beginning
of
barley
harvest.
Rizpah
the
daughter
of
Aiah
took
sackcloth
and
spread
it
for
herself
on
the
rock,
from
the
beginning
of
harvest
until
water
poured
on
them
from
the
sky.
She
allowed
neither
the
birds
of
the
sky
to
rest
on
them
by
day,
nor
the
animals
of
the
field
by
night.
David
was
told
what
Rizpah
the
daughter
of
Aiah,
the
concubine
of
Saul,
had
done.
So
David went
and
took
the
bones
of
Saul
and
the
bones
of
Jonathan
his
son
from
the
men
of
Jabesh
Gilead,
who
had
stolen
them
from
the
street
of Beth Shan,
where
the
Philistines
had
hanged
them
in
the
day
that
the
Philistines
killed
Saul
in
Gilboa;
and
he
brought
up
from
there
the
bones
of
Saul
and
the
bones
of
Jonathan
his
son.
They
also
gathered
the
bones
of
those
who
were
hanged.
They
buried
the
bones
of
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
in
the
country
of
Benjamin
in
Zela,
in
the
tomb
of
Kish
his
father;
and
they performed
all
that
the
king
commanded.
After
that,
God
answered
prayer
for
the
land.
The
Philistines
had
war
again
with
Israel;
and
David
went
down,
and
his
servants
with
him,
and
fought
against
the
Philistines.
David grew faint;
and Ishbibenob,
who
was
of
the sons
of
the giant,
the
weight
of
whose
spear
was
three
hundred
shekels
of
bronze
in
weight,
he being
armed
with
a
new sword,
thought
he
would
kill
David.
But
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
helped
him,
and
struck
the
Philistine
and
killed
him.
Then
the
men
of
David
swore
to
him,
saying, “Don’t
go
out
with
us
to
battle
any
more,
so
that
you
don’t
quench
the
lamp
of
Israel.”
After
this,
there
was
again
war
with
the
Philistines
at
Gob.
Then
Sibbecai
the
Hushathite
killed
Saph,
who
was
of
the sons
of
the giant.
There
was
again
war
with
the
Philistines
at
Gob,
and
Elhanan
the
son
of
Jaare-Oregim
the
Bethlehemite
killed
Goliath
the Gittite’s brother,
the staff
of
whose
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam.
There
was
again
war
at
Gath, where
there
was
a
man
of great stature,
who
had
six
fingers
on
every
hand
and
six
toes
on
every
foot,
twenty-four
in
number,
and
he
also
was
born
to
the giant.
When
he defied
Israel,
Jonathan
the
son
of
Shimei,
David’s
brother,
killed
him.
These
four
were
born
to
the giant
in
Gath;
and
they
fell
by
the
hand
of
David
and
by
the
hand
of
his
servants.
David
spoke
to
Yahweh
the
words
of
this
song
in
the
day
that
Yahweh
delivered
him
out
of
the
hand
of
all
his
enemies,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
Saul,
and
he
said:
“Yahweh
is
my
rock,
my fortress,
and
my
deliverer, even mine;
God
is
my
rock
in whom I
take
refuge;
my
shield,
and
the
horn
of
my
salvation,
my high tower,
and
my
refuge.
My
savior,
you
save
me
from
violence.
I
call
on
Yahweh,
who
is worthy
to
be
praised;
So
shall
I
be
saved
from
my
enemies.
For
the
waves
of
death
surrounded
me.
The floods
of
ungodliness made
me afraid.
The
cords
of
Sheol
22:6
Sheol is the place of the dead.
were
around
me.
The
snares
of
death caught
me.
In
my
distress,
I
called
on
Yahweh.
Yes,
I
called
to
my
God.
He
heard
my
voice
out
of
his
temple.
My
cry
came
into
his
ears.
Then
the
earth
shook
and
trembled.
The
foundations
of
heaven
quaked
and
were
shaken,
because
he
was
angry.
Smoke
went
up
out
of
his
nostrils.
Consuming
fire
came
out
of
his
mouth.
Coals
were kindled
by
it.
He
bowed
the
heavens also,
and
came
down.
Thick
darkness
was
under
his
feet.
He
rode
on
a
cherub,
and
flew.
Yes,
he
was
seen
on
the
wings
of
the
wind.
He
made
darkness
a
shelter
around
himself,
gathering
of
waters,
and
thick
clouds
of
the
skies.
At
the
brightness
before
him,
coals
of
fire
were kindled.
Yahweh
thundered
from
heaven.
The
Most High
uttered
his
voice.
He
sent
out
arrows
and
scattered
them,
lightning
and
confused
them.
Then
the
channels
of
the
sea
appeared.
The
foundations
of
the
world
were
laid
bare
by
Yahweh’s
rebuke,
at
the
blast
of
the
breath
of
his
nostrils.
He
sent
from
on
high
and
he
took
me.
He
drew
me
out
of
many
waters.
He
delivered
me
from
my
strong
enemy,
from
those
who
hated
me,
for
they were
too
mighty
for
me.
They
came
on
me
in
the
day
of
my
calamity,
but
Yahweh
was
my support.
He
also
brought
me
out
into
a
large
place.
He delivered
me,
because
he delighted
in
me.
Yahweh
rewarded
me
according
to
my
righteousness.
He
rewarded
me
according
to
the
cleanness
of
my
hands.
For
I
have
kept
Yahweh’s
ways,
and
have
not
wickedly
departed
from
my
God.
For
all
his
ordinances
were
before
me.
As
for
his
statutes,
I
didn’t
depart
from
them.
I
was also
perfect toward
him.
I
kept myself
from
my
iniquity.
Therefore
Yahweh
has
rewarded
me according
to
my
righteousness,
According
to
my
cleanness
in
his
eyesight.
With
the
merciful
you
will
show
yourself
merciful.
With
the
perfect
man
you
will
show
yourself
perfect.
With
the
pure
you will
show
yourself
pure.
With
the
crooked
you will
show
yourself shrewd.
You
will
save
the
afflicted
people,
but
your
eyes
are
on
the arrogant,
that
you
may
bring
them
down.
For
you
are
my
lamp,
Yahweh.
Yahweh
will
light up
my
darkness.
For
by
you,
I
run against
a
troop.
By
my
God,
I
leap over
a
wall.
As
for
God,
his
way
is
perfect.
Yahweh’s
word
is
tested.
He
is
a
shield
to
all
those
who
take
refuge
in
him.
For
who
is
God,
besides
Yahweh?
Who
is
a
rock,
besides
our
God?
God
is
my
strong
fortress.
He makes
my
way
perfect.
He makes
his
feet
like
hinds’
feet,
and
sets
me
on
my
high
places.
He
teaches
my
hands
to
war,
so
that
my
arms
bend
a
bow
of
bronze.
You
have also
given
me
the
shield
of
your
salvation.
Your gentleness
has
made
me great.
You
have
enlarged
my
steps
under
me.
My
feet
have
not
slipped.
I
have
pursued
my
enemies
and
destroyed
them.
I
didn’t
turn
again
until
they
were
consumed.
I
have
consumed
them,
and
struck
them
through,
so
that
they
can’t
arise.
Yes,
they
have
fallen
under
my
feet.
For
you have
armed
me
with
strength
for
the
battle.
You have
subdued
under
me those
who
rose
up
against
me.
You
have also
made
my
enemies
turn
their
backs
to
me,
that
I might
cut
off
those
who
hate
me.
They
looked,
but
there
was
no
one
to
save;
even
to
Yahweh,
but
he
didn’t
answer
them.
Then
I
beat
them
as small
as
the
dust
of
the
earth.
I
crushed
them
as
the
mire
of
the
streets,
and
spread
them
abroad.
You
also
have
delivered
me
from
the strivings
of
my
people.
You
have
kept
me
to
be
the
head
of
the
nations.
A
people whom
I
have
not
known
will
serve
me.
The
foreigners
will
submit
themselves
to
me.
As soon
as
they
hear
of
me,
they
will
obey
me.
The
foreigners
will fade
away,
and
will
come
trembling out
of their close places.
Yahweh
lives!
Blessed
be
my
rock!
Exalted
be
God,
the
rock
of
my
salvation,
even
the
God
who
executes
vengeance
for
me,
who
brings
down
peoples
under
me,
who
brings
me
away
from
my
enemies.
Yes,
you
lift
me
up above
those
who
rise
up
against
me.
You
deliver
me
from
the
violent
man.
Therefore
I
will
give
thanks
to
you,
Yahweh,
among
the
nations,
and
will
sing
praises
to
your
name.
He
gives great
deliverance
to
his
king,
and shows loving
kindness
to
his
anointed,
to
David
and
to
his
offspring,
forever
more.”
Now
these
are
the
last
words
of
David.
David
the
son
of
Jesse
says,
the
man
who
was
raised
on
high
says,
the
anointed
of
the
God
of
Jacob,
the sweet
psalmist
of
Israel:
“Yahweh’s
Spirit
spoke
by
me.
His
word
was
on
my
tongue.
The
God
of
Israel
said,
the
Rock
of
Israel
spoke
to
me,
‘One
who
rules
over
men
righteously,
who
rules
in
the
fear
of
God,
shall
be
as
the
light
of
the
morning
when
the
sun
rises,
a
morning
without
clouds,
when
the
tender
grass springs out
of
the
earth,
through clear
shining
after
rain.’
Isn’t
my
house
so
with
God?
Yet
he
has
made
with
me
an
everlasting
covenant,
ordered
in
all
things,
and sure,
for
it
is
all
my
salvation
and
all
my
desire.
Won’t
he
make
it
grow?
But
all
the ungodly
will
be
as
thorns
to
be
thrust
away,
because
they
can’t
be
taken
with
the
hand.
The
man
who
touches
them must
be
armed
with
iron
and
the staff
of
a
spear.
They
will
be utterly
burned
with
fire
in
their
place.”
These
are
the
names
of
the
mighty
men
whom
David
had: Josheb Basshebeth
a
Tahchemonite,
chief
of
the
captains;
he
was
called
Adino
the
Eznite,
who
killed
eight
hundred
at
one
time.
After
him
was
Eleazar
the
son
of Dodai
the
son
of
an
Ahohite,
one
of
the
three
mighty
men
with
David
when
they defied
the
Philistines
who
were
there
gathered
together
to
battle,
and
the
men
of
Israel
had
gone
away.
He
arose
and
struck
the
Philistines
until
his
hand
was
weary,
and
his
hand froze
to
the
sword;
and
Yahweh
worked
a
great
victory
that
day;
and
the
people
returned
after
him
only
to
take plunder.
After
him
was Shammah
the
son
of
Agee
a
Hararite.
The
Philistines
had
gathered
together
into
a troop
where
there
was
a
plot
of
ground
full
of
lentils;
and
the
people
fled
from
the
Philistines.
But
he
stood
in
the
middle
of
the
plot
and
defended
it,
and
killed
the
Philistines;
and
Yahweh
worked
a
great
victory.
Three
of
the
thirty
chief
men
went
down,
and
came
to
David
in
the
harvest
time
to
the
cave
of
Adullam;
and
the troop
of
the
Philistines
was
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
David
was
then
in
the stronghold;
and
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
was
then
in
Bethlehem.
David
said longingly, “Oh
that
someone
would
give
me
water
to
drink
from
the
well
of
Bethlehem,
which
is
by
the
gate!”
The
three
mighty
men
broke
through
the
army
of
the
Philistines,
and
drew
water
out
of
the
well
of
Bethlehem
that
was
by
the
gate
and
took
it
and
brought
it
to
David;
but
he
would
not
drink
of
it,
but poured
it
out
to
Yahweh.
He
said, “Be
it
far
from
me,
Yahweh,
that
I
should
do
this!
Isn’t
this
the
blood
of
the
men
who risked
their
lives
to
go?”
Therefore
he
would
not
drink
it.
The
three
mighty
men
did
these
things.
Abishai,
the
brother
of
Joab,
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
was
chief
of
the
three.
He
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred
and
killed
them,
and
had
a
name
among
the
three.
Wasn’t
he
most
honorable
of
the
three?
Therefore
he
was
made
their
captain. However
he wasn’t
included
as
one
of
the
three.
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
the
son
of
a valiant
man
of
Kabzeel,
who
had
done mighty
deeds,
killed
the
two
sons
of
Ariel
of
Moab.
He
also
went
down
and
killed
a
lion
in
the
middle
of
a
pit
in
a
time
of
snow.
He
killed
a huge
Egyptian,
and
the
Egyptian
had
a
spear
in
his
hand;
but
he
went
down
to
him
with
a
staff
and plucked
the
spear
out
of
the
Egyptian’s
hand,
and
killed
him
with
his
own
spear.
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
did
these
things,
and
had
a
name
among
the
three
mighty
men.
He
was
more
honorable
than
the
thirty,
but
he
didn’t
attain
to
the
three.
David
set
him
over
his
guard.
Asahel
the
brother
of
Joab
was
one
of
the
thirty:
Elhanan
the
son
of
Dodo
of
Bethlehem,
Shammah
the
Harodite,
Elika
the
Harodite,
Helez
the
Paltite,
Ira
the
son
of
Ikkesh
the
Tekoite,
Abiezer
the
Anathothite,
Mebunnai
the
Hushathite,
Zalmon
the
Ahohite,
Maharai
the
Netophathite,
Heleb
the
son
of
Baanah
the
Netophathite,
Ittai
the
son
of
Ribai
of
Gibeah
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
Benaiah
a
Pirathonite,
Hiddai of
the brooks of
Gaash.
Abialbon
the
Arbathite,
Azmaveth
the Barhumite,
Eliahba
the
Shaalbonite,
the
sons
of
Jashen,
Jonathan,
Shammah
the
Hararite,
Ahiam
the
son
of
Sharar
the
Ararite,
Eliphelet
the
son
of
Ahasbai,
the
son
of
the
Maacathite,
Eliam
the
son
of
Ahithophel
the
Gilonite,
Hezro
the
Carmelite,
Paarai
the
Arbite,
Igal
the
son
of
Nathan
of
Zobah,
Bani
the
Gadite,
Zelek
the
Ammonite,
Naharai
the
Beerothite,
armor
bearers
to
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
Ira
the
Ithrite,
Gareb
the
Ithrite,
and
Uriah
the
Hittite: thirty-seven
in
all.
Again
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel,
and
he
moved
David
against
them,
saying, “Go,
count
Israel
and
Judah.”
The
king
said
to
Joab
the
captain
of
the
army,
who
was
with
him, “Now
go
back
and
forth
through
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba,
and
count
the
people,
that
I
may
know
the sum
of
the
people.”
Joab
said
to
the
king, “Now
may
Yahweh
your
God
add
to
the
people, however
many
they
may
be,
one
hundred
times;
and
may
the
eyes
of
my
lord
the
king
see
it.
But
why
does
my
lord
the
king
delight
in
this
thing?”
Notwithstanding,
the
king’s
word
prevailed
against
Joab
and
against
the
captains
of
the
army.
Joab
and
the
captains
of
the
army
went
out
from
the
presence
of
the
king
to count
the
people
of
Israel.
They
passed
over
the
Jordan
and
encamped
in
Aroer,
on
the
right
side
of
the
city
that
is
in
the
middle
of
the
valley
of
Gad,
and
to
Jazer;
then
they
came
to
Gilead
and
to
the
land
of Tahtim Hodshi;
and
they
came
to Dan Jaan
and
around
to
Sidon,
and
came
to
the stronghold
of
Tyre,
and
to
all
the
cities
of
the
Hivites
and
of
the
Canaanites;
and
they
went
out
to
the
south
of
Judah,
at
Beersheba.
So
when
they
had
gone
back
and forth
through
all
the
land,
they
came
to
Jerusalem
at
the
end
of
nine
months
and
twenty
days.
Joab
gave
up
the sum
of
the
counting
of
the
people
to
the
king;
and
there
were
in
Israel
eight
hundred
thousand
valiant
men
who
drew
the
sword,
and
the
men
of
Judah
were
five
hundred
thousand
men.
David’s
heart
struck
him
after
he
had
counted
the
people.
David
said
to
Yahweh, “I
have
sinned
greatly
in
that
which
I
have
done.
But
now,
Yahweh, put
away,
I
beg
you,
the
iniquity
of
your
servant;
for
I
have
done
very
foolishly.”
When
David
rose
up
in
the
morning,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
the
prophet
Gad,
David’s
seer,
saying,
“Go
and
speak
to
David, ‘Yahweh
says, “I
offer
you
three
things.
Choose
one
of
them,
that
I
may
do
it
to
you.”’”
So
Gad
came
to
David,
and
told
him,
saying, “Shall
seven
years
of
famine
come
to
you
in
your
land?
Or
will
you
flee
three
months
before
your foes
while
they
pursue
you?
Or
shall
there
be
three
days’
pestilence
in
your
land?
Now
answer,
and
consider
what
answer
I
shall
return
to
him
who
sent
me.”
David
said
to
Gad, “I
am
in
distress.
Let
us
fall
now
into
Yahweh’s
hand,
for
his
mercies
are
great.
Let
me
not
fall
into
man’s
hand.”
So
Yahweh
sent
a
pestilence
on
Israel
from
the
morning
even
to
the
appointed
time;
and
seventy
thousand
men
died
of
the
people
from
Dan
even
to
Beersheba.
When
the
angel
stretched
out
his
hand
toward
Jerusalem
to
destroy
it,
Yahweh
relented
of
the
disaster,
and
said
to
the
angel
who
destroyed
the
people, “It
is
enough.
Now withdraw
your
hand.”
Yahweh’s
angel
was
by
the
threshing
floor
of
Araunah
the
Jebusite.
David
spoke
to
Yahweh
when
he
saw
the
angel
who
struck
the
people,
and
said, “Behold,
I
have
sinned,
and
I
have
done perversely;
but
these
sheep,
what
have
they
done?
Please
let
your
hand
be
against
me,
and
against
my
father’s
house.”
Gad
came
that
day
to
David
and
said
to
him, “Go
up,
build
an
altar
to
Yahweh
on
the
threshing
floor
of
Araunah
the
Jebusite.”
David
went
up according
to
the
saying
of
Gad,
as
Yahweh
commanded.
Araunah
looked
out,
and
saw
the
king
and
his
servants
coming
on
toward
him.
Then
Araunah
went
out
and
bowed
himself
before
the
king
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
Araunah
said, “Why
has
my
lord
the
king
come
to
his
servant?”
David
said, “To
buy
your
threshing
floor,
to
build
an
altar
to
Yahweh,
that
the
plague
may
be
stopped
from afflicting
the
people.”
Araunah
said
to
David, “Let
my
lord
the
king
take
and
offer
up
what
seems
good
to
him.
Behold,
the
cattle
for
the
burnt
offering,
and
the
threshing
sledges
and
the
yokes
of
the
oxen
for
the
wood.
All
this,
O
king,
does
Araunah
give
to
the
king.”
Araunah
said
to
the
king, “May
Yahweh
your
God
accept
you.”
The
king
said
to
Araunah, “No,
but
I
will
most
certainly
buy
it
from
you
for
a
price.
I
will
not
offer
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
my
God
which
cost
me
nothing.”
So
David
bought
the
threshing
floor
and
the
oxen
for
fifty
shekels
24:24
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels is about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds.
of
silver.
David
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh
there,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings.
So
Yahweh
was
entreated
for
the
land,
and
the
plague
was removed
from
Israel.
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The First Book of Kings
Now
King
David
was
old
and
advanced
in
years;
and
they
covered
him
with
clothes,
but
he
couldn’t
keep warm.
Therefore
his
servants
said
to
him, “Let
a
young
virgin
be
sought
for
my
lord
the
king.
Let
her
stand
before
the
king,
and
cherish
him;
and
let
her
lie
in
your
bosom,
that
my
lord
the
king
may
keep
warm.”
So
they
sought
for
a
beautiful
young
lady
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel,
and
found
Abishag
the
Shunammite,
and
brought
her
to
the
king.
The
young
lady
was
very
beautiful;
and
she cherished
the
king,
and
served
him;
but
the
king
didn’t
know
her intimately.
Then
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith exalted
himself,
saying, “I
will
be
king.”
Then
he
prepared
him
chariots
and
horsemen,
and
fifty
men
to
run
before
him.
His
father
had
not displeased
him
at
any
time
in
saying, “Why
have
you
done
so?”
and
he
was
also
a
very
handsome man;
and
he
was
born
after
Absalom.
He
conferred
with
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
and
with
Abiathar
the
priest;
and
they
followed
Adonijah
and
helped
him.
But
Zadok
the
priest,
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
Nathan
the
prophet,
Shimei,
Rei,
and
the
mighty
men
who
belonged
to
David,
were
not
with
Adonijah.
Adonijah killed
sheep,
cattle,
and
fatlings
by
the
stone
of
Zoheleth,
which
is
beside En Rogel;
and
he
called
all
his
brothers,
the
king’s
sons,
and
all
the
men
of
Judah,
the
king’s
servants;
but
he
didn’t
call
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
Benaiah,
and
the
mighty
men,
and
Solomon
his
brother.
Then
Nathan
spoke
to
Bathsheba
the
mother
of
Solomon,
saying, “Haven’t
you
heard
that
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith
reigns,
and
David
our
lord
doesn’t
know
it?
Now
therefore
come,
please
let
me
give
you
counsel,
that
you
may
save
your
own
life
and
your
son
Solomon’s
life.
Go
in
to
King
David,
and
tell
him, ‘Didn’t
you,
my
lord
the
king,
swear
to
your
servant,
saying, “Assuredly
Solomon
your
son
shall
reign
after
me,
and
he
shall
sit
on
my
throne?”
Why
then
does
Adonijah
reign?’
Behold,
1:14
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
while
you
are
still
talking
there
with
the
king,
I
will
also
come
in
after
you
and
confirm
your
words.”
Bathsheba
went
in
to
the
king
in
his
room.
The
king
was
very
old;
and
Abishag
the
Shunammite
was
serving
the
king.
Bathsheba
bowed
and showed respect
to
the
king.
The
king
said, “What
would
you like?”
She
said
to
him, “My
lord,
you
swore
by
Yahweh
1:17
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
your
God
1:17
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
to
your
servant, ‘Assuredly
Solomon
your
son
shall
reign
after
me,
and
he
shall
sit
on
my
throne.’
Now,
behold,
Adonijah
reigns;
and
you,
my
lord
the
king,
don’t
know
it.
He
has slain
cattle
and
fatlings
and
sheep
in
abundance,
and
has
called
all
the
sons
of
the
king,
Abiathar
the
priest,
and
Joab
the
captain
of
the
army;
but
he
hasn’t
called
Solomon
your
servant.
You,
my
lord
the
king,
the
eyes
of
all
Israel
are
on
you,
that
you
should
tell
them
who
will
sit
on
the
throne
of
my
lord
the
king
after
him.
Otherwise
it
will
happen,
when
my
lord
the
king
sleeps
with
his
fathers,
that
I
and
my
son
Solomon
will
be
considered
criminals.”
Behold,
while
she
was
still
talking
with
the
king,
Nathan
the
prophet
came
in.
They
told
the
king,
saying, “Behold,
Nathan
the
prophet!”
When
he
had
come
in
before
the
king,
he
bowed
himself
before
the
king
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
Nathan
said, “My
lord,
King,
have
you
said, ‘Adonijah
shall
reign
after
me,
and
he
shall
sit
on
my
throne?’
For
he
has
gone
down
today,
and
has slain
cattle,
fatlings,
and
sheep
in
abundance,
and
has
called
all
the
king’s
sons,
the
captains
of
the
army,
and
Abiathar
the
priest.
Behold,
they
are
eating
and
drinking
before
him,
and
saying, ‘Long
live
King
Adonijah!’
But
he
hasn’t
called
me,
even
me
your
servant,
Zadok
the
priest,
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
and
your
servant
Solomon.
Was
this
thing
done
by
my
lord
the
king,
and
you
haven’t
shown
to
your
servants
who
should
sit
on
the
throne
of
my
lord
the
king
after
him?”
Then
King
David
answered, “Call
Bathsheba
in
to
me.”
She
came
into
the
king’s
presence
and
stood
before
the
king.
The
king
vowed
and
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
who
has
redeemed
my
soul
out
of
all
adversity,
most
certainly
as
I
swore
to
you
by
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
saying, ‘Assuredly
Solomon
your
son
shall
reign
after
me,
and
he
shall
sit
on
my
throne
in
my
place;’
I
will most
certainly
do
this
today.”
Then
Bathsheba
bowed
with
her
face
to
the
earth
and showed respect
to
the
king,
and
said, “Let
my
lord
King
David
live
forever!”
King
David
said, “Call
to
me
Zadok
the
priest,
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada.”
They
came
before
the
king.
The
king
said
to
them, “Take
with
you
the
servants
of
your
lord,
and
cause
Solomon
my
son
to
ride
on
my
own
mule,
and
bring
him
down
to
Gihon.
Let
Zadok
the
priest
and
Nathan
the
prophet
anoint
him
there
king
over
Israel.
Blow
the
trumpet,
and
say, ‘Long
live
King
Solomon!’
Then
come
up
after
him,
and
he
shall
come
and
sit
on
my
throne;
for
he
shall
be
king
in
my
place.
I
have
appointed
him
to
be
prince
over
Israel
and
over
Judah.”
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
answered
the
king,
and
said, “Amen.
May
Yahweh,
the
God
of
my
lord
the
king,
say
so.
As
Yahweh
has
been
with
my
lord
the
king,
even
so
may
he
be
with
Solomon,
and
make
his
throne
greater
than
the
throne
of
my
lord
King
David.”
So
Zadok
the
priest,
Nathan
the
prophet,
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
and
the Cherethites
and
the
Pelethites
went
down
and
had
Solomon
ride
on
King
David’s
mule,
and
brought
him
to
Gihon.
Zadok
the
priest
took
the
horn
of
oil
from
the
Tent,
and
anointed
Solomon.
They
blew
the
trumpet;
and
all
the
people
said, “Long
live
King
Solomon!”
All
the
people
came
up
after
him,
and
the
people piped
with pipes,
and
rejoiced
with
great
joy,
so
that
the
earth
shook
with
their
sound.
Adonijah
and
all
the
guests
who
were
with
him
heard
it
as
they
had
finished
eating.
When
Joab
heard
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
he
said, “Why
is
this
noise
of
the
city being
in
an
uproar?”
While
he
yet
spoke,
behold,
Jonathan
the
son
of
Abiathar
the
priest
came;
and
Adonijah
said, “Come
in;
for
you
are
a
worthy
man,
and
bring
good
news.”
Jonathan
answered
Adonijah, “Most certainly
our
lord
King
David
has made
Solomon
king.
The
king
has
sent
with
him
Zadok
the
priest,
Nathan
the
prophet,
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
and
the
Cherethites
and
the
Pelethites;
and
they
have
caused
him
to
ride
on
the
king’s
mule.
Zadok
the
priest
and
Nathan
the
prophet
have
anointed
him
king
in
Gihon.
They
have
come
up
from
there
rejoicing,
so
that
the
city rang again.
This
is
the
noise
that
you
have
heard.
Also,
Solomon
sits
on
the
throne
of
the
kingdom.
Moreover
the
king’s
servants
came
to
bless
our
lord
King
David,
saying, ‘May
your
God
make
the
name
of
Solomon
better
than
your
name,
and
make
his
throne
greater
than
your
throne;’
and
the
king
bowed
himself
on
the
bed.
Also
thus
said
the
king, ‘Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
has
given
one
to
sit
on
my
throne
today,
my
eyes
even
seeing
it.’”
All
the
guests
of
Adonijah
were
afraid,
and
rose
up,
and
each
man
went
his
way.
Adonijah
was
afraid
because
of
Solomon;
and
he
arose,
and
went,
and hung onto
the
horns
of
the
altar.
Solomon
was
told, “Behold,
Adonijah
fears
King
Solomon;
for,
behold,
he
is hanging onto
the
horns
of
the
altar,
saying, ‘Let
King
Solomon
swear
to
me
first
that
he
will
not
kill
his
servant
with
the
sword.’”
Solomon
said, “If
he shows
himself
a
worthy
man,
not
a
hair
of
his
shall
fall
to
the
earth;
but
if
wickedness
is
found
in
him,
he
shall
die.”
So
King
Solomon
sent,
and
they
brought
him
down
from
the
altar.
He
came
and
bowed
down
to
King
Solomon;
and
Solomon
said
to
him, “Go
to
your
house.”
Now
the
days
of
David
came
near
that
he
should
die;
and
he
commanded
Solomon
his
son,
saying,
“I
am
going
the
way
of
all
the
earth.
You
be
strong
therefore,
and
show yourself
a
man;
and
keep
the
instruction
of
Yahweh
your
God,
to
walk
in
his
ways,
to
keep
his
statutes,
his
commandments,
his
ordinances,
and
his
testimonies,
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
that
you
may prosper
in
all
that
you
do
and
wherever
you
turn
yourself.
Then
Yahweh
may
establish
his
word
which
he
spoke
concerning
me,
saying, ‘If
your
children
are
careful
of
their
way,
to
walk
before
me
in
truth
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul,
there
shall
not
fail
you,’
he
said, ‘a
man
on
the
throne
of
Israel.’
“Moreover
you
know
also
what
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
did
to
me,
even
what
he
did
to
the
two
captains
of
the
armies
of
Israel,
to
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
and
to
Amasa
the
son
of
Jether,
whom
he
killed,
and
shed
the
blood
of
war
in
peace,
and
put
the
blood
of
war
on
his sash
that
was around
his
waist
and
in
his
sandals
that
were
on
his
feet.
Do therefore according
to
your
wisdom,
and
don’t
let
his
gray
head
go
down
to
Sheol
2:6
Sheol is the place of the dead.
in
peace.
But
show
kindness
to
the
sons
of
Barzillai
the
Gileadite,
and
let
them
be
among
those
who
eat
at
your
table;
for
so
they
came
to
me
when
I
fled
from
Absalom
your
brother.
“Behold,
there
is
with
you
Shimei
the
son
of
Gera,
the
Benjamite
of
Bahurim,
who
cursed
me
with
a grievous
curse
in
the
day
when
I
went
to
Mahanaim;
but
he
came
down
to
meet
me
at
the
Jordan,
and
I
swore
to
him
by
Yahweh,
saying, ‘I
will
not
put
you
to
death
with
the
sword.’
Now
therefore
don’t hold
him guiltless,
for
you
are
a
wise
man;
and
you
will
know
what
you ought
to
do
to
him,
and
you
shall
bring
his
gray
head
down
to
Sheol
2:9
Sheol is the place of the dead.
with
blood.”
David
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
David’s
city.
The
days
that
David
reigned
over
Israel
were
forty
years;
he
reigned
seven
years
in
Hebron,
and
he
reigned
thirty-three
years
in
Jerusalem.
Solomon
sat
on
David
his
father’s
throne;
and
his
kingdom
was
firmly
established.
Then
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith
came
to
Bathsheba
the
mother
of
Solomon.
She
said, “Do
you
come
peaceably?”
He
said, “Peaceably.
He
said
moreover,
I
have
something
to
tell
you.”
She
said, “Say
on.”
He
said, “You
know
that
the
kingdom
was mine,
and
that
all
Israel
set
their
faces
on
me,
that
I
should
reign. However,
the
kingdom
is
turned
around,
and
has
become
my
brother’s;
for
it
was
his
from
Yahweh.
Now
I
ask
one
petition
of
you.
Don’t deny
me.”
She
said
to
him, “Say
on.”
He
said, “Please
speak
to
Solomon
the
king (for
he
will
not
tell
you ‘no’),
that
he
give
me
Abishag
the
Shunammite
as
wife.”
Bathsheba
said, “All
right.
I
will
speak
for
you
to
the
king.”
Bathsheba therefore
went
to
King
Solomon,
to
speak
to
him
for
Adonijah.
The
king
rose
up
to
meet
her
and
bowed
himself
to
her,
and
sat
down
on
his
throne
and
caused
a
throne
to
be
set
for
the
king’s
mother;
and
she
sat
on
his
right
hand.
Then
she
said, “I
ask
one
small
petition
of
you;
don’t deny
me.”
The
king
said
to
her, “Ask
on,
my
mother,
for
I
will
not deny
you.”
She
said, “Let
Abishag
the
Shunammite
be
given
to
Adonijah
your
brother
as
wife.”
King
Solomon
answered
his
mother, “Why
do
you
ask
Abishag
the
Shunammite
for
Adonijah?
Ask
for
him
the
kingdom
also,
for
he
is
my
elder
brother;
even
for
him,
and
for
Abiathar
the
priest,
and
for
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah.”
Then
King
Solomon
swore
by
Yahweh,
saying, “God
do
so
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
Adonijah
has
not
spoken
this
word
against
his
own
life.
Now
therefore
as
Yahweh
lives,
who
has
established
me
and
set
me
on
my
father
David’s
throne,
and
who
has
made
me
a
house
as
he
promised,
surely
Adonijah
shall
be
put
to
death
today.”
King
Solomon
sent
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada;
and
he
fell
on
him,
so
that
he
died.
To
Abiathar
the
priest
the
king
said, “Go
to
Anathoth,
to
your
own
fields,
for
you
are worthy
of
death.
But
I
will
not
at
this
time
put
you
to
death,
because
you
bore
the
Lord
2:26
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh’s
ark
before
David
my
father,
and
because
you
were
afflicted
in
all
in
which
my
father
was
afflicted.”
So
Solomon thrust
Abiathar
out
from
being
priest
to
Yahweh,
that
he
might
fulfill
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
spoke
concerning
the
house
of
Eli
in
Shiloh.
This
news
came
to
Joab;
for
Joab
had
followed
Adonijah,
although
he
didn’t
follow
Absalom.
Joab
fled
to
Yahweh’s
Tent,
and
held
onto
the
horns
of
the
altar.
King
Solomon
was
told, “Joab
has
fled
to
Yahweh’s
Tent;
and
behold,
he
is
by
the
altar.”
Then
Solomon
sent
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
saying, “Go,
fall
on
him.”
Benaiah
came
to
Yahweh’s
Tent,
and
said
to
him, “The
king
says, ‘Come
out!’”
He
said, “No;
but
I
will
die
here.”
Benaiah
brought
the
king
word
again,
saying, “This
is
what
Joab
said,
and
this
is
how
he
answered
me.”
The
king
said
to
him, “Do
as
he
has
said,
and
fall
on
him,
and
bury
him,
that
you
may
take
away
the
blood,
which
Joab
shed
without
cause,
from
me
and
from
my
father’s
house.
Yahweh
will
return
his
blood
on
his
own
head,
because
he
fell
on
two
men
more
righteous
and
better
than
he,
and
killed
them
with
the
sword,
and
my
father
David
didn’t
know
it:
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
captain
of
the
army
of
Israel,
and
Amasa
the
son
of
Jether,
captain
of
the
army
of
Judah.
So
their
blood
will
return
on
the
head
of
Joab
and
on
the
head
of
his
offspring
2:33
or, seed
forever.
But
for
David,
for
his
offspring,
for
his
house,
and
for
his
throne,
there
will
be
peace
forever
from
Yahweh.”
Then
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
went
up
and
fell
on
him,
and
killed
him;
and
he
was
buried
in
his own
house
in
the
wilderness.
The
king
put
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
in
his
place
over
the
army;
and
the
king
put
Zadok
the
priest
in
the
place
of
Abiathar.
The
king
sent
and
called
for
Shimei,
and
said
to
him, “Build
yourself
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
and
live
there,
and
don’t
go
anywhere
else.
For
on
the
day
you
go
out
and
pass
over
the
brook
Kidron,
know
for
certain
that
you
will
surely
die.
Your
blood
will
be
on
your
own
head.”
Shimei
said
to
the
king, “What
you
say
is
good.
As
my
lord
the
king
has
said,
so
will
your
servant
do.”
Shimei
lived
in
Jerusalem
many
days.
At
the
end
of
three
years,
two
of Shimei’s
slaves
ran
away
to
Achish,
son
of
Maacah,
king
of
Gath.
They
told
Shimei,
saying, “Behold,
your
slaves
are
in
Gath.”
Shimei
arose,
saddled
his
donkey,
and
went
to
Gath
to
Achish
to
seek
his
slaves;
and
Shimei
went
and
brought
his
slaves
from
Gath.
Solomon
was
told
that
Shimei
had
gone
from
Jerusalem
to
Gath,
and
had
come
again.
The
king
sent
and
called
for
Shimei,
and
said
to
him, “Didn’t
I
adjure
you
by
Yahweh
and
warn
you,
saying, ‘Know
for
certain
that
on
the
day
you
go
out
and
walk
anywhere
else,
you
shall
surely
die?’
You
said
to
me, ‘The
saying
that
I
have
heard
is
good.’
Why
then
have
you
not
kept
the
oath
of
Yahweh
and
the
commandment
that
I
have
instructed
you
with?”
The
king
said moreover
to
Shimei, “You
know
in
your
heart
all
the
wickedness
that
you
did
to
David
my
father.
Therefore
Yahweh
will
return
your
wickedness
on
your own
head.
But
King
Solomon
will
be
blessed,
and
David’s
throne
will
be
established
before
Yahweh
forever.”
So
the
king
commanded
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada;
and
he
went
out,
and
fell
on
him,
so
that
he
died.
The
kingdom
was
established
in
the
hand
of
Solomon.
Solomon
made
a
marriage
alliance
with
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt.
He
took
Pharaoh’s
daughter
and
brought
her
into
David’s
city
until
he
had
finished
building
his own
house,
Yahweh’s
house,
and
the
wall
around
Jerusalem.
However,
the
people
sacrificed
in
the
high
places,
because
there
was
not
yet
a
house
built
for
Yahweh’s
name.
Solomon
loved
Yahweh, walking
in
the
statutes
of
David
his
father,
except
that
he
sacrificed
and
burned
incense
in
the
high
places.
The
king
went
to
Gibeon
to
sacrifice
there,
for
that
was
the
great
high
place.
Solomon
offered
a
thousand
burnt
offerings
on
that
altar.
In
Gibeon,
Yahweh
appeared
to
Solomon
in
a
dream
by
night;
and
God
said, “Ask
for
what
I
should
give
you.”
Solomon
said, “You
have
shown
to
your
servant
David
my
father
great loving
kindness,
because
he
walked
before
you
in
truth,
in
righteousness,
and
in
uprightness
of
heart
with
you.
You
have
kept
for
him
this
great loving
kindness,
that
you
have
given
him
a
son
to
sit
on
his
throne,
as
it
is
today.
Now,
Yahweh
my
God,
you
have
made
your
servant
king
instead
of
David
my
father.
I
am
just
a
little
child.
I
don’t
know
how
to
go
out
or
come
in.
Your
servant
is
among
your
people
which
you
have
chosen,
a
great
people,
that
can’t
be
numbered
or
counted
for
multitude.
Give
your
servant
therefore
an
understanding
heart
to
judge
your
people,
that
I
may
discern
between
good
and
evil;
for
who
is
able
to
judge
this
great
people
of
yours?”
This
request
pleased
the
Lord,
that
Solomon
had
asked
this
thing.
God
said
to
him, “Because
you
have
asked
this
thing,
and
have
not
asked
for
yourself
long
life,
nor
have
you
asked
for
riches
for
yourself,
nor
have
you
asked
for
the
life
of
your
enemies,
but
have
asked
for
yourself
understanding
to
discern
justice,
behold,
I
have
done
according
to
your
word.
Behold,
I
have
given
you
a
wise
and
understanding
heart,
so
that
there
has
been
no
one
like
you
before
you,
and
after
you
none
will
arise
like
you.
I
have
also
given
you
that
which
you
have
not
asked,
both
riches
and
honor,
so
that
there
will
not
be
any
among
the
kings
like
you
for
all
your
days.
If
you
will
walk
in
my
ways,
to
keep
my
statutes
and
my
commandments,
as
your
father
David
walked,
then
I
will
lengthen
your
days.”
Solomon
awoke;
and
behold,
it
was
a
dream.
Then
he
came
to
Jerusalem
and
stood
before
the
ark
of Yahweh’s
covenant,
and
offered
up
burnt
offerings,
offered
peace
offerings,
and
made
a
feast
for
all
his
servants.
Then
two
women
who
were
prostitutes
came
to
the
king,
and
stood
before
him.
The
one
woman
said, “Oh,
my
lord,
I
and
this
woman
dwell
in
one
house.
I
delivered
a
child
with
her
in
the
house.
The
third
day
after
I
delivered,
this
woman
delivered
also.
We
were
together.
There
was
no stranger
with
us
in
the
house,
just
us
two
in
the
house.
This
woman’s
child
died
in
the
night,
because
she
lay
on
it.
She
arose
at midnight,
and
took
my
son
from
beside
me while
your
servant
slept,
and
laid
it
in
her
bosom,
and
laid
her
dead
child
in
my
bosom.
When
I
rose
in
the
morning
to
nurse
my
child,
behold,
he
was
dead;
but
when
I
had
looked
at
him
in
the
morning,
behold,
it
was
not
my
son
whom
I
bore.”
The
other
woman
said, “No!
But
the
living
one
is
my
son,
and
the
dead
one
is
your
son.”
The
first
one
said, “No!
But
the
dead
one
is
your
son,
and
the
living
one
is
my
son.”
They argued
like
this
before
the
king.
Then
the
king
said, “One
says, ‘This
is
my
son
who
lives,
and
your
son
is
the
dead;’
and
the
other
says, ‘No!
But
your
son
is
the
dead
one,
and
my
son
is
the
living
one.’”
The
king
said, “Get
me
a
sword.”
So
they
brought
a
sword
before
the
king.
The
king
said, “Divide
the
living
child
in
two,
and
give
half
to
the
one,
and
half
to
the
other.”
Then
the
woman
whose
the
living
child
was
spoke
to
the
king,
for
her heart yearned
over
her
son,
and
she
said, “Oh,
my
lord,
give
her
the
living
child,
and
in
no
way
kill
him!”
But
the
other
said, “He
shall
be
neither mine
nor
yours.
Divide
him.”
Then
the
king
answered, “Give
the first woman
the
living
child,
and definitely do
not
kill
him.
She
is
his
mother.”
All
Israel
heard
of
the
judgment
which
the
king
had
judged;
and
they
feared
the
king,
for
they
saw
that
the
wisdom
of
God
was
in
him
to
do
justice.
King
Solomon
was
king
over
all
Israel.
These
were
the
princes
whom
he
had:
Azariah
the
son
of
Zadok,
the
priest;
Elihoreph
and
Ahijah,
the
sons
of
Shisha,
scribes;
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud,
the
recorder;
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
over
the
army;
Zadok
and
Abiathar
were
priests;
Azariah
the
son
of
Nathan
was
over
the
officers;
Zabud
the
son
of
Nathan
was
chief minister,
the
king’s
friend;
Ahishar
was
over
the
household;
and
Adoniram
the
son
of
Abda
was
over
the
men subject
to
forced
labor.
Solomon
had
twelve
officers
over
all
Israel,
who
provided
food
for
the
king
and
his
household.
Each
man
had
to make provision
for
a
month
in
the
year.
These
are their
names: Ben Hur,
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim;
Ben Deker,
in
Makaz,
in
Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh,
and Elon Beth Hanan;
Ben Hesed,
in
Arubboth (Socoh
and
all
the
land
of
Hepher belonged
to
him);
Ben Abinadab,
in
all
the height
of
Dor (he
had
Taphath,
Solomon’s
daughter,
as
wife);
Baana
the
son
of
Ahilud,
in
Taanach
and
Megiddo,
and
all Beth Shean
which
is
beside
Zarethan,
beneath
Jezreel,
from Beth Shean
to Abel Meholah,
as
far
as
beyond
Jokmeam;
Ben Geber,
in
Ramoth
Gilead (the
towns
of
Jair
the
son
of
Manasseh,
which
are
in
Gilead, belonged
to
him;
and
the region
of Argob,
which
is
in
Bashan,
sixty
great
cities
with
walls
and
bronze
bars, belonged
to
him);
Ahinadab
the
son
of
Iddo,
in
Mahanaim;
Ahimaaz,
in
Naphtali (he
also
took
Basemath
the
daughter
of
Solomon
as
wife);
Baana
the
son
of
Hushai,
in
Asher
and
Bealoth;
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Paruah,
in
Issachar;
Shimei
the
son
of
Ela,
in
Benjamin;
Geber
the
son
of
Uri,
in
the
land
of
Gilead,
the
country
of
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites
and
of
Og
king
of
Bashan;
and
he
was
the
only officer
who
was
in
the
land.
Judah
and
Israel
were
numerous
as
the
sand
which
is
by
the
sea
in
multitude,
eating
and
drinking
and making merry.
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty cors
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1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels of fine flour, sixty measures of meal,
ten head of fat cattle, twenty head of cattle out of the pastures, and one hundred sheep, in addition to deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl.
For he had dominion over all on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides around him.
Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
Those officers provided food for King Solomon, and for all who came to King Solomon’s table, every man in his month. They let nothing be lacking.
They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man according to his duty.
God gave Solomon abundant wisdom, understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand that is on the seashore.
Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt.
For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations all around.
He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs numbered one thousand five.
He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.
People of all nations came to hear the wisdom of Solomon, sent by all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom.
Hiram king
of Tyre sent
his
servants
to
Solomon,
for
he
had heard
that
they
had anointed
him king
in
the
place
of
his father,
and Hiram
had
always loved
David.
Solomon sent
to Hiram, saying,
“You know that David my father could not build a house
for
the name
of Yahweh his God because
of
the wars which
were around him on every side, until Yahweh put his enemies under
the soles
of his feet.
But
now Yahweh
my God
has given
me
rest
on
every
side.
There
is
no enemy
and
no evil occurrence.
Behold,
I intend
to build
a house
for
the name
of Yahweh
my God,
as Yahweh spoke
to
David
my father, saying, ‘Your son, whom
I
will
set
on
your throne
in
your
place
shall build
the house
for
my name.’
Now
therefore command
that cedar trees
be cut
for
me
out
of Lebanon.
My servants
will
be
with
your servants;
and
I
will
give
you wages
for
your servants according
to
all
that
you say.
For
you know
that
there
is nobody among us who knows how
to cut timber
like
the Sidonians.”
When Hiram heard
the
words
of
Solomon,
he rejoiced greatly,
and
said, “Blessed
is Yahweh today,
who
has given
to David
a wise son
to
rule
over
this great
people.”
Hiram sent
to Solomon, saying, “I
have heard
the message
which
you
have sent
to
me.
I
will
do
all
your desire
concerning timber
of cedar,
and
concerning cypress timber.
My servants
will
bring
them
down
from Lebanon
to
the
sea.
I
will
make
them
into rafts
to go
by
sea
to
the
place
that
you specify
to
me,
and
will
cause
them
to
be broken
up
there,
and
you
will
receive
them.
You
will accomplish
my desire,
in
giving food
for
my household.”
So Hiram gave
Solomon cedar timber
and cypress timber according
to
all
his desire.
Solomon
gave Hiram twenty thousand cors
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20,000 cors would be about 120,000 bushels or about 4.2 megaliters of wheat, which would weigh about 3,270 metric tons.
of wheat
for food
to
his household,
and twenty cors
5:11
20 cors is about 1,100 gallons or about 4220 liters.
of pure oil. Solomon
gave
this
to Hiram year
by year.
Yahweh
gave Solomon wisdom,
as
he
promised
him.
There
was peace between Hiram
and Solomon,
and
the two
of
them
made
a treaty together.
King Solomon raised
a levy
out
of
all Israel;
and
the levy
was thirty thousand men.
He sent
them
to Lebanon, ten thousand
a month
by courses:
for
a month
they
were
in Lebanon,
and two months
at
home;
and Adoniram
was
over
the
men
subject
to forced labor.
Solomon
had seventy thousand
who bore burdens,
and eighty thousand
who
were stone cutters
in
the mountains,
besides
Solomon’s chief officers
who were
over
the work: three thousand three hundred
who ruled
over
the people
who labored
in
the work.
The king commanded,
and
they cut
out
large stones, costly stones,
to
lay
the foundation
of
the
house
with
worked
stone.
Solomon’s builders
and Hiram’s builders
and
the Gebalites cut
them,
and prepared
the timber
and
the stones
to build
the house.
In
the
four
hundred
and
eightieth
year
after
the
children
of
Israel
had
come
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
fourth
year
of
Solomon’s
reign
over
Israel,
in
the
month
Ziv,
which
is
the
second
month,
he
began
to
build
Yahweh’s
house.
The
house
which
King
Solomon
built
for
Yahweh
had
a
length
of
sixty
cubits,
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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and its
width
twenty,
and its
height
thirty
cubits.
The
porch
in
front
of
the
temple
of
the
house had
a
length
of
twenty
cubits,
which
was
along
the
width
of
the
house.
Ten
cubits
was
its
width
in
front
of
the
house.
He
made
windows
of fixed lattice work
for
the
house.
Against
the
wall
of
the
house,
he
built floors
all
around,
against
the
walls
of
the
house
all
around,
both
of
the
temple
and
of
the
inner
sanctuary;
and
he
made
side
rooms
all
around.
The
lowest
floor
was
five
cubits
wide,
and
the
middle
was
six
cubits
wide,
and
the
third
was
seven
cubits
wide;
for
on
the
outside
he
made
offsets
in
the
wall
of
the
house
all
around,
that
the beams
should
not
be
inserted
into
the
walls
of
the
house.
The
house,
when
it
was
under
construction,
was
built
of
stone
prepared
at
the quarry;
and
no
hammer
or ax
or
any
tool
of
iron
was
heard
in
the
house
while
it
was
under
construction.
The
door
for
the
middle
side
rooms
was
in
the
right
side
of
the
house.
They
went
up
by
winding
stairs
into
the
middle
floor,
and
out
of
the
middle
into
the
third.
So
he
built
the
house
and
finished
it;
and
he
covered
the
house
with beams
and
planks
of cedar.
He
built
the floors
all
along
the
house,
each
five
cubits
high;
and
they rested
on
the
house
with
timbers
of
cedar.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Solomon,
saying,
“Concerning
this
house
which
you
are
building,
if
you
will walk
in
my
statutes,
and execute
my
ordinances,
and
keep
all
my
commandments
to walk
in
them,
then
I
will
establish
my
word
with
you,
which
I
spoke
to
David
your
father.
I
will
dwell
among
the
children
of
Israel,
and
will
not
forsake
my
people
Israel.”
So
Solomon
built
the
house
and
finished
it.
He
built
the
walls
of
the
house
within
with
boards
of
cedar;
from
the
floor
of
the
house
to
the
walls
of
the
ceiling,
he covered
them
on
the
inside
with
wood.
He covered
the
floor
of
the
house
with
cypress
boards.
He
built
twenty
cubits
of
the
back
part
of
the
house
with
boards
of
cedar
from
the
floor
to
the
ceiling.
He
built
this
within,
for
an
inner
sanctuary,
even
for
the
most
holy
place.
In front
of
the
temple
sanctuary
was
forty
cubits long.
There
was
cedar
on
the
house
within,
carved
with buds
and open flowers.
All
was
cedar.
No
stone
was
visible.
He
prepared
an
inner
sanctuary
in
the
middle
of
the
house
within,
to
set
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
there.
Within
the
inner
sanctuary
was
twenty
cubits
in
length,
and
twenty
cubits
in
width,
and
twenty
cubits
in
its
height.
He
overlaid
it
with
pure
gold.
He covered
the
altar
with
cedar.
So
Solomon
overlaid
the
house
within
with
pure
gold.
He drew
chains
of
gold
across
before
the
inner
sanctuary,
and
he
overlaid
it
with
gold.
He
overlaid
the
whole
house
with
gold,
until
all
the
house
was
finished.
He
also
overlaid
the
whole
altar
that belonged
to
the
inner
sanctuary
with
gold.
In
the
inner
sanctuary
he
made
two
cherubim
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“Cherubim” is plural of “cherub”, an angelic being.
of
olive
wood,
each
ten
cubits
high.
Five
cubits
was
the length
of
one
wing
of
the
cherub,
and
five
cubits
was
the length
of
the
other
wing
of
the
cherub.
From
the tip
of
one
wing
to
the tip
of
the
other
was
ten
cubits.
The
other
cherub
was
ten
cubits.
Both
the
cherubim
were
of
one
measure
and
one
form.
One
cherub
was
ten
cubits
high,
and
so
was
the
other
cherub.
He
set
the
cherubim
within
the
inner
house.
The
wings
of
the
cherubim
were
stretched
out,
so
that
the
wing
of
the
one
touched
the
one
wall
and
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub
touched
the
other
wall;
and
their
wings
touched
one
another
in
the
middle
of
the
house.
He
overlaid
the
cherubim
with
gold.
He
carved
all
the
walls
of
the
house
around
with
carved figures
of
cherubim,
palm
trees,
and
open flowers,
inside
and
outside.
He
overlaid
the
floor
of
the
house
with
gold,
inside
and
outside.
For
the
entrance
of
the
inner
sanctuary,
he
made
doors
of
olive
wood.
The lintel
and
door
posts were
a
fifth
part
of
the wall.
So
he
made
two
doors
of
olive
wood;
and
he
carved
on
them
carvings
of
cherubim,
palm
trees,
and open flowers,
and
overlaid
them
with
gold.
He
spread
the
gold
on
the
cherubim
and
on
the
palm
trees.
He
also
made
the
entrance
of
the
temple
door
posts
of
olive
wood,
out
of
a
fourth part
of
the wall,
and
two
doors
of
cypress
wood.
The
two
leaves
of
the
one
door
were
folding,
and
the
two
leaves
of
the
other
door
were
folding.
He
carved
cherubim,
palm
trees,
and open flowers;
and
he
overlaid
them
with
gold fitted
on
the
engraved work.
He
built
the
inner
court
with
three courses
of
cut
stone
and
a course
of
cedar
beams.
The
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
house
was
laid
in
the
fourth
year,
in
the
month
Ziv.
In
the
eleventh
year,
in
the
month
Bul,
which
is
the
eighth
month,
the
house
was
finished
throughout
all
its
parts
and
according
to
all
its specifications.
So
he
spent
seven
years
building
it.
Solomon
was
building
his own
house
thirteen
years,
and
he
finished
all
his
house.
For
he
built
the
House
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon.
Its
length
was
one
hundred
cubits,
7:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
its
width
fifty
cubits,
and
its
height
thirty
cubits,
on
four
rows
of
cedar
pillars,
with
cedar
beams
on
the
pillars.
It
was
covered
with
cedar
above
over
the
forty-five beams
that
were
on
the
pillars,
fifteen
in
a
row.
There
were beams
in
three
rows,
and
window
was facing
window
in
three
ranks.
All
the
doors
and
posts
were
made
square
with beams;
and
window
was facing
window
in
three
ranks.
He
made
the
hall
of
pillars.
Its
length
was
fifty
cubits
and
its
width
thirty
cubits,
with
a
porch
before
them,
and
pillars
and
a
threshold
before
them.
He
made
the
porch
of
the
throne
where
he
was
to
judge,
even
the
porch
of
judgment;
and
it
was
covered
with
cedar
from
floor
to
floor.
His
house
where
he
was
to
dwell,
the
other
court
within
the
porch,
was
of
the
same construction.
He
made
also
a
house
for
Pharaoh’s
daughter (whom
Solomon
had
taken
as wife),
like
this
porch.
All
these
were
of
costly
stones,
even
of
stone
cut according
to measure,
sawed
with
saws,
inside
and
outside,
even
from
the
foundation
to
the
coping,
and
so
on
the
outside
to
the
great
court.
The
foundation
was
of
costly
stones, even
great
stones,
stones
of
ten
cubits
and
stones
of
eight
cubits.
Above
were
costly
stones, even
cut
stone, according
to measure,
and
cedar wood.
The
great
court
around
had
three
courses
of
cut
stone
with
a course
of
cedar
beams,
like
the
inner
court
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
the
porch
of
the
house.
King
Solomon
sent
and
brought
Hiram
out
of
Tyre.
He
was
the
son
of
a
widow
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali,
and
his
father
was
a
man
of
Tyre,
a
worker
in
bronze;
and
he
was
filled
with
wisdom
and
understanding
and
skill
to
work
all
works
in
bronze.
He
came
to
King
Solomon
and
performed
all
his
work.
For
he fashioned
the
two
pillars
of
bronze,
eighteen
cubits
high
apiece;
and
a
line
of
twelve
cubits
encircled either
of
them.
He
made
two
capitals
of
molten
bronze
to
set
on
the
tops
of
the
pillars.
The
height
of
the
one
capital
was
five
cubits,
and
the
height
of
the
other
capital
was
five
cubits.
There
were
nets
of checker
work
and
wreaths
of chain
work
for
the
capitals
which
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars:
seven
for
the
one
capital,
and
seven
for
the
other
capital.
So
he
made
the
pillars;
and
there
were
two
rows
of
pomegranates
around
the
one
network,
to
cover
the
capitals
that
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars;
and
he
did
so
for
the
other
capital.
The
capitals
that
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars
in
the
porch
were
of
lily
work,
four
cubits.
There
were
capitals
above
also
on
the
two
pillars,
close
by
the
belly
which
was
beside
the
network.
There
were
two
hundred
pomegranates
in
rows
around
the
other
capital.
He
set
up
the
pillars
at
the
porch
of
the
temple.
He
set
up
the
right
pillar
and
called
its
name
Jachin;
and
he
set
up
the
left
pillar
and
called
its
name
Boaz.
On
the
tops
of
the
pillars
was
lily
work.
So
the
work
of
the
pillars
was
finished.
He
made
the molten
sea
ten
cubits
from
brim
to
brim,
round
in shape.
Its
height
was
five
cubits;
and
a line
of
thirty
cubits
encircled
it.
Under
its
brim
around
there
were buds which
encircled
it
for
ten
cubits,
encircling
the
sea.
The buds
were
in
two
rows,
cast when
it
was
cast.
It
stood
on
twelve
oxen,
three looking
toward
the
north,
and
three looking
toward
the
west,
and
three looking
toward
the
south,
and
three looking
toward
the
east;
and
the
sea
was
set
on
them
above,
and
all
their
hindquarters
were
inward.
It
was a hand width
thick. Its
brim
was worked
like
the
brim
of a
cup,
like
the
flower
of a
lily. It
held
two
thousand
baths.
He
made
the
ten bases
of
bronze.
The
length
of
one
base
was
four
cubits,
four
cubits
its
width,
and
three
cubits
its
height.
The
work
of
the bases
was
like
this:
they
had panels;
and
there
were panels
between
the ledges;
and
on
the panels
that
were
between
the ledges
were
lions,
oxen,
and
cherubim;
and
on
the ledges
there
was
a
pedestal
above;
and
beneath
the
lions
and
oxen
were
wreaths
of
hanging
work.
Every base
had
four
bronze
wheels
and
axles
of
bronze;
and
its
four
feet
had
supports.
The
supports
were cast
beneath
the
basin,
with
wreaths
at
the
side
of
each.
Its
opening
within
the
capital
and
above
was
a
cubit.
Its
opening
was
round
like
the
work
of
a
pedestal,
a
cubit
and
a
half;
and
also
on
its
opening
were
engravings,
and
their panels
were
square,
not
round.
The
four
wheels
were
underneath
the panels;
and
the
axles
of
the
wheels
were
in
the base.
The
height
of
a
wheel
was
a
cubit
and
half
a
cubit.
The
work
of
the
wheels
was
like
the
work
of
a
chariot
wheel.
Their
axles,
their
rims,
their
spokes,
and
their
hubs
were
all
of
cast metal.
There
were
four
supports
at
the
four
corners
of
each base.
Its
supports
were
of
the base itself.
In
the
top
of
the base there
was
a
round
band
half
a
cubit
high;
and
on
the
top
of
the base
its supports
and
its panels
were
the
same.
On
the
plates
of
its supports
and
on
its panels,
he
engraved
cherubim,
lions,
and
palm
trees,
each
in
its
space,
with
wreaths
all
around.
He
made
the
ten bases
in
this
way:
all
of
them
had
one
casting,
one measure,
and
one
form.
He
made
ten
basins
of
bronze.
One
basin contained
forty
baths.
7:38
1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters, so 40 baths was about 224 gallons or 840 liters.
Every
basin measured
four
cubits.
One
basin
was
on
every
one
of
the
ten bases.
He
set
the bases,
five
on
the
right
side
of
the
house
and
five
on
the
left
side
of
the
house.
He
set
the
sea
on
the
right
side
of
the
house
eastward
and
toward
the
south.
Hiram
made
the pots,
the
shovels,
and
the
basins.
So
Hiram
finished
doing
all
the
work
that
he
worked
for
King
Solomon
in
Yahweh’s
house:
the
two
pillars;
the
two
bowls
of
the
capitals
that
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars;
the
two
networks
to
cover
the
two
bowls
of
the
capitals
that
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars;
the
four
hundred
pomegranates
for
the
two
networks;
two
rows
of
pomegranates
for
each
network,
to
cover
the
two
bowls
of
the
capitals
that
were
on
the
pillars;
the
ten bases;
the
ten
basins
on
the bases;
the
one
sea;
the
twelve
oxen
under
the
sea;
the
pots;
the
shovels;
and
the
basins.
All
of
these
vessels,
which
Hiram
made
for
King
Solomon
in
Yahweh’s
house,
were
of burnished
bronze.
The
king
cast them
in
the
plain
of
the
Jordan,
in
the
clay
ground
between
Succoth
and
Zarethan.
Solomon
left
all
the
vessels
unweighed,
because
there
were
so
many
of
them.
The
weight
of
the
bronze could
not
be determined.
Solomon
made
all
the
vessels
that
were
in
Yahweh’s
house:
the
golden
altar
and
the
table
that
the
show
bread
was
on,
of
gold;
and
the
lamp stands,
five
on
the
right
side
and
five
on
the
left,
in
front
of
the
inner
sanctuary,
of
pure
gold;
and
the
flowers,
the
lamps,
and
the
tongs,
of
gold;
the cups,
the
snuffers,
the
basins,
the
spoons,
and
the fire
pans,
of
pure
gold;
and
the
hinges, both
for
the
doors
of
the
inner
house,
the
most
holy
place,
and
for
the
doors
of
the
house,
of
the
temple,
of
gold.
Thus
all
the
work
that
King
Solomon
did
in
Yahweh’s
house
was
finished.
Solomon
brought
in
the
things
which
David
his
father
had
dedicated—the
silver,
the
gold,
and
the
vessels—and
put
them
in
the
treasuries
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Then
Solomon
assembled
the
elders
of
Israel
with
all
the
heads
of
the
tribes,
the
princes
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
children
of
Israel,
to
King
Solomon
in
Jerusalem,
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
out
of
David’s
city,
which
is
Zion.
All
the
men
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
to
King
Solomon
at
the
feast
in
the
month
Ethanim,
which
is
the
seventh
month.
All
the
elders
of
Israel
came,
and
the
priests
picked
up
the
ark.
They
brought
up
Yahweh’s
ark,
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
all
the
holy
vessels
that
were
in
the
Tent.
The
priests
and
the
Levites
brought
these
up.
King
Solomon
and
all
the
congregation
of
Israel,
who
were
assembled
to
him,
were
with
him
before
the
ark,
sacrificing
sheep
and
cattle
that could
not
be
counted
or
numbered
for
multitude.
The
priests
brought
in
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
to
its
place,
into
the
inner
sanctuary
of
the
house,
to
the
most
holy
place,
even
under
the cherubim’s
wings.
For
the
cherubim
spread
their
wings
out
over
the
place
of
the
ark,
and
the
cherubim covered
the
ark
and
its
poles
above.
The
poles
were
so
long
that
the
ends
of
the
poles
were
seen
from
the
holy
place
before
the
inner
sanctuary,
but
they
were
not
seen
outside.
They
are
there
to
this
day.
There
was
nothing
in
the
ark
except
the
two
stone
tablets
which
Moses
put
there
at
Horeb,
when
Yahweh
made
a covenant
with
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
It
came
to
pass,
when
the
priests
had
come
out
of
the
holy
place,
that
the
cloud
filled
Yahweh’s
house,
so
that
the
priests
could
not
stand
to
minister
by reason
of
the
cloud;
for
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
Yahweh’s
house.
Then
Solomon
said, “Yahweh
has
said
that
he
would
dwell
in
the
thick
darkness.
I
have
surely
built
you
a
house
of
habitation,
a
place
for
you
to
dwell
in
forever.”
The
king
turned
his
face
around
and
blessed
all
the
assembly
of
Israel;
and
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
stood.
He
said, “Blessed
is
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
spoke
with
his
mouth
to
David
your
father,
and
has
with
his
hand
fulfilled
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
to
build
a
house,
that
my
name
might
be
there;
but
I
chose
David
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.’
“Now
it
was
in
the
heart
of
David
my
father
to
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
But
Yahweh
said
to
David
my
father, ‘Whereas
it
was
in
your
heart
to
build
a
house
for
my
name,
you
did
well
that
it
was
in
your
heart.
Nevertheless,
you
shall
not
build
the
house;
but
your
son
who
shall
come
out
of
your body,
he
shall
build
the
house
for
my
name.’
Yahweh
has
established
his
word
that
he
spoke;
for
I
have
risen
up
in
the
place
of
David
my
father,
and
I
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel,
as
Yahweh
promised,
and
have
built
the
house
for
the
name
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
There
I
have
set
a
place
for
the
ark,
in
which
is
Yahweh’s
covenant,
which
he
made
with
our
fathers
when
he
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.”
Solomon
stood
before
Yahweh’s
altar
in
the
presence
of
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
and
spread
out
his
hands
toward
heaven;
and
he
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
there
is
no
God
like
you,
in
heaven
above,
or
on
earth
beneath;
who
keeps
covenant
and loving
kindness
with
your
servants
who
walk
before
you
with
all
their
heart;
who
has
kept
with
your
servant
David
my
father
that
which
you
promised
him. Yes,
you
spoke
with
your
mouth,
and
have
fulfilled
it
with
your
hand,
as
it
is
today.
Now
therefore,
may
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
keep
with
your
servant
David
my
father
that
which
you
have
promised
him,
saying, ‘There
shall
not
fail
from
you
a
man
in
my
sight
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel,
if
only
your
children
take
heed
to
their
way,
to
walk
before
me
as
you
have
walked
before
me.’
“Now
therefore,
God
of
Israel,
please
let
your
word
be
verified,
which
you
spoke
to
your
servant
David
my
father.
But
will
God
in
very deed
dwell
on
the
earth?
Behold,
heaven
and
the
heaven
of
heavens
can’t
contain
you;
how
much
less
this
house
that
I
have
built!
Yet
have
respect
for
the
prayer
of
your
servant
and
for
his
supplication,
Yahweh
my
God,
to
listen
to
the
cry
and
to
the
prayer
which
your
servant
prays
before
you
today;
that
your
eyes
may
be
open
toward
this
house
night
and
day, even
toward
the
place
of
which
you
have
said, ‘My
name
shall
be
there;’
to
listen
to
the
prayer
which
your
servant
prays
toward
this
place.
Listen
to
the
supplication
of
your
servant,
and
of
your
people
Israel,
when
they
pray
toward
this
place. Yes,
hear
in
heaven,
your
dwelling
place;
and
when
you
hear,
forgive.
“If
a
man
sins
against
his
neighbor,
and
an
oath
is
laid
on
him
to cause
him
to swear,
and
he
comes
and swears
before
your
altar
in
this
house,
then
hear
in
heaven,
and
act,
and
judge
your
servants,
condemning
the
wicked,
to
bring
his
way
on
his own
head,
and
justifying
the
righteous,
to
give
him according
to
his
righteousness.
“When
your
people
Israel
are
struck
down
before
the
enemy
because
they
have
sinned
against
you,
if
they
turn
again
to
you
and
confess
your
name,
and
pray
and
make
supplication
to
you
in
this
house,
then
hear
in
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of
your
people
Israel,
and
bring
them
again
to
the
land
which
you
gave
to
their
fathers.
“When
the
sky
is
shut
up
and
there
is
no
rain
because
they
have
sinned
against
you,
if
they
pray
toward
this
place
and
confess
your
name,
and
turn
from
their
sin
when
you
afflict
them,
then
hear
in
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of
your
servants,
and
of
your
people
Israel,
when
you
teach
them
the
good
way
in
which
they
should
walk;
and
send
rain
on
your
land
which
you
have
given
to
your
people
for
an
inheritance.
“If
there
is
famine
in
the
land,
if
there
is
pestilence,
if
there
is
blight,
mildew,
locust
or
caterpillar;
if
their
enemy besieges
them
in
the
land
of
their
cities,
whatever
plague,
whatever
sickness
there
is,
whatever
prayer
and
supplication
is
made
by
any
man,
or
by
all
your
people
Israel,
who
shall
each
know
the
plague
of
his
own
heart,
and
spread
out
his
hands
toward
this
house,
then
hear
in
heaven,
your
dwelling
place,
and
forgive,
and
act,
and
give
to
every
man
according
to
all
his
ways,
whose
heart
you
know (for
you,
even
you
only,
know
the
hearts
of
all
the
children
of
men);
that
they
may
fear
you
all
the
days
that
they
live
in
the
land
which
you
gave
to
our
fathers.
“Moreover,
concerning
the
foreigner,
who
is
not
of
your
people
Israel,
when
he
comes
out
of
a
far
country
for
your
name’s
sake
(for
they
shall
hear
of
your
great
name
and
of
your
mighty
hand
and
of
your
outstretched
arm),
when
he
comes
and
prays
toward
this
house,
hear
in
heaven,
your
dwelling
place,
and
do
according
to
all
that
the
foreigner
calls
to
you
for;
that
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
may
know
your
name,
to
fear
you,
as
do
your
people
Israel,
and
that
they
may
know
that
this
house
which
I
have
built
is
called
by
your
name.
“If
your
people
go
out
to
battle
against
their
enemy,
by
whatever
way
you
shall
send
them,
and
they
pray
to
Yahweh
toward
the
city
which
you
have
chosen,
and
toward
the
house
which
I
have
built
for
your
name,
then
hear
in
heaven
their
prayer
and
their
supplication,
and maintain
their
cause.
If
they
sin
against
you (for
there
is
no
man
who
doesn’t
sin),
and
you
are
angry
with
them
and
deliver
them
to
the
enemy,
so
that
they carry
them
away
captive
to
the
land
of
the
enemy,
far
off
or
near;
yet
if
they
repent
in
the
land
where
they
are
carried
captive,
and
turn
again,
and
make supplication
to
you
in
the
land
of
those
who
carried
them
captive,
saying, ‘We
have
sinned
and
have
done perversely;
we
have dealt
wickedly,’
if
they
return
to
you
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul
in
the
land
of
their
enemies
who
carried
them
captive,
and
pray
to
you
toward
their
land
which
you
gave
to
their
fathers,
the
city
which
you
have
chosen
and
the
house
which
I
have
built
for
your
name,
then
hear
their
prayer
and
their
supplication
in
heaven,
your
dwelling
place,
and maintain
their
cause;
and
forgive
your
people
who
have
sinned
against
you,
and
all
their
transgressions
in
which
they
have
transgressed
against
you;
and
give
them
compassion
before
those
who
carried
them
captive,
that
they
may
have
compassion
on
them
(for
they
are
your
people
and
your
inheritance,
which
you
brought
out
of
Egypt,
from
the
middle
of
the
iron
furnace);
that
your
eyes
may
be
open
to
the
supplication
of
your
servant
and
to
the
supplication
of
your
people
Israel,
to
listen
to
them
whenever
they
cry
to
you.
For
you
separated
them
from
among
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
to
be
your
inheritance,
as
you
spoke
by
Moses
your
servant,
when
you
brought
our
fathers
out
of
Egypt,
Lord Yahweh.”
It
was
so,
that
when
Solomon
had
finished
praying
all
this
prayer
and
supplication
to
Yahweh,
he
arose
from
before
Yahweh’s
altar,
from
kneeling
on
his
knees
with
his
hands
spread
out
toward
heaven.
He
stood
and
blessed
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
with
a
loud
voice,
saying,
“Blessed
be
Yahweh,
who
has
given
rest
to
his
people
Israel,
according
to
all
that
he
promised.
There
has
not
failed
one
word
of
all
his
good
promise,
which
he
promised
by
Moses
his
servant.
May
Yahweh
our
God
be
with
us
as
he
was
with
our
fathers.
Let
him
not
leave
us
or
forsake
us,
that
he
may
incline
our
hearts
to
him,
to
walk
in
all
his
ways,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
his
statutes,
and
his
ordinances,
which
he
commanded
our
fathers.
Let
these
my
words,
with
which
I
have
made supplication
before
Yahweh,
be
near
to
Yahweh
our
God
day
and
night,
that
he
may maintain
the
cause
of
his
servant
and
the
cause
of
his
people
Israel,
as
every
day
requires;
that
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
may
know
that
Yahweh
himself
is
God.
There
is
no
one
else.
“Let
your
heart
therefore
be
perfect
with
Yahweh
our
God,
to walk
in
his
statutes,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
as
it
is
today.”
The
king,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
offered
sacrifice
before
Yahweh.
Solomon
offered
for
the
sacrifice
of
peace
offerings,
which
he
offered
to
Yahweh,
twenty
two
thousand head
of
cattle
and
one
hundred
twenty
thousand
sheep.
So
the
king
and
all
the
children
of
Israel
dedicated
Yahweh’s
house.
The
same
day
the
king
made
the
middle
of
the
court
holy
that
was
before
Yahweh’s
house;
for
there
he offered
the
burnt
offering,
the
meal
offering,
and
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings,
because
the
bronze
altar
that
was
before
Yahweh
was too
little
to receive
the
burnt
offering,
the
meal
offering,
and
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings.
So
Solomon
held
the
feast
at
that
time,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
a
great
assembly,
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
to
the
brook
of
Egypt,
before
Yahweh
our
God,
seven
days
and
seven
more
days,
even
fourteen
days.
On
the
eighth
day
he
sent
the
people
away;
and
they
blessed
the
king,
and went
to
their
tents
joyful
and
glad
in
their
hearts
for
all
the goodness
that
Yahweh
had
shown
to
David
his
servant,
and
to
Israel
his
people.
When
Solomon
had
finished
the
building
of
Yahweh’s
house,
the
king’s
house,
and
all
Solomon’s
desire
which
he
was
pleased
to
do,
Yahweh
appeared
to
Solomon
the
second
time,
as
he
had
appeared
to
him
at
Gibeon.
Yahweh
said
to
him, “I
have
heard
your
prayer
and
your
supplication
that
you
have
made
before
me.
I
have
made
this
house
holy,
which
you
have
built,
to
put
my
name
there
forever;
and
my
eyes
and
my
heart
shall
be
there
perpetually.
As
for
you,
if
you
will
walk
before
me
as
David
your
father
walked,
in
integrity
of
heart
and
in
uprightness,
to
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
you,
and
will
keep
my
statutes
and
my
ordinances,
then
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
your
kingdom
over
Israel
forever,
as
I
promised
to
David
your
father,
saying, ‘There
shall
not
fail
from
you
a
man
on
the
throne
of
Israel.’
But
if
you
turn
away
from
following
me,
you
or
your
children,
and
not
keep
my
commandments
and
my
statutes
which
I
have
set
before
you,
but
go
and
serve
other
gods
and
worship
them,
then
I
will
cut
off
Israel
out
of
the
land
which
I
have
given
them;
and
I
will
cast
this
house,
which
I
have
made
holy
for
my
name,
out
of
my
sight;
and
Israel
will
be
a
proverb
and
a
byword
among
all
peoples.
Though
this
house
is
so high,
yet
everyone
who
passes
by
it
will
be
astonished
and
hiss;
and
they
will
say, ‘Why
has
Yahweh
done
this
to
this
land
and
to
this
house?’
and
they
will
answer, ‘Because
they
abandoned
Yahweh
their
God,
who
brought
their
fathers
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and embraced
other
gods,
and
worshiped
them,
and
served
them.
Therefore
Yahweh
has
brought
all
this
evil
on
them.’”
At
the
end
of
twenty
years,
in
which
Solomon
had
built
the
two
houses,
Yahweh’s
house
and
the
king’s
house
(now
Hiram
the
king
of
Tyre
had furnished
Solomon
with
cedar
trees
and
cypress
trees,
and
with
gold, according
to
all
his
desire),
King
Solomon
gave
Hiram
twenty
cities
in
the
land
of
Galilee.
Hiram
came
out
of
Tyre
to
see
the
cities
which
Solomon
had
given
him;
and
they
didn’t please
him.
He
said, “What
cities
are
these
which
you
have
given
me,
my
brother?”
He
called
them
the
land
of
Cabul
9:13
“Cabul” sounds like Hebrew for “good-for-nothing”.
to
this
day.
Hiram
sent
to
the
king
one
hundred
twenty
talents
9:14
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 120 talents is about 3.6 metric tons
of
gold.
This
is
the
reason
of
the
forced
labor
which
King
Solomon
conscripted:
to
build
Yahweh’s
house,
his own
house,
Millo,
Jerusalem’s
wall,
Hazor,
Megiddo,
and
Gezer.
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
had
gone
up,
taken
Gezer,
burned
it
with
fire,
killed
the
Canaanites
who
lived
in
the
city,
and
given
it
for
a wedding
gift
to
his
daughter,
Solomon’s
wife.
Solomon
built
in
the land
Gezer, Beth Horon
the
lower,
Baalath,
Tamar
in
the
wilderness,
all
the
storage
cities
that
Solomon
had,
the
cities
for
his
chariots,
the
cities
for
his
horsemen,
and
that
which
Solomon desired
to
build
for
his pleasure
in
Jerusalem,
and
in
Lebanon,
and
in
all
the
land
of
his
dominion.
As
for
all
the
people
who
were
left
of
the
Amorites,
the
Hittites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Hivites,
and
the
Jebusites,
who
were
not
of
the
children
of
Israel—
their
children
who
were
left
after
them
in
the
land,
whom
the
children
of
Israel
were
not
able utterly
to
destroy—of
them
Solomon
raised
a levy
of bondservants
to
this
day.
But
of
the
children
of
Israel
Solomon
made
no bondservants;
but
they
were
the
men
of
war,
his
servants,
his
princes,
his
captains,
and
rulers
of
his
chariots
and
of
his
horsemen.
These
were
the
five
hundred
fifty
chief
officers
who
were
over
Solomon’s
work,
who ruled
over
the
people
who labored
in
the
work.
But
Pharaoh’s
daughter
came
up
out
of
David’s
city
to
her
house
which Solomon
had
built
for
her.
Then
he
built
Millo.
Solomon
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings
on
the
altar
which
he
built
to
Yahweh
three
times per
year,
burning
incense
with
them
on
the
altar
that
was
before
Yahweh.
So
he
finished
the
house.
King
Solomon
made
a
fleet
of
ships
in Ezion Geber,
which
is
beside
Eloth,
on
the
shore
of
the Red
Sea,
in
the
land
of
Edom.
Hiram
sent
in
the
fleet
his
servants, sailors
who
had
knowledge
of
the
sea,
with
the
servants
of
Solomon.
They
came
to
Ophir,
and fetched
from
there
gold,
four
hundred
and
twenty
talents,
9:28
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 420 talents is about 12.6 metric tons
and
brought
it
to
King
Solomon.
When
the
queen
of
Sheba
heard
of
the
fame
of
Solomon
concerning
Yahweh’s
name, she
came
to
test
him
with hard
questions.
She
came
to
Jerusalem
with
a
very
great caravan,
with
camels
that
bore
spices,
very
much
gold,
and
precious
stones;
and
when
she
had
come
to
Solomon,
she
talked
with
him
about
all
that
was
in
her
heart.
Solomon
answered
all
her
questions.
There wasn’t
anything
hidden
from
the
king
which
he
didn’t
tell
her.
When
the
queen
of
Sheba
had
seen
all
the
wisdom
of
Solomon,
the
house
that
he
had
built,
the
food
of
his
table,
the sitting
of
his
servants,
the
attendance
of
his
officials,
their clothing,
his cup bearers,
and
his
ascent
by
which
he
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house,
there
was
no
more
spirit
in
her.
She
said
to
the
king, “It
was
a
true
report
that
I
heard
in
my
own
land
of
your
acts
and
of
your
wisdom.
However,
I
didn’t
believe
the
words
until
I
came
and
my
eyes
had
seen
it.
Behold,
not
even
half
was
told
me!
Your
wisdom
and
prosperity
exceed
the fame
which
I
heard.
Happy
are
your
men,
happy
are
these
your
servants
who
stand
continually
before
you,
who
hear
your
wisdom.
Blessed
is
Yahweh
your
God,
who delighted
in
you,
to
set
you
on
the
throne
of
Israel.
Because
Yahweh loved
Israel
forever,
therefore
he
made
you
king,
to
do
justice
and
righteousness.”
She
gave
the
king
one
hundred
twenty
talents
of
gold,
and
a
very
great
quantity
of
spices,
and
precious
stones.
Never
again
was
there
such
an
abundance
of
spices
as
these
which
the
queen
of
Sheba
gave
to
King
Solomon.
The
fleet
of
Hiram
that
brought
gold
from
Ophir
also
brought
in
from
Ophir
great quantities
of
almug
trees
10:11
possibly an Indian sandalwood, with nice grain and a pleasant scent, and good for woodworking
and
precious
stones.
The
king
made
of
the
almug
trees pillars
for
Yahweh’s
house
and
for
the
king’s
house,
harps
also
and stringed instruments
for
the
singers;
no
such
almug
trees
came
or
were
seen
to
this
day.
King
Solomon
gave
to
the
queen
of
Sheba
all
her
desire,
whatever
she
asked,
in addition
to
that
which
Solomon
gave
her
of
his
royal
bounty.
So
she
turned
and went
to
her own
land,
she
and
her
servants.
Now
the
weight
of
gold
that
came
to
Solomon
in
one
year
was
six
hundred sixty-six
talents
10:14
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 666 talents is about 20 metric tons
of
gold,
in addition
to
that which
the
traders brought,
and
the traffic
of
the
merchants,
and
of
all
the
kings
of
the mixed
people,
and
of
the
governors
of
the
country.
King
Solomon
made
two
hundred bucklers
of beaten
gold;
six
hundred shekels
10:16
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or 13.2 pounds or 192 Troy ounces.
of
gold
went
to
one buckler.
He
made
three
hundred
shields
of beaten
gold;
three
minas
10:17
A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds.
of
gold
went
to
one
shield;
and
the
king
put
them
in
the
House
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon.
Moreover
the
king
made
a
great
throne
of
ivory,
and
overlaid
it
with
the finest
gold.
There
were
six
steps
to
the
throne,
and
the
top
of
the
throne
was
round
behind;
and
there
were
armrests
on
either
side
by
the
place
of
the
seat,
and
two
lions
standing
beside
the
armrests.
Twelve
lions
stood
there
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
on
the
six
steps.
Nothing
like
it
was
made
in
any
kingdom.
All
King
Solomon’s drinking
vessels
were
of
gold,
and
all
the
vessels
of
the
House
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon
were
of
pure
gold.
None
were
of
silver,
because
it
was
considered
of little
value
in
the
days
of
Solomon.
For
the
king
had
a
fleet
of
ships
of
Tarshish
at
sea
with
Hiram’s
fleet.
Once
every
three
years
the
fleet
of
Tarshish
came
bringing
gold,
silver,
ivory,
apes,
and
peacocks.
So
King
Solomon exceeded
all
the
kings
of
the
earth
in
riches
and
in
wisdom.
All
the
earth
sought
the
presence
of
Solomon
to
hear
his
wisdom
which
God
had
put
in
his
heart.
Year
after
year,
every
man
brought
his
tribute,
vessels
of
silver,
vessels
of
gold,
clothing,
armor,
spices,
horses,
and
mules.
Solomon
gathered
together
chariots
and
horsemen.
He
had
one
thousand
four
hundred
chariots
and
twelve
thousand
horsemen.
He kept
them
in
the
chariot
cities
and
with
the
king
at
Jerusalem.
The
king
made
silver
as common
as
stones
in
Jerusalem,
and
cedars
as common
as
the
sycamore
trees
that
are
in
the
lowland.
The
horses
which
Solomon
had
were
brought out
of
Egypt.
The
king’s
merchants
received
them
in droves, each drove
at
a
price.
A
chariot
was imported
from
Egypt
for
six
hundred
shekels
10:29
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
silver,
and
a
horse
for
one
hundred
fifty
shekels;
and
so
they
exported
them
to
all
the
kings
of
the
Hittites
and
to
the
kings
of
Syria.
Now
King
Solomon
loved
many
foreign
women, together
with
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh:
women
of
the
Moabites,
Ammonites,
Edomites,
Sidonians,
and
Hittites,
of
the
nations
concerning
which
Yahweh
said
to
the
children
of
Israel, “You
shall
not
go
among
them,
neither
shall
they
come
among
you,
for
surely
they
will
turn
away
your
heart
after
their
gods.”
Solomon
joined
to
these
in
love.
He
had
seven
hundred
wives,
princesses,
and
three
hundred
concubines.
His
wives
turned
his
heart
away.
When
Solomon
was
old,
his
wives
turned
away
his
heart
after
other
gods;
and
his
heart
was
not
perfect
with
Yahweh
his
God,
as
the
heart
of
David
his
father
was.
For
Solomon went
after Ashtoreth
the
goddess
of
the
Sidonians,
and
after
Milcom
the
abomination
of
the
Ammonites.
Solomon
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
didn’t go
fully
after
Yahweh,
as
David
his
father
did.
Then
Solomon
built
a
high
place
for
Chemosh
the
abomination
of
Moab,
on
the
mountain
that
is
before
Jerusalem,
and
for
Molech
the
abomination
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
So
he
did
for
all
his
foreign
wives,
who
burned
incense
and
sacrificed
to
their
gods.
Yahweh
was
angry
with
Solomon,
because
his
heart
was
turned
away
from
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
had
appeared
to
him
twice,
and
had
commanded
him
concerning
this
thing,
that
he
should
not go
after
other
gods;
but
he
didn’t
keep
that
which
Yahweh
commanded.
Therefore
Yahweh
said
to
Solomon, “Because
this
is
done
by
you,
and
you
have
not
kept
my
covenant
and
my
statutes,
which
I
have
commanded
you,
I
will
surely
tear
the
kingdom
from
you,
and
will
give
it
to
your
servant.
Nevertheless,
I
will
not
do
it
in
your
days,
for
David
your
father’s
sake;
but
I
will
tear
it
out
of
your
son’s
hand.
However,
I
will
not
tear
away
all
the
kingdom;
but
I
will
give
one
tribe
to
your
son,
for
David
my
servant’s
sake,
and
for
Jerusalem’s
sake
which
I
have
chosen.”
Yahweh
raised
up
an
adversary
to
Solomon:
Hadad
the
Edomite.
He
was
one
of
the
king’s
offspring
in
Edom.
For
when
David
was
in
Edom,
and
Joab
the
captain
of
the
army
had
gone
up
to
bury
the
slain,
and
had
struck
every
male
in
Edom
(for
Joab
and
all
Israel
remained
there
six
months,
until
he
had
cut
off
every
male
in
Edom),
Hadad
fled,
he
and
certain
Edomites
of
his
father’s
servants
with
him,
to
go
into
Egypt,
when
Hadad
was still
a
little
child.
They
arose
out
of
Midian
and
came
to
Paran;
and
they
took
men
with
them
out
of
Paran,
and
they
came
to
Egypt,
to
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
who
gave
him
a
house,
and
appointed
him
food,
and
gave
him
land.
Hadad
found
great
favor
in
the
sight
of
Pharaoh,
so
that
he
gave
him
as
wife
the
sister
of
his
own
wife,
the
sister
of
Tahpenes
the
queen.
The
sister
of
Tahpenes
bore
him
Genubath
his
son, whom
Tahpenes
weaned
in
Pharaoh’s
house;
and
Genubath
was
in
Pharaoh’s
house
among
the
sons
of
Pharaoh.
When
Hadad
heard
in
Egypt
that
David
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
that
Joab
the
captain
of
the
army
was
dead,
Hadad
said
to
Pharaoh, “Let
me depart,
that
I
may
go
to
my
own
country.”
Then
Pharaoh
said
to
him, “But
what
have
you
lacked
with
me,
that
behold,
you
seek
to
go
to
your
own
country?”
He
answered, “Nothing, however only
let
me depart.”
God
raised
up
an
adversary
to
him,
Rezon
the
son
of
Eliada,
who
had
fled
from
his
lord,
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah.
He
gathered
men
to
himself,
and
became
captain
over
a
troop,
when
David
killed
them
of Zobah.
They
went
to
Damascus
and
lived
there,
and
reigned
in
Damascus.
He
was
an
adversary
to
Israel
all
the
days
of
Solomon,
in
addition
to
the mischief
of
Hadad.
He
abhorred
Israel,
and
reigned
over
Syria.
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
an
Ephraimite
of
Zeredah,
a
servant
of
Solomon,
whose
mother’s
name
was
Zeruah,
a
widow,
also
lifted
up
his
hand
against
the
king.
This
was
the
reason
why
he
lifted
up
his
hand
against
the
king:
Solomon
built
Millo,
and repaired
the
breach
of
his
father
David’s
city.
The
man
Jeroboam
was
a
mighty
man
of
valor;
and
Solomon
saw
the
young
man
that
he
was industrious,
and
he
put
him
in
charge
of
all
the
labor
of
the
house
of
Joseph.
At
that
time,
when
Jeroboam
went
out
of
Jerusalem,
the
prophet
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
found
him
on
the
way.
Now
Ahijah
had clad
himself
with
a
new
garment;
and
the
two
of
them
were
alone
in
the
field.
Ahijah
took
the
new
garment
that
was
on
him,
and
tore
it
in
twelve
pieces.
He
said
to
Jeroboam, “Take
ten
pieces;
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
tear
the
kingdom
out
of
the
hand
of
Solomon
and
will
give
ten
tribes
to
you
(but
he
shall
have
one
tribe,
for
my
servant
David’s
sake
and
for
Jerusalem’s
sake,
the
city
which
I
have
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel),
because
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have
worshiped Ashtoreth
the
goddess
of
the
Sidonians,
Chemosh
the
god
of
Moab,
and
Milcom
the
god
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
They
have
not
walked
in
my
ways,
to
do
that
which
is
right
in
my
eyes,
and
to
keep
my
statutes
and
my
ordinances,
as
David
his
father
did.
“‘However,
I
will
not
take
the
whole
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
statutes,
but
I
will
take
the
kingdom
out
of
his
son’s
hand
and
will
give
it
to
you,
even
ten
tribes.
I
will
give
one
tribe
to
his
son,
that
David
my
servant
may
have
a
lamp
always
before
me
in
Jerusalem,
the
city
which
I
have
chosen
for myself
to
put
my
name
there.
I
will
take
you,
and
you
shall
reign
according
to
all
that
your
soul
desires,
and
shall
be
king
over
Israel.
It
shall
be,
if
you
will
listen
to
all
that
I
command
you,
and
will
walk
in
my
ways,
and
do
that
which
is
right
in
my
eyes,
to
keep
my
statutes
and
my
commandments,
as
David
my
servant
did,
that
I
will
be
with
you,
and
will
build
you
a
sure
house,
as
I
built
for
David,
and
will
give
Israel
to
you.
I
will
afflict
the
offspring
of
David
for
this,
but
not
forever.’”
Therefore
Solomon
sought
to
kill
Jeroboam,
but
Jeroboam
arose
and
fled
into
Egypt,
to
Shishak
king
of
Egypt,
and
was
in
Egypt
until
the
death
of
Solomon.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Solomon,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
wisdom, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
acts
of
Solomon?
The
time
that
Solomon
reigned
in
Jerusalem
over
all
Israel
was
forty
years.
Solomon
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
his
father
David’s
city;
and
Rehoboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Rehoboam
went
to
Shechem,
for
all
Israel
had
come
to
Shechem
to
make
him
king.
When
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
heard
of
it (for
he
was
yet
in
Egypt,
where
he
had
fled
from
the
presence
of
King
Solomon,
and
Jeroboam
lived
in
Egypt;
and
they
sent
and
called
him),
Jeroboam
and
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
came,
and
spoke
to
Rehoboam,
saying,
“Your
father
made
our
yoke
difficult.
Now
therefore
make
the
hard
service
of
your
father,
and
his
heavy
yoke
which
he
put
on
us,
lighter,
and
we
will
serve
you.”
He
said
to
them, “Depart
for
three
days,
then
come
back
to
me.”
So
the
people departed.
King
Rehoboam
took
counsel
with
the
old
men
who
had
stood
before
Solomon
his
father
while
he yet
lived,
saying, “What
counsel
do
you
give
me
to
answer
these
people?”
They
replied, “If
you
will
be
a
servant
to
this
people
today,
and
will
serve
them,
and
answer
them
with
good
words,
then
they
will
be
your
servants
forever.”
But
he
abandoned
the
counsel
of
the
old
men
which
they
had
given
him,
and
took
counsel
with
the
young
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him,
who
stood
before
him.
He
said
to
them, “What
counsel
do
you
give,
that
we
may
answer
these
people
who
have
spoken
to
me,
saying, ‘Make
the
yoke
that
your
father
put
on
us
lighter?’”
The
young
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him
said
to
him, “Tell
these
people
who
spoke
to
you,
saying, ‘Your
father
made
our
yoke
heavy,
but
make
it
lighter
to us’—
tell
them, ‘My
little
finger
is
thicker
than
my
father’s
waist.
Now
my
father burdened
you
with
a
heavy
yoke,
but
I
will
add
to
your
yoke.
My
father
chastised
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
chastise
you
with
scorpions.’”
So
Jeroboam
and
all
the
people
came
to
Rehoboam
the
third
day,
as
the
king
asked,
saying, “Come
to
me
again
the
third
day.”
The
king
answered
the
people roughly,
and
abandoned
the
counsel
of
the
old
men
which
they
had
given
him,
and
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
chastised
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
chastise
you
with
scorpions.”
So
the
king
didn’t
listen
to
the
people;
for
it
was
a
thing
brought
about
from
Yahweh,
that
he
might
establish
his
word,
which
Yahweh
spoke
by
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat.
When
all
Israel
saw
that
the
king
didn’t
listen
to
them,
the
people
answered
the
king,
saying, “What
portion
have
we
in
David?
We
don’t
have
an
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse.
To
your
tents,
Israel!
Now
see
to
your own
house,
David.”
So
Israel departed
to
their
tents.
But
as
for
the
children
of
Israel
who
lived
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
Rehoboam
reigned
over
them.
Then
King
Rehoboam
sent
Adoram,
who
was
over
the
men subject
to
forced
labor;
and
all
Israel
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones.
King
Rehoboam
hurried
to
get himself
up
to
his
chariot,
to
flee
to
Jerusalem.
So
Israel
rebelled
against
David’s
house
to
this
day.
When
all
Israel
heard
that
Jeroboam
had
returned,
they
sent
and
called
him
to
the
congregation,
and
made
him
king
over
all
Israel.
There
was
no
one
who
followed
David’s
house,
except
for
the
tribe
of
Judah
only.
When
Rehoboam
had
come
to
Jerusalem,
he
assembled
all
the
house
of
Judah
and
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
a
hundred
and
eighty
thousand chosen
men
who
were
warriors,
to
fight
against
the
house
of
Israel,
to
bring
the
kingdom
again
to
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon.
But
the
word
of
God
came
to
Shemaiah
the
man
of
God,
saying,
“Speak
to
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
king
of
Judah,
and
to
all
the
house
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
people,
saying,
‘Yahweh
says, “You
shall
not
go
up
or
fight
against
your
brothers,
the
children
of
Israel.
Everyone
return
to
his
house;
for
this
thing
is
from
me.”’”
So
they
listened
to
Yahweh’s
word,
and
returned
and
went
their
way,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
Then
Jeroboam
built
Shechem
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
lived
in
it;
and
he
went
out
from
there
and
built
Penuel.
Jeroboam
said
in
his
heart, “Now
the
kingdom
will
return
to
David’s
house.
If
this
people
goes
up
to
offer
sacrifices
in
Yahweh’s
house
at
Jerusalem,
then
the
heart
of
this
people
will
turn
again
to
their
lord,
even
to
Rehoboam
king
of
Judah;
and
they
will
kill
me,
and
return
to
Rehoboam
king
of
Judah.”
So
the
king
took
counsel,
and
made
two
calves
of
gold;
and
he
said
to
them, “It
is
too
much
for
you
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem.
Look
and
behold
your
gods,
Israel,
which
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt!”
He
set
the
one
in
Bethel,
and
the
other
he
put
in
Dan.
This
thing
became
a
sin,
for
the
people
went
even
as
far
as
Dan
to worship
before
the
one
there.
He
made
houses
of
high
places,
and
made
priests
from
among
all
the
people,
who
were
not
of
the
sons
of
Levi.
Jeroboam ordained
a
feast
in
the
eighth
month,
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
month,
like
the
feast
that
is
in
Judah,
and
he
went
up
to
the
altar.
He
did
so
in
Bethel,
sacrificing
to
the
calves
that
he
had
made,
and
he
placed
in
Bethel
the
priests
of
the
high
places
that
he
had
made.
He
went
up
to
the
altar
which
he
had
made
in
Bethel
on
the fifteenth
day
in
the
eighth
month,
even
in
the
month
which
he
had
devised
of
his own heart;
and
he ordained
a
feast
for
the
children
of
Israel,
and
went
up
to
the
altar
to
burn
incense.
Behold,
a
man
of
God
came
out
of
Judah
by
Yahweh’s
word
to
Bethel;
and
Jeroboam
was
standing
by
the
altar
to
burn
incense.
He
cried
against
the
altar
by
Yahweh’s
word,
and
said, “Altar!
Altar!
Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
a
son
will
be
born
to
David’s
house,
Josiah
by
name.
On
you
he
will
sacrifice
the
priests
of
the
high
places
who
burn
incense
on
you,
and
they
will
burn
men’s
bones
on
you.’”
He
gave
a
sign
the
same
day,
saying, “This
is
the
sign
which
Yahweh
has
spoken:
Behold,
the
altar
will
be
split
apart,
and
the
ashes
that
are
on
it
will
be
poured
out.”
When
the
king
heard
the
saying
of
the
man
of
God,
which
he
cried
against
the
altar
in
Bethel,
Jeroboam
put
out
his
hand
from
the
altar,
saying, “Seize
him!”
His
hand,
which
he
put
out
against
him,
dried
up,
so
that
he
could
not
draw
it
back
again
to
himself.
The
altar
was
also
split
apart,
and
the
ashes
poured
out
from
the
altar,
according
to
the
sign
which
the
man
of
God
had
given
by
Yahweh’s
word.
The
king
answered
the
man
of
God, “Now
intercede
for
the
favor
of
Yahweh
your
God,
and
pray
for
me,
that
my
hand
may
be
restored
me
again.”
The
man
of
God
interceded
with
Yahweh,
and
the
king’s
hand
was
restored
to
him
again,
and
became
as
it
was
before.
The
king
said
to
the
man
of
God, “Come
home
with
me
and
refresh
yourself,
and
I
will
give
you
a
reward.”
The
man
of
God
said
to
the
king, “Even
if
you
gave
me
half
of
your
house,
I
would
not
go
in
with
you,
neither
would
I
eat
bread
nor
drink
water
in
this
place;
for
so
was
it
commanded
me
by
Yahweh’s
word,
saying, ‘You
shall
eat
no
bread,
drink
no
water,
and
don’t
return
by
the
way
that
you
came.’”
So
he
went
another
way,
and
didn’t
return
by
the
way
that
he
came
to
Bethel.
Now
an
old
prophet
lived
in
Bethel,
and
one
of
his
sons
came
and
told
him
all
the
works
that
the
man
of
God
had
done
that
day
in
Bethel.
They
also
told
their
father
the
words
which
he
had
spoken
to
the
king.
Their
father
said
to
them, “Which
way
did
he
go?”
Now
his
sons
had
seen
which
way
the
man
of
God
went,
who
came
from
Judah.
He
said
to
his
sons, “Saddle
the
donkey
for
me.”
So
they
saddled
the
donkey
for
him;
and
he
rode
on
it.
He
went
after
the
man
of
God,
and
found
him
sitting
under
an
oak.
He
said
to
him, “Are
you
the
man
of
God
who
came
from
Judah?”
He
said, “I
am.”
Then
he
said
to
him, “Come
home
with
me
and
eat
bread.”
He
said, “I
may
not
return
with
you,
nor
go
in
with
you.
I
will
not
eat
bread
or
drink
water
with
you
in
this
place.
For
it
was
said
to
me
by
Yahweh’s
word, ‘You
shall
eat
no
bread
or
drink
water
there,
and
don’t
turn
again
to
go
by
the
way
that
you
came.’”
He
said
to
him, “I
also
am
a
prophet
as
you
are;
and
an
angel
spoke
to
me
by
Yahweh’s
word,
saying, ‘Bring
him
back
with
you
into
your
house,
that
he
may
eat
bread
and
drink
water.’”
He
lied
to
him.
So
he
went
back
with
him,
ate
bread
in
his
house,
and
drank
water.
As
they
sat
at
the
table,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
the
prophet
who
brought
him
back;
and
he
cried
out
to
the
man
of
God
who
came
from
Judah,
saying, “Yahweh
says, ‘Because
you
have
been
disobedient
to
Yahweh’s
word,
and
have
not
kept
the
commandment
which
Yahweh
your
God
commanded
you,
but
came
back,
and
have
eaten
bread
and
drank
water
in
the
place
of
which
he
said
to
you, “Eat
no
bread,
and
drink
no
water,”
your
body
will
not
come
to
the
tomb
of
your
fathers.’”
After
he
had
eaten
bread
and
after
he
drank,
he
saddled
the
donkey
for
the
prophet
whom
he
had
brought
back.
When he
had
gone,
a
lion
met
him
by
the
way
and
killed
him.
His
body
was
thrown
on
the
path,
and
the
donkey
stood
by
it.
The
lion also
stood
by
the
body.
Behold,
men
passed
by
and
saw
the
body
thrown
on
the
path,
and
the
lion
standing
by
the
body;
and
they
came
and
told
it
in
the
city
where
the
old
prophet
lived.
When
the
prophet
who
brought
him
back
from
the
way
heard
of
it,
he
said, “It
is
the
man
of
God
who
was
disobedient
to
Yahweh’s
word.
Therefore
Yahweh
has
delivered
him
to
the
lion,
which
has mauled
him
and slain
him,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
spoke
to
him.”
He
said
to
his
sons,
saying, “Saddle
the
donkey
for
me,”
and
they
saddled
it.
He went
and
found
his
body
thrown
on
the
path,
and
the
donkey
and
the
lion
standing
by
the
body.
The
lion
had
not
eaten
the
body
nor mauled
the
donkey.
The
prophet
took
up
the
body
of
the
man
of
God,
and
laid
it
on
the
donkey,
and
brought
it
back.
He
came
to
the
city
of
the
old
prophet
to
mourn,
and
to
bury
him.
He laid
his
body
in
his own
grave;
and
they
mourned
over
him, saying, “Alas,
my
brother!”
After
he
had
buried
him,
he
spoke
to
his
sons,
saying, “When
I
am
dead,
bury
me
in
the
tomb
in
which
the
man
of
God
is
buried.
Lay
my
bones
beside
his
bones.
For
the
saying
which
he
cried
by
Yahweh’s
word
against
the
altar
in
Bethel,
and
against
all
the
houses
of
the
high
places
which
are
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
will
surely
happen.”
After
this
thing,
Jeroboam
didn’t
turn
from
his
evil
way,
but
again
made
priests
of
the
high
places
from
among
all
the
people. Whoever wanted
to,
he consecrated
him,
that
there might
be
priests
of
the
high
places.
This
thing
became
sin
to
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
even
to
cut
it
off
and
to
destroy
it
from
off
the
surface
of
the
earth.
At
that
time
Abijah
the
son
of
Jeroboam became
sick.
Jeroboam
said
to
his
wife, “Please
get
up
and disguise
yourself,
so
that
you
won’t
be
recognized
as
Jeroboam’s
wife.
Go
to
Shiloh.
Behold,
Ahijah
the
prophet
is
there,
who
said
that
I
would
be
king
over
this
people.
Take
with
you
ten
loaves
of
bread,
some
cakes,
and
a
jar
of
honey,
and
go
to
him.
He
will
tell
you
what
will
become
of
the
child.”
Jeroboam’s
wife
did
so,
and
arose
and
went
to
Shiloh,
and
came
to Ahijah’s
house.
Now
Ahijah
could
not
see,
for
his
eyes
were
set
by
reason
of
his
age.
Yahweh
said
to
Ahijah, “Behold,
Jeroboam’s
wife
is
coming
to
inquire
of
you
concerning
her
son,
for
he
is
sick.
Tell
her
such
and
such;
for
it
will
be,
when
she
comes
in,
that
she
will pretend
to
be
another
woman.”
So
when
Ahijah
heard
the
sound
of
her
feet
as
she
came
in
at
the
door,
he
said, “Come
in,
Jeroboam’s
wife!
Why
do
you pretend
to
be
another?
For
I
am
sent
to
you
with heavy
news.
Go,
tell
Jeroboam, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: “Because
I
exalted
you
from
among
the
people,
and
made
you
prince
over
my
people
Israel,
and
tore
the
kingdom
away
from
David’s
house,
and
gave
it
you;
and
yet
you
have
not
been
as
my
servant
David,
who
kept
my
commandments,
and
who
followed
me
with
all
his
heart,
to
do
that
only
which
was
right
in
my
eyes,
but
have
done
evil
above
all
who
were
before
you,
and
have
gone
and
made
for yourself
other
gods, molten
images,
to
provoke
me
to
anger,
and
have
cast
me
behind
your
back,
therefore,
behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
and
will
cut
off
from
Jeroboam everyone
who urinates
on
a
wall,
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or, male
he
who
is
shut
up
and
he
who
is
left
at
large
in
Israel,
and
will
utterly sweep
away
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
as
a man sweeps
away
dung
until
it
is
all
gone.
The
dogs
will
eat
he
who belongs
to
Jeroboam
who
dies
in
the
city;
and
the
birds
of
the
sky
will
eat
he
who
dies
in
the
field,
for
Yahweh
has
spoken
it.”’
Arise
therefore,
and
go
to
your
house.
When
your
feet
enter
into
the
city,
the
child
will
die.
All
Israel
will
mourn
for
him
and
bury
him;
for
he
only
of
Jeroboam
will
come
to
the
grave,
because
in
him
there
is
found
some
good
thing
toward
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
in
the
house
of
Jeroboam.
Moreover
Yahweh
will
raise
up
a
king
for
himself
over
Israel
who
will
cut
off
the
house
of
Jeroboam.
This
is
the
day!
What?
Even
now.
For
Yahweh
will
strike
Israel,
as
a
reed
is
shaken
in
the
water;
and
he
will
root
up
Israel
out
of
this
good
land
which
he
gave
to
their
fathers,
and
will
scatter
them
beyond
the
River,
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That is, the Euphrates.
because
they
have
made
their
Asherah poles,
provoking
Yahweh
to
anger.
He
will
give
Israel
up
because
of
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
which
he
has
sinned,
and
with
which
he
has
made
Israel
to
sin.”
Jeroboam’s
wife
arose
and
departed,
and
came
to
Tirzah.
As
she
came
to
the threshold
of
the
house,
the
child
died.
All
Israel
buried
him
and
mourned
for
him,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant
Ahijah
the
prophet.
The
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jeroboam,
how
he
fought
and
how
he
reigned,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
The
days
which
Jeroboam
reigned
were
twenty
two
years;
then
he
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
Nadab
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
reigned
in
Judah.
Rehoboam
was forty-one
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
seventeen
years
in
Jerusalem,
the
city
which
Yahweh
had
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
to
put
his
name
there.
His
mother’s
name
was
Naamah
the
Ammonitess.
Judah
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
they
provoked
him
to
jealousy
with
their
sins
which
they
committed, above
all
that
their
fathers
had
done.
For
they
also
built
for
themselves
high
places, sacred
pillars,
and
Asherah poles
on
every
high
hill
and
under
every
green
tree.
There
were
also
sodomites
in
the
land.
They
did according
to
all
the
abominations
of
the
nations
which
Yahweh
drove
out
before
the
children
of
Israel.
In
the
fifth
year
of
King
Rehoboam,
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem;
and
he
took
away
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house.
He
even
took
away
all
of
it,
including
all
the
gold
shields
which
Solomon
had
made.
King
Rehoboam
made
shields
of
bronze
in
their
place,
and
committed
them
to
the
hands
of
the
captains
of
the
guard,
who
kept
the
door
of
the
king’s
house.
It
was
so,
that
as
often
as
the
king
went
into
Yahweh’s
house,
the
guard
bore
them,
and
brought
them
back
into
the
guard
room.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Rehoboam,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
There
was
war
between
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam
continually.
Rehoboam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
David’s
city.
His
mother’s
name
was
Naamah
the
Ammonitess.
Abijam
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Now
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
King
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
Abijam began
to
reign
over
Judah.
He
reigned
three
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Abishalom.
He walked
in
all
the
sins
of
his
father,
which
he
had
done
before
him;
and
his
heart
was
not
perfect
with
Yahweh
his
God,
as
the
heart
of
David
his
father.
Nevertheless
for
David’s
sake,
Yahweh
his
God
gave
him
a
lamp
in
Jerusalem,
to
set
up
his
son
after
him
and
to
establish
Jerusalem;
because
David
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
and
didn’t
turn
away
from
anything
that
he
commanded
him
all
the
days
of
his
life,
except
only
in
the
matter
of
Uriah
the
Hittite.
Now
there
was
war
between
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam
all
the
days
of
his
life.
The
rest
of
the
acts
of
Abijam,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
There
was
war
between
Abijam
and
Jeroboam.
Abijam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
David’s
city;
and
Asa
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the
twentieth
year
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
Asa began
to
reign
over
Judah.
He
reigned forty-one
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Abishalom.
Asa
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
as
David
his
father
did.
He
put
away
the
sodomites
out
of
the
land,
and
removed
all
the
idols
that
his
fathers
had
made.
He
also
removed
Maacah
his
mother
from
being
queen,
because
she
had
made
an abominable
image
for
an
Asherah.
Asa
cut
down
her
image
and
burned
it
at
the
brook
Kidron.
But
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away. Nevertheless
the
heart
of
Asa
was
perfect
with
Yahweh
all
his
days.
He
brought
into
Yahweh’s
house
the
things
that
his
father
had
dedicated,
and
the
things
that
he himself
had
dedicated:
silver,
gold,
and
utensils.
There
was
war
between
Asa
and
Baasha
king
of
Israel
all
their
days.
Baasha
king
of
Israel
went
up
against
Judah,
and
built
Ramah,
that
he
might
not
allow anyone
to
go
out
or
come
in
to
Asa
king
of
Judah.
Then
Asa
took
all
the
silver
and
the
gold
that
was
left
in
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
and
delivered
it
into
the
hand
of
his
servants.
Then
King
Asa
sent
them
to Ben Hadad,
the
son
of
Tabrimmon,
the
son
of
Hezion,
king
of
Syria,
who
lived
at
Damascus,
saying,
“Let
there
be
a
treaty
between
me
and
you,
like
that
between
my
father
and
your
father.
Behold,
I
have
sent
to
you
a
present
of
silver
and
gold.
Go,
break
your
treaty
with
Baasha
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
depart
from
me.”
Ben Hadad
listened
to
King
Asa,
and
sent
the
captains
of
his
armies
against
the
cities
of
Israel,
and
struck
Ijon,
and
Dan,
and
Abel Beth Maacah,
and
all
Chinneroth,
with
all
the
land
of
Naphtali.
When
Baasha
heard
of
it,
he
stopped
building
Ramah,
and
lived
in
Tirzah.
Then
King
Asa
made
a
proclamation
to
all
Judah.
No
one
was exempted.
They
carried
away
the
stones
of
Ramah,
and
its
timber,
with
which
Baasha
had
built;
and
King
Asa
used
it
to
build
Geba
of
Benjamin,
and
Mizpah.
Now
the
rest
of
all
the
acts
of
Asa,
and
all
his
might,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
the
cities
which
he
built, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
But
in
the
time
of
his
old
age
he
was diseased
in
his
feet.
Asa
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
his
father
David’s
city;
and
Jehoshaphat
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Nadab
the
son
of
Jeroboam began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
the
second
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah;
and
he
reigned
over
Israel
two
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and walked
in
the
way
of
his
father,
and
in
his
sin
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
Baasha
the
son
of
Ahijah,
of
the
house
of
Issachar,
conspired
against
him;
and
Baasha
struck
him
at
Gibbethon,
which belonged
to
the
Philistines;
for
Nadab
and
all
Israel
were
besieging
Gibbethon.
Even
in
the
third
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
Baasha
killed
him
and
reigned
in
his
place.
As soon
as
he
was
king,
he
struck
all
the
house
of
Jeroboam.
He
didn’t
leave
to
Jeroboam
any
who
breathed,
until
he
had
destroyed
him,
according
to
the
saying
of
Yahweh,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant
Ahijah
the
Shilonite;
for
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
which
he
sinned,
and
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
because
of
his provocation
with
which
he
provoked
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
to
anger.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Nadab,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
There
was
war
between
Asa
and
Baasha
king
of
Israel
all
their
days.
In
the
third
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
Baasha
the
son
of
Ahijah began
to
reign
over
all
Israel
in
Tirzah
for
twenty-four
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and walked
in
the
way
of
Jeroboam,
and
in
his
sin
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani
against
Baasha,
saying,
“Because
I
exalted
you
out
of
the
dust
and
made
you
prince
over
my
people
Israel,
and
you
have walked
in
the
way
of
Jeroboam
and
have
made
my
people
Israel
to
sin,
to
provoke
me
to
anger
with
their
sins,
behold,
I
will utterly sweep
away
Baasha
and
his
house;
and
I
will
make
your
house
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat.
The
dogs
will
eat
Baasha’s descendants
who
die
in
the
city;
and
he
who
dies
of
his
in
the
field,
the
birds
of
the
sky
will
eat.”
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Baasha,
and
what
he
did,
and
his
might, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Baasha
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
Tirzah;
and
Elah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
by
the
prophet
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani
against
Baasha
and
against
his
house,
both
because
of
all
the
evil
that
he
did
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
to
provoke
him
to
anger
with
the
work
of
his
hands,
in
being
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
and
because
he
struck
him.
In
the twenty-sixth
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
Elah
the
son
of
Baasha began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Tirzah
for two
years.
His
servant
Zimri,
captain
of
half
his
chariots,
conspired
against
him. Now
he
was
in
Tirzah,
drinking
himself
drunk
in
the
house
of
Arza,
who
was
over
the
household
in
Tirzah;
and
Zimri
went
in
and
struck
him
and
killed
him
in
the twenty-seventh
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
and
reigned
in
his
place.
When
he
began
to
reign,
as soon
as
he
sat
on
his
throne,
he
attacked
all
the
house
of
Baasha.
He
didn’t
leave
him
a single
one
who urinates
on
a
wall
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or, male
among
his
relatives
or
his
friends.
Thus
Zimri
destroyed
all
the
house
of
Baasha,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
spoke
against
Baasha
by
Jehu
the
prophet,
for
all
the
sins
of
Baasha,
and
the
sins
of
Elah
his
son,
which
they
sinned
and
with
which
they
made
Israel
to
sin,
to
provoke
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
to
anger
with
their
vanities.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Elah,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
In
the twenty-seventh
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
Zimri
reigned
seven
days
in
Tirzah.
Now
the
people
were
encamped
against
Gibbethon,
which belonged
to
the
Philistines.
The
people
who
were
encamped
heard
that
Zimri
had
conspired,
and
had
also
killed
the
king.
Therefore
all
Israel
made
Omri,
the
captain
of
the
army,
king
over
Israel
that
day
in
the
camp.
Omri
went
up
from
Gibbethon,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
and
they besieged
Tirzah.
When
Zimri
saw
that
the
city
was
taken,
he
went
into
the
fortified
part
of
the
king’s
house
and
burned
the
king’s
house
over
him
with
fire,
and
died,
for
his
sins
which
he
sinned
in
doing
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
in walking
in
the
way
of
Jeroboam,
and
in
his
sin
which
he
did
to
make
Israel
to
sin.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Zimri,
and
his
treason
that
he
committed, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Then
the
people
of
Israel
were
divided
into
two
parts:
half
of
the
people
followed
Tibni
the
son
of
Ginath,
to make
him
king,
and
half
followed
Omri.
But
the
people
who
followed
Omri
prevailed
against
the
people
who
followed
Tibni
the
son
of
Ginath;
so
Tibni
died,
and
Omri
reigned.
In
the thirty-first
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
Omri began
to
reign
over
Israel
for
twelve
years.
He
reigned
six
years
in
Tirzah.
He
bought
the
hill
Samaria
of
Shemer
for two
talents
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A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
of
silver;
and
he
built
on
the
hill,
and
called
the
name
of
the
city
which
he
built,
Samaria,
after
the
name
of
Shemer,
the
owner
of
the
hill.
Omri
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and dealt
wickedly
above
all
who
were
before
him.
For
he walked
in
all
the
way
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
and
in
his
sins
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
to
provoke
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
to
anger
with
their
vanities.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Omri
which
he
did,
and
his
might
that
he showed, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
So
Omri
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
Samaria;
and
Ahab
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the thirty-eighth
year
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
Ahab
the
son
of
Omri began
to
reign
over
Israel.
Ahab
the
son
of
Omri
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
twenty-two
years.
Ahab
the
son
of
Omri
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight
above
all
that
were
before
him.
As
if
it
had
been
a
light
thing
for
him
to walk
in
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
he
took
as
wife
Jezebel
the
daughter
of
Ethbaal
king
of
the
Sidonians,
and
went
and
served
Baal
and
worshiped
him.
He
raised
up
an
altar
for
Baal
in
the
house
of
Baal,
which
he
had
built
in
Samaria.
Ahab
made
the
Asherah;
and
Ahab
did
more
yet
to
provoke
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
to
anger
than
all
the
kings
of
Israel
who
were
before
him.
In
his
days
Hiel
the
Bethelite
built
Jericho.
He
laid
its
foundation
with
the loss
of
Abiram
his
firstborn,
and
set
up
its
gates
with
the loss
of
his
youngest
son
Segub,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
which
he
spoke
by
Joshua
the
son
of
Nun.
Elijah
the Tishbite,
who
was
one
of
the
settlers
of
Gilead,
said
to
Ahab, “As
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
lives,
before
whom
I
stand,
there
shall
not
be
dew
nor
rain
these
years,
but
according
to
my
word.”
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
him,
saying,
“Go
away
from
here,
turn
eastward,
and
hide
yourself
by
the
brook
Cherith,
that
is
before
the
Jordan.
You shall
drink
from
the
brook.
I
have
commanded
the
ravens
to feed
you
there.”
So
he
went
and
did
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
for
he
went
and
lived
by
the
brook
Cherith
that
is
before
the
Jordan.
The
ravens
brought
him
bread
and
meat
in
the
morning,
and
bread
and
meat
in
the
evening;
and
he
drank
from
the
brook.
After
a
while,
the
brook
dried
up,
because
there
was
no
rain
in
the
land.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
him,
saying,
“Arise,
go
to
Zarephath,
which belongs
to
Sidon,
and
stay
there.
Behold,
I
have
commanded
a
widow
there
to
sustain
you.”
So
he
arose
and
went
to
Zarephath;
and
when
he
came
to
the
gate
of
the
city,
behold,
a
widow
was
there
gathering
sticks.
He
called
to
her
and
said, “Please
get
me
a
little
water
in
a
jar,
that
I
may
drink.”
As
she
was going
to
get
it,
he
called
to
her
and
said, “Please
bring
me
a
morsel
of
bread
in
your
hand.”
She
said, “As
Yahweh
your
God
lives,
I don’t
have
anything baked,
but
only
a handful
of
meal
in
a
jar
and
a
little
oil
in
a
jar.
Behold,
I
am
gathering
two
sticks,
that
I
may
go
in
and bake
it
for
me
and
my
son,
that
we
may
eat
it,
and
die.”
Elijah
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid.
Go
and
do
as
you
have
said;
but
make
me
a
little
cake
from
it
first,
and
bring
it
out
to
me,
and
afterward
make
some
for
you
and
for
your
son.
For
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘The
jar
of
meal
will
not
run
out,
and
the
jar
of
oil
will
not
fail,
until
the
day
that
Yahweh
sends
rain
on
the
earth.’”
She
went
and
did according
to
the
saying
of
Elijah;
and
she,
he,
and
her
household
ate many
days.
The
jar
of
meal
didn’t run
out
and
the
jar
of
oil
didn’t
fail,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
which
he
spoke
by
Elijah.
After
these
things,
the
son
of
the
woman,
the
mistress
of
the
house,
became
sick;
and
his
sickness
was
so
severe
that
there
was
no
breath
left
in
him.
She
said
to
Elijah, “What
have
I
to
do
with
you,
you
man
of
God?
You
have
come
to
me
to
bring
my
sin
to memory,
and
to
kill
my
son!”
He
said
to
her, “Give
me
your
son.”
He
took
him
out
of
her
bosom,
and
carried
him
up
into
the
room
where
he
stayed,
and
laid
him
on
his own
bed.
He
cried
to
Yahweh
and
said, “Yahweh
my
God,
have
you
also brought
evil
on
the
widow
with
whom
I
am
staying,
by
killing
her
son?”
He
stretched
himself
on
the
child
three
times,
and
cried
to
Yahweh
and
said, “Yahweh
my
God,
please
let
this
child’s
soul
come
into
him
again.”
Yahweh
listened
to
the
voice
of
Elijah;
and
the
soul
of
the
child
came
into
him
again,
and
he
revived.
Elijah
took
the
child
and
brought
him
down
out
of
the
room
into
the
house,
and
delivered
him
to
his
mother;
and
Elijah
said, “Behold,
your
son
lives.”
The
woman
said
to
Elijah, “Now
I
know
that
you
are
a
man
of
God,
and
that
Yahweh’s
word
in
your
mouth
is
truth.”
After
many
days,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Elijah,
in
the
third
year,
saying, “Go,
show
yourself
to
Ahab;
and
I
will
send
rain
on
the
earth.”
Elijah
went
to
show
himself
to
Ahab.
The
famine
was
severe
in
Samaria.
Ahab
called
Obadiah,
who
was
over
the
household. (Now
Obadiah feared
Yahweh
greatly;
for
when
Jezebel
cut
off
Yahweh’s
prophets,
Obadiah
took
one
hundred
prophets,
and
hid
them
fifty
to
a
cave,
and fed
them
with
bread
and
water.)
Ahab
said
to
Obadiah, “Go
through
the
land,
to
all
the
springs
of
water,
and
to
all
the brooks.
Perhaps
we
may
find
grass
and save
the
horses
and
mules
alive,
that
we
not lose
all
the
animals.”
So
they
divided
the
land
between
them
to
pass
throughout
it.
Ahab
went
one
way
by
himself,
and
Obadiah
went
another
way
by
himself.
As
Obadiah
was
on
the
way,
behold,
Elijah
met
him.
He
recognized
him,
and
fell
on
his
face,
and
said, “Is
it
you,
my
lord
Elijah?”
He
answered
him, “It
is
I.
Go,
tell
your
lord, ‘Behold,
Elijah
is
here!’”
He
said, “How
have
I
sinned,
that
you
would
deliver
your
servant
into
the
hand
of
Ahab,
to
kill
me?
As
Yahweh
your
God
lives,
there
is
no
nation
or
kingdom
where
my
lord
has
not
sent
to
seek
you.
When
they
said, ‘He
is
not
here,’
he
took
an
oath
of
the
kingdom
and
nation
that
they
didn’t
find
you.
Now
you
say, ‘Go,
tell
your
lord, “Behold,
Elijah
is
here.”’
It
will
happen,
as soon
as
I leave
you,
that
Yahweh’s
Spirit
will
carry
you
I
don’t
know
where;
and
so
when
I
come
and
tell
Ahab,
and
he
can’t
find
you,
he
will
kill
me.
But
I,
your
servant,
have
feared
Yahweh
from
my
youth.
Wasn’t
it
told
my
lord
what
I
did
when
Jezebel
killed
Yahweh’s
prophets,
how
I
hid
one
hundred
men
of
Yahweh’s
prophets
with
fifty
to
a
cave,
and fed
them
with
bread
and
water?
Now
you
say, ‘Go,
tell
your
lord, “Behold,
Elijah
is
here”.’
He
will
kill
me.”
Elijah
said, “As
Yahweh
of
Armies
lives,
before
whom
I
stand,
I
will
surely
show myself
to
him
today.”
So
Obadiah
went
to
meet
Ahab,
and
told
him;
and
Ahab
went
to
meet
Elijah.
When
Ahab
saw
Elijah,
Ahab
said
to
him, “Is
that
you,
you
troubler
of
Israel?”
He
answered, “I
have
not
troubled
Israel,
but
you
and
your
father’s
house,
in
that
you
have forsaken
Yahweh’s
commandments
and
you
have
followed
the
Baals.
Now
therefore
send,
and
gather
to
me
all
Israel
to
Mount
Carmel,
and
four
hundred
fifty
of
the
prophets
of
Baal,
and
four
hundred
of
the
prophets
of
the
Asherah,
who
eat
at
Jezebel’s
table.”
So
Ahab
sent
to
all
the
children
of
Israel,
and
gathered
the
prophets
together
to
Mount
Carmel.
Elijah
came
near
to
all
the
people,
and
said, “How
long
will
you waver
between
the
two sides?
If
Yahweh
is
God,
follow
him;
but
if
Baal,
then
follow
him.”
The
people
didn’t
say
a
word.
Then
Elijah
said
to
the
people, “I, even
I
only,
am
left
as
a
prophet
of
Yahweh;
but Baal’s
prophets
are
four
hundred
fifty
men.
Let
them therefore
give
us
two
bulls;
and
let
them
choose
one
bull
for
themselves,
and
cut
it
in
pieces,
and
lay
it
on
the
wood,
and
put
no
fire
under;
and
I
will dress
the
other
bull,
and
lay
it
on
the
wood,
and
put
no
fire
under
it.
You
call
on
the
name
of
your
god,
and
I
will
call
on
Yahweh’s
name.
The
God
who
answers
by
fire,
let
him
be
God.”
All
the
people
answered, “What
you
say
is
good.”
Elijah
said
to
the
prophets
of
Baal, “Choose
one
bull
for
yourselves,
and dress
it
first,
for
you
are
many;
and
call
on
the
name
of
your
god,
but
put
no
fire under
it.”
They
took
the
bull
which
was
given
them,
and
they dressed
it,
and
called
on
the
name
of
Baal
from
morning
even
until
noon,
saying, “Baal,
hear
us!”
But
there
was
no
voice,
and nobody
answered.
They leaped
about
the
altar
which
was
made.
At
noon,
Elijah
mocked
them,
and
said, “Cry aloud,
for
he
is
a
god.
Either
he
is
deep
in
thought,
or
he
has
gone somewhere,
or
he
is
on
a
journey,
or
perhaps
he sleeps
and must
be
awakened.”
They
cried aloud,
and
cut
themselves
in
their
way
with
knives
and
lances
until
the
blood
gushed
out
on
them.
When midday
was past,
they
prophesied
until
the
time
of
the evening
offering;
but
there
was
no
voice,
no
answer,
and nobody
paid
attention.
Elijah
said
to
all
the
people, “Come
near
to
me!”;
and
all
the
people
came
near
to
him.
He
repaired
Yahweh’s
altar
that
had
been
thrown
down.
Elijah
took
twelve
stones,
according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
the
sons
of
Jacob,
to
whom
Yahweh’s
word
came,
saying, “Israel
shall
be
your
name.”
With
the
stones
he
built
an
altar
in
Yahweh’s
name.
He
made
a trench
around
the
altar
large
enough
to contain
two
seahs
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1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
of
seed.
He
put
the
wood
in order,
and
cut
the
bull
in
pieces
and
laid
it
on
the
wood.
He said, “Fill four jars
with water,
and pour
it
on
the burnt offering
and
on
the
wood.”
He
said, “Do
it
a
second
time;”
and
they
did
it
the
second
time.
He
said, “Do
it
a
third
time;”
and
they
did
it
the
third
time.
The
water ran
around
the
altar;
and
he
also
filled
the trench
with
water.
At
the
time
of
the evening
offering,
Elijah
the
prophet
came
near
and
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Abraham,
of
Isaac,
and
of
Israel,
let
it
be
known
today
that
you
are
God
in
Israel
and
that
I
am
your
servant,
and
that
I
have
done
all
these
things
at
your
word.
Hear
me,
Yahweh, hear
me,
that
this
people
may
know
that
you,
Yahweh,
are
God,
and
that
you
have
turned
their
heart
back
again.”
Then
Yahweh’s
fire
fell
and
consumed
the
burnt
offering,
the
wood,
the
stones,
and
the
dust;
and
it
licked
up
the
water
that
was
in
the trench.
When
all
the
people
saw
it,
they
fell
on
their
faces.
They
said, “Yahweh,
he
is
God!
Yahweh,
he
is
God!”
Elijah
said
to
them, “Seize
the
prophets
of
Baal!
Don’t
let
one
of
them
escape!”
They
seized
them;
and
Elijah
brought
them
down
to
the
brook
Kishon,
and
killed
them
there.
Elijah
said
to
Ahab, “Get
up,
eat
and
drink;
for
there
is
the
sound
of
abundance
of
rain.”
So
Ahab
went
up
to
eat
and
to
drink.
Elijah
went
up
to
the
top
of
Carmel;
and
he bowed
himself
down
on
the
earth,
and
put
his
face
between
his
knees.
He
said
to
his
servant, “Go
up
now
and
look
toward
the
sea.”
He
went
up
and
looked,
then
said, “There
is
nothing.”
He
said, “Go
again”
seven
times.
On
the
seventh
time,
he
said, “Behold,
a
small
cloud,
like
a
man’s
hand,
is
rising
out
of
the
sea.”
He
said, “Go
up,
tell
Ahab, ‘Get
ready
and
go
down,
so
that
the
rain
doesn’t
stop
you.’”
In
a little
while,
the
sky
grew
black
with
clouds
and
wind,
and
there
was
a
great
rain.
Ahab
rode,
and
went
to
Jezreel.
Yahweh’s
hand
was
on
Elijah;
and
he tucked
his cloak
into
his belt
and
ran
before
Ahab
to
the
entrance
of
Jezreel.
Ahab
told
Jezebel
all
that
Elijah
had
done,
and
how
he
had
killed
all
the
prophets
with
the
sword.
Then
Jezebel
sent
a
messenger
to
Elijah,
saying, “So
let
the
gods
do
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
I don’t
make
your
life
as
the
life
of
one
of
them
by
tomorrow
about
this
time!”
When
he
saw
that,
he
arose
and ran
for
his
life,
and
came
to
Beersheba,
which belongs
to
Judah,
and
left
his
servant
there.
But
he
himself
went
a
day’s
journey
into
the
wilderness,
and
came
and
sat
down
under
a
juniper
tree.
Then
he
requested
for
himself
that
he
might
die,
and
said, “It
is
enough.
Now,
O
Yahweh,
take
away
my
life;
for
I
am
not
better
than
my
fathers.”
He
lay
down
and
slept
under
a
juniper
tree;
and
behold,
an
angel
touched
him,
and
said
to
him, “Arise
and
eat!”
He
looked,
and
behold,
there
was
at
his
head
a
cake baked
on
the coals,
and
a
jar
of
water.
He
ate
and
drank,
and
lay
down
again.
Yahweh’s
angel
came
again
the
second
time,
and
touched
him,
and
said, “Arise
and
eat,
because
the
journey
is
too
great
for
you.”
He
arose,
and
ate
and
drank,
and
went
in
the
strength
of
that
food
forty
days
and
forty
nights
to
Horeb,
God’s
Mountain.
He
came
to
a
cave
there,
and camped
there;
and
behold,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
him,
and
he
said
to
him, “What
are
you doing
here,
Elijah?”
He
said, “I
have
been
very
jealous
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies;
for
the
children
of
Israel
have forsaken
your
covenant,
thrown
down
your
altars,
and
killed
your
prophets
with
the
sword.
I,
even
I
only,
am
left;
and
they
seek
my
life,
to
take
it
away.”
He
said, “Go
out
and
stand
on
the
mountain
before
Yahweh.”
Behold,
Yahweh
passed
by,
and
a
great
and
strong
wind
tore
the
mountains
and
broke
in
pieces
the
rocks
before
Yahweh;
but
Yahweh
was
not
in
the
wind.
After
the
wind
there
was
an
earthquake;
but
Yahweh
was
not
in
the
earthquake.
After
the
earthquake
a
fire
passed;
but
Yahweh
was
not
in
the
fire.
After
the
fire,
there
was
a
still small
voice.
When
Elijah
heard
it,
he
wrapped
his
face
in
his
mantle,
went
out,
and
stood
in
the
entrance
of
the
cave.
Behold,
a
voice
came
to
him,
and
said, “What
are
you
doing
here,
Elijah?”
He
said, “I
have
been
very
jealous
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies;
for
the
children
of
Israel
have forsaken
your
covenant,
thrown
down
your
altars,
and
killed
your
prophets
with
the
sword.
I,
even
I
only,
am
left;
and
they
seek
my
life,
to
take
it
away.”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Go,
return
on
your
way
to
the
wilderness
of
Damascus.
When
you
arrive,
anoint
Hazael
to
be
king
over
Syria.
Anoint
Jehu
the
son
of
Nimshi
to
be
king
over
Israel;
and
anoint
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat
of Abel Meholah
to
be
prophet
in
your
place.
He who
escapes
from
the
sword
of
Hazael,
Jehu
will
kill;
and
he who
escapes
from
the
sword
of
Jehu,
Elisha
will
kill.
Yet
I
reserved
seven
thousand
in
Israel,
all
the
knees
of
which
have
not
bowed
to
Baal,
and
every
mouth
which
has
not
kissed
him.”
So
he departed
from
there
and
found
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat,
who
was
plowing
with
twelve
yoke
of oxen
before
him,
and
he
with
the twelfth.
Elijah
went
over
to
him
and put
his
mantle
on
him.
Elisha
left
the
oxen
and
ran
after
Elijah,
and
said, “Let
me
please kiss
my
father
and
my
mother,
and
then
I
will
follow
you.”
He
said
to
him, “Go
back
again;
for
what
have
I
done
to
you?”
He
returned
from
following
him,
and
took
the
yoke
of
oxen, killed
them,
and
boiled
their
meat
with
the oxen’s
equipment,
and
gave
to
the
people;
and
they
ate.
Then
he
arose,
and
went
after
Elijah,
and
served
him.
Ben Hadad
the
king
of
Syria
gathered
all
his
army
together;
and
there
were thirty-two
kings
with
him,
with
horses
and
chariots.
He
went
up
and besieged
Samaria,
and
fought
against
it.
He
sent
messengers
into
the
city
to
Ahab
king
of
Israel
and
said
to
him, “Ben Hadad says,
‘Your
silver
and
your
gold
are mine.
Your
wives
also
and
your
children,
even
the
best,
are mine.’”
The
king
of
Israel
answered, “It
is according
to
your
saying,
my
lord,
O
king.
I
am yours,
and
all
that
I
have.”
The
messengers
came
again
and
said, “Ben Hadad
says, ‘I
sent
indeed
to
you,
saying, “You
shall
deliver
me
your
silver,
your
gold,
your
wives,
and
your
children;
but
I
will
send
my
servants
to
you
tomorrow
about
this
time,
and
they
will
search
your
house
and
the
houses
of
your
servants.
Whatever
is
pleasant
in
your
eyes,
they
will
put
it
in
their
hand,
and
take
it
away.”’”
Then
the
king
of
Israel
called
all
the
elders
of
the
land,
and
said, “Please
notice
how
this
man
seeks mischief;
for
he
sent
to
me
for
my
wives,
and
for
my
children,
and
for
my
silver,
and
for
my
gold;
and
I
didn’t
deny
him.”
All
the
elders
and
all
the
people
said
to
him, “Don’t
listen,
and
don’t
consent.”
Therefore
he
said
to
the
messengers
of Ben Hadad, “Tell
my
lord
the
king, ‘All
that
you
sent
for
to
your
servant
at
the
first
I
will
do,
but
this
thing
I
cannot
do.’”
The
messengers departed
and
brought
him
back
the
message.
Ben Hadad
sent
to
him,
and
said, “The
gods
do
so
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
the
dust
of
Samaria
will
be
enough
for
handfuls
for
all
the
people
who
follow
me.”
The
king
of
Israel
answered, “Tell
him, ‘Don’t
let
him
who puts
on
his armor brag
like
he
who takes
it
off.’”
When Ben Hadad
heard
this
message
as
he
was
drinking,
he
and
the
kings
in
the pavilions,
he
said
to
his
servants, “Prepare
to attack!”
So
they prepared
to attack
the
city.
Behold,
a
prophet
came
near
to
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
and
said, “Yahweh
says, ‘Have
you
seen
all
this
great
multitude?
Behold,
I
will
deliver
it
into
your
hand
today.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
Ahab
said, “By
whom?”
He
said, “Yahweh
says, ‘By
the
young
men
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces.’”
Then
he
said, “Who
shall
begin
the
battle?”
He
answered, “You.”
Then
he
mustered
the
young
men
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces,
and
they
were
two
hundred
and thirty-two.
After
them,
he
mustered
all
the
people,
even
all
the
children
of
Israel,
being
seven
thousand.
They
went
out
at
noon.
But Ben Hadad
was
drinking
himself
drunk
in
the pavilions,
he
and
the
kings,
the thirty-two
kings
who
helped
him.
The
young
men
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces
went
out
first;
and Ben Hadad
sent
out,
and
they
told
him,
saying, “Men
are
coming
out
from
Samaria.”
He
said, “If
they
have
come
out
for
peace,
take
them
alive;
or
if
they
have
come
out
for
war,
take
them
alive.”
So
these
went
out
of
the
city,
the
young
men
of
the
princes
of
the
provinces,
and
the
army
which
followed
them.
They
each
killed
his
man.
The Syrians
fled,
and
Israel
pursued
them. Ben Hadad
the
king
of
Syria
escaped
on
a
horse
with
horsemen.
The
king
of
Israel
went
out
and
struck
the
horses
and
chariots,
and
killed
the Syrians
with
a
great
slaughter.
The
prophet
came
near
to
the
king
of
Israel
and
said
to
him, “Go,
strengthen
yourself,
and
plan
what
you
must
do,
for
at
the
return
of
the
year,
the
king
of
Syria
will
come
up
against
you.”
The
servants
of
the
king
of
Syria
said
to
him, “Their
god
is
a
god
of
the
hills;
therefore
they
were
stronger
than
we.
But let’s
fight
against
them
in
the
plain,
and
surely
we
will
be
stronger
than
they.
Do
this
thing:
take
the
kings
away,
every
man
out
of
his
place,
and
put
captains
in
their
place.
Muster
an
army
like
the
army
that
you
have
lost,
horse
for
horse
and
chariot
for
chariot.
We
will
fight
against
them
in
the
plain,
and
surely
we
will
be
stronger
than
they
are.”
He
listened
to
their
voice
and
did
so.
At
the
return
of
the
year, Ben Hadad
mustered
the Syrians
and
went
up
to
Aphek
to
fight
against
Israel.
The
children
of
Israel
were
mustered
and
given provisions,
and
went
against
them.
The
children
of
Israel
encamped
before
them
like
two
little
flocks
of
young
goats, but
the Syrians
filled
the
country.
A
man
of
God
came
near
and
spoke
to
the
king
of
Israel,
and
said, “Yahweh
says, ‘Because
the Syrians
have
said, “Yahweh
is
a
god
of
the
hills,
but
he
is
not
a
god
of
the
valleys,”
therefore
I
will
deliver
all
this
great
multitude
into
your
hand,
and
you
shall
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
They
encamped
opposite
each
other
for
seven
days.
Then
on
the
seventh
day
the
battle
was
joined;
and
the
children
of
Israel
killed
one
hundred
thousand
footmen
of
the Syrians
in
one
day.
But
the
rest
fled
to
Aphek,
into
the
city;
and
the
wall
fell
on twenty-seven
thousand
men
who
were
left. Ben Hadad
fled
and
came
into
the
city,
into
an
inner
room.
His
servants
said
to
him, “See
now,
we
have
heard
that
the
kings
of
the
house
of
Israel
are merciful
kings.
Please
let
us
put
sackcloth
on
our bodies
and
ropes
on
our
heads,
and
go
out
to
the
king
of
Israel.
Maybe
he
will
save
your
life.”
So
they
put
sackcloth
on
their bodies
and
ropes
on
their
heads,
and
came
to
the
king
of
Israel,
and
said, “Your
servant Ben Hadad
says, ‘Please
let
me
live.’”
He
said, “Is
he
still
alive?
He
is
my
brother.”
Now
the
men observed diligently
and
hurried
to
take
this phrase;
and
they
said, “Your
brother Ben Hadad.”
Then
he
said, “Go,
bring
him.”
Then Ben Hadad
came
out
to
him;
and
he caused
him
to
come
up
into
the
chariot.
Ben Hadad
said
to
him, “The
cities
which
my
father
took
from
your
father
I
will
restore.
You
shall
make
streets
for
yourself
in
Damascus,
as
my
father
made
in
Samaria.”
“I”,
said
Ahab, “will
let
you
go
with
this
covenant.”
So
he
made
a
covenant
with
him
and
let
him
go.
A
certain
man
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
said
to
his
fellow
by
Yahweh’s
word, “Please
strike
me!”
The
man
refused
to
strike
him.
Then
he
said
to
him, “Because
you
have
not
obeyed
Yahweh’s
voice,
behold,
as soon
as
you
have
departed
from
me,
a
lion
will
kill
you.”
As soon
as
he
had
departed
from
him,
a
lion
found
him
and
killed
him.
Then
he
found
another
man,
and
said, “Please
strike
me.”
The
man
struck
him
and
wounded
him.
So
the
prophet departed
and
waited
for
the
king
by
the
way,
and
disguised himself
with
his headband
over
his
eyes.
As
the
king
passed
by,
he
cried
to
the
king,
and
he
said, “Your
servant
went
out
into
the
middle
of
the
battle;
and
behold,
a
man
came
over
and
brought
a
man
to
me,
and
said, ‘Guard
this
man!
If
by
any
means
he
is
missing,
then
your
life
shall
be
for
his
life,
or
else
you
shall
pay
a
talent
20:39
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
of
silver.’
As
your
servant
was busy
here
and
there,
he
was
gone.”
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
him, “So
shall
your
judgment
be.
You
yourself
have
decided
it.”
He
hurried,
and
took
the headband
away
from
his
eyes;
and
the
king
of
Israel
recognized
that
he
was
one
of
the
prophets.
He
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Because
you
have
let
go
out
of
your
hand
the
man whom
I
had
devoted
to destruction,
therefore
your
life
will
take
the
place
of
his
life,
and
your
people
take
the
place
of
his
people.’”
The
king
of
Israel
went
to
his
house
sullen
and angry,
and
came
to
Samaria.
After
these
things,
Naboth
the
Jezreelite
had
a
vineyard
which
was
in
Jezreel, next
to
the
palace
of
Ahab
king
of
Samaria.
Ahab
spoke
to
Naboth,
saying, “Give
me
your
vineyard,
that
I
may
have
it
for
a
garden
of herbs,
because
it
is
near
my
house;
and
I
will
give
you
for
it
a
better
vineyard
than
it.
Or,
if
it
seems
good
to
you,
I
will
give
you
its worth
in
money.”
Naboth
said
to
Ahab, “May
Yahweh
forbid
me,
that
I
should
give
the
inheritance
of
my
fathers
to
you!”
Ahab
came
into
his
house
sullen
and angry
because
of
the
word
which
Naboth
the
Jezreelite
had
spoken
to
him,
for
he
had
said, “I
will
not
give
you
the
inheritance
of
my
fathers.”
He
laid
himself
down
on
his
bed,
and
turned
away
his
face,
and
would
eat
no
bread.
But
Jezebel
his
wife
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “Why
is
your
spirit
so sad
that
you
eat
no
bread?”
He
said
to
her, “Because
I
spoke
to
Naboth
the
Jezreelite,
and
said
to
him, ‘Give
me
your
vineyard
for
money;
or
else,
if
it
pleases
you,
I
will
give
you
another
vineyard
for
it.’
He
answered, ‘I
will
not
give
you
my
vineyard.’”
Jezebel
his
wife
said
to
him, “Do
you
now govern
the
kingdom
of
Israel?
Arise,
and
eat
bread,
and
let
your
heart
be
merry.
I
will
give
you
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite.”
So
she
wrote
letters
in
Ahab’s
name
and
sealed
them
with
his
seal,
and
sent
the
letters
to
the
elders
and
to
the
nobles
who
were
in
his
city,
who
lived
with
Naboth.
She
wrote
in
the
letters,
saying, “Proclaim
a
fast,
and
set
Naboth
on high
among
the
people.
Set
two
men,
wicked
fellows,
before
him,
and let
them testify
against
him,
saying, ‘You
cursed
God
and
the
king!’
Then
carry
him
out,
and
stone
him
to
death.”
The
men
of
his
city,
even
the
elders
and
the
nobles
who
lived
in
his
city,
did
as
Jezebel
had instructed
them
in
the
letters
which
she
had
written
and
sent
to
them.
They
proclaimed
a
fast,
and
set
Naboth
on high
among
the
people.
The
two
men,
the
wicked
fellows,
came
in
and
sat
before
him.
The
wicked
fellows
testified
against
him,
even
against
Naboth,
in
the
presence
of
the
people,
saying, “Naboth
cursed
God
and
the
king!”
Then
they
carried
him
out
of
the
city
and
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones.
Then
they
sent
to
Jezebel,
saying, “Naboth has been
stoned
and
is
dead.”
When
Jezebel
heard
that
Naboth
had
been
stoned
and
was
dead,
Jezebel
said
to
Ahab, “Arise,
take
possession
of
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite,
which
he
refused
to
give
you
for
money;
for
Naboth
is
not
alive,
but
dead.”
When
Ahab
heard
that
Naboth
was
dead,
Ahab
rose
up
to
go
down
to
the
vineyard
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite,
to
take
possession
of
it.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Elijah
the Tishbite,
saying,
“Arise,
go
down
to
meet
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
who dwells
in
Samaria.
Behold,
he
is
in
the
vineyard
of
Naboth,
where
he
has
gone
down
to
take
possession
of
it.
You
shall
speak
to
him,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says, “Have
you
killed
and
also
taken
possession?”’
You
shall
speak
to
him,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says, “In
the
place
where
dogs
licked
the
blood
of
Naboth,
dogs
will
lick
your
blood,
even
yours.”’”
Ahab
said
to
Elijah, “Have
you
found
me,
my
enemy?”
He
answered, “I
have
found
you,
because
you
have
sold
yourself
to
do
that
which
is
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
you,
and
will utterly sweep
you
away
and
will
cut
off
from
Ahab everyone
who urinates
against
a
wall,
21:21
or, male
and
him
who
is
shut
up
and
him
who
is
left
at large
in
Israel.
I
will
make
your
house
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
and
like
the
house
of
Baasha
the
son
of
Ahijah,
for
the provocation
with
which
you
have
provoked
me
to
anger,
and
have
made
Israel
to
sin.”
Yahweh
also
spoke
of
Jezebel,
saying, “The
dogs
will
eat
Jezebel
by
the rampart
of
Jezreel.
The
dogs
will
eat
he who
dies
of
Ahab
in
the
city;
and
the
birds
of
the
sky
will
eat
he who
dies
in
the
field.”
But
there
was
no
one
like
Ahab,
who
sold
himself
to
do
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
whom
Jezebel
his
wife
stirred
up.
He
did
very
abominably
in
following
idols,
according
to
all
that
the
Amorites
did,
whom
Yahweh
cast
out
before
the
children
of
Israel.
When
Ahab
heard
those
words,
he
tore
his
clothes,
put
sackcloth
on
his
body,
fasted,
lay
in
sackcloth,
and
went
about
despondently.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Elijah
the Tishbite,
saying,
“See
how
Ahab humbles
himself
before
me?
Because
he humbles
himself
before
me,
I
will
not
bring
the
evil
in
his
days;
but
I
will
bring
the
evil
on
his
house
in
his
son’s
day.”
They continued
three
years
without
war
between
Syria
and
Israel.
In
the
third
year,
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
came
down
to
the
king
of
Israel.
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
his
servants, “You
know
that
Ramoth
Gilead
is ours,
and
we
do
nothing,
and don’t
take
it
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Syria?”
He
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “Will
you go
with
me
to
battle
to
Ramoth
Gilead?”
Jehoshaphat
said
to
the
king
of
Israel, “I am
as
you
are,
my
people
as
your
people,
my
horses
as
your
horses.”
Jehoshaphat
said
to
the
king
of
Israel, “Please
inquire
first
for
Yahweh’s
word.”
Then
the
king
of
Israel
gathered
the
prophets
together,
about
four
hundred
men,
and
said
to
them, “Should
I
go
against
Ramoth
Gilead
to
battle,
or
should
I
refrain?”
They
said, “Go
up;
for
the
Lord
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.”
But
Jehoshaphat
said, “Isn’t
there
here
a
prophet
of
Yahweh,
that we
may
inquire
of
him?”
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “There
is
yet
one
man
by
whom
we
may
inquire
of
Yahweh,
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imlah;
but
I
hate
him,
for
he
does
not
prophesy
good
concerning
me,
but
evil.”
Jehoshaphat
said, “Don’t
let
the
king
say
so.”
Then
the
king
of
Israel
called
an
officer,
and
said, “Quickly get
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imlah.”
Now
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
were
sitting
each
on
his
throne,
arrayed
in
their
robes,
in
an
open
place
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
Samaria;
and
all
the
prophets
were
prophesying
before
them.
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
made himself
horns
of
iron,
and
said, “Yahweh
says, ‘With
these
you
will
push
the Syrians,
until
they
are
consumed.’”
All
the
prophets
prophesied
so,
saying, “Go
up
to
Ramoth
Gilead
and
prosper;
for
Yahweh
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.”
The
messenger
who
went
to
call
Micaiah
spoke
to
him,
saying, “See
now,
the
prophets
declare
good
to
the
king
with
one
mouth.
Please
let
your
word
be
like
the
word
of
one
of
them,
and
speak
good.”
Micaiah
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
what
Yahweh
says
to
me,
that
I
will
speak.”
When
he
had
come
to
the
king,
the
king
said
to
him, “Micaiah,
shall
we
go
to
Ramoth
Gilead
to
battle,
or
shall
we forbear?”
He
answered
him, “Go
up
and
prosper;
and
Yahweh
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.”
The
king
said
to
him, “How
many
times
do
I
have
to
adjure
you
that
you
speak
to
me
nothing
but
the
truth
in
Yahweh’s
name?”
He
said, “I
saw
all
Israel
scattered
on
the
mountains,
as
sheep
that
have
no
shepherd.
Yahweh
said, ‘These
have
no
master.
Let
them
each
return
to
his
house
in
peace.’”
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t
I
tell
you
that
he
would
not
prophesy
good
concerning
me,
but
evil?”
Micaiah
said, “Therefore
hear
Yahweh’s
word.
I
saw
Yahweh
sitting
on
his
throne,
and
all
the
army
of
heaven
standing
by
him
on
his
right
hand
and
on
his
left.
Yahweh
said, ‘Who
will entice
Ahab,
that
he
may
go
up
and
fall
at
Ramoth
Gilead?’
One
said
one
thing,
and
another
said
another.
A
spirit
came
out
and
stood
before
Yahweh,
and
said, ‘I
will entice
him.’
Yahweh
said
to
him, ‘How?’
He
said, ‘I
will
go
out
and
will
be
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all
his
prophets.’
He
said, ‘You
will entice
him,
and
will
also
prevail.
Go
out
and
do
so.’
Now
therefore,
behold,
Yahweh
has
put
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all
these
your
prophets;
and
Yahweh
has
spoken
evil
concerning
you.”
Then
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
came
near
and
struck
Micaiah
on
the
cheek,
and
said, “Which
way did
Yahweh’s
Spirit
go
from
me
to
speak
to
you?”
Micaiah
said, “Behold,
you
will
see
on
that
day
when
you
go
into
an
inner
room
to
hide yourself.”
The
king
of
Israel
said, “Take
Micaiah,
and
carry
him
back
to
Amon
the
governor
of
the
city
and
to
Joash
the
king’s
son.
Say, ‘The
king
says, “Put
this fellow
in
the
prison,
and
feed
him
with
bread
of affliction
and
with
water
of affliction,
until
I
come
in
peace.”’”
Micaiah
said, “If
you
return
at
all
in
peace,
Yahweh
has
not
spoken
by
me.”
He
said, “Listen,
all
you
people!”
So
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
went
up
to
Ramoth
Gilead.
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “I
will
disguise myself
and
go
into
the
battle,
but
you
put
on
your
robes.”
The
king
of
Israel
disguised
himself
and
went
into
the
battle.
Now
the
king
of
Syria
had
commanded
the thirty-two
captains
of
his
chariots,
saying, “Don’t
fight
with
small
nor
great,
except
only
with
the
king
of
Israel.”
When
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
Jehoshaphat,
they
said, “Surely
that
is
the
king
of
Israel!”
and
they
came
over
to
fight
against
him.
Jehoshaphat
cried
out.
When
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
that
it
was
not
the
king
of
Israel,
they
turned
back
from
pursuing
him.
A
certain
man
drew
his
bow
at
random,
and
struck
the
king
of
Israel
between
the joints
of
the
armor.
Therefore
he
said
to
the
driver
of
his
chariot, “Turn
around,
and
carry
me
out
of
the battle,
for
I am severely
wounded.”
The
battle increased
that
day.
The
king
was
propped
up
in
his
chariot facing
the Syrians,
and
died
at
evening.
The
blood
ran
out
of
the
wound
into
the
bottom
of
the
chariot.
A
cry
went
throughout
the
army
about
the
going down
of
the
sun,
saying, “Every
man
to
his
city,
and
every
man
to
his
country!”
So
the
king
died,
and
was
brought
to
Samaria;
and
they
buried
the
king
in
Samaria.
They
washed
the
chariot
by
the
pool
of
Samaria;
and
the
dogs
licked
up
his
blood
where
the
prostitutes
washed
themselves,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
spoke.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Ahab,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
the
ivory
house
which
he
built,
and
all
the
cities
that
he
built, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
So
Ahab
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
Ahaziah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Asa began
to
reign
over
Judah
in
the
fourth
year
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel.
Jehoshaphat
was thirty-five
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
twenty-five
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Azubah
the
daughter
of
Shilhi.
He walked
in
all
the
way
of
Asa
his
father.
He
didn’t
turn
away
from
it,
doing
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes. However,
the high
places
were
not
taken
away.
The
people still sacrificed
and burned incense
on
the high
places.
Jehoshaphat
made peace
with
the king
of
Israel.
Now
the rest
of
the acts
of
Jehoshaphat,
and
his
might
that
he showed,
and how
he fought, aren’t
they written
in
the book
of
the chronicles
of
the
kings
of Judah?
The remnant
of
the sodomites,
that remained
in
the
days
of
his father Asa,
he put away
out
of
the land.
There
was
no king
in Edom.
A deputy ruled.
Jehoshaphat made ships
of Tarshish
to go
to Ophir
for gold,
but
they didn’t go,
for
the ships wrecked
at Ezion Geber.
Then Ahaziah
the son
of Ahab said
to
Jehoshaphat, “Let
my servants
go
with
your servants
in
the
ships.”
But
Jehoshaphat
would
not.
Jehoshaphat slept
with
his fathers,
and
was buried
with
his fathers
in
his father David’s city. Jehoram
his
son reigned
in
his place.
Ahaziah
the
son
of Ahab began
to
reign over Israel
in Samaria
in
the seventeenth year
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of Judah,
and
he
reigned two years over Israel.
He did
that which
was evil
in Yahweh’s sight,
and walked
in
the
way
of
his father,
and
in
the
way
of
his mother,
and
in
the
way
of Jeroboam
the
son
of Nebat,
in which
he made
Israel
to sin.
He served Baal
and worshiped
him,
and provoked
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
to anger
in all
the
ways
that
his
father
had
done
so.
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Moab
rebelled
against
Israel
after
the
death
of
Ahab.
Ahaziah
fell
down
through
the
lattice
in
his
upper
room
that
was
in
Samaria,
and
was
sick.
So
he
sent
messengers,
and
said
to
them, “Go,
inquire
of Baal Zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron,
whether
I
will
recover
of
this
sickness.”
But
Yahweh’s
1:3
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
angel
said
to
Elijah
the Tishbite, “Arise,
go
up
to
meet
the
messengers
of
the
king
of
Samaria,
and
tell
them, ‘Is
it
because
there
is
no
God
1:3
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
in
Israel
that
you
go
to
inquire
of Baal Zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron?
Now
therefore
Yahweh
says, “You
will
not
come
down
from
the
bed
where
you
have
gone
up,
but
you
will
surely
die.”’”
Then
Elijah
departed.
The
messengers
returned
to
him,
and
he
said
to
them, “Why
is
it
that
you
have
returned?”
They
said
to
him, “A
man
came
up
to
meet
us,
and
said
to
us, ‘Go,
return
to
the
king
who
sent
you,
and
tell
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Is
it
because
there
is
no
God
in
Israel
that
you
send
to
inquire
of Baal Zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron?
Therefore
you
will
not
come
down
from
the
bed
where
you
have
gone
up,
but
you
will
surely
die.’”’”
He
said
to
them, “What
kind
of
man
was
he
who
came
up
to
meet
you
and
told
you
these
words?”
They
answered
him, “He
was
a
hairy
man,
and wearing
a
leather
belt around
his
waist.”
He
said, “It’s
Elijah
the Tishbite.”
Then
the
king
sent
a
captain
of
fifty
with
his
fifty
to
him.
He
went
up
to
him;
and
behold,
1:9
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
he
was
sitting
on
the
top
of
the
hill.
He
said
to
him, “Man
of
God,
the
king
has
said, ‘Come
down!’”
Elijah
answered
to
the
captain
of
fifty, “If
I
am
a
man
of
God,
then
let
fire
come
down
from
the
sky
and
consume
you
and
your
fifty!”
Then
fire
came
down
from
the
sky,
and
consumed
him
and
his
fifty.
Again
he
sent
to
him
another
captain
of
fifty
with
his
fifty.
He
answered
him, “Man
of
God,
the
king
has
said, ‘Come
down
quickly!’”
Elijah
answered
them, “If
I
am
a
man
of
God,
then
let
fire
come
down
from
the
sky
and
consume
you
and
your
fifty!”
Then
God’s
fire
came
down
from
the
sky,
and
consumed
him
and
his
fifty.
Again
he
sent
the
captain
of
a
third
fifty
with
his
fifty.
The
third
captain
of
fifty
went
up,
and
came
and
fell
on
his
knees
before
Elijah,
and begged
him,
and
said
to
him, “Man
of
God,
please
let
my
life
and
the
life
of
these
fifty
of
your
servants
be
precious
in
your
sight.
Behold,
fire
came
down
from
the
sky
and
consumed
the last
two
captains
of
fifty
with
their
fifties.
But
now
let
my
life
be
precious
in
your
sight.”
Yahweh’s
angel
said
to
Elijah, “Go
down
with
him.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
him.”
Then
he
arose
and
went
down
with
him
to
the
king.
He
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Because
you
have
sent
messengers
to
inquire
of Baal Zebub,
the
god
of
Ekron,
is
it
because
there
is
no
God
in
Israel
to
inquire
of
his
word?
Therefore
you
will
not
come
down
from
the
bed
where
you
have
gone
up,
but
you
will
surely
die.’”
So
he
died according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
Elijah
had
spoken.
Jehoram
began
to
reign
in
his
place
in
the
second
year
of
Jehoram
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
because
he
had
no
son.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Ahaziah
which
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
When
Yahweh
was
about
to
take
Elijah
up
by
a whirlwind
into
heaven,
Elijah
went
with
Elisha
from
Gilgal.
Elijah
said
to
Elisha, “Please
wait
here,
for
Yahweh
has
sent
me
as
far
as
Bethel.”
Elisha
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
and
as
your
soul
lives,
I
will
not
leave
you.”
So
they
went
down
to
Bethel.
The
sons
of
the
prophets
who
were
at
Bethel
came
out
to
Elisha,
and
said
to
him, “Do
you
know
that
Yahweh
will
take
away
your
master
from
over
you
today?”
He
said, “Yes,
I
know
it. Hold
your peace.”
Elijah
said
to
him, “Elisha,
please
wait
here,
for
Yahweh
has
sent
me
to
Jericho.”
He
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
and
as
your
soul
lives,
I
will
not
leave
you.”
So
they
came
to
Jericho.
The
sons
of
the
prophets
who
were
at
Jericho
came
near
to
Elisha,
and
said
to
him, “Do
you
know
that
Yahweh
will
take
away
your
master
from
over
you
today?”
He
answered, “Yes,
I
know
it. Hold
your peace.”
Elijah
said
to
him, “Please
wait
here,
for
Yahweh
has
sent
me
to
the
Jordan.”
He
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
and
as
your
soul
lives,
I
will
not
leave
you.”
Then
they
both went
on.
Fifty
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
went
and
stood
opposite
them
at
a
distance;
and
they
both
stood
by
the
Jordan.
Elijah
took
his
mantle,
and rolled
it
up,
and
struck
the
waters;
and
they
were
divided
here
and
there,
so
that
they
both went
over
on
dry
ground.
When
they
had
gone
over,
Elijah
said
to
Elisha, “Ask
what
I
shall
do
for
you,
before
I
am
taken
from
you.”
Elisha
said, “Please
let
a
double
portion
of
your
spirit
be
on
me.”
He
said, “You
have
asked
a
hard
thing.
If
you
see
me
when
I
am
taken
from
you,
it
will
be
so
for
you;
but
if
not,
it
will
not
be
so.”
As
they
continued
on
and
talked,
behold,
a
chariot
of
fire
and
horses
of
fire
separated
them;
and
Elijah
went
up
by
a whirlwind
into
heaven.
Elisha
saw
it,
and
he
cried, “My
father,
my
father,
the
chariots
of
Israel
and
its
horsemen!”
He
saw
him
no
more.
Then
he
took
hold
of
his
own
clothes
and
tore
them
in
two
pieces.
He
also
took
up
Elijah’s
mantle
that
fell
from
him,
and
went
back
and
stood
by
the
bank
of
the
Jordan.
He
took
Elijah’s
mantle
that
fell
from
him,
and
struck
the
waters,
and
said, “Where
is
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Elijah?”
When
he
also
had
struck
the
waters,
they
were
divided apart,
and
Elisha went
over.
When
the
sons
of
the
prophets
who
were
at
Jericho facing
him
saw
him,
they
said, “The
spirit
of
Elijah
rests
on
Elisha.”
They
came
to
meet
him,
and
bowed
themselves
to
the
ground
before
him.
They
said
to
him, “See
now,
there
are
with
your
servants
fifty
strong
men.
Please
let
them
go
and
seek
your
master.
Perhaps
Yahweh’s
Spirit
has
taken
him
up,
and
put
him
on
some
mountain
or
into
some
valley.”
He
said, “Don’t
send
them.”
When
they
urged
him
until
he
was
ashamed,
he
said, “Send
them.”
Therefore
they
sent
fifty
men;
and
they
searched
for
three
days,
but
didn’t
find
him.
They
came
back
to
him
while
he
stayed
at
Jericho;
and
he
said
to
them, “Didn’t
I
tell
you, ‘Don’t
go?’”
The
men
of
the
city
said
to
Elisha, “Behold,
please,
the
situation
of
this
city
is
pleasant,
as
my
lord
sees;
but
the
water
is
bad,
and
the
land
is barren.”
He
said, “Bring
me
a
new
jar,
and
put
salt
in
it.”
Then
they
brought
it
to
him.
He
went
out
to
the
spring
of
the
waters,
and
threw
salt
into
it,
and
said, “Yahweh
says, ‘I
have
healed
these
waters.
There
shall
not
be
from
there
any
more
death
or barren wasteland.’”
So
the
waters
were
healed
to
this
day, according
to
Elisha’s
word
which
he
spoke.
He
went
up
from
there
to
Bethel.
As
he
was
going
up
by
the
way,
some
youths
came
out
of
the
city
and
mocked
him,
and
said
to
him, “Go
up,
you
baldy!
Go
up,
you
baldy!”
He
looked
behind
him
and
saw
them,
and
cursed
them
in
Yahweh’s
name.
Then
two
female
bears
came
out
of
the
woods
and mauled
forty-two
of
those
youths.
He
went
from
there
to
Mount
Carmel,
and
from
there
he
returned
to
Samaria.
Now
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah,
and
reigned
twelve
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
but
not
like
his
father
and
like
his
mother,
for
he
put
away
the
pillar
of
Baal
that
his
father
had
made.
Nevertheless
he
held
to
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
He
didn’t
depart
from
them.
Now
Mesha
king
of
Moab
was
a
sheep
breeder;
and
he supplied
the
king
of
Israel
with
one
hundred
thousand
lambs
and
the
wool
of
one
hundred
thousand
rams.
But
when
Ahab
was
dead,
the
king
of
Moab
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Israel.
King
Jehoram
went
out
of
Samaria
at
that
time,
and
mustered
all
Israel.
He
went
and
sent
to
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah,
saying, “The
king
of
Moab
has
rebelled
against
me.
Will
you
go
with
me
against
Moab
to
battle?”
He
said, “I
will
go
up.
I am
as
you
are,
my
people
as
your
people,
my
horses
as
your
horses.”
Then
he
said, “Which
way
shall we
go
up?”
Jehoram
answered, “The
way
of
the
wilderness
of
Edom.”
So
the
king
of
Israel
went
with
the
king
of
Judah
and
the
king
of
Edom,
and
they
marched
for
seven
days along
a circuitous
route.
There
was
no
water
for
the
army
or
for
the
animals
that
followed
them.
The
king
of
Israel
said, “Alas!
For
Yahweh
has
called
these
three
kings together
to
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab.”
But
Jehoshaphat
said, “Isn’t
there
a
prophet
of
Yahweh
here,
that
we
may
inquire
of
Yahweh
by
him?”
One
of
the
king
of
Israel’s
servants
answered, “Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat,
who
poured
water
on
the
hands
of
Elijah,
is
here.”
Jehoshaphat
said, “Yahweh’s
word
is
with
him.”
So
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
and
the
king
of
Edom
went
down
to
him.
Elisha
said
to
the
king
of
Israel, “What
have
I
to
do
with
you? Go
to
the
prophets
of
your
father,
and
to
the
prophets
of
your
mother.”
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
him, “No,
for
Yahweh
has
called
these
three
kings together
to
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Moab.”
Elisha
said, “As
Yahweh
of
Armies
lives,
before
whom
I
stand,
surely,
were
it
not
that
I
respect
the
presence
of
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah,
I
would
not
look
toward
you,
nor
see
you.
But
now
bring
me
a
musician.”
When
the
musician
played,
Yahweh’s
hand
came
on
him.
He
said, “Yahweh
says, ‘Make
this
valley full
of trenches.’
For
Yahweh
says, ‘You
will
not
see
wind,
neither
will
you
see
rain,
yet
that
valley
will
be
filled
with
water,
and
you
will
drink, both
you
and
your
livestock
and
your
other
animals.
This
is
an
easy
thing
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
He
will
also
deliver
the
Moabites
into
your
hand.
You
shall
strike
every
fortified
city
and
every
choice
city,
and
shall
fell
every
good
tree,
and
stop
all
springs
of
water,
and
mar
every
good piece
of
land
with
stones.’”
In
the
morning,
about
the
time
of
offering
the
sacrifice,
behold,
water
came
by
the
way
of
Edom,
and
the
country
was
filled
with
water.
Now
when
all
the
Moabites
heard
that
the
kings
had
come
up
to
fight
against
them,
they
gathered
themselves
together,
all
who
were able
to
put
on armor, young
and
old,
and
stood
on
the
border.
They
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
the
sun
shone
on
the
water,
and
the
Moabites
saw
the
water
opposite
them
as
red
as
blood.
They
said, “This
is
blood.
The
kings
are
surely
destroyed,
and
they
have
struck
each
other.
Now
therefore,
Moab,
to
the
plunder!”
When
they
came
to
the
camp
of
Israel,
the
Israelites
rose
up
and
struck
the
Moabites,
so
that
they
fled
before
them;
and
they
went
forward
into
the
land
attacking
the
Moabites.
They
beat
down
the
cities;
and
on
every
good piece
of
land
each
man
cast
his
stone,
and
filled
it.
They also
stopped
all
the
springs
of
water
and
cut
down
all
the
good
trees,
until
in Kir Hareseth
all
they
left
was
its
stones; however
the
men
armed
with slings
went
around
it
and
attacked
it.
When
the
king
of
Moab
saw
that
the
battle
was
too
severe
for
him,
he
took
with
him
seven
hundred
men
who
drew
a
sword,
to
break
through
to
the
king
of
Edom;
but
they
could
not.
Then
he
took
his
oldest
son
who
would
have
reigned
in
his
place,
and
offered
him
for
a
burnt
offering
on
the
wall.
There
was
great
wrath
against
Israel;
and
they
departed
from
him,
and
returned
to
their
own
land.
Now
a
certain
woman
of
the
wives
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
cried
out
to
Elisha,
saying, “Your
servant
my
husband
is
dead.
You
know
that
your
servant
feared
Yahweh.
Now
the
creditor
has
come
to
take
for
himself
my
two
children
to
be
slaves.”
Elisha
said
to
her, “What
should
I
do
for
you?
Tell
me,
what
do
you
have
in
the
house?”
She
said, “Your
servant
has
nothing
in
the
house,
except
a pot
of
oil.”
Then
he
said, “Go,
borrow
empty
containers
from
all
your
neighbors.
Don’t
borrow
just
a
few
containers.
Go
in
and
shut
the
door
on
you
and
on
your
sons,
and
pour oil
into
all
those
containers;
and
set
aside
those
which
are
full.”
So
she
went
from
him,
and
shut
the
door
on
herself
and
on
her
sons.
They
brought
the containers
to
her,
and
she
poured oil.
When
the
containers
were
full, she
said
to
her
son, “Bring
me
another
container.”
He
said
to
her, “There isn’t
another
container.”
Then
the
oil
stopped
flowing.
Then she
came
and
told
the
man
of
God.
He
said, “Go,
sell
the
oil,
and
pay
your
debt;
and
you
and
your
sons
live
on
the
rest.”
One
day
Elisha
went
to
Shunem,
where
there
was
a
prominent
woman;
and she
persuaded
him
to
eat
bread.
So
it
was,
that
as
often
as
he
passed
by,
he
turned
in
there
to
eat
bread.
She
said
to
her
husband, “See
now,
I
perceive
that
this
is
a
holy
man
of
God
who
passes
by
us
continually.
Please,
let’s
make
a
little
room
on
the
roof.
Let’s
set
a
bed,
a
table,
a
chair,
and
a lamp
stand
for
him
there.
When
he
comes
to
us,
he
can stay
there.”
One
day
he
came
there,
and
he
went
to
the
room
and
lay
there.
He
said
to
Gehazi
his
servant, “Call
this
Shunammite.”
When
he had
called
her,
she
stood
before
him.
He
said
to
him, “Say
now
to
her, ‘Behold,
you
have cared
for
us
with
all
this
care.
What
is
to
be
done
for
you?
Would
you
like
to
be
spoken
for
to
the
king,
or
to
the
captain
of
the
army?’”
She
answered, “I
dwell
among
my own
people.”
He
said, “What
then
is
to
be
done
for
her?”
Gehazi
answered, “Most certainly
she
has
no
son,
and
her
husband
is
old.”
He
said, “Call
her.”
When
he had
called
her,
she
stood
in
the
door.
He
said, “At
this
season next
year,
you
will
embrace
a
son.”
She
said, “No,
my
lord,
you
man
of
God,
do
not
lie
to
your
servant.”
The
woman
conceived,
and
bore
a
son
at
that
season
when
the
time
came around,
as
Elisha
had
said
to
her.
When
the
child
was
grown,
one
day
he
went
out
to
his
father
to
the reapers.
He
said
to
his
father, “My
head!
My
head!”
He
said
to
his
servant, “Carry
him
to
his
mother.”
When
he
had
taken
him
and
brought
him
to
his
mother,
he
sat
on
her
knees
until
noon,
and
then
died.
She
went
up
and
laid
him
on
the
man
of
God’s
bed,
and
shut
the door
on
him,
and
went
out.
She
called
to
her
husband
and
said, “Please
send
me
one
of
the
servants,
and
one
of
the
donkeys,
that
I
may
run
to
the
man
of
God
and
come
again.”
He
said, “Why
would
you want
go
to
him
today?
It
is
not
a
new
moon
or
a
Sabbath.”
She
said, “It’s
all right.”
Then
she
saddled
a
donkey,
and
said
to
her
servant, “Drive,
and go forward!
Don’t
slow
down
for
me,
unless
I
ask
you
to.”
So she
went,
and
came
to
the
man
of
God
to
Mount
Carmel.
When
the
man
of
God
saw
her afar
off,
he
said
to
Gehazi
his
servant, “Behold,
there
is
the
Shunammite.
Please
run
now
to
meet
her,
and
ask
her, ‘Is
it
well
with
you?
Is
it
well
with
your
husband?
Is
it
well
with
your
child?’”
She
answered, “It
is
well.”
When
she
came
to
the
man
of
God
to
the
hill,
she
caught
hold
of
his
feet.
Gehazi
came
near
to
thrust
her
away;
but
the
man
of
God
said, “Leave
her
alone,
for
her
soul
is
troubled
within
her;
and
Yahweh
has
hidden
it
from
me,
and
has
not
told
me.”
Then
she
said, “Did
I
ask
you
for
a
son,
my
lord?
Didn’t
I
say, ‘Do
not deceive me’?”
Then
he
said
to
Gehazi, “Tuck
your cloak
into
your belt,
take
my
staff
in
your
hand,
and go
your
way.
If
you
meet
any
man,
don’t
greet
him;
and
if
anyone greets
you,
don’t
answer
him
again.
Then
lay
my
staff
on
the
child’s
face.”
The
child’s
mother
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
and
as
your
soul
lives,
I
will
not
leave
you.”
So
he
arose,
and
followed
her.
Gehazi
went
ahead
of
them,
and
laid
the
staff
on
the
child’s
face;
but
there
was
no
voice
and
no hearing. Therefore
he
returned
to
meet
him,
and
told
him, “The
child
has
not awakened.”
When
Elisha
had
come
into
the
house,
behold,
the
child
was
dead,
and
lying
on
his
bed.
He
went
in
therefore,
and
shut
the
door
on
them
both,
and
prayed
to
Yahweh.
He
went
up
and
lay
on
the
child,
and
put
his
mouth
on
his
mouth,
and
his
eyes
on
his
eyes,
and
his
hands
on
his
hands.
He
stretched himself
on
him;
and
the
child’s
flesh
grew
warm.
Then
he
returned,
and walked
in
the
house
once
back
and
forth,
then
went
up
and
stretched himself
out
on
him.
Then
the
child
sneezed
seven
times,
and
the
child
opened
his
eyes.
He
called
Gehazi,
and
said, “Call
this
Shunammite!”
So
he
called
her.
When
she
had
come
in
to
him,
he
said, “Take
up
your
son.”
Then she
went
in,
fell
at
his
feet,
and
bowed
herself
to
the
ground;
then she
picked
up
her
son,
and
went
out.
Elisha
came
again
to
Gilgal.
There
was
a
famine
in
the
land;
and
the
sons
of
the
prophets
were
sitting
before
him;
and
he
said
to
his
servant, “Get
the
large
pot,
and
boil
stew
for
the
sons
of
the
prophets.”
One
went
out
into
the
field
to
gather herbs,
and
found
a
wild
vine,
and
gathered
a lap
full
of
wild
gourds
from
it,
and
came
and cut
them
up
into
the
pot
of
stew;
for
they
didn’t
recognize
them.
So
they
poured
out
for
the
men
to
eat.
As
they
were
eating
some
of
the
stew,
they
cried
out
and
said, “Man
of
God,
there
is
death
in
the
pot!”
And
they
could
not
eat
it.
But
he
said, “Then
bring
meal.”
He
threw
it
into
the
pot;
and
he
said, “Serve
it
to
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.”
And
there
was
nothing
harmful
in
the
pot.
A
man
from Baal Shalishah
came,
and
brought
the
man
of
God
some
bread
of
the
first
fruits:
twenty
loaves
of
barley
and
fresh
ears
of
grain
in
his
sack.
Elisha
said, “Give
to
the
people,
that
they
may
eat.”
His
servant
said, “What,
should
I
set
this
before
a
hundred
men?”
But
he
said, “Give
it
to
the
people,
that
they
may
eat;
for
Yahweh
says, ‘They
will
eat,
and
will
have
some
left
over.’”
So
he
set
it
before
them
and
they
ate
and
had
some
left
over, according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
Now
Naaman,
captain
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
Syria,
was
a
great
man
with
his
master,
and honorable,
because
by
him
Yahweh
had
given
victory
to
Syria;
he
was
also
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
but
he
was
a
leper.
The Syrians
had
gone
out
in
bands,
and
had
brought
away
captive
out
of
the
land
of
Israel
a
little
girl,
and
she
waited
on
Naaman’s
wife.
She
said
to
her
mistress, “I
wish
that
my
lord
were
with
the
prophet
who
is
in
Samaria!
Then
he
would heal
him
of
his
leprosy.”
Someone
went
in
and
told
his
lord,
saying, “The
girl
who
is
from
the
land
of
Israel
said
this.”
The
king
of
Syria
said, “Go
now,
and
I
will
send
a
letter
to
the
king
of
Israel.”
He
departed,
and
took
with
him
ten
talents
5:5
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
of
silver,
six
thousand pieces
of
gold,
and
ten
changes
of
clothing.
He
brought
the
letter
to
the
king
of
Israel,
saying, “Now
when
this
letter
has
come
to
you,
behold,
I
have
sent
Naaman
my
servant
to
you,
that
you
may heal
him
of
his
leprosy.”
When
the
king
of
Israel
had
read
the
letter,
he
tore
his
clothes
and
said, “Am
I
God,
to
kill
and
to
make
alive,
that
this
man
sends
to
me
to heal
a
man
of
his
leprosy?
But
please
consider
and
see
how
he seeks
a
quarrel
against
me.”
It
was
so,
when
Elisha
the
man
of
God
heard
that
the
king
of
Israel
had
torn
his
clothes,
that
he
sent
to
the
king,
saying, “Why
have
you
torn
your
clothes?
Let
him
come
now
to
me,
and
he
shall
know
that
there
is
a
prophet
in
Israel.”
So
Naaman
came
with
his
horses
and
with
his
chariots,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
the
house
of
Elisha.
Elisha
sent
a
messenger
to
him,
saying, “Go
and
wash
in
the
Jordan
seven
times,
and
your
flesh
shall
come
again
to
you,
and
you
shall
be
clean.”
But
Naaman
was
angry,
and
went
away
and
said, “Behold,
I
thought, ‘He
will
surely
come
out
to
me,
and
stand,
and
call
on
the
name
of
Yahweh
his
God,
and
wave
his
hand
over
the
place,
and heal
the
leper.’
Aren’t
Abanah
and
Pharpar,
the
rivers
of
Damascus,
better
than
all
the
waters
of
Israel?
Couldn’t
I
wash
in
them
and
be
clean?”
So
he
turned
and went
away
in
a
rage.
His
servants
came
near
and
spoke
to
him,
and
said, “My
father,
if
the
prophet
had
asked
you
do
some
great
thing, wouldn’t
you
have
done
it?
How
much
rather
then,
when
he
says
to
you, ‘Wash,
and
be
clean?’”
Then
went
he
down
and
dipped
himself
seven
times
in
the
Jordan,
according
to
the
saying
of
the
man
of
God;
and
his
flesh
was
restored
like
the
flesh
of
a
little
child,
and
he
was
clean.
He
returned
to
the
man
of
God,
he
and
all
his
company,
and
came,
and
stood
before
him;
and
he
said, “See
now,
I
know
that
there
is
no
God
in
all
the
earth,
but
in
Israel.
Now
therefore,
please
take
a
gift
from
your
servant.”
But
he
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
before
whom
I
stand,
I
will
receive
none.”
He
urged
him
to
take
it;
but
he
refused.
Naaman
said, “If
not,
then,
please
let
two
mules’
load
of
earth
be
given
to
your
servant;
for
your
servant
will
from
now
on
offer
neither
burnt
offering
nor
sacrifice
to
other
gods,
but
to
Yahweh.
In
this
thing
may
Yahweh
pardon
your
servant:
when
my
master
goes
into
the
house
of
Rimmon
to
worship
there,
and
he
leans
on
my
hand,
and
I
bow myself
in
the
house
of
Rimmon.
When
I
bow myself
in
the
house
of
Rimmon,
may
Yahweh
pardon
your
servant
in
this
thing.”
He
said
to
him, “Go
in
peace.”
So
he departed
from
him
a little way.
But
Gehazi
the
servant
of
Elisha
the
man
of
God,
said, “Behold,
my
master
has
spared
this
Naaman
the
Syrian,
in
not
receiving
at
his
hands
that
which
he
brought.
As
Yahweh
lives,
I
will
run
after
him,
and
take
something
from
him.”
So
Gehazi
followed
after
Naaman.
When
Naaman
saw
one
running
after
him,
he
came
down
from
the
chariot
to
meet
him,
and
said, “Is
all
well?”
He
said, “All
is
well.
My
master
has
sent
me,
saying, ‘Behold, even
now
two
young
men
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets
have
come
to
me
from
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim.
Please
give
them
a
talent
5:22
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
of
silver
and
two
changes
of
clothing.’”
Naaman
said, “Be
pleased
to
take
two
talents.”
He
urged
him,
and bound
two
talents
of
silver
in
two
bags,
with
two
changes
of
clothing,
and
laid
them
on
two
of
his
servants;
and
they
carried
them
before
him.
When
he
came
to
the
hill,
he
took
them
from
their
hand,
and stored
them
in
the
house.
Then
he
let
the
men
go,
and
they
departed.
But
he
went
in,
and
stood
before
his
master.
Elisha
said
to
him, “Where
did
you
come
from,
Gehazi?”
He
said, “Your
servant
went nowhere.”
He
said
to
him, “Didn’t
my
heart
go
with
you
when
the
man
turned
from
his
chariot
to
meet
you?
Is
it
a
time
to
receive
money,
and
to
receive
garments,
and
olive
groves
and
vineyards,
and
sheep
and
cattle,
and
male
servants
and
female
servants?
Therefore
the
leprosy
of
Naaman
will
cling
to
you
and
to
your
offspring
5:27
or, seed
forever.”
He
went
out
from
his
presence
a
leper,
as white
as
snow.
The
sons
of
the
prophets
said
to
Elisha, “See
now,
the
place
where
we
live
and
meet
with
you
is
too small
for
us.
Please
let
us
go
to
the
Jordan,
and
each
man
take
a
beam
from
there,
and
let’s
make
us
a
place
there,
where
we
may
live.”
He
answered, “Go!”
One
said, “Please
be
pleased
to
go
with
your
servants.”
He
answered, “I
will
go.”
So
he
went
with
them.
When
they
came
to
the
Jordan,
they
cut
down
wood.
But
as
one
was cutting
down
a tree,
the ax
head
fell
into
the
water.
Then
he
cried
out
and
said, “Alas,
my
master!
For
it
was
borrowed.”
The
man
of
God
asked, “Where
did
it
fall?”
He
showed
him
the
place.
He
cut
down
a
stick,
threw
it
in
there,
and
made
the
iron
float.
He
said, “Take
it.”
So
he
put
out
his
hand
and
took
it.
Now
the
king
of
Syria
was
at war
against
Israel;
and
he
took
counsel
with
his
servants,
saying, “My
camp
will
be
in
such
and
such
a
place.”
The
man
of
God
sent
to
the
king
of
Israel,
saying, “Beware
that
you
not
pass
this
place,
for
the Syrians
are
coming
down
there.”
The
king
of
Israel
sent
to
the
place
which
the
man
of
God
told
him
and
warned
him
of;
and
he saved
himself
there,
not
once
or
twice.
The
king
of
Syria’s
heart
was
very troubled
about
this.
He
called
his
servants,
and
said
to
them, “Won’t
you
show
me
which
of
us
is
for
the
king
of
Israel?”
One
of
his
servants
said, “No,
my
lord, O
king;
but
Elisha,
the
prophet
who
is
in
Israel,
tells
the
king
of
Israel
the
words
that
you
speak
in
your
bedroom.”
He
said, “Go
and
see
where
he
is,
that
I
may
send
and
get
him.”
He
was
told, “Behold,
he
is
in
Dothan.”
Therefore
he
sent
horses,
chariots,
and
a
great
army
there.
They
came
by
night
and surrounded
the
city.
When
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God
had
risen
early
and
gone
out,
behold,
an
army
with
horses
and
chariots
was
around
the
city.
His
servant
said
to
him, “Alas,
my
master!
What
shall
we
do?”
He
answered, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
those
who
are
with
us
are
more
than
those
who
are
with
them.”
Elisha
prayed,
and
said, “Yahweh,
please
open
his
eyes,
that
he
may
see.”
Yahweh
opened
the
young man’s
eyes,
and
he
saw;
and
behold,
the
mountain
was
full
of
horses
and
chariots
of
fire
around
Elisha.
When
they
came
down
to
him,
Elisha
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Please
strike
this
people
with
blindness.”
He
struck
them
with
blindness
according
to
Elisha’s
word.
Elisha
said
to
them, “This
is
not
the
way,
neither
is
this
the
city.
Follow
me,
and
I
will bring
you
to
the
man
whom
you
seek.”
He led
them
to
Samaria.
When
they
had
come
into
Samaria,
Elisha
said, “Yahweh,
open
these men’s
eyes,
that
they
may
see.”
Yahweh
opened
their
eyes,
and
they
saw;
and
behold,
they
were
in
the
middle
of
Samaria.
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
Elisha,
when
he
saw
them, “My
father,
shall
I
strike
them?
Shall
I
strike
them?”
He
answered, “You
shall
not
strike
them.
Would
you
strike
those
whom
you
have
taken
captive
with
your
sword
and
with
your
bow?
Set
bread
and
water
before
them,
that
they
may
eat
and
drink,
then go
to
their
master.”
He prepared
a
great
feast
for
them.
After
they
ate
and
drank,
he
sent
them
away
and
they
went
to
their
master.
So
the
bands
of
Syria
stopped raiding
the
land
of
Israel.
After
this, Benhadad
king
of
Syria
gathered
all
his
army,
and
went
up
and besieged
Samaria.
There
was
a
great
famine
in
Samaria.
Behold,
they besieged
it
until
a
donkey’s
head
was
sold
for
eighty pieces
of
silver,
and
the
fourth
part
of
a
kab
6:25
A kab was about 2 liters, so a fourth of a kab would be about 500 milliliters or about a pint
of dove’s dung
for
five pieces
of
silver.
As
the
king
of
Israel
was
passing
by
on
the
wall,
a
woman
cried
to
him,
saying, “Help,
my
lord, O
king!”
He
said, “If
Yahweh doesn’t
help
you,
where could
I get
help
for
you?
From
the
threshing
floor,
or
from
the
wine
press?”
Then
the
king
asked
her, “What
is
your problem?”
She
answered, “This
woman
said
to
me, ‘Give
your
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
up
your
son,
that
we
may
eat
him;’
and she
has
hidden
her
son.”
When
the
king
heard
the
words
of
the
woman,
he
tore
his
clothes.
Now
he
was
passing
by
on
the
wall,
and
the
people
looked,
and
behold,
he
had
sackcloth underneath
on
his
body.
Then
he
said, “God
do
so
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
the
head
of
Elisha
the
son
of
Shaphat
stays
on
him
today.”
But
Elisha
was
sitting
in
his
house,
and
the
elders
were
sitting
with
him.
Then
the king
sent
a
man
from
before
him;
but
before
the
messenger
came
to
him,
he
said
to
the
elders, “Do
you
see
how
this
son
of
a
murderer
has
sent
to
take
away
my
head?
Behold,
when
the
messenger
comes,
shut
the
door,
and
hold
the
door
shut
against
him.
Isn’t
the
sound
of
his
master’s
feet
behind
him?”
While
he
was
still
talking
with
them,
behold,
the
messenger
came
down
to
him.
Then
he
said, “Behold,
this
evil
is
from
Yahweh.
Why
should
I
wait
for
Yahweh
any
longer?”
Elisha
said, “Hear
Yahweh’s
word.
Yahweh
says, ‘Tomorrow
about
this
time
a seah
7:1
1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
of
fine
flour
will
be sold
for
a
shekel,
7:1
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.
and two
seahs
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
in
the
gate
of
Samaria.’”
Then
the captain
on
whose
hand
the
king
leaned
answered
the
man
of
God,
and
said, “Behold,
if
Yahweh
made
windows
in
heaven,
could
this
thing
be?”
He
said, “Behold,
you
will
see
it
with
your
eyes,
but
will
not
eat
of
it.”
Now
there
were
four
leprous
men
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
They
said
to
one
another, “Why
do
we
sit
here
until
we
die?
If
we
say, ‘We
will
enter
into
the
city,’
then
the
famine
is
in
the
city,
and
we
will
die
there.
If
we
sit
still
here,
we
also
die.
Now
therefore
come,
and let’s surrender
to
the
army
of
the Syrians.
If
they save
us
alive,
we
will
live;
and
if
they
kill
us,
we
will
only
die.”
They
rose
up
in
the
twilight
to
go
to
the
camp
of
the Syrians.
When
they
had
come
to
the outermost part
of
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
behold,
no
man
was
there.
For
the
Lord
7:6
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
had
made
the
army
of
the Syrians
to
hear
the
sound
of
chariots
and
the
sound
of
horses,
even
the
noise
of
a
great
army;
and
they
said
to
one
another, “Behold,
the
king
of
Israel
has
hired
against
us
the
kings
of
the
Hittites
and
the
kings
of
the
Egyptians
to
attack
us.”
Therefore
they
arose
and
fled
in
the
twilight,
and
left
their
tents,
their
horses,
and
their
donkeys,
even
the
camp
as
it
was,
and
fled
for
their
life.
When
these
lepers
came
to
the outermost part
of
the
camp,
they
went
into
one
tent,
and
ate
and
drank,
then
carried
away
silver,
gold,
and
clothing
and
went
and
hid
it.
Then
they
came
back,
and
entered
into
another
tent
and
carried
things
from
there
also,
and
went
and
hid
them.
Then
they
said
to
one
another, “We aren’t
doing
right.
Today
is
a
day
of good
news,
and
we
keep
silent.
If
we
wait
until
the
morning
light,
punishment
will
overtake
us.
Now
therefore
come, let’s
go
and
tell
the
king’s
household.”
So
they
came
and
called
to
the
city
gatekeepers;
and
they
told
them, “We
came
to
the
camp
of
the Syrians,
and,
behold,
there
was
no
man
there,
not
even
a
man’s
voice,
but
the
horses
tied,
and
the
donkeys
tied,
and
the
tents
as
they
were.”
Then
the
gatekeepers
called out
and
told
it
to
the
king’s
household
within.
The
king
arose
in
the
night,
and
said
to
his
servants, “I
will
now
show
you
what
the Syrians
have
done
to
us.
They
know
that
we
are
hungry.
Therefore
they
have
gone
out
of
the
camp
to
hide themselves
in
the
field,
saying, ‘When
they
come
out
of
the
city,
we
shall
take
them
alive,
and
get
into
the
city.’”
One
of
his
servants
answered, “Please
let
some
people
take
five
of
the
horses
that
remain,
which
are
left
in
the city.
Behold,
they
are
like
all
the
multitude
of
Israel
who
are
left
in
it.
Behold,
they
are
like
all
the
multitude
of
Israel
who
are
consumed.
Let’s
send
and
see.”
Therefore
they
took
two
chariots
with
horses;
and
the
king
sent
them
out
to
the
Syrian
army,
saying, “Go
and
see.”
They
went
after
them
to
the
Jordan;
and
behold,
all
the
path
was
full
of
garments
and
equipment
which
the Syrians
had
cast
away
in
their
haste.
The
messengers
returned
and
told
the
king.
The
people
went
out
and
plundered
the
camp
of
the Syrians.
So
a seah
7:16
1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
of
fine
flour
was
sold
for
a
shekel,
and two
measures
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
7:16
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much. according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
The
king
had
appointed
the captain
on
whose
hand
he
leaned
to
be
in
charge
of
the
gate;
and
the
people
trampled
over
him
in
the
gate,
and
he
died
as
the
man
of
God
had
said,
who
spoke
when
the
king
came
down
to
him.
It
happened
as
the
man
of
God
had
spoken
to
the
king,
saying, “Two
seahs
7:18
1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks
of
barley
for
a
shekel,
7:18
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. In this context, it was probably a silver coin weighing that much.
and
a seah
of
fine
flour
for
a
shekel,
shall
be
tomorrow
about
this
time
in
the
gate
of
Samaria;”
and
that captain
answered
the
man
of
God,
and
said, “Now,
behold,
if
Yahweh
made
windows
in
heaven,
might
such
a
thing
be?”
and
he
said, “Behold,
you
will
see
it
with
your
eyes,
but
will
not
eat
of
it.”
It
happened
like
that
to
him,
for
the
people
trampled
over
him
in
the
gate,
and
he
died.
Now
Elisha
had
spoken
to
the
woman
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life,
saying, “Arise,
and
go,
you
and
your
household,
and
stay
for
a
while
wherever
you
can;
for
Yahweh
has
called
for
a
famine.
It
will
also
come
on
the
land
for
seven
years.”
The
woman
arose,
and
did
according
to
the
man
of
God’s
word.
She
went
with
her
household,
and
lived
in
the
land
of
the
Philistines
for
seven
years.
At
the
end
of
seven
years,
the
woman
returned
from
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
Then she
went
out
to beg
the
king
for
her
house
and
for
her
land.
Now
the
king
was
talking
with
Gehazi
the
servant
of
the
man
of
God,
saying, “Please
tell
me
all
the
great
things
that
Elisha
has
done.”
As
he
was
telling
the
king
how
he
had
restored
to
life
him
who
was
dead,
behold,
the
woman
whose
son
he
had
restored
to
life begged
the
king
for
her
house
and
for
her
land.
Gehazi
said, “My
lord,
O
king,
this
is
the
woman,
and
this
is
her
son,
whom
Elisha
restored
to
life.”
When
the
king
asked
the
woman,
she
told
him.
So
the
king
appointed
to
her
a
certain
officer,
saying, “Restore
all
that
was hers,
and
all
the fruits
of
the
field
since
the
day
that
she
left
the
land,
even
until
now.”
Elisha
came
to
Damascus;
and Benhadad
the
king
of
Syria
was
sick.
He
was
told, “The
man
of
God
has
come
here.”
The
king
said
to
Hazael, “Take
a
present
in
your
hand,
and go
meet
the
man
of
God,
and
inquire
of
Yahweh
by
him,
saying, ‘Will
I
recover
from
this
sickness?’”
So
Hazael
went
to
meet
him
and
took
a
present
with
him, even
of
every
good
thing
of
Damascus,
forty
camels’
burden,
and
came
and
stood
before
him
and
said, “Your
son Benhadad
king
of
Syria
has
sent
me
to
you,
saying, ‘Will
I
recover
from
this
sickness?’”
Elisha
said
to
him, “Go,
tell
him, ‘You
will
surely
recover;’ however
Yahweh
has
shown
me
that
he
will
surely
die.”
He settled
his
gaze steadfastly
on
him,
until
he
was
ashamed.
Then
the
man
of
God
wept.
Hazael
said, “Why
do
you
weep,
my
lord?”
He
answered, “Because
I
know
the
evil
that
you
will
do
to
the
children
of
Israel.
You
will
set
their
strongholds
on
fire,
and
you
will
kill
their
young
men
with
the
sword,
and
will
dash
their
little
ones
in
pieces,
and
rip
up
their
pregnant
women.”
Hazael
said, “But
what
is
your
servant,
who
is
but
a
dog,
that
he
could
do
this
great
thing?”
Elisha
answered, “Yahweh
has
shown
me
that
you
will
be
king
over
Syria.”
Then
he
departed
from
Elisha,
and
came
to
his
master,
who
said
to
him, “What
did
Elisha
say
to
you?”
He
answered, “He
told
me
that
you
would
surely
recover.”
On
the
next
day,
he
took
a thick cloth,
dipped
it
in
water,
and
spread
it
on
the king’s
face,
so
that
he
died.
Then
Hazael
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the
fifth
year
of
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
Jehoshaphat
being
king
of
Judah
then,
Jehoram
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah began
to
reign.
He
was thirty-two
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign.
He
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
He walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
as
did
Ahab’s
house,
for
he
married
Ahab’s
daughter.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
However,
Yahweh
would
not
destroy
Judah,
for
David
his
servant’s
sake,
as
he
promised
him
to
give
to
him
a
lamp
for
his
children
always.
In
his
days
Edom
revolted
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah,
and made
a
king
over
themselves.
Then
Joram
crossed
over
to
Zair,
and
all
his
chariots
with
him;
and
he
rose
up
by
night
and
struck
the
Edomites
who
surrounded
him
with
the
captains
of
the
chariots;
and
the
people
fled
to
their
tents.
So
Edom
revolted
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah
to
this
day.
Then
Libnah
revolted
at
the
same
time.
The
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joram,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
Joram
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
David’s
city;
and
Ahaziah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the twelfth
year
of
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah began
to
reign.
Ahaziah
was
twenty-two
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Athaliah
the
daughter
of
Omri
king
of
Israel.
He walked
in
the
way
of
Ahab’s
house
and
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
as
did
Ahab’s
house,
for
he
was
the
son-in-law
of
Ahab’s
house.
He went
with
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
to
war
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria
at
Ramoth
Gilead,
and
the Syrians
wounded
Joram.
King
Joram
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
from
the
wounds
which
the Syrians
had given
him
at
Ramah,
when
he
fought
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram,
king
of
Judah,
went
down
to
see
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab
in
Jezreel,
because
he
was
sick.
Elisha
the
prophet
called
one
of
the
sons
of
the
prophets,
and
said
to
him, “Put
your belt
on
your
waist,
take
this vial
of
oil
in
your
hand,
and go
to
Ramoth
Gilead.
When
you
come
there,
find
Jehu
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Nimshi,
and
go
in
and
make
him
rise
up
from
among
his
brothers,
and
take
him
to
an
inner
room.
Then
take
the vial
of
oil,
and
pour
it
on
his
head,
and
say, ‘Yahweh
says, “I
have
anointed
you
king
over
Israel.”’
Then
open
the
door,
flee,
and
don’t
wait.”
So
the
young
man,
the
young
prophet, went
to
Ramoth
Gilead.
When
he
came,
behold,
the
captains
of
the
army
were
sitting.
Then
he
said, “I
have
a
message
for
you,
captain.”
Jehu
said, “To
which
one
of
us?”
He
said, “To
you,
O
captain.”
He
arose,
and
went
into
the
house.
Then
he
poured
the
oil
on
his
head,
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘I
have
anointed
you
king
over
the
people
of
Yahweh,
even
over
Israel.
You
must
strike
your
master
Ahab’s
house,
that
I
may
avenge
the
blood
of
my
servants
the
prophets,
and
the
blood
of
all
the
servants
of
Yahweh,
at
the
hand
of
Jezebel.
For
the
whole
house
of
Ahab
will
perish.
I
will
cut
off
from
Ahab
everyone
who urinates
against
a
wall,
9:8
or, male
both
him
who
is
shut
up
and
him
who
is
left
at
large
in
Israel.
I
will
make
Ahab’s
house
like
the
house
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
and
like
the
house
of
Baasha
the
son
of
Ahijah.
The
dogs
will
eat
Jezebel
on
the plot
of ground
of
Jezreel,
and
there
shall
be
no
one
to
bury
her.’”
Then
he
opened
the
door
and
fled.
When
Jehu
came
out
to
the
servants
of
his
lord
and
one
said
to
him, “Is
all
well?
Why
did
this
madman
come
to
you?”
He
said
to
them, “You
know
the
man
and
how
he talks.”
They
said, “That
is
a
lie.
Tell
us
now.”
He
said, “He
said
to
me, ‘Yahweh
says,
I
have
anointed
you
king
over
Israel.’”
Then
they
hurried,
and
each
man
took
his cloak,
and
put
it
under
him
on
the top
of
the stairs,
and
blew
the
trumpet,
saying, “Jehu
is
king.”
So
Jehu
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Nimshi
conspired
against
Joram. (Now
Joram
was
defending
Ramoth
Gilead,
he
and
all
Israel,
because
of
Hazael
king
of
Syria;
but
King
Joram
had
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
of
the
wounds
which
the Syrians
had given
him
when
he
fought
with
Hazael
king
of
Syria.)
Jehu
said, “If
this
is
your
thinking,
then
let
no
one
escape
and
go
out
of
the
city
to
go
to
tell
it
in
Jezreel.”
So
Jehu
rode
in
a
chariot
and
went
to
Jezreel,
for
Joram
lay
there.
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah
had
come
down
to
see
Joram.
Now
the
watchman
was
standing
on
the
tower
in
Jezreel,
and
he spied
the
company
of
Jehu
as
he
came,
and
said, “I
see
a
company.”
Joram
said, “Take
a
horseman,
and
send
to
meet
them,
and
let
him
say, ‘Is
it
peace?’”
So
one
went
on
horseback
to
meet
him,
and
said, “the
king
says, ‘Is
it
peace?’”
Jehu
said, “What
do
you
have
to
do
with
peace?
Fall
in
behind
me!”
The
watchman
said, “The
messenger
came
to
them,
but
he
isn’t
coming
back.”
Then
he
sent
out
a
second
on
horseback,
who
came
to
them
and
said, “The
king
says, ‘Is
it
peace?’”
Jehu
answered, “What
do
you
have
to
do
with
peace?
Fall
in
behind
me!”
The
watchman
said, “He
came
to
them,
and
isn’t
coming
back.
The
driving
is
like
the
driving
of
Jehu
the
son
of
Nimshi,
for
he
drives
furiously.”
Joram
said, “Get
ready!”
They
got
his
chariot
ready.
Then
Joram
king
of
Israel
and
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah
went
out,
each
in
his
chariot;
and
they
went
out
to
meet
Jehu,
and
found
him
on
Naboth
the Jezreelite’s
land.
When
Joram
saw
Jehu,
he
said, “Is
it
peace,
Jehu?”
He
answered, “What
peace,
so
long
as
the prostitution
of
your
mother
Jezebel
and
her witchcraft abound?”
Joram
turned
his
hands
and
fled,
and
said
to
Ahaziah, “This
is treason,
Ahaziah!”
Jehu
drew
his
bow
with
his
full
strength,
and
struck
Joram
between
his
arms;
and
the
arrow
went
out
at
his
heart,
and
he sunk
down
in
his
chariot.
Then
Jehu
said
to
Bidkar
his captain, “Pick
him
up,
and
throw
him
in
the
plot
of
the
field
of
Naboth
the
Jezreelite;
for
remember
how,
when
you
and
I
rode
together
after
Ahab
his
father,
Yahweh
laid
this
burden
on
him:
‘Surely
I
have
seen
yesterday
the
blood
of
Naboth,
and
the
blood
of
his
sons,’
says
Yahweh; ‘and
I
will
repay
you
in
this
plot
of ground,’
says
Yahweh.
Now
therefore
take
and
cast
him onto
the
plot
of ground, according
to
Yahweh’s
word.”
But
when
Ahaziah
the
king
of
Judah
saw
this,
he
fled
by
the
way
of
the
garden
house.
Jehu
followed
after
him,
and
said, “Strike
him
also
in
the
chariot!”
They
struck
him
at
the
ascent
of
Gur,
which
is
by
Ibleam.
He
fled
to
Megiddo,
and
died
there.
His
servants
carried
him
in
a
chariot
to
Jerusalem,
and
buried
him
in
his
tomb
with
his
fathers
in
David’s
city.
In
the
eleventh
year
of
Joram
the
son
of
Ahab,
Ahaziah began
to
reign
over
Judah.
When
Jehu
had
come
to
Jezreel,
Jezebel
heard
of
it;
and
she painted
her
eyes,
and
adorned
her
head,
and
looked
out
at
the
window.
As
Jehu
entered
in
at
the
gate, she
said, “Do
you
come
in
peace,
Zimri,
you
murderer
of
your
master?”
He
lifted
up
his
face
to
the
window,
and
said, “Who
is
on
my
side?
Who?”
Two
or
three
eunuchs
looked
out
at
him.
He
said, “Throw
her
down!”
So
they
threw
her
down;
and some
of
her
blood
was sprinkled
on
the
wall,
and
on
the
horses.
Then
he
trampled
her
under foot.
When
he
had
come
in,
he
ate
and
drank.
Then
he
said, “See
now
to
this
cursed
woman,
and
bury
her;
for
she
is
a
king’s
daughter.”
They went
to
bury
her,
but
they
found
no
more
of
her
than
the
skull,
the
feet,
and
the
palms
of
her
hands.
Therefore
they
came
back,
and
told
him.
He
said, “This
is
Yahweh’s
word,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant
Elijah
the Tishbite,
saying, ‘The
dogs
will
eat
the
flesh
of
Jezebel
on
the
plot
of
Jezreel,
and
the
body
of
Jezebel
will
be
as
dung
on
the
surface
of
the
field
on Jezreel’s
land,
so
that
they
won’t
say, “This
is
Jezebel.”’”
Now
Ahab
had
seventy
sons
in
Samaria.
Jehu
wrote
letters
and
sent
them
to
Samaria,
to
the
rulers
of
Jezreel, even
the
elders,
and
to
those
who brought
up
Ahab’s
sons,
saying,
“Now
as
soon
as
this
letter
comes
to
you,
since
your
master’s
sons
are
with
you,
and
you
have
chariots
and
horses,
a
fortified
city
also,
and armor,
select
the
best
and
fittest
of
your
master’s
sons,
set
him
on
his
father’s
throne,
and
fight
for
your
master’s
house.”
But
they
were
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said, “Behold,
the
two
kings
didn’t
stand
before
him!
How
then
shall
we
stand?”
He
who
was
over
the
household,
and
he
who
was
over
the
city,
the
elders
also,
and
those
who raised
the children,
sent
to
Jehu,
saying, “We
are
your
servants,
and
will
do
all
that
you
ask
us.
We
will
not
make
any
man
king.
You
do
that
which
is
good
in
your
eyes.”
Then
he
wrote
a
letter
the
second
time
to
them,
saying, “If
you
are
on
my
side,
and
if
you
will
listen
to
my
voice,
take
the
heads
of
the
men
who
are
your
master’s
sons,
and
come
to
me
to
Jezreel
by
tomorrow
this
time.”
Now
the
king’s
sons,
being
seventy
persons,
were
with
the
great
men
of
the
city,
who
brought
them
up.
When
the
letter
came
to
them,
they
took
the
king’s
sons
and
killed
them,
even
seventy
people,
and
put
their
heads
in
baskets,
and
sent
them
to
him
to
Jezreel.
A
messenger
came
and
told
him, “They
have
brought
the
heads
of
the
king’s
sons.”
He
said, “Lay
them
in
two
heaps
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
until
the
morning.”
In
the
morning,
he
went
out
and
stood,
and
said
to
all
the
people, “You
are
righteous.
Behold,
I
conspired
against
my
master
and
killed
him,
but
who
killed
all
these?
Know
now
that
nothing
will
fall
to
the
earth
of
Yahweh’s
word,
which
Yahweh
spoke
concerning
Ahab’s
house.
For
Yahweh
has
done
that
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant
Elijah.”
So
Jehu
struck
all
that
remained
of
Ahab’s
house
in
Jezreel,
with
all
his
great
men,
his
familiar
friends,
and
his
priests,
until
he
left
him
no
one
remaining.
He
arose
and
departed,
and
went
to
Samaria.
As
he
was
at
the shearing house
of
the
shepherds
on
the
way,
Jehu
met
with
the
brothers
of
Ahaziah
king
of
Judah,
and
said, “Who
are
you?”
They
answered, “We
are
the
brothers
of
Ahaziah.
We
are
going
down
to
greet
the
children
of
the
king
and
the
children
of
the
queen.”
He
said, “Take
them
alive!”
They
took
them
alive,
and
killed
them
at
the
pit
of
the shearing house,
even
forty-two
men.
He
didn’t
leave
any
of
them.
When
he
had departed
from
there,
he
met
Jehonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
coming
to
meet
him.
He
greeted
him,
and
said
to
him, “Is
your
heart
right,
as
my
heart
is
with
your
heart?”
Jehonadab
answered, “It
is.”
“If
it
is,
give
me
your
hand.”
He
gave
him
his
hand;
and
he
took
him
up
to
him
into
the
chariot.
He
said, “Come
with
me,
and
see
my
zeal
for
Yahweh.”
So
they made
him
ride
in
his
chariot.
When
he
came
to
Samaria,
he
struck
all
who
remained
to
Ahab
in
Samaria,
until
he
had
destroyed
them,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
spoke
to
Elijah.
Jehu
gathered
all
the
people
together,
and
said
to
them, “Ahab
served
Baal
a
little,
but
Jehu
will
serve
him
much.
Now
therefore
call
to
me
all
the
prophets
of
Baal,
all
of
his
worshipers,
and
all
of
his
priests.
Let
no
one
be absent,
for
I
have
a
great
sacrifice
to
Baal.
Whoever
is absent,
he
shall
not
live.”
But
Jehu
did deceptively,
intending
to
destroy
the
worshipers
of
Baal.
Jehu
said, “Sanctify
a
solemn
assembly
for
Baal!”
So
they
proclaimed
it.
Jehu
sent
through
all
Israel;
and
all
the
worshipers
of
Baal
came,
so
that
there
was
not
a
man
left
that
didn’t
come.
They
came
into
the
house
of
Baal;
and
the
house
of
Baal
was
filled
from
one
end
to
another.
He
said
to
him
who kept
the
wardrobe, “Bring
out
robes
for
all
the
worshipers
of
Baal!”
So
he
brought
robes
out
to
them.
Jehu
went
with
Jehonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
into
the
house
of
Baal.
Then
he
said
to
the
worshipers
of
Baal, “Search,
and
see
that
none
of
the
servants
of
Yahweh
are
here
with
you,
but
only
the
worshipers
of
Baal.”
So
they
went
in
to
offer
sacrifices
and
burnt
offerings.
Now
Jehu
had
appointed
for
himself
eighty
men
outside,
and
said, “If
any
of
the
men
whom
I
bring
into
your
hands
escape,
he
who lets
him
go,
his
life
shall
be
for
the
life
of
him.”
As soon
as
he
had
finished offering
the
burnt offering,
Jehu
said
to
the
guard
and
to
the captains, “Go
in
and
kill
them!
Let
no
one
escape.”
So
they
struck
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
The
guard
and
the captains
threw
the bodies
out,
and
went
to
the
inner
shrine
of
the
house
of
Baal.
They
brought
out
the
pillars
that
were
in
the
house
of
Baal
and
burned
them.
They
broke
down
the
pillar
of
Baal,
and
broke
down
the
house
of
Baal,
and
made
it
a
latrine,
to
this
day.
Thus
Jehu
destroyed
Baal
out
of
Israel.
However,
Jehu
didn’t
depart
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin—the
golden
calves
that
were
in
Bethel
and
that
were
in
Dan.
Yahweh
said
to
Jehu, “Because
you
have
done
well
in executing
that
which
is
right
in
my
eyes,
and
have
done
to
Ahab’s
house
according
to
all
that
was
in
my
heart,
your
descendants
shall
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel
to
the
fourth generation.”
But
Jehu
took
no
heed
to walk
in
the
law
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
with
all
his
heart.
He
didn’t
depart
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
In
those
days
Yahweh
began
to
cut
away parts
of
Israel;
and
Hazael
struck
them
in
all
the
borders
of
Israel
from
the
Jordan
eastward,
all
the
land
of
Gilead,
the
Gadites,
and
the
Reubenites,
and
the
Manassites,
from
Aroer,
which
is
by
the
valley
of
the
Arnon,
even
Gilead
and
Bashan.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehu,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
all
his
might, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Jehu
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria.
Jehoahaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
The
time
that
Jehu
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
was
twenty-eight
years.
Now
when
Athaliah
the
mother
of
Ahaziah
saw
that
her
son
was
dead,
she
arose
and
destroyed
all
the
royal
offspring.
But
Jehosheba,
the
daughter
of
King
Joram,
sister
of
Ahaziah,
took
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
and
stole
him
away
from
among
the
king’s
sons
who
were slain,
even
him
and
his
nurse,
and
put
them
in
the
bedroom;
and
they
hid
him
from
Athaliah,
so
that
he
was
not slain.
He
was
with
her
hidden
in
Yahweh’s
house
six
years
while
Athaliah
reigned
over
the
land.
In
the
seventh
year
Jehoiada
sent
and fetched
the
captains
over
hundreds
of
the
Carites
and
of
the
guard,
and
brought
them
to
him
into
Yahweh’s
house;
and
he
made
a
covenant
with
them,
and
made
a
covenant
with
them
in
Yahweh’s
house,
and
showed
them
the
king’s
son.
He
commanded
them,
saying, “This
is
what
you must
do:
a
third
of
you,
who
come
in
on
the
Sabbath,
shall
be
keepers
of
the
watch
of
the
king’s
house;
a
third
of
you
shall
be
at
the
gate
Sur;
and
a
third
of
you
at
the
gate
behind
the
guard.
So
you
shall
keep
the
watch
of
the
house,
and
be
a barrier.
The
two companies
of
you,
even
all
who
go
out
on
the
Sabbath,
shall
keep
the
watch
of
Yahweh’s
house
around
the
king.
You
shall
surround
the
king,
every
man
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand;
and
he
who
comes
within
the
ranks,
let
him
be slain.
Be
with
the
king
when
he
goes
out,
and
when
he
comes
in.”
The
captains
over
hundreds
did
according
to
all
that
Jehoiada
the
priest
commanded;
and
they
each
took
his
men,
those
who
were
to
come
in
on
the
Sabbath
with
those
who
were
to
go
out
on
the
Sabbath,
and
came
to
Jehoiada
the
priest.
The
priest
delivered
to
the
captains
over
hundreds
the
spears
and
shields
that
had
been
King
David’s,
which
were
in
Yahweh’s
house.
The
guard
stood,
every
man
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand,
from
the
right
side
of
the
house
to
the
left
side
of
the
house,
along
by
the
altar
and
the
house,
around
the
king.
Then
he
brought
out
the
king’s
son,
and
put
the
crown
on
him,
and
gave
him
the covenant;
and
they
made
him
king
and
anointed
him;
and
they
clapped
their
hands,
and
said, “Long
live
the
king!”
When
Athaliah
heard
the
noise
of
the
guard
and
of
the
people, she
came
to
the
people
into
Yahweh’s
house;
and
she
looked,
and
behold,
the
king
stood
by
the
pillar,
as
the tradition
was,
with
the
captains
and
the
trumpets
by
the
king;
and
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
blew
trumpets.
Then
Athaliah
tore
her
clothes
and
cried, “Treason!
Treason!”
Jehoiada
the
priest
commanded
the
captains
of
hundreds
who
were
set
over
the
army,
and
said
to
them, “Bring
her
out between
the
ranks.
Kill
anyone
who
follows
her
with
the
sword.”
For
the
priest
said, “Don’t
let
her
be slain
in
Yahweh’s
house.”
So
they
seized
her;
and she
went
by
the
way
of
the horses’
entry
to
the
king’s
house,
and she
was slain
there.
Jehoiada
made
a
covenant
between
Yahweh
and
the
king
and
the
people,
that
they
should
be
Yahweh’s
people;
also
between
the
king
and
the
people.
All
the
people
of
the
land
went
to
the
house
of
Baal,
and
broke
it
down.
They
broke
his
altars
and
his
images
in
pieces
thoroughly,
and
killed
Mattan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altars.
The
priest
appointed
officers
over
Yahweh’s
house.
He
took
the
captains
over
hundreds,
and
the
Carites,
and
the
guard,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land;
and
they
brought
down
the
king
from
Yahweh’s
house,
and
came
by
the
way
of
the
gate
of
the
guard
to
the
king’s
house.
He
sat
on
the
throne
of
the
kings.
So
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet.
They
had slain
Athaliah
with
the
sword
at
the
king’s
house.
Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign.
Jehoash began
to
reign
in
the
seventh
year
of Jehu,
and
he
reigned forty
years
in Jerusalem.
His mother’s name
was Zibiah
of Beersheba.
Jehoash did
that which
was right
in Yahweh’s eyes all
his
days
in which Jehoiada
the priest instructed
him.
However,
the high
places
were not taken
away.
The
people still sacrificed
and burned incense
in
the high
places.
Jehoash said
to
the
priests, “All
the money
of
the holy
things
that
is brought
into Yahweh’s house,
in current money,
the money
of
the
people
for whom
each man
is evaluated,
12:4
Exodus 30:12
and
all
the money
that
it comes
into
any man’s heart
to bring
into Yahweh’s house,
let
the
priests
take
it
to
them,
each
man
from
his donor;
and
they
shall repair
the damage
to
the
house,
wherever
any damage
is found.”
But
it
was
so,
that
in
the twenty-third year
of King Jehoash
the
priests
had not
repaired
the
damage
to
the
house.
Then
King
Jehoash called
for Jehoiada
the
priest,
and
for
the other
priests,
and said
to
them, “Why aren’t
you
repairing
the
damage
to
the
house?
Now
therefore
take
no
more money
from
your treasurers,
but deliver
it
for
repair
of
the
damage
to
the
house.”
The
priests consented
that
they
should
take
no
more
money
from
the
people,
and
not
repair
the
damage
to
the
house.
But Jehoiada
the
priest
took
a chest
and bored
a hole
in
its lid,
and set
it beside
the altar,
on
the right side
as
one comes
into Yahweh’s
house;
and
the
priests
who kept
the threshold
put all
the
money
that
was
brought
into Yahweh’s
house
into
it.
When
they saw
that
there
was
much
money
in
the
chest,
the king’s scribe
and
the high
priest
came
up,
and
they
put
it
in bags
and counted
the
money
that
was found
in
Yahweh’s
house.
They
gave
the
money
that
was weighed
out
into
the hands
of
those
who did
the work,
who
had
the oversight
of
Yahweh’s
house;
and
they paid
it
out
to
the carpenters
and
the builders
who
worked
on
Yahweh’s
house,
and
to
the
masons
and
the stone cutters,
and
for buying
timber
and cut stone
to repair
the
damage
to
Yahweh’s
house,
and
for
all
that
was
laid
out
for
the
house
to repair
it.
But
there
were not
made
for
Yahweh’s
house cups
of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets,
any vessels
of gold
or vessels
of silver,
of
the money
that
was
brought
into
Yahweh’s
house;
for
they
gave
that
to
those
who
did
the work,
and repaired
Yahweh’s
house
with
it.
Moreover
they didn’t demand
an accounting
from
the
men
into whose
hand
they
delivered
the money
to
give
to
those
who
did
the
work;
for
they dealt faithfully.
The
money
for
the trespass
offerings
and
the
money
for
the sin
offerings
was
not
brought
into Yahweh’s house.
It
was
the priests’.
Then Hazael king
of Syria
went
up
and fought
against Gath,
and
took
it;
and Hazael
set
his face
to
go
up
to Jerusalem.
Jehoash
king
of Judah
took
all
the holy things
that Jehoshaphat
and Jehoram
and Ahaziah,
his fathers,
kings
of Judah,
had dedicated,
and
his
own holy things,
and
all
the gold
that
was found
in
the treasures
of Yahweh’s house,
and
of
the
king’s house,
and
sent
it
to
Hazael
king
of
Syria;
and
he
went
away
from
Jerusalem.
Now
the rest
of
the acts
of
Joash,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they written
in
the book
of
the chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
His servants arose
and
made
a conspiracy,
and struck
Joash
at
the house
of Millo,
on
the
way
that goes
down
to Silla.
For Jozacar
the son
of Shimeath,
and Jehozabad
the son
of Shomer,
his
servants,
struck
him,
and
he died;
and
they buried
him
with
his fathers
in David’s city;
and Amaziah
his son reigned
in
his
place.
In
the
twenty-third
year
of
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
king
of
Judah,
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Jehu began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
for
seventeen
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
followed
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
He
didn’t
depart
from
it.
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Israel,
and
he
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
Hazael
king
of
Syria,
and
into
the
hand
of Benhadad
the
son
of
Hazael,
continually.
Jehoahaz begged
Yahweh,
and
Yahweh
listened
to
him;
for
he
saw
the
oppression
of
Israel,
how
the
king
of
Syria
oppressed
them.
(Yahweh
gave
Israel
a
savior,
so
that
they
went
out
from
under
the
hand
of
the Syrians;
and
the
children
of
Israel
lived
in
their
tents
as
before.
Nevertheless
they
didn’t
depart
from
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Jeroboam,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin,
but
walked
in
them;
and
the
Asherah
also
remained
in
Samaria.)
For
he
didn’t
leave
to
Jehoahaz
of
the
people
any
more
than
fifty
horsemen,
and
ten
chariots,
and
ten
thousand
footmen;
for
the
king
of
Syria
destroyed
them
and
made
them
like
the
dust
in
threshing.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoahaz,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
might, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Jehoahaz
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
in
Samaria;
and
Joash
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the thirty-seventh
year
of
Joash
king
of
Judah,
Jehoash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
for
sixteen
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
He
didn’t
depart
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin;
but
he
walked
in
them.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Joash,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
might
with
which
he
fought
against
Amaziah
king
of
Judah, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Joash
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
Jeroboam
sat
on
his
throne.
Joash
was
buried
in
Samaria
with
the
kings
of
Israel.
Now
Elisha became
sick
with
the
illness
of
which
he
died;
and
Joash
the
king
of
Israel
came
down
to
him,
and
wept
over
him,
and
said, “My
father,
my
father,
the
chariots
of
Israel
and
its
horsemen!”
Elisha
said
to
him, “Take
bow
and
arrows;”
and
he
took
bow
and
arrows
for
himself.
He
said
to
the
king
of
Israel, “Put
your
hand
on
the
bow;”
and
he
put
his
hand
on
it.
Elisha
laid
his
hands
on
the
king’s
hands.
He
said, “Open
the
window
eastward;”
and
he
opened
it.
Then
Elisha
said, “Shoot!”
and
he
shot.
He
said, “Yahweh’s
arrow
of
victory,
even
the
arrow
of
victory
over
Syria;
for
you
will
strike
the Syrians
in
Aphek
until
you
have
consumed
them.”
He
said, “Take
the
arrows;”
and
he
took
them.
He
said
to
the
king
of
Israel, “Strike
the
ground;”
and
he
struck
three
times,
and
stopped.
The
man
of
God
was
angry
with
him,
and
said, “You
should
have
struck
five
or
six
times.
Then
you
would
have
struck
Syria
until
you
had
consumed
it,
but
now
you
will
strike
Syria
just
three
times.”
Elisha
died,
and
they
buried
him.
Now
the
bands
of
the
Moabites
invaded
the
land
at
the
coming
in
of
the
year.
As
they
were
burying
a
man,
behold,
they
saw
a
band
of
raiders;
and
they
threw
the
man
into
Elisha’s
tomb.
As soon
as
the
man
touched
Elisha’s
bones,
he
revived,
and
stood
up
on
his
feet.
Hazael
king
of
Syria
oppressed
Israel
all
the
days
of
Jehoahaz.
But
Yahweh
was gracious
to
them,
and
had
compassion
on
them,
and favored
them
because
of
his
covenant
with
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
and
would
not
destroy
them
and
he
didn’t
cast
them
from
his
presence
as
yet.
Hazael
king
of
Syria
died;
and Benhadad
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Jehoash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
took
again
out
of
the
hand
of Benhadad
the
son
of
Hazael
the
cities
which
he
had
taken
out
of
the
hand
of
Jehoahaz
his
father
by
war.
Joash
struck
him
three
times,
and
recovered
the
cities
of
Israel.
In
the
second
year
of
Joash,
son
of
Joahaz,
king
of
Israel,
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Judah began
to
reign.
He
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
twenty-nine
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Jehoaddin
of
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
yet
not
like
David
his
father.
He
did according
to
all
that
Joash
his
father
had
done.
However
the
high
places were
not
taken
away.
The
people
still
sacrificed
and
burned
incense
in
the
high
places.
As soon
as
the
kingdom
was
established
in
his
hand,
he
killed
his
servants
who
had
slain
the
king
his
father,
but
the
children
of
the murderers
he
didn’t
put
to
death,
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
as
Yahweh
commanded,
saying, “The
fathers
shall
not
be
put
to
death
for
the
children,
nor
the
children
be
put
to
death
for
the
fathers;
but
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sin.”
He
killed
ten
thousand
Edomites
in
the
Valley
of
Salt,
and
took
Sela
by
war,
and
called
its
name
Joktheel,
to
this
day.
Then
Amaziah
sent
messengers
to
Jehoash,
the
son
of
Jehoahaz
son
of
Jehu,
king
of
Israel,
saying, “Come, let’s
look
one another
in
the
face.”
Jehoash
the
king
of
Israel
sent
to
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
saying, “The thistle
that
was
in
Lebanon
sent
to
the
cedar
that
was
in
Lebanon,
saying, ‘Give
your
daughter
to
my
son
as
wife.’
Then
a
wild
animal
that
was
in
Lebanon
passed
by,
and
trampled
down
the thistle.
You
have
indeed
struck
Edom,
and
your
heart
has
lifted
you
up.
Enjoy
the
glory
of
it,
and
stay
at
home;
for
why
should
you meddle
to
your
harm,
that
you
fall,
even
you,
and
Judah
with
you?”
But
Amaziah
would
not
listen.
So
Jehoash
king
of
Israel
went
up;
and
he
and
Amaziah
king
of
Judah
looked
one
another
in
the
face
at Beth Shemesh,
which belongs
to
Judah.
Judah
was
defeated
by
Israel;
and
each
man
fled
to
his
tent.
Jehoash
king
of
Israel
took
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
the
son
of
Jehoash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
at Beth Shemesh
and
came
to
Jerusalem,
then
broke
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
from
the
gate
of
Ephraim
to
the
corner
gate,
four
hundred
cubits.
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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
He
took
all
the
gold
and
silver
and
all
the
vessels
that
were
found
in
Yahweh’s
house
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
the
hostages
also,
and
returned
to
Samaria.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoash
which
he
did,
and
his
might,
and
how
he
fought
with
Amaziah
king
of
Judah, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Jehoash
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
Samaria
with
the
kings
of
Israel;
and
Jeroboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Judah
lived
after
the
death
of
Jehoash
son
of
Jehoahaz,
king
of
Israel,
fifteen
years.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Amaziah, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
They
made
a
conspiracy
against
him
in
Jerusalem,
and
he
fled
to
Lachish;
but
they
sent
after
him
to
Lachish
and
killed
him
there.
They
brought
him
on
horses,
and
he
was
buried
at
Jerusalem
with
his
fathers
in
David’s
city.
All
the
people
of
Judah
took
Azariah,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
in
the
place
of
his
father
Amaziah.
He
built
Elath
and
restored
it
to
Judah.
After
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
In
the fifteenth
year
of
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Judah,
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash
king
of
Israel began
to
reign
in
Samaria
for forty-one
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
He
didn’t
depart
from
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
He
restored
the
border
of
Israel
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
to
the
sea
of
the
Arabah,
according
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel’s
word,
which
he
spoke
by
his
servant
Jonah
the
son
of
Amittai,
the
prophet,
who
was
from Gath Hepher.
For
Yahweh
saw
the affliction
of
Israel,
that
it
was
very
bitter
for
all, slave
and free;
and
there
was
no
helper
for
Israel.
Yahweh
didn’t
say
that
he
would blot
out
the
name
of
Israel
from
under
the
sky;
but
he
saved
them
by
the
hand
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jeroboam,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
might,
how
he
fought,
and
how
he
recovered
Damascus,
and
Hamath,
which
had belonged
to
Judah,
for
Israel, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Jeroboam
slept
with
his
fathers, even
with
the
kings
of
Israel;
and
Zechariah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the twenty-seventh
year
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
Azariah
son
of
Amaziah
king
of
Judah began
to
reign.
He
was
sixteen
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
fifty-two
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Jecoliah
of
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes, according
to
all
that
his
father
Amaziah
had
done.
However,
the
high
places were
not
taken
away.
The
people
still
sacrificed
and
burned
incense
in
the
high
places.
Yahweh
struck
the
king,
so
that
he
was
a
leper
to
the
day
of
his
death,
and
lived
in
a
separate
house.
Jotham,
the
king’s
son,
was
over
the
household,
judging
the
people
of
the
land.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Azariah,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
Azariah
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
David’s
city;
and
Jotham
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the thirty-eighth
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah,
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jeroboam
reigned
over
Israel
in
Samaria
six
months.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
as
his
fathers
had
done.
He
didn’t
depart
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
Shallum
the
son
of
Jabesh
conspired
against
him,
and
struck
him
before
the
people
and
killed
him,
and
reigned
in
his
place.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Zechariah,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
This
was
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
spoke
to
Jehu,
saying, “Your
sons
to
the
fourth generation
shall
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel.”
So
it
came
to
pass.
Shallum
the
son
of
Jabesh began
to
reign
in
the thirty-ninth
year
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah,
and
he
reigned
for
a
month
in
Samaria.
Menahem
the
son
of
Gadi
went
up
from
Tirzah,
came
to
Samaria,
struck
Shallum
the
son
of
Jabesh
in
Samaria,
killed
him,
and
reigned
in
his
place.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Shallum,
and
his
conspiracy
which
he
made,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
Then
Menahem
attacked
Tiphsah
and
all
who
were
in
it
and
its
border areas,
from
Tirzah.
He
attacked
it
because
they
didn’t
open
their gates
to
him,
and
he
ripped
up
all
their
women
who
were
with
child.
In
the
thirty
ninth
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah,
Menahem
the
son
of
Gadi began
to
reign
over
Israel
for
ten
years
in
Samaria.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
He
didn’t
depart
all
his
days
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
Pul
the
king
of
Assyria
came
against
the
land,
and
Menahem
gave
Pul
one
thousand
talents
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A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons
of
silver,
that
his
hand
might
be
with
him
to confirm
the
kingdom
in
his
hand.
Menahem
exacted
the
money
from
Israel,
even
from
all
the
mighty
men
of
wealth,
from
each
man
fifty
shekels
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or 1.1 pounds.
of
silver,
to
give
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
So
the
king
of
Assyria
turned
back,
and
didn’t
stay
there
in
the
land.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Menahem,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel?
Menahem
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
Pekahiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the
fiftieth
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah,
Pekahiah
the
son
of
Menahem began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
for two
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
He
didn’t
depart
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah,
his captain,
conspired
against
him
and
attacked
him
in
Samaria,
in
the fortress
of
the
king’s
house,
with Argob
and Arieh;
and
with
him
were
fifty
men
of
the
Gileadites.
He
killed
him,
and
reigned
in
his
place.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Pekahiah,
and
all
that
he
did,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
In
the
fifty-second
year
of
Azariah
king
of
Judah,
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah began
to
reign
over
Israel
in
Samaria
for
twenty
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
He
didn’t
depart
from
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
with
which
he
made
Israel
to
sin.
In
the
days
of
Pekah
king
of
Israel, Tiglath Pileser
king
of
Assyria
came
and
took
Ijon,
Abel Beth Maacah,
Janoah,
Kedesh,
Hazor,
Gilead,
and
Galilee,
all
the
land
of
Naphtali;
and
he
carried
them
captive
to
Assyria.
Hoshea
the
son
of
Elah
made
a
conspiracy
against
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah,
attacked
him,
killed
him,
and
reigned
in
his
place,
in
the
twentieth
year
of
Jotham
the
son
of
Uzziah.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Pekah,
and
all
that
he
did,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
In
the
second
year
of
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
king
of
Israel,
Jotham
the
son
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah began
to
reign.
He
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Jerusha
the
daughter
of
Zadok.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes.
He
did according
to
all
that
his
father
Uzziah
had
done.
However
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away.
The
people
still
sacrificed
and
burned
incense
in
the
high
places.
He
built
the
upper
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jotham,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
In
those
days,
Yahweh
began
to
send
Rezin
the
king
of
Syria
and
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
against
Judah.
Jotham
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
his
father
David’s
city;
and
Ahaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the seventeenth
year
of
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah,
Ahaz
the
son
of
Jotham
king
of
Judah began
to
reign.
Ahaz
was
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
didn’t
do
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh
his
God’s
eyes,
like
David
his
father.
But
he walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
even
made
his
son
to
pass
through
the
fire, according
to
the
abominations
of
the
nations
whom
Yahweh
cast
out
from
before
the
children
of
Israel.
He
sacrificed
and
burned
incense
in
the
high
places,
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
Then
Rezin
king
of
Syria
and
Pekah
son
of
Remaliah
king
of
Israel
came
up
to
Jerusalem
to
wage
war.
They besieged
Ahaz,
but
could
not
overcome
him.
At
that
time
Rezin
king
of
Syria
recovered
Elath
to
Syria,
and drove
the
Jews
from
Elath;
and
the
Syrians
came
to
Elath,
and
lived
there
to
this
day.
So
Ahaz
sent
messengers
to Tiglath Pileser
king
of
Assyria,
saying, “I
am
your
servant
and
your
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
rise
up
against
me.”
Ahaz
took
the
silver
and
gold
that
was
found
in
Yahweh’s
house,
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
and
sent
it
for
a
present
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
The
king
of
Assyria
listened
to
him;
and
the
king
of
Assyria
went
up
against
Damascus
and
took
it,
and
carried
its
people
captive
to
Kir,
and
killed
Rezin.
King
Ahaz
went
to
Damascus
to
meet Tiglath Pileser
king
of
Assyria,
and
saw
the
altar
that
was
at
Damascus;
and
King
Ahaz
sent
to Urijah
the
priest
a drawing
of
the
altar
and plans
to build
it.
Urijah
the
priest
built
an
altar. According
to
all
that
King
Ahaz
had
sent
from
Damascus,
so Urijah
the
priest
made
it
for
the
coming
of
King
Ahaz
from
Damascus.
When
the
king
had
come
from
Damascus,
the
king
saw
the
altar;
and
the
king
came
near
to
the
altar,
and
offered
on
it.
He
burned
his
burnt
offering
and
his
meal
offering, poured
his drink
offering,
and
sprinkled
the
blood
of
his
peace
offerings
on
the
altar.
The
bronze
altar,
which
was
before
Yahweh,
he
brought
from
the
front
of
the
house,
from
between
his
altar
and
Yahweh’s
house,
and
put
it
on
the
north
side
of
his
altar.
King
Ahaz
commanded Urijah
the
priest,
saying, “On
the
great
altar
burn
the
morning
burnt
offering,
the
evening
meal
offering,
the
king’s
burnt
offering
and
his
meal
offering,
with
the
burnt
offering
of
all
the
people
of
the
land,
their
meal
offering,
and
their drink
offerings;
and
sprinkle
on
it
all
the
blood
of
the
burnt
offering,
and
all
the
blood
of
the
sacrifice;
but
the
bronze
altar
will
be
for
me
to
inquire
by.”
Urijah
the
priest
did
so, according
to
all
that
King
Ahaz
commanded.
King
Ahaz
cut
off
the panels
of
the bases,
and
removed
the basin
from
off
them,
and
took
down
the
sea
from
off
the
bronze
oxen
that
were
under
it,
and
put
it
on
a
pavement
of
stone.
He
removed
the covered
way
for
the
Sabbath
that
they
had
built
in
the
house,
and
the
king’s
outer
entrance
to
Yahweh’s
house,
because
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Ahaz
which
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
Ahaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
David’s
city;
and
Hezekiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the twelfth
year
of
Ahaz
king
of
Judah,
Hoshea
the
son
of
Elah began
to
reign
in
Samaria
over
Israel
for
nine
years.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
yet
not
as
the
kings
of
Israel
who
were
before
him.
Shalmaneser
king
of
Assyria
came
up
against
him;
and
Hoshea
became
his
servant,
and
brought
him
tribute.
The
king
of
Assyria
discovered
a
conspiracy
in
Hoshea;
for
he
had
sent
messengers
to
So
king
of
Egypt,
and
offered
no
tribute
to
the
king
of
Assyria,
as
he
had done
year
by
year.
Therefore
the
king
of
Assyria seized
him,
and
bound
him
in
prison.
Then
the
king
of
Assyria
came
up
throughout
all
the
land,
went
up
to
Samaria,
and besieged
it
three
years.
In
the
ninth
year
of
Hoshea
the
king
of
Assyria
took
Samaria
and
carried
Israel
away
to
Assyria,
and
placed
them
in
Halah,
and
on
the
Habor,
the
river
of
Gozan,
and
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes.
It
was
so
because
the
children
of
Israel
had
sinned
against
Yahweh
their
God,
who
brought
them
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
from
under
the
hand
of
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
and
had
feared
other
gods,
and walked
in
the
statutes
of
the
nations
whom
Yahweh
cast
out
from
before
the
children
of
Israel,
and
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
which
they
made.
The
children
of
Israel
secretly
did
things
that
were
not
right
against
Yahweh
their
God;
and
they
built
high
places
for
themselves
in
all
their
cities,
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the
fortified
city;
and
they
set
up
for
themselves
pillars
and
Asherah poles
on
every
high
hill
and
under
every
green
tree;
and
there
they
burned
incense
in
all
the
high
places,
as
the
nations
whom
Yahweh
carried
away
before
them
did;
and
they
did
wicked
things
to
provoke
Yahweh
to
anger;
and
they
served
idols,
of
which
Yahweh
had
said
to
them, “You
shall
not
do
this
thing.”
Yet
Yahweh
testified
to
Israel
and
to
Judah,
by
every
prophet
and
every
seer,
saying, “Turn
from
your
evil
ways,
and
keep
my
commandments
and
my
statutes,
according
to
all
the
law
which
I
commanded
your
fathers,
and
which
I
sent
to
you
by
my
servants
the
prophets.”
Notwithstanding,
they
would
not
listen,
but
hardened
their
neck
like
the
neck
of
their
fathers
who
didn’t
believe
in
Yahweh
their
God.
They
rejected
his
statutes
and
his
covenant
that
he
made
with
their
fathers,
and
his
testimonies
which
he
testified
to
them;
and
they
followed
vanity,
and
became
vain,
and
followed
the
nations
that
were
around
them,
concerning
whom
Yahweh
had
commanded
them
that
they
should
not
do
like
them.
They
abandoned
all
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
their
God,
and
made molten
images
for
themselves,
even
two
calves,
and
made
an
Asherah,
and
worshiped
all
the
army
of
the
sky,
and
served
Baal.
They caused
their
sons
and
their
daughters
to
pass
through
the
fire,
used
divination
and
enchantments,
and
sold
themselves
to
do
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
Therefore
Yahweh
was
very
angry
with
Israel,
and
removed
them
out
of
his
sight.
There
was
none
left
but
the
tribe
of
Judah
only.
Also
Judah
didn’t
keep
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
their
God,
but walked
in
the
statutes
of
Israel
which
they
made.
Yahweh
rejected
all
the
offspring
of
Israel, afflicted
them,
and
delivered
them
into
the
hands
of raiders,
until
he
had
cast
them
out
of
his
sight.
For
he
tore
Israel
from
David’s
house;
and
they made
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
king;
and
Jeroboam
drove
Israel
from
following
Yahweh,
and made
them
sin
a
great
sin.
The
children
of
Israel walked
in
all
the
sins
of
Jeroboam
which
he
did;
they
didn’t
depart
from
them
until
Yahweh
removed
Israel
out
of
his
sight,
as
he
said
by
all
his
servants
the
prophets.
So
Israel
was
carried
away
out
of
their
own
land
to
Assyria
to
this
day.
The
king
of
Assyria
brought
people
from
Babylon,
from
Cuthah,
from
Avva,
and
from
Hamath
and
Sepharvaim,
and
placed
them
in
the
cities
of
Samaria
instead
of
the
children
of
Israel;
and
they
possessed
Samaria
and
lived
in
its
cities.
So
it
was,
at
the
beginning
of
their
dwelling
there,
that
they
didn’t
fear
Yahweh.
Therefore
Yahweh
sent
lions
among
them,
which
killed
some
of
them.
Therefore
they
spoke
to
the
king
of
Assyria,
saying, “The
nations
which
you
have
carried
away
and
placed
in
the
cities
of
Samaria
don’t
know
the law
of
the
god
of
the
land.
Therefore
he
has
sent
lions
among
them;
and
behold,
they
kill
them,
because
they
don’t
know
the law
of
the
god
of
the
land.”
Then
the
king
of
Assyria
commanded,
saying, “Carry
there
one
of
the
priests
whom
you brought
from
there;
and
let
him
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Hebrew:
them
go
and
dwell
there,
and
let
him
teach
them
the law
of
the
god
of
the
land.”
So
one
of
the
priests
whom
they
had
carried
away
from
Samaria
came
and
lived
in
Bethel,
and
taught
them
how
they
should
fear
Yahweh.
However
every
nation
made
gods
of
their
own,
and
put
them
in
the
houses
of
the
high
places
which
the Samaritans
had
made,
every
nation
in
their
cities
in
which
they
lived.
The
men
of
Babylon
made Succoth Benoth,
and
the
men
of
Cuth
made
Nergal,
and
the
men
of
Hamath
made
Ashima,
and
the
Avvites
made
Nibhaz
and
Tartak;
and
the
Sepharvites
burned
their
children
in
the
fire
to
Adrammelech
and
Anammelech,
the gods
of
Sepharvaim.
So
they
feared
Yahweh,
and
also
made
from
among
themselves
priests
of
the
high
places
for
themselves,
who sacrificed
for
them
in
the
houses
of
the
high
places.
They
feared
Yahweh,
and
also
served
their
own
gods,
after
the ways
of
the
nations
from
among
whom
they
had
been
carried
away.
To
this
day
they
do
what
they
did
before.
They
don’t
fear
Yahweh,
and
they
do
not
follow
the
statutes,
or
the
ordinances,
or
the
law,
or
the
commandment
which
Yahweh
commanded
the
children
of
Jacob,
whom
he
named
Israel;
with whom
Yahweh
had
made
a
covenant
and
commanded
them,
saying, “You
shall
not
fear
other
gods,
nor
bow
yourselves
to
them,
nor
serve
them,
nor
sacrifice
to
them;
but
you
shall
fear
Yahweh,
who
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
great
power
and
with
an
outstretched
arm,
and
you
shall
bow
yourselves
to
him,
and
you
shall
sacrifice
to
him.
The
statutes
and
the
ordinances,
and
the
law
and
the
commandment
which
he
wrote
for
you,
you
shall
observe
to
do
forever
more.
You
shall
not
fear
other
gods.
You
shall
not
forget
the
covenant
that
I
have
made
with
you.
You
shall
not
fear
other
gods.
But
you
shall
fear
Yahweh
your
God,
and
he
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
all
your
enemies.”
However
they
didn’t
listen,
but
they
did
what
they
did
before.
So
these
nations
feared
Yahweh,
and
also
served
their
engraved
images.
Their
children
did
likewise,
and
so
did
their
children’s
children.
They
do
as
their
fathers
did
to
this
day.
Now
in
the
third
year
of
Hoshea
son
of
Elah
king
of
Israel,
Hezekiah
the
son
of
Ahaz
king
of
Judah
began
to
reign.
He
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
twenty-nine
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Abi
the
daughter
of
Zechariah.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes, according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
He
removed
the
high
places,
broke
the
pillars,
and
cut
down
the
Asherah.
He
also
broke
in
pieces
the
bronze
serpent
that
Moses
had
made,
because
in
those
days
the
children
of
Israel
burned
incense
to
it;
and
he
called
it
Nehushtan.
He
trusted
in
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
so
that
after
him
was
no
one
like
him
among
all
the
kings
of
Judah,
nor
among
them
that
were
before
him.
For
he
joined
with
Yahweh.
He
didn’t
depart
from
following
him,
but
kept
his
commandments,
which
Yahweh
commanded
Moses.
Yahweh
was
with
him.
Wherever
he
went,
he prospered.
He
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
didn’t
serve
him.
He
struck
the
Philistines
to
Gaza
and
its
borders,
from
the
tower
of
the
watchmen
to
the
fortified
city.
In
the
fourth
year
of
King
Hezekiah,
which
was
the
seventh
year
of
Hoshea
son
of
Elah
king
of
Israel,
Shalmaneser
king
of
Assyria
came
up
against
Samaria
and besieged
it.
At
the
end
of
three
years
they
took
it.
In
the sixth
year
of
Hezekiah,
which
was
the
ninth
year
of
Hoshea
king
of
Israel,
Samaria
was
taken.
The
king
of
Assyria
carried
Israel
away
to
Assyria,
and
put
them
in
Halah,
and
on
the
Habor,
the
river
of
Gozan,
and
in
the
cities
of
the
Medes,
because
they
didn’t
obey
Yahweh
their
God’s
voice,
but transgressed
his
covenant,
even
all
that
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh
commanded,
and
would
not
hear
it
or
do
it.
Now
in
the fourteenth
year
of
King
Hezekiah,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
came
up
against
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah
and
took
them.
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
sent
to
the
king
of
Assyria
at
Lachish,
saying, “I
have
offended
you.
Withdraw
from
me.
That
which
you
put
on
me,
I
will
bear.”
The
king
of
Assyria
appointed
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
three
hundred
talents
of
silver
and
thirty
talents
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A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
of
gold.
Hezekiah
gave
him
all
the
silver
that
was
found
in
Yahweh’s
house
and
in
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house.
At
that
time,
Hezekiah
cut
off
the gold
from
the
doors
of
Yahweh’s
temple,
and
from
the pillars
which
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
had
overlaid,
and
gave
it
to
the
king
of
Assyria.
The
king
of
Assyria
sent
Tartan, Rabsaris,
and
Rabshakeh
from
Lachish
to
King
Hezekiah
with
a
great
army
to
Jerusalem.
They
went
up
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
When
they
had
come
up,
they
came
and
stood
by
the conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
which
is
in
the
highway
of
the
fuller’s
field.
When
they
had
called
to
the
king,
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebnah
the
scribe,
and
Joah
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder
came
out
to
them.
Rabshakeh
said
to
them, “Say
now
to
Hezekiah, ‘The
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria,
says, “What
confidence
is
this
in
which
you
trust?
You
say (but
they
are
but vain
words), ‘There
is
counsel
and
strength
for
war.’
Now
on
whom
do
you
trust,
that
you
have
rebelled
against
me?
Now,
behold,
you
trust
in
the
staff
of
this
bruised
reed,
even
in
Egypt.
If
a
man
leans
on
it,
it
will
go
into
his
hand
and pierce
it.
So
is
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
to
all
who
trust
on
him.
But
if
you
tell
me, ‘We
trust
in
Yahweh
our
God,’
isn’t
that
he
whose
high
places
and
whose
altars
Hezekiah
has
taken
away,
and
has
said
to
Judah
and
to
Jerusalem, ‘You
shall
worship
before
this
altar
in
Jerusalem?’
Now
therefore,
please
give pledges
to
my
master
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
give
you two
thousand
horses
if
you
are
able
on
your
part
to
set
riders
on
them.
How
then
can
you
turn
away
the
face
of
one captain
of
the least
of
my
master’s
servants,
and
put
your
trust
on
Egypt
for
chariots
and
for
horsemen?
Have
I
now
come
up
without
Yahweh
against
this
place
to
destroy
it?
Yahweh
said
to
me, ‘Go
up
against
this
land,
and
destroy
it.’”’”
Then
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
Shebnah,
and
Joah,
said
to
Rabshakeh, “Please
speak
to
your
servants
in
the Syrian
language,
for
we
understand
it.
Don’t
speak
with
us
in
the Jews’
language,
in
the
hearing
of
the
people
who
are
on
the
wall.”
But
Rabshakeh
said
to
them, “Has
my
master
sent
me
to
your
master
and
to
you,
to
speak
these
words?
Hasn’t
he
sent
me
to
the
men
who
sit
on
the
wall,
to
eat
their
own dung,
and
to
drink
their
own
urine
with
you?”
Then
Rabshakeh
stood
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews’
language,
and
spoke,
saying, “Hear
the
word
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria.
The
king
says, ‘Don’t
let
Hezekiah
deceive
you,
for
he
will
not
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
his
hand.
Don’t
let
Hezekiah
make
you
trust
in
Yahweh,
saying, “Yahweh
will
surely
deliver
us,
and
this
city
shall
not
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.”
Don’t
listen
to
Hezekiah.’
For
the
king
of
Assyria
says, ‘Make
your
peace
with
me,
and
come
out
to
me;
and
everyone
of
you
eat
from
his
own
vine,
and
everyone
from
his
own
fig
tree,
and
everyone
drink
water
from
his
own
cistern;
until
I
come
and
take
you
away
to
a
land
like
your own
land,
a
land
of
grain
and
new
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards,
a
land
of
olive
trees
and
of
honey,
that
you
may
live
and
not
die.
Don’t
listen
to
Hezekiah
when
he persuades
you,
saying, “Yahweh
will
deliver
us.”
Has
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations ever
delivered
his
land
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
Where
are
the
gods
of
Hamath
and
of
Arpad?
Where
are
the
gods
of
Sepharvaim,
of
Hena,
and
Ivvah?
Have
they
delivered
Samaria
out
of
my
hand?
Who
are
they
among
all
the
gods
of
the
countries,
that
have
delivered
their
country
out
of
my
hand,
that
Yahweh
should
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?’”
But
the
people stayed quiet,
and
answered
him
not
a
word;
for
the
king’s
commandment
was, “Don’t
answer
him.”
Then
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
came
with
Shebna
the
scribe
and
Joah
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder
to
Hezekiah
with
their
clothes
torn,
and
told
him Rabshakeh’s
words.
When
King
Hezekiah
heard
it,
he
tore
his
clothes,
covered himself
with
sackcloth,
and
went
into
Yahweh’s
house.
He
sent
Eliakim,
who
was
over
the
household,
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
the
elders
of
the
priests,
covered
with
sackcloth,
to
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz.
They
said
to
him, “Hezekiah
says, ‘Today
is
a
day
of
trouble,
of
rebuke,
and
of rejection;
for
the
children
have
come
to
the
point
of
birth,
and
there
is
no
strength
to
deliver
them.
It
may
be
Yahweh
your
God
will
hear
all
the
words
of
Rabshakeh,
whom
the
king
of
Assyria
his
master
has
sent
to
defy
the
living
God,
and
will
rebuke
the
words
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
heard.
Therefore
lift
up
your
prayer
for
the
remnant
that
is
left.’”
So
the
servants
of
King
Hezekiah
came
to
Isaiah.
Isaiah
said
to
them, “Tell
your
master
this: ‘Yahweh
says, “Don’t
be
afraid
of
the
words
that
you
have
heard,
with
which
the
servants
of
the
king
of
Assyria
have
blasphemed
me.
Behold,
I
will
put
a
spirit
in
him,
and
he
will
hear
news,
and
will
return
to
his own
land.
I
will
cause
him
to
fall
by
the
sword
in
his own
land.”’”
So
Rabshakeh
returned
and
found
the
king
of
Assyria warring
against
Libnah;
for
he
had
heard
that
he
had
departed
from
Lachish.
When
he
heard
it
said
of
Tirhakah
king
of
Ethiopia, “Behold,
he
has
come
out
to
fight
against
you,”
he
sent
messengers
again
to
Hezekiah,
saying,
“Tell
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
this: ‘Don’t
let
your
God
in
whom
you
trust
deceive
you,
saying,
Jerusalem
will
not
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
Behold,
you
have
heard
what
the
kings
of
Assyria
have
done
to
all
lands,
by destroying
them utterly.
Will
you
be
delivered?
Have
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
them,
which
my
fathers
have
destroyed—Gozan,
Haran,
Rezeph,
and
the
children
of
Eden
who
were
in
Telassar?
Where
is
the
king
of
Hamath,
the
king
of
Arpad,
and
the
king
of
the
city
of
Sepharvaim,
of
Hena,
and
Ivvah?’”
Hezekiah
received
the
letter
from
the
hand
of
the
messengers
and
read
it.
Then
Hezekiah
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house,
and
spread
it
before
Yahweh.
Hezekiah
prayed
before
Yahweh,
and
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
are
enthroned
above
the
cherubim,
you
are
the
God,
even
you
alone,
of
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth.
You
have
made
heaven
and
earth.
Incline
your
ear,
Yahweh,
and
hear.
Open
your
eyes,
Yahweh,
and
see.
Hear
the
words
of
Sennacherib,
which
he
has
sent
to
defy
the
living
God.
Truly,
Yahweh,
the
kings
of
Assyria
have laid waste
the
nations
and
their
lands,
and
have
cast
their
gods
into
the
fire;
for
they
were
no
gods,
but
the
work
of
men’s
hands,
wood
and
stone.
Therefore
they
have
destroyed
them.
Now
therefore,
Yahweh
our
God,
save
us,
I
beg
you,
out
of
his
hand,
that
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
may
know
that
you,
Yahweh,
are
God
alone.”
Then
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
sent
to
Hezekiah,
saying, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says ‘You
have
prayed
to
me
against
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
have
heard
you.
This
is
the
word
that
Yahweh
has
spoken
concerning
him: ‘The
virgin
daughter
of
Zion
has
despised
you
and ridiculed
you.
The
daughter
of
Jerusalem
has
shaken
her
head
at
you.
Whom
have
you defied
and
blasphemed?
Against
whom
have
you
exalted
your
voice
and
lifted
up
your
eyes
on
high?
Against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel!
By
your
messengers,
you
have defied
the
Lord,
and
have
said, “With
the multitude
of
my
chariots,
I
have
come
up
to
the
height
of
the
mountains,
to
the
innermost
parts
of
Lebanon,
and
I
will
cut
down
its
tall
cedars
and
its
choice
cypress
trees;
and
I
will
enter
into
his
farthest
lodging
place,
the
forest
of
his
fruitful
field.
I
have
dug
and
drunk
strange
waters,
and
I
will
dry
up
all
the
rivers
of
Egypt
with
the
sole
of
my
feet.”
Haven’t
you
heard
how
I
have
done
it
long
ago,
and
formed
it
of ancient
times?
Now
I
have
brought
it
to
pass,
that
it
should
be yours
to
lay waste
fortified
cities
into ruinous
heaps.
Therefore
their
inhabitants
had little
power.
They
were
dismayed
and
confounded.
They
were
like
the
grass
of
the
field
and
like
the
green
herb,
like
the
grass
on
the
housetops
and
like
grain blasted
before
it
has
grown
up.
But
I
know
your
sitting
down,
your
going
out,
your
coming
in,
and
your
raging
against
me.
Because
of
your
raging
against
me,
and
because
your
arrogance
has
come
up
into
my
ears,
therefore
I
will
put
my
hook
in
your
nose,
and
my
bridle
in
your
lips,
and
I
will
turn
you
back
by
the
way
by
which
you
came.’
“This
will
be
the
sign
to
you:
This
year,
you
will
eat
that
which grows
of
itself,
and
in
the
second
year
that
which springs
from
that;
and
in
the
third
year
sow
and
reap,
and
plant
vineyards
and
eat
their
fruit.
The
remnant
that
has
escaped
of
the
house
of
Judah
will
again
take
root
downward,
and bear
fruit
upward.
For
out
of
Jerusalem
a
remnant
will
go
out,
and
out
of
Mount
Zion
those
who
shall
escape.
Yahweh’s
zeal
will
perform
this.
“Therefore
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
king
of
Assyria, ‘He
will
not
come
to
this
city,
nor
shoot
an
arrow
there.
He
will
not
come
before
it
with
shield,
nor
cast
up
a mound
against
it.
He
will
return
the same
way
that
he
came,
and
he
will
not
come
to
this
city,’
says
Yahweh.
‘For
I
will
defend
this
city
to
save
it,
for
my own
sake
and
for
my
servant
David’s
sake.’”
That
night,
Yahweh’s
angel
went
out
and
struck
one
hundred
eighty-five
thousand
in
the
camp
of
the Assyrians.
When
men
arose
early
in
the
morning,
behold,
these
were
all
dead
bodies.
So
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
departed,
went
home,
and
lived
at
Nineveh.
As
he
was
worshiping
in
the
house
of
Nisroch
his
god,
Adrammelech
and
Sharezer
struck
him
with
the
sword;
and
they
escaped
into
the
land
of
Ararat. Esar Haddon
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
those
days
Hezekiah
was
sick
and
dying.
Isaiah
the
prophet
the
son
of
Amoz
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Set
your
house
in
order;
for
you
will
die,
and
not
live.’”
Then
he
turned
his
face
to
the
wall,
and
prayed
to
Yahweh,
saying,
“Remember
now,
Yahweh,
I
beg
you,
how
I
have
walked
before
you
in
truth
and
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
have
done
that
which
is
good
in
your
sight.”
And
Hezekiah
wept
bitterly.
Before
Isaiah
had
gone
out
into
the
middle part
of
the
city,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
him,
saying,
“Turn
back,
and
tell
Hezekiah
the
prince
of
my
people, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
David
your
father,
says, “I
have
heard
your
prayer.
I
have
seen
your
tears.
Behold,
I
will
heal
you.
On
the
third
day,
you
will
go
up
to
Yahweh’s
house.
I
will
add
to
your
days
fifteen
years.
I
will
deliver
you
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
I
will
defend
this
city
for
my own
sake,
and
for
my
servant
David’s
sake.”’”
Isaiah
said, “Take
a
cake
of
figs.”
They
took
and
laid
it
on
the
boil,
and
he recovered.
Hezekiah
said
to
Isaiah, “What
will
be
the
sign
that
Yahweh
will
heal
me,
and
that
I
will
go
up
to
Yahweh’s
house
the
third
day?”
Isaiah
said, “This
will
be
the
sign
to
you
from
Yahweh,
that
Yahweh
will
do
the
thing
that
he
has
spoken:
should
the
shadow
go
forward
ten
steps,
or
go
back
ten
steps?”
Hezekiah
answered, “It
is
a
light
thing
for
the
shadow
to
go forward
ten
steps.
No,
but
let
the
shadow
return
backward
ten
steps.”
Isaiah
the
prophet
cried
to
Yahweh;
and
he
brought
the
shadow
ten
steps
backward,
by
which
it
had
gone
down
on
the sundial
of
Ahaz.
At
that
time Berodach
Baladan
the
son
of
Baladan,
king
of
Babylon,
sent
letters
and
a
present
to
Hezekiah,
for
he
had
heard
that
Hezekiah
had been
sick.
Hezekiah
listened
to
them,
and
showed
them
all
the
storehouse
of
his precious
things—the
silver,
the
gold,
the
spices,
and
the precious
oil,
and
the
house
of
his
armor,
and
all
that
was
found
in
his
treasures.
There
was
nothing
in
his
house,
or
in
all
his dominion,
that
Hezekiah
didn’t
show
them.
Then
Isaiah
the
prophet
came
to
King
Hezekiah,
and
said
to
him, “What
did
these
men
say?
From
where
did
they
come
to
you?”
Hezekiah
said, “They
have
come
from
a
far
country,
even
from
Babylon.”
He
said, “What
have
they
seen
in
your
house?”
Hezekiah
answered, “They
have
seen
all
that
is
in
my
house.
There
is
nothing
among
my
treasures
that
I
have
not
shown
them.”
Isaiah
said
to
Hezekiah, “Hear
Yahweh’s
word.
‘Behold,
the
days
come
that
all
that
is
in
your
house,
and
that
which
your
fathers
have
laid
up
in
store
to
this
day,
will
be
carried
to
Babylon.
Nothing
will
be
left,’
says
Yahweh.
‘They
will
take
away
some
of
your
sons
who
will
issue
from
you,
whom
you
will
father;
and
they
will
be
eunuchs
in
the
palace
of
the
king
of
Babylon.’”
Then
Hezekiah
said
to
Isaiah, “Yahweh’s
word
which
you
have
spoken
is
good.”
He
said
moreover, “Isn’t
it
so,
if
peace
and
truth
will
be
in
my
days?”
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Hezekiah,
and
all
his
might,
and
how
he
made
the
pool,
and
the conduit,
and
brought
water
into
the
city, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
Hezekiah
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
Manasseh
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Manasseh
was
twelve
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
fifty-five
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Hephzibah.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight, after
the
abominations
of
the
nations
whom
Yahweh
cast
out
before
the
children
of
Israel.
For
he
built
again
the
high
places
which
Hezekiah
his
father
had
destroyed;
and
he
raised
up
altars
for
Baal,
and
made
an
Asherah,
as
Ahab
king
of
Israel
did,
and
worshiped
all
the
army
of
the
sky,
and
served
them.
He
built
altars
in
Yahweh’s
house,
of
which
Yahweh
said, “I
will
put
my
name
in
Jerusalem.”
He
built
altars
for
all
the
army
of
the
sky
in
the
two courts
of
Yahweh’s
house.
He
made
his
son
to
pass
through
the
fire,
practiced sorcery,
used
enchantments,
and dealt
with
those
who
had familiar spirits
and
with wizards.
He
did
much
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
He
set
the engraved
image
of
Asherah
that
he
had
made
in
the
house
of
which
Yahweh
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,
I
will
put
my
name
forever;
I
will
not
cause
the
feet
of
Israel
to
wander
any
more
out
of
the
land
which
I
gave
their
fathers,
if
only
they
will
observe
to
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
them,
and
according
to
all
the
law
that
my
servant
Moses
commanded
them.”
But
they
didn’t
listen,
and
Manasseh
seduced
them
to
do
that
which
is
evil
more
than
the
nations
did
whom
Yahweh
destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
Yahweh
spoke
by
his
servants
the
prophets,
saying,
“Because
Manasseh
king
of
Judah
has
done
these
abominations,
and
has
done wickedly
above
all
that
the
Amorites
did,
who
were
before
him,
and
has
also
made
Judah
to
sin
with
his
idols;
therefore
Yahweh
the
God
of
Israel
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
bring
such
evil
on
Jerusalem
and
Judah
that
whoever
hears
of
it,
both
his
ears
will
tingle.
I
will
stretch
over
Jerusalem
the
line
of
Samaria,
and
the plumb
line
of
Ahab’s
house;
and
I
will
wipe
Jerusalem
as
a man wipes
a
dish, wiping
it
and
turning
it upside
down.
I
will
cast
off
the
remnant
of
my
inheritance
and
deliver
them
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies.
They
will
become
a
prey
and
a
plunder
to
all
their
enemies,
because
they
have
done
that
which
is
evil
in
my
sight,
and
have
provoked
me
to
anger
since
the
day
their
fathers
came
out
of
Egypt,
even
to
this
day.’”
Moreover
Manasseh
shed
innocent
blood
very
much,
until
he
had
filled
Jerusalem
from
one
end
to
another;
in
addition
to
his
sin
with
which
he
made
Judah
to
sin,
in
doing
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Manasseh,
and
all
that
he
did,
and
his
sin
that
he
sinned, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
Manasseh
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
the
garden
of
his
own
house,
in
the
garden
of
Uzza;
and
Amon
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Amon
was
twenty-two
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
two
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Meshullemeth
the
daughter
of
Haruz
of
Jotbah.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
as
Manasseh
his
father
did.
He
walked
in
all
the
ways
that
his
father
walked
in,
and
served
the
idols
that
his
father
served,
and
worshiped
them;
and
he
abandoned
Yahweh,
the
God
of
his
fathers,
and
didn’t
walk
in
the
way
of
Yahweh.
The
servants
of
Amon
conspired
against
him,
and
put
the
king
to
death
in
his own
house.
But
the
people
of
the
land
killed
all
those
who
had
conspired
against
King
Amon;
and
the
people
of
the
land
made
Josiah
his
son
king
in
his
place.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Amon
which
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
He
was
buried
in
his
tomb
in
the
garden
of
Uzza,
and
Josiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Josiah
was
eight
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned thirty-one
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Jedidah
the
daughter
of
Adaiah
of
Bozkath.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
and walked
in
all
the
ways
of
David
his
father,
and
didn’t
turn
away
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left.
In
the
eighteenth
year
of
King
Josiah,
the
king
sent
Shaphan,
the
son
of
Azaliah
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
scribe,
to
Yahweh’s
house,
saying,
“Go
up
to
Hilkiah
the
high
priest,
that
he
may
count
the
money
which
is
brought
into
Yahweh’s
house,
which
the
keepers
of
the threshold
have
gathered
of
the
people.
Let
them
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
workers
who
have
the
oversight
of
Yahweh’s
house;
and
let
them
give
it
to
the
workers
who
are
in
Yahweh’s
house,
to
repair
the
damage
to
the
house,
to
the
carpenters,
and
to
the
builders,
and
to
the
masons,
and
for
buying
timber
and cut
stone
to
repair
the
house.
However,
no
accounting
shall
be asked
of
them
for
the
money
delivered
into
their
hand,
for
they
deal
faithfully.”
Hilkiah
the
high
priest
said
to
Shaphan
the
scribe, “I
have
found
the
book
of
the
law
in
Yahweh’s
house.”
Hilkiah
delivered
the
book
to
Shaphan,
and
he
read
it.
Shaphan
the
scribe
came
to
the
king,
and
brought
the
king
word
again,
and
said, “Your
servants
have
emptied
out
the
money
that
was
found
in
the
house,
and
have
delivered
it
into
the
hands
of
the
workmen
who
have
the
oversight
of
Yahweh’s
house.”
Shaphan
the
scribe
told
the
king,
saying, “Hilkiah
the
priest
has
delivered
a
book
to
me.”
Then
Shaphan
read
it
before
the
king.
When
the
king
had
heard
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
law,
he
tore
his
clothes.
The
king
commanded
Hilkiah
the
priest,
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan,
Achbor
the
son
of
Micaiah,
Shaphan
the
scribe,
and
Asaiah
the
king’s
servant,
saying,
“Go
inquire
of
Yahweh
for
me,
and
for
the
people,
and
for
all
Judah,
concerning
the
words
of
this
book
that
is
found;
for
great
is
Yahweh’s
wrath
that
is
kindled
against
us,
because
our
fathers
have
not
listened
to
the
words
of
this
book,
to
do
according
to
all
that
which
is
written
concerning
us.”
So
Hilkiah
the
priest,
Ahikam,
Achbor,
Shaphan,
and
Asaiah
went
to
Huldah
the
prophetess,
the
wife
of
Shallum
the
son
of
Tikvah,
the
son
of
Harhas,
keeper
of
the wardrobe (now
she
lived
in
Jerusalem
in
the
second quarter);
and
they
talked
with
her.
She
said
to
them, “Yahweh
the
God
of
Israel
says, ‘Tell
the
man
who
sent
you
to
me,
“Yahweh
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
this
place
and
on
its
inhabitants,
even
all
the
words
of
the
book
which
the
king
of
Judah
has
read.
Because
they
have forsaken
me
and
have
burned
incense
to
other
gods,
that
they
might
provoke
me
to
anger
with
all
the
work
of
their
hands,
therefore
my
wrath
shall
be
kindled
against
this
place,
and
it
will
not
be
quenched.’”
But
to
the
king
of
Judah,
who
sent
you
to
inquire
of
Yahweh,
tell
him, “Yahweh
the
God
of
Israel
says, ‘Concerning
the
words
which
you
have
heard,
because
your
heart
was
tender,
and
you
humbled
yourself
before
Yahweh
when
you
heard
what
I
spoke
against
this
place
and
against
its
inhabitants,
that
they
should
become
a
desolation
and
a
curse,
and
have
torn
your
clothes
and
wept
before
me,
I
also
have
heard
you,’
says
Yahweh.
‘Therefore
behold,
I
will
gather
you
to
your
fathers,
and
you
will
be
gathered
to
your
grave
in
peace.
Your
eyes
will
not
see
all
the
evil
which
I
will
bring
on
this
place.’”’”
So
they
brought
this
message
back
to
the
king.
The
king
sent,
and
they
gathered
to
him
all
the
elders
of
Judah
and
of
Jerusalem.
The
king
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house,
and
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
with
him—with
the
priests,
the
prophets,
and
all
the
people,
both
small
and
great;
and
he
read
in
their
hearing
all
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
covenant
which
was
found
in
Yahweh’s
house.
The
king
stood
by
the
pillar
and
made
a
covenant
before
Yahweh
to walk
after
Yahweh
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
his
testimonies,
and
his
statutes
with
all
his
heart
and
all
his
soul,
to
confirm
the
words
of
this
covenant
that
were
written
in
this
book;
and
all
the
people
agreed
to
the
covenant.
The
king
commanded
Hilkiah
the
high
priest,
and
the
priests
of
the
second
order,
and
the
keepers
of
the threshold,
to
bring
out
of
Yahweh’s
temple
all
the
vessels
that
were
made
for
Baal,
for
the
Asherah,
and
for
all
the
army
of
the
sky;
and
he
burned
them
outside
of
Jerusalem
in
the
fields
of
the
Kidron,
and
carried
their
ashes
to
Bethel.
He got rid
of
the
idolatrous
priests
whom
the
kings
of
Judah
had ordained
to
burn
incense
in
the
high
places
in
the
cities
of
Judah
and
in
the
places
around
Jerusalem;
those
also
who
burned
incense
to
Baal,
to
the
sun,
to
the
moon,
to
the planets,
and
to
all
the
army
of
the
sky.
He
brought
out
the
Asherah
from
Yahweh’s
house,
outside
of
Jerusalem,
to
the
brook
Kidron,
and
burned
it
at
the
brook
Kidron,
and beat
it
to
dust,
and
cast
its
dust
on
the
graves
of
the
common
people.
He
broke
down
the
houses
of
the
male
shrine
prostitutes
that
were
in
Yahweh’s
house,
where
the
women wove
hangings
for
the
Asherah.
He
brought
all
the
priests
out
of
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
defiled
the
high
places
where
the
priests
had
burned
incense,
from
Geba
to
Beersheba;
and
he
broke
down
the
high
places
of
the
gates
that
were
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
Joshua
the
governor
of
the
city,
which
were
on
a
man’s
left
hand
at
the
gate
of
the
city.
Nevertheless
the
priests
of
the
high
places
didn’t
come
up
to
Yahweh’s
altar
in
Jerusalem,
but
they
ate
unleavened
bread
among
their
brothers.
He
defiled
Topheth,
which
is
in
the
valley
of
the
children
of
Hinnom,
that
no
man
might
make
his
son
or
his
daughter
to
pass
through
the
fire
to
Molech.
He
took
away
the
horses
that
the
kings
of
Judah
had
dedicated
to
the
sun,
at
the
entrance
of
Yahweh’s
house,
by
the
room
of Nathan Melech
the
officer
who
was
in
the
court;
and
he
burned
the
chariots
of
the
sun
with
fire.
The
king
broke
down
the
altars
that
were
on
the
roof
of
the
upper
room
of
Ahaz,
which
the
kings
of
Judah
had
made,
and
the
altars
which
Manasseh
had
made
in
the
two courts
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and beat
them
down
from
there,
and
cast
their
dust
into
the
brook
Kidron.
The
king
defiled
the
high
places
that
were
before
Jerusalem,
which
were
on
the
right
hand
of
the
mountain
of corruption,
which
Solomon
the
king
of
Israel
had
built
for Ashtoreth
the
abomination
of
the
Sidonians,
and
for
Chemosh
the
abomination
of
Moab,
and
for
Milcom
the
abomination
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
He
broke
in
pieces
the
pillars,
cut
down
the
Asherah poles,
and
filled
their
places
with
men’s
bones.
Moreover
the
altar
that
was
at
Bethel
and
the
high
place
which
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
who
made
Israel
to
sin,
had
made,
even
that
altar
and
the
high
place
he
broke
down;
and
he
burned
the
high
place
and beat
it
to
dust,
and
burned
the
Asherah.
As
Josiah
turned
himself,
he spied
the
tombs
that
were
there
in
the
mountain;
and
he
sent,
and
took
the
bones
out
of
the
tombs,
and
burned
them
on
the
altar,
and
defiled
it,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
the
man
of
God
proclaimed,
who
proclaimed
these
things.
Then
he
said, “What
monument
is
that
which
I
see?”
The
men
of
the
city
told
him, “It
is
the
tomb
of
the
man
of
God
who
came
from
Judah
and
proclaimed
these
things
that
you
have
done
against
the
altar
of
Bethel.”
He
said, “Let
him
be!
Let
no
one move
his
bones.”
So
they
let
his
bones alone,
with
the
bones
of
the
prophet
who
came
out
of
Samaria.
All
the
houses
also
of
the
high
places
that
were
in
the
cities
of
Samaria,
which
the
kings
of
Israel
had
made
to
provoke Yahweh
to
anger,
Josiah
took
away,
and
did
to
them according
to
all
the
acts
that
he
had
done
in
Bethel.
He killed
all
the
priests
of
the
high
places
that
were
there,
on
the
altars,
and
burned
men’s
bones
on
them;
and
he
returned
to
Jerusalem.
The
king
commanded
all
the
people,
saying, “Keep
the
Passover
to
Yahweh
your
God,
as
it
is
written
in
this
book
of
the
covenant.”
Surely
there
was
not
kept
such
a
Passover
from
the
days
of
the
judges
who
judged
Israel,
nor
in
all
the
days
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
nor
of
the
kings
of
Judah;
but
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
King
Josiah,
this
Passover
was
kept
to
Yahweh
in
Jerusalem.
Moreover,
Josiah
removed
those
who
had familiar spirits,
the wizards,
and
the
teraphim,
23:24
teraphim were household idols.
and
the
idols,
and
all
the
abominations
that
were
seen
in
the
land
of
Judah
and
in
Jerusalem,
that
he
might
confirm
the
words
of
the
law
which
were
written
in
the
book
that
Hilkiah
the
priest
found
in
Yahweh’s
house.
There
was
no
king
like
him
before
him,
who
turned
to
Yahweh
with
all
his
heart,
and
with
all
his
soul,
and
with
all
his
might,
according
to
all
the
law
of
Moses;
and
there
was
none
like
him
who
arose
after
him.
Notwithstanding,
Yahweh
didn’t
turn
from
the
fierceness
of
his
great
wrath,
with
which
his
anger
burned
against
Judah,
because
of
all
the provocation
with
which
Manasseh
had
provoked
him.
Yahweh
said, “I
will
also
remove
Judah
out
of
my
sight,
as
I
have
removed
Israel;
and
I
will cast
off
this
city
which
I
have
chosen,
even
Jerusalem,
and
the
house
of
which
I
said, ‘My
name
shall
be
there.’”
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Josiah,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
In
his
days
Pharaoh Necoh
king
of
Egypt
went
up
against
the
king
of
Assyria
to
the
river
Euphrates;
and
King
Josiah
went
against
him,
but
Pharaoh Necoh
killed
him
at
Megiddo
when
he
saw
him.
His
servants
carried
him
dead
in
a
chariot
from
Megiddo,
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
buried
him
in
his own
tomb.
The
people
of
the
land
took
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Josiah,
and
anointed
him,
and
made
him
king
in
his
father’s
place.
Jehoahaz
was twenty-three
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Hamutal
the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight, according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.
Pharaoh Necoh
put
him
in bonds
at
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath,
that
he might
not
reign
in
Jerusalem;
and
put
the
land
to
a tribute
of
one
hundred
talents
of
silver
and
a
talent
23:33
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
of
gold.
Pharaoh Necoh
made
Eliakim
the
son
of
Josiah
king
in
the
place
of
Josiah
his
father,
and
changed
his
name
to
Jehoiakim;
but
he
took
Jehoahaz
away,
and
he
came
to
Egypt
and
died
there.
Jehoiakim
gave
the
silver
and
the
gold
to
Pharaoh;
but
he taxed
the
land
to
give
the
money
according
to
the
commandment
of
Pharaoh.
He
exacted
the
silver
and
the
gold
of
the
people
of
the
land,
from
everyone
according
to
his
assessment,
to
give
it
to
Pharaoh Necoh.
Jehoiakim
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Zebidah
the
daughter
of
Pedaiah
of
Rumah.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight, according
to
all
that
his
fathers
had
done.
In
his
days
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up,
and
Jehoiakim
became
his
servant
three
years.
Then
he
turned
and
rebelled
against
him.
Yahweh
sent
against
him
bands
of
the
Chaldeans,
bands
of
the Syrians,
bands
of
the
Moabites,
and
bands
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
sent
them
against
Judah
to
destroy
it,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
which
he
spoke
by
his
servants
the
prophets.
Surely
at
the
commandment
of
Yahweh
this
came
on
Judah,
to
remove
them
out
of
his
sight
for
the
sins
of
Manasseh,
according
to
all
that
he
did,
and
also
for
the
innocent
blood
that
he
shed;
for
he
filled
Jerusalem
with
innocent
blood,
and
Yahweh
would
not
pardon.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoiakim,
and
all
that
he
did, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles
of
the
kings
of
Judah?
So
Jehoiakim
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
Jehoiachin
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
The
king
of
Egypt
didn’t
come
out
of
his
land
any
more;
for
the
king
of
Babylon
had
taken,
from
the
brook
of
Egypt
to
the
river
Euphrates,
all
that
belonged
to
the
king
of
Egypt.
Jehoiachin
was
eighteen
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
in
Jerusalem
three
months.
His
mother’s
name
was Nehushta
the
daughter
of
Elnathan
of
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight, according
to
all
that
his
father
had
done.
At
that
time
the
servants
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
the
city
was
besieged.
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
to
the
city
while
his
servants
were
besieging
it,
and
Jehoiachin
the
king
of
Judah
went
out
to
the
king
of
Babylon—he,
his
mother,
his
servants,
his
princes,
and
his
officers;
and
the
king
of
Babylon
captured
him
in
the
eighth
year
of
his
reign.
He
carried
out
from
there
all
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
and
cut
in
pieces
all
the
vessels
of
gold
which
Solomon
king
of
Israel
had
made
in
Yahweh’s
temple,
as
Yahweh
had
said.
He
carried
away
all
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
princes,
and
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
even
ten
thousand
captives,
and
all
the
craftsmen
and
the
smiths.
No
one
remained
except
the poorest
people
of
the
land.
He
carried
away
Jehoiachin
to
Babylon,
with
the
king’s
mother,
the
king’s
wives,
his
officers,
and
the chief men
of
the
land.
He
carried
them
into
captivity
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon.
All
the
men
of
might,
even
seven
thousand,
and
the
craftsmen
and
the
smiths
one
thousand,
all
of
them
strong
and fit
for
war,
even
them
the
king
of
Babylon
brought captive
to
Babylon.
The
king
of
Babylon
made
Mattaniah,
Jehoiachin’s father’s brother,
king
in
his
place,
and
changed
his
name
to
Zedekiah.
Zedekiah
was twenty-one
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Hamutal
the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight, according
to
all
that
Jehoiakim
had
done.
For
through
the
anger
of
Yahweh,
this
happened
in
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
until
he
had
cast
them
out
from
his
presence.
Then
Zedekiah
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Babylon.
In
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
in
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came,
he
and
all
his
army,
against
Jerusalem,
and
encamped
against
it;
and
they
built forts
against
it
around
it.
So
the
city
was
besieged
until
the
eleventh
year
of
King
Zedekiah.
On
the
ninth
day
of
the fourth
month,
the
famine
was
severe
in
the
city,
so
that
there
was
no
bread
for
the
people
of
the
land.
Then
a
breach
was
made
in
the
city,
and
all
the
men
of
war fled
by
night
by
the
way
of
the
gate
between
the
two
walls,
which
was
by
the
king’s
garden (now
the
Chaldeans
were
against
the
city
around
it);
and
the
king
went
by
the
way
of
the
Arabah.
But
the Chaldean
army
pursued
the
king,
and
overtook
him
in
the
plains
of
Jericho;
and
all
his
army
was
scattered
from
him.
Then
they
captured
the
king
and
carried
him
up
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah;
and
they
passed
judgment
on
him.
They
killed
Zedekiah’s
sons
before
his
eyes,
then
put
out
Zedekiah’s
eyes,
bound
him
in
fetters,
and
carried
him
to
Babylon.
Now
in
the
fifth
month,
on
the
seventh
day
of
the
month,
which
was
the nineteenth
year
of
King
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard,
a
servant
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
came
to
Jerusalem.
He
burned
Yahweh’s
house,
the
king’s
house,
and
all
the
houses
of
Jerusalem.
He
burned
every
great
house
with
fire.
All
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
who
were
with
the
captain
of
the
guard,
broke
down
the
walls
around
Jerusalem.
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
the
rest
of
the
people
who
were
left
in
the
city
and
those
who
had
deserted
to
the
king
of
Babylon—all
the
rest
of
the
multitude.
But
the
captain
of
the
guard
left
some
of
the poorest
of
the
land
to work
the vineyards
and fields.
The
Chaldeans
broke
up
the
pillars
of
bronze
that
were
in
Yahweh’s
house
and
the bases
and
the
bronze
sea
that
were
in
Yahweh’s
house,
and
carried
the
bronze
pieces
to
Babylon.
They
took
away
the
pots,
the
shovels,
the
snuffers,
the
spoons,
and
all
the
vessels
of
bronze
with
which
they
ministered.
The
captain
of
the
guard
took
away
the fire pans,
the
basins,
that
which
was
of
gold,
for
gold,
and
that
which
was
of
silver,
for
silver.
The
two
pillars,
the
one
sea,
and
the bases,
which
Solomon
had
made
for
Yahweh’s
house,
the
bronze
of
all
these
vessels
was
not
weighed.
The
height
of
the
one
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits,
25:17
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
a
capital
of
bronze
was
on
it.
The
height
of
the
capital
was
three
cubits,
with
network
and
pomegranates
on
the
capital
around
it,
all
of
bronze;
and
the
second
pillar
with
its
network
was
like
these.
The
captain
of
the
guard
took
Seraiah
the
chief
priest,
Zephaniah
the
second
priest,
and
the
three
keepers
of
the threshold;
and
out
of
the
city
he
took
an
officer
who
was
set
over
the
men
of
war;
and
five
men
of
those
who
saw
the
king’s
face,
who
were
found
in
the
city;
and
the
scribe,
the
captain
of
the
army,
who
mustered
the
people
of
the
land,
and
sixty
men
of
the
people
of
the
land
who
were
found
in
the
city.
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
them,
and
brought
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah.
The
king
of
Babylon
attacked
them
and
put
them
to
death
at
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath.
So
Judah
was
carried
away
captive
out
of
his
land.
As
for
the
people
who
were
left
in
the
land
of
Judah
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
had
left,
even
over
them
he
made
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan, governor.
Now
when
all
the
captains
of
the
forces,
they
and
their
men,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made
Gedaliah
governor,
they
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah,
even
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
Seraiah
the
son
of
Tanhumeth
the
Netophathite,
and
Jaazaniah
the
son
of
the
Maacathite,
they
and
their
men.
Gedaliah
swore
to
them
and
to
their
men,
and
said
to
them, “Don’t
be
afraid
because
of
the
servants
of
the
Chaldeans.
Dwell
in
the
land
and
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
will
be
well
with
you.”
But
in
the
seventh
month,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
the
son
of
Elishama,
of
the
royal
offspring
came,
and
ten
men
with
him,
and
struck
Gedaliah
so
that
he
died,
with
the
Jews
and
the
Chaldeans
that
were
with
him
at
Mizpah.
All
the
people,
both
small
and
great,
and
the
captains
of
the
forces
arose
and
came
to
Egypt;
for
they
were
afraid
of
the
Chaldeans.
In
the thirty-seventh
year
of
the captivity
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
in
the twelfth
month,
on
the twenty-seventh
day
of
the
month, Evilmerodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
year
that
he
began
to
reign, released
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah
out
of
prison,
and
he
spoke
kindly
to
him
and
set
his
throne
above
the
throne
of
the
kings
who
were
with
him
in
Babylon,
and
changed
his
prison
garments.
Jehoiachin
ate
bread
before
him
continually
all
the
days
of
his
life;
and
for
his
allowance,
there
was
a
continual
allowance
given
him
from
the
king,
every
day
a
portion,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
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The First Book of Chronicles
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Adam,
Seth,
Enosh,
Kenan,
Mahalalel,
Jared,
Enoch,
Methuselah,
Lamech,
Noah,
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
The
sons
of
Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech,
and
Tiras.
The
sons
of
Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Diphath,
and
Togarmah.
The
sons
of
Javan:
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim,
and Rodanim.
The
sons
of
Ham:
Cush,
Mizraim,
Put,
and
Canaan.
The
sons
of
Cush:
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabta,
Raama,
Sabteca.
The
sons
of
Raamah:
Sheba
and
Dedan.
Cush
became
the
father
of
Nimrod.
He
began
to
be
a
mighty
one
in
the
earth.
Mizraim
became
the
father
of
Ludim,
Anamim,
Lehabim,
Naphtuhim,
Pathrusim,
Casluhim (where
the
Philistines
came
from),
and
Caphtorim.
Canaan
became
the
father
of
Sidon
his
firstborn,
Heth,
the
Jebusite,
the
Amorite,
the
Girgashite,
the
Hivite,
the
Arkite,
the
Sinite,
the
Arvadite,
the
Zemarite,
and
the
Hamathite.
The
sons
of
Shem:
Elam,
Asshur,
Arpachshad,
Lud,
Aram,
Uz,
Hul,
Gether,
and
Meshech.
Arpachshad
became
the
father
of
Shelah,
and
Shelah
became
the
father
of
Eber.
To
Eber
were
born
two
sons:
the
name
of
the
one
was
Peleg,
for
in
his
days
the
earth
was
divided;
and
his
brother’s
name
was
Joktan.
Joktan
became
the
father
of
Almodad,
Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth,
Jerah,
Hadoram,
Uzal,
Diklah,
Ebal,
Abimael,
Sheba,
Ophir,
Havilah,
and
Jobab.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Joktan.
Shem,
Arpachshad,
Shelah,
Eber,
Peleg,
Reu,
Serug,
Nahor,
Terah,
Abram (also called
Abraham).
The
sons
of
Abraham:
Isaac
and
Ishmael.
These
are their
generations:
the
firstborn
of
Ishmael,
Nebaioth;
then
Kedar,
Adbeel,
Mibsam,
Mishma,
Dumah,
Massa,
Hadad,
Tema,
Jetur,
Naphish,
and
Kedemah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Ishmael.
The
sons
of
Keturah,
Abraham’s
concubine: she
bore
Zimran,
Jokshan,
Medan,
Midian,
Ishbak,
and
Shuah.
The
sons
of
Jokshan:
Sheba
and
Dedan.
The
sons
of
Midian:
Ephah,
Epher,
Hanoch,
Abida,
and
Eldaah.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Keturah.
Abraham
became
the
father
of
Isaac.
The
sons
of
Isaac:
Esau
and
Israel.
The
sons
of
Esau:
Eliphaz,
Reuel,
Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
The
sons
of
Eliphaz:
Teman,
Omar,
Zephi,
Gatam,
Kenaz,
Timna,
and
Amalek.
The
sons
of
Reuel:
Nahath,
Zerah,
Shammah,
and
Mizzah.
The
sons
of
Seir:
Lotan,
Shobal,
Zibeon,
Anah,
Dishon,
Ezer,
and
Dishan.
The
sons
of
Lotan:
Hori
and
Homam;
and
Timna
was
Lotan’s
sister.
The
sons
of
Shobal:
Alian,
Manahath,
Ebal,
Shephi,
and
Onam.
The
sons
of
Zibeon:
Aiah
and
Anah.
The
son
of
Anah:
Dishon.
The
sons
of
Dishon:
Hamran,
Eshban,
Ithran,
and
Cheran.
The
sons
of
Ezer:
Bilhan,
Zaavan,
and
Jaakan.
The
sons
of
Dishan:
Uz
and
Aran.
Now
these
are
the
kings
who
reigned
in
the
land
of
Edom,
before
any
king
reigned
over
the
children
of
Israel:
Bela
the
son
of
Beor;
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Dinhabah.
Bela
died,
and
Jobab
the
son
of
Zerah
of
Bozrah
reigned
in
his
place.
Jobab
died,
and
Husham
of
the
land
of
the
Temanites
reigned
in
his
place.
Husham
died,
and
Hadad
the
son
of
Bedad,
who
struck
Midian
in
the
field
of
Moab,
reigned
in
his
place;
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Avith.
Hadad
died,
and
Samlah
of
Masrekah
reigned
in
his
place.
Samlah
died,
and
Shaul
of
Rehoboth
by
the
River
reigned
in
his
place.
Shaul
died,
and Baal Hanan
the
son
of
Achbor
reigned
in
his
place.
Baal Hanan
died,
and
Hadad
reigned
in
his
place;
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Pai.
His
wife’s
name
was
Mehetabel,
the
daughter
of
Matred,
the
daughter
of
Mezahab.
Then
Hadad
died.
The chiefs
of
Edom
were:
chief
Timna,
chief
Aliah,
chief
Jetheth,
chief
Oholibamah,
chief
Elah,
chief
Pinon,
chief
Kenaz,
chief
Teman,
chief
Mibzar,
chief
Magdiel,
and
chief
Iram.
These
are
the chiefs
of
Edom.
These
are
the
sons
of
Israel:
Reuben,
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar,
Zebulun,
Dan,
Joseph,
Benjamin,
Naphtali,
Gad,
and
Asher.
The
sons
of
Judah:
Er,
Onan,
and
Shelah,
which
three
were
born
to
him
of Shua’s
daughter
the Canaanitess.
Er,
Judah’s
firstborn,
was
wicked
in
Yahweh’s
2:3
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
sight;
and
he
killed
him.
Tamar
his
daughter-in-law
bore
him
Perez
and
Zerah.
All
the
sons
of
Judah
were
five.
The
sons
of
Perez:
Hezron
and
Hamul.
The
sons
of
Zerah:
Zimri,
Ethan,
Heman,
Calcol,
and
Dara—five
of
them
in
all.
The
son
of
Carmi:
Achar,
the
troubler
of
Israel,
who
committed
a trespass
in
the
devoted thing.
The
son
of
Ethan:
Azariah.
The
sons
also
of
Hezron,
who
were
born
to
him:
Jerahmeel,
Ram,
and
Chelubai.
Ram
became
the
father
of
Amminadab,
and
Amminadab
became
the
father
of
Nahshon,
prince
of
the
children
of
Judah;
and
Nahshon
became
the
father
of
Salma,
and
Salma
became
the
father
of
Boaz,
and
Boaz
became
the
father
of
Obed,
and
Obed
became
the
father
of
Jesse;
and
Jesse
became
the
father
of
his
firstborn
Eliab,
Abinadab
the
second,
Shimea
the
third,
Nethanel
the
fourth,
Raddai
the
fifth,
Ozem
the
sixth,
and
David
the
seventh;
and their
sisters
were
Zeruiah
and
Abigail.
The
sons
of
Zeruiah:
Abishai,
Joab,
and
Asahel,
three.
Abigail
bore
Amasa;
and
the
father
of
Amasa
was
Jether
the
Ishmaelite.
Caleb
the
son
of
Hezron
became
the
father
of
children
by
Azubah
his
wife,
and
by
Jerioth;
and
these
were
her
sons:
Jesher,
Shobab,
and
Ardon.
Azubah
died,
and
Caleb
married
Ephrath,
who
bore
him
Hur.
Hur
became
the
father
of
Uri,
and
Uri
became
the
father
of
Bezalel.
Afterward
Hezron
went
in
to
the
daughter
of
Machir
the
father
of
Gilead, whom
he
took
as wife
when
he
was
sixty
years
old;
and
she
bore
him
Segub.
Segub
became
the
father
of
Jair,
who
had twenty-three
cities
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
Geshur
and
Aram
took
the
towns
of
Jair
from
them,
with
Kenath,
and
its
villages,
even
sixty
cities.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Machir
the
father
of
Gilead.
After
Hezron
died
in
Caleb Ephrathah,
Abijah,
Hezron’s
wife,
bore
him
Ashhur
the
father
of
Tekoa.
The
sons
of
Jerahmeel
the
firstborn
of
Hezron
were
Ram
the
firstborn,
Bunah,
Oren,
Ozem,
and
Ahijah.
Jerahmeel
had
another
wife,
whose
name
was
Atarah.
She
was
the
mother
of
Onam.
The
sons
of
Ram
the
firstborn
of
Jerahmeel
were
Maaz,
Jamin,
and
Eker.
The
sons
of
Onam
were
Shammai
and
Jada.
The
sons
of
Shammai:
Nadab
and
Abishur.
The
name
of
the
wife
of
Abishur
was
Abihail;
and she
bore
him
Ahban
and Molid.
The
sons
of
Nadab:
Seled
and
Appaim;
but
Seled
died
without
children.
The
son
of
Appaim:
Ishi.
The
son
of
Ishi:
Sheshan.
The
son
of
Sheshan:
Ahlai.
The
sons
of
Jada
the
brother
of
Shammai:
Jether
and
Jonathan;
and
Jether
died
without
children.
The
sons
of
Jonathan:
Peleth
and
Zaza.
These
were
the
sons
of
Jerahmeel.
Now
Sheshan
had
no
sons,
but
only
daughters.
Sheshan
had
a
servant,
an
Egyptian,
whose
name
was
Jarha.
Sheshan
gave
his
daughter
to
Jarha
his
servant
as
wife;
and she
bore
him
Attai.
Attai
became
the
father
of
Nathan,
and
Nathan
became
the
father
of
Zabad,
and
Zabad
became
the
father
of
Ephlal,
and
Ephlal
became
the
father
of
Obed,
and
Obed
became
the
father
of
Jehu,
and
Jehu
became
the
father
of
Azariah,
and
Azariah
became
the
father
of
Helez,
and
Helez
became
the
father
of
Eleasah,
and
Eleasah
became
the
father
of
Sismai,
and
Sismai
became
the
father
of
Shallum,
and
Shallum
became
the
father
of
Jekamiah,
and
Jekamiah
became
the
father
of
Elishama.
The
sons
of
Caleb
the
brother
of
Jerahmeel
were
Mesha
his
firstborn,
who
was
the
father
of
Ziph,
and
the
sons
of
Mareshah
the
father
of
Hebron.
The
sons
of
Hebron:
Korah,
Tappuah,
Rekem,
and
Shema.
Shema
became
the
father
of
Raham,
the
father
of
Jorkeam;
and
Rekem
became
the
father
of
Shammai.
The
son
of
Shammai
was
Maon;
and
Maon
was
the
father
of Beth Zur.
Ephah,
Caleb’s
concubine,
bore
Haran,
Moza,
and
Gazez;
and
Haran
became
the
father
of
Gazez.
The
sons
of
Jahdai:
Regem, Jothan,
Geshan,
Pelet,
Ephah,
and
Shaaph.
Maacah,
Caleb’s
concubine,
bore
Sheber
and
Tirhanah.
She
bore
also
Shaaph
the
father
of
Madmannah,
Sheva
the
father
of
Machbena
and
the
father
of
Gibea;
and
the
daughter
of
Caleb
was
Achsah.
These
were
the
sons
of
Caleb,
the
son
of
Hur,
the
firstborn
of
Ephrathah:
Shobal
the
father
of
Kiriath Jearim,
Salma
the
father
of
Bethlehem,
and
Hareph
the
father
of Beth Gader.
Shobal
the
father
of
Kiriath Jearim
had
sons:
Haroeh, half
of
the Menuhoth.
The
families
of
Kiriath Jearim:
the
Ithrites,
the
Puthites,
the
Shumathites,
and
the
Mishraites;
from
them
came
the
Zorathites
and
the
Eshtaolites.
The
sons
of
Salma:
Bethlehem,
the
Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab,
and half
of
the Manahathites,
the
Zorites.
The
families
of
scribes
who
lived
at
Jabez:
the
Tirathites,
the
Shimeathites,
and
the
Sucathites.
These
are
the
Kenites
who
came
from
Hammath,
the
father
of
the
house
of
Rechab.
Now
these
were
the
sons
of
David,
who
were
born
to
him
in
Hebron:
the
firstborn,
Amnon,
of
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess;
the
second,
Daniel,
of
Abigail
the
Carmelitess;
the
third,
Absalom
the
son
of
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Talmai
king
of
Geshur;
the
fourth,
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith;
the
fifth,
Shephatiah
of
Abital;
the
sixth,
Ithream
by
Eglah his
wife:
six
were
born
to
him
in
Hebron;
and
he
reigned
there
seven
years
and
six
months.
He
reigned
thirty-three
years
in
Jerusalem;
and
these
were
born
to
him
in
Jerusalem:
Shimea,
Shobab,
Nathan,
and
Solomon,
four,
by Bathshua
the
daughter
of
Ammiel;
and
Ibhar,
Elishama,
Eliphelet,
Nogah,
Nepheg,
Japhia,
Elishama,
Eliada,
and
Eliphelet,
nine.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
David,
in addition
to
the
sons
of
the
concubines;
and
Tamar
was
their
sister.
Solomon’s
son
was
Rehoboam,
Abijah
his
son,
Asa
his
son,
Jehoshaphat
his
son,
Joram
his
son,
Ahaziah
his
son,
Joash
his
son,
Amaziah
his
son,
Azariah
his
son,
Jotham
his
son,
Ahaz
his
son,
Hezekiah
his
son,
Manasseh
his
son,
Amon
his
son,
and
Josiah
his
son.
The
sons
of
Josiah:
the
firstborn
Johanan,
the
second
Jehoiakim,
the
third
Zedekiah,
and
the
fourth
Shallum.
The
sons
of
Jehoiakim:
Jeconiah
his
son,
and
Zedekiah
his
son.
The
sons
of
Jeconiah,
the captive:
Shealtiel
his
son,
Malchiram,
Pedaiah,
Shenazzar,
Jekamiah,
Hoshama,
and
Nedabiah.
The
sons
of
Pedaiah:
Zerubbabel
and
Shimei.
The
sons
of
Zerubbabel:
Meshullam
and
Hananiah;
and
Shelomith
was their
sister;
and
Hashubah,
Ohel,
Berechiah,
Hasadiah,
and Jushab Hesed,
five.
The
sons
of
Hananiah:
Pelatiah
and
Jeshaiah;
the
sons
of
Rephaiah,
the
sons
of
Arnan,
the
sons
of
Obadiah,
the
sons
of
Shecaniah.
The
son
of
Shecaniah:
Shemaiah.
The
sons
of
Shemaiah:
Hattush,
Igal,
Bariah,
Neariah,
and
Shaphat,
six.
The
sons
of
Neariah:
Elioenai,
Hizkiah,
and
Azrikam,
three.
The
sons
of
Elioenai:
Hodaviah,
Eliashib,
Pelaiah,
Akkub,
Johanan,
Delaiah,
and
Anani,
seven.
The
sons
of
Judah:
Perez,
Hezron,
Carmi,
Hur,
and
Shobal.
Reaiah
the
son
of
Shobal
became
the
father
of
Jahath;
and
Jahath
became
the
father
of
Ahumai
and
Lahad.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Zorathites.
These
were
the
sons
of
the
father
of
Etam:
Jezreel,
Ishma,
and
Idbash.
The
name
of their
sister
was
Hazzelelponi.
Penuel
was
the
father
of
Gedor
and
Ezer
the
father
of
Hushah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Hur,
the
firstborn
of
Ephrathah,
the
father
of
Bethlehem.
Ashhur
the
father
of
Tekoa
had
two
wives,
Helah
and
Naarah.
Naarah
bore
him
Ahuzzam,
Hepher,
Temeni,
and
Haahashtari.
These
were
the
sons
of
Naarah.
The
sons
of
Helah
were
Zereth,
Izhar,
and
Ethnan.
Hakkoz
became
the
father
of
Anub,
Zobebah,
and
the
families
of
Aharhel
the
son
of
Harum.
Jabez
was
more
honorable
than
his
brothers.
His
mother
named
him
Jabez,
4:9
“Jabez” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “pain”.
saying, “Because
I
bore
him
with sorrow.”
Jabez
called
on
the
God
4:10
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
of
Israel,
saying, “Oh
that
you
would
bless
me
indeed,
and enlarge
my
border!
May
your
hand
be
with
me,
and
may
you
keep
me
from
evil,
that
I
may
not
cause
pain!”
God
granted
him
that
which
he
requested.
Chelub
the
brother
of
Shuhah
became
the
father
of
Mehir,
who
was
the
father
of
Eshton.
Eshton
became
the
father
of Beth Rapha,
Paseah,
and
Tehinnah
the
father
of Ir Nahash.
These
are
the
men
of Recah.
The
sons
of
Kenaz:
Othniel
and
Seraiah.
The
sons
of
Othniel:
Hathath.
4:13
Greek and Vulgate add “and Meonothai”
Meonothai
became
the
father
of
Ophrah:
and
Seraiah
became
the
father
of
Joab
the
father
of Ge
Harashim,
for
they
were
craftsmen.
The
sons
of
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh:
Iru,
Elah,
and
Naam.
The
son
of
Elah:
Kenaz.
The
sons
of
Jehallelel:
Ziph,
Ziphah,
Tiria,
and
Asarel.
The
sons
of
Ezrah:
Jether,
Mered,
Epher,
and
Jalon;
and
Mered’s wife bore
Miriam,
Shammai,
and
Ishbah
the
father
of
Eshtemoa.
His
wife
the Jewess
bore
Jered
the
father
of
Gedor,
Heber
the
father
of
Soco,
and
Jekuthiel
the
father
of
Zanoah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Bithiah
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh,
whom
Mered
took.
The
sons
of
the
wife
of
Hodiah,
the
sister
of
Naham,
were
the
fathers
of
Keilah
the
Garmite
and
Eshtemoa
the
Maacathite.
The
sons
of
Shimon:
Amnon,
Rinnah, Ben Hanan,
and
Tilon.
The
sons
of
Ishi:
Zoheth,
and Ben
Zoheth.
The
sons
of
Shelah
the
son
of
Judah:
Er
the
father
of
Lecah,
Laadah
the
father
of
Mareshah,
and
the
families
of
the
house
of
those
who worked
fine
linen,
of
the
house
of Ashbea;
and
Jokim,
and
the
men
of
Cozeba,
and
Joash,
and
Saraph,
who
had dominion
in
Moab,
and Jashubilehem.
These
records
are
ancient.
These
were
the
potters,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Netaim
and
Gederah;
they
lived
there
with
the
king
for
his
work.
The
sons
of
Simeon:
Nemuel,
Jamin,
Jarib,
Zerah,
Shaul;
Shallum
his
son,
Mibsam
his
son,
and
Mishma
his
son.
The
sons
of
Mishma: Hammuel
his
son,
Zaccur
his
son,
Shimei
his
son.
Shimei
had
sixteen
sons
and
six
daughters;
but
his
brothers
didn’t
have
many
children,
and
all
their
family
didn’t
multiply
like
the
children
of
Judah.
They
lived
at
Beersheba,
Moladah, Hazarshual,
at
Bilhah, at
Ezem, at
Tolad,
at
Bethuel, at
Hormah, at
Ziklag,
at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim,
at Beth Biri,
and
at
Shaaraim.
These
were
their
cities
until
David’s
reign.
Their villages were
Etam,
Ain,
Rimmon,
Tochen,
and
Ashan,
five
cities;
and
all
their villages
that
were
around
the
same
cities,
as
far
as
Baal.
These
were
their
settlements,
and
they kept
their
genealogy.
Meshobab,
Jamlech,
Joshah
the
son
of
Amaziah,
Joel,
Jehu
the
son
of
Joshibiah,
the
son
of
Seraiah,
the
son
of
Asiel,
Elioenai,
Jaakobah,
Jeshohaiah,
Asaiah,
Adiel,
Jesimiel,
Benaiah,
and
Ziza
the
son
of Shiphi,
the
son
of
Allon,
the
son
of
Jedaiah,
the
son
of
Shimri,
the
son
of
Shemaiah—
these
mentioned
by
name
were
princes
in
their
families.
Their
fathers’
houses
increased
greatly.
They went
to
the
entrance
of
Gedor,
even
to
the
east
side
of
the
valley,
to
seek
pasture
for
their
flocks.
They
found rich,
good
pasture,
and
the
land
was
wide,
and
quiet,
and
peaceful,
for
those
who
lived
there
before
were descended
from
Ham.
These
written
by
name
came
in
the
days
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
and
struck
their
tents
and
the
Meunim
who
were
found
there;
and
they
destroyed
them utterly
to
this
day,
and
lived
in
their
place,
because
there
was
pasture
there
for
their
flocks.
Some
of
them, even
of
the
sons
of
Simeon,
five
hundred
men,
went
to
Mount
Seir, having
for
their
captains
Pelatiah,
Neariah,
Rephaiah,
and
Uzziel,
the
sons
of
Ishi.
They
struck
the
remnant
of
the
Amalekites
who
escaped,
and
have
lived
there
to
this
day.
The
sons
of
Reuben
the
firstborn
of
Israel (for
he
was
the
firstborn,
but
because
he defiled
his
father’s
couch,
his
birthright
was
given
to
the
sons
of
Joseph
the
son
of
Israel;
and
the
genealogy
is
not
to
be
listed according
to
the
birthright.
For
Judah
prevailed
above
his
brothers,
and
from
him came
the
prince;
but
the
birthright
was
Joseph’s)—
the
sons
of
Reuben
the
firstborn
of
Israel:
Hanoch,
Pallu,
Hezron,
and
Carmi.
The
sons
of
Joel:
Shemaiah
his
son,
Gog
his
son,
Shimei
his
son,
Micah
his
son,
Reaiah
his
son,
Baal
his
son,
and
Beerah
his
son,
whom Tilgath Pilneser
king
of
Assyria
carried
away
captive.
He
was
prince
of
the
Reubenites.
His
brothers
by their
families, when
the
genealogy
of their
generations
was
listed:
the
chief,
Jeiel,
and
Zechariah,
and
Bela
the
son
of
Azaz,
the
son
of
Shema,
the
son
of
Joel,
who
lived
in
Aroer,
even
to
Nebo
and Baal Meon;
and
he
lived
eastward
even
to
the
entrance
of
the
wilderness
from
the
river
Euphrates,
because
their
livestock
were
multiplied
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
In
the
days
of
Saul,
they
made
war
with
the
Hagrites,
who
fell
by
their
hand;
and
they
lived
in
their
tents
throughout
all
the
land
east
of
Gilead.
The
sons
of
Gad
lived beside
them
in
the
land
of
Bashan
to
Salecah:
Joel
the
chief,
Shapham
the
second,
Janai,
and
Shaphat
in
Bashan.
Their
brothers
of their
fathers’
houses:
Michael,
Meshullam,
Sheba,
Jorai,
Jacan,
Zia,
and
Eber,
seven.
These
were
the
sons
of
Abihail,
the
son
of
Huri,
the
son
of
Jaroah,
the
son
of
Gilead,
the
son
of
Michael,
the
son
of
Jeshishai,
the
son
of
Jahdo,
the
son
of
Buz;
Ahi
the
son
of
Abdiel,
the
son
of
Guni,
chief
of their
fathers’
houses.
They
lived
in
Gilead
in
Bashan
and
in
its
towns,
and
in
all
the
pasture
lands
of
Sharon
as
far
as
their
borders.
All
these
were
listed
by
genealogies
in
the
days
of
Jotham
king
of
Judah,
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel.
The
sons
of
Reuben,
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
of
valiant
men,
men
able
to
bear
buckler
and
sword,
able
to shoot
with
bow,
and
skillful
in
war,
were forty-four
thousand
seven
hundred
sixty
that
were
able
to
go
out
to
war.
They
made
war
with
the
Hagrites,
with
Jetur,
and
Naphish,
and
Nodab.
They
were
helped
against
them,
and
the
Hagrites
were
delivered
into
their
hand,
and
all
who
were
with
them;
for
they
cried
to
God
in
the
battle,
and
he
answered
them
because
they
put
their
trust
in
him.
They
took
away
their
livestock:
of
their
camels
fifty
thousand,
and
of
sheep
two
hundred
fifty
thousand,
and
of
donkeys
two
thousand,
and
of
men
one
hundred
thousand.
For
many
fell
slain,
because
the
war
was
of
God.
They
lived
in
their
place
until
the captivity.
The
children
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
lived
in
the
land.
They
increased
from
Bashan
to Baal
Hermon,
Senir,
and
Mount
Hermon.
These
were
the
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses:
Epher,
Ishi,
Eliel,
Azriel,
Jeremiah,
Hodaviah,
and Jahdiel—mighty
men
of
valor,
famous
men,
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses.
They trespassed
against
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
played
the
prostitute
after
the
gods
of
the
peoples
of
the
land
whom
God
destroyed
before
them.
So
the
God
of
Israel
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Pul
king
of
Assyria,
and
the
spirit
of Tilgath Pilneser
king
of
Assyria,
and
he
carried
away
the
Reubenites,
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
and
brought
them
to
Halah,
Habor,
Hara,
and
to
the
river
of
Gozan,
to
this
day.
The
sons
of
Levi: Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
The
sons
of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
The
children
of
Amram: Aaron, Moses,
and Miriam.
The
sons
of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
Eleazar became
the
father
of Phinehas, Phinehas became
the
father
of Abishua,
Abishua became
the father
of Bukki. Bukki became
the father
of Uzzi.
Uzzi became
the father
of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became
the father
of Meraioth.
Meraioth became
the father
of Amariah. Amariah became
the father
of Ahitub.
Ahitub became
the father
of Zadok. Zadok became
the father
of Ahimaaz.
Ahimaaz became
the father
of Azariah. Azariah became
the father
of Johanan.
Johanan became
the father
of Azariah,
who executed
the priest’s office
in
the house
that Solomon built
in Jerusalem.
Azariah became
the father
of Amariah. Amariah became
the father
of Ahitub.
Ahitub became
the father
of Zadok. Zadok became
the father
of Shallum.
Shallum became
the father
of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became
the father
of Azariah.
Azariah became
the father
of Seraiah. Seraiah became
the father
of Jehozadak.
Jehozadak went into captivity
when Yahweh carried Judah
and Jerusalem away
by
the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar.
The sons
of Levi: Gershom, Kohath,
and Merari.
These
are
the names
of
the sons
of Gershom: Libni
and Shimei.
The
sons
of Kohath
were Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
The
sons
of Merari: Mahli
and Mushi. These
are
the
families
of
the Levites according
to their fathers’ households.
Of Gershom: Libni
his
son, Jahath
his
son, Zimmah
his
son,
Joah
his
son, Iddo
his
son, Zerah
his
son,
and Jeatherai
his
son.
The
sons
of Kohath: Amminadab
his
son,
Korah
his
son,
Assir
his
son,
Elkanah
his
son, Ebiasaph
his
son, Assir
his
son,
Tahath
his
son, Uriel
his
son, Uzziah
his
son,
and Shaul
his
son.
The
sons
of Elkanah: Amasai
and Ahimoth.
As
for Elkanah,
the
sons
of Elkanah: Zophai
his
son, Nahath
his
son,
Eliab
his
son, Jeroham
his
son,
and Elkanah
his
son.
The
sons
of Samuel:
the firstborn, Joel,
and
the second, Abijah.
The
sons
of
Merari: Mahli, Libni
his
son, Shimei
his
son, Uzzah
his
son,
Shimea
his
son, Haggiah
his
son, Asaiah
his
son.
These
are they whom David set over
the service
of song
in Yahweh’s house after
the ark came
to rest there.
They ministered with song before
the tabernacle
of
the Tent
of Meeting until Solomon
had built Yahweh’s house
in Jerusalem. They performed
the duties
of
their office according
to
their order.
These
are
those
who served,
and
their sons.
Of
the sons
of
the Kohathites: Heman
the singer,
the son
of Joel,
the son
of Samuel,
the
son
of Elkanah,
the
son
of Jeroham,
the
son
of Eliel,
the
son
of Toah,
the
son
of Zuph,
the
son
of Elkanah,
the
son
of Mahath,
the
son
of Amasai,
the
son
of Elkanah,
the
son
of Joel,
the
son
of Azariah,
the
son
of Zephaniah,
the
son
of Tahath,
the
son
of Assir,
the
son
of Ebiasaph,
the
son
of Korah,
the
son
of Izhar,
the
son
of Kohath,
the
son
of Levi,
the
son
of Israel.
His brother Asaph,
who stood
on
his
right hand,
even Asaph
the
son
of Berechiah,
the
son
of Shimea,
the son
of Michael,
the son
of Baaseiah,
the son
of Malchijah,
the
son
of Ethni,
the
son
of Zerah,
the
son
of Adaiah,
the
son
of Ethan,
the
son
of Zimmah,
the
son
of Shimei,
the son
of Jahath,
the son
of Gershom,
the son
of Levi.
On
the left hand their brothers
the sons
of Merari: Ethan
the son
of Kishi,
the son
of Abdi,
the son
of Malluch,
the son
of Hashabiah,
the son
of Amaziah,
the son
of Hilkiah,
the
son
of Amzi,
the
son
of Bani,
the
son
of Shemer,
the
son
of Mahli,
the
son
of Mushi,
the
son
of Merari,
the
son
of Levi.
Their brothers
the Levites
were appointed
for all
the service
of
the tabernacle
of God’s house.
But Aaron
and
his
sons
offered
on
the altar
of burnt offering,
and
on
the altar
of incense,
for all
the
work
of
the most holy
place,
and
to
make atonement
for
Israel, according
to all
that
Moses
the servant
of
God
had commanded.
These
are
the
sons
of Aaron: Eleazar
his
son, Phinehas
his
son, Abishua
his
son,
Bukki
his
son, Uzzi
his
son, Zerahiah
his
son,
Meraioth
his son, Amariah
his son, Ahitub
his son,
Zadok his son,
and Ahimaaz his son.
Now these are their dwelling places according
to their encampments in their borders:
to
the sons
of Aaron,
of
the families
of
the Kohathites (for theirs was
the first lot),
to
them they gave Hebron
in
the
land
of Judah,
and
its
pasture
lands around
it;
but
the fields
of
the city
and
its villages, they gave
to Caleb
the
son
of Jephunneh.
To
the sons
of Aaron they gave
the cities
of refuge, Hebron, Libnah
also
with
its
pasture
lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa
with
its
pasture
lands,
Hilen
with
its
pasture
lands, Debir
with
its
pasture
lands,
Ashan
with
its
pasture
lands,
and Beth Shemesh
with
its
pasture
lands;
and
out
of
the tribe
of Benjamin, Geba
with
its
pasture
lands, Allemeth
with
its
pasture
lands,
and Anathoth
with
its
pasture
lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
To
the rest
of
the sons
of Kohath were given by lot,
out
of
the family
of
the
tribe,
out
of
the half-tribe,
the half
of Manasseh, ten cities.
To
the
sons
of Gershom, according
to
their
families,
out
of
the
tribe
of Issachar,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Asher,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Naphtali,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Manasseh
in Bashan, thirteen cities.
To
the sons
of Merari
were given by lot, according
to their families,
out
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Gad,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities.
The children
of Israel gave
to
the Levites
the cities
with their
pasture
lands.
They gave by lot
out
of
the
tribe
of
the children
of Judah,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
the children
of Simeon,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
the children
of Benjamin, these cities which
are mentioned by name.
Some
of
the families
of
the sons
of Kohath
had cities
of their borders
out
of
the tribe
of Ephraim.
They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,
Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands,
Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands;
and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;
and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, and Tabor with its pasture lands;
and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;
and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
Of
the
sons
of
Issachar:
Tola,
Puah,
Jashub,
and
Shimron,
four.
The
sons
of
Tola:
Uzzi,
Rephaiah,
Jeriel,
Jahmai,
Ibsam,
and
Shemuel,
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses,
of
Tola;
mighty
men
of
valor
in
their
generations.
Their
number
in
the
days
of
David
was
twenty-two
thousand
six
hundred.
The
son
of
Uzzi:
Izrahiah.
The
sons
of
Izrahiah:
Michael,
Obadiah,
Joel,
and
Isshiah,
five;
all
of
them
chief
men.
With
them,
by
their
generations,
after
their
fathers’
houses,
were
bands
of
the
army
for
war, thirty-six
thousand;
for
they
had
many
wives
and
sons.
Their
brothers
among
all
the
families
of
Issachar,
mighty
men
of
valor,
listed
in
all
by
genealogy,
were
eighty-seven
thousand.
The sons
of
Benjamin:
Bela,
Becher,
and
Jediael,
three.
The
sons
of
Bela:
Ezbon,
Uzzi,
Uzziel,
Jerimoth,
and
Iri,
five;
heads
of
fathers’
houses,
mighty
men
of
valor;
and
they
were
listed
by
genealogy
twenty-two
thousand thirty-four.
The
sons
of
Becher:
Zemirah,
Joash,
Eliezer,
Elioenai,
Omri,
Jeremoth,
Abijah,
Anathoth,
and
Alemeth.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Becher.
They
were
listed
by
genealogy, after their
generations,
heads
of their
fathers’
houses,
mighty
men
of
valor,
twenty
thousand
two
hundred.
The
son
of
Jediael:
Bilhan.
The
sons
of
Bilhan:
Jeush,
Benjamin,
Ehud,
Chenaanah,
Zethan,
Tarshish,
and
Ahishahar.
All
these
were
sons
of
Jediael, according
to
the
heads
of
their
fathers’
households,
mighty
men
of
valor,
seventeen
thousand
two
hundred,
who
were
able
to
go
out
in
the
army
for
war.
So
were
Shuppim,
Huppim,
the
sons
of
Ir,
Hushim,
and
the
sons
of
Aher.
The
sons
of
Naphtali:
Jahziel,
Guni,
Jezer,
Shallum,
and
the
sons
of
Bilhah.
The
sons
of
Manasseh:
Asriel,
whom
his
concubine
the Aramitess
bore.
She
bore
Machir
the
father
of
Gilead.
Machir
took
a
wife
of
Huppim
and
Shuppim,
whose
sister’s
name
was
Maacah.
The
name
of
the
second
was
Zelophehad;
and
Zelophehad
had
daughters.
Maacah
the
wife
of
Machir
bore
a
son,
and
she
named
him
Peresh.
The
name
of
his
brother
was
Sheresh;
and
his
sons
were
Ulam
and
Rakem.
The
sons
of
Ulam:
Bedan.
These
were
the
sons
of
Gilead
the
son
of
Machir,
the
son
of
Manasseh.
His
sister
Hammolecheth
bore
Ishhod,
Abiezer,
and
Mahlah.
The
sons
of
Shemida
were
Ahian,
Shechem,
Likhi,
and
Aniam.
The
sons
of
Ephraim:
Shuthelah,
Bered
his
son,
Tahath
his
son,
Eleadah
his
son,
Tahath
his
son,
Zabad
his
son,
Shuthelah
his
son,
Ezer,
and
Elead, whom
the
men
of
Gath
who
were
born
in
the
land
killed,
because
they
came
down
to
take
away
their
livestock.
Ephraim
their
father
mourned
many
days,
and
his
brothers
came
to
comfort
him.
He
went
in
to
his
wife,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
he
named
him
Beriah,
7:23
“Beriah” is similar to the Hebrew word for “misfortune”.
because
there
was
trouble
with
his
house.
His
daughter
was
Sheerah,
who
built Beth Horon
the
lower
and
the
upper,
and Uzzen
Sheerah.
Rephah
was
his
son,
Resheph
his
son,
Telah
his
son,
Tahan
his
son,
Ladan
his
son,
Ammihud
his
son,
Elishama
his
son,
Nun
his
son,
and
Joshua
his
son.
Their
possessions
and
settlements
were
Bethel
and
its
towns,
and
eastward
Naaran,
and westward
Gezer with
its
towns;
Shechem
also
and
its
towns,
to Azzah
and
its
towns;
and
by
the
borders
of
the
children
of
Manasseh, Beth Shean
and
its
towns,
Taanach
and
its
towns,
Megiddo
and
its
towns,
and
Dor
and
its
towns.
The
children
of
Joseph
the
son
of
Israel
lived
in
these.
The
sons
of
Asher:
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
and
Beriah.
Serah
was
their
sister.
The
sons
of
Beriah:
Heber
and
Malchiel,
who
was
the
father
of
Birzaith.
Heber
became
the
father
of
Japhlet,
Shomer,
Hotham,
and
Shua
their
sister.
The
sons
of
Japhlet:
Pasach,
Bimhal,
and
Ashvath.
These
are
the
children
of
Japhlet.
The
sons
of
Shemer:
Ahi,
Rohgah,
Jehubbah,
and
Aram.
The
sons
of
Helem
his
brother:
Zophah,
Imna,
Shelesh,
and
Amal.
The
sons
of
Zophah:
Suah,
Harnepher,
Shual,
Beri,
Imrah,
Bezer,
Hod,
Shamma,
Shilshah,
Ithran,
and
Beera.
The
sons
of
Jether:
Jephunneh,
Pispa,
and
Ara.
The
sons
of
Ulla:
Arah,
Hanniel,
and
Rizia.
All
these
were
the
children
of
Asher,
heads
of
the
fathers’
houses,
choice
and
mighty
men
of
valor,
chief
of
the
princes.
The
number
of
them
listed
by
genealogy
for
service
in
war
was
twenty-six
thousand
men.
Benjamin
became
the
father
of
Bela
his
firstborn,
Ashbel
the
second,
Aharah
the
third,
Nohah
the
fourth,
and Rapha
the
fifth.
Bela
had
sons:
Addar,
Gera,
Abihud,
Abishua,
Naaman,
Ahoah,
Gera,
Shephuphan,
and
Huram.
These
are
the
sons
of
Ehud.
These
are
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
inhabitants
of
Geba,
who
were
carried
captive
to
Manahath:
Naaman,
Ahijah,
and
Gera,
who
carried
them
captive;
and
he
became
the
father
of
Uzza
and
Ahihud.
Shaharaim
became
the
father
of
children
in
the
field
of
Moab,
after
he
had
sent
them
away.
Hushim
and
Baara
were
his
wives.
By
Hodesh
his
wife,
he
became
the
father
of
Jobab,
Zibia,
Mesha, Malcam,
Jeuz, Shachia,
and
Mirmah.
These
were
his
sons,
heads
of
fathers’
households.
By
Hushim,
he
became
the
father
of
Abitub
and
Elpaal.
The
sons
of
Elpaal:
Eber,
Misham,
and
Shemed,
who
built
Ono
and Lod,
with
its
towns;
and
Beriah
and
Shema,
who
were
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
inhabitants
of
Aijalon,
who
put
to
flight
the
inhabitants
of
Gath;
and
Ahio,
Shashak,
Jeremoth,
Zebadiah,
Arad,
Eder,
Michael,
Ishpah,
Joha,
the
sons
of
Beriah,
Zebadiah,
Meshullam,
Hizki,
Heber,
Ishmerai,
Izliah,
Jobab,
the
sons
of
Elpaal,
Jakim,
Zichri,
Zabdi,
Elienai,
Zillethai,
Eliel,
Adaiah,
Beraiah,
Shimrath,
the
sons
of
Shimei,
Ishpan,
Eber,
Eliel,
Abdon,
Zichri,
Hanan,
Hananiah,
Elam,
Anthothijah,
Iphdeiah,
Penuel,
the
sons
of
Shashak,
Shamsherai,
Shehariah,
Athaliah,
Jaareshiah,
Elijah,
Zichri,
and
the
sons
of
Jeroham.
These
were
heads
of
fathers’
households throughout
their
generations,
chief
men.
These
lived
in
Jerusalem.
The
father
of
Gibeon,
whose
wife’s
name
was
Maacah,
lived
in
Gibeon
with
his
firstborn
son
Abdon,
Zur,
Kish,
Baal,
Nadab,
Gedor,
Ahio,
Zecher,
and
Mikloth,
who
became
the
father
of
Shimeah.
They
also
lived
with
their families
in
Jerusalem,
near
their
relatives.
Ner
became
the
father
of
Kish.
Kish
became
the
father
of
Saul.
Saul
became
the
father
of
Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab,
and
Eshbaal.
The
son
of
Jonathan
was
Merib-baal.
Merib-baal
became
the
father
of
Micah.
The
sons
of
Micah:
Pithon,
Melech,
Tarea,
and
Ahaz.
Ahaz
became
the
father
of
Jehoaddah.
Jehoaddah
became
the
father
of
Alemeth,
Azmaveth,
and
Zimri.
Zimri
became
the
father
of
Moza.
Moza
became
the
father
of
Binea. Raphah
was
his
son,
Eleasah
his
son,
and
Azel
his
son.
Azel
had
six
sons,
whose
names
are
these:
Azrikam,
Bocheru,
Ishmael,
Sheariah,
Obadiah,
and
Hanan.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Azel.
The
sons
of
Eshek
his
brother:
Ulam
his
firstborn,
Jeush
the
second,
and
Eliphelet
the
third.
The
sons
of
Ulam
were
mighty
men
of
valor,
archers,
and
had
many
sons,
and
grandsons,
one
hundred
fifty.
All
these
were
of
the
sons
of
Benjamin.
So
all
Israel
were
listed
by
genealogies;
and
behold,
9:1
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
Judah
was
carried
away
captive
to
Babylon
for
their disobedience.
Now
the
first
inhabitants
who
lived
in
their
possessions
in
their
cities
were
Israel,
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
the
temple
servants.
In
Jerusalem,
there
lived
of
the
children
of
Judah,
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
and
of
the
children
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh:
Uthai
the
son
of
Ammihud,
the
son
of
Omri,
the
son
of
Imri,
the
son
of
Bani,
of
the
children
of
Perez
the
son
of
Judah.
Of
the
Shilonites:
Asaiah
the
firstborn
and
his
sons.
Of
the
sons
of
Zerah:
Jeuel
and
their
brothers,
six
hundred
ninety.
Of
the
sons
of
Benjamin:
Sallu
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Hodaviah,
the
son
of
Hassenuah;
and
Ibneiah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
and
Elah
the
son
of
Uzzi,
the
son
of
Michri;
and
Meshullam
the
son
of
Shephatiah,
the
son
of
Reuel,
the
son
of
Ibnijah;
and
their
brothers,
according
to
their
generations,
nine
hundred fifty-six.
All
these
men
were
heads
of
fathers’
households
by
their
fathers’
houses.
Of
the
priests:
Jedaiah,
Jehoiarib,
Jachin,
and
Azariah
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Zadok,
the
son
of
Meraioth,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
the
ruler
of
God’s
house;
and
Adaiah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Pashhur,
the
son
of
Malchijah;
and
Maasai
the
son
of
Adiel,
the
son
of
Jahzerah,
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of Meshillemith,
the
son
of
Immer;
and
their
brothers,
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses,
one
thousand
seven
hundred
sixty;
they
were
very
able
men
for
the
work
of
the
service
of
God’s
house.
Of
the
Levites:
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Hasshub,
the
son
of
Azrikam,
the
son
of
Hashabiah,
of
the
sons
of
Merari;
and
Bakbakkar,
Heresh,
Galal,
and
Mattaniah
the
son
of
Mica,
the
son
of
Zichri,
the
son
of
Asaph,
and
Obadiah
the
son
of
Shemaiah,
the
son
of
Galal,
the
son
of
Jeduthun;
and
Berechiah
the
son
of
Asa,
the
son
of
Elkanah,
who
lived
in
the villages
of
the
Netophathites.
The
gatekeepers:
Shallum,
Akkub,
Talmon,
Ahiman,
and their
brothers (Shallum
was
the
chief),
who previously served
in
the
king’s
gate
eastward.
They
were
the
gatekeepers
for
the
camp
of
the
children
of
Levi.
Shallum
was
the
son
of
Kore,
the
son
of
Ebiasaph,
the
son
of
Korah,
and
his
brothers,
of
his
father’s
house,
the
Korahites,
were
over
the
work
of
the
service,
keepers
of
the
thresholds
of
the
tent.
Their
fathers
had
been
over
Yahweh’s
camp,
keepers
of
the
entry.
Phinehas
the
son
of
Eleazar
was
ruler
over
them
in
time past,
and
Yahweh
was
with
him.
Zechariah
the
son
of
Meshelemiah
was
gatekeeper
of
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
All
these
who
were
chosen
to
be
gatekeepers
in
the
thresholds
were
two
hundred
twelve.
These
were
listed
by
genealogy
in
their villages, whom
David
and
Samuel
the seer ordained
in
their office
of
trust.
So
they
and
their
children
had
the oversight
of
the
gates
of
Yahweh’s
house,
even
the
house
of
the
tent,
as
guards.
On
the
four
sides
were
the
gatekeepers, toward
the
east,
west,
north,
and
south.
Their
brothers,
in
their villages,
were
to
come
in
every
seven
days
from
time
to
time
to
be
with
them,
for
the
four chief
gatekeepers,
who
were
Levites,
were
in
an office
of
trust,
and
were
over
the
rooms
and
over
the
treasuries
in
God’s
house.
They
stayed
around
God’s
house,
because
that
was
their
duty;
and
it
was
their
duty
to open
it
morning
by
morning.
Certain
of
them
were
in
charge
of
the
vessels
of
service,
for
these
were
brought
in
by
count,
and
these
were
taken
out
by
count.
Some
of
them also
were
appointed
over
the
furniture,
and
over
all
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary,
over
the
fine
flour,
the
wine,
the
oil,
the
frankincense,
and
the
spices.
Some
of
the
sons
of
the
priests
prepared
the
mixing
of
the
spices.
Mattithiah,
one
of
the
Levites,
who
was
the
firstborn
of
Shallum
the
Korahite,
had
the office
of
trust
over
the
things
that
were
baked
in
pans.
Some
of
their
brothers,
of
the
sons
of
the
Kohathites,
were
over
the show
bread,
to
prepare
it
every
Sabbath.
These
are
the
singers,
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
Levites,
who lived
in
the
rooms
and
were free
from
other
service,
for
they
were employed
in
their
work
day
and
night.
These
were
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
Levites, throughout
their
generations,
chief
men.
They
lived
at
Jerusalem.
Jeiel
the
father
of
Gibeon,
whose
wife’s
name
was
Maacah,
lived
in
Gibeon.
His
firstborn
son
was
Abdon,
then
Zur,
Kish,
Baal,
Ner,
Nadab,
Gedor,
Ahio,
Zechariah,
and
Mikloth.
Mikloth
became
the
father
of
Shimeam.
They
also
lived
with
their
relatives
in
Jerusalem,
near
their
relatives.
Ner
became
the
father
of
Kish.
Kish
became
the
father
of
Saul.
Saul
became
the
father
of
Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab,
and
Eshbaal.
The
son
of
Jonathan
was
Merib-baal.
Merib-baal
became
the
father
of
Micah.
The
sons
of
Micah:
Pithon,
Melech,
Tahrea,
and Ahaz.
Ahaz
became
the
father
of
Jarah.
Jarah
became
the
father
of
Alemeth,
Azmaveth,
and
Zimri.
Zimri
became
the
father
of
Moza.
Moza
became
the
father
of
Binea,
Rephaiah
his
son,
Eleasah
his
son,
and
Azel
his
son.
Azel
had
six
sons,
whose
names
are
Azrikam,
Bocheru,
Ishmael,
Sheariah,
Obadiah,
and
Hanan.
These
were
the
sons
of
Azel.
Now
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel;
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
slain
on
Mount
Gilboa.
The
Philistines
followed hard
after
Saul
and
after
his
sons;
and
the
Philistines
killed
Jonathan,
Abinadab,
and Malchishua,
the
sons
of
Saul.
The
battle
went hard
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
overtook
him;
and
he
was distressed
by
reason
of
the
archers.
Then
Saul
said
to
his
armor
bearer, “Draw
your
sword,
and
thrust
me
through
with
it,
lest
these
uncircumcised
come
and abuse
me.”
But
his
armor
bearer
would
not,
for
he
was
terrified.
Therefore
Saul
took
his
sword
and
fell
on
it.
When
his
armor
bearer
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
likewise
fell
on
his
sword
and
died.
So
Saul
died
with
his
three
sons;
and
all
his
house
died
together.
When
all
the
men
of
Israel
who
were
in
the
valley
saw
that
they
fled,
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
were
dead,
they
abandoned
their
cities,
and
fled;
and
the
Philistines
came
and
lived
in
them.
On
the
next
day,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
they
found
Saul
and
his
sons
fallen
on
Mount
Gilboa.
They
stripped
him
and
took
his
head
and
his
armor,
then
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
all
around
to
carry
the
news
to
their
idols
and
to
the
people.
They
put
his
armor
in
the
house
of
their
gods,
and
fastened
his
head
in
the
house
of
Dagon.
When
all
Jabesh
Gilead
heard
all
that
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
all
the
valiant
men
arose
and
took
away
the
body
of
Saul
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons,
and
brought
them
to
Jabesh,
and
buried
their
bones
under
the
oak
in
Jabesh,
and
fasted
seven
days.
So
Saul
died
for
his
trespass
which
he
committed
against
Yahweh,
because
of
Yahweh’s
word,
which
he
didn’t
keep,
and
also
because
he
asked
counsel
of
one
who
had
a familiar
spirit,
to
inquire,
and
didn’t
inquire
of
Yahweh.
Therefore
he
killed
him,
and
turned
the
kingdom
over
to
David
the
son
of
Jesse.
Then
all
Israel
gathered
themselves
to
David
to
Hebron,
saying, “Behold,
we
are
your
bone
and
your
flesh.
In times
past,
even
when
Saul
was
king,
it
was
you
who
led
out
and
brought
in
Israel.
Yahweh
your
God
said
to
you, ‘You
shall
be
shepherd
of
my
people
Israel,
and
you
shall
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel.’”
So
all
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
to
Hebron;
and
David
made
a
covenant
with
them
in
Hebron
before
Yahweh.
They
anointed
David
king
over
Israel,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
by
Samuel.
David
and
all
Israel went
to
Jerusalem (also
called
Jebus);
and
the
Jebusites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
were
there.
The
inhabitants
of
Jebus
said
to
David, “You
will
not
come
in
here!” Nevertheless
David
took
the stronghold
of
Zion.
The
same
is
David’s
city.
David
had
said, “Whoever
strikes
the
Jebusites
first
shall
be
chief
and
captain.”
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
went
up
first,
and
was
made
chief.
David
lived
in
the
stronghold;
therefore
they
called
it
David’s
city.
He
built
the
city
all
around,
from
Millo
even
around;
and
Joab repaired
the
rest
of
the
city.
David
grew
greater
and
greater,
for
Yahweh
of
Armies
was
with
him.
Now
these
are
the
chief
of
the
mighty
men
whom
David
had,
who showed
themselves
strong
with
him
in
his
kingdom,
together
with
all
Israel,
to
make
him
king,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
concerning
Israel.
This
is
the
number
of
the
mighty
men
whom
David
had:
Jashobeam,
the
son
of
a
Hachmonite,
the
chief
of
the
thirty;
he
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred
and
killed
them
at
one
time.
After
him
was
Eleazar
the
son
of
Dodo,
the
Ahohite,
who
was
one
of
the
three
mighty
men.
He
was
with
David
at
Pasdammim,
and
there
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together
to
battle,
where
there
was
a
plot
of
ground
full
of
barley;
and
the
people
fled
from
before
the
Philistines.
They
stood
in
the
middle
of
the
plot,
defended
it,
and
killed
the
Philistines;
and
Yahweh
saved
them
by
a
great
victory.
Three
of
the
thirty
chief
men
went
down
to
the
rock
to
David,
into
the
cave
of
Adullam;
and
the
army
of
the
Philistines
were
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
David
was
then
in
the stronghold,
and
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
was
in
Bethlehem
at
that
time.
David
longed,
and
said, “Oh,
that
someone
would
give
me
water
to
drink
from
the
well
of
Bethlehem,
which
is
by
the
gate!”
The
three
broke
through
the
army
of
the
Philistines,
and
drew
water
out
of
the
well
of
Bethlehem
that
was
by
the
gate,
took
it,
and
brought
it
to
David;
but
David
would
not
drink
any
of
it,
but poured
it
out
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “My
God
forbid
me,
that
I
should
do
this!
Shall
I
drink
the
blood
of
these
men
who
have
put
their
lives
in jeopardy?”
For
they risked
their
lives
to
bring
it.
Therefore
he
would
not
drink
it.
The
three
mighty
men
did
these
things.
Abishai,
the
brother
of
Joab,
was
chief
of
the
three;
for
he
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred
and
killed
them,
and
had
a
name
among
the
three.
Of
the
three,
he
was
more
honorable
than
the
two,
and
was
made
their
captain; however
he wasn’t
included
in
the
three.
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
the
son
of
a
valiant
man
of
Kabzeel,
who
had
done
mighty
deeds,
killed
the
two
sons
of
Ariel
of
Moab.
He
also
went
down
and
killed
a
lion
in
the
middle
of
a
pit
on
a
snowy
day.
He
killed
an
Egyptian,
a
man
of great stature,
five
cubits
11:23
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. Therefore this Egyptian was bout 7 feet and 6 inches or 2.28 meters tall. high.
In
the
Egyptian’s
hand
was
a
spear
like
a
weaver’s
beam;
and
he
went
down
to
him
with
a
staff, plucked
the
spear
out
of
the
Egyptian’s
hand,
and
killed
him
with
his
own
spear.
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
did
these
things
and
had
a
name
among
the
three
mighty
men.
Behold,
he
was
more
honorable
than
the
thirty,
but
he
didn’t
attain
to
the
three;
and
David
set
him
over
his
guard.
The
mighty
men
of
the
armies
also include
Asahel
the
brother
of
Joab,
Elhanan
the
son
of
Dodo
of
Bethlehem,
Shammoth
the
Harorite,
Helez
the
Pelonite,
Ira
the
son
of
Ikkesh
the
Tekoite,
Abiezer
the
Anathothite,
Sibbecai
the
Hushathite,
Ilai
the
Ahohite,
Maharai
the
Netophathite,
Heled
the
son
of
Baanah
the
Netophathite,
Ithai
the
son
of
Ribai
of
Gibeah
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
Benaiah
the
Pirathonite,
Hurai of
the brooks of
Gaash,
Abiel
the
Arbathite,
Azmaveth
the
Baharumite,
Eliahba
the
Shaalbonite,
the
sons
of
Hashem
the
Gizonite,
Jonathan
the
son
of
Shagee
the
Hararite,
Ahiam
the
son
of
Sacar
the
Hararite,
Eliphal
the
son
of Ur,
Hepher
the
Mecherathite,
Ahijah
the
Pelonite,
Hezro
the
Carmelite,
Naarai
the
son
of
Ezbai,
Joel
the
brother
of
Nathan,
Mibhar
the
son
of
Hagri,
Zelek
the
Ammonite,
Naharai
the Berothite (the
armor
bearer
of
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah),
Ira
the
Ithrite,
Gareb
the
Ithrite,
Uriah
the
Hittite,
Zabad
the
son
of
Ahlai,
Adina
the
son
of
Shiza
the
Reubenite (a
chief
of
the
Reubenites),
and
thirty
with
him,
Hanan
the
son
of
Maacah,
Joshaphat
the
Mithnite,
Uzzia
the
Ashterathite,
Shama
and
Jeiel
the
sons
of
Hotham
the
Aroerite,
Jediael
the
son
of
Shimri,
and
Joha
his
brother,
the
Tizite,
Eliel
the
Mahavite,
and
Jeribai,
and
Joshaviah,
the
sons
of
Elnaam,
and
Ithmah
the
Moabite,
Eliel,
Obed,
and
Jaasiel
the
Mezobaite.
Now
these
are
those
who
came
to
David
to
Ziklag
while
he
was
a fugitive
from
Saul
the
son
of
Kish.
They
were
among
the
mighty
men,
his
helpers
in
war.
They
were armed
with
bows,
and could use both
the
right
hand
and
the
left
in slinging
stones
and
in shooting
arrows
from
the
bow. They
were
of
Saul’s
relatives
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
The
chief
was
Ahiezer,
then
Joash,
the
sons
of
Shemaah
the
Gibeathite;
Jeziel
and
Pelet,
the
sons
of
Azmaveth;
Beracah;
Jehu
the
Anathothite;
Ishmaiah
the
Gibeonite,
a
mighty
man
among
the
thirty
and
a leader
of
the
thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad
the Gederathite;
Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah
the Haruphite;
Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer,
and Jashobeam,
the Korahites;
and Joelah
and Zebadiah,
the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
Some Gadites joined David
in
the stronghold
in
the wilderness, mighty
men
of valor,
men trained
for war,
who could handle shield
and spear;
whose faces
were
like
the faces
of lions,
and they
were
as swift
as
the gazelles
on
the mountains:
Ezer
the chief, Obadiah
the second, Eliab
the third,
Mishmannah
the fourth, Jeremiah
the fifth,
Attai
the sixth, Eliel
the seventh,
Johanan
the eighth, Elzabad
the ninth,
Jeremiah
the tenth,
and Machbannai
the eleventh.
These
of
the sons
of Gad were captains
of
the army.
He who
was least
was equal
to one hundred,
and
the greatest
to one thousand.
These
are
those
who went
over
the Jordan
in
the
first month,
when
it
had overflowed
all its banks;
and
they put
to flight
all
who lived
in
the valleys, both
toward
the east
and
toward
the west.
Some
of
the children
of Benjamin
and Judah
came
to
the stronghold
to David.
David
went
out
to meet
them,
and
answered
them, “If
you
have
come peaceably
to
me
to help
me,
my heart
will
be united
with
you;
but
if
you
have
come
to betray
me
to
my adversaries,
since
there
is
no wrong
in
my hands,
may
the God
of
our fathers
see
this
and rebuke
it.”
Then
the Spirit
came
on Amasai,
who
was chief
of
the thirty,
and
he
said, “We
are yours,
David,
and
on
your side,
you son
of Jesse.
Peace,
peace
be
to
you,
and
peace
be
to
your
helpers;
for
your
God
helps
you.”
Then
David
received
them
and
made
them captains
of
the band.
Some
of Manasseh
also joined
David
when
he
came
with
the Philistines
against Saul
to battle,
but
they didn’t
help
them,
for
the lords
of
the Philistines
sent
him
away
after consultation, saying, “He
will desert
to
his
master Saul
to
the jeopardy
of
our
heads.”
As
he
went
to Ziklag,
some
from
Manasseh
joined
him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu,
and Zillethai,
captains
of thousands
who
were
of
Manasseh.
They helped David
against
the
band
of raiders,
for
they
were
all mighty
men
of valor
and
were
captains
in
the army.
For
from day
to day
men
came
to
David
to
help
him,
until
there
was
a
great
army,
like God’s
army.
These
are
the numbers
of
the heads
of
those
who
were armed
for war,
who
came
to
David
to Hebron
to turn
the kingdom
of Saul
to
him,
according
to Yahweh’s word.
The children
of Judah
who bore shield
and spear
were six thousand eight hundred,
armed
for
war.
Of
the
children
of Simeon, mighty
men
of valor
for
the
war: seven
thousand
one
hundred.
Of
the
children
of Levi: four
thousand six
hundred.
Jehoiada
was
the leader
of
the household
of Aaron;
and
with
him
were
three
thousand seven
hundred,
and Zadok,
a young man mighty
of valor,
and
of
his father’s house twenty-two captains.
Of
the
children
of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand,
for until then,
the greatest part
of
them
had kept
their allegiance
to Saul’s
house.
Of
the
children
of Ephraim: twenty
thousand eight hundred, mighty
men
of valor, famous
men
in
their fathers’
houses.
Of
the half-tribe
of Manasseh: eighteen
thousand,
who
were mentioned
by
name,
to come
and
make David king.
Of
the children
of Issachar, men
who
had understanding
of
the times,
to know
what Israel ought
to
do,
their heads
were
two hundred;
and
all
their brothers
were
at
their command.
Of Zebulun,
such
as
were able
to go
out
in
the army,
who
could
set
the battle
in array
with
all
kinds
of instruments
of war: fifty thousand
who
could
command
and
were
not
of double heart.
Of Naphtali:
one
thousand captains,
and
with
them
with shield
and spear thirty-seven
thousand.
Of
the Danites
who could set
the battle
in array: twenty-eight
thousand six hundred.
Of Asher, such as
were able
to go
out
in
the
army,
who could set
the
battle
in
array: forty
thousand.
On
the other side
of
the Jordan,
of
the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and
of
the half-tribe
of Manasseh,
with
all kinds
of instruments
of
war
for
the
battle: one hundred twenty
thousand.
All
these
were
men
of
war
who could order
the
battle
array,
and 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.
They
were
there
with
David three days, eating
and drinking;
for
their brothers
had supplied provisions
for
them.
Moreover
those
who
were
near
to
them,
as far
as Issachar, Zebulun,
and Naphtali,
brought bread
on donkeys,
on camels,
on mules,
and
on oxen: supplies
of flour, cakes
of figs, clusters
of raisins, wine, oil, cattle,
and sheep
in abundance;
for
there
was joy
in Israel.
David
consulted
with
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds, even
with
every
leader.
David
said
to
all
the
assembly
of
Israel, “If
it
seems
good
to
you,
and
if
it
is
of
Yahweh
our
God, let’s
send
word
everywhere
to
our
brothers
who
are
left
in
all
the
land
of
Israel,
with whom
the
priests
and
Levites
are
in
their
cities
that
have
pasture
lands,
that
they
may
gather
themselves
to
us.
Also, let’s
bring
the
ark
of
our
God
back
to
us again,
for
we
didn’t
seek
it
in
the
days
of
Saul.”
All
the
assembly
said
that
they
would
do
so,
for
the
thing
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
all
the
people.
So
David
assembled
all
Israel
together,
from
the
Shihor
River
of
Egypt
even
to
the
entrance
of
Hamath,
to
bring
God’s
ark
from
Kiriath Jearim.
David
went
up
with
all
Israel
to
Baalah,
that
is,
to
Kiriath Jearim,
which
belonged
to
Judah,
to
bring
up
from
there
God
Yahweh’s
ark
that
sits
above
the
cherubim,
that
is
called
by
the
Name.
They
carried
God’s
ark
on
a
new
cart,
and
brought
it
out
of Abinadab’s
house;
and
Uzza
and
Ahio
drove
the
cart.
David
and
all
Israel
played
before
God
with
all
their
might, even
with
songs,
with
harps,
with stringed
instruments,
with
tambourines,
with
cymbals,
and
with
trumpets.
When
they
came
to Chidon’s
threshing
floor,
Uzza
put
out
his
hand
to
hold
the
ark,
for
the
oxen
stumbled.
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Uzza,
and
he
struck
him
because
he
put
his
hand
on
the
ark;
and
he
died
there
before
God.
David
was displeased,
because
Yahweh
had
broken
out
against
Uzza.
He
called
that
place Perez
Uzza,
to
this
day.
David
was
afraid
of
God
that
day,
saying, “How
can
I
bring
God’s
ark home
to
me?”
So
David
didn’t
move
the
ark
with
him
into
David’s
city,
but
carried
it
aside
into
Obed-Edom
the Gittite’s
house.
God’s
ark
remained
with
the
family
of
Obed-Edom
in
his
house
three
months;
and
Yahweh
blessed
Obed-Edom’s
house
and
all
that
he
had.
Hiram
king
of
Tyre
sent
messengers
to
David
with
cedar
trees,
masons,
and
carpenters,
to
build
him
a
house.
David
perceived
that
Yahweh
had
established
him
king
over
Israel,
for
his
kingdom
was
highly
exalted,
for
his
people
Israel’s
sake.
David
took
more
wives
in
Jerusalem,
and
David
became
the
father
of
more
sons
and
daughters.
These
are
the
names
of
the
children
whom
he
had
in
Jerusalem:
Shammua,
Shobab,
Nathan,
Solomon,
Ibhar,
Elishua,
Elpelet,
Nogah,
Nepheg,
Japhia,
Elishama,
Beeliada,
and
Eliphelet.
When
the
Philistines
heard
that
David
was
anointed
king
over
all
Israel,
all
the
Philistines
went
up
to
seek
David;
and
David
heard
of
it,
and
went
out
against
them.
Now
the
Philistines
had
come
and
made
a
raid
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
David
inquired
of
God,
saying, “Shall
I
go
up
against
the
Philistines?
Will
you
deliver
them
into
my
hand?”
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Go
up;
for
I
will
deliver
them
into
your
hand.”
So
they
came
up
to Baal Perazim,
and
David
defeated
them
there.
David
said,
God
has
broken
my
enemies
by
my
hand,
like
waters
breaking
out.
Therefore
they
called
the
name
of
that
place Baal Perazim.
14:11
“Baal Perazim” means “The Lord who breaks out”.
They
left
their
gods
there;
and
David
gave
a
command,
and
they
were
burned
with
fire.
The
Philistines
made
another
raid
in
the
valley.
David
inquired
again
of
God;
and
God
said
to
him, “You
shall
not
go
up
after
them.
Turn
away
from
them,
and
come
on
them
opposite
the mulberry
trees.
When
you
hear
the
sound
of marching
in
the
tops
of
the mulberry
trees,
then
go
out
to
battle;
for
God
has
gone
out
before
you
to
strike
the
army
of
the
Philistines.”
David
did
as
God
commanded
him;
and
they
attacked
the
army
of
the
Philistines
from
Gibeon
even
to
Gezer.
The
fame
of
David
went
out
into
all
lands;
and
Yahweh
brought
the
fear
of
him
on
all
nations.
David
made himself
houses
in
David’s
city;
and
he
prepared
a
place
for
God’s
ark,
and
pitched
a
tent
for
it.
Then
David
said, “No
one ought
to
carry
God’s
ark
but
the
Levites.
For
Yahweh
has
chosen
them
to
carry
God’s
ark,
and
to
minister
to
him
forever.”
David
assembled
all
Israel
at
Jerusalem,
to
bring
up
Yahweh’s
ark
to
its
place,
which
he
had
prepared
for
it.
David
gathered
together
the
sons
of
Aaron
and
the
Levites:
of
the
sons
of
Kohath,
Uriel
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
one
hundred
twenty;
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
Asaiah
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
two
hundred
twenty;
of
the
sons
of Gershom,
Joel
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
one
hundred
thirty;
of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan,
Shemaiah
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
two
hundred;
of
the
sons
of
Hebron,
Eliel
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
eighty;
of
the
sons
of
Uzziel,
Amminadab
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
one
hundred
twelve.
David
called
for
Zadok
and
Abiathar
the
priests,
and
for
the
Levites:
for
Uriel,
Asaiah,
Joel,
Shemaiah,
Eliel,
and
Amminadab,
and
said
to
them, “You
are
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
Levites.
Sanctify
yourselves, both
you
and
your
brothers,
that
you
may
bring
the
ark
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
up
to
the
place
that
I
have
prepared
for
it.
For
because
you
didn’t carry
it
at
first,
Yahweh
our
God
broke
out
in anger against
us,
because
we
didn’t
seek
him
according
to
the
ordinance.”
So
the
priests
and
the
Levites
sanctified
themselves
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
The
children
of
the
Levites
bore
God’s
ark
on
their
shoulders
with
its
poles,
as
Moses
commanded
according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
David
spoke
to
the
chief
of
the
Levites
to
appoint
their
brothers
as
singers
with
instruments
of
music, stringed
instruments,
harps,
and
cymbals, sounding
aloud
and
lifting
up
their
voices
with
joy.
So
the
Levites
appointed
Heman
the
son
of
Joel;
and
of
his
brothers,
Asaph
the
son
of
Berechiah;
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari
their
brothers,
Ethan
the
son
of
Kushaiah;
and
with
them
their
brothers
of
the
second
rank:
Zechariah,
Ben,
Jaaziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom,
and
Jeiel,
the doorkeepers.
So
the
singers,
Heman,
Asaph,
and
Ethan,
were
given
cymbals
of
bronze
to
sound
aloud;
and
Zechariah,
Aziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Maaseiah,
and
Benaiah,
with stringed instruments set
to
Alamoth;
and
Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom,
Jeiel,
and
Azaziah,
with
harps tuned
to
the eight-stringed
lyre,
to
lead.
Chenaniah,
chief
of
the
Levites,
was
over
the singing.
He
taught
the singers,
because
he
was
skillful.
Berechiah
and
Elkanah
were doorkeepers for
the
ark.
Shebaniah,
Joshaphat,
Nethanel,
Amasai,
Zechariah,
Benaiah,
and
Eliezer,
the
priests,
blew
the
trumpets
before
God’s
ark;
and
Obed-Edom
and
Jehiah
were doorkeepers
for
the
ark.
So
David,
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
the
captains
over
thousands
went
to
bring
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
up
out
of
the
house
of
Obed-Edom
with
joy.
When
God
helped
the
Levites
who
bore
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
they
sacrificed
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams.
David
was
clothed
with
a
robe
of
fine
linen,
as
were
all
the
Levites
who
bore
the
ark,
the
singers,
and
Chenaniah
the choir master
with
the
singers;
and
David
had
an
ephod
of
linen
on
him.
Thus
all
Israel
brought
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
up
with
shouting,
with
sound
of
the cornet,
with
trumpets,
and
with
cymbals, sounding
aloud
with stringed instruments
and
harps.
As
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
came
to
David’s
city,
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
looked
out
at
the
window,
and
saw
king
David dancing
and
playing;
and
she
despised
him
in
her
heart.
They
brought
in
God’s
ark,
and
set
it
in
the
middle
of
the
tent
that
David
had
pitched
for
it;
and
they
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings
before
God.
When
David
had
finished
offering
the
burnt
offering
and
the
peace
offerings,
he
blessed
the
people
in
Yahweh’s
name.
He gave
to
everyone
of
Israel,
both
man
and
woman,
to
everyone
a
loaf
of
bread,
a
portion
of meat,
and
a
cake
of
raisins.
He
appointed
some
of
the
Levites
to
minister
before
Yahweh’s
ark,
and
to commemorate,
to
thank,
and
to
praise
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel:
Asaph
the
chief,
and
second
to
him
Zechariah,
then
Jeiel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Mattithiah,
Eliab,
Benaiah,
Obed-Edom,
and
Jeiel,
with stringed
instruments
and
with
harps;
and
Asaph
with
cymbals, sounding
aloud;
with
Benaiah
and
Jahaziel
the
priests
with
trumpets
continually,
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
Then
on
that
day
David
first ordained
giving
of
thanks
to
Yahweh
by
the
hand
of
Asaph
and
his
brothers.
Oh
give
thanks
to
Yahweh.
Call
on
his
name.
Make
what
he
has
done
known
among
the
peoples.
Sing
to
him.
Sing
praises
to
him.
Tell
of
all
his
marvelous
works.
Glory
in
his
holy
name.
Let
the
heart
of those
who
seek
Yahweh
rejoice.
Seek
Yahweh
and
his
strength.
Seek
his
face forever more.
Remember
his
marvelous
works
that
he
has
done,
his
wonders,
and
the
judgments
of
his
mouth,
you
offspring
16:13
or, seed
of
Israel
his
servant,
you
children
of
Jacob,
his
chosen
ones.
He
is
Yahweh
our
God.
His
judgments
are
in
all
the
earth.
Remember
his
covenant
forever,
the
word
which
he
commanded
to
a
thousand
generations,
the covenant
which
he
made
with
Abraham,
his
oath
to
Isaac.
He
confirmed
it
to
Jacob
for
a
statute,
and
to
Israel
for an
everlasting
covenant,
saying, “I
will
give
you
the
land
of
Canaan,
The lot
of
your
inheritance,”
when
you
were
but
a
few
men
in
number,
yes, very
few,
and
foreigners
in
it.
They
went
about
from
nation
to
nation,
from
one
kingdom
to
another
people.
He allowed
no
man
to do
them wrong.
Yes,
he
reproved
kings
for
their
sakes,
“Don’t
touch
my
anointed
ones!
Do
my
prophets
no
harm!”
Sing
to
Yahweh,
all
the
earth!
Display
his
salvation
from
day
to
day.
Declare
his
glory
among
the
nations,
and
his
marvelous
works
among
all
the
peoples.
For
great
is
Yahweh,
and
greatly
to
be
praised.
He
also
is
to
be
feared
above
all
gods.
For
all
the
gods
of
the
peoples
are
idols,
but
Yahweh
made
the
heavens.
Honor
and
majesty
are
before
him.
Strength
and gladness
are
in
his
place.
Ascribe
to
Yahweh,
you
families
of
the
peoples,
ascribe
to
Yahweh
glory
and
strength!
Ascribe
to
Yahweh
the
glory
due
to
his
name.
Bring
an
offering,
and
come
before
him.
Worship
Yahweh
in
holy array.
Tremble
before
him,
all
the
earth.
The
world
also
is
established
that
it can’t
be
moved.
Let
the
heavens
be
glad,
and
let
the
earth
rejoice!
Let
them
say
among
the
nations, “Yahweh
reigns!”
Let
the
sea
roar,
and
its
fullness!
Let
the
field
exult,
and
all
that
is
in
it!
Then
the
trees
of
the
forest
will
sing
for
joy
before
Yahweh,
for
he
comes
to
judge
the
earth.
Oh
give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
for
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Say, “Save
us,
God
of
our
salvation!
Gather
us
together
and
deliver
us
from
the
nations,
to
give
thanks
to
your
holy
name,
to triumph
in
your
praise.”
Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
from
everlasting
even
to
everlasting.
All
the
people
said, “Amen,”
and
praised
Yahweh.
So
he
left
Asaph
and
his
brothers
there
before
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
to
minister
before
the
ark
continually,
as
every
day’s
work
required;
and
Obed-Edom
with their sixty-eight
relatives;
Obed-Edom also
the
son
of
Jeduthun
and
Hosah
to
be doorkeepers;
and
Zadok
the
priest
and
his
brothers
the
priests,
before
Yahweh’s
tabernacle
in
the
high
place
that
was
at
Gibeon,
to
offer
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
on
the
altar
of
burnt
offering
continually
morning
and
evening,
even
according
to
all
that
is
written
in
Yahweh’s
law,
which
he
commanded
to
Israel;
and
with
them
Heman
and
Jeduthun
and
the
rest
who
were
chosen,
who
were mentioned
by
name,
to
give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
because
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
and
with
them
Heman
and
Jeduthun
with
trumpets
and
cymbals
for
those
that should
sound
aloud,
and
with
instruments
for
the
songs
of
God,
and
the
sons
of
Jeduthun
to
be
at
the
gate.
All
the
people departed,
each
man
to
his
house;
and
David
returned
to
bless
his
house.
When
David
was
living
in
his
house,
David
said
to
Nathan
the
prophet, “Behold,
I
live
in
a cedar
house,
but
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
is
in
a
tent.”
Nathan
said
to
David, “Do
all
that
is
in
your
heart;
for
God
is
with
you.”
That
same
night,
the
word
of
God
came
to
Nathan,
saying,
“Go
and
tell
David
my
servant, ‘Yahweh
says, “You
shall
not
build
me
a
house
to
dwell
in;
for
I
have
not
lived
in
a
house
since
the
day
that
I
brought
up
Israel
to
this
day,
but
have
gone
from
tent
to
tent,
and
from
one
tent
to
another.
In
all
places
in
which
I
have
walked
with
all
Israel,
did
I
speak
a
word
with
any
of
the
judges
of
Israel,
whom
I
commanded
to
be
shepherd
of
my
people,
saying, ‘Why
have
you
not
built
me
a
house
of cedar?’”’
“Now
therefore,
you
shall
tell
my
servant
David, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says, “I
took
you
from
the
sheep pen,
from
following
the
sheep,
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel.
I
have
been
with
you
wherever
you
have
gone,
and
have
cut
off
all
your
enemies
from
before
you.
I
will
make
you
a
name
like
the
name
of
the
great
ones
who
are
in
the
earth.
I
will
appoint
a
place
for
my
people
Israel,
and
will
plant
them,
that
they
may
dwell
in
their own
place,
and
be
moved
no
more.
The
children
of
wickedness
will
not
waste
them
any
more,
as
at
the
first,
and
from
the
day
that
I
commanded
judges
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.
I
will
subdue
all
your
enemies. Moreover
I
tell
you
that
Yahweh
will
build
you
a
house.
It
will
happen,
when
your
days
are
fulfilled
that
you
must
go
to
be
with
your
fathers,
that
I
will
set
up
your
offspring
after
you,
who
will
be
of
your
sons;
and
I
will
establish
his
kingdom.
He
will
build
me
a
house,
and
I
will
establish
his
throne
forever.
I
will
be
his
father,
and
he
will
be
my
son.
I
will
not
take
my loving
kindness
away
from
him,
as
I
took
it
from
him
who
was
before
you;
but
I
will settle
him
in
my
house
and
in
my
kingdom
forever.
His
throne
will
be
established
forever.”’”
According
to
all
these
words,
and
according
to
all
this
vision,
so
Nathan
spoke
to
David.
Then
David
the
king
went
in
and
sat
before
Yahweh;
and
he
said, “Who
am
I,
Yahweh
God,
and
what
is
my
house,
that
you
have
brought
me
this
far?
This
was
a
small
thing
in
your
eyes,
O
God,
but
you
have
spoken
of
your
servant’s
house
for
a
great
while
to
come,
and
have
respected
me
according
to
the standard
of
a
man
of high degree,
Yahweh
God.
What
can
David
say
yet
more
to
you
concerning
the
honor
which
is
done
to
your
servant?
For
you
know
your
servant.
Yahweh,
for
your
servant’s
sake,
and according
to
your own
heart,
you
have
done
all
this
greatness,
to
make
known
all
these
great
things.
Yahweh,
there
is
no
one
like
you,
neither
is
there
any
God
besides
you, according
to
all
that
we
have
heard
with
our
ears.
What
one
nation
in
the
earth
is
like
your
people
Israel,
whom
God
went
to
redeem
to
himself
for
a
people,
to
make
you
a
name
by
great
and
awesome
things,
in
driving
out
nations
from
before
your
people
whom
you
redeemed
out
of
Egypt?
For
you
made
your
people
Israel
your
own
people
forever;
and
you,
Yahweh,
became
their
God.
Now,
Yahweh,
let
the
word
that
you
have
spoken
concerning
your
servant,
and
concerning
his
house,
be
established
forever,
and
do
as
you
have
spoken.
Let
your
name
be
established
and
magnified
forever,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
is
the
God
of
Israel,
even
a
God
to
Israel.
The
house
of
David
your
servant
is
established
before
you.’
For
you,
my
God,
have
revealed
to
your
servant
that
you
will
build
him
a
house.
Therefore
your
servant
has
found courage
to
pray
before
you.
Now,
Yahweh,
you
are
God,
and
have
promised
this
good
thing
to
your
servant.
Now
it
has
pleased
you
to
bless
the
house
of
your
servant,
that
it
may
continue
forever
before
you;
for
you,
Yahweh,
have
blessed,
and
it
is
blessed
forever.”
After
this,
David
defeated
the
Philistines
and
subdued
them,
and
took
Gath
and
its
towns
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
He
defeated
Moab;
and
the
Moabites
became
servants
to
David
and
brought
tribute.
David
defeated
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
toward
Hamath,
as
he went
to
establish
his dominion
by
the
river
Euphrates.
David
took
from
him
one
thousand
chariots,
seven
thousand
horsemen,
and
twenty
thousand
footmen;
and
David hamstrung
all
the
chariot
horses,
but
reserved
of
them
enough
for
one
hundred
chariots.
When
the Syrians
of
Damascus
came
to
help
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
David
struck
twenty-two
thousand
men
of
the Syrians.
Then
David
put garrisons
in
Syria
of
Damascus;
and
the Syrians
became
servants
to
David
and
brought
tribute.
Yahweh
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
David
took
the
shields
of
gold
that
were
on
the
servants
of
Hadadezer,
and
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
From
Tibhath
and
from
Cun,
cities
of
Hadadezer,
David
took
very
much
bronze,
with which
Solomon
made
the
bronze
sea,
the
pillars,
and
the
vessels
of
bronze.
When
Tou
king
of
Hamath
heard
that
David
had
struck
all
the
army
of
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
he
sent
Hadoram
his
son
to
King
David
to
greet
him
and
to
bless
him,
because
he
had
fought
against
Hadadezer
and
struck
him (for
Hadadezer
had
wars
with
Tou);
and
he
had
with
him
all
kinds
of
vessels
of
gold
and
silver
and
bronze.
King
David
also
dedicated
these
to
Yahweh,
with
the
silver
and
the
gold
that
he
carried
away
from
all
the
nations:
from
Edom,
from
Moab,
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
from
the
Philistines,
and
from
Amalek.
Moreover
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
struck
eighteen
thousand
of
the
Edomites
in
the
Valley
of
Salt.
He
put
garrisons
in
Edom;
and
all
the
Edomites
became
servants
to
David.
Yahweh
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
David
reigned
over
all
Israel;
and
he executed
justice
and
righteousness
for
all
his
people.
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
was
over
the
army;
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder;
Zadok
the
son
of
Ahitub
and
Abimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar
were
priests;
Shavsha
was
scribe;
and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
over
the
Cherethites
and
the
Pelethites;
and
the
sons
of
David
were
chief officials serving
the
king.
After
this,
Nahash
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
died,
and
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
David
said, “I
will
show
kindness
to
Hanun
the
son
of
Nahash,
because
his
father showed
kindness
to
me.”
So
David
sent
messengers
to
comfort
him
concerning
his
father.
David’s
servants
came
into
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon
to
Hanun
to
comfort
him.
But
the
princes
of
the
children
of
Ammon
said
to
Hanun, “Do
you
think
that
David
honors
your
father,
in
that
he
has
sent
comforters
to
you?
Haven’t
his
servants
come
to
you
to
search,
to
overthrow,
and
to
spy
out
the
land?”
So
Hanun
took
David’s
servants,
shaved
them,
and
cut
off
their
garments
in
the
middle
at
their buttocks,
and
sent
them
away.
Then
some
people
went
and
told
David
how
the
men
were treated.
He
sent
to
meet
them;
for
the
men
were
greatly
humiliated.
The
king
said, “Stay
at
Jericho
until
your
beards
have
grown,
and
then
return.”
When
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
they
had
made
themselves
odious
to
David,
Hanun
and
the
children
of
Ammon
sent
one
thousand
talents
19:6
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons
of
silver
to
hire
chariots
and
horsemen
out
of
Mesopotamia,
out
of Aram-maacah,
and
out
of
Zobah.
So
they
hired
for
themselves thirty-two
thousand
chariots,
and
the
king
of
Maacah
with
his
people,
who
came
and
encamped
near
Medeba.
The
children
of
Ammon
gathered
themselves
together
from
their
cities,
and
came
to
battle.
When
David
heard
of
it,
he
sent
Joab
with
all
the
army
of
the
mighty
men.
The
children
of
Ammon
came
out,
and
put
the
battle
in
array
at
the
gate
of
the
city;
and
the
kings
who
had
come
were
by
themselves
in
the
field.
Now
when
Joab
saw
that
the
battle
was set
against
him
before
and
behind,
he
chose
some
of
all
the
choice
men
of
Israel,
and put
them
in
array
against
the Syrians.
The
rest
of
the
people
he
committed
into
the
hand
of
Abishai
his
brother;
and
they
put themselves
in array
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
He
said, “If
the Syrians
are
too
strong
for
me,
then
you
are
to
help
me;
but
if
the
children
of
Ammon
are
too
strong
for
you,
then
I
will
help
you.
Be
courageous,
and let’s
be
strong
for
our
people
and
for
the
cities
of
our
God.
May
Yahweh
do
that
which
seems
good
to
him.”
So
Joab
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
came
near
to
the
front
of
the Syrians
to
the
battle;
and
they
fled
before
him.
When
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
the Syrians
had
fled,
they
likewise
fled
before
Abishai
his
brother,
and
entered
into
the
city.
Then
Joab
came
to
Jerusalem.
When
the Syrians
saw
that
they
were
defeated
by
Israel,
they
sent
messengers
and called
out
the Syrians
who
were
beyond
the
River,
19:16
or, the Euphrates River
with
Shophach
the
captain
of
the
army
of
Hadadezer
leading
them.
David
was
told
that,
so
he
gathered
all
Israel
together,
passed
over
the
Jordan,
came
to
them,
and
set
the
battle
in
array
against
them.
So
when
David
had
put
the
battle
in
array
against
the Syrians,
they
fought
with
him.
The Syrians
fled
before
Israel;
and
David
killed
of
the
Syrian
men
seven
thousand
charioteers
and
forty
thousand
footmen,
and
also
killed
Shophach
the
captain
of
the
army.
When
the
servants
of
Hadadezer
saw
that
they
were
defeated
by
Israel,
they
made peace
with
David
and
served
him.
The Syrians
would
not
help
the
children
of
Ammon
any
more.
At
the
time
of
the
return
of
the
year,
at
the
time
when
kings
go
out,
Joab
led
out
the
army
and
wasted
the
country
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
came
and besieged
Rabbah.
But
David
stayed
at
Jerusalem.
Joab
struck
Rabbah,
and
overthrew
it.
David
took
the
crown
of
their
king
from
off
his
head,
and
found
it
to
weigh
a
talent
of
gold,
20:2
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
and
there
were
precious
stones
in
it.
It
was
set
on
David’s
head,
and
he
brought
very
much
plunder
out
of
the
city.
He
brought
out
the
people
who
were
in
it,
and
had
them
cut
with
saws,
with
iron
picks,
and
with
axes.
David
did
so
to
all
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
Then
David
and
all
the
people
returned
to
Jerusalem.
After
this,
war
arose
at
Gezer
with
the
Philistines.
Then
Sibbecai
the
Hushathite
killed
Sippai,
of
the sons
of
the giant;
and
they
were
subdued.
Again
there
was
war
with
the
Philistines;
and
Elhanan
the
son
of
Jair
killed
Lahmi
the
brother
of
Goliath
the
Gittite,
the staff
of
whose
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam.
There
was
again
war
at
Gath, where
there
was
a
man
of great stature,
who
had
twenty-four
fingers
and
toes,
six
on
each hand
and
six
on
each foot;
and
he
also
was
born
to
the giant.
When
he defied
Israel,
Jonathan
the
son
of
Shimea,
David’s
brother,
killed
him.
These
were
born
to
the giant
in
Gath;
and
they
fell
by
the
hand
of
David
and
by
the
hand
of
his
servants.
Satan
stood
up
against
Israel,
and
moved
David
to
take
a census
of
Israel.
David
said
to
Joab
and
to
the
princes
of
the
people, “Go,
count
Israel
from
Beersheba
even
to
Dan;
and
bring
me
word,
that
I
may
know
how
many
there
are.”
Joab
said, “May
Yahweh
make
his
people
a
hundred
times
as
many
as
they
are.
But,
my
lord
the
king, aren’t
they
all
my
lord’s
servants?
Why
does
my
lord
require
this
thing?
Why
will
he
be
a
cause
of
guilt
to
Israel?”
Nevertheless
the
king’s
word
prevailed
against
Joab. Therefore
Joab
departed
and
went
throughout
all
Israel,
then
came
to
Jerusalem.
Joab
gave
the sum
of
the
census
of
the
people
to
David.
All
those
of
Israel
were
one
million
one
hundred
thousand
men
who
drew
a
sword;
and
in
Judah
were
four
hundred
seventy
thousand
men
who
drew
a
sword.
But
he
didn’t count
Levi
and
Benjamin
among
them,
for
the
king’s
word
was
abominable
to
Joab.
God
was
displeased
with
this
thing; therefore
he
struck
Israel.
David
said
to
God, “I
have
sinned
greatly,
in
that
I
have
done
this
thing.
But
now put
away,
I
beg
you,
the
iniquity
of
your
servant,
for
I
have
done
very
foolishly.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
Gad,
David’s
seer,
saying,
“Go
and
speak
to
David,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says, “I
offer
you
three
things.
Choose
one
of
them,
that
I
may
do
it
to
you.”’”
So
Gad
came
to
David
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Take
your choice:
either
three
years
of
famine;
or
three
months
to
be consumed
before
your foes,
while
the
sword
of
your
enemies
overtakes
you;
or
else
three
days
of
the
sword
of
Yahweh,
even
pestilence
in
the
land,
and
Yahweh’s
angel
destroying
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
Now
therefore
consider
what
answer
I
shall
return
to
him
who
sent
me.’”
David
said
to
Gad, “I
am
in
distress.
Let
me
fall,
I
pray,
into
Yahweh’s
hand,
for
his
mercies
are
very
great.
Don’t
let
me
fall
into
man’s
hand.”
So
Yahweh
sent
a
pestilence
on
Israel,
and
seventy
thousand
men
of
Israel
fell.
God
sent
an
angel
to
Jerusalem
to
destroy
it.
As
he
was
about
to
destroy,
Yahweh
saw,
and
he
relented
of
the
disaster,
and
said
to
the
destroying
angel, “It
is
enough.
Now withdraw
your
hand.”
Yahweh’s
angel
was
standing
by
the
threshing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
David
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
Yahweh’s
angel
standing
between
earth
and
the
sky, having
a
drawn
sword
in
his
hand
stretched
out
over
Jerusalem.
Then
David
and
the
elders,
clothed
in
sackcloth,
fell
on
their
faces.
David
said
to
God, “Isn’t
it
I
who
commanded
the
people
to
be
counted?
It
is
even
I
who
have
sinned
and
done very wickedly;
but
these
sheep,
what
have
they
done?
Please
let
your
hand,
O
Yahweh
my
God,
be
against
me
and
against
my
father’s
house;
but
not
against
your
people,
that
they
should
be
plagued.”
Then
Yahweh’s
angel
commanded
Gad
to
tell
David
that
David
should
go
up
and
raise
an
altar
to
Yahweh
on
the
threshing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
David
went
up
at
the
saying
of
Gad,
which
he
spoke
in
Yahweh’s
name.
Ornan
turned
back
and
saw
the
angel;
and
his
four
sons
who
were
with
him
hid
themselves. Now
Ornan
was
threshing
wheat.
As
David
came
to
Ornan,
Ornan
looked
and
saw
David,
and
went
out
of
the
threshing
floor,
and
bowed
himself
to
David
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
Then
David
said
to
Ornan, “Sell
me
the
place
of
this
threshing
floor,
that
I
may
build
an
altar
to
Yahweh
on
it.
You
shall
sell
it
to
me
for
the
full
price,
that
the
plague
may
be
stopped
from afflicting
the
people.”
Ornan
said
to
David, “Take
it
for
yourself,
and
let
my
lord
the
king
do
that
which
is
good
in
his
eyes.
Behold,
I
give
the
oxen
for
burnt
offerings,
and
the
threshing instruments
for
wood,
and
the
wheat
for
the
meal
offering.
I
give
it
all.”
King
David
said
to
Ornan, “No,
but
I
will
most
certainly
buy
it
for
the
full
price.
For
I
will
not
take
that
which
is yours
for
Yahweh,
nor
offer
a
burnt
offering
that
costs
me
nothing.”
So
David
gave
to
Ornan
six
hundred
shekels
21:25
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.
of
gold
by
weight
for
the
place.
David
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh
there,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings,
and
called
on
Yahweh;
and
he
answered
him
from
the
sky
by
fire
on
the
altar
of
burnt
offering.
Then
Yahweh
commanded
the
angel,
and
he
put
his
sword
back
into
its
sheath.
At
that
time,
when
David
saw
that
Yahweh
had
answered
him
in
the
threshing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite,
then
he
sacrificed
there.
For
Yahweh’s
tabernacle,
which
Moses
made
in
the
wilderness,
and
the
altar
of
burnt
offering,
were
at
that
time
in
the
high
place
at
Gibeon.
But
David
couldn’t go
before
it
to
inquire
of
God,
for
he
was afraid
because
of
the
sword
of
Yahweh’s
angel.
Then
David
said, “This
is
the
house
of
Yahweh
God,
and
this
is
the
altar
of
burnt
offering
for
Israel.”
David
gave
orders
to
gather together
the
foreigners
who
were
in
the
land
of
Israel;
and
he
set
masons
to
cut dressed
stones
to
build
God’s
house.
David
prepared
iron
in
abundance
for
the
nails
for
the
doors
of
the
gates
and
for
the
couplings,
and
bronze
in
abundance
without
weight,
and
cedar
trees
without
number,
for
the
Sidonians
and
the people
of
Tyre
brought
cedar
trees
in
abundance
to
David.
David
said, “Solomon
my
son
is
young
and
tender,
and
the
house
that
is
to
be
built
for
Yahweh
must
be
exceedingly
magnificent,
of
fame
and
of
glory
throughout
all
countries.
I
will
therefore
make
preparation
for
it.”
So
David
prepared
abundantly
before
his
death.
Then
he
called
for
Solomon
his
son,
and
commanded
him
to
build
a
house
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
David
said
to
Solomon
his
son, “As
for
me,
it
was
in
my
heart
to
build
a
house
to
the
name
of
Yahweh
my
God.
But
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying, ‘You
have
shed
blood
abundantly
and
have
made
great
wars.
You
shall
not
build
a
house
to
my
name,
because
you
have
shed
much
blood
on
the
earth
in
my
sight.
Behold,
a
son
shall
be
born
to
you,
who
shall
be
a
man
of
peace.
I
will
give
him
rest
from
all
his
enemies
all
around;
for
his
name
shall
be
Solomon,
and
I
will
give
peace
and quietness
to
Israel
in
his
days.
He
shall
build
a
house
for
my
name;
and
he
will
be
my
son,
and
I
will
be
his
father;
and
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
his
kingdom
over
Israel
forever.’
Now,
my
son,
may
Yahweh
be
with
you
and
prosper
you,
and
build
the
house
of
Yahweh
your
God,
as
he
has
spoken
concerning
you.
May
Yahweh
give
you
discretion
and
understanding,
and
put
you
in
charge
of
Israel,
so
that
you
may
keep
the
law
of
Yahweh
your
God.
Then
you
will
prosper,
if
you
observe
to
do
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances
which
Yahweh
gave
Moses
concerning
Israel.
Be
strong
and
courageous.
Don’t
be
afraid
and
don’t
be
dismayed.
Now,
behold,
in
my affliction
I
have
prepared
for
Yahweh’s
house
one
hundred
thousand
talents
22:14
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 100,000 talents is about 3 metric tons
of
gold,
one
million
talents
22:14
about 30,000 metric tons
of
silver,
and
bronze
and
iron
without
weight;
for
it
is
in
abundance.
I
have
also
prepared
timber
and
stone;
and
you
may
add
to
them.
There
are
also
workmen
with
you
in
abundance—cutters
and
workers
of
stone
and
timber,
and
all
kinds
of
men
who
are
skillful
in
every kind
of
work;
of
the
gold,
the
silver,
the
bronze,
and
the
iron,
there
is
no
number.
Arise
and
be
doing,
and
may
Yahweh
be
with
you.”
David
also
commanded
all
the
princes
of
Israel
to
help
Solomon
his
son, saying,
“Isn’t
Yahweh
your
God
with
you?
Hasn’t
he
given
you
rest
on
every
side?
For
he
has
delivered
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
into
my
hand;
and
the
land
is
subdued
before
Yahweh
and
before
his
people.
Now
set
your
heart
and
your
soul
to
follow
Yahweh
your
God.
Arise
therefore,
and
build
the
sanctuary
of
Yahweh
God,
to
bring
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
and
the
holy
vessels
of
God
into
the
house
that
is
to
be
built
for
Yahweh’s
name.”
Now
David
was
old
and
full
of
days;
and
he made
Solomon
his
son
king
over
Israel.
He
gathered
together
all
the
princes
of
Israel,
with
the
priests
and
the
Levites.
The
Levites
were
counted
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward;
and
their
number
by
their polls,
man
by
man,
was thirty-eight
thousand.
David said, “Of
these,
twenty-four
thousand
were
to
oversee
the
work
of
Yahweh’s
house,
six
thousand
were
officers
and
judges,
four
thousand
were doorkeepers,
and
four
thousand
praised
Yahweh
with
the
instruments
which
I
made
for giving
praise.”
David
divided
them into
divisions according
to
the
sons
of
Levi: Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
Of
the
Gershonites:
Ladan
and
Shimei.
The
sons
of
Ladan:
Jehiel
the
chief,
Zetham,
and
Joel,
three.
The
sons
of
Shimei:
Shelomoth,
Haziel,
and
Haran,
three.
These
were
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
Ladan.
The
sons
of
Shimei:
Jahath,
Zina,
Jeush,
and
Beriah.
These
four
were
the
sons
of
Shimei.
Jahath
was
the
chief,
and
Zizah
the
second;
but
Jeush
and
Beriah
didn’t
have
many
sons;
therefore
they
became
a
fathers’
house
in
one reckoning.
The
sons
of
Kohath:
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron,
and
Uzziel,
four.
The
sons
of
Amram:
Aaron
and
Moses;
and
Aaron
was
separated
that
he
should
sanctify
the
most
holy
things,
he
and
his
sons
forever,
to
burn
incense
before
Yahweh,
to
minister
to
him,
and
to
bless
in
his
name
forever.
But
as
for
Moses
the
man
of
God,
his
sons
were
named
among
the
tribe
of
Levi.
The
sons
of
Moses:
Gershom
and
Eliezer.
The
sons
of
Gershom:
Shebuel
the
chief.
The
son
of
Eliezer
was
Rehabiah
the
chief;
and
Eliezer
had
no
other
sons,
but
the
sons
of
Rehabiah
were
very
many.
The
son
of
Izhar:
Shelomith
the
chief.
The
sons
of
Hebron:
Jeriah
the
chief,
Amariah
the
second,
Jahaziel
the
third,
and
Jekameam
the
fourth.
The
sons
of
Uzziel:
Micah
the
chief,
and
Isshiah
the
second.
The
sons
of
Merari:
Mahli
and
Mushi.
The
sons
of
Mahli:
Eleazar
and
Kish.
Eleazar
died,
and
had
no
sons,
but
daughters
only;
and
their
relatives,
the
sons
of
Kish,
took
them
as wives.
The
sons
of
Mushi:
Mahli,
Eder,
and
Jeremoth,
three.
These
were
the
sons
of
Levi
after
their
fathers’
houses,
even
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
houses
of
those
who
were
counted
individually,
in
the
number
of
names
by
their polls,
who
did
the
work
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward.
For
David
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
has
given
rest
to
his
people;
and
he
dwells
in
Jerusalem
forever.
Also
the
Levites
will
no
longer need
to
carry
the
tabernacle
and
all
its
vessels
for
its
service.”
For
by
the
last
words
of
David
the
sons
of
Levi
were
counted,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward.
For
their
duty
was
to wait
on
the
sons
of
Aaron
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house—in
the courts,
in
the
rooms,
and
in
the
purifying
of
all
holy
things,
even
the
work
of
the
service
of
God’s
house;
for
the show
bread also,
and
for
the
fine
flour
for
a
meal
offering, whether
of
unleavened
wafers,
or
of
that
which
is baked
in
the
pan,
or
of
that
which
is soaked,
and
for
all measurements
of quantity
and
size;
and
to
stand
every
morning
to
thank
and
praise
Yahweh,
and
likewise
in
the
evening;
and
to
offer
all
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
on
the
Sabbaths,
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
set
feasts,
in
number
according
to
the
ordinance
concerning
them,
continually
before
Yahweh;
and
that
they
should
keep
the
duty
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
duty
of
the
holy
place,
and
the
duty
of
the
sons
of
Aaron
their
brothers
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house.
These
were
the
divisions
of
the
sons
of
Aaron.
The
sons
of
Aaron:
Nadab,
Abihu,
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
But
Nadab
and
Abihu
died
before
their
father,
and
had
no
children;
therefore
Eleazar
and
Ithamar
served
as
priests.
David,
with
Zadok
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar
and
Ahimelech
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
divided
them
according
to
their ordering
in
their
service.
There
were
more
chief
men
found
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar
than
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar;
and they
were
divided
like
this:
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar
there
were
sixteen,
heads
of
fathers’
houses;
and
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
eight.
Thus
they
were
divided impartially
by drawing
lots;
for
there
were
princes
of
the
sanctuary
and
princes
of
God, both
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar,
and
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar.
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Nethanel
the
scribe,
who
was
of
the
Levites,
wrote
them
in
the
presence
of
the
king,
the
princes,
Zadok
the
priest,
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites;
one
fathers’
house
being
taken
for
Eleazar,
and
one
taken
for
Ithamar.
Now
the
first
lot
came
out
to
Jehoiarib,
the
second
to
Jedaiah,
the
third
to
Harim,
the
fourth
to
Seorim,
the
fifth
to
Malchijah,
the
sixth
to
Mijamin,
the
seventh
to
Hakkoz,
the
eighth
to
Abijah,
the
ninth
to
Jeshua,
the
tenth
to
Shecaniah,
the
eleventh to
Eliashib,
the twelfth to
Jakim,
the thirteenth to
Huppah,
the fourteenth to
Jeshebeab,
the fifteenth to
Bilgah,
the sixteenth to
Immer,
the seventeenth to
Hezir,
the
eighteenth to Happizzez,
the nineteenth
to
Pethahiah,
the
twentieth
to
Jehezkel,
the twenty-first
to
Jachin,
the twenty-second
to
Gamul,
the
twenty-third
to
Delaiah,
and
the twenty-fourth
to
Maaziah.
This
was
their ordering
in
their
service,
to
come
into
Yahweh’s
house
according
to
the
ordinance
given
to
them
by
Aaron
their
father,
as
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
had
commanded
him.
Of
the
rest
of
the
sons
of
Levi:
of
the
sons
of
Amram,
Shubael;
of
the
sons
of
Shubael,
Jehdeiah.
Of
Rehabiah:
of
the
sons
of
Rehabiah,
Isshiah
the
chief.
Of
the
Izharites,
Shelomoth;
of
the
sons
of
Shelomoth,
Jahath.
The
sons
of Hebron:
Jeriah,
Amariah
the
second,
Jahaziel
the
third,
and
Jekameam
the
fourth.
The
sons
of
Uzziel:
Micah;
of
the
sons
of
Micah,
Shamir.
The
brother
of
Micah:
Isshiah;
of
the
sons
of
Isshiah,
Zechariah.
The
sons
of
Merari:
Mahli
and
Mushi.
The
son
of
Jaaziah: Beno.
The
sons
of
Merari
by
Jaaziah: Beno,
Shoham,
Zaccur,
and
Ibri.
Of
Mahli:
Eleazar,
who
had
no
sons.
Of
Kish,
the
son
of
Kish:
Jerahmeel.
The
sons
of
Mushi:
Mahli,
Eder,
and
Jerimoth.
These
were
the
sons
of
the
Levites after
their
fathers’
houses.
These
likewise
cast
lots
even
as
their
brothers
the
sons
of
Aaron
in
the
presence
of
David
the
king,
Zadok,
Ahimelech,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
the
fathers’
households
of
the
chief
even
as
those
of
his
younger
brother.
Moreover,
David
and
the
captains
of
the
army
set
apart
for
the
service
certain
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
of
Heman,
and
of
Jeduthun,
who
were
to
prophesy
with
harps,
with stringed instruments,
and
with
cymbals.
The
number
of
those
who
did
the
work
according
to
their
service
was:
of
the
sons
of
Asaph:
Zaccur,
Joseph,
Nethaniah,
and
Asharelah.
The
sons
of
Asaph
were
under
the
hand
of
Asaph,
who
prophesied
at
the
order
of
the
king.
Of
Jeduthun,
the
sons
of
Jeduthun:
Gedaliah,
Zeri,
Jeshaiah, Shimei,
Hashabiah,
and
Mattithiah,
six,
under
the
hands
of
their
father
Jeduthun,
who
prophesied
in
giving
thanks
and
praising
Yahweh
with
the
harp.
Of
Heman,
the
sons
of
Heman:
Bukkiah,
Mattaniah,
Uzziel,
Shebuel,
Jerimoth,
Hananiah,
Hanani,
Eliathah,
Giddalti,
Romamti-Ezer,
Joshbekashah,
Mallothi,
Hothir,
and
Mahazioth.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Heman
the
king’s
seer
in
the
words
of
God,
to
lift
up
the
horn.
God
gave
to
Heman
fourteen
sons
and
three
daughters.
All
these
were
under
the
hands
of
their
father
for
song
in
Yahweh’s
house,
with
cymbals, stringed
instruments,
and
harps,
for
the
service
of
God’s
house:
Asaph,
Jeduthun,
and
Heman
being
under
the
order
of
the
king.
The
number
of
them,
with
their
brothers
who
were instructed
in
singing
to
Yahweh, even
all
who
were
skillful,
was
two
hundred
eighty-eight.
They
cast
lots
for
their
offices,
all
alike,
the
small
as
well
as
the
great,
the
teacher
as
well
as
the student.
Now
the
first
lot
came
out
for
Asaph
to
Joseph;
the
second
to
Gedaliah,
he
and
his
brothers
and
sons
were
twelve;
the
third
to
Zaccur,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
fourth
to
Izri,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
fifth
to
Nethaniah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
sixth
to
Bukkiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
seventh
to
Jesharelah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
eighth
to
Jeshaiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
ninth
to
Mattaniah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
tenth
to
Shimei,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the
eleventh
to
Azarel,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
the twelfth
to
Hashabiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the thirteenth,
Shubael,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the fourteenth,
Mattithiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the fifteenth
to
Jeremoth,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the sixteenth
to
Hananiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the seventeenth
to
Joshbekashah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the
eighteenth
to
Hanani,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the nineteenth
to
Mallothi,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the
twentieth
to
Eliathah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the twenty-first
to
Hothir,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the twenty-second
to
Giddalti,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the
twenty-third
to
Mahazioth,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
for
the twenty-fourth
to
Romamti-Ezer,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve.
For
the
divisions
of
the doorkeepers:
of
the
Korahites,
Meshelemiah
the
son
of
Kore,
of
the
sons
of
Asaph.
Meshelemiah
had
sons:
Zechariah
the
firstborn,
Jediael
the
second,
Zebadiah
the
third,
Jathniel
the
fourth,
Elam
the
fifth,
Jehohanan
the
sixth,
and
Eliehoenai
the
seventh.
Obed-Edom
had
sons:
Shemaiah
the
firstborn,
Jehozabad
the
second,
Joah
the
third,
Sacar
the
fourth,
Nethanel
the
fifth,
Ammiel
the
sixth,
Issachar
the
seventh,
and
Peullethai
the
eighth;
for
God
blessed
him.
Sons
were
also
born
to
Shemaiah
his
son,
who
ruled over
the
house
of
their
father;
for
they
were
mighty
men
of
valor.
The
sons
of
Shemaiah:
Othni,
Rephael,
Obed,
and
Elzabad,
whose
relatives
were
valiant
men,
Elihu,
and
Semachiah.
All
these
were
of
the
sons
of
Obed-Edom
with
their
sons
and
their
brothers,
able
men
in
strength
for
the
service: sixty-two
of
Obed-Edom.
Meshelemiah
had
sons
and
brothers,
eighteen
valiant
men.
Also
Hosah,
of
the
children
of
Merari,
had
sons:
Shimri
the
chief (for
though
he
was
not
the
firstborn,
yet
his
father
made
him
chief),
Hilkiah
the
second,
Tebaliah
the
third,
and
Zechariah
the
fourth.
All
the
sons
and
brothers
of
Hosah
were
thirteen.
Of
these
were
the
divisions
of
the doorkeepers, even
of
the
chief
men, having
offices
like
their
brothers,
to
minister
in
Yahweh’s
house.
They
cast
lots,
the
small
as well
as
the
great, according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
for
every
gate.
The
lot
eastward
fell
to
Shelemiah.
Then
for
Zechariah
his
son,
a wise
counselor,
they
cast
lots;
and
his
lot
came
out
northward.
To
Obed-Edom
southward;
and
to
his
sons
the
storehouse.
To
Shuppim
and
Hosah westward,
by
the
gate
of
Shallecheth,
at
the causeway
that
goes
up, watchman opposite watchman.
Eastward
were
six
Levites,
northward
four
a
day,
southward
four
a
day,
and
for
the
storehouse
two
and
two.
For
Parbar westward,
four at
the causeway,
and
two at
Parbar.
These
were
the
divisions
of
the doorkeepers;
of
the
sons
of
the
Korahites,
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari.
Of
the
Levites,
Ahijah
was
over
the
treasures
of
God’s
house
and
over
the
treasures
of
the
dedicated
things.
The
sons
of
Ladan,
the
sons
of
the
Gershonites belonging
to
Ladan,
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households belonging
to
Ladan
the
Gershonite:
Jehieli.
The
sons
of
Jehieli:
Zetham,
and
Joel
his
brother,
over
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Of the
Amramites, of the
Izharites, of the
Hebronites, of the
Uzzielites:
Shebuel
the
son
of
Gershom,
the
son
of
Moses,
was
ruler
over
the
treasuries.
His
brothers:
of
Eliezer,
Rehabiah
his
son,
and
Jeshaiah
his
son,
and
Joram
his
son,
and
Zichri
his
son,
and
Shelomoth
his
son.
This
Shelomoth
and
his
brothers
were
over
all
the
treasuries
of
the
dedicated
things,
which
David
the
king,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households,
the
captains
over
thousands
and
hundreds,
and
the
captains
of
the
army,
had
dedicated.
They
dedicated
some
of
the
plunder won
in
battles
to
repair
Yahweh’s
house.
All
that
Samuel
the seer,
Saul
the
son
of
Kish,
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
and
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
had
dedicated,
whoever
had
dedicated
anything,
it
was
under
the
hand
of Shelomoth
and
of
his
brothers.
Of
the
Izharites,
Chenaniah
and
his
sons
were appointed
to
the outward
business
over
Israel,
for
officers
and
judges.
Of
the
Hebronites,
Hashabiah
and
his
brothers,
one
thousand
seven
hundred
men
of
valor,
had
the
oversight
of
Israel
beyond
the
Jordan westward,
for
all
the
business
of
Yahweh
and
for
the
service
of
the
king.
Of
the
Hebronites,
Jerijah
was
the
chief
of
the
Hebronites, according
to
their
generations
by
fathers’
households.
They
were
sought
for
in
the
fortieth
year
of
the
reign
of
David,
and
mighty
men
of
valor
were
found
among
them
at
Jazer
of
Gilead.
His
relatives,
men
of
valor,
were
two
thousand
seven
hundred,
heads
of
fathers’
households, whom
King
David
made
overseers
over
the
Reubenites,
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
the
Manassites,
for
every
matter
pertaining
to
God
and
for
the
affairs
of
the
king.
Now
the
children
of
Israel
after
their
number,
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
and
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
and
their
officers
who
served
the
king
in
any
matter
of
the
divisions
which
came
in
and
went
out
month
by
month
throughout
all
the
months
of
the
year—of
every
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
Over
the
first
division
for
the
first
month
was
Jashobeam
the
son
of
Zabdiel.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
He
was
of
the
children
of
Perez,
the
chief
of
all
the
captains
of
the
army
for
the
first
month.
Over
the
division
of
the
second
month
was
Dodai
the
Ahohite
and
his
division,
and
Mikloth
the
ruler;
and
in
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
third
captain
of
the
army
for
the
third
month
was
Benaiah,
the
son
of
Jehoiada
the
chief
priest.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
This
is
that
Benaiah
who
was
the
mighty
man
of
the
thirty
and
over
the
thirty.
Of
his
division
was
Ammizabad
his
son.
The
fourth captain
for
the
fourth
month
was
Asahel
the
brother
of
Joab,
and
Zebadiah
his
son
after
him.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
fifth
captain
for
the
fifth
month
was
Shamhuth
the
Izrahite.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
sixth captain
for
the
sixth
month
was
Ira
the
son
of
Ikkesh
the
Tekoite.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
seventh captain
for
the
seventh
month
was
Helez
the
Pelonite,
of
the
children
of
Ephraim.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
eighth captain
for
the
eighth
month
was
Sibbecai
the
Hushathite,
of
the
Zerahites.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
ninth captain
for
the
ninth
month
was
Abiezer
the
Anathothite,
of
the
Benjamites.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
tenth captain
for
the
tenth
month
was
Maharai
the
Netophathite,
of
the
Zerahites.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The
eleventh captain
for
the
eleventh
month
was
Benaiah
the
Pirathonite,
of
the
children
of
Ephraim.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
The twelfth captain
for
the twelfth
month
was
Heldai
the
Netophathite,
of
Othniel.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
Furthermore
over
the
tribes
of
Israel:
of
the
Reubenites,
Eliezer
the
son
of
Zichri
was
the
ruler;
of
the
Simeonites,
Shephatiah
the
son
of
Maacah;
of
Levi,
Hashabiah
the
son
of
Kemuel;
of
Aaron,
Zadok;
of
Judah,
Elihu,
one
of
the
brothers
of
David;
of
Issachar,
Omri
the
son
of
Michael;
of
Zebulun,
Ishmaiah
the
son
of
Obadiah;
of
Naphtali,
Jeremoth
the
son
of
Azriel;
of
the
children
of
Ephraim,
Hoshea
the
son
of
Azaziah;
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
Joel
the
son
of
Pedaiah;
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
in
Gilead,
Iddo
the
son
of
Zechariah;
of
Benjamin,
Jaasiel
the
son
of
Abner;
of
Dan,
Azarel
the
son
of
Jeroham.
These
were
the
captains
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
But
David
didn’t
take
the
number
of
them
from
twenty
years
old
and
under,
because
Yahweh
had
said
he
would
increase
Israel
like
the
stars
of
the
sky.
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
began
to
take
a census,
but
didn’t
finish;
and
wrath
came
on
Israel
for
this.
The
number wasn’t
put
into
the
account
in
the
chronicles
of
King
David.
Over
the
king’s
treasures
was
Azmaveth
the
son
of
Adiel.
Over
the
treasures
in
the
fields,
in
the
cities,
in
the
villages,
and
in
the
towers
was
Jonathan
the
son
of
Uzziah;
Over
those
who
did
the
work
of
the
field
for tillage
of
the
ground
was
Ezri
the
son
of
Chelub.
Over
the
vineyards
was
Shimei
the
Ramathite.
Over
the increase
of
the
vineyards
for
the
wine
cellars
was
Zabdi
the
Shiphmite.
Over
the
olive
trees
and
the
sycamore
trees
that
were
in
the
lowland
was Baal Hanan
the
Gederite.
Over
the
cellars
of
oil
was
Joash.
Over
the
herds
that fed
in
Sharon
was
Shitrai
the
Sharonite.
Over
the
herds
that
were
in
the
valleys
was
Shaphat
the
son
of
Adlai.
Over
the
camels
was
Obil
the
Ishmaelite.
Over
the
donkeys
was
Jehdeiah
the
Meronothite.
Over
the flocks
was Jaziz
the Hagrite.
All
these
were
the
rulers
of
the
property
which
was
King
David’s.
Also
Jonathan,
David’s
uncle,
was
a
counselor,
a
man
of
understanding,
and
a
scribe.
Jehiel
the
son
of
Hachmoni
was
with
the
king’s
sons.
Ahithophel
was
the
king’s
counselor.
Hushai
the
Archite
was
the
king’s
friend.
After
Ahithophel
was
Jehoiada
the
son
of
Benaiah,
and
Abiathar.
Joab
was
the
captain
of
the
king’s
army.
David
assembled
all
the
princes
of
Israel,
the
princes
of
the
tribes,
the
captains
of
the companies
who
served
the
king
by
division,
the
captains
of
thousands,
the
captains
of
hundreds,
and
the
rulers
over
all
the
substance
and
possessions
of
the
king
and
of
his
sons,
with
the
officers
and
the
mighty
men,
even
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
to
Jerusalem.
Then
David
the
king
stood
up
on
his
feet
and
said, “Hear
me,
my
brothers
and
my
people!
As
for
me,
it
was
in
my
heart
to
build
a
house
of
rest
for
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
and
for
the footstool
of
our
God;
and
I
had
prepared
for
the
building.
But
God
said
to
me, ‘You
shall
not
build
a
house
for
my
name,
because
you
are
a
man
of
war
and
have
shed
blood.’
However
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
chose
me
out
of
all
the
house
of
my
father
to
be
king
over
Israel
forever.
For
he
has
chosen
Judah
to
be
prince;
and
in
the
house
of
Judah,
the
house
of
my
father;
and
among
the
sons
of
my
father
he
took
pleasure
in
me
to
make
me
king
over
all
Israel.
Of
all
my
sons (for
Yahweh
has
given
me
many
sons),
he
has
chosen
Solomon
my
son
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
Yahweh’s
kingdom
over
Israel.
He
said
to
me, ‘Solomon,
your
son,
shall
build
my
house
and
my courts;
for
I
have
chosen
him
to
be
my
son,
and
I
will
be
his
father.
I
will
establish
his
kingdom
forever
if
he continues
to
do
my
commandments
and
my
ordinances,
as
it
is
today.’
Now
therefore,
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
Yahweh’s
assembly,
and
in
the audience
of
our
God,
observe
and
seek
out
all
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God,
that
you
may
possess
this
good
land,
and
leave
it
for
an
inheritance
to
your
children
after
you
forever.
You,
Solomon
my
son,
know
the
God
of
your
father,
and
serve
him
with
a
perfect
heart
and
with
a
willing
mind;
for
Yahweh
searches
all
hearts,
and
understands
all
the imaginations
of
the
thoughts.
If
you
seek
him,
he
will
be
found
by
you;
but
if
you
forsake
him,
he
will cast
you
off
forever.
Take
heed
now,
for
Yahweh
has
chosen
you
to
build
a
house
for
the
sanctuary.
Be
strong,
and
do
it.”
Then
David
gave
to
Solomon
his
son
the plans
for
the
porch
of
the
temple,
for
its
houses,
for
its treasuries,
for
its
upper
rooms,
for
its
inner
rooms,
for
the
place
of
the
mercy
seat;
and
the plans
of
all
that
he
had
by
the
Spirit,
for
the courts
of
Yahweh’s
house,
for
all
the
surrounding
rooms,
for
the
treasuries
of
God’s
house,
and
for
the
treasuries
of
the
dedicated
things;
also
for
the
divisions
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
for
all
the
work
of
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
for
all
the
vessels
of
service
in
Yahweh’s
house—
of
gold
by
weight
for
the
gold
for
all
vessels
of
every
kind
of
service,
for
all
the
vessels
of
silver
by
weight,
for
all
vessels
of
every
kind
of
service;
by
weight also
for
the
lamp stands
of
gold,
and
for its
lamps,
of
gold,
by
weight
for every
lamp stand
and
for its
lamps;
and
for
the
lamp stands
of
silver,
by
weight
for every
lamp stand
and
for its
lamps, according
to
the
use
of every
lamp stand;
and
the
gold
by
weight
for
the
tables
of show bread,
for every
table;
and
silver
for
the
tables
of
silver;
and the forks, the
basins,
and the cups,
of
pure
gold;
and
for the
golden
bowls
by
weight
for every
bowl;
and
for the
silver
bowls
by
weight
for every
bowl;
and
for
the
altar
of
incense,
refined
gold
by
weight;
and
gold
for
the plans
for
the
chariot,
and
the
cherubim
that
spread
out
and cover
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant.
“All
this”,
David said, “I
have
been
made
to
understand
in
writing
from
Yahweh’s
hand,
even
all
the
works
of
this
pattern.”
David
said
to
Solomon
his
son, “Be
strong
and
courageous,
and
do
it.
Don’t
be
afraid,
nor
be
dismayed,
for
Yahweh
God,
even
my
God,
is
with
you.
He
will
not
fail
you
nor
forsake
you,
until
all
the
work
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house
is
finished.
Behold,
there
are
the
divisions
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites
for
all
the
service
of
God’s
house.
Every
willing
man
who
has
skill
for
any
kind
of
service
shall
be
with
you
in
all
kinds
of
work.
Also
the
captains
and
all
the
people
will
be
entirely
at
your
command.”
David
the
king
said
to
all
the
assembly, “Solomon
my
son,
whom
alone
God
has
chosen,
is
yet
young
and
tender,
and
the
work
is
great;
for
the palace
is
not
for
man,
but
for
Yahweh
God.
Now
I
have
prepared
with
all
my
might
for
the
house
of
my
God
the
gold
for
the
things
of
gold,
the
silver
for
the
things
of
silver,
the
bronze
for
the
things
of
bronze,
iron
for
the
things
of
iron,
and
wood
for
the
things
of
wood,
also
onyx
stones,
stones
to
be
set,
stones
for
inlaid
work
of
various
colors,
all
kinds
of
precious
stones,
and marble
stones
in
abundance.
In addition,
because
I
have
set
my affection
on
the
house
of
my
God,
since
I
have
a
treasure
of
my own
of
gold
and
silver,
I
give
it
to
the
house
of
my
God,
over
and
above
all
that
I
have
prepared
for
the
holy
house:
even
three
thousand
talents
of
gold,
29:4
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 3000 talents is about 90 metric tons
of
the
gold
of
Ophir,
and
seven
thousand
talents
29:4
about 210 metric tons
of
refined
silver,
with
which
to
overlay
the
walls
of
the
houses;
of
gold
for
the
things
of
gold,
and
of
silver
for
the
things
of
silver,
and
for
all
kinds
of
work
to
be
made
by
the
hands
of artisans.
Who
then offers
willingly
to consecrate
himself
today
to
Yahweh?”
Then
the
princes
of
the
fathers’
households,
and
the
princes
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
with
the
rulers
over
the
king’s
work,
offered
willingly;
and
they
gave
for
the
service
of
God’s
house
of
gold
five
thousand
talents
29:7
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 5000 talents is about 150 metric tons
and
ten
thousand
darics,
29:7
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
of
silver
ten
thousand
talents,
of
bronze eighteen
thousand
talents,
and
of
iron
one
hundred
thousand
talents.
People
with whom
precious
stones
were
found
gave
them
to
the
treasure
of
Yahweh’s
house,
under
the
hand
of
Jehiel
the
Gershonite.
Then
the
people
rejoiced,
because
they
offered
willingly,
because
with
a
perfect
heart
they
offered
willingly
to
Yahweh;
and
David
the
king
also
rejoiced
with
great
joy.
Therefore
David
blessed
Yahweh
before
all
the
assembly;
and
David
said, “You
are
blessed,
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
our
father,
forever
and
ever.
Yours,
Yahweh,
is
the
greatness,
the
power,
the
glory,
the
victory,
and
the
majesty!
For
all
that
is
in
the
heavens
and
in
the
earth
is yours. Yours
is
the
kingdom,
Yahweh,
and
you
are exalted
as
head above
all.
Both
riches
and
honor come
from
you,
and
you
rule
over
all!
In
your
hand
is
power
and
might!
It
is
in
your
hand
to
make
great,
and
to give
strength
to
all!
Now
therefore,
our
God,
we
thank
you
and
praise
your
glorious
name.
But
who
am
I,
and
what
is
my
people,
that
we
should
be
able
to
offer
so
willingly
as
this?
For
all
things come
from
you,
and
we
have
given
you
of
your own.
For
we
are
strangers
before
you
and
foreigners,
as
all
our
fathers
were.
Our
days
on
the
earth
are
as
a
shadow,
and
there
is
no remaining.
Yahweh
our
God,
all
this store
that
we
have
prepared
to
build
you
a
house
for
your
holy
name comes
from
your
hand,
and
is
all
your own.
I
know
also,
my
God,
that
you
try
the
heart
and
have
pleasure
in
uprightness.
As
for
me,
in
the
uprightness
of
my
heart
I
have
willingly
offered
all
these
things.
Now
I
have
seen
with
joy
your
people,
who
are
present
here,
offer
willingly
to
you.
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Abraham,
of
Isaac,
and
of
Israel,
our
fathers,
keep
this
desire
forever
in
the
thoughts
of
the
heart
of
your
people,
and
prepare
their
heart
for
you;
and
give
to
Solomon
my
son
a
perfect
heart,
to
keep
your
commandments,
your
testimonies,
and
your
statutes,
and
to
do
all
these
things,
and
to
build
the palace,
for
which
I
have
made
provision.”
Then
David
said
to
all
the
assembly, “Now
bless
Yahweh
your
God!”
All
the
assembly
blessed
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
bowed
down
their heads
and
prostrated
themselves
before
Yahweh
and
the
king.
They
sacrificed
sacrifices
to
Yahweh
and
offered
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
on
the
next
day
after
that
day, even
one
thousand
bulls,
one
thousand
rams,
and
one
thousand
lambs,
with
their drink
offerings
and
sacrifices
in
abundance
for
all
Israel,
and
ate
and
drank
before
Yahweh
on
that
day
with
great
gladness.
They made
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
the
second
time,
and
anointed
him
before
Yahweh
to
be
prince,
and
Zadok
to
be
priest.
Then
Solomon
sat
on
the
throne
of
Yahweh
as
king
instead
of
David
his
father,
and prospered;
and
all
Israel
obeyed
him.
All
the
princes,
the
mighty
men,
and
also
all
of
the
sons
of
King
David submitted themselves
to
Solomon
the
king.
Yahweh
magnified
Solomon
exceedingly
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
and
gave
to
him
such
royal
majesty
as
had
not
been
on
any
king
before
him
in
Israel.
Now
David
the
son
of
Jesse
reigned
over
all
Israel.
The
time
that
he
reigned
over
Israel
was
forty
years;
he
reigned
seven
years
in
Hebron,
and
he
reigned
thirty-three
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
died
at
a
good
old
age,
full
of
days,
riches,
and
honor;
and
Solomon
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Now
the
acts
of
David
the
king,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the history
of
Samuel
the
seer,
and
in
the history
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
in
the history
of
Gad
the
seer,
with
all
his
reign
and
his
might,
and
the events
that involved
him,
Israel,
and
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
lands.
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Solomon
the
son
of
David
was
firmly
established
in
his
kingdom,
and
Yahweh
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
his
God
1:1
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
was
with
him,
and
made
him
exceedingly
great.
Solomon
spoke
to
all
Israel,
to
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
to
the
judges,
and
to
every
prince
in
all
Israel,
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households.
Then
Solomon,
and
all
the
assembly
with
him,
went
to
the
high
place
that
was
at
Gibeon;
for
God’s
Tent
of
Meeting
was
there,
which
Yahweh’s
servant
Moses
had
made
in
the
wilderness.
But
David
had
brought
God’s
ark
up
from
Kiriath Jearim
to
the
place
that
David
had
prepared
for
it;
for
he
had
pitched
a
tent
for
it
at
Jerusalem.
Moreover
the
bronze
altar
that
Bezalel
the
son
of
Uri,
the
son
of
Hur,
had
made
was
there
before
Yahweh’s
tabernacle;
and
Solomon
and
the
assembly
were
seeking counsel
there.
Solomon
went
up
there
to
the
bronze
altar
before
Yahweh,
which
was
at
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
offered
one
thousand
burnt
offerings
on
it.
That
night,
God
appeared
to
Solomon
and
said
to
him, “Ask
for
what
you want
me
to
give
you.”
Solomon
said
to
God, “You
have
shown
great loving
kindness
to
David
my
father,
and
have
made
me
king
in
his
place.
Now,
Yahweh
God,
let
your
promise
to
David
my
father
be
established;
for
you
have made
me
king
over
a
people
like
the
dust
of
the
earth
in multitude.
Now
give
me
wisdom
and
knowledge,
that
I
may
go
out
and
come
in
before
this
people;
for
who
can
judge
this
great
people
of
yours?”
God
said
to
Solomon, “Because
this
was
in
your
heart,
and
you
have
not
asked
riches,
wealth,
honor,
or
the
life
of
those
who
hate
you,
nor
yet
have
you
asked
for
long
life;
but
have
asked
for
wisdom
and
knowledge
for
yourself,
that
you
may
judge
my
people,
over
whom
I
have
made
you
king,
therefore
wisdom
and
knowledge
is
granted
to
you.
I
will
give
you
riches,
wealth,
and
honor,
such
as
none
of
the
kings
have
had
who
have
been
before
you,
and
none
after
you
will
have.”
So
Solomon
came
from
the
high
place
that
was
at
Gibeon,
from
before
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
to
Jerusalem;
and
he
reigned
over
Israel.
Solomon
gathered
chariots
and
horsemen.
He
had
one
thousand
four
hundred
chariots
and
twelve
thousand
horsemen
that
he
placed
in
the
chariot
cities,
and
with
the
king
at
Jerusalem.
The
king
made
silver
and
gold
to
be
as common
as
stones
in
Jerusalem,
and
he
made
cedars
to
be
as common
as
the
sycamore
trees
that
are
in
the
lowland.
The
horses
which
Solomon
had
were
brought out
of
Egypt
and
from Kue.
The
king’s
merchants purchased
them
from Kue.
They imported
from
Egypt
then
exported
a
chariot
for
six
hundred pieces
of
silver
and
a
horse
for
one
hundred
fifty.
1:17
The pieces of silver were probably shekels, so 600 pieces would be about 13.2 pounds or 6 kilograms of silver, and 150 would be about 3.3 pounds or 1.5 kilograms of silver.
They
also
exported
them
to
the
Hittite
kings
and
the
Syrian
1:17
or, Aramean
kings.
Now
Solomon decided
to build
a house
for Yahweh’s name,
and
a house
for
his kingdom.
Solomon counted
out seventy thousand
men
to bear burdens, eighty thousand
men
who
were
stone cutters
in
the mountains,
and three thousand six hundred
to oversee
them.
Solomon sent
to Huram
the
king
of Tyre, saying, “As
you dealt
with David
my father,
and sent
him cedars
to
build
him
a
house
in
which
to dwell,
so deal
with
me.
Behold,
2:4
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
am
about
to
build
a
house
for
the name
of Yahweh
my
God,
to dedicate
it
to
him,
to burn
before
him incense
of sweet spices,
for
the continual show bread,
and
for
the burnt
offerings morning
and evening,
on
the Sabbaths,
on
the new moons,
and
on
the
set feasts
of Yahweh
our
God.
This
is
an ordinance forever
to Israel.
“The
house
which
I
am
building
will
be great,
for
our
God
is greater
than all gods.
But
who
is able
to build
him
a house,
since heaven
and
the heaven
of heavens
can’t contain
him?
Who am
I
then,
that
I
should build
him
a house, except
just
to burn incense
before
him?
“Now
therefore
send
me
a man
skillful
to work
in gold,
in silver,
in bronze,
in iron,
and
in purple, crimson,
and blue,
and
who
knows
how
to engrave engravings,
to
be
with
the
skillful
men
who
are
with
me
in Judah
and
in Jerusalem,
whom
David
my father
provided.
“Send
me
also cedar
trees, cypress
trees,
and algum
trees
out
of Lebanon,
for
I know
that
your servants know
how
to cut
timber
in Lebanon. Behold,
my servants
will
be
with
your servants,
even
to prepare
me
timber
in abundance;
for
the house
which
I am
about
to build
will
be great
and wonderful.
Behold,
I
will
give
to
your servants,
the cutters
who cut timber, twenty thousand cors
2:10
1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels, so 20,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 545 metric tons
of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths
2:10
1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 20,000 baths of barley would weigh about 262 metric tons.
of barley, twenty thousand baths
of wine,
and twenty thousand baths
of oil.”
Then
Huram
the
king
of Tyre
answered
in writing,
which
he
sent
to Solomon, “Because
Yahweh loves
his
people,
he
has
made
you
king
over
them.”
Huram continued, “Blessed
be Yahweh,
the
God
of Israel,
who
made heaven
and earth,
who
has given
to
David
the king
a
wise
son,
endowed
with discretion
and
understanding,
who
would build
a house
for Yahweh
and
a house
for
his kingdom.
Now
I
have
sent
a
skillful
man,
endowed
with understanding, Huram-abi,
2:13
or, Huram, my father
the son
of
a woman
of
the daughters
of Dan;
and
his father
was
a man
of Tyre.
He
is skillful
to work
in gold,
in silver,
in bronze,
in iron,
in
stone,
in timber,
in purple,
in blue,
in fine linen,
and
in crimson,
also
to engrave any kind
of engraving
and
to devise any device,
that
there
may
be
a place appointed
to
him
with
your skillful
men,
and
with
the skillful
men
of
my
lord
David
your father.
“Now
therefore,
the wheat,
the barley,
the oil,
and
the wine
which
my lord
has
spoken
of, let
him
send
to
his servants;
and
we
will cut wood
out
of Lebanon,
as
much
as
you
need.
We
will bring
it
to
you
in rafts
by sea
to Joppa;
then
you
shall carry
it
up
to Jerusalem.”
Solomon counted
all
the foreigners
who
were
in
the land
of
Israel,
after
the census
with
which David
his father
had counted
them;
and
they found
one
hundred fifty-three
thousand
six
hundred.
He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to assign the people their work.
Then
Solomon
began
to
build
Yahweh’s
house
at
Jerusalem
on
Mount
Moriah,
where
Yahweh
appeared
to
David
his
father,
which
he
prepared
in
the
place
that
David
had
appointed,
on
the
threshing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
He
began
to
build
in
the
second
day
of
the
second
month,
in
the
fourth
year
of
his
reign.
Now
these
are
the
foundations
which
Solomon
laid
for
the
building
of
God’s
house:
the
length
by
cubits
3:3
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. after
the
first
measure
was
sixty
cubits,
and
the
width
twenty
cubits.
The
porch
that
was
in
front,
its
length,
across
the
width
of
the
house,
was
twenty
cubits,
and
the
height
one
hundred
twenty;
and
he
overlaid
it
within
with
pure
gold.
He
made
the
larger
room
with
a ceiling
of
cypress
wood,
which
he
overlaid
with fine
gold,
and ornamented
it
with
palm
trees
and
chains.
He decorated
the
house
with
precious
stones
for
beauty.
The
gold
was
gold
from
Parvaim.
He
also
overlaid
the
house,
the
beams,
the
thresholds,
its
walls,
and
its
doors
with
gold,
and
engraved
cherubim
on
the
walls.
He
made
the
most
holy
place.
Its
length,
according
to
the
width
of
the
house,
was
twenty
cubits,
and
its
width
twenty
cubits;
and
he
overlaid
it
with fine
gold, amounting
to
six
hundred
talents.
3:8
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 600 talents is about 18 metric tons
The
weight
of
the
nails
was
fifty
shekels
3:9
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 50 shekels was about 0.5 kilograms or about 16 Troy ounces.
of
gold. He
overlaid
the
upper
rooms
with
gold.
In
the
most
holy
place
he
made
two
cherubim
by carving,
and
they
overlaid
them
with
gold.
The
wings
of
the
cherubim
were
twenty
cubits
long:
the
wing
of
the
one
was
five
cubits,
reaching
to
the
wall
of
the
house;
and
the
other
wing
was
five
cubits,
reaching
to
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub.
The
wing
of
the
other
cherub
was
five
cubits,
reaching
to
the
wall
of
the
house;
and
the
other
wing
was
five
cubits, joining
to
the
wing
of
the
other
cherub.
The
wings
of
these
cherubim
spread
themselves
out
twenty
cubits.
They
stood
on
their
feet,
and
their
faces
were
toward
the
house.
He
made
the
veil
of
blue,
purple,
crimson,
and
fine
linen,
and ornamented
it
with
cherubim.
Also
he
made
before
the
house
two
pillars thirty-five
cubits high,
and
the
capital
that
was
on
the
top
of
each
of
them
was
five
cubits.
He
made
chains
in
the
inner
sanctuary,
and
put
them
on
the
tops
of
the
pillars;
and
he
made
one
hundred
pomegranates,
and
put
them
on
the
chains.
He
set
up
the
pillars
before
the
temple,
one
on
the
right
hand
and
the
other
on
the
left;
and
called
the
name
of
that
on
the
right
hand
Jachin,
and
the
name
of
that
on
the
left
Boaz.
Then
he
made an
altar
of
bronze,
twenty
cubits
4:1
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
long,
twenty
cubits
wide,
and
ten
cubits
high.
Also
he
made
the
molten
sea
4:2
or, pool, or, reservoir
of
ten
cubits
from
brim
to
brim.
It
was
round,
five
cubits
high,
and
thirty
cubits
in
circumference.
Under
it
was
the
likeness
of
oxen,
which
encircled
it,
for
ten
cubits,
encircling
the
sea.
The
oxen
were
in
two
rows,
cast when
it
was
cast.
It
stood
on
twelve
oxen,
three looking
toward
the
north,
three looking
toward
the
west,
three looking
toward
the
south,
and
three looking
toward
the
east;
and
the
sea
was
set
on
them
above,
and
all
their
hindquarters
were
inward.
It
was
a
handbreadth
thick. Its
brim
was
made
like
the
brim
of
a
cup,
like
the
flower
of
a
lily.
It
received
and
held
three
thousand
baths.
4:5
A bath is about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21.1 liters, so 3,000 baths is about 16,800 gallons or 63.3 kiloliters.
He
also
made
ten
basins,
and
put
five
on
the
right
hand
and
five
on
the
left,
to
wash
in
them.
The
things
that belonged
to
the
burnt
offering were
washed
in
them,
but
the
sea
was
for
the
priests
to
wash
in.
He
made
the
ten lamp stands
of
gold
according
to
the
ordinance concerning
them;
and
he
set
them
in
the
temple,
five
on
the
right
hand
and
five
on
the
left.
He
made
also
ten
tables,
and
placed
them
in
the
temple,
five
on
the
right
side
and
five
on
the
left.
He
made
one
hundred
basins
of
gold.
Furthermore
he
made
the
court
of
the
priests,
the
great
court,
and
doors
for
the
court,
and
overlaid
their
doors
with
bronze.
He
set
the
sea
on
the
right
side
of
the house
eastward, toward
the
south.
Huram
made
the
pots,
the
shovels,
and
the
basins.
So
Huram
finished
doing
the
work
that
he
did
for
King
Solomon
in
God’s
house:
the
two
pillars,
the
bowls,
the
two
capitals
which
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars,
the
two
networks
to
cover
the
two
bowls
of
the
capitals
that
were
on
the
top
of
the
pillars,
and
the
four
hundred
pomegranates
for
the
two
networks—two
rows
of
pomegranates
for
each
network,
to
cover
the
two
bowls
of
the
capitals
that
were
on
the
pillars.
He
also
made
the bases,
and
he
made
the
basins
on
the bases—
one
sea,
and
the
twelve
oxen
under
it.
Huram-abi
4:16
“abi” means “his father”
also
made
the
pots,
the
shovels,
the forks,
and
all
its
vessels
for
King
Solomon,
for
Yahweh’s
house,
of bright
bronze.
The
king
cast them
in
the
plain
of
the
Jordan,
in
the clay
ground
between
Succoth
and
Zeredah.
Thus
Solomon
made
all
these
vessels
in
great
abundance,
so
that
the
weight
of
the
bronze could
not
be determined.
Solomon
made
all
the
vessels
that
were
in
God’s
house:
the
golden
altar,
the
tables
with
the
show
bread
on
them,
and
the
lamp stands
with
their
lamps
to
burn
according
to
the
ordinance
before
the
inner
sanctuary,
of
pure
gold;
and
the
flowers,
the
lamps,
and
the
tongs
of
gold
that
was
purest
gold;
and
the
snuffers,
the
basins,
the
spoons,
and
the fire
pans
of
pure
gold.
As
for
the
entry
of
the
house, its
inner
doors
for
the
most
holy
place
and
the
doors
of
the main
hall
of
the
temple
were
of
gold.
Thus
all
the
work
that
Solomon
did
for
Yahweh’s
house
was
finished.
Solomon
brought
in
the
things
that
David
his
father
had
dedicated,
even
the
silver,
the
gold,
and
all
the
vessels,
and
put
them
in
the
treasuries
of
God’s
house.
Then
Solomon
assembled
the
elders
of
Israel
and
all
the
heads
of
the
tribes,
the
princes
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
children
of
Israel,
to
Jerusalem,
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
out
of
David’s
city,
which
is
Zion.
So
all
the
men
of
Israel
assembled
themselves
to
the
king
at
the
feast,
which
was
in
the
seventh
month.
All
the
elders
of
Israel
came.
The
Levites
took
up
the
ark.
They
brought
up
the
ark,
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
all
the
holy
vessels
that
were
in
the
Tent.
The
Levitical
priests
brought
these
up.
King
Solomon
and
all
the
congregation
of
Israel
who
were
assembled
to
him
were
before
the
ark,
sacrificing
sheep
and
cattle
that could
not
be
counted
or
numbered
for
multitude.
The
priests
brought
in
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
to
its
place,
into
the
inner
sanctuary
of
the
house,
to
the
most
holy
place,
even
under
the
wings
of
the
cherubim.
For
the
cherubim
spread
out
their
wings
over
the
place
of
the
ark,
and
the
cherubim
covered
the
ark
and
its
poles
above.
The
poles
were
so
long
that
the
ends
of
the
poles
were
seen
from
the
ark
in
front
of
the
inner
sanctuary,
but
they
were
not
seen
outside;
and
it
is
there
to
this
day.
There
was
nothing
in
the
ark
except
the
two
tablets
which
Moses
put
there
at
Horeb,
when
Yahweh
made
a covenant
with
the
children
of
Israel,
when
they
came
out
of
Egypt.
When
the
priests
had
come
out
of
the
holy
place (for
all
the
priests
who
were
present
had
sanctified
themselves,
and didn’t
keep
their
divisions;
also
the
Levites
who
were
the
singers,
all
of
them, even
Asaph,
Heman,
Jeduthun,
and
their
sons
and
their
brothers,
arrayed
in
fine
linen,
with
cymbals
and stringed instruments
and
harps,
stood
at
the
east end
of
the
altar,
and
with
them
one
hundred
twenty
priests sounding
with
trumpets);
when
the
trumpeters
and
singers
were
as
one,
to
make
one
sound
to
be
heard
in
praising
and thanking
Yahweh;
and
when
they
lifted
up
their
voice
with
the
trumpets
and
cymbals
and
instruments
of
music,
and
praised
Yahweh,
saying,
“For
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever!”
then
the
house
was
filled
with
a
cloud,
even
Yahweh’s
house,
so
that
the
priests
could
not
stand
to
minister
by reason
of
the
cloud;
for
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
God’s
house.
Then
Solomon
said, “Yahweh
has
said
that
he
would
dwell
in
the
thick
darkness.
But
I
have
built
you
a
house
and
home,
a
place
for
you
to
dwell
in
forever.”
The
king
turned
his
face,
and
blessed
all
the
assembly
of
Israel;
and
all
the
assembly
of
Israel
stood.
He
said, “Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
spoke
with
his
mouth
to
David
my
father,
and
has
with
his
hands
fulfilled
it,
saying,
‘Since
the
day
that
I
brought
my
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
I
chose
no
city
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
build
a
house
in,
that
my
name
might
be
there,
and
I
chose
no
man
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel;
but
now
I
have
chosen
Jerusalem,
that
my
name
might
be
there;
and
I
have
chosen
David
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.’
Now
it
was
in
the
heart
of
David
my
father
to
build
a
house
for
the
name
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
But
Yahweh
said
to
David
my
father, ‘Whereas
it
was
in
your
heart
to
build
a
house
for
my
name,
you
did
well
that
it
was
in
your
heart;
nevertheless
you
shall
not
build
the
house,
but
your
son
who
will
come
out
of
your body,
he
shall
build
the
house
for
my
name.’
“Yahweh
has performed
his
word
that
he
spoke;
for
I
have
risen
up
in
the
place
of
David
my
father,
and
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel,
as
Yahweh
promised,
and
have
built
the
house
for
the
name
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
There
I
have
set
the
ark,
in
which
is
Yahweh’s
covenant,
which
he
made
with
the
children
of
Israel.”
He
stood
before
Yahweh’s
altar
in
the
presence
of
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
and
spread
out
his
hands
(for
Solomon
had
made
a
bronze
platform,
five
cubits
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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
long,
five
cubits
wide,
and
three
cubits
high,
and
had
set
it
in
the
middle
of
the
court;
and
he
stood
on
it,
and
knelt
down
on
his
knees
before
all
the
assembly
of
Israel,
and
spread
out
his
hands
toward
heaven).
Then
he
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
there
is
no
God
like
you
in
heaven
or
on
earth—you
who
keep
covenant
and loving
kindness
with
your
servants
who
walk
before
you
with
all
their
heart;
who
have
kept
with
your
servant
David
my
father
that
which
you
promised
him. Yes,
you
spoke
with
your
mouth,
and
have
fulfilled
it
with
your
hand,
as
it
is
today.
“Now
therefore,
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
keep
with
your
servant
David
my
father
that
which
you
have
promised
him,
saying, ‘There
shall
not
fail
you
a
man
in
my
sight
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
Israel,
if
only
your
children
take
heed
to
their
way,
to
walk
in
my
law
as
you
have
walked
before
me.’
Now
therefore,
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
let
your
word
be
verified,
which
you
spoke
to
your
servant
David.
“But
will
God
indeed
dwell
with
men
on
the
earth?
Behold,
heaven
and
the
heaven
of
heavens
can’t
contain
you;
how
much
less
this
house
which
I
have
built!
Yet
have
respect
for
the
prayer
of
your
servant
and
to
his
supplication,
Yahweh
my
God,
to
listen
to
the
cry
and
to
the
prayer
which
your
servant
prays
before
you;
that
your
eyes
may
be
open
toward
this
house
day
and
night, even
toward
the
place
where
you
have
said
that
you
would
put
your
name,
to
listen
to
the
prayer
which
your
servant
will
pray
toward
this
place.
Listen
to
the petitions
of
your
servant
and
of
your
people
Israel,
when
they
pray
toward
this
place. Yes,
hear
from
your
dwelling
place, even
from
heaven;
and
when
you
hear,
forgive.
“If
a
man
sins
against
his
neighbor,
and
an
oath
is
laid
on
him
to cause
him
to swear,
and
he
comes
and swears
before
your
altar
in
this
house,
then
hear
from
heaven,
act,
and
judge
your
servants,
bringing retribution
to
the
wicked,
to
bring
his
way
on
his own
head;
and
justifying
the
righteous,
to
give
him
according
to
his
righteousness.
“If
your
people
Israel
are
struck
down
before
the
enemy
because
they
have
sinned
against
you,
and
they
turn
again
and
confess
your
name,
and
pray
and
make
supplication
before
you
in
this
house,
then
hear
from
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of
your
people
Israel,
and
bring
them
again
to
the
land
which
you
gave
to
them
and
to
their
fathers.
“When
the
sky
is
shut
up
and
there
is
no
rain
because
they
have
sinned
against
you,
if
they
pray
toward
this
place
and
confess
your
name,
and
turn
from
their
sin
when
you
afflict
them,
then
hear
in
heaven,
and
forgive
the
sin
of
your
servants,
your
people
Israel,
when
you
teach
them
the
good
way
in
which
they
should
walk,
and
send
rain
on
your
land,
which
you
have
given
to
your
people
for
an
inheritance.
“If
there
is
famine
in
the
land,
if
there
is
pestilence,
if
there
is
blight
or
mildew,
locust
or
caterpillar;
if
their
enemies besiege
them
in
the
land
of
their
cities;
whatever
plague
or
whatever
sickness
there
is—
whatever
prayer
and
supplication
is
made
by
any
man,
or
by
all
your
people
Israel,
who
will
each
know
his
own
plague
and
his
own
sorrow,
and
shall
spread
out
his
hands
toward
this
house,
then
hear
from
heaven
your
dwelling
place
and
forgive,
and
render
to
every
man
according
to
all
his
ways,
whose
heart
you
know (for
you,
even
you
only,
know
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
men),
that
they
may
fear
you,
to
walk
in
your
ways
as
long
as
they
live
in
the
land
which
you
gave
to
our
fathers.
“Moreover,
concerning
the
foreigner,
who
is
not
of
your
people
Israel,
when
he
comes
from
a
far
country
for
your
great
name’s
sake
and
your
mighty
hand
and
your
outstretched
arm,
when
they
come
and
pray
toward
this
house,
then
hear
from
heaven,
even
from
your
dwelling
place,
and
do
according
to
all
that
the
foreigner
calls
to
you
for;
that
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
may
know
your
name
and
fear
you,
as
do
your
people
Israel,
and
that
they
may
know
that
this
house
which
I
have
built
is
called
by
your
name.
“If
your
people
go
out
to
battle
against
their
enemies,
by
whatever
way
you
send
them,
and
they
pray
to
you
toward
this
city
which
you
have
chosen,
and
the
house
which
I
have
built
for
your
name;
then
hear
from
heaven
their
prayer
and
their
supplication,
and maintain
their
cause.
“If
they
sin
against
you (for
there
is
no
man
who
doesn’t
sin),
and
you
are
angry
with
them
and
deliver
them
to
the
enemy,
so
that
they carry
them
away
captive
to
a
land
far
off
or
near;
yet
if
they
come
to
their senses
in
the
land
where
they
are
carried
captive,
and
turn
again,
and
make supplication
to
you
in
the
land
of
their
captivity,
saying, ‘We
have
sinned,
we
have
done perversely,
and
have dealt
wickedly;’
if
they
return
to
you
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul
in
the
land
of
their
captivity,
where
they
have
been
taken
captive,
and
pray
toward
their
land
which
you
gave
to
their
fathers,
and
the
city
which
you
have
chosen,
and
toward
the
house
which
I
have
built
for
your
name;
then
hear
from
heaven,
even
from
your
dwelling
place,
their
prayer
and
their petitions,
and maintain
their
cause,
and
forgive
your
people
who
have
sinned
against
you.
“Now,
my
God,
let,
I
beg
you,
your
eyes
be
open,
and
let
your
ears
be
attentive
to
the
prayer
that
is
made
in
this
place.
“Now
therefore
arise,
Yahweh
God, into
your resting place,
you,
and
the
ark
of
your
strength.
Let
your
priests,
Yahweh
God,
be
clothed
with
salvation,
and
let
your saints
rejoice
in goodness.
“Yahweh
God,
don’t
turn
away
the
face
of
your
anointed.
Remember
your loving kindnesses
to
David
your
servant.”
Now
when
Solomon
had
finished
praying,
fire
came
down
from
heaven
and
consumed
the
burnt
offering
and
the
sacrifices;
and
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
the
house.
The
priests
could
not
enter
into
Yahweh’s
house,
because
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
Yahweh’s
house.
All
the
children
of
Israel
looked
on,
when
the
fire
came
down,
and
Yahweh’s
glory
was
on
the
house.
They
bowed
themselves
with
their
faces
to
the
ground
on
the
pavement,
worshiped,
and
gave
thanks
to
Yahweh, saying,
“For
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever!”
Then
the
king
and
all
the
people
offered
sacrifices
before
Yahweh.
King
Solomon
offered
a
sacrifice
of
twenty-two
thousand head
of
cattle
and
a
hundred
twenty
thousand
sheep.
So
the
king
and
all
the
people
dedicated
God’s
house.
The
priests
stood,
according
to
their positions;
the
Levites
also
with
instruments
of
music
of
Yahweh,
which
David
the
king
had
made
to
give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
when
David
praised
by
their ministry, saying “For
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.”
The
priests
sounded
trumpets
before
them;
and
all
Israel
stood.
Moreover
Solomon
made
the
middle
of
the
court
that
was
before
Yahweh’s
house
holy;
for
there
he offered
the
burnt
offerings
and
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings,
because
the
bronze
altar
which
Solomon
had
made
was
not
able
to receive
the
burnt
offering,
the
meal
offering,
and
the
fat.
So
Solomon
held
the
feast
at
that
time
for
seven
days,
and
all
Israel
with
him,
a
very
great
assembly,
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
to
the
brook
of
Egypt.
On
the
eighth
day,
they
held
a
solemn
assembly;
for
they
kept
the
dedication
of
the
altar
seven
days,
and
the
feast
seven
days.
On
the
twenty-third
day
of
the
seventh
month,
he
sent
the
people
away
to
their
tents,
joyful
and
glad
of
heart
for
the goodness
that
Yahweh
had
shown
to
David,
to
Solomon,
and
to
Israel
his
people.
Thus
Solomon
finished
Yahweh’s
house
and
the
king’s
house;
and
he successfully
completed
all
that
came
into
Solomon’s
heart
to
make
in
Yahweh’s
house
and
in
his own
house.
Then
Yahweh
appeared
to
Solomon
by
night,
and
said
to
him, “I
have
heard
your
prayer,
and
have
chosen
this
place
for myself
for
a
house
of
sacrifice.
“If
I
shut
up
the
sky
so
that
there
is
no
rain,
or
if
I
command
the
locust
to
devour
the
land,
or
if
I
send
pestilence
among
my
people,
if
my
people
who
are
called
by
my
name
will
humble
themselves,
pray,
seek
my
face,
and
turn
from
their
wicked
ways,
then
I
will
hear
from
heaven,
will
forgive
their
sin,
and
will
heal
their
land.
Now
my
eyes
will
be
open
and
my
ears
attentive
to
prayer
that
is
made
in
this
place.
For
now
I
have
chosen
and
made
this
house
holy,
that
my
name
may
be
there
forever;
and
my
eyes
and
my
heart
will
be
there
perpetually.
“As
for
you,
if
you
will
walk
before
me
as
David
your
father
walked,
and
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
you,
and
will
keep
my
statutes
and
my
ordinances,
then
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
your
kingdom,
according
as
I
covenanted
with
David
your
father,
saying, ‘There
shall
not
fail
you
a
man
to
be
ruler
in
Israel.’
But
if
you
turn
away
and
forsake
my
statutes
and
my
commandments
which
I
have
set
before
you,
and
go
and
serve
other
gods
and
worship
them,
then
I
will
pluck
them
up
by
the roots
out
of
my
land
which
I
have
given
them;
and
this
house,
which
I
have
made
holy
for
my
name,
I
will
cast
out
of
my
sight,
and
I
will
make
it
a
proverb
and
a
byword
among
all
peoples.
This
house,
which
is
so high,
everyone
who
passes
by
it
will
be
astonished
and
say, ‘Why
has
Yahweh
done
this
to
this
land
and
to
this
house?’
They
shall
answer, ‘Because
they
abandoned
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
who
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
took
other
gods,
worshiped
them,
and
served
them.
Therefore
he
has
brought
all
this
evil
on
them.’”
At
the
end
of
twenty
years,
in
which
Solomon
had
built
Yahweh’s
house
and
his
own
house,
Solomon
built
the
cities
which
Huram
had
given
to
Solomon,
and
caused
the
children
of
Israel
to
dwell
there.
Solomon went
to Hamath Zobah,
and
prevailed
against
it.
He
built
Tadmor
in
the
wilderness,
and
all
the
storage
cities,
which
he
built
in
Hamath.
Also
he
built Beth Horon
the
upper
and Beth Horon
the
lower,
fortified
cities
with
walls,
gates,
and
bars;
and
Baalath,
and
all
the
storage
cities
that
Solomon
had,
and
all
the
cities
for
his
chariots,
the
cities
for
his
horsemen,
and
all
that
Solomon desired
to
build
for
his pleasure
in
Jerusalem,
in
Lebanon,
and
in
all
the
land
of
his dominion.
As
for
all
the
people
who
were
left
of
the
Hittites,
the
Amorites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Hivites,
and
the
Jebusites,
who
were
not
of
Israel—
of
their
children
who
were
left
after
them
in
the
land,
whom
the
children
of
Israel
didn’t
consume—of
them
Solomon
conscripted
forced
labor
to
this
day.
But
of
the
children
of
Israel,
Solomon
made
no
servants
for
his
work,
but
they
were
men
of
war,
chief
of
his
captains,
and
rulers
of
his
chariots
and
of
his
horsemen.
These
were
the
chief
officers
of
King
Solomon, even two-hundred
fifty,
who
ruled
over
the
people.
Solomon
brought
up
Pharaoh’s
daughter
out
of
David’s
city
to
the
house
that
he
had
built
for
her;
for
he
said, “My
wife
shall
not
dwell
in
the
house
of
David
king
of
Israel,
because
the
places
where
Yahweh’s
ark
has
come
are
holy.”
Then
Solomon
offered
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
on
Yahweh’s
altar
which
he
had
built
before
the
porch,
even
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required,
offering according
to
the
commandment
of
Moses
on
the
Sabbaths,
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
set
feasts,
three
times per
year,
during
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread,
during
the
feast
of
weeks,
and
during
the
feast
of
booths.
8:13
or, feast of tents (Sukkot)
He
appointed,
according
to
the
ordinance
of
David
his
father,
the
divisions
of
the
priests
to
their
service,
and
the
Levites
to
their
offices,
to
praise
and
to
minister
before
the
priests,
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required,
the doorkeepers
also
by
their
divisions
at
every
gate,
for
David
the
man
of
God
had
so
commanded.
They
didn’t
depart
from
the
commandment
of
the
king
to
the
priests
and
Levites
concerning
any
matter
or
concerning
the
treasures.
Now
all
the
work
of
Solomon
was
accomplished
from
the
day
of
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
house
until
it
was
finished.
So
Yahweh’s
house
was
completed.
Then
Solomon
went
to Ezion Geber
and
to
Eloth,
on
the
seashore
in
the
land
of
Edom.
Huram
sent
him
ships
and
servants
who
had
knowledge
of
the
sea
by
the
hands
of
his
servants;
and
they
came
with
the
servants
of
Solomon
to
Ophir,
and
brought
from
there
four
hundred
fifty
talents
8:18
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 450 talents is about 13.5 metric tons
of
gold,
and
brought
them
to
King
Solomon.
When
the
queen
of
Sheba
heard
of
the
fame
of
Solomon,
she
came
to
test
Solomon
with
hard
questions
at
Jerusalem,
with
a
very
great caravan,
including
camels
that
bore
spices,
gold
in
abundance,
and
precious
stones.
When
she
had
come
to
Solomon,
she
talked
with
him
about
all
that
was
in
her
heart.
Solomon
answered
all
her
questions.
There wasn’t
anything
hidden
from
Solomon
which
he
didn’t
tell
her.
When
the
queen
of
Sheba
had
seen
the
wisdom
of
Solomon,
the
house
that
he
had
built,
the
food
of
his
table,
the
seating
of
his
servants,
the
attendance
of
his
ministers,
their clothing,
his cup bearers
and
their clothing,
and
his
ascent
by
which
he
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house,
there
was
no
more
spirit
in
her.
9:4
or, she was breathless.
She
said
to
the
king, “It
was
a
true
report
that
I
heard
in
my own
land
of
your
acts
and
of
your
wisdom.
However
I
didn’t
believe
their
words
until
I
came,
and
my
eyes
had
seen
it;
and
behold
half
of
the
greatness
of
your
wisdom wasn’t
told
me.
You
exceed
the fame
that
I
heard!
Happy
are
your
men,
and
happy
are
these
your
servants,
who
stand
continually
before
you
and
hear
your
wisdom.
Blessed
be
Yahweh
your
God,
who delighted
in
you
and
set
you
on
his
throne
to
be
king
for
Yahweh
your
God,
because
your
God loved
Israel,
to
establish
them
forever.
Therefore
he
made
you
king
over
them,
to
do
justice
and
righteousness.”
She
gave
the
king
one
hundred
and
twenty
talents
9:9
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 120 talents is about 3.6 metric tons
of
gold,
spices
in
great
abundance,
and
precious
stones.
There
was
never
before
such
spice
as
the
queen
of
Sheba
gave
to
King
Solomon.
The
servants
of Huram
and
the
servants
of
Solomon,
who
brought
gold
from
Ophir,
also
brought
algum
trees
9:10
possibly Indian sandalwood, which has nice grain and a pleasant scent and is good for woodworking
and
precious
stones.
The
king
used
algum
tree
wood
to
make terraces
for
Yahweh’s
house
and
for
the
king’s
house,
and
harps
and stringed instruments
for
the
singers.
There
were
none
like
these
seen
before
in
the
land
of
Judah.
King
Solomon
gave
to
the
queen
of
Sheba
all
her
desire,
whatever
she
asked, more
than
that
which
she
had
brought
to
the
king.
So
she
turned
and
went
to
her own
land,
she
and
her
servants.
Now
the
weight
of
gold
that
came
to
Solomon
in
one
year
was
six
hundred sixty-six
talents
9:13
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 666 talents is about 20 metric tons
of
gold,
in addition
to
that which
the
traders
and
merchants
brought.
All
the
kings
of
Arabia
and
the
governors
of
the
country
brought
gold
and
silver
to
Solomon.
King
Solomon
made
two
hundred large
shields
of beaten
gold.
Six
hundred shekels
9:15
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.
of beaten
gold
went
to
one large
shield.
He
made
three
hundred
shields
of beaten
gold.
Three
hundred shekels
9:16
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 300 shekels was about 3 kilograms or about 96 Troy ounces.
of
gold
went
to
one
shield.
The
king
put
them
in
the
House
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon.
Moreover
the
king
made
a
great
throne
of
ivory,
and
overlaid
it
with
pure
gold.
There
were
six
steps
to
the
throne,
with
a
footstool
of
gold,
which
were
fastened
to
the
throne,
and armrests
on
either
side
by
the
place
of
the
seat,
and
two
lions
standing
beside
the armrests.
Twelve
lions
stood
there
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
on
the
six
steps.
There
was
nothing
like
it
made
in
any
other
kingdom.
All
King
Solomon’s drinking
vessels
were
of
gold,
and
all
the
vessels
of
the
House
of
the
Forest
of
Lebanon
were
of
pure
gold.
Silver
was
not
considered
valuable
in
the
days
of
Solomon.
For
the
king
had
ships
that
went
to
Tarshish
with
Huram’s
servants.
Once
every
three
years,
the
ships
of
Tarshish
came
bringing
gold,
silver,
ivory,
apes,
and
peacocks.
So
King
Solomon exceeded
all
the
kings
of
the
earth
in
riches
and
wisdom.
All
the
kings
of
the
earth
sought
the
presence
of
Solomon
to
hear
his
wisdom,
which
God
had
put
in
his
heart.
They
each
brought
tribute:
vessels
of
silver,
vessels
of
gold,
clothing,
armor,
spices,
horses,
and
mules
every
year.
Solomon
had
four
thousand
stalls
for
horses
and
chariots,
and
twelve
thousand
horsemen
that
he stationed
in
the
chariot
cities
and
with
the
king
at
Jerusalem.
He
ruled
over
all
the
kings
from
the
River
even
to
the
land
of
the
Philistines,
and
to
the
border
of
Egypt.
The
king
made
silver
as common
in
Jerusalem
as
stones,
and
he
made
cedars
to
be
as
abundant
as
the
sycamore
trees
that
are
in
the
lowland.
They
brought
horses
for
Solomon
out
of
Egypt
and
out
of
all
lands.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Solomon,
first
and
last, aren’t
they
written
in
the history
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
in
the
prophecy
of
Ahijah
the
Shilonite,
and
in
the
visions
of
Iddo
the
seer
concerning
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat?
Solomon
reigned
in
Jerusalem
over
all
Israel
forty
years.
Solomon
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
he
was
buried
in
his
father
David’s
city;
and
Rehoboam
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Rehoboam
went
to
Shechem,
for
all
Israel
had
come
to
Shechem
to
make
him
king.
When
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat
heard
of
it (for
he
was
in
Egypt,
where
he
had
fled
from
the
presence
of
King
Solomon),
Jeroboam
returned
out
of
Egypt.
They
sent
and
called
him;
and
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel
came,
and
they
spoke
to
Rehoboam,
saying,
“Your
father
made
our
yoke
grievous.
Now
therefore
make
the
grievous
service
of
your
father
and
his
heavy
yoke
which
he
put
on
us,
lighter,
and
we
will
serve
you.”
He
said
to
them, “Come
again
to
me
after
three
days.”
So
the
people departed.
King
Rehoboam
took
counsel
with
the
old
men,
who
had
stood
before
Solomon
his
father
while
he yet
lived,
saying, “What
counsel
do
you
give
me
about
how
to
answer
these
people?”
They
spoke
to
him,
saying, “If
you
are
kind
to
these
people,
please
them,
and
speak
good
words
to
them,
then
they
will
be
your
servants
forever.”
But
he
abandoned
the
counsel
of
the
old
men
which
they
had
given
him,
and
took
counsel
with
the
young
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him,
who
stood
before
him.
He
said
to
them, “What
counsel
do
you
give,
that
we
may
give
an
answer
to
these
people,
who
have
spoken
to
me,
saying, ‘Make
the
yoke
that
your
father
put
on
us
lighter?’”
The
young
men
who
had
grown
up
with
him
spoke
to
him,
saying, “Thus
you
shall
tell
the
people
who
spoke
to
you,
saying, ‘Your
father
made
our
yoke
heavy,
but
make
it
lighter
on
us;’
thus
you
shall
say
to
them, ‘My
little
finger
is
thicker
than
my
father’s
waist.
Now
whereas
my
father burdened
you
with
a
heavy
yoke,
I
will
add
to
your
yoke.
My
father
chastised
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
chastise
you
with
scorpions.’”
So
Jeroboam
and
all
the
people
came
to
Rehoboam
the
third
day,
as
the
king
asked,
saying, “Come
to
me
again
the
third
day.”
The
king
answered
them roughly;
and
King
Rehoboam
abandoned
the
counsel
of
the
old
men,
and
spoke
to
them
after
the
counsel
of
the
young
men,
saying, “My
father
made
your
yoke
heavy,
but
I
will
add
to
it.
My
father
chastised
you
with
whips,
but
I
will
chastise
you
with
scorpions.”
So
the
king
didn’t
listen
to
the
people;
for
it
was
brought
about
by
God,
that
Yahweh
might
establish
his
word,
which
he
spoke
by
Ahijah
the
Shilonite
to
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat.
When
all
Israel
saw
that
the
king
didn’t
listen
to
them,
the
people
answered
the
king,
saying, “What
portion
do
we
have
in
David?
We
don’t
have
an
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse!
Every
man
to
your
tents,
Israel!
Now
see
to
your
own
house,
David.”
So
all
Israel departed
to
their
tents.
But
as
for
the
children
of
Israel
who
lived
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
Rehoboam
reigned
over
them.
Then
King
Rehoboam
sent
Hadoram,
who
was
over
the
men subject
to
forced
labor;
and
the
children
of
Israel
stoned
him
to
death
with
stones.
King
Rehoboam
hurried
to
get himself
up
to
his
chariot,
to
flee
to
Jerusalem.
So
Israel
rebelled
against
David’s
house
to
this
day.
When
Rehoboam
had
come
to
Jerusalem,
he
assembled
the
house
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
one
hundred
eighty
thousand chosen
men
who
were
warriors,
to
fight
against
Israel,
to
bring
the
kingdom
again
to
Rehoboam.
But
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Shemaiah
the
man
of
God,
saying,
“Speak
to
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
king
of
Judah,
and
to
all
Israel
in
Judah
and
Benjamin,
saying,
‘Yahweh
says, “You
shall
not
go
up,
nor
fight
against
your
brothers!
Every
man
return
to
his
house;
for
this
thing
is
of
me.”’”
So
they
listened
to
Yahweh’s
words,
and
returned
from
going
against
Jeroboam.
Rehoboam
lived
in
Jerusalem,
and
built
cities
for
defense
in
Judah.
He
built
Bethlehem,
Etam,
Tekoa,
Beth Zur,
Soco,
Adullam,
Gath,
Mareshah,
Ziph,
Adoraim,
Lachish,
Azekah,
Zorah,
Aijalon,
and
Hebron,
which
are
fortified
cities
in
Judah
and
in
Benjamin.
He
fortified
the strongholds
and
put captains
in
them
with
stores
of
food,
oil
and
wine.
He
put
shields
and
spears
in
every
city,
and
made
them
exceedingly
strong.
Judah
and
Benjamin
belonged
to
him.
The
priests
and
the
Levites
who
were
in
all
Israel
stood
with
him
out
of
all
their
territory.
For
the
Levites
left
their
pasture
lands
and
their
possessions,
and came
to
Judah
and
Jerusalem;
for
Jeroboam
and
his
sons cast
them
off,
that
they
should
not execute
the priest’s office
to
Yahweh.
He himself
appointed
priests
for
the
high
places,
for
the
male
goat
and
calf idols
which
he
had
made.
After
them,
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
those
who
set
their
hearts
to
seek
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
came
to
Jerusalem
to
sacrifice
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
So
they
strengthened
the
kingdom
of
Judah
and
made
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon
strong
for
three
years,
for
they
walked
three
years
in
the
way
of
David
and
Solomon.
Rehoboam
took
a
wife
for himself,
Mahalath
the
daughter
of Jerimoth
the
son
of
David
and
of
Abihail
the
daughter
of
Eliab
the
son
of
Jesse.
She
bore
him
sons:
Jeush,
Shemariah,
and
Zaham.
After
her,
he
took
Maacah
the
granddaughter
of
Absalom;
and
she
bore
him
Abijah,
Attai,
Ziza,
and
Shelomith.
Rehoboam
loved
Maacah
the
granddaughter
of
Absalom above
all
his
wives
and
his
concubines;
for
he
took
eighteen
wives
and
sixty
concubines,
and
became
the
father
of
twenty-eight
sons
and
sixty
daughters.
Rehoboam
appointed
Abijah
the
son
of
Maacah
to
be
chief,
the
prince
among
his
brothers,
for
he intended
to
make
him
king.
He dealt
wisely,
and dispersed
some
of
his
sons
throughout
all
the
lands
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
to
every
fortified
city.
He
gave
them
food
in
abundance;
and
he
sought
many
wives
for
them.
When
the
kingdom
of
Rehoboam
was
established
and
he
was
strong,
he
abandoned
Yahweh’s
law,
and
all
Israel
with
him.
In
the
fifth
year
of
King
Rehoboam,
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem,
because
they
had trespassed
against
Yahweh,
with twelve
hundred
chariots
and
sixty
thousand
horsemen.
The
people
were
without
number
who
came
with
him
out
of
Egypt:
the
Lubim,
the
Sukkiim,
and
the
Ethiopians.
He
took
the
fortified
cities
which belonged
to
Judah,
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
Now
Shemaiah
the
prophet
came
to
Rehoboam
and
to
the
princes
of
Judah,
who
were
gathered
together
to
Jerusalem
because
of
Shishak,
and
said
to
them, “Yahweh
says, ‘You
have forsaken
me,
therefore
I
have
also
left
you
in
the
hand
of
Shishak.’”
Then
the
princes
of
Israel
and
the
king
humbled
themselves;
and
they
said, “Yahweh
is
righteous.”
When
Yahweh
saw
that
they
humbled
themselves,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Shemaiah,
saying, “They
have
humbled
themselves.
I
will
not
destroy
them,
but
I
will
grant
them
some
deliverance,
and
my
wrath
won’t
be
poured
out
on
Jerusalem
by
the
hand
of
Shishak.
Nevertheless
they
will
be
his
servants,
that
they
may
know
my
service,
and
the
service
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
countries.”
So
Shishak
king
of
Egypt
came
up
against
Jerusalem
and
took
away
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house.
He
took
it
all
away.
He
also
took
away
the
shields
of
gold
which
Solomon
had
made.
King
Rehoboam
made
shields
of
bronze
in
their
place,
and
committed
them
to
the
hands
of
the
captains
of
the
guard,
who
kept
the
door
of
the
king’s
house.
As
often
as
the
king
entered
into
Yahweh’s
house,
the
guard
came
and
bore
them,
then
brought
them
back
into
the
guard
room.
When
he
humbled
himself,
Yahweh’s
wrath
turned
from
him,
so
as
not
to
destroy
him altogether.
Moreover,
there
were
good
things
found
in
Judah.
So
King
Rehoboam
strengthened
himself
in
Jerusalem
and
reigned;
for
Rehoboam
was forty-one
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
seventeen
years
in
Jerusalem,
the
city
which
Yahweh
had
chosen
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
put
his
name
there.
His
mother’s
name
was
Naamah
the
Ammonitess.
He
did
that which
was
evil,
because
he
didn’t
set
his
heart
to
seek
Yahweh.
Now
the
acts
of
Rehoboam,
first
and
last, aren’t
they
written
in
the histories
of
Shemaiah
the
prophet
and
of
Iddo
the
seer,
in
the
genealogies?
There
were
wars
between
Rehoboam
and
Jeroboam
continually.
Rehoboam
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
in
David’s
city;
and
Abijah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
the
eighteenth
year
of
King
Jeroboam,
Abijah began
to
reign
over
Judah.
He
reigned
three
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Micaiah
the
daughter
of
Uriel
of
Gibeah.
There
was
war
between
Abijah
and
Jeroboam.
Abijah joined
battle
with
an
army
of
valiant
men
of
war,
even
four
hundred
thousand chosen
men;
and
Jeroboam set
the
battle
in
array
against
him
with
eight
hundred
thousand chosen
men,
who
were
mighty
men
of
valor.
Abijah
stood
up
on
Mount
Zemaraim,
which
is
in
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
said, “Hear
me,
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel:
Ought
you
not
to
know
that
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
gave
the
kingdom
over
Israel
to
David
forever,
even
to
him
and
to
his
sons
by
a
covenant
of
salt?
Yet
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Nebat,
the
servant
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David,
rose
up,
and
rebelled
against
his
lord.
Worthless
men
were
gathered
to
him,
wicked
fellows
who
strengthened
themselves
against
Rehoboam
the
son
of
Solomon,
when
Rehoboam
was
young
and
tender hearted,
and
could
not
withstand
them.
“Now
you
intend
to
withstand
the
kingdom
of
Yahweh
in
the
hand
of
the
sons
of
David.
You
are
a
great
multitude,
and
the
golden
calves
which
Jeroboam
made
you
for
gods
are
with
you.
Haven’t
you
driven
out
the
priests
of
Yahweh,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites,
and
made
priests
for
yourselves
according
to
the ways
of
the
peoples
of
other
lands?
Whoever
comes
to consecrate
himself
with
a
young
bull
and
seven
rams
may
be
a
priest
of
those
who
are
no
gods.
“But
as
for us,
Yahweh
is
our
God,
and
we
have
not forsaken
him.
We
have
priests
serving
Yahweh,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
and
the
Levites
in
their
work.
They
burn
to
Yahweh
every
morning
and
every
evening
burnt
offerings
and
sweet
incense.
They
also set
the show
bread
in order
on
the
pure
table,
and
care
for
the
gold
lamp stand
with
its
lamps,
to
burn
every
evening;
for
we
keep
the instruction
of
Yahweh
our
God,
but
you
have forsaken
him.
Behold,
God
is
with
us
at
our
head,
and
his
priests
with
the
trumpets
of
alarm
to
sound
an
alarm
against
you.
Children
of
Israel,
don’t
fight
against
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers;
for
you
will
not
prosper.”
But
Jeroboam
caused
an
ambush
to
come
about
behind
them;
so
they
were
before
Judah,
and
the
ambush
was
behind
them.
When
Judah
looked
back,
behold,
the
battle
was
before
and
behind
them;
and
they
cried
to
Yahweh,
and
the
priests
sounded
with
the
trumpets.
Then
the
men
of
Judah
gave
a
shout.
As
the
men
of
Judah
shouted,
God
struck
Jeroboam
and
all
Israel
before
Abijah
and
Judah.
The
children
of
Israel
fled
before
Judah,
and
God
delivered
them
into
their
hand.
Abijah
and
his
people
killed
them
with
a
great
slaughter, so
five
hundred
thousand chosen
men
of
Israel
fell
down
slain.
Thus
the
children
of
Israel
were brought
under
at
that
time,
and
the
children
of
Judah
prevailed,
because
they
relied
on
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
Abijah
pursued
Jeroboam,
and
took
cities
from
him:
Bethel
with
its
villages,
Jeshanah
with
its
villages,
and
Ephron
with
its
villages.
Jeroboam
didn’t
recover
strength
again
in
the
days
of
Abijah.
Yahweh
struck
him,
and
he
died.
But
Abijah
grew
mighty
and
took
for
himself
fourteen
wives,
and
became
the
father
of
twenty-two
sons
and
sixteen
daughters.
The
rest
of
the
acts
of
Abijah,
his
ways,
and
his
sayings
are
written
in
the commentary
of
the
prophet
Iddo.
So Abijah slept
with
his fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in David’s city;
and
Asa
his son reigned
in
his place.
In
his days,
the land
was quiet ten years.
Asa did
that which was good
and right
in Yahweh
his God’s eyes,
for
he
took away
the foreign altars
and
the high
places, broke down
the pillars, cut down
the Asherah poles,
and commanded
Judah
to seek Yahweh,
the God
of
their fathers,
and
to obey
his law
and command.
Also
he took
away out
of all
the
cities
of
Judah
the high places
and
the sun images;
and
the kingdom
was
quiet
before
him.
He
built
fortified
cities
in
Judah;
for
the
land
was quiet,
and
he
had no war
in
those years,
because
Yahweh
had
given
him
rest.
For
he said
to
Judah, “Let’s build
these cities
and
make walls around
them,
with
towers, gates,
and bars.
The land
is yet before us,
because
we
have sought Yahweh
our God.
We
have sought
him,
and
he
has given us
rest
on
every side.”
So
they built
and prospered.
Asa
had
an
army
of
three
hundred
thousand
out
of Judah who bore bucklers
and spears,
and
two
hundred eighty
thousand
out
of Benjamin who bore shields
and drew bows.
All these
were
mighty men
of
valor.
Zerah
the Ethiopian
came
out
against
them
with
an
army
of
a million troops
and three hundred chariots,
and
he
came
to
Mareshah.
Then
Asa
went
out
to meet
him,
and
they
set
the battle
in array
in
the valley
of Zephathah
at Mareshah.
Asa cried
to
Yahweh
his
God,
and said, “Yahweh,
there
is no
one besides
you
to help, between
the mighty
and
him
who
has no strength. Help
us,
Yahweh
our
God;
for we rely
on
you,
and
in
your name
are we come
against
this multitude.
Yahweh,
you
are
our
God. Don’t let man prevail
against
you.”
So
Yahweh
struck
the
Ethiopians
before
Asa
and
before Judah;
and
the
Ethiopians fled.
Asa
and
the people
who
were
with
him pursued
them
to
Gerar.
So
many
of
the Ethiopians
fell
that
they could
not recover
themselves,
for
they
were
destroyed
before
Yahweh
and
before
his army. Judah’s army
carried
away
very
much
booty.
They
struck
all
the cities
around Gerar,
for
the fear
of Yahweh
came
on
them.
They plundered
all
the cities,
for
there
was
much plunder
in
them.
They also struck the tents of those who had livestock, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, then returned to Jerusalem.
The
Spirit
of
God
came
on
Azariah
the
son
of
Oded.
He
went
out
to
meet
Asa,
and
said
to
him, “Hear
me,
Asa,
and
all
Judah
and
Benjamin!
Yahweh
is
with
you
while
you
are
with
him;
and
if
you
seek
him,
he
will
be
found
by
you;
but
if
you
forsake
him,
he
will
forsake
you.
Now
for
a
long
time
Israel
was
without
the
true
God,
without
a
teaching
priest,
and
without
law.
But
when
in
their
distress
they
turned
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
sought
him,
he
was
found
by
them.
In
those times
there
was
no
peace
to
him
who
went
out,
nor
to
him
who
came
in;
but
great troubles
were
on
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
lands.
They
were
broken
in
pieces,
nation
against
nation,
and
city
against
city;
for
God
troubled
them
with
all
adversity.
But
you
be
strong!
Don’t
let
your
hands
be
slack,
for
your
work
will
be
rewarded.”
When
Asa
heard
these
words
and
the
prophecy
of
Oded
the
prophet,
he
took
courage,
and
put
away
the
abominations
out
of
all
the
land
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
out
of
the
cities
which
he
had
taken
from
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim;
and
he
renewed
Yahweh’s
altar
that
was
before
Yahweh’s
porch.
He
gathered
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
those
who
lived
with
them
out
of
Ephraim,
Manasseh,
and
Simeon;
for
they
came
to
him
out
of
Israel
in
abundance
when
they
saw
that
Yahweh
his
God
was
with
him.
So
they
gathered
themselves
together
at
Jerusalem
in
the
third
month,
in
the fifteenth
year
of
Asa’s
reign.
They
sacrificed
to
Yahweh
in
that
day,
of
the
plunder
which
they
had
brought,
seven
hundred head
of
cattle
and
seven
thousand
sheep.
They
entered
into
the
covenant
to
seek
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
with
all
their
heart
and
with
all
their
soul;
and
that
whoever
would
not
seek
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
should
be
put
to
death,
whether
small
or
great,
whether
man
or
woman.
They
swore
to
Yahweh
with
a
loud
voice,
with
shouting,
with
trumpets,
and
with cornets.
All
Judah
rejoiced
at
the
oath,
for
they
had
sworn
with
all
their
heart
and
sought
him
with
their
whole
desire;
and
he
was
found
by
them.
Then
Yahweh
gave
them
rest
all
around.
Also
Maacah,
the
mother
of
Asa
the
king,
he
removed
from
being
queen
mother,
because
she
had
made
an abominable
image
for
an
Asherah;
so
Asa
cut
down
her
image,
ground
it
into dust,
and
burned
it
at
the
brook
Kidron.
But
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away
out
of
Israel; nevertheless
the
heart
of
Asa
was
perfect
all
his
days.
He
brought
the
things
that
his
father
had
dedicated
and
that
he
himself
had
dedicated,
silver,
gold,
and
vessels
into
God’s
house.
There
was
no
more
war
to
the thirty-fifth
year
of
Asa’s
reign.
In
the thirty-sixth
year
of
Asa’s
reign,
Baasha
king
of
Israel
went
up
against
Judah,
and
built
Ramah,
that
he
might
not
allow anyone
to
go
out
or
come
in
to
Asa
king
of
Judah.
Then
Asa
brought
out
silver
and
gold
out
of
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
of
the
king’s
house,
and
sent
to Ben Hadad
king
of
Syria,
who
lived
at
Damascus,
saying,
“Let
there
be
a
treaty
between
me
and
you,
as
there
was
between
my
father
and
your
father.
Behold,
I
have
sent
you
silver
and
gold.
Go,
break
your
treaty
with
Baasha
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
depart
from
me.”
Ben Hadad
listened
to
King
Asa,
and
sent
the
captains
of
his
armies
against
the
cities
of
Israel;
and
they
struck
Ijon,
Dan, Abel Maim,
and
all
the
storage
cities
of
Naphtali.
When
Baasha
heard
of
it,
he
stopped
building
Ramah,
and
let
his
work
cease.
Then
Asa
the
king
took
all
Judah,
and
they
carried
away
the
stones
and
timber
of
Ramah,
with
which
Baasha
had
built;
and
he
built
Geba
and
Mizpah
with
them.
At
that
time
Hanani
the seer
came
to
Asa
king
of
Judah,
and
said
to
him, “Because
you
have
relied
on
the
king
of
Syria,
and
have
not
relied
on
Yahweh
your
God,
therefore
the
army
of
the
king
of
Syria
has
escaped
out
of
your
hand.
Weren’t
the
Ethiopians
and
the
Lubim
a huge
army,
with
chariots
and
exceedingly
many
horsemen?
Yet,
because
you
relied
on
Yahweh,
he
delivered
them
into
your
hand.
For
Yahweh’s
eyes run
back
and forth
throughout
the
whole
earth,
to
show
himself
strong
in
the
behalf
of
them
whose
heart
is
perfect
toward
him.
You
have
done
foolishly
in
this;
for
from
now
on
you
will
have
wars.”
Then
Asa
was
angry
with
the seer,
and
put
him
in
the
prison;
for
he
was
in
a
rage
with
him
because
of
this
thing.
Asa
oppressed
some
of
the
people
at
the
same
time.
Behold,
the
acts
of
Asa,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
In
the thirty-ninth
year
of
his
reign,
Asa
was
diseased
in
his
feet.
His
disease
was
exceedingly great;
yet
in
his
disease
he
didn’t
seek
Yahweh,
but
just
the
physicians.
Asa
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
died
in
the forty-first
year
of
his
reign.
They
buried
him
in
his own
tomb,
which
he
had
dug
out
for himself
in
David’s
city,
and
laid
him
in
the
bed
which
was
filled
with
sweet odors
and various
kinds
of
spices prepared
by
the perfumers’
art;
and
they
made
a
very
great
fire
for
him.
Jehoshaphat
his
son
reigned
in
his
place,
and
strengthened
himself
against
Israel.
He
placed
forces
in
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah,
and
set
garrisons
in
the
land
of
Judah
and
in
the
cities
of
Ephraim,
which
Asa
his
father
had
taken.
Yahweh
was
with
Jehoshaphat,
because
he
walked
in
the
first
ways
of
his
father
David,
and
didn’t
seek
the
Baals,
but
sought
the
God
of
his
father,
and
walked
in
his
commandments,
and
not
in
the ways
of
Israel.
Therefore
Yahweh
established
the
kingdom
in
his
hand.
All
Judah
brought
tribute
to
Jehoshaphat,
and
he
had
riches
and
honor
in
abundance.
His
heart
was lifted
up
in
the
ways
of
Yahweh.
Furthermore,
he
took
away
the
high
places
and
the
Asherah poles
out
of
Judah.
Also
in
the
third
year
of
his
reign
he
sent
his
princes, even Ben Hail,
Obadiah,
Zechariah,
Nethanel,
and
Micaiah,
to
teach
in
the
cities
of
Judah;
and
with them
Levites, even
Shemaiah,
Nethaniah,
Zebadiah,
Asahel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehonathan,
Adonijah,
Tobijah,
and Tobadonijah,
the
Levites;
and
with them
Elishama
and
Jehoram,
the
priests.
They
taught
in
Judah, having
the
book
of
Yahweh’s
law
with
them.
They
went
about
throughout
all
the
cities
of
Judah
and
taught
among
the
people.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
fell
on
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
lands
that
were
around
Judah,
so
that
they
made
no war
against
Jehoshaphat.
Some
of
the
Philistines
brought
Jehoshaphat
presents
and
silver
for
tribute.
The Arabians
also
brought
him
flocks:
seven
thousand
seven
hundred
rams
and
seven
thousand
seven
hundred
male
goats.
Jehoshaphat
grew great
exceedingly;
and
he
built
fortresses
and
store
cities
in
Judah.
He
had
many
works
in
the
cities
of
Judah;
and
men
of
war,
mighty
men
of
valor,
in
Jerusalem.
This
was
the numbering
of
them according
to
their
fathers’
houses:
From
Judah,
the
captains
of
thousands: Adnah
the
captain,
and
with
him
three
hundred
thousand
mighty
men
of
valor;
and
next
to
him
Jehohanan
the
captain,
and
with
him
two
hundred
eighty
thousand;
and
next
to
him
Amasiah
the
son
of
Zichri,
who
willingly
offered
himself
to
Yahweh,
and
with
him
two
hundred
thousand
mighty
men
of
valor.
From
Benjamin:
Eliada,
a
mighty
man
of
valor,
and
with
him
two
hundred
thousand
armed
with
bow
and
shield;
and
next
to
him
Jehozabad,
and
with
him
one
hundred
eighty
thousand ready
and
prepared
for
war.
These
were
those
who waited
on
the
king,
in addition
to
those
whom
the
king
put
in
the
fortified
cities
throughout
all
Judah.
Now
Jehoshaphat
had
riches
and
honor
in
abundance;
and
he
allied himself
with
Ahab.
After
some
years,
he
went
down
to
Ahab
to
Samaria.
Ahab killed
sheep
and
cattle
for
him
in
abundance,
and
for
the
people
who
were
with
him,
and
moved
him
to
go
up
with
him
to
Ramoth
Gilead.
Ahab
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah, “Will
you go
with
me
to
Ramoth
Gilead?”
He
answered
him, “I am
as
you
are,
and
my
people
as
your
people. We
will
be
with
you
in
the
war.”
Jehoshaphat
said
to
the
king
of
Israel, “Please
inquire
first
for
Yahweh’s
word.”
Then
the
king
of
Israel
gathered
the
prophets
together,
four
hundred
men,
and
said
to
them, “Shall
we
go
to
Ramoth
Gilead
to
battle,
or
shall
I forbear?”
They
said, “Go
up,
for
God
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.”
But
Jehoshaphat
said, “Isn’t
there
here
a
prophet
of
Yahweh
besides,
that we
may
inquire
of
him?”
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “There
is
yet
one
man
by
whom
we
may
inquire
of
Yahweh;
but
I
hate
him,
for
he
never
prophesies
good
concerning
me,
but
always
evil.
He
is
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imla.”
Jehoshaphat
said, “Don’t
let
the
king
say
so.”
Then
the
king
of
Israel
called
an
officer,
and
said, “Get
Micaiah
the
son
of
Imla
quickly.”
Now
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
each
sat
on
his
throne,
arrayed
in
their
robes,
and
they
were
sitting
in
an
open
place
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate
of
Samaria;
and
all
the
prophets
were
prophesying
before
them.
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
made himself
horns
of
iron
and
said, “Yahweh
says, ‘With
these
you
shall
push
the Syrians,
until
they
are
consumed.’”
All
the
prophets
prophesied
so,
saying, “Go
up
to
Ramoth
Gilead,
and
prosper;
for
Yahweh
will
deliver
it
into
the
hand
of
the
king.”
The
messenger
who
went
to
call
Micaiah
spoke
to
him,
saying, “Behold,
the
words
of
the
prophets
declare
good
to
the
king
with
one
mouth.
Let
your
word
therefore,
please
be
like
one
of
theirs,
and
speak
good.”
Micaiah
said, “As
Yahweh
lives,
I
will
say
what
my
God
says.”
When
he
had
come
to
the
king,
the
king
said
to
him, “Micaiah,
shall
we
go
to
Ramoth
Gilead
to
battle,
or
shall
I forbear?”
He
said, “Go
up,
and
prosper.
They
shall
be
delivered
into
your
hand.”
The
king
said
to
him, “How
many
times
shall
I
adjure
you
that
you
speak
to
me
nothing
but
the
truth
in
Yahweh’s
name?”
He
said, “I
saw
all
Israel
scattered
on
the
mountains,
as
sheep
that
have
no
shepherd.
Yahweh
said, ‘These
have
no
master.
Let
them
each
return
to
his
house
in
peace.’”
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t
I
tell
you
that
he
would
not
prophesy
good
concerning
me,
but
evil?”
Micaiah
said, “Therefore
hear
Yahweh’s
word:
I
saw
Yahweh
sitting
on
his
throne,
and
all
the
army
of
heaven
standing
on
his
right
hand
and
on
his
left.
Yahweh
said, ‘Who
will entice
Ahab
king
of
Israel,
that
he
may
go
up
and
fall
at
Ramoth
Gilead?’
One
spoke
saying
in
this
way,
and
another
saying
in
that
way.
A
spirit
came
out,
stood
before
Yahweh,
and
said, ‘I
will entice
him.’
“Yahweh
said
to
him, ‘How?’
“He
said, ‘I
will
go,
and
will
be
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
all
his
prophets.’
“He
said, ‘You
will entice
him,
and
will
prevail
also.
Go
and
do
so.’
“Now
therefore,
behold,
Yahweh
has
put
a
lying
spirit
in
the
mouth
of
these
your
prophets;
and
Yahweh
has
spoken
evil
concerning
you.”
Then
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Chenaanah
came
near,
and
struck
Micaiah
on
the
cheek,
and
said, “Which
way did
Yahweh’s
Spirit
go
from
me
to
speak
to
you?”
Micaiah
said, “Behold,
you
shall
see
on
that
day,
when
you
go
into
an
inner
room
to
hide yourself.”
The
king
of
Israel
said, “Take
Micaiah,
and
carry
him
back
to
Amon
the
governor
of
the
city,
and
to
Joash
the
king’s
son;
and
say, ‘The
king
says, “Put
this fellow
in
the
prison,
and
feed
him
with
bread
of affliction
and
with
water
of affliction,
until
I
return
in
peace.”’”
Micaiah
said, “If
you
return
at
all
in
peace,
Yahweh
has
not
spoken
by
me.”
He
said, “Listen,
you
people,
all
of
you!”
So
the
king
of
Israel
and
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
went
up
to
Ramoth
Gilead.
The
king
of
Israel
said
to
Jehoshaphat, “I
will
disguise myself,
and
go
into
the
battle;
but
you
put
on
your
robes.”
So
the
king
of
Israel
disguised
himself;
and
they
went
into
the
battle.
Now
the
king
of
Syria
had
commanded
the
captains
of
his
chariots,
saying, “Don’t
fight
with
small
nor
great,
except
only
with
the
king
of
Israel.”
When
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
Jehoshaphat,
they
said, “It
is
the
king
of
Israel!”
Therefore
they
turned
around
to
fight
against
him.
But
Jehoshaphat
cried
out,
and
Yahweh
helped
him;
and
God
moved
them
to depart
from
him.
When
the
captains
of
the
chariots
saw
that
it
was
not
the
king
of
Israel,
they
turned
back
from
pursuing
him.
A
certain
man
drew
his
bow
at
random,
and
struck
the
king
of
Israel
between
the joints
of
the
armor.
Therefore
he
said
to
the
driver
of
the
chariot, “Turn
around
and
carry
me
out
of
the battle,
for
I am severely
wounded.”
The
battle increased
that
day. However,
the
king
of
Israel
propped
himself
up
in
his
chariot
against
the Syrians
until
the
evening;
and
at
about
sunset,
he
died.
Jehoshaphat
the
king
of
Judah
returned
to
his
house
in
peace
to
Jerusalem.
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani
the
seer
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
said
to
King
Jehoshaphat, “Should
you
help
the
wicked,
and
love
those
who
hate
Yahweh?
Because
of
this,
wrath
is
on
you
from
before
Yahweh.
Nevertheless
there
are
good
things
found
in
you,
in
that
you
have
put
away
the
Asheroth
out
of
the
land,
and
have
set
your
heart
to
seek
God.”
Jehoshaphat
lived
at
Jerusalem;
and
he
went
out
again
among
the
people
from
Beersheba
to
the
hill
country
of
Ephraim,
and
brought
them
back
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
He
set
judges
in
the
land
throughout
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah,
city
by
city,
and
said
to
the
judges, “Consider
what
you
do,
for
you
don’t
judge
for
man,
but
for
Yahweh;
and
he
is
with
you
in
the
judgment.
Now
therefore
let
the
fear
of
Yahweh
be
on
you.
Take
heed
and
do
it;
for
there
is
no
iniquity
with
Yahweh
our
God,
nor
respect
of persons,
nor
taking
of
bribes.”
Moreover
in
Jerusalem
Jehoshaphat
appointed certain
Levites,
priests,
and
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
Israel
to
give
judgment
for
Yahweh
and
for controversies.
They
returned
to
Jerusalem.
He
commanded
them,
saying, “You
shall
do
this
in
the
fear
of
Yahweh,
faithfully,
and
with
a
perfect
heart.
Whenever
any
controversy
comes
to
you
from
your
brothers
who
dwell
in
their
cities,
between
blood
and
blood,
between
law
and
commandment,
statutes
and
ordinances,
you
must
warn
them,
that
they
not
be
guilty
toward
Yahweh,
and
so
wrath
come
on
you
and
on
your
brothers.
Do
this,
and
you
will
not
be
guilty.
Behold,
Amariah
the
chief
priest
is
over
you
in
all
matters
of
Yahweh;
and
Zebadiah
the
son
of
Ishmael,
the
ruler
of
the
house
of
Judah,
in
all
the
king’s
matters.
Also
the
Levites
shall
be
officers
before
you.
Deal courageously,
and
may
Yahweh
be
with
the
good.”
After
this,
the
children
of
Moab,
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
with
them some
of
the
Ammonites,
came
against
Jehoshaphat
to
battle.
Then
some
came
who
told
Jehoshaphat,
saying, “A
great
multitude
is
coming
against
you
from
beyond
the
sea
from
Syria.
Behold,
they
are
in Hazazon Tamar” (that
is, En Gedi).
Jehoshaphat
was alarmed,
and
set
himself
to
seek
to
Yahweh.
He
proclaimed
a
fast
throughout
all
Judah.
Judah
gathered
themselves
together
to
seek help
from
Yahweh.
They
came
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Judah
to
seek
Yahweh.
Jehoshaphat
stood
in
the
assembly
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
in
Yahweh’s
house,
before
the
new
court;
and
he
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
our
fathers,
aren’t
you
God
in
heaven?
Aren’t
you
ruler
over
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
nations?
Power
and
might
are
in
your
hand,
so
that
no
one
is
able
to withstand
you.
Didn’t
you,
our
God,
drive
out
the
inhabitants
of
this
land
before
your
people
Israel,
and
give
it
to
the
offspring
20:7
or, seed
of
Abraham
your
friend
forever?
They
lived
in
it,
and
have
built
you
a
sanctuary
in
it
for
your
name,
saying,
‘If
evil
comes
on
us—the
sword,
judgment,
pestilence,
or
famine—we
will
stand
before
this
house,
and
before
you (for
your
name
is
in
this
house),
and
cry
to
you
in
our affliction,
and
you
will
hear
and
save.’
Now,
behold,
the
children
of
Ammon
and
Moab
and
Mount
Seir,
whom
you
would
not
let
Israel
invade
when
they
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
but
they
turned
away
from
them,
and
didn’t
destroy
them;
behold,
how
they reward
us,
to
come
to
cast
us
out
of
your
possession,
which
you
have
given
us
to
inherit.
Our
God,
will
you
not
judge
them?
For
we
have
no
might
against
this
great company
that
comes
against
us.
We
don’t
know
what
to
do,
but
our
eyes
are
on
you.”
All
Judah
stood
before
Yahweh,
with
their
little
ones,
their
wives,
and
their
children.
Then
Yahweh’s
Spirit
came
on
Jahaziel
the
son
of
Zechariah,
the
son
of
Benaiah,
the
son
of
Jeiel,
the
son
of
Mattaniah,
the
Levite,
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
in
the
middle
of
the
assembly;
and
he
said, “Listen,
all
Judah,
and
you
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
you,
King
Jehoshaphat.
Yahweh
says
to
you, ‘Don’t
be
afraid,
and
don’t
be
dismayed
because
of
this
great
multitude;
for
the
battle
is
not
yours,
but
God’s.
Tomorrow,
go
down
against
them.
Behold,
they
are
coming
up
by
the
ascent
of
Ziz.
You
will
find
them
at
the
end
of
the
valley,
before
the
wilderness
of Jeruel.
You
will
not need
to
fight
this
battle.
Set
yourselves,
stand
still,
and
see
the
salvation
of
Yahweh
with
you,
O
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
Don’t
be
afraid,
nor
be
dismayed.
Go
out
against
them
tomorrow,
for
Yahweh
is
with
you.’”
Jehoshaphat
bowed
his
head
with
his
face
to
the
ground;
and
all
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
fell
down
before
Yahweh,
worshiping
Yahweh.
The
Levites,
of
the
children
of
the
Kohathites
and
of
the
children
of
the
Korahites,
stood
up
to
praise
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
with
an
exceedingly
loud
voice.
They
rose
early
in
the
morning
and
went
out
into
the
wilderness
of
Tekoa.
As
they
went
out,
Jehoshaphat
stood
and
said, “Listen
to
me,
Judah
and
you
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem!
Believe
in
Yahweh
your
God,
so
you
will
be
established!
Believe
his
prophets,
so
you
will
prosper.”
When
he
had
taken
counsel
with
the
people,
he
appointed
those
who
were
to
sing
to
Yahweh
and
give
praise
in
holy array
as
they
go
out
before
the
army,
and
say, “Give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.”
When
they
began
to sing
and
to
praise,
Yahweh
set ambushers
against
the
children
of
Ammon,
Moab,
and
Mount
Seir,
who
had
come
against
Judah;
and
they
were
struck.
For
the
children
of
Ammon
and
Moab
stood
up
against
the
inhabitants
of
Mount
Seir
to
utterly kill
and
destroy
them.
When
they
had
finished
the
inhabitants
of
Seir,
everyone
helped
to
destroy
each
other.
When
Judah
came
to
the
place
overlooking
the
wilderness,
they
looked
at
the
multitude;
and
behold,
they
were
dead
bodies
fallen
to
the
earth,
and
there
were
none
who
escaped.
When
Jehoshaphat
and
his
people
came
to
take
their
plunder,
they
found
among
them
in
abundance both riches
and
dead
bodies
with
precious
jewels,
which
they
stripped
off
for themselves,
more
than
they
could
carry
away.
They
took
plunder
for
three
days,
it
was
so
much.
On
the
fourth
day,
they
assembled
themselves
in
Beracah
20:26
“Beracah” means “blessing”.
Valley,
for
there
they
blessed
Yahweh.
Therefore
the
name
of
that
place
was
called “Beracah
Valley”
to
this
day.
Then
they
returned,
every
man
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
with
Jehoshaphat
in front
of
them,
to
go
again
to
Jerusalem
with
joy;
for
Yahweh
had
made
them
to
rejoice
over
their
enemies.
They
came
to
Jerusalem
with stringed instruments,
harps,
and
trumpets
to
Yahweh’s
house.
The
fear
of
God
was
on
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
countries
when
they
heard
that
Yahweh
fought
against
the
enemies
of
Israel.
So
the
realm
of
Jehoshaphat
was
quiet,
for
his
God
gave
him
rest
all
around.
So
Jehoshaphat
reigned
over
Judah.
He
was thirty-five
years
old
when
he began
to
reign.
He
reigned
twenty-five
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Azubah
the
daughter
of
Shilhi.
He walked
in
the
way
of
Asa
his
father,
and
didn’t
turn
away
from
it,
doing
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes.
However
the
high
places
were
not
taken
away,
and
the
people
had
still
not
set
their
hearts
on
the
God
of
their
fathers.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoshaphat,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the history
of
Jehu
the
son
of
Hanani,
which
is
included
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
After
this,
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Judah
joined
himself
with
Ahaziah
king
of
Israel.
The
same
did very
wickedly.
He
joined himself
with
him
to
make
ships
to go
to
Tarshish.
They
made
the
ships
in Ezion Geber.
Then
Eliezer
the
son
of
Dodavahu
of
Mareshah
prophesied
against
Jehoshaphat,
saying, “Because
you
have
joined
yourself
with
Ahaziah,
Yahweh
has
destroyed
your
works.”
The
ships
were wrecked,
so
that
they
were
not
able
to go
to
Tarshish.
Jehoshaphat
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
was
buried
with
his
fathers
in
David’s
city;
and
Jehoram
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
He
had
brothers,
the
sons
of
Jehoshaphat:
Azariah,
Jehiel,
Zechariah,
Azariah,
Michael,
and
Shephatiah.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Jehoshaphat
king
of
Israel.
Their
father
gave
them
great
gifts
of
silver,
of
gold,
and
of
precious
things,
with
fortified
cities
in
Judah;
but
he
gave
the
kingdom
to
Jehoram,
because
he
was
the
firstborn.
Now
when
Jehoram
had
risen
up
over
the
kingdom
of
his
father,
and
had
strengthened
himself,
he
killed
all
his
brothers
with
the
sword,
and
also
some
of
the
princes
of
Israel.
Jehoram
was thirty-two
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eight
years
in
Jerusalem.
He walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
as
did
Ahab’s
house,
for
he
had
Ahab’s
daughter
as
his
wife.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
However
Yahweh
would
not
destroy
David’s
house,
because
of
the
covenant
that
he
had
made
with
David,
and
as
he
promised
to
give
a
lamp
to
him
and
to
his
children
always.
In
his
days
Edom
revolted
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah,
and made
a
king
over
themselves.
Then
Jehoram
went
there
with
his
captains
and
all
his
chariots
with
him.
He
rose
up
by
night
and
struck
the
Edomites
who
surrounded
him,
along
with
the
captains
of
the
chariots.
So
Edom
has
been
in revolt
from
under
the
hand
of
Judah
to
this
day.
Then
Libnah
revolted
at
the
same
time
from
under
his
hand,
because
he
had forsaken
Yahweh,
the
God
of
his
fathers.
Moreover
he
made
high
places
in
the
mountains
of
Judah,
and
made
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
play
the
prostitute,
and
led
Judah
astray.
A
letter
came
to
him
from
Elijah
the
prophet,
saying, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
David
your
father,
says, ‘Because
you
have
not
walked
in
the
ways
of
Jehoshaphat
your
father,
nor
in
the
ways
of
Asa
king
of
Judah,
but
have walked
in
the
way
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
have
made
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
to
play
the
prostitute
like
Ahab’s
house did,
and
also
have
slain
your
brothers
of
your
father’s
house,
who
were
better
than yourself,
behold,
Yahweh
will
strike
your
people
with
a
great
plague,
including
your
children,
your
wives,
and
all
your
possessions;
and
you
will
have
great
sickness
with
a
disease
of
your
bowels,
until
your
bowels fall
out
by
reason
of
the
sickness,
day
by
day.’”
Yahweh
stirred
up
against
Jehoram
the
spirit
of
the
Philistines
and
of
the Arabians
who
are
beside
the
Ethiopians;
and
they
came
up
against
Judah,
broke
into
it,
and
carried
away
all
the
possessions
that
were
found
in
the
king’s
house,
including
his
sons
and
his
wives,
so
that
there
was
no
son
left
to
him
except
Jehoahaz,
the
youngest
of
his
sons.
After
all
this
Yahweh
struck
him
in
his
bowels
with
an incurable
disease.
In process
of
time,
at
the
end
of
two
years,
his
bowels
fell
out
by reason
of
his
sickness,
and
he
died
of severe
diseases.
His
people
made
no
burning
for
him,
like
the
burning
of
his
fathers.
He
was thirty-two
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
in
Jerusalem
eight
years.
He departed
with
no
one’s
regret.
They
buried
him
in
David’s
city,
but
not
in
the
tombs
of
the
kings.
The
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
made
Ahaziah
his
youngest
son
king
in
his
place,
because
the
band
of
men
who
came
with
the Arabians
to
the
camp
had
slain
all
the oldest.
So
Ahaziah
the
son
of
Jehoram
king
of
Judah
reigned.
Ahaziah
was
forty-two
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
one
year
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Athaliah
the
daughter
of
Omri.
He
also
walked
in
the
ways
of
Ahab’s
house,
because
his
mother
was
his
counselor
in
acting
wickedly.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
as
did
Ahab’s
house,
for
they
were
his
counselors
after
the
death
of
his
father,
to
his
destruction.
He
also
followed
their
counsel,
and
went
with
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
king
of
Israel
to
war
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria
at
Ramoth
Gilead;
and
the Syrians
wounded
Joram.
He
returned
to
be
healed
in
Jezreel
of
the
wounds
which
they
had given
him
at
Ramah,
when
he
fought
against
Hazael
king
of
Syria.
Azariah
the
son
of
Jehoram,
king
of
Judah,
went
down
to
see
Jehoram
the
son
of
Ahab
in
Jezreel,
because
he
was
sick.
Now
the
destruction
of
Ahaziah
was
of
God,
in
that
he
went
to
Joram;
for
when
he
had
come,
he
went
out
with
Jehoram
against
Jehu
the
son
of
Nimshi,
whom
Yahweh
had
anointed
to
cut
off
Ahab’s
house.
When
Jehu
was
executing
judgment
on
Ahab’s
house,
he
found
the
princes
of
Judah
and
the
sons
of
the
brothers
of
Ahaziah
serving
Ahaziah,
and
killed
them.
He
sought
Ahaziah,
and
they
caught
him (now
he
was
hiding
in
Samaria),
and
they
brought
him
to
Jehu
and
killed
him;
and
they
buried
him,
for
they
said, “He
is
the
son
of
Jehoshaphat,
who
sought
Yahweh
with
all
his
heart.”
The
house
of
Ahaziah
had
no
power
to
hold
the
kingdom.
Now
when
Athaliah
the
mother
of
Ahaziah
saw
that
her
son
was
dead,
she
arose
and destroyed
all
the
royal
offspring
of
the
house
of
Judah.
But
Jehoshabeath,
the
king’s
daughter,
took
Joash
the
son
of
Ahaziah,
and
stealthily rescued
him
from
among
the
king’s
sons
who
were slain,
and
put
him
and
his
nurse
in
the
bedroom.
So
Jehoshabeath,
the
daughter
of
King
Jehoram,
the
wife
of
Jehoiada
the
priest (for
she
was
the
sister
of
Ahaziah),
hid
him
from
Athaliah,
so
that
she
didn’t
kill
him.
He
was
with
them
hidden
in
God’s
house
six
years
while
Athaliah
reigned
over
the
land.
In
the
seventh
year,
Jehoiada
strengthened
himself,
and
took
the
captains
of
hundreds—Azariah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Jehohanan,
Azariah
the
son
of
Obed,
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Adaiah,
and
Elishaphat
the
son
of
Zichri—into
a
covenant
with
him.
They
went
around
in
Judah
and
gathered
the
Levites
out
of
all
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
Israel,
and
they
came
to
Jerusalem.
All
the
assembly
made
a
covenant
with
the
king
in
God’s
house.
Jehoiada
23:3
Hebrew
He
said
to
them, “Behold,
the
king’s
son
must
reign,
as
Yahweh
has
spoken
concerning
the
sons
of
David.
This
is
the
thing
that
you must
do:
a
third
part
of
you,
who
come
in
on
the
Sabbath,
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
shall
be
gatekeepers
of
the
thresholds.
A
third
part
shall
be
at
the
king’s
house;
and
a
third
part
at
the
gate
of
the
foundation.
All
the
people
will
be
in
the
courts
of
Yahweh’s
house.
But
let
no
one
come
into
Yahweh’s
house
except
the
priests
and
those
who
minister
of
the
Levites.
They
shall
come
in,
for
they
are
holy,
but
all
the
people
shall
follow
Yahweh’s
instructions.
The
Levites
shall
surround
the
king,
every
man
with
his
weapons
in
his
hand.
Whoever
comes
into
the
house,
let
him
be slain.
Be
with
the
king
when
he
comes
in
and
when
he
goes
out.”
So
the
Levites
and
all
Judah
did
according
to
all
that
Jehoiada
the
priest
commanded.
They
each
took
his
men,
those
who
were
to
come
in
on
the
Sabbath,
with
those
who
were
to
go
out
on
the
Sabbath,
for
Jehoiada
the
priest
didn’t
dismiss
the shift.
Jehoiada
the
priest
delivered
to
the
captains
of
hundreds
the
spears, bucklers,
and
shields
that
had
been
king
David’s,
which
were
in
God’s
house.
He
set
all
the
people,
every
man
with
his
weapon
in
his
hand,
from
the
right
side
of
the
house
to
the
left
side
of
the
house,
near
the
altar
and
the
house,
around
the
king.
Then
they
brought
out
the
king’s
son,
put
the
crown
on
him,
gave
him
the covenant,
and
made
him
king.
Jehoiada
and
his
sons
anointed
him,
and
they
said, “Long
live
the
king!”
When
Athaliah
heard
the
noise
of
the
people
running
and
praising
the
king, she
came
to
the
people
into
Yahweh’s
house.
Then she
looked,
and
behold,
the
king
stood
by
his
pillar
at
the
entrance,
with
the
captains
and
the
trumpeters
by
the
king.
All
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced
and
blew
trumpets.
The
singers
also played
musical
instruments,
and led
the
singing
of
praise.
Then
Athaliah
tore
her
clothes,
and
said, “Treason!
treason!”
Jehoiada
the
priest
brought
out
the
captains
of
hundreds
who
were
set
over
the
army,
and
said
to
them, “Bring
her
out between
the
ranks;
and
whoever
follows
her,
let
him
be slain
with
the
sword.”
For
the
priest
said, “Don’t
kill
her
in
Yahweh’s
house.”
So
they
made way
for
her. She
went
to
the
entrance
of
the
horse
gate
to
the
king’s
house;
and
they
killed
her
there.
Jehoiada
made
a
covenant
between himself,
all
the
people,
and
the
king,
that
they
should
be
Yahweh’s
people.
All
the
people
went
to
the
house
of
Baal,
broke
it
down,
broke
his
altars
and
his
images
in
pieces,
and
killed
Mattan
the
priest
of
Baal
before
the
altars.
Jehoiada
appointed
the
officers
of
Yahweh’s
house
under
the
hand
of
the
Levitical
priests,
whom
David
had distributed
in
Yahweh’s
house,
to
offer
the
burnt
offerings
of
Yahweh,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
with
rejoicing
and
with
singing,
as
David
had ordered.
He
set
the
gatekeepers
at
the
gates
of
Yahweh’s
house,
that
no
one
who
was
unclean
in
anything
should
enter
in.
He
took
the
captains
of
hundreds,
the
nobles,
the
governors
of
the
people,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
and
brought
the
king
down
from
Yahweh’s
house.
They
came
through
the
upper
gate
to
the
king’s
house,
and
set
the
king
on
the
throne
of
the
kingdom.
So
all
the
people
of
the
land
rejoiced,
and
the
city
was
quiet.
They
had slain
Athaliah
with
the
sword.
Joash
was
seven
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
forty
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Zibiah,
of
Beersheba.
Joash
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes
all
the
days
of
Jehoiada
the
priest.
Jehoiada
took
for
him
two
wives,
and
he
became
the
father
of
sons
and
daughters.
After
this,
Joash intended
to
restore
Yahweh’s
house.
He
gathered
together
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
said
to
them, “Go
out
to
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
gather
money
to
repair
the
house
of
your
God
from
all
Israel
from
year
to
year. See
that
you expedite
this
matter.” However
the
Levites
didn’t
do
it right
away.
The
king
called
for
Jehoiada
the
chief,
and
said
to
him, “Why
haven’t
you
required
of
the
Levites
to
bring
in
the
tax
of
Moses
the
servant
of
Yahweh,
and
of
the
assembly
of
Israel,
out
of
Judah
and
out
of
Jerusalem,
for
the
Tent
of
the
Testimony?”
For
the
sons
of
Athaliah,
that
wicked
woman,
had
broken
up
God’s
house;
and
they
also
gave
all
the
dedicated
things
of
Yahweh’s
house
to
the
Baals.
So
the
king
commanded,
and
they
made
a
chest,
and
set
it
outside
at
the
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house.
They
made
a
proclamation
through
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
to
bring
in
for
Yahweh
the
tax
that
Moses
the
servant
of
God
laid
on
Israel
in
the
wilderness.
All
the
princes
and
all
the
people
rejoiced,
and
brought
in,
and
cast
into
the
chest,
until
they
had filled
it.
Whenever
the
chest
was
brought
to
the
king’s
officers
by
the
hand
of
the
Levites,
and
when
they
saw
that
there
was
much
money,
the
king’s
scribe
and
the
chief
priest’s
officer
came
and
emptied
the
chest,
and
took
it,
and
carried
it
to
its
place
again.
Thus
they
did
day
by
day,
and
gathered
money
in
abundance.
The
king
and
Jehoiada
gave
it
to
those
who
did
the
work
of
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house.
They
hired
masons
and
carpenters
to
restore
Yahweh’s
house,
and
also
those
who
worked
iron
and
bronze
to
repair
Yahweh’s
house.
So
the
workmen
worked,
and
the
work
of repairing
went forward
in
their
hands.
They
set
up
God’s
house
as
it
was designed,
and
strengthened
it.
When
they
had
finished,
they
brought
the
rest
of
the
money
before
the
king
and
Jehoiada,
from
which
were
made
vessels
for
Yahweh’s
house,
even
vessels
with
which
to minister
and
to
offer,
including
spoons
and
vessels
of
gold
and
silver.
They
offered
burnt
offerings
in
Yahweh’s
house
continually
all
the
days
of
Jehoiada.
But
Jehoiada
grew
old
and
was
full
of
days,
and
he
died.
He
was
one
hundred
thirty
years
old
when
he
died.
They
buried
him
in
David’s
city
among
the
kings,
because
he
had
done
good
in
Israel,
and
toward
God
and
his
house.
Now
after
the
death
of
Jehoiada,
the
princes
of
Judah
came
and
bowed
down
to
the
king.
Then
the
king
listened
to
them.
They
abandoned
the
house
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
served
the
Asherah poles
and
the
idols,
so
wrath
came
on
Judah
and
Jerusalem
for
this
their guiltiness.
Yet
he
sent
prophets
to
them
to
bring
them
again
to
Yahweh,
and
they
testified
against
them;
but
they
would
not
listen.
The
Spirit
of
God
came
on
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
the
priest;
and
he
stood
above
the
people,
and
said
to
them, “God
says, ‘Why
do
you disobey
Yahweh’s
commandments,
so
that
you
can’t
prosper?
Because
you
have forsaken
Yahweh,
he
has
also forsaken
you.’”
They
conspired
against
him,
and
stoned
him
with
stones
at
the
commandment
of
the
king
in
the
court
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Thus
Joash
the
king
didn’t
remember
the
kindness
which
Jehoiada
his
father
had
done
to
him,
but
killed
his
son.
When
he
died,
he
said, “May
Yahweh
look
at
it,
and repay
it.”
At
the end
of
the
year,
the
army
of
the Syrians
came
up
against
him.
They
came
to
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
destroyed
all
the
princes
of
the
people
from
among
the
people,
and
sent
all
their
plunder
to
the
king
of
Damascus.
For
the
army
of
the Syrians
came
with
a
small company
of
men;
and
Yahweh
delivered
a
very
great
army
into
their
hand,
because
they
had forsaken
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
So
they executed
judgment
on
Joash.
When
they
had departed
from
him (for
they
left
him seriously wounded),
his own
servants
conspired
against
him
for
the
blood
of
the
sons
of
Jehoiada
the
priest,
and
killed
him
on
his
bed,
and
he
died.
They
buried
him
in
David’s
city,
but
they
didn’t
bury
him
in
the
tombs
of
the
kings.
These
are
those
who
conspired
against
him:
Zabad
the
son
of
Shimeath
the
Ammonitess
and
Jehozabad
the
son
of
Shimrith
the
Moabitess.
Now
concerning
his
sons,
the
greatness
of
the burdens laid
on
him,
and
the rebuilding
of
God’s
house,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the commentary
of
the
book
of
the
kings.
Amaziah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Amaziah
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
twenty-nine
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Jehoaddan,
of
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
but
not
with
a
perfect
heart.
Now
when
the
kingdom
was
established
to
him,
he
killed
his
servants
who
had
killed
his
father
the
king.
But
he
didn’t
put
their
children
to
death,
but
did
according
to
that
which
is
written
in
the
law
in
the
book
of
Moses,
as
Yahweh
commanded,
saying, “The
fathers
shall
not
die
for
the
children,
neither
shall
the
children
die
for
the
fathers;
but
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sin.”
Moreover
Amaziah
gathered
Judah
together
and
ordered
them according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
under
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds,
even
all
Judah
and
Benjamin.
He
counted
them
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
and
found
that
there
were
three
hundred
thousand chosen
men, able
to
go
out
to
war,
who could
handle
spear
and
shield.
He
also
hired
one
hundred
thousand
mighty
men
of
valor out
of
Israel
for
one
hundred
talents
25:6
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
of
silver.
A
man
of
God
came
to
him,
saying, “O
king,
don’t
let
the
army
of
Israel
go
with
you,
for
Yahweh
is
not
with
Israel,
with
all
the
children
of
Ephraim.
But
if
you
will
go,
take action,
and
be
strong
for
the
battle.
God
will overthrow
you
before
the
enemy;
for
God
has
power
to
help,
and
to overthrow.”
Amaziah
said
to
the
man
of
God, “But
what
shall
we
do
for
the
hundred
talents
25:9
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
which
I
have
given
to
the army
of
Israel?”
The
man
of
God
answered, “Yahweh
is able
to
give
you
much
more
than
this.”
Then
Amaziah
separated
them,
the army
that
had
come
to
him
out
of
Ephraim,
to
go
home
again.
Therefore
their
anger
was
greatly
kindled
against
Judah,
and
they
returned
home
in
fierce
anger.
Amaziah
took
courage,
and
led
his
people
out
and went
to
the
Valley
of
Salt,
and
struck
ten
thousand
of
the
children
of
Seir.
The
children
of
Judah
carried
away
ten
thousand
alive,
and
brought
them
to
the
top
of
the
rock,
and
threw
them
down
from
the
top
of
the
rock,
so
that
they
all
were
broken
in
pieces.
But
the
men
of
the
army
whom
Amaziah
sent
back,
that
they should
not
go
with
him
to
battle, fell
on
the
cities
of
Judah
from
Samaria
even
to Beth Horon,
and
struck
of
them
three
thousand,
and
took
much
plunder.
Now
after
Amaziah
had
come
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Edomites,
he
brought
the
gods
of
the
children
of
Seir,
and
set
them
up
to
be
his
gods,
and
bowed
down
himself
before
them
and
burned
incense
to
them.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Amaziah,
and
he
sent
to
him
a
prophet
who
said
to
him, “Why
have
you
sought
after
the
gods
of
the
people,
which
have
not
delivered
their own
people
out
of
your
hand?”
As
he
talked
with
him,
the
king
said
to
him, “Have
we
made
you
one
of
the
king’s
counselors?
Stop!
Why
should
you
be
struck
down?”
Then
the
prophet
stopped,
and
said, “I
know
that
God
has determined
to
destroy
you,
because
you
have
done
this
and
have
not
listened
to
my
counsel.”
Then
Amaziah
king
of
Judah
consulted
his
advisers,
and
sent
to
Joash,
the
son
of
Jehoahaz,
the
son
of
Jehu,
king
of
Israel,
saying, “Come!
Let’s
look
one another
in
the
face.”
Joash
king
of
Israel
sent
to
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
saying, “The thistle
that
was
in
Lebanon
sent
to
the
cedar
that
was
in
Lebanon,
saying, ‘Give
your
daughter
to
my
son
as
his
wife.
Then
a
wild
animal
that
was
in
Lebanon
passed
by
and
trampled
down
the thistle.
You
say
to
yourself
that
you
have
struck
Edom;
and
your
heart
lifts
you
up
to boast.
Now
stay
at
home.
Why
should
you meddle
with
trouble,
that
you
should
fall,
even
you
and
Judah
with
you?’”
But
Amaziah would
not
listen;
for
it
was
of
God,
that
he
might
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
their enemies,
because
they
had
sought
after
the
gods
of
Edom.
So
Joash
king
of
Israel
went
up,
and
he
and
Amaziah
king
of
Judah
looked
one another
in
the
face
at Beth Shemesh,
which belongs
to
Judah.
Judah
was
defeated
by
Israel;
so
every
man
fled
to
his
tent.
Joash
king
of
Israel
took
Amaziah
king
of
Judah,
the
son
of
Joash
the
son
of
Jehoahaz,
at Beth Shemesh
and
brought
him
to
Jerusalem,
and
broke
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem
from
the
gate
of
Ephraim
to
the corner
gate,
four
hundred
cubits.
25:23
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters, so 400 cubits is about 200 yards or 184 meters.
He
took
all
the
gold
and
silver,
and
all
the
vessels
that
were
found
in
God’s
house
with
Obed-Edom,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king’s
house,
and
the
hostages,
and
returned
to
Samaria.
Amaziah
the
son
of
Joash,
king
of
Judah,
lived
for
fifteen
years
after
the
death
of
Joash,
son
of
Jehoahaz,
king
of
Israel.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Amaziah,
first
and
last,
behold, aren’t
they
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel?
Now
from
the
time
that
Amaziah
turned
away
from
following
Yahweh,
they
made
a
conspiracy
against
him
in
Jerusalem.
He
fled
to
Lachish,
but
they
sent
after
him
to
Lachish
and
killed
him
there.
They
brought
him
on
horses
and
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
City
of
Judah.
All
the
people
of
Judah
took
Uzziah,
who
was
sixteen
years
old,
and
made
him
king
in
the
place
of
his
father
Amaziah.
He
built
Eloth
and
restored
it
to
Judah.
After
that
the
king
slept
with
his
fathers.
Uzziah
was
sixteen
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
fifty-two
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Jechiliah,
of
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes, according
to
all
that
his
father
Amaziah
had
done.
He set
himself
to
seek
God
in
the
days
of
Zechariah,
who
had
understanding
in
the
vision
of
God;
and
as
long
as
he
sought
Yahweh,
God
made
him
prosper.
He
went
out
and
fought
against
the
Philistines,
and
broke
down
the
wall
of
Gath,
the
wall
of
Jabneh,
and
the
wall
of
Ashdod;
and
he
built
cities
in
the country
of
Ashdod,
and among
the
Philistines.
God
helped
him
against
the
Philistines,
and
against
the Arabians
who
lived
in Gur Baal,
and
the
Meunim.
The
Ammonites
gave
tribute
to
Uzziah.
His
name
spread abroad
even
to
the
entrance
of
Egypt,
for
he grew
exceedingly
strong.
Moreover
Uzziah
built
towers
in
Jerusalem
at
the
corner
gate,
at
the
valley
gate,
and
at
the turning
of
the wall,
and
fortified
them.
He
built
towers
in
the
wilderness,
and dug
out
many
cisterns,
for
he
had
much
livestock, both
in
the lowlands
and
in
the
plains.
He
had
farmers
and vineyard keepers
in
the
mountains
and
in
the fruitful
fields,
for
he
loved farming.
Moreover
Uzziah
had
an
army
of fighting
men
who
went
out
to
war
by
bands,
according
to
the
number
of
their reckoning
made
by
Jeiel
the
scribe
and
Maaseiah
the
officer,
under
the
hand
of
Hananiah,
one
of
the
king’s
captains.
The
whole
number
of
the
heads
of
fathers’
households, even
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
was
two
thousand
six
hundred.
Under
their
hand
was
an
army,
three
hundred
seven
thousand
five
hundred,
who
made
war
with
mighty
power,
to
help
the
king
against
the
enemy.
Uzziah
prepared
for
them, even
for
all
the
army,
shields,
spears,
helmets, coats
of mail,
bows,
and
stones
for slinging.
In
Jerusalem,
he
made
devices,
invented
by
skillful
men,
to
be
on
the
towers
and
on
the battlements,
with which
to
shoot
arrows
and
great
stones.
His
name
spread
far abroad,
because
he
was
marvelously
helped
until
he
was
strong.
But
when
he
was
strong,
his
heart
was
lifted
up,
so
that
he did
corruptly
and
he trespassed
against
Yahweh
his
God,
for
he
went
into
Yahweh’s
temple
to
burn
incense
on
the
altar
of
incense.
Azariah
the
priest
went
in
after
him,
and
with
him
eighty
priests
of
Yahweh,
who
were
valiant
men.
They resisted
Uzziah
the
king,
and
said
to
him, “It
isn’t
for
you,
Uzziah,
to
burn
incense
to
Yahweh,
but
for
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron,
who
are
consecrated
to
burn
incense.
Go
out
of
the
sanctuary,
for
you
have trespassed.
It
will
not
be
for
your
honor
from
Yahweh
God.”
Then
Uzziah
was angry.
He
had
a
censer
in
his
hand
to
burn
incense,
and
while
he
was angry
with
the
priests,
the
leprosy
broke
out
on
his
forehead
before
the
priests
in
Yahweh’s
house,
beside
the
altar
of
incense.
Azariah
the
chief
priest
and
all
the
priests
looked
at
him,
and
behold,
he
was
leprous
in
his
forehead;
and
they thrust
him
out
quickly
from
there.
Indeed,
he
himself
also
hurried
to
go
out,
because
Yahweh
had
struck
him.
Uzziah
the
king
was
a
leper
to
the
day
of
his
death,
and
lived
in
a
separate
house,
being
a
leper;
for
he
was
cut
off
from
Yahweh’s
house.
Jotham
his
son
was
over
the
king’s
house,
judging
the
people
of
the
land.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Uzziah,
first
and
last,
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
wrote.
So
Uzziah
slept
with
his
fathers;
and
they
buried
him
with
his
fathers
in
the
field
of
burial
which belonged
to
the
kings,
for
they
said, “He
is
a
leper.”
Jotham
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Jotham
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Jerushah
the
daughter
of
Zadok.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
according
to
all
that
his
father
Uzziah
had
done.
However
he
didn’t
enter
into
Yahweh’s
temple.
The
people
still
acted
corruptly.
He
built
the
upper
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
he
built
much
on
the
wall
of
Ophel.
Moreover
he
built
cities
in
the
hill
country
of
Judah,
and
in
the forests
he
built
fortresses
and
towers.
He
also
fought
with
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
prevailed
against
them.
The
children
of
Ammon
gave
him
the
same
year
one
hundred
talents
27:5
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
of
silver,
ten
thousand
cors
27:5
1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels. 10,000 cors of wheat would weigh about 1,640 metric tons.
of
wheat,
and
ten
thousand
cors
of
barley.
27:5
10,000 cors of barley would weigh about 1,310 metric tons.
The
children
of
Ammon
also
gave
that
much
to
him
in
the
second
year,
and
in
the
third.
So
Jotham
became
mighty,
because
he
ordered
his
ways
before
Yahweh
his
God.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jotham,
and
all
his
wars
and
his
ways,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and
Judah.
He
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign,
and
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem.
Jotham
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
David’s
city;
and
Ahaz
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Ahaz
was
twenty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
sixteen
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
didn’t
do
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
like
David
his
father,
but
he walked
in
the
ways
of
the
kings
of
Israel,
and
also
made molten
images
for
the
Baals.
Moreover
he
burned
incense
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom,
and
burned
his
children
in
the
fire, according
to
the
abominations
of
the
nations
whom Yahweh
cast
out
before
the
children
of
Israel.
He
sacrificed
and
burned
incense
in
the
high
places,
and
on
the
hills,
and
under
every
green
tree.
Therefore
Yahweh
his
God
delivered
him
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Syria.
They
struck
him,
and
carried
away
from
him
a
great multitude
of
captives,
and
brought
them
to
Damascus.
He
was
also
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Israel,
who
struck
him
with
a
great
slaughter.
For
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah
killed
in
Judah
one
hundred
twenty
thousand
in
one
day,
all
of
them
valiant
men,
because
they
had forsaken
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
Zichri,
a
mighty
man
of
Ephraim,
killed
Maaseiah
the
king’s
son,
Azrikam
the
ruler
of
the
house,
and
Elkanah
who
was
next
to
the
king.
The
children
of
Israel
carried
away
captive
of
their
brothers
two
hundred
thousand
women,
sons,
and
daughters,
and
also
took
away
much
plunder
from
them,
and
brought
the
plunder
to
Samaria.
But
a
prophet
of
Yahweh
was
there,
whose
name
was
Oded;
and
he
went
out
to
meet
the
army
that
came
to
Samaria,
and
said
to
them, “Behold,
because
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
was
angry
with
Judah,
he
has
delivered
them
into
your
hand,
and
you
have
slain
them
in
a
rage
which
has
reached
up
to
heaven.
Now
you
intend
to degrade
the
children
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
as
male
and
female
slaves
for
yourselves. Aren’t
there
even
with
you trespasses
of
your
own
against
Yahweh
your
God?
Now
hear
me
therefore,
and send
back
the
captives
that
you
have
taken
captive
from
your
brothers,
for
the
fierce
wrath
of
Yahweh
is
on
you.”
Then
some
of
the
heads
of
the
children
of
Ephraim,
Azariah
the
son
of
Johanan,
Berechiah
the
son
of
Meshillemoth,
Jehizkiah
the
son
of
Shallum,
and
Amasa
the
son
of
Hadlai,
stood
up
against
those
who
came
from
the
war,
and
said
to
them, “You
must
not
bring
in
the
captives
here,
for
you
intend
that which
will
bring
on
us
a trespass
against
Yahweh,
to
add
to
our
sins
and
to
our
guilt;
for
our
guilt
is
great,
and
there
is
fierce
wrath
against
Israel.”
So
the
armed
men
left
the
captives
and
the
plunder
before
the
princes
and
all
the
assembly.
The
men
who
have
been
mentioned
by
name
rose
up
and
took
the
captives,
and
with
the
plunder
clothed
all
who
were
naked
among
them,
dressed
them,
gave
them
sandals,
gave
them something
to
eat
and
to
drink, anointed
them,
carried
all
the
feeble
of
them
on
donkeys,
and
brought
them
to
Jericho,
the
city
of
palm
trees,
to
their
brothers.
Then
they
returned
to
Samaria.
At
that
time
King
Ahaz
sent
to
the
kings
of
Assyria
to
help
him.
For
again
the
Edomites
had
come
and
struck
Judah,
and
carried
away
captives.
The
Philistines
also
had
invaded
the
cities
of
the
lowland
and
of
the
South
of
Judah,
and
had
taken Beth Shemesh,
Aijalon,
Gederoth,
Soco
with
its
villages,
Timnah
with
its
villages,
and
also
Gimzo
and
its
villages;
and
they
lived
there.
For
Yahweh brought
Judah low
because
of
Ahaz
king
of
Israel,
because
he
acted without restraint
in
Judah
and trespassed severely
against
Yahweh.
Tilgath-pilneser
king
of
Assyria
came
to
him
and
gave
him trouble,
but
didn’t
strengthen
him.
For
Ahaz
took away
a portion
out
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
out
of
the
house
of
the
king
and
of
the
princes,
and
gave
it
to
the
king
of
Assyria;
but
it
didn’t
help
him.
In
the
time
of
his distress,
he trespassed
yet
more against
Yahweh,
this
same
King
Ahaz.
For
he
sacrificed
to
the
gods
of
Damascus which
had
defeated
him.
He
said, “Because
the
gods
of
the
kings
of
Syria
helped
them,
I
will
sacrifice
to
them,
that
they
may
help
me.”
But
they
were
the ruin
of
him
and
of
all
Israel.
Ahaz
gathered
together
the
vessels
of
God’s
house,
cut
the
vessels
of
God’s
house
in
pieces,
and
shut
up
the
doors
of
Yahweh’s
house;
and
he
made himself
altars
in
every
corner
of
Jerusalem.
In
every
city
of
Judah
he
made
high
places
to
burn
incense
to
other
gods,
and
provoked
Yahweh,
the
God
of
his
fathers,
to
anger.
Now
the
rest
of
his
acts,
and
all
his
ways,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
Ahaz
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
city,
even
in
Jerusalem,
because
they
didn’t
bring
him
into
the
tombs
of
the
kings
of
Israel;
and
Hezekiah
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Hezekiah began
to
reign
when
he
was
twenty-five
years
old,
and
he
reigned
twenty-nine
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Abijah,
the
daughter
of
Zechariah.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes, according
to
all
that
David
his
father
had
done.
In
the
first
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
first
month,
he
opened
the
doors
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
repaired
them.
He
brought
in
the
priests
and
the
Levites
and
gathered
them
together
into
the wide
place
on
the
east,
and
said
to
them, “Listen
to
me,
you
Levites!
Now
sanctify
yourselves,
and
sanctify
the
house
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers,
and
carry
the filthiness
out
of
the
holy
place.
For
our
fathers
were
unfaithful,
and
have
done
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh
our
God’s
sight,
and
have forsaken
him,
and
have
turned
away
their
faces
from
the habitation
of
Yahweh,
and
turned
their
backs.
Also
they
have
shut
up
the
doors
of
the
porch,
and
put
out
the
lamps,
and
have
not
burned
incense
nor
offered
burnt
offerings
in
the
holy
place
to
the
God
of
Israel.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
wrath
was
on
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
he
has
delivered
them
to
be tossed back
and
forth,
to
be
an astonishment
and
a
hissing,
as
you
see
with
your
eyes.
For
behold,
our
fathers
have
fallen
by
the
sword,
and
our
sons
and
our
daughters
and
our
wives
are
in
captivity
for
this.
Now
it
is
in
my
heart
to
make
a
covenant
with
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
that
his
fierce
anger
may
turn
away
from
us.
My
sons,
don’t
be negligent
now;
for
Yahweh
has chosen
you
to
stand
before
him,
to
minister
to
him,
and
that
you
should
be
his
ministers
and
burn
incense.”
Then
the
Levites
arose:
Mahath,
the
son
of
Amasai,
and
Joel
the
son
of
Azariah,
of
the
sons
of
the
Kohathites;
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
Kish
the
son
of
Abdi,
and
Azariah
the
son
of
Jehallelel;
and
of
the
Gershonites,
Joah
the
son
of
Zimmah,
and
Eden
the
son
of
Joah;
and
of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan,
Shimri
and
Jeuel;
and
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
Zechariah
and
Mattaniah;
and
of
the
sons
of
Heman, Jehuel
and
Shimei;
and
of
the
sons
of
Jeduthun,
Shemaiah
and
Uzziel.
They
gathered
their
brothers,
sanctified
themselves,
and
went
in, according
to
the
commandment
of
the
king
by
Yahweh’s
words,
to
cleanse
Yahweh’s
house.
The
priests
went
into
the
inner
part
of
Yahweh’s
house
to
cleanse
it,
and
brought
out
all
the
uncleanness
that
they
found
in
Yahweh’s
temple
into
the
court
of
Yahweh’s
house.
The
Levites
took
it
from
there
to
carry
it
out
to
the
brook
Kidron.
Now
they
began
on
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
to
sanctify,
and
on
the
eighth
day
of
the
month
they
came
to
Yahweh’s
porch.
They
sanctified
Yahweh’s
house
in
eight
days,
and
on
the sixteenth
day
of
the
first
month
they
finished.
Then
they
went
in
to
Hezekiah
the
king
within
the
palace
and
said, “We
have
cleansed
all
Yahweh’s
house,
including
the
altar
of
burnt
offering
with
all
its
vessels,
and
the
table
of show bread
with
all
its
vessels.
Moreover,
we
have
prepared
and
sanctified
all
the
vessels
which
King
Ahaz threw
away
in
his
reign
when
he
was
unfaithful.
Behold,
they
are
before
Yahweh’s
altar.”
Then
Hezekiah
the
king
arose
early,
gathered
the
princes
of
the
city,
and
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house.
They
brought
seven
bulls,
seven
rams,
seven
lambs,
and
seven
male
goats,
for
a
sin
offering
for
the
kingdom,
for
the
sanctuary,
and
for
Judah.
He
commanded
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron
to
offer
them
on
Yahweh’s
altar.
So
they
killed
the
bulls,
and
the
priests
received
the
blood
and
sprinkled
it
on
the
altar.
They
killed
the
rams
and
sprinkled
the
blood
on
the
altar.
They
also
killed
the
lambs
and
sprinkled
the
blood
on
the
altar.
They
brought
near
the
male
goats
for
the
sin offering
before
the
king
and
the
assembly;
and
they
laid
their
hands
on
them.
Then
the
priests
killed
them,
and
they
made
a
sin
offering
with
their
blood
on
the
altar,
to
make
atonement
for
all
Israel;
for
the
king
commanded
that
the
burnt
offering
and
the
sin
offering
should
be
made
for
all
Israel.
He
set
the
Levites
in
Yahweh’s
house
with
cymbals,
with stringed instruments,
and
with
harps,
according
to
the
commandment
of
David,
of
Gad
the
king’s
seer,
and
Nathan
the
prophet;
for
the
commandment
was
from
Yahweh
by
his
prophets.
The
Levites
stood
with
David’s
instruments,
and
the
priests
with
the
trumpets.
Hezekiah
commanded
them
to
offer
the
burnt
offering
on
the
altar.
When
the
burnt
offering
began,
Yahweh’s
song
also
began,
along
with
the
trumpets
and
instruments
of
David
king
of
Israel.
All
the
assembly
worshiped,
the
singers
sang,
and
the
trumpeters
sounded.
All
this continued
until
the
burnt offering
was
finished.
When
they
had
finished
offering,
the
king
and
all
who
were
present
with
him
bowed
themselves
and
worshiped.
Moreover
Hezekiah
the
king
and
the
princes
commanded
the
Levites
to sing
praises
to
Yahweh
with
the
words
of
David,
and
of
Asaph
the
seer.
They sang
praises
with
gladness,
and
they
bowed
their
heads
and
worshiped.
Then
Hezekiah
answered, “Now
you
have consecrated
yourselves
to
Yahweh.
Come
near
and
bring
sacrifices
and
thank
offerings
into
Yahweh’s
house.”
The
assembly
brought
in
sacrifices
and
thank
offerings,
and
as many
as
were
of
a
willing
heart
brought
burnt
offerings.
The
number
of
the
burnt
offerings
which
the
assembly
brought
was
seventy
bulls,
one
hundred
rams,
and
two
hundred
lambs.
All
these
were
for
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
The
consecrated
things
were
six
hundred head
of
cattle
and
three
thousand
sheep.
But
the
priests
were
too
few,
so
that
they
could
not
skin
all
the
burnt
offerings.
Therefore
their
brothers
the
Levites
helped
them
until
the
work
was
ended,
and
until
the
priests
had
sanctified
themselves,
for
the
Levites
were
more
upright
in
heart
to
sanctify
themselves
than
the
priests.
Also
the
burnt
offerings
were
in
abundance,
with
the
fat
of
the
peace
offerings
and
with
the drink
offerings
for every
burnt
offering.
So
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house
was
set
in
order.
Hezekiah
and
all
the
people
rejoiced
because
of
that
which
God
had
prepared
for
the
people;
for
the
thing
was
done
suddenly.
Hezekiah
sent
to
all
Israel
and
Judah,
and
wrote
letters
also
to
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
that
they
should
come
to
Yahweh’s
house
at
Jerusalem,
to
keep
the
Passover
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
For
the
king
had taken
counsel
with
his
princes
and
all
the
assembly
in
Jerusalem
to
keep
the
Passover
in
the
second
month.
For
they
could
not
keep
it
at
that
time,
because
the
priests
had
not
sanctified
themselves
in sufficient number,
and
the
people
had
not
gathered
themselves
together
to
Jerusalem.
The
thing
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
the
king
and
of
all
the
assembly.
So
they
established
a
decree
to
make
proclamation
throughout
all
Israel,
from
Beersheba
even
to
Dan,
that
they
should
come
to
keep
the
Passover
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
at
Jerusalem,
for
they
had
not
kept
it
in
great
numbers
in
the
way
it
is
written.
So
the
couriers
went
with
the
letters
from
the
king
and
his
princes
throughout
all
Israel
and
Judah,
according
to
the
commandment
of
the
king,
saying, “You
children
of
Israel,
turn
again
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Israel,
that
he
may
return
to
the
remnant
of
you
that
have
escaped
out
of
the
hand
of
the
kings
of
Assyria.
Don’t
be
like
your
fathers
and
like
your
brothers,
who trespassed against
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
so
that
he
gave
them
up
to
desolation,
as
you
see.
Now
don’t
be stiff-necked,
as
your
fathers
were,
but
yield
yourselves
to
Yahweh,
and
enter
into
his
sanctuary,
which
he
has
sanctified
forever,
and
serve
Yahweh
your
God,
that
his
fierce
anger
may
turn
away
from
you.
For
if
you
turn
again
to
Yahweh,
your
brothers
and
your
children
will find
compassion
with
those
who
led
them
captive,
and
will
come
again
into
this
land,
because
Yahweh
your
God
is
gracious
and
merciful,
and
will
not
turn
away
his
face
from
you
if
you
return
to
him.”
So
the
couriers
passed
from
city
to
city
through
the
country
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
even
to
Zebulun,
but
people ridiculed
them
and
mocked
them.
Nevertheless
some
men
of
Asher,
Manasseh,
and
Zebulun
humbled
themselves
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
Also
the
hand
of
God
came
on
Judah
to
give
them
one
heart,
to
do
the
commandment
of
the
king
and
of
the
princes
by
Yahweh’s
word.
Many
people
assembled
at
Jerusalem
to
keep
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
in
the
second
month,
a
very
great
assembly.
They
arose
and
took
away
the
altars
that
were
in
Jerusalem,
and
they
took
away
all
the
altars
for
incense
and
threw
them
into
the
brook
Kidron.
Then
they
killed
the
Passover
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
second
month.
The
priests
and
the
Levites
were
ashamed,
and
sanctified
themselves,
and
brought
burnt
offerings
into
Yahweh’s
house.
They
stood
in
their
place
after
their
order,
according
to
the
law
of
Moses
the
man
of
God.
The
priests
sprinkled
the
blood which
they
received
of
the
hand
of
the
Levites.
For
there
were
many
in
the
assembly
who
had
not
sanctified
themselves;
therefore
the
Levites
were
in
charge
of killing
the Passovers
for
everyone
who
was
not
clean,
to
sanctify
them
to
Yahweh.
For
a
multitude
of
the
people,
even
many
of
Ephraim,
Manasseh,
Issachar,
and
Zebulun,
had
not
cleansed
themselves,
yet
they
ate
the
Passover other
than
the
way
it
is
written.
For
Hezekiah
had
prayed
for
them,
saying, “May
the
good
Yahweh pardon everyone
who sets
his
heart
to
seek
God,
Yahweh,
the
God
of
his
fathers,
even if
they aren’t
clean according
to
the
purification
of
the
sanctuary.”
Yahweh
listened
to
Hezekiah,
and
healed
the
people.
The
children
of
Israel
who
were
present
at
Jerusalem
kept
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days
with
great
gladness.
The
Levites
and
the
priests
praised
Yahweh
day
by
day, singing
with
loud
instruments
to
Yahweh.
Hezekiah
spoke encouragingly
to
all
the
Levites
who
had
good
understanding
in
the service
of
Yahweh.
So
they
ate
throughout
the
feast
for
the
seven
days,
offering
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings
and
making
confession
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
The
whole
assembly
took
counsel
to
keep
another
seven
days,
and
they
kept
another
seven
days
with
gladness.
For
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah gave
to
the
assembly
for
offerings
one
thousand
bulls
and
seven
thousand
sheep;
and
the
princes gave
to
the
assembly
a
thousand
bulls
and
ten
thousand
sheep;
and
a
great
number
of
priests
sanctified
themselves.
All
the
assembly
of
Judah,
with
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
all
the
assembly
who
came
out
of
Israel,
and
the
foreigners
who
came
out
of
the
land
of
Israel
and
who
lived
in
Judah,
rejoiced.
So
there
was
great
joy
in
Jerusalem;
for
since
the
time
of
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
of
Israel
there
was
nothing
like
this
in
Jerusalem.
Then
the
Levitical
priests
arose
and
blessed
the
people.
Their
voice
was
heard,
and
their
prayer
came
up
to
his
holy
habitation,
even
to
heaven.
Now
when
all
this
was
finished,
all
Israel
who
were
present
went
out
to
the
cities
of
Judah
and
broke
the
pillars
in
pieces,
cut
down
the
Asherah poles,
and
broke
down
the
high
places
and
the
altars
out
of
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
also
in
Ephraim
and
Manasseh,
until
they
had
destroyed
them
all.
Then
all
the
children
of
Israel
returned,
every
man
to
his
possession,
into
their
own
cities.
Hezekiah
appointed
the
divisions
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites
after
their
divisions,
every
man
according
to
his
service,
both
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
for
burnt
offerings
and
for
peace
offerings,
to
minister,
to
give
thanks,
and
to
praise
in
the
gates
of
Yahweh’s
camp.
He
also
appointed
the
king’s
portion
of
his
possessions
for
the
burnt
offerings:
for
the
morning
and
evening
burnt
offerings,
and
the
burnt
offerings
for
the
Sabbaths,
for
the
new
moons,
and
for
the
set
feasts,
as
it
is
written
in
Yahweh’s
law.
Moreover
he
commanded
the
people
who
lived
in
Jerusalem
to
give
the
portion
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
that
they
might
give themselves
to
Yahweh’s
law.
As soon
as
the
commandment
went
out,
the
children
of
Israel
gave
in
abundance
the
first
fruits
of
grain,
new
wine,
oil,
honey,
and
of
all
the
increase
of
the
field;
and
they
brought
in
the
tithe
of
all
things
abundantly.
The
children
of
Israel
and
Judah,
who
lived
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
also
brought
in
the
tithe
of
cattle
and
sheep,
and
the
tithe
of
dedicated
things which
were
consecrated
to
Yahweh
their
God,
and
laid
them
in
heaps.
In
the
third
month,
they
began
to
lay
the
foundation
of
the
heaps,
and
finished
them
in
the
seventh
month.
When
Hezekiah
and
the
princes
came
and
saw
the
heaps,
they
blessed
Yahweh
and
his
people
Israel.
Then
Hezekiah
questioned
the
priests
and
the
Levites
about
the
heaps.
Azariah
the
chief
priest,
of
the
house
of
Zadok,
answered
him
and
said, “Since
people
began
to
bring
the
offerings
into
Yahweh’s
house,
we
have
eaten
and
had
enough,
and
have
plenty
left
over,
for
Yahweh
has
blessed
his
people;
and
that
which
is
left
is
this
great store.”
Then
Hezekiah
commanded
them
to
prepare
rooms
in
Yahweh’s
house,
and
they
prepared
them.
They
brought
in
the
offerings,
the
tithes,
and
the
dedicated
things
faithfully.
Conaniah
the
Levite
was
ruler
over
them,
and
Shimei
his
brother
was
second.
Jehiel,
Azaziah,
Nahath,
Asahel,
Jerimoth,
Jozabad,
Eliel,
Ismachiah,
Mahath,
and
Benaiah
were
overseers
under
the
hand
of
Conaniah
and
Shimei
his
brother,
by
the
appointment
of
Hezekiah
the
king
and
Azariah
the
ruler
of
God’s
house.
Kore
the
son
of
Imnah
the
Levite,
the
gatekeeper
at
the
east gate,
was
over
the free
will
offerings
of
God,
to
distribute
Yahweh’s
offerings
and
the
most
holy
things.
Under
him
were
Eden,
Miniamin,
Jeshua,
Shemaiah,
Amariah,
and
Shecaniah,
in
the
cities
of
the
priests,
in
their office
of
trust,
to
give
to
their
brothers
by
divisions,
to
the
great
as well
as
to
the
small;
in addition
to
those
who
were
listed
by
genealogy
of
males,
from
three
years
old
and
upward, even
everyone
who
entered
into
Yahweh’s
house,
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required,
for
their
service
in
their
offices according
to
their
divisions;
and
those
who
were
listed
by
genealogy
of
the
priests
by
their
fathers’
houses,
and
the
Levites
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
in
their
offices
by
their
divisions;
and
those
who
were listed
by
genealogy
of
all
their
little
ones,
their
wives,
their
sons,
and
their
daughters,
through
all
the
congregation;
for
in
their office
of
trust
they
sanctified
themselves
in
holiness.
Also
for
the
sons
of
Aaron
the
priests,
who
were
in
the
fields
of
the
pasture
lands
of
their
cities,
in
every
city,
there
were
men
who
were mentioned
by
name
to
give
portions
to
all
the
males
among
the
priests
and
to
all
who
were
listed
by
genealogy
among
the
Levites.
Hezekiah
did
so
throughout
all
Judah;
and
he
did
that
which
was
good,
right,
and
faithful
before
Yahweh
his
God.
In
every
work
that
he
began
in
the
service
of
God’s
house,
in
the
law,
and
in
the
commandments,
to
seek
his
God,
he
did
it
with
all
his
heart
and prospered.
After
these
things
and
this
faithfulness,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
came,
entered
into
Judah,
encamped
against
the
fortified
cities,
and
intended
to win
them
for
himself.
When
Hezekiah
saw
that
Sennacherib
had
come,
and
that
he
was planning
to
fight
against
Jerusalem,
he
took
counsel
with
his
princes
and
his
mighty
men
to
stop
the
waters
of
the springs
which
were
outside
of
the
city,
and
they
helped
him.
Then
many
people
gathered
together
and
they
stopped
all
the
springs
and
the
brook
that
flowed
through
the
middle
of
the
land,
saying, “Why
should
the
kings
of
Assyria
come,
and
find
abundant
water?”
He
took
courage,
built
up
all
the
wall
that
was
broken
down,
and
raised
it
up
to
the
towers,
with
the
other
wall
outside,
and
strengthened
Millo
in
David’s
city,
and
made
weapons
and
shields
in
abundance.
He
set
captains
of
war
over
the
people,
gathered
them
together
to
him
in
the wide
place
at
the
gate
of
the
city,
and
spoke encouragingly
to
them,
saying,
“Be
strong
and
courageous.
Don’t
be
afraid
or
dismayed
because
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
nor
for
all
the
multitude
who
is
with
him;
for
there
is
a
greater
one
with
us
than
with
him.
An
arm
of
flesh
is
with
him,
but
Yahweh
our
God
is
with
us
to
help
us
and
to
fight
our
battles.”
The
people
rested
themselves
on
the
words
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah.
After
this,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
sent
his
servants
to
Jerusalem, (now
he
was attacking
Lachish,
and
all
his
forces
were
with
him),
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
and
to
all
Judah
who
were
at
Jerusalem,
saying,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
says, “In whom
do
you
trust,
that
you
remain
under
siege
in
Jerusalem?
Doesn’t
Hezekiah persuade
you
to
give
you
over
to
die
by
famine
and
by
thirst,
saying, ‘Yahweh
our
God
will
deliver
us
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?’
Hasn’t
the
same
Hezekiah
taken
away
his
high
places
and
his
altars,
and
commanded
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
saying, ‘You
shall
worship
before
one
altar,
and
you
shall
burn
incense
on
it?’
Don’t
you
know
what
I
and
my
fathers
have
done
to
all
the
peoples
of
the
lands?
Were
the
gods
of
the
nations
of
those
lands
in
any
way
able
to
deliver
their
land
out
of
my
hand?
Who
was
there
among
all
the
gods
of
those
nations
which
my
fathers utterly destroyed
that
could
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand,
that
your
God
should
be
able
to
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand?
Now
therefore
don’t
let
Hezekiah
deceive
you
nor persuade
you
in
this
way.
Don’t
believe
him,
for
no
god
of
any
nation
or
kingdom
was
able
to
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
my
fathers.
How
much
less
will
your
God
deliver
you
out
of
my
hand?”
His
servants
spoke
yet
more
against
Yahweh
God
and
against
his
servant
Hezekiah.
He
also
wrote
letters insulting
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
and
speaking
against
him,
saying, “As
the
gods
of
the
nations
of
the
lands,
which
have
not
delivered
their
people
out
of
my
hand,
so
shall
the
God
of
Hezekiah
not
deliver
his
people
out
of
my
hand.”
They
called
out
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews’
language
to
the
people
of
Jerusalem
who
were
on
the
wall,
to frighten
them
and
to trouble
them,
that
they
might
take
the
city.
They
spoke
of
the
God
of
Jerusalem
as
of
the
gods
of
the
peoples
of
the
earth, which
are
the
work
of
men’s
hands.
Hezekiah
the
king
and
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
prayed
because
of
this,
and
cried
to
heaven.
Yahweh
sent
an
angel,
who
cut
off
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
the
leaders,
and
captains
in
the
camp
of
the
king
of
Assyria.
So
he
returned
with
shame
of
face
to
his
own
land.
When
he
had
come
into
the
house
of
his
god,
those
who
came
out
of
his
own
body
32:21
i.e., his own sons
killed
him
there
with
the
sword.
Thus
Yahweh
saved
Hezekiah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
from
the
hand
of
Sennacherib
the
king
of
Assyria
and
from
the
hand
of
all others,
and
guided
them
on
every
side.
Many
brought
gifts
to
Yahweh
to
Jerusalem,
and
precious
things
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
so
that
he
was
exalted
in
the
sight
of
all
nations
from
then
on.
In
those
days
Hezekiah
was terminally ill,
and
he
prayed
to
Yahweh;
and
he
spoke
to
him,
and
gave
him
a
sign.
But
Hezekiah
didn’t reciprocate appropriate
to
the
benefit
done
for
him,
because
his
heart
was lifted
up.
Therefore
there
was
wrath
on
him,
Judah,
and
Jerusalem.
However,
Hezekiah
humbled
himself
for
the
pride
of
his
heart,
both
he
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
so
that
Yahweh’s
wrath
didn’t
come
on
them
in
the
days
of
Hezekiah.
Hezekiah
had
exceedingly
great
riches
and
honor.
He provided himself
with
treasuries
for
silver,
for
gold,
for
precious
stones,
for
spices,
for
shields,
and
for
all
kinds
of
valuable
vessels;
also
storehouses
for
the
increase
of
grain,
new
wine,
and
oil;
and
stalls
for
all
kinds
of
animals,
and
flocks
in folds.
Moreover
he
provided
for himself
cities,
and
possessions
of
flocks
and
herds
in
abundance;
for
God
had
given
him
abundant
possessions.
This
same
Hezekiah
also
stopped
the
upper
spring
of
the
waters
of
Gihon,
and brought
them
straight
down
on
the
west
side
of
David’s
city.
Hezekiah prospered
in
all
his
works.
However,
concerning
the ambassadors
of
the
princes
of
Babylon,
who
sent
to
him
to
inquire
of
the
wonder
that
was
done
in
the
land,
God
left
him
to
test
him,
that
he
might
know
all
that
was
in
his
heart.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Hezekiah
and
his
good
deeds,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
vision
of
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Judah
and
Israel.
Hezekiah
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
the
ascent
to
the
tombs
of
the
sons
of
David.
All
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem honored
him
at
his
death.
Manasseh
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Manasseh
was
twelve
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
fifty-five
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight, after
the
abominations
of
the
nations
whom
Yahweh
cast
out
before
the
children
of
Israel.
For
he
built
again
the
high
places
which
Hezekiah
his
father
had
broken
down;
and
he
raised
up
altars
for
the
Baals,
made
Asheroth,
and
worshiped
all
the
army
of
the
sky,
and
served
them.
He
built
altars
in
Yahweh’s
house,
of
which
Yahweh
said, “My
name
shall
be
in
Jerusalem
forever.”
He
built
altars
for
all
the
army
of
the
sky
in
the
two courts
of
Yahweh’s
house.
He
also
made
his
children
to
pass
through
the
fire
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom.
He
practiced
sorcery,
divination,
and witchcraft,
and dealt
with
those
who
had familiar spirits
and
with wizards.
He
did
much
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
to
provoke
him
to
anger.
He
set
the engraved
image
of
the
idol,
which
he
had
made,
in
God’s
house,
of
which
God
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,
I
will
put
my
name forever.
I
will
not
any
more
remove
the
foot
of
Israel
from
off
the
land
which
I
have
appointed
for
your
fathers,
if
only
they
will
observe
to
do
all
that
I
have
commanded
them,
even
all
the
law,
the
statutes,
and
the
ordinances
given
by
Moses.”
Manasseh
seduced
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
so
that
they
did
more
evil
than
did
the
nations
whom
Yahweh
destroyed
before
the
children
of
Israel.
Yahweh
spoke
to
Manasseh
and
to
his
people,
but
they
didn’t
listen.
Therefore
Yahweh
brought
on
them
the
captains
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
who
took
Manasseh
in
chains,
bound
him
with
fetters,
and
carried
him
to
Babylon.
When
he
was
in distress,
he begged
Yahweh
his
God,
and
humbled
himself
greatly
before
the
God
of
his
fathers.
He
prayed
to
him;
and
he
was
entreated
by
him,
and
heard
his
supplication,
and
brought
him
again
to
Jerusalem
into
his
kingdom.
Then
Manasseh
knew
that
Yahweh
was
God.
Now
after
this,
he
built
an
outer
wall
to
David’s
city
on
the
west
side
of
Gihon,
in
the
valley,
even
to
the
entrance
at
the
fish
gate.
He
encircled
Ophel
with
it,
and raised
it
up
to
a
very
great height;
and
he
put
valiant
captains
in
all
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah.
He
took
away
the
foreign
gods
and
the
idol
out
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
all
the
altars
that
he
had
built
in
the
mountain
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
in
Jerusalem,
and
cast
them
out
of
the
city.
He built
up
Yahweh’s
altar,
and
offered
sacrifices
of
peace
offerings
and
of
thanksgiving
on
it,
and
commanded
Judah
to
serve
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
Nevertheless
the
people
still
sacrificed
in
the
high
places,
but
only
to
Yahweh
their
God.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Manasseh,
and
his
prayer
to
his
God,
and
the
words
of
the
seers
who
spoke
to
him
in
the
name
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
behold,
they
are written
among
the
acts
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
His
prayer
also,
and
how God
listened
to
his
request,
and
all
his
sin
and
his
trespass,
and
the
places
in
which
he
built
high
places
and
set
up
the
Asherah poles
and
the
engraved
images
before
he
humbled
himself:
behold,
they
are
written
in
the history
of
Hozai.
33:19
or, the seers
So
Manasseh
slept
with
his
fathers,
and
they
buried
him
in
his
own
house;
and
Amon
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Amon
was
twenty-two
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
two
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
as
did
Manasseh
his
father;
and
Amon
sacrificed
to
all
the
engraved
images
which
Manasseh
his
father
had
made,
and
served
them.
He
didn’t
humble
himself
before
Yahweh,
as
Manasseh
his
father
had
humbled
himself;
but
this
same
Amon trespassed
more
and
more.
His
servants
conspired
against
him,
and
put
him
to
death
in
his own
house.
But
the
people
of
the
land
killed
all
those
who
had
conspired
against
King
Amon;
and
the
people
of
the
land
made
Josiah
his
son
king
in
his
place.
Josiah
was
eight
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned thirty-one
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
right
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
and walked
in
the
ways
of
David
his
father,
and
didn’t
turn
away
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left.
For
in
the
eighth
year
of
his
reign,
while
he
was
yet
young,
he
began
to
seek
after
the
God
of
David
his
father;
and
in
the twelfth
year
he
began
to
purge
Judah
and
Jerusalem
from
the
high
places,
the
Asherah poles,
the
engraved
images,
and
the molten
images.
They
broke
down
the
altars
of
the
Baals
in
his
presence;
and
he
cut
down
the
incense
altars
that
were
on
high
above
them.
He
broke
the
Asherah poles,
the
engraved
images,
and
the molten
images
in
pieces,
made dust
of
them,
and scattered
it
on
the
graves
of
those
who
had
sacrificed
to
them.
He
burned
the
bones
of
the
priests
on
their
altars,
and
purged
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
He did this
in
the
cities
of
Manasseh,
Ephraim,
and
Simeon,
even
to
Naphtali,
around
in
their
ruins.
He
broke
down
the
altars,
beat
the
Asherah poles
and
the
engraved
images
into
powder,
and
cut
down
all
the
incense
altars
throughout
all
the
land
of
Israel,
then
returned
to
Jerusalem.
Now
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
his
reign,
when
he
had
purged
the
land
and
the
house,
he
sent
Shaphan
the
son
of
Azaliah,
Maaseiah
the
governor
of
the
city,
and
Joah
the
son
of
Joahaz
the
recorder
to
repair
the
house
of
Yahweh
his
God.
They
came
to
Hilkiah
the
high
priest
and
delivered
the
money
that
was
brought
into
God’s
house,
which
the
Levites,
the
keepers
of
the threshold,
had
gathered
from
the
hands
of
Manasseh,
Ephraim,
of
all
the
remnant
of
Israel,
of
all
Judah
and
Benjamin,
and
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
They
delivered
it
into
the
hands
of
the
workmen
who
had
the
oversight
of
Yahweh’s
house;
and
the
workmen
who labored
in
Yahweh’s
house
gave
it
to mend
and
repair
the
house.
They
gave
it
to
the
carpenters
and
to
the
builders
to
buy cut
stone
and
timber
for
couplings,
and
to
make
beams
for
the
houses
which
the
kings
of
Judah
had
destroyed.
The
men
did
the
work
faithfully.
Their
overseers
were
Jahath
and
Obadiah
the
Levites,
of
the
sons
of
Merari;
and
Zechariah
and
Meshullam,
of
the
sons
of
the
Kohathites,
to
give direction;
and others
of
the
Levites,
who
were
all
skillful
with
musical
instruments.
Also
they
were
over
the
bearers
of burdens,
and directed
all
who
did
the
work
in
every
kind
of
service.
Of
the
Levites,
there
were
scribes,
officials,
and
gatekeepers.
When
they
brought
out
the
money
that
was
brought
into
Yahweh’s
house,
Hilkiah
the
priest
found
the
book
of
Yahweh’s
law
given
by
Moses.
Hilkiah
answered
Shaphan
the
scribe, “I
have
found
the
book
of
the
law
in
Yahweh’s
house.”
So
Hilkiah
delivered
the
book
to
Shaphan.
Shaphan
carried
the
book
to
the
king,
and
moreover
brought
back
word
to
the
king,
saying, “All
that
was
committed
to
your
servants,
they
are
doing.
They
have
emptied
out
the
money
that
was
found
in
Yahweh’s
house,
and
have
delivered
it
into
the
hand
of
the
overseers
and
into
the
hand
of
the
workmen.”
Shaphan
the
scribe
told
the
king,
saying, “Hilkiah
the
priest
has
delivered
me
a
book.”
Shaphan
read
from
it
to
the
king.
When
the
king
had
heard
the
words
of
the
law,
he
tore
his
clothes.
The
king
commanded
Hilkiah,
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan,
Abdon
the
son
of
Micah,
Shaphan
the
scribe,
and
Asaiah
the
king’s
servant,
saying,
“Go
inquire
of
Yahweh
for
me,
and
for
those
who
are
left
in
Israel
and
in
Judah,
concerning
the
words
of
the
book
that
is
found;
for
great
is
Yahweh’s
wrath
that
is
poured
out
on
us,
because
our
fathers
have
not
kept
Yahweh’s
word,
to
do
according
to
all
that
is
written
in
this
book.”
So
Hilkiah
and
those
whom
the
king
had
commanded
went
to
Huldah
the
prophetess,
the
wife
of
Shallum
the
son
of
Tokhath,
the
son
of
Hasrah,
keeper
of
the wardrobe (now
she
lived
in
Jerusalem
in
the
second quarter),
and
they
spoke
to
her
to
that effect.
She
said
to
them, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
says: ‘Tell
the
man
who
sent
you
to
me,
“Yahweh
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
this
place
and
on
its
inhabitants,
even
all
the
curses
that
are
written
in
the
book
which
they
have
read
before
the
king
of
Judah.
Because
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have
burned
incense
to
other
gods,
that
they
might
provoke
me
to
anger
with
all
the
works
of
their
hands,
therefore
my
wrath
is
poured
out
on
this
place,
and
it
will
not
be
quenched.’”’
But
to
the
king
of
Judah,
who
sent
you
to
inquire
of
Yahweh,
you
shall
tell
him
this, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
says: “About
the
words
which
you
have
heard,
because
your
heart
was
tender,
and
you
humbled
yourself
before
God
when
you
heard
his
words
against
this
place
and
against
its
inhabitants,
and
have
humbled
yourself
before
me,
and
have
torn
your
clothes
and
wept
before
me,
I
also
have
heard
you,”
says
Yahweh.
“Behold,
I
will
gather
you
to
your
fathers,
and
you
will
be
gathered
to
your
grave
in
peace.
Your
eyes
won’t
see
all
the
evil
that
I
will
bring
on
this
place
and
on
its
inhabitants.”’”
They
brought
back
this
message
to
the
king.
Then
the
king
sent
and
gathered
together
all
the
elders
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
The
king
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house
with
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem—the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
all
the
people,
both
great
and
small—and
he
read
in
their
hearing
all
the
words
of
the
book
of
the
covenant
that
was
found
in
Yahweh’s
house.
The
king
stood
in
his
place
and
made
a
covenant
before
Yahweh,
to walk
after
Yahweh,
and
to
keep
his
commandments,
his
testimonies,
and
his
statutes
with
all
his
heart
and
with
all
his
soul,
to
perform
the
words
of
the
covenant
that
were
written
in
this
book.
He
caused
all
who
were
found
in
Jerusalem
and
Benjamin
to
stand.
The
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
did according
to
the
covenant
of
God,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
Josiah
took
away
all
the
abominations
out
of
all
the
countries
that belonged
to
the
children
of
Israel,
and
made
all
who
were
found
in
Israel
to
serve,
even
to
serve
Yahweh
their
God.
All
his
days
they
didn’t
depart
from
following
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers.
Josiah
kept
a
Passover
to
Yahweh
in
Jerusalem.
They
killed
the
Passover
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
first
month.
He
set
the
priests
in
their
offices
and
encouraged
them
in
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house.
He
said
to
the
Levites
who
taught
all
Israel,
who
were
holy
to
Yahweh, “Put
the
holy
ark
in
the
house
which
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
of
Israel
built.
It
will
no
longer
be
a
burden
on
your
shoulders.
Now
serve
Yahweh
your
God
and
his
people
Israel.
Prepare yourselves after
your
fathers’
houses
by
your
divisions, according
to
the
writing
of
David
king
of
Israel,
and according
to
the
writing
of
Solomon
his
son.
Stand
in
the
holy
place according
to
the
divisions
of
the
fathers’
houses
of
your
brothers
the
children
of
the
people,
and let
there
be
for
each
a
portion
of
a
fathers’
house
of
the
Levites.
Kill
the
Passover lamb,
sanctify
yourselves,
and
prepare
for
your
brothers,
to
do
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
by
Moses.”
Josiah gave
to
the
children
of
the
people,
of
the
flock,
lambs
and
young
goats,
all
of
them
for
the
Passover
offerings,
to
all
who
were
present,
to
the
number
of
thirty
thousand,
and
three
thousand
bulls.
These
were
of
the
king’s substance.
His
princes
gave
a free
will
offering
to
the
people,
to
the
priests,
and
to
the
Levites.
Hilkiah,
Zechariah,
and
Jehiel,
the
rulers
of
God’s
house,
gave
to
the
priests
for
the
Passover
offerings
two
thousand
six
hundred small livestock,
and
three
hundred
head
of
cattle.
Conaniah
also,
and
Shemaiah
and
Nethanel,
his
brothers,
and
Hashabiah,
Jeiel,
and
Jozabad,
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites, gave
to
the
Levites
for
the
Passover
offerings
five
thousand small livestock
and
five
hundred
head
of
cattle.
So
the
service
was
prepared,
and
the
priests
stood
in
their
place,
and
the
Levites
by
their
divisions,
according
to
the
king’s
commandment.
They
killed
the
Passover lambs,
and
the
priests
sprinkled
the blood which
they received
from
their
hands,
and
the
Levites
skinned
them.
They
removed
the
burnt
offerings,
that
they
might
give
them according
to
the
divisions
of
the
fathers’
houses
of
the
children
of
the
people,
to
offer
to
Yahweh,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Moses.
They
did
the
same
with
the
cattle.
They
roasted
the
Passover
with
fire
according
to
the
ordinance.
They
boiled
the
holy
offerings
in
pots,
in cauldrons,
and
in
pans,
and
carried
them
quickly
to
all
the
children
of
the
people.
Afterward
they
prepared
for
themselves
and
for
the
priests,
because
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron
were busy
with
offering
the
burnt
offerings
and
the
fat
until
night.
Therefore
the
Levites
prepared
for
themselves
and
for
the
priests
the
sons
of
Aaron.
The
singers,
the
sons
of
Asaph,
were
in
their
place,
according
to
the
commandment
of
David,
Asaph,
Heman,
and
Jeduthun
the
king’s
seer;
and
the
gatekeepers
were
at
every
gate.
They didn’t need
to
depart
from
their
service,
because
their
brothers
the
Levites
prepared
for
them.
So
all
the
service
of
Yahweh
was
prepared
the
same
day,
to
keep
the
Passover,
and
to
offer
burnt
offerings
on
Yahweh’s
altar,
according
to
the
commandment
of
King
Josiah.
The
children
of
Israel
who
were
present
kept
the
Passover
at
that
time,
and
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days.
There
was
no
Passover
like
that
kept
in
Israel
from
the
days
of
Samuel
the
prophet,
nor
did
any
of
the
kings
of
Israel
keep
such
a
Passover
as
Josiah
kept—with
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
all
Judah
and
Israel
who
were
present,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
This
Passover
was
kept
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Josiah.
After
all
this,
when
Josiah
had
prepared
the
temple,
Neco
king
of
Egypt
went
up
to
fight
against
Carchemish
by
the
Euphrates,
and
Josiah
went
out
against
him.
But
he
sent
ambassadors
to
him,
saying, “What
have
I
to
do
with
you,
you
king
of
Judah?
I come
not
against
you
today,
but
against
the
house
with
which
I
have
war.
God
has
commanded
me
to
make haste. Beware
that
it
is
God
who
is
with
me,
that
he
not
destroy
you.”
Nevertheless
Josiah
would
not
turn
his
face
from
him,
but
disguised
himself,
that
he might
fight
with
him,
and
didn’t
listen
to
the
words
of
Neco
from
the
mouth
of
God,
and
came
to
fight
in
the
valley
of
Megiddo.
The
archers
shot
at
King
Josiah;
and
the
king
said
to
his
servants, “Take
me
away,
because
I am seriously
wounded!”
So
his
servants
took
him
out
of
the
chariot,
and
put
him
in
the
second
chariot
that
he
had,
and brought
him
to
Jerusalem;
and
he
died,
and
was
buried
in
the
tombs
of
his
fathers.
All
Judah
and
Jerusalem
mourned
for
Josiah.
Jeremiah lamented
for
Josiah,
and
all
the
singing
men
and
singing
women
spoke
of
Josiah
in
their
lamentations
to
this
day;
and
they
made
them
an
ordinance
in
Israel.
Behold,
they
are
written
in
the
lamentations.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Josiah
and
his good
deeds, according
to
that
which
is
written
in
Yahweh’s
law,
and
his
acts,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and
Judah.
Then
the
people
of
the
land
took
Jehoahaz
the
son
of
Josiah,
and
made
him
king
in
his
father’s
place
in
Jerusalem.
Joahaz
was twenty-three
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
and
he
reigned
three
months
in
Jerusalem.
The
king
of
Egypt
removed
him
from office
at
Jerusalem,
and
fined
the
land
one
hundred
talents
of
silver
and
a
talent
36:3
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
of
gold.
The
king
of
Egypt
made
Eliakim
his
brother
king
over
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
and
changed
his
name
to
Jehoiakim.
Neco
took
Joahaz
his
brother,
and
carried
him
to
Egypt.
Jehoiakim
was
twenty-five
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh
his
God’s
sight.
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up
against
him,
and
bound
him
in
fetters
to
carry
him
to
Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar
also
carried some
of
the
vessels
of
Yahweh’s
house
to
Babylon,
and
put
them
in
his
temple
at
Babylon.
Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Jehoiakim,
and
his
abominations
which
he
did,
and
that
which
was
found
in
him,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel
and
Judah;
and
Jehoiachin
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
Jehoiachin
was
eight
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
three
months
and
ten
days
in
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight.
At
the
return
of
the
year,
King
Nebuchadnezzar
sent
and
brought
him
to
Babylon,
with
the
valuable
vessels
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
made
Zedekiah
his
brother
king
over
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
Zedekiah
was twenty-one
years
old
when
he began
to
reign,
and
he
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh
his
God’s
sight.
He
didn’t
humble
himself
before
Jeremiah
the
prophet speaking
from
Yahweh’s
mouth.
He
also
rebelled
against
King
Nebuchadnezzar,
who
had
made
him
swear
by
God;
but
he
stiffened
his
neck,
and
hardened
his
heart
against
turning
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
Moreover
all
the
chiefs
of
the
priests
and
the
people trespassed
very
greatly after
all
the
abominations
of
the
nations;
and
they polluted
Yahweh’s
house
which
he
had
made
holy
in
Jerusalem.
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
sent
to
them
by
his
messengers,
rising
up
early
and
sending,
because
he
had
compassion
on
his
people
and
on
his
dwelling
place;
but
they
mocked
the
messengers
of
God,
despised
his
words,
and scoffed
at
his
prophets,
until
Yahweh’s
wrath
arose
against
his
people,
until
there
was
no
remedy.
Therefore
he
brought
on
them
the
king
of
the
Chaldeans,
who
killed
their
young
men
with
the
sword
in
the
house
of
their
sanctuary,
and
had
no
compassion
on
young
man
or
virgin,
old
man
or
infirm.
He
gave
them
all
into
his
hand.
All
the
vessels
of
God’s
house,
great
and
small,
and
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
the
treasures
of
the
king
and
of
his
princes,
all
these
he
brought
to
Babylon.
They
burned
God’s
house,
broke
down
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
burned
all
its
palaces
with
fire,
and
destroyed
all
of
its
valuable
vessels.
He
carried
those
who
had
escaped
from
the
sword
away
to
Babylon,
and
they
were
servants
to
him
and
his
sons
until
the
reign
of
the
kingdom
of
Persia,
to
fulfill
Yahweh’s
word
by
Jeremiah’s
mouth,
until
the
land
had
enjoyed
its
Sabbaths.
As
long
as
it lay
desolate,
it kept
Sabbath,
to
fulfill
seventy
years.
Now
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
that
Yahweh’s
word
by
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah
might
be
accomplished,
Yahweh
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
so
that
he
made
a
proclamation
throughout
all
his
kingdom,
and
put
it
also
in
writing,
saying,
“Cyrus
king
of
Persia
says, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
heaven,
has
given
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
to
me;
and
he
has
commanded
me
to
build
him
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah.
Whoever
there
is
among
you
of
all
his
people,
Yahweh
his
God
be
with
him,
and
let
him
go
up.’”
World English Bible (WEB)
Ezra
The Book of Ezra
Ezra
Ezra
The Book of
Ezra
Now
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
that
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
by
Jeremiah’s
mouth
might
be
accomplished,
Yahweh
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
so
that
he
made
a
proclamation
throughout
all
his
kingdom,
and
put
it
also
in
writing,
saying,
“Cyrus
king
of
Persia
says, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
1:2
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
of
heaven,
has
given
me
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth;
and
he
has
commanded
me
to
build
him
a
house
in
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah.
Whoever
there
is
among
you
of
all
his
people,
may
his
God
be
with
him,
and
let
him
go
up
to
Jerusalem,
which
is
in
Judah,
and
build
the
house
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel (he
is
God),
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
Whoever
is
left,
in
any
place
where
he
lives, let
the
men
of
his
place help
him
with
silver,
with
gold,
with
goods,
and
with
animals,
in addition
to
the
free
will
offering
for
God’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem.’”
Then
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
Judah
and
Benjamin,
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
all
whose
spirit
God
had
stirred
to
go
up,
rose
up
to
build
Yahweh’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
All
those
who
were
around
them
strengthened
their
hands
with
vessels
of
silver,
with
gold,
with
goods,
with
animals,
and
with
precious
things,
in
addition
to
all
that
was
willingly
offered.
Also
Cyrus
the
king
brought
out
the
vessels
of
Yahweh’s
house,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
had
brought
out
of
Jerusalem,
and
had
put
in
the
house
of
his
gods;
even
those,
Cyrus
king
of
Persia
brought
out
by
the
hand
of
Mithredath
the
treasurer,
and
counted
them
out
to
Sheshbazzar
the
prince
of
Judah.
This
is
the
number
of
them:
thirty platters
of
gold,
one
thousand platters
of
silver,
twenty-nine knives,
thirty
bowls
of
gold,
four
hundred
ten
silver
bowls
of
a
second kind,
and
one
thousand
other
vessels.
All
the
vessels
of
gold
and
of
silver
were
five
thousand
four
hundred.
Sheshbazzar
brought
all
these
up
when
the
captives
were
brought
up
from
Babylon
to
Jerusalem.
Now
these
are
the
children
of
the
province
who
went
up
out
of
the
captivity
of
those
who
had
been
carried
away,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away
to
Babylon,
and
who
returned
to
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
everyone
to
his
city;
who
came
with
Zerubbabel,
Jeshua,
Nehemiah,
Seraiah,
Reelaiah,
Mordecai,
Bilshan,
Mispar,
Bigvai,
Rehum,
and
Baanah.
The
number
of
the
men
of
the
people
of
Israel:
The
children
of
Parosh,
two
thousand
one
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of
Shephatiah,
three
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of
Arah,
seven
hundred
seventy-five.
The
children
of Pahathmoab,
of
the
children
of
Jeshua
and
Joab,
two
thousand
eight
hundred
twelve.
The
children
of
Elam,
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of
Zattu,
nine
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of
Zaccai,
seven
hundred
sixty.
The
children
of
Bani,
six
hundred
forty-two.
The
children
of
Bebai,
six
hundred twenty-three.
The
children
of
Azgad,
one
thousand
two
hundred
twenty-two.
The
children
of
Adonikam,
six
hundred sixty-six.
The
children
of
Bigvai, two
thousand fifty-six.
The
children
of
Adin,
four
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of
Ater,
of
Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
The
children
of
Bezai,
three
hundred twenty-three.
The
children
of
Jorah,
one
hundred
twelve.
The
children
of
Hashum,
two
hundred twenty-three.
The
children
of
Gibbar, ninety-five.
The
children
of
Bethlehem,
one
hundred twenty-three.
The
men
of
Netophah, fifty-six.
The
men
of
Anathoth,
one
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
children
of
Azmaveth,
forty-two.
The
children
of
Kiriath Arim, Chephirah,
and
Beeroth,
seven
hundred forty-three.
The
children
of
Ramah
and
Geba,
six
hundred twenty-one.
The
men
of
Michmas,
one
hundred
twenty-two.
The
men
of
Bethel
and
Ai,
two
hundred twenty-three.
The
children
of
Nebo,
fifty-two.
The
children
of
Magbish,
one
hundred fifty-six.
The
children
of
the
other
Elam,
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of
Harim,
three
hundred
twenty.
The
children
of Lod,
Hadid,
and
Ono,
seven
hundred
twenty-five.
The
children
of
Jericho,
three
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of
Senaah,
three
thousand
six
hundred
thirty.
The
priests:
the
children
of
Jedaiah,
of
the
house
of
Jeshua,
nine
hundred seventy-three.
The
children
of
Immer,
one
thousand
fifty-two.
The
children
of
Pashhur,
one
thousand
two
hundred forty-seven.
The
children
of
Harim,
one
thousand
seventeen.
The
Levites:
the
children
of
Jeshua
and
Kadmiel,
of
the
children
of
Hodaviah, seventy-four.
The
singers:
the
children
of
Asaph,
one
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
children
of
the
gatekeepers:
the
children
of
Shallum,
the
children
of
Ater,
the
children
of
Talmon,
the
children
of
Akkub,
the
children
of
Hatita,
the
children
of
Shobai,
in
all
one
hundred thirty-nine.
The
temple
servants:
the
children
of
Ziha,
the
children
of
Hasupha,
the
children
of
Tabbaoth,
the
children
of
Keros,
the
children
of
Siaha,
the
children
of
Padon,
the
children
of
Lebanah,
the
children
of
Hagabah,
the
children
of
Akkub,
the
children
of
Hagab,
the
children
of Shamlai,
the
children
of
Hanan,
the
children
of
Giddel,
the
children
of
Gahar,
the
children
of
Reaiah,
the
children
of
Rezin,
the
children
of
Nekoda,
the
children
of
Gazzam,
the
children
of
Uzza,
the
children
of
Paseah,
the
children
of
Besai,
the
children
of
Asnah,
the
children
of
Meunim,
the
children
of
Nephisim,
the
children
of
Bakbuk,
the
children
of
Hakupha,
the
children
of Harhur,
the
children
of
Bazluth,
the
children
of
Mehida,
the
children
of
Harsha,
the
children
of
Barkos,
the
children
of
Sisera,
the
children
of
Temah,
the
children
of
Neziah,
the
children
of
Hatipha.
The
children
of
Solomon’s
servants:
the
children
of
Sotai,
the
children
of
Hassophereth,
the
children
of
Peruda,
the
children
of
Jaalah,
the
children
of
Darkon,
the
children
of
Giddel,
the
children
of
Shephatiah,
the
children
of
Hattil,
the
children
of Pochereth Hazzebaim,
the
children
of Ami.
All
the
temple
servants,
and
the
children
of
Solomon’s
servants,
were
three
hundred ninety-two.
These
were
those
who
went
up
from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,
Cherub,
Addan,
and
Immer;
but
they
could
not
show
their
fathers’
houses
and
their
offspring,
2:59
or, seed
whether
they
were
of
Israel:
the
children
of
Delaiah,
the
children
of
Tobiah,
the
children
of
Nekoda,
six
hundred
fifty-two.
Of
the
children
of
the
priests:
the
children
of
Habaiah,
the
children
of
Hakkoz,
and
the
children
of
Barzillai,
who
took
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Barzillai
the
Gileadite,
and
was
called
after
their
name.
These
sought
their place
among
those
who
were registered
by
genealogy,
but
they
were
not
found; therefore
they
were deemed disqualified
and
removed
from
the
priesthood.
The
governor
told
them
that
they
should
not
eat
of
the
most
holy
things
until
a
priest
stood
up
to
serve
with
Urim
and
with
Thummim.
The
whole
assembly
together
was forty-two
thousand
three
hundred
sixty,
in addition
to their
male
servants
and their
female
servants,
of
whom there
were
seven
thousand
three
hundred thirty-seven;
and
they
had
two
hundred
singing
men
and
singing women.
Their
horses were
seven
hundred thirty-six; their
mules,
two
hundred
forty-five;
their
camels,
four
hundred thirty-five; their
donkeys,
six
thousand
seven
hundred
twenty.
Some
of
the
heads
of
fathers’
households,
when
they
came
to
Yahweh’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem,
offered
willingly
for
God’s
house
to
set
it
up
in
its
place.
They
gave according
to
their
ability
into
the
treasury
of
the
work sixty-one
thousand darics
of
gold,
2:69
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
five
thousand
minas
2:69
A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 5,000 minas is about 3 metric tons.
of
silver,
and
one
hundred
priests’
garments.
So
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
with
some
of
the
people,
the
singers,
the
gatekeepers,
and
the
temple
servants,
lived
in
their
cities,
and
all
Israel
in
their
cities.
When
the
seventh
month
had
come,
and
the
children
of
Israel
were
in
the
cities,
the
people
gathered
themselves
together
as
one
man
to
Jerusalem.
Then
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak
stood
up
with
his
brothers
the
priests
and
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel
and
his
relatives,
and
built
the
altar
of
the
God
of
Israel,
to
offer
burnt
offerings
on
it,
as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses
the
man
of
God.
In
spite
of
their
fear
because
of
the
peoples
of
the surrounding
lands,
they
set
the
altar
on
its base;
and
they
offered
burnt
offerings
on
it
to
Yahweh,
even
burnt
offerings
morning
and
evening.
They
kept
the
feast
of
booths,
as
it
is
written,
and offered
the
daily
burnt
offerings
by
number,
according
to
the
ordinance,
as
the
duty
of
every
day
required;
and
afterward
the
continual
burnt
offering,
the
offerings
of
the
new
moons,
of
all
the
set
feasts
of
Yahweh
that were
consecrated,
and
of
everyone
who
willingly
offered
a free
will
offering
to
Yahweh.
From
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month,
they
began
to
offer
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh;
but
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
temple
was
not
yet
laid.
They
also
gave
money
to
the
masons
and
to
the
carpenters.
They
also
gave
food,
drink,
and
oil
to
the people
of Sidon
and
Tyre
to
bring
cedar
trees
from
Lebanon
to
the
sea,
to
Joppa,
according
to
the
grant
that
they
had
from
Cyrus
King
of
Persia.
Now
in
the
second
year
of
their
coming
to
God’s
house
at
Jerusalem,
in
the
second
month,
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
the
rest
of
their
brothers
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
all
those
who
had
come
out
of
the
captivity
to
Jerusalem,
began
the
work
and
appointed
the
Levites,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward,
to
have
the oversight
of
the
work
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Then
Jeshua
stood
with
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
Kadmiel
and
his
sons,
the
sons
of
Judah,
together
to
have
the oversight
of
the
workmen
in
God’s
house:
the
sons
of
Henadad,
with
their
sons
and
their
brothers
the
Levites.
When
the
builders
laid
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
temple,
they
set
the
priests
in
their vestments
with
trumpets,
with
the
Levites
the
sons
of
Asaph
with
cymbals,
to
praise
Yahweh,
according
to
the
directions
of
David
king
of
Israel.
They
sang
to
one another
in
praising
and
giving
thanks
to
Yahweh, “For
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever
toward
Israel.”
All
the
people
shouted
with
a
great
shout,
when
they
praised
Yahweh,
because
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
house
had
been
laid.
But
many
of
the
priests
and
Levites
and
heads
of
fathers’
households,
the
old
men
who
had
seen
the
first
house,
when
the
foundation
of
this
house
was
laid
before
their
eyes,
wept
with
a
loud
voice.
Many
also
shouted
aloud
for
joy,
so
that
the
people
could
not
discern
the
noise
of
the
shout
of
joy
from
the
noise
of
the
weeping
of
the
people;
for
the
people
shouted
with
a
loud
shout,
and
the
noise
was
heard
far
away.
Now
when
the adversaries
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
heard
that
the
children
of
the captivity
were
building
a
temple
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
they
came
near
to
Zerubbabel,
and
to
the
heads
of
fathers’
households,
and
said
to
them, “Let
us
build
with
you,
for
we
seek
your
God
as
you do;
and
we
have
been
sacrificing
to
him
since
the
days
of Esar Haddon
king
of
Assyria,
who
brought
us
up
here.”
But
Zerubbabel,
Jeshua,
and
the
rest
of
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
Israel
said
to
them, “You
have
nothing
to
do
with
us
in
building
a
house
to
our
God;
but
we
ourselves
together
will
build
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
as
King
Cyrus
the
king
of
Persia
has
commanded
us.”
Then
the
people
of
the
land weakened
the
hands
of
the
people
of
Judah,
and troubled
them
in
building.
They
hired
counselors
against
them
to frustrate
their
purpose
all
the
days
of
Cyrus
king
of
Persia,
even
until
the
reign
of
Darius
king
of
Persia.
In
the
reign
of
Ahasuerus,
in
the
beginning
of
his
reign,
they
wrote
an
accusation
against
the
inhabitants
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
In
the
days
of
Artaxerxes,
Bishlam,
Mithredath,
Tabeel,
and
the
rest
of
his companions
wrote
to
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia;
and
the
writing
of
the
letter
was
written
in Syrian
and delivered
in
the Syrian language.
Rehum
the chancellor
and
Shimshai
the
scribe
wrote
a
letter
against
Jerusalem
to
Artaxerxes
the
king as
follows.
Then
Rehum
the chancellor,
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and
the
rest
of their companions,
the Dinaites,
and
the Apharsathchites,
the Tarpelites,
the Apharsites,
the Archevites,
the
Babylonians,
the Shushanchites,
the Dehaites,
the
Elamites,
and
the
rest
of
the
nations
whom
the
great
and noble
Osnappar brought over
and
settled
in
the
city
of
Samaria,
and
in
the
rest
of
the country
beyond
the
River,
and
so forth, wrote.
This
is
the
copy
of
the
letter
that
they
sent:
To
King
Artaxerxes,
from
your
servants,
the people
beyond
the
River.
Be
it
known
to
the
king
that
the
Jews
who
came
up
from
you
have
come
to us
to
Jerusalem.
They
are
building
the rebellious
and bad
city,
and
have
finished
the
walls
and repaired
the
foundations.
Be
it
known
now
to
the
king
that
if
this
city
is
built
and
the
walls
finished,
they
will
not
pay
tribute,
custom,
or
toll,
and
in
the end
it
will
be hurtful
to
the
kings.
Now
because
we eat
the
salt
of
the
palace
and
it
is
not
appropriate
for us
to
see
the
king’s
dishonor,
therefore
we
have
sent
and
informed
the
king,
that
search may
be
made
in
the
book
of
the records
of
your
fathers.
You
will see
in
the
book
of
the records,
and
know
that
this
city
is
a rebellious
city,
and hurtful
to
kings
and
provinces,
and
that
they
have started rebellions
within
it
in
the
past.
That
is why
this
city
was destroyed.
We
inform
the
king
that
if
this
city
is
built
and
the
walls
finished,
then
you
will
have
no
possession
beyond
the
River.
Then
the
king
sent
an
answer
to
Rehum
the chancellor,
and
to
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and
to
the
rest
of their companions
who
live
in
Samaria,
and
in
the
rest
of
the country
beyond
the
River:
Peace.
The letter
which
you
sent
to us
has been plainly
read
before
me.
I decreed,
and
search
has been
made,
and
it
was
found
that
this
city
has
made insurrection
against
kings
in
the
past,
and
that
rebellion
and
revolts
have been
made
in
it.
There
have also been
mighty
kings
over
Jerusalem who
have
ruled
over
all
the country
beyond
the
River;
and
tribute,
custom,
and
toll
was
paid
to them.
Make
a
decree
now
to cause
these
men
to
cease,
and
that
this
city
not
be
built
until
a
decree
is
made
by me.
Be careful
that
you not
be slack
doing so.
Why
should
damage grow
to
the hurt
of
the
kings?
Then
when
the
copy
of
King Artaxerxes’ letter
was
read
before
Rehum,
Shimshai
the
scribe,
and their companions,
they
went
in
haste
to
Jerusalem
to
the
Jews,
and
made
them
to
cease
by
force
of
arms.
Then
work
stopped
on God’s
house
which
is
at
Jerusalem. It
stopped
until
the
second
year
of
the
reign
of
Darius
king
of
Persia.
Now
the prophets,
Haggai
the prophet
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Iddo,
prophesied
to
the
Jews
who
were
in
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
They
prophesied
to them
in
the
name
of
the
God
of
Israel.
Then
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua
the
son
of Jozadak rose up
and
began
to build God’s
house
which
is
at
Jerusalem;
and
with them
were
the
prophets
of
God, helping them.
At
the same
time
Tattenai,
the
governor
beyond
the
River,
came
to
them,
with Shetharbozenai
and their companions,
and
asked
them, “Who
gave
you
a
decree
to build
this
house
and
to
finish
this wall?”
They
also
asked
for
the
names
of
the
men
were
who
were making
this
building.
But
the eye
of their
God
was
on
the
elders
of
the
Jews,
and
they didn’t make
them
cease
until
the matter should come
to
Darius,
and an answer should
be
returned by letter
concerning
it.
The
copy
of
the
letter
that
Tattenai,
the
governor
beyond
the
River,
and Shetharbozenai,
and
his companions
the Apharsachites
who
were
beyond
the
River,
sent
to
Darius
the
king follows.
They
sent
a letter
to him,
in which
was
written:
To
Darius
the
king,
all
peace.
Be it
known
to
the
king
that
we
went into
the
province
of
Judah,
to
the
house
of
the
great
God,
which
is being
built
with
great
stones
and
timber
is
laid
in
the
walls.
This
work goes on
with
diligence
and prospers
in their
hands.
Then
we
asked
those
elders,
and
said
to
them
thus, “Who
gave you
a
decree
to build
this
house,
and
to
finish
this wall?”
We
asked them their
names
also,
to
inform
you
that
we might
write
the
names
of
the
men
who
were at their
head.
Thus
they
returned
us
answer,
saying, “We
are
the
servants
of
the
God
of
heaven
and
earth
and
are
building
the
house
that
was
built
these
many
years
ago,
which
a
great
king
of
Israel
built
and
finished.
But
after our
fathers
had
provoked
the
God
of
heaven
to
wrath,
he
gave
them into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
the Chaldean,
who destroyed
this
house
and carried
the
people away into
Babylon.
But
in
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
king
of
Babylon,
Cyrus
the
king
made
a
decree
to build
this
house
of
God.
The
gold
and
silver
vessels
of God’s
house,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took out
of
the
temple
that
was
in
Jerusalem
and
brought into
the
temple
of
Babylon,
those
Cyrus
the
king
also
took out
of
the
temple
of
Babylon,
and
they
were delivered
to one
whose
name
was
Sheshbazzar,
whom
he
had
made
governor.
He
said
to him, ‘Take
these
vessels,
go,
put
them
in
the
temple
that
is
in
Jerusalem,
and let God’s
house
be
built
in its
place.’
Then
the same
Sheshbazzar
came
and
laid
the
foundations
of God’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
Since
that
time
even
until
now it
has been being
built,
and yet it
is
not
completed.
Now therefore,
if
it seems good
to
the
king,
let
a
search
be
made
in
the
king’s
treasure
house,
which
is
there
at
Babylon,
whether
it
is
so
that
a
decree
was
made
by
Cyrus
the
king
to build
this
house
of
God
at
Jerusalem;
and
let
the
king
send
his pleasure
to us
concerning
this matter.”
Then
Darius
the
king
made
a
decree,
and
the
house
of
the
archives,
where
the
treasures
were
laid up
in
Babylon,
was searched.
A
scroll
was
found at Achmetha,
in
the palace
that
is
in
the
province
of
Media,
and
in it this
was
written
for
a record:
In
the
first
year
of
Cyrus
the
king,
Cyrus
the
king
made
a
decree:
Concerning God’s
house
at
Jerusalem, let
the
house
be
built,
the
place
where
they offer
sacrifices,
and let its
foundations
be strongly
laid,
with its
height
sixty
cubits
6:3
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and its
width
sixty
cubits;
with
three courses
of great
stones
and a course
of new
timber. Let
the expenses
be
given out
of
the
king’s
house.
Also
let
the
gold
and
silver
vessels
of God’s
house,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
took out
of
the
temple
which
is
at
Jerusalem
and
brought
to
Babylon,
be
restored
and
brought again
to
the
temple
which
is
at
Jerusalem, everything
to
its
place.
You shall
put them
in God’s
house.
Now therefore,
Tattenai,
governor
beyond
the
River, Shetharbozenai,
and your companions
the Apharsachites,
who
are
beyond
the
River,
you must stay
far
from
there.
Leave
the
work
of
this
house
of
God
alone; let
the
governor
of
the
Jews
and
the
elders
of
the
Jews build
this
house
of
God
in its
place.
Moreover
I
make
a
decree regarding
what
you shall
do
for
these
elders
of
the
Jews
for
the
building
of
this
house
of
God:
that
of
the
king’s
goods,
even
of
the
tribute
beyond
the
River, expenses must
be
given
with
all
diligence
to
these
men,
that
they
not
be hindered.
That
which
they
have
need
of, including
young
bulls,
rams,
and
lambs,
for
burnt offerings
to
the
God
of
heaven; also wheat,
salt,
wine,
and
oil, according
to
the word
of
the
priests
who
are
at
Jerusalem, let it
be
given them
day
by
day
without
fail,
that
they
may
offer
sacrifices
of pleasant aroma
to
the
God
of
heaven,
and
pray
for
the
life
of
the
king
and
of
his
sons.
I have also
made
a
decree
that whoever alters
this message, let
a beam be pulled
out
from
his
house,
and let
him be lifted up
and fastened
on
it;
and let
his
house be
made
a dunghill
for
this.
May
the
God
who
has caused
his
name
to
dwell
there
overthrow
all
kings
and
peoples
who stretch
out
their
hand
to alter
this,
to
destroy
this
house
of
God
which
is
at
Jerusalem.
I
Darius
have
made
a
decree. Let it
be
done
with
all
diligence.
Then
Tattenai,
the
governor
beyond
the
River, Shetharbozenai,
and their companions did
accordingly
with
all
diligence,
because
Darius
the
king
had
sent
a decree.
The
elders
of
the
Jews
built
and
prospered, through
the
prophesying
of
Haggai
the
prophet
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Iddo. They
built
and
finished it,
according
to
the commandment
of
the
God
of
Israel,
and
according
to
the
decree
of
Cyrus,
Darius,
and
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia.
This
house
was finished
on
the
third
day
of
the
month
Adar,
which
was
in
the
sixth
year
of
the
reign
of
Darius
the
king.
The
children
of
Israel,
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
the
rest
of
the
children
of
the captivity, kept
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
God
with
joy.
They
offered
at
the
dedication
of
this
house
of
God
one
hundred
bulls, two
hundred
rams,
four
hundred
lambs;
and
for a
sin
offering
for
all
Israel,
twelve
male
goats, according
to
the
number
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
They
set
the
priests
in their
divisions
and
the
Levites
in their courses,
for
the
service
of
God
which
is
at
Jerusalem,
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Moses.
The
children
of
the captivity
kept
the
Passover
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
first
month.
Because
the
priests
and
the
Levites
had
purified
themselves
together,
all
of
them
were
pure.
They
killed
the
Passover
for
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
for
their
brothers
the
priests,
and
for
themselves.
The
children
of
Israel
who
had
returned
out
of
the captivity,
and
all
who
had
separated themselves
to
them
from
the filthiness
of
the
nations
of
the
land
to
seek
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
ate,
and
kept
the
feast
of
unleavened
bread
seven
days
with
joy;
because
Yahweh
had
made
them
joyful,
and
had
turned
the
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria
to
them,
to
strengthen
their
hands
in
the
work
of
God,
the
God
of
Israel’s
house.
Now
after
these
things,
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia,
Ezra
the
son
of
Seraiah,
the
son
of
Azariah,
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
the
son
of
Shallum,
the
son
of
Zadok,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
the
son
of
Amariah,
the
son
of
Azariah,
the
son
of
Meraioth,
the
son
of
Zerahiah,
the
son
of
Uzzi,
the
son
of
Bukki,
the
son
of
Abishua,
the
son
of
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
the
son
of
Aaron
the
chief
priest—
this
Ezra
went
up
from
Babylon.
He
was
a
skilled
scribe
in
the
law
of
Moses,
which
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
had
given;
and
the
king
granted
him
all
his
request,
according
to
Yahweh
his
God’s
hand
on
him.
Some
of
the
children
of
Israel,
including
some
of
the
priests,
the
Levites,
the
singers,
the
gatekeepers,
and
the
temple
servants
went
up
to
Jerusalem
in
the
seventh
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king.
He
came
to
Jerusalem
in
the
fifth
month,
which
was
in
the
seventh
year
of
the
king.
For
on
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
on
him.
For
Ezra
had
set
his
heart
to
seek
Yahweh’s
law,
and
to
do
it,
and
to
teach
statutes
and
ordinances
in
Israel.
Now
this
is
the
copy
of
the
letter
that
King
Artaxerxes
gave
to
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe,
even
the
scribe
of
the
words
of
Yahweh’s
commandments,
and
of
his
statutes
to
Israel:
Artaxerxes,
king
of
kings,
To
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
perfect
God
of
heaven.
Now
I
make
a
decree
that
all
those
of
the
people
of
Israel
and
their
priests
and
the
Levites
in
my
realm,
who intend
of
their own free
will
to go
to
Jerusalem, go
with
you.
Because
you
are
sent
by
the
king
and
his
seven counselors
to
inquire
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
according
to
the
law
of
your
God
which
is
in
your
hand,
and
to carry
the
silver
and
gold,
which
the
king
and
his counselors
have
freely
offered
to
the
God
of
Israel,
whose habitation
is
in
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
silver
and
gold
that
you
will
find
in
all
the
province
of
Babylon,
with
the free
will
offering
of
the
people
and
of
the
priests,
offering
willingly
for
the
house
of
their
God
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
Therefore
you shall
with
all
diligence
buy
with
this
money
bulls,
rams,
and
lambs
with
their meal
offerings
and
their
drink
offerings,
and shall
offer
them
on
the
altar
of
the
house
of
your
God
which
is
in
Jerusalem.
Whatever seems
good
to
you
and
to
your
brothers
to
do
with
the
rest
of
the
silver
and
the
gold,
do
that
according
to
the
will
of
your
God.
The
vessels
that
are
given
to
you
for
the
service
of
the
house
of
your
God,
deliver
before
the
God
of
Jerusalem.
Whatever
more
will
be needed
for
the
house
of your
God,
which
you may
have
occasion
to
give,
give it out
of
the
king’s
treasure
house.
I,
even
I,
Artaxerxes
the
king,
make
a
decree
to
all
the
treasurers
who
are
beyond
the
River,
that
whatever
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe
of
the
law
of
the
God
of
heaven, requires
of
you, it shall
be
done
with
all
diligence,
up
to one
hundred
talents
7:22
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
of
silver,
and
to one
hundred
cors
7:22
1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels.
of wheat,
and
to one
hundred
baths
7:22
1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 100 baths would be about 2,100 liters.
of
wine,
and
to one
hundred
baths
of
oil,
and
salt
without prescribing how much.
Whatever
is commanded
by
the
God
of
heaven, let
it
be
done exactly
for
the
house
of
the
God
of
heaven;
for
why
should
there
be
wrath
against
the
realm
of
the
king
and
his
sons?
Also
we
inform
you
that
it shall
not
be lawful
to
impose
tribute,
custom,
or
toll
on
any
of
the
priests,
Levites,
singers, gatekeepers,
temple
servants,
or laborers
of
this
house
of
God.
You,
Ezra, according
to
the
wisdom
of
your
God
that
is
in
your
hand,
appoint
magistrates
and
judges
who may judge
all
the
people
who
are
beyond
the
River,
who
all
know
the
laws
of
your
God;
and
teach him
who doesn’t
know them.
Whoever
will
not
do
the
law
of your
God
and
the
law
of
the
king, let
judgment
be
executed on
him
with
all
diligence,
whether
it
is
to
death,
or
to
banishment,
or
to
confiscation
of
goods,
or
to
imprisonment.
Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
our
fathers,
who
has
put
such
a
thing
as
this
in
the
king’s
heart,
to
beautify
Yahweh’s
house
which
is
in
Jerusalem;
and
has
extended loving
kindness
to
me
before
the
king
and
his
counselors,
and
before
all
the
king’s
mighty
princes.
I
was
strengthened
according
to
Yahweh
my
God’s
hand
on
me,
and
I
gathered
together
chief
men
out
of
Israel
to
go
up
with
me.
Now
these
are
the
heads
of
their
fathers’
households,
and
this
is
the
genealogy
of
those
who
went
up
with
me
from
Babylon,
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
the
king:
Of
the
sons
of
Phinehas,
Gershom.
Of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
Daniel.
Of
the
sons
of
David,
Hattush.
Of
the
sons
of
Shecaniah,
of
the
sons
of
Parosh,
Zechariah;
and
with
him
were
listed
by
genealogy
of
the
males
one
hundred
fifty.
Of
the
sons
of Pahathmoab,
Eliehoenai
the
son
of
Zerahiah;
and
with
him
two
hundred
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Shecaniah,
the
son
of
Jahaziel;
and
with
him
three
hundred
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Adin,
Ebed
the
son
of
Jonathan;
and
with
him
fifty
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Elam,
Jeshaiah
the
son
of
Athaliah;
and
with
him
seventy
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Shephatiah,
Zebadiah
the
son
of
Michael;
and
with
him
eighty
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Joab,
Obadiah
the
son
of
Jehiel;
and
with
him
two
hundred
eighteen
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Shelomith,
the
son
of
Josiphiah;
and
with
him
one
hundred
sixty
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Bebai,
Zechariah
the
son
of
Bebai;
and
with
him
twenty-eight
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Azgad,
Johanan
the
son
of
Hakkatan;
and
with
him
one
hundred
ten
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Adonikam,
who
were
the
last,
their
names
are:
Eliphelet,
Jeuel,
and
Shemaiah;
and
with
them
sixty
males.
Of
the
sons
of
Bigvai,
Uthai
and
Zabbud;
and
with
them
seventy
males.
I
gathered
them
together
to
the
river
that
runs
to
Ahava;
and
there
we
encamped
three
days.
Then
I
looked around
at
the
people
and
the
priests,
and
found
there
were
none
of
the
sons
of
Levi.
Then
I
sent
for
Eliezer,
for
Ariel,
for
Shemaiah,
for
Elnathan,
for
Jarib,
for
Elnathan,
for
Nathan,
for
Zechariah,
and
for
Meshullam,
chief
men; also
for
Joiarib
and
for
Elnathan,
who
were
teachers.
I
sent
them
out
to
Iddo
the
chief
at
the
place
Casiphia;
and
I
told
them
what
they
should
tell
Iddo
and
his
brothers
the
temple
servants
at
the
place
Casiphia,
that
they
should
bring
to
us
ministers
for
the
house
of
our
God.
According
to
the
good
hand
of
our
God
on
us
they
brought
us
a
man
of
discretion,
of
the
sons
of
Mahli,
the
son
of
Levi,
the
son
of
Israel, namely
Sherebiah,
with
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
eighteen;
and
Hashabiah,
and
with
him
Jeshaiah
of
the
sons
of
Merari,
his
brothers
and
their
sons,
twenty;
and
of
the
temple
servants, whom
David
and
the
princes
had
given
for
the
service
of
the
Levites,
two
hundred
twenty
temple
servants.
All
of
them
were mentioned
by
name.
Then
I
proclaimed
a
fast
there
at
the
river
Ahava,
that
we might humble
ourselves
before
our
God,
to
seek
from
him
a
straight
way
for
us,
for
our
little
ones,
and
for
all
our
possessions.
For
I
was
ashamed
to
ask
of
the
king
a band
of
soldiers
and
horsemen
to
help
us
against
the
enemy
on
the
way,
because
we
had
spoken
to
the
king,
saying, “The
hand
of
our
God
is
on
all
those
who
seek
him,
for
good;
but
his
power
and
his
wrath
is
against
all
those
who
forsake
him.”
So we
fasted
and begged
our
God
for
this,
and
he granted
our
request.
Then
I
set
apart
twelve
of
the
chiefs
of
the
priests, even
Sherebiah,
Hashabiah,
and
ten
of
their
brothers
with
them,
and
weighed
to
them
the
silver,
the
gold,
and
the
vessels,
even
the
offering
for
the
house
of
our
God,
which
the
king,
his
counselors,
his
princes,
and
all
Israel
there
present,
had
offered.
I
weighed
into
their
hand
six
hundred
fifty
talents
of
silver,
8:26
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
one
hundred
talents
of
silver
vessels,
one
hundred
talents
of
gold,
twenty
bowls
of
gold weighing
one
thousand
darics,
8:27
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
and
two
vessels
of fine bright
bronze,
precious
as
gold.
I
said
to
them, “You
are
holy
to
Yahweh,
and
the
vessels
are
holy.
The
silver
and
the
gold
are
a free
will
offering
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers.
Watch
and
keep
them
until
you
weigh
them
before
the
chiefs
of
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
the
princes
of
the
fathers’
households
of
Israel
at
Jerusalem,
in
the
rooms
of
Yahweh’s
house.”
So
the
priests
and
the
Levites
received
the
weight
of
the
silver,
the
gold,
and
the
vessels,
to
bring
them
to
Jerusalem
to
the
house
of
our
God.
Then we
departed
from
the
river
Ahava
on
the twelfth
day
of
the
first
month,
to
go
to
Jerusalem.
The
hand
of
our
God
was
on
us,
and
he
delivered
us
from
the
hand
of
the
enemy
and
the
bandits
by
the
way.
We
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
stayed
there
three
days.
On
the
fourth
day
the
silver
and
the
gold
and
the
vessels
were
weighed
in
the
house
of
our
God
into
the
hand
of
Meremoth
the
son
of
Uriah
the
priest;
and
with
him
was
Eleazar
the
son
of
Phinehas;
and
with
them
were
Jozabad
the
son
of
Jeshua,
and
Noadiah
the
son
of
Binnui,
the
Levites.
Everything
was
counted
and
weighed;
and
all
the
weight
was
written
at
that
time.
The
children
of
the
captivity,
who
had
come
out
of
exile,
offered
burnt
offerings
to
the
God
of
Israel:
twelve
bulls
for
all
Israel,
ninety-six
rams,
seventy-seven
lambs,
and
twelve
male
goats
for
a
sin
offering.
All
this
was
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
They
delivered
the
king’s
commissions
to
the
king’s local
governors
and
to
the
governors
beyond
the
River.
So
they
supported
the
people
and
God’s
house.
Now
when
these
things
were done,
the
princes
came
near
to
me,
saying, “The
people
of
Israel,
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
have
not
separated
themselves
from
the
peoples
of
the
lands, following
their
abominations,
even
those
of
the
Canaanites,
the
Hittites,
the
Perizzites,
the
Jebusites,
the
Ammonites,
the
Moabites,
the
Egyptians,
and
the
Amorites.
For
they
have
taken
of
their
daughters
for
themselves
and
for
their
sons,
so
that
the
holy
offspring
have mixed
themselves
with
the
peoples
of
the
lands.
Yes,
the
hand
of
the
princes
and
rulers
has
been
chief
in
this
trespass.”
When
I
heard
this
thing,
I
tore
my
garment
and
my
robe,
and
pulled
the
hair
out
of
my
head
and
of
my
beard,
and
sat
down confounded.
Then
everyone
who trembled
at
the
words
of
the
God
of
Israel
were
assembled
to
me
because
of
the
trespass
of
the
exiles;
and
I
sat confounded
until
the
evening
offering.
At
the
evening
offering
I
rose
up
from
my
humiliation,
even
with
my
garment
and
my
robe
torn;
and
I
fell
on
my
knees,
and
spread
out
my
hands
to
Yahweh
my
God;
and
I
said, “My
God,
I
am
ashamed
and
blush
to
lift
up
my
face
to
you,
my
God,
for
our
iniquities
have
increased
over
our
head,
and
our guiltiness
has
grown
up
to
the
heavens.
Since
the
days
of
our
fathers
we
have
been
exceedingly
guilty
to
this
day;
and
for
our
iniquities
we,
our
kings,
and
our
priests
have
been
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
kings
of
the
lands,
to
the
sword,
to
captivity,
to
plunder,
and
to confusion
of
face,
as
it
is
this
day.
Now
for
a
little
moment
grace
has
been shown
from
Yahweh
our
God,
to
leave
us
a
remnant
to
escape,
and
to
give
us
a stake
in
his
holy
place,
that
our
God
may lighten
our
eyes,
and
revive
us
a
little
in
our
bondage.
For
we
are bondservants;
yet
our
God
has
not forsaken
us
in
our
bondage,
but
has
extended loving
kindness
to
us
in
the
sight
of
the
kings
of
Persia,
to revive
us,
to
set
up
the
house
of
our
God,
and
to repair
its
ruins,
and
to
give
us
a
wall
in
Judah
and
in
Jerusalem.
“Now,
our
God,
what
shall
we
say
after
this?
For
we
have forsaken
your
commandments,
which
you
have
commanded
by
your
servants
the
prophets,
saying, ‘The
land
to
which
you
go
to
possess
is
an
unclean
land
through
the
uncleanness
of
the
peoples
of
the
lands,
through
their
abominations,
which
have
filled
it
from
one
end
to
another
with
their filthiness.
Now
therefore
don’t
give
your
daughters
to
their
sons.
Don’t
take
their
daughters
to
your
sons,
nor
seek
their
peace
or
their
prosperity
forever,
that
you
may
be
strong
and
eat
the
good
of
the
land,
and
leave
it
for
an
inheritance
to
your
children
forever.’
“After
all
that
has
come
on
us
for
our
evil
deeds
and
for
our
great
guilt,
since
you,
our
God,
have punished
us
less
than
our
iniquities deserve,
and
have
given
us
such
a
remnant,
shall
we
again
break
your
commandments,
and join ourselves
with
the
peoples
that
do
these
abominations? Wouldn’t
you
be
angry
with
us
until
you
had
consumed
us,
so
that
there
would
be
no
remnant,
nor
any
to
escape?
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
you
are
righteous;
for
we
are
left
a
remnant
that
has
escaped,
as
it
is
today.
Behold,
9:15
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
we
are
before
you
in
our guiltiness;
for
no
one
can
stand
before
you
because
of
this.”
Now
while
Ezra
prayed
and
made
confession,
weeping
and casting
himself
down
before
God’s
house, there
was
gathered
together
to
him
out
of
Israel
a
very
great
assembly
of
men
and
women
and
children;
for
the
people
wept
very
bitterly.
Shecaniah
the
son
of
Jehiel,
one
of
the
sons
of
Elam,
answered
Ezra, “We
have trespassed
against
our
God,
and
have
married
foreign
women
of
the
peoples
of
the
land.
Yet
now
there
is hope
for
Israel
concerning
this
thing.
Now
therefore let’s
make
a
covenant
with
our
God
to
put
away
all
the
wives
and
those
who
are
born
of
them, according
to
the
counsel
of
my
lord
and
of
those
who tremble
at
the
commandment
of
our
God.
Let
it
be
done according
to
the
law.
Arise,
for
the
matter belongs
to
you
and
we
are
with
you.
Be
courageous,
and
do
it.”
Then
Ezra
arose,
and
made
the
chiefs
of
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
all
Israel
to
swear
that
they
would
do according
to
this
word.
So
they
swore.
Then
Ezra
rose
up
from
before
God’s
house,
and
went
into
the
room
of
Jehohanan
the
son
of
Eliashib.
When
he
came
there,
he
didn’t
eat
bread
or
drank
water,
for
he
mourned
because
of
the
trespass
of
the
exiles.
They
made
a
proclamation
throughout
Judah
and
Jerusalem
to
all
the
children
of
the captivity,
that
they should
gather
themselves
together
to
Jerusalem;
and
that
whoever
didn’t
come
within
three
days, according
to
the
counsel
of
the
princes
and
the
elders,
all
his
possessions
should
be forfeited,
and
he
himself
separated
from
the
assembly
of
the captivity.
Then
all
the
men
of
Judah
and
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
to
Jerusalem
within
the
three
days.
It
was
the
ninth
month,
on
the
twentieth
day
of
the
month;
and
all
the
people
sat
in
the wide
place
in front
of
God’s
house,
trembling
because
of
this
matter,
and
because
of
the
great
rain.
Ezra
the
priest
stood
up
and
said
to
them, “You
have trespassed,
and
have
married
foreign
women,
increasing
the
guilt
of
Israel.
Now
therefore
make
confession
to
Yahweh,
the
God
of
your
fathers
and
do
his
pleasure.
Separate
yourselves
from
the
peoples
of
the
land
and
from
the
foreign
women.”
Then
all
the
assembly
answered
with
a
loud
voice, “We must
do
as
you
have
said
concerning
us.
But
the
people
are
many,
and
it
is
a
time
of
much
rain,
and
we
are
not able
to
stand
outside.
This
is
not
a
work
of
one
day
or
two,
for
we
have
greatly
transgressed
in
this
matter.
Now
let
our
princes
be
appointed
for
all
the
assembly,
and
let
all
those
who
are
in
our
cities
who
have
married
foreign
women
come
at
appointed
times,
and
with
them
the
elders
of
every
city
and
its
judges,
until
the
fierce
wrath
of
our
God
is
turned
from
us,
until
this
matter
is resolved.”
Only
Jonathan
the
son
of
Asahel
and
Jahzeiah
the
son
of
Tikvah
stood
up
against
this;
and
Meshullam
and
Shabbethai
the
Levite
helped
them.
The
children
of
the captivity
did
so.
Ezra
the
priest,
with
certain
heads
of
fathers’
households,
after
their
fathers’
houses,
and
all
of
them
by
their
names,
were
set
apart;
and
they
sat
down
in
the
first
day
of
the
tenth
month
to examine
the
matter.
They
finished
with
all
the
men
who
had
married
foreign
women
by
the
first
day
of
the
first
month.
Among
the
sons
of
the
priests
there
were
found
who
had
married
foreign
women:
of
the
sons
of
Jeshua,
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
his
brothers:
Maaseiah,
Eliezer,
Jarib,
and
Gedaliah.
They
gave
their
hand
that
they would
put
away
their
wives;
and being
guilty,
they
offered
a
ram
of
the
flock
for
their
guilt.
Of
the
sons
of
Immer:
Hanani
and
Zebadiah.
Of
the
sons
of
Harim:
Maaseiah,
Elijah,
Shemaiah,
Jehiel,
and
Uzziah.
Of
the
sons
of
Pashhur:
Elioenai,
Maaseiah,
Ishmael,
Nethanel,
Jozabad,
and
Elasah.
Of
the
Levites:
Jozabad,
Shimei,
Kelaiah (also called
Kelita),
Pethahiah,
Judah,
and
Eliezer.
Of
the
singers:
Eliashib.
Of
the
gatekeepers:
Shallum,
Telem,
and
Uri.
Of
Israel:
Of
the
sons
of
Parosh:
Ramiah,
Izziah,
Malchijah,
Mijamin,
Eleazar,
Malchijah,
and
Benaiah.
Of
the
sons
of
Elam:
Mattaniah,
Zechariah,
Jehiel,
Abdi,
Jeremoth,
and
Elijah.
Of
the
sons
of
Zattu:
Elioenai,
Eliashib,
Mattaniah,
Jeremoth,
Zabad,
and
Aziza.
Of
the
sons
of
Bebai:
Jehohanan,
Hananiah,
Zabbai,
and Athlai.
Of
the
sons
of
Bani:
Meshullam,
Malluch,
Adaiah,
Jashub,
Sheal,
and
Jeremoth.
Of
the
sons
of Pahathmoab:
Adna,
Chelal,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattaniah,
Bezalel,
Binnui,
and
Manasseh.
Of
the
sons
of
Harim:
Eliezer,
Isshijah,
Malchijah,
Shemaiah,
Shimeon,
Benjamin,
Malluch,
and
Shemariah.
Of
the
sons
of
Hashum:
Mattenai,
Mattattah,
Zabad,
Eliphelet,
Jeremai,
Manasseh,
and
Shimei.
Of
the
sons
of
Bani:
Maadai,
Amram,
Uel,
Benaiah,
Bedeiah,
Cheluhi,
Vaniah,
Meremoth,
Eliashib,
Mattaniah,
Mattenai,
Jaasu,
Bani,
Binnui,
Shimei,
Shelemiah,
Nathan,
Adaiah,
Machnadebai,
Shashai,
Sharai,
Azarel,
Shelemiah,
Shemariah,
Shallum,
Amariah,
and
Joseph.
Of
the
sons
of
Nebo:
Jeiel,
Mattithiah,
Zabad,
Zebina,
Iddo,
Joel,
and
Benaiah.
All
these
had
taken
foreign
wives.
Some
of
them
had
wives
by
whom
they
had
children.
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The
words
of
Nehemiah
the
son
of
Hacaliah.
Now
in
the
month
Chislev,
in
the
twentieth
year,
as
I
was
in
Susa
the palace,
Hanani,
one
of
my
brothers,
came,
he
and
certain
men
out
of
Judah;
and
I
asked
them
about
the
Jews
who
had
escaped,
who
were
left
of
the
captivity,
and
concerning
Jerusalem.
They
said
to
me, “The
remnant
who
are
left
of
the
captivity
there
in
the
province
are
in
great affliction
and
reproach.
The
wall
of
Jerusalem
is
also
broken
down,
and
its
gates
are
burned
with
fire.”
When
I
heard
these
words,
I
sat
down
and
wept,
and
mourned several
days;
and
I
fasted
and
prayed
before
the
God
1:4
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
of
heaven,
and
said, “I
beg
you,
Yahweh,
1:5
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
the
God
of
heaven,
the
great
and
awesome
God
who
keeps
covenant
and
loving
kindness
with those
who
love
him
and
keep
his
commandments,
let
your
ear
now
be
attentive
and
your
eyes
open,
that
you
may
listen
to
the
prayer
of
your
servant
which
I
pray
before
you
at
this
time,
day
and
night,
for
the
children
of
Israel
your
servants,
while
I
confess
the
sins
of
the
children
of
Israel
which
we
have
sinned
against
you. Yes,
I
and
my
father’s
house
have
sinned.
We
have dealt very corruptly
against
you,
and
have
not
kept
the
commandments,
nor
the
statutes,
nor
the
ordinances,
which
you
commanded
your
servant
Moses.
“Remember,
I
beg
you,
the
word
that
you
commanded
your
servant
Moses,
saying, ‘If
you trespass,
I
will
scatter
you among
the
peoples;
but
if
you
return
to
me,
and
keep
my
commandments
and
do
them,
though
your
outcasts
were
in
the uttermost part
of
the
heavens, yet
I
will
gather
them
from
there,
and
will
bring
them
to
the
place
that
I
have
chosen,
to
cause
my
name
to
dwell
there.’
“Now
these
are
your
servants
and
your
people,
whom
you
have
redeemed
by
your
great
power
and
by
your
strong
hand.
Lord,
1:11
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
I
beg
you,
let
your
ear
be
attentive
now
to
the
prayer
of
your
servant,
and
to
the
prayer
of
your
servants
who
delight
to
fear
your
name;
and
please
prosper
your
servant
today,
and
grant
him
mercy
in
the
sight
of
this
man.”
Now
I
was cup bearer
to
the
king.
In
the
month
Nisan,
in
the
twentieth
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
when
wine
was
before
him,
I
picked
up
the
wine,
and
gave
it
to
the
king.
Now
I
had
not
been sad
before
in
his
presence.
The
king
said
to
me, “Why
is
your
face
sad,
since
you
are
not
sick?
This
is
nothing else
but sorrow
of
heart.”
Then
I
was
very
much
afraid.
I
said
to
the
king, “Let
the
king
live
forever!
Why shouldn’t
my
face
be sad,
when
the
city,
the
place
of
my
fathers’
tombs,
lies waste,
and
its
gates
have
been
consumed
with
fire?”
Then
the
king
said
to
me, “What
is
your
request?”
So
I
prayed
to
the
God
of
heaven.
I
said
to
the
king, “If
it
pleases
the
king,
and
if
your
servant
has
found
favor
in
your
sight,
I
ask
that
you
would
send
me
to
Judah,
to
the
city
of
my
fathers’
tombs,
that
I
may
build
it.”
The
king
said
to
me (the
queen
was
also
sitting
by
him), “How
long
will
your
journey
be?
When
will
you
return?”
So
it
pleased
the
king
to
send
me,
and
I
set
a
time
for
him.
Moreover
I
said
to
the
king, “If
it
pleases
the
king,
let
letters
be
given
me
to
the
governors
beyond
the
River,
that
they
may
let
me
pass
through
until
I
come
to
Judah;
and
a
letter
to
Asaph
the
keeper
of
the
king’s
forest,
that
he
may
give
me
timber
to
make
beams
for
the
gates
of
the
citadel
by
the
temple,
for
the
wall
of
the
city,
and
for
the
house
that
I
will occupy.”
The
king
granted
my requests,
because
of
the
good
hand
of
my
God
on
me.
Then
I
came
to
the
governors
beyond
the
River,
and
gave
them
the
king’s
letters.
Now
the
king
had
sent
captains
of
the
army
and
horsemen
with
me.
When
Sanballat
the
Horonite
and
Tobiah
the
Ammonite
servant
heard
of
it,
it grieved
them
exceedingly,
because
a
man
had
come
to
seek
the welfare
of
the
children
of
Israel.
So
I
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
was
there
three
days.
I
arose
in
the
night,
I
and
a
few
men
with
me.
I
didn’t
tell
anyone
what
my
God
put
into
my
heart
to
do
for
Jerusalem.
There wasn’t
any
animal
with
me
except
the
animal
that
I
rode
on.
I
went
out
by
night
by
the
valley
gate
toward
the jackal’s
well,
then
to
the dung
gate;
and
I inspected
the
walls
of
Jerusalem,
which
were
broken
down,
and
its
gates
were
consumed
with
fire.
Then
I
went
on
to
the
spring
gate
and
to
the
king’s
pool,
but
there
was
no
place
for
the
animal
that
was
under
me
to
pass.
Then
I
went
up
in
the
night
by
the
brook
and inspected
the
wall;
and
I
turned
back,
and
entered
by
the
valley
gate,
and
so
returned.
The
rulers
didn’t
know
where
I
went,
or
what
I
did.
I
had
not
as
yet
told
it
to
the
Jews,
nor
to
the
priests,
nor
to
the
nobles,
nor
to
the
rulers,
nor
to
the
rest
who
did
the
work.
Then
I
said
to
them, “You
see
the
bad situation
that
we
are
in,
how
Jerusalem
lies waste,
and
its
gates
are
burned
with
fire.
Come, let’s
build
up
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
that
we
won’t
be disgraced.”
I
told
them
about
the
hand
of
my
God
which
was
good
on
me,
and
also
about
the
king’s
words
that
he
had
spoken
to
me.
They
said, “Let’s
rise
up
and
build.”
So
they
strengthened
their
hands
for
the
good
work.
But
when
Sanballat
the
Horonite,
Tobiah
the
Ammonite
servant,
and
Geshem
the Arabian,
heard
it,
they ridiculed
us
and
despised
us,
and
said, “What
is
this
thing
that
you
are
doing?
Will
you
rebel
against
the
king?”
Then
I
answered
them,
and
said
to
them, “The
God
of
heaven
will
prosper
us. Therefore
we,
his
servants,
will
arise
and
build;
but
you
have
no
portion,
nor
right,
nor
memorial
in
Jerusalem.”
Then
Eliashib
the
high
priest
rose
up
with
his
brothers
the
priests,
and
they
built
the
sheep
gate.
They
sanctified
it,
and
set
up
its
doors.
They
sanctified
it
even
to
the
tower
of Hammeah,
to
the
tower
of
Hananel.
Next
to
him
the
men
of
Jericho
built.
Next
to
them
Zaccur
the
son
of
Imri
built.
The
sons
of
Hassenaah
built
the
fish
gate.
They laid
its beams,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars.
Next
to
them,
Meremoth
the
son
of
Uriah,
the
son
of
Hakkoz
made
repairs.
Next
to
them,
Meshullam
the
son
of
Berechiah,
the
son
of
Meshezabel
made
repairs.
Next
to
them,
Zadok
the
son
of
Baana
made
repairs.
Next
to
them,
the
Tekoites
made
repairs;
but
their
nobles
didn’t
put
their
necks
to
the
Lord’s
work.
Joiada
the
son
of
Paseah
and
Meshullam
the
son
of
Besodeiah
repaired
the
old
gate.
They
laid
its beams
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars.
Next
to
them,
Melatiah
the
Gibeonite
and
Jadon
the
Meronothite,
the
men
of
Gibeon
and
of
Mizpah,
repaired
the residence
of
the
governor
beyond
the
River.
Next
to
him,
Uzziel
the
son
of Harhaiah,
goldsmiths,
made
repairs.
Next
to
him,
Hananiah,
one
of
the
perfumers,
made
repairs,
and
they
fortified
Jerusalem
even
to
the
wide
wall.
Next
to
them,
Rephaiah
the
son
of
Hur,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Jerusalem,
made
repairs.
Next
to
them,
Jedaiah
the
son
of
Harumaph
made
repairs
across
from
his
house.
Next
to
him,
Hattush
the
son
of
Hashabneiah
made
repairs.
Malchijah
the
son
of
Harim
and
Hasshub
the
son
of Pahathmoab
repaired
another portion
and
the
tower
of
the
furnaces.
Next
to
him,
Shallum
the
son
of
Hallohesh,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Jerusalem,
he
and
his
daughters
made
repairs.
Hanun
and
the
inhabitants
of
Zanoah
repaired
the
valley
gate.
They
built
it,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars,
and one
thousand
cubits
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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
of
the
wall
to
the dung
gate.
Malchijah
the
son
of
Rechab,
the
ruler
of
the
district
of Beth Haccherem,
repaired
the dung
gate.
He
built
it,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars.
Shallun
the
son
of Colhozeh,
the
ruler
of
the
district
of
Mizpah,
repaired
the
spring
gate.
He
built
it,
covered
it,
and
set
up
its
doors,
its
bolts,
and
its
bars;
and
he
repaired
the
wall
of
the
pool
of Shelah
by
the
king’s
garden,
even
to
the stairs
that
go
down
from
David’s
city.
After
him,
Nehemiah
the
son
of
Azbuk,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Beth Zur,
made
repairs
to
the
place
opposite
the
tombs
of
David,
and
to
the
pool
that
was
made,
and
to
the
house
of
the
mighty
men.
After
him,
the
Levites—Rehum
the
son
of
Bani
made
repairs.
Next
to
him,
Hashabiah,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Keilah,
made
repairs
for
his
district.
After
him,
their
brothers,
Bavvai
the
son
of
Henadad,
the
ruler
of
half
the
district
of
Keilah
made
repairs.
Next
to
him,
Ezer
the
son
of
Jeshua,
the
ruler
of
Mizpah,
repaired
another portion
across
from
the
ascent
to
the
armory
at
the turning
of
the wall.
After
him,
Baruch
the
son
of
Zabbai earnestly
repaired
another
portion,
from
the turning
of
the wall
to
the
door
of
the
house
of
Eliashib
the
high
priest.
After
him,
Meremoth
the
son
of
Uriah
the
son
of
Hakkoz
repaired
another portion,
from
the
door
of
the
house
of
Eliashib
even
to
the
end
of
the
house
of
Eliashib.
After
him,
the
priests,
the
men
of
the surrounding area
made
repairs.
After
them,
Benjamin
and
Hasshub
made
repairs across
from
their
house.
After
them,
Azariah
the
son
of
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Ananiah
made
repairs
beside
his
own
house.
After
him,
Binnui
the
son
of
Henadad
repaired
another portion,
from
the
house
of
Azariah
to
the turning
of
the wall,
and
to
the
corner.
Palal
the
son
of
Uzai
made repairs
opposite
the turning
of
the wall,
and
the
tower
that stands
out
from
the
upper
house
of
the
king,
which
is
by
the
court
of
the
guard.
After
him
Pedaiah
the
son
of
Parosh
made repairs.
(Now
the
temple
servants
lived
in
Ophel,
to
the
place
opposite
the
water
gate
toward
the
east,
and
the
tower
that stands
out.)
After
him
the
Tekoites
repaired
another portion,
opposite
the
great
tower
that
stands
out,
and
to
the
wall
of
Ophel.
Above
the
horse
gate,
the
priests
made
repairs,
everyone
across
from
his
own
house.
After
them,
Zadok
the
son
of
Immer
made
repairs across
from
his
own
house.
After
him,
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Shecaniah,
the
keeper
of
the
east
gate,
made
repairs.
After
him,
Hananiah
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
and
Hanun,
the
sixth
son
of
Zalaph,
repaired
another portion.
After
him,
Meshullam
the
son
of
Berechiah
made
repairs across
from
his
room.
After
him,
Malchijah,
one
of
the
goldsmiths
to
the
house
of
the
temple
servants,
and
of
the
merchants,
made
repairs
opposite
the
gate
of Hammiphkad
and
to
the ascent
of
the
corner.
Between
the ascent
of
the
corner
and
the
sheep
gate,
the
goldsmiths
and
the
merchants
made
repairs.
But
when
Sanballat
heard
that
we
were building
the
wall,
he
was
angry,
and
was
very indignant,
and mocked
the Jews.
He spoke before
his brothers
and
the
army
of Samaria,
and said, “What
are
these feeble Jews
doing?
Will
they fortify themselves?
Will
they sacrifice?
Will
they finish
in
a day?
Will
they revive
the stones
out
of
the heaps
of rubbish, since
they
are burned?”
Now Tobiah
the Ammonite
was
by
him,
and
he
said, “What
they
are building, if
a fox climbed
up
it,
he would break
down
their stone wall.”
“Hear,
our
God,
for
we
are despised. Turn back
their reproach
on
their own head. Give
them
up
for
a plunder
in
a land
of captivity.
Don’t cover
their iniquity.
Don’t
let
their sin
be blotted
out
from
before
you;
for
they
have insulted
the builders.”
So
we built
the wall;
and
all
the wall
was
joined
together
to half
its height,
for
the
people
had
a mind
to work.
But
when Sanballat, Tobiah,
the Arabians,
the Ammonites,
and
the Ashdodites heard
that
the repairing
of
the
walls
of Jerusalem went forward,
and
that
the breaches began
to
be filled,
they
were very angry;
and
they
all conspired
together
to
come
and
fight
against Jerusalem,
and
to cause confusion
among
us.
But
we
made
our prayer
to
our
God,
and
set
a
watch
against
them day
and night
because
of
them.
Judah said, “The
strength
of
the bearers
of burdens
is fading
and
there
is
much rubble,
so
that
we
are
not able
to build
the wall.”
Our adversaries said, “They
will not know
or see, until
we come
in among
them
and kill
them,
and cause
the
work
to cease.”
When
the Jews
who lived
by
them
came,
they said
to
us ten times
from
all places, “Wherever
you turn,
they
will attack
us.”
Therefore
I set guards
in
the lowest
parts
of
the space behind
the
wall,
in
the open
places.
I set
the
people
by family groups
with
their swords,
their spears,
and
their bows.
I looked,
and rose
up,
and
said
to
the nobles,
to
the
rulers,
and
to
the rest
of
the
people, “Don’t
be afraid
of
them! Remember
the Lord,
who
is
great
and awesome,
and
fight
for
your brothers,
your sons,
your daughters,
your wives,
and
your houses.”
When
our enemies heard
that
it
was
known
to
us,
and God
had
brought
their counsel
to nothing,
all
of
us
returned
to
the wall, everyone
to
his
work.
From
that
time forth, half
of
my
servants
did
the
work,
and half
of
them
held
the spears,
the shields,
the bows,
and
the coats
of mail;
and
the rulers
were behind
all
the house
of Judah.
Those
who built
the wall,
and
those
who bore burdens loaded
themselves;
everyone
with
one
of
his hands
did
the work,
and
with
the
other held
his
weapon.
Among the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and widely spread out, and we are separated on the wall, far from one another.
Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
So we did the work. Half of the people held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
Likewise at the same time I said to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
Then
there
arose
a
great
cry
of
the
people
and
of
their
wives
against
their
brothers
the
Jews.
For
there
were
some
who
said, “We,
our
sons
and
our
daughters,
are
many. Let
us
get
grain,
that
we
may
eat
and
live.”
There
were
also some
who
said, “We
are
mortgaging
our
fields,
our
vineyards,
and
our
houses. Let
us
get
grain,
because
of
the
famine.”
There
were
also some
who
said, “We
have borrowed
money
for
the
king’s tribute using
our
fields
and
our
vineyards
as collateral.
Yet
now
our
flesh
is
as
the
flesh
of
our
brothers,
our
children
as
their
children.
Behold,
5:5
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
we
bring
our
sons
and
our
daughters
into
bondage
to
be
servants,
and
some
of
our
daughters
have
been
brought
into
bondage.
It
is
also
not
in
our
power
to
help
it,
because
other
men
have
our
fields
and
our
vineyards.”
I
was
very
angry
when
I
heard
their
cry
and
these
words.
Then
I consulted
with
myself,
and
contended
with
the
nobles
and
the
rulers,
and
said
to
them, “You exact
usury,
everyone
of
his
brother.”
I
held
a
great
assembly
against
them.
I
said
to
them, “We,
after
our
ability,
have
redeemed
our
brothers
the
Jews
that
were
sold
to
the
nations;
and
would
you
even
sell
your
brothers,
and
should
they
be
sold
to
us?”
Then
they held
their peace,
and
found
not
a
word
to
say.
Also
I
said, “The
thing
that
you
do
is
not
good. Shouldn’t
you walk
in
the
fear
of
our
God
because
of
the
reproach
of
the
nations,
our
enemies?
I
likewise,
my
brothers
and
my
servants, lend
them
money
and
grain.
Please
let
us stop
this
usury.
Please
restore
to
them, even
today,
their
fields,
their
vineyards,
their
olive
groves,
and
their
houses,
also
the
hundredth
part
of
the
money,
and
of
the
grain,
the
new
wine,
and
the
oil,
that
you
are charging
them.”
Then
they
said, “We
will
restore
them,
and
will
require
nothing
of
them.
We
will
do
so,
even
as
you
say.”
Then
I
called
the
priests,
and
took
an
oath
of
them,
that
they
would
do according
to
this
promise.
Also
I
shook
out
my lap,
and
said, “So
may
God
shake
out
every
man
from
his
house,
and
from
his
labor,
that
doesn’t
perform
this
promise;
even
may
he
be
shaken
out
and
emptied
like
this.”
All
the
assembly
said, “Amen,”
and
praised
Yahweh.
The
people
did
according
to
this
promise.
Moreover
from
the
time
that
I
was
appointed
to
be
their
governor
in
the
land
of
Judah,
from
the
twentieth
year
even
to
the thirty-second
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
that
is,
twelve
years,
I
and
my
brothers
have
not
eaten
the
bread
of
the
governor.
But
the
former
governors
who
were
before
me
were
supported
by
the
people,
and
took
bread
and
wine
from
them, plus
forty
shekels
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
silver;
yes,
even
their
servants ruled
over
the
people,
but
I
didn’t
do
so,
because
of
the
fear
of
God.
Yes,
I
also continued
in
the
work
of
this
wall.
We
didn’t
buy
any
land.
All
my
servants
were
gathered
there
to
the
work.
Moreover
there
were
at
my
table,
of
the
Jews
and
the
rulers,
one
hundred
fifty
men,
in
addition
to
those
who
came
to
us
from
among
the
nations
that
were
around
us.
Now
that
which
was
prepared
for
one
day
was
one
ox
and
six
choice
sheep.
Also fowls
were
prepared
for
me,
and
once
in
ten
days
a store
of
all sorts
of
wine.
Yet
for
all
this,
I
didn’t
demand
the
governor’s pay,
because
the
bondage
was
heavy
on
this
people.
Remember
me,
my
God,
for
all
the
good
that
I
have
done
for
this
people.
Now
when
it
was
reported
to
Sanballat,
Tobiah,
Geshem
the Arabian,
and
to
the
rest
of
our
enemies
that
I
had
built
the
wall,
and
that
there
was
no
breach
left
in
it (though
even
to
that
time
I
had
not
set
up
the
doors
in
the
gates),
Sanballat
and
Geshem
sent
to
me,
saying, “Come! Let’s
meet
together
in
the villages
in
the
plain
of
Ono.”
But
they
intended
to
harm
me.
I
sent
messengers
to
them,
saying, “I
am
doing
a
great
work,
so
that
I
can’t
come
down.
Why
should
the
work
cease
while
I
leave
it
and
come
down
to
you?”
They
sent
to
me
four
times
like
this;
and
I
answered
them
the
same
way.
Then
Sanballat
sent
his
servant
to
me
the
same
way
the
fifth
time
with
an
open
letter
in
his
hand,
in
which
was
written, “It
is
reported
among
the
nations,
and
Gashmu
says
it,
that
you
and
the
Jews
intend
to
rebel.
Because
of
that,
you
are
building
the
wall.
You
would
be
their
king,
according
to
these
words.
You
have
also
appointed
prophets
to
proclaim
of
you
at
Jerusalem,
saying, ‘There
is
a
king
in
Judah!’
Now
it
will
be
reported
to
the
king
according
to
these
words. Come
now
therefore,
and let’s
take
counsel
together.”
Then
I
sent
to
him,
saying, “There
are
no
such
things
done
as
you
say,
but
you imagine
them
out
of
your
own
heart.”
For
they
all
would
have
made
us
afraid,
saying, “Their
hands
will
be weakened
from
the
work,
that
it
not
be
done.”
But
now,
strengthen
my
hands.
I
went
to
the
house
of
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Delaiah
the
son
of
Mehetabel,
who
was
shut
in
at
his
home;
and
he
said, “Let
us
meet
together
in
God’s
house,
within
the
temple,
and let’s
shut
the
doors
of
the
temple;
for
they
will
come
to
kill
you.
Yes,
in
the
night
they
will
come
to
kill
you.”
I
said, “Should
a
man
like
me
flee?
Who
is
there
that, being
such
as
I,
would
go
into
the
temple
to save
his life?
I
will
not
go
in.”
I discerned,
and
behold,
God
had
not
sent
him,
but
he
pronounced
this
prophecy
against
me.
Tobiah
and
Sanballat
had
hired
him.
He
was
hired
so
that
I
would
be
afraid,
do
so,
and
sin,
and
that
they
might
have material
for
an
evil
report,
that
they
might
reproach
me.
“Remember,
my
God,
Tobiah
and
Sanballat according
to
these
their
works,
and
also
the
prophetess
Noadiah
and
the
rest
of
the
prophets
that
would
have
put
me
in
fear.”
So
the
wall
was
finished
in
the twenty-fifth
day
of
Elul,
in
fifty-two
days.
When
all
our
enemies
heard
of
it,
all
the
nations
that
were
around
us
were afraid,
and
they
lost
their
confidence;
for
they
perceived
that
this
work
was
done
by
our
God.
Moreover
in
those
days
the
nobles
of
Judah sent
many
letters
to
Tobiah,
and
Tobiah’s
letters
came
to
them.
For there
were
many
in
Judah
sworn
to
him
because
he
was
the
son-in-law
of
Shecaniah
the
son
of
Arah;
and
his
son
Jehohanan
had
taken
the
daughter
of
Meshullam
the
son
of
Berechiah
as wife.
Also
they
spoke
of
his
good
deeds
before
me,
and
reported
my
words
to
him.
Tobiah
sent
letters
to
put
me
in
fear.
Now
when
the
wall
was
built
and
I
had
set
up
the
doors,
and
the
gatekeepers
and
the
singers
and
the
Levites
were
appointed,
I
put
my
brother
Hanani,
and
Hananiah
the
governor
of
the
fortress,
in
charge
of
Jerusalem;
for
he
was
a
faithful
man
and
feared
God
above
many.
I
said
to
them, “Don’t
let
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
be
opened
until
the
sun
is
hot;
and
while
they
stand
guard,
let
them
shut
the
doors,
and
you bar
them;
and
appoint watches
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
everyone
in
his
watch,
with
everyone
near
his
house.”
Now
the
city
was
wide
and
large;
but
the
people
were
few therein,
and
the
houses
were
not
built.
My
God
put
into
my
heart
to
gather
together
the
nobles,
and
the
rulers,
and
the
people,
that
they might
be
listed
by
genealogy.
I
found
the
book
of
the
genealogy
of
those
who
came
up
at
the
first,
and
I
found
this
written
in
it:
These
are
the
children
of
the
province
who
went
up
out
of
the
captivity
of
those
who
had
been
carried
away,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away,
and
who
returned
to
Jerusalem
and
to
Judah,
everyone
to
his
city,
who
came
with
Zerubbabel,
Jeshua,
Nehemiah,
Azariah,
Raamiah,
Nahamani,
Mordecai,
Bilshan,
Mispereth,
Bigvai,
Nehum,
and
Baanah.
The
number
of
the
men
of
the
people
of
Israel:
The
children
of
Parosh:
two
thousand
one
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of
Shephatiah:
three
hundred seventy-two.
The
children
of
Arah:
six
hundred
fifty-two.
The
children
of Pahathmoab,
of
the
children
of
Jeshua
and
Joab:
two
thousand
eight
hundred
eighteen.
The
children
of
Elam:
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of
Zattu:
eight
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of
Zaccai:
seven
hundred
sixty.
The
children
of
Binnui:
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
Adonikam:
six
hundred sixty-seven.
The
children
of
Bigvai: two
thousand sixty-seven.
The
children
of
Adin:
six
hundred
fifty-five.
The
children
of
Ater:
of
Hezekiah, ninety-eight.
The
children
of
Hashum:
three
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
children
of
Bezai:
three
hundred
twenty-four.
The
children
of
Hariph:
one
hundred
twelve.
The
children
of
Gibeon: ninety-five.
The
men
of
Bethlehem
and
Netophah:
one
hundred
eighty-eight.
The
men
of
Anathoth:
one
hundred
twenty-eight.
The
men
of Beth Azmaveth:
forty-two.
The
men
of
Kiriath Jearim, Chephirah,
and
Beeroth:
seven
hundred forty-three.
The
men
of
Ramah
and
Geba:
six
hundred twenty-one.
The
men
of
Michmas:
one
hundred
twenty-two.
The
men
of
Bethel
and
Ai:
one
hundred twenty-three.
The
men
of
the
other
Nebo:
fifty-two.
The
children
of
the
other
Elam:
one
thousand
two
hundred fifty-four.
The
children
of
Harim:
three
hundred
twenty.
The
children
of
Jericho:
three
hundred
forty-five.
The
children
of Lod,
Hadid,
and
Ono:
seven
hundred twenty-one.
The
children
of
Senaah:
three
thousand
nine
hundred
thirty.
The
priests:
The
children
of
Jedaiah,
of
the
house
of
Jeshua:
nine
hundred seventy-three.
The
children
of
Immer:
one
thousand
fifty-two.
The
children
of
Pashhur:
one
thousand
two
hundred forty-seven.
The
children
of
Harim:
one
thousand
seventeen.
The
Levites:
the
children
of
Jeshua,
of
Kadmiel,
of
the
children
of
Hodevah: seventy-four.
The
singers:
the
children
of
Asaph:
one
hundred
forty-eight.
The
gatekeepers:
the
children
of
Shallum,
the
children
of
Ater,
the
children
of
Talmon,
the
children
of
Akkub,
the
children
of
Hatita,
the
children
of
Shobai:
one
hundred thirty-eight.
The
temple
servants:
the
children
of
Ziha,
the
children
of
Hasupha,
the
children
of
Tabbaoth,
the
children
of
Keros,
the
children
of
Sia,
the
children
of
Padon,
the
children
of
Lebana,
the
children
of Hagaba,
the
children
of Salmai,
the
children
of
Hanan,
the
children
of
Giddel,
the
children
of
Gahar,
the
children
of
Reaiah,
the
children
of
Rezin,
the
children
of
Nekoda,
the
children
of
Gazzam,
the
children
of
Uzza,
the
children
of
Paseah,
the
children
of
Besai,
the
children
of
Meunim,
the
children
of Nephushesim,
the
children
of
Bakbuk,
the
children
of
Hakupha,
the
children
of Harhur,
the
children
of
Bazlith,
the
children
of
Mehida,
the
children
of
Harsha,
the
children
of
Barkos,
the
children
of
Sisera,
the
children
of
Temah,
the
children
of
Neziah,
and
the
children
of
Hatipha.
The
children
of
Solomon’s
servants:
the
children
of
Sotai,
the
children
of
Sophereth,
the
children
of
Perida,
the
children
of
Jaala,
the
children
of
Darkon,
the
children
of
Giddel,
the
children
of
Shephatiah,
the
children
of
Hattil,
the
children
of Pochereth Hazzebaim,
and
the
children
of
Amon.
All
the
temple
servants
and
the
children
of
Solomon’s
servants
were
three
hundred ninety-two.
These
were
those
who
went
up
from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha,
Cherub,
Addon,
and
Immer;
but
they
could
not
show
their
fathers’
houses,
nor
their
offspring,
7:61
or, seed
whether
they
were
of
Israel:
The
children
of
Delaiah,
the
children
of
Tobiah,
the
children
of
Nekoda:
six
hundred
forty-two.
Of
the
priests:
the
children
of
Hobaiah,
the
children
of
Hakkoz,
the
children
of
Barzillai,
who
took
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Barzillai
the
Gileadite,
and
was
called
after
their
name.
These
searched
for
their
genealogical records,
but
couldn’t
find
them. Therefore
they
were deemed disqualified
and
removed
from
the
priesthood.
The
governor
told
them
not
to
eat
of
the
most
holy
things
until
a
priest
stood
up
to minister
with
Urim
and
Thummim.
The
whole
assembly
together
was forty-two
thousand
three
hundred
sixty,
in addition
to their
male
servants
and their
female
servants,
of
whom there
were
seven
thousand
three
hundred thirty-seven.
They
had
two
hundred
forty-five
singing
men
and
singing women.
Their horses
were
seven
hundred thirty-six; their mules,
two
hundred forty-five;
their camels, four
hundred thirty-five;
their donkeys, six
thousand seven
hundred twenty.
Some
from among
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
gave
to
the
work.
The governor
gave
to
the
treasury
one
thousand darics
of
gold,
7:70
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each. fifty basins,
and five
hundred thirty priests’ garments.
Some
of
the heads
of fathers’ households
gave
into
the treasury
of
the
work twenty
thousand darics
of
gold,
and
two
thousand
two hundred
minas
7:71
A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 2,200 minas is about 1.3 metric tons.
of
silver.
That which
the rest
of
the
people gave
was twenty thousand darics
of gold, plus
two thousand minas
of silver,
and sixty-seven
priests’ garments.
So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel lived in their cities.
When the seventh month had come, the children of Israel were in their cities.
All
the
people
gathered
themselves
together
as
one
man
into
the wide
place
that
was
in
front
of
the
water
gate;
and
they
spoke
to
Ezra
the
scribe
to
bring
the
book
of
the
law
of
Moses,
which
Yahweh
had
commanded
to
Israel.
Ezra
the
priest
brought
the
law
before
the
assembly,
both
men
and
women,
and
all
who
could
hear
with
understanding,
on
the
first
day
of
the
seventh
month.
He
read
from
it
before
the wide
place
that
was
in
front
of
the
water
gate
from
early
morning
until midday,
in
the
presence
of
the
men
and
the
women,
and
of
those
who
could
understand.
The
ears
of
all
the
people
were
attentive
to
the
book
of
the
law.
Ezra
the
scribe
stood
on
a pulpit
of
wood,
which
they
had
made
for
the
purpose;
and
beside
him
stood
Mattithiah,
Shema,
Anaiah,
Uriah,
Hilkiah,
and
Maaseiah,
on
his
right
hand;
and
on
his
left
hand,
Pedaiah,
Mishael,
Malchijah,
Hashum,
Hashbaddanah,
Zechariah,
and
Meshullam.
Ezra
opened
the
book
in
the
sight
of
all
the
people (for
he
was
above
all
the
people),
and
when
he
opened
it,
all
the
people
stood
up.
Then
Ezra
blessed
Yahweh,
the
great
God.
All
the
people
answered, “Amen,
Amen,”
with
the
lifting
up
of
their
hands.
They
bowed
their heads,
and
worshiped
Yahweh
with
their
faces
to
the
ground.
Also
Jeshua,
Bani,
Sherebiah,
Jamin,
Akkub,
Shabbethai,
Hodiah,
Maaseiah,
Kelita,
Azariah,
Jozabad,
Hanan,
Pelaiah,
and
the
Levites, caused
the
people
to
understand
the
law;
and
the
people stayed
in
their
place.
They
read
in
the
book,
in
the
law
of
God, distinctly;
and
they
gave
the
sense,
so
that
they
understood
the
reading.
Nehemiah,
who
was
the
governor,
Ezra
the
priest
and
scribe,
and
the
Levites
who
taught
the
people
said
to
all
the
people, “Today
is
holy
to
Yahweh
your
God.
Don’t
mourn,
nor
weep.”
For
all
the
people
wept
when
they
heard
the
words
of
the
law.
Then
he
said
to
them, “Go
your
way.
Eat
the fat,
drink
the
sweet,
and
send
portions
to
him
for whom
nothing
is
prepared,
for
today
is
holy
to
our
Lord.
Don’t
be
grieved,
for
the
joy
of
Yahweh
is
your
strength.”
So
the
Levites
calmed
all
the
people,
saying, “Hold
your peace,
for
the
day
is
holy.
Don’t
be
grieved.”
All
the
people went
their
way
to
eat,
to
drink,
to
send
portions,
and
to celebrate,
because
they
had
understood
the
words
that
were declared
to
them.
On
the
second
day,
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
all
the
people,
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
were
gathered
together
to
Ezra
the
scribe,
to study
the
words
of
the
law.
They
found
written
in
the
law
how
Yahweh
had
commanded
by
Moses
that
the
children
of
Israel
should
dwell
in
booths
in
the
feast
of
the
seventh
month;
and
that
they
should publish
and
proclaim
in
all
their
cities
and
in
Jerusalem,
saying, “Go
out
to
the
mountain,
and
get
olive
branches,
branches
of wild
olive,
myrtle
branches,
palm
branches,
and
branches
of thick
trees,
to
make
temporary
shelters,
8:15
or, booths
as
it
is
written.”
So
the
people
went
out
and
brought
them,
and
made
themselves
temporary
shelters,
8:16
or, booths
everyone
on
the
roof
of
his
house,
in
their
courts,
in
the
courts
of
God’s
house,
in
the wide
place
of
the
water
gate,
and
in
the wide
place
of
Ephraim’s
gate.
All
the
assembly
of
those
who
had
come
back
out
of
the
captivity
made
temporary
shelters
8:17
or, booths
and
lived
in
the
temporary
shelters,
for
since
the
days
of Joshua
the
son
of
Nun
to
that
day
the
children
of
Israel
had
not
done
so.
There
was
very
great
gladness.
Also
day
by
day,
from
the
first
day
to
the
last
day,
he
read
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
God.
They
kept
the
feast
seven
days;
and
on
the
eighth
day
was
a
solemn
assembly,
according
to
the
ordinance.
Now
in
the twenty-fourth
day
of
this
month
the
children
of
Israel
were
assembled
with
fasting,
with
sackcloth,
and
dirt
on
them.
The
offspring
of
Israel
separated
themselves
from
all
foreigners
and
stood
and
confessed
their
sins
and
the
iniquities
of
their
fathers.
They
stood
up
in
their
place,
and
read
in
the
book
of
the
law
of
Yahweh
their
God
a
fourth
part
of
the
day;
and
a
fourth
part
they
confessed
and
worshiped
Yahweh
their
God.
Then
Jeshua,
Bani,
Kadmiel,
Shebaniah,
Bunni,
Sherebiah,
Bani,
and
Chenani
of
the
Levites
stood
up
on
the stairs,
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice
to
Yahweh
their
God.
Then
the
Levites,
Jeshua,
and
Kadmiel,
Bani,
Hashabneiah,
Sherebiah,
Hodiah,
Shebaniah,
and
Pethahiah,
said, “Stand
up
and
bless
Yahweh
your
God
from
everlasting
to
everlasting!
Blessed
be
your glorious
name, which
is
exalted
above
all
blessing
and
praise!
You
are
Yahweh,
even
you
alone.
You
have
made
heaven,
the
heaven
of
heavens,
with
all
their
army,
the
earth
and
all
things
that
are
on
it,
the
seas
and
all
that
is
in
them,
and
you
preserve
them
all.
The
army
of
heaven
worships
you.
You
are
Yahweh,
the
God
who
chose
Abram,
brought
him
out
of Ur
of
the
Chaldees,
gave
him
the
name
of
Abraham,
found
his
heart
faithful
before
you,
and
made
a
covenant
with
him
to
give
the
land
of
the
Canaanite,
the
Hittite,
the
Amorite,
the
Perizzite,
the
Jebusite,
and
the
Girgashite,
to
give
it
to
his
offspring,
and
have
performed
your
words,
for
you
are
righteous.
“You
saw
the affliction
of
our
fathers
in
Egypt,
and
heard
their
cry
by
the Red
Sea,
and
showed
signs
and
wonders
against
Pharaoh,
against
all
his
servants,
and
against
all
the
people
of
his
land,
for
you
knew
that
they
dealt
proudly
against
them,
and
made
a
name
for
yourself,
as
it
is
today.
You
divided
the
sea
before
them,
so
that
they
went
through
the
middle
of
the
sea
on
the
dry
land;
and
you
cast
their
pursuers
into
the
depths,
as
a
stone
into
the
mighty
waters.
Moreover,
in
a
pillar
of
cloud
you
led
them
by
day;
and
in
a
pillar
of
fire
by
night,
to
give
them
light
in
the
way
in
which
they should go.
“You also
came
down
on
Mount
Sinai,
and
spoke
with
them
from
heaven,
and
gave
them
right
ordinances
and
true
laws,
good
statutes
and
commandments,
and
made
known
to
them
your
holy
Sabbath,
and
commanded
them
commandments,
statutes,
and
a
law,
by
Moses
your
servant,
and
gave
them
bread
from
the
sky
for
their
hunger,
and
brought
water
out
of
the
rock
for
them
for
their
thirst,
and
commanded
them
that
they
should
go
in
to
possess
the
land
which
you
had
sworn
to
give
them.
“But
they
and
our
fathers behaved
proudly,
hardened
their
neck,
didn’t
listen
to
your
commandments,
and
refused
to
obey.
They weren’t
mindful
of
your
wonders
that
you
did
among
them,
but
hardened
their
neck,
and
in
their
rebellion
appointed
a
captain
to
return
to
their
bondage.
But
you
are
a
God ready
to pardon,
gracious
and
merciful,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness,
and
didn’t
forsake
them.
Yes,
when
they
had
made themselves
a molded
calf,
and
said, ‘This
is
your
God
who
brought
you
up
out
of
Egypt,’
and
had
committed awful
blasphemies,
yet
you
in
your manifold
mercies
didn’t
forsake
them
in
the
wilderness.
The
pillar
of
cloud
didn’t
depart
from
over
them
by
day,
to
lead
them
in
the
way;
neither
did
the
pillar
of
fire
by
night,
to
show
them
light,
and
the
way
in
which
they should
go.
You
gave also
your
good
Spirit
to instruct
them,
and
didn’t
withhold
your
manna
from
their
mouth,
and
gave
them
water
for
their
thirst.
“Yes,
forty
years
you
sustained
them
in
the
wilderness.
They
lacked
nothing.
Their
clothes
didn’t grow
old,
and
their
feet
didn’t
swell.
Moreover
you
gave
them
kingdoms
and
peoples, which
you allotted according
to
their portions.
So
they
possessed
the
land
of
Sihon,
even
the
land
of
the
king
of
Heshbon,
and
the
land
of
Og
king
of
Bashan.
You
also
multiplied
their
children
as
the
stars
of
the
sky,
and
brought
them
into
the
land
concerning
which
you
said
to
their
fathers
that
they
should
go
in
to
possess
it.
“So
the
children
went
in
and
possessed
the
land;
and
you
subdued
before
them
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
the
Canaanites,
and
gave
them
into
their
hands,
with
their
kings
and
the
peoples
of
the
land,
that
they
might
do
with
them
as
they
pleased.
They
took
fortified
cities
and
a
rich
land,
and
possessed
houses
full
of
all
good
things,
cisterns dug
out,
vineyards,
olive
groves,
and
fruit
trees
in
abundance.
So
they
ate,
were
filled,
became
fat,
and delighted themselves
in
your
great
goodness.
“Nevertheless
they
were
disobedient
and
rebelled
against
you,
cast
your
law
behind
their
back,
killed
your
prophets
that
testified
against
them
to
turn
them
again
to
you,
and
they
committed awful
blasphemies.
Therefore
you
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
their adversaries,
who distressed
them.
In
the
time
of
their
trouble,
when
they
cried
to
you,
you
heard
from
heaven;
and
according
to
your manifold
mercies
you
gave
them saviors
who
saved
them
out
of
the
hands
of
their adversaries.
But after
they
had
rest,
they
did
evil
again
before
you;
therefore
you
left
them
in
the
hands
of
their
enemies,
so
that
they
had
the
dominion
over
them;
yet
when
they
returned
and
cried
to
you,
you
heard
from
heaven;
and
many
times
you
delivered
them
according
to
your
mercies,
and
testified
against
them,
that
you
might
bring
them
again
to
your
law.
Yet
they
were
arrogant,
and
didn’t
listen
to
your
commandments,
but
sinned
against
your
ordinances (which
if
a
man
does,
he
shall
live
in
them),
turned
their
backs,
stiffened
their
neck,
and
would
not
hear.
Yet
many
years
you
put
up
with
them,
and
testified
against
them
by
your
Spirit
through
your
prophets.
Yet
they
would
not
listen.
Therefore
you
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
the
peoples
of
the
lands.
“Nevertheless
in
your manifold
mercies
you
didn’t
make
a
full
end
of
them,
nor
forsake
them;
for
you
are
a
gracious
and
merciful
God.
Now
therefore,
our
God,
the
great,
the
mighty,
and
the
awesome
God,
who
keeps
covenant
and loving
kindness,
don’t
let
all
the travail
seem
little
before
you
that
has
come
on
us,
on
our
kings,
on
our
princes,
on
our
priests,
on
our
prophets,
on
our
fathers,
and
on
all
your
people,
since
the
time
of
the
kings
of
Assyria
to
this
day.
However
you
are
just
in
all
that
has
come
on
us;
for
you
have dealt
truly,
but
we
have
done
wickedly.
Also
our
kings,
our
princes,
our
priests,
and
our
fathers
have
not
kept
your
law,
nor
listened
to
your
commandments
and
your
testimonies
with
which
you
testified
against
them.
For
they
have
not
served
you
in
their
kingdom,
and
in
your
great
goodness
that
you
gave
them,
and
in
the
large
and rich
land
which
you
gave
before
them.
They
didn’t
turn
from
their
wicked
works.
“Behold,
we
are
servants
today,
and
as
for
the
land
that
you
gave
to
our
fathers
to
eat
its
fruit
and
its
good,
behold,
we
are
servants
in
it.
It
yields
much
increase
to
the
kings
whom
you
have
set
over
us
because
of
our
sins.
Also
they
have power
over
our
bodies
and
over
our
livestock,
at
their
pleasure,
and
we
are
in
great
distress.
Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”
Now
those
who
sealed
were: Nehemiah
the
governor,
the son
of Hacaliah,
and Zedekiah,
Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah,
Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch,
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Maaziah, Bilgai,
and Shemaiah. These were
the priests.
The Levites: Jeshua
the son
of Azaniah, Binnui
of
the sons
of Henadad, Kadmiel;
and
their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,
Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,
Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Hodiah, Bani,
and Beninu.
The chiefs of
the people: Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zattu,
Bani,
Bunni, Azgad, Bebai,
Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur,
Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai,
Hariph, Anathoth, Nobai,
Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek,
Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,
Ahiah, Hanan, Anan,
Malluch, Harim,
and Baanah.
The rest of
the people,
the priests,
the Levites,
the gatekeepers,
the singers,
the temple servants,
and all those who had separated themselves from
the peoples of
the lands to
the law of God, their wives, their sons,
and their daughters—everyone who had knowledge
and understanding—
joined
with
their brothers,
their nobles,
and
entered
into
a curse
and
into
an oath,
to walk
in
God’s
law,
which
was given
by Moses
the servant
of
God,
and
to
observe
and
do
all
the commandments
of Yahweh
our Lord,
and
his ordinances
and
his statutes;
and
that
we
would not
give
our daughters
to
the peoples
of
the land, nor
take
their daughters
for
our sons;
and
if
the
peoples
of
the
land
bring wares
or
any grain
on
the Sabbath day
to
sell,
that
we
would
not
buy
from
them
on
the Sabbath,
or
on
a holy day;
and
that
we
would forego
the seventh year crops
and
the exaction
of every debt.
Also
we
made ordinances
for ourselves,
to
charge ourselves
yearly
with
the third
part
of
a shekel
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A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
for
the
service
of
the house
of
our
God:
for
the
show bread,
for
the continual meal offering,
for
the continual burnt offering,
for
the Sabbaths,
for
the new moons,
for
the
set feasts,
for
the holy
things,
for
the sin offerings
to
make atonement
for Israel,
and
for all
the
work
of
the
house
of
our
God.
We,
the priests,
the Levites,
and
the people, cast lots
for
the wood
offering,
to bring
it
into
the
house
of
our
God,
according
to
our fathers’
houses,
at
times
appointed year
by year,
to burn
on Yahweh
our
God’s altar,
as
it
is written
in
the law;
and
to
bring
the first fruits
of
our ground
and
the first fruits
of all
fruit
of all kinds
of
trees,
year
by
year,
to
Yahweh’s
house;
also
the firstborn
of
our sons
and
of
our livestock,
as
it
is written
in
the law,
and
the firstborn
of
our herds
and
of
our flocks,
to
bring
to
the
house
of
our
God,
to
the priests
who minister
in
the
house
of
our
God;
and
that we
should
bring
the first fruits
of
our dough,
our wave offerings,
the fruit
of all
kinds
of trees,
and
the new wine
and
the oil,
to
the
priests,
to
the
rooms
of
the
house
of
our
God;
and
the tithes
of
our ground
to
the Levites;
for
they,
the Levites,
take
the tithes
in all
our farming villages.
The
priest,
the descendent
of Aaron,
shall
be
with
the
Levites
when
the
Levites
take
tithes.
The
Levites
shall
bring
up
the
tithe
of
the
tithes
to
the
house
of
our
God,
to
the
rooms,
into
the treasure
house.
For
the
children
of Israel
and
the
children
of
Levi
shall
bring
the wave
offering
of
the grain,
of
the new wine,
and
of
the oil,
to
the
rooms
where
the vessels
of
the
sanctuary
are,
and
the
priests
who minister,
with
the gatekeepers
and
the singers. We
will
not forsake
the
house
of
our
God.
The
princes
of
the
people
lived
in
Jerusalem.
The
rest
of
the
people
also
cast
lots
to
bring
one
of
ten
to
dwell
in
Jerusalem,
the
holy
city,
and
nine
parts
in
the
other
cities.
The
people
blessed
all
the
men
who
willingly
offered themselves
to
dwell
in
Jerusalem.
Now
these
are
the
chiefs
of
the
province
who
lived
in
Jerusalem;
but
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
everyone
lived
in
his
possession
in
their
cities—Israel,
the
priests,
the
Levites,
the
temple
servants,
and
the
children
of
Solomon’s
servants.
Some
of
the
children
of
Judah
and
of
the
children
of
Benjamin
lived
in
Jerusalem.
Of
the
children
of
Judah:
Athaiah
the
son
of
Uzziah,
the
son
of
Zechariah,
the
son
of
Amariah,
the
son
of
Shephatiah,
the
son
of
Mahalalel,
of
the
children
of
Perez;
and
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Baruch,
the
son
of Colhozeh,
the
son
of
Hazaiah,
the
son
of
Adaiah,
the
son
of
Joiarib,
the
son
of
Zechariah,
the
son
of
the Shilonite.
All
the
sons
of
Perez
who
lived
in
Jerusalem
were
four
hundred sixty-eight
valiant
men.
These
are
the
sons
of
Benjamin:
Sallu
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Joed,
the
son
of
Pedaiah,
the
son
of
Kolaiah,
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
the
son
of
Ithiel,
the
son
of
Jeshaiah.
After
him
Gabbai
and Sallai,
nine
hundred
twenty-eight.
Joel
the
son
of
Zichri
was
their
overseer;
and
Judah
the
son
of
Hassenuah
was
second
over
the
city.
Of
the
priests:
Jedaiah
the
son
of
Joiarib,
Jachin,
Seraiah
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Zadok,
the
son
of
Meraioth,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
the
ruler
of
God’s
house,
and
their
brothers
who
did
the
work
of
the
house,
eight
hundred
twenty-two;
and
Adaiah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Pelaliah,
the
son
of
Amzi,
the
son
of
Zechariah,
the
son
of
Pashhur,
the
son
of
Malchijah,
and
his
brothers,
chiefs
of
fathers’
households,
two
hundred
forty-two;
and
Amashsai
the
son
of
Azarel,
the
son
of
Ahzai,
the
son
of
Meshillemoth,
the
son
of
Immer,
and
their
brothers,
mighty
men
of
valor,
one
hundred
twenty-eight;
and
their
overseer
was
Zabdiel,
the
son
of Haggedolim.
Of
the
Levites:
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Hasshub,
the
son
of
Azrikam,
the
son
of
Hashabiah,
the
son
of
Bunni;
and
Shabbethai
and
Jozabad,
of
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites,
who
had
the oversight
of
the outward
business
of
God’s
house;
and
Mattaniah
the
son
of Mica,
the
son
of
Zabdi,
the
son
of
Asaph,
who
was
the
chief
to begin
the
thanksgiving
in
prayer,
and
Bakbukiah,
the
second
among
his
brothers;
and
Abda
the
son
of
Shammua,
the
son
of
Galal,
the
son
of
Jeduthun.
All
the
Levites
in
the
holy
city
were
two
hundred eighty-four.
Moreover
the
gatekeepers,
Akkub,
Talmon,
and
their
brothers,
who
kept
watch
at
the
gates,
were
one
hundred seventy-two.
The residue
of
Israel,
of
the
priests,
and
the
Levites
were
in
all
the
cities
of
Judah,
everyone
in
his
inheritance.
But
the
temple
servants
lived
in
Ophel;
and
Ziha
and
Gishpa
were
over
the
temple
servants.
The
overseer
also
of
the
Levites
at
Jerusalem
was
Uzzi
the
son
of
Bani,
the
son
of
Hashabiah,
the
son
of
Mattaniah,
the
son
of
Mica,
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
the
singers,
was
over
the
business
of
God’s
house.
For there
was
a
commandment
from
the
king
concerning
them,
and
a settled provision
for
the
singers,
as
every
day
required.
Pethahiah
the
son
of
Meshezabel,
of
the
children
of
Zerah
the
son
of
Judah,
was
at
the
king’s
hand
in
all
matters
concerning
the
people.
As
for
the
villages
with
their
fields, some
of
the
children
of
Judah
lived
in Kiriath Arba
and its
towns,
in
Dibon
and its
towns,
in Jekabzeel
and its
villages,
in
Jeshua, in
Moladah, Beth Pelet,
in Hazar Shual,
in
Beersheba
and its
towns,
in
Ziklag,
in
Meconah
and
in its
towns,
in En Rimmon, in
Zorah, in
Jarmuth,
Zanoah,
Adullam,
and
their
villages,
Lachish
and
its
fields,
and
Azekah
and
its
towns.
So
they
encamped
from
Beersheba
to
the
valley
of
Hinnom.
The
children
of
Benjamin
also lived
from
Geba onward,
at
Michmash
and
Aija,
and
at
Bethel
and its
towns,
at
Anathoth,
Nob,
Ananiah,
Hazor,
Ramah,
Gittaim,
Hadid,
Zeboim,
Neballat,
Lod,
and
Ono, the
valley
of craftsmen.
Of
the
Levites, certain
divisions
in
Judah settled
in
Benjamin’s territory.
Now
these
are
the
priests
and
the
Levites
who
went
up
with
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Jeshua:
Seraiah,
Jeremiah,
Ezra,
Amariah,
Malluch,
Hattush,
Shecaniah,
Rehum,
Meremoth,
Iddo,
Ginnethoi,
Abijah,
Mijamin,
Maadiah,
Bilgah,
Shemaiah,
Joiarib,
Jedaiah,
Sallu,
Amok,
Hilkiah,
and
Jedaiah.
These
were
the
chiefs
of
the
priests
and
of
their
brothers
in
the
days
of
Jeshua.
Moreover
the
Levites
were
Jeshua,
Binnui,
Kadmiel,
Sherebiah,
Judah,
and
Mattaniah,
who
was
over
the
thanksgiving
songs,
he
and
his
brothers.
Also
Bakbukiah
and Unno,
their
brothers,
were close
to
them according
to
their
offices.
Jeshua
became
the
father
of
Joiakim,
and
Joiakim
became
the
father
of
Eliashib,
and
Eliashib
became
the
father
of
Joiada,
and
Joiada
became
the
father
of
Jonathan,
and
Jonathan
became
the
father
of
Jaddua.
In
the
days
of
Joiakim
were
priests,
heads
of
fathers’
households:
of
Seraiah,
Meraiah;
of
Jeremiah,
Hananiah;
of
Ezra,
Meshullam; of
Amariah,
Jehohanan;
of Malluchi,
Jonathan;
of
Shebaniah,
Joseph;
of
Harim,
Adna; of
Meraioth,
Helkai;
of
Iddo,
Zechariah;
of
Ginnethon,
Meshullam;
of
Abijah,
Zichri; of
Miniamin, of Moadiah,
Piltai;
of
Bilgah,
Shammua; of
Shemaiah,
Jehonathan;
of
Joiarib,
Mattenai; of
Jedaiah,
Uzzi;
of Sallai,
Kallai; of
Amok,
Eber;
of
Hilkiah,
Hashabiah; of
Jedaiah,
Nethanel.
As
for
the
Levites,
in
the
days
of
Eliashib,
Joiada,
Johanan,
and
Jaddua, there
were
recorded
the
heads
of
fathers’
households;
also
the
priests,
in
the
reign
of
Darius
the
Persian.
The
sons
of
Levi,
heads
of
fathers’
households,
were
written
in
the
book
of
the
chronicles,
even
until
the
days
of
Johanan
the
son
of
Eliashib.
The
chiefs
of
the
Levites:
Hashabiah,
Sherebiah,
and
Jeshua
the
son
of
Kadmiel,
with
their
brothers
close
to
them,
to
praise
and
give
thanks
according
to
the
commandment
of
David
the
man
of
God, section next
to section.
Mattaniah,
Bakbukiah,
Obadiah,
Meshullam,
Talmon,
and
Akkub
were
gatekeepers
keeping
the
watch
at
the
storehouses
of
the
gates.
These
were
in
the
days
of
Joiakim
the
son
of
Jeshua,
the
son
of Jozadak,
and
in
the
days
of
Nehemiah
the
governor,
and
of
Ezra
the
priest
and
scribe.
At
the
dedication
of
the
wall
of
Jerusalem,
they
sought
the
Levites
out
of
all
their
places,
to
bring
them
to
Jerusalem
to
keep
the
dedication
with
gladness,
both
with giving
thanks
and
with
singing,
with
cymbals, stringed
instruments,
and
with
harps.
The
sons
of
the
singers
gathered
themselves
together,
both
out
of
the
plain
around
Jerusalem
and
from
the villages
of
the
Netophathites;
also
from
Beth
Gilgal
and out
of
the
fields
of
Geba
and
Azmaveth,
for
the
singers
had
built
themselves villages
around
Jerusalem.
The
priests
and
the
Levites
purified
themselves;
and
they
purified
the
people,
the
gates,
and
the
wall.
Then
I
brought
the
princes
of
Judah
up
on
the
wall,
and
appointed
two
great companies
who gave
thanks
and
went
in procession.
One
went
on
the
right
hand
on
the
wall
toward
the dung
gate;
and
after
them went
Hoshaiah,
with
half
of
the
princes
of
Judah,
and
Azariah,
Ezra,
and
Meshullam,
Judah,
Benjamin,
Shemaiah,
Jeremiah,
and some
of
the
priests’
sons
with
trumpets:
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Shemaiah,
the
son
of
Mattaniah,
the
son
of
Micaiah,
the
son
of
Zaccur,
the
son
of
Asaph;
and
his
brothers,
Shemaiah,
Azarel,
Milalai,
Gilalai,
Maai,
Nethanel,
Judah,
and
Hanani,
with
the
musical
instruments
of
David
the
man
of
God;
and
Ezra
the
scribe
was
before
them.
By
the
spring
gate,
and
straight
before
them,
they
went
up
by
the stairs
of
David’s
city,
at
the
ascent
of
the
wall,
above
David’s
house,
even
to
the
water
gate
eastward.
The
other company
of
those
who gave
thanks
went
to
meet
them,
and
I
after
them,
with
the
half
of
the
people
on
the
wall
above
the
tower
of
the
furnaces,
even
to
the
wide
wall,
and
above
the
gate
of
Ephraim,
and
by
the
old
gate,
and
by
the
fish
gate,
the
tower
of
Hananel,
and
the
tower
of Hammeah,
even
to
the
sheep
gate;
and
they
stood
still
in
the
gate
of
the
guard.
So
the
two companies
of
those
who gave
thanks
in
God’s
house
stood,
and
I
and
the
half
of
the
rulers
with
me;
and
the
priests,
Eliakim,
Maaseiah,
Miniamin,
Micaiah,
Elioenai,
Zechariah,
and
Hananiah,
with
trumpets;
and
Maaseiah,
Shemaiah,
Eleazar,
Uzzi,
Jehohanan,
Malchijah,
Elam,
and
Ezer.
The
singers
sang loud,
with
Jezrahiah
their
overseer.
They
offered
great
sacrifices
that
day,
and
rejoiced,
for
God
had
made
them
rejoice
with
great
joy;
and
the
women
and
the
children
also
rejoiced,
so
that
the
joy
of
Jerusalem
was
heard
even
far
away.
On
that
day,
men
were
appointed
over
the rooms
for
the
treasures,
for
the wave
offerings,
for
the
first
fruits,
and
for
the
tithes,
to
gather
into
them
according
to
the
fields
of
the
cities
the
portions
appointed
by
the
law
for
the
priests
and
Levites;
for
Judah
rejoiced
for
the
priests
and
for
the
Levites
who
served.
They
performed
the
duty
of
their
God
and
the
duty
of
the
purification,
and so
did
the
singers
and
the
gatekeepers, according
to
the
commandment
of
David
and
of
Solomon
his
son.
For
in
the
days
of
David
and
Asaph
of old
there
was
a
chief
of
the
singers,
and
songs
of
praise
and
thanksgiving
to
God.
All
Israel
in
the
days
of
Zerubbabel
and
in
the
days
of
Nehemiah
gave
the
portions
of
the
singers
and
the
gatekeepers,
as
every
day
required;
and
they
set
apart
that
which
was
for
the
Levites;
and
the
Levites
set
apart
that
which
was
for
the
sons
of
Aaron.
On
that
day
they
read
in
the
book
of
Moses
in
the
hearing
of
the
people;
and
it
was
found
written
in
it
that
an
Ammonite
and
a
Moabite
should
not
enter
into
the
assembly
of
God
forever,
because
they
didn’t
meet
the
children
of
Israel
with
bread
and
with
water,
but
hired
Balaam
against
them
to
curse
them; however,
our
God
turned
the
curse
into
a
blessing.
It
came
to
pass,
when
they
had
heard
the
law,
that
they
separated
all
the mixed multitude
from
Israel.
Now
before
this,
Eliashib
the
priest,
who
was
appointed
over
the
rooms
of
the
house
of
our
God,
being allied
to
Tobiah,
had
prepared
for
him
a
great
room,
where
before
they
laid
the
meal
offerings,
the
frankincense,
the
vessels,
and
the
tithes
of
the
grain,
the
new
wine,
and
the
oil,
which
were
given
by
commandment
to
the
Levites,
the
singers,
and
the
gatekeepers;
and
the wave
offerings
for
the
priests.
But
in
all
this,
I
was
not
at
Jerusalem;
for
in
the thirty-second
year
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Babylon
I
went
to
the
king;
and
after
some
days
I
asked
leave
of
the
king,
and
I
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
understood
the
evil
that
Eliashib
had
done
for
Tobiah,
in
preparing
him
a
room
in
the courts
of
God’s
house.
It grieved
me
severely. Therefore
I
threw
all
Tobiah’s
household stuff
out
of
the
room.
Then
I
commanded,
and
they
cleansed
the
rooms.
I
brought
into
them
the
vessels
of
God’s
house,
with
the
meal
offerings
and
the
frankincense
again.
I
perceived
that
the
portions
of
the
Levites
had
not
been
given
them,
so
that
the
Levites
and
the
singers,
who
did
the
work,
had
each
fled
to
his
field.
Then
I
contended
with
the
rulers,
and
said, “Why
is
God’s
house forsaken?”
I
gathered
them
together,
and
set
them
in
their
place.
Then
all
Judah
brought
the
tithe
of
the
grain,
the
new
wine,
and
the
oil
to
the
treasuries.
I made treasurers
over
the
treasuries,
Shelemiah
the
priest,
and
Zadok
the
scribe,
and
of
the
Levites,
Pedaiah:
and
next
to
them
was
Hanan
the
son
of
Zaccur,
the
son
of
Mattaniah;
for
they
were
counted
faithful,
and
their business
was
to distribute
to
their
brothers.
Remember
me,
my
God,
concerning
this,
and
don’t
wipe
out
my good deeds
that
I
have
done
for
the
house
of
my
God,
and
for
its observances.
In
those
days
I
saw
some
men
treading
wine
presses
on
the
Sabbath
in
Judah,
bringing
in sheaves,
and
loading
donkeys
with
wine,
grapes,
figs,
and
all
kinds
of burdens
which
they
brought
into
Jerusalem
on
the
Sabbath
day;
and
I
testified
against
them
in
the
day
in
which
they
sold food.
Some
men
of
Tyre
also
lived
there,
who
brought
in
fish
and
all
kinds
of wares,
and
sold
on
the
Sabbath
to
the
children
of
Judah,
and
in
Jerusalem.
Then
I
contended
with
the
nobles
of
Judah,
and
said
to
them, “What
evil
thing
is
this
that
you
do,
and
profane
the
Sabbath
day?
Didn’t
your
fathers
do
this,
and
didn’t
our
God
bring
all
this
evil
on
us
and
on
this
city?
Yet
you
bring
more
wrath
on
Israel
by
profaning
the
Sabbath.”
It
came
to
pass
that
when
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
began
to
be
dark
before
the
Sabbath,
I
commanded
that
the
doors
should
be
shut,
and
commanded
that
they
should
not
be
opened
until
after
the
Sabbath.
I
set
some
of
my
servants
over
the
gates,
so
that
no
burden
should
be
brought
in
on
the
Sabbath
day.
So
the
merchants
and sellers
of
all
kinds
of wares camped
outside
of
Jerusalem
once
or
twice.
Then
I
testified
against
them,
and
said
to
them, “Why
do
you
stay
around
the
wall?
If
you
do
so
again,
I
will
lay
hands
on
you.”
From
that
time
on,
they
didn’t
come
on
the
Sabbath.
I
commanded
the
Levites
that
they
should
purify
themselves,
and
that
they
should
come
and
keep
the
gates,
to
sanctify
the
Sabbath
day.
Remember
me
for
this
also,
my
God,
and
spare
me
according
to
the
greatness
of
your loving
kindness.
In
those
days
I
also
saw
the
Jews
who
had
married
women
of
Ashdod,
of
Ammon,
and
of
Moab;
and
their
children
spoke
half
in
the
speech
of
Ashdod,
and
could
not
speak
in
the Jews’
language,
but according
to
the
language
of
each
people.
I
contended
with
them,
cursed
them,
struck
certain
of
them, plucked
off
their
hair,
and
made
them
swear
by
God, “You
shall
not
give
your
daughters
to
their
sons,
nor
take
their
daughters
for
your
sons,
or
for
yourselves.
Didn’t
Solomon
king
of
Israel
sin
by
these
things?
Yet
among
many
nations
there
was
no
king
like
him,
and
he
was
loved
by
his
God,
and
God
made
him
king
over
all
Israel.
Nevertheless
foreign
women
caused
even
him
to
sin.
Shall
we
then
listen
to
you
to
do
all
this
great
evil,
to trespass
against
our
God
in
marrying
foreign
women?”
One
of
the
sons
of
Joiada,
the
son
of
Eliashib
the
high
priest,
was
son-in-law
to
Sanballat
the
Horonite; therefore
I chased
him
from
me.
Remember
them,
my
God,
because
they
have
defiled
the
priesthood
and
the
covenant
of
the
priesthood
and
of
the
Levites.
Thus I
cleansed
them
from
all
foreigners
and
appointed
duties
for
the
priests
and
for
the
Levites,
everyone
in
his
work;
and
for
the
wood
offering,
at
appointed
times,
and
for
the
first
fruits.
Remember
me,
my
God,
for
good.
World English Bible (WEB)
Job
The Book of Job
Job
Job
The Book of
Job
There
was
a
man
in
the
land
of
Uz,
whose
name
was
Job.
That
man
was
blameless
and
upright,
and
one
who feared
God,
1:1
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
and
turned
away
from
evil.
There
were
born
to
him
seven
sons
and
three
daughters.
His
possessions also
were
seven
thousand
sheep,
three
thousand
camels,
five
hundred
yoke
of
oxen,
five
hundred
female
donkeys,
and
a
very
great
household;
so
that
this
man
was
the
greatest
of
all
the
children
of
the
east.
His
sons
went
and
held
a
feast
in
the
house
of
each
one
on
his birthday;
and
they
sent
and
called
for
their
three
sisters
to
eat
and
to
drink
with
them.
It
was
so,
when
the
days
of
their
feasting
had run
their course,
that
Job
sent
and
sanctified
them,
and
rose
up
early
in
the
morning,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
according
to
the
number
of
them
all.
For
Job
said, “It
may
be
that
my
sons
have
sinned,
and renounced
God
in
their
hearts.”
Job
did
so
continually.
Now
on
the
day
when
God’s
sons
came
to
present
themselves
before
Yahweh,
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“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
Satan
also
came
among
them.
Yahweh
said
to
Satan, “Where
have
you
come
from?”
Then
Satan
answered
Yahweh,
and
said, “From
going
back
and
forth
in
the
earth,
and
from
walking
up
and
down
in
it.”
Yahweh
said
to
Satan, “Have
you considered
my
servant,
Job?
For
there
is
no
one
like
him
in
the
earth,
a
blameless
and
an
upright
man,
one
who
fears
God,
and
turns
away
from
evil.”
Then
Satan
answered
Yahweh,
and
said, “Does
Job
fear
God
for
nothing?
Haven’t
you
made
a
hedge
around
him,
and
around
his
house,
and
around
all
that
he
has,
on
every
side?
You
have
blessed
the
work
of
his
hands,
and
his substance
is
increased
in
the
land.
But
stretch
out
your
hand
now,
and
touch
all
that
he
has,
and
he
will renounce
you
to
your
face.”
Yahweh
said
to
Satan, “Behold,
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“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
all
that
he
has
is
in
your
power.
Only
on
himself
don’t
stretch
out
your
hand.”
So
Satan
went
out
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
It
fell
on
a
day
when
his
sons
and
his
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
their
oldest
brother’s
house,
that
a
messenger
came
to
Job,
and
said, “The
oxen
were
plowing,
and
the
donkeys feeding
beside
them,
and
the
Sabeans
attacked,
and
took
them
away. Yes,
they
have
killed
the
servants
with
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
While
he
was
still
speaking,
another
also
came
and
said, “The
fire
of
God
has
fallen
from
the
sky,
and
has
burned
up
the
sheep
and
the
servants,
and
consumed
them,
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
While
he
was
still
speaking,
another
also
came
and
said, “The
Chaldeans
made
three
bands,
and
swept
down
on
the
camels,
and
have
taken
them
away, yes,
and
killed
the
servants
with
the
edge
of
the
sword;
and
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
While
he
was
still
speaking,
there
came
also
another,
and
said, “Your
sons
and
your
daughters
were
eating
and
drinking
wine
in
their
oldest
brother’s
house,
and
behold,
there
came
a
great
wind
from
the
wilderness,
and
struck
the
four
corners
of
the
house,
and
it
fell
on
the
young
men,
and
they
are
dead.
I
alone
have
escaped
to
tell
you.”
Then
Job
arose,
and
tore
his
robe,
and
shaved
his
head,
and
fell
down
on
the
ground,
and
worshiped.
He
said, “Naked
I
came
out
of
my
mother’s
womb,
and
naked
will
I
return
there.
Yahweh
gave,
and
Yahweh
has
taken
away.
Blessed
be
Yahweh’s
name.”
In
all
this,
Job
didn’t
sin,
nor
charge
God
with wrongdoing.
Again,
on
the
day
when
God’s
sons
came
to
present
themselves
before
Yahweh,
Satan
came
also
among
them
to
present
himself
before
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
Satan, “Where
have
you
come
from?”
Satan
answered
Yahweh,
and
said, “From
going
back
and
forth
in
the
earth,
and
from
walking
up
and
down
in
it.”
Yahweh
said
to
Satan, “Have
you considered
my
servant
Job?
For
there
is
no
one
like
him
in
the
earth,
a
blameless
and
an
upright
man,
one
who
fears
God,
and
turns
away
from
evil.
He
still maintains
his
integrity,
although
you
incited
me
against
him,
to
ruin
him
without
cause.”
Satan
answered
Yahweh,
and
said, “Skin
for
skin. Yes,
all
that
a
man
has
he
will
give
for
his
life.
But
stretch
out
your
hand
now,
and
touch
his
bone
and
his
flesh,
and
he
will renounce
you
to
your
face.”
Yahweh
said
to
Satan, “Behold,
he
is
in
your
hand.
Only
spare
his
life.”
So
Satan
went
out
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
and
struck
Job
with painful sores
from
the
sole
of
his
foot
to
his
head.
He
took
for
himself
a
potsherd
to
scrape
himself
with,
and
he
sat
among
the
ashes.
Then
his
wife
said
to
him, “Do
you
still
maintain
your
integrity? Renounce
God,
and
die.”
But
he
said
to
her, “You
speak
as
one
of
the
foolish
women
would
speak.
What?
Shall
we
receive
good
at
the hand
of
God,
and
shall
we
not
receive
evil?”
In
all
this
Job
didn’t
sin
with
his
lips.
Now
when
Job’s
three
friends
heard
of
all
this
evil
that
had
come
on
him,
they
each
came
from
his
own
place:
Eliphaz
the
Temanite,
Bildad
the
Shuhite,
and
Zophar
the
Naamathite;
and
they
made
an
appointment
together
to
come
to
sympathize
with
him
and
to
comfort
him.
When
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
from
a
distance,
and
didn’t
recognize
him,
they
raised
their
voices,
and
wept;
and
they
each
tore
his
robe,
and
sprinkled
dust
on
their
heads
toward
the
sky.
So
they
sat
down
with
him
on
the
ground
seven
days
and
seven
nights,
and
no
one
spoke
a
word
to
him,
for
they
saw
that
his
grief
was
very
great.
After
this
Job
opened
his
mouth,
and
cursed
the
day
of
his birth.
Job
answered:
“Let
the
day
perish
in which
I
was
born,
the
night which
said, ‘There
is
a
boy conceived.’
Let
that
day
be
darkness.
Don’t
let
God
from
above
seek
for
it,
neither
let
the
light
shine
on
it.
Let
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death
claim
it
for
their own.
Let
a
cloud
dwell
on
it.
Let
all
that makes
the
day
black
terrify
it.
As
for
that
night,
let thick
darkness
seize
on
it.
Let
it
not rejoice among
the
days
of
the
year.
Let
it
not
come
into
the
number
of
the
months.
Behold,
let
that
night
be
barren.
Let
no
joyful voice
come therein.
Let
them
curse it who
curse
the
day,
who
are
ready
to
rouse
up
leviathan.
Let
the
stars
of
its
twilight
be
dark.
Let
it
look
for
light,
but
have
none,
neither
let
it
see
the
eyelids
of
the
morning,
because
it
didn’t
shut
up
the
doors
of
my mother’s
womb,
nor
did
it
hide
trouble
from
my
eyes.
“Why
didn’t
I
die
from
the
womb?
Why
didn’t
I give up
the spirit
when
my
mother bore
me?
Why
did
the
knees
receive
me?
Or
why
the
breast,
that
I
should
nurse?
For
now
I
should
have
lain
down
and
been
quiet.
I
should
have
slept,
then
I would
have
been
at
rest,
with
kings
and
counselors
of
the
earth,
who
built
up
waste
places
for
themselves;
or
with
princes
who
had
gold,
who
filled
their
houses
with
silver;
or
as
a
hidden untimely
birth
I
had
not
been,
as
infants
who
never
saw
light.
There
the
wicked
cease
from troubling.
There
the
weary
are
at
rest.
There
the
prisoners
are
at
ease
together.
They
don’t
hear
the
voice
of
the
taskmaster.
The
small
and
the
great
are
there.
The
servant
is
free
from
his
master.
“Why
is
light
given
to
him
who
is
in misery,
life
to
the
bitter
in
soul,
who
long
for
death,
but
it doesn’t come;
and
dig
for
it
more than
for
hidden
treasures,
who
rejoice exceedingly,
and
are
glad,
when
they can
find
the
grave?
Why
is light given
to
a
man
whose
way
is
hidden,
whom
God
has
hedged
in?
For
my
sighing
comes
before
I eat.
My groanings
are
poured
out
like
water.
For
the
thing
which
I
fear
comes
on
me,
that
which
I am
afraid
of
comes
to
me.
I am
not
at
ease,
neither am
I
quiet,
neither
do
I
have
rest;
but trouble
comes.”
Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered,
“If
someone
ventures
to
talk
with
you,
will
you
be grieved?
But
who
can withhold
himself
from
speaking?
Behold,
you
have
instructed
many,
you
have
strengthened
the weak
hands.
Your
words
have
supported
him who was falling,
you
have
made
the
feeble
knees
firm.
But
now
it
has
come
to
you,
and
you faint.
It
touches
you,
and
you are troubled.
Isn’t
your piety
your
confidence?
Isn’t
the
integrity
of
your
ways
your
hope?
“Remember,
now,
whoever
perished,
being
innocent?
Or
where were
the
upright
cut
off?
According
to
what
I
have
seen,
those
who
plow
iniquity
and
sow
trouble,
reap
the same.
By
the
breath
of
God
they
perish.
By
the
blast
of
his
anger
are
they
consumed.
The
roaring
of
the
lion,
and
the
voice
of
the fierce
lion,
the
teeth
of
the
young
lions,
are
broken.
The
old
lion
perishes
for
lack
of
prey.
The cubs
of
the
lioness
are
scattered abroad.
“Now
a
thing
was secretly
brought
to
me.
My
ear
received
a
whisper
of
it.
In thoughts
from
the
visions
of
the
night,
when
deep
sleep
falls
on
men,
fear
came on me,
and
trembling,
which made
all
my
bones
shake.
Then
a
spirit
passed
before
my
face.
The
hair
of
my
flesh stood
up.
It
stood
still,
but
I
couldn’t
discern
its
appearance.
A
form
was
before
my
eyes.
Silence,
then
I
heard
a
voice,
saying,
‘Shall
mortal
man
be more
just
than
God?
Shall
a
man
be more
pure
than
his Maker?
Behold,
he
puts
no
trust
in
his
servants.
He
charges
his
angels with
error.
How
much
more
those
who
dwell
in
houses
of clay,
whose
foundation
is
in
the
dust,
who
are
crushed
before
the
moth!
Between
morning
and
evening
they are
destroyed.
They
perish
forever
without any regarding
it.
Isn’t
their tent cord
plucked up within
them?
They
die,
and
that
without
wisdom.’
“Call
now;
is
there
any
who
will
answer
you?
To
which
of
the
holy
ones
will
you
turn?
For resentment
kills
the
foolish
man,
and
jealousy
kills
the simple.
I
have
seen
the
foolish
taking
root,
but
suddenly
I cursed
his habitation.
His
children
are
far
from
safety.
They
are
crushed
in
the
gate.
Neither
is
there
any
to
deliver
them,
whose
harvest
the
hungry
eat
up,
and
take
it even
out
of
the
thorns.
The snare gapes
for
their
substance.
For
affliction
doesn’t
come
out
of
the
dust,
neither
does
trouble
spring
out
of
the
ground;
but
man
is
born
to
trouble,
as
the sparks
fly upward.
“But
as
for
me,
I would
seek
God.
I would commit
my
cause
to
God,
who
does
great
things
that can’t
be fathomed,
marvelous
things
without
number;
who
gives
rain
on
the
earth,
and
sends
waters
on
the
fields;
so
that
he
sets
up
on
high those who
are
low,
those who
mourn
are
exalted
to
safety.
He frustrates
the
plans
of
the
crafty,
so
that
their
hands
can’t
perform
their enterprise.
He
takes
the
wise
in their own craftiness;
the
counsel
of
the
cunning
is carried headlong.
They
meet
with
darkness
in
the
day time,
and
grope
at noonday as
in
the
night.
But
he
saves
from
the
sword
of their
mouth,
even
the
needy
from
the
hand
of
the
mighty.
So
the
poor
has
hope,
and
injustice
shuts
her
mouth.
“Behold,
happy
is
the
man
whom
God
corrects.
Therefore
do
not
despise
the
chastening
of
the
Almighty.
For
he
wounds
and
binds
up.
He injures
and
his
hands
make whole.
He
will
deliver
you
in
six troubles;
yes,
in
seven
no
evil
will
touch
you.
In
famine
he
will
redeem
you
from
death;
in
war,
from
the
power
of
the
sword.
You
will
be
hidden
from
the
scourge
of
the
tongue,
neither
will
you
be
afraid
of
destruction
when
it
comes.
You
will
laugh
at
destruction
and
famine,
neither
will
you
be
afraid
of
the
animals
of
the
earth.
For
you
will
be
allied
with
the
stones
of
the
field.
The
animals
of
the
field
will
be
at peace
with
you.
You
will
know
that
your
tent
is
in
peace.
You
will
visit
your fold,
and
will
miss
nothing.
You
will
know
also
that
your
offspring
5:25
or, seed
will
be
great,
your
offspring
as
the
grass
of
the
earth.
You
will
come
to
your
grave
in
a
full
age,
like
a shock
of grain
comes
in
its
season.
Behold,
we
have researched
it.
It
is
so.
Hear
it,
and
know
it
for
your good.”
Then
Job
answered,
“Oh
that
my anguish were
weighed,
and
all
my calamity
laid
in
the
balances!
For
now
it
would
be
heavier
than
the
sand
of
the
seas,
therefore
my
words
have
been rash.
For
the
arrows
of
the
Almighty
are within
me.
My
spirit
drinks
up
their
poison.
The
terrors
of
God
set themselves
in array against
me.
Does
the
wild
donkey
bray
when
he
has
grass?
Or
does
the
ox
low
over
his
fodder?
Can
that which
has
no
flavor be
eaten
without
salt?
Or
is
there
any
taste
in
the
white
of
an
egg?
My
soul
refuses
to
touch
them.
They
are
as
loathsome
food
to
me.
“Oh
that
I
might
have
my
request,
that
God
would
grant
the
thing
that
I long
for,
even
that
it
would
please
God
to
crush
me;
that
he
would let loose
his
hand,
and
cut
me
off!
Let
it
still
be
my
consolation,
yes,
let
me exult
in
pain
that
doesn’t
spare,
that
I
have
not
denied
the
words
of
the
Holy
One.
What
is
my
strength,
that
I
should
wait?
What
is
my
end,
that
I
should
be patient?
Is
my
strength
the
strength
of
stones?
Or
is
my
flesh
of
bronze?
Isn’t
it
that
I
have
no
help
in
me,
that
wisdom
is
driven
away
from
me?
“To him who is ready
to faint,
kindness should be
shown from
his
friend;
even
to him who forsakes
the
fear
of
the
Almighty.
My
brothers
have
dealt
deceitfully
as
a
brook,
as
the channel
of
brooks
that
pass
away;
which
are
black
by
reason
of
the
ice,
in which
the
snow
hides itself.
In
the dry
season,
they
vanish.
When
it
is
hot,
they are
consumed
out
of
their
place.
The
caravans
that travel beside
them turn
away.
They
go
up
into
the
waste,
and
perish.
The
caravans
of
Tema
looked.
The companies
of
Sheba waited
for them.
They were distressed
because
they were
confident.
They
came
there,
and were
confounded.
For
now
you
are
nothing.
You
see
a
terror,
and
are
afraid.
Did
I ever
say, ‘Give
to
me?’
or, ‘Offer
a present
for
me from
your substance?’
or, ‘Deliver
me
from
the adversary’s
hand?’
or, ‘Redeem
me
from
the
hand
of
the oppressors?’
“Teach
me,
and
I
will hold
my peace.
Cause
me
to
understand
my
error.
How forcible
are
words
of
uprightness!
But
your
reproof,
what
does
it
reprove?
Do
you
intend
to
reprove
words,
since
the speeches
of one
who
is desperate
are
as
wind?
Yes,
you would
even
cast lots
for
the
fatherless,
and make merchandise
of
your
friend.
Now
therefore
be
pleased
to
look
at
me,
for
surely
I
will
not
lie
to
your
face.
Please
return.
Let
there
be
no
injustice.
Yes,
return
again.
My
cause
is
righteous.
Is
there
injustice
on
my
tongue?
Can’t
my
taste
discern mischievous
things?
“Isn’t
a
man
forced
to
labor
on
earth?
Aren’t
his
days
like
the
days
of
a
hired hand?
As a
servant
who earnestly desires
the
shadow,
as a hireling
who looks
for
his
wages,
so
I am made
to
possess
months
of
misery,
wearisome
nights
are
appointed
to me.
When
I
lie
down,
I
say,
‘When
will
I
arise,
and
the
night
be gone?’
I toss
and turn
until
the dawning
of
the day.
My
flesh
is
clothed
with
worms
and clods
of
dust.
My
skin closes up,
and breaks
out afresh.
My
days
are
swifter
than
a
weaver’s
shuttle,
and
are
spent
without
hope.
Oh
remember
that
my
life
is
a
breath.
My
eye
will
no
more
see
good.
The
eye
of him
who
sees
me
will
see
me
no
more.
Your
eyes
will
be
on
me,
but
I
will
not
be.
As
the
cloud
is
consumed
and
vanishes
away,
so
he
who
goes
down
to
Sheol
7:9
Sheol is the place of the dead.
will
come
up
no
more.
He
will
return
no
more
to
his
house,
neither
will
his
place
know
him
any
more.
“Therefore
I
will
not
keep
silent.
I
will
speak
in
the anguish
of
my
spirit.
I
will
complain
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
Am
I
a
sea,
or
a
sea
monster,
that
you
put
a
guard
over
me?
When
I
say, ‘My
bed
will
comfort
me.
My
couch
will
ease
my complaint,’
then
you scare
me with
dreams
and
terrify
me through
visions,
so
that
my
soul
chooses strangling,
death rather than
my
bones.
I loathe
my
life.
I
don’t want
to
live
forever.
Leave
me
alone,
for
my
days
are
but
a
breath.
What
is
man,
that
you
should
magnify
him,
that
you
should
set
your
mind
on
him,
that
you should
visit
him
every
morning,
and
test
him
every
moment?
How
long
will
you
not
look
away
from
me,
nor
leave
me
alone
until
I
swallow down
my
spittle?
If
I
have
sinned,
what
do
I
do
to
you,
you
watcher
of
men?
Why
have
you
set
me
as
a
mark
for
you,
so
that
I
am
a
burden
to myself?
Why
do
you
not
pardon
my disobedience,
and
take
away
my
iniquity?
For
now
will
I
lie
down
in
the
dust.
You
will
seek
me
diligently,
but
I
will
not
be.”
Then
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered,
“How
long
will
you
speak
these
things?
Shall
the
words
of
your
mouth be
a
mighty
wind?
Does
God
pervert
justice?
Or
does
the
Almighty
pervert
righteousness?
If
your
children
have
sinned
against
him,
he
has
delivered
them
into
the
hand
of
their disobedience.
If
you want
to
seek
God
diligently,
make
your supplication
to
the
Almighty.
If
you
were
pure
and
upright,
surely
now
he
would
awaken
for
you,
and
make
the habitation
of
your
righteousness prosperous.
Though
your
beginning
was
small,
yet
your
latter
end would
greatly
increase.
“Please
inquire
of
past
generations.
Find
out about
the learning
of
their
fathers.
(For
we
are
but
of
yesterday,
and
know
nothing,
because
our
days
on
earth
are
a
shadow.)
Shall
they
not
teach
you,
tell
you,
and utter
words
out
of
their
heart?
“Can
the
papyrus
grow
up
without mire?
Can
the
rushes
grow
without
water?
While
it
is
yet
in
its greenness,
not
cut
down,
it
withers
before
any
other reed.
So
are
the
paths
of
all
who
forget
God.
The
hope
of
the
godless
man
will
perish,
whose
confidence
will break apart,
whose
trust
is
a
spider’s
web.
He
will
lean
on
his
house,
but
it
will
not
stand.
He
will cling
to
it,
but
it
will
not
endure.
He
is green
before
the
sun.
His
shoots
go
out
along
his
garden.
His
roots
are wrapped
around
the
rock
pile.
He
sees
the
place
of
stones.
If
he
is
destroyed
from
his
place,
then
it
will
deny
him, saying, ‘I
have
not
seen
you.’
Behold,
this
is
the
joy
of
his
way.
Out
of
the
earth,
others
will
spring.
“Behold,
God
will
not cast away
a
blameless
man,
neither
will
he uphold
the evildoers.
He
will
still
fill
your
mouth
with
laughter,
your
lips
with
shouting.
Those
who
hate
you
will
be
clothed
with
shame.
The
tent
of
the
wicked
will
be
no
more.”
Then
Job
answered,
“Truly
I
know
that
it
is
so,
but
how
can
man
be
just
with
God?
If
he
is
pleased
to
contend
with
him,
he
can’t
answer
him
one time
in
a
thousand.
God
is
wise
in
heart,
and
mighty
in
strength.
Who
has
hardened
himself
against
him
and prospered?
He
removes
the
mountains,
and
they
don’t
know
it,
when
he
overturns
them
in
his
anger.
He
shakes
the
earth
out
of its
place.
Its
pillars
tremble.
He
commands
the sun
and
it
doesn’t
rise,
and
seals
up
the
stars.
He
alone
stretches
out
the
heavens,
and
treads
on
the
waves
of
the
sea.
He
makes
the
Bear,
Orion,
and
the
Pleiades,
and
the
rooms
of
the
south.
He
does
great
things past finding
out;
yes,
marvelous
things
without
number.
Behold,
he goes
by
me,
and
I
don’t
see
him.
He
passes
on also,
but
I
don’t
perceive
him.
Behold,
he snatches
away.
Who
can hinder
him?
Who
will
ask
him, ‘What
are
you
doing?’
“God
will
not
withdraw
his
anger.
The
helpers
of
Rahab stoop
under
him.
How
much
less
will
I
answer
him,
and
choose
my
words
to argue
with
him?
Though
I
were
righteous,
yet
I wouldn’t
answer
him.
I
would make supplication
to
my
judge.
If
I
had
called,
and
he
had
answered
me,
yet
I wouldn’t
believe
that
he
listened
to
my
voice.
For
he breaks
me
with
a
storm,
and multiplies
my
wounds
without
cause.
He
will
not
allow
me
to catch
my
breath,
but fills
me
with
bitterness.
If
it
is
a matter
of
strength,
behold,
he
is
mighty!
If
of
justice, ‘Who,’ says
he, ‘will
summon
me?’
Though
I
am
righteous,
my own
mouth
will
condemn
me.
Though
I
am
blameless,
it
will prove
me perverse.
I
am
blameless.
I
don’t respect
myself.
I
despise
my
life.
“It
is
all
the
same.
Therefore
I
say
he
destroys
the
blameless
and
the
wicked.
If
the
scourge
kills
suddenly,
he
will
mock
at
the trial
of
the
innocent.
The
earth
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
wicked.
He
covers
the
faces
of
its
judges.
If
not
he,
then
who
is
it?
“Now
my
days
are
swifter
than
a
runner.
They
flee
away.
They
see
no
good.
They
have
passed
away as
the swift
ships,
as
the
eagle
that
swoops
on
the
prey.
If
I
say, ‘I
will
forget
my
complaint,
I
will put off
my sad
face,
and
cheer up,’
I am
afraid
of
all
my
sorrows.
I
know
that
you
will
not hold
me
innocent.
I
will be
condemned.
Why
then
do
I
labor
in
vain?
If
I
wash myself
with
snow,
and
cleanse
my
hands
with lye,
yet
you
will
plunge
me
in
the ditch.
My own
clothes
will
abhor
me.
For
he
is
not
a
man,
as
I am,
that
I
should
answer
him,
that
we
should
come
together
in
judgment.
There
is no
umpire
between
us,
that
might
lay
his
hand
on
us
both.
Let
him
take
his
rod
away
from
me.
Let
his
terror
not make
me afraid;
then
I
would
speak,
and
not
fear
him,
for
I
am
not
so
in
myself.
“My
soul
is weary
of
my
life.
I
will
give free course
to
my
complaint.
I
will
speak
in
the
bitterness
of
my
soul.
I
will
tell
God, ‘Do
not
condemn
me.
Show
me
why
you
contend
with
me.
Is
it
good
to
you
that
you
should
oppress,
that
you
should
despise
the work
of
your
hands,
and smile
on
the
counsel
of
the
wicked?
Do
you
have
eyes
of
flesh?
Or
do
you
see
as
man
sees?
Are
your
days
as
the
days
of mortals,
or
your
years
as
man’s
years,
that
you
inquire
after
my
iniquity,
and
search
after
my
sin?
Although
you
know
that
I am
not
wicked,
there
is
no
one
who
can
deliver
out
of
your
hand.
“‘Your
hands
have framed me
and
fashioned me
altogether,
yet
you
destroy me.
Remember,
I
beg
you,
that
you
have
fashioned
me
as clay.
Will
you
bring
me
into
dust
again?
Haven’t
you
poured
me out
like
milk,
and curdled
me
like
cheese?
You have
clothed me
with
skin
and
flesh,
and knit me together
with
bones
and
sinews.
You
have granted
me
life
and loving
kindness.
Your visitation
has
preserved
my
spirit.
Yet
you
hid
these
things
in
your
heart.
I
know
that
this
is
with
you:
if
I
sin,
then
you
mark
me.
You
will
not
acquit
me
from
my
iniquity.
If
I am
wicked,
woe
to
me.
If
I am
righteous,
I still
will
not
lift
up
my
head,
being
filled
with
disgrace,
and
conscious
of
my affliction.
If
my head is held high,
you
hunt
me
like
a
lion.
Again
you
show yourself powerful
to
me.
You
renew
your
witnesses
against
me,
and
increase
your indignation
on
me.
Changes
and
warfare
are
with
me.
“‘Why,
then,
have
you
brought
me
out
of
the
womb?
I wish
I
had given
up
the spirit,
and
no
eye
had
seen
me.
I should
have
been
as though
I
had
not
been.
I should
have
been
carried
from
the
womb
to
the
grave.
Aren’t
my
days
few?
Stop!
Leave
me
alone,
that
I
may find
a
little
comfort,
before
I
go
where
I
will
not
return
from,
to
the
land
of
darkness
and
of
the
shadow
of
death;
the
land
dark
as midnight,
of
the
shadow
of
death,
without
any
order,
where
the light
is
as midnight.’”
Then
Zophar,
the
Naamathite,
answered,
“Shouldn’t
the
multitude
of
words
be
answered?
Should
a
man full
of
talk
be
justified?
Should
your boastings make
men hold
their peace?
When you
mock,
will
no
man make you
ashamed?
For
you
say, ‘My doctrine
is
pure.
I
am
clean
in
your
eyes.’
But
oh
that
God
would
speak,
and
open
his
lips
against
you,
that
he
would
show
you
the
secrets
of
wisdom!
For true
wisdom
has
two
sides.
Know
therefore
that
God exacts
of
you
less
than
your
iniquity deserves.
“Can
you fathom
the mystery
of
God?
Or
can
you probe
the
limits
of
the
Almighty?
They
are
high
as
heaven.
What
can
you
do?
They
are
deeper than
Sheol.
11:8
Sheol is the place of the dead.
What
can
you
know?
Its
measure
is
longer
than
the
earth,
and
broader
than
the
sea.
If
he
passes
by,
or confines,
or convenes
a court,
then
who
can oppose
him?
For
he
knows
false
men.
He
sees
iniquity
also,
even
though
he
doesn’t
consider
it.
An empty-headed
man becomes wise
when
a
man
is
born
as
a
wild donkey’s
colt.
“If
you
set
your
heart aright,
stretch
out
your
hands
toward
him.
If
iniquity
is
in
your
hand,
put
it
far
away.
Don’t
let
unrighteousness
dwell
in
your
tents.
Surely
then
you
will
lift
up
your
face
without
spot.
Yes,
you
will
be
steadfast,
and
will
not
fear,
for
you
will
forget
your
misery.
You
will
remember
it like
waters
that
have
passed
away.
Life
will
be clearer than
the noonday.
Though
there
is darkness,
it
will
be
as
the
morning.
You
will
be
secure,
because
there
is
hope.
Yes,
you
will
search,
and
will
take
your
rest
in
safety.
Also
you
will
lie
down,
and
no
one
will
make
you
afraid.
Yes,
many
will court
your
favor.
But
the
eyes
of
the
wicked
will
fail.
They
will
have
no way
to flee.
Their
hope
will
be
the giving
up
of
the
spirit.”
Then
Job
answered,
“No doubt,
but
you
are
the
people,
and
wisdom
will
die
with
you.
But
I
have
understanding
as
well
as
you;
I
am
not
inferior
to
you.
Yes,
who
doesn’t
know
such
things
as
these?
I
am
like
one
who
is
a
joke
to
his
neighbor,
I,
who
called
on
God,
and
he
answered.
The
just,
the
blameless
man
is
a
joke.
In
the thought
of him
who is at
ease there is
contempt
for misfortune.
It is
ready
for them whose
foot slips.
The
tents
of
robbers
prosper.
Those
who
provoke
God
are
secure,
who
carry
their
god
in
their
hands.
“But
ask
the
animals
now,
and they
will
teach
you;
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and they
will
tell
you.
Or
speak
to
the
earth,
and
it
will
teach
you.
The
fish
of
the
sea
will
declare
to
you.
Who
doesn’t
know
that
in
all
these,
Yahweh’s
hand
has
done
this,
in
whose
hand
is
the
life
of
every
living
thing,
and
the
breath
of
all
mankind?
Doesn’t
the
ear
try
words,
even
as
the
palate
tastes
its
food?
With
aged
men
is
wisdom,
in
length
of
days
understanding.
“With
God
is
wisdom
and
might.
He
has
counsel
and
understanding.
Behold,
he breaks
down,
and
it
can’t
be
built again.
He
imprisons
a
man,
and there
can
be
no release.
Behold,
he withholds
the
waters,
and
they
dry
up.
Again,
he
sends
them
out,
and
they overturn
the
earth.
With
him
is
strength
and
wisdom.
The deceived
and
the deceiver
are
his.
He leads
counselors away stripped.
He makes
judges fools.
He loosens
the bond
of
kings.
He
binds
their
waist
with
a
belt.
He leads
priests away stripped,
and
overthrows
the mighty.
He removes
the
speech
of those
who
are
trusted,
and
takes
away
the understanding
of
the
elders.
He
pours
contempt
on
princes,
and
loosens
the belt
of
the
strong.
He
uncovers
deep
things
out
of
darkness,
and
brings
out
to
light
the
shadow
of
death.
He increases
the
nations,
and he
destroys
them.
He
enlarges
the
nations,
and he
leads
them captive.
He
takes
away
understanding
from
the
chiefs
of
the
people
of
the
earth,
and causes
them
to
wander
in
a
wilderness
where there
is
no
way.
They
grope
in
the
dark
without
light.
He makes
them
stagger
like
a
drunken
man.
“Behold,
my
eye
has
seen
all
this.
My
ear
has
heard
and
understood
it.
What
you
know,
I
know
also.
I
am
not
inferior
to
you.
“Surely
I would
speak
to
the
Almighty.
I
desire
to
reason
with
God.
But
you
are forgers
of
lies.
You
are
all
physicians
of
no value.
Oh
that
you
would
be completely
silent!
Then
you
would
be
wise.
Hear
now
my reasoning.
Listen
to
the pleadings
of
my
lips.
Will
you
speak unrighteously for
God,
and
talk
deceitfully for
him?
Will
you
show
partiality
to
him?
Will
you
contend
for
God?
Is
it
good
that
he
should
search
you
out?
Or
as
one
deceives
a
man,
will
you deceive
him?
He
will
surely
reprove
you
if
you secretly
show
partiality.
Won’t
his
majesty make
you
afraid
and
his
dread
fall
on
you?
Your
memorable
sayings
are proverbs
of
ashes.
Your
defenses
are
defenses
of clay.
“Be
silent!
Leave
me
alone,
that
I
may
speak.
Let come
on
me
what
will.
Why
should
I
take
my
flesh
in
my
teeth,
and
put
my
life
in
my
hand?
Behold,
he
will kill
me.
I
have
no
hope.
Nevertheless,
I
will maintain
my
ways
before
him.
This
also
will
be
my
salvation,
that
a
godless
man
will
not
come
before
him.
Listen
carefully
to
my
speech.
Let
my
declaration
be
in
your
ears.
See
now,
I
have set
my
cause
in
order.
I
know
that
I
am
righteous.
Who
is
he
who
will
contend
with
me?
For
then
would
I hold
my peace
and give up
the spirit.
“Only
don’t
do
two
things
to
me,
then
I
will
not
hide myself
from
your
face:
withdraw
your
hand
far
from
me,
and
don’t
let
your
terror make
me afraid.
Then
call,
and
I
will
answer,
or let
me
speak,
and
you
answer
me.
How
many
are
my
iniquities
and
sins?
Make
me
know
my disobedience
and
my
sin.
Why
do
you
hide
your
face,
and
consider
me
your
enemy?
Will
you harass
a
driven
leaf?
Will
you
pursue
the
dry
stubble?
For
you
write
bitter
things
against
me,
and
make
me
inherit
the
iniquities
of
my
youth.
You also
put
my
feet
in
the
stocks,
and
mark
all
my
paths.
You
set
a bound
to
the
soles
of
my
feet,
though I am
decaying
like
a
rotten
thing,
like
a
garment
that
is moth-eaten.
“Man,
who
is
born
of
a
woman,
is
of few
days,
and
full
of trouble.
He
grows
up
like
a
flower,
and
is cut down.
He also
flees
like
a
shadow,
and
doesn’t
continue.
Do
you
open
your
eyes
on
such
a
one,
and
bring
me
into
judgment
with
you?
Who
can
bring
a
clean
thing out
of
an
unclean?
Not
one.
Seeing
his
days
are
determined,
the
number
of
his
months
is
with
you,
and
you
have
appointed
his bounds
that
he
can’t
pass.
Look
away
from
him,
that
he
may
rest,
until
he accomplishes,
as
a hireling,
his
day.
“For
there
is
hope
for
a
tree
if
it
is
cut
down,
that
it
will
sprout
again,
that
the tender
branch
of
it
will
not
cease.
Though
its
root grows
old
in
the
earth,
and
its
stock
dies
in
the
ground,
yet through
the scent
of
water
it
will
bud,
and
sprout boughs
like
a
plant.
But
man
dies,
and
is laid low.
Yes,
man gives up
the spirit,
and
where
is
he?
As
the
waters fail
from
the
sea,
and
the
river wastes
and
dries
up,
so
man
lies
down
and
doesn’t
rise.
Until
the
heavens
are
no
more,
they
will
not
awake,
nor
be
roused
out
of
their
sleep.
“Oh
that
you
would
hide
me
in
Sheol,
14:13
Sheol is the place of the dead.
that
you
would
keep
me
secret
until
your
wrath
is past,
that
you
would
appoint
me
a
set
time
and
remember
me!
If
a
man
dies,
will
he
live again?
I
would
wait
all
the
days
of
my
warfare,
until
my release
should
come.
You
would
call,
and
I
would
answer
you.
You
would
have
a desire
for
the
work
of
your
hands.
But
now
you
count
my
steps.
Don’t
you
watch
over
my
sin?
My disobedience
is
sealed
up
in
a
bag.
You fasten
up
my
iniquity.
“But
the
mountain
falling comes
to nothing.
The
rock
is removed
out
of its
place.
The
waters wear
the
stones.
The torrents
of
it
wash
away
the
dust
of
the
earth.
So
you
destroy
the
hope
of
man.
You
forever prevail
against
him,
and
he
departs.
You change
his
face,
and
send
him
away.
His
sons come
to
honor,
and
he
doesn’t
know
it.
They
are brought low,
but
he
doesn’t
perceive
it
of
them.
But
his
flesh
on
him
has
pain,
and
his
soul
within
him
mourns.”
Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered,
“Should
a
wise
man
answer
with vain
knowledge,
and
fill
himself
with
the
east
wind?
Should
he
reason
with unprofitable
talk,
or
with speeches
with
which
he
can do
no
good?
Yes,
you
do
away
with
fear,
and
hinder devotion
before
God.
For
your
iniquity
teaches
your
mouth,
and
you
choose
the
language
of
the
crafty.
Your own
mouth
condemns
you,
and
not
I.
Yes,
your own
lips
testify against
you.
“Are
you
the
first
man
who
was
born?
Or
were
you
brought
out
before
the
hills?
Have
you
heard
the
secret
counsel
of
God?
Do
you
limit
wisdom
to
yourself?
What
do
you
know
that we
don’t
know?
What
do
you
understand
which
is
not
in
us?
With
us
are
both
the gray-headed
and
the
very
aged
men,
much older
than
your
father.
Are
the
consolations
of
God
too
small
for
you,
even
the
word
that
is gentle
toward
you?
Why
does
your
heart
carry
you
away?
Why
do
your
eyes
flash,
that
you
turn
your
spirit
against
God,
and let such
words
go
out
of
your
mouth?
What
is
man,
that
he
should
be
clean?
What
is
he
who
is
born
of
a
woman,
that
he
should
be
righteous?
Behold,
he
puts
no
trust
in
his
holy
ones.
Yes,
the
heavens
are
not clean
in
his
sight;
how
much
less
one
who
is
abominable
and
corrupt,
a
man
who
drinks
iniquity
like
water!
“I
will
show
you,
listen
to me;
that
which
I
have
seen
I
will
declare
(which
wise
men
have
told
by
their
fathers,
and
have
not
hidden
it;
to whom
alone
the
land
was
given,
and
no stranger
passed
among
them):
the
wicked
man writhes
in pain
all
his
days,
even
the
number
of
years
that
are laid
up
for
the oppressor.
A
sound
of
terrors
is
in
his
ears.
In
prosperity
the
destroyer
will
come
on
him.
He
doesn’t
believe
that
he
will
return
out
of
darkness.
He
is waited
for
by
the
sword.
He
wanders abroad
for
bread, saying, ‘Where
is
it?’
He
knows
that
the
day
of
darkness
is
ready
at
his
hand.
Distress
and
anguish make
him afraid.
They prevail against
him,
as
a
king
ready
to the battle.
Because
he
has
stretched
out
his
hand
against
God,
and behaves
himself proudly
against
the
Almighty,
he
runs
at
him
with
a stiff
neck,
with
the
thick
shields
of
his bucklers,
because
he
has
covered
his
face
with
his
fatness,
and
gathered
fat
on
his
thighs.
He
has
lived
in
desolate
cities,
in
houses
which
no
one
inhabited,
which
were
ready
to become
heaps.
He
will
not
be
rich,
neither
will
his
substance
continue,
neither
will
their possessions
be
extended
on
the
earth.
He
will
not
depart
out
of
darkness.
The
flame
will
dry
up
his branches.
He
will
go
away
by
the
breath
of God’s
mouth.
Let
him
not
trust
in
emptiness,
deceiving himself,
for
emptiness
will
be
his
reward.
It
will
be
accomplished
before
his
time.
His
branch
will
not
be
green.
He
will shake
off
his unripe grape as
the
vine,
and
will
cast
off
his
flower as
the
olive
tree.
For
the
company
of
the
godless
will
be
barren,
and
fire
will
consume
the
tents
of
bribery.
They
conceive
mischief
and produce
iniquity.
Their heart
prepares
deceit.”
Then
Job
answered,
“I
have
heard
many
such
things.
You
are
all miserable
comforters!
Shall vain
words
have
an
end?
Or
what
provokes
you
that
you
answer?
I
also
could
speak
as
you do.
If
your
soul
were
in
my
soul’s
place,
I
could
join
words
together
against
you,
and
shake
my
head
at
you,
but I would
strengthen
you
with
my
mouth.
The
solace
of
my
lips would relieve
you.
“Though
I
speak,
my grief
is
not subsided.
Though
I forbear,
what
am
I eased?
But
now, God,
you
have
surely worn
me
out.
You
have
made
all
my
company
desolate.
You
have
shriveled
me
up. This
is
a
witness
against
me.
My
leanness
rises
up
against
me.
It
testifies
to
my
face.
He
has
torn
me
in
his
wrath
and persecuted
me.
He
has
gnashed
on
me
with
his
teeth.
My adversary sharpens
his
eyes
on
me.
They
have
gaped
on
me
with
their
mouth.
They
have
struck
me
on
the
cheek reproachfully.
They gather
themselves
together
against
me.
God delivers
me
to
the
ungodly,
and casts
me
into
the
hands
of
the
wicked.
I
was
at
ease,
and he broke
me apart.
Yes, he
has
taken
me
by
the
neck,
and dashed
me
to pieces.
He
has also
set
me
up
for
his
target.
His archers
surround
me.
He
splits
my
kidneys apart,
and
does
not
spare.
He
pours
out
my bile
on
the
ground.
He
breaks
me
with
breach
on
breach.
He
runs
at
me
like
a giant.
I
have
sewed
sackcloth
on
my
skin,
and
have thrust
my
horn
in
the
dust.
My
face
is red
with
weeping.
Deep
darkness
is
on
my
eyelids,
although there
is
no
violence
in
my
hands,
and
my
prayer
is
pure.
“Earth,
don’t
cover
my
blood.
Let
my
cry
have
no
place
to
rest.
Even
now,
behold,
my
witness
is
in
heaven.
He
who vouches
for me
is
on
high.
My
friends scoff
at
me.
My
eyes pour
out tears
to
God,
that
he
would maintain
the right
of
a
man
with
God,
of
a
son
of
man
with
his
neighbor!
For
when
a
few
years
have
come,
I
will
go
the
way
of
no
return.
“My
spirit
is consumed.
My
days
are extinct
and
the
grave
is ready
for
me.
Surely there
are
mockers
with
me.
My
eye dwells
on
their
provocation.
“Now
give
a pledge.
Be
collateral
for
me
with
yourself.
Who
is there
who
will
strike
hands
with
me?
For
you
have
hidden
their
heart
from
understanding,
therefore
you
will
not
exalt
them.
He
who
denounces
his
friends
for plunder,
even
the
eyes
of
his
children
will
fail.
“But
he
has
made
me
a
byword
of
the
people.
They
spit
in
my
face.
My
eye also
is dim
by reason
of sorrow.
All
my
members
are as
a
shadow.
Upright men
will be
astonished
at
this.
The
innocent
will
stir himself
up
against
the
godless.
Yet
the
righteous
will
hold
to
his
way.
He
who
has
clean
hands
will
grow
stronger
and
stronger.
But
as
for
you
all,
come
back.
I
will
not
find
a
wise
man
among
you.
My
days
are past.
My
plans
are
broken
off,
as
are
the
thoughts
of
my
heart.
They change
the
night
into
day,
saying ‘The
light
is near’
in
the
presence
of
darkness.
If
I
look
for
Sheol
17:13
Sheol is the place of the dead.
as
my
house,
if
I
have spread
my
couch
in
the
darkness,
if
I
have said
to
corruption, ‘You
are
my
father,’
and
to
the
worm, ‘My
mother,’
and ‘My
sister,’
where
then
is
my
hope?
As for
my
hope,
who
will
see it?
Shall
it
go
down
with
me
to
the gates
of
Sheol,
17:16
Sheol is the place of the dead.
or
descend
together
into
the
dust?”
Then
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered,
“How
long
will
you hunt
for
words?
Consider,
and
afterwards
we
will
speak.
Why
are we
counted
as
animals,
which
have become unclean
in
your
sight?
You
who
tear
yourself
in
your
anger,
will
the
earth
be forsaken
for
you?
Or
will
the
rock
be removed
out
of its
place?
“Yes,
the
light
of
the
wicked
will
be
put
out.
The spark
of
his
fire
won’t
shine.
The
light
will be
dark
in
his
tent.
His
lamp
above
him
will be
put
out.
The
steps
of
his
strength will be shortened.
His own
counsel will
cast
him
down.
For
he
is
cast
into
a
net
by
his own
feet,
and
he wanders
into
its mesh.
A
snare will
take
him
by
the
heel.
A
trap will
catch
him.
A noose
is
hidden
for
him
in
the
ground,
a
trap
for
him
on
the
path.
Terrors
will
make
him afraid
on
every
side,
and
will chase
him at
his
heels.
His
strength
will
be
famished.
Calamity
will
be
ready
at
his
side.
The members
of
his
body
will be
devoured.
The
firstborn
of
death
will
devour
his members.
He
will
be rooted out
of
the
security
of
his
tent.
He
will
be brought
to
the
king
of
terrors.
There will
dwell
in
his
tent
that which
is none
of
his.
Sulfur will be
scattered
on
his habitation.
His
roots
will be
dried
up
beneath.
His branch
will be cut off
above.
His
memory
will
perish
from
the
earth.
He
will
have
no
name
in
the
street.
He
will
be
driven
from
light
into
darkness,
and
chased
out
of
the
world.
He
will
have
neither son
nor grandson
among
his
people,
nor
any remaining
where
he lived.
Those
who
come
after
will
be
astonished
at
his
day,
as
those
who went
before
were frightened.
Surely
such
are
the
dwellings
of
the unrighteous.
This
is
the
place
of
him
who
doesn’t
know
God.”
Then
Job
answered,
“How
long
will
you
torment
me,
and
crush
me
with
words?
You
have reproached
me
ten
times.
You aren’t
ashamed
that
you attack
me.
If it is
true
that
I
have
erred,
my
error
remains
with myself.
If
indeed
you
will
magnify
yourselves
against
me,
and
plead
against
me
my
reproach,
know
now
that
God
has subverted
me,
and
has surrounded
me
with
his
net.
“Behold,
I
cry
out
of
wrong,
but
I
am
not heard.
I
cry
for
help,
but
there
is
no
justice.
He has
walled
up
my
way
so
that
I
can’t
pass,
and has
set
darkness
in
my
paths.
He
has
stripped
me
of
my
glory,
and
taken
the
crown
from
my
head.
He
has
broken
me
down
on
every
side,
and I am gone.
He
has
plucked
my
hope up
like
a
tree.
He
has
also
kindled
his
wrath
against
me.
He
counts
me
among
his adversaries.
His
troops
come
on
together,
build
a siege ramp
against
me,
and
encamp
around
my
tent.
“He
has
put
my
brothers
far
from
me.
My
acquaintances
are wholly estranged
from
me.
My
relatives
have gone away.
My
familiar
friends
have
forgotten
me.
Those
who
dwell
in
my
house
and
my
maids
consider
me
a
stranger.
I
am
an
alien
in
their
sight.
I
call
to
my
servant,
and
he
gives
me
no
answer.
I beg
him
with
my
mouth.
My
breath
is offensive
to my
wife.
I am loathsome
to
the
children
of my own mother.
Even
young
children
despise
me.
If
I
arise,
they
speak
against
me.
All
my familiar
friends
abhor
me.
They whom
I
loved
have
turned
against
me.
My
bones
stick
to
my
skin
and
to
my
flesh.
I have
escaped by
the
skin
of
my
teeth.
“Have
pity
on
me.
Have
pity
on
me,
you
my
friends,
for
the
hand
of
God
has
touched
me.
Why
do
you
persecute
me
as
God,
and
are
not
satisfied
with
my
flesh?
“Oh
that
my
words
were
now
written!
Oh
that they
were
inscribed
in
a
book!
That with an
iron
pen
and
lead
they were
engraved
in the
rock
forever!
But
as
for
me,
I
know
that
my
Redeemer
lives.
In
the
end,
he
will
stand
upon
the
earth.
After
my
skin
is destroyed,
then
I
will
see
God
in
my
flesh,
whom
I,
even
I,
will
see
on
my side.
My
eyes
will
see,
and
not
as
a stranger.
“My
heart
is
consumed
within
me.
If
you
say, ‘How
we
will
persecute
him!’
because
the
root
of
the
matter
is
found
in
me,
be
afraid
of
the
sword,
for
wrath brings
the punishments
of
the
sword,
that
you
may
know
there
is
a
judgment.”
Then
Zophar
the
Naamathite
answered,
“Therefore
my thoughts
answer
me,
even
by
reason
of
my haste
that
is
in
me.
I
have
heard
the
reproof
which puts
me
to
shame.
The
spirit
of
my
understanding
answers
me.
Don’t
you
know
this
from
old time,
since
man
was
placed
on
earth,
that
the
triumphing
of
the
wicked
is
short,
the
joy
of
the
godless
but
for
a
moment?
Though
his height
mount
up
to
the
heavens,
and
his
head
reach
to
the
clouds,
yet
he will
perish
forever like
his own
dung.
Those
who
have
seen
him will
say, ‘Where
is
he?’
He
will
fly
away as
a
dream,
and
will
not
be
found.
Yes,
he
will
be
chased
away
like
a
vision
of
the
night.
The
eye
which
saw him
will
see him
no
more,
neither
will
his
place
see him
any
more.
His
children
will seek
the
favor
of
the
poor.
His
hands
will
give
back
his
wealth.
His
bones
are
full
of
his
youth,
but
youth
will
lie
down
with
him
in
the
dust.
“Though
wickedness
is
sweet
in
his
mouth,
though
he
hide
it
under
his
tongue,
though
he
spare
it,
and
will
not
let
it go,
but
keep
it still
within
his
mouth,
yet
his
food
in
his
bowels
is
turned.
It
is
cobra
venom
within him.
He
has
swallowed down
riches,
and
he
will
vomit
them
up again.
God
will
cast
them
out
of
his
belly.
He
will
suck
cobra
venom.
The
viper’s
tongue
will
kill
him.
He
will
not
look
at
the
rivers,
the flowing
streams
of
honey
and
butter.
He
will
restore
that
for which
he labored,
and
will
not
swallow
it down.
He
will
not rejoice according
to
the
substance
that
he has gotten.
For
he
has
oppressed
and forsaken
the
poor.
He
has violently
taken
away
a
house,
and
he
will
not
build
it
up.
“Because
he
knew
no quietness
within
him,
he
will
not
save
anything
of
that
in which
he delights.
There
was
nothing
left
that
he
didn’t devour,
therefore
his
prosperity
will
not endure.
In
the
fullness
of
his sufficiency,
distress
will overtake
him.
The
hand
of
everyone
who
is
in misery
will
come
on
him.
When
he
is
about
to
fill
his
belly,
God
will
cast
the
fierceness
of
his
wrath
on
him.
It
will
rain
on
him
while
he
is
eating.
He
will
flee
from
the
iron
weapon.
The
bronze arrow
will strike
him
through.
He draws
it
out,
and
it
comes
out
of
his body.
Yes,
the
glittering
point
comes
out
of
his liver.
Terrors are
on
him.
All
darkness
is
laid
up
for
his
treasures.
An
unfanned
fire
will
devour
him.
It
will
consume
that
which
is
left
in
his
tent.
The
heavens
will
reveal
his
iniquity.
The
earth
will
rise
up against
him.
The
increase
of
his
house
will
depart.
They
will rush
away
in
the
day
of
his
wrath.
This
is
the
portion
of
a
wicked
man
from
God,
the
heritage appointed
to
him
by
God.”
Then
Job
answered,
“Listen
diligently
to
my
speech.
Let
this
be
your
consolation.
Allow
me,
and
I
also
will
speak.
After
I
have
spoken,
mock
on.
As
for
me,
is
my
complaint
to
man?
Why shouldn’t
I
be impatient?
Look
at
me,
and
be
astonished.
Lay
your
hand
on
your
mouth.
When
I
remember,
I am troubled.
Horror
takes
hold
of
my
flesh.
“Why do
the
wicked
live,
become
old,
yes,
and
grow
mighty
in
power?
Their
child
is
established
with
them
in
their
sight,
their
offspring
before
their
eyes.
Their
houses
are
safe
from
fear,
neither
is
the
rod
of
God
upon
them.
Their
bulls
breed
without
fail.
Their
cows
calve,
and
don’t
miscarry.
They
send
out
their
little
ones
like
a
flock.
Their
children
dance.
They
sing
to
the
tambourine
and
harp,
and
rejoice
at
the
sound
of
the
pipe.
They
spend
their
days
in
prosperity.
In an
instant
they
go
down
to
Sheol.
21:13
Sheol is the place of the dead.
They
tell
God, ‘Depart
from
us,
for we
don’t
want
to
know
about
your
ways.
What
is
the
Almighty,
that
we
should
serve
him?
What
profit
should
we
have,
if
we pray
to
him?’
Behold,
their
prosperity
is
not
in
their
hand.
The
counsel
of
the
wicked
is
far
from
me.
“How
often
is
it
that
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
is
put
out,
that
their
calamity
comes
on
them,
that God distributes sorrows
in
his
anger?
How often
is
it
that
they
are
as stubble
before
the
wind,
as
chaff
that
the storm
carries
away?
You say, ‘God lays
up
his
iniquity
for
his
children.’
Let
him recompense
it
to
himself,
that
he
may
know
it.
Let
his
own
eyes
see
his destruction.
Let
him
drink
of
the
wrath
of
the
Almighty.
For
what
does
he
care
for
his
house
after
him,
when
the
number
of
his
months
is cut off?
“Shall any
teach
God
knowledge,
since
he
judges
those
who
are
high?
One
dies
in
his
full
strength,
being
wholly
at
ease
and
quiet.
His pails
are
full
of
milk.
The
marrow
of
his
bones
is moistened.
Another
dies
in
bitterness
of
soul,
and
never tastes
of
good.
They
lie
down
alike
in
the
dust.
The
worm
covers
them.
“Behold,
I
know
your
thoughts,
the
plans
with which
you would
wrong
me.
For
you
say, ‘Where
is
the
house
of
the
prince?
Where
is
the
tent
in
which
the
wicked
lived?’
Haven’t
you
asked wayfaring men?
Don’t
you
know
their evidences,
that
the
evil man
is
reserved
to
the
day
of
calamity,
that
they
are
led
out
to
the
day
of
wrath?
Who
will
declare
his
way
to
his
face?
Who
will
repay
him
what
he
has
done?
Yet
he
will
be borne
to
the
grave.
Men
will
keep
watch
over
the
tomb.
The
clods
of
the
valley
will
be
sweet
to
him.
All
men
will
draw
after
him,
as
there
were
innumerable
before
him.
So
how
can
you
comfort
me with nonsense,
because
in
your
answers
there
remains only
falsehood?”
Then
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
answered,
“Can
a
man
be profitable
to
God?
Surely
he
who
is
wise
is profitable
to himself.
Is
it
any
pleasure
to
the
Almighty
that
you
are
righteous?
Or
does
it benefit
him
that
you
make
your
ways
perfect?
Is
it
for
your
piety
that
he
reproves
you,
that
he
enters
with
you
into
judgment?
Isn’t
your
wickedness
great?
Neither
is
there
any
end
to
your
iniquities.
For
you
have
taken pledges
from
your
brother
for
nothing,
and
stripped
the
naked
of
their
clothing.
You
haven’t
given
water
to
the
weary
to
drink,
and
you
have
withheld
bread
from
the
hungry.
But
as
for
the
mighty
man,
he
had
the
earth.
The honorable
man,
he
lived
in
it.
You
have
sent
widows
away
empty,
and
the
arms
of
the
fatherless
have been broken.
Therefore
snares are
around
you.
Sudden
fear troubles
you,
or
darkness,
so
that
you
can
not
see,
and floods
of
waters
cover
you.
“Isn’t
God
in
the
heights
of
heaven?
See
the
height
of
the
stars,
how
high
they
are!
You
say, ‘What
does
God
know?
Can
he
judge
through
the
thick
darkness?
Thick
clouds
are
a covering
to
him,
so
that
he
doesn’t
see.
He
walks
on
the
vault
of
the
sky.’
Will
you
keep
the
old
way,
which
wicked
men
have
trodden,
who
were
snatched
away
before
their
time,
whose
foundation
was
poured
out
as
a
stream,
who
said
to
God, ‘Depart
from
us!’
and, ‘What
can
the
Almighty
do
for
us?’
Yet
he
filled
their
houses
with
good things,
but
the
counsel
of
the
wicked
is
far
from
me.
The
righteous
see
it,
and
are
glad.
The
innocent ridicule
them,
saying, ‘Surely
those
who rose
up against us
are
cut
off.
The
fire
has
consumed
their remnant.’
“Acquaint
yourself
with
him
now,
and
be
at peace.
By
it,
good
will
come
to
you.
Please
receive
instruction
from
his
mouth,
and
lay
up
his
words
in
your
heart.
If
you
return
to
the
Almighty,
you
will
be
built
up,
if
you
put
away
unrighteousness
far
from
your
tents.
Lay
your treasure
in
the
dust,
the
gold
of
Ophir
among
the
stones
of
the brooks.
The
Almighty
will
be
your treasure,
and precious
silver
to
you.
For
then
you
will
delight
yourself
in
the
Almighty,
and
will
lift
up
your
face
to
God.
You
will
make
your
prayer
to
him,
and he
will
hear
you.
You
will
pay
your
vows.
You
will also
decree
a thing,
and
it
will
be
established
to
you.
Light
will
shine
on
your
ways.
When
they
cast
down,
you
will
say, ‘be lifted up.’
He
will
save
the humble person.
He
will even
deliver
him who
is not
innocent.
Yes, he
will be
delivered through
the
cleanness
of
your
hands.”
Then
Job
answered,
“Even
today
my
complaint
is
rebellious.
His
hand
is
heavy
in
spite
of
my
groaning.
Oh
that
I
knew where
I might
find
him!
That
I might
come
even
to
his
seat!
I would
set
my
cause
in
order
before
him,
and
fill
my
mouth
with arguments.
I
would
know
the
words
which
he
would
answer
me,
and
understand
what
he
would
tell
me.
Would
he
contend
with
me
in
the greatness
of
his
power?
No,
but
he
would listen
to
me.
There
the
upright might
reason
with
him,
so
I should
be
delivered
forever
from
my
judge.
“If
I
go
east,
he
is
not
there.
If
I
go
west,
I
can’t find
him.
He
works
to
the
north,
but
I
can’t
see
him.
He turns
south,
but
I
can’t catch
a glimpse
of
him.
But
he
knows
the
way
that
I
take.
When
he
has
tried
me,
I
will
come
out
like
gold.
My
foot
has
held
fast
to
his
steps.
I
have
kept
his
way,
and
not
turned
away.
I
haven’t
gone back
from
the
commandment
of
his
lips.
I
have
treasured
up
the
words
of
his
mouth
more
than
my
necessary
food.
But
he stands
alone,
and
who
can oppose
him?
What
his
soul
desires,
even
that
he
does.
For
he performs
that which
is
appointed
for
me.
Many
such
things
are
with
him.
Therefore
I am
terrified
at
his
presence.
When
I
consider,
I am
afraid
of
him.
For
God
has made my
heart
faint.
The
Almighty
has
terrified
me.
Because
I
was
not
cut
off
before
the
darkness,
neither
did
he
cover
the thick
darkness
from
my
face.
“Why aren’t
times laid
up
by
the
Almighty?
Why
don’t those
who
know
him
see
his
days?
There
are people who
remove
the
landmarks.
They violently
take
away
flocks,
and
feed
them.
They drive
away the
donkey of the
fatherless,
and they
take the
widow’s
ox
for a pledge.
They
turn
the
needy
out
of
the
way.
The
poor
of
the
earth
all
hide
themselves.
Behold,
as
wild
donkeys
in
the
desert,
they
go
out
to
their
work,
seeking
diligently
for
food.
The
wilderness yields
them
bread
for
their
children.
They cut
their food
in
the
field.
They
glean
the
vineyard
of
the
wicked.
They lie all night
naked
without
clothing,
and
have
no
covering
in
the
cold.
They
are
wet
with
the showers
of
the
mountains,
and
embrace
the
rock
for
lack
of
a
shelter.
There
are those
who pluck
the
fatherless from
the
breast,
and
take
a pledge
of
the
poor,
so
that
they
go
around
naked
without
clothing.
Being
hungry,
they
carry
the sheaves.
They make
oil
within
the
walls
of these men.
They
tread
wine
presses,
and suffer
thirst.
From
out
of
the populous
city,
men
groan.
The
soul
of
the
wounded
cries
out,
yet
God
doesn’t regard
the
folly.
“These
are
of
those
who
rebel
against
the
light.
They
don’t
know
its
ways,
nor
stay
in
its
paths.
The
murderer
rises
with
the
light.
He
kills
the
poor
and
needy.
In
the
night he
is
like
a
thief.
The
eye also
of
the
adulterer
waits
for
the
twilight,
saying, ‘No
eye
will
see
me.’
He disguises
his
face.
In
the
dark
they
dig through
houses.
They
shut themselves
up
in
the
daytime.
They
don’t
know
the
light.
For
the
morning
is
to
all
of
them
like
thick
darkness,
for
they
know
the
terrors
of
the
thick
darkness.
“They
are
foam
on
the
surface
of
the
waters.
Their
portion
is
cursed
in
the
earth.
They
don’t
turn
into
the
way
of
the
vineyards.
Drought
and
heat
consume
the
snow
waters,
so
does
Sheol
24:19
Sheol is the place of the dead. those who
have
sinned.
The
womb
will
forget
him.
The
worm
will feed sweetly
on
him.
He
will
be
no
more
remembered.
Unrighteousness
will
be
broken
as
a
tree.
He devours
the
barren
who
don’t
bear.
He shows
no kindness
to
the
widow.
Yet
God preserves
the
mighty
by
his
power.
He
rises
up
who
has
no
assurance
of
life.
God
gives
them
security,
and
they
rest
in
it.
His
eyes
are
on
their
ways.
They
are exalted;
yet
a
little
while,
and
they
are
gone.
Yes,
they
are
brought
low,
they
are taken
out
of
the
way as
all others,
and
are cut
off as
the
tops
of
the
ears
of
grain.
If
it
isn’t
so
now,
who
will
prove
me
a
liar,
and
make
my
speech worth
nothing?”
Then
Bildad
the
Shuhite
answered,
“Dominion
and
fear
are
with
him.
He
makes
peace
in
his
high
places.
Can
his
armies
be
counted?
On
whom
does
his
light
not
arise?
How
then
can
man
be
just
with
God?
Or
how
can
he
who
is
born
of
a
woman
be
clean?
Behold,
even
the
moon
has
no
brightness,
and
the
stars
are
not
pure
in
his
sight;
How
much
less
man,
who
is
a
worm,
and
the
son
of
man,
who
is
a
worm!”
Then
Job
answered,
“How
have
you
helped
him
who
is
without
power!
How
have
you
saved
the
arm
that
has
no
strength!
How
have
you
counseled
him
who
has
no
wisdom,
and plentifully declared
sound
knowledge!
To
whom
have
you
uttered
words?
Whose
spirit
came
out
of
you?
“The
departed
spirits
tremble,
those
beneath
the
waters
and all
that
live
in
them.
Sheol
26:6
Sheol is the place of the dead.
is
naked
before
God,
and
Abaddon
26:6
Abaddon means Destroyer.
has
no
covering.
He
stretches
out
the
north
over
empty
space,
and
hangs
the
earth
on
nothing.
He binds
up
the
waters
in
his
thick
clouds,
and
the
cloud
is
not
burst
under
them.
He encloses
the
face
of
his
throne,
and
spreads
his
cloud
on
it.
He
has described
a
boundary
on
the
surface
of
the
waters,
and
to
the confines
of
light
and
darkness.
The
pillars
of
heaven
tremble
and
are
astonished
at his
rebuke.
He stirs
up
the
sea
with his
power,
and by his
understanding
he
strikes
through
Rahab.
By
his
Spirit
the
heavens
are garnished.
His
hand
has
pierced
the swift
serpent.
Behold,
these
are
but
the outskirts
of
his
ways.
How small
a
whisper
do
we
hear
of
him!
But
the
thunder
of
his
power
who
can
understand?”
Job
again
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“As
God
lives,
who
has
taken
away
my
right,
the
Almighty,
who
has
made
my
soul
bitter
(for
the length
of
my
life
is
still
in
me,
and
the
spirit
of
God
is
in
my
nostrils);
surely
my
lips
will
not
speak
unrighteousness,
neither
will
my
tongue
utter
deceit.
Far
be
it
from
me
that
I
should
justify
you.
Until
I
die
I
will
not
put
away
my
integrity
from
me.
I
hold
fast
to
my
righteousness,
and
will
not
let
it
go.
My
heart
will
not
reproach
me
so
long
as
I
live.
“Let
my
enemy
be
as
the
wicked.
Let
him
who
rises
up against
me
be
as
the unrighteous.
For
what
is
the
hope
of
the
godless,
when
he
is
cut
off,
when
God
takes away
his
life?
Will
God
hear
his
cry
when
trouble
comes
on
him?
Will
he
delight
himself
in
the
Almighty,
and
call
on
God
at
all
times?
I
will
teach
you about
the
hand
of
God.
I
will
not
conceal
that
which
is
with
the
Almighty.
Behold,
all
of
you
have
seen
it
yourselves;
why
then
have
you become
altogether
vain?
“This
is
the
portion
of
a
wicked
man
with
God,
the
heritage
of oppressors,
which they
receive
from
the
Almighty.
If
his
children
are
multiplied,
it
is
for
the
sword.
His
offspring
will
not
be
satisfied
with
bread.
Those
who
remain
of
him
will
be
buried
in
death.
His
widows
will make
no lamentation.
Though
he
heap
up
silver
as
the
dust,
and
prepare clothing
as
the clay;
he may
prepare
it,
but
the
just
will
put
it
on,
and
the
innocent
will
divide
the
silver.
He
builds
his
house
as
the
moth,
as
a
booth
which
the
watchman
makes.
He
lies
down
rich,
but
he
will
not
do
so
again.
He opens
his
eyes,
and
he
is
not.
Terrors
overtake
him like
waters.
A storm
steals
him
away
in
the
night.
The
east
wind
carries
him
away,
and
he departs.
It sweeps
him
out
of
his
place.
For
it hurls
at
him,
and
does
not
spare,
as
he
flees
away
from
his
hand.
Men
will
clap
their
hands
at
him,
and
will
hiss
him
out
of
his
place.
“Surely
there
is
a
mine
for
silver,
and
a
place
for
gold which
they
refine.
Iron
is
taken out
of
the
earth,
and
copper
is
smelted out
of
the ore.
Man
sets
an
end
to
darkness,
and
searches
out,
to
the furthest bound,
the
stones
of
obscurity
and
of
thick
darkness.
He
breaks open
a shaft
away
from where
people
live.
They
are
forgotten
by
the
foot.
They
hang far
from
men,
they
swing back
and
forth.
As
for
the
earth,
out
of
it
comes
bread.
Underneath
it
is
turned
up
as
it
were
by
fire.
Sapphires come
from its
rocks.
It
has
dust
of
gold.
That
path
no
bird
of
prey
knows,
neither
has
the
falcon’s
eye
seen
it.
The
proud animals
have
not
trodden
it,
nor
has
the fierce
lion passed
by there.
He
puts
his
hand
on
the
flinty rock,
and
he
overturns
the
mountains
by
the
roots.
He cuts
out
channels among
the
rocks.
His
eye
sees
every
precious
thing.
He
binds
the
streams
that
they don’t trickle.
The thing
that
is
hidden
he
brings
out
to
light.
“But
where
will
wisdom
be
found?
Where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
Man
doesn’t
know
its price,
and
it
isn’t
found
in
the
land
of
the
living.
The
deep
says, ‘It
isn’t
in
me.’
The
sea
says, ‘It
isn’t
with
me.’
It
can’t
be gotten
for
gold,
neither
will
silver
be
weighed
for
its
price.
It
can’t
be valued with
the
gold
of
Ophir,
with
the
precious
onyx,
or
the
sapphire.
28:16
or, lapis lazuli
Gold
and
glass
can’t equal
it,
neither
will
it
be
exchanged
for
jewels
of
fine
gold.
No
mention
will
be made
of
coral
or
of
crystal.
Yes,
the price
of
wisdom
is above rubies.
The
topaz
of
Ethiopia
will
not equal
it.
It
won’t
be valued with
pure
gold.
Where
then
does
wisdom
come
from?
Where
is
the
place
of
understanding?
Seeing
it
is
hidden
from
the
eyes
of
all
living,
and kept
close
from
the
birds
of
the
sky.
Destruction
and
Death
say,
‘We
have
heard
a rumor
of it
with
our
ears.’
“God
understands
its
way,
and
he
knows
its
place.
For
he
looks
to
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
sees
under
the
whole
sky.
He establishes
the force
of
the
wind.
Yes,
he measures
out
the
waters
by measure.
When
he
made
a
decree
for
the
rain,
and
a
way
for
the lightning
of
the
thunder,
then
he
saw
it,
and
declared
it.
He
established
it,
yes,
and
searched
it
out.
To
man
he
said,
‘Behold,
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
28:28
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
that
is
wisdom.
To
depart
from
evil
is
understanding.’”
Job
again
took
up
his
parable,
and
said,
“Oh
that
I
were
as
in
the
months
of old,
as
in
the
days
when
God
watched
over
me;
when
his
lamp shone
on
my
head,
and
by
his
light
I walked
through
darkness,
as
I
was
in
my
prime,
when
the
friendship
of
God
was
in
my
tent,
when
the
Almighty
was
yet
with
me,
and
my
children
were
around
me,
when
my
steps
were
washed
with
butter,
and
the
rock
poured out
streams
of
oil
for
me,
when
I
went
out
to
the
city
gate,
when
I
prepared
my
seat
in
the
street.
The
young
men
saw
me
and
hid
themselves.
The
aged
rose
up
and
stood.
The
princes refrained
from
talking,
and
laid
their
hand
on
their
mouth.
The
voice
of
the
nobles
was
hushed,
and
their
tongue
stuck
to
the
roof
of
their
mouth.
For
when
the
ear
heard
me,
then
it
blessed
me,
and
when
the
eye
saw
me,
it commended
me,
because
I
delivered
the
poor
who
cried,
and
the
fatherless
also,
who
had
no
one
to
help
him,
the
blessing
of
him who
was ready
to
perish
came
on
me,
and
I caused
the
widow’s
heart
to
sing
for
joy.
I
put
on
righteousness,
and
it
clothed
me.
My
justice
was
as
a
robe
and
a
diadem.
I
was
eyes
to
the
blind,
and
feet
to
the
lame.
I
was
a
father
to
the
needy.
I researched
the
cause
of
him whom
I
didn’t
know.
I
broke
the
jaws
of
the unrighteous
and plucked
the
prey
out
of
his
teeth.
Then
I
said, ‘I
will
die
in
my
own house,
I
will count
my
days
as
the
sand.
My
root
is spread
out
to
the
waters.
The
dew lies all night
on
my branch.
My
glory
is fresh
in
me.
My
bow
is
renewed
in
my
hand.’
“Men
listened
to me,
waited,
and kept silence
for
my
counsel.
After
my
words
they
didn’t
speak
again.
My
speech
fell
on
them.
They
waited
for me as
for
the
rain.
Their
mouths drank as
with
the
spring
rain.
I
smiled
on
them
when
they
had
no confidence.
They
didn’t reject
the
light
of
my
face.
I
chose
out
their
way,
and
sat
as
chief.
I
lived
as
a
king
in
the
army,
as
one
who
comforts
the
mourners.
“But
now
those
who
are
younger
than
I
have
me
in derision,
whose
fathers
I considered unworthy
to
put
with
my
sheep
dogs.
Of
what use
is
the
strength
of
their
hands
to
me,
men
in whom ripe age
has
perished?
They are
gaunt from lack
and
famine.
They
gnaw
the
dry ground,
in
the gloom of waste
and
desolation.
They
pluck salt
herbs
by
the
bushes.
The
roots
of
the
broom
tree
are
their
food.
They are
driven
out
from
among men.
They
cry
after
them as
after
a
thief,
so that they
live
in frightful
valleys,
and
in
holes
of
the
earth
and
of
the
rocks.
They
bray
among
the
bushes.
They
are
gathered
together
under
the
nettles.
They
are
children
of
fools,
yes,
children
of wicked
men.
They
were flogged
out
of
the
land.
“Now
I
have
become
their
song.
Yes,
I
am
a
byword
to
them.
They
abhor
me,
they
stand
aloof
from
me,
and
don’t
hesitate
to spit
in
my
face.
For
he
has untied
his cord,
and afflicted
me;
and
they
have
thrown
off restraint
before
me.
On
my
right
hand
rise
the rabble.
They
thrust aside
my
feet.
They
cast
their
ways
of
destruction
up
against
me.
They mar
my
path.
They promote
my
destruction
without anyone’s
help.
As through
a
wide
breach
they
come.
They
roll themselves
in
amid
the ruin.
Terrors
have
turned
on
me.
They
chase
my
honor
as
the
wind.
My welfare
has
passed
away
as
a
cloud.
“Now
my
soul
is
poured
out
within
me.
Days
of affliction
have
taken
hold
of
me.
In
the
night season
my
bones
are pierced
in
me,
and
the
pains
that
gnaw
me
take
no
rest.
My
garment
is disfigured by
great force.
It
binds me about as
the
collar
of
my
tunic.
He has
cast me
into
the mire.
I have become
like
dust
and
ashes.
I
cry
to
you,
and
you do
not
answer
me.
I
stand
up,
and
you
gaze
at
me.
You
have
turned
to
be
cruel
to
me.
With
the
might
of
your
hand
you
persecute
me.
You
lift
me
up
to
the
wind,
and drive
me
with
it.
You
dissolve
me
in
the storm.
For
I
know
that
you
will
bring
me
to
death,
to
the
house
appointed
for
all
living.
“However
doesn’t
one
stretch
out
a
hand
in
his fall?
Or
in
his
calamity
therefore
cry
for
help?
Didn’t
I
weep
for
him
who
was
in trouble?
Wasn’t
my
soul
grieved
for
the
needy?
When
I looked
for
good,
then
evil
came.
When
I
waited
for
light,
darkness
came.
My
heart
is troubled,
and
doesn’t rest.
Days
of affliction
have
come
on
me.
I
go
mourning
without
the
sun.
I
stand
up
in
the
assembly,
and
cry
for
help.
I
am
a
brother
to
jackals,
and
a
companion
to
ostriches.
My
skin grows
black
and peels
from
me.
My
bones
are
burned
with heat.
Therefore
my
harp
has
turned
to
mourning,
and
my
pipe
into
the
voice
of
those who
weep.
“I
made
a
covenant
with
my
eyes;
how
then
should
I
look lustfully
at
a young woman?
For
what
is
the
portion
from
God
above,
and
the
heritage
from
the
Almighty
on
high?
Is
it
not
calamity
to
the
unrighteous,
and
disaster
to
the
workers
of
iniquity?
Doesn’t
he
see
my
ways,
and
count
all
my
steps?
“If
I
have
walked
with
falsehood,
and
my
foot
has hurried
to
deceit
(let
me be
weighed
in an even
balance,
that
God may
know
my
integrity);
if
my
step
has
turned
out
of
the
way,
if
my
heart
walked
after
my
eyes,
if
any defilement
has
stuck
to
my
hands,
then let
me
sow,
and let
another
eat.
Yes, let
the produce
of
my field
be rooted out.
“If
my
heart
has been
enticed
to
a
woman,
and
I
have laid
wait
at
my
neighbor’s
door,
then let
my
wife
grind
for
another,
and let
others sleep
with
her.
For
that would
be
a
heinous
crime.
Yes,
it would
be
an
iniquity
to
be punished
by
the
judges,
for
it
is
a
fire
that
consumes
to
destruction,
and
would
root
out
all
my
increase.
“If
I
have despised
the
cause
of
my
male
servant
or
of
my
female
servant,
when
they
contended
with
me,
what
then
will
I
do
when
God
rises
up?
When
he visits,
what
will
I
answer
him?
Didn’t
he
who
made
me
in
the
womb
make
him?
Didn’t
one
fashion
us
in
the
womb?
“If
I
have
withheld
the
poor
from
their
desire,
or
have caused
the
eyes
of
the
widow
to
fail,
or
have
eaten
my
morsel
alone,
and
the
fatherless
has
not
eaten
of
it
(no,
from
my
youth
he
grew
up
with
me
as
with
a
father,
I
have
guided
her
from
my
mother’s
womb);
if
I
have
seen
any
perish
for
want
of
clothing,
or
that
the
needy
had
no
covering;
if
his heart
hasn’t
blessed
me,
if
he
hasn’t
been
warmed
with
my sheep’s
fleece;
if
I
have
lifted
up
my
hand
against
the
fatherless,
because
I
saw
my
help
in
the
gate;
then let
my
shoulder
fall
from
the
shoulder blade,
and
my
arm
be
broken
from
the bone.
For
calamity
from
God
is
a
terror
to
me.
Because
of
his
majesty,
I
can
do
nothing.
“If
I
have
made
gold
my hope,
and
have
said
to
the
fine
gold, ‘You
are
my
confidence;’
If
I
have
rejoiced
because
my
wealth
was
great,
and
because
my
hand
had gotten
much;
if
I
have
seen
the
sun
when
it shined,
or
the
moon
moving
in
splendor,
and
my
heart
has been secretly
enticed,
and
my
hand threw
a kiss
from
my
mouth;
this
also would
be
an
iniquity
to
be punished
by
the judges,
for
I would
have
denied
the
God
who
is
above.
“If
I
have
rejoiced
at
the
destruction
of
him
who
hated
me,
or
lifted
up myself
when
evil
found
him
(I
have
certainly
not
allowed
my
mouth
to
sin
by
asking
his
life
with
a
curse);
if
the
men
of
my
tent
have
not
said,
‘Who
can
find
one
who
has
not
been
filled
with
his
meat?’
(the
foreigner has
not camped
in
the
street,
but
I
have
opened
my
doors
to
the
traveler);
if
like
Adam
I
have
covered
my
transgressions,
by
hiding
my
iniquity
in
my heart,
because
I
feared
the
great
multitude,
and
the
contempt
of
families
terrified
me,
so
that
I kept silence,
and
didn’t
go
out
of
the
door—
oh
that
I
had
one
to
hear
me!
Behold,
here
is
my signature!
Let
the
Almighty
answer
me!
Let
the accuser
write
my
indictment!
Surely
I would
carry
it
on
my
shoulder,
and
I would
bind
it
to
me as
a
crown.
I would
declare
to
him
the
number
of
my
steps.
I would
go
near
to
him
like
a
prince.
If
my
land
cries
out
against
me,
and
its
furrows
weep
together;
if
I
have
eaten
its fruits
without
money,
or
have caused
its
owners
to
lose
their
life,
let briers
grow
instead
of
wheat,
and
stinkweed
instead
of
barley.”
The
words
of
Job
are
ended.
So
these
three
men ceased
to
answer
Job,
because
he
was
righteous
in
his
own
eyes.
Then
the
wrath
of
Elihu
the
son
of
Barachel,
the
Buzite,
of
the
family
of
Ram,
was
kindled
against
Job.
His
wrath
was
kindled
because
he
justified
himself rather
than
God.
Also
his
wrath
was
kindled
against
his
three
friends,
because
they
had
found
no
answer,
and
yet
had
condemned
Job.
Now
Elihu
had
waited
to
speak
to
Job,
because
they
were
older
than
he.
When
Elihu
saw
that
there
was
no
answer
in
the
mouth
of these
three
men,
his
wrath
was
kindled.
Elihu
the
son
of
Barachel
the
Buzite
answered,
“I
am
young,
and
you
are
very
old.
Therefore
I held back,
and didn’t dare show
you
my
opinion.
I
said, ‘Days
should
speak,
and
multitude
of
years
should
teach
wisdom.’
But there
is
a
spirit
in
man,
and
the
Spirit
32:8
or, breath
of
the
Almighty
gives
them
understanding.
It
is
not
the
great
who
are
wise,
nor
the
aged
who
understand
justice.
Therefore
I
said, ‘Listen
to
me;
I
also
will
show
my
opinion.’
“Behold,
I
waited
for
your
words,
and
I
listened
for
your reasoning,
while
you
searched
out
what
to
say.
Yes,
I
gave
you
my full
attention,
but
there
was
no
one
who convinced
Job,
or
who
answered
his
words,
among
you.
Beware
lest
you
say, ‘We
have
found
wisdom.
God
may refute
him,
not
man;’
for
he has
not
directed
his
words
against
me;
neither
will
I
answer
him
with
your speeches.
“They
are amazed.
They
answer
no
more.
They
don’t
have
a
word
to
say.
Shall
I
wait,
because
they
don’t
speak,
because
they
stand
still,
and
answer
no
more?
I
also
will
answer
my part,
and
I
also
will show
my
opinion.
For
I am
full
of
words.
The
spirit
within
me
constrains
me.
Behold,
my breast
is as
wine
which
has
no vent;
like
new
wineskins
it
is ready
to
burst.
I
will
speak,
that I
may
be
refreshed.
I
will
open
my
lips
and
answer.
Please
don’t
let
me
respect
any
man’s
person,
neither
will
I
give flattering
titles
to
any
man.
For
I
don’t
know
how
to
give flattering
titles,
or
else
my Maker
would
soon
take
me
away.
“However,
Job,
please
hear
my
speech,
and
listen
to
all
my
words.
See
now,
I
have
opened
my
mouth.
My
tongue
has
spoken
in
my
mouth.
My
words
will utter
the
uprightness
of
my
heart.
That which
my
lips
know
they
will
speak
sincerely.
The
Spirit
of
God
has
made
me,
and
the
breath
of
the
Almighty gives
me
life.
If
you
can,
answer
me.
Set
your words
in order
before
me,
and
stand
up.
Behold,
I
am toward
God
even
as
you
are.
I
am
also
formed out
of
the clay.
Behold,
my
terror
will
not
make
you afraid,
neither
will
my
pressure
be
heavy
on
you.
“Surely
you
have
spoken
in
my
hearing,
I
have
heard
the
voice
of
your
words,
saying,
‘I
am
clean,
without disobedience.
I
am
innocent,
neither
is
there
iniquity
in
me.
Behold,
he
finds
occasions
against
me.
He
counts
me
for
his
enemy.
He
puts
my
feet
in
the
stocks.
He marks
all
my
paths.’
“Behold,
I
will
answer
you.
In
this
you
are
not
just,
for
God
is
greater
than
man.
Why
do
you
strive
against
him,
because
he
doesn’t
give
account
of
any
of
his
matters?
For
God
speaks
once,
yes
twice,
though
man pays
no attention.
In
a
dream,
in
a
vision
of
the
night,
when
deep
sleep
falls
on
men,
in slumbering
on
the
bed,
then
he
opens
the
ears
of
men,
and
seals
their instruction,
that
he
may withdraw
man
from
his purpose,
and
hide
pride
from
man.
He
keeps
back
his
soul
from
the
pit,
and
his
life
from perishing
by
the sword.
“He
is
chastened also
with
pain
on
his
bed,
with continual
strife
in
his
bones,
so
that his
life abhors
bread,
and his
soul dainty
food.
His
flesh
is
so
consumed
away
that
it
can’t
be
seen.
His
bones
that were
not
seen stick
out.
Yes,
his
soul
draws
near
to
the
pit,
and
his
life
to
the destroyers.
“If
there
is
beside
him
an
angel,
an interpreter,
one
among
a
thousand,
to
show
to
man
what
is
right
for
him,
then
God
is gracious
to
him,
and
says,
‘Deliver
him
from
going
down
to
the
pit,
I
have
found
a
ransom.’
His
flesh
will
be
fresher than
a child’s.
He
returns
to
the
days
of
his
youth.
He prays
to
God,
and
he
is
favorable
to
him,
so
that
he
sees
his
face
with
joy.
He
restores
to
man
his
righteousness.
He sings
before
men,
and
says,
‘I
have
sinned,
and perverted
that
which
was
right,
and
it
didn’t profit
me.
He
has
redeemed
my
soul
from going
into
the
pit.
My
life
will
see
the
light.’
“Behold,
God
does
all
these
things,
twice,
yes
three
times,
with
a
man,
to
bring
back
his
soul
from
the
pit,
that
he
may
be
enlightened
with
the
light
of
the
living.
Mark well,
Job,
and
listen
to
me.
Hold
your peace,
and
I
will
speak.
If
you
have
anything
to
say,
answer
me.
Speak,
for
I
desire
to
justify
you.
If
not,
listen
to
me.
Hold
your peace,
and
I
will
teach
you
wisdom.”
Moreover
Elihu
answered,
“Hear
my
words,
you
wise
men.
Give
ear
to
me,
you
who
have
knowledge.
For
the
ear
tries
words,
as
the
palate
tastes
food.
Let
us
choose
for
us
that
which
is
right.
Let
us
know
among
ourselves
what
is
good.
For
Job
has
said, ‘I am
righteous,
God
has
taken
away
my
right.
Notwithstanding
my
right
I am considered
a
liar.
My
wound
is
incurable, though
I am
without disobedience.’
What
man
is
like
Job,
who
drinks scorn
like
water,
who
goes
in
company
with
the
workers
of
iniquity,
and walks
with
wicked
men?
For
he
has
said, ‘It profits
a
man
nothing
that
he
should
delight
himself
with
God.’
“Therefore
listen
to
me,
you
men
of
understanding:
far
be
it
from
God,
that
he
should
do
wickedness,
from
the
Almighty,
that
he
should commit
iniquity.
For
the
work
of
a
man
he
will render
to
him,
and cause
every
man
to
find
according
to
his
ways.
Yes
surely,
God
will
not
do
wickedly,
neither
will
the
Almighty
pervert
justice.
Who
put
him
in
charge
of
the
earth?
Or
who
has
appointed
him
over
the
whole
world?
If
he
set
his
heart
on
himself,
if
he
gathered
to
himself
his
spirit
and
his
breath,
all
flesh
would
perish
together,
and
man
would
turn
again
to
dust.
“If
now
you
have
understanding,
hear
this.
Listen
to
the
voice
of
my
words.
Should
even
one
who
hates
justice govern?
Will
you
condemn
him
who
is
righteous
and
mighty,
who
says
to
a
king, ‘Vile!’
or
to
nobles, ‘Wicked!’?
He
doesn’t
respect
the persons
of
princes,
nor
respect
the rich
more
than
the
poor,
for
they
all
are
the
work
of
his
hands.
In
a
moment
they
die,
even
at midnight.
The
people
are
shaken
and
pass
away.
The
mighty
are
taken
away
without
a
hand.
“For
his
eyes
are
on
the
ways
of
a
man.
He
sees
all
his goings.
There
is
no
darkness,
nor
thick
gloom,
where
the
workers
of
iniquity
may
hide
themselves.
For
he
doesn’t
need
to
consider
a
man
further,
that
he
should
go
before
God
in
judgment.
He breaks
mighty
men
in pieces
in ways past finding
out,
and
sets
others
in
their
place.
Therefore
he takes knowledge
of
their
works.
He
overturns
them
in
the
night,
so
that
they are
destroyed.
He
strikes
them
as
wicked
men
in
the open sight
of others;
because
they
turned
away
from
following
him,
and wouldn’t pay
attention
to
any
of
his
ways,
so
that
they caused
the
cry
of
the
poor
to
come
to
him.
He
heard
the
cry
of
the
afflicted.
When
he gives
quietness,
who
then
can
condemn?
When
he
hides
his
face,
who
then
can
see
him?
He
is
over
a
nation
or
a
man
alike,
that
the
godless
man
may not
reign,
that there be no
one
to ensnare
the
people.
“For
has
any
said
to
God,
‘I am guilty,
but
I
will
not offend
any
more.
Teach
me
that which
I
don’t
see.
If
I
have
done
iniquity,
I
will
do
it
no more’?
Shall
his recompense
be
as
you desire,
that
you
refuse
it?
For
you
must
choose,
and
not
I.
Therefore
speak
what
you
know.
Men
of
understanding
will
tell
me,
yes,
every
wise
man
who
hears
me:
‘Job
speaks
without
knowledge.
His
words
are
without wisdom.’
I wish
that
Job
were
tried
to
the
end,
because
of
his answering
like
wicked
men.
For
he
adds
rebellion
to
his
sin.
He
claps
his hands
among
us,
and multiplies
his
words
against
God.”
Moreover
Elihu
answered,
“Do
you
think
this
to be
your
right,
or do
you
say, ‘My
righteousness
is more than
God’s,’
that
you
ask, ‘What advantage
will
it
be
to
you?
What
profit
will
I
have,
more
than
if
I
had
sinned?’
I
will
answer
you,
and
your companions
with
you.
Look
to
the
skies,
and
see.
See
the
skies, which
are
higher
than
you.
If
you
have
sinned,
what effect
do
you
have
against
him?
If
your
transgressions
are
multiplied,
what
do
you
do
to
him?
If
you
are
righteous,
what
do
you
give
him?
Or
what
does
he
receive
from
your
hand?
Your
wickedness
may hurt
a
man
as
you
are,
and
your
righteousness
may profit
a
son
of
man.
“By reason
of
the
multitude
of
oppressions
they
cry
out.
They
cry
for
help
by reason
of
the
arm
of
the
mighty.
But
no
one
says, ‘Where
is
God
my Maker,
who
gives
songs
in
the
night,
who
teaches
us more than
the
animals
of
the
earth,
and
makes
us
wiser than
the
birds
of
the
sky?’
There
they
cry,
but
no
one
answers,
because
of
the
pride
of
evil men.
Surely
God
will
not
hear
an
empty cry,
neither
will
the
Almighty
regard
it.
How
much
less
when
you
say
you
don’t
see
him.
The
cause
is
before
him,
and
you
wait
for
him!
But
now,
because
he
has
not
visited
in
his
anger,
neither
does
he
greatly
regard arrogance,
therefore
Job
opens
his
mouth
with empty
talk,
and
he
multiplies
words
without
knowledge.”
Elihu
also
continued,
and
said,
“Bear
with
me
a
little,
and
I
will show
you;
for
I
still
have something
to
say on
God’s behalf.
I
will get
my
knowledge
from
afar,
and
will
ascribe
righteousness
to
my
Maker.
For
truly
my
words
are
not
false.
One
who
is
perfect
in
knowledge
is
with
you.
“Behold,
God
is
mighty,
and
doesn’t
despise
anyone.
He
is
mighty
in
strength
of
understanding.
He
doesn’t
preserve
the
life
of
the
wicked,
but
gives
justice
to
the
afflicted.
He
doesn’t
withdraw
his
eyes
from
the
righteous,
but
with
kings
on
the
throne,
he sets
them
forever,
and
they
are
exalted.
If
they are
bound
in fetters,
and are
taken
in
the
cords of afflictions,
then
he shows
them
their
work,
and
their
transgressions,
that
they
have behaved
themselves proudly.
He
also
opens
their
ears
to
instruction,
and
commands
that
they
return
from
iniquity.
If
they
listen
and
serve
him,
they
will
spend
their
days
in
prosperity,
and
their
years
in pleasures.
But
if
they
don’t
listen,
they
will
perish
by
the sword;
they
will
die
without
knowledge.
“But
those
who
are
godless
in
heart
lay
up
anger.
They
don’t
cry
for
help
when
he
binds
them.
They
die
in
youth.
Their
life perishes among
the unclean.
He delivers
the
afflicted
by
their affliction,
and
opens
their
ear
in
oppression.
Yes,
he would
have allured
you out
of
distress,
into
a
wide
place,
where
there
is
no restriction.
That which
is
set
on
your
table would
be
full
of
fatness.
“But you
are
full
of
the
judgment
of
the
wicked.
Judgment
and
justice
take
hold
of you.
Don’t
let riches
entice
you
to
wrath,
neither
let
the
great size
of
a
bribe
turn
you
aside.
Would
your
wealth
sustain
you
in distress,
or
all
the
might
of
your
strength?
Don’t desire
the
night,
when
people
are cut
off
in
their
place.
Take
heed,
don’t
regard
iniquity;
for
you
have
chosen
this
rather
than
affliction.
Behold,
God
is
exalted
in his
power.
Who
is
a
teacher
like
him?
Who
has prescribed
his
way
for
him?
Or
who
can
say, ‘You
have
committed
unrighteousness?’
“Remember
that
you magnify
his
work,
about
which
men
have
sung.
All
men
have
looked
on
it.
Man
sees
it
afar
off.
Behold,
God
is great,
and
we
don’t
know
him.
The
number
of
his
years
is unsearchable.
For
he
draws up
the drops
of
water,
which
distill
in
rain
from
his vapor,
which
the
skies
pour
down
and
which drop
on
man
abundantly.
Indeed,
can anyone
understand
the
spreading
of
the
clouds
and
the thunderings
of
his
pavilion?
Behold,
he
spreads
his
light
around
him.
He
covers
the bottom
of
the
sea.
For
by
these
he
judges
the
people.
He
gives
food
in abundance.
He
covers
his
hands
with
the
lightning,
and
commands
it
to
strike
the
mark.
Its
noise
tells
about
him,
and
the
livestock
also,
concerning
the storm
that
comes
up.
“Yes,
at
this
my
heart
trembles,
and
is
moved
out
of its
place.
Hear, oh,
hear
the
noise
of
his
voice,
the
sound
that
goes
out
of
his
mouth.
He sends
it
out
under
the
whole
sky,
and
his
lightning
to
the
ends
of
the
earth.
After
it
a
voice
roars.
He
thunders
with
the
voice
of
his majesty.
He
doesn’t hold
back
anything
when
his
voice
is
heard.
God
thunders
marvelously
with
his
voice.
He
does
great
things, which
we
can’t
comprehend.
For
he
says
to
the
snow, ‘Fall
on
the
earth,’
likewise
to
the
shower
of
rain,
and
to
the
showers
of
his
mighty
rain.
He
seals
up
the
hand
of
every
man,
that
all
men whom
he
has
made
may
know
it.
Then
the
animals
take cover,
and
remain
in
their
dens.
Out
of
its
room
comes
the storm,
and
cold
out
of
the north.
By
the
breath
of
God,
ice
is
given,
and
the
width
of
the
waters
is
frozen.
Yes,
he
loads
the
thick
cloud
with
moisture.
He spreads abroad
the
cloud
of
his
lightning.
It
is
turned
around
by
his
guidance,
that
they
may
do
whatever
he
commands
them
on
the
surface
of
the habitable
world,
whether
it
is
for
correction,
or
for
his
land,
or
for loving
kindness,
that
he causes
it
to
come.
“Listen
to
this,
Job.
Stand
still,
and
consider
the
wondrous
works
of
God.
Do
you
know
how
God controls
them,
and causes
the
lightning
of
his
cloud
to
shine?
Do
you
know
the workings
of
the
clouds,
the wondrous
works
of
him
who
is
perfect
in
knowledge?
You
whose
clothing
is
warm
when
the
earth
is
still
by
reason
of
the
south wind?
Can
you,
with
him,
spread
out
the
sky,
which
is
strong as a
cast metal
mirror?
Teach
us
what we
will
tell
him,
for we
can’t
make
our case
by reason
of
darkness.
Will
it
be
told
him
that
I
would
speak?
Or
should
a
man wish
that
he
were
swallowed
up?
Now men
don’t
see
the
light
which
is
bright
in
the
skies,
but
the
wind
passes,
and clears
them.
Out
of
the
north
comes
golden
splendor.
With
God
is
awesome
majesty.
We
can’t reach
the
Almighty.
He
is
exalted
in
power.
In
justice
and
great
righteousness,
he
will
not
oppress.
Therefore
men
revere
him.
He
doesn’t
regard
any
who
are
wise
of
heart.”
Then
Yahweh
answered
Job
out
of
the whirlwind,
“Who
is
this
who
darkens
counsel
by
words
without
knowledge?
Brace
yourself like
a
man,
for
I
will
question
you,
then
you answer
me!
“Where
were
you
when
I
laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
Declare,
if
you
have
understanding.
Who
determined
its measures,
if
you
know?
Or
who
stretched
the line
on
it?
What
were
its foundations fastened
on?
Or
who
laid
its
cornerstone,
when
the
morning
stars
sang
together,
and
all
the
sons
of
God
shouted
for
joy?
“Or who shut
up
the
sea
with
doors,
when it
broke
out
of
the
womb,
when
I
made
clouds
its
garment,
and wrapped
it
in
thick
darkness,
marked
out
for
it
my bound,
set
bars
and
doors,
and
said, ‘You
may
come
here,
but
no
further.
Your
proud
waves
shall
be
stopped here’?
“Have
you
commanded
the
morning
in
your
days,
and caused
the
dawn
to
know
its
place,
that it might
take
hold
of
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
shake
the wicked
out
of it?
It
is
changed
as clay under
the
seal,
and
presented
as
a
garment.
From
the wicked,
their
light
is
withheld.
The
high
arm
is
broken.
“Have
you
entered
into
the
springs
of
the
sea?
Or
have
you
walked
in
the
recesses
of
the
deep?
Have
the
gates
of
death
been
revealed
to
you?
Or
have
you
seen
the
gates
of
the
shadow
of
death?
Have
you comprehended
the
earth
in
its width?
Declare,
if
you
know
it
all.
“What
is
the
way
to
the
dwelling
of
light?
As
for
darkness,
where
is its
place,
that
you
should
take
it
to
its bound,
that
you
should
discern
the
paths
to
its
house?
Surely
you
know,
for
you
were
born
then,
and
the
number
of
your
days
is
great!
Have
you
entered
the
storehouses
of
the
snow,
or
have
you
seen
the
storehouses
of
the
hail,
which
I
have
reserved
against
the
time
of
trouble,
against
the
day
of
battle
and
war?
By
what
way
is
the
lightning distributed,
or
the
east
wind
scattered
on
the
earth?
Who
has cut
a channel
for
the
flood water,
or
the
path
for
the thunderstorm,
to cause
it
to
rain
on
a
land
where there
is
no
man,
on
the
wilderness,
in which there
is
no
man,
to
satisfy
the waste
and
desolate ground,
to cause
the
tender
grass
to
grow?
Does
the
rain
have
a
father?
Or
who
fathers
the
drops
of
dew?
Whose
womb did
the
ice
come
out
of?
Who
has
given
birth
to
the gray
frost
of
the
sky?
The
waters become
hard
like
stone,
when
the
surface
of
the
deep
is frozen.
“Can you
bind
the cluster
of
the
Pleiades,
or
loosen
the
cords
of
Orion?
Can
you
lead
the constellations
out
in
their
season?
Or
can
you
guide
the
Bear
with
her cubs?
Do
you
know
the laws
of
the
heavens?
Can
you
establish
its dominion
over
the
earth?
“Can
you
lift
up
your
voice
to
the
clouds,
that
abundance
of
waters
may
cover
you?
Can
you
send
out
lightnings,
that
they may
go?
Do
they
report
to
you, ‘Here
we are’?
Who
has
put
wisdom
in
the inward parts?
Or
who
has
given
understanding
to
the
mind?
Who
can
count
the
clouds
by
wisdom?
Or
who
can pour
out
the
containers
of
the
sky,
when
the
dust runs
into a
mass,
and
the
clods
of
earth
stick
together?
“Can you
hunt
the
prey
for
the
lioness,
or
satisfy
the appetite
of
the
young
lions,
when
they
crouch
in
their
dens,
and
lie
in
wait
in
the thicket?
Who
provides
for
the
raven
his
prey,
when
his
young ones
cry
to
God,
and
wander
for
lack
of
food?
“Do
you
know
the
time
when
the mountain
goats
give
birth?
Do
you
watch
when
the
doe
bears fawns?
Can
you
count
the
months
that
they
fulfill?
Or do
you
know
the
time
when
they
give
birth?
They
bow themselves. They bear
their
young.
They end
their labor
pains.
Their
young
ones
become strong.
They
grow
up
in
the open field.
They
go
out,
and
don’t
return
again.
“Who
has
set
the
wild
donkey
free?
Or
who
has loosened
the
bonds
of
the
swift
donkey,
whose
home
I
have
made
the
wilderness,
and
the
salt
land
his
dwelling
place?
He
scorns
the
tumult
of
the
city,
neither
does
he
hear
the shouting
of
the
driver.
The range
of
the
mountains
is
his
pasture.
He
searches
after
every
green
thing.
“Will
the
wild
ox
be content
to
serve
you?
Or
will
he
stay
by
your feeding trough?
Can
you hold
the
wild
ox
in
the
furrow
with
his harness?
Or
will
he till
the
valleys
after
you?
Will
you
trust
him,
because
his
strength
is
great?
Or will
you
leave
to
him
your
labor?
Will
you confide
in
him,
that
he
will
bring
home
your
seed,
and
gather
the
grain
of
your
threshing
floor?
“The
wings
of
the ostrich wave proudly,
but are
they
the
feathers
and
plumage
of love?
For
she
leaves
her
eggs
on
the
earth,
warms
them
in
the
dust,
and
forgets
that
the
foot
may
crush
them,
or
that
the
wild
animal
may
trample
them.
She deals harshly with
her
young
ones,
as
if
they
were
not hers.
Though
her
labor
is
in vain,
she
is
without
fear,
because
God
has
deprived
her
of
wisdom,
neither
has
he imparted
to
her
understanding.
When
she
lifts up
herself
on
high,
she
scorns
the
horse
and
his
rider.
“Have
you
given
the
horse
might?
Have
you
clothed
his
neck
with
a quivering
mane?
Have you made him
to
leap as a
locust?
The
glory
of his snorting
is awesome.
He
paws
in
the
valley,
and
rejoices
in
his
strength.
He
goes
out
to
meet
the armed men.
He mocks
at
fear,
and
is
not
dismayed,
neither
does
he
turn
back
from
the
sword.
The
quiver
rattles
against
him,
the
flashing
spear
and
the
javelin.
He eats
up
the
ground
with fierceness
and
rage,
neither
does
he
stand
still
at
the
sound
of
the
trumpet.
As
often as
the
trumpet sounds
he snorts, ‘Aha!’
He smells
the
battle
afar
off,
the
thunder
of
the
captains,
and
the
shouting.
“Is
it by your wisdom that
the
hawk
soars,
and
stretches
her
wings
toward
the
south?
Is
it
at
your
command
that
the
eagle mounts
up,
and
makes
his
nest
on
high?
On
the
cliff
he
dwells
and makes
his home,
on
the point
of
the
cliff
and
the stronghold.
From
there
he
spies
out
the
prey.
His
eyes
see
it
afar
off.
His
young
ones
also
suck
up
blood.
Where
the
slain
are,
there
he
is.”
Moreover
Yahweh
answered
Job,
“Shall he
who argues
contend
with
the
Almighty?
He
who argues
with
God, let
him
answer it.”
Then
Job
answered
Yahweh,
“Behold,
I
am
of
small account.
What
will
I
answer
you?
I
lay
my
hand
on
my
mouth.
I
have
spoken
once,
and
I
will
not
answer;
Yes,
twice,
but
I
will proceed
no
further.”
Then
Yahweh
answered
Job
out
of
the whirlwind:
“Now brace
yourself like
a
man.
I
will
question
you,
and
you
will answer
me.
Will
you
even
annul
my
judgment?
Will
you
condemn
me,
that
you
may be
justified?
Or
do
you
have
an
arm
like
God?
Can
you
thunder
with
a
voice
like
him?
“Now deck
yourself
with excellency
and
dignity.
Array
yourself
with
honor
and
majesty.
Pour
out
the
fury
of
your
anger.
Look
at
everyone
who
is
proud,
and
bring
him
low.
Look
at
everyone
who
is
proud,
and
humble
him.
Crush
the
wicked
in
their
place.
Hide
them
in
the
dust
together.
Bind
their
faces
in
the
hidden place.
Then
I
will
also admit
to
you
that
your own
right
hand
can
save
you.
“See
now
behemoth,
which
I
made
as
well
as
you.
He
eats
grass
as an
ox.
Look
now,
his
strength
is
in
his thighs.
His force
is
in
the
muscles
of
his
belly.
He moves his
tail
like
a
cedar.
The
sinews
of his
thighs
are
knit
together.
His
bones
are like
tubes
of
bronze.
His
limbs
are like
bars
of
iron.
He
is
the chief
of
the
ways
of
God.
He
who
made
him gives
him
his
sword.
Surely
the
mountains produce
food
for
him,
where
all
the
animals
of
the
field
play.
He
lies
under
the
lotus trees,
in
the covert
of
the
reed,
and
the
marsh.
The lotuses cover him
with
their shade.
The
willows
of
the
brook
surround him.
Behold,
if
a
river overflows,
he
doesn’t tremble.
He
is
confident,
though
the
Jordan swells
even
to
his
mouth.
Shall any
take
him when
he
is
on
the
watch,
or pierce through
his
nose
with
a
snare?
“Can
you draw
out Leviathan
41:1
Leviathan is a name for a crocodile or similar creature.
with
a fish hook,
or press down
his tongue
with
a cord?
Can
you put
a rope into
his nose,
or pierce
his jaw
through
with
a hook?
Will
he make many petitions
to
you,
or
will
he speak soft words
to
you?
Will
he make
a covenant
with
you,
that
you should take him
for
a servant forever?
Will
you play
with
him
as
with
a bird?
Or
will
you bind
him
for
your girls?
Will traders barter
for
him?
Will
they part
him
among
the merchants?
Can you fill
his skin with barbed irons,
or
his head with fish spears?
Lay
your hand
on
him.
Remember
the battle,
and
do
so
no
more.
Behold,
the hope
of
him
is
in vain.
Won’t
one
be cast down
even
at
the sight
of
him?
None
is so fierce
that he dare stir him up.
Who then
is he who
can stand
before
me?
Who
has first given
to
me,
that I
should repay
him?
Everything under
the heavens
is mine.
“I
will not keep silence concerning
his limbs,
nor
his mighty strength, nor
his goodly frame.
Who can strip
off
his outer garment?
Who
will
come within
his
jaws?
Who can
open
the doors
of
his
face?
Around
his teeth
is terror.
Strong scales
are
his pride,
shut
up
together
with
a
close seal.
One
is
so near
to
another,
that no air can come between them.
They are joined
to
one another.
They stick together, so that they can’t be pulled apart.
His sneezing flashes
out light.
His eyes are like
the eyelids
of
the morning.
Out
of
his mouth go burning torches.
Sparks
of fire leap out.
Out
of
his nostrils
a smoke goes,
as
of
a boiling pot
over
a fire
of reeds.
His breath kindles coals.
A flame goes out
of
his mouth.
There is strength
in
his neck.
Terror dances
before
him.
The flakes
of
his flesh are joined
together.
They are firm
on
him.
They can’t
be moved.
His heart
is
as firm
as
a stone,
yes, firm
as
the lower millstone.
When
he raises himself
up,
the mighty
are afraid.
They retreat
before
his thrashing.
If
one attacks
him
with
the sword,
it can’t prevail;
nor
the spear,
the dart, nor
the pointed shaft.
He counts iron as straw,
and bronze as rotten wood.
The arrow can’t make him flee.
Sling stones are like chaff to him.
Clubs are counted as stubble.
He laughs at the rushing of the javelin.
His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
He makes the deep to boil like a pot.
He makes the sea like a pot of ointment.
He makes a path shine after him.
One would think the deep had white hair.
On earth there is not his equal,
that is made without fear.
He sees everything that is high.
He is king over all the sons of pride.”
Then
Job
answered
Yahweh:
“I
know
that
you
can
do
all
things,
and
that
no
purpose
of yours
can
be restrained.
You asked, ‘Who
is
this
who
hides
counsel
without
knowledge?’
therefore
I
have
uttered
that
which
I
didn’t
understand,
things
too
wonderful
for
me,
which
I
didn’t
know.
You
said, ‘Listen,
now,
and
I
will
speak;
I
will
question
you,
and
you
will answer
me.’
I
had
heard
of
you
by
the
hearing
of
the
ear,
but
now
my
eye
sees
you.
Therefore
I abhor
myself,
and
repent
in
dust
and
ashes.”
It
was
so,
that
after
Yahweh
had
spoken
these
words
to
Job,
Yahweh
said
to
Eliphaz
the
Temanite, “My
wrath
is
kindled
against
you,
and
against
your
two
friends;
for
you
have
not
spoken
of
me
the
thing
that
is
right,
as
my
servant
Job
has.
Now
therefore,
take
to
yourselves
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams,
and
go
to
my
servant
Job,
and
offer
up
for
yourselves
a
burnt
offering;
and
my
servant
Job
shall
pray
for
you,
for
I
will
accept
him,
that
I
not
deal
with
you
according
to
your
folly.
For
you
have
not
spoken
of
me
the
thing
that
is
right,
as
my
servant
Job
has.”
So
Eliphaz
the
Temanite
and
Bildad
the
Shuhite
and
Zophar
the
Naamathite
went
and
did
what
Yahweh
commanded
them,
and
Yahweh accepted
Job.
Yahweh
restored
Job’s prosperity
when
he
prayed
for
his
friends.
Yahweh
gave
Job
twice
as
much
as
he
had before.
Then
all
his
brothers,
all
his
sisters,
and
all
those
who
had
been
of
his acquaintance
before,
came
to
him
and
ate
bread
with
him
in
his
house.
They
comforted
him,
and
consoled
him
concerning
all
the
evil
that
Yahweh
had
brought
on
him.
Everyone
also
gave
him
a
piece
of
money,
42:11
literally, kesitah, a unit of money, probably silver
and
everyone
a
ring
of
gold.
So
Yahweh
blessed
the
latter
end
of
Job more than
his
beginning.
He
had
fourteen
thousand
sheep,
six
thousand
camels,
one
thousand
yoke
of
oxen,
and
a
thousand
female
donkeys.
He
had also
seven
sons
and
three
daughters.
He
called
the
name
of
the
first,
Jemimah;
and
the
name
of
the
second,
Keziah;
and
the
name
of
the
third, Keren Happuch.
In
all
the
land
were
no
women
found
so
beautiful
as
the
daughters
of
Job.
Their
father
gave
them
an
inheritance
among
their
brothers.
After
this
Job
lived
one
hundred
forty
years,
and
saw
his
sons,
and
his
sons’
sons,
to
four
generations.
So
Job
died, being
old
and
full
of
days.
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Psalms
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Psalm
The Psalms
Psalm
BOOK 1
Blessed
is
the
man
who
doesn’t
walk
in
the
counsel
of
the
wicked,
nor
stand
on
the
path
of
sinners,
nor
sit
in
the
seat
of scoffers;
but
his
delight
is
in
Yahweh’s
1:2
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
law.
On
his
law
he
meditates
day
and
night.
He
will
be
like
a
tree
planted
by
the
streams
of
water,
that
produces
its
fruit
in
its
season,
whose
leaf
also
does
not
wither.
Whatever
he
does
shall
prosper.
The
wicked
are
not
so,
but
are
like
the
chaff
which
the
wind
drives
away.
Therefore
the
wicked
shall
not
stand
in
the
judgment,
nor
sinners
in
the
congregation
of
the
righteous.
For
Yahweh
knows
the
way
of
the
righteous,
but
the
way
of
the
wicked
shall
perish.
Why
do
the
nations rage,
and
the
peoples plot
a vain thing?
The
kings
of
the
earth
take
a
stand,
and
the
rulers
take
counsel
together,
against
Yahweh,
and
against
his
Anointed,
2:2
The word “Anointed” is the same as the word for “Messiah” or “Christ” saying,
“Let’s
break
their
bonds
apart,
and
cast
their
cords
from
us.”
He
who
sits
in
the
heavens
will
laugh.
The
Lord
2:4
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
will have
them
in derision.
Then
he will
speak
to
them
in
his
anger,
and
terrify
them
in
his
wrath:
“Yet
I
have
set
my
King
on
my
holy
hill
of
Zion.”
I
will
tell
of
the
decree:
Yahweh
said
to
me, “You
are
my
son.
Today
I
have
become
your
father.
Ask
of
me,
and
I
will
give
the
nations
for
your
inheritance,
the uttermost parts
of
the
earth
for
your
possession.
You
shall break
them
with
a
rod
of
iron.
You
shall dash
them
in pieces like
a
potter’s
vessel.”
Now
therefore
be
wise,
you
kings.
Be
instructed,
you
judges
of
the
earth.
Serve
Yahweh
with
fear,
and
rejoice
with
trembling.
Give sincere homage
to
the
Son,
2:12
or, Kiss the son
lest
he
be
angry,
and
you
perish
on
the
way,
for
his
wrath
will
soon
be kindled.
Blessed
are
all
those
who
take
refuge
in
him.
A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
Yahweh, how
my adversaries
have increased!
Many
are
those
who rise
up
against
me.
Many
there
are
who say
of
my soul,
“There
is no
help
for
him
in
God.”
3:2
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Selah.
But
you, Yahweh,
are
a shield around
me,
my glory,
and
the
one
who lifts up
my head.
I cry
to
Yahweh
with
my voice,
and
he answers
me out
of
his holy hill.
Selah.
I laid myself
down
and slept.
I awakened,
for
Yahweh sustains
me.
I
will
not
be afraid
of tens
of thousands
of people
who
have set themselves against
me
on every side.
Arise, Yahweh!
Save
me,
my
God!
For
you
have struck
all
of
my enemies
on
the cheek bone.
You
have broken
the teeth
of
the wicked.
Salvation belongs
to
Yahweh.
May
your blessing
be
on
your
people.
Selah.
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David.
Answer me when I call, God
of
my righteousness.
Give me relief from
my distress.
Have mercy
on me,
and hear
my prayer.
You sons
of
men,
how long shall
my glory
be turned into dishonor?
Will
you love vanity
and seek after falsehood?
Selah.
But know
that Yahweh
has
set apart
for
himself
him
who
is godly;
Yahweh
will hear
when
I call
to
him.
Stand
in awe,
and don’t sin.
Search
your own
heart
on
your bed,
and
be still.
Selah.
Offer
the sacrifices
of righteousness.
Put
your trust
in Yahweh.
Many say, “Who
will show
us any good?”
Yahweh, let
the light
of
your face shine
on
us.
You
have
put gladness
in
my heart,
more
than
when
their grain
and
their new wine
are increased.
In peace
I
will both
lay
myself
down
and sleep,
for
you alone, Yahweh,
make
me live
in safety.
For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.
Give ear
to
my words, Yahweh.
Consider
my meditation.
Listen
to
the voice
of
my cry,
my King
and
my
God,
for
I pray
to
you.
Yahweh,
in
the morning
you
will
hear
my
voice.
In
the morning
I
will lay
my requests
before
you,
and
will watch expectantly.
For
you
are not
a
God
who
has pleasure
in wickedness.
Evil can’t live
with
you.
The arrogant
will
not stand
in
your sight.
You hate all workers
of iniquity.
You
will
destroy
those
who speak lies.
Yahweh abhors
the bloodthirsty
and deceitful
man.
But
as
for
me,
in
the abundance
of
your loving kindness
I
will come
into
your house.
I
will bow toward
your holy temple
in reverence
of
you.
Lead
me, Yahweh,
in
your righteousness
because
of
my enemies.
Make
your way straight
before
my face.
For
there
is no faithfulness
in
their
mouth.
Their heart
is destruction.
Their throat
is
an
open tomb.
They flatter
with
their tongue.
Hold
them guilty,
God.
Let
them fall
by
their own counsels.
Thrust
them
out
in
the multitude
of
their transgressions,
for
they
have rebelled against
you.
But let
all
those
who take refuge
in
you rejoice.
Let
them always shout
for joy,
because
you defend
them.
Let
them
also
who love
your name
be joyful
in
you.
For
you
will bless
the righteous.
Yahweh,
you
will surround
him
with
favor
as
with
a shield.
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.
Yahweh, don’t rebuke
me
in
your anger,
neither discipline
me
in
your wrath.
Have
mercy
on
me,
Yahweh,
for
I
am faint.
Yahweh, heal
me,
for
my bones
are troubled.
My soul
is
also
in great anguish.
But
you,
Yahweh—how long?
Return,
Yahweh. Deliver
my
soul,
and
save
me
for
your loving kindness’ sake.
For
in
death
there
is no memory
of
you.
In Sheol,
6:5
Sheol is the place of the dead.
who
shall
give
you thanks?
I am weary
with
my groaning.
Every night
I flood
my bed.
I drench
my couch
with
my tears.
My eye wastes
away
because
of grief.
It grows old
because
of
all
my adversaries.
Depart
from
me,
all
you workers
of iniquity,
for Yahweh
has heard
the voice
of
my weeping.
Yahweh
has
heard
my supplication.
Yahweh accepts
my prayer.
May all
my enemies
be ashamed
and dismayed.
They
shall turn
back,
they
shall
be disgraced suddenly.
A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
Yahweh,
my
God,
I take refuge
in
you.
Save
me
from
all
those
who pursue
me,
and deliver
me,
lest
they tear apart
my soul
like
a lion,
ripping
it
in pieces, while
there
is
no
one
to
deliver.
Yahweh,
my
God,
if
I
have done this,
if
there
is iniquity
in
my hands,
if
I
have rewarded
evil
to
him
who
was
at peace
with me
(yes,
I
have delivered
him
who without cause
was
my adversary),
let
the
enemy pursue
my soul, and overtake
it;
yes, let
him tread
my life down
to
the earth,
and lay
my glory
in
the dust.
Selah.
Arise, Yahweh,
in
your anger.
Lift up
yourself against
the rage
of
my adversaries.
Awake
for
me.
You
have commanded judgment.
Let
the congregation
of
the peoples surround
you.
Rule
over
them
on
high.
Yahweh administers judgment
to
the
peoples.
Judge
me, Yahweh,
according
to
my righteousness,
and
to
my integrity
that
is
in
me.
Oh let
the wickedness
of
the wicked come
to
an end,
but establish
the
righteous;
their minds
and hearts
are searched
by
the
righteous
God.
My shield
is
with
God,
who saves
the upright
in
heart.
God
is
a righteous judge,
yes,
a
God
who
has indignation every day.
If
a
man doesn’t repent,
he
will sharpen
his sword;
he
has bent
and strung
his bow.
He
has
also
prepared
for
himself
the instruments
of death.
He
makes
ready
his flaming
arrows.
Behold,
7:14
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
he travails
with iniquity.
Yes,
he
has conceived mischief,
and brought
out falsehood.
He
has dug
a hole,
and
has fallen into
the pit which
he made.
The trouble he causes shall return
to
his own
head.
His violence shall
come
down
on
the crown
of
his own
head.
I
will
give thanks
to Yahweh
according
to
his righteousness,
and
will sing praise
to
the name
of Yahweh Most High.
For the Chief Musician; on an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by David.
Yahweh,
our Lord, how majestic
is
your name
in all
the earth!
You
have set
your glory
above
the heavens!
From
the lips
of babes
and infants
you
have
established strength,
because
of
your adversaries,
that
you
might silence
the enemy
and
the avenger.
When I consider
your heavens,
the
work
of
your fingers,
the moon
and
the stars,
which
you
have ordained,
what
is
man,
that
you
think
of
him?
What
is
the son
of
man,
that
you care
for
him?
For
you
have
made
him
a little lower
than
the angels,
8:5
Hebrew: Elohim. The word Elohim, used here, usually means “God”, but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”. The Septuagint reads “angels” here. See also the quote from the Septuagint in Hebrews 2:7.
and crowned
him
with glory
and honor.
You make
him ruler over
the works
of
your hands.
You
have put all things under
his feet:
All sheep
and cattle,
yes,
and
the animals
of
the field,
the birds
of
the sky,
the fish
of
the sea,
and
whatever passes
through
the paths
of
the seas.
Yahweh, our Lord,
how majestic is
your name
in all
the
earth!
For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David.
I will give thanks
to Yahweh
with
my whole heart.
I will tell
of all
your marvelous works.
I
will
be glad
and rejoice
in
you.
I
will sing
praise
to
your name,
O Most High.
When
my enemies turn back,
they stumble
and perish
in
your presence.
For
you have maintained
my just
cause.
You sit
on
the throne judging righteously.
You
have rebuked
the nations.
You
have destroyed
the wicked.
You
have blotted
out
their name
forever
and ever.
The enemy
is overtaken
by endless ruin.
The very
memory
of
the cities
which
you
have overthrown
has
perished.
But Yahweh reigns
forever.
He
has prepared
his throne
for judgment.
He
will
judge
the world
in righteousness.
He
will administer
judgment
to
the peoples
in uprightness.
Yahweh
will also
be
a high tower
for
the oppressed;
a high tower
in times
of trouble.
Those
who know
your name
will put
their trust
in
you,
for
you,
Yahweh,
have
not forsaken
those
who seek
you.
Sing
praises
to
Yahweh,
who dwells
in Zion,
and
declare
among
the
people
what
he
has done.
For
he
who avenges blood remembers
them.
He doesn’t forget
the cry
of
the afflicted.
Have mercy
on
me, Yahweh.
See
my affliction
by
those
who hate
me,
and lift
me
up
from
the gates
of
death,
that
I
may
show all
of
your
praise.
I
will rejoice
in
your salvation
in
the
gates
of
the daughter
of Zion.
The nations
have sunk down
in
the pit
that
they
made.
In
the net which
they hid,
their own foot
is
taken.
Yahweh
has
made
himself known.
He
has executed
judgment.
The wicked
is snared
by
the work
of
his own hands.
Meditation. Selah.
The
wicked
shall
be turned
back
to Sheol,
9:17
Sheol is the place of the dead.
even
all
the nations
that forget
God.
For
the needy
shall not always
be forgotten,
nor
the hope
of
the poor perish forever.
Arise, Yahweh!
Don’t
let
man prevail.
Let
the nations
be judged
in
your sight.
Put
them
in fear,
Yahweh.
Let
the
nations know
that
they
are only
men.
Selah.
Why
do
you
stand
far
off,
Yahweh?
Why
do
you
hide yourself
in
times
of
trouble?
In
arrogance,
the
wicked hunt down
the weak.
They
are
caught
in
the
schemes that
they
devise.
For
the
wicked boasts
of
his
heart’s cravings.
He
blesses
the
greedy
and condemns
Yahweh.
The
wicked,
in
the
pride
of
his
face,
has
no room
in
his
thoughts
for
God.
His
ways
are prosperous
at
all
times.
He
is arrogant,
and
your laws
are
far
from
his
sight.
As
for
all
his
adversaries,
he sneers
at
them.
He
says
in
his
heart, “I
shall
not
be
shaken.
For
generations
I
shall
have
no
trouble.”
His
mouth
is
full
of cursing,
deceit,
and
oppression.
Under
his
tongue
is
mischief
and
iniquity.
He lies
in
wait near
the villages.
From ambushes,
he murders
the
innocent.
His
eyes
are
secretly
set
against
the helpless.
He
lurks
in
secret
as
a
lion
in
his
ambush.
He
lies
in
wait
to
catch
the helpless.
He
catches
the helpless when
he
draws
him
in
his
net.
The helpless
are
crushed.
They
collapse.
They
fall under his strength.
He
says
in
his
heart, “God
has
forgotten.
He
hides
his
face.
He
will
never
see
it.”
Arise,
Yahweh!
God,
lift
up
your
hand!
Don’t
forget
the helpless.
Why
does
the
wicked
person condemn
God,
and
say
in
his
heart, “God
won’t
call
me
into
account?”
But
you
do
see
trouble
and grief.
You
consider
it
to
take
it
into
your
hand.
You
help
the victim
and
the
fatherless.
Break
the
arm
of
the
wicked.
As
for
the
evil
man,
seek
out
his
wickedness until
you
find
none.
Yahweh
is
King
forever
and
ever!
The
nations
will
perish
out
of
his
land.
Yahweh,
you
have
heard
the
desire
of
the
humble.
You
will
prepare
their
heart.
You
will cause
your
ear
to
hear,
to
judge
the
fatherless
and
the
oppressed,
that
man
who
is
of
the
earth
may terrify
no
more.
For the Chief Musician. By David.
In
Yahweh,
I
take
refuge.
How
can
you
say
to
my
soul, “Flee
as
a
bird
to
your
mountain”?
For,
behold,
the
wicked
bend
their
bows.
They
set
their
arrows
on
the strings,
that
they
may
shoot
in
darkness
at
the
upright
in
heart.
If
the
foundations
are
destroyed,
what
can
the
righteous
do?
Yahweh
is
in
his
holy
temple.
Yahweh
is
on
his
throne
in
heaven.
His
eyes observe.
His
eyes
examine
the
children
of
men.
Yahweh examines
the
righteous,
but
his
soul
hates
the
wicked
and
him
who
loves
violence.
On
the
wicked
he
will
rain
blazing
coals;
fire,
sulfur,
and scorching
wind
shall
be
the
portion
of
their
cup.
For
Yahweh
is
righteous.
He
loves
righteousness.
The
upright
shall
see
his
face.
For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Yahweh;
for
the godly man ceases.
For
the faithful fail
from
among
the children
of men.
Everyone lies
to
his neighbor.
They speak
with flattering lips,
and
with
a double heart.
May Yahweh cut
off
all
flattering
lips,
and
the tongue
that boasts,
who
have
said, “With
our
tongue
we
will prevail.
Our
lips
are
our own.
Who
is
lord
over us?”
“Because
of
the oppression
of
the weak
and
because
of
the groaning
of
the needy,
I
will now arise,”
says Yahweh;
“I
will
set
him
in safety
from
those
who malign
him.”
Yahweh’s words
are flawless words,
as silver refined
in
a clay furnace, purified seven times.
You
will keep
them,
Yahweh.
You
will preserve
them
from
this generation forever.
The wicked walk
on
every side,
when what
is vile
is exalted
among
the sons
of men.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
How long, Yahweh?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide
your face from me?
How
long
shall
I take counsel
in
my soul,
having sorrow
in
my heart every day?
How
long
shall
my enemy triumph
over
me?
Behold,
and answer
me, Yahweh,
my God.
Give light
to
my eyes, lest
I sleep
in
death;
lest
my enemy say, “I
have prevailed
against
him;”
lest
my adversaries rejoice
when
I fall.
But
I trust
in
your loving kindness.
My heart
rejoices
in
your salvation.
I
will
sing
to
Yahweh,
because
he
has
been good
to
me.
For the Chief Musician. By David.
The
fool
has
said
in
his
heart, “There
is
no
God.”
They
are
corrupt.
They
have
done
abominable
deeds.
There
is
no
one
who
does
good.
Yahweh
looked
down
from
heaven
on
the
children
of
men,
to
see
if
there
were
any
who
understood,
who
sought
after
God.
They
have
all
gone
aside.
They
have
together
become
corrupt.
There
is
no
one
who
does
good,
no,
not
one.
Have
all
the
workers
of
iniquity
no
knowledge,
who
eat
up
my
people
as
they
eat
bread,
and
don’t
call
on
Yahweh?
There
they
were
in
great
fear,
for
God
is
in
the
generation
of
the
righteous.
You frustrate
the
plan
of
the
poor,
because
Yahweh
is
his
refuge.
Oh
that
the
salvation
of
Israel
would
come
out
of
Zion!
When
Yahweh
restores
the
fortunes
of
his
people,
then
Jacob
shall
rejoice,
and
Israel
shall
be
glad.
A Psalm by David.
Yahweh,
who
shall
dwell
in
your
sanctuary?
Who
shall
live
on
your
holy
hill?
He
who
walks
blamelessly
and
does
what
is
right,
and
speaks
truth
in
his
heart;
he
who
doesn’t
slander
with
his
tongue,
nor
does
evil
to
his
friend,
nor casts slurs
against
his
fellow man;
in whose
eyes
a vile man
is
despised,
but
who
honors
those
who
fear
Yahweh;
he
who keeps
an
oath
even
when
it hurts,
and
doesn’t
change;
he
who
doesn’t
lend
out
his
money
for usury,
nor
take
a
bribe
against
the
innocent.
He
who
does
these
things
shall
never
be
shaken.
A Poem by David.
Preserve
me,
God,
for
I
take
refuge
in
you.
My soul,
you
have
said
to
Yahweh, “You
are
my
Lord.
Apart
from
you
I
have
no
good thing.”
As
for
the
saints
who
are
in
the
earth,
they
are
the excellent
ones
in
whom
is
all
my
delight.
Their
sorrows
shall
be
multiplied who
give gifts
to
another god.
Their drink offerings
of
blood
I
will
not
offer,
nor
take
their
names
on
my
lips.
Yahweh assigned
my
portion
and
my
cup.
You made
my
lot secure.
The lines
have
fallen
to
me
in
pleasant places.
Yes,
I
have
a good
inheritance.
I
will
bless
Yahweh,
who
has
given
me
counsel.
Yes,
my
heart
instructs
me
in
the
night seasons.
I
have set
Yahweh
always
before
me.
Because
he
is
at
my
right
hand,
I
shall
not
be
moved.
Therefore
my
heart
is
glad,
and
my tongue
rejoices.
My
body
shall
also
dwell
in
safety.
For
you
will
not
leave
my
soul
in
Sheol,
16:10
Sheol is the place of the dead.
neither
will
you
allow
your
holy
one
to
see
corruption.
You
will
show
me
the
path
of
life.
In
your
presence
is
fullness
of
joy.
In
your
right
hand
there
are pleasures
forever more.
A Prayer by David.
Hear,
Yahweh,
my
righteous plea.
Give
ear
to
my
prayer
that
doesn’t go out
of
deceitful
lips.
Let
my
sentence
come
out
of
your
presence.
Let
your
eyes
look
on
equity.
You
have
proved
my
heart.
You
have
visited
me
in
the
night.
You
have
tried
me,
and
found
nothing.
I
have resolved
that
my
mouth
shall
not disobey.
As
for
the
deeds
of
men,
by
the
word
of
your
lips,
I
have
kept
myself
from
the
ways
of
the
violent.
My
steps have
held
fast
to your
paths.
My
feet have
not
slipped.
I
have
called
on
you,
for
you
will
answer
me,
God.
Turn
your
ear
to
me.
Hear
my speech.
Show
your marvelous loving
kindness,
you
who
save
those
who
take
refuge
by
your
right
hand
from
their
enemies.
Keep
me
as
the
apple
of
your
eye.
Hide
me under
the
shadow
of
your
wings,
from
the
wicked
who oppress
me,
my
deadly
enemies,
who surround
me.
They
close
up
their callous hearts.
With
their
mouth
they
speak
proudly.
They
have
now
surrounded
us
in
our
steps.
They
set
their
eyes
to
cast
us
down
to
the
earth.
He
is
like
a
lion that
is greedy
of
his prey,
as
it
were
a
young
lion
lurking
in
secret
places.
Arise,
Yahweh,
confront
him.
Cast
him
down.
Deliver
my
soul
from
the
wicked
by
your
sword,
from
men
by
your
hand,
Yahweh,
from
men
of
the
world,
whose
portion
is
in
this
life.
You
fill
the
belly
of
your cherished
ones.
Your
sons
have
plenty,
and
they store
up wealth
for
their
children.
As
for
me,
I
shall
see
your
face
in
righteousness.
I
shall be
satisfied,
when
I awake,
with
seeing
your
form.
For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,
I love
you,
Yahweh,
my
strength.
Yahweh
is
my rock,
my fortress,
and
my deliverer;
my
God,
my rock,
in whom
I take refuge;
my shield,
and
the horn
of
my salvation,
my high tower.
I call
on
Yahweh,
who
is worthy
to
be praised;
and
I
am saved
from
my enemies.
The cords
of death surrounded
me.
The floods
of ungodliness
made
me afraid.
The
cords
of Sheol
18:5
Sheol is the place of the dead.
were around
me.
The snares
of
death came
on
me.
In
my distress
I called
on Yahweh,
and cried
to
my God.
He heard
my voice out
of
his temple.
My cry
before
him came into
his ears.
Then
the earth shook
and trembled.
The foundations
also
of
the mountains quaked
and
were shaken,
because
he
was angry.
Smoke went out
of
his nostrils.
Consuming fire came out
of
his mouth.
Coals
were
kindled
by
it.
He bowed
the heavens
also,
and
came
down.
Thick darkness
was
under
his feet.
He rode
on
a cherub,
and flew.
Yes,
he soared
on
the wings
of
the wind.
He made darkness
his hiding place,
his pavilion
around
him,
darkness
of waters, thick clouds
of
the
skies.
At
the brightness before
him
his
thick
clouds passed,
hailstones
and coals
of fire.
Yahweh
also thundered
in
the sky.
The Most High uttered
his voice:
hailstones
and
coals
of
fire.
He
sent
out
his
arrows,
and scattered
them.
He routed
them
with great lightning bolts.
Then
the channels
of waters appeared.
The foundations
of
the world were
laid bare at
your rebuke, Yahweh,
at
the blast
of
the breath
of
your nostrils.
He
sent
from
on high.
He took
me.
He drew
me
out
of many
waters.
He
delivered
me
from
my strong enemy,
from those who hated
me;
for they
were
too mighty
for
me.
They came
on
me
in
the day
of
my calamity,
but Yahweh was
my support.
He
brought
me out
also
into
a large
place.
He delivered
me,
because
he delighted
in
me.
Yahweh
has rewarded
me according
to
my righteousness.
According
to
the cleanness of
my hands,
he
has recompensed
me.
For
I
have kept
the ways
of
Yahweh,
and
have not wickedly departed
from
my
God.
For all
his ordinances
were
before
me.
I
didn’t put away
his statutes
from
me.
I
was
also blameless
with
him.
I kept myself
from
my iniquity.
Therefore Yahweh
has rewarded
me according
to
my righteousness,
according
to
the cleanness
of
my hands
in
his eyesight.
With
the merciful
you
will show yourself merciful.
With
the perfect man,
you
will show yourself perfect.
With
the pure,
you
will
show
yourself pure.
With
the crooked
you
will
show
yourself shrewd.
For
you will save
the afflicted people,
but
the arrogant eyes
you will bring down.
For
you
will light
my lamp, Yahweh.
My God
will light
up
my darkness.
For
by
you,
I advance
through
a troop.
By
my
God,
I leap
over
a wall.
As
for
God,
his way
is perfect.
Yahweh’s word
is tried.
He
is
a shield
to all
those
who take refuge
in
him.
For
who
is
God, except
Yahweh?
Who
is
a rock, besides
our
God,
the
God
who arms
me
with
strength,
and
makes
my way perfect?
He
makes
my feet
like deer’s feet,
and sets
me
on
my high places.
He teaches
my hands
to war,
so
that
my arms bend
a bow
of bronze.
You
have also
given
me
the shield
of
your salvation.
Your right
hand sustains
me.
Your gentleness
has made
me great.
You
have enlarged
my steps under
me,
My feet
have not slipped.
I
will pursue
my enemies,
and overtake
them.
I
won’t turn away until
they
are consumed.
I
will strike
them through,
so
that
they
will
not
be able
to rise.
They
shall fall under
my feet.
For
you
have armed
me
with strength
to
the battle.
You
have subdued
under
me those
who
rose
up against
me.
You have also made
my
enemies turn
their backs
to
me,
that
I
might cut off those
who hate
me.
They
cried, but there
was
no one
to save;
even
to Yahweh, but
he didn’t answer
them.
Then
I beat
them small
as
the dust
before
the wind.
I cast
them
out
as
the mire
of
the streets.
You
have delivered
me
from
the strivings
of
the people.
You
have made
me
the
head
of
the nations.
A people whom
I
have not known
shall
serve
me.
As soon
as
they hear
of
me
they
shall
obey
me.
The
foreigners
shall submit
themselves
to
me.
The
foreigners
shall fade away,
and
shall come trembling out
of
their strongholds.
Yahweh lives! Blessed
be my rock.
Exalted
be
the God
of my salvation,
even
the
God
who executes vengeance
for
me,
and subdues peoples under
me.
He rescues
me
from
my enemies.
Yes,
you
lift
me
up above those
who rise
up
against
me.
You
deliver
me
from
the violent man.
Therefore
I
will give thanks
to
you, Yahweh,
among
the nations,
and
will sing praises
to
your name.
He gives great deliverance
to
his
king,
and shows loving kindness
to
his anointed,
to David
and
to
his offspring,
18:50
or, seed forever
more.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
The heavens declare
the glory
of God.
The expanse shows
his handiwork.
Day after day
they pour
out speech,
and night after night
they
display knowledge.
There
is no speech nor language
where
their voice
is not heard.
Their
voice
has
gone out through
all
the earth,
their
words
to
the end
of
the world.
In
them
he
has set
a tent
for
the sun,
which
is
as
a bridegroom
coming
out
of
his room,
like
a strong
man rejoicing
to
run
his course.
His
going
out
is
from
the
end
of
the heavens,
his circuit
to
its ends.
There
is nothing hidden
from
its heat.
Yahweh’s law
is perfect, restoring
the soul.
Yahweh’s covenant
is sure,
making wise
the simple.
Yahweh’s precepts
are right, rejoicing
the
heart.
Yahweh’s commandment
is pure, enlightening
the eyes.
The fear
of
Yahweh
is
clean, enduring forever.
Yahweh’s ordinances
are
true,
and righteous altogether.
They
are more
to
be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold,
sweeter
also than honey
and
the extract
of
the honeycomb.
Moreover
your servant
is warned
by them.
In keeping them there
is
great reward.
Who
can discern
his errors?
Forgive
me
from hidden errors.
Keep back
your servant also
from presumptuous sins.
Let
them not
have dominion over
me.
Then I
will be upright.
I
will be
blameless
and
innocent
of great transgression.
Let
the words
of
my mouth
and
the meditation
of
my heart
be acceptable
in
your sight,
Yahweh,
my rock,
and
my redeemer.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
May Yahweh answer you
in
the day
of trouble.
May
the name
of
the God
of Jacob set you up on high,
send
you
help
from
the sanctuary,
grant
you support
from Zion,
remember all
your offerings,
and accept
your burned sacrifice.
Selah.
May
he grant
you
your heart’s desire,
and fulfill
all
your counsel.
We
will triumph
in
your salvation.
In
the name
of
our
God,
we
will
set
up
our banners.
May Yahweh
grant
all
your requests.
Now
I know
that
Yahweh saves
his anointed.
He
will answer
him
from
his holy heaven,
with
the
saving strength
of
his right hand.
Some trust
in chariots,
and some
in horses,
but
we trust
in
the name
of
Yahweh
our
God.
They
are bowed
down
and fallen,
but
we rise up,
and stand upright.
Save, Yahweh!
Let
the King answer us
when
we call!
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
The king rejoices
in
your strength, Yahweh!
How greatly
he rejoices
in
your salvation!
You
have
given
him
his heart’s desire,
and
have not withheld
the request
of
his lips.
Selah.
For
you meet
him
with
the blessings
of goodness.
You
set
a crown
of fine gold
on
his head.
He asked life
of
you
and
you gave
it
to
him,
even length
of days forever
and ever.
His glory
is great
in
your salvation.
You
lay honor
and majesty
on
him.
For
you make
him most blessed forever.
You make
him glad
with
joy
in
your
presence.
For
the king trusts
in Yahweh.
Through
the loving kindness
of
the
Most High,
he
shall
not
be moved.
Your hand
will find out all
of
your enemies.
Your right hand
will find out
those
who hate
you.
You
will
make
them
as
a fiery furnace
in
the time
of
your anger.
Yahweh
will swallow
them
up
in
his wrath.
The fire
shall devour
them.
You
will
destroy
their descendants
from
the earth,
their posterity
from among
the children
of men.
For
they intended evil against
you.
They plotted evil against
you which cannot succeed.
For
you
will
make
them
turn
their
back,
when
you aim drawn bows
at
their face.
Be exalted, Yahweh,
in
your strength,
so
we
will sing
and
praise
your
power.
For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David.
My God,
my God, why
have
you forsaken
me?
Why are
you
so
far
from helping
me,
and
from
the words
of
my groaning?
My
God,
I cry
in
the daytime,
but
you don’t
answer;
in
the night season,
and am not silent.
But
you
are holy,
you
who inhabit
the praises
of Israel.
Our fathers trusted
in
you.
They trusted,
and
you delivered
them.
They cried
to
you,
and were
delivered.
They
trusted
in
you,
and were not disappointed.
But
I am
a worm,
and
no man;
a reproach
of men,
and despised
by
the
people.
All
those
who see
me mock
me.
They
insult
me
with
their lips.
They shake
their heads, saying,
“He trusts
in Yahweh.
Let
him deliver
him.
Let
him rescue
him, since
he delights
in
him.”
But
you brought
me
out
of
the womb.
You made
me trust
while
at
my mother’s breasts.
I
was thrown
on
you
from
my
mother’s
womb.
You
are
my God
since
my
mother bore
me.
Don’t
be
far
from
me,
for trouble
is
near.
For there
is no
one
to help.
Many bulls
have surrounded
me.
Strong bulls
of Bashan
have encircled
me.
They open
their mouths wide against
me,
lions tearing prey
and roaring.
I am poured
out
like water.
All
my bones
are
out
of joint.
My heart
is
like wax.
It
is melted
within
me.
My
strength
is dried
up
like
a potsherd.
My tongue sticks
to
the roof
of
my mouth.
You
have
brought
me
into
the dust
of death.
For dogs
have surrounded
me.
A company
of evildoers
have enclosed
me.
They
have pierced my hands
and feet.
22:16
So Dead Sea Scrolls. Masoretic Text reads, “Like a lion, they pin my hands and feet.”
I can count
all
of
my bones.
They look
and stare at
me.
They divide
my garments among
them.
They cast lots
for
my clothing.
But don’t be
far
off, Yahweh.
You
are
my help. Hurry
to help
me!
Deliver
my soul
from
the sword,
my precious life
from
the power
of
the dog.
Save
me
from
the lion’s
mouth!
Yes,
you
have
rescued
me
from
the horns
of
the wild oxen.
I
will declare
your name
to
my brothers.
Among
the assembly, I
will praise
you.
You
who fear Yahweh,
praise
him!
All
you descendants
of
Jacob, glorify
him!
Stand
in awe
of
him, all
you descendants
of Israel!
For
he
has not despised
nor abhorred
the affliction
of
the afflicted,
neither
has
he hidden
his face
from
him;
but
when
he cried
to
him,
he heard.
My
praise
of
you
comes
in
the great assembly.
I
will
pay
my vows
before
those
who fear
him.
The humble
shall eat
and be satisfied.
They
shall
praise Yahweh who seek after
him.
Let
your hearts live forever.
All
the ends
of
the earth
shall remember
and turn
to
Yahweh.
All
the relatives
of
the nations
shall worship before
you.
For
the kingdom
is
Yahweh’s.
He
is
the ruler
over
the
nations.
All
the rich ones
of
the earth
shall eat
and worship.
All
those
who go
down
to
the dust
shall bow before
him,
even
he
who can’t keep
his soul alive.
Posterity
shall
serve
him.
Future generations
shall
be told
about
the Lord.
They
shall come
and
shall
declare
his righteousness
to
a people
that
shall
be born,
for
he
has done it.
A Psalm by David.
Yahweh
is
my
shepherd;
I
shall
lack
nothing.
He makes
me
lie
down
in
green
pastures.
He
leads
me
beside still
waters.
He
restores
my
soul.
He
guides
me
in
the
paths
of
righteousness
for
his
name’s
sake.
Even
though
I walk
through
the
valley
of
the
shadow
of
death,
I
will
fear
no
evil,
for
you
are
with
me.
Your
rod
and
your
staff,
they
comfort
me.
You
prepare
a
table
before
me
in
the
presence
of
my enemies.
You anoint
my
head
with
oil.
My
cup runs
over.
Surely goodness
and loving
kindness
shall
follow
me
all
the
days
of
my
life,
and
I
will
dwell
in
Yahweh’s
house
forever.
A Psalm by David.
The
earth
is
Yahweh’s,
with
its
fullness;
the
world,
and those
who
dwell
in
it.
For
he
has
founded
it
on
the
seas,
and
established
it
on
the
floods.
Who
may
ascend
to
Yahweh’s
hill?
Who
may
stand
in
his
holy
place?
He
who
has
clean
hands
and
a
pure
heart;
who
has
not
lifted
up
his
soul
to
falsehood,
and
has
not
sworn
deceitfully.
He
shall
receive
a
blessing
from
Yahweh,
righteousness
from
the
God
of
his
salvation.
This
is
the
generation
of
those
who
seek
Him,
who
seek
your
face—even
Jacob.
Selah.
Lift
up
your
heads,
you
gates!
Be
lifted
up,
you
everlasting
doors,
and
the
King
of
glory
will
come
in.
Who
is
the
King
of
glory?
Yahweh
strong
and
mighty,
Yahweh
mighty
in
battle.
Lift
up
your
heads,
you
gates;
yes,
lift
them
up,
you
everlasting
doors,
and
the
King
of
glory
will
come
in.
Who
is
this
King
of
glory?
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
the
King
of
glory!
Selah.
By David.
To
you,
Yahweh,
I
lift
up
my
soul.
My
God, I
have
trusted
in you.
Don’t
let
me
be
shamed.
Don’t
let
my
enemies
triumph over
me.
Yes,
no
one
who waits
for
you
will
be
shamed.
They
will
be
shamed
who
deal
treacherously
without
cause.
Show
me
your
ways,
Yahweh.
Teach
me
your
paths.
Guide
me
in
your
truth,
and
teach
me,
for
you
are
the
God
of
my
salvation.
I
wait
for
you
all
day
long.
Yahweh,
remember
your tender
mercies
and
your loving
kindness,
for
they
are
from
old
times.
Don’t
remember
the
sins
of
my
youth,
nor
my
transgressions.
Remember
me according
to
your loving
kindness,
for
your
goodness’
sake,
Yahweh.
Good
and
upright
is
Yahweh,
therefore
he
will
instruct
sinners
in
the
way.
He
will
guide
the
humble
in
justice.
He
will
teach
the
humble
his
way.
All
the
paths
of
Yahweh
are loving
kindness
and
truth
to
such
as
keep
his
covenant
and
his testimonies.
For
your
name’s
sake,
Yahweh,
pardon
my
iniquity,
for
it
is
great.
What
man
is
he
who
fears
Yahweh?
He
shall
instruct
him
in
the
way
that
he
shall
choose.
His
soul
will dwell
at ease.
His
offspring
will
inherit
the
land.
The
friendship
of
Yahweh
is
with those
who
fear
him.
He
will
show
them
his
covenant.
My
eyes
are
ever
on
Yahweh,
for
he
will
pluck
my
feet
out
of
the
net.
Turn
to
me,
and
have
mercy
on
me,
for
I
am desolate
and
afflicted.
The troubles
of
my
heart
are
enlarged.
Oh
bring
me
out
of
my
distresses.
Consider
my affliction
and
my travail.
Forgive
all
my
sins.
Consider
my
enemies,
for
they
are
many.
They
hate
me
with cruel
hatred.
Oh
keep
my
soul,
and
deliver
me.
Let
me
not
be
disappointed,
for
I
take
refuge
in
you.
Let
integrity
and
uprightness
preserve
me,
for
I
wait
for
you.
God,
redeem
Israel
out
of
all
his troubles.
By David.
Judge
me,
Yahweh,
for
I
have
walked
in
my
integrity.
I
have
trusted
also
in
Yahweh
without
wavering.
Examine
me,
Yahweh,
and prove
me.
Try
my
heart
and
my
mind.
For
your loving
kindness
is
before
my
eyes.
I
have
walked
in
your
truth.
I
have
not
sat
with
deceitful
men,
neither
will
I
go
in
with hypocrites.
I
hate
the
assembly
of evildoers,
and
will
not
sit
with
the
wicked.
I
will
wash
my
hands
in
innocence,
so
I
will
go
about
your
altar,
Yahweh,
that
I
may
make
the
voice
of
thanksgiving
to
be
heard
and
tell
of
all
your
wondrous
deeds.
Yahweh,
I
love
the
habitation
of
your
house,
the
place
where
your
glory
dwells.
Don’t
gather
my
soul
with
sinners,
nor
my
life
with bloodthirsty
men
in
whose
hands
is
wickedness;
their
right
hand
is
full
of
bribes.
But
as for
me,
I
will walk in
my
integrity.
Redeem
me,
and be merciful to
me.
My
foot
stands
in
an even
place.
In
the
congregations
I
will
bless
Yahweh.
By David.
Yahweh
is
my
light
and
my
salvation.
Whom
shall
I
fear?
Yahweh
is
the
strength
of
my
life.
Of
whom
shall
I
be
afraid?
When evildoers
came
at
me
to
eat
up
my
flesh,
even
my adversaries
and
my foes,
they
stumbled
and
fell.
Though
an
army
should
encamp
against
me,
my
heart
shall
not
fear.
Though
war
should
rise
against
me,
even
then
I
will
be
confident.
One
thing
I
have
asked
of
Yahweh,
that
I
will
seek
after:
that
I
may
dwell
in
Yahweh’s
house
all
the
days
of
my
life,
to
see
Yahweh’s
beauty,
and
to
inquire
in
his
temple.
For
in
the
day
of
trouble,
he
will
keep
me
secretly
in
his pavilion.
In
the
secret
place
of
his
tabernacle,
he
will
hide
me.
He
will
lift
me
up
on
a
rock.
Now
my
head
will
be
lifted
up
above
my
enemies
around
me.
I
will
offer
sacrifices
of
joy
in
his
tent.
I
will
sing, yes,
I
will
sing
praises
to
Yahweh.
Hear,
Yahweh,
when
I
cry
with
my
voice.
Have
mercy
also
on
me,
and
answer
me.
When
you
said, “Seek
my
face,”
my
heart
said
to
you, “I
will
seek
your
face,
Yahweh.”
Don’t
hide
your
face
from
me.
Don’t put
your
servant
away
in
anger.
You
have
been
my
help.
Don’t
abandon
me,
neither
forsake
me,
God
of
my
salvation.
When
my
father
and
my
mother
forsake
me,
then
Yahweh
will
take
me up.
Teach
me
your
way,
Yahweh.
Lead
me
in
a straight
path,
because
of
my enemies.
Don’t
deliver
me
over
to
the
desire
of
my adversaries,
for
false
witnesses
have
risen
up against
me,
such
as
breathe
out cruelty.
I
am
still confident
of
this:
I
will
see
the
goodness
of
Yahweh
in
the
land
of
the
living.
Wait
for
Yahweh.
Be
strong,
and let
your
heart
take
courage.
Yes,
wait
for
Yahweh.
By David.
To
you,
Yahweh,
I
call.
My
rock,
don’t
be deaf
to
me,
lest,
if
you
are
silent
to
me,
I
would
become
like
those
who
go
down
into
the
pit.
Hear
the
voice
of
my petitions,
when
I
cry
to
you,
when
I
lift
up
my
hands
toward
your
Most
Holy
Place.
Don’t
draw
me
away
with
the
wicked,
with
the
workers
of
iniquity
who
speak
peace
with
their
neighbors,
but mischief
is
in
their
hearts.
Give
them
according
to
their
work,
and
according
to
the
wickedness
of
their
doings.
Give
them
according
to
the operation
of
their
hands.
Bring
back
on
them
what
they deserve.
Because
they
don’t respect
the
works
of
Yahweh,
nor
the operation
of
his
hands,
he
will
break
them
down
and
not
build
them
up.
Blessed
be
Yahweh,
because
he
has
heard
the
voice
of
my petitions.
Yahweh
is
my
strength
and
my
shield.
My
heart
has
trusted
in
him,
and
I
am
helped.
Therefore
my
heart greatly rejoices.
With
my
song
I
will
thank
him.
Yahweh
is
their
strength.
He
is
a
stronghold
of
salvation
to
his
anointed.
Save
your
people,
and
bless
your
inheritance.
Be
their
shepherd
also,
and
bear
them
up
forever.
A Psalm by David.
Ascribe
to
Yahweh, you
sons
of
the
mighty,
ascribe
to
Yahweh
glory
and
strength.
Ascribe
to
Yahweh
the
glory due
to
his
name.
Worship
Yahweh
in
holy array.
Yahweh’s
voice
is
on
the
waters.
The
God
of
glory
thunders,
even
Yahweh
on
many
waters.
Yahweh’s
voice
is powerful.
Yahweh’s
voice
is full
of
majesty.
Yahweh’s
voice
breaks
the
cedars.
Yes,
Yahweh
breaks
in
pieces
the
cedars
of
Lebanon.
He makes
them also
to
skip
like
a
calf;
Lebanon
and
Sirion
like
a
young,
wild
ox.
Yahweh’s
voice strikes
with flashes
of lightning.
Yahweh’s
voice
shakes
the
wilderness.
Yahweh
shakes
the
wilderness
of
Kadesh.
Yahweh’s
voice
makes
the
deer calve,
and
strips
the forests
bare.
In
his
temple
everything
says, “Glory!”
Yahweh
sat
enthroned
at
the
Flood.
Yes,
Yahweh
sits
as
King
forever.
Yahweh
will
give
strength
to
his
people.
Yahweh
will
bless
his
people
with
peace.
A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.
I
will extol
you, Yahweh,
for
you
have raised
me up,
and
have
not made
my foes
to rejoice over
me.
Yahweh
my
God,
I cried
to
you,
and
you
have healed
me.
Yahweh,
you
have brought
up
my soul
from Sheol.
30:3
Sheol is the place of the dead.
You
have kept
me alive,
that
I
should not go down
to
the pit.
Sing praise
to
Yahweh,
you saints
of
his.
Give thanks
to
his holy name.
For
his anger
is
but
for
a moment.
His
favor
is
for
a lifetime.
Weeping
may stay
for
the night,
but joy comes
in
the morning.
As
for
me,
I said
in
my prosperity,
“I shall never
be moved.”
You, Yahweh,
when
you favored
me, made
my mountain stand strong;
but
when
you hid
your face,
I
was troubled.
I cried
to
you,
Yahweh.
I
made supplication
to
the
Lord:
“What profit
is
there
in
my destruction,
if
I go
down
to
the pit?
Shall
the dust praise
you?
Shall
it declare
your truth?
Hear, Yahweh,
and
have mercy
on
me.
Yahweh, be
my helper.”
You
have
turned
my mourning
into dancing
for
me.
You
have removed
my sackcloth,
and clothed
me
with gladness,
to
the end that
my heart may sing praise
to
you,
and not be silent.
Yahweh
my God, I will
give thanks
to
you forever!
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
In you, Yahweh, I take refuge.
Let me never
be disappointed.
Deliver me
in
your righteousness.
Bow down
your ear
to
me.
Deliver
me speedily.
Be
to
me
a strong rock,
a house
of defense
to save
me.
For
you
are
my
rock
and
my
fortress,
therefore
for
your name’s sake
lead
me
and guide
me.
Pluck
me out
of
the
net
that
they
have laid secretly
for
me,
for
you
are
my stronghold.
Into
your hand
I commend
my spirit.
You redeem
me, Yahweh, God
of truth.
I hate
those
who regard lying vanities,
but
I trust
in
Yahweh.
I
will
be glad
and rejoice
in
your loving kindness,
for
you
have seen
my affliction.
You
have known
my soul
in adversities.
You
have
not shut
me
up
into
the hand
of
the enemy.
You
have
set
my feet
in
a large place.
Have mercy
on
me, Yahweh,
for
I am
in
distress.
My eye,
my soul,
and
my body waste away
with grief.
For
my
life
is spent
with sorrow,
my years
with sighing.
My
strength fails
because
of
my iniquity.
My bones
are
wasted
away.
Because
of
all
my adversaries
I
have become utterly contemptible
to
my neighbors,
a horror
to
my acquaintances.
Those
who saw
me
on
the street fled
from
me.
I
am forgotten
from
their hearts
like
a dead
man.
I
am
like broken pottery.
For
I
have heard
the slander
of many, terror
on every side,
while
they conspire together against
me,
they plot
to
take away
my
life.
But
I trust
in
you, Yahweh.
I
said, “You
are
my God.”
My times
are
in
your hand.
Deliver
me
from
the hand
of
my enemies,
and
from
those
who persecute
me.
Make
your face
to shine
on
your servant.
Save
me
in
your loving kindness.
Let
me
not
be disappointed, Yahweh,
for
I
have called
on
you.
Let
the wicked
be disappointed.
Let
them
be silent
in Sheol.
31:17
Sheol is the place of the dead.
Let
the lying lips
be mute,
which speak against
the righteous insolently,
with pride
and contempt.
Oh how great
is
your goodness,
which
you
have laid
up
for
those
who fear
you,
which
you
have worked
for
those
who take refuge
in
you,
before
the sons
of
men!
In
the
shelter
of
your
presence
you
will
hide
them
from
the plotting
of
man.
You
will
keep
them
secretly
in
a dwelling
away
from
the strife
of tongues.
Praise
be
to Yahweh,
for
he
has shown
me
his marvelous loving kindness
in
a strong city.
As
for
me,
I said
in
my haste, “I
am cut off
from before
your eyes.”
Nevertheless
you
heard
the voice
of
my petitions
when
I cried
to
you.
Oh love Yahweh, all
you
his saints!
Yahweh preserves
the faithful,
and fully recompenses
him
who behaves arrogantly.
Be strong,
and let
your heart take courage,
all
you
who hope
in
Yahweh.
By David. A contemplative psalm.
Blessed
is
he whose disobedience
is
forgiven,
whose
sin
is
covered.
Blessed
is
the
man
to whom
Yahweh
doesn’t
impute
iniquity,
in
whose
spirit
there
is
no
deceit.
When
I kept silence,
my
bones
wasted
away
through
my
groaning
all
day
long.
For
day
and
night
your
hand
was
heavy
on
me.
My
strength
was sapped
in
the
heat
of
summer.
Selah.
I
acknowledged
my
sin
to
you.
I
didn’t
hide
my
iniquity.
I
said,
I
will
confess
my
transgressions
to
Yahweh,
and
you
forgave
the
iniquity
of
my
sin.
Selah.
For
this,
let
everyone
who
is
godly
pray
to
you
in
a
time
when
you
may
be
found.
Surely
when
the
great
waters overflow,
they
shall
not
reach
to
him.
You
are
my
hiding place.
You
will
preserve
me
from
trouble.
You
will
surround
me with
songs
of
deliverance.
Selah.
I
will
instruct
you
and
teach
you
in
the
way
which
you shall go.
I
will
counsel
you
with
my
eye
on
you.
Don’t
be
like
the
horse,
or
like
the
mule,
which
have
no
understanding,
who
are controlled
by
bit
and
bridle,
or else
they
will
not
come
near
to
you.
Many
sorrows
come
to
the
wicked,
but loving
kindness
shall
surround
him
who
trusts
in
Yahweh.
Be
glad
in
Yahweh,
and
rejoice,
you
righteous!
Shout
for
joy,
all
you
who
are
upright
in
heart!
Rejoice
in
Yahweh,
you
righteous!
Praise
is
fitting
for
the
upright.
Give
thanks
to
Yahweh
with
the
lyre.
Sing
praises
to
him
with
the
harp
of
ten
strings.
Sing
to him
a
new
song.
Play
skillfully
with
a
shout
of
joy!
For
Yahweh’s
word
is
right.
All
his
work
is
done
in
faithfulness.
He
loves
righteousness
and
justice.
The
earth
is
full
of
the
loving
kindness
of
Yahweh.
By
Yahweh’s
word,
the
heavens
were
made:
all
their
army
by
the
breath
of
his
mouth.
He
gathers
the
waters
of
the
sea
together
as
a
heap.
He
lays
up
the
deeps
in
storehouses.
Let
all
the
earth
fear
Yahweh.
Let
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
stand
in awe
of
him.
For
he
spoke,
and
it
was
done.
He
commanded,
and
it
stood
firm.
Yahweh brings
the
counsel
of
the
nations
to nothing.
He
makes
the
thoughts
of
the
peoples
to
be
of no effect.
The
counsel
of
Yahweh
stands fast
forever,
the
thoughts
of
his
heart
to
all
generations.
Blessed
is
the
nation
whose
God
is
Yahweh,
the
people
whom
he
has
chosen
for
his own
inheritance.
Yahweh
looks
from
heaven.
He
sees
all
the
sons
of
men.
From
the
place
of
his habitation
he
looks
out
on
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth,
he
who
fashions
all
of
their
hearts;
and
he
considers
all
of
their
works.
There
is
no
king
saved
by
the
multitude
of
an
army.
A
mighty
man
is
not
delivered
by
great
strength.
A
horse
is
a
vain thing
for safety,
neither
does
he
deliver
any
by
his
great
power.
Behold,
Yahweh’s
eye
is
on those
who
fear
him,
on those
who
hope
in
his loving
kindness,
to
deliver
their
soul
from
death,
to keep
them
alive
in
famine.
Our
soul
has
waited
for
Yahweh.
He
is
our
help
and
our
shield.
For
our
heart
rejoices
in
him,
because
we
have
trusted
in
his
holy
name.
Let
your loving
kindness
be
on
us,
Yahweh,
since
we
have
hoped
in
you.
By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.
34:1
Psalm 34 is an acrostic poem, with each verse starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav). I
will bless Yahweh
at all
times.
His praise
will always
be
in
my
mouth.
My soul
shall
boast
in
Yahweh.
The humble
shall hear
of
it
and
be glad.
Oh magnify
Yahweh
with
me.
Let’s exalt
his name together.
I sought
Yahweh,
and
he answered
me,
and delivered
me
from
all
my fears.
They looked
to
him,
and were radiant.
Their faces
shall never
be covered
with shame.
This poor man cried,
and Yahweh heard
him,
and saved
him
out
of all
his troubles.
Yahweh’s angel encamps around
those
who fear
him,
and
delivers
them.
Oh taste
and see
that
Yahweh
is good.
Blessed
is
the man
who takes refuge
in
him.
Oh fear
Yahweh,
you
his saints,
for
there
is no lack
with
those
who fear
him.
The young lions
do
lack,
and suffer hunger,
but
those
who seek
Yahweh
shall
not
lack
any good
thing.
Come,
you children,
listen
to
me.
I
will teach
you
the fear
of
Yahweh.
Who
is someone
who desires life,
and loves many days,
that
he
may see good?
Keep
your tongue
from evil,
and
your lips
from speaking lies.
Depart
from
evil,
and do good.
Seek peace,
and pursue
it.
Yahweh’s eyes
are toward
the righteous.
His ears listen
to
their cry.
Yahweh’s
face
is
against those
who do evil,
to cut off
their memory
from
the earth.
The righteous cry,
and
Yahweh hears,
and delivers
them
out
of all
their troubles.
Yahweh
is near
to
those
who
have
a broken
heart,
and
saves
those
who
have
a crushed spirit.
Many
are
the afflictions
of
the righteous,
but
Yahweh
delivers
him
out
of
them all.
He protects
all
of
his bones.
Not
one
of
them
is broken.
Evil
shall kill
the wicked.
Those
who hate
the righteous
shall
be condemned.
Yahweh redeems
the soul
of
his servants.
None
of
those
who take refuge
in
him
shall
be
condemned.
By David.
Contend,
Yahweh,
with
those
who
contend
with me.
Fight
against
those
who
fight
against me.
Take
hold
of
shield
and
buckler,
and
stand
up
for
my
help.
Brandish
the
spear
and block
those
who
pursue
me.
Tell
my
soul, “I
am
your
salvation.”
Let
those
who
seek
after
my
soul
be
disappointed
and
brought
to
dishonor.
Let
those
who
plot
my ruin
be
turned
back
and
confounded.
Let
them
be
as
chaff
before
the
wind,
Yahweh’s
angel
driving
them
on.
Let
their
way
be
dark
and
slippery,
Yahweh’s
angel
pursuing
them.
For
without
cause
they
have
hidden
their
net
in
a
pit
for
me.
Without
cause
they
have
dug
a
pit
for
my
soul.
Let
destruction
come
on
him unawares.
Let
his
net
that
he
has
hidden
catch
himself.
Let
him
fall
into
that
destruction.
My
soul
shall
be joyful
in
Yahweh.
It
shall
rejoice
in
his
salvation.
All
my
bones
shall
say, “Yahweh,
who
is
like
you,
who
delivers
the
poor
from
him
who
is
too
strong
for
him;
yes,
the
poor
and
the
needy
from
him
who
robs
him?”
Unrighteous
witnesses
rise
up.
They
ask
me
about
things
that
I
don’t
know
about.
They
reward
me
evil
for
good,
to
the bereaving
of
my
soul.
But
as
for
me,
when
they
were
sick,
my
clothing
was
sackcloth.
I
afflicted
my
soul
with
fasting.
My
prayer
returned
into
my
own
bosom.
I behaved
myself
as though
it
had
been
my
friend
or
my
brother.
I
bowed
down
mourning,
as
one
who mourns
his
mother.
But
in
my adversity,
they
rejoiced,
and
gathered
themselves
together.
The attackers
gathered
themselves
together
against
me,
and
I
didn’t
know
it.
They
tore
at
me,
and
didn’t cease.
Like
the profane mockers
in feasts,
they
gnashed
their
teeth
at
me.
Lord,
how
long
will
you
look
on?
Rescue
my
soul
from
their
destruction,
my precious
life
from
the
lions.
I
will
give
you
thanks
in
the
great
assembly.
I
will
praise
you among
many
people.
Don’t
let
those
who
are
my
enemies
wrongfully
rejoice
over
me;
neither
let
those
who
hate
me
without
a
cause
wink
their
eyes.
For
they
don’t
speak
peace,
but
they
devise
deceitful
words
against
those
who
are
quiet
in
the
land.
Yes,
they
opened
their
mouth
wide
against
me.
They
said, “Aha!
Aha!
Our
eye
has
seen
it!”
You
have
seen
it,
Yahweh.
Don’t
keep
silent.
Lord,
don’t
be
far
from
me.
Wake
up! Rise
up
to
defend
me,
my
God!
My
Lord,
contend
for
me!
Vindicate
me,
Yahweh
my
God, according
to
your
righteousness.
Don’t
let
them
gloat
over
me.
Don’t
let
them
say
in
their
heart, “Aha! That’s
the way
we
want
it!”
Don’t
let
them
say, “We have
swallowed
him
up!”
Let
them
be
disappointed
and
confounded
together
who
rejoice
at
my
calamity.
Let
them
be
clothed
with
shame
and
dishonor
who
magnify
themselves
against
me.
Let those
who
favor
my
righteous
cause
shout
for
joy
and
be
glad.
Yes,
let
them
say
continually, “May
Yahweh
be
magnified,
who
has
pleasure
in
the
prosperity
of
his
servant!”
My
tongue
shall talk
about
your
righteousness
and
about
your
praise
all
day
long.
For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of Yahweh.
A revelation
is within
my heart about
the disobedience
of
the wicked:
There
is no fear
of
God before
his eyes.
For
he flatters
himself
in
his
own
eyes,
too much
to detect
and hate
his sin.
The words
of
his mouth
are
iniquity
and deceit.
He
has ceased
to
be wise
and
to do good.
He plots
iniquity
on
his bed.
He sets himself
in
a
way
that
is
not
good.
He doesn’t abhor
evil.
Your loving kindness, Yahweh,
is
in
the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches
to
the
skies.
Your righteousness
is
like
the mountains
of
God.
Your judgments
are
like
a great deep.
Yahweh,
you preserve man
and animal.
How precious
is
your loving kindness,
God!
The children
of
men take refuge under
the shadow
of
your wings.
They
shall
be abundantly satisfied
with
the abundance
of
your house.
You
will make
them drink
of
the river
of
your pleasures.
For
with
you
is
the spring
of life.
In
your light we
will see light.
Oh continue
your loving kindness
to
those
who know
you,
your righteousness
to
the upright
in heart.
Don’t let
the foot
of pride come against
me.
Don’t let
the hand
of
the wicked drive
me
away.
There
the workers
of iniquity
are
fallen.
They
are thrust
down,
and
shall
not
be
able
to rise.
By David.
Don’t
fret because
of
evildoers,
neither
be
envious
against those
who work
unrighteousness.
For
they shall
soon
be cut
down like
the
grass,
and
wither like
the
green
herb.
Trust
in
Yahweh,
and
do
good.
Dwell
in
the
land,
and enjoy safe pasture.
Also
delight
yourself
in
Yahweh,
and
he
will
give
you
the
desires
of
your
heart.
Commit
your
way
to
Yahweh.
Trust
also
in
him,
and
he
will
do
this:
he
will
make
your
righteousness
shine
out
like
light,
and
your
justice
as
the
noon day
sun.
Rest
in
Yahweh,
and wait patiently
for
him.
Don’t
fret because
of
him
who prospers
in
his
way,
because
of
the
man
who
makes
wicked
plots happen.
Cease
from
anger,
and
forsake
wrath.
Don’t
fret;
it
leads
only
to evildoing.
For
evildoers
shall
be
cut
off,
but
those
who
wait
for
Yahweh
shall
inherit
the
land.
For
yet
a
little
while,
and
the
wicked
will
be
no
more.
Yes,
though
you
look
for
his
place,
he isn’t
there.
But
the
humble
shall
inherit
the
land,
and
shall
delight
themselves
in
the
abundance
of
peace.
The
wicked
plots
against
the
just,
and
gnashes
at
him
with
his
teeth.
The
Lord
will
laugh
at
him,
for
he
sees
that
his
day
is
coming.
The
wicked
have
drawn
out
the
sword,
and
have
bent
their
bow,
to
cast
down
the
poor
and
needy,
to
kill
those
who
are
upright
on
the
path.
Their
sword
shall
enter
into
their own
heart.
Their
bows
shall
be
broken.
Better
is
a
little
that
the
righteous has,
than
the
abundance
of
many
wicked.
For
the
arms
of
the
wicked
shall
be
broken,
but
Yahweh upholds
the
righteous.
Yahweh
knows
the
days
of
the
perfect.
Their
inheritance
shall
be
forever.
They
shall
not
be
disappointed
in
the
time
of
evil.
In
the
days
of
famine
they
shall
be
satisfied.
But
the
wicked
shall
perish.
The
enemies
of
Yahweh
shall
be
like
the beauty
of
the fields.
They
will
vanish—
vanish
like
smoke.
The
wicked
borrow,
and
don’t
pay
back,
but
the
righteous
give
generously.
For such
as
are
blessed
by
him
shall
inherit
the
land.
Those
who
are
cursed
by
him
shall
be
cut
off.
A
man’s
steps
are
established
by
Yahweh.
He
delights
in
his
way.
Though
he stumble,
he
shall
not
fall,
for
Yahweh
holds
him up
with
his
hand.
I
have
been
young,
and
now
am
old,
yet
I
have
not
seen
the
righteous forsaken,
nor
his
children
begging
for
bread.
All
day
long
he deals
graciously,
and
lends.
His
offspring
is
blessed.
Depart
from
evil,
and
do
good.
Live securely
forever.
For
Yahweh
loves
justice,
and
doesn’t
forsake
his saints.
They
are
preserved
forever,
but
the
children
of
the
wicked
shall
be
cut
off.
The
righteous
shall
inherit
the
land,
and
live
in
it
forever.
The
mouth
of
the
righteous talks
of
wisdom.
His
tongue
speaks
justice.
The
law
of
his
God
is
in
his
heart.
None
of
his
steps
shall slide.
The
wicked
watch
the
righteous,
and
seek
to
kill
him.
Yahweh
will
not
leave
him
in
his
hand,
nor
condemn
him
when
he
is
judged.
Wait
for
Yahweh,
and
keep
his
way,
and
he
will
exalt
you
to
inherit
the
land.
When
the
wicked
are
cut
off,
you
shall
see
it.
I
have
seen
the
wicked
in great power,
spreading himself
like
a
green
tree
in its
native soil.
But
he
passed
away,
and
behold,
he
was
not.
Yes,
I
sought
him,
but
he could
not
be
found.
Mark
the
perfect
man,
and
see
the
upright,
for
there
is
a
future
for
the
man
of
peace.
As
for
transgressors,
they
shall
be
destroyed
together.
The
future
of
the
wicked
shall
be
cut
off.
But
the
salvation
of
the
righteous
is
from
Yahweh.
He
is
their
stronghold
in
the
time
of
trouble.
Yahweh
helps
them
and
rescues
them.
He
rescues
them
from
the
wicked
and
saves
them,
because
they
have
taken
refuge
in
him.
A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
Yahweh, don’t rebuke
me
in
your wrath,
neither chasten
me
in
your hot displeasure.
For
your arrows
have pierced
me,
your hand presses hard
on
me.
There
is no soundness
in
my flesh
because
of
your indignation,
neither
is there
any health
in
my bones
because
of
my sin.
For
my iniquities
have
gone
over
my
head.
As
a heavy burden,
they
are too heavy
for
me.
My wounds
are loathsome
and corrupt
because
of
my foolishness.
I am
in pain
and bowed
down greatly.
I go mourning all day
long.
For
my waist
is filled
with burning.
There
is
no soundness
in
my flesh.
I am faint
and severely bruised.
I
have groaned
by reason
of
the anguish
of
my heart.
Lord,
all
my desire
is
before
you.
My groaning
is not hidden
from
you.
My heart throbs.
My strength fails
me.
As
for
the light
of
my eyes,
it
has also
left
me.
My lovers
and
my friends stand aloof
from
my plague.
My kinsmen stand far
away.
They also
who seek
after
my life lay snares.
Those
who seek
my hurt speak mischievous things,
and meditate deceits all day
long.
But
I,
as
a deaf
man, don’t hear.
I am
as
a mute
man
who doesn’t open
his
mouth.
Yes,
I
am
as
a
man
who
doesn’t
hear,
in whose
mouth
are
no reproofs.
For
I hope
in
you, Yahweh.
You
will answer, Lord
my
God.
For
I
said, “Don’t let
them gloat
over
me,
or exalt themselves
over
me
when
my foot slips.”
For
I am ready
to
fall.
My pain
is continually
before
me.
For
I
will declare
my iniquity.
I
will
be sorry
for
my sin.
But
my enemies
are vigorous
and many.
Those
who hate
me without reason
are numerous.
They
who render evil
for good are also adversaries
to
me,
because I follow what
is good.
Don’t forsake
me, Yahweh.
My
God, don’t
be far
from
me.
Hurry
to help
me,
Lord,
my salvation.
For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.
I said, “I will watch
my ways, so
that I don’t sin
with
my tongue.
I will keep
my mouth
with
a bridle while
the wicked
is before me.”
I
was mute
with silence.
I held
my peace,
even
from good.
My sorrow
was stirred.
My heart
was hot within me.
While I meditated,
the fire burned.
I spoke with my tongue:
“Yahweh, show
me
my end,
what
is
the measure
of
my days.
Let
me know how frail
I am.
Behold,
you
have
made
my
days hand widths.
My
lifetime
is
as nothing
before
you.
Surely
every man stands
as
a breath.”
Selah.
“Surely
every
man walks
like
a shadow.
Surely
they busy themselves
in
vain.
He heaps
up,
and doesn’t
know
who
shall gather.
Now, Lord,
what
do
I wait
for?
My hope
is
in
you.
Deliver
me from all
my transgressions.
Don’t make
me
the reproach
of
the foolish.
I
was mute.
I didn’t open
my mouth,
because
you did
it.
Remove
your scourge away
from
me.
I am overcome
by
the blow
of
your hand.
When
you rebuke
and correct man
for iniquity,
you
consume
his wealth
like
a moth.
Surely every man
is
but
a breath.”
Selah.
“Hear
my prayer, Yahweh,
and give ear
to
my cry.
Don’t
be silent
at
my tears.
For
I am
a stranger
with
you,
a foreigner,
as
all
my fathers
were.
Oh spare
me,
that
I
may recover strength,
before
I go
away
and exist
no
more.”
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
I waited patiently
for Yahweh.
He turned
to me,
and heard
my cry.
He brought
me
up
also
out
of
a horrible pit,
out
of
the miry clay.
He set
my feet
on
a rock,
and
gave
me
a firm place
to stand.
He
has
put
a new song
in
my mouth,
even praise
to
our God.
Many shall see
it,
and fear,
and shall trust
in Yahweh.
Blessed
is
the
man
who
makes
Yahweh
his
trust,
and doesn’t respect
the proud, nor such
as
turn away
to lies.
Many,
Yahweh,
my
God,
are
the wonderful works
which
you
have done,
and
your thoughts
which
are
toward
us.
They
can’t
be declared
back
to
you.
If
I
would declare
and speak
of
them,
they
are
more
than
can
be counted.
Sacrifice
and
offering
you didn’t desire.
You
have opened
my ears.
You
have
not required burnt
offering
and sin
offering.
Then
I said, “Behold,
I
have come.
It
is written about
me
in
the book
in
the scroll.
I delight
to
do
your
will,
my
God.
Yes,
your law
is
within
my heart.”
I
have proclaimed glad news
of righteousness
in
the
great assembly.
Behold, I
will not seal
my lips, Yahweh,
you know.
I
have
not hidden
your
righteousness within
my
heart.
I
have declared
your faithfulness
and
your salvation.
I
have
not concealed
your loving kindness
and
your truth
from
the
great
assembly.
Don’t withhold
your tender mercies
from
me, Yahweh.
Let
your loving
kindness
and
your
truth
continually preserve
me.
For innumerable evils
have surrounded
me.
My iniquities
have overtaken
me,
so
that
I
am
not able
to look
up.
They
are
more
than
the hairs
of
my head.
My heart
has
failed
me.
Be pleased, Yahweh,
to deliver
me.
Hurry
to help
me, Yahweh.
Let
them
be disappointed
and confounded together
who seek after
my soul
to destroy
it.
Let
them
be turned backward
and brought
to dishonor
who
delight
in
my hurt.
Let
them
be desolate
by reason
of
their
shame
that tell
me, “Aha! Aha!”
Let all
those
who seek
you rejoice
and be glad
in
you.
Let such as love
your salvation
say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
But
I
am poor
and needy.
May
the
Lord
think
about
me.
You
are
my help
and
my deliverer.
Don’t delay,
my
God.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Blessed
is
he who considers
the poor.
Yahweh will deliver
him
in
the day
of evil.
Yahweh
will preserve
him,
and keep
him alive.
He
shall
be
blessed
on
the earth,
and
he
will not surrender
him
to
the
will
of
his enemies.
Yahweh
will sustain
him
on
his sickbed,
and restore
him
from
his bed
of illness.
I said, “Yahweh,
have
mercy
on
me!
Heal
me,
for
I
have sinned
against
you.”
My enemies
speak evil
against
me:
“When
will
he die,
and
his
name perish?”
If
he comes
to see
me,
he
speaks falsehood.
His heart gathers iniquity
to itself.
When
he goes abroad,
he
tells
it.
All
who hate
me whisper
together
against
me.
They imagine
the worst
for
me.
“An
evil disease”,
they say, “has
afflicted
him.
Now
that
he lies
he shall rise
up
no
more.”
Yes,
my own familiar friend,
in
whom
I trusted,
who ate bread
with
me,
has lifted
up
his heel
against
me.
But
you, Yahweh,
have mercy
on
me,
and raise
me
up,
that
I
may repay
them.
By
this
I know
that
you delight
in
me,
because
my enemy doesn’t triumph
over
me.
As
for
me,
you uphold
me
in
my integrity,
and set
me
in
your
presence forever.
Blessed
be Yahweh,
the God
of Israel,
from
everlasting
and
to
everlasting!
Amen
and amen.
BOOK 2
For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.
As
the deer pants
for
the water brooks,
so my soul pants after you, God.
42:1
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
My
soul thirsts
for
God,
for
the
living
God.
When
shall
I come
and appear
before
God?
My tears
have been
my food day
and night,
while
they continually ask
me, “Where
is
your
God?”
These
things
I remember,
and pour
out
my soul
within
me,
how
I
used
to
go
with
the crowd,
and led
them
to
God’s house,
with
the voice
of joy
and praise,
a multitude keeping
a holy
day.
Why
are
you
in despair,
my
soul?
Why
are
you disturbed
within
me?
Hope
in
God!
For
I
shall
still
praise
him
for
the saving help
of
his
presence.
My
God,
my
soul
is
in
despair
within
me.
Therefore
I remember
you
from
the
land
of
the Jordan,
the heights
of Hermon,
from
the hill Mizar.
Deep calls
to deep
at
the noise
of
your waterfalls.
All
your waves
and
your billows
have swept
over
me.
Yahweh
42:8
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
will
command
his loving kindness
in
the daytime.
In
the night
his song shall
be
with
me:
a prayer
to
the
God
of
my life.
I
will ask
God,
my rock, “Why
have
you forgotten
me?
Why
do
I go mourning
because
of
the oppression
of
the enemy?”
As
with
a sword
in
my bones,
my adversaries reproach
me,
while
they continually
ask
me, “Where
is
your
God?”
Why
are
you
in despair,
my soul?
Why
are
you disturbed
within
me?
Hope
in
God!
For
I
shall
still praise
him,
the saving help
of
my countenance,
and
my
God.
Vindicate
me,
God,
and
plead
my
cause
against
an ungodly
nation.
Oh,
deliver
me
from
deceitful
and wicked
men.
For
you
are
the
God
of
my
strength.
Why
have
you
rejected
me?
Why
do
I
go
mourning
because
of
the
oppression
of
the
enemy?
Oh,
send
out
your
light
and
your
truth.
Let
them
lead
me.
Let
them
bring
me
to
your
holy
hill,
to
your
tents.
Then
I
will
go
to
the
altar
of
God,
to
God,
my
exceeding
joy.
I
will
praise
you
on
the
harp,
God,
my
God.
Why
are
you
in
despair,
my
soul?
Why
are
you
disturbed
within
me?
Hope
in
God!
For
I
shall
still
praise
him:
my Savior,
my helper,
and
my
God.
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.
We
have heard
with our ears, God;
our fathers
have told us what work you did
in their days,
in
the days
of
old.
You drove
out
the nations
with
your hand,
but
you planted
them.
You afflicted
the peoples,
but
you spread
them abroad.
For
they didn’t
get
the land
in
possession
by
their own sword,
neither did
their own
arm save
them;
but
your right
hand,
your
arm,
and
the light
of
your face,
because
you
were favorable
to
them.
God,
you
are
my King.
Command victories
for Jacob!
Through
you, we
will push
down
our adversaries.
Through
your name, we
will tread
down
those
who rise
up
against us.
For
I
will not trust
in
my bow,
neither
will
my sword save
me.
But
you
have
saved
us
from
our adversaries,
and
have shamed
those
who hate
us.
In God
we
have made
our boast
all day long.
We
will give thanks
to
your name forever.
Selah.
But
now
you rejected
us,
and brought
us
to dishonor,
and don’t go
out
with
our armies.
You make us
turn
back
from
the adversary.
Those
who hate us
take plunder
for themselves.
You
have
made
us
like sheep
for food,
and
have scattered
us
among
the nations.
You
sell
your
people
for nothing,
and
have gained nothing
from
their sale.
You
make
us
a reproach
to
our neighbors,
a scoffing
and
a derision
to those
who
are around
us.
You
make
us
a byword
among
the nations,
a shaking
of
the head
among
the peoples.
All day long
my dishonor
is before
me,
and shame
covers
my face,
at
the taunt
of
one
who
reproaches
and verbally abuses,
because
of
the enemy
and
the avenger.
All this has come
on
us,
yet we haven’t forgotten
you.
We haven’t been false
to
your covenant.
Our heart
has
not turned
back,
neither
have
our steps strayed
from
your path,
though
you
have crushed
us
in
the haunt
of jackals,
and covered
us
with
the shadow
of death.
If
we
have forgotten
the name
of
our God,
or spread
out
our hands
to
a strange god,
won’t
God search
this
out?
For
he knows
the secrets
of
the heart.
Yes,
for
your sake
we
are killed
all day long.
We
are regarded
as sheep
for
the slaughter.
Wake
up!
Why
do
you sleep, Lord?
44:23
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Arise!
Don’t reject
us
forever.
Why
do
you hide
your face,
and forget
our affliction
and
our oppression?
For
our soul
is bowed
down
to
the dust.
Our body clings
to
the earth.
Rise up
to help
us.
Redeem
us
for
your loving kindness’ sake.
For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song.
My heart overflows
with
a noble theme.
I recite
my verses
for
the
king.
My tongue
is
like
the pen
of
a skillful writer.
You
are
the
most excellent
of
the sons
of
men.
Grace
has anointed
your lips,
therefore
God
has blessed
you forever.
Strap
your sword
on
your thigh,
O
mighty
one,
in
your splendor
and
your majesty.
In
your
majesty ride
on victoriously
on
behalf
of truth, humility,
and righteousness.
Let
your right hand display awesome deeds.
Your arrows
are sharp.
The nations fall
under
you,
with arrows
in
the heart
of
the king’s enemies.
Your throne, God,
is forever
and ever.
A scepter
of equity
is
the scepter
of
your
kingdom.
You
have loved righteousness,
and hated wickedness.
Therefore
God,
your
God,
has anointed
you
with
the oil
of gladness above
your fellows.
All
your garments smell
like myrrh, aloes,
and cassia.
Out
of ivory palaces stringed instruments
have made
you glad.
Kings’ daughters
are
among
your honorable women.
At
your right hand
the queen stands
in gold
of Ophir.
Listen,
daughter, consider,
and turn
your ear.
Forget
your own people,
and
also
your father’s house.
So
the king
will desire
your beauty,
honor
him,
for
he
is
your lord.
The daughter
of Tyre comes
with
a gift.
The rich among
the
people entreat
your
favor.
The princess
inside
is all glorious.
Her clothing
is interwoven
with gold.
She
shall
be led
to
the
king
in embroidered work.
The virgins,
her companions
who follow
her,
shall
be brought
to
you.
With gladness
and rejoicing
they
shall
be
led.
They
shall
enter
into
the
king’s palace.
Your sons
will
take
the
place
of
your fathers.
You
shall make
them princes
in all
the earth.
I
will
make
your name
to
be remembered
in
all generations.
Therefore
the peoples
shall
give
you thanks forever
and ever.
For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.
46:0
Alamoth is a musical term.
God
is
our refuge
and strength,
a very present help
in trouble.
Therefore
we won’t
be afraid, though
the earth changes,
though
the mountains
are shaken into
the heart
of
the seas;
though
its waters roar
and
are troubled,
though
the
mountains tremble
with
their swelling.
Selah.
There
is
a river,
the streams
of
which
make
the city
of God glad,
the holy place
of
the tents
of
the Most High.
God
is within her. She shall not
be moved.
God
will help her
at dawn.
The nations raged.
The kingdoms
were
moved.
He lifted
his voice
and
the earth melted.
Yahweh
of Armies
is
with
us.
The
God
of Jacob
is
our refuge.
Selah.
Come, see
Yahweh’s works,
what desolations
he
has made
in
the earth.
He
makes wars cease
to
the end
of
the
earth.
He breaks
the bow,
and shatters
the spear.
He burns
the chariots
in
the fire.
“Be
still,
and know
that
I am God.
I
will
be exalted
among
the
nations.
I
will
be exalted
in
the
earth.”
Yahweh
of Armies
is
with
us.
The
God
of Jacob
is
our refuge.
Selah.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Oh clap
your hands, all you nations.
Shout
to God
with
the voice
of triumph!
For Yahweh Most High
is awesome.
He
is
a
great King
over
all
the earth.
He subdues
nations
under
us,
and peoples
under
our feet.
He chooses
our inheritance
for
us,
the glory
of Jacob whom
he loved.
Selah.
God
has gone
up
with
a shout,
Yahweh
with
the sound
of
a trumpet.
Sing
praises
to
God! Sing
praises!
Sing
praises
to
our King! Sing
praises!
For
God
is
the
King
of all
the earth.
Sing
praises
with understanding.
God reigns
over
the
nations.
God sits
on
his holy throne.
The princes
of
the peoples
are gathered
together,
the
people
of
the
God
of Abraham.
For
the shields
of
the earth
belong
to
God.
He
is greatly exalted!
A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Great
is Yahweh,
and greatly
to
be praised,
in
the city
of our God,
in
his holy mountain.
Beautiful
in elevation,
the joy
of
the whole earth,
is
Mount Zion,
on
the north sides,
the
city
of
the
great King.
God
has shown himself
in
her citadels
as
a refuge.
For, behold,
the kings assembled themselves,
they passed
by together.
They
saw
it,
then
they
were amazed.
They
were dismayed.
They hurried
away.
Trembling took hold
of
them
there,
pain,
as
of
a woman
in travail.
With
the east wind,
you break
the ships
of Tarshish.
As we have heard, so we have seen,
in
the city
of Yahweh
of Armies,
in
the city
of our God.
God
will establish
it forever.
Selah.
We
have thought
about
your loving kindness,
God,
in
the middle
of
your temple.
As
is
your name,
God,
so
is
your praise
to
the ends
of
the earth.
Your right hand
is full
of righteousness.
Let Mount Zion
be glad!
Let
the daughters
of Judah rejoice
because
of
your judgments.
Walk
about
Zion,
and go around
her.
Number its towers.
Notice
her bulwarks.
Consider
her palaces,
that
you may
tell
it
to
the next generation.
For
this God
is
our God
forever
and ever.
He
will
be
our guide even
to death.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all you peoples.
Listen, all you inhabitants
of
the world,
both low
and high,
rich
and poor
together.
My mouth
will speak words
of wisdom.
My heart
will utter understanding.
I
will incline
my ear
to
a proverb.
I
will solve
my riddle
on
the harp.
Why should I fear
in
the days
of evil,
when iniquity at
my heels surrounds me?
Those
who trust
in
their wealth,
and boast
in
the multitude
of
their riches—
none
of
them can
by any means redeem
his brother,
nor give God
a ransom
for
him.
For
the
redemption
of
their life
is costly,
no payment
is ever enough,
that he should live on
forever,
that he should
not see corruption.
For
he
sees
that wise men die;
likewise
the fool
and
the senseless perish,
and leave
their
wealth
to others.
Their inward thought
is
that
their houses
will endure forever,
and
their dwelling places
to
all generations.
They name
their lands
after themselves.
But man,
despite
his riches, doesn’t
endure.
He
is
like
the animals
that perish.
This
is the destiny
of
those
who
are foolish,
and
of
those
who approve their sayings.
Selah.
They
are appointed
as
a flock
for Sheol.
49:14
Sheol is the place of the dead.
Death
shall
be
their shepherd.
The upright
shall
have dominion over
them
in
the
morning.
Their beauty
shall decay
in Sheol,
49:14
Sheol is the place of the dead.
far
from
their mansion.
But God
will redeem
my soul
from
the power
of
Sheol,
49:15
Sheol is the place of the dead.
for
he
will receive me.
Selah.
Don’t
be afraid
when
a
man
is
made rich,
when
the glory
of
his house
is increased;
for
when
he dies
he
will carry
nothing away.
His
glory won’t descend
after
him.
Though
while
he
lived
he blessed
his soul—
and
men
praise
you
when
you
do well
for yourself—
he
shall
go
to
the generation
of
his fathers.
They
shall never see
the light.
A
man
who
has riches
without understanding,
is
like
the animals
that perish.
A Psalm by Asaph.
The
Mighty
One,
God,
Yahweh,
speaks,
and
calls
the
earth
from
sunrise
to sunset.
Out
of
Zion,
the
perfection
of
beauty,
God
shines out.
Our
God
comes,
and
does
not
keep
silent.
A
fire
devours
before
him.
It
is
very stormy
around
him.
He
calls
to
the
heavens
above,
to
the
earth,
that
he
may
judge
his
people:
“Gather
my saints
together
to
me,
those who
have
made
a
covenant
with
me
by
sacrifice.”
The
heavens
shall
declare
his
righteousness,
for
God
himself
is
judge.
Selah.
“Hear,
my
people,
and
I
will
speak.
Israel,
I
will testify
against
you.
I
am
God,
your
God.
I
don’t
rebuke
you
for
your
sacrifices.
Your
burnt
offerings
are
continually
before
me.
I
have
no need
for
a
bull
from
your stall,
nor
male
goats
from
your pens.
For
every
animal
of
the
forest
is mine,
and
the
livestock
on
a
thousand
hills.
I
know
all
the
birds
of
the
mountains.
The
wild animals
of
the
field
are mine.
If
I
were
hungry,
I
would
not
tell
you,
for
the
world
is mine,
and
all
that
is
in
it.
Will
I
eat
the
meat
of
bulls,
or
drink
the
blood
of
goats?
Offer
to
God
the
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving.
Pay
your
vows
to
the Most High.
Call
on
me
in
the
day
of
trouble.
I
will
deliver
you,
and
you
will
honor
me.”
But
to
the
wicked
God
says,
“What right
do
you
have
to
declare
my
statutes,
that
you
have
taken
my
covenant
on
your
lips,
since
you
hate
instruction,
and
throw
my
words
behind
you?
When
you
saw
a
thief,
you consented
with
him,
and
have participated
with
adulterers.
“You give
your
mouth
to
evil.
Your
tongue
frames
deceit.
You
sit
and
speak
against
your
brother.
You slander
your own
mother’s
son.
You
have
done
these
things,
and
I
kept
silent.
You
thought
that
I
was
just
like
you.
I
will
rebuke
you,
and accuse
you
in front
of
your
eyes.
“Now
consider
this,
you
who
forget
God,
lest
I
tear
you into
pieces,
and
there
be
no
one
to
deliver.
Whoever
offers
the
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving glorifies
me,
and prepares
his
way
so
that
I
will
show
God’s
salvation
to
him.”
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, God, according
to
your loving kindness.
According
to
the multitude
of
your tender mercies, blot out
my transgressions.
Wash
me thoroughly
from
my iniquity.
Cleanse
me
from
my sin.
For
I know
my
transgressions.
My sin
is constantly
before
me.
Against
you,
and
you
only,
I
have
sinned,
and done that which
is
evil
in
your sight,
so
you may be proved right
when
you speak,
and justified
when
you judge.
Behold,
I
was born
in iniquity.
My mother conceived
me
in
sin.
Behold,
you desire truth
in
the inward parts.
You teach
me wisdom
in
the inmost place.
Purify
me
with hyssop,
and
I
will
be clean.
Wash
me,
and
I
will
be whiter than snow.
Let
me hear joy
and gladness,
that
the bones which
you
have broken may rejoice.
Hide
your face
from my
sins,
and blot out all
of my iniquities.
Create
in me
a clean
heart,
O God.
Renew
a right spirit within me.
Don’t throw
me
from
your
presence,
and don’t take
your Holy Spirit
from
me.
Restore
to
me
the joy
of
your salvation.
Uphold
me
with
a willing
spirit.
Then
I
will teach transgressors
your ways.
Sinners
will
be converted
to
you.
Deliver
me
from
the guilt
of bloodshed, O God,
the God
of
my
salvation.
My tongue
will sing aloud
of
your righteousness.
Lord, open
my lips.
My mouth
will declare
your praise.
For
you don’t delight
in sacrifice,
or else I would give
it.
You
have no pleasure
in burnt offering.
The sacrifices
of
God
are
a broken spirit.
O
God,
you
will not despise
a broken
and contrite
heart.
Do well
in
your good
pleasure
to Zion.
Build
the walls
of Jerusalem.
Then
you
will delight
in
the
sacrifices
of righteousness,
in burnt
offerings
and
in whole burnt
offerings.
Then
they
will
offer bulls
on
your altar.
For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, “David has come to Ahimelech’s house.”
Why do you boast
of mischief, mighty man?
God’s loving kindness endures continually.
Your tongue plots destruction,
like
a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
You
love
evil more
than good,
lying rather
than speaking
the truth.
Selah.
You love all devouring words,
you
deceitful
tongue.
God
will likewise destroy
you forever.
He
will take
you up,
and pluck
you
out
of
your tent,
and root
you
out
of
the land
of
the living.
Selah.
The righteous also
will see
it,
and fear,
and laugh
at
him,
saying,
“Behold, this
is
the man
who didn’t make
God
his
strength,
but trusted
in
the abundance
of
his riches,
and strengthened himself
in
his wickedness.”
But
as
for
me,
I am
like
a green olive tree
in God’s house.
I trust
in God’s loving kindness forever
and ever.
I
will
give
you thanks forever,
because
you
have done
it.
I
will hope
in
your name,
for
it
is good,
in
the presence
of
your saints.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Mahalath.” A contemplation by David.
The fool
has said
in
his heart, “There
is no God.”
They are corrupt,
and
have done abominable iniquity.
There
is no one who does good.
God looks down
from heaven
on
the children
of
men,
to see if
there
are
any
who understood,
who seek after
God.
Every
one
of
them
has gone back.
They
have
become filthy
together.
There
is no
one
who
does good, no,
not
one.
Have
the
workers
of iniquity
no knowledge,
who eat
up
my people
as
they eat bread,
and
don’t call
on
God?
There
they
were
in
great fear,
where
no fear
was,
for
God
has scattered
the bones
of
him
who encamps against
you.
You
have put
them
to shame,
because
God
has rejected
them.
Oh
that
the salvation
of Israel would
come
out
of Zion!
When
God
brings back
his
people
from captivity,
then
Jacob
shall rejoice,
and Israel
shall
be glad.
For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding himself among us?”
Save me, God,
by
your name.
Vindicate me
in
your might.
Hear
my prayer,
God.
Listen
to
the words
of
my mouth.
For strangers
have risen up against
me.
Violent men
have sought
after
my soul.
They haven’t set
God
before
them.
Selah.
Behold,
God
is
my helper.
The Lord
is
the
one
who sustains
my soul.
He
will repay
the evil
to
my
enemies.
Destroy
them
in
your truth.
With
a free
will offering,
I
will sacrifice
to
you.
I
will give thanks
to
your name, Yahweh,
for
it
is good.
For
he
has delivered
me
out
of all
trouble.
My eye
has seen triumph over
my enemies.
For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David.
Listen
to
my prayer, God.
Don’t hide yourself from
my supplication.
Attend
to me,
and answer me.
I
am restless
in
my complaint,
and moan
because of
the voice of
the enemy,
because of
the oppression of
the wicked.
For they bring suffering on
me.
In anger they hold a grudge against
me.
My heart
is severely pained
within
me.
The terrors
of death
have fallen
on
me.
Fearfulness
and trembling
have
come
on
me.
Horror
has
overwhelmed
me.
I said, “Oh
that
I
had wings like
a dove!
Then
I would fly
away,
and be
at rest.
Behold,
then
I
would wander far
off.
I
would lodge
in
the wilderness.”
Selah.
“I would hurry to
a shelter
from
the stormy wind and storm.”
Confuse them, Lord,
and confound their language,
for I have seen violence
and strife
in
the city.
Day
and night
they prowl around
on
its walls.
Malice
and abuse
are
also within
her.
Destructive forces
are
within
her.
Threats
and lies don’t depart
from
her streets.
For
it
was
not an enemy
who insulted
me,
then
I could
have endured
it.
Neither
was
it
he
who hated
me
who raised
himself up against
me,
then
I would
have hidden myself
from him.
But
it
was
you,
a man
like
me,
my companion,
and
my familiar friend.
We
took sweet fellowship together.
We walked
in God’s house
with company.
Let death
come suddenly
on
them.
Let
them
go
down alive
into Sheol.
55:15
Sheol is the place of the dead.
For wickedness
is among
them,
in
their dwelling.
As
for
me,
I
will call
on God.
Yahweh
will save
me.
Evening, morning,
and
at noon,
I
will
cry
out
in distress.
He
will hear
my voice.
He has redeemed
my soul
in peace
from
the battle
that
was against
me,
although there are many who oppose
me.
God,
who
is enthroned forever,
will hear
and answer
them.
Selah.
They never change
and don’t fear God.
He raises
his hands
against
his friends.
He
has violated
his covenant.
His mouth
was smooth
as butter,
but
his heart
was war.
His words
were softer than oil,
yet
they
were drawn swords.
Cast
your burden
on Yahweh
and
he
will sustain
you.
He
will never allow
the righteous
to
be moved.
But
you,
God,
will
bring
them
down
into
the pit
of destruction.
Bloodthirsty
and deceitful
men
shall
not live
out half
their
days,
but
I
will trust
in
you.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be merciful
to
me, God,
for man wants
to swallow
me
up.
All day
long,
he attacks
and oppresses
me.
My enemies want
to swallow
me
up
all
day
long,
for
they
are many
who
fight proudly
against
me.
When
I am afraid,
I
will put
my trust
in
you.
In
God,
I praise
his word.
In
God,
I
put
my
trust.
I
will not
be
afraid.
What can flesh
do
to
me?
All day
long
they twist
my
words.
All
their
thoughts
are
against
me
for evil.
They conspire
and lurk,
watching
my steps.
They
are eager
to take
my
life.
Shall
they escape
by iniquity?
In anger cast down
the peoples, God.
You count
my wanderings.
You
put
my tears
into
your container.
Aren’t
they
in
your book?
Then
my enemies
shall
turn back
in
the day
that
I call.
I know this:
that
God
is
for
me.
In
God,
I
will
praise
his word.
In Yahweh,
I
will
praise
his word.
I
have put
my trust
in
God.
I
will not
be afraid.
What can man do
to
me?
Your vows
are
on
me,
God.
I
will give thank offerings
to
you.
For
you
have delivered
my soul
from death,
and prevented
my feet
from falling,
that
I
may walk
before
God
in
the light
of
the living.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave.
Be merciful
to
me, God,
be merciful
to
me,
for
my soul takes refuge
in
you.
Yes,
in
the shadow
of
your wings, I
will take refuge,
until disaster
has passed.
I cry
out
to
God Most High,
to
God
who accomplishes
my requests
for
me.
He
will send
from heaven,
and save
me,
he rebukes
the
one
who
is pursuing
me.
Selah.
God
will send
out
his loving kindness
and
his truth.
My soul
is among lions.
I lie among
those
who
are
set
on fire,
even
the sons
of men, whose teeth
are spears
and arrows,
and
their tongue
a sharp sword.
Be exalted, God, above
the heavens!
Let
your glory
be above
all
the earth!
They
have prepared
a net
for
my steps.
My soul
is bowed
down.
They dig
a pit
before
me.
They fall
into
the middle
of
it
themselves.
Selah.
My
heart
is
steadfast, God.
My
heart
is
steadfast.
I
will sing, yes,
I
will sing praises.
Wake up,
my glory! Wake up, lute
and harp!
I
will wake up
the dawn.
I will give thanks
to you, Lord, among
the peoples.
I will sing praises
to you among
the nations.
For
your great loving kindness reaches
to
the heavens,
and
your truth
to
the skies.
Be exalted,
God, above
the
heavens.
Let
your glory
be
over
all
the
earth.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones?
Do you judge blamelessly, you sons
of men?
No,
in
your heart
you plot injustice.
You measure out
the violence
of
your hands
in
the earth.
The wicked go astray
from
the womb.
They
are wayward
as soon
as
they
are born, speaking lies.
Their poison
is like
the poison
of
a snake,
like
a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
which doesn’t
listen
to
the voice
of charmers,
no matter how skillful
the charmer
may
be.
Break
their teeth,
God,
in
their mouth.
Break out
the great teeth
of
the young lions, Yahweh.
Let
them vanish
like water
that flows away.
When
they draw
the bow, let
their arrows
be made blunt.
Let
them
be
like
a snail
which melts
and
passes
away,
like
the stillborn child,
who has
not seen
the sun.
Before
your pots
can feel
the heat
of
the thorns,
he
will sweep
away
the green
and
the burning
alike.
The righteous shall rejoice
when
he sees
the vengeance.
He shall wash
his feet
in
the blood
of
the wicked,
so
that
men
shall say, “Most
certainly there
is
a reward
for
the
righteous.
Most
certainly there
is
a God
who judges
the earth.”
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
Deliver
me
from
my enemies,
my
God.
Set
me
on high
from
those
who rise
up
against
me.
Deliver
me
from
the workers
of iniquity.
Save
me
from
the bloodthirsty men.
For, behold,
they lie
in wait
for
my soul.
The mighty gather
themselves together
against
me,
not
for
my disobedience, nor
for
my
sin, Yahweh.
I
have done
no wrong,
yet
they
are ready
to attack
me.
Rise
up,
behold,
and help
me!
You, Yahweh God
of Armies,
the God
of Israel,
rouse
yourself
to punish
the nations.
Show
no mercy
to
the wicked traitors.
Selah.
They return
at evening, howling
like dogs,
and prowl around
the city.
Behold,
they spew
with
their mouth.
Swords
are
in
their lips,
“For”,
they say, “who hears
us?”
But
you, Yahweh, laugh at
them.
You scoff at
all
the nations.
Oh,
my Strength,
I watch
for
you,
for
God
is
my
high tower.
My
God
will go
before
me
with
his loving kindness.
God
will let
me look
at
my enemies
in triumph.
Don’t kill
them,
or
my
people
may forget.
Scatter
them
by
your power,
and
bring
them down,
Lord
our shield.
For
the sin
of
their mouth,
and
the words
of
their lips,
let
them
be caught
in
their pride,
for
the curses
and lies which
they utter.
Consume
them
in wrath.
Consume
them,
and
they
will
be no more.
Let
them know
that God rules
in
Jacob,
to
the ends
of
the earth.
Selah.
At evening let
them return.
Let
them howl
like
a dog,
and go around
the city.
They
shall wander up
and
down
for food,
and wait
all
night if
they aren’t satisfied.
But
I
will sing
of
your strength.
Yes,
I
will sing aloud
of
your loving kindness
in
the morning.
For
you
have
been
my high tower,
a refuge
in
the day
of
my distress.
To
you,
my
strength,
I
will
sing praises.
For God
is
my high tower,
the God
of
my mercy.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A teaching poem by David, when he fought with Aram Naharaim and with Aram Zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.
God,
you
have rejected
us.
You
have broken
us
down.
You
have been angry.
Restore
us,
again.
You
have
made
the land tremble.
You
have torn
it.
Mend
its fractures,
for
it quakes.
You
have shown
your people hard things.
You
have
made
us drink
the wine
that makes
us stagger.
You
have given
a banner
to
those
who fear
you,
that
it
may
be displayed
because
of
the truth.
Selah.
So
that
your beloved
may be delivered,
save
with
your right hand,
and answer
us.
God
has spoken
from
his sanctuary:
“I
will triumph.
I
will
divide Shechem,
and measure
out
the valley
of Succoth.
Gilead
is mine,
and Manasseh
is mine.
Ephraim also
is
the defense
of
my head.
Judah
is
my scepter.
Moab
is
my wash basin.
I
will throw
my sandal
on Edom.
I shout
in triumph over Philistia.”
Who
will bring me
into
the
strong city?
Who
has led me
to Edom?
Haven’t
you, God, rejected
us?
You don’t go
out
with
our armies, God.
Give us help against
the adversary,
for
the help
of man
is vain.
Through
God we
will
do valiantly,
for
it
is
he
who
will tread down
our adversaries.
For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David.
Hear
my cry, God.
Listen
to
my prayer.
From
the end
of
the earth,
I
will
call
to
you
when
my
heart
is overwhelmed.
Lead me
to
the rock
that
is higher than
I.
For
you
have
been
a refuge
for
me,
a strong tower
from
the enemy.
I
will dwell
in
your tent forever.
I
will
take
refuge
in
the
shelter
of
your wings.
Selah.
For
you, God, have heard
my vows.
You have
given
me
the heritage
of those who
fear
your name.
You
will prolong
the king’s life.
His years
will
be
for generations.
He
shall
be enthroned
in God’s
presence
forever.
Appoint
your loving kindness
and truth,
that
they
may preserve
him.
So I
will sing
praise
to
your name
forever,
that I
may fulfill
my vows daily.
For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.
My soul rests
in God alone.
My salvation
is
from
him.
He
alone
is
my rock,
my
salvation,
and
my fortress.
I
will never
be greatly shaken.
How long
will
you assault
a man?
Would all
of
you throw
him
down,
like
a leaning wall,
like
a tottering fence?
They fully intend
to throw
him
down
from
his lofty
place.
They delight
in lies.
They bless
with
their mouth,
but
they curse inwardly.
Selah.
My soul, wait
in silence
for God
alone,
for
my expectation
is from
him.
He
alone
is
my rock
and
my salvation,
my fortress.
I
will
not
be shaken.
My
salvation
and
my honor
is
with
God.
The
rock
of
my
strength,
and
my
refuge,
is
in
God.
Trust
in
him
at all times,
you people.
Pour
out
your heart
before
him.
God
is
a
refuge
for
us.
Selah.
Surely
men
of low degree
are
just
a breath,
and
men
of high degree
are
a lie.
In
the balances
they
will go
up.
They
are
together lighter
than
a breath.
Don’t trust
in oppression.
Don’t become
vain
in robbery.
If riches increase,
don’t
set
your heart
on
them.
God
has spoken once;
twice
I
have
heard
this,
that
power belongs
to God.
Also
to
you, Lord, belongs loving kindness,
for
you reward
every
man according
to
his work.
A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
God,
you
are
my God.
I
will earnestly seek
you.
My soul thirsts
for
you.
My flesh longs
for
you,
in
a dry
and weary land, where
there
is no water.
So
I
have seen
you
in
the sanctuary,
watching
your
power
and
your glory.
Because
your loving kindness
is better than life,
my lips shall praise
you.
So
I
will bless
you
while
I
live.
I
will lift up
my hands
in
your name.
My soul
shall
be satisfied
as
with
the richest food.
My mouth
shall
praise
you
with joyful lips,
when
I remember
you
on
my bed,
and think about
you
in
the night watches.
For
you
have
been
my help.
I
will rejoice
in
the shadow
of
your wings.
My soul stays close
to
you.
Your right hand holds
me
up.
But
those
who seek
my
soul
to destroy
it
shall go into
the lower parts
of
the earth.
They
shall
be given
over
to
the power
of
the sword.
They
shall
be jackal food.
But
the
king
shall rejoice
in
God.
Everyone who swears
by
him
will praise
him,
for
the mouth
of
those who speak
lies
shall
be silenced.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Hear
my voice, God,
in
my complaint.
Preserve
my life from fear
of
the enemy.
Hide
me
from
the conspiracy
of
the wicked,
from
the noisy crowd
of
the ones doing evil;
who sharpen
their tongue like
a sword,
and aim
their arrows, deadly words,
to shoot innocent men
from ambushes.
They shoot at him suddenly
and fearlessly.
They encourage themselves
in evil plans.
They talk about laying snares secretly.
They say, “Who
will see
them?”
They
plot injustice,
saying, “We
have
made
a perfect
plan!”
Surely man’s mind
and heart
are cunning.
But
God
will shoot
at
them.
They
will
be suddenly struck down
with
an arrow.
Their
own tongues shall ruin
them.
All
who see
them
will shake
their heads.
All mankind
shall
be afraid.
They
shall declare
the work
of God,
and
shall wisely ponder
what
he
has
done.
The righteous
shall
be glad
in Yahweh,
and
shall take refuge
in
him.
All
the upright
in heart
shall praise
him!
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
Praise waits
for you, God,
in Zion.
Vows
shall
be performed
to you.
You
who hear prayer,
all men
will come
to
you.
Sins overwhelmed
me,
but
you atoned
for
our transgressions.
Blessed
is
the
one whom
you choose
and
cause
to come near,
that
he
may live
in
your courts.
We
will
be filled
with
the goodness
of
your house,
your holy temple.
By awesome deeds
of righteousness,
you answer us,
God
of
our salvation.
You who
are
the hope
of all
the ends
of
the earth,
of
those who
are far away
on
the sea.
By
your power,
you form
the mountains,
having armed yourself
with strength.
You still
the roaring
of
the seas,
the roaring
of
their waves,
and
the turmoil
of
the nations.
They also who dwell
in faraway places
are afraid
at your wonders.
You call
the morning’s dawn
and
the evening
with songs
of joy.
You visit
the earth,
and water
it.
You greatly enrich
it.
The river
of God
is full
of water.
You provide
them grain,
for
so
you have ordained
it.
You drench
its furrows.
You level
its ridges.
You soften
it
with showers.
You bless
it
with
a crop.
You crown
the year
with
your bounty.
Your carts overflow
with abundance.
The wilderness grasslands overflow.
The hills
are clothed
with gladness.
The
pastures are covered
with flocks.
The valleys also are
clothed
with grain.
They shout for joy!
They also sing.
For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
Make
a joyful
shout
to
God,
all
the
earth!
Sing
to
the
glory
of
his
name!
Offer
glory
and
praise!
Tell
God, “How
awesome
are
your
deeds!
Through
the
greatness
of
your
power,
your
enemies
submit themselves
to
you.
All
the
earth
will
worship
you,
and
will
sing
to
you;
they
will
sing
to
your
name.”
Selah.
Come,
and
see
God’s
deeds—
awesome work
on
behalf
of
the
children
of
men.
He
turned
the
sea
into
dry
land.
They went
through
the
river
on
foot.
There,
we
rejoiced
in
him.
He
rules
by
his
might
forever.
His
eyes
watch
the
nations.
Don’t
let
the
rebellious
rise
up
against him.
Selah.
Praise
our
God,
you
peoples!
Make
the
sound
of
his
praise
heard,
who preserves
our
life
among
the
living,
and
doesn’t
allow
our
feet
to
be moved.
For
you,
God,
have
tested
us.
You
have
refined
us,
as
silver
is
refined.
You
brought
us
into prison.
You
laid
a
burden
on
our backs.
You allowed
men
to
ride
over
our
heads.
We
went
through
fire
and
through
water,
but
you
brought
us
to
the
place
of
abundance.
I
will
come
into
your
temple
with
burnt
offerings.
I
will
pay
my
vows
to
you,
which
my
lips
promised,
and
my
mouth
spoke,
when
I
was
in
distress.
I will
offer
to
you
burnt
offerings
of
fat animals,
with
the
offering
of
rams,
I will
offer
bulls
with
goats.
Selah.
Come
and
hear,
all
you
who
fear
God.
I
will
declare
what
he
has
done
for
my
soul.
I
cried
to
him
with
my
mouth.
He
was extolled
with
my
tongue.
If
I cherished
sin
in
my
heart,
the
Lord wouldn’t
have
listened.
But most
certainly,
God
has
listened.
He
has
heard
the
voice
of
my
prayer.
Blessed
be
God,
who
has
not
turned
away
my
prayer,
nor
his loving
kindness
from
me.
For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song.
May God be merciful to us, bless us,
and cause his face to shine
on us.
Selah.
That
your
way
may
be known
on earth,
and
your salvation
among
all nations,
let
the peoples praise
you, God.
Let
all
the peoples praise
you.
Oh let
the
nations
be glad
and sing
for joy,
for
you
will judge
the
peoples
with equity,
and govern
the
nations
on earth.
Selah.
Let
the
peoples
praise
you, God.
Let all
the
peoples
praise
you.
The earth
has yielded
its increase.
God, even
our own
God,
will bless
us.
God
will
bless
us.
All
the ends
of
the
earth
shall fear
him.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
Let God arise!
Let
his enemies
be scattered!
Let them who hate
him
also flee before
him.
As smoke
is
driven
away,
so drive
them
away.
As wax melts
before
the fire,
so let
the wicked perish
at
the
presence
of
God.
But let
the righteous
be glad.
Let
them rejoice
before
God.
Yes, let
them rejoice
with gladness.
Sing
to
God! Sing praises
to
his name!
Extol
him
who rides
on
the clouds:
to Yah,
his name!
Rejoice
before
him!
A father
of
the fatherless,
and
a defender
of
the widows,
is
God
in
his holy habitation.
God sets
the lonely
in
families.
He brings out
the prisoners
with singing,
but
the rebellious dwell
in
a sun-scorched land.
God,
when
you
went
out
before
your
people,
when
you
marched
through
the wilderness...
Selah.
The earth trembled.
The sky
also poured
down rain
at
the
presence
of
the
God
of Sinai—
at
the
presence
of
God,
the
God
of
Israel.
You,
God, sent
a plentiful rain.
You confirmed
your inheritance
when
it
was weary.
Your congregation lived therein.
You,
God,
prepared
your goodness
for
the poor.
The Lord announced
the word.
The ones
who proclaim
it
are
a
great company.
“Kings
of
armies flee! They flee!”
She
who waits at home divides
the plunder,
while
you sleep among
the camp fires,
the wings
of
a dove sheathed
with silver,
her feathers
with shining gold.
When
the Almighty scattered kings
in
her,
it snowed
on Zalmon.
The mountains
of Bashan
are majestic mountains.
The mountains
of Bashan
are rugged.
Why do
you look
in envy,
you rugged
mountains,
at
the
mountain where
God chooses
to reign?
Yes, Yahweh
will dwell
there forever.
The chariots
of
God
are tens
of thousands
and thousands
of thousands.
The
Lord
is
among
them,
from Sinai, into
the sanctuary.
You
have ascended
on high.
You
have led away captives.
You
have received
gifts among people,
yes, among
the rebellious
also,
that Yah
God might dwell there.
Blessed
be
the
Lord,
who daily bears
our burdens,
even
the
God
who
is
our salvation.
Selah.
God
is
to
us
a
God
of
deliverance.
To Yahweh,
the
Lord, belongs escape
from death.
But
God
will strike through
the head
of his enemies,
the hairy scalp
of such a
one
as still continues
in his guiltiness.
The Lord said, “I
will
bring
you again
from Bashan,
I
will
bring
you again
from
the depths
of
the sea,
that
you
may crush
them, dipping
your foot
in blood,
that
the tongues
of
your dogs
may
have
their portion
from
your enemies.”
They
have seen
your processions, God,
even
the processions
of
my God,
my
King,
into
the sanctuary.
The singers went
before,
the minstrels followed after,
among
the ladies playing
with tambourines,
“Bless God
in
the congregations,
even
the Lord
in
the assembly
of Israel!”
There
is little Benjamin,
their ruler,
the princes
of Judah,
their council,
the princes
of Zebulun,
and
the princes
of Naphtali.
Your God
has commanded
your strength.
Strengthen, God,
that
which you
have done
for us.
Because
of
your temple
at Jerusalem,
kings shall bring presents
to
you.
Rebuke
the wild animal
of
the reeds,
the multitude
of
the bulls
with
the calves
of
the peoples.
Trample
under foot
the bars
of silver.
Scatter
the nations
who delight
in war.
Princes
shall come out
of Egypt.
Ethiopia
shall hurry
to stretch out her hands
to
God.
Sing
to
God,
you kingdoms
of
the earth!
Sing praises
to
the Lord—
Selah—
to
him
who rides
on
the heaven
of heavens, which
are
of old;
behold,
he utters
his voice,
a
mighty voice.
Ascribe
strength
to
God!
His excellency
is
over
Israel,
his
strength
is
in
the skies.
You
are awesome,
God,
in
your sanctuaries.
The
God
of
Israel
gives
strength
and
power
to
his people.
Praise
be
to
God!
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Lilies.” By David.
Save
me, God,
for
the waters
have come
up
to
my neck!
I sink
in deep mire, where
there
is no foothold.
I
have
come
into deep
waters, where
the floods overflow
me.
I am weary
with
my crying.
My throat
is dry.
My eyes fail looking
for
my
God.
Those
who hate
me without
a
cause
are more than
the hairs
of
my head.
Those
who want
to cut
me off,
being
my enemies wrongfully,
are
mighty.
I
have
to restore what
I didn’t take
away.
God,
you know
my foolishness.
My sins aren’t hidden
from
you.
Don’t
let
those
who wait
for
you
be shamed
through
me, Lord Yahweh
of
Armies.
Don’t
let
those
who
seek
you
be brought
to dishonor
through
me,
God
of Israel.
Because
for
your sake,
I
have borne reproach.
Shame
has
covered
my face.
I
have
become
a stranger
to
my brothers,
an alien
to
my mother’s children.
For
the zeal
of
your house consumes
me.
The reproaches
of
those
who reproach
you
have
fallen
on
me.
When
I wept
and
I fasted,
that
was
to
my
reproach.
When
I
made sackcloth
my clothing,
I
became
a byword
to
them.
Those who sit
in
the gate talk
about
me.
I
am
the song
of
the drunkards.
But
as
for me,
my prayer
is
to
you, Yahweh,
in an acceptable time.
God,
in
the abundance
of
your loving kindness, answer me
in
the truth
of
your salvation.
Deliver
me out
of
the mire,
and don’t
let
me sink.
Let
me
be delivered
from those
who hate
me,
and out
of
the deep waters.
Don’t
let
the
flood
waters overwhelm
me,
neither
let
the
deep swallow
me up.
Don’t
let
the pit shut its mouth
on
me.
Answer
me, Yahweh,
for
your loving kindness
is good.
According
to
the multitude
of
your tender mercies, turn
to
me.
Don’t hide
your
face
from
your servant,
for
I
am
in distress.
Answer
me speedily!
Draw
near
to
my soul
and redeem
it.
Ransom
me
because
of
my enemies.
You know
my reproach,
my shame,
and
my dishonor.
My adversaries
are all
before
you.
Reproach
has broken
my heart,
and
I am
full
of heaviness.
I looked
for
some
to
take pity,
but
there
was
none;
for comforters,
but
I
found
none.
They
also gave
me poison
for
my food.
In
my thirst,
they gave
me vinegar
to drink.
Let
their table before
them become
a snare.
May
it become
a retribution
and
a trap.
Let
their eyes
be darkened,
so
that
they can’t see.
Let
their backs
be continually bent.
Pour
out
your indignation
on
them.
Let
the fierceness
of
your anger overtake
them.
Let
their habitation be desolate.
Let no one dwell
in
their tents.
For they persecute
him whom
you
have wounded.
They tell
of
the sorrow
of
those whom
you
have hurt.
Charge
them
with crime
upon crime.
Don’t let
them come
into
your righteousness.
Let
them
be blotted
out
of
the book
of life,
and
not
be written
with
the
righteous.
But I am
in pain
and distress.
Let
your salvation, God, protect
me.
I
will praise
the name
of
God
with
a song,
and
will magnify
him
with thanksgiving.
It
will please Yahweh better than
an ox,
or
a bull
that
has horns
and hoofs.
The humble
have seen
it,
and
are
glad.
You
who seek after
God, let
your heart live.
For Yahweh hears
the needy,
and doesn’t despise
his captive
people.
Let heaven
and earth
praise
him;
the seas,
and everything
that moves therein!
For
God
will save Zion,
and build
the cities
of Judah.
They
shall settle
there,
and own
it.
The
children
also
of
his
servants
shall
inherit
it.
Those
who love
his name
shall
dwell therein.
For the Chief Musician. By David. A reminder.
Hurry, God,
to deliver
me.
Come quickly
to help
me, Yahweh.
Let
them
be disappointed
and confounded
who seek
my soul.
Let those
who desire
my ruin
be turned back
in disgrace.
Let them
be
turned because
of
their
shame
who say, “Aha! Aha!”
Let all
those
who seek
you rejoice
and
be glad
in
you.
Let
those
who love
your salvation continually
say,
“Let
God
be exalted!”
But
I
am poor
and needy.
Come
to
me quickly,
God.
You
are
my
help
and
my
deliverer.
Yahweh, don’t delay.
In
you,
Yahweh,
I
take
refuge.
Never
let
me
be
disappointed.
Deliver
me
in
your
righteousness,
and
rescue
me.
Turn
your
ear
to
me,
and
save
me.
Be
to
me
a
rock
of refuge
to which
I
may
always
go.
Give
the
command
to
save
me,
for
you
are
my
rock
and
my fortress.
Rescue me,
my
God,
from
the
hand
of
the
wicked,
from
the
hand
of
the unrighteous
and
cruel
man.
For
you
are
my
hope,
Lord Yahweh,
my
confidence from
my
youth.
I
have
relied
on
you
from
the
womb.
You
are
he
who
took
me
out
of
my
mother’s
womb.
I
will
always
praise
you.
I
am
a
marvel
to
many,
but
you
are
my
strong
refuge.
My
mouth
shall
be
filled
with
your
praise,
with
your
honor
all
day
long.
Don’t
reject
me
in
my
old
age.
Don’t
forsake
me
when
my
strength
fails.
For
my
enemies talk about
me.
Those
who
watch
for
my
soul
conspire
together,
saying, “God
has forsaken
him.
Pursue
and
take
him,
for
no
one
will
rescue
him.”
God,
don’t
be
far
from
me.
My
God, hurry
to
help
me.
Let
my
accusers
be
disappointed
and
consumed.
Let
them
be
covered
with
disgrace
and
scorn
who
want
to
harm
me.
But
I
will
always
hope,
and
will
add
to
all
of
your
praise.
My
mouth
will
tell
about
your
righteousness,
and
of
your
salvation
all
day,
though
I
don’t
know
its
full measure.
I
will
come
with
the
mighty
acts
of
the
Lord Yahweh.
I
will
make
mention
of
your
righteousness, even
of yours
alone.
God,
you
have
taught
me
from
my
youth.
Until
now,
I
have
declared
your
wondrous
works.
Yes,
even
when
I
am
old
and
gray-haired,
God,
don’t
forsake
me,
until
I
have
declared
your
strength
to
the next
generation,
your
might
to
everyone
who
is
to
come.
God,
your
righteousness
also
reaches
to
the
heavens.
You
have
done
great
things.
God,
who
is
like
you?
You,
who
have
shown
us
many
and bitter
troubles,
you
will let
me
live.
You
will
bring
us
up
again
from
the
depths
of
the
earth.
Increase
my honor
and
comfort
me again.
I
will
also
praise
you
with
the
harp
for
your
faithfulness,
my
God.
I
sing
praises
to
you
with
the
lyre,
Holy
One
of
Israel.
My
lips
shall
shout
for
joy!
My
soul,
which
you
have
redeemed,
sings
praises
to
you!
My
tongue
will
also talk
about
your
righteousness
all
day
long,
for
they
are
disappointed,
and
they
are
confounded,
who
want
to
harm
me.
By Solomon.
God,
give
the
king
your
justice;
your
righteousness
to
the
royal
son.
He
will
judge
your
people
with
righteousness,
and
your
poor
with
justice.
The
mountains
shall
bring
prosperity
to
the
people.
The
hills
bring
the fruit
of
righteousness.
He
will
judge
the
poor
of
the
people.
He
will
save
the
children
of
the
needy,
and
will break
the
oppressor
in pieces.
They
shall
fear
you
while
the
sun
endures;
and
as
long
as
the
moon,
throughout
all
generations.
He
will
come
down
like
rain
on
the
mown grass,
as
showers
that
water
the
earth.
In
his
days,
the
righteous
shall flourish,
and
abundance
of
peace,
until
the
moon
is
no
more.
He
shall
have
dominion also
from
sea
to
sea,
from
the
River
to
the
ends
of
the
earth.
Those who dwell
in
the wilderness
shall
bow
before
him.
His
enemies
shall
lick
the
dust.
The
kings
of
Tarshish
and
of
the
islands
will
bring
tribute.
The
kings
of
Sheba
and
Seba
shall
offer
gifts.
Yes,
all
kings
shall fall
down before
him.
All
nations
shall
serve
him.
For
he
will
deliver
the
needy
when
he
cries;
the
poor,
who
has
no
helper.
He
will
have
pity
on
the
poor
and
needy.
He
will
save
the
souls
of
the
needy.
He
will
redeem
their
soul
from
oppression
and
violence.
Their
blood
will
be
precious
in
his
sight.
He
will
live;
and Sheba’s
gold
will
be
given
to
him.
Men
will
pray
for
him
continually.
They
will
bless
him
all
day
long.
Abundance
of
grain
shall
be throughout
the
land.
Its
fruit sways
like
Lebanon.
Let
it
flourish, thriving
like
the
grass
of
the field.
His
name
endures
forever.
His
name continues
as
long
as
the
sun.
Men
shall
be
blessed
by
him.
All
nations
will
call
him
blessed.
Praise
be
to
Yahweh
God,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
alone
does
marvelous
deeds.
Blessed
be
his glorious
name
forever!
Let
the
whole
earth
be
filled
with
his
glory!
Amen
and
amen.
This ends
the
prayers
by
David,
the
son
of
Jesse.
BOOK 3
A Psalm by Asaph.
Surely
God
73:1
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
is
good
to
Israel,
to those
who
are
pure
in
heart.
But
as
for
me,
my
feet
were
almost
gone.
My
steps
had nearly
slipped.
For
I was
envious
of
the arrogant,
when
I
saw
the
prosperity
of
the
wicked.
For
there
are
no struggles
in
their
death,
but
their strength
is firm.
They
are
free
from burdens
of
men,
neither
are
they
plagued
like
other
men.
Therefore
pride
is
like
a chain around
their neck.
Violence covers them
like
a
garment.
Their
eyes bulge
with
fat.
Their
minds
pass
the limits
of conceit.
They scoff
and
speak
with malice.
In arrogance,
they
threaten
oppression.
They
have
set
their
mouth
in
the
heavens.
Their
tongue
walks
through
the
earth.
Therefore
their
people
return
to
them,
and
they drink up
waters
of
abundance.
They
say, “How
does
God
know?
Is
there
knowledge
in
the Most High?”
Behold,
these
are
the
wicked.
Being
always at
ease,
they
increase
in
riches.
Surely
I have
cleansed
my
heart
in vain,
and
washed
my
hands
in
innocence,
For
all
day
long
I
have
been
plagued,
and punished
every
morning.
If
I
had
said, “I
will
speak
thus”,
behold,
I
would
have
betrayed
the
generation
of
your
children.
When
I tried
to
understand
this,
it
was too painful
for
me—
until
I
entered
God’s
sanctuary,
and considered
their
latter
end.
Surely
you
set
them
in slippery places.
You
throw
them
down
to destruction.
How
they
are
suddenly
destroyed!
They
are
completely
swept
away
with
terrors.
As
a
dream when one wakes
up,
so,
Lord,
73:20
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” when you
awake, you
will
despise
their fantasies.
For
my soul
was grieved.
I
was embittered
in
my
heart.
I
was
so
senseless
and ignorant.
I
was
a brute
beast
before
you.
Nevertheless,
I
am
continually
with
you.
You
have
held
my
right
hand.
You will
guide
me
with
your
counsel,
and
afterward
receive
me
to
glory.
Whom
do
I
have
in
heaven?
There
is
no
one
on
earth
whom
I
desire
besides
you.
My
flesh
and
my
heart
fails,
but
God
is
the
strength
of
my
heart
and
my
portion
forever.
For,
behold,
those
who are
far
from
you shall
perish.
You
have
destroyed
all
those
who are
unfaithful
to
you.
But
it
is
good
for
me
to come close
to
God.
I
have
made
the
Lord Yahweh
73:28
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
my
refuge,
that
I
may
tell
of
all
your
works.
A contemplation by Asaph.
God,
why
have
you
rejected
us
forever?
Why
does
your
anger smolder against
the
sheep
of
your
pasture?
Remember
your
congregation,
which
you
purchased
of old,
which
you
have
redeemed
to
be
the
tribe
of
your
inheritance:
Mount
Zion,
in
which
you
have
lived.
Lift
up
your
feet
to
the
perpetual
ruins,
all
the
evil
that
the
enemy
has
done
in
the
sanctuary.
Your
adversaries have
roared
in
the
middle
of
your
assembly.
They have
set
up
their
standards
as
signs.
They behaved
like men wielding
axes,
cutting
through
a
thicket
of
trees.
Now
they break
all
its
carved
work
down
with
hatchet
and
hammers.
They
have burned
your
sanctuary
to
the
ground.
They
have
profaned
the
dwelling
place
of
your
Name.
They
said
in
their
heart, “We
will crush
them
completely.”
They
have
burned
up
all
the
places
in
the
land where
God
was worshiped.
We
see
no miraculous
signs.
There
is
no
longer
any
prophet,
neither
is
there
among
us
anyone
who
knows
how
long.
How
long,
God,
shall
the adversary
reproach?
Shall
the
enemy
blaspheme
your
name
forever?
Why
do
you
draw
back
your
hand, even
your
right
hand?
Take
it
from
your chest
and
consume
them!
Yet
God
is
my
King
of old,
working
salvation
throughout
the
earth.
You divided
the
sea
by
your
strength.
You
broke
the
heads
of
the
sea
monsters
in
the
waters.
You
broke
the
heads
of
Leviathan
in pieces.
You
gave
him
as
food
to
people
and desert creatures.
You opened
up
spring
and
stream.
You
dried
up mighty
rivers.
The
day
is
yours,
the
night
is
also
yours.
You
have
prepared
the
light
and
the
sun.
You
have
set
all
the
boundaries
of
the
earth.
You
have
made
summer
and
winter.
Remember
this,
that
the
enemy
has mocked
you,
Yahweh.
Foolish
people
have
blasphemed
your
name.
Don’t
deliver
the
soul
of
your dove
to wild
beasts.
Don’t
forget
the
life
of
your
poor
forever.
Honor
your
covenant,
for haunts
of
violence
fill
the
dark
places
of
the
earth.
Don’t
let
the
oppressed
return
ashamed.
Let
the
poor
and
needy
praise
your
name.
Arise,
God!
Plead
your own
cause.
Remember how
the
foolish
man mocks
you
all
day.
Don’t
forget
the
voice
of
your
adversaries.
The
tumult
of those
who
rise
up
against
you
ascends
continually.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song.
We give thanks
to you, God.
We give thanks, for your Name is near.
Men tell about your wondrous works.
When
I choose
the appointed time,
I
will judge blamelessly.
The earth
and all
its inhabitants quake.
I firmly hold
its pillars.
Selah.
I said
to
the arrogant, “Don’t boast!”
I said
to
the wicked, “Don’t lift
up
the horn.
Don’t
lift
up
your
horn
on
high.
Don’t
speak
with
a stiff neck.”
For
neither from
the east,
nor from
the west,
nor yet from
the south, comes
exaltation.
But
God
is
the judge.
He puts
down
one,
and
lifts
up
another.
For
in Yahweh’s hand
there
is
a cup,
full
of foaming wine mixed
with spices.
He pours
it out.
Indeed
the wicked
of
the earth drink
and drink
it
to
its
very dregs.
But
I
will declare
this forever:
I
will sing
praises
to
the
God
of Jacob.
I
will cut off
all
the horns
of
the wicked,
but
the horns
of
the righteous
shall
be lifted
up.
For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm by Asaph. A song.
In Judah, God is known.
His name is great in Israel.
His tabernacle
is
also
in Salem.
His dwelling place
in Zion.
There he broke
the flaming arrows
of
the bow,
the shield,
and
the sword,
and
the weapons
of war.
Selah.
Glorious
are
you,
and excellent,
more than mountains
of game.
Valiant men lie plundered,
they
have slept
their last sleep.
None of
the men of war can lift
their hands.
At
your rebuke,
God
of Jacob,
both chariot
and horse
are cast
into
a dead
sleep.
You, even you,
are
to
be feared.
Who can stand
in
your sight
when you
are angry?
You pronounced judgment
from heaven.
The earth
feared,
and
was silent,
when
God arose
to
judgment,
to save all
the afflicted ones
of
the
earth.
Selah.
Surely
the wrath
of
man praises
you.
The survivors
of
your wrath
are restrained.
Make vows
to Yahweh
your God,
and fulfill
them!
Let all
of
his neighbors bring presents
to
him
who
is
to
be feared.
He
will cut off
the spirit
of princes.
He
is
feared
by
the kings
of
the earth.
For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph.
My cry goes
to God!
Indeed,
I cry
to God
for help,
and
for
him
to listen
to
me.
In
the day
of
my trouble
I sought
the Lord.
My hand
was stretched
out
in
the night,
and didn’t get tired.
My soul refused
to
be comforted.
I remember
God,
and
I groan.
I complain,
and
my
spirit
is overwhelmed.
Selah.
You
hold
my eyelids open.
I
am so troubled
that
I can’t
speak.
I
have considered
the days
of old,
the years
of ancient times.
I remember
my song
in
the night.
I
consider
in
my
own heart;
my spirit diligently inquires:
“Will
the Lord reject
us forever?
Will
he
be favorable no more?
Has
his loving kindness vanished
forever?
Does
his promise
fail
for generations?
Has God forgotten
to
be gracious?
Has he,
in anger, withheld his compassion?”
Selah.
Then
I thought, “I
will appeal
to
this:
the years
of
the right hand
of
the Most High.”
I
will remember Yah’s deeds;
for
I
will remember
your wonders
of
old.
I will
also meditate
on all
your work,
and
consider
your
doings.
Your
way, God,
is
in
the sanctuary.
What god
is great
like God?
You
are
the
God
who does wonders.
You
have made
your strength known
among
the peoples.
You
have redeemed
your
people
with
your arm,
the sons
of Jacob
and
Joseph.
Selah.
The waters saw
you, God.
The waters saw
you,
and
they writhed.
The depths also convulsed.
The clouds poured
out
water.
The skies resounded
with thunder.
Your arrows
also flashed around.
The
voice
of
your
thunder
was
in
the whirlwind.
The lightnings lit
up
the world.
The earth trembled
and shook.
Your way
was
through
the sea,
your paths
through
the great waters.
Your footsteps
were
not known.
You led
your
people
like
a flock,
by
the hand
of
Moses
and Aaron.
A contemplation by Asaph.
Hear
my
teaching,
my
people.
Turn
your
ears
to
the
words
of
my
mouth.
I
will
open
my
mouth
in
a
parable.
I
will
utter
dark
sayings
of old,
which
we
have
heard
and
known,
and
our
fathers
have
told
us.
We
will
not
hide
them
from
their
children,
telling
to
the
generation
to
come
the
praises
of
Yahweh,
his
strength,
and
his
wondrous
deeds
that
he
has
done.
For
he
established
a covenant
in
Jacob,
and
appointed
a
teaching
in
Israel,
which
he
commanded
our
fathers,
that
they
should
make
them
known
to
their
children;
that
the
generation
to
come
might
know, even
the
children
who
should
be
born;
who
should
arise
and
tell
their
children,
that
they might
set
their hope
in
God,
and
not
forget
God’s
deeds,
but
keep
his
commandments,
and might
not
be
as
their
fathers—
a
stubborn
and
rebellious
generation,
a
generation
that
didn’t
make
their
hearts loyal,
whose
spirit
was
not
steadfast
with
God.
The
children
of
Ephraim,
being armed
and carrying
bows,
turned
back
in
the
day
of
battle.
They
didn’t
keep
God’s
covenant,
and
refused
to walk
in
his
law.
They
forgot
his doings,
his
wondrous
deeds
that
he
had
shown
them.
He
did marvelous things
in
the
sight
of
their
fathers,
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
the
field
of
Zoan.
He
split
the
sea,
and caused them
to
pass
through.
He made
the
waters
stand
as
a heap.
In
the
daytime
he
also
led
them
with
a
cloud,
and
all
night
with
a
light
of
fire.
He
split
rocks
in
the
wilderness,
and
gave
them
drink
abundantly as
out
of
the
depths.
He
brought
streams also
out
of
the
rock,
and caused
waters
to
run
down
like
rivers.
Yet they
still
went on
to
sin
against
him,
to
rebel
against
the Most High
in
the
desert.
They
tempted
God
in
their
heart
by
asking
food according
to
their
desire.
Yes,
they
spoke
against
God.
They
said, “Can
God
prepare
a
table
in
the
wilderness?
Behold,
he
struck
the
rock,
so
that
waters
gushed
out,
and
streams overflowed.
Can
he
give
bread
also?
Will
he
provide
meat
for
his
people?”
Therefore
Yahweh
heard,
and
was
angry.
A
fire
was kindled
against
Jacob,
anger
also
went
up
against
Israel,
because
they
didn’t
believe
in
God,
and
didn’t
trust
in
his
salvation.
Yet
he
commanded
the
skies
above,
and
opened
the
doors
of
heaven.
He
rained
down
manna
on
them
to
eat,
and
gave
them
food
from
the
sky.
Man
ate
the
bread
of
angels.
He
sent
them
food
to
the
full.
He caused
the
east
wind
to
blow
in
the
sky.
By
his
power
he guided
the
south
wind.
He also
rained
meat
on
them as
the
dust,
winged
birds as
the
sand
of
the
seas.
He let
them
fall
in
the
middle
of
their
camp,
around
their habitations.
So
they
ate,
and
were
well
filled.
He
gave
them
their own
desire.
They
didn’t turn
from
their cravings.
Their
food
was
yet
in
their
mouths,
when
the
anger
of
God
went
up
against
them,
killed some
of
their strongest,
and struck
down
the
young
men
of
Israel.
For
all
this
they
still
sinned,
and
didn’t
believe
in
his
wondrous
works.
Therefore
he
consumed
their
days
in
vanity,
and
their
years
in
terror.
When
he
killed
them,
then
they
inquired
after
him.
They
returned
and
sought
God
earnestly.
They
remembered
that
God
was
their
rock,
the Most High
God,
their
redeemer.
But
they flattered him
with
their
mouth,
and
lied
to him
with
their
tongue.
For
their
heart
was
not
right
with
him,
neither
were
they
faithful
in
his
covenant.
But
he, being
merciful, forgave
iniquity,
and
didn’t
destroy
them.
Yes,
many times
he
turned
his
anger
away,
and
didn’t
stir
up
all
his
wrath.
He
remembered
that
they
were
but
flesh,
a
wind
that
passes
away,
and
doesn’t
come
again.
How
often
they
rebelled
against
him in
the
wilderness,
and
grieved
him in
the
desert!
They
turned
again
and
tempted
God,
and provoked
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
They
didn’t
remember
his
hand,
nor
the
day
when
he
redeemed
them
from
the adversary;
how
he
set
his
signs
in
Egypt,
his
wonders
in
the
field
of
Zoan,
he
turned
their
rivers
into
blood,
and
their
streams, so
that
they could
not
drink.
He
sent among
them
swarms
of
flies,
which
devoured
them;
and
frogs,
which
destroyed
them.
He also
gave
their
increase
to
the
caterpillar,
and
their
labor
to
the
locust.
He
destroyed
their
vines
with
hail,
their
sycamore fig
trees
with
frost.
He
also
gave
over
their
livestock
to
the
hail,
and
their
flocks
to hot thunderbolts.
He threw
on
them
the
fierceness
of
his
anger,
wrath,
indignation,
and
trouble,
and
a
band
of
angels
of
evil.
He made
a
path
for
his
anger.
He
didn’t
spare
their
soul
from
death,
but
gave
their
life
over
to
the
pestilence,
and
struck
all
the
firstborn
in
Egypt,
the chief
of
their
strength
in
the
tents
of
Ham.
But he
led
out
his own
people
like
sheep,
and guided them
in
the
wilderness
like
a
flock.
He
led
them
safely,
so
that
they weren’t
afraid,
but
the
sea
overwhelmed
their
enemies.
He
brought
them
to
the
border
of
his
sanctuary,
to
this
mountain,
which
his
right
hand
had taken.
He
also
drove
out
the
nations
before
them,
allotted
them
for
an
inheritance
by
line,
and made
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
dwell
in
their
tents.
Yet
they
tempted
and
rebelled
against
the Most High
God,
and
didn’t
keep
his testimonies,
but
turned
back,
and
dealt
treacherously
like
their
fathers.
They were twisted
like
a
deceitful
bow.
For they
provoked
him
to
anger
with their
high
places,
and moved
him
to
jealousy
with their
engraved
images.
When
God
heard this,
he
was angry,
and
greatly abhorred
Israel,
so that
he
abandoned
the
tent
of
Shiloh,
the
tent which
he placed
among
men,
and
delivered
his
strength
into
captivity,
his
glory
into
the adversary’s
hand.
He also
gave
his
people
over
to
the
sword,
and
was angry
with
his
inheritance.
Fire
devoured
their
young
men.
Their
virgins
had
no wedding song.
Their
priests
fell
by
the
sword,
and
their
widows
couldn’t
weep.
Then
the
Lord
awakened
as
one out
of
sleep,
like a
mighty
man
who
shouts by reason
of
wine.
He
struck
his adversaries
backward.
He
put
them
to
a
perpetual
reproach.
Moreover
he
rejected
the
tent
of
Joseph,
and
didn’t
choose
the
tribe
of
Ephraim,
But
chose
the
tribe
of
Judah,
Mount
Zion
which
he
loved.
He
built
his
sanctuary
like
the
heights,
like
the
earth
which
he
has
established
forever.
He
also
chose
David
his
servant,
and
took
him
from
the sheepfolds;
from
following
the
ewes
that
have
their young,
he
brought
him
to
be
the
shepherd
of
Jacob,
his
people,
and
Israel,
his
inheritance.
So
he
was their
shepherd according
to
the
integrity
of his
heart,
and
guided
them by
the skillfulness
of his
hands.
A Psalm by Asaph.
God,
the
nations
have
come
into
your
inheritance.
They
have
defiled
your
holy
temple.
They
have
laid
Jerusalem
in heaps.
They
have
given
the
dead
bodies
of
your
servants
to
be
food
for
the
birds
of
the
sky,
the
flesh
of
your saints
to
the
animals
of
the
earth.
They
have
shed
their
blood
like
water
around
Jerusalem.
There
was
no
one
to
bury
them.
We
have
become
a
reproach
to
our
neighbors,
a
scoffing
and
derision
to
those
who
are
around
us.
How
long,
Yahweh?
Will
you
be
angry
forever?
Will
your
jealousy
burn
like
fire?
Pour
out
your
wrath
on
the
nations
that
don’t
know
you,
on
the
kingdoms
that
don’t
call
on
your
name,
for
they
have
devoured
Jacob,
and
destroyed
his homeland.
Don’t
hold
the
iniquities
of
our
forefathers
against
us.
Let
your tender
mercies speedily
meet
us,
for
we
are
in desperate need.
Help
us,
God
of
our
salvation,
for
the
glory
of
your
name.
Deliver
us,
and
forgive
our
sins,
for
your
name’s
sake.
Why
should
the
nations
say, “Where
is
their
God?”
Let
it
be
known among
the
nations,
before
our
eyes,
that
vengeance
for
your
servants’
blood
is
being
poured
out.
Let
the sighing
of
the
prisoner
come
before
you.
According
to
the
greatness
of
your
power,
preserve
those
who
are sentenced
to
death.
Pay
back
to
our
neighbors
seven
times
into
their
bosom
their
reproach
with
which
they
have reproached
you,
Lord.
So
we,
your
people
and
sheep
of
your
pasture,
will
give
you
thanks
forever.
We
will
praise
you
forever,
to
all
generations.
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm by Asaph.
Hear
us, Shepherd
of Israel,
you who
lead
Joseph
like
a flock,
you who sit
above
the cherubim, shine
out.
Before Ephraim, Benjamin,
and Manasseh, stir
up
your
might!
Come
to save
us!
Turn
us
again, God.
Cause
your
face
to shine,
and we
will be saved.
Yahweh
God
of Armies,
how
long
will
you
be angry
against
the prayer
of
your people?
You
have fed
them
with
the bread
of tears,
and given
them tears
to drink
in large measure.
You make
us
a source
of contention
to our neighbors.
Our enemies laugh among themselves.
Turn
us again, God
of Armies.
Cause
your face
to shine,
and we
will be saved.
You
brought
a vine
out
of Egypt.
You drove
out
the nations,
and planted
it.
You cleared
the ground
for
it.
It took deep root,
and filled
the land.
The mountains
were
covered
with
its shadow.
Its boughs
were
like God’s cedars.
It sent out
its
branches
to
the sea,
its shoots
to
the River.
Why
have
you broken
down
its walls,
so
that
all those who pass
by
the
way pluck
it?
The boar
out
of
the wood ravages
it.
The wild animals
of
the field feed
on
it.
Turn again, we beg you, God
of Armies.
Look down
from heaven,
and see,
and visit this vine,
the stock
which
your right hand planted,
the branch
that
you
made strong
for yourself.
It’s burned
with fire.
It’s cut
down.
They perish
at
your rebuke.
Let
your hand be
on
the
man
of
your right hand,
on
the son
of
man whom
you
made strong
for yourself.
So we
will
not
turn away
from
you.
Revive
us,
and we
will call
on
your name.
Turn
us again, Yahweh
God
of
Armies.
Cause
your face
to shine,
and we
will
be saved.
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. By Asaph.
Sing aloud
to God,
our strength!
Make
a joyful shout
to
the God
of Jacob!
Raise
a song,
and bring here
the tambourine,
the pleasant lyre
with
the harp.
Blow
the trumpet
at
the New Moon,
at
the full moon,
on
our feast day.
For it
is
a statute
for Israel,
an ordinance
of
the God
of Jacob.
He
appointed
it
in Joseph
for
a covenant,
when
he went out over
the land
of Egypt,
I
heard
a language
that
I didn’t know.
“I
removed
his shoulder
from
the burden.
His hands
were freed
from
the basket.
You called
in trouble,
and I delivered
you.
I answered
you
in
the secret place
of thunder.
I tested
you at
the waters
of Meribah.”
Selah.
“Hear,
my people,
and
I
will
testify
to
you,
Israel, if
you would listen
to
me!
There
shall
be
no strange god
in
you,
neither
shall
you
worship any foreign god.
I
am Yahweh,
your
God,
who
brought
you
up out
of
the land
of Egypt.
Open
your mouth wide,
and
I
will fill
it.
But
my
people didn’t listen
to
my voice.
Israel desired none
of
me.
So
I
let
them go after
the stubbornness
of
their hearts,
that
they
might walk
in
their own counsels.
Oh
that
my
people would listen
to
me,
that Israel would walk
in
my ways!
I
would soon subdue
their enemies,
and turn
my hand against
their adversaries.
The haters
of Yahweh would cringe
before
him,
and
their
punishment would last forever.
But
he
would
have
also fed
them
with
the finest
of
the wheat.
I
will satisfy
you
with honey out
of
the rock.”
A Psalm by Asaph.
God presides
in
the
great
assembly.
He
judges
among
the
gods.
“How
long
will
you
judge
unjustly,
and
show
partiality
to
the
wicked?”
Selah.
“Defend
the weak,
the
poor,
and
the
fatherless.
Maintain
the
rights
of
the
poor
and
oppressed.
Rescue
the weak
and
needy.
Deliver
them
out
of
the
hand
of
the
wicked.”
They
don’t
know,
neither
do
they
understand.
They
walk
back
and
forth
in
darkness.
All
the
foundations
of
the
earth
are
shaken.
I
said, “You
are
gods,
all
of
you
are
sons
of
the Most High.
Nevertheless
you
shall
die
like
men,
and
fall
like
one
of
the
rulers.”
Arise,
God,
judge
the
earth,
for
you
inherit
all
of
the
nations.
A song. A Psalm by Asaph.
God, don’t keep silent.
Don’t keep silent,
and don’t be still, God.
For, behold,
your enemies
are stirred up.
Those
who hate you
have lifted up
their heads.
They conspire
with cunning
against
your people.
They plot
against
your cherished ones.
“Come,”
they say, “let’s destroy
them as
a
nation,
that
the name
of
Israel may be remembered no
more.”
For
they
have conspired together
with
one
mind.
They form
an alliance
against
you.
The tents
of Edom
and
the Ishmaelites;
Moab,
and
the Hagrites;
Gebal, Ammon,
and Amalek;
Philistia
with the inhabitants
of Tyre;
Assyria also
is joined
with
them.
They
have helped
the children
of Lot.
Selah.
Do
to
them
as
you did
to Midian,
as
to Sisera,
as
to Jabin,
at
the river Kishon;
who perished
at Endor,
who became
as dung for
the earth.
Make
their nobles
like Oreb
and Zeeb,
yes, all
their princes
like Zebah
and Zalmunna,
who said, “Let’s
take possession
of God’s pasture lands.”
My
God, make
them
like tumbleweed,
like chaff
before
the wind.
As
the fire
that burns
the forest,
as
the flame
that
sets
the mountains
on fire,
so pursue
them
with your tempest,
and terrify
them
with your storm.
Fill
their faces
with confusion,
that
they may seek
your name, Yahweh.
Let
them
be disappointed
and dismayed forever.
Yes, let
them
be confounded
and perish;
that
they may know
that
you alone, whose name is Yahweh,
are
the Most High
over
all
the earth.
For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
How lovely
are
your dwellings,
Yahweh
of Armies!
My soul longs,
and even faints
for
the courts
of
Yahweh.
My heart
and
my flesh cry
out
for
the living
God.
Yes,
the sparrow
has
found
a
home,
and
the swallow
a nest
for
herself,
where
she
may
have
her young,
near
your altars,
Yahweh
of Armies,
my King,
and
my
God.
Blessed
are
those
who dwell
in
your
house.
They
are always praising
you.
Selah.
Blessed
are those whose strength
is
in
you,
who
have
set
their hearts
on
a pilgrimage.
Passing through
the valley
of Weeping,
they make it a place
of springs.
Yes,
the autumn rain covers it with blessings.
They
go
from strength
to strength.
Every one
of
them appears before God
in Zion.
Yahweh,
God
of
Armies, hear
my prayer.
Listen,
God
of Jacob.
Selah.
Behold,
God
our shield,
look
at
the face
of
your anointed.
For
a day
in
your courts
is better than
a thousand.
I would rather
be
a doorkeeper
in
the house
of
my
God,
than
to dwell
in
the tents
of wickedness.
For Yahweh
God
is
a sun
and
a shield.
Yahweh
will give grace
and glory.
He withholds no
good
thing
from
those
who walk blamelessly.
Yahweh
of
Armies,
blessed
is
the man
who trusts
in
you.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Yahweh, you
have been favorable
to
your land.
You
have restored
the fortunes
of Jacob.
You
have forgiven
the iniquity
of
your
people.
You
have covered all
their sin.
Selah.
You
have
taken
away
all
your wrath.
You
have turned
from
the fierceness
of
your
anger.
Turn
us, God
of
our salvation,
and
cause
your indignation
toward
us
to cease.
Will
you
be angry
with
us forever?
Will
you
draw out
your anger
to all generations?
Won’t
you revive us again,
that
your people
may rejoice
in
you?
Show
us
your loving kindness, Yahweh.
Grant
us
your salvation.
I
will hear what
God,
Yahweh,
will speak,
for
he
will speak peace
to
his
people,
his saints;
but
let
them not
turn again
to folly.
Surely
his salvation
is near
those
who fear
him,
that glory
may dwell
in
our land.
Mercy
and truth meet together.
Righteousness
and peace
have kissed each other.
Truth springs out
of
the earth.
Righteousness
has looked down
from heaven.
Yes, Yahweh
will give
that which
is good.
Our
land
will yield its increase.
Righteousness goes before
him,
and prepares
the way
for
his steps.
A Prayer by David.
Hear,
Yahweh,
and
answer
me,
for
I
am
poor
and
needy.
Preserve
my
soul,
for
I
am
godly.
You,
my
God,
save
your
servant
who
trusts
in
you.
Be merciful
to
me,
Lord,
for
I
call
to
you
all
day
long.
Bring
joy
to
the
soul
of
your
servant,
for
to
you,
Lord, do
I
lift
up
my
soul.
For
you,
Lord,
are
good,
and ready
to forgive,
abundant
in loving
kindness
to
all
those
who
call
on
you.
Hear,
Yahweh,
my
prayer.
Listen
to
the
voice
of
my petitions.
In
the
day
of
my
trouble
I
will
call
on
you,
for
you
will
answer
me.
There
is
no
one
like
you among
the
gods,
Lord,
nor
any
deeds
like
your
deeds.
All
nations
you
have
made
will
come
and
worship
before
you,
Lord.
They
shall
glorify
your
name.
For
you
are
great,
and
do
wondrous
things.
You
are
God
alone.
Teach
me
your
way,
Yahweh.
I
will
walk
in
your
truth.
Make
my
heart undivided
to
fear
your
name.
I
will
praise
you,
Lord
my
God,
with
my
whole
heart.
I
will
glorify
your
name
forever
more.
For
your loving
kindness
is
great
toward
me.
You
have
delivered
my
soul
from
the
lowest
Sheol.
86:13
Sheol is the place of the dead.
God,
the
proud
have
risen
up
against
me.
A
company
of
violent
men
have
sought
after
my
soul,
and
they
don’t hold
regard
for
you
before
them.
But
you,
Lord,
are
a
merciful
and
gracious
God,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness
and
truth.
Turn
to
me,
and
have
mercy
on
me!
Give
your
strength
to
your
servant.
Save
the
son
of
your
servant.
Show
me
a
sign
of
your goodness,
that
those
who
hate
me
may
see
it,
and
be
shamed,
because
you,
Yahweh,
have
helped
me,
and
comforted
me.
A Psalm by the sons of Korah; a Song.
His
foundation
is
in
the
holy
mountains.
Yahweh
loves
the
gates
of
Zion more
than
all
the
dwellings
of
Jacob.
Glorious
things
are
spoken
about
you,
city
of
God.
Selah.
I
will record
Rahab
87:4
Rahab is a reference to Egypt.
and
Babylon
among
those
who
acknowledge
me.
Behold,
Philistia,
Tyre,
and
also
Ethiopia:
“This
one
was
born
there.”
Yes,
of
Zion
it
will
be
said, “This
one
and
that
one
was
born
in
her;”
the Most High
himself
will
establish
her.
Yahweh
will
count,
when
he
writes up
the
peoples,
“This
one
was
born
there.”
Selah.
Those
who
sing as well as
those
who dance say,
“All
my
springs are
in
you.”
A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.
Yahweh,
the God
of
my salvation,
I
have cried day
and night
before
you.
Let
my prayer enter
into
your
presence.
Turn
your ear
to
my
cry.
For
my soul
is full
of troubles.
My life draws
near
to Sheol.
88:3
Sheol is the place of the dead.
I am counted among
those
who go
down into
the pit.
I am
like
a
man
who
has no help,
set apart
among
the dead,
like
the slain
who
lie
in
the grave,
whom
you remember
no
more.
They
are cut
off
from
your hand.
You
have
laid
me
in
the lowest pit,
in
the darkest depths.
Your wrath lies heavily on
me.
You have afflicted
me with
all
your waves.
Selah.
You
have taken
my friends
from
me.
You
have
made
me
an abomination
to
them.
I am confined,
and
I can’t escape.
My eyes
are dim
from grief.
I
have called
on
you daily, Yahweh.
I
have
spread
out
my hands
to
you.
Do
you show wonders
to
the dead?
Do
the departed spirits rise
up
and praise
you?
Selah.
Is
your loving kindness declared
in
the grave?
Or
your faithfulness
in Destruction?
Are
your wonders made known
in
the dark?
Or
your righteousness
in
the land
of forgetfulness?
But
to
you, Yahweh,
I
have cried.
In
the morning,
my prayer comes
before
you.
Yahweh, why
do
you reject
my soul?
Why
do
you hide
your face
from
me?
I
am afflicted
and ready
to die
from
my youth
up.
While
I suffer
your terrors,
I
am distracted.
Your fierce wrath has gone over
me.
Your
terrors
have cut
me
off.
They came
around
me
like water all day long.
They completely
engulfed
me.
You
have put lover
and friend
far
from
me,
and
my friends
into darkness.
A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite.
I will sing of
the loving kindness of Yahweh forever.
With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
I
indeed
declare, “Love stands firm
forever.
You established
the heavens.
Your
faithfulness
is
in
them.”
“I
have
made
a covenant
with
my chosen
one,
I
have sworn
to David,
my servant,
‘I
will establish
your offspring forever,
and build up
your throne
to all generations.’”
Selah.
The heavens
will
praise
your wonders, Yahweh,
your faithfulness also
in
the assembly
of
the holy ones.
For
who
in
the skies can
be compared
to
Yahweh?
Who among
the sons
of
the
heavenly beings
is
like
Yahweh,
a very awesome
God
in
the council
of
the holy
ones,
to
be feared above all
those
who
are around
him?
Yahweh,
God
of Armies,
who
is
a
mighty
one,
like
you?
Yah,
your faithfulness
is
around
you.
You rule
the pride
of
the sea.
When
its waves rise up,
you calm
them.
You
have broken Rahab
in pieces, like one
of
the slain.
You
have scattered
your enemies
with
your mighty arm.
The heavens
are
yours.
The earth also
is
yours,
the world
and its fullness.
You
have founded
them.
You
have created
the north
and
the south.
Tabor
and Hermon rejoice
in
your name.
You
have a mighty arm.
Your
hand
is strong,
and
your
right
hand
is exalted.
Righteousness
and justice
are
the foundation
of
your throne.
Loving kindness
and truth go
before
your face.
Blessed
are
the people
who learn
to acclaim
you.
They walk
in
the light
of
your
presence, Yahweh.
In
your name
they rejoice
all day.
In
your righteousness,
they
are exalted.
For
you
are
the glory
of
their strength.
In
your favor,
our horn
will
be
exalted.
For
our shield belongs
to Yahweh,
our king
to
the Holy
One
of Israel.
Then
you spoke
in vision
to
your
saints,
and said, “I
have given strength
to
the warrior.
I
have exalted
a young man
from
the people.
I
have found David,
my servant.
I
have anointed
him
with
my
holy oil,
with whom
my hand
shall
be established.
My arm
will
also strengthen
him.
No enemy
will tax
him.
No wicked man
will oppress
him.
I
will beat down
his adversaries
before
him,
and strike
those
who hate
him.
But
my faithfulness
and
my loving kindness
will be
with
him.
In
my name,
his horn
will be exalted.
I
will
set
his hand
also
on
the sea,
and
his right hand
on
the rivers.
He
will call
to
me, ‘You
are
my Father,
my
God,
and
the rock
of
my salvation!’
I
will also appoint
him
my firstborn,
the highest
of
the kings
of
the earth.
I
will keep
my loving kindness
for
him forever
more.
My covenant
will stand firm
with
him.
I
will also make
his offspring
endure
forever,
and
his throne
as
the
days
of heaven.
If
his
children forsake
my law,
and don’t walk
in
my ordinances;
if
they break
my statutes,
and
don’t keep
my commandments;
then
I
will punish
their sin
with
the rod,
and
their iniquity
with stripes.
But
I
will not completely
take
my loving kindness from
him,
nor allow
my faithfulness
to fail.
I
will
not break
my covenant,
nor alter what
my lips
have uttered.
Once
I
have sworn
by
my holiness,
I
will
not lie
to David.
His offspring
will endure forever,
his throne like
the sun before me.
It
will
be established
forever
like
the moon,
the faithful witness
in
the sky.”
Selah.
But
you
have rejected
and spurned.
You
have
been angry with
your anointed.
You
have renounced
the covenant of
your servant.
You
have defiled
his crown
in
the dust.
You
have broken down all
his hedges.
You
have brought
his strongholds
to ruin.
All
who pass
by
the
way rob
him.
He
has become
a reproach
to
his neighbors.
You
have exalted
the right hand
of
his adversaries.
You
have
made
all
of
his enemies rejoice.
Yes,
you
turn back
the edge
of
his sword,
and haven’t supported
him
in battle.
You
have ended
his splendor,
and thrown
his throne down
to
the ground.
You
have shortened
the days
of
his youth.
You
have covered him
with shame.
Selah.
How
long, Yahweh?
Will
you hide
yourself
forever?
Will
your wrath burn
like fire?
Remember
how short
my
time
is,
for
what vanity
you
have created
all
the children
of men!
What
man
is
he
who
shall live
and
not see death,
who
shall deliver
his soul
from
the power
of Sheol?
89:48
Sheol is the place of the dead.
Selah.
Lord,
where
are
your former loving kindnesses,
which
you swore
to
David
in
your faithfulness?
Remember,
Lord,
the reproach
of
your servants,
how
I bear
in
my heart
the taunts
of all
the mighty peoples,
With which
your enemies
have mocked, Yahweh,
with which
they
have mocked
the footsteps
of
your anointed
one.
Blessed
be
Yahweh forever more.
Amen,
and Amen.
BOOK 4
A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.
90:0
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Lord,
90:1
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
you
have
been
our
dwelling
place
for
all
generations.
Before
the
mountains
were
born,
before
you
had formed
the
earth
and
the
world,
even
from
everlasting
to
everlasting,
you
are
God.
You
turn
man
to destruction,
saying,
“Return,
you
children
of
men.”
For
a
thousand
years
in
your
sight
are just
like yesterday
when
it
is past,
like
a
watch
in
the
night.
You
sweep
them
away
as
they
sleep.
In
the
morning
they
sprout
like
new
grass.
In
the
morning
it
sprouts
and springs
up.
By
evening,
it is
withered
and
dry.
For
we
are
consumed
in
your
anger.
We
are troubled
in
your
wrath.
You
have
set
our
iniquities
before
you,
our
secret
sins
in
the
light
of
your
presence.
For
all
our
days
have passed
away
in
your
wrath.
We bring
our
years
to
an
end
as
a
sigh.
The
days
of
our
years
are
seventy,
or
even
by reason
of
strength
eighty
years;
yet
their
pride
is
but
labor
and
sorrow,
for
it passes
quickly,
and
we
fly away.
Who
knows
the
power
of
your
anger,
your
wrath according
to
the
fear
that
is due
to
you?
So
teach
us
to
count
our
days,
that
we
may
gain
a
heart
of
wisdom.
Relent,
Yahweh!
90:13
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
How
long?
Have
compassion
on
your
servants!
Satisfy
us
in
the
morning
with
your loving
kindness,
that
we
may
rejoice
and
be
glad
all
our
days.
Make
us
glad
for
as many
days
as
you
have afflicted
us,
for
as many
years
as
we
have
seen
evil.
Let
your
work
appear
to
your
servants,
your glory
to
their
children.
Let
the
favor
of
the
Lord
our
God
be
on
us.
Establish
the
work
of
our
hands
for
us.
Yes,
establish
the
work
of
our
hands.
He
who
dwells
in
the secret place
of
the Most High
will rest
in
the
shadow
of
the
Almighty.
I
will
say
of
Yahweh, “He
is
my
refuge
and
my fortress;
my
God,
in whom
I
trust.”
For
he
will
deliver
you
from
the
snare
of
the
fowler,
and
from
the
deadly
pestilence.
He
will cover
you
with
his feathers.
Under
his
wings
you
will
take
refuge.
His
faithfulness
is
your
shield
and rampart.
You
shall
not
be
afraid
of
the
terror
by
night,
nor
of
the
arrow
that
flies
by
day,
nor of
the
pestilence
that
walks
in
darkness,
nor of
the
destruction
that wastes
at noonday.
A
thousand
may
fall
at
your
side,
and
ten
thousand
at
your
right
hand;
but
it
will
not
come
near
you.
You
will
only
look
with
your
eyes,
and
see
the
recompense
of
the
wicked.
Because
you
have
made
Yahweh
your
refuge,
and
the Most High
your
dwelling
place,
no
evil
shall happen
to
you,
neither
shall
any
plague
come
near
your dwelling.
For
he
will
put
his
angels
in
charge
of
you,
to
guard
you
in
all
your
ways.
They
will
bear
you
up
in
their
hands,
so
that
you won’t dash
your
foot
against
a
stone.
You will
tread
on
the
lion
and
cobra.
You will
trample
the
young
lion
and
the
serpent
underfoot.
“Because
he
has
set
his love
on
me,
therefore
I
will
deliver
him.
I
will
set
him
on
high,
because
he
has
known
my
name.
He
will
call
on
me,
and
I
will
answer
him.
I
will be
with
him
in
trouble.
I
will
deliver
him,
and
honor
him.
I
will
satisfy
him
with
long
life,
and
show
him
my
salvation.”
A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
It
is
a good thing
to give thanks
to Yahweh,
to sing
praises
to
your name, Most High,
to proclaim
your loving kindness
in
the morning,
and
your faithfulness every night,
with
the ten-stringed lute,
with
the harp,
and
with
the melody
of
the lyre.
For
you, Yahweh,
have made
me glad
through
your work.
I will triumph
in
the
works
of
your hands.
How great
are
your
works,
Yahweh!
Your thoughts
are
very deep.
A senseless man doesn’t know,
neither
does
a fool understand
this:
though
the wicked spring
up
as
the grass,
and
all
the evildoers flourish,
they
will
be destroyed forever.
But
you, Yahweh,
are
on high
forever
more.
For behold,
your enemies,
Yahweh,
for behold,
your enemies
shall perish.
All
the evildoers
will
be scattered.
But
you
have exalted
my horn
like
that
of
the wild ox.
I
am anointed
with fresh oil.
My eye has also seen
my enemies.
My ears have heard
of
the wicked enemies who
rise
up against
me.
The righteous shall flourish
like
the palm tree.
He
will grow
like
a cedar
in Lebanon.
They
are planted
in Yahweh’s house.
They
will
flourish
in our God’s courts.
They
will still produce fruit
in old age.
They
will
be full
of sap
and green,
to
show
that Yahweh
is upright.
He
is
my rock,
and
there
is no unrighteousness
in
him.
Yahweh
reigns!
He
is
clothed
with
majesty!
Yahweh
is
armed
with
strength.
The
world
also
is
established.
It can’t
be
moved.
Your
throne
is
established
from
long
ago.
You
are
from
everlasting.
The
floods
have
lifted
up,
Yahweh,
the
floods
have
lifted
up
their
voice.
The
floods
lift
up
their
waves.
Above
the
voices
of
many
waters,
the
mighty
breakers
of
the
sea,
Yahweh
on
high
is
mighty.
Your statutes
stand
firm.
Holiness adorns
your
house,
Yahweh,
forever
more.
Yahweh, you
God
to whom
vengeance belongs,
you
God
to whom
vengeance belongs,
shine out.
Rise
up,
you
judge
of
the
earth.
Pay
back
the
proud
what
they deserve.
Yahweh,
how
long
will
the
wicked,
how
long
will
the
wicked triumph?
They
pour
out arrogant words.
All
the
evildoers
boast.
They break
your
people
in pieces,
Yahweh,
and
afflict
your
heritage.
They
kill
the
widow
and
the
alien,
and
murder
the
fatherless.
They
say, “Yah
will
not
see,
neither
will
Jacob’s
God
consider.”
Consider,
you senseless among
the
people;
you
fools,
when
will
you be
wise?
He
who implanted
the
ear,
won’t
he
hear?
He
who
formed
the
eye,
won’t
he
see?
He
who
disciplines
the
nations,
won’t
he
punish?
He
who
teaches
man knows.
Yahweh
knows
the
thoughts
of
man,
that
they
are
futile.
Blessed
is
the
man
whom
you
discipline, Yah,
and
teach out
of
your
law,
that
you
may give
him
rest
from
the
days
of adversity,
until
the
pit
is
dug
for
the
wicked.
For
Yahweh
won’t
reject
his
people,
neither
will
he
forsake
his
inheritance.
For
judgment
will
return
to
righteousness.
All
the
upright
in
heart
shall
follow
it.
Who
will
rise
up
for
me
against
the
wicked?
Who
will
stand
up
for
me
against
the
evildoers?
Unless
Yahweh
had
been
my
help,
my
soul
would
have
soon
lived
in
silence.
When
I
said, “My
foot
is slipping!”
Your loving
kindness,
Yahweh, held
me up.
In
the
multitude
of
my
thoughts
within
me,
your comforts delight
my
soul.
Shall
the
throne
of
wickedness
have fellowship
with
you,
which brings
about
mischief
by
statute?
They gather
themselves
together
against
the
soul
of
the
righteous,
and
condemn
the
innocent
blood.
But
Yahweh
has
been
my high tower,
my
God,
the
rock
of
my
refuge.
He
has
brought
on
them
their own
iniquity,
and
will
cut
them
off
in
their own
wickedness.
Yahweh,
our
God,
will
cut
them
off.
Oh come, let’s
sing
to
Yahweh.
Let’s
shout
aloud
to
the
rock
of
our
salvation!
Let’s
come
before
his
presence
with
thanksgiving.
Let’s extol
him
with
songs!
For
Yahweh
is
a
great
God,
a
great
King
above
all
gods.
In
his
hand
are
the deep places
of
the
earth.
The heights
of
the
mountains
are
also
his.
The
sea
is
his,
and
he
made
it.
His
hands
formed
the
dry
land.
Oh
come, let’s
worship
and
bow
down.
Let’s
kneel
before
Yahweh,
our Maker,
for
he
is
our
God.
We
are
the
people
of
his
pasture,
and
the
sheep
in
his
care.
Today,
oh
that
you would
hear
his
voice!
Don’t
harden
your
heart,
as
at Meribah,
as
in
the
day
of Massah
in
the
wilderness,
when
your
fathers
tempted
me,
tested
me,
and
saw
my
work.
Forty long
years
I
was grieved
with
that
generation,
and
said, “They
are
a
people
who
err
in
their
heart.
They
have
not
known
my
ways.”
Therefore
I
swore
in
my
wrath,
“They won’t
enter
into
my
rest.”
Sing
to
Yahweh
a
new
song!
Sing
to
Yahweh,
all
the
earth.
Sing
to
Yahweh!
Bless
his
name!
Proclaim
his
salvation
from
day
to
day!
Declare
his
glory
among
the
nations,
his
marvelous
works
among
all
the
peoples.
For
Yahweh
is
great,
and
greatly
to
be
praised!
He
is
to
be
feared
above
all
gods.
For
all
the
gods
of
the
peoples
are
idols,
but
Yahweh
made
the
heavens.
Honor
and
majesty
are
before
him.
Strength
and
beauty
are
in
his
sanctuary.
Ascribe
to
Yahweh,
you
families
of
nations,
ascribe
to
Yahweh
glory
and
strength.
Ascribe
to
Yahweh
the
glory due
to
his
name.
Bring
an
offering,
and
come
into
his courts.
Worship
Yahweh
in
holy array.
Tremble
before
him,
all
the
earth.
Say among
the
nations, “Yahweh
reigns.”
The
world
is
also
established.
It can’t
be
moved.
He
will
judge
the
peoples
with
equity.
Let
the
heavens
be
glad,
and
let
the
earth
rejoice.
Let
the
sea
roar,
and
its
fullness!
Let
the
field
and
all
that
is
in
it
exult!
Then
all
the
trees
of
the
woods
shall
sing
for
joy
before
Yahweh;
for
he
comes,
for
he
comes
to
judge
the
earth.
He
will
judge
the
world
with
righteousness,
the
peoples
with
his
truth.
Yahweh
reigns!
Let
the
earth
rejoice!
Let
the multitude
of
islands
be
glad!
Clouds
and
darkness
are
around
him.
Righteousness
and
justice
are
the
foundation
of
his
throne.
A
fire
goes
before
him,
and
burns
up
his adversaries
on
every
side.
His
lightning lights
up
the
world.
The
earth
sees,
and trembles.
The
mountains
melt
like
wax
at
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
at
the
presence
of
the
Lord
of
the
whole
earth.
The
heavens
declare
his
righteousness.
All
the
peoples
have
seen
his
glory.
Let
all
them
be
shamed
who
serve engraved
images,
who
boast
in
their
idols.
Worship
him,
all
you
gods!
97:7
LXX reads “angels” instead of “gods”.
Zion
heard
and
was
glad.
The
daughters
of
Judah
rejoiced
because
of
your
judgments,
Yahweh.
For
you,
Yahweh,
are
most high
above
all
the
earth.
You
are
exalted
far
above
all
gods.
You
who
love
Yahweh,
hate
evil!
He
preserves
the
souls
of
his saints.
He
delivers
them
out
of
the
hand
of
the
wicked.
Light
is
sown
for
the
righteous,
and
gladness
for
the
upright
in
heart.
Be
glad
in
Yahweh,
you
righteous people!
Give
thanks
to
his
holy
Name.
A Psalm.
Sing
to
Yahweh
a
new
song,
for
he
has
done
marvelous
things!
His
right
hand
and
his
holy
arm
have
worked
salvation
for
him.
Yahweh
has
made
known
his
salvation.
He
has openly
shown
his
righteousness
in
the
sight
of
the
nations.
He
has
remembered
his loving
kindness
and
his
faithfulness toward
the
house
of
Israel.
All
the
ends
of
the
earth
have
seen
the
salvation
of
our
God.
Make
a joyful noise
to
Yahweh,
all
the
earth!
Burst
out
and
sing
for
joy, yes,
sing
praises!
Sing
praises
to
Yahweh
with
the
harp,
with
the
harp
and
the
voice
of
melody.
With
trumpets
and
sound
of
the
ram’s
horn,
make
a joyful
noise
before
the
King,
Yahweh.
Let
the
sea
roar
with
its
fullness;
the
world,
and those
who
dwell therein.
Let
the
rivers
clap
their
hands.
Let
the
mountains
sing
for
joy
together.
Let
them sing
before
Yahweh,
for
he
comes
to
judge
the
earth.
He
will
judge
the
world
with
righteousness,
and
the
peoples
with
equity.
Yahweh
reigns! Let
the
peoples
tremble.
He
sits
enthroned
among
the
cherubim.
Let
the
earth
be
moved.
Yahweh
is
great
in
Zion.
He
is
high
above
all
the
peoples.
Let
them
praise
your
great
and
awesome
name.
He
is
Holy!
The
King’s
strength
also
loves
justice.
You
establish
equity.
You execute
justice
and
righteousness
in
Jacob.
Exalt
Yahweh
our
God.
Worship
at
his footstool.
He
is
Holy!
Moses
and
Aaron
were
among
his
priests,
Samuel
was
among
those
who
call
on
his
name.
They
called
on
Yahweh,
and
he
answered
them.
He
spoke
to
them
in
the
pillar
of
cloud.
They
kept
his testimonies,
the
statute
that
he
gave
them.
You
answered
them,
Yahweh
our
God.
You
are
a
God
who
forgave
them,
although
you
took
vengeance
for
their doings.
Exalt
Yahweh,
our
God.
Worship
at
his
holy
hill,
for
Yahweh,
our
God,
is
holy!
A Psalm of thanksgiving.
Shout
for
joy
to
Yahweh,
all
you
lands!
Serve
Yahweh
with
gladness.
Come
before
his
presence
with
singing.
Know
that
Yahweh,
he
is
God.
It
is
he
who
has
made
us,
and
we
are
his.
We
are
his
people,
and
the
sheep
of
his
pasture.
Enter
into
his
gates
with
thanksgiving,
and
into
his
courts
with
praise.
Give
thanks
to
him,
and
bless
his
name.
For
Yahweh
is
good.
His loving
kindness
endures
forever,
his
faithfulness
to
all
generations.
A Psalm by David.
I
will
sing
of loving
kindness
and
justice.
To
you,
Yahweh,
I
will
sing
praises.
I
will
be careful
to
live
a
blameless life.
When
will
you
come
to
me?
I
will
walk
within
my
house
with
a
blameless
heart.
I
will
set
no vile
thing
before
my
eyes.
I
hate
the
deeds
of faithless
men.
They
will
not
cling
to
me.
A
perverse
heart
will
be far
from
me.
I
will
have
nothing
to
do
with
evil.
I
will silence whoever secretly
slanders
his
neighbor.
I
won’t
tolerate
one
who
is
arrogant
and conceited.
My
eyes
will
be
on
the
faithful
of
the
land,
that
they
may
dwell
with
me.
He
who
walks
in
a
perfect
way,
he
will
serve
me.
He
who
practices
deceit
won’t
dwell
within
my
house.
He
who
speaks
falsehood
won’t
be
established
before
my
eyes.
Morning
by
morning,
I
will
destroy
all
the
wicked
of
the
land,
to
cut
off
all
the
workers
of
iniquity
from
Yahweh’s
city.
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed and pours out his complaint before Yahweh.
Hear
my
prayer,
Yahweh!
Let
my cry come
to
you.
Don’t hide
your face
from
me
in
the day
of
my distress.
Turn
your ear
to
me.
Answer
me quickly
in
the day
when
I
call.
For
my
days consume
away
like smoke.
My bones
are burned
as
a torch.
My heart
is blighted like grass,
and withered,
for
I forget
to eat
my bread.
By reason
of
the voice
of
my groaning,
my bones stick
to
my skin.
I am like
a pelican
of
the wilderness.
I have become as
an owl
of
the waste places.
I watch,
and
have
become
like
a sparrow
that
is alone
on
the housetop.
My enemies reproach
me all day.
Those who
are mad
at
me
use
my name
as
a curse.
For
I
have eaten ashes like bread,
and mixed
my drink
with tears,
because
of
your indignation
and
your wrath;
for
you
have taken
me
up
and thrown
me
away.
My days
are
like
a
long shadow.
I
have withered
like grass.
But
you, Yahweh,
will remain
forever;
your renown endures
to
all generations.
You
will arise
and
have
mercy
on Zion,
for
it
is
time
to
have pity
on her.
Yes,
the
set
time
has come.
For
your servants
take pleasure
in
her stones,
and
have
pity
on
her dust.
So
the nations
will fear Yahweh’s name,
all
the kings
of
the
earth
your glory.
For
Yahweh
has built
up Zion.
He
has appeared
in
his
glory.
He
has responded
to
the prayer
of
the destitute,
and
has
not despised
their prayer.
This
will
be written
for
the generation
to come.
A
people which
will
be created
will praise Yah,
for he
has looked
down
from
the height
of
his sanctuary.
From heaven, Yahweh saw
the earth,
to hear
the groans
of
the prisoner,
to free
those
who
are condemned
to death,
that
men
may declare Yahweh’s name
in Zion,
and
his praise
in Jerusalem,
when
the peoples
are gathered together,
the kingdoms,
to serve
Yahweh.
He weakened
my strength
along
the course.
He shortened
my days.
I said, “My God, don’t take
me away
in
the middle
of
my
days.
Your
years
are
throughout
all generations.
Of
old,
you laid
the foundation
of
the
earth.
The heavens
are
the work
of
your hands.
They
will perish, but
you
will endure.
Yes, all
of
them
will wear
out
like
a garment.
You
will change
them
like
a cloak,
and
they
will
be changed.
But
you
are
the same.
Your years
will
have
no end.
The children
of
your servants
will continue.
Their offspring
will
be
established
before
you.”
By David.
Praise
Yahweh,
my
soul!
All
that
is
within
me,
praise
his
holy
name!
Praise
Yahweh,
my
soul,
and
don’t
forget
all
his
benefits,
who forgives
all
your
sins,
who
heals
all
your
diseases,
who
redeems
your
life from
destruction,
who crowns
you with loving
kindness
and tender
mercies,
who
satisfies
your desire
with
good
things,
so
that
your
youth
is
renewed like
the
eagle’s.
Yahweh executes
righteous
acts,
and
justice
for
all
who
are
oppressed.
He
made
known
his
ways
to
Moses,
his
deeds
to
the
children
of
Israel.
Yahweh
is
merciful
and
gracious,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness.
He
will
not
always
accuse;
neither
will
he stay
angry
forever.
He
has
not
dealt
with
us
according
to
our
sins,
nor
repaid
us
for
our
iniquities.
For
as
the
heavens
are
high
above
the
earth,
so
great
is
his loving
kindness
toward
those
who
fear
him.
As
far as
the
east
is
from
the
west,
so
far has
he
removed
our
transgressions
from
us.
Like
a
father
has
compassion
on
his
children,
so
Yahweh
has
compassion
on
those
who
fear
him.
For
he
knows
how
we
are
made.
He
remembers
that
we
are
dust.
As
for
man,
his
days
are
like
grass.
As
a
flower
of
the
field,
so
he flourishes.
For
the
wind
passes
over
it,
and
it
is
gone.
Its
place remembers
it
no
more.
But
Yahweh’s loving
kindness
is
from
everlasting
to
everlasting
with
those
who
fear
him,
his
righteousness
to
children’s
children,
to those
who
keep
his
covenant,
to those
who
remember
to
obey
his
precepts.
Yahweh
has
established
his
throne
in
the
heavens.
His
kingdom
rules
over
all.
Praise
Yahweh,
you
angels
of
his,
who
are
mighty
in
strength,
who fulfill
his
word,
obeying
the
voice
of
his
word.
Praise
Yahweh,
all
you
armies
of
his,
you
servants
of
his,
who
do
his
pleasure.
Praise
Yahweh,
all
you
works
of
his,
in
all
places
of
his
dominion.
Praise
Yahweh,
my
soul!
Bless
Yahweh,
my
soul.
Yahweh,
my
God,
you
are
very
great.
You
are
clothed
with
honor
and
majesty.
He
covers himself
with
light as
with
a
garment.
He
stretches
out
the
heavens
like
a
curtain.
He
lays
the beams
of
his
rooms
in
the
waters.
He
makes
the
clouds
his
chariot.
He
walks
on
the
wings
of
the
wind.
He
makes
his
messengers
104:4
or, angels
winds,
and
his
servants flames
of
fire.
He
laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth,
that
it
should
not
be
moved
forever.
You
covered
it
with
the
deep
as
with
a cloak.
The
waters
stood
above
the
mountains.
At
your
rebuke
they
fled.
At
the
voice
of
your
thunder
they
hurried
away.
The
mountains
rose,
the
valleys
sank
down,
to
the
place
which
you had assigned
to
them.
You
have
set
a
boundary
that
they
may
not
pass
over,
that
they don’t
turn
again
to
cover
the
earth.
He
sends
springs
into
the
valleys.
They
run
among
the
mountains.
They
give
drink
to
every
animal
of
the
field.
The
wild
donkeys
quench
their
thirst.
The
birds
of
the
sky
nest
by
them.
They sing
among
the branches.
He
waters
the
mountains
from
his
rooms.
The
earth
is
filled
with
the
fruit
of
your
works.
He
causes
the
grass
to
grow
for
the
livestock,
and
plants
for
man
to cultivate,
that
he
may produce
food
out
of
the
earth:
wine
that
makes
the
heart
of
man
glad,
oil
to
make
his
face
to
shine,
and
bread
that strengthens
man’s
heart.
Yahweh’s
trees
are
well watered,
the
cedars
of
Lebanon,
which
he
has
planted,
where
the
birds
make
their
nests.
The
stork makes
its
home
in
the
cypress
trees.
The
high
mountains
are
for
the
wild
goats.
The
rocks
are
a
refuge
for
the
rock badgers.
He
appointed
the
moon
for
seasons.
The
sun
knows
when
to
set.
You
make
darkness,
and
it
is
night,
in which
all
the
animals
of
the
forest
prowl.
The
young
lions
roar after
their
prey,
and
seek
their
food
from
God.
The
sun
rises,
and
they steal
away,
and
lie
down
in
their
dens.
Man
goes
out
to
his
work,
to
his
labor
until
the
evening.
Yahweh,
how
many
are
your
works!
In
wisdom,
you
have
made
them
all.
The
earth
is
full
of
your riches.
There
is
the
sea,
great
and
wide,
in
which
are
innumerable
living
things,
both
small
and
large
animals.
There
the
ships
go,
and
leviathan, whom
you
formed
to
play
there.
These
all wait
for
you,
that
you
may
give
them
their
food
in due
season.
You
give
to
them;
they
gather.
You
open
your
hand;
they
are
satisfied
with
good.
You
hide
your
face;
they
are troubled.
You
take
away
their
breath;
they
die
and
return
to
the
dust.
You
send
out
your
Spirit
and
they
are
created.
You
renew
the
face
of
the
ground.
Let
Yahweh’s
glory
endure
forever.
Let
Yahweh
rejoice
in
his
works.
He
looks
at
the
earth,
and
it
trembles.
He
touches
the
mountains,
and
they
smoke.
I
will
sing
to
Yahweh
as
long
as
I
live.
I
will
sing
praise
to
my
God
while
I
have
any
being.
Let
my
meditation
be
sweet
to
him.
I
will
rejoice
in
Yahweh.
Let
sinners
be
consumed
out
of
the
earth.
Let
the
wicked
be
no
more.
Bless
Yahweh,
my
soul.
Praise Yah!
Give
thanks
to
Yahweh!
Call
on
his
name!
Make
his doings
known
among
the
peoples.
Sing
to
him,
sing
praises
to
him!
Tell
of
all
his
marvelous
works.
Glory
in
his
holy
name.
Let
the
heart
of those
who
seek
Yahweh
rejoice.
Seek
Yahweh
and
his
strength.
Seek
his
face forever more.
Remember
his
marvelous
works
that
he
has
done:
his
wonders,
and
the
judgments
of
his
mouth,
you
offspring
of
Abraham,
his
servant,
you
children
of
Jacob,
his
chosen
ones.
He
is
Yahweh,
our
God.
His
judgments
are
in
all
the
earth.
He
has
remembered
his
covenant
forever,
the
word
which
he
commanded
to
a
thousand
generations,
the covenant
which
he
made
with
Abraham,
his
oath
to
Isaac,
and
confirmed
it
to
Jacob
for
a
statute;
to
Israel
for an
everlasting
covenant,
saying, “To
you
I
will
give
the
land
of
Canaan,
the lot
of
your
inheritance,”
when they
were
but
a
few
men
in
number,
yes, very
few,
and
foreigners
in
it.
They
went
about
from
nation
to
nation,
from
one
kingdom
to
another
people.
He allowed
no
one
to do
them wrong.
Yes,
he
reproved
kings
for
their
sakes,
“Don’t
touch
my
anointed
ones!
Do
my
prophets
no
harm!”
He
called
for
a
famine
on
the
land.
He destroyed
the
food supplies.
He
sent
a
man
before
them.
Joseph
was
sold
for
a
slave.
They bruised
his
feet
with
shackles.
His neck
was locked
in
irons,
until
the
time
that
his
word
happened,
and
Yahweh’s
word
proved
him
true.
The
king
sent
and freed
him,
even
the
ruler
of
peoples,
and
let
him
go
free.
He
made
him
lord
of
his
house,
and
ruler
of
all
of
his
possessions,
to discipline
his
princes at
his pleasure,
and
to
teach
his
elders
wisdom.
Israel
also
came
into
Egypt.
Jacob
lived
in
the
land
of
Ham.
He
increased
his
people
greatly,
and
made
them stronger than their adversaries.
He
turned
their
heart
to
hate
his
people,
to conspire
against
his
servants.
He
sent
Moses,
his
servant,
and
Aaron,
whom
he
had
chosen.
They
performed
miracles
among
them,
and
wonders
in
the
land
of
Ham.
He
sent
darkness,
and
made
it
dark.
They
didn’t
rebel
against
his
words.
He
turned
their
waters
into
blood,
and
killed
their
fish.
Their
land
swarmed
with
frogs,
even
in
the
rooms
of their
kings.
He
spoke,
and
swarms
of
flies
came,
and lice
in
all
their
borders.
He
gave
them
hail
for
rain,
with lightning
in
their
land.
He
struck
their
vines
and also
their
fig
trees,
and
shattered
the
trees
of
their country.
He
spoke,
and
the
locusts
came
with
the
grasshoppers,
without
number.
They
ate
up
every
plant
in
their
land,
and
ate
up
the
fruit
of
their
ground.
He
struck also
all
the
firstborn
in
their
land,
the
first
fruits
of
all
their manhood.
He
brought
them
out
with
silver
and
gold.
There
was
not
one
feeble person among
his
tribes.
Egypt
was
glad
when
they
departed,
for
the
fear
of
them
had
fallen
on
them.
He
spread
a
cloud
for
a
covering,
fire
to
give
light
in
the
night.
They
asked,
and
he
brought
quails,
and
satisfied
them
with
the
bread
of
the
sky.
He
opened
the
rock,
and
waters
gushed
out.
They
ran
as
a
river
in
the
dry
places.
For
he
remembered
his
holy
word,
and
Abraham,
his
servant.
He
brought
his
people
out
with
joy,
his
chosen
with
singing.
He
gave
them
the
lands
of
the
nations.
They
took
the
labor
of
the
peoples
in
possession,
that they might
keep
his
statutes,
and
observe
his
laws.
Praise Yah!
Praise
Yahweh!
Give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
for
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Who
can
utter
the
mighty
acts
of
Yahweh,
or fully declare
all
his
praise?
Blessed
are
those
who
keep
justice.
Blessed
is
one
who
does
what
is
right
at
all
times.
Remember
me,
Yahweh,
with
the
favor
that
you show
to
your
people.
Visit
me
with
your
salvation,
that
I
may
see
the
prosperity
of
your
chosen,
that
I
may
rejoice
in
the
gladness
of
your
nation,
that
I
may glory
with
your
inheritance.
We
have
sinned
with
our
fathers.
We
have
committed iniquity.
We
have
done
wickedly.
Our
fathers
didn’t
understand
your
wonders
in
Egypt.
They
didn’t
remember
the
multitude
of
your loving kindnesses,
but
were
rebellious
at
the
sea,
even
at
the Red
Sea.
Nevertheless
he
saved
them
for
his
name’s
sake,
that
he
might
make
his
mighty
power
known.
He
rebuked
the Red
Sea also,
and it
was dried
up;
so he led them through
the
depths, as through
a
desert.
He
saved
them
from
the
hand
of
him
who
hated
them,
and
redeemed
them
from
the
hand
of
the
enemy.
The
waters
covered
their adversaries.
There
was
not
one
of
them
left.
Then they
believed
his
words.
They
sang
his
praise.
They
soon
forgot
his
works.
They
didn’t
wait
for
his
counsel,
but gave
in
to
craving
in
the
desert,
and
tested
God
in
the
wasteland.
He
gave
them
their
request,
but
sent leanness
into
their
soul.
They
envied
Moses
also
in
the
camp,
and
Aaron,
Yahweh’s saint.
The
earth
opened
and
swallowed
up
Dathan,
and
covered
the
company
of
Abiram.
A
fire
was kindled
in
their
company.
The
flame
burned
up
the
wicked.
They
made
a
calf
in
Horeb,
and
worshiped
a molten image.
Thus
they
exchanged
their
glory
for an
image
of
a
bull
that
eats
grass.
They
forgot
God,
their
Savior,
who
had
done
great
things
in
Egypt,
wondrous
works
in
the
land
of
Ham,
and
awesome
things
by
the Red
Sea.
Therefore
he
said
that
he
would
destroy
them,
had
Moses,
his
chosen, not
stood
before
him
in
the
breach,
to
turn
away
his
wrath,
so
that
he wouldn’t
destroy
them.
Yes,
they despised
the
pleasant
land.
They
didn’t
believe
his
word,
but murmured
in
their
tents,
and
didn’t
listen
to
Yahweh’s
voice.
Therefore
he
swore
to
them
that
he would overthrow
them
in
the
wilderness,
that
he would overthrow
their
offspring
among
the
nations,
and
scatter
them
in
the
lands.
They
joined themselves also
to
Baal
Peor,
and
ate
the
sacrifices
of
the
dead.
Thus they
provoked
him
to
anger
with
their
deeds.
The
plague
broke in on them.
Then
Phinehas
stood
up
and executed
judgment,
so
the
plague
was
stopped.
That was
credited
to
him
for
righteousness,
for
all
generations
to come.
They angered
him
also
at
the
waters
of Meribah,
so
that
Moses
was troubled
for
their
sakes;
because
they
were
rebellious
against
his
spirit,
he
spoke
rashly
with
his
lips.
They
didn’t
destroy
the
peoples,
as
Yahweh
commanded
them,
but mixed themselves
with
the
nations,
and
learned
their
works.
They
served
their
idols,
which
became
a
snare
to
them.
Yes, they
sacrificed
their
sons
and
their
daughters
to
demons.
They
shed
innocent
blood,
even
the
blood
of
their
sons
and
of
their
daughters,
whom
they
sacrificed
to
the
idols
of
Canaan.
The
land
was
polluted
with
blood.
Thus they were
defiled
with
their
works,
and
prostituted themselves
in
their
deeds.
Therefore
Yahweh
burned
with
anger
against
his
people.
He
abhorred
his
inheritance.
He
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
the
nations.
Those
who
hated
them
ruled
over
them.
Their
enemies also
oppressed
them.
They
were
brought
into subjection
under
their
hand.
He
rescued
them
many
times,
but
they
were
rebellious
in
their
counsel,
and
were
brought
low
in
their
iniquity.
Nevertheless
he
regarded
their
distress,
when
he
heard
their
cry.
He
remembered
for
them
his
covenant,
and
repented according
to
the
multitude
of
his loving kindnesses.
He
made
them
also
to
be pitied
by
all
those
who
carried
them
captive.
Save
us,
Yahweh,
our
God,
gather
us
from
among
the
nations,
to
give
thanks
to
your
holy
name,
to triumph
in
your
praise!
Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
from
everlasting
even
to
everlasting!
Let
all
the
people
say, “Amen.”
Praise Yah!
BOOK 5
Give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
107:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
for
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Let
the
redeemed
by
Yahweh
say
so,
whom
he
has
redeemed
from
the
hand
of
the adversary,
and
gathered out
of
the
lands,
from
the
east
and
from
the
west,
from
the
north
and
from
the
south.
They
wandered
in
the
wilderness
in
a
desert
way.
They
found
no
city
to
live
in.
Hungry
and
thirsty,
their
soul fainted
in them.
Then
they
cried
to
Yahweh
in
their
trouble,
and
he
delivered
them
out
of
their
distresses.
He
led
them also
by
a
straight
way,
that
they might go
to
a
city
to
live
in.
Let
them
praise
Yahweh
for
his loving
kindness,
for
his
wonderful
deeds
to
the
children
of
men!
For
he
satisfies
the longing
soul.
He
fills
the
hungry
soul
with
good.
Some
sat
in
darkness
and
in
the
shadow
of
death,
being
bound
in affliction
and
iron,
because
they
rebelled
against
the
words
of
God,
107:11
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
and condemned
the
counsel
of
the Most High.
Therefore
he
brought
down
their
heart
with
labor.
They fell
down,
and
there
was
no
one
to
help.
Then
they
cried
to
Yahweh
in
their
trouble,
and
he
saved
them
out
of
their
distresses.
He
brought
them
out
of
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death,
and
broke
away
their
chains.
Let
them
praise
Yahweh
for
his loving
kindness,
for
his
wonderful
deeds
to
the
children
of
men!
For
he
has
broken
the
gates
of
bronze,
and
cut
through
bars
of
iron.
Fools
are afflicted
because
of
their disobedience,
and
because
of
their
iniquities.
Their
soul
abhors
all
kinds
of
food.
They
draw
near
to
the
gates
of
death.
Then
they
cry
to
Yahweh
in
their
trouble,
and
he
saves
them
out
of
their
distresses.
He
sends
his
word,
and
heals
them,
and
delivers
them
from
their graves.
Let
them
praise
Yahweh
for
his loving
kindness,
for
his
wonderful
deeds
to
the
children
of
men!
Let them
offer
the
sacrifices
of
thanksgiving,
and
declare
his
deeds
with
singing.
Those
who
go
down
to
the
sea
in
ships,
who
do
business
in
great
waters,
these
see
Yahweh’s
deeds,
and
his
wonders
in
the
deep.
For
he
commands,
and raises
the stormy
wind,
which
lifts
up
its
waves.
They
mount
up
to
the
sky;
they
go
down again
to
the
depths.
Their
soul
melts
away because
of
trouble.
They reel back
and forth,
and
stagger like
a
drunken
man,
and are
at
their
wits’
end.
Then
they
cry
to
Yahweh
in
their
trouble,
and
he
brings
them
out
of
their
distress.
He makes
the
storm
a calm,
so
that
its
waves are
still.
Then
they are
glad
because
it
is
calm,
so
he
brings
them
to
their
desired
haven.
Let
them
praise
Yahweh
for
his loving
kindness,
for
his
wonderful
deeds
for
the
children
of
men!
Let them
exalt him also
in
the
assembly
of
the
people,
and
praise him
in
the
seat
of
the
elders.
He turns
rivers
into
a
desert,
water
springs
into
a
thirsty
ground,
and
a
fruitful
land
into
a
salt
waste,
for
the
wickedness
of those
who
dwell
in it.
He turns
a
desert
into
a
pool
of
water,
and
a
dry
land
into
water
springs.
There
he
makes
the
hungry
live,
that
they may
prepare
a
city
to
live
in,
sow
fields,
plant
vineyards,
and reap
the
fruits
of
increase.
He
blesses
them also,
so
that
they
are
multiplied
greatly.
He
doesn’t allow
their
livestock
to
decrease.
Again,
they
are
diminished
and
bowed
down
through
oppression,
trouble,
and
sorrow.
He
pours
contempt
on
princes,
and causes
them
to
wander
in
a trackless
waste.
Yet
he lifts
the
needy out
of
their affliction,
and increases
their
families
like
a
flock.
The
upright
will
see
it,
and
be
glad.
All
the wicked
will
shut
their
mouths.
Whoever
is
wise
will
pay
attention
to
these
things.
They
will
consider
the loving kindnesses
of
Yahweh.
A Song. A Psalm by David.
My heart
is steadfast, God.
I will sing
and I will make
music
with
my soul.
Wake up, harp
and lyre!
I
will wake up
the dawn.
I will give thanks
to you, Yahweh, among
the nations.
I will sing praises
to you among
the peoples.
For
your loving kindness
is great above
the heavens.
Your faithfulness reaches
to
the skies.
Be exalted,
God,
above
the
heavens!
Let
your glory
be
over
all
the
earth.
That
your beloved
may
be delivered,
save
with
your right hand,
and answer
us.
God
has spoken
from
his sanctuary: “In triumph,
I
will divide Shechem,
and measure out
the valley
of Succoth.
Gilead
is mine. Manasseh
is mine.
Ephraim
also
is
my helmet.
Judah
is
my scepter.
Moab
is
my wash pot.
I
will toss
my sandal
on Edom.
I
will shout
over Philistia.”
Who
will bring
me
into
the fortified city?
Who
will lead
me
to
Edom?
Haven’t
you rejected us, God?
You don’t go
out, God,
with our armies.
Give us help against
the enemy,
for
the help
of man
is vain.
Through God, we
will do valiantly,
for it
is
he
who
will tread down our enemies.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
God
of
my
praise,
don’t remain
silent,
for
they
have
opened
the
mouth
of
the
wicked
and
the
mouth
of
deceit
against
me.
They
have
spoken
to
me
with
a
lying
tongue.
They
have also
surrounded
me
with
words
of
hatred,
and
fought
against
me
without
a
cause.
In
return
for
my
love,
they
are
my
adversaries;
but
I
am
in
prayer.
They
have rewarded
me
evil
for
good,
and
hatred
for
my
love.
Set
a
wicked
man
over
him.
Let
an
adversary
stand
at
his
right
hand.
When
he
is
judged,
let
him
come
out
guilty.
Let
his
prayer
be
turned
into
sin.
Let
his
days
be
few.
Let
another
take
his
office.
Let
his
children
be
fatherless,
and
his
wife
a
widow.
Let
his
children
be wandering beggars.
Let
them
be
sought
from
their
ruins.
Let
the
creditor
seize
all
that
he
has.
Let
strangers
plunder
the
fruit
of
his
labor.
Let
there
be
no
one
to
extend
kindness
to
him,
neither
let
there
be anyone
to
have
pity
on
his
fatherless
children.
Let
his
posterity
be
cut
off.
In
the
generation
following
let
their
name
be blotted
out.
Let
the
iniquity
of
his
fathers
be
remembered
by
Yahweh.
Don’t
let
the
sin
of
his
mother
be blotted
out.
Let
them
be
before
Yahweh
continually,
that
he
may
cut
off
their
memory
from
the
earth;
because
he
didn’t
remember
to
show
kindness,
but
persecuted
the
poor
and
needy
man,
the broken
in
heart,
to
kill
them.
Yes,
he
loved
cursing,
and
it
came
to
him.
He
didn’t
delight
in
blessing,
and
it
was
far
from
him.
He
clothed
himself
also
with
cursing
as
with
his
garment.
It
came
into
his
inward parts
like
water,
like
oil
into
his
bones.
Let
it
be
to
him
as
the
clothing
with which he
covers himself,
for
the belt
that
is
always around
him.
This
is
the
reward
of
my
adversaries
from
Yahweh,
of
those
who
speak
evil
against
my
soul.
But
deal
with
me, Yahweh
the
Lord,
109:21
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
for
your
name’s
sake,
because
your loving
kindness
is
good,
deliver
me;
for
I
am
poor
and
needy.
My
heart
is
wounded
within
me.
I fade
away
like an evening
shadow.
I
am
shaken
off
like
a
locust.
My
knees
are
weak through
fasting.
My
body
is thin
and lacks
fat.
I
have also
become
a
reproach
to
them.
When
they
see
me,
they
shake
their
head.
Help
me,
Yahweh,
my
God.
Save
me according
to
your loving
kindness;
that
they
may
know
that
this
is
your
hand;
that
you,
Yahweh,
have
done
it.
They
may
curse,
but
you
bless.
When
they
arise,
they
will
be
shamed,
but
your
servant
shall
rejoice.
Let my
adversaries
be
clothed
with
dishonor.
Let
them
cover themselves
with their own
shame as
with
a
robe.
I
will
give
great
thanks
to
Yahweh
with
my
mouth.
Yes,
I
will
praise
him
among
the multitude.
For
he
will
stand
at
the
right
hand
of
the
needy,
to
save
him
from
those
who
judge
his
soul.
A Psalm by David.
Yahweh
says
to
my
Lord, “Sit
at
my
right
hand,
until
I
make
your
enemies
your footstool
for
your
feet.”
Yahweh
will
send
out
the
rod
of
your
strength
out
of
Zion.
Rule
among
your
enemies.
Your
people offer themselves
willingly
in
the
day
of
your
power,
in
holy
array.
Out
of
the
womb
of
the morning,
you
have
the
dew
of
your
youth.
Yahweh
has
sworn,
and
will
not
change
his
mind:
“You
are
a
priest
forever
in
the
order
of
Melchizedek.”
The
Lord
is
at
your
right
hand.
He
will
crush
kings
in
the
day
of
his
wrath.
He
will
judge
among
the
nations.
He
will heap
up dead
bodies.
He
will
crush
the ruler
of
the whole
earth.
He
will
drink
of
the
brook
on
the
way;
therefore
he
will
lift
up
his
head.
Praise Yah!
111:1
Psalm 111 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).
I
will
give
thanks
to
Yahweh
with
my
whole
heart,
in
the
council
of
the
upright,
and
in
the
congregation.
Yahweh’s
works
are
great,
pondered
by
all
those
who
delight
in
them.
His
work
is
honor
and
majesty.
His
righteousness
endures
forever.
He
has caused
his
wonderful
works
to
be
remembered.
Yahweh
is
gracious
and
merciful.
He
has
given
food
to those who
fear
him.
He
always
remembers
his
covenant.
He
has
shown
his
people
the
power
of
his
works,
in
giving
them
the
heritage
of
the
nations.
The
works
of
his
hands
are
truth
and
justice.
All
his
precepts
are
sure.
They
are established
forever
and
ever.
They
are
done
in
truth
and
uprightness.
He has
sent
redemption
to
his
people.
He has
ordained
his
covenant
forever.
His
name
is
holy
and
awesome!
The
fear
of
Yahweh
is
the
beginning
of
wisdom.
All
those
who
do
his work
have
a
good
understanding.
His
praise
endures
forever!
Praise Yah!
112:1
Psalm 112 is an acrostic poem, with each verse after the initial “Praise Yah!” starting with a letter of the alphabet (ordered from Alef to Tav).
Blessed
is
the
man
who
fears
Yahweh,
who
delights
greatly
in
his
commandments.
His
offspring
will
be
mighty
in
the
land.
The
generation
of
the
upright
will
be
blessed.
Wealth
and
riches
are
in
his
house.
His
righteousness
endures
forever.
Light
dawns
in
the
darkness
for
the
upright,
gracious,
merciful,
and
righteous.
It
is
well
with
the
man
who deals
graciously
and
lends.
He
will
maintain
his
cause
in
judgment.
For
he
will
never
be
shaken.
The
righteous
will
be
remembered
forever.
He
will
not
be
afraid
of
evil
news.
His
heart
is
steadfast,
trusting
in
Yahweh.
His
heart
is
established.
He
will
not
be
afraid
in
the end
when
he
sees
his adversaries.
He
has dispersed,
he
has
given
to
the
poor.
His
righteousness
endures
forever.
His
horn
will
be
exalted
with
honor.
The
wicked
will
see
it,
and
be grieved.
He
shall
gnash
with
his
teeth,
and
melt
away.
The
desire
of
the
wicked
will
perish.
Praise Yah!
Praise,
you
servants
of
Yahweh,
praise
Yahweh’s
name.
Blessed
be
Yahweh’s
name,
from
this
time forward
and
forever
more.
From
the
rising
of
the
sun
to
its going down,
Yahweh’s
name
is
to
be
praised.
Yahweh
is
high
above
all
nations,
his
glory
above
the
heavens.
Who
is
like
Yahweh,
our
God,
who
has
his
seat
on
high,
who stoops
down
to
see
in
heaven
and
in
the
earth?
He
raises
up
the
poor
out
of
the
dust,
and
lifts
up
the
needy
from
the
ash
heap,
that he may
set
him
with
princes,
even
with
the
princes
of
his
people.
He
settles
the
barren
woman
in her
home
as
a
joyful
mother
of
children.
Praise Yah!
When
Israel
went
out
of
Egypt,
the
house
of
Jacob
from
a
people
of foreign
language,
Judah
became
his
sanctuary,
Israel
his
dominion.
The
sea
saw
it,
and
fled.
The
Jordan
was
driven
back.
The
mountains
skipped
like
rams,
the little
hills
like
lambs.
What
was
it,
you
sea,
that
you
fled?
You
Jordan,
that
you
turned
back?
You
mountains,
that
you
skipped
like
rams?
You little
hills,
like
lambs?
Tremble,
you
earth,
at
the
presence
of
the
Lord,
at
the
presence
of
the
God
of
Jacob,
who
turned
the
rock
into
a
pool
of
water,
the
flint
into
a
spring
of
waters.
Not
to
us,
Yahweh,
not
to
us,
but
to
your
name
give
glory,
for
your loving
kindness,
and
for
your truth’s
sake.
Why
should
the
nations
say,
“Where
is
their
God,
now?”
But
our
God
is
in
the
heavens.
He
does
whatever
he
pleases.
Their
idols
are
silver
and
gold,
the
work
of
men’s
hands.
They
have
mouths,
but
they
don’t
speak.
They
have
eyes,
but
they
don’t
see.
They
have
ears,
but
they
don’t
hear.
They
have
noses,
but
they
don’t
smell.
They
have
hands,
but
they
don’t
feel.
They
have
feet,
but
they
don’t
walk,
neither
do
they speak
through
their
throat.
Those
who
make
them
will
be
like
them;
yes,
everyone
who
trusts
in
them.
Israel,
trust
in
Yahweh!
He
is
their
help
and
their
shield.
House
of
Aaron,
trust
in
Yahweh!
He
is
their
help
and
their
shield.
You
who
fear
Yahweh,
trust
in
Yahweh!
He
is
their
help
and
their
shield.
Yahweh
remembers
us.
He
will
bless
us.
He
will
bless
the
house
of
Israel.
He
will
bless
the
house
of
Aaron.
He
will
bless
those
who
fear
Yahweh,
both
small
and
great.
May
Yahweh
increase
you
more
and
more,
you
and
your
children.
Blessed
are
you
by
Yahweh,
who
made
heaven
and
earth.
The
heavens
are
Yahweh’s
heavens,
but
he
has
given
the
earth
to
the
children
of
men.
The
dead
don’t
praise Yah,
nor
any
who
go
down
into
silence,
but
we
will
bless Yah,
from
this
time forward
and
forever
more.
Praise Yah!
I
love
Yahweh,
because
he
listens
to
my
voice,
and
my
cries
for
mercy.
Because
he
has
turned
his
ear
to
me,
therefore
I
will
call
on
him
as
long
as
I
live.
The
cords
of
death
surrounded
me,
the
pains
of
Sheol
116:3
Sheol is the place of the dead. got
a hold
of
me.
I
found
trouble
and
sorrow.
Then
I
called
on
Yahweh’s
name:
“Yahweh,
I
beg
you,
deliver
my
soul.”
Yahweh
is
gracious
and
righteous.
Yes,
our
God
is
merciful.
Yahweh
preserves
the simple.
I
was
brought
low,
and
he
saved
me.
Return
to
your
rest,
my
soul,
for
Yahweh
has
dealt
bountifully
with
you.
For
you
have delivered
my
soul
from
death,
my
eyes
from
tears,
and
my
feet
from falling.
I
will
walk
before
Yahweh
in
the
land
of
the
living.
I
believed,
therefore
I
said,
“I
was
greatly afflicted.”
I
said
in
my
haste,
“All
people
are
liars.”
What
will
I
give
to
Yahweh
for
all
his
benefits
toward
me?
I
will
take
the
cup
of
salvation,
and
call
on
Yahweh’s
name.
I
will
pay
my
vows
to
Yahweh,
yes,
in
the
presence
of
all
his
people.
Precious
in
Yahweh’s
sight
is
the
death
of
his saints.
Yahweh,
truly
I
am
your
servant.
I
am
your
servant,
the
son
of
your
servant girl.
You
have freed
me
from
my
chains.
I
will
offer
to
you
the
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving,
and
will
call
on
Yahweh’s
name.
I
will
pay
my
vows
to
Yahweh,
yes,
in
the
presence
of
all
his
people,
in
the courts
of
Yahweh’s
house,
in
the
middle
of
you,
Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!
Praise
Yahweh,
all
you
nations!
Extol
him,
all
you
peoples!
For
his loving
kindness
is
great
toward
us.
Yahweh’s
faithfulness
endures
forever.
Praise Yah!
Give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
for
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Let
Israel
now
say
that
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Let
the
house
of
Aaron
now
say
that
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Now
let
those
who
fear
Yahweh
say
that
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Out
of
my
distress,
I
called
on Yah.
Yah
answered
me
with freedom.
Yahweh
is
on
my side.
I
will
not
be
afraid.
What
can
man
do
to
me?
Yahweh
is
on
my side among
those
who
help
me.
Therefore
I
will
look
in triumph
at
those
who
hate
me.
It
is
better
to
take
refuge
in
Yahweh,
than
to
put
confidence
in
man.
It
is
better
to
take
refuge
in
Yahweh,
than
to
put
confidence
in
princes.
All
the
nations
surrounded
me,
but
in
Yahweh’s
name
I
cut
them
off.
They
surrounded
me,
yes,
they
surrounded
me.
In
Yahweh’s
name
I
indeed
cut
them
off.
They
surrounded
me
like
bees.
They
are quenched
like
the
burning
thorns.
In
Yahweh’s
name
I
cut
them
off.
You
pushed
me back hard,
to make
me
fall,
but
Yahweh
helped
me.
Yah
is
my
strength
and
song.
He
has
become
my
salvation.
The
voice
of rejoicing
and
salvation
is
in
the
tents
of
the
righteous.
“The
right
hand
of
Yahweh
does
valiantly.
The
right
hand
of
Yahweh
is exalted!
The
right
hand
of
Yahweh
does
valiantly!”
I
will
not
die,
but
live,
and
declare Yah’s
works.
Yah
has
punished
me
severely,
but
he
has
not
given
me
over
to
death.
Open
to
me
the
gates
of
righteousness.
I
will
enter
into
them.
I
will
give
thanks
to Yah.
This
is
the
gate
of
Yahweh;
the
righteous
will
enter
into
it.
I
will
give
thanks
to
you,
for
you
have
answered
me,
and
have
become
my
salvation.
The
stone
which
the
builders
rejected
has
become
the
cornerstone.
118:22
Literally,
head of the corner
This
is
Yahweh’s doing.
It
is
marvelous
in
our
eyes.
This
is
the
day
that
Yahweh
has
made.
We
will
rejoice
and
be
glad
in
it!
Save
us
now,
we
beg
you,
Yahweh!
Yahweh,
we
beg
you, send prosperity
now.
Blessed
is
he
who
comes
in
Yahweh’s
name!
We
have
blessed
you
out
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Yahweh
is
God,
and
he
has
given
us
light.
Bind
the
sacrifice
with
cords,
even
to
the
horns
of
the
altar.
You
are
my
God,
and
I
will
give
thanks
to
you.
You
are
my
God,
I
will
exalt
you.
Oh
give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
for
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
ALEPH
Blessed
are
those whose
ways
are
blameless,
who
walk according
to
Yahweh’s
law.
Blessed
are
those
who
keep
his statutes,
who
seek
him
with
their
whole
heart.
Yes,
they
do
nothing
wrong.
They
walk
in
his
ways.
You
have
commanded
your
precepts,
that we
should
fully
obey
them.
Oh
that
my
ways were
steadfast
to
obey
your
statutes!
Then
I wouldn’t
be
disappointed,
when
I
consider
all
of
your
commandments.
I
will
give
thanks
to
you
with
uprightness
of
heart,
when I
learn
your
righteous
judgments.
I
will
observe
your
statutes.
Don’t
utterly
forsake
me.
BETH
How
can
a
young
man
keep
his
way
pure?
By living according
to
your
word.
With
my
whole
heart
I
have
sought
you.
Don’t
let
me
wander
from
your
commandments.
I
have
hidden
your
word
in
my
heart,
that
I
might
not
sin
against
you.
Blessed
are
you,
Yahweh.
Teach
me
your
statutes.
With
my
lips,
I
have
declared
all
the
ordinances
of
your
mouth.
I
have
rejoiced
in
the
way
of
your
testimonies,
as
much as
in
all
riches.
I will
meditate
on your
precepts,
and
consider your
ways.
I
will delight myself
in
your
statutes.
I
will
not
forget
your
word.
GIMEL
Do good
to
your
servant.
I
will
live
and
I
will
obey
your
word.
Open
my
eyes,
that
I
may
see
wondrous
things out
of
your
law.
I
am
a
stranger
on
the
earth.
Don’t
hide
your
commandments
from
me.
My
soul
is consumed
with
longing
for
your
ordinances
at
all
times.
You
have
rebuked
the
proud who
are
cursed,
who
wander from
your
commandments.
Take
reproach
and
contempt
away
from
me,
for
I
have
kept
your statutes.
Though
princes
sit
and slander
me,
your
servant
will
meditate
on
your
statutes.
Indeed
your statutes
are
my
delight,
and
my counselors.
DALETH
My
soul
is laid low
in
the
dust.
Revive
me according
to
your
word!
I
declared
my
ways,
and
you
answered
me.
Teach
me
your
statutes.
Let
me
understand
the teaching
of
your
precepts!
Then
I
will
meditate
on
your
wondrous
works.
My
soul
is weary
with
sorrow;
strengthen
me according
to
your
word.
Keep
me
from
the
way
of
deceit.
Grant
me
your
law
graciously!
I have
chosen
the
way
of
truth.
I have set
your
ordinances before
me.
I
cling
to
your statutes,
Yahweh.
Don’t
let
me
be
disappointed.
I
run
in
the
path
of
your
commandments,
for
you
have set
my
heart free.
HE
Teach me,
Yahweh,
the
way
of
your
statutes.
I
will
keep
them
to
the
end.
Give
me
understanding,
and
I
will
keep
your
law.
Yes,
I
will
obey
it
with
my
whole
heart.
Direct
me
in
the
path
of
your
commandments,
for
I
delight
in
them.
Turn
my
heart
toward
your statutes,
not
toward selfish
gain.
Turn
my
eyes
away
from
looking
at
worthless things.
Revive
me
in
your
ways.
Fulfill
your
promise
to
your
servant,
that
you
may
be feared.
Take
away
my
disgrace
that
I
dread,
for
your
ordinances
are
good.
Behold,
I
long
for
your
precepts!
Revive
me
in
your
righteousness.
VAV
Let
your loving
kindness
also
come
to
me,
Yahweh,
your
salvation, according
to
your
word.
So
I
will
have
an
answer
for
him
who reproaches
me,
for
I
trust
in
your
word.
Don’t snatch
the
word
of
truth
out
of
my
mouth,
for
I
put
my
hope
in
your
ordinances.
So I
will
obey
your
law
continually,
forever
and
ever.
I will
walk
in
liberty,
for
I
have
sought
your
precepts.
I
will
also
speak
of
your statutes
before
kings,
and
will
not
be
disappointed.
I
will delight myself
in
your
commandments,
because
I
love
them.
I reach
out
my
hands
for
your
commandments,
which
I
love.
I
will
meditate
on
your
statutes.
ZAYIN
Remember
your
word
to
your
servant,
because
you gave
me
hope.
This
is
my
comfort
in
my affliction,
for
your
word
has
revived
me.
The
arrogant
mock
me excessively,
but
I
don’t swerve
from
your
law.
I
remember
your
ordinances
of
old,
Yahweh,
and
have
comforted
myself.
Indignation
has
taken
hold
on
me,
because
of
the
wicked
who
forsake your
law.
Your
statutes
have
been
my
songs
in
the
house
where
I live.
I
have
remembered
your
name,
Yahweh,
in
the
night,
and
I
obey
your
law.
This
is
my
way,
that
I
keep
your
precepts.
HETH
Yahweh
is
my
portion.
I
promised
to
obey
your
words.
I
sought
your
favor
with
my
whole
heart.
Be merciful
to
me according
to
your
word.
I
considered
my
ways,
and
turned
my
steps
to
your statutes.
I
will
hurry,
and
not
delay,
to
obey
your
commandments.
The
ropes
of
the
wicked bind
me,
but
I
won’t
forget
your
law.
At midnight
I
will
rise
to
give
thanks
to
you,
because
of
your
righteous
ordinances.
I
am
a friend
of
all
those
who
fear
you,
of
those
who
observe
your
precepts.
The
earth
is
full
of
your loving
kindness,
Yahweh.
Teach
me
your
statutes.
TETH
You
have
treated
your
servant
well,
according
to
your
word,
Yahweh.
Teach
me
good judgment
and
knowledge,
for
I
believe
in
your
commandments.
Before
I
was afflicted,
I
went
astray;
but
now
I
observe
your
word.
You
are
good,
and do
good.
Teach
me
your
statutes.
The
proud
have smeared
a
lie
upon
me.
With
my
whole
heart,
I
will
keep
your
precepts.
Their
heart
is
as callous
as
the
fat,
but
I delight
in your
law.
It
is
good
for
me
that
I
have been afflicted,
that
I
may
learn
your
statutes.
The
law
of
your
mouth
is
better
to me
than
thousands
of pieces
of
gold
and
silver.
YODH
Your
hands
have
made
me
and
formed
me.
Give
me
understanding,
that
I
may
learn
your
commandments.
Those
who
fear
you
will
see
me
and
be
glad,
because
I
have put
my
hope
in
your
word.
Yahweh,
I
know
that
your
judgments
are
righteous,
that
in
faithfulness
you
have afflicted
me.
Please
let
your loving
kindness
be
for
my
comfort,
according
to
your
word
to
your
servant.
Let
your tender
mercies
come
to
me,
that
I may
live;
for
your
law
is
my
delight.
Let
the
proud
be
disappointed,
for
they
have overthrown
me
wrongfully.
I
will
meditate
on
your
precepts.
Let those who
fear
you
turn
to
me.
They
will
know
your statutes.
Let
my
heart
be
blameless toward
your
decrees,
that
I
may
not
be
disappointed.
KAPF
My
soul
faints
for
your
salvation.
I
hope
in
your
word.
My
eyes
fail
for
your
word.
I
say, “When
will
you
comfort
me?”
For
I
have
become
like
a
wineskin
in
the
smoke.
I
don’t
forget
your
statutes.
How
many
are
the
days
of
your
servant?
When
will
you execute
judgment
on
those
who
persecute
me?
The
proud
have
dug
pits
for
me,
contrary
to
your
law.
All
of
your
commandments
are
faithful.
They
persecute
me
wrongfully.
Help
me!
They
had
almost wiped
me
from
the
earth,
but
I
didn’t
forsake
your
precepts.
Preserve
my
life
according
to
your loving
kindness,
so I
will
obey
the statutes
of
your
mouth.
LAMEDH
Yahweh,
your
word
is
settled
in
heaven
forever.
Your
faithfulness
is
to
all
generations.
You
have
established
the
earth,
and
it
remains.
Your laws
remain
to
this
day,
for
all
things
serve
you.
Unless
your
law had
been
my
delight,
I would
have
perished
in
my affliction.
I
will
never
forget
your
precepts,
for
with
them,
you
have
revived
me.
I
am yours.
Save
me,
for
I
have
sought
your
precepts.
The
wicked
have waited
for
me,
to
destroy
me.
I
will
consider
your statutes.
I
have
seen
a
limit
to
all
perfection,
but
your
commands
are boundless.
MEM
How
I
love
your
law!
It
is
my
meditation
all
day.
Your
commandments
make
me
wiser
than
my
enemies,
for
your
commandments
are
always
with
me.
I
have
more
understanding
than
all
my
teachers,
for
your
testimonies
are
my
meditation.
I
understand
more
than
the
aged,
because
I
have
kept
your
precepts.
I
have
kept
my
feet
from
every
evil
way,
that
I
might
observe
your
word.
I
have
not
turned
away
from
your
ordinances,
for
you
have
taught
me.
How
sweet
are
your promises
to
my
taste,
more than
honey
to
my
mouth!
Through
your
precepts,
I
get
understanding;
therefore
I
hate
every
false
way.
NUN
Your
word
is
a
lamp
to
my
feet,
and
a
light
for
my
path.
I
have
sworn,
and
have
confirmed
it,
that
I
will
obey
your
righteous
ordinances.
I
am afflicted
very
much.
Revive
me,
Yahweh, according
to
your
word.
Accept,
I
beg
you,
the willing
offerings
of
my
mouth.
Yahweh,
teach
me
your
ordinances.
My
soul
is
continually
in
my
hand,
yet
I
won’t
forget
your
law.
The
wicked
have
laid
a
snare
for
me,
yet
I
haven’t
gone
astray
from
your
precepts.
I
have taken
your
testimonies
as
a heritage
forever,
for
they
are
the
joy
of
my
heart.
I have
set
my
heart
to
perform
your
statutes
forever,
even
to
the
end.
SAMEKH
I
hate
double-minded men,
but I
love
your
law.
You
are my
hiding place
and my
shield.
I
hope
in
your
word.
Depart
from
me,
you evildoers,
that
I
may
keep
the
commandments
of
my
God.
Uphold
me according
to
your
word, that I
may
live.
Let
me
not
be
ashamed
of
my
hope.
Hold
me up,
and I
will
be
safe,
and
will
have respect
for
your
statutes
continually.
You reject
all
those
who
stray
from
your
statutes,
for
their
deceit
is
in
vain.
You put
away
all
the
wicked
of
the
earth
like
dross.
Therefore
I
love
your testimonies.
My
flesh
trembles
for
fear
of
you.
I am
afraid
of your
judgments.
AYIN
I have
done
what
is
just
and
righteous.
Don’t
leave
me
to
my
oppressors.
Ensure
your
servant’s well-being.
Don’t
let
the
proud
oppress
me.
My
eyes
fail looking
for
your
salvation,
for
your
righteous
word.
Deal
with
your
servant according
to
your loving
kindness.
Teach
me
your
statutes.
I
am
your
servant.
Give
me
understanding,
that
I may
know
your testimonies.
It
is
time
to
act,
Yahweh,
for
they
break
your
law.
Therefore
I
love
your
commandments
more
than
gold,
yes,
more
than
pure
gold.
Therefore
I consider
all
of
your
precepts
to
be
right.
I
hate
every
false
way.
PE
Your
testimonies
are
wonderful,
therefore
my
soul
keeps
them.
The entrance
of
your
words
gives
light.
It
gives
understanding
to
the simple.
I
opened
my
mouth
wide
and panted,
for
I
longed
for
your
commandments.
Turn
to
me,
and
have
mercy
on
me,
as
you always do
to those who
love
your
name.
Establish
my
footsteps
in
your
word.
Don’t
let
any
iniquity
have
dominion
over
me.
Redeem
me
from
the
oppression
of
man,
so
I
will
observe
your
precepts.
Make
your
face
shine
on
your
servant.
Teach
me
your
statutes.
Streams
of
tears
run
down
my
eyes,
because
they
don’t
observe
your
law.
TZADHE
You
are
righteous,
Yahweh.
Your
judgments
are
upright.
You have
commanded
your statutes
in
righteousness.
They are
fully trustworthy.
My
zeal wears
me out,
because
my enemies ignore
your
words.
Your promises
have been thoroughly
tested,
and
your
servant
loves
them.
I
am
small
and
despised.
I
don’t
forget
your
precepts.
Your
righteousness
is an
everlasting
righteousness.
Your
law
is
truth.
Trouble
and
anguish
have
taken hold
of
me.
Your
commandments
are
my
delight.
Your
testimonies
are
righteous
forever.
Give
me
understanding,
that I may
live.
QOPH
I
have
called
with
my
whole
heart.
Answer
me,
Yahweh!
I
will
keep
your
statutes.
I
have
called
to
you.
Save
me!
I
will
obey
your statutes.
I
rise
before
dawn
and
cry
for
help.
I put
my
hope
in
your
words.
My
eyes stay open through
the night
watches,
that
I might
meditate
on
your
word.
Hear
my
voice
according
to
your loving
kindness.
Revive
me,
Yahweh,
according
to
your
ordinances.
They
draw
near who
follow
after
wickedness.
They
are
far
from
your
law.
You
are
near,
Yahweh.
All
your
commandments
are
truth.
Of
old
I
have
known
from
your testimonies,
that
you
have
founded
them
forever.
RESH
Consider
my affliction,
and
deliver
me,
for
I
don’t
forget
your
law.
Plead
my
cause,
and
redeem
me!
Revive
me according
to
your
promise.
Salvation
is
far
from
the
wicked,
for
they
don’t
seek
your
statutes.
Great
are
your tender
mercies,
Yahweh.
Revive
me
according
to
your
ordinances.
Many
are
my
persecutors
and
my adversaries.
I
haven’t swerved
from
your
testimonies.
I
look
at
the
faithless
with loathing,
because
they
don’t
observe
your
word.
Consider
how
I
love
your
precepts.
Revive
me,
Yahweh, according
to
your
loving
kindness.
All
of
your
words
are
truth.
Every
one
of
your
righteous
ordinances
endures
forever.
SIN
AND SHIN
Princes
have
persecuted
me
without
a
cause,
but
my
heart
stands
in
awe
of
your
words.
I
rejoice
at
your
word,
as one
who
finds
great
plunder.
I
hate
and
abhor
falsehood.
I
love
your
law.
Seven
times
a
day,
I
praise
you,
because
of
your
righteous
ordinances.
Those
who
love
your
law
have
great
peace.
Nothing causes
them
to
stumble.
I
have hoped
for
your
salvation,
Yahweh.
I
have
done
your
commandments.
My
soul
has
observed
your testimonies.
I
love
them
exceedingly.
I
have
obeyed
your
precepts
and
your testimonies,
for
all
my
ways
are
before
you.
TAV
Let
my
cry
come
before
you,
Yahweh.
Give
me
understanding according
to
your
word.
Let
my
supplication
come
before
you.
Deliver
me according
to
your
word.
Let
my
lips
utter
praise,
for
you
teach
me
your
statutes.
Let
my
tongue
sing
of
your
word,
for
all
your
commandments
are
righteousness.
Let
your
hand
be ready
to
help
me,
for
I
have
chosen
your
precepts.
I
have longed
for
your
salvation,
Yahweh.
Your
law
is
my
delight.
Let
my
soul
live,
that
I
may
praise
you.
Let
your
ordinances
help
me.
I
have
gone
astray
like
a
lost
sheep.
Seek
your
servant,
for
I
don’t
forget
your
commandments.
A Song of Ascents.
In
my
distress,
I
cried
to
Yahweh.
He
answered
me.
Deliver
my
soul,
Yahweh,
from
lying
lips,
from
a
deceitful
tongue.
What
will
be
given
to
you,
and
what
will
be
done
more
to
you,
you
deceitful
tongue?
Sharp
arrows
of
the
mighty,
with
coals
of
juniper.
Woe
is
me,
that
I
live
in
Meshech,
that
I
dwell
among
the
tents
of
Kedar!
My
soul
has had
her
dwelling
too
long
with
him
who
hates
peace.
I
am
for
peace,
but
when
I
speak,
they
are
for
war.
A Song of Ascents.
I
will
lift
up
my
eyes
to
the
hills.
Where does
my
help
come
from?
My
help
comes
from
Yahweh,
who
made
heaven
and
earth.
He
will
not
allow
your
foot
to
be moved.
He
who
keeps
you
will
not
slumber.
Behold,
he
who
keeps
Israel
will
neither
slumber
nor
sleep.
Yahweh
is
your
keeper.
Yahweh
is
your
shade
on
your
right
hand.
The
sun
will
not
harm
you
by
day,
nor
the
moon
by
night.
Yahweh
will
keep
you
from
all
evil.
He
will
keep
your
soul.
Yahweh
will
keep
your
going
out
and
your
coming
in,
from
this
time
forward,
and
forever
more.
A Song of Ascents. By David.
I
was
glad
when
they
said
to
me,
“Let’s go
to
Yahweh’s
house!”
Our
feet
are
standing within
your
gates,
Jerusalem!
Jerusalem
is
built
as
a
city
that
is
compact
together,
where
the
tribes
go
up, even Yah’s
tribes,
according
to
an
ordinance
for
Israel,
to
give
thanks
to
Yahweh’s
name.
For
there
are
set
thrones
for
judgment,
the
thrones
of
David’s
house.
Pray
for
the
peace
of
Jerusalem.
Those
who
love
you
will
prosper.
Peace
be within
your
walls,
and
prosperity within
your
palaces.
For
my
brothers’
and companions’ sakes,
I
will
now
say, “Peace
be within
you.”
For
the
sake
of
the
house
of
Yahweh
our
God,
I
will
seek
your
good.
A Song of Ascents.
I
lift
up
my
eyes
to
you,
you
who
sit
in
the
heavens.
Behold,
as
the
eyes
of
servants
look
to
the
hand
of
their
master,
as
the
eyes
of
a
maid
to
the
hand
of
her
mistress,
so
our
eyes
look
to
Yahweh,
our
God,
until
he
has
mercy
on
us.
Have
mercy
on
us,
Yahweh,
have
mercy
on
us,
for
we
have endured
much
contempt.
Our
soul
is exceedingly
filled
with
the
scoffing
of
those
who
are at
ease,
with
the
contempt
of
the
proud.
A Song of Ascents. By David.
If
it
had
not
been
Yahweh
who
was
on
our side,
let
Israel
now
say,
if
it
had
not
been
Yahweh
who
was
on
our side,
when
men
rose
up
against
us,
then
they would have
swallowed
us
up
alive,
when
their
wrath
was
kindled
against
us,
then
the
waters
would
have overwhelmed
us,
the
stream
would
have gone
over
our
soul.
Then
the proud
waters
would
have gone
over
our
soul.
Blessed
be
Yahweh,
who
has
not
given
us
as
a
prey
to
their
teeth.
Our
soul
has
escaped
like
a
bird out
of
the fowler’s
snare.
The
snare
is
broken,
and
we have
escaped.
Our
help
is
in
Yahweh’s
name,
who
made
heaven
and
earth.
A Song of Ascents.
Those
who
trust
in
Yahweh
are
as
Mount
Zion,
which
can’t
be
moved,
but remains
forever.
As
the
mountains
surround
Jerusalem,
so
Yahweh
surrounds
his
people
from
this
time forward
and
forever
more.
For
the
scepter
of
wickedness
won’t
remain
over
the allotment
of
the
righteous,
so
that
the
righteous
won’t
use
their
hands
to
do
evil.
Do
good,
Yahweh,
to those
who
are
good,
to those
who
are
upright
in
their
hearts.
But
as
for
those
who
turn
away
to
their
crooked
ways,
Yahweh
will lead
them
away
with
the
workers
of
iniquity.
Peace
be
on
Israel.
A Song of Ascents.
When
Yahweh
brought
back
those
who
returned
to
Zion,
we
were
like
those
who
dream.
Then
our
mouth
was
filled
with
laughter,
and
our
tongue
with
singing.
Then
they
said
among
the
nations,
“Yahweh
has
done
great
things
for
them.”
Yahweh
has
done
great
things
for
us,
and
we
are
glad.
Restore
our
fortunes
again,
Yahweh,
like
the
streams
in
the
Negev.
Those who
sow
in
tears will
reap
in
joy.
He
who
goes
out
weeping,
carrying
seed
for
sowing,
will
certainly
come again
with
joy,
carrying
his
sheaves.
A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.
Unless
Yahweh
builds
the
house,
they
who
build
it
labor
in
vain.
Unless
Yahweh
watches
over
the
city,
the
watchman
guards
it
in
vain.
It
is
vain
for
you
to
rise
up
early,
to
stay
up
late,
eating
the
bread
of toil,
for
he
gives
sleep
to
his loved ones.
Behold,
children
are
a
heritage
of
Yahweh.
The
fruit
of
the
womb
is
his
reward.
As
arrows
in
the
hand
of
a
mighty
man,
so
are
the
children
of
youth.
Happy
is
the
man
who
has
his
quiver
full
of
them.
They
won’t
be
disappointed
when
they
speak
with
their
enemies
in
the
gate.
A Song of Ascents.
Blessed
is
everyone
who
fears
Yahweh,
who
walks
in
his
ways.
For
you will
eat
the
labor
of
your
hands.
You will
be
happy,
and
it will
be
well
with
you.
Your
wife
will
be
as
a
fruitful
vine
in
the
innermost
parts
of
your
house,
your
children
like
olive shoots
around
your
table.
Behold,
this
is
how
the
man
who
fears
Yahweh
is
blessed.
May
Yahweh
bless
you
out
of
Zion,
and
may
you
see
the
good
of
Jerusalem
all
the
days
of
your
life.
Yes,
may
you
see
your
children’s
children.
Peace
be
upon
Israel.
A Song of Ascents.
Many times
they
have afflicted
me
from
my
youth up.
Let
Israel
now
say:
many times
they
have afflicted
me
from
my
youth
up,
yet
they
have
not
prevailed
against
me.
The plowers
plowed
on
my
back.
They made
their
furrows
long.
Yahweh
is
righteous.
He
has
cut apart
the
cords
of
the
wicked.
Let
them
be
disappointed
and
turned
backward,
all
those
who
hate
Zion.
Let
them
be
as
the
grass
on
the
housetops,
which
withers
before
it
grows
up,
with which
the reaper
doesn’t
fill
his
hand,
nor
he
who binds sheaves,
his
bosom.
Neither do
those
who
go
by
say,
“The
blessing
of
Yahweh
be
on
you.
We
bless
you
in
Yahweh’s
name.”
A Song of Ascents.
Out
of
the
depths
I
have
cried
to
you,
Yahweh.
Lord,
hear
my
voice.
Let
your
ears
be
attentive
to
the
voice
of
my petitions.
If
you, Yah,
kept
a record
of
sins,
Lord,
who
could
stand?
But there
is
forgiveness
with
you,
therefore
you
are
feared.
I
wait
for
Yahweh.
My
soul waits.
I
hope
in
his
word.
My
soul longs
for
the
Lord
more than
watchmen
long
for
the
morning,
more than
watchmen
for
the
morning.
Israel,
hope
in
Yahweh,
for
there
is loving
kindness
with
Yahweh.
Abundant
redemption
is
with
him.
He
will
redeem
Israel
from
all
their
sins.
A Song of Ascents. By David.
Yahweh,
my
heart
isn’t arrogant,
nor
my
eyes
lofty;
nor do
I concern
myself
with
great matters,
or
things
too
wonderful
for
me.
Surely
I
have stilled
and quieted
my
soul,
like
a
weaned
child
with
his
mother,
like
a
weaned
child
is
my
soul
within
me.
Israel,
hope
in
Yahweh,
from
this
time forward
and
forever
more.
A Song of Ascents.
Yahweh,
remember
David
and
all
his affliction,
how
he
swore
to
Yahweh,
and
vowed
to
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob:
“Surely
I
will
not
come
into
the structure
of
my
house,
nor
go
up
into
my
bed;
I
will
not
give sleep
to
my
eyes,
or
slumber
to
my
eyelids,
until
I
find
out
a
place
for
Yahweh,
a
dwelling
for
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.”
Behold,
we
heard
of
it
in
Ephrathah.
We
found
it
in
the
field
of Jaar.
“We
will
go
into
his
dwelling
place.
We
will
worship
at
his footstool.”
Arise,
Yahweh, into
your
resting
place,
you,
and
the
ark
of
your
strength.
Let your
priests
be
clothed
with
righteousness.
Let your saints
shout
for
joy!
For
your
servant
David’s
sake,
don’t
turn
away
the
face
of
your
anointed
one.
Yahweh
has
sworn
to
David
in
truth.
He
will
not
turn
from
it:
“I
will
set
the
fruit
of
your
body
on
your
throne.
If
your
children
will
keep
my
covenant,
my testimony
that
I
will
teach
them,
their
children
also
will
sit
on
your
throne
forever
more.”
For
Yahweh
has
chosen
Zion.
He
has
desired
it
for
his
habitation.
“This
is
my
resting
place
forever.
I
will
live
here,
for
I
have
desired
it.
I
will
abundantly
bless
her
provision.
I
will
satisfy
her
poor
with
bread.
I
will also
clothe her
priests
with
salvation.
Her saints
will
shout
aloud
for
joy.
I
will make
the
horn
of
David
to bud
there.
I
have ordained
a
lamp
for
my
anointed.
I will
clothe
his
enemies
with
shame,
but
on himself,
his
crown will shine.”
A Song of Ascents. By David.
See
how
good
and
how
pleasant
it
is
for
brothers
to
live
together
in
unity!
It
is
like
the precious
oil
on
the
head,
that ran
down
on
the
beard,
even
Aaron’s
beard,
that
came
down
on
the
edge
of
his robes,
like
the
dew
of
Hermon,
that
comes
down
on
the
hills
of
Zion;
for
there
Yahweh gives
the
blessing,
even
life
forever
more.
A Song of Ascents.
Look!
Praise
Yahweh,
all
you
servants
of
Yahweh,
who
stand
by
night
in
Yahweh’s
house!
Lift
up
your
hands
in
the
sanctuary.
Praise
Yahweh!
May
Yahweh
bless
you
from
Zion,
even
he
who
made
heaven
and
earth.
Praise Yah!
Praise
Yahweh’s
name!
Praise
him,
you
servants
of
Yahweh,
you
who
stand
in
Yahweh’s
house,
in
the courts
of
our
God’s
house.
Praise Yah,
for
Yahweh
is
good.
Sing
praises
to
his
name,
for
that
is
pleasant.
For Yah
has
chosen
Jacob
for himself,
Israel
for
his own
possession.
For
I
know
that
Yahweh
is
great,
that
our
Lord
is above
all
gods.
Whatever
Yahweh
pleased,
that
he
has
done,
in
heaven
and
in
earth,
in
the
seas
and
in
all
deeps.
He
causes
the clouds
to
rise
from
the ends
of
the
earth.
He
makes
lightnings
with
the
rain.
He
brings
the
wind
out
of
his
treasuries.
He
struck
the
firstborn
of
Egypt,
both
of
man
and
animal.
He
sent
signs
and
wonders
into
the
middle
of
you,
Egypt,
on
Pharaoh,
and
on
all
his
servants.
He
struck
many
nations,
and
killed
mighty
kings—
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
Og
king
of
Bashan,
and
all
the
kingdoms
of
Canaan—
and
gave
their
land
for
a
heritage,
a
heritage
to
Israel,
his
people.
Your
name,
Yahweh,
endures
forever;
your
renown,
Yahweh,
throughout
all
generations.
For
Yahweh
will
judge
his
people
and
have
compassion
on
his
servants.
The
idols
of
the
nations
are
silver
and
gold,
the
work
of
men’s
hands.
They
have
mouths,
but
they
can’t
speak.
They
have
eyes,
but
they
can’t
see.
They
have
ears,
but
they
can’t
hear,
neither
is
there
any
breath
in
their
mouths.
Those
who
make
them
will
be
like
them,
yes,
everyone
who
trusts
in
them.
House
of
Israel,
praise
Yahweh!
House
of
Aaron,
praise
Yahweh!
House
of
Levi,
praise
Yahweh!
You
who
fear
Yahweh,
praise
Yahweh!
Blessed
be
Yahweh
from
Zion,
who
dwells
in
Jerusalem.
Praise Yah!
Give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
for
he
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Give
thanks
to
the
God
of
gods,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Give
thanks
to
the
Lord
of
lords,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who
alone
does
great
wonders,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who
by
understanding
made
the
heavens,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who
spread
out
the
earth
above
the
waters,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who
made
the
great
lights,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
the
sun
to
rule
by
day,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
the
moon
and
stars
to
rule
by
night,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who
struck
down
the
Egyptian
firstborn,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
and
brought
out
Israel
from
among
them,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
with
a
strong
hand,
and
with
an
outstretched
arm,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who
divided
the Red
Sea apart,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
and made
Israel
to
pass
through
the
middle
of
it,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
but
overthrew
Pharaoh
and
his
army
in
the Red
Sea,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who led
his
people
through
the
wilderness,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
to
him
who
struck
great
kings,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
and
killed
mighty
kings,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
Sihon
king
of
the
Amorites,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
Og
king
of
Bashan,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
and
gave
their
land
as
an
inheritance,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
even
a
heritage
to
Israel
his
servant,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
who
remembered
us
in
our
low
estate,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
and
has
delivered
us from
our adversaries,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
who
gives
food
to
every creature,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
Oh
give
thanks
to
the
God
of
heaven,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
By
the
rivers
of
Babylon,
there
we
sat
down.
Yes,
we
wept,
when
we
remembered
Zion.
On
the
willows
in
that land,
we
hung
up
our
harps.
For
there,
those
who
led
us
captive
asked
us
for
songs.
Those
who tormented
us
demanded
songs
of
joy:
“Sing
us
one
of
the
songs
of
Zion!”
How
can
we
sing
Yahweh’s
song
in
a
foreign
land?
If
I
forget
you,
Jerusalem,
let
my
right
hand
forget
its skill.
Let
my
tongue
stick
to
the
roof
of
my
mouth
if
I
don’t
remember
you,
if
I
don’t prefer
Jerusalem
above
my
chief
joy.
Remember,
Yahweh,
against
the
children
of
Edom
in
the
day
of
Jerusalem,
who
said, “Raze
it!
Raze
it
even
to
its
foundation!”
Daughter
of
Babylon, doomed
to destruction,
he
will be
happy
who
repays
you,
as
you
have
done
to
us.
Happy shall
he be,
who
takes
and dashes
your
little
ones
against
the
rock.
By David.
I
will
give
you
thanks
with
my
whole
heart.
Before
the
gods,
138:1
The word elohim, used here, usually means “God” but can also mean “gods”, “princes”, or “angels”.
I
will
sing
praises
to
you.
I
will
bow
down
toward
your
holy
temple,
and
give
thanks
to
your
Name
for
your loving
kindness
and
for
your
truth;
for
you
have
exalted
your
Name
and
your
Word
above
all.
In
the
day
that
I
called,
you
answered
me.
You encouraged
me
with
strength
in
my
soul.
All
the
kings
of
the
earth
will
give
you
thanks,
Yahweh,
for
they
have
heard
the
words
of
your
mouth.
Yes,
they
will
sing
of
the
ways
of
Yahweh,
for
Yahweh’s
glory
is
great!
For
though
Yahweh
is
high,
yet
he
looks
after
the
lowly;
but
he
knows
the
proud
from
afar.
Though
I walk
in
the
middle
of
trouble,
you
will
revive
me.
You
will
stretch
out
your
hand
against
the
wrath
of
my
enemies.
Your
right
hand
will
save
me.
Yahweh
will fulfill
that which
concerns
me.
Your loving
kindness,
Yahweh,
endures
forever.
Don’t
forsake
the
works
of
your
own
hands.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Yahweh,
you
have
searched
me,
and
you
know
me.
You
know
my
sitting
down
and
my
rising
up.
You
perceive
my
thoughts
from
afar.
You search
out
my
path
and
my lying
down,
and
are acquainted
with
all
my
ways.
For
there
is
not
a
word
on
my
tongue,
but
behold,
Yahweh,
you
know
it
altogether.
You hem
me
in
behind
and
before.
You
laid
your
hand
on
me.
This
knowledge
is
beyond
me.
It’s lofty.
I
can’t attain
it.
Where could I go
from
your
Spirit?
Or
where could I
flee
from
your
presence?
If
I ascend up into
heaven,
you
are
there.
If
I
make
my
bed
in
Sheol,
139:8
Sheol is the place of the dead.
behold,
you
are
there!
If
I
take
the
wings
of
the
dawn,
and
settle
in
the uttermost parts
of
the
sea,
even
there
your
hand
will
lead
me,
and
your
right
hand
will
hold
me.
If
I
say, “Surely
the
darkness
will
overwhelm
me.
The
light
around
me
will
be
night,”
even
the
darkness
doesn’t hide
from
you,
but
the
night
shines
as
the
day.
The
darkness
is
like
light
to
you.
For
you
formed
my
inmost
being.
You knit
me together
in
my
mother’s
womb.
I
will
give
thanks
to
you,
for
I am fearfully
and
wonderfully
made.
Your
works
are
wonderful.
My
soul
knows
that
very
well.
My
frame wasn’t
hidden
from
you,
when
I
was
made
in secret,
woven together
in
the
depths
of
the
earth.
Your
eyes
saw
my body.
In
your
book
they
were
all
written,
the
days
that
were
ordained
for
me,
when
as
yet
there
were
none
of
them.
How
precious
to
me
are
your
thoughts,
God!
How vast
is
their
sum!
If I would
count
them,
they
are
more
in
number
than
the
sand.
When I
wake up, I am
still
with
you.
If
only
you,
God,
would kill
the
wicked.
Get
away
from
me,
you bloodthirsty
men!
For
they
speak against
you
wickedly.
Your
enemies
take
your
name
in
vain.
Yahweh,
don’t
I
hate
those
who
hate
you?
Am
I
not grieved
with
those
who rise up
against
you?
I
hate
them
with perfect
hatred.
They
have
become
my
enemies.
Search
me,
God,
and
know
my
heart.
Try
me,
and
know
my
thoughts.
See
if
there
is any wicked
way
in
me,
and
lead
me
in
the
everlasting
way.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Deliver me, Yahweh, from evil men.
Preserve me from violent men:
those
who devise mischief
in
their hearts.
They
continually gather
themselves together
for war.
They
have sharpened
their tongues
like
a serpent.
Viper’s poison
is under
their lips.
Selah.
Yahweh, keep
me
from
the hands
of
the wicked.
Preserve
me
from
the violent men who
have determined
to trip
my feet.
The proud
have
hidden
a snare
for
me,
they
have spread
the cords
of
a net
by
the path.
They
have
set traps
for
me.
Selah.
I said
to Yahweh, “You
are
my
God.”
Listen
to
the cry
of
my petitions, Yahweh.
Yahweh,
the
Lord,
the strength
of
my salvation,
you
have covered
my head
in
the day
of battle.
Yahweh, don’t grant
the desires
of
the wicked.
Don’t let
their evil plans succeed,
or
they
will become proud.
Selah.
As
for
the head
of those
who surround
me,
let
the mischief
of
their own lips cover
them.
Let burning coals fall
on them.
Let them
be thrown into
the fire,
into miry pits,
from where they never rise.
An evil speaker won’t
be
established
in
the earth.
Evil
will hunt
the violent
man
to overthrow
him.
I know
that Yahweh
will
maintain
the cause
of
the afflicted,
and justice
for
the needy.
Surely
the righteous
will give thanks
to
your name.
The upright
will dwell
in
your presence.
A Psalm by David.
Yahweh,
I
have
called
on
you.
Come
to
me
quickly!
Listen
to
my
voice
when
I
call
to
you.
Let
my
prayer
be
set
before
you
like
incense;
the
lifting up
of
my
hands
like
the
evening
sacrifice.
Set
a
watch,
Yahweh,
before
my
mouth.
Keep
the
door
of
my
lips.
Don’t
incline
my
heart
to
any
evil
thing,
to practice
deeds
of
wickedness
with
men
who
work
iniquity.
Don’t
let
me
eat
of
their
delicacies.
Let
the
righteous
strike
me,
it
is
kindness;
let
him
reprove
me,
it
is like
oil
on
the
head;
don’t
let
my
head
refuse
it;
Yet
my
prayer
is always against
evil
deeds.
Their
judges
are
thrown
down
by
the
sides
of
the
rock.
They
will
hear
my
words,
for
they
are well
spoken.
“As
when
one
plows
and
breaks
up
the
earth,
our
bones
are
scattered
at
the
mouth
of
Sheol.”
141:7
Sheol is the place of the dead.
For
my
eyes
are
on
you, Yahweh,
the
Lord.
I
take
refuge
in
you.
Don’t
leave
my
soul destitute.
Keep
me
from
the
snare which
they
have laid
for
me,
from
the
traps
of
the
workers
of
iniquity.
Let
the
wicked
fall
together
into
their own nets
while
I
pass
by.
A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.
I cry
with
my voice
to Yahweh.
With
my voice,
I ask Yahweh
for mercy.
I pour
out
my complaint
before
him.
I
tell
him
my troubles.
When
my spirit
was overwhelmed within
me,
you knew
my route.
On
the path
in which I walk,
they have hidden
a snare
for
me.
Look
on
my right,
and
see;
for
there
is no one
who
is
concerned
for
me.
Refuge
has
fled
from
me.
No one cares
for
my soul.
I cried
to
you, Yahweh.
I said, “You
are
my
refuge,
my
portion
in
the land
of
the
living.”
Listen
to
my
cry,
for
I
am
in desperate need.
Deliver
me
from
my persecutors,
for
they
are too strong
for
me.
Bring
my soul
out
of prison,
that
I
may
give thanks
to
your name.
The righteous
will surround
me,
for
you
will
be good
to
me.
A Psalm by David.
Hear
my
prayer,
Yahweh.
Listen
to
my petitions.
In
your
faithfulness
and
righteousness, relieve
me.
Don’t
enter
into
judgment
with
your
servant,
for
in
your
sight
no
man
living
is
righteous.
For
the
enemy
pursues
my
soul.
He
has struck
my
life
down
to
the
ground.
He
has made
me
live
in
dark
places,
as
those
who
have
been
long
dead.
Therefore
my
spirit
is overwhelmed
within
me.
My
heart
within
me
is
desolate.
I
remember
the
days
of old.
I
meditate
on
all
your
doings.
I
contemplate
the
work
of
your
hands.
I
spread
out
my
hands
to
you.
My
soul thirsts
for
you,
like
a
parched
land.
Selah.
Hurry
to
answer
me,
Yahweh.
My
spirit
fails.
Don’t
hide
your
face
from
me,
so
that
I
don’t become
like
those
who
go
down
into
the
pit.
Cause
me
to
hear
your loving
kindness
in
the
morning,
for
I
trust
in
you.
Cause
me
to
know
the
way
in
which
I
should
walk,
for
I
lift
up
my
soul
to
you.
Deliver
me,
Yahweh,
from
my
enemies.
I flee
to
you
to
hide
me.
Teach
me
to
do
your
will,
for
you
are
my
God.
Your
Spirit
is
good.
Lead
me
in
the
land
of
uprightness.
Revive
me,
Yahweh,
for
your
name’s
sake.
In
your
righteousness,
bring
my
soul
out
of
trouble.
In
your loving
kindness,
cut
off
my
enemies,
and
destroy
all
those
who afflict
my
soul,
for
I
am
your
servant.
By David.
Blessed
be
Yahweh,
my
rock,
who
trains
my
hands
to
war,
and
my
fingers
to
battle—
my loving
kindness,
my fortress,
my high tower,
my
deliverer,
my
shield,
and he
in whom
I
take
refuge,
who
subdues
my
people
under
me.
Yahweh,
what
is
man,
that
you care
for
him?
Or
the
son
of
man,
that
you
think
of
him?
Man
is
like
a
breath.
His
days
are
like
a
shadow
that
passes
away.
Part
your
heavens,
Yahweh,
and
come
down.
Touch
the
mountains,
and
they
will
smoke.
Throw
out
lightning,
and
scatter
them.
Send
out
your
arrows,
and rout
them.
Stretch
out
your
hand
from
above,
rescue
me,
and
deliver
me
out
of
great
waters,
out
of
the
hands
of
foreigners,
whose
mouths
speak
deceit,
whose
right
hand
is
a
right
hand
of
falsehood.
I
will
sing
a
new
song
to
you,
God.
On
a
ten-stringed lyre,
I
will
sing
praises
to
you.
You
are
he
who
gives
salvation
to
kings,
who
rescues
David,
his
servant,
from
the deadly
sword.
Rescue
me,
and
deliver
me
out
of
the
hands
of
foreigners,
whose
mouths
speak
deceit,
whose
right
hand
is
a
right
hand
of
falsehood.
Then
our
sons
will
be
like well-nurtured
plants,
our
daughters
like
pillars
carved
to adorn
a
palace.
Our barns
are
full,
filled
with all
kinds
of provision.
Our
sheep produce thousands
and ten thousands
in
our
fields.
Our oxen
will
pull heavy loads.
There
is
no breaking
in,
and
no
going
away,
and
no
outcry
in
our
streets.
Happy
are
the
people
who
are
in
such
a situation.
Happy
are
the
people whose
God
is
Yahweh.
A praise psalm by David.
145:0
This is an acrostic psalm, with every verse (including the second half of verse 13) starting with a consecutive letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
I
will
exalt
you,
my
God,
the
King.
I
will
praise
your
name
forever
and
ever.
Every
day
I
will
praise
you.
I
will
extol
your
name
forever
and
ever.
Great
is
Yahweh,
and
greatly
to
be
praised!
His
greatness
is unsearchable.
One
generation will commend
your
works
to
another,
and will
declare
your
mighty
acts.
I
will
meditate
on
the
glorious
majesty
of
your
honor,
on
your
wondrous
works.
Men will
speak
of
the might
of
your
awesome
acts.
I will
declare
your
greatness.
They
will
utter
the
memory
of
your
great
goodness,
and
will
sing
of
your
righteousness.
Yahweh
is
gracious,
merciful,
slow
to
anger,
and
of
great loving
kindness.
Yahweh
is
good
to
all.
His tender
mercies
are
over
all
his
works.
All
your
works
will
give
thanks
to
you,
Yahweh.
Your saints
will extol
you.
They will
speak
of
the
glory
of
your
kingdom,
and
talk
about
your
power,
to
make
known
to
the
sons
of
men
his
mighty
acts,
the
glory
of
the
majesty
of
his
kingdom.
Your
kingdom
is an
everlasting
kingdom.
Your
dominion
endures
throughout
all
generations.
Yahweh
is faithful
in
all
his words,
and loving
in
all
his deeds.
145:13
Some manuscripts omit these last two lines.
Yahweh upholds
all
who
fall,
and
raises
up
all
those
who
are
bowed
down.
The
eyes
of
all wait
for
you.
You
give
them
their
food
in due
season.
You
open
your
hand,
and
satisfy
the
desire
of
every
living
thing.
Yahweh
is
righteous
in
all
his
ways,
and
gracious
in
all
his
works.
Yahweh
is
near
to
all
those
who
call
on
him,
to
all
who
call
on
him
in
truth.
He
will fulfill
the
desire
of
those
who
fear
him.
He
also
will
hear
their
cry,
and
will
save
them.
Yahweh
preserves
all
those
who
love
him,
but
he
will
destroy
all
the
wicked.
My
mouth
will
speak
the
praise
of
Yahweh.
Let
all
flesh
bless
his
holy
name
forever
and
ever.
Praise Yah!
Praise
Yahweh,
my
soul.
While
I
live,
I
will
praise
Yahweh.
I
will
sing
praises
to
my
God
as
long
as
I exist.
Don’t
put
your
trust
in
princes,
in
a
son
of
man
in whom
there
is
no help.
His
spirit
departs,
and
he
returns
to
the
earth.
In
that very
day,
his
thoughts
perish.
Happy
is
he
who
has
the
God
of
Jacob
for
his
help,
whose
hope
is
in
Yahweh,
his
God,
who
made
heaven
and
earth,
the
sea,
and
all
that
is
in
them;
who
keeps
truth
forever;
who
executes
justice
for
the
oppressed;
who
gives
food
to
the
hungry.
Yahweh frees
the
prisoners.
Yahweh opens
the eyes
of
the
blind.
Yahweh
raises
up those
who
are
bowed
down.
Yahweh
loves
the
righteous.
Yahweh
preserves
the
foreigners.
He upholds
the
fatherless
and
widow,
but
he turns
the
way
of
the
wicked upside
down.
Yahweh
will
reign
forever;
your
God,
O
Zion,
to
all
generations.
Praise Yah!
Praise Yah,
for
it
is
good
to
sing
praises
to
our
God;
for
it
is
pleasant
and
fitting
to
praise
him.
Yahweh
builds
up
Jerusalem.
He
gathers together
the outcasts
of
Israel.
He
heals
the
broken
in
heart,
and
binds
up
their
wounds.
He
counts
the
number
of
the
stars.
He
calls
them
all
by
their
names.
Great
is
our
Lord,
and
mighty
in
power.
His
understanding
is infinite.
Yahweh upholds
the
humble.
He
brings
the
wicked
down
to
the
ground.
Sing
to
Yahweh
with
thanksgiving.
Sing
praises
on
the
harp
to
our
God,
who
covers
the
sky
with
clouds,
who
prepares
rain
for
the
earth,
who
makes
grass
grow
on
the
mountains.
He
provides
food
for
the
livestock,
and
for
the
young
ravens
when
they
call.
He
doesn’t
delight
in
the
strength
of
the
horse.
He
takes
no
pleasure
in
the
legs
of
a
man.
Yahweh
takes
pleasure
in
those
who
fear
him,
in
those
who
hope
in
his loving
kindness.
Praise
Yahweh,
Jerusalem!
Praise
your
God,
Zion!
For
he
has
strengthened
the
bars
of
your
gates.
He
has
blessed
your
children
within
you.
He
makes
peace
in
your
borders.
He fills
you
with
the
finest
of
the
wheat.
He
sends
out
his
commandment
to
the
earth.
His
word
runs
very
swiftly.
He
gives
snow
like
wool,
and
scatters frost
like
ashes.
He hurls
down
his hail
like pebbles.
Who
can
stand
before
his
cold?
He
sends
out
his
word,
and
melts
them.
He causes
his
wind
to
blow,
and
the
waters
flow.
He shows
his
word
to
Jacob,
his
statutes
and
his
ordinances
to
Israel.
He
has
not
done
this
for
just
any
nation.
They
don’t
know
his
ordinances.
Praise Yah!
Praise Yah!
Praise
Yahweh
from
the
heavens!
Praise
him
in
the
heights!
Praise
him,
all
his
angels!
Praise
him,
all
his
army!
Praise
him,
sun
and
moon!
Praise
him,
all
you
shining
stars!
Praise
him,
you
heavens
of
heavens,
you
waters
that
are
above
the
heavens.
Let
them
praise
Yahweh’s
name,
for
he
commanded,
and
they
were
created.
He
has also
established
them
forever
and
ever.
He
has
made
a
decree which
will
not
pass
away.
Praise
Yahweh
from
the
earth,
you great
sea creatures,
and
all
depths,
lightning
and
hail,
snow
and
clouds,
stormy
wind, fulfilling
his
word,
mountains
and
all
hills,
fruit
trees
and
all
cedars,
wild
animals
and
all
livestock,
small creatures
and flying
birds,
kings
of
the
earth
and
all
peoples,
princes
and
all
judges
of
the
earth,
both
young
men
and
maidens,
old
men
and
children.
Let
them
praise
Yahweh’s
name,
for
his
name
alone
is
exalted.
His
glory
is
above
the
earth
and
the
heavens.
He
has
lifted
up
the
horn
of
his
people,
the
praise
of
all
his saints,
even
of
the
children
of
Israel,
a
people
near
to
him.
Praise Yah!
Praise
Yahweh!
Sing
to
Yahweh
a
new
song,
his
praise
in
the
assembly
of
the saints.
Let
Israel
rejoice
in
him
who
made
them.
Let
the
children
of
Zion
be
joyful
in their
King.
Let them
praise
his
name
in
the
dance!
Let them
sing
praises
to him
with
tambourine
and
harp!
For
Yahweh
takes
pleasure
in
his
people.
He crowns
the
humble
with
salvation.
Let
the saints
rejoice
in
honor.
Let
them
sing
for
joy
on
their
beds.
May
the high praises
of
God
be
in
their mouths,
and
a two-edged
sword
in
their
hand,
to execute
vengeance
on
the
nations,
and punishments
on
the
peoples;
to
bind
their
kings
with
chains,
and
their
nobles
with
fetters
of
iron;
to execute
on
them
the
written
judgment.
All
his saints
have
this
honor.
Praise Yah!
Praise Yah!
Praise
God
in
his
sanctuary!
Praise him
in
his heavens for
his acts
of
power!
Praise him
for
his
mighty
acts!
Praise him according
to
his
excellent
greatness!
Praise him with
the sounding
of
the
trumpet!
Praise him with
harp
and
lyre!
Praise him with
tambourine
and
dancing!
Praise him with stringed instruments
and
flute!
Praise him with loud
cymbals!
Praise him with
resounding
cymbals!
Let
everything
that
has
breath
praise Yah!
Praise Yah!
World English Bible (WEB)
Proverbs
The Proverbs
Proverbs
Proverbs
The Proverbs
The
proverbs
of
Solomon,
the
son
of
David,
king
of
Israel:
to
know
wisdom
and
instruction;
to
discern
the
words
of
understanding;
to
receive
instruction
in
wise dealing,
in
righteousness,
justice,
and
equity;
to
give
prudence
to
the simple,
knowledge
and
discretion
to
the
young
man—
that
the
wise
man
may
hear,
and
increase
in
learning;
that
the
man
of
understanding
may attain
to
sound
counsel;
to
understand
a
proverb
and
parables,
the
words
and
riddles
of
the
wise.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
1:7
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
is
the
beginning
of
knowledge,
but
the
foolish
despise
wisdom
and
instruction.
My
son,
listen
to
your
father’s
instruction,
and
don’t
forsake
your
mother’s
teaching;
for
they will
be
a
garland
to
grace
your
head,
and chains
around
your
neck.
My
son,
if
sinners entice
you,
don’t
consent.
If
they
say, “Come
with
us.
Let’s
lie
in
wait
for
blood.
Let’s
lurk
secretly
for
the
innocent
without
cause.
Let’s
swallow
them
up
alive
like
Sheol,
1:12
Sheol is the place of the dead.
and
whole,
like those
who
go
down
into
the
pit.
We’ll
find
all
valuable
wealth.
We’ll
fill
our
houses
with
plunder.
You shall
cast
your
lot
among us.
We’ll
all
have
one
purse”—
my
son,
don’t
walk
on
the
path
with
them.
Keep
your
foot
from
their
path,
for
their
feet
run
to
evil.
They
hurry
to
shed
blood.
For
the
net
is
spread
in
vain
in
the
sight
of
any
bird;
but
these
lay
in
wait
for
their
own
blood.
They
lurk
secretly
for
their
own
lives.
So
are
the
ways
of
everyone
who
is
greedy
for
gain.
It
takes
away
the
life
of
its
owners.
Wisdom
calls
aloud
in
the
street.
She
utters
her
voice
in
the
public
squares.
She
calls
at
the
head
of
noisy
places.
At
the
entrance
of
the
city
gates,
she
utters
her
words:
“How
long,
you simple
ones,
will
you
love simplicity?
How
long
will mockers
delight
themselves
in mockery,
and
fools
hate
knowledge?
Turn
at
my
reproof.
Behold,
1:23
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
will
pour
out
my
spirit
on
you.
I
will
make
known
my
words
to
you.
Because
I
have
called,
and
you
have
refused;
I
have
stretched
out
my
hand,
and
no
one
has
paid
attention;
but
you
have ignored
all
my
counsel,
and wanted
none
of
my
reproof;
I
also
will
laugh
at
your
disaster.
I
will
mock
when
calamity
overtakes
you,
when
calamity
overtakes
you
like
a
storm,
when
your
disaster
comes
on
like
a whirlwind,
when
distress
and
anguish
come
on
you.
Then
they
will
call
on
me,
but
I
will
not
answer.
They
will
seek
me
diligently,
but
they
will
not
find
me,
because
they
hated
knowledge,
and
didn’t
choose
the
fear
of
Yahweh.
They wanted
none
of
my
counsel.
They
despised
all
my
reproof.
Therefore
they
will
eat
of
the
fruit
of
their own
way,
and
be
filled
with
their own schemes.
For
the backsliding
of
the simple
will
kill
them.
The careless
ease
of
fools
will
destroy
them.
But whoever
listens
to me
will
dwell
securely,
and
will be
at
ease, without
fear
of
harm.”
My
son,
if
you
will
receive
my
words,
and
store
up
my
commandments
within
you,
so as
to
turn
your
ear
to
wisdom,
and apply
your
heart
to
understanding;
yes,
if
you
call out
for
discernment,
and
lift
up
your
voice
for
understanding;
if
you
seek
her
as
silver,
and
search
for
her
as
for
hidden
treasures;
then
you
will
understand
the
fear
of
Yahweh,
and
find
the
knowledge
of
God.
2:5
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
For
Yahweh
gives
wisdom.
Out
of
his
mouth
comes
knowledge
and
understanding.
He lays
up
sound
wisdom for
the
upright.
He
is
a
shield
to
those
who
walk
in
integrity,
that he may
guard
the
paths
of
justice,
and
preserve
the
way
of
his saints.
Then
you
will
understand
righteousness
and
justice,
equity
and
every
good
path.
For
wisdom
will
enter
into
your
heart.
Knowledge
will
be
pleasant
to
your
soul.
Discretion
will
watch
over
you.
Understanding
will
keep
you,
to
deliver
you
from
the
way
of
evil,
from
the
men
who
speak
perverse
things,
who
forsake
the
paths
of
uprightness,
to
walk
in
the
ways
of
darkness,
who
rejoice to
do
evil,
and
delight
in
the perverseness
of
evil,
who
are
crooked
in
their
ways,
and wayward
in
their
paths,
to
deliver
you
from
the
strange
woman,
even
from
the
foreigner
who flatters
with
her
words,
who forsakes
the friend
of
her
youth,
and
forgets
the
covenant
of
her
God;
for
her
house leads
down
to
death,
her
paths
to
the
departed
spirits.
None
who
go
to
her
return
again,
neither
do
they
attain
to
the
paths
of
life.
Therefore
walk
in
the
way
of
good
men,
and
keep
the
paths
of
the
righteous.
For
the
upright
will
dwell
in
the
land.
The
perfect
will
remain
in
it.
But
the
wicked
will
be
cut
off
from
the
land.
The
treacherous
will
be rooted
out
of
it.
My
son,
don’t
forget
my
teaching,
but
let
your
heart
keep
my
commandments,
for
they
will
add
to
you
length
of
days,
years
of
life,
and
peace.
Don’t
let
kindness
and
truth
forsake
you.
Bind
them
around
your
neck.
Write
them
on
the
tablet
of
your
heart.
So
you
will
find
favor,
and
good
understanding
in
the
sight
of
God
and
man.
Trust
in
Yahweh
with
all
your
heart,
and
don’t
lean
on
your own
understanding.
In
all
your
ways
acknowledge
him,
and
he
will
make
your
paths
straight.
Don’t
be
wise
in
your
own
eyes.
Fear
Yahweh,
and
depart
from
evil.
It
will
be health
to
your
body,
and nourishment
to
your
bones.
Honor
Yahweh
with
your
substance,
with
the
first
fruits
of
all
your
increase;
so
your
barns
will be
filled
with
plenty,
and
your
vats
will
overflow
with
new
wine.
My
son,
don’t
despise
Yahweh’s
discipline,
neither
be weary
of
his
correction;
for
whom
Yahweh
loves,
he
corrects,
even
as
a
father
reproves
the
son
in
whom
he
delights.
Happy
is
the
man
who
finds
wisdom,
the
man
who gets
understanding.
For
her
good
profit
is
better
than getting
silver,
and
her return
is
better
than
fine
gold.
She
is
more
precious
than rubies.
None
of
the
things
you
can
desire
are
to
be compared
to
her.
Length
of
days
is
in
her
right
hand.
In
her
left
hand
are
riches
and
honor.
Her
ways
are
ways
of pleasantness.
All
her
paths
are
peace.
She
is
a
tree
of
life
to
those
who lay
hold
of
her.
Happy
is everyone
who retains
her.
By
wisdom
Yahweh
founded
the
earth.
By
understanding,
he
established
the
heavens.
By
his
knowledge,
the
depths
were
broken
up,
and
the
skies drop
down
the
dew.
My
son,
let
them
not
depart
from
your
eyes.
Keep
sound
wisdom
and
discretion,
so
they
will
be
life
to
your
soul,
and
grace
for
your
neck.
Then
you
shall
walk
in
your
way
securely.
Your
foot
won’t
stumble.
When
you
lie
down,
you
will
not
be
afraid.
Yes,
you
will
lie
down,
and
your
sleep
will
be
sweet.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
sudden
fear,
neither
of
the desolation
of
the
wicked,
when
it
comes;
for
Yahweh
will
be
your
confidence,
and
will
keep
your
foot
from
being
taken.
Don’t
withhold
good
from
those
to whom
it
is
due,
when
it
is
in
the
power
of
your
hand
to
do
it.
Don’t
say
to
your
neighbor, “Go,
and
come
again;
tomorrow
I
will
give
it
to
you,”
when
you
have
it
by
you.
Don’t devise
evil
against
your
neighbor,
since
he
dwells
securely
by
you.
Don’t
strive
with
a
man
without
cause,
if
he
has
done
you
no
harm.
Don’t
envy
the
man
of
violence.
Choose
none
of
his
ways.
For
the perverse
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh,
but
his
friendship
is
with
the
upright.
Yahweh’s
curse
is
in
the
house
of
the
wicked,
but
he
blesses
the habitation
of
the
righteous.
Surely
he mocks
the mockers,
but
he
gives
grace
to
the
humble.
The
wise
will
inherit
glory,
but
shame
will
be
the promotion
of
fools.
Listen,
sons,
to
a
father’s
instruction.
Pay
attention
and
know
understanding;
for
I
give
you sound
learning.
Don’t
forsake
my
law.
For
I
was
a
son
to
my
father,
tender
and
an
only
child
in
the
sight
of
my
mother.
He
taught
me,
and
said
to
me:
“Let
your
heart retain
my
words.
Keep
my
commandments,
and
live.
Get
wisdom.
Get
understanding.
Don’t
forget,
and
don’t deviate from
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Don’t
forsake
her,
and she
will
preserve
you.
Love
her,
and she
will
keep
you.
Wisdom
is supreme.
Get
wisdom.
Yes, though
it costs
all
your
possessions,
get
understanding.
Esteem
her,
and
she will
exalt
you.
She will bring
you
to
honor
when
you
embrace
her.
She
will
give
to
your
head
a
garland
of
grace.
She
will
deliver
a
crown
of
splendor
to
you.”
Listen,
my
son,
and
receive
my
sayings.
The
years
of
your
life
will
be
many.
I have
taught
you
in
the
way
of
wisdom.
I have
led
you
in straight
paths.
When
you go,
your
steps
will
not
be hampered.
When
you
run,
you
will
not
stumble.
Take
firm
hold
of
instruction.
Don’t
let
her
go.
Keep
her,
for
she
is
your
life.
Don’t
enter
into
the
path
of
the
wicked.
Don’t
walk
in
the
way
of
evil
men.
Avoid
it,
and
don’t
pass
by
it.
Turn
from
it,
and
pass
on.
For
they
don’t
sleep
unless
they
do
evil.
Their
sleep
is
taken
away,
unless
they
make someone
fall.
For
they
eat
the
bread
of
wickedness
and
drink
the
wine
of
violence.
But
the
path
of
the
righteous
is
like
the dawning
light
that
shines more
and more
until
the perfect
day.
The
way
of
the
wicked
is
like
darkness.
They
don’t
know
what
they
stumble
over.
My
son, attend
to
my
words.
Turn
your
ear
to
my
sayings.
Let
them
not
depart
from
your
eyes.
Keep
them
in
the
center
of
your
heart.
For
they
are
life
to
those
who
find
them,
and
health
to
their
whole
body.
Keep
your
heart
with
all
diligence,
for
out
of
it
is
the wellspring
of
life.
Put
away
from yourself
a
perverse
mouth.
Put corrupt
lips
far
from
you.
Let
your
eyes
look
straight
ahead.
Fix
your
gaze
directly
before
you.
Make
the
path
of
your
feet
level.
Let
all
of
your
ways
be
established.
Don’t
turn
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left.
Remove
your
foot
from
evil.
My
son,
pay
attention
to
my
wisdom.
Turn
your
ear
to
my
understanding,
that
you
may maintain
discretion,
that
your
lips
may
preserve
knowledge.
For
the
lips
of
an adulteress
drip
honey.
Her
mouth
is
smoother
than
oil,
but
in
the
end she
is
as
bitter
as
wormwood,
and
as
sharp
as
a
two-edged
sword.
Her
feet
go
down
to
death.
Her
steps lead straight
to
Sheol.
5:5
Sheol is the place of the dead.
She gives
no
thought
to
the
way
of
life.
Her
ways
are crooked,
and
she
doesn’t
know
it.
Now
therefore,
my
sons,
listen
to
me.
Don’t
depart
from
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Remove
your
way
far
from
her.
Don’t
come
near
the
door
of
her
house,
lest
you
give
your
honor
to
others,
and
your
years
to
the
cruel
one;
lest
strangers feast
on
your wealth,
and
your labors enrich
another man’s
house.
You
will
groan at
your
latter
end,
when
your
flesh
and
your
body
are
consumed,
and
say, “How
I
have
hated
instruction,
and
my
heart
despised
reproof.
I
haven’t
obeyed
the
voice
of
my
teachers,
nor
turned
my
ear
to those
who
instructed
me!
I
have
come
to
the brink
of
utter ruin,
among
the
gathered
assembly.”
Drink
water
out
of
your own
cistern,
running
water
out
of
your own
well.
Should your
springs
overflow
in
the
streets,
streams
of
water
in
the public
squares?
Let
them
be
for
yourself
alone,
not
for
strangers
with
you.
Let
your spring
be
blessed.
Rejoice
in
the
wife
of
your
youth.
A
loving
doe
and
a
graceful
deer—
let
her
breasts
satisfy
you
at
all
times.
Be captivated
always
with
her
love.
For
why
should
you,
my
son,
be captivated
with an
adulteress?
Why
embrace
the
bosom
of
another?
For
the
ways
of
man
are
before
Yahweh’s
eyes.
He examines
all
his
paths.
The
evil deeds
of
the
wicked ensnare
him.
The
cords
of
his
sin
hold
him firmly.
He
will
die
for
lack
of
instruction.
In
the
greatness
of
his
folly,
he
will
go
astray.
My
son,
if
you
have
become
collateral
for
your
neighbor,
if
you
have struck
your
hands
in
pledge
for
a stranger,
you
are trapped
by
the
words
of your
mouth;
you
are
ensnared
with
the
words
of your
mouth.
Do
this
now,
my
son,
and
deliver
yourself,
since
you
have
come
into
the
hand
of
your
neighbor.
Go,
humble
yourself.
Press
your plea
with
your
neighbor.
Give
no
sleep
to
your
eyes,
nor
slumber
to
your
eyelids.
Free
yourself, like
a gazelle
from
the
hand
of
the hunter,
like
a
bird
from
the snare
of
the
fowler.
Go
to
the
ant,
you
sluggard.
Consider
her
ways,
and
be
wise;
which
having
no
chief,
overseer,
or
ruler,
provides
her
bread
in
the
summer,
and
gathers
her
food
in
the
harvest.
How
long
will
you
sleep,
sluggard?
When
will
you
arise
out
of
your
sleep?
A
little
sleep,
a
little
slumber,
a
little
folding
of
the
hands
to
sleep—
so
your
poverty
will
come
as
a
robber,
and
your scarcity
as
an
armed
man.
A
worthless
person,
a
man
of
iniquity,
is
he
who
walks
with
a
perverse
mouth,
who
winks
with
his
eyes, who
signals
with
his
feet,
who motions
with
his
fingers,
in
whose
heart
is perverseness,
who devises
evil
continually,
who
always sows
discord.
Therefore
his
calamity
will
come
suddenly.
He
will
be
broken
suddenly,
and
that
without
remedy.
There
are
six
things which
Yahweh
hates;
yes,
seven which
are
an
abomination
to
him:
arrogant
eyes,
a
lying
tongue,
hands
that
shed
innocent
blood,
a
heart
that devises
wicked
schemes,
feet
that
are
swift
in
running
to mischief,
a
false
witness
who
utters
lies,
and
he
who sows
discord
among
brothers.
My
son,
keep
your
father’s
commandment,
and
don’t
forsake
your
mother’s
teaching.
Bind
them
continually
on
your
heart.
Tie
them
around
your
neck.
When
you
walk,
it
will
lead
you.
When
you
sleep,
it
will
watch
over
you.
When
you awake,
it
will
talk
with
you.
For
the
commandment
is
a
lamp,
and
the
law
is
light.
Reproofs
of
instruction
are
the
way
of
life,
to
keep
you
from
the immoral
woman,
from
the flattery
of
the wayward
wife’s
tongue.
Don’t
lust after
her
beauty
in
your
heart,
neither
let
her captivate
you
with
her
eyelids.
For
a
prostitute reduces
you
to
a piece
of
bread.
The adulteress
hunts
for
your
precious
life.
Can
a
man
scoop
fire
into
his
lap,
and
his
clothes
not
be
burned?
Or
can
one
walk
on
hot
coals,
and
his
feet
not
be
scorched?
So
is
he
who
goes
in
to
his
neighbor’s
wife.
Whoever
touches
her
will
not
be
unpunished.
Men
don’t
despise
a
thief
if
he
steals
to
satisfy
himself
when
he
is
hungry,
but if
he
is
found,
he
shall restore
seven
times.
He
shall
give
all
the
wealth
of
his
house.
He
who
commits
adultery
with
a
woman
is void
of
understanding.
He
who
does
it
destroys
his
own
soul.
He
will get
wounds
and
dishonor.
His
reproach
will
not
be wiped away.
For
jealousy arouses
the
fury
of
the husband.
He
won’t
spare
in
the
day
of
vengeance.
He
won’t
regard
any
ransom,
neither
will
he rest content,
though
you
give
many
gifts.
My
son,
keep
my
words.
Lay
up
my
commandments
within
you.
Keep
my
commandments
and
live!
Guard
my
teaching as
the
apple
of
your
eye.
Bind
them
on
your
fingers.
Write
them
on
the
tablet
of
your
heart.
Tell
wisdom, “You
are
my
sister.”
Call
understanding
your relative,
that they may
keep
you
from
the
strange
woman,
from
the
foreigner
who flatters
with
her
words.
For
at
the
window
of
my
house,
I
looked
out
through
my
lattice.
I
saw among
the simple
ones.
I
discerned among
the
youths
a
young
man void
of
understanding,
passing
through
the
street
near
her
corner,
he
went
the
way
to
her
house,
in
the
twilight,
in
the
evening
of
the
day,
in
the
middle
of
the
night
and
in
the
darkness.
Behold,
there
a
woman
met
him
with
the attire
of
a
prostitute,
and
with crafty intent.
She
is loud
and defiant.
Her
feet
don’t
stay
in
her
house.
Now she
is
in
the
streets,
now
in
the
squares,
and lurking
at
every
corner.
So
she
caught
him,
and
kissed
him.
With
an impudent
face
she
said
to
him:
“Sacrifices
of
peace
offerings
are
with
me.
Today
I
have paid
my
vows.
Therefore
I
came
out
to
meet
you,
to
diligently
seek
your
face,
and
I
have
found
you.
I
have
spread
my
couch
with carpets
of tapestry,
with striped cloths
of the yarn
of
Egypt.
I have perfumed
my
bed
with
myrrh,
aloes,
and
cinnamon.
Come, let’s take
our
fill
of loving
until
the
morning.
Let’s solace ourselves
with loving.
For
my
husband isn’t
at
home.
He
has
gone
on
a
long
journey.
He
has
taken
a
bag
of
money
with
him.
He
will
come
home
at
the
full
moon.”
With persuasive
words,
she
led
him
astray.
With
the flattering
of
her
lips,
she
seduced
him.
He
followed
her
immediately,
as
an
ox
goes
to
the
slaughter,
as
a
fool stepping
into
a noose.
Until
an
arrow strikes
through
his
liver,
as
a
bird hurries
to
the
snare,
and
doesn’t
know
that
it
will cost
his
life.
Now
therefore,
sons,
listen
to
me.
Pay
attention
to
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Don’t
let
your
heart
turn
to
her
ways.
Don’t
go
astray
in
her
paths,
for
she
has thrown
down
many
wounded.
Yes,
all
her
slain
are
a
mighty army.
Her
house
is
the
way
to
Sheol,
7:27
Sheol is the place of the dead.
going
down
to
the
rooms
of
death.
Doesn’t
wisdom
cry out?
Doesn’t
understanding
raise
her
voice?
On
the
top
of
high
places
by
the
way,
where
the
paths meet, she
stands.
Beside
the
gates,
at
the
entry
of
the
city,
at
the
entry
doors, she
cries
aloud:
“I
call
to
you
men!
I send
my
voice
to
the
sons
of
mankind.
You simple,
understand
prudence!
You
fools,
be
of an
understanding
heart!
Hear,
for
I
will
speak excellent
things.
The
opening
of
my
lips
is
for
right
things.
For
my
mouth
speaks
truth.
Wickedness
is
an
abomination
to
my
lips.
All
the
words
of
my
mouth
are
in
righteousness.
There
is
nothing
crooked
or
perverse
in them.
They
are
all plain
to
him
who
understands,
right
to
those
who
find
knowledge.
Receive
my
instruction
rather
than
silver,
knowledge
rather
than
choice
gold.
For
wisdom
is
better
than rubies.
All
the
things
that
may
be
desired
can’t
be compared
to
it.
“I,
wisdom,
have made
prudence
my
dwelling.
Find
out
knowledge
and
discretion.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
is
to
hate
evil.
I
hate
pride,
arrogance,
the
evil
way,
and
the
perverse
mouth.
Counsel
and
sound knowledge
are mine.
I
have
understanding
and
power.
By me
kings
reign,
and princes
decree
justice.
By
me
princes
rule,
nobles,
and
all
the
righteous
rulers
of
the earth.
I
love those
who
love
me.
Those
who
seek
me
diligently
will
find
me.
With me are
riches,
honor,
enduring
wealth,
and prosperity.
My
fruit
is
better
than
gold, yes,
than
fine
gold,
my
yield
than
choice
silver.
I
walk
in
the
way
of
righteousness,
in
the
middle
of
the
paths
of
justice,
that
I
may
give
wealth
to those
who
love
me.
I
fill
their
treasuries.
“Yahweh
possessed
me
in
the
beginning
of
his work,
before
his
deeds
of old.
I
was set up
from
everlasting,
from
the
beginning,
before
the
earth existed.
When
there
were
no
depths,
I
was born,
when
there
were
no
springs
abounding
with
water.
Before
the
mountains
were
settled
in place,
before
the
hills,
I
was born;
while
as
yet
he
had
not
made
the
earth,
nor
the
fields,
nor
the
beginning
of
the
dust
of
the
world.
When
he
established
the
heavens,
I
was
there.
When
he
set
a
circle
on
the
surface
of
the
deep,
when he established
the
clouds
above,
when
the
springs
of
the
deep
became
strong,
when
he
gave
to
the
sea
its
boundary,
that
the
waters
should
not violate
his
commandment,
when
he
marked
out
the
foundations
of
the
earth,
then
I
was
the craftsman
by
his
side.
I
was
a
delight
day
by
day,
always
rejoicing
before
him,
rejoicing
in
his whole
world.
My
delight
was
with
the
sons
of
men.
“Now
therefore,
my
sons,
listen
to
me,
for
blessed
are
those
who
keep
my
ways.
Hear
instruction,
and
be
wise.
Don’t refuse it.
Blessed
is
the
man
who
hears
me,
watching
daily
at
my
gates,
waiting
at
my
door
posts.
For whoever
finds
me
finds
life,
and
will
obtain
favor
from
Yahweh.
But
he
who
sins
against
me wrongs
his
own
soul.
All
those
who
hate
me
love
death.”
Wisdom
has
built
her
house.
She
has carved
out
her
seven
pillars.
She has
prepared
her meat.
She has
mixed
her
wine.
She has
also set
her
table.
She has
sent
out
her
maidens.
She
cries
from
the highest
places
of
the
city:
“Whoever
is simple, let
him
turn
in
here!”
As
for
him
who
is void
of
understanding,
she
says
to
him,
“Come,
eat some
of
my
bread,
Drink some
of
the
wine
which I have
mixed!
Leave
your simple
ways,
and
live.
Walk
in
the
way
of
understanding.”
One
who
corrects
a mocker invites insult.
One
who
reproves
a
wicked
man invites abuse.
Don’t
reprove
a scoffer,
lest
he
hate
you.
Reprove
a
wise
person,
and
he
will
love
you.
Instruct
a
wise
person,
and
he
will
be
still
wiser.
Teach
a
righteous
person,
and
he
will
increase
in
learning.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
is
the
beginning
of
wisdom.
The
knowledge
of
the
Holy
One
is
understanding.
For
by
me
your
days
will
be
multiplied.
The
years
of
your
life
will
be
increased.
If
you are
wise,
you are
wise
for
yourself.
If
you
mock,
you
alone
will
bear
it.
The foolish
woman
is loud,
undisciplined,
and
knows
nothing.
She
sits
at
the
door
of
her
house,
on
a
seat
in
the
high
places
of
the
city,
to
call
to those
who
pass
by,
who
go
straight
on
their
ways,
“Whoever
is simple, let
him
turn
in
here.”
As
for
him
who
is void
of
understanding,
she
says
to
him,
“Stolen
water
is
sweet.
Food eaten
in secret
is
pleasant.”
But
he
doesn’t
know
that
the
departed
spirits
are
there,
that
her
guests
are
in
the depths
of
Sheol.
9:18
Sheol is the place of the dead.
The
proverbs
of
Solomon.
A
wise
son
makes
a
glad
father;
but
a
foolish
son brings
grief
to
his
mother.
Treasures
of
wickedness
profit
nothing,
but
righteousness
delivers
from
death.
Yahweh
will
not allow
the
soul
of
the
righteous
to go
hungry,
but
he thrusts
away
the
desire
of
the
wicked.
He
becomes
poor
who
works
with
a lazy
hand,
but
the
hand
of
the diligent brings
wealth.
He
who
gathers
in
summer
is
a
wise
son,
but
he
who sleeps during
the
harvest
is
a
son
who causes
shame.
Blessings
are
on
the
head
of
the
righteous,
but
violence
covers
the
mouth
of
the
wicked.
The
memory
of
the
righteous
is
blessed,
but
the
name
of
the
wicked
will
rot.
The
wise
in
heart
accept
commandments,
but
a chattering
fool
will fall.
He
who
walks blamelessly
walks
surely,
but
he
who
perverts
his
ways
will
be
found
out.
One who
winks
with
the
eye
causes sorrow,
but
a chattering
fool
will fall.
The
mouth
of
the
righteous
is
a spring
of
life,
but
violence
covers
the
mouth
of
the
wicked.
Hatred
stirs
up
strife,
but
love
covers
all wrongs.
Wisdom
is
found
on
the
lips
of
him
who
has
discernment,
but
a
rod
is
for
the back
of
him
who
is void
of
understanding.
Wise
men lay
up
knowledge,
but
the
mouth
of
the
foolish
is
near
ruin.
The
rich
man’s
wealth is
his
strong
city.
The destruction
of
the
poor is their
poverty.
The
labor
of
the
righteous
leads
to
life.
The
increase
of
the
wicked
leads
to
sin.
He is
in
the
way
of
life
who
heeds
correction,
but he
who forsakes
reproof
leads others
astray.
He
who hides
hatred
has
lying
lips.
He
who
utters
a
slander
is
a
fool.
In
the
multitude
of
words
there
is
no lack
of disobedience,
but
he
who
restrains
his
lips
does wisely.
The
tongue
of
the
righteous
is
like
choice
silver.
The
heart
of
the
wicked
is
of
little worth.
The
lips
of
the
righteous
feed
many,
but
the
foolish
die
for
lack
of
understanding.
Yahweh’s
blessing brings
wealth,
and
he
adds
no trouble
to
it.
It
is
a
fool’s pleasure
to
do
wickedness,
but
wisdom
is
a
man
of understanding’s pleasure.
What
the
wicked fear
will overtake
them,
but
the
desire
of
the
righteous
will
be
granted.
When
the whirlwind
passes,
the
wicked
is
no
more;
but
the
righteous stand firm
forever.
As
vinegar
to
the
teeth,
and
as
smoke
to
the
eyes,
so
is
the
sluggard
to those who
send
him.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
prolongs
days,
but
the
years
of
the
wicked
shall
be
shortened.
The prospect
of
the
righteous
is
joy,
but
the
hope
of
the
wicked
will
perish.
The
way
of
Yahweh
is
a
stronghold
to
the
upright,
but
it
is
a destruction
to
the
workers
of
iniquity.
The
righteous
will
never
be removed,
but
the
wicked
will
not
dwell
in
the
land.
The
mouth
of
the
righteous produces
wisdom,
but
the
perverse
tongue
will
be
cut
off.
The
lips
of
the
righteous
know
what
is
acceptable,
but
the
mouth
of
the
wicked
is
perverse.
A
false
balance
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh,
but accurate
weights
are
his
delight.
When
pride
comes,
then
comes
shame,
but
with
humility
comes
wisdom.
The
integrity
of
the
upright
shall
guide
them,
but
the perverseness
of
the
treacherous
shall
destroy
them.
Riches
don’t
profit
in
the
day
of
wrath,
but
righteousness
delivers
from
death.
The
righteousness
of
the
blameless
will direct
his
way,
but
the
wicked
shall
fall
by
his own
wickedness.
The
righteousness
of
the
upright
shall
deliver
them,
but
the unfaithful
will
be trapped
by evil desires.
When a
wicked
man
dies,
hope
perishes,
and
expectation
of power comes
to nothing.
A
righteous
person
is delivered
out
of
trouble,
and
the
wicked
takes
his
place.
With
his
mouth
the
godless
man
destroys
his
neighbor,
but
the
righteous
will
be
delivered through
knowledge.
When it goes
well
with
the
righteous,
the
city
rejoices.
When
the
wicked
perish, there
is
shouting.
By
the
blessing
of
the
upright,
the
city
is
exalted,
but
it
is
overthrown
by
the
mouth
of
the
wicked.
One
who
despises
his
neighbor
is void
of
wisdom,
but
a
man
of
understanding holds
his peace.
One
who brings gossip betrays
a confidence,
but
one
who
is
of
a trustworthy
spirit
is
one
who keeps
a
secret.
Where
there
is
no
wise
guidance,
the
nation
falls,
but
in
the
multitude
of
counselors
there
is
victory.
He
who
is
collateral
for
a stranger will suffer
for
it,
but
he
who refuses pledges of
collateral
is
secure.
A
gracious
woman obtains
honor,
but
violent
men
obtain
riches.
The merciful
man
does good
to
his
own
soul,
but
he
who
is
cruel
troubles
his
own
flesh.
Wicked
people earn
deceitful
wages,
but
one
who
sows
righteousness
reaps a sure
reward.
He who
is truly
righteous gets
life.
He who
pursues
evil gets
death.
Those
who
are
perverse
in
heart
are
an
abomination
to
Yahweh,
but those whose
ways
are
blameless
are
his
delight.
Most
certainly,
the
evil
man
will
not
be
unpunished,
but
the
offspring
11:21
or, seed
of
the
righteous
will
be
delivered.
Like
a
gold
ring
in
a pig’s
snout,
is
a
beautiful
woman
who
lacks
discretion.
The
desire
of
the
righteous
is
only
good.
The expectation
of
the
wicked
is
wrath.
There
is one
who
scatters,
and
increases
yet
more.
There
is one
who
withholds
more
than
is appropriate,
but gains
poverty.
The liberal
soul
shall
be
made
fat.
He
who
waters
shall
be watered
also
himself.
People curse someone who
withholds
grain,
but
blessing
will
be
on
the
head
of him who
sells
it.
He who
diligently
seeks
good
seeks
favor,
but
he who
searches
after
evil,
it shall
come
to
him.
He
who
trusts
in
his
riches
will
fall,
but
the
righteous
shall flourish
as
the green
leaf.
He
who
troubles
his
own
house
shall
inherit
the
wind.
The
foolish
shall
be
servant
to
the
wise
of
heart.
The
fruit
of
the
righteous
is
a
tree
of
life.
He
who
is
wise
wins
souls.
Behold,
the
righteous
shall
be repaid
in
the
earth,
how
much
more
the
wicked
and
the
sinner!
Whoever
loves
correction
loves
knowledge,
but
he
who
hates
reproof
is
stupid.
A
good
man
shall
obtain
favor
from
Yahweh,
but
he
will
condemn
a
man
of
wicked
plans.
A
man
shall
not
be
established
by
wickedness,
but
the
root
of
the
righteous
shall
not
be
moved.
A
worthy
woman
is
the
crown
of
her
husband,
but
a disgraceful
wife
is as
rottenness
in his
bones.
The
thoughts
of
the
righteous
are
just,
but
the advice
of
the
wicked
is
deceitful.
The
words
of
the
wicked
are
about
lying
in
wait
for
blood,
but
the
speech
of
the
upright
rescues
them.
The
wicked
are
overthrown,
and
are
no
more,
but
the
house
of
the
righteous
shall
stand.
A
man
shall
be commended
according
to
his
wisdom,
but
he
who
has
a warped
mind
shall
be
despised.
Better
is he
who
is little known,
and
has
a
servant,
than he
who
honors
himself
and
lacks
bread.
A
righteous
man respects
the
life
of
his
animal,
but
the tender
mercies
of
the
wicked
are
cruel.
He
who
tills
his
land
shall
have
plenty
of
bread,
but
he
who
chases fantasies
is void
of
understanding.
The
wicked
desires
the plunder
of
evil
men,
but
the
root
of
the
righteous flourishes.
An
evil
man
is trapped
by sinfulness
of
lips,
but
the
righteous shall
come
out
of
trouble.
A
man
shall
be
satisfied
with
good
by
the
fruit
of
his
mouth.
The work
of
a
man’s
hands
shall
be
rewarded
to
him.
The
way
of
a
fool
is
right
in
his
own
eyes,
but he
who
is
wise
listens
to
counsel.
A
fool shows
his
annoyance
the same
day,
but one who overlooks an insult
is
prudent.
He
who
is truthful testifies
honestly,
but
a
false
witness
lies.
There
is
one
who
speaks
rashly like
the piercing
of
a
sword,
but
the
tongue
of
the
wise heals.
Truth’s
lips
will
be
established
forever,
but
a
lying
tongue
is
only momentary.
Deceit
is
in
the
heart
of those
who
plot
evil,
but
joy comes
to
the promoters
of
peace.
No mischief
shall happen
to
the
righteous,
but
the
wicked
shall
be
filled
with
evil.
Lying
lips
are
an
abomination
to
Yahweh,
but those
who
do
the
truth
are
his
delight.
A
prudent
man keeps
his
knowledge,
but
the
hearts
of
fools
proclaim
foolishness.
The
hands
of
the diligent ones
shall
rule,
but laziness ends
in slave
labor.
Anxiety
in
a
man’s
heart
weighs
it
down,
but
a
kind
word
makes
it
glad.
A
righteous person
is cautious
in friendship,
but
the
way
of
the
wicked
leads
them
astray.
The slothful
man
doesn’t
roast
his
game,
but
the possessions
of diligent
men
are prized.
In
the
way
of
righteousness
is
life;
in its
path there
is
no
death.
A
wise
son
listens
to
his
father’s
instruction,
but
a scoffer
doesn’t
listen
to
rebuke.
By
the
fruit
of
his
lips,
a
man
enjoys
good things,
but
the unfaithful crave
violence.
He
who
guards
his
mouth
guards
his
soul.
One
who
opens
wide
his
lips comes
to
ruin.
The
soul
of
the
sluggard
desires,
and
has
nothing,
but
the
desire
of
the diligent
shall
be fully satisfied.
A
righteous
man
hates
lies,
but
a
wicked
man brings
shame
and
disgrace.
Righteousness
guards
the
way
of
integrity,
but
wickedness
overthrows
the sinner.
There
are
some
who pretend
to
be
rich,
yet
have
nothing.
There
are
some
who pretend
to
be
poor,
yet
have
great
wealth.
The
ransom
of
a
man’s
life
is
his
riches,
but
the
poor
hear
no threats.
The
light
of
the
righteous shines brightly,
but
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
is snuffed
out.
Pride
only breeds quarrels,
but
wisdom
is
with people who
take
advice.
Wealth gained dishonestly
dwindles away,
but
he who
gathers
by
hand makes
it grow.
Hope
deferred makes
the
heart
sick,
but
when longing
is
fulfilled,
it
is
a
tree
of
life.
Whoever
despises
instruction
will
pay
for
it,
but
he
who respects
a
command
will
be rewarded.
The
teaching
of
the
wise
is a spring
of
life,
to
turn
from
the
snares
of
death.
Good
understanding
wins
favor,
but
the
way
of
the unfaithful
is
hard.
Every
prudent
man
acts
from
knowledge,
but
a
fool exposes
folly.
A
wicked
messenger
falls
into
trouble,
but
a
trustworthy
envoy gains
healing.
Poverty
and
shame come
to
him
who refuses
discipline,
but he
who
heeds
correction shall be
honored.
Longing
fulfilled
is
sweet
to
the
soul,
but
fools detest
turning
from
evil.
One
who
walks
with
wise
men grows
wise,
but
a companion
of
fools suffers
harm.
Misfortune
pursues
sinners,
but
prosperity
rewards
the
righteous.
A
good
man
leaves
an
inheritance
to
his
children’s
children,
but
the
wealth
of
the
sinner
is
stored
for
the
righteous.
An
abundance
of
food
is
in
poor people’s fields,
but injustice sweeps
it
away.
One
who spares
the
rod
hates
his
son,
but
one
who
loves
him
is careful
to
discipline
him.
The
righteous
one
eats
to
the satisfying
of
his
soul,
but
the
belly
of
the
wicked goes hungry.
Every wise
woman
builds
her
house,
but
the
foolish
one
tears
it
down
with
her own
hands.
He
who
walks
in
his
uprightness
fears
Yahweh,
but
he
who
is perverse
in
his
ways
despises
him.
The
fool’s
talk brings
a
rod
to
his
back,
but
the
lips
of
the
wise
protect
them.
Where
no
oxen
are,
the crib
is
clean,
but
much
increase
is
by
the
strength
of
the
ox.
A truthful
witness
will
not
lie,
but
a
false
witness pours
out
lies.
A scoffer
seeks
wisdom,
and doesn’t
find
it,
but
knowledge
comes easily
to
a
discerning
person.
Stay
away
from
a
foolish
man,
for
you won’t
find
knowledge
on
his
lips.
The
wisdom
of
the
prudent
is
to think
about
his
way,
but
the
folly
of
fools
is
deceit.
Fools
mock
at making atonement for sins,
but
among
the
upright there
is
good
will.
The
heart
knows
its
own bitterness
and
joy;
he
will
not
share these
with
a stranger.
The
house
of
the
wicked
will
be overthrown,
but
the
tent
of
the
upright
will flourish.
There
is
a
way
which seems
right
to
a
man,
but
in
the
end
it leads
to
death.
Even
in
laughter
the
heart
may
be sorrowful,
and
mirth
may
end
in heaviness.
The unfaithful
will
be repaid
for
his
own
ways;
likewise
a
good
man
will
be rewarded
for
his
ways.
A simple
man
believes
everything,
but
the
prudent
man
carefully
considers
his
ways.
A
wise
man
fears
and shuns
evil,
but
the
fool
is hot headed
and reckless.
He
who
is quick
to become
angry
will commit
folly,
and
a crafty
man
is
hated.
The simple
inherit
folly,
but
the
prudent
are
crowned
with
knowledge.
The
evil
bow
down
before
the
good,
and
the
wicked
at
the
gates
of
the
righteous.
The
poor
person
is shunned
even
by
his own
neighbor,
but
the
rich
person
has
many
friends.
He
who
despises
his
neighbor
sins,
but he
who has
pity
on
the
poor
is
blessed.
Don’t
they
go
astray
who
plot
evil?
But
love
and
faithfulness belong
to those
who plan
good.
In
all hard
work
there
is
profit,
but
the
talk
of
the
lips
leads
only
to
poverty.
The
crown
of the
wise
is their
riches,
but the
folly
of
fools
crowns them with
folly.
A
truthful
witness
saves
souls,
but
a
false
witness
is
deceitful.
In
the
fear
of
Yahweh
is
a
secure fortress,
and
he
will
be
a
refuge
for
his
children.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
is
a
fountain
of
life,
turning
people
from
the
snares
of
death.
In
the
multitude
of
people
is
the
king’s
glory,
but
in
the
lack
of
people
is
the destruction
of
the prince.
He
who
is
slow
to
anger
has
great
understanding,
but
he
who
has
a quick
temper displays
folly.
The
life
of
the
body
is
a
heart at peace,
but
envy rots
the
bones.
He
who
oppresses
the
poor shows contempt for
his Maker,
but
he
who is kind
to
the
needy
honors
him.
The
wicked
is brought
down
in his
calamity,
but
in
death,
the
righteous
has
a
refuge.
Wisdom
rests
in
the
heart
of
one
who
has
understanding,
and
is even
made
known
in
the
inward
part
of
fools.
Righteousness
exalts
a
nation,
but
sin
is
a disgrace
to any
people.
The
king’s
favor
is toward
a
servant
who deals wisely,
but
his
wrath
is toward
one
who causes
shame.
A
gentle
answer
turns
away
wrath,
but
a harsh
word
stirs
up
anger.
The
tongue
of
the
wise commends
knowledge,
but
the
mouths
of
fools gush
out
folly.
Yahweh’s
eyes
are
everywhere,
keeping
watch
on
the
evil
and
the
good.
A gentle
tongue
is
a
tree
of
life,
but deceit
in
it
crushes
the
spirit.
A
fool despises
his
father’s
correction,
but
he
who
heeds
reproof shows prudence.
In
the
house
of
the
righteous
is
much
treasure,
but
the
income
of
the
wicked
brings
trouble.
The
lips
of
the
wise
spread
knowledge;
not
so
with
the
heart
of
fools.
The
sacrifice made
by
the
wicked
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh,
but
the
prayer
of
the
upright
is
his
delight.
The
way
of
the
wicked
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh,
but
he
loves
him
who
follows
after
righteousness.
There
is stern
discipline
for one
who forsakes
the
way.
Whoever
hates
reproof
shall
die.
Sheol
15:11
Sheol is the place of the dead.
and
Abaddon
are
before
Yahweh—
how
much
more
then
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
men!
A scoffer
doesn’t
love
to
be
reproved;
he
will
not go
to
the
wise.
A
glad
heart
makes
a
cheerful
face,
but
an aching
heart breaks
the
spirit.
The
heart
of
one
who
has
understanding
seeks
knowledge,
but
the mouths
of
fools
feed
on
folly.
All
the
days
of
the
afflicted
are
wretched,
but
one
who
has
a cheerful
heart enjoys
a
continual
feast.
Better
is
little,
with
the
fear
of
Yahweh,
than
great
treasure
with trouble.
Better
is
a dinner
of herbs,
where
love
is,
than
a
fattened calf
with
hatred.
A
wrathful
man
stirs
up
contention,
but
one
who
is
slow
to
anger appeases
strife.
The
way
of
the
sluggard
is
like
a thorn patch,
but
the
path
of
the
upright
is
a
highway.
A
wise
son
makes
a
father
glad,
but
a
foolish
man
despises
his
mother.
Folly
is
joy
to
one
who
is void
of
wisdom,
but
a
man
of
understanding keeps
his way
straight.
Where
there
is
no
counsel,
plans
fail;
but
in
a
multitude
of
counselors
they
are
established.
Joy comes
to
a
man
with
the
reply
of
his
mouth.
How
good
is
a
word
at
the
right
time!
The
path
of
life
leads
upward
for
the
wise,
to
keep
him
from going
downward
to
Sheol.
15:24
Sheol is the place of the dead.
Yahweh
will uproot
the
house
of
the
proud,
but
he
will keep
the
widow’s
borders intact.
Yahweh detests
the
thoughts
of
the
wicked,
but
the
thoughts
of
the
pure
are pleasing.
He
who
is
greedy
for
gain
troubles
his own
house,
but
he
who
hates
bribes
will
live.
The
heart
of
the
righteous weighs
answers,
but
the
mouth
of
the
wicked gushes
out
evil.
Yahweh
is
far
from
the
wicked,
but
he
hears
the
prayer
of
the
righteous.
The
light
of
the
eyes
rejoices
the
heart.
Good
news gives health
to
the
bones.
The
ear
that
listens
to
reproof
lives,
and
will
be at home
among
the
wise.
He
who refuses
correction
despises
his
own
soul,
but
he
who
listens
to
reproof
gets
understanding.
The
fear
of
Yahweh teaches
wisdom.
Before
honor
is
humility.
The
plans
of
the
heart belong
to
man,
but
the
answer
of
the
tongue
is
from
Yahweh.
All
the
ways
of
a
man
are
clean
in
his
own
eyes,
but
Yahweh
weighs
the
motives.
Commit
your
deeds
to
Yahweh,
and
your
plans
shall succeed.
Yahweh
has
made
everything
for
its own end—
yes,
even
the
wicked
for
the
day
of
evil.
Everyone
who
is proud
in
heart
is
an
abomination
to
Yahweh;
they
shall
certainly
not
be
unpunished.
By
mercy
and
truth
iniquity
is atoned
for.
By
the
fear
of
Yahweh men
depart
from
evil.
When
a
man’s
ways
please
Yahweh,
he
makes
even
his
enemies
to
be
at peace
with
him.
Better
is
a
little
with
righteousness,
than
great revenues
with injustice.
A
man’s
heart
plans
his
course,
but
Yahweh
directs
his
steps.
Inspired
judgments
are
on
the
lips
of
the
king.
He
shall
not betray
his
mouth.
Honest
balances
and
scales
are
Yahweh’s;
all
the
weights
in
the
bag
are
his
work.
It
is
an
abomination
for
kings
to
do wrong,
for
the
throne
is
established
by
righteousness.
Righteous
lips
are
the
delight
of
kings.
They value
one
who
speaks
the truth.
The
king’s
wrath
is
a
messenger
of
death,
but
a
wise
man
will pacify it.
In
the
light
of
the
king’s
face
is
life.
His
favor
is
like
a
cloud
of
the
spring
rain.
How
much
better
it
is
to
get
wisdom
than
gold!
Yes,
to
get
understanding
is
to
be
chosen rather
than
silver.
The
highway
of
the
upright
is
to
depart
from
evil.
He
who
keeps
his
way
preserves
his
soul.
Pride
goes
before
destruction,
and
an arrogant
spirit
before
a fall.
It
is
better
to be
of
a
lowly
spirit
with
the
poor,
than
to
divide
the
plunder
with
the
proud.
He
who heeds
the
Word
finds
prosperity.
Whoever
trusts
in
Yahweh
is
blessed.
The
wise
in
heart
shall
be
called
prudent.
Pleasantness
of
the
lips promotes
instruction.
Understanding
is a
fountain
of
life
to
one
who
has it,
but
the
punishment
of
fools
is their
folly.
The
heart
of
the
wise instructs
his
mouth,
and
adds
learning
to
his
lips.
Pleasant
words
are a
honeycomb,
sweet
to the
soul,
and
health
to the
bones.
There
is
a
way
which seems
right
to
a
man,
but
in
the
end
it leads
to
death.
The
appetite
of
the laboring
man labors
for
him,
for
his
mouth
urges
him
on.
A
worthless
man devises mischief.
His
speech
is
like
a scorching
fire.
A
perverse
man stirs up
strife.
A whisperer
separates close
friends.
A
man
of
violence
entices
his
neighbor,
and leads
him
in
a
way
that
is
not
good.
One who
winks
his
eyes
to
plot perversities,
one who
compresses
his
lips,
is bent
on
evil.
Gray
hair
is
a
crown
of
glory.
It
is attained
by
a life
of
righteousness.
One
who
is
slow
to
anger
is
better
than
the
mighty;
one
who
rules
his
spirit,
than
he
who
takes
a
city.
The
lot
is
cast
into
the
lap,
but
its
every
decision
is
from
Yahweh.
Better
is
a dry
morsel
with
quietness,
than
a
house
full
of
feasting
with
strife.
A
servant
who deals wisely
will
rule
over
a
son
who causes
shame,
and
shall
have
a
part
in
the
inheritance
among
the
brothers.
The
refining
pot
is
for
silver,
and
the
furnace
for
gold,
but
Yahweh
tests
the
hearts.
An evildoer heeds
wicked
lips.
A
liar gives
ear
to
a mischievous
tongue.
Whoever
mocks
the
poor reproaches
his Maker.
He
who
is
glad
at
calamity
shall
not
be
unpunished.
Children’s
children
are
the
crown
of
old
men;
the
glory
of
children
is their
parents.
Excellent
speech
isn’t
fitting
for
a
fool,
much
less
do
lying
lips fit
a
prince.
A
bribe
is
a precious
stone
in
the
eyes
of
him
who gives
it;
wherever
he
turns,
he prospers.
He who
covers
an offense promotes
love;
but he who
repeats
a
matter
separates best
friends.
A
rebuke enters
deeper into
one
who
has
understanding
than
a
hundred lashes into
a
fool.
An
evil
man
seeks
only
rebellion;
therefore
a
cruel
messenger
shall
be
sent against
him.
Let
a
bear
robbed
of
her cubs
meet
a
man,
rather
than
a
fool
in
his
folly.
Whoever rewards
evil
for
good,
evil
shall
not
depart
from
his
house.
The
beginning
of
strife
is
like breaching
a dam,
therefore
stop
contention
before quarreling
breaks
out.
He
who
justifies
the
wicked,
and
he
who
condemns
the
righteous,
both
of
them
alike
are
an
abomination
to
Yahweh.
Why
is
there money
in
the
hand
of
a
fool
to
buy
wisdom,
since
he
has
no
understanding?
A
friend
loves
at
all
times;
and
a
brother
is
born
for
adversity.
A
man void
of
understanding
strikes
hands,
and
becomes
collateral
in
the
presence
of
his
neighbor.
He who
loves disobedience
loves
strife.
One who builds
a
high
gate
seeks
destruction.
One
who
has
a
perverse
heart
doesn’t
find
prosperity,
and
one
who
has
a deceitful
tongue
falls
into
trouble.
He
who becomes
the
father
of
a
fool grieves.
The
father
of
a
fool
has
no
joy.
A
cheerful
heart
makes
good
medicine,
but
a crushed
spirit
dries
up
the
bones.
A
wicked
man
receives
a
bribe
in secret,
to
pervert
the
ways
of
justice.
Wisdom
is
before
the
face
of
one
who
has
understanding,
but
the
eyes
of
a
fool wander
to
the ends
of
the
earth.
A
foolish
son
brings grief
to
his
father,
and
bitterness
to
her
who
bore
him.
Also
to punish
the
righteous
is
not
good,
nor
to
flog officials
for
their
integrity.
He
who spares
his
words
has
knowledge.
He
who
is even tempered
is
a
man
of
understanding.
Even
a
fool,
when
he keeps
silent,
is
counted
wise.
When
he
shuts
his
lips,
he
is
thought
to
be
discerning.
A
man
who isolates
himself pursues selfishness,
and defies
all
sound judgment.
A
fool
has
no
delight
in
understanding,
but
only
in
revealing
his own
opinion.
When wickedness
comes,
contempt
also
comes,
and
with
shame
comes
disgrace.
The
words
of
a
man’s
mouth
are
like
deep
waters.
The
fountain
of
wisdom
is
like
a
flowing
brook.
To
be partial
to
the
faces
of
the
wicked
is
not
good,
nor
to
deprive
the
innocent
of
justice.
A
fool’s
lips
come
into
strife,
and
his
mouth
invites beatings.
A
fool’s
mouth
is
his destruction,
and
his
lips
are
a
snare
to
his
soul.
The
words
of
a
gossip
are
like
dainty
morsels:
they
go
down
into
a person’s
innermost
parts.
One
who
is
slack
in
his
work
is
brother
to
him
who
is
a master
of
destruction.
Yahweh’s
name
is
a
strong
tower:
the
righteous
run
to
him,
and
are
safe.
The
rich
man’s
wealth is
his
strong
city,
like an unscalable
wall
in
his own
imagination.
Before
destruction
the
heart
of
man
is
proud,
but
before
honor
is
humility.
He
who
answers
before
he
hears,
that
is
folly
and
shame
to
him.
A
man’s
spirit
will
sustain
him
in
sickness,
but
a crushed
spirit,
who
can
bear?
The
heart
of
the
discerning
gets
knowledge.
The
ear
of
the
wise
seeks
knowledge.
A
man’s
gift
makes
room
for
him,
and
brings
him
before
great
men.
He
who
pleads
his
cause
first
seems
right—
until
another
comes
and questions
him.
The
lot settles
disputes,
and keeps
strong
ones
apart.
A
brother
offended
is more difficult than
a
fortified
city.
Disputes are like
the
bars
of
a fortress.
A
man’s
stomach
is
filled
with
the
fruit
of
his
mouth.
With
the
harvest
of
his
lips
he
is
satisfied.
Death
and
life
are
in
the
power
of
the
tongue;
those who
love
it
will
eat
its
fruit.
Whoever
finds
a
wife
finds
a
good thing,
and
obtains
favor
of
Yahweh.
The
poor plead for mercy,
but
the
rich
answer
harshly.
A
man
of many
companions
may
be ruined,
but
there
is
a
friend
who
sticks closer than
a
brother.
Better
is
the
poor
who
walks
in
his
integrity
than
he
who
is
perverse
in
his
lips
and
is
a
fool.
It
isn’t
good
to
have zeal
without
knowledge,
nor
being
hasty
with
one’s
feet
and missing
the way.
The
foolishness
of
man
subverts
his
way;
his
heart
rages
against
Yahweh.
Wealth
adds
many
friends,
but
the
poor is
separated
from
his
friend.
A
false
witness
shall
not
be
unpunished.
He
who pours
out
lies
shall
not
go
free.
Many
will
entreat
the
favor
of
a ruler,
and
everyone
is
a
friend
to
a
man
who gives
gifts.
All
the
relatives
of
the
poor
shun
him;
how
much
more
do
his
friends
avoid
him!
He
pursues
them
with pleas,
but
they
are
gone.
He
who
gets
wisdom
loves
his
own
soul.
He
who
keeps
understanding
shall
find
good.
A
false
witness
shall
not
be
unpunished.
He
who
utters
lies
shall
perish.
Delicate living
is
not
appropriate
for
a
fool,
much
less
for
a
servant
to
have
rule
over
princes.
The
discretion
of
a
man
makes
him
slow
to
anger.
It
is
his
glory
to
overlook
an offense.
The
king’s
wrath
is
like
the
roaring
of
a
lion,
but
his
favor
is
like
dew
on
the
grass.
A
foolish
son
is
the
calamity
of
his
father.
A
wife’s quarrels
are
a continual
dripping.
House
and
riches
are
an
inheritance
from
fathers,
but
a prudent
wife
is
from
Yahweh.
Slothfulness
casts
into
a
deep
sleep.
The idle
soul
shall
suffer
hunger.
He
who
keeps
the
commandment
keeps
his
soul,
but he
who
is contemptuous
in
his
ways
shall
die.
He
who
has
pity
on
the
poor
lends
to
Yahweh;
he
will
reward
him.
Discipline
your
son,
for
there
is
hope;
don’t
be
a willing party
to
his
death.
A
hot-tempered man
must pay
the
penalty,
for
if
you
rescue
him,
you
must
do
it
again.
Listen
to
counsel
and
receive
instruction,
that
you
may
be
wise
in
your
latter
end.
There
are
many
plans
in
a
man’s
heart,
but
Yahweh’s
counsel
will prevail.
That which makes
a
man
to
be
desired
is
his
kindness.
A
poor
man
is
better
than
a liar.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
leads
to
life,
then contentment;
he rests
and
will
not
be touched
by
trouble.
The
sluggard
buries
his
hand
in
the
dish;
he
will
not
so
much
as
bring
it
to
his
mouth
again.
Flog
a scoffer,
and
the simple
will learn prudence;
rebuke
one
who
has
understanding,
and
he
will
gain
knowledge.
He
who robs
his
father
and
drives
away
his
mother
is
a
son
who causes
shame
and
brings reproach.
If
you
stop
listening
to
instruction,
my
son,
you
will
stray
from
the
words
of
knowledge.
A corrupt
witness mocks
justice,
and
the
mouth
of
the
wicked gulps down
iniquity.
Penalties
are
prepared
for scoffers,
and beatings
for
the backs of
fools.
Wine
is
a mocker
and
beer
is
a
brawler.
Whoever
is led
astray
by them
is
not
wise.
The
terror
of
a
king
is
like
the
roaring
of
a
lion.
He
who provokes
him
to
anger
forfeits
his
own
life.
It
is
an
honor
for
a
man
to keep aloof
from
strife,
but
every
fool
will
be quarreling.
The
sluggard
will
not
plow
by reason
of
the
winter;
therefore
he
shall
beg
in
harvest,
and
have
nothing.
Counsel
in
the
heart
of
man
is
like
deep
water,
but
a
man
of
understanding
will draw
it
out.
Many
men claim
to
be
men
of unfailing
love,
but
who
can
find
a
faithful
man?
A
righteous
man
walks
in
integrity.
Blessed
are
his
children
after
him.
A
king
who
sits
on
the
throne
of
judgment
scatters
away
all
evil
with
his
eyes.
Who
can
say, “I have made
my
heart
pure.
I am
clean
and without
sin?”
Differing
weights
and
differing
measures,
both
of
them
alike
are
an
abomination
to
Yahweh.
Even
a
child makes
himself known
by
his
doings,
whether
his
work
is
pure,
and
whether
it
is
right.
The
hearing
ear,
and
the
seeing
eye,
Yahweh
has
made
even
both
of
them.
Don’t
love
sleep,
lest
you
come
to
poverty.
Open
your
eyes,
and
you shall
be
satisfied
with
bread.
“It’s no good, it’s no good,”
says
the
buyer;
but
when
he
is
gone
his
way,
then
he
boasts.
There
is
gold
and
abundance
of rubies,
but
the
lips
of
knowledge
are
a rare
jewel.
Take
the
garment
of
one
who
puts up
collateral
for
a
stranger;
and hold
him
in pledge
for
a wayward
woman.
Fraudulent
food
is
sweet
to
a
man,
but
afterwards
his
mouth
is
filled
with
gravel.
Plans
are
established
by
advice;
by
wise
guidance
you
wage
war!
He
who
goes
about
as
a tale-bearer
reveals
secrets;
therefore
don’t keep
company
with
him
who
opens wide
his
lips.
Whoever
curses
his
father
or
his
mother,
his
lamp
shall
be
put
out
in blackness
of
darkness.
An
inheritance quickly gained
at
the
beginning
won’t
be
blessed
in
the
end.
Don’t
say, “I
will
pay
back
evil.”
Wait
for
Yahweh,
and
he
will
save
you.
Yahweh detests
differing
weights,
and
dishonest
scales
are
not pleasing.
A
man’s
steps
are
from
Yahweh;
how
then
can
man
understand
his
way?
It
is a
snare
to a
man
to
make a rash dedication,
then
later
to consider
his
vows.
A
wise
king
winnows
out
the
wicked,
and
drives
the threshing
wheel
over
them.
The
spirit
of
man
is
Yahweh’s
lamp,
searching
all
his
innermost
parts.
Love
and
faithfulness
keep
the
king safe.
His
throne
is sustained
by
love.
The
glory
of
young
men is
their
strength.
The
splendor
of
old
men is
their
gray
hair.
Wounding
blows
cleanse
away
evil,
and
beatings purge
the
innermost
parts.
The
king’s
heart
is
in
Yahweh’s
hand
like
the watercourses.
He
turns
it
wherever
he
desires.
Every
way
of
a
man
is
right
in
his
own
eyes,
but
Yahweh
weighs
the
hearts.
To
do
righteousness
and
justice
is more acceptable
to
Yahweh than
sacrifice.
A high
look
and
a
proud
heart,
the lamp
of
the
wicked,
is
sin.
The
plans
of
the diligent
surely
lead
to
profit;
and
everyone
who
is
hasty
surely rushes
to
poverty.
Getting
treasures
by
a
lying
tongue
is
a
fleeting
vapor
for those who
seek
death.
The
violence
of
the
wicked
will drive
them
away,
because
they
refuse
to
do
what
is
right.
The
way
of
the
guilty
is devious,
but
the
conduct
of
the innocent
is
upright.
It
is
better
to
dwell
in
the
corner
of
the
housetop
than
to share
a
house
with
a contentious
woman.
The
soul
of
the
wicked
desires
evil;
his
neighbor finds
no
mercy
in
his
eyes.
When
the mocker
is
punished,
the simple gains
wisdom.
When
the
wise
is instructed,
he
receives
knowledge.
The
Righteous
One
considers
the
house
of
the
wicked,
and brings
the
wicked
to ruin.
Whoever
stops
his
ears
at
the
cry
of
the
poor,
he
will
also
cry out,
but
shall
not
be heard.
A
gift
in secret pacifies
anger,
and
a
bribe
in
the cloak,
strong
wrath.
It
is
joy
to
the
righteous
to
do
justice;
but
it
is
a
destruction
to
the
workers
of
iniquity.
The
man
who
wanders out
of
the
way
of
understanding
shall
rest
in
the
assembly
of
the
departed
spirits.
He
who
loves
pleasure
will
be
a
poor
man.
He
who
loves
wine
and
oil
won’t
be
rich.
The
wicked
is
a
ransom
for
the
righteous,
the
treacherous
for
the
upright.
It
is
better
to
dwell
in
a
desert
land,
than
with
a
contentious
and fretful
woman.
There
is
precious
treasure
and
oil
in
the
dwelling
of
the
wise,
but
a
foolish
man
swallows it
up.
He
who
follows
after
righteousness
and
kindness
finds
life,
righteousness,
and
honor.
A
wise
man
scales
the
city
of
the
mighty,
and
brings
down
the
strength
of
its
confidence.
Whoever
guards
his
mouth
and
his
tongue
keeps
his
soul
from troubles.
The
proud
and
arrogant man—“Scoffer”
is
his
name—
he
works
in
the
arrogance
of
pride.
The
desire
of
the
sluggard
kills
him,
for
his
hands
refuse
to
labor.
There
are
those
who covet
greedily
all
day
long;
but
the
righteous
give
and
don’t
withhold.
The
sacrifice
of
the
wicked
is
an
abomination—
how
much
more,
when
he
brings
it
with
a
wicked mind!
A
false
witness
will
perish.
A
man
who
listens
speaks
to eternity.
A
wicked
man hardens
his
face;
but
as
for
the
upright,
he
establishes
his
ways.
There
is
no
wisdom
nor
understanding
nor
counsel
against
Yahweh.
The
horse
is
prepared
for
the
day
of
battle;
but
victory
is
with
Yahweh.
A
good
name
is
more desirable
than
great
riches,
and loving
favor
is
better
than
silver
and
gold.
The
rich
and
the
poor
have
this
in
common:
Yahweh
is
the maker
of
them
all.
A
prudent
man
sees
danger
and
hides himself;
but
the simple
pass
on,
and suffer
for
it.
The result
of
humility
and
the
fear
of
Yahweh
is
wealth,
honor,
and
life.
Thorns
and
snares
are
in
the
path
of
the wicked;
whoever
guards
his
soul stays
from
them.
Train
up
a
child
in
the
way
he
should
go,
and
when
he
is
old
he
will
not
depart
from
it.
The
rich
rule
over
the
poor.
The borrower
is
servant
to
the lender.
He who
sows
wickedness reaps
trouble,
and
the
rod
of
his
fury
will be
destroyed.
He
who
has
a generous
eye
will
be
blessed,
for
he shares
his
food
with
the
poor.
Drive
out
the mocker,
and
strife
will
go
out;
yes, quarrels
and insults
will stop.
He
who
loves
purity
of
heart
and speaks gracefully
is
the
king’s
friend.
Yahweh’s
eyes
watch
over
knowledge,
but
he frustrates
the
words
of
the unfaithful.
The
sluggard
says, “There
is
a
lion
outside!
I will be
killed
in
the
streets!”
The
mouth
of
an adulteress
is
a
deep
pit.
He
who
is under
Yahweh’s wrath
will
fall
into
it.
Folly
is
bound
up
in
the
heart
of
a
child;
the
rod
of
discipline drives
it
far
from
him.
Whoever
oppresses
the
poor
for
his own
increase
and
whoever
gives
to
the
rich,
both come
to
poverty.
Turn
your
ear,
and
listen
to
the
words
of
the
wise.
Apply
your
heart
to
my teaching.
For
it
is
a
pleasant
thing
if
you
keep
them
within
you,
if
all
of
them
are
ready
on
your
lips.
I
teach
you
today,
even
you,
so
that
your
trust
may
be
in
Yahweh.
Haven’t
I
written
to
you thirty excellent
things
of counsel
and
knowledge,
To
teach
you
truth, reliable
words,
to
give sound
answers
to
the ones who
sent
you?
Don’t
exploit
the
poor
because
he
is
poor;
and
don’t
crush
the
needy
in
court;
for
Yahweh
will
plead
their
case,
and plunder
the
life
of
those
who plunder
them.
Don’t befriend
a
hot-tempered
man.
Don’t
associate
with
one
who harbors
anger,
lest
you
learn
his
ways
and ensnare
your
soul.
Don’t
you
be
one
of
those who strike
hands,
of
those who
are
collateral
for
debts.
If
you
don’t
have
means
to
pay,
why
should
he
take
away
your
bed
from
under
you?
Don’t
move
the
ancient
boundary
stone
which
your
fathers
have
set up.
Do
you
see
a
man
skilled
in
his
work?
He
will
serve
kings.
He won’t
serve
obscure
men.
When
you
sit
to
eat
with
a
ruler,
consider
diligently
what
is
before
you;
put
a
knife
to
your
throat
if
you
are
a
man given
to
appetite.
Don’t
be desirous
of
his dainties,
since
they are deceitful
food.
Don’t
weary yourself
to
be
rich.
In
your wisdom, show restraint.
Why
do
you
set
your
eyes
on
that
which
is
not?
For
it
certainly sprouts
wings
like
an
eagle
and
flies
in
the
sky.
Don’t
eat
the
food
of
him who
has
a stingy
eye,
and
don’t
crave
his
delicacies,
for
as
he
thinks about
the cost,
so
he
is.
“Eat
and
drink!”
he
says
to
you,
but
his
heart
is
not
with
you.
You
will
vomit
up
the
morsel
which
you
have
eaten
and
waste
your
pleasant
words.
Don’t
speak
in
the
ears
of
a
fool,
for
he
will
despise
the
wisdom
of
your
words.
Don’t
move
the
ancient
boundary stone.
Don’t
encroach
on
the
fields
of
the
fatherless,
for
their Defender
is
strong.
He
will
plead
their
case
against
you.
Apply
your
heart
to
instruction,
and
your
ears
to
the
words
of
knowledge.
Don’t
withhold
correction
from
a
child.
If
you punish
him
with
the
rod,
he
will
not
die.
Punish
him
with
the
rod,
and
save
his
soul
from
Sheol.
23:14
Sheol is the place of the dead.
My
son,
if
your
heart
is
wise,
then
my
heart
will
be
glad,
even mine.
Yes,
my
heart
will
rejoice
when
your
lips
speak
what
is
right.
Don’t
let
your
heart
envy
sinners,
but
rather
fear
Yahweh
all
day
long.
Indeed
surely
there
is
a
future
hope,
and
your
hope
will
not
be
cut
off.
Listen,
my
son,
and
be
wise,
and
keep
your
heart
on
the right
path!
Don’t
be among ones drinking too much
wine,
or
those who gorge themselves
on
meat;
for
the drunkard
and
the glutton shall
become
poor;
and
drowsiness
clothes
them
in
rags.
Listen
to
your
father
who
gave
you life,
and
don’t
despise
your
mother
when
she
is
old.
Buy
the
truth,
and
don’t
sell
it.
Get
wisdom,
discipline,
and
understanding.
The
father
of
the
righteous
has great
joy.
Whoever
fathers
a
wise
child delights
in
him.
Let
your
father
and
your
mother
be
glad!
Let
her
who
bore
you
rejoice!
My
son,
give
me
your
heart;
and
let
your
eyes keep
in
my
ways.
For
a
prostitute
is
a
deep
pit;
and
a wayward wife
is
a narrow
well.
Yes,
she
lies
in
wait
like
a
robber,
and
increases
the unfaithful
among
men.
Who
has
woe?
Who
has
sorrow?
Who
has
strife?
Who
has complaints?
Who
has needless
bruises?
Who
has bloodshot
eyes?
Those who
stay
long
at
the
wine;
those who
go
to seek
out
mixed
wine.
Don’t
look
at
the
wine
when
it
is
red,
when
it sparkles
in
the cup,
when
it
goes
down
smoothly.
In
the
end,
it bites like a
snake,
and poisons like a viper.
Your
eyes
will
see
strange
things,
and
your
mind
will imagine confusing
things.
Yes,
you
will
be
as
he who
lies
down
in
the
middle
of
the
sea,
or
as
he who
lies
on
top
of
the rigging:
“They
hit
me,
and
I
was
not hurt!
They
beat
me,
and
I don’t feel
it!
When
will
I
wake up?
I
can
do
it
again.
I
will
look
for
more.”
Don’t
be
envious
of
evil
men,
neither
desire
to
be
with
them;
for
their
hearts plot
violence
and
their
lips
talk
about
mischief.
Through
wisdom
a
house
is
built;
by
understanding
it
is
established;
by
knowledge
the
rooms
are
filled
with
all
rare
and beautiful treasure.
A
wise
man
has great
power.
A knowledgeable
man
increases
strength,
for
by
wise
guidance
you
wage
your
war,
and
victory
is
in
many advisors.
Wisdom
is
too
high
for
a
fool.
He
doesn’t
open
his
mouth
in
the
gate.
One
who
plots
to do
evil
will be
called
a schemer.
The
schemes
of
folly
are
sin.
The mocker
is detested
by
men.
If
you falter
in
the
time
of
trouble,
your
strength
is small.
Rescue those who are being led
away
to
death!
Indeed,
hold
back those who are
staggering
to
the
slaughter!
If
you
say, “Behold,
we
didn’t
know
this,”
doesn’t
he
who
weighs
the
hearts
consider
it?
He
who
keeps
your
soul,
doesn’t
he
know
it?
Shall
he
not
render
to every
man according
to
his
work?
My
son,
eat
honey,
for
it
is
good,
the droppings
of
the honeycomb, which
are
sweet
to
your
taste;
so
you
shall
know
wisdom
to
be
to
your
soul.
If
you
have
found
it,
then
there
will
be
a reward:
Your
hope
will
not
be
cut
off.
Don’t
lay
in
wait,
wicked
man, against
the habitation
of
the
righteous.
Don’t
destroy
his
resting
place;
for
a
righteous
man
falls
seven
times
and
rises
up
again,
but
the
wicked
are
overthrown
by
calamity.
Don’t
rejoice
when
your
enemy
falls.
Don’t
let
your
heart
be
glad
when
he
is
overthrown,
lest
Yahweh
see
it,
and
it displease
him,
and
he
turn
away
his
wrath
from
him.
Don’t
fret yourself because
of evildoers,
neither
be
envious
of
the
wicked;
for
there
will
be
no reward
to
the
evil
man.
The
lamp
of
the
wicked
will
be snuffed
out.
My
son,
fear
Yahweh
and
the
king.
Don’t
join
those
who
are rebellious,
for
their
calamity
will
rise
suddenly.
Who
knows
what
destruction
may
come
from
them
both?
These
also
are sayings
of
the
wise:
To
show
partiality
in
judgment
is
not
good.
He
who
says
to
the
wicked, “You
are
righteous,”
peoples
will curse
him,
and
nations
will
abhor
him—
but
it
will
go
well
with
those
who convict
the guilty,
and
a rich
blessing
will
come
on
them.
An honest
answer
is
like
a kiss
on
the
lips.
Prepare
your
work
outside,
and
get
your
fields
ready.
Afterwards,
build
your
house.
Don’t
be
a
witness
against
your
neighbor
without
cause.
Don’t deceive
with
your
lips.
Don’t
say, “I
will
do
to
him
as
he
has
done
to
me;
I
will
repay
the
man
according
to
his
work.”
I
went
by
the
field
of
the
sluggard,
by
the
vineyard
of
the
man void
of
understanding.
Behold,
it
was
all grown
over
with thorns.
Its
surface
was
covered
with
nettles,
and
its
stone
wall
was
broken
down.
Then
I
saw,
and
considered
well.
I
saw,
and
received
instruction:
a
little
sleep,
a
little
slumber,
a
little
folding
of
the
hands
to
sleep,
so
your
poverty
will
come
as
a
robber
and
your
want
as
an
armed
man.
These
also
are
proverbs
of
Solomon,
which
the
men
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
copied
out.
It
is
the
glory
of
God
to
conceal
a
thing,
but
the
glory
of
kings
is
to
search
out
a
matter.
As
the
heavens
for
height,
and
the
earth
for
depth,
so
the
hearts
of
kings
are unsearchable.
Take
away
the
dross
from
the
silver,
and material
comes
out
for
the refiner.
Take
away
the
wicked
from
the
king’s
presence,
and
his
throne
will
be
established
in
righteousness.
Don’t exalt yourself
in
the
presence
of
the
king,
or
claim
a
place among
great
men;
for
it
is
better
that
it
be
said
to
you, “Come
up
here,”
than
that
you
should
be
put
lower
in
the
presence
of
the
prince,
whom
your
eyes
have
seen.
Don’t
be hasty
in
bringing charges
to
court.
What
will
you
do
in
the
end
when
your
neighbor shames
you?
Debate
your
case
with
your
neighbor,
and
don’t
betray
the confidence
of
another,
lest
one
who
hears
it
put
you
to shame,
and
your
bad reputation
never depart.
A
word fitly
spoken
is
like
apples
of
gold
in
settings
of
silver.
As
an
earring
of
gold,
and
an
ornament
of
fine
gold,
so
is
a
wise
reprover
to
an
obedient
ear.
As
the cold
of
snow
in
the
time
of
harvest,
so
is
a
faithful
messenger
to
those
who
send
him;
for
he
refreshes
the
soul
of
his
masters.
As clouds
and
wind
without
rain,
so
is
he
who boasts
of
gifts deceptively.
By patience
a
ruler
is persuaded.
A
soft
tongue
breaks
the
bone.
Have
you
found
honey?
Eat
as much
as
is
sufficient
for
you,
lest
you
eat too much,
and
vomit
it.
Let
your
foot
be seldom
in
your
neighbor’s
house,
lest
he
be
weary
of
you,
and
hate
you.
A
man
who gives
false
testimony
against
his
neighbor
is
like
a
club,
a
sword,
or
a
sharp
arrow.
Confidence
in someone unfaithful
in
time
of
trouble
is
like
a bad
tooth
or
a lame
foot.
As one
who takes
away
a
garment
in
cold weather,
or
vinegar
on
soda,
so
is one
who
sings
songs
to
a heavy
heart.
If
your
enemy
is
hungry,
give
him
food
to
eat.
If
he
is
thirsty,
give
him
water
to
drink;
for
you
will
heap
coals
of fire
on
his
head,
and
Yahweh
will
reward
you.
The
north
wind produces
rain;
so
a backbiting
tongue brings
an
angry
face.
It
is
better
to
dwell
in
the
corner
of
the
housetop
than
to share
a
house
with
a
contentious
woman.
Like
cold
water
to
a thirsty
soul,
so
is
good
news
from
a
far
country.
Like
a muddied
spring
and
a
polluted
well,
so
is
a
righteous
man
who
gives
way
before
the
wicked.
It
is
not
good
to
eat
much
honey,
nor
is
it honorable
to
seek
one’s own
honor.
Like
a
city
that
is
broken
down
and
without
walls
is
a
man
whose
spirit
is
without restraint.
Like
snow
in
summer,
and
as
rain
in
harvest,
so
honor
is
not
fitting
for
a
fool.
Like
a fluttering
sparrow,
like
a darting
swallow,
so
the undeserved
curse
doesn’t
come
to rest.
A
whip
is for
the
horse,
a
bridle for
the
donkey,
and a
rod for
the back
of
fools!
Don’t
answer
a
fool according
to
his
folly,
lest
you
also
be like him.
Answer
a
fool according
to
his
folly,
lest he
be
wise
in
his
own
eyes.
One
who
sends
a
message
by
the
hand
of
a
fool
is
cutting
off
feet
and
drinking
violence.
Like
the
legs
of
the
lame
that
hang loose,
so
is
a
parable
in
the
mouth
of
fools.
As
one
who binds
a
stone
in
a
sling,
so
is
he
who
gives
honor
to
a
fool.
Like
a
thorn
bush
that
goes
into
the
hand
of
a
drunkard,
so
is
a
parable
in
the
mouth
of
fools.
As an archer
who wounds
all,
so
is
he
who
hires
a
fool
or
he
who
hires
those
who
pass
by.
As
a
dog
that
returns
to
his
vomit,
so
is
a
fool
who
repeats
his
folly.
Do
you
see
a
man
wise
in
his
own
eyes?
There
is
more
hope
for
a
fool
than
for
him.
The
sluggard
says, “There
is
a
lion
in
the
road!
A fierce
lion roams
the
streets!”
As
the
door
turns
on
its hinges,
so does
the
sluggard
on
his
bed.
The
sluggard
buries
his
hand
in
the
dish.
He
is too
lazy
to
bring
it
back
to
his
mouth.
The
sluggard
is
wiser
in
his
own
eyes
than
seven
men
who
answer
with
discretion.
Like
one
who grabs
a
dog’s
ears
is
one
who
passes
by
and meddles
in
a
quarrel
not
his
own.
Like a madman who shoots torches,
arrows,
and
death,
is
the
man
who deceives
his
neighbor
and
says, “Am
I
not
joking?”
For
lack
of
wood
a
fire
goes
out.
Without
gossip,
a quarrel dies
down.
As
coals
are
to
hot
embers,
and
wood
to
fire,
so
is
a
contentious
man
to kindling
strife.
The
words
of
a whisperer
are
as
dainty
morsels,
they
go
down
into
the
innermost
parts.
Like
silver
dross
on
an
earthen
vessel
are
the
lips
of
a
fervent one
with
an
evil
heart.
A malicious man disguises
himself
with
his
lips,
but
he harbors evil
in
his
heart.
When
his speech
is charming,
don’t
believe
him,
for there
are
seven
abominations
in
his
heart.
His malice
may be concealed
by deception,
but
his
wickedness
will be
exposed
in
the
assembly.
Whoever
digs
a
pit
shall
fall
into
it.
Whoever
rolls
a
stone,
it
will
come
back
on
him.
A
lying
tongue
hates
those
it hurts;
and
a
flattering
mouth
works
ruin.
Don’t
boast
about
tomorrow;
for
you
don’t
know
what
a
day
may
bring.
Let
another man
praise
you,
and
not
your own
mouth;
a
stranger,
and
not
your own
lips.
A
stone
is
heavy,
and
sand
is
a burden;
but
a
fool’s provocation
is
heavier than
both.
Wrath
is cruel,
and
anger
is overwhelming;
but
who
is able
to
stand
before
jealousy?
Better
is
open
rebuke
than
hidden
love.
The
wounds
of
a
friend are
faithful,
although
the
kisses
of an
enemy are profuse.
A
full
soul
loathes
a honeycomb;
but
to
a
hungry
soul,
every
bitter
thing
is
sweet.
As
a
bird
that
wanders
from
her
nest,
so
is
a
man
who
wanders
from
his
home.
Perfume
and
incense bring
joy
to
the
heart;
so
does earnest
counsel
from
a
man’s
friend.
Don’t
forsake
your
friend
and
your
father’s
friend.
Don’t
go
to
your
brother’s
house
in
the
day
of
your
disaster.
A
neighbor
who
is
near
is
better
than
a
distant
brother.
Be
wise,
my
son,
and
bring
joy
to
my
heart,
then
I
can
answer
my tormentor.
A
prudent
man
sees
danger
and takes refuge;
but
the simple
pass
on,
and suffer
for
it.
Take
his
garment
when
he
puts up
collateral
for
a
stranger.
Hold
it
for
a wayward
woman!
He who
blesses
his
neighbor
with
a
loud
voice
early
in
the
morning,
it
will
be taken
as
a
curse
by
him.
A continual dropping
on
a rainy
day
and
a
contentious
wife
are alike:
restraining
her
is
like restraining
the
wind,
or
like grasping
oil
in
his
right
hand.
Iron
sharpens
iron;
so
a
man
sharpens
his
friend’s
countenance.
Whoever
tends
the
fig
tree
shall
eat
its
fruit.
He
who looks
after
his
master
shall
be
honored.
Like
water reflects
a
face,
so
a
man’s
heart reflects
the
man.
Sheol
27:20
Sheol is the place of the dead.
and Abaddon
are
never
satisfied;
and
a
man’s
eyes
are
never
satisfied.
The
crucible
is
for
silver,
and
the
furnace
for
gold;
but
man
is refined
by
his
praise.
Though
you grind
a
fool
in
a
mortar
with
a
pestle
along
with
grain,
yet
his
foolishness
will
not
be
removed
from
him.
Know
well
the state
of
your
flocks,
and
pay
attention
to
your
herds,
for
riches
are
not
forever,
nor
does
the
crown
endure
to
all
generations.
The hay
is
removed,
and
the
new
growth
appears,
the grasses
of
the
hills
are
gathered
in.
The
lambs are
for your
clothing,
and
the
goats are
the
price
of
a
field.
There
will
be
plenty
of
goats’
milk
for
your
food,
for
your family’s
food,
and
for
the nourishment
of
your servant
girls.
The
wicked
flee
when
no
one
pursues;
but
the
righteous
are
as
bold
as
a
lion.
In
rebellion,
a
land
has
many
rulers,
but order
is maintained
by
a
man
of
understanding
and
knowledge.
A needy
man
who
oppresses
the
poor
is like
a
driving
rain
which
leaves
no crops.
Those
who
forsake
the
law
praise
the
wicked;
but those
who
keep
the
law
contend
with
them.
Evil
men
don’t
understand
justice;
but
those
who
seek
Yahweh
understand
it fully.
Better
is
the
poor
who
walks
in
his
integrity
than
he
who
is
perverse
in
his
ways,
and
he
is
rich.
Whoever
keeps
the
law
is
a wise
son;
but
he
who
is
a companion
of gluttons shames
his
father.
He who
increases his
wealth
by excessive
interest
gathers
it for one who has
pity
on
the
poor.
He
who
turns
away
his
ear
from
hearing
the
law,
even
his
prayer
is
an
abomination.
Whoever causes
the
upright
to
go
astray
in
an
evil
way,
he
will
fall
into
his
own trap;
but
the
blameless
will
inherit
good.
The
rich
man
is
wise
in
his
own
eyes;
but
the
poor
who
has
understanding
sees
through
him.
When
the
righteous
triumph, there
is
great
glory;
but
when
the
wicked
rise,
men
hide themselves.
He
who
conceals
his sins
doesn’t
prosper,
but whoever
confesses
and renounces
them
finds
mercy.
Blessed
is
the
man
who
always
fears;
but
one
who
hardens
his
heart
falls
into
trouble.
As
a
roaring
lion
or
a charging
bear,
so
is
a
wicked
ruler
over helpless
people.
A tyrannical
ruler
lacks judgment.
One
who
hates ill-gotten
gain
will
have
long
days.
A
man
who
is tormented
by
blood
guilt
will
be
a
fugitive
until
death.
No
one
will
support
him.
Whoever
walks
blamelessly
is kept
safe;
but
one
with perverse
ways
will
fall suddenly.
One who
works
his
land
will
have an
abundance
of
food;
but one who
chases fantasies
will
have
his
fill
of
poverty.
A
faithful
man
is
rich
with
blessings;
but
one
who
is eager
to
be
rich
will
not
go
unpunished.
To
show
partiality
is
not
good,
yet
a
man
will do wrong
for
a
piece
of
bread.
A stingy
man hurries
after
riches,
and
doesn’t
know
that
poverty waits
for
him.
One
who
rebukes
a
man
will
afterward
find more
favor
than
one
who flatters
with
the
tongue.
Whoever
robs
his
father
or
his
mother
and
says, “It’s
not wrong,”
is
a partner
with
a
destroyer.
One
who
is greedy
stirs
up
strife;
but
one
who
trusts
in
Yahweh
will
prosper.
One
who
trusts
in
himself
is
a
fool;
but
one
who
walks
in
wisdom
is kept safe.
One
who
gives
to
the
poor
has
no
lack;
but
one
who closes
his
eyes
will
have
many
curses.
When
the
wicked
rise,
men
hide themselves;
but
when they
perish,
the
righteous thrive.
He
who
is often rebuked
and stiffens
his
neck
will
be
destroyed
suddenly,
with
no
remedy.
When
the
righteous thrive,
the
people
rejoice;
but
when
the
wicked
rule,
the
people
groan.
Whoever
loves
wisdom brings
joy
to
his
father;
but
a companion
of
prostitutes squanders
his
wealth.
The
king
by
justice makes
the
land stable,
but
he
who
takes
bribes
tears
it
down.
A
man
who flatters
his
neighbor
spreads
a
net
for
his
feet.
An
evil
man
is snared
by
his sin,
but
the
righteous
can
sing
and
be
glad.
The
righteous care
about
justice
for
the
poor.
The
wicked aren’t
concerned
about
knowledge.
Mockers stir up
a
city,
but
wise
men
turn
away
anger.
If
a
wise
man
goes
to court
with
a
foolish
man,
the
fool
rages
or scoffs,
and
there
is
no
peace.
The bloodthirsty
hate
a
man
of
integrity;
and
they
seek
the
life
of
the
upright.
A
fool vents
all
of
his
anger,
but
a
wise
man
brings himself under control.
If
a
ruler
listens
to
lies,
all
of
his officials
are
wicked.
The
poor
man
and
the oppressor
have
this
in
common:
Yahweh
gives
sight
to
the
eyes
of
both.
The
king
who fairly
judges
the
poor,
his
throne
shall
be
established
forever.
The
rod
of
correction
gives
wisdom,
but
a
child
left
to himself
causes
shame
to
his
mother.
When
the
wicked
increase, sin
increases;
but
the
righteous
will
see
their downfall.
Correct
your
son,
and
he
will
give
you
peace;
yes,
he
will
bring
delight
to
your
soul.
Where
there
is
no revelation,
the
people cast off restraint;
but
one
who
keeps
the
law
is
blessed.
A
servant
can’t
be corrected
by
words.
Though
he
understands,
yet
he
will
not respond.
Do
you
see
a
man
who
is
hasty
in
his
words?
There
is
more
hope
for
a
fool
than
for
him.
He
who
pampers
his
servant
from
youth
will
have
him
become
a
son
in
the
end.
An
angry
man
stirs
up
strife,
and
a
wrathful
man abounds
in sin.
A
man’s
pride
brings
him
low,
but
one
of
lowly
spirit
gains
honor.
Whoever
is
an accomplice
of
a
thief
is
an
enemy
of
his
own
soul.
He takes
an
oath,
but dares
not testify.
The
fear
of
man proves
to
be
a
snare,
but whoever
puts
his
trust
in
Yahweh
is
kept
safe.
Many
seek
the
ruler’s
favor,
but
a
man’s
justice
comes
from
Yahweh.
A dishonest
man detests
the
righteous,
and
the
upright
in
their
ways detest
the
wicked.
The
words
of
Agur
the
son
of
Jakeh,
the revelation:
the
man
says
to
Ithiel,
to
Ithiel
and
Ucal:
“Surely
I
am
the most ignorant
man,
and
don’t
have
a
man’s
understanding.
I
have
not
learned
wisdom,
neither do
I
have
the
knowledge
of
the
Holy
One.
Who
has
ascended
up
into
heaven,
and
descended?
Who
has
gathered
the
wind
in
his
fists?
Who
has bound
the
waters
in
his
garment?
Who
has
established
all
the
ends
of
the
earth?
What
is
his
name,
and
what
is
his
son’s
name,
if
you
know?
“Every
word
of
God
is flawless.
He
is
a
shield
to
those
who
take
refuge
in
him.
Don’t
you
add
to
his
words,
lest
he
reprove
you,
and
you
be found
a
liar.
“Two
things
I
have
asked
of
you.
Don’t
deny
me
before
I
die.
Remove
far
from
me
falsehood
and
lies.
Give
me
neither
poverty
nor
riches.
Feed
me
with
the
food
that
is needful
for
me,
lest
I
be
full,
deny
you,
and
say, ‘Who
is
Yahweh?’
or
lest
I
be
poor,
and
steal,
and
so dishonor
the
name
of
my
God.
“Don’t
slander
a
servant
to
his
master,
lest
he
curse
you,
and
you
be
held
guilty.
There
is
a
generation
that
curses
their
father,
and
doesn’t
bless
their
mother.
There
is
a
generation
that
is
pure
in
their
own
eyes,
yet
are
not
washed
from
their
filthiness.
There
is
a
generation, oh
how
lofty
are
their
eyes!
Their
eyelids
are
lifted
up.
There
is
a
generation
whose
teeth
are
like
swords,
and
their
jaws
like
knives,
to
devour
the
poor
from
the
earth,
and
the
needy
from
among
men.
“The
leech
has
two
daughters:
‘Give,
give.’
“There
are
three
things
that
are
never
satisfied;
four
that
don’t
say, ‘Enough!’:
Sheol,
30:16
Sheol is the place of the dead.
the
barren
womb,
the
earth
that
is
not
satisfied
with
water,
and
the
fire
that
doesn’t
say, ‘Enough!’
“The
eye
that
mocks
at
his
father,
and scorns
obedience
to
his
mother,
the
ravens
of
the
valley
shall
pick
it out,
the
young
eagles
shall
eat
it.
“There
are
three
things which
are
too
amazing
for
me,
four which
I
don’t
understand:
The
way
of
an
eagle
in
the air,
the
way
of
a
serpent
on
a
rock,
the
way
of
a
ship
in
the
middle
of
the
sea,
and
the
way
of
a
man
with
a
maiden.
“So
is
the
way
of
an
adulterous
woman:
She
eats
and wipes
her
mouth,
and
says, ‘I
have
done
nothing
wrong.’
“For
three
things
the
earth
trembles,
and
under
four,
it
can’t
bear
up:
For
a
servant
when
he
is
king,
a
fool
when
he
is
filled
with
food,
for
an
unloved
woman
when
she
is
married,
and
a
servant
who
is
heir
to
her
mistress.
“There
are
four
things which
are
little
on
the
earth,
but
they
are
exceedingly
wise:
The
ants
are
not
a
strong
people,
yet
they
provide
their
food
in
the
summer.
The hyraxes
are
but
a feeble folk,
yet
make
they
their
houses
in
the
rocks.
The
locusts
have
no
king,
yet
they advance
in ranks.
You can catch
a
lizard
with
your
hands,
yet
it
is
in
kings’
palaces.
“There
are
three
things which
are
stately
in
their
march,
four which
are
stately
in going:
The
lion,
which
is
mightiest
among
animals,
and
doesn’t
turn
away
for
any;
the greyhound;
the
male
goat;
and
the
king
against whom there
is no rising
up.
“If
you
have
done foolishly
in lifting
up
yourself,
or
if
you
have thought evil,
put
your
hand
over
your
mouth.
For
as
the
churning
of
milk
produces
butter,
and
the wringing
of
the
nose
produces
blood,
so
the forcing
of
wrath
produces
strife.”
The
words
of
King
Lemuel—the revelation
which
his
mother
taught
him:
“Oh,
my
son!
Oh,
son
of
my
womb!
Oh,
son
of
my
vows!
Don’t
give
your
strength
to
women,
nor
your
ways
to
that
which destroys
kings.
It
is
not
for
kings,
Lemuel,
it
is
not
for
kings
to
drink
wine,
nor
for princes
to
say, ‘Where
is
strong
drink?’
lest
they
drink,
and
forget
the law,
and pervert
the
justice due
to
anyone
who
is
afflicted.
Give
strong
drink
to
him
who
is ready
to
perish,
and
wine
to
the
bitter
in
soul.
Let
him
drink,
and
forget
his
poverty,
and
remember
his
misery
no
more.
Open
your
mouth
for
the
mute,
in
the
cause
of
all
who
are left desolate.
Open
your
mouth,
judge
righteously,
and serve
justice
to
the
poor
and
needy.”
31:10
Proverbs 31:10-31 form an acrostic, with each verse starting with each letter of the Hebrew alphabet, in order.Who
can
find
a
worthy
woman?
For
her value
is
far above rubies.
The
heart
of her
husband
trusts
in her.
He
shall
have
no
lack
of
gain.
She
does
him
good,
and
not
harm,
all
the
days
of
her
life.
She
seeks
wool
and
flax,
and
works eagerly
with her
hands.
She
is
like
the
merchant
ships.
She
brings
her
bread
from
afar.
She
rises
also
while
it
is
yet
night,
gives
food
to
her
household,
and
portions
for
her servant
girls.
She
considers
a
field,
and
buys
it.
With
the
fruit
of
her
hands, she
plants
a
vineyard.
She
arms
her
waist
with
strength,
and
makes
her
arms
strong.
She perceives
that
her
merchandise
is profitable.
Her
lamp
doesn’t
go out
by
night.
She lays
her
hands
to
the
distaff,
and
her
hands
hold
the
spindle.
She opens
her
arms
to
the
poor;
yes, she
extends
her
hands
to
the
needy.
She
is
not
afraid
of
the
snow
for
her
household,
for
all
her
household
are
clothed
with
scarlet.
She
makes
for herself carpets
of tapestry.
Her
clothing
is
fine
linen
and
purple.
Her
husband
is respected
in
the
gates,
when
he
sits
among
the
elders
of
the
land.
She
makes
linen
garments
and
sells
them,
and
delivers sashes
to
the merchant.
Strength
and
dignity
are
her
clothing.
She
laughs
at
the
time
to
come.
She
opens
her
mouth
with
wisdom.
Kind
instruction
is
on
her
tongue.
She
looks
well
to
the
ways
of
her
household,
and
doesn’t
eat
the
bread
of
idleness.
Her
children
rise
up
and
call
her
blessed.
Her
husband also
praises
her:
“Many
women
do noble
things,
but
you
excel
them
all.”
Charm
is
deceitful,
and
beauty
is
vain;
but
a
woman
who
fears
Yahweh,
she
shall
be
praised.
Give
her
of
the
fruit
of
her
hands!
Let
her
works
praise
her
in
the
gates!
World English Bible (WEB)
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiates or, The Preacher
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
or, The Preacher
The
words
of
the
Preacher,
the
son
of
David,
king
in
Jerusalem:
“Vanity
of
vanities,”
says
the
Preacher; “Vanity
of
vanities,
all
is
vanity.”
What
does
man gain
from
all
his
labor
in
which
he labors
under
the
sun?
One
generation
goes,
and
another
generation
comes;
but
the
earth
remains
forever.
The
sun
also
rises,
and
the
sun
goes down,
and hurries
to
its
place
where
it
rises.
The
wind
goes
toward
the
south,
and
turns
around
to
the
north.
It
turns
around
continually
as
it
goes,
and
the
wind
returns
again
to
its
courses.
All
the rivers
run
into
the
sea,
yet
the
sea
is
not
full.
To
the
place
where
the rivers
flow,
there
they
flow
again.
All
things
are
full
of weariness
beyond uttering.
The
eye
is
not
satisfied
with
seeing,
nor
the
ear
filled
with
hearing.
That
which
has
been
is
that
which
shall
be,
and
that
which
has
been
done
is
that
which
shall
be
done;
and
there
is
no
new
thing
under
the
sun.
Is
there
a
thing
of
which
it
may
be
said, “Behold,
1:10
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
this
is
new?”
It
has
been
long
ago,
in
the
ages
which
were
before
us.
There
is
no memory
of
the
former;
neither
shall
there
be
any memory
of
the
latter
that
are
to
come,
among
those
that
shall
come
after.
I,
the
Preacher,
was
king
over
Israel
in
Jerusalem.
I
applied
my
heart
to
seek
and
to
search
out
by
wisdom
concerning
all
that
is
done
under
the
sky.
It
is
a heavy burden
that
God
1:13
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
has
given
to
the
sons
of
men
to
be
afflicted
with.
I
have
seen
all
the
works
that
are
done
under
the
sun;
and
behold,
all
is
vanity
and
a
chasing
after
wind.
That which
is
crooked
can’t
be made straight;
and
that which
is
lacking
can’t
be
counted.
I
said
to
myself, “Behold,
I
have obtained
for
myself
great
wisdom
above
all
who
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem.
Yes,
my
heart
has
had
great
experience
of
wisdom
and
knowledge.”
I
applied
my
heart
to
know
wisdom,
and
to
know
madness
and
folly.
I
perceived
that
this
also
was
a
chasing
after
wind.
For
in
much
wisdom
is
much grief;
and
he
who
increases
knowledge
increases
sorrow.
I
said
in
my
heart, “Come
now,
I
will
test
you
with
mirth;
therefore
enjoy
pleasure;”
and
behold,
this
also
was
vanity.
I
said
of
laughter, “It
is foolishness;”
and
of
mirth, “What
does
it
accomplish?”
I searched
in
my
heart
how
to cheer
my
flesh
with
wine,
my
heart
yet guiding
me
with
wisdom,
and
how
to
lay
hold
of
folly,
until
I
might
see
what
it
was
good
for
the
sons
of
men
that
they
should
do
under
heaven
all
the
days
of
their
lives.
I
made myself
great
works. I
built myself
houses. I
planted myself
vineyards.
I
made myself
gardens
and
parks,
and I
planted
trees
in
them
of
all
kinds
of
fruit.
I
made myself
pools
of
water,
to
water
the
forest where
trees
were
grown.
I
bought
male
servants
and
female
servants,
and
had
servants
born
in
my
house.
I
also
had great
possessions
of
herds
and
flocks,
above
all
who
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem.
I
also
gathered
silver
and
gold
for
myself,
and
the
treasure
of
kings
and
of
the
provinces.
I got
myself
male
and female
singers,
and
the delights
of
the
sons
of
men: musical instruments
of
all sorts.
So
I
was
great,
and
increased
more
than
all
who
were
before
me
in
Jerusalem.
My
wisdom
also
remained
with
me.
Whatever
my
eyes
desired,
I
didn’t
keep
from
them.
I
didn’t
withhold
my
heart
from
any
joy,
for
my
heart
rejoiced
because
of
all
my
labor,
and
this
was
my
portion
from
all
my
labor.
Then
I
looked
at
all
the
works
that
my
hands
had
worked,
and
at
the
labor
that
I
had
labored
to
do;
and
behold,
all
was
vanity
and
a
chasing
after
wind,
and
there
was
no
profit
under
the
sun.
I
turned
myself
to
consider
wisdom,
madness,
and
folly;
for
what
can
the
king’s successor
do?
Just
that
which
has
been
done
long ago.
Then
I
saw
that
wisdom
excels
folly,
as far
as
light
excels
darkness.
The
wise
man’s
eyes
are
in
his
head,
and
the
fool
walks
in
darkness—and
yet
I
perceived
that
one event
happens
to
them
all.
Then
I
said
in
my
heart, “As
it
happens
to
the
fool,
so
will
it happen
even
to
me;
and
why
was
I
then
more
wise?”
Then
I
said
in
my
heart
that
this
also
is
vanity.
For
of
the
wise
man,
even
as
of
the
fool,
there
is
no memory
forever,
since
in
the
days
to
come
all
will
have
been
long
forgotten.
Indeed,
the
wise
man
must
die
just
like
the
fool!
So
I
hated
life,
because
the
work
that
is
worked
under
the
sun
was grievous
to
me;
for
all
is
vanity
and
a
chasing
after
wind.
I
hated
all
my
labor
in which
I labored
under
the
sun,
because
I
must
leave
it
to
the
man
who
comes
after
me.
Who
knows
whether
he
will
be
a
wise
man
or
a
fool?
Yet
he
will
have rule
over
all
of
my
labor
in
which
I
have
labored,
and
in
which
I
have
shown
myself
wise
under
the
sun.
This
also
is
vanity.
Therefore
I began
to cause
my
heart
to
despair
concerning
all
the
labor
in
which
I
had
labored
under
the
sun.
For
there
is
a
man
whose
labor
is
with
wisdom,
with
knowledge,
and
with skillfulness;
yet
he
shall leave
it
for
his
portion
to
a
man
who
has
not
labored
for
it.
This
also
is
vanity
and
a
great
evil.
For
what
does
a
man
have
of
all
his
labor
and
of
the
striving
of
his
heart,
in
which
he labors
under
the
sun?
For
all
his
days
are
sorrows,
and
his travail
is grief;
yes,
even
in
the
night
his
heart takes
no
rest.
This
also
is
vanity.
There
is
nothing
better
for
a
man
than
that
he
should
eat
and
drink,
and
make
his
soul
enjoy
good
in
his
labor.
This
also
I
saw,
that
it
is
from
the
hand
of
God.
For
who
can
eat,
or
who
can
have enjoyment,
more
than
I?
For
to
the
man
who pleases
him,
God
gives
wisdom,
knowledge,
and
joy;
but
to
the
sinner
he
gives travail,
to
gather
and
to
heap
up,
that
he
may
give
to
him
who pleases
God.
This
also
is
vanity
and
a
chasing
after
wind.
For
everything
there
is
a
season,
and
a
time
for
every
purpose
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
break
down,
and
a
time
to
build
up;
a
time
to
weep,
and
a
time
to
laugh;
a
time
to
mourn,
and
a
time
to
dance;
a
time
to
cast
away
stones,
and
a
time
to
gather
stones together;
a
time
to
embrace,
and
a
time
to refrain
from
embracing;
a
time
to
seek,
and
a
time
to lose;
a
time
to
keep,
and
a
time
to
cast
away;
a
time
to
tear,
and
a
time
to
sew;
a
time
to
keep silence,
and
a
time
to
speak;
a
time
to
love,
and
a
time
to
hate;
a
time
for
war,
and
a
time
for
peace.
What
profit
has
he
who
works
in
that
in
which
he labors?
I
have
seen
the burden
which
God
has
given
to
the
sons
of
men
to
be
afflicted
with.
He
has
made
everything
beautiful
in
its
time.
He
has
also
set
eternity
in
their
hearts,
yet
so
that
man
can’t
find
out
the
work
that
God
has
done
from
the
beginning
even
to
the
end.
I
know
that
there
is
nothing
better
for
them
than
to
rejoice,
and
to
do
good
as long
as
they
live.
Also
that
every
man
should
eat
and
drink,
and
enjoy
good
in
all
his
labor,
is
the
gift
of
God.
I
know
that
whatever
God
does,
it
shall
be
forever.
Nothing
can
be
added
to
it,
nor
anything
taken
from
it;
and
God
has
done
it,
that
men
should
fear
before
him.
That
which
is
has
been
long ago,
and
that
which
is
to
be
has
been
long ago.
God
seeks
again
that
which
is
passed away.
Moreover
I
saw
under
the
sun,
in
the
place
of
justice,
that
wickedness
was
there;
and
in
the
place
of
righteousness,
that
wickedness
was
there.
I
said
in
my
heart, “God
will
judge
the
righteous
and
the
wicked;
for
there
is
a
time
there
for
every
purpose
and
for
every
work.”
I
said
in
my
heart, “As
for
the
sons
of
men,
God tests
them,
so
that
they
may
see
that
they
themselves
are
like
animals.
For
that
which happens
to
the
sons
of
men happens
to
animals.
Even
one
thing happens
to
them.
As
the
one
dies,
so
the
other
dies.
Yes,
they
have
all
one
breath;
and
man
has
no
advantage
over
the
animals,
for
all
is
vanity.
All
go
to
one
place.
All
are
from
the
dust,
and
all
turn
to
dust
again.
Who
knows
the
spirit
of
man, whether
it
goes
upward,
and
the
spirit
of
the
animal, whether
it
goes
downward
to
the
earth?”
Therefore
I
saw
that
there
is
nothing
better
than
that
a
man
should
rejoice
in
his
works,
for
that
is
his
portion;
for
who
can
bring
him
to
see
what
will
be
after
him?
Then
I
returned
and
saw
all
the
oppressions
that
are
done
under
the
sun:
and
behold,
the
tears
of
those
who
were
oppressed,
and
they
had
no
comforter;
and
on
the
side
of
their
oppressors
there
was
power;
but
they
had
no
comforter.
Therefore
I praised
the
dead
who
have
been long
dead
more
than
the
living
who
are yet
alive.
Yes,
better
than
them
both
is
him
who
has
not
yet
been,
who
has
not
seen
the
evil
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun.
Then
I
saw
all
the
labor
and achievement
that
is
the
envy
of
a
man’s
neighbor.
This
also
is
vanity
and
a
striving
after
wind.
The
fool
folds
his
hands together
and ruins
himself.
Better
is
a handful,
with quietness,
than two
handfuls
with
labor
and
chasing
after
wind.
Then
I
returned
and
saw
vanity
under
the
sun.
There
is
one
who
is
alone,
and
he
has
neither
son
nor
brother.
There
is
no
end
to
all
of
his
labor,
neither
are
his
eyes
satisfied
with
wealth. “For
whom
then
do
I
labor
and deprive
my
soul
of
enjoyment?”
This
also
is
vanity.
Yes,
it
is
a miserable business.
Two
are
better
than
one,
because
they
have
a
good
reward
for
their
labor.
For
if
they
fall,
the
one
will
lift
up
his fellow;
but
woe
to
him
who
is
alone
when
he
falls,
and doesn’t
have
another
to
lift
him
up.
Again,
if
two
lie
together,
then
they
have warmth;
but
how
can
one
keep
warm
alone?
If
a
man prevails
against
one
who
is
alone,
two
shall
withstand
him;
and
a threefold
cord
is
not
quickly
broken.
Better
is
a
poor
and
wise
youth
than an
old
and
foolish
king
who
doesn’t
know
how
to receive admonition
any
more.
For
out
of
prison
he
came
out
to
be
king;
yes,
even
in
his
kingdom
he
was
born
poor.
I
saw
all
the
living
who
walk
under
the
sun,
that
they
were
with
the
youth,
the
other,
who
succeeded
him.
There
was
no
end
of
all
the
people,
even
of
all
them
over
whom
he
was—yet
those
who
come
after
shall
not
rejoice
in
him.
Surely
this
also
is
vanity
and
a
chasing
after
wind.
Guard
your steps
when
you
go
to
God’s house;
for
to
draw
near
to listen
is
better
than
to
give
the sacrifice
of fools,
for
they
don’t know
that
they
do evil.
Don’t
be rash
with
your mouth,
and don’t let
your heart
be hasty
to utter
anything before God;
for God
is
in heaven,
and
you
on earth.
Therefore let
your
words
be few.
For
as
a dream comes
with
a multitude
of cares,
so
a
fool’s speech
with
a multitude
of words.
When
you
vow
a
vow
to
God,
don’t defer
to
pay
it;
for
he
has
no pleasure
in fools.
Pay
that
which
you
vow.
It
is
better
that
you
should
not
vow,
than
that
you
should
vow
and
not
pay.
Don’t allow
your mouth
to lead
you into sin. Don’t protest
before
the messenger
that
this
was
a mistake.
Why
should
God
be angry
at
your voice,
and destroy
the
work
of
your hands?
For
in
the multitude
of dreams there
are vanities,
as well
as
in many words;
but
you
must fear God.
If
you see
the oppression
of
the poor,
and
the violent taking
away
of justice
and righteousness
in
a district, don’t marvel
at
the matter,
for
one official
is eyed
by
a higher
one,
and
there
are officials
over
them.
Moreover
the profit
of
the earth
is
for
all.
The king profits
from
the field.
He
who loves silver
shall
not
be satisfied
with silver,
nor
he
who loves
abundance,
with
increase.
This
also
is vanity.
When goods
increase,
those
who
eat
them
are
increased;
and what advantage
is
there
to
its owner,
except
to
feast
on
them
with
his eyes?
The sleep
of
a laboring
man
is sweet,
whether
he eats little
or much;
but
the abundance
of
the
rich
will not allow
him
to sleep.
There
is
a grievous
evil
which
I
have seen
under
the sun:
wealth kept
by
its owner
to
his
harm.
Those riches perish
by misfortune,
and
if
he
has fathered
a son,
there
is
nothing
in
his
hand.
As
he
came
out
of
his mother’s womb, naked
shall
he
go again
as
he
came,
and
shall
take
nothing
for
his
labor,
which
he
may
carry
away
in
his hand.
This
also
is
a grievous evil,
that
in
all points
as
he came,
so
shall
he go.
And
what profit
does
he
have
who labors
for
the wind?
All
his
days
he
also
eats
in darkness,
he
is frustrated,
and
has sickness
and wrath.
Behold,
that
which
I
have seen
to
be good
and proper
is
for
one
to
eat
and
to drink,
and
to enjoy good
in
all
his
labor,
in
which
he labors
under
the sun,
all
the days
of
his life
which
God
has
given
him;
for
this
is
his
portion.
Every man
also
to whom
God
has given riches
and
wealth,
and
has given
him power
to eat
of
it,
and
to
take
his portion,
and
to
rejoice
in
his labor—this
is
the gift
of
God.
For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.
There
is
an
evil
which
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
and
it
is heavy
on
men:
a
man
to
whom
God
gives
riches,
wealth,
and
honor,
so
that
he
lacks
nothing
for
his
soul
of
all
that
he
desires,
yet
God
gives
him
no power
to
eat
of
it,
but
an
alien
eats
it.
This
is
vanity,
and
it
is
an
evil
disease.
If
a
man
fathers
a
hundred
children,
and
lives
many
years,
so
that
the
days
of
his
years
are
many,
but
his
soul
is
not
filled
with
good,
and
moreover
he
has
no
burial,
I
say
that
a
stillborn
child
is
better
than
he;
for
it
comes
in
vanity,
and departs
in
darkness,
and
its
name
is
covered
with
darkness.
Moreover
it
has
not
seen
the
sun
nor
known
it.
This
has rest
rather
than
the
other.
Yes, though
he
live
a
thousand
years
twice
told,
and
yet fails
to
enjoy
good,
don’t
all
go
to
one
place?
All
the
labor
of
man
is
for
his
mouth,
and
yet
the
appetite
is
not
filled.
For
what
advantage
has
the
wise
more
than
the
fool?
What
has
the
poor
man,
that
knows
how
to
walk
before
the
living?
Better
is
the
sight
of
the
eyes
than
the wandering
of
the
desire.
This
also
is
vanity
and
a
chasing
after
wind.
Whatever
has
been,
its
name
was
given
long ago;
and
it
is
known
what
man
is;
neither
can
he contend
with
him
who
is mightier
than
he.
For
there
are
many
words
that create
vanity.
What
does
that profit
man?
For
who
knows
what
is
good
for
man
in
life,
all
the
days
of
his
vain
life
which
he spends
like
a
shadow?
For
who
can
tell
a
man
what
will
be
after
him
under
the
sun?
A
good
name
is
better
than fine perfume;
and
the
day
of
death
better
than
the
day
of one’s
birth.
It
is
better
to go
to
the
house
of
mourning
than
to go
to
the
house
of
feasting;
for
that
is
the
end
of
all
men,
and
the
living
should
take
this
to
heart.
Sorrow
is
better
than
laughter;
for
by
the
sadness
of
the
face
the
heart
is
made
good.
The
heart
of
the
wise
is
in
the
house
of
mourning;
but
the
heart
of
fools
is
in
the
house
of
mirth.
It
is
better
to
hear
the
rebuke
of
the
wise
than
for
a
man
to
hear
the
song
of
fools.
For
as
the
crackling
of thorns
under
a
pot,
so
is
the
laughter
of
the
fool.
This
also
is
vanity.
Surely
extortion
makes
the
wise
man foolish;
and
a
bribe
destroys
the
understanding.
Better
is
the
end
of
a
thing
than its
beginning.
The
patient
in
spirit
is
better
than
the proud
in
spirit.
Don’t
be hasty
in
your
spirit
to
be
angry,
for
anger
rests
in
the
bosom
of
fools.
Don’t
say, “Why
were
the
former
days
better
than
these?”
For
you
do
not
ask
wisely
about
this.
Wisdom
is
as
good
as
an
inheritance.
Yes,
it
is
more excellent
for
those who
see
the
sun.
For
wisdom
is
a defense,
even
as
money
is
a defense;
but
the excellency
of
knowledge
is
that
wisdom
preserves
the
life
of
him
who
has
it.
Consider
the
work
of
God,
for
who
can
make
that straight
which
he
has
made
crooked?
In
the
day
of
prosperity
be joyful,
and
in
the
day
of adversity
consider;
yes,
God
has
made
the
one
side
by
side
with
the
other,
to
the
end
that
man
should
not
find
out
anything
after
him.
All
this
I
have
seen
in
my
days
of
vanity:
there
is
a
righteous
man
who
perishes
in
his
righteousness,
and
there
is
a
wicked
man
who lives
long
in
his evildoing.
Don’t
be
overly
righteous,
neither
make yourself
overly
wise.
Why
should
you
destroy yourself?
Don’t
be
too
wicked,
neither
be
foolish.
Why
should
you
die
before
your
time?
It
is
good
that
you
should
take
hold
of
this.
Yes,
also
don’t withdraw
your
hand
from
that;
for
he
who
fears
God
will
come
out
of
them
all.
Wisdom
is
a strength
to
the
wise
man more than
ten
rulers
who
are
in
a
city.
Surely
there
is
not
a
righteous
man
on
earth
who
does
good
and
doesn’t
sin.
Also
don’t
take
heed
to
all
words
that
are
spoken, lest
you
hear
your
servant
curse
you;
for often
your own
heart
knows
that
you
yourself
have
likewise
cursed
others.
All
this
I
have
proved
in
wisdom.
I
said, “I
will
be
wise;”
but
it
was
far
from
me.
That
which
is,
is
far
off
and
exceedingly
deep.
Who
can
find
it
out?
I
turned
around,
and
my
heart
sought
to
know
and
to
search
out,
and
to
seek
wisdom
and
the scheme
of things,
and
to
know
that
wickedness
is stupidity,
and
that
foolishness
is
madness.
I
find
more
bitter
than
death
the
woman
whose
heart
is snares
and traps,
whose
hands
are
chains.
Whoever pleases
God
shall
escape
from
her;
but
the
sinner
will
be ensnared
by
her.
“Behold,
I
have
found
this,”
says
the
Preacher, “to
one
another,
to
find
an
explanation
which
my
soul
still
seeks,
but
I
have
not
found.
I
have
found
one
man
among
a
thousand,
but
I
have
not
found
a
woman
among
all
those.
Behold,
I
have
only
found
this:
that
God
made
mankind
upright;
but
they
search
for
many inventions.”
Who
is
like
the
wise
man?
And
who
knows
the
interpretation
of
a
thing?
A
man’s
wisdom
makes
his
face
shine,
and
the hardness
of
his
face
is
changed.
I
say, “Keep
the
king’s
command!”
because
of
the
oath
to
God.
Don’t
be hasty
to go
out
of
his
presence.
Don’t
persist
in
an
evil
thing,
for
he
does
whatever
pleases
him,
for
the
king’s
word
is supreme.
Who
can
say
to
him, “What
are
you
doing?”
Whoever
keeps
the
commandment
shall
not come
to
harm,
and
his
wise
heart
will
know
the
time
and
procedure.
For
there
is
a
time
and
procedure
for
every
purpose,
although
the misery
of
man
is heavy
on
him.
For
he doesn’t
know
that
which
will
be;
for
who
can
tell
him
how
it
will
be?
There
is
no
man
who
has power
over
the
spirit
to contain
the
spirit;
neither
does
he
have power
over
the
day
of
death.
There
is
no
discharge
in
war;
neither
shall
wickedness
deliver
those
who
practice
it.
All
this
I
have
seen,
and
applied
my
mind
to
every
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun.
There
is
a
time
in
which
one
man
has power
over
another
to
his hurt.
So
I
saw
the
wicked
buried.
Indeed
they
came
also
from holiness.
They
went
and
were
forgotten
in
the
city
where
they
did
this.
This
also
is
vanity.
Because
sentence
against
an
evil
work
is
not
executed
speedily,
therefore
the
heart
of
the
sons
of
men
is
fully
set
in
them
to
do
evil.
Though
a
sinner
commits
crimes
a
hundred
times,
and
lives
long,
yet
surely
I
know
that
it
will
be
better
with
those
who
fear
God,
who
are reverent
before
him.
But
it
shall
not
be
well
with
the
wicked,
neither
shall
he
lengthen
days
like
a
shadow,
because
he
doesn’t
fear
God.
There
is
a
vanity
which
is
done
on
the
earth,
that
there
are
righteous
men
to
whom
it
happens
according
to
the
work
of
the
wicked. Again,
there
are
wicked
men
to
whom
it
happens
according
to
the
work
of
the
righteous.
I
said
that
this
also
is
vanity.
Then
I commended
mirth,
because
a
man
has
no
better
thing
under
the
sun
than
to
eat,
to
drink,
and
to
be
joyful:
for
that
will accompany
him
in
his
labor
all
the
days
of
his
life
which
God
has
given
him
under
the
sun.
When
I
applied
my
heart
to
know
wisdom,
and
to
see
the business
that
is
done
on
the
earth (even
though
eyes
see
no
sleep
day
or
night),
then
I
saw
all
the
work
of
God,
that
man
can’t
find
out
the
work
that
is
done
under
the
sun,
because
however
much
a
man
labors
to
seek
it
out,
yet
he
won’t
find
it.
Yes
even
though
a
wise
man thinks
he
can
comprehend
it,
he
won’t
be
able
to
find
it.
For
all
this
I
laid
to
my
heart,
even
to explore
all
this:
that
the
righteous,
and
the
wise,
and
their works,
are
in
the
hand
of
God;
whether
it
is
love
or
hatred,
man doesn’t
know
it;
all
is
before
them.
All
things come
alike
to
all.
There
is
one event
to
the
righteous
and
to
the
wicked;
to
the
good,
to
the
clean,
to
the
unclean,
to
him
who
sacrifices,
and
to
him
who doesn’t
sacrifice.
As
is
the
good,
so
is
the
sinner;
he
who
takes
an
oath,
as
he
who
fears
an
oath.
This
is
an
evil
in
all
that
is
done
under
the
sun,
that
there
is
one event
to
all.
Yes
also,
the
heart
of
the
sons
of
men
is
full
of
evil,
and
madness
is
in
their
heart
while
they
live,
and
after
that
they go
to
the
dead.
For
to
him
who
is joined
with
all
the
living
there
is
hope;
for
a
living
dog
is
better
than
a
dead
lion.
For
the
living
know
that
they
will
die,
but
the
dead
don’t
know
anything,
neither
do
they
have
any
more
a
reward;
for
their
memory
is
forgotten.
Also
their
love,
their
hatred,
and
their
envy
has
perished
long
ago;
neither
do
they
any
longer
have
a
portion
forever
in
anything
that
is
done
under
the
sun.
Go
your way—eat
your
bread
with
joy,
and
drink
your
wine
with
a merry
heart;
for
God
has
already
accepted
your
works.
Let
your
garments
be
always
white,
and
don’t
let
your
head
lack
oil.
Live joyfully
with
the
wife
whom
you
love
all
the
days
of
your
life
of
vanity,
which
he
has
given
you
under
the
sun,
all
your
days
of
vanity,
for
that
is
your
portion
in
life,
and
in
your
labor
in
which
you
labor
under
the
sun.
Whatever
your
hand
finds
to
do,
do
it
with
your
might;
for
there
is
no
work,
nor plan,
nor
knowledge,
nor
wisdom,
in
Sheol,
9:10
Sheol is the place of the dead.
where
you
are
going.
I
returned
and
saw
under
the
sun
that
the
race
is
not
to
the
swift,
nor
the
battle
to
the
strong,
neither
yet
bread
to
the
wise,
nor
yet
riches
to
men
of
understanding,
nor
yet
favor
to
men
of skill;
but
time
and
chance happen
to
them
all.
For
man
also
doesn’t
know
his
time.
As
the
fish
that
are
taken
in
an
evil net,
and
as
the
birds
that
are
caught
in
the
snare,
even
so
are
the
sons
of
men
snared
in
an
evil
time,
when
it
falls
suddenly
on
them.
I
have
also
seen
wisdom
under
the
sun
in
this way,
and
it
seemed
great
to
me.
There
was
a
little
city,
and
few
men
within
it;
and
a
great
king
came
against
it, besieged
it,
and
built
great bulwarks
against
it.
Now
a
poor
wise
man
was
found
in
it,
and
he
by
his
wisdom
delivered
the
city;
yet
no
man
remembered
that
same
poor
man.
Then
I
said, “Wisdom
is
better
than
strength.” Nevertheless
the
poor man’s
wisdom
is
despised,
and
his
words
are
not
heard.
The
words
of
the
wise
heard
in quiet
are better than
the
cry
of
him
who
rules
among
fools.
Wisdom
is
better
than
weapons
of
war; but
one
sinner
destroys
much
good.
Dead
flies cause
the
oil
of
the
perfumer
to produce an evil odor;
so does
a
little
folly outweigh
wisdom
and
honor.
A
wise
man’s
heart
is at his
right
hand,
but a
fool’s
heart at his
left.
Yes
also
when
the
fool
walks
by
the
way,
his
understanding fails
him,
and
he
says
to
everyone
that
he
is
a
fool.
If
the
spirit
of
the
ruler
rises
up
against
you,
don’t
leave
your
place;
for gentleness lays
great
offenses
to rest.
There
is
an
evil which
I
have
seen
under
the
sun,
the sort
of
error which
proceeds
from
the
ruler.
Folly
is
set
in
great dignity,
and
the
rich
sit
in
a
low
place.
I
have
seen
servants
on
horses,
and
princes
walking
like
servants
on
the
earth.
He who
digs
a
pit
may
fall
into
it;
and whoever
breaks
through
a
wall
may be bitten
by
a
snake.
Whoever carves
out
stones may
be injured
by them. Whoever
splits
wood may
be
endangered
by it.
If
the ax
is blunt,
and
one
doesn’t
sharpen
the
edge,
then
he
must
use
more
strength;
but
skill brings
success.
If
the
snake bites
before
it
is
charmed,
then
is
there
no
profit
for
the charmer’s
tongue.
The
words
of
a
wise
man’s
mouth
are
gracious;
but
a
fool
is
swallowed
by
his own
lips.
The
beginning
of
the
words
of
his
mouth
is
foolishness;
and
the
end
of
his
talk
is mischievous
madness.
A
fool
also multiplies
words.
Man
doesn’t
know
what
will
be;
and
that
which
will
be
after
him,
who
can
tell
him?
The
labor
of
fools
wearies every
one
of
them;
for
he
doesn’t
know
how
to go
to
the
city.
Woe
to
you,
land,
when
your
king
is
a
child,
and
your
princes
eat
in
the
morning!
Happy
are
you,
land,
when
your
king
is
the
son
of
nobles,
and
your
princes
eat
in due
season,
for
strength,
and
not
for
drunkenness!
By slothfulness
the roof sinks
in;
and
through idleness
of
the
hands
the
house
leaks.
A feast
is
made
for
laughter,
and
wine
makes
the
life
glad;
and
money
is
the
answer
for
all
things.
Don’t
curse
the
king,
no,
not
in
your
thoughts;
and
don’t
curse
the
rich
in
your
bedroom,
for
a
bird
of
the
sky
may carry
your
voice,
and
that
which
has
wings
may
tell
the
matter.
Cast
your
bread
on
the
waters;
for
you
shall
find
it
after
many
days.
Give
a
portion
to
seven,
yes,
even
to
eight;
for
you
don’t
know
what
evil
will
be
on
the
earth.
If
the
clouds
are
full
of
rain,
they empty
themselves
on
the
earth;
and
if
a
tree
falls
toward
the
south,
or
toward
the
north,
in
the
place
where
the
tree
falls,
there
shall
it
be.
He
who
observes
the
wind
won’t
sow;
and
he
who
regards
the
clouds
won’t
reap.
As
you
don’t
know
what
is
the
way
of
the
wind,
nor
how
the
bones grow
in
the
womb
of
her
who
is
with child;
even
so
you
don’t
know
the
work
of
God
who
does
all.
In
the
morning
sow
your
seed,
and
in
the
evening
don’t
withhold
your
hand;
for
you
don’t
know
which
will prosper,
whether
this
or
that,
or
whether
they
both
will
be equally
good.
Truly
the
light
is
sweet,
and
it
is
a
pleasant thing
for
the
eyes
to
see
the
sun.
Yes,
if
a
man
lives
many
years,
let
him
rejoice
in
them
all;
but
let
him
remember
the
days
of
darkness,
for
they
shall
be
many.
All
that
comes
is
vanity.
Rejoice,
young
man,
in
your
youth,
and
let
your
heart
cheer
you
in
the
days
of
your
youth,
and
walk
in
the
ways
of
your
heart,
and
in
the
sight
of
your
eyes;
but
know
that
for
all
these
things
God
will
bring
you
into
judgment.
Therefore
remove sorrow
from
your
heart,
and
put
away
evil
from
your
flesh;
for
youth
and
the dawn
of
life
are
vanity.
Remember
also
your Creator
in
the
days
of
your
youth,
before
the
evil
days
come,
and
the
years
draw
near,
when
you
will
say, “I
have
no
pleasure
in
them;”
Before
the
sun,
the
light,
the
moon,
and
the
stars
are
darkened,
and
the
clouds
return
after
the
rain;
in
the
day
when
the
keepers
of
the
house
shall
tremble,
and
the
strong
men
shall bow themselves,
and
the grinders cease
because
they
are
few,
and
those
who
look
out
of
the
windows
are
darkened,
and
the
doors shall
be
shut
in
the
street;
when
the
sound
of
the
grinding
is
low,
and
one shall
rise
up
at
the
voice
of
a
bird,
and
all
the
daughters
of
music shall
be
brought
low;
yes,
they
shall
be
afraid
of heights,
and
terrors
will
be
on
the
way;
and
the
almond
tree
shall blossom,
and
the
grasshopper
shall
be
a
burden,
and desire
shall
fail;
because
man
goes
to
his
everlasting
home,
and
the
mourners
go
about
the
streets;
before
the
silver
cord
is severed,
or
the
golden
bowl
is
broken,
or
the
pitcher
is
broken
at
the spring,
or
the
wheel
broken
at
the
cistern,
and
the
dust
returns
to
the
earth
as
it
was,
and
the
spirit
returns
to
God
who
gave
it.
“Vanity
of
vanities,”
says
the
Preacher.
“All
is
vanity!”
Further, because
the
Preacher
was
wise,
he
still
taught
the
people
knowledge. Yes,
he
pondered, sought
out,
and set
in order
many
proverbs.
The
Preacher
sought
to
find
out acceptable
words,
and
that
which
was
written blamelessly,
words
of
truth.
The
words
of
the
wise
are
like goads;
and
like nails well
fastened
are
words
from
the
masters
of assemblies,
which
are
given
from
one
shepherd.
Furthermore,
my
son,
be admonished:
of
making
many
books
there
is
no
end;
and
much
study
is
a weariness
of
the
flesh.
This
is
the
end
of
the
matter.
All
has
been
heard.
Fear
God
and
keep
his
commandments;
for
this
is
the
whole
duty
of
man.
For
God
will
bring
every
work
into
judgment,
with
every
hidden
thing,
whether
it
is
good,
or
whether
it
is
evil.
World English Bible (WEB)
Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon
The Song of Solomon
The
Song
of
songs,
which
is
Solomon’s.
Beloved
Let
him kiss
me
with
the
kisses
of
his
mouth;
for
your
love
is
better
than
wine.
Your
oils
have
a pleasing fragrance.
Your
name
is
oil poured
out,
therefore
the virgins
love
you.
Take
me
away
with
you.
Let’s hurry.
The
king
has
brought
me
into
his
rooms.
Friends
We
will
be
glad
and
rejoice
in
you.
We
will praise
your
love more
than
wine!
Beloved
They
are
right
to
love
you.
I
am
dark,
but
lovely,
you
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
like Kedar’s
tents,
like
Solomon’s
curtains.
Don’t
stare
at
me because
I
am
dark,
because
the
sun
has
scorched
me.
My
mother’s
sons
were
angry
with
me.
They
made
me keeper
of
the
vineyards.
I
haven’t kept
my own
vineyard.
Tell
me,
you whom
my
soul
loves,
where
you
graze
your
flock,
where
you
rest
them
at
noon;
for
why
should
I
be
as
one
who
is veiled
beside
the
flocks
of
your
companions?
Lover
If
you
don’t
know, most
beautiful
among
women,
follow
the tracks
of
the
sheep.
Graze
your
young
goats
beside
the shepherds’
tents.
I have
compared you, my love,
to
a steed
in
Pharaoh’s
chariots.
Your
cheeks
are beautiful
with earrings,
your
neck
with
strings
of jewels.
Friends
We
will
make
you earrings
of
gold,
with studs
of
silver.
Beloved
While
the
king sat
at
his
table,
my
perfume
spread
its fragrance.
My
beloved
is to me
a sachet
of
myrrh,
that lies
between
my
breasts.
My
beloved
is
to me a
cluster
of
henna
blossoms
from the
vineyards
of En Gedi.
Lover
Behold,
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“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
you
are
beautiful, my love.
Behold,
you
are
beautiful.
Your
eyes
are
like
doves.
Beloved
Behold,
you
are
beautiful,
my
beloved,
yes,
pleasant;
and our
couch
is verdant.
Lover
The
beams
of our
house
are
cedars.
Our
rafters
are firs.
Beloved
I
am a
rose
of
Sharon,
a
lily
of
the
valleys.
Lover
As
a
lily
among
thorns,
so
is
my love
among
the
daughters.
Beloved
As
the
apple
tree
among
the
trees
of
the
wood,
so
is
my
beloved
among
the
sons.
I
sat
down
under
his
shadow
with
great
delight,
his
fruit
was
sweet
to
my
taste.
He
brought
me
to
the
banquet
hall.
His
banner
over
me
is
love.
Strengthen
me
with
raisins,
refresh
me
with
apples;
for
I
am faint
with
love.
His
left
hand
is
under
my
head.
His
right
hand embraces
me.
I
adjure
you,
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
by
the roes,
or
by
the
hinds
of
the
field,
that
you
not
stir
up,
nor
awaken
love,
until
it
so desires.
The
voice
of
my
beloved!
Behold,
he
comes,
leaping
on
the
mountains,
skipping
on
the
hills.
My
beloved
is
like
a roe
or
a
young
deer.
Behold,
he
stands
behind
our
wall!
He
looks
in
at
the
windows.
He glances
through
the
lattice.
My
beloved
spoke,
and
said
to
me,
“Rise
up,
my
love,
my
beautiful
one,
and
come away.
For
behold,
the
winter
is
past.
The
rain
is
over
and
gone.
The
flowers
appear
on
the
earth.
The
time
of
the singing
has
come,
and
the
voice
of
the
turtledove
is
heard
in
our
land.
The
fig
tree ripens
her green
figs.
The
vines are
in
blossom.
They
give
out
their fragrance.
Arise,
my love,
my
beautiful
one,
and
come away.”
Lover
My
dove
in
the
clefts
of
the
rock,
in
the
hiding places
of
the mountainside,
let
me
see
your
face.
Let
me
hear
your
voice;
for
your
voice
is
sweet
and
your
face
is
lovely.
Catch
for us
the
foxes,
the
little
foxes that plunder
the
vineyards;
for our
vineyards are in
blossom.
Beloved
My
beloved
is mine,
and
I
am his.
He browses among
the
lilies.
Until
the
day
is
cool,
and
the shadows
flee
away,
turn,
my
beloved,
and
be
like
a roe
or
a
young
deer
on
the
mountains
of
Bether.
By
night
on
my
bed,
I
sought
him whom
my
soul
loves.
I
sought
him,
but
I
didn’t
find
him.
I
will
get
up
now,
and
go
about
the
city;
in
the
streets
and
in
the
squares
I
will
seek
him whom
my
soul
loves.
I
sought
him,
but
I
didn’t
find
him.
The
watchmen
who
go
about
the
city
found
me;
“Have
you
seen
him whom
my
soul
loves?”
I
had
scarcely
passed
from
them,
when
I
found
him whom
my
soul
loves.
I
held
him,
and
would
not
let
him
go,
until
I
had
brought
him
into
my
mother’s
house,
into
the
room
of
her
who
conceived
me.
I
adjure
you,
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
by
the roes,
or
by
the
hinds
of
the
field,
that
you
not
stir
up
nor
awaken
love,
until
it
so desires.
Who
is
this
who
comes
up
from
the
wilderness
like pillars
of
smoke,
perfumed
with
myrrh
and
frankincense,
with
all spices
of
the
merchant?
Behold,
it
is
Solomon’s carriage!
Sixty
mighty
men
are
around
it,
of
the
mighty
men
of
Israel.
They
all
handle
the
sword,
and
are
expert
in
war.
Every
man
has
his
sword
on
his
thigh,
because
of
fear
in
the
night.
King
Solomon
made himself
a carriage
of
the
wood
of
Lebanon.
He
made its
pillars
of
silver,
its bottom
of
gold, its
seat
of
purple,
the
middle
of
it being paved
with
love,
from
the
daughters
of
Jerusalem.
Go
out,
you
daughters
of
Zion,
and
see
King
Solomon,
with
the
crown
with which
his
mother
has
crowned
him,
in
the
day
of
his weddings,
in
the
day
of
the
gladness
of
his
heart.
Lover
Behold,
you
are
beautiful,
my love.
Behold,
you
are
beautiful.
Your
eyes
are
like
doves
behind
your
veil.
Your
hair
is
as
a
flock
of
goats,
that descend
from
Mount
Gilead.
Your
teeth
are
like
a newly
shorn
flock,
which
have
come
up
from
the
washing,
where
every
one
of
them
has
twins.
None
is bereaved
among
them.
Your
lips
are like
scarlet
thread.
Your mouth
is
lovely.
Your
temples
are like
a
piece
of
a
pomegranate
behind your
veil.
Your
neck
is
like
David’s
tower
built
for
an armory,
on which
a
thousand
shields
hang,
all
the
shields
of
the
mighty
men.
Your
two
breasts
are
like
two
fawns
that
are
twins
of a roe,
which
feed among
the
lilies.
Until
the
day
is
cool,
and
the shadows
flee
away,
I
will go
to
the
mountain
of
myrrh,
to
the
hill
of
frankincense.
You
are
all
beautiful,
my love.
There
is
no
spot
in
you.
Come
with
me
from
Lebanon,
my
bride,
with
me
from
Lebanon.
Look
from
the
top
of
Amana,
from
the
top
of
Senir
and
Hermon,
from
the
lions’
dens,
from
the
mountains
of
the
leopards.
You
have ravished my heart, my
sister, my
bride.
You
have ravished my heart
with
one
of
your
eyes,
with
one chain
of
your
neck.
How
beautiful
is
your
love,
my
sister,
my
bride!
How
much better
is
your
love
than
wine,
the fragrance
of
your perfumes
than
all
kinds
of
spices!
Your
lips,
my
bride,
drip
like
the honeycomb.
Honey
and
milk
are
under
your
tongue.
The smell
of
your
garments
is
like
the smell
of
Lebanon.
My
sister, my
bride,
is
a locked
up
garden;
a locked
up
spring,
a
sealed
fountain.
Your
shoots
are an
orchard
of
pomegranates,
with precious
fruits,
henna
with spikenard
plants,
spikenard
and
saffron,
calamus
and
cinnamon,
with
every kind
of
incense
tree;
myrrh
and
aloes,
with
all
the
best
spices,
a
fountain
of
gardens,
a
well
of
living
waters,
flowing
streams
from
Lebanon.
Beloved
Awake,
north
wind,
and
come,
you
south!
Blow
on
my
garden,
that
its
spices
may
flow
out.
Let
my
beloved
come
into
his
garden,
and taste
his precious
fruits.
Lover
I
have
come
into
my
garden,
my
sister,
my
bride.
I
have
gathered
my
myrrh
with
my spice;
I
have
eaten
my honeycomb
with
my
honey;
I
have
drunk
my
wine
with
my
milk.
Friends
Eat,
friends!
Drink, yes,
drink abundantly,
beloved.
Beloved
I
was
asleep,
but
my
heart
was
awake.
It
is
the
voice
of
my
beloved who knocks:
“Open
to
me,
my
sister,
my
love,
my
dove,
my undefiled;
for
my
head
is
filled
with
dew,
and
my
hair
with
the dampness
of
the
night.”
I have
taken
off
my
robe. Indeed,
must I
put it
on?
I have
washed
my
feet. Indeed,
must I soil
them?
My
beloved
thrust
his
hand
in
through
the latch
opening.
My
heart pounded
for
him.
I
rose
up
to
open
for
my
beloved.
My
hands
dripped
with
myrrh,
my
fingers
with liquid
myrrh,
on
the
handles
of
the lock.
I
opened
to
my
beloved;
but
my
beloved
left,
and
had
gone
away.
My
heart
went
out
when
he
spoke.
I
looked
for
him,
but
I
didn’t
find
him.
I
called
him,
but
he
didn’t
answer.
The
watchmen
who
go
about
the
city
found
me.
They
beat
me.
They bruised
me.
The
keepers
of
the
walls
took
my cloak
away
from
me.
I
adjure
you,
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
If
you
find
my
beloved,
that
you
tell
him
that
I
am faint
with
love.
Friends
How
is
your
beloved better than
another
beloved,
you fairest
among
women?
How
is
your
beloved better than
another
beloved,
that
you
do
so
adjure us?
Beloved
My
beloved
is white
and
ruddy.
The best among
ten
thousand.
His
head
is like
the purest
gold.
His
hair
is bushy,
black as
a
raven.
His
eyes
are
like
doves
beside
the
water
brooks,
washed
with
milk,
mounted
like
jewels.
His
cheeks
are
like a
bed
of
spices
with
towers
of perfumes.
His
lips
are
like
lilies, dropping liquid
myrrh.
His
hands
are like
rings
of
gold
set
with
beryl.
His
body
is like
ivory work overlaid
with
sapphires.
His
legs
are
like
pillars
of marble
set
on
sockets
of
fine
gold.
His
appearance
is
like
Lebanon, excellent
as
the
cedars.
His
mouth
is
sweetness;
yes,
he
is
altogether lovely.
This
is
my
beloved,
and
this
is
my
friend,
daughters
of
Jerusalem.
Friends
Where
has
your
beloved
gone,
you fairest
among
women?
Where
has
your
beloved
turned,
that
we may
seek
him
with
you?
Beloved
My
beloved
has
gone
down
to
his
garden,
to
the
beds
of
spices,
to pasture
his flock
in
the
gardens,
and
to
gather
lilies.
I
am
my
beloved’s,
and
my
beloved
is mine.
He browses among
the
lilies.
Lover
You
are
beautiful, my love,
as
Tirzah,
lovely
as
Jerusalem,
awesome
as an
army
with banners.
Turn
away
your
eyes
from
me,
for
they
have overcome
me.
Your
hair
is
like
a
flock
of
goats,
that lie along
the
side
of
Gilead.
Your
teeth
are
like
a
flock
of
ewes,
which
have
come
up
from
the
washing,
of which
every
one
has
twins;
not
one
is bereaved
among
them.
Your
temples are like
a
piece
of
a
pomegranate
behind your
veil.
There
are
sixty
queens,
eighty
concubines,
and virgins
without
number.
My
dove,
my
perfect
one,
is
unique.
She
is
her
mother’s
only
daughter.
She
is
the favorite
one
of
her
who
bore
her.
The
daughters
saw
her,
and
called
her
blessed.
The
queens
and
the
concubines
saw
her,
and
they
praised
her.
Who
is she
who
looks
out
as
the
morning,
beautiful
as
the
moon,
clear
as
the
sun,
and
awesome
as
an army with banners?
I
went
down
into
the
nut
tree grove,
to
see
the
green plants
of
the
valley,
to
see
whether
the
vine
budded,
and
the
pomegranates were
in flower.
Without realizing
it,
my
desire
set
me
with
my royal
people’s
chariots.
Friends
Return, return, Shulammite!
Return, return, that we may gaze at you.
Lover
Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite,
as at the dance of Mahanaim?
How beautiful
are
your feet
in sandals, prince’s daughter!
Your rounded thighs
are
like jewels,
the work
of
the hands
of
a skillful workman.
Your body
is
like
a round goblet,
no mixed wine
is wanting.
Your waist
is
like
a heap
of wheat,
set about
with lilies.
Your two breasts are
like two fawns,
that are twins
of
a roe.
Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes
are like
the pools
in Heshbon
by
the gate
of Bathrabbim.
Your nose is like
the tower
of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
Your
head
on
you
is
like Carmel.
The hair
of
your
head
like purple.
The
king
is held captive
in
its tresses.
How beautiful
and how pleasant
you
are,
love,
for delights!
This,
your stature,
is like
a palm tree,
your breasts like its fruit.
I said, “I will climb up into
the
palm
tree.
I will take hold
of its fruit.”
Let your
breasts be
like
clusters
of
the vine,
the smell
of your breath
like apples.
Your mouth
is
like
the best wine,
that
goes
down smoothly
for
my beloved,
gliding
through
the lips
of
those
who
are asleep.
Beloved
I
am
my
beloved’s.
His desire
is
toward
me.
Come,
my
beloved! Let’s go
out
into
the field.
Let’s lodge
in
the villages.
Let’s
go early up
to
the vineyards.
Let’s see whether
the vine
has budded,
its blossom
is open,
and
the pomegranates are
in flower.
There I
will give you
my
love.
The mandrakes
produce fragrance.
At
our doors
are all kinds
of precious fruits, new
and old,
which
I
have
stored
up
for
you,
my
beloved.
Oh
that
you
were
like
my
brother,
who
nursed
from
the
breasts
of
my
mother!
If
I
found
you
outside,
I
would kiss
you;
yes,
and
no
one
would
despise
me.
I
would
lead
you,
bringing
you
into
the
house
of
my
mother,
who
would
instruct
me.
I
would
have
you
drink
spiced
wine,
of
the
juice
of
my
pomegranate.
His
left
hand would
be
under
my
head.
His
right
hand would
embrace
me.
I
adjure
you,
daughters
of
Jerusalem,
that
you
not
stir
up, nor
awaken
love,
until
it
so desires.
Friends
Who
is
this
who
comes
up
from
the
wilderness,
leaning
on
her
beloved?
Beloved
Under
the
apple
tree
I
awakened
you.
There
your
mother
conceived
you.
There
she
was
in
labor
and
bore
you.
Set
me
as
a
seal
on
your
heart,
as
a
seal
on
your
arm;
for
love
is
strong
as
death.
Jealousy
is
as
cruel
as
Sheol.
8:6
Sheol is the place of the dead.
Its
flashes
are
flashes
of
fire,
a very
flame
of Yahweh.
8:6
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
Many
waters
can’t
quench
love,
neither
can
floods drown
it.
If
a
man
would
give
all
the
wealth
of
his
house
for
love,
he
would
be
utterly scorned.
Brothers
We
have
a
little
sister.
She
has
no
breasts.
What
shall
we
do
for
our
sister
in
the
day
when
she
is
to
be
spoken
for?
If
she
is
a
wall,
we
will
build
on
her
a turret
of
silver.
If
she
is
a
door,
we
will enclose
her
with boards
of
cedar.
Beloved
I
am
a
wall,
and
my
breasts
like
towers,
then
I
was
in
his
eyes
like
one
who
found
peace.
Solomon
had
a
vineyard
at Baal Hamon.
He leased
out
the
vineyard
to
keepers.
Each
was
to
bring
a
thousand
shekels
8:11
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds.
of
silver
for
its
fruit.
My
own
vineyard
is
before
me.
The
thousand
are
for
you,
Solomon,
two
hundred
for
those who tend
its
fruit.
Lover
You
who
dwell
in
the
gardens,
with friends
in attendance,
let
me
hear
your
voice!
Beloved
Come
away,
my
beloved!
Be
like
a gazelle
or
a
young
stag
on
the
mountains
of
spices!
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Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah
Isaiah
Isaiah
The Book of the Prophet
Isaiah
The
vision
of
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz,
which
he
saw
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
in
the
days
of
Uzziah,
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah.
Hear,
heavens,
and
listen,
earth;
for
Yahweh
1:2
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
has
spoken:
“I
have nourished
and
brought
up
children
and
they
have
rebelled
against
me.
The
ox
knows
his
owner,
and
the
donkey
his
master’s crib;
but
Israel
doesn’t
know.
My
people
don’t
consider.”
Ah
sinful
nation,
a
people loaded
with
iniquity,
offspring
1:4
or, seed
of evildoers,
children
who deal
corruptly!
They
have forsaken
Yahweh.
They
have
despised
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
They
are estranged
and
backward.
Why
should
you
be
beaten
more,
that
you
revolt
more
and
more?
The
whole
head
is
sick,
and
the
whole
heart
faint.
From
the
sole
of
the
foot
even
to
the
head
there
is
no
soundness
in
it,
but
wounds,
welts,
and open sores.
They
haven’t
been closed,
bandaged,
or soothed
with
oil.
Your
country
is
desolate.
Your
cities
are
burned
with
fire.
Strangers
devour
your
land
in
your
presence
and
it
is
desolate,
as
overthrown
by
strangers.
The
daughter
of
Zion
is
left
like
a
shelter
in
a
vineyard,
like
a
hut
in
a
field
of melons,
like
a
besieged
city.
Unless
Yahweh
of
Armies
had
left
to us
a very
small
remnant,
we
would
have
been
as
Sodom.
We
would
have
been
like
Gomorrah.
Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
you
rulers
of
Sodom!
Listen
to
the
law
of
our
God,
1:10
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
you
people
of
Gomorrah!
“What
are
the
multitude
of
your
sacrifices
to
me?”,
says
Yahweh.
“I
have
had
enough
of
the
burnt
offerings
of
rams
and
the
fat
of
fed animals.
I
don’t
delight
in
the
blood
of
bulls,
or
of
lambs,
or
of
male
goats.
When
you
come
to
appear
before
me,
who
has
required
this
at
your
hand,
to
trample
my courts?
Bring
no
more
vain
offerings.
Incense
is
an
abomination
to
me.
New
moons,
Sabbaths,
and
convocations—
I
can’t
stand
evil
assemblies.
My
soul
hates
your
New
Moons
and
your
appointed
feasts.
They
are
a
burden
to
me.
I
am
weary
of
bearing
them.
When
you
spread
out
your
hands,
I
will
hide
my
eyes
from
you.
Yes,
when
you
make
many
prayers,
I
will
not
hear.
Your
hands
are
full
of
blood.
Wash
yourselves.
Make yourself
clean.
Put
away
the
evil
of
your
doings
from
before
my
eyes.
Cease
to
do
evil.
Learn
to
do
well.
Seek
justice.
Relieve
the oppressed.
Defend
the
fatherless.
Plead
for
the
widow.”
“Come
now,
and
let’s
reason together,”
says
Yahweh:
“Though
your
sins
are
as
scarlet,
they
shall
be
as
white
as
snow.
Though
they
are
red
like
crimson,
they
shall
be
as
wool.
If
you
are
willing
and
obedient,
you
will
eat
the
good
of
the
land;
but
if
you
refuse
and
rebel,
you
will
be
devoured
with
the
sword;
for
Yahweh’s
mouth
has
spoken
it.”
How
the
faithful
city
has
become
a
prostitute!
She
was
full
of
justice.
Righteousness lodged
in
her,
but
now
there
are
murderers.
Your
silver
has
become
dross,
your wine mixed
with
water.
Your
princes
are
rebellious
and
companions
of
thieves.
Everyone
loves
bribes
and
follows
after
rewards.
They
don’t
defend
the
fatherless,
neither
does
the
cause
of
the
widow
come
to
them.
Therefore
the
Lord,
1:24
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
Mighty
One
of
Israel,
says:
“Ah,
I
will get relief
from
my adversaries,
and
avenge
myself
on
my
enemies.
I
will
turn
my
hand
on
you,
thoroughly purge
away
your
dross,
and
will
take
away
all
your
tin.
1:25
tin is a metal that is separated from silver during the refining and purification process.
I
will
restore
your
judges
as
at
the
first,
and
your
counselors
as
at
the
beginning.
Afterward
you
shall
be
called ‘The
city
of
righteousness,
a
faithful
town.’
Zion shall
be
redeemed
with
justice,
and
her converts
with
righteousness.
But
the
destruction
of
transgressors
and
sinners
shall
be
together,
and those
who
forsake
Yahweh
shall
be
consumed.
For
they
shall
be
ashamed
of
the
oaks
which
you
have
desired,
and
you
shall
be
confounded
for
the
gardens
that
you
have
chosen.
For
you
shall
be
as
an
oak
whose
leaf fades,
and
as
a
garden
that
has
no
water.
The
strong
will
be
like
tinder,
and
his
work
like
a
spark.
They
will
both
burn
together,
and
no
one
will
quench
them.”
This
is
what
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
saw
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem.
It
shall
happen
in
the
latter
days,
that
the
mountain
of
Yahweh’s
house
shall
be
established
on
the
top
of
the
mountains,
and
shall
be
raised
above
the
hills;
and
all
nations
shall flow
to
it.
Many
peoples
shall
go
and
say,
“Come,
let’s
go
up
to
the
mountain
of
Yahweh,
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
out
of
Zion,
and
Yahweh’s
word
from
Jerusalem.
He
will
judge
between
the
nations,
and
will
decide
concerning
many
peoples.
They
shall
beat
their
swords
into
plowshares,
and
their
spears
into
pruning
hooks.
Nation
shall
not
lift
up
sword
against
nation,
neither
shall
they
learn
war
any
more.
House
of
Jacob, come,
and let’s walk
in
the
light
of
Yahweh.
For
you
have
forsaken
your
people,
the
house
of
Jacob,
because
they
are
filled
from
the
east,
with
those
who
practice divination
like
the
Philistines,
and
they clasp hands
with
the
children
of
foreigners.
Their
land
is
full
of
silver
and
gold,
neither
is
there
any
end
of
their
treasures.
Their
land also
is
full
of
horses,
neither
is
there
any
end
of
their
chariots.
Their
land
also
is
full
of
idols.
They
worship
the
work
of
their own
hands,
that
which
their own
fingers
have
made.
Man
is
brought
low,
and
mankind
is
humbled;
therefore
don’t
forgive
them.
Enter
into
the
rock,
and
hide
in
the
dust,
from
before
the
terror
of
Yahweh,
and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty.
The lofty
looks
of
man
will
be
brought
low,
the arrogance
of
men
will
be
bowed
down,
and
Yahweh
alone
will
be
exalted
in
that
day.
For
there
will
be
a
day
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
for
all
that
is
proud
and arrogant,
and
for
all
that
is
lifted
up,
and
it
shall
be
brought
low—
for
all
the
cedars
of
Lebanon,
that are
high
and
lifted
up,
for
all
the
oaks
of
Bashan,
for
all
the
high
mountains,
for
all
the
hills
that
are
lifted
up,
for
every
lofty
tower,
for
every
fortified
wall,
for
all
the
ships
of
Tarshish,
and
for
all
pleasant imagery.
The
loftiness
of
man
shall
be
bowed
down,
and
the arrogance
of
men
shall
be
brought
low;
and
Yahweh
alone
shall
be
exalted
in
that
day.
The
idols shall utterly pass away.
Men
shall
go
into
the
caves
of
the
rocks,
and
into
the
holes
of
the
earth,
from
before
the
terror
of
Yahweh,
and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty,
when
he
arises
to shake
the
earth mightily.
In
that
day,
men
shall
cast
away
their
idols
of
silver
and
their
idols
of
gold,
which
have
been
made
for
themselves
to
worship,
to
the moles
and
to
the
bats,
to
go
into
the
caverns
of
the
rocks,
and
into
the
clefts
of
the ragged
rocks,
from
before
the
terror
of
Yahweh,
and
from
the glory
of
his
majesty,
when
he
arises
to shake
the
earth mightily.
Stop
trusting
in
man,
whose
breath
is
in
his
nostrils;
for
of
what
account
is
he?
For,
behold,
3:1
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
the
Lord,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
takes
away
from
Jerusalem
and
from
Judah supply
and support,
the
whole supply
of
bread,
and
the
whole supply
of
water;
the
mighty
man,
the
man
of
war,
the
judge,
the
prophet,
the
diviner,
the
elder,
the
captain
of
fifty,
the honorable
man,
the
counselor,
the
skilled craftsman,
and
the
clever
enchanter.
I
will
give
boys
to
be
their
princes,
and
children
shall
rule
over
them.
The
people
will
be
oppressed,
everyone
by
another,
and
everyone
by
his
neighbor.
The
child
will behave
himself proudly
against
the
old
man,
and
the wicked
against
the
honorable.
Indeed
a
man
shall
take
hold
of
his
brother
in
the
house
of
his
father, saying,
“You
have
clothing,
you
be
our
ruler,
and
let
this ruin
be
under
your
hand.”
In
that
day
he
will cry out,
saying, “I
will
not
be
a
healer;
for
in
my
house
is
neither
bread
nor
clothing.
You
shall
not
make
me
ruler
of
the
people.”
For
Jerusalem
is ruined,
and
Judah
is
fallen;
because
their
tongue
and
their
doings
are
against
Yahweh,
to provoke
the
eyes
of
his
glory.
The look
of
their
faces
testify
against
them.
They parade
their
sin
like
Sodom.
They
don’t
hide
it.
Woe
to
their
soul!
For
they
have
brought
disaster upon
themselves.
Tell
the
righteous
that
it
will
be
well
with
them,
for
they
will
eat
the
fruit
of
their
deeds.
Woe
to
the
wicked!
Disaster
is
upon
them,
for
the
deeds
of
their
hands
will
be
paid back
to
them.
As
for
my
people, children
are
their
oppressors,
and
women
rule
over
them.
My
people, those
who
lead
you cause
you
to
err,
and
destroy
the
way
of
your
paths.
Yahweh
stands
up
to
contend,
and
stands
to
judge
the
peoples.
Yahweh
will
enter
into
judgment
with
the
elders
of
his
people
and
their
leaders:
“It
is
you
who
have eaten
up
the
vineyard.
The
plunder
of
the
poor
is
in
your
houses.
What do
you mean
that
you
crush
my
people,
and
grind
the
face
of
the
poor?”
says
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies.
Moreover
Yahweh
said, “Because
the
daughters
of
Zion
are arrogant,
and
walk
with
outstretched necks
and flirting
eyes,
walking daintily
as
they
go,
jingling ornaments
on
their
feet;
therefore
the
Lord brings sores
on
the
crown
of
the
head
of
the
women
of
Zion,
and
Yahweh
will
make
their
scalps
bald.”
In
that
day
the
Lord
will
take
away
the
beauty
of
their
anklets,
the
headbands,
the
crescent necklaces,
the
earrings, the
bracelets, the
veils,
the
headdresses,
the ankle chains,
the
sashes,
the perfume containers,
the charms,
the
signet
rings,
the
nose
rings,
the fine
robes, the capes, the
cloaks, the
purses,
the
hand
mirrors, the fine
linen
garments, the tiaras,
and the shawls.
It
shall
happen
that
instead
of
sweet
spices,
there
shall
be rottenness;
instead
of
a belt,
a
rope;
instead
of well set
hair,
baldness;
instead
of
a robe,
a wearing
of
sackcloth;
and
branding
instead
of
beauty.
Your
men
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
your
mighty
in
the
war.
Her
gates
shall
lament
and
mourn.
She
shall
be desolate
and
sit
on
the
ground.
Seven
women
shall
take
hold
of
one
man
in
that
day,
saying, “We
will
eat
our
own
bread,
and
wear
our
own
clothing. Just let
us
be
called
by
your
name.
Take
away
our
reproach.”
In
that
day,
Yahweh’s
branch
will
be
beautiful
and
glorious,
and
the
fruit
of
the
land
will
be
the
beauty
and
glory
of
the
survivors
of
Israel.
It
will
happen
that
he
who
is
left
in
Zion
and
he
who
remains
in
Jerusalem shall
be
called
holy, even
everyone
who
is
written among
the
living
in
Jerusalem,
when
the
Lord shall
have
washed
away
the
filth
of
the
daughters
of
Zion,
and shall
have
purged
the
blood
of
Jerusalem
from
within
it,
by
the
spirit
of
justice
and
by
the
spirit
of
burning.
Yahweh
will
create
over
the
whole habitation
of
Mount
Zion
and
over
her
assemblies,
a
cloud
and
smoke
by
day,
and
the shining
of
a
flaming
fire
by
night,
for
over
all
the
glory
will
be
a
canopy.
There
will
be
a
pavilion
for
a
shade
in
the
daytime
from
the heat,
and
for
a
refuge
and
for
a
shelter
from
storm
and
from
rain.
Let
me
sing
for
my well
beloved
a
song
of
my
beloved
about
his
vineyard.
My
beloved
had
a
vineyard
on
a very fruitful
hill.
He
dug
it
up,
gathered
out
its
stones,
planted
it
with
the choicest vine,
built
a
tower
in
the
middle
of
it,
and
also
cut
out
a
wine
press
in
it.
He looked
for
it
to
yield
grapes,
but
it yielded wild
grapes.
“Now,
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
and
men
of
Judah,
please
judge
between
me
and
my
vineyard.
What
could
have
been
done
more
to
my
vineyard,
that
I
have
not
done
in
it?
Why,
when
I looked
for
it
to
yield
grapes,
did
it
yield wild
grapes?
Now
I
will
tell
you
what
I
will
do
to
my
vineyard.
I
will
take
away
its
hedge,
and
it
will
be eaten
up.
I
will
break
down
its
wall,
and
it
will
be
trampled
down.
I
will
lay
it
a wasteland.
It
won’t
be
pruned
or hoed,
but
it
will
grow
briers
and
thorns.
I
will also
command
the
clouds
that
they
rain
no
rain
on
it.”
For
the
vineyard
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
the
house
of
Israel,
and
the
men
of
Judah
his pleasant
plant.
He
looked
for
justice,
but
behold, oppression,
for
righteousness,
but
behold,
a
cry
of
distress.
Woe
to
those
who
join
house
to
house,
who lay
field
to
field,
until
there
is
no
room,
and
you
are
made
to
dwell
alone
in
the
middle
of
the
land!
In
my
ears,
Yahweh
of
Armies says: “Surely
many
houses
will
be
desolate,
even
great
and beautiful, unoccupied.
For
ten
acres
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literally, ten yokes, or the amount of land that ten yokes of oxen can plow in one day, which is about 10 acres or 4 hectares.
of
vineyard
shall
yield
one
bath,
5:10
1 bath is about 22 liters or 5.8 U. S. gallons
and
a homer
5:10
1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
of
seed
shall
yield
an
ephah.”
5:10
1 ephah is about 22 liters or 0.6 bushels or about 2 pecks—only one tenth of what was sown.
Woe
to
those
who
rise
up
early
in
the
morning,
that
they
may
follow
strong
drink,
who
stay
late into
the night, until
wine inflames
them!
The
harp,
lyre,
tambourine,
and
flute,
with
wine,
are
at
their feasts;
but
they
don’t respect
the
work
of
Yahweh,
neither
have
they
considered
the operation
of
his
hands.
Therefore
my
people
go
into
captivity
for
lack
of
knowledge.
Their honorable
men
are
famished,
and
their
multitudes
are
parched
with
thirst.
Therefore
Sheol
5:14
Sheol is the place of the dead.
has
enlarged
its
desire,
and
opened
its
mouth
without
measure;
and
their glory,
their
multitude,
their pomp,
and
he
who rejoices among
them,
descend
into
it.
So
man
is
brought
low,
mankind
is
humbled,
and
the
eyes
of
the arrogant ones
are
humbled;
but
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
exalted
in
justice,
and
God
the
Holy
One
is
sanctified
in
righteousness.
Then
the
lambs
will
graze
as
in
their
pasture,
and strangers
will
eat
the
ruins
of
the rich.
Woe
to
those
who
draw
iniquity
with
cords
of
falsehood,
and wickedness as
with
cart rope,
who
say, “Let
him
make
haste, let
him
hasten
his
work,
that
we
may
see
it;
let
the
counsel
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
draw
near
and
come,
that
we
may
know
it!”
Woe
to
those
who
call
evil
good,
and
good
evil;
who
put
darkness
for
light,
and
light
for
darkness;
who
put
bitter
for
sweet,
and
sweet
for
bitter!
Woe
to
those
who
are
wise
in
their
own
eyes,
and
prudent
in
their
own
sight!
Woe
to
those
who
are
mighty
to
drink
wine,
and champions
at
mixing
strong
drink;
who
acquit
the
guilty
for
a
bribe,
but deny
justice
for
the
innocent!
Therefore
as
the
tongue
of
fire
devours
the
stubble,
and
as
the
dry
grass sinks
down
in
the
flame,
so
their
root
shall
be
as rottenness,
and
their
blossom
shall
go
up
as
dust,
because
they
have
rejected
the
law
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
and
despised
the
word
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
anger
burns
against
his
people,
and
he
has
stretched
out
his
hand
against
them
and
has
struck
them.
The
mountains
tremble,
and
their
dead
bodies
are
as
refuse
in
the
middle
of
the
streets.
For
all
this,
his
anger
is
not
turned
away,
but
his
hand
is
still
stretched
out.
He
will
lift
up
a
banner
to
the
nations
from
far
away,
and
he
will
whistle
for
them
from
the
end
of
the
earth.
Behold,
they
will
come
speedily
and
swiftly.
No
one
shall
be
weary
nor
stumble
among
them;
no
one
shall
slumber
nor
sleep,
neither
shall
the
belt
of
their
waist
be untied,
nor
the
strap
of
their
sandals
be
broken,
whose
arrows
are
sharp,
and
all
their
bows
bent.
Their horses’
hoofs
will
be
like flint,
and
their
wheels
like
a
whirlwind.
Their
roaring
will
be
like
a
lioness.
They
will
roar
like
young
lions.
Yes,
they
shall
roar,
and seize
their
prey
and carry it
off,
and
there
will
be
no
one
to
deliver.
They
will roar
against
them
in
that
day
like
the
roaring
of
the
sea.
If
one
looks
to
the
land,
behold,
darkness
and
distress.
The
light
is
darkened
in
its
clouds.
In
the
year
that
King
Uzziah
died,
I
saw
the
Lord
sitting
on
a
throne,
high
and
lifted
up;
and
his
train
filled
the
temple.
Above
him
stood
the seraphim.
Each
one
had
six
wings.
With
two
he
covered
his
face.
With
two
he
covered
his
feet.
With
two
he
flew.
One
called
to
another,
and
said,
“Holy,
holy,
holy,
is
Yahweh
of
Armies!
The
whole
earth
is
full
of
his
glory!”
The foundations
of
the
thresholds
shook
at
the
voice
of
him
who
called,
and
the
house
was
filled
with
smoke.
Then
I
said, “Woe
is
me!
For
I
am undone,
because
I
am
a
man
of
unclean
lips
and
I
live
among
a
people
of
unclean
lips,
for
my
eyes
have
seen
the
King,
Yahweh
of
Armies!”
Then
one
of
the seraphim
flew
to
me,
having
a live coal
in
his
hand, which
he
had
taken
with
the
tongs
from
off
the
altar.
He
touched
my
mouth
with
it,
and
said, “Behold,
this
has
touched
your
lips;
and
your
iniquity
is
taken
away,
and
your
sin forgiven.”
I
heard
the Lord’s
voice,
saying, “Whom
shall
I
send,
and
who
will
go
for
us?”
Then
I
said, “Here
I
am.
Send
me!”
He
said, “Go,
and
tell
this
people,
‘You
hear
indeed,
but
don’t
understand.
You
see
indeed,
but
don’t
perceive.’
Make
the
heart
of
this
people
fat.
Make
their
ears
heavy,
and shut
their
eyes;
lest
they
see
with
their
eyes,
hear
with
their
ears,
understand
with
their
heart,
and
turn
again,
and
be
healed.”
Then
I
said, “Lord,
how
long?”
He
answered,
“Until
cities
are
waste
without
inhabitant,
houses
without
man,
the
land becomes
utterly
waste,
and
Yahweh
has
removed
men
far
away,
and
the
forsaken
places
are
many
within
the
land.
If
there
is
a
tenth
left
in
it,
that
also
will
in
turn
be
consumed,
as
a
terebinth,
and
as
an
oak
whose stump
remains
when
they
are cut down,
so
the
holy
seed
is
its stump.”
In
the
days
of
Ahaz
the
son
of
Jotham,
the
son
of
Uzziah,
king
of
Judah,
Rezin
the
king
of
Syria
and
Pekah
the
son
of
Remaliah,
king
of
Israel,
went
up
to
Jerusalem
to
war
against
it,
but
could
not
prevail
against
it.
David’s
house
was
told, “Syria
is allied
with
Ephraim.”
His
heart
trembled,
and
the
heart
of
his
people,
as
the
trees
of
the
forest
tremble
with
the
wind.
Then
Yahweh
said
to
Isaiah, “Go
out
now
to
meet
Ahaz,
you,
and Shearjashub
your
son,
at
the
end
of
the conduit
of
the
upper
pool,
on
the
highway
of
the
fuller’s
field.
Tell
him, ‘Be
careful,
and
keep
calm.
Don’t
be
afraid,
neither
let
your
heart
be
faint
because
of
these
two
tails
of
smoking torches,
for
the
fierce
anger
of
Rezin
and
Syria,
and
of
the
son
of
Remaliah.
Because
Syria,
Ephraim,
and
the
son
of
Remaliah,
have
plotted
evil
against
you,
saying,
“Let’s
go
up
against
Judah,
and
tear
it apart,
and let’s
divide
it
among ourselves,
and
set
up
a
king
within
it,
even
the
son
of
Tabeel.”
This
is
what
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “It
shall
not
stand,
neither
shall
it
happen.”
For
the
head
of
Syria
is
Damascus,
and
the
head
of
Damascus
is
Rezin. Within sixty-five
years
Ephraim
shall
be broken
in pieces,
so
that
it
shall
not
be
a
people.
The
head
of
Ephraim
is
Samaria,
and
the
head
of
Samaria
is Remaliah’s
son.
If
you
will
not
believe,
surely
you
shall
not
be
established.’”
Yahweh
spoke
again
to
Ahaz,
saying,
“Ask
a
sign
of
Yahweh
your
God;
ask
it
either
in
the depth,
or
in
the height
above.”
But
Ahaz
said, “I
won’t
ask.
I
won’t tempt
Yahweh.”
He
said, “Listen
now,
house
of
David.
Is
it
not
enough
for
you
to
try
the
patience
of
men,
that
you
will
try
the
patience
of
my
God
also?
Therefore
the
Lord
himself
will
give
you
a
sign.
Behold,
the
virgin
will
conceive,
and
bear
a
son,
and
shall
call
his
name
Immanuel.
7:14
“Immanuel” means “God with us”.
He
shall
eat
butter
and
honey when
he
knows
to refuse
the
evil
and
choose
the
good.
For
before
the
child
knows
to refuse
the
evil
and
choose
the
good,
the
land
whose
two
kings
you abhor
shall
be forsaken.
Yahweh
will
bring
on
you,
on
your
people,
and
on
your
father’s
house
days
that
have
not
come,
from
the
day
that
Ephraim
departed
from
Judah,
even
the
king
of
Assyria.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
Yahweh
will
whistle
for
the
fly
that
is
in
the uttermost
part
of
the
rivers
of
Egypt,
and
for
the
bee
that
is
in
the
land
of
Assyria.
They shall
come,
and shall
all
rest
in
the desolate
valleys,
in
the
clefts
of
the
rocks,
on
all
thorn hedges,
and
on
all pastures.
In
that
day
the
Lord
will
shave
with
a
razor
that
is
hired
in
the parts
beyond
the
River,
even
with
the
king
of
Assyria,
the
head
and
the
hair
of
the
feet;
and
it
shall
also consume
the
beard.
It
shall
happen
in
that
day
that
a
man
shall keep
alive
a
young cow,
and
two
sheep.
It
shall
happen,
that
because
of
the
abundance
of
milk which
they
shall
give
he
shall
eat
butter,
for
everyone
will
eat
butter
and
honey
that
is
left
within
the
land.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
every
place
where
there
were
a
thousand
vines worth
a
thousand
silver
shekels,
7:23
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or 22 pounds.
will
be
for
briers
and
thorns.
People
will
go
there
with
arrows
and
with
bow,
because
all
the
land
will
be
briers
and
thorns.
All
the
hills
that
were cultivated
with
the
hoe,
you
shall
not
come
there
for
fear
of
briers
and
thorns;
but
it
shall
be
for
the
sending
out
of
oxen,
and
for
sheep
to
tread
on.”
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Take
a
large
tablet,
and
write
on
it
with
a
man’s pen, ‘For Maher Shalal Hash Baz’;
8:1
“Maher Shalal Hash Baz” means “quick to the plunder, swift to the prey”.
and
I
will take
for myself
faithful
witnesses
to testify:
Uriah
the
priest,
and
Zechariah
the
son
of
Jeberechiah.”
I
went
to
the
prophetess,
and
she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son.
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Call
his
name ‘Maher Shalal Hash Baz.’
For
before
the
child
knows
how
to say, ‘My father’
and ‘My
mother,’
the
riches
of
Damascus
and
the
plunder
of
Samaria
will
be
carried
away
by
the
king
of
Assyria.”
Yahweh
spoke
to
me
yet
again,
saying,
“Because
this
people
has refused
the
waters
of Shiloah
that
go softly,
and
rejoice
in
Rezin
and Remaliah’s
son;
now
therefore,
behold,
the
Lord
brings
upon
them
the
mighty
flood
waters
of
the
River:
the
king
of
Assyria
and
all
his
glory.
It
will
come
up
over
all
its
channels,
and
go
over
all
its
banks.
It
will
sweep onward
into
Judah.
It
will
overflow
and
pass
through.
It
will
reach
even
to
the
neck.
The stretching
out
of
its
wings
will
fill
the
width
of
your
land, O
Immanuel.
Make an uproar,
you
peoples,
and
be broken
in pieces!
Listen,
all
you
from
far
countries: dress
for battle,
and
be
shattered! Dress
for battle,
and
be
shattered!
Take
counsel
together,
and
it
will
be
brought
to
nothing;
speak
the
word,
and
it
will
not
stand,
for
God
is
with
us.”
For
Yahweh
spoke
this
to
me
with
a
strong
hand,
and
instructed
me
not
to
walk
in
the
way
of
this
people,
saying,
“Don’t
call
a
conspiracy
all
that
this
people
call
a
conspiracy.
Don’t
fear
their threats
or
be terrorized.
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
who
you
must
respect
as
holy.
He
is
the
one
you
must
fear.
He
is
the
one
you
must
dread.
He
will
be
a
sanctuary,
but
for
both
houses
of
Israel,
he
will
be
a
stumbling
stone
and
a
rock
that
makes
them
fall.
For
the
people
of
Jerusalem,
he
will
be
a
trap
and
a
snare.
Many
will
stumble
over
it,
fall,
be
broken,
be
snared,
and
be
captured.”
Wrap
up
the covenant.
Seal
the
law
among my
disciples.
I
will
wait
for
Yahweh,
who
hides
his
face
from
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
I
will
look
for
him.
Behold,
I
and
the
children
whom
Yahweh
has
given
me
are
for
signs
and
for
wonders
in
Israel
from
Yahweh
of
Armies,
who
dwells
in
Mount
Zion.
When
they
tell
you, “Consult
with
those
who
have familiar spirits
and
with
the wizards,
who chirp
and
who
mutter,” shouldn’t
a
people
consult
with
their
God?
Should
they
consult
the
dead
on
behalf
of
the
living?
Turn
to
the
law
and
to
the covenant!
If
they
don’t
speak according
to
this
word,
surely
there
is
no
morning
for
them.
They
will
pass
through
it,
very distressed
and
hungry.
It
will
happen
that
when
they
are
hungry,
they
will worry,
and
curse
their
king
and
their
God.
They
will
turn
their
faces
upward,
then
look
to
the
earth
and
see
distress,
darkness,
and
the
gloom
of
anguish.
They
will
be
driven
into
thick
darkness.
But
there
shall
be no
more
gloom
for
her
who
was
in anguish.
In
the former time,
he
brought
into contempt
the
land
of Zebulun
and
the
land
of Naphtali;
but
in
the latter time
he
has
made
it glorious,
by
the
way
of
the sea,
beyond
the Jordan, Galilee
of
the
nations.
The
people
who walked
in darkness
have seen
a
great light.
The light
has shined
on
those
who lived
in
the
land
of
the shadow
of death.
You
have multiplied
the nation.
You
have increased
their joy.
They rejoice
before
you according
to
the joy
in harvest,
as men rejoice
when
they divide
the plunder.
For
the yoke
of
his burden,
and
the staff
of
his shoulder,
the rod
of
his oppressor,
you
have broken
as
in
the day
of Midian.
For all
the armor
of
the armed
man
in
the noisy battle,
and
the garments rolled
in blood,
will
be
for burning, fuel
for
the fire.
For
a child
is born
to
us.
A son
is given
to
us;
and
the
government
will
be
on
his shoulders.
His name
will
be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty
God,
Everlasting Father, Prince
of
Peace.
Of
the increase
of
his government
and
of peace there
shall
be no end,
on David’s throne,
and
on
his kingdom,
to establish
it,
and
to uphold
it
with justice
and
with righteousness
from
that
time
on, even forever.
The zeal
of Yahweh
of Armies
will perform
this.
The Lord
sent
a
word into
Jacob,
and
it falls
on
Israel.
All
the people
will know,
including Ephraim
and
the inhabitants
of Samaria,
who say
in pride
and
in arrogance
of heart,
“The bricks
have fallen,
but we
will build
with cut stone.
The sycamore fig trees
have
been cut
down,
but we
will put cedars
in
their place.”
Therefore Yahweh
will
set
up
on
high
against
him
the adversaries
of Rezin,
and
will stir
up
his enemies,
The Syrians
in front,
and
the Philistines behind;
and
they
will devour
Israel
with open mouth.
For
all
this,
his anger
is
not
turned
away,
but
his hand
is stretched
out
still.
Yet
the people
have not turned
to
him
who struck
them,
neither
have
they sought
Yahweh
of Armies.
Therefore Yahweh
will cut
off
from Israel
head
and
tail,
palm branch
and reed,
in
one day.
The elder
and
the honorable man
is
the head,
and
the prophet
who teaches
lies
is
the tail.
For
those
who lead
this
people lead
them astray;
and
those
who
are led
by
them
are destroyed.
Therefore
the Lord
will
not rejoice over
their young men,
neither
will
he
have compassion
on
their fatherless
and widows;
for everyone
is profane
and
an evildoer,
and every mouth speaks folly.
For
all
this
his anger
is
not turned
away,
but
his hand
is stretched
out still.
For wickedness burns
like
a
fire.
It devours
the briers
and thorns;
yes,
it kindles
in
the thickets
of
the forest,
and
they roll upward
in
a column
of smoke.
Through Yahweh
of Armies’ wrath,
the land
is burned
up;
and
the
people
are
the fuel
for
the
fire.
No
one spares
his brother.
One
will devour
on
the right
hand,
and
be hungry;
and
he
will eat
on
the
left
hand,
and
they
will
not
be satisfied.
Everyone
will eat
the flesh
of
his own
arm:
Manasseh eating Ephraim and Ephraim eating Manasseh, and they together will be against Judah.
For all this his anger is not turned away,
but his hand is stretched out still.
Woe
to
those
who
decree
unrighteous decrees,
and
to
the writers
who
write oppressive decrees
to
deprive
the
needy
of
justice,
and
to
rob
the
poor among
my
people
of
their
rights,
that
widows
may
be
their
plunder,
and
that
they
may
make
the
fatherless
their
prey!
What
will
you
do
in
the
day
of visitation,
and
in
the desolation
which
will
come
from
afar?
To
whom
will
you
flee
for
help?
Where
will
you
leave
your wealth?
They
will
only
bow
down
under
the
prisoners,
and
will
fall
under
the
slain.
For
all
this
his
anger
is
not
turned
away,
but
his
hand
is
stretched
out
still.
Alas Assyrian,
the
rod
of
my
anger,
the
staff
in whose
hand
is
my
indignation!
I
will
send
him
against
a profane
nation,
and
against
the
people
who
anger
me
I
will
give
him
a
command
to
take
the
plunder
and
to
take
the
prey,
and
to
tread
them
down
like
the mire
of
the
streets.
However,
he
doesn’t mean
so,
neither
does
his
heart
think
so;
but
it
is
in
his
heart
to
destroy,
and
to
cut
off
not
a
few
nations.
For
he
says, “Aren’t
all
of
my
princes
kings?
Isn’t Calno
like
Carchemish?
Isn’t
Hamath
like
Arpad?
Isn’t
Samaria
like
Damascus?”
As
my
hand
has
found
the
kingdoms
of
the
idols,
whose
engraved
images exceeded
those
of
Jerusalem
and
of
Samaria,
shall
I
not,
as
I
have
done
to
Samaria
and
her
idols,
so
do
to
Jerusalem
and
her
idols?
Therefore
it
will
happen
that
when
the
Lord
has performed
his
whole
work
on
Mount
Zion
and
on
Jerusalem,
I
will
punish
the
fruit
of
the willful
proud
heart
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
the insolence
of
his
arrogant
looks.
For
he
has
said, “By
the
strength
of
my
hand
I
have
done
it,
and
by
my
wisdom,
for
I
have
understanding.
I
have
removed
the
boundaries
of
the
peoples,
and
have robbed
their
treasures.
Like
a
valiant
man
I
have
brought
down
their
rulers.
My
hand
has
found
the
riches
of
the
peoples
like
a
nest,
and
like
one
gathers
eggs
that
are
abandoned,
I
have
gathered
all
the
earth.
There
was
no
one
who moved
their
wing,
or
that
opened
their
mouth,
or
chirped.”
Should
an ax
brag
against
him
who
chops
with
it?
Should
a
saw
exalt
itself
above
him
who saws
with
it?
As
if
a
rod
should
lift
those
who
lift
it
up,
or
as
if
a
staff
should
lift
up someone
who
is
not
wood.
Therefore
the
Lord,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
will
send
among
his fat ones leanness;
and
under
his
glory
a
burning
will
be
kindled
like
the
burning
of
fire.
The
light
of
Israel
will
be
for
a
fire,
and
his
Holy
One
for
a
flame;
and
it
will
burn
and
devour
his
thorns
and
his
briers
in
one
day.
He
will
consume
the
glory
of
his
forest
and
of
his
fruitful
field, both
soul
and
body.
It
will
be
as
when
a standard bearer
faints.
The
remnant
of
the
trees
of
his
forest shall
be
few,
so
that
a
child
could
write
their
number.
It
will
come
to
pass
in
that
day
that
the
remnant
of
Israel,
and
those
who
have
escaped
from
the
house
of
Jacob
will
no
more
again
lean
on
him
who
struck
them,
but
shall
lean
on
Yahweh,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
in
truth.
A
remnant
will
return, even
the
remnant
of
Jacob,
to
the
mighty
God.
For
though
your
people,
Israel,
are
like
the
sand
of
the
sea,
only
a
remnant
of
them
will
return.
A
destruction
is
determined,
overflowing
with
righteousness.
For
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
will
make
a
full
end,
and
that
determined,
throughout
all
the
earth.
Therefore
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
says, “My
people
who
dwell
in
Zion,
don’t
be
afraid
of
the Assyrian, though
he
strike
you
with
the
rod,
and
lift
up
his
staff
against
you,
as
Egypt
did.
For
yet
a
very
little
while,
and
the
indignation
against
you
will
be
accomplished,
and
my
anger
will
be directed
to
his
destruction.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
stir
up
a
scourge
against
him,
as
in
the
slaughter
of
Midian
at
the
rock
of
Oreb.
His
rod
will
be
over
the
sea,
and
he
will
lift
it
up
like
he did
against
Egypt.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
his
burden
will
depart
from
off
your
shoulder,
and
his
yoke
from
off
your
neck,
and
the
yoke
shall
be destroyed
because
of
the anointing
oil.
He has
come
to
Aiath.
He has
passed
through
Migron.
At
Michmash
he stores
his
baggage.
They have gone
over
the
pass.
They have
taken
up their
lodging
at
Geba.
Ramah
trembles.
Gibeah
of
Saul
has
fled.
Cry aloud
with
your
voice,
daughter
of
Gallim!
Listen,
Laishah!
You
poor
Anathoth!
Madmenah
is
a
fugitive.
The
inhabitants
of
Gebim
flee
for
safety.
This very
day
he
will
halt
at
Nob.
He
shakes
his
hand
at
the
mountain
of
the
daughter
of Zion,
the
hill
of
Jerusalem.
Behold,
the
Lord,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
will
lop
the
boughs
with terror.
The
tall
will
be
cut
down,
and
the
lofty
will
be
brought
low.
He
will cut
down
the
thickets
of
the
forest
with
iron,
and
Lebanon
will
fall
by
the
Mighty
One.
A
shoot
will
come
out
of
the
stock
of
Jesse,
and
a
branch
out
of
his
roots
will
bear
fruit.
Yahweh’s
Spirit
will
rest
on
him:
the
spirit
of
wisdom
and
understanding,
the
spirit
of
counsel
and
might,
the
spirit
of
knowledge
and
of
the
fear
of
Yahweh.
His delight
will
be
in
the
fear
of
Yahweh.
He
will
not
judge
by
the
sight
of
his
eyes,
neither
decide
by
the
hearing
of
his
ears;
but
he
will
judge
the
poor
with
righteousness,
and
decide
with
equity
for
the
humble
of
the
earth.
He
will
strike
the
earth
with
the
rod
of
his
mouth;
and
with
the
breath
of
his
lips
he
will
kill
the
wicked.
Righteousness
will
be
the
belt around
his
waist,
and
faithfulness
the
belt around
his
waist.
The
wolf
will
live
with
the
lamb,
and
the
leopard
will
lie
down
with
the
young
goat,
the
calf,
the
young
lion,
and
the fattened
calf
together;
and
a
little
child
will
lead
them.
The
cow
and
the
bear
will
graze.
Their
young ones
will
lie
down
together.
The
lion
will
eat
straw
like
the
ox.
The
nursing
child
will play
near
a cobra’s hole,
and
the
weaned
child
will
put
his
hand
on
the viper’s den.
They
will
not hurt
nor
destroy
in
all
my
holy
mountain;
for
the
earth
will
be
full
of
the
knowledge
of
Yahweh,
as
the
waters
cover
the
sea.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
nations
will
seek
the
root
of
Jesse,
who
stands
as
a
banner
of
the
peoples;
and
his
resting
place
will
be glorious.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
Lord
will
set
his
hand
again
the
second
time
to
recover
the
remnant
that
is
left
of
his
people
from
Assyria,
from
Egypt,
from
Pathros,
from
Cush,
from
Elam,
from
Shinar,
from
Hamath,
and
from
the
islands
of
the
sea.
He
will
set
up
a
banner
for
the
nations,
and
will
assemble
the outcasts
of
Israel,
and
gather
together
the
dispersed
of
Judah
from
the
four
corners
of
the
earth.
The
envy
also
of
Ephraim
will
depart,
and
those
who persecute
Judah
will
be
cut
off.
Ephraim
won’t
envy
Judah,
and
Judah
won’t persecute
Ephraim.
They
will
fly
down
on
the
shoulders
of
the
Philistines
on
the
west.
Together
they
will
plunder
the
children
of
the
east.
They
will extend
their
power
over
Edom
and
Moab,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
will obey
them.
Yahweh
will utterly
destroy
the
tongue
of
the
Egyptian
sea;
and
with
his
scorching
wind
he
will
wave
his
hand
over
the
River,
and
will split
it
into
seven
streams,
and cause men
to
march
over
in
sandals.
There
will
be
a
highway
for
the
remnant
that
is
left
of
his
people
from
Assyria,
like
there
was
for
Israel
in
the
day
that
he
came
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
In
that
day
you
will
say, “I
will
give
thanks
to
you,
Yahweh;
for
though
you
were
angry
with
me,
your
anger
has
turned
away
and
you
comfort
me.
Behold,
God
is
my
salvation.
I
will
trust,
and
will
not
be
afraid;
for Yah,
Yahweh,
is
my
strength
and
song;
and
he
has
become
my
salvation.”
Therefore
with
joy
you
will
draw
water
out
of
the wells
of
salvation.
In
that
day
you
will
say, “Give
thanks
to
Yahweh!
Call
on
his
name!
Declare
his doings
among
the
peoples!
Proclaim
that
his
name
is
exalted!
Sing
to
Yahweh,
for
he
has
done
excellent
things! Let
this
be
known
in
all
the
earth!
Cry
aloud
and
shout,
you
inhabitant
of
Zion,
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
is
great
among
you!”
The
burden
of
Babylon,
which
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
saw.
Set
up
a
banner
on
the
bare
mountain!
Lift
up
your
voice
to
them!
Wave
your
hand,
that
they may
go
into
the
gates
of
the
nobles.
I
have
commanded
my
consecrated
ones;
yes,
I
have
called
my
mighty
men
for
my
anger,
even
my
proudly
exulting
ones.
The
noise
of
a
multitude
is
in
the
mountains,
as
of
a
great
people;
the
noise
of
an
uproar
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
nations
gathered
together!
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
mustering
the
army
for
the
battle.
They
come
from
a
far
country,
from
the uttermost part
of
heaven,
even
Yahweh,
and
the
weapons
of
his
indignation,
to
destroy
the
whole
land.
Wail,
for
Yahweh’s
day
is
at
hand!
It
will
come
as
destruction
from
the
Almighty.
Therefore
all
hands
will
be
feeble,
and
everyone’s
heart
will
melt.
They
will
be
dismayed. Pangs
and sorrows
will seize
them.
They
will
be
in pain
like
a woman
in
labor.
They
will
look
in amazement
one
at
another.
Their
faces
will
be
faces
of
flame.
Behold,
the
day
of
Yahweh
comes,
cruel,
with
wrath
and
fierce
anger;
to
make
the
land
a
desolation,
and
to
destroy
its
sinners
out
of
it.
For
the
stars
of
the
sky
and
its
constellations
will
not give
their
light.
The
sun
will
be
darkened
in
its
going
out,
and
the
moon
will
not cause
its
light
to
shine.
I
will
punish
the
world
for
their
evil,
and
the
wicked
for
their
iniquity.
I
will cause
the
arrogance
of
the
proud
to
cease,
and
will humble
the
arrogance
of
the
terrible.
I
will
make
people more rare than
fine
gold, even
a
person than the
pure
gold
of
Ophir.
Therefore
I
will make
the
heavens
tremble,
and
the
earth
will
be
shaken
out
of
its
place
in
Yahweh
of Armies’
wrath,
and
in
the
day
of
his
fierce
anger.
It
will
happen
that
like
a
hunted gazelle
and
like
sheep
that
no
one
gathers,
they
will
each
turn
to
their
own
people,
and
will
each
flee
to
their
own
land.
Everyone
who
is
found
will
be
thrust
through.
Everyone
who
is
captured
will
fall
by
the
sword.
Their
infants also
will
be
dashed
in
pieces
before
their
eyes.
Their
houses
will
be ransacked,
and
their
wives
raped.
Behold,
I
will
stir
up
the
Medes
against
them,
who
will
not
value
silver,
and
as
for
gold,
they
will
not
delight
in
it.
Their
bows
will
dash
the
young
men
in
pieces;
and
they
shall
have
no
pity
on
the
fruit
of
the
womb.
Their
eyes
will
not
spare
children.
Babylon,
the
glory
of
kingdoms,
the
beauty
of
the
Chaldeans’
pride,
will
be
like
when
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah.
It
will
never
be
inhabited,
neither
will
it
be
lived
in
from
generation
to
generation.
The Arabian
will
not
pitch
a
tent
there,
neither
will
shepherds make
their flocks
lie
down
there.
But wild animals
of
the desert
will
lie
there,
and
their
houses
will
be
full
of jackals.
Ostriches
will
dwell
there,
and wild
goats
will
frolic
there.
Hyenas
will cry
in
their fortresses,
and
jackals
in
the pleasant
palaces.
Her
time
is
near
to
come,
and
her
days
will
not
be
prolonged.
For
Yahweh
will
have
compassion
on
Jacob,
and
will
yet
choose
Israel,
and
set
them
in
their own
land.
The
foreigner
will
join himself
with
them,
and
they
will unite
with
the
house
of
Jacob.
The
peoples
will
take
them,
and
bring
them
to
their
place.
The
house
of
Israel
will
possess
them
in
Yahweh’s
land
for
servants
and
for handmaids.
They
will
take
as
captives
those
whose
captives
they
were;
and
they
shall
rule
over
their
oppressors.
It
will
happen
in
the
day
that
Yahweh
will
give
you
rest
from
your sorrow,
from
your trouble,
and
from
the
hard
service
in
which
you
were
made
to
serve,
that
you
will
take
up
this
parable
against
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
say, “How
the
oppressor
has ceased!
The golden city
has ceased!”
Yahweh
has
broken
the
staff
of
the
wicked,
the
scepter
of
the
rulers,
who
struck
the
peoples
in
wrath
with
a continual stroke,
who ruled
the
nations
in
anger,
with
a
persecution
that
no
one
restrained.
The
whole
earth
is
at
rest,
and
is
quiet.
They
break
out
in song.
Yes,
the
cypress
trees
rejoice
with
you,
with
the
cedars
of
Lebanon, saying, “Since
you
are humbled,
no lumberjack
has
come
up
against
us.”
Sheol
14:9
Sheol is the place of the dead.
from
beneath
has
moved
for
you
to
meet
you
at
your
coming.
It
stirs
up
the
departed
spirits
for
you,
even
all
the rulers
of
the
earth.
It
has
raised
up
from
their
thrones
all
the
kings
of
the
nations.
They
all
will
answer
and
ask
you, “Have
you
also become
as
weak
as
we
are?
Have
you become
like
us?”
Your pomp is
brought
down
to
Sheol,
14:11
Sheol is the place of the dead.
with
the sound
of
your stringed instruments.
Maggots
are
spread
out
under
you,
and
worms cover
you.
How
you
have
fallen
from
heaven, shining
one,
son
of
the
dawn!
How
you
are
cut
down
to
the
ground,
who laid
the
nations
low!
You
said
in
your
heart, “I
will
ascend
into
heaven!
I
will
exalt
my
throne
above
the
stars
of
God!
I
will
sit
on
the
mountain
of
assembly,
in
the
far
north!
I will
ascend
above
the
heights
of
the
clouds!
I will
make
myself
like
the Most
High!”
Yet
you shall
be
brought
down
to
Sheol,
14:15
Sheol is the place of the dead.
to
the depths
of
the
pit.
Those
who
see
you
will
stare
at
you.
They
will
ponder
you, saying, “Is
this
the
man
who made
the
earth
to
tremble,
who
shook
kingdoms,
who
made
the
world
like
a
wilderness,
and
overthrew
its
cities,
who
didn’t release
his
prisoners
to
their
home?”
All
the
kings
of
the
nations
sleep
in
glory,
everyone
in
his
own
house.
But
you
are
cast
away
from
your
tomb
like
an
abominable
branch,
clothed
with
the
slain who
are
thrust
through
with
the
sword, who
go
down
to
the
stones
of
the
pit;
like
a
dead body
trodden under foot.
You
will
not join
them
in
burial,
because
you
have
destroyed
your
land.
You
have
killed
your
people.
The
offspring
of evildoers
will
not
be
named
forever.
Prepare
for
slaughter
of
his
children
because
of
the
iniquity
of
their
fathers,
that
they
not
rise
up
and
possess
the
earth,
and
fill
the
surface
of
the
world
with
cities.
“I
will
rise
up
against
them,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “and
cut
off
from
Babylon
name
and
remnant,
and son
and son’s son,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
will
also
make
it
a
possession
for
the porcupine,
and
pools
of
water.
I
will
sweep
it
with
the
broom
of
destruction,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
sworn,
saying, “Surely,
as
I
have
thought,
so
shall
it
happen;
and
as
I
have
purposed,
so
shall
it
stand:
that
I
will
break
the Assyrian
in
my
land,
and
tread
him
under foot
on
my
mountains. Then
his
yoke
will
leave
them,
and
his
burden
leave
their
shoulders.
This
is
the
plan
that
is determined
for
the
whole
earth.
This
is
the
hand
that
is
stretched
out
over
all
the
nations.
For
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
planned,
and
who
can stop
it?
His
hand
is
stretched
out,
and
who
can
turn
it
back?”
This
burden
was
in
the
year
that
King
Ahaz
died.
Don’t
rejoice,
O
Philistia,
all
of
you,
because
the
rod
that
struck
you
is
broken;
for
out
of
the
serpent’s
root
an
adder
will
emerge,
and
his
fruit
will
be
a fiery flying
serpent.
The
firstborn
of
the
poor
will eat,
and
the
needy
will
lie
down
in
safety;
and I
will
kill
your
root
with
famine,
and
your
remnant
will
be
killed.
Howl,
gate!
Cry,
city!
You
are
melted
away,
Philistia,
all
of
you;
for
smoke
comes
out
of
the
north,
and
there
is
no
straggler
in
his
ranks.
What
will
they
answer
the
messengers
of
the
nation?
That
Yahweh
has
founded
Zion,
and
in
her
the
afflicted
of
his
people
will
take
refuge.
The
burden
of
Moab.
For
in
a
night,
Ar
of
Moab
is laid
waste,
and brought
to nothing.
For
in
a
night
Kir
of
Moab
is laid
waste,
and brought
to nothing.
They
have
gone
up
to Bayith,
and
to
Dibon,
to
the
high
places,
to
weep.
Moab
wails
over
Nebo
and
over
Medeba.
Baldness
is
on
all
of
their
heads.
Every
beard
is
cut
off.
In
their
streets,
they clothe
themselves
in
sackcloth.
In
their
streets
and
on
their
housetops,
everyone
wails,
weeping abundantly.
Heshbon
cries
out
with
Elealeh.
Their
voice
is
heard
even
to
Jahaz.
Therefore
the
armed men
of
Moab
cry
aloud.
Their
souls tremble
within
them.
My
heart
cries
out
for
Moab!
Her nobles flee
to
Zoar,
to Eglath Shelishiyah;
for
they
go
up
by
the
ascent
of
Luhith
with
weeping;
for
on
the
way
to
Horonaim,
they
raise
up
a
cry
of
destruction.
For
the
waters
of
Nimrim
will
be
desolate;
for
the
grass
has
withered
away,
the
tender
grass
fails,
there
is
no
green
thing.
Therefore
they
will
carry
away
the
abundance
they
have gotten,
and
that which
they
have
stored
up,
over
the
brook
of
the
willows.
For
the
cry
has gone
around
the
borders
of
Moab,
its
wailing
to
Eglaim,
and
its
wailing
to Beer Elim.
For
the
waters
of
Dimon
are
full
of
blood;
for
I
will
bring
yet
more
on
Dimon,
a
lion
on
those
of
Moab
who
escape,
and
on
the
remnant
of
the
land.
Send
the
lambs
for
the
ruler
of
the
land
from Selah
to
the
wilderness,
to
the
mountain
of
the
daughter
of
Zion.
For
it
will
be
that
as wandering
birds,
as
a
scattered
nest,
so
will
the
daughters
of
Moab
be
at
the fords
of
the
Arnon.
Give
counsel! Execute justice!
Make
your
shade
like
the
night
in
the
middle
of
the noonday!
Hide
the
outcasts!
Don’t
betray
the
fugitive!
Let
my
outcasts
dwell
with
you!
As
for
Moab,
be
a
hiding
place
for
him
from
the
face
of
the
destroyer.
For
the extortionist
is
brought
to nothing.
Destruction ceases.
The
oppressors
are
consumed
out
of
the
land.
A
throne
will
be
established
in loving
kindness. One
will
sit
on
it
in
truth,
in
the
tent
of
David,
judging,
seeking
justice,
and swift
to do
righteousness.
We
have
heard
of
the
pride
of
Moab,
that
he
is
very
proud;
even
of
his
arrogance,
his
pride,
and
his
wrath.
His boastings
are
nothing.
Therefore
Moab
will
wail
for
Moab.
Everyone
will
wail.
You
will mourn
for
the raisin cakes
of Kir Hareseth,
utterly stricken.
For
the
fields
of
Heshbon
languish
with
the
vine
of
Sibmah.
The
lords
of
the
nations
have
broken
down
its
choice branches,
which
reached
even
to
Jazer,
which
wandered
into
the
wilderness.
Its shoots
were
spread abroad.
They
passed
over
the
sea.
Therefore
I
will
weep
with
the
weeping
of
Jazer
for
the
vine
of
Sibmah.
I
will
water
you
with
my
tears,
Heshbon,
and
Elealeh:
for
on
your
summer fruits
and
on
your
harvest
the battle
shout
has
fallen.
Gladness
is
taken
away,
and
joy
out
of
the
fruitful
field;
and
in
the
vineyards there
will
be
no singing,
neither joyful noise.
Nobody
will
tread
out
wine
in
the
presses.
I
have made
the
shouting
stop.
Therefore
my
heart sounds
like
a
harp
for
Moab,
and
my
inward
parts
for Kir Heres.
It
will
happen
that
when
Moab
presents
himself,
when
he
wearies
himself
on
the
high
place,
and
comes
to
his
sanctuary
to
pray,
that
he
will
not
prevail.
This
is
the
word
that
Yahweh
spoke
concerning
Moab
in
time past.
But
now
Yahweh
has
spoken,
saying, “Within
three
years,
as
a
worker bound
by contract
would
count
them,
the
glory
of
Moab
shall
be brought into contempt,
with
all
his
great
multitude;
and
the
remnant
will
be
very
small
and feeble.”
The
burden
of
Damascus.
“Behold,
Damascus
is
taken
away
from
being
a
city,
and
it
will
be
a ruinous heap.
The
cities
of
Aroer
are forsaken.
They
will
be
for
flocks, which
shall
lie
down,
and
no
one
shall
make
them
afraid.
The
fortress
shall
cease
from
Ephraim,
and
the
kingdom
from
Damascus,
and
the
remnant
of
Syria.
They
will
be
as
the
glory
of
the
children
of
Israel,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
glory
of
Jacob
will
be
made
thin,
and
the fatness
of
his
flesh
will
become
lean.
It
will
be
like
when
the harvester
gathers
the wheat,
and
his
arm reaps
the
grain. Yes,
it
will
be
like
when
one
gleans
grain
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
Yet
gleanings
will
be
left
there,
like
the
shaking
of
an
olive
tree,
two
or
three
olives
in
the
top
of
the uppermost
bough,
four
or
five
in
the outermost
branches
of
a
fruitful
tree,”
says
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
In
that
day,
people
will
look
to
their Maker,
and
their
eyes
will
have
respect
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
They
will
not
look
to
the
altars,
the
work
of
their
hands;
neither
shall
they respect
that
which
their
fingers
have
made, either
the
Asherah poles
or
the
incense
altars.
In
that
day,
their
strong
cities
will
be
like
the forsaken places
in
the woods
and
on
the mountain top,
which
were forsaken
from
before
the
children
of
Israel;
and
it
will
be
a
desolation.
For
you
have
forgotten
the
God
of
your
salvation,
and
have
not
remembered
the
rock
of
your
strength.
Therefore
you
plant pleasant
plants,
and
set
out
foreign seedlings.
In
the
day
of
your
planting,
you hedge
it
in.
In
the
morning,
you make
your
seed blossom,
but
the
harvest flees away
in
the
day
of grief
and
of desperate
sorrow.
Ah,
the
uproar
of
many
peoples
who
roar
like
the
roaring
of
the
seas;
and
the rushing
of
nations
that
rush
like
the rushing
of
mighty
waters!
The
nations
will
rush
like
the rushing
of
many
waters,
but
he
will
rebuke
them,
and
they
will
flee
far
off,
and
will
be
chased
like
the
chaff
of
the
mountains
before
the
wind,
and
like
the
whirling
dust
before
the storm.
At
evening,
behold,
terror!
Before
the
morning,
they
are
no
more.
This
is
the
portion
of
those
who
plunder
us,
and
the
lot
of
those
who rob
us.
Ah,
the
land
of
the rustling
of
wings,
which
is
beyond
the
rivers
of
Ethiopia;
that
sends
ambassadors
by
the
sea,
even
in
vessels
of
papyrus
on
the
waters, saying, “Go,
you
swift
messengers,
to
a
nation
tall
and smooth,
to
a
people
awesome
from
their beginning
onward,
a
nation
that measures
out
and treads
down,
whose
land
the
rivers
divide!”
All
you
inhabitants
of
the
world,
and
you
dwellers
on
the
earth,
when
a
banner
is
lifted
up
on
the
mountains,
look!
When
the
trumpet
is
blown,
listen!
For
Yahweh
said
to
me, “I
will
be
still,
and
I
will
see
in
my
dwelling
place,
like clear
heat
in
sunshine,
like
a
cloud
of
dew
in
the
heat
of
harvest.”
For
before
the
harvest,
when
the
blossom
is
over,
and
the
flower
becomes
a
ripening
grape,
he
will
cut
off
the
sprigs
with
pruning
hooks,
and
he
will
cut
down
and
take
away
the
spreading
branches.
They
will
be
left
together
for
the ravenous
birds
of
the
mountains,
and
for
the
animals
of
the
earth.
The ravenous
birds
will eat
them
in
the summer,
and
all
the
animals
of
the
earth
will eat
them
in
the winter.
In
that
time,
a present
will
be
brought
to
Yahweh
of
Armies
from
a
people
tall
and smooth,
even
from
a
people
awesome
from
their beginning
onward,
a
nation
that measures
out
and treads
down,
whose
land
the
rivers
divide,
to
the
place
of
the
name
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
Mount
Zion.
The
burden
of
Egypt.
“Behold,
Yahweh
rides
on
a
swift
cloud,
and
comes
to
Egypt.
The
idols
of
Egypt
will
tremble
at
his
presence;
and
the
heart
of
Egypt
will
melt
within
it.
I
will stir up
the
Egyptians
against
the
Egyptians,
and
they
will
fight
everyone
against
his
brother,
and
everyone
against
his
neighbor;
city
against
city,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom.
The
spirit
of
the
Egyptians
will fail
within
them.
I
will
destroy
their
counsel.
They
will
seek
the
idols,
the charmers, those
who
have familiar
spirits,
and
the wizards.
I
will
give
over
the
Egyptians
into
the
hand
of
a
cruel
lord.
A
fierce
king
will
rule
over
them,”
says
the
Lord,
Yahweh
of
Armies.
The
waters
will fail
from
the
sea,
and
the
river
will
be wasted
and
become
dry.
The
rivers
will become foul. The
streams
of
Egypt
will be diminished
and dried up. The
reeds
and flags
will
wither
away.
The meadows
by
the
Nile,
by
the brink
of
the
Nile,
and
all
the
sown
fields
of
the
Nile,
will
become
dry,
be
driven
away,
and
be
no
more.
The fishermen
will
lament,
and
all
those
who fish
in
the
Nile
will
mourn,
and
those
who
spread nets
on
the
waters
will
languish.
Moreover those
who
work
in
combed
flax,
and those
who
weave white cloth,
will
be
confounded.
The
pillars
will
be broken
in pieces.
All
those
who work
for hire
will
be
grieved
in
soul.
The
princes
of
Zoan
are
utterly
foolish.
The
counsel
of
the
wisest counselors
of
Pharaoh
has become stupid.
How
do
you
say
to
Pharaoh, “I
am
the
son
of
the
wise,
the
son
of ancient
kings?”
Where
then
are
your
wise
men?
Let
them
tell
you
now;
and
let
them
know
what
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
purposed
concerning
Egypt.
The
princes
of
Zoan
have
become
fools.
The
princes
of
Memphis
are
deceived. They
have caused
Egypt
to
go
astray,
those
who
are
the
cornerstone
of her
tribes.
Yahweh
has
mixed
a
spirit
of perverseness
in
the
middle
of
her;
and
they
have caused
Egypt
to
go
astray
in
all
of
its
works,
like
a
drunken
man
staggers
in
his
vomit.
Neither
shall
there
be
any
work
for
Egypt,
which
head
or
tail,
palm
branch
or rush,
may
do.
In
that
day
the
Egyptians
will
be
like
women.
They
will
tremble
and
fear
because
of
the shaking
of
Yahweh
of Armies’s
hand,
which
he
shakes
over
them.
The
land
of
Judah
will
become
a
terror
to
Egypt.
Everyone
to
whom
mention
is
made
of
it
will
be
afraid,
because
of
the
plans
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
which
he determines
against
it.
In
that
day,
there
will
be
five
cities
in
the
land
of
Egypt
that
speak
the
language
of
Canaan,
and
swear
to
Yahweh
of
Armies.
One
will
be
called “The
city
of
destruction.”
In
that
day,
there
will
be
an
altar
to
Yahweh
in
the
middle
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
a
pillar
to
Yahweh
at
its
border.
It
will
be
for
a
sign
and
for
a
witness
to
Yahweh
of
Armies
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
for
they
will
cry
to
Yahweh
because
of
oppressors,
and
he
will
send
them
a
savior
and
a defender,
and
he
will
deliver
them.
Yahweh
will
be
known
to
Egypt,
and
the
Egyptians
will
know
Yahweh
in
that
day. Yes,
they
will
worship
with
sacrifice
and
offering,
and
will
vow
a
vow
to
Yahweh,
and
will
perform
it.
Yahweh
will
strike
Egypt,
striking
and
healing.
They
will
return
to
Yahweh,
and
he
will
be
entreated
by
them,
and
will
heal
them.
In
that
day
there
will
be
a
highway
out
of
Egypt
to
Assyria,
and
the Assyrian
shall
come
into
Egypt,
and
the
Egyptian
into
Assyria;
and
the
Egyptians
will
worship
with
the Assyrians.
In
that
day,
Israel
will
be
the
third
with
Egypt
and
with
Assyria,
a
blessing
within
the
earth;
because
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
blessed
them,
saying, “Blessed
be
Egypt
my
people,
Assyria
the
work
of
my
hands,
and
Israel
my
inheritance.”
In
the
year
that
Tartan
came
to
Ashdod,
when
Sargon
the
king
of
Assyria
sent
him,
and
he
fought
against
Ashdod
and
took
it;
at
that
time
Yahweh
spoke
by
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz,
saying, “Go,
and
loosen
the
sackcloth
from
off
your
waist,
and
take
your
sandals
from
off
your
feet.”
He
did
so,
walking
naked
and
barefoot.
Yahweh
said, “As
my
servant
Isaiah
has
walked
naked
and
barefoot
three
years
for
a
sign
and
a
wonder
concerning
Egypt
and
concerning
Ethiopia,
so
the
king
of
Assyria
will lead
away
the
captives
of
Egypt
and
the
exiles
of
Ethiopia,
young
and
old,
naked
and
barefoot,
and
with buttocks
uncovered,
to
the
shame
of
Egypt.
They
will
be
dismayed
and
confounded,
because
of
Ethiopia
their
expectation,
and
of
Egypt
their
glory.
The
inhabitants
of
this
coast
land
will
say
in
that
day, ‘Behold,
this
is
our
expectation,
where
we
fled
for
help
to
be
delivered
from
the
king
of
Assyria.
And
we,
how
will
we
escape?’”
The
burden
of
the
wilderness
of
the
sea.
As whirlwinds
in
the
South
sweep
through,
it
comes
from
the
wilderness,
from
an
awesome
land.
A grievous
vision
is
declared
to
me.
The
treacherous
man
deals
treacherously,
and
the
destroyer
destroys.
Go
up,
Elam;
attack! I
have stopped
all
of Media’s
sighing.
Therefore
my thighs
are
filled
with
anguish. Pains
have
seized
me,
like
the pains
of
a woman
in
labor.
I am
in
so
much pain
that
I can’t
hear.
I am
so
dismayed
that
I can’t
see.
My
heart flutters.
Horror
has
frightened
me.
The
twilight
that
I desired
has been
turned into
trembling for
me.
They
prepare
the
table.
They
set
the watch.
They
eat.
They
drink.
Rise
up,
you
princes,
oil
the
shield!
For
the
Lord
said
to
me, “Go,
set
a
watchman.
Let
him
declare
what
he
sees.
When
he
sees
a troop,
horsemen
in
pairs,
a troop
of
donkeys,
a troop
of
camels,
he shall
listen diligently
with
great attentiveness.”
He
cried
like
a
lion: “Lord,
I
stand
continually
on
the
watchtower
in
the
daytime,
and
every
night
I
stay
at
my
post.
Behold,
here
comes
a
troop
of
men,
horsemen
in
pairs.”
He
answered, “Fallen,
fallen
is
Babylon;
and
all
the
engraved
images
of
her
gods
are
broken
to
the
ground.
You
are
my
threshing,
and
the grain
of
my
floor!”
That
which
I
have
heard
from
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
I
have
declared
to
you.
The
burden
of
Dumah.
One
calls
to
me
out
of
Seir, “Watchman,
what
of
the
night?
Watchman,
what
of
the
night?”
The
watchman
said, “The
morning
comes,
and
also
the
night.
If
you
will
inquire,
inquire.
Come
back
again.”
The
burden on
Arabia.
You will lodge in the thickets in
Arabia, you
caravans
of
Dedanites.
They brought
water
to
him
who
was
thirsty.
The
inhabitants
of
the
land
of
Tema
met
the
fugitives
with
their
bread.
For
they
fled
away
from
the
swords,
from
the
drawn
sword,
from
the
bent
bow,
and
from
the heat
of
battle.
For
the
Lord
said
to
me, “Within
a
year,
as
a
worker bound
by contract
would
count
it,
all
the
glory
of
Kedar
will
fail,
and
the residue
of
the
number
of
the
archers,
the
mighty
men
of
the
children
of
Kedar,
will
be
few;
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
has
spoken
it.”
The
burden
of
the
valley
of
vision.
What ails
you
now,
that
you
have
all
gone
up
to
the
housetops?
You
that
are
full
of shouting,
a tumultuous
city,
a joyous
town,
your
slain
are
not
slain
with
the
sword,
neither
are
they
dead
in
battle.
All
your
rulers
fled
away
together.
They
were
bound
by
the
archers.
All
who
were
found
by
you
were
bound
together.
They
fled
far
away.
Therefore
I
said, “Look
away
from
me.
I
will
weep
bitterly.
Don’t labor
to
comfort
me
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
For
it
is
a
day
of
confusion,
and
of treading
down,
and
of perplexity
from
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
in
the
valley
of
vision,
a breaking
down
of
the
walls,
and
a crying
to
the
mountains.”
Elam
carried
his
quiver,
with
chariots
of
men
and
horsemen;
and
Kir
uncovered
the
shield.
Your
choicest
valleys
were
full
of
chariots,
and
the
horsemen
set
themselves
in array
at
the
gate.
He
took
away
the
covering
of
Judah;
and
you
looked
in
that
day
to
the armor
in
the
house
of
the
forest.
You
saw
the
breaches
of
David’s
city,
that
they
were
many;
and
you
gathered
together
the
waters
of
the
lower
pool.
You
counted
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
and
you
broke
down
the
houses
to
fortify
the
wall.
You
also
made
a
reservoir
between
the
two
walls
for
the
water
of
the
old
pool.
But
you
didn’t
look
to
him
who
had
done
this,
neither
did
you
have respect
for
him
who
planned
it
long
ago.
In
that
day,
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
called
to
weeping,
to
mourning,
to
baldness,
and
to dressing
in
sackcloth;
and
behold,
there
is
joy
and
gladness,
killing
cattle
and
killing
sheep,
eating
meat
and
drinking
wine: “Let’s
eat
and
drink,
for
tomorrow
we
will
die.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
revealed
himself
in
my
ears, “Surely
this
iniquity
will
not
be forgiven
you
until
you
die,”
says
the
Lord,
Yahweh
of
Armies.
The
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies
says, “Go,
get
yourself
to
this treasurer,
even
to
Shebna,
who
is
over
the
house,
and
say,
‘What
are
you doing
here?
Who
has
you
here,
that
you
have dug
out
a
tomb
here?’ Cutting himself
out
a
tomb
on
high, chiseling
a habitation
for himself
in
the
rock!”
Behold,
Yahweh
will overcome
you
and
hurl
you away violently.
Yes,
he
will grasp
you firmly.
He
will
surely wind
you
around
and
around,
and throw
you
like
a
ball
into
a
large
country.
There
you
will
die,
and
there
the
chariots
of
your
glory
will
be,
you
disgrace
of
your
lord’s
house.
I will
thrust
you
from
your
office.
You will be pulled
down
from
your
station.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
I
will
call
my
servant
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
and
I
will
clothe
him
with
your
robe,
and
strengthen
him
with
your belt.
I
will
commit
your government
into
his
hand;
and
he
will
be
a
father
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
to
the
house
of
Judah.
I
will
lay
the
key
of
David’s
house
on
his
shoulder.
He
will
open,
and
no
one
will
shut.
He
will
shut,
and
no
one
will
open.
I
will
fasten
him
like
a nail
in
a
sure
place.
He
will
be
for
a
throne
of
glory
to
his
father’s
house.
They
will
hang
on
him
all
the
glory
of
his
father’s
house,
the
offspring
and
the
issue,
every
small
vessel,
from
the cups
even
to
all
the pitchers.
“In
that
day,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “the nail
that
was
fastened
in
a
sure
place
will
give
way.
It
will
be
cut
down
and
fall.
The
burden
that
was
on
it
will
be
cut
off,
for
Yahweh
has
spoken
it.”
The
burden
of
Tyre.
Howl,
you
ships
of
Tarshish!
For
it
is
laid
waste,
so
that there
is no
house, no
entering
in.
From
the
land
of
Kittim
it
is
revealed
to
them.
Be
still,
you
inhabitants
of
the
coast,
you whom
the
merchants
of
Sidon
that
pass
over
the
sea
have replenished.
On
great
waters,
the
seed
of
the
Shihor,
the
harvest
of
the
Nile,
was
her
revenue. She
was
the market
of
nations.
Be
ashamed,
Sidon;
for
the
sea
has
spoken,
the
stronghold
of
the
sea,
saying, “I
have
not travailed,
nor
given
birth,
neither
have
I nourished
young
men,
nor
brought
up
virgins.”
When
the
report comes
to
Egypt,
they
will be
in
anguish at
the
report
of
Tyre.
Pass
over
to
Tarshish!
Wail,
you
inhabitants
of
the
coast!
Is
this
your joyous
city, whose
antiquity
is
of ancient
days, whose
feet
carried
her
far
away
to travel?
Who
has
planned
this
against
Tyre,
the giver
of
crowns,
whose
merchants
are
princes,
whose
traders
are
the
honorable
of
the
earth?
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
planned
it,
to stain
the
pride
of
all
glory,
to bring
into
contempt
all
the
honorable
of
the
earth.
Pass
through
your
land
like
the
Nile,
daughter
of
Tarshish.
There
is
no restraint
any
more.
He
has
stretched
out
his
hand
over
the
sea.
He
has shaken
the
kingdoms.
Yahweh
has
ordered
the
destruction
of
Canaan’s
strongholds.
He
said, “You
shall
rejoice
no
more,
you
oppressed
virgin
daughter
of
Sidon.
Arise,
pass
over
to
Kittim.
Even
there
you
will
have
no
rest.”
Behold,
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans.
This
people
didn’t exist.
The Assyrians
founded
it
for
those
who dwell
in
the wilderness.
They
set
up
their
towers.
They overthrew
its
palaces.
They
made
it
a ruin.
Howl,
you
ships
of
Tarshish,
for
your
stronghold
is laid
waste!
It
will
come
to
pass
in
that
day
that
Tyre
will
be
forgotten
seventy
years, according
to
the
days
of
one
king.
After
the
end
of
seventy
years
it
will
be
to
Tyre
like
in
the
song
of
the
prostitute.
Take
a
harp;
go
about
the
city,
you
prostitute
that
has
been
forgotten.
Make sweet melody. Sing
many
songs,
that
you
may be
remembered.
It
will
happen
after
the
end
of
seventy
years
that
Yahweh
will
visit
Tyre.
She
will
return
to
her
wages,
and
will
play
the
prostitute
with
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world
on
the
surface
of
the
earth.
Her
merchandise
and
her
wages
will
be
holiness
to
Yahweh.
It
will
not
be treasured
nor
laid
up;
for
her
merchandise
will
be
for
those
who
dwell
before
Yahweh,
to
eat sufficiently,
and
for durable clothing.
Behold,
Yahweh
makes
the
earth empty,
makes
it
waste, turns
it upside
down,
and scatters
its
inhabitants.
It
will
be
as
with
the
people,
so
with
the
priest;
as
with
the
servant,
so
with
his
master;
as
with
the
maid,
so
with
her
mistress;
as
with
the
buyer,
so
with
the
seller;
as
with
the
creditor,
so
with
the debtor;
as
with
the taker
of interest,
so
with
the giver
of interest.
The
earth
will
be utterly emptied
and utterly laid waste;
for
Yahweh
has
spoken
this
word.
The
earth
mourns
and
fades
away.
The
world
languishes
and
fades
away.
The
lofty
people
of
the
earth
languish.
The
earth
also
is
polluted
under
its
inhabitants,
because
they
have transgressed
the
laws,
violated
the
statutes,
and
broken
the
everlasting
covenant.
Therefore
the
curse
has
devoured
the
earth,
and
those
who
dwell therein
are
found
guilty.
Therefore
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
are
burned,
and
few
men
are
left.
The
new
wine
mourns.
The
vine
languishes.
All
the merry-hearted
sigh.
The mirth
of
tambourines
ceases.
The sound
of those who
rejoice
ends.
The
joy
of
the
harp
ceases.
They
will
not
drink
wine
with
a
song.
Strong
drink
will
be
bitter
to those
who
drink
it.
The confused
city
is
broken
down.
Every
house
is
shut
up,
that
no
man
may
come
in.
There
is
a crying
in
the
streets
because
of
the
wine.
All
joy
is darkened.
The
mirth
of
the
land
is
gone.
The
city
is
left
in
desolation,
and
the
gate
is struck with
destruction.
For
it
will
be
so
within
the
earth
among
the
peoples,
as
the
shaking
of
an
olive
tree,
as
the
gleanings
when
the
vintage
is
done.
These
shall
lift
up
their
voice.
They
will
shout
for
the majesty
of
Yahweh.
They
cry
aloud
from
the
sea.
Therefore
glorify
Yahweh
in
the east,
even
the
name
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
in
the
islands
of
the
sea!
From
the uttermost part
of
the
earth
have
we
heard
songs. Glory
to
the
righteous!
But
I
said, “I pine
away!
I pine
away!
woe
is me!”
The
treacherous
have
dealt
treacherously. Yes,
the
treacherous
have
dealt
very
treacherously.
Fear,
the
pit,
and
the
snare
are
on
you
who
inhabit
the
earth.
It
will
happen
that
he
who
flees
from
the
noise
of
the
fear
will
fall
into
the
pit;
and
he
who
comes
up
out
of
the
middle
of
the
pit
will
be
taken
in
the
snare;
for
the
windows
on
high
are
opened,
and
the
foundations
of
the
earth
tremble.
The
earth
is utterly
broken.
The
earth
is torn apart.
The
earth
is
shaken
violently.
The
earth
will
stagger
like
a
drunken
man,
and
will sway back
and forth
like
a hammock.
Its disobedience
will
be
heavy
on
it,
and
it
will
fall
and
not
rise
again.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
Yahweh
will
punish
the
army
of
the
high ones
on
high,
and
the
kings
of
the
earth
on
the
earth.
They
will
be
gathered
together,
as
prisoners
are
gathered
in
the
pit,
and
will
be
shut
up
in
the
prison;
and
after
many
days
they
will
be
visited.
Then
the
moon
will
be
confounded,
and
the
sun
ashamed;
for
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
reign
on
Mount
Zion
and
in
Jerusalem;
and
glory
will
be
before
his
elders.
Yahweh,
you
are
my
God.
I
will
exalt
you!
I
will
praise
your
name,
for
you
have
done
wonderful
things,
things planned
long
ago,
in complete
faithfulness
and
truth.
For
you
have
made
a
city into
a
heap,
a
fortified
city into
a ruin,
a
palace
of
strangers
to
be
no
city.
It
will
never
be
built.
Therefore
a
strong
people
will
glorify
you.
A
city
of
awesome
nations
will
fear
you.
For
you
have
been
a
stronghold
to
the
poor,
a
stronghold
to
the
needy
in
his
distress,
a
refuge
from
the
storm,
a
shade
from
the heat,
when
the
blast
of
the dreaded
ones
is
like
a
storm against
the
wall.
As
the heat in a
dry place
you
will bring down
the
noise
of
strangers;
as
the heat by
the
shade
of a
cloud,
the
song
of
the dreaded
ones
will be brought low.
In
this
mountain,
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
make
all
peoples
a
feast
of
choice meat,
25:6
literally, fat things
a
feast
of
choice wines,
of
choice meat
full
of marrow,
of well
refined
choice wines.
He
will
destroy
in
this
mountain
the
surface
of
the
covering
that covers
all
peoples,
and
the veil
that
is spread
over
all
nations.
He
has
swallowed
up
death
forever!
The
Lord
Yahweh
will
wipe
away
tears
from
off
all
faces.
He
will
take
the
reproach
of
his
people
away
from
off
all
the
earth,
for
Yahweh
has
spoken
it.
It
shall
be
said
in
that
day, “Behold,
this
is
our
God!
We
have waited
for
him,
and
he
will
save
us!
This
is
Yahweh!
We
have waited
for
him.
We
will
be
glad
and
rejoice
in
his
salvation!”
For
Yahweh’s
hand
will
rest
in
this
mountain.
Moab
will
be
trodden
down
in
his
place,
even
like
straw
is
trodden
down
in
the water
of
the dunghill.
He
will
spread
out
his
hands
in
the
middle
of
it,
like
one
who swims
spreads
out
hands
to
swim,
but
his
pride
will
be humbled
together
with
the craft
of
his
hands.
He
has
brought
the high
fortress
of
your
walls
down,
laid
low,
and
brought
to
the
ground,
even
to
the
dust.
In
that
day,
this
song
will
be
sung
in
the
land
of
Judah:
“We
have
a
strong
city.
God appoints
salvation
for
walls
and bulwarks.
Open
the
gates,
that
the
righteous
nation
may
enter:
the
one
which
keeps faith.
You
will
keep whoever’s
mind
is
steadfast
in
perfect
peace,
because
he
trusts
in
you.
Trust
in
Yahweh
forever;
for
in Yah,
Yahweh,
is
an
everlasting
Rock.
For
he
has
brought
down
those
who
dwell
on
high,
the
lofty
city.
He
lays
it
low.
He
lays
it
low
even
to
the
ground.
He
brings
it
even
to
the
dust.
The
foot shall
tread
it
down,
even
the
feet
of
the
poor
and
the
steps
of
the
needy.”
The
way
of
the
just
is
uprightness.
You
who
are
upright
make
the
path
of
the
righteous
level.
Yes,
in
the
way
of
your
judgments,
Yahweh,
we
have waited
for
you.
Your
name
and
your
renown
are
the
desire
of
our
soul.
With
my
soul
I
have
desired
you
in
the
night.
Yes,
with
my
spirit
within
me
I
will
seek
you
earnestly;
for
when
your
judgments
are
in
the
earth,
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
learn
righteousness.
Let
favor
be
shown
to
the
wicked,
yet
he
will
not
learn
righteousness.
In
the
land
of uprightness
he
will deal wrongfully,
and
will
not
see
Yahweh’s
majesty.
Yahweh,
your
hand
is
lifted
up,
yet
they don’t
see;
but
they
will
see
your
zeal
for
the
people
and
be
disappointed.
Yes,
fire
will
consume
your adversaries.
Yahweh,
you
will ordain
peace
for
us,
for
you
have
also
done
all
our
work
for
us.
Yahweh
our
God, other
lords
besides
you
have
had dominion
over
us,
but
we
will
only acknowledge
your
name.
The
dead
shall
not
live.
The
departed
spirits
shall
not
rise.
Therefore
you
have
visited
and
destroyed
them,
and
caused
all
memory
of
them
to
perish.
You
have
increased
the
nation,
O
Yahweh.
You
have
increased
the
nation!
You
are
glorified!
You
have enlarged
all
the
borders
of
the
land.
Yahweh,
in
trouble
they
have
visited
you.
They
poured out
a
prayer
when
your
chastening
was
on
them.
Just
as
a
woman
with
child,
who
draws
near
the
time
of
her
delivery,
is
in pain
and
cries
out
in
her pangs,
so we
have
been
before
you,
Yahweh.
We
have
been
with
child.
We
have
been
in pain.
We
gave
birth,
it seems,
only
to
wind.
We
have
not
worked any
deliverance
in
the
earth;
neither
have
the
inhabitants
of
the
world
fallen.
Your
dead
shall
live.
Their
dead
bodies
shall
arise.
Awake
and
sing,
you
who
dwell
in
the
dust;
for
your
dew
is
like
the
dew
of herbs,
and
the
earth
will
cast
out
the
departed
spirits.
Come,
my
people,
enter
into
your
rooms,
and
shut
your
doors
behind
you.
Hide yourself
for
a
little
moment,
until
the
indignation
is past.
For,
behold,
Yahweh
comes
out
of
his
place
to
punish
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth
for
their
iniquity.
The
earth
also
will disclose
her
blood,
and
will
no
longer
cover
her
slain.
In
that
day,
Yahweh
with
his
hard
and
great
and
strong
sword
will
punish
leviathan,
the
fleeing
serpent,
and
leviathan,
the
twisted
serpent;
and
he
will
kill
the
dragon
that
is
in
the
sea.
In
that
day,
sing
to
her, “A
pleasant
vineyard!
I,
Yahweh,
am
its
keeper.
I
will
water
it
every
moment.
Lest anyone
damage
it,
I
will
keep
it
night
and
day.
Wrath
is
not
in
me,
but if
I
should
find
briers
and
thorns,
I
would
do
battle!
I
would march
on
them
and
I
would burn
them
together.
Or
else let
him
take
hold
of
my
strength,
that
he
may
make
peace
with
me. Let
him
make
peace
with
me.”
In days
to
come,
Jacob
will
take
root.
Israel
will blossom
and
bud.
They
will
fill
the
surface
of
the
world
with
fruit.
Has
he
struck
them
as
he
struck those
who
struck
them?
Or
are
they
killed
like those
who
killed
them were
killed?
In measure,
when
you
send
them
away,
you
contend
with
them.
He
has removed
them
with
his rough
blast
in
the
day
of
the
east
wind.
Therefore
by
this
the
iniquity
of
Jacob
will
be forgiven,
and
this
is
all
the
fruit
of
taking
away
his
sin:
that
he
makes
all
the
stones
of
the
altar
as
chalk
stones
that
are beaten
in pieces,
so
that
the
Asherah poles
and
the
incense
altars
shall
rise
no
more.
For
the
fortified
city
is solitary,
a habitation
deserted
and forsaken,
like
the
wilderness.
The
calf
will
feed
there,
and
there
he
will
lie
down,
and
consume
its
branches.
When
its boughs
are
withered,
they
will
be
broken
off.
The
women
will
come
and
set
them
on
fire,
for
they
are
a
people
of
no
understanding.
Therefore
he
who
made
them
will
not
have
compassion
on
them,
and
he
who
formed
them
will
show
them
no
favor.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
Yahweh
will thresh
from
the flowing
stream
of
the
Euphrates
to
the
brook
of
Egypt;
and
you
will
be
gathered
one
by
one,
children
of
Israel.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
a
great
trumpet
will
be
blown;
and
those
who
were ready
to
perish
in
the
land
of
Assyria,
and
those
who
were
outcasts
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
shall
come;
and
they
will
worship
Yahweh
in
the
holy
mountain
at
Jerusalem.
Woe
to
the
crown
of
pride
of
the
drunkards
of
Ephraim,
and
to
the fading
flower
of
his
glorious
beauty,
which
is
on
the
head
of
the
fertile
valley
of
those
who
are
overcome
with
wine!
Behold,
the
Lord
has
one
who
is
mighty
and
strong.
Like
a
storm
of
hail,
a destroying
storm,
and
like
a
storm
of
mighty
waters
overflowing,
he
will cast
them
down
to
the
earth
with
his
hand.
The
crown
of pride
of
the
drunkards
of
Ephraim
will be
trodden
under
foot.
The fading
flower
of
his
glorious
beauty,
which
is
on
the
head
of
the
fertile
valley,
shall
be
like
the first-ripe fig
before
the
summer,
which someone picks
and eats
as
soon
as
he
sees
it.
In
that
day,
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
become
a
crown
of
glory
and
a
diadem
of
beauty
to
the residue
of
his
people,
and
a
spirit
of
justice
to
him
who
sits
in
judgment,
and
strength
to
those
who
turn
back
the
battle
at
the
gate.
They
also
reel
with
wine,
and
stagger
with
strong
drink.
The
priest
and
the
prophet
reel
with
strong
drink.
They
are
swallowed
up
by
wine.
They
stagger
with
strong
drink.
They
err
in vision.
They stumble
in
judgment.
For
all
tables
are
completely
full
of
filthy
vomit
and
filthiness.
Whom
will
he
teach
knowledge?
To
whom
will
he
explain
the
message?
Those
who
are
weaned
from
the
milk,
and drawn
from
the
breasts?
For
it
is precept
on precept, precept
on precept; line
on line, line
on line;
here
a
little,
there
a
little.
But
he
will
speak
to
this
nation
with
stammering
lips
and
in
another
language,
to
whom
he
said, “This
is
the
resting
place.
Give
rest
to
the
weary,”
and “This
is
the refreshing;”
yet
they
would
not
hear.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
word
will
be
to
them precept
on precept, precept
on precept;
line
on
line,
line
on
line;
here
a
little,
there
a
little;
that
they
may
go,
fall
backward,
be
broken,
be
snared,
and
be
taken.
Therefore
hear
Yahweh’s
word,
you scoffers,
that
rule
this
people
in
Jerusalem:
“Because
you
have
said, ‘We
have
made
a
covenant
with
death,
and
we
are
in
agreement
with
Sheol.
28:15
Sheol is the place of the dead.
When
the
overflowing scourge
passes
through,
it
won’t
come
to
us;
for
we
have
made
lies
our
refuge,
and
we
have
hidden ourselves
under
falsehood.’”
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
lay
in
Zion
for
a
foundation
a
stone,
a tried
stone,
a
precious
cornerstone
of
a
sure
foundation.
He
who
believes
shall
not act hastily.
I
will
make
justice
the measuring line,
and
righteousness
the plumb line.
The
hail
will
sweep
away
the
refuge
of
lies,
and
the
waters
will
overflow
the
hiding
place.
Your
covenant
with
death
shall
be annulled,
and
your
agreement
with
Sheol
28:18
Sheol is the place of the dead.
shall
not
stand.
When
the
overflowing
scourge
passes
through,
then
you
will
be
trampled
down
by
it.
As
often
as
it
passes
through,
it
will
seize
you;
for
morning
by
morning
it
will
pass
through,
by
day
and
by
night;
and
it
will
be nothing
but
terror
to
understand
the
message.”
For
the
bed
is too short
to
stretch out on, and
the blanket
is too narrow
to
wrap oneself
in.
For
Yahweh
will
rise
up
as
on
Mount
Perazim.
He
will
be angry
as
in
the
valley
of
Gibeon;
that
he
may
do
his
work,
his unusual
work,
and bring
to
pass
his
act,
his
extraordinary
act.
Now
therefore
don’t
be scoffers,
lest
your
bonds
be
made
strong;
for
I
have
heard
a decree
of
destruction
from
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
on
the
whole
earth.
Give
ear,
and
hear
my
voice!
Listen,
and
hear
my speech!
Does
he
who plows
to
sow
plow
continually? Does
he keep turning
the
soil
and breaking
the clods?
When
he
has leveled
its
surface,
doesn’t
he
plant
the
dill,
and
scatter
the cumin seed,
and
put
in
the
wheat
in rows,
the
barley
in
the
appointed
place,
and
the
spelt
in
its
place?
For
his
God
instructs
him
in
right
judgment
and
teaches
him.
For
the
dill
isn’t
threshed
with
a sharp instrument,
neither
is
a
cart
wheel
turned
over
the cumin;
but
the
dill
is
beaten
out
with
a stick,
and
the cumin
with
a
rod.
Bread flour
must
be
ground;
so
he
will
not
always
be
threshing
it.
Although
he drives
the
wheel
of
his
threshing
cart over
it,
his
horses
don’t grind
it.
This
also
comes
out
from
Yahweh
of
Armies,
who
is
wonderful
in
counsel,
and excellent
in
wisdom.
Woe
to
Ariel!
Ariel,
the
city
where
David
encamped!
Add
year
to
year; let
the
feasts come
around;
then
I
will
distress
Ariel,
and
there
will
be
mourning
and lamentation. She shall
be
to
me
as
an altar hearth.
29:2
or, Ariel
I will
encamp
against
you all
around
you,
and will lay siege
against
you
with
posted troops.
I will
raise siege
works
against
you.
You
will
be
brought
down,
and
will
speak out
of
the
ground.
Your
speech
will mumble out
of
the
dust.
Your
voice
will
be
as
of
one
who
has
a familiar
spirit, out
of
the
ground,
and
your
speech
will
whisper out
of
the
dust.
But
the
multitude
of
your foes
will
be
like
fine
dust,
and
the
multitude
of
the
ruthless
ones
like
chaff
that blows
away. Yes,
it
will
be
in
an
instant,
suddenly.
She
will
be
visited
by
Yahweh
of
Armies
with
thunder,
with
earthquake,
with
great
noise,
with whirlwind
and
storm,
and
with
the
flame
of
a
devouring
fire.
The
multitude
of
all
the
nations
that fight
against
Ariel,
even
all
who fight
against
her
and
her stronghold,
and
who
distress
her,
will
be
like
a
dream,
a
vision
of
the
night.
It
will
be
like
when
a
hungry
man dreams,
and
behold,
he
eats;
but
he awakes,
and
his
hunger isn’t
satisfied;
or
like
when
a
thirsty
man dreams,
and
behold,
he
drinks;
but
he awakes,
and
behold,
he
is
faint,
and
he
is
still
thirsty.
The
multitude
of
all
the
nations
that fight
against
Mount
Zion
will
be
like
that.
Pause
and
wonder!
Blind yourselves
and
be
blind!
They
are drunken,
but
not
with
wine;
they
stagger,
but
not
with
strong
drink.
For
Yahweh
has poured
out
on
you
a
spirit
of
deep
sleep,
and
has
closed
your
eyes,
the
prophets;
and
he
has
covered
your
heads,
the
seers.
All
vision
has
become
to
you
like
the
words
of
a
book
that
is
sealed,
which
men
deliver
to
one
who
is educated,
saying, “Read
this,
please;”
and
he
says, “I
can’t,
for
it
is
sealed;”
and
the
book
is
delivered
to
one
who
is
not educated,
saying, “Read
this,
please;”
and
he
says, “I
can’t
read.”
The
Lord
said, “Because
this
people draws
near
with
their
mouth
and
honors
me
with
their
lips,
but
they
have
removed
their
heart
far
from
me,
and
their
fear
of
me
is
a
commandment
of
men
which
has
been
taught;
therefore,
behold,
I
will proceed
to
do
a
marvelous work
among
this
people,
even
a
marvelous work
and
a wonder;
and
the
wisdom
of
their
wise
men
will
perish,
and
the
understanding
of
their
prudent
men
will
be
hidden.”
Woe
to
those
who
deeply
hide
their
counsel
from
Yahweh,
and
whose
deeds
are
in
the
dark,
and
who
say, “Who
sees
us?”
and “Who
knows
us?”
You
turn
things upside
down!
Should
the
potter
be
thought
to
be
like clay,
that
the
thing
made
should
say about
him
who
made
it, “He
didn’t
make
me;”
or
the
thing
formed
say
of
him
who
formed
it, “He
has
no
understanding?”
Isn’t
it
yet
a
very
little
while,
and
Lebanon
will
be
turned
into
a
fruitful
field,
and
the
fruitful
field
will
be
regarded
as
a
forest?
In
that
day,
the
deaf
will
hear
the
words
of
the
book,
and
the
eyes
of
the
blind
will
see
out
of
obscurity
and
out
of
darkness.
The
humble
also
will
increase
their
joy
in
Yahweh,
and
the
poor
among
men
will
rejoice
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
For
the
ruthless
is
brought
to
nothing,
and
the scoffer ceases,
and
all
those
who are alert
to
do
evil are
cut
off—
who
cause
a
person
to
be
indicted
by
a
word,
and lay
a snare
for
one
who
reproves
in
the
gate,
and
who
deprive
the
innocent
of justice
with false
testimony.
Therefore
Yahweh,
who
redeemed
Abraham,
says
concerning
the
house
of
Jacob: “Jacob
shall
no
longer
be
ashamed,
neither
shall
his
face grow
pale.
But
when
he
sees
his
children,
the
work
of
my
hands,
in
the
middle
of
him,
they
will
sanctify
my
name.
Yes,
they
will
sanctify
the
Holy
One
of
Jacob,
and
will
stand
in
awe
of
the
God
of
Israel.
They
also
who
err
in
spirit
will come
to
understanding,
and those
who grumble
will receive
instruction.”
“Woe
to
the
rebellious
children”,
says
Yahweh, “who take
counsel,
but
not
from
me;
and
who
make
an alliance,
but
not
with
my
Spirit,
that
they
may
add
sin
to
sin;
who
set
out
to
go
down
into
Egypt
without
asking
for
my
advice,
to strengthen themselves
in
the
strength
of
Pharaoh,
and
to
take
refuge
in
the
shadow
of
Egypt!
Therefore
the
strength
of
Pharaoh
will
be
your
shame,
and
the
refuge
in
the
shadow
of
Egypt
your confusion.
For
their
princes
are
at
Zoan,
and
their
ambassadors
have
come
to
Hanes.
They
shall
all
be ashamed
because
of
a
people
that
can’t
profit
them,
that
are
not
a
help
nor
profit,
but
a
shame,
and
also
a
reproach.”
The
burden
of
the
animals
of
the
South.
Through
the
land
of
trouble
and
anguish,
of
the
lioness
and
the
lion,
the
viper
and fiery flying serpent,
they
carry
their
riches
on
the
shoulders
of
young
donkeys,
and
their
treasures
on
the
humps
of
camels,
to
an unprofitable
people.
For
Egypt
helps
in
vain,
and
to no purpose;
therefore
I
have
called
her
Rahab
who sits still.
Now
go,
write
it
before
them
on
a
tablet,
and
inscribe
it
in
a
book,
that
it
may
be
for
the
time
to
come
forever
and
ever.
For
it
is
a
rebellious
people, lying
children,
children
who
will
not
hear
Yahweh’s
law;
who
tell
the
seers, “Don’t
see!”
and
the
prophets, “Don’t
prophesy
to
us right
things.
Tell
us pleasant
things.
Prophesy deceits.
Get
out
of
the
way.
Turn
away
from
the
path. Cause
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
to
cease
from
before
us.”
Therefore
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
says, “Because
you
despise
this
word,
and
trust
in
oppression
and perverseness,
and
rely
on
it,
therefore
this
iniquity
shall
be
to
you
like
a
breach ready
to
fall, swelling
out
in
a
high
wall,
whose breaking
comes
suddenly
in
an
instant.
He
will
break
it
as
a
potter’s
vessel
is
broken,
breaking
it
in
pieces
without
sparing,
so
that
there
won’t
be
found
among
the
broken
pieces
a piece good
enough
to
take
fire
from
the
hearth,
or
to dip
up
water
out
of
the
cistern.”
For
thus
said
the
Lord Yahweh,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel, “You
will
be
saved
in returning
and
rest.
Your
strength
will
be
in
quietness
and
in confidence.”
You
refused,
but
you
said, “No,
for
we
will
flee
on
horses;”
therefore
you
will
flee;
and, “We
will
ride
on
the
swift;”
therefore
those
who
pursue
you
will
be
swift.
One
thousand
will
flee
at
the
threat
of
one.
At
the
threat
of
five,
you
will
flee
until
you
are
left
like
a beacon
on
the
top
of
a
mountain,
and
like
a
banner
on
a
hill.
Therefore
Yahweh
will
wait,
that
he
may
be gracious
to
you;
and
therefore
he
will
be
exalted,
that
he
may
have
mercy
on
you,
for
Yahweh
is
a
God
of
justice.
Blessed
are
all
those
who
wait
for
him.
For
the
people
will
dwell
in
Zion
at
Jerusalem.
You
will
weep
no
more.
He
will
surely
be gracious
to
you
at
the
voice
of
your
cry.
When
he
hears
you,
he
will
answer
you.
Though
the
Lord
may
give
you
the
bread
of adversity
and
the
water
of affliction,
yet
your teachers
won’t
be hidden
any
more,
but
your
eyes
will
see
your teachers;
and
when
you turn
to
the right hand,
and
when
you turn
to
the
left,
your
ears
will
hear
a voice
behind
you,
saying, “This
is
the
way.
Walk
in
it.”
You
shall
defile
the
overlaying
of
your
engraved
images
of
silver,
and
the
plating
of
your molten
images
of
gold.
You
shall cast
them
away
as
an
unclean
thing.
You
shall
tell
it, “Go
away!”
He
will
give
the
rain
for
your
seed,
with
which
you
will
sow
the
ground;
and
bread
of
the
increase
of
the
ground
will
be
rich
and plentiful.
In
that
day,
your
livestock
will
feed
in
large
pastures.
The
oxen likewise
and
the
young
donkeys
that
till
the
ground
will
eat savory
feed,
which
has
been
winnowed
with
the
shovel
and
with
the
fork.
There
will
be brooks
and
streams
of
water
on
every
lofty
mountain
and
on
every
high
hill
in
the
day
of
the
great
slaughter,
when
the
towers
fall.
Moreover
the
light
of
the
moon
will
be
like
the
light
of
the
sun,
and
the
light
of
the
sun
will
be
seven
times brighter,
like
the
light
of
seven
days,
in
the
day
that
Yahweh
binds
up
the
fracture
of
his
people,
and
heals
the
wound
they
were struck
with.
Behold,
Yahweh’s
name
comes
from
far
away,
burning
with
his
anger,
and
in thick rising
smoke.
His
lips
are
full
of
indignation.
His
tongue
is
as
a
devouring
fire.
His
breath
is
as
an
overflowing
stream
that
reaches
even
to
the
neck,
to sift
the
nations
with
the sieve
of destruction.
A
bridle
that
leads
to
ruin
will
be
in
the
jaws
of
the
peoples.
You
will
have
a
song,
as
in
the
night
when
a
holy
feast
is kept,
and
gladness
of
heart,
as
when
one
goes
with
a
flute
to
come
to
Yahweh’s
mountain,
to
Israel’s
Rock.
Yahweh
will cause
his
glorious
voice
to
be
heard,
and
will
show
the descent
of
his
arm,
with
the
indignation
of
his
anger
and
the
flame
of
a
devouring
fire,
with
a blast,
storm,
and
hailstones.
For
through
Yahweh’s
voice
the Assyrian
will
be
dismayed.
He
will
strike
him
with
his
rod.
Every stroke
of
the
rod
of
punishment,
which
Yahweh
will
lay
on
him,
will
be
with
the sound
of
tambourines
and
harps.
He
will
fight
with
them
in
battles,
brandishing
weapons.
For
his
burning
place
has long
been
ready.
Yes,
it
is
prepared
for
the
king.
He
has
made
its
pyre
deep
and
large
with
fire
and
much
wood.
Yahweh’s
breath,
like
a
stream
of
sulfur, kindles
it.
Woe
to
those
who
go
down
to
Egypt
for
help,
and
rely
on
horses,
and
trust
in
chariots
because
they
are
many,
and
in
horsemen
because
they
are
very
strong,
but
they
don’t
look
to
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
and
they
don’t
seek
Yahweh!
Yet
he
also
is
wise,
and
will
bring
disaster,
and
will
not call
back
his
words,
but
will
arise
against
the
house
of
the
evildoers,
and
against
the
help
of
those
who
work
iniquity.
Now
the
Egyptians
are
men,
and
not
God;
and
their
horses
flesh,
and
not
spirit.
When
Yahweh
stretches
out
his
hand,
both
he
who
helps
shall
stumble,
and
he
who
is
helped
shall
fall,
and
they
all
shall
be
consumed
together.
For
Yahweh
says
to
me,
“As
the
lion
and
the
young
lion
growling
over
his
prey,
if
a
multitude
of
shepherds
is
called
together
against
him,
will
not
be
dismayed
at
their
voice,
nor abase
himself
for
their
noise,
so
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
come
down
to fight
on
Mount
Zion
and
on
its heights.
As
birds hovering,
so
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
protect
Jerusalem.
He
will
protect
and
deliver
it.
He
will pass
over
and preserve
it.”
Return
to
him
from
whom
you
have
deeply revolted,
children
of
Israel.
For
in
that
day
everyone
shall cast away
his
idols
of
silver
and
his
idols
of
gold—sin
which
your
own
hands
have
made
for
you.
“The Assyrian
will
fall
by
the
sword,
not
of
man;
and
the
sword,
not
of
mankind,
shall
devour
him.
He
will
flee
from
the
sword,
and
his
young
men
will
become subject
to
forced
labor.
His
rock
will
pass
away
by
reason
of
terror,
and
his
princes
will
be afraid
of
the
banner,”
says
Yahweh,
whose
fire
is
in
Zion,
and
his
furnace
in
Jerusalem.
Behold,
a
king
shall
reign
in
righteousness,
and
princes
shall
rule
in
justice.
A
man
shall
be
as
a
hiding
place
from
the
wind,
and
a covert
from
the
storm,
as
streams
of
water
in
a
dry
place,
as
the
shade
of
a
large
rock
in
a
weary
land.
The
eyes
of those
who
see
will
not
be dim,
and
the
ears
of those
who
hear
will
listen.
The
heart
of
the rash
will
understand
knowledge,
and
the
tongue
of
the
stammerers
will
be ready
to
speak plainly.
The
fool
will
no
longer
be
called
noble,
nor
the scoundrel
be highly respected.
For
the
fool
will
speak
folly,
and
his
heart
will work
iniquity,
to
practice profanity,
and
to
utter
error
against
Yahweh,
to
make
empty
the
soul
of
the
hungry,
and
to cause
the drink
of
the
thirsty
to fail.
The ways
of
the scoundrel
are
evil.
He
devises
wicked
plans
to destroy
the
humble
with
lying
words,
even
when
the
needy
speaks
right.
But
the
noble
devises
noble things,
and
he
will
continue
in
noble things.
Rise
up,
you
women
who
are
at
ease!
Hear
my
voice!
You
careless
daughters,
give
ear
to
my speech!
For
days
beyond
a
year
you
will
be
troubled,
you
careless women;
for
the
vintage
will
fail.
The
harvest won’t
come.
Tremble,
you women
who are
at
ease!
Be
troubled,
you
careless ones!
Strip
yourselves,
make
yourselves naked,
and
put sackcloth
on
your
waist.
Beat
your
breasts
for
the
pleasant
fields,
for
the
fruitful
vine.
Thorns
and briers
will
come
up
on
my
people’s
land;
yes,
on
all
the
houses
of
joy
in
the joyous
city.
For
the
palace
will
be
forsaken.
The populous
city
will
be
deserted.
The
hill
and
the watchtower
will
be
for dens
forever,
a
delight
for
wild
donkeys,
a
pasture
of
flocks,
until
the
Spirit
is
poured
on
us
from
on
high,
and
the
wilderness
becomes
a
fruitful
field,
and
the
fruitful
field
is
considered
a
forest.
Then
justice
will
dwell
in
the
wilderness;
and
righteousness
will
remain
in
the
fruitful
field.
The
work
of
righteousness
will
be
peace,
and
the effect
of
righteousness,
quietness
and
confidence
forever.
My
people
will
live
in
a
peaceful habitation,
in
safe
dwellings,
and
in
quiet
resting
places,
though
hail flattens
the
forest,
and
the
city is leveled completely.
Blessed
are
you
who
sow
beside
all
waters,
who
send
out
the
feet
of
the
ox
and
the
donkey.
Woe
to
you
who
destroy,
but
you weren’t
destroyed,
and
who betray,
but
nobody
betrayed
you!
When
you
have
finished
destroying,
you
will
be
destroyed;
and when
you
have
finished betrayal,
you
will
be
betrayed.
Yahweh,
be gracious
to us. We
have
waited
for
you.
Be
our
strength
every
morning,
our
salvation
also
in
the
time
of
trouble.
At
the
noise
of
the
thunder,
the
peoples
have
fled.
When
you lift yourself up,
the
nations
are
scattered.
Your
plunder will be
gathered
as
the
caterpillar
gathers.
Men will leap
on
it
as locusts leap.
Yahweh
is
exalted,
for
he
dwells
on
high.
He
has
filled
Zion
with
justice
and
righteousness.
There
will
be
stability
in
your
times, abundance
of
salvation,
wisdom,
and
knowledge.
The
fear
of
Yahweh
is
your
treasure.
Behold, their valiant ones
cry
outside;
the
ambassadors
of
peace
weep
bitterly.
The
highways
are
desolate.
The traveling
man
ceases.
The
covenant
is
broken.
He
has despised
the
cities.
He
doesn’t respect
man.
The
land
mourns
and
languishes.
Lebanon
is
confounded
and
withers
away.
Sharon
is
like
a
desert,
and
Bashan
and
Carmel
are stripped bare.
“Now
I
will
arise,”
says
Yahweh.
“Now
I
will
lift myself
up.
Now
I
will
be
exalted.
You
will
conceive
chaff.
You
will
give
birth
to
stubble.
Your
breath
is
a
fire
that
will
devour
you.
The
peoples
will
be
like
the
burning
of
lime,
like
thorns
that
are
cut
down
and
burned
in
the
fire.
Hear,
you
who
are
far
off,
what
I
have
done;
and,
you
who
are
near,
acknowledge
my
might.”
The
sinners
in
Zion
are
afraid.
Trembling
has
seized
the
godless ones.
Who
among us
can
live
with
the
devouring
fire?
Who
among us
can
live
with
everlasting
burning?
He
who
walks
righteously
and
speaks blamelessly,
he
who
despises
the
gain
of oppressions,
who gestures
with
his
hands, refusing
to
take
a
bribe,
who
stops
his
ears
from
hearing
of
bloodshed,
and
shuts
his
eyes
from
looking
at
evil—
he
will
dwell
on
high.
His
place
of defense
will
be
the fortress
of
rocks.
His
bread
will
be
supplied.
His
waters
will
be
sure.
Your
eyes
will
see
the
king
in
his
beauty.
They
will
see
a
distant
land.
Your
heart
will
meditate
on
the
terror.
Where
is
he who
counted?
Where
is
he who
weighed?
Where
is
he who
counted
the
towers?
You
will
no
longer
see
the
fierce
people,
a
people
of
a deep
speech
that
you
can’t comprehend,
with
a strange
language
that
you
can’t
understand.
Look
at
Zion,
the
city
of
our
appointed
festivals.
Your
eyes
will
see
Jerusalem,
a quiet habitation,
a
tent
that won’t
be
removed.
Its
stakes
will
never
be
plucked
up,
nor
will
any
of
its
cords
be
broken.
But
there
Yahweh
will
be
with
us
in majesty,
a
place
of
wide
rivers
and
streams,
in
which
no
galley
with
oars
will
go,
neither
will
any gallant ship
pass
by
there.
For
Yahweh
is
our
judge.
Yahweh
is
our
lawgiver.
Yahweh
is
our
king.
He
will
save
us.
Your rigging
is untied.
They couldn’t
strengthen
the foot
of
their
mast.
They couldn’t
spread
the
sail.
Then
the
prey
of
a great
plunder
was
divided.
The
lame
took
the
prey.
The
inhabitant won’t
say, “I am
sick.”
The
people
who
dwell therein
will
be
forgiven
their
iniquity.
Come
near,
you
nations,
to
hear!
Listen,
you
peoples.
Let
the
earth
and
all
it
contains
hear,
the
world,
and
everything
that
comes
from
it.
For
Yahweh
is enraged
against
all
the
nations,
and
angry
with
all
their
armies.
He
has utterly destroyed
them.
He
has
given
them
over
for
slaughter.
Their
slain
will also be
cast
out,
and
the
stench
of
their
dead
bodies
will
come
up.
The
mountains
will
melt
in
their
blood.
All
of
the
army
of
the
sky
will
be dissolved.
The
sky
will
be
rolled
up
like
a
scroll,
and
all
its
armies
will fade
away,
as
a
leaf fades
from off
a
vine
or
a
fig
tree.
For
my
sword
has
drunk
its
fill
in
the
sky.
Behold,
it
will
come
down
on
Edom,
and
on
the
people
of
my curse,
for
judgment.
Yahweh’s
sword
is
filled
with
blood.
It
is
covered
with
fat,
with
the
blood
of
lambs
and
goats,
with
the
fat
of
the
kidneys
of
rams;
for
Yahweh
has
a
sacrifice
in
Bozrah,
and
a
great
slaughter
in
the
land
of
Edom.
The
wild
oxen
will
come
down
with
them,
and
the
young
bulls
with
the
mighty
bulls;
and
their
land
will
be drunken
with
blood,
and
their
dust
made
greasy
with
fat.
For
Yahweh
has
a
day
of
vengeance,
a
year
of
recompense
for
the
cause
of
Zion.
Its
streams
will
be
turned
into
pitch,
its
dust
into
sulfur,
and
its
land
will
become
burning
pitch.
It
won’t
be
quenched
night
or
day.
Its
smoke
will
go
up
forever.
From
generation
to
generation,
it
will
lie waste.
No
one
will
pass
through
it
forever
and
ever.
But
the
pelican
and
the porcupine
will
possess
it.
The
owl
and
the
raven
will
dwell
in
it.
He
will
stretch
the
line
of
confusion
over
it,
and
the
plumb
line
of
emptiness.
They
shall
call
its
nobles
to
the
kingdom,
but
none
shall
be
there;
and
all
its
princes
shall
be
nothing.
Thorns
will
come
up
in
its
palaces,
nettles
and
thistles
in
its
fortresses;
and
it
will
be
a habitation
of
jackals,
a court
for
ostriches.
The wild animals
of
the desert
will
meet
with
the
wolves,
and
the wild
goat
will
cry
to
his
fellow.
Yes,
the night creature
34:14
literally, lilith, which could also be a night demon or night monster shall settle
there,
and shall
find
herself
a
place
of
rest.
The arrow
snake
will
make
her
nest
there,
and
lay,
hatch,
and
gather under
her
shade.
Yes,
the kites
will
be
gathered
there,
every
one
with
her
mate.
Search
in
the
book
of
Yahweh,
and
read:
not
one
of
these
will
be
missing.
None
will
lack
her
mate.
For
my
mouth
has
commanded,
and
his
Spirit
has
gathered
them.
He
has
cast
the
lot
for
them,
and
his
hand
has
divided
it
to
them
with
a measuring line.
They
shall
possess
it
forever.
From
generation
to
generation
they
will
dwell
in
it.
The
wilderness
and the
dry
land
will be
glad.
The
desert
will
rejoice
and blossom like
a
rose.
It
will blossom abundantly,
and
rejoice
even
with
joy
and singing.
Lebanon’s
glory
will
be
given
to
it,
the excellence
of
Carmel
and
Sharon.
They
will
see
Yahweh’s
glory,
the excellence
of
our
God.
Strengthen
the
weak
hands,
and
make
the
feeble
knees
firm.
Tell
those
who
have
a
fearful
heart, “Be
strong!
Don’t
be
afraid!
Behold,
your
God
will
come
with
vengeance,
God’s
retribution.
He
will
come
and
save
you.
Then
the
eyes
of
the
blind
will
be
opened,
and
the
ears
of
the
deaf
will
be unstopped.
Then
the
lame
man
will
leap like
a
deer,
and
the
tongue
of
the
mute
will
sing;
for
waters
will
break
out
in
the
wilderness,
and
streams
in
the
desert.
The burning sand
will
become
a
pool,
and
the
thirsty
ground
springs
of
water.
Grass
with
reeds
and
rushes
will
be
in
the habitation
of
jackals, where they
lay.
A
highway
will
be
there,
a
road,
and
it
will
be
called “The
Holy
Way”.
The
unclean
shall
not
pass
over
it,
but
it
will
be
for
those
who
walk
in
the
Way.
Wicked
fools
shall
not
go
there.
No
lion
will
be
there,
nor
will
any ravenous
animal
go
up
on
it.
They
will
not
be
found
there;
but
the
redeemed
will
walk
there.
Then
Yahweh’s
ransomed ones
will
return,
and
come
with
singing
to
Zion;
and
everlasting
joy
will
be
on
their
heads.
They
will
obtain
gladness
and
joy,
and
sorrow
and
sighing
will
flee
away.”
Now
in
the fourteenth
year
of
King
Hezekiah,
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
attacked
all
of
the
fortified
cities
of
Judah
and
captured
them.
The
king
of
Assyria
sent
Rabshakeh
from
Lachish
to
Jerusalem
to
King
Hezekiah
with
a
large
army.
He
stood
by
the aqueduct
from
the
upper
pool
in
the
fuller’s
field
highway.
Then
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah,
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder
came
out
to
him.
Rabshakeh
said
to
them, “Now
tell
Hezekiah, ‘The
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria,
says, “What
confidence
is
this
in
which
you
trust?
I
say
that
your
counsel
and
strength
for
the
war
are
only vain
words.
Now
in
whom
do
you
trust,
that
you
have
rebelled
against
me?
Behold,
you
trust
in
the
staff
of
this
bruised
reed,
even
in
Egypt,
which
if
a
man
leans
on
it,
it
will
go
into
his
hand
and pierce
it.
So
is
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
to
all
who
trust
in
him.
But
if
you
tell
me, ‘We
trust
in
Yahweh
our
God,’
isn’t
that
he
whose
high
places
and
whose
altars
Hezekiah
has
taken
away,
and
has
said
to
Judah
and
to
Jerusalem, ‘You
shall
worship
before
this
altar?’”
Now
therefore,
please
make
a pledge
to
my
master
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
give
you two
thousand
horses,
if
you
are
able
on
your
part
to
set
riders
on
them.
How
then
can
you
turn
away
the
face
of
one captain
of
the least
of
my
master’s
servants,
and
put
your
trust
in
Egypt
for
chariots
and
for
horsemen?
Have
I
come
up
now
without
Yahweh
against
this
land
to
destroy
it?
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Go
up
against
this
land,
and
destroy
it.”’”
Then
Eliakim,
Shebna
and
Joah
said
to
Rabshakeh, “Please
speak
to
your
servants
in
Aramaic,
for
we
understand
it.
Don’t
speak
to
us
in
the Jews’
language
in
the
hearing
of
the
people
who
are
on
the
wall.”
But
Rabshakeh
said, “Has
my
master
sent
me only
to
your
master
and
to
you,
to
speak
these
words,
and
not
to
the
men
who
sit
on
the
wall,
who
will
eat
their
own
dung
and
drink
their
own
urine
with
you?”
Then
Rabshakeh
stood,
and
called
out
with
a
loud
voice
in
the Jews’
language,
and
said, “Hear
the
words
of
the
great
king,
the
king
of
Assyria!
The
king
says, ‘Don’t
let
Hezekiah
deceive
you;
for
he
will
not
be
able
to
deliver
you.
Don’t
let
Hezekiah
make
you
trust
in
Yahweh,
saying, “Yahweh
will
surely
deliver
us.
This
city
won’t
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.”’
Don’t
listen
to
Hezekiah,
for
the
king
of
Assyria
says, ‘Make
your
peace
with
me,
and
come
out
to
me;
and
each
of
you
eat
from
his
vine,
and
each
one
from
his
fig
tree,
and
each
one
of
you
drink
the
waters
of
his
own
cistern;
until
I
come
and
take
you
away
to
a
land
like
your own
land,
a
land
of
grain
and
new
wine,
a
land
of
bread
and
vineyards.
Beware
lest
Hezekiah persuade
you,
saying, “Yahweh
will
deliver
us.”
Have
any
of
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
their
lands
from
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria?
Where
are
the
gods
of
Hamath
and
Arpad?
Where
are
the
gods
of
Sepharvaim?
Have
they
delivered
Samaria
from
my
hand?
Who
are
they
among
all
the
gods
of
these
countries
that
have
delivered
their
country
out
of
my
hand,
that
Yahweh
should
deliver
Jerusalem
out
of
my
hand?’”
But
they remained
silent,
and
said
nothing
in
reply,
for
the
king’s
commandment
was, “Don’t
answer
him.”
Then
Eliakim
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
Joah,
the
son
of
Asaph
the
recorder,
came
to
Hezekiah
with
their
clothes
torn,
and
told
him
the
words
of
Rabshakeh.
When
King
Hezekiah
heard
it,
he
tore
his
clothes,
covered himself
with
sackcloth,
and
went
into
Yahweh’s
house.
He
sent
Eliakim,
who
was
over
the
household,
and
Shebna
the
scribe,
and
the
elders
of
the
priests,
covered
with
sackcloth,
to
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz.
They
said
to
him, “Hezekiah
says, ‘Today
is
a
day
of
trouble,
and
of
rebuke,
and
of rejection;
for
the
children
have
come
to
the
birth,
and
there
is
no
strength
to
give
birth.
It
may
be
Yahweh
your
God
will
hear
the
words
of
Rabshakeh,
whom
the
king
of
Assyria
his
master
has
sent
to
defy
the
living
God,
and
will
rebuke
the
words
which
Yahweh
your
God
has
heard.
Therefore
lift
up
your
prayer
for
the
remnant
that
is
left.’”
So
the
servants
of
King
Hezekiah
came
to
Isaiah.
Isaiah
said
to
them, “Tell
your
master, ‘Yahweh
says, “Don’t
be
afraid
of
the
words
that
you
have
heard,
with
which
the
servants
of
the
king
of
Assyria
have
blasphemed
me.
Behold,
I
will
put
a
spirit
in
him
and
he
will
hear
news,
and
will
return
to
his own
land.
I
will
cause
him
to
fall
by
the
sword
in
his own
land.”’”
So
Rabshakeh
returned,
and
found
the
king
of
Assyria warring
against
Libnah,
for
he
heard
that
he
had
departed
from
Lachish.
He
heard
news
concerning
Tirhakah
king
of
Ethiopia, “He
has
come
out
to
fight
against
you.”
When
he
heard
it,
he
sent
messengers
to
Hezekiah,
saying,
“Thus
you
shall
speak
to
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
saying, ‘Don’t
let
your
God
in
whom
you
trust
deceive
you,
saying, “Jerusalem
won’t
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria.”
Behold,
you
have
heard
what
the
kings
of
Assyria
have
done
to
all
lands,
by destroying
them utterly.
Shall
you
be
delivered?
Have
the
gods
of
the
nations
delivered
them,
which
my
fathers
have
destroyed,
Gozan,
Haran,
Rezeph,
and
the
children
of
Eden
who
were
in
Telassar?
Where
is
the
king
of
Hamath,
and
the
king
of
Arpad,
and
the
king
of
the
city
of
Sepharvaim,
of
Hena,
and
Ivvah?’”
Hezekiah
received
the
letter
from
the
hand
of
the
messengers
and
read
it.
Then
Hezekiah
went
up
to
Yahweh’s
house,
and
spread
it
before
Yahweh.
Hezekiah
prayed
to
Yahweh,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
who
is
enthroned
among
the
cherubim,
you
are
the
God,
even
you
alone,
of
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth.
You
have
made
heaven
and
earth.
Turn
your
ear,
Yahweh,
and
hear.
Open
your
eyes,
Yahweh,
and
behold.
Hear
all
of
the
words
of
Sennacherib,
who
has
sent
to
defy
the
living
God.
Truly,
Yahweh,
the
kings
of
Assyria
have
destroyed
all
the
countries
and
their
land,
and
have
cast
their
gods
into
the
fire;
for
they
were
no
gods,
but
the
work
of
men’s
hands,
wood
and
stone;
therefore
they
have
destroyed
them.
Now
therefore,
Yahweh
our
God,
save
us
from
his
hand,
that
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
may
know
that
you
are
Yahweh,
even
you
only.”
Then
Isaiah
the
son
of
Amoz
sent
to
Hezekiah,
saying, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
says, ‘Because
you
have
prayed
to
me
against
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria,
this
is
the
word
which
Yahweh
has
spoken
concerning
him:
The
virgin
daughter
of
Zion
has
despised
you
and ridiculed
you.
The
daughter
of
Jerusalem
has
shaken
her
head
at
you.
Whom
have
you defied
and
blasphemed?
Against
whom
have
you
exalted
your
voice
and
lifted
up
your
eyes
on
high?
Against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
By
your
servants,
you
have defied
the
Lord,
and
have
said, “With
the
multitude
of
my
chariots
I
have
come
up
to
the
height
of
the
mountains,
to
the
innermost
parts
of
Lebanon.
I
will
cut
down
its
tall
cedars
and
its
choice
cypress
trees.
I
will
enter
into
its
farthest
height,
the
forest
of
its
fruitful
field.
I
have
dug
and
drunk
water,
and
with
the
sole
of
my
feet
I
will
dry
up
all
the
rivers
of
Egypt.”
“‘Have
you
not
heard
how
I
have
done
it
long
ago,
and
formed
it
in ancient
times?
Now
I
have
brought
it
to
pass,
that
it
should
be yours
to
destroy
fortified
cities, turning
them
into ruinous
heaps.
Therefore
their
inhabitants
had little
power.
They
were
dismayed
and
confounded.
They
were
like
the
grass
of
the
field,
and
like
the
green
herb,
like
the
grass
on
the
housetops,
and
like
a
field
before
its crop
has
grown.
But
I
know
your
sitting
down,
your
going
out,
your
coming
in,
and
your
raging
against
me.
Because
of
your
raging
against
me,
and
because
your
arrogance
has
come
up
into
my
ears,
therefore
I
will
put
my
hook
in
your
nose
and
my
bridle
in
your
lips,
and
I
will
turn
you
back
by
the
way
by
which
you
came.
“‘This
shall
be
the
sign
to
you:
You
will
eat
this
year
that
which grows
of
itself,
and
in
the
second
year
that
which springs
from
it;
and
in
the
third
year
sow
and
reap
and
plant
vineyards,
and
eat
their
fruit.
The
remnant
that
is
escaped
of
the
house
of
Judah
will
again
take
root
downward,
and bear
fruit
upward.
For
out
of
Jerusalem
a
remnant
will
go
out,
and
survivors
will
escape
from
Mount
Zion.
The
zeal
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
perform
this.’
“Therefore
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
king
of
Assyria, ‘He
will
not
come
to
this
city,
nor
shoot
an
arrow
there,
neither
will
he
come
before
it
with
shield,
nor
cast
up
a mound
against
it.
He
will
return
the
way
that
he
came,
and
he
won’t
come
to
this
city,’
says
Yahweh.
‘For
I
will
defend
this
city
to
save
it,
for
my own
sake,
and
for
my
servant
David’s
sake.’”
Then
Yahweh’s
angel
went
out
and
struck
one
hundred
and
eighty-five
thousand
men
in
the
camp
of
the Assyrians.
When
men
arose
early
in
the
morning,
behold,
these
were
all
dead
bodies.
So
Sennacherib
king
of
Assyria
departed,
went
away,
returned
to
Nineveh,
and
stayed
there.
As
he
was
worshiping
in
the
house
of
Nisroch
his
god,
Adrammelech
and
Sharezer
his
sons
struck
him
with
the
sword;
and
they
escaped
into
the
land
of
Ararat. Esar Haddon
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
In
those
days
Hezekiah
was
sick
and
near
death.
Isaiah
the
prophet,
the
son
of
Amoz,
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Set
your
house
in
order,
for
you
will
die,
and
not
live.’”
Then
Hezekiah
turned
his
face
to
the
wall
and
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Remember
now,
Yahweh,
I
beg
you,
how
I
have
walked
before
you
in
truth
and
with
a
perfect
heart,
and
have
done
that
which
is
good
in
your
sight.”
Then
Hezekiah
wept
bitterly.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Isaiah,
saying,
“Go,
and
tell
Hezekiah, ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
David
your
father,
says, “I
have
heard
your
prayer.
I
have
seen
your
tears.
Behold,
I
will
add
fifteen
years
to
your
life.
I
will
deliver
you
and
this
city
out
of
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Assyria,
and
I
will
defend
this
city.
This
shall
be
the
sign
to
you
from
Yahweh,
that
Yahweh
will
do
this
thing
that
he
has
spoken.
Behold,
I
will
cause
the
shadow
on
the sundial,
which
has
gone
down
on
the sundial
of
Ahaz
with
the
sun,
to
return
backward
ten
steps.”’”
So
the
sun
returned
ten
steps
on
the sundial
on
which
it
had
gone
down.
The
writing
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
when
he
had been
sick,
and
had recovered
of
his
sickness:
I
said, “In
the
middle
of
my
life
I go into
the
gates
of
Sheol.
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Sheol is the place of the dead.
I
am
deprived
of
the residue
of
my
years.”
I
said, “I
won’t
see Yah,
Yah
in
the
land
of
the
living.
I
will
see
man
no
more
with
the
inhabitants
of
the
world.
My
dwelling
is
removed,
and
is
carried
away
from
me
like
a
shepherd’s
tent.
I
have
rolled
up
my
life
like
a
weaver.
He
will
cut
me
off
from
the loom.
From
day
even
to
night
you
will
make
an end
of
me.
I waited patiently
until
morning.
He
breaks
all
my
bones
like
a
lion.
From
day
even
to
night
you
will make
an end
of
me.
I chattered
like
a
swallow or
a
crane.
I moaned
like
a
dove.
My
eyes weaken looking upward.
Lord,
I am
oppressed.
Be
my
security.”
What
will
I
say?
He
has
both
spoken
to
me,
and
himself
has
done
it.
I
will walk
carefully
all
my
years
because
of
the anguish
of
my
soul.
Lord,
men
live
by
these
things;
and
my
spirit finds
life
in
all
of
them.
You restore
me,
and cause
me
to
live.
Behold,
for
peace
I
had
great anguish,
but
you
have
in love
for
my
soul
delivered
it
from
the
pit
of
corruption;
for
you
have
cast
all
my
sins
behind
your
back.
For
Sheol
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Sheol is the place of the dead.
can’t
praise
you.
Death
can’t celebrate
you.
Those
who
go
down
into
the
pit
can’t hope
for
your
truth.
The
living,
the
living,
he
shall
praise
you,
as
I do
today.
The
father
shall
make
known
your
truth
to
the
children.
Yahweh
will
save
me.
Therefore
we
will sing
my
songs
with
stringed
instruments
all
the
days
of
our
life
in
Yahweh’s
house.
Now
Isaiah had
said, “Let
them
take
a
cake
of
figs,
and lay
it
for
a poultice
on
the
boil,
and
he shall
recover.”
Hezekiah
also
had
said, “What
is
the
sign
that
I
will
go
up
to
Yahweh’s
house?”
At
that
time,
Merodach-baladan
the
son
of
Baladan,
king
of
Babylon,
sent
letters
and
a
present
to
Hezekiah,
for
he
heard
that
he
had
been
sick,
and
had
recovered.
Hezekiah
was
pleased
with
them,
and
showed
them
the
house
of
his precious
things,
the
silver,
the
gold,
the
spices,
and
the precious
oil,
and
all
the
house
of
his
armor,
and
all
that
was
found
in
his
treasures.
There
was
nothing
in
his
house,
nor
in
all
his
dominion,
that
Hezekiah
didn’t
show
them.
Then
Isaiah
the
prophet
came
to
King
Hezekiah,
and
asked
him, “What
did
these
men
say?
From
where
did
they
come
to
you?”
Hezekiah
said, “They
have
come
from
a
country
far
from
me,
even
from
Babylon.”
Then
he
asked, “What
have
they
seen
in
your
house?”
Hezekiah
answered, “They
have
seen
all
that
is
in
my
house.
There
is
nothing
among
my
treasures
that
I
have
not
shown
them.”
Then
Isaiah
said
to
Hezekiah, “Hear
the
word
of
Yahweh
of
Armies:
‘Behold,
the
days
are
coming
when
all
that
is
in
your
house,
and
that
which
your
fathers
have
stored
up
until
today,
will
be
carried
to
Babylon.
Nothing
will
be
left,’
says
Yahweh.
‘They
will
take
away
your
sons
who
will
issue
from
you,
whom
you
shall
father,
and
they
will
be
eunuchs
in
the
king
of
Babylon’s
palace.’”
Then
Hezekiah
said
to
Isaiah, “Yahweh’s
word
which
you
have
spoken
is
good.”
He
said
moreover, “For
there
will
be
peace
and
truth
in
my
days.”
“Comfort,
comfort
my
people,”
says
your
God.
“Speak comfortably
to
Jerusalem,
and
call
out
to
her
that
her
warfare
is
accomplished,
that
her
iniquity
is pardoned,
that
she
has
received
of
Yahweh’s
hand
double
for
all
her
sins.”
The
voice
of
one
who
calls out,
“Prepare
the
way
of
Yahweh
in
the
wilderness!
Make
a level
highway
in
the
desert
for
our
God.
Every
valley
shall
be
exalted,
and
every
mountain
and
hill
shall
be
made
low.
The uneven
shall
be
made
level,
and
the rough
places
a
plain.
Yahweh’s
glory
shall
be
revealed,
and
all
flesh
shall
see
it
together;
for
the
mouth
of
Yahweh
has
spoken
it.”
The
voice
of
one
saying, “Cry
out!”
One
said, “What
shall
I
cry?”
“All
flesh
is like
grass,
and
all
its glory
is like
the
flower
of
the
field.
The
grass
withers,
the
flower fades,
because
Yahweh’s
breath
blows
on
it.
Surely
the
people
are
like
grass.
The
grass
withers,
the
flower fades;
but
the
word
of
our
God
stands
forever.”
You
who
tell
good
news
to
Zion,
go
up
on
a
high
mountain.
You
who
tell
good
news
to
Jerusalem,
lift
up
your
voice
with
strength!
Lift
it
up!
Don’t
be
afraid!
Say
to
the
cities
of
Judah, “Behold,
your
God!”
Behold,
the
Lord Yahweh
will
come
as
a
mighty one,
and
his
arm
will
rule
for
him.
Behold,
his
reward
is
with
him,
and
his
recompense
before
him.
He
will
feed
his
flock
like
a
shepherd.
He
will
gather
the
lambs
in
his
arm,
and
carry
them
in
his
bosom.
He
will gently
lead those who
have
their young.
Who
has
measured
the
waters
in
the
hollow
of
his
hand,
and
marked
off
the
sky
with
his
span,
and
calculated
the
dust
of
the
earth
in
a measuring basket,
and
weighed
the
mountains
in
scales,
and
the
hills
in
a
balance?
Who
has
directed
Yahweh’s
Spirit,
or
has
taught
him
as
his counselor?
Who did
he
take
counsel
with,
and
who
instructed
him,
and
taught
him
in
the
path
of
justice,
and
taught
him
knowledge,
and showed
him
the
way
of
understanding?
Behold,
the
nations
are
like
a
drop
in
a
bucket,
and
are
regarded
as
a
speck
of
dust on
a
balance.
Behold,
he
lifts up
the
islands
like
a very little thing.
Lebanon
is
not
sufficient
to
burn,
nor
its
animals
sufficient for
a
burnt offering.
All
the
nations
are
like
nothing
before
him.
They
are
regarded
by
him
as
less
than
nothing,
and vanity.
To
whom
then
will
you
liken
God?
Or
what
likeness
will
you
compare
to
him?
A workman
has cast an
image,
and the
goldsmith
overlays
it
with
gold,
and
casts
silver
chains
for
it.
He
who
is
too impoverished
for
such
an
offering
chooses
a
tree
that
will
not
rot.
He
seeks
a
skillful workman
to
set up
a
carved
image
for
him
that
will
not
be
moved.
Haven’t
you
known?
Haven’t
you
heard?
Haven’t
you
been
told
from
the
beginning?
Haven’t
you
understood
from
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
It
is
he
who
sits
above
the
circle
of
the
earth,
and
its
inhabitants
are
like
grasshoppers;
who
stretches
out
the
heavens
like
a
curtain,
and
spreads
them
out
like
a
tent
to
dwell
in,
who
brings princes
to
nothing,
who
makes
the
judges
of
the
earth
meaningless.
They
are
planted scarcely.
They
are
sown scarcely.
Their
stock
has scarcely
taken
root
in
the
ground.
He
merely
blows
on
them,
and
they
wither,
and
the whirlwind
takes
them
away
as
stubble.
“To
whom
then
will
you
liken
me?
Who
is
my
equal?”
says
the
Holy
One.
Lift
up
your
eyes
on
high,
and
see
who
has
created
these,
who
brings
out
their
army
by
number.
He
calls
them
all
by
name.
by
the
greatness
of
his
might,
and
because
he
is
strong
in
power,
not
one
is lacking.
Why
do
you
say,
Jacob,
and
speak,
Israel,
“My
way
is
hidden
from
Yahweh,
and
the
justice
due
me
is disregarded
by
my
God?”
Haven’t
you
known?
Haven’t
you
heard?
The
everlasting
God,
Yahweh,
the Creator
of
the
ends
of
the
earth,
doesn’t faint.
He
isn’t
weary.
His
understanding
is unsearchable.
He
gives
power
to
the weak.
He
increases
the
strength
of
him
who
has
no
might.
Even
the
youths faint
and
get
weary,
and
the
young
men utterly
fall;
but those
who
wait
for
Yahweh
will renew
their
strength.
They
will
mount
up
with
wings
like
eagles.
They
will
run,
and
not
be
weary.
They
will walk,
and
not faint.
“Keep
silent
before
me,
islands,
and let
the
peoples renew
their
strength.
Let
them
come
near,
then let
them
speak.
Let’s meet
together
for
judgment.
Who
has
raised
up
one
from
the
east?
Who
called
him
to
his
feet
in
righteousness?
He hands
over
nations
to
him
and
makes
him
rule
over
kings.
He
gives
them
like
the
dust
to
his
sword,
like
the
driven
stubble
to
his
bow.
He
pursues
them
and
passes
by
safely,
even
by
a
way
that
he
had
not
gone
with
his
feet.
Who
has
worked
and
done
it,
calling
the
generations
from
the
beginning?
I,
Yahweh,
the
first,
and
with
the
last,
I
am
he.”
The
islands
have
seen,
and
fear.
The
ends
of
the
earth
tremble.
They
approach,
and
come.
Everyone
helps
his
neighbor.
They
say
to
their
brothers, “Be
strong!”
So
the carpenter
encourages
the
goldsmith.
He
who smooths
with
the
hammer
encourages
him
who strikes
the
anvil,
saying
of
the
soldering, “It
is
good;”
and
he
fastens
it
with
nails,
that
it might
not
totter.
“But
you,
Israel,
my
servant,
Jacob
whom
I
have
chosen,
the
offspring
of
Abraham
my
friend,
you
whom
I
have
taken
hold
of
from
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
called
from
its
corners,
and
said
to
you, ‘You
are
my
servant.
I
have
chosen
you
and
have
not cast
you away.’
Don’t
you
be
afraid,
for
I
am
with
you.
Don’t
be dismayed,
for
I
am
your
God.
I
will
strengthen
you.
Yes,
I
will
help
you.
Yes,
I
will
uphold
you
with
the
right
hand
of
my
righteousness.
Behold,
all
those
who
are incensed
against
you
will
be
disappointed
and
confounded.
Those
who strive
with
you
will
be
like
nothing,
and
shall
perish.
You
will
seek
them,
and
won’t
find
them,
even
those
who contend
with
you.
Those
who
war
against
you
will
be
as
nothing,
as
a nonexistent thing.
For
I,
Yahweh
your
God,
will
hold
your
right
hand,
saying
to
you, ‘Don’t
be
afraid.
I
will
help
you.’
Don’t
be
afraid,
you worm
Jacob,
and
you
men
of
Israel.
I
will
help
you,”
says
Yahweh.
“Your
Redeemer
is
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Behold,
I
have
made
you into
a
new sharp
threshing instrument
with teeth.
You
will
thresh
the
mountains,
and beat
them small,
and
will
make
the
hills
like
chaff.
You
will
winnow
them,
and
the
wind
will
carry
them
away,
and
the whirlwind
will
scatter
them.
You
will
rejoice
in
Yahweh.
You
will glory
in
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
The
poor
and
needy
seek
water,
and
there
is
none.
Their
tongue
fails
for
thirst.
I,
Yahweh,
will
answer
them.
I,
the
God
of
Israel,
will
not
forsake
them.
I
will
open
rivers
on
the
bare
heights,
and
springs
in
the
middle
of
the
valleys.
I
will
make
the
wilderness
a
pool
of
water,
and
the
dry
land
springs
of
water.
I
will
put
cedar,
acacia,
myrtle,
and
oil
trees
in
the
wilderness.
I
will
set
cypress
trees, pine,
and
box
trees
together
in
the
desert;
that
they
may
see,
know,
consider,
and
understand
together,
that
Yahweh’s
hand
has
done
this,
and
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
has
created
it.
Produce
your
cause,”
says
Yahweh.
“Bring out
your
strong reasons!”
says
the
King
of
Jacob.
“Let
them
announce
and
declare
to
us
what
will happen!
Declare
the
former
things,
what
they
are,
that
we
may
consider
them,
and
know
the
latter
end
of
them;
or
show
us
things
to
come.
Declare
the
things
that
are
to
come
hereafter,
that
we
may
know
that
you
are
gods.
Yes,
do
good,
or
do
evil,
that
we
may
be dismayed,
and
see
it
together.
Behold,
you
are
nothing,
and
your
work
is
nothing.
He
who
chooses
you
is
an
abomination.
“I
have raised
up
one
from
the
north,
and
he
has
come,
from
the
rising
of
the
sun,
one
who
calls
on
my
name,
and
he
shall
come
on
rulers
as
on mortar,
and
as
the
potter
treads
clay.
Who
has
declared
it
from
the
beginning,
that
we
may
know?
and
before,
that
we
may
say, ‘He
is
right?’
Surely,
there
is
no
one
who
declares.
Surely,
there
is
no
one
who shows.
Surely,
there
is
no
one
who
hears
your
words.
I
am
the
first
to say
to
Zion, ‘Behold,
look
at
them;’
and
I
will
give
one
who
brings
good
news
to
Jerusalem.
When
I
look,
there
is
no
man,
even
among
them
there
is
no
counselor
who,
when
I
ask,
can
answer
a
word.
Behold,
all
of
their
deeds
are
vanity
and
nothing.
Their molten images
are
wind
and
confusion.
“Behold,
my
servant, whom
I
uphold,
my
chosen,
in whom
my
soul
delights:
I
have
put
my
Spirit
on
him.
He
will
bring
justice
to
the
nations.
He
will
not
shout,
nor
raise
his
voice,
nor cause
it
to
be
heard
in
the
street.
He
won’t
break
a
bruised
reed.
He
won’t
quench
a
dimly
burning
wick.
He
will
faithfully
bring
justice.
He
will
not
fail
nor
be discouraged,
until
he
has
set
justice
in
the
earth,
and
the
islands
wait
for
his
law.”
God
Yahweh,
he
who
created
the
heavens
and
stretched
them
out,
he
who
spread
out
the
earth
and
that
which
comes
out
of
it,
he
who
gives
breath
to
its
people
and
spirit
to
those
who
walk
in
it,
says:
“I,
Yahweh,
have
called
you
in
righteousness.
I
will
hold
your
hand.
I
will
keep
you,
and
make
you
a
covenant
for
the
people,
as
a
light
for
the
nations,
to
open
the
blind
eyes,
to
bring
the
prisoners
out
of
the
dungeon,
and those
who
sit
in
darkness
out
of
the
prison.
“I
am
Yahweh.
That
is
my
name.
I
will
not
give
my
glory
to
another,
nor
my
praise
to
engraved
images.
Behold,
the
former
things
have
happened
and
I
declare
new
things.
I
tell
you
about
them
before
they
come
up.”
Sing
to
Yahweh
a
new
song,
and
his
praise
from
the
end
of
the
earth,
you
who
go
down
to
the
sea,
and
all
that
is therein,
the
islands
and
their
inhabitants.
Let
the
wilderness
and
its
cities
raise
their voices,
with
the villages
that
Kedar
inhabits.
Let
the
inhabitants
of
Sela
sing.
Let
them
shout
from
the
top
of
the
mountains!
Let
them
give
glory
to
Yahweh,
and
declare
his
praise
in
the
islands.
Yahweh
will
go
out
like
a
mighty
man.
He
will
stir
up
zeal
like
a
man
of
war.
He
will
raise
a
war
cry.
Yes,
he
will
shout
aloud.
He
will
triumph
over
his
enemies.
“I
have
been
silent
a
long
time.
I
have
been quiet
and
restrained myself.
Now I will cry out
like
a travailing woman. I will
both
gasp
and pant.
I
will
destroy
mountains
and
hills,
and
dry
up
all
their
herbs.
I
will
make
the
rivers
islands,
and
will
dry
up
the
pools.
I
will
bring
the
blind
by
a
way
that
they
don’t
know.
I
will
lead
them
in
paths
that
they
don’t
know.
I
will
make
darkness
light
before
them,
and crooked
places straight.
I
will
do
these
things,
and
I
will
not
forsake
them.
“Those
who
trust
in engraved
images,
who
tell molten
images,
‘You
are
our
gods,’
will
be
turned
back.
They
will
be
utterly
disappointed.
“Hear,
you
deaf,
and
look,
you
blind,
that
you
may
see.
Who
is
blind,
but
my
servant?
Or
who
is
as
deaf
as
my
messenger
whom
I
send?
Who
is
as
blind
as
he
who
is
at peace,
and
as
blind
as
Yahweh’s
servant?
You
see
many
things,
but
don’t
observe.
His
ears
are
open,
but
he
doesn’t
listen.
It
pleased
Yahweh,
for
his
righteousness’
sake,
to
magnify
the
law
and
make
it honorable.
But
this
is
a robbed
and
plundered
people.
All
of
them
are snared
in holes,
and
they
are
hidden
in
prisons.
They
have
become captives,
and
no
one
delivers,
and
a
plunder,
and
no
one
says, ‘Restore
them!’
Who
is
there
among
you
who
will
give
ear
to
this?
Who
will
listen
and
hear
for
the time
to come?
Who
gave
Jacob
as
plunder,
and
Israel
to
the robbers?
Didn’t
Yahweh,
he
against
whom
we
have
sinned?
For
they
would
not
walk
in
his
ways,
and
they disobeyed
his
law.
Therefore
he
poured
the
fierceness
of
his
anger
on
him,
and
the
strength
of
battle.
It
set
him
on
fire
all
around,
but
he
didn’t
know.
It
burned
him,
but
he
didn’t
take
it
to
heart.”
But
now
Yahweh
who
created
you,
Jacob,
and
he
who
formed
you,
Israel,
says:
“Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
have
redeemed
you.
I
have
called
you
by
your
name.
You
are mine.
When
you
pass
through
the
waters,
I
will
be
with
you,
and
through
the
rivers,
they
will
not
overflow
you.
When
you walk
through
the
fire,
you
will
not
be
burned,
and
flame
will
not scorch
you.
For
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
your
Savior.
I
have
given
Egypt
as
your
ransom,
Ethiopia
and
Seba
in
your
place.
Since
you
have
been
precious
and
honored
in
my
sight,
and
I
have
loved
you,
therefore
I
will
give
people
in
your
place,
and
nations
instead
of
your
life.
Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
am
with
you.
I
will
bring
your
offspring
from
the
east,
and
gather
you
from
the
west.
I
will
tell
the
north, ‘Give
them
up!’
and
tell
the
south, ‘Don’t
hold
them
back!
Bring
my
sons
from
far
away,
and
my
daughters
from
the ends
of
the
earth—
everyone
who
is
called
by
my
name,
and
whom
I
have
created
for
my
glory,
whom
I
have
formed,
yes,
whom
I
have
made.’”
Bring
out
the
blind
people
who
have
eyes,
and
the
deaf
who
have
ears.
Let
all
the
nations
be
gathered
together,
and
let
the
peoples
be
assembled.
Who
among
them
can
declare
this,
and
show
us
former
things?
Let
them
bring
their
witnesses,
that
they
may
be
justified,
or
let
them
hear,
and
say, “That
is
true.”
“You
are
my
witnesses,”
says
Yahweh,
“With
my
servant
whom
I
have
chosen;
that
you
may
know
and
believe
me,
and
understand
that
I
am
he.
Before
me
there
was
no
God
formed,
neither
will
there
be
after
me.
I
myself
am
Yahweh.
Besides
me,
there
is
no
savior.
I
have
declared,
I
have
saved,
and
I
have
shown,
and
there
was
no
strange
god among
you.
Therefore
you
are
my
witnesses”,
says
Yahweh, “and
I
am
God.
Yes,
since
the
day
was,
I
am
he.
There
is
no
one
who
can
deliver
out
of
my
hand.
I
will
work,
and
who
can hinder
it?”
Yahweh,
your
Redeemer,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
says: “For
your
sake,
I
have
sent
to
Babylon,
and
I
will
bring
all
of
them
down
as
fugitives,
even
the
Chaldeans,
in
the
ships
of
their rejoicing.
I
am
Yahweh,
your
Holy
One,
the Creator
of
Israel,
your
King.”
Yahweh,
who
makes
a
way
in
the
sea,
and
a
path
in
the
mighty
waters,
who
brings
out
the
chariot
and
horse,
the
army
and
the
mighty
man
(they
lie
down
together,
they shall
not
rise;
they
are extinct,
they
are
quenched
like
a
wick) says:
“Don’t
remember
the
former
things,
and
don’t
consider
the
things
of
old.
Behold,
I
will
do
a
new
thing.
It
springs
out
now.
Don’t
you
know
it?
I
will
even
make
a
way
in
the
wilderness,
and
rivers
in
the
desert.
The
animals
of
the
field,
the
jackals
and
the
ostriches,
shall
honor
me,
because
I
give
water
in
the
wilderness
and
rivers
in
the
desert,
to
give
drink
to
my
people,
my
chosen,
the
people
which
I
formed
for myself,
that
they might
declare
my
praise.
Yet
you
have
not
called
on
me,
Jacob;
but
you
have
been
weary
of
me,
Israel.
You
have
not
brought
me
any
of
your
sheep
for
burnt
offerings,
neither
have
you
honored
me
with
your
sacrifices.
I
have
not
burdened
you
with
offerings,
nor
wearied
you
with
frankincense.
You
have
bought
me
no
sweet
cane
with
money,
nor
have
you
filled
me
with
the
fat
of
your
sacrifices,
but
you
have
burdened
me
with
your
sins.
You
have
wearied
me
with
your
iniquities.
I,
even
I,
am
he
who blots
out
your
transgressions
for
my own
sake;
and
I
will
not
remember
your
sins.
Put
me
in
remembrance.
Let
us
plead
together.
Declare
your
case,
that
you
may
be
justified.
Your
first
father
sinned,
and
your teachers
have
transgressed
against
me.
Therefore
I
will
profane
the
princes
of
the
sanctuary;
and
I
will
make
Jacob
a curse,
and
Israel
an insult.”
Yet
listen
now,
Jacob
my
servant,
and
Israel, whom
I
have
chosen.
This
is
what
Yahweh
who
made
you,
and
formed
you
from
the
womb,
who
will
help
you
says:
“Don’t
be
afraid,
Jacob
my
servant;
and
you,
Jeshurun, whom
I
have
chosen.
For
I
will
pour
water
on
him
who
is
thirsty,
and
streams
on
the
dry
ground.
I
will
pour
my
Spirit
on
your
descendants,
and
my
blessing
on
your
offspring;
and
they
will
spring
up
among
the
grass,
as
willows
by
the watercourses.
One
will
say, ‘I
am
Yahweh’s.’
Another
will
be
called
by
the
name
of
Jacob;
and
another
will
write
with
his
hand ‘to
Yahweh,’
and
honor
the
name
of
Israel.”
This
is
what
Yahweh,
the
King
of
Israel,
and
his
Redeemer,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
says:
“I
am
the
first,
and
I
am
the
last;
and
besides
me
there
is
no
God.
Who
is
like
me?
Who
will
call,
and
will
declare
it,
and
set
it
in order
for
me,
since
I
established
the
ancient
people?
Let
them
declare
the
things
that
are
coming,
and
that
will happen.
Don’t
fear,
neither
be
afraid.
Haven’t
I
declared
it
to
you long ago,
and
shown
it?
You
are
my
witnesses.
Is
there
a
God
besides
me?
Indeed,
there
is
not.
I
don’t
know
any
other
Rock.”
Everyone
who
makes
a
carved
image
is vain.
The
things
that
they
delight
in
will
not
profit.
Their own
witnesses don’t
see,
nor
know,
that
they
may
be
disappointed.
Who
has
fashioned
a
god,
or molds an
image
that
is
profitable for
nothing?
Behold,
all
his
fellows
will
be
disappointed;
and
the workmen
are
mere
men.
Let
them
all
be
gathered
together.
Let
them
stand
up.
They
will
fear.
They
will
be
put
to
shame
together.
The
blacksmith takes
an ax,
works
in
the
coals,
fashions
it
with
hammers,
and
works
it
with
his
strong
arm.
He
is
hungry,
and
his
strength
fails;
he
drinks
no
water,
and
is faint.
The carpenter
stretches
out
a line.
He marks
it
out
with
a pencil.
He
shapes
it
with
planes.
He marks
it
out
with compasses,
and
shapes
it
like
the
figure
of
a
man,
with
the
beauty
of
a
man,
to
reside
in
a
house.
He
cuts
down
cedars
for
himself,
and
takes
the
cypress
and
the
oak,
and strengthens
for
himself one among
the
trees
of
the
forest.
He
plants
a
cypress
tree,
and
the
rain nourishes
it.
Then
it
will
be
for
a
man
to
burn;
and
he
takes
some
of
it
and
warms
himself.
Yes,
he
burns
it
and bakes
bread.
Yes,
he
makes
a
god
and
worships
it;
he
makes
it
a
carved
image,
and
falls
down
to
it.
He
burns
part
of
it
in
the
fire.
With
part
of
it,
he
eats
meat.
He
roasts
a
roast
and
is
satisfied.
Yes,
he
warms himself
and
says, “Aha!
I am
warm.
I
have
seen
the
fire.”
The
rest
of
it
he
makes
into
a
god,
even
his engraved
image.
He
bows
down
to
it
and
worships,
and
prays
to
it,
and
says, “Deliver
me,
for
you
are
my
god!”
They
don’t
know,
neither do
they
consider,
for
he
has shut
their
eyes,
that
they
can’t
see,
and
their
hearts,
that
they
can’t
understand.
No
one thinks,
neither
is
there
knowledge
nor
understanding
to
say,
“I
have
burned
part
of
it
in
the
fire.
Yes,
I
have
also
baked
bread
on
its
coals.
I
have roasted
meat
and
eaten
it.
Shall
I
make
the
rest
of
it
into
an
abomination?
Shall
I
bow
down
to
a
tree trunk?”
He
feeds
on
ashes.
A deceived
heart
has
turned
him
aside;
and
he
can’t
deliver
his
soul,
nor
say, “Isn’t there
a
lie
in
my
right
hand?”
Remember
these
things,
Jacob
and
Israel,
for
you
are
my
servant.
I
have
formed
you.
You
are
my
servant.
Israel,
you
will
not
be
forgotten
by
me.
I
have blotted
out,
as
a
thick
cloud,
your
transgressions,
and,
as
a
cloud,
your
sins.
Return
to
me,
for
I
have
redeemed
you.
Sing,
you
heavens,
for
Yahweh
has
done
it!
Shout,
you
lower
parts
of
the
earth!
Break
out
into
singing,
you
mountains,
O
forest,
all
of
your
trees,
for
Yahweh
has
redeemed
Jacob,
and
will
glorify himself
in
Israel.
Yahweh,
your
Redeemer,
and
he
who
formed
you
from
the
womb
says:
“I
am
Yahweh,
who
makes
all
things;
who
alone
stretches
out
the
heavens;
who spreads
out
the
earth
by
myself;
who frustrates
the
signs
of
the liars,
and makes
diviners mad;
who
turns
wise
men
backward,
and makes
their
knowledge
foolish;
who
confirms
the
word
of
his
servant,
and performs
the
counsel
of
his
messengers;
who
says
of
Jerusalem, ‘She
will
be
inhabited;’
and
of
the
cities
of
Judah, ‘They
will
be
built,’
and ‘I
will
raise
up
its
waste
places;’
who
says
to
the deep, ‘Be
dry,’
and ‘I
will
dry
up
your
rivers,’
who
says
of
Cyrus, ‘He
is
my
shepherd,
and shall perform
all
my
pleasure,’
even
saying
of
Jerusalem, ‘She
will
be
built;’
and
of
the
temple, ‘Your
foundation
will
be
laid.’”
Yahweh
says
to
his
anointed,
to
Cyrus,
whose
right
hand
I
have
held
to
subdue
nations
before
him
and strip
kings
of
their armor,
to
open
the
doors
before
him,
and
the
gates
shall
not
be
shut:
“I
will go
before
you
and
make
the
rough
places
smooth.
I
will
break
the
doors
of
bronze
in
pieces
and
cut apart
the
bars
of
iron.
I
will
give
you
the
treasures
of
darkness
and
hidden riches
of
secret
places,
that
you
may
know
that
it
is
I,
Yahweh,
who
calls
you
by
your
name,
even
the
God
of
Israel.
For
Jacob
my
servant’s
sake,
and
Israel
my
chosen,
I
have
called
you
by
your
name.
I
have
given
you
a
title,
though
you
have
not
known
me.
I
am
Yahweh,
and
there
is
no
one
else.
Besides
me,
there
is
no
God.
I
will strengthen
45:5
or, equip
you,
though
you
have
not
known
me,
that
they
may
know
from
the
rising
of
the
sun,
and
from
the
west,
that
there
is
no
one
besides
me.
I
am
Yahweh,
and
there
is
no
one
else.
I form
the
light
and
create
darkness.
I
make
peace
and
create
calamity.
I
am
Yahweh,
who
does
all
these
things.
Rain,
you
heavens,
from
above,
and let
the
skies
pour
down
righteousness.
Let
the
earth
open,
that
it
may produce
salvation,
and let
it
cause
righteousness
to
spring
up
with
it.
I,
Yahweh,
have
created
it.
Woe
to
him
who strives
with
his
Maker—
a
clay pot
among
the
clay pots
of
the
earth!
Shall
the
clay
ask
him
who
fashions
it, ‘What
are
you
making?’
or
your
work, ‘He
has
no
hands?’
Woe
to
him
who
says
to
a
father, ‘What
have
you
become
the
father
of?’
or
to
a mother, ‘What
have
you
given
birth
to?’”
Yahweh,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
and
his
Maker
says:
“You
ask
me
about
the
things
that
are
to
come,
concerning
my
sons,
and
you
command
me
concerning
the
work
of
my
hands!
I
have
made
the
earth,
and
created
man
on
it.
I,
even
my
hands,
have
stretched
out
the
heavens.
I
have
commanded
all
their
army.
I
have raised
him
up
in
righteousness,
and
I
will
make
all
his
ways
straight.
He
shall
build
my
city,
and
he
shall
let
my
exiles
go
free,
not
for
price
nor
reward,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
Yahweh
says: “The
labor
of
Egypt,
and
the merchandise
of
Ethiopia,
and
the
Sabeans,
men
of stature,
will
come
over
to
you,
and
they
will
be yours.
They
will
go
after
you.
They
shall
come
over
in chains.
They
will
bow
down
to
you.
They
will
make
supplication
to
you:
‘Surely
God
is
in
you;
and
there
is
no
one
else.
There
is
no
other
god.
Most
certainly
you
are
a
God
who
has
hidden
yourself,
God
of
Israel,
the
Savior.’”
They
will
be
disappointed,
yes,
confounded,
all
of
them.
Those
who
are makers
of
idols
will
go
into confusion
together.
Israel
will
be
saved
by
Yahweh
with
an
everlasting
salvation.
You
will
not
be
disappointed
nor
confounded
to
ages
everlasting.
For
Yahweh
who
created
the
heavens,
the
God
who
formed
the
earth
and
made
it,
who
established
it
and
didn’t
create
it
a
waste,
who
formed
it
to
be
inhabited
says:
“I
am
Yahweh.
There
is
no
other.
I
have
not
spoken
in secret,
in
a
place
of
the
land
of
darkness.
I
didn’t
say
to
the
offspring
of
Jacob, ‘Seek
me
in vain.’
I,
Yahweh,
speak
righteousness.
I
declare
things
that
are
right.
“Assemble
yourselves
and
come.
Draw
near
together,
you
who
have escaped
from
the
nations.
Those
have
no
knowledge
who
carry
the
wood
of
their engraved
image,
and
pray
to
a
god
that
can’t
save.
Declare
and
present
it.
Yes,
let
them
take
counsel
together.
Who
has
shown
this
from ancient
time?
Who
has
declared
it
of old?
Haven’t
I,
Yahweh?
There
is
no
other
God
besides
me,
a
just
God
and
a
Savior.
There
is
no
one
besides
me.
“Look
to
me,
and
be
saved,
all
the
ends
of
the
earth;
for
I
am
God,
and
there
is
no
other.
I
have
sworn
by myself.
The
word
has
gone
out
of
my
mouth
in
righteousness,
and
will
not
be
revoked,
that
to
me
every
knee
shall
bow,
every
tongue
shall
take
an
oath.
They
will
say
of
me,
‘There
is
righteousness
and
strength
only
in
Yahweh.’”
Even
to
him
will
men
come.
All
those
who
raged
against
him
will
be
disappointed.
All
the
offspring
of
Israel
will
be
justified
in
Yahweh,
and
will rejoice!
Bel bows
down.
Nebo
stoops.
Their
idols
are carried
by
animals,
and
on
the
livestock.
The
things
that
you carried around
are heavy
loads,
a
burden
for
the
weary.
They stoop
and
they
bow
down
together.
They
could
not
deliver
the
burden,
but
they
have
gone
into
captivity.
“Listen
to
me,
house
of
Jacob,
and
all
the
remnant
of
the
house
of
Israel,
that
have
been
carried
from
their
birth,
that
have
been
carried
from
the
womb.
Even
to
old
age
I
am
he,
and
even
to
gray
hairs
I
will
carry
you.
I
have
made,
and
I
will
bear.
Yes,
I
will
carry,
and
will
deliver.
“To
whom
will you
compare
me, and consider my
equal,
and
compare
me, as if
we were
the same?
Some pour
out
gold
from
the
bag,
and
weigh
silver
in
the balance.
They
hire
a
goldsmith,
and
he
makes
it
a
god.
They
fall
down—
yes,
they
worship.
They
bear
it
on
their
shoulder.
They
carry
it,
and
set
it
in
its
place,
and
it
stands
there.
It
cannot
move
from
its
place.
Yes,
one
may
cry
to
it,
yet
it
can
not
answer.
It
cannot
save
him
out
of
his
trouble.
“Remember
this,
and show
yourselves men.
Bring
it
to
mind
again,
you
transgressors.
Remember
the
former
things
of
old;
for
I
am
God,
and
there
is
no
other.
I
am
God,
and
there
is
none
like
me.
I
declare
the
end
from
the
beginning,
and
from ancient times
things
that
are
not
yet
done.
I
say:
My
counsel
will
stand,
and
I
will
do
all
that
I please.
I
call
a ravenous
bird
from
the
east,
the
man
of
my
counsel
from
a
far
country.
Yes,
I
have
spoken.
I
will
also
bring
it
to
pass.
I
have
planned.
I
will
also
do
it.
Listen
to
me,
you stubborn-hearted,
who
are
far
from
righteousness!
I
bring
my
righteousness
near.
It
is
not
far
off,
and
my
salvation
will
not
wait.
I
will
grant
salvation
to
Zion,
my
glory
to
Israel.
“Come
down
and
sit
in
the
dust,
virgin
daughter
of
Babylon.
Sit
on
the
ground
without
a
throne,
daughter
of
the
Chaldeans.
For
you
will
no
longer
be
called
tender
and
delicate.
Take
the
millstones
and
grind
flour.
Remove
your
veil,
lift
up
your
skirt,
uncover
your
legs,
and wade
through
the
rivers.
Your
nakedness
will
be
uncovered.
Yes,
your
shame
will
be
seen.
I
will
take
vengeance,
and
will
spare
no
one.”
Our
Redeemer,
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name,
is
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
“Sit
in silence,
and
go
into
darkness,
daughter
of
the
Chaldeans.
For
you
shall
no
longer
be
called
the
mistress
of
kingdoms.
I
was
angry
with
my
people.
I
profaned
my
inheritance
and
gave
them
into
your
hand.
You
showed
them
no
mercy.
You
laid
a
very
heavy
yoke
on
the
aged.
You
said, ‘I
will
be
a princess
forever,’
so
that
you
didn’t
lay
these
things
to
your
heart,
nor
did
you
remember
the results.
“Now
therefore
hear
this,
you
who
are
given
to pleasures,
who
sit
securely,
who
say
in
your
heart,
‘I
am,
and
there
is
no
one
else
besides
me.
I
won’t
sit
as
a
widow,
neither
will
I
know
the
loss
of
children.’
But
these
two
things
will
come
to
you
in
a
moment
in
one
day:
the
loss
of
children
and
widowhood.
They
will
come
on
you
in
their
full
measure,
in
the
multitude
of
your
sorceries,
and
the
great
abundance
of
your enchantments.
For
you
have
trusted
in
your
wickedness.
You
have
said, ‘No
one
sees
me.’
Your
wisdom
and
your
knowledge
has perverted
you.
You
have
said
in
your
heart, ‘I
am,
and
there
is
no
one
else
besides
me.’
Therefore
disaster
will
come
on
you.
You
won’t
know
when
it dawns.
Mischief
will
fall
on
you.
You
won’t
be
able
to
put
it
away.
Desolation
will
come
on
you
suddenly,
which
you
don’t
understand.
“Stand
now
with
your enchantments
and
with
the
multitude
of
your
sorceries,
in
which
you
have
labored
from
your
youth,
as
if
you
might
profit,
as
if
you
might
prevail.
You
are
wearied
in
the
multitude
of
your
counsels.
Now
let
the astrologers,
the stargazers,
and
the
monthly prognosticators
stand
up
and
save
you
from
the
things
that
will happen
to
you.
Behold,
they
are
like
stubble.
The
fire
will
burn
them.
They
won’t
deliver
themselves
from
the
power
of
the
flame.
It
won’t
be
a
coal
to
warm
at
or
a
fire
to
sit
by.
The
things
that
you
labored
in
will
be
like
this:
those
who
have
trafficked
with
you
from
your
youth
will
each
wander
in
his
own
way.
There
will
be
no
one
to
save
you.
“Hear
this,
house
of
Jacob,
you
who
are
called
by
the
name
of
Israel,
and
have
come
out
of
the
waters
of
Judah.
You
swear
by
Yahweh’s
name,
and
make
mention
of
the
God
of
Israel,
but
not
in
truth,
nor
in
righteousness—
for
they
call
themselves citizens
of
the
holy
city,
and rely
on
the
God
of
Israel;
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name.
I
have
declared
the
former
things
from
of
old.
Yes,
they
went
out
of
my
mouth,
and
I revealed
them.
I
did
them
suddenly,
and
they
happened.
Because
I knew
that
you
are
obstinate,
and
your
neck
is
an
iron
sinew,
and
your brow
bronze;
therefore
I
have
declared
it
to
you
from
of old;
before
it
came
to
pass
I showed
it
to
you;
lest
you
should
say, ‘My
idol
has
done
them.
My engraved
image
and
my molten
image
has
commanded
them.’
You
have
heard
it.
Now
see
all
this.
And
you,
won’t
you
declare
it?
“I
have
shown
you
new
things
from
this
time,
even
hidden
things, which
you
have
not
known.
They
are
created
now,
and
not
from
of
old.
Before
today,
you
didn’t
hear
them,
lest
you
should
say, ‘Behold,
I
knew
them.’
Yes,
you
didn’t
hear.
Yes,
you
didn’t
know.
Yes,
from
of old
your
ear
was
not
opened,
for
I
knew
that
you
dealt
very
treacherously,
and
were
called
a transgressor
from
the
womb.
For
my
name’s
sake,
I
will defer
my
anger,
and
for
my
praise,
I hold
it back
for
you
so
that
I don’t
cut
you
off.
Behold,
I
have
refined
you,
but
not
as
silver.
I
have
chosen
you
in
the
furnace
of affliction.
For
my own
sake,
for
my own
sake,
I
will
do
it;
for
how
would
my name
be
profaned?
I
will
not
give
my
glory
to
another.
“Listen
to
me,
O
Jacob,
and
Israel
my
called:
I
am
he.
I
am
the
first.
I
am
also
the
last.
Yes,
my
hand
has
laid
the
foundation
of
the
earth,
and
my
right
hand
has
spread
out
the
heavens.
when
I
call
to
them,
they
stand
up
together.
“Assemble
yourselves,
all
of
you,
and
hear!
Who
among
them
has
declared
these
things?
He
whom
Yahweh
loves
will
do
what
he likes
to
Babylon,
and
his
arm
will
be
against
the
Chaldeans.
I,
even
I,
have
spoken.
Yes,
I
have
called
him.
I
have
brought
him
and
he
shall
make
his
way
prosperous.
“Come
near
to
me
and
hear
this:
“From
the
beginning
I
have
not
spoken
in secret;
from
the
time
that
it
happened,
I
was
there.”
Now
the
Lord Yahweh
has
sent
me
with
his
Spirit.
Yahweh,
your
Redeemer,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
says:
“I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who
teaches
you
to
profit,
who
leads
you
by
the
way
that
you
should go.
Oh
that
you
had
listened
to
my
commandments!
Then
your
peace
would
have
been
like
a
river
and
your
righteousness
like
the
waves
of
the
sea.
Your
offspring also
would
have
been
as
the
sand
and
the
descendants
of
your
body
like
its
grains.
His
name
would
not
be
cut
off
nor
destroyed
from
before
me.”
Leave
Babylon!
Flee
from
the
Chaldeans!
With
a
voice
of
singing
announce
this,
tell
it
even
to
the
end
of
the
earth;
say, “Yahweh
has
redeemed
his
servant
Jacob!”
They
didn’t
thirst when
he led them
through
the
deserts.
He caused
the
waters
to
flow
out
of
the
rock
for them.
He also
split
the
rock
and
the
waters
gushed
out.
“There
is
no
peace”,
says
Yahweh, “for
the
wicked.”
Listen,
islands,
to
me.
Listen,
you
peoples,
from
afar:
Yahweh
has
called
me
from
the
womb;
from
the
inside
of
my
mother,
he
has
mentioned
my
name.
He
has
made
my
mouth
like
a
sharp
sword.
He
has
hidden
me
in
the
shadow
of
his
hand.
He
has
made
me
a polished
shaft.
He
has kept
me close
in
his
quiver.
He
said
to
me, “You
are
my
servant,
Israel,
in
whom
I
will
be
glorified.”
But
I
said, “I
have
labored
in
vain.
I
have
spent
my
strength
in
vain
for
nothing;
yet
surely
the
justice
due
to
me
is
with
Yahweh,
and
my
reward
with
my
God.”
Now
Yahweh,
he
who
formed
me
from
the
womb
to
be
his
servant,
says
to
bring
Jacob
again
to
him,
and
to
gather
Israel
to
him,
for
I
am
honorable
in
Yahweh’s
eyes,
and
my
God
has
become
my
strength.
Indeed,
he
says, “It
is too
light
a
thing
that
you
should
be
my
servant
to
raise
up
the
tribes
of
Jacob,
and
to
restore
the
preserved
of
Israel.
I
will
also
give
you
as
a
light
to
the
nations,
that
you
may
be
my
salvation
to
the
end
of
the
earth.”
Yahweh,
the
Redeemer
of
Israel,
and
his
Holy
One,
says
to
him
whom
man
despises,
to
him
whom
the
nation
abhors,
to
a
servant
of
rulers:
“Kings
shall
see
and
rise
up,
princes,
and
they
shall
worship,
because
of
Yahweh
who
is
faithful,
even
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
who
has
chosen
you.”
Yahweh
says, “I
have
answered
you
in
an
acceptable
time.
I
have
helped
you
in
a
day
of
salvation.
I
will
preserve
you
and
give
you
for
a
covenant
of
the
people,
to
raise
up
the
land,
to
make
them
inherit
the
desolate
heritage,
saying
to
those
who
are
bound, ‘Come
out!’;
to
those
who
are
in
darkness, ‘Show
yourselves!’
“They
shall
feed
along
the
paths,
and
their
pasture
shall
be
on
all treeless
heights.
They
shall
not
hunger
nor
thirst;
neither
shall
the
heat
nor
sun
strike
them,
for
he
who
has
mercy
on
them
will
lead
them.
He
will
guide
them
by
springs
of
water.
I
will
make
all
my
mountains
a
road,
and
my
highways
shall
be
exalted.
Behold,
these
shall
come
from
afar,
and
behold,
these
from
the
north
and
from
the
west,
and
these
from
the
land
of
Sinim.”
Sing,
heavens,
and
be
joyful,
earth!
Break
out
into
singing,
mountains!
For
Yahweh
has
comforted
his
people,
and
will
have
compassion
on
his
afflicted.
But
Zion
said, “Yahweh
has forsaken
me,
and
the
Lord
has
forgotten
me.”
“Can
a
woman
forget
her
nursing
child,
that
she
should
not
have
compassion
on
the
son
of
her
womb?
Yes,
these
may
forget,
yet
I
will
not
forget
you!
Behold,
I
have engraved
you
on
the
palms
of
my
hands.
Your
walls
are
continually
before
me.
Your
children
hurry.
Your
destroyers
and
those
who devastated
you
will
leave
you.
Lift
up
your
eyes
all
around,
and
see:
all
these
gather
themselves
together,
and
come
to
you.
As
I
live,”
says
Yahweh, “you
shall
surely
clothe
yourself
with
them
all
as
with
an ornament,
and
dress
yourself
with
them,
like
a
bride.
“For,
as
for
your
waste
and
your
desolate
places,
and
your
land
that
has
been
destroyed,
surely
now
that
land
will
be too small
for
the
inhabitants,
and
those
who
swallowed
you
up
will
be
far
away.
The
children
of
your bereavement
will
say
in
your
ears,
‘This
place
is
too small
for
me.
Give
me
a
place
to
live
in.’
Then
you
will
say
in
your
heart, ‘Who
has conceived
these
for
me,
since
I
have
been
bereaved
of
my
children
and
am
alone,
an
exile,
and wandering back
and
forth?
Who
has
brought
these
up?
Behold,
I
was
left
alone.
Where
were
these?’”
The
Lord Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
lift
up
my
hand
to
the
nations,
and
lift
up
my
banner
to
the
peoples.
They
shall
bring
your
sons
in
their
bosom,
and
your
daughters
shall
be
carried
on
their
shoulders.
Kings
shall
be
your foster fathers,
and
their queens
your
nursing mothers.
They
will
bow
down
to
you
with
their
faces
to
the
earth,
and
lick
the
dust
of
your
feet.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh;
and
those
who
wait
for
me
won’t
be
disappointed.”
Shall
the
plunder
be
taken
from
the
mighty,
or
the lawful
captives
be
delivered?
But
Yahweh
says, “Even
the
captives
of
the
mighty
shall
be
taken
away,
and
the
plunder retrieved
from
the fierce,
for
I
will
contend
with
him
who
contends
with
you
and
I
will
save
your
children.
I
will
feed
those
who
oppress
you
with
their own
flesh;
and
they
will
be
drunk
on
their own
blood,
as
with
sweet
wine.
Then
all
flesh
shall
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
am
your
Savior
and
your
Redeemer,
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.”
Yahweh
says, “Where
is
the bill
of
your
mother’s
divorce,
with
which
I
have
put
her
away?
Or
to
which
of
my
creditors
have
I
sold
you?
Behold,
you
were
sold
for
your
iniquities,
and
your
mother
was
put
away
for
your
transgressions.
Why,
when
I
came,
was
there
no
one?
When
I
called,
why
was
there
no
one
to
answer?
Is
my
hand
shortened
at
all,
that
it can’t redeem?
Or
have
I
no
power
to
deliver?
Behold,
at
my
rebuke
I
dry
up
the
sea.
I
make
the
rivers
a
wilderness.
Their
fish
stink
because
there
is
no
water,
and
die
of
thirst.
I
clothe
the
heavens
with
blackness.
I
make
sackcloth
their
covering.”
The
Lord Yahweh
has
given
me
the
tongue
of
those who
are
taught,
that
I
may
know
how
to
sustain
with
words
him who
is
weary.
He
awakens
morning
by
morning,
he
awakens
my
ear
to
hear
as
those who
are
taught.
The
Lord Yahweh
has
opened
my
ear.
I
was
not
rebellious.
I
have
not
turned
back.
I
gave
my back
to those
who
beat
me,
and
my
cheeks
to those
who plucked
off
the
hair.
I
didn’t
hide
my
face
from
shame
and
spitting.
For
the
Lord Yahweh
will
help
me.
Therefore
I
have
not
been
confounded.
Therefore
I
have
set
my
face
like
a
flint,
and
I
know
that
I
won’t
be
disappointed.
He
who
justifies
me
is
near.
Who
will
bring charges
against
me?
Let
us
stand
up
together.
Who
is
my adversary?
Let
him
come
near
to
me.
Behold,
the
Lord Yahweh
will
help
me!
Who
is
he
who
will
condemn
me?
Behold,
they
will
all grow
old
like
a
garment.
The moths
will
eat
them
up.
Who
among
you
fears
Yahweh
and
obeys
the
voice
of
his
servant?
He
who
walks
in
darkness
and
has
no
light,
let
him
trust
in
Yahweh’s
name,
and
rely
on
his
God.
Behold,
all
you
who
kindle
a
fire,
who adorn
yourselves
with torches
around
yourselves,
walk
in
the
flame
of
your
fire,
and among
the torches
that
you
have
kindled.
You
will
have
this
from
my
hand:
you
will
lie
down
in sorrow.
“Listen
to
me,
you
who
follow
after
righteousness,
you
who
seek
Yahweh.
Look
to
the
rock
you
were
cut
from,
and
to
the
quarry
you
were
dug
from.
Look
to
Abraham
your
father,
and
to
Sarah
who bore
you;
for
when
he
was
but
one
I
called
him,
I
blessed
him,
and
made
him
many.
For
Yahweh
has
comforted
Zion.
He
has
comforted
all
her
waste
places,
and
has
made
her
wilderness
like
Eden,
and
her
desert
like
the
garden
of
Yahweh.
Joy
and
gladness
will
be
found
in
them,
thanksgiving,
and
the
voice
of
melody.
“Listen
to
me,
my
people;
and
hear
me,
my
nation,
for
a
law
will
go
out
from
me,
and
I
will establish
my
justice
for
a
light
to
the
peoples.
My
righteousness
is
near.
My
salvation
has
gone
out,
and
my
arms
will
judge
the
peoples.
The
islands
will
wait
for
me,
and
they
will trust
my
arm.
Lift
up
your
eyes
to
the
heavens,
and
look
at
the
earth
beneath;
for
the
heavens
will vanish
away
like
smoke,
and
the
earth
will
wear
out
like
a
garment.
Its
inhabitants
will
die
in
the
same
way,
but
my
salvation
will
be
forever,
and
my
righteousness
will
not
be abolished.
“Listen
to
me,
you
who
know
righteousness,
the
people
in whose
heart
is
my
law.
Don’t
fear
the
reproach
of
men,
and
don’t
be
dismayed
at
their
insults.
For
the
moth
will
eat
them
up
like
a
garment,
and
the worm
will
eat
them
like
wool;
but
my
righteousness
will
be
forever,
and
my
salvation
to
all
generations.”
Awake,
awake,
put
on
strength,
arm
of
Yahweh!
Awake,
as
in
the
days
of
old,
the
generations
of
ancient
times.
Isn’t
it
you
who
cut
Rahab
in
pieces,
who
pierced
the
monster?
Isn’t
it
you
who dried
up
the
sea,
the
waters
of
the
great
deep;
who
made
the
depths
of
the
sea
a
way
for
the
redeemed
to
pass
over?
Those
ransomed
by
Yahweh
will
return,
and
come
with
singing
to
Zion.
Everlasting
joy
shall
be
on
their
heads.
They
will
obtain
gladness
and
joy.
Sorrow
and
sighing
shall
flee
away.
“I, even
I,
am
he
who
comforts
you.
Who
are
you,
that
you
are
afraid
of
man
who
shall
die,
and
of
the
son
of
man
who
will
be
made
as
grass?
Have
you
forgotten
Yahweh
your Maker,
who
stretched
out
the
heavens,
and
laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth?
Do
you
live
in
fear
continually
all
day
because
of
the
fury
of
the
oppressor,
when
he
prepares
to
destroy?
Where
is
the
fury
of
the
oppressor?
The captive
exile
will speedily
be freed.
He
will
not
die
and go
down into
the
pit.
His
bread
won’t
fail.
For
I
am
Yahweh
your
God,
who stirs
up
the
sea
so
that
its
waves
roar.
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name.
I
have
put
my
words
in
your
mouth
and
have
covered
you
in
the
shadow
of
my
hand,
that
I
may
plant
the
heavens,
and
lay
the
foundations
of
the
earth,
and
tell
Zion, ‘You
are
my
people.’”
Awake,
awake!
Stand
up,
Jerusalem,
you
who
have
drunk
from
Yahweh’s
hand
the
cup
of
his
wrath.
You
have drunken
the bowl
of
the
cup
of staggering,
and
drained
it.
There
is
no
one
to
guide
her among
all
the
sons
to whom she
has
given
birth;
and
there
is
no
one
who
takes
her
by
the
hand among
all
the
sons whom she
has
brought
up.
These
two
things
have
happened
to
you—
who
will
grieve
with
you?—
desolation
and
destruction,
and
famine
and
the
sword.
How
can
I
comfort
you?
Your
sons
have
fainted.
They
lie
at
the
head
of
all
the
streets,
like
an
antelope
in
a net.
They
are
full
of
Yahweh’s
wrath,
the
rebuke
of
your
God.
Therefore
now
hear
this,
you
afflicted,
and drunken,
but
not
with
wine:
Your
Lord
Yahweh,
your
God
who
pleads
the cause
of
his
people,
says,
“Behold,
I
have
taken
out
of
your
hand
the
cup
of staggering,
even
the bowl
of
the
cup
of
my
wrath.
You
will
not
drink
it
any
more.
I
will
put
it
into
the
hand
of
those
who afflict
you,
who
have
said
to
your
soul, ‘Bow
down,
that
we
may walk
over
you;’
and
you
have
laid
your back
as
the
ground,
like
a
street
to
those
who walk
over.”
Awake,
awake!
Put
on
your
strength,
Zion.
Put
on
your
beautiful
garments,
Jerusalem,
the
holy
city,
for
from
now
on
the
uncircumcised
and
the
unclean
will
no
more
come
into
you.
Shake
yourself
from
the
dust!
Arise,
sit
up,
Jerusalem!
Release
yourself
from
the
bonds
of
your
neck, captive
daughter
of
Zion!
For
Yahweh
says, “You were
sold
for
nothing;
and
you
will
be
redeemed
without
money.”
For
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“My
people
went
down
at
the
first
into
Egypt
to
live
there;
and
the Assyrian
has
oppressed
them
without
cause.
“Now
therefore,
what
do
I
do
here,”
says
Yahweh,
“seeing
that
my
people
are
taken
away
for
nothing?
Those
who
rule
over
them mock,”
says
Yahweh,
“and
my
name
is
blasphemed
continually
all
day
long.
Therefore
my
people
shall
know
my
name.
Therefore
they
shall
know
in
that
day
that
I
am
he
who
speaks.
Behold,
it
is
I.”
How beautiful
on
the
mountains
are
the
feet
of
him
who
brings
good
news,
who publishes
peace,
who
brings
good
news,
who
proclaims
salvation,
who
says
to
Zion, “Your
God
reigns!”
Your
watchmen
lift
up
their
voice.
Together
they
sing;
for
they
shall
see
eye
to
eye
when
Yahweh
returns
to
Zion.
Break out
into
joy!
Sing
together,
you
waste
places
of
Jerusalem;
for
Yahweh
has
comforted
his
people.
He
has
redeemed
Jerusalem.
Yahweh
has
made
his
holy
arm
bare
in
the
eyes
of
all
the
nations.
All
the
ends
of
the
earth
have
seen
the
salvation
of
our
God.
Depart!
Depart!
Go
out
from
there!
Touch
no
unclean
thing!
Go
out
from
among
her!
Cleanse
yourselves,
you
who
carry
Yahweh’s
vessels.
For
you
shall
not
go
out
in
haste,
neither
shall
you
go
by flight;
for
Yahweh
will
go
before
you,
and
the
God
of
Israel
will
be
your
rear
guard.
Behold,
my
servant
will
deal wisely.
He
will
be
exalted
and
lifted
up,
and
will
be
very
high.
Just
as
many
were
astonished
at
you—
his
appearance
was marred
more
than
any
man,
and
his
form
more
than
the
sons
of
men—
so
he
will cleanse
52:15
or, sprinkle
many
nations.
Kings
will
shut
their
mouths
at
him;
for
they
will
see
that
which
had
not
been
told
them,
and
they
will
understand
that
which
they
had
not
heard.
Who
has
believed
our
message?
To
whom
has
Yahweh’s
arm
been
revealed?
For
he
grew
up
before
him
as
a
tender plant,
and
as
a
root
out
of
dry
ground.
He
has
no good
looks
or
majesty.
When
we
see
him,
there
is
no beauty
that
we
should
desire
him.
He
was
despised
and rejected
by
men,
a
man
of suffering
and
acquainted
with
disease.
He
was
despised
as
one
from whom
men
hide
their
face;
and we
didn’t
respect
him.
Surely
he
has
borne
our
sickness
and
carried
our suffering;
yet
we
considered
him
plagued,
struck
by
God,
and
afflicted.
But
he
was
pierced
for
our
transgressions.
He
was
crushed
for
our
iniquities.
The
punishment
that brought
our
peace
was
on
him;
and
by
his
wounds we
are
healed.
All
we
like
sheep
have
gone
astray.
Everyone
has
turned
to
his
own
way;
and
Yahweh
has laid
on
him
the
iniquity
of
us
all.
He
was
oppressed,
yet when
he
was afflicted
he
didn’t
open
his
mouth.
As
a
lamb
that
is
led
to
the
slaughter,
and
as
a
sheep
that
before
its
shearers
is
silent,
so
he
didn’t
open
his
mouth.
He
was
taken
away
by
oppression
and
judgment.
As
for
his
generation,
who
considered
that
he
was
cut
off
out
of
the
land
of
the
living
and stricken
for
the disobedience
of
my
people?
They
made
his
grave
with
the
wicked,
and
with
a
rich
man
in
his
death,
although
he
had
done
no
violence,
nor
was
any
deceit
in
his
mouth.
Yet
it
pleased
Yahweh
to bruise
him.
He
has caused
him
to suffer.
When
you
make
his
soul
an
offering
for
sin,
he
will
see
his
offspring.
He
will
prolong
his
days
and
Yahweh’s
pleasure
will
prosper
in
his
hand.
After
the suffering
of
his
soul,
he
will
see
the light
53:11
So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits “the light”.
and
be
satisfied.
My
righteous
servant
will
justify
many
by
the
knowledge
of
himself;
and
he
will
bear
their
iniquities.
Therefore
I
will
give
him
a portion
with
the
great.
He
will
divide
the
plunder
with
the
strong,
because
he
poured
out
his
soul
to
death
and
was
counted
with
the
transgressors;
yet
he
bore
the
sins
of
many
and
made intercession
for
the
transgressors.
“Sing,
barren,
you
who
didn’t
give
birth!
Break out
into
singing,
and
cry
aloud,
you
who
didn’t travail
with
child!
For
more
are
the
children
of
the
desolate
than
the
children
of
the
married
wife,”
says
Yahweh.
“Enlarge
the
place
of
your
tent,
and
let
them
stretch
out
the
curtains
of
your habitations;
don’t
spare;
lengthen
your
cords,
and
strengthen
your
stakes.
For
you
will
spread
out
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left;
and
your
offspring
will
possess
the
nations
and
settle
in
desolate
cities.
“Don’t
be
afraid,
for
you
will
not
be
ashamed.
Don’t
be
confounded,
for
you
will
not
be
disappointed.
For
you
will
forget
the
shame
of
your
youth.
You
will
remember
the
reproach
of
your
widowhood
no
more.
For
your Maker
is
your
husband;
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name.
The
Holy
One
of
Israel
is
your
Redeemer.
He
will
be
called
the
God
of
the
whole
earth.
For
Yahweh
has
called
you
as
a
wife forsaken
and
grieved
in
spirit,
even
a
wife
of
youth,
when
she
is cast off,”
says
your
God.
“For
a
small
moment
I
have forsaken
you,
but
I
will
gather
you with
great
mercies.
In overflowing
wrath
I
hid
my
face
from
you
for
a
moment,
but
with
everlasting loving
kindness
I
will
have
mercy
on
you,”
says
Yahweh
your
Redeemer.
“For
this
is
like
the
waters
of
Noah
to
me;
for
as
I
have
sworn
that
the
waters
of
Noah
will no
more
go
over
the
earth,
so
I
have
sworn
that
I
will
not
be
angry
with
you, nor
rebuke
you.
For
the
mountains
may
depart,
and
the
hills
be
removed,
but
my loving
kindness
will
not
depart
from
you,
and
my
covenant
of
peace
will
not
be
removed,”
says
Yahweh
who
has
mercy
on
you.
“You
afflicted, tossed
with storms,
and
not
comforted,
behold,
I
will
set
your
stones
in beautiful colors,
and
lay
your
foundations
with
sapphires.
I
will
make
your pinnacles
of
rubies,
your
gates
of sparkling jewels,
and
all
your walls
of
precious
stones.
All
your
children
will
be
taught
by
Yahweh,
and
your
children’s
peace
will
be
great.
You
will
be
established
in
righteousness.
You
will
be
far
from
oppression,
for
you
will
not
be
afraid,
and
far
from
terror,
for
it
shall
not
come
near
you.
Behold,
they
may gather
together,
but
not
by
me.
Whoever gathers
together
against
you
will
fall
because
of
you.
“Behold,
I
have
created
the
blacksmith
who fans
the
coals
into
flame,
and forges
a
weapon
for
his
work;
and
I
have
created
the
destroyer
to
destroy.
No
weapon
that
is
formed
against
you
will prevail;
and
you
will
condemn
every
tongue
that
rises
against
you
in
judgment.
This
is
the
heritage
of
Yahweh’s
servants,
and
their
righteousness
is
of
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“Hey! Come,
everyone
who
thirsts,
to
the
waters!
Come,
he
who
has
no
money,
buy,
and
eat!
Yes, come,
buy
wine
and
milk
without
money
and
without
price.
Why
do
you
spend
money
for
that
which
is
not
bread,
and
your
labor
for
that
which
doesn’t
satisfy?
Listen
diligently
to
me,
and
eat
that
which
is
good,
and
let
your
soul
delight itself
in richness.
Turn
your
ear,
and come
to
me.
Hear,
and
your
soul
will
live.
I
will
make
an
everlasting
covenant
with
you, even
the
sure mercies
of
David.
Behold,
I
have
given
him
for
a
witness
to
the
peoples,
a
leader
and
commander
to
the
peoples.
Behold,
you
shall
call
a
nation
that
you
don’t
know;
and
a
nation
that
didn’t
know
you
shall
run
to
you,
because
of
Yahweh
your
God,
and
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel;
for
he
has
glorified
you.”
Seek
Yahweh
while
he
may
be
found.
Call
on
him
while
he
is
near.
Let
the
wicked
forsake
his
way,
and
the
unrighteous
man
his
thoughts.
Let
him
return
to
Yahweh,
and
he
will
have
mercy
on
him,
to
our
God,
for
he
will freely
pardon.
“For
my
thoughts
are
not
your
thoughts,
and
your
ways
are
not
my
ways,”
says
Yahweh.
“For
as
the
heavens
are
higher
than
the
earth,
so
are
my
ways
higher
than
your
ways,
and
my
thoughts
than
your
thoughts.
For
as
the
rain
comes
down
and
the
snow
from
the
sky,
and
doesn’t
return
there,
but
waters
the
earth,
and
makes
it
grow
and bud,
and
gives
seed
to
the
sower
and
bread
to
the
eater;
so
is
my
word
that
goes
out
of
my
mouth:
it
will
not
return
to
me void,
but
it
will
accomplish
that
which
I please,
and
it
will
prosper
in
the
thing
I
sent
it
to
do.
For
you
shall
go
out
with
joy,
and
be
led
out
with
peace.
The
mountains
and
the
hills
will
break
out
before
you
into
singing;
and
all
the
trees
of
the
fields
will
clap
their
hands.
Instead
of
the
thorn
the
cypress tree
will
come
up;
and
instead
of
the brier
the
myrtle tree
will
come
up.
It
will
make
a
name
for
Yahweh,
for
an
everlasting
sign
that
will
not
be
cut
off.”
Yahweh
says:
“Maintain
justice
and
do
what
is
right,
for
my
salvation
is
near
and
my
righteousness
will
soon
be
revealed.
Blessed
is
the
man
who
does
this,
and
the
son
of
man
who
holds
it
fast;
who
keeps
the
Sabbath without
profaning
it
and
keeps
his
hand
from
doing
any
evil.”
Let
no
foreigner
who
has
joined
himself
to
Yahweh
speak,
saying,
“Yahweh
will
surely
separate
me
from
his
people.”
Do
not
let
the
eunuch
say, “Behold,
I
am
a
dry
tree.”
For
Yahweh
says, “To
the
eunuchs
who
keep
my
Sabbaths,
choose
the
things
that please
me,
and
hold
fast
to
my
covenant,
I
will
give
them
in
my
house
and
within
my
walls
a
memorial
and
a
name
better
than
of
sons
and
of
daughters.
I
will
give
them
an
everlasting
name
that
will
not
be
cut
off.
Also
the
foreigners
who
join
themselves
to
Yahweh
to
serve
him,
and
to
love
Yahweh’s
name,
to
be
his
servants,
everyone
who
keeps
the
Sabbath
from
profaning
it,
and
holds
fast
my
covenant,
I
will
bring
these
to
my
holy
mountain,
and
make
them
joyful
in
my
house
of
prayer.
Their
burnt
offerings
and
their
sacrifices
will
be
accepted
on
my
altar;
for
my
house
will
be
called
a
house
of
prayer
for
all
peoples.”
The
Lord Yahweh,
who
gathers
the outcasts
of
Israel,
says,
“I
will
yet
gather others
to
him,
in
addition
to
his own
who
are
gathered.”
All
you
animals
of
the
field,
come
to
devour,
all
you
animals
in
the
forest.
His
watchmen
are
blind.
They
are
all
without
knowledge.
They
are
all
mute
dogs.
They
can’t
bark—
dreaming,
lying
down,
loving
to
slumber.
Yes,
the
dogs
are greedy.
They
can
never
have enough.
They
are
shepherds
who
can’t
understand.
They
have
all
turned
to
their
own
way,
each
one
to
his
gain,
from
every quarter.
“Come,”
they say, “I
will
get
wine,
and
we
will fill ourselves
with
strong
drink;
and
tomorrow
will
be
as
today,
great beyond
measure.”
The
righteous
perish,
and
no
one
lays
it
to
heart.
Merciful
men
are
taken
away,
and
no
one
considers
that
the
righteous
is
taken
away
from
the
evil.
He
enters
into
peace.
They
rest
in
their
beds,
each one
who
walks
in
his
uprightness.
“But
draw
near
here,
you
sons
of
a sorceress,
you
offspring
of
adulterers
and
prostitutes.
Whom
do
you mock?
Against
whom
do
you
make
a
wide
mouth
and
stick
out
your
tongue?
Aren’t
you
children
of disobedience
and
offspring
of
falsehood,
you
who
inflame
yourselves
among
the oaks,
under
every
green
tree;
who
kill
the
children
in
the
valleys,
under
the
clefts
of
the
rocks?
Among
the smooth stones
of
the
valley
is
your
portion.
They,
they
are
your
lot.
You
have
even
poured
a drink
offering
to
them.
You
have
offered
an
offering.
Shall
I
be
appeased
for
these
things?
On
a
high
and
lofty
mountain
you
have
set
your
bed.
You
also
went
up
there
to
offer
sacrifice.
You
have
set
up
your
memorial
behind
the
doors
and
the
posts,
for
you
have
exposed
yourself
to someone
besides
me,
and
have
gone
up.
You
have
enlarged
your
bed
and
made
you
a covenant
with
them.
You
loved
what
you
saw
on
their
bed.
You went
to
the
king
with
oil,
increased
your
perfumes,
sent
your ambassadors
far
off,
and degraded yourself
even
to
Sheol.
57:9
Sheol is the place of the dead.
You
were
wearied
with
the
length
of
your
ways;
yet
you
didn’t
say, ‘It
is
in vain.’
You
found
a reviving
of
your
strength;
therefore
you weren’t faint.
“Whom
have
you dreaded
and
feared,
so
that
you
lie,
and
have
not
remembered
me,
nor
laid
it
to
your
heart?
Haven’t
I held
my peace
for
a
long
time,
and
you
don’t
fear
me?
I
will
declare
your
righteousness;
and
as
for
your
works,
they
will
not
benefit
you.
When
you
cry,
let
those whom
you
have gathered
deliver
you,
but
the
wind
will
take
them.
A
breath
will
carry
them
all
away,
but
he
who
takes
refuge
in
me
will
possess
the
land,
and
will
inherit
my
holy
mountain.”
He
will
say, “Build
up,
build
up,
prepare
the
way!
Remove
the stumbling-block out
of
the
way
of
my
people.”
For
the
high
and
lofty
One
who inhabits eternity,
whose
name
is
Holy,
says:
“I
dwell
in
the
high
and
holy place,
with
him
also
who
is
of
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
forever,
neither
will
I
always
be
angry;
for
the
spirit
would faint
before
me,
and
the souls whom
I
have
made.
I
was
angry
because
of
the
iniquity
of
his covetousness
and
struck
him.
I
hid
myself
and
was
angry;
and
he went
on backsliding
in
the
way
of
his
heart.
I
have
seen
his
ways,
and
will
heal
him.
I
will
lead
him also,
and restore comforts
to
him
and
to
his
mourners.
I
create
the fruit
of
the
lips:
Peace,
peace,
to
him
who
is
far
off
and
to
him
who
is
near,”
says
Yahweh; “and
I
will
heal
them.”
But
the
wicked
are
like
the troubled
sea;
for
it
can’t
rest
and
its
waters cast
up
mire
and
mud.
“There
is
no
peace”,
says
my
God,
“for
the
wicked.”
“Cry
aloud!
Don’t
spare!
Lift
up
your
voice
like
a
trumpet!
Declare
to
my
people
their disobedience,
and
to
the
house
of
Jacob
their
sins.
Yet
they
seek
me
daily,
and
delight
to
know
my
ways.
As
a
nation
that
did
righteousness,
and
didn’t
forsake
the
ordinance
of
their
God,
they
ask
of
me
righteous
judgments.
They
delight
to draw
near
to
God.
‘Why
have
we
fasted,’
they say, ‘and
you
don’t
see?
Why
have
we afflicted
our
soul,
and
you
don’t
notice?’
“Behold,
in
the
day
of
your
fast
you
find
pleasure,
and
oppress
all
your laborers.
Behold,
you
fast
for
strife
and
contention,
and
to
strike
with
the
fist
of
wickedness.
You
don’t
fast
today
so
as
to
make
your
voice
to
be
heard
on
high.
Is
this
the
fast
that
I
have
chosen?
A
day
for
a
man
to humble
his
soul?
Is
it
to
bow
down
his
head
like
a
reed,
and
to
spread
sackcloth
and
ashes under
himself?
Will
you
call
this
a
fast,
and
an
acceptable
day
to
Yahweh?
“Isn’t
this
the
fast
that
I
have
chosen:
to
release
the
bonds
of
wickedness,
to undo
the straps
of
the
yoke,
to
let
the
oppressed
go
free,
and
that
you
break
every
yoke?
Isn’t
it
to distribute
your
bread
to
the
hungry,
and
that
you
bring
the
poor
who
are cast
out
to
your
house?
When
you
see
the
naked,
that
you
cover
him;
and
that
you
not
hide yourself
from
your own
flesh?
Then
your
light
will
break
out
as
the
morning,
and
your healing
will appear
quickly;
then
your
righteousness
shall
go
before
you,
and
Yahweh’s
glory
will
be
your
rear
guard.
Then
you
will
call,
and
Yahweh
will
answer.
You
will
cry
for
help,
and
he
will
say, ‘Here
I
am.’
“If
you
take
away
from
among
you
the
yoke,
finger
pointing,
and
speaking
wickedly;
and if
you pour out
your
soul
to
the
hungry,
and
satisfy
the afflicted
soul,
then
your
light
will
rise
in
darkness,
and
your
obscurity
will
be
as
the noonday;
and
Yahweh
will
guide
you
continually,
satisfy
your
soul
in dry
places,
and make
your
bones strong.
You
will
be
like
a
watered
garden,
and
like
a
spring
of
water
whose
waters
don’t
fail.
Those
who
will
be
of
you
will
build
the
old
waste
places.
You
will
raise
up
the
foundations
of
many
generations.
You
will
be
called
Repairer
of
the
Breach,
Restorer
of
Paths
with Dwellings.
“If
you
turn
away
your
foot
from
the
Sabbath,
from
doing
your
pleasure
on
my
holy
day,
and
call
the
Sabbath
a
delight,
and
the
holy
of
Yahweh
honorable,
and
honor
it,
not
doing
your own
ways,
nor
finding
your own
pleasure,
nor
speaking
your own
words,
then
you
will
delight
yourself
in
Yahweh,
and
I
will
make
you
to
ride
on
the
high
places
of
the
earth,
and
I
will
feed
you
with
the
heritage
of
Jacob
your
father;”
for
Yahweh’s
mouth
has
spoken
it.
Behold,
Yahweh’s
hand
is
not
shortened,
that
it
can’t
save;
nor
his
ear
dull,
that
it
can’t
hear.
But
your
iniquities
have
separated
you
and
your
God,
and
your
sins
have
hidden
his
face
from
you,
so
that
he
will
not
hear.
For
your
hands
are
defiled
with
blood,
and
your
fingers
with
iniquity.
Your
lips
have
spoken
lies.
Your
tongue
mutters
wickedness.
No
one
sues
in
righteousness,
and
no
one
pleads
in
truth.
They
trust
in
vanity
and
speak
lies.
They
conceive
mischief
and
give
birth
to
iniquity.
They
hatch adders’
eggs
and
weave
the
spider’s
web.
He who
eats
of
their
eggs
dies;
and
that which
is crushed
breaks
out into
a
viper.
Their
webs
won’t
become
garments.
They
won’t
cover
themselves
with
their
works.
Their
works
are
works
of
iniquity,
and acts
of
violence
are
in
their
hands.
Their
feet
run
to
evil,
and
they
hurry
to
shed
innocent
blood.
Their
thoughts
are
thoughts
of
iniquity.
Desolation
and
destruction
are
in
their paths.
They
don’t
know
the
way
of
peace;
and
there
is
no
justice
in
their
ways.
They
have
made
crooked
paths
for
themselves;
whoever goes
in
them
doesn’t
know
peace.
Therefore
justice
is
far
from
us,
and
righteousness
doesn’t
overtake
us.
We
look
for
light,
but
see
darkness;
for
brightness,
but
we
walk
in
obscurity.
We
grope
for
the
wall
like
the
blind.
Yes,
we
grope as
those
who
have
no
eyes.
We
stumble
at
noon as if
it
were
twilight.
Among
those
who
are strong,
we
are
like
dead
men.
We
all
roar
like
bears
and
moan
sadly
like
doves.
We
look
for
justice,
but
there
is
none,
for
salvation,
but
it
is
far
off
from
us.
For
our
transgressions
are
multiplied
before
you,
and
our
sins
testify
against
us;
for
our
transgressions
are
with
us,
and
as
for
our
iniquities,
we
know
them:
transgressing
and
denying
Yahweh,
and turning
away
from
following
our
God,
speaking
oppression
and
revolt,
conceiving
and
uttering
from
the
heart
words
of
falsehood.
Justice
is turned
away
backward,
and
righteousness
stands
far
away;
for
truth
has
fallen
in
the
street,
and uprightness
can’t
enter.
Yes,
truth
is lacking;
and
he
who departs
from
evil
makes himself
a prey.
Yahweh
saw
it,
and
it
displeased
him
that
there
was
no
justice.
He
saw
that
there
was
no
man,
and wondered
that
there
was
no intercessor.
Therefore
his
own
arm
brought
salvation
to
him;
and
his
righteousness
sustained
him.
He
put
on
righteousness as
a
breastplate,
and
a
helmet
of
salvation
on
his
head.
He
put
on
garments
of
vengeance
for
clothing,
and
was clad
with
zeal as
a
mantle.
According
to
their
deeds,
he
will
repay as appropriate:
wrath
to
his adversaries,
recompense
to
his
enemies.
He
will
repay
the
islands
their
due.
So
they
will
fear
Yahweh’s
name
from
the
west,
and
his
glory
from
the
rising
of
the
sun;
for
he
will
come
as
a rushing
stream,
which
Yahweh’s
breath
drives.
“A
Redeemer
will
come
to
Zion,
and
to those
who
turn
from disobedience
in
Jacob,”
says
Yahweh.
“As
for
me,
this
is
my
covenant
with
them,”
says
Yahweh. “My
Spirit
who
is
on
you,
and
my
words
which
I
have
put
in
your
mouth
shall
not
depart
out
of
your
mouth,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of
your
offspring,
nor
out
of
the
mouth
of
your
offspring’s
offspring,”
says
Yahweh, “from
now
on
and
forever.”
“Arise,
shine;
for
your
light
has
come,
and
Yahweh’s
glory
has
risen
on
you!
For
behold,
darkness
will
cover
the
earth,
and
thick
darkness
the
peoples;
but
Yahweh
will arise
on
you,
and
his
glory
shall
be
seen
on
you.
Nations
will
come
to
your
light,
and
kings
to
the
brightness
of
your
rising.
“Lift
up
your
eyes
all
around,
and
see:
they
all
gather
themselves
together.
They
come
to
you.
Your
sons
will
come
from
far
away,
and
your
daughters
will
be
carried
in
arms.
Then
you
shall
see
and
be radiant,
and
your
heart
will
thrill
and
be
enlarged;
because
the
abundance
of
the
sea
will
be
turned
to
you.
The
wealth
of
the
nations
will
come
to
you.
A
multitude
of
camels
will
cover
you,
the dromedaries
of
Midian
and
Ephah.
All
from
Sheba
will
come.
They
will
bring
gold
and
frankincense,
and
will
proclaim
the
praises
of
Yahweh.
All
the
flocks
of
Kedar
will
be
gathered
together
to
you.
The
rams
of
Nebaioth
will
serve
you.
They
will
be
accepted
as
offerings
on
my
altar;
and
I
will
beautify
my
glorious
house.
“Who
are
these
who
fly
as
a
cloud,
and
as
the
doves
to
their
windows?
Surely
the
islands
will
wait
for
me,
and
the
ships
of
Tarshish
first,
to
bring
your
sons
from
far
away,
their
silver
and
their
gold
with
them,
for
the
name
of
Yahweh
your
God,
and
for
the
Holy
One
of
Israel,
because
he
has
glorified
you.
“Foreigners
will
build
up
your
walls,
and
their
kings
will
serve
you;
for
in
my
wrath
I
struck
you,
but
in
my
favor
I
have
had
mercy
on
you.
Your
gates
also
shall
be
open
continually;
they
shall
not
be
shut
day
nor
night,
that men
may
bring
to
you
the
wealth
of
the
nations,
and
their
kings
led captive.
For
that
nation
and
kingdom
that
will
not
serve
you
shall
perish;
yes,
those
nations
shall
be
utterly wasted.
“The
glory
of
Lebanon shall
come
to
you,
the
cypress
tree,
the pine,
and
the
box
tree
together,
to
beautify
the
place
of
my
sanctuary;
and
I
will
make
the
place
of
my
feet
glorious.
The
sons
of
those
who
afflicted
you
will
come
bowing
to
you;
and
all
those
who
despised
you
will
bow
themselves
down
at
the
soles
of
your
feet.
They
will
call
you
Yahweh’s
City,
the
Zion
of
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
“Whereas
you
have
been forsaken
and
hated,
so
that
no
one
passed
through
you,
I
will
make
you
an
eternal excellency,
a
joy
of
many
generations.
You
will
also drink
the
milk
of
the
nations,
and
will
nurse
from
royal
breasts.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
am
your
Savior,
your
Redeemer,
the
Mighty
One
of
Jacob.
For
bronze
I
will
bring
gold;
for
iron
I
will
bring
silver;
for
wood,
bronze,
and
for
stones,
iron.
I
will
also
make
peace
your governor,
and
righteousness
your
ruler.
Violence
shall
no
more
be
heard
in
your
land,
nor desolation
or
destruction
within
your
borders;
but
you
will
call
your
walls
Salvation,
and
your
gates
Praise.
The
sun
will
be
no
more
your
light
by
day,
nor
will
the
brightness
of
the
moon
give
light
to
you,
but
Yahweh
will
be
your
everlasting
light,
and
your
God
will
be
your
glory.
Your
sun
will
not
go
down
any
more,
nor
will
your moon
withdraw itself;
for
Yahweh
will
be
your
everlasting
light,
and
the
days
of
your
mourning
will end.
Then
your
people
will
all
be
righteous.
They
will
inherit
the
land
forever,
the
branch
of
my
planting,
the
work
of
my
hands,
that
I
may
be
glorified.
The
little
one
will
become
a
thousand,
and
the
small
one
a
strong
nation.
I,
Yahweh,
will
do
this
quickly
in
its
time.”
The
Lord
Yahweh’s
Spirit
is
on
me,
because
Yahweh
has
anointed
me
to preach
good
news
to
the
humble.
He
has
sent
me
to
bind
up
the
broken hearted,
to
proclaim
liberty
to
the
captives
and
release
to
those
who
are
bound,
61:1
LXX and DSS add: recovery of sight to the blind
to
proclaim
the
year
of
Yahweh’s
favor
and
the
day
of
vengeance
of
our
God,
to
comfort
all
who
mourn,
to
provide
for those
who
mourn
in
Zion,
to
give
to
them
a garland
for
ashes,
the
oil
of
joy
for
mourning,
the garment
of
praise
for
the
spirit
of heaviness,
that
they
may
be
called trees
of
righteousness,
the
planting
of
Yahweh,
that
he
may
be
glorified.
They
will
rebuild
the
old
ruins.
They
will
raise
up
the
former
devastated
places.
They
will
repair
the
ruined
cities
that
have
been
devastated
for
many
generations.
Strangers
will
stand
and
feed
your
flocks.
Foreigners
will work
your fields
and
your vineyards.
But
you
will
be
called
Yahweh’s
priests.
Men
will
call
you
the
servants
of
our
God.
You
will
eat
the
wealth
of
the
nations.
You
will
boast
in
their
glory.
Instead
of
your
shame
you
will
have
double.
Instead
of
dishonor,
they
will
rejoice
in
their
portion.
Therefore
in
their
land
they
will
possess
double.
Everlasting
joy
will
be
to
them.
“For
I,
Yahweh,
love
justice.
I
hate
robbery
and iniquity.
I
will
give
them
their
reward
in
truth
and
I
will
make
an
everlasting
covenant
with
them.
Their
offspring
will
be
known
among
the
nations,
and
their
offspring
among
the
peoples.
All
who
see
them
will
acknowledge
them,
that
they
are
the
offspring
which
Yahweh
has
blessed.”
I
will
greatly
rejoice
in
Yahweh!
My
soul
will
be joyful
in
my
God,
for
he
has
clothed
me
with
the
garments
of
salvation.
He
has covered
me
with
the
robe
of
righteousness,
as
a bridegroom
decks
himself
with
a garland
and
as
a
bride adorns
herself
with
her
jewels.
For
as
the
earth
produces
its bud,
and
as
the
garden
causes
the
things
that
are
sown
in
it
to
spring
up,
so
the
Lord Yahweh
will cause
righteousness
and
praise
to
spring
up
before
all
the
nations.
For
Zion’s
sake
I
will
not hold
my
peace,
and
for
Jerusalem’s
sake
I
will
not
rest,
until
her
righteousness shines
out
like
the
dawn,
and
her
salvation
like
a
burning lamp.
The
nations
will
see
your
righteousness,
and
all
kings
your
glory.
You
will
be
called
by
a
new
name,
which
Yahweh’s
mouth
will
name.
You
will
also
be
a
crown
of
beauty
in
Yahweh’s
hand,
and
a
royal
diadem
in
your
God’s
hand.
You
will
not
be
called Forsaken
any
more,
nor
will
your
land
be
called
Desolate
any
more;
but
you
will
be
called
Hephzibah,
62:4
Hephzibah means “I delight in her”.
and
your
land Beulah;
62:4
Beulah means “married”
for
Yahweh
delights
in
you,
and
your
land
will
be
married.
For
as
a
young
man
marries
a
virgin,
so
your
sons
will
marry
you.
As
a bridegroom
rejoices
over
his
bride,
so
your
God
will
rejoice
over
you.
I
have set
watchmen
on
your
walls,
Jerusalem.
They
will
never
be
silent
day
nor
night.
You
who
call
on
Yahweh,
take
no
rest,
and
give
him
no
rest
until
he
establishes,
and
until
he
makes
Jerusalem
a
praise
in
the
earth.
Yahweh
has
sworn
by
his
right
hand,
and
by
the
arm
of
his
strength,
“Surely
I
will
no
more
give
your
grain
to
be
food
for
your
enemies,
and
foreigners
will
not
drink
your
new
wine,
for
which
you
have
labored,
but
those
who
have harvested
it
will
eat
it,
and
praise
Yahweh.
Those
who
have
gathered
it
will
drink
it
in
the courts
of
my
sanctuary.”
Go
through,
go
through
the
gates!
Prepare
the
way
of
the
people!
Build
up,
build
up
the
highway!
Gather
out
the
stones!
Lift
up
a
banner
for
the
peoples.
Behold,
Yahweh
has
proclaimed
to
the
end
of
the
earth:
“Say
to
the
daughter
of
Zion,
‘Behold,
your
salvation
comes!
Behold,
his
reward
is
with
him,
and
his
recompense
before
him!’”
They
will
call
them “The
Holy
People,
Yahweh’s
Redeemed”.
You
will
be
called “Sought Out,
A
City
Not Forsaken”.
Who
is
this
who
comes
from
Edom,
with dyed
garments
from
Bozrah?
Who
is
this
who
is glorious
in
his
clothing,
marching
in
the
greatness
of
his
strength?
“It
is
I
who
speak
in
righteousness,
mighty
to
save.”
Why
is your
clothing
red,
and your
garments like him
who
treads
in
the
wine vat?
“I
have
trodden
the wine press
alone.
Of
the
peoples,
no
one
was
with
me.
Yes,
I
trod
them
in
my
anger
and
trampled
them
in
my
wrath.
Their
lifeblood
is sprinkled
on
my
garments,
and
I
have
stained
all
my
clothing.
For
the
day
of
vengeance
was
in
my
heart,
and
the
year
of
my
redeemed
has
come.
I
looked,
and
there
was
no
one
to
help;
and
I wondered
that
there
was
no
one
to
uphold.
Therefore
my own
arm
brought
salvation
to
me.
My own
wrath
upheld
me.
I
trod
down
the
peoples
in
my
anger
and
made
them
drunk
in
my
wrath.
I
poured
their
lifeblood out
on
the
earth.”
I
will
tell
of
the loving kindnesses
of
Yahweh
and
the
praises
of
Yahweh,
according
to
all
that
Yahweh
has given
to
us,
and
the
great
goodness
toward
the
house
of
Israel,
which
he
has given
to
them
according
to
his
mercies,
and
according
to
the
multitude
of
his loving kindnesses.
For
he
said, “Surely,
they
are
my
people,
children
who
will
not
deal
falsely;”
so
he
became
their
Savior.
In
all
their affliction
he
was afflicted,
and
the
angel
of
his
presence
saved
them.
In
his
love
and
in
his pity
he
redeemed
them.
He
bore
them,
and
carried
them
all
the
days
of
old.
But
they
rebelled
and
grieved
his
Holy
Spirit.
Therefore
he
turned
and
became
their
enemy,
and
he
himself
fought
against
them.
Then
he
remembered
the
days
of
old,
Moses
and
his
people, saying,
“Where
is
he who
brought
them
up
out
of
the
sea
with
the
shepherds
of
his
flock?
Where
is
he who
put
his
Holy
Spirit
among
them?”
Who caused
his
glorious
arm
to
be
at
Moses’
right
hand?
Who
divided
the
waters
before
them,
to
make
himself
an
everlasting
name?
Who led them through
the
depths,
like
a
horse
in
the
wilderness,
so
that
they
didn’t
stumble?
As
the
livestock
that
go
down
into
the
valley,
Yahweh’s
Spirit caused
them
to
rest.
So
you
led
your
people
to
make yourself
a
glorious
name.
Look
down
from
heaven,
and
see
from
the
habitation
of
your
holiness
and
of
your
glory.
Where
are
your
zeal
and
your
mighty
acts?
The yearning
of
your
heart
and
your
compassion
is
restrained
toward
me.
For
you
are
our
Father,
though
Abraham
doesn’t
know
us,
and
Israel
does
not
acknowledge
us.
You,
Yahweh,
are
our
Father.
Our
Redeemer
from
everlasting
is
your
name.
O
Yahweh,
why
do
you
make
us
wander
from
your
ways,
and
harden
our
heart
from
your
fear?
Return
for
your
servants’
sake,
the
tribes
of
your
inheritance.
Your
holy
people
possessed
it
but
a
little
while.
Our adversaries have
trodden
down
your
sanctuary.
We
have
become
like
those
over
whom
you
never
ruled,
like
those
who
were
not
called
by
your
name.
Oh
that
you
would tear
the heavens,
that
you
would
come
down,
that
the mountains might
quake
at
your
presence—
as
when fire kindles
the brushwood,
and
the fire causes
the water
to boil.
Make
your name
known
to
your adversaries,
that
the nations
may tremble
at
your
presence!
When
you
did awesome
things
which
we
didn’t
look
for,
you came down,
and
the mountains quaked
at
your
presence.
For
from
of
old
men
have
not heard,
nor perceived
by
the ear,
nor
has
the eye seen
a God besides
you,
who
works
for
him
who waits
for
him.
You meet
him
who rejoices
and does
righteousness,
those
who remember
you
in
your ways.
Behold,
you
were angry,
and
we sinned.
We
have
been
in
sin
for
a long
time.
Shall
we
be saved?
For
we
have
all
become
like
one
who
is unclean,
and
all
our righteousness
is
like
a polluted garment.
We
all fade
like
a leaf;
and
our
iniquities,
like
the wind,
take
us
away.
There
is
no
one
who calls
on
your name,
who stirs
himself
up
to take hold
of
you;
for
you
have hidden
your face
from
us,
and
have consumed
us
by
means
of
our iniquities.
But
now,
Yahweh,
you
are
our Father.
We
are
the clay
and
you
our potter.
We
all
are
the work
of
your hand.
Don’t
be furious, Yahweh.
Don’t remember iniquity forever.
Look
and see, we beg
you,
we
are all
your people.
Your
holy cities
have
become
a wilderness.
Zion
has
become
a wilderness,
Jerusalem
a
desolation.
Our holy
and
our beautiful house
where
our fathers praised
you
is burned
with fire.
All
our pleasant places
are
laid waste.
Will you hold yourself back for these things, Yahweh?
Will you keep silent and punish us very severely?
“I
am
inquired
of
by those
who
didn’t
ask.
I
am
found
by those
who
didn’t
seek
me.
I
said, ‘See
me,
see
me,’
to
a
nation
that
was
not
called
by
my
name.
I
have
spread
out
my
hands
all
day
to
a
rebellious
people,
who
walk
in
a
way
that
is
not
good,
after
their own
thoughts;
a
people who
provoke
me
to
my
face
continually,
sacrificing
in
gardens,
and
burning
incense
on
bricks;
who
sit
among
the
graves,
and
spend nights
in
secret
places;
who
eat pig’s
meat,
and broth
of abominable
things
is
in
their
vessels;
who
say, ‘Stay
by
yourself,
don’t
come
near
to
me,
for
I am
holier
than
you.’
These
are
smoke
in
my
nose,
a
fire
that
burns
all
day.
“Behold,
it
is
written
before
me:
I
will
not
keep silence,
but
will
repay,
yes,
I
will
repay
into
their
bosom
your own
iniquities
and
the
iniquities
of
your
fathers
together”,
says
Yahweh,
“who
have
burned
incense
on
the
mountains,
and blasphemed
me
on
the
hills.
Therefore
I
will
first
measure
their
work
into
their
bosom.”
Yahweh
says,
“As
the
new
wine
is
found
in
the
cluster,
and
one
says, ‘Don’t
destroy
it,
for
a
blessing
is
in
it:’
so
I
will
do
for
my
servants’
sake,
that
I
may
not
destroy
them
all.
I
will
bring
offspring
out
of
Jacob,
and
out
of
Judah
an inheritor
of
my
mountains.
My
chosen
will
inherit
it,
and
my
servants
will
dwell
there.
Sharon
will
be
a fold
of
flocks,
and
the
valley
of
Achor
a
place
for
herds
to
lie down
in,
for
my
people
who
have
sought
me.
“But
you
who
forsake
Yahweh,
who
forget
my
holy
mountain,
who
prepare
a
table
for Fortune,
and
who
fill
up
mixed
wine
to
Destiny;
I
will
destine
you
to
the
sword,
and
you
will
all
bow
down
to
the
slaughter;
because
when
I
called,
you
didn’t
answer.
When
I
spoke,
you
didn’t
listen;
but
you
did
that
which
was
evil
in
my
eyes,
and
chose
that
in
which
I
didn’t
delight.”
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says,
“Behold,
my
servants
will
eat,
but
you
will
be
hungry;
behold,
my
servants
will
drink,
but
you
will
be
thirsty.
Behold,
my
servants
will
rejoice,
but
you
will
be
disappointed.
Behold,
my
servants
will
sing
for
joy
of
heart,
but
you
will
cry
for
sorrow
of
heart,
and
will
wail
for anguish
of
spirit.
You
will
leave
your
name
for
a
curse
to
my
chosen,
and
the
Lord Yahweh
will
kill
you.
He
will
call
his
servants
by
another
name,
so
that
he
who
blesses himself
in
the
earth
will
bless himself
in
the
God
of
truth;
and
he
who
swears
in
the
earth
will
swear
by
the
God
of
truth;
because
the
former troubles
are
forgotten,
and
because
they
are
hidden
from
my
eyes.
“For,
behold,
I
create
new
heavens
and
a
new
earth;
and
the
former
things
will
not
be
remembered,
nor
come
into
mind.
But
be
glad
and
rejoice
forever
in
that
which
I
create;
for,
behold,
I
create
Jerusalem
to
be
a
delight,
and
her
people
a
joy.
I
will
rejoice
in
Jerusalem,
and
delight
in
my
people;
and
the
voice
of
weeping
and
the
voice
of
crying
will
be
heard
in
her
no
more.
“No
more
will
there
be
an
infant
who only
lives
a few
days,
nor
an
old
man
who
has
not
filled
his
days;
for
the
child
will
die
one
hundred
years
old,
and
the
sinner
being
one
hundred
years
old
will
be
accursed.
They
will
build
houses
and
inhabit
them.
They
will
plant
vineyards
and
eat
their
fruit.
They
will
not
build
and
another
inhabit.
They
will
not
plant
and
another
eat;
for
the
days
of
my
people
will
be
like
the
days
of
a
tree,
and
my
chosen
will
long enjoy
the
work
of
their
hands.
They
will
not
labor
in vain
nor
give
birth
for
calamity;
for
they
are
the
offspring
of
Yahweh’s
blessed
and
their
descendants
with
them.
It
will
happen
that
before
they
call,
I
will
answer;
and
while
they
are
yet
speaking,
I
will
hear.
The
wolf
and
the
lamb
will
feed
together.
The
lion
will
eat
straw
like
the
ox.
Dust
will
be
the
serpent’s
food.
They
will
not hurt
nor
destroy
in
all
my
holy
mountain,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
says:
“Heaven
is
my
throne,
and
the
earth
is
my footstool.
What kind
of
house
will
you
build
to
me?
Where
will
I
rest?
For
my
hand
has
made
all
these
things,
and
so
all
these
things
came
to
be,”
says
Yahweh:
“but
I
will
look
to
this
man,
even
to
he
who
is
poor
and
of
a
contrite
spirit,
and
who trembles
at
my
word.
He
who
kills
an
ox
is
as
he
who
kills
a
man;
he
who
sacrifices
a
lamb,
as
he
who
breaks
a
dog’s
neck;
he
who
offers
an
offering,
as
he
who
offers pig’s
blood;
he
who
burns
frankincense,
as
he
who
blesses
an
idol.
Yes,
they
have
chosen
their
own
ways,
and
their
soul
delights
in
their
abominations.
I
also
will
choose
their delusions,
and
will
bring
their fears
on
them,
because
when
I
called,
no
one
answered;
when
I
spoke,
they
didn’t
listen,
but
they
did
that
which
was
evil
in
my
eyes,
and
chose
that
in
which
I
didn’t
delight.”
Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
you
who tremble
at
his
word:
“Your
brothers
who
hate
you,
who cast
you
out
for
my
name’s
sake,
have
said,
‘Let
Yahweh
be
glorified,
that
we
may
see
your
joy;’
but
it
is
those
who
shall
be
disappointed.
A
voice
of
tumult
from
the
city,
a
voice
from
the
temple,
a
voice
of
Yahweh
that
repays
his
enemies
what
they deserve.
“Before
she travailed,
she
gave
birth.
Before
her pain
came,
she
delivered
a son.
Who
has
heard
of
such
a
thing?
Who
has
seen
such
things?
Shall
a
land
be
born
in
one
day?
Shall
a
nation
be
born
at
once?
For
as
soon
as
Zion travailed,
she
gave
birth
to
her
children.
Shall
I
bring
to
the
birth,
and
not cause
to
be
delivered?”
says
Yahweh.
“Shall
I
who cause
to
give
birth
shut
the womb?”
says
your
God.
“Rejoice
with
Jerusalem,
and
be
glad
for
her,
all
you
who
love
her.
Rejoice
for
joy
with
her,
all
you
who
mourn
over
her;
that you
may
nurse
and
be
satisfied at
the
comforting
breasts;
that you
may
drink deeply,
and
be
delighted
with
the
abundance
of
her
glory.”
For
Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
extend
peace
to
her
like
a
river,
and
the
glory
of
the
nations
like
an
overflowing
stream,
and
you
will
nurse.
You
will
be
carried
on
her
side,
and
will
be dandled
on
her
knees.
As
one
whom
his
mother
comforts,
so
I
will
comfort
you.
You
will
be
comforted
in
Jerusalem.”
You
will
see
it,
and
your
heart
shall
rejoice,
and
your
bones
will flourish
like
the
tender
grass.
Yahweh’s
hand
will
be
known
among
his
servants;
and
he
will
have
indignation
against
his
enemies.
For,
behold,
Yahweh
will
come
with
fire,
and
his
chariots
will
be
like
the whirlwind;
to
render
his
anger
with fierceness,
and
his
rebuke
with
flames
of
fire.
For
Yahweh
will
execute
judgment
by
fire
and
by
his
sword
on
all
flesh;
and
those
slain
by
Yahweh
will
be
many.
“Those
who
sanctify
themselves
and
purify
themselves
to go
to
the
gardens,
following
one
in
the
middle,
eating pig’s
meat, abominable
things,
and
the
mouse,
they
shall
come
to
an
end
together,”
says
Yahweh.
“For
I know
their
works
and
their
thoughts.
The time
comes
that
I
will
gather
all
nations
and
languages,
and
they
will
come,
and
will
see
my
glory.
“I
will
set
a
sign
among
them,
and
I
will
send
those
who
escape
of
them
to
the
nations,
to
Tarshish,
Pul,
and
Lud,
who
draw
the
bow,
to
Tubal
and
Javan,
to far-away
islands,
who
have
not
heard
my
fame,
nor
have
seen
my
glory;
and
they
shall
declare
my
glory
among
the
nations.
They
shall
bring
all
your
brothers
out
of
all
the
nations
for
an
offering
to
Yahweh,
on
horses,
in
chariots,
in litters,
on
mules,
and
on
camels,
to
my
holy
mountain
Jerusalem,
says
Yahweh,
as
the
children
of
Israel
bring
their
offering
in
a
clean
vessel
into
Yahweh’s
house.
Of
them
I
will
also
select
priests
and
Levites,”
says
Yahweh.
“For
as
the
new
heavens
and
the
new
earth,
which
I
will
make,
shall
remain
before
me,”
says
Yahweh, “so
your
offspring
and
your
name
shall
remain.
It
shall
happen
that
from
one
new
moon
to another,
and
from
one
Sabbath
to another,
all
flesh
will
come
to
worship
before
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“They
will
go
out,
and
look
at
the
dead
bodies
of
the
men
who
have
transgressed
against
me;
for
their worm
will
not
die,
nor
will
their
fire
be
quenched,
and
they
will
be loathsome
to
all
mankind.”
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Jeremiah
The Book of
Jeremiah
The
words
of
Jeremiah
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
one
of
the
priests
who
were
in
Anathoth
in
the
land
of
Benjamin.
Yahweh’s
1:2
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
came
to
him
in
the
days
of
Josiah
the
son
of
Amon,
king
of
Judah,
in
the thirteenth
year
of
his
reign.
It
came
also
in
the
days
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
to
the
end
of
the
eleventh
year
of
Zedekiah,
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
to
the carrying
away
of
Jerusalem
captive
in
the
fifth
month.
Now
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Before
I
formed
you
in
the
womb,
I
knew
you.
Before
you
were born,
I
sanctified
you.
I
have
appointed
you
a
prophet
to
the
nations.”
Then
I
said, “Ah,
Lord
1:6
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Yahweh!
Behold,
1:6
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
don’t
know
how
to
speak;
for
I
am
a
child.”
But
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Don’t
say, ‘I
am
a
child;’
for
you
must
go
to
whomever
I
send
you,
and
you
must
say
whatever
I
command
you.
Don’t
be
afraid
because
of
them,
for
I
am
with
you
to
rescue
you,”
says
Yahweh.
Then
Yahweh
stretched
out
his
hand
and
touched
my
mouth.
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Behold,
I
have
put
my
words
in
your
mouth.
Behold,
I
have
today
set
you
over
the
nations
and
over
the
kingdoms,
to
uproot
and
to
tear
down,
to
destroy
and
to
overthrow,
to
build
and
to
plant.”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying, “Jeremiah,
what
do
you
see?”
I
said, “I
see
a branch
of
an
almond
tree.”
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “You
have
seen
well;
for
I
watch
over
my
word
to
perform
it.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me
the
second
time,
saying, “What
do
you
see?”
I
said, “I
see
a
boiling cauldron;
and
it
is tipping away
from
the
north.”
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Out
of
the
north,
evil
will break
out
on
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land.
For
behold,
I
will
call
all
the
families
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
north,”
says
Yahweh.
“They
will
come,
and
they
will
each
set
his
throne
at
the
entrance
of
the
gates
of
Jerusalem,
and
against
all
its
walls
all
around,
and
against
all
the
cities
of
Judah.
I
will
utter
my
judgments
against
them
concerning
all
their
wickedness,
in
that
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have
burned
incense
to
other
gods,
and
worshiped
the
works
of
their own
hands.
“You
therefore
put
your belt
on
your
waist,
arise,
and
say
to
them
all
that
I
command
you.
Don’t
be
dismayed
at
them,
lest
I
dismay
you
before
them.
For
behold,
I
have
made
you
today
a
fortified
city,
an
iron
pillar,
and
bronze
walls
against
the
whole
land—against
the
kings
of
Judah,
against
its
princes,
against
its
priests,
and
against
the
people
of
the
land.
They
will
fight
against
you,
but
they
will
not
prevail
against
you;
for
I
am
with
you”,
says
Yahweh, “to
rescue
you.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Go
and
proclaim
in
the
ears
of
Jerusalem,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says,
“I
remember
for
you
the
kindness
of
your
youth,
your
love
as
a bride,
how
you
went
after
me
in
the
wilderness,
in
a
land
that
was
not
sown.
Israel
was
holiness
to
Yahweh,
the
first
fruits
of
his
increase.
All
who
devour
him
will
be
held
guilty.
Evil
will
come
on
them,”’
says
Yahweh.”
Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
O
house
of
Jacob,
and
all
the
families
of
the
house
of
Israel!
Yahweh
says,
“What
unrighteousness
have
your
fathers
found
in
me,
that
they
have
gone
far
from
me,
and
have walked
after
worthless
vanity,
and
have become
worthless?
They
didn’t
say, ‘Where
is
Yahweh
who
brought
us
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
who led
us
through
the
wilderness,
through
a
land
of
deserts
and
of
pits,
through
a
land
of
drought
and
of
the
shadow
of
death,
through
a
land
that
no
one
passed
through,
and
where
no
man
lived?’
I
brought
you
into
a plentiful
land
to
eat
its
fruit
and
its
goodness;
but
when
you
entered,
you
defiled
my
land,
and
made
my
heritage
an
abomination.
The
priests
didn’t
say, ‘Where
is
Yahweh?’
and
those
who
handle
the
law
didn’t
know
me.
The
rulers
also
transgressed
against
me,
and
the
prophets
prophesied
by
Baal
and
followed
things
that do
not
profit.
“Therefore
I
will
yet
contend
with
you,”
says
Yahweh,
“and
I
will
contend
with
your
children’s
children.
For
pass
over
to
the
islands
of
Kittim,
and
see.
Send
to
Kedar,
and
consider
diligently,
and
see
if
there
has
been
such
a
thing.
Has
a
nation
changed
its
gods,
which
really
are
no
gods?
But
my
people
have
changed
their
glory
for
that
which
doesn’t
profit.
“Be
astonished,
you
heavens,
at
this
and
be horribly afraid.
Be
very
desolate,”
says
Yahweh.
“For
my
people
have
committed
two evils:
they
have forsaken
me,
the
spring
of
living
waters,
and
cut
out
cisterns
for
themselves:
broken
cisterns
that
can’t
hold
water.
Is
Israel
a
slave?
Is
he
born
into
slavery?
Why
has
he
become
a captive?
The
young
lions
have
roared
at
him
and
raised
their
voices.
They
have
made
his
land
waste.
His
cities
are
burned
up,
without
inhabitant.
The
children
also
of
Memphis
and
Tahpanhes
have broken
the
crown
of
your
head.
“Haven’t
you
brought
this
on yourself,
in
that
you
have forsaken
Yahweh
your
God,
2:17
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
when
he led
you
by
the
way?
Now
what
do
you gain
by going
to
Egypt,
to
drink
the
waters
of
the
Shihor?
Or
why
do
you
to go
on
the
way
to
Assyria,
to
drink
the
waters
of
the
River?
2:18
i.e., the Euphrates River
“Your own
wickedness
will
correct
you,
and
your backsliding
will
rebuke
you.
Know
therefore
and
see
that
it
is
an
evil
and
bitter
thing,
that
you
have forsaken
Yahweh
your
God,
and
that
my fear
is
not
in
you,”
says
the
Lord,
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“For
long
ago
I
broke
off
your
yoke,
and
burst
your
bonds.
You
said, ‘I
will
not
serve;’
for
on
every
high
hill
and
under
every
green
tree
you bowed
yourself,
playing
the
prostitute.
Yet
I
had
planted
you
a noble
vine,
a pure
and
faithful
seed.
How
then
have
you
turned
into
the degenerate branches
of
a
foreign
vine
to
me?
For
though
you
wash
yourself
with
lye,
and use
much
soap,
yet
your
iniquity
is marked
before
me,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“How
can
you
say, ‘I
am
not
defiled.
I
have
not
gone
after
the Baals’?
See
your
way
in
the
valley.
Know
what
you
have
done.
You
are
a
swift dromedary traversing
her
ways,
a
wild
donkey
used
to
the
wilderness,
that sniffs
the
wind
in
her craving.
When
she
is
in heat,
who
can
turn
her
away?
All
those
who
seek
her
will
not
weary
themselves.
In
her
month,
they
will
find
her.
“Keep
your
feet
from being bare,
and
your throat
from
thirst.
But
you
said, ‘It
is
in vain.
No,
for
I
have
loved
strangers,
and
I
will go
after
them.’
As
the
thief
is
ashamed
when
he
is
found,
so
the
house
of
Israel
is
ashamed—
they,
their
kings,
their
princes,
their
priests,
and
their
prophets,
who
tell
wood, ‘You
are
my
father,’
and
a
stone, ‘You
have
given
birth
to
me,’
for
they
have
turned
their
back
to
me,
and
not
their
face,
but
in
the
time
of
their
trouble
they
will
say, ‘Arise,
and
save
us!’
“But
where
are
your
gods
that
you
have
made
for yourselves?
Let
them
arise,
if
they
can
save
you
in
the
time
of
your
trouble,
for
you
have
as
many
gods
as
you
have
towns,
O
Judah.
“Why
will
you
contend
with
me?
You
all
have
transgressed
against
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
have
struck
your
children
in
vain.
They
received
no
correction.
Your own
sword
has
devoured
your
prophets,
like
a
destroying
lion.
Generation,
consider
Yahweh’s
word.
Have
I
been
a
wilderness
to
Israel?
Or
a
land
of
thick
darkness?
Why
do
my
people
say, ‘We
have broken loose.
We
will
come
to
you
no more’?
“Can
a
virgin
forget
her
ornaments,
or
a
bride
her
attire?
Yet
my
people
have
forgotten
me
for
days
without
number.
How
well
you
prepare
your
way
to
seek
love!
Therefore
you
have
even
taught
the
wicked women
your
ways.
Also
the
blood
of
the
souls
of
the
innocent
poor
is
found
in
your
skirts.
You
didn’t
find
them
breaking
in,
but
it
is
because
of
all
these
things.
“Yet
you
said, ‘I
am
innocent.
Surely
his
anger
has
turned
away
from
me.’
“Behold,
I
will
judge
you,
because
you
say, ‘I
have
not
sinned.’
Why
do
you
go
about
so
much
to change
your
ways?
You
will
be
ashamed
of
Egypt
also,
as
you
were
ashamed
of
Assyria.
You
will
also
leave
that
place
with
your
hands
on
your
head;
for
Yahweh
has
rejected
those
in
whom
you
trust,
and
you
won’t
prosper
with
them.
“They
say, ‘If
a
man
puts
away
his
wife,
and
she
goes
from
him,
and
becomes
another
man’s,
should
he
return
to
her
again?’ Wouldn’t
that
land
be greatly
polluted?
But
you
have
played
the
prostitute
with
many
lovers;
yet
return
again
to
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“Lift
up
your
eyes
to
the
bare
heights,
and
see!
Where
have
you
not
been lain
with?
You
have
sat waiting
for
them
by
the
road,
as
an Arabian
in
the
wilderness.
You
have
polluted
the
land
with
your
prostitution
and
with
your
wickedness.
Therefore
the
showers
have
been
withheld
and
there
has
been
no
latter
rain;
yet
you
have
had
a prostitute’s
forehead
and
you
refused
to
be
ashamed.
Will
you
not
from
this
time
cry
to
me, ‘My
Father,
you
are
the guide
of
my
youth!’?
“‘Will
he retain
his anger
forever?
Will
he
keep
it
to
the
end?’
Behold,
you
have
spoken
and
have
done
evil things,
and
have
had
your
way.”
Moreover,
Yahweh
said
to
me
in
the
days
of
Josiah
the
king, “Have
you
seen
that
which backsliding
Israel
has
done?
She
has
gone
up
on
every
high
mountain
and
under
every
green
tree,
and
has
played
the
prostitute
there.
I
said
after
she
had
done
all
these
things, ‘She
will
return
to
me;’
but
she
didn’t
return,
and
her
treacherous
sister
Judah
saw
it.
I
saw
when,
for
this
very
cause,
that backsliding
Israel
had
committed
adultery,
I
had
put
her
away
and
given
her
a
certificate
of
divorce,
yet
treacherous
Judah,
her
sister,
had
no
fear,
but
she
also
went
and
played
the
prostitute.
Because she
took
her
prostitution lightly,
the
land
was
polluted,
and she
committed
adultery
with
stones
and
with
wood.
Yet
for
all
this
her
treacherous
sister,
Judah,
has
not
returned
to
me
with
her
whole
heart,
but
only
in pretense,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Backsliding
Israel
has shown
herself
more
righteous than
treacherous
Judah.
Go,
and
proclaim
these
words
toward
the
north,
and
say, ‘Return,
you backsliding
Israel,’
says
Yahweh; ‘I
will
not
look
in
anger
on
you,
for
I
am
merciful,’
says
Yahweh. ‘I
will
not
keep
anger
forever.
Only
acknowledge
your
iniquity,
that
you
have
transgressed
against
Yahweh
your
God,
and
have
scattered
your
ways
to
the
strangers
under
every
green
tree,
and
you
have
not
obeyed
my
voice,’”
says
Yahweh.
“Return, backsliding
children,”
says
Yahweh, “for
I
am
a
husband
to
you.
I
will
take
one
of
you
from
a
city,
and
two
from
a
family,
and
I
will
bring
you
to
Zion.
I
will
give
you
shepherds according
to
my
heart,
who
will
feed
you
with
knowledge
and
understanding.
It
will
come
to
pass,
when
you
are
multiplied
and
increased
in
the
land
in
those
days,”
says
Yahweh, “they
will
no
longer
say, ‘the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant!’
It
will
not
come
to
mind.
They
won’t
remember
it.
They
won’t
miss
it,
nor
will
another
be
made.
At
that
time
they
will
call
Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s
Throne;’
and
all
the
nations
will
be
gathered
to
it,
to
Yahweh’s
name,
to
Jerusalem.
They
will
no
longer walk
after
the
stubbornness
of
their
evil
heart.
In
those
days
the
house
of
Judah
will walk
with
the
house
of
Israel,
and
they
will
come
together
out
of
the
land
of
the
north
to
the
land
that
I
gave
for
an
inheritance
to
your
fathers.
“But
I
said, ‘How
I
desire
to
put
you
among
the
children,
and
give
you
a
pleasant
land,
a goodly
heritage
of
the
armies
of
the
nations!’
and
I
said, ‘You
shall
call
me “My
Father”,
and
shall
not
turn
away
from
following
me.’
“Surely
as
a
wife
treacherously departs
from
her
husband,
so
you
have
dealt
treacherously
with
me,
house
of
Israel,”
says
Yahweh.
A
voice
is
heard
on
the
bare
heights,
the
weeping
and
the petitions
of
the
children
of
Israel;
because
they
have perverted
their
way,
they
have
forgotten
Yahweh
their
God.
Return,
you backsliding
children,
and
I
will
heal
your backsliding.
“Behold,
we
have
come
to
you;
for
you
are
Yahweh
our
God.
Truly help
from
the
hills,
the
tumult
on
the
mountains,
is
in
vain.
Truly
the
salvation
of
Israel
is
in
Yahweh
our
God.
But
the
shameful
thing
has
devoured
the
labor
of
our
fathers
from
our
youth,
their
flocks
and
their
herds,
their
sons
and
their
daughters.
Let
us
lie
down
in
our
shame,
and
let
our confusion
cover
us;
for
we
have
sinned
against
Yahweh
our
God,
we
and
our
fathers,
from
our
youth
even
to
this
day.
We
have
not
obeyed
Yahweh
our
God’s
voice.”
“If
you
will
return,
Israel,”
says
Yahweh, “if
you
will
return
to
me,
and
if
you
will
put
away
your
abominations
out
of
my
sight;
then
you
will
not
be
removed;
and
you
will
swear, ‘As
Yahweh
lives,’
in
truth,
in
justice,
and
in
righteousness.
The
nations
will
bless themselves
in
him,
and
they
will glory
in
him.”
For
Yahweh
says
to
the
men
of
Judah
and
to
Jerusalem, “Break
up
your fallow ground,
and
don’t
sow
among
thorns.
Circumcise
yourselves
to
Yahweh,
and
take
away
the
foreskins
of
your
heart,
you
men
of
Judah
and
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem;
lest
my
wrath
go
out
like
fire,
and
burn
so
that
no
one
can
quench
it,
because
of
the
evil
of
your
doings.
Declare
in
Judah,
and publish
in
Jerusalem;
and
say, ‘Blow
the
trumpet
in
the
land!’
Cry
aloud
and
say, ‘Assemble yourselves! Let’s
go
into
the
fortified
cities!’
Set
up
a
standard
toward
Zion.
Flee
for
safety!
Don’t
wait;
for
I
will
bring
evil
from
the
north,
and
a
great
destruction.”
A
lion
has
gone
up
from
his
thicket,
and
a
destroyer
of
nations.
He
is
on
his way.
He
has
gone
out
from
his
place,
to
make
your
land
desolate,
that
your
cities
be
laid
waste,
without
inhabitant.
For
this, clothe
yourself
with
sackcloth,
lament
and
wail;
for
the
fierce
anger
of
Yahweh
hasn’t
turned
back
from
us.
“It
will
happen
at
that
day,”
says
Yahweh, “that
the
heart
of
the
king
will
perish, along
with
the
heart
of
the
princes.
The
priests
will
be
astonished,
and
the
prophets
will
wonder.”
Then
I
said, “Ah,
Lord Yahweh!
Surely
you
have greatly deceived
this
people
and
Jerusalem,
saying, ‘You
will
have
peace;’ whereas
the
sword
reaches
to
the
heart.”
At
that
time
it
will
be
said
to
this
people
and
to
Jerusalem, “A hot
wind blows
from
the
bare
heights
in
the
wilderness
toward
the
daughter
of
my
people,
not
to
winnow,
nor
to
cleanse.
A
full
wind
from
these
will
come
for
me.
Now
I
will
also
utter
judgments
against
them.”
Behold,
he
will
come
up
as
clouds,
and
his
chariots
will
be
as
the whirlwind.
His
horses
are
swifter
than
eagles.
Woe
to
us!
For
we
are
ruined.
Jerusalem,
wash
your
heart
from
wickedness,
that
you
may
be
saved.
How
long
will
your
evil
thoughts lodge
within
you?
For
a
voice
declares
from
Dan,
and publishes
evil
from
the
hills
of
Ephraim:
“Tell
the
nations,
behold, publish
against
Jerusalem, ‘Watchers
come
from
a
far
country,
and
raise
their
voice
against
the
cities
of
Judah.
As
keepers
of
a
field,
they
are
against
her
all
around,
because
she
has
been
rebellious
against
me,’”
says
Yahweh.
“Your
way
and
your
doings
have
brought
these
things
to
you.
This
is
your
wickedness,
for
it
is
bitter,
for
it
reaches
to
your
heart.”
My
anguish,
my
anguish!
I am pained
at
my very
heart!
My
heart trembles
within
me.
I
can’t hold
my peace,
because
you
have
heard,
O
my
soul,
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
the
alarm
of
war.
Destruction
on
destruction
is decreed,
for
the
whole
land
is laid
waste.
Suddenly
my
tents
are
destroyed,
and
my
curtains gone
in
a
moment.
How
long
will
I
see
the
standard
and
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet?
“For
my
people
are
foolish.
They
don’t
know
me.
They
are
foolish
children,
and
they
have
no
understanding.
They
are
skillful
in
doing
evil,
but
they
don’t
know
how
to
do
good.”
I
saw
the
earth
and,
behold,
it
was
waste
and
void,
and
the
heavens,
and
they
had
no
light.
I
saw
the
mountains,
and
behold,
they trembled,
and
all
the
hills
moved back
and forth.
I
saw,
and
behold,
there
was
no
man,
and
all
the
birds
of
the
sky
had
fled.
I
saw,
and
behold,
the
fruitful
field
was
a
wilderness,
and
all
its
cities
were
broken
down
at
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
before
his
fierce
anger.
For
Yahweh
says, “The
whole
land
will
be
a
desolation;
yet
I
will
not
make
a
full
end.
For
this
the
earth
will
mourn,
and
the
heavens
above
be
black,
because
I
have
spoken
it.
I
have
planned
it,
and
I
have
not
repented,
neither
will
I
turn
back
from
it.”
Every
city
flees
for
the
noise
of
the
horsemen
and
archers.
They
go
into
the
thickets
and
climb
up
on
the
rocks.
Every
city
is forsaken,
and
not
a
man
dwells therein.
You,
when
you
are
made
desolate,
what
will
you
do?
Though
you
clothe
yourself
with
scarlet,
though
you deck
yourself
with
ornaments
of
gold,
though
you
enlarge
your
eyes
with makeup,
you
make
yourself
beautiful
in
vain.
Your
lovers
despise
you.
They
seek
your
life.
For
I
have
heard
a
voice
as
of
a
woman
in travail,
the
anguish
as
of
her
who gives
birth
to
her
first
child,
the
voice
of
the
daughter
of
Zion,
who gasps
for
breath,
who
spreads
her
hands,
saying, “Woe
is
me
now!
For
my
soul faints
before
the
murderers.”
“Run
back
and
forth
through
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
and
see
now,
and
know,
and
seek
in
its wide places,
if
you
can
find
a
man,
if
there
is
anyone
who
does
justly,
who
seeks
truth,
then
I
will
pardon
her.
Though
they
say, ‘As
Yahweh
lives,’
surely
they
swear
falsely.”
O
Yahweh,
don’t
your
eyes
look
on
truth?
You
have
stricken
them,
but
they
were
not grieved.
You
have
consumed
them,
but
they
have
refused
to
receive
correction.
They
have
made
their
faces
harder
than
a
rock.
They
have
refused
to
return.
Then
I
said, “Surely
these
are
poor.
They
are
foolish;
for
they
don’t
know
Yahweh’s
way,
nor
the law
of
their
God.
I
will go
to
the
great
men
and
will
speak
to
them,
for
they
know
the
way
of
Yahweh,
and
the law
of
their
God.”
But
these
with
one
accord
have
broken
the
yoke,
and
burst
the
bonds.
Therefore
a
lion
out
of
the
forest
will
kill
them.
A
wolf
of
the evenings
will
destroy
them.
A
leopard
will
watch
against
their
cities.
Everyone
who
goes
out
there
will
be
torn
in
pieces,
because
their
transgressions
are
many
and
their backsliding
has
increased.
“How
can
I
pardon
you?
Your
children
have forsaken
me,
and
sworn
by
what
are
no
gods.
When
I
had
fed
them
to
the
full,
they
committed
adultery,
and assembled themselves
in
troops
at
the prostitutes’
houses.
They
were
as fed
horses roaming
at large.
Everyone neighed
after
his
neighbor’s
wife.
Shouldn’t
I
punish
them
for
these
things?”
says
Yahweh. “Shouldn’t
my
soul
be
avenged
on
such
a
nation
as
this?
“Go
up
on
her walls,
and
destroy,
but
don’t
make
a
full
end.
Take
away
her
branches,
for
they
are
not
Yahweh’s.
For
the
house
of
Israel
and
the
house
of
Judah
have
dealt
very
treacherously against
me,”
says
Yahweh.
They
have
denied
Yahweh,
and
said, “It
is
not
he.
Evil
won’t
come
on
us.
We
won’t
see
sword
or
famine.
The
prophets
will
become
wind,
and
the word
is
not
in
them.
Thus
it
will
be
done
to
them.”
Therefore
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies
says, “Because
you
speak
this
word,
behold,
I
will
make
my
words
in
your
mouth
fire,
and
this
people
wood,
and
it
will
devour
them.
Behold,
I
will
bring
a
nation
on
you
from
far
away,
house
of
Israel,”
says
Yahweh. “It
is
a mighty
nation.
It
is
an
ancient
nation,
a
nation
whose
language
you
don’t
know
and
don’t
understand
what
they
say.
Their
quiver
is an
open
tomb.
They
are
all
mighty
men.
They
will
eat
up
your
harvest
and
your
bread,
which
your
sons
and
your
daughters should
eat.
They
will
eat
up
your
flocks
and
your
herds.
They
will
eat
up
your
vines
and
your
fig
trees.
They
will beat
down
your
fortified
cities
in
which
you
trust
with
the
sword.
“But
even
in
those
days,”
says
Yahweh, “I
will
not
make
a
full
end
of
you.
It
will
happen
when
you
say, ‘Why
has
Yahweh
our
God
done
all
these
things
to
us?’
Then
you
shall
say
to
them, ‘Just
as
you
have forsaken
me
and
served
foreign
gods
in
your
land,
so
you
will
serve
strangers
in
a
land
that
is
not
yours.’
“Declare
this
in
the
house
of
Jacob,
and publish
it
in
Judah,
saying,
‘Hear
this
now,
foolish
people
without
understanding,
who
have
eyes,
and
don’t
see,
who
have
ears,
and
don’t
hear:
Don’t
you
fear
me?’
says
Yahweh; ‘Won’t
you
tremble
at
my
presence,
who
have
placed
the
sand
for
the bound
of
the
sea
by
a
perpetual
decree,
that
it
can’t
pass
it?
Though
its
waves
toss
themselves,
yet
they
can’t
prevail.
Though
they
roar,
they still
can’t
pass
over
it.’
“But
this
people
has
a revolting
and
a
rebellious
heart.
They
have revolted
and
gone.
They
don’t
say
in
their
heart, ‘Let’s
now
fear
Yahweh
our
God,
who
gives
rain, both
the former
and
the
latter,
in
its
season,
who
preserves
to
us
the
appointed
weeks
of
the
harvest.’
“Your
iniquities
have
turned
away
these
things,
and
your
sins
have
withheld
good
from
you.
For
wicked
men
are
found
among
my
people.
They
watch,
as
fowlers
lie
in
wait.
They
set
a
trap.
They
catch
men.
As
a
cage
is
full
of
birds,
so
are
their
houses
full
of
deceit.
Therefore
they
have
become
great,
and
grew
rich.
They
have
grown
fat.
They shine;
yes,
they excel
in
deeds
of
wickedness.
They
don’t
plead
the
cause,
the
cause
of
the
fatherless,
that
they
may
prosper;
and
they
don’t
defend
the
rights
of
the
needy.
“Shouldn’t
I
punish
for
these
things?”
says
Yahweh. “Shouldn’t
my
soul
be
avenged
on
such
a
nation
as
this?
“An astonishing
and horrible thing
has
happened
in
the
land.
The
prophets
prophesy
falsely,
and
the
priests
rule
by
their own
authority;
and
my
people
love
to
have
it
so.
What
will
you
do
in
the
end
of
it?
“Flee
for
safety,
you
children
of
Benjamin,
out
of
the
middle
of
Jerusalem!
Blow
the
trumpet
in
Tekoa
and
raise
up
a
signal
on Beth Haccherem,
for
evil
looks
out
from
the
north
with
a
great
destruction.
I
will
cut
off
the beautiful
and delicate one,
the
daughter
of
Zion.
Shepherds
with
their
flocks
will
come
to
her.
They
will
pitch
their
tents
against
her
all
around.
They
will
feed
everyone
in
his
place.”
“Prepare
war
against
her!
Arise! Let’s
go
up
at
noon.
Woe
to
us!
For
the
day
declines,
for
the shadows
of
the
evening
are
stretched
out.
Arise! Let’s
go
up
by
night,
and let’s
destroy
her
palaces.”
For
Yahweh
of
Armies
said, “Cut
down
trees,
and
cast
up
a mound
against
Jerusalem.
This
is
the
city
to
be
visited.
She
is filled
with
oppression
within
herself.
As
a
well produces
its
waters,
so
she produces
her
wickedness.
Violence
and
destruction
is
heard
in
her.
Sickness
and
wounds
are
continually
before
me.
Be
instructed,
Jerusalem,
lest
my
soul
be
alienated
from
you,
lest
I
make
you
a
desolation,
an
uninhabited
land.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says, “They
will thoroughly glean
the
remnant
of
Israel
like
a
vine.
Turn
again
your
hand
as
a grape
gatherer
into
the baskets.”
To
whom
should
I
speak
and testify,
that
they
may
hear?
Behold,
their
ear
is
uncircumcised,
and
they
can’t
listen.
Behold,
Yahweh’s
word
has
become
a
reproach
to
them.
They
have
no
delight
in
it.
Therefore
I
am
full
of
Yahweh’s
wrath.
I
am
weary
with
holding
it
in.
“Pour
it
out
on
the
children
in
the
street,
and
on
the
assembly
of
young
men
together;
for
even
the
husband
with
the
wife
will
be
taken,
the
aged
with
him
who
is
full
of
days.
Their
houses
will
be
turned
to
others,
their
fields
and
their
wives
together;
for
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
on
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
says
Yahweh.”
“For
from
their least
even
to
their
greatest,
everyone
is given
to covetousness.
From
the
prophet
even
to
the
priest,
everyone deals
falsely.
They
have
healed
also
the hurt
of
my
people
superficially,
saying, ‘Peace,
peace!’
when
there
is
no
peace.
Were
they
ashamed
when
they
had
committed
abomination?
No,
they
were
not
at
all
ashamed,
neither
could
they
blush.
Therefore
they
will
fall
among
those
who
fall.
When
I
visit
them,
they
will
be
cast
down,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
says, “Stand
in
the
ways
and
see,
and
ask
for
the
old
paths, ‘Where
is
the
good
way?’
and
walk
in
it,
and
you
will
find
rest
for
your
souls.
But
they
said, ‘We
will
not
walk
in
it.’
I
set
watchmen
over
you,
saying, ‘Listen
to
the
sound
of
the
trumpet!’
But
they
said, ‘We
will
not
listen!’
Therefore
hear,
you
nations,
and
know,
congregation,
what
is among
them.
Hear,
earth!
Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
this
people,
even
the
fruit
of
their
thoughts,
because
they
have
not
listened
to
my
words;
and
as
for
my
law,
they
have
rejected
it.
To
what
purpose
does
frankincense
from
Sheba
come
to
me,
and
the
sweet
cane
from
a
far
country?
Your
burnt
offerings
are
not
acceptable,
and
your
sacrifices
are
not
pleasing
to
me.”
Therefore
Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
lay
stumbling
blocks
before
this
people.
The
fathers
and
the
sons
together
will
stumble
against
them.
The
neighbor
and
his
friend
will
perish.”
Yahweh
says, “Behold,
a
people
comes
from
the
north
country.
A
great
nation
will
be
stirred
up
from
the uttermost
parts
of
the
earth.
They
take
hold
of
bow
and
spear.
They
are
cruel,
and
have
no
mercy.
Their
voice
roars
like
the
sea,
and
they
ride
on
horses,
everyone set
in
array,
as
a
man
to
the
battle,
against
you,
daughter
of
Zion.”
We
have
heard
its
report.
Our
hands
become
feeble.
Anguish
has
taken
hold
of
us,
and pains
as
of
a woman
in
labor.
Don’t
go
out
into
the
field
or
walk
by
the
way;
for
the
sword
of
the
enemy
and
terror
are
on
every
side.
Daughter
of
my
people, clothe
yourself
with
sackcloth,
and
wallow
in
ashes!
Mourn,
as
for
an
only
son,
most
bitter
lamentation,
for
the
destroyer
will
suddenly
come
on
us.
“I
have
made
you
a
tester
of metals
and
a
fortress among
my
people,
that
you
may
know
and
try
their
way.
They
are
all grievous
rebels,
going
around
to slander.
They
are
bronze
and
iron.
All
of
them deal
corruptly.
The
bellows
blow
fiercely.
The
lead
is consumed
in
the
fire.
In
vain
they go
on
refining,
for
the
wicked
are
not plucked
away.
Men
will
call
them
rejected
silver,
because
Yahweh
has
rejected
them.”
The
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
saying,
“Stand
in
the
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
proclaim
this
word
there,
and
say, ‘Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
all
you
of
Judah,
who
enter
in
at
these
gates
to
worship
Yahweh.’”
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says, “Amend
your
ways
and
your
doings,
and
I
will cause
you
to
dwell
in
this
place.
Don’t
trust
in
lying
words,
saying, ‘Yahweh’s
temple,
Yahweh’s
temple,
Yahweh’s
temple,
are
these.’
For
if
you
thoroughly
amend
your
ways
and
your
doings,
if
you
thoroughly execute
justice
between
a
man
and
his
neighbor;
if
you
don’t
oppress
the
foreigner,
the
fatherless,
and
the
widow,
and
don’t
shed
innocent
blood
in
this
place,
and
don’t walk
after
other
gods
to
your own hurt,
then
I
will
cause
you
to
dwell
in
this
place,
in
the
land
that
I
gave
to
your
fathers,
from
of
old
even
forever
more.
Behold,
you
trust
in
lying
words
that can’t
profit.
Will
you
steal,
murder,
commit
adultery,
swear
falsely,
burn
incense
to
Baal,
and
walk
after
other
gods
that
you
have
not
known,
then
come
and
stand
before
me
in
this
house,
which
is
called
by
my
name,
and
say, ‘We
are
delivered,’
that
you
may
do
all
these
abominations?
Has
this
house,
which
is
called
by
my
name,
become
a
den
of
robbers
in
your
eyes?
Behold,
I
myself
have
seen
it,”
says
Yahweh.
“But
go
now
to
my
place
which
was
in
Shiloh,
where
I
caused
my
name
to
dwell
at
the
first,
and
see
what
I
did
to
it
for
the
wickedness
of
my
people
Israel.
Now,
because
you
have
done
all
these
works,”
says
Yahweh, “and
I
spoke
to
you,
rising
up
early
and
speaking,
but
you
didn’t
hear;
and
I
called
you,
but
you
didn’t
answer;
therefore
I
will
do
to
the
house
which
is
called
by
my
name,
in
which
you
trust,
and
to
the
place
which
I
gave
to
you
and
to
your
fathers,
as
I
did
to
Shiloh.
I
will
cast
you
out
of
my
sight,
as
I
have
cast
out
all
your
brothers,
even
the
whole
offspring
7:15
or, seed
of
Ephraim.
“Therefore
don’t
pray
for
this
people.
Don’t
lift
up
a
cry
or
prayer
for
them
or
make intercession
to
me;
for
I
will
not
hear
you.
Don’t
you
see
what
they
do
in
the
cities
of
Judah
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
the
sky,
and
to
pour
out drink offerings
to
other
gods,
that
they
may
provoke
me
to
anger.
Do
they
provoke
me
to
anger?”
says
Yahweh. “Don’t
they
provoke
themselves,
to
the confusion
of
their
own
faces?”
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
my
anger
and
my
wrath
will
be
poured
out
on
this
place,
on
man,
on
animal,
on
the
trees
of
the
field,
and
on
the
fruit
of
the
ground;
and
it
will
burn
and
will
not
be
quenched.”
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says: “Add
your
burnt
offerings
to
your
sacrifices
and
eat
meat.
For
I
didn’t
speak
to
your
fathers
or
command
them
in
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
concerning
burnt
offerings
or
sacrifices;
but
this
thing
I
commanded
them,
saying, ‘Listen
to
my
voice,
and
I
will
be
your
God,
and
you
shall
be
my
people.
Walk
in
all
the
way
that
I
command
you,
that
it
may
be
well
with
you.’
But
they
didn’t
listen
or
turn
their
ear,
but walked
in
their
own
counsels
and
in
the
stubbornness
of
their
evil
heart,
and
went
backward,
and
not
forward.
Since
the
day
that
your
fathers
came
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
to
this
day,
I
have
sent
to
you
all
my
servants
the
prophets,
daily
rising
up
early
and
sending
them.
Yet
they
didn’t
listen
to
me
or
incline
their
ear,
but
made
their
neck stiff.
They
did worse
than
their
fathers.
“You
shall
speak
all
these
words
to
them,
but
they
will
not
listen
to
you.
You
shall
also
call
to
them,
but
they
will
not
answer
you.
You
shall
tell
them, ‘This
is
the
nation
that
has
not
listened
to
Yahweh
their
God’s
voice,
nor
received
instruction.
Truth
has
perished,
and
is
cut
off
from
their
mouth.’
Cut
off
your
hair,
and
throw
it
away,
and
take
up
a
lamentation
on
the
bare
heights;
for
Yahweh
has
rejected
and
forsaken
the
generation
of
his
wrath.
“For
the
children
of
Judah
have
done
that
which
is
evil
in
my
sight,”
says
Yahweh. “They
have
set
their
abominations
in
the
house
which
is
called
by
my
name,
to
defile
it.
They
have
built
the
high
places
of
Topheth,
which
is
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom,
to
burn
their
sons
and
their
daughters
in
the
fire,
which
I
didn’t
command,
nor
did
it
come
into
my
mind.
Therefore
behold,
the
days
come”,
says
Yahweh, “that
it
will
no
more
be
called ‘Topheth’
or ‘The
valley
of
the
son
of Hinnom’,
but ‘The
valley
of Slaughter’;
for
they
will
bury
in
Topheth until
there
is
no
place
to
bury.
The
dead
bodies
of
this
people
will
be
food
for
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
for
the
animals
of
the
earth.
No
one
will
frighten
them
away.
Then
I
will
cause
to
cease
from
the
cities
of
Judah
and
from
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
the
voice
of
mirth
and
the
voice
of
gladness,
the
voice
of
the bridegroom
and
the
voice
of
the
bride;
for
the
land
will
become
a
waste.”
“At
that
time,”
says
Yahweh, “they
will
bring
the
bones
of
the
kings
of
Judah,
the
bones
of
his
princes,
the
bones
of
the
priests,
the
bones
of
the
prophets,
and
the
bones
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
out
of
their
graves.
They
will
spread
them
before
the
sun,
the
moon,
and
all
the
army
of
the
sky,
which
they
have
loved,
which
they
have
served,
after
which
they
have
walked,
which
they
have
sought,
and
which
they
have
worshiped.
They
will
not
be
gathered
or
be
buried.
They
will
be
like
dung
on
the
surface
of
the
earth.
Death
will
be
chosen
rather
than
life
by
all
the residue
that
remain
of
this
evil
family,
that
remain
in
all
the
places
where
I
have
driven
them,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“Moreover
you
shall
tell
them, ‘Yahweh
says:
“‘Do
men
fall,
and
not
rise
up
again?
Does
one
turn
away,
and
not
return?
Why
then
have
the
people
of
Jerusalem fallen
back
by
a perpetual backsliding?
They cling
to deceit.
They
refuse
to
return.
I
listened
and
heard,
but
they
didn’t
say
what
is
right.
No
one repents
of
his
wickedness,
saying, “What
have
I
done?”
Everyone
turns
to
his
course,
as
a
horse
that rushes headlong
in
the
battle.
Yes,
the
stork
in
the
sky
knows
her
appointed
times.
The
turtledove,
the
swallow,
and
the
crane
observe
the
time
of
their
coming;
but
my
people
don’t
know
Yahweh’s law.
“‘How
do
you
say, “We
are
wise,
and
Yahweh’s
law
is
with
us?”
But,
behold,
the
false
pen
of
the
scribes
has
made
that
a
lie.
The
wise
men
are
disappointed.
They
are
dismayed
and trapped.
Behold,
they
have
rejected
Yahweh’s
word.
What kind
of
wisdom
is
in
them?
Therefore
I
will
give
their
wives
to
others
and
their
fields
to
those
who
will
possess
them.
For
everyone
from
the least
even
to
the
greatest
is
given
to covetousness;
from
the
prophet
even
to
the
priest
everyone deals
falsely.
They
have
healed
the hurt
of
the
daughter
of
my
people slightly,
saying,
“Peace,
peace,”
when
there
is
no
peace.
Were
they
ashamed
when
they
had
committed
abomination?
No,
they
were
not
at
all
ashamed.
They
couldn’t
blush.
Therefore
they
will
fall
among
those
who
fall.
In
the
time
of
their visitation
they
will
be
cast
down,
says
Yahweh.
“‘I
will utterly consume
them,
says
Yahweh.
No
grapes
will
be
on
the
vine,
no
figs
on
the
fig
tree,
and
the
leaf
will
fade.
The
things
that
I
have
given
them
will
pass
away
from
them.’”
“Why
do
we
sit
still?
Assemble
yourselves!
Let’s
enter
into
the
fortified
cities,
and let’s
be silent
there;
for
Yahweh
our
God
has
put
us
to silence,
and
given
us
poisoned
water
to
drink,
because
we
have
sinned
against
Yahweh.
We
looked
for
peace,
but
no
good came;
and
for
a
time
of
healing,
and
behold, dismay!
The snorting
of
his
horses
is
heard
from
Dan.
The
whole
land trembles
at
the
sound
of
the
neighing
of
his
strong
ones;
for
they
have
come,
and
have
devoured
the
land
and
all
that
is
in
it,
the
city
and
those
who
dwell therein.”
“For,
behold,
I
will
send
serpents,
adders among
you,
which
will
not
be
charmed;
and
they
will bite
you,”
says
Yahweh.
Oh
that
I could comfort
myself
against
sorrow!
My
heart
is
faint
within
me.
Behold,
the
voice
of
the
cry
of
the
daughter
of
my
people
from
a
land
that
is very
far
off:
“Isn’t
Yahweh
in
Zion?
Isn’t
her
King
in
her?”
“Why
have
they
provoked
me
to
anger
with
their
engraved
images,
and
with
foreign
idols?”
“The
harvest
is past.
The
summer has
ended,
and
we
are
not
saved.”
For
the
hurt
of
the
daughter
of
my
people,
I am
hurt.
I
mourn.
Dismay
has
taken
hold
of
me.
Is
there
no
balm
in
Gilead?
Is
there
no
physician
there?
Why
then
isn’t
the
health
of
the
daughter
of
my
people recovered?
Oh
that
my head
were waters,
and
my eyes
a spring
of tears,
that
I might weep day
and night
for
the slain
of
the daughter
of
my
people!
Oh
that
I
had
in
the wilderness
a lodging
place
of wayfaring men,
that
I
might
leave
my
people
and
go
from
them!
For
they
are
all adulterers,
an assembly
of treacherous men.
“They bend
their tongue,
as
their bow,
for falsehood.
They
have grown strong
in
the land,
but
not
for truth;
for
they
proceed
from evil
to evil,
and
they
don’t know
me,” says Yahweh.
“Everyone beware
of
his
neighbor,
and
don’t trust
in
any brother;
for
every brother
will utterly supplant,
and
every
neighbor
will go around
like
a slanderer.
Friends deceive each other,
and
will
not speak
the truth.
They
have
taught
their tongue
to speak
lies.
They weary themselves committing iniquity.
Your habitation
is
in
the middle
of deceit.
Through deceit,
they refuse
to know
me,”
says
Yahweh.
Therefore Yahweh
of Armies
says,
“Behold,
I
will melt
them
and test
them;
for
how should
I deal
with
the daughter
of
my
people?
Their tongue
is
a
deadly arrow.
It
speaks deceit.
One
speaks peaceably
to
his neighbor
with
his
mouth,
but
in
his
heart,
he waits
to ambush
him.
Shouldn’t
I punish
them
for these
things?” says Yahweh.
“Shouldn’t
my soul
be avenged
on
a nation
such
as
this?
I
will weep
and wail
for
the mountains,
and lament
for
the pastures
of
the wilderness,
because
they
are burned
up,
so
that
no
one passes through;
Men can’t hear
the voice
of
the livestock.
Both
the birds
of
the sky
and
the animals
have fled.
They
are gone.
“I
will
make Jerusalem heaps,
a dwelling
place
of jackals.
I
will
make
the cities
of Judah
a desolation,
without inhabitant.”
Who
is wise enough
to
understand
this?
Who
is
he
to
whom
the
mouth
of
Yahweh
has
spoken,
that
he
may declare
it?
Why
has
the
land perished
and burned
up
like
a wilderness,
so
that
no
one
passes
through?
Yahweh says, “Because
they
have forsaken
my law
which
I
set before
them,
and
have not obeyed
my voice
or walked
in
my ways,
but
have walked after
the stubbornness
of
their own heart
and after
the Baals,
which
their fathers taught
them.”
Therefore Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of Israel, says, “Behold,
I
will
feed
them,
even
this
people,
with wormwood
and give
them poisoned water
to drink.
I
will scatter
them
also
among
the nations,
whom neither
they
nor
their fathers
have known.
I
will
send
the sword
after
them, until
I
have consumed
them.”
Yahweh
of Armies says,
“Consider,
and call
for
the mourning women,
that
they
may
come.
Send
for
the skillful women,
that
they
may
come.
Let
them
make haste
and take
up
a
wailing
for
us,
that
our eyes
may run
down
with tears
and
our eyelids gush
out
with waters.
For
a voice
of
wailing
is
heard out
of Zion,
‘How
we
are ruined!
We
are greatly confounded
because
we
have forsaken
the land,
because
they
have cast
down
our dwellings.’”
Yet hear Yahweh’s word,
you women.
Let
your ear receive
the word
of
his mouth.
Teach
your daughters wailing.
Everyone teach
her neighbor
a lamentation.
For
death
has
come
up
into
our windows.
It
has entered
into
our palaces
to cut
off
the children
from
outside,
and
the young
men
from
the streets.
Speak, “Yahweh
says,
“‘The dead bodies
of
men
will fall
as dung
on
the open field,
and
as
the handful after
the harvester.
No
one
will gather
them.’”
Yahweh
says,
“Don’t let
the
wise man glory
in
his wisdom.
Don’t let
the mighty man glory
in
his
might.
Don’t let
the rich man glory
in
his riches.
But
let
him
who glories glory
in
this,
that
he
has understanding,
and knows
me,
that
I
am
Yahweh
who exercises loving kindness, justice,
and righteousness
in
the earth,
for
I delight
in
these
things,”
says
Yahweh.
“Behold,
the days come,” says Yahweh, “that
I
will punish
all
those
who
are circumcised
only
in
their flesh:
Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Hear
the
word
which
Yahweh
speaks
to
you,
house
of
Israel!
Yahweh
says,
“Don’t
learn
the
way
of
the
nations,
and
don’t
be
dismayed
at
the
signs
of
the
sky;
for
the
nations
are
dismayed
at
them.
For
the
customs
of
the
peoples
are
vanity;
for
one
cuts
a
tree
out
of
the
forest,
the
work
of
the
hands
of
the workman
with
the ax.
They deck
it
with
silver
and
with
gold.
They
fasten
it
with
nails
and
with
hammers,
so
that
it
can’t move.
They
are
like
a
palm
tree,
of turned
work,
and
don’t
speak.
They
must
be
carried,
because
they
can’t move.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
them;
for
they
can’t
do
evil,
neither
is
it
in
them
to
do
good.”
There
is
no
one
like
you,
Yahweh.
You
are
great,
and
your
name
is
great
in
might.
Who shouldn’t
fear
you,
King
of
the
nations?
For
it belongs
to
you.
Because
among
all
the
wise
men
of
the
nations,
and
in
all
their
royal estate,
there
is
no
one
like
you.
But
they are
together brutish
and
foolish,
instructed
by
idols!
It
is just
wood.
There
is
silver
beaten
into
plates, which
is
brought
from
Tarshish,
and
gold
from
Uphaz,
the
work
of
the
engraver
and
of
the
hands
of
the
goldsmith.
Their
clothing
is
blue
and
purple.
They
are
all
the
work
of
skillful
men.
But
Yahweh
is
the
true
God.
He
is
the
living
God,
and
an
everlasting
King.
At
his
wrath,
the
earth trembles.
The
nations aren’t able
to withstand
his
indignation.
“You shall
say
this
to
them: ‘The
gods
that have
not
made
the
heavens
and
the
earth
will
perish
from
the
earth,
and
from
under
the
heavens.’”
God
has
made
the
earth
by
his
power.
He
has
established
the
world
by
his
wisdom,
and
by
his
understanding
has
he
stretched
out
the
heavens.
When
he
utters
his
voice,
the
waters
in
the
heavens
roar,
and
he
causes
the vapors
to
ascend
from
the ends
of
the
earth.
He
makes
lightnings
for
the
rain,
and
brings
the
wind
out
of
his
treasuries.
Every
man
has
become brutish
and
without
knowledge.
Every
goldsmith
is disappointed
by
his engraved
image;
for
his molten
image
is
falsehood,
and
there
is
no
breath
in
them.
They
are
vanity,
a
work
of
delusion.
In
the
time
of
their visitation
they
will
perish.
The
portion
of
Jacob
is
not
like
these;
for
he
is
the
maker
of
all
things;
and
Israel
is
the
tribe
of
his
inheritance.
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name.
Gather
up
your wares
out
of
the
land,
you
who
live
under
siege.
For
Yahweh
says,
“Behold,
I
will sling
out
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
at
this
time,
and
will distress
them,
that
they
may feel
it.”
Woe
is
me
because
of
my
injury!
My
wound
is serious;
but
I
said,
“Truly
this
is
my
grief,
and
I
must
bear
it.”
My
tent
has
been
destroyed,
and
all
my
cords
are
broken.
My
children
have
gone
away
from
me,
and
they
are
no
more.
There
is
no
one
to
spread
my
tent
any
more,
to
set
up
my
curtains.
For
the
shepherds
have become brutish,
and
have
not
inquired
of
Yahweh.
Therefore
they
have
not prospered,
and
all
their flocks
have
scattered.
The
voice
of
news,
behold,
it
comes,
and
a
great
commotion
out
of
the
north
country,
to
make
the
cities
of
Judah
a
desolation,
a
dwelling
place
of
jackals.
Yahweh,
I
know
that
the
way
of
man
is
not
in
himself.
It
is
not
in
man
who
walks
to
direct
his
steps.
Yahweh,
correct
me,
but gently;
not
in
your
anger,
lest
you
reduce
me
to
nothing.
Pour
out
your
wrath
on
the
nations
that
don’t
know
you,
and
on
the
families
that
don’t
call
on
your
name;
for
they
have
devoured
Jacob.
Yes,
they
have
devoured
him,
consumed
him,
and
have
laid
waste
his habitation.
The
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
saying,
“Hear
the
words
of
this
covenant,
and
speak
to
the
men
of
Judah,
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem;
and
say
to
them,
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
says: ‘Cursed
is
the
man
who
doesn’t
hear
the
words
of
this
covenant,
which
I
commanded
your
fathers
in
the
day
that
I
brought
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
out
of
the
iron
furnace,’
saying, ‘Obey
my
voice
and
do
them, according
to
all
which
I
command
you;
so
you
shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God;
that
I
may
establish
the
oath
which
I
swore
to
your
fathers,
to
give
them
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,’
as
it
is
today.”
Then
I
answered,
and
said, “Amen,
Yahweh.”
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Proclaim
all
these
words
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
saying, ‘Hear
the
words
of
this
covenant,
and
do
them.
For
I earnestly protested
to
your
fathers
in
the
day
that
I
brought
them
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
even
to
this
day,
rising
early
and protesting,
saying, “Obey
my
voice.”
Yet
they
didn’t
obey,
nor
turn
their
ear,
but
everyone walked
in
the
stubbornness
of
their
evil
heart.
Therefore
I
brought
on
them
all
the
words
of
this
covenant,
which
I
commanded
them
to
do,
but
they
didn’t
do
them.’”
Yahweh
said
to
me, “A
conspiracy
is
found
among
the
men
of
Judah,
and
among
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
They
have
turned
back
to
the
iniquities
of
their
forefathers,
who
refused
to
hear
my
words.
They
have
gone
after
other
gods
to
serve
them.
The
house
of
Israel
and
the
house
of
Judah
have
broken
my
covenant
which
I
made
with
their
fathers.
Therefore
Yahweh
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
them
which
they
will
not
be
able
to
escape;
and
they
will
cry
to
me,
but
I
will
not
listen
to
them.
Then
the
cities
of
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
will
go
and
cry
to
the
gods
to
which
they
offer
incense,
but
they
will
not
save
them
at all
in
the
time
of
their
trouble.
For according
to
the
number
of
your
cities
are
your
gods,
Judah;
and according
to
the
number
of
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
you
have
set
up
altars
to
the
shameful
thing,
even
altars
to
burn
incense
to
Baal.’
“Therefore
don’t
pray
for
this
people.
Don’t
lift
up
cry
or
prayer
for
them;
for
I
will
not
hear
them
in
the
time
that
they
cry
to
me
because
of
their
trouble.
What
has
my
beloved
to
do
in
my
house,
since
she
has
behaved lewdly
with
many,
and
the
holy
flesh
has
passed
from
you?
When
you
do
evil,
then
you
rejoice.”
Yahweh
called
your
name, “A
green
olive
tree,
beautiful
with goodly
fruit.”
With
the
noise
of
a
great roar
he
has
kindled
fire
on
it,
and
its
branches
are broken.
For
Yahweh
of
Armies,
who
planted
you,
has
pronounced
evil
against
you,
because
of
the
evil
of
the
house
of
Israel
and
of
the
house
of
Judah,
which
they
have
done
to
themselves
in
provoking
me
to
anger
by
offering
incense
to
Baal.
Yahweh gave
me
knowledge
of
it,
and
I
knew
it.
Then
you
showed
me
their
doings.
But
I
was
like
a gentle
lamb
that
is
led
to
the
slaughter.
I
didn’t
know
that
they
had
devised
plans
against
me, saying,
“Let’s
destroy
the
tree
with
its
fruit,
and let’s
cut
him
off
from
the
land
of
the
living,
that
his
name
may
be
no
more
remembered.”
But,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
who
judges
righteously,
who
tests
the
heart
and
the
mind,
I
will
see
your
vengeance
on
them;
for
to
you
I
have
revealed
my
cause.
“Therefore
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
men
of
Anathoth,
who
seek
your
life,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
prophesy
in
Yahweh’s
name,
that
you
not
die
by
our hand’—
therefore
Yahweh
of
Armies
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
punish
them.
The
young
men
will
die
by
the
sword.
Their
sons
and
their
daughters
will
die
by
famine.
There
will
be
no
remnant
to
them,
for
I
will
bring
evil
on
the
men
of
Anathoth,
even
the
year
of
their visitation.’”
You
are
righteous,
Yahweh,
when
I
contend
with
you;
yet
I
would
like
to
plead
a
case
with
you.
Why
does
the
way
of
the
wicked
prosper?
Why
are
they
all
at
ease
who
deal
very
treacherously?
You
have
planted
them.
Yes,
they
have
taken
root.
They grow.
Yes,
they
produce
fruit.
You
are
near
in
their
mouth,
and
far
from
their
heart.
But
you,
Yahweh,
know
me.
You
see
me,
and
test
my
heart
toward
you.
Pull
them
out
like
sheep
for
the
slaughter,
and
prepare
them
for
the
day
of
slaughter.
How
long
will
the
land
mourn,
and
the
herbs
of
the
whole
country
wither?
Because
of
the
wickedness
of
those
who
dwell therein,
the
animals
and
birds
are consumed;
because
they
said,
“He
won’t
see
our
latter
end.”
“If
you
have
run
with
the
footmen,
and
they
have
wearied
you,
then
how
can
you contend
with
horses?
Though
in
a
land
of
peace
you
are
secure,
yet
how
will
you
do
in
the
pride
of
the
Jordan?
For
even
your
brothers,
and
the
house
of
your
father,
even
they
have
dealt
treacherously
with
you!
Even
they
have
cried
aloud
after
you!
Don’t
believe
them,
though
they
speak beautiful words
to
you.
“I
have
forsaken
my
house.
I
have
cast
off
my
heritage.
I
have
given
the dearly
beloved
of
my
soul
into
the
hand
of
her
enemies.
My
heritage
has
become
to
me
as
a
lion
in
the
forest.
She
has
uttered
her
voice
against
me.
Therefore
I
have
hated
her.
Is
my
heritage
to
me
as
a
speckled
bird
of
prey?
Are
the
birds
of
prey
against
her
all
around?
Go,
assemble
all
the
animals
of
the
field.
Bring
them
to devour.
Many
shepherds
have
destroyed
my
vineyard.
They
have
trodden
my
portion under foot.
They
have
made
my
pleasant
portion
a
desolate
wilderness.
They
have
made
it
a
desolation.
It
mourns
to
me, being
desolate.
The
whole
land
is
made
desolate,
because
no
one
cares.
Destroyers
have
come
on
all
the
bare
heights
in
the
wilderness;
for
the
sword
of
Yahweh
devours
from
the
one
end
of
the
land
even
to
the
other
end
of
the
land.
No
flesh
has
peace.
They
have
sown
wheat,
and
have reaped
thorns.
They
have exhausted themselves,
and
profit
nothing.
You
will
be
ashamed
of
your fruits,
because
of
Yahweh’s
fierce
anger.”
Yahweh
says, “Concerning
all
my
evil
neighbors,
who
touch
the
inheritance
which
I
have
caused
my
people
Israel
to
inherit:
Behold,
I
will
pluck
them
up
from
off
their
land,
and
will
pluck
up
the
house
of
Judah
from
among
them.
It
will
happen
that
after
I
have
plucked
them
up,
I
will
return
and
have
compassion
on
them.
I
will
bring
them
again,
every
man
to
his
heritage,
and
every
man
to
his
land.
It
will
happen,
if
they
will diligently
learn
the
ways
of
my
people,
to
swear
by
my
name, ‘As
Yahweh
lives;’
even
as
they
taught
my
people
to
swear
by
Baal,
then
they
will
be
built
up
in
the
middle
of
my
people.
But
if
they
will
not
hear,
then
I
will
pluck
up
that
nation, plucking
up
and
destroying
it,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Go,
and
buy
yourself
a
linen
belt,
and
put
it
on
your
waist,
and
don’t
put
it
in
water.”
So
I
bought
a
belt
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
and
put
it
on
my
waist.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me
the
second
time,
saying,
“Take
the
belt
that
you
have
bought,
which
is
on
your
waist,
and
arise,
go
to
the
Euphrates,
and
hide
it
there
in
a cleft
of
the
rock.”
So
I went
and
hid
it
by
the
Euphrates,
as
Yahweh
commanded
me.
After
many
days,
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Arise,
go
to
the
Euphrates,
and
take
the
belt
from
there,
which
I
commanded
you
to
hide
there.”
Then
I went
to
the
Euphrates,
and
dug,
and
took
the
belt
from
the
place
where
I
had
hidden
it;
and
behold,
the
belt
was
ruined.
It
was profitable
for
nothing.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Yahweh
says, ‘In
this
way
I
will
ruin
the
pride
of
Judah,
and
the
great
pride
of
Jerusalem.
This
evil
people,
who
refuse
to
hear
my
words,
who
walk
in
the
stubbornness
of
their
heart,
and
have
gone
after
other
gods
to
serve
them
and
to
worship
them,
will
even
be
as
this
belt,
which
is profitable
for
nothing.
For
as
the
belt
clings
to
the
waist
of
a
man,
so
I
have
caused
the
whole
house
of
Israel
and
the
whole
house
of
Judah
to
cling
to
me,’
says
Yahweh; ‘that
they
may
be
to
me
for
a
people,
for
a
name,
for
praise,
and
for
glory;
but
they
would
not
hear.’
“Therefore
you
shall
speak
to
them
this
word: ‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
says, “Every container
should
be
filled
with
wine.”’
They
will
tell
you, ‘Do
we
not
certainly
know
that
every container
should
be
filled
with
wine?’
Then
tell
them, ‘Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
fill
all
the
inhabitants
of
this
land,
even
the
kings
who
sit
on
David’s
throne,
the
priests,
the
prophets,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
with
drunkenness.
I
will dash
them
one
against
another,
even
the
fathers
and
the
sons
together,”
says
Yahweh: “I
will
not
pity,
spare,
or
have
compassion,
that
I
should
not
destroy
them.”’”
Hear,
and
give
ear.
Don’t
be
proud,
for
Yahweh
has
spoken.
Give
glory
to
Yahweh
your
God,
before
he
causes
darkness,
and
before
your
feet
stumble
on
the
dark
mountains,
and
while
you
look
for
light,
he
turns
it
into
the
shadow
of
death,
and
makes
it
deep
darkness.
But
if
you
will
not
hear
it,
my
soul
will
weep
in
secret
for
your
pride.
My
eye
will
weep
bitterly,
and
run
down
with
tears,
because
Yahweh’s
flock
has
been
taken
captive.
Say
to
the
king
and
to
the
queen
mother,
“Humble yourselves.
Sit
down,
for
your
crowns
have
come
down,
even
the
crown
of
your
glory.
The
cities
of
the
South
are
shut
up,
and
there
is
no
one
to
open
them.
Judah
is
carried
away
captive:
all
of
them.
They
are
wholly
carried
away
captive.
Lift
up
your
eyes,
and
see those who
come
from
the
north.
Where
is
the
flock
that
was
given
to
you,
your
beautiful
flock?
What
will
you
say
when
he sets
over
you
as
head
those whom
you
have
yourself
taught
to
be friends
to
you?
Won’t sorrows
take
hold
of
you,
as
of
a
woman
in travail?
If
you
say
in
your
heart,
“Why
have
these
things
come
on
me?”
Your
skirts
are
uncovered
because
of
the
greatness
of
your
iniquity,
and
your
heels suffer
violence.
Can
the
Ethiopian
change
his
skin,
or
the
leopard
his
spots?
Then
may
you
also
do
good,
who
are
accustomed
to
do
evil.
“Therefore I
will
scatter
them
as
the
stubble
that
passes
away
by
the
wind
of
the
wilderness.
This
is
your
lot,
the
portion
measured
to
you
from
me,”
says
Yahweh,
“because
you
have
forgotten
me,
and
trusted
in
falsehood.”
Therefore
I
will
also uncover
your
skirts
on
your
face,
and
your
shame
will
appear.
I
have
seen
your
abominations,
even
your
adulteries
and
your
neighing,
the
lewdness
of
your
prostitution,
on
the
hills
in
the
field.
Woe
to
you,
Jerusalem!
You
will
not
be made
clean.
How
long
will
it
yet
be?”
This
is
Yahweh’s
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
concerning
the
drought:
“Judah
mourns,
and
its
gates
languish.
They
sit
in
black
on
the
ground.
The
cry
of
Jerusalem
goes
up.
Their
nobles
send
their
little
ones
to
the
waters.
They
come
to
the
cisterns,
and
find
no
water.
They
return
with
their
vessels
empty.
They
are
disappointed
and
confounded,
and
cover
their
heads.
Because
of
the
ground which
is
cracked,
because
no
rain
has
been
in
the
land,
the
plowmen
are
disappointed.
They
cover
their
heads.
Yes,
the
doe
in
the
field
also calves
and forsakes
her young,
because
there
is
no
grass.
The
wild
donkeys
stand
on
the
bare
heights.
They pant
for
air
like
jackals.
Their
eyes
fail,
because
there
is
no
vegetation.
Though
our
iniquities
testify
against
us,
work
for
your
name’s
sake,
Yahweh;
for
our rebellions
are
many.
We
have
sinned
against
you.
You hope
of
Israel,
its
Savior
in
the
time
of
trouble,
why
should
you
be
as
a
foreigner
in
the
land,
and
as
a wayfaring man
who
turns
aside
to
stay
for
a night?
Why
should
you
be
like
a scared
man,
as
a
mighty
man
who
can’t
save?
Yet
you,
Yahweh,
are
in
the
middle
of
us,
and
we
are
called
by
your
name.
Don’t
leave
us.
Yahweh
says
to
this
people:
“Even
so
they
have
loved
to
wander.
They
have
not
restrained
their
feet.
Therefore
Yahweh
does
not
accept
them.
Now
he
will
remember
their
iniquity,
and
punish
them
for
their
sins.”
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Don’t
pray
for
this
people
for
their
good.
When
they
fast,
I
will
not
hear
their
cry;
and
when
they
offer
burnt
offering
and
meal
offering,
I
will
not
accept
them;
but
I
will
consume
them
by
the
sword,
by
famine,
and
by
pestilence.”
Then
I
said, “Ah,
Lord Yahweh!
Behold,
the
prophets
tell
them, ‘You
will
not
see
the
sword,
neither
will
you
have
famine;
but
I
will
give
you assured
peace
in
this
place.’”
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “The
prophets
prophesy
lies
in
my
name.
I
didn’t
send
them.
I
didn’t
command
them.
I
didn’t
speak
to
them.
They
prophesy
to
you
a
lying
vision,
divination,
and
a thing
of
nothing,
and
the
deceit
of
their own
heart.
Therefore
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
prophets
who
prophesy
in
my
name,
but
I
didn’t
send
them,
yet
they
say, ‘Sword
and
famine
will
not
be
in
this
land.’
Those
prophets
will
be
consumed
by
sword
and
famine.
The
people
to
whom
they
prophesy
will
be
cast
out
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem
because
of
the
famine
and
the
sword.
They
will
have
no
one
to
bury
them—them,
their
wives,
their
sons,
or
their
daughters,
for
I
will
pour
their
wickedness
on
them.
“You
shall
say
this
word
to
them:
“‘Let
my
eyes
run
down
with
tears
night
and
day,
and
let
them
not
cease;
for
the
virgin
daughter
of
my
people
is
broken
with
a
great breach,
with
a
very grievous
wound.
If
I
go
out
into
the
field,
then
behold,
the
slain
with
the
sword!
If
I
enter
into
the
city,
then
behold,
those
who
are sick
with
famine!
For
both
the
prophet
and
the
priest
go
about
in
the
land,
and
have
no
knowledge.’”
Have
you utterly
rejected
Judah?
Has
your
soul
loathed
Zion?
Why
have
you
struck
us,
and
there
is
no
healing
for
us?
We
looked
for
peace,
but
no
good came;
and
for
a
time
of
healing,
and
behold, dismay!
We
acknowledge,
Yahweh,
our
wickedness,
and
the
iniquity
of
our
fathers;
for
we
have
sinned
against
you.
Do
not abhor
us,
for
your
name’s
sake.
Do
not disgrace
the
throne
of
your
glory.
Remember,
and
don’t
break
your
covenant
with
us.
Are
there
any
among
the
vanities
of
the
nations
that
can
cause
rain?
Or
can
the
sky
give
showers?
Aren’t
you
he,
Yahweh
our
God?
Therefore
we
will
wait
for
you;
for
you
have
made
all
these
things.
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Though
Moses
and
Samuel
stood
before
me,
yet
my
mind
would
not turn
toward
this
people.
Cast
them
out
of
my
sight,
and
let
them
go
out!
It
will
happen
when
they
ask
you, ‘Where
shall
we
go
out?’
then
you
shall
tell
them, ‘Yahweh
says:
“Such
as
are
for
death,
to
death;
such
as
are
for
the
sword,
to
the
sword;
such
as
are
for
the
famine,
to
the
famine;
and
such
as
are
for
captivity,
to
captivity.”’
“I
will
appoint
over
them
four
kinds,”
says
Yahweh: “the
sword
to
kill,
the
dogs
to tear,
the
birds
of
the
sky,
and
the
animals
of
the
earth,
to
devour
and
to
destroy.
I
will
cause
them
to
be tossed back
and
forth
among
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth,
because
of
Manasseh,
the
son
of
Hezekiah,
king
of
Judah,
for
that
which
he
did
in
Jerusalem.
For
who
will
have
pity
on
you,
Jerusalem?
Who
will
mourn
you?
Who
will come
to
ask
of
your
welfare?
You
have rejected
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“You
have gone
backward.
Therefore
I
have
stretched
out
my
hand
against
you
and
destroyed
you.
I
am
weary
of
showing
compassion.
I
have
winnowed
them
with
a fan
in
the
gates
of
the
land.
I
have
bereaved
them
of
children.
I
have
destroyed
my
people.
They
didn’t
return
from
their
ways.
Their
widows
are increased
more
than
the
sand
of
the
seas.
I
have
brought
on
them
against
the
mother
of
the
young
men
a
destroyer
at noonday.
I
have caused anguish
and terrors
to
fall
on
her
suddenly.
She
who
has
borne
seven
languishes.
She
has
given
up
the
spirit.
Her
sun
has
gone
down
while
it
was
yet
day.
She
has
been
disappointed
and
confounded.
I
will
deliver
their residue
to
the
sword
before
their
enemies,”
says
Yahweh.
Woe
is
me,
my
mother,
that
you
have
borne
me,
a
man
of
strife,
and
a
man
of
contention
to
the
whole
earth!
I
have
not
lent,
neither
have
men
lent
to
me;
yet
every
one
of
them
curses
me.
Yahweh
said,
“Most
certainly
I
will strengthen
you
for
good.
Most
certainly
I
will cause
the
enemy
to
make
supplication
to
you
in
the
time
of
evil
and
in
the
time
of affliction.
Can one break
iron,
even
iron from
the
north,
and
bronze?
I
will
give
your
substance
and
your
treasures
for
a
plunder
without
price,
and
that
for
all
your
sins,
even
in
all
your
borders.
I
will
make
them
to
pass
with
your
enemies
into
a
land
which
you
don’t
know;
for
a
fire
is
kindled
in
my
anger,
which
will
burn
on
you.”
Yahweh,
you
know.
Remember
me,
visit
me,
and
avenge
me
of
my
persecutors.
You
are
patient,
so
don’t
take
me
away.
Know
that
for
your
sake
I
have suffered
reproach.
Your
words
were
found,
and
I
ate
them.
Your
words
were
to
me
a
joy
and
the
rejoicing
of
my
heart,
for
I
am
called
by
your
name,
Yahweh,
God
of
Armies.
I
didn’t
sit
in
the
assembly
of
those
who
make merry
and
rejoice.
I
sat
alone
because
of
your
hand,
for
you
have
filled
me
with
indignation.
Why
is
my
pain
perpetual,
and
my
wound
incurable,
which
refuses
to
be
healed?
Will
you
indeed
be
to
me
as
a deceitful brook,
like
waters
that
fail?
Therefore
Yahweh
says,
“If
you
return,
then
I
will
bring
you
again,
that
you
may
stand
before
me;
and
if
you
take
out
the
precious
from
the vile,
you
will
be
as
my
mouth.
They
will
return
to
you,
but
you
will
not
return
to
them.
I
will
make
you
to
this
people
a
fortified
bronze
wall.
They
will
fight
against
you,
but
they
will
not
prevail
against
you;
for
I
am
with
you
to
save
you
and
to
deliver
you,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
will
deliver
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
wicked,
and
I
will
redeem
you
out
of
the
hand
of
the
terrible.”
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“You
shall
not
take
a
wife,
neither
shall
you
have
sons
or
daughters,
in
this
place.”
For
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
sons
and
concerning
the
daughters
who
are
born
in
this
place,
and
concerning
their
mothers
who
bore
them,
and
concerning
their
fathers
who
became
their
father
in
this
land:
“They
will
die grievous deaths.
They
will
not
be
lamented,
neither
will
they
be
buried.
They
will
be
as
dung
on
the
surface
of
the
ground.
They
will
be
consumed
by
the
sword
and
by
famine.
Their
dead
bodies
will
be
food
for
the
birds
of
the
sky
and
for
the
animals
of
the
earth.”
For
Yahweh
says, “Don’t
enter
into
the
house
of
mourning.
Don’t
go
to
lament.
Don’t bemoan
them,
for
I
have
taken
away
my
peace
from
this
people,”
says
Yahweh, “even loving
kindness
and tender
mercies.
Both
great
and
small
will
die
in
this
land.
They
will
not
be
buried.
Men
won’t
lament
for
them,
cut
themselves,
or
make
themselves
bald
for
them.
Men
won’t
break bread
for
them
in
mourning,
to
comfort
them
for
the
dead. Men
won’t
give
them
the
cup
of
consolation
to
drink
for
their
father
or
for
their
mother.
“You
shall
not
go
into
the
house
of
feasting
to
sit
with
them,
to
eat
and
to
drink.”
For
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says: “Behold,
I
will cause
to
cease
out
of
this
place,
before
your
eyes
and
in
your
days,
the
voice
of
mirth
and
the
voice
of
gladness,
the
voice
of
the bridegroom
and
the
voice
of
the
bride.
It
will
happen,
when
you
tell
this
people
all
these
words,
and
they
ask
you, ‘Why
has
Yahweh
pronounced
all
this
great
evil
against
us?’
or ‘What
is
our
iniquity?’
or ‘What
is
our
sin
that
we
have
committed
against
Yahweh
our
God?’
then
you
shall
tell
them, ‘Because
your
fathers
have forsaken
me,’
says
Yahweh, ‘and
have walked
after
other
gods,
have
served
them,
have
worshiped
them,
have forsaken
me,
and
have
not
kept
my
law.
You
have
done
evil more
than
your
fathers,
for
behold,
you
each
walk
after
the
stubbornness
of
his
evil
heart,
so
that
you don’t
listen
to
me.
Therefore
I
will
cast
you
out
of
this
land
into
the
land
that
you
have
not
known,
neither
you
nor
your
fathers.
There
you
will
serve
other
gods
day
and
night,
for
I
will
show
you
no
favor.’
“Therefore
behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh, “that
it
will
no
more
be
said, ‘As
Yahweh
lives,
who
brought
up
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt;’
but, ‘As
Yahweh
lives,
who
brought
up
the
children
of
Israel
from
the
land
of
the
north,
and
from
all
the
countries
where
he
had
driven
them.’
I
will
bring
them
again
into
their
land
that
I
gave
to
their
fathers.
“Behold,
I
will
send
for
many
fishermen,”
says
Yahweh, “and
they
will
fish
them
up.
Afterward
I
will
send
for
many hunters,
and
they
will
hunt
them
from
every
mountain,
from
every
hill,
and
out
of
the
clefts
of
the
rocks.
For
my
eyes
are
on
all
their
ways.
They
are
not
hidden
from
my
face.
Their
iniquity
isn’t
concealed
from
my
eyes.
First
I
will recompense
their
iniquity
and
their
sin
double,
because
they
have polluted
my
land
with
the
carcasses
of
their
detestable
things,
and
have
filled
my
inheritance
with
their
abominations.”
Yahweh,
my
strength,
my
stronghold,
and
my
refuge
in
the
day
of affliction,
the
nations
will
come
to
you
from
the
ends
of
the
earth,
and
will
say,
“Our
fathers
have
inherited
nothing
but
lies,
vanity
and
things
in
which
there
is
no
profit.
Should
a
man
make
to
himself
gods
which
yet
are
no
gods?”
“Therefore
behold,
I
will cause
them
to
know,
this
once
I
will cause
them
to
know
my
hand
and
my
might.
Then
they
will
know
that
my
name
is
Yahweh.”
“The
sin
of
Judah
is
written
with
a
pen
of
iron,
and
with
the
point
of
a
diamond.
It
is engraved
on
the
tablet
of
their
heart,
and
on
the
horns
of
your
altars.
Even
their
children
remember
their
altars
and
their
Asherah poles
by
the
green
trees
on
the
high
hills.
My mountain
in
the
field,
I
will
give
your
substance
and
all
your
treasures
for
a
plunder,
and
your
high
places,
because
of
sin,
throughout
all
your
borders.
You,
even
of
yourself,
will discontinue
from
your
heritage
that
I
gave
you.
I
will
cause
you
to
serve
your
enemies
in
the
land
which
you
don’t
know,
for
you
have
kindled
a
fire
in
my
anger
which
will
burn
forever.”
Yahweh
says:
“Cursed
is
the
man
who
trusts
in
man,
relies
on
strength
of
flesh,
and
whose
heart departs
from
Yahweh.
For
he
will
be
like
a
bush
in
the
desert,
and
will
not
see
when
good
comes,
but
will
inhabit
the parched places
in
the
wilderness,
an
uninhabited
salt
land.
“Blessed
is
the
man
who
trusts
in
Yahweh,
and
whose
confidence
is
in
Yahweh.
For
he
will
be
as
a
tree
planted
by
the
waters,
who
spreads
out
its
roots
by
the
river,
and
will
not
fear
when
heat
comes,
but
its
leaf
will
be
green,
and
will
not
be concerned
in
the
year
of
drought.
It
won’t
cease
from yielding
fruit.
The
heart
is deceitful
above
all
things
and
it
is exceedingly corrupt.
Who
can
know
it?
“I,
Yahweh,
search
the
mind.
I
try
the
heart,
even
to
give
every
man
according
to
his
ways,
according
to
the
fruit
of
his
doings.”
As
the
partridge
that sits
on
eggs which
she
has
not
laid,
so
is
he
who gets
riches,
and
not
by
right.
In
the
middle
of
his
days,
they
will
leave
him.
At
his
end,
he
will
be
a
fool.
A glorious
throne, set
on
high
from
the
beginning,
is
the
place
of our
sanctuary.
Yahweh,
the hope
of
Israel,
all
who
forsake
you
will
be
disappointed.
Those
who depart
from
me
will
be
written
in
the
earth,
because
they
have forsaken
Yahweh,
the
spring
of
living
waters.
Heal
me,
O
Yahweh,
and
I
will
be
healed.
Save
me,
and
I
will
be
saved;
for
you
are
my
praise.
Behold,
they
ask
me,
“Where
is
Yahweh’s
word?
Let
it
be
fulfilled
now.”
As
for
me,
I
have
not
hurried
from
being
a
shepherd
after
you.
I
haven’t
desired
the
woeful
day.
You
know.
That which
came
out
of
my
lips
was
before
your
face.
Don’t
be
a
terror
to
me.
You
are
my
refuge
in
the
day
of
evil.
Let
them
be
disappointed
who
persecute
me,
but
don’t
let
me
be
disappointed.
Let
them
be
dismayed,
but
don’t
let
me
be
dismayed.
Bring
on
them
the
day
of
evil,
and
destroy
them
with
double
destruction.
Yahweh
said
this
to
me: “Go
and
stand
in
the
gate
of
the
children
of
the
people,
through
which
the
kings
of
Judah
come
in
and
by
which
they
go
out,
and
in
all
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
Tell
them, ‘Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
you
kings
of
Judah,
all
Judah,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
that
enter
in
by
these
gates:
Yahweh
says, “Be
careful,
and
bear
no
burden
on
the
Sabbath
day,
nor
bring
it
in
by
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
Don’t
carry
a
burden
out
of
your
houses
on
the
Sabbath
day.
Don’t
do
any
work,
but
make
the
Sabbath
day
holy,
as
I
commanded
your
fathers.
But
they
didn’t
listen.
They
didn’t
turn
their
ear,
but
made
their
neck stiff,
that
they might
not
hear,
and might
not
receive
instruction.
It
will
happen,
if
you
diligently
listen
to
me,”
says
Yahweh, “to
bring
in
no
burden
through
the
gates
of
this
city
on
the
Sabbath
day,
but
to
make
the
Sabbath
day
holy,
to
do
no
work therein;
then
there
will
enter
in
by
the
gates
of
this
city
kings
and
princes
sitting
on
David’s
throne,
riding
in
chariots
and
on
horses,
they
and
their
princes,
the
men
of
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem;
and
this
city
will
remain
forever.
They
will
come
from
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
from
the
places
around
Jerusalem,
from
the
land
of
Benjamin,
from
the
lowland,
from
the
hill
country,
and
from
the
South,
bringing
burnt
offerings,
sacrifices,
meal
offerings,
and
frankincense,
and
bringing
sacrifices
of
thanksgiving
to
Yahweh’s
house.
But
if
you
will
not
listen
to
me
to
make
the
Sabbath
day
holy,
and
not
to
bear
a
burden
and
enter
in
at
the
gates
of
Jerusalem
on
the
Sabbath
day,
then
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
its
gates,
and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of
Jerusalem.
It
will
not
be
quenched.”’”
The
word
which
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
saying,
“Arise,
and
go
down
to
the
potter’s
house,
and
there
I
will
cause
you
to
hear
my
words.”
Then
I
went
down
to
the
potter’s
house,
and
behold,
he
was
making
something
on
the wheels.
When
the
vessel
that
he
made
of
the clay
was marred
in
the
hand
of
the
potter,
he
made
it
again
another
vessel,
as
seemed
good
to
the
potter
to
make
it.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“House
of
Israel,
can’t
I
do
with
you
as
this
potter?”
says
Yahweh. “Behold,
as
the clay
in
the
potter’s
hand,
so
are
you
in
my
hand,
house
of
Israel.
At
the
instant
I
speak
concerning
a
nation,
and
concerning
a
kingdom,
to
pluck
up
and
to
break
down
and
to
destroy
it,
if
that
nation,
concerning
which
I
have
spoken,
turns
from
their
evil,
I
will
repent
of
the
evil
that
I
thought
to
do
to
them.
At
the
instant
I
speak
concerning
a
nation,
and
concerning
a
kingdom,
to
build
and
to
plant
it,
if
they
do
that
which
is
evil
in
my
sight,
that
they
not
obey
my
voice,
then
I
will
repent
of
the
good
with
which
I
said
I
would
benefit
them.
“Now
therefore,
speak
to
the
men
of
Judah,
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I frame
evil
against
you,
and
devise
a
plan
against
you.
Everyone
return
from
his
evil
way
now,
and
amend
your
ways
and
your
doings.”’
But
they
say, ‘It
is
in vain;
for
we
will walk
after
our
own
plans,
and
we
will
each
follow
the
stubbornness
of
his
evil
heart.’”
Therefore
Yahweh
says:
“Ask
now
among
the
nations,
‘Who
has
heard
such
things?’
The
virgin
of
Israel
has
done
a
very horrible
thing.
Will
the
snow
of
Lebanon fail
from
the
rock
of
the
field?
Will
the
cold
waters
that
flow
down
from afar
be dried up?
For
my
people
have
forgotten
me.
They
have
burned
incense
to
false
gods.
They
have
been made
to
stumble
in
their
ways
in
the
ancient
paths,
to
walk
in byways,
in
a
way
not built
up,
to
make
their
land
an astonishment,
and
a
perpetual
hissing.
Everyone
who
passes
by
it
will
be
astonished,
and
shake
his
head.
I
will
scatter
them
as
with
an
east
wind
before
the
enemy.
I
will
show
them
the
back,
and
not
the
face,
in
the
day
of
their
calamity.
Then
they
said, “Come!
Let’s
devise
plans
against
Jeremiah;
for
the
law
won’t
perish
from
the
priest,
nor
counsel
from
the
wise,
nor
the
word
from
the
prophet. Come,
and
let’s
strike
him
with
the
tongue,
and
let’s
not
give
heed
to
any
of
his
words.”
Give
heed
to
me,
Yahweh,
and
listen
to
the
voice
of those
who
contend
with
me.
Should
evil
be
recompensed
for
good?
For
they
have
dug
a
pit
for
my
soul.
Remember
how
I
stood
before
you
to
speak
good
for
them,
to
turn
away
your
wrath
from
them.
Therefore
deliver
up
their
children
to
the
famine,
and
give
them
over
to
the
power
of
the
sword.
Let
their
wives
become childless
and
widows.
Let
their
men
be
killed
and
their
young
men
struck
by
the
sword
in
battle.
Let
a
cry
be
heard
from
their
houses
when
you
bring
a
troop
suddenly
on
them;
for
they
have
dug
a
pit
to
take
me
and
hidden
snares
for
my
feet.
Yet,
Yahweh,
you
know
all
their
counsel
against
me
to kill
me.
Don’t
forgive
their
iniquity.
Don’t blot
out
their
sin
from
your
sight,
Let
them
be
overthrown
before
you.
Deal
with
them
in
the
time
of
your
anger.
Thus
said
Yahweh, “Go,
and
buy
a
potter’s
earthen container,
and
take
some
of
the
elders
of
the
people
and
of
the
elders
of
the
priests;
and
go
out
to
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom,
which
is
by
the
entry
of
the
gate Harsith,
and
proclaim
there
the
words
that
I
will
tell
you.
Say, ‘Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
kings
of
Judah
and
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says, “Behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
this
place,
which
whoever
hears,
his
ears
will
tingle.
Because
they
have forsaken
me,
and
have defiled
this
place,
and
have
burned
incense
in
it
to
other
gods
that
they
didn’t
know—they,
their
fathers,
and
the
kings
of
Judah—and
have
filled
this
place
with
the
blood
of innocents,
and
have
built
the
high
places
of
Baal
to
burn
their
children
in
the
fire
for
burnt
offerings
to
Baal,
which
I
didn’t
command,
nor
speak,
which
didn’t
even
enter
into
my
mind.
Therefore,
behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh, “that
this
place
will
no
more
be
called ‘Topheth’,
nor ‘The
Valley
of
the
son
of Hinnom’,
but ‘The
valley
of Slaughter’.
“‘“I
will
make
the
counsel
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
void
in
this
place.
I
will
cause
them
to
fall
by
the
sword
before
their
enemies,
and
by
the
hand
of
those
who
seek
their
life.
I
will
give
their
dead
bodies
to
be
food
for
the
birds
of
the
sky
and
for
the
animals
of
the
earth.
I
will
make
this
city
an astonishment
and
a
hissing.
Everyone
who
passes
by
it
will
be
astonished
and
hiss
because
of
all
its
plagues.
I
will cause
them
to
eat
the
flesh
of
their
sons
and
the
flesh
of
their
daughters.
They
will
each
eat
the
flesh
of
his
friend
in
the
siege
and
in
the
distress
with
which
their
enemies,
and
those
who
seek
their
life,
will
distress
them.”’
“Then
you
shall
break
the container
in
the
sight
of
the
men
who
go
with
you,
and
shall
tell
them, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Even
so
I
will
break
this
people
and
this
city
as
one
breaks
a
potter’s
vessel,
that
can’t
be
made whole
again.
They
will
bury
in
Topheth until
there
is
no
place
to
bury.
This
is
what
I
will
do
to
this
place,”
says
Yahweh, “and
to
its
inhabitants,
even
making
this
city
as
Topheth.
The
houses
of
Jerusalem
and
the
houses
of
the
kings
of
Judah,
which
are
defiled,
will
be
as
the
place
of
Topheth,
even
all
the
houses
on
whose
roofs
they
have
burned
incense
to
all
the
army
of
the
sky
and
have poured
out drink offerings
to
other
gods.”’”
Then
Jeremiah
came
from
Topheth,
where
Yahweh
had
sent
him
to
prophesy,
and
he
stood
in
the
court
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
said
to
all
the
people:
“Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
bring
on
this
city
and
on
all
its
towns
all
the
evil
that
I
have
pronounced
against
it,
because
they
have
made
their
neck stiff,
that
they
may
not
hear
my
words.’”
Now
Pashhur,
the
son
of
Immer
the
priest,
who
was
chief
officer
in
Yahweh’s
house,
heard
Jeremiah
prophesying
these
things.
Then
Pashhur
struck
Jeremiah
the
prophet
and
put
him
in
the
stocks
that
were
in
the
upper
gate
of
Benjamin,
which
was
in
Yahweh’s
house.
On
the
next
day,
Pashhur
released
Jeremiah
out
of
the
stocks.
Then
Jeremiah
said
to
him, “Yahweh
has
not
called
your
name
Pashhur,
but Magormissabib.
20:3
“Magormissabib” means “surrounded by terror”
For
Yahweh
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
make
you
a
terror
to
yourself
and
to
all
your
friends.
They
will
fall
by
the
sword
of
their
enemies,
and
your
eyes
will
see
it.
I
will
give
all
Judah
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
will
carry
them
captive
to
Babylon,
and
will
kill
them
with
the
sword.
Moreover
I
will
give
all
the
riches
of
this
city,
and
all
its
gains,
and
all
its
precious
things, yes,
I
will
give
all
the
treasures
of
the
kings
of
Judah
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies.
They
will
make
them captives,
take
them,
and
carry
them
to
Babylon.
You,
Pashhur,
and
all
who
dwell
in
your
house
will
go
into
captivity.
You
will
come
to
Babylon,
and
there
you
will
die,
and
there
you
will
be
buried,
you,
and
all
your
friends,
to
whom
you
have
prophesied
falsely.’”
Yahweh,
you
have
persuaded
me,
and
I
was
persuaded.
You
are
stronger
than
I,
and
have
prevailed.
I
have
become
a
laughingstock
all
day.
Everyone
mocks
me.
For
as
often
as
I
speak,
I
cry
out;
I
cry, “Violence
and
destruction!”
because
Yahweh’s
word
has
been
made
a
reproach
to
me,
and
a
derision,
all
day.
If
I
say
that
I
will
not
make
mention
of
him,
or
speak
any
more
in
his
name,
then
there
is
in
my
heart
as
it
were
a
burning
fire
shut
up
in
my
bones.
I
am
weary
with
holding
it
in.
I
can’t.
For
I
have
heard
the defaming
of
many:
“Terror
on
every
side!
Denounce,
and
we
will
denounce
him!”
say
all
my familiar
friends,
those
who
watch
for
my
fall.
“Perhaps
he
will
be persuaded,
and
we
will
prevail
against
him,
and
we
will
take
our
revenge
on
him.”
But
Yahweh
is
with
me
as
an awesome
mighty
one.
Therefore
my
persecutors
will
stumble,
and
they
won’t
prevail.
They
will
be
utterly
disappointed
because
they
have
not dealt wisely,
even
with
an
everlasting
dishonor which
will
never
be
forgotten.
But
Yahweh
of
Armies,
who
tests
the
righteous,
who
sees
the
heart
and
the
mind,
let
me
see
your
vengeance
on
them,
for
I
have
revealed
my
cause
to
you.
Sing
to
Yahweh!
Praise
Yahweh,
for
he
has
delivered
the
soul
of
the
needy
from
the
hand
of evildoers.
Cursed
is
the
day
in
which
I
was
born.
Don’t
let
the
day
in
which
my
mother
bore
me
be
blessed.
Cursed
is
the
man
who
brought
news
to
my
father,
saying,
“A
boy
is
born
to
you,” making
him
very
glad.
Let
that
man
be
as
the
cities
which
Yahweh
overthrew,
and
didn’t
repent.
Let
him
hear
a
cry
in
the
morning,
and
shouting
at noontime,
because
he
didn’t
kill
me
from
the
womb.
So
my
mother
would
have
been
my
grave,
and
her
womb
always great.
Why
did
I
come
out
of
the
womb
to
see
labor
and
sorrow,
that
my
days
should
be
consumed
with
shame?
The
word
which
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
when
King
Zedekiah
sent
to
him
Pashhur
the
son
of
Malchijah,
and
Zephaniah
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
the
priest,
saying,
“Please
inquire
of
Yahweh
for
us;
for
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
makes war
against
us.
Perhaps
Yahweh
will
deal
with
us
according
to
all
his
wondrous
works,
that
he
may
withdraw
from
us.”
Then
Jeremiah
said
to
them, “Tell
Zedekiah:
‘Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
says, “Behold,
I
will
turn
back
the
weapons
of
war
that
are
in
your
hands,
with
which
you
fight
against
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
against
the
Chaldeans
who besiege
you
outside
the
walls;
and
I
will
gather
them
into
the
middle
of
this
city.
I
myself
will
fight
against
you
with an
outstretched
hand
and
with
a
strong
arm, even
in
anger,
in
wrath,
and
in
great indignation.
I
will
strike
the
inhabitants
of
this
city,
both
man
and
animal.
They
will
die
of
a
great
pestilence.
Afterward,”
says
Yahweh, “I
will
deliver
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah,
his
servants,
and
the
people,
even
those
who
are
left
in
this
city
from
the
pestilence,
from
the
sword,
and
from
the
famine,
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
and
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies,
and
into
the
hand
of
those
who
seek
their
life.
He
will
strike
them
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
He
will
not
spare
them,
have
pity,
or
have
mercy.”’
“You
shall
say
to
this
people, ‘Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
set
before
you
the
way
of
life
and
the
way
of
death.
He
who
remains
in
this
city
will
die
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence,
but
he
who
goes
out
and passes
over
to
the
Chaldeans
who besiege
you,
he
will
live,
and
he
will
escape
with
his
life.
For
I
have
set
my
face
on
this
city
for
evil,
and
not
for
good,”
says
Yahweh. “It
will
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
will
burn
it
with
fire.”’
“Concerning
the
house
of
the
king
of
Judah,
hear
Yahweh’s
word:
House
of
David,
Yahweh
says,
‘Execute
justice
in
the
morning,
and
deliver
him
who
is
robbed
out
of
the
hand
of
the
oppressor,
lest
my
wrath
go
out
like
fire,
and
burn
so
that
no
one
can
quench
it,
because
of
the
evil
of
your
doings.
Behold,
I
am
against
you,
O
inhabitant
of
the
valley,
and
of
the
rock
of
the
plain,’
says
Yahweh.
‘You
that
say, “Who
would
come
down
against
us?”
or, “Who
would
enter
into
our homes?”
I
will
punish
you
according
to
the
fruit
of
your
doings,
says
Yahweh;
and
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
her
forest,
and
it
will
devour
all
that
is
around
her.’”
Yahweh
said, “Go
down
to
the
house
of
the
king
of
Judah,
and
speak
this
word
there:
‘Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
king
of
Judah,
who
sits
on
David’s
throne—you,
your
servants,
and
your
people
who
enter
in
by
these
gates.
Yahweh
says: “Execute
justice
and
righteousness,
and
deliver
him
who
is
robbed
out
of
the
hand
of
the
oppressor.
Do
no
wrong.
Do
no
violence
to
the
foreigner,
the
fatherless,
or
the
widow.
Don’t
shed
innocent
blood
in
this
place.
For
if
you
do
this
thing
indeed,
then
kings
sitting
on
David’s
throne
will
enter
in
by
the
gates
of
this
house,
riding
in
chariots
and
on
horses—they,
their
servants,
and
their
people.
But
if
you
will
not
hear
these
words,
I
swear
by myself,”
says
Yahweh, “that
this
house
will
become
a
desolation.”’”
For
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
house
of
the
king
of
Judah:
“You
are
Gilead
to
me,
the
head
of
Lebanon.
Yet
surely
I
will
make
you
a
wilderness,
cities
which
are
not
inhabited.
I
will
prepare
destroyers
against
you,
everyone
with
his
weapons,
and
they
will
cut
down
your
choice
cedars,
and
cast
them
into
the
fire.
“Many
nations
will
pass
by
this
city,
and
they
will
each
ask
his
neighbor, ‘Why
has
Yahweh
done
this
to
this
great
city?’
Then
they
will
answer, ‘Because
they
abandoned
the
covenant
of
Yahweh
their
God,
worshiped
other
gods,
and
served
them.’”
Don’t
weep
for
the
dead.
Don’t bemoan
him;
but
weep
bitterly
for
him
who
goes
away,
for
he
will
return
no
more,
and
not
see
his
native
country.
For
Yahweh
says touching
Shallum
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
who
reigned
instead
of
Josiah
his
father,
and
who
went
out
of
this
place: “He
won’t
return
there
any
more.
But
he
will
die
in
the
place
where
they
have
led
him
captive.
He
will
see
this
land
no
more.”
“Woe
to
him
who
builds
his
house
by unrighteousness,
and
his
rooms
by injustice;
who
uses
his
neighbor’s
service
without
wages,
and
doesn’t
give
him
his hire;
who
says, ‘I
will
build myself
a wide
house
and
spacious
rooms,’
and cuts out
windows
for himself,
with
a
cedar ceiling,
and painted
with
red.
“Should
you
reign
because
you
strive
to excel
in
cedar?
Didn’t
your
father
eat
and
drink,
and
do
justice
and
righteousness?
Then
it
was
well
with
him.
He judged
the
cause
of
the
poor
and
needy;
so
then
it
was
well.
Wasn’t
this
to
know
me?”
says
Yahweh.
But
your
eyes
and
your
heart
are
only
for
your covetousness,
for
shedding
innocent
blood,
for
oppression,
and
for
doing
violence.”
Therefore
Yahweh
says
concerning
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah:
“They
won’t
lament
for
him,
saying, ‘Ah
my
brother!’
or, ‘Ah
sister!’
They
won’t
lament
for
him,
saying ‘Ah
lord!’
or, ‘Ah
his
glory!’
He
will
be
buried
with
the
burial
of
a
donkey,
drawn
and
cast
out
beyond
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.”
“Go
up
to
Lebanon,
and
cry
out.
Lift
up
your
voice
in
Bashan,
and
cry
from
Abarim;
for
all
your
lovers
have
been destroyed.
I
spoke
to
you
in
your
prosperity,
but
you
said, ‘I
will
not
listen.’
This
has
been
your
way
from
your
youth,
that
you
didn’t
obey
my
voice.
The
wind
will
feed
all
your
shepherds,
and
your
lovers
will go into
captivity.
Surely
then
you
will
be
ashamed
and
confounded
for
all
your
wickedness.
Inhabitant
of
Lebanon,
who
makes
your
nest
in
the
cedars,
how greatly
to be pitied
you
will be
when pangs
come
on
you,
the
pain
as
of
a woman
in travail!
“As
I
live,”
says
Yahweh, “though Coniah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim
king
of
Judah
were
the
signet
on
my
right
hand,
I
would still pluck
you
from
there.
I
would
give
you
into
the
hand
of
those
who
seek
your
life,
and
into
the
hand
of
them
of
whom
you
are afraid, even
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
and
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans.
I
will
cast
you
out
with
your
mother
who
bore
you
into
another
country,
where
you
were
not
born;
and
there
you
will
die.
But
to
the
land
to
which
their
soul longs
to
return,
there
they
will
not
return.”
Is
this
man Coniah
a
despised broken
vessel?
Is
he
a
vessel
in
which
no
one
delights?
Why
are
they
cast
out,
he
and
his
offspring,
and
cast
into
a
land
which
they
don’t
know?
O
earth,
earth,
earth,
hear
Yahweh’s
word!
Yahweh
says,
“Record
this
man
as
childless,
a
man
who
will
not
prosper
in
his
days;
for
no
more
will
a
man
of
his
offspring
prosper,
sitting
on
David’s
throne
and
ruling
in
Judah.”
“Woe
to
the
shepherds
who
destroy
and
scatter
the
sheep
of
my
pasture!”
says
Yahweh.
Therefore
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
against
the
shepherds
who
feed
my
people: “You
have
scattered
my
flock,
driven
them
away,
and
have
not
visited
them.
Behold,
I
will
visit
on
you
the
evil
of
your
doings,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
will
gather
the
remnant
of
my
flock
out
of
all
the
countries
where
I
have
driven
them,
and
will
bring
them
again
to
their folds;
and
they
will
be
fruitful
and
multiply.
I
will
set
up
shepherds
over
them
who
will
feed
them.
They
will
no
longer
be
afraid
or
dismayed,
neither
will
any
be lacking,”
says
Yahweh.
“Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh,
“that
I
will
raise
to
David
a
righteous
Branch;
and
he
will
reign
as
king
and
deal wisely,
and
will execute
justice
and
righteousness
in
the
land.
In
his
days
Judah
will
be
saved,
and
Israel
will
dwell
safely.
This
is
his
name
by
which
he
will
be
called:
Yahweh
our
righteousness.
“Therefore,
behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh, “that
they
will
no
more
say, ‘As
Yahweh
lives,
who
brought
up
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt;’
but, ‘As
Yahweh
lives,
who
brought
up
and
who
led
the
offspring
of
the
house
of
Israel
out
of
the
north
country,
and
from
all
the
countries
where
I
had
driven
them.’
Then
they
will
dwell
in
their own
land.”
Concerning
the
prophets:
My
heart
within
me
is
broken.
All
my
bones shake.
I
am
like
a
drunken
man,
and
like
a
man whom
wine
has overcome,
because
of
Yahweh,
and
because
of
his
holy
words.
“For
the
land
is
full
of
adulterers;
for
because
of
the
curse
the
land
mourns.
The
pastures
of
the
wilderness
have
dried
up.
Their
course
is
evil,
and
their
might
is
not
right;
for
both
prophet
and
priest
are profane.
Yes,
in
my
house
I
have
found
their
wickedness,”
says
Yahweh.
Therefore
their
way
will
be
to
them
as
slippery
places
in
the
darkness.
They
will
be driven
on,
and
fall therein;
for
I
will
bring
evil
on
them,
even
the
year
of
their visitation,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
have
seen
folly
in
the
prophets
of
Samaria.
They
prophesied
by
Baal,
and caused
my
people
Israel
to
err.
In
the
prophets
of
Jerusalem
I
have also
seen
a horrible
thing:
they
commit
adultery
and
walk
in
lies.
They
strengthen
the
hands
of evildoers,
so
that
no
one
returns
from
his
wickedness.
They
have
all
become
to
me
as
Sodom,
and
its
inhabitants
as
Gomorrah.”
Therefore
Yahweh
of
Armies
says
concerning
the
prophets:
“Behold,
I
will
feed
them
with
wormwood,
and
make
them
drink
poisoned
water;
for
from
the
prophets
of
Jerusalem ungodliness
has
gone
out
into
all
the
land.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says,
“Don’t
listen
to
the
words
of
the
prophets
who
prophesy
to
you.
They teach
you vanity.
They
speak
a
vision
of
their own
heart,
and
not
out
of
the
mouth
of
Yahweh.
They
say
continually
to
those
who
despise
me,
‘Yahweh
has
said, “You
will
have
peace;”’
and
to
everyone
who
walks
in
the
stubbornness
of
his
own
heart
they
say,
‘No
evil
will
come
on
you.’
For
who
has
stood
in
the
council
of
Yahweh,
that
he
should
perceive
and
hear
his
word?
Who
has
listened
to
my
word,
and
heard
it?
Behold,
Yahweh’s
storm,
his
wrath,
has
gone
out.
Yes,
a whirling
storm!
It
will burst
on
the
head
of
the
wicked.
Yahweh’s
anger
will
not
return
until
he
has executed
and performed
the intents
of
his
heart.
In
the
latter
days,
you
will
understand
it perfectly.
I
didn’t
send
these
prophets,
yet
they
ran.
I
didn’t
speak
to
them,
yet
they
prophesied.
But
if
they
had
stood
in
my
council,
then
they
would
have
caused
my
people
to
hear
my
words,
and
would
have
turned
them
from
their
evil
way,
and
from
the
evil
of
their
doings.
“Am
I
a
God
at
hand,”
says
Yahweh,
“and
not
a
God
afar
off?
Can
anyone
hide
himself
in
secret
places
so
that
I
can’t
see
him?”
says
Yahweh.
“Don’t
I
fill
heaven
and
earth?”
says
Yahweh.
“I
have
heard
what
the
prophets
have
said,
who
prophesy
lies
in
my
name,
saying, ‘I
had
a
dream!
I
had
a
dream!’
How
long
will
this
be
in
the
heart
of
the
prophets
who
prophesy
lies,
even
the
prophets
of
the
deceit
of
their own
heart?
They
intend
to cause
my
people
to
forget
my
name
by
their
dreams
which
they
each
tell
his
neighbor,
as
their
fathers
forgot
my
name
because
of
Baal.
The
prophet
who
has
a
dream, let
him
tell
a
dream;
and
he
who
has
my
word, let
him
speak
my
word
faithfully.
What
is
the
straw
to
the
wheat?”
says
Yahweh.
“Isn’t
my
word
like
fire?”
says
Yahweh; “and
like
a
hammer
that breaks
the
rock
in pieces?
“Therefore
behold,
I
am
against
the
prophets,”
says
Yahweh, “who
each
steal
my
words
from
his
neighbor.
Behold,
I
am
against
the
prophets,”
says
Yahweh, “who
use
their
tongues,
and say, ‘He
says.’
Behold,
I
am
against
those
who
prophesy
lying
dreams,”
says
Yahweh, “who
tell
them,
and cause
my
people
to
err
by
their
lies,
and
by
their
vain
boasting;
yet
I
didn’t
send
them
or
command
them.
They
don’t
profit
this
people
at all,”
says
Yahweh.
“When
this
people,
or
the
prophet,
or
a
priest,
asks
you,
saying, ‘What
is
the
message
from
Yahweh?’
Then
you
shall
tell
them, ‘“What
message?
I
will
cast
you
off,”
says
Yahweh.’
As
for
the
prophet,
the
priest,
and
the
people,
who
say, ‘The
message
from
Yahweh,’
I
will
even
punish
that
man
and
his
household.
You
will
say
everyone
to
his
neighbor,
and
everyone
to
his
brother, ‘What
has
Yahweh
answered?’
and, ‘What
has
Yahweh
said?’
You
will
mention
the
message
from
Yahweh
no
more,
for
every
man’s
own
word
has
become
his
message;
for
you
have
perverted
the
words
of
the
living
God,
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
our
God.
You
will
say
to
the
prophet, ‘What
has
Yahweh
answered
you?’
and, ‘What
has
Yahweh
spoken?’
Although
you
say, ‘The
message
from
Yahweh,’
therefore
Yahweh
says: ‘Because
you
say
this
word, “The
message
from
Yahweh,”
and
I
have
sent
to
you,
telling
you
not
to
say, “The
message
from
Yahweh,”
therefore
behold,
I
will utterly
forget
you,
and
I
will
cast
you
off
with
the
city
that
I
gave
to
you
and
to
your
fathers,
away
from
my
presence.
I
will
bring
an
everlasting
reproach
on
you,
and
a
perpetual
shame,
which
will
not
be
forgotten.’”
Yahweh
showed
me,
and
behold,
two
baskets
of
figs
were
set
before
Yahweh’s
temple,
after
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
had
carried
away
captive
Jeconiah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim,
king
of
Judah,
and
the
princes
of
Judah,
with
the
craftsmen
and
smiths,
from
Jerusalem,
and
had
brought
them
to
Babylon.
One
basket
had
very
good
figs,
like
the
figs
that
are first-ripe;
and
the
other
basket
had
very
bad
figs,
which could
not
be
eaten,
they
were
so
bad.
Then
Yahweh
asked
me, “What
do
you
see,
Jeremiah?”
I
said, “Figs.
The
good
figs
are
very
good,
and
the
bad
are
very
bad,
so
bad
that
they
can’t
be
eaten.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
says: ‘Like
these
good
figs,
so
I
will
regard
the
captives
of
Judah,
whom
I
have
sent
out
of
this
place
into
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
as
good.
For
I
will
set
my
eyes
on
them
for
good,
and
I
will
bring
them
again
to
this
land.
I
will
build
them,
and
not
pull
them
down.
I
will
plant
them,
and
not
pluck
them
up.
I
will
give
them
a
heart
to
know
me,
that
I
am
Yahweh.
They
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God;
for
they
will
return
to
me
with
their
whole
heart.
“‘As
the
bad
figs,
which
can’t
be
eaten,
they
are
so
bad,’
surely
Yahweh
says, ‘So
I
will
give
up
Zedekiah
the
king
of
Judah,
and
his
princes,
and
the
remnant
of
Jerusalem
who
remain
in
this
land,
and
those
who
dwell
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
will
even
give
them
up
to
be tossed back
and
forth
among
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
for
evil,
to
be
a
reproach
and
a
proverb,
a
taunt
and
a
curse,
in
all
places
where
I
will
drive
them.
I
will
send
the
sword,
the
famine,
and
the
pestilence
among
them,
until
they
are
consumed
from
off
the
land
that
I
gave
to
them
and
to
their
fathers.’”
The
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
concerning
all
the
people
of
Judah,
in
the
fourth
year
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah (this
was
the
first
year
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon),
which
Jeremiah
the
prophet
spoke
to
all
the
people
of
Judah,
and
to
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem:
From
the thirteenth
year
of
Josiah
the
son
of
Amon,
king
of
Judah,
even
to
this
day,
these twenty-three
years,
Yahweh’s
word
has
come
to
me,
and
I
have
spoken
to
you,
rising
up
early
and
speaking;
but
you
have
not
listened.
Yahweh
has
sent
to
you
all
his
servants
the
prophets,
rising
up
early
and
sending
them (but
you
have
not
listened
or
inclined
your
ear
to
hear),
saying, “Return
now
everyone
from
his
evil
way,
and
from
the
evil
of
your
doings,
and
dwell
in
the
land
that
Yahweh
has
given
to
you
and
to
your
fathers,
from
of
old
and
even
forever
more.
Don’t go
after
other
gods
to
serve
them
or
worship
them,
and
don’t
provoke
me
to
anger
with
the
work
of
your
hands;
then
I
will
do
you
no
harm.”
“Yet
you
have
not
listened
to
me,”
says
Yahweh, “that
you
may
provoke
me
to
anger
with
the
work
of
your
hands
to
your own hurt.”
Therefore
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Because
you
have
not
heard
my
words,
behold,
I
will
send
and
take
all
the
families
of
the
north,”
says
Yahweh, “and
I
will
send
to
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon,
my
servant,
and
will
bring
them
against
this
land,
and
against
its
inhabitants,
and
against
all
these
nations
around.
I
will utterly
destroy
them,
and
make
them
an astonishment,
and
a
hissing,
and
perpetual
desolations.
Moreover
I
will
take
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
millstones,
and
the
light
of
the
lamp.
This
whole
land
will
be
a
desolation,
and
an astonishment;
and
these
nations
will
serve
the
king
of
Babylon
seventy
years.
“It
will
happen,
when
seventy
years
are
accomplished,
that
I
will
punish
the
king
of
Babylon
and
that
nation,”
says
Yahweh, “for
their
iniquity.
I
will
make
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans
desolate
forever.
I
will
bring
on
that
land
all
my
words
which
I
have
pronounced
against
it,
even
all
that
is
written
in
this
book,
which
Jeremiah
has
prophesied
against
all
the
nations.
For
many
nations
and
great
kings
will
make bondservants
of
them,
even
of
them.
I
will recompense
them
according
to
their
deeds,
and
according
to
the
work
of
their
hands.”
For
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
to
me: “Take
this
cup
of
the
wine
of
wrath
from
my
hand,
and cause
all
the
nations
to
whom
I
send
you
to
drink
it.
They
will
drink,
and reel back
and
forth,
and
be insane,
because
of
the
sword
that
I
will
send
among
them.”
Then
I
took
the
cup
at
Yahweh’s
hand,
and
made
all
the
nations
to
drink,
to
whom
Yahweh
had
sent
me:
Jerusalem,
and
the
cities
of
Judah,
with
its
kings
and
its
princes,
to
make
them
a
desolation,
an astonishment,
a
hissing,
and
a
curse,
as
it
is
today;
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
with
his
servants,
his
princes,
and
all
his
people;
and
all
the mixed
people,
and
all
the
kings
of
the
land
of
Uz,
all
the
kings
of
the
Philistines,
Ashkelon,
Gaza,
Ekron,
and
the
remnant
of
Ashdod;
Edom,
Moab,
and
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
all
the
kings
of
Tyre,
all
the
kings
of
Sidon,
and
the
kings
of
the isle
which
is
beyond
the
sea;
Dedan,
Tema,
Buz,
and
all
who
have
the
corners
of
their beard
cut
off;
and
all
the
kings
of
Arabia,
all
the
kings
of
the mixed people
who
dwell
in
the
wilderness;
and
all
the
kings
of
Zimri,
all
the
kings
of
Elam,
and
all
the
kings
of
the
Medes;
and
all
the
kings
of
the
north,
far
and
near,
one
with
another;
and
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world,
which
are
on
the
surface
of
the
earth.
The
king
of
Sheshach
will
drink
after
them.
“You
shall
tell
them, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says: “Drink,
and
be
drunk, vomit,
fall,
and
rise
no
more,
because
of
the
sword
which
I
will
send
among
you.”’
It
shall
be,
if
they
refuse
to
take
the
cup
at
your
hand
to
drink,
then
you
shall
tell
them, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “You
shall
surely
drink.
For,
behold,
I
begin
to work
evil
at
the
city
which
is
called
by
my
name;
and
should
you
be utterly
unpunished?
You
will
not
be
unpunished;
for
I
will
call
for
a
sword
on
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth,
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.”’
“Therefore
prophesy
against
them
all
these
words,
and
tell
them,
“‘Yahweh
will
roar
from
on
high,
and
utter
his
voice
from
his
holy
habitation.
He
will
mightily
roar
against
his fold.
He
will
give
a
shout,
as
those
who
tread grapes,
against
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
earth.
A
noise
will
come
even
to
the
end
of
the
earth;
for
Yahweh
has
a
controversy
with
the
nations.
He
will
enter
into
judgment
with
all
flesh.
As
for
the
wicked,
he
will
give
them
to
the
sword,”’
says
Yahweh.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says,
“Behold,
evil
will
go
out
from
nation
to
nation,
and
a
great
storm
will
be raised
up
from
the uttermost
parts
of
the
earth.”
The
slain
of
Yahweh
will
be
at
that
day
from
one
end
of
the
earth
even
to
the other
end
of
the
earth.
They
won’t
be
lamented.
They
won’t
be
gathered
or
buried.
They
will
be
dung
on
the
surface
of
the
ground.
Wail,
you
shepherds,
and
cry.
Wallow
in dust,
you
leader
of
the
flock;
for
the
days
of
your
slaughter
and
of
your dispersions
have
fully
come,
and
you
will
fall
like fine
pottery.
The
shepherds
will
have
no way
to flee.
The
leader
of
the
flock
will
have
no
escape.
A
voice
of
the
cry
of
the
shepherds,
and
the
wailing
of
the
leader
of
the
flock,
for
Yahweh
destroys
their
pasture.
The
peaceful folds
are brought
to silence
because
of
the
fierce
anger
of
Yahweh.
He
has
left
his covert,
as
the
lion;
for
their
land
has
become
an astonishment
because
of
the
fierceness
of
the oppression,
and
because
of
his
fierce
anger.
In
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
this
word
came
from
Yahweh:
“Yahweh
says: ‘Stand
in
the
court
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
speak
to
all
the
cities
of
Judah
which
come
to
worship
in
Yahweh’s
house,
all
the
words
that
I
command
you
to
speak
to
them.
Don’t
omit
a
word.
It
may
be
they
will
listen,
and
every
man
turn
from
his
evil
way,
that
I
may
relent
from
the
evil
which
I
intend
to
do
to
them
because
of
the
evil
of
their
doings.’”
You
shall
tell
them, “Yahweh
says: ‘If
you
will
not
listen
to
me,
to walk
in
my
law
which
I
have
set
before
you,
to
listen
to
the
words
of
my
servants
the
prophets
whom
I
send
to
you,
even
rising
up
early
and
sending
them—but
you
have
not
listened—
then
I
will
make
this
house
like
Shiloh,
and
will
make
this
city
a
curse
to
all
the
nations
of
the
earth.’”
The
priests
and
the
prophets
and
all
the
people
heard
Jeremiah
speaking
these
words
in
Yahweh’s
house.
When
Jeremiah
had
finished
speaking
all
that
Yahweh
had
commanded
him
to
speak
to
all
the
people,
the
priests
and
the
prophets
and
all
the
people
seized
him,
saying, “You
shall
surely
die!
Why
have
you
prophesied
in
Yahweh’s
name,
saying, ‘This
house
will
be
like
Shiloh,
and
this
city
will
be desolate,
without
inhabitant?’”
All
the
people
were
crowded around
Jeremiah
in
Yahweh’s
house.
When
the
princes
of
Judah
heard
these
things,
they
came
up
from
the
king’s
house
to
Yahweh’s
house;
and
they
sat
in
the
entry
of
the
new
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house.
Then
the
priests
and
the
prophets
spoke
to
the
princes
and
to
all
the
people,
saying, “This
man
is
worthy
of
death,
for
he
has
prophesied
against
this
city,
as
you
have
heard
with
your
ears.”
Then
Jeremiah
spoke
to
all
the
princes
and
to
all
the
people,
saying, “Yahweh
sent
me
to
prophesy
against
this
house
and
against
this
city
all
the
words
that
you
have
heard.
Now
therefore
amend
your
ways
and
your
doings,
and
obey
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice;
then
Yahweh
will
relent
from
the
evil
that
he
has
pronounced
against
you.
But
as
for
me,
behold,
I
am
in
your
hand.
Do
with
me
what
is
good
and
right
in
your
eyes.
Only
know
for
certain
that
if
you
put
me
to
death,
you
will
bring
innocent
blood
on
yourselves,
on
this
city,
and
on
its
inhabitants;
for
in
truth
Yahweh
has
sent
me
to
you
to
speak
all
these
words
in
your
ears.”
Then
the
princes
and
all
the
people
said
to
the
priests
and
to
the
prophets: “This
man
is
not
worthy
of
death;
for
he
has
spoken
to
us
in
the
name
of
Yahweh
our
God.”
Then
certain
of
the
elders
of
the
land
rose
up,
and
spoke
to
all
the
assembly
of
the
people,
saying,
“Micah
the Morashtite
prophesied
in
the
days
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah;
and
he
spoke
to
all
the
people
of
Judah,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says:
“‘Zion
will
be
plowed
as
a
field,
and
Jerusalem
will
become heaps,
and
the
mountain
of
the
house
as
the
high
places
of
a
forest.’
Did
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
and
all
Judah
put
him
to
death?
Didn’t
he
fear
Yahweh,
and
entreat
the
favor
of
Yahweh,
and
Yahweh
relented
of
the
disaster
which
he
had
pronounced
against
them?
We
would commit
great
evil
against
our
own
souls
that
way!”
There
was
also
a
man
who
prophesied
in
Yahweh’s
name,
Uriah
the
son
of
Shemaiah
of
Kiriath Jearim;
and
he
prophesied
against
this
city
and
against
this
land
according
to
all
the
words
of
Jeremiah.
When
Jehoiakim
the
king,
with
all
his
mighty
men
and
all
the
princes
heard
his
words,
the
king
sought
to
put
him
to
death;
but
when
Uriah
heard
it,
he
was
afraid,
and
fled,
and
went
into
Egypt.
Then
Jehoiakim
the
king
sent
Elnathan
the
son
of
Achbor
and
certain
men
with
him
into
Egypt.
They fetched
Uriah
out
of
Egypt
and
brought
him
to
Jehoiakim
the
king,
who
killed
him
with
the
sword
and
cast
his
dead
body
into
the
graves
of
the
common
people.
But
the
hand
of
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan
was
with
Jeremiah,
so
that
they didn’t
give
him
into
the
hand
of
the
people
to
put
him
to
death.
In
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
this
word
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
saying,
Yahweh
says
to
me: “Make
bonds
and
bars,
and
put
them
on
your
neck.
Then
send
them
to
the
king
of
Edom,
to
the
king
of
Moab,
to
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
to
the
king
of
Tyre,
and
to
the
king
of
Sidon,
by
the
hand
of
the
messengers
who
come
to
Jerusalem
to
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah.
Give
them
a
command
to
their
masters,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says, “You
shall
tell
your
masters:
‘I
have
made
the
earth,
the
men,
and
the
animals
that
are
on
the
surface
of
the
earth
by
my
great
power
and
by
my
outstretched
arm.
I
give
it
to
whom
it
seems
right
to
me.
Now
I
have
given
all
these
lands
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon,
my
servant.
I
have
also
given
the
animals
of
the
field
to
him
to
serve
him.
All
the
nations
will
serve
him,
his
son,
and
his
son’s
son,
until
the
time
of
his own
land
comes.
Then
many
nations
and
great
kings
will
make
him
their bondservant.
“‘“‘It
will
happen
that
I
will
punish
the
nation
and
the
kingdom
which
will
not
serve
the
same
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
and
that
will
not
put
their
neck
under
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon,’
says
Yahweh, ‘with
the
sword,
with
famine,
and
with
pestilence,
until
I
have
consumed
them
by
his
hand.
But
as
for
you,
don’t
listen
to
your
prophets,
to
your
diviners,
to
your
dreams,
to
your soothsayers,
or
to
your
sorcerers,
who
speak
to
you,
saying, “You
shall
not
serve
the
king
of
Babylon;”
for
they
prophesy
a
lie
to
you,
to
remove
you
far
from
your
land,
so
that
I would
drive
you
out,
and
you would
perish.
But
the
nation
that
brings
their
neck
under
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon
and
serves
him,
that
nation
I
will let
remain
in
their own
land,’
says
Yahweh; ‘and
they
will
till
it
and
dwell
in
it.’”’”
I
spoke
to
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
according
to
all
these
words,
saying, “Bring
your
necks
under
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
serve
him
and
his
people,
and
live.
Why
will
you
die,
you
and
your
people,
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence,
as
Yahweh
has
spoken
concerning
the
nation
that
will
not
serve
the
king
of
Babylon?
Don’t
listen
to
the
words
of
the
prophets
who
speak
to
you,
saying, ‘You
shall
not
serve
the
king
of
Babylon;’
for
they
prophesy
a
lie
to
you.
For
I
have
not
sent
them,”
says
Yahweh, “but
they
prophesy
falsely
in
my
name;
that
I
may
drive
you
out,
and
that
you
may
perish,
you,
and
the
prophets
who
prophesy
to
you.”
Also
I
spoke
to
the
priests
and
to
all
this
people,
saying,
Yahweh
says, “Don’t
listen
to
the
words
of
your
prophets
who
prophesy
to
you,
saying, ‘Behold,
the
vessels
of
Yahweh’s
house
will
now
shortly
be
brought
again
from
Babylon;’
for
they
prophesy
a
lie
to
you.
Don’t
listen
to
them.
Serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
live.
Why
should
this
city
become
a
desolation?
But
if
they
are
prophets,
and
if
Yahweh’s
word
is
with
them,
let
them
now
make intercession
to
Yahweh
of
Armies,
that
the
vessels
which
are
left
in
Yahweh’s
house,
in
the
house
of
the
king
of
Judah,
and
at
Jerusalem, don’t
go
to
Babylon.
For
Yahweh
of
Armies
says
concerning
the
pillars,
concerning
the
sea,
concerning
the bases,
and
concerning
the
rest
of
the
vessels
that
are
left
in
this
city,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
didn’t
take
when
he
carried
away
captive
Jeconiah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim,
king
of
Judah,
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon,
and
all
the
nobles
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem—
yes,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
concerning
the
vessels
that
are
left
in
Yahweh’s
house,
and
in
the
house
of
the
king
of
Judah,
and
at
Jerusalem:
‘They
will
be
carried
to
Babylon,
and
there
they
will
be,
until
the
day
that
I
visit
them,’
says
Yahweh; ‘then
I
will
bring
them
up,
and
restore
them
to
this
place.’”
That
same
year,
in
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah,
in
the
fourth
year,
in
the
fifth
month,
Hananiah
the
son
of
Azzur,
the
prophet,
who
was
of
Gibeon,
spoke
to
me
in
Yahweh’s
house,
in
the
presence
of
the
priests
and
of
all
the
people,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘I
have
broken
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
Within
two
full
years
I
will
bring
again
into
this
place
all
the
vessels
of
Yahweh’s
house
that
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
took
away
from
this
place
and
carried
to
Babylon.
I
will
bring
again
to
this
place
Jeconiah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim,
king
of
Judah,
with
all
the
captives
of
Judah,
who
went
to
Babylon,’
says
Yahweh; ‘for
I
will
break
the
yoke
of
the
king
of
Babylon.’”
Then
the
prophet
Jeremiah
said
to
the
prophet
Hananiah
in
the
presence
of
the
priests,
and
in
the
presence
of
all
the
people
who
stood
in
Yahweh’s
house,
even
the
prophet
Jeremiah
said, “Amen!
May
Yahweh
do
so.
May
Yahweh
perform
your
words
which
you
have
prophesied,
to
bring
again
the
vessels
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
all
those
who
are
captives,
from
Babylon
to
this
place.
Nevertheless
listen
now
to
this
word
that
I
speak
in
your
ears,
and
in
the
ears
of
all
the
people:
The
prophets
who
have
been
before
me
and
before
you
of
old
prophesied
against
many
countries,
and
against
great
kingdoms,
of
war,
of
evil,
and
of
pestilence.
As
for the
prophet
who
prophesies
of
peace,
when
the
word
of
the
prophet happens,
then
the
prophet
will
be
known,
that
Yahweh
has
truly
sent
him.”
Then
Hananiah
the
prophet
took
the bar
from
off
the
prophet
Jeremiah’s
neck,
and
broke
it.
Hananiah
spoke
in
the
presence
of
all
the
people,
saying, “Yahweh
says: ‘Even
so
I
will
break
the
yoke
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
from
off
the
neck
of
all
the
nations
within two
full
years.’”
Then
the
prophet
Jeremiah went
his
way.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah,
after
Hananiah
the
prophet
had
broken
the bar
from
off
the
neck
of
the
prophet
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Go,
and
tell
Hananiah,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says, “You
have
broken
the
bars
of
wood,
but
you
have
made
in
their
place
bars
of
iron.”
For
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says, “I
have
put
a
yoke
of
iron
on
the
neck
of
all
these
nations,
that
they
may
serve
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon;
and
they
will
serve
him.
I
have
also
given
him
the
animals
of
the
field.”’”
Then
the
prophet
Jeremiah
said
to
Hananiah
the
prophet, “Listen,
Hananiah!
Yahweh
has
not
sent
you,
but
you
make
this
people
trust
in
a
lie.
Therefore
Yahweh
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
send
you
away
from
off
the
surface
of
the
earth.
This
year
you
will
die,
because
you
have
spoken
rebellion
against
Yahweh.’”
So
Hananiah
the
prophet
died
the
same
year
in
the
seventh
month.
Now
these
are
the
words
of
the
letter
that
Jeremiah
the
prophet
sent
from
Jerusalem
to
the residue
of
the
elders
of
the
captivity,
and
to
the
priests,
to
the
prophets,
and
to
all
the
people
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
had
carried
away
captive
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon,
(after
Jeconiah
the
king,
the
queen
mother,
the
eunuchs,
the
princes
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
the
craftsmen,
and
the
smiths
had
departed
from
Jerusalem),
by
the
hand
of
Elasah
the
son
of
Shaphan
and
Gemariah
the
son
of
Hilkiah, (whom
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
sent
to
Babylon
to
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon).
It
said:
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
to
all
the
captives
whom
I
have
caused
to
be
carried
away
captive
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon:
“Build
houses
and
dwell
in
them.
Plant
gardens
and
eat
their
fruit.
Take
wives
and
father
sons
and
daughters.
Take
wives
for
your
sons,
and
give
your
daughters
to
husbands,
that
they
may
bear
sons
and
daughters.
Multiply
there,
and
don’t
be
diminished.
Seek
the
peace
of
the
city
where
I
have
caused
you
to
be
carried
away
captive,
and
pray
to
Yahweh
for
it;
for
in
its
peace
you
will
have
peace.”
For
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says: “Don’t
let
your
prophets
who
are
among
you
and
your
diviners
deceive
you.
Don’t
listen
to
your
dreams
which
you cause
to
be
dreamed.
For
they
prophesy
falsely
to
you
in
my
name.
I
have
not
sent
them,”
says
Yahweh.
For
Yahweh
says, “After
seventy
years
are
accomplished
for
Babylon,
I
will
visit
you
and perform
my
good
word
toward
you,
in causing
you
to
return
to
this
place.
For
I
know
the
thoughts
that
I
think
toward
you,”
says
Yahweh, “thoughts
of
peace,
and
not
of
evil,
to
give
you
hope
and
a
future.
You shall
call
on
me,
and
you shall
go
and
pray
to
me,
and
I
will
listen
to
you.
You
shall
seek
me
and
find
me,
when
you
search
for
me
with
all
your
heart.
I
will
be
found
by
you,”
says
Yahweh, “and
I
will
turn
again
your
captivity,
and
I
will
gather
you
from
all
the
nations,
and
from
all
the
places
where
I
have
driven
you,
says
Yahweh.
I
will
bring
you
again
to
the
place
from
where
I
caused
you
to
be
carried
away
captive.”
Because
you
have
said, “Yahweh
has
raised
us
up
prophets
in
Babylon,”
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
king
who
sits
on
David’s
throne,
and
concerning
all
the
people
who
dwell
in
this
city,
your
brothers
who
haven’t
gone
with
you
into captivity,
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Behold,
I
will
send
on
them
the
sword,
the
famine,
and
the
pestilence,
and
will
make
them
like rotten
figs
that
can’t
be
eaten,
they
are
so bad.
I
will
pursue
after
them
with
the
sword,
with
the
famine,
and
with
the
pestilence,
and
will
deliver
them
to
be tossed
back
and
forth
among
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth,
to
be
an
object
of
horror,
an astonishment,
a
hissing,
and
a
reproach
among
all
the
nations
where
I
have
driven
them,
because
they
have
not
listened
to
my
words,”
says
Yahweh, “with
which
I
sent
to
them
my
servants
the
prophets,
rising
up
early
and
sending
them;
but
you
would
not
hear,”
says
Yahweh.
Hear
therefore
Yahweh’s
word,
all
you
captives
whom
I
have
sent
away
from
Jerusalem
to
Babylon.
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
concerning
Ahab
the
son
of
Kolaiah,
and
concerning
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
who
prophesy
a
lie
to
you
in
my
name: “Behold,
I
will
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon;
and
he
will
kill
them
before
your
eyes.
A
curse
will
be
taken
up
about
them
by
all
the
captives
of
Judah
who
are
in
Babylon,
saying, ‘Yahweh
make
you
like
Zedekiah
and
like
Ahab,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
roasted
in
the
fire;’
because
they
have
done foolish
things
in
Israel,
and
have
committed
adultery
with
their
neighbors’
wives,
and
have
spoken
words
in
my
name
falsely,
which
I
didn’t
command
them.
I
am
he
who
knows,
and
am
witness,”
says
Yahweh.
Concerning
Shemaiah
the
Nehelamite
you shall
speak,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘Because
you
have
sent
letters
in
your own
name
to
all
the
people
who
are
at
Jerusalem,
and
to
Zephaniah
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
the
priest,
and
to
all
the
priests,
saying,
“Yahweh
has
made
you
priest
in
the
place
of
Jehoiada
the
priest,
that
there
may
be
officers
in
Yahweh’s
house,
for
every
man
who
is crazy
and
makes
himself
a
prophet,
that
you
should
put
him
in
the
stocks
and
in shackles.
Now
therefore,
why
have
you
not
rebuked
Jeremiah
of
Anathoth,
who makes
himself
a prophet
to
you,
because
he
has
sent
to
us
in
Babylon,
saying,
The captivity
is
long.
Build
houses,
and
dwell
in
them.
Plant
gardens,
and
eat
their
fruit?”’”
Zephaniah
the
priest
read
this
letter
in
the
hearing
of
Jeremiah
the
prophet.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Send
to
all
of
the
captives,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says
concerning
Shemaiah
the
Nehelamite: “Because
Shemaiah
has
prophesied
to
you,
and
I
didn’t
send
him,
and
he
has
caused
you
to
trust
in
a
lie,”
therefore
Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
punish
Shemaiah
the
Nehelamite
and
his
offspring.
He
will
not
have
a
man
to
dwell
among
this
people.
He
won’t
see
the
good
that
I
will
do
to
my
people,”
says
Yahweh, “because
he
has
spoken
rebellion
against
Yahweh.”’”
The
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
saying,
“Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘Write
all
the
words
that
I
have
spoken
to
you
in
a
book.
For,
behold,
the
days
come,’
says
Yahweh, ‘that
I
will
reverse
the
captivity
of
my
people
Israel
and
Judah,’
says
Yahweh. ‘I
will
cause
them
to
return
to
the
land
that
I
gave
to
their
fathers,
and
they
will
possess
it.’”
These
are
the
words
that
Yahweh
spoke
concerning
Israel
and
concerning
Judah.
For
Yahweh
says:
“We
have
heard
a
voice
of
trembling;
a
voice
of
fear,
and
not
of
peace.
Ask
now,
and
see
whether
a
man travails
with
child.
Why
do
I
see
every
man
with
his
hands
on
his
waist,
as
a woman
in travail,
and
all
faces
are
turned
pale?
Alas,
for
that
day
is
great,
so
that
none
is
like
it!
It
is
even
the
time
of
Jacob’s
trouble;
but
he
will
be
saved
out
of
it.
It
will
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
says
Yahweh
of
Armies,
that
I
will
break
his
yoke
from
off
your
neck,
and
will
burst
your
bonds.
Strangers
will
no
more
make
them
their bondservants;
but
they
will
serve
Yahweh
their
God,
and
David
their
king,
whom
I
will
raise
up
to
them.
Therefore
don’t
be
afraid,
O
Jacob
my
servant,
says
Yahweh.
Don’t
be
dismayed,
Israel.
For,
behold,
I
will
save
you
from
afar,
and
save
your
offspring
from
the
land
of
their
captivity.
Jacob
will
return,
and
will
be
quiet
and
at
ease.
No
one
will
make
him
afraid.
For
I
am
with
you,
says
Yahweh,
to
save
you;
for
I
will
make
a
full
end
of
all
the
nations
where
I
have
scattered
you,
but
I
will
not
make
a
full
end
of
you;
but
I
will
correct
you
in measure,
and
will
in
no
way
leave
you
unpunished.”
For
Yahweh
says,
“Your hurt
is
incurable.
Your
wound
is grievous.
There
is
no
one
to
plead
your
cause,
that you may
be bound up.
You
have
no
healing medicines.
All
your
lovers
have
forgotten
you.
They
don’t
seek
you.
For
I
have
wounded
you
with
the
wound
of
an
enemy,
with
the chastisement
of
a
cruel
one,
for
the
greatness
of
your
iniquity,
because
your
sins
were
increased.
Why
do
you
cry
over
your
injury?
Your
pain
is
incurable.
For
the
greatness
of
your
iniquity,
because
your
sins
have
increased,
I
have
done
these
things
to
you.
Therefore
all
those
who
devour
you
will
be
devoured.
All
your adversaries,
everyone
of
them,
will
go
into
captivity.
Those
who
plunder
you
will
be
plunder.
I
will
make
all
who
prey
on
you
become
prey.
For
I
will
restore
health
to
you,
and
I
will
heal
you
of
your
wounds,”
says
Yahweh,
“because
they
have
called
you
an
outcast,
saying, ‘It
is
Zion,
whom
no
man
seeks
after.’”
Yahweh
says:
“Behold,
I
will
reverse
the
captivity
of
Jacob’s
tents,
and
have
compassion
on
his
dwelling
places.
The
city
will
be
built
on
its
own hill,
and
the
palace
will
be
inhabited
in
its
own
place.
Thanksgiving
will
proceed
out
of
them
with
the
voice
of
those
who
make merry.
I
will
multiply
them,
and
they
will
not
be
few;
I
will also
glorify
them,
and
they
will
not
be
small.
Their
children also
will
be
as
before,
and
their
congregation
will
be
established
before
me.
I
will
punish
all
who
oppress
them.
Their prince
will
be
one
of
them,
and
their
ruler
will
proceed
from
among
them.
I
will
cause
him
to
draw
near,
and
he
will
approach
me;
for
who
is
he
who
has
had boldness
to
approach
me?”
says
Yahweh.
“You shall
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God.
Behold,
Yahweh’s
storm,
his
wrath,
has
gone
out,
a
sweeping
storm;
it
will burst
on
the
head
of
the
wicked.
The
fierce
anger
of
Yahweh
will
not
return
until
he
has
accomplished,
and
until
he
has performed
the intentions
of
his
heart.
In
the
latter
days
you
will
understand
it.”
“At
that
time,”
says
Yahweh, “I
will
be
the
God
of
all
the
families
of
Israel,
and
they
will
be
my
people.”
Yahweh
says, “The
people
who
survive
the
sword
found
favor
in
the
wilderness;
even
Israel,
when
I
went
to cause
him
to
rest.”
Yahweh
appeared
of
old
to
me, saying,
“Yes,
I
have
loved
you
with
an
everlasting
love.
Therefore
I
have
drawn
you
with
loving
kindness.
I
will
build
you
again,
and
you
will
be
built,
O
virgin
of
Israel.
You
will
again
be adorned
with
your
tambourines,
and
will
go
out
in
the
dances
of those
who make merry.
Again
you
will
plant
vineyards
on
the
mountains
of
Samaria.
The
planters
will
plant,
and
will enjoy its fruit.
For
there
will
be
a
day
that
the
watchmen
on
the
hills
of
Ephraim
cry,
‘Arise! Let’s
go
up
to
Zion
to
Yahweh
our
God.’”
For
Yahweh
says,
“Sing
with
gladness
for
Jacob,
and
shout
for
the
chief
of
the
nations.
Publish,
praise,
and
say,
‘Yahweh,
save
your
people,
the
remnant
of
Israel!’
Behold,
I
will
bring
them
from
the
north
country,
and
gather
them
from
the uttermost
parts
of
the
earth,
along
with
the
blind
and
the
lame,
the
woman
with
child
and
her
who travails
with
child
together.
They
will
return
as
a
great
company.
They
will
come
with
weeping.
I
will
lead
them
with petitions.
I
will
cause
them
to
walk
by rivers
of
waters,
in
a
straight
way
in
which
they
won’t
stumble;
for
I
am
a
father
to
Israel.
Ephraim
is
my
firstborn.
“Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
you
nations,
and
declare
it
in
the
distant
islands.
Say,
‘He
who
scattered
Israel
will
gather
him,
and
keep
him,
as
a
shepherd
does
his
flock.’
For
Yahweh
has
ransomed
Jacob,
and
redeemed
him
from
the
hand
of
him
who
was
stronger
than
he.
They
will
come
and
sing
in
the
height
of
Zion,
and
will
flow
to
the
goodness
of
Yahweh,
to
the
grain,
to
the
new
wine,
to
the
oil,
and
to
the
young
of
the
flock
and
of
the
herd.
Their
soul
will
be
as
a
watered
garden.
They
will
not
sorrow
any
more
at
all.
Then
the
virgin
will
rejoice
in
the
dance,
the
young
men
and
the
old
together;
for
I
will
turn
their
mourning
into
joy,
and
will
comfort
them,
and
make
them
rejoice
from
their
sorrow.
I
will satiate
the
soul
of
the
priests
with
fatness,
and
my
people
will
be
satisfied
with
my
goodness,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
says:
“A
voice
is
heard
in
Ramah,
lamentation
and
bitter
weeping,
Rachel
weeping
for
her
children.
She
refuses
to
be
comforted
for
her
children,
because
they
are
no
more.”
Yahweh
says:
“Refrain
your
voice
from
weeping,
and
your
eyes
from
tears,
for
your
work
will
be
rewarded,”
says
Yahweh.
“They
will
come
again
from
the
land
of
the
enemy.
There
is
hope
for
your
latter
end,”
says
Yahweh.
“Your
children
will
come
again
to
their own
territory.
“I
have
surely
heard
Ephraim
grieving
thus,
‘You
have
chastised
me,
and
I
was
chastised,
as
an untrained
calf.
Turn
me,
and
I
will
be
turned,
for
you
are
Yahweh
my
God.
Surely
after
that
I
was
turned.
I
repented.
After
that
I
was
instructed.
I
struck
my
thigh.
I
was
ashamed,
yes,
even
confounded,
because
I
bore
the
reproach
of
my
youth.’
Is
Ephraim
my
dear
son?
Is
he
a darling
child?
For
as
often
as
I
speak
against
him,
I
still earnestly
remember
him.
Therefore
my
heart
yearns
for
him.
I
will
surely
have
mercy
on
him,”
says
Yahweh.
“Set
up
road signs.
Make
guideposts.
Set
your
heart
toward
the
highway,
even
the
way
by
which
you
went.
Turn
again,
virgin
of
Israel.
Turn
again
to
these
your
cities.
How
long
will
you
go
here
and
there,
you
backsliding
daughter?
For
Yahweh
has
created
a
new
thing
in
the
earth:
a
woman
will
encompass
a
man.”
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: “Yet
again
they
will use
this
speech
in
the
land
of
Judah
and
in
its
cities,
when
I
reverse
their
captivity: ‘Yahweh
bless
you, habitation
of
righteousness,
mountain
of
holiness.’
Judah
and
all
its
cities
will
dwell therein
together,
the
farmers,
and
those
who
go
about
with
flocks.
For
I
have
satiated
the
weary
soul,
and
I
have replenished
every sorrowful
soul.”
On
this
I awakened,
and
saw;
and
my
sleep
was
sweet
to
me.
“Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh, “that
I
will
sow
the
house
of
Israel
and
the
house
of
Judah
with
the
seed
of
man
and
with
the
seed
of
animal.
It
will
happen
that,
like
as
I
have
watched
over
them
to
pluck
up
and
to
break
down
and
to
overthrow
and
to
destroy
and
to afflict,
so
I
will
watch
over
them
to
build
and
to
plant,”
says
Yahweh.
“In
those
days
they
will
say
no
more,
“‘The
fathers
have
eaten
sour
grapes,
and
the
children’s
teeth
are set
on edge.’
But
everyone
will
die
for
his
own
iniquity.
Every
man
who
eats
the
sour
grapes,
his
teeth
will
be set
on edge.
“Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh, “that
I
will
make
a
new
covenant
with
the
house
of
Israel,
and
with
the
house
of
Judah,
not
according
to
the
covenant
that
I
made
with
their
fathers
in
the
day
that
I
took
them
by
the
hand
to
bring
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
which
covenant
of mine
they broke,
although
I
was
a
husband
to
them,”
says
Yahweh.
“But
this
is
the
covenant
that
I
will
make
with
the
house
of
Israel
after
those
days,”
says
Yahweh:
“I
will
put
my
law
in
their
inward parts,
and
I
will
write
it
in
their
heart.
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
shall
be
my
people.
They
will
no
longer
each
teach
his
neighbor,
and
every
man
teach
his
brother,
saying, ‘Know
Yahweh;’
for
they
will
all
know
me,
from
their least
to
their
greatest,”
says
Yahweh,
“for
I
will
forgive
their
iniquity,
and
I
will
remember
their
sin
no
more.”
Yahweh,
who
gives
the
sun
for
a
light
by
day,
and
the
ordinances
of
the
moon
and
of
the
stars
for
a
light
by
night,
who stirs
up
the
sea,
so
that
its
waves
roar—
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name,
says:
“If
these ordinances
depart
from
before
me,”
says
Yahweh,
“then
the
offspring
of
Israel
also
will
cease
from
being
a
nation
before
me
forever.”
Yahweh
says: “If
heaven
above
can
be
measured,
and
the
foundations
of
the
earth
searched
out
beneath,
then
I
will
also cast
off
all
the
offspring
of
Israel
for
all
that
they
have
done,”
says
Yahweh.
“Behold,
the
days come,”
says
Yahweh, “that
the
city
will
be
built
to
Yahweh
from
the
tower
of
Hananel
to
the
gate
of
the
corner.
The
measuring line
will
go
out
further
straight onward
to
the
hill
Gareb,
and
will
turn
toward
Goah.
The
whole
valley
of
the
dead
bodies
and
of
the
ashes,
and
all
the fields
to
the
brook
Kidron,
to
the
corner
of
the
horse
gate
toward
the
east,
will
be
holy
to
Yahweh.
It
will
not
be
plucked
up
or
thrown
down
any
more
forever.”
This
is
the
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh
in
the
tenth
year
of
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah,
which
was
the
eighteenth
year
of
Nebuchadnezzar.
Now
at
that
time
the
king
of
Babylon’s
army
was
besieging
Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
the
prophet
was
shut
up
in
the
court
of
the
guard,
which
was
in
the
king
of
Judah’s
house.
For
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
had
shut
him
up,
saying, “Why
do
you
prophesy,
and
say, ‘Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
give
this
city
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
will
take
it;
and
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
won’t
escape
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans,
but
will
surely
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
will
speak
with
him
mouth
to
mouth,
and
his
eyes
will
see
his
eyes;
and
he
will
bring
Zedekiah
to
Babylon,
and
he
will
be
there
until
I
visit
him,”
says
Yahweh, “though
you
fight
with
the
Chaldeans,
you
will
not
prosper?”’”
Jeremiah
said, “Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
‘Behold,
Hanamel
the
son
of
Shallum
your
uncle
will
come
to
you,
saying, “Buy
my
field
that
is
in
Anathoth;
for
the
right
of
redemption
is yours
to
buy
it.”’”
“So
Hanamel
my
uncle’s
son
came
to
me
in
the
court
of
the
guard
according
to
Yahweh’s
word,
and
said
to
me, ‘Please
buy
my
field
that
is
in
Anathoth,
which
is
in
the
land
of
Benjamin;
for
the
right
of
inheritance
is yours,
and
the
redemption
is yours.
Buy
it
for
yourself.’
“Then
I
knew
that
this
was
Yahweh’s
word.
I
bought
the
field
that
was
in
Anathoth
of
Hanamel
my
uncle’s
son,
and
weighed
him
the
money,
even seventeen
shekels
32:9
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
of
silver.
I
signed
the
deed,
sealed
it, called
witnesses,
and
weighed
the
money
in
the
balances
to him.
So I
took
the
deed
of
the
purchase, both
that which was
sealed, containing
the
terms
and
conditions,
and
that which was
open;
and
I
delivered
the
deed
of
the
purchase
to
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah,
the
son
of
Mahseiah,
in
the
presence
of
Hanamel
my
uncle’s
son,
and
in
the
presence
of
the
witnesses
who
signed
the
deed
of
the
purchase,
before
all
the
Jews
who
sat
in
the
court
of
the
guard.
“I
commanded
Baruch
before
them,
saying,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Take
these
deeds,
this
deed
of
the
purchase
which
is
sealed,
and
this
deed
which
is
open,
and
put
them
in
an
earthen
vessel,
that
they
may
last
many
days.’
For
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says: ‘Houses
and
fields
and
vineyards
will
yet
again
be
bought
in
this
land.’
Now
after
I
had
delivered
the
deed
of
the
purchase
to
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah,
I
prayed
to
Yahweh,
saying,
“Ah
Lord Yahweh!
Behold,
you
have
made
the
heavens
and
the
earth
by
your
great
power
and
by
your
outstretched
arm.
There
is
nothing
too
hard
for
you.
You
show loving
kindness
to
thousands,
and
repay
the
iniquity
of
the
fathers
into
the
bosom
of
their
children
after
them.
The
great,
the
mighty
God,
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
your
name:
great
in
counsel,
and
mighty
in
work;
whose
eyes
are
open
to
all
the
ways
of
the
children
of
men,
to
give
everyone
according
to
his
ways,
and
according
to
the
fruit
of
his
doings;
who
performed
signs
and
wonders
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
even
to
this
day,
both
in
Israel
and
among
other
men;
and
made yourself
a
name,
as
it
is
today;
and
brought
your
people
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
with
signs,
with
wonders,
with
a
strong
hand,
with
an
outstretched
arm,
and
with
great
terror;
and
gave
them
this
land,
which
you
swore
to
their
fathers
to
give
them,
a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey.
They
came
in
and
possessed
it,
but
they
didn’t
obey
your
voice
and
didn’t
walk
in
your
law.
They
have
done
nothing
of
all
that
you
commanded
them
to
do.
Therefore
you
have
caused
all
this
evil
to
come
upon
them.
“Behold,
siege
ramps
have
been built
against
the
city
to
take
it.
The
city
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans
who
fight
against
it,
because
of
the
sword,
of
the
famine,
and
of
the
pestilence.
What
you
have
spoken
has
happened.
Behold,
you
see
it.
You
have
said
to
me,
Lord Yahweh, ‘Buy
the
field
for
money,
and
call
witnesses;’ whereas
the
city
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans.”
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Behold,
I
am
Yahweh,
the
God
of
all
flesh.
Is
there
anything
too
hard
for
me?
Therefore
Yahweh
says:
Behold,
I
will
give
this
city
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
will
take
it.
The
Chaldeans,
who
fight
against
this
city,
will
come
and
set
this
city
on
fire,
and
burn
it
with
the
houses
on
whose
roofs
they
have
offered
incense
to
Baal,
and poured
out drink offerings
to
other
gods,
to
provoke
me
to
anger.
“For
the
children
of
Israel
and
the
children
of
Judah
have
done
only
that
which
was
evil
in
my
sight
from
their
youth;
for
the
children
of
Israel
have
only
provoked
me
to
anger
with
the
work
of
their
hands,
says
Yahweh.
For
this
city
has
been
to
me
a provocation
of
my
anger
and
of
my
wrath
from
the
day
that
they
built
it
even
to
this
day,
so
that
I
should
remove
it
from
before
my
face,
because
of
all
the
evil
of
the
children
of
Israel
and
of
the
children
of
Judah,
which
they
have
done
to
provoke
me
to
anger—they,
their
kings,
their
princes,
their
priests,
their
prophets,
the
men
of
Judah,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
They
have
turned
their
backs
to
me,
and
not
their
faces.
Although
I
taught
them,
rising
up
early
and
teaching
them,
yet
they
have
not
listened
to
receive
instruction.
But
they
set
their
abominations
in
the
house
which
is
called
by
my
name,
to
defile
it.
They
built
the
high
places
of
Baal,
which
are
in
the
valley
of
the
son
of
Hinnom,
to cause
their
sons
and
their
daughters
to
pass
through fire
to
Molech,
which
I
didn’t
command
them.
It
didn’t
even
come
into
my
mind,
that
they
should
do
this
abomination,
to cause
Judah
to
sin.”
Now
therefore
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
concerning
this
city,
about
which
you
say, “It
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence:”
“Behold,
I
will
gather
them
out
of
all
the
countries
where
I
have
driven
them
in
my
anger,
and
in
my
wrath,
and
in
great indignation;
and
I
will
bring
them
again
to
this
place.
I
will
cause
them
to
dwell
safely.
Then
they
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
I
will
give
them
one
heart
and
one
way,
that
they
may
fear
me
forever,
for
their
good
and
the
good
of
their
children
after
them.
I
will
make
an
everlasting
covenant
with
them,
that
I
will
not
turn
away
from
following
them,
to
do
them
good.
I
will
put
my
fear
in
their
hearts,
that
they
may
not
depart
from
me.
Yes,
I
will
rejoice
over
them
to
do
them
good,
and
I
will
plant
them
in
this
land assuredly
with
my
whole
heart
and
with
my
whole
soul.”
For
Yahweh
says: “Just
as
I
have
brought
all
this
great
evil
on
this
people,
so
I
will
bring
on
them
all
the
good
that
I
have
promised
them.
Fields
will
be
bought
in
this
land,
about
which
you
say, ‘It
is
desolate,
without
man
or
animal.
It
is
given
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans.’
Men
will
buy
fields
for
money,
sign
the
deeds,
seal
them,
and
call
witnesses,
in
the
land
of
Benjamin,
and
in
the
places
around
Jerusalem,
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
in
the
cities
of
the
hill
country,
in
the
cities
of
the
lowland,
and
in
the
cities
of
the
South;
for
I
will
cause
their
captivity
to
be reversed,”
says
Yahweh.
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah
the
second
time,
while
he
was
still locked
up
in
the
court
of
the
guard,
saying,
“Yahweh
who
does
it,
Yahweh
who
forms
it
to
establish
it—Yahweh
is
his
name,
says:
‘Call
to
me,
and
I
will
answer
you,
and
will
show
you
great
and
difficult
things, which
you
don’t
know.’
For
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
concerning
the
houses
of
this
city
and
concerning
the
houses
of
the
kings
of
Judah,
which
are
broken
down
to
make
a defense
against
the mounds
and
against
the
sword:
‘While
men
come
to
fight
with
the
Chaldeans,
and
to
fill
them
with
the
dead
bodies
of
men,
whom
I
have
killed
in
my
anger
and
in
my
wrath,
and
for
all
whose
wickedness
I
have
hidden
my
face
from
this
city,
behold,
I
will
bring
it
health
and
healing,
and
I
will cure
them;
and
I
will
reveal
to
them
abundance
of
peace
and
truth.
I
will
restore
the
fortunes
of
Judah
and
Israel,
and
will
build
them
as
at
the
first.
I
will
cleanse
them
from
all
their
iniquity
by
which
they
have
sinned
against
me.
I
will
pardon
all
their
iniquities
by
which
they
have
sinned
against
me
and
by
which
they
have
transgressed
against
me.
This city
will
be
to
me
for
a
name
of
joy,
for
praise,
and
for
glory,
before
all
the
nations
of
the
earth,
which
will
hear
all
the
good
that
I
do
to
them,
and
will
fear
and
tremble
for
all
the
good
and
for
all
the
peace
that
I
provide
to
it.’”
Yahweh
says: “Yet
again
there
will
be
heard
in
this
place,
about
which
you
say, ‘It
is
waste,
without
man
and
without
animal,
even
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
that
are
desolate,
without
man
and
without
inhabitant
and
without
animal,’
the
voice
of
joy
and
the
voice
of
gladness,
the
voice
of
the bridegroom
and
the
voice
of
the
bride,
the
voice
of
those
who
say, ‘Give
thanks
to
Yahweh
of
Armies,
for
Yahweh
is
good,
for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;’
who
bring
thanksgiving
into
Yahweh’s
house.
For
I
will
cause
the
captivity
of
the
land
to
be reversed
as
at
the
first,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Yet
again
there
will
be
in
this
place,
which
is waste,
without
man
and
without
animal,
and
in
all
its
cities,
a habitation
of
shepherds causing
their
flocks
to
lie
down.
In
the
cities
of
the
hill
country,
in
the
cities
of
the
lowland,
in
the
cities
of
the
South,
in
the
land
of
Benjamin,
in
the
places
around
Jerusalem,
and
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
the
flocks
will
again
pass
under
the
hands
of
him
who
counts
them,”
says
Yahweh.
“Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh, “that
I
will perform
that
good
word
which
I
have
spoken
concerning
the
house
of
Israel
and
concerning
the
house
of
Judah.
“In
those
days
and
at
that
time,
I
will
cause
a
Branch
of
righteousness
to
grow
up
to
David.
He
will execute
justice
and
righteousness
in
the
land.
In
those
days
Judah
will
be
saved,
and
Jerusalem
will
dwell
safely.
This
is
the
name
by
which
she
will
be
called:
Yahweh
our
righteousness.”
For
Yahweh
says: “David
will
never
lack
a
man
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
the
house
of
Israel.
The
Levitical
priests
won’t
lack
a
man
before
me
to
offer
burnt
offerings,
to
burn
meal
offerings,
and
to
do
sacrifice
continually.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Yahweh
says: ‘If
you
can
break
my
covenant
of
the
day
and
my
covenant
of
the
night,
so
that
there
will
not
be
day
and
night
in
their
time,
then
my
covenant
could
also
be
broken
with
David
my
servant,
that
he won’t
have
a
son
to
reign
on
his
throne;
and
with
the
Levitical
priests,
my
ministers.
As
the
army
of
the
sky
can’t
be
counted,
and
the
sand
of
the
sea
can’t
be
measured,
so
I
will
multiply
the
offspring
of
David
my
servant
and
the
Levites
who
minister
to
me.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Don’t
consider
what
this
people
has
spoken,
saying, ‘Has
Yahweh cast
off
the
two
families
which
he
chose?’
Thus
they
despise
my
people,
that
they
should
be
no
more
a
nation
before
them.”
Yahweh
says: “If
my
covenant
of
day
and
night fails,
if
I
have
not
appointed
the
ordinances
of
heaven
and
earth,
then
I
will
also cast
away
the
offspring
of
Jacob,
and
of
David
my
servant,
so
that
I
will
not
take
of
his
offspring
to
be
rulers
over
the
offspring
of
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob;
for
I
will
cause
their
captivity
to
be reversed
and
will
have
mercy
on
them.”
The
word
which
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
when
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
with
all
his
army,
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth
that
were
under
his
dominion,
and
all
the
peoples,
were
fighting
against
Jerusalem
and
against
all
its
cities,
saying:
“Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘Go,
and
speak
to
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah,
and
tell
him,
Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
give
this
city
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon
and
he
will
burn
it
with
fire.
You
won’t
escape
out
of
his
hand,
but
will
surely
be
taken
and
delivered
into
his
hand.
Your
eyes
will
see
the
eyes
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
will
speak
with
you
mouth
to
mouth.
You
will
go
to
Babylon.”’
“Yet
hear
Yahweh’s
word,
O
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah.
Yahweh
says
concerning
you, ‘You
won’t
die
by
the
sword.
You
will
die
in
peace;
and
with
the burnings
of
your
fathers,
the
former
kings
who
were
before
you,
so
they
will
make
a
burning
for
you.
They
will
lament
you,
saying, “Ah
Lord!”
for
I
have
spoken
the
word,’
says
Yahweh.”
Then
Jeremiah
the
prophet
spoke
all
these
words
to
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
in
Jerusalem,
when
the
king
of
Babylon’s
army
was
fighting
against
Jerusalem
and
against
all
the
cities
of
Judah
that
were
left,
against
Lachish
and
against
Azekah;
for
these alone
remained
of
the
cities
of
Judah
as
fortified
cities.
The
word
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
after
King
Zedekiah
had
made
a
covenant
with
all
the
people
who
were
at
Jerusalem,
to
proclaim
liberty
to
them,
that
every
man
should
let
his
male
servant,
and
every
man
his
female
servant,
who
is
a
Hebrew
or
a Hebrewess,
go
free,
that
no
one
should
make bondservants
of
them,
of
a
Jew
his
brother.
All
the
princes
and
all
the
people
obeyed
who
had
entered
into
the
covenant,
that
everyone
should
let
his
male
servant
and
everyone
his
female
servant
go
free,
that
no
one
should
make bondservants
of
them
any
more.
They
obeyed
and
let
them
go,
but
afterwards
they
turned,
and
caused
the
servants
and
the handmaids
whom
they
had
let
go
free
to
return,
and
brought
them
into
subjection
for
servants
and
for handmaids.
Therefore
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
saying,
“Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘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,
every
man
of
you
shall
release
his
brother
who
is
a
Hebrew,
who
has
been
sold
to
you,
and
has
served
you
six
years.
You
shall
let
him
go
free
from
you.
But
your
fathers
didn’t
listen
to
me,
and
didn’t
incline
their
ear.
You
had
now
turned,
and
had
done
that
which
is
right
in
my
eyes,
in
every
man
proclaiming
liberty
to
his
neighbor.
You
had
made
a
covenant
before
me
in
the
house
which
is
called
by
my
name;
but
you
turned
and
profaned
my
name,
and
every
man
caused
his
servant
and
every
man
his handmaid,
whom
you
had
let
go
free
at
their pleasure,
to
return.
You
brought
them
into
subjection,
to
be
to
you
for
servants
and
for handmaids.’”
Therefore
Yahweh
says: “You
have
not
listened
to
me,
to
proclaim
liberty,
every
man
to
his
brother,
and
every
man
to
his
neighbor.
Behold,
I
proclaim
to
you
a
liberty,”
says
Yahweh, “to
the
sword,
to
the
pestilence,
and
to
the
famine.
I
will
make
you
be tossed
back
and
forth
among
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
earth.
I
will
give
the
men
who
have transgressed
my
covenant,
who
have
not
performed
the
words
of
the
covenant
which
they
made
before
me
when
they
cut
the
calf
in
two
and
passed
between
its
parts:
the
princes
of
Judah,
the
princes
of
Jerusalem,
the
eunuchs,
the
priests,
and
all
the
people
of
the
land,
who
passed
between
the
parts
of
the
calf.
I
will
even
give
them
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies
and
into
the
hand
of
those
who
seek
their
life.
Their
dead
bodies
will
be
food
for
the
birds
of
the
sky
and
for
the
animals
of
the
earth.
“I
will
give
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
and
his
princes
into
the
hands
of
their
enemies,
into
the
hands
of
those
who
seek
their
life
and
into
the
hands
of
the
king
of
Babylon’s
army,
who
has
gone
away
from
you.
Behold,
I
will
command,”
says
Yahweh, “and
cause
them
to
return
to
this
city.
They
will
fight
against
it,
take
it,
and
burn
it
with
fire.
I
will
make
the
cities
of
Judah
a
desolation,
without
inhabitant.”
The
word
which
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh
in
the
days
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
saying,
“Go
to
the
house
of
the Rechabites,
and
speak
to
them,
and
bring
them
into
Yahweh’s
house,
into
one
of
the
rooms,
and
give
them
wine
to
drink.”
Then
I
took
Jaazaniah
the
son
of
Jeremiah,
the
son
of
Habazziniah,
with
his
brothers,
all
his
sons,
and
the
whole
house
of
the Rechabites;
and
I
brought
them
into
Yahweh’s
house,
into
the
room
of
the
sons
of
Hanan
the
son
of
Igdaliah,
the
man
of
God,
which
was
by
the
room
of
the
princes,
which
was
above
the
room
of
Maaseiah
the
son
of
Shallum,
the
keeper
of
the threshold.
I
set
before
the
sons
of
the
house
of
the Rechabites bowls
full
of
wine,
and
cups;
and
I
said
to
them, “Drink
wine!”
But
they
said, “We
will
drink
no
wine;
for
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab,
our
father,
commanded
us,
saying, ‘You
shall
drink
no
wine,
neither
you
nor
your
children,
forever.
You
shall
not
build
a
house,
sow
seed,
plant
a
vineyard,
or
have
any;
but
all
your
days
you
shall
dwell
in
tents,
that
you
may
live
many
days
in
the
land
in
which
you
live
as nomads.’
We
have
obeyed
the
voice
of
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab,
our
father,
in
all
that
he
commanded
us,
to
drink
no
wine
all
our
days,
we,
our
wives,
our
sons,
or
our
daughters;
and
not
to
build
houses
for
ourselves
to
dwell
in. We
have
no
vineyard,
field,
or
seed;
but
we
have
lived
in
tents,
and
have
obeyed,
and
done according
to
all
that
Jonadab
our
father
commanded
us.
But
when
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came
up
into
the
land,
we
said, ‘Come! Let’s
go
to
Jerusalem
for fear
of
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
for fear
of
the
army
of
the Syrians;
so
we
will
dwell
at
Jerusalem.’”
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Go
and
tell
the
men
of
Judah
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem, “Will
you
not
receive
instruction
to
listen
to
my
words?”
says
Yahweh.
“The
words
of
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
that
he
commanded
his
sons,
not
to
drink
wine,
are performed;
and
to
this
day
they
drink
none,
for
they
obey
their
father’s
commandment;
but
I
have
spoken
to
you,
rising
up
early
and
speaking,
and
you
have
not
listened
to
me.
I
have
sent
also
to
you
all
my
servants
the
prophets,
rising
up
early
and
sending
them,
saying, ‘Every
one
of
you
must
return
now
from
his
evil
way,
amend
your
doings,
and
don’t
go
after
other
gods
to
serve
them.
Then
you
will
dwell
in
the
land
which
I
have
given
to
you
and
to
your
fathers;’
but
you
have
not
inclined
your
ear,
nor
listened
to
me.
The
sons
of
Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
have performed
the
commandment
of
their
father
which
he
commanded
them,
but
this
people
has
not
listened
to
me.”’
“Therefore
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
bring
on
Judah
and
on
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
all
the
evil
that
I
have
pronounced
against
them,
because
I
have
spoken
to
them,
but
they
have
not
heard;
and
I
have
called
to
them,
but
they
have
not
answered.’”
Jeremiah
said
to
the
house
of
the Rechabites, “Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Because
you
have
obeyed
the
commandment
of
Jonadab
your
father,
and
kept
all
his precepts,
and
done
according
to
all
that
he
commanded
you,’
therefore
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Jonadab
the
son
of
Rechab
will
not
lack
a
man
to
stand
before
me
forever.’”
In
the
fourth
year
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
this
word
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
saying,
“Take
a
scroll
of
a
book,
and
write
in
it
all
the
words
that
I
have
spoken
to
you
against
Israel,
against
Judah,
and
against
all
the
nations,
from
the
day
I
spoke
to
you,
from
the
days
of
Josiah
even
to
this
day.
It
may
be
that
the
house
of
Judah
will
hear
all
the
evil
which
I
intend
to
do
to
them,
that
they
may
each
return
from
his
evil
way;
that
I
may
forgive
their
iniquity
and
their
sin.”
Then
Jeremiah
called
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah;
and
Baruch
wrote
from
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah
all
Yahweh’s
words,
which
he
had
spoken
to
him,
on
a
scroll
of
a
book.
Jeremiah
commanded
Baruch,
saying, “I
am
restricted.
I
can’t
go
into
Yahweh’s
house.
Therefore
you
go,
and
read
from
the
scroll
which
you
have
written
from
my
mouth,
Yahweh’s
words,
in
the
ears
of
the
people
in
Yahweh’s
house
on
the
fast
day.
Also
you
shall
read
them
in
the
ears
of
all
Judah
who
come
out
of
their
cities.
It
may
be
they
will
present
their
supplication
before
Yahweh,
and
will
each
return
from
his
evil
way;
for
Yahweh
has
pronounced
great
anger
and
wrath
against
this
people.”
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah
did according
to
all
that
Jeremiah
the
prophet
commanded
him,
reading
in
the
book
Yahweh’s
words
in
Yahweh’s
house.
Now
in
the
fifth
year
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
in
the
ninth
month,
all
the
people
in
Jerusalem
and
all
the
people
who
came
from
the
cities
of
Judah
to
Jerusalem,
proclaimed
a
fast
before
Yahweh.
Then
Baruch
read
the
words
of
Jeremiah
from
the
book
in
Yahweh’s
house,
in
the
room
of
Gemariah
the
son
of
Shaphan
the
scribe,
in
the
upper
court,
at
the
entry
of
the
new
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house,
in
the
ears
of
all
the
people.
When
Micaiah
the
son
of
Gemariah,
the
son
of
Shaphan,
had
heard
out
of
the
book
all
Yahweh’s
words,
he
went
down
into
the
king’s
house,
into
the scribe’s
room;
and
behold,
all
the
princes
were
sitting
there,
Elishama
the
scribe,
Delaiah
the
son
of
Shemaiah,
Elnathan
the
son
of
Achbor,
Gemariah
the
son
of
Shaphan,
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Hananiah,
and
all
the
princes.
Then
Micaiah
declared
to
them
all
the
words
that
he
had
heard,
when
Baruch
read
the
book
in
the
ears
of
the
people.
Therefore
all
the
princes
sent
Jehudi
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
the
son
of
Cushi,
to
Baruch,
saying, “Take
in
your
hand
the
scroll
in
which
you
have
read
in
the
ears
of
the
people,
and
come.”
So
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah
took
the
scroll
in
his
hand,
and
came
to
them.
They
said
to
him, “Sit
down
now,
and
read
it
in
our
hearing.”
So
Baruch
read
it
in
their
hearing.
Now
when
they
had
heard
all
the
words,
they
turned
in
fear
one
toward
another,
and
said
to
Baruch, “We
will
surely
tell
the
king
of
all
these
words.”
They
asked
Baruch,
saying, “Tell
us
now,
how did
you
write
all
these
words
at
his
mouth?”
Then
Baruch
answered
them, “He
dictated
all
these
words
to
me
with
his
mouth,
and
I
wrote
them
with
ink
in
the
book.”
Then
the
princes
said
to
Baruch, “You
and
Jeremiah go
hide.
Don’t
let
anyone
know
where
you
are.”
They
went
in
to
the
king
into
the
court,
but
they
had
laid
up
the
scroll
in
the
room
of
Elishama
the
scribe.
Then
they
told
all
the
words
in
the
hearing
of
the
king.
So
the
king
sent
Jehudi
to
get
the
scroll,
and
he
took
it
out
of
the
room
of
Elishama
the
scribe.
Jehudi
read
it
in
the
hearing
of
the
king,
and
in
the
hearing
of
all
the
princes
who
stood
beside
the
king.
Now
the
king
was
sitting
in
the
winter
house
in
the
ninth
month,
and
there
was
a fire
in
the
brazier
burning
before
him.
When
Jehudi
had
read
three
or
four
columns,
the
king
cut
it
with
the penknife,
and
cast
it
into
the
fire
that
was
in
the
brazier,
until
all
the
scroll
was
consumed
in
the
fire
that
was
in
the
brazier.
The
king
and
his
servants
who
heard
all
these
words
were
not
afraid,
and
didn’t
tear
their
garments.
Moreover
Elnathan
and
Delaiah
and
Gemariah
had
made intercession
to
the
king
that
he
would
not
burn
the
scroll;
but
he
would
not
listen
to
them.
The
king
commanded
Jerahmeel
the
king’s
son,
and
Seraiah
the
son
of
Azriel,
and
Shelemiah
the
son
of
Abdeel,
to arrest
Baruch
the
scribe
and
Jeremiah
the
prophet;
but
Yahweh
hid
them.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah,
after
the
king
had
burned
the
scroll,
and
the
words
which
Baruch
wrote
at
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Take
again
another
scroll,
and
write
in
it
all
the
former
words
that
were
in
the
first
scroll,
which
Jehoiakim
the
king
of
Judah
has
burned.
Concerning
Jehoiakim
king
of
Judah
you
shall
say, ‘Yahweh
says: “You
have
burned
this
scroll,
saying, “Why
have
you
written therein,
saying, ‘The
king
of
Babylon
will
certainly
come
and
destroy
this
land,
and
will cause
to
cease
from
there
man
and
animal?’”’
Therefore
Yahweh
says
concerning
Jehoiakim
king
of
Judah: “He
will
have
no
one
to
sit
on
David’s
throne.
His
dead
body
will
be
cast
out
in
the
day
to
the heat,
and
in
the
night
to
the
frost.
I
will
punish
him,
his
offspring,
and
his
servants
for
their
iniquity.
I
will
bring
on
them,
on
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
and
on
the
men
of
Judah,
all
the
evil
that
I
have
pronounced
against
them,
but
they
didn’t
listen.”’”
Then
Jeremiah
took
another
scroll,
and
gave
it
to
Baruch
the
scribe,
the
son
of
Neriah,
who
wrote therein
from
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah
all
the
words
of
the
book
which
Jehoiakim
king
of
Judah
had
burned
in
the
fire;
and
many similar
words
were
added
to
them.
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Josiah
reigned
as
king
instead
of Coniah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
made
king
in
the
land
of
Judah.
But
neither
he,
nor
his
servants,
nor
the
people
of
the
land,
listened
to
Yahweh’s
words,
which
he
spoke
by
the
prophet
Jeremiah.
Zedekiah
the
king
sent
Jehucal
the
son
of
Shelemiah
and
Zephaniah
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
the
priest,
to
the
prophet
Jeremiah,
saying, “Pray
now
to
Yahweh
our
God
for
us.”
Now
Jeremiah
came
in
and
went
out
among
the
people,
for
they
had
not
put
him
into
prison.
Pharaoh’s
army
had
come
out
of
Egypt;
and
when
the
Chaldeans
who
were
besieging
Jerusalem
heard
news
of
them,
they
withdrew
from
Jerusalem.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
the
prophet
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘You
shall
tell
the
king
of
Judah,
who
sent
you
to
me
to
inquire
of
me: “Behold,
Pharaoh’s
army, which
has
come
out
to
help
you,
will
return
to
Egypt
into
their own
land.
The
Chaldeans
will
come
again,
and
fight
against
this
city.
They
will
take
it
and
burn
it
with
fire.”’
“Yahweh
says, ‘Don’t
deceive
yourselves,
saying, “The
Chaldeans
will
surely
depart
from
us;”
for
they
will
not
depart.
For
though
you
had
struck
the
whole
army
of
the
Chaldeans
who
fight
against
you,
and
only
wounded
men
remained
among
them,
they
would
each
rise
up
in
his
tent
and
burn
this
city
with
fire.’”
When
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
had
withdrawn
from
Jerusalem
for fear
of
Pharaoh’s
army,
then
Jeremiah
went
out
of
Jerusalem
to
go
into
the
land
of
Benjamin,
to receive
his portion
there,
in
the
middle
of
the
people.
When
he
was
in
Benjamin’s
gate,
a
captain
of
the
guard
was
there,
whose
name
was
Irijah,
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
the
son
of
Hananiah;
and
he
seized
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
saying, “You
are defecting
to
the
Chaldeans!”
Then
Jeremiah
said, “That
is
false!
I am
not defecting
to
the
Chaldeans.”
But
he
didn’t
listen
to
him;
so
Irijah
seized
Jeremiah,
and
brought
him
to
the
princes.
The
princes
were
angry
with
Jeremiah,
and
struck
him,
and
put
him
in
prison
in
the
house
of
Jonathan
the
scribe;
for
they
had
made
that
the
prison.
When
Jeremiah
had
come
into
the dungeon
house
and
into
the cells,
and
Jeremiah
had
remained
there
many
days,
then
Zedekiah
the
king
sent
and
had
him
brought
out.
The
king
asked
him secretly
in
his
house, “Is
there
any
word
from
Yahweh?”
Jeremiah
said, “There
is.”
He
also
said, “You
will
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon.”
Moreover
Jeremiah
said
to
King
Zedekiah, “How
have
I
sinned
against
you,
against
your
servants,
or
against
this
people,
that
you
have
put
me
in
prison?
Now
where
are
your
prophets
who
prophesied
to
you,
saying, ‘The
king
of
Babylon
will
not
come
against
you,
nor
against
this
land?’
Now
please
hear,
my
lord
the
king:
please
let
my
supplication
be presented
before
you,
that
you
not
cause
me
to
return
to
the
house
of
Jonathan
the
scribe, lest
I
die
there.”
Then
Zedekiah
the
king
commanded,
and
they
committed
Jeremiah
into
the
court
of
the
guard.
They
gave
him
daily
a
loaf
of
bread
out
of
the
bakers’
street,
until
all
the
bread
in
the
city
was
gone. Thus
Jeremiah
remained
in
the
court
of
the
guard.
Shephatiah
the
son
of
Mattan,
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Pashhur, Jucal
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
and
Pashhur
the
son
of
Malchijah
heard
the
words
that
Jeremiah
spoke
to
all
the
people,
saying,
“Yahweh
says, ‘He
who
remains
in
this
city
will
die
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence,
but
he
who
goes
out
to
the
Chaldeans
will
live.
He
will
escape
with
his
life
and
he
will
live.’
Yahweh
says, ‘This
city
will
surely
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
army
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
will
take
it.’”
Then
the
princes
said
to
the
king, “Please
let
this
man
be
put
to
death,
because
he weakens
the
hands
of
the
men
of
war
who
remain
in
this
city,
and
the
hands
of
all
the
people,
in
speaking
such
words
to
them;
for
this
man doesn’t
seek
the
welfare
of
this
people,
but
harm.”
Zedekiah
the
king
said, “Behold,
he
is
in
your
hand;
for
the
king
can’t
do
anything
to oppose
you.”
Then
they
took
Jeremiah
and
threw
him
into
the dungeon
of
Malchijah
the king’s
son,
that
was
in
the
court
of
the
guard.
They
let
down
Jeremiah
with
cords.
In
the dungeon
there
was
no
water,
but
mire;
and
Jeremiah
sank
in
the
mire.
Now
when Ebedmelech
the
Ethiopian,
a
eunuch,
who
was
in
the
king’s
house,
heard
that
they
had
put
Jeremiah
in
the dungeon (the
king
was
then
sitting
in
Benjamin’s
gate),
Ebedmelech
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
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
whom
they
have
cast
into
the dungeon.
He
is likely
to
die
in
the
place
where
he
is,
because
of
the
famine;
for
there
is
no
more
bread
in
the
city.”
Then
the
king
commanded Ebedmelech
the
Ethiopian,
saying, “Take
from
here
thirty
men
with
you,
and
take
up
Jeremiah
the
prophet
out
of
the dungeon,
before
he
dies.”
So Ebedmelech
took
the
men
with
him,
and
went
into
the
house
of
the
king
under
the
treasury,
and
took
from
there
rags
and
worn-out garments,
and
let
them
down
by
cords
into
the dungeon
to
Jeremiah.
Ebedmelech
the
Ethiopian
said
to
Jeremiah, “Now
put
these
rags
and
worn-out garments
under
your armpits
under
the
cords.”
Jeremiah
did
so.
So
they
lifted
Jeremiah
up
with
the
cords,
and
took
him
up
out
of
the dungeon;
and
Jeremiah
remained
in
the
court
of
the
guard.
Then
Zedekiah
the
king
sent
and
took
Jeremiah
the
prophet
to
himself
into
the
third
entry
that
is
in
Yahweh’s
house.
Then
the
king
said
to
Jeremiah, “I
will
ask
you
something.
Hide
nothing
from
me.”
Then
Jeremiah
said
to
Zedekiah, “If
I
declare
it
to
you,
will
you
not
surely
put
me
to
death?
If
I
give
you
counsel,
you
will
not
listen
to
me.”
So
Zedekiah
the
king
swore secretly
to
Jeremiah,
saying, “As
Yahweh
lives,
who
made
our
souls,
I
will
not
put
you
to
death,
neither
will
I
give
you
into
the
hand
of
these
men
who
seek
your
life.”
Then
Jeremiah
said
to
Zedekiah, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘If
you
will
go
out
to
the
king
of
Babylon’s
princes,
then
your
soul
will
live,
and
this
city
will
not
be
burned
with
fire.
You
will
live,
along
with
your
house.
But
if
you
will
not
go
out
to
the
king
of
Babylon’s
princes,
then
this
city
will
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
they
will
burn
it
with
fire,
and
you
won’t
escape
out
of
their
hand.’”
Zedekiah
the
king
said
to
Jeremiah, “I
am afraid
of
the
Jews
who
have
defected
to
the
Chaldeans,
lest
they
deliver
me
into
their
hand,
and
they mock
me.”
But
Jeremiah
said, “They
won’t
deliver
you.
Obey,
I
beg
you,
Yahweh’s
voice,
in
that
which
I
speak
to
you;
so
it
will
be
well
with
you,
and
your
soul
will
live.
But
if
you
refuse
to
go
out,
this
is
the
word
that
Yahweh
has
shown
me:
‘Behold,
all
the
women
who
are
left
in
the
king
of
Judah’s
house
will
be
brought
out
to
the
king
of
Babylon’s
princes,
and
those
women
will
say,
“Your familiar friends
have
turned
on
you,
and
have
prevailed
over
you.
Your
feet
are
sunk
in
the
mire,
they
have
turned
away
from
you.”
They
will
bring
out
all
your
wives
and
your
children
to
the
Chaldeans.
You
won’t
escape
out
of
their
hand,
but
will
be
taken
by
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
You
will cause
this
city
to
be
burned
with
fire.’”
Then
Zedekiah
said
to
Jeremiah, “Let
no
man
know
of
these
words,
and
you
won’t
die.
But
if
the
princes
hear
that
I
have
talked
with
you,
and
they
come
to
you,
and
tell
you, ‘Declare
to
us
now
what
you
have
said
to
the
king;
don’t
hide
it
from
us,
and
we
will
not
put
you
to
death;
also
tell
us
what
the
king
said
to
you;’
then
you
shall
tell
them, ‘I presented
my
supplication
before
the
king,
that
he
would
not
cause
me
to
return
to
Jonathan’s
house,
to
die
there.’”
Then
all
the
princes
came
to
Jeremiah,
and
asked
him;
and
he
told
them
according
to
all
these
words
that
the
king
had
commanded.
So
they
stopped
speaking
with
him,
for
the
matter
was
not perceived.
So
Jeremiah
stayed
in
the
court
of
the
guard
until
the
day
that
Jerusalem
was
taken.
In
the
ninth
year
of
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah,
in
the
tenth
month,
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
and
all
his
army
came
against
Jerusalem,
and besieged
it.
In
the
eleventh
year
of
Zedekiah,
in
the
fourth
month,
the
ninth
day
of
the
month,
a
breach
was made
in
the
city.
All
the
princes
of
the
king
of
Babylon
came
in,
and
sat
in
the
middle
gate: Nergal Sharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim
the Rabsaris, Nergal Sharezer
the Rabmag,
with
all
the
rest
of
the
princes
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
When
Zedekiah
the
king
of
Judah
and
all
the
men
of
war
saw
them,
then
they
fled
and
went
out
of
the
city
by
night,
by
the
way
of
the
king’s
garden,
through
the
gate
between
the
two
walls;
and
he
went
out
toward
the
Arabah.
But
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
pursued
them,
and
overtook
Zedekiah
in
the
plains
of
Jericho.
When
they
had
taken
him,
they
brought
him
up
to
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath;
and
he
pronounced
judgment
on
him.
Then
the
king
of
Babylon
killed
Zedekiah’s
sons
in
Riblah
before
his
eyes.
The
king
of
Babylon
also
killed
all
the
nobles
of
Judah.
Moreover
he
put
out
Zedekiah’s
eyes
and
bound
him
in
fetters,
to
carry
him
to
Babylon.
The
Chaldeans
burned
the
king’s
house
and
the
people’s
houses
with
fire
and
broke
down
the
walls
of
Jerusalem.
Then
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
into
Babylon
the
rest
of
the
people
who
remained
in
the
city,
the
deserters
also
who
fell
away
to
him,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
who
remained.
But
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
left
of
the
poor
of
the
people,
who
had
nothing,
in
the
land
of
Judah,
and
gave
them
vineyards
and
fields
at
the
same
time.
Now
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
commanded
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
concerning
Jeremiah,
saying,
“Take
him
and
take
care
of
him.
Do
him
no
harm;
but
do
to
him
even
as
he
tells
you.”
So
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard, Nebushazban, Rabsaris,
and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag,
and
all
the chief officers
of
the
king
of
Babylon
sent
and
took
Jeremiah
out
of
the
court
of
the
guard,
and
committed
him
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan,
that
he
should
bring
him
home.
So
he
lived
among
the
people.
Now
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah
while
he
was
shut
up
in
the
court
of
the
guard,
saying,
“Go,
and
speak
to Ebedmelech
the
Ethiopian,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: “Behold,
I
will
bring
my
words
on
this
city
for
evil,
and
not
for
good;
and
they
will
be accomplished
before
you
in
that
day.
But
I
will
deliver
you
in
that
day,”
says
Yahweh; “and
you
will
not
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
men
of
whom
you
are afraid.
For
I
will
surely
save
you.
You
won’t
fall
by
the
sword,
but
you
will
escape
with
your
life,
because
you
have
put
your
trust
in
me,”
says
Yahweh.’”
The
word
which
came
to
Jeremiah
from
Yahweh,
after
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
had
let
him
go
from
Ramah,
when
he
had
taken
him
being
bound
in
chains
among
all
the
captives
of
Jerusalem
and
Judah
who
were
carried
away
captive
to
Babylon.
The
captain
of
the
guard
took
Jeremiah
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
your
God
pronounced
this
evil
on
this
place;
and
Yahweh
has
brought
it,
and
done according
as
he
spoke.
Because
you
have
sinned
against
Yahweh,
and
have
not
obeyed
his
voice,
therefore
this
thing
has
come
on
you.
Now,
behold,
I release
you
today
from
the
chains
which
are
on
your
hand.
If
it
seems
good
to
you
to
come
with
me
into
Babylon,
come,
and
I
will
take
care
of
you;
but
if
it
seems bad
to
you
to
come
with
me
into
Babylon, don’t.
Behold,
all
the
land
is
before
you.
Where
it
seems
good
and
right
to
you
to
go,
go
there.”
Now
while
he
had
not
yet
gone
back, “Go
back
then,”
he
said, “to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
has
made governor
over
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
dwell
with
him
among
the
people;
or
go
wherever
it
seems
right
to
you
to
go.”
So
the
captain
of
the
guard
gave
him food
and
a
present,
and
let
him
go.
Then
Jeremiah
went
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
to
Mizpah,
and
lived
with
him
among
the
people
who
were
left
in
the
land.
Now
when
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
who
were
in
the
fields,
even
they
and
their
men,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
governor
in
the
land,
and
had
committed
to
him
men,
women,
children,
and
of
the poorest
of
the
land,
of
those
who
were
not
carried
away
captive
to
Babylon,
then
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
and
Johanan
and
Jonathan
the
sons
of
Kareah,
and
Seraiah
the
son
of
Tanhumeth,
and
the
sons
of
Ephai
the
Netophathite,
and
Jezaniah
the
son
of
the
Maacathite,
they
and
their
men
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah.
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan
swore
to
them
and
to
their
men,
saying, “Don’t
be
afraid
to
serve
the
Chaldeans.
Dwell
in
the
land,
and
serve
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
it
will
be
well
with
you.
As
for
me,
behold,
I
will
dwell
at
Mizpah,
to
stand
before
the
Chaldeans
who
will
come
to
us;
but
you,
gather
wine
and
summer fruits
and
oil,
and
put
them
in
your
vessels,
and
dwell
in
your
cities
that
you
have
taken.”
Likewise
when
all
the
Jews
who
were
in
Moab,
and
among
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
in
Edom,
and
who
were
in
all
the
countries,
heard
that
the
king
of
Babylon
had
left
a
remnant
of
Judah,
and
that
he
had
set
over
them
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan,
then
all
the
Jews
returned
out
of
all
places
where
they
were
driven,
and
came
to
the
land
of
Judah,
to
Gedaliah,
to
Mizpah,
and
gathered
very
much
wine
and
summer fruits.
Moreover
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
who
were
in
the
fields,
came
to
Gedaliah
to
Mizpah,
and
said
to
him, “Do
you
know
that
Baalis
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
has
sent
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
to
take
your
life?”
But
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
didn’t
believe
them.
Then
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah
spoke
to
Gedaliah
in
Mizpah secretly,
saying, “Please
let
me
go,
and
I
will
kill
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
and
no
man
will
know
it.
Why
should
he
take
your
life,
that
all
the
Jews
who
are
gathered
to
you
should
be
scattered,
and
the
remnant
of
Judah
perish?”
But
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
said
to
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah, “You
shall
not
do
this
thing,
for
you
speak
falsely
of
Ishmael.”
Now
in
the
seventh
month,
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
the
son
of
Elishama,
of
the
royal
offspring
and
one
of
the chief officers
of
the
king,
and
ten
men
with
him,
came
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
to
Mizpah;
and
there
they
ate
bread
together
in
Mizpah.
Then
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
arose,
and
the
ten
men
who
were
with
him,
and
struck
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam
the
son
of
Shaphan
with
the
sword
and
killed
him,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
had
made governor
over
the
land.
Ishmael
also
killed
all
the
Jews
who
were
with
Gedaliah
at
Mizpah,
and
the Chaldean
men
of
war
who
were
found
there.
The
second
day
after
he
had
killed
Gedaliah,
and
no
man
knew
it,
men
came
from
Shechem,
from
Shiloh,
and
from
Samaria, even
eighty
men, having
their
beards
shaved
and
their
clothes
torn,
and having
cut themselves,
with
meal
offerings
and
frankincense
in
their
hand,
to
bring
them
to
Yahweh’s
house.
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
went
out
from
Mizpah
to
meet
them,
weeping
all
along
as
he
went,
and
as
he
met
them,
he
said
to
them, “Come
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam.”
It
was
so,
when
they
came
into
the
middle
of
the
city,
that
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
killed
them,
and cast
them
into
the
middle
of
the
pit,
he,
and
the
men
who
were
with
him.
But
ten
men
were
found
among
those
who
said
to
Ishmael, “Don’t
kill
us;
for
we
have
stores
hidden
in
the
field,
of
wheat,
and
of
barley,
and
of
oil,
and
of
honey.”
So
he
stopped,
and
didn’t
kill
them
among
their
brothers.
Now
the
pit
in
which
Ishmael
cast
all
the
dead
bodies
of
the
men
whom
he
had
killed,
by
the
side
of
Gedaliah (this
was
that
which
Asa
the
king
had
made
for fear
of
Baasha
king
of
Israel),
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
filled
it
with
those
who
were
killed.
Then
Ishmael
carried
away
captive
all
of
the
people
who
were
left
in
Mizpah,
even
the
king’s
daughters,
and
all
the
people
who
remained
in
Mizpah,
whom
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
had
committed
to
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam.
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
carried
them
away
captive,
and departed
to
go
over
to
the
children
of
Ammon.
But
when
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
who
were
with
him,
heard
of
all
the
evil
that
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
had
done,
then
they
took
all
the
men,
and
went
to
fight
with
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
and
found
him
by
the
great
waters
that
are
in
Gibeon.
Now
when
all
the
people
who
were
with
Ishmael
saw
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
who
were
with
him,
then
they
were
glad.
So
all
the
people
who
Ishmael
had
carried
away
captive
from
Mizpah
turned
about
and
came
back,
and
went
to
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah.
But
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
escaped
from
Johanan
with
eight
men,
and
went
to
the
children
of
Ammon.
Then
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
who
were
with
him
took
all
the
remnant
of
the
people
whom
he
had
recovered
from
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah,
from
Mizpah,
after
he
had
killed
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam—the
men
of
war,
with
the
women,
the
children,
and
the
eunuchs,
whom
he
had
brought
back
from
Gibeon.
They
departed
and
lived
in
Geruth
Chimham,
which
is
by
Bethlehem,
to
go
to
enter
into
Egypt
because
of
the
Chaldeans;
for
they
were
afraid
of
them,
because
Ishmael
the
son
of
Nethaniah
had
killed
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
whom
the
king
of
Babylon
made governor
over
the
land.
Then
all
the
captains
of
the
forces,
and
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
Jezaniah
the
son
of
Hoshaiah,
and
all
the
people
from
the least
even
to
the
greatest,
came
near,
and
said
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet, “Please
let
our
supplication
be presented
before
you,
and
pray
for
us
to
Yahweh
your
God,
even
for
all
this
remnant,
for
we
are
left
but
a
few
of
many,
as
your
eyes
see
us,
that
Yahweh
your
God
may
show
us
the
way
in
which
we
should
walk,
and
the
things
that
we
should
do.”
Then
Jeremiah
the
prophet
said
to
them, “I
have
heard
you.
Behold,
I
will
pray
to
Yahweh
your
God
according
to
your
words;
and
it
will
happen
that
whatever
thing
Yahweh
answers
you,
I
will
declare
it
to
you.
I
will
keep
nothing
back
from
you.”
Then
they
said
to
Jeremiah, “May
Yahweh
be
a
true
and
faithful
witness
among
us,
if
we
don’t
do
according
to
all
the
word
with
which
Yahweh
your
God
sends
you
to
tell
us.
Whether
it
is
good,
or
whether
it
is
bad,
we
will
obey
the
voice
of
Yahweh
our
God,
to
whom
we
send
you;
that
it
may
be
well
with
us,
when
we
obey
the
voice
of
Yahweh
our
God.”
After
ten
days,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah.
Then
he
called
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
who
were
with
him,
and
all
the
people
from
the least
even
to
the
greatest,
and
said
to
them, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
to
whom
you
sent
me
to
present
your
supplication
before
him,
says:
‘If
you
will
still
live
in
this
land,
then
I
will
build
you,
and
not
pull
you
down,
and
I
will
plant
you,
and
not
pluck
you
up;
for
I grieve
over
the distress
that
I
have
brought
on
you.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
of
whom
you
are
afraid.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
him,’
says
Yahweh, ‘for
I
am
with
you
to
save
you,
and
to
deliver
you
from
his
hand.
I
will
grant
you
mercy,
that
he
may
have
mercy
on
you,
and
cause
you
to
return
to
your own
land.
“‘But
if
you
say, “We
will
not
dwell
in
this
land,”
so
that
you
don’t
obey
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice,
saying, “No,
but
we
will
go
into
the
land
of
Egypt,
where
we
will
see
no
war,
nor
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet,
nor
have
hunger
of
bread;
and
there
we
will
dwell;”’
now
therefore
hear
Yahweh’s
word,
O
remnant
of
Judah!
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘If
you
indeed
set
your
faces
to
enter
into
Egypt,
and
go
to
live
there,
then
it
will
happen
that
the
sword,
which
you
fear,
will
overtake
you
there
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
and
the
famine,
about
which
you
are
afraid,
will
follow
close
behind
you
there
in
Egypt;
and
you
will
die
there.
So
will
it
be
with
all
the
men
who
set
their
faces
to
go
into
Egypt
to
live
there.
They
will
die
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence.
None
of
them
will
remain
or
escape
from
the
evil
that
I
will
bring
on
them.’
For
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘As
my
anger
and
my
wrath
has
been
poured
out
on
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
so
my
wrath
will
be
poured
out
on
you,
when
you
enter
into
Egypt;
and
you
will
be
an
object
of
horror,
an astonishment,
a
curse,
and
a
reproach;
and
you
will
see
this
place
no
more.’
“Yahweh
has
spoken
concerning
you,
remnant
of
Judah, ‘Don’t
go
into
Egypt!’
Know
certainly
that
I
have
testified
to
you
today.
For
you
have dealt deceitfully
against
your
own
souls;
for
you
sent
me
to
Yahweh
your
God,
saying, ‘Pray
for
us
to
Yahweh
our
God;
and
according
to
all
that
Yahweh
our
God
says,
so
declare
to
us,
and
we
will
do
it.’
I
have
declared
it
to
you
today;
but
you
have
not
obeyed
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice
in
anything
for
which
he
has
sent
me
to
you.
Now
therefore
know
certainly
that
you
will
die
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence
in
the
place
where
you
desire
to
go
to
live.”
When
Jeremiah
had
finished
speaking
to
all
the
people
all
the
words
of
Yahweh
their
God,
with
which
Yahweh
their
God
had
sent
him
to
them,
even
all
these
words,
then
Azariah
the
son
of
Hoshaiah,
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
proud
men
spoke,
saying
to
Jeremiah, “You
speak
falsely.
Yahweh
our
God
has
not
sent
you
to
say, ‘You
shall
not
go
into
Egypt
to
live
there;’
but
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah
has
turned
you
against
us,
to
deliver
us
into
the
hand
of
the
Chaldeans,
that
they
may
put
us
to
death
or
carry
us
away
captive
to
Babylon.”
So
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah,
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces,
and
all
the
people,
didn’t
obey
Yahweh’s
voice,
to
dwell
in
the
land
of
Judah.
But
Johanan
the
son
of
Kareah
and
all
the
captains
of
the
forces
took
all
the
remnant
of
Judah,
who
had
returned
from
all
the
nations
where
they
had
been
driven,
to
live
in
the
land
of
Judah—
the
men,
the
women,
the
children,
the
king’s
daughters,
and
every
person
who
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
had
left
with
Gedaliah
the
son
of
Ahikam,
the
son
of
Shaphan;
and
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
and
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah.
They
came
into
the
land
of
Egypt,
for
they
didn’t
obey
Yahweh’s
voice;
and
they
came
to
Tahpanhes.
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jeremiah
in
Tahpanhes,
saying,
“Take
great
stones
in
your
hand
and
hide
them
in
mortar
in
the
brick work
which
is
at
the
entry
of
Pharaoh’s
house
in
Tahpanhes,
in
the
sight
of
the
men
of Judah.
Tell
them,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
send
and
take
Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon,
my
servant,
and
will
set
his
throne
on
these
stones
that
I
have
hidden;
and
he
will
spread
his
royal pavilion
over
them.
He
will
come,
and
will
strike
the
land
of
Egypt;
such
as
are
for
death
will
be
put
to
death,
and
such
as
are
for
captivity
to
captivity,
and
such
as
are
for
the
sword
to
the
sword.
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
houses
of
the
gods
of
Egypt.
He
will
burn
them,
and
carry
them
away
captive.
He
will array himself
with
the
land
of
Egypt,
as
a
shepherd puts
on
his
garment;
and
he
will
go
out
from
there
in
peace.
He
will
also
break
the
pillars
of
Beth Shemesh
that
is
in
the
land
of
Egypt;
and
he
will
burn
the
houses
of
the
gods
of
Egypt
with
fire.’”
The
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
concerning
all
the
Jews
who
lived
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
who
lived
at
Migdol,
and
at
Tahpanhes,
and
at
Memphis,
and
in
the
country
of
Pathros,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘You
have
seen
all
the
evil
that
I
have
brought
on
Jerusalem,
and
on
all
the
cities
of
Judah.
Behold,
today
they
are
a
desolation,
and
no
man
dwells
in
them,
because
of
their
wickedness
which
they
have
committed
to
provoke
me
to
anger,
in
that
they
went
to
burn
incense,
to
serve
other
gods
that
they
didn’t
know,
neither
they,
nor
you,
nor
your
fathers.
However
I
sent
to
you
all
my
servants
the
prophets,
rising
up
early
and
sending
them,
saying, “Oh,
don’t
do
this
abominable
thing
that
I
hate.”
But
they
didn’t
listen
and
didn’t
incline
their
ear.
They
didn’t
turn
from
their
wickedness,
to
stop
burning
incense
to
other
gods.
Therefore
my
wrath
and
my
anger
was
poured
out,
and
was kindled
in
the
cities
of
Judah
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem;
and
they
are wasted
and
desolate,
as
it
is
today.’
“Therefore
now
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Why
do
you commit
great
evil
against
your
own
souls,
to
cut
off
from
yourselves
man
and
woman,
infant
and
nursing
child
out
of
the
middle
of
Judah,
to
leave
yourselves
no
one
remaining,
in
that
you
provoke
me
to
anger
with
the
works
of
your
hands,
burning
incense
to
other
gods
in
the
land
of
Egypt
where
you
have
gone
to
live,
that
you
may
be
cut
off,
and
that
you
may
be
a
curse
and
a
reproach
among
all
the
nations
of
the
earth?
Have
you
forgotten
the
wickedness
of
your
fathers,
the
wickedness
of
the
kings
of
Judah,
the
wickedness
of
their
wives,
your own
wickedness,
and
the
wickedness
of
your
wives
which
they
committed
in
the
land
of
Judah
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem?
They
are
not humbled
even
to
this
day,
neither
have
they
feared,
nor
walked
in
my
law,
nor
in
my
statutes,
that
I
set
before
you
and
before
your
fathers.’
“Therefore
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
set
my
face
against
you
for
evil,
even
to
cut
off
all
Judah.
I
will
take
the
remnant
of
Judah
that
have
set
their
faces
to
go
into
the
land
of
Egypt
to
live
there,
and
they
will
all
be
consumed.
They
will
fall
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
They
will
be
consumed
by
the
sword
and
by
the
famine.
They
will
die,
from
the least
even
to
the
greatest,
by
the
sword
and
by
the
famine.
They
will
be
an
object
of
horror,
an astonishment,
a
curse,
and
a
reproach.
For
I
will
punish
those
who
dwell
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
as
I
have
punished
Jerusalem,
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence;
so
that
none
of
the
remnant
of
Judah,
who
have
gone
into
the
land
of
Egypt
to
live
there,
will
escape
or
be
left
to
return
into
the
land
of
Judah,
to
which
they
have
a
desire
to
return
to
dwell
there;
for
no
one
will
return
except
those
who
will
escape.’”
Then
all
the
men
who
knew
that
their
wives
burned
incense
to
other
gods,
and
all
the
women
who
stood
by,
a
great
assembly,
even
all
the
people
who
lived
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
in
Pathros,
answered
Jeremiah,
saying,
“As
for
the
word
that
you
have
spoken
to
us
in
Yahweh’s
name,
we
will
not
listen
to
you.
But
we
will
certainly
perform
every
word
that
has
gone
out
of
our
mouth,
to
burn
incense
to
the
queen
of
the
sky
and
to
pour
out
drink
offerings
to
her,
as
we
have
done,
we
and
our
fathers,
our
kings
and
our
princes,
in
the
cities
of
Judah
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem;
for
then
we
had
plenty
of
food,
and
were
well,
and
saw
no
evil.
But
since
we
stopped
burning
incense
to
the
queen
of
the
sky,
and pouring
out drink
offerings
to
her,
we
have
lacked
all
things,
and
have
been
consumed
by
the
sword
and
by
the
famine.”
The women said, “When
we
burned
incense
to
the
queen
of
the
sky
and poured
out drink
offerings
to
her,
did
we
make
her
cakes
to worship
her,
and
pour
out drink
offerings
to
her,
without
our
husbands?”
Then
Jeremiah
said
to
all
the
people—to
the
men
and
to
the
women,
even
to
all
the
people
who
had given
him
an
answer,
saying,
“The
incense
that
you
burned
in
the
cities
of
Judah,
and
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
you
and
your
fathers,
your
kings
and
your
princes,
and
the
people
of
the
land,
didn’t
Yahweh
remember
them,
and
didn’t
it
come
into
his
mind?
Thus
Yahweh
could
no
longer
bear
it,
because
of
the
evil
of
your
doings
and
because
of
the
abominations
which
you
have
committed.
Therefore
your
land
has
become
a
desolation,
an astonishment,
and
a
curse,
without
inhabitant,
as
it
is
today.
Because
you
have
burned
incense
and
because
you
have
sinned
against
Yahweh,
and
have
not
obeyed
Yahweh’s
voice,
nor
walked
in
his
law,
nor
in
his
statutes,
nor
in
his
testimonies;
therefore
this
evil
has
happened
to
you,
as
it
is
today.”
Moreover
Jeremiah
said
to
all
the
people,
including
all
the
women, “Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
all
Judah
who
are
in
the
land
of
Egypt!
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says, ‘You
and
your
wives
have both
spoken
with
your
mouths,
and
with
your
hands
have
fulfilled
it,
saying, “We
will
surely
perform
our
vows
that
we
have
vowed,
to
burn
incense
to
the
queen
of
the
sky,
and
to
pour
out drink
offerings
to
her.”
“‘Establish
then
your
vows,
and
perform
your
vows.’
“Therefore
hear
Yahweh’s
word,
all
Judah
who
dwell
in
the
land
of
Egypt: ‘Behold,
I
have
sworn
by
my
great
name,’
says
Yahweh, ‘that
my
name
will
no
more
be
named
in
the
mouth
of
any
man
of
Judah
in
all
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying, “As
the
Lord
Yahweh
lives.”
Behold,
I
watch
over
them
for
evil,
and
not
for
good;
and
all
the
men
of
Judah
who
are
in
the
land
of
Egypt
will
be
consumed
by
the
sword
and
by
the
famine,
until
they
are
all
gone.
Those
who
escape
the
sword
will
return
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
into
the
land
of
Judah
few
in
number.
All
the
remnant
of
Judah,
who
have
gone
into
the
land
of
Egypt
to
live
there,
will
know
whose
word
will
stand,
mine
or
theirs.
“‘This
will
be
the
sign
to
you,’
says
Yahweh, ‘that
I
will
punish
you
in
this
place,
that
you
may
know
that
my
words
will
surely
stand
against
you
for
evil.’
Yahweh
says, ‘Behold,
I
will
give
Pharaoh
Hophra
king
of
Egypt
into
the
hand
of
his
enemies
and
into
the
hand
of
those
who
seek
his
life,
just
as
I
gave
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
who
was
his
enemy
and
sought
his
life.’”
The
message
that
Jeremiah
the
prophet
spoke
to
Baruch
the
son
of
Neriah,
when
he
wrote
these
words
in
a
book
at
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah,
in
the
fourth
year
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah,
saying,
“Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
says
to
you,
Baruch:
‘You
said, “Woe
is
me
now!
For
Yahweh
has
added
sorrow
to
my
pain!
I
am
weary
with
my
groaning,
and
I
find
no
rest.”’
“You
shall
tell
him,
Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
that
which
I
have
built,
I
will
break
down,
and
that
which
I
have
planted
I
will
pluck
up;
and
this
in
the
whole
land.
Do
you
seek
great
things
for
yourself?
Don’t
seek
them;
for,
behold,
I
will
bring
evil
on
all
flesh,’
says
Yahweh, ‘but
I
will
let
you
escape
with
your
life
wherever
you
go.’”
Yahweh’s
word
which
came
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet
concerning
the
nations.
Of
Egypt:
concerning
the
army
of
Pharaoh Necoh
king
of
Egypt,
which
was
by
the
river
Euphrates
in
Carchemish,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
struck
in
the
fourth
year
of
Jehoiakim
the
son
of
Josiah,
king
of
Judah.
“Prepare
the
buckler
and
shield,
and
draw
near
to
battle!
Harness
the
horses,
and
get
up,
you
horsemen,
and
stand
up
with
your
helmets.
Polish
the
spears,
put
on
the coats
of mail.
Why
have
I
seen
it?
They
are dismayed
and
are
turned
backward.
Their
mighty
ones
are beaten
down,
have
fled
in haste,
and
don’t
look
back.
Terror
is
on
every
side,”
says
Yahweh.
“Don’t
let
the
swift
flee
away,
nor
the
mighty
man
escape.
In
the
north
by
the
river
Euphrates
they
have
stumbled
and
fallen.
“Who
is
this
who
rises
up
like
the
Nile,
like
rivers
whose
waters
surge?
Egypt
rises
up
like
the
Nile,
like
rivers
whose
waters
surge.
He
says, ‘I
will
rise
up.
I
will
cover
the
earth.
I
will
destroy
cities
and
its
inhabitants.’
Go
up,
you
horses!
Rage,
you
chariots!
Let
the
mighty
men
go
out:
Cush
and
Put,
who
handle
the
shield;
and
the
Ludim,
who
handle
and
bend
the
bow.
For
that
day
is
of
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
a
day
of
vengeance,
that
he
may
avenge
himself
of
his adversaries.
The
sword
will
devour
and
be
satiated,
and
will
drink
its
fill
of
their
blood;
for
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
has
a
sacrifice
in
the
north
country
by
the
river
Euphrates.
Go
up
into
Gilead,
and
take
balm,
virgin
daughter
of
Egypt.
You
use
many medicines
in
vain.
There
is
no
healing
for
you.
The
nations
have
heard
of
your
shame,
and
the
earth
is
full
of
your
cry;
for
the
mighty
man
has
stumbled against
the
mighty,
they
both
fall
together.”
The
word
that
Yahweh
spoke
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
how
that
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
should
come
and
strike
the
land
of
Egypt:
“Declare
in
Egypt,
publish
in
Migdol,
and publish
in
Memphis
and
in
Tahpanhes;
say, ‘Stand
up,
and
prepare,
for
the
sword
has
devoured
around
you.’
Why
are
your
strong
ones swept
away?
They
didn’t
stand,
because
Yahweh
pushed
them.
He
made
many
to
stumble.
Yes,
they
fell
on
one
another.
They
said, ‘Arise!
Let’s
go
again
to
our
own
people,
and
to
the
land
of
our
birth,
from
the
oppressing
sword.’
They
cried
there, ‘Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
is
but
a
noise;
he
has let
the
appointed
time
pass
by.’
“As
I
live,”
says
the
King,
whose
name
is
Yahweh
of
Armies,
“surely
like
Tabor
among
the
mountains,
and
like
Carmel
by
the
sea,
so
he
will
come.
You
daughter
who
dwells
in
Egypt,
furnish yourself
to
go
into captivity;
for
Memphis
will
become
a
desolation,
and
will
be
burned
up,
without
inhabitant.
“Egypt
is
a very beautiful
heifer;
but destruction
out
of
the
north
has
come.
It
has
come.
Also
her
hired men
in
the
middle
of
her
are
like
calves
of
the
stall,
for
they
also
are
turned
back.
They
have
fled
away
together.
They
didn’t
stand,
for
the
day
of
their
calamity
has
come
on
them,
the
time
of
their visitation.
Its
sound
will
go
like
the
serpent,
for
they
will march
with
an
army,
and
come
against
her
with
axes,
as
wood cutters.
They
will
cut
down
her
forest,”
says
Yahweh,
“though
it
can’t
be
searched;
because
they
are
more
than
the
locusts,
and
are
innumerable.
The
daughter
of
Egypt
will
be disappointed;
she
will
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
people
of
the
north.”
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says: “Behold,
I
will
punish
Amon
of No,
and
Pharaoh,
and
Egypt,
with
her
gods
and
her
kings,
even
Pharaoh,
and
those
who
trust
in
him.
I
will
deliver
them
into
the
hand
of
those
who
seek
their
lives,
and
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
and
into
the
hand
of
his
servants.
Afterwards
it
will
be
inhabited,
as
in
the
days
of old,”
says
Yahweh.
“But
don’t
you
be
afraid,
Jacob
my
servant.
Don’t
be
dismayed,
Israel;
for,
behold,
I
will
save
you
from
afar,
and
your
offspring
from
the
land
of
their
captivity.
Jacob
will
return,
and
will
be
quiet
and
at
ease.
No
one
will
make
him
afraid.
Don’t
be
afraid,
O
Jacob
my
servant,”
says
Yahweh,
“for
I
am
with
you;
for
I
will
make
a
full
end
of
all
the
nations
where
I
have
driven
you,
but
I
will
not
make
a
full
end
of
you,
but
I
will
correct
you
in measure,
and
will
in
no
way
leave
you
unpunished.”
Yahweh’s
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet
concerning
the
Philistines,
before
Pharaoh
struck
Gaza.
Yahweh
says:
“Behold,
waters
rise
up
out
of
the
north,
and
will
become
an
overflowing
stream,
and
will
overflow
the
land
and
all
that
is therein,
the
city
and
those
who
dwell therein.
The
men
will
cry,
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
will
wail.
At
the
noise
of
the stamping
of
the
hoofs
of
his
strong
ones,
at
the rushing
of
his
chariots,
at
the
rumbling
of
his
wheels,
the
fathers
don’t
look
back
for
their
children
because
their
hands
are
so feeble,
because
of
the
day
that
comes
to
destroy
all
the
Philistines,
to
cut
off
from
Tyre
and
Sidon
every
helper
who
remains;
for
Yahweh
will
destroy
the
Philistines,
the
remnant
of
the isle
of
Caphtor.
Baldness
has
come
on
Gaza;
Ashkelon
is
brought
to nothing.
You
remnant
of
their
valley,
how
long
will
you
cut
yourself?
“‘You
sword
of
Yahweh,
how
long
will
it
be
before
you
are
quiet?
Put
yourself
back
into
your scabbard;
rest,
and
be
still.’
“How
can
you
be
quiet,
since
Yahweh
has
given
you
a
command?
Against
Ashkelon,
and
against
the
seashore,
there
he
has
appointed
it.”
Of
Moab.
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says:
“Woe
to
Nebo!
For
it
is laid
waste.
Kiriathaim
is disappointed.
It
is
taken.
Misgab
48:1
or, The stronghold
is put
to shame
and broken
down.
The
praise
of
Moab
is
no
more.
In
Heshbon
they
have
devised
evil
against
her:
‘Come! Let’s
cut
her
off
from
being
a
nation.’
You
also,
Madmen,
will
be brought
to silence.
The
sword
will
pursue
you.
The
sound
of
a
cry
from
Horonaim,
desolation
and
great
destruction!
Moab
is destroyed.
Her
little
ones
have caused
a
cry
to
be
heard.
For
they
will
go
up
by
the
ascent
of
Luhith
with
continual
weeping.
For
at
the
descent
of
Horonaim
they
have
heard
the
distress
of
the
cry
of
destruction.
Flee!
Save
your
lives!
Be
like
the
juniper
bush
in
the
wilderness.
For,
because
you
have
trusted
in
your
works
and
in
your
treasures,
you
also
will
be
taken.
Chemosh
will
go
out
into captivity,
his
priests
and
his
princes
together.
The
destroyer
will
come
on
every
city,
and
no
city
will
escape;
the
valley
also
will
perish,
and
the
plain
will
be
destroyed,
as
Yahweh
has
spoken.
Give wings
to
Moab,
that
she
may fly
and
get herself
away:
and
her
cities
will
become
a
desolation,
without
anyone
to
dwell
in
them.
“Cursed
is
he
who
does
the
work
of
Yahweh negligently;
and
cursed
is
he
who keeps
back
his
sword
from
blood.
“Moab
has
been
at
ease
from
his
youth,
and
he
has settled
on
his
dregs,
and
has
not
been emptied
from
vessel
to
vessel,
neither
has
he
gone
into captivity;
therefore
his
taste
remains
in
him,
and
his scent
is
not
changed.
Therefore
behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh,
“that
I
will
send
to
him those
who pour
off,
and
they
will pour
him
off;
and
they
will empty
his
vessels,
and break
their
containers
in pieces.
Moab
will
be
ashamed
of
Chemosh,
as
the
house
of
Israel
was
ashamed
of
Bethel,
their
confidence.
“How do
you
say, ‘We
are
mighty
men,
and
valiant
men
for
the war’?
Moab
is laid
waste,
and
they
have
gone
up
into
his
cities,
and
his chosen
young
men
have
gone
down
to
the
slaughter,”
says
the
King,
whose
name
is
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“The
calamity
of
Moab
is
near
to
come,
and
his affliction hurries fast.
All
you
who
are
around
him, bemoan
him;
and
all
you
who
know
his
name,
say,
‘How
the
strong
staff
is
broken,
the
beautiful
rod!’
“You
daughter
who
dwells
in
Dibon,
come
down
from
your
glory,
and
sit
in
thirst;
for
the
destroyer
of
Moab
has
come
up
against
you.
He
has
destroyed
your
strongholds.
Inhabitant
of
Aroer,
stand
by
the
way
and
watch.
Ask
him
who
flees,
and
her
who
escapes;
say, ‘What
has
been
done?’
Moab
is disappointed;
for
it
is broken
down.
Wail
and
cry!
Tell
it
by
the
Arnon,
that
Moab
is laid
waste.
Judgment
has
come
on
the
plain
country—
on
Holon,
on
Jahzah,
on
Mephaath,
on
Dibon,
on
Nebo,
on Beth Diblathaim,
on
Kiriathaim,
on Beth Gamul,
on Beth Meon,
on
Kerioth,
on
Bozrah,
and
on
all
the
cities
of
the
land
of
Moab,
far
or
near.
The
horn
of
Moab
is
cut
off,
and
his
arm
is
broken,”
says
Yahweh.
“Make
him
drunk,
for
he
magnified
himself
against
Yahweh.
Moab
will
wallow
in
his
vomit,
and
he
also
will
be
in derision.
For wasn’t
Israel
a derision
to
you?
Was
he
found
among
thieves?
For
as
often
as
you
speak
of
him,
you
shake
your head.
You
inhabitants
of
Moab,
leave
the
cities,
and
dwell
in
the
rock.
Be
like
the
dove
that
makes
her
nest over
the
mouth
of
the abyss.
“We
have
heard
of
the
pride
of
Moab.
He
is
very
proud
in
his
loftiness,
his
pride,
his
arrogance,
and
the
arrogance
of
his
heart.
I
know
his
wrath,”
says
Yahweh, “that
it
is
nothing;
his boastings
have
done
nothing.
Therefore
I
will
wail
for
Moab.
Yes,
I
will
cry
out
for
all
Moab.
They
will
mourn
for
the
men
of Kir Heres.
With
more
than
the
weeping
of
Jazer
I
will
weep
for
you,
vine
of
Sibmah.
Your
branches
passed
over
the
sea.
They
reached
even
to
the
sea
of
Jazer.
The
destroyer
has
fallen
on
your
summer fruits
and
on
your
vintage.
Gladness
and
joy
is
taken
away
from
the
fruitful
field
and
from
the
land
of
Moab.
I
have caused
wine
to
cease
from
the
wine
presses.
No
one
will
tread
with
shouting.
The
shouting
will
be
no
shouting.
From
the
cry
of
Heshbon
even
to
Elealeh,
even
to
Jahaz
they
have
uttered
their
voice,
from
Zoar
even
to
Horonaim,
to Eglath Shelishiyah;
for
the
waters
of
Nimrim
will
also
become
desolate.
Moreover
I
will cause
to
cease
in
Moab,”
says
Yahweh,
“him
who
offers
in
the
high
place,
and
him
who
burns
incense
to
his
gods.
Therefore
my
heart sounds
for
Moab
like
flutes,
and
my
heart sounds
like
flutes
for
the
men
of Kir Heres.
Therefore
the
abundance
that
he
has gotten
has
perished.
For
every
head
is
bald,
and
every
beard clipped.
There
are cuttings
on
all
the
hands,
and
sackcloth
on
the
waist.
On
all
the
housetops
of
Moab,
and
in
its
streets,
there
is
lamentation
everywhere;
for
I
have
broken
Moab
like
a
vessel
in which
no
one
delights,”
says
Yahweh.
“How
it
is broken down!
How
they
wail!
How
Moab
has
turned
the
back
with
shame!
So
will
Moab
become
a derision
and
a
terror
to
all
who
are
around
him.”
For
Yahweh
says: “Behold,
he
will
fly
as
an
eagle,
and
will
spread
out
his
wings
against
Moab.
Kerioth
is
taken,
and
the
strongholds
are
seized.
The
heart
of
the
mighty
men
of
Moab
at
that
day
will
be
as
the
heart
of
a
woman
in
her pangs.
Moab
will
be
destroyed
from being
a
people,
because
he
has
magnified
himself
against
Yahweh.
Terror,
the
pit,
and
the
snare
are
on
you,
inhabitant
of
Moab,”
says
Yahweh.
“He
who flees
from
the
terror
will
fall
into
the
pit;
and
he
who
gets
up
out
of
the
pit
will
be
taken
in
the
snare,
for
I
will
bring
on
him,
even
on
Moab,
the
year
of
their visitation,”
says
Yahweh.
“Those
who
fled
stand without
strength under
the
shadow
of
Heshbon;
for
a
fire
has
gone
out
of
Heshbon,
and
a
flame
from
the middle
of
Sihon,
and
has
devoured
the
corner
of
Moab,
and
the
crown
of
the
head
of
the tumultuous
ones.
Woe
to
you, O
Moab!
The
people
of
Chemosh
are undone;
for
your
sons
are
taken
away captive,
and
your
daughters
into
captivity.
“Yet
I
will
reverse
the
captivity
of
Moab
in
the
latter
days,”
says
Yahweh.
Thus
far
is
the
judgment
of
Moab.
Of
the
children
of
Ammon.
Yahweh
says:
“Has
Israel
no
sons?
Has
he
no
heir?
Why
then
does Malcam
possess
Gad,
and
his
people
dwell
in
its
cities?
Therefore
behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh,
“that
I
will
cause
an
alarm
of
war
to
be
heard
against
Rabbah
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
it
will
become
a
desolate
heap,
and
her
daughters
will
be
burned
with
fire;
then
Israel
will
possess
those
who
possessed
him,”
says
Yahweh.
“Wail,
Heshbon,
for
Ai
is laid
waste!
Cry,
you
daughters
of
Rabbah!
Clothe yourself
in
sackcloth.
Lament,
and run back
and forth among
the fences;
for Malcam
will go
into captivity,
his
priests
and
his
princes
together.
Why
do
you
boast
in
the
valleys,
your
flowing
valley,
backsliding
daughter?
You
trusted
in
her
treasures,
saying, ‘Who
will
come
to
me?’
Behold,
I
will
bring
a
terror
on
you,”
says
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
“from
all
who
are
around
you.
All
of
you
will
be
driven
completely
out,
and
there
will
be
no
one
to
gather
together
the
fugitives.
“But
afterward
I
will
reverse
the
captivity
of
the
children
of
Ammon,”
says
Yahweh.
Of
Edom,
Yahweh
of
Armies
says:
“Is
wisdom
no
more
in
Teman?
Has
counsel
perished
from
the
prudent?
Has
their
wisdom vanished?
Flee!
Turn
back!
Dwell
in
the
depths,
inhabitants
of
Dedan;
for
I
will
bring
the
calamity
of
Esau
on
him
when
I
visit
him.
If
grape
gatherers
came
to
you,
would
they
not
leave
some
gleaning grapes?
If
thieves
came
by
night,
wouldn’t
they steal until
they
had
enough?
But
I
have
made
Esau
bare,
I
have
uncovered
his
secret
places,
and
he
will
not
be
able
to
hide
himself.
His
offspring
is
destroyed,
with
his
brothers
and
his
neighbors;
and
he
is
no
more.
Leave
your
fatherless
children.
I
will
preserve
them
alive.
Let
your
widows
trust
in
me.”
For
Yahweh
says: “Behold,
they
to
whom
it
didn’t pertain
to
drink
of
the
cup
will
certainly
drink;
and
are
you
he
who
will altogether
go
unpunished?
You
won’t
go
unpunished,
but
you
will
surely
drink.
For
I
have
sworn
by myself,”
says
Yahweh, “that
Bozrah
will
become
an astonishment,
a
reproach,
a
waste,
and
a
curse.
All
its
cities
will
be
perpetual
wastes.”
I
have
heard
news
from
Yahweh,
and
an ambassador
is
sent
among
the
nations,
saying, “Gather
yourselves
together!
Come
against
her!
Rise
up
to
the
battle!”
“For,
behold,
I
have
made
you
small
among
the
nations,
and
despised
among
men.
As
for
your
terror,
the
pride
of
your
heart
has deceived
you,
O
you
who
dwell
in
the
clefts
of
the
rock,
who
hold
the
height
of
the
hill,
though
you
should
make
your
nest
as
high
as
the
eagle,
I
will
bring
you
down
from
there,”
says
Yahweh.
“Edom
will
become
an astonishment.
Everyone
who
passes
by
it
will
be
astonished,
and
will
hiss
at
all
its
plagues.
As
in
the
overthrow
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
and
its
neighbor cities,”
says
Yahweh,
“no
man
will
dwell
there,
neither
will
any
son
of
man
live therein.
“Behold,
he
will
come
up
like
a
lion
from
the
pride
of
the
Jordan
against
the strong habitation;
for
I
will
suddenly
make
them
run
away
from
it,
and
whoever
is
chosen,
I
will
appoint
him
over
it.
For
who
is
like
me?
Who
will
appoint
me
a time?
Who
is
the
shepherd
who
will
stand
before
me?”
Therefore
hear
the
counsel
of
Yahweh,
that
he
has
taken
against
Edom,
and
his
purposes
that
he
has
purposed
against
the
inhabitants
of
Teman:
Surely
they
will
drag
them away,
the
little
ones
of
the
flock.
Surely
he
will
make
their habitation
desolate
over
them.
The
earth trembles
at
the
noise
of
their
fall;
there
is
a
cry,
the
noise which
is
heard
in
the Red
Sea.
Behold,
he
will
come
up
and
fly
as
the
eagle,
and
spread
out
his
wings
against
Bozrah.
The
heart
of
the
mighty
men
of
Edom
at
that
day
will
be
as
the
heart
of
a
woman
in
her pangs.
Of
Damascus:
“Hamath
and
Arpad
are
confounded,
for
they
have
heard
evil
news.
They
have
melted
away.
There
is sorrow
on
the
sea.
It
can’t
be
quiet.
Damascus
has grown
feeble,
she
turns herself
to
flee,
and trembling
has
seized
her.
Anguish
and sorrows
have
taken
hold
of
her,
as
of
a woman
in travail.
How
is
the
city
of
praise
not forsaken,
the
city
of
my
joy?
Therefore
her
young
men
will
fall
in
her
streets,
and
all
the
men
of
war
will
be brought
to silence
in
that
day,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
wall
of
Damascus,
and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of Ben Hadad.”
Of
Kedar,
and
of
the
kingdoms
of
Hazor,
which
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
struck,
Yahweh
says:
“Arise,
go
up
to
Kedar,
and
destroy
the
children
of
the
east.
They
will
take
their
tents
and
their
flocks.
they
will
carry
away
for
themselves
their
curtains,
all
their
vessels,
and
their
camels;
and
they
will
cry
to
them, ‘Terror
on
every
side!’
Flee!
Wander
far
off!
Dwell
in
the
depths,
you
inhabitants
of
Hazor,”
says
Yahweh;
“for
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
has
taken
counsel
against
you,
and
has conceived
a
purpose
against
you.
Arise!
Go
up
to
a
nation
that
is
at
ease,
that
dwells
without care,”
says
Yahweh;
“that
has
neither
gates
nor
bars,
that
dwells
alone.
Their
camels
will
be
a
booty,
and
the
multitude
of
their
livestock
a
plunder.
I
will
scatter
to
all
winds
those
who
have
the
corners
of
their beards
cut
off;
and
I
will
bring
their
calamity
from
every
side
of
them,”
says
Yahweh.
Hazor
will
be
a
dwelling
place
of
jackals,
a
desolation
forever.
No
man
will
dwell
there,
neither
will
any
son
of
man
live therein.”
Yahweh’s
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet
concerning
Elam,
in
the
beginning
of
the
reign
of
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies
says:
‘Behold,
I
will
break
the
bow
of
Elam,
the chief
of
their
might.
I
will
bring
on
Elam
the
four
winds
from
the
four
quarters
of
the
sky,
and
will
scatter
them
toward
all
those
winds.
There
will
be
no
nation
where
the
outcasts
of
Elam
will
not
come.
I
will cause
Elam
to
be
dismayed
before
their
enemies,
and
before
those
who
seek
their
life.
I
will
bring
evil
on
them,
even
my
fierce
anger,’
says
Yahweh;
‘and
I
will
send
the
sword
after
them,
until
I
have
consumed
them.
I
will
set
my
throne
in
Elam,
and
will
destroy
from
there
king
and
princes,’
says
Yahweh.
‘But
it
will
happen
in
the
latter
days
that
I
will
reverse
the
captivity
of
Elam,’
says
Yahweh.”
The
word
that
Yahweh
spoke
concerning
Babylon,
concerning
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
by
Jeremiah
the
prophet.
“Declare among
the
nations
and publish,
and
set
up
a
standard;
publish,
and
don’t
conceal;
say, ‘Babylon
has
been
taken,
Bel
is disappointed,
Merodach
is
dismayed!
Her
images
are disappointed.
Her
idols
are
dismayed.’
For
a
nation
comes
up
out
of
the
north
against
her,
which
will
make
her
land
desolate,
and
no
one
will
dwell
in
it.
They
have
fled.
They
are
gone,
both
man
and
animal.
“In
those
days,
and
in
that
time,”
says
Yahweh,
“the
children
of
Israel
will
come,
they
and
the
children
of
Judah
together;
they
will
go
on
their
way
weeping,
and
will
seek
Yahweh
their
God.
They
will
inquire
concerning
Zion
with
their
faces
turned
toward
it,
saying, ‘Come,
and
join
yourselves
to
Yahweh
in
an
everlasting
covenant
that
will
not
be
forgotten.’
My
people
have
been
lost
sheep.
Their
shepherds
have
caused
them
to
go
astray.
They
have
turned
them
away
on
the
mountains.
They
have
gone
from
mountain
to
hill.
They
have
forgotten
their
resting
place.
All
who
found
them
have
devoured
them.
Their adversaries
said, ‘We
are
not
guilty,
because
they
have
sinned
against
Yahweh,
the habitation
of
righteousness,
even
Yahweh,
the hope
of
their
fathers.’
“Flee
out
of
the
middle
of
Babylon!
Go
out
of
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
be
as
the
male
goats
before
the
flocks.
For,
behold,
I
will
stir
up
and
cause
to
come
up
against
Babylon
a
company
of
great
nations
from
the
north
country;
and
they
will
set
themselves
in array
against
her.
She
will
be
taken
from
there.
Their
arrows
will
be
as
of
an expert
mighty
man.
None
of
them
will
return
in vain.
Chaldea
will
be
a prey.
All
who prey
on
her
will
be
satisfied,”
says
Yahweh.
“Because
you
are
glad,
because
you
rejoice,
O
you
who
plunder
my
heritage,
because
you
are wanton
as
a
heifer
that treads out
the grain,
and neigh
as
strong horses,
your
mother
will
be
utterly
disappointed.
She
who
bore
you
will
be
confounded.
Behold,
she
will
be
the
least
of
the
nations,
a
wilderness,
a
dry
land,
and
a
desert.
Because
of
Yahweh’s
wrath
she
won’t
be
inhabited,
but
she
will
be
wholly
desolate.
Everyone
who goes
by
Babylon
will
be
astonished,
and
hiss
at
all
her
plagues.
Set
yourselves
in array
against
Babylon
all
around,
all
you
who
bend
the
bow;
shoot
at
her.
Spare
no
arrows,
for
she
has
sinned
against
Yahweh.
Shout
against
her
all
around.
She
has submitted
herself.
Her bulwarks
have
fallen.
Her
walls
have
been
thrown
down,
for
it
is
the
vengeance
of
Yahweh.
Take
vengeance
on
her.
As
she
has
done,
do
to
her.
Cut
off
the
sower
from
Babylon,
and
him
who handles
the
sickle
in
the
time
of
harvest.
For fear
of
the
oppressing
sword,
they
will
each return
to
their
own
people,
and
they
will
each
flee
to
their
own
land.
“Israel
is
a
hunted
sheep.
The
lions
have
driven
him
away.
First,
the
king
of
Assyria
devoured
him,
and
now
at
last
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
has broken
his bones.”
Therefore
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
says:
“Behold,
I
will
punish
the
king
of
Babylon
and
his
land,
as
I
have
punished
the
king
of
Assyria.
I
will
bring
Israel
again
to
his pasture,
and
he
will
feed
on
Carmel
and
Bashan.
His
soul
will
be
satisfied
on
the
hills
of
Ephraim
and
in
Gilead.
In
those
days,
and
in
that
time,”
says
Yahweh,
“the
iniquity
of
Israel
will
be
sought
for,
and
there
will
be
none,
also
the
sins
of
Judah,
and
they
won’t
be
found;
for
I
will
pardon
them
whom
I
leave
as
a
remnant.
“Go
up
against
the
land
of
Merathaim,
even
against
it,
and
against
the
inhabitants
of
Pekod.
Kill
and utterly
destroy
after
them,”
says
Yahweh,
“and
do
according
to
all
that
I
have
commanded
you.
A
sound
of
battle
is
in
the
land,
and
of
great
destruction.
How
the
hammer
of
the
whole
earth
is
cut apart
and
broken!
How
Babylon
has
become
a
desolation
among
the
nations!
I
have laid
a
snare
for
you,
and
you
are
also
taken,
Babylon,
and
you weren’t
aware.
You
are
found,
and
also
caught,
because
you
have fought
against
Yahweh.
Yahweh
has
opened
his
armory,
and
has
brought
out
the
weapons
of
his
indignation;
for
the
Lord,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
has
a
work
to
do
in
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans.
Come
against
her
from
the
farthest
border.
Open
her storehouses.
Cast
her
up
as
heaps.
Destroy
her utterly.
Let
nothing
of
her
be
left.
Kill
all
her
bulls.
Let
them
go
down
to
the
slaughter.
Woe
to
them!
For
their
day
has
come,
the
time
of
their visitation.
Listen
to
those
who
flee
and
escape
out
of
the
land
of
Babylon,
to
declare
in
Zion
the
vengeance
of
Yahweh
our
God,
the
vengeance
of
his
temple.
“Call
together
the
archers
against
Babylon,
all
those
who
bend
the
bow.
Encamp
against
her
all
around.
Let
none
of
it
escape.
Pay
her
back
according
to
her
work.
According
to
all
that
she
has
done,
do
to
her;
for
she
has
been proud
against
Yahweh,
against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
Therefore
her
young
men
will
fall
in
her
streets.
All
her
men
of
war
will
be brought
to silence
in
that
day,”
says
Yahweh.
“Behold,
I
am
against
you,
you proud
one,”
says
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies;
“for
your
day
has
come,
the
time
that
I
will
visit
you.
The proud
one
will
stumble
and
fall,
and
no
one
will
raise
him
up.
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
his
cities,
and
it
will
devour
all
who
are
around
him.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “The
children
of
Israel
and
the
children
of
Judah
are
oppressed
together.
All
who
took
them
captive
hold
them
fast.
They
refuse
to
let
them
go.
Their
Redeemer
is
strong.
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name.
He
will thoroughly
plead
their
cause,
that
he
may give
rest
to
the
earth,
and disquiet
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon.
“A
sword
is
on
the
Chaldeans,”
says
Yahweh,
“and
on
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon,
on
her
princes,
and
on
her
wise
men.
A
sword
is
on
the
boasters,
and
they
will
become
fools.
A
sword
is
on
her
mighty
men,
and
they
will
be
dismayed.
A
sword
is
on
their
horses,
on
their
chariots,
and
on
all
the mixed
people
who
are
in
the
middle
of
her;
and
they
will
become
as
women.
A
sword
is
on
her
treasures,
and
they
will
be robbed.
A drought
is
on
her
waters,
and
they
will
be
dried
up;
for
it
is
a
land
of
engraved
images,
and
they
are mad
over
idols.
Therefore
the wild animals
of
the desert
with
the
wolves
will
dwell
there.
The
ostriches
will
dwell therein.
It
will
be
inhabited
no
more
forever,
neither
will
it
be
lived
in
from
generation
to
generation.
As
when
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
and
its
neighbor cities,”
says
Yahweh,
“so
no
man
will
dwell
there,
neither
will
any
son
of
man
live therein.
“Behold,
a
people
comes
from
the
north.
A
great
nation
and
many
kings
will
be
stirred
up
from
the uttermost
parts
of
the
earth.
They
take
up
bow
and
spear.
They
are
cruel,
and
have
no
mercy.
Their
voice
roars
like
the
sea.
They
ride
on
horses,
everyone set
in
array,
as
a
man
to
the
battle,
against
you,
daughter
of
Babylon.
The
king
of
Babylon
has
heard
the
news
of
them,
and
his
hands
become
feeble.
Anguish
has
taken
hold
of
him,
pains
as
of
a woman
in
labor.
Behold,
the enemy
will
come
up
like
a
lion
from
the thickets
of
the
Jordan
against
the strong habitation;
for
I
will
suddenly
make
them
run
away
from
it.
Whoever
is chosen,
I
will
appoint
him
over
it,
for
who
is
like
me?
Who
will
appoint
me
a time?
Who
is
the
shepherd
who
can
stand
before
me?”
Therefore
hear
the
counsel
of
Yahweh
that
he
has taken
against
Babylon;
and
his
purposes
that
he
has
purposed
against
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans:
Surely
they
will
drag
them away,
even
the
little
ones
of
the
flock.
Surely
he
will
make
their habitation
desolate
over
them.
The
earth trembles
at
the
noise
of
the taking
of
Babylon.
The
cry
is
heard
among
the
nations.
Yahweh
says:
“Behold,
I
will
raise
up
against
Babylon,
and
against
those
who
dwell
in Lebkamai,
a
destroying
wind.
I
will
send
to
Babylon
strangers,
who
will
winnow
her.
They
will empty
her
land;
for
in
the
day
of
trouble
they
will
be
against
her
all
around.
Against
him
who
bends,
let
the archer
bend
his
bow,
also
against
him
who lifts
himself
up
in
his coat
of mail.
Don’t
spare
her
young
men!
Utterly
destroy
all
her
army!
They
will
fall
down
slain
in
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans,
and
thrust
through
in her
streets.
For
Israel
is
not
forsaken,
nor
Judah,
by
his
God,
by
Yahweh
of
Armies;
though
their
land
is
full
of
guilt against
the
Holy
One
of
Israel.
“Flee
out
of
the
middle
of
Babylon!
Everyone
save
his
own
life!
Don’t
be cut
off
in
her
iniquity,
for
it
is
the
time
of
Yahweh’s
vengeance.
He
will render
to
her
a
recompense.
Babylon
has
been
a
golden
cup
in
Yahweh’s
hand,
who
made
all
the
earth
drunk.
The
nations
have
drunk
of
her
wine;
therefore
the
nations
have gone mad.
Babylon
has
suddenly
fallen
and been destroyed!
Wail
for
her!
Take
balm
for
her
pain.
Perhaps she
may
be
healed.
“We
would
have
healed
Babylon,
but
she
is
not
healed.
Forsake
her,
and let’s
each go
into
his
own
country;
for
her
judgment
reaches
to
heaven,
and
is
lifted
up
even
to
the
skies.
‘Yahweh
has
produced
our
righteousness.
Come,
and let’s
declare
in
Zion
the
work
of
Yahweh
our
God.’
“Make
the
arrows sharp!
Hold
the
shields firmly!
Yahweh
has
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
the
kings
of
the
Medes,
because
his
purpose
is
against
Babylon,
to
destroy
it;
for
it
is
the
vengeance
of
Yahweh,
the
vengeance
of
his
temple.
Set
up
a
standard
against
the
walls
of
Babylon!
Make
the
watch
strong!
Set
the
watchmen,
and
prepare
the
ambushes;
for
Yahweh
has
both
purposed
and
done
that
which
he
spoke
concerning
the
inhabitants
of
Babylon.
You who
dwell
on
many
waters,
abundant
in
treasures,
your
end
has
come,
the
measure
of
your covetousness.
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
sworn
by
himself, saying,
‘Surely
I
will
fill
you
with
men,
as
with
locusts,
and
they
will lift
up
a
shout
against
you.’
“He
has
made
the
earth
by
his
power.
He
has
established
the
world
by
his
wisdom.
By
his
understanding
he
has
stretched
out
the
heavens.
When
he
utters
his
voice,
there
is
a
roar
of
waters
in
the
heavens,
and
he
causes
the vapors
to
ascend
from
the ends
of
the
earth.
He
makes
lightning
for
the
rain,
and
brings
the
wind
out
of
his
treasuries.
“Every
man
has
become stupid
and
without
knowledge.
Every
goldsmith
is disappointed
by
his
image,
for
his molten
images
are
falsehood,
and
there
is
no
breath
in
them.
They
are
vanity,
a
work
of
delusion.
In
the
time
of
their visitation,
they
will
perish.
The
portion
of
Jacob
is
not
like
these,
for
he
formed
all
things,
including
the
tribe
of
his
inheritance.
Yahweh
of
Armies
is
his
name.
“You
are
my
battle ax
and
weapons
of
war.
With
you
I
will break
the
nations
into pieces.
With
you
I
will
destroy
kingdoms.
With you
I
will break
in pieces
the
horse
and
his
rider.
With
you
I
will break
in pieces
the chariot
and him
who rides therein.
With
you
I
will break
in pieces
man
and
woman.
With
you
I
will break
in pieces
the
old
man
and
the
youth.
With
you
I
will break
in pieces
the
young
man
and
the
virgin.
With you
I
will break in pieces
the
shepherd
and his
flock.
With you
I
will break in pieces
the
farmer
and his
yoke.
With you
I
will break in pieces
governors
and deputies.
“I
will render
to
Babylon
and
to
all
the
inhabitants
of
Chaldea
all
their
evil
that
they
have
done
in
Zion
in
your
sight,”
says
Yahweh.
“Behold,
I
am
against
you,
destroying
mountain,”
says
Yahweh,
“which
destroys
all
the
earth.
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
on
you,
roll
you
down
from
the
rocks,
and
will
make
you
a
burned
mountain.
They
won’t
take
a
cornerstone
from
you,
nor
a
stone
for
foundations;
but
you
will
be
desolate
forever,”
says
Yahweh.
“Set
up
a
standard
in
the
land!
Blow
the
trumpet
among
the
nations!
Prepare
the
nations
against
her!
Call
together
against
her
the
kingdoms
of
Ararat,
Minni,
and
Ashkenaz!
Appoint
a
marshal
against
her!
Cause
the
horses
to
come
up
as
the swarming
locusts!
Prepare
against
her
the
nations,
the
kings
of
the
Medes,
its
governors,
and
all
its deputies,
and
all
the
land
of
their
dominion!
The
land trembles
and
is
in pain;
for
the
purposes
of
Yahweh
against
Babylon
stand,
to
make
the
land
of
Babylon
a
desolation,
without
inhabitant.
The
mighty
men
of
Babylon
have
stopped
fighting,
they
remain
in
their
strongholds.
Their
might
has
failed.
They
have
become
as
women.
Her
dwelling
places
are
set
on
fire.
Her
bars
are
broken.
One
runner
will
run
to
meet
another,
and
one
messenger
to
meet
another,
to
show
the
king
of
Babylon
that
his
city
is
taken
on every quarter.
So
the passages
are
seized.
They
have
burned
the reeds
with
fire.
The
men
of
war
are frightened.”
For
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel
says:
“The
daughter
of
Babylon
is
like
a
threshing
floor
at
the
time
when
it
is
trodden.
Yet
a
little
while,
and
the
time
of
harvest
comes
for
her.”
“Nebuchadnezzar
the
king
of
Babylon
has
devoured
me.
He
has
crushed
me.
He
has
made
me an empty
vessel.
He
has, like
a
monster,
swallowed
me
up.
He
has
filled
his mouth
with
my delicacies.
He
has cast
me out.
May
the
violence done
to
me
and
to
my
flesh
be
on
Babylon!”
the
inhabitant
of
Zion
will
say;
and,
“May
my
blood
be
on
the
inhabitants
of
Chaldea!”
will
Jerusalem
say.
Therefore
Yahweh
says:
“Behold,
I
will
plead
your
cause,
and
take
vengeance
for
you.
I
will
dry
up
her
sea,
and
make
her
fountain
dry.
Babylon
will
become
heaps,
a
dwelling
place
for
jackals,
an astonishment,
and
a
hissing,
without
inhabitant.
They will
roar
together
like
young
lions.
They will
growl as
lions’
cubs.
When
they
are inflamed,
I
will
make
their
feast,
and
I
will
make
them
drunk,
that
they
may
rejoice,
and
sleep
a
perpetual
sleep,
and
not
wake
up,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
will
bring
them
down
like
lambs
to
the
slaughter,
like
rams
with
male
goats.
“How
Sheshach
is
taken!
How
the
praise
of
the
whole
earth
is
seized!
How
Babylon
has
become
a
desolation
among
the
nations!
The
sea
has
come
up
on
Babylon.
She
is
covered
with
the
multitude
of
its
waves.
Her
cities
have
become
a
desolation,
a
dry
land,
and
a
desert,
a
land
in
which
no
man
dwells.
No
son
of
man
passes
by
it.
I
will execute
judgment
on
Bel
in
Babylon,
and
I
will
bring
out
of
his
mouth
that
which
he
has
swallowed
up.
The
nations
will
not
flow
any
more
to
him.
Yes,
the
wall
of
Babylon
will
fall.
“My
people,
go
away
from
the
middle
of
her,
and
each
of
you
save
yourselves
from
Yahweh’s
fierce
anger.
Don’t let
your
heart
faint.
Don’t
fear
for
the
news
that
will
be
heard
in
the
land.
For
news
will
come
one
year,
and
after
that
in
another
year
news
will
come,
and
violence
in
the
land,
ruler
against
ruler.
Therefore
behold,
the
days
come
that
I
will execute
judgment
on
the
engraved
images
of
Babylon;
and
her
whole
land
will
be
confounded.
All
her
slain
will
fall
in
the
middle
of
her.
Then
the
heavens
and
the
earth,
and
all
that
is therein,
will
sing
for
joy
over
Babylon;
for
the
destroyers
will
come
to
her
from
the
north,”
says
Yahweh.
“As
Babylon
has caused
the
slain
of
Israel
to
fall,
so
the
slain
of
all
the
land
will
fall
at
Babylon.
You
who
have escaped
the
sword,
go!
Don’t
stand
still!
Remember
Yahweh
from
afar,
and
let
Jerusalem
come
into
your
mind.”
“We
are
confounded
because
we
have
heard
reproach.
Confusion
has
covered
our
faces,
for
strangers
have
come
into
the
sanctuaries
of
Yahweh’s
house.”
“Therefore
behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh,
“that
I
will execute
judgment
on
her
engraved
images;
and
through
all
her
land
the
wounded
will
groan.
Though
Babylon
should
mount
up
to
the
sky,
and
though
she
should
fortify
the
height
of
her
strength,
yet
destroyers
will
come
to
her
from
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“The
sound
of
a
cry comes
from
Babylon,
and
of
great
destruction
from
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans!
For
Yahweh
lays
Babylon
waste,
and
destroys
out
of
her
the
great
voice!
Their
waves
roar
like
many
waters.
The
noise
of
their
voice
is
uttered.
For
the
destroyer
has
come
on
her,
even
on
Babylon.
Her
mighty
men
are
taken.
Their
bows
are broken
in pieces,
for
Yahweh
is
a
God
of retribution.
He
will
surely
repay.
I
will
make
her
princes,
her
wise
men,
her
governors,
her deputies,
and
her
mighty
men
drunk.
They
will
sleep
a
perpetual
sleep,
and
not
wake
up,”
says
the
King,
whose
name
is
Yahweh
of
Armies.
Yahweh
of
Armies
says:
“The
wide
walls
of
Babylon
will
be utterly overthrown.
Her
high
gates
will
be
burned
with
fire.
The
peoples
will
labor
for vanity,
and
the
nations
for
the
fire;
and
they
will
be
weary.”
The
word
which
Jeremiah
the
prophet
commanded
Seraiah
the
son
of
Neriah,
the
son
of
Mahseiah,
when
he went
with
Zedekiah
the
king
of
Judah
to
Babylon
in
the
fourth
year
of
his
reign. Now
Seraiah
was
chief quartermaster.
Jeremiah
wrote
in
a
book
all
the
evil
that
should
come
on
Babylon,
even
all
these
words
that
are
written
concerning
Babylon.
Jeremiah
said
to
Seraiah, “When
you
come
to
Babylon,
then
see
that
you
read
all
these
words,
and
say, ‘Yahweh,
you
have
spoken
concerning
this
place,
to
cut
it
off,
that
no
one
will
dwell
in
it,
neither
man
nor
animal,
but
that
it
will
be
desolate
forever.’
It
will
be,
when
you
have
finished
reading
this
book,
that
you
shall
bind
a
stone
to
it,
and
cast
it
into
the
middle
of
the
Euphrates.
Then
you
shall
say, ‘Thus
will
Babylon
sink,
and
will
not
rise
again
because
of
the
evil
that
I
will
bring
on
her;
and
they
will
be
weary.’”
Thus
far
are
the
words
of
Jeremiah.
Zedekiah
was twenty-one
years
old
when
he began
to
reign.
He
reigned
eleven
years
in
Jerusalem.
His
mother’s
name
was
Hamutal
the
daughter
of
Jeremiah
of
Libnah.
He
did
that
which
was
evil
in
Yahweh’s
sight, according
to
all
that
Jehoiakim
had
done.
For
through
Yahweh’s
anger
this
happened
in
Jerusalem
and
Judah,
until
he
had
cast
them
out
from
his
presence.
Zedekiah
rebelled
against
the
king
of
Babylon.
In
the
ninth
year
of
his
reign,
in
the
tenth
month,
in
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
came,
he
and
all
his
army,
against
Jerusalem,
and
encamped
against
it;
and
they
built forts
against
it
round
about.
So
the
city
was
besieged
to
the
eleventh
year
of
King
Zedekiah.
In
the
fourth
month,
in
the
ninth
day
of
the
month,
the
famine
was
severe
in
the
city,
so
that
there
was
no
bread
for
the
people
of
the
land.
Then
a
breach
was
made
in
the
city,
and
all
the
men
of
war
fled,
and
went
out
of
the
city
by
night
by
the
way
of
the
gate
between
the
two
walls,
which
was
by
the
king’s
garden. Now
the
Chaldeans
were
against
the
city
all
around.
The
men
of
war
went
toward
the
Arabah,
but
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
pursued
the
king,
and
overtook
Zedekiah
in
the
plains
of
Jericho;
and
all
his
army
was
scattered
from
him.
Then
they
took
the
king,
and
carried
him
up
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath;
and
he
pronounced
judgment
on
him.
The
king
of
Babylon
killed
the
sons
of
Zedekiah
before
his
eyes.
He
also
killed
all
the
princes
of
Judah
in
Riblah.
He
put
out
the
eyes
of
Zedekiah;
and
the
king
of
Babylon
bound
him
in
fetters,
and
carried
him
to
Babylon,
and
put
him
in
prison
until
the
day
of
his
death.
Now
in
the
fifth
month,
in
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
which
was
the nineteenth
year
of
King
Nebuchadnezzar,
king
of
Babylon,
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard,
who
stood
before
the
king
of
Babylon,
came
into
Jerusalem.
He
burned
Yahweh’s
house,
and
the
king’s
house;
and
all
the
houses
of
Jerusalem,
even
every
great
house,
he
burned
with
fire.
All
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans,
who
were
with
the
captain
of
the
guard,
broke
down
all
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
all
around.
Then
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
of
the poorest
of
the
people,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
who
were
left
in
the
city,
and
those
who
fell
away,
who
defected
to
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
the
rest
of
the multitude.
But
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
left
of
the poorest
of
the
land
to
be vineyard keepers
and farmers.
The
Chaldeans
broke
the
pillars
of
bronze
that
were
in
Yahweh’s
house
and
the bases
and
the
bronze
sea
that
were
in
Yahweh’s
house
in
pieces,
and
carried
all
of
their
bronze
to
Babylon.
They
also
took
away
the
pots,
the
shovels,
the
snuffers,
the
basins,
the
spoons,
and
all
the
vessels
of
bronze
with
which
they
ministered.
The
captain
of
the
guard
took
away
the cups,
the fire
pans,
the
basins,
the
pots,
the lamp stands,
the
spoons,
and
the
bowls;
that
which
was
of
gold,
as
gold,
and
that
which
was
of
silver,
as
silver.
They
took
the
two
pillars,
the
one
sea,
and
the
twelve
bronze
bulls
that
were
under
the bases,
which
King
Solomon
had
made
for
Yahweh’s
house.
The
bronze
of
all
these
vessels
was
without
weight.
As
for
the
pillars,
the
height
of
the
one
pillar
was
eighteen
cubits;
52:21
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
a
line
of
twelve
cubits
encircled
it;
and its
thickness
was
four
fingers.
It
was
hollow.
A
capital
of
bronze
was
on
it;
and
the
height
of
the
one
capital
was
five
cubits,
52:22
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
with
network
and
pomegranates
on
the
capital
all
around,
all
of
bronze.
The
second
pillar also
had
the
same,
with
pomegranates.
There
were
ninety-six
pomegranates
on
the
sides;
all
the
pomegranates
were
one
hundred
on
the
network
all
around.
The
captain
of
the
guard
took
Seraiah
the
chief
priest,
and
Zephaniah
the
second
priest,
and
the
three
keepers
of
the threshold,
and
out
of
the
city
he
took
an
officer
who
was
set
over
the
men
of
war;
and
seven
men
of
those
who
saw
the
king’s
face,
who
were
found
in
the
city;
and
the
scribe
of
the
captain
of
the
army,
who
mustered
the
people
of
the
land;
and
sixty
men
of
the
people
of
the
land,
who
were
found
in
the
middle
of
the
city.
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
took
them,
and
brought
them
to
the
king
of
Babylon
to
Riblah.
The
king
of
Babylon
struck
them,
and
put
them
to
death
at
Riblah
in
the
land
of
Hamath.
So
Judah
was
carried
away
captive
out
of
his
land.
This
is
the number
of
the
people
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
carried
away
captive:
in
the
seventh
year,
three
thousand twenty-three
Jews;
in
the
eighteenth
year
of
Nebuchadnezzar,
he carried away captive
from
Jerusalem
eight
hundred thirty-two
persons;
in
the
twenty-third
year
of
Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuzaradan
the
captain
of
the
guard
carried
away
captive
of
the
Jews
seven
hundred
forty-five
people.
All
the
people
numbered
four
thousand
six
hundred.
In
the thirty-seventh
year
of
the captivity
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
in
the twelfth
month,
in
the twenty-fifth
day
of
the
month, Evilmerodach
king
of
Babylon,
in
the
first
year
of
his
reign,
lifted
up
the
head
of
Jehoiachin
king
of
Judah,
and
released
him
from
prison.
He
spoke
kindly
to
him,
and
set
his
throne
above
the
throne
of
the
kings
who
were
with
him
in
Babylon,
and changed
his
prison
garments.
Jehoiachin
ate
bread
before
him
continually
all
the
days
of
his
life.
For
his
allowance,
there
was
a
continual
allowance
given
him
by
the
king
of
Babylon,
every
day
a
portion
until
the
day
of
his
death,
all
the
days
of
his
life.
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Lamentations
The Lamentations of Jeremiah
Lamentations
Lamentations
The
Lamentations
of Jeremiah
How
the
city
sits solitary,
that
was
full
of
people!
She
has
become
as
a
widow,
who
was
great
among
the
nations!
She
who
was
a
princess
among
the
provinces
has
become
a slave!
She
weeps
bitterly
in
the
night.
Her
tears
are
on
her
cheeks.
Among
all
her
lovers
she
has
no
one
to
comfort
her.
All
her
friends
have
dealt
treacherously
with
her.
They
have
become
her
enemies.
Judah
has
gone
into
captivity
because
of affliction
and
because
of
great
servitude.
She
dwells
among
the
nations.
She
finds
no
rest.
All
her
persecutors
overtook
her
in
her
distress.
The
roads
to
Zion
mourn,
because
no
one
comes
to
the solemn
assembly.
All
her
gates
are
desolate.
Her
priests
sigh.
Her
virgins
are
afflicted,
and
she
herself
is
in
bitterness.
Her adversaries
have
become
the
head.
Her
enemies
prosper;
for
Yahweh
1:5
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
has
afflicted
her
for
the
multitude
of
her
transgressions.
Her young
children
have
gone
into
captivity
before
the adversary.
All
majesty
has
departed
from
the
daughter
of Zion.
Her
princes
have
become
like
deer
that
find
no
pasture.
They
have
gone
without
strength
before
the
pursuer.
Jerusalem
remembers
in
the
days
of
her affliction
and
of
her miseries
all
her pleasant
things
that
were
from
the
days
of old;
when
her
people
fell
into
the
hand
of
the adversary,
and
no
one
helped
her.
The adversaries
saw
her.
They
mocked
at
her desolations.
Jerusalem
has grievously
sinned.
Therefore
she
has
become
unclean.
All
who
honored
her despise
her,
because
they
have
seen
her
nakedness.
Yes,
she sighs
and
turns
backward.
Her filthiness
was
in
her
skirts.
She
didn’t
remember
her
latter
end.
Therefore
she
has
come
down astoundingly.
She
has
no
comforter.
“See,
Yahweh,
my affliction;
for
the
enemy
has
magnified
himself.”
The adversary
has
spread
out
his
hand
on
all
her
pleasant
things;
for
she
has
seen
that
the
nations
have
entered
into
her
sanctuary,
concerning
whom
you
commanded
that
they
should
not
enter
into
your
assembly.
All
her
people
sigh.
They
seek
bread.
They
have
given
their pleasant
things
for
food
to refresh
their
soul.
“Look,
Yahweh,
and
see,
for
I
have
become despised.”
“Is
it
nothing
to
you,
all
you
who
pass
by?
Look,
and
see
if
there
is
any
sorrow
like
my
sorrow,
which
is brought
on
me,
with
which
Yahweh
has
afflicted
me
in
the
day
of
his
fierce
anger.
“From
on
high
has
he
sent
fire
into
my
bones,
and
it prevails
against
them.
He
has
spread
a
net
for
my
feet.
He
has
turned
me
back.
He
has
made
me
desolate
and
I
faint
all
day
long.
“The
yoke
of
my
transgressions
is
bound
by
his
hand.
They
are
knit
together.
They
have
come
up
on
my
neck.
He
made
my
strength
fail.
The
Lord
1:14
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
has
delivered
me
into
their
hands,
against whom
I am
not
able
to
stand.
“The
Lord
has
set
at
nothing
all
my
mighty
men
within
me.
He
has
called
a solemn
assembly
against
me
to
crush
my
young
men.
The
Lord
has
trodden
the
virgin
daughter
of
Judah
as
in
a
wine
press.
“For
these
things
I
weep.
My
eye,
my
eye runs
down
with
water,
because
the
comforter
who
should refresh
my
soul
is
far
from
me.
My
children
are
desolate,
because
the
enemy
has
prevailed.”
Zion
spreads
out
her
hands.
There
is
no
one
to
comfort
her.
Yahweh
has
commanded
concerning
Jacob,
that
those
who
are
around
him
should
be
his adversaries.
Jerusalem
is
among
them
as
an
unclean
thing.
“Yahweh
is
righteous,
for
I
have
rebelled
against
his
commandment.
Please
hear
all
you
peoples,
and
see
my
sorrow.
My
virgins
and
my
young
men
have
gone
into
captivity.
“I
called
for
my
lovers,
but
they
deceived
me.
My
priests
and
my
elders
gave
up
the
spirit
in
the
city,
while
they
sought
food
for
themselves
to refresh
their
souls.
“Look,
Yahweh;
for
I
am
in
distress.
My
heart
is troubled.
My
heart
turns
over
within
me,
for
I
have grievously
rebelled.
Abroad,
the
sword bereaves.
At
home,
it
is
like
death.
“They
have
heard
that
I
sigh.
There
is
no
one
to
comfort
me.
All
my
enemies
have
heard
of
my
trouble.
They
are
glad
that
you
have
done
it.
You
will
bring
the
day
that
you
have
proclaimed,
and
they
will
be
like
me.
“Let
all
their
wickedness
come
before
you.
Do
to
them
as
you
have
done
to
me
for
all
my
transgressions.
For
my sighs
are
many,
and
my
heart
is
faint.
How
has
the
Lord
covered
the
daughter
of
Zion
with
a
cloud
in
his
anger!
He
has
cast
the
beauty
of
Israel
down
from
heaven
to
the
earth,
and
hasn’t
remembered
his footstool
in
the
day
of
his
anger.
The
Lord
has
swallowed
up
all
the dwellings
of
Jacob
without
pity.
He
has
thrown
down
in
his
wrath
the
strongholds
of
the
daughter
of
Judah.
He
has
brought
them
down
to
the
ground.
He
has
profaned
the
kingdom
and
its
princes.
He
has
cut
off
all
the
horn
of
Israel
in
fierce
anger.
He
has
drawn
back
his
right
hand
from
before
the
enemy.
He
has
burned
up
Jacob
like
a
flaming
fire,
which
devours
all
around.
He
has
bent
his
bow
like an
enemy.
He
has
stood
with
his
right
hand
as an adversary.
He
has
killed
all
that
were
pleasant
to
the
eye.
In
the
tent
of
the
daughter
of
Zion,
he
has
poured
out
his
wrath
like
fire.
The
Lord
has
become
as
an
enemy.
He
has
swallowed
up
Israel.
He
has
swallowed
up
all
her
palaces.
He
has
destroyed
his
strongholds.
He
has
multiplied
mourning
and lamentation
in
the
daughter
of
Judah.
He
has
violently taken away
his
tabernacle,
as if
it
were
a
garden.
He
has
destroyed
his
place
of
assembly.
Yahweh
has caused solemn
assembly
and
Sabbath
to
be
forgotten
in
Zion.
In
the
indignation
of
his
anger,
he
has
despised
the
king
and
the
priest.
The
Lord
has
cast
off
his
altar.
He
has abhorred
his
sanctuary.
He
has
given
the
walls
of
her
palaces
into
the
hand
of
the
enemy.
They
have
made
a
noise
in
Yahweh’s
house,
as
in
the
day
of
a solemn
assembly.
Yahweh
has
purposed
to
destroy
the
wall
of
the
daughter
of
Zion.
He
has
stretched
out
the line.
He
has
not withdrawn
his
hand
from
destroying;
He
has
made
the
rampart
and
wall
lament.
They
languish
together.
Her
gates
have
sunk
into
the
ground.
He
has
destroyed
and
broken
her
bars.
Her
king
and
her
princes
are
among
the
nations
where
the
law
is
not.
Yes,
her
prophets
find
no
vision
from
Yahweh.
The
elders
of
the
daughter
of
Zion
sit
on
the
ground.
They keep silence.
They
have
cast
up
dust
on
their
heads.
They
have
clothed
themselves
with
sackcloth.
The
virgins
of
Jerusalem hang
down
their
heads
to
the
ground.
My
eyes
fail
with
tears.
My
heart
is troubled.
My bile
is
poured
on
the
earth,
because
of
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people,
because
the young
children
and
the
infants swoon
in
the
streets
of
the
city.
They
ask
their
mothers,
“Where
is
grain
and
wine?”
when
they swoon
as
the
wounded
in
the
streets
of
the
city,
when
their
soul
is
poured
out
into
their
mothers’
bosom.
What
shall
I testify
to
you?
What
shall
I
liken
to
you,
daughter
of
Jerusalem?
What
shall
I
compare
to
you,
that
I
may
comfort
you,
virgin
daughter
of
Zion?
For
your breach
is
as big
as
the
sea.
Who
can
heal
you?
Your
prophets
have
seen
false
and foolish
visions
for
you.
They
have
not
uncovered
your
iniquity,
to
reverse
your
captivity,
but
have
seen
for
you
false revelations
and causes
of banishment.
All
that
pass
by
clap
their
hands
at
you.
They
hiss
and
wag
their
head
at
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem,
saying,
“Is
this
the
city
that
men
called ‘The
perfection
of
beauty,
the
joy
of
the
whole earth’?”
All
your
enemies
have
opened
their
mouth
wide
against
you.
They
hiss
and
gnash
their
teeth.
They
say, “We
have
swallowed
her
up.
Certainly
this
is
the
day
that
we
looked
for.
We
have
found
it.
We
have
seen
it.”
Yahweh
has
done
that
which
he
planned.
He
has fulfilled
his
word
that
he
commanded
in
the
days
of old.
He
has
thrown
down,
and
has
not pitied.
He
has
caused
the
enemy
to
rejoice
over
you.
He
has
exalted
the
horn
of
your adversaries.
Their
heart
cried
to
the
Lord.
O
wall
of
the
daughter
of
Zion,
let
tears
run
down
like
a
river
day
and
night.
Give
yourself
no
relief.
Don’t
let
your
eyes rest.
Arise,
cry
out
in
the
night,
at
the
beginning
of
the
watches!
Pour
out
your
heart
like
water
before
the
face
of
the
Lord.
Lift
up
your
hands
toward
him
for
the
life
of
your young
children,
who faint
for
hunger
at
the
head
of
every
street.
“Look,
Yahweh,
and
see
to
whom
you
have done
thus!
Should
the
women
eat
their
offspring,
the
children
that
they held
and bounced
on
their knees?
Should
the
priest
and
the
prophet
be
killed
in
the
sanctuary
of
the
Lord?
“The
youth
and
the
old
man
lie
on
the
ground
in
the
streets.
My
virgins
and
my
young
men
have
fallen
by
the
sword.
You
have
killed
them
in
the
day
of
your
anger.
You
have
slaughtered,
and
not pitied.
“You
have
called,
as
in
the
day
of
a solemn
assembly,
my
terrors
on
every
side.
There
was
no
one
that escaped
or
remained
in
the
day
of
Yahweh’s
anger.
My
enemy
has
consumed
those
whom
I
have cared
for
and
brought
up.
I
am
the
man
who has
seen
affliction
by
the
rod
of
his
wrath.
He
has
led
me
and caused
me
to walk
in
darkness,
and
not
in
light.
Surely
he
turns
his
hand
against
me
again
and
again
all
day
long.
He
has made
my
flesh
and
my
skin
old.
He
has
broken
my
bones.
He has
built
against
me,
and surrounded
me
with
bitterness
and
hardship.
He has made
me
dwell
in
dark
places,
as those
who have
been
long
dead.
He
has
walled
me
about,
so
that
I
can’t
go
out.
He
has
made
my
chain
heavy.
Yes,
when
I
cry,
and
call
for
help,
he shuts
out
my
prayer.
He has
walled up
my
ways
with
cut
stone.
He has made
my
paths crooked.
He
is
to me
as
a
bear
lying
in
wait,
as
a
lion
in
hiding.
He has
turned
away
my
path,
and pulled
me
in
pieces.
He has
made
me
desolate.
He has
bent
his
bow,
and
set
me as a mark for
the
arrow.
He
has caused
the shafts
of
his
quiver
to
enter
into
my
kidneys.
I
have
become
a derision
to
all
my
people,
and
their
song
all
day
long.
He has
filled
me
with
bitterness.
He has
stuffed
me
with
wormwood.
He has also
broken
my
teeth
with
gravel.
He has covered me
with
ashes.
You
have removed
my
soul far away
from
peace.
I forgot
prosperity.
I
said, “My
strength
has
perished,
along
with
my
expectation
from
Yahweh.”
Remember
my affliction
and
my misery,
the
wormwood
and
the
bitterness.
My
soul still
remembers
them,
and
is
bowed
down
within
me.
This
I
recall
to
my
mind;
therefore
I
have
hope.
It
is
because
of
Yahweh’s loving kindnesses
that
we
are
not
consumed,
because
his
mercies
don’t
fail.
They are
new
every
morning.
Great is your
faithfulness.
“Yahweh
is
my
portion,”
says
my
soul.
“Therefore
I
will
hope
in
him.”
Yahweh
is
good
to
those
who
wait
for
him,
to
the
soul
who
seeks
him.
It
is
good
that
a man
should hope
and quietly wait
for
the
salvation
of
Yahweh.
It
is
good
for
a
man
that
he
bear
the
yoke
in
his
youth.
Let
him
sit
alone
and keep silence,
because
he
has
laid
it
on
him.
Let
him
put
his
mouth
in
the
dust,
if
it
is
so
that
there
may
be
hope.
Let
him
give
his
cheek
to
him
who
strikes
him.
Let
him
be
filled
full
of
reproach.
For
the
Lord
will
not cast off
forever.
For
though
he
causes
grief,
yet
he
will
have
compassion according
to
the
multitude
of
his loving kindnesses.
For
he
does
not
afflict willingly,
nor
grieve
the
children
of
men.
To
crush
under
foot
all
the
prisoners
of
the
earth,
to
turn
away
the
right
of
a
man
before
the
face
of
the Most
High,
to
subvert
a
man
in
his
cause,
the
Lord
doesn’t
approve.
Who
is
he
who
says,
and
it
comes
to
pass,
when
the
Lord
doesn’t
command
it?
Doesn’t
evil
and
good
come
out
of
the
mouth
of
the Most High?
Why
should
a
living
man
complain,
a
man
for
the punishment
of
his
sins?
Let
us
search
and try
our
ways,
and
turn
again
to
Yahweh.
Let’s
lift
up
our
heart
with
our
hands
to
God
3:41
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
in
the
heavens.
“We
have
transgressed
and
have
rebelled.
You
have
not
pardoned.
“You
have covered us
with
anger
and
pursued us.
You
have
killed.
You
have
not pitied.
You have covered yourself
with a
cloud,
so
that no
prayer
can
pass
through.
You have
made
us
an off-scouring
and
refuse
in
the
middle
of
the
peoples.
“All
our
enemies
have
opened
their
mouth
wide
against
us.
Terror
and
the
pit
have
come
on us,
devastation
and
destruction.”
My
eye runs
down
with
streams
of
water,
for
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
My
eye
pours
down
and
doesn’t
cease,
without
any intermission,
until
Yahweh
looks
down,
and
sees
from
heaven.
My
eye affects
my
soul,
because
of
all
the
daughters
of
my
city.
They have chased
me relentlessly like
a
bird,
those who
are my
enemies
without
cause.
They have
cut
off
my
life
in
the dungeon,
and have cast
a
stone
on
me.
Waters
flowed
over
my
head.
I
said, “I am
cut
off.”
I
called
on
your
name,
Yahweh,
out
of
the
lowest dungeon.
You
heard
my
voice:
“Don’t
hide
your
ear
from
my sighing,
and
my
cry.”
You
came
near
in
the
day
that
I
called
on
you.
You
said, “Don’t
be
afraid.”
Lord,
you
have
pleaded
the causes
of
my
soul.
You
have
redeemed
my
life.
Yahweh,
you
have
seen
my wrong.
Judge
my
cause.
You
have
seen
all
their
vengeance
and
all
their
plans
against
me.
You
have
heard
their
reproach,
Yahweh,
and
all
their
plans
against
me,
the
lips
of
those
that
rose
up
against
me,
and
their plots
against
me
all
day
long.
You
see
their
sitting
down
and
their
rising
up.
I
am
their
song.
You
will
pay
them
back,
Yahweh,
according
to
the
work
of
their
hands.
You
will
give
them
hardness
of
heart,
your
curse
to
them.
You
will
pursue
them
in
anger,
and
destroy
them
from
under
the
heavens
of
Yahweh.
How
the
gold
has
become dim!
The
most
pure
gold
has
changed!
The
stones
of
the
sanctuary
are
poured
out
at
the
head
of
every
street.
The
precious
sons
of
Zion,
comparable
to
fine
gold,
how
they
are
esteemed
as
earthen pitchers,
the
work
of
the
hands
of
the
potter!
Even
the jackals offer
their
breast.
They
nurse
their
young ones.
But
the
daughter
of
my
people
has become
cruel,
like
the
ostriches
in
the
wilderness.
The
tongue
of
the
nursing
child
clings
to
the
roof
of
his
mouth
for
thirst.
The young
children
ask
for
bread,
and
no
one breaks
it
for
them.
Those who
ate
delicacies
are
desolate
in
the
streets.
Those who
were brought
up
in
purple
embrace dunghills.
For
the
iniquity
of
the
daughter
of
my
people
is
greater
than
the
sin
of
Sodom,
which
was
overthrown
as
in
a
moment.
No
hands
were laid
on
her.
Her nobles
were
purer than
snow.
They
were
whiter than
milk.
They
were more
ruddy
in
body than rubies.
Their
polishing was
like
sapphire.
Their
appearance
is
blacker
than
a coal.
They
are
not
known
in
the
streets.
Their
skin clings
to
their
bones.
It
is
withered.
It
has
become
like
wood.
Those who
are
killed
with
the
sword
are
better
than
those who
are
killed
with
hunger;
for
these
pine
away,
stricken
through,
for lack
of
the
fruits
of
the
field.
The
hands
of
the pitiful
women
have
boiled
their
own
children.
They
were
their
food
in
the
destruction
of
the
daughter
of
my
people.
Yahweh
has
accomplished
his
wrath.
He
has
poured
out
his
fierce
anger.
He
has
kindled
a
fire
in
Zion,
which
has
devoured
its
foundations.
The
kings
of
the
earth
didn’t
believe,
neither
did
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
world,
that
the adversary
and
the
enemy
would
enter
into
the
gates
of
Jerusalem.
It
is
because
of
the
sins
of
her
prophets
and
the
iniquities
of
her
priests,
that
have
shed
the
blood
of
the
just
in
the
middle
of
her.
They
wander
as
blind
men
in
the
streets.
They
are polluted
with
blood,
So
that
men
can’t
touch
their
garments.
“Go
away!”
they
cried
to
them.
“Unclean!
Go
away!
Go
away!
Don’t
touch!
When
they fled
away
and
wandered,
men
said
among
the
nations,
“They
can’t
live here
any
more.”
Yahweh’s
anger
has
scattered
them.
He
will
not
pay
attention
to
them
any
more.
They
didn’t
respect
the persons
of
the
priests.
They
didn’t
favor
the
elders.
Our
eyes
still
fail,
looking
in
vain
for
our
help.
In
our
watching we
have
watched
for
a
nation
that could
not
save.
They
hunt
our
steps,
so
that
we can’t
go
in
our
streets.
Our
end
is
near.
Our
days
are
fulfilled,
for
our
end
has
come.
Our
pursuers
were
swifter
than
the
eagles
of
the
sky.
They
chased
us
on
the
mountains.
They
set
an
ambush
for
us
in
the
wilderness.
The
breath
of
our
nostrils,
the
anointed
of
Yahweh,
was
taken
in
their
pits;
of
whom
we
said,
under
his
shadow
we
will
live among
the
nations.
Rejoice
and
be
glad,
daughter
of
Edom,
who
dwells
in
the
land
of
Uz.
The
cup
will
pass
through
to
you
also.
You
will
be drunken,
and
will
make
yourself
naked.
The
punishment
of
your
iniquity
is accomplished,
daughter
of
Zion.
He
will
no
more
carry
you
away
into
captivity.
He
will
visit
your
iniquity,
daughter
of
Edom.
He
will
uncover
your
sins.
Remember,
Yahweh,
what
has
come
on
us.
Look,
and
see
our
reproach.
Our
inheritance
has been
turned
over
to
strangers,
our
houses
to
aliens.
We
are
orphans
and
fatherless.
Our
mothers
are
as
widows.
We must
pay
for
water
to
drink.
Our
wood
is sold
to
us.
Our
pursuers
are
on
our
necks.
We
are
weary,
and
have
no
rest.
We
have
given
our
hands
to
the
Egyptians,
and
to
the Assyrians,
to
be
satisfied
with
bread.
Our
fathers
sinned,
and
are
no
more.
We
have
borne
their
iniquities.
Servants
rule
over
us.
There
is
no
one
to
deliver
us
out
of
their
hand.
We
get
our
bread
at
the peril
of
our
lives,
because
of
the
sword
in
the
wilderness.
Our
skin
is black
like
an
oven,
because
of
the
burning
heat
of
famine.
They ravished
the
women
in
Zion,
the
virgins
in
the
cities
of
Judah.
Princes
were
hanged up
by
their
hands.
The
faces
of
elders
were
not honored.
The
young
men
carry millstones.
The
children
stumbled
under loads
of
wood.
The
elders
have ceased
from
the
gate,
and
the
young
men
from
their
music.
The
joy
of our
heart
has ceased.
Our
dance
is
turned
into
mourning.
The
crown
has
fallen
from
our
head.
Woe
to
us,
for
we
have
sinned!
For
this
our
heart
is
faint.
For
these
things
our
eyes
are
dim:
for
the
mountain
of
Zion,
which
is
desolate.
The
foxes
walk
on
it.
You,
Yahweh,
remain
forever.
Your
throne
is
from
generation
to
generation.
Why
do
you
forget
us
forever,
and
forsake
us
for
so
long
a
time?
Turn
us
to
yourself,
Yahweh,
and
we
will
be
turned.
Renew
our
days
as
of old.
But
you
have
utterly
rejected
us.
You are
very
angry
against
us.
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Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
The Book of
Ezekiel
Now
in
the
thirtieth
year,
in
the
fourth
month,
in
the
fifth
day
of
the
month,
as
I
was
among
the
captives
by
the
river
Chebar,
the
heavens
were
opened,
and
I
saw
visions
of
God.
1:1
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
In
the
fifth
of
the
month,
which
was
the
fifth
year
of
King
Jehoiachin’s captivity,
Yahweh’s
1:3
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
came
to
Ezekiel
the
priest,
the
son
of
Buzi,
in
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans
by
the
river
Chebar;
and
Yahweh’s
hand
was
there
on
him.
I
looked,
and
behold,
1:4
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
a stormy
wind
came
out
of
the
north:
a
great
cloud,
with
flashing lightning,
and
a
brightness
around
it,
and
out
of
the
middle
of
it
as
it
were
glowing
metal,
out
of
the
middle
of
the
fire.
Out
of its
center came
the
likeness
of
four
living creatures.
This
was
their
appearance:
They
had
the
likeness
of
a
man.
Everyone
had
four
faces,
and
each
one
of
them
had
four
wings.
Their
feet
were
straight
feet.
The
sole
of
their
feet
was
like
the
sole
of
a
calf’s
foot;
and
they sparkled
like
burnished
bronze.
They
had
the
hands
of
a
man
under
their
wings
on
their
four
sides.
The
four
of
them
had
their
faces
and
their
wings
like this:
Their
wings
were
joined
to
one
another.
They
didn’t
turn
when
they
went.
Each
one
went
straight
forward.
As
for
the
likeness
of
their
faces,
they
had
the
face
of
a
man.
The
four
of
them
had
the
face
of
a
lion
on
the
right
side.
The
four
of
them
had
the
face
of
an
ox
on
the
left
side.
The
four
of
them also
had
the
face
of
an
eagle.
Such
were
their
faces.
Their
wings
were
spread
out
above.
Two
wings
of
each
one
touched
another,
and
two
covered
their
bodies.
Each
one
went
straight
forward.
Where
the
spirit
was
to
go,
they
went.
They
didn’t
turn
when
they
went.
As
for
the
likeness
of
the
living
creatures,
their
appearance
was
like
burning
coals
of
fire,
like
the
appearance
of
torches.
The
fire
went
up
and
down
among
the
living
creatures.
The
fire
was
bright,
and
lightning
went
out
of
the
fire.
The
living creatures
ran
and
returned as
the
appearance
of
a flash
of
lightning.
Now
as
I
saw
the
living creatures,
behold,
there
was
one
wheel
on
the
earth
beside
the
living creatures,
for
each
of
the
four
faces
of
it.
The
appearance
of
the
wheels
and
their
work
was
like
a
beryl.
The
four
of
them
had
one
likeness.
Their
appearance
and
their
work
was
as
it
were
a
wheel
within
a
wheel.
When
they
went,
they
went
in
their
four
directions.
They
didn’t
turn
when
they
went.
As
for
their
rims,
they
were
high
and dreadful;
and
the
four
of
them
had
their
rims
full
of
eyes
all
around.
When
the
living creatures
went,
the
wheels
went
beside
them.
When
the
living creatures
were
lifted
up
from
the
earth,
the
wheels
were
lifted
up.
Wherever
the
spirit
was
to
go,
they
went.
The
spirit
was
to
go
there.
The
wheels
were
lifted
up
beside
them;
for
the
spirit
of
the
living
creature
was
in
the
wheels.
When
those
went, these
went.
When
those
stood, these
stood.
When
those
were
lifted
up
from
the
earth,
the
wheels
were
lifted
up
beside
them;
for
the
spirit
of
the
living
creature
was
in
the
wheels.
Over
the
head
of
the
living
creature there
was
the
likeness
of
an
expanse,
like
an
awesome
crystal
to
look
at,
stretched
out
over
their
heads
above.
Under
the
expanse,
their
wings
were
straight,
one
toward
the
other.
Each
one
had
two
which
covered
on
this side,
and
each
one
had
two
which
covered
their
bodies
on
that side.
When
they went,
I
heard
the
noise
of
their
wings
like
the
noise
of
great
waters,
like
the
voice
of
the
Almighty,
a
noise
of
tumult
like
the
noise
of
an
army.
When
they
stood,
they
let down
their
wings.
There
was
a
voice
above
the
expanse
that
was
over
their
heads.
When
they
stood,
they
let
down
their
wings.
Above
the
expanse
that
was
over
their
heads
was
the
likeness
of
a
throne,
as
the
appearance
of
a
sapphire
1:26
or, lapis lazuli
stone.
On
the
likeness
of
the
throne
was
a
likeness
as
the
appearance
of
a
man
on
it
above.
I
saw
as
it
were
glowing
metal,
as
the
appearance
of
fire
within
it
all
around,
from
the
appearance
of
his
waist
and
upward;
and
from
the
appearance
of
his
waist
and
downward
I
saw
as
it
were
the
appearance
of
fire,
and there
was
brightness
around
him.
As
the
appearance
of
the
rainbow
that
is
in
the
cloud
in
the
day
of
rain,
so
was
the
appearance
of
the
brightness
all
around.
This
was
the
appearance
of
the
likeness
of
Yahweh’s
glory.
When
I
saw
it,
I
fell
on
my
face,
and
I
heard
a
voice
of
one
that
spoke.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
stand
on
your
feet,
and
I
will
speak
with
you.”
The
Spirit
entered
into
me
when
he
spoke
to
me,
and
set
me
on
my
feet;
and
I
heard
him
who
spoke
to
me.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
I
send
you
to
the
children
of
Israel,
to
a
nation
of
rebels
who
have
rebelled
against
me.
They
and
their
fathers
have
transgressed
against
me
even
to
this
very
day.
The
children
are impudent
and stiff-hearted.
I
am
sending
you
to
them,
and
you
shall
tell
them, ‘This
is
what
the
Lord
2:4
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh
says.’
They,
whether
they
will
hear,
or
whether
they
will
refuse—for
they
are
a
rebellious
house—yet
they
will
know
that
there
has
been
a
prophet
among
them.
You,
son
of
man,
don’t
be
afraid
of
them,
neither
be
afraid
of
their
words,
though
briers
and
thorns
are
with
you,
and
you
dwell
among
scorpions.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
their
words,
nor
be
dismayed
at
their looks,
though
they
are
a
rebellious
house.
You
shall
speak
my
words
to
them,
whether
they
will
hear
or
whether
they
will
refuse;
for
they
are most
rebellious.
But
you,
son
of
man,
hear
what
I
tell
you.
Don’t
be
rebellious
like
that
rebellious
house.
Open
your
mouth,
and
eat
that
which
I
give
you.”
When
I
looked,
behold,
a
hand
was
stretched
out
to
me;
and
behold,
a
scroll
of
a
book
was
in
it.
He
spread
it
before
me.
It
was
written
within
and without;
and
lamentations,
mourning,
and
woe
were
written
in
it.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
eat
what
you
find.
Eat
this
scroll,
and go,
speak
to
the
house
of
Israel.”
So I
opened
my
mouth,
and
he caused
me
to
eat
the
scroll.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
eat
this
scroll
that
I
give
you
and
fill
your
belly
and
your
bowels
with
it.”
Then
I
ate
it.
It
was
as
sweet
as
honey
in
my
mouth.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
go
to
the
house
of
Israel,
and
speak
my
words
to
them.
For
you
are
not
sent
to
a
people
of
a strange
speech
and
of
a
hard
language,
but
to
the
house
of
Israel—
not
to
many
peoples
of
a strange
speech
and
of
a
hard
language,
whose
words
you
can’t
understand.
Surely,
if
I
sent
you
to
them,
they
would
listen
to
you.
But
the
house
of
Israel
will
not
listen
to
you,
for
they
will
not
listen
to
me;
for
all
the
house
of
Israel
are
obstinate
3:7
Literally, have a hard forehead
and hard-hearted.
Behold,
I
have
made
your
face
hard
against
their
faces,
and
your
forehead
hard
against
their
foreheads.
I
have
made
your
forehead
as
a
diamond,
harder
than
flint.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
them,
neither
be
dismayed
at
their looks,
though
they
are
a
rebellious
house.”
Moreover
he
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
receive
in
your
heart
and
hear
with
your
ears
all
my
words
that
I
speak
to
you.
Go
to
them
of
the captivity,
to
the
children
of
your
people,
and
speak
to
them,
and
tell
them, ‘This
is
what
the
Lord Yahweh
says,’
whether
they
will
hear,
or
whether
they
will
refuse.”
Then
the
Spirit
lifted
me
up,
and
I
heard
behind
me
the
voice
of
a
great rushing,
saying, “Blessed
be
Yahweh’s
glory
from
his
place.”
I
heard
the
noise
of
the
wings
of
the
living creatures
as they touched
one
another,
and
the
noise
of
the
wheels
beside
them, even
the
noise
of
a
great rushing.
So
the
Spirit
lifted
me
up,
and
took
me
away;
and
I
went
in
bitterness,
in
the
heat
of
my
spirit;
and
Yahweh’s
hand
was
strong
on
me.
Then
I
came
to
them
of
the captivity
at Tel Aviv
who
lived
by
the
river
Chebar,
and
to
where
they
lived;
and
I
sat
there overwhelmed
among
them
seven
days.
At
the
end
of
seven
days,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
I
have
made
you
a
watchman
to
the
house
of
Israel. Therefore
hear
the
word
from
my
mouth,
and
warn
them
from
me.
When
I
tell
the
wicked, ‘You
will
surely
die;’
and
you
give
him
no
warning,
nor
speak
to
warn
the
wicked
from
his
wicked
way,
to save
his
life,
that
wicked
man
will
die
in
his
iniquity;
but
I
will
require
his
blood
at
your
hand.
Yet
if
you
warn
the
wicked,
and
he
doesn’t
turn
from
his
wickedness,
nor
from
his
wicked
way,
he
will
die
in
his
iniquity;
but
you
have
delivered
your
soul.”
“Again,
when
a
righteous
man
turns
from
his
righteousness
and
commits
iniquity,
and
I
lay
a
stumbling
block
before
him,
he
will
die.
Because
you
have
not
given
him warning,
he
will
die
in
his
sin,
and
his
righteous
deeds
which
he
has
done
will
not
be
remembered;
but
I
will
require
his
blood
at
your
hand.
Nevertheless
if
you
warn
the
righteous
man,
that
the
righteous
not
sin,
and
he
does
not
sin,
he
will
surely
live,
because
he
took warning;
and
you
have
delivered
your
soul.”
Yahweh’s
hand
was
there
on
me;
and
he
said
to
me, “Arise,
go
out
into
the
plain,
and
I
will
talk
with
you
there.”
Then
I
arose,
and
went
out
into
the
plain,
and
behold,
Yahweh’s
glory
stood
there,
like
the
glory
which
I
saw
by
the
river
Chebar.
Then
I
fell
on
my
face.
Then
the
Spirit
entered
into
me
and
set
me
on
my
feet.
He
spoke
with
me,
and
said
to
me, “Go,
shut
yourself
inside
your
house.
But
you,
son
of
man,
behold,
they
will
put
ropes
on
you,
and
will
bind
you
with
them,
and
you
will
not
go
out
among
them.
I
will
make
your
tongue
stick
to
the
roof
of
your
mouth
so
that
you
will
be
mute
and
will
not
be able
to
correct
them,
for
they
are
a
rebellious
house.
But
when
I
speak
with
you,
I
will
open
your
mouth,
and
you
shall
tell
them, ‘This
is
what
the
Lord Yahweh
says.’
He
who
hears,
let
him
hear;
and
he
who
refuses,
let
him
refuse;
for
they
are
a
rebellious
house.”
“You
also,
son
of
man,
take
a tile,
and
lay
it
before
yourself,
and portray
on
it
a
city,
even
Jerusalem.
Lay
siege
against
it,
build forts
against
it,
and
cast
up
a mound
against
it. Also
set
camps
against
it
and
plant battering
rams
against
it
all
around.
Take
for
yourself
an
iron
pan
and
set
it
for
a
wall
of
iron
between
you
and
the
city.
Then
set
your
face
toward
it.
It
will
be
besieged,
and
you
shall
lay
siege
against
it.
This
shall
be
a
sign
to
the
house
of
Israel.
“Moreover
lie
on
your
left
side,
and
lay
the
iniquity
of
the
house
of
Israel
on
it.
According
to
the
number
of
the
days
that
you
shall
lie
on
it,
you
shall
bear
their
iniquity.
For
I
have
appointed
the
years
of
their
iniquity
to
be
to
you
a
number
of
days,
even
three
hundred
ninety
days.
So
you
shall
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
house
of
Israel.
“Again,
when
you
have
accomplished
these,
you
shall
lie
on
your right
side,
and
shall
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
house
of
Judah.
I
have
appointed
forty
days,
each
day
for
a
year,
to
you.
You
shall
set
your
face
toward
the
siege
of
Jerusalem,
with
your
arm
uncovered;
and
you
shall
prophesy
against
it.
Behold,
I
put
ropes
on
you,
and
you
shall
not
turn
yourself
from
one
side
to
the
other,
until
you
have
accomplished
the
days
of
your
siege.
“Take
for
yourself
also
wheat,
barley,
beans,
lentils,
millet,
and
spelt,
and
put
them
in
one
vessel.
Make
bread
of
it.
According
to
the
number
of
the
days
that
you
will
lie
on
your
side,
even
three
hundred
ninety
days,
you
shall
eat
of
it.
Your
food
which
you
shall
eat
shall
be
by
weight,
twenty
shekels
4:10
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
a
day.
From
time
to
time
you
shall
eat
it.
You
shall
drink
water
by
measure,
the
sixth
part
of
a
hin.
4:11
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
From
time
to
time
you
shall
drink.
You
shall
eat
it
as
barley
cakes,
and
you
shall bake
it
in
their
sight
with
dung
that comes out
of
man.”
Yahweh
said, “Even
thus
will
the
children
of
Israel
eat
their
bread
unclean,
among
the
nations
where
I
will
drive
them.”
Then
I
said, “Ah
Lord Yahweh!
Behold,
my
soul
has
not
been polluted;
for
from
my
youth
up
even
until
now
I
have
not
eaten
of
that
which
dies
of itself,
or
is
torn
of animals.
No abominable
meat
has
come
into
my
mouth!”
Then
he
said
to
me, “Behold,
I
have
given
you
cow’s
dung
for
man’s
dung,
and
you
shall
prepare
your
bread
on
it.”
Moreover
he
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
behold,
I
will
break
the
staff
of
bread
in
Jerusalem.
They
will
eat
bread
by
weight,
and
with fearfulness.
They
will
drink
water
by
measure,
and
in dismay;
that
they
may
lack
bread
and
water,
be dismayed
one
with
another,
and pine
away
in
their
iniquity.
“You,
son
of
man,
take
a
sharp
sword.
You
shall
take
it
as
a
barber’s
razor
to
yourself,
and
shall cause
it
to
pass
over
your
head
and
over
your
beard.
Then
take
balances
to
weigh
and
divide
the
hair.
A
third
part
you
shall
burn
in
the
fire
in
the
middle
of
the
city,
when
the
days
of
the
siege
are
fulfilled.
You
shall
take
a
third
part,
and
strike
with
the
sword
around
it.
A
third
part
you
shall
scatter
to
the
wind,
and
I
will draw
out
a
sword
after
them.
You shall
take
a
small
number
of
these
and bind
them
in
the folds
of
your robe.
Of
these
again
you
shall
take,
and
cast
them
into
the
middle
of
the
fire,
and
burn
them
in
the
fire.
From
it
a
fire
will
come
out
into
all
the
house
of
Israel.
“The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘This
is
Jerusalem.
I
have
set
her
in
the
middle
of
the
nations,
and
countries
are
around
her.
She
has
rebelled
against
my
ordinances
in doing
wickedness
more
than
the
nations,
and
against
my
statutes
more
than
the
countries
that
are
around
her;
for
they
have
rejected
my
ordinances,
and
as
for
my
statutes,
they
have
not
walked
in
them.’
“Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Because
you
are
more turbulent
than
the
nations
that
are
around
you,
and
have
not
walked
in
my
statutes,
neither
have
kept
my
ordinances,
neither
have
followed
the
ordinances
of
the
nations
that
are
around
you;
therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I,
even
I,
am
against
you;
and
I
will execute
judgments
among
you
in
the
sight
of
the
nations.
I
will
do
in
you
that
which
I
have
not
done,
and
which
I
will
not
do
anything
like
it
any
more,
because
of
all
your
abominations.
Therefore
the
fathers
will
eat
the
sons
within
you,
and
the
sons
will
eat
their
fathers.
I
will execute
judgments
on
you;
and
I
will
scatter
the
whole
remnant
of
you
to
all
the
winds.
Therefore
as
I
live,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh, ‘surely,
because
you
have
defiled
my
sanctuary
with
all
your
detestable
things,
and
with
all
your
abominations,
therefore
I
will
also diminish
you.
My
eye
won’t
spare,
and
I
will
have
no
pity.
A
third
part
of
you
will
die
with
the
pestilence,
and
they
will
be
consumed
with
famine
within
you.
A
third
part
will
fall
by
the
sword
around
you.
A
third
part
I
will
scatter
to
all
the
winds,
and
will draw
out
a
sword
after
them.
“‘Thus
my
anger
will
be
accomplished,
and
I
will cause
my
wrath toward
them
to
rest,
and
I
will
be
comforted.
They
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
in
my
zeal,
when
I
have
accomplished
my
wrath
on
them.
“‘Moreover
I
will
make
you
a
desolation
and
a
reproach
among
the
nations
that
are
around
you,
in
the
sight
of
all
that
pass
by.
So
it
will
be
a
reproach
and
a taunt,
an
instruction
and
an astonishment,
to
the
nations
that
are
around
you,
when
I execute
judgments
on
you
in
anger
and
in
wrath,
and
in
wrathful
rebukes—I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it—
when
I
send
on
them
the
evil
arrows
of
famine
that
are
for
destruction,
which
I
will
send
to
destroy
you.
I
will
increase
the
famine
on
you
and
will
break
your
staff
of
bread.
I
will
send
on
you
famine
and
evil
animals,
and
they
will
bereave
you.
Pestilence
and
blood
will
pass
through
you.
I
will
bring
the
sword
on
you.
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
set
your
face
toward
the
mountains
of
Israel,
and
prophesy
to
them,
and
say, ‘You
mountains
of
Israel,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord Yahweh!
The
Lord Yahweh
says
to
the
mountains
and
to
the
hills,
to
the watercourses
and
to
the
valleys: “Behold,
I,
even
I,
will
bring
a
sword
on
you,
and
I
will
destroy
your
high
places.
Your
altars
will
become
desolate,
and
your
incense
altars
will
be
broken.
I
will
cast
down
your
slain men
before
your
idols.
I
will
lay
the
dead
bodies
of
the
children
of
Israel
before
their
idols.
I
will
scatter
your
bones
around
your
altars.
In
all
your
dwelling
places,
the
cities
will
be laid waste
and
the
high
places
will
be
desolate,
so
that
your
altars
may
be laid waste
and
made
desolate,
and
your
idols
may
be
broken
and
cease,
and
your
incense
altars
may
be
cut
down,
and
your
works
may
be abolished.
The
slain
will
fall
among
you,
and
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“Yet
I
will
leave
a
remnant,
in
that
you
will
have
some
that
escape
the
sword
among
the
nations,
when
you
are
scattered
through
the
countries.
Those
of
you
that
escape
will
remember
me
among
the
nations
where
they
are
carried
captive,
how
I
have
been
broken
with
their lewd
heart,
which
has
departed
from
me,
and
with
their
eyes,
which
play
the
prostitute
after
their
idols.
Then
they
will loathe
themselves
in
their
own
sight
for
the evils
which
they
have
committed
in
all
their
abominations.
They
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
I
have
not
said
in
vain
that
I
would
do
this
evil
to
them.”’
“The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Strike
with
your
hand,
and
stamp
with
your
foot,
and
say, “Alas!”,
because
of
all
the
evil
abominations
of
the
house
of
Israel;
for
they
will
fall
by
the
sword,
by
the
famine,
and
by
the
pestilence.
He
who
is
far
off
will
die
of
the
pestilence.
He
who
is
near
will
fall
by
the
sword.
He
who
remains
and
is
besieged
will
die
by
the
famine.
Thus
I
will
accomplish
my
wrath
on
them.
You
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
when
their
slain
men
are
among
their
idols
around
their
altars,
on
every
high
hill,
on
all
the
tops
of
the
mountains,
under
every
green
tree,
and
under
every thick
oak—the
places
where
they
offered pleasant
aroma
to
all
their
idols.
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
on
them
and
make
the
land
desolate
and
waste,
from
the
wilderness
toward
Diblah,
throughout
all
their
habitations.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“You,
son
of
man,
the
Lord Yahweh
says
to
the
land
of
Israel, ‘An
end!
The
end
has
come
on
the
four
corners
of
the
land.
Now
the
end
is
on
you,
and
I
will
send
my
anger
on
you,
and
will
judge
you
according
to
your
ways.
I
will
bring
on
you
all
your
abominations.
My
eye
will
not
spare
you,
neither
will
I
have
pity;
but
I
will
bring
your
ways
on
you,
and
your
abominations
will
be
among
you.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’
“The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘A
disaster!
A
unique
disaster!
Behold,
it
comes.
An
end
has
come.
The
end
has
come!
It awakes
against
you.
Behold,
it
comes.
Your
doom
has
come
to
you,
inhabitant
of
the
land!
The
time
has
come!
The
day
is
near,
a
day
of
tumult,
and
not
of
joyful
shouting,
on
the
mountains.
Now
I
will
shortly
pour
out
my
wrath
on
you,
and
accomplish
my
anger
against
you,
and
will
judge
you
according
to
your
ways.
I
will
bring
on
you
all
your
abominations.
My
eye
won’t
spare,
neither
will
I
have
pity.
I
will punish
you
according
to
your
ways.
Your
abominations
will
be
among
you.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
strike.
“‘Behold,
the
day!
Behold,
it
comes!
Your
doom
has
gone
out.
The
rod
has blossomed.
Pride
has
budded.
Violence
has
risen
up into
a
rod
of
wickedness.
None
of
them
will
remain,
nor
of
their
multitude,
nor
of
their
wealth.
There
will
be
nothing
of value
among
them.
The
time
has
come!
The
day draws
near.
Don’t
let
the
buyer
rejoice,
nor
the
seller
mourn;
for
wrath
is
on
all
its
multitude.
For
the
seller
won’t
return
to
that which
is
sold,
although
they
are
still
alive;
for
the
vision concerns
the
whole
multitude
of
it.
None
will
return.
None
will
strengthen
himself
in
the
iniquity
of
his
life.
They
have
blown
the
trumpet,
and
have
made
all
ready;
but
no
one
goes
to
the
battle,
for
my
wrath
is
on
all
its
multitude.
“‘The
sword
is
outside,
and
the
pestilence
and
the
famine
within.
He
who
is
in
the
field
will
die
by
the
sword.
He
who
is
in
the
city
will
be
devoured
by
famine
and
pestilence.
But
of
those
who
escape,
they
will
escape
and
will
be
on
the
mountains
like
doves
of
the
valleys,
all
of
them moaning,
everyone
in
his
iniquity.
All
hands
will
be
feeble,
and
all
knees
will
be
weak
as
water.
They
will
also
clothe
themselves
with
sackcloth,
and
horror
will
cover
them.
Shame
will
be
on
all
faces,
and
baldness
on
all
their
heads.
They
will
cast
their
silver
in
the
streets,
and
their
gold
will
be
as
an
unclean
thing.
Their
silver
and
their
gold
won’t
be
able
to
deliver
them
in
the
day
of
Yahweh’s
wrath.
They
won’t
satisfy
their
souls
or
fill
their bellies;
because
it
has
been
the
stumbling
block
of
their
iniquity.
As
for
the beauty
of
his ornament,
he
set
it
in majesty;
but
they
made
the
images
of
their
abominations
and
their
detestable
things therein.
Therefore
I
have
made
it
to
them
as
an
unclean
thing.
I
will
give
it
into
the
hands
of
the
strangers
for
a
prey,
and
to
the
wicked
of
the
earth
for
a
plunder;
and
they
will
profane
it.
I
will
also
turn
my
face
from
them,
and
they
will
profane
my
secret
place.
Robbers
will
enter
into
it,
and
profane
it.
“‘Make
chains,
for
the
land
is
full
of
bloody
crimes,
and
the
city
is
full
of
violence.
Therefore
I
will
bring
the worst
of
the
nations,
and
they
will
possess
their
houses.
I
will
also make
the
pride
of
the
strong
to
cease.
Their
holy
places
will
be
profaned.
Destruction
comes!
They
will
seek
peace,
and
there
will
be
none.
Mischief
will
come
on mischief,
and
rumor
will
be
on
rumor.
They
will
seek
a
vision
of
the
prophet;
but
the
law
will
perish
from
the
priest,
and
counsel
from
the
elders.
The
king
will
mourn,
and
the
prince
will
be
clothed
with
desolation.
The
hands
of
the
people
of
the
land
will
be troubled.
I
will
do
to
them
after
their
way,
and
according
to
their own
judgments
I
will
judge
them.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
In
the
sixth
year,
in
the
sixth
month,
in
the
fifth
day
of
the
month,
as
I
sat
in
my
house,
and
the
elders
of
Judah
sat
before
me,
the
Lord Yahweh’s
hand
fell
on
me
there.
Then
I
saw,
and
behold,
a
likeness
as
the
appearance
of
fire—from
the
appearance
of
his
waist
and
downward,
fire,
and
from
his
waist
and
upward,
as
the
appearance
of
brightness,
as
it
were
glowing
metal.
He
stretched
out
the
form
of
a
hand,
and
took
me
by
a
lock
of
my
head;
and
the
Spirit
lifted
me
up
between
earth
and
the
sky,
and
brought
me
in
the
visions
of
God
to
Jerusalem,
to
the
door
of
the
gate
of
the
inner
court
that looks
toward
the
north,
where
there
was
the
seat
of
the
image
of
jealousy,
which provokes
to
jealousy.
Behold,
the
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
was
there, according
to
the
appearance
that
I
saw
in
the
plain.
Then
he
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
lift
up
your
eyes
now
the
way
toward
the
north.”
So
I
lifted
up
my
eyes
the
way
toward
the
north,
and
saw,
northward
of
the
gate
of
the
altar
this image
of
jealousy
in
the entry.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
do
you
see
what
they
do?
Even
the
great
abominations
that
the
house
of
Israel commit
here,
that
I
should
go
far
off
from
my
sanctuary?
But
you
will
again
see
yet
other
great
abominations.”
He
brought
me
to
the
door
of
the
court;
and
when
I
looked,
behold,
a
hole
in
the
wall.
Then
he
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
dig
now
in
the
wall.”
When
I
had
dug
in
the
wall,
I
saw
a
door.
He
said
to
me, “Go
in,
and
see
the
wicked
abominations
that
they
do
here.”
So
I
went
in
and
looked,
and
saw
every
form
of
creeping
things, abominable
animals,
and
all
the
idols
of
the
house
of
Israel,
portrayed
around
on
the
wall.
Seventy
men
of
the
elders
of
the
house
of
Israel
stood
before
them.
In
the
middle
of
them
Jaazaniah
the
son
of
Shaphan
stood,
every
man
with
his
censer
in
his
hand;
and
the smell
of
the
cloud
of
incense
went
up.
Then
he
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
have
you
seen
what
the
elders
of
the
house
of
Israel
do
in
the
dark,
every
man
in
his
rooms
of imagery?
For
they
say, ‘Yahweh doesn’t
see
us.
Yahweh
has forsaken
the
land.’”
He
said
also
to
me, “You
will
again
see
more
of
the
great
abominations
which
they
do.”
Then
he
brought
me
to
the
door
of
the
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house
which
was
toward
the
north;
and
I
saw
the
women
sit
there
weeping
for
Tammuz.
Then
he
said
to
me, “Have
you
seen
this,
son
of
man?
You
will
again
see
yet
greater
abominations
than
these.”
He
brought
me
into
the
inner
court
of
Yahweh’s
house;
and
I
saw
at
the
door
of
Yahweh’s
temple,
between
the
porch
and
the
altar,
there
were
about
twenty-five
men
with
their
backs
toward
Yahweh’s
temple
and
their
faces
toward
the
east.
They
were
worshiping
the
sun
toward
the
east.
Then
he
said
to
me, “Have
you
seen
this,
son
of
man?
Is
it
a
light
thing
to
the
house
of
Judah
that
they commit
the
abominations
which
they commit
here?
For
they
have
filled
the
land
with
violence,
and
have
turned
again
to
provoke
me
to
anger.
Behold,
they
put
the
branch
to
their
nose.
Therefore
I
will
also
deal
in
wrath.
My
eye
won’t
spare,
neither
will
I
have
pity.
Though
they
cry
in
my
ears
with
a
loud
voice,
yet
I
will
not
hear
them.”
Then
he
cried
in
my
ears
with
a
loud
voice,
saying, “Cause
those
who
are
in
charge
of
the
city
to
draw
near,
each
man
with
his
destroying
weapon
in
his
hand.”
Behold,
six
men
came
from
the
way
of
the
upper
gate,
which
lies
toward
the
north,
every
man
with
his slaughter
weapon
in
his
hand.
One
man
in
the
middle
of
them
was
clothed
in
linen,
with
a writer’s inkhorn
by
his
side.
They
went
in,
and
stood
beside
the
bronze
altar.
The
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
went
up
from
the
cherub, whereupon
it
was,
to
the
threshold
of
the
house;
and
he
called
to
the
man
clothed
in
linen,
who
had
the writer’s inkhorn
by
his
side.
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Go
through
the
middle
of
the
city,
through
the
middle
of
Jerusalem,
and
set
a mark
on
the
foreheads
of
the
men
that
sigh
and
that cry
over
all
the
abominations
that
are
done
within
it.”
To
the
others
he
said
in
my
hearing, “Go
through
the
city
after
him,
and
strike.
Don’t
let
your
eye
spare,
neither
have
pity.
Kill
utterly
the
old
man,
the
young
man,
the
virgin,
little
children
and
women;
but
don’t
come
near
any
man
on
whom
is
the mark.
Begin
at
my
sanctuary.”
Then
they
began
at
the
old
men
who
were
before
the
house.
He
said
to
them, “Defile
the
house,
and
fill
the courts
with
the
slain.
Go
out!”
They
went
out,
and
struck
in
the
city.
While
they
were
killing,
and
I
was
left,
I
fell
on
my
face,
and
cried,
and
said, “Ah
Lord Yahweh!
Will
you
destroy
all
the residue
of
Israel
in
your
pouring
out
of
your
wrath
on
Jerusalem?”
Then
he
said
to
me, “The
iniquity
of
the
house
of
Israel
and
Judah
is
exceedingly
great,
and
the
land
is
full
of
blood,
and
the
city
full
of
perversion;
for
they
say, ‘Yahweh
has forsaken
the
land,
and
Yahweh doesn’t
see.’
As
for
me
also,
my
eye
won’t
spare,
neither
will
I
have
pity,
but
I
will
bring
their
way
on
their
head.”
Behold,
the
man
clothed
in
linen,
who
had
the inkhorn
by
his
side,
reported
the
matter,
saying, “I
have
done
as
you
have
commanded
me.”
Then
I
looked,
and
see,
in
the
expanse
that
was
over
the
head
of
the
cherubim
there
appeared
above
them
as
it
were
a
sapphire
10:1
or, lapis lazuli
stone,
as
the
appearance
of
the
likeness
of
a
throne.
He
spoke
to
the
man
clothed
in
linen,
and
said, “Go
in
between
the
whirling
wheels,
even
under
the
cherub,
and
fill
both
your
hands
with
coals
of
fire
from
between
the
cherubim,
and scatter
them
over
the
city.”
He
went
in
as
I
watched.
Now
the
cherubim
stood
on
the
right
side
of
the
house
when
the
man
went
in;
and
the
cloud
filled
the
inner
court.
Yahweh’s
glory
mounted
up
from
the
cherub,
and stood
over
the
threshold
of
the
house;
and
the
house
was
filled
with
the
cloud,
and
the
court
was
full
of
the
brightness
of
Yahweh’s
glory.
The
sound
of
the
wings
of
the
cherubim
was
heard
even
to
the
outer
court,
as
the
voice
of
God
Almighty
when
he
speaks.
It
came
to
pass,
when
he
commanded
the
man
clothed
in
linen,
saying, “Take
fire
from
between
the
whirling
wheels,
from
between
the
cherubim,”
that
he
went
in
and
stood
beside
a
wheel.
The
cherub
stretched
out
his
hand
from
between
the
cherubim
to
the
fire
that
was
between
the
cherubim,
and
took
some
of
it,
and
put
it
into
the
hands
of
him
who
was
clothed
in
linen,
who
took
it
and
went
out.
The
form
of
a
man’s
hand
appeared here
in
the
cherubim
under
their
wings.
I
looked,
and
behold,
there
were
four
wheels
beside
the
cherubim,
one
wheel
beside
one
cherub,
and
another
wheel
beside
another
cherub.
The
appearance
of
the
wheels
was
like
a
beryl
stone.
As
for
their
appearance,
the
four
of
them
had
one
likeness,
like
a
wheel
within
a
wheel.
When
they
went,
they
went
in
their
four
directions.
They
didn’t
turn
as
they
went,
but
to
the
place
where
the
head
looked
they
followed
it.
They
didn’t
turn
as
they
went.
Their
whole
body,
including
their
backs,
their
hands,
their
wings,
and
the
wheels,
were
full
of
eyes
all
around, even
the
wheels
that
the
four
of
them
had.
As
for
the
wheels,
they
were
called
in
my
hearing, “the
whirling
wheels”.
Every
one
them
had
four
faces.
The
first
face
was
the
face
of
the
cherub.
The
second
face
was
the
face
of
a
man.
The
third
face
was
the
face
of
a
lion.
The
fourth
was
the
face
of
an
eagle.
The
cherubim mounted
up.
This
is
the
living
creature
that
I
saw
by
the
river
Chebar.
When
the
cherubim
went,
the
wheels
went
beside
them;
and
when
the
cherubim
lifted
up
their
wings
to mount
up
from
the
earth,
the
wheels
also
didn’t
turn
from
beside
them.
When
they
stood, these
stood.
When
they mounted
up, these mounted
up
with
them;
for
the
spirit
of
the
living
creature
was
in
them.
Yahweh’s
glory
went
out
from
over
the
threshold
of
the
house
and
stood
over
the
cherubim.
The
cherubim
lifted
up
their
wings
and mounted
up
from
the
earth
in
my
sight
when
they
went
out,
with
the
wheels
beside
them.
Then
they
stood
at
the
door
of
the
east
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house;
and
the
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
was
over
them
above.
This
is
the
living
creature
that
I
saw
under
the
God
of
Israel
by
the
river
Chebar;
and
I
knew
that
they
were
cherubim.
Every
one
had
four
faces,
and
every
one
four
wings.
The
likeness
of
the
hands
of
a
man
was
under
their
wings.
As
for
the
likeness
of
their
faces,
they
were
the
faces
which
I
saw
by
the
river
Chebar,
their appearances
and
themselves.
They
each
went
straight
forward.
Moreover
the
Spirit
lifted
me
up
and
brought
me
to
the
east
gate
of
Yahweh’s
house,
which
looks
eastward.
Behold,
twenty-five
men
were
at
the
door
of
the
gate;
and
I
saw
among
them
Jaazaniah
the
son
of
Azzur,
and
Pelatiah
the
son
of
Benaiah,
princes
of
the
people.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
these
are
the
men
who
devise
iniquity,
and
who
give
wicked
counsel
in
this
city;
who
say, ‘The time
is
not
near
to
build
houses.
This
is
the cauldron,
and
we
are
the
meat.’
Therefore
prophesy
against
them.
Prophesy,
son
of
man.”
Yahweh’s
Spirit
fell
on
me,
and
he
said
to
me, “Speak, ‘Yahweh
says: “Thus
you
have
said,
house
of
Israel;
for
I
know
the
things
that
come
into
your
mind.
You have
multiplied
your
slain
in
this
city,
and
you have
filled
its
streets
with
the
slain.”
“‘Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Your
slain
whom
you
have
laid
in
the
middle
of
it,
they
are
the
meat,
and
this
is
the cauldron;
but
you
will
be
brought
out
of
the
middle
of
it.
You
have
feared
the
sword;
and
I
will
bring
the
sword
on
you,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“I
will
bring
you
out
of
the
middle
of
it,
and
deliver
you
into
the
hands
of
strangers,
and
will
execute
judgments
among
you.
You
will
fall
by
the
sword.
I
will
judge
you
in
the
border
of
Israel.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
This
will
not
be
your cauldron,
neither
will
you
be
the
meat
in
the
middle
of
it.
I
will
judge
you
in
the
border
of
Israel.
You
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
for
you
have
not
walked
in
my
statutes.
You
have
not executed
my
ordinances,
but
have
done
after
the
ordinances
of
the
nations
that
are
around
you.”’”
When
I
prophesied,
Pelatiah
the
son
of
Benaiah
died.
Then
I
fell
down
on
my
face,
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
and
said, “Ah
Lord Yahweh!
Will
you
make
a
full
end
of
the
remnant
of
Israel?”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
your
brothers,
even
your
brothers,
the
men
of
your
relatives,
and
all
the
house
of
Israel,
all
of
them,
are
the
ones
to
whom
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
have
said, ‘Go
far
away
from
Yahweh.
This
land
has
been
given
to
us
for
a
possession.’
“Therefore
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Whereas
I
have
removed
them
far off
among
the
nations,
and whereas
I
have
scattered
them
among
the
countries,
yet
I
will
be
to
them
a
sanctuary
for
a
little
while
in
the
countries
where
they
have
come.”’
“Therefore
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “I
will
gather
you
from
the
peoples,
and
assemble
you
out
of
the
countries
where
you
have
been
scattered,
and
I
will
give
you
the
land
of
Israel.”
“‘They
will
come
there,
and
they
will
take
away
all
its
detestable
things
and
all
its
abominations
from
there.
I
will
give
them
one
heart,
and
I
will
put
a
new
spirit
within
them.
I
will
take
the stony
heart out
of
their
flesh,
and
will
give
them
a
heart
of
flesh,
that
they
may walk
in
my
statutes,
and
keep
my
ordinances,
and
do
them.
They
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
But
as
for
them whose
heart
walks
after
the
heart
of
their
detestable
things
and
their
abominations,
I
will
bring
their
way
on
their own
heads,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.”
Then
the
cherubim
lifted
up
their
wings,
and
the
wheels
were
beside
them.
The
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
was
over
them
above.
Yahweh’s
glory
went
up
from
the
middle
of
the
city,
and
stood
on
the
mountain
which
is
on
the
east side
of
the
city.
The
Spirit
lifted
me
up,
and
brought
me
in
the
vision
by
the
Spirit
of
God
into
Chaldea,
to
the
captives.
So
the
vision
that
I
had
seen
went
up
from
me.
Then
I
spoke
to
the
captives
all
the
things
that
Yahweh
had
shown
me.
Yahweh’s
word
also
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
you
dwell
in
the
middle
of
the
rebellious
house,
who
have
eyes
to
see,
and
don’t
see,
who
have
ears
to
hear,
and
don’t
hear;
for
they
are
a
rebellious
house.
“Therefore,
you
son
of
man,
prepare
your
baggage
for moving,
and move
by
day
in
their
sight.
You
shall move
from
your
place
to
another
place
in
their
sight.
It
may
be
they
will
consider,
though
they
are
a
rebellious
house.
You
shall
bring
out
your
baggage
by
day
in
their
sight,
as
baggage
for moving.
You
shall
go
out
yourself
at
evening
in
their
sight,
as
when men
go
out
into
exile.
Dig
through
the
wall
in
their
sight,
and
carry
your baggage
out
that way.
In
their
sight
you
shall
bear
it
on
your
shoulder,
and
carry
it
out
in
the
dark.
You
shall
cover
your
face,
so
that
you
don’t
see
the
land,
for
I
have
set
you
for
a
sign
to
the
house
of
Israel.”
I
did
so
as
I
was
commanded.
I
brought
out
my
baggage
by
day,
as
baggage
for moving,
and
in
the
evening
I
dug
through
the
wall
with
my
hand.
I
brought
it
out
in
the
dark,
and
bore
it
on
my
shoulder
in
their
sight.
In
the
morning,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
hasn’t
the
house
of
Israel,
the
rebellious
house,
said
to
you, ‘What
are
you
doing?’
“Say
to
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “This
burden concerns
the
prince
in
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
among
whom
they
are.”’
“Say, ‘I
am
your
sign.
As
I
have
done,
so
will
it be
done
to
them.
They
will go into
exile, into
captivity.
“‘The
prince
who
is
among
them
will
bear
his baggage
on
his
shoulder
in
the
dark,
and
will
go
out.
They
will
dig
through
the
wall
to
carry
things
out
that
way.
He
will
cover
his
face,
because
he
will
not
see
the
land
with
his
eyes.
I
will
also
spread
my
net
on
him,
and
he
will
be
taken
in
my snare.
I
will
bring
him
to
Babylon
to
the
land
of
the
Chaldeans;
yet
he
will
not
see
it, though
he
will
die
there.
I
will
scatter toward
every
wind
all
who
are
around
him
to
help
him,
and
all
his bands.
I
will draw
out
the
sword
after
them.
“‘They
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
when
I
disperse
them
among
the
nations
and
scatter
them
through
the
countries.
But
I
will
leave
a
few
men
of
them
from
the
sword,
from
the
famine,
and
from
the
pestilence,
that
they
may
declare
all
their
abominations
among
the
nations
where
they
come.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
eat
your
bread
with quaking,
and
drink
your
water
with
trembling
and
with fearfulness.
Tell
the
people
of
the
land, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says
concerning
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
and
the
land
of
Israel: “They
will
eat
their
bread
with fearfulness
and
drink
their
water
in dismay,
that
her
land
may
be
desolate,
and
all
that
is therein,
because
of
the
violence
of
all
those
who
dwell therein.
The
cities
that
are
inhabited
will
be laid
waste,
and
the
land
will
be
a
desolation.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
what
is
this
proverb
that
you
have
in
the
land
of
Israel,
saying, ‘The
days
are
prolonged,
and
every
vision
fails?’
Tell
them
therefore, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “I
will
make
this
proverb
to
cease,
and
they
will
no
more use
it
as
a
proverb
in
Israel;”’
but
tell
them, ‘“The
days
are
at hand,
and
the
fulfillment
of
every
vision.
For
there
will
be
no
more
any
false
vision
nor
flattering
divination
within
the
house
of
Israel.
For
I
am
Yahweh.
I
will
speak,
and
the
word
that
I
speak
will
be performed.
It
will
be
no
more
deferred;
for
in
your
days,
rebellious
house,
I
will
speak
the
word
and
will
perform
it,”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.’”
Again
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
behold,
they
of
the
house
of
Israel
say, ‘The
vision
that
he
sees
is
for
many
days
to
come,
and
he
prophesies
of
times
that
are
far
off.’
“Therefore
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “None
of
my
words
will
be
deferred
any
more,
but
the
word
which
I
speak
will
be performed,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
prophesy
against
the
prophets
of
Israel
who
prophesy,
and
say
to
those
who
prophesy
out
of
their own
heart, ‘Hear
Yahweh’s
word:
The
Lord Yahweh
says, “Woe
to
the
foolish
prophets,
who
follow
their own
spirit,
and
have
seen
nothing!
Israel,
your
prophets
have
been
like
foxes
in
the
waste
places.
You
have
not
gone
up
into
the gaps
or built
up
the
wall
for
the
house
of
Israel,
to
stand
in
the
battle
in
Yahweh’s
day.
They
have
seen
falsehood
and
lying
divination,
who
say, ‘Yahweh
says;’
but
Yahweh
has
not
sent
them.
They
have made
men
to
hope
that
the
word
would
be
confirmed.
Haven’t
you
seen
a
false
vision,
and
haven’t
you
spoken
a
lying
divination,
in
that
you
say, ‘Yahweh
says;’
but
I
have
not
spoken?”
“‘Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Because
you
have
spoken
falsehood
and
seen
lies,
therefore,
behold,
I
am
against
you,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“My
hand
will
be
against
the
prophets
who
see
false
visions
and
who
utter
lying
divinations.
They
will
not
be
in
the
council
of
my
people,
neither
will
they
be
written
in
the
writing
of
the
house
of
Israel,
neither
will
they
enter
into
the
land
of
Israel.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
the
Lord Yahweh.”
“‘Because,
even
because
they
have seduced
my
people,
saying, “Peace;”
and
there
is
no
peace.
When
one
builds
up
a
wall,
behold,
they
plaster
it
with whitewash.
Tell
those
who
plaster
it
with whitewash
that
it
will
fall.
There
will
be
an
overflowing
shower;
and
you, great
hailstones,
will
fall.
A stormy
wind
will
tear
it.
Behold,
when
the
wall
has
fallen,
won’t
it
be
said
to
you, “Where
is
the
plaster
with
which
you
have
plastered
it?”
“‘Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “I
will
even
tear
it
with
a stormy
wind
in
my
wrath.
There
will
be
an
overflowing
shower
in
my
anger,
and great
hailstones
in
wrath
to consume
it.
So
I
will
break
down
the
wall
that
you
have
plastered
with whitewash,
and
bring
it
down
to
the
ground,
so
that
its
foundation
will
be
uncovered.
It
will
fall,
and
you
will
be
consumed
in
the
middle
of
it.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
Thus
I
will
accomplish
my
wrath
on
the
wall,
and
on
those
who
have
plastered
it
with whitewash.
I
will
tell
you, ‘The
wall
is
no
more,
nor
those
who
plastered
it—
to wit,
the
prophets
of
Israel
who
prophesy
concerning
Jerusalem,
and
who see
visions
of
peace
for
her,
and
there
is
no
peace,’”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
You,
son
of
man,
set
your
face
against
the
daughters
of
your
people,
who
prophesy
out
of
their
own
heart;
and
prophesy
against
them,
and
say, “The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Woe
to
the women
who
sew magic
bands
on
all elbows
and
make
veils
for
the
head
of
persons
of
every
stature
to
hunt
souls!
Will
you
hunt
the
souls
of
my
people
and
save
souls
alive
for
yourselves?
You
have
profaned
me
among
my
people
for
handfuls
of
barley
and
for
pieces
of
bread,
to
kill
the
souls
who
should
not
die
and
to
save
the
souls
alive
who
should
not
live,
by
your
lying
to
my
people
who
listen
to
lies.’
“Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
am
against
your magic
bands,
with
which
you
hunt
the
souls
to make
them fly,
and
I
will
tear
them
from
your
arms.
I
will
let
the
souls fly
free,
even
the
souls
whom
you ensnare
like birds.
I
will
also
tear
your
veils
and
deliver
my
people
out
of
your
hand;
and
they
will
no
longer
be
in
your
hand
to
be ensnared.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
Because
with
lies
you
have
grieved
the
heart
of
the
righteous, whom
I
have
not
made sad;
and
strengthened
the
hands
of
the
wicked,
that
he should
not
return
from
his
wicked
way,
and
be saved
alive.
Therefore
you
shall
no
more
see
false
visions
nor
practice
divination.
I
will
deliver
my
people
out
of
your
hand.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
Then
some
of
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
me
and
sat
before
me.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
these
men
have
taken
their
idols
into
their
heart,
and
put
the
stumbling
block
of
their
iniquity
before
their
face.
Should
I
be
inquired
of
at
all
by
them?
Therefore
speak
to
them
and
tell
them, ‘The
Lord
Yahweh
says: “Every
man
of
the
house
of
Israel
who
takes
his
idols
into
his
heart
and
puts
the
stumbling
block
of
his
iniquity
before
his
face
then
comes
to
the
prophet,
I
Yahweh
will
answer
him
there
according
to
the
multitude
of
his
idols,
that
I
may
take
the
house
of
Israel
in
their own
heart,
because
they
are
all estranged
from
me
through
their
idols.”’
“Therefore
tell
the
house
of
Israel, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Return,
and
turn
yourselves
from
your
idols!
Turn
away
your
faces
from
all
your
abominations.
“‘“For
everyone
of
the
house
of
Israel,
or
of
the
strangers
who
live
in
Israel,
who
separates
himself
from
me
and
takes
his
idols
into
his
heart,
and
puts
the
stumbling
block
of
his
iniquity
before
his
face,
and
comes
to
the
prophet
to
inquire
for
himself
of
me,
I
Yahweh
will
answer
him
by
myself.
I
will
set
my
face
against
that
man
and
will
make
him
an astonishment,
for
a
sign
and
a
proverb,
and
I
will
cut
him
off
from
among
my
people.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“If
the
prophet
is deceived
and
speaks
a
word,
I,
Yahweh,
have deceived
that
prophet,
and
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
on
him,
and
will
destroy
him
from
among
my
people
Israel.
They
will
bear
their
iniquity.
The
iniquity
of
the
prophet
will
be even
as
the
iniquity
of
him
who
seeks
him,
that
the
house
of
Israel
may
no
more
go
astray
from
me,
neither
defile
themselves
any
more
with
all
their
transgressions;
but
that
they
may
be
my
people,
and
I
may
be
their
God,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
when
a
land
sins
against
me
by
committing
a
trespass,
and
I
stretch
out
my
hand
on
it,
and
break
the
staff
of
its
bread
and
send
famine
on
it,
and
cut
off
from
it
man
and
animal—
though
these
three
men,
Noah,
Daniel,
and
Job,
were
in
it,
they
would
deliver
only
their
own
souls
by
their
righteousness,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“If
I
cause
evil
animals
to
pass
through
the
land,
and
they ravage
it
and
it
is
made
desolate,
so
that
no man
may
pass
through
because
of
the
animals—
though
these
three
men
were
in
it,
as
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “they
would
deliver
neither
sons
nor
daughters.
They
only
would
be
delivered,
but
the
land
would
be
desolate.
“Or
if
I
bring
a
sword
on
that
land,
and
say, ‘Sword,
go
through
the
land,
so
that
I
cut
off
from
it
man
and animal’—
though
these
three
men
were
in
it,
as
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “they
would
deliver
neither
sons
nor
daughters,
but
they
only
would
be
delivered
themselves.
“Or
if
I
send
a
pestilence
into
that
land,
and
pour
out
my
wrath
on
it
in
blood,
to
cut
off
from
it
man
and
animal—
though
Noah,
Daniel,
and
Job,
were
in
it,
as
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “they
would
deliver
neither
son
nor
daughter;
they
would
deliver
only
their
own
souls
by
their
righteousness.”
For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “How
much
more
when
I
send
my
four severe
judgments
on
Jerusalem—the
sword,
the
famine,
the
evil
animals,
and
the
pestilence—to
cut
off
from
it
man
and
animal!
Yet,
behold,
there
will
be
left
a
remnant
in
it
that
will
be
carried
out,
both
sons
and
daughters.
Behold,
they
will
come
out
to
you,
and
you
will
see
their
way
and
their doings.
Then
you
will
be
comforted
concerning
the
evil
that
I
have
brought
on
Jerusalem,
even
concerning
all
that
I
have
brought
on
it.
They
will
comfort
you,
when
you
see
their
way
and
their doings;
then
you
will
know
that
I
have
not
done
all
that
I
have
done
in
it
without
cause,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
what
is
the
vine
tree more
than
any
tree,
the
vine
branch
which
is among
the
trees
of
the
forest?
Will
wood
be
taken
of
it
to
make
anything?
Will
men
take
a
pin
of
it
to
hang
any
vessel
on
it?
Behold,
it
is
cast
into
the
fire
for
fuel;
the
fire
has
devoured
both
its
ends,
and
the
middle
of
it
is
burned.
Is
it profitable
for
any
work?
Behold,
when
it
was
whole,
it
was suitable
for
no
work.
How
much
less,
when
the
fire
has
devoured
it,
and
it
has
been
burned,
will
it
yet
be suitable
for
any
work?”
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “As
the
vine
wood
among
the
trees
of
the
forest,
which
I
have
given
to
the
fire
for
fuel,
so
I
will
give
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
I
will
set
my
face
against
them.
They
will
go
out
from
the
fire,
but
the
fire
will still
devour
them.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
when
I
set
my
face
against
them.
I
will
make
the
land
desolate,
because
they
have
acted
unfaithfully,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
Again
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man, cause
Jerusalem
to
know
her
abominations;
and
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says
to
Jerusalem: “Your
origin
and
your
birth
is
of
the
land
of
the
Canaanite.
An
Amorite
was
your
father,
and
your
mother
was
a
Hittite.
As
for
your
birth,
in
the
day
you
were
born
your
navel
was
not
cut.
You weren’t
washed
in
water
to cleanse
you.
You weren’t salted
at
all,
nor
wrapped
in blankets
at
all.
No
eye pitied
you,
to
do
any
of
these
things
to
you,
to
have
compassion
on
you;
but
you
were
cast
out
in
the
open
field,
because
you
were
abhorred
in
the
day
that
you
were
born.
“‘“When
I
passed
by
you,
and
saw
you wallowing
in
your
blood,
I
said
to
you, ‘Though
you
are
in
your
blood,
live!’
Yes,
I
said
to
you, ‘Though
you
are
in
your
blood,
live!’
I
caused
you
to
multiply
as
that which
grows
in
the
field,
and
you
increased
and
grew
great,
and
you attained
to excellent beauty.
Your
breasts were
formed,
and
your
hair
grew;
yet
you were
naked
and
bare.
“‘“Now
when
I
passed
by
you,
and
looked
at
you,
behold,
your
time
was
the
time
of
love;
and
I
spread
my
garment
over
you
and
covered
your
nakedness.
Yes,
I pledged myself
to
you
and
entered
into
a
covenant
with
you,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “and
you
became mine.
“‘“Then
I
washed
you
with
water. Yes,
I thoroughly
washed
away
your
blood
from
you,
and
I anointed
you
with
oil.
I
clothed
you also
with
embroidered
work
and
put leather
sandals
on
you. I
dressed
you
with
fine
linen
and
covered
you
with
silk.
I decked
you
with
ornaments,
put
bracelets
on
your
hands,
and
put
a
chain
on
your
neck.
I
put
a
ring
on
your
nose,
earrings
in
your
ears,
and
a
beautiful
crown
on
your
head.
Thus
you were decked
with
gold
and
silver.
Your clothing
was
of
fine
linen,
silk,
and
embroidered
work.
You
ate
fine
flour,
honey,
and
oil.
You were
exceedingly
beautiful,
and
you prospered
to
royal estate.
Your
renown
went
out
among
the
nations
for
your
beauty;
for
it
was
perfect,
through
my
majesty
which
I
had
put
on
you,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“‘“But
you
trusted
in
your
beauty,
and
played
the
prostitute
because
of
your
renown,
and
poured
out
your prostitution
on
everyone
who
passed
by.
It
was
his.
You
took some
of
your
garments,
and
made
for
yourselves
high
places decked
with
various
colors,
and
played
the
prostitute
on
them.
This shouldn’t
happen,
neither
shall
it
be.
You
also
took
your
beautiful
jewels
of
my
gold
and
of
my
silver,
which
I
had
given
you,
and
made
for
yourself
images
of
men,
and
played
the
prostitute
with
them.
You
took
your
embroidered
garments,
covered
them,
and
set
my
oil
and
my
incense
before
them.
My
bread
also
which
I
gave
you,
fine
flour,
oil,
and
honey,
with
which
I
fed
you,
you even
set
it
before
them
for
a pleasant
aroma;
and
so
it
was,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“‘“Moreover
you
have
taken
your
sons
and
your
daughters,
whom
you
have
borne
to
me,
and
you
have
sacrificed
these
to
them
to
be
devoured.
Was
your prostitution
a
small
matter,
that
you
have
slain
my
children
and
delivered
them
up,
in causing
them
to
pass
through
the fire
to
them?
In
all
your
abominations
and
your prostitution
you
have
not
remembered
the
days
of
your
youth,
when
you
were
naked
and
bare,
and
were wallowing
in
your
blood.
“‘“It
has
happened
after
all
your
wickedness—woe,
woe
to
you!”
says
the
Lord Yahweh—
“that
you
have
built
for
yourselves
a vaulted
place,
and
have
made
yourselves
a lofty
place
in
every
street.
You
have
built
your lofty
place
at
the
head
of
every
way,
and
have
made
your
beauty
an abomination,
and
have opened
your
feet
to
everyone
who
passed
by,
and
multiplied
your prostitution.
You
have
also committed sexual immorality
with
the
Egyptians,
your
neighbors, great
of
flesh;
and
have
multiplied
your prostitution,
to
provoke
me
to
anger.
See therefore,
I
have
stretched
out
my
hand
over
you,
and
have
diminished
your
portion,
and
delivered
you
to
the
will
of
those
who
hate
you,
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines,
who
are
ashamed
of
your
lewd
way.
You
have
played
the
prostitute
also
with
the Assyrians,
because
you
were insatiable;
yes,
you
have
played
the
prostitute
with
them,
and
yet
you weren’t
satisfied.
You
have
moreover
multiplied
your prostitution
to
the
land
of merchants,
to
Chaldea;
and
yet
you weren’t
satisfied
with
this.
“‘“How
weak
is
your
heart,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “since
you
do
all
these
things,
the
work
of an impudent
prostitute;
in
that
you
build
your vaulted
place
at
the
head
of
every
way,
and
make
your lofty
place
in
every
street,
and
have
not
been
as
a
prostitute,
in
that
you scorn pay.
“‘“Adulterous
wife,
who
takes
strangers
instead
of
her
husband!
People
give
gifts
to
all
prostitutes;
but
you
give
your
gifts
to
all
your
lovers,
and
bribe
them,
that
they
may
come
to
you
on
every
side
for
your prostitution.
You
are
different
from other
women
in
your prostitution,
in
that
no
one
follows
you
to
play
the
prostitute;
and whereas
you
give
hire,
and
no
hire
is
given
to
you,
therefore
you
are
different.”’
“Therefore,
prostitute,
hear
Yahweh’s
word:
‘The
Lord Yahweh
says, “Because
your filthiness
was
poured
out,
and
your
nakedness
uncovered
through
your prostitution
with
your
lovers;
and
because
of
all
the
idols
of
your
abominations,
and
for
the
blood
of
your
children,
that
you
gave
to
them;
therefore
see,
I
will
gather
all
your
lovers,
with
whom
you
have
taken
pleasure,
and
all
those
whom
you
have
loved,
with
all
those
whom
you
have
hated.
I
will
even
gather
them
against
you
on
every
side,
and
will
uncover
your
nakedness
to
them,
that
they
may
see
all
your
nakedness.
I
will
judge
you
as women who break wedlock
and
shed
blood
are
judged;
and
I
will
bring
on
you
the
blood
of
wrath
and
jealousy.
I
will
also
give
you
into
their
hand,
and
they
will throw
down
your vaulted
place,
and
break
down
your lofty
places.
They
will
strip
you
of
your
clothes
and
take
your
beautiful
jewels.
They
will
leave
you
naked
and
bare.
They
will
also
bring
up
a
company
against
you,
and
they
will
stone
you
with
stones,
and thrust
you
through
with
their
swords.
They
will
burn
your
houses
with
fire,
and
execute
judgments
on
you
in
the
sight
of
many
women.
I
will
cause
you
to
cease
from
playing
the
prostitute,
and
you
will
also
give
no
hire
any
more.
So
I
will cause
my
wrath
toward
you
to
rest,
and
my
jealousy
will
depart
from
you.
I
will
be
quiet,
and
will
not
be
angry
any
more.
“‘“Because
you
have
not
remembered
the
days
of
your
youth,
but
have raged
against
me
in
all
these
things;
therefore,
behold,
I
also
will
bring
your
way
on
your
head,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh: “and
you
shall
not
commit
this
lewdness
with
all
your
abominations.
“‘“Behold,
everyone
who uses proverbs
will use
this proverb
against
you,
saying, ‘As
is
the
mother,
so
is
her
daughter.’
You
are
the
daughter
of
your
mother,
who loathes
her
husband
and
her
children;
and
you
are
the
sister
of
your
sisters,
who
loathed
their
husbands
and
their
children.
Your
mother
was
a
Hittite,
and
your
father
an
Amorite.
Your
elder
sister
is
Samaria,
who
dwells
at
your
left
hand,
she
and
her
daughters;
and
your
younger
sister,
who
dwells
at
your
right
hand,
is
Sodom
with
her
daughters.
Yet
you
have
not
walked
in
their
ways,
nor
done
their
abominations;
but
soon
you were
more
corrupt
than
they
in
all
your
ways.
As
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “Sodom
your
sister
has
not
done,
she
nor
her
daughters,
as
you
have
done,
you
and
your
daughters.
“‘“Behold,
this
was
the
iniquity
of
your
sister
Sodom:
pride, fullness
of
bread,
and prosperous
ease
was
in
her
and
in
her
daughters.
She
also
didn’t
strengthen
the
hand
of
the
poor
and
needy.
They
were arrogant
and
committed
abomination
before
me.
Therefore
I
took
them
away
when
I
saw
it.
Samaria
hasn’t
committed
half
of
your
sins;
but
you
have
multiplied
your
abominations
more
than
they,
and
have
justified
your
sisters
by
all
your
abominations
which
you
have
done.
You
also
bear
your own
shame
yourself,
in
that
you
have given
judgment
for
your
sisters;
through
your
sins
that
you
have
committed
more
abominable
than
they,
they
are
more
righteous
than
you.
Yes,
be
also
confounded,
and
bear
your
shame,
in
that
you
have
justified
your
sisters.
“‘“I
will
reverse
their
captivity,
the
captivity
of
Sodom
and
her
daughters,
and
the
captivity
of
Samaria
and
her
daughters,
and
the
captivity
of
your
captives
among
them;
that
you
may
bear
your own
shame,
and
may
be
ashamed
because
of
all
that
you
have
done,
in
that
you
are
a
comfort
to
them.
Your
sisters,
Sodom
and
her
daughters,
will
return
to
their
former estate;
and
Samaria
and
her
daughters
will
return
to
their
former estate;
and
you
and
your
daughters
will
return
to
your
former estate.
For
your
sister
Sodom
was
not mentioned
by
your
mouth
in
the
day
of
your
pride,
before
your
wickedness
was
uncovered,
as
at
the
time
of
the
reproach
of
the
daughters
of
Syria,
and
of
all
who
are
around
her,
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines,
who despise
you
all
around.
You
have
borne
your
lewdness
and
your
abominations,”
says
Yahweh.
“‘For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “I
will
also
deal
with
you
as
you
have
done,
who
have
despised
the
oath
in breaking
the
covenant.
Nevertheless
I
will
remember
my
covenant
with
you
in
the
days
of
your
youth,
and
I
will
establish
an
everlasting
covenant
with
you.
Then
you
will
remember
your
ways
and
be
ashamed
when
you
receive
your
sisters,
your
elder
sisters
and
your
younger;
and
I
will
give
them
to
you
for
daughters,
but
not
by
your
covenant.
I
will
establish
my
covenant
with
you.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh;
that
you
may
remember,
and
be
confounded,
and
never
open
your
mouth
any
more
because
of
your
shame,
when
I
have forgiven
you
all
that
you
have
done,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
tell
a
riddle,
and speak
a
parable
to
the
house
of
Israel;
and
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “A
great
eagle
with
great
wings
and
long
feathers,
full
of
feathers
which
had
various
colors,
came
to
Lebanon
and
took
the
top
of
the
cedar.
He cropped
off
the
topmost
of
its
young
twigs,
and
carried
it
to
a
land
of traffic.
He planted
it
in
a
city
of
merchants.
“‘“He also
took
some
of
the
seed
of
the
land
and
planted
it
in fruitful
soil.
He
placed
it
beside
many
waters.
He
set
it
as
a
willow tree.
It grew
and
became
a
spreading
vine
of
low
stature, whose
branches
turned
toward
him,
and
its
roots
were
under
him.
So
it
became
a
vine,
produced
branches,
and
shot
out sprigs.
“‘“There
was
also
another
great
eagle
with
great
wings
and
many
feathers.
Behold,
this
vine
bent
its
roots
toward
him,
and
shot
out
its
branches
toward
him,
from
the ground
where
it
was
planted,
that
he might
water
it.
It
was
planted
in
a
good
soil
by
many
waters,
that
it might
produce
branches
and
that
it might
bear
fruit,
that
it might
be
a
good
vine.”’
“Say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Will
it
prosper?
Won’t
he
pull
up
its
roots
and
cut
off
its
fruit,
that
it
may
wither,
that
all
its fresh springing
leaves
may
wither?
It
can’t
be
raised
from
its
roots
by
a
strong
arm
or
many
people.
Yes,
behold, being
planted,
will
it
prosper?
Won’t
it utterly
wither
when
the
east
wind
touches
it?
It
will
wither
in
the ground
where
it
grew.”’”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Say
now
to
the
rebellious
house, ‘Don’t
you
know
what
these
things mean?’
Tell
them, ‘Behold,
the
king
of
Babylon
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
took
its
king,
and
its
princes,
and
brought
them
to
him
to
Babylon.
He
took
one
of
the
royal
offspring,
17:13
or, seed
and
made
a
covenant
with
him.
He
also
brought
him
under
an
oath,
and
took
away
the mighty
of
the
land,
that
the
kingdom
might
be
brought
low,
that
it
might
not
lift itself
up,
but
that
by
keeping
his
covenant
it
might
stand.
But
he
rebelled
against
him
in
sending
his
ambassadors
into
Egypt,
that
they might
give
him
horses
and
many
people.
Will
he
prosper?
Will
he
who
does
such
things
escape?
Will
he
break
the
covenant,
and still
escape?
“‘As
I
live,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh, ‘surely
in
the
place
where
the
king dwells
who
made
him
king,
whose
oath
he
despised,
and
whose
covenant
he broke,
even
with
him
in
the
middle
of
Babylon
he
will
die.
Pharaoh
with
his
mighty
army
and
great
company
won’t
help
him
in
the
war,
when
they
cast
up mounds
and
build forts
to
cut
off
many
persons.
For
he
has
despised
the
oath
by breaking
the
covenant;
and
behold,
he
had
given
his
hand,
and
yet
has
done
all
these
things.
He
won’t
escape.
“Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘As
I
live,
I
will
surely
bring
on
his own
head
my
oath
that
he
has
despised
and
my
covenant
that
he
has broken.
I
will
spread
my
net
on
him,
and
he
will
be
taken
in
my snare.
I
will
bring
him
to
Babylon,
and
will
enter
into
judgment
with
him
there
for
his
trespass
that
he
has trespassed
against
me.
All
his fugitives
in
all
his bands
will
fall
by
the
sword,
and
those
who
remain
will
be
scattered
toward
every
wind.
Then
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.’
“The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘I
will
also
take some
of
the
lofty
top
of
the
cedar,
and
will
plant
it.
I
will crop
off
from
the
topmost
of
its
young
twigs
a
tender
one,
and
I
will
plant
it
on
a
high
and
lofty
mountain.
I
will
plant
it
in
the
mountain
of
the
height
of
Israel;
and
it
will
produce
boughs,
and
bear
fruit,
and
be
a good
cedar.
Birds
of
every
kind
will
dwell
in
the
shade
of
its
branches.
All
the
trees
of
the
field
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
brought
down
the
high
tree,
have
exalted
the
low
tree,
have
dried
up
the
green
tree,
and
have
made
the
dry
tree flourish.
“‘I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
and
have
done
it.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me
again,
saying,
“What
do
you mean,
that
you
use
this
proverb
concerning
the
land
of
Israel,
saying,
‘The
fathers
have
eaten
sour
grapes,
and
the
children’s
teeth
are set
on edge’?
“As
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “you
shall
not
use
this
proverb
any
more
in
Israel.
Behold,
all
souls
are mine;
as
the
soul
of
the
father,
so also
the
soul
of
the
son
is mine.
The
soul
who
sins,
he
shall
die.
“But
if
a
man
is
just,
and
does
that which
is lawful
and
right,
and
has
not
eaten
on
the
mountains,
hasn’t
lifted
up
his
eyes
to
the
idols
of
the
house
of
Israel,
hasn’t
defiled
his
neighbor’s
wife,
hasn’t
come
near
a
woman
in
her
impurity,
and
has
not
wronged
any,
but
has
restored
to
the
debtor
his
pledge,
has
taken
nothing
by
robbery,
has
given
his
bread
to
the
hungry,
and
has
covered
the
naked
with
a
garment;
he
who
hasn’t lent
to
them
with
interest,
hasn’t
taken
any
increase
from
them,
who
has withdrawn
his
hand
from
iniquity,
has executed
true
justice
between
man
and
man,
has
walked
in
my
statutes,
and
has
kept
my
ordinances,
to
deal
truly;
he
is
just,
he
shall
surely
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“If
he
fathers
a
son
who
is
a robber
who
sheds
blood,
and
who
does
any
one
of
these
things,
or
who
does
not
do
any
of
those
things
but
has
eaten
at
the
mountain shrines
and
defiled
his
neighbor’s
wife,
has
wronged
the
poor
and
needy,
has
taken
by
robbery,
has
not
restored
the
pledge,
and
has
lifted
up
his
eyes
to
the
idols,
has
committed
abomination,
has lent
with
interest,
and
has
taken
increase
from
the poor,
shall
he
then
live?
He
shall
not
live.
He
has
done
all
these
abominations.
He
shall
surely
die.
His
blood
will
be
on
him.
“Now,
behold,
if
he
fathers
a
son
who
sees
all
his
father’s
sins
which
he
has
done,
and fears,
and
doesn’t
do
likewise,
who
hasn’t
eaten
on
the
mountains,
hasn’t
lifted
up
his
eyes
to
the
idols
of
the
house
of
Israel,
hasn’t
defiled
his
neighbor’s
wife,
hasn’t
wronged
any,
hasn’t
taken
anything
to
pledge,
hasn’t
taken
by
robbery,
but
has
given
his
bread
to
the
hungry,
and
has
covered
the
naked
with
a
garment;
who
has withdrawn
his
hand
from
the
poor,
who
hasn’t
received
interest
or
increase,
has
executed
my
ordinances,
has
walked
in
my
statutes;
he
shall
not
die
for
the
iniquity
of
his
father.
He
shall
surely
live.
As
for
his
father,
because
he cruelly
oppressed,
robbed
his
brother,
and
did
that
which
is
not
good
among
his
people,
behold,
he
will
die
in
his
iniquity.
“Yet
you
say, ‘Why
doesn’t
the
son
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
father?’
When
the
son
has
done
that
which
is lawful
and
right,
and
has
kept
all
my
statutes,
and
has
done
them,
he
will
surely
live.
The
soul
who
sins,
he
shall
die.
The
son
shall
not
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
father,
neither
shall
the
father
bear
the
iniquity
of
the
son.
The
righteousness
of
the
righteous
shall
be
on
him,
and
the
wickedness
of
the
wicked
shall
be
on
him.
“But
if
the
wicked
turns
from
all
his
sins
that
he
has
committed,
and
keeps
all
my
statutes,
and
does
that
which
is lawful
and
right,
he
shall
surely
live.
He
shall
not
die.
None
of
his
transgressions
that
he
has
committed
will
be
remembered
against
him.
In
his
righteousness
that
he
has
done,
he
shall
live.
Have
I
any
pleasure
in
the
death
of
the
wicked?”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “and
not
rather
that
he should
return
from
his
way,
and
live?
“But
when
the
righteous
turns
away
from
his
righteousness,
and
commits
iniquity,
and
does according
to
all
the
abominations
that
the
wicked
man
does,
should
he live?
None
of
his
righteous
deeds
that
he
has
done
will
be
remembered.
In
his
trespass
that
he
has trespassed,
and
in
his
sin
that
he
has
sinned,
in
them
he
shall
die.
“Yet
you
say, ‘The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not equal.’
Hear
now,
house
of
Israel:
Is
my
way
not equal? Aren’t
your
ways unequal?
When
the
righteous
man
turns
away
from
his
righteousness,
and
commits
iniquity,
and
dies
in
it,
then
he
dies
in
his
iniquity
that
he
has
done.
Again,
when
the
wicked
man
turns
away
from
his
wickedness
that
he
has
committed,
and
does
that
which
is lawful
and
right,
he
will
save
his
soul
alive.
Because
he
considers,
and
turns
away
from
all
his
transgressions
that
he
has
committed,
he
shall
surely
live.
He
shall
not
die.
Yet
the
house
of
Israel
says, ‘The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not fair.’
House
of
Israel, aren’t
my
ways fair? Aren’t
your
ways unfair?
“Therefore
I
will
judge
you,
house
of
Israel,
everyone
according
to
his
ways,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh. “Return,
and
turn
yourselves
from
all
your
transgressions,
so
iniquity
will
not
be
your ruin.
Cast
away
from
you
all
your
transgressions
in
which
you
have
transgressed;
and
make
yourself
a
new
heart
and
a
new
spirit.
For
why
will
you
die,
house
of
Israel?
For
I
have
no
pleasure
in
the
death
of
him
who
dies,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh. “Therefore
turn yourselves,
and
live!
“Moreover,
take
up
a
lamentation
for
the
princes
of
Israel,
and
say,
‘What
was
your
mother?
A
lioness.
She couched
among
lions,
in
the
middle
of
the
young
lions
she nourished
her
cubs.
She
brought
up
one
of
her
cubs.
He
became
a
young
lion.
He
learned
to catch
the
prey.
He
devoured
men.
The
nations
also
heard
of
him.
He
was
taken
in
their
pit;
and
they
brought
him
with
hooks
to
the
land
of
Egypt.
“‘Now
when
she
saw
that
she
had
waited,
and
her
hope
was
lost,
then
she
took
another
of
her
cubs,
and
made
him
a
young
lion.
He
went
up
and
down
among
the
lions.
He
became
a
young
lion.
He
learned
to catch
the
prey.
He
devoured
men.
He
knew
their palaces,
and laid waste
their
cities.
The
land
was
desolate
with
its
fullness,
because
of
the
noise
of
his
roaring.
Then
the
nations attacked
him
on
every
side
from
the
provinces.
They
spread
their
net
over
him.
He
was
taken
in
their
pit.
They
put
him
in
a
cage
with
hooks,
and
brought
him
to
the
king
of
Babylon.
They
brought
him
into strongholds,
so
that
his
voice
should
no
more
be
heard
on
the
mountains
of
Israel.
“‘Your
mother
was
like
a
vine
in
your
blood,
planted
by
the
waters.
It
was
fruitful
and
full
of
branches
by
reason
of
many
waters.
It
had
strong
branches
for
the
scepters
of
those who
ruled.
Their
stature
was
exalted
among
the thick boughs.
They
were
seen
in
their
height
with
the
multitude
of
their
branches.
But
it
was
plucked
up
in
fury.
It
was
cast
down
to
the
ground,
and
the
east
wind
dried
up
its
fruit.
Its
strong
branches
were broken
off
and
withered.
The
fire
consumed
them.
Now it
is
planted
in
the
wilderness,
in
a
dry
and
thirsty
land.
Fire
has
gone
out
of
its
branches.
It
has
devoured
its
fruit,
so
that
there
is
in
it
no
strong
branch
to
be
a
scepter
to
rule.’
This
is
a
lamentation,
and
shall
be
for
a
lamentation.”
In
the
seventh
year,
in
the
fifth
month,
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
some
of
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
inquire
of
Yahweh,
and
sat
before
me.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
speak
to
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Is
it
to
inquire
of
me
that
you
have
come?
As
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “I
will
not
be
inquired
of
by
you.”’
“Will
you
judge
them,
son
of
man?
Will
you
judge
them? Cause
them
to
know
the
abominations
of
their
fathers.
Tell
them, ‘The
Lord
Yahweh
says: “In
the
day
when
I
chose
Israel,
and
swore
to
the
offspring
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
made
myself
known
to
them
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
when
I
swore
to
them,
saying, ‘I
am
Yahweh
your
God;’
in
that
day
I
swore
to
them
to
bring
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
into
a
land
that
I
had searched
out
for
them,
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
which
is
the glory
of
all
lands.
I
said
to
them, ‘Each
of
you
throw
away
the
abominations
of
his
eyes.
Don’t
defile
yourselves
with
the
idols
of
Egypt.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.’
“‘“But
they
rebelled
against
me
and wouldn’t
listen
to
me.
They
didn’t
all
throw
away
the
abominations
of
their
eyes.
They
also
didn’t
forsake
the
idols
of
Egypt.
Then
I
said
I
would
pour
out
my
wrath
on
them,
to
accomplish
my
anger
against
them
in
the
middle
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
But
I
worked
for
my
name’s
sake,
that
it
should
not
be
profaned
in
the
sight
of
the
nations
among
which
they
were,
in
whose
sight
I
made
myself
known
to
them
in
bringing
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt.
So
I caused
them
to
go
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
and
brought
them
into
the
wilderness.
I
gave
them
my
statutes
and
showed
them
my
ordinances,
which
if
a
man
does,
he
will live
in
them.
Moreover
also
I
gave
them
my
Sabbaths,
to
be
a
sign
between
me
and
them,
that
they
might
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
them.
“‘“But
the
house
of
Israel
rebelled
against
me
in
the
wilderness.
They
didn’t
walk
in
my
statutes
and
they
rejected
my
ordinances,
which
if
a
man keeps,
he
shall
live
in
them.
They
greatly
profaned
my
Sabbaths.
Then
I
said
I
would
pour
out
my
wrath
on
them
in
the
wilderness,
to
consume
them.
But
I
worked
for
my
name’s
sake,
that
it
should
not
be
profaned
in
the
sight
of
the
nations,
in
whose
sight
I
brought
them
out.
Moreover
also
I
swore
to
them
in
the
wilderness
that
I
would
not
bring
them
into
the
land
which
I
had
given
them,
flowing
with
milk
and
honey,
which
is
the glory
of
all
lands,
because
they
rejected
my
ordinances,
and
didn’t
walk
in
my
statutes,
and
profaned
my
Sabbaths;
for
their
heart
went
after
their
idols.
Nevertheless
my
eye
spared
them,
and
I
didn’t
destroy
them.
I
didn’t
make
a
full
end
of
them
in
the
wilderness.
I
said
to
their
children
in
the
wilderness, ‘Don’t walk
in
the
statutes
of
your
fathers.
Don’t
observe
their
ordinances
or
defile
yourselves
with
their
idols.
I
am
Yahweh
your
God. Walk
in
my
statutes,
keep
my
ordinances,
and
do
them.
Make
my
Sabbaths
holy.
They
shall
be
a
sign
between
me
and
you,
that
you
may
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
your
God.’
“‘“But
the
children
rebelled
against
me.
They
didn’t
walk
in
my
statutes,
and
didn’t
keep
my
ordinances
to
do
them,
which
if
a
man
does,
he
shall
live
in
them.
They
profaned
my
Sabbaths.
Then
I
said
I
would
pour
out
my
wrath
on
them,
to
accomplish
my
anger
against
them
in
the
wilderness.
Nevertheless
I
withdrew
my
hand
and
worked
for
my
name’s
sake,
that
it
should
not
be
profaned
in
the
sight
of
the
nations,
in
whose
sight
I
brought
them
out.
Moreover
I
swore
to
them
in
the
wilderness,
that
I would
scatter
them
among
the
nations
and
disperse
them
through
the
countries,
because
they
had
not executed
my
ordinances,
but
had
rejected
my
statutes,
and
had
profaned
my
Sabbaths,
and
their
eyes
were
after
their
fathers’
idols.
Moreover
also
I
gave
them
statutes
that
were
not
good,
and
ordinances
in which
they
couldn’t
live.
I polluted
them
in
their own
gifts,
in
that
they
caused
all
that opens
the
womb
to
pass
through
the fire,
that
I
might
make
them
desolate,
to
the end
that
they
might
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”’
“Therefore,
son
of
man,
speak
to
the
house
of
Israel,
and
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Moreover,
in
this
your
fathers
have
blasphemed
me,
in
that
they
have
committed
a
trespass
against
me.
For
when
I
had
brought
them
into
the
land
which
I
swore
to
give
to
them,
then
they
saw
every
high
hill
and
every thick
tree,
and
they
offered
there
their
sacrifices,
and
there
they
presented
the provocation
of
their
offering.
There
they
also
made
their pleasant
aroma,
and
there
they poured
out
their drink
offerings.
Then
I
said
to
them, ‘What
does
the
high
place
where
you
go mean?’
So
its
name
is
called
Bamah
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“Bamah” means “High Place”.
to
this
day.”’
“Therefore
tell
the
house
of
Israel, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Do
you pollute
yourselves
in
the
way
of
your
fathers?
Do
you
play
the
prostitute
after
their
abominations?
When
you
offer
your
gifts,
when
you
make
your
sons
pass
through
the
fire,
do
you pollute
yourselves
with
all
your
idols
to
this
day?
Should
I
be
inquired
of
by
you,
house
of
Israel?
As
I
live,
says
the
Lord Yahweh,
I
will
not
be
inquired
of
by
you!
“‘“That
which
comes
into
your
mind
will
not
be
at
all,
in
that
you
say, ‘We
will
be
as
the
nations,
as
the
families
of
the
countries,
to
serve
wood
and
stone.’
As
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “surely
with
a
mighty
hand,
with
an
outstretched
arm,
and
with
wrath
poured
out,
I
will
be
king
over
you.
I
will
bring
you
out
from
the
peoples,
and
will
gather
you
out
of
the
countries
in
which
you
are
scattered
with
a
mighty
hand,
with
an
outstretched
arm,
and
with
wrath
poured
out.
I
will
bring
you
into
the
wilderness
of
the
peoples,
and
there
I
will
enter
into
judgment
with
you
face
to
face.
Just
as
I
entered
into
judgment
with
your
fathers
in
the
wilderness
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
so
I
will
enter
into
judgment
with
you,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“I
will cause
you
to
pass
under
the
rod,
and
I
will
bring
you
into
the
bond
of
the
covenant.
I
will
purge
out
from
among
you
the
rebels
and
those
who disobey
me.
I
will
bring
them
out
of
the
land
where
they live,
but
they
shall
not
enter
into
the
land
of
Israel.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
“‘As
for
you,
house
of
Israel,
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Go,
everyone
serve
his
idols,
and hereafter
also,
if
you
will
not
listen
to
me;
but
you
shall
no
more
profane
my
holy
name
with
your
gifts
and
with
your
idols.
For
in
my
holy
mountain,
in
the
mountain
of
the
height
of
Israel,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “there
all
the
house
of
Israel,
all
of
them,
shall
serve
me
in
the
land.
There
I
will
accept
them,
and
there
I
will
require
your
offerings
and
the
first
fruits
of
your
offerings,
with
all
your
holy
things.
I
will
accept
you
as
a pleasant
aroma
when
I
bring
you
out
from
the
peoples
and
gather
you
out
of
the
countries
in
which
you
have
been
scattered.
I
will
be
sanctified
in
you
in
the
sight
of
the
nations.
You
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
when
I
bring
you
into
the
land
of
Israel,
into
the
country
which
I
swore
to
give
to
your
fathers.
There
you
will
remember
your
ways,
and
all
your
deeds
in
which
you
have polluted
yourselves.
Then
you
will loathe
yourselves
in
your
own
sight
for
all
your evils
that
you
have
committed.
You
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
when
I
have dealt
with
you
for
my
name’s
sake,
not according
to
your
evil
ways,
nor according
to
your
corrupt doings,
you
house
of
Israel,”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.’”
Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
“Son of man, set your face toward the south, and preach toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the south.
Tell the forest of the south, ‘Hear Yahweh’s word: The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree. The burning flame will not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north will be burned by it.
All flesh will see that I, Yahweh, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.”’”
Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! They say of me, ‘Isn’t he a speaker of parables?’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
set
your
face
toward Jerusalem,
and
preach
toward
the sanctuaries,
and
prophesy
against
the
land
of Israel.
Tell
the
land
of Israel, ‘Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
am
against
you,
and
will draw
my sword
out
of
its sheath,
and
will cut
off
from
you
the righteous
and
the wicked.
Seeing
then
that
I
will cut off
from
you
the righteous
and
the wicked,
therefore
my sword
will
go
out
of
its sheath
against
all
flesh
from
the south
to
the north.
All flesh
will know
that
I, Yahweh,
have drawn
my sword out
of
its sheath.
It
will
not return
any
more.”’
“Therefore sigh,
you son
of man.
You
shall sigh
before
their eyes
with
a broken heart
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literally, the breaking of your thighs
and
with bitterness.
It
shall
be,
when
they ask
you, ‘Why do
you sigh?’
that
you
shall
say, ‘Because
of
the news,
for
it
comes! Every heart
will melt, all hands
will
be feeble, every spirit
will faint,
and all knees
will
be weak
as water. Behold,
it
comes,
and
it
shall
be done, says
the Lord Yahweh.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man, prophesy,
and say, ‘Yahweh
says:
“A
sword!
A
sword!
It
is sharpened,
and
also polished.
It
is sharpened
that
it
may
make
a slaughter.
It
is polished
that
it
may
be
as lightning.
Should
we
then
make mirth?
The rod
of
my son condemns
every tree.
It
is given
to
be polished,
that
it
may
be handled.
The sword
is sharpened.
Yes,
it
is polished
to give
it into
the hand
of
the killer.”’
Cry
and wail, son
of
man;
for
it
is
on
my
people.
It
is
on
all
the princes
of Israel.
They
are
delivered
over
to
the sword
with
my
people.
Therefore beat
your thigh.
“For
there
is
a trial.
What
if even
the rod
that condemns
will
be no more?”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.
“You
therefore,
son
of
man,
prophesy,
and strike
your hands
together.
Let
the
sword
be doubled
the third time,
the
sword
of
the fatally wounded.
It
is
the
sword
of
the great
one
who
is fatally wounded,
which enters
into
their rooms.
I
have set
the threatening sword
against
all
their gates,
that
their heart
may melt,
and
their stumblings
be multiplied.
Ah!
It
is
made
as
lightning.
It
is pointed
for
slaughter.
Gather
yourselves together.
Go
to
the right.
Set
yourselves
in array.
Go
to
the
left,
wherever
your face
is
set.
I
will
also
strike
my hands
together,
and
I
will
cause
my wrath
to
rest.
I, Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.”
Yahweh’s word
came
to
me
again, saying,
“Also,
you
son
of
man, appoint
two ways,
that
the
sword
of
the king
of Babylon
may come.
They
both
will come
out
of
one land,
and mark
out
a place. Mark
it
out
at
the head
of
the way
to
the
city.
You
shall
appoint
a
way
for
the
sword
to come
to Rabbah
of
the children
of Ammon,
and
to Judah
in
Jerusalem
the fortified.
For
the king
of Babylon stood at
the parting
of
the
way, at
the
head
of
the two ways,
to use divination.
He shook
the arrows back
and forth.
He consulted
the teraphim.
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teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
He looked
in
the liver.
In
his
right
hand
was
the lot
for Jerusalem,
to
set battering rams,
to open
the mouth
in
the
slaughter,
to lift
up
the voice
with shouting,
to
set battering rams
against
the gates,
to
cast
up mounds,
and
to build forts.
It
will
be
to
them
as
a false divination
in
their sight,
who
have sworn oaths
to
them;
but
he brings iniquity
to memory,
that
they
may
be
taken.
“Therefore
the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because
you
have caused
your iniquity
to
be remembered,
in
that
your transgressions
are uncovered,
so
that
in
all
your doings
your sins appear;
because
you
have
come
to memory,
you
will
be
taken
with
the
hand.
“‘You, deadly wounded wicked
one,
the prince
of Israel,
whose day
has
come,
in
the time
of
the iniquity
of
the end,
the Lord Yahweh says: “Remove
the turban,
and
take
off
the crown.
This
will
not
be
as
it
was. Exalt
that which
is low,
and humble
that which
is high.
I
will overturn, overturn, overturn
it. This also
will
be no
more,
until
he
comes whose
right
it
is;
and
I
will
give
it.”’
“You, son
of man, prophesy
and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says
this concerning
the children
of Ammon,
and concerning
their reproach:
“A sword!
A sword
is drawn!
It
is polished
for
the slaughter,
to
cause
it
to devour,
that
it
may
be
as lightning;
while
they
see
for
you false visions,
while
they divine lies
to
you,
to
lay
you
on
the necks
of
the wicked
who
are deadly wounded,
whose day
has
come
in
the time
of
the
iniquity
of
the end.
Cause
it
to
return
into
its sheath.
In
the
place
where
you
were created,
in
the land
of
your birth,
I
will judge
you.
I
will pour out
my indignation
on
you.
I
will blow
on
you
with
the fire
of
my wrath.
I
will deliver
you
into
the hand
of brutish
men,
skillful
to destroy.
You
will
be
for fuel
to
the fire.
Your blood
will
be
in
the middle
of
the land.
You
will
be remembered
no
more;
for
I, Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.”’”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“You,
son
of
man,
will
you
judge?
Will
you
judge
the
bloody
city?
Then cause
her
to
know
all
her
abominations.
You shall
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “A
city
that
sheds
blood
within
herself,
that
her
time
may
come,
and
that
makes
idols
against
herself
to
defile
her!
You
have
become
guilty
in
your
blood
that
you
have
shed,
and
are
defiled
in
your
idols
which
you
have
made!
You
have
caused
your
days
to
draw
near,
and
have
come
to
the end
of
your
years.
Therefore
I
have
made
you
a
reproach
to
the
nations,
and
a
mocking
to
all
the
countries.
Those
who
are
near
and
those
who
are
far
from
you
will
mock
you,
you infamous
one,
full
of
tumult.
“‘“Behold,
the
princes
of
Israel,
everyone
according
to
his
power,
have
been
in
you
to
shed
blood.
In
you
have
they
treated
father
and
mother
with
contempt.
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Literally,
made light of father and mother.
Among
you
they
have oppressed
the
foreigner.
In
you
they
have
wronged
the
fatherless
and
the
widow.
You
have
despised
my
holy
things,
and
have
profaned
my
Sabbaths.
Slanderous
men
have
been
in
you
to
shed
blood.
In
you
they
have
eaten
on
the
mountains.
They
have
committed
lewdness
among
you.
In
you
have
they
uncovered
their
fathers’
nakedness.
In
you
have
they humbled
her
who
was
unclean
in
her
impurity.
One
has
committed
abomination
with
his
neighbor’s
wife,
and
another
has
lewdly
defiled
his
daughter-in-law.
Another
in
you
has humbled
his
sister,
his
father’s
daughter.
In
you
have
they
taken
bribes
to
shed
blood.
You
have
taken
interest
and
increase,
and
you
have greedily gained
of
your
neighbors
by
oppression,
and
have
forgotten
me,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“‘“Behold,
therefore
I
have
struck
my
hand
at
your
dishonest
gain
which
you
have
made,
and
at
the
blood
which
has
been
shed
within
you.
Can
your
heart
endure,
or
can
your
hands
be
strong,
in
the
days
that
I
will
deal
with
you?
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it,
and
will
do
it.
I
will
scatter
you
among
the
nations,
and
disperse
you
through
the
countries.
I
will purge
your filthiness
out
of
you.
You
will
be
profaned
in
yourself
in
the
sight
of
the
nations.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
the
house
of
Israel
has
become
dross
to
me.
All
of
them
are
bronze,
tin,
iron,
and
lead
in
the
middle
of
the
furnace.
They
are
the
dross
of
silver.
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Because
you
have
all
become
dross,
therefore,
behold,
I
will
gather
you
into
the
middle
of
Jerusalem.
As
they
gather
silver,
bronze,
iron,
lead,
and
tin
into
the
middle
of
the
furnace,
to
blow
the
fire
on
it,
to
melt
it,
so
I
will
gather
you
in
my
anger
and
in
my
wrath,
and
I
will lay
you
there
and
melt
you.
Yes,
I
will
gather
you,
and
blow
on
you
with
the
fire
of
my
wrath,
and
you
will be
melted
in
the
middle
of
it.
As
silver
is
melted
in
the
middle
of
the
furnace,
so
you
will
be
melted
in
the
middle
of
it;
and
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
poured
out
my
wrath
on
you.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
tell
her, ‘You
are
a
land
that
is
not
cleansed
nor rained
on
in
the
day
of
indignation.’
There
is
a
conspiracy
of
her
prophets
within
it,
like
a
roaring
lion
ravening
the
prey.
They
have
devoured
souls.
They
take
treasure
and
precious
things.
They
have
made
many
widows
within
it.
Her
priests
have
done
violence
to
my
law
and
have
profaned
my
holy
things.
They
have
made
no
distinction
between
the
holy
and
the
common,
neither
have
they caused men
to
discern
between
the
unclean
and
the
clean,
and
have
hidden
their
eyes
from
my
Sabbaths.
So
I am
profaned
among
them.
Her
princes
within
it
are
like
wolves
ravening
the
prey,
to
shed
blood
and
to
destroy
souls,
that
they
may
get
dishonest
gain.
Her
prophets
have
plastered
for
them
with whitewash, seeing
false
visions,
and
divining
lies
to
them,
saying, ‘The
Lord
Yahweh
says,’
when
Yahweh
has
not
spoken.
The
people
of
the
land
have used
oppression
and exercised
robbery. Yes,
they
have troubled
the
poor
and
needy,
and
have
oppressed
the
foreigner wrongfully.
“I
sought
for
a
man
among
them
who
would
build
up
the
wall
and
stand
in
the
gap
before
me
for
the
land,
that
I
would
not
destroy
it;
but
I
found
no
one.
Therefore
I
have
poured
out
my
indignation
on
them.
I
have
consumed
them
with
the
fire
of
my
wrath.
I
have
brought
their own
way
on
their
heads,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
Yahweh’s
word
came
again
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
there
were
two
women,
the
daughters
of
one
mother.
They
played
the
prostitute
in
Egypt.
They
played
the
prostitute
in
their
youth.
Their
breasts
were
fondled
there,
and
their youthful
nipples
were caressed
there.
Their
names
were
Oholah
the
elder,
and
Oholibah
her
sister.
They
became mine,
and
they
bore
sons
and
daughters.
As
for
their
names,
Samaria
is
Oholah,
and
Jerusalem
Oholibah.
“Oholah
played
the
prostitute
when she was
mine. She doted
on
her
lovers,
on
the Assyrians
her
neighbors,
who were
clothed
with
blue—governors
and
rulers,
all
of
them
desirable
young
men,
horsemen
riding
on
horses.
She
gave
herself
as
a prostitute
to
them,
all
of
them
the
choicest
men
of
Assyria.
She
defiled
herself
with
the
idols
of
whoever
she
lusted
after.
She
hasn’t
left
her prostitution
since
leaving
Egypt;
for
in
her
youth
they
lay
with
her.
They caressed
her youthful
nipples
and
they
poured
out
their prostitution
on
her.
“Therefore
I
delivered
her
into
the
hand
of
her
lovers,
into
the
hand
of
the Assyrians
on
whom
she doted.
These
uncovered
her
nakedness.
They
took
her
sons
and
her
daughters,
and
they
killed
her
with
the
sword. She
became
a
byword
among
women;
for
they executed
judgments
on
her.
“Her
sister
Oholibah
saw this, yet she
was
more
corrupt
in
her lusting
than she,
and
in
her prostitution which
was
more
depraved
than
the prostitution
of
her
sister.
She
lusted
after
the Assyrians,
governors
and
rulers—her
neighbors,
clothed most gorgeously,
horsemen
riding
on
horses,
all
of
them
desirable
young
men.
I
saw
that
she
was
defiled.
They
both went
the
same
way.
“She
increased
her prostitution;
for she
saw
men
portrayed
on
the
wall,
the
images
of
the
Chaldeans
portrayed
with
red,
dressed
with
belts
on
their waists,
with
flowing
turbans
on
their
heads,
all
of
them
looking
like princes,
after
the
likeness
of
the
Babylonians
in
Chaldea,
the
land
of
their
birth.
As soon
as she saw
them, she
lusted
after
them
and
sent
messengers
to
them
into
Chaldea.
The Babylonians
came
to
her
into
the
bed
of
love,
and
they
defiled
her
with
their prostitution. She
was polluted
with
them,
and
her
soul
was
alienated
from
them.
So
she
uncovered
her prostitution
and
uncovered
her
nakedness.
Then
my
soul
was
alienated
from
her,
just
like
my
soul
was
alienated
from
her
sister.
Yet
she
multiplied
her prostitution,
remembering
the
days
of
her
youth,
in
which
she
had
played
the
prostitute
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
She
lusted
after
their
lovers,
whose
flesh
is
as
the
flesh
of
donkeys,
and
whose
issue
is
like
the
issue
of
horses.
Thus
you called
to memory
the
lewdness
of
your
youth,
in
the caressing
of
your
nipples
by
the
Egyptians
because
of
your youthful
breasts.
“Therefore,
Oholibah,
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
raise
up
your
lovers
against
you,
from
whom
your
soul
is
alienated,
and
I
will
bring
them
against
you
on
every
side:
the
Babylonians
and
all
the
Chaldeans,
Pekod,
Shoa,
Koa,
and
all
the Assyrians
with
them;
all
of
them
desirable
young
men,
governors
and
rulers, princes
and
men
of
renown,
all
of
them
riding
on
horses.
They
will
come
against
you
with
weapons,
chariots,
and
wagons,
and
with
a
company
of
peoples.
They
will
set
themselves
against
you
with
buckler,
shield,
and
helmet
all
around.
I
will
commit
the
judgment
to
them,
and
they
will
judge
you
according
to
their
judgments.
I
will
set
my
jealousy
against
you,
and
they
will
deal
with
you
in
fury.
They
will
take
away
your
nose
and
your
ears.
Your remnant
will
fall
by
the
sword.
They
will
take
your
sons
and
your
daughters;
and
the
rest
of
you
will
be
devoured
by
the
fire.
They will
also
strip
you
of
your
clothes
and
take
away
your
beautiful
jewels.
Thus
I
will
make
your
lewdness
to
cease
from
you,
and
remove
your
prostitution
from
the
land
of
Egypt,
so
that
you
will
not
lift
up
your
eyes
to
them,
nor
remember
Egypt
any
more.’
“For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
deliver
you
into
the
hand
of
them
whom
you
hate,
into
the
hand
of
them
from
whom
your
soul
is
alienated.
They
will
deal
with
you
in
hatred,
and
will
take
away
all
your
labor,
and
will
leave
you
naked
and
bare.
The
nakedness
of
your prostitution
will
be
uncovered,
both
your
lewdness
and
your prostitution.
These
things
will
be
done
to
you
because
you
have
played
the
prostitute
after
the
nations,
and
because
you
are polluted
with
their
idols.
You
have
walked
in
the
way
of
your
sister; therefore
I
will
give
her
cup
into
your
hand.’
“The
Lord Yahweh
says:
‘You
will
drink
of
your
sister’s
cup,
which
is
deep
and large.
You
will
be ridiculed
and
held
in derision.
It
contains
much.
You
will
be
filled
with
drunkenness
and
sorrow,
with
the
cup
of astonishment
and
desolation,
with
the
cup
of
your
sister
Samaria.
You
will
even
drink
it
and
drain
it
out.
You
will
gnaw
the
broken pieces
of
it,
and
will
tear
your
breasts;
for
I
have
spoken
it,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Because
you
have
forgotten
me
and
cast
me
behind
your
back,
therefore
you
also
bear
your
lewdness
and
your prostitution.’”
Yahweh
said moreover
to
me: “Son
of
man,
will
you
judge
Oholah
and
Oholibah?
Then
declare
to
them
their
abominations.
For
they
have
committed
adultery,
and
blood
is
in
their
hands.
They
have
committed
adultery
with
their
idols.
They
have
also
caused
their
sons,
whom
they
bore
to
me,
to
pass
through
the fire
to
them
to
be devoured.
Moreover
this
they
have
done
to
me:
they
have
defiled
my
sanctuary
in
the
same
day,
and
have
profaned
my
Sabbaths.
For
when
they
had
slain
their
children
to
their
idols,
then
they
came
the
same
day
into
my
sanctuary
to
profane
it;
and
behold,
they
have
done
this
in
the
middle
of
my
house.
“Furthermore
you sisters
have
sent
for
men
who
come
from
far
away,
to
whom
a
messenger
was
sent,
and
behold,
they
came;
for
whom
you
washed
yourself,
painted
your
eyes, decorated
yourself
with
ornaments,
and
sat
on
a stately
bed,
with
a
table prepared
before
it, whereupon
you
set
my
incense
and
my
oil.
“The
voice
of
a
multitude being
at
ease
was
with
her.
With
men
of
the common sort
were
brought
drunkards
from
the
wilderness;
and
they
put
bracelets
on
their
hands,
and
beautiful
crowns
on
their
heads.
Then
I
said
of
her
who
was old
in
adulteries, ‘Now
they
will
play
the
prostitute
with
her,
and
she
with
them.’
They
went
in
to
her,
as
they
go
in
to
a
prostitute.
So
they
went
in
to
Oholah
and
to
Oholibah,
the
lewd
women.
Righteous
men
will
judge
them
with
the
judgment
of
adulteresses
and
with
the
judgment
of women
who
shed
blood,
because
they
are
adulteresses,
and
blood
is
in
their
hands.
“For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘I
will
bring
up
a mob
against
them,
and
will
give
them
to
be tossed
back
and
forth
and robbed.
The
company
will
stone
them
with
stones
and dispatch
them
with
their
swords.
They
will
kill
their
sons
and
their
daughters,
and
burn
up
their
houses
with
fire.
“‘Thus
I
will cause
lewdness
to
cease
out
of
the
land,
that
all
women
may
be
taught
not
to
be
lewd
like
you.
They
will recompense
your
lewdness
on
you,
and
you
will
bear
the
sins
of
your
idols.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
Again,
in
the
ninth
year,
in
the
tenth
month,
in
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
write
the
name
of
the
day,
this
same
day.
The
king
of
Babylon drew close
to
Jerusalem
this
same
day.
Utter
a
parable
to
the
rebellious
house,
and
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says,
“Put
the cauldron
on
the fire.
Put
it
on,
and
also
pour
water
into
it.
Gather
its
pieces
into
it,
even
every
good
piece:
the
thigh
and
the
shoulder.
Fill
it
with
the
choice
bones.
Take
the
choice
of
the
flock,
and
also
a
pile
of
wood
for
the
bones
under
the cauldron.
Make
it
boil
well.
Yes, let
its
bones
be
boiled
within
it.”
“‘Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“Woe
to
the
bloody
city,
to
the cauldron
whose
rust
is
in
it,
and
whose
rust
hasn’t
gone
out
of
it!
Take
out
of
it
piece
after
piece
without casting
lots
for
it.
“‘“For
the
blood
she
shed
is
in
the
middle
of
her.
She
set
it
on
the
bare
rock.
She
didn’t
pour
it
on
the
ground,
to
cover
it
with
dust.
That
it
may
cause
wrath
to
come
up
to
take
vengeance,
I
have
set
her
blood
on
the
bare
rock,
that
it should
not
be
covered.”
“‘Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“Woe
to
the
bloody
city!
I
also
will
make
the
pile
great.
Heap
on
the
wood.
Make
the
fire hot.
Boil
the
meat
well.
Make
the broth thick,
and let
the
bones
be
burned.
Then
set
it
empty
on
its
coals,
that
it
may be
hot,
and
its
bronze
may
burn,
and
that
its filthiness
may be molten
in
it,
that
its
rust
may be
consumed.
She
is
weary
with
toil;
yet
her
great
rust,
rust
by
fire,
doesn’t
leave
her.
“‘“In
your filthiness
is
lewdness.
Because
I
have
cleansed
you
and
you weren’t
cleansed,
you
won’t
be
cleansed
from
your filthiness
any
more,
until
I
have caused
my
wrath
toward
you
to
rest.
“‘“I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.
It
will happen,
and
I
will
do
it.
I
won’t
go
back.
I
won’t
spare.
I
won’t
repent. According
to
your
ways
and according
to
your doings,
they
will
judge
you,”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.’”
Also
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
behold,
I
will
take
away
from
you
the
desire
of
your
eyes
with
one stroke;
yet
you
shall
neither
mourn
nor
weep,
neither
shall
your
tears run down.
Sigh,
but
not aloud.
Make
no
mourning
for
the
dead.
Bind
your headdress
on
you,
and
put
your
sandals
on
your
feet.
Don’t
cover
your lips,
and
don’t
eat mourner’s
bread.”
So
I
spoke
to
the
people
in
the
morning,
and
at
evening
my
wife
died.
So
I
did
in
the
morning
as
I
was
commanded.
The
people
asked
me, “Won’t
you
tell
us
what
these
things mean
to
us,
that
you
act
like
this?”
Then
I
said
to
them, “Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
‘Speak
to
the
house
of
Israel, “The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
profane
my
sanctuary,
the
pride
of
your
power,
the
desire
of
your
eyes,
and
that
which
your
soul pities;
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters
whom
you
have
left behind
will
fall
by
the
sword.
You
will
do
as
I
have
done.
You
won’t
cover
your lips
or
eat mourner’s
bread.
Your
turbans
will
be
on
your
heads,
and
your
sandals
on
your
feet.
You
won’t
mourn
or
weep;
but
you
will pine
away
in
your
iniquities,
and moan
one
toward
another.
Thus
Ezekiel
will
be
a
sign
to
you; according
to
all
that
he
has
done,
you
will
do.
When
this
comes,
then
you
will
know
that
I
am
the
Lord Yahweh.’”’”
“You,
son
of
man, shouldn’t
it
be
in
the
day
when
I
take
from
them
their
strength,
the
joy
of
their
glory,
the
desire
of
their
eyes,
and
that whereupon
they set
their
heart—their
sons
and
their
daughters—
that
in
that
day
he
who escapes
will
come
to
you,
to cause
you
to
hear
it
with
your
ears?
In
that
day
your
mouth
will
be
opened
to
him
who
has escaped,
and
you
will
speak
and
be
no
more
mute.
So
you
will
be
a
sign
to
them.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
set
your
face
toward
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
prophesy
against
them.
Tell
the
children
of
Ammon, ‘Hear
the
word
of
the
Lord Yahweh!
The
Lord Yahweh
says, “Because
you
said, ‘Aha!’
against
my
sanctuary
when
it
was
profaned,
and
against
the
land
of
Israel
when
it
was
made
desolate,
and
against
the
house
of
Judah
when
they
went
into captivity,
therefore,
behold,
I
will
deliver
you
to
the
children
of
the
east
for
a
possession.
They
will
set
their
encampments
in
you
and
make
their
dwellings
in
you.
They
will
eat
your
fruit
and
they
will
drink
your
milk.
I
will
make
Rabbah
a stable
for
camels
and
the
children
of
Ammon
a
resting
place
for
flocks.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Because
you
have
clapped
your
hands,
stamped
with
the
feet,
and
rejoiced
with
all
the
contempt
of
your
soul
against
the
land
of
Israel,
therefore,
behold,
I
have
stretched
out
my
hand
on
you,
and
will
deliver
you
for
a plunder
to
the
nations.
I
will
cut
you
off
from
the
peoples,
and
I
will
cause
you
to
perish
out
of
the
countries.
I
will
destroy
you.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Because
Moab
and
Seir
say, ‘Behold,
the
house
of
Judah
is
like
all
the
nations,’
therefore,
behold,
I
will
open
the
side
of
Moab
from
the
cities,
from
his
cities which
are
on
its frontiers,
the glory
of
the
country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon,
and
Kiriathaim,
to
the
children
of
the
east,
to go
against
the
children
of
Ammon;
and
I
will
give
them
for
a
possession,
that
the
children
of
Ammon
may
not
be
remembered
among
the
nations.
I
will execute
judgments
on
Moab.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Because
Edom
has dealt against
the
house
of
Judah
by
taking
vengeance,
and
has greatly offended,
and
taken
revenge
on
them,”
therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says, “I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
on
Edom,
and
will
cut
off
man
and
animal
from
it;
and
I
will
make
it desolate
from
Teman.
They
will
fall
by
the
sword
even
to
Dedan.
I
will
lay
my
vengeance
on
Edom
by
the
hand
of
my
people
Israel.
They
will
do
in
Edom
according
to
my
anger
and
according
to
my
wrath.
Then
they
will
know
my
vengeance,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Because
the
Philistines
have
taken
revenge,
and
have
taken
vengeance
with
contempt
of
soul
to
destroy
with
perpetual
hostility,”
therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says, “Behold,
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
on
the
Philistines,
and
I
will
cut
off
the
Cherethites,
and
destroy
the
remnant
of
the
sea
coast.
I
will
execute
great
vengeance
on
them
with
wrathful
rebukes.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
when
I
lay
my
vengeance
on
them.”’”
In
the
eleventh
year,
in
the
first
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
because
Tyre
has
said
against
Jerusalem, ‘Aha!
She
is
broken!
She
who
was
the
gateway
of
the
peoples
has
been
returned
to
me.
I
will
be replenished,
now
that
she
is laid waste;’
therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says, ‘Behold,
I
am
against
you,
Tyre,
and
will cause
many
nations
to
come
up
against
you,
as
the
sea causes
its
waves
to
come
up.
They
will
destroy
the
walls
of
Tyre,
and
break
down
her
towers.
I
will
also
scrape
her
dust
from
her,
and
make
her
a
bare
rock.
She
will
be
a
place
for
the spreading
of
nets
in
the
middle
of
the
sea;
for
I
have
spoken
it,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh. ‘She
will
become
plunder
for
the
nations.
Her
daughters
who
are
in
the
field
will
be
slain
with
the
sword.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’
“For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
bring
on
Tyre
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon,
king
of
kings,
from
the
north,
with
horses,
with
chariots,
with
horsemen,
and
an
army
with
many
people.
He
will
kill
your
daughters
in
the
field
with
the
sword.
He
will
make forts
against
you,
cast
up
a mound
against
you,
and
raise
up
the buckler
against
you.
He
will
set
his
battering engines
against
your
walls,
and
with
his
axes
he
will
break
down
your
towers.
By reason
of
the
abundance
of
his
horses,
their
dust
will
cover
you.
Your
walls
will
shake
at
the
noise
of
the
horsemen,
of
the
wagons,
and
of
the
chariots,
when
he
enters
into
your
gates,
as men
enter
into
a
city which
is
broken
open.
He
will
tread
down
all
your
streets
with
the
hoofs
of
his
horses.
He
will
kill
your
people
with
the
sword.
The
pillars
of
your
strength
will
go
down
to
the
ground.
They
will
make
a
plunder
of
your
riches
and
make
a
prey
of
your
merchandise.
They
will
break
down
your
walls
and
destroy
your
pleasant
houses.
They
will
lay
your
stones,
your
timber,
and
your
dust
in
the
middle
of
the
waters.
I
will cause
the
noise
of
your
songs
to
cease.
The
sound
of
your
harps
won’t
be
heard
any
more.
I
will
make
you
a
bare
rock.
You
will
be
a
place
for
the spreading
of
nets.
You
will
be
built
no
more;
for
I
Yahweh
have
spoken
it,’
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.
“The
Lord Yahweh
says
to
Tyre: ‘Won’t
the
islands
shake
at
the
sound
of
your
fall,
when
the
wounded
groan,
when
the
slaughter
is made
within
you?
Then
all
the
princes
of
the
sea
will
come
down
from
their
thrones,
and lay
aside
their
robes,
and
strip
off
their
embroidered
garments.
They
will
clothe
themselves
with
trembling.
They
will
sit
on
the
ground,
and
will
tremble
every
moment,
and
be
astonished
at
you.
They
will
take
up
a
lamentation
over
you,
and
tell
you,
“How
you
are
destroyed,
who
were
inhabited
by seafaring
men,
the renowned
city,
who
was
strong
in
the
sea,
she
and
her
inhabitants,
who
caused
their
terror
to
be
on
all
who
lived
there!”
Now
the
islands
will
tremble
in
the
day
of
your
fall.
Yes,
the
islands
that
are
in
the
sea
will
be
dismayed
at
your
departure.’
“For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘When
I
make
you
a desolate
city,
like
the
cities
that
are
not
inhabited,
when
I
bring
up
the
deep
on
you,
and
the
great
waters
cover
you,
then
I
will
bring
you
down
with those
who
descend
into
the
pit,
to
the
people
of
old
time,
and
will
make
you
dwell
in
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth,
in
the
places
that
are desolate
of
old,
with those
who
go
down
to
the
pit,
that
you
be
not
inhabited;
and
I
will
set glory
in
the
land
of
the
living.
I
will
make
you
a
terror,
and
you
will
no
more
have
any being.
Though
you
are
sought
for,
yet
you
will
never
be
found
again,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
again
to
me,
saying,
“You,
son
of
man,
take
up
a
lamentation
over
Tyre;
and
tell
Tyre, ‘You
who
dwell
at
the entry
of
the
sea,
who
are
the
merchant
of
the
peoples
to
many
islands,
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“You,
Tyre,
have
said,
‘I
am
perfect
in
beauty.’
Your
borders
are
in
the
heart
of
the
seas.
Your
builders
have
perfected
your
beauty.
They
have
made
all
your
planks
of
cypress
trees
from
Senir.
They
have
taken
a
cedar
from
Lebanon
to
make
a
mast
for
you.
They
have
made your oars
of
the
oaks
of
Bashan.
They
have
made your benches
of
ivory inlaid
in cypress wood
from
the
islands
of
Kittim.
Your
sail
was
of
fine
linen
with
embroidered
work
from
Egypt,
that
it might
be
to
you
for
a
banner.
Blue
and
purple
from
the
islands
of
Elishah
was
your
awning.
The
inhabitants
of
Sidon
and
Arvad
were
your rowers.
Your
wise
men,
Tyre,
were
in
you.
They
were
your
pilots.
The
old
men
of
Gebal
and
its
wise
men
were
your
repairers
of
ship
seams
in
you.
All
the
ships
of
the
sea
with
their mariners
were
in
you
to
deal
in
your
merchandise.
“‘“Persia,
Lud,
and
Put
were
in
your
army,
your
men
of
war.
They
hung
the
shield
and
helmet
in
you.
They
showed
your beauty.
The
men
of
Arvad
with
your
army
were
on
your
walls
all
around,
and
valiant
men
were
in
your
towers.
They
hung
their
shields
on
your
walls
all
around.
They
have
perfected
your
beauty.
“‘“Tarshish
was
your
merchant
by reason
of
the
multitude
of
all
kinds
of
riches.
They
traded
for
your
wares
with
silver,
iron,
tin,
and
lead.
“‘“Javan,
Tubal,
and
Meshech
were
your
traders.
They
traded
the
persons
of
men
and
vessels
of
bronze
for
your
merchandise.
“‘“They
of
the
house
of
Togarmah
traded
for
your
wares
with
horses, war
horses,
and
mules.
“‘“The
men
of
Dedan
traded
with
you.
Many
islands
were
the
market
of
your
hand.
They
brought
you
horns
of
ivory
and
ebony
in exchange.
“‘“Syria
was
your
merchant
by reason
of
the
multitude
of
your handiworks. They
traded
for
your
wares
with
emeralds,
purple,
embroidered
work,
fine
linen,
coral,
and
rubies.
“‘“Judah
and
the
land
of
Israel
were
your
traders.
They
traded
wheat
of
Minnith, confections,
honey,
oil,
and
balm
for
your
merchandise.
“‘“Damascus
was
your
merchant
for
the
multitude
of
your handiworks
by reason
of
the
multitude
of
all
kinds
of
riches,
with
the
wine
of
Helbon,
and
white
wool.
“‘“Vedan
and
Javan
traded
with yarn
for
your
wares;
wrought
iron,
cassia,
and
calamus
were among
your
merchandise.
“‘“Dedan was your
merchant in precious saddle blankets for
riding.
“‘“Arabia
and
all
the
princes
of
Kedar
were
your favorite dealers
in
lambs,
rams,
and
goats.
In
these,
they
were
your
merchants.
“‘“The
traders
of
Sheba
and
Raamah
were
your
traders.
They
traded
for
your
wares
with
the
best
of
all
spices,
all
precious
stones,
and
gold.
“‘“Haran,
Canneh,
Eden, the
traders
of
Sheba,
Asshur
and
Chilmad, were your
traders.
These
were your
traders in
choice wares, in wrappings
of
blue
and
embroidered
work,
and in cedar chests
of rich clothing
bound with
cords, among your
merchandise.
“‘“The
ships
of
Tarshish
were
your caravans
for
your
merchandise.
You
were replenished
and
made
very
glorious
in
the
heart
of
the
seas.
Your rowers
have
brought
you
into
great
waters.
The
east
wind
has
broken
you
in
the
heart
of
the
seas.
Your
riches,
your
wares,
your
merchandise,
your mariners,
your
pilots,
your
repairers
of ship
seams,
the
dealers
in
your
merchandise,
and
all
your
men
of
war
who
are
in
you,
with
all
your
company
which
is
among
you,
will
fall
into
the
heart
of
the
seas
in
the
day
of
your
ruin.
At
the
sound
of
the
cry
of your
pilots,
the
pasture
lands
will
shake.
All
who
handle
the oars,
the mariners
and
all
the
pilots
of
the
sea,
will
come
down
from
their
ships.
They
will
stand
on
the
land,
and
will cause
their
voice
to
be
heard
over
you,
and
will
cry
bitterly.
They
will
cast
up
dust
on
their
heads.
They
will
wallow
in
the
ashes.
They
will
make
themselves
bald
for
you,
and clothe
themselves
with
sackcloth.
They
will
weep
for
you
in
bitterness
of
soul,
with
bitter
mourning.
In
their wailing
they
will
take
up
a
lamentation
for
you,
and
lament
over
you, saying,
‘Who
is
there
like
Tyre,
like
her
who
is
brought
to silence
in
the
middle
of
the
sea?’
When
your
wares
came
from
the
seas,
you
filled
many
peoples.
You
enriched
the
kings
of
the
earth
with
the
multitude
of
your
riches
and
of
your
merchandise.
In
the
time
that
you
were
broken
by
the
seas,
in
the
depths
of
the
waters,
your
merchandise
and
all
your
company
fell
within
you.
All
the
inhabitants
of
the
islands
are
astonished
at
you,
and
their
kings
are horribly afraid.
They
are
troubled
in
their
face.
The
merchants
among
the
peoples
hiss
at
you.
You
have
come
to
a terrible end,
and
you
will
be
no
more.”’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
again
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
tell
the
prince
of
Tyre, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says:
“Because
your
heart
is lifted
up,
and
you
have
said, ‘I
am
a
god,
I
sit
in
the
seat
of
God,
in
the
middle
of
the
seas;’
yet
you
are
man,
and
no
god,
though
you
set
your
heart
as
the
heart
of
a
god—
behold,
you
are
wiser
than
Daniel.
There
is
no
secret
that
is
hidden
from
you.
By
your
wisdom
and
by
your
understanding
you have gotten yourself
riches,
and have gotten
gold
and
silver
into
your
treasuries.
By your
great
wisdom
and
by your trading
you have
increased your
riches,
and your
heart
is lifted up
because
of your
riches—”
“‘therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“Because
you
have
set
your
heart
as
the
heart
of
God,
therefore,
behold,
I
will
bring
strangers
on
you,
the terrible
of
the
nations.
They
will draw
their
swords
against
the
beauty
of
your
wisdom.
They
will
defile
your brightness.
They
will
bring
you
down
to
the
pit.
You
will
die
the
death
of those who
are
slain
in
the
heart
of
the
seas.
Will
you
yet
say
before
him
who
kills
you, ‘I
am God’?
But
you
are
man,
and
not
God,
in
the
hand
of
him
who wounds
you.
You
will
die
the
death
of
the
uncircumcised
by
the
hand
of
strangers;
for
I
have
spoken
it,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
take
up
a
lamentation
over
the
king
of
Tyre,
and
tell
him, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says:
“You
were
the
seal
of
full measure,
full
of
wisdom,
and
perfect
in
beauty.
You
were
in
Eden,
the
garden
of
God.
Every
precious
stone adorned
you:
ruby,
topaz, emerald,
chrysolite,
onyx,
jasper,
sapphire,
28:13
or, lapis lazuli
turquoise,
and
beryl.
Gold
work
of
tambourines
and
of pipes
was
in
you.
They
were
prepared
in
the
day
that
you
were
created.
You
were
the
anointed
cherub
who covers.
Then
I
set
you
up
on
the
holy
mountain
of
God.
You
have
walked
up
and
down
in
the
middle
of
the
stones
of
fire.
You
were
perfect
in
your
ways
from
the
day
that
you
were
created,
until
unrighteousness
was
found
in
you.
By
the
abundance
of
your commerce,
your insides
were
filled
with
violence,
and
you
have
sinned.
Therefore I
have cast
you
as
profane
out
of
God’s
mountain.
I
have
destroyed
you, covering
cherub,
from
the
middle
of
the
stones
of
fire.
Your
heart
was lifted
up
because
of
your
beauty.
You
have
corrupted
your
wisdom
by
reason
of
your
splendor.
I
have
cast
you
to
the
ground.
I
have
laid
you
before
kings,
that
they
may
see
you.
By
the
multitude
of
your
iniquities,
in
the
unrighteousness
of
your commerce,
you
have
profaned
your
sanctuaries.
Therefore
I
have
brought
out
a
fire
from
the
middle
of
you.
It
has
devoured
you.
I
have
turned
you
to
ashes
on
the
earth
in
the
sight
of
all
those
who
see
you.
All
those
who
know
you
among
the
peoples
will
be
astonished
at
you.
You
have
become
a
terror,
and
you
will exist
no
more.”’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
set
your
face
toward
Sidon,
and
prophesy
against
it,
and
say, ‘The
Lord
Yahweh
says:
“Behold,
I
am
against
you,
Sidon.
I
will
be
glorified
among
you.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
when
I
have executed
judgments
in
her,
and
am
sanctified
in
her.
For
I
will
send
pestilence
into
her,
and
blood
into
her
streets.
The
wounded
will
fall
within
her,
with
the
sword
on
her
on
every
side.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“There
will
no
longer
be
a pricking
brier
to
the
house
of
Israel,
nor
a hurting
thorn
of
any
that
are
around
them
that scorned
them.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
the
Lord Yahweh.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “When
I
have
gathered
the
house
of
Israel
from
the
peoples
among
whom
they
are
scattered,
and am shown
as
holy
among
them
in
the
sight
of
the
nations,
then
they
will
dwell
in
their
own
land
which
I
gave
to
my
servant
Jacob.
They
will
dwell
in
it
securely.
Yes,
they
will
build
houses,
plant
vineyards,
and
will
dwell
securely
when
I
have executed
judgments
on
all
those
around
them
who
have
treated
them
with contempt.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
their
God.”’”
In
the
tenth
year,
in
the
tenth
month,
on
the twelfth
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
set
your
face
against
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
and
prophesy
against
him
and
against
all
Egypt.
Speak
and
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says:
“Behold,
I
am
against
you,
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
the
great
monster
that
lies
in
the
middle
of
his
rivers,
that
has
said, ‘My
river
is
my own,
and
I
have
made
it
for
myself.’
I
will
put
hooks
in
your
jaws,
and
I
will
make
the
fish
of
your
rivers
stick
to
your
scales.
I
will
bring
you
up
out
of
the
middle
of
your
rivers,
with
all
the
fish
of
your
rivers which
stick
to
your
scales.
I’ll
cast
you
out
into
the
wilderness,
you
and
all
the
fish
of
your
rivers.
You’ll
fall
on
the
open
field.
You
won’t
be
brought
together
or
gathered.
I
have
given
you
for
food
to
the
animals
of
the
earth
and
to
the
birds
of
the
sky.
“‘“All
the
inhabitants
of
Egypt
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
because
they
have
been
a
staff
of
reed
to
the
house
of
Israel.
When
they
took
hold
of
you
by
your
hand,
you
broke
and
tore
all
their
shoulders.
When
they
leaned
on
you,
you
broke
and paralyzed
all
of
their thighs.”
“‘Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
will
bring
a
sword
on
you,
and
will
cut
off
man
and
animal
from
you.
The
land
of
Egypt
will
be
a
desolation
and
a
waste.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“Because
he
has
said, ‘The
river
is mine,
and
I
have
made
it,’
therefore,
behold,
I
am
against
you
and
against
your
rivers.
I
will
make
the
land
of
Egypt
an
utter
waste
and
desolation,
from
the tower
of Seveneh
even
to
the
border
of
Ethiopia.
No
foot
of
man
will
pass
through
it,
nor
will
any
animal
foot
pass
through
it.
It
won’t
be
inhabited
for
forty
years.
I
will
make
the
land
of
Egypt
a
desolation
in
the
middle
of
the
countries
that
are
desolate.
Her
cities
among
the
cities
that
are
laid
waste
will
be
a
desolation
forty
years.
I
will
scatter
the
Egyptians
among
the
nations,
and
will
disperse
them
through
the
countries.”
“‘For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “At
the
end
of
forty
years
I
will
gather
the
Egyptians
from
the
peoples
where
they
were
scattered.
I
will
reverse
the
captivity
of
Egypt,
and
will
cause
them
to
return
into
the
land
of
Pathros,
into
the
land
of
their birth.
There
they
will
be
a
lowly
kingdom.
It
will
be
the
lowest
of
the
kingdoms.
It
won’t
lift itself
up
above
the
nations
any
more.
I
will
diminish
them
so
that
they
will
no
longer
rule
over
the
nations.
It
will
no
longer
be
the
confidence
of
the
house
of
Israel,
bringing
iniquity
to memory,
when
they
turn
to
look
after
them.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
the
Lord Yahweh.”’”
It
came
to
pass
in
the twenty-seventh
year,
in
the
first
month,
in
the
first
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
caused
his
army
to
serve
a
great
service
against
Tyre.
Every
head
was
made
bald,
and
every
shoulder
was worn;
yet
he
had
no
wages,
nor
did
his
army,
from
Tyre,
for
the
service
that
he
had
served
against
it.
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
will
give
the
land
of
Egypt
to
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon.
He
will
carry
off
her
multitude,
take
her
plunder,
and
take
her
prey.
That
will
be
the
wages
for
his
army.
I
have
given
him
the
land
of
Egypt
as
his payment
for
which
he
served,
because
they
worked
for
me,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“In
that
day
I
will
cause
a
horn
to
sprout
for
the
house
of
Israel,
and
I
will
open
your
mouth
among
them.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
again
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
prophesy,
and
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says:
“Wail, ‘Alas
for
the
day!’
For
the
day
is
near,
even
Yahweh’s
day
is
near.
It
will
be
a
day
of
clouds,
a
time
of
the
nations.
A
sword
will
come
on
Egypt,
and
anguish
will
be
in
Ethiopia,
when
the
slain
fall
in
Egypt.
They
take
away
her
multitude,
and
her
foundations
are
broken
down.
“‘“Ethiopia,
Put,
Lud,
all
the mixed
people, Cub,
and
the
children
of
the
land
that
is
allied
with
them,
will
fall
with
them
by
the
sword.”
“‘Yahweh
says:
“They
also
who
uphold
Egypt
will
fall.
The
pride
of
her
power
will
come
down.
They
will
fall
by
the
sword
in
it
from
the tower
of Seveneh,”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.
“They
will
be
desolate
in
the
middle
of
the
countries
that
are
desolate.
Her
cities
will
be
among
the
cities
that
are wasted.
They
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
when
I
have
set
a
fire
in
Egypt,
and
all
her
helpers
are destroyed.
“‘“In
that
day
messengers
will
go
out
from
before
me
in
ships
to
make
the careless Ethiopians
afraid.
There
will
be
anguish
on
them,
as
in
the
day
of
Egypt;
for,
behold,
it
comes.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says:
“I
will
also
make
the
multitude
of
Egypt
to
cease,
by
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon.
He
and
his
people
with
him,
the terrible
of
the
nations,
will
be
brought
in
to
destroy
the
land.
They
will draw
their
swords
against
Egypt,
and
fill
the
land
with
the
slain.
I
will
make
the
rivers
dry,
and
will
sell
the
land
into
the
hand
of
evil men.
I
will
make
the
land
desolate,
and
all
that
is therein,
by
the
hand
of
foreigners.
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says:
“I
will
also
destroy
the
idols,
and
I
will
cause
the
images
to
cease
from
Memphis.
There
will
be
no
more
a
prince
from
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
will
put
a
fear
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
will
make
Pathros
desolate,
and
will
set
a
fire
in
Zoan,
and
will
execute
judgments
on
No.
I
will
pour
my
wrath
on Sin,
the
stronghold
of
Egypt.
I
will
cut
off
the
multitude
of No.
I
will
set
a
fire
in
Egypt
Sin
will
be
in great
anguish.
No
will
be
broken
up.
Memphis
will
have adversaries
in
the
daytime.
The
young
men
of
Aven
and
of Pibeseth
will
fall
by
the
sword.
They
will
go
into
captivity.
At
Tehaphnehes
also
the
day
will withdraw
itself,
when
I
break
the
yokes
of
Egypt
there.
The
pride
of
her
power
will
cease
in
her.
As
for
her,
a
cloud
will
cover
her,
and
her
daughters
will go
into
captivity.
Thus
I
will execute
judgments
on
Egypt.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”’”
In
the
eleventh
year,
in
the
first
month,
in
the
seventh
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
I
have
broken
the
arm
of
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt.
Behold,
it
has
not
been
bound
up,
to apply medicines,
to
put
a
bandage
to
bind
it,
that
it
may become
strong
to
hold
the
sword.
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
am
against
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
and
will
break
his
arms,
the
strong
arm,
and
that
which
was
broken.
I
will cause
the
sword
to
fall
out
of
his
hand.
I
will
scatter
the
Egyptians
among
the
nations,
and
will
disperse
them
through
the
countries.
I
will
strengthen
the
arms
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
put
my
sword
in
his
hand;
but
I
will
break
the
arms
of
Pharaoh,
and
he
will
groan
before
the
king
of
Babylon
with
the
groaning
of
a
mortally
wounded man.
I
will
hold
up
the
arms
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
but
the
arms
of
Pharaoh
will
fall
down.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
when
I
put
my
sword
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
stretches
it
out
on
the
land
of
Egypt.
I
will
scatter
the
Egyptians
among
the
nations
and
disperse
them
through
the
countries.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
In
the
eleventh
year,
in
the
third
month,
in
the
first
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
tell
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt
and
his
multitude:
‘Whom
are
you
like
in
your
greatness?
Behold,
the Assyrian
was
a
cedar
in
Lebanon
with
beautiful
branches,
and
with
a forest-like
shade,
of
high
stature;
and
its
top
was
among
the thick
boughs.
The
waters nourished
it.
The
deep
made
it
to
grow.
Its
rivers
ran
all
around
its plantation.
It
sent
out
its channels
to
all
the
trees
of
the
field.
Therefore
its
stature
was
exalted
above
all
the
trees
of
the
field;
and
its
boughs
were
multiplied.
Its
branches became
long
by
reason
of
many
waters,
when
it
spread
them
out.
All
the
birds
of
the
sky
made
their
nests
in
its
boughs.
Under
its
branches,
all
the
animals
of
the
field
gave
birth
to
their young.
All
great
nations
lived
under
its
shadow.
Thus
it
was
beautiful
in
its
greatness,
in
the
length
of
its
branches;
for
its
root
was
by
many
waters.
The
cedars
in
the
garden
of
God could
not hide
it.
The
cypress
trees
were
not
like
its
branches.
The pine
trees
were
not
like
its
branches;
nor
was
any
tree
in
the
garden
of
God
like
it
in
its
beauty.
I
made
it
beautiful
by
the
multitude
of
its
branches,
so
that
all
the
trees
of
Eden,
that
were
in
the
garden
of
God,
envied
it.’
“Therefore
thus
said
the
Lord Yahweh: ‘Because
he
is
exalted
in
stature,
and
he
has
set
his
top
among
the thick branches,
and
his
heart
is
lifted
up
in
his
height,
I
will
deliver
him
into
the
hand
of
the mighty
one
of
the
nations.
He
will
surely
deal
with
him.
I
have
driven
him
out
for
his
wickedness.
Foreigners,
the
tyrants
of
the
nations,
have
cut
him
off
and
have
left
him.
His
branches
have
fallen
on
the
mountains
and
in
all
the
valleys,
and
his
boughs
are
broken
by
all
the watercourses
of
the
land.
All
the
peoples
of
the
earth
have
gone
down
from
his
shadow
and
have
left
him.
All
the
birds
of
the
sky
will
dwell
on
his
ruin,
and
all
the
animals
of
the
field
will
be
on
his
branches,
to
the end
that
none
of
all
the
trees
by
the
waters exalt themselves
in
their
stature,
and
don’t
set
their
top
among
the thick boughs.
Their mighty
ones
don’t
stand
up
on
their
height,
even
all
who
drink
water;
for
they
are
all
delivered
to
death,
to
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth,
among
the
children
of
men,
with
those
who
go
down
to
the
pit.’
“The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘In
the
day
when
he
went
down
to
Sheol,
31:15
Sheol is the place of the dead.
I
caused
a
mourning.
I
covered
the
deep
for
him,
and
I
restrained
its
rivers.
The
great
waters
were
stopped.
I
caused
Lebanon
to
mourn
for
him,
and
all
the
trees
of
the
field fainted
for
him.
I
made
the
nations
to
shake
at
the
sound
of
his
fall,
when
I cast
him
down
to
Sheol
31:16
Sheol is the place of the dead.
with
those
who
descend
into
the
pit.
All
the
trees
of
Eden,
the
choice
and
best
of
Lebanon,
all
that
drink
water,
were
comforted
in
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth.
They
also
went
down
into
Sheol
with
him
to
those
who
are
slain
by
the
sword;
yes,
those
who
were
his
arm,
who
lived
under
his
shadow
in
the
middle
of
the
nations.
“‘To
whom
are
you
thus
like
in
glory
and
in
greatness
among
the
trees
of
Eden? Yet
you
will
be
brought
down
with
the
trees
of
Eden
to
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth.
You
will
lie
in
the
middle
of
the
uncircumcised,
with
those
who
are
slain
by
the
sword.
“‘This
is
Pharaoh
and
all
his
multitude,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.”
In
the twelfth
year,
in
the twelfth
month,
in
the
first
day
of
the
month, “Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
‘Son
of
man,
take
up
a
lamentation
over
Pharaoh
king
of
Egypt,
and
tell
him,
“You
were likened
to
a
young
lion
of
the
nations;
yet
you
are
as
a monster
in
the
seas.
You
broke
out
with
your
rivers,
and troubled
the
waters
with
your
feet,
and fouled
their
rivers.”
The
Lord Yahweh
says:
“I
will
spread
out
my
net
on
you
with
a
company
of
many
peoples.
They
will
bring
you
up
in
my
net.
I
will
leave
you
on
the
land.
I
will
cast
you
out
on
the
open
field,
and
will cause
all
the
birds
of
the
sky
to
settle
on
you.
I
will
satisfy
the
animals
of
the
whole
earth
with
you.
I
will
lay
your
flesh
on
the
mountains,
and
fill
the
valleys
with
your height.
I
will also
water
the
land
in
which
you swim
with
your
blood,
even
to
the
mountains.
The watercourses
will
be
full
of
you.
When
I
extinguish
you,
I
will
cover
the
heavens
and
make
its
stars
dark.
I
will
cover
the
sun
with
a
cloud,
and
the
moon
won’t
give
its
light.
I
will
make
all
the
bright
lights
of
the
sky
dark
over
you,
and
set
darkness
on
your
land,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“I
will
also
trouble
the
hearts
of
many
peoples,
when
I
bring
your
destruction
among
the
nations,
into
the
countries
which
you
have
not
known.
Yes,
I
will
make
many
peoples amazed
at
you,
and
their
kings
will
be horribly
afraid
for
you,
when
I brandish
my
sword
before
them.
They
will
tremble
at
every
moment,
every
man
for
his
own
life,
in
the
day
of
your
fall.”
For
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“The
sword
of
the
king
of
Babylon
will
come
on
you.
I
will cause
your
multitude
to
fall
by
the
swords
of
the
mighty.
They
are
all
the
ruthless
of
the
nations.
They
will
bring
the
pride
of
Egypt
to
nothing,
and
all
its
multitude
will
be
destroyed.
I
will
destroy
also
all
its
animals
from
beside
many
waters.
The
foot
of
man
won’t trouble
them
any
more,
nor
will
the
hoofs
of
animals trouble
them.
Then
I
will make
their
waters clear,
and cause
their
rivers
to run like
oil,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“When
I
make
the
land
of
Egypt
desolate
and
waste,
a
land
destitute
of
that
of
which
it
was
full,
when
I
strike
all
those
who
dwell therein,
then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“This
is
the
lamentation
with
which
they
will
lament.
The
daughters
of
the
nations
will
lament
with
this.
They
will
lament
with
it
over
Egypt,
and
over
all
her
multitude,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
Also
in
the twelfth
year,
in
the fifteenth
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
wail
for
the
multitude
of
Egypt,
and cast
them
down,
even
her
and
the
daughters
of
the famous
nations,
to
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth,
with
those
who
go
down
into
the
pit.
Whom
do
you pass
in
beauty?
Go
down,
and be
laid
with
the
uncircumcised.
They
will
fall
among
those
who
are
slain
by
the
sword. She
is
delivered
to
the
sword.
Draw
her
away
with
all
her
multitudes.
The
strong
among
the
mighty
will
speak
to
him out
of
the
middle
of
Sheol
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Sheol is the place of the dead.
with those
who
help
him.
They
have
gone
down.
The
uncircumcised
lie
still,
slain
by
the
sword.
“Asshur
is
there
with
all
her
company.
Her
graves
are
all
around
her.
All
of
them
are
slain,
fallen
by
the
sword,
whose
graves
are
set
in
the uttermost
parts
of
the
pit,
and
her
company
is
around
her
grave,
all
of
them
slain,
fallen
by
the
sword,
who
caused
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living.
“There
is
Elam
and
all
her
multitude
around
her
grave;
all
of
them
slain,
fallen
by
the
sword,
who
have
gone
down
uncircumcised
into
the
lower
parts
of
the
earth,
who
caused
their
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living,
and
have
borne
their
shame
with
those
who
go
down
to
the
pit.
They
have
made Elam
a
bed
among
the
slain
with
all
her
multitude.
Her
graves
are
around
her,
all
of
them
uncircumcised,
slain
by
the
sword;
for
their
terror
was
caused
in
the
land
of
the
living,
and
they
have
borne
their
shame
with
those
who
go
down
to
the
pit.
He
is
put
among
those
who
are
slain.
“There
is
Meshech,
Tubal,
and
all
their
multitude.
Their
graves
are
around
them,
all
of
them
uncircumcised, slain
by
the
sword;
for
they
caused
their
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living.
They
will
not
lie
with
the
mighty
who
are
fallen
of
the
uncircumcised,
who
have
gone
down
to
Sheol
with
their
weapons
of
war
and
have
laid
their
swords
under
their
heads.
Their
iniquities
are
on
their
bones;
for
they
were
the
terror
of
the
mighty
in
the
land
of
the
living.
“But
you
will
be
broken
among
the
uncircumcised,
and
will
lie
with those who
are
slain
by
the
sword.
“There
is
Edom,
her
kings,
and
all
her
princes,
who
in
their
might
are
laid
with
those
who
are
slain
by
the
sword.
They
will
lie
with
the
uncircumcised,
and
with
those
who
go
down
to
the
pit.
“There
are
the princes
of
the
north,
all
of
them,
and
all
the
Sidonians,
who
have
gone
down
with
the
slain.
They
are
put
to
shame
in
the
terror
which
they
caused
by
their
might.
They
lie
uncircumcised
with
those
who
are
slain
by
the
sword,
and
bear
their
shame
with
those
who
go
down
to
the
pit.
“Pharaoh
will
see
them
and
will
be
comforted
over
all
his
multitude,
even
Pharaoh
and
all
his
army,
slain
by
the
sword,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“For
I
have
put
his
terror
in
the
land
of
the
living.
He
will
be
laid
among
the
uncircumcised,
with
those
who
are
slain
by
the
sword,
even
Pharaoh
and
all
his
multitude,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
speak
to
the
children
of
your
people,
and
tell
them, ‘When
I
bring
the
sword
on
a
land,
and
the
people
of
the
land
take
a
man
from
among
them,
and
set
him
for
their
watchman,
if,
when
he
sees
the
sword
come
on
the
land,
he
blows
the
trumpet
and warns
the
people,
then whoever
hears
the
sound
of
the
trumpet
and
doesn’t
heed
the warning,
if
the
sword
comes
and
takes
him
away,
his
blood
will
be
on
his
own
head.
He
heard
the
sound
of
the
trumpet
and
didn’t
take warning.
His
blood
will
be
on
him; whereas
if
he
had
heeded
the warning,
he
would
have
delivered
his
soul.
But
if
the
watchman
sees
the
sword
come
and
doesn’t
blow
the
trumpet,
and
the
people aren’t
warned,
and
the
sword
comes
and
takes
any
person
from
among
them,
he
is
taken
away
in
his
iniquity,
but
his
blood
I
will
require
at
the
watchman’s
hand.’
“So
you,
son
of
man,
I
have
set
you
a
watchman
to
the
house
of
Israel.
Therefore
hear
the
word
from
my
mouth,
and
give
them warnings
from
me.
When
I
tell
the
wicked, ‘O
wicked
man,
you
will
surely
die,’
and
you
don’t
speak
to
warn
the
wicked
from
his
way,
that
wicked
man
will
die
in
his
iniquity,
but
I
will
require
his
blood
at
your
hand.
Nevertheless,
if
you
warn
the
wicked
of
his
way
to
turn
from
it,
and
he
doesn’t
turn
from
his
way;
he
will
die
in
his
iniquity,
but
you
have
delivered
your
soul.
“You,
son
of
man,
tell
the
house
of
Israel: ‘You
say
this, “Our
transgressions
and
our
sins
are
on
us,
and
we pine
away
in
them.
How
then
can
we
live?”’
Tell
them, ‘“As
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “I
have
no
pleasure
in
the
death
of
the
wicked,
but
that
the
wicked
turn
from
his
way
and
live.
Turn,
turn
from
your
evil
ways!
For
why
will
you
die,
house
of
Israel?”’
“You,
son
of
man,
tell
the
children
of
your
people, ‘The
righteousness
of
the
righteous
will
not
deliver
him
in
the
day
of
his disobedience.
And
as
for
the
wickedness
of
the
wicked,
he
will
not
fall
by
it
in
the
day
that
he
turns
from
his
wickedness;
neither
will
he
who
is
righteous
be
able
to
live
by
it
in
the
day
that
he
sins.
When
I
tell
the
righteous
that
he
will
surely
live,
if
he
trusts
in
his
righteousness
and
commits
iniquity,
none
of
his
righteous
deeds
will
be
remembered;
but
he
will
die
in
his
iniquity
that
he
has
committed.
Again,
when
I
say
to
the
wicked, “You
will
surely
die,” if
he
turns
from
his
sin
and
does
that which
is lawful
and
right,
if
the
wicked
restore
the
pledge,
give
again
that
which
he
had
taken
by
robbery,
walk
in
the
statutes
of
life,
committing
no
iniquity,
he
will
surely
live.
He
will
not
die.
None
of
his
sins
that
he
has
committed
will
be
remembered
against
him.
He
has
done
that
which
is lawful
and
right.
He
will
surely
live.
“‘Yet
the
children
of
your
people
say, “The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not fair;”
but
as
for
them,
their
way
is
not fair.
When
the
righteous
turns
from
his
righteousness
and
commits
iniquity,
he
will
even
die therein.
When
the
wicked
turns
from
his
wickedness
and
does
that
which
is lawful
and
right,
he
will
live
by
it.
Yet
you
say, “The
way
of
the
Lord
is
not fair.”
House
of
Israel,
I
will
judge
every
one
of
you after
his
ways.’”
In
the twelfth
year
of
our captivity,
in
the
tenth
month,
in
the
fifth
day
of
the
month,
one
who
had escaped
out
of
Jerusalem
came
to
me,
saying, “The
city
has
been
defeated!”
Now
Yahweh’s
hand
had
been
on
me
in
the
evening,
before
he
who
had escaped
came;
and
he
had
opened
my
mouth
until
he
came
to
me
in
the
morning;
and
my
mouth
was
opened,
and
I
was
no
longer
mute.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
those
who
inhabit
the
waste
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
for
inheritance.’
Therefore
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “You
eat
with
the
blood,
and
lift
up
your
eyes
to
your
idols,
and
shed
blood.
So
should
you
possess
the
land?
You
stand
on
your
sword,
you work
abomination,
and
every
one
of
you
defiles
his
neighbor’s
wife.
So
should
you
possess
the
land?”’
“You
shall
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “As
I
live,
surely
those
who
are
in
the
waste
places
will
fall
by
the
sword.
I
will
give
whoever
is
in
the
open
field
to
the
animals
to
be
devoured,
and
those
who
are
in
the strongholds
and
in
the
caves
will
die
of
the
pestilence.
I
will
make
the
land
a
desolation
and
an astonishment.
The
pride
of
her
power
will
cease.
The
mountains
of
Israel
will
be
desolate,
so
that
no
one
will
pass
through.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
when
I
have
made
the
land
a
desolation
and
an astonishment
because
of
all
their
abominations
which
they
have
committed.”’
“As
for
you,
son
of
man,
the
children
of
your
people
talk
about
you
by
the
walls
and
in
the
doors
of
the
houses,
and
speak
to
one
another,
everyone
to
his
brother,
saying, ‘Please
come
and
hear
what
the
word
is
that
comes
out
from
Yahweh.’
They
come
to
you
as
the
people
come,
and
they
sit
before
you
as
my
people,
and
they
hear
your
words,
but
don’t
do
them;
for
with
their
mouth
they
show
much love,
but
their
heart
goes
after
their
gain.
Behold,
you
are
to
them
as
a very lovely
song
of
one
who
has
a pleasant
voice,
and
can
play
well
on
an instrument;
for
they
hear
your
words,
but
they
don’t
do
them.
“When
this
comes
to
pass—behold,
it
comes—then
they
will
know
that
a
prophet
has
been
among
them.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
prophesy
against
the
shepherds
of
Israel.
Prophesy,
and
tell
them,
even
the
shepherds, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Woe
to
the
shepherds
of
Israel
who
feed
themselves! Shouldn’t
the
shepherds
feed
the
sheep?
You
eat
the
fat.
You
clothe
yourself
with
the
wool.
You kill
the fatlings,
but
you
don’t
feed
the
sheep.
You
haven’t
strengthened
the diseased.
You
haven’t
healed
that which
was
sick.
You
haven’t
bound
up
that which
was
broken.
You
haven’t
brought
back
that which
was
driven
away.
You
haven’t
sought
that which
was
lost,
but
you
have ruled
over
them
with
force
and
with rigor.
They
were
scattered,
because
there
was
no
shepherd.
They
became
food
to
all
the
animals
of
the
field,
and
were
scattered.
My
sheep
wandered
through
all
the
mountains
and
on
every
high
hill. Yes,
my
sheep
were
scattered
on
all
the
surface
of
the
earth.
There
was
no
one
who
searched
or
sought.”
“‘Therefore,
you
shepherds,
hear
Yahweh’s
word:
“As
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “surely
because
my
sheep
became
a
prey,
and
my
sheep
became
food
to
all
the
animals
of
the
field,
because
there
was
no
shepherd,
and
my
shepherds
didn’t
search
for
my
sheep,
but
the
shepherds fed themselves,
and
didn’t
feed
my
sheep,
therefore,
you
shepherds,
hear
Yahweh’s
word!”
The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
am
against
the
shepherds.
I
will
require
my
sheep
at
their
hand,
and
cause
them
to
cease
from feeding
the
sheep.
The
shepherds
won’t
feed themselves
any
more.
I
will
deliver
my
sheep
from
their
mouth,
that
they
may
not
be
food
for
them.”
“‘For
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
myself,
even
I,
will
search
for
my
sheep,
and
will
seek
them
out.
As
a
shepherd
seeks
out
his
flock
in
the
day
that
he
is
among
his
sheep
that
are
scattered abroad,
so
I
will
seek
out
my
sheep.
I
will
deliver
them
out
of
all
places
where
they
have
been
scattered
in
the
cloudy
and
dark
day.
I
will
bring
them
out
from
the
peoples,
and
gather
them
from
the
countries,
and
will
bring
them
into
their own
land.
I
will
feed
them
on
the
mountains
of
Israel,
by
the watercourses,
and
in
all
the
inhabited
places
of
the
country.
I
will
feed
them
with
good
pasture,
and
their fold
will
be
on
the
mountains
of
the
height
of
Israel.
There
they
will
lie
down
in
a
good fold.
They
will
feed
on rich
pasture
on
the
mountains
of
Israel.
I
myself
will
be
the
shepherd
of
my
sheep,
and
I
will cause
them
to
lie
down,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“I
will
seek
that which
was
lost,
and
will
bring
back
that which
was
driven
away,
and
will
bind
up
that which
was
broken,
and
will
strengthen
that which
was
sick;
but
I
will
destroy
the fat
and
the
strong.
I
will
feed
them
in
justice.”’
“As
for
you,
O
my
flock,
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Behold,
I
judge
between
sheep
and
sheep,
the
rams
and
the
male
goats.
Does
it seem
a
small
thing
to
you
to
have fed
on
the
good
pasture,
but
you
must
tread
down
with
your
feet
the residue
of
your
pasture?
And
to
have
drunk
of
the
clear
waters,
but
must
you foul
the residue
with
your
feet?
As
for
my
sheep,
they eat
that which
you
have trodden
with
your
feet,
and
they
drink
that which
you
have fouled
with
your
feet.’
“Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says
to
them: ‘Behold,
I,
even
I,
will
judge
between
the fat
sheep
and
the
lean
sheep.
Because
you
thrust
with
side
and
with
shoulder,
and
push
all
the diseased
with
your
horns,
until
you
have
scattered
them
abroad,
therefore
I
will
save
my
flock,
and
they
will
no
more
be
a
prey.
I
will
judge
between
sheep
and
sheep.
I
will
set
up
one
shepherd
over
them,
and
he
will
feed
them,
even
my
servant
David.
He
will
feed
them,
and
he
will
be
their
shepherd.
I,
Yahweh,
will
be
their
God,
and
my
servant
David
prince
among
them.
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it.
“‘I
will
make
with
them
a
covenant
of
peace,
and
will cause
evil
animals
to
cease
out
of
the
land.
They
will
dwell
securely
in
the
wilderness
and
sleep
in
the
woods.
I
will
make
them
and
the
places
around
my
hill
a
blessing.
I
will
cause
the
shower
to
come
down
in
its
season.
There
will
be
showers
of
blessing.
The
tree
of
the
field
will
yield
its
fruit,
and
the
earth
will
yield
its
increase,
and
they
will
be
secure
in
their
land.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
when
I
have
broken
the
bars
of
their
yoke,
and
have
delivered
them
out
of
the
hand
of
those
who
made
slaves
of
them.
They
will
no
more
be
a
prey
to
the
nations,
neither
will
the
animals
of
the
earth
devour
them;
but
they
will
dwell
securely,
and
no
one
will
make
them
afraid.
I
will
raise
up
to
them
a plantation
for
renown,
and
they
will
no
more
be consumed
with
famine
in
the
land,
and
not
bear
the
shame
of
the
nations
any
more.
They
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
their
God
am
with
them,
and
that
they,
the
house
of
Israel,
are
my
people,
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.
You
my
sheep,
the
sheep
of
my
pasture,
are
men,
and
I
am
your
God,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
set
your
face
against
Mount
Seir,
and
prophesy
against
it,
and
tell
it, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
am
against
you,
Mount
Seir,
and
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
against
you.
I
will
make
you
a
desolation
and
an astonishment.
I
will
lay
your
cities
waste,
and
you
will
be
desolate.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“Because
you
have
had
a
perpetual
hostility,
and
have
given
over
the
children
of
Israel
to
the
power
of
the
sword
in
the
time
of
their
calamity,
in
the
time
of
the
iniquity
of
the
end,
therefore,
as
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “I
will
prepare
you
for
blood,
and
blood
will
pursue
you.
Since
you
have
not
hated
blood,
therefore
blood
will
pursue
you.
Thus
I
will
make
Mount
Seir
an astonishment
and
a
desolation.
I
will
cut
off
from
it
him who
passes
through
and
him who
returns.
I
will
fill
its
mountains
with
its
slain.
The
slain
with
the
sword
will
fall
in
your
hills
and
in
your
valleys
and
in
all
your watercourses.
I
will
make
you
a
perpetual
desolation,
and
your
cities
will
not
be
inhabited.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“Because
you
have
said, ‘These
two
nations
and these
two
countries
will
be mine,
and
we
will
possess
it,’
although
Yahweh
was
there,
therefore,
as
I
live,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “I
will
do according
to
your
anger,
and according
to
your
envy
which
you
have
shown
out
of
your
hatred against
them;
and
I
will
make
myself
known among
them
when
I
judge
you.
You
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
heard
all
your insults
which
you
have
spoken
against
the
mountains
of
Israel,
saying, ‘They
have
been
laid
desolate.
They
have
been
given
to
us
to devour.’
You
have
magnified
yourselves
against
me
with
your
mouth,
and
have
multiplied
your
words
against
me.
I
have
heard
it.”
The
Lord Yahweh
says: “When
the
whole
earth
rejoices,
I
will
make
you
desolate.
As
you
rejoiced
over
the
inheritance
of
the
house
of
Israel
because
it
was
desolate,
so
I
will
do
to
you.
You
will
be
desolate,
Mount
Seir,
and
all
Edom,
even
all
of
it.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
You,
son
of
man,
prophesy
to
the
mountains
of
Israel,
and
say, “You
mountains
of
Israel,
hear
Yahweh’s
word.
The
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Because
the
enemy
has
said
against
you, “Aha!”
and, “The
ancient
high
places
are ours
in
possession!”’
therefore
prophesy,
and
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Because,
even
because
they
have
made
you
desolate,
and swallowed
you
up
on
every
side,
that
you might
be
a
possession
to
the residue
of
the
nations,
and
you
are
taken
up
in
the
lips
of talkers,
and
the
evil
report
of
the
people;”
therefore,
you
mountains
of
Israel,
hear
the
word
of
the
Lord Yahweh:
The
Lord Yahweh
says
to
the
mountains
and
to
the
hills,
to
the watercourses
and
to
the
valleys,
to
the
desolate
wastes
and
to
the
cities
that
are forsaken,
which
have
become
a
prey
and
derision
to
the residue
of
the
nations
that
are
all
around;
therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “Surely
in
the
fire
of
my
jealousy
I
have
spoken
against
the residue
of
the
nations,
and
against
all
Edom,
that
have
appointed
my
land
to
themselves
for
a
possession
with
the
joy
of
all
their
heart,
with
despite
of
soul,
to
cast
it
out
for
a
prey.”’
Therefore
prophesy
concerning
the
land
of
Israel,
and
tell
the
mountains,
the
hills,
the watercourses
and
the
valleys, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
have
spoken
in
my
jealousy
and
in
my
wrath,
because
you
have
borne
the
shame
of
the
nations.”
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: “I
have
sworn, ‘Surely
the
nations
that
are
around
you
will
bear
their
shame.’
“‘“But
you,
mountains
of
Israel,
you
shall shoot
out
your
branches
and
yield
your
fruit
to
my
people
Israel;
for
they
are
at
hand
to
come.
For,
behold,
I
am
for
you,
and
I
will come
to
you,
and
you
will
be tilled
and
sown.
I
will
multiply
men
on
you,
all
the
house
of
Israel,
even
all
of
it.
The
cities
will
be
inhabited
and
the
waste
places
will
be
built.
I
will
multiply
man
and
animal
on
you.
They
will
increase
and
be
fruitful.
I
will cause
you
to
be
inhabited
as
you
were
before,
and
you
will
do
better
than
at
your beginnings.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
Yes,
I
will
cause
men
to walk
on
you,
even
my
people
Israel.
They
will
possess
you,
and
you
will
be
their
inheritance,
and
you
will
never
again
bereave
them
of
their
children.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Because
they
say
to
you, ‘You
are
a
devourer
of
men,
and
have
been
a bereaver
of
your
nation;’
therefore
you
shall
devour
men
no
more,
and
not
bereave
your
nation
any
more,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“I
won’t
let
you
hear
the
shame
of
the
nations
any
more.
You
won’t
bear
the
reproach
of
the
peoples
any
more,
and
you
won’t cause
your
nation
to
stumble
any
more,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
when
the
house
of
Israel
lived
in
their
own
land,
they
defiled
it
by
their
ways
and
by
their
deeds.
Their
way
before
me
was
as
the
uncleanness
of
a
woman
in
her
impurity.
Therefore
I
poured
out
my
wrath
on
them
for
the
blood
which
they
had
poured
out
on
the
land,
and
because
they
had
defiled
it
with
their
idols.
I
scattered
them
among
the
nations,
and
they
were
dispersed
through
the
countries.
I
judged
them according
to
their
way
and according
to
their
deeds.
When
they
came
to
the
nations
where
they
went,
they
profaned
my
holy
name,
in
that
men
said
of
them, ‘These
are
Yahweh’s
people,
and
have
left
his
land.’
But
I
had
respect
for
my
holy
name,
which
the
house
of
Israel
had
profaned
among
the
nations
where
they
went.
“Therefore
tell
the
house
of
Israel, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “I
don’t
do
this
for
your
sake,
house
of
Israel,
but
for
my
holy
name,
which
you
have
profaned
among
the
nations
where
you
went.
I
will
sanctify
my
great
name,
which
has
been
profaned
among
the
nations,
which
you
have
profaned
among
them.
Then
the
nations
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh, “when
I
am proven
holy
in
you
before
their
eyes.
“‘“For
I
will
take
you
from
among
the
nations
and
gather
you
out
of
all
the
countries,
and
will
bring
you
into
your own
land.
I
will
sprinkle
clean
water
on
you,
and
you
will
be
clean.
I
will
cleanse
you
from
all
your filthiness
and
from
all
your
idols.
I
will
also
give
you
a
new
heart,
and
I
will
put
a
new
spirit
within
you.
I
will
take
away
the stony
heart
out
of
your
flesh,
and
I
will
give
you
a
heart
of
flesh.
I
will
put
my
Spirit
within
you,
and
cause
you
to walk
in
my
statutes.
You
will
keep
my
ordinances
and
do
them.
You
will
dwell
in
the
land
that
I
gave
to
your
fathers.
You
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
your
God.
I
will
save
you
from
all
your
uncleanness.
I
will
call
for
the
grain
and
will
multiply
it,
and
lay
no
famine
on
you.
I
will
multiply
the
fruit
of
the
tree
and
the
increase
of
the
field,
that
you
may
receive
no
more
the
reproach
of
famine
among
the
nations.
“‘“Then
you
will
remember
your
evil
ways,
and
your
deeds
that
were
not
good;
and
you
will loathe
yourselves
in
your
own
sight
for
your
iniquities
and
for
your
abominations.
I
don’t
do
this
for
your
sake,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh. “Let
it
be
known
to
you.
Be
ashamed
and
confounded
for
your
ways,
house
of
Israel.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “In
the
day
that
I
cleanse
you
from
all
your
iniquities,
I
will cause
the
cities
to
be
inhabited
and
the
waste
places
will
be
built.
The
land
that
was
desolate
will
be tilled
instead
of
being
a
desolation
in
the
sight
of
all
who
passed
by.
They
will
say, ‘This
land
that
was
desolate
has
become
like
the
garden
of
Eden.
The
waste,
desolate,
and
ruined
cities
are
fortified
and
inhabited.’
Then
the
nations
that
are
left
around
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
built
the
ruined
places
and
planted
that
which
was
desolate.
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it,
and
I
will
do
it.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “For
this,
moreover,
I
will
be
inquired
of
by
the
house
of
Israel,
to
do
it
for
them:
I
will
increase
them
with
men
like
a
flock.
As
the
flock
for sacrifice,
as
the
flock
of
Jerusalem
in
her
appointed
feasts,
so
the waste
cities
will
be
filled
with
flocks
of
men.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.’”
Yahweh’s
hand
was
on
me,
and
he
brought
me
out
in
Yahweh’s
Spirit,
and
set
me
down
in
the
middle
of
the
valley;
and
it
was
full
of
bones.
He caused
me
to
pass
by
them
all
around;
and
behold,
there
were
very
many
in
the
open
valley,
and
behold,
they
were
very
dry.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
can
these
bones
live?”
I
answered, “Lord Yahweh,
you
know.”
Again
he
said
to
me, “Prophesy
over
these
bones,
and
tell
them, ‘You
dry
bones,
hear
Yahweh’s
word.
The
Lord Yahweh
says
to
these
bones: “Behold,
I
will cause
breath
to
enter
into
you,
and
you
will
live.
I
will
lay
sinews
on
you,
and
will
bring
up
flesh
on
you,
and
cover
you
with
skin,
and
put
breath
in
you,
and
you
will
live.
Then
you
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”’”
So
I
prophesied
as
I
was
commanded.
As
I
prophesied,
there
was
a
noise,
and
behold,
there
was
an
earthquake.
Then
the
bones
came
together,
bone
to
its
bone.
I
saw,
and,
behold,
there
were
sinews
on
them,
and
flesh
came
up,
and
skin
covered
them
above;
but
there
was
no
breath
in
them.
Then
he
said
to
me, “Prophesy
to
the
wind,
prophesy,
son
of
man,
and
tell
the
wind, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Come
from
the
four
winds,
breath,
and
breathe
on
these
slain,
that
they
may
live.”’”
So
I
prophesied
as
he
commanded
me,
and
the
breath
came
into
them,
and
they
lived,
and
stood
up
on
their
feet,
an
exceedingly
great
army.
Then
he
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
these
bones
are
the
whole
house
of
Israel.
Behold,
they
say, ‘Our
bones
are
dried
up,
and
our
hope
is
lost.
We
are
completely
cut
off.’
Therefore
prophesy,
and
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
will
open
your
graves,
and cause
you
to
come
up
out
of
your
graves,
my
people;
and
I
will
bring
you
into
the
land
of
Israel.
You
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
when
I
have
opened
your
graves
and caused
you
to
come
up
out
of
your
graves,
my
people.
I
will
put
my
Spirit
in
you,
and
you
will
live.
Then
I
will
place
you
in
your own
land;
and
you
will
know
that
I,
Yahweh,
have
spoken
it
and
performed
it,”
says
Yahweh.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
again
to
me,
saying,
“You,
son
of
man,
take
one
stick
and
write
on
it, ‘For
Judah,
and
for
the
children
of
Israel
his
companions.’
Then
take
another
stick,
and
write
on
it, ‘For
Joseph,
the
stick
of
Ephraim,
and
for
all
the
house
of
Israel
his
companions.’
Then
join
them
for
yourself
to
one
another
into
one
stick,
that
they
may
become
one
in
your
hand.
“When
the
children
of
your
people
speak
to
you,
saying, ‘Won’t
you
show
us
what
you mean
by
these?’
tell
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
will
take
the
stick
of
Joseph,
which
is
in
the
hand
of
Ephraim,
and
the
tribes
of
Israel
his
companions;
and
I
will
put
them
with
it,
with
the
stick
of
Judah,
and
make
them
one
stick,
and
they
will
be
one
in
my
hand.
The
sticks
on
which
you
write
will
be
in
your
hand
before
their
eyes.”’
Say
to
them, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
will
take
the
children
of
Israel
from
among
the
nations
where
they
have
gone,
and
will
gather
them
on
every
side,
and
bring
them
into
their own
land.
I
will
make
them
one
nation
in
the
land,
on
the
mountains
of
Israel.
One
king
will
be
king
to
them
all.
They
will
no
longer
be
two
nations.
They
won’t
be
divided
into
two
kingdoms
any
more
at
all.
They
won’t
defile
themselves
any
more
with
their
idols,
nor
with
their
detestable
things,
nor
with
any
of
their
transgressions;
but
I
will
save
them
out
of
all
their
dwelling
places
in
which
they
have
sinned,
and
will
cleanse
them.
So
they
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God.
“‘“My
servant
David
will
be
king
over
them.
They
all
will
have
one
shepherd.
They
will
also walk
in
my
ordinances
and
observe
my
statutes,
and
do
them.
They
will
dwell
in
the
land
that
I
have
given
to
Jacob
my
servant,
in
which
your
fathers
lived.
They
will
dwell therein,
they,
and
their
children,
and
their
children’s
children,
forever.
David
my
servant
will
be
their
prince
forever.
Moreover
I
will
make
a
covenant
of
peace
with
them.
It
will
be
an
everlasting
covenant
with
them.
I
will
place
them,
multiply
them,
and
will
set
my
sanctuary
among
them
forever
more.
My tent
also
will
be
with
them.
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
will
be
my
people.
The
nations
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
who
sanctifies
Israel,
when
my
sanctuary
is
among
them
forever
more.”’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Son
of
man,
set
your
face
toward
Gog,
of
the
land
of
Magog,
the
prince
of Rosh,
Meshech,
and
Tubal,
and
prophesy
against
him,
and
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
am
against
you,
Gog,
prince
of Rosh,
Meshech,
and
Tubal.
I
will
turn
you
around,
and
put
hooks
into
your
jaws,
and
I
will
bring
you
out,
with
all
your
army,
horses
and
horsemen,
all
of
them
clothed
in
full
armor,
a
great
company
with
buckler
and
shield,
all
of
them handling
swords;
Persia,
Cush,
and
Put
with
them,
all
of
them
with
shield
and
helmet;
Gomer,
and
all
his hordes;
the
house
of
Togarmah
in
the uttermost
parts
of
the
north,
and
all
his hordes—even
many
peoples
with
you.
“‘“Be
prepared, yes,
prepare
yourself,
you,
and
all
your
companies
who
are
assembled
to
you,
and
be
a
guard
to
them.
After
many
days
you
will
be
visited.
In
the
latter
years
you
will
come
into
the
land
that
is
brought
back
from
the
sword,
that
is
gathered
out
of
many
peoples,
on
the
mountains
of
Israel,
which
have
been
a
continual
waste;
but
it
is
brought
out
of
the
peoples
and
they
will
dwell
securely,
all
of
them.
You
will
ascend.
You
will
come
like
a storm.
You
will
be
like
a
cloud
to
cover
the
land,
you
and
all
your hordes,
and
many
peoples
with
you.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
things
will
come
into
your
mind,
and
you
will
devise
an
evil
plan.
You
will
say, ‘I
will
go
up
to
the
land
of
unwalled
villages.
I
will
go
to
those
who
are
at
rest,
who
dwell
securely,
all
of
them
dwelling
without
walls,
and
having
neither
bars
nor
gates,
to
take
the
plunder
and
to
take
prey;
to
turn
your
hand
against
the
waste
places
that
are
inhabited,
and
against
the
people
who
are
gathered
out
of
the
nations,
who
have gotten
livestock
and
goods,
who
dwell
in
the middle
of
the
earth.’
Sheba,
Dedan,
and
the
merchants
of
Tarshish,
with
all
its
young
lions,
will
ask
you, ‘Have
you
come
to
take
the
plunder?
Have
you
assembled
your
company
to
take
the
prey,
to
carry
away
silver
and
gold,
to
take
away
livestock
and
goods,
to
take
great
plunder?’”’
“Therefore,
son
of
man,
prophesy,
and
tell
Gog, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “In
that
day
when
my
people
Israel
dwells
securely,
will
you
not
know
it?
You
will
come
from
your
place
out
of
the uttermost
parts
of
the
north,
you,
and
many
peoples
with
you,
all
of
them
riding
on
horses,
a
great
company
and
a
mighty
army.
You
will
come
up
against
my
people
Israel
as
a
cloud
to
cover
the
land.
It
will
happen
in
the
latter
days
that
I
will
bring
you
against
my
land,
that
the
nations
may
know
me
when
I
am
sanctified
in
you,
Gog,
before
their
eyes.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Are
you
he
of
whom
I
spoke
in
old
time
by
my
servants
the
prophets
of
Israel,
who
prophesied
in
those
days
for
years
that
I
would
bring
you
against
them?
It
will
happen
in
that
day,
when
Gog
comes
against
the
land
of
Israel,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “that
my
wrath
will
come
up
into
my
nostrils.
For
in
my
jealousy
and
in
the
fire
of
my
wrath
I
have
spoken.
Surely
in
that
day
there
will
be
a
great
shaking
in
the
land
of
Israel,
so
that
the
fish
of
the
sea,
the
birds
of
the
sky,
the
animals
of
the
field,
all
creeping
things
who
creep
on
the
earth,
and
all
the
men
who
are
on
the
surface
of
the
earth
will
shake
at
my
presence.
Then
the
mountains
will
be
thrown
down,
the
steep
places
will
fall,
and
every
wall
will
fall
to
the
ground.
I
will
call
for
a
sword
against
him
to
all
my
mountains,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh. “Every
man’s
sword
will
be
against
his
brother.
I
will
enter
into
judgment
with
him
with
pestilence
and
with
blood.
I
will
rain
on
him,
on
his hordes,
and
on
the
many
peoples
who
are
with
him,
torrential
rains
with
great
hailstones,
fire,
and
sulfur.
I
will
magnify
myself
and
sanctify
myself,
and
I
will
make
myself
known
in
the
eyes
of
many
nations.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.”’
“You,
son
of
man,
prophesy
against
Gog,
and
say, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Behold,
I
am
against
you,
Gog,
prince
of Rosh,
Meshech,
and
Tubal.
I
will
turn
you
around,
will
lead
you
on,
and
will
cause
you
to
come
up
from
the uttermost
parts
of
the
north;
and
I
will
bring
you
onto
the
mountains
of
Israel.
I
will
strike
your
bow
out
of
your
left
hand,
and
will cause
your
arrows
to
fall
out
of
your
right
hand.
You
will
fall
on
the
mountains
of
Israel,
you,
and
all
your hordes,
and
the
peoples
who
are
with
you.
I
will
give
you
to
the ravenous
birds
of
every sort
and
to
the
animals
of
the
field
to
be devoured.
You
will
fall
on
the
open
field,
for
I
have
spoken
it,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“I
will
send
a
fire
on
Magog
and
on
those
who
dwell
securely
in
the
islands.
Then
they
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh.
“‘“I
will
make
my
holy
name
known
among
my
people
Israel.
I
won’t allow
my
holy
name
to
be
profaned
any
more.
Then
the
nations
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh,
the
Holy
One
in
Israel.
Behold,
it
comes,
and
it
will
be
done,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh. “This
is
the
day
about
which
I
have
spoken.
“‘“Those
who
dwell
in
the
cities
of
Israel
will
go
out
and
will
make
fires
of
the
weapons
and
burn
them, both
the
shields
and
the bucklers,
the
bows
and
the
arrows,
and
the
war
clubs
and
the
spears,
and
they
will
make
fires
with
them
for
seven
years;
so
that
they
will
take
no
wood
out
of
the
field,
and
not
cut
down
any
out
of
the
forests;
for
they
will
make
fires
with
the
weapons.
They
will
plunder
those
who
plundered
them,
and rob
those
who
robbed
them,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“‘“It
will
happen
in
that
day,
that
I
will
give
to
Gog
a
place
for
burial
in
Israel,
the
valley
of
those
who
pass
through
on
the
east
of
the
sea;
and
it
will stop
those
who
pass
through.
They
will
bury
Gog
and
all
his
multitude
there,
and
they
will
call
it ‘The
valley
of Hamon Gog’.
“‘“The
house
of
Israel
will
be
burying
them
for
seven
months,
that
they
may
cleanse
the
land.
Yes,
all
the
people
of
the
land
will
bury
them;
and
they
will
become
famous
in
the
day
that
I
will
be
glorified,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“‘“They
will
set
apart
men
of
continual employment
who
will
pass
through
the
land.
Those
who
pass
through
will
go
with
those
who
bury
those
who
remain
on
the
surface
of
the
land,
to
cleanse
it.
After
the
end
of
seven
months
they
will
search.
Those
who
search
through
the
land
will
pass
through;
and
when
anyone
sees
a
man’s
bone,
then
he
will
set
up
a sign
by
it,
until
the undertakers
have
buried
it
in
the
valley
of Hamon Gog.
Hamonah
will
also
be
the
name
of
a
city. Thus
they
will
cleanse
the
land.”’
“You,
son
of
man,
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Speak
to
the
birds
of
every sort,
and
to
every
animal
of
the
field, “Assemble
yourselves,
and
come;
gather
yourselves
on
every
side
to
my
sacrifice
that
I
sacrifice
for
you,
even
a
great
sacrifice
on
the
mountains
of
Israel,
that
you
may
eat
meat
and
drink
blood.
You
shall
eat
the
flesh
of
the
mighty,
and
drink
the
blood
of
the
princes
of
the
earth,
of
rams,
of
lambs,
and
of
goats,
of
bulls,
all
of
them
fatlings
of
Bashan.
You
shall
eat
fat until
you
are full,
and
drink
blood until
you
are
drunk,
of
my
sacrifice
which
I
have
sacrificed
for
you.
You
shall
be
filled
at
my
table
with
horses
and
charioteers,
with
mighty
men,
and
with
all
men
of
war,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.’
“I
will
set
my
glory among
the
nations.
Then
all
the
nations
will
see
my
judgment
that
I
have executed,
and
my
hand
that
I
have
laid
on
them.
So
the
house
of
Israel
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
their
God,
from
that
day
and
forward.
The
nations
will
know
that
the
house
of
Israel
went
into
captivity
for
their
iniquity,
because
they trespassed
against
me,
and
I
hid
my
face
from
them;
so
I
gave
them
into
the
hand
of
their adversaries,
and
they
all
fell
by
the
sword.
I
did
to
them according
to
their
uncleanness
and according
to
their
transgressions.
I
hid
my
face
from
them.
“Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘Now
I
will
reverse
the
captivity
of
Jacob
and
have
mercy
on
the
whole
house
of
Israel.
I
will
be
jealous
for
my
holy
name.
They
will
forget
their
shame
and
all
their trespasses
by
which
they
have trespassed
against
me,
when
they
dwell
securely
in
their
land.
No
one
will
make
them
afraid
when
I
have
brought
them
back
from
the
peoples,
gathered
them
out
of
their enemies’
lands,
and am shown
holy
among
them
in
the
sight
of
many
nations.
They
will
know
that
I
am
Yahweh
their
God,
in
that
I
caused
them
to
go
into
captivity
among
the
nations,
and
have
gathered
them
to
their own
land.
Then
I
will
leave
none
of
them
captive
any
more.
I
won’t
hide
my
face
from
them
any
more,
for
I
have
poured
out
my
Spirit
on
the
house
of
Israel,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.”
In
the twenty-fifth
year
of
our captivity,
in
the
beginning
of
the
year,
in
the
tenth
day
of
the
month,
in
the fourteenth
year
after
the
city
was
struck,
in
the
same
day,
Yahweh’s
hand
was
on
me,
and
he
brought
me
there.
In
the
visions
of
God
he
brought
me
into
the
land
of
Israel,
and
set
me
down
on
a
very
high
mountain,
on
which
was something
like
the frame
of
a
city
to
the
south.
He
brought
me
there;
and,
behold,
there
was
a
man
whose
appearance
was
like
the
appearance
of
bronze,
with
a
line
of
flax
in
his
hand
and
a
measuring
reed;
and
he
stood
in
the
gate.
The
man
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
see
with
your
eyes,
and
hear
with
your
ears,
and
set
your
heart
on
all
that
I
will
show
you;
for
you
have
been
brought
here
so
that
I
may
show
them
to
you.
Declare
all
that
you
see
to
the
house
of
Israel.”
Behold,
there
was
a
wall
on
the
outside
of
the
house
all
around,
and
in
the
man’s
hand
a
measuring
reed
six
cubits
40:5
A normal cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A handbreadth is about 4.3 inches or 11 centimeters, so the long cubit described here would be about 22.3 inches or 57 centimeters long. Thus, a 6 long cubit measuring reed would have been about 3 yards 26.6 inches or about 3.42 meters long.
long,
of
a
cubit
and
a
hand
width
each.
So
he
measured
the
thickness
of
the
building,
one
reed;
and
the
height,
one
reed.
Then
he
came
to
the
gate
which looks
toward
the
east,
and
went
up
its
steps.
He
measured
the threshold
of
the
gate,
one
reed
wide;
and
the
other threshold,
one
reed
wide.
Every lodge
was
one
reed
long
and
one
reed
wide.
Between
the lodges
was
five
cubits.
The threshold
of
the
gate
by
the
porch
of
the
gate
toward
the
house
was
one
reed.
He
measured
also
the
porch
of
the
gate
toward
the
house,
one
reed.
Then
he
measured
the
porch
of
the
gate,
eight
cubits;
and
its posts,
two
cubits;
and
the
porch
of
the
gate
was toward
the
house.
The
side rooms
of
the
gate eastward
were
three
on this
side,
and
three
on
that
side.
The
three
of
them
were
of
one measure.
The posts
had
one measure
on this
side
and
on
that
side.
He
measured
the
width
of
the
opening
of
the
gate,
ten
cubits;
and
the
length
of
the
gate,
thirteen
cubits;
and
a
border
before
the lodges,
one
cubit
on this
side,
and
a
border,
one
cubit
on that
side;
and
the
side rooms,
six
cubits
on this
side,
and
six
cubits
on that
side.
He
measured
the
gate
from
the
roof
of
the
one
side
room
to
the
roof
of
the
other,
a
width
of
twenty-five
cubits,
door
against
door.
He
also
made posts,
sixty
cubits;
and
the
court reached
to
the posts,
around
the
gate.
From
the forefront
of
the
gate
at
the
entrance
to
the forefront
of
the
inner
porch
of
the
gate
were
fifty
cubits.
There
were closed
windows
to
the
side
rooms,
and
to
their posts
within
the
gate
all
around,
and
likewise
to
the arches.
Windows
were
around inward.
Palm
trees
were
on
each post.
Then
he
brought
me
into
the
outer
court.
Behold,
there
were
rooms
and
a
pavement
made
for
the
court
all
around.
Thirty
rooms
were
on
the
pavement.
The
pavement
was
by
the
side
of
the
gates,
corresponding
to
the
length
of
the
gates, even
the
lower
pavement.
Then
he
measured
the
width
from
the forefront
of
the
lower
gate
to
the forefront
of
the
inner
court
outside,
one
hundred
cubits, both
on
the
east
and
on
the
north.
He
measured
the
length
and
width
of
the
gate
of
the
outer
court
which
faces
toward
the
north.
The lodges
of
it
were
three
on this
side
and
three
on
that
side.
Its posts
and
its arches
were
the same
as
the
measure
of
the
first
gate:
its
length
was
fifty
cubits,
and
the
width
twenty-five
cubits.
Its
windows,
its arches,
and
its
palm
trees
were
the same
as
the measure
of
the
gate
which
faces
toward
the
east.
They
went
up
to
it
by
seven
steps.
Its arches
were
before
them.
There
was
a
gate
to
the
inner
court facing
the
other
gate,
on
the
north
and
on
the
east.
He
measured
one
hundred
cubits
from
gate
to
gate.
He led me
toward
the
south;
and
behold,
there
was
a
gate
toward
the
south.
He
measured
its posts
and
its arches according
to
these measurements.
There
were
windows
in
it
and
in
its arches
all
around,
like
the
other
windows:
the
length
was
fifty
cubits,
and
the
width
twenty-five
cubits.
There
were
seven
steps
to go
up
to
it,
and
its arches
were
before
them.
It
had
palm
trees,
one
on this
side,
and
another
on
that
side,
on
its posts.
There
was
a
gate
to
the
inner
court
toward
the
south.
He
measured
one
hundred
cubits
from
gate
to
gate
toward
the
south.
Then
he
brought
me
to
the
inner
court
by
the
south
gate.
He
measured
the
south
gate
according
to
these measurements;
with
its lodges,
its posts,
and
its arches, according
to
these measurements.
There
were
windows
in
it
and
in
its arches
all
around.
It
was
fifty
cubits
long,
and
twenty-five
cubits
wide.
There
were arches
all
around,
twenty-five
cubits
long
and
five
cubits
wide.
Its arches
were
toward
the
outer
court.
Palm
trees
were
on its posts.
The
ascent
to it
had
eight
steps.
He
brought
me
into
the
inner
court
toward
the
east.
He
measured
the
gate
according
to
these measurements;
with
its lodges,
its posts,
and
its arches, according
to
these measurements.
There
were
windows
in
it
and
in
its arches
all
around.
It
was
fifty
cubits
long,
and
twenty-five
cubits
wide.
Its arches
were
toward
the
outer
court.
Palm
trees
were
on its posts
on this
side
and
on
that
side.
The
ascent
to it
had
eight
steps.
He
brought
me
to
the
north
gate,
and
he
measured
it
according
to
these measurements—
its lodges,
its posts,
and
its arches. There
were
windows
in
it
all
around.
The
length
was
fifty
cubits
and
the
width
twenty-five
cubits.
Its posts
were
toward
the
outer
court.
Palm
trees
were
on its posts
on this
side
and
on
that
side.
The
ascent
to it
had
eight
steps.
A
room
with
its
door
was
by
the posts
at
the
gates.
They
washed
the
burnt offering
there.
In
the
porch
of
the
gate
were
two
tables
on this
side
and
two
tables
on
that
side,
on which
to
kill
the
burnt
offering,
the
sin
offering,
and
the trespass
offering.
On
the
one
side
outside,
as
one
goes
up
to
the
entry
of
the
gate
toward
the
north,
were
two
tables;
and
on
the
other
side,
which
belonged
to
the
porch
of
the
gate,
were
two
tables.
Four
tables
were
on this
side,
and
four
tables
on
that
side,
by
the
side
of
the
gate:
eight
tables,
on which
they
killed
the sacrifices.
There
were
four
cut
stone
tables
for
the
burnt
offering,
a
cubit
and
a
half
long,
a
cubit
and
a
half
wide,
and
one
cubit
high.
They laid
the
instruments
with
which
they
killed
the
burnt
offering
and
the
sacrifice
on
them.
The hooks,
a hand width
long,
were
fastened
within
all
around.
The
meat
of
the
offering
was
on
the
tables.
Outside
of
the
inner
gate
were
rooms
for
the
singers
in
the
inner
court,
which
was
at
the
side
of
the
north
gate.
They
faced
toward
the
south.
One
at
the
side
of
the
east
gate
faced
toward
the
north.
He
said
to
me, “This
room,
which
faces
toward
the
south,
is
for
the
priests
who
perform
the
duty
of
the
house.
The
room
which
faces
toward
the
north
is
for
the
priests
who
perform
the
duty
of
the
altar.
These
are
the
sons
of
Zadok,
who
from
among
the
sons
of
Levi
come
near
to
Yahweh
to
minister
to
him.”
He
measured
the
court,
one
hundred
cubits
long
and
one
hundred
cubits
wide,
square.
The
altar
was
before
the
house.
Then
he
brought
me
to
the
porch
of
the
house,
and
measured
each post
of
the
porch,
five
cubits
on
this
side,
and
five
cubits
on
that
side.
The
width
of
the
gate
was
three
cubits
on
this
side
and
three
cubits
on
that
side.
The
length
of
the
porch
was
twenty
cubits
and
the
width
eleven
cubits, even
by
the
steps
by
which
they
went
up
to
it.
There
were
pillars
by
the
posts,
one
on
this
side,
and
another
on
that
side.
He
brought
me
to
the
nave
and
measured
the posts,
six
cubits
wide
on
the
one
side
and
six
cubits
wide
on
the
other
side, which
was
the
width
of
the
tent.
The
width
of
the
entrance
was
ten
cubits,
41:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
the
sides
of
the
entrance were
five
cubits
on
the
one
side,
and
five
cubits
on
the
other
side.
He
measured
its
length,
forty
cubits,
and
the
width,
twenty
cubits.
Then
he
went inward
and
measured
each post
of
the
entrance,
two
cubits;
and
the
entrance,
six
cubits;
and
the
width
of
the
entrance,
seven
cubits.
He
measured
its
length,
twenty
cubits,
and
the
width,
twenty
cubits,
before
the
nave.
He
said
to
me, “This
is
the
most
holy
place.”
Then
he
measured
the
wall
of
the
house,
six
cubits;
and
the
width
of
every
side
room,
four
cubits,
all
around
the
house
on
every
side.
The
side
rooms
were
in
three
stories,
one
over
another,
and
thirty
in
each
story.
They
entered
into
the
wall
which
belonged
to
the
house
for
the
side
rooms
all
around,
that
they
might
be supported
and
not
penetrate
the
wall
of
the
house.
The
side
rooms
were
wider
on
the
higher levels,
because
the
walls
were narrower
at
the
higher levels.
Therefore
the
width
of
the
house increased
upward;
and
so
one
went
up
from
the
lowest level
to
the highest
through
the
middle level.
I
saw also
that
the
house had
a
raised base
all
around.
The foundations
of
the
side
rooms
were
a
full
reed
of
six great
cubits.
The
thickness
of
the
outer
wall
of
the
side
rooms
was
five
cubits.
That
which
was
left
was
the
place
of
the
side
rooms
that belonged
to
the
house.
Between
the
rooms
was
a
width
of
twenty
cubits
around
the
house
on
every
side.
The
doors
of
the
side
rooms
were
toward
an open
area
that
was
left,
one
door
toward
the
north,
and
another
door
toward
the
south.
The
width
of
the open
area
was
five
cubits
all
around.
The
building
that
was
before
the
separate
place
at
the
side
toward
the
west
was
seventy
cubits
wide;
and
the
wall
of
the
building
was
five
cubits
thick
all
around,
and
its
length
ninety
cubits.
So
he
measured
the
temple,
one
hundred
cubits
long;
and
the
separate
place,
and
the
building,
with
its
walls,
one
hundred
cubits
long;
also
the
width
of
the
face
of
the
temple,
and
of
the
separate
place
toward
the
east,
one
hundred
cubits.
He
measured
the
length
of
the
building
before
the
separate place
which
was
at
its
back,
and
its galleries
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
side,
one
hundred
cubits
from
the
inner
temple,
and
the
porches
of
the
court,
the
thresholds,
and
the
closed
windows,
and
the galleries
around
on
their
three stories,
opposite
the threshold,
with
wood ceilings
all
around,
and
from
the
ground
up
to
the
windows, (now
the
windows
were
covered),
to
the space
above
the
door,
even
to
the
inner
house,
and
outside,
and
by
all
the
wall
all
around
inside
and
outside,
by measure.
It
was
made
with
cherubim
and
palm
trees.
A
palm
tree
was
between
cherub
and
cherub,
and every
cherub
had
two
faces,
so
that
there
was
the
face
of
a
man
toward
the
palm
tree
on
the
one
side,
and
the
face
of
a
young
lion
toward
the
palm
tree
on
the
other
side.
It
was
made
like
this
through
all
the
house
all
around.
Cherubim
and
palm
trees
were
made
from
the
ground
to
above
the
door.
The
wall
of
the
temple
was
like
this.
The
door
posts
of
the
nave
were
squared.
As
for
the
face
of
the
nave,
its
appearance
was
as
the
appearance
of
the
temple.
The
altar
was
of
wood,
three
cubits
high,
and
its
length
two
cubits.
Its
corners,
its
base,
and
its
walls
were
of
wood.
He
said
to
me, “This
is
the
table
that
is
before
Yahweh.”
The
temple
and
the
sanctuary
had
two
doors.
The
doors
had
two
leaves
each,
two turning
leaves:
two
for
the
one
door,
and
two
leaves
for
the
other.
There
were
made
on
them,
on
the
doors
of
the
nave,
cherubim
and
palm
trees,
like
those
made
on
the
walls.
There
was
a
threshold
of
wood
on
the
face
of
the
porch
outside.
There
were closed
windows
and
palm
trees
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
side,
on
the
sides
of
the
porch. This
is how
the
side
rooms
of
the
temple
and
the
thresholds
were arranged.
Then
he
brought
me
out
into
the
outer
court,
the
way
toward
the
north.
Then
he
brought
me
into
the
room
that
was
opposite
the
separate
place,
and
which
was
opposite
the
building
toward
the
north.
Facing
the
length
of
one
hundred
cubits
42:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
was
the
north
door,
and
the
width
was
fifty
cubits.
Opposite
the
twenty cubits
which belonged
to
the
inner
court,
and
opposite
the
pavement
which belonged
to
the
outer
court,
was
gallery
against
gallery
in
the
three stories.
Before
the
rooms
was
a
walk
of
ten cubits’
width inward,
a
way
of
one
cubit;
and
their
doors
were
toward
the
north.
Now
the
upper
rooms
were shorter;
for
the galleries
took
away
from
these
more
than
from
the
lower
and
the
middle
in
the
building.
For
they
were
in
three stories,
and
they didn’t
have
pillars
as
the
pillars
of
the courts.
Therefore
the uppermost
was
set
back
more
than
the
lowest
and
the
middle
from
the
ground.
The
wall
that
was
outside
by
the
side
of
the
rooms,
toward
the
outer
court
before
the
rooms,
was
fifty
cubits
long.
For
the
length
of
the
rooms
that
were
in
the
outer
court
was
fifty
cubits.
Behold,
those
facing
the
temple
were
one
hundred
cubits.
From
under
these
rooms
was
the
entry
on
the
east
side,
as
one
goes
into
them
from
the
outer
court.
In
the
thickness
of
the
wall
of
the
court
toward
the
east,
before
the
separate place,
and
before
the
building, there
were
rooms.
The
way
before
them
was
like
the
appearance
of
the
rooms
which
were
toward
the
north.
Their
length
and
width
were
the
same.
All
their
exits
had
the
same arrangement
and
doors.
Like
the
doors
of
the
rooms
that
were
toward
the
south
was
a
door
at
the
head
of
the
way, even
the
way directly
before
the
wall
toward
the
east,
as
one
enters
into
them.
Then
he
said
to
me, “The
north
rooms
and
the
south
rooms,
which
are
opposite
the
separate
place,
are
the
holy
rooms,
where
the
priests
who
are
near
to
Yahweh
shall
eat
the
most
holy
things.
There
they
shall lay
the
most
holy
things,
with
the
meal
offering,
the
sin
offering,
and
the trespass
offering;
for
the
place
is
holy.
When
the
priests
enter
in,
then
they
shall
not
go
out
of
the
holy
place
into
the
outer
court until
they
lay
their
garments
in
which
they
minister
there;
for
they
are
holy.
Then
they
shall
put
on
other
garments,
and
shall
approach
that
which
is
for
the
people.”
Now
when
he
had
finished
measuring
the
inner
house,
he
brought
me
out
by
the
way
of
the
gate
which
faces
toward
the
east,
and
measured
it
all
around.
He
measured
on
the
east
side
with
the
measuring
reed
five hundred
reeds,
with
the
measuring
reed
all
around.
He
measured
on
the
north
side
five
hundred
reeds
with
the
measuring
reed
all
around.
He
measured
on
the
south
side
five
hundred
reeds
with
the
measuring
reed.
He
turned
about
to
the
west
side,
and
measured
five
hundred
reeds
with
the
measuring
reed.
He
measured
it
on
the
four
sides.
It had
a
wall
around
it,
the
length
five
hundred cubits,
and
the
width
five
hundred cubits,
to
make
a
separation
between
that
which
was
holy
and
that
which
was
common.
Afterward
he brought
me
to
the
gate, even
the
gate
that looks
toward
the
east.
Behold,
the
glory
of
the
God
of
Israel
came
from
the
way
of
the
east.
His
voice
was
like
the
sound
of
many
waters;
and
the
earth
was illuminated
with
his
glory.
It
was
like
the
appearance
of
the
vision
which
I
saw,
even
according
to
the
vision
that
I
saw
when
I
came
to
destroy
the
city;
and
the visions
were
like
the
vision
that
I
saw
by
the
river
Chebar;
and
I
fell
on
my
face.
Yahweh’s
glory
came
into
the
house
by
the
way
of
the
gate
which
faces
toward
the
east.
The
Spirit
took
me
up
and
brought
me
into
the
inner
court;
and
behold,
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
the
house.
I
heard
one
speaking
to
me
out
of
the
house,
and
a
man
stood
by
me.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
this
is
the
place
of
my
throne
and
the
place
of
the
soles
of
my
feet,
where
I
will
dwell
among
the
children
of
Israel
forever.
The
house
of
Israel
will
no
more
defile
my
holy
name,
neither
they
nor
their
kings,
by
their
prostitution
and
by
the
dead
bodies
of
their
kings
in
their
high
places;
in
their
setting
of
their threshold
by
my threshold
and
their
door
post
beside
my
door
post.
There
was
a
wall
between
me
and
them;
and
they
have
defiled
my
holy
name
by
their
abominations
which
they
have
committed.
Therefore
I
have
consumed
them
in
my
anger.
Now
let
them
put
away
their
prostitution,
and
the
dead
bodies
of
their
kings
far
from
me.
Then
I
will
dwell
among
them
forever.
“You,
son
of
man,
show
the
house
to
the
house
of
Israel,
that
they
may
be
ashamed
of
their
iniquities;
and
let
them
measure
the
pattern.
If
they
are
ashamed
of
all
that
they
have
done,
make
known
to
them
the form
of
the
house,
its fashion,
its
exits,
its
entrances,
its structure,
all
its
ordinances,
all
its forms,
and
all
its
laws;
and
write
it
in
their
sight,
that
they
may
keep
the
whole form
of
it,
and
all
its
ordinances,
and
do
them.
“This
is
the
law
of
the
house.
On
the
top
of
the
mountain
the
whole limit
around
it
shall
be
most
holy.
Behold,
this
is
the
law
of
the
house.
“These
are
the measurements
of
the
altar
by
cubits (the
cubit
43:13
A normal cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A hand width is about 4.3 inches or 11 cm.
is
a
cubit
and
a hand
width):
the
bottom
shall
be
a
cubit,
and
the
width
a
cubit,
and
its
border
around
its
edge
a
span;
43:13
A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
and
this
shall
be
the
base
of
the
altar.
From
the
bottom
on
the
ground
to
the
lower
ledge
shall
be
two
cubits,
and
the
width
one
cubit;
and
from
the
lesser
ledge
to
the
greater
ledge
shall
be
four
cubits,
and
the
width
a
cubit.
The upper
altar shall be
four
cubits;
and
from
the
altar
hearth
and
upward there shall be
four
horns.
The
altar
hearth shall be
twelve cubits
long
by
twelve
wide,
square
in its
four
sides.
The
ledge
shall be
fourteen
cubits
long
by
fourteen
wide
in
its
four
sides;
and
the
border
about
it
shall be
half
a
cubit;
and
its
bottom
shall be
a
cubit
around;
and
its
steps
shall
look
toward
the
east.”
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
the
Lord Yahweh
says: ‘These
are
the
ordinances
of
the
altar
in
the
day
when
they
make
it,
to
offer
burnt
offerings
on
it,
and
to
sprinkle
blood
on
it.
You
shall
give
to
the
Levitical
priests
who
are
of
the
offspring
of
Zadok,
who
are
near
to
me,
to
minister
to
me,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh, ‘a
young
bull
for
a
sin
offering.
You
shall
take
of
its
blood
and
put
it
on
its
four
horns,
and
on
the
four
corners
of
the
ledge,
and
on
the
border
all
around.
You
shall
cleanse
it
and
make
atonement
for
it
that
way.
You
shall
also
take
the
bull
of
the
sin offering,
and
it
shall
be
burned
in
the
appointed
place
of
the
house,
outside
of
the
sanctuary.
“On
the
second
day
you
shall
offer
a
male
goat
without
defect
for
a
sin
offering;
and
they
shall
cleanse
the
altar,
as
they
cleansed
it
with
the
bull.
When
you
have
finished
cleansing
it,
you
shall
offer
a
young
bull
without
defect
and
a
ram
out
of
the
flock
without
defect.
You
shall
bring
them
near
to
Yahweh,
and
the
priests
shall
cast
salt
on
them,
and
they
shall
offer
them
up
for
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh.
“Seven
days
you
shall
prepare
every
day
a
goat
for
a
sin
offering.
They
shall
also
prepare
a
young
bull
and
a
ram
out
of
the
flock,
without
defect.
Seven
days
shall
they
make
atonement
for
the
altar
and
purify
it.
So
shall
they consecrate
it.
When
they
have
accomplished
the
days,
it
shall
be
that
on
the
eighth
day
and
onward,
the
priests
shall
make
your
burnt
offerings
on
the
altar
and
your
peace
offerings.
Then
I
will
accept
you,’
says
the
Lord Yahweh.”
Then
he
brought
me
back
by
the
way
of
the
outer
gate
of
the
sanctuary,
which looks
toward
the
east;
and
it
was
shut.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “This
gate
shall
be
shut.
It
shall
not
be
opened,
no
man
shall
enter
in
by
it;
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
has
entered
in
by
it.
Therefore
it
shall
be
shut.
As
for
the
prince,
he
shall
sit
in
it
as
prince
to
eat
bread
before
Yahweh.
He
shall
enter
by
the
way
of
the
porch
of
the
gate,
and
shall
go
out
the
same
way.”
Then
he
brought
me
by
the
way
of
the
north
gate
before
the
house;
and
I
looked,
and
behold,
Yahweh’s
glory
filled
Yahweh’s
house;
so
I
fell
on
my
face.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
mark
well,
and
see
with
your
eyes,
and
hear
with
your
ears
all
that
I
tell
you
concerning
all
the
ordinances
of
Yahweh’s
house
and
all
its
laws;
and
mark
well
the
entrance
of
the
house,
with
every exit
of
the
sanctuary.
You
shall
tell
the
rebellious,
even
the
house
of
Israel, ‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “You
house
of
Israel, let
that
be
enough
of
all
your
abominations,
in
that
you
have
brought
in
foreigners,
uncircumcised
in
heart
and
uncircumcised
in
flesh,
to
be
in
my
sanctuary,
to
profane
it,
even
my
house,
when
you
offer
my
bread,
the
fat
and
the
blood;
and
they
have
broken
my
covenant,
to add
to
all
your
abominations.
You
have
not
performed
the
duty
of
my
holy
things;
but
you
have
set performers
of
my
duty
in
my
sanctuary
for yourselves.”
The
Lord Yahweh
says, “No
foreigner,
uncircumcised
in
heart
and
uncircumcised
in
flesh,
shall
enter
into
my
sanctuary,
of
any
foreigners
who
are
among
the
children
of
Israel.
“‘“But
the
Levites
who
went
far
from
me
when
Israel
went
astray,
who
went
astray
from
me
after
their
idols,
they
will
bear
their
iniquity.
Yet
they
shall
be
ministers
in
my
sanctuary,
having
oversight
at
the
gates
of
the
house,
and
ministering
in
the
house.
They
shall
kill
the
burnt offering
and
the
sacrifice
for
the
people,
and
they
shall
stand
before
them
to
minister
to
them.
Because
they
ministered
to
them
before
their
idols,
and
became
a
stumbling
block
of
iniquity
to
the
house
of
Israel,
therefore
I
have
lifted
up
my
hand
against
them,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh, “and
they
will
bear
their
iniquity.
They
shall
not
come
near
to
me,
to execute
the office
of
priest
to
me,
nor
to
come
near
to
any
of
my
holy
things,
to
the
things
that
are
most
holy;
but
they
will
bear
their
shame
and
their
abominations
which
they
have
committed.
Yet
I
will
make
them performers
of
the
duty
of
the
house,
for
all
its
service
and
for
all
that
will
be
done therein.
“‘“But
the
Levitical
priests,
the
sons
of
Zadok,
who
performed
the
duty
of
my
sanctuary
when
the
children
of
Israel
went
astray
from
me,
shall
come
near
to
me
to
minister
to
me.
They
shall
stand
before
me
to
offer
to
me
the
fat
and
the
blood,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“They shall
enter
into
my
sanctuary,
and
they shall
come
near
to
my
table,
to
minister
to
me,
and
they shall
keep
my instruction.
“‘“It
will
be
that
when
they
enter
in
at
the
gates
of
the
inner
court,
they
shall
be
clothed
with
linen
garments.
No
wool
shall
come
on
them
while
they
minister
in
the
gates
of
the
inner
court,
and
within.
They
shall
have
linen
turbans
on
their
heads,
and
shall
have
linen trousers
on
their waists.
They
shall
not clothe
themselves
with
anything
that makes
them
sweat.
When
they
go
out
into
the
outer
court,
even
into
the
outer
court
to
the
people,
they
shall
put
off
their
garments
in
which
they
minister
and
lay
them
in
the
holy
rooms.
They
shall
put
on
other
garments,
that
they
not
sanctify
the
people
with
their
garments.
“‘“They
shall
not
shave
their
heads,
or allow
their
locks
to
grow
long.
They
shall
only
cut
off
the
hair
of
their
heads.
None
of
the
priests
shall
drink
wine
when
they
enter
into
the
inner
court.
They
shall
not
take
for
their
wives
a
widow,
or
her
who
is
put
away;
but
they
shall
take
virgins
of
the
offspring
of
the
house
of
Israel,
or
a
widow
who
is
the
widow
of
a
priest.
They
shall
teach
my
people
the difference
between
the
holy
and
the
common,
and cause
them
to
discern
between
the
unclean
and
the
clean.
“‘“In
a
controversy
they
shall
stand
to
judge.
They
shall
judge
it
according
to
my
ordinances.
They
shall
keep
my
laws
and
my
statutes
in
all
my
appointed
feasts.
They
shall
make
my
Sabbaths
holy.
“‘“They
shall
go
in
to
no
dead
person
to
defile themselves;
but
for
father,
or
for
mother,
or
for
son,
or
for
daughter,
for
brother,
or
for
sister
who
has
had
no
husband,
they
may
defile themselves.
After
he
is
cleansed,
they
shall reckon
to
him
seven
days.
In
the
day
that
he
goes
into
the
sanctuary,
into
the
inner
court,
to
minister
in
the
sanctuary,
he
shall
offer
his
sin
offering,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“‘They
shall
have
an
inheritance:
I
am
their
inheritance;
and
you
shall
give
them
no
possession
in
Israel.
I
am
their
possession.
They
shall
eat
the
meal
offering,
and
the
sin
offering,
and
the trespass
offering;
and
every
devoted
thing
in
Israel
shall
be
theirs.
The
first
of
all
the
first
fruits
of
every
thing,
and
every
offering
of
everything,
of
all
your
offerings,
shall
be
for
the
priest.
You
shall also
give
to
the
priests
the
first
of
your
dough,
to
cause
a
blessing
to
rest
on
your
house.
The
priests
shall
not
eat
of
anything
that
dies
of itself
or
is
torn,
whether
it
is
bird
or
animal.
“‘“Moreover,
when
you
divide
by
lot
the
land
for
inheritance,
you
shall
offer
an
offering
to
Yahweh,
a
holy
portion
of
the
land.
The
length
shall
be
the
length
of
twenty-five
thousand reeds,
and
the
width
shall
be
ten
thousand.
It
shall
be
holy
in
all
its
border
all
around.
Of
this
there
shall
be
a
five
hundred
by
five
hundred
square
for
the
holy
place,
and
fifty
cubits
45:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
for
its
pasture
lands
all
around.
Of
this
measure
you shall
measure
a
length
of
twenty-five
thousand,
and
a
width
of
ten
thousand.
In
it shall
be
the
sanctuary, which
is
most
holy.
It
is
a
holy
portion
of
the
land;
it
shall
be
for
the
priests,
the
ministers
of
the
sanctuary,
who
come
near
to
minister
to
Yahweh.
It
shall
be
a
place
for
their
houses
and
a
holy
place
for
the
sanctuary.
Twenty-five
thousand cubits
in
length
and
ten
thousand
in
width
shall
be
for
the
Levites,
the
ministers
of
the
house,
as
a
possession
for
themselves,
for
twenty
rooms.
“‘“You
shall
appoint
the
possession
of
the
city
five
thousand cubits
wide
and
twenty-five
thousand
long,
side
by
side
with
the
offering
of
the
holy
portion.
It
shall
be
for
the
whole
house
of
Israel.
“‘“What
is
for
the
prince
shall
be
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
side
of
the
holy
allotment
and
of
the
possession
of
the
city,
in
front
of
the
holy
allotment
and
in
front
of
the
possession
of
the
city,
on
the
west
side
westward,
and
on
the
east
side
eastward,
and
in
length
corresponding
to
one
of
the
portions,
from
the
west
border
to
the
east
border.
In
the
land
it
shall
be
to
him
for
a
possession
in
Israel.
My
princes
shall
no
more
oppress
my
people,
but
they
shall
give
the
land
to
the
house
of
Israel according
to
their
tribes.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “Enough
you,
princes
of
Israel!
Remove
violence
and plunder,
and execute
justice
and
righteousness!
Stop dispossessing
my
people!”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“You shall
have
just
balances,
a
just
ephah,
45:10
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
and
a
just
bath.
The
ephah
and
the
bath shall
be
of
one
measure,
that
the
bath
may
contain
one
tenth
of
a homer,
45:11
1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
and
the
ephah
one
tenth
of
a homer.
Its
measure shall
be
the
same
as
the homer.
The
shekel
45:12
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. shall
be
twenty
gerahs.
45:12
a gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains
Twenty
shekels plus
twenty-five
shekels plus fifteen
shekels shall
be
your mina.
45:12
A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds.
“‘“This
is
the
offering
that
you
shall
offer:
the
sixth
part
of
an
ephah
from
a homer
of
wheat,
and
you
shall give
the
sixth
part
of
an
ephah
from
a homer
of
barley,
and
the set
portion
of
oil,
of
the
bath
of
oil,
one
tenth
of
a
bath
out
of
the cor, which
is
ten
baths,
even
a homer (for
ten
baths
are
a homer),
45:14
1 cor is the same as 1 homer in volume, and is about 211 liters, 55.9 gallons, or 6 bushels. 1 bath is about 21.1 liters, 5.59 gallons, or 2.4 pecks.
and
one
lamb
of
the
flock
out
of
two
hundred,
from
the well-watered pastures
of
Israel—for
a
meal
offering,
for
a
burnt
offering,
and
for
peace
offerings,
to make
atonement
for
them,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“All
the
people
of
the
land
shall
give
to
this
offering
for
the
prince
in
Israel.
It
shall
be
the prince’s
part
to
give
the
burnt
offerings,
the
meal
offerings,
and
the drink
offerings,
in
the
feasts,
and
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
Sabbaths,
in
all
the
appointed
feasts
of
the
house
of
Israel.
He
shall
prepare
the
sin
offering,
the
meal
offering,
the
burnt
offering,
and
the
peace
offerings,
to
make
atonement
for
the
house
of
Israel.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “In
the
first
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
you
shall
take
a
young
bull
without
defect,
and
you
shall
cleanse
the
sanctuary.
The
priest
shall
take
of
the
blood
of
the
sin
offering
and
put
it
on
the
door
posts
of
the
house,
and
on
the
four
corners
of
the
ledge
of
the
altar,
and
on
the
posts
of
the
gate
of
the
inner
court.
So
you
shall
do
on
the
seventh
day
of
the
month
for
everyone
who errs,
and
for
him
who
is simple.
So
you
shall
make
atonement
for
the
house.
“‘“In
the
first
month,
on
the fourteenth
day
of
the
month,
you
shall
have
the
Passover,
a
feast
of
seven
days;
unleavened
bread
shall
be
eaten.
On
that
day
the
prince
shall
prepare
for
himself
and
for
all
the
people
of
the
land
a
bull
for
a
sin offering.
The
seven
days
of
the
feast
he
shall
prepare
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh,
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams
without
defect
daily
the
seven
days;
and
a
male
goat
daily
for
a
sin
offering.
He shall
prepare
a
meal
offering,
an
ephah
45:24
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
for
a
bull,
an
ephah
for
a
ram,
and
a
hin
45:24
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
of
oil
to
an
ephah.
“‘“In
the
seventh
month,
on
the fifteenth
day
of
the
month,
during
the
feast,
he
shall
do like
that
for
seven
days.
He
shall
make
the
same provision
for
sin
offering,
the
burnt
offering,
the
meal
offering,
and
the
oil.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “The
gate
of
the
inner
court
that looks
toward
the
east
shall
be
shut
the
six
working
days;
but
on
the
Sabbath
day
it
shall
be
opened,
and
on
the
day
of
the
new
moon
it
shall
be
opened.
The
prince
shall
enter
by
the
way
of
the
porch
of
the
gate
outside,
and
shall
stand
by
the
post
of
the
gate;
and
the
priests
shall
prepare
his
burnt
offering
and
his
peace
offerings,
and
he
shall
worship
at
the
threshold
of
the
gate.
Then
he
shall
go
out,
but
the
gate
shall
not
be
shut
until
the
evening.
The
people
of
the
land
shall
worship
at
the
door
of
that
gate
before
Yahweh
on
the
Sabbaths
and
on
the
new
moons.
The
burnt
offering
that
the
prince
shall
offer
to
Yahweh
shall
be
on
the
Sabbath
day,
six
lambs
without
defect
and
a
ram
without
defect;
and
the
meal
offering
shall
be
an
ephah
for
the
ram,
and
the
meal
offering
for
the
lambs
as
he
is
able
to
give,
and
a
hin
46:5
A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
of
oil
to
an
ephah.
46:5
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
On
the
day
of
the
new
moon
it
shall
be
a
young
bull
without
defect,
six
lambs,
and
a
ram.
They
shall
be
without
defect.
He
shall
prepare
a
meal
offering:
an
ephah
for
the
bull,
and
an
ephah
for
the
ram,
and
for
the
lambs
according
as
he
is
able,
and
a
hin
of
oil
to
an
ephah.
When
the
prince
enters,
he
shall
go
in
by
the
way
of
the
porch
of
the
gate,
and
he
shall
go
out
by
its
way.
“‘“But
when
the
people
of
the
land
come
before
Yahweh
in
the
appointed
feasts,
he
who
enters
by
the
way
of
the
north
gate
to
worship
shall
go
out
by
the
way
of
the
south
gate;
and
he
who
enters
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
by
which
he
came
in,
but
shall
go
out
straight
before
him.
The
prince shall
go
in
with
them
when
they
go
in.
When
they
go
out,
he shall
go
out.
“‘“In
the
feasts
and
in
the
appointed holidays,
the
meal
offering
shall
be
an
ephah
46:11
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
for
a
bull,
and
an
ephah
for
a
ram,
and
for
the
lambs
as
he
is
able
to
give,
and
a
hin
of
oil
to
an
ephah.
When
the
prince prepares
a
free
will
offering,
a
burnt
offering
or
peace
offerings
as
a
free
will
offering
to
Yahweh,
one
shall
open
for
him
the
gate
that looks
toward
the
east;
and
he
shall
prepare
his
burnt
offering
and
his
peace
offerings,
as
he
does
on
the
Sabbath
day.
Then
he
shall
go
out;
and
after
his
going
out
one
shall
shut
the
gate.
“‘“You
shall
prepare
a
lamb
a
year
old
without
defect
for
a
burnt
offering
to
Yahweh
daily.
Morning
by
morning
you
shall
prepare
it.
You
shall
prepare
a
meal
offering
with
it
morning
by
morning,
the
sixth
part
of
an
ephah,
46:14
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
and
the
third
part
of
a
hin
of
oil
to
moisten
the
fine
flour;
a
meal
offering
to
Yahweh
continually
by
a
perpetual
ordinance.
Thus
they shall
prepare
the
lamb,
the
meal
offering,
and
the
oil,
morning
by
morning,
for
a
continual
burnt
offering.”
“‘The
Lord Yahweh
says: “If
the
prince
gives
a
gift
to
any
of
his
sons,
it
is
his
inheritance.
It
shall
belong
to
his
sons.
It
is
their
possession
by
inheritance.
But
if
he
gives
of
his
inheritance
a
gift
to
one
of
his
servants,
it
shall
be
his
to
the
year
of
liberty;
then
it
shall
return
to
the
prince;
but
as
for
his
inheritance,
it
shall
be
for
his
sons.
Moreover
the
prince
shall
not
take
of
the
people’s
inheritance,
to thrust
them
out
of
their
possession.
He
shall
give
inheritance
to
his
sons
out
of
his
own
possession,
that
my
people
not
each
be
scattered
from
his
possession.”’”
Then
he
brought
me
through
the
entry,
which
was
at
the
side
of
the
gate,
into
the
holy
rooms
for
the
priests,
which
looked
toward
the
north.
Behold,
there
was
a
place
on
the
back
part
westward.
He
said
to
me, “This
is
the
place
where
the
priests
shall
boil
the trespass
offering
and
the
sin
offering,
and
where
they
shall
bake
the
meal
offering,
that
they
not
bring
them
out
into
the
outer
court,
to
sanctify
the
people.”
Then
he
brought
me
out
into
the
outer
court
and caused
me
to
pass
by
the
four
corners
of
the
court;
and
behold,
in
every
corner
of
the
court
there was
a
court.
In the
four
corners
of the
court
there
were courts
enclosed,
forty cubits
46:22
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
long
and
thirty
wide. These
four
in the
corners
were the
same
size.
There was
a wall
around
in
them,
around
the
four,
and boiling
places
were
made
under
the walls
all
around.
Then
he
said
to
me, “These
are
the
boiling
houses,
where
the
ministers
of
the
house
shall
boil
the
sacrifice
of
the
people.”
He
brought
me
back
to
the
door
of
the
temple;
and
behold,
waters
flowed
out
from
under
the
threshold
of
the
temple eastward,
for
the
front
of
the
temple
faced
toward
the
east.
The
waters
came
down
from
underneath,
from
the
right
side
of
the
temple,
on
the
south
of
the
altar.
Then
he
brought
me
out
by
the
way
of
the
gate
northward,
and
led
me
around
by
the
way
outside
to
the
outer
gate,
by
the
way
of
the
gate
that looks
toward
the
east.
Behold,
waters ran
out
on
the
right
side.
When
the
man
went
out eastward
with
the line
in
his
hand,
he
measured
one
thousand
cubits,
47:3
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and
he caused
me
to
pass
through
the
waters,
waters
that
were
to
the ankles.
Again
he
measured one
thousand,
and caused me
to
pass
through
the
waters,
waters
that
were
to
the
knees. Again
he
measured one
thousand,
and caused me
to
pass
through
waters
that
were
to
the
waist.
Afterward
he
measured
one
thousand;
and
it
was
a
river
that
I
could
not
pass
through,
for
the
waters
had
risen,
waters
to
swim
in,
a
river
that
could
not
be walked
through.
He
said
to
me, “Son
of
man,
have
you
seen
this?”
Then
he
brought
me
and caused
me
to
return
to
the
bank
of
the
river.
Now
when
I had
returned,
behold,
on
the
bank
of
the
river
were
very
many
trees
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other.
Then
he
said
to
me, “These
waters
flow
out
toward
the
eastern
region
and
will
go
down
into
the
Arabah.
Then
they
will
go
toward
the
sea
and
flow
into
the
sea
which
will
be made
to
flow
out;
and
the
waters
will
be
healed.
It
will
happen
that
every
living
creature
which
swarms,
in
every
place
where
the rivers
come,
will
live.
Then
there
will
be
a
very
great multitude
of
fish;
for
these
waters
have
come
there,
and
the
waters
of
the sea
will
be
healed,
and
everything
will
live
wherever
the
river
comes.
It
will
happen
that
fishermen
will
stand
by
it.
From En Gedi
even
to En Eglaim
will
be
a
place
for
the spreading
of
nets.
Their
fish
will
be
after
their
kinds,
as
the
fish
of
the
great
sea,
exceedingly
many.
But
its
swamps
marshes
will
not
be
healed.
They
will
be
given
up
to
salt.
By
the
river
banks,
on
both
sides,
will
grow
every
tree
for
food,
whose
leaf
won’t
wither,
neither
will
its
fruit
fail.
It
will
produce
new
fruit
every
month,
because
its
waters
issue
out
of
the
sanctuary.
Its
fruit
will
be
for
food,
and
its
leaf
for
healing.”
The
Lord Yahweh
says: “This
shall
be
the
border
by
which
you
shall
divide
the
land
for
inheritance according
to
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
Joseph
shall
have
two
portions.
You
shall
inherit
it,
one
as
well
as
another;
for
I
swore
to
give
it
to
your
fathers.
This
land
will
fall
to
you
for
inheritance.
“This
shall
be
the
border
of
the
land:
“On
the
north
side,
from
the
great
sea,
by
the
way
of
Hethlon,
to
the
entrance
of
Zedad;
Hamath,
Berothah,
Sibraim (which
is
between
the
border
of
Damascus
and
the
border
of
Hamath),
to Hazer Hatticon,
which
is
by
the
border
of
Hauran.
The
border
from
the
sea
shall
be Hazar Enon
at
the
border
of
Damascus;
and
on
the
north
northward
is
the
border
of
Hamath. This
is
the
north
side.
“The
east
side,
between
Hauran,
Damascus,
Gilead,
and
the
land
of
Israel,
shall
be
the
Jordan;
from
the north
border
to
the
east
sea
you
shall
measure. This
is
the
east
side.
“The
south
side
southward
shall
be
from
Tamar
as
far
as
the
waters
of Meriboth
Kadesh,
to
the
brook,
to
the
great
sea. This
is
the
south
side
southward.
“The
west
side
shall
be
the
great
sea,
from
the
south
border
as
far
as
opposite
the
entrance
of
Hamath.
This
is
the
west
side.
“So
you
shall
divide
this
land
to yourselves according
to
the
tribes
of
Israel.
You
shall
divide
it
by
lot
for
an
inheritance
to
you
and
to
the
aliens
who
live
among
you,
who
will
father
children
among
you.
Then
they
shall
be
to
you
as
the
native-born
among
the
children
of
Israel.
They
shall
have
inheritance
with
you
among
the
tribes
of
Israel.
In
whatever
tribe
the
stranger
lives,
there
you
shall
give
him
his
inheritance,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“Now
these
are
the
names
of
the
tribes:
From
the
north
end,
beside
the
way
of
Hethlon
to
the
entrance
of
Hamath, Hazar Enan
at
the
border
of
Damascus,
northward
beside
Hamath (and
they
shall
have
their
sides
east
and
west),
Dan,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Dan,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Asher,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Asher,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
west
side,
Naphtali,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Naphtali,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Manasseh,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Manasseh,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Ephraim,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Ephraim,
from
the
east
side
even
to
the
west
side,
Reuben,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Reuben,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Judah,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Judah,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
shall
be
the
offering
which
you
shall
offer,
twenty-five
thousand reeds
in
width,
and
in
length
as
one
of
the
portions,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side;
and
the
sanctuary
shall
be
in
the
middle
of
it.
“The
offering
that
you
shall
offer
to
Yahweh
shall
be
twenty-five
thousand reeds
in
length,
and
ten
thousand
in
width.
For
these, even
for
the
priests,
shall
be
the
holy
offering: toward
the
north
twenty-five
thousand
in
length,
and toward
the
west
ten
thousand
in
width,
and toward
the
east
ten
thousand
in
width,
and toward
the
south
twenty-five
thousand
in
length;
and
the
sanctuary
of
Yahweh
shall
be
in
the
middle
of
it.
It
shall
be
for
the
priests
who
are
sanctified
of
the
sons
of
Zadok,
who
have
kept
my instruction,
who
didn’t
go
astray
when
the
children
of
Israel
went
astray,
as
the
Levites
went
astray.
It
shall
be
to
them
an
offering
from
the
offering
of
the
land,
a
most
holy
thing,
by
the
border
of
the
Levites.
“Alongside
the
border
of
the
priests,
the
Levites
shall
have
twenty-five
thousand cubits
in
length
and
ten
thousand
in
width.
All
the
length
shall
be
twenty-five
thousand,
and
the
width
ten
thousand.
They
shall
sell
none
of
it,
nor
exchange
it,
nor
shall
the
first
fruits
of
the
land
be alienated,
for
it
is
holy
to
Yahweh.
“The
five
thousand cubits
that
are
left
in
the
width,
in
front
of
the
twenty-five
thousand,
shall
be
for
common
use,
for
the
city,
for
dwelling
and
for
pasture
lands;
and
the
city
shall
be
in
the
middle
of
it.
These
shall
be
its measurements:
the
north
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred,
and
the
south
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred,
and
on
the
east
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred,
and
the
west
side
four
thousand
and
five
hundred.
The
city shall
have
pasture
lands: toward
the
north
two
hundred
fifty,
and toward
the
south
two
hundred
fifty,
and toward
the
east
two
hundred
fifty,
and toward
the
west
two
hundred
fifty.
The
remainder
of
the
length,
alongside
the
holy
offering, shall
be
ten
thousand eastward
and
ten
thousand
westward;
and
it shall
be
alongside
the
holy
offering.
Its
increase shall
be
for
food
to
those
who
labor
in
the
city.
Those
who
labor
in
the
city,
out
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
shall
cultivate
it.
All
the
offering shall
be
a
square
of
twenty-five
thousand
by
twenty-five
thousand.
You shall
offer
it
as
a
holy
offering,
with
the
possession
of
the
city.
“The
remainder
shall
be
for
the
prince,
on
the
one
side
and
on
the
other
of
the
holy
offering
and
of
the
possession
of
the
city;
in
front
of
the
twenty-five
thousand
of
the
offering
toward
the
east
border,
and
westward
in
front
of
the
twenty-five
thousand
toward
the
west
border,
alongside
the
portions,
it
shall
be
for
the
prince.
The
holy
offering
and
the
sanctuary
of
the
house
shall
be
in
the
middle
of
it.
Moreover,
from
the
possession
of
the
Levites,
and
from
the
possession
of
the
city,
being
in
the
middle
of
that
which
is
the prince’s,
between
the
border
of
Judah
and
the
border
of
Benjamin,
shall
be
for
the
prince.
“As
for
the
rest
of
the
tribes:
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Benjamin,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Benjamin,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Simeon,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Simeon,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Issachar,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Issachar,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Zebulun,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Zebulun,
from
the
east
side
to
the
west
side,
Gad,
one portion.
“By
the
border
of
Gad,
at
the
south
side
southward,
the
border
shall
be
even
from
Tamar
to
the
waters
of Meribath
Kadesh,
to
the
brook,
to
the
great
sea.
“This
is
the
land
which
you
shall
divide
by
lot
to
the
tribes
of
Israel
for
inheritance,
and
these
are
their several
portions,
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“These
are
the
exits
of
the
city:
On
the
north
side
four
thousand
five
hundred reeds
by measure;
and
the
gates
of
the
city
shall
be
named
after
the
tribes
of
Israel,
three
gates
northward:
the
gate
of
Reuben,
one;
the
gate
of
Judah,
one;
the
gate
of
Levi,
one.
“At
the
east
side
four
thousand
five
hundred reeds,
and
three
gates: even
the
gate
of
Joseph,
one;
the
gate
of
Benjamin,
one;
the
gate
of
Dan,
one.
“At
the
south
side
four
thousand
five
hundred reeds
by measure,
and
three
gates:
the
gate
of
Simeon,
one;
the
gate
of
Issachar,
one;
the
gate
of
Zebulun,
one.
“At
the
west
side
four
thousand
five
hundred reeds,
with their
three
gates:
the
gate
of
Gad,
one;
the
gate
of
Asher,
one;
the
gate
of
Naphtali,
one.
“It
shall
be
eighteen
thousand reeds
in circumference;
and
the
name
of
the
city
from
that
day
shall
be, ‘Yahweh
is
there.’
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The Book of Hosea
Hosea
Hosea
The Book of
Hosea
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
that
came
to
Hosea
the
son
of
Beeri,
in
the
days
of
Uzziah,
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash,
king
of
Israel.
When
Yahweh
spoke
at
first
by
Hosea,
Yahweh
said
to
Hosea, “Go,
take
for
yourself
a
wife
of prostitution
and
children
of unfaithfulness;
for
the
land
commits great
adultery, forsaking
Yahweh.”
So
he went
and
took
Gomer
the
daughter
of Diblaim;
and she
conceived,
and
bore
him
a
son.
Yahweh
said
to
him, “Call
his
name
Jezreel,
for
yet
a
little
while,
and
I
will avenge
the
blood
of
Jezreel
on
the
house
of
Jehu,
and
will
cause
the
kingdom
of
the
house
of
Israel
to
cease.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
I
will
break
the
bow
of
Israel
in
the
valley
of
Jezreel.”
She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
daughter.
Then
he
said
to
him, “Call
her
name
Lo-Ruhamah,
1:6
Lo-Ruhamah means “not loved”.
for
I
will
no
longer
have
mercy
on
the
house
of
Israel,
that
I
should
in
any way
pardon
them.
But
I
will
have
mercy
on
the
house
of
Judah,
and
will
save
them
by
Yahweh
their
God,
1:7
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
and
will
not
save
them
by
bow,
sword,
battle,
horses,
or
horsemen.”
Now
when she
had
weaned
Lo-Ruhamah, she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son.
He
said, “Call
his
name
Lo-Ammi,
1:9
Lo-Ammi means “not my people”.
for
you
are
not
my
people,
and
I
will
not
be
yours.
Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
“Say
to
your brothers, ‘My
people!’
2:1
‘Ammi’ in Hebrew
and
to
your sisters, ‘My loved
one!’
2:1
‘Ruhamah’ in Hebrew
Contend
with
your mother!
Contend,
for
she
is
not
my wife,
neither am
I
her husband;
and
let
her
put
away
her prostitution
from
her face,
and
her adulteries
from
between
her breasts;
lest
I strip
her naked,
and make
her bare as
in
the day
that she
was born,
and make
her like
a wilderness,
and set
her like
a dry land,
and kill
her
with thirst.
Indeed,
on
her children
I
will
have
no mercy,
for
they
are children
of unfaithfulness.
For
their mother
has played
the prostitute.
She
who conceived
them
has done shamefully;
for she said, ‘I
will go
after
my lovers,
who
give
me
my bread
and
my water,
my wool
and
my flax,
my oil
and
my drink.’
Therefore
behold,
2:6
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
will hedge
up
your way
with thorns,
and
I
will build
a wall against
her,
that
she
can’t
find
her way.
She
will
follow
after
her
lovers,
but
she won’t overtake
them;
and
she
will seek
them,
but won’t
find
them.
Then
she
will
say, ‘I
will go
and return
to
my first husband,
for
then
it
was better
with
me
than
now.’
For
she
didn’t know
that
I gave
her
the grain,
the new wine,
and
the oil,
and multiplied
to
her silver
and gold, which
they used
for Baal.
Therefore
I
will
take
back
my grain
in
its
time,
and
my new wine
in
its season,
and
will pluck
away
my wool
and
my flax which
should
have covered
her nakedness.
Now
I
will uncover
her lewdness
in
the sight
of
her lovers,
and
no
one
will
deliver
her
out
of
my
hand.
I
will
also
cause
all
her celebrations
to cease:
her
feasts,
her
new moons,
her Sabbaths,
and
all
her solemn
assemblies.
I
will
lay waste
her vines
and
her fig trees,
about
which
she
has said, ‘These
are
my wages
that
my
lovers
have
given
me,’
and
I
will
make
them
a forest,
and
the animals
of
the field
shall eat
them.
I
will visit
on
her
the days
of
the Baals,
to
which
she burned incense
when
she decked herself
with
her earrings
and
her jewels,
and went after
her lovers
and forgot
me,” says Yahweh.
“Therefore behold,
I
will allure
her,
and
bring
her
into
the wilderness,
and
speak tenderly
to
her.
I
will give
her vineyards
from
there,
and
the valley
of Achor
for
a door
of hope;
and
she
will respond
there
as
in
the
days
of
her youth,
and
as
in
the
day
when
she came
up
out
of
the land
of Egypt.
It
will
be
in
that day,”
says Yahweh,
“that
you
will call
me ‘my husband,’
and no longer call
me ‘my master.’
For
I
will
take
away
the names
of
the Baals
out
of
her mouth,
and
they
will
no longer
be mentioned
by name.
In
that
day
I
will
make
a covenant
for
them
with
the
animals
of
the field,
and
with
the birds
of
the sky,
and
with
the creeping
things
of
the ground.
I
will break
the bow,
the sword,
and
the
battle
out
of
the land,
and
will
make
them
lie
down safely.
I
will betroth
you
to
me forever.
Yes,
I
will betroth
you
to
me
in righteousness,
in justice,
in loving kindness,
and
in compassion.
I
will
even betroth
you
to
me
in faithfulness;
and
you
shall know Yahweh.
It
will happen
in that day, that I
will respond,” says Yahweh.
“I
will respond
to
the heavens,
and they
will respond
to
the earth;
and
the earth
will respond
to
the grain,
and
the new wine,
and
the oil;
and
they
will respond
to Jezreel.
I
will sow
her
to
me
in
the
earth;
and
I
will
have
mercy
on
her
who
had
not obtained
mercy;
and
I
will tell
those
who
were
not
my
people, ‘You
are
my
people;’
and
they
will say, ‘You
are
My
God!’”
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Go
again,
love
a
woman
loved
by
another,
and
an
adulteress,
even
as
Yahweh
loves
the
children
of
Israel, though
they
turn
to
other
gods,
and
love
cakes
of
raisins.”
So I
bought her
for myself
for
fifteen pieces
of
silver
and
a homer
3:2
1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels
and
a
half
of
barley.
I
said
to
her, “You
shall
stay
with
me
many
days.
You
shall
not
play
the
prostitute,
and
you
shall
not
be
with
any
other
man.
I
will
also
be
so
toward
you.”
For
the
children
of
Israel
shall
live
many
days
without
king,
without
prince,
without
sacrifice,
without sacred stone,
and
without
ephod
or
idols.
Afterward
the
children
of
Israel
shall
return
and
seek
Yahweh
their
God,
and
David
their
king,
and
shall
come
with
trembling
to
Yahweh
and
to
his blessings
in
the
last
days.
Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
you
children
of
Israel,
for
Yahweh
has
a
charge
against
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
“Indeed
there
is
no
truth,
nor goodness,
nor
knowledge
of
God
in
the
land.
There
is cursing,
lying,
murder,
stealing,
and
committing
adultery;
they
break boundaries,
and
bloodshed causes
bloodshed.
Therefore
the
land
will
mourn,
and
everyone
who
dwells
in
it
will waste
away,
with
all
living
things
in
her,
even
the
animals
of
the
field
and
the
birds
of
the
sky;
yes,
the
fish
of
the
sea
also
die.
“Yet
let
no
man bring
a charge,
neither
let
any
man
accuse;
for
your
people
are
like
those
who bring charges
against
a
priest.
You
will
stumble
in
the
day,
and
the
prophet
will
also
stumble
with
you
in
the
night;
and
I
will
destroy
your
mother.
My
people
are
destroyed
for
lack
of
knowledge.
Because
you
have
rejected
knowledge,
I
will
also
reject
you,
that
you
may
be
no
priest
to
me.
Because
you
have
forgotten
your
God’s
law,
I
will
also
forget
your
children.
As
they were
multiplied,
so
they
sinned
against
me.
I
will
change
their
glory
into
shame.
They
feed
on
the
sin
of
my
people,
and
set
their
heart
on
their
iniquity.
It
will
be
like
people,
like
priest;
and
I
will
punish
them
for
their
ways,
and
will
repay
them
for
their
deeds.
They
will
eat,
and
not
have
enough.
They
will
play
the
prostitute,
and
will
not
increase;
because
they
have
abandoned listening
to
Yahweh.
Prostitution,
wine,
and
new
wine
take
away
understanding.
My
people
consult
with
their
wooden idol,
and answer
to
a
stick
of
wood.
Indeed
the
spirit
of prostitution
has
led
them
astray,
and
they
have been
unfaithful
to
their
God.
They
sacrifice
on
the
tops
of
the
mountains,
and
burn
incense
on
the
hills,
under
oaks, poplars,
and terebinths,
because
its
shade
is
good.
Therefore
your
daughters
play
the
prostitute,
and
your
brides
commit
adultery.
I
will
not
punish
your
daughters
when
they
play
the
prostitute,
nor
your
brides
when
they
commit
adultery;
because
the
men
consort
with
prostitutes,
and
they
sacrifice
with
the shrine
prostitutes;
so
the
people
without
understanding
will come
to ruin.
“Though
you,
Israel,
play
the
prostitute,
yet
don’t
let
Judah offend;
and
don’t
come
to
Gilgal,
neither
go
up
to Beth Aven,
nor
swear, ‘As
Yahweh
lives.’
For
Israel
has behaved extremely
stubbornly,
like
a
stubborn
heifer.
Then
how
will
Yahweh
feed
them
like
a
lamb
in
a meadow?
Ephraim
is
joined
to
idols.
Leave him alone!
Their
drink has
become sour.
They
play
the
prostitute
continually.
Her
rulers
dearly
love
their shameful way.
The
wind
has
wrapped her
up
in
its
wings;
and
they shall be
disappointed because
of their
sacrifices.
“Listen
to
this,
you
priests!
Listen,
house
of
Israel,
and
give
ear,
house
of
the
king!
For
the
judgment
is
against
you;
for
you
have
been
a
snare
at
Mizpah,
and
a
net
spread
on
Tabor.
The rebels are
deep
in
slaughter,
but
I
discipline
all
of
them.
I
know
Ephraim,
and
Israel
is
not
hidden
from
me;
for
now,
Ephraim,
you
have
played
the
prostitute.
Israel
is
defiled.
Their
deeds
won’t
allow
them
to
turn
to
their
God,
for
the
spirit
of prostitution
is
within
them,
and
they
don’t
know
Yahweh.
The
pride
of
Israel
testifies
to
his
face.
Therefore
Israel
and
Ephraim
will
stumble
in
their
iniquity.
Judah
also
will
stumble
with
them.
They
will go
with
their
flocks
and
with
their
herds
to
seek
Yahweh,
but
they
won’t
find
him.
He
has withdrawn
himself
from
them.
They
are unfaithful
to
Yahweh;
for
they
have
borne
illegitimate
children.
Now
the
new
moon
will
devour
them
with
their fields.
“Blow
the cornet
in
Gibeah,
and
the
trumpet
in
Ramah!
Sound
a
battle
cry
at Beth Aven,
behind
you,
Benjamin!
Ephraim
will
become
a
desolation
in
the
day
of
rebuke.
Among
the
tribes
of
Israel,
I
have
made
known
that
which
will
surely
be.
The
princes
of
Judah
are
like
those
who remove
a landmark.
I
will
pour
out
my
wrath
on
them
like
water.
Ephraim
is
oppressed,
he
is
crushed
in
judgment,
because
he
is intent
in
his
pursuit
of idols.
Therefore
I
am
to
Ephraim
like
a
moth,
and
to
the
house
of
Judah
like
rottenness.
“When
Ephraim
saw
his
sickness,
and
Judah
his
wound,
then
Ephraim
went
to
Assyria,
and
sent
to
King
Jareb:
but
he
is
not
able
to
heal
you,
neither
will
he
cure
you
of
your
wound.
For
I
will
be
to
Ephraim
like
a
lion,
and
like
a
young
lion
to
the
house
of
Judah.
I
myself
will
tear
in
pieces
and go
away.
I
will
carry
off,
and
there
will
be
no
one
to
deliver.
I
will
go
and
return
to
my
place,
until
they
acknowledge
their offense,
and
seek
my
face.
In
their affliction
they
will
seek
me
earnestly.”
“Come!
Let’s
return
to
Yahweh;
for
he
has
torn
us
to
pieces,
and
he
will
heal
us;
he
has injured
us,
and
he
will
bind
up
our
wounds.
After two
days
he
will
revive
us.
On
the
third
day
he
will
raise
us
up,
and
we
will
live
before
him.
Let’s
acknowledge
Yahweh.
Let’s
press
on
to
know
Yahweh.
As
surely
as
the sun rises,
Yahweh
will appear.
He
will
come
to
us
like
the
rain,
like
the
spring
rain
that waters
the
earth.”
“Ephraim,
what
shall
I
do
to
you?
Judah,
what
shall
I
do
to
you?
For
your
love
is
like
a
morning
cloud,
and
like
the
dew
that
disappears
early.
Therefore
I
have
cut
them
to
pieces
with
the
prophets;
I
killed
them
with
the
words
of
my
mouth.
Your
judgments
are
like
a flash
of
lightning.
For
I
desire mercy,
and
not
sacrifice;
and
the
knowledge
of
God
more
than
burnt
offerings.
But
they,
like
Adam, have
broken
the
covenant.
They
were unfaithful
to me
there.
Gilead
is
a
city
of those who
work
iniquity;
it
is stained
with
blood.
As gangs
of robbers
wait
to ambush
a
man,
so
the company
of
priests
murder
on
the
path
toward
Shechem,
committing shameful crimes.
In
the
house
of
Israel
I
have
seen
a horrible thing.
There
is
prostitution
in
Ephraim.
Israel
is
defiled.
“Also,
Judah,
there
is
a
harvest
appointed
for
you,
when
I
restore
the
fortunes
of
my
people.
When
I
would
heal
Israel,
then
the
iniquity
of
Ephraim
is
uncovered,
also
the
wickedness
of
Samaria;
for
they commit
falsehood,
and
the
thief
enters
in,
and
the gang
of
robbers ravages
outside.
They don’t
consider
in
their
hearts
that
I
remember
all
their
wickedness.
Now
their
own
deeds
have
engulfed
them.
They
are
before
my
face.
They
make
the
king
glad
with
their
wickedness,
and
the
princes
with
their
lies.
They are
all
adulterers.
They are
burning
like
an
oven
that
the
baker
stops stirring,
from
the
kneading
of
the
dough,
until
it
is leavened.
On
the
day
of
our
king,
the
princes made themselves
sick
with
the
heat
of
wine.
He
joined
his
hand
with mockers.
For
they
have prepared
their
heart
like
an
oven,
while
they
lie
in
wait.
Their
anger
smolders
all
night.
In
the
morning
it
burns
as
a
flaming
fire.
They
are
all
hot
as
an
oven,
and
devour
their
judges.
All
their
kings
have
fallen.
There
is
no
one
among
them
who
calls
to
me.
Ephraim mixes
himself among
the
nations.
Ephraim
is
a pancake
not
turned
over.
Strangers
have
devoured
his
strength,
and
he
doesn’t
realize
it.
Indeed,
gray
hairs
are here
and
there
on
him,
and
he
doesn’t
realize
it.
The
pride
of
Israel
testifies
to
his
face;
yet
they
haven’t
returned
to
Yahweh
their
God,
nor
sought
him,
for
all
this.
“Ephraim
is
like
an easily deceived
dove,
without
understanding.
They
call
to
Egypt.
They
go
to
Assyria.
When
they
go,
I
will
spread
my
net
on
them.
I
will
bring
them
down
like
the
birds
of
the
sky.
I
will
chastise
them,
as
their
congregation
has heard.
Woe
to
them!
For
they
have wandered
from
me.
Destruction
to
them!
For
they
have trespassed
against
me.
Though
I would
redeem
them,
yet
they
have
spoken
lies
against
me.
They
haven’t
cried
to
me
with
their
heart,
but
they
howl
on
their
beds.
They assemble
themselves
for
grain
and
new
wine.
They
turn
away
from
me.
Though
I
have
taught
and
strengthened
their
arms,
yet
they
plot
evil
against
me.
They
return,
but
not
to
the Most
High.
They
are
like
a faulty
bow.
Their
princes
will
fall
by
the
sword
for
the
rage
of
their
tongue.
This
will
be
their
derision
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
“Put
the
trumpet
to
your
lips!
Something
like
an
eagle
is
over
Yahweh’s
house,
because
they
have
broken
my
covenant
and
rebelled
against
my
law.
They
cry
to
me, ‘My
God, we,
Israel,
acknowledge
you!’
Israel
has cast off
that which
is
good.
The
enemy
will
pursue
him.
They
have
set
up kings,
but
not
by
me.
They
have
made
princes,
and
I
didn’t approve.
Of
their
silver
and
their
gold
they
have
made
themselves
idols,
that
they
may
be
cut
off.
Let
Samaria throw
out
his
calf idol!
My
anger
burns
against
them!
How
long
will
it
be
until
they
are capable
of purity?
For
this
is
even
from
Israel!
The workman
made
it,
and
it
is
no
God;
indeed,
the
calf
of
Samaria
shall
be
broken
in
pieces.
For
they
sow
the
wind,
and
they
will
reap
the whirlwind.
He
has
no
standing
grain.
The stalk
will
yield
no head.
If
it
does
yield,
strangers
will
swallow
it
up.
Israel
is
swallowed
up.
Now
they
are
among
the
nations
like
a worthless
thing.
For
they
have
gone
up
to
Assyria,
like
a
wild
donkey wandering
alone.
Ephraim
has
hired
lovers
for himself.
But
although
they sold
themselves among
the
nations,
I
will
now
gather
them;
and
they
begin
to waste away
because
of
the oppression
of
the
king
of mighty ones.
Because
Ephraim
has
multiplied
altars
for
sinning,
they
became
for
him
altars
for
sinning.
I
wrote
for
him
the many things
of
my
law,
but
they were
regarded
as
a
strange thing.
As
for
the
sacrifices
of
my
offerings,
they
sacrifice
meat
and
eat
it,
but
Yahweh
doesn’t
accept
them.
Now
he
will
remember
their
iniquity,
and
punish
their
sins.
They
will
return
to
Egypt.
For
Israel
has
forgotten
his Maker
and
built
palaces;
and
Judah
has
multiplied
fortified
cities;
but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
his
cities,
and
it
will
devour
its
fortresses.”
Don’t
rejoice,
Israel,
to jubilation
like
the
nations;
for
you
were
unfaithful
to
your
God.
You
love
the
wages
of
a
prostitute
at
every
grain
threshing
floor.
The
threshing
floor
and
the
wine
press
won’t
feed
them,
and
the
new
wine
will
fail her.
They
won’t
dwell
in
Yahweh’s
land;
but
Ephraim
will
return
to
Egypt,
and
they
will
eat
unclean
food
in
Assyria.
They
won’t
pour
out
wine
offerings
to
Yahweh,
neither
will
they
be pleasing
to
him.
Their
sacrifices
will
be
to
them
like
the
bread
of mourners;
all
who
eat
of
it
will
be polluted;
for
their
bread
will
be
for
their
appetite.
It
will
not
come
into
Yahweh’s
house.
What
will
you
do
in
the
day
of solemn
assembly,
and
in
the
day
of
the
feast
of
Yahweh?
For,
behold,
when
they flee
destruction,
Egypt
will
gather
them up.
Memphis
will
bury
them.
Nettles
will
possess
their
pleasant
things
of
silver.
Thorns
will
be
in
their
tents.
The
days
of visitation
have
come.
The
days
of reckoning
have
come.
Israel
will
consider
the
prophet
to
be
a
fool,
and
the
man
who
is
inspired
to
be insane,
because
of
the
abundance
of
your
sins,
and
because
your
hostility
is
great.
A
prophet watches
over
Ephraim
with
my
God.
A fowler’s
snare
is
on
all
of
his
paths,
and
hostility
in
the
house
of
his
God.
They
have
deeply
corrupted
themselves,
as
in
the
days
of
Gibeah.
He
will
remember
their
iniquity.
He
will
punish
them
for
their
sins.
I
found
Israel
like
grapes
in
the
wilderness.
I
saw
your
fathers
as
the
first ripe
in
the
fig
tree
at
its
first season;
but
they
came
to
Baal
Peor,
and consecrated
themselves
to
the
shameful
thing,
and
became
abominable
like
that which
they
loved.
As
for
Ephraim, their
glory
will
fly away
like
a
bird.
There
will be no
birth, no one with
child,
and no
conception.
Though
they
bring
up
their
children,
yet
I
will
bereave
them,
so
that
not
a
man
shall
be
left.
Indeed,
woe
also
to
them
when
I
depart
from
them!
I
have
seen
Ephraim,
like
Tyre,
planted
in
a pleasant place;
but
Ephraim
will
bring
out
his
children
to
the
murderer.
Give
them—Yahweh
what
will
you
give?
Give
them
a
miscarrying
womb
and
dry
breasts.
“All
their
wickedness
is
in
Gilgal;
for
there
I
hated
them.
Because
of
the
wickedness
of
their
deeds,
I
will
drive
them
out
of
my
house!
I
will
love
them
no
more.
All
their
princes
are
rebels.
Ephraim
is
struck.
Their
root
has
dried
up.
They
will
bear
no
fruit.
Even
though
they
give
birth,
yet
I
will
kill
the beloved
ones
of
their
womb.”
My
God
will cast
them
away,
because
they
didn’t
listen
to
him;
and
they
will
be
wanderers
among
the
nations.
Israel
is
a luxuriant
vine
that produces
his
fruit.
According
to
the
abundance
of
his
fruit
he
has
multiplied
his
altars.
As
their
land
has
prospered,
they
have
adorned
their sacred stones.
Their
heart
is
divided.
Now
they
will
be
found
guilty.
He
will demolish
their
altars.
He
will
destroy
their sacred stones.
Surely
now
they
will
say, “We
have
no
king;
for
we
don’t
fear
Yahweh;
and
the
king,
what
can
he
do
for
us?”
They
make
promises,
swearing falsely
in
making
covenants.
Therefore
judgment springs
up
like
poisonous
weeds
in
the
furrows
of
the
field.
The
inhabitants
of
Samaria
will
be
in terror
for
the calves
of Beth Aven,
for
its
people
will
mourn
over
it,
along
with
its
priests
who
rejoiced
over
it,
for
its
glory,
because
it
has
departed
from
it.
It
also
will
be
carried
to
Assyria
for
a
present
to
a great
king.
Ephraim
will
receive
shame,
and
Israel
will
be
ashamed
of
his own
counsel.
Samaria
and
her
king float away
like
a twig
on
the
water.
The
high
places
also
of Aven,
the
sin
of
Israel,
will
be
destroyed.
The
thorn
and
the
thistle
will
come
up
on
their
altars.
They
will
tell
the
mountains, “Cover
us!”
and
the
hills, “Fall
on
us!”
“Israel,
you
have
sinned
from
the
days
of
Gibeah.
There
they
remained.
The
battle
against
the
children
of iniquity
doesn’t
overtake
them
in
Gibeah.
When
it
is
my
desire,
I
will
chastise
them;
and
the
nations
will
be
gathered
against
them
when
they
are
bound
to
their
two transgressions.
Ephraim
is
a
trained
heifer
that
loves
to
thresh,
so
I
will
put
a yoke
on
her beautiful
neck.
I
will set
a
rider
on
Ephraim.
Judah
will
plow.
Jacob
will break
his clods.
Sow
to
yourselves
in
righteousness,
reap
according
to
kindness.
Break
up
your fallow ground,
for
it
is
time
to
seek
Yahweh,
until
he
comes
and rains
righteousness
on
you.
You
have
plowed
wickedness.
You
have reaped
iniquity.
You
have
eaten
the
fruit
of
lies,
for
you
trusted
in
your
way,
in
the
multitude
of
your
mighty
men.
Therefore
a
battle roar
will
arise
among
your
people,
and
all
your
fortresses
will
be
destroyed,
as
Shalman
destroyed Beth Arbel
in
the
day
of
battle.
The
mother
was
dashed
in
pieces
with
her
children.
So
Bethel
will
do
to
you
because
of
your great
wickedness.
At
daybreak
the
king
of
Israel
will
be
destroyed.
“When
Israel
was
a
child,
then
I
loved
him,
and
called
my
son out
of
Egypt.
They
called
to
them,
so
they
went
from
them.
They
sacrificed
to
the
Baals,
and
burned
incense
to
engraved
images.
Yet
I
taught
Ephraim
to walk.
I
took
them
by
their
arms,
but
they
didn’t
know
that
I
healed
them.
I
drew
them
with
cords
of
a
man,
with ties
of
love;
and
I
was
to
them
like
those
who
lift
up
the
yoke
on
their necks;
and
I
bent
down
to
him
and
I
fed
him.
“They
won’t
return
into
the
land
of
Egypt;
but
the Assyrian
will
be
their
king,
because
they
refused
to
repent.
The
sword
will fall
on
their
cities,
and
will
destroy
the
bars
of
their gates,
and
will
put
an
end
to
their plans.
My
people
are determined
to
turn
from
me.
Though
they
call
to
the Most
High,
he
certainly
won’t
exalt
them.
“How
can
I
give
you
up,
Ephraim?
How
can
I
hand
you
over,
Israel?
How
can
I
make
you
like
Admah?
How
can
I
make
you
like
Zeboiim?
My
heart
is
turned
within
me,
my compassion
is aroused.
I
will
not execute
the
fierceness
of
my
anger.
I
will
not
return
to
destroy
Ephraim,
for
I
am
God,
and
not
man—the
Holy
One
among
you.
I
will
not
come
in
wrath.
They
will walk
after
Yahweh,
who
will
roar
like
a
lion;
for
he
will
roar,
and
the
children
will
come
trembling
from
the
west.
They
will
come
trembling
like
a
bird
out
of
Egypt,
and
like
a
dove
out
of
the
land
of
Assyria;
and
I
will
settle
them
in
their
houses,”
says
Yahweh.
Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
and the house of Israel with deceit.
Judah still strays from God,
and is unfaithful to the Holy One.
Ephraim feeds
on wind,
and chases
the east wind.
He continually multiplies
lies
and desolation.
They
make
a covenant
with Assyria,
and oil
is
carried
into Egypt.
Yahweh
also
has
a controversy
with Judah,
and
will punish Jacob according
to
his ways;
according
to
his
deeds
he
will repay
him.
In
the womb
he
took
his brother
by
the heel,
and
in
his manhood
he contended
with
God.
Indeed,
he struggled
with
the angel,
and prevailed;
he wept,
and made supplication
to
him.
He found
him
at Bethel,
and there
he spoke
with
us—
even Yahweh,
the
God
of Armies.
Yahweh
is
his name
of renown!
Therefore turn
to
your
God.
Keep kindness
and justice,
and wait
continually
for
your
God.
A merchant
has dishonest scales
in
his hand.
He loves
to defraud.
Ephraim said, “Surely
I
have become rich.
I
have found myself wealth.
In all
my wealth
they won’t find
in
me any iniquity
that
is sin.”
“But
I am Yahweh
your
God
from
the land
of Egypt.
I
will
yet again make
you dwell
in tents,
as
in
the days
of
the solemn feast.
I
have
also spoken
to
the prophets,
and
I
have multiplied visions;
and
by
the ministry
of
the prophets
I
have used parables.
If Gilead
is wicked,
surely
they
are worthless.
In Gilgal
they sacrifice bulls.
Indeed,
their altars
are
like heaps
in
the furrows
of
the field.
Jacob fled
into
the
country
of Aram.
Israel
served
to get
a wife.
For
a wife
he tended flocks
and herds.
By
a prophet Yahweh brought
Israel up out
of Egypt,
and
by
a prophet
he
was
preserved.
Ephraim
has bitterly provoked anger.
Therefore
his blood
will
be
left
on
him,
and
his
Lord
12:14
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
will repay
his contempt.
When
Ephraim
spoke, there
was
trembling.
He
exalted
himself
in
Israel,
but
when
he
became
guilty
through
Baal,
he
died.
Now
they
sin
more
and
more,
and
have
made
themselves molten
images
of
their
silver,
even
idols according
to
their own
understanding,
all
of
them
the
work
of
the
craftsmen.
They
say
of
them, ‘They
offer
human
sacrifice
and kiss
the
calves.’
Therefore
they
will
be
like
the
morning
mist,
like
the
dew
that
passes
away
early,
like
the
chaff
that
is driven
with
the whirlwind
out
of
the
threshing
floor,
and
like
the
smoke
out
of
the
chimney.
“Yet
I
am
Yahweh
your
God
from
the
land
of
Egypt;
and
you
shall
acknowledge
no
god
but
me,
and
besides
me
there
is
no
savior.
I
knew
you
in
the
wilderness,
in
the
land
of great
drought.
According
to
their
pasture,
so
were
they
filled;
they
were
filled,
and
their
heart
was
exalted.
Therefore
they
have
forgotten
me.
Therefore
I
am
like
a
lion
to
them.
Like
a
leopard,
I
will lurk
by
the
path.
I
will
meet
them
like
a
bear
that
is bereaved
of
her cubs,
and
will
tear
the covering
of
their
heart.
There
I
will
devour
them
like
a
lioness.
The
wild
animal
will
tear
them.
You
are
destroyed,
Israel,
because
you
are against
me,
against
your
helper.
Where
is
your
king
now,
that
he
may
save
you
in
all
your
cities?
And
your
judges,
of
whom
you
said, ‘Give
me
a
king
and princes’?
I
have
given
you
a
king
in
my
anger,
and
have
taken
him
away
in
my
wrath.
The
guilt
of
Ephraim
is
stored
up.
His
sin
is
stored
up.
The sorrows
of
a travailing woman
will
come
on
him.
He
is
an
unwise
son,
for
when
it
is
time,
he
doesn’t
come
to
the opening
of
the
womb.
I
will
ransom
them
from
the
power
of
Sheol.
13:14
Sheol is the place of the dead.
I
will
redeem
them
from
death!
Death,
where
are
your plagues?
Sheol,
where
is
your destruction?
“Compassion
will
be
hidden
from
my
eyes.
Though
he
is fruitful
among
his
brothers,
an
east
wind
will
come,
the
breath
of
Yahweh
coming
up
from
the
wilderness;
and
his
spring
will
become
dry,
and
his
fountain
will
be dried
up.
He
will
plunder
the
storehouse
of
treasure.
Samaria will bear her guilt,
for she has rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword.
Their infants will be dashed in pieces,
and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”
Israel, return
to Yahweh
your
God;
for
you
have
fallen
because
of
your sin.
Take words
with
you,
and
return
to
Yahweh.
Tell
him, “Forgive
all
our
sins,
and accept
that which
is good;
so
we offer bulls
as
we vowed
of
our lips.
Assyria can’t save
us.
We won’t ride
on horses;
neither
will
we
say
any more
to
the
work
of
our hands, ‘Our gods!’
for
in
you
the fatherless finds
mercy.”
“I
will heal
their waywardness.
I
will
love
them freely;
for
my anger
is turned
away
from
them.
I
will
be
like
the dew
to Israel.
He
will blossom
like
the lily,
and send
down
his roots
like Lebanon.
His branches
will spread,
and
his beauty
will
be
like
the olive tree,
and
his fragrance
like
Lebanon.
Men
will dwell
in
his shade.
They
will revive
like
the grain,
and blossom
like
the vine.
Their fragrance
will
be
like
the wine
of
Lebanon.
Ephraim, what
have
I
to do any more
with idols?
I
answer,
and
will
take care
of
him.
I am
like
a green cypress tree;
from
me
your fruit
is found.”
Who
is wise,
that
he
may understand these things?
Who
is prudent,
that
he
may know
them?
For
the ways
of Yahweh
are right,
and
the righteous walk
in
them,
but
the rebellious stumble
in
them.
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Joel
The Book of Joel
Joel
Joel
The Book of
Joel
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
that
came
to
Joel,
the
son
of
Pethuel.
Hear
this,
you
elders,
and
listen,
all
you
inhabitants
of
the
land!
Has
this ever
happened
in
your
days,
or
in
the
days
of
your
fathers?
Tell
your
children
about
it,
and
have
your
children
tell
their
children,
and
their
children,
another
generation.
What
the
swarming
locust
has left,
the great
locust
has
eaten.
What
the great
locust
has left,
the
grasshopper
has
eaten.
What
the
grasshopper
has left,
the
caterpillar
has
eaten.
Wake
up,
you
drunkards,
and
weep!
Wail,
all
you
drinkers
of
wine,
because
of
the
sweet
wine,
for
it
is
cut
off
from
your
mouth.
For
a
nation
has
come
up
on
my
land,
strong,
and
without
number.
His
teeth
are
the
teeth
of
a
lion,
and
he
has
the
fangs
of
a
lioness.
He
has
laid
my
vine
waste,
and
stripped
my
fig
tree.
He
has
stripped
its bark,
and
thrown
it
away.
Its
branches
are
made
white.
Mourn
like
a
virgin dressed
in
sackcloth
for
the
husband
of
her
youth!
The
meal
offering
and
the drink
offering
are
cut
off
from
Yahweh’s
house.
The
priests,
Yahweh’s
ministers,
mourn.
The
field
is laid
waste.
The
land
mourns,
for
the
grain
is
destroyed,
The
new
wine
has
dried
up,
and
the
oil
languishes.
Be
confounded,
you
farmers!
Wail,
you vineyard keepers,
for
the
wheat
and
for
the
barley;
for
the
harvest
of
the
field
has
perished.
The
vine
has
dried
up,
and
the
fig
tree
withered—
the
pomegranate
tree,
the
palm
tree
also,
and
the
apple
tree,
even
all
of
the
trees
of
the
field
are
withered;
for
joy
has
withered
away
from
the
sons
of
men.
Put
on
sackcloth
and
mourn,
you
priests!
Wail,
you
ministers
of
the
altar.
Come, lie all night
in
sackcloth,
you
ministers
of
my
God,
1:13
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
for
the
meal
offering
and
the drink
offering
are
withheld
from
your
God’s
house.
Sanctify
a
fast.
Call
a
solemn
assembly.
Gather
the
elders
and
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
to
the
house
of
Yahweh,
your
God,
and
cry
to
Yahweh.
Alas
for
the
day!
For
the
day
of
Yahweh
is
at
hand,
and
it
will
come
as
destruction
from
the
Almighty.
Isn’t
the
food
cut
off
before
our
eyes,
joy
and
gladness
from
the
house
of
our
God?
The
seeds rot
under
their
clods.
The granaries
are
laid
desolate.
The
barns
are
broken
down,
for
the
grain
has
withered.
How
the
animals
groan!
The
herds
of
livestock
are perplexed,
because
they
have
no
pasture.
Yes,
the
flocks
of
sheep
are
made
desolate.
Yahweh,
I
cry
to
you,
for
the
fire
has
devoured
the
pastures
of
the
wilderness,
and
the
flame
has
burned
all
the
trees
of
the
field.
Yes,
the
animals
of
the
field
pant
to
you,
for
the
water
brooks
have
dried
up,
and
the
fire
has
devoured
the
pastures
of
the
wilderness.
Blow
the
trumpet
in
Zion,
and
sound
an
alarm
in
my
holy
mountain!
Let
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
tremble,
for
the
day
of
Yahweh
comes,
for
it
is
close
at
hand:
A
day
of
darkness
and gloominess,
a
day
of
clouds
and
thick
darkness.
As
the
dawn
spreading
on
the
mountains,
a
great
and
strong
people;
there
has
never
been
the
like,
neither
will
there
be
any
more
after
them,
even
to
the
years
of
many
generations.
A
fire
devours
before
them,
and
behind
them,
a
flame
burns.
The
land
is
as
the
garden
of
Eden
before
them,
and
behind
them,
a
desolate
wilderness.
Yes,
and
no
one
has
escaped
them.
Their
appearance
is
as
the
appearance
of
horses,
and
they
run
as
horsemen.
Like
the
noise
of
chariots
on
the
tops
of
the
mountains,
they
leap,
like
the
noise
of
a
flame
of
fire
that
devours
the
stubble,
like
a
strong
people set
in
battle
array.
At
their
presence
the
peoples
are
in
anguish.
All
faces
have
grown
pale.
They
run
like
mighty
men.
They
climb
the
wall
like
warriors.
They
each march
in
his
line,
and
they
don’t swerve
off
course.
One
doesn’t
jostle
another.
They
each march
in
their
own
path.
They
burst
through
the
defenses
and
don’t
break
ranks.
They
rush
on
the
city.
They
run
on
the
wall.
They
climb
up
into
the
houses.
They
enter
in
at
the
windows
like
thieves.
The
earth
quakes
before
them.
The
heavens
tremble.
The
sun
and
the
moon
are darkened,
and
the
stars
withdraw
their shining.
Yahweh
thunders
his
voice
before
his
army,
for
his
forces
are
very
great;
for
he
is
strong
who
obeys
his
command;
for
the
day
of
Yahweh
is
great
and
very
awesome,
and
who
can
endure
it?
“Yet
even
now,”
says
Yahweh, “turn
to
me
with
all
your
heart,
and
with
fasting,
and
with
weeping,
and
with
mourning.”
Tear
your
heart
and
not
your
garments,
and
turn
to
Yahweh,
your
God;
for
he
is
gracious
and
merciful,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness,
and
relents
from sending
calamity.
Who
knows?
He
may
turn
and
relent,
and
leave
a
blessing
behind
him,
even
a
meal
offering
and
a drink
offering
to
Yahweh,
your
God.
Blow
the
trumpet
in
Zion!
Sanctify
a
fast.
Call
a
solemn
assembly.
Gather
the
people.
Sanctify
the
assembly.
Assemble
the
elders.
Gather
the
children,
and those who
nurse
from
breasts.
Let
the bridegroom
go
out
of
his
room,
and
the
bride
out
of
her
chamber.
Let
the
priests,
the
ministers
of
Yahweh,
weep
between
the
porch
and
the
altar,
and
let
them
say, “Spare
your
people,
Yahweh,
and
don’t
give
your
heritage
to
reproach,
that
the
nations
should
rule
over
them.
Why
should
they
say
among
the
peoples,
‘Where
is
their
God?’”
Then
Yahweh
was
jealous
for
his
land,
and
had
pity
on
his
people.
Yahweh
answered
his
people,
“Behold,
2:19
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
will
send
you
grain,
new
wine,
and
oil,
and
you
will
be
satisfied
with
them;
and
I
will
no
more
make
you
a
reproach
among
the
nations.
But
I
will
remove
the
northern
army
far
away
from
you,
and
will
drive
it
into
a barren
and
desolate
land,
its
front
into
the
eastern
sea,
and
its
back
into
the
western
sea;
and
its
stench
will
come
up,
and
its bad
smell
will
rise.”
Surely
he
has
done
great
things.
Land,
don’t
be
afraid.
Be
glad
and
rejoice,
for
Yahweh
has
done
great
things.
Don’t
be
afraid,
you
animals
of
the
field;
for
the
pastures
of
the
wilderness spring
up,
for
the
tree
bears
its
fruit.
The
fig
tree
and
the
vine
yield
their
strength.
“Be
glad
then,
you
children
of
Zion,
and
rejoice
in
Yahweh,
your
God;
for
he
gives
you
the early
rain
in
just measure,
and
he
causes
the
rain
to
come
down
for
you,
the early
rain
and
the
latter
rain,
as
before.
The
threshing
floors
will be
full
of
wheat,
and
the
vats
will
overflow
with
new
wine
and
oil.
I
will restore
to
you
the
years
that
the
swarming
locust
has
eaten,
the
great
locust,
the
grasshopper,
and
the
caterpillar,
my
great
army,
which
I
sent among
you.
You
will
have
plenty
to
eat
and
be
satisfied,
and
will
praise
the
name
of
Yahweh,
your
God,
who
has dealt
wondrously
with
you;
and
my
people
will
never again
be
disappointed.
You
will
know
that
I
am
among
Israel,
and
that
I
am
Yahweh,
your
God,
and
there
is
no
one
else;
and
my
people
will
never
again
be
disappointed.
“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
and your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
Your old men will dream dreams.
Your young men will see visions.
And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days,
I will pour out my Spirit.
I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
blood, fire, and pillars of smoke.
The sun will be turned into darkness,
and the moon into blood,
before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved;
for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape,
as Yahweh has said,
and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
“For,
behold,
in
those days,
and
in
that
time,
when
I restore
the fortunes
of Judah
and Jerusalem,
I
will gather
all nations,
and
will bring
them
down
into
the valley
of Jehoshaphat;
and
I
will execute judgment
on
them
there
for
my people,
and
for
my heritage, Israel, whom
they
have scattered
among
the nations.
They
have divided
my land,
and
have
cast lots
for
my
people,
and
have
given
a boy
for
a prostitute,
and sold
a girl
for wine,
that
they
may drink.
“Yes,
and
what
are
you
to
me, Tyre
and Sidon,
and
all
the regions
of Philistia?
Will
you repay
me?
And if
you repay
me,
I
will swiftly
and speedily
return
your repayment
on
your
own
head.
Because
you
have
taken
my silver
and
my gold,
and
have carried
my finest treasures
into
your temples,
and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Greeks,
that you may remove them far from their border.
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them,
and will return your repayment on your own head;
and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah,
and they will sell them to the men of Sheba,
to a faraway nation,
for Yahweh has spoken it.”
Proclaim this among the nations:
“Prepare for war!
Stir up the mighty men.
Let all the warriors draw near.
Let them come up.
Beat your plowshares into swords,
and your pruning hooks into spears.
Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’
Hurry and come, all you surrounding nations,
and gather yourselves together.”
Cause your mighty ones to come down there, Yahweh.
“Let the nations arouse themselves,
and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat;
for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
Put in the sickle;
for the harvest is ripe.
Come, tread, for the wine press is full,
the vats overflow, for their wickedness is great.”
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
For the day of Yahweh is near in the valley of decision.
The sun and the moon are darkened,
and the stars withdraw their shining.
Yahweh will roar from Zion,
and thunder from Jerusalem;
and the heavens and the earth will shake;
but Yahweh will be a refuge to his people,
and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
“So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God,
dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain.
Then Jerusalem will be holy,
and no strangers will pass through her any more.
It will happen in that day,
that the mountains will drop down sweet wine,
the hills will flow with milk,
all the brooks of Judah will flow with waters;
and a fountain will flow out from Yahweh’s house,
and will water the valley of Shittim.
Egypt will be a desolation
and Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
for the violence done to the children of Judah,
because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
But Judah will be inhabited forever,
and Jerusalem from generation to generation.
I will cleanse their blood
that I have not cleansed,
for Yahweh dwells in Zion.”
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Amos
The Book of Amos
Amos
Amos
The Book of
Amos
The
words
of
Amos,
who
was
among
the herdsmen
of
Tekoa,
which
he
saw
concerning
Israel
in
the
days
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash,
king
of
Israel, two
years
before
the
earthquake.
He
said:
“Yahweh
1:2
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
will
roar
from
Zion,
and
utter
his
voice
from
Jerusalem;
and
the
pastures
of
the
shepherds
will
mourn,
and
the
top
of
Carmel
will
wither.”
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
Damascus, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
because
they
have
threshed
Gilead
with
threshing instruments
of
iron;
but
I
will
send
a
fire into
the
house
of
Hazael,
and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of Ben Hadad.
I
will
break
the
bar
of
Damascus,
and
cut
off
the
inhabitant
from
the
valley
of
Aven,
and
him
who
holds
the
scepter
from
the
house
of
Eden;
and
the
people
of
Syria
shall
go
into
captivity
to
Kir,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
Gaza, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
because
they
carried
away
captive
the
whole community,
to
deliver
them
up
to
Edom;
but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
the
wall
of
Gaza,
and
it
will
devour
its
palaces.
I
will
cut
off
the
inhabitant
from
Ashdod,
and
him
who
holds
the
scepter
from
Ashkelon;
and
I
will
turn
my
hand
against
Ekron;
and
the
remnant
of
the
Philistines
will
perish,”
says
the
Lord
1:8
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh.
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
Tyre, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment;
because
they
delivered
up
the
whole community
to
Edom,
and
didn’t
remember
the brotherly
covenant;
but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
the
wall
of
Tyre,
and
it
will
devour
its
palaces.”
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
Edom, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
because
he
pursued
his
brother
with
the
sword
and cast
off
all pity,
and
his
anger raged
continually,
and
he
kept
his
wrath
forever;
but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
Teman,
and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of
Bozrah.”
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
the
children
of
Ammon, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
because
they
have
ripped
open
the
pregnant
women
of
Gilead,
that
they
may
enlarge
their
border.
But
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
the
wall
of
Rabbah,
and
it
will
devour
its
palaces,
with
shouting
in
the
day
of
battle,
with
a
storm
in
the
day
of
the whirlwind;
and
their
king
will
go
into captivity,
he
and
his
princes
together,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
Moab, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
because
he
burned
the
bones
of
the
king
of
Edom
into
lime;
but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
Moab,
and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of
Kerioth;
and
Moab
will
die
with
tumult,
with
shouting,
and
with
the
sound
of
the
trumpet;
and
I
will
cut
off
the
judge
from
among
them,
and
will
kill
all
its
princes
with
him,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
Judah, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
because
they
have
rejected
Yahweh’s
law,
and
have
not
kept
his
statutes,
and
their
lies
have
led
them
astray,
after
which
their
fathers
walked;
but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
Judah,
and
it
will
devour
the
palaces
of
Jerusalem.”
Yahweh
says:
“For
three
transgressions
of
Israel, yes,
for
four,
I
will
not
turn
away
its punishment,
because
they
have
sold
the
righteous
for
silver,
and
the
needy
for
a pair
of
sandals;
They trample
the
heads
of
the
poor
into
the
dust
of
the
earth
and deny justice
to
the oppressed.
A
man
and
his
father use
the
same maiden,
to
profane
my
holy
name.
They lay
themselves
down
beside
every
altar
on
clothes taken
in pledge.
In
the
house
of
their
God
2:8
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
they
drink
the
wine
of
those
who
have
been
fined.
Yet
I
destroyed
the
Amorite
before
them,
whose
height
was
like
the
height
of
the
cedars,
and
he
was
strong
as
the
oaks;
yet
I
destroyed
his
fruit
from
above,
and
his
roots
from
beneath.
Also
I
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt
and led
you
forty
years
in
the
wilderness,
to
possess
the
land
of
the
Amorite.
I
raised
up some
of
your
sons
for
prophets,
and some
of
your
young
men
for
Nazirites.
Isn’t
this
true,
you
children
of
Israel?”
says
Yahweh.
“But
you
gave
the
Nazirites
wine
to
drink,
and
commanded
the
prophets,
saying, ‘Don’t
prophesy!’
Behold,
2:13
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
will crush
you
in
your
place,
as
a
cart crushes
that
is
full
of grain.
Flight
will
perish
from
the
swift.
The
strong
won’t
strengthen
his force.
The
mighty
won’t
deliver
himself.
He
who handles
the
bow
won’t
stand.
He
who
is
swift
of
foot
won’t
escape.
He
who
rides
the
horse
won’t
deliver
himself.
He
who
is courageous
among
the
mighty
will
flee
away
naked
on
that
day,”
says
Yahweh.
Hear
this
word
that
Yahweh
has
spoken
against
you,
children
of
Israel,
against
the
whole
family
which
I
brought
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
saying:
“I
have
only
chosen
you
of
all
the
families
of
the
earth.
Therefore
I
will
punish
you
for
all
of
your
sins.”
Do
two walk
together,
unless
they
have
agreed?
Will
a
lion
roar
in
the thicket,
when
he
has
no
prey?
Does
a
young
lion
cry
out
of
his
den,
if
he
has
caught
nothing?
Can
a
bird
fall
in
a
trap
on
the
earth,
where
no
snare
is
set
for
him?
Does
a
snare
spring
up
from
the
ground,
when
there
is
nothing
to
catch?
Does
the
trumpet alarm
sound
in
a
city,
without
the
people
being
afraid?
Does
evil
happen
to
a
city,
and
Yahweh
hasn’t
done
it?
Surely
the
Lord Yahweh
will
do
nothing,
unless
he
reveals
his
secret
to
his
servants
the
prophets.
The
lion
has
roared.
Who
will
not
fear?
The
Lord Yahweh
has
spoken.
Who
can
but
prophesy?
Proclaim
in
the
palaces
at
Ashdod,
and
in
the
palaces
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
say, “Assemble
yourselves
on
the
mountains
of
Samaria,
and
see
what unrest
is
in
her,
and
what
oppression
is
among
them.”
“Indeed
they
don’t
know
to
do right,”
says
Yahweh,
“Who
hoard plunder
and loot
in
their
palaces.”
Therefore
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“An adversary
will overrun
the
land;
and
he
will
pull
down
your strongholds,
and
your
fortresses
will
be
plundered.”
Yahweh
says:
“As
the
shepherd
rescues
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
lion
two
legs,
or
a
piece
of
an
ear,
so
shall
the
children
of
Israel
be
rescued
who
sit
in
Samaria
on
the
corner
of
a
couch,
and
on
the silken cushions
of
a
bed.”
“Listen,
and testify
against
the
house
of
Jacob,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies.
“For
in
the
day
that
I
visit
the
transgressions
of
Israel
on
him,
I
will
also
visit
the
altars
of
Bethel;
and
the
horns
of
the
altar
will
be
cut
off,
and
fall
to
the
ground.
I
will
strike
the
winter
house
with
the
summer
house;
and
the
houses
of
ivory
will
perish,
and
the
great
houses
will
have
an
end,”
says
Yahweh.
Listen
to
this
word,
you
cows
of
Bashan,
who
are
on
the
mountain
of
Samaria,
who
oppress
the
poor,
who
crush
the
needy,
who
tell
their
husbands, “Bring
us
drinks!”
The
Lord Yahweh
has
sworn
by
his
holiness,
“Behold,
the
days
shall
come
on
you
that
they
will
take
you
away
with hooks,
and
the
last
of
you
with
fish hooks.
You
will
go
out
at
the
breaks
in
the wall,
everyone
straight
before
her;
and you
will
cast
yourselves
into
Harmon,”
says
Yahweh.
“Go
to
Bethel,
and sin;
to
Gilgal,
and sin
more.
Bring
your
sacrifices
every
morning,
your
tithes
every
three
days,
offer
a
sacrifice
of
thanksgiving
of
that
which
is
leavened,
and
proclaim free
will
offerings
and brag
about
them;
for
this pleases
you,
you
children
of
Israel,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“I
also
have
given
you
cleanness
of
teeth
in
all
your
cities,
and
lack
of
bread
in
every
town;
yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
also
have
withheld
the
rain
from
you,
when
there
were
yet
three
months
to
the
harvest;
and
I
caused
it
to
rain
on
one
city,
and
caused
it
not
to
rain
on
another
city.
One
field
was
rained
on,
and
the
field
where
it
didn’t
rain
withered.
So
two
or
three
cities
staggered
to
one
city
to
drink
water,
and
were
not
satisfied;
yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
struck
you
with
blight
and
mildew
many times
in
your
gardens
and
your
vineyards,
and
the swarming
locusts
have
devoured
your
fig
trees
and
your
olive
trees;
yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
sent
plagues
among
you
like
I
did
Egypt.
I
have
slain
your
young
men
with
the
sword,
and
have
carried
away
your
horses.
I filled
your
nostrils
with
the
stench
of
your
camp,
yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“I
have
overthrown some
of
you,
as
when
God
overthrew
Sodom
and
Gomorrah,
and
you
were
like
a
burning stick
plucked
out
of
the
fire;
yet
you
haven’t
returned
to
me,”
says
Yahweh.
“Therefore
I
will
do
this
to
you,
Israel;
because
I
will
do
this
to
you,
prepare
to
meet
your
God,
Israel.
For,
behold,
he
who
forms
the
mountains, creates
the
wind,
declares
to
man
what
is
his thought,
who
makes
the
morning
darkness,
and
treads
on
the
high
places
of
the
earth:
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
is
his
name.”
Listen
to
this
word
which
I
take
up
for
a
lamentation
over
you,
O
house
of
Israel:
“The
virgin
of
Israel
has
fallen;
She
shall
rise
no
more.
She
is
cast
down
on
her
land;
there
is
no
one
to
raise
her
up.”
For
the
Lord Yahweh
says:
“The
city
that
went
out
a
thousand
shall
have
a
hundred
left,
and
that
which
went
out
one
hundred
shall
have
ten
left
to
the
house
of
Israel.”
For
Yahweh
says
to
the
house
of
Israel:
“Seek
me,
and
you
will
live;
but
don’t
seek
Bethel,
nor
enter
into
Gilgal,
and
don’t
pass
to
Beersheba;
for
Gilgal
shall
surely
go
into
captivity,
and
Bethel
shall
come
to
nothing.
Seek
Yahweh,
and
you
will
live,
lest
he break
out
like
fire
in
the
house
of
Joseph,
and
it
devour,
and
there
be
no
one
to
quench
it
in
Bethel.
You
who
turn
justice
to
wormwood,
and cast down
righteousness
to
the
earth!
Seek
him
who
made
the
Pleiades
and
Orion,
and
turns
the
shadow
of
death
into
the
morning,
and
makes
the
day
dark
with
night;
who
calls
for
the
waters
of
the
sea,
and
pours
them
out
on
the
surface
of
the
earth,
Yahweh
is
his
name,
who
brings sudden
destruction
on
the
strong,
so
that
destruction
comes
on
the
fortress.
They
hate
him
who
reproves
in
the
gate,
and
they
abhor
him
who
speaks
blamelessly.
Therefore,
because
you trample
on
the
poor
and
take taxes
from
him
of
wheat,
you
have
built
houses
of
cut
stone,
but
you
will
not
dwell
in
them.
You
have
planted
pleasant
vineyards,
but
you
shall
not
drink
their
wine.
For
I
know
how
many
are
your offenses,
and
how
great
are
your
sins—
you
who afflict
the
just,
who
take
a
bribe,
and
who
turn
away
the
needy
in
the
courts.
Therefore
a prudent person keeps silent
in
such
a
time,
for
it
is
an
evil
time.
Seek
good,
and
not
evil,
that
you
may
live;
and
so
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
will
be
with
you,
as
you
say.
Hate
evil,
love
good,
and
establish
justice
in
the
courts.
It
may
be
that
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
will
be gracious
to
the
remnant
of
Joseph.”
Therefore
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies,
the
Lord,
says:
“Wailing
will
be
in
all
the wide ways.
They
will
say
in
all
the
streets, ‘Alas!
Alas!’
They
will
call
the
farmer
to
mourning,
and
those
who
are
skillful
in
lamentation
to
wailing.
In
all
vineyards
there
will
be
wailing,
for
I
will
pass
through
the
middle
of
you,”
says
Yahweh.
“Woe
to
you
who
desire
the
day
of
Yahweh!
Why
do
you
long
for
the
day
of
Yahweh?
It
is
darkness,
and
not
light.
As
if
a
man
fled
from
a
lion,
and
a
bear
met
him;
or
he
went
into
the
house
and
leaned
his
hand
on
the
wall,
and
a
snake bit
him.
Won’t
the
day
of
Yahweh
be
darkness,
and
not
light?
Even very
dark,
and
no
brightness
in
it?
I
hate,
I
despise
your
feasts,
and
I
can’t stand
your
solemn
assemblies.
Yes,
though
you
offer
me
your
burnt
offerings
and
meal
offerings,
I
will
not
accept
them;
neither
will
I
regard
the
peace
offerings
of
your fat animals.
Take
away
from
me
the
noise
of
your
songs!
I
will
not
listen
to
the
music
of
your
harps.
But let
justice
roll
on
like rivers,
and
righteousness
like
a mighty
stream.
“Did
you
bring
to
me
sacrifices
and
offerings
in
the
wilderness
forty
years,
house
of
Israel?
You
also
carried
the tent
of
your king
and
the shrine
of
your
images,
the
star
of
your
god,
which
you
made
for
yourselves.
Therefore
I
will cause
you
to
go
into
captivity
beyond
Damascus,”
says
Yahweh,
whose
name
is
the
God
of
Armies.
Woe
to
those
who
are
at
ease
in
Zion,
and
to
those
who
are
secure
on
the
mountain
of
Samaria,
the notable
men
of
the chief
of
the
nations,
to whom
the
house
of
Israel
come!
Go
to
Calneh,
and
see.
From
there
go
to Hamath
the
great.
Then
go
down
to
Gath
of
the
Philistines.
Are
they
better
than
these
kingdoms?
Is
their
border
greater
than
your
border?
Alas
for
you who
put far
away
the
evil
day,
and cause
the
seat
of
violence
to
come
near,
who
lie
on
beds
of
ivory,
and stretch
themselves
on
their
couches,
and
eat
the
lambs
out
of
the
flock,
and
the
calves
out
of
the
middle
of
the
stall,
who strum
on
the strings
of
a harp,
who invent
for
themselves
instruments
of
music,
like
David;
who
drink
wine
in
bowls,
and
anoint
themselves
with
the best
oils,
but
they
are
not grieved
for
the affliction
of
Joseph.
Therefore
they will
now
go
captive
with
the
first
who
go
captive.
The feasting
and lounging will end.
“The
Lord
Yahweh
has
sworn
by
himself,”
says
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies:
“I abhor
the
pride
of
Jacob,
and
detest
his
fortresses.
Therefore
I
will
deliver
up
the
city
with
all
that
is
in
it.
It
will
happen
that
if
ten
men
remain
in
one
house,
they
will
die.
“When
a man’s relative
carries
him,
even
he
who
burns
him,
to
bring bodies
out
of
the
house,
and
asks
him
who
is
in
the
innermost
parts
of
the
house, ‘Is
there
yet
any
with
you?’
And
he
says, ‘No;’
then
he
will
say, ‘Hush!
Indeed
we
must
not
mention
Yahweh’s
name.’
“For,
behold,
Yahweh
commands,
and
the
great
house
will
be
smashed
to pieces,
and
the
little
house into bits.
Do
horses
run
on
the
rocky
crags?
Does
one
plow there
with
oxen?
But
you
have
turned
justice
into
poison,
and
the
fruit
of
righteousness
into
bitterness,
you
who
rejoice
in
a
thing
of
nothing,
who
say,
‘Haven’t
we
taken
for ourselves
horns
by
our own
strength?’
For,
behold,
I
will
raise
up
against
you
a
nation,
house
of
Israel,”
says
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Armies;
“and
they
will
afflict
you
from
the
entrance
of
Hamath
to
the
brook
of
the
Arabah.”
Thus
the
Lord Yahweh
showed
me:
behold,
he
formed
locusts
in
the
beginning
of
the shooting
up
of
the latter growth;
and
behold,
it
was
the latter growth
after
the
king’s
harvest.
When
they
finished
eating
the
grass
of
the
land,
then
I
said, “Lord Yahweh,
forgive,
I
beg
you!
How
could
Jacob
stand?
For
he
is
small.”
Yahweh
relented
concerning
this. “It
shall
not
be,”
says
Yahweh.
Thus
the
Lord Yahweh
showed
me:
behold,
the
Lord Yahweh
called
for judgment
by
fire;
and
it dried
up
the
great
deep,
and would
have
devoured
the
land.
Then
I
said, “Lord Yahweh,
stop,
I
beg
you!
How
could
Jacob
stand?
For
he
is
small.”
Yahweh
relented
concerning
this. “This
also
shall
not
be,”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh.
Thus
he
showed
me:
behold,
the
Lord
stood
beside
a
wall made
by
a
plumb
line,
with
a
plumb
line
in
his
hand.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Amos,
what
do
you
see?”
I
said, “A
plumb
line.”
Then
the
Lord
said, “Behold,
I
will
set
a
plumb
line
in
the
middle
of
my
people
Israel.
I
will
not
again
pass
by
them
any
more.
The
high
places
of
Isaac
will
be
desolate,
the
sanctuaries
of
Israel
will
be
laid
waste;
and
I
will
rise
against
the
house
of
Jeroboam
with
the
sword.”
Then
Amaziah
the
priest
of
Bethel
sent
to
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel,
saying, “Amos
has
conspired
against
you
in
the
middle
of
the
house
of
Israel.
The
land
is
not
able
to bear
all
his
words.
For
Amos
says, ‘Jeroboam
will
die
by
the
sword,
and
Israel
shall
surely
be
led
away
captive
out
of
his
land.’”
Amaziah
also
said
to
Amos, “You
seer, go,
flee
away
into
the
land
of
Judah,
and
there
eat
bread,
and
prophesy
there,
but
don’t
prophesy
again
any
more
at
Bethel;
for
it
is
the
king’s
sanctuary,
and
it
is
a
royal
house!”
Then
Amos
answered
Amaziah, “I
was
no
prophet,
neither
was
I
a prophet’s
son,
but
I
was
a
herdsman,
and
a farmer
of
sycamore
figs;
and
Yahweh
took
me
from
following
the
flock,
and
Yahweh
said
to
me, ‘Go,
prophesy
to
my
people
Israel.’
Now
therefore
listen
to
Yahweh’s
word: ‘You
say,
Don’t
prophesy
against
Israel,
and
don’t
preach
against
the
house
of
Isaac.’
Therefore
Yahweh
says: ‘Your
wife
shall
be
a
prostitute
in
the
city,
and
your
sons
and
your
daughters
shall
fall
by
the
sword,
and
your
land
shall
be
divided
by
line;
and
you
yourself
shall
die
in
a
land
that
is
unclean,
and
Israel
shall
surely
be
led
away
captive
out
of
his
land.’”
Thus
the
Lord Yahweh
showed
me:
behold,
a
basket
of
summer fruit.
He
said, “Amos,
what
do
you
see?”
I
said, “A
basket
of
summer fruit.”
Then
Yahweh
said
to
me,
“The
end
has
come
on
my
people
Israel.
I
will
not
again
pass
by
them
any
more.
The
songs
of
the
temple
will
be
wailing
in
that
day,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh.
“The
dead
bodies
will
be
many.
In
every
place
they
will
throw
them
out
with
silence.
Hear
this,
you
who desire
to swallow up
the
needy,
and cause
the
poor
of
the
land
to fail,
saying, ‘When
will
the
new
moon be gone,
that we
may
sell
grain?
And
the
Sabbath,
that we
may market
wheat,
making
the
ephah
8:5
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
small,
and
the
shekel
8:5
a normal shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces. large,
and dealing falsely
with
balances
of
deceit;
that we
may
buy
the
poor
for
silver,
and
the
needy
for
a pair
of
sandals,
and
sell
the sweepings
with
the
wheat?’”
Yahweh
has
sworn
by
the
pride
of
Jacob,
“Surely
I
will
never
forget
any
of
their
works.
Won’t
the
land
tremble
for
this,
and
everyone
mourn
who
dwells
in
it?
Yes,
it
will
rise
up
wholly
like
the
River;
and
it
will
be
stirred
up
and sink again,
like
the
River
of
Egypt.
It
will
happen
in
that
day,”
says
the
Lord Yahweh,
“that
I
will
cause
the
sun
to
go down
at
noon,
and
I
will darken
the
earth
in
the clear
day.
I
will
turn
your
feasts
into
mourning,
and
all
your
songs
into
lamentation;
and
I
will
make
you
wear
sackcloth
on
all
your bodies,
and
baldness
on
every
head.
I
will
make
it
like
the
mourning
for
an
only
son,
and
its
end
like
a
bitter
day.
Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
the
Lord
Yahweh,
“that
I
will
send
a
famine
in
the
land,
not
a
famine
of
bread,
nor
a
thirst
for
water,
but
of
hearing
Yahweh’s
words.
They
will
wander
from
sea
to
sea,
and
from
the
north
even
to
the
east;
they
will run back
and forth
to
seek
Yahweh’s
word,
and
will
not
find
it.
In
that
day
the
beautiful
virgins
and
the
young
men
will
faint
for
thirst.
Those
who
swear
by
the sin
of
Samaria,
and
say, ‘As
your
god,
Dan,
lives,’
and, ‘As
the
way
of
Beersheba
lives,’
they
will
fall,
and
never
rise
up
again.”
I
saw
the
Lord
standing
beside
the
altar,
and
he
said, “Strike
the
tops
of
the
pillars,
that
the
thresholds
may
shake.
Break
them
in pieces
on
the
head
of
all
of
them.
I
will
kill
the
last
of
them
with
the
sword.
Not
one
of
them
will
flee
away.
Not
one
of
them
will
escape.
Though
they
dig
into
Sheol,
9:2
Sheol is the place of the dead.
there
my
hand
will
take
them;
and
though
they
climb
up
to
heaven,
there
I
will
bring
them
down.
Though
they
hide
themselves
in
the
top
of
Carmel,
I
will
search
and
take
them
out
from
there;
and
though
they
be
hidden
from
my
sight
in
the bottom
of
the
sea,
there
I
will
command
the
serpent,
and
it
will bite
them.
Though
they go
into
captivity
before
their
enemies,
there
I
will
command
the
sword,
and
it
will
kill
them.
I
will
set
my
eyes
on
them
for
evil,
and
not
for
good.
For
the
Lord, Yahweh
of
Armies,
is
he
who
touches
the
land
and
it
melts,
and
all
who
dwell
in
it
will
mourn;
and
it
will
rise
up
wholly
like
the
River,
and
will
sink again,
like
the
River
of
Egypt.
It
is
he
who
builds
his rooms
in
the
heavens,
and
has
founded
his vault
on
the
earth;
he
who
calls
for
the
waters
of
the
sea,
and
pours
them
out
on
the
surface
of
the
earth—Yahweh
is
his
name.
Are
you
not
like
the
children
of
the
Ethiopians
to
me,
children
of
Israel?”
says
Yahweh. “Haven’t
I
brought
up
Israel
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
the
Philistines
from
Caphtor,
and
the Syrians
from
Kir?
Behold,
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
Yahweh
are
on
the
sinful
kingdom,
and
I
will
destroy
it
from
off
the
surface
of
the
earth,
except
that
I
will
not
utterly
destroy
the
house
of
Jacob,”
says
Yahweh.
“For
behold,
I
will
command,
and
I
will sift
the
house
of
Israel
among
all
the
nations
as
grain
is sifted
in
a
sieve,
yet
not
the least kernel
will
fall
on
the
earth.
All
the
sinners
of
my
people
will
die
by
the
sword,
who
say, ‘Evil
won’t
overtake
nor
meet
us.’
In
that
day
I
will
raise
up
the tent
of
David
who
is
fallen
and close
up
its
breaches,
and
I
will
raise
up
its ruins,
and
I
will
build
it
as
in
the
days
of
old,
that
they
may
possess
the
remnant
of
Edom
and
all
the
nations
who
are
called
by
my
name,”
says
Yahweh
who
does
this.
“Behold,
the
days
come,”
says
Yahweh,
“that
the plowman
shall
overtake
the reaper,
and
the
one
treading
grapes
him
who
sows
seed;
and
sweet
wine
will
drip
from
the
mountains,
and
flow
from
the
hills.
I
will
bring
my
people
Israel
back
from
captivity,
and
they
will
rebuild
the
ruined
cities,
and
inhabit
them;
and
they
will
plant
vineyards,
and
drink
wine
from
them.
They
shall
also
make
gardens,
and
eat
their
fruit.
I
will
plant
them
on
their
land,
and
they
will
no
more
be
plucked
up
out
of
their
land
which
I
have
given
them,”
says
Yahweh
your
God.
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Obadiah
The Book of
Obadiah
The
vision
of
Obadiah.
This
is
what
the
Lord
1:1
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Yahweh
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
says
about
Edom.
We
have
heard
news
from
Yahweh,
and
an ambassador
is
sent
among
the
nations,
saying, “Arise,
and let’s
rise
up
against
her
in
battle.
Behold,
1:2
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
have
made
you
small
among
the
nations.
You
are
greatly
despised.
The
pride
of
your
heart
has deceived
you,
you
who
dwell
in
the
clefts
of
the
rock,
whose habitation
is
high,
who
says
in
his
heart, ‘Who
will
bring
me
down
to
the
ground?’
Though
you mount
on
high
as
the
eagle,
and
though
your
nest
is
set
among
the
stars,
I
will
bring
you
down
from
there,”
says
Yahweh.
“If
thieves
came
to
you,
if
robbers
by
night—oh,
what disaster awaits
you—wouldn’t
they
only
steal until
they
had
enough?
If
grape pickers
came
to
you, wouldn’t
they
leave
some
gleaning grapes?
How
Esau will be
ransacked!
How
his
hidden
treasures are sought out!
All
the
men
of
your alliance
have
brought
you
on
your
way,
even
to
the
border.
The
men
who
were
at
peace
with
you
have deceived
you,
and
prevailed
against
you. Friends
who eat
your
bread
lay
a snare
under
you.
There
is
no
understanding
in
him.”
“Won’t
I
in
that
day”,
says
Yahweh, “destroy
the
wise
men
out
of
Edom,
and
understanding
out
of
the
mountain
of
Esau?
Your
mighty
men,
Teman,
will
be
dismayed,
to
the end
that
everyone
may
be
cut
off
from
the
mountain
of
Esau
by
slaughter.
For
the
violence done
to
your
brother
Jacob,
shame
will
cover
you,
and
you
will
be
cut
off
forever.
In
the
day
that
you
stood
on
the
other
side,
in
the
day
that
strangers
carried
away
his
substance
and
foreigners
entered
into
his
gates
and
cast
lots
for
Jerusalem,
even
you
were
like
one
of
them.
But
don’t
look down
on
your
brother
in
the
day
of
his disaster,
and
don’t
rejoice over
the
children
of
Judah
in
the
day
of
their
destruction.
Don’t
speak proudly
in
the
day
of
distress.
Don’t
enter
into
the
gate
of
my
people
in
the
day
of
their
calamity.
Don’t
look
down
on
their affliction
in
the
day
of
their
calamity,
neither seize
their
wealth
on
the
day
of
their
calamity.
Don’t
stand
in
the crossroads
to
cut
off
those
of
his
who
escape.
Don’t
deliver
up
those
of
his
who
remain
in
the
day
of
distress.
For
the
day
of
Yahweh
is
near
all
the
nations!
As
you
have
done,
it
will
be
done
to
you.
Your
deeds
will
return
upon
your own
head.
For
as
you
have
drunk
on
my
holy
mountain,
so
all
the
nations
will
drink
continually.
Yes,
they
will
drink, swallow
down,
and
will
be
as
though
they
had
not
been.
But
in
Mount
Zion,
there
will
be
those
who
escape,
and
it
will
be
holy.
The
house
of
Jacob
will
possess
their
possessions.
The
house
of
Jacob
will
be
a
fire,
the
house
of
Joseph
a
flame,
and
the
house
of
Esau
for
stubble.
They
will burn
among
them
and
devour
them.
There
will
not
be
any remaining
to
the
house
of
Esau.”
Indeed,
Yahweh
has
spoken.
Those
of
the
South
will
possess
the
mountain
of
Esau,
and
those
of
the
lowland,
the
Philistines.
They
will
possess
the
field
of
Ephraim,
and
the
field
of
Samaria.
Benjamin
will
possess
Gilead.
The
captives
of
this
army
of
the
children
of
Israel,
who
are
among
the
Canaanites,
will
possess
even
to
Zarephath;
and
the
captives
of
Jerusalem,
who
are
in
Sepharad,
will
possess
the
cities
of
the
Negev.
Saviors
will
go
up
on
Mount
Zion
to
judge
the
mountains
of
Esau,
and
the
kingdom
will
be
Yahweh’s.
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Jonah
Jonah
The Book of
Jonah
Now
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
came
to
Jonah
the
son
of
Amittai,
saying,
“Arise,
go
to
Nineveh,
that
great
city,
and preach
against
it,
for
their
wickedness
has
come
up
before
me.”
But
Jonah
rose
up
to
flee
to
Tarshish
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
He
went
down
to
Joppa,
and
found
a
ship
going
to
Tarshish;
so
he
paid
its
fare,
and
went
down
into
it,
to
go
with
them
to
Tarshish
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh.
But
Yahweh sent
out
a
great
wind
on
the
sea,
and
there
was
a
mighty
storm
on
the
sea,
so
that
the
ship
was likely
to
break
up.
Then
the mariners
were
afraid,
and
every
man
cried
to
his
god.
They
threw
the
cargo
that
was
in
the
ship
into
the
sea
to
lighten
the
ship.
But
Jonah
had
gone
down
into
the
innermost
parts
of
the
ship
and
he
was laying
down,
and
was fast asleep.
So
the ship
master
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “What
do
you mean, sleeper?
Arise,
call
on
your
God!
1:6
or, gods
Maybe
your
God
1:6
or, gods
will notice
us,
so
that we
won’t
perish.”
They
all
said
to
each
other, “Come! Let’s
cast
lots,
that we
may
know
who
is responsible
for
this
evil
that
is
on
us.”
So
they
cast
lots,
and
the
lot
fell
on
Jonah.
Then
they
asked
him, “Tell
us,
please,
for
whose cause
this
evil
is
on
us.
What
is
your
occupation?
Where
do
you
come
from?
What
is
your
country?
Of
what
people
are
you?”
He
said
to
them, “I
am
a
Hebrew,
and
I
fear
Yahweh,
the
God
1:9
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
of
heaven,
who
has
made
the
sea
and
the
dry
land.”
Then
the
men
were
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said
to
him, “What
have
you
done?”
For
the
men
knew
that
he
was
fleeing
from
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
because
he
had
told
them.
Then
they
said
to
him, “What
shall
we
do
to
you,
that
the
sea
may
be
calm
to
us?”
For
the
sea
grew
more
and
more
stormy.
He
said
to
them, “Take
me
up,
and
throw
me
into
the
sea.
Then
the
sea
will
be
calm
for
you;
for
I
know
that
because
of
me
this
great
storm
is
on
you.”
Nevertheless
the
men
rowed hard
to
get
them
back
to
the
land;
but
they
could
not,
for
the
sea
grew
more
and
more
stormy
against
them.
Therefore
they
cried
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “We
beg
you,
Yahweh,
we
beg
you,
don’t
let
us
die
for
this
man’s
life,
and
don’t
lay
on
us
innocent
blood;
for
you,
Yahweh,
have
done
as
it
pleased
you.”
So
they
took
up
Jonah
and
threw
him
into
the
sea;
and
the
sea ceased
its
raging.
Then
the
men
feared
Yahweh
exceedingly;
and
they
offered
a
sacrifice
to
Yahweh
and
made
vows.
Yahweh prepared a huge fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
Then
Jonah prayed
to
Yahweh,
his
God,
out
of
the fish’s belly.
He
said,
“I called
because
of
my affliction
to
Yahweh.
He answered
me.
Out
of
the belly
of Sheol
2:2
Sheol is the place of the dead.
I cried.
You heard
my voice.
For
you threw
me
into
the depths,
in
the
heart
of
the seas.
The flood
was all around
me.
All
your waves
and
your billows passed
over
me.
I said, ‘I
have
been banished
from
your sight;
yet
I
will look again
toward
your holy temple.’
The waters surrounded
me,
even
to
the soul.
The deep
was around
me.
The weeds
were wrapped around
my head.
I
went
down
to
the bottoms
of
the mountains.
The earth barred
me
in forever;
yet
you
have
brought
my
life
up
from
the pit, Yahweh
my God.
“When
my soul fainted within
me,
I remembered
Yahweh.
My prayer
came
in
to
you,
into
your holy temple.
Those
who
regard vain idols forsake
their
own
mercy.
But I
will sacrifice
to
you with
the voice
of thanksgiving.
I
will
pay that which I
have vowed.
Salvation belongs
to Yahweh.”
Then
Yahweh spoke
to
the fish,
and
it vomited out Jonah
on
the dry land.
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Jonah
the
second
time,
saying,
“Arise,
go
to
Nineveh,
that
great
city,
and preach
to
it
the message
that
I
give
you.”
So
Jonah
arose,
and
went
to
Nineveh,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
Now
Nineveh
was
an
exceedingly
great
city,
three
days’
journey across.
Jonah
began
to
enter
into
the
city
a
day’s
journey,
and
he
cried
out,
and
said, “In
forty
days,
Nineveh
will
be
overthrown!”
The
people
of
Nineveh
believed
God;
and
they
proclaimed
a
fast
and
put
on
sackcloth,
from
their
greatest
even
to
their least.
The news
reached
the
king
of
Nineveh,
and
he
arose
from
his
throne, took
off
his
royal
robe,
covered
himself
with
sackcloth,
and
sat
in
ashes.
He made
a
proclamation
and published
through
Nineveh
by
the
decree
of
the
king
and
his
nobles,
saying, “Let
neither
man
nor
animal,
herd
nor
flock,
taste
anything;
let
them
not
feed,
nor
drink
water;
but let
them
be
covered
with
sackcloth,
both
man
and
animal,
and let
them
cry mightily
to
God. Yes, let
them
turn
everyone
from
his
evil
way
and
from
the
violence
that
is
in
his
hands.
Who
knows whether
God
will
not
turn
and
relent,
and
turn
away
from
his
fierce
anger,
so
that
we might
not
perish?”
God
saw
their
works,
that
they
turned
from
their
evil
way.
God
relented
of
the
disaster
which
he
said
he
would
do
to
them,
and
he
didn’t
do
it.
But it
displeased
Jonah
exceedingly,
and he
was
angry.
He
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
said, “Please,
Yahweh, wasn’t
this
what
I
said
when
I
was
still
in
my
own
country?
Therefore
I hurried
to
flee
to
Tarshish,
for
I
knew
that
you
are
a
gracious
God
and
merciful,
slow
to
anger,
and
abundant
in loving
kindness,
and
you
relent
of
doing
harm.
Therefore
now,
Yahweh,
take,
I
beg
you,
my
life
from
me,
for
it
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.”
Yahweh
said, “Is
it right
for
you
to
be
angry?”
Then
Jonah
went
out
of
the
city
and
sat
on
the
east side
of
the
city,
and
there
made
himself
a
booth
and
sat
under
it
in
the
shade,
until
he
might
see
what
would
become
of
the
city.
Yahweh
God prepared
a vine
and
made
it
to
come
up
over
Jonah,
that
it
might
be
a
shade
over
his
head
to
deliver
him
from
his discomfort.
So
Jonah
was
exceedingly
glad
because
of
the vine.
But
God prepared
a worm
at
dawn
the
next
day,
and
it chewed
on
the vine
so
that
it
withered.
When
the
sun arose,
God prepared
a sultry
east
wind;
and
the
sun
beat
on
Jonah’s
head,
so
that
he
was
faint
and
requested
for
himself
that
he might
die.
He
said, “It
is
better
for
me
to
die
than
to
live.”
God
said
to
Jonah, “Is
it right
for
you
to
be
angry
about
the vine?”
He
said, “I
am right
to
be
angry,
even
to
death.”
Yahweh
said, “You
have
been
concerned
for
the vine,
for
which
you
have
not
labored,
neither
made
it
grow;
which
came
up
in
a
night
and
perished
in
a
night.
Shouldn’t
I
be
concerned
for
Nineveh,
that
great
city,
in
which
are
more
than
one hundred twenty
thousand
persons
who
can’t
discern
between
their
right
hand
and
their
left
hand,
and
also
many
animals?”
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Micah
The Book of Micah
Micah
Micah
The Book of
Micah
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
that
came
to
Micah
of Morasheth
in
the
days
of
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
which
he
saw
concerning
Samaria
and
Jerusalem.
Hear,
you
peoples,
all
of
you!
Listen,
O
earth,
and
all
that
is therein.
Let
the
Lord
1:2
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh
be
witness
against
you,
the
Lord
from
his
holy
temple.
For
behold,
1:3
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Yahweh
comes
out
of
his
place,
and
will
come
down
and
tread
on
the
high
places
of
the
earth.
The
mountains
melt
under
him,
and
the
valleys
split apart
like
wax
before
the
fire,
like
waters
that
are
poured
down
a
steep
place.
“All
this
is
for
the disobedience
of
Jacob,
and
for
the
sins
of
the
house
of
Israel.
What
is
the disobedience
of
Jacob?
Isn’t
it
Samaria?
And
what
are
the
high
places
of
Judah?
Aren’t
they
Jerusalem?
Therefore
I
will
make
Samaria
like
a rubble
heap
of
the
field,
like
places
for
planting
vineyards;
and
I
will
pour
down
its
stones
into
the
valley,
and
I
will
uncover
its
foundations.
All
her
idols
will
be beaten
to
pieces,
all
her temple
gifts
will
be
burned
with
fire,
and
I
will
destroy
all
her
images;
for
of
the
hire
of
a
prostitute
has
she
gathered
them,
and
to
the
hire
of
a
prostitute shall
they
return.”
For
this
I
will
lament
and
wail.
I
will go stripped
and
naked.
I
will
howl
like
the
jackals
and
mourn
like
the
ostriches.
For
her
wounds
are
incurable;
for
it
has
come
even
to
Judah.
It
reaches
to
the
gate
of
my
people,
even
to
Jerusalem.
Don’t
tell it
in
Gath.
Don’t
weep
at
all.
At Beth Ophrah
1:10
Beth Ophrah means literally “House of Dust.” I have rolled myself
in
the
dust.
Pass
on,
inhabitant
of
Shaphir,
in
nakedness
and
shame.
The
inhabitant
of
Zaanan
won’t
come
out.
The wailing
of Beth Ezel
will
take
from
you
his protection.
For
the
inhabitant
of
Maroth waits anxiously
for
good,
because
evil
has
come
down
from
Yahweh
to
the
gate
of
Jerusalem.
Harness
the
chariot
to
the
swift steed,
inhabitant
of
Lachish.
She
was
the
beginning
of
sin
to
the
daughter
of
Zion;
for
the
transgressions
of
Israel
were
found
in
you.
Therefore
you
will
give
a
parting
gift
to Moresheth Gath.
The
houses
of
Achzib
will
be
a deceitful
thing
to
the
kings
of
Israel.
I
will
yet
bring
a
conqueror
to
you,
inhabitants
of
Mareshah.
The
glory
of
Israel
will
come
to
Adullam.
Shave
your heads,
and
cut
off
your
hair
for
the
children
of
your
delight.
Enlarge
your
baldness
like
the vulture,
for
they
have
gone
into
captivity
from
you!
Woe
to
those
who
devise
iniquity
and
work
evil
on
their
beds!
When
the
morning
is
light,
they
practice
it,
because
it
is
in
the
power
of
their
hand.
They
covet
fields
and
seize
them,
and
houses,
then
take
them
away.
They
oppress
a
man
and
his
house,
even
a
man
and
his
heritage.
Therefore
Yahweh
says:
“Behold,
I
am
planning
against
these
people
a
disaster,
from
which
you
will
not
remove
your
necks,
neither
will
you walk
haughtily,
for
it
is
an
evil
time.
In
that
day
they
will
take
up
a
parable
against
you,
and lament
with
a doleful
lamentation,
saying,
‘We
are utterly
ruined!
My
people’s possession
is
divided
up.
Indeed
he
takes
it
from
me
and assigns
our
fields
to traitors!’”
Therefore
you
will
have
no
one
who divides
the
land
by
lot
in
Yahweh’s
assembly.
“Don’t prophesy!”—they prophesy—
“Don’t prophesy about
these
things.
Disgrace
won’t overtake us.”
Shall
it
be
said,
O
house
of
Jacob,
“Is
Yahweh’s
Spirit angry?
Are
these
his
doings?
Don’t
my
words
do
good
to
him
who
walks blamelessly?”
But lately
my
people have
risen
up
as
an
enemy.
You
strip
the
robe
and
clothing
from those
who
pass
by without
a care,
returning
from
battle.
You
drive
the
women
of
my
people
out
from
their
pleasant
houses;
from
their young
children
you
take
away
my blessing
forever.
Arise,
and depart!
For
this
is
not
your
resting
place,
because
of uncleanness
that destroys,
even
with
a grievous destruction.
If
a
man
walking
in
a
spirit
of
falsehood
lies, saying,
“I
will prophesy
to
you
of
wine
and
of
strong
drink,”
he
would
be
the
prophet
of
this
people.
I
will
surely
assemble
all
of
you,
Jacob.
I
will
surely
gather
the
remnant
of
Israel.
I
will
put
them
together
as
the
sheep
of Bozrah,
as
a
flock
in
the
middle
of
their
pasture.
They
will swarm
with
people.
He
who
breaks
open
the
way
goes
up
before
them.
They
break
through
the
gate,
and
go
out.
Their
king
passes
on
before
them,
with
Yahweh
at
their
head.
I
said,
“Please
listen,
you
heads
of
Jacob,
and
rulers
of
the
house
of
Israel:
Isn’t
it
for
you
to
know
justice?
You
who
hate
the
good,
and
love
the
evil;
who
tear
off
their
skin,
and
their
flesh
from
off
their
bones;
who
also
eat
the
flesh
of
my
people,
and peel
their
skin
from
off
them,
and
break
their
bones,
and
chop
them
in pieces,
as
for
the
pot,
and
as
meat
within
the cauldron.
Then
they
will
cry
to
Yahweh,
but
he
will
not
answer
them.
Yes,
he
will
hide
his
face
from
them
at
that
time,
because
they
made
their
deeds
evil.”
Yahweh
says
concerning
the
prophets
who
lead
my
people
astray—for
those
who feed
their
teeth,
they
proclaim, “Peace!”
and
whoever
doesn’t
provide
for
their
mouths,
they
prepare
war
against
him:
“Therefore
night
is
over
you,
with no
vision,
and
it
is
dark
to
you,
that
you
may not
divine;
and
the
sun
will
go
down
on
the
prophets,
and
the
day
will
be
black
over
them.
The
seers
shall
be
disappointed,
and
the
diviners
confounded.
Yes,
they
shall
all
cover
their lips,
for
there
is
no
answer
from
God.”
3:7
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
But
as
for
me,
I
am
full
of
power
by
Yahweh’s
Spirit,
and
of
judgment,
and
of
might,
to
declare
to
Jacob
his disobedience,
and
to
Israel
his
sin.
Please
listen
to
this,
you
heads
of
the
house
of
Jacob,
and
rulers
of
the
house
of
Israel,
who
abhor
justice,
and pervert
all equity,
who
build
up
Zion
with
blood,
and
Jerusalem
with
iniquity.
Her
leaders
judge
for
bribes,
and
her
priests
teach
for
a
price,
and
her
prophets
of
it
tell fortunes
for
money;
yet
they
lean
on
Yahweh,
and
say,
“Isn’t
Yahweh
among
us?
No
disaster
will
come
on
us.”
Therefore
Zion
for
your sake
will
be
plowed
like
a
field,
and
Jerusalem
will
become heaps
of rubble,
and
the
mountain
of
the
temple
like
the
high
places
of
a
forest.
But
in
the
latter
days,
it
will
happen
that
the
mountain
of
Yahweh’s
temple
will
be
established
on
the
top
of
the
mountains,
and
it
will
be
exalted
above
the
hills;
and
peoples
will stream
to
it.
Many
nations
will
go
and
say,
“Come!
Let’s
go
up
to
the
mountain
of
Yahweh,
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
will
go
out
of
Zion,
and
Yahweh’s
word
from
Jerusalem;
and
he
will
judge
between
many
peoples,
and
will
decide
concerning
strong
nations
afar
off.
They
will
beat
their
swords
into
plowshares,
and
their
spears
into
pruning
hooks.
Nation
will
not
lift
up
sword
against
nation,
neither
will
they
learn
war
any
more.
But
every
man
will
sit
under
his
vine
and
under
his
fig
tree.
No
one
will
make
them
afraid,
for
the
mouth
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
spoken.
Indeed
all
the
nations
may walk
in
the
name
of
their
gods,
but
we
will walk
in
the
name
of
Yahweh
our
God
forever
and
ever.
“In
that
day,”
says
Yahweh,
“I
will
assemble
that
which
is
lame,
and
I
will
gather
that
which
is
driven
away,
and
that
which
I
have afflicted;
and
I
will
make
that
which
was
lame
a
remnant,
and
that
which
was cast
far
off
a
strong
nation:
and
Yahweh
will
reign
over
them
on
Mount
Zion
from
then
on,
even
forever.”
You,
tower
of
the
flock,
the
hill
of
the
daughter
of
Zion,
to
you
it
will
come.
Yes,
the
former
dominion
will
come,
the
kingdom
of
the
daughter
of
Jerusalem.
Now
why
do
you
cry
out
aloud?
Is
there
no
king
in
you?
Has
your
counselor
perished,
that pains
have
taken
hold
of
you
as
of
a woman
in travail?
Be
in pain,
and
labor
to
give
birth,
daughter
of
Zion,
like
a
woman
in travail;
for
now
you
will
go
out
of
the
city,
and
will
dwell
in
the
field,
and
will
come
even
to
Babylon.
There
you
will
be
rescued.
There
Yahweh
will
redeem
you
from
the
hand
of
your
enemies.
Now
many
nations
have
assembled
against
you,
that
say,
“Let
her
be defiled,
and
let
our
eye
gloat
over
Zion.”
But
they
don’t
know
the
thoughts
of
Yahweh,
neither do
they
understand
his
counsel;
for
he
has
gathered
them
like
the
sheaves
to
the
threshing
floor.
Arise
and
thresh,
daughter
of
Zion,
for
I
will
make
your
horn
iron,
and
I
will
make
your
hoofs
bronze.
You
will beat
in pieces
many
peoples.
I
will devote
their
gain
to
Yahweh,
and
their
substance
to
the
Lord
of
the
whole
earth.
Now
you
shall gather
yourself
in troops,
daughter
of troops.
He
has
laid siege
against
us.
They
will strike
the judge
of
Israel
with
a rod
on
the cheek.
But
you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
being small
among
the clans
of Judah,
out
of
you
one
will
come
out
to
me
who
is
to
be ruler
in
Israel;
whose goings
out
are
from
of
old,
from ancient
times.
Therefore
he
will abandon
them
until
the
time
that
she
who
is
in labor
gives birth.
Then
the rest
of
his brothers
will return
to
the children
of Israel.
He
shall
stand,
and
shall
shepherd
in
the strength
of Yahweh,
in
the majesty
of
the name
of Yahweh
his God.
They
will live,
for
then
he
will
be great
to
the ends
of
the
earth.
He
will
be
our peace
when
Assyria
invades
our
land
and
when
he marches
through
our fortresses,
then
we
will raise
against
him seven
shepherds,
and eight leaders
of men.
They
will rule
the
land
of Assyria
with
the sword,
and
the
land
of Nimrod
in
its gates.
He
will deliver
us
from
the Assyrian,
when
he invades
our
land,
and
when
he marches
within
our
border.
The
remnant
of
Jacob
will
be
among
many
peoples
like dew
from Yahweh,
like showers
on
the grass,
that
don’t wait
for
man
nor wait
for
the sons
of
men.
The remnant
of Jacob
will
be
among
the nations,
among many peoples,
like
a lion
among
the animals
of
the forest,
like
a young lion
among
the flocks
of sheep;
who, if
he goes
through, treads
down
and tears
in pieces,
and
there
is
no
one
to deliver.
Let
your hand
be lifted
up above
your adversaries,
and
let
all
of
your enemies
be
cut
off.
“It
will happen
in
that day”, says Yahweh,
“that
I
will
cut
off
your horses
from
among
you
and
will
destroy
your chariots.
I
will
cut
off
the cities
of
your land
and
will tear
down all
your strongholds.
I
will
destroy witchcraft
from
your
hand.
You
shall
have
no soothsayers.
I will cut off
your engraved images
and
your pillars
from
among
you;
and
you shall no more worship
the work
of
your hands.
I
will uproot
your Asherah poles
from
among
you;
and
I
will
destroy
your cities.
I will execute vengeance in anger
and wrath on the nations that didn’t listen.”
Listen
now
to
what
Yahweh
says:
“Arise,
plead
your
case
before
the
mountains,
and
let
the
hills
hear
what
you
have
to
say.
Hear,
you
mountains,
Yahweh’s
indictment,
and
you
enduring
foundations
of
the
earth;
for
Yahweh
has
a
case
against
his
people,
and
he
will
contend
with
Israel.
My
people,
what have
I
done
to
you?
How have
I burdened
you?
Answer
me!
For
I
brought
you
up
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
redeemed
you
out
of
the
house
of
bondage.
I
sent
before
you
Moses,
Aaron,
and
Miriam.
My
people,
remember
now
what
Balak
king
of
Moab
devised,
and
what
Balaam
the
son
of
Beor
answered
him
from
Shittim
to
Gilgal,
that
you
may
know
the
righteous
acts
of
Yahweh.”
How
shall
I
come
before
Yahweh,
and
bow myself
before
the
exalted
God?
Shall
I
come
before
him
with
burnt
offerings,
with
calves
a
year
old?
Will
Yahweh
be
pleased
with
thousands
of
rams?
With tens
of
thousands
of rivers
of
oil?
Shall
I
give
my
firstborn
for
my disobedience?
The
fruit
of
my
body
for
the
sin
of
my
soul?
He
has
shown
you,
O
man,
what
is
good.
What
does
Yahweh
require
of
you,
but
to
act
justly,
to
love
mercy,
and
to walk
humbly
with
your
God?
Yahweh’s
voice
calls
to
the
city—
and
wisdom
fears
your
name—
“Listen
to
the
rod,
and
he
who
appointed
it.
Are there
yet
treasures
of
wickedness
in
the
house
of
the
wicked,
and
a
short
ephah
6:10
An ephah is a measure of volume (about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel), and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.
that
is accursed?
Shall
I tolerate
dishonest
scales,
and
a
bag
of
deceitful
weights?
Her
rich
men
are
full
of
violence,
her
inhabitants
speak
lies,
and
their
tongue
is
deceitful
in
their
speech.
Therefore
I
also
have
struck
you
with
a grievous wound.
I
have
made
you
desolate
because
of
your
sins.
You
shall
eat,
but
not
be
satisfied.
Your hunger
will
be
within
you.
You
will store
up,
but
not save,
and
that
which
you save
I
will
give
up
to
the
sword.
You
will
sow,
but
won’t
reap.
You
will
tread
the
olives,
but
won’t
anoint
yourself
with
oil;
and crush
grapes,
but
won’t
drink
the
wine.
For
the
statutes
of
Omri
are
kept,
and
all
the
works
of
Ahab’s
house.
You walk
in
their
counsels,
that
I
may
make
you
a ruin,
and
your
inhabitants
a
hissing.
You
will
bear
the
reproach
of
my
people.”
Misery
is mine!
Indeed,
I
am
like
one
who
gathers
the
summer fruits,
as
gleanings
of
the vineyard.
There
is
no
cluster
of grapes
to
eat.
My
soul
desires
to
eat
the early
fig.
The
godly
man
has
perished
out
of
the
earth,
and
there
is
no
one
upright
among
men.
They
all
lie
in
wait
for
blood;
every
man
hunts
his
brother
with
a net.
Their
hands
are
on
that
which
is
evil
to
do
it diligently.
The
ruler
and
judge
ask
for
a
bribe.
The powerful
man dictates
the
evil
desire
of
his
soul.
Thus
they conspire
together.
The
best
of
them
is
like
a brier.
The most
upright
is worse
than
a
thorn
hedge.
The
day
of
your
watchmen,
even
your visitation,
has
come;
now
is
the
time
of
their
confusion.
Don’t
trust
in
a
neighbor.
Don’t
put
confidence
in
a
friend.
With
the woman
lying
in
your embrace,
be
careful
of
the
words
of
your
mouth!
For
the
son dishonors
the
father,
the
daughter
rises
up
against
her
mother,
the
daughter-in-law
against
her
mother-in-law;
a
man’s
enemies
are
the
men
of
his
own
house.
But
as
for
me,
I
will look
to
Yahweh.
I
will
wait
for
the
God
of
my
salvation.
My
God
will
hear
me.
Don’t
rejoice
against
me,
my
enemy.
When
I
fall,
I
will
arise.
When
I
sit
in
darkness,
Yahweh
will
be
a
light
to
me.
I
will
bear
the
indignation
of
Yahweh,
because
I
have
sinned
against
him,
until
he
pleads
my
case
and executes
judgment
for
me.
He
will
bring
me
out
to
the
light.
I
will
see
his
righteousness.
Then
my
enemy
will
see
it,
and
shame
will
cover
her
who
said
to
me,
“Where
is
Yahweh
your
God?”
My
eyes
will
see
her.
Now she
will
be trodden
down
like
the
mire
of
the
streets.
A
day
to
build
your
walls!
In
that
day,
he
will extend
your
boundary.
In
that
day
they
will
come
to
you
from
Assyria
and
the
cities
of
Egypt,
and
from
Egypt
even
to
the
River,
and
from
sea
to
sea,
and
mountain
to
mountain.
Yet
the
land
will
be
desolate
because
of
those
who
dwell therein,
for
the
fruit
of
their
doings.
Shepherd
your
people
with
your
staff,
the
flock
of
your
heritage,
who
dwell
by themselves
in
a
forest.
Let
them
feed
in
the
middle
of fertile pasture
land,
in
Bashan
and
Gilead,
as
in
the
days
of
old.
“As
in
the
days
of
your
coming
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
I
will
show
them
marvelous
things.”
The
nations
will
see
and
be
ashamed
of
all
their
might.
They
will
lay
their
hand
on
their
mouth.
Their
ears
will
be deaf.
They
will
lick
the
dust
like
a
serpent.
Like
crawling things
of
the
earth,
they
will
come
trembling
out
of
their dens.
They
will
come
with
fear
to
Yahweh
our
God,
and
will
be
afraid
because
of
you.
Who
is
a
God
like
you,
who
pardons
iniquity,
and
passes
over
the disobedience
of
the
remnant
of
his
heritage?
He
doesn’t
retain
his
anger
forever,
because
he
delights
in loving
kindness.
He
will
again
have
compassion
on
us.
He
will
tread
our
iniquities
under
foot.
You
will
cast
all
their
sins
into
the
depths
of
the
sea.
You
will
give
truth
to
Jacob,
and mercy
to
Abraham,
as
you
have
sworn
to
our
fathers
from
the
days
of old.
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The Book of Nahum
Nahum
Nahum
The Book of
Nahum
A revelation about
Nineveh.
The
book
of
the
vision
of
Nahum
the
Elkoshite.
Yahweh
1:2
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
is
a
jealous
God
1:2
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
and avenges.
Yahweh avenges
and
is full
of
wrath.
Yahweh
takes
vengeance
on
his adversaries,
and
he maintains
wrath against
his
enemies.
Yahweh
is
slow
to
anger,
and
great
in
power,
and
will
by
no
means
leave
the guilty
unpunished.
Yahweh
has
his
way
in
the whirlwind
and
in
the
storm,
and
the
clouds
are
the
dust
of
his
feet.
He
rebukes
the
sea
and
makes
it
dry,
and
dries
up
all
the
rivers.
Bashan
and
Carmel languish.
The
flower
of
Lebanon
languishes.
The
mountains
quake
before
him,
and
the
hills
melt
away.
The
earth trembles
at
his
presence, yes,
the
world,
and
all
who
dwell
in
it.
Who
can
stand
before
his
indignation?
Who
can
endure
the
fierceness
of
his
anger?
His
wrath
is
poured
out
like
fire,
and
the
rocks
are
broken apart
by
him.
Yahweh
is
good,
a
stronghold
in
the
day
of
trouble;
and
he
knows those
who
take
refuge
in
him.
But
with an
overflowing
flood,
he
will
make
a
full
end
of
her
place,
and
will
pursue
his
enemies into
darkness.
What
do
you
plot
against
Yahweh?
He
will
make
a
full
end. Affliction
won’t
rise
up
the second
time.
For
entangled
like thorns,
and drunken
as
with
their
drink,
they
are
consumed utterly
like
dry
stubble.
One
has
gone
out
of
you
who
devises
evil
against
Yahweh,
who counsels
wickedness.
Yahweh
says: “Though
they
are
in
full strength
and
likewise
many,
even
so
they
will
be
cut down
and
pass
away.
Though
I
have
afflicted
you,
I
will
afflict
you
no
more.
Now
I will
break
his
yoke
from
off
you,
and will
burst
your
bonds
apart.”
Yahweh
has
commanded
concerning
you: “No
more descendants
will bear
your
name.
Out
of
the
house
of
your
gods,
I
will
cut
off
the engraved
image
and
the molten
image.
I
will
make
your
grave,
for
you
are vile.”
Behold,
1:15
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the wicked one will no more pass through you. He is utterly cut off.
He
who dashes
in pieces
has come
up
against
you.
Keep
the fortress!
Watch
the
way! Strengthen
your waist! Fortify
your power mightily!
For Yahweh restores
the excellency
of Jacob
as
the excellency
of Israel,
for
the destroyers
have destroyed
them
and ruined
their vine branches.
The shield
of
his mighty
men
is
made red.
The valiant
men
are
in scarlet.
The chariots flash
with steel
in
the day
of
his preparation,
and
the pine spears
are brandished.
The
chariots rage
in
the streets.
They rush back
and forth
in
the wide ways.
Their appearance
is
like torches.
They run
like
the lightnings.
He summons
his picked troops.
They stumble
on their way.
They
dash
to its wall,
and
the protective shield
is put
in place.
The gates
of
the rivers
are opened,
and
the palace is dissolved.
It
is decreed: she
is uncovered, she
is carried
away;
and
her servants moan
as with
the voice
of doves, beating
on their breasts.
But
Nineveh has
been
from
of old
like
a pool
of water,
yet
they flee
away. “Stop! Stop!”
they
cry,
but no
one looks
back.
Take
the plunder
of silver.
Take
the plunder
of gold,
for
there
is
no end
of treasure,
an abundance
of
every precious
thing.
She
is empty, void,
and waste.
The heart melts,
the knees knock together,
their bodies
and faces
have grown pale.
Where
is
the den
of
the lions,
and
the feeding
place
of
the young lions, where
the lion
and
the lioness walked
with
the lion’s cubs,
and
no
one
made
them afraid?
The
lion tore
in pieces enough
for
his
cubs,
and strangled prey
for
his lionesses,
and filled
his caves
with
the kill
and
his dens
with prey.
“Behold,
I am against
you,” says Yahweh
of Armies, “and
I will burn
her chariots
in
the smoke,
and
the sword will devour
your young
lions;
and
I will cut off
your
prey
from
the earth,
and
the voice
of
your
messengers will no longer be heard.”
Woe
to
the
bloody
city!
It
is
all
full
of
lies
and robbery—no end
to
the
prey.
The
noise
of
the
whip,
the
noise
of
the
rattling
of
wheels, prancing
horses,
and
bounding
chariots,
the horseman
charging,
and
the
flashing
sword,
the
glittering
spear,
and
a
multitude
of
slain,
and
a
great heap
of
corpses,
and
there
is
no
end
of
the
bodies.
They
stumble
on
their
bodies
because
of
the
multitude
of
the prostitution
of
the alluring
prostitute,
the
mistress
of witchcraft,
who
sells
nations through her prostitution,
and
families through her witchcraft.
“Behold,
I
am
against
you,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “and
I
will
lift
your
skirts
over
your
face.
I
will
show
the
nations
your
nakedness,
and
the
kingdoms
your
shame.
I will
throw
abominable
filth
on
you
and
make
you vile,
and will
make
you
a
spectacle.
It
will
happen
that
all
those
who
look
at
you
will
flee
from
you,
and
say, ‘Nineveh
is laid
waste!
Who
will
mourn
for
her?’
Where
will
I
seek
comforters
for
you?”
Are
you
better than No-Amon,
3:8
or, Thebes
who
was
situated
among
the
rivers,
3:8
or, Nile
who
had
the
waters
around
her,
whose
rampart
was
the
sea,
and
her
wall
was
of
the
sea?
Cush
and
Egypt
were
her boundless strength.
Put
and
Libya
were
her
helpers.
Yet
was
she
carried
away.
She
went
into
captivity.
Her young
children
also
were
dashed
in
pieces
at
the
head
of
all
the
streets,
and
they
cast
lots
for
her
honorable
men,
and
all
her
great
men
were
bound
in chains.
You
also
will
be drunken.
You
will
be
hidden.
You
also
will
seek
a
stronghold because
of
the
enemy.
All
your
fortresses
will
be
like
fig
trees
with
the first-ripe
figs.
If
they
are
shaken,
they
fall
into
the
mouth
of
the
eater.
Behold,
your troops
among
you
are
women.
The
gates
of
your
land
are set wide
open
to
your
enemies.
The
fire
has
devoured
your
bars.
Draw
water
for
the
siege.
Strengthen
your
fortresses.
Go
into
the
clay,
and
tread
the mortar.
Make
the
brick kiln
strong.
There
the
fire
will
devour
you.
The
sword
will
cut
you
off.
It
will
devour
you
like
the grasshopper.
Multiply
like
grasshoppers.
Multiply
like
the
locust.
You have
increased
your
merchants
more
than
the
stars
of
the skies.
The grasshopper
strips
and flees away.
Your
guards
are
like
the
locusts,
and
your officials
like
the swarms
of
locusts, which settle
on
the
walls
on
a
cold
day,
but
when
the
sun appears,
they
flee
away,
and
their
place
is
not
known
where
they
are.
Your
shepherds
slumber,
king
of
Assyria.
Your
nobles
lie
down.
Your
people
are scattered
on
the
mountains,
and
there
is
no
one
to
gather
them.
There
is
no healing
your
wound,
for
your
injury
is fatal.
All
who
hear
the
report
of
you
clap
their
hands
over
you,
for
who
hasn’t felt
your endless
cruelty?
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Habakkuk
The Book of
Habakkuk
The revelation
which
Habakkuk
the
prophet
saw.
Yahweh,
1:2
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
how
long
will
I
cry,
and
you
will
not
hear?
I
cry
out
to
you “Violence!”
and
will
you
not
save?
Why
do
you
show
me
iniquity,
and
look
at perversity?
For
destruction
and
violence
are
before
me.
There
is
strife,
and
contention rises
up.
Therefore
the
law
is paralyzed,
and
justice
never prevails;
for
the
wicked
surround
the
righteous;
therefore
justice
comes
out
perverted.
“Look
among
the
nations,
watch,
and
wonder marvelously;
for
I am
working
a
work
in
your
days
which
you
will
not
believe
though
it
is
told
you.
For,
behold,
1:6
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
am
raising
up
the
Chaldeans,
that
bitter
and
hasty
nation
who
march
through
the width
of
the
earth,
to
possess
dwelling
places
that
are
not theirs.
They
are
feared
and
dreaded.
Their
judgment
and
their
dignity
proceed
from themselves.
Their
horses
also
are
swifter than
leopards,
and
are more fierce than
the
evening
wolves.
Their
horsemen
press proudly
on. Yes,
their
horsemen
come
from
afar.
They
fly
as
an
eagle
that hurries
to
devour.
All
of
them
come
for
violence.
Their hordes
face
forward.
They
gather
prisoners
like
sand.
Yes,
they scoff
at
kings,
and princes
are
a derision
to
them.
They
laugh
at
every stronghold,
for
they build
up an earthen ramp
and
take
it.
Then
they
sweep
by
like
the
wind
and
go
on.
They
are indeed
guilty,
whose
strength
is
their
god.”
Aren’t
you
from everlasting,
Yahweh
my
God,
1:12
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
my
Holy
One?
We
will
not
die.
Yahweh,
you
have
appointed
them
for
judgment.
You,
Rock,
have
established
him
to
punish.
You
who
have purer
eyes
than
to
see
evil,
and
who
cannot
look
on perversity,
why
do
you
tolerate
those
who
deal
treacherously
and
keep
silent
when
the
wicked
swallows
up
the
man
who
is
more
righteous
than
he,
and
make
men
like
the
fish
of
the
sea,
like
the
creeping
things
that
have
no
ruler
over
them?
He takes
up
all
of
them
with
the
hook.
He catches
them
in
his net
and
gathers
them
in
his dragnet.
Therefore
he
rejoices
and
is
glad.
Therefore
he
sacrifices
to
his net
and
burns
incense
to
his dragnet,
because
by
them
his life
is luxurious
and
his
food
is good.
Will
he
therefore
continually empty
his net,
and
kill
the
nations
without
mercy?
I
will
stand
at
my
watch
and
set myself
on
the ramparts,
and
will
look
out
to
see
what
he
will
say
to
me,
and
what
I
will
answer
concerning
my complaint.
Yahweh
answered
me, “Write
the
vision,
and
make
it plain
on
tablets,
that
he
who
runs
may
read
it.
For
the
vision
is
yet
for
the
appointed
time,
and
it hurries
toward
the
end,
and
won’t
prove
false.
Though
it
takes
time,
wait
for
it,
because
it
will
surely
come.
It
won’t
delay.
Behold,
his
soul
is puffed
up.
It
is
not upright
in
him,
but
the
righteous
will
live
by
his
faith.
Yes,
moreover,
wine
is
treacherous:
an arrogant
man
who
doesn’t stay
at home,
who
enlarges
his
desire
as
Sheol;
2:5
Sheol is the place of the dead.
he
is
like
death
and
can’t
be
satisfied,
but
gathers
to
himself
all
nations
and heaps
to
himself
all
peoples.
Won’t
all
these
take
up
a
parable
against
him,
and
a taunting
proverb
against
him,
and
say, ‘Woe
to
him
who
increases
that
which
is
not
his,
and
who enriches
himself
by extortion!
How
long?’
Won’t
your debtors
rise
up
suddenly,
and
wake
up
those
who
make
you
tremble,
and
you
will
be
their victim?
Because
you
have
plundered
many
nations,
all
the remnant
of
the
peoples
will plunder
you
because
of
men’s
blood,
and
for
the
violence
done
to
the
land,
to
the
city
and
to
all
who
dwell
in
it.
Woe
to
him
who
gets
an
evil
gain
for
his
house,
that
he
may
set
his
nest
on
high,
that
he
may
be
delivered
from
the
hand
of
evil!
You
have
devised
shame
to
your
house
by
cutting
off
many
peoples,
and
have
sinned
against
your
soul.
For
the
stone
will
cry
out
of
the
wall,
and
the beam
out
of
the woodwork
will
answer
it.
Woe
to him
who
builds
a
town
with
blood,
and
establishes
a
city
by
iniquity!
Behold,
isn’t
it
from
Yahweh
of
Armies
that
the
peoples
labor
for
the
fire,
and
the
nations
weary themselves
for vanity?
For
the
earth
will
be
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
Yahweh’s
glory,
as
the
waters
cover
the
sea.
“Woe
to
him
who gives
his
neighbor
drink, pouring
your inflaming wine
until
they
are
drunk,
so
that
you
may
gaze
at
their naked bodies!
You
are
filled
with
shame,
and
not
glory.
You
will
also
drink
and
be exposed!
The
cup
of
Yahweh’s
right
hand
will
come
around
to
you,
and
disgrace
will cover
your
glory.
For
the
violence
done
to
Lebanon
will
overwhelm
you,
and
the
destruction
of
the
animals
will terrify
you,
because
of
men’s
blood
and
for
the
violence
done
to
the
land,
to
every
city
and
to
those
who
dwell
in
them.
“What
value
does
the engraved
image
have,
that
its
maker
has engraved
it;
the molten
image,
even
the
teacher
of
lies,
that
he
who
fashions
its form
trusts
in
it,
to
make
mute
idols?
Woe
to
him
who
says
to
the
wood, ‘Awake!’
or
to
the
mute
stone, ‘Arise!’
Shall
this
teach?
Behold,
it
is
overlaid
with
gold
and
silver,
and
there
is
no
breath
at
all
within
it.
But
Yahweh
is
in
his
holy
temple. Let
all
the
earth
be
silent
before
him!”
A
prayer
of
Habakkuk,
the
prophet, set
to victorious music.
Yahweh,
I
have
heard
of
your
fame.
I stand
in awe
of
your
deeds,
Yahweh.
Renew
your
work
in
the
middle
of
the
years.
In
the
middle
of
the
years
make
it
known.
In
wrath,
you
remember
mercy.
God
came
from
Teman,
the
Holy
One
from
Mount
Paran.
Selah.
His
glory
covered
the
heavens,
and
his
praise
filled
the
earth.
His splendor
is
like
the sunrise.
Rays
shine
from
his
hand,
where
his
power
is hidden.
Plague
went
before
him,
and
pestilence
followed
his
feet.
He
stood,
and shook
the
earth.
He
looked,
and made
the
nations tremble.
The
ancient
mountains
were crumbled.
The age-old
hills
collapsed.
His
ways
are
eternal.
I
saw
the
tents
of
Cushan
in
affliction.
The dwellings
of
the
land
of
Midian
trembled.
Was
Yahweh displeased
with
the
rivers?
Was
your
anger
against
the
rivers,
or
your
wrath
against
the
sea,
that
you
rode
on
your
horses,
on
your
chariots
of
salvation?
You uncovered
your
bow.
You called
for
your
sworn
arrows.
Selah.
You
split
the
earth
with
rivers.
The
mountains
saw
you,
and
were afraid.
The
storm
of
waters
passed
by.
The
deep roared
and
lifted
up
its
hands
on
high.
The
sun
and
moon
stood
still
in
the sky
at
the
light
of your
arrows
as they
went,
at
the
shining
of your
glittering
spear.
You
marched
through
the
land
in
wrath.
You
threshed
the
nations
in
anger.
You
went
out
for
the
salvation
of
your
people,
for
the
salvation
of
your
anointed.
You crushed
the
head
of
the land
of wickedness.
You stripped
them
head
to foot.
Selah.
You pierced
the
heads
of
his warriors
with
their own
spears.
They came
as
a whirlwind
to
scatter
me,
gloating
as
if
to
devour
the
wretched
in
secret.
You
trampled
the
sea
with your
horses,
churning mighty
waters.
I
heard,
and
my
body
trembled.
My
lips
quivered
at
the
voice.
Rottenness
enters
into
my
bones,
and
I
tremble
in
my
place
because
I must
wait
quietly
for
the
day
of
trouble,
for
the
coming
up
of
the
people
who
invade
us.
For
even
though
the
fig
tree
doesn’t flourish,
nor
fruit
be
in
the
vines,
the labor
of
the
olive
fails,
the
fields
yield
no
food,
the
flocks
are
cut
off
from
the
fold,
and
there
is
no
herd
in
the
stalls,
yet
I
will
rejoice
in
Yahweh.
I
will
be joyful
in
the
God
of
my
salvation!
Yahweh,
the
Lord,
3:19
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
is
my
strength.
He
makes
my
feet
like deer’s
feet,
and enables
me
to go
in
high
places.
For
the
music
director,
on
my
stringed
instruments.
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Zephaniah
Zephaniah
The Book of
Zephaniah
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
which
came
to
Zephaniah,
the
son
of Cushi,
the
son
of
Gedaliah,
the
son
of
Amariah,
the
son
of
Hezekiah,
in
the
days
of
Josiah,
the
son
of
Amon,
king
of
Judah.
I
will utterly
sweep
away
everything
from
the
surface
of
the
earth,
says
Yahweh.
I
will
sweep
away
man
and
animal.
I
will
sweep
away
the
birds
of
the
sky,
the
fish
of
the
sea,
and
the heaps
of rubble
with
the
wicked.
I
will
cut
off
man
from
the
surface
of
the
earth,
says
Yahweh.
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
against
Judah
and
against
all
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
I
will
cut
off
the
remnant
of
Baal
from
this
place—the
name
of
the
idolatrous
and pagan
priests,
those
who
worship
the
army
of
the
sky
on
the
housetops,
those
who
worship
and
swear
by
Yahweh
and
also
swear
by Malcam,
those
who
have
turned
back
from
following
Yahweh,
and
those
who
haven’t
sought
Yahweh
nor
inquired
after
him.
Be
silent
at
the
presence
of
the
Lord
1:7
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
Yahweh,
for
the
day
of
Yahweh
is
at
hand.
For
Yahweh
has
prepared
a
sacrifice.
He
has
consecrated
his
guests.
It
will
happen
in
the
day
of
Yahweh’s
sacrifice
that
I
will
punish
the
princes,
the
king’s
sons,
and
all
those
who
are
clothed
with
foreign
clothing.
In
that
day,
I
will
punish
all
those
who
leap
over
the
threshold,
who
fill
their
master’s
house
with
violence
and
deceit.
In
that
day,
says
Yahweh,
there
will
be
the
noise
of
a
cry
from
the
fish
gate,
a
wailing
from
the
second quarter,
and
a
great
crashing
from
the
hills.
Wail,
you
inhabitants
of Maktesh,
for
all
the
people
of
Canaan are undone!
All
those
who
were loaded
with
silver are
cut
off.
It
will
happen
at
that
time,
that
I
will
search
Jerusalem
with
lamps,
and
I
will
punish
the
men
who
are settled
on
their
dregs,
who
say
in
their
heart, “Yahweh
will
not
do
good,
neither
will
he
do
evil.”
Their
wealth
will
become
a
plunder,
and
their
houses
a
desolation. Yes,
they
will
build
houses,
but
won’t
inhabit
them.
They
will
plant
vineyards,
but
won’t
drink
their
wine.
The
great
day
of
Yahweh
is
near.
It
is
near
and hurries
greatly,
the
voice
of
the
day
of
Yahweh.
The
mighty
man
cries
there
bitterly.
That
day
is
a
day
of
wrath,
a
day
of
distress
and
anguish,
a
day
of
trouble
and ruin,
a
day
of
darkness
and
gloom,
a
day
of
clouds
and blackness,
a
day
of
the
trumpet
and
alarm
against
the
fortified
cities
and
against
the
high battlements.
I
will
bring such distress
on
men
that
they
will
walk
like
blind
men
because
they
have
sinned
against
Yahweh.
Their
blood
will
be
poured
out
like
dust
and
their
flesh
like
dung.
Neither
their
silver
nor
their
gold
will
be
able
to
deliver
them
in
the
day
of
Yahweh’s
wrath,
but
the
whole
land
will
be
devoured
by
the
fire
of
his
jealousy;
for
he
will
make
an
end,
yes,
a terrible
end,
of
all
those
who
dwell
in
the
land.
Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together,
you
nation
that
has
no
shame,
before
the
appointed
time
when
the
day
passes
as
the
chaff,
before
the
fierce
anger
of
Yahweh
comes
on
you,
before
the
day
of
Yahweh’s
anger
comes
on
you.
Seek
Yahweh,
all
you
humble
of
the
land,
who
have kept
his
ordinances.
Seek
righteousness.
Seek
humility.
It
may
be
that
you
will
be
hidden
in
the
day
of
Yahweh’s
anger.
For
Gaza
will
be forsaken,
and
Ashkelon
a
desolation.
They
will
drive
out
Ashdod
at noonday,
and
Ekron
will
be rooted
up.
Woe
to
the
inhabitants
of
the
sea coast,
the
nation
of
the
Cherethites!
Yahweh’s
word
is
against
you,
Canaan,
the
land
of
the
Philistines.
I
will
destroy
you
until
there
is
no
inhabitant.
The
sea coast
will
be pastures,
with cottages
for
shepherds
and
folds
for
flocks.
The coast
will
be
for
the
remnant
of
the
house
of
Judah.
They
will find pasture.
In
the
houses
of
Ashkelon,
they
will
lie
down
in
the
evening,
for
Yahweh,
their
God,
2:7
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
will
visit
them
and
restore
them.
I
have
heard
the
reproach
of
Moab
and
the
insults
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
with
which
they
have reproached
my
people
and
magnified
themselves
against
their
border.
Therefore,
as
I
live,
says
Yahweh
of
Armies,
the
God
of
Israel,
surely
Moab
will
be
as
Sodom,
and
the
children
of
Ammon
as
Gomorrah,
a
possession
of
nettles
and
salt
pits,
and
a
perpetual
desolation.
The
remnant
of
my
people
will
plunder
them,
and
the
survivors
of
my
nation
will
inherit
them.
This
they
will
have
for
their
pride,
because
they
have reproached
and
magnified
themselves
against
the
people
of
Yahweh
of
Armies.
Yahweh
will
be
awesome
to
them,
for
he
will famish
all
the
gods
of
the
land.
Men
will
worship
him,
everyone
from
his
place,
even
all
the shores
of
the
nations.
You Cushites
also,
you
will
be
killed
by
my
sword.
He
will
stretch
out
his
hand
against
the
north,
destroy
Assyria,
and
will
make
Nineveh
a
desolation,
as
dry
as
the
wilderness.
Herds
will
lie
down
in
the
middle
of
her,
all
kinds
of
animals.
Both
the
pelican
and
the porcupine
will lodge
in
its
capitals.
Their
calls
will echo
through
the
windows. Desolation
will
be
in
the
thresholds,
for
he
has
laid
bare
the
cedar beams.
This
is
the joyous
city
that
lived carelessly,
that
said
in
her
heart, “I
am,
and
there
is
no
one
besides
me.”
How she
has
become
a
desolation,
a
place
for
animals
to
lie
down
in!
Everyone
who
passes
by
her
will
hiss
and
shake
their fists.
Woe
to her
who is rebellious and polluted,
the
oppressing
city!
She
didn’t
obey
the
voice.
She
didn’t
receive
correction.
She
didn’t
trust
in
Yahweh.
She
didn’t
draw
near
to
her
God.
Her
princes
within
her
are
roaring
lions.
Her
judges
are
evening
wolves.
They leave
nothing until
the next
day.
Her
prophets
are arrogant
and
treacherous
people.
Her
priests
have
profaned
the
sanctuary.
They
have
done
violence
to
the
law.
Yahweh,
within
her,
is
righteous.
He
will
do
no
wrong.
Every
morning
he
brings
his
justice
to
light.
He
doesn’t
fail,
but
the
unjust
know
no
shame.
I
have
cut
off
nations.
Their battlements
are
desolate.
I
have
made
their
streets
waste,
so
that
no
one
passes
by.
Their
cities
are
destroyed,
so
that
there
is
no
man,
so
that
there
is
no
inhabitant.
I
said, “Just
fear
me.
Receive
correction,”
so
that
her
dwelling
won’t
be
cut
off,
according
to
all
that
I
have
appointed
concerning
her.
But
they
rose
early
and
corrupted
all
their doings.
“Therefore
wait
for
me”,
says
Yahweh, “until
the
day
that
I
rise
up
to
the
prey,
for
my determination
is
to
gather
the
nations,
that
I
may
assemble
the
kingdoms
to
pour
on
them
my
indignation,
even
all
my
fierce
anger,
for
all
the
earth
will
be
devoured
with
the
fire
of
my
jealousy.
For
then
I
will
purify
the
lips
of
the
peoples,
that
they
may
all
call
on
Yahweh’s
name,
to
serve
him
shoulder
to
shoulder.
From
beyond
the
rivers
of
Cush,
my worshipers, even
the
daughter
of
my
dispersed people,
will
bring
my
offering.
In
that
day
you
will
not
be
disappointed
for
all
your doings
in
which
you
have
transgressed
against
me;
for
then
I
will
take
away
out
from
among
you
your
proudly
exulting
ones,
and
you
will
no
more
be
arrogant
in
my
holy
mountain.
But
I
will
leave
among
you
an
afflicted
and
poor
people,
and
they
will
take
refuge
in
Yahweh’s
name.
The
remnant
of
Israel
will
not
do
iniquity
nor
speak
lies,
neither
will
a deceitful
tongue
be
found
in
their
mouth,
for
they
will
feed
and
lie
down,
and
no
one
will
make
them
afraid.”
Sing,
daughter
of
Zion!
Shout,
Israel!
Be
glad
and
rejoice
with
all
your
heart,
daughter
of
Jerusalem.
Yahweh
has
taken
away
your
judgments.
He
has thrown
out
your
enemy.
The
King
of
Israel,
Yahweh,
is
among
you.
You
will
not
be
afraid
of
evil
any
more.
In
that
day,
it
will
be
said
to
Jerusalem, “Don’t
be
afraid,
Zion.
Don’t
let
your
hands
be weak.”
Yahweh,
your
God,
is
among
you,
a
mighty
one
who
will
save.
He
will
rejoice
over
you
with
joy.
He
will calm
you
in
his
love.
He
will
rejoice
over
you
with
singing.
I
will remove
those who
grieve
about
the
appointed
feasts
from
you.
They
are
a
burden
and
a
reproach
to
you.
Behold,
3:19
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
at
that
time
I
will
deal
with
all
those
who
afflict
you;
and
I
will
save
those
who
are
lame
and
gather
those
who
were
driven
away.
I
will
give
them
praise
and
honor,
whose
shame
has
been
in
all
the
earth.
At
that
time
I
will
bring
you
in,
and
at
that
time
I
will
gather
you;
for
I
will
give
you
honor
and
praise
among
all
the
peoples
of
the
earth
when
I
restore
your
fortunes
before
your
eyes,
says
Yahweh.
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Haggai
Haggai
The Book of
Haggai
In
the
second
year
of
Darius
the
king,
in
the
sixth
month,
in
the
first
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
to
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
governor
of
Judah,
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
saying,
“This
is
what
Yahweh
of
Armies
says:
These
people
say, ‘The
time
hasn’t
yet
come,
the
time
for
Yahweh’s
house
to
be
built.’”
Then
Yahweh’s
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
“Is
it
a
time
for
you
yourselves
to
dwell
in
your
paneled
houses,
while
this
house lies waste?
Now
therefore
this
is
what
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: ‘Consider
your
ways.
You
have
sown
much,
and
bring
in
little.
You
eat,
but
you
don’t
have
enough.
You
drink,
but
you
aren’t
filled
with
drink.
You
clothe
yourselves,
but
no
one
is
warm;
and
he
who
earns
wages
earns
wages
to
put
them
into
a
bag
with
holes
in
it.’
“This
is
what
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: ‘Consider
your
ways.
Go
up
to
the
mountain,
bring
wood,
and
build
the
house.
I
will
take
pleasure
in
it,
and
I
will
be
glorified,”
says
Yahweh.
“You
looked
for
much,
and,
behold,
1:9
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
it
came
to
little;
and
when
you
brought
it
home,
I blew
it
away.
Why?”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “Because
of
my
house
that
lies waste,
while
each
of
you
is busy
with
his
own
house.
Therefore
for
your
sake
the
heavens
withhold
the
dew,
and
the
earth withholds
its
fruit.
I
called
for
a drought
on
the
land,
on
the
mountains,
on
the
grain,
on
the
new
wine,
on
the
oil,
on
that
which
the
ground
produces,
on
men,
on
livestock,
and
on
all
the
labor
of
the
hands.”
Then
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel
and
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
with
all
the
remnant
of
the
people,
obeyed
Yahweh
their
God’s
1:12
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
voice,
and
the
words
of
Haggai
the
prophet,
as
Yahweh
their
God
had
sent
him;
and
the
people
feared
Yahweh.
Then
Haggai,
Yahweh’s
messenger,
spoke
Yahweh’s
message
to
the
people,
saying, “I
am
with
you,”
says
Yahweh.
Yahweh
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
governor
of
Judah,
and
the
spirit
of
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
and
the
spirit
of
all
the
remnant
of
the
people;
and
they
came
and
worked
on
the
house
of
Yahweh
of
Armies,
their
God,
in
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
month,
in
the
sixth
month,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius
the
king.
In
the
seventh
month,
in
the twenty-first
day
of
the
month,
Yahweh’s
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
“Speak
now
to
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
governor
of
Judah,
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
and
to
the
remnant
of
the
people,
saying,
‘Who
is
left
among
you
who
saw
this
house
in
its
former
glory?
How
do
you
see
it
now?
Isn’t
it
in
your
eyes
as
nothing?
Yet
now
be
strong,
Zerubbabel,’
says
Yahweh. ‘Be
strong,
Joshua
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest.
Be
strong,
all
you
people
of
the
land,’
says
Yahweh, ‘and work,
for
I
am
with
you,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
This
is
the
word
that
I
covenanted
with
you
when
you
came
out
of
Egypt,
and
my
Spirit
lived
among
you. ‘Don’t
be
afraid.’
For
this
is
what
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: ‘Yet
once
more,
it
is
a
little
while,
and
I
will
shake
the
heavens,
the
earth,
the
sea,
and
the
dry
land;
and
I
will
shake
all
nations.
The treasure
of
all
nations
will
come,
and
I
will
fill
this
house
with
glory,
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
The
silver
is mine,
and
the
gold
is mine,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
‘The
latter
glory
of
this
house
will
be
greater
than
the
former,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies; ‘and
in
this
place
I
will
give
peace,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.”
In
the twenty-fourth day
of
the
ninth month,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
Yahweh’s
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies
says:
Ask
now
the
priests
concerning
the
law,
saying,
‘If
someone
carries
holy
meat
in
the
fold
of
his
garment,
and
with
his
fold
touches
bread,
stew,
wine,
oil,
or
any
food,
will
it
become
holy?’”
The
priests
answered, “No.”
Then
Haggai
said, “If
one
who
is
unclean
by reason
of
a
dead
body
touch
any
of
these,
will
it
be
unclean?”
The
priests
answered, “It
will
be
unclean.”
Then
Haggai
answered, “‘So
is
this
people,
and
so
is
this
nation
before
me,’
says
Yahweh; ‘and
so
is
every
work
of
their
hands.
That
which
they
offer
there
is
unclean.
Now,
please
consider
from
this
day
and backward,
before
a
stone
was
laid
on
a
stone
in
Yahweh’s
temple.
Through all
that
time,
when
one
came
to
a
heap
of
twenty measures,
there
were only
ten.
When
one
came
to
the
wine
vat
to
draw
out
fifty,
there
were only
twenty.
I
struck
you
with
blight,
mildew,
and
hail
in
all
the
work
of
your
hands;
yet
you didn’t turn
to
me,’
says
Yahweh.
‘Consider,
please,
from
this
day
and backward,
from
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
ninth month,
since
the
day
that
the
foundation
of
Yahweh’s
temple
was
laid,
consider
it.
Is
the
seed
yet
in
the
barn? Yes,
the
vine,
the
fig
tree,
the
pomegranate,
and
the
olive
tree
haven’t produced.
From
today
I
will
bless
you.’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
the
second
time
to
Haggai
in
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
month,
saying,
“Speak
to
Zerubbabel,
governor
of
Judah,
saying, ‘I
will
shake
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
I
will
overthrow
the
throne
of
kingdoms. I
will
destroy
the
strength
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
nations. I
will
overthrow
the
chariots
and
those
who
ride
in
them.
The
horses
and
their
riders
will
come
down,
everyone
by
the
sword
of
his
brother.
In
that
day,
says
Yahweh
of
Armies,
I
will
take
you,
Zerubbabel
my
servant,
the
son
of
Shealtiel,’
says
Yahweh, ‘and
will
make
you
like
a
signet ring,
for
I
have
chosen
you,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.”
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Zechariah
The Book of
Zechariah
In
the
eighth
month,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
came
to
the
prophet
Zechariah
the
son
of
Berechiah,
the
son
of
Iddo,
saying,
“Yahweh
was very
displeased
with
your
fathers.
Therefore
tell
them,
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: ‘Return
to
me,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, ‘and
I
will
return
to
you,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
Don’t
you
be
like
your
fathers,
to
whom
the
former
prophets
proclaimed,
saying:
Yahweh
of
Armies
says, ‘Return
now
from
your
evil
ways
and
from
your
evil
doings;’
but
they
didn’t
hear
nor
listen
to
me,
says
Yahweh.
Your
fathers,
where
are
they?
And
the
prophets, do
they
live
forever?
But
my
words
and
my
decrees,
which
I
commanded
my
servants
the
prophets,
didn’t
they
overtake
your
fathers?
“Then
they
repented
and
said, ‘Just
as
Yahweh
of
Armies determined
to
do
to
us, according
to
our
ways
and according
to
our
practices,
so
he
has dealt
with
us.’”
On
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
eleventh
month,
which
is
the
month
Shebat,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
the
prophet
Zechariah
the
son
of
Berechiah,
the
son
of
Iddo,
saying,
“I
had
a
vision
in
the
night,
and
behold,
1:8
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
a
man
riding
on
a
red
horse,
and
he
stood
among
the
myrtle
trees
that
were
in
a
ravine;
and
behind
him
there
were
red, brown,
and
white
horses.
Then
I
asked, ‘My
lord,
what
are
these?’”
The
angel
who
talked
with
me
said
to
me, “I
will
show
you
what
these
are.”
The
man
who
stood
among
the
myrtle
trees
answered, “They
are
the
ones
Yahweh
has
sent
to
go
back
and
forth
through
the
earth.”
They reported
to
Yahweh’s
angel
who
stood
among
the
myrtle
trees,
and
said, “We
have
walked
back
and
forth
through
the
earth,
and
behold,
all
the
earth
is
at
rest
and
in
peace.”
Then
Yahweh’s
angel
replied, “O
Yahweh
of
Armies,
how
long
will
you
not
have
mercy
on
Jerusalem
and
on
the
cities
of
Judah,
against
which
you
have
had
indignation
these
seventy
years?”
Yahweh
answered
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
with
kind
and
comforting
words.
So
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
said
to
me, “Proclaim,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “I
am
jealous
for
Jerusalem
and
for
Zion
with
a
great
jealousy.
I
am
very
angry
with
the
nations
that
are
at
ease;
for
I
was
but
a
little
displeased,
but
they added
to
the
calamity.”
Therefore
Yahweh
says: “I
have
returned
to
Jerusalem
with
mercy.
My
house
shall
be
built
in
it,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “and
a line
shall
be
stretched
out
over
Jerusalem.”’
“Proclaim
further,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “My
cities
will
again
overflow
with
prosperity,
and
Yahweh
will
again
comfort
Zion,
and
will
again
choose
Jerusalem.”’”
I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns.
I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these?”
He answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”
Yahweh showed me four craftsmen.
Then I asked, “What are these coming to do?”
He said, “These are the horns which scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head; but these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw,
and
behold,
a
man
with
a measuring line
in
his hand.
Then
I
asked, “Where
are
you going?”
He
said
to
me, “To measure
Jerusalem,
to
see
what
is
its width
and
what
is
its length.”
Behold,
the angel
who talked
with
me went
out,
and another angel went
out
to meet
him,
and
said
to
him, “Run,
speak
to
this young
man,
saying, ‘Jerusalem
will
be inhabited
as villages
without walls,
because
of
the multitude
of
men
and livestock
in
it.
For
I,’ says Yahweh, ‘will
be
to
her
a wall
of fire
around
it,
and
I
will
be
the glory
in
the middle
of
her.
Come!
Come! Flee
from
the land
of
the north,’
says Yahweh; ‘for
I
have
spread
you abroad
as
the four winds
of
the sky,’
says Yahweh.
‘Come, Zion!
Escape,
you
who dwell
with
the daughter
of Babylon.’
For Yahweh
of Armies
says: ‘For honor
he
has
sent
me
to
the nations
which plundered
you;
for
he
who touches
you touches
the apple
of
his eye.
For, behold,
I
will shake
my hand
over
them,
and
they
will
be
a plunder
to
those
who
served
them;
and
you
will know
that
Yahweh
of Armies
has sent
me.
Sing
and rejoice, daughter
of
Zion!
For behold,
I come
and
I
will dwell within
you,’
says
Yahweh.
Many nations
shall
join themselves
to Yahweh
in
that day,
and
shall
be
my
people;
and I
will
dwell
among
you,
and
you
shall know
that Yahweh
of Armies
has sent me
to
you.
Yahweh
will inherit Judah
as
his portion
in
the holy land,
and
will
again choose
Jerusalem.
Be silent,
all flesh,
before
Yahweh;
for
he
has roused
himself
from
his holy habitation!”
He
showed
me
Joshua
the
high
priest
standing
before
Yahweh’s
angel,
and
Satan
standing
at
his
right
hand
to
be
his
adversary.
Yahweh
said
to
Satan, “Yahweh
rebuke
you,
Satan! Yes,
Yahweh
who
has
chosen
Jerusalem
rebuke
you!
Isn’t
this
a
burning stick
plucked
out
of
the
fire?”
Now
Joshua
was
clothed
with
filthy
garments,
and
was
standing
before
the
angel.
He
answered
and
spoke
to
those
who
stood
before
him,
saying, “Take
the
filthy
garments
off
him.”
To
him
he
said, “Behold,
I
have caused
your
iniquity
to
pass
from
you,
and
I
will
clothe
you
with rich
clothing.”
I
said, “Let
them
set
a
clean
turban
on
his
head.”
So
they
set
a
clean
turban
on
his
head,
and
clothed
him;
and
Yahweh’s
angel
was
standing
by.
Yahweh’s
angel solomnly assured
Joshua,
saying,
“Yahweh
of
Armies
says: ‘If
you
will
walk
in
my
ways,
and
if
you
will
follow
my
instructions,
then
you
also
shall
judge
my
house,
and
shall
also
keep
my courts,
and
I
will
give
you
a
place
of access
among
these
who
stand
by.
Hear
now,
Joshua
the
high
priest,
you
and
your
fellows
who
sit
before
you,
for
they
are
men
who
are
a
sign;
for,
behold,
I
will
bring
out
my
servant,
the
Branch.
For,
behold,
the
stone
that
I
have
set
before
Joshua:
on
one
stone
are
seven
eyes;
behold,
I
will engrave
its
inscription,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, ‘and
I
will
remove
the
iniquity
of
that
land
in
one
day.
In
that
day,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, ‘you
will
invite
every
man
his
neighbor
under
the
vine
and
under
the
fig
tree.’”
The
angel
who
talked
with
me
came
again
and wakened
me,
as
a
man
who
is wakened
out
of
his
sleep.
He
said
to
me, “What
do
you
see?”
I
said, “I
have
seen,
and
behold,
a
lamp stand
all
of
gold,
with
its
bowl
on
the
top
of
it,
and
its
seven
lamps
on
it;
there
are
seven
pipes
to
each
of
the
lamps
which
are
on
the
top
of
it;
and
two
olive
trees
by
it,
one
on
the
right
side
of
the
bowl,
and
the
other
on
the
left
side
of
it.”
I
answered
and
spoke
to
the
angel
who
talked
with
me,
saying, “What
are
these,
my
lord?”
Then
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
answered
me, “Don’t
you
know
what
these
are?”
I
said, “No,
my
lord.”
Then
he
answered
and
spoke
to
me,
saying, “This
is
Yahweh’s
word
to
Zerubbabel,
saying, ‘Not
by
might,
nor
by
power,
but
by
my
Spirit,’
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
Who
are
you,
great
mountain?
Before
Zerubbabel
you
are
a
plain;
and
he
will
bring
out
the
capstone
with
shouts
of ‘Grace,
grace,
to
it!’”
Moreover
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“The
hands
of
Zerubbabel
have
laid
the
foundation
of
this
house.
His
hands
shall
also
finish
it;
and
you
will
know
that
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
sent
me
to
you.
Indeed,
who
despises
the
day
of
small
things?
For
these
seven
shall
rejoice,
and
shall
see
the
plumb
line
in
the
hand
of
Zerubbabel.
These
are
Yahweh’s
eyes,
which run back
and forth
through
the
whole
earth.”
Then
I
asked
him, “What
are
these
two
olive
trees
on
the
right
side
of
the lamp stand
and
on
the
left
side
of
it?”
I
asked
him
the
second
time, “What
are
these
two
olive
branches,
which
are
beside
the
two
golden spouts
that pour
the
golden
oil
out
of
themselves?”
He
answered
me, “Don’t
you
know
what
these
are?”
I
said, “No,
my
lord.”
Then
he
said, “These
are
the
two
anointed
ones
who
stand
by
the
Lord
4:14
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
of
the
whole
earth.”
Then
again
I
lifted
up
my
eyes
and
saw,
and
behold,
a flying
scroll.
He
said
to
me, “What
do
you
see?”
I
answered, “I
see
a flying
scroll; its
length
is
twenty
cubits,
5:2
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
and its
width
ten
cubits.”
Then
he
said
to
me, “This
is
the
curse
that
goes
out
over
the
surface
of
the
whole
land,
for
everyone
who
steals
shall
be cut
off
according
to
it
on
the
one
side;
and
everyone
who
swears falsely
shall
be cut
off
according
to
it
on
the
other
side.
I
will cause
it
to
go
out,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “and
it
will
enter
into
the
house
of
the
thief,
and
into
the
house
of
him
who
swears
falsely
by
my
name;
and
it
will
remain
in
the
middle
of
his
house,
and
will
destroy
it
with
its
timber
and
its
stones.”
Then
the
angel
who
talked
with
me
came
forward
and
said
to
me, “Lift
up
now
your
eyes
and
see
what
this
is
that
is
appearing.”
I
said, “What
is
it?”
He
said, “This
is
the
ephah
5:6
An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or about 2/3 of a bushel.
basket
that
is appearing.”
He
said moreover, “This
is
their
appearance
in
all
the
land—
and
behold,
a
lead
cover
weighing
one
talent
5:7
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
was
lifted
up—and
there
was
a
woman
sitting
in
the
middle
of
the
ephah
5:7
1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel
basket.”
He
said, “This
is
Wickedness;”
and
he
threw
her
down
into
the
middle
of
the
ephah
basket;
and
he
threw
the
lead
weight
on
its
mouth.
Then
I
lifted
up
my
eyes
and
saw,
and
behold,
there
were
two
women;
and
the
wind
was
in
their
wings.
Now
they
had
wings
like
the
wings
of
a
stork,
and
they
lifted
up
the
ephah
basket
between
earth
and
the
sky.
Then
I
said
to
the
angel
who
talked
with
me, “Where
are
these carrying
the
ephah
basket?”
He
said
to
me, “To
build
her
a
house
in
the
land
of
Shinar.
When
it
is
prepared, she
will
be
set
there
in
her own
place.”
Again
I
lifted
up
my
eyes,
and
saw,
and
behold,
four
chariots
came
out
from
between
two
mountains;
and
the
mountains
were
mountains
of
bronze.
In
the
first
chariot
were
red
horses.
In
the
second
chariot
were
black
horses.
In
the
third
chariot
were
white
horses.
In
the
fourth
chariot
were
dappled
horses, all
of them powerful.
Then
I
asked
the
angel
who
talked
with
me, “What
are
these,
my
lord?”
The
angel
answered
me, “These
are
the
four
winds
of
the
sky,
which
go
out
from
standing
before
the
Lord
of
all
the
earth.
The
one
with
the
black
horses
goes
out
toward
the
north
country;
and
the
white
went
out
after
them;
and
the
dappled
went
out
toward
the
south
country.”
The
strong
went
out,
and
sought
to
go
that
they might
walk
back
and
forth
through
the
earth.
He
said, “Go
around
and
through
the
earth!”
So
they
walked
back
and
forth
through
the
earth.
Then
he
called
to
me,
and
spoke
to
me,
saying, “Behold,
those
who
go
toward
the
north
country
have quieted
my
spirit
in
the
north
country.”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying,
“Take
of
them
of
the captivity,
even
of
Heldai,
of
Tobijah,
and
of
Jedaiah;
and
come
the
same
day,
and
go
into
the
house
of
Josiah
the
son
of
Zephaniah,
where
they
have
come
from
Babylon.
Yes,
take
silver
and
gold,
and
make
crowns,
and
set
them
on
the
head
of
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest;
and
speak
to
him,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says, “Behold,
the
man
whose
name
is
the
Branch!
He
will
grow
up
out
of
his
place;
and
he
will
build
Yahweh’s
temple.
He
will
build
Yahweh’s
temple.
He
will
bear
the
glory,
and
will
sit
and
rule
on
his
throne.
He
will
be
a
priest
on
his
throne.
The
counsel
of
peace
will
be
between
them
both.
The
crowns
shall
be
to
Helem,
to
Tobijah,
to
Jedaiah,
and
to
Hen
the
son
of
Zephaniah,
for
a
memorial
in
Yahweh’s
temple.
Those
who
are
far
off
shall
come
and
build
in
Yahweh’s
temple;
and
you
shall
know
that
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
sent
me
to
you.
This
will
happen,
if
you
will
diligently
obey
Yahweh
your
God’s
voice.”’”
6:15
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
In
the
fourth
year
of
King
Darius,
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Zechariah
in
the
fourth
day
of
the
ninth
month,
the
month
of
Chislev.
The
people
of
Bethel
sent
Sharezer
and Regem Melech
and
their
men
to
entreat
Yahweh’s
favor,
and
to
speak
to
the
priests
of
the
house
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
and
to
the
prophets,
saying, “Should
I
weep
in
the
fifth
month, separating myself,
as
I
have
done
these
so
many
years?”
Then
the
word
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
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
in
the
seventh month
for
these
seventy
years, did
you
at
all
fast
to
me,
really
to
me?
When
you
eat
and
when
you
drink,
don’t
you
eat
for
yourselves
and
drink
for
yourselves?
Aren’t
these
the
words
which
Yahweh
proclaimed
by
the
former
prophets
when
Jerusalem
was
inhabited
and
in prosperity,
and
its
cities
around
her,
and
the
South
and
the
lowland
were
inhabited?’”
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
Zechariah,
saying,
“Thus
has
Yahweh
of
Armies
spoken,
saying, ‘Execute
true
judgment,
and
show
kindness
and
compassion
every
man
to
his
brother.
Don’t
oppress
the
widow,
the
fatherless,
the
foreigner,
nor
the
poor;
and
let
none
of
you
devise
evil
against
his
brother
in
your
heart.’
But
they
refused
to
listen,
and
turned
their
backs,
and
stopped
their
ears,
that
they might not
hear.
Yes,
they
made
their
hearts
as
hard
as
flint, lest
they
might
hear
the
law
and
the
words
which
Yahweh
of
Armies
had
sent
by
his
Spirit
by
the
former
prophets.
Therefore
great
wrath
came
from
Yahweh
of
Armies.
It
has
come
to
pass
that,
as
he
called
and
they
refused
to
listen,
so
they
will
call
and
I
will
not
listen,”
said
Yahweh
of
Armies;
“but
I
will scatter
them
with
a whirlwind
among
all
the
nations
which
they
have
not
known.
Thus
the
land
was
desolate
after
them,
so
that
no
man
passed
through
nor
returned;
for
they
made
the
pleasant
land
desolate.”
The
word
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
came
to
me.
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “I
am
jealous
for
Zion
with
great
jealousy,
and
I
am
jealous
for
her
with
great
wrath.”
Yahweh
says: “I
have
returned
to
Zion,
and
will
dwell
in
the
middle
of
Jerusalem.
Jerusalem
shall
be
called ‘The
City
of
Truth;’
and
the
mountain
of
Yahweh
of
Armies, ‘The
Holy
Mountain.’”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Old
men
and
old
women
will
again
dwell
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
every
man
with
his
staff
in
his
hand
because
of
their
old
age.
The
streets
of
the
city
will be
full
of
boys
and
girls
playing
in
its
streets.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “If
it
is
marvelous
in
the
eyes
of
the
remnant
of
this
people
in
those
days,
should
it
also
be
marvelous
in
my
eyes?”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Behold,
I
will
save
my
people
from
the
east
country
and
from
the
west
country.
I
will
bring
them,
and
they
will
dwell
within
Jerusalem.
They
will
be
my
people,
and
I
will
be
their
God,
in
truth
and
in
righteousness.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Let
your
hands
be
strong,
you
who
hear
in
these
days
these
words
from
the
mouth
of
the
prophets
who
were
in
the
day
that
the
foundation
of
the
house
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
was
laid,
even
the
temple,
that
it
might
be
built.
For
before
those
days
there
was
no
wages
for
man
nor
any
wages
for
an
animal,
neither
was
there
any
peace
to
him
who
went
out
or
came
in,
because
of
the adversary.
For
I
set
all
men
everyone
against
his
neighbor.
But
now
I
will
not
be
to
the
remnant
of
this
people
as
in
the
former
days,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“For
the
seed
of
peace
and
the
vine
will
yield
its
fruit,
and
the
ground
will
give
its
increase,
and
the
heavens
will
give
their
dew.
I
will
cause
the
remnant
of
this
people
to
inherit
all
these
things.
It
shall
come
to
pass
that,
as
you
were
a
curse
among
the
nations,
house
of
Judah
and
house
of
Israel,
so
I
will
save
you,
and
you
shall
be
a
blessing.
Don’t
be
afraid.
Let
your
hands
be
strong.”
For
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “As
I
thought
to do
evil
to
you
when
your
fathers
provoked
me
to
wrath,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “and
I
didn’t
repent,
so
again
I
have thought
in
these
days
to
do
good
to
Jerusalem
and
to
the
house
of
Judah.
Don’t
be
afraid.
These
are
the
things
that
you
shall
do:
speak
every
man
the
truth
with
his
neighbor.
Execute
the
judgment
of
truth
and
peace
in
your
gates,
and
let
none
of
you
devise
evil
in
your
hearts
against
his
neighbor,
and
love
no
false
oath;
for
all
these
are
things
that
I
hate,”
says
Yahweh.
The
word
of
Yahweh
of
Armies
came
to
me.
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “The fasts
of
the
fourth,
fifth,
seventh,
and
tenth
months
shall
be
for
the
house
of
Judah
joy,
gladness,
and cheerful
feasts.
Therefore
love
truth
and
peace.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “Many
peoples
and
the
inhabitants
of
many
cities
will
yet
come.
The
inhabitants
of
one
will
go
to
another,
saying, ‘Let’s
go speedily
to
entreat
the
favor
of
Yahweh,
and
to
seek
Yahweh
of
Armies.
I
will
go
also.’
Yes,
many
peoples
and
strong
nations
will
come
to
seek
Yahweh
of
Armies
in
Jerusalem
and
to
entreat
the
favor
of
Yahweh.”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says: “In
those
days,
ten
men
out
of
all
the
languages
of
the
nations
will
take
hold
of
the
skirt
of
him
who
is
a
Jew,
saying, ‘We
will go
with
you,
for
we
have
heard
that
God
is
with
you.’”
A revelation.
Yahweh’s
word
is
against
the
land
of
Hadrach,
and
will
rest upon
Damascus—
for
the
eye
of
man
and
of
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
is toward
Yahweh—
and
Hamath,
also, which
borders
on
it,
Tyre
and
Sidon,
because
they
are
very
wise.
Tyre
built herself
a stronghold,
and heaped
up
silver
like
the
dust,
and
fine
gold
like
the
mire
of
the
streets.
Behold,
the
Lord
will
dispossess
her,
and
he
will
strike
her
power
in
the
sea;
and
she
will
be
devoured
with
fire.
Ashkelon
will
see
it,
and
fear;
Gaza
also,
and
will
writhe
in agony;
as
will
Ekron,
for
her
expectation
will
be
disappointed;
and
the
king
will
perish
from
Gaza,
and
Ashkelon
will
not
be
inhabited.
Foreigners
will
dwell
in
Ashdod,
and
I
will
cut
off
the
pride
of
the
Philistines.
I
will
take
away
his
blood
out
of
his
mouth,
and
his
abominations
from
between
his
teeth;
and
he
also
will
be
a
remnant
for
our
God;
and
he
will
be
as
a chieftain
in
Judah,
and
Ekron
as
a
Jebusite.
I
will
encamp
around
my
house
against
the
army,
that
no
one
pass
through
or
return;
and
no
oppressor
will
pass
through
them
any
more:
for
now
I
have
seen
with
my
eyes.
Rejoice
greatly,
daughter
of
Zion!
Shout,
daughter
of
Jerusalem!
Behold,
your
King
comes
to
you!
He
is
righteous,
and
having
salvation;
lowly,
and
riding
on
a
donkey,
even
on
a
colt,
the
foal
of
a
donkey.
I
will
cut
off
the
chariot
from
Ephraim
and
the
horse
from
Jerusalem.
The
battle
bow
will
be
cut
off;
and
he
will
speak
peace
to
the
nations.
His dominion
will
be
from
sea
to
sea,
and
from
the
River
to
the
ends
of
the
earth.
As
for
you
also,
because
of
the
blood
of
your
covenant,
I
have
set
free
your
prisoners
from
the
pit
in
which
is
no
water.
Turn
to
the
stronghold,
you
prisoners
of
hope!
Even
today
I
declare
that
I
will
restore
double
to
you.
For
indeed
I
bend
Judah
as
a
bow
for
me.
I
have
loaded
the
bow
with
Ephraim.
I
will
stir
up
your
sons,
Zion,
against
your
sons,
Greece,
and
will
make
you
like
the
sword
of
a
mighty
man.
Yahweh
will
be
seen
over
them.
His
arrow
will
flash
like
lightning.
The
Lord
Yahweh
will
blow
the
trumpet,
and
will
go
with whirlwinds
of
the
south.
Yahweh
of
Armies
will
defend
them.
They
will destroy
and overcome
with sling
stones.
They
will
drink,
and
roar
as
through
wine.
They
will
be
filled
like
bowls,
like
the
corners
of
the
altar.
Yahweh
their
God
will
save
them
in
that
day
as
the
flock
of
his
people;
for
they
are
like
the jewels
of
a
crown,
lifted
on high
over
his
land.
For
how great
is
his
goodness,
and
how great
is
his
beauty!
Grain
will
make
the
young
men
flourish,
and
new
wine
the
virgins.
Ask
of
Yahweh
rain
in
the
spring
time,
Yahweh
who
makes
storm
clouds,
and
he
gives
rain
showers
to
everyone
for
the
plants
in
the
field.
For
the
teraphim
10:2
teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
have
spoken
vanity,
and
the
diviners
have
seen
a
lie;
and
they
have
told
false
dreams.
They
comfort
in
vain.
Therefore
they
go
their
way
like
sheep.
They
are
oppressed,
because
there
is
no
shepherd.
My
anger
is
kindled
against
the
shepherds,
and
I
will
punish
the
male
goats,
for
Yahweh
of
Armies
has
visited
his
flock,
the
house
of
Judah,
and
will
make
them
as
his
majestic
horse
in
the
battle.
From
him
will
come
the
cornerstone,
from
him
the
tent
peg,
from
him
the
battle
bow,
from
him
every
ruler
together.
They
will
be
as
mighty
men,
treading
down muddy
streets
in
the
battle.
They
will
fight,
because
Yahweh
is
with
them.
The
riders
on
horses
will
be confounded.
“I
will
strengthen
the
house
of
Judah,
and
I
will
save
the
house
of
Joseph.
I
will
bring
them
back,
for
I
have
mercy
on
them.
They
will
be
as
though
I
had
not cast
them
off,
for
I
am
Yahweh
their
God,
and
I
will hear
them.
Ephraim
will
be
like
a
mighty
man,
and
their
heart
will
rejoice
as
through
wine.
Yes,
their
children
will
see
it
and
rejoice.
Their
heart
will
be
glad
in
Yahweh.
I will signal
for
them
and
gather
them,
for
I
have
redeemed
them.
They will
increase
as
they were before.
I
will
sow
them
among
the
peoples.
They
will
remember
me
in
far
countries.
They
will
live
with
their
children
and
will
return.
I
will
bring
them
again
also
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
gather
them
out
of
Assyria.
I
will
bring
them
into
the
land
of
Gilead
and
Lebanon;
and
there
won’t
be room
enough
for
them.
He
will
pass
through
the
sea
of
affliction,
and
will
strike
the
waves
in
the
sea,
and
all
the
depths
of
the
Nile
will
dry
up;
and
the
pride
of
Assyria
will
be
brought
down,
and
the
scepter
of
Egypt
will
depart.
I
will
strengthen
them
in
Yahweh.
They
will
walk up
and
down
in
his
name,”
says
Yahweh.
Open
your
doors,
Lebanon,
that
the
fire
may
devour
your
cedars.
Wail,
cypress tree,
for
the
cedar
has
fallen,
because
the
stately
ones
are
destroyed.
Wail,
you
oaks
of
Bashan,
for
the strong
forest
has
come
down.
A
voice
of
the
wailing
of
the
shepherds!
For
their
glory
is
destroyed—a
voice
of
the
roaring
of
young
lions!
For
the
pride
of
the
Jordan
is
ruined.
Yahweh
my
God
says: “Feed
the
flock
of
slaughter.
Their buyers
slaughter
them
and
go unpunished.
Those
who
sell
them
say, ‘Blessed
be
Yahweh,
for
I
am
rich;’
and
their own
shepherds
don’t
pity
them.
For
I
will
no
more
pity
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,”
says
Yahweh; “but,
behold,
I
will
deliver
every
one
of
the
men
into
his
neighbor’s
hand
and
into
the
hand
of
his
king.
They
will
strike
the
land,
and
out
of
their
hand
I
will
not
deliver
them.”
So
I fed
the
flock
to
be slaughtered,
especially
the
oppressed
of
the
flock.
I
took
for myself
two
staffs.
The
one
I
called “Favor”
and
the
other
I
called “Union”,
and
I fed
the
flock.
I
cut
off
the
three
shepherds
in
one
month;
for
my
soul
was weary
of
them,
and
their
soul
also loathed
me.
Then
I
said, “I
will
not
feed
you.
That
which
dies,
let
it
die;
and
that
which
is
to
be
cut
off,
let
it
be
cut
off;
and
let
those
who
are
left
eat
each other’s
flesh.”
I
took
my
staff
Favor
and
cut
it apart,
that
I
might
break
my
covenant
that
I
had
made
with
all
the
peoples.
It
was
broken
in
that
day;
and
thus
the
poor
of
the
flock
that listened
to
me
knew
that
it
was
Yahweh’s
word.
I
said
to
them, “If
you
think
it
best,
give
me
my
wages;
and
if
not, keep
them.”
So
they
weighed
for
my
wages
thirty pieces
of
silver.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Throw
it
to
the
potter—the handsome
price
that
I
was
valued
at
by
them!”
I
took
the
thirty pieces
of
silver
and
threw
them
to
the
potter
in
Yahweh’s
house.
Then
I
cut apart
my
other
staff, Union,
that
I
might
break
the
brotherhood
between
Judah
and
Israel.
Yahweh
said
to
me, “Take
for
yourself
yet
again
the
equipment
of
a
foolish
shepherd.
For,
behold,
I
will
raise
up
a
shepherd
in
the
land
who
will
not
visit
those
who
are
cut
off,
neither
will
seek
those
who
are
scattered,
nor
heal
that which
is
broken,
nor
feed
that which
is sound;
but
he
will
eat
the
meat
of
the
fat
sheep,
and
will
tear
their
hoofs
in
pieces.
Woe
to
the
worthless
shepherd
who
leaves
the
flock!
The
sword
will strike
his
arm
and
his
right
eye.
His
arm
will
be
completely
withered,
and
his
right
eye
will
be
totally blinded!”
A revelation
of
Yahweh’s
word
concerning
Israel:
Yahweh,
who
stretches
out
the
heavens
and
lays
the
foundation
of
the
earth,
and
forms
the
spirit
of
man
within
him
says:
“Behold,
I
will
make
Jerusalem
a cup
of
reeling
to
all
the
surrounding
peoples,
and
it
will
also
be
on
Judah
in
the
siege
against
Jerusalem.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
I
will
make
Jerusalem
a
burdensome
stone
for
all
the
peoples.
All
who
burden
themselves
with
it
will
be
severely wounded,
and
all
the
nations
of
the
earth
will
be
gathered
together
against
it.
In
that
day,”
says
Yahweh, “I
will
strike
every
horse
with terror
and
his
rider
with
madness.
I
will
open
my
eyes
on
the
house
of
Judah,
and
will
strike
every
horse
of
the
peoples
with
blindness.
The chieftains
of
Judah
will
say
in
their
heart, ‘The
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
are
my strength
in
Yahweh
of
Armies
their
God.’
In
that
day
I
will
make
the chieftains
of
Judah
like
a
pan
of
fire
among
wood,
and
like
a
flaming
torch
among
sheaves.
They
will
devour
all
the
surrounding
peoples
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left;
and
Jerusalem
will
yet
again
dwell
in
their own
place,
even
in
Jerusalem.
Yahweh
also
will
save
the
tents
of
Judah
first,
that
the
glory
of
David’s
house
and
the
glory
of
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
not
be
magnified
above
Judah.
In
that
day
Yahweh
will
defend
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
He
who
is
feeble
among
them
at
that
day
will
be
like
David,
and
David’s
house
will
be
like
God,
like
Yahweh’s
angel
before
them.
It
will
happen
in
that
day,
that
I
will
seek
to
destroy
all
the
nations
that
come
against
Jerusalem.
I
will
pour
on
David’s
house
and
on
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
the
spirit
of
grace
and
of
supplication.
They
will
look
to
me
12:10
After “me”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker.
whom
they
have
pierced;
and
they
shall
mourn
for
him
as
one
mourns
for
his
only
son,
and
will grieve
bitterly
for
him
as
one grieves
for
his
firstborn.
In
that
day there
will
be
a
great
mourning
in
Jerusalem, like
the
mourning
of
Hadadrimmon
in
the
valley
of
Megiddo.
The
land
will
mourn,
every
family
apart;
the
family
of
David’s
house
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
the
family
of
the
house
of
Nathan
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
the
family
of
the
house
of
Levi
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
the
family
of
the
Shimeites
apart,
and
their
wives
apart;
all
the
families
who
remain,
every
family
apart,
and
their
wives
apart.
“In
that
day
there
will
be
a
fountain
opened
to
David’s
house
and
to
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem,
for
sin
and
for
uncleanness.
It
will
come
to
pass
in
that
day,
says
Yahweh
of
Armies,
that
I
will
cut
off
the
names
of
the
idols
out
of
the
land,
and
they
will
be
remembered
no
more.
I
will
also
cause
the
prophets
and
the
spirit
of
impurity
to
pass
out
of
the
land.
It
will
happen
that
when
anyone
still
prophesies,
then
his
father
and
his
mother
who
bore
him
will
tell
him, ‘You
must die,
because
you
speak
lies
in
Yahweh’s
name;’
and
his
father
and
his
mother
who
bore
him
will
stab
him
when
he
prophesies.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
the
prophets
will
each
be
ashamed
of
his
vision
when
he
prophesies;
they
won’t
wear
a
hairy
mantle
to
deceive,
but
he
will
say, ‘I
am
no
prophet,
I
am
a
tiller
of
the
ground;
for
I
have
been
made
a bondservant
from
my
youth.’
One
will
say
to
him, ‘What
are
these
wounds
between
your
arms?’
Then
he
will
answer, ‘Those
with
which
I
was
wounded
in
the
house
of
my
friends.’
“Awake,
sword,
against
my
shepherd,
and
against
the
man
who
is close
to
me,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“Strike
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
will
be
scattered;
and
I
will
turn
my
hand
against
the
little ones.
It
shall
happen
that
in
all
the
land,”
says
Yahweh,
“two
parts
in
it
will
be
cut
off
and
die;
but
the
third
will
be
left
in
it.
I
will
bring
the
third
part
into
the
fire,
and
will
refine
them
as
silver
is
refined,
and
will
test
them
like
gold
is
tested.
They
will
call
on
my
name,
and
I
will hear
them.
I
will
say, ‘It
is
my
people;’
and
they
will
say, ‘Yahweh
is
my
God.’”
Behold,
a
day
of
Yahweh
comes,
when
your
plunder
will
be
divided
within
you.
For
I
will
gather
all
nations
against
Jerusalem
to
battle;
and
the
city
will
be
taken,
the
houses rifled,
and
the
women
ravished.
Half
of
the
city
will
go
out
into captivity,
and
the
rest
of
the
people
will
not
be
cut
off
from
the
city.
Then
Yahweh
will
go
out
and
fight
against
those
nations,
as
when
he
fought
in
the
day
of
battle.
His
feet
will
stand
in
that
day
on
the
Mount
of
Olives,
which
is
before
Jerusalem
on
the
east;
and
the
Mount
of
Olives
will
be
split
in
two
from
east
to
west, making
a
very
great
valley.
Half
of
the
mountain
will
move
toward
the
north,
and
half
of
it
toward
the
south.
You
shall
flee
by
the
valley
of
my
mountains,
for
the
valley
of
the
mountains
shall
reach
to
Azel.
Yes,
you
shall
flee,
just
like
you
fled
from
before
the
earthquake
in
the
days
of
Uzziah
king
of
Judah.
Yahweh
my
God
will
come,
and
all
the
holy
ones
with
you.
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Septuagint reads “him” instead of “you”.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
there
will
not
be
light, cold,
or frost.
It
will
be
a
unique
day
which
is
known
to
Yahweh—not
day,
and
not
night;
but
it
will
come
to
pass
that
at
evening
time
there
will
be
light.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
living
waters
will
go
out
from
Jerusalem,
half
of
them
toward
the
eastern
sea,
and
half
of
them
toward
the
western
sea.
It
will
be
so
in
summer
and
in
winter.
Yahweh
will
be
King
over
all
the
earth.
In
that
day
Yahweh
will
be
one,
and
his
name
one.
All
the
land
will
be
made
like
the
Arabah,
from
Geba
to
Rimmon
south
of
Jerusalem;
and
she
will
be lifted
up
and
will
dwell
in
her
place,
from
Benjamin’s
gate
to
the
place
of
the
first
gate,
to
the corner
gate,
and
from
the
tower
of
Hananel
to
the
king’s
wine
presses.
Men
will
dwell therein,
and
there
will
be
no
more curse;
but
Jerusalem
will
dwell
safely.
This
will
be
the
plague
with
which
Yahweh
will
strike
all
the
peoples
who
have
fought
against
Jerusalem:
their
flesh
will consume
away
while
they
stand
on
their
feet,
and
their
eyes
will consume
away
in
their
sockets,
and
their
tongue
will consume
away
in
their
mouth.
It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
a
great
panic
from
Yahweh
will
be
among
them;
and
they
will
each
seize
the
hand
of
his
neighbor,
and
his
hand
will
rise
up
against
the
hand
of
his
neighbor.
Judah
also
will
fight
at
Jerusalem;
and
the
wealth
of
all
the
surrounding
nations
will
be
gathered
together:
gold,
silver,
and
clothing,
in
great
abundance.
A
plague
like
this
will
fall
on
the
horse,
on
the
mule,
on
the
camel,
on
the
donkey,
and
on
all
the
animals
that
will
be
in
those
camps.
It
will
happen
that
everyone
who
is
left
of
all
the
nations
that
came
against
Jerusalem
will
go
up
from
year
to
year
to
worship
the
King,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
and
to
keep
the
feast
of
booths.
It
will
be
that
whoever
of
all
the
families
of
the
earth
doesn’t
go
up
to
Jerusalem
to
worship
the
King,
Yahweh
of
Armies,
on
them
there
will
be
no
rain.
If
the
family
of
Egypt
doesn’t
go
up
and
doesn’t
come,
neither
will
it rain
on
them.
This
will
be
the
plague
with
which
Yahweh
will
strike
the
nations
that
don’t
go
up
to
keep
the
feast
of
booths.
This
will
be
the punishment
of
Egypt
and
the punishment
of
all
the
nations
that
don’t
go
up
to keep
the
feast
of
booths.
In
that
day
there
will
be inscribed
on
the
bells
of
the
horses, “HOLY
TO
YAHWEH”;
and
the
pots
in
Yahweh’s
house
will
be
like
the
bowls
before
the
altar.
Yes,
every
pot
in
Jerusalem
and
in
Judah
will
be
holy
to
Yahweh
of
Armies;
and
all
those
who
sacrifice
will
come
and
take
of
them,
and
cook
in
them.
In
that
day
there
will
no
longer
be
a
Canaanite
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or, merchant
in
the
house
of
Yahweh
of
Armies.
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Malachi
The Book of Malachi
Malachi
Malachi
The Book of
Malachi
A revelation,
Yahweh’s
1:1
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word
to
Israel
by
Malachi.
“I
have
loved
you,”
says
Yahweh.
Yet
you
say, “How
have
you
loved
us?”
“Wasn’t
Esau
Jacob’s
brother?”
says
Yahweh, “Yet
I
loved
Jacob;
but
Esau
I
hated,
and
made
his
mountains
a
desolation,
and
gave
his
heritage
to
the jackals
of
the
wilderness.”
Whereas
Edom
says, “We
are
beaten
down,
but
we
will
return
and
build
the
waste
places,”
Yahweh
of
Armies
says, “They
shall
build,
but
I
will throw
down;
and
men
will
call
them ‘The Wicked
Land,’
even
the
people against
whom
Yahweh shows wrath
forever.”
Your
eyes
will
see,
and
you
will
say, “Yahweh
is
great—even
beyond
the
border
of
Israel!”
“A
son
honors
his
father,
and
a
servant
his
master.
If
I
am
a
father,
then
where
is
my
honor?
And
if
I
am
a
master,
where
is
the
respect due
me?”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies
to
you
priests
who
despise
my
name. “You
say, ‘How
have
we
despised
your
name?’
You offer polluted
bread
on
my
altar.
You
say, ‘How
have we polluted
you?’
In
that
you
say, ‘Yahweh’s
table
is contemptible.’
When
you
offer
the
blind
for
sacrifice, isn’t
that
evil?
And
when
you
offer
the
lame
and
sick, isn’t
that
evil?
Present
it
now
to
your
governor!
Will
he
be
pleased
with
you?
Or
will
he
accept
your
person?”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“Now,
please
entreat
the
favor
of
God,
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The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
that
he
may
be gracious
to
us.
With
this,
will
he accept
any
of
you?”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“Oh
that
there
were
one
among
you
who
would
shut
the
doors,
that
you
might
not
kindle
fire
on
my
altar
in
vain!
I
have
no
pleasure
in
you,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “neither
will
I
accept
an
offering
at
your
hand.
For
from
the
rising
of
the
sun
even
to
its going
down,
my
name
is
great
among
the
nations,
and
in
every
place
incense
will
be
offered
to
my
name,
and
a
pure
offering;
for
my
name
is
great
among
the
nations,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“But
you
profane
it
when
you
say, ‘Yahweh’s
table
is polluted,
and
its fruit,
even
its
food,
is contemptible.’
You
say
also, ‘Behold,
1:13
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. what
a weariness
it
is!’
And
you
have sniffed
at
it”,
says
Yahweh
of
Armies; “and
you
have
brought
that
which
was
taken
by violence,
the
lame,
and
the
sick; thus
you
bring
the
offering.
Should
I
accept
this
at
your
hand?”
says
Yahweh.
“But
the deceiver
is
cursed
who
has
in
his
flock
a
male,
and
vows
and
sacrifices
to
the
Lord
1:14
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”
a defective
thing;
for
I
am
a
great
King,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “and
my
name
is
awesome
among
the
nations.”
“Now,
you
priests,
this
commandment
is
for
you.
If
you
will
not
listen,
and
if
you
will
not
take
it
to
heart,
to
give
glory
to
my
name,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “then
I
will
send
the
curse
on
you,
and
I
will
curse
your
blessings.
Indeed,
I
have
cursed
them already,
because
you
do
not
take
it
to
heart.
Behold,
I
will
rebuke
your
offspring,
2:3
or, seed
and
will
spread
dung
on
your
faces,
even
the
dung
of
your
feasts;
and
you
will
be
taken
away
with
it.
You
will
know
that
I
have
sent
this
commandment
to
you,
that
my
covenant
may
be
with
Levi,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“My
covenant
was
with
him
of
life
and
peace;
and
I
gave
them
to
him
that
he
might
be reverent
toward
me;
and
he
was reverent
toward
me,
and
stood
in
awe
of
my
name.
The
law
of
truth
was
in
his
mouth,
and
unrighteousness
was
not
found
in
his
lips.
He
walked
with
me
in
peace
and
uprightness,
and
turned
many
away
from
iniquity.
For
the
priest’s
lips
should
keep
knowledge,
and
they
should
seek
the
law
at
his
mouth;
for
he
is
the
messenger
of
Yahweh
of
Armies.
But
you
have
turned
away
from
the
path.
You
have caused
many
to
stumble
in
the
law.
You
have
corrupted
the
covenant
of
Levi,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“Therefore
I
have
also
made
you contemptible
and wicked
before
all
the
people,
according
to
the
way
you
have
not
kept
my
ways,
but
have
had
respect
for persons
in
the
law.
Don’t
we
all
have
one
father?
Hasn’t
one
God
created us?
Why
do
we
deal
treacherously
every
man
against
his
brother,
profaning
the
covenant
of
our
fathers?
Judah
has
dealt
treacherously,
and
an
abomination
is
committed
in
Israel
and
in
Jerusalem;
for
Judah
has
profaned
the
holiness
of
Yahweh
which
he
loves,
and
has
married
the
daughter
of
a
foreign
god.
Yahweh
will
cut
off
the
man
who
does
this,
him
who wakes
and
him
who
answers,
out
of
the
tents
of
Jacob
and
him
who offers
an
offering
to
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“This
again
you
do:
you
cover
Yahweh’s
altar
with
tears,
with
weeping,
and
with sighing,
because
he doesn’t
regard
the
offering
any
more,
neither
receives
it
with
good
will
at
your
hand.
Yet
you
say, ‘Why?’
Because
Yahweh
has
been witness
between
you
and
the
wife
of
your
youth,
against
whom
you
have
dealt
treacherously,
though
she
is
your
companion
and
the
wife
of
your
covenant.
Did
he
not
make
you
one,
although
he
had
the residue
of
the
Spirit?
Why
one?
He
sought
godly
offspring. Therefore
take
heed
to
your
spirit,
and
let
no
one
deal
treacherously
against
the
wife
of
his
youth.
One
who
hates
and
divorces”,
says
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel, “covers
his
garment
with
violence!”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies. “Therefore
pay
attention
to
your
spirit,
that
you
don’t
be unfaithful.
You
have
wearied
Yahweh
with
your
words.
Yet
you
say, ‘How
have
we
wearied
him?’
In
that
you
say, ‘Everyone
who
does
evil
is
good
in
Yahweh’s
sight,
and
he
delights
in
them;’
or ‘Where
is
the
God
of
justice?’
“Behold,
I
send
my
messenger,
and
he
will
prepare
the
way
before
me!
The
Lord,
whom
you
seek,
will
suddenly
come
to
his
temple.
Behold,
the
messenger
of
the
covenant,
whom
you
desire,
is
coming!”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“But
who
can
endure
the
day
of
his
coming?
And
who
will
stand
when
he
appears?
For
he
is
like
a
refiner’s
fire,
and
like launderers’
soap;
and
he
will
sit
as
a refiner
and
purifier
of
silver,
and
he
will
purify
the
sons
of
Levi,
and
refine
them
as
gold
and
silver;
and
they
shall offer
to
Yahweh
offerings
in
righteousness.
Then
the
offering
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
will
be
pleasant
to
Yahweh
as
in
the
days
of
old
and
as
in
ancient
years.
I
will
come
near
to
you
to
judgment.
I
will
be
a
swift
witness
against
the
sorcerers,
against
the
adulterers,
against
the perjurers,
and
against
those
who
oppress
the hireling
in
his
wages,
the
widow,
and
the
fatherless,
and
who
deprive
the
foreigner
of
justice,
and
don’t
fear
me,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“For
I,
Yahweh,
don’t change;
therefore
you,
sons
of
Jacob,
are
not
consumed.
From
the
days
of
your
fathers
you
have
turned
away
from
my ordinances
and
have
not
kept
them.
Return
to
me,
and
I
will
return
to
you,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies. “But
you
say, ‘How
shall
we
return?’
Will
a
man
rob
God?
Yet
you
rob
me!
But
you
say, ‘How
have
we
robbed
you?’
In
tithes
and
offerings.
You
are
cursed
with
the
curse;
for
you
rob
me,
even
this
whole
nation.
Bring
the
whole
tithe
into
the
storehouse,
that
there
may
be
food
in
my
house,
and
test
me
now
in
this,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “if
I
will
not
open
you
the
windows
of
heaven,
and pour
you
out
a
blessing,
that
there
will
not
be
enough
room
for.
I
will
rebuke
the
devourer
for
your sakes,
and
he
shall
not
destroy
the
fruits
of
your
ground;
neither
shall
your
vine
cast
its
fruit
before
its time
in
the
field,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“All
nations
shall
call
you
blessed,
for
you
will
be
a
delightful
land,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies.
“Your
words
have
been harsh
against
me,”
says
Yahweh. “Yet
you
say, ‘What
have
we
spoken
against
you?’
You
have
said, ‘It
is
vain
to
serve
God,’
and ‘What
profit
is
it
that
we
have
followed
his
instructions
and
that
we
have
walked mournfully
before
Yahweh
of
Armies?
Now
we
call
the
proud
happy;
yes, those
who work
wickedness
are
built
up;
yes,
they tempt
God,
and
escape.’
Then
those
who
feared
Yahweh
spoke
one
with
another;
and
Yahweh
listened
and
heard,
and
a
book
of
memory
was
written
before
him
for
those
who
feared
Yahweh
and
who honored
his
name.
They
shall
be mine,”
says
Yahweh
of
Armies, “my
own
possession
in
the
day
that
I
make.
I
will
spare
them,
as
a
man
spares
his
own
son
who
serves
him.
Then
you
shall
return
and
discern
between
the
righteous
and
the
wicked,
between
him
who
serves
God
and
him
who
doesn’t
serve
him.
“For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says Yahweh of Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings. You will go out and leap like calves of the stall.
You shall tread down the wicked; for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I make,” says Yahweh of Armies.
“Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances.
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.
He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.”
- Tobit
Tobit
Tobit
Tobit
Tobit
TOBIT
Tobit is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
The book of the words of Tobit, the son of Tobiel, the son of Ananiel, the son of Aduel, the son of Gabael, of the seed of Asiel, of the tribe of Naphtali;
who in the days of Enemessar
1:2
That is,
Shalmaneser.
Compare 2 Kings 17:3, 23.
king of the Assyrians was carried away captive out of Thisbe, which is on the right hand of Kedesh Naphtali in Galilee above Asher.
I, Tobit walked in the ways of truth and righteousness all the days of my life, and I did many alms deeds to my kindred and my nation, who went with me into the land of the Assyrians, to Nineveh.
When I was in my own country, in the land of Israel, while I was yet young, all the tribe of Naphtali my father fell away from the house of Jerusalem, which was chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, that all the tribes should sacrifice there, and the temple of the habitation of the Most High was hallowed and built therein for all ages.
All the tribes which fell away together sacrificed to the heifer Baal, and so did the house of Naphtali my father.
I alone went often to Jerusalem at the feasts, as it has been ordained to all Israel by an everlasting decree, having the first fruits and the tenths of my increase, and that which was first shorn; and I gave them at the altar to the priests the sons of Aaron.
I gave a tenth part of all my increase to the sons of Levi, who ministered at Jerusalem. A second tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it each year at Jerusalem.
A third tenth I gave to them to whom it was appropriate, as Deborah my father’s mother had commanded me, because I was left an orphan by my father.
When I became a man, I took as wife Anna of the seed of our own family. With her, I became the father of Tobias.
When I was carried away captive to Nineveh, all my kindred and my relatives ate of the bread of the Gentiles;
but I kept myself from eating,
because I remembered God with all my soul.
So the Most High gave me grace and favor
1:13
Gr.
beauty.
in the sight of Enemessar, and I was his purchasing agent.
And I went into Media, and left ten talents of silver in trust with Gabael, the brother of Gabrias, at Rages of Media.
And when Enemessar was dead, Sennacherib his son reigned in his place. In his time, the highways were troubled,
1:15
Gr.
his highways were troubled.
and I could no longer go into Media.
In the days of Enemessar, I did many alms deeds to my kindred: I gave my bread to the hungry,
and my garments to the naked. If I saw any of my race dead, and thrown out on
1:17
Some ancient authorities read
behind.
the wall of Ninevah, I buried him.
If Sennacherib the king killed any, when he came fleeing from Judea, I buried them privately; for in his wrath he killed many; and the bodies were sought for by the king, and were not found.
But one of the Ninevites went and showed to the king concerning me, how I buried them, and hid myself; and when I knew that I was sought for to be put to death, I withdrew myself for fear.
And all my goods were forcibly taken away, and there was nothing left to me, save my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
No more than fifty five days passed before two of his sons killed him, and they fled into the mountains of Ararat. And Sarchedonus
1:21
That is,
Esar-haddon,
and so in verse 22.
his son reigned in his place; and he appointed Achiacharus my brother Anael’s son over all the accounts of his kingdom, and over all his affairs.
Achiacharus requested me, and I came to Nineveh. Now Achiacharus was cupbearer, keeper of the signet, steward, and overseer of the accounts. Sarchedonus appointed him next to himself, but he was my brother’s son.
Now when I had come home again, and my wife Anna was restored to me, and my son Tobias, in the feast of Pentecost, which is the holy feast of the seven weeks, there was a good dinner prepared for me, and I sat down to eat.
I saw abundance of meat, and I said to my son, “Go and bring whatever poor man you find of our kindred, who is mindful of the Lord. Behold, I wait for you.”
Then he came, and said, “Father, one of our race is strangled, and has been cast out in the marketplace.”
Before I had tasted anything, I sprang up, and took him up into a chamber until the sun had set.
Then I returned, washed myself, ate my bread in heaviness,
and remembered the prophecy of Amos, as he said,
2:6
Amos 8:10“Your feasts will be turned into mourning,
and all your mirth into lamentation.
So I wept: and when the sun had set, I went and dug a grave, and buried him.
My neighbors mocked me, and said, “He is no longer afraid to be put to death for this matter; and yet he fled away. Behold, he buries the dead again.”
The same night I returned from burying him, and slept by the wall of my courtyard, being polluted; and my face was uncovered.
I didn’t know that there were sparrows in the wall. My eyes were open and the sparrows dropped warm dung into my eyes, and white films came over my eyes. I went to the physicians, and they didn’t help me; but Achiacharus nourished me, until I went
2:10
Some authorities read
until he went.
into Elymais.
My wife Anna wove cloth in the women’s chambers,
and sent the work back to the owners. They on their part paid her wages, and also gave her a kid.
But when it came to my house, it began to cry, and I said to her, “Where did this kid come from? Is it stolen? Give it back to the owners; for it is not lawful to eat anything that is stolen.”
But she said, “It has been given to me for a gift more than the wages.”
I didn’t believe her, and I asked her to return it to the owners; and I was ashamed of her.
But she answered and said to me, “Where are your alms and your righteous deeds? Behold, you and all your works are known.
2:14
Gr.
all things are known with you.
”
I was grieved and wept, and prayed in sorrow, saying,
“O Lord, you are righteous, and all your works and all your ways are mercy and truth, and you judge true and righteous judgment forever.
Remember me, and look at me. Don’t take vengeance on me for my sins and my ignorances, and the sins of my fathers who sinned before you.
For they disobeyed your commandments. You gave us as plunder, for captivity, for death, and for a proverb of reproach to all the nations among whom we are dispersed.
Now your judgments are many and true, that you should deal with me according to my sins and the sins of my fathers, because we didn’t keep your commandments, for we didn’t walk in truth before you.
Now deal with me according to that which is pleasing in your sight. Command my spirit to be taken from me, that I may be released, and become earth. For it is more profitable for me to die rather than to live, because I have heard false reproaches, and there is much sorrow in me. Command that I be released from my distress, now, and go to the everlasting place. Don’t turn your face away from me.”
The same day it happened to Sarah the daughter of Raguel in Ecbatana of Media, that she also was reproached by her father’s maidservants;
because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit
3:8
Gr.
demon.
killed them, before they had lain with her. And they said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You have had already seven husbands, and you haven’t borne the name of any one of them.
Why do you scourge us? If they are dead, go your ways with them. Let us never see either son or daughter from you.”
When she heard these things, she was grieved exceedingly, so that she thought about hanging herself. Then she said, “I am the only daughter of my father. If I do this, it will be a reproach to him, and I will bring down his old age with sorrow to the grave.
3:10
Gr.
Hades.
”
Then she prayed by the window, and said, “Blessed are you, O Lord my God, and blessed is your holy and honorable name forever! Let all your works praise you forever!
And now, Lord, I have set my eyes and my face toward you.
Command that I be released from the earth, and that I no longer hear reproach.
You know, Lord, that I am pure from all sin with man,
and that I never polluted my name or the name of my father in the land of my captivity. I am the only daughter of my father, and he has no child that will be his heir, nor brother near him, nor son belonging to him, that I should keep myself for a wife to him. Seven husbands of mine are dead already. Why should I live? If it doesn’t please you to kill me, command some regard to be had of me, and pity taken of me, and that I hear no more reproach.”
The prayer of both was heard before the glory of the great God.
Raphael also was sent to heal them both, to scale away the white films from Tobit’s eyes, and to give Sarah the daughter of Raguel for a wife to Tobias the son of Tobit; and to bind Asmodaeus the evil spirit
3:17
Gr.
demon.
; because it belonged to Tobias that he should inherit her. At that very time, Tobit returned and entered into his house, and Sarah the daughter of Raguel came down from her upper chamber.
In that day Tobit remembered the money which he had left in trust with Gabael in Rages of Media,
and he said to himself, I have asked for death; why do I not call my son Tobias, that I may explain to him about the money before I die?
And he called him, and said,
“My child, if I die, bury me. Don’t despise your mother. Honor her all the days of your life, and do that which is pleasing to her, and don’t grieve her.
Remember, my child, that she has seen many dangers for you, when you were in her womb. When she is dead, bury her by me in one grave.
My child, be mindful of the Lord our God all your days, and don’t let your will be set to sin and to transgress his commandments: do righteousness all the days of your life, and don’t follow the ways of unrighteousness.
For if you do what is true, your deeds will prosperously succeed for you, and for all those who do righteousness.
Give alms from your possessions. When you give alms, don’t let your eye be envious. Don’t turn away your face from any poor man, and the face of God won’t be turned away from you.
As your possessions are, give alms of it according to your abundance. If you have little, don’t be afraid to give alms according to that little;
for you lay up a good treasure for yourself against the day of necessity;
because alms-giving delivers from death, and doesn’t allow you to come into darkness.
Alms is a good gift in the sight of the Most High for all that give it.
Beware, my child, of all fornication, and take first a wife of the seed of your fathers. Don’t take a strange wife, who is not of your father’s tribe; for we are the descendants of the prophets. Remember, my child, that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers of old time, all took wives of their kindred, and were blessed in their children, and their seed will inherit the land.
And now, my child, love your kindred, and don’t scorn your kindred and the sons and the daughters of your people in your heart, to take a wife of them; for in scornfulness is destruction and much trouble, and in idleness is decay and great lack; for idleness is the mother of famine.
Don’t let the wages of any man who works for you wait with you, but give it to him out of hand. If you serve God, you will be rewarded. Take heed to yourself, my child, in all your works, and be discreet in all your behavior.
And what you yourself hate, do to no man. Don’t drink wine to drunkenness, and don’t let drunkenness go with you on your way.
Give of your bread to the hungry, and of your garments to those who are naked. Give alms from all your abundance. Don’t let your eye be envious when you give alms.
Pour out your bread on the burial
4:17
Or,
tomb
of the just, and give nothing to sinners.
Ask counsel of every man who is wise, and don’t despise any counsel that is profitable.
Bless the Lord your God at all times, and ask of him that your ways may be made straight, and that all your paths and counsels may prosper; for every nation has no counsel; but the Lord himself gives all good things, and he humbles whom he will, as he will. And now, my child, remember my commandments, and let them not be blotted out of your mind.
And now I explain to you about the ten talents of silver, which I left in trust with Gabael the son of Gabrias at Rages of Media.
And fear not, my child, because we are made poor. You have much wealth, if you fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.”
Then Tobias answered and said to him, “Father, I will do all things, whatever you have commanded me.
But how could I receive the money, since I don’t know him?”
He gave him the handwriting, and said to him, “Seek a man who will go with you, and I will give him wages, while I still live; and go and receive the money.”
He went to seek a man, and found Raphael who was an angel;
and he didn’t know it. He said to him, “Can I go with you to Rages of Media? Do you know those places well?”
The angel said to him, “I will go with you. I know the way well. I have lodged with our brother Gabael.”
Tobias said to him, “Wait for me, and I will tell my father.”
He said to him, “Go, and don’t wait. And he went in and said to his father, “Behold, I have found someone who will go with me.”
But he said, “Call him to me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trustworthy man to go with you.”
So he called him, and he came in, and they saluted one another.
And Tobit said to him, “Brother, of what tribe and of what family are you? Tell me.”
He said to him, “Do you seek a tribe and a family, or a hired man which will go with your son?”
And Tobit said to him, “I want to know, brother, your kindred and your name.”
And he said, “I am Azarias, the son of Ananias the great, of your kindred.”
And he said to him, “Welcome, brother. Don’t be angry with me, because I sought to know your tribe and family. You are my brother, of an honest and good lineage; for I knew Ananias and Jathan, the sons of Shemaiah the great, when we went together to Jerusalem to worship, and offered the firstborn, and the tenths of our increase; and they didn’t go astray in the error of our kindred. My brother, you are of a great stock.
But tell me, what wages shall I give you? A drachma a day, and those things that be necessary for you, as to my son?
And moreover, if you both return safe and sound, I will add something to your wages.”
And so they agreed. And he said to Tobias, “Prepare yourself for the journey. May God prosper you.” So his son prepared what was needful for the journey, and his father said to him, “Go with this man; but God, who dwells in heaven, will prosper your journey. May his angel go with you.”
Then they both departed, and the young man’s dog went with them.
But Anna his mother wept, and said to Tobit, “Why have you sent away our child? Isn’t he the staff of our hand, in going in and out before us?
Don’t be greedy to add money to money; but let it be as refuse compared to our child.
For what the Lord has given us to live is enough for us.”
Tobit said to her, “Don’t worry, my sister. He will return safe and sound, and your eyes will see him.
For a good angel will go with him. His journey will be prospered, and he will return safe and sound.”
So she stopped weeping.
Now as they went on their journey, they came at evening to the river Tigris, and they lodged there.
But the young man went down to wash himself, and a fish leaped out of the river, and would have swallowed up the young man.
But the angel said to him, “Grab the fish!”
So the young man grabbed the fish, and hauled it up onto the land.
And the angel said to him, “Cut the fish open, and take the heart, the liver, and the bile, and keep them with you.”
And the young man did as the angel commanded him; but they roasted the fish, and ate it. And they both went on their way, till they drew near to Ecbatana.
The young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, of what use is the heart, the liver, and the bile of the fish?”
He said to him, “About the heart and the liver: If a demon or an evil spirit troubles anyone, we must burn those and make smoke of them before the man or the woman, and the affliction will flee.
But as for the bile, it is good to anoint a man that has white films in his eyes, and he will be healed.”
But when they drew near to Rages,
the angel said to the young man, “Brother, today we will lodge with Raguel. He is your kinsman. He has an only daughter named Sarah. I will speak about her, that she should be given to you for a wife.
For her inheritance belongs to you, and you only are of her kindred.
The maid is fair and wise. And now hear me, and I will speak to her father. When we return from Rages we will celebrate the marriage; for I know that Raguel may in no way marry her to another according to the law of Moses, or else he would be liable to death, because it belongs to you to take the inheritance, rather than any other.”
Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, I have heard that this maid has been given to seven men, and that they all perished in the bride-chamber.
Now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest I go in and die, even as those before me. For a demon loves her, which harms no man, but those which come to her. Now I fear lest I die, and bring my father’s and my mother’s life to the grave with sorrow because of me. They have no other son to bury them.”
But the angel said to him, “Don’t you remember the words which your father commanded you, that you should take a wife of your own kindred? Now hear me, brother; for she will be your wife. Don’t worry about the demon; for this night she will be given you as wife.
And when
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you come into the bride-chamber, you shall take the ashes of incense, and shall lay upon them some of the heart and liver of the fish, and shall make smoke with them.
The demon will smell it, and flee away, and never come again any more. But when you go near to her, both of you rise up, and cry to God who is merciful. He will save you, and have mercy on you. Don’t be afraid, for she was prepared for you from the beginning; and you will save her, and she will go with you. And I suppose that you will have children with her.”
When Tobias heard these things, he loved her, and his soul was strongly joined to her.
They came to Ecbatana, and arrived at the house of Raguel. But Sarah met them; and she greeted them, and they her. Then she brought them into the house.
Raguel said to Edna his wife, “This young man really resembles Tobit my cousin!”
And Raguel asked them, “Where are you two from, kindred?”
They said to him, “We are of the sons of Naphtali, who are captives in Nineveh.”
He said to them, “Do you know Tobit our brother?”
They said, “We know him.”
Then he said to them, “Is he in good health?”
They said, “He is both alive, and in good health.” Tobias said, “He is my father.”
And Raguel sprang up, and kissed him, wept,
blessed him, and said to him, “You are the son of an honest and good man.” When he had heard that Tobit had lost his sight, he was grieved, and wept;
and Edna his wife and Sarah his daughter wept. They received them gladly; and they killed a ram of the flock, and served them meat.
But Tobias said to Raphael, “Brother Azarias, speak of those things of which you talked about in the way, and let the matter be finished.”
So he communicated the thing to Raguel. Raguel said to Tobias, “Eat, drink, and make merry:
for it belongs to you to take my child. However I will tell you the truth.
I have given my child to seven men of our relatives, and whenever they came in to her, they died in the night. But for the present be merry.”
And Tobias said, “I will taste nothing here, until you all make a covenant and enter into that covenant with me.”
Raguel said, “Take her to yourself from now on according to custom. You are her relative, and she is yours. The merciful God will give all good success to you.”
And he called his daughter Sarah, and took her by the hand, and gave her to be wife of Tobias, and said, “Behold, take her to yourself after the law of Moses, and lead her away to your father.” And he blessed them.
He called Edna his wife, then took a book, wrote a contract, and sealed it.
Then they began to eat.
And Raguel called his wife Edna, and said to her, “Sister, prepare the other chamber, and bring her in there.”
She did as he asked her, and brought her in there. She wept, and she received the tears of her daughter, and said to her,
“Be comforted, my child. May the Lord of heaven and earth give you favor
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joy.
for this your sorrow. Be comforted, my daughter.”
When they had finished their supper, they brought Tobias in to her.
But as he went, he remembered the words of Raphael, and took the ashes of the incense, and put the heart and the liver of the fish on them, and made smoke with them.
When the demon smelled that smell, it fled into the uppermost parts of Egypt, and the angel bound him.
But after they were both shut in together, Tobias rose up from the bed, and said, “Sister, arise, and let’s pray that the Lord may have mercy on us.”
And Tobias began to say, “Blessed are you, O God of our fathers, and blessed is your holy and glorious name forever. Let the heavens bless you, and all your creatures.
You made Adam, and gave him Eve his wife for a helper and support. From them came the seed of men. You said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Let’s make him a helper like him.
And now, O Lord, I take not this my sister for lust, but in truth. Command that I may find mercy and grow old with her.”
She said with him, “Amen.” And they both slept that night.
Raguel arose, and went and dug a grave,
saying, “Lest he also should die.”
And Raguel came into his house,
and said to Edna his wife, “Send one of the maidservants, and let them see if he is alive. If not, we will bury him, and no man will know it.”
So the maidservant opened the door, and went in, and found them both sleeping,
and came out, and told them that he was alive.
Then Raguel blessed God, saying, “Blessed are you, O God, with all pure and holy blessing! Let your saints bless you, and all your creatures! Let all your angels and your elect bless you forever!
Blessed are you, because you have made me glad; and it has not happened to me as I suspected; but you have dealt with us according to your great mercy.
Blessed are you, because you have had mercy on two that were the only begotten children of their parents. Show them mercy, O Lord. Fulfill their life in health with gladness and mercy.
He commanded his servants to fill the grave.
He kept the wedding feast for them fourteen days.
Before the days of the wedding feast were finished, Raguel sware to him, that he should not depart till the fourteen days of the wedding feast were fulfilled;
and that then he should take half of his goods, and go in safety to his father; and the rest, said he, when my wife and I die.
And Tobias called Raphael, and said to him,
“Brother Azarias, take with you a servant and two camels, and go to Rages of Media to Gabael, and receive the money for me, and bring him to the wedding feast,
because Raguel has sworn that I must not depart.
My father counts the days; and if I wait long, he will be very grieved.
So Raphael went on his way, and lodged with Gabael, and gave him the handwriting; so he brought forth the bags with their seals, and gave them to him.
Then they rose up early in the morning together, and came to the wedding feast. Tobias blessed his wife.
Tobit his father counted every day. When the days of the journey were expired, and they didn’t come,
he said, “Is he perchance detained?
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“Are they perchance put to shame?”
Or is Gabael perchance dead, and there is no one to give him the money?”
He was very grieved.
But his wife said to him, “The child has perished, seeing he waits long.” She began to bewail him, and said,
“I care about nothing,
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“Woe is me.” my child, since I have let you go, the light of my eyes.”
Tobit said to her, “Hold your peace. Don’t worry. He is in good health.”
And she said to him, “Hold your peace. Don’t deceive me. My child has perished.” And she went out every day into the way by which they went, and ate no bread in the day-time, and didn’t stop bewailing her son Tobias for whole nights, until the fourteen days of the wedding feast were expired, which Raguel had sworn that he should spend there.
Then Tobias said to Raguel, “Send me away, for my father and my mother look no more to see me.”
But his father-in-law said to him, “Stay with me, and I will send to your father, and they will declare to him how things go with you.”
Tobias said, “No. Send me away to my father.”
Raguel arose, and gave him Sarah his wife, and half his goods, servants and cattle and money;
and he blessed them, and sent them away, saying, “The God of heaven will prosper you, my children, before I die.”
And he said to his daughter, “Honor your father-in-law and your mother-in-law. They are now your parents. Let me hear a good report of you.” Then he kissed her.
Edna said to Tobias, “May the Lord of heaven restore you, dear brother, and grant to me that I may see your children of my daughter Sarah, that I may rejoice before the Lord. Behold, I commit my daughter to you in special trust. Don’t cause her grief.
After these things Tobias also went his way, blessing God because he had prospered his journey; and he blessed Raguel and Edna his wife. Then he went on his way until they drew near to Nineveh.
Raphael said to Tobias, “Don’t you know, brother, how you left your father?
Let’s run forward before your wife, and prepare the house.
But take in your hand the bile of the fish.” So they went their way, and the dog went after them.
Anna sat looking around toward the path for her son.
She saw him coming, and said to his father, “Behold, your son is coming with the man that went with him!”
Raphael said, “I know, Tobias, that your father will open his eyes.
Therefore anoint his eyes with the bile, and being pricked with it, he will rub, and will make the white films fall away. Then he will see you.”
Anna ran to him, and fell upon the neck of her son, and said to him, “I have seen you, my child! I am ready to die.” They both wept.
Tobit went toward the door and stumbled; but his son ran to him,
and took hold of his father. He rubbed the bile on his father’s eyes, saying, “Cheer up, my father.”
When his eyes began to hurt, he rubbed them.
Then the white films peeled away from the corners of his eyes; and he saw his son, and fell upon his neck.
He wept, and said, “Blessed are you, O God, and blessed is your name forever! Blessed are all your holy angels!
For you scourged, and had mercy on me. Behold, I see my son Tobias.” And his son went in rejoicing, and told his father the great things that had happened to him in Media.
Tobit went out to meet his daughter-in-law at the gate of Nineveh, rejoicing and blessing God. Those who saw him go marveled, because he had received his sight.
Tobit gave thanks before them, because God had shown mercy on him. When Tobit came near to Sarah his daughter-in-law, he blessed her, saying, “Welcome, daughter! Blessed is God who has brought you to us, and blessed are your father and your mother.” And there was joy among all his kindred who were at Nineveh.
Achiacharus and Nasbas his brother’s son came.
Tobias’ wedding feast was kept seven days with great gladness.
And Tobit called his son Tobias, and said to him, “See, my child, that the man which went with you have his wages, and you must give him more.”
And he said to him, “Father, it is no harm to me to give him the half of those things which I have brought;
for he has led me for you in safety, and he cured my wife, and brought my money, and likewise cured you.”
The old man said, “It is due to him.”
And he called the angel, and said to him, “Take half of all that you have brought.”
Then he called them both privately, and said to them, “Bless God, and give him thanks, and magnify him, and give him thanks in the sight of all that live, for the things which he has done with you. It is good to bless God and exalt his name, showing forth with honor the works of God. Don’t be slack to give him thanks.
It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God. Do good, and evil won’t find you.
Good is prayer with fasting, alms, and righteousness. A little with righteousness is better than much with unrighteousness. It is better to give alms than to lay up gold.
Alms delivers from death, and it purges away all sin. Those who give alms and do righteousness will be filled with life;
but those who sin are enemies to their own life.
Surely I will conceal nothing from you. I have said, ‘It is good to conceal the secret of a king, but to reveal gloriously the works of God.’
And now, when you prayed, and Sarah your daughter-in-law, I brought the memorial of your prayer before the Holy One. When you buried the dead, I was with you likewise.
And when you didn’t delay to rise up, and leave your dinner, that you might go and cover the dead, your good deed was not hidden from me. I was with you.
And now God sent me to heal you and Sarah your daughter-in-law.
I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels which present the prayers of the saints and go in before the glory of the Holy One.”
And they were both troubled, and fell upon their faces; for they were afraid.
And he said to them, “Don’t be afraid. You will all have peace; but bless God forever.
For I came not of any favor of my own, but by the will of your God. Therefore bless him forever.
All these days I appeared to you. I didn’t eat or drink, but you all saw a vision.
Now give God thanks, because I ascend to him who sent me. Write in a book all the things which have been done.”
Then they rose up, and saw him no more.
They confessed the great and wonderful works of God, and how the angel of the Lord had appeared to them.
And Tobit wrote a prayer for rejoicing, and said,
“Blessed is God who lives forever!
Blessed is his kingdom!
For he scourges, and shows mercy.
He leads down to the grave,
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Hades.
and brings up again.
There is no one who will escape his hand.
Give thanks to him before the Gentiles, all you children of Israel!
For he has scattered us among them.
Declare his greatness, there.
Extol him before all the living,
because he is our Lord,
and God is our Father forever.
He will scourge us for our iniquities, and will again show mercy,
and will gather us out of all the nations among whom you are all scattered.
If you turn to him with your whole heart and with your whole soul,
to do truth before him,
then he will turn to you,
and won’t hide his face from you.
See what he will do with you.
Give him thanks with your whole mouth.
Bless the Lord of righteousness.
Exalt the everlasting King.
I give him thanks in the land of my captivity,
and show his strength and majesty to a nation of sinners.
Turn, you sinners, and do righteousness before him.
Who can tell if he will accept you and have mercy on you?
I exalt my God.
My soul exalts the King of heaven,
and rejoices in his greatness.
Let all men speak,
and let them give him thanks in Jerusalem.
O Jerusalem, the holy city,
he will scourge you for the works of your sons,
and will again have mercy on the sons of the righteous.
Give thanks to the Lord with goodness,
and bless the everlasting King,
that his tabernacle may be built in you again with joy,
and that he may make glad in you those who are captives,
and love in you forever those who are miserable.
Many nations will come from afar to the name of the Lord God
with gifts in their hands, even gifts to the King of heaven.
Generations of generations will praise you,
and sing songs of rejoicing.
All those who hate you are cursed.
All those who love you forever will be blessed.
Rejoice and be exceedingly glad for the sons of the righteous;
for they will be gathered together and will bless the Lord of the righteous.
Oh blessed are those who love you.
They will rejoice for your peace.
Blessed are all those who mourned for all your scourges;
because they will rejoice for you when they have seen all your glory.
They will be made glad forever.
Let my soul bless God the great King.
For Jerusalem will be built with sapphires, emeralds, and precious stones;
your walls and towers and battlements with pure gold.
The streets of Jerusalem will be paved with beryl, carbuncle, and stones of Ophir.
All her streets will say, “Hallelujah!”
and give praise, saying, “Blessed be God, who has exalted you forever!”
Then Tobit finished giving thanks.
He was fifty-eight years old when he lost his sight. After eight years, he received it again. He gave alms and he feared the Lord God more and more, and gave thanks to him.
Now he grew very old; and he called his son with the six sons of his son, and said to him, “My child, take your sons. Behold, I have grown old, and am ready to depart out of this life.
Go into Media, my child, for I surely believe all the things which Jonah the prophet spoke of Nineveh, that it will be overthrown, but in Media there will rather be peace for a season. Our kindred will be scattered in the earth from the good land. Jerusalem will be desolate, and the house of God in it will be burned up, and will be desolate for a time.
God will again have mercy on them, and bring them back into the land, and they will build the house, but not like to the former house, until the times of that age are fulfilled. Afterward they will return from the places of their captivity, and build up Jerusalem with honor. The house of God will be built in it forever with a glorious building, even as the prophets spoke concerning it.
And all the nations will turn to fear the Lord God truly, and will bury their idols.
All the nations will bless the Lord, and his people will give thanks to God, and the Lord will exalt his people; and all those who love the Lord God in truth and righteousness will rejoice, showing mercy to our kindred.
And now, my child, depart from Nineveh, because those things which the prophet Jonah spoke will surely come to pass.
But you must keep the law and the ordinances, and show yourself merciful and righteous, that it may be well with you.
Bury me decently, and your mother with me. Don’t stay at Nineveh. See, my child, what Aman did to Achiacharus who nourished him, how out of light he brought him into darkness, and all the recompense that he made him. Achiacharus was saved, but the other had his recompense, and he went down into darkness. Manasses gave alms, and escaped the snare of death which he set for him; but Aman fell into the snare, and perished.
And now, my children, consider what alms does, and how righteousness delivers.”
While he was saying these things, he gave up the ghost in the bed; but he was one hundred fifty eight years old. Tobias buried him magnificently.
When Anna died, he buried her with his father. But Tobias departed with his wife and his sons to Ecbatana to Raguel his father-in-law,
and he grew old in honor, and he buried his father-in-law and mother-in-law magnificently, and he inherited their possessions, and his father Tobit’s.
He died at Ecbatana of Media, being one hundred twenty seven years old.
Before he died, he heard of the destruction of Nineveh, which Nebuchadnezzar and Ahasuerus took captive. Before his death, he rejoiced over Nineveh.
Judith
Judith
Judith
Judith
Judith
JUDITH
Judith is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh, the great city, in the days of Arphaxad, who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana,
and built around Ecbatana walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, and made the height of the wall seventy cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits,
and set its towers at its gates one hundred cubits high, and its breadth in the foundation was sixty cubits,
and made its gates, even gates that were raised to the height of seventy cubits, and their breadth forty cubits, for his mighty army to go out of, and the setting in array of his footmen—
in those days King Nebuchadnezzar made war with King Arphaxad in the great plain. This plain is on the borders of Ragau.
There came to meet him all that lived in the hill country, and all that lived by Euphrates, Tigris, and Hydaspes, and in the plain of Arioch the king of the Elymaeans. Many nations of the sons of Chelod assembled themselves to the battle.
And Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians sent to all who lived in Persia, and to all who lived westward, to those who lived in Cilicia, Damascus, Libanus, Antilibanus, and to all who lived along the sea coast,
and to those among the nations that were of Carmel and Gilead, and to the higher Galilee and the great plain of Esdraelon,
and to all who were in Samaria and its cities, and beyond Jordan to Jerusalem, Betane, Chellus, Kadesh, the river of Egypt, Tahpanhes, Rameses, and all the land of Goshen,
until you come above Tanis and Memphis, and to all that lived in Egypt, until you come to the borders of Ethiopia.
All those who lived in all the land made light of the commandment of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, and didn’t go with him to the war; for they were not afraid of him, but he was before them as one man. They turned away his messengers from their presence without effect, and with disgrace.
And Nebuchadnezzar was exceedingly angry with all this land, and he swore by his throne and kingdom that he would surely be avenged upon all the coasts of Cilicia, Damascus, and Syria, that he would kill with his sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, the children of Ammon, all Judea, and all who were in Egypt, until you come to the borders of the two seas.
And he set the battle in array with his army against King Arphaxad in the seventeenth year; and he prevailed in his battle, and turned to flight all the army of Arphaxad, with all his horses and all his chariots.
He took possession of his cities. He came to Ecbatana and took the towers, plundered its streets, and turned its beauty into shame.
He took Arphaxad in the mountains of Ragau, struck him through with his darts, and utterly destroyed him to this day.
He returned with them to Nineveh, he and all his company of sundry nations—an exceedingly great multitude of men of war. There he took his ease and banqueted, he and his army, for one hundred twenty days.
In the eighteenth year, the twenty-second day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians that he should be avenged on all the land, even as he spoke.
He called together all his servants and all his great men, and communicated with them his secret counsel, and with his own mouth, recounted the wickedness of all the land.
They decreed to destroy all flesh which didn’t follow the word of his mouth.
It came to pass, when he had ended his counsel, Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians called Holofernes the chief captain of his army, who was second to himself, and said to him,
“The great king, the lord of all the earth, says: ‘Behold, you shall go out from my presence, and take with you men who trust in their strength, to one hundred twenty thousand footmen and twelve thousand horses with their riders.
And you shall go out against all the west country, because they disobeyed the commandment of my mouth.
You shall declare to them that they should prepare earth and water, because I will go out in my wrath against them, and will cover the whole face of the earth with the feet of my army, who will plunder them.
Their slain will fill their valleys and brooks, and the river will be filled with their dead until it overflows.
I will lead them as captives to the utmost parts of all the earth.
But you shall go forth, and take all their coasts for me first. If they will yield themselves to you,
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they will yield...and you shall reserve. then you must reserve them for me until the day of their reproof.
As for those who resist, your eye shall not spare; but you shall give them up to be slain and to be plundered in all your land.
For as I live, and by the power of my kingdom, I have spoken, and I will do this with my hand.
Moreover, you shall not transgress anything of the commandments of your lord, but you shall surely accomplish them, as I have commanded you. You shall not defer to do them.’”
So Holofernes went out from the presence of his lord, and called all the governors, the captains, and officers of the army of Asshur.
He counted chosen men for the battle, as his lord had commanded him, to one hundred twenty thousand, with twelve thousand archers on horseback.
He arranged them as a great multitude is ordered for the war.
He took camels, donkeys, and mules for their baggage, an exceedingly great multitude, and sheep, oxen, and goats without number for their provision,
and a large supply of rations for every man, and a huge amount of gold and silver out of the king’s house.
He went out, he and all his army, on their journey, to go before King Nebuchadnezzar, and to cover all the face of the earth westward with their chariots, horsemen, and chosen footmen.
A great company of various nations went out with them like locusts and like the sand of the earth. For they could not be counted by reason of their multitude.
And they departed out of Nineveh three days’ journey toward the plain of Bectileth, and encamped from Bectileth near the mountain which is at the left hand of the Upper Cilicia.
And he took all his army, his footmen, horsemen, and chariots, and went away from there into the hill country,
and destroyed Put and Lud, and plundered all the children of Rasses and the children of Ishmael, which were along the wilderness to the south of the land of the Chellians.
And he went over Euphrates, and went through Mesopotamia, and broke down all the high cities that were upon the river Arbonai, until you come to the sea.
And he took possession of the borders of Cilicia, and killed all who resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, opposite Arabia.
He surrounded all the children of Midian, and set their tents on fire, and plundered their sheepfolds.
He went down into the plain of Damascus in the days of wheat harvest, and set all their fields on fire, and utterly destroyed their flocks and herds, plundered their cities, laid their plains waste, and struck all their young men with the edge of the sword.
And the fear and the dread of him fell upon those who lived on the sea coast, upon those who were in Sidon and Tyre, those who lived in Sur and Ocina, and all who lived in Jemnaan. Those who lived in Azotus and Ascalon feared him exceedingly.
And they sent to him messengers with words of peace, saying,
“Behold, we the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the great king lie before you. Use us as it is pleasing in your sight.
Behold, our dwellings, and all our country, and all our fields of wheat, and our flocks and herds, and all the sheepfolds of our tents, lie before your face. Use them as it may please you.
Behold, even our cities and those who dwell in them are your servants. Come and deal with them as it is good in your eyes.”
So the men came to Holofernes, and declared to him according to these words.
He came down toward the sea coast, he and his army, and set garrisons in the high cities, and took out of them chosen men for allies.
They received him, they and all the country round about them, with garlands and dances and timbrels.
He cast down all their borders, and cut down their sacred groves. It had been given to him to destroy all the gods of the land, that all the nations would worship Nebuchadnezzar only, and that all their tongues and their tribes would call upon him as a god.
Then he came toward Esdraelon near to Dotaea, which is opposite the great ridge of Judea.
He encamped between Geba and Scythopolis. He was there a whole month, that he might gather together all the baggage of his army.
The children of Israel who lived in Judea heard all that Holofernes the chief captain of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians had done to the nations, and how he had plundered all their temples and destroyed them utterly.
They were exceedingly afraid at his approach, and were troubled for Jerusalem and for the temple of the Lord their God;
because they had newly come up from the captivity, and all the people of Judea were recently gathered together; and the vessels, the altar, and the house were sanctified after being profaned.
And they sent into every coast of Samaria, to Konae, to Beth-horon, Belmaim, Jericho, to Choba, Aesora, and to the valley of Salem;
and they occupied beforehand all the tops of the high mountains, fortified the villages that were in them, and stored supplies for the provision of war, for their fields were newly reaped.
Joakim the high priest, who was in those days at Jerusalem, wrote to those who lived in Bethulia and Betomesthaim, which is opposite Esdraelon toward the plain that is near to Dothaim,
charging them to seize upon the ascents of the hill country; because by them was the entrance into Judea, and it was easy to stop them from approaching, inasmuch as the approach was narrow, with space for two men at the most.
And the children of Israel did as Joakim the high priest had commanded them, as did the senate of all the people of Israel, which was in session at Jerusalem.
And every man of Israel cried to God with great earnestness, and with great earnestness they humbled their souls.
They, their wives, their children, their cattle, and every sojourner, hireling, and servant bought with their money put sackcloth on their loins.
Every man and woman of Israel, including the little children and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell prostrate before the temple, cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their sackcloth before the Lord. They put sackcloth around the altar.
They cried to the God of Israel earnestly with one consent, that he would not give their children as prey, their wives as plunder, the cities of their inheritance to destruction, and the sanctuary to being profaned and being made a reproach, for the nations to rejoice at.
The Lord heard their voice, and looked at their affliction. The people continued fasting many days in all Judea and Jerusalem before the sanctuary of the Lord Almighty.
And Joakim the high priest, and all the priests who stood before the Lord, and those who ministered to the Lord, had their loins dressed in sackcloth and offered the continual burnt offering, the vows, and the free gifts of the people.
They had ashes on their turbans. They cried to the Lord with all their power, that he would look upon all the house of Israel for good.
Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Asshur, was told that the children of Israel had prepared for war, had shut up the passages of the hill country, had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had set up barricades in the plains.
Then he was exceedingly angry, and he called all the princes of Moab, the captains of Ammon, and all the governors of the sea coast,
and he said to them, “Tell me now, you sons of Canaan, who are these people who dwell in the hill country? What are the cities that they inhabit? How large is their army? Where is their power and their strength? What king is set over them, to be the leader of their army?
Why have they turned their backs, that they should not come and meet me, more than all who dwell in the west?”
Then Achior, the leader of all the children of Ammon, said to him, “Let my lord now hear a word from the mouth of your servant, and I will tell you the truth concerning these people who dwell in this hill country, near to the place where you dwell. No lie will come out of the mouth of your servant.
These people are descended from the Chaldeans.
They sojourned before this in Mesopotamia, because they didn’t want to follow the gods of their fathers, which were in the land of the Chaldeans.
They departed from the way of their parents, and worshiped the God of heaven, the God whom they knew. Their parents cast them out from the face of their gods, and they fled into Mesopotamia and sojourned there many days.
Then their God commanded them to depart from the place where they sojourned, and to go into the land of Canaan. They lived there, and prospered with gold and silver, and with exceedingly much cattle.
Then they went down into Egypt, for a famine covered all the land of Canaan. They sojourned there until they had grown up. They became a great multitude there, so that one could not count the population of their nation.
Then the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtly with them, and brought them low, making them labor in brick,
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and he brought them low with clay and brick, etc.
and made them slaves.
They cried to their God, and he struck all the land of Egypt with incurable plagues; so the Egyptians cast them out of their sight.
God dried up the Red sea before them,
and brought them into the way of Sinai Kadesh-Barnea and they cast out all that lived in the wilderness.
They lived in the land of the Amorites, and they destroyed by their strength everyone in Heshbon. Passing over Jordan, they possessed all the hill country.
They cast out before them the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite, the Shechemite, and all the Girgashites, and they lived in that country many days.
And while they didn’t sin before their God, they prospered, because God who hates iniquity was with them.
But when they departed from the way which he appointed them, they were destroyed in many severe battles, and were led captives into a land that was not theirs. The temple of their God was razed to the ground, and their cities were taken by their adversaries.
And now they have returned to their God, and have come up from the dispersion where they were dispersed, and have possessed Jerusalem, where their sanctuary is, and are settled in the hill country; for it was desolate.
And now, my lord and master, if there is any error in this people, and they sin against their God, we will find out what this thing is in which they stumble, and we will go up and overcome them.
But if there is no lawlessness in their nation, let my lord now pass by, lest their Lord defend them, and their God be for them, and we will be a reproach before all the earth.”
It came to pass, when Achior had finished speaking these words, all the people standing around the tent complained. The great men of Holofernes, and all who lived by the sea side and in Moab, said that he should be cut to pieces.
For, they said, “We will not be afraid of the children of Israel, because, behold, they are a people that has no power nor might to make the battle strong.
Therefore now we will go up, and they will be a prey to be devoured by all your army, Lord Holofernes.”
And when the disturbance of the men that were around the council had ceased, Holofernes the chief captain of the army of Asshur said to Achior and to all the children of Moab
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Ammon.
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before all the people of the foreigners:
“And who are you, Achior, and the mercenaries of Ephraim,
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Ammon.
Compare ver. 5.
that you have prophesied among us as today, and have said that we should not make war with the race of Israel, because their God will defend them? And who is God but Nebuchadnezzar?
He will send forth his might, and will destroy them from the face of the earth, and their God will not deliver them; but we his servants will strike them as one man. They will not sustain the might of our cavalry.
For with them we will burn them up. Their mountains will be drunken with their blood. Their plains will be filled with their dead bodies. Their footsteps will not stand before us, but they will surely perish, says King Nebuchadnezzar, lord of all the earth; for he said, ‘The words that I have spoken
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he has spoken.
will not be in vain.’
But you, Achior, hireling of Ammon, who have spoken these words in the day of your iniquity, will see my face no more from this day, until I am avenged of the race of those that came out of Egypt.
And then the sword of my army, and the multitude of those who serve me, will pass through your sides, and you will fall among their slain when I return.
Then my servants will bring you back into the hill country, and will set you in one of the cities by the passes.
You will not perish until you are destroyed with them.
And if you hope in your heart that they will not be taken, don’t let your countenance fall. I have spoken it, and none of my words will fall to the ground.”
Then Holofernes commanded his servants who waited in his tent to take Achior, and bring him back to Bethulia, and deliver him into the hands of the children of Israel.
So his servants took him, and brought him out of the camp into the plain, and they moved from the midst of the plains into the hill country, and came to the springs that were under Bethulia.
When the men of the city saw them on the top of the hill, they took up their weapons, and went out of the city against them to the top of the hill. Every man that used a sling kept them from coming up, and threw stones at them.
They took cover under the hill, bound Achior, cast him down, left him at the foot of the hill, and went away to their lord.
But the children of Israel descended from their city, and came to him, untied him, led him away into Bethulia, and presented him to the rulers of their city,
which were in those days Ozias the son of Micah, of the tribe of Simeon, and Chabris the son of Gothoniel, and Charmis the son of Melchiel.
Then they called together all the elders of the city; and all their young men ran together, with their women, to the assembly. They set Achior in the midst of all their people. Then Ozias asked him what had happened.
He answered and declared to them the words of the council of Holofernes, and all the words that he had spoken in the midst of the princes of the children of Asshur, and all the great words that Holofernes had spoken against the house of Israel.
Then the people fell down and worshiped God, and cried, saying,
“O Lord God of heaven, behold their arrogance, and pity the low estate of our race. Look upon the face of those who are sanctified to you this day.”
They comforted Achior, and praised him exceedingly.
Then Ozias took him out of the assembly into his house, and made a feast for the elders. They called on the God of Israel for help all that night.
The next day Holofernes commanded all his army and all the people who had come to be his allies, that they should move their camp toward Bethulia, seize the passes of the hill country, and make war against the children of Israel.
Every mighty man of them moved that day. The army of their men of war was one hundred seventy thousand footmen, plus twelve thousand horsemen, besides the baggage and the men who were on foot among them—an exceedingly great multitude.
They encamped in the valley near Bethulia, by the fountain. They spread themselves in breadth over Dothaim even to Belmaim, and in length from Bethulia to Cyamon, which is near Esdraelon.
But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, were terrified, and everyone said to his neighbor, “Now these men will lick up the face of all the earth. Neither the high mountains, nor the valleys, nor the hills will be able to bear their weight.
Every man took up his weapons of war, and when they had kindled fires upon their towers, they remained and watched all that night.
But on the second day Holofernes led out all his cavalry in the sight of the children of Israel which were in Bethulia,
viewed the ascents to their city, and searched out the springs of the waters, seized upon them, and set garrisons of men of war over them. Then he departed back to his people.
All the rulers of the children of Esau, all the leaders of the people of Moab, and the captains of the sea coast came to him and said,
“Let our lord now hear a word, that there not be losses in your army.
For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears, but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell, for it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains.
And now, my lord, don’t fight against them as men fight who join battle, and there will not so much as one man of your people perish.
Remain in your camp, and keep every man of your army safe. Let your servants get possession of the water spring, which flows from the foot of the mountain,
because all the inhabitants of Bethulia get their water from there. Then thirst will kill them, and they will give up their city. Then we and our people will go up to the tops of the mountains that are near, and will camp upon them, to watch that not one man gets out of the city.
They will be consumed with famine—they, their wives, and their children. Before the sword comes against them they will be laid low in the streets where they dwell.
And you will pay them back with evil, because they rebelled, and didn’t meet your face in peace.”
Their words were pleasing in the sight of Holofernes and in the sight of all his servants; and he ordered them to do as they had spoken.
And the army of the children of Ammon moved, and with them five thousand of the children of Asshur, and they encamped in the valley. They seized the waters and the springs of the waters of the children of Israel.
The children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon, and encamped in the hill country near Dothaim. They sent some of them toward the south, and toward the east, near Ekrebel, which is near Chusi, that is upon the brook Mochmur. The rest of the army of the Assyrians encamped in the plain, and covered all the face of the land. Their tents and baggage were pitched upon it in a great crowd. They were an exceedingly great multitude.
The children of Israel cried to the Lord their God, for their spirit fainted; for all their enemies had surrounded them. There was no way to escape out from among them.
All the army of Asshur remained around them, their footmen and their chariots and their horsemen, for thirty-four days. All their vessels of water ran dry for all the inhabitants of Bethulia.
The cisterns were emptied, and they had no water to drink their fill for one day; for they rationed drink by measure.
Their young children were discouraged. The women and the young men fainted for thirst. They fell down in the streets of the city, and in the passages of the gates. There was no longer any strength in them.
All the people, including the young men, the women, and the children, were gathered together against Ozias, and against the rulers of the city. They cried with a loud voice, and said before all the elders,
“God be judge between all of you and us, because you have done us great wrong, in that you have not spoken words of peace with the children of Asshur.
Now we have no helper; but God has sold us into their hands, that we should be laid low before them with thirst and great destruction.
And now summon them, and deliver up the whole city as prey to the people of Holofernes, and to all his army.
For it is better for us to be captured by them. For we will be servants, and our souls will live, and we will not see the death of our babies before our eyes, and our wives and our children fainting in death.
We take to witness against you the heaven and the earth, and our God and the Lord of our fathers, who punishes us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers. Do what we have said today!”
And there was great weeping of all with one consent in the midst of the assembly; and they cried to the Lord God with a loud voice.
And Ozias said to them, “Brethren, be of good courage! Let us endure five more days, during which the Lord our God will turn his mercy toward us; for he will not forsake us utterly.
But if these days pass, and no help comes to us, I will do what you say.”
Then he dispersed the people, every man to his own camp; and they went away to the walls and towers of their city. He sent the women and children into their houses. They were brought very low in the city.
In those days Judith heard about this. She was the daughter of Merari, the son of Ox, the son of Joseph, the son of Oziel, the son of Elkiah, the son of Ananias, the son of Gideon, the son of Raphaim, the son of Ahitub, the son of Elihu, the son of Eliab, the son of Nathanael, the son of Salamiel, the son of Salasadai, the son of Israel.
Her husband was Manasses, of her tribe and of her family. He died in the days of barley harvest.
For he stood over those who bound sheaves in the field, and was overcome by the burning heat, and he fell on his bed, and died in his city Bethulia. So they buried him with his fathers in the field which is between Dothaim and Balamon.
Judith was a widow in her house three years and four months.
She made herself a tent upon the roof of her house, and put on sackcloth upon her loins. The garments of her widowhood were upon her.
And she fasted all the days of her widowhood, except the eves of the Sabbaths, the Sabbaths, the eves of the new moons, the new moons, and the feasts and joyful days of the house of Israel.
She was beautiful in appearance, and lovely to behold. Her husband Manasses had left her gold, silver, menservants, maidservants, cattle, and lands. She remained on those lands.
No one said anything evil about her, for she feared God exceedingly.
She heard the evil words of the people against the governor, because they fainted for lack of water; and Judith heard all the words that Ozias spoke to them, how he swore to them that he would deliver the city to the Assyrians after five days.
So she sent her maid, who was over all things that she had, to summon Ozias, Chabris, and Charmis, the elders of her city.
They came to her, and she said to them, “Hear me now, O you rulers of the inhabitants of Bethulia! For your word that you have spoken before the people this day is not right. You have set the oath which you have pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turns to help you.
Now who are you that you have tested God this day, and stand in the place of God among the children of men?
Now try the Lord Almighty, and you will never know anything.
For you will not find the depth of the heart of man, and you will not perceive the things that he thinks. How will you search out God, who has made all these things, and know his mind, and comprehend his purpose? No, my kindred, don’t provoke the Lord our God to anger!
For if he has not decided to help us within these five days, he has power to defend us in such time as he will, or to destroy us before the face of our enemies.
But don’t you pledge the counsels of the Lord our God! For God is not like a human being, that he should be threatened, neither is he like a son of man, that he should be won over by pleading.
Therefore let’s wait for the salvation that comes from him, and call upon him to help us. He will hear our voice, if it pleases him.
For there arose none in our age, neither is there any of us today, tribe, or kindred, or family, or city, which worship gods made with hands, as it was in the former days;
for which cause our fathers were given to the sword, and for plunder, and fell with a great destruction before our enemies.
But we know no other god beside him. Therefore we hope that he will not despise us, nor any of our race.
For if we are captured, all Judea will be captured and our sanctuary will be plundered; and he will require our blood for profaning it.
The slaughter of our kindred, the captivity of the land, and the desolation of our inheritance, he will bring on our heads among the Gentiles, wherever we will be in bondage. We will be an offense and a reproach to those who take us for a possession.
For our bondage will not be ordered to favor; but the Lord our God will turn it to dishonor.
And now, kindred, let’s show an example to our kindred, because their soul depends on us, and the sanctuary, the house, and the altar depend on us.
Besides all this let’s give thanks to the Lord our God, who tries us, even as he did our fathers also.
Remember all the things which he did to Abraham, and all the things in which he tried Isaac, and all the things which happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother.
For he has not tried us in the fire, as he did them, to search out their hearts, neither has he taken vengeance on us; but the Lord scourges those who come near to him, to admonish them.”
And Ozias said to her, “All that you have spoken, you have spoken with a good heart. There is no one who will deny your words.
For this is not the first day wherein your wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of your days all the people have known your understanding, because the disposition of your heart is good.
But the people were exceedingly thirsty, and compelled us to do as we spoke to them, and to bring an oath upon ourselves, which we will not break.
And now pray for us, because you are a godly woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we will faint no more.”
Then Judith said to them, “Hear me, and I will do a thing, which will go down to all generations among the children of our race.
You shall all stand at the gate tonight. I will go out with my maid. Within the days after which you said that you would deliver the city to our enemies, the Lord will deliver Israel by my hand.
But you shall not inquire of my act; for I will not tell you until the things are finished that I will do.”
Then Ozias and the rulers said to her, “Go in peace. May the Lord God be before you, to take vengeance on our enemies.”
So they returned from the tent, and went to their stations.
But Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth with which she was clothed. The incense of that evening was now being offered at Jerusalem in the house of God, and Judith cried to the Lord with a loud voice, and said,
“O Lord God of my father Simeon, into whose hand you gave a sword to take vengeance on the strangers who loosened the belt of a virgin to defile her, uncovered her thigh to her shame, and profaned her womb to her reproach; for you said, ‘It shall not be so;’ and they did so.
Therefore you gave their rulers to be slain, and their bed, which was ashamed for her who was deceived,
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which was ashamed for their deceit that they practiced.
to be dyed in blood, and struck the servants with their masters, and the masters upon their thrones;
and gave their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among your dear children; which were moved with zeal for you, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon you for aid. O God, O my God, hear me also who am a widow.
For you did the things that were before those things, and those things, and such as come after; and you planned the things which are now, and the things which are to come. The things which you planned came to pass.
Yes, the things which you determined stood before you, and said, ‘Behold, we are here; for all your ways are prepared, and your judgment is with foreknowledge.’
For, behold, the Assyrians are multiplied in their power. They are exalted with horse and rider. They were proud of the strength of their footmen. They have trusted in shield, spear, bow, and sling. They don’t know that you are the Lord who breaks the battles. ‘The Lord’ is your name.
Break their strength in your power, and bring down their force in your wrath; for they intend to profane your sanctuary, and to defile the tabernacle where your glorious name rests, and to destroy the horn of your altar with the sword.
Look at their pride, and send your wrath upon their heads. Give into my hand, which am a widow, the might that I have conceived.
Strike by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with his servant. Break down their arrogance by the hand of a woman.
For your power stands not in numbers, nor your might in strong men, but you are a God of the afflicted. You are a helper of the oppressed, a helper of the weak, a protector of the forsaken, a savior of those who are without hope.
Please, please, God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and of the earth, Creator of the waters, King of all your creation, hear my prayer.
Make my speech and deceit to be their wound and bruise, who intend hard things against your covenant, your holy house, the top of Zion, and the house of the possession of your children.
Make every nation and tribe of yours to know that you are God, the God of all power and might, and that there is no other who protects the race of Israel but you.”
It came to pass, when she had ceased to cry to the God of Israel, and had finished saying all these words,
that she rose up where she had fallen down, called her maid, and went down into the house that she lived on the Sabbath days and on her feast days.
She pulled off the sackcloth which she had put on, took off the garments of her widowhood, washed her body all over with water, anointed herself with rich ointment, braided the hair of her head, and put a tiara upon it. She put on her garments of gladness, which she used to wear in the days of the life of Manasses her husband.
She took sandals for her feet, and put on her anklet, bracelets, rings, earrings, and all her jewelry. She made herself very beautiful to deceive the eyes of all men who would see her.
She gave her maid a leather container of wine and a flask of oil, and filled a bag with roasted grain, lumps of figs, and fine bread. She packed all her vessels together, and laid them upon her.
They went out to the gate of the city of Bethulia, and found Ozias and the elders of the city, Chabris and Charmis standing by it.
But when they saw her, that her countenance was altered and her apparel was changed, they were greatly astonished by her beauty and said to her,
“May the God of our fathers give you favor, and accomplish your purposes to the glory of the children of Israel, and to the exaltation of Jerusalem.”
Then she worshiped God,
and said to them, “Command that they open the gate of the city for me, and I will go out to accomplish the things you spoke with me about.”
And they commanded the young men to open to her, as she had spoken;
and they did so.
Then Judith went out, she, and her handmaid with her. The men of the city watched her until she had gone down the mountain, until she had passed the valley, and they could see her no more.
They went straight onward in the valley. The watch of the Assyrians met her;
and they took her, and asked her, “Of what people are you? Where are you coming from? Where are you going?”
She said, “I am a daughter of the Hebrews. I am fleeing away from their presence, because they are about to be given you to be consumed.
I am coming into the presence of Holofernes the chief captain of your army, to declare words of truth. I will show him a way that he can go and win all the hill country, and there will not be lacking of his men one person, nor one life.”
Now when the men heard her words, and considered her countenance, the beauty thereof was exceedingly marvelous in their eyes. They said to her,
“You have saved your life, in that you have hurried to come down to the presence of our master. Now come to his tent. Some of us will guide you until they deliver you into his hands.
But when
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you stand before him, don’t be afraid in your heart, but declare to him what you just said, and he will treat you well.”
They chose out of them a hundred men, and appointed them to accompany her and her maid; and they brought them to the tent of Holofernes.
And there was great excitement throughout all the camp, for her coming was reported among the tents. They came and surrounded her as she stood outside Holofernes’ tent, until they told him about her.
They marveled at her beauty, and marveled at the children of Israel because of her. Each one said to his neighbor, “Who would despise these people, who have among them such women? For it is not good that one man of them be left, seeing that, if they are let go, they will be able to deceive the whole earth.
Then the guards of Holofernes and all his servants came out and brought her into the tent.
And Holofernes was resting upon his bed under the canopy, which was woven with purple, gold, emeralds, and precious stones.
And they told him about her; and he came out into the space before his tent, with silver lamps going before him.
But when Judith had come before him and his servants, they all marveled at the beauty of her countenance. She fell down upon her face and bowed down to him, but his servants raised her up.
Holofernes said to her, “Woman, take courage. Don’t be afraid in your heart; for I never hurt anyone who has chosen to serve Nebuchadnezzar, the king of all the earth.
And now, if your people who dwell in the hill country had not slighted me, I would not have lifted up my spear against them; but they have done these things to themselves.
And now tell me why you fled from them and came to us; for you have come to save yourself. Take courage! You will live tonight, and hereafter;
for there is no one that will wrong you, but all will treat you well, as is done to the servants of King Nebuchadnezzar my lord.”
And Judith said to him, “Receive the words of your servant, and let your handmaid speak in your presence, and I won’t lie to my lord tonight.
If you will follow the words of your handmaid, God will bring the thing to pass perfectly with you; and my lord will not fail to accomplish his purposes.
As Nebuchadnezzar king of all the earth lives, and as his power lives, who has sent you for the preservation of every living thing, not only do men serve him by you, but also the beasts of the field, the cattle, and the birds of the sky will live through your strength, in the time of Nebuchadnezzar and of all his house.
For we have heard of your wisdom and the subtle plans of your soul. It has been reported in all the earth that you only are brave in all the kingdom, mighty in knowledge, and wonderful in feats of war.
And now as concerning the matter which Achior spoke in your council, we have heard his words; for the men of Bethulia saved him, and he declared to them all that he had spoken before you.
Therefore, O lord and master, don’t neglect his word, but lay it up in your heart, for it is true; for our race will not be punished, neither will the sword prevail against them, unless they sin against their God.
And now, that my lord may not be defeated and frustrated in his purpose, and that death may fall upon them, their sin has overtaken them, wherewith they will provoke their God to anger, whenever they do wickedness.
Since their food failed them, and all their water was scant, they took counsel to kill their livestock, and determined to consume all those things which God charged them by his laws that they should not eat.
They are resolved to spend the first fruits of the grain and the tithes of the wine and the oil, which they had sanctified and reserved for the priests who stand before the face of our God in Jerusalem, which it is not fitting for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands.
They have sent some to Jerusalem, because they also that dwell there have done this thing, to bring them permission from the council of elders.
When these instructions come to them and they do it, they will be given to you to be destroyed the same day.
Therefore I your servant, knowing all this, fled away from their presence. God sent me to work things with you, at which all the earth will be astonished, even as many as hear it.
For your servant is religious, and serves the God of heaven day and night. Now, my lord, I will stay with you; and your servant will go out by night into the valley. I will pray to God, and he will tell me when they have committed their sins.
Then I will come and tell you. Then you can go out with all your army, and there will be none of them that will resist you.
And I will lead you through the midst of Judea, until you come to Jerusalem. I will set your throne in the midst of it. You will drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog will not so much as open his mouth before you; for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and were declared to me, and I was sent to tell you.”
Her words were pleasing in the sight of Holofernes and of all his servants. They marveled at her wisdom, and said,
“There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, for beauty of face and wisdom of words.”
Holofernes said to her, “God did well to send you before the people, that might would be in our hands, and destruction among those who slighted my lord.
And now you are beautiful in your countenance, and wise in your words. If you will do as you have spoken, your God will be my God, and you will dwell in the palace of King Nebuchadnezzar, and will be renowned through the whole earth.”
He commanded that she should be brought in where his silver vessels were set, and asked that his servants should prepare some of his own delicacies for her, and that she should drink from his own wine.
And Judith said, “I can’t eat of it, lest there be an occasion of stumbling; but provision will be made for me from the things that have come with me.”
And Holofernes said to her, “But if the things that are with you should run out, from where will we be able to give you more like it? For there is none of your race with us.”
And Judith said to him, “As your soul lives, my lord, your servant will not use up those things that are with me until the Lord works by my hand the things that he has determined.”
Then Holofernes’ servants brought her into the tent, and she slept until midnight. Then she rose up toward the morning watch,
and sent to Holofernes, saying, “Let my lord now command that they allow your servant to go out to pray.”
Holofernes commanded his guards that they should not stop her. She stayed in the camp three days, and went out every night into the valley of Bethulia and washed herself at the fountain of water in the camp.
And when she came up, she implored the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the triumph of the children of his people.
She came in clean and remained in the tent until she ate her food toward evening.
It came to pass on the fourth day, that Holofernes made a feast for his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.
And he said to Bagoas the eunuch, who had charge over all that he had, “Go now, and persuade this Hebrew woman who is with you that she come to us, and eat and drink with us.
For behold, it would be a disgrace if we shall let such a woman go, not having had her company; for if we don’t draw her to ourselves, she will laugh us to scorn.”
Bagoas went from the presence of Holofernes, and came in to her, and said, “Let this fair lady not fear to come to my lord, and to be honored in his presence, and to drink wine and be merry with us, and to be made this day as one of the daughters of the children of Asshur who serve in Nebuchadnezzar’s palace.”
Judith said to him, “Who am I, that I should contradict my lord? For whatever would be pleasing in his eyes, I will do speedily, and this will be my joy to the day of my death.”
She arose, and decked herself with her apparel and all her woman’s attire; and her servant went and laid fleeces on the ground for her next to Holofernes, which she had received from Bagoas for her daily use, that she might sit and eat upon them.
Judith came in and sat down, and Holofernes’ heart was ravished with her. His passion was aroused, and he exceedingly desired her company. He was watching for a time to deceive her from the day that he had seen her.
Holofernes said to her, “Drink now, and be merry with us.”
Judith said, “I will drink now, my lord, because my life is magnified in me this day more than all the days since I was born.”
Then she took and ate and drank before him what her servant had prepared.
Holofernes took great delight in her, and drank exceedingly much wine, more than he had drunk at any time in one day since he was born.
But when the evening had come, his servants hurried to depart. Bagoas shut the tent outside, and dismissed those who waited from the presence of his lord. They went away to their beds; for they were all weary, because the feast had been long.
But Judith was left alone in the tent, with Holofernes lying along upon his bed; for he was drunk with wine.
Judith had said to her servant that she should stand outside her bedchamber, and wait for her to come out, as she did daily; for she said she would go out to her prayer. She spoke to Bagoas according to the same words.
All went away from her presence, and none was left in the bedchamber, small or great. Judith, standing by his bed, said in her heart, O Lord God of all power, look in this hour upon the works of my hands for the exaltation of Jerusalem.
For now is the time to help your inheritance, and to do the thing that I have purposed to the destruction of the enemies which have risen up against us.
She came to the bedpost which was at Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword from there.
She drew near to the bed, took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day.”
She struck twice upon his neck with all her might and cut off his head,
tumbled his body down from the bed, and took down the canopy from the posts. After a little while she went out, and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid;
and she put it in her bag of food. They both went out together to prayer, according to their custom. They passed through the camp, circled around that valley, and went up to the mountain of Bethulia, and came to its gates.
Judith said afar off to the watchmen at the gates, “Open, open the gate, now. God is with us, even our God, to show his power yet in Israel, and his might against the enemy, as he has done even this day.”
It came to pass, when the men of her city heard her voice, they made haste to go down to the gate of their city, and they called together the elders of the city.
They all ran together, both small and great, for it seemed unbelievable to them that she had come. They opened the gate and received them, making a fire to give light, and surrounded them.
She said to them with a loud voice, “Praise God! Praise him! Praise God, who has not taken away his mercy from the house of Israel, but has destroyed our enemies by my hand tonight!”
Then she took the head out of the bag and showed it, and said to them, “Behold, the head of Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Asshur, and behold, the canopy under which he laid in his drunkenness. The Lord struck him by the hand of a woman.
And as the Lord lives, who preserved me in my way that I went, my countenance deceived him to his destruction, and he didn’t commit sin with me, to defile and shame me.”
All the people were exceedingly amazed, and bowed themselves, and worshiped God, and said with one accord, “Blessed are you, O our God, who have this day humiliated the enemies of your people.”
Ozias said to her, “Blessed are you, daughter, in the sight of the Most High God, above all the women upon the earth; and blessed is the Lord God, who created the heavens and the earth, who directed you to cut off the head of the prince of our enemies.
For your hope will not depart from the heart of men that remember the strength of God forever.
May God turn these things to you for a perpetual praise, to visit you with good things, because you didn’t spare your life by reason of the affliction of our race, but prevented our ruin, walking a straight way before our God.”
And all the people said, “Amen! Amen!”
Judith said to them, “Hear me now, my kindred, and take this head, and hang it upon the battlement of your wall.
It will be, so soon as the morning appears, and the sun comes up on the earth, you shall each take up his weapons of war, and every valiant man of you go out of the city. You shall set a captain over them, as though you would go down to the plain toward the watch of the children of Asshur; but you men shall not go down.
These will take up their full armor, and shall go into their camp and rouse up the captains of the army of Asshur. They will run together to Holofernes’ tent. They won’t find him. Fear will fall upon them, and they will flee before your face.
You men, and all that inhabit every border of Israel, shall pursue them and overthrow them as they go.
But before you do these things, summon Achior the Ammonite to me, that he may see and know him that despised the house of Israel, and that sent him to us, as it were to death.
And they called Achior out of the house of Ozias; but when he came, and saw the head of Holofernes in a man’s hand in the assembly of the people, he fell upon his face, and his spirit failed.
But when they had recovered him,
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he fell at Judith’s feet, bowed down to her, and said, “Blessed are you in every tent of Judah! In every nation, those who hear your name will be troubled.
Now tell me all the things that you have done in these days.”
And Judith declared to him in the midst of the people all the things that she had done, from the day that she went out until the time that she spoke to them.
But when she finished speaking, the people shouted with a loud voice, and made a joyful noise in their city.
But when Achior saw all the things that the God of Israel had done, he believed in God exceedingly, and circumcised the flesh of his foreskin, and was joined to the house of Israel, to this day.
But as soon as the morning arose, they hanged the head of Holofernes upon the wall, and every man took up his weapons, and they went forth by bands to the ascents of the mountain.
But when the children of Asshur saw them, they sent word to their leaders, and they went to their captains and tribunes, and to every one of their rulers.
They came to Holofernes’ tent, and said to him that was over all that he had, “Wake our lord up, now, for the slaves have been bold to come down against us to battle, that they may be utterly destroyed.”
Bagoas went in, and knocked at the outer door of the tent; for he supposed that Holofernes was sleeping with Judith.
But when no one answered, he opened it, went into the bedchamber, and found him cast upon the threshold dead; and his head had been taken from him.
He cried with a loud voice, with weeping, groaning, and shouting, and tore his garments.
He entered into the tent where Judith lodged, and he didn’t find her. He leaped out to the people, and cried aloud,
“The slaves have dealt treacherously! One woman of the Hebrews has brought shame upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar; for, behold, Holofernes lies upon the ground, and his head is not on him!”
But when the rulers of the army of Asshur heard this, they tore their tunics, and their souls were troubled exceedingly. There were cries and an exceedingly great noise in the midst of the camp.
When those who were in the tents heard, they were amazed at what happened.
Trembling and fear fell upon them, and no man dared stay any more in the sight of his neighbor, but rushing out with one accord, they fled into every way of the plain and of the hill country.
Those who had encamped in the hill country round about Bethulia fled away. And then the children of Israel, every one who was a warrior among them, rushed out upon them.
Ozias sent to Betomasthaim, Bebai, Chobai, and Chola, and to every border of Israel, to tell about the things that had been accomplished, and that all should rush upon their enemies to destroy them.
But when the children of Israel heard this, they all fell upon them with one accord, and struck them to Chobai. Yes, and in like manner also, people from Jerusalem and from all the hill country came (for men had told them about what happened in their enemies’ camp), and those who were in Gilead and in Galilee fell upon their flank with a great slaughter, until they were past Damascus and its borders.
The rest of the people who lived at Bethulia fell upon the camp of Asshur, and plundered them, and were enriched exceedingly.
The children of Israel returned from the slaughter, and got possession of that which remained. The villages and the cities that were in the hill country and in the plain country took many spoils; for there was an exceedingly great supply.
Joakim the high priest, and the elders of the children of Israel who lived in Jerusalem, came to see the good things which the Lord had showed to Israel, and to see Judith and to greet her.
When they came to her, they all blessed her with one accord, and said to her, “You are the exaltation of Jerusalem! You are the great glory of Israel! You are the great rejoicing of our race!
You have done all these things by your hand. You have done with Israel the things that are good, and God is pleased with it. May you be blessed by the Almighty Lord forever!”
And all the people said, “Amen!”
And the people plundered the camp for thirty days; and they gave Holofernes’ tent to Judith, along with all his silver cups, his beds, his bowls, and all his furniture. She took them, placed them on her mule, prepared her wagons, and piled them on it.
And all the women of Israel ran together to see her; and they blessed her, and made a dance among them for her. She took branches in her hand, and distributed them to the women who were with her.
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Then they made themselves garlands of olive, she and those who were with her, and she went before all the people in the dance, leading all the women. All the men of Israel followed in their armor with garlands, and with songs in their mouths.
And Judith began to sing this song of thanksgiving in all Israel, and all the people sang with loud voices this song of praise.
Judith said,
“Begin a song to my God with timbrels.
Sing to my Lord with cymbals.
Make melody to him with psalm and praise.
Exalt him, and call upon his name.
For the Lord is the God that crushes battles.
For in his armies in the midst of the people,
he delivered me out of the hand of those who persecuted me.
Asshur came out of the mountains from the north.
He came with ten thousands of his army.
Its multitude stopped the torrents.
Their horsemen covered the hills.
He said that he would burn up my borders,
kill my young men with the sword,
throw my nursing children to the ground,
give my infants up as prey,
and make my virgins a plunder.
“The Almighty Lord brought them to nothing by the hand of a woman.
For their mighty one didn’t fall by young men,
neither did sons of the Titans strike him.
Tall giants didn’t attack him,
but Judith the daughter of Merari made him weak with the beauty of her countenance.
“For she put off the apparel of her widowhood
for the exaltation of those who were distressed in Israel.
She anointed her face with ointment,
bound her hair in a tiara,
and took a linen garment to deceive him.
Her sandal ravished his eye.
Her beauty took his soul prisoner.
The sword passed through his neck.
“The Persians quaked at her daring.
The Medes were daunted at her boldness.
“Then my lowly ones shouted aloud.
My oppressed people were terrified and trembled for fear.
They lifted up their voices and the enemy fled.
The children of slave-girls pierced them through,
and wounded them as fugitives’ children.
They perished by the army of my Lord.
“I will sing to my God a new song:
O Lord, you are great and glorious,
marvelous in strength, invincible.
Let all your creation serve you;
for you spoke, and they were made.
You sent out your spirit, and it built them.
There is no one who can resist your voice.
For the mountains will be moved from their foundations with the waters,
and the rocks will melt as wax at your presence:
But you are yet merciful to those who fear you.
For all sacrifice is little for a sweet savor,
and all the fat is very little for a whole burnt offering to you;
but he who fears the Lord is great continually.
“Woe to the nations who rise up against my race!
The Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgment
and put fire and worms in their flesh;
and they will weep and feel their pain forever.”
Now when they came to Jerusalem, they worshiped God. When the people were purified, they offered their whole burnt offerings, their free will offerings, and their gifts.
Judith dedicated all Holofernes’ stuff, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy, which she had taken for herself out of his bedchamber, for a gift to the Lord.
And the people continued feasting in Jerusalem before the sanctuary for three months, and Judith remained with them.
After these days, everyone departed to his own inheritance. Judith went away to Bethulia, and remained in her own possession, and was honorable in her time in all the land.
Many desired her, but no man knew her all the days of her life from the day that Manasses her husband died and was gathered to his people.
She increased in greatness exceedingly; and she grew old in her husband’s house, to one hundred five years. She let her maid go free. Then she died in Bethulia. They buried her in the cave of her husband Manasses.
The house of Israel mourned for her seven days. She distributed her goods before she died to all those who were nearest of kin to Manasses her husband, and to those who were nearest of her own kindred.
There was no one who made the children of Israel afraid any more in the days of Judith, nor for a long time after her death.
Esther (Greek)
Esther (Greek)
Esther (Greek)
ESG
ESTHER
translated from the Greek Septuagint
Introduction
The book of Esther in the Greek Septuagint contains 5 additions that the traditional Hebrew text doesn’t have. These additions are recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. Those additions are enclosed in [square brackets]. Because the additions by themselves make little sense without the broader context of the book, we present here a translation of the whole book of Esther from the Greek.
We have chosen not to distract the reader with confusing out-of-order chapter numbers that would result from using the KJV versification, but rather merge these 5 additions as extensions at the beginning of 1:1 and after 3:13, 4:17, 8:12, and 10:3. This makes some verses (1:1, 5:1, and 8:12) really long, but it also makes the verses line up with the same verse numbers in Esther as translated from the traditional Hebrew text. Some of the proper names in this book have been changed to the more familiar Hebrew form instead of the direct transliteration from the Greek.
[In the second year of the reign of Ahasuerus the great king, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Jew dwelling in the city Susa, a great man, serving in the king’s palace, saw a vision. Now he was one of the captives whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried captive from Jerusalem with Jeconiah the king of Judea. This was his dream: Behold, voices and a noise, thunders and earthquake, tumult upon the earth. And, behold, two great serpents came out, both ready for conflict. A great voice came from them. Every nation was prepared for battle by their voice, even to fight against the nation of the just. Behold, a day of darkness and blackness, suffering and anguish, affection and tumult upon the earth. And all the righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own afflictions. They prepared to die, and cried to God. Something like a great river from a little spring with much water, came from their cry. Light and the sun arose, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the honorable.
Mordecai, who had seen this vision and what God desired to do, having arisen, kept it in his heart, and desired by all means to interpret it, even until night.
Mordecai rested quietly in the palace with Gabatha and Tharrha the king’s two chamberlains, eunuchs who guarded the palace. He heard their conversation and searched out their plans. He learned that they were preparing to lay hands on King Ahasuerus; and he informed the king concerning them. The king examined the two chamberlains. They confessed, and were led away and executed. The king wrote these things for a record. Mordecai also wrote concerning these matters. The king commanded Mordecai to serve in the palace, and gave gifts for this service. But Haman the son of Hammedatha the Bougean was honored in the sight of the king, and he endeavored to harm Mordecai and his people, because of the king’s two chamberlains.]
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and some copies of LXX, Esther begins here. And it came to pass after these things
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words. in the days of Ahasuerus, —(this Ahasuerus ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India)—
in those days, when King Ahasuerus was on the throne in the city of Susa,
in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for his friends, for people from the rest of the nations, for the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and for the chief of the local governors.
After this—after he had shown them the wealth of his kingdom and the abundant glory of his wealth during one hundred eighty days—
when the days of the wedding feast were completed, the king made a banquet lasting six days for the people of the nations who were present in the city, in the court of the king’s house,
which was adorned with fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs on pillars of white marble and stone. There were golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of mother-of-pearl, and of white marble, with transparent coverings variously flowered, having roses arranged around it.
There were gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out, of the value of thirty thousand talents, with abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank.
This banquet was not according to the appointed law, but as the king desired to have it. He charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.
Also Vashti the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where King Ahasuerus lived.
Now on the seventh day, the king, being merry, told Haman, Bazan, Tharrha, Baraze, Zatholtha, Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of King Ahasuerus,
to bring in the queen to him, to
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to make her queen.
enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations, for she was beautiful.
But queen Vashti refused to come with the chamberlains; so the king was grieved and angered.
And he said to his friends, “This is what Vashti said. Therefore pronounce your legal judgment on this case.”
So Arkesaeus, Sarsathaeus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief in rank by the king, drew near to him,
and reported to him according to the laws what it was proper to do to queen Vashti, because she had not done the things commanded by the king through the chamberlains.
And Memucan said to the king and to the princes, “Queen Vashti has not wronged the king only, but also all the king’s rulers and princes;
for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she
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contradicted.
disobeyed the king. As she then refused to obey King Ahasuerus,
so this day the other wives of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, will dare in the same way to dishonor their husbands.
If then it seems good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it: ‘Don’t allow the queen to come in to him any more. Let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.’
Let the law of the king which he will have made be widely proclaimed in his kingdom. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.”
This advice pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Memucan had said,
and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, so that men might be feared in their own houses.
After this, the king’s anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Vashti, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her.
Then the servants of the king said, “Let chaste, beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
Let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select beautiful, chaste young ladies and bring them to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment. Let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women. Then let things for purification and other needs be given to them.
Let the woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.”
This thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
He had been brought as a prisoner from Jerusalem, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
And because the king’s ordinance was published, many ladies were gathered to the city of Susa under the hand of Hegai; and Esther was brought to Hegai, the keeper of the women.
The lady pleased him, and she found favor in his sight. He hurried to give her the things for purification, her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace. He treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.
But Esther didn’t reveal her family or her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.
But Mordecai used to walk every day by the women’s court, to see what would become of Esther.
Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she had completed twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications.
And then the lady goes in to the king. The officer that he commands to do so will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.
She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Hegai the king’s chamberlain is keeper of the women. She doesn’t go in to the king again, unless she is called by name.
And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all who looked at her.
So Esther went in to King Ahasuerus in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.
The king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins. He put the queen’s crown on her.
The king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he granted a remission of taxes to those who were under his dominion.
Meanwhile, Mordecai served in the courtyard.
Now Esther had not revealed her country, for so Mordecai commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him. Esther didn’t change her manner of life.
Two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mordecai was promoted; and they sought to kill King Ahasuerus.
And the matter was discovered by Mordecai, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.
And the king examined the two chamberlains and hanged them. Then the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal library of the goodwill shown by Mordecai, as a commendation.
After this, King Ahasuerus highly honored Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Bugaean. He exalted him and set his seat above all his friends.
All in the palace bowed down to him, for so the king had given orders to do; but Mordecai didn’t bow down to him.
And they in the king’s palace said to Mordecai, “Mordecai, why do you transgress the commands of the king?”
They questioned him daily, but he didn’t listen to them; so they reported to Haman that Mordecai resisted the commands of the king; and Mordecai had shown to them that he was a Jew.
When Haman understood that Mordecai didn’t bow down to him, he was greatly enraged,
and plotted to utterly destroy all the Jews who were under the rule of Ahasuerus.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, Haman made a decision by casting lots by day and month, to kill the race of Mordecai in one day. The lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar.
So he spoke to King Ahasuerus, saying, “There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from all the other nations. They disobey the king’s laws. It is not expedient for the king to tolerate them.
If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them, and I will remit into the king’s treasury ten thousand talents of silver.”
So the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman to seal the decrees against the Jews.
The king said to Haman, “Keep the silver, and treat the nation as you will.”
So the king’s recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Haman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to one hundred twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their languages, in the name of King Ahasuerus.
The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.
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The part in brackets is not in
Hebrew [The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great King Ahasuerus to the rulers and the governors under them of one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him:
“Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was determined (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. When I had asked my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is scattered among all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy, we instruct you in the letter written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.”]
Copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready for that day.
This business was hastened also in Susa. The king and Haman began to drink, but the city was confused.
But Mordecai, having perceived what was done, tore his garments, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself. Having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, “A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed!”
He came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace wearing sackcloth and ashes.
And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning on the part of the Jews. They wore sackcloth and ashes.
The queen’s maids and chamberlains went in and told her; and when she had heard what was done, she was deeply troubled. She sent clothes to Mordecai to replace his sackcloth, but he refused.
So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai.
Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.
And he gave him the copy of what was published in Susa concerning their destruction to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people. “Remember, he said, the days of your humble condition, how you were nursed by my hand; because Haman, who holds the next place to the king, has spoken against us to cause our death. Call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.”
So Hathach went in and told her all these words.
Esther said to Hathach, “Go to Mordecai, and say,
‘All the nations of the empire know than any man or woman who goes in to the king into the inner court without being called, that person must die, unless the king stretches out his golden sceptre; then he shall live. I haven’t been called to go into the king for thirty days.’”
So Hathach reported to Mordecai all the words of Esther.
Then Mordecai said to Hathach, “Go, and say to her, ‘Esther, don’t say to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the other Jews.
For if you keep quiet on this occasion, help and protection will come to the Jews from another place; but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you have been made queen for this occasion?’”
And Esther sent the messenger who came to her to Mordecai, saying,
“Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and all of you fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, night and day. My maidens and I will also fast. Then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.”
So Mordecai went and did all that Esther commanded him.
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Note: The part between brackets,
i.e.
to the end of chapter 5 is not in the Hebrew
[He prayed to the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord.
He said, “Lord
4:19
See 3 Kings 8.53.
Note.
God, you are king ruling over all, for all things are in your power, and there is no one who can oppose you in your purpose to save Israel;
for you have made the heaven and the earth and every wonderful thing under heaven.
You are Lord of all, and there is no one who can resist you, Lord.
You know all things. You know, Lord, that it is not in insolence, nor arrogance, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse to bow down to the arrogant Haman.
For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel.
But I have done this that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God. I will not worship anyone except you, my Lord, and I will not do these things in arrogance.
And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraham, spare your people, for our enemies are planning our destruction, and they have desired to destroy your ancient inheritance.
Do not overlook your people, whom you have redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt.
Listen to my prayer. Have mercy on your inheritance and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to your name, O Lord. Don’t utterly destroy the mouth of those who praise you, O Lord.”
All Israel cried with all their might, for death was before their eyes.
And queen Esther took refuge in the Lord, being taken as it were in the agony of death.
Having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning. Instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung. She greatly humbled her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with her tangled hair.
She implored the Lord God of Israel, and said, “O my Lord, you alone are our king. Help me. I am destitute, and have no helper but you,
for my danger is near at hand
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Greek
in my hand.
.
I have heard from my birth in the tribe of my kindred that you, Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and have done for them all that you have said.
And now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies,
because we honored their gods. You are righteous, O Lord.
But now they have not been content with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols
to abolish the decree of your mouth, and utterly to destroy your inheritance, and to stop the mouth of those who praise you, and to extinguish the glory of your house and your altar,
and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to speak the
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Greek
virtues.
praises of vanities, and that a mortal king should be admired forever.
O Lord, don’t surrender your sceptre to those who don’t exist, and don’t let them laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun to injure us.
Remember us, O Lord! Manifest yourself in the time of our affliction. Encourage me, O King of gods, and ruler of all dominion!
Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him who fights against us, to the utter destruction of those who agree with him.
But deliver us by your hand, and help me who am alone and have no one but you, O Lord.
You know all things, and know that I hate the glory of transgressors,
4:43
Or,
opinion.
and that I abhor the bed of the uncircumcised and of every stranger.
You know my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my
4:44
Greek
vision. splendor. I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I don’t wear it in the days of my tranquility.
Your handmaid has not eaten at Haman’s table, and I have not honored the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations.
Neither has your handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in you, O Lord God of Abraham.
O god, who has power over all, listen to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of those who devise mischief. Deliver me from my fear.]
5:1
From the first verse to the third, the
Greek widely differs from the
Hebrew
It came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she took off her servant’s dress and put on her glorious apparel. Being splendidly dressed and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. She was blooming in the perfection of her beauty. Her face was cheerful and looked lovely, but her heart was filled with fear. Having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king. He was sitting on his royal throne. He had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrifying. And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger. The queen fell, and changed her color as she fainted. She bowed herself upon the head of the maid who went before her. But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling, he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered. He comforted her with peaceful words, and said to her, “What is the matter, Esther? I am your relative. Cheer up! You shall not die, for our command is openly declared to you: ‘Draw near.’”
And having raised the golden sceptre, he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her. He said, “Speak to me.”
So she said to him, “I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of your glory; for you, my lord, are to be wondered at, and your face is full of grace.” While she was speaking, she fainted and fell.
Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
The king said, “What do you desire, Esther? What is your request? Ask even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be yours.”
Esther said, “Today is a special day. So if it seems good to the king, let both him and Haman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.”
The king said, “Hurry and bring Haman here, that we may do as Esther said.” So they both came to the feast about which Esther had spoken.
At the banquet, the king said to Esther, “What is your request, queen Esther? You shall have all that you require.”
She said, “My request and my petition is:
if I have found favor in the king’s sight, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as I have done today.”
So Haman went out from the king very glad and merry; but when Haman saw Mordecai the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
Having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zeresh.
He showed them his wealth and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had promoted him to be chief ruler in the kingdom.
Haman said, “The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited tomorrow.
But these things don’t please me while I see Mordecai the Jew in the court.
Then Zeresh his wife and his friends said to him, “Let a fifty cubit tall
5:14
Greek
a tree cut.
gallows be made for you. In the morning you speak to the king, and let Mordecai be hanged on the gallows; but you go in to the feast with the king, and be merry.”
The saying pleased Haman, and the gallows was prepared.
The Lord removed sleep from the king that night; so he told his servant to bring in the
6:1
Greek
letters.
books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
And he found the
6:2
Greek
letters.
records written concerning Mordecai, how he had told the king about the king’s two chamberlains, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Ahasuerus.
The king said, “What honor or favor have we done for Mordecai?”
The king’s servants said, “You haven’t done anything for him.”
And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mordecai, behold, Haman was in the court. The king said, “Who is in the court? Now Haman had come in to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared.
The king’s servants said, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.”
And the king said, “Call him!”
The king said to Haman, “What should I do for the man whom I wish to honor?”
Haman said within himself, “Whom would the king honor but myself?”
He said to the king, “As for the man whom the king wishes to honor,
let the king’s servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
and let him give it to one of the king’s noble friends, and let him dress the man whom the king loves. Let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the
6:9
Or,
wide space.
streets of the city, saying, “This is what will be done for every man whom the king honors!”
Then the king said to Haman, “You have spoken well. Do so for Mordecai the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what you have spoken be neglected!”
So Haman took the robe and the horse, dressed Mordecai, mounted him on the horse, and went through the streets of the city, proclaiming, “This is what will be done for every man whom the king wishes to honor.”
Then Mordecai returned to the palace; but Haman went home mourning, with his head covered.
Haman related the events that had happened to him to Zeresh his wife and to his friends. His friends and his wife said to him, “If Mordecai is of the race of the Jews, and you have begun to be humbled before him, you will assuredly fall; and you will not be able to withstand him, for the living God is with him.”
While they were still speaking, the chamberlains arrived to rush Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
So the king and Haman went in to drink with the queen.
The king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, “What is it, queen Esther? What is your request? What is your petition? It shall be done for you, up to half of my kingdom.”
She answered and said, “If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let my life be granted as my petition, and my people as my request.
For both I and my people are sold for destruction, pillage, and genocide. If both we and our children were sold for male and female slaves, I would not have bothered you, for this
7:4
see
Hebrew: slanderer
isn’t worthy of the king’s palace.”
The king said, “Who has dared to do this thing?”
Esther said, “The enemy is Haman, this wicked man!”
Then Haman was terrified in the presence of the king and the queen.
The king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden. Haman began to beg the queen for mercy, for he saw that he was in serious trouble.
The king returned from the garden; and Haman had fallen upon the couch, begging the queen for mercy. The king said, “Will you even assault my wife in my house?”
And when Haman heard it, he changed countenance.
And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, “Behold, Haman has also prepared a gallows for Mordecai, who spoke concerning the king, and a fifty cubit high gallows has been set up on Haman’s property.”
The king said, “Let him be
7:9
Or,
impaled.
hanged on it!”
So Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was abated.
On that day, King Ahasuerus gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman the slanderer. The king called Mordecai, for Esther had told that he was related to her.
The king took the ring which he had taken away from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. Esther appointed Mordecai over all that had been Haman’s.
She spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored him to undo Haman’s mischief and all that he had done against the Jews.
Then the king extended the golden sceptre to Esther; and Esther arose to stand near the king.
Esther said, “If it seems good to you, and I have found favor in your sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Haman may be reversed—letters that were written for the destruction of the Jews who are in your kingdom.
For how could I see the affliction of my people, and how could I survive the destruction of my
8:6
Greek
country.
kindred?”
Then the king said to Esther, “If I have given and freely granted you all that was Haman’s, and hanged him on a gallows because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what more do you seek?
Write in my name whatever seems good to you, and seal it with my ring; for whatever is written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, cannot be countermanded.
So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the twenty-third day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the
8:9
Greek
stewards. local governors and chiefs of the local governors, from India even to Ethiopia—one hundred twenty-seven local governors, according to the several provinces, in their own languages.
They were written by order of the king, sealed with his ring, and the letters were sent by the couriers.
In them, he charged them to use their own laws in every city, to help each other, and to treat their adversaries and those who attacked them as they pleased,
on one day in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar.
Let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom. Let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies. The following is a copy of the letter containing orders:
8:13
the passages in brackets are not in the
Hebrew.
[The great King Ahasuerus sends greetings to the rulers of provinces in one hundred twenty-seven local governance regions, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests. Many who have been frequently honored by the most abundant kindness of their
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perhaps rulers, see Luke 22. 25.
benefactors have conceived ambitious designs, and not only endeavor to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavor to plot against their own benefactors. They not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they supposed that they would escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God. And oftentimes evil exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities many of those who had been appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends’ affairs; while men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple goodwill of the ruling powers. And it is possible to see this, not so much from more ancient traditional accounts, as it is immediately in your power to see it by examining what things have been wickedly
8:13
Greek
contrived.
perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power. It is right to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men, adopting needful changes, and ever judging those cases which come under our notice with truly equitable decisions. For whereas Haman, a Macedonian, the son of Hammedatha, in reality an alien from the blood of the Persians, and differing widely from our mild course of government, having been hospitably entertained by us, obtained so large a share of our universal kindness as to be called our father, and to continue the person next to the royal throne, reverenced of all; he however, overcome by
8:13
Greek
not having borne. pride, endeavored to deprive us of our dominion, and our life;
8:13
Greek
spirit.
having by various and subtle artifices demanded for destruction both Mordecai our deliverer and perpetual benefactor, and Esther the blameless consort of our kingdom, along with their whole nation. For by these methods he thought, having surprised us in a defenseless state, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians. But we find that the Jews, who have been consigned to destruction by the
8:13
Greek
thrice guilty.
most abominable of men, are not malefactors, but living according to the most just laws, and being the sons of the living God, the most high and
8:13
Greek
greatest.
mighty, who maintains the kingdom, to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order. You will therefore do well in refusing to obey the letter sent by Haman the son of Hammedatha, because he who has done these things has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Susa, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worthy punishment. We enjoin you then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the self-same day, they may defend themselves against those who attack them in a time of affliction. For in the place of the destruction of the chosen race, Almighty God has granted them this time of gladness. Therefore you also, among your notable feasts, must keep a distinct day with all festivity, that both now and hereafter it may be a day of deliverance to us and who are well disposed toward the Persians, but to those that plotted against us a memorial of destruction. And every city and province collectively, which shall not do accordingly, shall be consumed with vengeance by spear and fire. It shall be made not only inaccessible to men, but most hateful to wild beasts and birds forever.] Let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.
So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king’s commands. The ordinance was also published in Susa.
Mordecai went out robed in royal apparel, wearing a golden crown and a diadem of fine purple linen. The people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.
The Jews had light and gladness
in every city and province where the ordinance was published. Wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth. Many of the Gentiles were circumcised and became Jews for fear of the Jews.
Now in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month, which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.
In that day, the adversaries of the Jews perished; for no one resisted, through fear of them.
For the chiefs of the local governors, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai was upon them.
For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.
In the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men,
including Pharsannes, Delphon, Phasga,
Pharadatha, Barea, Sarbaca,
Marmasima, Ruphaeus, Arsaeus, and Zabuthaeus,
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Bugaean, the enemy of the Jews; and they plundered their property on the same day.
The number of those who perished in Susa was reported to the king.
Then the king said to Esther, “The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa. What do you think they have done in the rest of the country? What more do you ask, that it may be done for you?”
Esther said to the king, “Let it be granted to the Jews to do the same to them tomorrow. Also, hang the bodies of the ten sons of Haman.”
He permitted it to be done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Haman to hang.
The Jews assembled in Susa on the fourteenth day of Adar and killed three hundred men, but plundered no property.
The rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies; for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth day of Adar, but took no spoil.
They rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.
The Jews in the city of Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day and rested; and they also observed the fifteenth with joy and gladness.
On this account then, the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a
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Greek
good day.
holy day with joy, each sending gifts of food to his neighbor.
Mordecai wrote these things in a book and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Ahasuerus, both those who were near and those who were far away,
to establish these as joyful days and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and in that month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a holiday, to spend the whole of it in good days of
9:22
Greek
weddings.
feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends and to the poor.
And the Jews consented to this as Mordecai wrote to them,
showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast
9:24
Greek
lot.
lots to destroy them utterly;
also how he went in to the king, telling him to hang Mordecai; but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, along with his children.
Therefore these days were called Purim, because of the lots (for in their language they are called Purim) because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.
Mordecai established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, upon their offspring, and upon those who were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently; but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, city, family, and province.
These days of Purim shall be kept forever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.
Queen Esther the daughter of Aminadab and Mordecai the Jew wrote all that they had done, and gave the confirmation of the letter about Purim.
Mordecai and Esther the queen established this decision on their own, pledging their own well-being to their plan.
And Esther established it by a command forever, and it was written for a memorial.
The king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.
As for his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes for a memorial.
Mordecai
10:3
Greek
succeded to
Or, came into the place of.
was viceroy to King Ahasuerus, and was a great man in the kingdom, honored by the Jews, and lived his life loved by all his nation.
10:3
the passages in brackets are not in the
Hebrew.
[Mordecai said, “These things have come from God.
For I remember the dream which I had concerning these matters; for not one detail of them has failed.
There was the little spring which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen.
The two serpents are Haman and me.
The nations are those which combined to destroy the name of the Jews.
But as for my nation, this is Israel, even those who cried to God and were delivered; for the Lord delivered his people. The Lord rescued us out of all these calamities; and God worked such signs and great wonders as have not been done among the nations.
Therefore he ordained two lots. One for the people of God, and one for all the other nations.
And these two lots came for an appointed season, and for a day of judgment, before God, and for all the nations.
God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance.
They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever among his people Israel.
In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son brought this letter of Purim, which they said was authentic, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, who was in Jerusalem, had interpreted.]
- The Wisdom Of Solomon
Wisdom of Solomon
The Wisdom of Solomon
Wisdom of Solomon
Wisdom
THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
The
Wisdom of Solomon is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
Love righteousness, all you who are judges of the earth.
Think of the Lord
1:1
Gr.
in goodness.
with a good mind.
Seek him in singleness of heart,
because he is found by those who don’t put him to the test,
and is manifested to those who trust him.
for crooked thoughts separate from God.
His Power convicts when it is tested,
and exposes the foolish;
because wisdom will not enter into a soul that devises evil,
nor dwell in a body that is enslaved by sin.
For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit,
and will depart from thoughts that are without understanding,
and will be ashamed when unrighteousness has come in.
For
1:6
Some authorities read
the spirit of wisdom is loving to man.
wisdom is a spirit who loves man,
and she will not hold a
1:6
Or,
reviler
blasphemer guiltless for his lips,
because God is witness of his inmost self,
and is a true overseer of his heart,
and a hearer of his tongue.
Because the spirit of the Lord has filled
1:7
Gr.
the inhabited earth.
the world,
and that which holds all things together knows what is said.
Therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will be unseen;
neither will Justice, when it convicts, pass him by.
For in his counsels the ungodly will be searched out,
and the sound of his words will come to the Lord to bring his lawless deeds to conviction;
because a jealous ear listens to all things,
and the noise of murmurings is not hidden.
Beware then of unprofitable murmuring,
and keep your tongue from slander;
because no secret utterance will go on its way void,
and a lying mouth destroys a soul.
Don’t court death in the error of your life.
Don’t draw destruction upon yourselves by the works of your hands;
because God didn’t make death,
neither does he delight when the living perish.
For he created all things that they might have being.
The generative powers of the world are wholesome,
and there is no poison of destruction in them,
nor has Hades
1:14
Or,
a royal house
royal dominion upon earth;
for righteousness is immortal,
but ungodly men by their hands and their words summon death;
deeming him a friend they
1:16
Or,
were consumed
with love of him
pined away.
They made a covenant with him,
because they are worthy to belong with him.
For they said
2:1
Or,
among
within themselves, with unsound reasoning,
“Our life is short and sorrowful.
There is no healing when a man comes to his end,
and no one was ever known who
2:1
Or,
returned out of Hades
was released from Hades.
Because we were born by mere chance,
and hereafter we will be as though we had never been,
because the breath in our nostrils is smoke,
and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart,
which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes,
and the spirit will be dispersed as thin air.
Our name will be forgotten in time.
No one will remember our works.
Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud,
and will be scattered as is a mist,
when it is chased by the rays of the sun,
and
2:4
Gr.
weighed down.
overcome by its heat.
For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow,
and our end doesn’t retreat,
because it is securely sealed, and no one
2:5
Or,
comes again
turns it back.
“Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things that exist.
Let’s use the creation earnestly as in our youth.
Let’s fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes,
and let no spring flower pass us by.
Let’s crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let none of us go without his share in our proud revelry.
Let’s leave tokens of mirth everywhere,
because this is our portion, and this is our lot.
Let’s oppress the righteous poor.
Let’s not spare the widow,
nor regard the gray hair of the old man.
But let our strength be a law of righteousness;
for that which is weak is proven useless.
But let’s lie in wait for the righteous man,
because he annoys us,
is contrary to our works,
reproaches us with sins against the law,
and charges us with sins against our training.
He professes to have knowledge of God,
and calls himself a child of the Lord.
He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.
He is grievous to us even to look at,
because his life is unlike other men’s,
and his paths are strange.
We were regarded by him as something worthless,
and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness.
He calls the latter end of the righteous happy.
He boasts that God is his father.
Let’s see if his words are true.
Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life.
For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him,
and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries.
Let’s test him with insult and torture,
that we may find out how gentle he is,
and test his patience.
Let’s condemn him to a shameful death,
for he will be protected, according to his words.”
Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray;
for their wickedness blinded them,
and they didn’t know the mysteries of God,
neither did they hope for wages of holiness,
nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls.
Because God created man for incorruption,
and made him an image of his own everlastingness;
but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil,
and those who belong to him experience it.
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
and no torment will touch them.
In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died.
Their departure was considered a disaster,
and their travel away from us ruin,
but they are in peace.
For even if in the sight of men they are punished,
their hope is full of immortality.
Having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good;
because God tested them, and found them worthy of himself.
He tested them like gold in the furnace,
and he accepted them as a whole burnt offering.
In the time of their visitation they will shine.
They will run back and forth like sparks among stubble.
They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples.
The Lord will reign over them forever.
Those who trust him will understand truth.
The faithful will live with him in love,
because grace and mercy are with his chosen ones.
But the ungodly will be punished even as their reasoning deserves,
those who neglected righteousness and revolted from the Lord;
for he who despises wisdom and discipline is miserable.
Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable.
Their works are useless.
Their wives are foolish and their children are wicked.
Their descendants are cursed.
For the barren woman who is undefiled is happy,
she who has not conceived in transgression.
She will have fruit when God examines souls.
So is the eunuch which has done no lawless deed with his hands,
nor imagined wicked things against the Lord;
for a precious gift will be given to him for his faithfulness,
and a delightful inheritance in the Lord’s sanctuary.
For good labors have fruit of great renown.
The root of understanding can’t fail.
But children of adulterers will not come to maturity.
The seed of an unlawful union will vanish away.
For if they live long, they will not be esteemed,
and in the end, their old age will be without honor.
If they die young, they will have no hope,
nor consolation in the day of judgment.
For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous.
It is better to be childless with virtue,
for immortality is in the memory of virtue,
because it is recognized both before God and before men.
When it is present, people imitate it.
They long after it when it has departed.
Throughout all time it marches, crowned in triumph,
victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled.
But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit,
and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root,
nor will they establish a sure hold.
For even if they grow branches and flourish for a season,
standing unsure, they will be shaken by the wind.
They will be uprooted by the violence of winds.
Their branches will be broken off before they come to maturity.
Their fruit will be useless,
never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing.
For unlawfully conceived children are witnesses of wickedness
against parents when they are investigated.
But a righteous man, even if he dies before his time, will be at rest.
For honorable old age is not that which stands in length of time,
nor is its measure given by number of years,
but understanding is gray hair to men,
and an unspotted life is ripe old age.
Being found well-pleasing to God, someone was loved.
While living among sinners he was transported.
He was caught away, lest evil should change his understanding,
or guile deceive his soul.
For the fascination of wickedness obscures the things which are good,
and the whirl of desire perverts an innocent mind.
Being made perfect quickly,
he filled a long time;
for his soul was pleasing to the Lord.
Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness.
But the peoples saw and didn’t understand,
not considering this, that grace and mercy are with his chosen,
and that he visits his holy ones;
but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living,
and youth who is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age.
For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end,
and won’t understand what the Lord planned for him,
and why he safely kept him.
They will see, and they will despise;
but the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
After this, they will become a dishonored carcass
and a reproach among the dead forever;
because he will dash them speechless to the ground,
and will shake them from the foundations.
They will lie utterly waste.
They will be in anguish
and their memory will perish.
They will come with coward fear when their sins are counted.
Their lawless deeds will convict them to their face.
Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness
before the face of those who afflicted him,
and those who make his labors of no account.
When they see him, they will be troubled with terrible fear,
and will be amazed at the marvel of salvation.
They will speak among themselves repenting,
and for distress of spirit they will groan,
“This was he whom we used to hold in derision,
as a parable of reproach.
We fools considered his life madness,
and his end without honor.
How was he counted among sons of God?
How is his lot among saints?
Truly we went astray from the way of truth.
The light of righteousness didn’t shine for us.
The sun didn’t rise for us.
We
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See Proverbs 14:14.
took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction.
We traveled through trackless deserts,
but we didn’t know the Lord’s way.
What did our arrogance profit us?
What good have riches and boasting brought us?
Those things all passed away as a shadow,
like a rumor that runs by,
like a ship passing through the billowy water,
which, when it has gone by, there is no trace to be found,
no pathway of its keel in the waves.
Or it is like when a bird flies through the air,
no evidence of its passage is found,
but the light wind, lashed with the stroke of its pinions,
and torn apart with the violent rush of the moving wings, is passed through.
Afterwards no sign of its coming remains.
Or it is like when an arrow is shot at a mark,
the air it divided closes up again immediately,
so that men don’t know where it passed through.
So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be;
and we had no sign of virtue to show,
but we were utterly consumed in our wickedness.”
Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind,
and
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Gr.
like foam chased to thinness:
or,
as thin foam chased.
as
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Most Greek authorities read
hoar frost:
some authorities, perhaps rightly,
a spider’s web. foam vanishing before a tempest;
and is scattered like smoke by the wind,
and passes by as the remembrance of a guest who stays just a day.
But the righteous live forever.
Their reward is in the Lord,
and the care for them with the Most High.
Therefore they will receive the crown of royal dignity
and the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand,
because he will cover them with his right hand,
and he will shield them with his arm.
He will take his zeal as complete armor,
and will make the whole creation his weapons to punish his enemies:
He will put on righteousness as a breastplate,
and will wear impartial judgment as a helmet.
He will take holiness as an invincible shield.
He will sharpen stern wrath for a sword.
The universe will go with him to fight against his frenzied foes.
Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim.
They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow.
Hailstones full of wrath will be hurled as from a catapult.
The water of the sea will be angered against them.
Rivers will sternly overwhelm them.
A mighty wind will encounter them.
It will winnow them away like a tempest.
So lawlessness will make all the land desolate.
Their evil-doing will overturn the thrones of princes.
Hear therefore, you kings, and understand.
Learn, you judges of the ends of the earth.
Give ear, you rulers who have dominion over many people,
and make your boast
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Or,
in the multitudes of your nations
in multitudes of nations,
because your dominion was given to you from the Lord,
and your sovereignty from the Most High.
He will search out your works,
and will inquire about your plans,
because being officers of his kingdom, you didn’t judge rightly,
nor did you keep the law,
nor did you walk according to God’s counsel.
He will come upon you awfully and swiftly,
because a stern judgment comes on those who are in high places.
For the man of low estate may be pardoned in mercy,
but mighty men will be mightily tested.
For the Sovereign Lord of all will not be impressed with anyone,
neither will he show deference to greatness;
because it is he who made both small and great,
and cares about them all;
but the scrutiny that comes upon the powerful is strict.
Therefore, my words are to you, O princes,
that you may learn wisdom and not fall away.
For those who have kept the things that are holy in holiness will be made holy.
Those who have been taught them will find what to say in defense.
Therefore set your desire on my words.
Long for them, and you princes will be instructed.
Wisdom is radiant and doesn’t fade away;
and is easily seen by those who love her,
and found by those who seek her.
She anticipates those who desire her, making herself known.
He who rises up early to seek her won’t have difficulty,
for he will find her sitting at his gates.
For to think upon her is perfection of understanding,
and he who watches for her will quickly be free from care;
because she herself goes around, seeking those who are worthy of her,
and in their paths she appears to them graciously,
and in every purpose she meets them.
For her true beginning is desire for instruction;
and desire for instruction is love.
And love is observance of her laws.
To give heed to her laws confirms immortality.
Immortality brings closeness to God.
So then desire for wisdom promotes to a kingdom.
If therefore you delight in thrones and sceptres, you princes of peoples,
honor wisdom, that you may reign forever.
But what wisdom is, and how she came into being, I will declare.
I won’t hide mysteries from you;
but I will explore from her first beginning,
bring the knowledge of her into clear light,
and I will not pass by the truth.
Indeed, I won’t travel with consuming envy,
because envy will have no fellowship with wisdom.
But a multitude of wise men is salvation to the world,
and an understanding king is stability for his people.
Therefore be instructed by my words, and you will profit.
I myself am also
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Many authorities read
a mortal man. mortal, like everyone else,
and am a descendant of one formed first and born of the earth.
I molded into flesh in the time of ten months in my mother’s womb,
being compacted in blood from the seed of man and pleasure of marriage.
I also, when I was born, drew in the common air,
and fell upon the kindred earth,
uttering, like all, for my first voice, the same cry.
I was nursed with care in swaddling clothes.
For no king had a different beginning,
but all men have one entrance into life, and a common departure.
For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given to me.
I asked, and a spirit of wisdom came to me.
I preferred her before sceptres and thrones.
I considered riches nothing in comparison to her.
Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem,
because all gold in her presence is a little sand,
and silver will be considered as clay before her.
I loved her more than health and beauty,
and I chose to have her rather than light,
because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.
All good things came to me with her,
and innumerable riches are in her hands.
And I rejoiced over them all because wisdom leads them;
although I didn’t know that she was their mother.
As I learned without guile, I impart without grudging.
I don’t hide her riches.
For she is a treasure for men that doesn’t fail,
and those who use it obtain friendship with God,
commended by the gifts which they present through discipline.
But may God grant that I may speak his judgment,
and to conceive thoughts worthy of what has been given me;
because he is one who guides even wisdom and who corrects the wise.
For both we and our words are in his hand,
with all understanding and skill in various crafts.
For he himself gave me an unerring knowledge of the things that are,
to know the structure of the universe and the operation of the elements;
the beginning, end, and middle of times;
the alternations of the solstices and the changes of seasons;
the circuits of years and the positions of stars;
the natures of living creatures and the raging of wild beasts;
the violence of
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Or,
spirits
winds and the thoughts of men;
the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots.
All things that are either secret or manifest I learned,
for wisdom, that is the architect of all things, taught me.
For there is in her a spirit that is quick to understand, holy,
unique, manifold, subtle, freely moving, clear in utterance, unpolluted,
distinct, invulnerable, loving what is good, keen, unhindered,
beneficent, loving toward man, steadfast, sure, free from care, all-powerful, all-surveying,
and penetrating through all spirits that are quick to understand, pure, most subtle.
For wisdom is more mobile than any motion.
Yes, she pervades and penetrates all things by reason of her purity.
For she is a breath of the power of God,
and a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty.
Therefore nothing defiled can find entrance into her.
For she is a reflection of everlasting light,
an unspotted mirror of the working of God,
and an image of his goodness.
Although she is one, she has power to do all things.
Remaining in herself, she renews all things.
From generation to generation passing into holy souls,
she makes friends of God and prophets.
For God loves nothing as much as one who dwells with wisdom.
For she is fairer than the sun,
and above all the constellations of the stars.
She is better than light.
For daylight yields to night,
but evil does not prevail against wisdom.
But she reaches from one end to the other with full strength,
and orders all things well.
I loved her and sought her from my youth.
I sought to take her for my bride.
I became enamoured by her beauty.
She glorifies her noble birth by living with God.
The Sovereign Lord of all loves her.
For she is initiated into the knowledge of God,
and she chooses his works.
But if riches are a desired possession in life,
what is richer than wisdom, which makes all things?
And if understanding is effective,
who more than
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Gr.
she.
wisdom is an architect of the things that exist?
If a man loves righteousness,
the fruits of wisdom’s labor
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Gr.
her labors are virtues,
for she teaches soberness, understanding, righteousness, and courage.
There is nothing in life more profitable for people than these.
And if anyone longs for wide experience,
she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come.
She understands subtleties of speeches and interpretations of dark sayings.
She foresees signs and wonders, and the issues of seasons and times.
Therefore I determined to take her to live with me,
knowing that she is one who would give me good counsel,
and encourage me in cares and grief.
Because of her, I will have glory among multitudes,
and honor in the sight of elders, though I am young.
I will be found keen when I give judgment.
I will be admired in the presence of rulers.
When I am silent, they will wait for me.
When I open my lips, they will heed what I say.
If I continue speaking, they will put their hands on their mouths.
Because of her, I will have immortality,
and leave behind an eternal memory to those who come after me.
I will govern peoples.
Nations will be subjected to me.
Dreaded monarchs will fear me when they hear of me.
Among the people, I will show myself to be good, and courageous in war.
When I come into my house, I will find rest with her.
For conversation with her has no bitterness,
and living with her has no pain, but gladness and joy.
When I considered these things in myself,
and thought in my heart how immortality is in kinship to wisdom,
and in her friendship is good delight,
and in the labors of her hands is wealth that doesn’t fail,
and understanding is in her companionship,
and great renown in having fellowship with her words,
I went about seeking how to take her to myself.
Now I was a clever child, and received a good soul.
Or rather, being good, I came into an undefiled body.
But perceiving that I could not otherwise possess wisdom unless God gave her to me—
yes, and to know and understand by whom the grace is given—
I pleaded with the Lord and implored him, and with my whole heart I said:
“O God of my ancestors and Lord of mercy,
who made all things by your word;
and by your wisdom you formed man,
that he should have dominion over the creatures that were made by you,
and rule the world in holiness and righteousness,
and execute judgment in uprightness of soul,
give me wisdom, her who sits by you on your thrones.
Don’t reject me from among your
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Or,
children
servants,
because I am your servant and the son of your handmaid,
a weak and short-lived man,
with little power to understand judgment and laws.
For even if a man is perfect among the sons of men,
if the wisdom that comes from you is not with him, he will count for nothing.
You chose me to be king of your people,
and a judge for your sons and daughters.
You gave a command to build a sanctuary on your holy mountain,
and
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Or,
a place of sacrifice
an altar in the city where you live,
a copy of the holy tent which you prepared from the beginning.
Wisdom is with you and knows your works,
and was present when you were making the world,
and understands what is pleasing in your eyes,
and what is right according to your commandments.
Send her from the holy heavens,
and ask her to come from the throne of your glory,
that being present with me she may work,
and I may learn what pleases you well.
For she knows all things and understands,
and she will guide me prudently in my actions.
She will guard me in her glory.
So my works will be acceptible.
I will judge your people righteously,
and I will be worthy of my father’s
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Gr.
thrones.
throne.
For what man will know the counsel of God?
Or who will conceive what the Lord wills?
For the thoughts of mortals are unstable,
and our plans are prone to fail.
For a corruptible body weighs down the soul.
The earthy tent burdens a mind that is full of cares.
We can hardly guess the things that are on earth,
and we find the things that are close at hand with labor;
but who has traced out the things that are in the heavens?
Who gained knowledge of your counsel, unless you gave wisdom,
and sent your holy spirit from on high?
It was thus that the ways of those who are on earth were corrected,
and men were taught the things that are pleasing to you.
They were saved through wisdom.”
Wisdom
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Gr.
She.
guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, who was created alone,
and delivered him out of his own transgression,
and gave him strength to rule over all things.
But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger,
he perished himself in the rage with which he killed his brother.
When for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood,
wisdom again saved it,
guiding the righteous man’s course by a paltry piece of wood.
Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded,
wisdom
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Gr.
she
knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God,
and kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child.
While the ungodly were perishing, wisdom
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Gr.
she
delivered a righteous man,
when he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on the five cities.
To whose wickedness a smoking waste still witnesses,
and plants bearing fair fruit that doesn’t ripen,
a disbelieving soul has a memorial: a standing pillar of salt.
For having passed wisdom by,
not only were they disabled from recognising the things which are good,
but they also left behind them for their life a monument of their folly,
to the end that where they stumbled, they might fail even to be unseen;
but wisdom delivered those who waited on her out of troubles.
When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath,
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Gr.
she.
wisdom guided him in straight paths.
She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things.
She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor.
When in their covetousness men dealt harshly with him,
she stood by him and made him rich.
She guarded him from enemies,
and she kept him safe from those who lay in wait.
Over his severe conflict, she watched as judge,
that he might know that godliness is more powerful than every one.
When a righteous man was sold,
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Gr.
she.
wisdom didn’t forsake him,
but she delivered him from sin.
She went down with him into a dungeon,
and in bonds she didn’t depart from him,
until she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom,
and authority over those that dealt like a tyrant with him.
She also showed those who had mockingly accused him to be false,
and gave him eternal glory.
Wisdom
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Gr.
she.
delivered a holy people and a blameless seed from a nation of oppressors.
She entered into the soul of a servant of the Lord,
and withstood terrible kings in wonders and signs.
She rendered to holy men a reward of their toils.
She guided them along a marvelous way,
and became to them a covering in the day-time,
and a starry flame through the night.
She brought them over the Red sea,
and led them through much water;
but she drowned their enemies,
and she cast them up from the bottom of the deep.
Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly,
and they sang praise to your holy name, O Lord,
and extolled with one accord your hand that fought for them,
because wisdom opened the mouth of the mute,
and made the tongues of babes to speak clearly.
Wisdom prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet.
They traveled through a desert without inhabitant,
and they pitched their tents in trackless regions.
They withstood enemies and repelled foes.
They thirsted, and they called upon you,
and water was given to them out of the
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See Deuteronomy 8:15; Psalm 114:8.
flinty rock,
and healing of their thirst out of the hard stone.
For by what things their foes were punished,
by these they in their need were benefited.
When enemies were troubled with clotted blood
instead of a river’s ever-flowing fountain,
to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies,
you gave them abundant water beyond all hope,
having shown by the thirst which they had suffered
how you punished the adversaries.
For when they were tried, although chastened in mercy,
they learned how the ungodly were tormented, being judged with wrath.
For you tested these as a father admonishing them;
but you searched out those as a stern king condemning them.
Yes and whether they were far off or near,
they were equally distressed;
for a double grief seized them,
and a groaning at the memory of things past.
For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited,
they recognized the Lord.
For him who long before was thrown out and exposed they stopped mocking.
In the end of what happened, they marveled,
having thirsted in another manner than the righteous.
But in return for the senseless imaginings of their unrighteousness,
wherein they were led astray to worship irrational reptiles and wretched vermin,
you sent upon them a multitude of irrational creatures to punish them,
that they might learn that by what things a man sins, by these he is punished.
For your all-powerful hand
that created the world out of formless matter
didn’t lack means to send upon them a multitude of bears, fierce lions,
or newly-created and unknown wild beasts, full of rage,
either breathing out a blast of fiery breath,
or belching out smoke,
or flashing dreadful sparks from their eyes;
which had power not only to consume them by their violence,
but to destroy them even by the terror of their sight.
Yes and without these they might have fallen by a single breath,
being pursued by Justice, and scattered abroad by the breath of your power;
but you arranged all things by measure, number, and weight.
For to be greatly strong is yours at all times.
Who could withstand the might of your arm?
Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance,
and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning.
But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things,
and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may repent.
For you love all things that are,
and abhor none of the things which you made;
For you never would have formed anything if you hated it.
How would anything have endured unless you had willed it?
Or that which was not called by you, how would it have been preserved?
But you spare all things, because they are yours,
O Sovereign Lord, you who love the living.
For your incorruptible spirit is in all things.
Therefore you convict little by little those who fall from the right way,
and, putting them in remembrance by the things wherein they sin, you admonish them,
that escaping from their wickedness they may believe in you, O Lord.
For truly the old inhabitants of your holy land,
hating them because they practiced detestable works of enchantments and unholy rites—
merciless slaughters of children
and sacrificial banquets of men’s flesh and of blood—
allies in an impious fellowship,
and murderers of their own helpless babes,
it was your counsel to destroy by the hands of our fathers;
that the land which in your sight is most precious of all
might receive a worthy colony of God’s servants.
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Or,
children
Nevertheless you even spared these as men,
and you sent hornets
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Or,
wasps
as forerunners of your army,
to cause them to perish little by little.
Not that you were unable to subdue the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle,
or by terrible beasts or by a stern word to make away with them at once,
but judging them little by little you gave them a chance to repent,
not being ignorant that their nature by birth was evil,
their wickedness inborn,
and that their manner of thought would never be changed.
For they were a cursed seed from the beginning.
It wasn’t through fear of any that you left them unpunished for their sins.
For who will say, “What have you done?”
Or “Who will withstand your judgment?”
Who will accuse you for the perishing of nations which you caused?
Or who will come and stand before you as an avenger for unrighteous men?
For there isn’t any God beside you that cares for all,
that you might show that you didn’t judge unrighteously.
No king or prince will be able to confront you
about those whom you have punished.
But being righteous, you rule all things righteously,
deeming it a thing alien from your power
to condemn one who doesn’t deserve to be punished.
For your strength is the source of righteousness,
and your sovereignty over all makes you to forbear all.
For when men don’t believe that you are perfect in power, you show your strength,
and in dealing with those who think this, you confuse their boldness.
But you, being sovereign in strength, judge in gentleness,
and with great forbearance you govern us;
for the power is yours whenever you desire it.
But you taught your people by such works as these,
how the righteous must be kind.
You made your sons to have good hope,
because you give repentance when men have sinned.
For if on those who were enemies of your servants
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Or,
children
and deserving of death,
you took vengeance with so great deliberation and indulgence,
giving them times and opportunities when they might escape from their wickedness,
with how great care you judged your sons,
to whose fathers you gave oaths and covenants of good promises!
Therefore while you chasten us, you scourge our enemies ten thousand times more,
to the intent that we may ponder your goodness when we judge,
and when we are judged may look for mercy.
Therefore also the unrighteous that lived in a life of folly,
you tormented through their own abominations.
For truly they went astray very far in the ways of error,
Taking as gods those animals
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Gr.
living creatures:
and so elsewhere in this book.
which even among their enemies were held in dishonor,
deceived like foolish babes.
Therefore, as to unreasoning children, you sent your judgment to mock them.
But those who would not be admonished by mild correction
will experience the deserved judgment of God.
For through the sufferings they were indignant of,
being punished in these creatures which they supposed to be gods,
they saw and recognized as the true God him whom they previously refused to know.
Therefore also the result of extreme condemnation came upon them.
For truly all men who had no perception of God were foolish by nature,
and didn’t gain power to know him who exists from the good things that are seen.
They didn’t recognize the architect from his works.
But they thought that either fire, or wind, or swift air,
or circling stars, or raging water, or luminaries of heaven
were gods that rule the world.
If it was through delight in their beauty that they took them to be gods,
let them know how much better their Sovereign Lord is than these,
for the first author of beauty created them.
But if it was through astonishment at their power and influence,
then let them understand from them how much more powerful he who formed them is.
For from the greatness of the beauty of created things,
mankind forms the corresponding perception of their Maker.
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Gr.
is the first maker of them seen.
But yet for these men there is but small blame,
for they too perhaps go astray
while they are seeking God and desiring to find him.
For they diligently search while living among his works,
and they trust their sight that the things that they look at are beautiful.
But again even they are not to be excused.
For if they had power to know so much,
that they should be able to explore the world,
how is it that they didn’t find the Sovereign Lord sooner?
But they were miserable, and their hopes were in dead things,
who called them gods which are works of men’s hands,
gold and silver, skillfully made, and likenesses of animals,
or a useless stone, the work of an ancient hand.
Yes and some
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Gr.
carpenter who is a woodcutter.
woodcutter might saw down a tree that is easily moved,
skillfully strip away all its bark,
and fashion it in attractive form, make a useful vessel to serve his life’s needs.
Burning the scraps from his handiwork to cook his food,
he eats his fill.
Taking a discarded scrap which served no purpose,
a crooked piece of wood and full of knots,
he carves it with the diligence of his idleness,
and shapes it by the skill of his idleness.
He shapes it in the image of a man,
or makes it like some worthless animal,
smearing it with something red, painting it red,
and smearing over every stain in it.
Having made a worthy chamber for it,
he sets it in a wall, securing it with iron.
He plans for it that it may not fall down,
knowing that it is unable to help itself
(for truly it is an image, and needs help).
When he makes his prayer concerning goods and his marriage and children,
he is not ashamed to speak to that which has no life.
Yes, for health, he calls upon that which is weak.
For life, he implores that which is dead.
For aid, he supplicates that which has no experience.
For a good journey, he asks that which can’t so much as move a step.
And for profit in business and good success of his hands,
he asks ability from that which has hands with no ability.
Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves,
calls upon a piece of wood more fragile than the vessel that carries him.
For the hunger for profit planned it,
and wisdom was the craftsman who built it.
Your providence, O Father, guides it along,
because even in the sea you gave a way,
and in the waves a sure path,
showing that you can save out of every danger,
that even a man without skill may put to sea.
It is your will that the works of your wisdom should not be ineffective.
Therefore men also entrust their lives to a little piece of wood,
and passing through the surge on a raft come safely to land.
For
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The Greek text here may be corrupt.
in the old time also, when proud giants were perishing,
the hope of the world, taking refuge on a raft,
your hand guided the seed of generations of the race of men.
For blessed is wood through which comes righteousness;
but the idol made with hands is accursed, itself and he that made it;
because his was the working, and the corruptible thing was called a god.
For both the ungodly and his ungodliness are alike hateful to God;
for truly the deed will be punished together with him who committed it.
Therefore also there will be a visitation among the idols of the nation,
because, though formed of things which God created, they were made an abomination,
stumbling blocks to the souls of men,
and a snare to the feet of the foolish.
For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication,
and the invention of them the corruption of life.
For they didn’t exist from the beginning, and they won’t exist forever.
For by the boastfulness of men they entered into the world,
and therefore a speedy end was planned for them.
For a father worn with untimely grief,
making an image of the child quickly taken away,
now honored him as a god which was then a dead human being,
and delivered to those that were under him mysteries and solemn rites.
Afterward the ungodly custom, in process of time grown strong, was kept as a law,
and the engraved images received worship by the commandments of princes.
And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off,
imagining the likeness from afar,
they made a visible image of the king whom they honored,
that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.
But worship was raised to a yet higher pitch, even by those who didn’t know him,
urged forward by the ambition of the architect;
for he, wishing perhaps to please his ruler,
used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty.
So the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handiwork,
now consider an object of devotion him that a little before was honored as a man.
And this became an ambush,
because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny,
invested stones and stocks with the Name that shouldn’t be shared.
Afterward it was not enough for them to go astray concerning the knowledge of God,
but also, while they live in a great war of ignorance, they call a multitude of evils peace.
For either slaughtering children in solemn rites, or celebrating secret mysteries,
or holding frenzied revels of strange customs,
no longer do they guard either life or purity of marriage,
but one brings upon another either death by treachery, or anguish by adultery.
And all things confusedly are filled with blood and murder, theft and deceit,
corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury,
confusion about what is good, forgetfulness of favors,
ingratitude for benefits,
defiling of souls, confusion of sex,
disorder in marriage, adultery and wantonness.
For the worship of idols that may not be named
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Exodus 23:13; Psalm 16:4; Hosea 2:17; Wisdom 14:21
is a beginning and cause and end of every evil.
For their worshipers either make merry to madness, or prophesy lies,
or live unrighteously, or lightly commit perjury.
For putting their trust in lifeless idols,
when they have sworn a wicked oath, they expect not to suffer harm.
But on both counts, the just doom will pursue them,
because they had evil thoughts of God by giving heed to idols,
and swore unrighteously in deceit through contempt for holiness.
For it is not the power of things by which men swear,
but it is the just penalty for those who sin
that always visits the transgression of the unrighteous.
But you, our God, are gracious and true,
patient, and in mercy ordering all things.
For even if we sin, we are yours, knowing your dominion;
but we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted yours.
For to be acquainted with you is
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entire.
perfect righteousness,
and to know your dominion is the root of immortality.
For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s,
nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor,
a form stained with varied colors,
the sight of which leads fools into
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Some authorities read
reproach.
lust.
Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image.
Lovers of evil things, and worthy of such hopes,
are those who make, desire, and worship them.
For a potter, kneading soft earth,
laboriously molds each article for our service.
He fashions out of the same clay
both the vessels that minister to clean uses, and those of a contrary sort,
all in like manner.
What shall be the use of each article of either sort,
the potter is the judge.
Also, laboring to an evil end, he molds a vain god out of the same clay,
he who, having but a little before been made of earth,
after a short space goes his way to the earth out of which he was taken,
when he is required to render back the
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Or,
life
soul which was lent him.
However he has anxious care,
not because his powers must fail,
nor because his span of life is short;
But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths,
and he imitates molders in
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Or,
copper
brass,
and considers it great that he molds counterfeit gods.
His heart is ashes.
His hope is of less value than earth.
His life is of less honor than clay,
because he was ignorant of him who molded him,
and of him that inspired into him
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Gr.
a soul that moves to activity.
an active
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Or,
life
soul,
and breathed into him a vital spirit.
But
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Some authorities read
they accounted.
he accounted our life to be a game,
and our
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Or,
way of life
lifetime a festival for profit;
for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil.
For this man, beyond all others, knows that he sins,
out of earthy matter making brittle vessels and engraved images.
But most foolish and more miserable than a baby,
are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them;
because they even considered all the idols of the nations to be gods,
which have neither the use of eyes for seeing,
nor nostrils for drawing breath,
nor ears to hear,
nor fingers for handling,
and their feet are helpless for walking.
For a man made them,
and one whose own spirit is borrowed molded them;
for no one has power as a man to mold a god like himself.
But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands;
for he is better than the objects of his worship,
since he indeed had life, but they never did.
Yes, and they worship the creatures that are most hateful,
for, being compared as to lack of sense, these are worse than all others;
Neither, as seen beside other creatures, are they beautiful, so that one should desire them,
but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing.
For this cause, they were deservedly punished through creatures like those which they worship,
and tormented through a multitude of vermin.
Instead of this punishment, you, giving benefits to your people,
prepared quails for food,
a delicacy to satisfy the desire of their appetite,
to the end that your enemies, desiring food,
might for the hideousness of the creatures sent among them,
loathe even the necessary appetite;
but these, your people, having for a short time suffered lack,
might even partake of delicacies.
For it was necessary that inescapable lack should come upon those oppressors,
but that to these it should only be showed how their enemies were tormented.
For even when terrible raging of wild beasts came upon your people,
and they were perishing by the bites of crooked serpents,
your wrath didn’t continue to the uttermost;
but for admonition were they troubled for a short time,
having a token of salvation
to put them in remembrance of the commandment of your law;
for he who turned toward it was not saved because of that which was seen,
but because of you, the Savior of all.
Yes, and in this you persuaded our enemies
that you are he who delivers out of every evil.
For the bites of locusts and flies truly killed them.
No healing for their life was found,
because they were worthy to be punished by such things.
But your children weren’t overcome by the very fangs of venomous dragons,
for your mercy passed by where they were and healed them.
For they were bitten to put them in remembrance of your oracles,
and were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness,
they should become unable to respond to your kindness.
For truly it was neither herb nor poultice that cured them,
but your word, O Lord, which heals all people.
For you have authority over life and death,
and you lead down to the gates of Hades, and lead up again.
But though a man kills by his wickedness,
he can’t retrieve the spirit that has departed
or release the imprisoned soul.
But it is not possible to escape your hand;
for ungodly men, refusing to know you, were scourged in the strength of your arm,
pursued with strange rains and hails and relentless storms,
and utterly consumed with fire.
For, what was most marvelous,
in the water which quenches all things, the fire burned hotter;
for the world fights for the righteous.
For at one time the flame was restrained,
that it might not burn up the creatures sent against the ungodly,
but that these themselves as they looked might see that they were chased by the judgment of God.
At another time even in the midst of water it burns more intensely than fire,
that it may destroy the produce of an unrighteous land.
Instead of these things, you gave your people angels’ food to eat,
and you provided ready-to-eat bread for them from heaven without toil,
having the virtue of every pleasant flavor,
and agreeable to every taste.
For your nature showed your sweetness toward your children,
while that bread, serving the desire of the eater,
changed itself according to every man’s choice.
But snow and ice endured fire, and didn’t melt,
that people might know that fire was destroying the fruits of the enemies,
burning in the hail and flashing in the rains;
and that this fire, again, in order that righteous people may be nourished,
has even forgotten its own power.
For the creation, ministering to you, its maker,
strains its force against the unrighteous for punishment
and in kindness, slackens it on behalf of those who trust in you.
Therefore at that time also, converting itself into all forms,
it ministered to your all-nourishing bounty,
according to the desire of those who had need,
that your children, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn
that it is not the growth of crops that nourishes a man,
but that your word preserves those who trust you.
For that which was not destroyed by fire,
melted away when it was simply warmed by a faint sunbeam,
that it might be known that we must rise before the sun to give you thanks,
and must pray to you at the dawning of the light;
for the hope of the unthankful will melt as the winter’s hoar frost,
and will flow away as water that has no use.
For your judgments are great, and hard to interpret;
therefore undisciplined souls went astray.
For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power,
they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night,
kept close beneath their roofs,
lay exiled from the eternal providence.
For while they thought that they were unseen in their secret sins,
they were divided from one another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness,
stricken with terrible awe, and very troubled by apparitions.
For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them from fears,
but terrifying sounds rang around them,
and dismal phantoms appeared with unsmiling faces.
And no power of fire prevailed to give light,
neither were the brightest flames of the stars strong enough to illuminate that gloomy night;
but only the glimmering of a self-kindled fire appeared to them, full of fear.
In terror, they considered the things which they saw
to be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze.
The mockeries of their magic arts were powerless, now,
and a shameful rebuke of their boasted understanding:
For those who promised to drive away terrors and disorders from a sick soul,
these were sick with a ludicrous fearfulness.
For even if no troubling thing frighted them,
yet, scared with the creeping of vermin and hissing of serpents,
they perished trembling in fear,
refusing even to look at the air, which could not be escaped on any side.
For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing,
and, being pressed hard by conscience, always has added forecasts of the worst.
For fear is nothing else but a surrender of the help which reason offers;
and from within, the expectation of being less
prefers ignorance of the cause that brings the torment.
But they, all through the night which was powerless indeed,
and which came upon them out of the recesses of powerless Hades,
sleeping the same sleep,
now were haunted by monstrous apparitions,
and now were paralyzed by their soul’s surrendering;
for sudden and unexpected fear came upon them.
So then whoever it might be, sinking down in his place,
was kept captive, shut up in that prison which was not barred with iron;
for whether he was a farmer, or a shepherd,
or a laborer whose toils were in the wilderness,
he was overtaken, and endured that inescapable sentence;
for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
Whether there was a whistling wind,
or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches,
or a measured fall of water running violently,
or a harsh crashing of rocks hurled down,
or the swift course of animals bounding along unseen,
or the voice of wild beasts harshly roaring,
or an echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains,
all these things paralyzed them with terror.
For the whole world was illuminated with clear light,
and was occupied with unhindered works,
while over them alone was spread a heavy night,
an image of the darkness that should afterward receive them;
but to themselves, they were heavier than darkness.
But for your holy ones there was great light.
Their enemies, hearing their voice but not seeing their form,
counted it a happy thing that they too had suffered,
yet for that they do not hurt them, though wronged by them before, they are thankful;
and because they had been at variance with them, they begged for pardon.
Therefore you provided a burning pillar of fire,
to be a guide for your people’s unknown journey,
and a harmless sun for their glorious exile.
For the Egyptians well deserved to be deprived of light and imprisoned by darkness,
they who had imprisoned your children,
through whom the incorruptible light of the law was to be given to the race of men.
After they had taken counsel to kill the babes of the holy ones,
and when a single child had been abandoned and saved to convict them of their sin,
you took away from them their multitude of children,
and destroyed all their army together in a mighty flood.
Our fathers were made aware of that night beforehand,
that, having sure knowledge, they might be cheered by the oaths which they had trusted.
Salvation of the righteous and destruction of the enemies was expected by your people.
For as you took vengeance on the adversaries,
by the same means, calling us to yourself, you glorified us.
For holy children of good men offered sacrifice in secret,
and with one consent they agreed to the covenant of the divine law,
that they would partake alike in the same good things and the same perils,
the fathers already leading the sacred songs of praise.
But the discordant cry of the enemies echoed back,
and a pitiful voice of lamentation for children was spread abroad.
Both servant and master were punished with the same just doom,
and the commoner suffering the same as king;
Yes, they all together, under one form of death,
had corpses without number.
For the living were not sufficient even to bury them,
Since at a single stroke, their most cherished offspring was consumed.
For while they were disbelieving all things by reason of the enchantments,
upon the destruction of the firstborn they confessed the people to be God’s children.
For while peaceful silence wrapped all things,
and night in her own swiftness was half spent,
your all-powerful word leaped from heaven, from the royal throne,
a stern warrior, into the midst of the doomed land,
bearing as a sharp sword your authentic commandment,
and standing, it filled all things with death,
and while it touched the heaven it stood upon the earth.
Then immediately apparitions in dreams terribly troubled them,
and unexpected fears came upon them.
And each, one thrown here half dead, another there,
made known why he was dying;
for the dreams, disturbing them, forewarned them of this,
that they might not perish without knowing why they were afflicted.
The experience of death also touched the righteous,
and a multitude were destroyed in the wilderness,
but the wrath didn’t last long.
For a blameless man hurried to be their champion,
bringing the weapon of his own ministry,
prayer, and the atoning sacrifice of incense.
He withstood the indignation and set an end to the calamity,
showing that he was your servant.
And he overcame the anger,
not by strength of body, not by force of weapons,
but by his word, he subdued the avenger
by bringing to remembrance oaths and covenants made with the fathers.
For when the dead had already fallen in heaps one upon another,
he intervened and stopped the wrath,
and cut off its way to the living.
For the whole world was pictured on his long robe,
and the glories of the fathers were upon the engraving of the four rows of precious stones,
and your majesty was upon the diadem on his head.
The destroyer yielded to these, and they feared;
for it was enough only to test the wrath.
But indignation without mercy came upon the ungodly to the end;
for God also foreknew their future,
how, having changed their minds to let your people go,
and having sped them eagerly on their way,
they would change their minds and pursue them.
For while they were yet in the midst of their mourning,
and lamenting at the graves of the dead,
they made another foolish decision,
and pursued as fugitives those whom they had begged to leave and driven out.
For the doom which they deserved was drawing them to this end,
and it made them forget the things that had happened to them,
that they might fill up the punishment which was yet lacking from their torments,
and that your people might journey on by a marvelous road,
but they themselves might find a strange death.
For the whole creation, each part in its diverse kind, was made new again,
complying with your commandments,
that your servants might be kept unharmed.
Then the cloud that overshadowed the camp was seen,
and dry land rising up out of what had been water,
out of the Red sea an unhindered highway,
and a grassy plain out of the violent surge,
by which they passed over with all their army,
these who were covered with your hand,
having seen strange marvels.
For like horses they roamed at large,
and they skipped about like lambs,
praising you, O Lord, who was their deliverer.
For they still remembered the things that happened in the time of their sojourning,
how instead of bearing cattle, the land brought forth lice,
and instead of fish, the river spewed out a multitude of frogs.
But afterwards, they also saw a new kind of birds,
when, led on by desire, they asked for luxurious dainties;
for, to comfort them, quails came up for them from the sea.
Punishments came upon the sinners,
not without the signs that were given beforehand by the violence of the thunder,
for they justly suffered through their own wickednesses,
for the hatred which they practiced toward guests was grievous indeed.
For while the others didn’t receive the strangers when they came to them,
the Egyptians made slaves of guests who were their benefactors.
And not only so, but while punishment of some sort will come upon the former,
since they received as enemies those who were aliens;
because these first welcomed with feastings,
and then afflicted with dreadful toils,
those who had already shared with them in the same rights.
And moreover they were stricken with loss of sight
(even as were those others at the righteous man’s doors),
when, being surrounded with yawning darkness,
they each looked for the passage through his own door.
For as the notes of a lute vary the character of the rhythm,
even so the elements, changing their order one with another,
continuing always in its sound,
as may clearly be conjectured from the sight of the things that have happened.
For creatures of the dry land were turned into creatures of the waters,
and creatures that swim moved upon the land.
Fire kept the mastery of its own power in water,
and water forgot its quenching nature.
On the contrary, flames didn’t consume flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them,
neither did they melt the crystalline grains of ambrosial food that were melted easily.
For in all things, O Lord, you magnified your people,
and you glorified them and didn’t lightly regard them,
standing by their side in every time and place.
Ecclesiasticus
Sirach
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
Sirach
Sirach
THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH,
OR
ECCLESIASTICUS
The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, also called
Ecclesiasticus, is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
The Prologue of the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach.
WHEREAS many and great things have been delivered to us by the law and the prophets, and by the others that have followed in their steps, for which we must give Israel the praise for instruction and wisdom; and since not only the readers need to become skillful themselves, but also those who love learning must be able to profit those who are outside, both by speaking and writing; my grandfather Jesus, having much given himself to the reading of the law, and the prophets, and the other books of our fathers, and having gained great familiarity with them, was also drawn on himself to write somewhat pertaining to instruction and wisdom, in order that those who love learning, and are devoted to these things, might make progress much more by living according to the law. You are entreated therefore to read with favor and attention, and to pardon us, if in any parts of what we have labored to interpret, we may seem to fail in some of the phrases. For things originally spoken in Hebrew don’t have the same force in them when they are translated into another language. Not only these, but the law itself, and the prophecies, and the rest of the books, have no small difference, when they are spoken in their original language. For having come into Egypt in the thirty-eighth year of Energetes the king, and having continued there some time, I found a copy giving no small instruction. I thought it therefore most necessary for me to apply some diligence and travail to translate this book, applying indeed much watchfulness and skill in that space of time to bring the book to an end and publish for them also, who in the land of their travels are desiring to learn, preparing their character in advance, so as to live according to the law.
All wisdom comes from the Lord,
and is with him forever.
Who can count the sand of the seas,
the drops of rain,
and the days of eternity?
Who will search out the height of the sky,
the breadth of the earth, the deep,
and wisdom?
Wisdom has been created before all things,
and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
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Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities:
The source of wisdom is God’s word in the highest heaven, and her ways are the eternal commandments.
To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed?
Who has known her shrewd counsels?
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Verse 7 is omitted by the best authorities:
To whom was the knowledge of wisdom manifested? Who has understood her abundant experience?
There is one wise, greatly to be feared,
sitting upon his throne: the Lord.
He created her.
He saw and measured her.
He poured her out upon all his works.
She is with all flesh according to his gift.
He gave her freely to those who love him.
The fear of the Lord is glory, exultation,
gladness, and a crown of rejoicing.
The fear of the Lord will delight the heart,
and will give gladness, joy, and length of days.
Whoever fears the Lord, it will go well with him at the last.
He will be blessed in the day of his death.
To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
It was created together with the faithful in the womb.
She
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Gr.
nested.
laid an eternal foundation with men.
She will be trusted among their offspring.
To fear the Lord is the fullness of wisdom.
She inebriates men with her fruits.
She will fill all her house with desirable things,
and her storehouses with her produce.
The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom,
making peace and
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Gr.
health of cure.
perfect health to flourish.
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The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities:
Both are gifts of God for peace; glory opens out for those who love him. He saw her and took her measure.
He both saw and measured her.
He rained down skill and knowledge of understanding,
and exalted the honor of those who hold her fast.
To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom.
Her branches are length of days.
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Verse 21 is omitted by the best authorities:
The fear of the Lord drives away sins. Where it resides, it will turn away all anger.
Unjust wrath can never be justified,
for his wrath tips the scale to his downfall.
A man that is patient will resist for a season,
and afterward gladness will spring up to him.
He will hide his words until the right moment,
and the lips of many will tell of his understanding.
A wise saying is in the treasures of wisdom;
but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments
and the Lord will give her to you freely;
for the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction.
Faith and humility are his good pleasure.
Don’t disobey the fear of the Lord.
Don’t come to him with a double heart.
Don’t be a hypocrite in men’s sight.
Keep watch over your lips.
Don’t exalt yourself,
lest you fall and bring dishonor upon your soul.
The Lord will reveal your secrets
and will cast you down in the midst of the congregation,
because you didn’t come to the fear of the Lord
and your heart was full of deceit.
My son, if you come to serve the Lord,
prepare your soul for temptation.
Set your heart aright, constantly endure,
and don’t make haste in time of calamity.
Cling to him, and don’t depart,
that you may be increased at your latter end.
Accept whatever is brought upon you,
and be patient when you suffer humiliation.
For gold is tried in the fire,
and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
Put your trust in him, and he will help you.
Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him.
All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy.
Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.
All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him,
and your reward will not fail.
All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things,
and for eternal gladness and mercy.
Look at the generations of old, and see:
Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed?
Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken?
Or who called upon him, and he neglected him?
For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.
Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands,
and to the sinner who goes two ways!
Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe.
Therefore it won’t be defended.
Woe to you who have lost your patience!
And what will you all do when the Lord visits you?
Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words.
Those who love him will keep his ways.
Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure.
Those who love him will be filled with the law.
Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts,
and will humble their souls in his sight.
We will fall into the hands of the Lord,
and not into the hands of men;
for as his majesty is,
so also is his mercy.
Hear me, your father, O my children,
and do what you hear, that you all may be safe.
For the Lord honors the father over the children,
and has confirmed the judgment of the mother over her sons.
He who honors his father will make atonement for sins.
He who gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure.
Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children.
He will be heard in the day of his prayer.
He who gives glory to his father will have length of days.
He who listens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother,
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Some manuscripts add
those who fear the Lord honor their father, and will serve under his parents, as to masters.
Honor your father in deed and word,
that a blessing may come upon you from him.
For the blessing of the father establishes the houses of children,
but the curse of the mother roots out the foundations.
Don’t glorify yourself in the dishonor of your father,
for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.
For the glory of a man is from the honor of his father,
and a mother in dishonor is a reproach to her children.
My son, help your father in his old age,
and don’t grieve him as long as he lives.
If he fails in understanding, have patience with him.
Don’t dishonor him in your full strength.
For the kindness to your father will not be forgotten.
Instead of sins it will be added to build you up.
In the day of your affliction it will be remembered for you,
as fair weather upon ice,
so your sins will also melt away.
He who forsakes his father is as a blasphemer.
He who provokes his mother is cursed by the Lord.
My son, go on with your business in humility;
so you will be loved by an acceptable man.
The greater you are, humble yourself the more,
and you will find favor before the Lord.
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Some manuscripts add
Many are lofty and renowned, but he reveals his secrets to the humble.
For the power of the Lord is great,
and he is glorified by those who are lowly.
Don’t seek things that are too hard for you,
and don’t search out things that are above your strength.
Think about the things that have been commanded you,
for you have no need of the things that are secret.
Don’t be overly busy in tasks that are beyond you,
for more things are shown to you than men can understand.
For the conceit of many has led them astray.
Evil opinion has caused their judgment to slip.
3:25
Some manuscripts omit verse 25.There is no light without eyes.
There is no wisdom without knowledge.
A stubborn heart will do badly at the end.
He who loves danger will perish in it.
A stubborn heart will be burdened with troubles.
The sinner will heap sin upon sins.
The calamity of the proud has no healing,
for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him.
The heart of the prudent will understand a proverb.
A wise man desires the ear of a listener.
Water will quench a flaming fire;
almsgiving will make atonement for sins.
He who repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward.
In the time of his falling he will find a support.
My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living.
Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.
Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful,
or provoke a man in his distress.
Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked.
Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.
Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction.
Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks.
Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul,
he who made him will hear his supplication.
Endear yourself to the assembly.
Bow your head to a great man.
Incline your ear to a poor man.
Answer him with peaceful words in humility.
Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him;
Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment.
Be as a father to the fatherless,
and like a husband to their mother.
So you will be as a son of the Most High,
and he will love you more than your mother does.
Wisdom exalts her sons,
and takes hold of those who seek her.
He who loves her loves life.
Those who seek her early will be filled with gladness.
He who holds her fast will inherit glory.
Where
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Or,
she
he enters, the Lord will bless.
Those who serve her minister to the Holy One.
The Lord loves those who love her.
He who listens to her will judge the nations.
He who heeds her will dwell securely.
If he trusts her, he will inherit her,
and his generations will possess her.
For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways,
and will bring fear and dread upon him,
and torment him with her discipline,
until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
Then she will return him again to the straight way,
and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
If he goes astray, she will forsake him,
and hand him over to his fall.
Watch for the opportunity, and beware of evil.
Don’t be ashamed of your soul.
For there is a shame that brings sin,
and there is a shame that is glory and grace.
Don’t show partiality, discrediting your soul.
Don’t revere any man to your falling.
Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety.
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Some manuscripts omit this line.
Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.
For wisdom will be known by speech,
and instruction by the word of the tongue.
Don’t speak against the truth
and be shamed for your ignorance.
Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins.
Don’t fight the river’s current.
Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon.
Don’t be partial to one who is mighty.
Strive for the truth to death,
and the Lord God will fight for you.
Don’t be hasty with your tongue,
or slack and negligent in your deeds.
Don’t be like a lion in your house,
or suspicious of your servants.
Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive,
and closed when you should repay.
Don’t set your heart upon your goods.
Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”
Don’t follow your own mind and your strength
to walk in the desires of your heart.
Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?”
for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?”
for the Lord is patient.
Don’t be so confident of atonement
that you add sin upon sins.
Don’t say, “His compassion is great.
He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,”
for mercy and wrath are with him,
and his indignation will rest on sinners.
Don’t wait to turn to the Lord.
Don’t put off from day to day;
for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you,
and you will perish in the time of vengeance.
Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains,
for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
Don’t winnow with every wind.
Don’t walk in every path.
This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.
Be steadfast in your understanding.
Let your speech be consistent.
Be swift to hear
and answer with patience.
If you have understanding, answer your neighbor;
but if not, put your hand over your mouth.
Glory and dishonor is in talk.
A man’s tongue may be his downfall.
Don’t be called a whisperer.
Don’t lie in wait with your tongue;
for shame is on the thief,
and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.
Don’t be ignorant in a great or small matter.
Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend;
for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach.
So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue.
Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul,
that your soul not be torn in pieces like a bull.
You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit,
and leave yourself like a dry tree.
A wicked soul will destroy him who has it,
and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies.
Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends.
A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies.
Let those that are at peace with you be many,
but your advisers one of a thousand.
If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing,
and don’t be in a hurry to trust him.
For there is a friend just for an occasion.
He won’t continue in the day of your affliction.
And there is a friend who turns into an enemy.
He will discover strife to your reproach.
And there is a friend who is a companion at the table,
but he won’t continue in the day of your affliction.
In your prosperity he will be as yourself,
and will be bold over your servants.
If you are brought low, he will be against you,
and will hide himself from your face.
Separate yourself from your enemies,
and beware of your friends.
A faithful friend is a strong defense.
He who has found him has found a treasure.
There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend.
His excellency is beyond price.
A faithful friend is a life-saving medicine.
Those who fear the Lord will find him.
He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly;
for as he is, so is his neighbor also.
My son, gather instruction from your youth up.
Even when you have gray hair you will find wisdom.
Come to her as one who plows and sows
and wait for her good fruit;
for your toil will be little in her cultivation,
and you will soon eat of her fruit.
How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned!
He who is without understanding will not remain in her.
She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial.
He won’t hesitate to cast her from him.
For wisdom is according to her name.
She isn’t manifest to many.
Give ear, my son, and accept my judgment.
Don’t refuse my counsel.
Bring your feet into her fetters,
and your neck into her chain.
Put your shoulder under her and bear her.
Don’t be grieved with her bonds.
Come to her with all your soul.
Keep her ways with your whole power.
Search and seek, and she will be made known to you.
When you get hold of her, don’t let her go.
For at the last you will find her rest;
and she will be turned for you into gladness.
Her fetters will be to you for a covering of strength,
and her chains for a robe of glory.
For there is a golden ornament upon her,
and her bands are
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Numbers 15:38 a purple cord.
You shall put her on as a robe of glory,
and shall put her on as a crown of rejoicing.
My son, if you are willing, you will be instructed.
If you will yield your soul, you will be prudent.
If you love to hear, you will receive.
If you incline your ear, you will be wise.
Stand in the multitude of the elders.
Attach yourself to whomever is wise.
Be willing to listen to every godly discourse.
Don’t let the proverbs of understanding escape you.
If you see a man of understanding, get to him early.
Let your foot wear out the steps of his doors.
Let your mind dwell on the ordinances of the Lord
and meditate continually on his commandments.
He will establish your heart
and your desire for wisdom will be given to you.
Do no evil,
so no evil will overtake you.
Depart from wrong,
and it will turn away from you.
My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness,
and you won’t reap them sevenfold.
Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord,
nor the seat of honor from the king.
Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord,
and don’t display your wisdom before the king.
Don’t seek to be a judge,
lest you not be able to take away iniquities,
lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man,
and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness.
Don’t sin against the multitude of the city.
Don’t disgrace yourself in the crowd.
Don’t commit a sin twice,
for even in one you will not be unpunished.
Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts.
When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”
Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer.
Don’t neglect to give alms.
Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul,
for there is one who humbles and exalts.
Don’t devise
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Gr.
Don’t plow a lie against your brother,
or do the same to a friend.
Refuse to utter a lie,
for that habit results in no good.
Don’t babble in the assembly of elders.
Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.
Don’t hate hard labor
or farm work, which the Most High has created.
Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners.
Remember that wrath will not wait.
Humble your soul greatly,
for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm.
Don’t exchange a friend for something,
neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.
Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife,
for her grace is worth more than gold.
Don’t abuse a servant who works faithfully,
or a hireling who gives you his life.
Let your soul love a wise servant.
Don’t defraud him of liberty.
Do you have cattle? Look after them.
If they are profitable to you, let them stay by you.
Do you have children? Correct them,
and make them obedient from their youth.
Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies,
and don’t be overly indulgent toward them.
Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter.
Give her to a man of understanding.
Do you have a wife who pleases you? Don’t cast her out.
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Many authorities omit this line
But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful.
Honor your father with your whole heart,
and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother.
Remember that you were born of them.
What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you?
Fear the Lord with all your soul;
and revere his priests.
With all your strength love him who made you.
Don’t forsake his ministers.
Fear the Lord and honor the priest.
Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you:
the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders,
the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things.
Also stretch out your hand to the poor man,
that your blessing may be complete.
A gift has grace in the sight of every living man.
Don’t withhold grace for a dead man.
Don’t avoid those who weep,
and mourn with those who mourn.
Don’t be slow to visit a sick man,
for by such things you will gain love.
In all your words, remember eternity,
and you will never sin.
Don’t contend with a mighty man,
lest perhaps you fall into his hands.
Don’t strive with a rich man, lest perhaps he overpower you;
for gold has destroyed many,
and turned away the hearts of kings.
Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man.
Don’t heap wood upon his fire.
Don’t make fun of a rude man,
lest your ancestors be dishonored.
Don’t reproach a man when he turns from sin.
Remember that we are all worthy of punishment.
Don’t dishonor a man in his old age,
for some of us are also growing old.
Don’t rejoice over anyone’s death.
Remember that we all die.
Don’t neglect the discourse of the wise.
Be conversant with their proverbs;
for from them you will learn discipline
and how to serve great men.
Don’t miss the discourse of the aged,
for they also learned from their parents,
because from them you will learn understanding,
and to give an answer in time of need.
Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner,
lest you be burned with the flame of his fire.
Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man,
lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth.
Don’t lend to a man who is stronger than you;
and if you lend, count it as a loss.
Don’t be surety beyond your means.
If you give surety, think as one who will have to pay.
Don’t go to law with a judge;
for according to his honor they will give judgment for him.
Don’t travel with a reckless man,
lest he be burdensome to you;
for he will do as he pleases,
and you will perish with his folly.
Don’t fight with a wrathful man.
Don’t travel with him through the desert,
for blood is as nothing in his sight.
Where there is no help, he will overthrow you.
Don’t consult with a fool,
for he will not be able to keep a secret.
Do no secret thing before a stranger,
for you don’t know what it will cause.
Don’t open your heart to every man.
Don’t let him return you a favor.
Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom,
and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.
Don’t give your soul to a woman
and let her trample down your strength.
Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute,
lest perhaps you fall into her snares.
Don’t associate with a woman who is a singer,
lest perhaps you be caught by her tricks.
Don’t gaze at a virgin,
lest perhaps you stumble and incur penalties for her.
Don’t give your soul to prostitutes,
that you not lose your inheritance.
Don’t look around in the streets of the city.
Don’t wander in its deserted places.
Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman,
and don’t gaze at another’s beauty.
Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman;
and with this, passion is kindled like a fire.
Don’t dine at all with a woman who has a husband,
or revel with her at wine,
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The preceding line of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
lest perhaps your soul turn away to her,
and with your spirit you slide into destruction.
Don’t forsake an old friend;
for a new one is not comparable to him.
A new friend is like new wine:
if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness.
Don’t envy the success of a sinner;
for you don’t know what his end will be.
Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly.
Remember they will not go unpunished to
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Gr.
Hades.
the grave.
Keep yourself far from the man who has
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Or,
authority
power to kill,
and you will not be troubled by the fear of death.
If you come to him, commit no fault,
lest he take away your life.
Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares,
and walk upon the battlements of a city.
As well as you can, aim to know your neighbors,
and take counsel with the wise.
Let your conversation be with men of understanding.
Let all your discourse be in the law of the Most High.
Let righteous people be companions at your table.
Let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
A work is commended because of the skill of the artisan;
so he who rules the people will be considered wise for his speech.
A loudmouthed man is dangerous in his city.
He who is reckless in his speech will be hated.
A wise judge will instruct his people.
The government of a man of understanding will be well ordered.
As is the judge of his people, so are his officials.
As the city’s ruler is, so are all those who dwell in it.
An undisciplined king will destroy his people.
A city will be established through the understanding of the powerful.
The government of the earth is in the Lord’s hand.
In due time, he will raise up over it the right person at the right time.
A man’s prosperity is in the Lord’s hand.
He will lay his honor upon the person of the scribe.
Don’t be angry with your neighbor for every wrong.
Do nothing by works of violence.
Pride is hateful before the Lord and men.
Arrogance is abhorrent in the judgment of both.
Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation
because of injustice, violence, and greed for money.
Why are dirt and ashes proud?
10:9
Two lines of this verse are here omitted by the best authorities.
Because in life, my body decays.
A long disease mocks the physician.
The king of today will die tomorrow.
For when a man is dead,
he will inherit maggots, vermin, and worms.
It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord.
His heart has departed from him who made him.
For the beginning of pride is sin.
He who keeps it will pour out abomination.
For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities
and utterly overthrew them.
The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers
and set the lowly in their place.
The Lord plucked up the roots of nations
and planted the lowly in their place.
The Lord overthrew the lands of nations
and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
He took some of them away and destroyed them,
and made their memory to cease from the earth.
Pride has not been created for men,
nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women.
Whose offspring has honor?
Human offspring who fear the Lord.
Whose offspring has no honor?
Human offspring who break the commandments.
In the midst of kindred he who rules them has honor.
Those who fear the Lord have honor in his eyes.
10:21
Verse 21 is omitted by the best authorities: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, but obstinance and pride are the beginning of rejection.
The rich man, the honorable, and the poor
all glory in the fear of the Lord.
It is not right to dishonor a poor man who has understanding.
It is not fitting to glorify a man who is a sinner.
The prince, the judge, and the mighty man will be honored.
There is not one of them greater than he who fears the Lord.
Free men will minister to a wise servant.
A man who has knowledge will not complain.
Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work.
Don’t boast in the time of your distress.
Better is he who labors and abounds in all things,
than he who boasts and lacks bread.
My son, glorify your soul in humility,
and ascribe to yourself honor according to your worthiness.
Who will justify him who sins against his own soul?
Who will honor him who dishonors his own life?
A poor man is honored for his knowledge.
A rich man is honored for his riches.
But he who is honored in poverty, how much more in riches?
He who is dishonored in riches, how much more in poverty?
The wisdom of the lowly will lift up his head,
and make him sit in the midst of great men.
Don’t commend a man for his good looks.
Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance.
The bee is little among flying creatures,
but what it produces is the best of confections.
Don’t boast about the clothes you wear,
and don’t exalt yourself in the day of honor;
for the Lord’s works are wonderful,
and his works are hidden among men.
Many
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Gr.
tyrants
kings have sat down upon the ground,
but one who was never thought of has worn a crown.
Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced.
Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands.
Don’t blame before you investigate.
Understand first, and then rebuke.
Don’t answer before you have heard.
Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.
Don’t argue about a matter that doesn’t concern you.
Don’t sit with sinners when they judge.
My son, don’t be busy about many matters;
for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished.
If you pursue, you will not overtake,
and you will not escape by fleeing.
There is one who toils, labors, and hurries,
and is even more behind.
There is one who is sluggish, and needs help,
lacking in strength, and who abounds in poverty,
but the Lord’s eyes looked upon him for good,
and he raised him up from his low condition,
and lifted up his head
so that many marveled at him.
Good things and bad, life and death,
poverty and riches, are from the Lord.
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Verses 15 and 16 are omitted by the best authorities.
The Lord’s gift remains with the godly.
His good pleasure will prosper forever.
One grows rich by his diligence and self-denial,
and this is the portion of his reward:
when he says, “I have found rest,
and now I will eat of my goods!”
he doesn’t know how much time will pass
until he leaves them to others and dies.
Be steadfast in your covenant and be doing it,
and grow old in your work.
Don’t marvel at the works of a sinner,
but trust the Lord and stay in your labor;
for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord
to swiftly and suddenly make a poor man rich.
The Lord’s blessing is in the reward of the godly.
He makes his blessing flourish in an hour that comes swiftly.
Don’t say, “What use is there of me?
What further good things can be mine?”
Don’t say, “I have enough.
What harm could happen to me now?”
In the day of good things, bad things are forgotten.
In the day of bad things, a man will not remember things that are good.
For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord
to reward a man in the day of death according to his ways.
The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten.
In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed.
Call no man happy before his death.
A man will be known in his children.
Don’t bring every man into your house,
for many are the tricks of a deceitful man.
Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man.
Like a spy, he looks for your weakness.
For he lies in wait to turn things that are good into evil,
and assigns blame in things that are praiseworthy.
From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled,
and a sinful man lies in wait to shed blood.
Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things,
lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever.
Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments
and estrange you from your own family.
If you do good, know to whom you do it,
and your good deeds will have thanks.
Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward—
if not from him, then from the Most High.
No good will come to him who continues to do evil,
nor to him who gives no alms.
Give to the godly man,
and don’t help the sinner.
Do good to one who is lowly.
Don’t give to an ungodly man.
Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him,
lest he subdue you with it;
for you would receive twice as much evil
for all the good you would have done to him.
For the Most High also hates sinners,
and will repay vengeance to the ungodly.
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The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
Give to the good man,
and don’t help the sinner.
A man’s friend won’t be
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Or,
punished
fully tried in prosperity.
His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity.
In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved.
In his adversity, even his friend leaves.
Never trust your enemy,
for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper.
Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down,
still be careful and beware of him.
You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror,
to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish.
Don’t set him next to you,
lest he overthrow you and stand in your place.
Don’t let him sit on your right hand,
lest he seek to take your seat,
and at the last you acknowledge my words,
and be pricked with my sayings.
Who will pity a charmer that is bitten by a snake,
or any who come near wild beasts?
Even so, who will pity him who goes to a sinner,
and is associated with him in his sins?
For a while he will stay with you,
and if you falter, he will not stay.
The enemy will speak sweetly with his lips,
and in his heart plan to throw you into a pit.
The enemy may weep with his eyes,
but if he finds opportunity, he will want more blood.
If adversity meets you, you will find him there before you.
Pretending to help you, he will trip you.
He will shake his head, clap his hands,
whisper much, and change his countenance.
He who touches pitch will be defiled.
He who has fellowship with a proud man will become like him.
Don’t take up a burden above your strength.
Have no fellowship with one who is mightier and richer than yourself.
What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle?
The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces.
The rich man does a wrong and threatens.
The poor is wronged and apologizes.
If you are profitable, he will exploit you.
If you are in need, he will forsake you.
If you own something, he will live with you.
He will drain your resources and will not be sorry.
Does he need you? Then he will deceive you,
smile at you, and give you hope.
He will speak kindly to you and say, “What do you need?”
He will shame you by his delicacies
until he has made you bare twice or thrice,
and in the end he will laugh you to scorn.
Afterward he will see you, will forsake you,
and shake his head at you.
Beware that you are not deceived
and brought low in your enjoyment.
If a mighty man invites you, be reserved,
and he will invite you more.
Don’t press him, lest you be thrust back.
Don’t stand far off, lest you be forgotten.
Don’t try to speak with him as an equal,
and don’t believe his many words;
for he will test you with much talk,
and will examine you in a smiling manner.
He who doesn’t keep secrets to himself is unmerciful.
He won’t hesitate to harm and to bind.
Keep them to yourself and be careful,
for you walk
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Gr.
along with.
in danger of falling.
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The remainder of verse 13, and verse 14, are omitted by the best authorities.
Every living creature loves its own kind,
and every man loves his neighbor.
All flesh associates with their own kind.
A man will stick to people like himself.
What fellowship would the wolf have with the lamb?
So is the sinner to the godly.
What peace is there between a hyena and a dog?
What peace is there between a rich man and the poor?
Wild donkeys are the prey of lions in the wilderness;
likewise poor men are feeding grounds for the rich.
Lowliness is an abomination to a proud man;
likewise a poor man is an abomination to the rich.
When a rich man is shaken, he is supported by his friends,
but when the humble is down, he is pushed away even by his friends.
When a rich man falls, there are many helpers.
He speaks things not to be spoken, and men justify him.
A humble man falls, and men rebuke him.
He utters wisdom, and is not listened to.
A rich man speaks, and all keep silence.
They extol what he says to the clouds.
A poor man speaks, and they say, “Who is this?”
If he stumbles, they will help to overthrow him.
Riches are good if they have no sin.
Poverty is evil only in the opinion of the ungodly.
The heart of a man changes his countenance,
whether it is for good or for evil.
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A cheerful countenance is a sign of a prosperous heart.
Devising proverbs takes strenuous thinking.
Blessed is the man who has not slipped with his mouth,
and doesn’t suffer from sorrow for sins.
Blessed is he whose soul does not condemn him,
and who has not given up hope.
Riches are not appropriate for a stingy person.
What would a miser do with money?
He who gathers by denying himself gathers for others.
Others will revel in his goods.
If one is mean to himself, to whom will he be good?
He won’t enjoy his possessions.
There is none more evil than he who is grudging to himself.
This is a punishment for his wickedness.
Even if he does good, he does it in forgetfulness.
In the end, he reveals his wickedness.
A miser is evil.
He turns away and disregards souls.
A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion.
Wicked injustice dries up his soul.
A miser begrudges bread,
and it is lacking at his table.
My son, according to what you have, treat yourself well,
and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.
Remember that death will not wait,
and that the covenant of Hades hasn’t been shown to you.
Do good to your friends before you die.
According to your ability, reach out and give to them.
Don’t deprive yourself of a good day.
Don’t let your share of a desired good pass you by.
Won’t you leave your labors to another,
and your toils be divided by lot?
Give, take, and treat yourself well,
because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades.
All flesh grows old like a garment,
for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die!”
Like the leaves flourishing on a thick tree,
some it sheds, and some grow,
so also are the generations of flesh and blood:
one comes to an end and another is born.
Every work rots and falls away,
and its builder will depart with it.
Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom,
and who reasons by his understanding.
He who considers her ways in his heart
will also have knowledge of her secrets.
Go after her like a hunter,
and lie in wait in her paths.
He who peers in at her windows
will also listen at her doors.
He who lodges close to her house
will also fasten a nail in her walls.
He will pitch his tent near at hand to her,
and will lodge in a lodging where good things are.
He will set his children under her shelter,
and will rest under her branches.
By her he will be covered from heat,
and will lodge in her glory.
He who fears the Lord will do this.
He who has possession of the law will obtain her.
She will meet him like a mother,
and receive him like a wife married in her virginity.
She will feed him with bread of understanding
and give him water of wisdom to drink.
He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved.
He will rely upon her, and will not be confounded.
She will exalt him above his neighbors.
She will open his mouth in the midst of the congregation.
He will inherit joy, a crown of gladness,
and an everlasting name.
Foolish men will not obtain her.
Sinners will not see her.
She is far from pride.
Liars will not remember her.
Praise is not attractive in the mouth of a sinner;
for it was not sent to him from the Lord.
For praise will be spoken in wisdom;
The Lord will prosper it.
Don’t say, “It is through the Lord that I fell away;”
for you shall not do the things that he hates.
Don’t say, “It is he that caused me to err;”
for he has no need of a sinful man.
The Lord hates every abomination;
and those who fear him don’t love them.
He himself made man from the beginning
and left him in the hand of his own counsel.
If you choose, you can keep the commandments.
To be faithful is a matter of your choice.
He has set fire and water before you.
You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you desire.
Before man is life and death.
Whichever he likes, it will be given to him.
For the wisdom of the Lord is great.
He is mighty in power, and sees all things.
His eyes are upon those who fear him.
He knows every act of man.
He has not commanded any man to be ungodly.
He has not given any man license to sin.
Don’t desire a multitude of unprofitable children,
neither delight in ungodly sons.
If they multiply, don’t delight in them
unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
Don’t trust in their life.
Don’t rely on their numbers;
for one can be better than a thousand,
and to die childless than to have ungodly children.
For from one who has understanding, a city will be populated,
but a race of wicked men will be made desolate.
I have seen many such things with my eyes.
My ear has heard mightier things than these.
In a congregation of sinners, a fire will be kindled.
In a disobedient nation, wrath is kindled.
He was not pacified toward the giants of old time,
who revolted in their strength.
He didn’t spare Lot’s neighbors,
whom he abhorred for their pride.
He didn’t pity the people of perdition
who were taken away in their sins,
or in like manner, the six hundred thousand footmen
who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.
Even if there is one stiff-necked person,
it is a marvel if he will be unpunished;
for mercy and wrath are both with him who is mighty to forgive,
and he pours out wrath.
As his mercy is great, so is his correction also.
He judges a man according to his works.
The sinner will not escape with plunder.
The perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated.
He will make room for every work of mercy.
Each man will receive according to his works.
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Don’t say, “I will be hidden from the Lord,”
and “Who will remember me from on high?”
I will not be known among so many people,
for what is my soul in a boundless creation?
Behold, the heaven, the heaven of heavens,
the deep, and the earth, will be moved when he visits.
The mountains and the foundations of the earth together
are shaken with trembling when he looks at them.
No heart will think about these things.
Who could comprehend his ways?
Like a tempest which no man can see,
so, the majority of his works are
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hidden.
Who will declare his works of righteousness?
Who will wait for them?
For his covenant is afar off.
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He who is lacking in
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understanding thinks about these things.
An unwise and erring man thinks foolishly.
My son, listen to me, learn knowledge,
and heed my words with your heart.
I will impart instruction with precision,
and declare knowledge exactly.
In the judgment of the Lord are his works from the beginning.
From the making of them he determined their boundaries.
He arranged his works for all time,
and their beginnings to their generations.
They aren’t hungry or weary,
and they don’t cease from their works.
No one pushes aside his neighbor.
They will never disobey his word.
After this also the Lord looked at the earth
and filled it with his blessings.
All manner of living things covered its surface,
and they return into it.
The Lord created mankind out of earth,
and turned them back to it again.
He gave them days by number, and a set time,
and gave them authority over the things that are on it.
He endowed them with strength proper to them,
and made them according to his own image.
He put the fear of man upon all flesh,
and gave him dominion over beasts and birds.
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He gave them counsel, tongue, eyes,
ears, and heart to have understanding.
He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom,
and showed them good and evil.
He set his eye upon their hearts,
to show them the majesty of his works.
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And they will praise his holy name,
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that they may declare the majesty of his works.
He added to them knowledge,
and gave them a law of life for a heritage.
He made an everlasting covenant with them,
and showed them his decrees.
Their eyes saw the majesty of his glory.
Their ears heard the glory of his voice.
He said to them, “Beware of all unrighteousness.”
So he gave them commandment, each man concerning his neighbor.
Their ways are ever before him.
They will not be hidden from his eyes.
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For every nation he appointed a ruler,
but Israel is the Lord’s portion.
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All their works are as clear as the sun before him.
His eyes are continually upon their ways.
Their iniquities are not hidden from him.
All their sins are before the Lord.
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With him the alms of a man is as a signet.
He will keep a man’s kindness as the pupil of the eye.
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Afterwards he will rise up and repay them,
and render their repayment upon their head.
However to those who repent he grants a return.
He comforts those who are losing hope.
Return to the Lord, and forsake sins.
Make your prayer before his face offend less.
Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity.
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Greatly hate the abominable thing.
Who will give praise to the Most High in Hades,
in place of the living who return thanks?
Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one who doesn’t exist.
He who is in life and health will praise the Lord.
How great is the mercy of the Lord,
and his forgiveness to those who turn to him!
For humans are not capable of everything,
because the son of man is not immortal.
What is brighter than the sun? Yet even this can be eclipsed.
So flesh and blood devise evil.
He looks upon the power of the height of heaven,
while all men are earth and ashes.
He who lives forever created the whole universe.
The Lord alone is just.
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He has given power to declare his works to no one.
Who could trace out his mighty deeds?
Who could measure the strength of his majesty?
Who could also proclaim his mercies?
As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them,
neither is it possible to explore them.
When a man has finished, then he is just at the beginning.
When he stops, then he will be perplexed.
What is mankind, and what purpose do they serve?
What is their good, and what is their evil?
The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years.
As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand,
so are a few years in the day of eternity.
For this cause the Lord was patient over them,
and poured out his mercy upon them.
He saw and perceived their end, that it is evil.
Therefore he multiplied his forgiveness.
The mercy of a man is on his neighbor;
but the mercy of the Lord is on all flesh:
reproving, chastening, teaching,
and bringing back, as a shepherd does his flock.
He has mercy on those who accept chastening,
and that diligently seek after his judgments.
My son, don’t add reproach to your good deeds,
and no harsh words in any of your giving.
Doesn’t the dew relieve the scorching heat?
So a word is better than a gift.
Behold, isn’t a word better than a gift?
Both are with a gracious person.
A fool is ungracious and abusive.
The gift of an grudging person consumes the eyes.
Learn before you speak.
Take care of your health before you get sick.
Before judgment, examine yourself,
and in the hour of scrutiny you will find forgiveness.
Humble yourself before you get sick.
In the time of sins, repent.
Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time.
Don’t wait until death to be released.
Before you make a vow, prepare yourself.
Don’t be like a man who tests the Lord.
Think about the wrath coming in the days of the end,
and the time of vengeance, when he turns away his face.
In the days of fullness remember the time of hunger.
Remember poverty and lack in the days of wealth.
From morning until evening, the time changes.
All things are speedy before the Lord.
A wise man is cautious in everything.
In days of sinning, he will beware of offense.
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Every man of understanding knows wisdom.
He will give thanks to him who found her.
They who were of understanding in sayings also became wise themselves,
and poured out apt proverbs.
Don’t go after your lusts.
Restrain your appetites.
If you give fully to your soul the delight of her desire,
she will make you
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the laughing stock of your enemies.
Don’t make merry in much luxury,
and don’t be tied to its expense.
Don’t be made a beggar by banqueting with borrowed money
when you have nothing in your purse.
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A worker who is a drunkard will not become rich.
He who despises small things will fall little by little.
Wine and women will make men of understanding go astray.
He who joins with prostitutes is reckless.
Decay and worms will have him as their heritage.
A reckless soul will be taken away.
He who is hasty to trust is shallow-hearted.
He who sins offends against his own soul.
He who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned.
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He who hates gossip has less wickedness.
Never repeat what is told you,
and you won’t lose anything.
Whether it is of friend or foe, don’t tell it.
Unless it is a sin to you, don’t reveal it.
For if he has heard you and observed you,
when the time comes, he will hate you.
Have you heard something? Let it die with you.
Be brave: it will not make you burst!
A fool will travail in pain with a word,
as a woman in labor with a child.
As an arrow that sticks in the flesh of the thigh,
so is gossip in a fool.
Question a friend; it may be he didn’t do it.
If he did something, it may be that he may do it no more.
Question your neighbor; it may be he didn’t say it.
If he has said it, it may be that he may not say it again.
Question a friend; for many times there is slander.
Don’t trust every word.
There is one who slips, and not from the heart.
Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue?
Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him;
and give place to the law of the Most High.
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All wisdom is the fear of the Lord.
In all wisdom is the doing of the law.
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The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom.
The prudence of sinners is not counsel.
There is a wickedness, and it is an abomination.
There is a fool lacking in wisdom.
Better is one who has little understanding, and fears God,
than one who has much intelligence and transgresses the law.
There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust.
And there is one who perverts favor to gain a judgment.
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There is one who does wickedly, who hangs down his head with mourning;
but inwardly he is full of deceit,
bowing down his face, and pretending to be deaf in one ear.
Where he isn’t known, he will take advantage of you.
And if for lack of power he is hindered from sinning,
if he finds opportunity, he will do mischief.
A man will be known by his appearance.
One who has understanding will be known by his face when you meet him.
A man’s attire, grinning laughter,
and the way he walks show what he is.
There is a reproof that is not timely;
and there is a person who is wise enough to keep silent.
How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry.
He who confesses will be kept back from harm.
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As is the lust of a eunuch to deflower a virgin,
so is he who executes judgments with violence.
There is one who keeps silent and is found wise;
and there is one who is hated for his much talk.
There is one who keeps silent, for he has no answer to make;
And there is one who keeps silent, knowing when to speak.
A wise man will be silent until his time has come,
but the braggart and fool will miss his time.
He who uses many words will be abhorred.
He who takes authority for himself will be hated in it.
There is a prosperity that a man finds in misfortunes;
and there is a gain that turns to loss.
There is a gift that will not profit you;
and there is a gift that pays back double.
There are losses because of glory;
and there is one who has lifted up his head from a low estate.
There is one who buys much for a little,
and pays for it again sevenfold.
He who is wise in words will make himself beloved;
but the pleasantries of fools will be wasted.
The gift of a fool will not profit you,
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for he looks for repayment many times instead of one.
He will give little and insult much.
He will open his mouth like a crier.
Today he will lend, and tomorrow he will ask for it back.
Such a one is a hateful man.
The fool will say, “I have no friend,
and I have no thanks for my good deeds.
Those who eat my bread have an evil tongue.”
How often, and of how many, will he be laughed to scorn!
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A slip on a pavement is better than a slip with the tongue.
So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.
A man without grace is a tale out of season.
It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.
A parable from a fool’s mouth will be rejected;
for he won’t tell it at the proper time.
There is one who is hindered from sinning through lack.
When he rests, he will not be troubled.
There is one who destroys his soul through bashfulness.
By a foolish countenance, he will destroy it.
There is one who for bashfulness makes promises to his friend;
and he makes him his enemy for nothing.
A lie is an ugly blot on a person.
It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.
A thief is better than a man who is continually lying,
but they both will inherit destruction.
The destination of a liar is dishonor.
His shame is with him continually.
He who is wise in words will advance himself.
And one who is prudent will please great men.
He who tills his land will raise his harvest high.
He who pleases great men will get pardon for iniquity.
Favors and gifts blind the eyes of the wise,
and as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.
Wisdom that is hidden, and treasure that is out of sight—
what profit is in either of them?
Better is a man who hides his folly
than a man who hides his wisdom.
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My son, have you sinned?
Do it no more;
and ask forgiveness for your past sins.
Flee from sin as from the face of a snake;
for if you go near, it will bite you.
Its teeth are like lion’s teeth,
slaying people’s souls.
All iniquity is as a two-edged sword.
Its stroke has no healing.
Terror and violence will waste away riches.
So the house of an arrogant man will be laid waste.
Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of
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him.
God,
and his judgment comes speedily.
One who hates reproof is in the path of the sinner.
He who fears the Lord will repent in his heart.
He who is mighty in tongue is known far away;
but the man of understanding knows when he slips.
He who builds his house with other men’s money
is like one who gathers stones for his own tomb.
The congregation of wicked men is as a bundle of tow
with a flame of fire at the end of them.
The way of sinners is paved with stones;
and at the end of it is the pit of Hades.
He who keeps the law becomes master of its intent.
The fulfilment of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
He who is not clever will not be instructed.
There is a cleverness which makes bitterness abound.
The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood,
and his counsel as a fountain of life.
The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel.
He will hold no knowledge.
If a man of knowledge hears a wise word,
he will commend it and add to it.
The wanton man hears it, and it displeases him,
so he throws it away behind his back.
The chatter of a fool is like a burden in the way,
but grace will be found on the lips of the wise.
The utterance of the prudent man will be sought for in the congregation.
They will ponder his words in their heart.
As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool.
The knowledge of an unwise man is talk without sense.
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unexamined words.
Instruction is as fetters on the feet of an unwise man,
and as manacles on the right hand.
A fool lifts up his voice with laughter,
but a clever man smiles quietly.
Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold,
and as a bracelet upon his right arm.
The foot of a fool rushes into a house,
but a man of experience will be ashamed of entering.
A foolish man peers into the door of a house,
but a man who is instructed will stand outside.
It is rude for someone to listen at a door,
but a prudent person will be grieved with the disgrace.
The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things,
but the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance.
The heart of fools is in their mouth,
but the mouth of wise men is their heart.
When the ungodly curses an adversary,
he curses his own soul.
A whisperer defiles his own soul,
and will be hated wherever he travels.
A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled.
Everyone will at hiss at him in his disgrace.
A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill.
Anyone who picks it up will shake it out of his hand.
An undisciplined child is a disgrace to his father,
and a foolish daughter is born to his loss.
A prudent daughter will inherit a husband of her own.
She who brings shame is the grief of her father.
She who is arrogant brings shame on father and husband.
She will be despised by both of them.
Ill-timed conversation is like music in mourning,
but stripes and correction are wisdom in every season.
He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together,
even like one who wakes a sleeper out of a deep sleep.
He who teaches a fool is as one who teaches a man who slumbers.
In the end he will say, “What is it?”
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Weep for the dead, for he lacks light.
Weep for a fool, for he lacks understanding.
Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest,
but the life of the fool is worse than death.
Mourning for the dead lasts seven days,
but for a fool and an ungodly man, it lasts all the days of his life.
Don’t talk much with a foolish man,
and don’t go to one who has no understanding.
Beware of him, lest you have trouble and be defiled in his onslaught.
Turn away from him, and you will find rest,
and you won’t be wearied in his madness.
What would be heavier than lead?
What is its name, but “Fool”?
Sand, salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear
than a man without understanding.
Timber girded and bound into a building will not be released with shaking.
So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel will not be afraid.
A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding
is as an ornament of plaster on a polished wall.
Fences set on a high place will not stand against the wind;
so a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.
He who pricks the eye will make tears fall.
He who pricks the heart makes it show feeling.
Whoever casts a stone at birds scares them away.
He who insults a friend will dissolve friendship.
If you have drawn a sword against a friend, don’t despair,
for there may be a way back.
If you have opened your mouth against a friend, don’t be afraid,
for there may be reconciliation,
unless it is for insulting, arrogance, disclosing of a secret, or a treacherous blow—
for these things any friend will flee.
Gain trust with your neighbor in his poverty,
that in his prosperity you may have gladness.
Stay steadfast to him in the time of his affliction,
that you may be heir with him in his inheritance.
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Before fire is the vapor and smoke of a furnace,
so insults precede bloodshed.
I won’t be ashamed to shelter a friend.
I won’t hide myself from his face.
If any evil happens to me because of him,
everyone who hears it will beware of him.
Who will set a watch over my mouth,
and a seal of shrewdness upon my lips,
that I may not fall from it, and that my tongue may not destroy me?
O Lord, Father and Master of my life,
don’t abandon me to their counsel.
Don’t let me fall because of them.
Who will set scourges over my thought,
and a discipline of wisdom over my heart,
that they spare me not for my errors,
and not overlook their sins?
Otherwise my errors might be multiplied,
and my sins abound,
I fall before my adversaries,
and my enemy rejoice over me.
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O Lord, Father and God of my life,
don’t give me a haughty eyes,
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and turn away evil desire from me.
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Let neither gluttony nor lust overtake me.
Don’t give me over to a shameless mind.
Listen, my children, to the discipline of the mouth.
He who keeps it will not be caught.
The sinner will be overpowered through his lips.
By them, the insulter and the arrogant will stumble.
Don’t accustom your mouth to an oath,
and don’t be accustomed to naming the Holy One,
for as a servant who is continually scourged will not lack bruises,
so he also who swears and continually utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.
A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity.
The scourge will not depart from his house.
If he offends, his sin will be upon him.
If he disregards it, he has sinned doubly.
If he has sworn falsely, he will not be justified,
for his house will be filled with calamities.
There is a manner of speech that is clothed with death.
Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob,
for all these things will be far from the godly,
and they will not wallow in sins.
Don’t accustom your mouth to gross rudeness,
for it involves sinful speech.
Remember your father and your mother,
for you sit in the midst of great men,
that you be not forgetful before them,
and become a fool by your bad habit;
so you may wish that you had not been born,
and curse the day of your birth.
A man who is accustomed to abusive language
won’t be corrected all the days of his life.
Two sorts of people multiply sins,
and the third will bring wrath:
a hot passion, like a burning fire, will not be quenched until it is consumed;
a fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease until he has burned out the fire.
All bread is sweet to a fornicator.
He will not cease until he dies.
A man who goes astray from his own marriage bed
says in his heart, “Who sees me?
Darkness is around me, and the walls hide me.
No one sees me. Of whom am I afraid?
The Most High will not remember my sins.”
The eyes of men are his terror.
He doesn’t know that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun,
seeing all the ways of men,
and looking into secret places.
All things were known to him before they were created,
and also after they were completed.
This man will be punished in the streets of the city.
He will be seized where he least expects it.
So also is a wife who leaves her husband,
and produces an heir by another man.
For first, she was disobedient in the law of the Most High.
Second, she trespassed against her own husband.
Third, she played the adulteress in fornication,
and had children by another man.
She shall be brought out into the congregation.
Her punishment will extend to her children.
Her children will not take root.
Her branches will bear no fruit.
She will leave her memory for a curse.
Her reproach won’t be blotted out.
And those who are left behind will know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord,
and nothing sweeter than to heed the commandments of the Lord.
23:28
Verse 28 is omitted by the best authorities.
Wisdom will praise her own soul,
and will proclaim her glory in the midst of her people.
She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High,
and proclaim her glory in the presence of his power.
“I came out of the mouth of the Most High,
and covered the earth as a mist.
I lived in high places,
and my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
Alone I surrounded the circuit of heaven,
and walked in the depth of the abyss.
In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth,
and in every people and nation, I obtained a possession.
With all these I sought rest.
In whose inheritance shall I lodge?
Then the Creator of all things gave me a command.
He who created me made my tent to rest,
and said, ‘Let your dwelling be in Jacob,
and your inheritance in Israel.’
He created me from the beginning, before the ages.
For all ages, I will not cease to exist.
In the holy tabernacle, I ministered before him.
So I was established in Zion.
In the beloved city, likewise he gave me rest.
In Jerusalem was my domain.
I took root in a people that was honored,
even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance.
I was exalted like a cedar in Lebanon,
And like a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.
I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore,
like rose bushes in Jericho,
and like a fair olive tree in the plain.
I was exalted like a plane tree.
Like cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent to perfumes.
Like choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant fragrance,
like
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See Exodus 30:34.
galbanum, onycha, stacte,
and as the smell of frankincense in the tabernacle.
Like the terebinth, I stretched out my branches.
My branches are glorious and graceful.
Like the vine, I put forth grace.
My flowers are the fruit of glory and riches.
24:18
Verse 18 is omitted by the best authorities.
“Come to me, all you who desire me,
and be filled with my fruits.
For my memory is sweeter than honey,
and my inheritance than the honeycomb.
Those who eat me will be hungry for more.
Those who drink me will be thirsty for more.
He who obeys me will not be ashamed.
Those who work with me will not sin.”
All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God,
the law which Moses commanded us for an inheritance for the assemblies of Jacob.
24:24
Verse 24 is omitted by the best authorities.
It is he who makes wisdom abundant, as Pishon,
and as Tigris in the days of first fruits.
He makes understanding full as the Euphrates,
and as the Jordan in the days of harvest,
who makes instruction shine forth as the light,
as Gihon in the days of vintage.
The first man didn’t know her perfectly.
In like manner, the last has not explored her.
For her thoughts are filled from the sea,
and her counsels from the great deep.
I came out as a canal stream from a river,
and as an irrigation ditch into a garden.
I said, “I will water my garden,
and will drench my garden bed.”
Behold, my stream became a river,
and my river became a sea.
I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning,
and will make these things clear from far away.
I will continue to pour out teaching like prophecy,
and leave it to all generations.
See that I have not labored for myself only,
but for all those who diligently seek wisdom.
I enjoy three things,
and they are beautiful before the Lord and men:
the agreement of kindred,
the friendship of neighbors,
and a woman and her husband who walk together in agreement.
But my soul hates three sorts of people,
and I am greatly offended at their life:
a poor man who is arrogant,
a rich man who is a liar,
and an old fool who is an adulterer.
If you gathered nothing in your youth,
how could you find anything in your old age?
How beautiful a thing is judgment in the gray-haired,
and for elders to know good counsel!
How beautiful is the wisdom of old men,
and understanding and counsel to men who are in honor!
Much experience is the crown of the aged.
Their glory is the fear of the Lord.
There are nine things that I have thought of, and in my heart counted happy,
and the tenth I will utter with my tongue:
a man who has joy with his children,
and a man who lives and sees the fall of his enemies.
Happy is he who dwells with a wife of understanding,
he who has not slipped with his tongue,
and he who has not served a man who is unworthy of him.
Happy is he who has found prudence,
and he who speaks in the ears of those who listen.
How great is he who has found wisdom!
Yet is there none above him who fears the Lord.
The fear of the Lord surpasses all things.
To whom shall he who holds it be likened?
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Verse 12 is omitted by the best authorities.
Any wound but a wound of the heart!
Any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman!
Any calamity but a calamity from those who hate me!
Any vengeance but the vengeance of enemies!
There is no venom worse than a snake’s venom.
There is no wrath worse than an enemy’s wrath.
I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon
than keep house with a wicked woman.
The wickedness of a woman changes her appearance,
and darkens her countenance like that of a bear.
Her husband will sit among his neighbors,
and when he hears it, he sighs bitterly.
All malice is small compared to the malice of a woman.
Let the portion of a sinner fall on her.
As walking up a sandy hill is to the feet of the aged,
so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
Don’t be ensnared by a woman’s beauty.
Don’t desire a woman for her beauty.
There is anger, impudence, and great reproach
if a woman supports her husband.
A wicked woman is abasement of heart,
sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart.
A woman who won’t make her husband happy
is like hands that hang down, and weak knees.
The beginning of sin came from a woman.
Because of her, we all die.
Don’t give water an outlet,
and don’t give a wicked woman freedom of speech.
If she doesn’t go as you direct,
cut her away from your flesh.
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The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
Happy is the husband of a good wife.
The number of his days will be doubled.
A faithful wife gives joy to her husband.
He will fulfill his years in peace.
A good wife is a great gift.
She will be given to those who fear the Lord.
Whether a man is rich or poor,
a good heart makes a cheerful face at all times.
Of three things my heart was afraid,
and concerning the fourth
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Gr.
countenance.
kind I made supplication:
The slander of a city, the assembly of a mob, and a false accusation.
All these are more grievous than death.
A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman who is jealous of another woman.
Her tongue-lashing makes it known to all.
A wicked woman is like a chafing yoke.
He who takes hold of her is like one who grasps a scorpion.
A drunken woman causes great wrath.
She will not cover her own shame.
The fornication of a woman is in the lifting up of her eyes;
it will be known by her eyelids.
Keep strict watch on a headstrong daughter,
lest she find liberty for herself, and use it.
Watch out for an impudent eye,
and don’t be surprised if it sins against you.
She will open her mouth like a thirsty traveller,
and drink from every water that is near.
She will sit down at every post,
and open her quiver to any arrow.
The grace of a wife will delight her husband.
Her knowledge will strengthen
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or, fatten his bones.
A silent woman is a gift of the Lord.
There is nothing worth so much as a well-instructed soul.
A modest woman is grace upon grace.
There are no scales that can weigh the value of a self-controlled soul.
As the sun when it arises in the highest places of the Lord,
so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-organized home.
As the lamp that shines upon the holy lampstand,
so is the beauty of the face on a well-proportioned body.
As the golden pillars are upon a base of silver,
so are beautiful feet with the breasts of one who is steadfast.
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Verses 19-27 are omitted by the best authorities.
For two things my heart is grieved,
and for the third anger comes upon me:
a warrior who suffers for poverty,
men of understanding who are counted as garbage,
and one who turns back from righteousness to sin—
the Lord will prepare him for the sword!
It is difficult for a merchant to keep himself from wrong doing,
and for a retailer to be acquitted of sin.
Many have sinned for profit.
He who seeks to multiply wealth will turn his eye away.
As a nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones,
so sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling.
Unless a person holds on diligently to the fear of the Lord,
his house will be overthrown quickly.
In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains,
so does the filth of man in his thoughts.
The furnace tests the potter’s vessels;
so the test of a person is in his thoughts.
The fruit of a tree discloses its cultivation,
so is the utterance of the thought of a person’s heart.
Praise no man before you hear his thoughts,
for this is how people are tested.
If you follow righteousness, you will obtain it,
and put it on like a long robe of glory.
Birds will return to their own kind,
so truth will return to those who practice it.
The lion lies in wait for prey.
So does sin for those who do evil.
The discourse of a godly man is always wise,
but the fool changes like the moon.
Limit your time among people void of understanding,
but persevere among the thoughtful.
The talk of fools is offensive.
Their laughter is wantonly sinful.
Their talk with much swearing makes hair stand upright.
Their strife makes others plug their ears.
The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed.
Their abuse of each other is a grievous thing to hear.
He who reveals secrets destroys trust,
and will not find a close friend.
Love a friend, and keep faith with him;
but if you reveal his secrets,
you shall not follow him;
for as a man has destroyed his enemy,
so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.
As a bird which you have released out of your hand,
so you have let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again.
Don’t pursue him, for he has gone far away,
and has escaped like a gazelle out of the snare.
For a wound may be bound up, and after abuse there may be reconciliation;
but he who reveals secrets is without hope.
One who winks the eye contrives evil things;
and those who know him will keep their distance.
When you are present, he will speak sweetly,
and will admire your words;
but afterward he will twist his speech
and set a trap in your words.
I have hated many things, but nothing like him.
The Lord will hate him.
One who casts a stone straight up casts it on his own head.
A deceitful blow opens wounds.
He who digs a pit will fall into it.
He who sets a snare will be caught in it.
He who does evil things, they will roll back upon him,
and he will not know where they came from.
Mockery and reproach are from the arrogant.
Vengeance lies in wait for them like a lion.
Those who rejoice at the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare.
Anguish will consume them before they die.
Wrath and anger, these also are abominations.
A sinner will possess them.
He who takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord,
and he will surely make his sins firm.
Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done,
and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.
Does anyone harbor anger against another
and expect healing from the Lord?
Upon a man like himself he has no mercy,
and does he make supplication for his own sins?
He himself, being flesh, nourishes wrath.
Who will make atonement for his sins?
Remember your last end, and stop enmity.
Remember corruption and death, and be true to the commandments.
Remember the commandments, and don’t be angry with your neighbor.
Remember the covenant of the Highest, and overlook ignorance.
Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins,
for a passionate man will kindle strife.
A man who is a sinner will trouble friends
and sow discord among those who are at peace.
As is the fuel of the fire, so it will burn;
and as the stoutness of the strife is, so it will burn.
As is the strength of the man, so will be his wrath;
and as is his wealth, so he will exalt his anger.
A contention begun in haste kindles a fire;
and hasty fighting sheds blood.
If you blow on a spark, it will burn;
and if you spit upon it, it will be quenched.
Both of these come out of your mouth.
Curse the whisperer and double-tongued,
for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
A slanderer has shaken many,
and dispersed them from nation to nation.
It has pulled down strong cities
and overthrown the houses of great men.
A slanderer has cast out brave women
and deprived them of their labors.
He who listens to it will not find rest,
nor will he live quietly.
The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh,
but the stroke of a tongue will break bones.
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword,
yet not so many as those who have fallen because of the tongue.
Happy is he who is sheltered from it,
who has not passed through its wrath,
who has not drawn its yoke,
and has not been bound with its bands.
For its yoke is a yoke of iron,
and its bands are bands of brass.
Its death is an evil death,
and Hades is better than it.
It will not have rule over godly men.
They will not be burned in its flame.
Those who forsake the Lord will fall into it.
It will burn among them, and won’t be quenched.
It will be sent against them like a lion.
It will destroy them like a leopard.
As you hedge your possession about with thorns,
and secure your silver and your gold,
so make a balance and a weight for your words,
and make a door and a bar for your mouth.
Take heed lest you slip with it,
lest you fall before one who lies in wait.
He who shows mercy will lend to his neighbor.
He who strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
Lend to your neighbor in time of his need.
Repay your neighbor on time.
Confirm your word, and keep faith with him;
and at all seasons you will find what you need.
Many have considered a loan to be a windfall,
and have given trouble to those who helped them.
Until he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands.
For his neighbor’s money he will speak submissively.
Then when payment is due, he will prolong the time,
return excuses, and complain about the season.
If he prevails, the creditor will hardly receive half;
and he will count it as a windfall.
If not, he has deprived him of his money,
and he has gotten him for an enemy without cause.
He will pay him with cursing and railing.
Instead of honor, he will pay him disgrace.
Many on account of fraud have turned away.
They are afraid of being defrauded for nothing.
However be patient with a man in poor estate.
Don’t keep him waiting for your alms.
Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake.
According to his need don’t send him empty away.
Lose your money for a brother and a friend.
Don’t let it rust under a stone and be lost.
Allocate your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High
and it will profit you more than gold.
Store up almsgiving in your store-chambers
and it will deliver you out of all affliction.
It will fight for you against your enemy
better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.
A good man will be surety for his neighbor.
He who has lost shame will fail him.
Don’t forget the kindness of your guarantor,
for he has given his life for you.
A sinner will waste the property of his guarantor.
He who is thankless will fail him who delivered him.
Being surety has undone many who were prospering
and shaken them as a wave of the sea.
It has driven mighty men from their homes.
They wandered among foreign nations.
A sinner who falls into suretiship and undertakes contracts for work
will fall into lawsuits.
Help your neighbor according to your power,
and be careful not to fall yourself.
The essentials of life are water, bread,
a garment, and a house for privacy.
Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs
than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
With little or with much, be well satisfied.
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The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities.
It is a miserable life to go from house to house.
Where you are a guest, you dare not open your mouth.
You will entertain, serve drinks, and have no thanks.
In addition to this, you will hear bitter words.
“Come here, you sojourner, set a table,
and if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.”
“Leave, you sojourner, for an honored guest is here.
My brother has come to be my guest. I need my house.”
These things are grievous to a man of understanding:
The scolding about lodging and the insults of creditors.
He who loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him,
that he may have joy from him in the end.
He who chastises his son will have profit from him,
and will brag about him among his acquaintances.
He who teaches his son will provoke his enemy to jealousy.
Before friends, he will rejoice in him.
His father dies, and is as though he had not died;
for he has left one behind him like himself.
In his life, he saw his son and rejoiced.
When he died, it was without regret.
He left behind him an avenger against his enemies,
and one to repay kindness to his friends.
He who makes too much of his son will bind up his wounds.
His heart will be troubled at every cry.
An unbroken horse becomes stubborn.
An unrestrained son becomes headstrong.
Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid.
Play with him, and he will grieve you.
Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him,
and you gnash your teeth in the end.
Give him no liberty in his youth,
and don’t ignore his follies.
30:11
This line and the previous two lines are absent from some older MSS.
30:12
These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.Bow down his neck in his youth,
and beat him on the sides while he is a child,
lest he become stubborn, and be disobedient to you,
and there be sorrow to your soul.
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These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS.
Chastise your son, and give him work,
lest his shameless behavior be an offense to you.
Better is a poor man who is healthy and fit,
than a rich man who is afflicted in his body.
Health and fitness are better than all gold,
and a strong body better than wealth without measure.
There is no wealth better than health of body.
There is no gladness above the joy of the heart.
Death is better than a bitter life,
and eternal rest than a continual sickness.
Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed
are like food offerings laid upon a grave.
What does an offering profit an idol?
For it can’t eat or smell.
So is he who is punished by the Lord,
seeing with his eyes and groaning,
like a eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning.
Don’t give your soul to sorrow.
Don’t afflict yourself deliberately.
Gladness of heart is the life of a man.
Cheerfulness of a man lengthens his days.
Love your own soul, and comfort your heart.
Remove sorrow far from you,
for sorrow has destroyed many,
and there is no profit in it.
Envy and wrath shorten life.
Anxiety brings old age before its time.
Those who are cheerful and merry
will benefit from their food.
Wakefulness that comes from riches consumes the flesh,
and anxiety about it takes away sleep.
Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber.
In a severe disease, sleep will be broken.
A rich man toils in gathering money together.
When he rests, he is filled with his good things.
A poor man toils in lack of substance.
When he rests, he becomes needy.
He who loves gold won’t be justified.
He who follows destruction will himself have his fill of it.
Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold.
Their destruction meets them face to face.
It is a stumbling block to those who sacrifice to it.
Every fool will be taken by it.
Blessed is the rich person who is found blameless,
and who doesn’t go after gold.
Who is he, that we may call him blessed?
For he has done wonderful things among his people.
Who has been tried by it, and found perfect?
Then let him boast.
Who has had the power to transgress, and has not transgressed?
And to do evil, and has not done it?
His prosperity will be made sure.
The congregation will proclaim his alms.
Do you sit at a great table? Don’t be greedy there.
Don’t say, “There is a lot of food on it!”
Remember that a greedy eye is a wicked thing.
What has been created more greedy than an eye?
Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
Don’t stretch your hand wherever it looks.
Don’t thrust yourself with it into the dish.
Consider your neighbor’s feelings by your own.
Be discreet in every point.
Eat like a human being those things which are set before you.
Don’t eat greedily, lest you be hated.
Be first to stop for manners’ sake.
Don’t be insatiable, lest you offend.
And if you sit among many,
Don’t reach out your hand before them.
How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little.
He doesn’t breathe heavily in his bed.
Healthy sleep comes from moderate eating.
He rises early, and his wits are with him.
The pain of wakefulness, colic,
and griping are with an insatiable man.
And if you have been forced to eat,
rise up in the middle of it, and you shall have rest.
Hear me, my son, and don’t despise me,
and in the end you will appreciate my words.
In all your works be skillful,
and no disease will come to you.
People bless him who is liberal with his food.
The testimony of his excellence will be believed.
The city will murmer at him who is a stingy with his food.
The testimony of his stinginess will be accurate.
Don’t show yourself valiant in wine,
for wine has destroyed many.
The furnace tests the temper of steel by dipping;
so does wine test hearts in the quarreling of the proud.
Wine is as good as life to men,
if you drink it in moderation.
What life is there to a man who is without wine?
It has been created to make men glad.
Wine drunk in season and in moderation
is joy of heart and gladness of soul:
Wine drunk excessively is bitterness of soul,
with provocation and conflict.
Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt.
It diminishes strength and adds wounds.
Don’t rebuke your neighbor at a banquet of wine.
Don’t despise him in his mirth.
Don’t speak a word of reproach to him.
Don’t distress him by making demands of him.
Have they made you ruler of a feast?
Don’t be lifted up.
Be among them as one of them.
Take care of them first, and then sit down.
And when you have done all your duties, take your place,
that you may be gladdened on their account,
and receive a wreath for your good service.
Speak, you who are older, for it’s your right, but with sound knowledge;
and don’t interrupt the music.
Don’t pour out talk where there is a performance of music.
Don’t display your wisdom at the wrong time.
As a ruby signet in a setting of gold,
so is a music concert at a wine banquet.
As an emerald signet in a work of gold,
so is musical melody with pleasant wine.
Speak, young man, if you are obliged to,
but no more than twice, and only if asked.
Sum up your speech, many things in few words.
Be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue.
When among great men, don’t behave as their equal.
When another is speaking, don’t babble.
Lightning speeds before thunder.
Approval goes before one who is modest.
Rise up in good time, and don’t be last.
Go home quickly and don’t loiter
Amuse yourself there and do what is in your heart.
Don’t sin by proud speech.
For these things bless your Maker,
who gives you to drink freely of his good things.
He who fears the Lord will receive discipline.
Those who seek him early will find favor.
He who seeks the law shall be filled with it,
but the hypocrite will stumble at it.
Those who fear the Lord will find true judgment,
and will kindle righteous acts like a light.
A sinful man shuns reproof,
and will find a judgment according to his will.
A sensible person won’t neglect a thought.
An insolent and proud man won’t crouch in fear,
even after he has done a thing by himself without counsel.
Do nothing without counsel,
but when you have acted, don’t regret it.
Don’t go in a way of conflict.
Don’t stumble in stony places.
Don’t be overconfident on a smooth road.
Beware of your own children.
In every work guard your own soul,
for this is the keeping of the commandments.
He who believes the law gives heed to the commandment.
He who trusts in the Lord will suffer no loss.
No evil will happen to him who fears the Lord,
but in trials once and again he will deliver him.
A wise man will not hate the law,
but he who is a hypocrite about it is like a boat in a storm.
A man of understanding will put his trust in the law.
And the law is faithful to him, as when one asks a divine oracle.
Prepare your speech, and so you will be heard.
Bind up instruction, and make your answer.
The heart of a fool is like a cartwheel.
His thoughts are like a rolling axle.
A stallion horse is like a mocking friend.
He neighs under every one who sits upon him.
Why does one day excel another,
when all the light of every day in the year is from the sun?
They were distinguished by the Lord’s knowledge,
and he varied seasons and feasts.
Some of them he exalted and hallowed,
and some of them he has made ordinary days.
And all men are from the ground.
Adam was created from dust.
In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them,
and made their ways different.
Some of them he blessed and exalted,
and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself.
Some of them he cursed and brought low,
and overthrew them from their place.
As the clay of the potter in his hand,
all his ways are according to his good pleasure,
so men are in the hand of him who made them,
to render to them according to his judgment.
Good is the opposite of evil,
and life is the opposite of death;
so
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the sinner is the opposite of the godly.
Look upon all the works of the Most High like this,
they come in pairs, one against another.
I was the last on watch,
like one who gleans after the grape gatherers.
By the Lord’s blessing I arrived before them,
and filled my winepress like one who gathers grapes.
Consider that I labored not for myself alone,
but for all those who seek instruction.
Hear me, you great men of the people,
and listen with your ears, you rulers of the congregation.
To son and wife, to brother and friend,
don’t give power over yourself while you live,
and don’t give your goods to another,
lest you regret it and must ask for them.
While you still live and breath is in you,
don’t give yourself over to anybody.
For it is better that your children should ask from you
than that you should look to the hand of your children.
Excel in all your works.
Don’t bring a stain on your honor.
In the day that you end the days of your life,
in the time of death, distribute your inheritance.
Fodder, a stick, and burdens are for a donkey.
Bread, discipline, and work are for a servant.
Set your slave to work, and you will find rest.
Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
Yoke and thong will bow the neck.
For an evil slave there are racks and tortures.
Send him to labor, that he not be idle,
for idleness teaches much mischief.
Set him to work, as is fit for him.
If he doesn’t obey, make his fetters heavy.
Don’t be excessive toward any.
Do nothing unjust.
If you have a slave, treat him like yourself,
because you have bought him with blood.
If you have a slave, treat him like yourself.
For like your own soul, you will need him.
If you treat him ill, and he departs and runs away,
which way will you go to seek him?
Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding.
Dreams give wings to fools.
As one who grasps at a shadow and follows after the wind,
so is he who sets his mind on dreams.
The vision of dreams is a reflection,
the likeness of a face near a face.
From an unclean thing what can be cleansed?
From that which is false what can be true?
Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain.
The heart has fantasies like a woman in labor.
If they are not sent in a visitation from the Most High,
don’t give your heart to them.
For dreams have led many astray.
They have failed by putting their hope in them.
Without lying the law will be fulfilled.
Wisdom is complete in a faithful mouth.
A well-instructed man knows many things.
He who has much experience will declare understanding.
He who has no experience knows few things.
But he who has traveled increases cleverness.
I have seen many things in my travels.
My understanding is more than my words.
I was often in danger even to death.
I was preserved because of these experiences.
The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live,
for their hope is in him who saves them.
Whoever fears the Lord won’t be afraid, and won’t be a coward,
for he is his hope.
Blessed is the soul of him who fears the Lord.
To whom does he give heed? Who is his support?
The eyes of the Lord are on those who love him,
a mighty protection and strong support,
a cover from the hot blast, a shade from the noonday sun,
a guard from stumbling, and a help from falling.
He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes.
He gives health, life, and blessing.
He who sacrifices a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery.
The mockeries of wicked men are not acceptable.
The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly,
Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices.
Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes
is he who brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor.
The bread of the needy is the life of the poor.
He who deprives him of it is a man of blood.
Like one who murders his neighbor is he who takes away his living.
Like a shedder of blood is he who deprives a hireling of his hire.
When one builds, and another pulls down,
what profit do they have but toil?
When one prays, and another curses,
whose voice will the Lord listen to?
He who washes himself after touching a dead body, and touches it again,
what does he gain by his washing?
Even so a man fasting for his sins,
and going again, and doing the same,
who will listen to his prayer?
What profit does he have in his humiliation?
He who keeps the law multiplies offerings.
He who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering.
He who returns a kindness offers fine flour.
He who gives alms sacrifices a thank offering.
To depart from wickedness pleases the Lord.
To depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice.
See that you don’t appear in the presence of the Lord empty.
For all these things are done because of the commandment.
The offering of the righteous enriches the altar.
The sweet fragrance of it is before the Most High.
The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable.
It won’t be forgotten.
Glorify the Lord with generosity.
Don’t reduce the first fruits of your hands.
In every gift show a cheerful countenance,
And dedicate your tithe with gladness.
Give to the Most High according as he has given.
As your hand has found, give generously.
For the Lord repays,
and he will repay you sevenfold.
Don’t plan to bribe him with gifts, for he will not receive them.
Don’t set your mind on an unrighteous sacrifice,
For the Lord is the judge,
and with him is no respect of persons.
He won’t accept any person against a poor man.
He will listen to the prayer of him who is wronged.
He will in no way despise the supplication of the fatherless
or the widow, when she pours out her tale.
Don’t the tears of the widow run down her cheek?
Isn’t her cry against him who has caused them to fall?
He who serves God according to his good pleasure will be accepted.
His supplication will reach to the clouds.
The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds.
until it comes near, he will not be comforted.
He won’t depart until the Most High visits
and he judges righteously and executes judgment.
And the Lord will not be slack, neither will he be patient toward them,
until he has crushed the loins of the unmerciful.
He will repay vengeance to the heathen
until he has taken away the multitude of the arrogant
and broken in pieces the sceptres of the unrighteous,
until he has rendered to every man according to his deeds,
and repaid the works of men according to their plans,
until he has judged the cause of his people,
and he will make them rejoice in his mercy.
Mercy is as welcome in the time of his affliction,
as clouds of rain in the time of drought.
Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and look at us with favor;
and send your fear upon all the nations.
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Lift up your hand against the foreign nations
and let them see your mighty power.
As you showed your holiness in us before them,
so be magnified in them before us.
Let them know you, as we also have known you,
that there is no God but only you, O God.
Show new signs, and work various wonders.
Glorify your hand and your right arm.
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Raise up indignation and pour out wrath.
Take away the adversary and destroy the enemy.
Hasten the time and remember your oath.
Let them declare your mighty works.
Let him who escapes be devoured by raging fire.
May those who harm your people find destruction.
Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies
who say, “There is no one but ourselves.”
Gather all the tribes of Jacob together,
and
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The ancient authorities read
I took them for my inheritance:
but the Greek text is here very confused.
take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name,
and upon Israel, whom you likened to a firstborn.
Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary,
Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
Fill Zion. Exalt your oracles
and fill your people with your glory.
Give testimony to those who were your creatures in the beginning,
and fulfill the prophecies that have been spoken in your name.
Reward those who wait for you,
and men will put their trust in your prophets.
Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your servants,
according to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people;
and all those who are on the earth will know
that you are the Lord, the
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Gr.
God of the ages. eternal God.
The belly will eat any food,
but one food is better than another.
The mouth tastes meats taken in hunting,
so does an understanding heart detect false speech.
A contrary heart will cause heaviness.
A man of experience will pay him back.
A woman will receive any man,
but one daughter is better than another.
The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance.
A man desires nothing more.
If kindness and humility are on her tongue,
her husband is not like other sons of men.
He who gets a wife gets his richest treasure,
a help meet for him and a pillar of support.
Where no hedge is, the property will be plundered.
He who has no wife will mourn as he wanders.
For who would trust a nimble robber who skips from city to city?
Even so, who would trust a man who has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?
Every friend will say, “I also am his friend”;
but there is a friend which is only a friend in name.
Isn’t there a grief in it even to death
when a companion and friend is turned into an enemy?
O wicked imagination, why were you formed
to cover the dry land with deceit?
There is a companion who rejoices in the gladness of a friend,
but in time of affliction will be against him.
There is a companion who for the belly’s sake labors with his friend,
yet in the face of battle will carry his buckler.
Don’t forget a friend in your soul.
Don’t be unmindful of him in your riches.
Every counselor extols counsel,
but some give counsel in their own interest.
Let your soul beware of a counselor,
and know in advance what is his interest
(for he will take counsel for himself),
lest he cast the lot against you,
and say to you, “Your way is good.”
Then he will stand near you, to see what will happen to you.
Don’t take counsel with one who looks askance at you.
Hide your counsel from those who are jealous of you.
Don’t consult with a woman about her rival,
with a coward about war,
with a merchant about business,
with a buyer about selling,
with an envious man about thankfulness,
with an unmerciful man about kindliness,
with a sluggard about any kind of work,
with a hireling in your house about finishing his work,
or with an idle servant about much business.
Pay no attention to these in any matter of counsel.
But rather be continually with a godly man,
whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments,
who in his soul is as your own soul,
and who will grieve with you, if you fail.
Make the counsel of your heart stand,
for there is no one more faithful to you than it.
For a man’s soul is sometimes inclined to inform him
better than seven watchmen who sit on high on a watch-tower.
Above all this ask the Most High
that he may direct your way in truth.
Let reason be the beginning of every work.
Let counsel go before every action.
As a token of the changing of the heart,
four kinds of things rise up:
good and evil, life and death.
That which rules over them continually is the tongue.
There is one who is clever and the instructor of many,
and yet is unprofitable to his own soul.
There is one who is subtle in words, and is hated.
He will be destitute of all food.
For grace was not given to him from the Lord,
because he is deprived of all wisdom.
There is one who is wise to his own soul;
and the fruits of his understanding are trustworthy in the mouth.
A wise man will instruct his own people.
The fruits of his understanding are trustworthy.
A wise man will be filled with blessing.
All those who see him will call him happy.
The life of a man is counted by days.
The days of Israel are innumerable.
The wise man will inherit confidence among his people.
His name will live forever.
My son, test your soul in your life.
See what is evil for it, and don’t give in to it.
For not all things are profitable for all men.
Not every soul has pleasure in everything.
Don’t be insatiable in any luxury.
Don’t be greedy in the things that you eat.
For overeating brings disease,
and gluttony causes nausea.
Because of gluttony, many have perished,
but he who takes heed shall prolong his life.
Honor a physician according to your need with the honors due to him,
for truly the Lord has created him.
For healing comes from the Most High,
and he shall receive a gift from the king.
The skill of the physician will lift up his head.
He will be admired in the sight of great men.
The Lord created medicines out of the earth.
A prudent man will not despise them.
Wasn’t water made sweet with wood,
that its power might be known?
He gave men skill
that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
With them he heals
and takes away pain.
With these, the pharmacist makes a mixture.
God’s works won’t be brought to an end.
From him, peace is upon the face of the earth.
My son, in your sickness don’t be negligent,
but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
Put away wrong doing, and direct your hands in righteousness.
Cleanse your heart from all sin.
Give a sweet savor and a memorial of fine flour,
and pour oil on your offering, according to your means.
Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him.
Don’t let him leave you, for you need him.
There is a time when in recovery is in their hands.
For they also shall ask the Lord
to prosper them in diagnosis and in healing for the maintenance of life.
He who sins before his Maker,
let him fall into the hands of the physician.
My son, let your tears fall over the dead,
and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation.
Wind up his body with due honor.
Don’t neglect his burial.
Make bitter weeping and make passionate wailing.
Let your mourning be according to his merit,
for one day or two, lest you be spoken evil of;
and so be comforted for your sorrow.
For from sorrow comes death.
Sorrow of heart saps one’s strength.
In calamity, sorrow also remains.
A poor man’s life is grievous to the heart.
Don’t give your heart to sorrow.
Put it away, remembering the end.
Don’t forget it, for there is no returning again.
You do him no good, and you would harm yourself.
Remember his end, for so also will yours be:
yesterday for me, and today for you.
When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest.
Be comforted for him when his spirit departs from him.
The wisdom of the scribe comes by the opportunity of leisure.
He who has little business can become wise.
How could he become wise who holds the plow,
who glories in the shaft of the goad,
who drives oxen and is occupied in their labors,
and who mostly talks about bulls?
He will set his heart upon turning his furrows.
His lack of sleep is to give his heifers their fodder.
So is every craftsman and master artisan
who passes his time by night as by day,
those who cut engravings of signets.
His diligence is to make great variety.
He sets his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture,
and is careful to finish his work.
So too is the smith sitting by the anvil
and considering the unwrought iron.
The smoke of the fire will waste his flesh.
He toils in the heat of the furnace.
The noise of the hammer deafens his ear.
His eyes are upon the pattern of the object.
He will set his heart upon perfecting his works.
He will be careful to adorn them perfectly.
So is the potter sitting at his work
and turning the wheel around with his feet,
who is always anxiously set at his work.
He produces his handiwork in quantity.
He will fashion the clay with his arm
and will bend its strength in front of his feet.
He will apply his heart to finish the glazing.
He will be careful to clean the kiln.
All these put their trust in their hands.
Each becomes skillful in his own work.
Without these no city would be inhabited.
Men wouldn’t reside as foreigners or walk up and down there.
They won’t be sought for in the council of the people.
They won’t mount on high in the assembly.
They won’t sit on the seat of the judge.
They won’t understand the covenant of judgment.
Neither will they declare instruction and judgment.
They won’t be found where parables are.
But they will maintain the fabric of the age.
Their prayer is in the handiwork of their craft.
Not so he who has applied his soul
and meditates in the law of the Most High.
He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients
and will be occupied with prophecies.
He will keep the sayings of the men of renown
and will enter in amidst the subtleties of parables.
He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs
and be conversant in the dark sayings of parables.
He will serve among great men
and appear before him who rules.
He will travel through the land of foreign nations,
for he has learned what is good and evil among men.
He will apply his heart to return early to the Lord who made him,
and will make supplication before the Most High,
and will open his mouth in prayer,
and will ask for pardon for his sins.
If the great Lord wills,
he will be filled with the spirit of understanding;
he will pour forth the words of his wisdom
and in prayer give thanks to the Lord.
He will direct his counsel and knowledge,
and he will meditate in his secrets.
He will show the instruction which he has been taught
and will glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
Many will commend his understanding.
So long as the world endures, it won’t be blotted out.
His memory won’t depart.
His name will live from generation to generation.
Nations will declare his wisdom.
The congregation will proclaim his praise.
If he continues, he will leave a greater name than a thousand.
If he finally rests, it is enough for him.
Yet more I will utter, which I have thought about.
I am filled like the full moon.
Listen to me, you holy children,
and bud forth like a rose growing by a brook of water.
Give a sweet fragrance like frankincense.
Put forth flowers like a lily.
Scatter a sweet smell and sing a song of praise.
Bless the Lord for all his works!
Magnify his name
and give utterance to his praise
with the songs on your lips and with harps!
Say this when you utter his praise:
All the works of the Lord are exceedingly good,
and every command will be done in its time.
No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?”
for at the proper time they will all be sought out.
At his word, the waters stood as a heap,
as did the reservoirs of water at the word of his mouth.
At his command all his good pleasure is fulfilled.
There is no one who can hinder his salvation.
The works of all flesh are before him.
It’s impossible to be hidden from his eyes.
He sees from everlasting to everlasting.
There is nothing too wonderful for him.
No one can say, “What is this?” “Why is that?”
for all things are created for their own uses.
His blessing covered the dry land as a river
and saturated it as a flood.
As he has made the waters salty,
so the heathen will inherit his wrath.
His ways are plain to the holy.
They are stumbling blocks to the wicked.
Good things are created from the beginning for the good.
So are evil things for sinners.
The main things necessary for the life of man
are water, fire, iron, salt,
wheat flour, and honey, milk,
the blood of the grape, oil, and clothing.
All these things are for good to the godly,
but for sinners, they will be turned into evils.
There are winds that are created for vengeance,
and in their fury they lay on their scourges heavily.
In the time of reckoning, they pour out their strength,
and will appease the wrath of him who made them.
Fire, hail, famine, and death—
all these are created for vengeance—
wild beasts’ teeth, scorpions, adders,
and a sword punishing the ungodly to destruction.
They will rejoice in his commandment,
and will be made ready upon earth when needed.
In their seasons, they won’t disobey his command.
Therefore from the beginning I was convinced,
and I thought it through and left it in writing:
All the works of the Lord are good.
He will supply every need in its time.
No one can say, “This is worse than that,”
for they will all be well approved in their time.
Now with all your hearts and voices, sing praises
and bless the Lord’s name!
Great travail is created for every man.
A heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam,
from the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb,
until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.
The expectation of things to come, and the day of death,
trouble their thoughts, and cause fear in their hearts.
From him who sits on a throne of glory,
even to him who is humbled in earth and ashes,
from him who wears purple and a crown,
even to him who is clothed in burlap,
there is wrath, jealousy, trouble, unrest,
fear of death, anger, and strife.
In the time of rest upon his bed,
his night sleep changes his knowledge.
He gets little or no rest,
and afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch,
he is troubled in the vision of his heart,
as one who has escaped from the front of battle.
In the very time of his deliverance, he awakens,
and marvels that the fear is nothing.
To all creatures, human and animal,
and upon sinners sevenfold more,
come death, bloodshed, strife, sword,
calamities, famine, suffering, and plague.
All these things were created for the wicked,
and because of them the flood came.
All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again.
All things that are of the waters return into the sea.
All bribery and injustice will be blotted out.
Good faith will stand forever.
The goods of the unjust will be dried up like a river,
and like a great thunder in rain will go off in noise.
In opening his hands, a man will be made glad;
so lawbreakers will utterly fail.
The children of the ungodly won’t grow many branches,
and are as unhealthy roots on a sheer rock.
The reeds by every water or river bank
will be plucked up before all grass.
Kindness is like a garden of blessings.
Almsgiving endures forever.
The life of one who labors and is content will be made sweet.
He who finds a treasure is better than both.
Children and the building of a city establish a name.
A blameless wife is better than both.
Wine and music rejoice the heart.
The love of wisdom is better than both.
The pipe and the lute make pleasant melody.
A pleasant tongue is better than both.
Your eye desires grace and beauty,
but the green shoots of grain more than both.
A friend and a companion is always welcome,
and a wife with her husband is better than both.
Relatives and helpers are for a time of affliction,
but almsgiving rescues better than both.
Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure,
and counsel is esteemed better than both.
Riches and strength will lift up the heart.
The fear of the Lord is better than both.
There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord.
In it, there is no need to seek help.
The fear of the Lord is like a garden of blessing
and covers a man more than any glory.
My son, don’t lead a beggar’s life.
It is better to die than to beg.
A man who looks to the table of another,
his life is not to be considered a life.
He will pollute his soul with another person’s food,
but a wise and well-instructed person will beware of that.
Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the shameless,
but it kindles a fire in his belly.
O death, how bitter is the memory of you to a man who is at peace in his possessions,
to the man who has nothing to distract him and has prosperity in all things,
and who still has strength to enjoy food!
O death, your sentence is acceptable to a man who is needy and who fails in strength,
who is in extreme old age, is distracted about all things,
is perverse, and has lost patience!
Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death.
Remember those who have been before you and who come after.
This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh.
And why do you refuse when it is the good pleasure of the Most High?
Whether life lasts ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years,
there is no inquiry about life in Hades.
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or,
the place of the dead
or,
Sheol
The children of sinners are abominable children
and they frequent the dwellings of the ungodly.
The inheritance of sinners’ children will perish
and with their posterity will be a perpetual disgrace.
Children will complain of an ungodly father,
because they suffer disgrace because of him.
Woe to you, ungodly men,
who have forsaken the law of the Most High God!
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If you are born, you will be born to a curse.
If you die, a curse will be your portion.
All things that are of the earth will go back to the earth;
so the ungodly will go from a curse to perdition.
The mourning of men is about their bodies;
but the evil name of sinners will be blotted out.
Have regard for your name,
for it continues with you longer than a thousand great treasures of gold.
A good life has its number of days,
but a good name continues forever.
My children, follow instruction in peace.
But wisdom that is hidden and a treasure that is not seen,
what benefit is in them both?
Better is a man who hides his foolishness
than a man who hides his wisdom.
Therefore show respect for my words;
for it is not good to retain every kind of shame.
Not everything is approved by all in good faith.
Be ashamed of sexual immorality before father and mother,
of a lie before a prince and a mighty man,
of an offense before a judge and ruler,
of iniquity before the congregation and the people,
of unjust dealing before a partner and friend,
and of theft in the place where you sojourn.
Be ashamed in regard of the truth of God and his covenant,
of leaning on your elbow at dinner,
of contemptuous behavior in the matter of giving and taking,
of silence before those who greet you,
of looking at a woman who is a prostitute,
of turning away your face from a kinsman,
of taking away a portion or a gift,
of gazing at a woman who has a husband,
of meddling with his maid—and don’t come near her bed,
of abusive speech to friends—and after you have given, don’t insult,
of repeating and speaking what you have heard,
and of revealing of secrets.
So you will be ashamed of the right things
and find favor in the sight of every man.
Don’t be ashamed of these things,
and don’t sin to save face:
of the law of the Most High and his covenant,
of judgment to do justice to the ungodly,
of reckoning with a partner and with travellers,
of a gift from the inheritance of friends,
of exactness of scales and weights,
of getting much or little,
of bargaining dealing with merchants,
of frequent correction of children,
and of making the back of an evil slave to bleed.
A seal is good where an evil wife is.
Where there are many hands, lock things up.
Whatever you hand over, let it be by number and weight.
In giving and receiving, let all be in writing.
Don’t be ashamed to instruct the unwise and foolish,
and one of extreme old age who contends with those who are young.
So you will be well instructed indeed
and approved in the sight of every living man.
A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father.
Care for her takes away sleep—
in her youth, lest she pass the flower of her age;
when she is married, lest she should be hated;
in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house;
when she has a husband, lest she should transgress;
and when she is married, lest she should be barren.
Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter,
lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies,
a byword in the city and notorious among the people,
and shame you in public.
Don’t gaze at every beautiful body.
Don’t sit in the midst of women.
For from garments comes a moth,
and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness.
Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman,
a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.
I will make mention now of the works of the Lord,
and will declare the things that I have seen.
The Lord’s works are in his words.
The sun that gives light looks at all things.
The Lord’s work is full of his glory.
The Lord has not given power to the saints to declare all his marvelous works,
which the Almighty Lord firmly settled,
that the universe might be established in his glory.
He searches out the deep and the heart.
He has understanding of their secrets.
For the Most High knows all knowledge.
He sees the signs of the world.
He declares the things that are past and the things that shall be,
and reveals the traces of hidden things.
No thought escapes him.
There is not a word hidden from him.
He has ordered the mighty works of his wisdom.
He is from everlasting to everlasting.
Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them.
He had no need of any counselor.
How desirable are all his works!
One may see this even in a spark.
All these things live and remain forever in all manner of uses.
They are all obedient.
All things are in pairs, one opposite the other.
He has made nothing imperfect.
One thing establishes the good things of another.
Who could ever see enough of his glory?
The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear sky,
the appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.
The sun, when it appears, bringing tidings as it rises,
is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.
At noon, it dries up the land.
Who can stand against its burning heat?
A man tending a furnace is in burning heat,
but the sun three times more, burning up the mountains,
breathing out fiery vapors,
and sending out bright beams, it blinds the eyes.
Great is the Lord who made it.
At his word, he hastens on its course.
The moon marks the changing seasons,
declares times, and is a sign for the world.
From the moon is the sign of feast days,
a light that wanes when it completes its course.
The month is called after its name,
increasing wonderfully in its changing—
an instrument of the army on high,
shining in the structure of heaven,
the beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars,
an ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
At the word of the Holy One, they will stand in due order.
They won’t faint in their watches.
Look at the rainbow, and praise him who made it.
It is exceedingly beautiful in its brightness.
It encircles the sky with its glorious circle.
The hands of the Most High have stretched it out.
By his commandment, he makes the snow fall
and swiftly sends the lightnings of his judgment.
Therefore the storehouses are opened,
and clouds fly out like birds.
By his mighty power, he makes the clouds strong
and the hailstones are broken in pieces.
At his appearing, the mountains will be shaken.
At his will, the south wind will blow.
The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth.
So does the northern storm and the whirlwind.
Like birds flying down, he sprinkles the snow.
It falls down like the lighting of locusts.
The eye is dazzled at the beauty of its whiteness.
The heart is amazed as it falls.
He also pours out frost on the earth like salt.
When it is freezes, it has points like thorns.
The cold north wind blows
and ice freezes on the water.
It settles on every pool of water.
The water puts it on like it was a breastplate.
It will devour the mountains, burn up the wilderness,
and consume the green grass like fire.
A mist coming speedily heals all things.
A dew coming after heat brings cheerfulness.
By his counsel, he has calmed the deep
and planted islands in it.
Those who sail on the sea tell of its dangers.
We marvel when we hear it with our ears.
There are also those strange and wondrous works in it—
variety of all that has life and the huge creatures of the sea.
Because of him, his messengers succeed.
By his word, all things hold together.
We may say many things, but couldn’t say enough.
The summary of our words is, “He is everything!”
How could we have strength to glorify him?
For he is himself the greater than all his works.
The Lord is awesome and exceedingly great!
His power is marvelous!
Glorify the Lord and exalt him as much as you can!
For even yet, he will surpass that.
When you exalt him, summon your full strength.
Don’t be weary, because you can’t praise him enough.
Who has seen him, that he may describe him?
Who can magnify him as he is?
Many things greater than these are hidden,
for we have seen just a few of his works.
For the Lord made all things.
He gave wisdom to the godly.
Let us now praise famous men,
our ancestors in their generations.
The Lord created great glory in them—
his mighty power from the beginning.
Some ruled in their kingdoms
and were men renowned for their power,
giving counsel by their understanding.
Some have spoken in prophecies,
leaders of the people by their counsels,
and by their understanding, giving instruction for the people.
Their words in their instruction were wise.
Some composed musical tunes,
and set forth verses in writing,
rich men endowed with ability,
living peaceably in their homes.
All these were honored in their generations,
and were outstanding in their days.
Some of them have left a name behind them,
so that others declare their praises.
But of others, there is no memory.
They perished as though they had not been.
They become as though they had not been born,
they and their children after them.
But these were men of mercy,
whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten.
A good inheritance remains with their offspring.
Their children are within the covenant.
Their offspring stand fast,
with their children, for their sakes.
Their offspring will remain forever.
Their glory won’t be blotted out.
Their bodies were buried in peace.
Their name lives to all generations.
People will declare their wisdom.
The congregation proclaims their praise.
Enoch pleased the Lord, and was taken up,
an example of repentance to all generations.
Noah was found perfect and righteous.
In the season of wrath, he kept the race alive.
Therefore a remnant was left on the earth
when the flood came.
Everlasting covenants were made with him,
that all flesh should no more be blotted out by a flood.
Abraham was a great father of a multitude of nations.
There was none found like him in glory,
who kept the law of the Most High,
and was taken into covenant with him.
In his flesh he established the covenant.
When he was tested, he was found faithful.
Therefore he assured him by an oath
that the nations would be blessed through his offspring,
that he would multiply him like the dust of the earth,
exalt his offspring like the stars,
and cause them to inherit from sea to sea,
and from the Euphrates River to the utmost parts of the earth.
In Isaac also, he established the same assurance for Abraham his father’s sake,
the blessing of all men, and the covenant.
He made it rest upon the head of Jacob.
He acknowledged him in his blessings,
gave to him by inheritance,
and divided his portions.
He distributed them among twelve tribes.
He brought out of him a man of mercy,
who found favor in the sight of all people,
a man loved by God and men, even Moses,
whose memory is blessed.
He made him equal to the glory of the saints,
and magnified him in the fears of his enemies.
By his words he caused the wonders to cease.
God glorified him in the sight of kings.
He gave him commandments for his people
and showed him part of his glory.
He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness.
He chose him out of all people.
He made him to hear his voice,
led him into the thick darkness,
and gave him commandments face to face,
even the law of life and knowledge,
that he might teach Jacob the covenant,
and Israel his judgments.
He exalted Aaron, a holy man like Moses,
even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
He established an everlasting covenant with him,
and gave him the priesthood of the people.
He blessed him with stateliness,
and dressed him in a glorious robe.
He clothed him in perfect splendor,
and strengthened him with symbols of authority:
the linen trousers, the long robe, and the ephod.
He encircled him with pomegranates;
with many golden bells around him,
to make a sound as he went,
to make a sound that might be heard in the temple,
for a reminder for the children of his people;
with a holy garment, with gold, blue, and purple, the work of the embroiderer;
with an oracle of judgment—Urim and Thummim;
with twisted scarlet, the work of the craftsman;
with precious stones engraved like a signet, in a setting of gold, the work of the jeweller,
for a reminder engraved in writing, after the number of the tribes of Israel;
with a crown of gold upon the mitre, having engraved on it, as on a signet, “HOLINESS”,
an ornament of honor, the work of an expert,
the desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.
Before him there never have been anything like it.
No stranger put them on, but only his sons and his offspring perpertually.
His sacrifices shall be wholly burned,
twice every day continually.
Moses consecrated him,
and anointed him with holy oil.
It was an everlasting covenant with him
and to his offspring, all the days of heaven,
to minister to the Lord, to serve as a priest,
and to bless his people in his name.
He chose him out of all living
to offer sacrifice to the Lord—
incense, and a sweet fragrance, for a memorial,
to make atonement for your people.
He gave to him in his commandments,
authority in the covenants of judgments,
to teach Jacob the testimonies,
and to enlighten Israel in his law.
Strangers conspired against him
and envied him in the wilderness:
Dathan and Abiram with their company,
and the congregation of Korah, with wrath and anger.
The Lord saw it, and it displeased him.
In the wrath of his anger, they were destroyed.
He did wonders upon them,
to consume them with flaming fire.
He added glory to Aaron,
and gave him a heritage.
He divided to him the first fruits of the increase,
and prepared bread of first fruits in abundance.
For they eat the sacrifices of the Lord,
which he gave to him and to his offspring.
However, in the land of the people, he has no inheritance,
and he has no portion among the people,
for the Lord himself is your portion and inheritance.
Phinehas the son of Eleazar is the third in glory,
in that he was zealous in the fear of the Lord,
and stood fast when the people turned away,
and he made atonement for Israel.
Therefore, a covenant of peace was established for him,
that he should be leader of the sanctuary and of his people,
that he and his offspring should have the dignity of the priesthood forever.
Also he made a covenant with David the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah.
The inheritance of the king is his alone from son to son.
So the inheritance of Aaron is also to his seed.
May God give you wisdom in your heart
to judge his people in righteousness,
that their good things may not be abolished,
and that their glory may endure for all their generations.
Joshua the son of Nun was valiant in war,
and was the successor of Moses in prophecies.
He was made great according to his name
for the saving of
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his.
God’s elect,
to take vengeance on the enemies that rose up against them,
that he might give Israel their inheritance.
How was he glorified in the lifting up his hands,
and in stretching out his sword against the cities!
Who before him stood so firm?
For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him.
Didn’t the sun go back by his hand?
Didn’t one day become as two?
He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One,
when his foes pressed in all around him,
and the great Lord heard him.
With hailstones of mighty power,
he caused war to break violently upon the nation,
and
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on the slope he destroyed those who resisted,
so that the nations might know his armor,
how he fought in the sight of the Lord;
for he followed the Mighty One.
Also in the time of Moses, he did a work of mercy—
he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh—
in that they withstood the adversary,
hindered the people from sin,
and stilled their wicked complaining.
And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved
to bring them into their inheritance,
into a land flowing with milk and honey.
The Lord gave strength to Caleb,
and it remained with him to his old age,
so that he entered the hill country,
and his offspring obtained it for an inheritance,
that all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
Also the judges, every one by his name,
all whose hearts didn’t engage in immorality,
and who didn’t turn away from the Lord—
may their memory be blessed!
May their bones flourish again out of their place.
May the name of those who have been honored be renewed in their children.
Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, loved by his Lord,
established a kingdom and anointed princes over his people.
By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation,
and the Lord watched over Jacob.
By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet.
By his words he was known to be faithful in vision.
When his enemies pressed on him on every side,
he called upon the Lord, the Mighty One,
with the offering of the suckling lamb.
Then the Lord thundered from heaven.
He made his voice heard with a mighty sound.
He utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians
and all the princes of the Philistines.
Before the time of his age-long sleep,
he testified in the sight of the lord and his anointed,
“I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal;”
and no one accused him.
Even after he fell asleep, he prophesied,
and showed the king his end,
and lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy,
to blot out the wickedness of the people.
After him, Nathan rose up
to prophesy in the days of David.
As is the fat when it is separated from the peace offering,
so was David separated from the children of Israel.
He played with lions as with kids,
and with bears as with lambs of the flock.
In his youth didn’t he kill a giant,
and take away reproach from the people
when he lifted up his hand with a sling stone,
and beat down the boasting Goliath?
For he called upon the Most High Lord,
and he gave him strength in his right hand
to kill a man mighty in war,
to exalt the horn of his people.
So they glorified him for his tens of thousands,
and praised him for the blessings of the Lord,
in that a glorious diadem was given to him.
For he destroyed the enemies on every side,
and defeated the Philistines his adversaries.
He broke their horn in pieces to this day.
In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory.
He sang praise with his whole heart,
and loved him who made him.
He set singers before the altar,
to make sweet melody by their music.
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He gave beauty to the feasts,
and set in order the seasons to completion
while they praised his holy name,
and the sanctuary resounded from early morning.
The Lord took away his sins,
and exalted his horn forever.
He gave him a covenant of kings,
and a glorious throne in Israel.
After him a wise son rose up,
who because of him lived in security.
Solomon reigned in days of peace.
God gave him rest all around,
that he might set up a house for his name,
and prepare a sanctuary forever.
How wise you were made in your youth,
and filled as a river with understanding!
Your influence covered the earth,
and you filled it with parables and riddles.
Your name reached to the far away islands,
and you were loved for your peace.
For your songs, proverbs, parables,
and interpretations, the countries marveled at you.
By the name of the Lord God,
who is called the God of Israel,
you gathered gold like tin,
and multiplied silver like lead.
You bowed your loins to women,
and in your body you were brought into subjection.
You blemished your honor,
and defiled your offspring,
to bring wrath upon your children.
I was grieved for your folly,
because the sovereignty was divided,
and a disobedient kingdom ruled out of Ephraim.
But the Lord will never forsake his mercy.
He won’t destroy any of his works,
nor blot out the posterity of his elect.
He won’t take away the offspring him who loved him.
He gave a remnant to Jacob,
and to David a root from his own family.
So Solomon rested with his fathers.
Of his offspring, he left behind him Rehoboam,
the foolishness of the people, and one who lacked understanding,
who made the people revolt by his counsel.
Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin,
and gave a way of sin to Ephraim.
Their sins were multiplied exceedingly,
until they were removed from their land.
For they sought out all manner of wickedness,
until vengeance came upon them.
Then Elijah arose, the prophet like fire.
His word burned like a torch.
He brought a famine upon them,
and by his zeal made them few in number.
By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens.
He brought down fire three times.
How you were glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds!
Whose glory is like yours?
You raised up a dead man from death,
from Hades, by the word of the Most High.
You brought down kings to destruction,
and honorable men from their sickbeds.
You heard rebuke in Sinai,
and judgments of vengeance in Horeb.
You anointed kings for retribution,
and prophets to succeed after you.
You were taken up in a tempest of fire,
in a chariot of fiery horses.
You were recorded for reproofs in their seasons,
to pacify anger, before it broke out into wrath,
to turn the heart of the father to the son,
and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
Blessed are those who saw you,
and those who have been beautified with love;
for we also shall surely live.
Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind.
Elisha was filled with his spirit.
In his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler,
and no one brought him into subjection.
Nothing was too hard for him.
When he was buried, his body prophesied.
As in his life he did wonders,
so his works were also marvelous in death.
For all this the people didn’t repent.
They didn’t depart from their sins,
until they were carried away as a plunder from their land,
and were scattered through all the earth.
The people were left very few in number,
but with a ruler from the house of David.
Some of them did that which was right,
but some multiplied sins.
Hezekiah fortified his city,
and brought water into its midst.
He tunneled through rock with iron,
and built cisterns for water.
In his days Sennacherib invaded,
and sent Rabshakeh, and departed.
He lifted up his hand against Zion,
and boasted great things in his arrogance.
Then their hearts and their hands were shaken,
and they were in pain, as women in labor.
But they called upon the Lord who is merciful,
spreading out their hands to him.
The Holy One quickly heard them out of Heaven,
and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
He struck the camp of the Assyrians,
and his angel utterly destroyed them.
For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord,
and was strong in the ways of his ancestor David,
which Isaiah the prophet commanded,
who was great and faithful in his vision.
In his days the sun went backward.
He prolonged the life of the king.
He saw by an excellent spirit what would come to pass in the future;
and he comforted those who mourned in Zion.
He showed the things that would happen through the end of time,
and the hidden things before they came.
The memory of Josiah is like the composition of incense
prepared by the work of the perfumer.
It will be sweet as honey in every mouth,
and like music at a banquet of wine.
He did what was right in the reforming of the people,
and took away the abominations of iniquity.
He set his heart right toward the Lord.
In lawless days, he made godliness prevail.
Except David, Hezekiah, and Josiah,
all were wicked,
because they abandoned the law of the Most High.
The kings of Judah came to an end.
They gave their power to others,
and their glory to a foreign nation.
They set the chosen city of the sanctuary on fire
and made her streets desolate, as it was written by the hand of Jeremiah.
For they mistreated him;
yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet,
to root out, to afflict, to destroy
and likewise to build and to plant.
Ezekiel saw the vision of glory,
which God showed him on the chariot of the cherubim.
For truly he remembered the enemies in rainstorm,
and to do good to those who directed their ways aright.
Also of the twelve prophets,
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may their bones flourish again out of their place.
He comforted the people of Jacob,
and delivered them by confident hope.
How shall we magnify Zerubbabel?
He was like a signet ring on the right hand.
So was Jesus the son of Josedek,
who in their days built the house,
and exalted a
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Some ancient authorities read
temple.
people holy to the Lord,
prepared for everlasting glory.
Also of Nehemiah the memory is great.
He raised up for us fallen walls,
set up the gates and bars,
and rebuilt our houses.
No man was created upon the earth like Enoch,
for he was taken up from the earth.
Nor was there a man born like Joseph,
a leader of his kindred, a supporter of the people.
Even his bones were cared for.
Shem and Seth were honored among men,
but above every living thing in the creation was Adam.
It was Simon, the son of Onias, the high priest,
who in his life repaired the house,
and in his days strengthened the temple.
The foundation was built by him to the height of the double walls,
the lofty retaining walls of the temple enclosure.
In his days, a water cistern was dug,
the brazen vessel like the sea in circumference.
He planned to save his people from ruin,
and fortified the city against siege.
How glorious he was when the people gathered around him
as he came out of the house of the veil!
He was like the morning star among clouds,
like the full moon,
like the sun shining on the temple of the Most High,
like the rainbow shining in clouds of glory,
like roses in the days of first fruits,
like lilies by a water spring,
like the shoot of the frankincense tree in summer time,
like fire and incense in the censer,
like a vessel of beaten gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones,
like an olive tree loaded with fruit,
and like a cypress growing high among the clouds.
When he put on his glorious robe,
and clothed himself in perfect splendor,
ascending to the holy altar,
he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.
When he received the portions out of the priests’ hands,
as he stood by the hearth of the altar,
with his kindred like a garland around him,
he was like a young cedar in Lebanon
surrounded by the trunks of palm trees.
All the sons of Aaron in their glory,
held the Lord’s offering in their hands before all the congregation of Israel.
Finishing the service at the altars,
that he might arrange the offering of the Most High, the Almighty,
he stretched out his hand to the cup of libation,
and poured out the cup of the grape.
He poured it out at the foot of the altar,
a sweet smelling fragrance to the Most High, the King of all.
Then the sons of Aaron shouted.
They sounded the trumpets of beaten work.
They made a great fanfare to be heard,
for a reminder before the Most High.
Then all the people together hurried,
and fell down to the ground on their faces
to worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High.
The singers also praised him with their voices.
There was a sweet melody in the whole house.
And the people implored the Lord Most High,
in prayer before him who is merciful,
until the worship of the Lord was finished,
and so they accomplished his service.
Then he went down, and lifted up his hands
over the whole congregation of the children of Israel,
to give blessing to the Lord with his lips,
and to glory in his name.
He bowed himself down in worship the second time,
to declare the blessing from the Most High.
Now bless the God of all,
who everywhere does great things,
who exalts our days from the womb,
and deals with us according to his mercy.
May he grant us joyfulness of heart,
and that peace may be in our days in Israel for the days of eternity,
to entrust his mercy with us,
and let him deliver us in his time!
With two nations my soul is vexed,
and the third is no nation:
Those who sit on the mountain of
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According to some ancient versions,
Seir.
Samaria, the Philistines,
and the foolish people who live in Shechem.
I have written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge,
I Jesus, the son of Sirach Eleazar, of Jerusalem,
who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.
Blessed is he who will exercise these things.
He who lays them up in his heart will become wise.
For if he does them, he will be strong in all things,
for the light of the Lord is his guide.
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A Prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach.
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King,
and will praise you, O God my Savior.
I give thanks to your name,
for you have been my protector and helper,
and delivered my body out of destruction,
and out of the snare of a slanderous tongue,
from lips that fabricate lies.
You were my helper before those who stood by,
and delivered me, according to the abundance of your mercy and of your name,
from the gnashings of teeth ready to devour,
out of the hand of those seeking my life,
out of the many afflictions I endured,
from the choking of a fire on every side,
and out of the midst of fire that I hadn’t kindled,
out of the depth of the belly of Hades,
from an unclean tongue,
and from lying words—
the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king.
My soul drew near to death.
My life was near to Hades.
They surrounded me on every side.
There was no one to help me.
I was looking for human help,
and there was none.
Then I remembered your mercy, O Lord,
and your working which has been from everlasting,
how you deliver those who wait for you,
and save them out of the hand of their enemies.
I lifted up my prayer from the earth,
and prayed for deliverance from death.
I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord,
that he would not forsake me in the days of affliction,
in the time when there was no help against the proud.
I will praise your name continually.
I will sing praise with thanksgiving.
My prayer was heard.
You saved me from destruction
and delivered me from the evil time.
Therefore I will give thanks and praise to you,
and bless the name of the Lord.
When I was yet young,
before I went abroad,
I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.
Before the temple I asked for her.
I will seek her out even to the end.
From the first flower to the ripening grape my heart delighted in her.
My foot walked in uprightness.
From my youth I followed her steps.
I inclined my ear a little, and received her,
and found for myself much instruction.
I profited in her.
I will give glory to him who gives me wisdom.
For I determined to practice her.
I was zealous for that which is good.
I will never be put to shame.
My soul has wrestled with her.
In my conduct I was exact.
I spread out my hands to the heaven above,
and bewailed my ignorances of her.
I directed my soul to her.
In purity I found her.
I got myself a heart joined with her from the beginning.
Therefore I won’t be forsaken.
My belly also was troubled to seek her.
Therefore I have gained a good possession.
The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward.
I will praise him with it.
Draw near to me, all you who are uneducated,
and live in the house of instruction.
Why therefore are you all lacking in these things,
and your souls are very thirsty?
I opened my mouth and spoke,
“Get her for yourselves without money.”
Put your neck under the yoke,
and let your soul receive instruction.
She is near to find.
See with your eyes
how that I labored just a little
and found for myself much rest.
Get instruction with a great sum of silver,
and gain much gold by her.
May your soul rejoice in his mercy,
and may you all not be put to shame in praising him.
Work your work before the time comes,
and in his time he will give you your reward.
- Baruch
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BARUCH
The book of
Baruch is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. In some Bibles, Baruch chapter 6 is listed as a separate book called
The Letter of Jeremiah, reflecting its separation from Baruch in some copies of the Greek Septuagint.
These are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maaseas, the son of Sedekias, the son of Asadias, the son of Helkias, wrote in Babylon,
in the fifth year, in the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chaldeans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire.
Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Judah, and in the hearing of all the people who came to hear the book,
and in the hearing of the mighty men, and of the kings’ sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and in the hearing of all the people, from the least to the greatest, even of all those who lived at Babylon by the river Sud.
Then they wept, fasted,
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Another reading is,
and vowed vows.
and prayed before the Lord.
They also made a collection of money according to every man’s ability;
and they sent it to Jerusalem to Joakim the high priest, the son of Helkias, the son of Salom, and to the priests and to all the people who were found with him at Jerusalem,
at the same time when he took the vessels of the house of the Lord, that had been carried out of the temple, to return them into the land of Judah, the tenth day of Sivan—silver vessels which Sedekias the son of Josias king of Judah had made,
after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, the princes, the captives, the mighty men, and the people of the land from Jerusalem, and brought them to Babylon.
And they said: Behold, we have sent you money; therefore buy with the money burnt offerings, sin offerings, and incense, and prepare an oblation, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God;
and pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his son, that their days may be
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See Deuteronomy 11:21.
as the days of heaven above the earth.
The Lord will give us strength and light to our eyes. We will live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon and under the shadow of Baltasar his son, and we shall serve them many days, and find favor in their sight.
Pray for us also to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God. To this day the wrath of the Lord and his indignation is not turned from us.
You shall read this book which we have sent to you, to make confession in the house of the Lord upon the day of the feast and on the days of the solemn assembly.
You shall say: To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
to our kings, to our princes, to our priests, to our prophets, and to our fathers,
because we have sinned before the Lord.
We have disobeyed him and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set before us.
Since the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to this present day, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not listening to his voice.
Therefore the plagues have clung to us, along with the curse which the Lord declared through Moses his servant in the day that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt to give us a land that flows with milk and honey, as at this day.
Nevertheless we didn’t listen to the voice of the Lord our God, according to all the words of the prophets whom he sent to us,
but we each walked in the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods and to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God.
Therefore the Lord has made good his word which he pronounced against us, and against our judges who judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Judah,
to bring upon us great plagues such as never happened before under the whole heaven,
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Another reading is,
even as he has done.
as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses,
that we should each eat the flesh of our own son, and each eat the flesh of our own daughter.
Moreover he has given them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are around us, to be a reproach and a desolation among all the people around us, where the Lord has scattered them.
Thus they were cast down and not exalted, because we sinned against the Lord our God in not listening to his voice.
To the Lord our God belongs righteousness, but to us and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
All these plagues have come upon us which the Lord has pronounced against us.
Yet have we not entreated the favor of the Lord by everyone turning from the thoughts of his wicked heart.
Therefore the Lord has kept watch over the plagues. The Lord has brought them upon us, for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he has commanded us.
Yet we have not listened to his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set before us.
And now, O Lord, you God of Israel who have brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, with signs, with wonders, with great power, and with a high arm, and have gotten yourself a name, as at this day:
O Lord our God, we have sinned. We have been ungodly. We have done wrong in all your ordinances.
Let your wrath turn from us, for we are but a few left among the heathen where you have scattered us.
Hear our prayer, O Lord, and our petition, and deliver us for your own sake. Give us favor in the sight of those who have led us away captive,
that all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by your name.
O Lord, look down from your holy house and consider us. Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear.
Open your eyes, and see; for the dead that are in Hades, whose breath is taken from their bodies, will give to the Lord neither glory nor righteousness;
but the soul who is greatly vexed, who goes stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will declare your glory and righteousness, O Lord.
For we do not present our supplication before you, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers and of our kings.
For you have sent your wrath and your indignation upon us, as you have spoken by your servants the prophets, saying,
“The Lord says, ‘Bow your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon, and remain in the land that I gave to your fathers.
But if you won’t hear the voice of the Lord to serve the king of Babylon,
I will cause to cease out of the cities of Judah and from the region near Jerusalem the voice of mirth, the voice of gladness, voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. The whole land will be desolate without inhabitant.’”
But we wouldn’t listen to your voice, to serve the king of Babylon. Therefore you have made good your words that you spoke by your servants the prophets, that the bones of our kings and the bones of our fathers would be taken out of their places.
Behold, they are cast out to the heat by day and to the frost by night. They died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by
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See Jeremiah 32:36.
pestilence.
You have made the house that is called by your name as it is today because of the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
Yet, O Lord our God, you have dealt with us after all your kindness and according to all your great mercy,
as you spoke by your servant Moses in the day when you commanded him to write your law in the presence of the children of Israel, saying,
“If you won’t hear my voice, surely this very great multitude will be turned into a small number among the nations where I will scatter them.
For I know that they will not hear me, because they are a stiff-necked people; but in the land of their captivity they will take it to heart,
and will know that I am the Lord their God. I will give them a heart and ears to hear.
Then they will praise me in the land of their captivity, and think about my name,
and will return from their stiff neck and from their wicked deeds; for they will remember the way of their fathers who sinned before the Lord.
I will bring them again into the land which I promised to their fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and they will rule over it. I will increase them, and they won’t be diminished.
And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they will be my people. I will no more remove my people Israel out of the land that I have given them.”
O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish and the troubled spirit cries to you.
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God. Yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you.
For you are enthroned forever, and we keep perishing.
O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of the dead Israelites, and of the children of those who were sinners before you, who didn’t listen to the voice of you their God; because of this, these plagues cling to us.
Don’t remember the iniquities of our fathers, but remember your power and your name at this time.
For you are the Lord our God, and we will praise you, O Lord.
For this cause, you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name. We will praise you in our captivity, for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers who sinned before you.
Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty according to all the iniquities of our fathers who departed from the Lord our God.
Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life! Give ear to understand wisdom!
How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
that you are counted with those who are in Hades?
You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
If you had walked in the way of God, you would have dwelled in peace forever.
Learn where there is wisdom, where there is strength, and where there is understanding, that you may also know where there is length of days and life, where there is the light of the eyes and peace.
Who has found out her place? Who has come into her treasuries?
Where are the princes of the heathen, and those who ruled the beasts that are on the earth,
those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, in which people trust, and of their getting there is no end?
For those who diligently sought silver, and were so anxious, and whose works are past finding out,
they have vanished and gone down to Hades, and others have come up in their place.
Younger men have seen the light and lived upon the earth, but they haven’t known the way of knowledge,
nor understood its paths. Their children haven’t embraced it. They are far off from their way.
It has not been heard of in Canaan, neither has it been seen in Teman.
The sons also of Agar who seek understanding, which are in the land, the merchants of Merran and Teman, and the authors of fables, and the searchers out of understanding—none of these have known the way of wisdom or remembered her paths.
O Israel, how great is the house of God! How large is the place of his possession!
It is great and has no end. It is high and unmeasurable.
Giants were born that were famous of old, great of stature, and expert in war.
God didn’t choose these, nor did he give the way of knowledge to them,
so they perished, because they had no wisdom. They perished through their own foolishness.
Who has gone up into heaven, taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
Who has gone over the sea, found her, and will bring her for choice gold?
There is no one who knows her way, nor any who comprehend her path.
But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding. He who prepared the earth for all time has filled it with four-footed beasts.
It is he who sends forth the light, and it goes. He called it, and it obeyed him with fear.
The stars shone in their watches, and were glad. When he called them, they said, “Here we are.” They shone with gladness to him who made them.
This is our God. No other can be compared to him.
He has found out all the way of knowledge, and has given it to Jacob his servant and to Israel who is loved by him.
Afterward she appeared upon earth, and lived with men.
This is the book of God’s commandments and the law that endures forever. All those who hold it fast will live, but those who leave it will die.
Turn, O Jacob, and take hold of it. Walk toward the shining of its light.
Don’t give your glory to another, nor the things that are to your advantage to a foreign nation.
O Israel, we are happy; for the things that are pleasing to God are made known to us.
Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
You were not sold to the nations for destruction, but because you moved God to wrath, you were delivered to your adversaries.
For you provoked him who made you by sacrificing to demons and not to God.
You forgot the everlasting God who brought you up. You also grieved Jerusalem, who nursed you.
For she saw the wrath that came upon you from God, and said, “Listen, you who dwell near Zion; for God has brought upon me great mourning.
For I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.
For with joy I nourished them, but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
Let no man rejoice over me, a widow and forsaken by many. For the sins of my children, I am left desolate, because they turned away from the law of God
and had no regard for his statutes. They didn’t walk in the ways of God’s commandments or tread in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
Let those who dwell near Zion come and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.
For he has brought a nation upon them from afar, a shameless nation with a strange language, who didn’t respect old men or pity children.
They have carried away the dear beloved sons of the widow, and left her who was alone desolate of her daughters.”
But I—how can I help you?
For he who brought these calamities upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies.
Go your way, O my children. Go your way, for I am left desolate.
I have put off the garment of peace, and put on the sackcloth of my petition. I will cry to the Everlasting as long as I live.
Take courage, my children. Cry to God, and he will deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
For I have trusted in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy has come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy that will soon come to you from your Everlasting Savior.
For I sent you out with mourning and weeping, but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness forever.
For as now those who dwell near Zion have seen your captivity, so they will shortly see your salvation from our God which will come upon you with great glory and brightness of the Everlasting.
My children, suffer patiently the wrath that has come upon you from God, for your enemy has persecuted you; but shortly you will see his destruction and will tread upon their necks.
My delicate ones have traveled rough roads. They were taken away like a flock carried off by enemies.
Take courage, my children, and cry to God; for you will be remembered by him who has brought this upon you.
For as it was your decision to go astray from God, return and seek him ten times more.
For he who brought these calamities upon you will bring you everlasting joy again with your salvation.
Take courage, O Jerusalem, for he who called you by name will comfort you.
Miserable are those who afflicted you and rejoiced at your fall.
Miserable are the cities which your children served. Miserable is she who received your sons.
For as she rejoiced at your fall and was glad of your ruin, so she will be grieved at her own desolation.
And I will take away her pride in her great multitude and her boasting will be turned into mourning.
For fire will come upon her from the Everlasting for many days; and she will be inhabited by demons for a long time.
O Jerusalem, look around you toward the east, and behold the joy that comes to you from God.
Behold, your sons come, whom you sent away. They come gathered together from the east to the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.
Take off the garment of your mourning and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God.
Put on the robe of the righteousness from God. Set on your head a diadem of the glory of the Everlasting.
For God will show your splendor everywhere under heaven.
For your name will be called by God forever “Righteous Peace, Godly Glory”.
Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand upon the height. Look around you toward the east and see your children gathered from the going down of the sun to its rising at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.
For they went from you on foot, being led away by their enemies, but God brings them in to you carried on high with glory, on a royal throne.
For God has appointed that every high mountain and the everlasting hills should be made low, and the valleys filled up to make the ground level, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God.
Moreover the woods and every sweet smelling tree have shaded Israel by the commandment of God.
For God will lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.
The Letter of Jeremy (Jeremiah)
A copy of a letter that Jeremy sent to those who were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to give them the message that God commanded him.
Because of the sins which you have committed before God, you will be led away captives to Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king of the Babylonians.
So when you come to Babylon, you will remain there many years, and for a long season, even for seven generations. After that, I will bring you out peacefully from there.
But now you will see in Babylon gods of silver, gold, wood carried on shoulders, which cause the nations to fear.
Beware therefore that you in no way become like these foreigners. Don’t let fear take hold of you because of them when you see the multitude before them and behind them, worshiping them.
But say in your hearts, “O Lord, we must worship you.”
For my angel is with you, and I myself care for your souls.
For their tongue is polished by the workman, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and with silver; yet they are only fake, and can’t speak.
And taking gold, as if it were for a virgin who loves to be happy, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.
Sometimes also the priests take gold and silver from their gods, and spend it on themselves.
The will even give some of it to the common prostitutes. They dress them like men with garments, even the gods of silver, gods of gold, and gods of wood.
Yet these gods can’t save themselves from rust and moths, even though they are covered with purple garments.
They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, which is thick upon them.
And he who can’t put to death one who offends against him holds a sceptre, as though he were judge of a country.
He has also a dagger in his right hand, and an axe, but can’t deliver himself from war and robbers.
By this they are known not to be gods. Therefore don’t fear them.
For like a vessel that a man uses is worth nothing when it is broken, even so it is with their gods. When they are set up in the temples, their eyes are full of dust through the feet of those who come in.
As the courts are secured on every side upon him who offends the king, as being committed to suffer death, even so the priests secure their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest they be carried off by robbers.
They light candles for them, yes, more than for themselves, even though they can’t see one.
They are like one of the beams of the temple. Men say their hearts are eaten out when things creeping out of the earth devour both them and their clothing. They don’t feel it
when their faces are blackened through the smoke that comes out of the temple.
Bats, swallows, and birds land on their bodies and heads. So do the cats.
By this you may know that they are no gods. Therefore don’t fear them.
Notwithstanding the gold with which they are covered to make them beautiful, unless someone wipes off the tarnish, they won’t shine; for they didn’t even feel it when they were molten.
Things in which there is no breath are bought at any cost.
Having no feet, they are carried upon shoulders. By this, they declare to men that they are worth nothing.
Those who serve them are also ashamed, for if they fall to the ground at any time, they can’t rise up again by themselves. If they are bowed down, they can’t make themselves straight; but the offerings are set before them, as if they were dead men.
And the things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and spend. In like manner, their wives also lay up part of it in salt; but to the poor and to the impotent they give none of it.
The menstruous woman and the woman in childbed touch their sacrifices, knowing therefore by these things that they are no gods. Don’t fear them.
For how can they be called gods? Because women set food before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
And in their temples the priests sit on seats, having their clothes torn and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing on their heads.
They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.
The priests also take off garments from them and clothe their wives and children with them.
Whether it is evil or good what one does to them, they are not able to repay it. They can’t set up a king or put him down.
In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money. Though a man make a vow to them and doesn’t keep it, they will never exact it.
They can save no man from death. They can’t deliver the weak from the mighty.
They can’t restore a blind man to his sight, or deliver anyone who is in distress.
They can show no mercy to the widow, or do good to the fatherless.
They are like the stones that are cut out of the mountain, these gods of wood that are overlaid with gold and with silver. Those who minister to them will be confounded.
How could a man then think or say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonor them?
If they shall see one mute who can’t speak, they bring him and ask him to call upon Bel, as though he were able to understand.
Yet they can’t perceive this themselves, and forsake them; for they have no understanding.
The women also with cords around them sit in the ways, burning bran for incense; but if any of them, drawn by someone who passes by, lies with him, she reproaches her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself and her cord wasn’t broken.
Whatever is done among them is false. How could a man then think or say that they are gods?
They are fashioned by carpenters and goldsmiths. They can be nothing else than what the workmen make them to be.
And they themselves who fashioned them can never continue long. How then should the things that are fashioned by them?
For they have left lies and reproaches to those who come after.
For when there comes any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.
How then can’t men understand that they are no gods, which can’t save themselves from war or from plague?
For seeing they are only wood and overlaid with gold and silver, it will be known hereafter that they are false.
It will be manifest to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
Who then may not know that they are not gods?
For they can’t set up a king in a land or give rain to men.
They can’t judge their own cause, or redress a wrong, being unable; for they are like crows between heaven and earth.
For even when fire falls upon the house of gods of wood overlaid with gold or with silver, their priests will flee away, and escape, but they themselves will be burned apart like beams.
Moreover they can’t withstand any king or enemies. How could a man then admit or think that they are gods?
Those gods of wood overlaid with silver or with gold aren’t able to escape from thieves or robbers.
The gold, silver, and garments with which they are clothed—those who are strong will take from them, and go away with them. They won’t be able to help themselves.
Therefore it is better to be a king who shows his manhood, or else a vessel in a house profitable for whatever the owner needs, than such false gods—or even a door in a house, to keep the things safe that are in it, than such false gods; or better to be a pillar of wood in a palace than such false gods.
For sun, moon, and stars, being bright and sent to do their jobs, are obedient.
Likewise also the lightning when it flashes is beautiful to see. In the same way, the wind also blows in every country.
And when God commands the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are told.
And the fire sent from above to consume mountains and woods does as it is commanded; but these are to be compared to them neither in show nor power.
Therefore a man shouldn’t think or say that they are gods, seeing they aren’t able to judge causes or to do good to men.
Knowing therefore that they are no gods, don’t fear them.
For they can neither curse nor bless kings.
They can’t show signs in the heavens among the nations, or shine as the sun, or give light as the moon.
The beasts are better than they; for they can get under a covert, and help themselves.
In no way then is it manifest to us that they are gods. Therefore don’t fear them.
For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers that keeps nothing, so are their gods of wood overlaid with gold and silver.
Likewise also their gods of wood overlaid with gold and with silver, are like a white thorn in an orchard that every bird sits upon. They are also like a dead body that is thrown out into the dark.
You will know them to be no gods by the bright purple that rots upon them. They themselves will be consumed afterwards, and will be a reproach in the country.
Better therefore is the just man who has no idols; for he will be far from reproach.
1 Maccabees
The First Book of the Maccabees
1 Maccabees
1Ma
THE FIRST BOOK OF THE
MACCABEES
The First Book of the Maccabees is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
After Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and struck Darius king of the Persians and Medes, it came to pass, after he had struck him, that he reigned in his place, in former time, over
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That is, the Greek Empire. Compare 1 Maccabees 1:10 and 1 Maccabees 6:2.
Greece.
He fought many battles, won many strongholds, killed the kings of the earth,
went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of a multitude of nations. The earth was quiet before him. He was exalted. His heart was lifted up.
He gathered together an exceedingly strong army and ruled over countries, nations, and principalities, and they paid him tribute.
After these things he fell sick, and perceived that he was going to die.
He called his honorable servants, which had been brought up with him from his youth, and he divided to them his kingdom while he was still alive.
Alexander reigned twelve years, then he died.
Then his servants ruled, each one in his place.
They all put crowns upon themselves after he was dead, and so did their sons after them many years; and they multiplied evils in the earth.
There came out of them a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, and he reigned in
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circa B.C. 176.
the one hundred thirty seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
In those days transgressors of the law came out of Israel and persuaded many, saying, let’s go make a covenant with the
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Or,
nations:
and so throughout this book. Gentiles around us; for since we were separated from them many evils have befallen us.
That proposal was good in their eyes.
Some of the people eagerly went to the king, and he authorized them to observe the ordinances of the
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Or,
nations:
and so throughout this book. Gentiles.
So
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See 2 Maccabees 4:9, 12.
they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem according to the laws of the
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Or,
nations:
and so throughout this book.
Gentiles.
They made themselves uncircumcised, forsook the holy covenant, joined themselves to the
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Or,
nations:
and so throughout this book
Gentiles, and sold themselves to do evil.
The kingdom was established in the sight of Antiochus, and he planned to reign over Egypt, that he might reign over both kingdoms.
He entered into Egypt with a
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Gr.
heavy.
great multitude, with chariots, with elephants, with cavalry, and with a great
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Or,
armament
navy.
He made war against Ptolemy king of Egypt. Ptolemy was put to shame before him, and fled; and many fell wounded to death.
They took possession of the strong cities in the land of Egypt, and he took the spoils of Egypt.
Antiochus, after he had defeated Egypt, returned in
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circa B.C. 170. See 2 Maccabees 5:11-16.
the one hundred forty third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a
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Gr.
heavy.
great multitude,
and entered presumptuously into the sanctuary, and took the golden altar, the lampstand for the light, and all its utensils.
He took the table of the show bread, the cups for the drink offerings, the bowls, the golden censers, the veil, the crowns, and the gold decoration on the front of the temple. He peeled it all off.
He took the silver, the gold, and the precious vessels. He took the hidden treasures which he found.
When he had taken all of these, he went away into his own land. He made a great slaughter, and spoke very arrogantly.
Great mourning came upon Israel, in every place where they were.
The rulers and elders groaned. The virgins and young men were made feeble. The beauty of the women was changed.
Every bridegroom took up lamentation. She who sat in the marriage chamber was mourning.
The land was moved for its inhabitants, and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.
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See 2 Maccabees 5:24.
After two full years, the king sent a chief collector of tribute to the cities of Judah, and he came to Jerusalem with a
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Gr.
heavy.
great multitude.
He spoke words of peace to them in subtlety, and they believed him. Then he fell upon the city suddenly, struck it very severely, and destroyed many people of Israel.
He took the spoils of the city, set it on fire, and pulled down its houses and its walls on every side.
They led captive the women and the children, and seized the livestock.
Then they fortified the city of David with a large, strong wall and with strong towers, and it became their citadel.
They put a sinful nation, transgressors of the law, there, and they strengthened themselves in it.
They stored up weapons and food, and gathering together the spoils of Jerusalem, they stored them there, and they became a great menace.
It became a place to lie in wait against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel continually.
They shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanctuary.
The inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them. She became a habitation of foreigners. She became foreign to those who were born in her, and her children forsook her.
Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness,
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See 2 Maccabees 6:6.
her feasts were turned into mourning, her Sabbaths into reproach, and her honor into contempt.
According to her glory, so was her dishonor multiplied, and her exaltation was turned into mourning.
King Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom that all should be one people,
and that each should forsake his own laws. All the nations agreed according to the word of the king.
Many of Israel consented to his worship, sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath.
The king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land,
and should forbid whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and drink offerings in the sanctuary; and should profane the Sabbaths and feasts,
and pollute the sanctuary and those who were holy;
that they should build altars, and temples, and shrines for idols, and should sacrifice swine’s flesh and unclean animals;
and that they should leave their sons uncircumcised, that they should make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation;
so that they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
Whoever doesn’t do according to the word of the king, he shall die.
According to all these words wrote he to his whole kingdom. He appointed overseers over all the people, and he commanded the cities of Judah to sacrifice, city by city.
From the people were gathered together to them many, everyone who had forsaken the law; and they did evil things in the land.
They made Israel to hide themselves in every place of refuge which they had.
On the fifteenth day of Chislev, in
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circa B.C. 168. See 2 Maccabees 5:11.
the one hundred forty fifth year, they built an abomination of desolation upon the altar,
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The two words rendered
altar
are different in the Greek: and so in 1 Maccabees 1:59.
and in the cities of Judah on every side they built idol altars.
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The two words rendered
altar
are different in the Greek: and so in 1 Maccabees 1:59.
At the doors of the houses and in the streets they burned incense.
They tore the books of the law which they found in pieces and set them on fire.
Anyone who was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king’s sentence delivered him to death.
Thus did they in their might to Israel, to those who were found month by month in the cities.
On the twenty-fifth day of the month they sacrificed upon the idol altar that was on top of the altar of burnt offering.
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See 2 Maccabees 6:10.They put to death women who had circumcised their children, according to the commandment.
They hung their babies around their necks, and their houses, and those who had circumcised them.
Many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat unclean things.
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See 2 Maccabees 6:19 and 7:1, etc.
They chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the food, and that they might not profane the holy covenant; and they died.
Exceedingly great wrath came upon Israel.
In those days Mattathias the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem rose up; and he lived at Modin.
And he had five sons:
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Gr.
Joannes.
John, who was surnamed Gaddis;
Simon, who was called Thassi;
Judas, who was called Maccabaeus;
Eleazar, who was called Avaran; and Jonathan, who was called Apphus.
He saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and in Jerusalem,
and he said, “Woe is me! Why was I born to see the destruction of my people and the destruction of the holy city, and to dwell there when it was given into the hand of the enemy, the sanctuary into the hand of foreigners?
Her temple has become like a man who was glorious.
Her vessels of glory are carried away into captivity. Her infants are slain in her streets. Her young men are slain with the enemy’s sword.
What nation has not inherited her palaces and taken possession of her spoils?
Her adornment has all been taken away. Instead of a free woman, she has become a slave.
Behold, our holy things, our beauty, and our glory are laid waste. The Gentiles have profaned them.
Why should we live any longer?”
Mattathias and his sons tore their clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned exceedingly.
And the king’s officers who were enforcing the apostasy came into the city Modin to sacrifice.
Many of Israel came to them, and Mattathias and his sons were gathered together.
The king’s officers answered and spoke to Mattathias, saying, “You are a ruler and an honorable and great man in this city, and strengthened with sons and kindred.
Now therefore come first and do the commandment of the king, as all the nations have done, including the men of Judah and those who remain in Jerusalem. You and your house will be numbered among the king’s
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See 1 Maccabees 3:38; 10:10, etc.; Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65; 11:27; 2 Maccabees 8:9.
friends, and you and your sons will be honored with silver and gold and many gifts.”
And Mattathias answered and said with a loud voice, “If all the nations that are in the house of the king’s dominion listen to him, to fall away each one from the worship of his fathers, and have made choice to follow his commandments,
yet I and my sons and my kindred will walk in the covenant of our fathers.
Far be it from us that we should forsake the law and the ordinances.
We will not listen to the king’s words, to turn aside from our worship, to the right hand, or to the left.”
When he had finished speaking these words, a Jew came in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king’s commandment.
Mattathias saw it, so his zeal was kindled, and his guts trembled, and he vented his wrath according to judgment, and ran and killed him upon the altar.
He killed the king’s officer, who compelled men to sacrifice, at the same time, and pulled down the altar.
He was zealous for the law, even as Phinehas did to Zimri the son of Salu.
Mattathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying, “Whoever is zealous for the law and maintains the covenant, let him follow me!”
He and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they had in the city.
Then many who sought justice and judgment went down into the wilderness to live there—
they, their children, their wives, and their livestock—because evils were multiplied upon them.
It was told the king’s officers and the forces that were in Jerusalem, the city of David, that certain men who had broken the king’s commandment had gone down into the secret places in the wilderness;
and many pursued after them, and having overtaken them, they encamped against them and set the battle in array against them on the Sabbath day.
They said to them, “Enough of this! Come out and do according to the word of the king, and you will all live!”
They said, “We won’t come out. We won’t do the word of the king, to profane the Sabbath day.”
Then the enemy hurried to attack them.
They didn’t answer them. They didn’t cast a stone at them, or block their secret places,
saying, “Let’s all die in our innocence. Heaven and earth testify for us, that you put us to death unjustly.”
So they attacked them on the Sabbath, and they died—they, their wives, their children, and their livestock—in number a thousand souls of men.
When Mattathias and his friends found out about it, and they mourned over them exceedingly.
One said to another, “If we all do as our kindred have done, and don’t fight against the Gentiles for our lives and our ordinances, they will quickly destroy us from off the earth.”
So they decided that day, saying, “Whoever comes against us to battle on the Sabbath day, let’s fight against him, and we will in no way all die, as our kindred died in the secret places.”
Then a company of the Hasidaeans,
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That is,
Chasidim.
mighty men of Israel, everyone who offered himself willingly for the law, were gathered together to them.
All those who fled from the evils were added to them, and supported them.
They mustered an army, and struck sinners in their anger, and lawless men in their wrath. The rest fled to the Gentiles for safety.
And Mattathias and his friends went around and pulled down the altars.
They forcibly circumcised the boys who were uncircumcised, as many as they found in the coasts of Israel.
They pursued the arrogant, and the work prospered in their hand.
They rescued the law out of the hand of the Gentiles and out of the hand of the kings. They never allowed the sinner to triumph.
The days of Mattathias drew near that he should die, and he said to his sons, “Now pride and scorn have gained strength. It is a season of overthrow and indignant wrath.
Now, my children, be zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.
Call to remembrance the deeds of our fathers which they did in their generations; and receive great glory and an everlasting name.
Wasn’t Abraham found faithful in temptation, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness?
Joseph in the time of his distress kept the commandment, and became lord of Egypt.
Phinehas our father, because he was exceedingly zealous, obtained the covenant of an everlasting priesthood.
Joshua became a judge in Israel for fulfilling the word.
Caleb obtained a heritage in the land for testifying in the congregation.
David inherited the throne of a kingdom forever and ever for being merciful.
Elijah was taken up into heaven because he was exceedingly zealous for the law.
Hananiah, Azariah, and Mishael believed, and were saved out of the flame.
Daniel was delivered from the mouth of lions for his innocence.
“Thus consider from generation to generation that no one who put their trust in him will lack for strength.
Don’t be afraid of the words of a sinful man; for his glory will be dung and worms.
Today he will be lifted up, and tomorrow he will in no way be found, because he has returned to dust, and his thought has perished.
You, my children, be strong, and show yourselves men on behalf of the law; for in it you will obtain glory.
Behold, Simon your brother, whom I know to be a man of counsel. Always listen to him. He shall be a father to you.
Judas Maccabaeus has been strong and mighty from his youth. He shall be your captain and shall fight
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Some ancient authorities read
you shall fight.
the battle of the people.
Rally around all the doers of the law, and avenge the wrong done to your people.
Repay the Gentiles, and obey the commandments of the law.”
He blessed them, and was gathered to his ancestors.
He died in
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circa B.C. 167.
the one hundred forty sixth year, and his sons buried him in the tombs of his ancestors at Modin. All Israel made great lamentation for him.
His son Judas, who was called Maccabaeus, rose up in his place.
All his kindred helped him, and so did all those who joined with his father, and they fought with gladness the battle of Israel.
He got his people great glory, and put on a breastplate like a giant, and bound his warlike harness around him, and set battles in array, protecting the army with his sword.
He was like a lion in his deeds, and like a lion’s cub roaring for prey.
He hunted and pursued the lawless, and he burned up those who troubled his people.
The lawless shrunk back for fear of him, and all the workers of lawlessness were very troubled, and deliverance prospered in his hand.
He angered many kings and made Jacob glad with his acts. His memory is blessed forever.
He went through the cities of Judah, destroyed the ungodly
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Gr.
out of it.
out of the land, and turned away wrath from Israel.
He was renowned to the utmost part of the earth. He gathered together those who were ready to perish.
Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together with a great army from Samaria to fight against Israel.
Judas learned of it, and he went out to meet him, struck him, and killed him. Many fell wounded to death, and the rest fled.
They took their spoils, and Judas took Apollonius’ sword, and he fought with it all his days.
Seron, the commander of the army of Syria, heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a body of faithful men who stayed with him, went out to war.
He said, “I will make myself a name and get myself glory in the kingdom. I will fight against Judas and those who are with him, who despise the king’s command.
A mighty army of the ungodly went up with him to help him, to take vengeance on the children of Israel.
He came near to the ascent of Bethhoron, and Judas went out to meet him with a small company.
But when they saw the army coming to meet them, they said to Judas, “What? Shall we be able, being a small company, to fight against so great and strong a multitude? We for our part are faint, having tasted no food this day.”
Judas said, “It is an easy thing for many to be hemmed in by the hands of a few. With
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Some ancient authorities read
the God of heaven.
heaven it is all one, to save by many or by few;
for victory in battle stands not in the multitude of an army, but strength is from heaven.
They come to us in fullness of insolence and lawlessness, to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to plunder us,
but we fight for our lives and our laws.
He himself will crush them before our face; but as for you, don’t be afraid of them.
Now when he had finished speaking, he rushed suddenly against Seron and his army, and they were defeated before him.
They pursued them down the descent of Bethhoron to the plain, and about eight hundred men of them fell; but the rest fled into the land of the Philistines.
The fear of Judas and his kindred, and the dread of them, began to fall on the nations around them.
His fame reached the king, and every nation told of the battles of Judas.
But when King Antiochus heard these words, he was full of indignation; and he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm, an exceedingly strong army.
He opened his treasury and gave his forces pay for a year, and commanded them to be ready for every need.
He saw that the money was gone from his treasures, and that the tributes of the country were small, because of the dissension and disaster which he had brought upon the land, to the end that he might take away the laws which had been from the first days.
He was afraid that he wouldn’t have enough as at other times for the charges and the gifts which he used to give with a liberal hand, more abundantly than the kings who were before him.
And he was exceedingly perplexed in his mind, and he determined to go into Persia, and to take the tributes of those countries, and to gather much money.
He left Lysias, an honorable man, and one of royal lineage, to be over the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates to the borders of Egypt,
and to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.
He delivered to Lysias half of his forces and the elephants, and gave him charge of all the things that he would have done, and concerning those who lived in Judea and in Jerusalem,
that he should send an army against them to root out and destroy the strength of Israel and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away their memory from the place,
and that he should make foreigners live in all their territory, and should divide their land to them by lot.
The king took the half that remained of the forces, and left Antioch, his royal city, in the one hundred forty seventh year;
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circa B.C. 166.
and he passed over the river Euphrates, and went through the upper countries.
Lysias chose Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends;
3:38
See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
and with them, he sent forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and to destroy it, according to the word of the king.
They set out with all their army, and came and encamped near Emmaus in the plain country.
The merchants of the country heard of their fame, and took silver and gold in large quantities, and fetters,
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Most of the authorities read
servants.
and came into the camp to take the children of Israel for slaves. Forces of Syria and of the land of the Philistines
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Gr.
foreigners.
joined with them.
Judas and his kindred saw that evils were multiplied, and that the forces were encamping in their borders. They learned about the king’s words which he had commanded, to destroy the people and make an end of them.
Then they each said to his neighbor, “Let’s repair the ruins of our people. Let’s fight for our people and the holy place.”
The congregation was gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray and ask for mercy and compassion.
Jerusalem was without inhabitant like a wilderness. There was none of her offspring who went in or went out. The sanctuary was trampled down. Children of foreigners were in the citadel. The Gentiles lived there. Joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and the harp ceased.
They gathered themselves together, and came to Mizpeh, near Jerusalem; for in Mizpeh there used to be a place of prayer for Israel.
They fasted that day, put on sackcloth, put ashes on their heads, tore their clothes,
and opened the book of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.
They brought the priests’ garments, the first fruits, and the tithes. They stirred up the Nazarites, who had accomplished their days.
They cried aloud toward heaven, saying, “What should we do with these men? Where should we carry them away?
Your holy place is trampled down and profaned. Your priests mourn in humiliation.
Behold, the Gentiles are assembled together against us to destroy us. You know what things they imagine against us.
How will we be able to stand against them, unless you help us?”
They sounded with the trumpets, and gave a loud shout.
And after this Judas appointed leaders of the people: captains of thousands, captains of hundreds, captains of fifties, and captains of tens.
He said to those who were building houses, were betrothing wives, were planting vineyards, and were fearful, that they should return, each man to his own house, according to the law.
The army marched out and encamped upon the south side of Emmaus.
Judas said, “Arm yourselves and be valiant men! Be ready in the morning to fight with these Gentiles who are assembled together against us to destroy us and our holy place.
For it is better for us to die in battle than to see the calamities of our nation and the holy place.
Nevertheless, as may be the will in heaven, so shall he do.
Gorgias took five thousand infantry, a thousand chosen cavalry, and the army moved out at night,
that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly. The men of the citadel were his guides.
Judas heard of this, and he and the valiant men moved, that he might strike the king’s army which was at Emmaus
while the forces were still dispersed from the camp.
Gorgias came into the camp of Judas at night and found no man. He sought them in the mountains; for he said, “These men are running away from us.”
As soon as it was day, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men. However they didn’t have the armor and swords they desired.
They saw the camp of the Gentiles strong and fortified, with cavalry all around it; and these were expert in war.
Judas said to the men who were with him, “Don’t be afraid of their numbers, or when they charge.
Remember how our fathers were saved in the Red sea, when Pharaoh pursued them with an army.
Now let’s cry to heaven, if he will have us, and will remember the covenant of our fathers, and destroy this army before our face today.
Then all the Gentiles will know that there is one who redeems and saves Israel.
The foreigners lifted up their eyes, and saw them coming near them.
They went out of the camp to battle. Those who were with Judas sounded their trumpets
and joined battle. The Gentiles were defeated, and fled into the plain.
But all those in the rear fell by the sword. They pursued them to
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Gr.
Gazera.
Gazara, and to the plains of Idumaea, Azotus, and Jamnia. About three thousand of those men fell.
Then Judas and his army returned from pursuing them;
and he said to the people, “Don’t be greedy for the spoils, because there is a battle before us.
Gorgias and his army are near us on the mountain. But stand now against our enemies and fight against them, and afterwards take the spoils with boldness.”
While Judas was finishing this speech, a part of them appeared looking out from the mountain.
They saw that their army had been put to flight, and that the Jews were burning the camp; for the smoke that was seen declared what was done.
But when they perceived these things, they were very afraid. Perceiving also the army of Judas in the plain ready for battle,
they all fled into the land of the
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Gr.
foreigners.
Philistines.
Judas returned to plunder the camp, and they took much gold, silver, blue, sea purple, and great riches.
Then they returned home, and sang a song of thanksgiving, and gave praise to heaven, because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
Israel had a great deliverance that day.
The foreigners who had escaped came and told Lysias all the things that had happened.
When he heard of it, he was confounded and discouraged, because the things he desired had not been done to Israel, nor had such things happened as the king commanded him.
In the next year, he gathered together sixty thousand chosen infantry and five thousand cavalry, that he might subdue them.
They came into Idumaea and encamped at Bethsura. Judas met them with ten thousand men.
He saw that the army was strong, and he prayed and said, “Blessed are you, O Savior of Israel, who defeated the attack of the mighty warrior by the hand of your servant David, and delivered the army of the
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Gr.
foreigners.
Philistines into the hands of Jonathan the son of Saul, and of his armor bearer.
Hem in this army in the hand of your people Israel, and let them be ashamed for their army and their cavalry.
Give them faintness of heart. Cause the boldness of their strength to melt away, and let them quake at their destruction.
Strike them down with the sword of those who love you, and let all who know your name praise you with thanksgiving.”
They joined in battle; and about five thousand men of Lysias’ army fell. They fell down near them.
But when Lysias saw that his troops were put to flight, and the boldness that had come upon those who were with Judas, and how they were ready either to live or to die nobly, he withdrew to Antioch, and gathered together hired soldiers, that he might come again into Judea with an even greater army.
But Judas and his kindred said, “Behold, our enemies are defeated. Let’s go up to cleanse the holy place and to rededicate it.”
All the army was gathered together, and they went up to mount Zion.
They saw the sanctuary laid desolate, the altar profaned, the gates burned up, shrubs growing in the courts as in a forest or as on one of the mountains, and the priests’ chambers pulled down;
and they tore their clothes, made great lamentation, put ashes upon their heads,
fell on their faces to the ground,
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Compare Numbers 31:6.
blew with the solemn trumpets,
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Gr.
trumpets of signals.
and cried toward heaven.
Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those who were in the citadel until he had cleansed the holy place.
He chose blameless priests who were devoted to the law;
and they cleansed the holy place and carried the defiled stones out to an unclean place.
They deliberated what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which had been profaned.
A good plan came into their mind, that they should pull it down, lest it would be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it. So they pulled down the altar
and laid up the stones on the temple hill in a convenient place, until a prophet would come to give an answer concerning them.
They took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar like the former.
They built the holy place and the inner parts of the house; and they consecrated the courts.
They made new holy vessels, and they brought the lampstand, the altar of incense, and the table into the temple.
They burned incense on the altar, and they lit the lamps that were upon the lampstand, and they gave light in the temple.
They set loaves upon the table, hung up the curtains, and finished all the work which they had done.
They rose up early in the morning, on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month Chislev, in
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circa B.C. 165.
the one hundred forty eighth year,
and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar of burnt offerings which they had made.
At the time and day the Gentiles had profaned it, even then it was dedicated with songs, harps, lutes, and with cymbals.
All the people fell on their faces, worshiped, and gave praise toward heaven, which had given them good success.
They celebrated the dedication of the altar eight days, and offered burnt offerings with gladness, and sacrificed a sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
They decorated the front of the temple with crowns of gold and small shields. They dedicated the gates and the priests’ chambers, and made doors for them.
There was exceedingly great gladness among the people, and the reproach of the Gentiles was turned away.
Judas and his kindred and the whole congregation of Israel ordained that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their seasons from year to year for eight days, from the twenty-fifth day of the month Chislev, with gladness and joy.
At that time, they fortified mount Zion with high walls and strong towers around it, lest perhaps the Gentiles might come and trample them down, as they had done before.
Judas stationed a garrison to guard it. They fortified Bethsura to keep it, that the people might have a stronghold near Idumaea.
It came to pass, when the Gentiles all around heard that the altar had been rebuilt and the sanctuary dedicated as before, they were exceedingly angry.
They took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the people.
Judas fought against the children of Esau in Idumaea at Akrabattine, because they besieged Israel. He struck them with a great slaughter, humbled them, and took their spoils.
He remembered the wickedness of the children of
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Compare 2 Maccabees 10:18-23.
Baean, who were a snare and a stumbling block to the people, lying in wait for them on the highways.
They were shut up by him in the towers. He encamped against them, and destroyed them utterly, and burned with fire the towers of the place with all who were in them.
He passed over to the children of Ammon, and found a mighty band and many people, with Timotheus for their leader.
He fought many battles with them, and they were defeated before his face. He struck them,
and took possession of Jazer and its villages,
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Gr.
daughters.
Compare Numbers 21:25.
and returned again into Judea.
The Gentiles who were in Gilead gathered themselves together against the Israelites who were on their borders, to destroy them. They fled to the stronghold of Dathema,
and sent letters to Judas and his kindred, saying, “The Gentiles who are around us are gathered together against us to destroy us.
They are preparing to come and get possession of the stronghold where we fled for refuge, and Timotheus is the leader of their army.
Now therefore come and deliver us from their hand, for many of us have fallen.
All our kindred who were in the land of
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Compare 2 Maccabees 12:17.
Tubias have been put to death. They have carried their wives, their children, and their stuff into captivity. They destroyed about a thousand men there.”
While the letters were still being read, behold, other messengers came from Galilee with their clothes torn, bringing a similar report,
saying, “People of Ptolemais, of Tyre, of Sidon, and all Galilee of the
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Gr.
foreigners.
Gentiles have gathered together to destroy us.”
Now when Judas and the people heard these words, a great congregation assembled together to determine what they should do for their kindred who were in distress and under attack.
Judas said to Simon his brother, “Choose men and go deliver your kindred who are in Galilee, but Jonathan my brother and I will go into the land of Gilead.”
He left Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, as leaders of the people, with the remnant of the army, in Judea, to guard it.
He commanded them, saying, “Take charge of this people, and fight no battle with the Gentiles until we return.”
Then three thousand men were assigned to go into Galilee with Simon, but eight thousand men were assigned to Judas to go into the land of Gilead.
Simon went into Galilee and fought many battles with the Gentiles, and the Gentiles were defeated before him.
He pursued them to the gate of Ptolemais. About three thousand men of the Gentiles fell, and he took their spoils.
They took to them those who were in Galilee and in Arbatta, with their wives, their children, and all that they had, and brought them into Judea with great gladness.
Judas Maccabaeus and his brother Jonathan passed over the Jordan, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness.
They met with the Nabathaeans, and these met them in a peaceful manner and told them all things that had happened to their kindred in the land of Gilead,
and how many of them were shut up in Bosora, Bosor, Alema,
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Compare 2 Maccabees 12:13.
Casphor, Maked, and
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compare 2 Maccabees 12:21.
Carnaim—all these cities are strong and large—
and how they were shut up in the rest of the cities of the land of Gilead, and that tomorrow they planned to encamp against the strongholds, and to take them, and to destroy all these men in one day.
Judas and his army turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness to Bosora; and he took the city, and killed all the males with the edge of the sword, took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire.
He left there at night, and went until he came to the stronghold.
When the morning came, they lifted up their eyes and saw many people who couldn’t be counted, bearing ladders and engines of war, to take the stronghold; and they were fighting against them.
Judas saw that the battle had begun, and that the cry of the city went up to heaven, with trumpets and a great sound,
and he said to the men of his army, “Fight today for your kindred!”
Then he went out behind them in three companies. They sounded with their trumpets and cried out in prayer.
And the army of Timotheus perceived that it was Maccabaeus, and they fled from before him. He struck them with a great slaughter. About eight thousand men of them fell on that day.
He turned away to Mizpeh and fought against it, took it, killed all its males, took its spoils, and burned it with fire.
From there he marched and took
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See 1 Maccabees 5:26
Casphor, Maked, Bosor, and the other cities of the land of Gilead.
Now after these things, Timotheus gathered another army and encamped near Raphon beyond the brook.
Judas sent men to spy on the army; and they brought him word, saying, “All the Gentiles who are around us are gathered together to them, an exceedingly great army.
They have hired Arabians to help them, and are encamped beyond the brook, ready to come against you to battle.” So Judas went to meet them.
Timotheus said to the captains of his army when Judas and his army drew near to the brook of water, “If he crosses over to us first, we won’t be able to withstand him, for he will certainly defeat us;
but if he is afraid, and encamps beyond the river, we will cross over to him, and defeat him.”
Now when Judas came near to the water brook, he caused the scribes of the people to remain by the brook, and commanded them, saying, “Allow no man to encamp, but let all come to the battle.”
Then he crossed over the first against them, and all the people after him; and all the Gentiles were defeated before his face, and threw away their weapons, and fled to the temple at
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See 1 Maccabees 5:26.
Carnaim.
They took the city and burned the temple with fire, together with all who were in it. Carnaim was subdued. They couldn’t stand any longer before the face of Judas.
Judas gathered together all Israel, those who were in the land of Gilead, from the least to the greatest, with their wives, their children, and their stuff, an exceedingly great army, that they might come into the land of Judah.
They came as far as Ephron, and this same city was large and very strong. It was on the road where they were going. They couldn’t turn away from it on the right hand or on the left, but needed to pass through the middle of it.
The people of the city shut them out and blocked the gates with stones.
Judas sent to them with words of peace, saying, “We will pass through your land to go into our own land, and no one will harm you. We will only pass by on our feet.” But they wouldn’t open to him.
Then Judas commanded proclamation to be made in the army, that each man should encamp in the place where he was.
So the men of the army encamped, and fought against the city all that day and all that night, and the city was delivered into his hands.
He destroyed all the males with the edge of the sword, razed the city, took its plunder, and passed through the city over those who were slain.
They went over the Jordan into the great plain near Bethshan.
And Judas gathered together those who lagged behind and encouraged the people all the way through, until he came into the land of Judah.
They went up to mount Zion with gladness and joy, and offered whole burnt offerings, because not so much as one of them was slain until they returned in peace.
In the days when Judas and Jonathan were in the land of Gilead, and Simon his brother in Galilee before Ptolemais,
Joseph the son of Zacharias, and Azarias, rulers of the army, heard of their exploits and of the war, and what things they had done.
They said, “Let’s also get us a name, and let’s go fight against the Gentiles who are around us.”
So they gave orders to the men of the army that was with them, and went toward Jamnia.
Gorgias and his men came out of the city to meet them in battle.
Joseph and Azarias were put to flight, and were pursued to the borders of Judea. About two thousand men of Israel fell on that day.
There was a great overthrow among the people, because they didn’t listen to Judas and his kindred, thinking to do some exploit.
But they were not of the family of those men by whose hand deliverance was given to Israel.
The man Judas and his kindred were glorified exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and of all the Gentiles, wherever their name was heard of.
Men gathered together to them, acclaiming them.
Judas and his kindred went out and fought against the children of Esau in the land toward the south. He struck Hebron and its villages,
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Gr.
daughters.
Compare Numbers 21:25.
pulled down its strongholds, and burned its towers all around.
He marched to go into the land of the
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Gr.
foreigners.
Philistines, and he went through
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Or,
Marisa
See Josephus, Antiquities 12:8. 6, and 2 Maccabees 12:35.
Samaria.
In that day certain priests, desiring to do exploits there, were slain in battle, when they went out to battle unadvisedly.
But Judas turned toward Azotus, to the land of the
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Gr.
foreigners.
Philistines, pulled down their altars, burned the carved images of their gods with fire, took the plunder of their cities, and returned into the land of Judah.
King Antiochus was traveling through the upper countries; and he heard that in Elymais in Persia there was a city renowned for riches, for silver and gold,
and that the temple which was in it was exceedingly rich, and that in it were golden shields, breastplates, and weapons which Alexander, son of Philip, the Macedonian king, who reigned first among the Greeks, left behind there.
So he came and tried to take the city and to pillage it; and he was not able, because his plan was known to them of the city,
and they rose up against him in battle. He fled and returned to Babylon with great disappointment.
Then someone came into Persia bringing him news that the armies which went against the land of Judah had been put to flight,
and that Lysias went first with a strong army and was put to shame before them, and that they had grown strong because of weapons, power, and a supply of plunder which they took from the armies that they had cut off,
and that they had pulled down the abomination which he had built upon the altar that was in Jerusalem, and that they had surrounded the sanctuary with high walls, as before, and also Bethsura, his city.
It came to pass, when the king heard these words, he was astonished and moved exceedingly. He laid himself down on his bed, and fell sick for grief, because it had not turned out for him as he had planned.
He was there many days, because great grief continually gripped him, and he realized that he would die.
He called for all his
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
friends, and said to them, “Sleep departs from my eyes, and my heart fails because of worry.
I said in my heart, ‘To what suffering I have come! How great a flood it is that I’m in, now! For I was gracious and loved in my power.’
But now I remember the evils which I did at Jerusalem, and that I took all the vessels of silver and gold that were in it, and sent out to destroy the inhabitants of Judah without a cause.
I perceive that it is because of this that these evils have come upon me. Behold, I am perishing through great grief in a strange land.”
Then he called for Philip, one of his
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
friends, and set him over all his kingdom.
He gave him his crown, his robe, and his signet ring, so that he could guide Antiochus his son, and nourish him up that he might be king.
Then King Antiochus died there in the one hundred forty-ninth year.
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Circa B.C. 164.
When Lysias learned that the king was dead, he set up Antiochus his son to reign, whom he had nourished up being young, and he called his name Eupator.
Those who were in the citadel kept hemming Israel in around the sanctuary, and always sought to harm them and to strengthen the Gentiles.
Judas planned to destroy them, and called all the people together to besiege them.
They were gathered together, and besieged them in
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circa B.C. 163.
the one hundred fiftieth year, and he made mounds to shoot from, and engines of war.
Some of those who were hemmed in came out, and some of the ungodly men of Israel were joined to them.
They went to the king, and said, “How long will you not execute judgment, and avenge our kindred?
We were willing to serve your father and to live by his words, and to follow his commandments.
Because of this, the children of our people besieged the citadel
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Gr.
it.
and were alienated from us; but as many of us as they could catch, they killed, and plundered our inheritances.
Not against us only did they stretch out their hand, but also against all their borders.
Behold, they are encamped this day against the citadel at Jerusalem to take it. They have fortified the sanctuary and Bethsura.
If you don’t quickly prevent them, they will do greater things than these, and you won’t be able to control them.
When the king heard this, he was angry, and gathered together all his
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
friends, the rulers of his army, and those who were over the cavalry.
Bands of hired soldiers came to him from other kingdoms and from islands of the sea.
The number of his forces was one hundred thousand infantry, and twenty thousand cavalry, and thirty-two elephants trained for war.
They went through Idumaea, and encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and made engines of war. The Jews came out and burned them with fire, and fought valiantly.
Judas marched away from the citadel and encamped at Bethzacharias, near the king’s camp.
The king rose early in the morning, and marched his army
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Or,
itself eager for the fight
at full speed along the road to Bethzacharias. His forces made themselves ready to battle and sounded their trumpets.
They offered the elephants the juice of grapes and mulberries, that they might prepare them for the battle.
They distributed the animals among the phalanxes. They set by each elephant a thousand men armed with coats of mail and helmets of brass on their heads. Five hundred chosen cavalry were appointed for each elephant.
These were ready beforehand, wherever the elephant was. Wherever the elephant went, they went with it. They didn’t leave it.
Strong, covered wooden towers were upon them, one upon each elephant, fastened upon it with secure harnesses. Upon each were four valiant men who fought upon them, beside his Indian driver.
The rest of the cavalry he set on this side and that side on the two flanks of the army, striking terror into the enemy, and protected by the phalanxes.
Now when the sun shone upon the shields of gold and brass, the mountains lit up, and blazed like flaming torches.
A part of the king’s army was spread upon the high hills and some on the low ground, and they went on firmly and in order.
All who heard the noise of their multitude, the marching of the multitude, and the rattling of the weapons trembled; for the army was exceedingly great and strong.
Judas and his army drew near for battle, and six hundred men of the king’s army fell.
Eleazar, who was called Avaran, saw one of the animals armed with royal breastplates, and it was taller than all the animals, and the king seemed to be on it.
He gave his life to deliver his people, and to get himself an everlasting name.
He ran upon him courageously into the midst of the phalanx, and killed on the right hand and on the left, and they parted away from him on this side and on that.
He crept under the elephant, and stabbed it from beneath, and killed it. The elephant fell to the earth upon him, and he died there.
They saw the strength of the kingdom and the fierce attack of the army, and turned away from them.
But the soldiers of the king’s army went up to Jerusalem to meet them, and the king encamped toward Judea and toward mount Zion.
He made peace with the people of Bethsura. He came out of the city because they had no food there to endure the siege, because it was a Sabbath to the land.
The king took Bethsura, and appointed a garrison there to keep it.
He encamped against the sanctuary many days; and set there mounds to shoot from, and engines of war, and machines for throwing fire and stones, and weapons to throw darts, and slings.
The Jews also made engines of war against their engines, and fought for many days.
But there was no food in the sanctuary, because it was the seventh year, and those who fled for safety into Judea from among the Gentiles had eaten up the rest of the stores.
There were only a few people left in the sanctuary, because the famine prevailed against them, and they were scattered, each man to his own place.
Lysias heard that Philip, whom Antiochus the king, while he was yet alive, appointed to raise his son Antiochus to be king,
had returned from Persia and Media, and with him the forces that went with the king, and that he was seeking to take control of the government.
He made haste, and gave orders to depart. He said to the king and the leaders of the army and to the men, “We get weaker daily, our food is scant, the place where we encamp is strong, and the affairs of the kingdom lie upon us.
Now therefore let’s negotiate with these men, and make peace with them and with all their nation,
and covenant with them, that they may walk after their own laws, as before; for because of their laws which we abolished they were angered, and did all these things.”
The speech pleased the king and the princes, and he sent to them to make peace; and they accepted it.
The king and the princes swore to them. On these conditions, they came out from the stronghold.
Then the king entered into mount Zion. He saw the strength of the place, and broke the oath which he had sworn, and gave orders to pull down the wall all around.
Then he left in haste and returned to Antioch, and found Philip master of the city. He fought against him, and took the city by force.
In the one hundred fifty first year,
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circa B.C. 162.
Demetrius the son of Seleucus came out of Rome, and went up with a few men to a city by the sea, and reigned there.
It came to pass, when he would go into the house of the kingdom of his fathers, that the army laid hands on Antiochus and Lysias, to bring them to him.
The thing became known to him, and he said, “Don’t show me their faces!”
So the army killed them. Then Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom.
All the lawless and ungodly men of Israel came to him. Alcimus was their leader, desiring to be high priest.
They accused the people to the king, saying, “Judas and his kindred have destroyed all your friends, and have scattered us from our own land.
Now therefore send a man whom you trust, and let him go and see all the destruction which he has brought on us and the king’s country, and how he has punished them and all who helped them.”
So the king chose Bacchides, one of the king’s
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
friends, who was ruler in the country beyond the river, and was a great man in the kingdom, and faithful to the king.
He sent him and that ungodly Alcimus, whom he made the high priest; and he commanded him to take vengeance upon the children of Israel.
They marched away and came with a great army into the land of Judah. He sent messengers to Judas and his kindred with words of peace deceitfully.
They paid no attention to their words; for they saw that they had come with a great army.
A group of scribes gathered together to Alcimus and Bacchides to seek just terms.
The
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That is, Chasidim.
Hasidaeans were the first among the children of Israel who sought peace from them,
for they said, “One who is a priest of the seed of Aaron has come with the army, and he will do us no wrong.”
He spoke with them words of peace, and swore to them, saying, “We won’t seek to harm you or your friends.”
They trusted him. Then he seized sixty men of them, and killed them in one day, according to the word which was written,
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Psalm 79:2, 3.
The flesh of your saints
and their blood was shed all around Jerusalem,
and there was no one to bury them.
The fear and the dread of them fell upon all the people, for they said, “There is neither truth nor justice in them; for they have broken the covenant and the oath which they swore.”
Bacchides withdrew from Jerusalem, and encamped in Bezeth. He sent and seized many of the deserters who were with him, and some of the people, and he killed them, throwing them into a large pit.
He placed Alcimus in charge of the country and left with him a force to aid him. Then Bacchides went away to the king.
Alcimus struggled to maintain his high priesthood.
All those who troubled their people joined him, and they took control of the land of Judah, and did great damage in Israel.
Judas saw all the wrongs that Alcimus and his company had done among the children of Israel, even more than the Gentiles.
He went out into all the borders of Judea and took vengeance on the men who had deserted from him, and they were restrained from going out into the country.
But when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company had grown strong, and knew that he was not able to withstand them, he returned to the king, and brought evil accusations against them.
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See 2 Maccabees 14:12.
Then the king sent Nicanor, one of his honorable princes, a man who hated Israel and was their enemy, and commanded him to destroy the people.
Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great army. He sent to Judas and his kindred deceitfully with words of peace, saying,
“Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see your faces in peace.”
He came to Judas, and they saluted one another peaceably. The enemies were ready to seize Judas by violence.
This was known to Judas, that he came to him with deceit, and he was very afraid of him, and would see his face no more.
Nicanor found out that his plan was disclosed; and he went out to meet Judas in battle beside Capharsalama.
About five hundred men of Nicanor’s army fell, and the rest fled into the city of David.
After these things, Nicanor went up to mount Zion. Some of the priests came out of the sanctuary, with some of the elders of the people, to salute him peaceably, and to show him the whole burned sacrifice that was being offered for the king.
He mocked them, laughed at them, derided them shamefully,
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Gr.
polluted them.
spoke arrogantly,
and swore in a rage, saying, “Unless Judas and his army are now delivered into my hands, it shall be that, if I return safely, I will burn up this house!” And he went out in a great rage.
The priests entered in, and stood before the altar and the temple; and they wept, and said,
“You chose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people.
Take vengeance on this man and his army, and let them fall by the sword. Remember their blasphemies, and don’t allow them to live any longer.”
Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem and encamped in Bethhoron, and there the Syrian army met him.
Judas encamped in Adasa with three thousand men. Judas prayed and said,
“When those who came from the king blasphemed, your angel went out, and struck among them one hundred eighty-five thousand.
Even so, crush this army before us today, and let all the rest know that he has spoken wickedly against your sanctuary. Judge him according to his wickedness.”
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, the armies met in battle. Nicanor’s army was defeated, and he himself was the first to fall in the battle.
Now when his army saw that Nicanor had fallen, they threw away their weapons and fled.
They pursued them a day’s journey from Adasa until you come to
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Gr.
Gazera.
Gazara, and they sounded an alarm after them with the signal trumpets.
Men came out of all the surrounding villages of Judea, and outflanked them. These turned them back on those, and they all fell by the sword. There wasn’t one of them left.
The Jews took the spoils and the booty, and they cut off Nicanor’s head and his right hand, which he had stretched out so arrogantly, and brought them, and hung them up beside Jerusalem.
The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of great gladness.
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See 2 Maccabees 15:36.
They ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar.
So the land of Judah had rest a few days.
Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are valiant men, and have pleasure in all who join themselves to them, and make friends with all who come to them,
and that they are valiant men. They told him of their wars and exploits which they do among the Gauls, and how they conquered them, and forced them to pay tribute;
and what things they did in the land of Spain, that they might take control of the silver and gold mines which were there;
and how by their policy and persistence they conquered all the place (and the place was exceedingly far from them), and the kings who came against them from the uttermost part of the earth, until they had defeated them, and struck them severely; and how the rest give them tribute year by year.
Philip, and Perseus, king of Chittim, and those who lifted up themselves against them, they defeated in battle, and conquered them.
Antiochus also, the great king of Asia, came against them to battle, having one hundred twenty elephants, with cavalry, chariots, and an exceedingly great army, and he was defeated by them.
They took him alive, and decreed that both he and those who reigned after him should give them a great tribute, and should give hostages, and a parcel of land from the best of their provinces:
the countries of India, Media, and Lydia. They took them from him, and gave them to King Eumenes.
Judas heard how the Greeks planned to come and destroy them,
but this became known to them, and they sent against them a general who fought against them, and many of them fell down wounded to death, and they made captive their wives and their children, and plundered them, and conquered their land, and pulled down their strongholds, and plundered them, and brought them into bondage to this day.
The remaining kingdoms and islands, as many as rose up against them at any time, they destroyed and made them to be their servants;
but with their friends and those who relied on them they stayed friends. They conquered the kingdoms that were near and those that were far off, and all that heard of their fame were afraid of them.
Moreover, whoever they desired to help and to make kings, these they make kings; and whoever they desired, they depose. They are exalted exceedingly.
For all this, none of them ever put on a crown, neither did they clothe themselves with purple, as a display of grandeur.
Judas heard how they had made for themselves a senate house, and day by day, three hundred twenty men sat in council, consulting always for the people, to the end they might be well governed,
and how they commit their government to one man year by year, that he should rule over them, and control all their country, and all are obedient to that one, and there is neither envy nor emulation among them.
So Judas chose Eupolemus the son of John, the son of Accos, and Jason the son of Eleazar, and sent them to Rome, to establish friendship and alliance with them,
and that they should free the yoke from themselves; for they saw that the kingdom of the Greeks kept Israel in bondage.
Then they went to Rome, a very long journey, and they entered into the senate house, and said,
“Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and his kindred, and the people of the Jews, have sent us to you, to make an alliance and peace with you, and that we might be registered as your allies and friends.”
This thing was pleasing to them.
This is the copy of the writing which they wrote back again on tables of brass, and sent to Jerusalem, that it might be with them there for a memorial of peace and alliance:
“Good success be to the Romans, and to the nation of the Jews, by sea and by land forever. May the sword and the enemy be far from them.
But if war arises for Rome first, or any of their allies in all their dominion,
the nation of the Jews shall help them as allies, as the occasion shall indicate to them, with all their heart.
To those who make war upon them, they shall not give supplies, food, weapons, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome, and they shall keep their ordinances without taking anything in return.
In the same way, moreover, if war comes first upon the nation of the Jews, the Romans shall willingly help them as allies, as the occasion shall indicate to them;
and to those who are fighting with them, there shall not be given food, weapons, money, or ships, as it has seemed good to Rome. They shall keep these ordinances, and that without deceit.
According to these terms, the Romans made a treaty with the Jewish people.
But if hereafter the one party and the other shall determine to add or diminish anything, they shall do it at their pleasure, and whatever they add or take away shall be ratified.
Concerning the evils which King Demetrius is doing to them, we have written to him, saying, ‘Why have you made your yoke heavy on our friends and allies the Jews?
If therefore they plead any more against you, we will do them justice, and fight with you on sea and on land.’”
Demetrius heard that Nicanor had fallen with his forces in battle, and he sent Bacchides and Alcimus again into the land of Judah a second time, and the right wing of his army with them.
They went by the way that leads to Gilgal, and encamped against Mesaloth, which is in Arbela, and took possession of it, and killed many people.
The first month of the one hundred fifty-second year,
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circa B.C. 161.
they encamped against Jerusalem.
Then they marched away and went to Berea with twenty thousand infantry and two thousand cavalry.
Judas was encamped at Elasa with three thousand chosen men.
They saw the multitude of the forces, that they were many, and they were terrified. Many slipped away out of the army. There were not left of them more than eight hundred men.
Judas saw that his army slipped away and that the battle pressed upon him, and he was very troubled in spirit, because he had no time to gather them together, and he became faint.
He said to those who were left, “Let’s arise and go up against our adversaries, if perhaps we may be able to fight with them.”
They tried to dissuade him, saying, “There is no way we are able; but let’s rather save our lives now. Let’s return again with our kindred, and fight against them; but we are too few.”
Judas said, “Let it not be so that I should do this thing, to flee from them. If our time has come, let’s die in a manly way for our kindred’s sake, and not leave a cause of reproach against our honor.”
The army marched out from the camp, and stood to encounter them. The cavalry was divided into two companies, and the slingers and the archers went before the army, and all the mighty men that fought in the front of the battle.
Bacchides was in the right wing. The phalanx advanced on the two parts, and they blew with their trumpets.
The men by Judas’ side sounded with their trumpets, and the earth shook with the shout of the armies, and the battle was joined, and continued from morning until evening.
Judas saw that Bacchides and the strength of his army were on the right side, and all that were brave in heart went with him,
and the right wing was defeated by them, and he pursued after them to the mount Azotus.
Those who were on the left wing saw that the right wing was defeated, and they turned and followed in the footsteps of Judas and of those who were with him.
The battle became desparate, and many on both sides fell wounded to death.
Judas fell, and the rest fled.
Jonathan and Simon took Judas their brother, and buried him in the tomb of his ancestors at Modin.
They wept for him. All Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, and said,
“How is the mighty fallen, the savior of Israel!”
The rest of the acts of Judas, and his wars, and the valiant deeds which he did, and his greatness, are not written; for they were exceedingly many.
It came to pass after the death of Judas, that the lawless emerged within all the borders of Israel. All those who did iniquity rose up.
In those days there was an exceedingly great famine, and the country went over to their side.
Bacchides chose the ungodly men and made them rulers of the country.
They inquired and searched for the friends of Judas, and brought them to Bacchides, and he took vengeance on them and used them despitefully.
There was great suffering in Israel, such as was not since the time prophets stopped appearing to them.
All the friends of Judas were gathered together, and they said to Jonathan,
“Since your brother Judas has died, we have no man like him to go out against our enemies and Bacchides, and among those of our nation who hate us.
Now therefore we have chosen you this day to be our prince and leader in his place, that you may fight our battles.”
So Jonathan took the governance upon him at that time, and rose up in the place of his brother Judas.
When Bacchides found out, he tried to kill him.
Jonathan, and Simon his brother, and all who were with him, knew it; and they fled into the wilderness of Tekoah, and encamped by the water of the pool of Asphar.
Bacchides found this out on the Sabbath day, and came—he and all his army—over the Jordan.
Jonathan sent his brother, a leader of the multitude, and implored his friends the Nabathaeans, that they might store their baggage, which was much, with them.
The children of Jambri came out of Medaba, and seized John and all that he had, and went their way with it.
But after these things, they brought word to Jonathan and Simon his brother that the children of Jambri were celebrating a great wedding, and were bringing the bride, a daughter of one of the great nobles of Canaan, from Nadabath with a large escort.
They remembered John their brother, and went up, and hid themselves under the cover of the mountain.
They lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a great procession with much baggage. The bridegroom came out with his friends and his kindred to meet them with timbrels, musicians, and many weapons.
They rose up against them from their ambush and killed them, and many fell wounded to death. The remnant fled into the mountain, and the Jews took all their spoils.
So the wedding was turned into mourning, and the voice of their musicians into lamentation.
They avenged fully the blood of their brother, and turned back to the marshes of the Jordan.
Bacchides heard it, and he came on the Sabbath day to the banks of Jordan with a great army.
Jonathan said to his company, “Let’s stand up now and fight for our lives, for things are different today than they were yesterday and the day before.
For, behold, the battle is before us and behind us. Moreover the water of the Jordan is on this side and on that side, and marsh and thicket. There is no place to escape.
Now therefore cry to heaven, that you may be delivered out of the hand of your enemies.”
So the battle was joined, and Jonathan stretched out his hand to strike Bacchides, and he turned away back from him.
Jonathan and those who were with him leapt into the Jordan, and swam over to the other side. The enemy didn’t pass over the Jordan against them.
About a thousand men of Bacchides’ company fell that day;
and he returned to Jerusalem. They built strong cities in Judea, the stronghold that was in Jericho, and Emmaus, Bethhoron, Bethel, Timnath, Pharathon, and Tephon, with high walls and gates and bars.
He set garrisons in them to harass Israel.
He fortified the city Bethsura, Gazara, and the citadel, and put troops and stores of food in them.
He took the sons of the chief men of the country for hostages, and put them under guard in the citadel at Jerusalem.
And in the one hundred fifty-third year,
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circa B.C. 160.
in the second month, Alcimus gave orders to pull down the wall of the inner court of the sanctuary. He also pulled down the works of the prophets.
He began to pull down. At that time was Alcimus stricken, and his works were hindered; and his mouth was stopped, and he was taken with a palsy, and he could no more speak anything and give orders concerning his house.
Alcimus died at that time with great torment.
Bacchides saw that Alcimus was dead, and he returned to the king. Then the land of Judah had rest for two years.
Then all the lawless men took counsel, saying, “Behold, Jonathan and his men are dwelling at ease and in security. Now therefore we will bring Bacchides, and he will capture them all in one night.
They went and consulted with him.
He marched out and came with a great army, and sent letters secretly to all his allies who were in Judea, that they should seize Jonathan and those who were with him; but they couldn’t, because their plan was known to them.
Jonathan’s men seized about fifty of the men of the country who were authors of the wickedness, and he killed them.
Jonathan, Simon, and those who were with him, went away to Bethbasi, which is in the wilderness, and he built up that which had been pulled down, and they made it strong.
Bacchides found out about it, and he gathered together all his multitude, and sent orders to those who were of Judea.
He went and encamped against Bethbasi and fought against it many days, and made engines of war.
Jonathan left his brother Simon in the city, and went out into the country, and he went with a few men.
He struck Odomera and his kindred, and the children of Phasiron in their tents.
They began to strike them, and to go up with their forces. Then Simon and those who were with him went out of the city, and set the engines of war on fire,
and fought against Bacchides, and he was defeated by them. They afflicted him severely; for his counsel and expedition was in vain.
They were very angry with the lawless men who gave him counsel to come into the country, and they killed many of them. Then he decided to depart into his own land.
Jonathan learned of this and sent ambassadors to him, to the end that they should make peace with him, and that he should restore to them the captives.
He accepted the thing, and did according to his words, and swore to him that he would not seek his harm all the days of his life.
He restored to him the captives which he had taken before out of the land of Judah, and he returned and departed into his own land, and didn’t come any more into their borders.
Thus the sword ceased from Israel. Jonathan lived at Michmash. Jonathan began to judge the people; and he destroyed the ungodly out of Israel.
In the one hundred sixtieth year,
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circa B.C. 153.
Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais. They received him, and he reigned there.
King Demetrius heard about this, and he gathered together exceedingly great forces, and went out to meet him in battle.
Demetrius sent a letter to Jonathan with words of peace, so as to honor him.
For he said, “Let’s go beforehand to make peace with them, before he makes peace with Alexander against us;
for he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and to his kindred and to his nation.”
So he gave him authority to gather together forces, and to provide weapons, and that he should be his ally. He also commanded that they should release the hostages that were in the citadel to him.
Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letter in the hearing of all the people, and of those who were in the citadel.
They were very afraid when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.
Those in the citadel released the hostages to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.
Jonathan lived in Jerusalem and began to build and renew the city.
He commanded those who did the work to build the walls and encircle Mount Zion with
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So the versions and Josephus. Gr.
four-foot stones.
square stones for defense; and they did so.
The foreigners who were in the strongholds which Bacchides had built fled away.
Each man left his place and departed into his own land.
Only at Bethsura, there were left some of those who had forsaken the law and the commandments, for it was a place of refuge to them.
King Alexander heard all the promises which Demetrius had sent to Jonathan. They told him of the battles and the valiant deeds which he and his kindred had done, and of the troubles which they had endured.
So he said, “Could we find another man like him? Now we will make him our
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65.
friend and ally.”
He wrote a letter and sent it to him, in these words, saying,
“King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greetings.
We have heard of you, that you are a mighty man of valour, and worthy to be our
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65.
friend.
Now we have appointed you this day to be high priest of your nation, and to be called the king’s
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65.
friend, and to take our side, and to keep friendship with us.” He also sent to him a purple robe and a golden crown.
And Jonathan put on the holy garments in the seventh month of the one hundred sixtieth year,
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circa B.C. 153.
at the feast of tabernacles; and he gathered together forces and provided weapons in abundance.
When Demetrius heard these things, he was grieved and said,
“What is this that we have done, that Alexander has gotten ahead of us in establishing friendship with the Jews to strengthen himself?
I also will write to them words of encouragement and of honor and of gifts, that they may be with me to aid me.”
So he sent to them this message:
“King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greetings.
Since as you have kept your covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, and have not joined yourselves to our enemies, we have heard of this, and are glad.
Now continue still to keep faith with us, and we will repay you with good in return for your dealings with us.
We will grant you many immunities and give you gifts.
“Now I free you and release all the Jews from the tributes, from the salt tax, and from the crown levies.
Instead of the third part of the seed, and instead of half of the fruit of the trees, which falls to me to receive, I release it from this day and henceforth, so that I will not take it from the land of Judah, and from the three districts which are added to it from the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth and for all time.
Let Jerusalem be holy and free, with her borders, tithes, and taxes.
I yield up also my authority over the citadel which is at Jerusalem, and give it to the high priest, that he may appoint in it men whom he chooses to keep it.
Every soul of the Jews who has been carried captive from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom, I set at liberty without payment. Let all officials also cancel the taxes on their livestock.
“All the feasts, the Sabbaths, new moons, appointed days, three days before a feast, and three days after a feast, let them all be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom.
No man shall have authority to exact anything from any of them, or to trouble them concerning any matter.
“Let there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, and pay shall be given to them, as is due to all the king’s forces.
Of them, some shall be placed in the king’s great strongholds, and some of them shall be placed over the affairs of the kingdom, which are positions of trust. Let those who are over them and their rulers be of themselves, and let them walk after their own laws, even as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.
“The three districts that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be annexed to Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one ruler, that they may not obey any other authority than the high priest’s.
As for Ptolemais and its land, I have given it as a gift to the sanctuary that is at Jerusalem, for the expenses of the sanctuary.
I also give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver from the king’s revenues from the places that are appropriate.
And all the additional funds which those who manage the king’s affairs didn’t pay as in the first years, they shall give from now on toward the works of the temple.
Besides this, the five thousand shekels of silver which they received from the uses of the sanctuary from the revenue year by year is also released, because it belongs to the priests who minister there.
Whoever flees to the temple that is at Jerusalem, and within all of its borders, whether one owe money to the king, or any other matter, let them go free, along with all that they have in my kingdom.
For the building and renewing of the structures of the sanctuary, the expense shall also be given out of the king’s revenue.
For the building of the walls of Jerusalem and fortifying it all around, the expense shall also be given out of the king’s revenue, also for the building of the walls in Judea.”
Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave no credence to them, and didn’t accept them, because they remembered the great evil which he had done in Israel, and that he had afflicted them very severely.
They were well pleased with Alexander, because he was the first who spoke words of peace to them, and they were allies with him always.
King Alexander gathered together great forces and encamped near Demetrius.
The two kings joined battle, and the army of Alexander fled; and Demetrius followed after him, and prevailed against them.
He strengthened the battle exceedingly until the sun went down; and Demetrius fell that day.
Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt with this message:
“Since I have returned to my kingdom, and am seated on the throne of my fathers, and have established my dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and have taken possession of our country—
yes, I joined the battle with him, and he and his army were defeated by us, and we sat on the throne of his kingdom—
now also let’s make friends with one another. Give me now your daughter as my wife. I will be joined with you, and will give both you and her gifts worthy of you.”
Ptolemy the king answered, saying, “Happy is the day you returned to the land of your ancestors and sat on the throne of their kingdom.
Now I will do to you as you have written, but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; and I will join with you, even as you have said.”
So Ptolemy went out of Egypt, himself and Cleopatra his daughter, and came to Ptolemais in the one hundred sixty-second year.
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circa B.C. 151.
King Alexander met him, and he gave him his daughter Cleopatra, and celebrated her wedding at Ptolemais with great pomp, as kings do.
King Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come to meet him.
He went with pomp to Ptolemais, and met the two kings. He gave them and their friends
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65.
silver and gold, and many gifts, and found favor in their sight.
Some malcontents out of Israel, men who were transgressors of the law, gathered together against him to complain against him; but the king paid no attention to them.
The king commanded that they take off Jonathan’s garments and clothe him in purple, and they did so.
The king made him sit with him, and said to his princes, “Go out with him into the midst of the city, and proclaim that no man may complain against him of any matter, and let no man trouble him for any reason.”
It came to pass, when those who complained against him saw his honor according to the proclamation, and saw him clothed in purple, they all fled away.
The king gave him honor, and enrolled him among his chief friends,
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See 1 Maccabees 11:27; 2 Maccabees 8:9. Compare 1 Maccabees 2:18; 10:16, etc.
and made him a captain and governor of a province.
Then Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness.
In the one hundred sixty-fifth year,
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circa B.C. 148.
Demetrius, son of Demetrius, came out of Crete into the land of his ancestors.
When King Alexander heard of it, he grieved exceedingly and returned to Antioch.
Demetrius appointed Apollonius, who was over Coelesyria, and he gathered together a great army, and encamped against Jamnia, and sent to Jonathan the high priest, saying,
“You alone lift up yourself against us, but I am ridiculed and in reproach because of you. Why do you assume authority against us in the mountains?
Now therefore, if you trust in your forces, come down to us into the plain, and let’s match strength with each other there; for the power of the cities is with me.
Ask and learn who I am, and the rest who help us. They say, ‘Your foot can’t stand before our face; for your ancestors have been put to flight twice in their own land.’
Now you won’t be able to withstand the cavalry and such an army as this in the plain, where is there is no stone or pebble, or place to flee.”
Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and he chose ten thousand men, and went out from Jerusalem; and Simon his brother met him to help him.
Then he encamped against Joppa. The people of the city shut him out, because Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa.
So they fought against it. The people of the city were afraid, and opened to him; and Jonathan became master of Joppa.
Apollonius heard about that, and he gathered an army of three thousand cavalry, and a great army, and went to Azotus as though he were on a journey, and at the same time advanced onward into the plain, because he had a multitude of cavalry which he trusted.
He pursued him to Azotus, and the armies joined battle.
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Most of the authorities here repeat
after him.
Apollonius had secretly left a thousand cavalry behind them.
Jonathan learned that there was an ambush behind him. They surrounded his army, and shot their arrows at the people, from morning until evening;
but the people stood fast, as Jonathan commanded them; and the enemy’s horses grew tired.
Then Simon brought forward his army and joined battle with the phalanx (for the cavalry were exhausted), and they were defeated by him and fled.
The cavalry were scattered in the plain. They fled to Azotus and entered into Beth-dagon, their idol’s temple, to save themselves.
Jonathan burned Azotus and the cities around it and took their spoils. He burned the temple of Dagon and those who fled into it with fire.
Those who had fallen by the sword plus those who were burned were about eight thousand men.
From there, Jonathan left and encamped against Ascalon. The people of the city came out to meet him with great pomp.
Jonathan, with those who were on his side, returned to Jerusalem, having many spoils.
It came to pass, when King Alexander heard these things, he honored Jonathan even more.
He sent him a gold buckle, as the custom is to give to the king’s kindred. He gave him Ekron and all its land for a possession.
Then the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom.
He went out into Syria with words of peace, and the people of the cities opened their gates to him and met him; for King Alexander’s command was that they should meet him, because he was his father-in-law.
Now as he entered into the cities of Ptolemais, he set his forces for a garrison in each city.
But when he came near to Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and its pasture lands destroyed, and the bodies cast out, and those who had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way.
They told the king what Jonathan had done, that they might cast blame on him; but the king kept silent.
Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they greeted one another, and they slept there.
Jonathan went with the king as far as the river that is called Eleutherus, then returned to Jerusalem.
But King Ptolemy took control of the cities along the sea coast, to Selucia which is by the sea, and he devised evil plans concerning Alexander.
He sent ambassadors to King Demetrius, saying, “Come! Let’s make a covenant with one another, and I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom;
for I regret that I gave my daughter to him, for he tried to kill me.
He accused him, because he coveted his kingdom.
Taking his daughter from him, he gave her to Demetrius, and was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity was openly seen.
Ptolemy entered into Antioch, and put on himself the crown of Asia. He put two crowns upon his head, the crown of Egypt and that of Asia.
But King Alexander was in Cilicia at that time, because the people of that region were in revolt.
When Alexander heard of it, he came against him in war. Ptolemy marched out and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.
Alexander fled into Arabia, that he might be sheltered there; but King Ptolemy was triumphant.
Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemy.
King Ptolemy died the third day after, and those who were in his strongholds were slain by the inhabitants of the strongholds.
Demetrius became king in the one hundred sixty-seventh year.
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circa B.C. 146.
In those days Jonathan gathered together the Judeans to take the citadel that was at Jerusalem. He made many engines of war to use against it.
Some lawless men who hated their own nation went to the king and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel.
He heard, and was angry, but when he heard it, he set out immediately, and came to Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan, that he should not besiege it, and that he should meet him and speak with him at Ptolemais with all speed.
But when Jonathan heard this, he gave orders to continue the siege. He chose some of the elders of Israel and of the priests, and put himself in peril
by taking silver, gold, clothing, and various other presents, and went to Ptolemais to the king. Then he found favor in his sight.
Some lawless men of those who were of the nation made complaints against him,
and the king did to him even as his predecessors had done to him, and exalted him in the sight of all his
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
friends,
and confirmed to him the high priesthood, and all the other honors that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his
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See 1 Maccabees 10:65.
chief friends.
And Jonathan requested of the king that he would make Judea free from tribute, along with the three
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Gr.
toparchies
provinces and the country of Samaria, and promised him three hundred talents.
The king consented, and wrote letters to Jonathan concerning all these things as follows:
“King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greetings.
The copy of the letter which we wrote to Lasthenes our kinsman concerning you, we have written also to you, that you may see it.
‘King Demetrius to Lasthenes his father, greetings.
We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and observe what is just toward us, because of their good will toward us.
We have confirmed therefore to them the borders of Judea, and also the three governments of Aphaerema, Lydda, and Ramathaim (these were added to Judea from the country of Samaria), and all their territory to them, for all who do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the king’s dues which the king received of them yearly before from the produce of the earth and the fruits of trees.
As for the other payments to us from henceforth, of the tithes and the taxes that pertain to us, and the salt pits, and the crown taxes due to us, all these we will give back to them.
Not one of these grants shall be annulled from this time forth and forever.
Now therefore be careful to make a copy of these things, and let it be given to Jonathan, and let it be set up on the holy mountain in a suitable and conspicuous place.’”
When King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made to him, he sent away all his troops, each man to his own place, except the foreign troops, which he had raised from the islands of the Gentiles. So all the troops of his fathers hated him.
Now Tryphon was one of those who previously had been on Alexander’s side, and he saw that all the forces murmured against Demetrius. So he went to Imalcue the Arabian, who was raising up Antiochus the young child of Alexander,
and urgently insisted to him that he should deliver him to him, that he might reign in his father’s place. He told him all that Demetrius had done, and the hatred with which his forces hated him; and he stayed there many days.
Now Jonathan sent to King Demetrius, that he should remove the troops of the citadel from Jerusalem, and the troops who were in the strongholds; for they fought against Israel continually.
Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying, “I will not only do this for you and your nation, but I will greatly honor you and your nation, if I find an opportunity.
Now therefore you shall do well if you send me men who will fight for me; for all my forces have revolted.”
So Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch. They came to the king, and the king was glad at their coming.
The people of the city gathered themselves together into the midst of the city, to the number of one hundred and twenty thousand men, and they wanted to kill the king.
The king fled into the court of the palace, and the people of the city seized the main streets of the city and began to fight.
The king called the Jews to help him, and they were gathered together to him all at once, and they dispersed themselves in the city, and killed that day about one hundred thousand.
They set the city on fire, and seized many spoils that day, and saved the king.
The people of the city saw that the Jews had taken control of the city as they pleased, and they became faint in their hearts, and they cried out to the king with supplication, saying,
“Give us your right hand, and let the Jews cease from fighting against us and the city.”
They threw away their weapons and made peace. The Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and before all who were in his kingdom. Then they returned to Jerusalem, having much plunder.
So King Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.
He lied in all that he spoke, and estranged himself from Jonathan, and didn’t repay him according to the benefits with which he had repaid him, and treated him very harshly.
Now after this, Tryphon returned, and with him the young child Antiochus, who reigned and put on a crown.
All the forces which Demetrius had sent away with disgrace were gathered to him, and they fought against him, and he fled and was routed.
Tryphon took the elephants, and took control of Antioch.
The young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, “I confirm to you the high priesthood, and appoint you over the four districts, and to be one of the king’s
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
friends.”
He sent to him golden vessels and furniture for the table, and gave him permission to drink in golden vessels, and to be clothed in purple, and to have a golden buckle.
He made his brother Simon governor from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.
Jonathan went out and took his journey beyond the river and through the cities. All the forces of Syria gathered themselves to him to be his allies. He came to Ascalon, and the people of the city met him honorably.
He departed from there to Gaza, and the people of Gaza shut him out. So he besieged it and burned its pasture lands with fire, and plundered them.
The people of Gaza pleaded with Jonathan, and he gave them his right hand, and took the sons of their princes for hostages, and sent them away to Jerusalem. Then he passed through the country as far as Damascus.
Then Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes had come to Kedesh, which is in Galilee, with a great army, intending to remove him from his office.
He went to meet them, but he left Simon his brother in the country.
Simon encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and hemmed it in.
They asked him to give them his right hand, and he gave it to them. He removed them from there, took possession of the city, and set a garrison over it.
Jonathan and his army encamped at the water of Gennesareth, and early in the morning they marched to the plain of Hazor.
Behold, an army of foreigners met him in the plain. They laid an ambush for him in the mountains, but they themselves met him face to face.
But those who lay in ambush rose out of their places and joined battle. All those who were on Jonathan’s side fled.
Not one of them was left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Chalphi, captains of the forces.
Jonathan tore his clothes, put dirt on his head, and prayed.
He turned again to them in battle, and routed them, and they fled.
When the men on his side who had fled saw this, they returned to him and pursued with him to Kedesh to their camp, and they encamped there.
About three thousand men of the foreigners fell on that day. Then Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.
Jonathan saw that the time was favorable for him, so he chose men and sent them to Rome to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.
He also sent similar letters to the Spartans, and to other places.
They went to Rome, entered into the senate house, and said, “Jonathan the high priest and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew for them the friendship and the alliance, as in former time.”
They gave them letters to the men in every place, that they should provide safe conduct for them on their way to the land of Judah.
This is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
“Jonathan the high priest, and the senate of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to their kindred the Spartans, greetings.
Even before this time letters were sent to Onias the high priest from Arius,
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So the old Latin versions and Josephus: compare also ver. 20. All the other authorities read
Darius
in this place.
who was reigning among you, to signify that you are our kindred, as the copy written below shows.
Onias welcomed honorably the man who was sent and received the letters, wherein declaration was made of alliance and friendship.
Therefore we also, even though we need none of these things, having for our encouragement the holy books which are in our hands,
have undertaken to send that we might renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, to the end that we should not become estranged from you altogether; for a long time has passed since you sent your letter to us.
We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and on the other convenient days, remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as it is right and proper to be mindful of kindred.
Moreover, we are glad for your glory.
But as for ourselves, many afflictions and many wars have encompassed us, and the kings who are around us have fought against us.
We were unwilling to be troublesome to you, and to the rest of our allies and friends, in these wars;
for we have the help which is from heaven to help us, and we have been delivered from our enemies, and our enemies have been humbled.
We chose therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew the friendship that we had with them, and the former alliance.
We commanded them therefore to go also to you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing of friendship and our brotherhood.
And now you will do well if you give us a reply.”
And this is the copy of the letters which they sent to Onias:
“Arius king of the Spartans to Onias the chief priest, greetings.
It has been found in writing, concerning the Spartans and the Jews, that they are kindred, and that they are of the descendants of Abraham.
Now, since this has come to our knowledge, you will do well to write to us of your
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Gr.
peace
prosperity.
We moreover write on our part to you, that your livestock and goods are ours, and ours are yours. We do command therefore that they make report to you accordingly.”
Now Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes had returned to fight against him with a greater army than before,
so he marched away from Jerusalem, and met them in the country of Hamath; for he gave them no opportunity to set foot in his country.
He sent spies into his camp, and they came again, and reported to him that they were preparing to attack them at night.
But as soon as the sun was down, Jonathan commanded his men to watch, and to be armed, that all the night long they might be ready for battle. He stationed sentinels around the camp.
The adversaries heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, and they feared, and trembled in their hearts, and they kindled fires in their camp then withdrew.
But Jonathan and his men didn’t know it until the morning; for they saw the fires burning.
Jonathan pursued after them, but didn’t overtake them; for they had gone over the river Eleutherus.
Then Jonathan turned toward the Arabians, who are called Zabadaeans, and struck them, and took their spoils.
He came out from there, and came to Damascus, and took his journey through all the country.
Simon went out, and took his journey as far as Ascalon, and the strongholds that were near it. Then he turned toward Joppa and took possession of it;
for he had heard that they were planning to hand over the stronghold to Demetrius’ men. He set a garrison there to guard it.
Then Jonathan returned and called the elders of the people together. He planned with them to build strongholds in Judea,
and to make the walls of Jerusalem higher, and to raise a great mound between the citadel and the city, to separate it from the city, that so it might be isolated, that its garrison might neither buy nor sell.
They were gathered together to build the city. Part of the wall of the brook that is on the east side fell down, and he repaired the section called Chaphenatha.
Simon also built Adida in the
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Gr.
Sephela. plain country, made it strong, and set up gates and bars.
And Tryphon sought to reign over Asia and to crown himself, and to stretch out his hand against Antiochus the king.
He was afraid that Jonathan wouldn’t allow him, and that he would fight against him; and he sought a way to seize him, that he might destroy him. So he marched out and came to Bethshan.
Jonathan came out to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for battle, and came to Bethshan.
Tryphon saw that he came with a great army, and he was afraid to stretch out his hand against him.
He received him honorably, and commended him to all his
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his forces to be obedient to him, as to himself.
He said to Jonathan, “Why have you put all this people to so much trouble, seeing there is no war between us?
Now send them away to their homes, but choose for yourself a few men who shall be with you, and come with me to Ptolemais, and I will give it to you, and the rest of the strongholds and the rest of the forces, and all the king’s officers. Then I will turn around and depart; for this is why I came.”
He put his trust in him, and did even as he said, and sent away his forces, and they departed into the land of Judah.
But he reserved to himself three thousand men, of whom he left two thousand in Galilee, but one thousand went with him.
Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, the people of Ptolemais shut the gates and seized him. They killed all those who came in with him with the sword.
Tryphon sent troops and cavalry into Galilee, and into the Great Plain, to destroy all Jonathan’s men.
They perceived that he had been seized and had perished, along with those who were with him. They encouraged one another and went on their way close together, prepared to fight.
Those who followed them saw that they were ready to fight for their lives, and turned back again.
They all came in peace into the land of Judah, and they mourned for Jonathan and those who were with him, and they were very afraid. All Israel mourned with a great mourning.
And all the Gentiles who were around them sought to destroy them utterly; for they said, “They have no ruler nor anyone to help them. Now therefore let’s fight against them, and take away their memory from among men.”
Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty army to come into the land of Judah and destroy it utterly.
He saw that the people were trembling in great fear. So he went up to Jerusalem and gathered the people together.
He encouraged them, and said to them, “You yourselves know all the things that I, my kindred, and my father’s house have done for the laws and the sanctuary, and the battles and the distresses which we have seen.
Because of this, all my brothers have perished for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
Now be it far from me, that I should spare my own life in any time of affliction, for I am not better than my kindred.
However, I will take vengeance for my nation, for the sanctuary, and for our wives and children, because all the Gentiles have gathered out of hatred to destroy us.”
The spirit of the people revived as soon as they heard these words.
They answered with a loud voice, saying, “You are our leader in the place of Judas and Jonathan your brothers.
Fight our battles, and we will do all that you tell us to do.”
He gathered together all the men of war, and hurried to finish the walls of Jerusalem. He fortified it all around.
He sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great army, to Joppa. He threw out those who were in it, and lived there.
Tryphon left Ptolemais with a mighty army to enter into the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him under guard.
But Simon encamped at Adida, near the plain.
Tryphon knew that Simon had risen up in the place of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, so he sent ambassadors to him, saying,
“It is for money which Jonathan your brother owed to the king’s treasury, by reason of the offices which he had, that we are detaining him.
Now send one hundred talents of silver and two of his sons for hostages, so that when he is released he may not revolt against us, and we will release him.”
Simon knew that they spoke to him deceitfully, but he sent to get the money and the children, lest perhaps he would arouse great hostility among the people,
who might say, “Because I didn’t send him the money and the children, he perished.”
So he sent the children and the hundred talents, but Tryphon lied, and didn’t release Jonathan.
After this, Tryphon came to invade the land and destroy it, and he went around by the way that leads to Adora. Simon and his army marched near him to every place, wherever he went.
Now the people of the citadel sent to Tryphon ambassadors, urging him to come to them through the wilderness, and to send them food.
So Tryphon prepared all his cavalry to come, but on that night a very heavy snow fell, and he didn’t come because of the snow. He marched off and went into the land of Gilead.
When he came near to Bascama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.
Then Tryphon turned back, and went away into his own land.
Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him at Modin, the city of his fathers.
All Israel made great lamentation over him, and mourned for him many days.
Simon built a monument on the tomb of his father and his kindred, and raised it high so that it could be seen, with polished stone on the front and back.
He also set up seven pyramids, one near another, for his father, his mother, and his four brothers.
For these, he made an elaborate setting, erecting great pillars around them, and upon the pillars he made suits of armor for a perpetual memorial, and beside the suits of armor, he carved ships, so that they could be seen by all who sail on the sea.
This is the tomb which he made at Modin. It remains to this day.
Now Tryphon deceived the young King Antiochus and killed him,
and reigned in his place. He put on himself the crown of Asia and brought a great calamity upon the land.
Simon built up the strongholds of Judea, and walled them all around with high towers, great walls, gates, and bars; and he stored food in the strongholds.
Simon chose men, and sent to King Demetrius with a request that he grant the country an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to plunder.
King Demetrius sent to him according to these words, and answered him, and wrote a letter to him, as follows:
“King Demetrius to Simon the high priest and friend
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greetings.
The golden crown and the palm branch, which you sent, we have received. We are ready to make a steadfast peace with you, yes, and to write to our officers to release you from tribute.
Whatever things we confirmed to you, they are confirmed. The strongholds, which you have built, let them be your own.
As for any oversights and faults committed to this day, we forgive them, and the crown tax which you owed us. If there were any other tax collected in Jerusalem, let it be collected no longer.
If any among you are qualified to be enrolled in our court, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.”
In the one hundred seventieth year,
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circa B.C. 143.
the yoke of the Gentiles was taken away from Israel.
The people began to write in their instruments and contracts, “In the first year of Simon, the great high priest and captain and leader of the Jews.”
In those days Simon encamped against
13:43
See 1 Maccabees 13:53 (compare 1 Maccabees 13:48); 1 Maccabees 14:7, 34; 15:28; 16:1: also Josephus. All the authorities read
Gaza
in this verse.
Gazara, and surrounded it with troops. He made a seige engine, and brought it up to the city, and struck a tower, and captured it.
Those who were in the engine leaped out into the city; and there was a great uproar in the city.
The people of the city tore their clothes, and went up on the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, asking Simon to give them
13:45
Gr.
right hands.
his right hand.
They said, “Don’t deal with us according to our wickednesses, but according to your mercy.”
So Simon was reconciled to them, and didn’t fight against them; but he expelled them from the city and cleansed the houses where the idols were, and then entered into it with singing and giving praise.
He removed all uncleanness out of it, and placed in it men who would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built a dwelling place for himself in it.
But the people of the citadel in Jerusalem were hindered from going out and from going into the country, and from buying and selling. So they were very hungry, and a great number of them perished from famine.
Then they cried out to Simon, that he should give them his right hand; and he gave it to them; but he expelled them from there, and he cleansed the citadel from its pollutions.
He entered into it on the twenty-third day of the second month, in the one hundred seventy-first year,
13:51
circa B.C. 142.
with praise and palm branches, with harps, with cymbals, and with stringed instruments, with hymns, and with songs, because a great enemy had been destroyed out of Israel.
Simon ordained that they should keep that day every year with gladness. He made the hill of the temple that was by the citadel stronger than before, and he lived there with his men.
Simon saw that his son John was a man, so he made him leader of all his forces; and he lived in Gazara.
In the one hundred seventy-second year,
14:1
circa B.C. 141.
King Demetrius gathered his forces together, and went into Media to get help, that he might fight against Tryphon.
When Arsaces, the king of Persia and Media, heard that Demetrius had come into his borders, he sent one of his princes to take him alive.
He went and struck the army of Demetrius, and seized him and brought him to Arsaces, who put him under guard.
The land had rest all the days of Simon. He sought the good of his nation. His authority and his honor was pleasing to them all his days.
Amid all his honors, he took Joppa for a harbor, and made it an entrance for the islands of the sea.
He enlarged the borders of his nation and took possession of the country.
He gathered together a great number of captives, and took control of Gazara, Bethsura, and the citadel, and he removed its uncleannesses from it. There was no one who resisted him.
They tilled their land in peace, and the land gave her increase, and the trees of the plains gave their fruit.
The old men sat in the streets; they all conversed together about good things. The young men put on glorious and warlike apparel.
He provided food for the cities and furnished them with means of defense, until the glory of his name was known to the end of the earth.
He made peace in the land, and Israel rejoiced with great joy.
Each man sat under his vine and his fig tree, and there was no one to make them afraid.
No one was left in the land who fought against them. The kings were defeated in those days.
He strengthened all those of his people who were humble. He searched out the law, and every lawless and wicked person he took away.
He glorified the sanctuary, and added to the vessels of the temple.
It was heard at Rome that Jonathan was dead, and even in Sparta, and they were exceedingly grieved.
But as soon as they heard that his brother Simon was made high priest in his place, and ruled the country and the cities in it,
they wrote to him on brass tablets to renew with him the friendship and the alliance which they had confirmed with his brothers Judas and Jonathan.
These were read before the congregation at Jerusalem.
This is the copy of the letters which the Spartans sent:
“The rulers and the city of the Spartans, to Simon the high priest, to the elders, the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, our kindred, greetings.
The ambassadors who were sent to our people reported to us about your glory and honor. We were glad for their coming,
and we registered the things that were spoken by them in the public records
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Gr.
counsels of the people.
as follows: ‘Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, the Jews’ ambassadors, came to us to renew the friendship they had with us.
It pleased the people to entertain the men honorably, and to put the copy of their words in the public records,
14:23
Gr.
books that are appointed for the people.
to the end that the people of the Spartans might have a record of them. Moreover they wrote a copy of these things to Simon the high priest.’”
After this, Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of weighing one thousand minas,
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1,000 minas is about 499 kg or 1,098 pounds.
in order to confirm the alliance with them.
But when the people heard these things, they said, “What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons?
For he and his brothers and the house of his father have made themselves strong, and have fought and chased away Israel’s enemies, and confirmed liberty to Israel.
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Gr.
him.
”
So they wrote on tablets of brass, and set them on pillars on mount Zion. This is the copy of the writing:
“On the eighteenth day of Elul, in the one hundred seventy-second year,
14:27
circa B.C. 141.
which is the third year of Simon the high priest,
in Asaramel, in a great congregation of priests and people and princes of the nation, and of the elders of the country, it was proclaimed to us:
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Gr.
he made known.
‘Since wars often occurred in the country, Simon the son of Mattathias, the son of the sons of Joarib, and his brothers, put themselves in jeopardy and withstood the enemies of their nation, that their sanctuary and the law might be established, and glorified their nation with great glory.
Jonathan rallied the nation, became their high priest, and was gathered to his people.
Their enemies planned to invade their country, that they might destroy their country utterly, and stretch out their hands against their sanctuary.
Then Simon rose up and fought for his nation. He spent much of his own money to arm the valiant men of his nation and give them wages.
He fortified the cities of Judea and Bethsura that lies on the borders of Judea, where the weapons of the enemies were had been stored, and there he placed a garrison of Jews.
He fortified Joppa which is upon the sea, and Gazara which is upon the borders of Azotus, where the enemies used to live, and placed Jews there, and set in there all things necessary for their restoration.
The people saw Simon’s faith,
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Some authorities read
acts.
and the glory which he resolved to bring to his nation, and they made him their leader and high priest, because he had done all these things, and for the justice and the faith which he kept to his nation, and because he sought by all means to exalt his people.
In his days, things prospered in his hands, so that the Gentiles were taken away out of their country, and they also who were in the city of David, those who were in Jerusalem, who had made themselves a citadel, out of which they used to go, and polluted everything around the sanctuary, and did great damage to its purity.
He placed Jews in it and fortified it for the safety of the country and the city, and made high the walls of Jerusalem.
King Demetrius confirmed to him the high priesthood according to these things,
and made him one of his friends,
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See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
and honored him with great honor;
for he had heard that the Jews had been called by the Romans friends, allies, and kindred, and that they had met the ambassadors of Simon honorably;
and that the Jews and the priests were well pleased that Simon should be their leader and high priest forever, until there should arise a faithful prophet;
and that he should be governor over them, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the weapons, and over the strongholds; and that he should take charge of the sanctuary,
and that he should be obeyed by all, and that all contracts in the country should be written in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and wear gold;
and that it should not be lawful for any of the people or of the priests to nullify any of these things, or to oppose the words that he should speak, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold;
but whoever should do otherwise, or nullify any of these things, he will be liable to punishment.’”
All the people consented to ordain for Simon that he should do according to these words.
So Simon accepted this, and consented to be high priest, and to be captain and governor
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Gr.
ethnarch.
of the Jews and of the priests, and to be protector of all.
They commanded to put this writing on tablets of brass, and to set them up within the precinct of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place,
and moreover to put copies of them in the treasury, so that Simon and his sons might have them.
Antiochus son of Demetrius the king sent a letter from the islands of the sea to Simon the priest and
15:1
Gr.
ethnarch.
governor of the Jews, and to all the nation.
Its contents follow:
“King Antiochus to Simon the chief priest and
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Gr.
ethnarch.
governor, and to the nation of the Jews, greetings.
Whereas certain troublemakers have made themselves masters of the kingdom of our fathers, but my purpose is to claim the kingdom, that I may restore it as it was before; and moreover I have raised a multitude of foreign soldiers, and have prepared warships;
moreover I plan to land in the country, that I may punish those who have destroyed our country, and those who have made many cities in the kingdom desolate;
now therefore I confirm to you all the tax remissions which the kings who were before me remitted to you, and whatever gifts besides they remitted to you,
and I permit you to coin money for your country with your own stamp,
but that Jerusalem and the sanctuary should be free. All the weapons that you have prepared, and the strongholds that you have built, which you have in your possession, let them remain yours.
Every debt owed to the king, and the things that will be owed to the king from henceforth and for evermore, let them be remitted to you.
Moreover, when we have established our kingdom, we will glorify you and your nation and the temple with great glory, so that your glory will be made manifest in all the earth.
In the one hundred seventy-fourth year,
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circa B.C. 139
Antiochus went into the land of his fathers; and all the forces came together to him, so that there were few men with Tryphon.
King Antiochus pursued him, and he came, as he fled, to Dor, which is by the sea;
for he knew that troubles had come upon him all at once, and that his forces had deserted him.
Antiochus encamped against Dor, and with him one hundred twenty thousand men of war and eight thousand cavalry.
He surrounded the city, and the ships joined in the attack from the sea. He harassed the city by land and sea, and permitted no one to go out or in.
Numenius and his company came from Rome, having letters to the kings and to the countries, in which were written these things:
“Lucius, consul of the Romans, to King Ptolemy, greetings.
The Jews’ ambassadors came to us as our friends and allies, to renew the old friendship and alliance, being sent from Simon the high priest, and from the people of the Jews.
Moreover they brought a shield of gold weighing one thousand minas.
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1,000 minas is about 499 kg. or about 1,098 pounds.
It pleased us therefore to write to the kings and to the countries, that they should not seek their harm or fight against them, their cities, and their country, or be allies with those who fight against them.
Moreover, it seemed good to us to receive the shield from them.
If therefore any troublemakers have fled from their country to you, deliver them to Simon the high priest, that he may take vengeance on them according to their law.”
He wrote the same things to King Demetrius, to Attalus, to Arathes, to Arsaces,
to all the countries, to
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Some authorities read
Sampsaces:
the Latin versions have
Lampsacus.
Sampsames, to the Spartans, to Delos, to Myndos, to Sicyon, to Caria, to Samos, to Pamphylia, to Lycia, to Halicarnassus, to Rhodes, to Phaselis, to Cos, to Side, to Aradus, Gortyna, Cnidus, Cyprus, and Cyrene.
They also wrote this copy to Simon the high priest.
But King Antiochus encamped against Dor the second day, bringing his forces up to it continually, and making engines of war; and he shut up Tryphon from going in or out.
Simon sent him two thousand chosen men to fight on his side, with silver, gold, and instruments of war in abundance.
He would not receive them, but nullified all the covenants which he had made with him before, and was estranged from him.
He sent to him Athenobius, one of his friends,
15:28
See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
to confer with him, saying, “You hold possession of Joppa, Gazara, and the citadel that is in Jerusalem, cities of my kingdom.
You have devastated their territory, and done great harm in the land, and control of many places in my kingdom.
Now therefore hand over the cities which you have taken, and the tributes of the places which you have taken control of outside of the borders of Judea;
or else give me for them five hundred talents of silver; and for the harm that you have done, and the tributes of the cities, another five hundred talents. Otherwise we will come and subdue you.”
Athenobius, the king’s friend,
15:32
See 1 Maccabees 2:18.
came to Jerusalem. When he saw the glory of Simon, the cupboard of gold and silver vessels, and his great attendance, he was amazed. He reported to him the king’s words.
Simon answered, and said to him, “We have not taken other men’s land nor do we have possession of that which belongs to others, but of the inheritance of our fathers. However, it had been in possession of our enemies wrongfully for a while.
But we, having opportunity, firmly hold the inheritance of our fathers.
As for Joppa and Gazara, which you demand, they did great harm among the people throughout our country. We will give one hundred talents for them.”
Athenobius didn’t answer even one word,
but returned in a rage to the king, and reported to him these words, and the glory of Simon, and all that he had seen; and the king was exceedingly angry.
Meanwhile, Tryphon embarked on board a ship, and fled to Orthosia.
The king appointed Cendebaeus chief captain of the sea coast, and gave him troops of infantry and cavalry.
He commanded him to encamp against Judea, and he commanded him to build up Kidron, and to fortify the gates, and that he should fight against the people; but the king pursued Tryphon.
So Cendebaeus came to Jamnia and began to provoke the people, and to invade Judea, and to take the people captive and kill them.
He built Kidron and stationed cavalry and infantry there, to the end that going out they might make raids on the highways of Judea, as the king had commanded him.
John went up from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebaeus was doing.
Simon called his two oldest sons, Judas and John, and said to them, “I and my brothers and my father’s house have fought the battles of Israel from our youth, even to this day; and things have prospered in our hands, that we have often delivered Israel.
But now I am old, and you moreover, by his mercy, are of a sufficient age. Take the place of me and my brother, and go out and fight for our nation; and let the help which is from heaven be with you.
He chose out of the country twenty thousand men of war and cavalry, and they went against Cendebaeus, and slept at Modin.
Rising up in the morning, they went into the plain, and, behold, a great army of infantry and cavalry came to meet them. There was a brook between them.
He encamped near them, he and his people. He saw that the people were afraid to pass over the brook, and he passed over first. When the men saw him, they passed over after him.
He divided the people, and placed the calvary in the midst of the infantry; but the enemies’ cavalry were exceedingly many.
They sounded the trumpets; and Cendebaeus and his army were put to flight, and many of them fell wounded to death, but those who were left fled to the stronghold.
At that time Judas, John’s brother, was wounded; but John pursued after them until he came to Kidron, which Cendebaeus had built.
They fled to the towers that are in the fields of Azotus; and he burned it with fire. About two thousand men men of them fell. Then he returned into Judea in peace.
Ptolemy the son of Abubus had been appointed governor over the plain of Jericho, and he had much silver and gold;
for he was the high priest’s son-in-law.
His heart was lifted up, and he planned to make himself master of the country, and he made deceitful plans against Simon and his sons, to do away with them.
Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the country, and attending to their needs. He went down to Jericho—himself with Mattathias and Judas his sons—in the one hundred seventy-seventh year,
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circa B.C. 136.
in the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat.
The son of Abubus received them deceitfully into the little stronghold that is called Dok, which he had built, and made them a great banquet, and hid men there.
When Simon and his sons had drunk freely, Ptolemy and his men rose up, took their weapons, rushed in against Simon in the banqueting place, and killed him, his two sons, and some of his servants.
He committed a great iniquity, and repaid evil for good.
Ptolemy wrote these things and sent to the king, that he should send him forces to aid him, and should deliver him their country and the cities.
He sent others to Gazara to do away with John. To the captains of thousands, he sent letters to come to him, that he might give them silver, gold, and gifts.
He sent others to take possession of Jerusalem and the temple hill.
One ran before to Gazara, and told John that his father and kindred had perished, and he has sent to kill you also.
When he heard, he was greatly shocked. He seized the men who came to destroy him and killed them; for he perceived that they were seeking to destroy him.
And the rest of the acts of John and of his wars and of his valiant deeds which he did, and of the building of the walls which he built, and of his achievements,
behold, they are written in the chronicles
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Gr.
book of days.
of his high priesthood, from the time that he was made high priest after his father.
2 Maccabees
The Second Book of the Maccabees
2 Maccabees
2Ma
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE
MACCABEES
The Second Book of the Maccabees is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
The kindred, the Jews who are in Jerusalem and those who are in the country of Judea, send greetings and good peace to the kindred, the Jews who are throughout Egypt.
May God do good to you, and remember his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, his faithful servants,
and give you all a heart to worship him and do his will with a strong heart and a willing soul.
May God open your heart to his law and his statutes, and make peace,
and listen to your requests, and be reconciled with you, and not forsake you in an evil time.
Now we are praying for you here.
In the reign of Demetrius, in the one hundred sixty-ninth year, we the Jews have already written to you in the suffering and in the distress that has come upon us in these years, from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and the kingdom,
and set the gate on fire, and shed innocent blood. We prayed to the Lord, and were heard. We offered sacrifices and meal offerings. We lit the lamps. We set out the show bread.
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Gr.
loaves
Now see that you keep the days of the feast of tabernacles in the month Chislev in the one hundred eighty-eighth year.
The people of Jerusalem and those who are in Judea, with the senate and Judas, to Aristobulus, King Ptolemy’s teacher, who is also of the stock of the anointed priests, and to the Jews who are in Egypt, we send greetings and health.
Having been saved by God out of great perils, as men arrayed against a king, we thank him greatly.
For he threw out into Persia those who fought against us in the holy city.
For when the prince had come there, with an army that seemed irresistible, they were cut to pieces in the temple of Nanaea by the treachery of Nanaea’s priests.
For Antiochus, on the pretense that he would marry her, came into the place, he and his friends who were with him, that they might take a large part of the treasures as a dowry.
And when the priests of Nanaea’s temple had set the treasures out, and he had come there with a small company within the wall of the sacred precinct, they locked the temple when Antiochus had come in.
Opening the secret door of the panelled ceiling, they threw stones and struck down the prince. They cut him and his company in pieces, and cut off their heads, and threw them to the people who were outside.
Blessed be our God in all things, who handed over those who had committed impiety.
Since we are now about to celebrate the purification of the temple in the month Chislev, on the twenty-fifth day, we thought it necessary to notify you, so that you may also keep a feast of tabernacles, and remember the fire which was given when Nehemiah offered sacrifices, after he had built both the temple and the altar.
For indeed when our fathers were about to be led into the land of Persia, the godly priests of that time took some of the fire of the altar, and hid it secretly in the hollow of a well that was without water, where they made sure that the place was unknown to anyone.
Now after many years, when it pleased God, Nehemiah, having received a charge from the king of Persia, sent in quest of the fire the descendants of the priests who hid it. When they declared to us that they had found no fire, but thick liquid,
he commanded them to draw some of it out and bring it to him. When the sacrifices had been offered, Nehemiah commanded the priests to sprinkle with that liquid both the wood and the things laid on it.
When that was done and some time had passed, and the sun shone out, which before was hidden with clouds, a great blaze was kindled, so that all men marveled.
The priests made a prayer while the sacrifice was being consumed—both the priests and all the others. Jonathan led and the rest responded, as Nehemiah did.
The prayer was like this: “O Lord, Lord God, the Creator of all things, who are awesome, strong, righteous, and merciful, who alone are King and gracious,
who alone supply every need, who alone are righteous, almighty, and eternal, you who save Israel out of all evil, who chose the ancestors and sanctified them,
accept the sacrifice for all your people Israel, and preserve your own portion, and consecrate it.
Gather together our scattered people, set at liberty those who are in bondage among the heathen, look upon those who are despised and abhorred, and let the heathen know that you are our God.
Punish those who oppress us and in arrogance shamefully entreat us.
Plant your people in your holy place, even as Moses said.”
Then the priests sang the hymns.
As soon as the sacrifice was consumed, then Nehemiah commanded that the rest of the liquid be poured on large stones.
When this was done, a flame was kindled; but when the light from the altar shone back, it went out.
When the matter became known, and it was told the king of the Persians that, in the place where the priests who were led away had hid the fire, the liquid appeared which Nehemiah and those who were with him purified the sacrifice,
then the king enclosed the place and made it sacred after he had investigated the matter.
When the king would show favor to any, he would exchange many presents and give them some of this liquid.
Nehemiah and those who were with him called this thing “Nephthar”, which is by interpretation, “Cleansing”; but most men call it Nephthai.
It is also found in the records that Jeremiah the prophet commanded those who were carried away to take some of the fire, as has been mentioned,
and how that the prophet charged those who were carried away, having given them the law, that they should not forget the statutes of the Lord or be led astray in their minds when they saw images of gold and silver, and their adornment.
With other such words exhorted he them, that the law should not depart from their hearts.
It was in the writing that the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should follow with him,
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Gr.
and when.
The Greek text here is probably corrupt.
when he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and saw God’s inheritance.
Jeremiah came and found a cave, he brought the tabernacle, the ark, and the altar of incense into it; then he sealed the entrance.
Some of those who followed with him came there that they might mark the way, and could not find it.
But when Jeremiah learned about that, he rebuked them, saying, “The place shall be unknown until God gathers the people together again and shows mercy.
Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen with the cloud, as it was also shown to Moses, also as Solomon implored that the place might be consecrated greatly,
and it was also declared that he, having wisdom, offered a sacrifice of dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.
As Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down out of heaven and consumed the sacrifice, even so Solomon also prayed, and the fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings.
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See Leviticus 10:16 and 9:24.
Moses said, ‘Because the sin offering had not been eaten, it was consumed in like manner.’
Likewise Solomon kept the eight days.”
The same things were reported both in the public archives and in Nehemiah’s records, and also how he, founding a library, gathered together the books about the kings and prophets, and the writings of David, and letters of kings about sacred gifts.
In like manner Judas also gathered together for us all those books that had been scattered by reason of the war, and they are still with us.
If therefore you have need of them, send some people to bring them to you.
Seeing then that we are about to celebrate the purification, we write to you. You will therefore do well if you celebrate the days.
Now God, who saved all his people, and restored the heritage to all, with the kingdom, the priesthood, and the consecration,
even as he promised through the law— in God have we hope, that he will soon have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of everywhere under heaven into his holy place; for he delivered us out of great evils, and purified the place.
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Now the things concerning Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, the purification of the greatest temple, the dedication of the altar,
and further the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and Eupator his son,
and the manifestations that came from heaven to those who fought with one another in brave deeds for the religion of the Jews; so that, being but a few, they seized the whole country, chased the barbarous multitudes,
recovered again the temple renowned all the world over, freed the city, and restored the laws which were about to be overthrown, seeing the Lord became gracious to them with all kindness.
These things which have been declared by Jason of Cyrene in five books, we will attempt to abridge in one book.
For having in view the confused mass of the numbers, and the
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Or, weariness
difficulty which awaits those who would enter into the narratives of the history, by reason of the abundance of the matter,
we were careful that those who choose to read may be attracted, and that those who wish us well may find it easy to recall, and that all readers may benefit.
Although to us, who have taken upon ourselves the painful labor of the abridgement, the task is not easy, but a matter of sweat and sleeplessness,
even as it is no light thing to him who prepares a banquet, and seeks the benefit of others. Nevertheless, for the sake of the gratitude of the many we will gladly endure the painful labor,
leaving to the historian the exact handling of every particular, and again having no strength to fill in the outlines of our abridgement.
For as the masterbuilder of a new house must care for the whole structure, and again he who undertakes to decorate and paint it must seek out the things fit for its adorning; even so I think it is also with us.
To occupy the ground, and to indulge in long discussions, and to be curious in particulars, is fitting for the first author of the history;
but to strive after brevity of expression, and to avoid a labored fullness in the treatment, is to be granted to him who would bring a writing into a new form.
Here then let’s begin the narration, only adding this much to that which has already been said; for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue to the history, and to abridge the history itself.
When the holy city was inhabited with unbroken peace and the laws were kept very well because of the godliness of Onias the high priest and his hatred of wickedness,
it came to pass that even the kings themselves honored the place and glorified the temple with the noblest presents,
so that even King Seleucus of Asia bore all the costs belonging to the services of the sacrifices out of his own revenues.
But a man named Simon of the tribe of Benjamin, having been made guardian of the temple, disagreed with the high priest about the ruling of the market in the city.
When he couldn’t overcome Onias, he went to Apollonius of
3:5
Greek
ThraseasTarsus, who at that time was governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
He brought him word how that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of untold sums of money, so that the multitude of the funds was innumerable, and that they didn’t pertain to the account of the sacrifices, but that it was possible that these should fall under the king’s power.
When Apollonius met the king, he informed him of the money about which he had been told. So the king appointed Heliodorus, who was his chancellor, and sent him with a command to accomplish the removal of the reported money.
So Heliodorus set out on his journey at once, ostensibly to visit the cities of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, but in fact to execute the king’s purpose.
When he had come to Jerusalem and had been courteously received by the high priest of the city, he told him about the information which had been given, and declared why he had come; and he inquired if in truth these things were so.
The high priest explained to him that there were in the treasury deposits of widows and orphans,
and moreover some money belonging to Hyrcanus the son of Tobias, a man in very high place, not as that impious Simon falsely alleged; and that in all there were four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold,
and that it was altogether impossible that wrong should be done to those who had put trust in the holiness of the place, and in the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honored over all the world.
But Heliodorus, because of the king’s command given him, said that in any case this money must be confiscated for the king’s treasury.
So having appointed a day, he entered in to direct the inquiry concerning these matters; and there was no small distress throughout the whole city.
The priests, prostrating themselves before the altar in their priestly garments, and called toward heaven upon him who gave the law concerning deposits, that he should preserve these treasures safe for those who had deposited them.
Whoever saw the appearance of the high priest was wounded in mind; for his countenance and the change of his color betrayed the distress of his soul.
For a terror and a shuddering of the body had come over the man, by which the pain that was in his heart was plainly shown to those who looked at him.
Those who were in the houses rushed out in crowds to make a universal supplication, because the place was about to come into dishonor.
The women, girded with sackcloth under their breasts, thronged the streets. The virgins who were kept indoors ran together, some to the gates, others to the walls, and some looked out through the windows.
All, stretching out their hands toward heaven, made their solemn supplication.
Then it was pitiful to see the multitude prostrating themselves all mixed together, and the anxiety of the high priest in his great distress.
While therefore they called upon the Almighty Lord to keep the things entrusted to them
3:22
Gr.
safe with all security. safe and secure for those who had entrusted them,
Heliodorus went on to execute that which had been decreed.
But when he was already present there with his guards near the treasury, the Sovereign of spirits and of all authority caused a great manifestation, so that all who had presumed to come with him, stricken with dismay at the power of God, fainted in terror.
For they saw a horse with a frightening rider, adorned with beautiful trappings, and he rushed fiercely and struck at Heliodorus with his forefeet. It seemed like he who sat on the horse had complete armor of gold.
Two others also appeared to him, young men notable in their strength, and beautiful in their glory, and splendid in their apparel, who stood by him on either side, and scourged him unceasingly, inflicting on him many sore stripes.
When he had fallen suddenly to the ground, and great darkness had come over him, his guards picked him up and put him on a stretcher,
and carried him—this man who had just now entered with a great retinue and all his guard into the aforesaid treasury, himself now brought to utter helplessness, manifestly made to recognize the sovereignty of God.
So, while he, through the working of God, speechless and bereft of all hope and deliverance, lay prostrate,
they blessed the Lord who acted marvelously for his own place. The temple, which a little before was full of terror and alarm, was filled with joy and gladness after the Almighty Lord appeared.
But quickly some of Heliodorus’s familiar friends implored Onias to call upon the Most High to grant life to him who lay quite at the last gasp.
The high priest, secretly fearing lest the king might come to think that some treachery toward Heliodorus had been perpetrated by the Jews, brought a sacrifice for the recovery of the man.
But as the high priest was making the atoning sacrifice, the same young men appeared again to Heliodorus, arrayed in the same garments. They stood and said, “Give Onias the high priest great thanks, for for his sake the Lord has granted you life.
See that you, since you have been scourged from heaven, proclaim to all men the sovereign majesty of God.” When they had spoken these words, they vanished out of sight.
So Heliodorus, having offered a sacrifice to the Lord and vowed
3:35
Gr.
greatest.
great vows to him who had saved his life, and having bidden Onias farewell, returned with his army to the king.
He testified to all men the works of the greatest God, which he had seen with his eyes.
When the king asked Heliodorus what sort of man was fit to be sent yet once again to Jerusalem, he said,
“If you have any enemy or conspirator against the state, send him there, and you will receive him back well scourged, if he even escapes with his life; because truly there is some power of God in that place.
For he who has his dwelling in heaven himself has his eyes on that place and helps it. Those who come to hurt it, he strikes and destroys.”
This was the history of Heliodorus and the keeping of the treasury.
The previously mentioned Simon, who had given information about the money against his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus and had been the real cause of these evils.
He dared to call him a conspirator against the state who was actually the benefactor of the city, the guardian of his fellow countrymen, and a zealot for the laws.
When his hatred grew so great that even murders were perpetrated through one of Simon’s approved agents,
Onias, seeing the danger of the contention, and that
4:4
Compare 2 Maccabees 4:21. See also 2 Maccabees 3:5. The Greek as commonly read means
Apollonius, as
being
the governor...Phoenicia, did rage, and increase etc.
Apollonius the son of Menestheus, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was increasing Simon’s malice,
appealed to the king, not to be an accuser of his fellow-citizens, but looking to the good of all the
4:5
Gr.
multitude.
people, both public and private;
for he saw that without the king’s involvement it was impossible for the state to obtain peace any more, and that Simon would not cease from his madness.
When Seleucus was deceased, and Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes, succeeded to the kingdom, Jason the brother of Onias supplanted his brother in the high priesthood,
having promised to the king at an audience three hundred sixty talents of silver, and out of another fund eighty talents.
In addition to this, he undertook to assign one hundred fifty more, if it might be allowed him
4:9
Gr.
through his.
through the king’s authority to set him up a gymnasium and a body of youths to be trained in it, and to register the inhabitants of Jerusalem as citizens of Antioch.
When the king had assented, and Jason had taken possession of the office, he immediately shifted those of his own race to the Greek way of life.
Setting aside the royal ordinances of special favor to the Jews, granted by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went on the mission to the Romans to establish friendship and alliance, and seeking to overthrow the lawful ways of living, he brought in new customs forbidden by the law.
For he eagerly established a gymnasium under the citadel itself, and caused the noblest of the young men to wear the Greek hat.
Thus there was an extreme of hellenization, and an advance of a foreign religion, by reason of the exceeding profaneness of Jason, who was an ungodly man and not a high priest;
so that the priests had no more any zeal for the services of the altar; but despising the sanctuary and neglecting the sacrifices, they hastened to enjoy that which was unlawfully provided in the wrestling arena, after the summons to the discus-throwing.
They despised the honors of their fathers, and valued the prestige of the Greeks best of all.
For this reason, severe calamity overtook them. The men whose ways of living they earnestly followed, and to whom they desired to be made like in all things, these became their enemies and punished them.
For it is not a light thing to show irreverence to God’s laws, but later events will make this clear.
Now when certain games that came every fifth year were kept at Tyre, and the king was present,
the vile Jason sent sacred envoys,
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See ver. 9. as being Antiochians of Jerusalem, bearing three hundred drachmas of silver to the sacrifice of Hercules, which even the bearers thereof thought not right to use for any sacrifice, because it was not fit, but to spend it for another purpose.
Although the intended purpose of the sender this money was for the sacrifice of Hercules, yet on account of
4:20
Some authorities read
the bearers.
present circumstances it went to the construction of trireme warships.
Now when Apollonius the son of Menestheus was sent into Egypt for the
4:21
The exact meaning of the Greek word is uncertain. enthronement of Philometor as king, Antiochus, learning that Philometor had shown himself hostile toward the government, took precautions for the security of his realm. Therefore, going to Joppa, he travelled on to Jerusalem.
Being magnificently received by Jason and the city, he was brought in with torches and shouting. Then he led his army down into Phoenicia.
Now after a space of three years, Jason sent Menelaus, the previously mentioned Simon’s brother, to carry the money to the king, and to make reports concerning some necessary matters.
But he being commended to the king, and having been glorified by the display of his authority, secured the high priesthood for himself, outbidding Jason by three hundred talents of silver.
After receiving the royal mandates, he returned bringing nothing worthy of the high priesthood, but having the passion of a cruel tyrant and the rage of a savage animal.
So Jason, who had supplanted his own brother, was supplanted by another and driven as a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites,
Menelaus had possession of the office; but of the money that had been promised to the king nothing was regularly paid, even though Sostratus the governor of the citadel demanded it—
for his job was the gathering of the revenues—so they were both called by the king to his presence.
Menelaus left his own brother Lysimachus for his
4:29
Gr.
successor.
deputy in the high priesthood; and Sostratus left Crates, who was over the Cyprians.
Now while this was the state of things, it came to pass that the people of Tarsus and Mallus revolted because they were to be given as a present to Antiochis, the king’s concubine.
The king therefore quickly came to settle matters, leaving for his
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Gr.
successor.
deputy Andronicus, a man of high rank.
Then Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a favorable opportunity, presented to Andronicus certain vessels of gold belonging to the temple, which he had stolen. He had already sold others into Tyre and the neighboring cities.
When Onias had sure knowledge of this, he sharply reproved him, having withdrawn himself into a sanctuary at Daphne, that lies by Antioch.
Therefore Menelaus, taking Andronicus aside, asked him to kill Onias. Coming to Onias, and being persuaded to use treachery, and being received as a friend, Andronicus gave him his right hand with oaths and, though he was suspicious, persuaded him to come out of the sanctuary. Then, with no regard for justice, he immediately put him to death.
For this reason not only Jews, but many also of the other nations, had indignation and displeasure at the unjust murder of the man.
And when the king had come back from the places in Cilicia, the Jews who were in the city appealed to him against Andronicus (the Greeks also joining with them in hatred of the wickedness), urging that Onias had been wrongfully slain.
Antiochus therefore was heartily sorry, and was moved to pity, and wept, because of the sober and well ordered life of him who was dead.
Being inflamed with anger, he immediately stripped off Andronicus’s purple robe, and tore off his under garments, and when he had led him round through the whole city to that very place where he had committed the outrage against Onias, there he put the murderer out of the way, the Lord rendering to him the punishment he had deserved.
Now when many sacrileges had been committed in the city by Lysimachus with the consent of Menelaus, and when the report of them had spread abroad outside, the people gathered themselves together against Lysimachus, after many vessels of gold had already been stolen.
When the multitudes were rising against him and were filled with anger, Lysimachus armed about three thousand men, and with unrighteous violence began the attack under the leadership of Hauran, a man far gone in years and no less also in folly.
But when they perceived the assault of Lysimachus, some caught up stones, others logs of wood, and some took handfuls of the ashes that lay near, and they flung them all in wild confusion at Lysimachus and those who were with him.
As a result, they wounded many of them, they killed some, and they forced the rest of them to flee, but the author of the sacrilege himself they killed beside the treasury.
But about these matters, there was an accusation laid against Menelaus.
When the king had come to Tyre, the three men who were sent by the senate pleaded the cause before him.
But Menelaus, seeing himself now defeated, promised much money to Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes, that he might win over the king.
Therefore Ptolemy taking the king aside into a cloister, as if to get some fresh air, convinced him to change his mind.
He who was the cause of all the evil, Menelaus, he discharged from the accusations; but these hapless men, who, if they had pleaded even before Scythians, would have been discharged uncondemned, them he sentenced to death.
Those who were spokesmen for the city and the families of Israel and the holy vessels soon suffered that unrighteous penalty.
Therefore even certain Tyrians, moved with hatred of the wickedness, provided magnificently for their burial.
But Menelaus, through the covetous dealings of those who were in power, remained still in his office, growing in wickedness, established as a great conspirator against his fellow-citizens.
Now about this time Antiochus made his second invasion into Egypt.
It happened that throughout all the city, for almost forty days, cavalry appeared in the midst of the sky in swift motion, wearing robes woven with gold and carrying spears, equipped with troops for battle—
drawing swords, squadrons of cavalry in array, encounters and pursuits of both armies, shaking shields, multitudes of lances, throwing of missiles, flashing of golden trappings, and putting on all sorts of armor.
Therefore everyone prayed that the manifestation might have been given for good.
When a false rumor had arisen that Antiochus was dead, Jason took not less than a thousand men, and suddenly made an assault upon the city. When those who were on the wall were being routed, and the city was at length nearly taken, Menelaus took refuge in the citadel.
But Jason slaughtered his own citizens without mercy, not considering that good success against kinsmen is the greatest misfortune, but supposing himself to be setting up trophies over enemies, and not over fellow-countrymen.
He didn’t win control of the government, but receiving shame as the result of his conspiracy, he fled again as a fugitive into the country of the Ammonites.
At last therefore he met with a miserable end. Having been imprisoned at the court of Aretas the prince of the Arabians, fleeing from city to city, pursued by all men, hated as an rebel against the laws, and abhorred as the executioner of his country and his fellow citizens, he was cast ashore in Egypt.
He who had driven many from their own country into exile perished in exile, having crossed the sea to the Lacedaemonians, hoping to find shelter there because they were
5:9
See 1 Maccabees 12:7.
near of kin.
He who had thrown out a multitude unburied had none to mourn for him. He didn’t have any funeral at all and no place in the tomb of his ancestors.
Now when news came to the king concerning that which was done, he thought that Judea was in revolt. So, setting out from Egypt in a rage, he took the city by force of weapons,
and commanded his soldiers to cut down without mercy those who came in their way, and to kill those who went into their houses.
Then there was killing of young and old, destruction of boys, women, and children, and slaying of virgins and infants.
In a total of three days, eighty thousand were destroyed, of which forty thousand were slain in close combat, and no fewer were sold into slavery than slain.
Not content with this, he presumed to enter into the most holy temple of all the earth, having Menelaus for his guide (who had proved himself a traitor both to the laws and to his country),
even taking the sacred vessels with his polluted hands, and dragging down with his profane hands the offerings that had been dedicated by other kings to enhance the glory and honor of the place.
Antiochus was lifted up in mind, not seeing that because of the sins of those who lived in the city the Sovereign Lord had been provoked to anger a little while, and therefore his eye was turned away from the place.
But had it not been so that they were already bound by many sins, this man, even as Heliodorus who was sent by King Seleucus to view the treasury, would, as soon as he came forward, have been scourged and turned back from his daring deed.
However the Lord didn’t choose the nation for the place’s sake, but the place for the nation’s sake.
Therefore also the place itself, having shared in the calamities that happened to the nation, did afterward share in its benefits; and the place which was forsaken in the wrath of the Almighty was, at the reconciliation of the great Sovereign, restored again with all glory.
As for Antiochus, when he had carried away out of the temple one thousand eight hundred talents, he hurried away to Antioch, thinking in his arrogance that he could sail on land and walk on the sea, because his heart was lifted up.
Moreover he left governors to afflict the race: at Jerusalem, Philip, by race a Phrygian, and in character more barbarous than him who set him there;
and at Gerizim, Andronicus; and besides these, Menelaus, who worse than all the rest, exalted himself against his fellow-citizens. Having a malicious mind
5:23
Some authorities read
toward the Jews, he sent.
The Greek text of this sentence is uncertain.
toward the Jews
5:23
Compare 2 Maccabees 4:9, 19; 9:19.
whom he had made his citizens,
he sent that
5:24
Gr.
Μυσάρχην,
which also may mean
ruler of the Mysians.
lord of pollutions Apollonius with an army of twenty-two thousand, commanding him to kill all those who were of full age, and to sell the women and the boys as slaves.
He came to Jerusalem, and pretending to be a man of peace, waited till the holy day of the Sabbath, and finding the Jews at rest from work, he commanded his men to parade fully armed.
He put to the sword all those who came out to the spectacle. Running into the city with the armed men, he killed great multitudes.
But Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, with about nine others, withdrew himself, and with his company kept himself alive in the mountains like wild animals do. They continued feeding on what grew wild, that they might not be partakers of the defilement.
Not long after this, the king sent out
6:1
Or,
Geron an Athenian
an old man of Athens to compel the Jews to depart from the laws of their fathers and not to live by the laws of God,
and also to pollute the sanctuary in Jerusalem and to call it by the name of Olympian Zeus, and to call the sanctuary in Gerizim by the name of Zeus the Protector of foreigners, even as the people who lived in that place did.
The visitation of this evil was harsh and utterly grievous.
For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the heathen, who
6:4
Or,
idled with their fellows
dallied with prostitutes, and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and moreover brought inside things that were not appropriate.
The altar was filled with those abominable things which had been prohibited by the laws.
A man could neither keep the Sabbath, nor observe the feasts of their ancestors, nor so much as confess himself to be a Jew.
On the day of the king’s birth every month, they were led along with bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices. When the feast of Dionysia came, they were compelled to go in procession in honor of Dionysus, wearing wreaths of ivy.
A decree went out to the neighboring Greek cities, by the suggestion of Ptolemy, that they should observe the same conduct against the Jews, and should make them eat of the sacrifices,
and that they should kill those who didn’t choose to go over to the Greek rites. So the present misery was for all to see.
For example, two women were brought in for having circumcised their children. These, when they had led them publicly around the city with the babes hung from their breasts, they threw down headlong from the wall.
Others who had run together into the caves nearby to keep the seventh day secretly, were betrayed to Philip and were all burned together, because their piety kept them from defending themselves, in view of the honor of that most solemn day.
I urge those who read this book to not be discouraged because of the calamities, but recognize that these punishments were not for the destruction, but for the chastening of our race.
For indeed it is a sign of great kindness that those who act impiously are not let alone for a long time, but immediately meet with retribution.
For in the case of the other nations, the Sovereign Lord waits patiently to punish them until they have attained to the full measure of their sins; but not with us,
that he may not take vengeance on us afterward,
6:15
Or,
when our sins have come to their height
when we have come to the
6:15
Gr.
end.
height of our sins.
Therefore he never withdraws his mercy from us; but though he chastens with calamity, he doesn’t forsake his own people.
However let this that we have spoken suffice to remind you; but after a few words, we must come to the narrative.
Eleazar, one of the principal scribes, a man already well advanced in years, and of a noble countenance, was compelled to open his mouth to eat swine’s flesh.
But he, welcoming death with honor rather than life with defilement, advanced of his own accord to the instrument of torture, but first spat out the flesh,
as men ought to come who are resolute to repel such things as not even for the natural love of life is it lawful to taste.
But those who had the charge of that forbidden sacrificial feast took the man aside, for the acquaintance which of old times they had with him, and privately implored him to bring flesh of his own providing, such as was proper for him to use, and to make as if he did eat of the flesh from the sacrifice, as had been commanded by the king;
that by so doing he might be delivered from death, and so his ancient friendship with them might be treated kindly.
But he, having formed a high resolve, and one that became his years, the dignity of old age, and the gray hairs
6:23
The Greek text appears to be corrupt.
which he had reached with honor, and his excellent
6:23
Some authorities read
manner of life.
education from a child, or rather the holy laws
6:23
Gr.
legislation.
of God’s ordaining, declared his mind accordingly, bidding them to quickly send him to Hades.
“For it doesn’t become our years to dissemble,” he said, “that many of the young should suppose that Eleazar, the man of ninety years, had gone over to an alien religion;
and so they, by reason of my deception, and for the sake of this brief and momentary life, would be led astray because of me, and I defile and disgrace myself in my old age.
For even if for the present time I would remove from me the punishment of men, yet whether I live or die, I wouldn’t escape the hands of the Almighty.
Therefore, by bravely parting with my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age,
and
6:28
Gr.
one that has left behind.
leave behind a noble example to the young to die willingly and nobly a glorious death for the revered and holy laws.”
When he had said these words, he went immediately to the instrument of torture.
6:29
The Greek text of this verse is uncertain.
When they changed the good will they bore toward him a little before into ill will because these words of his were, as they thought, sheer madness,
and when he was at the point to die with the
6:30
Or,
blows
blows, he groaned aloud and said, “To the Lord, who has the holy knowledge, it is manifest that, while I might have been delivered from death, I endure severe pains in my body by being scourged; but in soul I gladly suffer these things because of my fear of him.”
So this man also died like this, leaving his death for an example of nobleness and a memorial of virtue, not only to the young but also to the great body of his nation.
It came to pass that seven brothers and their mother were at the king’s command taken and shamefully handled with scourges and cords, to compel them to taste of the abominable swine’s flesh.
One of them made himself the spokesman and said, “What would you ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.”
The king fell into a rage, and commanded that pans and caldrons be heated.
When these were immediately heated, he gave orders to cut out the tongue of him who had been their spokesman, and to scalp him, and to cut off his extremities, with the rest of his brothers and his mother looking on.
And when he was utterly
7:5
Gr.
useless.
maimed, the king gave orders to bring him to the fire, being yet alive, and to fry him in the pan. And as the smoke from the pan spread far, they and their mother also exhorted one another to die nobly, saying this:
“The Lord God sees, and in truth is
7:6
Or,
comforted in
entreated for us, as Moses declared in
7:6
See Deuteronomy 31:21 and 32:36.
his song, which witnesses against the people to their faces, saying, ‘And he will have compassion on his servants.’”
And when the first had died like this, they brought the second to the mocking; and they pulled off the skin of his head with the hair and asked him, “Will you eat, before your body is punished in every limb?”
But he answered in the language of his ancestors and said to them, “No.” Therefore he also underwent the next torture in succession, as the first had done.
When he was at the last gasp, he said, “You, miscreant, release us out of this present life, but the King of the world will raise us who have died for his laws up to an everlasting renewal of life.”
After him, the third was made a victim of their mocking. When he was required, he quickly put out his tongue, and stretched out his hands courageously,
and nobly said, “I got these from heaven. For his laws’ sake I treat these with contempt. From him, I hope to receive these back again.”
As a result, the king himself and those who were with him were astonished at the young man’s soul, for he regarded the pains as nothing.
When he too was dead, they shamefully handled and tortured the fourth in the same way.
Being near to death he said this: “It is good to die at the hands of men and look for the hope which is given by God, that we will be raised up again by him. For as for you, you will have no resurrection to life.”
Next after him, they brought the fifth and shamefully handled him.
But he looked toward
7:16
Gr.
him.
the king and said, “Because you have authority among men, though you are corruptible, you do what you please. But don’t think that our race has been forsaken by God.
But hold on to your ways, and see how his sovereign majesty will torture you and your descendants!”
After him they brought the sixth. When he was about to die, he said, “Don’t be vainly deceived, for we suffer these things for our own doings, as sinning against our own God. Astounding things have come to pass;
but don’t think you that you will be unpunished, having tried to fight against God!”
But above all, the mother was marvelous and worthy of honorable memory; for when she watched seven sons perishing within the space of one day, she bore the sight with a good courage because of her hope in the Lord.
She exhorted each one of them in the language of their fathers, filled with a noble spirit and stirring up her woman’s thoughts with manly courage, saying to them,
“I don’t know how you came into my womb. It wasn’t I who gave you your
7:22
Or,
breath
spirit and your life. It wasn’t I who brought into order the first elements of each one of you.
Therefore the Creator of the world, who shaped the first origin of man and devised the first origin of all things, in mercy gives back to you again both your
7:23
Or,
breath
spirit and your life, as you now treat yourselves with contempt for his laws’ sake.”
But Antiochus, thinking himself to be despised, and suspecting the reproachful voice, while the youngest was yet alive didn’t only make his appeal to him by words, but also at the same time promised with oaths that he would enrich him and
7:24
Gr.
make him one that is counted happy.
raise him to high honor if he would turn from the ways of his ancestors, and that he would take him for his
7:24
See 2 Maccabees 8:9.
friend and entrust him with public affairs.
But when the young man would in no way listen, the king called to him his mother, and urged her to advise the youth to save himself.
When he had urged her with many words, she undertook to persuade her son.
But bending toward him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, she spoke this in the language of her fathers: “My son, have pity upon me who carried you nine months in my womb, and nursed you three years, and nourished and brought you up to this age, and sustained you.
I beg you, my child, to lift your eyes to the sky and the earth, and to see all things that are in it, and thus to recognize that God made them not of things that were, and that the race of men in this way comes into being.
Don’t be afraid of this butcher, but, proving yourself worthy of your brothers, accept your death, that in God’s mercy I may receive you again with your brothers.”
But before she had finished speaking, the young man said, “What are you all waiting for? I don’t obey the commandment of the king, but I listen to the commandment of the law that was given to our fathers through Moses.
But you, who have devised all kinds of evil against the Hebrews, will in no way escape God’s hands.
For we are suffering because of our own sins.
If for rebuke and chastening, our living Lord has been angered a little while, yet he will again be reconciled with his own servants.
But you, O unholy man and of all most vile, don’t be vainly lifted up in your wild pride with uncertain hopes, raising your hand against the heavenly children.
For you have not yet escaped the judgment of the Almighty God who sees all things.
For these our brothers, having endured a
7:36
Gr.
short pain of ever-flowing life.
short pain that brings everlasting life, have now
7:36
Gr.
fallen.
By the omission of one Greek letter the words would signify
having endured a short pain, have now drunk of ever-flowing life under God’s covenant. died under God’s covenant. But you, through God’s judgment, will receive in just measure the penalties of your arrogance.
But I, as my brothers, give up both body and soul for the laws of our fathers, calling upon God that he may speedily become
7:37
Gr.
propitious.
gracious to the nation, and that you, amidst trials and plagues, may confess that he alone is God,
and that in me and my brothers
7:38
Some authorities read
may be stayed.
you may bring to an end the wrath of the Almighty which has been justly brought upon our whole race.”
But the king, falling into a rage, handled him worse than all the rest, being exasperated at his mocking.
So he also died pure, putting his whole trust in the Lord.
Last of all, after her sons, the mother died.
Let it then suffice to have said thus much concerning the sacrificial feasts and the extreme tortures.
But Judas, who is also called Maccabaeus, and those who were with him, making their way secretly into the villages, called to them their kindred. Taking to them those who had continued in the Jews’ religion, gathered together about six thousand.
They called upon the Lord to look at the people who were oppressed by all, and to have compassion on the sanctuary that had been profaned by the ungodly men,
and to have pity on the city that was suffering ruin and ready to be leveled to the ground, and to listen to the blood that cried out to him,
and to remember the lawless destruction of the innocent infants, and concerning the blasphemies that had been committed against his name, and to show his hatred of wickedness.
When Maccabaeus had trained his men for service, the heathen at once found him irresistible, for the wrath of the Lord was turned into mercy.
8:6
The Greek text of verses 6 and 7 is uncertain.
Coming without warning, he set fire to cities and villages. And in winning back the most important positions, putting to flight no small number of the enemies,
he especially took advantage of the nights for such assaults. His courage was loudly talked of everywhere.
But when Philip saw the man gaining ground little by little, and increasing more and more in his success, he wrote to Ptolemy, the governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, that he should support the king’s cause.
Ptolemy quickly appointed Nicanor the son of Patroclus, one of the king’s
8:9
See 1 Maccabees 10:65. Compare 2 Maccabees 1:14; 7:24; 10:13; 14:11; 1 Maccabees 2:18.
chief friends, and sent him, in command of no fewer than twenty thousand of all nations, to destroy the whole race of Judea. With him he joined Gorgias also, a captain and one who had experience in matters of war.
Nicanor resolved by the sale of the captive Jews to make up for the king the tribute of two thousand talents which he was to pay to the Romans.
Immediately he sent to the cities upon the sea coast, inviting them to buy Jewish
8:11
Gr.
bodies.
slaves, promising to deliver seventy
8:11
Gr.
bodies.
slaves for a talent, not expecting the judgment that was to overtake him from the Almighty.
News came to Judas concerning Nicanor’s invasion. When he communicated to those who were with him the presence of the army,
those who were cowardly and distrustful of God’s judgment
8:13
The Greek text here is uncertain.
ran away and left the country.
Others sold all that they had left, and at the same time implored the Lord to deliver those who had been sold as slaves by the impious Nicanor before he ever met them,
if not for their own sakes, then for the covenants made with their ancestors, and because he had called them by his holy and glorious name.
So Maccabaeus gathered his men together, six thousand in number, and exhorted them not to be frightened by the enemy, nor to fear the great multitude of the heathen who came wrongfully against them, but to fight nobly,
setting before their eyes the outrage that had been lawlessly perpetrated upon the holy place, and the torture of the city that had been turned to mockery, and further the overthrow of the way of life received from their ancestors.
“For they,” he said, “trust their weapons and daring deeds, but we trust in the almighty God, since he is able at a nod to cast down those who are coming against us, and even the whole world.”
Moreover, he recounted to them the help given from time to time in the days of their ancestors, both in the days of Sennacherib, when one hundred eighty-five thousand perished,
and in the land of Babylon, in the battle that was fought against the
8:20
Gr.
Galatians.
Gauls, how they came to the battle with eight thousand in all, with four thousand Macedonians, and how, the Macedonians being hard pressed, the
8:20
Some authorities read
eight.
six thousand destroyed the hundred and twenty thousand because of the help which they had from heaven, and took a great deal of plunder.
And when he had with these words filled them with courage and made them ready to die for the laws and their country, he divided his army into four parts.
He appointed his brothers, Simon, Joseph, and Jonathan, to be leaders of the divisions with him, giving each the command of one thousand five hundred men.
Moreover Eleazer also, having read aloud the sacred book, and having given as watchword, “THE HELP OF GOD”, leading the first band himself, joined battle with Nicanor.
Since the Almighty fought on their side, they killed more than nine thousand of the enemy, and wounded and
8:24
Gr.
disabled in their limbs.
disabled most of Nicanor’s army, and compelled them all to flee.
They took the money of those who had come there to buy them as slaves. After they had pursued them for some
8:25
Or,
while
distance, they returned, being constrained by the time of the day;
for it was the day before the Sabbath, and for this reason they made no effort to chase them far.
8:27
The exact meaning of this clause is uncertain. When they had gathered
8:27
Gr.
their weapons...the spoils of the enemy.the weapons of the enemy together, and had stripped off their spoils, they kept the Sabbath, greatly blessing and thanking the Lord who had saved them to this day, because he had begun to show mercy to them.
After the Sabbath, when they had given some of the spoils to the
8:28
Or,
wounded
Gr.
shamefully handled. maimed, and to the widows and orphans, they distributed the rest among themselves and their children.
When they had accomplished these things and had made a common supplication, they implored the merciful Lord to be wholly reconciled with his servants.
Having had an encounter with the forces of Timotheus and Bacchides, they killed more than twenty thousand of them, and made themselves masters of exceedingly high strongholds, and divided very much plunder, giving the
8:30
Or,
wounded
Gr.
shamefully handled.maimed, orphans, widows, and the aged an equal share with themselves.
8:31
The exact meaning of this clause is uncertain. When they had gathered the weapons
8:31
Gr.
of them. of the enemy together, they stored them all up carefully in the most strategic positions, and they carried the rest of the spoils to Jerusalem.
They killed the
8:32
That is, probably, the captain of an irregular auxiliary force. Some write
Phylarches,
as a proper name.
phylarch of Timotheus’s forces, a most unholy man, and one who had done the Jews much harm.
8:33
The Greek text here is perhaps corrupt. As they celebrated the feast of victory in the
8:33
Or,
country
city of their fathers, they burned those who had set the sacred
8:33
Or,
porches
gates on fire, including Callisthenes, who had fled into
8:33
Or,
a solitary hut
a little house. So they received the proper reward for their impiety.
The thrice-accursed Nicanor, who had brought the thousand merchants to buy the Jews as slaves,
being through the help of the Lord humbled by them who in his eyes were held to be of least account, took off his glorious apparel, and passing through the country,
8:35
Gr.
having made himself solitary.
shunning all company like a fugitive slave, arrived at Antioch,
8:35
Or,
having won the greatest possible favor by reason of the destruction of his army having, as he thought, had the greatest possible good fortune, though his army was destroyed.
He who had taken upon himself to make tribute sure for the Romans by the captivity of the men of Jerusalem published abroad that the Jews had One who fought for them, and that
8:36
Or,
because of this
their
way of life
Gr.
because of this manner.because this was so, the Jews were invulnerable, because they followed the laws ordained by him.
Now about that time, Antiochus retreated
9:1
Or,
with dishonor
in disorder from the region of Persia.
For he had entered into the city called Persepolis, and he attempted to rob
9:2
Or,
temples
a temple and to control the city. Therefore the multitudes rushed in and the people of the country turned to defend themselves with weapons; and it came to pass that Antiochus was put to flight by the people of the country and broke his camp with disgrace.
While he was at Ecbatana, news was brought to him about what had happened to Nicanor and the forces of Timotheus.
Being overcome by his anger, he planned to make the Jews suffer for the evil deeds of those who had put him to flight. Therefore, with judgment from heaven even now accompanying him, he ordered his charioteer to drive without ceasing until he completed the journey; for he arrogantly said this: “I will make Jerusalem a common graveyard of Jews when I come there.”
But the All-seeing Lord, the God of Israel, struck him with a
9:5
Gr.
remediless.
fatal and invisible stroke. As soon as he had finished speaking this word, an incurable pain of the bowels seized him, with bitter torments of the inner parts—
and that most justly, for he had tormented other men’s bowels with many and strange sufferings.
But he in no way ceased from his rude insolence. No, he was filled with even more arrogance, breathing fire in his passion against the Jews, and giving orders to hasten the journey. But it came to pass moreover that he fell from his chariot as it rushed along, and having a grievous fall was tortured in all of the members of his body.
He who had just supposed himself to have the waves of the sea at his bidding because he was so superhumanly arrogant, and who thought to weigh the heights of the mountains in a balance, was now brought to the ground and carried in a litter,
9:8
Or,
showing manifestly to all the power of God
showing to all that the power was obviously God’s,
so that worms swarmed out of the impious man’s body, and while he was still living in anguish and pains, his flesh fell off, and by reason of the stench all the army turned with loathing from his decay.
The man who a little before supposed himself to touch the stars of heaven, no one could endure to carry because of his intolerable stench.
Therefore he began in great part to cease from his arrogance, being broken in spirit, and to come to knowledge under the scourge of God, his pains increasing every moment.
When he himself could not stand his own smell, he said these words: “It is right to be subject to God, and that one who is mortal should not think they are equal to God.”
The vile man vowed to the sovereign Lord, who now no more would have pity upon him, saying
that the holy city, to which he was going in haste to lay it even with the ground and to
9:14
Gr.
build.
make it a common graveyard, he would declare free.
Concerning the Jews, whom he had decided not even to count worthy of burial, but to cast them out to the animals with their infants for the birds to devour, he would make them all equal to citizens of Athens.
The holy sanctuary, which before he had plundered, he would adorn with best offerings, and would restore all the sacred vessels many times multiplied, and out of his own revenues would defray the charges that were required for the sacrifices.
Beside all this, he said that he would become a Jew and would visit every inhabited place, proclaiming the power of God.
But when his sufferings did in no way cease, for the judgment of God had come upon him in righteousness, having given up all hope for himself, he wrote to the Jews the letter written below, having the nature of a supplication, to this effect:
“To the worthy Jewish citizens, Antiochus, king and general, wishes much joy and health and prosperity.
May you and your children fare well, and may your affairs be as you wish. Having my hope in heaven,
I remembered with affection your honor and good will. Returning out of the region of Persia, and being taken with an annoying sickness, I deemed it necessary to take thought for the common safety of all,
not despairing of myself, but having great hope to escape from the sickness.
But considering that my father also, at the time he led an army into the upper country, appointed his successor,
to the end that, if anything fell out contrary to expectation, or if any unwelcome tidings were brought, the people in the country, knowing to whom the state had been left, might not be troubled,
and, moreover, observing how the princes who are along the borders and neighbors to my kingdom watch for opportunities and look for the future event, I have appointed my son Antiochus to be king, whom I often entrusted and commended to most of you when I was hurrying to the upper provinces. I have written to him what is written below.
I therefore urge you and beg you, having in your remembrance the benefits done to you in common and severally, to preserve your present good will, each of you, toward me and my son.
For I am persuaded that he in gentleness and kindness will follow my purpose and treat you with moderation and kindness.
So the murderer and blasphemer, having endured the most intense sufferings, even as he had dealt with other men, ended his life among the mountains by a most piteous fate in a strange land.
Philip his foster brother took the body home and then, fearing the son of Antiochus, he withdrew himself to Ptolemy Philometor in Egypt.
Then Maccabaeus and those who were with him, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city.
They pulled down the altars that had been built in the marketplace by the foreigners, and also the sacred enclosures.
Having cleansed the sanctuary, they made another altar of sacrifice.
10:3
Gr.
firing.
Striking flint and starting a fire, they offered sacrifices after they had ceased for two years, burned incense, lit lamps, and set out the show bread.
When they had done these things, they fell prostrate and implored the Lord that they might fall no more into such evils; but that, if they ever did sin, they might be chastened by him with forbearance, and not be delivered to blaspheming and barbarous heathen.
Now on the same day that the sanctuary was profaned by foreigners, upon that very day it came to pass that the sanctuary was cleansed, even on the twenty-fifth day of the same month, which is Chislev.
They observed eight days with gladness in the manner of the feast of tabernacles, remembering how
10:6
Or,
not long before they kept the feast of tabernacles by wandering
not long before, during the feast of tabernacles, they were wandering in the mountains and in the caves like wild animals.
Therefore carrying wands wreathed with leaves, and beautiful branches, and palm fronds also, they offered up hymns of thanksgiving to him who had successfully brought to pass the cleansing of his own place.
They ordained also with a public statute and decree, for all the nation of the Jews, that they should observe these days every year.
Such were the events of the end of Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes.
Now we will declare what came to pass under Antiochus
10:10
That is,
son of a good father.
Eupator, who proved himself a son of that ungodly man, and will summarize the main evils of the wars.
For this man, when he succeeded to the kingdom, appointed one Lysias to be chancellor and supreme governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia.
For Ptolemy who was called Macron, setting an example of observing justice toward the Jews because of the wrong that had been done to them, endeavored to deal with them on peaceful terms.
Whereupon being accused by the king’s
10:13
See 2 Maccabees 8:9
friends before Eupator, and hearing himself called traitor at every turn because he had abandoned Cyprus which Philometor had entrusted to him, and had withdrawn himself to Antiochus Epiphanes, and
10:13
The Greek text here is corrupt. failing to uphold the honor of his office, he took poison and did away with himself.
But when Gorgias was made governor of the district, he maintained a force of mercenaries, and at every turn kept up war with the Jews.
Together with him the Idumaeans also, being masters of important strongholds, harassed the Jews; and received those who had taken refuge from Jerusalem, they endeavored to keep up the war.
But Maccabaeus and his men, having made solemn supplication and having implored God to fight on their side, rushed upon the strongholds of the Idumaeans.
Assaulting them vigorously, they took control of the positions, and kept off all who fought upon the wall, and killed those whom they encountered, killing no fewer than twenty thousand.
Because no fewer than nine thousand had fled into two very strong towers having everything needed for a seige,
Maccabaeus, having left Simon and Joseph, and also Zacchaeus and those who were with him, a force sufficient to besiege them, departed himself to places where he was most needed.
But Simon and those who were with him, yielding to covetousness, were bribed by some of those who were in the towers, and receiving seventy thousand drachmas, let some of them slip away.
But when word was brought to Maccabaeus of what was done, he gathered the leaders of the people together, and accused those men of having sold their kindred for money by setting their enemies free to fight against them.
So he killed these men for having turned traitors, and immediately took possession of the two towers.
Prospering with his weapons in everything he undertook, he destroyed more than twenty thousand in the two strongholds.
Now Timotheus, who had been defeated by the Jews before, having gathered together foreign forces in great multitudes, and having collected the cavalry which belonged to Asia, not a few, came as though he would take Judea by force of weapons.
But as he drew near, Maccabaeus and his men sprinkled dirt on their heads and girded their loins with sackcloth, in supplication to God,
and falling down upon the step in front of the altar, implored him to become
10:26
Gr.
propitious.
gracious to them, and
10:26
See Exodus 23:22.
be an enemy to their enemies and an adversary to their adversaries, as the law declares.
Rising from their prayer they took up their weapons, and advanced some distance from the city. When they had come near to their enemies, they
10:27
Gr.
were by themselves. halted.
When the dawn was now breaking, the two armies joined in battle, the one part having this, beside virtue, for a pledge of success and victory, that they had fled to the Lord for refuge, the others making their passion their leader in the fight.
When the battle became strong, there appeared out of heaven to their adversaries five splendid men on horses with bridles of gold,
10:29
Some authorities read
and leading on the Jews; who also, taking.
and two of them, leading on the Jews,
and taking Maccabaeus in the midst of them, and covering him with their own armor, guarded him from wounds, while they shot arrows and thunderbolts at the enemies. For this reason, they were blinded and thrown into confusion, and were cut to pieces, filled with bewilderment.
Twenty thousand five hundred were slain, beside six hundred cavalry.
Timotheus himself fled into a stronghold called Gazara, a fortress of great strength,
10:32
See ver. 37.
where Chaereas was in command.
Then Maccabaeus and his men were glad and laid siege to the fortress for four days.
Those who were within, trusting in the strength of the place, blasphemed exceedingly, and hurled out impious words.
But at dawn of the fifth day, certain young men of Maccabaeus’ company, inflamed with anger because of the blasphemies, assaulted the wall with masculine force and with
10:35
Gr.
passion as of wild animals.
furious anger, and cut down whoever came in their way.
Others climbing up in the same way, while the enemies were distracted with those who had made their way within, set fire to the towers, and kindled fires that burned the blasphemers alive, while others broke open the gates, and, having given entrance to the rest of the band, occupied the city.
They killed Timotheus, who was hidden in a cistern, and his brother Chaereas, and Apollophanes.
When they had accomplished these things, they blessed the Lord with hymns and thanksgiving, blessing him who provides great benefits to Israel and gives them the victory.
Now after a very little time, Lysias, the king’s guardian, kinsman, and chancellor, being very displeased about the things that had happened,
collected about eighty thousand infantry and all his cavalry and came against the Jews, planing to make the city a home for Greeks,
and to levy tribute on the temple, as
11:3
Or,
on all the sacred places of the heathen
on the other sacred places of the nations, and to put up the high priesthood for sale every year.
He took no account of God’s power, but was puffed up with his ten thousands of infantry, his thousands of cavalry, and his eighty elephants.
Coming into Judea and approaching Bethsuron, which was a strong place and about five stadia
11:5
One stadia was roughly 189 meters or 618 feet, so 5 stadia was about a little less than 1 km or a little more than half a mile. away from Jerusalem, he pressed it hard.
When Maccabaeus and his men learned that he was besieging the strongholds, they and all the people with lamentations and tears made supplication to the Lord to send a good angel to save Israel.
Maccabaeus himself took up weapons first, and exhorted the others to put themselves in jeopardy together with him and help their kindred; and they went out with him very willingly.
As they were there, close to Jerusalem, a horseman appeared at their head in white apparel, brandishing
11:8
Gr.
a panoply.
weapons of gold.
They all together praised the merciful God, and were yet more strengthened in heart, being ready to
11:9
Gr.
wound.
assail not only men but the wildest animals and walls of iron,
they advanced in array, having him who is in heaven to fight on their side, for the Lord had mercy on them.
Hurling themselves like lions against the enemy, they killed eleven thousand infantry and one thousand six hundred cavalry, and forced all the rest to flee.
Most of them escaped wounded and naked. Lysias himself also escaped by shameful flight.
But as he was a man not void of understanding, pondering the defeat which had befallen him, and considering that the Hebrews could not be overcome because the Almighty God fought on their side, he sent again
and persuaded them to come to terms on condition that all their rights were acknowledged, and
11:14
The Greek text here is corrupt.
promised that he would also persuade the king to become their friend.
Maccabaeus gave consent upon all the conditions which Lysias proposed to him, being careful of the common good; for whatever requests Maccabaeus delivered in writing to Lysias concerning the Jews the king allowed.
The letter written to the Jews from Lysias was to this effect:
“Lysias to the
11:16
Gr.
multitude.
people of the Jews, greetings.
John and Absalom, who were sent from you, having delivered the document written below, made request concerning the things written therein.
Whatever things therefore needed to be brought before the king I declared to him, and what things were possible he allowed.
If then you will all preserve your good will toward the government, I will also endeavor in the future to contribute to your good.
Concerning this, I have given order in detail, both to these men and to those who are sent from me, to confer with you.
Farewell. Written in the one hundred forty-eighth year, on the twenty-fourth day of the month
11:21
This month name is not found elsewhere, and is perhaps corrupt.Dioscorinthius.”
And the king’s letter contained these words:
“King Antiochus to his brother Lysias, greetings.
Seeing that our father passed to the gods having the wish that the subjects of his kingdom
11:23
Or,
should not be disquieted but
should be undisturbed and give themselves to the care of their own affairs,
we, having heard that the Jews do not consent to our father’s purpose to turn them to the customs of the Greeks, but choose rather their own way of living, and make request that the customs of their law be allowed to them—
choosing therefore that this nation also should be free from disturbance, we determine that their temple is to be restored to them, and that they live according to the customs that were in the days of their ancestors.
You will therefore do well to send messengers to them and give them the right hand of friendship, that they, knowing our mind, may be of good heart, and gladly occupy themselves with the conduct of their own affairs.”
And to the nation, the king’s letter was as follows:
“King Antiochus to the senate of the Jews and to the other Jews, greetings.
If you are all well, it is as we desire. We ourselves also are in good health.
Menelaus informed us that your desire was to return home and follow your own business.
They therefore who depart home up to the thirtieth day of Xanthicus shall have our
11:30
Gr.
right hand.
friendship, with full permission
that the Jews use their own foods and observe their own laws, even as formerly. None of them shall be in any way molested for the things that have been done in ignorance.
Moreover I have sent Menelaus also, that he may encourage you.
Farewell. Written in the one hundred forty-eighth year, on the fifteenth day of Xanthicus.”
The Romans also sent to them a letter in these words:
“Quintus Memmius and Titus Manius, ambassadors of the Romans, to the people of the Jews, greetings.
In regard to the things which Lysias the king’s kinsman granted you, we also give consent.
But as for the things which he judged should be referred to the king, send someone promptly, after you have considered them, that we may publish such decrees as are appropriate for your case; for we are on our way to Antioch.
Therefore send someone with speed, that we also may learn what is your mind.
11:38
Gr.
Be in good health.
Farewell. Written in the one hundred forty-eighth year, on the fifteenth day of Xanthicus.
So when this agreement had been made, Lysias departed to the king, and the Jews went about their farming.
But some of the governors of districts, Timotheus and Apollonius the son of Gennaeus, and also Hieronymus and Demophon, and beside them Nicanor the governor of Cyprus, would not allow them to enjoy tranquillity and live in peace.
Men of Joppa perpetrated this great impiety: they invited the Jews who lived among them to go with their wives and children into the boats which they had provided, as though they had no ill will toward them.
When
12:4
Gr.
they also.
the Jews,
12:4
Gr.
after.
relying on the public vote of the city, accepted the invitation, as men desiring to live in peace and suspecting nothing, they took them out to sea and drowned not less than two hundred of them.
When Judas heard of the cruelty done to his fellow-countrymen, giving command to the men that were with him
and calling upon God the righteous Judge, he came against the murderers of his kindred, and set the harbor on fire at night, burned the boats, and put to the sword those who had fled there.
But when the town gates were closed, he withdrew, intending to come again to root out the whole community of the men of Joppa.
But learning that the men of Jamnia intended to do the same thing to the Jews who lived among them,
he attacked the Jamnites at night, and set fire to the harbor together with the fleet, so that the glare of the light was seen at Jerusalem, two hundred forty furlongs
12:9
a furlong is about 201 meters or 220 yards, so 240 furlongs is about 48 km. or 30 miles
distant.
Now when they had drawn off nine furlongs
12:10
a furlong is about 201 meters or 220 yards, so 9 furlongs is about 1.8 km. or 1 1/8 miles
from there, as they marched against Timotheus, an army of Arabians attacked him, no fewer than five thousand infantry and five hundred cavalry.
And when a hard battle had been fought, and Judas and his company, by the help of God, had good success, the nomads being overcome implored Judas to grant them friendship, promising to give him livestock, and to help
12:11
Gr.
them.his people in all other ways.
So Judas, thinking that they would indeed be profitable in many things, agreed to live in peace with them; and receiving pledges of friendship they departed to their tents.
He also attacked a certain city, strong and fenced with earthworks and walls, and inhabited by a mixed multitude of various nations. It was named Caspin.
Those who were within, trusting in the strength of the walls and their store of provisions, behaved themselves rudely toward Judas and those who were with him, railing, and furthermore blaspheming and speaking impious words.
But Judas and his company, calling upon the great Sovereign of the world, who without rams and cunning engines of war hurled down Jericho in the times of Joshua, rushed wildly against the wall.
Having taken the city by the will of God, they made unspeakable slaughter, so much that the adjoining lake, which was two furlongs
12:16
a furlong is about 201 meters or 220 yards, so 2 furlongs is about 402 meters or 1/4 mile
broad, appeared to be filled with the deluge of blood.
When they had gone seven hundred fifty furlongs
12:17
a furlong is about 201 meters or 220 yards, so 750 furlongs is about 151 km. or 94 miles
from there, they made their way to Charax, to the Jews that are called
12:17
That is,
men of Tob:
see Judges 11:3, 2 Samuel 10:6, and compare 1 Maccabees 5:13.
Tubieni.
They didn’t find Timotheus in that district, for he had by then departed from the district without accomplishing anything, but had left behind a very strong garrison in one place.
But Dositheus and Sosipater, who were captains under Maccabaeus, went out and destroyed those who had been left by Timotheus in the stronghold, more than ten thousand men.
Maccabaeus, arranging his own army in divisions, set
12:20
Gr.
them.
these two over the bands, and marched in haste against Timotheus, who had with him one hundred twenty thousand infantry and two thousand five hundred cavalry.
When Timotheus heard of the approach of Judas, he at once sent away the women and the children with the baggage into the fortress called
12:21
Compare
Carnain,1 Maccabees 5:26, 43, 44.
Carnion; for the place was hard to besiege and difficult of access by reason of the narrowness of the approaches on all sides.
When the band of Judas, who led the first division, appeared in sight, and when terror and fear came upon the enemy, because the manifestation of him who sees all things came upon them, they fled in every direction, carried this way and that, so that they were often injured by their own men, and pierced with the points of their own swords.
Judas continued the pursuit more vigorously, putting the wicked wretches to the sword, and he destroyed as many as thirty thousand men.
Timotheus himself, falling in with the company of Dositheus and Sosipater, implored them with much crafty guile to let him go with his life, because he had in his power the parents of many of them and the kindred of some.
12:24
Gr.
and the result will be that these be disregarded.
The Greek text here is perhaps corrupt.
“Otherwise, he said, little regard will
12:24
Or,
have been shown
be shown to these.”
So when he had with many words confirmed the agreement to restore them without harm, they let him go that they might save their kindred.
Then Judas, marching against
12:26
Compare
Carnain,
1 Maccabees 5:26, 43, 44.
Carnion and the temple of Atergatis, killed twenty-five thousand people.
After he had put these to flight and destroyed them, he marched against Ephron also, a strong city,
12:27
The Greek text here is perhaps corrupt.
wherein were multitudes of people of all nations. Stalwart young men placed
12:27
Gr.
in front of.
on the walls made a vigorous defense. There were great stores of war engines and darts there.
But calling upon the Sovereign who with might shatters the
12:28
Some authorities read
weight.
strength of
12:28
Or,
his enemies
the enemy, they took the city into their hands, and killed as many as twenty-five thousand of those who were in it.
Setting out from there, they marched in haste against Scythopolis, which is six hundred furlongs
12:29
a furlong is about 201 meters or 220 yards, so 600 furlongs is about 121 km. or 75 miles
away from Jerusalem.
But when the Jews who were settled there testified of the good will that the Scythopolitans had shown toward them, and of their kind treatment of them in the times of their misfortune,
they gave thanks, and further exhorted them to remain well disposed toward the race for the future. Then they went up to Jerusalem, the feast of weeks being close at hand.
But after the feast called Pentecost, they marched in haste against Gorgias the governor of Idumaea.
He came out with three thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry.
When they had set themselves in array, it came to pass that a few of the Jews fell.
A certain Dositheus, one
12:35
The Greek text is uncertain.
of Bacenor’s company, who was on horseback and was a strong man, pressed hard on Gorgias, and taking hold of his cloke dragged him along by main force. While he planned to take the accursed man alive, one of the Thracian cavalry bore down on him and disabled his shoulder, and so Gorgias escaped to
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Compare 1 Maccabees 5:65.
Marisa.
When those who were with Esdris had been fighting long and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord to show himself, fighting on their side and leading in the battle.
Then in the language of his ancestors he raised the battle cry joined with hymns. Then he rushed against Gorgias’ troops when they were not expecting it, and put them to flight.
Judas gathered his army and came to the city of
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Gr.
Odollam.
Adullam. As the seventh day was coming on, they purified themselves according to the custom, and kept the Sabbath there.
On the following day,
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The Greek text here is uncertain.when it had become necessary, Judas and his company came to take up the bodies of those who had fallen,
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Or,
and to bring them back to be with their kinsmen in the sepulchresand in company with their kinsmen to bring them back to the sepulchres of their ancestors.
But under the garments of each one of the dead they found
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Perhaps these were consecrated images of the idols.
consecrated tokens of the idols of Jamnia, which the law forbids the Jews to have anything to do with. It became clear to all that it was for this cause that they had fallen.
All therefore, blessing the ways of the Lord, the righteous Judge, who makes manifest the things that are hidden,
turned themselves to supplication, praying that the sin committed might be wholly blotted out. The noble Judas exhorted the multitude to keep themselves from sin, for they had seen with their own eyes what happened because of the sin of those who had fallen.
When he had made a collection man by man to the sum of two thousand drachmas of silver, he sent to Jerusalem to offer a sacrifice for sin, doing very well and honorably in this, in that he took thought for the resurrection.
For if he wasn’t expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would be superfluous and idle to pray for the dead.
But if he was looking forward to an honorable memorial of gratitude laid up for those who
12:45
Gr.
fall asleep.
die
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Or,
on the side of godliness
in godliness, then the thought was holy and godly. Therefore he made the atoning sacrifice for those who had died, that they might be released from their sin.
In the one hundred forty-ninth year, news was brought to Judas and his company that Antiochus Eupator was coming with multitudes against Judea,
and with him Lysias his guardian and chancellor, each having a Greek force of one hundred ten thousand infantry, five thousand three hundred cavalry, twenty-two elephants, and three hundred chariots armed with scythes.
And Menelaus also joined himself with them, and with great hypocrisy encouraged Antiochus, not for the saving of his country, but because he thought that he would be set over the government.
But the King of kings stirred up the anger of Antiochus against the wicked wretch. When Lysias informed him that this man was the cause of all the evils, the king commanded to bring him to Beroea, and to put him to death in the way customary in that place.
Now there is in that place a tower that is fifty cubits high, full of ashes, and it had all around it a
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Gr.
contrivance or machine.
circular rim sloping steeply on every side into the ashes.
Here one who is guilty of sacrilege or notorious for other crimes is pushed down to destruction.
By such a fate it happened that the breaker of the law, Menelaus, died, without obtaining so much as a grave in the earth, and that justly;
for inasmuch as he had perpetrated many sins
13:8
Gr.
about.
against the altar, whose fire and whose ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
Now the king,
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Some authorities read
indignant. infuriated in spirit, was coming with intent to inflict on the Jews the very worst of the sufferings that had been done in his father’s time.
But when Judas heard of these things, he commanded the multitude to call upon the Lord day and night, if ever at any other time, so now to help those who were at the point of being deprived of the law, their country, and the holy temple,
and not to allow the people who had just begun to be revived to fall into the hands of those profane heathen.
So when they had all done the same thing together,
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Gr.
and implored.
begging the merciful Lord with weeping and fastings and prostration for three days without ceasing, Judas exhorted them and commanded they should join him.
Having consulted privately with the elders, he resolved that before the king’s army entered into Judea and made themselves masters of the city, they should go out and decide the matter by the help of
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Some authorities read
the Lord.
God.
And committing the decision to the
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Some authorities read
Creator.
Lord of the world, and exhorting those who were with him to contend nobly even to death for laws, temple, city, country, and way of life, he pitched his camp by Modin.
He gave out to his men the watchword, “VICTORY IS GOD’S”, with a chosen force of the bravest young men he attacked by the king’s pavilion by night, and killed of his army as many as two thousand men, and
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The Greek text here is probably corrupt.
brought down the leading elephant with him who was in the
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Gr.
house.
tower on him.
At last they filled the
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Gr.
camp.
army with terror and alarm, and departed with good success.
This had been accomplished when the day was just dawning, because of the Lord’s protection that gave
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Gr.
him.
Judas help.
But the king, having had a taste of the exceeding boldness of the Jews, made strategic attacks on their positions,
and on a strong fortress of the Jews at Bethsura. He advanced, was turned back, failed, and was defeated.
Judas sent the things that were necessary to those who were within.
But Rhodocus, from the Jewish ranks, made secrets known to the enemy. He was sought out, arrested, and shut up in prison.
The king negotiated with them in Bethsura the second time, gave his hand, took theirs, departed, attacked the forces of Judas, was put to the worse,
heard that Philip who had been left as chancellor in Antioch had become reckless, was confounded, made to the Jews an overture of peace, submitted himself and swore to acknowledge all their rights, came to terms with them and offered sacrifice, honored the sanctuary and the place,
showed kindness and graciously received Maccabaeus, left Hegemonides governor from Ptolemais even to the
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The form of this word is uncertain. Compare
Girzites
(or
Gizrites),
1 Samuel 27:8. One manuscript reads
Gerarenes.
Gerrenians,
and came to Ptolemais. The men of Ptolemais were displeased at the treaty, for they had exceedingly great indignation against the Jews. They desired to annul the articles of the agreement.
Lysias
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Gr.
came forward to the tribune
or
judgment seat.
came forward to speak, made the best defense that was possible, persuaded, pacified, gained their good will, and departed to Antioch. This was the issue of the attack and departure of the king.
Three years later, news was brought to Judas and his company that Demetrius the son of Seleucus, having sailed into the harbor of Tripolis with a mighty army and a fleet,
had taken possession of the country, having made away with Antiochus and his guardian Lysias.
But one Alcimus, who had formerly been high priest, and had willfully polluted himself in the times when there was no mingling with the Gentiles, considering that there was no deliverance for him in any way, nor any more access to the holy altar,
came to King Demetrius in about the one hundred fifty-first year, presenting to him a crown of gold and a palm, and beside these some of the festal olive boughs of the temple. For that day, he held his peace;
but having gotten opportunity to further his own madness, being called by Demetrius into a meeting of his council, and asked how the Jews stood affected and what they intended, he answered:
“Those of the Jews called
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That is,
Chasidim.
Hasidaeans, whose leader is Judas Maccabaeus, keep up war and are seditious, not allowing the kingdom to find tranquillity.
Therefore, having laid aside my ancestral glory—I mean the high priesthood—I have now come
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Some authorities read
a second time.
here,
first for the genuine care I have for the things that concern the king, and secondly because I have regard also to my own fellow citizens. For through the unadvised dealing of those of whom I spoke before, our whole race is in no small misfortune.
O king, having informed yourself of these things, take thought both for our country and for our race, which is surrounded by enemies, according to the gracious kindness with which you receive all.
For as long as Judas remains alive, it is impossible for the government to find peace.
When he had spoken such words as these, at once
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Or,
the
king’s
friends likewise
the rest of the king’s
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See 2 Maccabees 8:9.
friends, having ill will against Judas, inflamed Demetrius yet more.
He immediately appointed Nicanor, who had been master of the elephants, and made him governor of Judea. He sent him out,
giving him written instructions to kill Judas himself and to scatter those who were with him, and to set up Alcimus as high priest of the
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Gr.
greatest.
great temple.
Those in Judea who
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See 2 Maccabees 5:27.
had driven Judas into exile thronged to Nicanor in flocks, supposing that the misfortunes and calamities of the Jews would be successes to themselves.
But when the Jews heard of Nicanor’s advance and the assault of the heathen, they sprinkled dirt on their heads and made solemn prayers to him who had established his own people for evermore, and who always, making manifest his presence, upholds those who are his own heritage.
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The Greek text of this verse and the next is corrupt.
When the leader had given orders, he immediately set out from there and joined battle with them at a village called Lessau.
But Simon, the brother of Judas, had encountered Nicanor, yet not till late, having been delayed by reason of the sudden consternation caused by his adversaries.
Nevertheless Nicanor, hearing of the valor of those who were with Judas, and their courage in fighting for their country, shrank from bringing the matter to the decision of the sword.
Therefore he sent Posidonius, Theodotus, and Mattathias to give and receive pledges of friendship.
So when these proposals had been long considered, and the leader had made the
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Or,
people
Gr.
multitudes.
troops acquainted with them, and it appeared that they were all of like mind, they consented to the covenants.
They appointed a day on which to meet together by themselves. A chariot came forward from each army. They set up seats of honor.
Judas stationed armed men ready in convenient places, lest perhaps there should suddenly be treachery on the part of the enemy. They held a conference as was appropriate.
Nicanor waited in Jerusalem, and did nothing to cause disturbance, but dismissed the flocks of people that had gathered together.
He kept Judas always in his presence. He had gained a hearty affection for the man.
He urged him to marry and have children. He married, settled quietly, and took part in common life.
But Alcimus, perceiving the good will that was between them,
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Or,
and the covenants that had been made, took occasion and cameand having taken possession of the covenants that had been made, came to Demetrius and told him that Nicanor was disloyal to the government, for he had appointed that conspirator against his kingdom, Judas, to be his successor.
The king, falling into a rage, and being exasperated by the false accusations of that most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was displeased at the covenants, and commanding him to send Maccabaeus prisoner to Antioch in all haste.
When this message came to Nicanor, he was confounded, and was very troubled at the thought of annulling the articles that had been agreed upon, the man having done no wrong;
but because there was no opposing the king, he watched his time to execute this purpose by strategy.
But Maccabaeus, when he perceived that Nicanor was behaving more harshly in his dealings with him, and that he had become ruler in his customary bearing, understanding that this harshness came not of good, gathered together not a few of his men, and concealed himself from Nicanor.
But the other,
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Or,
though he was conscious that he had been nobly defeated by
when he became aware that he had been bravely defeated by the strategy of Judas,
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Gr.
the man
came to the great
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Gr.
greatest.
and holy temple, while the priests were offering the usual sacrifices, and commanded them to hand over the man.
When they declared with oaths that they had no knowledge where the man was whom he sought,
he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary, and swore this oath: “If you won’t deliver up to me Judas as a prisoner, I will level this
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Or,
chapel
Gr.
enclosure.
temple of God even with the ground, break down the altar, and I will erect here a temple to Dionysus for all to see.
And having said this, he departed. But the priests, stretching forth their hands toward heaven, called upon him who always fights for our nation, in these words:
“You, O Lord of the universe, who in yourself have need of nothing, were well pleased that a sanctuary of your habitation
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Gr.
tabernacling. should be set among us.
So now, O holy Lord of all holiness, keep undefiled forever this house that has been recently cleansed.”
Now information was given to Nicanor against one Razis, an elder of Jerusalem, who was a lover of his countrymen and a man of very good report, and one called Father of the Jews for his good will.
For in the former times when there was no mingling with the Gentiles, he had been accused of following the Jews’ religion, and had risked body and life with all earnestness for the religion of the Jews.
Nicanor, wishing to make evident the ill will that he bore against the Jews, sent above five hundred soldiers to seize him;
for he thought by seizing him to inflict an injury on them.
But when the
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Or,
people
Gr.
multitudes.
troops were at the point of taking the tower, and were forcing the door of the court, and asked for fire to burn the doors, he, being surrounded on every side, fell upon his sword,
choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.
But since he missed his stroke through the excitement of the struggle, and the crowds were now rushing within the door, he ran bravely up to the wall and cast himself down bravely among the crowds.
But as they quickly gave back, a space was made, and he fell on the middle of
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Or,
the void place
his side.
Still having breath within him, and being inflamed with anger, he rose up, and though his blood gushed out in streams and his wounds were grievous, he ran through the crowds, and standing upon a steep rock,
when as his blood was now well near spent, he drew forth his bowels through the wound, and taking them in both his hands he shook them at the crowds. Calling upon him who is Lord of life and spirit to restore him
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Some authorities read
the same.
these again, he died like this.
But Nicanor, hearing that Judas and his company were in the region of Samaria, resolved to attack them with complete safety on the day of rest.
When the Jews who were compelled to follow him said, “Don’t destroy so savagely and barbarously, but give due glory to the day which he who sees all things has honored and hallowed above other days.”
Then the thrice-accursed wretch asked if there were a Sovereign in heaven who had commanded to keep the Sabbath day.
When they declared, “There is the Lord, living himself as Sovereign in heaven, who told us observe the seventh day.”
He replied, “I also am a sovereign on the earth, who commands you to take up weapons and execute the king’s business.” Nevertheless he didn’t prevail to execute his cruel plan.
And Nicanor,
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Gr.
carrying his neck high. in his utter boastfulness and arrogance, had determined to set up a monument of complete victory over Judas and all those who were with him.
But Maccabaeus still trusted unceasingly, with all hope that he should obtain help from the Lord.
He exhorted his company not to be fearful at the assault of the heathen, but keeping in mind the help which in former times they had often received from heaven, so now also to look for the victory which would come to them from the Almighty,
and encouraging them out of the law and the prophets, and reminding them of the conflicts that they had won, he made them more eager.
And when he had aroused their courage, he gave them orders, at the same time pointing out the faithlessness of the heathen and their breach of their oaths.
Arming each one of them, not so much with the sure defense of shields and spears as with the encouragement of good words, and moreover relating to them a dream worthy to be believed, he made them all exceedingly glad.
The vision of that dream was this: Onias, he who had been high priest, a noble and good man, modest in bearing, yet gentle in manner and well-spoken, and trained from a child in all points of virtue, with outstretched hands invoking blessings on the whole body of the Jews.
Then he saw a man appear, of venerable age and exceeding glory, and the dignity around him was wonderful and most majestic.
Onias answered and said, “This is the lover of the kindred, he who prays much for the people and the holy city: Jeremiah the prophet of God.
Jeremiah stretched out his right hand and delivered to Judas a gold sword, and in giving it addressed him thus:
“Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with which you shall strike down the adversaries.”
Being encouraged by the words of Judas, which were noble and effective, and able to incite to virtue and to stir the souls of the young to manly courage, they determined not to carry on a campaign, but nobly to bear down upon the enemy, and fighting hand to hand with all courage bring the matter to a conclusion, because the city, the sanctuary, and the temple were in danger.
For their fear for wives and children, and furthermore for family and relatives, was less important to them; but greatest and first was their fear for the consecrated sanctuary.
Also those who were shut up in the city were in no light distress, being troubled because of the encounter in the open country.
When all were now waiting for the decision of the issue, and the enemy had already joined battle, and the army had been set in array, and the elephants
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Gr.
animals.
brought back to a convenient post,
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Or,
stationed for convenient action
and the cavalry deployed on the flanks,
Maccabaeus, perceiving the presence of the
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Gr.
multitudes.
troops, and the various weapons with which they were equipped, and the savageness of the
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Gr.
animals.
elephants, holding up his hands to heaven called upon the Lord who works wonders, knowing that success comes not by weapons, but that, according to how the Lord judges, he gains the victory for those who are worthy.
And calling upon God, he said this: “You, O Sovereign Lord, sent your angel in the time of King Hezekiah of Judea, and he killed of the
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Gr.
camp.
army of Sennacherib as many as one hundred eighty-five thousand.
So now also, O Sovereign of the heavens, send a good angel before us to bring terror and trembling.
Through the greatness of your arm let them be stricken with dismay who with blasphemy have come here against your holy people.” As he finished these words,
Nicanor and his company advanced with trumpets and victory songs;
but Judas and his company joined battle with the enemy with invocation and prayers.
Fighting with their hands and praying to God with their hearts, they killed no less than thirty-five thousand men, being made exceedingly glad by the manifestation of God.
When the engagement was over and they were returning again with joy, they recognized Nicanor lying dead in full armor.
Then there was shouting and noise, and they blessed the Sovereign Lord in the language of their ancestors.
He who in all things was in body and soul the foremost champion of his fellow-citizens, he who kept through life the good will of his youth toward his countrymen, ordered that Nicanor’s head be cut off with his hand and arm, and that they be brought to Jerusalem.
When he had arrived there and had called his countrymen together and set the priests before the altar, he sent for those who were in the citadel.
Showing the head of the vile Nicanor and the hand of that profane man, which with proud brags he had stretched out against the holy house of the Almighty,
and cutting out the tongue of the impious Nicanor, he said that he would give it in pieces to the birds, and hang up these rewards of his folly near the sanctuary.
They all, looking up to heaven, blessed the Lord who had manifested himself, saying, “Blessed is he who has preserved his own place undefiled!”
He hung Nicanor’s head and shoulder from the citadel, a clear sign evident to all of the help of the Lord.
They all ordained with a common decree to in no way let this day pass undistinguished, but to mark with honor the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (it is called Adar in the Syrian language), the day before the day of Mordecai.
This then having been the account of the attempt of Nicanor, and the city having from those times been held by the Hebrews, I also will here make an end of my book.
If I have written well and to the point in my story, this is what I myself desired; but if its poorly done and mediocre, this is the best I could do.
For as it is
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Or,
hurtful
distasteful to drink wine alone and likewise to drink water alone,
15:39
Gr.
but even as.
while the mingling of wine with water at once gives full pleasantness to the flavor; so also the fashioning of the language delights the ears of those who read the story.
Here is the end.
World English Bible (WEB)
Daniel (Greek)
The Book of Daniel with Greek Portions
Daniel (Greek)
DAG
The Book of
Daniel
with Greek Portions
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
The Lord
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The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God;
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The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god. He brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
The king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring in some of the children of Israel, even of the royal offspring
1:3
or, seed and of the nobles—
youths in whom was no defect, but well-favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and endowed with knowledge, and understanding science, and who had the ability to serve in the king’s palace; and that he should teach them the learning and the language of the Chaldeans.
The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king’s delicacies, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should serve the king.
Now among these were of the children of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
The prince of the eunuchs gave names to them: to Daniel he gave the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Now God made Daniel find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
The prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths who are of your own age? Then you would endanger my head with the king.”
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the prince of the eunuchs had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:
“Test your servants, I beg you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Then let our faces be examined before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king’s delicacies; and as you see, deal with your servants.”
So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days.
At the end of ten days, their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king’s delicacies.
So the steward took away their delicacies, and the wine that they would drink, and gave them vegetables.
Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
At the end of the days which the king had appointed for bringing them in, the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
The king talked with them; and among them all was found no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they served the king.
In every matter of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.
Daniel continued serving even to the first year of King Cyrus.
In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be called to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
The king answered the Chaldeans, “The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.
But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, rewards, and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
They answered the second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.”
The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean.
It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
He answered Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree so urgent from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,
that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret, and that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel answered,
“Blessed be the name of God forever and ever;
for wisdom and might are his.
He changes the times and the seasons.
He removes kings and sets up kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise,
and knowledge to those who have understanding.
He reveals the deep and secret things.
He knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with him.
I thank you and praise you,
O God of my fathers,
who have given me wisdom and might,
and have now made known to me what we desired of you;
for you have made known to us the king’s matter.”
Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.”
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: “I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”
The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”
Daniel answered before the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded can’t be shown to the king by wise men, enchanters, magicians, or soothsayers;
but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
“As for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what will happen.
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
“You, O king, saw, and behold,
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“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection. a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying.
As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
“This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory.
Wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand, and has made you rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
“After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and a third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.
The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, it will break in pieces and crush.
Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but there will be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong, and partly brittle.
Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they will mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they won’t cling to one another, even as iron does not mix with clay.
“In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.
The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”
Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the king’s gate.
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits,
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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Then the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.”
Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, live for ever!
You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music shall fall down and worship the golden image;
and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.
There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, and don’t worship the golden image which you have set up.”
Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king.
Nebuchadnezzar answered them, “Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good; but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. Who is that god who will deliver you out of my hands?”
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, their mantles, and their other clothes, and were cast into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN
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The Song of the Three Holy Children is an addition to
Daniel found in the Greek Septuagint but not found in the traditional Hebrew text of
Daniel. This portion is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. It is found inserted between Daniel 3:23 and Daniel 3:24 of the traditional Hebrew Bible. Here, the verses after 23 from the Hebrew Bible are numbered starting at 91 to make room for these verses.
They walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.
Then Azarias stood, and prayed like this. Opening his mouth in the midst of the fire he said,
“Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers! Your name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore;
for you are righteous in all the things that you have done. Yes, all your works are true. Your ways are right, and all your judgments are truth.
In all the things that you have brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, Jerusalem, you have executed true judgments. For according to truth and justice you have brought all these things upon us because of our sins.
For we have sinned and committed iniquity in departing from you.
In all things we have trespassed, and not obeyed your commandments or kept them. We haven’t done as you have commanded us, that it might go well with us.
Therefore all that you have brought upon us, and everything that you have done to us, you have done in true judgment.
You delivered us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful rebels, and to an unjust king who is the most wicked in all the world.
And now we can’t open our mouth. Shame and reproach have come on your servants and those who worship you.
Don’t utterly deliver us up, for your name’s sake. Don’t annul your covenant.
Don’t cause your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham who is loved by you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,
to whom you promised that you would multiply their offspring as the stars of the sky, and as the sand that is on the sea shore.
For we, O Lord, have become less than any nation, and are brought low this day in all the world because of our sins.
There isn’t at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burnt offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to offer before you, and to find mercy.
Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted,
like the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like ten thousands of fat lambs. So let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, that we may wholly go after you, for they shall not be ashamed who put their trust in you.
And now we follow you with all our heart. We fear you, and seek your face.
Put us not to shame; but deal with us after your kindness, and according to the multitude of your mercy.
Deliver us also according to your marvelous works, and give glory to your name, O Lord. Let all those who harm your servants be confounded.
Let them be ashamed of all their power and might, and let their strength be broken.
Let them know that you are the Lord, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.”
The king’s servants who put them in didn’t stop making the furnace hot with naphtha, pitch, tinder, and small wood,
so that the flame streamed out forty nine cubits above the furnace.
It spread and burned those Chaldeans whom it found around the furnace.
But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azarias and his fellows, and he struck the flame of the fire out of the furnace,
and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire didn’t touch them at all. It neither hurt nor troubled them.
Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying,
“Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers, to be praised and exalted above all forever!
Blessed is your glorious and holy name, to be praised and exalted above all forever!
Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, to be praised and glorified above all forever!
Blessed are you who see the depths and sit upon the cherubim, to be praised and exalted above all forever.
Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, to be praised and extolled above all forever!
Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, to be praised and glorified forever!
O all you works of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you heavens, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all for ever!
O you angels of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O all you waters that are above the sky, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O all you powers of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you sun and moon, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you stars of heaven, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O every shower and dew, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O all you winds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you fire and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you dews and storms of snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you nights and days, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you light and darkness, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you cold and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you frost and snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O let the earth bless the Lord! Let it praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you mountains and hills, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O all you things that grow on the earth, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
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Some authorities transpose this verse and the next one.O sea and rivers, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you springs, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you whales and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O all you birds of the air, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O all you beasts and cattle, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you children of men, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O let Israel bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever.
O you priests of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you servants of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you spirits and souls of the righteous, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O you who are holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
O Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever; for he has rescued us from Hades, and saved us from the hand of death! He has delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame. He has delivered us out of the midst of the fire.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is forever.
O all you who worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks; for his mercy is forever!”
Deliverance from the Furnace
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Verses 91-97 were numbered 24-30 in the traditional Hebrew text of Daniel. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, “Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire?”
They answered the king, “True, O king.”
He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!”
Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the middle of the fire.
The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed. The smell of fire wasn’t even on them.
Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, who speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.”
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar the king,
to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth:
Peace be multiplied to you.
It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
How great are his signs!
How mighty are his wonders!
His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
His dominion is from generation to generation.
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.
I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers came in; and I told the dream before them; but they didn’t make known to me its interpretation.
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. I told the dream before him, saying,
“Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
These were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the middle of the earth; and its height was great.
The tree grew, and was strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its sight to the end of all the earth.
Its leaves were beautiful, and it had much fruit, and in it was food for all. The animals of the field had shade under it, and the birds of the sky lived in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it.
“I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from the sky.
He cried aloud, and said this, ‘Cut down the tree and cut off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Let the animals get away from under it, and the fowls from its branches.
Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals in the grass of the earth.
Let his heart be changed from man’s, and let an animal’s heart be given to him. Then let seven times pass over him.
“‘The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.’
“This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was stricken mute for a while, and his thoughts troubled him. The king answered, “Belteshazzar, don’t let the dream, or the interpretation, trouble you.”
Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you, and its interpretation to your adversaries.
The tree that you saw, which grew and was strong, whose height reached to the sky, and its sight to all the earth;
whose leaves were beautiful, and its fruit plentiful, and in it was food for all; under which the animals of the field lived, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their habitation—
it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown, and reaches to the sky, and your dominion to the end of the earth.
“Whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from the sky, and saying, ‘Cut down the tree, and destroy it; nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field, and let it be wet with the dew of the sky. Let his portion be with the animals of the field, until seven times pass over him.’
“This is the interpretation, O king, and it is the decree of the Most High, which has come on my lord the king:
that you shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen, and shall be wet with the dew of the sky, and seven times shall pass over you; until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.
Their command to leave the stump of the roots of the tree means your kingdom will be sure to you, after you will have known that the heavens do rule.
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”
All this came on the King Nebuchadnezzar.
At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon.
The king spoke and said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”
While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: ‘The kingdom has departed from you.
You shall be driven from men, and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.’”
This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever.
For his dominion is an everlasting dominion,
and his kingdom from generation to generation.
All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
and he does according to his will in the army of heaven,
and among the inhabitants of the earth;
and no one can stop his hand,
or ask him, “What are you doing?”
At the same time my understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and brightness returned to me. My counselors and my lords sought me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent greatness was added to me.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Belshazzar, while he tasted the wine, commanded that the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem be brought to him, that the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, might drink from them.
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of God’s house which was at Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives and his concubines, drank from them.
They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Then the king’s face was changed in him, and his thoughts troubled him; and the joints of his thighs were loosened, and his knees struck one against another.
The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Then all the king’s wise men came in; but they could not read the writing and couldn’t make known to the king the interpretation.
Then King Belshazzar was greatly troubled. His face was changed in him, and his lords were perplexed.
The queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house. The queen spoke and said, “O king, live forever; don’t let your thoughts trouble you, nor let your face be changed.
There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light, understanding, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. The king, Nebuchadnezzar, your father—yes, the king, your father—made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers
because an excellent spirit, knowledge, understanding, interpreting of dreams, showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.”
Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah?
I have heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light, understanding, and excellent wisdom are found in you.
Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing, and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the thing.
But I have heard of you, that you can give interpretations and dissolve doubts. Now if you can read the writing, and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold around your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Then Daniel answered the king, “Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
“To you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty.
Because of the greatness that he gave him, all the peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. He killed whom he wanted to, and he kept alive whom he wanted to. He raised up whom he wanted to, and he put down whom he wanted to.
But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him.
He was driven from the sons of men and his heart was made like the animals’, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that he sets up over it whomever he will.
“You, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,
but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which don’t see, hear, or know; and you have not glorified the God in whose hand is your breath and whose are all your ways.
Then the part of the hand was sent from before him, and this writing was inscribed.
“This is the writing that was inscribed: ‘MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.’
“This is the interpretation of the thing:
MENE: God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end.
TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”
Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and proclaimed that he should be the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain.
Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss.
Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.
Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree.
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.
Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?”
The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.”
Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him.
Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.”
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.”
A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.
When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”
Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!
My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because I am innocent in his sight. Also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.
Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth:
“Peace be multiplied to you.
“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel;
“for he is the living God,
and steadfast forever.
His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed.
His dominion will be even to the end.
He delivers and rescues.
He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth,
who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed. Then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.
Daniel spoke and said, “I saw in my vision by night and behold, the four winds of the sky broke out on the great sea.
Four great animals came up from the sea, different from one another.
“The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made to stand on two feet as a man. A man’s heart was given to it.
“Behold, there was another animal, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth. They said this to it: ‘Arise! Devour much flesh!’
“After this I saw, and behold, another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The animal also had four heads; and dominion was given to it.
“After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, there was a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and exceedingly strong. It had great iron teeth. It devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet. It was different from all the animals that were before it. It had ten horns.
“I considered the horns, and behold, another horn came up among them, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots: and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking great things.
“I watched until thrones were placed,
and one who was ancient of days sat.
His clothing was white as snow,
and the hair of his head like pure wool.
His throne was fiery flames,
and its wheels burning fire.
A fiery stream issued and came out from before him.
Thousands of thousands ministered to him.
Ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.
The judgment was set.
The books were opened.
“I watched at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke. I watched even until the animal was slain, its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.
As for the rest of the animals, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.
“I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like a son of man came with the clouds, and he came to the ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Dominion was given him, with glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which will not pass away, and his kingdom will not be destroyed.
“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
I came near to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth concerning all this.
“So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
‘These great animals, which are four, are four kings, who will arise out of the earth.
But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
“Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth animal, which was different from all of them, exceedingly terrible, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of bronze; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet;
and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and the other horn which came up, and before which three fell, even that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke great things, whose look was more stout than its fellows.
I saw, and the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them
until the ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High, and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom.
“So he said, ‘The fourth animal will be a fourth kingdom on earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms, and will devour the whole earth, and will tread it down, and break it in pieces.
As for the ten horns, ten kings will arise out of this kingdom. Another will arise after them; and he will be different from the former, and he will put down three kings.
He will speak words against the Most High, and will wear out the saints of the Most High. He will plan to change the times and the law; and they will be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
“‘But the judgment will be set, and they will take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end.
The kingdom and the dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole sky, will be given to the people of the saints of the Most High. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions will serve and obey him.’
“Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and my face was changed in me; but I kept the matter in my heart.”
In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar, a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
I saw the vision. Now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and behold, a ram which had two horns stood before the river. The two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
I saw the ram pushing westward, northward, and southward. No animals could stand before him. There wasn’t anyone who could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and magnified himself.
As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn’t touch the ground. The goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with anger against him, and struck the ram, and broke his two horns. There was no power in the ram to stand before him; but he cast him down to the ground, and trampled on him. There was no one who could deliver the ram out of his hand.
The male goat magnified himself exceedingly. When he was strong, the great horn was broken; and instead of it there came up four notable horns toward the four winds of the sky.
Out of one of them came out a little horn, which grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
It grew great, even to the army of the sky; and it cast down some of the army and of the stars to the ground, and trampled on them.
Yes, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the army; and it took away from him the continual burnt offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
The army was given over to it together with the continual burnt offering through disobedience. It cast down truth to the ground, and it did its pleasure and prospered.
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?”
He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.”
When I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. Then behold, there stood before me something like the appearance of a man.
I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.”
Now as he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep with my face toward the ground; but he touched me, and set me upright.
He said, “Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
The ram which you saw, that had the two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia.
The rough male goat is the king of Greece. The great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
As for that which was broken, in the place where four stood up, four kingdoms will stand up out of the nation, but not with his power.
“In the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have come to the full, a king of fierce face, and understanding dark sentences, will stand up.
His power will be mighty, but not by his own power. He will destroy awesomely, and will prosper in what he does. He will destroy the mighty ones and the holy people.
Through his policy he will cause deceit to prosper in his hand. He will magnify himself in his heart, and he will destroy many in their security. He will also stand up against the prince of princes; but he will be broken without human power.
“The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true; but seal up the vision, for it belongs to many days to come.”
I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick for some days. Then I rose up, and did the king’s business. I wondered at the vision, but no one understood it.
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans,
in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years about which Yahweh’s
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“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
word came to Jeremiah the prophet, for the accomplishing of the desolations of Jerusalem, even seventy years.
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting in sackcloth and ashes.
I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said,
“Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances.
We haven’t listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
“Lord, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of face, as it is today—to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, who are near, and who are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him.
We haven’t obeyed Yahweh our God’s voice, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, turning aside, that they wouldn’t obey your voice.
“Therefore the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us; for we have sinned against him.
He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged us, by bringing on us a great evil; for under the whole sky, such has not been done as has been done to Jerusalem.
As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.
Therefore Yahweh has watched over the evil, and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous in all his works which he does, and we have not obeyed his voice.
“Now, Lord our God, who has brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten yourself renown, as it is today, we have sinned. We have done wickedly.
Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
My God, turn your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by your name; for we don’t present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies’ sake.
Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”
While I was speaking, praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before Yahweh my God for the holy mountain of my God—
yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening offering.
He instructed me and talked with me, and said, “Daniel, I have now come to give you wisdom and understanding.
At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision.
“Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, to put an end to sin, to make reconciliation for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
“Know therefore and discern that from the going out of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Anointed One,
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“Anointed One” can also be translated “Messiah” (same as “Christ”). the prince, will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be built again with street and moat, even in troubled times.
After the sixty-two weeks the Anointed One
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“Anointed One” can also be translated “Messiah” (same as “Christ”). will be cut off and will have nothing. The people of the prince who come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will be with a flood, and war will be even to the end. Desolations are determined.
He will make a firm covenant with many for one week. In the middle of the week he will cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease. On the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate. Even to the full end that is decreed, wrath will be poured out on the desolate.”
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a revelation was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The revelation was true, even a great warfare. He understood the revelation, and had understanding of the vision.
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
I ate no pleasant bread. No meat or wine came into my mouth. I didn’t anoint myself at all, until three whole weeks were fulfilled.
In the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel,
I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz.
His body also was like beryl, and his face like the appearance of lightning, and his eyes like flaming torches. His arms and his feet were like burnished bronze. The voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.
I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.
Yet I heard the voice of his words. When I heard the voice of his words, then I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.
Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.
He said to me, “Daniel, you greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you. Stand upright, for I have been sent to you, now.” When he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling.
Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me because I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Now I have come to make you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days.”
When he had spoken these words to me, I set my face toward the ground, and was mute.
Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, “My lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows have overtaken me, and I retain no strength.
For how can the servant of my lord talk with my lord? For as for me, immediately there remained no strength in me. There was no breath left in me.”
Then one like the appearance of a man touched me again, and he strengthened me.
He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Be strong. Yes, be strong.”
When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”
Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I will return to fight with the prince of Persia. When I go out, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
But I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. There is no one who supports me against these except Michael, your prince.
“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
“Now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings will stand up in Persia. The fourth will be far richer than all of them. When he has grown strong through his riches, he will stir up all against the realm of Greece.
A mighty king will stand up who will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
When he stands up, his kingdom will be broken, and will be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others besides these.
“The king of the south will be strong. One of his princes will become stronger than him and have dominion. His dominion will be a great dominion.
At the end of years they will join themselves together. The daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain the strength of her arm. He will also not stand, nor will his arm; but she will be given up, with those who brought her and he who became her father, and he who strengthened her in those times.
“But out of a shoot from her roots one will stand up in his place who will come to the army and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them and will prevail.
He will also carry their gods, with their molten images and their precious vessels of silver and of gold, captive into Egypt. He will refrain some years from the king of the north.
He will come into the realm of the king of the south, but he will return into his own land.
His sons will wage war and will assemble a multitude of great forces which will keep coming and overflow and pass through. They will return and wage war, even to his fortress.
“The king of the south will be moved with anger and will come out and fight with him, even with the king of the north. He will send out a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand.
The multitude will be lifted up, and his heart will be exalted. He will cast down tens of thousands, but he won’t prevail.
The king of the north will return, and will send out a multitude greater than the former. He will come on at the end of the times, even of years, with a great army and with abundant supplies.
“In those times many will stand up against the king of the south. Also the children of the violent among your people will lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they will fall.
So the king of the north will come and cast up a mound, and take a well-fortified city. The forces of the south won’t stand, neither will his chosen people, neither will there be any strength to stand.
But he who comes against him will do according to his own will, and no one will stand before him. He will stand in the glorious land, and destruction will be in his hand.
He will set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him equitable conditions. He will perform them. He will give him the daughter of women to corrupt her; but she will not stand, and won’t be for him.
After this he will turn his face to the islands, and will take many; but a prince will cause the reproach offered by him to cease. Yes, moreover, he will cause his reproach to turn on him.
Then he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he will stumble and fall, and won’t be found.
“Then one who will cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory will stand up in his place; but within few days he shall be destroyed, not in anger, and not in battle.
“In his place, a contemptible person will stand up, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom; but he will come in time of security, and will obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken. Yes, also the prince of the covenant.
After the treaty is made with him, he will work deceitfully; for he will come up, and will become strong with a small people.
In time of security, he will come even on the fattest places of the province. He will do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He will scatter among them prey, plunder, and substance. Yes, he will devise his plans against the strongholds, even for a time.
“He will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will wage war in battle with an exceedingly great and mighty army; but he won’t stand, for they will devise plans against him.
Yes, those who eat of his delicacies will destroy him, and his army will be swept away. Many will fall down slain.
As for both these kings, their hearts will be to do mischief, and they will speak lies at one table; but it won’t prosper, for the end will still be at the appointed time.
Then he will return into his land with great wealth. His heart will be against the holy covenant. He will take action and return to his own land.
“He will return at the appointed time and come into the south; but it won’t be in the latter time as it was in the former.
For ships of Kittim will come against him. Therefore he will be grieved, and will return, and have indignation against the holy covenant, and will take action. He will even return, and have regard to those who forsake the holy covenant.
“Forces will stand on his part and they will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. Then they will set up the abomination that makes desolate.
He will corrupt those who do wickedly against the covenant by flatteries; but the people who know their God will be strong and take action.
“Those who are wise among the people will instruct many; yet they will fall by the sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder, many days.
Now when they fall, they will be helped with a little help; but many will join themselves to them with flatteries.
Some of those who are wise will fall, to refine them, and to purify, and to make them white, even to the time of the end; because it is yet for the appointed time.
“The king will do according to his will. He will exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvelous things against the God of gods. He will prosper until the indignation is accomplished; for what is determined will be done.
He won’t regard the gods of his fathers, or the desire of women, or regard any god; for he will magnify himself above all.
But in his place he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, precious stones, and pleasant things.
He will deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god. He will increase with glory whoever acknowledges him. He will cause them to rule over many, and will divide the land for a price.
“At the time of the end, the king of the south will contend with him; and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, with horsemen, and with many ships. He will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass through.
He will enter also into the glorious land, and many countries will be overthrown; but these will be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
He will also stretch out his hand against the countries. The land of Egypt won’t escape.
But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will be at his steps.
But news out of the east and out of the north will trouble him; and he will go out with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
He will plant the tents of his palace between the sea and the glorious holy mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him.
“At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people. There will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. At that time, your people will be delivered—everyone who is found written in the book.
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
But you, Daniel, shut up the words and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many will run back and forth, and knowledge will be increased.”
Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, two others stood, one on the river bank on this side, and the other on the river bank on that side.
One said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be to the end of these wonders?”
I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it will be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have finished breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things will be finished.
I heard, but I didn’t understand. Then I said, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
He said, “Go your way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed until the time of the end.
Many will purify themselves, make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked will do wickedly. None of the wicked will understand; but those who are wise will understand.
“From the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
Blessed is he who waits and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
“But go your way until the end; for you will rest and will stand in your inheritance at the end of the days.”
THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA
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The History of Susanna is translated from chapter 13 of
Daniel in the Greek Septuagint. It is not found in the traditional Hebrew text of
Daniel.
The History of Susanna is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.A man lived in Babylon, and his name was Joakim.
He took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, a very fair woman, and one who feared the Lord.
Her parents were also righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses.
Now Joakim was a great rich man, and had a beautiful garden next to his house. The Jews used to come to him, because he was more honorable than all others.
The same year, two of the elders of the people were appointed to be judges, such as the Lord spoke of, that wickedness came from Babylon from elders who were judges, who were supposed to govern the people.
These were often at Joakim’s house. All that had any lawsuits came to them.
When the people departed away at noon, Susanna went into her husband’s garden to walk.
The two elders saw her going in every day and walking; and they were inflamed with lust for her.
They perverted their own mind and turned away their eyes, that they might not look to heaven, nor remember just judgments.
And although they both were wounded with lust for her, yet dared not show the other his grief.
For they were ashamed to declare their lust, what they desired to do with her.
Yet they watched eagerly from day to day to see her.
The one said to the other, “Let’s go home, now; for it is dinner time.”
So when they had gone out, they parted company, and turning back again, they came to the same place. After they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust. Then they appointed a time both together, when they might find her alone.
It happened, as they watched on an opportune day, she went in as before with only two maids, and she desired to wash herself in the garden; for it was hot.
There was nobody there except the two elders who had hid themselves and watched her.
Then she said to her maids, “Bring me olive oil and ointment, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash myself.”
They did as she asked them and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at the side doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them. They didn’t see the elders, because they were hidden.
Now when the maids had gone out, the two elders rose up and ran to her, saying,
“Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with you. Therefore consent to us, and lie with us.
If you will not, we will testify against you, that a young man was with you; therefore you sent your maids away from you.”
Then Susanna sighed, and said, “I am trapped; for if I do this thing, it is death to me. If I don’t do it, I can’t escape your hands.
It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.”
With that Susanna cried with a loud voice; and the two elders cried out against her.
Then one of them ran and opened the garden doors.
So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden, they rushed in at the side door to see what had happened to her.
But when the elders had told their tale, the servants were greatly ashamed; for there was never such a report made of Susanna.
It came to pass on the next day, when the people assembled to her husband Joakim, the two elders came full of their wicked intent against Susanna to put her to death,
and said before the people, “Send for Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, Joakim’s wife.” So they sent;
and she came with her father and mother, her children, and all her kindred.
Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and beautiful to behold.
These wicked men commanded her to be unveiled, for she was veiled, that they might be filled with her beauty.
Therefore her friends and all who saw her wept.
Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people and laid their hands upon her head.
She, weeping, looked up toward heaven; for her heart trusted in the Lord.
The elders said, “As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away.
Then a young man who was hidden there came to her and lay with her.
And we, being in a corner of the garden, saw this wickedness and ran to them.
And when we saw them together, we couldn’t hold the man; for he was stronger than we, and opened the doors, and leaped out.
But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us. We testify these things.
Then the assembly believed them, as those who were elders of the people and judges; so they condemned her to death.
Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, “O everlasting God, you know the secrets, and know all things before they happen.
You know that they have testified falsely against me. Behold, I must die, even though I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.”
The Lord heard her voice.
Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel.
He cried with a loud voice, “I am clear from the blood of this woman!”
Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, “What do these words that you have spoken mean?”
So he, standing in the midst of them, said, “Are you all such fools, you sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth you have condemned a daughter of Israel?
Return again to the place of judgment; for these have testified falsely against her.”
Therefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said to him, “Come, sit down among us, and show it to us, seeing God has given you the honor of an elder.”
Then Daniel said to them, “Put them far apart from each another, and I will examine them.”
So when they were put apart one from another, he called one of them, and said to him, “O you who have become old in wickedness, now your sins have returned which you have committed before,
in pronouncing unjust judgment, condemning the innocent, and letting the guilty go free; although the Lord says, ‘You shall not kill the innocent and righteous.’
Now then, if you saw her, tell me, under which tree did you see them companying together?”
He answered, “Under a mastick tree.”
And Daniel said, “You have certainly lied against your own head; for even now the angel of God has received the sentence of God and will cut you in two.”
So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said to him, “O you seed of Canaan, and not of Judah, beauty has deceived you, and lust has perverted your heart.
Thus you have dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear were intimate with you; but the daughter of Judah would not tolerate your wickedness.
Now therefore tell me, under which tree did you take them being intimate together?”
He answered, “Under an evergreen oak tree.”
Then Daniel said to him, “You have also certainly lied against your own head; for the angel of God waits with the sword to cut you in two, that he may destroy you.”
With that, all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him.
Then they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false testimony out of their own mouth.
According to the law of Moses they did to them what they maliciously intended to do to their neighbor. They put them to death, and the innocent blood was saved the same day.
Therefore Helkias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband, and all the kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her.
And from that day forth, Daniel had a great reputation in the sight of the people.
Bel and the Dragon
14:1
Bel and the Dragon is translated from chapter 14 of
Daniel in the Greek Septuagint. It is not found in the traditional Hebrew text of
Daniel.
Bel and the Dragon is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.
Daniel lived with the king, and was honored above all his friends.
Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and every day twelve great measures of fine flour, forty sheep, and six firkins
14:3
a firkin is about 41 liters or 11 gallons. of wine were spent on it.
The king honored it and went daily to worship it; but Daniel worshiped his own God. The king said to him, “Why don’t you worship Bel?”
He said, “Because I may not honor idols made with hands, but only the living God, who has created the sky and the earth, and has sovereignty over all flesh.”
Then the king said to him, “Don’t you think that Bel is a living god? Don’t you see how much he eats and drinks every day?”
Then Daniel laughed, and said, “O king, don’t be deceived; for this is just clay inside, and brass outside, and never ate or drank anything.”
So the king was angry, and called for his priests, and said to them, “If you don’t tell me who this is who devours these expenses, you shall die.
But if you can show me that Bel devours them, then Daniel shall die; for he has spoken blasphemy against Bel.”
Daniel said to the king, “Let it be according to your word.”
Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. The king went with Daniel into Bel’s temple.
So Bel’s priests said, “Behold, we will leave; but you, O king, set out the food, and mix the wine and set it out, shut the door securely, and seal it with your own signet.
When you come in the morning, if you don’t find that Bel has eaten everything, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, who speaks falsely against us.”
They weren’t concerned, for under the table they had made a secret entrance, by which they entered in continually, and consumed those things.
It happened, when they had gone out, the king set the food before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and they scattered them all over the temple in the presence of the king alone. Then they went out, shut the door, sealed it with the king’s signet, and so departed.
Now in the night, the priests came with their wives and children, as they usually did, and ate and drank it all.
In the morning, the king arose, and Daniel with him.
The king said, “Daniel, are the seals whole?”
He said, “Yes, O king, they are whole.”
And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked at the table, and cried with a loud voice, “You are great, O Bel, and with you is no deceit at all!”
Then Daniel laughed, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, “Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps these are.”
The king said, “I see the footsteps of men, women, and children.” Then the king was angry,
and took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the secret doors, where they came in and consumed the things that were on the table.
Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew it and its temple.
In that same place there was a great dragon which the people of Babylon worshiped.
The king said to Daniel, “Will you also say that this is of brass? Behold, he lives, eats and drinks. You can’t say that he is no living god. Therefore worship him.”
Then Daniel said, “I will worship the Lord my God; for he is a living God.
But allow me, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or staff.”
The king said, “I allow you.”
Then Daniel took pitch, fat, and hair, and melted them together, and made lumps of them. He put these in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon ate and burst apart. Daniel said, “Behold, these are the gods you all worship.”
When the people of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, “The king has become a Jew. He has pulled down Bel, slain the dragon, and put the priests to the sword.”
So they came to the king, and said, “Deliver Daniel to us, or else we will destroy you and your house.”
Now when the king saw that they trapped him, being constrained, the king delivered Daniel to them.
They cast him into the lion’s den, where he was six days.
There were seven lions in the den, and they had been giving them two carcasses and two sheep every day, which then were not given to them, intending that they would devour Daniel.
Now there was in Jewry the prophet Habakkuk,
14:33
Gr.
Ambakoum.
who had made stew, and had broken bread into a bowl. He was going into the field to bring it to the reapers.
But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, “Go carry the dinner that you have into Babylon to Daniel, in the lions’ den.”
Habakkuk said, “Lord, I never saw Babylon. I don’t know where the den is.”
Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in Babylon over the den.
Habakkuk cried, saying, “O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God has sent you.”
Daniel said, “You have remembered me, O God! You haven’t forsaken those who love you!”
So Daniel arose and ate; and the angel of God set Habakkuk in his own place again immediately.
On the seventh day, the king came to mourn for Daniel. When he came to the den, he looked in, and, behold, Daniel was sitting.
Then the king cried with a loud voice, saying, “Great are you, O Lord, you God of Daniel, and there is none other beside you!”
So he drew him out, and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den; and they were devoured in a moment before his face.
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Matthew
The Good News According to
Matthew
The
book
of
the
genealogy
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”
the
son
of
David,
the
son
of
Abraham.
Abraham
became
the
father
of
Isaac.
Isaac
became
the
father
of
Jacob.
Jacob
became
the
father
of
Judah
and
his
brothers.
Judah
became
the
father
of
Perez
and
Zerah
by
Tamar.
Perez
became
the
father
of
Hezron.
Hezron
became
the
father
of
Ram.
Ram
became
the
father
of
Amminadab.
Amminadab
became
the
father
of
Nahshon.
Nahshon
became
the
father
of
Salmon.
Salmon
became
the
father
of
Boaz
by
Rahab.
Boaz
became
the
father
of Obed
by
Ruth. Obed
became
the
father
of
Jesse.
Jesse
became
the
father
of
King
David.
David
the
king
1:6
NU omits “the king”.
became
the
father
of
Solomon
by her
who
had been Uriah’s wife.
Solomon
became
the
father
of
Rehoboam.
Rehoboam
became
the
father
of
Abijah.
Abijah
became
the
father
of
Asa.
Asa
became
the
father
of
Jehoshaphat.
Jehoshaphat
became
the
father
of
Joram.
Joram
became
the
father
of
Uzziah.
Uzziah
became
the
father
of
Jotham.
Jotham
became
the
father
of
Ahaz.
Ahaz
became
the
father
of
Hezekiah.
Hezekiah
became
the
father
of
Manasseh.
Manasseh
became
the
father
of
Amon.
Amon
became
the
father
of
Josiah.
Josiah
became
the
father
of Jechoniah
and
his
brothers
at
the
time
of
the exile
to
Babylon.
After
the exile
to
Babylon, Jechoniah
became
the
father
of
Shealtiel.
Shealtiel
became
the
father
of
Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel
became
the
father
of
Abiud.
Abiud
became
the
father
of
Eliakim.
Eliakim
became
the
father
of
Azor.
Azor
became
the
father
of
Zadok.
Zadok
became
the
father
of
Achim.
Achim
became
the
father
of
Eliud.
Eliud
became
the
father
of
Eleazar.
Eleazar
became
the
father
of
Matthan.
Matthan
became
the
father
of
Jacob.
Jacob
became
the
father
of
Joseph,
the
husband
of
Mary,
from
whom
was
born
Jesus,
1:16
“Jesus” means “Salvation”.
who
is
called
Christ.
So
all
the
generations
from
Abraham
to
David
are
fourteen
generations;
from
David
to
the exile
to
Babylon
fourteen
generations;
and
from
the carrying
away
to
Babylon
to
the
Christ,
fourteen
generations.
Now
the
birth
of
Jesus
Christ
was
like
this:
After
his
mother,
Mary,
was
engaged
to
Joseph,
before
they
came
together,
she
was
found
pregnant
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
Joseph,
her
husband,
being
a
righteous
man,
and
not
willing
to
make
her
a public example,
intended
to put
her
away
secretly.
But
when
he
thought
about
these
things,
behold,
1:20
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
an
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
him
in
a
dream,
saying, “Joseph,
son
of
David,
don’t
be
afraid
to
take
to
yourself
Mary
as
your
wife,
for
that
which
is
conceived
in
her
is
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
She
shall
give
birth
to
a
son.
You
shall
name
him
Jesus,
1:21
“Jesus” means “Salvation”.
for
it
is
he
who
shall
save
his
people
from
their
sins.”
Now
all
this
has
happened
that
it might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
by
the
Lord
through
the
prophet,
saying,
“Behold,
the
virgin
shall
be
with
child,
and
shall
give
birth
to
a
son.
They
shall
call
his
name
Immanuel,”
which
is,
being interpreted, “God
with
us.”
1:23
Isaiah 7:14
Joseph arose
from
his
sleep,
and
did
as
the
angel
of
the
Lord
commanded
him,
and
took
his
wife
to
himself;
and
didn’t
know
her sexually
until
she
had
given
birth
to
her firstborn
son.
He
named
him
Jesus.
Now
when
Jesus
was
born
in
Bethlehem
of
Judea
in
the
days
of
King
Herod,
behold, wise men
2:1
The word for “wise men” (magoi) can also mean teachers, scientists, physicians, astrologers, seers, interpreters of dreams, or sorcerers.
from
the
east
came
to
Jerusalem, saying,
“Where
is
he
who
is
born
King
of
the
Jews?
For
we
saw
his
star
in
the
east,
and
have
come
to
worship
him.”
When
King
Herod
heard
it,
he
was
troubled,
and
all
Jerusalem
with
him.
Gathering
together
all
the
chief
priests
and
scribes
of
the
people,
he
asked
them
where
the
Christ
would
be
born.
They
said
to
him, “In
Bethlehem
of
Judea,
for
this
is
written
through
the
prophet,
‘You
Bethlehem,
land
of
Judah,
are
in
no
way
least
among
the princes
of
Judah;
for
out
of
you
shall
come
a
governor
who
shall
shepherd
my
people,
Israel.’”
2:6
Micah 5:2
Then
Herod
secretly
called
the wise
men,
and learned
from
them exactly
what
time
the
star
appeared.
He
sent
them
to
Bethlehem,
and
said, “Go
and
search diligently
for
the young
child.
When
you
have
found
him,
bring
me
word,
so
that
I
also
may
come
and
worship
him.”
They, having
heard
the
king,
went
their
way;
and
behold,
the
star,
which
they
saw
in
the
east,
went
before
them
until
it
came
and
stood
over
where
the young
child
was.
When
they
saw
the
star,
they
rejoiced
with
exceedingly
great
joy.
They
came
into
the
house
and
saw
the young
child
with
Mary,
his
mother,
and
they
fell
down
and
worshiped
him.
Opening
their
treasures,
they
offered
to
him
gifts:
gold,
frankincense,
and
myrrh.
Being
warned
in
a
dream
not
to
return
to
Herod,
they
went
back
to
their
own
country
another
way.
Now
when
they
had
departed,
behold,
an
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
Joseph
in
a
dream,
saying, “Arise
and
take
the young
child
and
his
mother,
and
flee
into
Egypt,
and stay
there
until
I
tell
you,
for
Herod
will
seek
the young
child
to
destroy
him.”
He arose
and
took
the young
child
and
his
mother
by
night
and
departed
into
Egypt,
and
was
there
until
the
death
of
Herod,
that
it
might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
by
the
Lord
through
the
prophet,
saying, “Out
of
Egypt
I
called
my
son.”
2:15
Hosea 11:1
Then
Herod,
when
he
saw
that
he
was
mocked
by
the wise
men,
was
exceedingly angry,
and
sent
out
and
killed
all
the
male
children
who
were
in
Bethlehem
and
in
all
the surrounding countryside,
from
two
years
old
and
under,
according
to
the
exact
time
which
he
had learned
from
the wise
men.
Then
that
which
was
spoken
by
Jeremiah
the
prophet
was
fulfilled,
saying,
“A
voice
was
heard
in
Ramah,
lamentation,
weeping
and
great
mourning,
Rachel
weeping
for
her
children;
she wouldn’t
be
comforted,
because
they
are
no
more.”
2:18
Jeremiah 31:15
But
when
Herod
was dead,
behold,
an
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
in
a
dream
to
Joseph
in
Egypt, saying,
“Arise
and
take
the young
child
and
his
mother,
and
go
into
the
land
of
Israel,
for
those
who
sought
the young
child’s
life
are
dead.”
He arose
and
took
the young
child
and
his
mother,
and
came
into
the
land
of
Israel.
But
when
he
heard
that
Archelaus
was
reigning
over
Judea
in
the
place
of
his
father,
Herod,
he
was
afraid
to
go
there. Being
warned
in
a
dream,
he
withdrew
into
the region
of
Galilee,
and
came
and
lived
in
a
city
called
Nazareth;
that
it
might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
through
the
prophets
that
he
will
be
called
a
Nazarene.
In
those
days,
John
the Baptizer
came,
preaching
in
the
wilderness
of
Judea, saying,
“Repent,
for
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
at
hand!”
For
this
is
he
who
was
spoken
of
by
Isaiah
the
prophet,
saying,
“The
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
wilderness,
make
the
way
of
the
Lord
ready!
Make
his
paths
straight!”
3:3
Isaiah 40:3
Now
John
himself
wore
clothing made
of
camel’s
hair
with
a
leather
belt
around
his
waist.
His
food
was
locusts
and
wild
honey.
Then
people
from
Jerusalem,
all
of
Judea,
and
all
the
region
around
the
Jordan
went
out
to
him.
They
were
baptized
by
him
in
the
Jordan,
confessing
their
sins.
But
when
he
saw
many
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
coming
for
his
baptism,
he
said
to
them, “You
offspring
of
vipers,
who
warned
you
to
flee
from
the
wrath
to
come?
Therefore
produce
fruit
worthy
of
repentance!
Don’t
think
to
yourselves, ‘We
have
Abraham
for
our
father,’
for
I
tell
you
that
God
is
able
to
raise
up
children
to
Abraham
from
these
stones.
Even
now
the ax
lies
at
the
root
of
the
trees.
Therefore
every
tree
that
doesn’t
produce
good
fruit
is
cut
down,
and
cast
into
the
fire.
“I
indeed
baptize
you
in
water
for
repentance,
but
he
who
comes
after
me
is
mightier
than
I,
whose
sandals
I
am
not
worthy
to
carry.
He
will
baptize
you
in
the
Holy
Spirit.
3:11
TR and NU add “and with fire”
His
winnowing
fork
is
in
his
hand,
and
he
will thoroughly cleanse
his
threshing
floor.
He
will
gather
his
wheat
into
the
barn,
but
the
chaff
he
will
burn
up
with
unquenchable
fire.”
Then
Jesus
came
from
Galilee
to
the
Jordan
3:13
i.e., the Jordan River
to
John,
to be
baptized
by
him.
But
John
would
have hindered
him,
saying, “I
need
to
be
baptized
by
you,
and
you
come
to
me?”
But
Jesus,
answering,
said
to
him,
“Allow
it
now,
for
this
is
the
fitting
way
for
us
to
fulfill
all
righteousness.”
Then
he
allowed
him.
Jesus,
when
he
was
baptized,
went
up directly
from
the
water:
and
behold,
the
heavens
were
opened
to
him.
He
saw
the
Spirit
of
God
descending
as
a
dove,
and
coming
on
him.
Behold,
a
voice
out
of
the
heavens
said, “This
is
my
beloved
Son,
with
whom
I
am
well
pleased.”
Then
Jesus
was
led
up
by
the
Spirit
into
the
wilderness
to be
tempted
by
the
devil.
When
he
had
fasted
forty
days
and
forty
nights,
he
was
hungry
afterward.
The
tempter
came
and
said
to
him, “If
you
are
the
Son
of
God,
command
that
these
stones
become
bread.”
But
he
answered,
“It
is
written, ‘Man
shall
not
live
by
bread
alone,
but
by
every
word
that
proceeds
out
of
God’s
mouth.’”
4:4
Deuteronomy 8:3
Then
the
devil
took
him
into
the
holy
city.
He
set
him
on
the
pinnacle
of
the
temple,
and
said
to
him, “If
you
are
the
Son
of
God,
throw
yourself
down,
for
it
is
written,
‘He
will
command
his
angels
concerning
you,’
and,
‘On
their
hands
they
will
bear
you
up,
so
that
you don’t dash
your
foot
against
a
stone.’”
4:6
Psalm 91:11-12
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Again,
it
is
written, ‘You
shall
not
test
the
Lord,
your
God.’”
4:7
Deuteronomy 6:16
Again,
the
devil
took
him
to
an
exceedingly
high
mountain,
and
showed
him
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world
and
their
glory.
He
said
to
him, “I
will
give
you
all
of
these
things,
if
you
will
fall
down
and
worship
me.”
Then
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Get behind
me,
4:10
TR and NU read “Go away” instead of “Get behind me”
Satan!
For
it
is
written, ‘You
shall
worship
the
Lord
your
God,
and
you
shall
serve
him
only.’”
4:10
Deuteronomy 6:13
Then
the
devil
left
him,
and
behold,
angels
came
and
served
him.
Now
when
Jesus
heard
that
John
was
delivered
up,
he
withdrew
into
Galilee.
Leaving
Nazareth,
he
came
and
lived
in
Capernaum,
which
is
by
the
sea,
in
the
region
of
Zebulun
and
Naphtali,
that
it might be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
through
Isaiah
the
prophet,
saying,
“The
land
of
Zebulun
and
the
land
of
Naphtali,
toward
the
sea,
beyond
the
Jordan,
Galilee
of
the
Gentiles,
the
people
who
sat
in
darkness
saw
a
great
light;
to
those
who
sat
in
the
region
and
shadow
of
death,
to
them
light
has
dawned.”
4:16
Isaiah 9:1-2
From
that
time,
Jesus
began
to
preach,
and
to
say,
“Repent!
For
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
at
hand.”
Walking
by
the
sea
of
Galilee,
he
4:18
TR reads “Jesus” instead of “he”
saw
two
brothers:
Simon,
who
is
called
Peter,
and
Andrew,
his
brother,
casting
a net
into
the
sea;
for
they
were
fishermen.
He
said
to
them,
“Come
after
me,
and
I
will
make
you
fishers
for
men.”
They
immediately
left
their
nets
and
followed
him.
Going
on
from
there,
he
saw
two
other
brothers,
James
the son
of
Zebedee,
and
John
his
brother,
in
the
boat
with
Zebedee
their
father,
mending
their
nets.
He
called
them.
They
immediately
left
the
boat
and
their
father,
and
followed
him.
Jesus
went
about
in
all
Galilee,
teaching
in
their
synagogues,
preaching
the
Good
News
of
the
Kingdom,
and
healing
every
disease
and
every
sickness
among
the
people.
The
report
about
him
went
out
into
all
Syria.
They
brought
to
him
all
who
were
sick,
afflicted
with
various
diseases
and torments,
possessed
with demons,
epileptics,
and
paralytics;
and
he
healed
them.
Great
multitudes
from
Galilee,
Decapolis,
Jerusalem,
Judea,
and
from
beyond
the
Jordan
followed
him.
Seeing
the
multitudes,
he
went
up
onto
the
mountain.
When
he
had
sat
down,
his
disciples
came
to
him.
He
opened
his
mouth
and
taught
them,
saying,
“Blessed
are
the
poor
in
spirit,
for
theirs
is
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven.
5:3
Isaiah 57:15; 66:2
Blessed
are
those
who
mourn,
for
they shall be
comforted.
5:4
Isaiah 61:2; 66:10,13
Blessed
are
the
gentle,
for
they shall
inherit
the
earth.
5:5
or, land.
5:5
Psalm 37:11
Blessed
are
those
who
hunger
and
thirst
for
righteousness,
for
they
shall
be
filled.
Blessed
are
the
merciful,
for
they shall obtain
mercy.
Blessed
are
the
pure
in
heart,
for
they
shall
see
God.
Blessed
are
the
peacemakers,
for
they
shall
be
called children
of
God.
Blessed
are
those
who
have
been
persecuted
for righteousness’
sake,
for
theirs
is
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven.
“Blessed
are
you
when
people
reproach
you,
persecute
you,
and
say
all
kinds
of
evil
against
you
falsely,
for
my
sake.
Rejoice,
and
be exceedingly
glad,
for
great
is
your
reward
in
heaven.
For
that
is
how
they
persecuted
the
prophets
who
were
before
you.
“You
are
the
salt
of
the
earth,
but
if
the
salt
has lost
its flavor,
with
what
will
it
be
salted?
It
is
then
good
for
nothing,
but
to
be
cast
out
and trodden
under
the feet
of
men.
You
are
the
light
of
the
world.
A
city
located
on
a
hill
can’t
be
hidden.
Neither
do
you
light
a
lamp
and
put
it
under
a measuring
basket,
but
on
a stand;
and
it
shines
to
all
who
are
in
the
house.
Even
so,
let
your
light
shine
before
men,
that
they
may
see
your
good
works
and
glorify
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
“Don’t
think
that
I
came
to
destroy
the
law
or
the
prophets.
I
didn’t
come
to
destroy,
but
to
fulfill.
For most
certainly,
I
tell
you,
until
heaven
and
earth
pass
away,
not
even
one
smallest
letter
5:18
literally, iota
or
one tiny pen
stroke
5:18
or, serif
shall
in
any
way
pass
away
from
the
law,
until
all
things
are
accomplished.
Therefore,
whoever
shall
break
one
of
these
least
commandments
and
teach
others
to
do
so,
shall
be
called
least
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven;
but
whoever
shall
do
and
teach
them
shall
be
called
great
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven.
For
I
tell
you
that
unless
your
righteousness exceeds
that
of
the
scribes
and
Pharisees,
there
is
no way
you
will
enter
into
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven.
“You
have
heard
that
it
was
said
to
the
ancient
ones, ‘You
shall
not
murder;’
5:21
Exodus 20:13
and ‘Whoever
murders
will
be
in danger
of
the
judgment.’
But
I
tell
you
that
everyone
who
is
angry
with
his
brother without
a cause
5:22
NU omits “without a cause”.
will
be
in danger
of
the
judgment.
Whoever
says
to
his
brother, ‘Raca!’
5:22
“Raca” is an Aramaic insult, related to the word for “empty” and conveying the idea of empty-headedness.
will
be
in danger
of
the
council.
Whoever
says, ‘You
fool!’
will
be
in danger
of
the
fire
of Gehenna.
5:22
or, Hell
“If
therefore
you
are
offering
your
gift
at
the
altar,
and
there
remember
that
your
brother
has
anything
against
you,
leave
your
gift
there
before
the
altar,
and
go
your
way.
First
be
reconciled
to
your
brother,
and
then
come
and
offer
your
gift.
Agree
with
your
adversary
quickly
while
you
are
with
him
on
the
way; lest
perhaps
the prosecutor
deliver
you
to
the
judge,
and
the
judge
deliver
you
to
the
officer,
and
you
be
cast
into
prison.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
you shall
by
no
means
get
out
of
there
until
you
have
paid
the
last
penny.
5:26
literally, kodrantes. A kodrantes was a small copper coin worth about 2 lepta (widow’s mites)—not enough to buy very much of anything.
“You
have
heard
that
it
was
said,
5:27
TR adds “to the ancients”.
‘You
shall
not
commit
adultery;’
5:27
Exodus 20:14
but
I
tell
you
that
everyone
who gazes
at
a
woman
to
lust
after
her
has
committed
adultery
with
her
already
in
his
heart.
If
your
right
eye
causes
you
to
stumble,
pluck
it
out
and
throw
it
away
from
you.
For
it
is more
profitable
for
you
that
one
of
your
members
should
perish
than
for
your
whole
body
to
be
cast
into Gehenna.
5:29
or, Hell
If
your
right
hand
causes
you
to
stumble,
cut
it
off,
and
throw
it
away
from
you.
For
it
is more
profitable
for
you
that
one
of
your
members
should
perish,
than
for
your
whole
body
to
be
cast
into Gehenna.
5:30
or, Hell
“It
was
also
said, ‘Whoever shall
put
away
his
wife,
let
him
give
her
a writing
of
divorce,’
5:31
Deuteronomy 24:1
but
I
tell
you
that
whoever
puts
away
his
wife,
except
for
the
cause
of
sexual
immorality,
makes
her
an adulteress;
and
whoever
marries
her
when
she
is
put
away
commits
adultery.
“Again
you
have
heard
that
it
was
said
to
the
ancient
ones, ‘You
shall
not
make
false
vows,
but
shall perform
to
the
Lord
your
vows,’
5:33
Numbers 30:2; Deuteronomy 23:21; Ecclesiastes 5:4
but
I
tell
you,
don’t
swear
at
all:
neither
by
heaven,
for
it
is
the
throne
of
God;
nor
by
the
earth,
for
it
is
the
footstool
of
his
feet;
nor
by
Jerusalem,
for
it
is
the
city
of
the
great
King.
Neither shall
you
swear
by
your
head,
for
you
can’t
make
one
hair
white
or
black.
But
let
your ‘Yes’
be ‘Yes’
and
your ‘No’
be ‘No.’ Whatever
is
more
than
these
is
of
the
evil
one.
“You
have
heard
that
it
was
said, ‘An
eye
for
an
eye,
and
a
tooth
for
a
tooth.’
5:38
Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21
But
I
tell
you,
don’t
resist
him
who
is
evil;
but
whoever
strikes
you
on
your
right
cheek,
turn
to
him
the
other
also.
If
anyone sues
you
to
take
away
your
coat,
let
him
have
your
cloak
also.
Whoever compels
you
to
go
one
mile,
go
with
him
two.
Give
to
him
who
asks
you,
and
don’t
turn
away
him
who
desires
to
borrow
from
you.
“You
have
heard
that
it
was
said, ‘You
shall
love
your
neighbor
5:43
Leviticus 19:18
and
hate
your
enemy.’
5:43
not in the Bible, but see Qumran Manual of Discipline Ix, 21-26
But
I
tell
you,
love
your
enemies, bless
those
who curse
you,
do good
to
those
who hate
you,
and
pray
for
those
who mistreat
you
and
persecute
you,
that
you
may
be children
of
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
For
he makes
his
sun
to
rise
on
the
evil
and
the
good,
and
sends
rain
on
the
just
and
the
unjust.
For
if
you
love
those
who
love
you,
what
reward
do
you
have? Don’t
even
the
tax
collectors
do
the
same?
If
you
only
greet
your friends,
what
more
do
you
do
than
others? Don’t
even
the tax collectors
5:47
NU reads “Gentiles” instead of “tax collectors”.
do
the
same?
Therefore
you shall
be
perfect,
just
as
your
Father
in
heaven
is
perfect.
“Be
careful
that
you
don’t
do
your charitable
giving
6:1
NU reads “acts of righteousness” instead of “charitable giving”
before
men,
to
be
seen
by
them,
or else
you
have
no
reward
from
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
Therefore,
when
you
do merciful
deeds,
don’t
sound
a
trumpet
before
yourself,
as
the
hypocrites
do
in
the
synagogues
and
in
the
streets,
that
they
may get
glory
from
men. Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
they
have
received
their
reward.
But
when
you
do merciful
deeds,
don’t
let
your
left
hand
know
what
your
right
hand
does,
so
that
your merciful deeds
may
be
in
secret,
then
your
Father
who
sees
in
secret
will
reward
you openly.
“When
you
pray,
you
shall
not
be
as
the
hypocrites,
for
they
love
to
stand
and
pray
in
the
synagogues
and
in
the
corners
of
the
streets,
that
they
may
be
seen
by
men. Most
certainly,
I
tell
you,
they
have
received
their
reward.
But
you,
when
you
pray,
enter
into
your
inner
room,
and having
shut
your
door,
pray
to
your
Father
who
is
in
secret;
and
your
Father
who
sees
in
secret
will
reward
you openly.
In
praying,
don’t
use vain repetitions
as
the
Gentiles
do;
for
they
think
that
they
will
be
heard
for
their much speaking.
Therefore
don’t
be
like
them,
for
your
Father
knows
what
things
you
need
before
you
ask
him.
Pray
like
this:
“‘Our
Father
in
heaven,
may
your
name
be kept
holy.
Let
your
Kingdom
come.
Let
your
will
be
done
on
earth
as
it
is
in
heaven.
Give
us
today our
daily
bread.
Forgive
us
our
debts,
as
we
also
forgive
our
debtors.
Bring
us
not
into
temptation,
but
deliver
us
from
the
evil
one.
For yours
is
the Kingdom,
the power,
and
the glory
forever. Amen.’
6:13
NU omits “For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.”
“For
if
you
forgive
men
their
trespasses,
your
heavenly
Father
will
also
forgive
you.
But
if
you
don’t
forgive
men
their
trespasses,
neither
will
your
Father
forgive
your
trespasses.
“Moreover
when
you
fast,
don’t
be
like
the
hypocrites,
with
sad
faces.
For
they disfigure
their
faces
that
they
may
be
seen
by
men
to
be
fasting. Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
they
have
received
their
reward.
But
you,
when
you
fast,
anoint
your
head
and
wash
your
face,
so
that
you
are
not
seen
by
men
to
be
fasting,
but
by
your
Father
who
is
in
secret;
and
your
Father,
who
sees
in
secret,
will
reward
you.
“Don’t lay
up
treasures
for
yourselves
on
the
earth,
where
moth
and
rust consume,
and
where
thieves
break through
and
steal;
but lay
up
for
yourselves
treasures
in
heaven,
where
neither
moth
nor
rust consume,
and
where
thieves
don’t
break
through
and
steal;
for
where
your
treasure
is,
there
your
heart
will
be
also.
“The
lamp
of
the
body
is
the
eye.
If
therefore
your
eye
is sound,
your
whole
body
will
be
full
of
light.
But
if
your
eye
is
evil,
your
whole
body
will
be
full
of
darkness.
If
therefore
the
light
that
is
in
you
is
darkness,
how
great
is
the
darkness!
“No
one
can
serve
two
masters,
for
either
he
will
hate
the
one
and
love
the
other,
or
else
he
will
be
devoted
to
one
and
despise
the
other.
You
can’t
serve
both
God
and Mammon.
Therefore
I
tell
you,
don’t
be
anxious
for
your
life:
what
you
will
eat,
or
what
you
will drink;
nor
yet
for
your
body,
what
you
will wear.
Isn’t
life
more
than
food,
and
the
body
more
than
clothing?
See
the
birds
of
the
sky,
that
they
don’t
sow,
neither
do
they
reap,
nor
gather
into
barns.
Your
heavenly
Father
feeds
them.
Aren’t
you
of
much
more value
than
they?
“Which
of
you
by
being
anxious,
can
add
one moment
6:27
literally, cubit
to
his lifespan?
Why
are
you
anxious
about
clothing? Consider
the
lilies
of
the
field,
how
they
grow.
They
don’t
toil,
neither
do
they
spin,
yet
I
tell
you
that
even
Solomon
in
all
his
glory
was
not
dressed
like
one
of
these.
But
if
God
so
clothes
the
grass
of
the
field,
which
today exists
and
tomorrow
is
thrown
into
the oven,
won’t
he
much
more clothe
you,
you
of little faith?
“Therefore
don’t
be
anxious,
saying, ‘What
will
we
eat?’, ‘What
will
we
drink?’
or, ‘With
what
will
we
be
clothed?’
For
the
Gentiles
seek
after
all
these
things;
for
your
heavenly
Father
knows
that
you
need
all
these
things.
But
seek
first
God’s
Kingdom
and
his
righteousness;
and
all
these
things
will
be
given
to
you
as
well.
Therefore
don’t
be
anxious
for
tomorrow,
for
tomorrow
will
be
anxious
for
itself.
Each
day’s
own
evil
is
sufficient.
“Don’t
judge,
so
that
you
won’t
be
judged.
For
with
whatever
judgment
you
judge,
you
will
be
judged;
and
with
whatever
measure
you
measure,
it
will
be
measured
to
you.
Why
do
you
see
the
speck
that
is
in
your
brother’s
eye,
but
don’t
consider
the beam
that
is
in
your
own
eye?
Or
how
will
you
tell
your
brother, ‘Let
me
remove
the
speck
from
your
eye,’
and
behold,
the beam
is
in
your
own
eye?
You
hypocrite!
First
remove
the beam
out
of
your
own
eye,
and
then
you can
see
clearly
to
remove
the
speck
out
of
your
brother’s
eye.
“Don’t
give
that
which
is
holy
to
the
dogs,
neither
throw
your
pearls
before
the
pigs,
lest
perhaps
they
trample
them
under
their
feet,
and
turn
and
tear
you
to
pieces.
“Ask,
and
it
will
be
given
you.
Seek,
and
you
will
find.
Knock,
and
it
will
be
opened
for
you.
For
everyone
who
asks
receives.
He
who
seeks
finds.
To
him
who
knocks
it
will
be
opened.
Or
who
is
there
among
you
who, if
his
son
asks
him
for
bread,
will
give
him
a
stone?
Or
if
he
asks
for
a
fish,
who
will
give
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
those
who
ask
him!
Therefore,
whatever
you
desire
for
men
to
do
to
you,
you
shall
also
do
to
them;
for
this
is
the
law
and
the
prophets.
“Enter
in
by
the
narrow
gate;
for
the
gate
is
wide
and
the
way
is
broad
that
leads
to
destruction,
and
there
are
many
who
enter
in
by
it.
How
7:14
TR reads “Because” instead of “How”
narrow
is
the
gate
and
the
way
is restricted
that
leads
to
life!
There
are
few
who
find
it.
“Beware
of
false
prophets,
who
come
to
you
in
sheep’s
clothing,
but
inwardly
are ravening
wolves.
By
their
fruits
you
will
know
them.
Do
you
gather
grapes
from
thorns
or
figs
from
thistles?
Even
so,
every
good
tree
produces
good
fruit,
but
the corrupt
tree
produces
evil
fruit.
A
good
tree
can’t
produce
evil
fruit,
neither
can
a corrupt
tree
produce
good
fruit.
Every
tree
that
doesn’t grow
good
fruit
is
cut
down
and
thrown
into
the
fire.
Therefore
by
their
fruits
you
will
know
them.
“Not
everyone
who
says
to
me, ‘Lord,
Lord,’
will
enter
into
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven,
but
he
who
does
the
will
of
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
Many
will
tell
me
in
that
day, ‘Lord,
Lord,
didn’t
we
prophesy
in
your
name,
in
your
name
cast
out
demons,
and
in
your
name
do
many
mighty works?’
Then
I
will tell
them, ‘I
never
knew
you.
Depart
from
me,
you
who
work iniquity.’
“Everyone
therefore
who
hears
these
words
of
mine
and
does
them,
I
will liken
him
to
a
wise
man
who
built
his
house
on
a
rock.
The
rain
came
down,
the
floods
came,
and
the
winds
blew
and
beat
on
that
house;
and
it
didn’t
fall,
for
it
was
founded
on
the
rock.
Everyone
who
hears
these
words
of
mine
and
doesn’t
do
them
will
be
like
a
foolish
man
who
built
his
house
on
the
sand.
The
rain
came
down,
the
floods
came,
and
the
winds
blew
and
beat
on
that
house;
and
it
fell—and
its
fall
was
great.”
When
Jesus
had
finished
saying
these
things,
the
multitudes
were
astonished
at
his
teaching,
for
he
taught
them
with
authority,
and
not
like
the
scribes.
When
he
came
down
from
the
mountain,
great
multitudes
followed
him.
Behold,
a
leper
came
to
him
and
worshiped
him,
saying, “Lord,
if
you
want
to,
you
can
make
me
clean.”
Jesus
stretched
out
his
hand
and
touched
him,
saying,
“I
want
to.
Be
made
clean.”
Immediately
his
leprosy
was
cleansed.
Jesus
said
to
him,
“See
that
you
tell
nobody;
but
go,
show
yourself
to
the
priest,
and
offer
the
gift
that
Moses
commanded,
as
a
testimony
to
them.”
When
he
came
into
Capernaum,
a
centurion
came
to
him, asking
him
for help,
saying, “Lord,
my
servant lies
in
the
house
paralyzed, grievously
tormented.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“I
will
come
and
heal
him.”
The
centurion
answered, “Lord, I’m
not
worthy
for
you
to
come
under
my
roof.
Just
say
the
word,
and
my
servant
will
be
healed.
For
I
am
also
a
man
under
authority,
having
under
myself
soldiers.
I
tell
this
one, ‘Go,’
and
he
goes;
and
tell
another, ‘Come,’
and
he
comes;
and
tell
my
servant, ‘Do
this,’
and
he
does
it.”
When
Jesus
heard
it,
he
marveled
and
said
to
those
who
followed,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
I
haven’t
found
so
great
a
faith,
not
even
in
Israel.
I
tell
you
that
many
will
come
from
the
east
and
the
west,
and
will
sit
down
with
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven,
but
the children
of
the
Kingdom
will
be thrown
out
into
the
outer
darkness.
There
will
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.”
Jesus
said
to
the
centurion,
“Go
your
way.
Let
it
be
done
for
you
as
you
have
believed.”
His
servant
was
healed
in
that
hour.
When
Jesus
came
into
Peter’s
house,
he
saw
his wife’s mother
lying
sick
with
a
fever.
He
touched
her
hand,
and
the
fever
left
her.
So
she
got
up
and
served
him.
8:15
TR reads “them” instead of “him”
When
evening
came,
they
brought
to
him
many
possessed
with demons.
He
cast
out
the
spirits
with
a
word,
and
healed
all
who
were
sick,
that
it
might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
through
Isaiah
the
prophet,
saying, “He
took
our
infirmities
and
bore
our
diseases.”
8:17
Isaiah 53:4
Now
when
Jesus
saw
great
multitudes
around
him,
he
gave
the
order
to
depart
to
the
other
side.
A
scribe
came
and
said
to
him, “Teacher,
I
will
follow
you
wherever
you
go.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“The
foxes
have
holes
and
the
birds
of
the
sky
have
nests,
but
the
Son
of
Man
has nowhere
to
lay
his
head.”
Another
of
his
disciples
said
to
him, “Lord,
allow
me
first
to
go
and
bury
my
father.”
But
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Follow
me,
and
leave
the
dead
to
bury
their
own
dead.”
When
he
got
into
a
boat,
his
disciples
followed
him.
Behold,
a violent
storm
came up
on
the
sea,
so
much
that
the
boat
was
covered
with
the
waves;
but
he
was
asleep.
The disciples
came
to
him
and
woke
him
up,
saying, “Save
us,
Lord!
We
are
dying!”
He
said
to
them,
“Why
are
you fearful, O
you
of little faith?”
Then
he
got
up,
rebuked
the
wind
and
the
sea,
and
there
was
a
great
calm.
The
men
marveled,
saying, “What
kind
of
man
is
this,
that
even
the
wind
and
the
sea
obey
him?”
When
he
came
to
the
other
side,
into
the
country
of
the Gergesenes,
8:28
NU reads “Gadarenes”
two
people possessed
by demons
met
him
there,
coming
out
of
the
tombs,
exceedingly fierce,
so
that nobody
could
pass
that
way.
Behold,
they
cried
out,
saying, “What
do
we
have
to
do
with
you,
Jesus,
Son
of
God?
Have
you
come
here
to
torment
us
before
the
time?”
Now
there
was
a
herd
of
many
pigs
feeding
far
away
from
them.
The
demons
begged
him,
saying, “If
you
cast
us
out, permit
us
to go
away
into
the
herd
of
pigs.”
He
said
to
them,
“Go!”
They
came
out
and
went
into
the
herd
of
pigs;
and
behold,
the
whole
herd
of
pigs
rushed
down
the cliff
into
the
sea
and
died
in
the
water.
Those
who fed them
fled
and
went
away
into
the
city
and
told
everything,
including
what
happened
to
those
who
were possessed
with demons.
Behold,
all
the
city
came
out
to
meet
Jesus.
When
they
saw
him,
they
begged
that
he
would
depart
from
their borders.
He
entered
into
a
boat
and
crossed
over,
and
came
into
his
own
city.
Behold,
they
brought
to
him
a man
who
was
paralyzed,
lying
on
a
bed.
Jesus,
seeing
their
faith,
said
to
the
paralytic,
“Son, cheer
up!
Your
sins
are
forgiven
you.”
Behold,
some
of
the
scribes
said
to
themselves, “This
man
blasphemes.”
Jesus, knowing
their
thoughts,
said,
“Why
do
you think
evil
in
your
hearts?
For
which
is
easier,
to
say, ‘Your
sins
are
forgiven;’
or
to
say, ‘Get
up,
and
walk?’
But
that
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
Man
has
authority
on
earth
to
forgive
sins—” (then
he
said
to
the
paralytic),
“Get
up,
and
take
up
your mat,
and
go
to
your
house.”
He arose
and
departed
to
his
house.
But
when
the
multitudes
saw
it,
they marveled
and
glorified
God,
who
had
given
such
authority
to
men.
As
Jesus
passed
by
from
there,
he
saw
a
man
called
Matthew
sitting
at
the
tax collection office.
He
said
to
him,
“Follow
me.”
He
got
up
and
followed
him.
As
he sat
in
the
house,
behold,
many
tax
collectors
and
sinners
came
and sat down
with
Jesus
and
his
disciples.
When
the
Pharisees
saw
it,
they
said
to
his
disciples, “Why
does
your
teacher
eat
with
tax
collectors
and
sinners?”
When
Jesus
heard
it,
he
said
to
them,
“Those
who
are
healthy
have
no
need
for
a
physician,
but
those
who
are
sick
do.
But
you
go
and
learn
what
this
means: ‘I
desire
mercy,
and
not
sacrifice,’
9:13
Hosea 6:6
for
I
came
not
to
call
the
righteous,
but
sinners
to repentance.”
9:13
NU omits “to repentance”.
Then
John’s
disciples
came
to
him,
saying, “Why
do
we
and
the
Pharisees
fast
often,
but
your
disciples
don’t
fast?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Can
the friends
of
the
bridegroom
mourn
as
long
as
the
bridegroom
is
with
them?
But
the
days
will
come
when
the
bridegroom
will
be
taken
away
from
them,
and
then
they
will
fast.
No
one
puts
a
piece
of
unshrunk
cloth
on
an
old
garment;
for
the
patch
would
tear
away
from
the
garment,
and
a
worse hole
is
made.
Neither
do
people
put
new
wine
into
old
wine
skins,
or
else
the
skins
would
burst,
and
the
wine
be spilled,
and
the
skins
ruined.
No,
they
put
new
wine
into
fresh
wine
skins,
and
both
are
preserved.”
While
he
told
these
things
to
them,
behold,
a
ruler
came
and
worshiped
him,
saying, “My
daughter
has
just
died,
but
come
and
lay
your
hand
on
her,
and
she
will
live.”
Jesus
got
up
and
followed
him,
as did
his
disciples.
Behold,
a
woman
who
had
a discharge
of blood
for
twelve
years
came
behind
him,
and
touched
the
fringe
9:20
or, tassel
of
his
garment;
for
she
said
within
herself, “If
I
just
touch
his
garment,
I
will
be
made
well.”
But
Jesus,
turning around
and
seeing
her,
said,
“Daughter, cheer up!
Your
faith
has
made
you
well.”
And
the
woman
was
made
well
from
that
hour.
When
Jesus
came
into
the ruler’s
house
and
saw
the flute players
and
the
crowd
in noisy disorder,
he
said
to
them,
“Make room,
because
the
girl
isn’t
dead,
but
sleeping.”
They
were ridiculing
him.
But
when
the
crowd
was
sent
out,
he
entered
in,
took
her
by
the
hand,
and
the
girl arose.
The report
of
this
went
out
into
all
that
land.
As
Jesus
passed
by
from
there,
two
blind
men
followed
him,
calling
out
and
saying, “Have
mercy
on
us,
son
of
David!”
When
he
had
come
into
the
house,
the
blind
men
came
to
him.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Do
you
believe
that
I
am
able
to
do
this?”
They
told
him, “Yes,
Lord.”
Then
he
touched
their
eyes,
saying,
“According
to
your
faith
be
it
done
to
you.”
Then
their
eyes
were
opened.
Jesus strictly commanded
them,
saying,
“See
that
no
one
knows
about
this.”
But
they
went
out
and
spread abroad
his fame
in
all
that
land.
As
they
went
out,
behold,
a
mute
man
who
was demon possessed
was
brought
to
him.
When
the
demon
was
cast
out,
the
mute
man
spoke.
The
multitudes
marveled,
saying, “Nothing
like
this
has
ever
been
seen
in
Israel!”
But
the
Pharisees
said, “By
the
prince
of
the
demons,
he casts
out
demons.”
Jesus
went
about
all
the
cities
and
the
villages,
teaching
in
their
synagogues
and
preaching
the
Good
News
of
the
Kingdom,
and
healing
every
disease
and
every
sickness
among
the
people.
But
when
he
saw
the
multitudes,
he
was
moved
with
compassion
for
them
because
they
were harassed
9:36
TR reads “weary” instead of “harassed”
and scattered,
like
sheep
without
a
shepherd.
Then
he
said
to
his
disciples,
“The
harvest
indeed
is
plentiful,
but
the
laborers
are
few.
Pray
therefore
that
the
Lord
of
the
harvest
will
send
out
laborers
into
his
harvest.”
He
called
to
himself
his
twelve
disciples,
and
gave
them
authority
over
unclean
spirits,
to
cast
them
out,
and
to
heal
every
disease
and
every
sickness.
Now
the
names
of
the
twelve
apostles
are
these.
The
first,
Simon,
who
is
called
Peter;
Andrew,
his
brother;
James
the son
of
Zebedee;
John,
his
brother;
Philip;
Bartholomew;
Thomas;
Matthew
the
tax
collector;
James
the son
of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus,
who
was
also called
10:3
NU omits “Lebbaeus, who was also called”
Thaddaeus;
Simon
the
Zealot;
and
Judas
Iscariot,
who
also
betrayed
him.
Jesus
sent
these
twelve
out
and
commanded
them,
saying,
“Don’t
go
among
the
Gentiles,
and
don’t
enter
into any
city
of
the
Samaritans.
Rather,
go
to
the
lost
sheep
of
the
house
of
Israel.
As
you
go,
preach,
saying, ‘The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
at
hand!’
Heal
the
sick,
cleanse
the
lepers,
10:8
TR adds “raise the dead,”
and
cast
out
demons.
Freely
you
received, so
freely
give.
Don’t
take any
gold,
silver,
or brass
in
your
money
belts.
Take
no
bag
for
your
journey,
neither
two
coats,
nor
sandals,
nor
staff:
for
the
laborer
is
worthy
of
his
food.
Into
whatever
city
or
village
you
enter, find
out
who
in
it
is
worthy,
and
stay
there
until
you
go
on.
As
you
enter
into
the
household,
greet
it.
If
the
household
is
worthy,
let
your
peace
come
on
it,
but
if
it isn’t
worthy,
let
your
peace
return
to
you.
Whoever
doesn’t
receive
you
or
hear
your
words,
as
you
go
out
of
that
house
or
that
city,
shake
the
dust
off
your
feet.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
it
will
be
more
tolerable
for
the
land
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
in
the
day
of
judgment
than
for
that
city.
“Behold,
I
send
you
out
as
sheep
among
wolves.
Therefore
be
wise
as
serpents
and harmless
as
doves.
But
beware
of
men,
for
they
will
deliver
you
up
to
councils,
and
in
their
synagogues
they
will
scourge
you.
Yes,
and
you
will
be
brought
before
governors
and
kings
for
my
sake,
for
a
testimony
to
them
and
to
the
nations.
But
when
they
deliver
you
up,
don’t
be
anxious
how
or
what
you
will
say,
for
it
will
be
given
you
in
that
hour
what
you
will
say.
For
it
is
not
you
who
speak,
but
the
Spirit
of
your
Father
who
speaks
in
you.
“Brother
will
deliver
up
brother
to
death,
and
the
father
his
child.
Children
will
rise
up
against
parents
and
cause
them
to
be
put
to
death.
You
will
be
hated
by
all
men
for
my
name’s
sake,
but
he
who
endures
to
the
end
will
be
saved.
But
when
they
persecute
you
in
this
city,
flee
into
the
next,
for most
certainly
I
tell
you,
you
will
not
have gone
through
the
cities
of
Israel
until
the
Son
of
Man
has
come.
“A
disciple
is
not
above
his
teacher,
nor
a
servant
above
his
lord.
It
is
enough
for
the
disciple
that
he
be
like
his
teacher,
and
the
servant
like
his
lord.
If
they
have
called
the
master
of
the
house
Beelzebul,
10:25
Literally, Lord of the Flies, or the devil
how
much
more
those
of
his
household!
Therefore
don’t
be
afraid
of
them,
for
there
is
nothing
covered
that
will
not
be
revealed,
or
hidden
that
will
not
be
known.
What
I
tell
you
in
the
darkness,
speak
in
the
light;
and
what
you
hear whispered
in
the
ear,
proclaim
on
the
housetops.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
those
who
kill
the
body,
but
are
not
able
to
kill
the
soul.
Rather,
fear
him
who
is
able
to
destroy
both
soul
and
body
in Gehenna.
10:28
or, Hell.
“Aren’t
two
sparrows
sold
for
an assarion coin?
10:29
An assarion is a small coin worth one tenth of a drachma or a sixteenth of a denarius. An assarion is approximately the wages of one half hour of agricultural labor.
Not
one
of
them
falls
to
the
ground
apart
from
your
Father’s
will.
But
the
very
hairs
of
your
head
are
all
numbered.
Therefore
don’t
be
afraid.
You
are
of
more value
than
many
sparrows.
Everyone
therefore
who
confesses
me
before
men,
I
will
also
confess
him
before
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
But
whoever
denies
me
before
men,
I
will
also
deny
him
before
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
“Don’t
think
that
I
came
to send
peace
on
the
earth.
I
didn’t
come
to send
peace,
but
a
sword.
For
I
came
to
set
a
man
at odds
against
his
father,
and
a
daughter
against
her
mother,
and
a
daughter-in-law
against
her
mother-in-law.
A
man’s foes
will
be
those
of
his
own
household.
10:36
Micah 7:6
He
who
loves
father
or
mother
more
than
me
is
not
worthy
of
me;
and
he
who
loves
son
or
daughter
more
than
me
isn’t
worthy
of
me.
He
who
doesn’t
take
his
cross
and
follow
after
me
isn’t
worthy
of
me.
He
who seeks
his
life
will
lose
it;
and
he
who
loses
his
life
for
my
sake
will
find
it.
“He
who
receives
you
receives
me,
and
he
who
receives
me
receives
him
who
sent
me.
He
who
receives
a
prophet
in
the
name
of
a
prophet
will
receive
a
prophet’s
reward.
He
who
receives
a
righteous
man
in
the
name
of
a
righteous
man
will
receive
a
righteous
man’s
reward.
Whoever
gives
one
of
these
little
ones
just
a
cup
of
cold
water
to
drink
in
the
name
of
a
disciple, most
certainly
I
tell
you,
he
will
in
no
way
lose
his
reward.”
When
Jesus
had
finished directing
his
twelve
disciples,
he
departed
from
there
to
teach
and
preach
in
their
cities.
Now
when
John
heard
in
the
prison
the
works
of
Christ,
he
sent two
of
his
disciples
and
said
to
him, “Are
you
he
who
comes,
or should
we
look
for
another?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Go
and
tell
John
the
things
which
you
hear
and
see:
the
blind
receive
their
sight,
the
lame
walk,
the
lepers
are
cleansed,
the
deaf
hear,
11:5
Isaiah 35:5
the
dead
are
raised
up,
and
the
poor
have
good
news
preached
to
them.
11:5
Isaiah 61:1-4
Blessed
is
he
who finds
no occasion
for
stumbling
in
me.”
As
these
went
their
way,
Jesus
began
to
say
to
the
multitudes
concerning
John,
“What
did
you
go
out
into
the
wilderness
to
see?
A
reed
shaken
by
the
wind?
But
what
did
you
go
out
to
see?
A
man
in
soft clothing?
Behold,
those
who
wear
soft clothing
are
in
kings’ houses.
But
why
did
you
go
out?
To
see
a
prophet?
Yes,
I
tell
you,
and much more
than
a
prophet.
For
this
is
he,
of
whom
it
is
written, ‘Behold,
I
send
my
messenger
before
your
face,
who
will
prepare
your
way
before
you.’
11:10
Malachi 3:1
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
among
those
who
are
born
of
women
there
has
not
arisen
anyone
greater
than
John
the Baptizer;
yet
he
who
is
least
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
greater
than
he.
From
the
days
of
John
the Baptizer
until
now,
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
suffers
violence,
and
the
violent
take
it
by
force.
11:12
or, plunder it.
For
all
the
prophets
and
the
law
prophesied
until
John.
If
you
are
willing
to
receive
it,
this
is
Elijah,
who
is
to
come.
He
who
has
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.
“But
to
what
shall
I
compare
this
generation?
It
is
like
children
sitting
in
the marketplaces,
who
call
to
their companions
and
say, ‘We
played
the
flute
for
you,
and
you
didn’t
dance.
We mourned
for
you,
and
you
didn’t
lament.’
For
John
came
neither
eating
nor
drinking,
and
they
say, ‘He
has
a
demon.’
The
Son
of
Man
came
eating
and
drinking,
and
they
say, ‘Behold,
a
gluttonous
man
and
a
drunkard,
a
friend
of
tax
collectors
and
sinners!’
But
wisdom
is
justified
by
her children.”
11:19
NU reads “actions” instead of “children”
Then
he
began
to
denounce
the
cities
in
which
most
of
his
mighty works
had
been
done,
because
they
didn’t
repent.
“Woe
to
you,
Chorazin!
Woe
to
you,
Bethsaida!
For
if
the
mighty works
had
been
done
in
Tyre
and
Sidon
which
were
done
in
you,
they
would
have
repented
long
ago
in
sackcloth
and
ashes.
But
I
tell
you,
it
will
be
more
tolerable
for
Tyre
and
Sidon
on
the
day
of
judgment
than
for
you.
You,
Capernaum,
who
are
exalted
to
heaven,
you
will
go
down
to
Hades.
11:23
or, Hell
For
if
the
mighty works
had
been
done
in
Sodom
which
were
done
in
you,
it
would
have
remained
until
today.
But
I
tell
you
that
it
will
be
more
tolerable
for
the
land
of
Sodom
on
the
day
of
judgment,
than
for
you.”
At
that
time,
Jesus
answered,
“I thank
you,
Father,
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
that
you
hid
these
things
from
the
wise
and understanding,
and
revealed
them
to
infants.
Yes,
Father,
for
so
it
was
well-pleasing
in
your
sight.
All
things
have
been
delivered
to
me
by
my
Father.
No
one
knows
the
Son,
except
the
Father;
neither
does
anyone
know
the
Father,
except
the
Son
and
he
to
whom
the
Son
desires
to
reveal
him.
“Come
to
me,
all
you
who
labor
and
are heavily
burdened,
and
I
will
give
you
rest.
Take
my
yoke
upon
you
and
learn
from
me,
for
I
am
gentle
and
humble
in
heart;
and
you
will
find
rest
for
your
souls.
For
my
yoke
is
easy,
and
my
burden
is
light.”
At
that
time,
Jesus
went
on
the
Sabbath
day
through
the
grain fields.
His
disciples
were
hungry
and
began
to pluck
heads
of
grain
and
to
eat.
But
the
Pharisees,
when
they
saw
it,
said
to
him, “Behold,
your
disciples
do
what
is
not
lawful
to
do
on
the
Sabbath.”
But
he
said
to
them,
“Haven’t
you
read
what
David
did
when
he
was
hungry,
and
those
who
were
with
him:
how
he
entered
into
God’s
house
and
ate
the show
bread,
which
was
not
lawful
for
him
to
eat,
nor
for
those
who
were
with
him,
but
only
for
the
priests?
12:4
1 Samuel 21:3-6
Or
have
you
not
read
in
the
law
that
on
the
Sabbath
day
the
priests
in
the
temple profane
the
Sabbath
and
are guiltless?
But
I
tell
you
that
one
greater
than
the
temple
is
here.
But
if
you
had
known
what
this
means, ‘I
desire
mercy,
and
not
sacrifice,’
12:7
Hosea 6:6
you wouldn’t
have condemned
the guiltless.
For
the
Son
of
Man
is
Lord
of
the
Sabbath.”
He
departed
from
there
and
went
into
their
synagogue.
And
behold,
there
was
a
man
with
a
withered
hand.
They
asked
him, “Is
it
lawful
to
heal
on
the
Sabbath
day?”
so
that
they
might
accuse
him.
He
said
to
them,
“What
man
is
there
among
you
who
has
one
sheep,
and
if
this
one
falls
into
a
pit
on
the
Sabbath
day,
won’t
he grab
on
to
it
and
lift
it
out?
Of
how
much
more value
then
is
a
man
than
a
sheep!
Therefore
it
is
lawful
to
do
good
on
the
Sabbath
day.”
Then
he
told
the
man,
“Stretch
out
your
hand.”
He
stretched
it
out;
and
it
was
restored whole,
just
like
the
other.
But
the
Pharisees
went
out
and conspired
against
him,
how
they might
destroy
him.
Jesus,
perceiving
that,
withdrew
from
there.
Great multitudes
followed
him;
and
he
healed
them
all,
and
commanded
them
that
they
should
not
make
him
known,
that
it might be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
through
Isaiah
the
prophet,
saying,
“Behold,
my
servant
whom
I
have
chosen,
my
beloved
in
whom
my
soul
is
well
pleased.
I
will
put
my
Spirit
on
him.
He
will
proclaim
justice
to
the
nations.
He
will
not strive,
nor
shout,
neither
will
anyone
hear
his
voice
in
the
streets.
He
won’t
break
a
bruised
reed.
He
won’t
quench
a smoking flax,
until
he
leads
justice
to
victory.
In
his
name,
the
nations
will
hope.”
12:21
Isaiah 42:1-4
Then
one possessed
by
a demon,
blind
and
mute,
was
brought
to
him;
and
he
healed
him,
so
that
the
blind
and
mute
man
both
spoke
and
saw.
All
the
multitudes
were
amazed,
and
said, “Can
this
be
the
son
of
David?”
But
when
the
Pharisees
heard
it,
they
said, “This
man
does
not
cast
out
demons
except
by
Beelzebul,
the
prince
of
the
demons.”
Knowing
their
thoughts,
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Every
kingdom
divided
against
itself
is
brought
to desolation,
and
every
city
or
house
divided
against
itself
will
not
stand.
If
Satan casts
out
Satan,
he
is
divided
against
himself.
How
then
will
his
kingdom
stand?
If
I
by
Beelzebul
cast
out
demons,
by
whom
do
your children
cast
them
out?
Therefore
they
will
be
your
judges.
But
if
I
by
the
Spirit
of
God
cast
out
demons,
then
God’s
Kingdom
has
come
upon
you.
Or
how
can
one
enter
into
the
house
of
the
strong
man
and
plunder
his
goods,
unless
he
first
bind
the
strong
man?
Then
he
will
plunder
his
house.
“He
who
is
not
with
me
is
against
me,
and
he
who
doesn’t
gather
with
me,
scatters.
Therefore
I
tell
you,
every
sin
and
blasphemy
will
be
forgiven
men,
but
the
blasphemy
against
the
Spirit
will
not
be
forgiven
men.
Whoever
speaks
a
word
against
the
Son
of
Man,
it
will
be
forgiven
him;
but
whoever
speaks
against
the
Holy
Spirit,
it
will
not
be
forgiven
him,
either
in
this
age,
or
in
that
which
is
to
come.
“Either
make
the
tree
good
and
its
fruit
good,
or
make
the
tree corrupt
and
its
fruit corrupt;
for
the
tree
is
known
by
its
fruit.
You
offspring
of
vipers,
how
can
you,
being
evil,
speak
good
things?
For
out
of
the
abundance
of
the
heart,
the
mouth
speaks.
The
good
man
out
of
his
good
treasure
12:35
TR adds “of the heart”
brings
out
good
things,
and
the
evil
man
out
of
his
evil
treasure
brings
out
evil
things.
I
tell
you
that
every
idle
word
that
men
speak,
they
will
give
account
of
it
in
the
day
of
judgment.
For
by
your
words
you
will
be
justified,
and
by
your
words
you
will
be condemned.”
Then
certain
of
the
scribes
and
Pharisees
answered, “Teacher,
we
want
to
see
a
sign
from
you.”
But
he
answered
them,
“An
evil
and
adulterous
generation
seeks
after
a
sign,
but
no
sign
will
be
given
to
it
but
the
sign
of
Jonah
the
prophet.
For
as
Jonah
was
three
days
and
three
nights
in
the
belly
of
the huge fish,
so
will
the
Son
of
Man
be
three
days
and
three
nights
in
the
heart
of
the
earth.
The
men
of
Nineveh
will
stand
up
in
the
judgment
with
this
generation
and
will
condemn
it,
for
they
repented
at
the
preaching
of
Jonah;
and
behold,
someone
greater
than
Jonah
is
here.
The
Queen
of
the
South
will
rise
up
in
the
judgment
with
this
generation
and
will
condemn
it,
for
she
came
from
the
ends
of
the
earth
to
hear
the
wisdom
of
Solomon;
and
behold, someone
greater
than
Solomon
is
here.
“When
an
unclean
spirit
has
gone
out
of
a
man,
he
passes
through
waterless
places
seeking
rest,
and
doesn’t
find
it.
Then
he
says, ‘I
will
return
into
my
house
from
which
I
came;’
and
when
he
has
come
back,
he
finds
it empty,
swept,
and
put
in
order.
Then
he
goes
and
takes
with
himself
seven
other
spirits
more
evil
than
he
is,
and
they
enter
in
and
dwell
there.
The
last state
of
that
man
becomes
worse
than
the
first.
Even
so
will
it
be
also
to
this
evil
generation.”
While
he
was
yet
speaking
to
the
multitudes,
behold,
his
mother
and
his
brothers
stood
outside,
seeking
to
speak
to
him.
One
said
to
him, “Behold,
your
mother
and
your
brothers
stand
outside,
seeking
to
speak
to
you.”
But
he
answered
him
who
spoke
to
him,
“Who
is
my
mother?
Who
are
my
brothers?”
He
stretched
out
his
hand
toward
his
disciples,
and
said,
“Behold,
my
mother
and
my
brothers!
For
whoever
does
the
will
of
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven,
he
is
my
brother,
and
sister,
and
mother.”
On
that
day
Jesus
went
out
of
the
house
and
sat
by
the seaside.
Great
multitudes
gathered
to
him,
so
that
he
entered
into
a
boat
and
sat;
and
all
the
multitude
stood
on
the
beach.
He
spoke
to
them
many
things
in
parables,
saying,
“Behold,
a farmer
went
out
to
sow.
As
he
sowed,
some seeds
fell
by
the roadside,
and
the
birds
came
and
devoured
them.
Others
fell
on
rocky
ground,
where
they
didn’t
have
much
soil,
and
immediately
they
sprang
up,
because
they
had
no
depth
of
earth.
When
the
sun
had
risen,
they
were
scorched.
Because
they
had
no
root,
they
withered
away.
Others
fell
among
thorns.
The
thorns
grew
up
and choked
them.
Others
fell
on
good
soil
and
yielded
fruit:
some
one
hundred times
as much,
some
sixty,
and
some
thirty.
He
who
has
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.”
The
disciples
came,
and
said
to
him, “Why
do
you
speak
to
them
in
parables?”
He
answered
them,
“To
you
it
is
given
to
know
the
mysteries
of
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven,
but
it
is
not
given
to
them.
For
whoever
has,
to
him
will
be
given,
and
he
will
have
abundance;
but
whoever
doesn’t
have,
from
him
will
be
taken
away
even
that
which
he
has.
Therefore
I
speak
to
them
in
parables,
because
seeing
they
don’t
see,
and
hearing,
they
don’t
hear,
neither
do
they
understand.
In
them
the
prophecy
of
Isaiah
is
fulfilled,
which
says,
‘By
hearing
you
will
hear,
and
will
in
no
way
understand;
Seeing
you
will
see,
and
will
in
no
way
perceive;
for
this
people’s
heart
has grown callous,
their
ears
are
dull
of
hearing,
and
they
have
closed
their
eyes;
or
else
perhaps
they
might
perceive
with
their
eyes,
hear
with
their
ears,
understand
with
their
heart,
and
would
turn
again,
and
I
would
heal
them.’
13:15
Isaiah 6:9-10
“But
blessed
are
your
eyes,
for
they
see;
and
your
ears,
for
they
hear.
For
most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
many
prophets
and
righteous
men
desired
to
see
the
things
which
you
see,
and
didn’t
see
them;
and
to
hear
the
things
which
you
hear,
and
didn’t
hear
them.
“Hear,
then,
the
parable
of
the farmer.
When
anyone
hears
the
word
of
the
Kingdom
and
doesn’t
understand
it,
the
evil
one
comes
and
snatches
away
that
which
has
been
sown
in
his
heart.
This
is
what
was
sown
by
the roadside.
What
was
sown
on
the
rocky places,
this
is
he
who
hears
the
word
and
immediately
with
joy
receives
it;
yet
he
has
no
root
in
himself,
but endures
for
a
while.
When oppression
or
persecution
arises
because
of
the
word,
immediately
he stumbles.
What
was
sown
among
the
thorns,
this
is
he
who
hears
the
word,
but
the
cares
of
this
age
and
the
deceitfulness
of
riches
choke
the
word,
and
he
becomes
unfruitful.
What
was
sown
on
the
good
ground,
this
is
he
who
hears
the
word
and
understands
it,
who most
certainly
bears
fruit
and
produces,
some
one
hundred times
as much,
some
sixty,
and
some
thirty.”
He
set
another
parable
before
them,
saying,
“The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a
man
who
sowed
good
seed
in
his
field,
but
while
people slept,
his
enemy
came
and
sowed darnel
weeds
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darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the difference becomes very apparent.
also
among
the
wheat,
and
went
away.
But
when
the
blade sprang up
and
produced
grain,
then
the darnel
weeds
appeared
also.
The
servants
of
the householder
came
and
said
to
him, ‘Sir,
didn’t
you
sow
good
seed
in
your
field?
Where
did
these darnel
weeds
come
from?’
“He
said
to
them, ‘An
enemy
has
done
this.’
“The
servants
asked
him, ‘Do
you
want
us
to
go
and
gather
them up?’
“But
he
said, ‘No, lest
perhaps
while
you
gather up
the darnel
weeds,
you root up
the
wheat
with
them.
Let
both
grow
together
until
the
harvest,
and
in
the
harvest
time
I
will
tell
the
reapers, “First,
gather
up
the darnel
weeds,
and
bind
them
in
bundles
to
burn
them;
but
gather
the
wheat
into
my
barn.”’”
He
set
another
parable
before
them,
saying,
“The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a
grain
of
mustard
seed
which
a
man
took,
and
sowed
in
his
field,
which
indeed
is
smaller
than
all
seeds.
But
when
it
is
grown,
it
is
greater
than
the herbs
and
becomes
a
tree,
so
that
the
birds
of
the
air
come
and lodge
in
its
branches.”
He
spoke
another
parable
to
them.
“The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
yeast
which
a
woman
took
and
hid
in
three
measures
13:33
literally, three sata. Three sata is about 39 liters or a bit more than a bushel
of meal,
until
it
was
all
leavened.”
Jesus
spoke
all
these
things
in
parables
to
the
multitudes;
and
without
a
parable,
he didn’t
speak
to
them,
that
it
might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
through
the
prophet,
saying,
“I
will
open
my
mouth
in
parables;
I
will
utter
things
hidden
from
the
foundation
of
the world.”
13:35
Psalm 78:2
Then
Jesus sent
the
multitudes
away,
and
went
into
the
house.
His
disciples
came
to
him,
saying, “Explain
to
us
the
parable
of
the darnel
weeds
of
the
field.”
He
answered
them,
“He
who
sows
the
good
seed
is
the
Son
of
Man,
the
field
is
the
world,
the
good
seeds
are
the
children
of
the
Kingdom,
and
the darnel
weeds
are
the
children
of
the
evil
one.
The
enemy
who
sowed
them
is
the
devil.
The
harvest
is
the
end
of
the
age,
and
the
reapers
are
angels.
As
therefore
the darnel
weeds
are
gathered
up
and
burned
with
fire;
so
will
it
be
at
the
end
of
this
age.
The
Son
of
Man
will
send
out
his
angels,
and
they
will
gather
out
of
his
Kingdom
all
things
that
cause
stumbling
and
those
who
do iniquity,
and
will
cast
them
into
the
furnace
of
fire.
There
will
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.
Then
the
righteous
will
shine
like
the
sun
in
the
Kingdom
of
their
Father.
He
who
has
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.
“Again,
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
treasure
hidden
in
the
field,
which
a
man
found
and
hid.
In
his
joy,
he
goes
and
sells
all
that
he
has
and
buys
that
field.
“Again,
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a
man
who
is
a
merchant
seeking
fine
pearls,
who
having
found
one
pearl
of
great price,
he
went
and
sold
all
that
he
had
and
bought
it.
“Again,
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a
dragnet
that
was
cast
into
the
sea
and
gathered
some fish
of
every
kind,
which,
when
it
was
filled, fishermen
drew
up
on
the
beach.
They
sat
down
and
gathered
the
good
into
containers,
but
the
bad
they
threw
away.
So
it
will
be
in
the
end
of
the
world.
13:49
or, end of the age.
The
angels
will
come
and
separate
the
wicked
from
among
the
righteous,
and
will
cast
them
into
the
furnace
of
fire.
There
will
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Have
you
understood
all
these
things?”
They
answered
him, “Yes, Lord.”
He
said
to
them,
“Therefore
every
scribe
who
has
been
made
a
disciple
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a
man
who
is
a householder,
who
brings
out
of
his
treasure
new
and
old
things.”
When
Jesus
had
finished
these
parables,
he
departed
from
there.
Coming
into
his
own
country,
he
taught
them
in
their
synagogue,
so
that
they
were
astonished
and
said, “Where
did
this
man get
this
wisdom
and
these
mighty works?
Isn’t
this
the
carpenter’s
son?
Isn’t
his
mother
called
Mary,
and
his
brothers
James, Joses,
Simon,
and
Judas?
13:55
or, Judah
Aren’t
all
of
his
sisters
with us?
Where
then
did
this
man get
all
of
these
things?”
They
were
offended
by
him.
But
Jesus
said
to
them,
“A
prophet
is
not
without
honor,
except
in
his
own
country
and
in
his
own
house.”
He
didn’t
do
many
mighty works
there
because
of
their
unbelief.
At
that
time,
Herod
the tetrarch
heard
the
report concerning
Jesus,
and
said
to
his
servants, “This
is
John
the Baptizer.
He
is
risen
from
the
dead.
That
is
why
these
powers
work
in
him.”
For
Herod
had
arrested
John,
bound
him,
and
put
him
in
prison
for
the
sake
of
Herodias,
his
brother
Philip’s
wife.
For
John
said
to
him, “It
is
not
lawful
for
you
to
have
her.”
When
he
would
have
put
him
to
death,
he
feared
the
multitude,
because
they counted
him
as
a
prophet.
But
when
Herod’s
birthday
came,
the
daughter
of
Herodias
danced
among
them
and
pleased
Herod.
Therefore
he
promised
with
an
oath
to
give
her
whatever
she should
ask.
She, being
prompted
by
her
mother,
said, “Give
me
here
on
a
platter
the
head
of
John
the Baptizer.”
The
king
was
grieved,
but
for
the
sake
of
his
oaths
and
of
those
who sat
at
the
table
with
him,
he
commanded
it
to
be
given,
and
he
sent
and
beheaded
John
in
the
prison.
His
head
was
brought
on
a
platter
and
given
to
the young lady;
and
she
brought
it
to
her
mother.
His
disciples
came,
took
the
body,
and
buried
it.
Then
they
went
and
told
Jesus.
Now
when
Jesus
heard
this,
he
withdrew
from
there
in
a
boat
to
a
deserted
place apart.
When
the
multitudes
heard
it,
they
followed
him
on foot
from
the
cities.
Jesus
went
out,
and
he
saw
a
great
multitude.
He
had
compassion
on
them
and
healed
their
sick.
When
evening
had
come,
his
disciples
came
to
him,
saying, “This
place
is
deserted,
and
the
hour
is
already
late.
Send
the
multitudes
away,
that
they
may
go
into
the
villages,
and
buy
themselves
food.”
But
Jesus
said
to
them,
“They
don’t
need
to
go
away.
You
give
them something
to
eat.”
They
told
him, “We
only
have
here
five
loaves
and
two
fish.”
He
said,
“Bring
them
here
to
me.”
He
commanded
the
multitudes
to
sit
down
on
the
grass;
and
he
took
the
five
loaves
and
the
two
fish,
and
looking
up
to
heaven,
he
blessed,
broke
and
gave
the
loaves
to
the
disciples;
and
the
disciples
gave
to
the
multitudes.
They
all
ate
and
were
filled.
They
took
up
twelve
baskets
full
of
that
which remained
left
over
from
the
broken
pieces.
Those
who
ate
were
about
five
thousand
men,
in addition
to
women
and
children.
Immediately
Jesus
made
the
disciples
get
into
the
boat
and
go
ahead
of
him
to
the
other
side,
while
he
sent
the
multitudes
away.
After
he
had
sent
the
multitudes
away,
he
went
up
into
the
mountain
by
himself
to
pray.
When
evening
had
come,
he
was
there
alone.
But
the
boat
was
now
in
the
middle
of
the
sea, distressed
by
the
waves,
for
the
wind
was
contrary.
In
the fourth
watch
of
the
night,
14:25
The night was equally divided into four watches, so the fourth watch is approximately 3:00 a.m. to sunrise.
Jesus
came
to
them,
walking
on
the
sea.
14:25
See Job 9:8
When
the
disciples
saw
him
walking
on
the
sea,
they
were
troubled,
saying, “It’s
a
ghost!”
and
they
cried
out
for
fear.
But
immediately
Jesus
spoke
to
them,
saying,
“Cheer up!
It
is
I!
14:27
or, I AM!
Don’t
be
afraid.”
Peter
answered
him
and
said, “Lord,
if
it
is
you,
command
me
to
come
to
you
on
the
waters.”
He
said,
“Come!”
Peter stepped
down
from
the
boat
and
walked
on
the
waters
to
come
to
Jesus.
But
when
he
saw
that
the
wind
was
strong,
he
was
afraid,
and
beginning
to
sink,
he
cried
out,
saying, “Lord,
save
me!”
Immediately
Jesus
stretched
out
his
hand,
took
hold
of
him,
and
said
to
him,
“You
of little faith,
why
did
you doubt?”
When
they
got
up
into
the
boat,
the
wind
ceased.
Those
who
were
in
the
boat
came
and
worshiped
him,
saying, “You
are
truly
the
Son
of
God!”
When
they
had
crossed
over,
they
came
to
the
land
of
Gennesaret.
When
the
people
of
that
place
recognized
him,
they
sent
into
all
that
surrounding
region
and
brought
to
him
all
who
were
sick;
and
they
begged
him
that
they
might
just
touch
the
fringe
14:36
or, tassel
of
his
garment.
As
many
as
touched
it
were made whole.
Then
Pharisees
and
scribes
came
to
Jesus
from
Jerusalem,
saying,
“Why
do
your
disciples
disobey
the
tradition
of
the
elders?
For
they
don’t
wash
their
hands
when
they
eat
bread.”
He
answered
them,
“Why
do
you
also
disobey
the
commandment
of
God
because
of
your
tradition?
For
God
commanded, ‘Honor
your
father
and
your
mother,’
15:4
Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
and, ‘He
who
speaks
evil
of
father
or
mother,
let
him
be
put
to
death.’
15:4
Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
But
you
say, ‘Whoever
may
tell
his
father
or
his
mother, “Whatever
help
you
might otherwise
have gotten
from
me
is
a
gift devoted
to
God,”
he
shall
not
honor
his
father
or mother.’
You
have made
the
commandment
of
God void
because
of
your
tradition.
You
hypocrites!
Well
did
Isaiah
prophesy
of
you,
saying,
‘These
people draw near
to
me
with
their mouth,
and
honor
me
with
their
lips;
but
their
heart
is
far
from
me.
And
they
worship
me
in
vain,
teaching
as
doctrine rules made
by
men.’”
15:9
Isaiah 29:13
He
summoned
the
multitude,
and
said
to
them,
“Hear,
and
understand.
That
which
enters
into
the
mouth
doesn’t
defile
the
man;
but
that
which
proceeds
out
of
the
mouth,
this
defiles
the
man.”
Then
the
disciples
came
and
said
to
him, “Do
you
know
that
the
Pharisees
were
offended
when
they
heard
this
saying?”
But
he
answered,
“Every
plant
which
my
heavenly
Father
didn’t
plant
will
be
uprooted.
Leave
them
alone.
They
are
blind
guides
of
the
blind.
If
the
blind
guide
the
blind,
both
will
fall
into
a
pit.”
Peter
answered
him, “Explain
the
parable
to
us.”
So
Jesus
said,
“Do
you
also
still
not understand?
Don’t
you
understand
that
whatever
goes
into
the
mouth
passes
into
the
belly
and
then
out
of
the
body?
But
the
things
which
proceed
out
of
the
mouth
come
out
of
the
heart,
and
they
defile
the
man.
For
out
of
the
heart
come
evil
thoughts,
murders,
adulteries,
sexual sins,
thefts, false testimony,
and
blasphemies.
These
are
the
things
which
defile
the
man;
but
to
eat
with
unwashed
hands
doesn’t
defile
the
man.”
Jesus
went
out
from
there
and
withdrew
into
the region
of
Tyre
and
Sidon.
Behold,
a
Canaanite
woman
came
out
from
those borders
and
cried,
saying, “Have
mercy
on
me,
Lord,
you
son
of
David!
My
daughter
is severely possessed
by
a demon!”
But
he
answered
her
not
a
word.
His
disciples
came
and
begged
him,
saying, “Send
her
away;
for
she
cries
after
us.”
But
he
answered,
“I
wasn’t
sent
to anyone
but
the
lost
sheep
of
the
house
of
Israel.”
But
she
came
and
worshiped
him,
saying, “Lord,
help
me.”
But
he
answered,
“It
is
not appropriate
to
take
the
children’s
bread
and
throw
it
to
the
dogs.”
But
she
said, “Yes,
Lord,
but
even
the
dogs
eat
the
crumbs
which
fall
from
their
masters’
table.”
Then
Jesus
answered
her,
“Woman,
great
is
your
faith!
Be
it
done
to
you
even
as
you
desire.”
And
her
daughter
was
healed
from
that
hour.
Jesus
departed
from
there
and
came
near
to
the
sea
of
Galilee;
and
he
went
up
on
the
mountain
and
sat
there.
Great
multitudes
came
to
him,
having
with
them
the
lame,
blind,
mute, maimed,
and
many
others,
and
they put
them
down
at
his
feet.
He
healed
them,
so
that
the
multitude
wondered
when
they
saw
the
mute
speaking,
the injured
healed,
the
lame
walking,
and
the
blind
seeing—and
they
glorified
the
God
of
Israel.
Jesus
summoned
his
disciples
and
said,
“I
have
compassion
on
the
multitude,
because
they
have continued
with
me
now
three
days
and
have
nothing
to
eat.
I
don’t
want
to
send
them
away fasting,
or
they
might
faint
on
the
way.”
The
disciples
said
to
him, “Where could
we get
so
many
loaves
in
a deserted
place
as
to
satisfy
so
great
a
multitude?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“How
many
loaves
do
you
have?”
They
said, “Seven,
and
a
few
small
fish.”
He
commanded
the
multitude
to
sit
down
on
the
ground;
and
he
took
the
seven
loaves
and
the
fish.
He
gave
thanks
and
broke
them,
and
gave
to
the
disciples,
and
the
disciples
to
the
multitudes.
They
all
ate
and
were
filled.
They
took
up
seven
baskets
full
of
the
broken
pieces
that
were
left
over.
Those
who
ate
were
four
thousand
men,
in addition
to
women
and
children.
Then
he
sent
away
the
multitudes,
got
into
the
boat,
and
came
into
the borders
of Magdala.
The
Pharisees
and
Sadducees
came,
and
testing
him,
asked
him
to
show
them
a
sign
from
heaven.
But
he
answered
them,
“When
it
is
evening,
you
say, ‘It
will
be
fair
weather,
for
the
sky
is
red.’
In
the
morning, ‘It
will
be foul weather
today,
for
the
sky
is
red
and
threatening.’ Hypocrites!
You
know
how
to
discern
the
appearance
of
the
sky,
but
you
can’t
discern
the
signs
of
the
times!
An
evil
and
adulterous
generation
seeks
after
a
sign,
and there
will
be
no
sign
given
to
it,
except
the
sign
of
the prophet
Jonah.”
He
left
them
and
departed.
The
disciples
came
to
the
other
side
and
had
forgotten
to
take
bread.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Take heed
and
beware
of
the
yeast
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.”
They
reasoned
among
themselves,
saying, “We brought
no
bread.”
Jesus,
perceiving
it,
said,
“Why
do
you
reason
among
yourselves,
you
of little faith,
because
you
have brought
no
bread?
Don’t
you
yet
perceive
or
remember
the
five
loaves
for
the
five
thousand,
and
how
many
baskets
you
took up,
or
the
seven
loaves
for
the
four
thousand,
and
how
many
baskets
you
took up?
How
is
it
that
you
don’t
perceive
that
I
didn’t
speak
to
you
concerning
bread?
But
beware
of
the
yeast
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.”
Then
they
understood
that
he
didn’t
tell
them
to
beware
of
the
yeast
of
bread,
but
of
the
teaching
of
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees.
Now
when
Jesus
came
into
the
parts
of
Caesarea
Philippi,
he
asked
his
disciples,
saying,
“Who
do
men
say
that
I,
the
Son
of
Man,
am?”
They
said, “Some
say
John
the Baptizer,
some,
Elijah,
and
others,
Jeremiah
or
one
of
the
prophets.”
He
said
to
them,
“But
who
do
you
say
that
I
am?”
Simon
Peter
answered, “You
are
the
Christ,
the
Son
of
the
living
God.”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Blessed
are
you,
Simon Bar Jonah,
for
flesh
and
blood
has
not
revealed
this
to
you,
but
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
I
also
tell
you
that
you
are
Peter,
16:18
Peter’s name, Petros in Greek, is the word for a specific rock or stone.
and
on
this
rock
16:18
Greek, petra, a rock mass or bedrock.
I
will
build
my
assembly,
and
the
gates
of
Hades
16:18
or, Hell
will
not
prevail
against
it.
I
will
give
to
you
the
keys
of
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven,
and
whatever
you
bind
on
earth
will
have
been
bound
in
heaven;
and
whatever
you
release
on
earth
will
have
been
released
in
heaven.”
Then
he commanded
the
disciples
that
they
should
tell
no
one
that
he
was
Jesus
the
Christ.
From
that
time,
Jesus
began
to
show
his
disciples
that
he
must
go
to
Jerusalem
and
suffer
many
things
from
the
elders,
chief
priests,
and
scribes,
and
be
killed,
and
the
third
day
be
raised
up.
Peter
took
him
aside
and
began
to
rebuke
him,
saying, “Far
be
it
from
you,
Lord!
This
will
never
be done
to
you.”
But
he
turned
and
said
to
Peter,
“Get
behind
me,
Satan!
You
are
a
stumbling
block
to
me,
for
you
are
not
setting
your
mind
on
the
things
of
God,
but
on
the
things
of
men.”
Then
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples,
“If
anyone
desires
to
come
after
me,
let
him
deny
himself,
take
up
his
cross,
and
follow
me.
For
whoever
desires
to
save
his
life
will
lose
it,
and
whoever
will
lose
his
life
for
my
sake
will
find
it.
For
what
will
it
profit
a
man
if
he
gains
the
whole
world
and
forfeits
his
life?
Or
what
will
a
man
give
in
exchange
for
his
life?
For
the
Son
of
Man
will
come
in
the
glory
of
his
Father
with
his
angels,
and
then
he
will
render
to
everyone
according
to
his
deeds.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
there
are
some
standing
here
who
will
in
no
way
taste
of
death
until
they
see
the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
his
Kingdom.”
After
six
days,
Jesus
took
with
him
Peter,
James,
and
John
his
brother,
and
brought
them
up
into
a
high
mountain
by
themselves.
He
was changed
17:2
or, transfigured
before
them.
His
face
shone
like
the
sun,
and
his
garments
became
as
white
as
the
light.
Behold,
Moses
and
Elijah
appeared
to
them
talking
with
him.
Peter
answered
and
said
to
Jesus, “Lord,
it
is
good
for
us
to
be
here.
If
you
want, let’s
make
three
tents
here:
one
for
you,
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for
Elijah.”
While
he
was
still
speaking,
behold,
a
bright
cloud
overshadowed
them.
Behold,
a
voice
came
out
of
the
cloud,
saying, “This
is
my
beloved
Son,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased.
Listen
to
him.”
When
the
disciples
heard
it,
they
fell
on
their
faces,
and
were
very
afraid.
Jesus
came
and
touched
them
and
said,
“Get
up,
and
don’t
be
afraid.”
Lifting
up
their
eyes,
they
saw
no
one,
except
Jesus
alone.
As
they
were
coming
down
from
the
mountain,
Jesus
commanded
them,
saying,
“Don’t
tell
anyone
what
you saw,
until
the
Son
of
Man
has
risen
from
the
dead.”
His
disciples
asked
him,
saying, “Then
why
do
the
scribes
say
that
Elijah
must
come
first?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Elijah
indeed
comes first,
and
will
restore
all
things;
but
I
tell
you
that
Elijah
has
come
already,
and
they
didn’t
recognize
him,
but
did
to
him
whatever
they
wanted
to.
Even
so
the
Son
of
Man
will
also
suffer
by
them.”
Then
the
disciples
understood
that
he
spoke
to
them
of
John
the Baptizer.
When
they
came
to
the
multitude,
a
man
came
to
him, kneeling
down
to
him
and saying,
“Lord,
have
mercy
on
my
son,
for
he
is epileptic
and
suffers grievously;
for
he
often
falls
into
the
fire,
and
often
into
the
water.
So
I
brought
him
to
your
disciples,
and
they
could
not
cure
him.”
Jesus
answered,
“Faithless
and
perverse
generation!
How
long
will
I
be
with
you?
How
long
will
I
bear
with
you?
Bring
him
here
to
me.”
Jesus
rebuked
the
demon,
and
it
went
out
of
him,
and
the
boy
was
cured
from
that
hour.
Then
the
disciples
came
to
Jesus
privately,
and
said, “Why weren’t
we
able
to
cast
it
out?”
He
said
to
them,
“Because
of
your unbelief.
For most
certainly
I
tell
you,
if
you
have
faith
as
a
grain
of
mustard
seed,
you
will
tell
this
mountain, ‘Move
from
here
to
there,’
and
it
will
move;
and
nothing
will
be
impossible
for
you.
But this kind doesn’t go out except by prayer and fasting.”
17:21
NU omits verse 21.
While
they
were staying
in
Galilee,
Jesus
said
to
them,
“The
Son
of
Man
is
about
to
be
delivered
up
into
the
hands
of
men,
and
they
will
kill
him,
and
the
third
day
he
will
be
raised
up.”
They
were
exceedingly sorry.
When
they
had
come
to
Capernaum,
those
who
collected
the didrachma coins
17:24
A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days’ wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, because 2 drachmas were worth one half shekel of silver. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
came
to
Peter,
and
said, “Doesn’t
your
teacher
pay
the didrachma?”
He
said, “Yes.”
When
he
came
into
the
house,
Jesus anticipated
him,
saying,
“What
do
you
think,
Simon?
From
whom
do
the
kings
of
the
earth
receive toll
or tribute?
From
their children,
or
from
strangers?”
Peter
said
to
him, “From
strangers.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Therefore
the children
are
exempt.
But,
lest
we
cause
them
to
stumble,
go
to
the
sea,
cast
a
hook,
and
take
up
the
first
fish
that
comes
up.
When
you
have
opened
its
mouth,
you
will
find
a stater coin.
17:27
A stater is a silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people. A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, usually in the form of a silver coin.
Take
that,
and
give
it
to
them
for
me
and
you.”
In
that
hour
the
disciples
came
to
Jesus,
saying, “Who
then
is
greatest
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven?”
Jesus
called
a little
child
to
himself,
and
set
him
in
the
middle
of
them
and
said,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
unless
you
turn
and
become
as little
children,
you
will
in
no
way
enter
into
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven.
Whoever
therefore
humbles
himself
as
this little
child
is
the
greatest
in
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven.
Whoever
receives
one
such little
child
in
my
name
receives
me,
but
whoever
causes
one
of
these
little
ones
who
believe
in
me
to
stumble,
it
would
be better
for
him
if
a huge
millstone
were
hung
around
his
neck
and
that
he
were sunk
in
the depths
of
the
sea.
“Woe
to
the
world
because
of occasions
of
stumbling!
For
it
must
be
that
the occasions
come,
but
woe
to
that
person
through
whom
the occasion
comes!
If
your
hand
or
your
foot
causes
you
to
stumble,
cut
it
off
and
cast
it
from
you.
It
is
better
for
you
to
enter
into
life maimed
or
crippled,
rather
than
having
two
hands
or
two
feet
to
be
cast
into
the
eternal
fire.
If
your
eye
causes
you
to
stumble,
pluck
it
out
and
cast
it
from
you.
It
is
better
for
you
to
enter
into
life
with
one
eye,
rather
than
having
two
eyes
to
be
cast
into
the Gehenna
18:9
or, Hell
of
fire.
See
that
you
don’t
despise
one
of
these
little
ones,
for
I
tell
you
that
in
heaven
their
angels
always
see
the
face
of
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.
18:11
NU omits verse 11.
“What
do
you
think?
If
a
man
has
one
hundred
sheep,
and
one
of
them
goes
astray,
doesn’t
he
leave
the
ninety-nine,
go
to
the
mountains,
and
seek
that
which
has
gone
astray?
If
he
finds
it,
most
certainly
I
tell
you,
he
rejoices
over
it
more
than
over
the
ninety-nine
which
have
not
gone
astray.
Even
so
it
is
not
the
will
of
your
Father
who
is
in
heaven
that
one
of
these
little
ones
should
perish.
“If
your
brother
sins
against
you,
go,
show
him
his
fault
between
you
and
him
alone.
If
he
listens
to
you,
you
have
gained
back
your
brother.
But
if
he
doesn’t
listen,
take
one
or
two
more
with
you,
that
at
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
every
word
may
be established.
18:16
Deuteronomy 19:15
If
he
refuses
to
listen
to
them,
tell
it
to
the
assembly.
If
he
refuses
to hear
the
assembly
also,
let
him
be
to
you
as
a
Gentile
or
a
tax
collector.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
whatever
things
you
bind
on
earth
will
have
been
bound
in
heaven,
and
whatever
things
you
release
on
earth
will
have
been
released
in
heaven.
Again, assuredly
I
tell
you,
that
if
two
of
you
will
agree
on
earth
concerning
anything
that
they
will
ask,
it
will
be
done
for
them
by
my
Father
who
is
in
heaven.
For
where
two
or
three
are
gathered
together
in
my
name,
there
I
am
in
the
middle
of
them.”
Then
Peter
came
and
said
to
him, “Lord,
how
often
shall
my
brother
sin
against
me,
and
I
forgive
him?
Until
seven
times?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“I
don’t
tell
you
until
seven
times,
but,
until
seventy
times
seven.
Therefore
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a certain
king
who
wanted
to
settle
accounts
with
his
servants.
When
he
had
begun
to
settle,
one
was
brought
to
him
who
owed
him
ten
thousand
talents.
18:24
Ten thousand talents (about 300 metric tons of silver) represents an extremely large sum of money, equivalent to about 60,000,000 denarii, where one denarius was typical of one day’s wages for agricultural labor.
But
because
he couldn’t
pay,
his
lord
commanded
him
to
be
sold,
with
his
wife,
his
children,
and
all
that
he
had,
and payment
to
be
made.
The
servant
therefore
fell
down
and knelt
before
him,
saying, ‘Lord,
have
patience
with
me,
and
I
will
repay
you
all!’
The
lord
of
that
servant, being
moved
with
compassion,
released
him
and
forgave
him
the
debt.
“But
that
servant
went
out
and
found
one
of
his
fellow
servants
who
owed
him
one
hundred
denarii,
18:28
100 denarii was about one sixtieth of a talent, or about 500 grams (1.1 pounds) of silver.
and
he grabbed
him
and
took
him
by
the throat,
saying, ‘Pay
me
what
you
owe!’
“So
his
fellow
servant
fell
down
at
his feet
and
begged
him,
saying, ‘Have
patience
with
me,
and
I
will
repay
you!’
He
would
not,
but
went
and
cast
him
into
prison
until
he
should
pay
back
that
which
was due.
So
when
his
fellow
servants
saw
what
was
done,
they
were
exceedingly sorry,
and
came
and told
their
lord
all
that
was
done.
Then
his
lord
called
him
in
and
said
to
him, ‘You
wicked
servant!
I
forgave
you
all
that
debt
because
you
begged
me.
Shouldn’t
you
also
have
had
mercy
on
your
fellow
servant,
even
as
I
had
mercy
on
you?’
His
lord
was
angry,
and
delivered
him
to
the tormentors
until
he
should
pay
all
that
was due
to
him.
So
my
heavenly
Father
will
also
do
to
you,
if
you
don’t
each
forgive
your
brother
from
your
hearts
for
his misdeeds.”
When
Jesus
had
finished
these
words,
he
departed
from
Galilee
and
came
into
the borders
of
Judea
beyond
the
Jordan.
Great
multitudes
followed
him,
and
he
healed
them
there.
Pharisees
came
to
him,
testing
him
and
saying, “Is
it
lawful
for
a
man
to
divorce
his
wife
for
any
reason?”
He
answered,
“Haven’t
you
read
that
he
who
made
them
from
the
beginning
made
them
male
and
female,
19:4
Genesis 1:27
and
said, ‘For
this cause
a
man
shall
leave
his
father
and
mother,
and
shall
be
joined
to
his
wife;
and
the
two
shall become
one
flesh?’
19:5
Genesis 2:24
So
that
they
are
no
more
two,
but
one
flesh.
What
therefore
God
has
joined
together,
don’t
let
man tear apart.”
They
asked
him, “Why
then
did
Moses
command
us
to
give
her
a
certificate
of
divorce
and
divorce
her?”
He
said
to
them,
“Moses,
because
of
the
hardness
of
your hearts,
allowed
you
to
divorce
your
wives,
but
from
the
beginning
it
has
not
been
so.
I
tell
you
that
whoever
divorces
his
wife,
except
for
sexual
immorality,
and
marries
another,
commits
adultery;
and
he
who
marries
her
when
she
is
divorced
commits
adultery.”
His
disciples
said
to
him, “If
this
is
the case
of
the
man
with
his
wife,
it
is
not expedient
to
marry.”
But
he
said
to
them,
“Not
all
men
can receive
this
saying,
but
those
to
whom
it
is
given.
For
there
are
eunuchs
who
were
born
that
way
from
their
mother’s
womb,
and
there
are
eunuchs
who
were
made
eunuchs
by
men;
and
there
are
eunuchs
who
made
themselves
eunuchs
for
the
Kingdom
of Heaven’s
sake.
He
who
is
able
to receive
it,
let
him receive
it.”
Then little
children
were
brought
to
him
that
he
should
lay
his
hands
on
them
and
pray;
and
the
disciples
rebuked
them.
But
Jesus
said,
“Allow
the little
children,
and
don’t
forbid
them
to
come
to
me;
for
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
belongs
to ones
like
these.”
He
laid
his
hands
on
them,
and
departed
from
there.
Behold,
one
came
to
him
and
said, “Good
teacher,
what
good
thing
shall
I
do,
that
I
may
have
eternal
life?”
He
said
to
him,
“Why
do
you
call
me
good?
19:17
So MT and TR. NU reads “Why do you ask me about what is good?”
No
one
is
good
but
one,
that
is,
God.
But
if
you
want
to
enter
into
life,
keep
the
commandments.”
He
said
to
him, “Which
ones?”
Jesus
said,
“‘You shall
not
murder.’ ‘You shall
not
commit
adultery.’ ‘You shall
not
steal.’ ‘You shall
not offer
false
testimony.’
‘Honor
your
father
and
your
mother.’
19:19
Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
And, ‘You
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.’”
19:19
Leviticus 19:18
The
young
man
said
to
him, “All
these
things
I
have observed
from
my youth.
What
do
I
still
lack?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“If
you
want
to
be
perfect,
go,
sell
what
you
have,
and
give
to
the
poor,
and
you
will
have
treasure
in
heaven;
and
come,
follow
me.”
But
when
the
young
man
heard
this,
he
went
away
sad,
for
he
was
one
who
had
great possessions.
Jesus
said
to
his
disciples,
“Most certainly
I
say
to
you,
a
rich
man
will
enter
into
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
with difficulty.
Again
I
tell
you,
it
is
easier
for
a
camel
to
go
through
a needle’s eye
than
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom.”
When
the
disciples
heard
it,
they
were
exceedingly
astonished,
saying, “Who
then
can
be
saved?”
Looking
at
them,
Jesus
said,
“With
men
this
is
impossible,
but
with
God
all
things
are
possible.”
Then
Peter
answered, “Behold,
we
have
left
everything
and
followed
you.
What
then
will
we
have?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
you
who
have
followed
me,
in
the
regeneration
when
the
Son
of
Man
will
sit
on
the
throne
of
his
glory,
you
also
will
sit
on
twelve
thrones,
judging
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
Everyone
who
has
left
houses,
or
brothers,
or
sisters,
or
father,
or
mother,
or
wife,
or
children,
or lands,
for
my
name’s
sake,
will
receive
one
hundred
times,
and
will
inherit
eternal
life.
But
many
will
be
last
who
are
first,
and
first
who
are
last.
“For
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a
man
who
was
the master
of
a
household,
who
went
out
early
in
the
morning
to
hire
laborers
for
his
vineyard.
When
he
had
agreed
with
the
laborers
for
a
denarius
20:2
A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. This was a common wage for a day of farm labor.
a
day,
he
sent
them
into
his
vineyard.
He
went
out
about
the
third
hour,
20:3
Time was measured from sunrise to sunset, so the third hour would be about 9:00 a.m.
and
saw
others
standing
idle
in
the marketplace.
He
said
to
them, ‘You
also
go
into
the
vineyard,
and
whatever
is
right
I
will
give
you.’
So
they
went
their
way.
Again
he
went
out
about
the
sixth
and
the ninth
hour,
20:5
noon and 3:00 p.m.
and
did
likewise.
About
the
eleventh hour
20:6
5:00 p.m.
he
went
out
and
found
others
standing
idle.
He
said
to
them, ‘Why
do
you
stand
here
all
day
idle?’
“They
said
to
him, ‘Because
no
one
has
hired
us.’
“He
said
to
them, ‘You
also
go
into
the
vineyard,
and
you
will receive
whatever
is
right.’
“When
evening
had
come,
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
said
to
his
manager, ‘Call
the
laborers
and
pay
them
their
wages,
beginning
from
the
last
to
the
first.’
“When
those
who
were hired
at
about
the
eleventh
hour
came,
they
each
received
a
denarius.
When
the
first
came,
they
supposed
that
they
would
receive
more;
and
they
likewise
each
received
a
denarius.
When
they
received
it,
they murmured
against
the master
of
the
household,
saying, ‘These
last
have
spent
one
hour,
and
you
have
made
them
equal
to
us
who
have
borne
the
burden
of
the
day
and
the
scorching
heat!’
“But
he
answered
one
of
them, ‘Friend,
I
am
doing
you
no
wrong.
Didn’t
you
agree
with
me
for
a
denarius?
Take
that
which
is
yours,
and
go
your
way.
It
is
my
desire
to
give
to
this
last
just
as much
as
to
you.
Isn’t
it
lawful
for
me
to
do
what
I
want
to
with
what
I
own?
Or
is
your
eye
evil,
because
I
am
good?’
So
the
last
will
be
first,
and
the
first
last.
For many
are called,
but few
are chosen.”
As
Jesus
was
going
up
to
Jerusalem,
he
took
the
twelve
disciples
aside,
and
on
the
way
he
said
to
them,
“Behold,
we
are
going
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
delivered
to
the
chief
priests
and
scribes,
and
they
will
condemn
him
to
death,
and
will
hand
him
over
to
the
Gentiles
to
mock,
to
scourge,
and
to
crucify;
and
the
third
day
he
will
be
raised
up.”
Then
the
mother
of
the
sons
of
Zebedee
came
to
him
with
her
sons, kneeling
and
asking
a
certain
thing
of
him.
He
said
to
her,
“What
do
you
want?”
She
said
to
him, “Command
that
these,
my
two
sons,
may
sit,
one
on
your
right
hand
and
one
on
your
left
hand,
in
your
Kingdom.”
But
Jesus
answered,
“You
don’t
know
what
you
are
asking.
Are
you
able
to
drink
the
cup
that
I
am
about
to
drink,
and
be baptized
with
the baptism
that
I
am baptized
with?”
They
said
to
him, “We
are
able.”
He
said
to
them,
“You
will
indeed
drink
my
cup,
and
be baptized
with
the baptism
that
I
am baptized
with;
but
to
sit
on
my
right
hand
and
on
my
left
hand
is
not
mine
to
give,
but
it
is
for
whom
it
has
been
prepared
by
my
Father.”
When
the
ten
heard
it,
they
were
indignant
with
the
two
brothers.
But
Jesus
summoned
them,
and
said,
“You
know
that
the
rulers
of
the
nations
lord
it
over
them,
and
their
great
ones
exercise
authority
over
them.
It shall
not
be
so
among
you;
but
whoever
desires
to
become
great
among
you shall
be
20:26
TR reads “let him be” instead of “shall be”
your
servant.
Whoever
desires
to
be
first
among
you
shall
be
your bondservant,
even
as
the
Son
of
Man
came
not
to
be
served,
but
to
serve,
and
to
give
his
life
as
a
ransom
for
many.”
As
they
went
out
from
Jericho,
a
great
multitude
followed
him.
Behold,
two
blind
men
sitting
by
the
road,
when
they
heard
that
Jesus
was
passing
by,
cried
out, “Lord,
have
mercy
on
us,
you
son
of
David!”
The
multitude
rebuked
them,
telling
them
that
they
should
be
quiet,
but
they
cried
out
even
more, “Lord,
have
mercy
on
us,
you
son
of
David!”
Jesus
stood
still
and
called
them,
and
asked,
“What
do
you
want
me
to
do
for
you?”
They
told
him, “Lord,
that
our
eyes
may
be
opened.”
Jesus, being
moved
with
compassion,
touched
their
eyes;
and
immediately
their
eyes
received
their
sight,
and
they
followed
him.
When
they
came
near
to
Jerusalem
and
came
to Bethsphage,
21:1
TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”
to
the
Mount
of
Olives,
then
Jesus
sent
two
disciples,
saying
to
them,
“Go
into
the
village
that
is
opposite
you,
and
immediately
you
will
find
a
donkey
tied,
and
a
colt
with
her.
Untie
them
and
bring
them
to
me.
If
anyone
says
anything
to
you,
you
shall
say, ‘The
Lord
needs
them,’
and
immediately
he
will
send
them.”
All
this
was
done
that
it might
be
fulfilled
which
was
spoken
through
the
prophet,
saying,
“Tell
the
daughter
of
Zion,
behold,
your
King
comes
to
you,
humble,
and riding
on
a
donkey,
on
a
colt,
the
foal
of
a
donkey.”
21:5
Zechariah 9:9
The
disciples
went
and
did
just
as
Jesus
commanded
them,
and
brought
the
donkey
and
the
colt
and
laid
their
clothes
on
them;
and
he
sat
on
them.
A
very
great
multitude
spread
their
clothes
on
the
road.
Others
cut
branches
from
the
trees
and
spread
them
on
the
road.
The
multitudes
who
went
in
front
of
him,
and
those
who
followed, kept
shouting, “Hosanna
21:9
“Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
to
the
son
of
David!
Blessed
is
he
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord!
Hosanna
in
the
highest!”
21:9
Psalm 118:26
When
he
had
come
into
Jerusalem,
all
the
city
was
stirred
up,
saying, “Who
is
this?”
The
multitudes
said, “This
is
the
prophet,
Jesus,
from
Nazareth
of
Galilee.”
Jesus
entered
into
the
temple
of
God
and
drove
out
all
of
those
who
sold
and
bought
in
the
temple,
and overthrew
the money changers’
tables
and
the
seats
of
those
who
sold
the
doves.
He
said
to
them,
“It
is
written, ‘My
house
shall
be
called
a
house
of
prayer,’
21:13
Isaiah 56:7
but
you
have
made
it
a
den
of
robbers!”
21:13
Jeremiah 7:11
The
lame
and
the
blind
came
to
him
in
the
temple,
and
he
healed
them.
But
when
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
saw
the
wonderful
things
that
he
did,
and
the
children
who
were
crying
in
the
temple
and
saying, “Hosanna
to
the
son
of
David!”
they
were
indignant,
and
said
to
him, “Do
you
hear
what
these
are
saying?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Yes.
Did
you
never
read, ‘Out
of
the
mouth
of
children
and
nursing
babies,
you
have perfected
praise?’”
21:16
Psalm 8:2
He
left
them
and
went
out
of
the
city
to
Bethany,
and camped
there.
Now
in
the
morning,
as
he returned
to
the
city,
he
was
hungry.
Seeing
a
fig
tree
by
the
road,
he
came
to
it
and
found
nothing
on
it
but
leaves.
He
said
to
it,
“Let
there
be
no
fruit
from
you
forever!”
Immediately
the
fig
tree
withered
away.
When
the
disciples
saw
it,
they
marveled,
saying, “How
did
the
fig
tree
immediately
wither
away?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
if
you
have
faith
and
don’t
doubt,
you
will
not
only
do
what
was
done
to
the
fig
tree,
but
even
if
you
told
this
mountain, ‘Be
taken
up
and
cast
into
the
sea,’
it
would
be
done.
All
things,
whatever
you
ask
in
prayer,
believing,
you
will
receive.”
When
he
had
come
into
the
temple,
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
of
the
people
came
to
him
as
he
was
teaching,
and
said, “By
what
authority
do
you
do
these
things?
Who
gave
you
this
authority?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“I
also
will
ask
you
one
question,
which
if
you
tell
me,
I likewise
will
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.
The
baptism
of
John,
where
was
it
from?
From
heaven
or
from
men?”
They
reasoned
with
themselves,
saying, “If
we
say, ‘From
heaven,’
he
will
ask
us, ‘Why
then
did
you
not
believe
him?’
But
if
we
say, ‘From
men,’
we
fear
the
multitude,
for
all
hold
John
as
a
prophet.”
They
answered
Jesus,
and
said, “We
don’t
know.”
He
also
said
to
them,
“Neither
will
I
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.
But
what
do
you
think?
A
man
had
two
sons,
and
he
came
to
the
first,
and
said, ‘Son,
go
work
today
in
my
vineyard.’
He
answered, ‘I
will
not,’
but
afterward
he changed
his
mind,
and
went.
He
came
to
the
second,
and
said
the
same
thing.
He
answered, ‘I’m
going,
sir,’
but
he
didn’t
go.
Which
of
the
two
did
the
will
of
his
father?”
They
said
to
him, “The
first.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
the
tax
collectors
and
the
prostitutes
are entering
into
God’s
Kingdom
before
you.
For
John
came
to
you
in
the
way
of
righteousness,
and
you
didn’t
believe
him;
but
the
tax
collectors
and
the
prostitutes
believed
him.
When
you
saw
it,
you
didn’t
even repent
afterward,
that
you
might
believe
him.
“Hear
another
parable.
There
was
a
man
who
was
a master
of
a
household
who
planted
a
vineyard, set
a hedge
about
it,
dug
a wine press
in
it,
built
a
tower,
leased
it
out
to farmers,
and
went
into
another country.
When
the
season
for
the
fruit
came
near,
he
sent
his
servants
to
the farmers
to
receive
his
fruit.
The farmers
took
his
servants,
beat
one,
killed another,
and
stoned another.
Again,
he
sent
other
servants
more
than
the
first;
and
they
treated
them
the
same
way.
But
afterward
he
sent
to
them
his
son,
saying, ‘They
will
respect
my
son.’
But
the farmers,
when
they
saw
the
son,
said
among
themselves, ‘This
is
the
heir.
Come, let’s
kill
him
and
seize
his
inheritance.’
So
they
took
him
and
threw
him
out
of
the
vineyard,
then
killed
him.
When
therefore
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
comes,
what
will
he
do
to
those farmers?”
They
told
him, “He
will miserably
destroy
those miserable
men,
and
will lease
out
the
vineyard
to
other farmers
who
will
give
him
the
fruit
in
its
season.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Did
you
never
read
in
the
Scriptures,
‘The
stone
which
the
builders
rejected
was
made
the
head
of
the
corner.
This
was
from
the
Lord.
It
is
marvelous
in
our eyes’?
21:42
Psalm 118:22-23
“Therefore
I
tell
you,
God’s
Kingdom
will
be
taken
away
from
you
and
will
be
given
to
a
nation
producing
its
fruit.
He
who falls
on
this
stone
will
be broken
to pieces,
but
on whomever
it
will fall,
it
will
scatter
him
as
dust.”
When
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees
heard
his
parables,
they
perceived
that
he
spoke
about
them.
When
they
sought
to
seize
him,
they
feared
the
multitudes,
because
they
considered
him
to
be
a
prophet.
Jesus
answered
and
spoke
to
them
again
in
parables,
saying,
“The
Kingdom
of
Heaven
is
like
a certain
king,
who
made
a
wedding
feast
for
his
son,
and
sent
out
his
servants
to
call
those
who
were
invited
to
the
wedding
feast,
but
they
would
not
come.
Again
he
sent
out
other
servants,
saying, ‘Tell
those
who
are
invited, “Behold,
I
have
prepared
my
dinner.
My cattle
and
my fatlings
are
killed,
and
all
things
are
ready.
Come
to
the
wedding
feast!”’
But
they made light
of
it,
and
went
their ways,
one
to
his
own
farm, another
to
his merchandise;
and
the
rest grabbed
his
servants, treated
them shamefully,
and
killed
them.
When
the
king heard
that,
he
was
angry,
and
sent
his
armies,
destroyed
those
murderers,
and burned
their
city.
“Then
he
said
to
his
servants, ‘The
wedding
is
ready,
but
those
who
were
invited weren’t
worthy.
Go
therefore
to
the intersections
of
the
highways,
and
as
many
as
you
may
find,
invite
to
the
wedding
feast.’
Those
servants
went
out
into
the
highways
and
gathered
together
as
many
as
they
found,
both
bad
and
good.
The
wedding
was
filled
with
guests.
“But
when
the
king
came
in
to
see
the
guests,
he
saw
there
a
man
who
didn’t
have
on
wedding
clothing,
and
he
said
to
him, ‘Friend,
how
did
you
come
in
here
not wearing
wedding
clothing?’
He
was
speechless.
Then
the
king
said
to
the
servants, ‘Bind
him
hand
and
foot, take
him
away,
and
throw
him
into
the
outer
darkness.
That
is
where
the
weeping
and grinding
of
teeth
will
be.’
For
many
are
called,
but
few
chosen.”
Then
the
Pharisees
went
and
took counsel
how
they might entrap
him
in
his
talk.
They
sent
their
disciples
to
him,
along
with
the
Herodians,
saying, “Teacher,
we
know
that
you
are honest,
and
teach
the
way
of
God
in
truth,
no matter
whom
you
teach;
for
you
aren’t partial
to
anyone.
Tell
us
therefore,
what
do
you
think?
Is
it
lawful
to
pay
taxes
to
Caesar,
or
not?”
But
Jesus
perceived
their
wickedness,
and
said,
“Why
do
you
test
me,
you
hypocrites?
Show
me
the tax
money.”
They
brought
to
him
a
denarius.
He
asked
them,
“Whose
is
this
image
and
inscription?”
They
said
to
him, “Caesar’s.”
Then
he
said
to
them,
“Give
therefore
to
Caesar
the
things
that
are
Caesar’s,
and
to
God
the
things
that
are
God’s.”
When
they
heard
it,
they
marveled,
and
left
him
and
went
away.
On
that
day
Sadducees (those
who
say
that
there
is
no
resurrection)
came
to
him.
They
asked
him,
saying, “Teacher,
Moses
said, ‘If
a
man
dies,
having
no
children,
his
brother
shall
marry
his
wife
and
raise
up offspring
22:24
or, seed
for
his
brother.’
Now
there
were
with
us
seven
brothers.
The
first
married
and
died,
and
having
no offspring
left
his
wife
to
his
brother.
In
the
same
way,
the
second
also,
and
the
third,
to
the
seventh.
After them
all,
the
woman
died.
In
the
resurrection
therefore,
whose
wife
will
she
be
of
the
seven?
For
they
all
had
her.”
But
Jesus
answered
them,
“You
are
mistaken,
not
knowing
the
Scriptures,
nor
the
power
of
God.
For
in
the
resurrection
they
neither
marry
nor
are given
in
marriage,
but
are
like
God’s
angels
in
heaven.
But
concerning
the
resurrection
of
the
dead, haven’t
you
read
that
which
was
spoken
to
you
by
God,
saying,
‘I
am
the
God
of
Abraham,
and
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob?’
22:32
Exodus 3:6
God
is
not
the
God
of
the
dead,
but
of
the
living.”
When
the
multitudes
heard
it,
they
were
astonished
at
his
teaching.
But
the
Pharisees,
when
they
heard
that
he
had
silenced
the
Sadducees,
gathered
themselves
together.
One
of
them,
a
lawyer,
asked
him
a
question,
testing
him.
“Teacher,
which
is
the
greatest
commandment
in
the
law?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“‘You
shall
love
the
Lord
your
God
with
all
your
heart,
with
all
your
soul,
and
with
all
your
mind.’
22:37
Deuteronomy 6:5
This
is
the
first
and
great
commandment.
A
second likewise
is
this, ‘You shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.’
22:39
Leviticus 19:18
The
whole
law
and
the
prophets
depend
on
these
two
commandments.”
Now
while
the
Pharisees
were
gathered
together,
Jesus
asked
them
a
question,
saying,
“What
do
you
think
of
the
Christ?
Whose
son
is
he?”
They
said
to
him, “Of
David.”
He
said
to
them,
“How
then
does
David
in
the
Spirit
call
him
Lord,
saying,
‘The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
sit
on
my
right
hand,
until
I
make
your
enemies
a footstool
for
your feet’?
22:44
Psalm 110:1
“If
then
David
calls
him
Lord,
how
is
he
his
son?”
No
one
was
able
to
answer
him
a
word,
neither
did
any
man
dare
ask
him
any
more
questions
from
that
day forward.
Then
Jesus
spoke
to
the
multitudes
and
to
his
disciples,
saying,
“The
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
sit
on Moses’
seat.
All
things
therefore
whatever
they
tell
you
to
observe,
observe
and
do,
but
don’t
do
their
works;
for
they
say,
and
don’t
do.
For
they bind
heavy
burdens
that
are grievous
to
be borne,
and
lay
them
on
men’s
shoulders;
but
they
themselves
will
not lift
a
finger
to help
them.
But
they
do
all
their
works
to
be
seen
by
men.
They
make
their
phylacteries
23:5
phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are small leather pouches that some Jewish men wear on their forehead and arm in prayer. They are used to carry a small scroll with some Scripture in it. See Deuteronomy 6:8.
broad
and enlarge
the fringes
23:5
or, tassels
of
their garments,
and
love
the
place
of
honor
at feasts,
the best
seats
in
the
synagogues,
the salutations
in
the marketplaces,
and
to
be
called ‘Rabbi,
Rabbi’
23:7
NU omits the second “Rabbi”.
by
men.
But
you
are
not
to
be
called ‘Rabbi’,
for
one
is
your
teacher,
the
Christ,
and
all
of
you
are
brothers.
Call
no
man
on
the
earth
your
father,
for
one
is
your
Father,
he
who
is
in
heaven.
Neither
be
called masters,
for
one
is
your master,
the
Christ.
But
he
who
is
greatest among
you
will
be
your
servant.
Whoever
exalts
himself
will
be
humbled,
and
whoever
humbles
himself
will
be
exalted.
“Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you devour widows’ houses,
and
as
a pretense
you
make long prayers.
Therefore
you
will receive greater condemnation.
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.
23:14
Some Greek texts reverse the order of verses 13 and 14, and some omit verse 13, numbering verse 14 as 13. NU omits verse 14.
Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
travel
around
by
sea
and
land
to
make
one
proselyte;
and
when
he
becomes
one,
you
make
him
twice
as
much
a
son
of Gehenna
23:15
or, Hell
as
yourselves.
“Woe
to
you,
you
blind
guides,
who
say, ‘Whoever
swears
by
the
temple,
it
is
nothing;
but
whoever
swears
by
the
gold
of
the
temple,
he
is
obligated.’
You
blind
fools!
For
which
is
greater,
the
gold
or
the
temple
that
sanctifies
the
gold?
And, ‘Whoever
swears
by
the
altar,
it
is
nothing;
but
whoever
swears
by
the
gift
that
is
on
it,
he
is
obligated?’
You
blind fools!
For
which
is
greater,
the
gift,
or
the
altar
that
sanctifies
the
gift?
He
therefore
who
swears
by
the
altar,
swears
by
it
and
by
everything
on
it.
He
who
swears
by
the
temple,
swears
by
it
and
by
him
who
has
been
living
23:21
NU reads “lives”
in
it.
He
who
swears
by
heaven,
swears
by
the
throne
of
God
and
by
him
who
sits
on
it.
“Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you tithe
mint,
dill,
and cumin,
23:23
cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.
and
have
left undone
the
weightier matters
of
the
law:
justice,
mercy,
and
faith.
But
you
ought
to
have
done
these,
and
not
to
have
left
the other undone.
You
blind
guides,
who
strain out
a
gnat,
and
swallow
a
camel!
“Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
clean
the
outside
of
the
cup
and
of
the platter,
but
within
they
are
full
of extortion
and unrighteousness.
23:25
TR reads “self-indulgence” instead of “unrighteousness”
You
blind
Pharisee,
first
clean
the
inside
of
the
cup
and
of
the platter,
that
its
outside
may
become
clean
also.
“Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
are
like whitened
tombs,
which
outwardly
appear
beautiful,
but
inwardly
are
full
of
dead
men’s
bones
and
of
all
uncleanness.
Even
so
you
also
outwardly
appear
righteous
to
men,
but
inwardly
you
are
full
of
hypocrisy
and iniquity.
“Woe
to
you,
scribes
and
Pharisees,
hypocrites!
For
you
build
the
tombs
of
the
prophets
and
decorate
the
tombs
of
the
righteous,
and
say, ‘If
we
had
lived
in
the
days
of
our
fathers,
we wouldn’t
have
been
partakers
with
them
in
the
blood
of
the
prophets.’
Therefore
you
testify
to
yourselves
that
you
are children
of
those
who killed
the
prophets.
Fill up,
then,
the
measure
of
your
fathers.
You
serpents,
you
offspring
of
vipers,
how
will
you
escape
the
judgment
of Gehenna?
23:33
or, Hell
Therefore,
behold,
I
send
to
you
prophets,
wise
men,
and
scribes.
Some
of
them
you
will
kill
and
crucify;
and
some
of
them
you
will
scourge
in
your
synagogues
and
persecute
from
city
to
city,
that
on
you
may
come
all
the
righteous
blood
shed
on
the
earth,
from
the
blood
of
righteous
Abel
to
the
blood
of Zachariah
son
of Barachiah,
whom
you killed
between
the
sanctuary
and
the
altar.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
all
these
things
will
come
upon
this
generation.
“Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
who
kills
the
prophets
and
stones
those
who
are
sent
to
her!
How
often
I
would
have
gathered
your
children
together,
even
as
a
hen
gathers
her
chicks
under
her
wings,
and
you
would
not!
Behold,
your
house
is
left
to
you
desolate.
For
I
tell
you,
you
will
not
see
me
from
now
on,
until
you
say, ‘Blessed
is
he
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord!’”
23:39
Psalm 118:26
Jesus
went
out
from
the
temple,
and
was
going
on
his
way.
His
disciples
came
to
him
to
show
him
the
buildings
of
the
temple.
But
he
answered
them,
“You
see
all
of
these
things,
don’t
you? Most certainly
I
tell
you,
there
will
not
be
left
here
one
stone
on
another,
that
will
not
be thrown
down.”
As
he
sat
on
the
Mount
of
Olives,
the
disciples
came
to
him
privately,
saying, “Tell
us,
when
will
these
things
be?
What
is
the
sign
of
your
coming,
and
of
the
end
of
the
age?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Be
careful
that
no
one
leads
you
astray.
For
many
will
come
in
my
name,
saying, ‘I
am
the
Christ,’
and
will
lead
many
astray.
You
will
hear
of
wars
and
rumors
of
wars.
See
that
you
aren’t troubled,
for
all
this
must
happen,
but
the
end
is
not
yet.
For
nation
will
rise
against
nation,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom;
and
there
will
be
famines, plagues,
and
earthquakes
in
various
places.
But
all
these
things
are
the
beginning
of
birth
pains.
“Then
they
will
deliver
you
up
to oppression
and
will
kill
you.
You
will
be
hated
by
all
of
the
nations
for
my
name’s
sake.
Then
many
will
stumble,
and
will
deliver
up
one
another,
and
will
hate
one
another.
Many
false
prophets
will
arise
and
will lead
many
astray.
Because iniquity
will
be
multiplied,
the
love
of
many
will
grow
cold.
But
he
who
endures
to
the
end
will
be
saved.
This
Good
News
of
the
Kingdom
will
be
preached
in
the
whole
world
for
a
testimony
to
all
the
nations,
and
then
the
end
will
come.
“When,
therefore,
you
see
the
abomination
of
desolation,
24:15
Daniel 9:27; 11:31; 12:11
which
was
spoken
of
through
Daniel
the
prophet,
standing
in
the
holy
place (let
the
reader
understand),
then let
those
who
are
in
Judea
flee
to
the
mountains.
Let
him
who
is
on
the
housetop
not
go
down
to
take
out
the
things
that
are
in
his
house.
Let
him
who
is
in
the
field
not
return
back
to
get
his
clothes.
But
woe
to
those
who
are
with child
and
to
nursing mothers
in
those
days!
Pray
that
your
flight
will
not
be
in
the
winter
nor
on
a
Sabbath,
for
then
there
will
be
great
suffering,
24:21
or, oppression
such
as
has
not
been
from
the
beginning
of
the
world
until
now,
no,
nor ever
will
be.
Unless
those
days
had
been
shortened,
no
flesh
would
have
been
saved.
But
for
the
sake
of
the
chosen ones,
those
days
will
be
shortened.
“Then
if
any
man tells
you, ‘Behold,
here
is
the
Christ!’
or, ‘There!’
don’t
believe
it.
For
false
christs
and
false
prophets
will
arise,
and
they
will
show
great
signs
and
wonders,
so
as
to lead
astray,
if
possible,
even
the
chosen
ones.
“Behold,
I
have told
you beforehand.
“If
therefore
they
tell
you, ‘Behold,
he
is
in
the
wilderness,’
don’t
go
out;
or ‘Behold,
he
is
in
the
inner
rooms,’
don’t
believe
it.
For
as
the
lightning
flashes
from
the
east,
and
is
seen
even
to
the
west,
so
will
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
Man
be.
For
wherever
the carcass
is,
that
is
where
the
vultures
24:28
or, eagles
gather
together.
“But
immediately
after
the
suffering
24:29
or, oppression
of
those
days,
the
sun
will
be
darkened,
the
moon
will
not
give
its
light,
the
stars
will
fall
from
the
sky,
and
the
powers
of
the
heavens
will
be
shaken;
24:29
Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
and
then
the
sign
of
the
Son
of
Man
will
appear
in
the
sky.
Then
all
the
tribes
of
the
earth
will
mourn,
and
they
will
see
the
Son
of
Man
coming
on
the
clouds
of
the
sky
with
power
and
great
glory.
He
will
send
out
his
angels
with
a
great sound
of
a
trumpet,
and
they
will
gather
together
his
chosen
ones
from
the
four
winds,
from
one
end
of
the
sky
to
the
other.
“Now
from
the
fig
tree
learn
this
parable:
When
its
branch
has
now
become
tender
and produces
its
leaves,
you
know
that
the
summer
is
near.
Even
so
you
also,
when
you
see
all
these
things,
know
that
he
is
near,
even
at
the
doors.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
this
generation
24:34
The word for “generation” (genea) can also be translated as “race.”
will
not
pass
away
until
all
these
things
are
accomplished.
Heaven
and
earth
will
pass
away,
but
my
words
will
not
pass
away.
“But
no
one
knows
of
that
day
and
hour,
not
even
the
angels
of
heaven,
24:36
NU adds “nor the son”
but
my
Father
only.
As
the
days
of
Noah
were,
so
will
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
Man
be.
For
as
in
those
days
which
were
before
the
flood
they
were
eating
and
drinking,
marrying
and giving
in
marriage,
until
the
day
that
Noah
entered
into
the ship,
and
they
didn’t
know
until
the
flood
came
and
took
them
all
away,
so
will
the
coming
of
the
Son
of
Man
be.
Then
two
men
will
be
in
the
field:
one
will
be
taken
and
one
will
be
left.
Two
women
will
be
grinding
at
the
mill:
one
will
be
taken
and
one
will
be
left.
Watch
therefore,
for
you
don’t
know
in
what hour
your
Lord
comes.
But
know
this,
that
if
the master
of
the
house
had
known
in
what
watch
of
the
night
the
thief
was
coming,
he
would
have watched,
and
would
not
have
allowed
his
house
to
be
broken
into.
Therefore
also
be
ready,
for
in
an
hour
that
you
don’t
expect,
the
Son
of
Man
will
come.
“Who
then
is
the
faithful
and
wise
servant,
whom
his
lord
has
set
over
his
household,
to
give
them
their
food
in due
season?
Blessed
is
that
servant
whom
his
lord
finds
doing
so
when
he
comes.
Most certainly
I
tell
you
that
he
will
set
him
over
all
that
he
has.
But
if
that
evil
servant should
say
in
his
heart, ‘My
lord
is
delaying
his
coming,’
and
begins
to
beat
his
fellow
servants,
and
eat
and
drink
with
the
drunkards,
the
lord
of
that
servant
will
come
in
a
day
when
he
doesn’t
expect
it
and
in
an
hour
when
he
doesn’t
know
it,
and
will
cut
him
in
pieces
and appoint
his
portion
with
the
hypocrites.
That
is
where
the
weeping
and grinding
of
teeth
will
be.
“Then
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
will be
like
ten
virgins
who
took
their
lamps
and
went
out
to
meet
the
bridegroom.
Five
of
them
were
foolish,
and
five
were
wise.
Those
who
were
foolish,
when
they
took
their
lamps,
took
no
oil
with
them,
but
the
wise
took
oil
in
their vessels
with
their
lamps.
Now
while
the
bridegroom delayed,
they
all slumbered
and slept.
But
at
midnight
there
was
a cry, ‘Behold!
The
bridegroom
is
coming!
Come
out
to
meet
him!’
Then
all
those
virgins arose,
and
trimmed
their
lamps.
25:7
The end of the wick of an oil lamp needs to be cut off periodically to avoid having it become clogged with carbon deposits. The wick height is also adjusted so that the flame burns evenly and gives good light without producing a lot of smoke.
The
foolish
said
to
the
wise, ‘Give
us
some
of
your
oil,
for
our
lamps
are
going
out.’
But
the
wise
answered,
saying, ‘What
if
there
isn’t
enough
for
us
and
you?
You
go
rather
to
those
who
sell,
and
buy
for
yourselves.’
While
they
went
away
to
buy,
the
bridegroom
came,
and
those
who
were
ready
went
in
with
him
to
the
wedding
feast,
and
the
door
was
shut.
Afterward
the
other
virgins
also
came,
saying, ‘Lord,
Lord,
open
to
us.’
But
he
answered, ‘Most certainly
I
tell
you,
I
don’t
know
you.’
Watch
therefore,
for
you
don’t
know
the
day
nor
the
hour
in
which
the Son
of Man
is coming.
“For
it
is
like
a
man going
into another country,
who
called
his
own
servants
and
entrusted
his goods
to
them.
To
one
he
gave
five
talents,
25:15
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds (usually used to weigh silver unless otherwise specified)
to
another
two,
to
another
one,
to
each
according
to
his
own
ability.
Then
he
went
on
his
journey.
Immediately
he
who
received
the
five
talents
went
and traded
with
them,
and
made
another
five
talents.
In
the
same
way, he also
who got
the
two
gained
another
two.
But
he
who
received
the
one talent
went
away
and
dug
in
the
earth
and
hid
his
lord’s
money.
“Now
after
a
long
time
the
lord
of
those
servants
came,
and
settled
accounts
with
them.
He
who
received
the
five
talents
came
and
brought
another
five
talents,
saying, ‘Lord,
you
delivered
to
me
five
talents.
Behold,
I
have
gained
another
five
talents
in addition
to
them.’
“His
lord
said
to
him, ‘Well
done,
good
and
faithful
servant.
You
have
been
faithful
over
a
few
things,
I
will
set
you
over
many
things.
Enter
into
the
joy
of
your
lord.’
“He
also
who got
the
two
talents
came
and
said, ‘Lord,
you
delivered
to
me
two
talents.
Behold,
I
have
gained
another
two
talents
in addition
to
them.’
“His
lord
said
to
him, ‘Well
done,
good
and
faithful
servant.
You
have
been
faithful
over
a
few
things.
I
will
set
you
over
many
things.
Enter
into
the
joy
of
your
lord.’
“He
also
who
had
received
the
one
talent
came
and
said, ‘Lord,
I
knew
you
that
you
are
a
hard
man,
reaping
where
you
didn’t
sow,
and
gathering
where
you
didn’t
scatter.
I
was
afraid,
and
went
away
and
hid
your
talent
in
the
earth.
Behold,
you
have
what
is
yours.’
“But
his
lord
answered
him, ‘You
wicked
and slothful
servant.
You
knew
that
I
reap
where
I
didn’t
sow,
and
gather
where
I
didn’t
scatter.
You
ought
therefore
to
have deposited
my
money
with
the bankers,
and
at
my
coming
I
should
have
received
back
my
own
with
interest.
Take
away
therefore
the
talent
from
him
and
give
it
to
him
who
has
the
ten
talents.
For
to
everyone
who
has
will
be
given,
and
he
will
have
abundance,
but
from
him
who
doesn’t
have,
even
that
which
he
has
will
be
taken
away.
Throw
out
the unprofitable
servant
into
the
outer
darkness,
where
there
will
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth.’
“But
when
the
Son
of
Man
comes
in
his
glory,
and
all
the holy
angels
with
him,
then
he
will
sit
on
the
throne
of
his
glory.
Before
him
all
the
nations
will
be
gathered,
and
he
will
separate
them
one
from
another,
as
a
shepherd
separates
the
sheep
from
the
goats.
He
will
set
the
sheep
on
his
right
hand,
but
the
goats
on
the
left.
Then
the
King
will
tell
those
on
his
right
hand, ‘Come,
blessed
of
my
Father,
inherit
the
Kingdom
prepared
for
you
from
the
foundation
of
the
world;
for
I
was
hungry
and
you
gave
me
food
to
eat.
I
was
thirsty
and
you
gave
me
drink.
I
was
a
stranger
and
you took
me
in.
I
was
naked
and
you
clothed
me.
I
was
sick
and
you visited
me.
I
was
in
prison
and
you
came
to
me.’
“Then
the
righteous
will
answer
him,
saying, ‘Lord,
when
did
we
see
you
hungry
and
feed
you,
or
thirsty
and
give
you
a
drink?
When
did
we
see
you
as
a
stranger
and take
you
in,
or
naked
and
clothe
you?
When
did
we
see
you
sick
or
in
prison
and
come
to
you?’
“The
King
will
answer
them, ‘Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
because
you
did
it
to
one
of
the
least
of
these
my
brothers,
25:40
The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
you
did
it
to
me.’
Then
he
will
say
also
to
those
on
the
left hand, ‘Depart
from
me,
you
cursed,
into
the
eternal
fire
which
is
prepared
for
the
devil
and
his
angels;
for
I
was
hungry,
and
you
didn’t
give
me
food
to
eat;
I
was
thirsty,
and
you
gave
me
no
drink;
I
was
a
stranger,
and
you
didn’t take
me
in;
naked,
and
you
didn’t
clothe
me;
sick,
and
in
prison,
and
you
didn’t
visit
me.’
“Then
they
will
also
answer,
saying, ‘Lord,
when
did
we
see
you
hungry,
or
thirsty,
or
a
stranger,
or
naked,
or
sick,
or
in
prison,
and
didn’t help
you?’
“Then
he
will
answer
them,
saying, ‘Most certainly
I
tell
you,
because
you
didn’t
do
it
to
one
of
the
least
of
these,
you
didn’t
do
it
to
me.’
These
will
go
away
into
eternal
punishment,
but
the
righteous
into
eternal
life.”
When
Jesus
had
finished
all
these
words,
he
said
to
his
disciples,
“You
know
that
after
two
days
the
Passover
is
coming,
and
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
delivered
up
to
be
crucified.”
Then
the
chief
priests,
the scribes,
and
the
elders
of
the
people
were
gathered
together
in
the
court
of
the
high
priest,
who
was
called
Caiaphas.
They
took counsel
together
that
they
might
take
Jesus
by
deceit
and
kill
him.
But
they
said, “Not
during
the
feast,
lest
a
riot
occur
among
the
people.”
Now
when
Jesus
was
in
Bethany,
in
the
house
of
Simon
the
leper,
a
woman
came
to
him
having
an
alabaster jar
of
very
expensive
ointment,
and
she
poured
it
on
his
head
as
he sat
at
the table.
But
when
his
disciples
saw
this,
they
were
indignant,
saying, “Why
this
waste?
For
this ointment
might
have
been
sold
for
much
and
given
to
the
poor.”
However,
knowing
this,
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Why
do
you
trouble
the
woman?
She
has
done
a
good
work
for
me.
For
you
always
have
the
poor
with
you,
but
you
don’t
always
have
me.
For
in pouring
this
ointment
on
my
body,
she
did
it
to
prepare
me
for
burial.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
wherever
this
Good
News
is
preached
in
the
whole
world,
what
this
woman
has
done
will
also
be
spoken
of
as
a
memorial
of
her.”
Then
one
of
the
twelve,
who
was
called
Judas
Iscariot,
went
to
the
chief
priests
and
said, “What
are
you
willing
to
give
me
if
I
deliver
him
to
you?”
So
they
weighed
out
for
him
thirty
pieces
of
silver.
From
that
time
he
sought
opportunity
to
betray
him.
Now
on
the
first day
of
unleavened bread,
the
disciples
came
to
Jesus,
saying
to
him, “Where
do
you
want
us
to
prepare
for
you
to
eat
the
Passover?”
He
said,
“Go
into
the
city
to
a
certain
person,
and
tell
him, ‘The
Teacher
says, “My
time
is
at
hand.
I
will
keep
the
Passover
at
your house
with
my
disciples.”’”
The
disciples
did
as
Jesus
commanded
them,
and
they
prepared
the
Passover.
Now
when
evening
had
come,
he
was
reclining
at
the table
with
the
twelve
disciples.
As
they
were
eating,
he
said,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
one
of
you
will
betray
me.”
They
were
exceedingly
sorrowful,
and
each
began
to
ask
him, “It
isn’t
me,
is
it,
Lord?”
He
answered,
“He
who
dipped
his
hand
with
me
in
the dish
will
betray
me.
The
Son
of
Man
goes
even
as
it
is
written
of
him,
but
woe
to
that
man
through
whom
the
Son
of
Man
is
betrayed!
It
would
be
better
for
that
man
if
he
had
not
been
born.”
Judas,
who
betrayed
him,
answered, “It
isn’t
me,
is
it,
Rabbi?”
He
said
to
him,
“You
said
it.”
As
they
were
eating,
Jesus
took
bread,
gave thanks
for
26:26
TR reads “blessed” instead of “gave thanks for”
it,
and
broke
it.
He
gave
to
the
disciples
and
said,
“Take,
eat;
this
is
my
body.”
He
took
the
cup,
gave
thanks,
and
gave
to
them,
saying,
“All
of
you
drink
it,
for
this
is my
blood
of
the new
covenant,
which
is poured
out
for
many
for
the remission
of
sins.
But
I
tell
you
that
I
will
not
drink
of
this
fruit
of
the
vine
from
now
on,
until
that
day
when
I
drink
it anew
with
you
in
my
Father’s
Kingdom.”
When
they
had sung
a
hymn,
they
went
out
to
the
Mount
of
Olives.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them,
“All
of
you
will
be
made
to
stumble
because
of
me
tonight,
for
it
is
written, ‘I
will
strike
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
of
the
flock
will
be
scattered.’
26:31
Zechariah 13:7
But
after
I
am
raised
up,
I
will
go
before
you
into
Galilee.”
But
Peter
answered
him, “Even
if
all
will
be
made
to
stumble
because
of
you,
I
will
never
be
made
to
stumble.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Most certainly
I
tell
you
that
tonight,
before
the
rooster
crows,
you
will
deny
me
three
times.”
Peter
said
to
him, “Even
if
I
must
die
with
you,
I
will
not
deny
you.”
All
of
the
disciples
also
said
likewise.
Then
Jesus
came
with
them
to
a
place
called
Gethsemane,
and
said
to
his
disciples,
“Sit
here,
while
I
go
there
and
pray.”
He
took
with
him
Peter
and
the
two
sons
of
Zebedee,
and
began
to
be
sorrowful
and severely
troubled.
Then
he
said
to
them,
“My
soul
is exceedingly sorrowful,
even
to
death.
Stay
here
and
watch
with
me.”
He
went
forward
a
little,
fell
on
his
face,
and
prayed,
saying,
“My
Father,
if
it
is
possible,
let
this
cup
pass
away
from
me;
nevertheless,
not
what
I
desire,
but
what
you
desire.”
He
came
to
the
disciples
and
found
them
sleeping,
and
said
to
Peter,
“What,
couldn’t
you
watch
with
me
for
one
hour?
Watch
and
pray,
that
you
don’t
enter
into
temptation.
The
spirit
indeed
is
willing,
but
the
flesh
is
weak.”
Again,
a
second
time
he
went
away
and
prayed,
saying,
“My
Father,
if
this
cup
can’t
pass
away
from
me
unless
I
drink
it,
your
desire
be
done.”
He
came
again
and
found
them
sleeping,
for
their
eyes
were
heavy.
He
left
them
again,
went
away,
and
prayed
a
third
time,
saying
the
same
words.
Then
he
came
to
his
disciples
and
said
to
them,
“Are
you
still
sleeping
and
resting?
Behold,
the
hour
is
at
hand,
and
the
Son
of
Man
is
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
sinners.
Arise, let’s be
going.
Behold,
he
who
betrays
me
is
at
hand.”
While
he
was
still
speaking,
behold,
Judas,
one
of
the
twelve,
came,
and
with
him
a
great
multitude
with
swords
and
clubs,
from
the
chief
priests
and
elders
of
the
people.
Now
he
who
betrayed
him
had
given
them
a
sign,
saying, “Whoever
I
kiss,
he
is
the
one.
Seize
him.”
Immediately
he
came
to
Jesus,
and
said, “Greetings,
Rabbi!”
and
kissed
him.
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Friend,
why
are
you
here?”
Then
they
came
and
laid
hands
on
Jesus,
and
took
him.
Behold,
one
of
those
who
were
with
Jesus
stretched
out
his
hand
and
drew
his
sword,
and
struck
the
servant
of
the
high
priest,
and
cut
off
his
ear.
Then
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Put
your
sword
back
into
its
place,
for
all
those
who
take
the
sword
will die
by
the
sword.
Or
do
you
think
that
I
couldn’t
ask
my
Father,
and
he
would
even
now send
me
more
than
twelve
legions
of
angels?
How
then
would
the
Scriptures
be
fulfilled
that
it
must
be
so?”
In
that
hour
Jesus
said
to
the
multitudes,
“Have
you
come
out
as
against
a
robber
with
swords
and
clubs
to
seize
me?
I
sat
daily
in
the
temple
teaching,
and
you
didn’t
arrest
me.
But
all
this
has
happened
that
the
Scriptures
of
the
prophets
might
be
fulfilled.”
Then
all
the
disciples
left
him
and
fled.
Those
who
had taken
Jesus
led
him
away
to
Caiaphas
the
high
priest,
where
the
scribes
and
the
elders
were
gathered
together.
But
Peter
followed
him
from
a
distance
to
the
court
of
the
high
priest,
and
entered
in
and
sat
with
the
officers,
to
see
the
end.
Now
the
chief
priests,
the elders,
and
the
whole
council
sought false testimony
against
Jesus,
that
they
might
put
him
to
death,
and
they
found
none.
Even
though
many false witnesses
came
forward,
they
found
none.
But
at
last
two false witnesses
came
forward
and
said, “This
man
said, ‘I
am
able
to
destroy
the
temple
of
God,
and
to
build
it
in
three
days.’”
The
high
priest
stood
up
and
said
to
him, “Have
you
no
answer?
What
is
this
that
these
testify
against
you?”
But
Jesus
stayed
silent.
The
high
priest
answered
him, “I
adjure
you
by
the
living
God
that
you
tell
us
whether
you
are
the
Christ,
the
Son
of
God.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“You
have
said
so.
Nevertheless,
I
tell
you,
after
this
you
will
see
the
Son
of
Man
sitting
at
the
right
hand
of
Power,
and
coming
on
the
clouds
of
the
sky.”
Then
the
high
priest
tore
his
clothing,
saying, “He
has
spoken
blasphemy!
Why
do
we
need
any
more
witnesses?
Behold,
now
you
have
heard
his
blasphemy.
What
do
you
think?”
They
answered, “He
is worthy
of
death!”
Then
they
spat
in
his
face
and
beat
him
with
their
fists,
and
some
slapped
him,
saying, “Prophesy
to
us,
you
Christ!
Who
hit
you?”
Now
Peter
was
sitting
outside
in
the
court,
and
a maid
came
to
him,
saying, “You
were
also
with
Jesus,
the
Galilean!”
But
he
denied
it
before
them
all,
saying, “I
don’t
know
what
you
are
talking
about.”
When
he
had
gone
out
onto
the porch,
someone
else
saw
him
and
said
to
those
who
were
there, “This
man
also
was
with
Jesus
of
Nazareth.”
Again
he
denied
it
with
an
oath, “I
don’t
know
the
man.”
After
a
little
while
those
who
stood
by
came
and
said
to
Peter, “Surely
you
are
also
one
of
them,
for
your speech
makes
you known.”
Then
he
began
to curse
and
to
swear, “I
don’t
know
the
man!”
Immediately
the
rooster
crowed.
Peter
remembered
the
word
which
Jesus
had
said
to
him,
“Before
the
rooster
crows,
you
will
deny
me
three
times.”
Then
he
went
out
and
wept
bitterly.
Now
when morning
had
come,
all
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
of
the
people
took counsel
against
Jesus
to
put
him
to
death.
They
bound
him,
led
him
away,
and
delivered
him
up
to Pontius
Pilate,
the
governor.
Then
Judas,
who
betrayed
him,
when
he
saw
that
Jesus
was
condemned,
felt
remorse,
and brought
back
the
thirty
pieces
of
silver
to
the
chief
priests
and
elders,
saying, “I
have
sinned
in
that
I
betrayed
innocent
blood.”
But
they
said, “What
is
that
to
us?
You
see
to
it.”
He
threw
down
the
pieces
of
silver
in
the
sanctuary
and
departed.
Then
he
went
away
and
hanged
himself.
The
chief
priests
took
the
pieces
of
silver
and
said, “It’s
not
lawful
to
put
them
into
the treasury,
since
it
is
the
price
of
blood.”
They
took counsel,
and
bought
the
potter’s
field
with
them
to bury
strangers
in.
Therefore
that
field has been
called “The
Field
of
Blood”
to
this
day.
Then
that
which
was
spoken
through
Jeremiah
27:9
some manuscripts omit “Jeremiah”
the
prophet
was
fulfilled,
saying,
“They
took
the
thirty
pieces
of
silver,
the
price
of
him upon
whom
a
price
had
been
set,
whom
some
of
the children
of
Israel priced,
and
they
gave
them
for
the
potter’s
field,
as
the
Lord
commanded
me.”
27:10
Zechariah 11:12-13; Jeremiah 19:1-13; 32:6-9
Now
Jesus
stood
before
the
governor;
and
the
governor
asked
him,
saying, “Are
you
the
King
of
the
Jews?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“So
you
say.”
When
he
was
accused
by
the
chief
priests
and
elders,
he
answered
nothing.
Then
Pilate
said
to
him, “Don’t
you
hear
how
many
things
they
testify
against
you?”
He gave
him
no
answer,
not
even
one
word,
so
that
the
governor
marveled
greatly.
Now
at
the
feast
the
governor
was
accustomed
to
release
to
the
multitude
one
prisoner
whom
they
desired.
They
had
then
a notable
prisoner
called
Barabbas.
When
therefore
they
were
gathered
together,
Pilate
said
to
them, “Whom
do
you
want
me
to
release
to
you?
Barabbas,
or
Jesus
who
is
called
Christ?”
For
he
knew
that
because
of
envy
they
had
delivered
him
up.
While
he
was
sitting
on
the
judgment
seat,
his
wife
sent
to
him,
saying, “Have
nothing
to
do
with
that
righteous
man,
for
I
have
suffered
many
things
today
in
a
dream
because
of
him.”
Now
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
persuaded
the
multitudes
to
ask
for
Barabbas
and
destroy
Jesus.
But
the
governor
answered
them, “Which
of
the
two
do
you
want
me
to
release
to
you?”
They
said, “Barabbas!”
Pilate
said
to
them, “What
then shall
I
do
to
Jesus
who
is
called
Christ?”
They
all
said
to
him, “Let
him
be
crucified!”
But
the governor
said, “Why?
What
evil
has
he
done?”
But
they
cried
out exceedingly,
saying, “Let
him be
crucified!”
So
when
Pilate
saw
that
nothing
was
being gained,
but
rather
that
a disturbance
was
starting,
he
took
water
and
washed
his
hands
before
the
multitude,
saying, “I
am
innocent
of
the
blood
of
this righteous
person.
You
see
to
it.”
All
the
people
answered, “May
his
blood
be
on
us
and
on
our
children!”
Then
he
released
Barabbas
to
them,
but
Jesus
he
flogged
and
delivered
to be
crucified.
Then
the
governor’s
soldiers
took
Jesus
into
the
Praetorium,
and
gathered
the
whole garrison
together
against
him.
They
stripped
him
and
put
a
scarlet
robe
on
him.
They
braided
a
crown
of
thorns
and
put
it
on
his
head,
and
a
reed
in
his
right
hand;
and
they kneeled
down
before
him
and
mocked
him,
saying, “Hail,
King
of
the
Jews!”
They
spat
on
him,
and
took
the
reed
and
struck
him
on
the
head.
When
they
had
mocked
him,
they
took
the
robe
off
him,
and
put
his
clothes
on
him,
and
led
him
away
to
crucify
him.
As
they
came
out,
they
found
a
man
of
Cyrene,
Simon
by
name,
and
they compelled
him
to
go
with
them,
that
he might
carry
his
cross.
When
they
came
to
a
place
called “Golgotha”,
that
is
to
say, “The
place
of
a
skull,”
they
gave
him sour
wine
27:34
or, vinegar
to
drink
mixed
with
gall.
27:34
Gall is a bitter-tasting, dark green oil from a wormwood plant that is alcoholic in its effect.
When
he
had
tasted
it,
he
would
not
drink.
When
they
had
crucified
him,
they
divided
his
clothing
among
them,
casting
lots,
27:35
TR adds “that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet: ‘They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast lots;’” [see Psalm 22:18 and John 19:24]
and
they
sat
and watched
him
there.
They set up
over
his
head
the accusation
against
him
written, “THIS
IS
JESUS,
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.”
Then
there
were
two
robbers
crucified
with
him,
one
on
his
right
hand
and
one
on
the
left.
Those
who passed
by
blasphemed
him,
wagging
their
heads
and
saying, “You
who
destroy
the
temple
and
build
it
in
three
days,
save
yourself!
If
you
are
the
Son
of
God,
come
down
from
the
cross!”
Likewise
the
chief
priests
also
mocking
with
the
scribes,
the Pharisees,
27:41
TR omits “the Pharisees”
and
the
elders,
said,
“He
saved
others,
but
he
can’t
save
himself.
If
he
is
the
King
of
Israel,
let
him
come
down
from
the
cross
now,
and
we
will
believe
in
him.
He
trusts
in
God.
Let
God
deliver
him
now,
if
he
wants
him;
for
he
said, ‘I
am
the
Son
of
God.’”
The
robbers
also
who
were
crucified
with
him cast
on
him
the
same
reproach.
Now
from
the
sixth
hour
27:45
noon
there
was
darkness
over
all
the
land
until
the ninth
hour.
27:45
3:00 p.m.
About
the ninth
hour
Jesus
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying,
“Eli,
Eli, lima
27:46
TR reads “lama” instead of “lima”
sabachthani?”
That
is,
“My
God,
my
God,
why
have
you
forsaken
me?”
27:46
Psalm 22:1
Some
of
them
who
stood
there,
when
they
heard
it,
said, “This
man
is
calling
Elijah.”
Immediately
one
of
them
ran
and
took
a
sponge,
filled
it
with vinegar,
put
it
on
a
reed,
and
gave
him
a
drink.
The
rest
said, “Let
him be. Let’s
see
whether
Elijah
comes
to
save
him.”
Jesus
cried
again
with
a
loud
voice,
and
yielded up
his
spirit.
Behold,
the
veil
of
the
temple
was
torn
in
two
from
the
top
to
the
bottom.
The
earth quaked
and
the
rocks
were
split.
The
tombs
were
opened,
and
many
bodies
of
the
saints
who
had
fallen
asleep
were
raised;
and
coming
out
of
the
tombs
after
his
resurrection,
they
entered
into
the
holy
city
and
appeared
to
many.
Now
the
centurion
and
those
who
were
with
him
watching
Jesus,
when
they
saw
the
earthquake
and
the
things
that
were
done,
were
terrified,
saying, “Truly
this
was
the
Son
of
God!”
Many
women
were
there
watching
from afar,
who
had
followed
Jesus
from
Galilee,
serving
him.
Among
them
were
Mary
Magdalene,
Mary
the
mother
of
James
and Joses,
and
the
mother
of
the
sons
of
Zebedee.
When
evening
had
come,
a
rich
man
from Arimathaea
named
Joseph,
who
himself
was
also
Jesus’
disciple,
came.
This
man
went
to
Pilate
and
asked
for
Jesus’
body.
Then
Pilate
commanded
the
body
to
be
given
up.
Joseph
took
the
body
and
wrapped
it
in
a
clean
linen
cloth
and
laid
it
in
his
own
new
tomb,
which
he
had
cut out
in
the
rock.
Then
he
rolled
a
large
stone
against
the
door
of
the
tomb,
and
departed.
Mary
Magdalene
was
there,
and
the
other
Mary,
sitting
opposite
the tomb.
Now
on
the
next
day,
which
was
the
day
after
the
Preparation
Day,
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees
were
gathered
together
to
Pilate,
saying, “Sir,
we
remember
what
that
deceiver
said
while
he
was
still
alive: ‘After
three
days
I
will
rise
again.’
Command
therefore
that
the tomb
be
made
secure
until
the
third
day, lest
perhaps
his
disciples
come
at night
and
steal
him
away,
and
tell
the
people, ‘He
is
risen
from
the
dead;’
and
the
last
deception
will
be
worse
than
the
first.”
Pilate
said
to
them, “You
have
a
guard.
Go,
make
it
as
secure
as
you can.”
So
they
went
with
the
guard
and
made
the tomb
secure, sealing
the
stone.
Now
after
the
Sabbath,
as
it began
to
dawn
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
Mary
Magdalene
and
the
other
Mary
came
to
see
the tomb.
Behold,
there
was
a
great
earthquake,
for
an
angel
of
the
Lord
descended
from
the
sky
and
came
and
rolled
away
the
stone
from
the door
and
sat
on
it.
His
appearance
was
like
lightning,
and
his
clothing
white
as
snow.
For
fear
of
him,
the
guards
shook,
and
became
like
dead
men.
The
angel
answered
the
women, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
I
know
that
you
seek
Jesus,
who
has
been
crucified.
He
is
not
here,
for
he
has
risen,
just
like
he
said.
Come,
see
the
place
where
the Lord
was
lying.
Go
quickly
and
tell
his
disciples, ‘He
has
risen
from
the
dead,
and
behold,
he
goes
before
you
into
Galilee;
there
you
will
see
him.’
Behold,
I
have
told
you.”
They
departed
quickly
from
the
tomb
with
fear
and
great
joy,
and
ran
to bring
his
disciples
word.
As
they
went
to
tell
his disciples,
behold,
Jesus
met
them,
saying,
“Rejoice!”
They
came
and
took
hold
of
his
feet,
and
worshiped
him.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Don’t
be
afraid.
Go
tell
my
brothers
28:10
The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
that
they
should
go
into
Galilee,
and
there
they
will
see
me.”
Now
while
they
were
going,
behold,
some
of
the guards
came
into
the
city
and
told
the
chief
priests
all
the
things
that
had
happened.
When
they
were
assembled
with
the
elders
and
had
taken counsel,
they
gave
a
large amount
of
silver
to
the
soldiers,
saying, “Say
that
his
disciples
came
by
night
and
stole
him
away
while
we slept.
If
this
comes
to
the
governor’s
ears,
we
will
persuade
him
and
make
you
free
of worry.”
So
they
took
the
money
and
did
as
they
were told.
This
saying
was
spread abroad
among
the
Jews,
and continues
until
today.
But
the
eleven
disciples
went
into
Galilee,
to
the
mountain
where
Jesus
had sent
them.
When
they
saw
him,
they
bowed
down
to
him;
but
some doubted.
Jesus
came
to
them
and
spoke
to
them,
saying,
“All
authority
has
been
given
to
me
in
heaven
and
on
earth.
Go
28:19
TR and NU add “therefore”
and
make
disciples
of
all
nations,
baptizing
them
in
the
name
of
the
Father
and
of
the
Son
and
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
teaching
them
to
observe
all
things
that
I
commanded
you.
Behold,
I
am
with
you
always,
even
to
the
end
of
the
age.” Amen.
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Mark
The
beginning
of
the
Good
News
of
Jesus
Christ,
the Son
of God.
As
it
is
written
in
the
prophets,
“Behold,
1:2
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
send
my
messenger
before
your
face,
who
will
prepare
your
way
before
you:
1:2
Malachi 3:1
the
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
wilderness,
‘Make
ready
the
way
of
the
Lord!
Make
his
paths
straight!’”
1:3
Isaiah 40:3
John
came
baptizing
1:4
or, immersing
in
the
wilderness
and
preaching
the
baptism
of
repentance
for
forgiveness
of
sins.
All
the
country
of
Judea
and
all
those
of
Jerusalem
went
out
to
him.
They
were
baptized
by
him
in
the
Jordan
river,
confessing
their
sins.
John
was clothed
with
camel’s
hair
and
a
leather
belt
around
his
waist.
He
ate
locusts
and
wild
honey.
He
preached,
saying, “After
me
comes
he
who
is
mightier
than
I,
the
thong
of
whose
sandals
I
am
not
worthy
to
stoop
down
and loosen.
I
baptized
you
in
1:8
The Greek word (en) translated here as “in” could also be translated as “with” in some contexts.
water,
but
he
will
baptize
you
in
the
Holy
Spirit.”
In
those
days,
Jesus
came
from
Nazareth
of
Galilee,
and
was
baptized
by
John
in
the
Jordan.
Immediately
coming
up
from
the
water,
he
saw
the
heavens parting
and
the
Spirit
descending
on
him
like
a
dove.
A
voice
came
out
of
the
sky, “You
are
my
beloved
Son,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased.”
Immediately
the
Spirit
drove
him
out
into
the
wilderness.
He
was
there
in
the
wilderness
forty
days,
tempted
by
Satan.
He
was
with
the
wild animals;
and
the
angels
were
serving
him.
Now
after
John
was
taken
into
custody,
Jesus
came
into
Galilee,
preaching
the
Good
News
of
God’s Kingdom,
and
saying,
“The
time
is
fulfilled,
and
God’s
Kingdom
is
at
hand!
Repent,
and
believe
in
the
Good
News.”
Passing
along
by
the
sea
of
Galilee,
he
saw
Simon
and
Andrew,
the
brother
of
Simon,
casting
a net
into
the
sea,
for
they
were
fishermen.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Come
after
me,
and
I
will
make
you
into
fishers
for
men.”
Immediately
they
left
their
nets,
and
followed
him.
Going
on
a
little further
from
there,
he
saw
James
the son
of
Zebedee,
and
John
his
brother,
who
were
also
in
the
boat
mending
the
nets.
Immediately
he
called
them,
and
they
left
their
father,
Zebedee,
in
the
boat
with
the
hired
servants,
and
went
after
him.
They
went
into
Capernaum,
and
immediately
on
the
Sabbath
day
he
entered
into
the
synagogue
and
taught.
They
were
astonished
at
his
teaching,
for
he
taught
them
as
having
authority,
and
not
as
the
scribes.
Immediately
there
was
in
their
synagogue
a
man
with
an
unclean
spirit,
and
he
cried
out,
saying, “Ha!
What
do
we
have
to
do
with
you,
Jesus,
you
Nazarene?
Have
you
come
to
destroy
us?
I
know
who
you
are:
the
Holy
One
of
God!”
Jesus
rebuked
him,
saying,
“Be
quiet,
and
come
out
of
him!”
The
unclean
spirit, convulsing
him
and
crying
with
a
loud
voice,
came
out
of
him.
They
were
all
amazed,
so
that
they questioned
among
themselves,
saying, “What
is
this?
A
new
teaching?
For
with
authority
he
commands
even
the
unclean
spirits,
and
they
obey
him!”
The
report
of
him
went
out
immediately
everywhere
into
all
the
region
of
Galilee
and
its
surrounding area.
Immediately,
when
they
had
come
out
of
the
synagogue,
they
came
into
the
house
of
Simon
and
Andrew,
with
James
and
John.
Now
Simon’s wife’s mother
lay
sick
with
a
fever,
and
immediately
they
told
him
about
her.
He
came
and
took
her
by
the
hand
and
raised
her
up.
The
fever
left
her immediately,
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NU omits “immediately”.
and
she
served
them.
At
evening,
when
the
sun
had
set,
they
brought
to
him
all
who
were
sick
and
those
who
were
possessed
by demons.
All
the
city
was
gathered
together
at
the
door.
He
healed
many
who
were
sick
with
various
diseases
and
cast
out
many
demons.
He
didn’t
allow
the
demons
to
speak,
because
they
knew
him.
Early
in
the
morning,
while
it
was
still
dark,
he
rose
up
and
went
out,
and
departed
into
a
deserted
place,
and
prayed
there.
Simon
and
those
who
were
with
him
searched
for
him.
They
found
him
and
told
him, “Everyone
is
looking
for
you.”
He
said
to
them,
“Let’s
go
elsewhere
into
the
next
towns,
that
I
may
preach
there
also,
because
I
came
out
for
this
reason.”
He
went
into
their
synagogues
throughout
all
Galilee,
preaching
and casting
out
demons.
A
leper
came
to
him,
begging
him, kneeling
down
to
him,
and
saying
to
him, “If
you
want
to,
you
can
make
me
clean.”
Being
moved
with
compassion,
he
stretched
out
his
hand,
and
touched
him,
and
said
to
him,
“I
want
to.
Be
made
clean.”
When
he
had
said
this,
immediately
the
leprosy
departed
from
him
and
he
was made
clean.
He strictly
warned
him
and
immediately
sent
him
out,
and
said
to
him,
“See
that
you
say
nothing
to anybody,
but
go
show
yourself
to
the
priest
and
offer
for
your
cleansing
the
things
which
Moses
commanded,
for
a
testimony
to
them.”
But
he
went
out,
and
began
to
proclaim
it
much,
and
to
spread
about
the
matter,
so
that
Jesus
could
no
more
openly
enter
into
a
city,
but
was
outside
in
desert
places.
People
came
to
him
from
everywhere.
When
he
entered
again
into
Capernaum
after some
days,
it
was
heard
that
he
was
at
home.
Immediately
many
were
gathered
together,
so
that
there
was
no
more
room,
not
even
around
the
door;
and
he
spoke
the
word
to
them.
Four
people
came,
carrying
a
paralytic
to
him.
When
they
could
not
come near
to
him
for
the
crowd,
they
removed
the
roof
where
he
was.
When
they
had broken
it
up,
they
let
down
the
mat
that
the
paralytic
was
lying
on.
Jesus,
seeing
their
faith,
said
to
the
paralytic,
“Son,
your
sins
are
forgiven
you.”
But
there
were
some
of
the
scribes
sitting
there
and
reasoning
in
their
hearts,
“Why
does
this
man
speak blasphemies
like
that?
Who
can
forgive
sins
but
God
alone?”
Immediately
Jesus,
perceiving
in
his
spirit
that
they
so
reasoned
within
themselves,
said
to
them,
“Why
do
you
reason
these
things
in
your
hearts?
Which
is
easier,
to
tell
the
paralytic, ‘Your
sins
are
forgiven;’
or
to
say, ‘Arise,
and
take
up
your bed,
and
walk?’
But
that
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
Man
has
authority
on
earth
to
forgive
sins”—he
said
to
the
paralytic—
“I
tell
you,
arise,
take
up
your
mat,
and
go
to
your
house.”
He arose,
and
immediately
took
up
the
mat
and
went
out
in
front
of
them
all,
so
that
they
were
all
amazed
and
glorified
God,
saying, “We
never
saw
anything
like
this!”
He
went
out
again
by
the seaside.
All
the
multitude
came
to
him,
and
he
taught
them.
As
he
passed
by,
he
saw
Levi
the son
of Alphaeus
sitting
at
the
tax office.
He
said
to
him,
“Follow
me.”
And
he
arose
and
followed
him.
He
was
reclining
at
the
table
in
his
house,
and
many
tax
collectors
and
sinners sat down
with
Jesus
and
his
disciples,
for
there
were
many,
and
they
followed
him.
The
scribes
and
the
Pharisees,
when
they
saw
that
he
was
eating
with
the
sinners
and
tax
collectors,
said
to
his
disciples, “Why
is
it
that
he
eats
and
drinks
with
tax
collectors
and
sinners?”
When
Jesus
heard
it,
he
said
to
them,
“Those
who
are
healthy
have
no
need
for
a
physician,
but
those
who
are
sick.
I
came
not
to
call
the
righteous,
but
sinners
to repentance.”
John’s
disciples
and
the
Pharisees
were
fasting,
and
they
came
and
asked
him, “Why
do
John’s
disciples
and
the
disciples
of
the
Pharisees
fast,
but
your
disciples
don’t
fast?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Can
the groomsmen
fast
while
the
bridegroom
is
with
them?
As
long
as
they
have
the
bridegroom
with
them,
they
can’t
fast.
But
the
days
will
come
when
the
bridegroom
will
be
taken
away
from
them,
and
then
they
will
fast
in
that
day.
No
one
sews
a
piece
of
unshrunk
cloth
on
an
old
garment,
or
else
the
patch shrinks
and
the
new tears
away
from
the
old,
and
a
worse hole
is
made.
No
one
puts
new
wine
into
old
wineskins;
or
else
the
new
wine
will
burst
the
skins,
and
the
wine
pours
out,
and
the
skins
will
be
destroyed;
but
they
put
new
wine
into
fresh
wineskins.”
He
was going
on
the
Sabbath
day
through
the
grain fields;
and
his
disciples
began,
as
they
went,
to pluck
the ears
of
grain.
The
Pharisees
said
to
him, “Behold,
why
do
they
do
that
which
is
not
lawful
on
the
Sabbath
day?”
He
said
to
them,
“Did
you
never
read
what
David
did
when
he
had
need
and
was
hungry—he,
and
those
who
were
with
him?
How
he
entered
into
God’s
house
at
the
time
of
Abiathar
the
high
priest,
and
ate
the
show
bread,
which
is
not
lawful
to
eat
except
for
the
priests,
and
gave
also
to
those
who
were
with
him?”
He
said
to
them,
“The
Sabbath
was
made
for
man,
not
man
for
the
Sabbath.
Therefore
the
Son
of
Man
is
lord
even
of
the
Sabbath.”
He
entered
again
into
the
synagogue,
and
there
was
a
man
there
whose
hand
was
withered.
They
watched
him,
whether
he
would
heal
him
on
the
Sabbath
day,
that
they
might
accuse
him.
He
said
to
the
man whose
hand
was
withered,
“Stand
up.”
He
said
to
them,
“Is
it
lawful
on
the
Sabbath
day
to
do
good
or
to
do
harm?
To
save
a
life
or
to
kill?”
But
they
were
silent.
When
he
had
looked
around
at
them
with
anger,
being
grieved
at
the
hardening
of
their
hearts,
he
said
to
the
man,
“Stretch
out
your
hand.”
He
stretched
it
out,
and
his
hand
was
restored
as healthy
as
the
other.
The
Pharisees
went
out,
and
immediately conspired
with
the
Herodians
against
him,
how
they
might
destroy
him.
Jesus
withdrew
to
the
sea
with
his
disciples;
and
a
great
multitude
followed
him
from
Galilee,
from
Judea,
from
Jerusalem,
from Idumaea,
beyond
the
Jordan,
and
those
from
around
Tyre
and
Sidon.
A
great
multitude,
hearing
what
great
things
he
did,
came
to
him.
He
spoke
to
his
disciples
that
a
little
boat
should stay near
him
because
of
the
crowd,
so
that
they wouldn’t press
on
him.
For
he
had
healed
many,
so
that
as
many
as
had diseases
pressed
on
him
that
they might
touch
him.
The
unclean
spirits,
whenever
they
saw
him,
fell
down
before
him
and
cried, “You
are
the
Son
of
God!”
He
sternly
warned
them
that
they
should
not
make
him
known.
He
went
up
into
the
mountain
and
called
to
himself
those
whom
he
wanted,
and
they
went
to
him.
He
appointed
twelve,
that
they
might
be
with
him,
and
that
he
might
send
them
out
to
preach
and
to
have
authority
to heal sicknesses
and
to
cast
out
demons:
Simon (to
whom
he
gave
the
name
Peter);
James
the
son
of
Zebedee;
and
John,
the
brother
of
James, (whom
he
called
Boanerges,
which
means,
Sons
of
Thunder);
Andrew;
Philip;
Bartholomew;
Matthew;
Thomas;
James,
the son
of Alphaeus;
Thaddaeus;
Simon
the
Zealot;
and
Judas
Iscariot,
who
also
betrayed
him.
Then
he
came
into
a
house.
The
multitude
came
together
again,
so
that
they
could
not
so much
as
eat
bread.
When
his friends
heard
it,
they
went
out
to
seize
him;
for
they
said, “He
is insane.”
The
scribes
who
came
down
from
Jerusalem
said, “He
has
Beelzebul,”
and, “By
the
prince
of
the
demons
he casts
out
the
demons.”
He
summoned
them
and
said
to
them
in
parables,
“How
can
Satan
cast
out
Satan?
If
a
kingdom
is
divided
against
itself,
that
kingdom
cannot
stand.
If
a
house
is
divided
against
itself,
that
house
cannot
stand.
If
Satan
has
risen
up
against
himself,
and
is
divided,
he
can’t
stand,
but
has
an
end.
But
no
one
can
enter
into
the
house
of
the
strong
man
to
plunder
unless
he
first
binds
the
strong
man;
then
he
will
plunder
his
house.
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
all
sins
of
the
descendants
of
man
will
be
forgiven,
including
their
blasphemies
with
which
they
may
blaspheme;
but
whoever
may
blaspheme
against
the
Holy
Spirit
never
has
forgiveness,
but
is
subject
to
eternal condemnation.”
3:29
NU reads, guilty of an eternal sin.
—because
they
said, “He
has
an
unclean
spirit.”
His
mother
and
his
brothers
came,
and
standing
outside,
they
sent
to
him,
calling
him.
A
multitude
was
sitting
around
him,
and
they
told
him, “Behold,
your
mother,
your
brothers,
and
your
sisters
3:32
TR omits “your sisters”
are
outside
looking
for
you.”
He
answered
them,
“Who
are
my
mother
and
my
brothers?”
Looking
around
at
those
who
sat
around
him,
he
said,
“Behold,
my
mother
and
my
brothers!
For
whoever
does
the
will
of
God
is
my
brother,
my
sister,
and
mother.”
Again
he
began
to
teach
by
the seaside.
A
great
multitude
was
gathered
to
him,
so
that
he
entered
into
a
boat
in
the
sea
and
sat
down.
All
the
multitude
were
on
the
land
by
the
sea.
He
taught
them
many
things
in
parables,
and
told
them
in
his
teaching,
“Listen!
Behold,
the farmer
went
out
to
sow.
As
he
sowed,
some
seed
fell
by
the
road,
and
the
birds
4:4
TR adds “of the air”
came
and
devoured
it.
Others
fell
on
the
rocky
ground,
where
it
had little
soil,
and
immediately
it
sprang
up,
because
it
had
no
depth
of
soil.
When
the
sun
had
risen,
it
was
scorched;
and
because
it
had
no
root,
it
withered
away.
Others
fell
among
the
thorns,
and
the
thorns
grew
up
and
choked
it,
and
it
yielded
no
fruit.
Others
fell
into
the
good
ground
and
yielded
fruit,
growing
up
and
increasing.
Some
produced
thirty times,
some
sixty times,
and
some
one
hundred times
as much.”
He
said,
“Whoever
has
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear.”
When
he
was
alone,
those
who
were
around
him
with
the
twelve
asked
him
about
the
parables.
He
said
to
them,
“To
you
is
given
the
mystery
of
God’s
Kingdom,
but
to
those
who
are
outside,
all
things
are
done
in
parables,
that ‘seeing
they
may
see
and
not
perceive,
and
hearing
they
may
hear
and
not
understand,
lest
perhaps
they
should
turn
again,
and
their sins
should
be
forgiven
them.’”
4:12
Isaiah 6:9-10
He
said
to
them,
“Don’t
you
understand
this
parable?
How
will
you
understand
all
of
the
parables?
The farmer
sows
the
word.
The ones
by
the
road
are
the ones
where
the
word
is
sown;
and
when
they
have
heard,
immediately
Satan
comes
and
takes
away
the
word
which
has
been
sown
in
them.
These
in
the
same
way
are
those
who
are
sown
on
the
rocky places,
who,
when
they
have
heard
the
word,
immediately
receive
it
with
joy.
They
have
no
root
in
themselves,
but
are short-lived.
When oppression
or
persecution
arises
because
of
the
word,
immediately
they
stumble.
Others
are
those
who
are
sown
among
the
thorns.
These
are
those
who
have
heard
the
word,
and
the
cares
of
this
age,
and
the
deceitfulness
of
riches,
and
the
lusts
of
other
things
entering
in
choke
the
word,
and
it
becomes
unfruitful.
Those
which
were
sown
on
the
good
ground
are
those
who
hear
the
word,
accept
it,
and
bear
fruit,
some
thirty times,
some
sixty times,
and
some
one
hundred times.”
He
said
to
them,
“Is
a
lamp
brought
to
be
put
under
a
basket
4:21
literally, a modion, a dry measuring basket containing about a peck (about 9 liters)
or
under
a
bed?
Isn’t
it
put
on
a stand?
For
there
is
nothing
hidden
except
that
it
should
be
made
known,
neither
was
anything
made
secret
but
that
it
should
come
to
light.
If
any
man
has
ears
to
hear, let
him
hear.”
He
said
to
them,
“Take
heed
what
you
hear.
With
whatever
measure
you
measure,
it
will
be
measured
to
you;
and
more
will
be
given
to
you
who
hear.
For
whoever
has,
to
him
more
will
be
given;
and
he
who
doesn’t
have,
even
that
which
he
has
will
be
taken
away
from
him.”
He
said,
“God’s
Kingdom
is
as
if
a
man
should
cast
seed
on
the
earth,
and
should
sleep
and
rise
night
and
day,
and
the
seed
should spring
up
and grow,
though
he
doesn’t
know
how.
For
the
earth
bears
fruit
by
itself:
first
the
blade,
then
the ear,
then
the
full
grain
in
the ear.
But
when
the
fruit
is ripe,
immediately
he
puts
in
the
sickle,
because
the
harvest
has
come.”
He
said,
“How
will
we liken
God’s
Kingdom?
Or
with
what
parable
will
we illustrate
it?
It’s
like
a
grain
of
mustard
seed,
which,
when
it
is
sown
in
the
earth,
though
it
is
less
than
all
the
seeds
that
are
on
the
earth,
yet
when
it
is
sown,
grows
up
and
becomes
greater
than
all
the herbs,
and
puts
out
great
branches,
so
that
the
birds
of
the
sky
can lodge
under
its
shadow.”
With
many
such
parables
he
spoke
the
word
to
them,
as
they
were
able
to
hear
it.
Without
a
parable
he
didn’t
speak
to
them;
but
privately
to
his
own
disciples
he explained
everything.
On
that
day,
when
evening
had
come,
he
said
to
them,
“Let’s
go
over
to
the
other
side.”
Leaving
the
multitude,
they
took
him
with
them,
even
as
he
was,
in
the
boat.
Other small
boats
were
also
with
him.
A
big
wind
storm
arose,
and
the
waves beat
into
the
boat,
so
much
that
the
boat
was
already
filled.
He
himself
was
in
the
stern,
asleep
on
the
cushion;
and
they
woke
him
up
and
asked
him, “Teacher,
don’t
you
care
that
we
are
dying?”
He awoke
and
rebuked
the
wind,
and
said
to
the
sea,
“Peace!
Be
still!”
The
wind
ceased
and
there
was
a
great
calm.
He
said
to
them,
“Why
are
you
so
afraid?
How
is
it
that
you
have
no
faith?”
They
were
greatly
afraid
and
said
to
one
another, “Who
then
is
this,
that
even
the
wind
and
the
sea
obey
him?”
They
came
to
the
other
side
of
the
sea,
into
the
country
of
the Gadarenes.
When
he
had
come
out
of
the
boat,
immediately
a
man
with
an
unclean
spirit
met
him
out
of
the
tombs.
He lived
in
the
tombs.
Nobody
could
bind
him
any
more,
not
even
with
chains,
because
he
had
been
often
bound
with fetters
and
chains,
and
the
chains
had
been
torn
apart
by
him,
and
the fetters
broken
in
pieces.
Nobody
had
the strength
to
tame
him.
Always,
night
and
day,
in
the
tombs
and
in
the
mountains,
he
was
crying
out,
and cutting
himself
with
stones.
When
he
saw
Jesus
from afar,
he
ran
and
bowed
down
to
him,
and
crying
out
with
a
loud
voice,
he
said, “What
have
I
to
do
with
you,
Jesus,
you
Son
of
the
Most
High
God?
I
adjure
you
by
God,
don’t
torment
me.”
For
he
said
to
him,
“Come
out
of
the
man,
you
unclean
spirit!”
He
asked
him,
“What
is
your
name?”
He
said
to
him, “My
name
is
Legion,
for
we
are
many.”
He
begged
him
much
that
he
would
not
send
them
away
out
of
the
country.
Now
on
the mountainside
there
was
a
great
herd
of
pigs
feeding.
All
the demons
begged
him,
saying, “Send
us
into
the
pigs,
that
we
may
enter
into
them.”
At once
Jesus
gave
them
permission.
The
unclean
spirits
came
out
and
entered
into
the
pigs.
The
herd
of
about
two
thousand
rushed
down
the
steep
bank
into
the
sea,
and
they
were
drowned
in
the
sea.
Those
who fed
the pigs
fled,
and
told
it
in
the
city
and
in
the
country.
The
people
came
to
see
what
it
was
that
had
happened.
They
came
to
Jesus,
and
saw
him
who
had
been
possessed
by demons
sitting,
clothed,
and
in
his
right
mind,
even
him
who
had
the
legion;
and
they
were
afraid.
Those
who
saw
it declared
to
them
what
happened
to
him
who
was possessed
by demons,
and
about
the
pigs.
They
began
to
beg
him
to
depart
from
their
region.
As
he
was entering
into
the
boat,
he
who
had
been possessed
by demons
begged
him
that
he
might
be
with
him.
He
didn’t
allow
him,
but
said
to
him,
“Go
to
your
house,
to
your friends,
and
tell
them
what
great
things
the
Lord
has
done
for
you
and
how
he
had
mercy
on
you.”
He
went
his
way,
and
began
to
proclaim
in
Decapolis
how
Jesus
had
done
great
things
for
him,
and
everyone
marveled.
When
Jesus
had
crossed
back
over
in
the
boat
to
the
other
side,
a
great
multitude
was
gathered
to
him;
and
he
was
by
the
sea.
Behold,
one
of
the rulers
of
the
synagogue,
Jairus
by
name,
came;
and
seeing
him,
he
fell
at
his
feet
and
begged
him
much,
saying, “My
little
daughter
is
at
the
point
of
death. Please
come
and
lay
your
hands
on
her,
that
she
may
be
made healthy,
and
live.”
He
went
with
him,
and
a
great
multitude
followed
him,
and
they pressed upon
him
on
all sides.
A certain
woman
who
had
a discharge
of
blood
for
twelve
years,
and
had
suffered
many
things
by
many
physicians,
and
had
spent
all
that
she
had,
and
was
no
better,
but
rather grew
worse,
having
heard
the
things
concerning
Jesus,
came
up
behind
him
in
the
crowd
and
touched
his
clothes.
For
she
said, “If
I
just
touch
his
clothes,
I
will be
made
well.”
Immediately
the
flow
of
her
blood
was
dried up,
and
she
felt
in
her
body
that
she
was
healed
of
her
affliction.
Immediately
Jesus,
perceiving
in
himself
that
the
power
had
gone
out
from
him,
turned
around
in
the
crowd
and
asked,
“Who
touched
my
clothes?”
His
disciples
said
to
him, “You
see
the
multitude
pressing
against
you,
and
you
say, ‘Who
touched
me?’”
He
looked
around
to
see
her
who
had
done
this
thing.
But
the
woman,
fearing
and
trembling,
knowing
what
had
been
done
to
her,
came
and
fell
down
before
him,
and
told
him
all
the
truth.
He
said
to
her,
“Daughter,
your
faith
has
made
you
well.
Go
in
peace,
and
be
cured
of
your
disease.”
While
he
was
still
speaking,
people
came
from
the
synagogue ruler’s
house,
saying, “Your
daughter
is
dead.
Why bother
the
Teacher
any
more?”
But
Jesus,
when
he heard
the
message
spoken, immediately
said
to
the ruler
of
the
synagogue,
“Don’t
be
afraid,
only
believe.”
He
allowed
no
one
to
follow
him
except
Peter,
James,
and
John
the
brother
of
James.
He
came
to
the
synagogue ruler’s
house,
and
he
saw
an
uproar,
weeping,
and
great
wailing.
When
he
had
entered
in,
he
said
to
them,
“Why
do
you
make
an uproar
and
weep?
The
child
is
not
dead,
but
is
asleep.”
They ridiculed
him.
But
he, having
put
them
all
out,
took
the
father
of
the
child,
her
mother,
and
those
who
were
with
him,
and
went
in
where
the
child
was lying.
Taking
the
child
by
the
hand,
he
said
to
her,
“Talitha cumi!”
which
means,
being interpreted,
“Girl,
I
tell
you,
get
up!”
Immediately
the
girl
rose
up
and
walked,
for
she
was
twelve
years old.
They
were
amazed
with
great
amazement.
He
strictly
ordered
them
that
no
one
should
know
this,
and commanded
that
something
should
be
given
to
her
to
eat.
He
went
out
from
there.
He
came
into
his
own
country,
and
his
disciples
followed
him.
When
the
Sabbath
had
come,
he
began
to
teach
in
the
synagogue,
and
many
hearing
him
were
astonished,
saying, “Where
did
this
man
get
these
things?”
and, “What
is
the
wisdom
that
is
given
to
this
man,
that
such
mighty works
come
about
by
his
hands?
Isn’t
this
the
carpenter,
the
son
of
Mary
and
brother
of
James,
Joses,
Judah,
and
Simon?
Aren’t
his
sisters
here
with
us?”
So
they
were
offended
at
him.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“A
prophet
is
not
without
honor,
except
in
his
own
country,
and
among
his
own
relatives,
and
in
his
own
house.”
He
could
do
no
mighty work
there,
except
that
he
laid
his
hands
on
a
few
sick
people
and
healed
them.
He
marveled
because
of
their
unbelief.
He
went
around
the
villages
teaching.
He
called
to
himself
the
twelve,
and
began
to
send
them
out
two
by
two;
and
he
gave
them
authority
over
the
unclean
spirits.
He
commanded
them
that
they
should
take
nothing
for
their
journey,
except
a
staff
only:
no
bread,
no wallet,
no
money
in
their purse,
but
to
wear
sandals,
and
not
put
on
two
tunics.
He
said
to
them,
“Wherever
you
enter
into
a
house,
stay
there
until
you
depart
from
there.
Whoever
will
not
receive
you
nor
hear
you,
as
you depart
from
there,
shake
off
the
dust
that
is
under
your
feet
for
a
testimony
against
them. Assuredly,
I tell
you,
it
will
be more tolerable
for Sodom
and Gomorrah
in
the day
of judgment
than
for
that
city!”
They
went
out
and
preached
that people
should
repent.
They
cast
out
many
demons,
and
anointed
many
with
oil
who
were
sick
and
healed
them.
King
Herod
heard
this,
for
his
name
had
become
known,
and
he
said, “John
the Baptizer
has
risen
from
the
dead,
and
therefore
these
powers
are
at
work
in
him.”
But
others
said, “He
is
Elijah.”
Others
said, “He
is
a
prophet,
or
like
one
of
the
prophets.”
But
Herod,
when
he
heard
this,
said, “This
is
John,
whom
I
beheaded.
He
has
risen
from
the dead.”
For
Herod
himself
had
sent
out
and
arrested
John
and
bound
him
in
prison
for
the
sake
of
Herodias,
his
brother
Philip’s
wife,
for
he
had
married
her.
For
John
had
said
to
Herod, “It
is
not
lawful
for
you
to
have
your
brother’s
wife.”
Herodias set
herself
against
him
and
desired
to
kill
him,
but
she
couldn’t,
for
Herod
feared
John,
knowing
that
he
was
a
righteous
and
holy
man,
and
kept
him
safe.
When
he
heard
him,
he
did
many
things,
and
he
heard
him
gladly.
Then
a convenient
day
came
when
Herod
on
his
birthday
made
a
supper
for
his nobles,
the high officers,
and
the chief
men
of
Galilee.
When
the
daughter
of
Herodias
herself
came
in
and
danced,
she
pleased
Herod
and
those sitting
with
him.
The
king
said
to
the young lady, “Ask
me
whatever
you
want,
and
I
will
give
it
to
you.”
He
swore
to
her, “Whatever
you
ask
of
me,
I
will
give
you,
up
to
half
of
my
kingdom.”
She
went
out
and
said
to
her
mother, “What
shall
I
ask?”
She
said, “The
head
of
John
the Baptizer.”
She
came
in
immediately
with haste
to
the
king
and requested, “I
want
you
to
give
me
right
now
the
head
of
John
the Baptizer
on
a
platter.”
The
king
was exceedingly
sorry,
but
for
the
sake
of
his
oaths
and
of
his
dinner
guests,
he
didn’t
wish
to
refuse
her.
Immediately
the
king
sent
out
a soldier
of
his
guard
and
commanded
to
bring
John’s
head;
and
he
went
and
beheaded
him
in
the
prison,
and
brought
his
head
on
a
platter,
and
gave
it
to
the young lady;
and
the young lady
gave
it
to
her
mother.
When
his
disciples
heard
this,
they
came
and
took
up
his
corpse
and
laid
it
in
a
tomb.
The
apostles
gathered
themselves
together
to
Jesus,
and
they
told
him
all
things,
whatever
they
had
done,
and
whatever
they
had
taught.
He
said
to
them,
“Come
away
into
a
deserted
place,
and
rest awhile.”
For
there
were
many
coming
and
going,
and
they
had
no leisure
so
much
as
to
eat.
They
went
away
in
the
boat
to
a
deserted
place
by
themselves.
They
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TR reads “The multitudes” instead of “They”
saw
them
going,
and
many
recognized
him
and
ran
there
on foot
from
all
the
cities.
They arrived
before
them
and came
together
to
him.
Jesus
came
out,
saw
a
great
multitude,
and
he
had
compassion
on
them
because
they
were
like
sheep
without
a
shepherd;
and
he
began
to
teach
them
many
things.
When
it
was
late
in
the day,
his
disciples
came
to
him
and
said, “This
place
is
deserted,
and
it
is
late
in
the day.
Send
them
away,
that
they
may
go
into
the
surrounding
country
and
villages
and
buy
themselves bread,
for
they
have nothing
to
eat.”
But
he
answered
them,
“You
give
them something
to
eat.”
They
asked
him, “Shall
we
go
and
buy
two
hundred
denarii
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200 denarii was about 7 or 8 months wages for an agricultural laborer.
worth
of
bread
and
give
them something
to
eat?”
He
said
to
them,
“How
many
loaves
do
you
have?
Go
see.”
When
they
knew,
they
said, “Five,
and
two
fish.”
He
commanded
them
that
everyone
should
sit
down
in
groups
on
the
green
grass.
They
sat
down
in ranks,
by
hundreds
and
by
fifties.
He
took
the
five
loaves
and
the
two
fish;
and
looking
up
to
heaven,
he
blessed
and
broke
the
loaves,
and
he
gave
to
his
disciples
to
set
before
them,
and
he
divided
the
two
fish
among
them
all.
They
all
ate
and
were
filled.
They
took
up
twelve
baskets
full
of
broken
pieces
and
also
of
the
fish.
Those
who
ate
the
loaves
were
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TR adds “about”
five
thousand
men.
Immediately
he
made
his
disciples
get
into
the
boat
and
go
ahead
to
the
other
side,
to
Bethsaida,
while
he
himself
sent
the
multitude
away.
After
he
had taken
leave
of
them,
he
went
up
the
mountain
to
pray.
When
evening
had
come,
the
boat
was
in
the
middle
of
the
sea,
and
he
was
alone
on
the
land.
Seeing
them distressed
in rowing,
for
the
wind
was
contrary
to
them,
about
the fourth
watch
of
the
night
he
came
to
them,
walking
on
the
sea;
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See Job 9:8
and
he
would
have
passed
by
them,
but
they,
when
they
saw
him
walking
on
the
sea,
supposed
that
it
was
a
ghost,
and
cried
out;
for
they
all
saw
him
and
were
troubled.
But
he
immediately
spoke
with
them
and
said
to
them,
“Cheer up!
It
is
I!
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or, “I AM!”
Don’t
be
afraid.”
He
got
into
the
boat
with
them;
and
the
wind
ceased,
and
they
were
very
amazed
among
themselves,
and marveled;
for
they hadn’t
understood
about
the
loaves,
but
their
hearts
were
hardened.
When
they
had
crossed
over,
they
came
to
land
at
Gennesaret
and
moored
to
the
shore.
When
they
had
come
out
of
the
boat,
immediately
the
people
recognized
him,
and
ran
around
that
whole
region,
and
began
to bring
those
who
were
sick
on
their
mats
to
where
they
heard
he
was.
Wherever
he
entered—into
villages,
or
into
cities,
or
into
the
country—they
laid
the
sick
in
the marketplaces
and
begged
him
that
they
might
just
touch
the
fringe
6:56
or, tassel
of
his
garment;
and
as
many
as
touched
him
were
made
well.
Then
the
Pharisees
and
some
of
the
scribes
gathered
together
to
him, having
come
from
Jerusalem.
Now
when
they
saw
some
of
his
disciples
eating
bread
with
defiled,
that
is
unwashed,
hands,
they
found fault.
(For
the
Pharisees
and
all
the
Jews
don’t
eat
unless
they
wash
their
hands
and forearms,
holding
to
the
tradition
of
the
elders.
They
don’t
eat
when
they
come
from
the marketplace
unless
they bathe
themselves,
and
there
are
many
other
things
which
they
have
received
to
hold
to:
washings
of
cups,
pitchers, bronze vessels,
and couches.)
The
Pharisees
and
the
scribes
asked
him, “Why
don’t
your
disciples
walk
according
to
the
tradition
of
the
elders,
but
eat
their
bread
with unwashed
hands?”
He
answered
them,
“Well
did
Isaiah
prophesy
of
you
hypocrites,
as
it
is
written,
‘This
people
honors
me
with
their
lips,
but
their
heart
is
far
from
me.
They
worship
me
in
vain,
teaching
as
doctrines
the
commandments
of
men.’
7:7
Isaiah 29:13
“For
you set aside
the
commandment
of
God,
and
hold tightly
to
the
tradition
of
men—the washing
of pitchers
and cups,
and
you do many other such
things.”
He
said
to
them,
“Full
well
do
you
reject
the
commandment
of
God,
that
you
may
keep
your
tradition.
For
Moses
said, ‘Honor
your
father
and
your
mother;’
7:10
Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16
and, ‘He
who
speaks
evil
of
father
or
mother,
let
him
be
put
to
death.’
7:10
Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9
But
you
say, ‘If
a
man tells
his
father
or
his
mother, “Whatever
profit
you
might
have received
from
me
is
Corban,”’”
7:11
Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
that
is
to
say,
given
to
God,
“then
you
no
longer
allow
him
to
do
anything
for
his
father
or
his
mother,
making void
the
word
of
God
by
your
tradition
which
you
have
handed
down.
You
do
many
things
like
this.”
He
called
all
the
multitude
to
himself
and
said
to
them,
“Hear
me,
all
of
you,
and
understand.
There
is
nothing
from
outside
of
the
man
that
going
into
him
can
defile
him;
but
the
things
which
proceed
out
of
the
man
are
those
that
defile
the
man.
If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!”
7:16
NU omits verse 16.
When
he
had
entered
into
a
house
away
from
the
multitude,
his
disciples
asked
him
about
the
parable.
He
said
to
them,
“Are
you
also
without
understanding?
Don’t
you
perceive
that
whatever
goes
into
the
man
from
outside
can’t
defile
him,
because
it
doesn’t
go
into
his
heart,
but
into
his
stomach,
then
into
the latrine, making
all
foods
clean?”
7:19
NU ends Jesus’ direct quote and question after “latrine”, ending the verse with “Thus he declared all foods clean.
He
said,
“That
which
proceeds
out
of
the
man,
that
defiles
the
man.
For
from
within,
out
of
the
hearts
of
men,
proceed
evil
thoughts, adulteries,
sexual sins,
murders,
thefts,
covetings,
wickedness,
deceit, lustful desires, an
evil
eye,
blasphemy,
pride,
and
foolishness.
All
these
evil
things
come
from
within
and
defile
the
man.”
From
there
he
arose
and
went
away
into
the borders
of
Tyre
and Sidon.
He
entered
into
a
house
and
didn’t
want
anyone
to
know
it,
but
he
couldn’t
escape
notice.
For
a
woman
whose
little
daughter
had
an
unclean
spirit,
having
heard
of
him,
came
and
fell
down
at
his
feet.
Now
the
woman
was
a
Greek,
a
Syrophoenician
by
race.
She
begged
him
that
he
would
cast
the
demon
out
of
her
daughter.
But
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Let
the
children
be
filled
first,
for
it
is
not appropriate
to
take
the
children’s
bread
and
throw
it
to
the
dogs.”
But
she
answered
him, “Yes,
Lord.
Yet
even
the
dogs
under
the
table
eat
the
children’s
crumbs.”
He
said
to
her,
“For
this
saying,
go
your
way.
The
demon
has
gone
out
of
your
daughter.”
She
went
away
to
her
house,
and
found
the
child
having
been
laid
on
the
bed,
with
the
demon
gone
out.
Again
he
departed
from
the borders
of
Tyre
and
Sidon,
and
came
to
the
sea
of
Galilee
through
the
middle
of
the
region
of
Decapolis.
They
brought
to
him
one
who
was
deaf
and
had
an impediment
in
his speech.
They
begged
him
to
lay
his
hand
on
him.
He
took
him
aside
from
the
multitude
privately
and
put
his
fingers
into
his
ears;
and
he
spat
and
touched
his
tongue.
Looking
up
to
heaven,
he sighed,
and
said
to
him,
“Ephphatha!”
that
is,
“Be
opened!”
Immediately
his
ears
were
opened,
and
the
impediment
of
his
tongue
was
released,
and
he
spoke clearly.
He commanded
them
that
they
should
tell
no
one,
but
the
more
he commanded
them,
so
much
the
more widely
they
proclaimed
it.
They
were
astonished beyond measure,
saying, “He
has
done
all
things
well.
He
makes
even
the
deaf
hear
and
the
mute
speak!”
In
those
days,
when
there
was
a
very
great
multitude,
and
they
had
nothing
to
eat,
Jesus
called
his
disciples
to
himself
and
said
to
them,
“I
have
compassion
on
the
multitude,
because
they
have stayed
with
me
now
three
days
and
have
nothing
to
eat.
If
I
send
them
away fasting
to
their
home,
they
will
faint
on
the
way,
for
some
of
them
have
come
a long
way.”
His
disciples
answered
him, “From
where
could
one
satisfy
these
people
with
bread
here
in
a deserted
place?”
He
asked
them,
“How
many
loaves
do
you
have?”
They
said, “Seven.”
He
commanded
the
multitude
to
sit
down
on
the
ground,
and
he
took
the
seven
loaves. Having
given
thanks,
he
broke
them
and
gave
them
to
his
disciples
to
serve,
and
they
served
the
multitude.
They
also
had
a
few
small
fish.
Having
blessed
them,
he
said
to
serve
these
also.
They
ate
and
were
filled.
They
took
up
seven
baskets
of
broken
pieces that
were
left
over.
Those
who
had eaten
were
about
four
thousand.
Then
he
sent
them
away.
Immediately
he
entered
into
the
boat
with
his
disciples
and
came
into
the region
of
Dalmanutha.
The
Pharisees
came
out
and
began
to question
him,
seeking
from
him
a
sign
from
heaven
and
testing
him.
He sighed
deeply
in
his
spirit
and
said,
“Why
does
this
generation
8:12
The word translated “generation” here (genea) could also be translated “people”, “race”, or “family”.
seek
a
sign? Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
no
sign
will
be
given
to
this
generation.”
He
left
them,
and
again entering
into
the boat,
departed
to
the
other
side.
They forgot
to
take
bread;
and
they
didn’t
have
more
than
one
loaf
in
the
boat
with
them.
He warned
them,
saying,
“Take
heed:
beware
of
the
yeast
of
the
Pharisees
and
the
yeast
of
Herod.”
They
reasoned
with
one
another,
saying, “It’s
because
we
have
no
bread.”
Jesus,
perceiving
it,
said
to
them,
“Why
do
you
reason
that it’s
because
you
have
no
bread?
Don’t
you
perceive
yet
or
understand?
Is
your
heart
still
hardened?
Having
eyes,
don’t
you
see?
Having
ears,
don’t
you
hear?
Don’t
you
remember?
When
I
broke
the
five
loaves
among
the
five
thousand,
how
many
baskets
full
of
broken
pieces did
you
take
up?”
They
told
him, “Twelve.”
“When
the
seven loaves fed
the
four
thousand,
how
many
baskets
full
of
broken
pieces did
you
take
up?”
They
told
him, “Seven.”
He
asked
them,
“Don’t
you
understand
yet?”
He
came
to
Bethsaida.
They
brought
a
blind
man
to
him
and
begged
him
to
touch
him.
He
took
hold
of
the
blind
man
by
the
hand,
and
brought
him
out
of
the
village.
When
he
had
spat
on
his
eyes,
and
laid
his
hands
on
him,
he
asked
him
if
he
saw
anything.
He
looked
up,
and
said, “I
see
men,
but
I
see
them
like
walking
trees.”
Then
again
he
laid
his
hands
on
his
eyes.
He
looked
intently,
and
was
restored,
and saw everyone
clearly.
He
sent
him
away
to
his
house,
saying,
“Don’t
enter
into
the
village,
nor
tell
anyone
in
the
village.”
Jesus
went
out,
with
his
disciples,
into
the
villages
of
Caesarea
Philippi.
On
the
way
he
asked
his
disciples,
“Who
do
men
say
that
I
am?”
They
told
him, “John
the Baptizer,
and
others
say
Elijah,
but
others,
one
of
the
prophets.”
He
said
to
them,
“But
who
do
you
say
that
I
am?”
Peter
answered, “You
are
the
Christ.”
He
commanded
them
that
they
should
tell
no
one
about
him.
He
began
to
teach
them
that
the
Son
of
Man
must
suffer
many
things,
and
be
rejected
by
the
elders,
the
chief
priests,
and
the
scribes,
and
be
killed,
and
after
three
days
rise
again.
He
spoke
to
them
openly.
Peter
took
him
and
began
to
rebuke
him.
But
he,
turning
around
and
seeing
his
disciples,
rebuked
Peter,
and
said,
“Get
behind
me,
Satan!
For
you
have
in
mind
not
the
things
of
God,
but
the
things
of
men.”
He
called
the
multitude
to
himself
with
his
disciples
and
said
to
them,
“Whoever
wants
to
come
after
me,
let
him
deny
himself,
and
take
up
his
cross,
and
follow
me.
For
whoever
wants
to
save
his
life
will
lose
it;
and
whoever
will
lose
his
life
for
my
sake
and
the
sake
of
the
Good
News
will
save
it.
For
what
does
it
profit
a
man
to
gain
the
whole
world
and
forfeit
his
life?
For
what
will
a
man
give
in
exchange
for
his
life?
For
whoever
will
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
comes
in
his
Father’s
glory
with
the
holy
angels.”
He
said
to
them,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
there
are
some
standing
here
who
will
in
no
way
taste
death
until
they
see
God’s
Kingdom
come
with
power.”
After
six
days
Jesus
took
with
him
Peter,
James,
and
John,
and
brought
them
up
onto
a
high
mountain
privately
by
themselves,
and
he
was changed
into
another form
in
front
of
them.
His
clothing
became glistening,
exceedingly
white,
like snow,
such
as
no
launderer
on
earth
can
whiten
them.
Elijah
and
Moses
appeared
to
them,
and
they
were
talking
with
Jesus.
Peter
answered
Jesus, “Rabbi,
it
is
good
for
us
to
be
here. Let’s
make
three
tents:
one
for
you,
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for
Elijah.”
For
he
didn’t
know
what
to say,
for
they
were very
afraid.
A
cloud
came,
overshadowing
them,
and
a
voice
came
out
of
the
cloud, “This
is
my
beloved
Son.
Listen
to
him.”
Suddenly
looking
around,
they
saw
no
one
with
them
any
more,
except
Jesus
only.
As
they
were
coming
down
from
the
mountain,
he commanded
them
that
they
should
tell
no
one
what
things
they
had
seen,
until
after
the
Son
of
Man
had
risen
from
the
dead.
They kept
this
saying
to
themselves, questioning
what
the “rising
from
the
dead”
meant.
They
asked
him,
saying, “Why
do
the
scribes
say
that
Elijah
must
come
first?”
He
said
to
them,
“Elijah
indeed
comes
first,
and restores
all
things.
How
is
it
written
about
the
Son
of
Man,
that
he
should
suffer
many
things
and
be
despised?
But
I
tell
you
that
Elijah
has
come,
and
they
have
also
done
to
him
whatever
they
wanted
to,
even
as
it
is
written
about
him.”
Coming
to
the
disciples,
he
saw
a
great
multitude
around
them,
and
scribes questioning
them.
Immediately
all
the
multitude,
when
they
saw
him,
were greatly
amazed,
and
running
to
him,
greeted
him.
He
asked
the scribes,
“What
are
you
asking
them?”
One
of
the
multitude
answered, “Teacher,
I
brought
to
you
my
son,
who
has
a
mute
spirit;
and
wherever
it
seizes
him,
it
throws
him
down;
and
he
foams
at
the mouth,
grinds
his
teeth,
and becomes rigid.
I
asked
your
disciples
to
cast
it
out,
and
they weren’t
able.”
He
answered
him,
“Unbelieving
generation,
how
long shall
I
be
with
you?
How
long shall
I
bear
with
you?
Bring
him
to
me.”
They
brought
him
to
him,
and
when
he
saw
him,
immediately
the
spirit convulsed
him
and
he
fell
on
the
ground, wallowing
and
foaming
at
the mouth.
He
asked
his
father,
“How
long
has
it
been
since
this
has
been
happening
to
him?”
He
said, “From
childhood.
Often
it
has
cast
him
both
into
the
fire
and
into
the
water
to
destroy
him.
But
if
you
can
do
anything,
have
compassion
on
us
and
help
us.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“If
you
can
believe,
all
things
are
possible
to
him
who
believes.”
Immediately
the
father
of
the
child
cried
out
with tears, “I
believe.
Help
my
unbelief!”
When
Jesus
saw
that
a
multitude
came running
together,
he
rebuked
the
unclean
spirit,
saying
to
him,
“You
mute
and
deaf
spirit,
I
command
you,
come
out
of
him,
and
never
enter
him
again!”
After
crying
out
and convulsing
him
greatly,
it
came
out
of
him.
The boy
became
like
one
dead,
so
much
that
most
of
them
said, “He
is
dead.”
But
Jesus
took
him
by
the
hand
and
raised
him
up;
and
he
arose.
When
he
had
come
into
the
house,
his
disciples
asked
him
privately, “Why
couldn’t
we
cast
it
out?”
He
said
to
them,
“This
kind
can
come
out
by
nothing
but
by
prayer
and fasting.”
They
went
out
from
there
and passed
through
Galilee.
He
didn’t
want
anyone
to
know
it,
for
he
was
teaching
his
disciples,
and
said
to
them,
“The
Son
of
Man
is
being
handed
over
to
the
hands
of
men,
and
they
will
kill
him;
and
when
he
is
killed,
on
the third
day
he
will
rise
again.”
But
they didn’t
understand
the
saying,
and
were
afraid
to
ask
him.
He
came
to
Capernaum,
and
when
he
was
in
the
house
he
asked
them,
“What
were
you arguing
among
yourselves
on
the
way?”
But
they
were
silent,
for
they
had disputed
with
one
another
on
the
way
about
who
was
the
greatest.
He
sat
down
and
called
the
twelve;
and
he
said
to
them,
“If
any
man
wants
to
be
first,
he
shall
be
last
of
all,
and
servant
of
all.”
He
took
a little
child
and
set
him
in
the
middle
of
them.
Taking
him
in
his
arms,
he
said
to
them,
“Whoever
receives
one
such little
child
in
my
name
receives
me;
and
whoever
receives
me,
doesn’t
receive
me,
but
him
who
sent
me.”
John
said
to
him, “Teacher,
we
saw
someone
who
doesn’t
follow
us casting
out
demons
in
your
name;
and
we forbade
him,
because
he
doesn’t
follow
us.”
But
Jesus
said,
“Don’t
forbid
him,
for
there
is
no
one
who
will
do
a
mighty work
in
my
name
and
be
able
quickly
to
speak
evil
of
me.
For
whoever
is
not
against us
is
on
our side.
For
whoever
will
give
you
a
cup
of
water
to
drink
in
my
name
because
you
are
Christ’s, most
certainly
I
tell
you,
he
will
in
no
way
lose
his
reward.
“Whoever
will
cause
one
of
these
little
ones
who
believe
in
me
to
stumble,
it
would
be
better
for
him
if
he
were
thrown
into
the
sea
with
a
millstone
hung
around
his
neck.
If
your
hand
causes
you
to
stumble,
cut
it
off.
It
is
better
for
you
to
enter
into
life maimed,
rather
than
having
your
two
hands
to
go
into Gehenna,
9:43
or, Hell
into
the
unquenchable
fire,
‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
9:44
Isaiah 66:24
9:44
NU omits verse 44.
If
your
foot
causes
you
to
stumble,
cut
it
off.
It
is
better
for
you
to
enter
into
life
lame,
rather
than
having
your
two
feet
to
be
cast
into Gehenna,
9:45
or, Hell
into
the fire
that
will never
be quenched—
‘where their worm doesn’t die, and the fire is not quenched.’
9:46
NU omits verse 46.
If
your
eye
causes
you
to
stumble,
throw
it
out.
It
is
better
for
you
to
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom
with
one
eye,
rather
than
having
two
eyes
to
be
cast
into
the Gehenna
9:47
or, Hell
of fire,
‘where
their
worm
doesn’t
die,
and
the
fire
is
not
quenched.’
9:48
Isaiah 66:24
For
everyone
will
be
salted
with
fire,
and
every sacrifice
will
be seasoned
with salt.
Salt
is
good,
but
if
the
salt
has lost
its saltiness,
with
what
will
you season
it?
Have
salt
in
yourselves,
and
be
at
peace
with
one
another.”
He
arose
from
there
and
came
into
the borders
of
Judea
and
beyond
the
Jordan.
Multitudes
came
together
to
him
again.
As
he usually
did,
he
was
again
teaching
them.
Pharisees
came
to
him
testing
him,
and
asked
him, “Is
it
lawful
for
a
man
to
divorce
his
wife?”
He
answered,
“What
did
Moses
command
you?”
They
said, “Moses
allowed
a
certificate
of
divorce
to
be
written,
and
to
divorce
her.”
But
Jesus
said
to
them,
“For
your
hardness
of
heart,
he
wrote
you
this
commandment.
But
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation,
God
made
them
male
and
female.
10:6
Genesis 1:27
For
this cause
a
man
will
leave
his
father
and
mother,
and
will join
to
his
wife,
and
the
two
will become
one
flesh,
10:8
Genesis 2:24
so
that
they
are
no
longer
two,
but
one
flesh.
What
therefore
God
has
joined
together,
let
no
man
separate.”
In
the
house,
his
disciples
asked
him
again
about
the
same matter.
He
said
to
them,
“Whoever
divorces
his
wife
and
marries
another
commits
adultery
against
her.
If
a
woman
herself
divorces
her
husband
and
marries
another,
she
commits
adultery.”
They
were
bringing
to
him little
children,
that
he
should
touch
them,
but
the
disciples
rebuked
those
who
were
bringing
them.
But
when
Jesus
saw
it,
he
was moved
with indignation
and
said
to
them,
“Allow
the little
children
to
come
to
me!
Don’t
forbid
them,
for
God’s
Kingdom
belongs
to
such
as
these.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
whoever
will
not
receive
God’s
Kingdom
like
a little
child,
he
will
in
no
way
enter
into
it.”
He
took
them
in
his
arms
and
blessed
them,
laying
his
hands
on
them.
As
he
was
going
out
into
the
way,
one
ran
to
him,
knelt
before
him,
and
asked
him, “Good
Teacher,
what
shall
I
do
that
I
may
inherit
eternal
life?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Why
do
you
call
me
good?
No
one
is
good
except
one—God.
You
know
the
commandments: ‘Do
not
murder,’ ‘Do
not
commit
adultery,’ ‘Do
not
steal,’ ‘Do
not
give
false
testimony,’ ‘Do
not
defraud,’ ‘Honor
your
father
and
mother.’”
10:19
Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
He
said
to
him, “Teacher,
I
have observed
all
these
things
from
my
youth.”
Jesus
looking
at
him
loved
him,
and
said
to
him,
“One
thing
you
lack.
Go,
sell
whatever
you
have
and
give
to
the
poor,
and
you
will
have
treasure
in
heaven;
and
come,
follow
me, taking
up
the cross.”
But
his face fell
at
that
saying,
and
he
went
away
sorrowful,
for
he
was
one
who
had
great possessions.
Jesus
looked
around
and
said
to
his
disciples,
“How difficult
it
is
for
those
who
have riches
to
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom!”
The
disciples
were
amazed
at
his
words.
But
Jesus
answered
again,
“Children,
how
hard
it
is
for
those
who trust
in riches
to
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom!
It
is
easier
for
a
camel
to
go
through
a needle’s
eye
than
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom.”
They
were exceedingly
astonished,
saying
to
him, “Then
who
can
be
saved?”
Jesus,
looking
at
them,
said,
“With
men
it
is
impossible,
but
not
with
God,
for
all
things
are
possible
with
God.”
Peter
began
to
tell
him, “Behold,
we
have
left
all
and
have
followed
you.”
Jesus
said,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
there
is
no
one
who
has
left
house,
or
brothers,
or
sisters,
or
father,
or
mother,
or wife,
or
children,
or
land,
for
my
sake,
and
for
the
sake
of
the
Good
News,
but
he
will
receive
one
hundred
times more
now
in
this
time:
houses,
brothers,
sisters,
mothers,
children,
and
land,
with
persecutions;
and
in
the
age
to
come
eternal
life.
But
many
who
are
first
will
be
last,
and
the
last
first.”
They
were
on
the
way,
going
up
to
Jerusalem;
and
Jesus
was
going
in
front
of
them,
and
they
were
amazed;
and
those
who
followed
were
afraid.
He
again
took
the
twelve,
and
began
to
tell
them
the
things
that
were
going
to
happen
to
him.
“Behold,
we
are
going
up
to
Jerusalem.
The
Son
of
Man
will
be
delivered
to
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes.
They
will
condemn
him
to
death,
and
will
deliver
him
to
the
Gentiles.
They
will
mock
him,
spit
on
him,
scourge
him,
and
kill
him.
On
the third
day
he
will
rise
again.”
James
and
John,
the
sons
of
Zebedee,
came near
to
him,
saying, “Teacher,
we
want
you
to
do
for
us
whatever
we
will
ask.”
He
said
to
them,
“What
do
you
want
me
to
do
for
you?”
They
said
to
him, “Grant
to
us
that
we
may
sit,
one
at
your
right
hand
and
one
at
your
left
hand,
in
your
glory.”
But
Jesus
said
to
them,
“You
don’t
know
what
you
are
asking.
Are
you
able
to
drink
the
cup
that
I
drink,
and
to
be
baptized
with
the
baptism
that
I
am
baptized
with?”
They
said
to
him, “We
are
able.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“You
shall
indeed
drink
the
cup
that
I
drink,
and
you
shall
be
baptized
with
the
baptism
that
I
am
baptized
with;
but
to
sit
at
my
right
hand
and
at
my
left
hand
is
not
mine
to
give,
but
for
whom
it
has
been
prepared.”
When
the
ten
heard
it,
they
began
to
be
indignant toward
James
and
John.
Jesus
summoned
them
and
said
to
them,
“You
know
that
they
who
are
recognized
as
rulers
over
the
nations
lord
it
over
them,
and
their
great
ones
exercise
authority
over
them.
But
it shall
not
be
so
among
you,
but
whoever
wants
to
become
great
among
you shall
be
your
servant.
Whoever
of
you
wants
to
become
first
among
you
shall
be bondservant
of
all.
For
the
Son
of
Man
also
came
not
to
be
served
but
to
serve,
and
to
give
his
life
as
a
ransom
for
many.”
They
came
to
Jericho.
As
he
went
out
from
Jericho
with
his
disciples
and
a great
multitude,
the
son
of
Timaeus,
Bartimaeus,
a
blind beggar,
was
sitting
by
the
road.
When
he
heard
that
it
was
Jesus
the
Nazarene,
he
began
to
cry
out
and
say, “Jesus,
you
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me!”
Many
rebuked
him,
that
he
should
be
quiet,
but
he
cried
out
much
more, “You
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me!”
Jesus
stood
still
and
said,
“Call
him.”
They
called
the
blind
man,
saying
to
him, “Cheer
up!
Get
up.
He
is
calling
you!”
He, casting
away
his
cloak, sprang
up,
and
came
to
Jesus.
Jesus
asked
him,
“What
do
you
want
me
to
do
for
you?”
The
blind
man
said
to
him, “Rabboni,
10:51
Rabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.”
that
I
may
see
again.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Go
your
way.
Your
faith
has
made
you
well.”
Immediately
he
received
his
sight
and
followed
Jesus
on
the
way.
When
they
came
near
to
Jerusalem,
to Bethsphage
11:1
TR & NU read “Bethphage” instead of “Bethsphage”
and
Bethany,
at
the
Mount
of
Olives,
he
sent
two
of
his
disciples
and
said
to
them,
“Go
your
way
into
the
village
that
is
opposite
you.
Immediately
as
you
enter
into
it,
you
will
find
a young donkey
tied,
on
which
no
one
has
sat.
Untie
him
and
bring
him.
If
anyone asks
you, ‘Why
are
you
doing
this?’
say, ‘The
Lord
needs
him;’
and
immediately
he
will
send
him
back
here.”
They
went
away,
and
found
a young donkey
tied
at
the
door
outside
in
the open
street,
and
they
untied
him.
Some
of
those
who
stood
there
asked
them, “What
are
you
doing,
untying
the young donkey?”
They
said
to
them
just
as
Jesus
had
said,
and
they
let
them
go.
They
brought
the young donkey
to
Jesus
and
threw
their
garments
on
it,
and
Jesus
sat
on
it.
Many
spread
their
garments
on
the
way,
and
others
were
cutting down branches
from
the trees
and
spreading
them
on
the
road.
Those
who
went
in
front
and
those
who
followed
cried
out, “Hosanna!
11:9
“Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
Blessed
is
he
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord!
11:9
Psalm 118:25-26
Blessed
is
the
kingdom
of
our
father
David
that
is
coming
in
the name
of
the Lord!
Hosanna
in
the
highest!”
Jesus
entered
into
the
temple
in
Jerusalem.
When
he
had
looked
around
at
everything,
it
being
now
evening,
he
went
out
to
Bethany
with
the
twelve.
The
next
day,
when
they
had
come
out
from
Bethany,
he
was
hungry.
Seeing
a
fig
tree afar
off
having
leaves,
he
came
to
see
if
perhaps
he
might
find
anything
on
it.
When
he
came
to
it,
he
found
nothing
but
leaves,
for
it
was
not
the
season
for
figs.
Jesus
told
it,
“May
no
one
ever
eat
fruit
from
you
again!”
and
his
disciples
heard
it.
They
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
Jesus
entered
into
the
temple
and
began
to
throw
out
those
who
sold
and
those
who
bought
in
the
temple,
and overthrew
the money changers’
tables
and
the
seats
of
those
who
sold
the
doves.
He
would
not
allow
anyone
to
carry
a
container
through
the
temple.
He
taught,
saying
to
them,
“Isn’t
it
written, ‘My
house
will
be
called
a
house
of
prayer
for
all
the
nations?’
11:17
Isaiah 56:7
But
you
have
made
it
a
den
of
robbers!”
11:17
Jeremiah 7:11
The
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
heard
it,
and
sought
how
they
might
destroy
him.
For
they
feared
him,
because
all
the
multitude
was
astonished
at
his
teaching.
When
evening
came,
he
went
out
of
the
city.
As
they passed
by
in
the
morning,
they
saw
the
fig
tree
withered
away
from
the
roots.
Peter, remembering,
said
to
him, “Rabbi,
look!
The
fig
tree
which
you
cursed
has
withered
away.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Have
faith
in
God.
For most
certainly
I
tell
you,
whoever
may
tell
this
mountain, ‘Be
taken
up
and
cast
into
the
sea,’
and
doesn’t
doubt
in
his
heart,
but
believes
that
what
he
says
is
happening,
he
shall
have
whatever
he
says.
Therefore
I
tell
you,
all
things
whatever
you
pray
and
ask
for,
believe
that
you
have
received
them,
and
you
shall
have
them.
Whenever
you
stand
praying,
forgive,
if
you
have
anything
against
anyone;
so
that
your
Father,
who
is
in
heaven,
may
also
forgive
you
your
transgressions.
But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your transgressions.”
11:26
NU omits verse 26.
They
came
again
to
Jerusalem,
and
as
he
was
walking
in
the
temple,
the
chief
priests,
the
scribes,
and
the
elders
came
to
him,
and
they began
saying
to
him, “By
what
authority
do
you
do
these
things?
Or
who
gave
you
this
authority
to
do
these
things?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“I
will
ask
you
one
question.
Answer
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.”
They
reasoned
with
themselves,
saying, “If
we
should
say, ‘From
heaven;’
he
will
say, ‘Why
then
did
you
not
believe
him?’
If
we should
say, ‘From men’”—they
feared
the
people,
for
all
held
John
to
really
be
a
prophet.
They
answered
Jesus, “We
don’t
know.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Neither
will
I
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.”
He
began
to
speak
to
them
in
parables.
“A
man
planted
a
vineyard,
put
a hedge
around
it,
dug
a pit
for
the
wine
press,
built
a
tower,
rented
it out
to
a
farmer,
and
went
into another country.
When
it
was
time,
he
sent
a
servant
to
the
farmer
to get
from
the
farmer
his share
of
the
fruit
of
the
vineyard.
They
took
him,
beat
him,
and
sent
him
away
empty.
Again,
he
sent
another
servant
to
them;
and
they threw stones
at
him,
wounded
him
in
the
head,
and
sent
him
away
shamefully
treated.
Again
he
sent
another,
and
they
killed
him,
and
many
others,
beating
some,
and
killing
some.
Therefore
still
having
one,
his
beloved
son,
he
sent
him
last
to
them,
saying, ‘They
will
respect
my
son.’
But
those farmers
said
among
themselves, ‘This
is
the
heir.
Come, let’s
kill
him,
and
the
inheritance
will
be
ours.’
They
took
him,
killed
him,
and
cast
him
out
of
the
vineyard.
What therefore
will
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
do?
He
will
come
and
destroy
the farmers,
and
will
give
the
vineyard
to
others.
Haven’t
you
even
read
this
Scripture:
‘The
stone
which
the
builders
rejected
was
made
the
head
of
the
corner.
This
was
from
the
Lord.
It
is
marvelous
in
our eyes’?”
12:11
Psalm 118:22-23
They
tried
to
seize
him,
but
they
feared
the
multitude;
for
they
perceived
that
he
spoke
the
parable
against
them.
They
left
him
and
went
away.
They
sent
some
of
the
Pharisees
and
the
Herodians
to
him,
that
they
might
trap
him
with
words.
When
they
had
come,
they
asked
him, “Teacher,
we
know
that
you
are honest,
and
don’t
defer
to
anyone;
for
you
aren’t partial
to
anyone,
but
truly
teach
the
way
of
God.
Is
it
lawful
to
pay
taxes
to
Caesar,
or
not?
Shall
we
give,
or shall
we
not
give?”
But
he, knowing
their
hypocrisy,
said
to
them,
“Why
do
you
test
me?
Bring
me
a
denarius,
that
I
may
see
it.”
They
brought
it.
He
said
to
them,
“Whose
is
this
image
and
inscription?”
They
said
to
him, “Caesar’s.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Render
to
Caesar
the
things
that
are
Caesar’s,
and
to
God
the
things
that
are
God’s.”
They
marveled greatly
at
him.
Some
Sadducees,
who
say
that
there
is
no
resurrection,
came
to
him.
They
asked
him,
saying,
“Teacher,
Moses
wrote
to
us, ‘If
a
man’s
brother
dies
and
leaves
a
wife
behind
him,
and
leaves
no
children,
that
his
brother
should
take
his
wife
and
raise
up offspring
for
his
brother.’
There
were
seven
brothers.
The
first
took
a
wife,
and
dying
left
no offspring.
The
second
took
her,
and
died,
leaving
no
children
behind
him.
The
third
likewise;
and
the
seven took
her
and
left
no
children.
Last
of
all
the
woman
also
died.
In
the
resurrection,
when
they
rise,
whose
wife
will
she
be
of
them?
For
the
seven
had
her
as
a
wife.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Isn’t
this
because
you
are
mistaken,
not
knowing
the
Scriptures
nor
the
power
of
God?
For
when
they
will
rise
from
the
dead,
they
neither
marry
nor
are given
in
marriage,
but
are
like
angels
in
heaven.
But
about
the
dead,
that
they
are
raised, haven’t
you
read
in
the
book
of
Moses
about
the
Bush,
how
God
spoke
to
him,
saying, ‘I
am
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of Jacob’?
12:26
Exodus 3:6
He
is
not
the
God
of
the
dead,
but
of
the
living.
You
are therefore
badly
mistaken.”
One
of
the
scribes
came
and
heard
them
questioning
together,
and knowing
that
he
had
answered
them
well,
asked
him, “Which
commandment
is
the greatest
of
all?”
Jesus
answered,
“The greatest
is: ‘Hear,
Israel,
the
Lord
our
God,
the
Lord
is
one.
You
shall
love
the
Lord
your
God
with
all
your
heart,
with
all
your
soul,
with
all
your
mind,
and
with
all
your
strength.’
12:30
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
This
is
the first commandment.
The
second
is
like
this: ‘You
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.’
12:31
Leviticus 19:18
There
is
no
other
commandment
greater
than
these.”
The
scribe
said
to
him, “Truly,
teacher,
you
have
said
well
that
he
is
one,
and
there
is
none
other
but
he;
and
to
love
him
with
all
the
heart,
with
all
the
understanding,
all
the soul,
and
with
all
the
strength,
and
to
love
his
neighbor
as
himself,
is
more important
than
all
whole
burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices.”
When
Jesus
saw
that
he
answered wisely,
he
said
to
him,
“You
are
not
far
from
God’s
Kingdom.”
No
one
dared
ask
him
any
question
after
that.
Jesus
responded,
as
he
taught
in
the
temple,
“How
is
it
that
the
scribes
say
that
the
Christ
is
the
son
of
David?
For
David
himself
said
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
‘The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
“Sit
at
my
right
hand,
until
I
make
your
enemies
the
footstool
of
your
feet.”’
12:36
Psalm 110:1
Therefore
David
himself
calls
him
Lord,
so
how
can
he
be
his
son?”
The common
people
heard
him
gladly.
In
his
teaching
he
said
to
them,
“Beware
of
the
scribes,
who
like
to
walk
in
long
robes,
and
to get
greetings
in
the marketplaces,
and
to get
the best
seats
in
the
synagogues
and
the best
places
at feasts,
those
who
devour
widows’
houses,
and
for
a
pretense
make
long
prayers.
These
will
receive greater
condemnation.”
Jesus
sat
down
opposite
the
treasury
and
saw
how
the
multitude
cast
money
into
the
treasury.
Many
who
were
rich
cast
in
much.
A
poor
widow
came
and
she
cast
in
two
small brass
coins,
12:42
literally, lepta (or widow’s mites). Lepta are very small brass coins worth half a quadrans each, which is a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
which equal
a quadrans coin.
12:42
A quadrans is a coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
He
called
his
disciples
to
himself
and
said
to
them,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
this
poor
widow
gave
more
than
all
those
who
are giving
into
the
treasury,
for
they
all
gave
out
of
their
abundance,
but
she,
out
of
her
poverty,
gave
all
that
she
had
to
live
on.”
As
he
went
out
of
the
temple,
one
of
his
disciples
said
to
him, “Teacher,
see
what
kind
of
stones
and
what
kind
of
buildings!”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Do
you
see
these
great
buildings?
There
will
not
be
left
here
one
stone
on
another,
which
will
not
be thrown
down.”
As
he
sat
on
the
Mount
of
Olives
opposite
the
temple,
Peter,
James,
John,
and
Andrew
asked
him
privately,
“Tell
us,
when
will
these
things
be?
What
is
the
sign
that
these
things
are
all
about
to
be
fulfilled?”
Jesus, answering,
began
to
tell
them,
“Be
careful
that
no
one
leads
you
astray.
For
many
will
come
in
my
name,
saying, ‘I
am
he!’
13:6
or, “I AM!”
and
will
lead
many
astray.
“When
you
hear
of
wars
and
rumors
of
wars,
don’t
be troubled.
For
those
must
happen,
but
the
end
is
not
yet.
For
nation
will
rise
against
nation,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom.
There
will
be
earthquakes
in
various
places.
There
will
be
famines
and troubles. These things
are
the
beginning
of
birth
pains.
“But
watch
yourselves,
for
they
will
deliver
you
up
to
councils.
You
will
be
beaten
in
synagogues.
You
will
stand
before
rulers
and
kings
for
my
sake,
for
a
testimony
to
them.
The
Good
News
must
first
be
preached
to
all
the
nations.
When
they
lead
you
away
and
deliver
you
up,
don’t
be anxious
beforehand
or premeditate
what
you
will
say,
but
say
whatever
will
be
given
you
in
that
hour.
For
it
is
not
you
who
speak,
but
the
Holy
Spirit.
“Brother
will
deliver
up
brother
to
death,
and
the
father
his
child.
Children
will
rise
up
against
parents
and
cause
them
to
be
put
to
death.
You
will
be
hated
by
all
men
for
my
name’s
sake,
but
he
who
endures
to
the
end
will
be
saved.
“But
when
you
see
the
abomination
of
desolation,
13:14
Daniel 9:17; 11:31; 12:11
spoken
of
by Daniel
the prophet,
standing
where
it
ought
not” (let
the
reader
understand),
“then let
those
who
are
in
Judea
flee
to
the
mountains,
and let
him
who
is
on
the
housetop
not
go
down,
nor
enter
in,
to
take
anything
out
of
his
house.
Let
him
who
is
in
the
field
not
return
back
to
take
his
cloak.
But
woe
to
those
who
are
with child
and
to
those
who nurse
babies
in
those
days!
Pray
that
your flight
won’t
be
in
the
winter.
For
in
those
days
there
will
be oppression,
such
as
there
has
not
been
the
like
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation
which
God
created
until
now,
and
never
will
be.
Unless
the
Lord
had
shortened
the
days,
no
flesh
would
have
been
saved;
but
for
the
sake
of
the
chosen ones,
whom
he picked out,
he
shortened
the
days.
Then
if
anyone tells
you, ‘Look,
here
is
the
Christ!’
or, ‘Look,
there!’
don’t
believe
it.
For
false
christs
and
false
prophets
will
arise
and
will
show
signs
and
wonders,
that
they
may
lead
astray,
if
possible,
even
the
chosen ones.
But
you
watch.
“Behold,
I
have told
you
all
things beforehand.
But
in
those
days,
after
that oppression,
the
sun
will
be
darkened,
the
moon
will
not
give
its
light,
the
stars
will
be
falling
from
the
sky,
and
the
powers
that
are
in
the
heavens
will
be
shaken.
13:25
Isaiah 13:10; 34:4
Then
they
will
see
the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
clouds
with
great
power
and
glory.
Then
he
will
send
out
his
angels,
and
will
gather
together
his
chosen ones
from
the
four
winds,
from
the ends
of
the
earth
to
the ends
of
the
sky.
“Now
from
the
fig
tree,
learn
this
parable.
When
the
branch
has
now
become
tender
and produces
its
leaves,
you
know
that
the
summer
is
near;
even
so
you
also,
when
you
see
these
things
coming
to
pass,
know
that
it
is
near,
at
the
doors.
Most certainly
I
say
to
you,
this
generation
13:30
The word translated “generation” (genea) could also be translated “race”, “family”, or “people”.
will
not
pass
away
until
all
these
things
happen.
Heaven
and
earth
will
pass
away,
but
my
words
will
not
pass
away.
“But
of
that
day
or
that
hour
no
one
knows—not
even
the
angels
in
heaven,
nor
the
Son,
but
only
the
Father.
Watch,
keep
alert, and pray;
for
you
don’t
know
when
the
time
is.
“It
is
like
a
man traveling
to another country, having
left
his
house
and
given
authority
to
his
servants,
and
to
each
one
his
work,
and
also
commanded
the
doorkeeper
to
keep
watch.
Watch
therefore,
for
you
don’t
know
when
the
lord
of
the
house
is
coming—whether
at
evening,
or
at
midnight,
or
when
the
rooster
crows,
or
in
the
morning;
lest,
coming
suddenly,
he might
find
you
sleeping.
What
I
tell
you,
I
tell
all:
Watch!”
It
was
now
two
days
before
the
Passover
and
the Feast
of
Unleavened Bread,
and
the
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
sought
how
they
might
seize
him
by deception
and
kill
him.
For
they
said, “Not
during
the
feast,
because
there
might
be
a
riot
among
the
people.”
While
he
was
at
Bethany,
in
the
house
of
Simon
the
leper,
as
he sat
at
the table,
a
woman
came
having
an
alabaster jar
of
ointment
of
pure
nard—very
costly.
She
broke
the jar
and
poured
it
over
his
head.
But
there
were
some
who
were
indignant
among
themselves, saying, “Why
has
this
ointment
been
wasted?
For
this
might
have
been
sold
for
more
than
three
hundred
denarii
14:5
300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
and
given
to
the
poor.”
So
they grumbled
against
her.
But
Jesus
said,
“Leave
her
alone.
Why
do
you
trouble
her?
She
has
done
a
good
work
for
me.
For
you
always
have
the
poor
with
you,
and
whenever
you
want
to,
you
can
do
them
good;
but
you
will
not
always
have
me.
She
has
done
what
she
could.
She
has
anointed
my
body
beforehand
for
the burying.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
wherever
this
Good
News
may
be
preached
throughout
the
whole
world,
that
which
this
woman
has
done
will
also
be
spoken
of
for
a
memorial
of
her.”
Judas
Iscariot,
who
was
one
of
the
twelve,
went
away
to
the
chief
priests,
that
he
might
deliver
him
to
them.
They,
when
they
heard
it,
were
glad,
and
promised
to
give
him
money.
He
sought
how
he
might conveniently
deliver
him.
On
the
first
day
of
unleavened bread,
when
they
sacrificed
the
Passover,
his
disciples
asked
him, “Where
do
you
want
us
to
go
and
prepare
that
you
may
eat
the
Passover?”
He
sent
two
of
his
disciples
and
said
to
them,
“Go
into
the
city,
and
there
a
man
carrying
a
pitcher
of
water
will
meet
you.
Follow
him,
and
wherever
he
enters
in,
tell
the master
of
the
house, ‘The
Teacher
says, “Where
is
the
guest
room,
where
I
may
eat
the
Passover
with
my
disciples?”’
He
will
himself
show
you
a
large upper room
furnished
and
ready.
Get
ready
for
us
there.”
His
disciples
went
out,
and
came
into
the
city,
and
found
things
as
he
had
said
to
them,
and
they
prepared
the
Passover.
When
it
was
evening
he
came
with
the
twelve.
As
they sat
and
were
eating,
Jesus
said,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
one
of
you
will
betray
me—he
who
eats
with
me.”
They
began
to
be
sorrowful,
and
to
ask
him
one
by
one, “Surely
not
I?”
And
another
said, “Surely
not
I?”
He
answered
them,
“It
is
one
of
the
twelve,
he
who
dips
with
me
in
the dish.
For
the
Son
of
Man
goes
as
it
is
written
about
him,
but
woe
to
that
man
by
whom
the
Son
of
Man
is
betrayed!
It
would
be
better
for
that
man
if
he
had
not
been
born.”
As
they
were
eating,
Jesus
took
bread,
and
when
he
had
blessed
it,
he
broke
it
and
gave
to
them,
and
said,
“Take,
eat.
This
is
my
body.”
He
took
the
cup,
and
when
he
had
given
thanks,
he
gave
to
them.
They
all
drank
of
it.
He
said
to
them,
“This
is
my
blood
of
the new
covenant,
which
is poured
out
for
many.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
I
will
no
more
drink
of
the
fruit
of
the
vine
until
that
day
when
I
drink
it anew
in
God’s
Kingdom.”
When
they
had sung
a
hymn,
they
went
out
to
the
Mount
of
Olives.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“All
of
you
will
be
made
to
stumble
because
of
me tonight,
for
it
is
written, ‘I
will
strike
the
shepherd,
and
the
sheep
will
be
scattered.’
14:27
Zechariah 13:7
However,
after
I
am
raised
up,
I
will
go
before
you
into
Galilee.”
But
Peter
said
to
him, “Although
all
will
be
offended,
yet
I
will
not.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
you
today,
even
this
night,
before
the
rooster
crows
twice,
you
will
deny
me
three
times.”
But
he
spoke
all
the
more, “If
I
must
die
with
you,
I
will
not
deny
you.”
They
all
said
the
same
thing.
They
came
to
a
place
which
was
named
Gethsemane.
He
said
to
his
disciples,
“Sit
here
while
I
pray.”
He
took
with
him
Peter,
James,
and
John,
and
began
to
be greatly
troubled
and
distressed.
He
said
to
them,
“My
soul
is exceedingly sorrowful,
even
to
death.
Stay
here
and
watch.”
He
went forward
a
little,
and
fell
on
the
ground,
and
prayed
that
if
it
were
possible,
the
hour
might
pass
away
from
him.
He
said,
“Abba,
14:36
Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.
Father,
all
things
are
possible
to
you.
Please
remove
this
cup
from
me.
However,
not
what
I
desire,
but
what
you
desire.”
He
came
and
found
them
sleeping,
and
said
to
Peter,
“Simon,
are
you
sleeping?
Couldn’t
you
watch
one
hour?
Watch
and
pray,
that
you
may
not enter
into
temptation.
The
spirit
indeed
is
willing,
but
the
flesh
is
weak.”
Again
he
went
away
and
prayed,
saying
the
same
words.
Again
he
returned
and
found
them
sleeping,
for
their
eyes
were
very heavy;
and
they
didn’t
know
what
to
answer
him.
He
came
the
third
time
and
said
to
them,
“Sleep
on
now,
and
take
your
rest.
It
is
enough.
The
hour
has
come.
Behold,
the
Son
of
Man
is
betrayed
into
the
hands
of
sinners.
Arise! Let’s
get
going.
Behold,
he
who
betrays
me
is
at
hand.”
Immediately,
while
he
was
still
speaking,
Judas,
one
of
the
twelve,
came—and
with
him
a
multitude
with
swords
and
clubs,
from
the
chief
priests,
the
scribes,
and
the
elders.
Now
he
who
betrayed
him
had
given
them
a sign,
saying, “Whomever
I
will
kiss,
that
is
he.
Seize
him,
and
lead
him
away safely.”
When
he
had
come,
immediately
he
came
to
him
and
said, “Rabbi!
Rabbi!”
and
kissed
him.
They
laid
their
hands
on
him
and
seized
him.
But
a
certain
one
of
those
who
stood
by
drew
his
sword
and
struck
the
servant
of
the
high
priest,
and
cut
off
his
ear.
Jesus
answered
them,
“Have
you
come
out,
as
against
a
robber,
with
swords
and
clubs
to seize
me?
I
was
daily
with
you
in
the
temple
teaching,
and
you
didn’t
arrest
me.
But
this
is
so
that
the
Scriptures
might
be
fulfilled.”
They
all
left
him,
and
fled.
A
certain
young
man followed
him, having
a
linen
cloth thrown
around
himself
over
his
naked body.
The
young
men grabbed
him,
but
he
left
the
linen
cloth
and
fled
from
them
naked.
They
led
Jesus
away
to
the
high
priest.
All
the
chief
priests,
the
elders,
and
the
scribes
came
together
with
him.
Peter
had
followed
him
from
a
distance,
until
he
came
into
the
court
of
the
high
priest.
He
was
sitting
with
the
officers,
and
warming
himself
in
the
light
of
the
fire.
Now
the
chief
priests
and
the
whole
council
sought witnesses
against
Jesus
to
put
him
to
death,
and
found
none.
For
many gave
false
testimony
against
him,
and
their
testimony
didn’t
agree
with
each
other.
Some
stood
up
and gave
false
testimony
against
him,
saying,
“We
heard
him
say, ‘I
will
destroy
this
temple
that
is
made
with
hands,
and
in
three
days
I
will
build
another
made
without
hands.’”
Even
so,
their
testimony didn’t
agree.
The
high
priest
stood
up
in
the
middle,
and
asked
Jesus, “Have
you
no
answer?
What
is
it
which
these
testify
against
you?”
But
he
stayed
quiet,
and
answered
nothing.
Again
the
high
priest
asked
him, “Are
you
the
Christ,
the
Son
of
the
Blessed?”
Jesus
said,
“I
am.
You
will
see
the
Son
of
Man
sitting
at
the
right
hand
of
Power,
and
coming
with
the
clouds
of
the
sky.”
The
high
priest
tore
his
clothes
and
said, “What
further
need
have
we
of
witnesses?
You
have
heard
the
blasphemy!
What
do
you think?”
They
all
condemned
him
to
be worthy
of
death.
Some
began
to
spit
on
him,
and
to cover
his
face,
and
to
beat
him
with
fists,
and
to
tell
him, “Prophesy!”
The
officers
struck
him
with
the palms
of
their hands.
As
Peter
was
in
the
courtyard
below,
one
of
the maids
of
the
high
priest
came,
and
seeing
Peter
warming
himself,
she
looked
at
him
and
said, “You
were
also
with
the
Nazarene,
Jesus!”
But
he
denied
it,
saying, “I
neither
know
nor
understand
what
you
are
saying.”
He
went
out
on
the
porch,
and
the
rooster
crowed.
The maid
saw
him
and
began
again
to
tell
those
who
stood
by, “This
is
one
of
them.”
But
he
again
denied
it.
After
a
little
while
again
those
who
stood
by
said
to
Peter, “You
truly
are
one
of
them,
for
you
are
a
Galilean,
and
your speech shows
it.”
But
he
began
to
curse
and
to
swear, “I
don’t
know
this
man
of
whom
you
speak!”
The
rooster
crowed
the
second
time.
Peter
remembered
the
words
that
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Before
the
rooster
crows
twice,
you
will
deny
me
three
times.”
When
he
thought
about
that,
he
wept.
Immediately
in
the
morning
the
chief
priests,
with
the
elders,
scribes,
and
the
whole
council,
held
a
consultation,
bound
Jesus,
carried
him
away,
and
delivered
him
up
to
Pilate.
Pilate
asked
him, “Are
you
the
King
of
the
Jews?”
He
answered,
“So
you
say.”
The
chief
priests
accused
him
of
many
things.
Pilate
again
asked
him, “Have
you
no
answer?
See
how
many
things
they testify
against
you!”
But
Jesus
made
no
further
answer,
so
that
Pilate
marveled.
Now
at
the
feast
he used
to
release
to
them
one
prisoner,
whomever
they asked
of
him.
There
was
one
called
Barabbas,
bound
with
his fellow insurgents, men
who
in
the
insurrection
had
committed
murder.
The
multitude, crying aloud,
began
to
ask
him
to
do
as
he always
did
for
them.
Pilate
answered
them,
saying, “Do
you
want
me
to
release
to
you
the
King
of
the
Jews?”
For
he
perceived
that
for
envy
the
chief
priests
had
delivered
him
up.
But
the
chief
priests
stirred up
the
multitude,
that
he
should
release
Barabbas
to
them
instead.
Pilate
again
asked
them, “What
then should
I
do
to
him
whom
you
call
the
King
of
the
Jews?”
They
cried
out
again, “Crucify
him!”
Pilate
said
to
them, “Why,
what
evil
has
he
done?”
But
they
cried
out exceedingly, “Crucify
him!”
Pilate,
wishing
to please
the
multitude,
released
Barabbas
to
them,
and
handed
over
Jesus,
when
he
had
flogged
him,
to
be
crucified.
The
soldiers
led
him
away
within
the
court,
which
is
the
Praetorium;
and
they
called
together
the
whole
cohort.
They clothed
him
with
purple;
and weaving
a
crown
of
thorns,
they
put
it
on
him.
They
began
to salute
him, “Hail,
King
of
the
Jews!”
They
struck
his
head
with
a
reed
and
spat
on
him,
and
bowing
their
knees,
did homage
to
him.
When
they
had
mocked
him,
they
took
the
purple
cloak
off
him,
and
put
his
own
garments
on
him.
They
led
him
out
to
crucify
him.
They compelled
one
passing
by,
coming
from
the
country,
Simon
of
Cyrene,
the
father
of
Alexander
and
Rufus,
to
go
with
them
that
he
might
bear
his
cross.
They
brought
him
to
the
place
called
Golgotha,
which
is,
being interpreted, “The
place
of
a
skull.”
They offered
him
wine
mixed
with
myrrh
to drink,
but
he
didn’t
take
it.
Crucifying
him,
they parted
his
garments
among
them,
casting
lots
on
them,
what
each
should
take.
It
was
the
third
hour
15:25
9:00 a.m.
when
they
crucified
him.
The superscription
of
his accusation
was
written over
him: “THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.”
With
him
they
crucified
two
robbers,
one
on
his
right
hand,
and
one
on
his
left.
The Scripture was fulfilled which says, “He was counted with transgressors.”
15:28
NU omits verse 28.
Those
who passed
by
blasphemed
him,
wagging
their
heads
and
saying, “Ha!
You
who
destroy
the
temple
and
build
it
in
three
days,
save
yourself,
and
come
down
from
the
cross!”
Likewise,
also
the
chief
priests
mocking
among
themselves
with
the
scribes
said, “He
saved
others.
He
can’t
save
himself.
Let
the
Christ,
the
King
of
Israel,
now
come
down
from
the
cross,
that
we
may
see
and
believe
him.”
15:32
TR omits “him”
Those
who
were
crucified
with
him
also insulted
him.
When
the
sixth
hour
15:33
or, noon
had
come,
there
was
darkness
over
the
whole
land
until
the ninth
hour.
15:33
3:00 p.m.
At
the ninth
hour
Jesus
cried
with
a
loud
voice, saying,
“Eloi,
Eloi,
lama
sabachthani?”
which
is,
being interpreted,
“My
God,
my
God,
why
have
you
forsaken
me?”
15:34
Psalm 22:1
Some
of
those
who
stood
by,
when
they
heard
it,
said, “Behold,
he
is
calling
Elijah.”
One
ran,
and
filling
a
sponge full
of vinegar,
put
it
on
a
reed
and
gave
it
to
him
to
drink,
saying, “Let
him
be. Let’s
see
whether
Elijah
comes
to
take
him
down.”
Jesus cried out
with
a
loud
voice,
and
gave up
the spirit.
The
veil
of
the
temple
was
torn
in
two
from
the
top
to
the
bottom.
When
the
centurion,
who
stood
by opposite
him,
saw
that
he cried
out
like
this
and
breathed
his
last,
he
said, “Truly
this
man
was
the
Son
of
God!”
There
were
also
women
watching
from afar,
among
whom
were
both
Mary
Magdalene
and
Mary
the
mother
of
James
the
less
and
of
Joses,
and
Salome;
who,
when
he
was
in
Galilee,
followed
him
and
served
him;
and
many
other
women
who
came
up
with
him
to
Jerusalem.
When
evening
had
now
come,
because
it
was
the
Preparation
Day,
that
is,
the
day
before
the
Sabbath,
Joseph
of Arimathaea,
a
prominent
council
member
who
also
himself
was
looking
for
God’s
Kingdom,
came.
He
boldly
went
in
to
Pilate,
and
asked
for
Jesus’
body.
Pilate
was
surprised
to hear
that
he
was
already
dead;
and
summoning
the
centurion,
he
asked
him
whether
he
had
been
dead
long.
When
he
found
out
from
the
centurion,
he
granted
the
body
to
Joseph.
He
bought
a
linen
cloth,
and taking
him
down, wound
him
in
the
linen
cloth
and
laid
him
in
a
tomb
which
had
been
cut
out
of
a
rock.
He
rolled
a
stone
against
the
door
of
the
tomb.
Mary
Magdalene
and
Mary
the mother
of
Joses,
saw
where
he
was
laid.
When
the
Sabbath
was past,
Mary
Magdalene,
and
Mary
the mother
of
James,
and
Salome
bought
spices,
that
they
might
come
and
anoint
him.
Very
early
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
they
came
to
the
tomb
when
the
sun
had
risen.
They
were
saying
among
themselves, “Who
will
roll
away
the
stone
from
the
door
of
the
tomb
for
us?”
for
it
was
very
big.
Looking
up,
they
saw
that
the
stone
was
rolled back.
Entering
into
the
tomb,
they
saw
a
young
man
sitting
on
the
right side,
dressed
in
a
white
robe;
and
they
were
amazed.
He
said
to
them, “Don’t
be
amazed.
You
seek
Jesus,
the
Nazarene,
who
has
been
crucified.
He
has
risen!
He
is
not
here.
See
the
place
where
they
laid
him!
But
go,
tell
his
disciples
and
Peter, ‘He
goes
before
you
into
Galilee.
There
you
will
see
him,
as
he
said
to
you.’”
They
went
out,
16:8
TR adds “quickly”
and
fled
from
the
tomb,
for
trembling
and
astonishment
had
come
on
them.
They
said
nothing
to
anyone;
for
they
were
afraid.
16:8
One isolated manuscript omits verses 9-20 but adds this “short ending of Mark” to the end of verse 8:
They told all that had been commanded them briefly to those around Peter. After that, Jesus himself sent them out, from east to west, with the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.
16:9
NU includes the text of verses 9-20, but mentions in a footnote that a few manuscripts omitted it. The translators of the World English Bible regard Mark 16:9-20 as reliable based on an overwhelming majority of textual evidence, including not only the authoritative Greek Majority Text New Testament, but also the TR and many of the manuscripts cited in the NU text.Now
when
he
had
risen
early
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
he
appeared
first
to
Mary
Magdalene,
from
whom
he
had
cast
out
seven
demons.
She
went
and
told
those
who
had
been
with
him,
as
they
mourned
and
wept.
When
they
heard
that
he
was
alive
and
had
been
seen
by
her,
they
disbelieved.
After
these
things
he
was
revealed
in
another
form
to
two
of
them
as
they
walked,
on
their
way
into
the
country.
They
went
away
and
told
it
to
the
rest.
They didn’t
believe
them,
either.
Afterward
he
was
revealed
to
the
eleven
themselves
as
they sat
at
the table;
and
he rebuked
them
for
their
unbelief
and
hardness
of
heart,
because
they
didn’t
believe
those
who
had
seen
him
after
he
had
risen.
He
said
to
them,
“Go
into
all
the
world
and
preach
the
Good
News
to
the
whole
creation.
He
who
believes
and
is
baptized
will
be
saved;
but
he
who disbelieves
will
be
condemned.
These
signs
will
accompany
those
who
believe:
in
my
name
they
will
cast
out
demons;
they
will
speak
with
new
languages;
they
will
take
up
serpents;
and
if
they
drink
any
deadly
thing,
it
will
in
no
way
hurt
them;
they
will
lay
hands
on
the
sick,
and
they
will recover.”
So
then
the
Lord,
16:19
NU adds “Jesus”
after
he
had
spoken
to
them,
was
received
up
into
heaven
and
sat
down
at
the
right
hand
of
God.
They
went
out
and
preached
everywhere,
the
Lord
working
with
them
and confirming
the
word
by
the
signs
that
followed. Amen.
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Since
many
have
undertaken
to set
in order
a narrative
concerning
those matters
which
have
been fulfilled
among
us,
even
as
those
who
from
the
beginning
were
eyewitnesses
and
servants
of
the
word
delivered
them
to us,
it
seemed
good
to
me
also, having traced
the course
of
all
things
accurately from
the first,
to
write
to
you
in
order,
most
excellent
Theophilus;
that
you might
know
the certainty
concerning
the
things
in
which
you
were
instructed.
There
was
in
the
days
of
Herod,
the
king
of
Judea,
a
certain
priest
named
Zacharias,
of
the priestly
division
of
Abijah.
He
had
a
wife
of
the
daughters
of
Aaron,
and
her
name
was
Elizabeth.
They
were
both
righteous
before
God,
walking
blamelessly
in
all
the
commandments
and
ordinances
of
the
Lord.
But
they
had
no
child,
because
Elizabeth
was
barren,
and
they
both
were
well
advanced
in
years.
Now
while
he executed
the priest’s office
before
God
in
the
order
of
his
division
according
to
the
custom
of
the
priest’s
office,
his
lot
was
to
enter
into
the
temple
of
the
Lord
and
burn
incense.
The
whole
multitude
of
the
people
were
praying
outside
at
the
hour
of
incense.
An
angel
of
the
Lord
appeared
to
him,
standing
on
the
right side
of
the
altar
of
incense.
Zacharias
was
troubled
when
he
saw
him,
and
fear
fell
upon
him.
But
the
angel
said
to
him, “Don’t
be
afraid,
Zacharias,
because
your request
has
been
heard.
Your
wife,
Elizabeth,
will
bear
you
a
son,
and
you
shall
call
his
name
John.
You
will
have
joy
and
gladness,
and
many
will
rejoice
at
his
birth.
For
he
will
be
great
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
he
will
drink
no
wine
nor
strong
drink.
He
will
be
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
even
from
his
mother’s
womb.
He
will
turn
many
of
the children
of
Israel
to
the
Lord
their
God.
He
will
go
before
him
in
the
spirit
and
power
of
Elijah, ‘to
turn
the
hearts
of
the
fathers
to
the
children,’
1:17
Malachi 4:6
and
the
disobedient
to
the wisdom
of
the
just;
to
prepare
a
people
prepared
for
the
Lord.”
Zacharias
said
to
the
angel, “How
can
I
be
sure
of
this?
For
I
am
an
old
man,
and
my
wife
is
well
advanced
in
years.”
The
angel
answered
him, “I
am
Gabriel,
who
stands
in
the
presence
of
God.
I
was
sent
to
speak
to
you
and
to
bring
you
this
good
news.
Behold,
1:20
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
you
will
be
silent
and
not
able
to
speak
until
the
day
that
these
things
will
happen,
because
you
didn’t
believe
my
words,
which
will
be
fulfilled
in
their
proper
time.”
The
people
were
waiting
for
Zacharias,
and
they
marveled
that
he delayed
in
the
temple.
When
he
came
out,
he
could
not
speak
to
them.
They
perceived
that
he
had
seen
a
vision
in
the
temple.
He continued
making
signs
to
them,
and
remained
mute.
When
the
days
of
his
service
were fulfilled,
he
departed
to
his
house.
After
these
days
Elizabeth
his
wife
conceived,
and
she hid
herself
five
months,
saying,
“Thus
has
the
Lord
done
to
me
in
the
days
in
which
he
looked
at
me,
to
take
away
my reproach
among
men.”
Now
in
the
sixth
month,
the
angel
Gabriel
was
sent
from
God
to
a
city
of
Galilee
named
Nazareth,
to
a
virgin pledged
to
be married
to
a
man
whose
name
was
Joseph,
of
David’s
house.
The
virgin’s
name
was
Mary.
Having
come
in,
the
angel
said
to
her, “Rejoice,
you highly
favored
one!
The
Lord
is
with
you. Blessed
are
you
among
women!”
But
when
she saw
him,
she
was greatly troubled
at
the
saying,
and considered
what
kind
of
salutation
this
might
be.
The
angel
said
to
her, “Don’t
be
afraid,
Mary,
for
you
have
found
favor
with
God.
Behold,
you
will
conceive
in
your
womb
and
give
birth
to
a
son,
and
shall
name
him ‘Jesus.’
He
will
be
great
and
will
be
called
the
Son
of
the
Most
High.
The
Lord
God
will
give
him
the
throne
of
his
father
David,
and
he
will
reign
over
the
house
of
Jacob
forever.
There
will
be
no
end
to
his
Kingdom.”
Mary
said
to
the
angel, “How
can
this
be, seeing
I
am
a virgin?”
The
angel
answered
her, “The
Holy
Spirit
will
come
on
you,
and
the
power
of
the
Most
High
will
overshadow
you.
Therefore
also
the
holy
one
who
is
born
from
you
will
be
called
the
Son
of
God.
Behold,
Elizabeth
your
relative
also
has
conceived
a
son
in
her
old
age;
and
this
is
the
sixth
month
with
her
who
was
called
barren.
For
nothing spoken
by
God
is
impossible.”
1:37
or, “For everything spoken by God is possible.”
Mary
said, “Behold,
the
servant
of
the
Lord;
let
it
be
done
to
me
according
to
your
word.”
Then
the
angel
departed
from
her.
Mary
arose
in
those
days
and
went
into
the
hill
country
with haste,
into
a
city
of
Judah,
and
entered
into
the
house
of
Zacharias
and
greeted
Elizabeth.
When
Elizabeth
heard
Mary’s
greeting,
the
baby
leaped
in
her
womb;
and
Elizabeth
was
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit.
She
called out
with
a
loud
voice
and
said, “Blessed
are
you
among
women,
and
blessed
is
the
fruit
of
your
womb!
Why
am
I
so favored,
that
the
mother
of
my
Lord
should
come
to
me?
For
behold,
when
the
voice
of
your
greeting
came
into
my
ears,
the
baby
leaped
in
my
womb
for
joy!
Blessed
is
she
who
believed,
for
there
will
be
a
fulfillment
of
the
things
which
have
been
spoken
to
her
from
the
Lord!”
Mary
said,
“My
soul magnifies
the
Lord.
My
spirit
has
rejoiced
in
God
my
Savior,
for
he
has
looked
at
the
humble
state
of
his
servant.
For
behold,
from
now
on,
all
generations
will call
me
blessed.
For
he
who
is
mighty
has
done
great
things
for
me.
Holy
is
his
name.
His
mercy
is
for
generations
and
generations
on
those
who
fear
him.
He
has
shown
strength
with
his
arm.
He
has
scattered
the proud
in
the imagination
of
their
hearts.
He
has put
down princes
from
their
thrones,
and
has
exalted
the
lowly.
He
has filled
the
hungry
with
good
things.
He
has
sent
the
rich
away
empty.
He
has
given
help
to
Israel,
his
servant,
that
he might
remember
mercy,
as
he
spoke
to
our
fathers,
to
Abraham
and
his offspring
1:55
or, seed
forever.”
Mary
stayed
with
her
about
three
months,
and
then
returned
to
her
house.
Now
the
time
that
Elizabeth
should
give
birth
was fulfilled,
and
she
gave
birth
to
a
son.
Her
neighbors
and
her
relatives
heard
that
the
Lord
had
magnified
his
mercy
toward
her,
and
they rejoiced
with
her.
On
the
eighth
day,
they
came
to
circumcise
the
child;
and
they
would
have
called
him
Zacharias,
after
the
name
of
his
father.
His
mother
answered, “Not
so;
but
he
will
be
called
John.”
They
said
to
her, “There
is
no
one
among
your
relatives
who
is
called
by
this
name.”
They
made
signs
to
his
father,
what
he
would
have
him
called.
He
asked
for
a
writing
tablet,
and
wrote, “His
name
is
John.”
They
all
marveled.
His
mouth
was
opened
immediately
and
his
tongue freed,
and
he
spoke,
blessing
God.
Fear
came
on
all
who lived
around
them,
and
all
these
sayings
were
talked
about
throughout
all
the
hill
country
of
Judea.
All
who
heard
them
laid
them up
in
their
heart,
saying, “What
then
will
this
child
be?”
The
hand
of
the
Lord
was
with
him.
His
father
Zacharias
was
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
and
prophesied,
saying,
“Blessed
be
the
Lord,
the
God
of
Israel,
for
he
has visited
and redeemed
his
people;
and
has
raised
up
a
horn
of
salvation
for
us
in
the
house
of
his
servant
David
(as
he
spoke
by
the
mouth
of
his
holy
prophets
who
have been
from
of
old),
salvation
from
our
enemies
and
from
the
hand
of
all
who
hate
us;
to
show
mercy
toward
our
fathers,
to
remember
his
holy
covenant,
the
oath
which
he
swore
to
Abraham
our
father,
to grant
to
us
that we, being
delivered
out
of
the
hand
of our
enemies,
should
serve
him
without
fear,
in
holiness
and
righteousness
before
him
all
the
days
of
our life.
And
you,
child,
will
be
called
a
prophet
of
the
Most
High;
for
you
will
go
before
the
face
of
the
Lord
to
prepare
his
ways,
to
give
knowledge
of
salvation
to
his
people
by
the remission
of
their
sins,
because
of
the
tender
mercy
of
our
God,
by
which
the dawn
from
on
high
will
visit
us,
to
shine
on
those
who
sit
in
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death;
to
guide
our
feet
into
the
way
of
peace.”
The
child
was
growing
and becoming
strong
in
spirit,
and
was
in
the
desert
until
the
day
of
his
public
appearance
to
Israel.
Now
in
those
days,
a
decree
went
out
from
Caesar
Augustus
that
all
the
world should
be
enrolled.
This
was
the
first enrollment
made
when
Quirinius
was
governor
of
Syria.
All
went
to enroll
themselves,
everyone
to
his
own
city.
Joseph
also
went
up
from
Galilee,
out
of
the
city
of
Nazareth,
into
Judea,
to
David’s
city,
which
is
called
Bethlehem,
because
he
was
of
the
house
and
family
of
David,
to enroll
himself
with
Mary,
who
was pledged
to
be married
to
him
as wife,
being pregnant.
While
they
were
there,
the
day
had
come
for
her
to
give
birth.
She
gave
birth
to
her
firstborn
son.
She
wrapped
him
in bands
of cloth
and
laid
him
in
a feeding trough,
because
there
was
no
room
for
them
in
the
inn.
There
were
shepherds
in
the
same
country
staying
in
the field,
and
keeping
watch
by
night
over
their
flock.
Behold,
an
angel
of
the
Lord
stood
by
them,
and
the
glory
of
the
Lord
shone
around
them,
and
they
were
terrified.
The
angel
said
to
them, “Don’t
be
afraid,
for
behold,
I
bring
you
good
news
of
great
joy
which
will
be
to
all
the
people.
For
there
is
born
to
you
today,
in
David’s
city,
a
Savior,
who
is
Christ
2:11
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
the
Lord.
This
is
the
sign
to
you:
you
will
find
a
baby
wrapped
in strips
of cloth,
lying
in
a feeding trough.”
Suddenly,
there
was
with
the
angel
a
multitude
of
the
heavenly
army
praising
God
and
saying,
“Glory
to
God
in
the
highest,
on
earth
peace,
good
will
toward
men.”
When
the
angels
went
away
from
them
into
the
sky,
the
shepherds
said
to
one
another, “Let’s
go
to
Bethlehem,
now,
and
see
this
thing
that
has
happened,
which
the
Lord
has
made
known
to
us.”
They
came
with
haste
and
found
both
Mary
and
Joseph,
and
the
baby
was
lying
in
the feeding trough.
When
they
saw
it,
they publicized widely
the
saying
which
was
spoken
to
them
about
this
child.
All
who
heard
it
wondered
at
the
things
which
were
spoken
to
them
by
the
shepherds.
But
Mary
kept
all
these
sayings,
pondering
them
in
her
heart.
The
shepherds
returned,
glorifying
and
praising
God
for
all
the
things
that
they
had
heard
and
seen,
just
as
it
was
told
them.
When
eight
days
were fulfilled
for
the
circumcision
of
the child,
his
name
was
called
Jesus,
which
was
given
by
the
angel
before
he
was
conceived
in
the
womb.
When
the
days
of
their
purification
according
to
the
law
of
Moses
were fulfilled,
they
brought
him
up
to
Jerusalem
to
present
him
to
the
Lord
(as
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
the
Lord, “Every
male
who
opens
the
womb
shall
be
called
holy
to
the
Lord”),
2:23
Exodus 13:2,12
and
to
offer
a
sacrifice
according
to
that
which
is
said
in
the
law
of
the
Lord, “A
pair
of
turtledoves,
or
two
young
pigeons.”
2:24
Leviticus 12:8
Behold,
there
was
a
man
in
Jerusalem
whose
name
was
Simeon.
This
man
was
righteous
and
devout,
looking
for
the
consolation
of
Israel,
and
the
Holy
Spirit
was
on
him.
It
had
been
revealed
to
him
by
the
Holy
Spirit
that
he
should
not
see
death
before
he
had
seen
the
Lord’s
Christ.
2:26
“Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew) both mean “Anointed One”
He
came
in
the
Spirit
into
the
temple.
When
the
parents
brought
in
the
child,
Jesus,
that
they
might
do
concerning
him
according
to
the
custom
of
the
law,
then
he
received
him
into
his
arms
and
blessed
God,
and
said,
“Now
you
are
releasing
your
servant,
Master,
according
to
your
word,
in
peace;
for
my
eyes
have
seen
your
salvation,
which
you
have
prepared
before
the
face
of
all
peoples;
a
light
for
revelation
to
the
nations,
and
the
glory
of
your
people
Israel.”
Joseph
and
his
mother
were
marveling
at
the
things
which
were
spoken
concerning
him.
Simeon
blessed
them,
and
said
to
Mary,
his
mother, “Behold,
this child
is
appointed
for
the falling
and
the
rising
of
many
in
Israel,
and
for
a
sign
which
is
spoken
against.
Yes,
a
sword
will
pierce
through
your
own
soul,
that
the
thoughts
of
many
hearts
may
be
revealed.”
There
was
one
Anna,
a
prophetess,
the
daughter
of
Phanuel,
of
the
tribe
of
Asher (she
was
of
a
great
age, having
lived
with
a
husband
seven
years
from
her virginity,
and
she
had
been
a
widow
for
about eighty-four
years),
who
didn’t
depart
from
the
temple,
worshiping
with
fastings
and petitions
night
and
day.
Coming
up
at
that
very
hour,
she gave
thanks
to
the
Lord,
and
spoke
of
him
to
all
those
who
were
looking
for
redemption
in
Jerusalem.
When
they
had
accomplished
all
things
that
were
according
to
the
law
of
the
Lord,
they
returned
into
Galilee,
to
their
own
city,
Nazareth.
The
child
was
growing,
and
was becoming
strong
in spirit,
being
filled
with
wisdom,
and
the
grace
of
God
was
upon
him.
His
parents
went
every
year
to
Jerusalem
at
the
feast
of
the
Passover.
When
he
was
twelve
years old,
they
went
up
to Jerusalem
according
to
the
custom
of
the
feast;
and
when
they
had fulfilled
the
days,
as
they
were
returning,
the
boy
Jesus
stayed
behind
in
Jerusalem. Joseph
and
his mother
didn’t
know
it,
but
supposing
him
to
be
in
the company,
they
went
a
day’s
journey;
and
they looked
for
him
among
their
relatives
and
acquaintances.
When
they
didn’t
find
him,
they
returned
to
Jerusalem,
looking
for
him.
After
three
days
they
found
him
in
the
temple,
sitting
in
the
middle
of
the
teachers,
both
listening
to
them
and
asking
them
questions.
All
who
heard
him
were
amazed
at
his
understanding
and
his
answers.
When
they
saw
him,
they
were
astonished;
and
his
mother
said
to
him, “Son,
why
have
you
treated
us
this
way?
Behold,
your
father
and
I
were
anxiously
looking
for
you.”
He
said
to
them,
“Why
were
you
looking
for
me?
Didn’t
you
know
that
I
must
be
in
my
Father’s house?”
They
didn’t
understand
the
saying
which
he
spoke
to
them.
And
he
went
down
with
them
and
came
to
Nazareth.
He
was
subject
to
them,
and
his
mother
kept
all
these
sayings
in
her
heart.
And
Jesus
increased
in
wisdom
and
stature,
and
in
favor
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
his
brother
Philip tetrarch
of
the
region
of
Ituraea
and
Trachonitis,
and
Lysanias tetrarch
of
Abilene,
during
the
high
priesthood
of
Annas
and
Caiaphas,
the
word
of
God
came
to
John,
the
son
of
Zacharias,
in
the
wilderness.
He
came
into
all
the
region
around
the
Jordan,
preaching
the
baptism
of
repentance
for remission
of
sins.
As
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
words
of
Isaiah
the
prophet,
“The
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
wilderness,
‘Make
ready
the
way
of
the
Lord.
Make
his
paths
straight.
Every
valley
will
be
filled.
Every
mountain
and
hill
will
be
brought
low.
The
crooked
will become
straight,
and
the
rough
ways
smooth.
All
flesh
will
see
God’s
salvation.’”
3:6
Isaiah 40:3-5
He
said
therefore
to
the
multitudes
who
went
out
to
be
baptized
by
him, “You
offspring
of
vipers,
who
warned
you
to
flee
from
the
wrath
to
come?
Therefore
produce
fruits
worthy
of
repentance,
and
don’t
begin
to
say
among
yourselves, ‘We
have
Abraham
for
our
father;’
for
I
tell
you
that
God
is
able
to
raise
up
children
to
Abraham
from
these
stones!
Even
now
the ax
also
lies
at
the
root
of
the
trees.
Every
tree
therefore
that
doesn’t
produce
good
fruit
is
cut
down
and
thrown
into
the
fire.”
The
multitudes
asked
him, “What
then
must
we
do?”
He
answered
them, “He
who
has
two
coats,
let
him
give
to
him
who
has
none.
He
who
has
food,
let
him
do
likewise.”
Tax
collectors
also
came
to
be
baptized,
and
they
said
to
him, “Teacher,
what
must
we
do?”
He
said
to
them, “Collect
no
more
than
that
which
is appointed
to
you.”
Soldiers
also
asked
him,
saying, “What
about
us?
What
must
we
do?”
He
said
to
them, “Extort
from
no
one
by violence,
neither
accuse
anyone wrongfully.
Be
content
with
your
wages.”
As
the
people
were
in
expectation,
and
all
men
reasoned
in
their
hearts
concerning
John,
whether
perhaps
he
was
the
Christ,
John
answered
them
all, “I
indeed
baptize
you
with
water,
but
he
comes
who
is
mightier
than
I,
the strap
of
whose
sandals
I
am
not
worthy
to loosen.
He
will
baptize
you
in
the
Holy
Spirit
and
fire.
His
winnowing fan
is
in
his
hand,
and
he
will thoroughly cleanse
his
threshing
floor,
and
will
gather
the
wheat
into
his
barn;
but
he
will
burn
up
the
chaff
with
unquenchable
fire.”
Then
with
many
other
exhortations
he
preached
good
news
to
the
people,
but
Herod
the tetrarch,
3:19
a tetrarch is one of four governors of a province
being
reproved
by
him
for
Herodias,
his
brother’s
3:19
TR reads “brother Philip’s” instead of “brother’s”
wife,
and
for
all
the
evil
things
which
Herod
had
done,
added
this
also
to
them
all,
that
he shut
up
John
in
prison.
Now
when
all
the
people
were
baptized,
Jesus
also
had
been
baptized
and
was
praying.
The
sky
was
opened,
and
the
Holy
Spirit
descended
in
a
bodily
form
like
a
dove
on
him;
and
a
voice
came
out
of
the
sky, saying “You
are
my
beloved
Son.
In
you
I
am
well
pleased.”
Jesus
himself,
when
he
began
to teach,
was
about
thirty
years old,
being
the
son (as
was
supposed)
of
Joseph,
the
son
of Heli,
the son
of
Matthat,
the son
of
Levi,
the son
of
Melchi,
the son
of
Jannai,
the son
of
Joseph,
the son
of
Mattathias,
the son
of
Amos,
the son
of
Nahum,
the son
of Esli,
the son
of
Naggai,
the son
of
Maath,
the son
of
Mattathias,
the son
of
Semein,
the son
of
Joseph,
the son
of
Judah,
the son
of Joanan,
the son
of
Rhesa,
the son
of
Zerubbabel,
the son
of
Shealtiel,
the son
of
Neri,
the son
of
Melchi,
the son
of
Addi,
the son
of
Cosam,
the son
of Elmodam,
the son
of
Er,
the son
of Jose,
the son
of
Eliezer,
the son
of
Jorim,
the son
of
Matthat,
the son
of
Levi,
the son
of
Simeon,
the son
of
Judah,
the son
of
Joseph,
the son
of Jonan,
the son
of
Eliakim,
the son
of
Melea,
the son
of Menan,
the son
of
Mattatha,
the son
of
Nathan,
the son
of
David,
the son
of
Jesse,
the son
of Obed,
the son
of
Boaz,
the son
of Salmon,
the son
of
Nahshon,
the son
of
Amminadab,
the son
of Aram,
3:33
NU reads “Admin, the son of Arni” instead of “Aram”
the son
of
Hezron,
the son
of
Perez,
the son
of
Judah,
the son
of
Jacob,
the son
of
Isaac,
the son
of
Abraham,
the son
of
Terah,
the son
of
Nahor,
the son
of Serug,
the son
of
Reu,
the son
of
Peleg,
the son
of Eber,
the son
of
Shelah,
the son
of
Cainan,
the son
of
Arphaxad,
the son
of
Shem,
the son
of
Noah,
the son
of
Lamech,
the son
of Methuselah,
the son
of
Enoch,
the son
of
Jared,
the son
of
Mahalaleel,
the son
of
Cainan,
the son
of Enos,
the son
of
Seth,
the son
of
Adam,
the son
of
God.
Jesus,
full
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
returned
from
the
Jordan
and
was
led
by
the
Spirit
into
the
wilderness
for
forty
days,
being
tempted
by
the
devil.
He
ate
nothing
in
those
days. Afterward,
when
they
were completed,
he
was
hungry.
The
devil
said
to
him, “If
you
are
the
Son
of
God,
command
this
stone
to
become
bread.”
Jesus
answered
him,
saying,
“It
is
written, ‘Man
shall
not
live
by
bread
alone,
but
by every word
of
God.’”
4:4
Deuteronomy 8:3
The devil, leading
him
up
on
a high mountain,
showed
him
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
world
in
a
moment
of
time.
The
devil
said
to
him, “I
will
give
you
all
this
authority
and
their
glory,
for
it
has
been
delivered
to
me,
and
I
give
it
to
whomever
I
want.
If
you
therefore
will
worship
before
me,
it
will
all
be
yours.”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Get behind
me, Satan!
For
it
is
written, ‘You
shall
worship
the
Lord
your
God,
and
you
shall
serve
him
only.’”
4:8
Deuteronomy 6:13
He
led
him
to
Jerusalem
and
set
him
on
the
pinnacle
of
the
temple,
and
said
to
him, “If
you
are
the
Son
of
God,
cast
yourself
down
from
here,
for
it
is
written,
‘He
will put
his
angels
in charge
of
you,
to
guard
you;’
and,
‘On
their
hands
they
will
bear
you
up,
lest
perhaps
you dash
your
foot
against
a
stone.’”
4:11
Psalm 91:11-12
Jesus
answering,
said
to
him,
“It
has
been
said, ‘You
shall
not tempt
the
Lord
your
God.’”
4:12
Deuteronomy 6:16
When
the
devil
had completed
every
temptation,
he
departed
from
him
until another
time.
Jesus
returned
in
the
power
of
the
Spirit
into
Galilee,
and
news
about
him
spread
through
all
the
surrounding area.
He
taught
in
their
synagogues, being
glorified
by
all.
He
came
to
Nazareth,
where
he
had
been
brought
up.
He
entered,
as
was
his
custom,
into
the
synagogue
on
the
Sabbath
day,
and
stood
up
to
read.
The
book
of
the
prophet
Isaiah
was
handed
to
him.
He opened
the
book,
and
found
the
place
where
it
was
written,
“The
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is
on
me,
because
he
has
anointed
me
to
preach
good
news
to
the
poor.
He
has
sent
me
to heal
the broken hearted,
4:18
NU omits “to heal the broken hearted”
to
proclaim
release
to
the
captives,
recovering
of
sight
to
the
blind,
to deliver
those
who
are crushed,
and
to
proclaim
the
acceptable
year
of
the
Lord.”
4:19
Isaiah 61:1-2
He
closed
the
book,
gave
it
back
to
the
attendant,
and
sat
down.
The
eyes
of
all
in
the
synagogue
were fastened
on
him.
He
began
to
tell
them,
“Today,
this
Scripture
has been
fulfilled
in
your
hearing.”
All
testified
about
him
and
wondered
at
the
gracious
words
which
proceeded
out
of
his
mouth;
and
they
said, “Isn’t
this
Joseph’s
son?”
He
said
to
them,
“Doubtless
you
will
tell
me
this proverb, ‘Physician,
heal
yourself!
Whatever
we
have
heard
done
at
Capernaum,
do
also
here
in
your
hometown.’”
He
said,
“Most certainly
I
tell
you,
no
prophet
is
acceptable
in
his
hometown.
But
truly
I
tell
you,
there
were
many
widows
in
Israel
in
the
days
of
Elijah,
when
the
sky
was
shut up
three
years
and
six
months,
when
a
great
famine
came
over
all
the
land.
Elijah
was
sent
to
none
of
them,
except
to
Zarephath,
in
the land
of
Sidon,
to
a
woman
who
was
a
widow.
There
were
many
lepers
in
Israel
in
the
time
of
Elisha
the
prophet,
yet
not
one
of
them
was
cleansed,
except
Naaman,
the
Syrian.”
They
were
all
filled
with
wrath
in
the
synagogue
as
they
heard
these
things.
They
rose
up,
threw
him
out
of
the
city,
and
led
him
to
the
brow
of
the
hill
that
their
city
was
built
on,
that
they
might
throw
him off
the
cliff.
But
he,
passing
through
the
middle
of
them,
went
his
way.
He
came
down
to
Capernaum,
a
city
of
Galilee.
He
was
teaching
them
on
the
Sabbath
day,
and
they
were
astonished
at
his
teaching,
for
his
word
was
with
authority.
In
the
synagogue
there
was
a
man
who
had
a
spirit
of
an
unclean
demon;
and
he
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice,
saying, “Ah!
what
have
we
to
do
with
you,
Jesus
of
Nazareth?
Have
you
come
to
destroy
us?
I
know
who
you
are:
the
Holy
One
of
God!”
Jesus
rebuked
him,
saying,
“Be silent
and
come
out
of
him!”
When
the
demon
had
thrown
him
down
in
the
middle
of
them,
he
came
out
of
him,
having done
him
no
harm.
Amazement
came
on
all
and
they
spoke
together,
one
with
another,
saying, “What
is
this
word?
For
with
authority
and
power
he
commands
the
unclean
spirits,
and
they
come
out!”
News
about
him
went
out
into
every
place
of
the
surrounding
region.
He
rose
up
from
the
synagogue
and
entered
into
Simon’s
house.
Simon’s
mother-in-law
was
afflicted
with
a
great
fever,
and
they
begged
him
to
help
her.
He
stood
over
her
and
rebuked
the
fever,
and
it
left
her.
Immediately
she
rose
up
and
served
them.
When
the
sun
was
setting,
all
those
who
had
any
sick
with
various
diseases
brought
them
to
him;
and
he
laid
his
hands
on
every
one
of
them,
and
healed
them.
Demons
also
came
out
of
many,
crying
out
and
saying, “You
are
the
Christ,
the
Son
of
God!”
Rebuking
them,
he
didn’t
allow
them
to
speak,
because
they
knew
that
he
was
the
Christ.
When
it
was
day,
he
departed
and
went
into
an uninhabited
place
and
the
multitudes
looked
for
him,
and
came
to
him,
and held
on
to
him,
so
that
he wouldn’t
go
away
from
them.
But
he
said
to
them,
“I
must
preach
the
good
news
of
God’s
Kingdom
to
the
other
cities
also.
For
this
reason
I
have
been
sent.”
He
was
preaching
in
the
synagogues
of
Galilee.
Now
while
the
multitude pressed
on
him
and
heard
the
word
of
God,
he
was
standing
by
the
lake
of
Gennesaret.
He
saw
two
boats
standing
by
the
lake,
but
the
fishermen
had gone
out
of
them
and
were
washing
their
nets.
He
entered
into
one
of
the
boats,
which
was
Simon’s,
and
asked
him
to
put
out
a
little
from
the
land.
He
sat
down
and
taught
the
multitudes
from
the
boat.
When
he
had
finished
speaking,
he
said
to
Simon,
“Put out
into
the
deep
and
let
down
your
nets
for
a
catch.”
Simon
answered
him, “Master,
we
worked
all
night
and
caught
nothing;
but
at
your
word
I
will
let
down
the
net.”
When
they
had
done
this,
they caught
a
great
multitude
of
fish,
and
their
net
was breaking.
They beckoned
to
their
partners
in
the
other
boat,
that
they
should
come
and
help
them.
They
came
and
filled
both
boats,
so
that
they began
to
sink.
But
Simon
Peter,
when
he
saw
it,
fell
down
at
Jesus’
knees,
saying, “Depart
from
me,
for
I
am
a
sinful
man,
Lord.”
For
he
was
amazed,
and
all
who
were
with
him,
at
the
catch
of
fish
which
they
had caught;
and
so
also
were
James
and
John,
sons
of
Zebedee,
who
were
partners
with
Simon.
Jesus
said
to
Simon,
“Don’t
be
afraid.
From
now
on
you
will
be
catching
people alive.”
When
they
had
brought
their
boats
to
land,
they
left
everything,
and
followed
him.
While
he
was
in
one
of
the
cities,
behold,
there
was
a
man
full
of
leprosy.
When
he
saw
Jesus,
he
fell
on
his
face
and
begged
him,
saying, “Lord,
if
you
want
to,
you
can
make
me
clean.”
He
stretched
out
his
hand
and
touched
him,
saying,
“I
want
to.
Be
made
clean.”
Immediately
the
leprosy
left
him.
He
commanded
him
to
tell
no
one,
“But
go
your
way
and
show
yourself
to
the
priest,
and
offer
for
your
cleansing according
to
what
Moses
commanded,
for
a
testimony
to
them.”
But
the
report
concerning
him
spread
much
more,
and
great
multitudes
came
together
to
hear
and
to
be
healed
by
him
of
their
infirmities.
But
he
withdrew
himself
into
the
desert
and
prayed.
On
one
of
those
days,
he
was
teaching;
and
there
were
Pharisees
and
teachers
of
the
law
sitting
by
who
had
come
out
of
every
village
of
Galilee,
Judea,
and
Jerusalem.
The
power
of
the
Lord
was
with
him
to
heal
them.
Behold,
men
brought
a
paralyzed
man
on
a cot,
and
they
sought
to
bring
him
in
to
lay
before
Jesus.
Not
finding
a
way
to
bring
him
in
because
of
the
multitude,
they
went
up
to
the
housetop
and
let
him
down
through
the
tiles
with
his cot
into
the
middle
before
Jesus.
Seeing
their
faith,
he
said
to
him,
“Man,
your
sins
are
forgiven
you.”
The
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
began
to
reason,
saying, “Who
is
this
who
speaks
blasphemies?
Who
can
forgive
sins,
but
God
alone?”
But
Jesus,
perceiving
their
thoughts,
answered
them,
“Why
are
you
reasoning
so
in
your
hearts?
Which
is
easier
to
say, ‘Your
sins
are
forgiven
you,’
or
to
say, ‘Arise
and
walk?’
But
that
you
may
know
that
the
Son
of
Man
has
authority
on
earth
to
forgive
sins,”
he
said
to
the
paralyzed
man,
“I
tell
you,
arise,
take
up
your cot,
and
go
to
your
house.”
Immediately
he
rose
up
before
them,
and
took
up
that
which
he
was laying
on,
and
departed
to
his
house,
glorifying
God.
Amazement
took hold
on
all,
and
they
glorified
God.
They
were
filled
with
fear,
saying, “We
have
seen strange
things
today.”
After
these
things
he
went
out
and
saw
a
tax
collector
named
Levi
sitting
at
the
tax office,
and
said
to
him,
“Follow
me!”
He
left
everything,
and
rose
up
and
followed
him.
Levi
made
a
great feast
for
him
in
his
house.
There
was
a
great
crowd
of
tax
collectors
and
others
who
were
reclining
with
them.
Their
scribes
and
the
Pharisees murmured
against
his
disciples,
saying, “Why
do
you
eat
and
drink
with
the
tax
collectors
and
sinners?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Those
who
are healthy
have
no
need
for
a
physician,
but
those
who
are
sick
do.
I
have
not
come
to
call
the
righteous,
but
sinners,
to
repentance.”
They
said
to
him, “Why
do
John’s
disciples
often
fast
and
pray,
likewise
also
the
disciples
of
the
Pharisees,
but
yours
eat
and
drink?”
He
said
to
them,
“Can
you
make
the friends
of
the
bridegroom
fast
while
the
bridegroom
is
with
them?
But
the
days
will
come
when
the
bridegroom
will
be
taken
away
from
them.
Then
they
will
fast
in
those
days.”
He
also
told
a
parable
to
them.
“No
one
puts
a
piece
from
a
new
garment
on
an
old
garment,
or
else
he
will
tear
the
new,
and
also
the
piece
from
the
new
will
not
match
the
old.
No
one
puts
new
wine
into
old
wine
skins,
or
else
the
new
wine
will
burst
the
skins,
and
it
will
be spilled
and
the
skins
will
be
destroyed.
But
new
wine
must
be
put
into
fresh
wine
skins,
and both
are preserved.
No
man having
drunk
old wine immediately
desires
new,
for
he
says, ‘The
old
is better.’”
Now
on
the second
Sabbath
after
the first,
he
was
going
through
the
grain fields.
His
disciples plucked
the
heads
of
grain
and
ate,
rubbing
them
in
their
hands.
But
some
of
the
Pharisees
said
to
them, “Why
do
you
do
that
which
is
not
lawful
to
do
on
the
Sabbath
day?”
Jesus,
answering
them,
said,
“Haven’t
you
read
what
David
did
when
he
was
hungry,
he
and
those
who
were
with
him,
how
he
entered
into
God’s
house,
and
took
and
ate
the
show
bread,
and
gave
also
to
those
who
were
with
him,
which
is
not
lawful
to
eat
except
for
the
priests
alone?”
He
said
to
them,
“The
Son
of
Man
is
lord
of
the
Sabbath.”
It
also
happened
on
another
Sabbath
that
he
entered
into
the
synagogue
and
taught.
There
was
a
man
there,
and
his
right
hand
was
withered.
The
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
watched
him,
to see
whether
he
would
heal
on
the
Sabbath,
that
they
might
find
an
accusation
against
him.
But
he
knew
their
thoughts;
and
he
said
to
the
man
who
had
the
withered
hand,
“Rise
up
and
stand
in
the
middle.”
He
arose
and
stood.
Then
Jesus
said
to
them,
“I
will
ask
you something:
Is
it
lawful
on
the
Sabbath
to
do
good,
or
to
do
harm?
To
save
a
life,
or
to kill?”
He
looked
around
at
them
all,
and
said
to
the
man,
“Stretch
out
your
hand.”
He
did,
and
his
hand
was
restored
as sound
as
the
other.
But
they
were
filled
with
rage,
and
talked
with
one
another
about
what
they
might
do
to
Jesus.
In
these
days,
he
went
out
to
the
mountain
to
pray,
and
he continued
all
night
in
prayer
to
God.
When
it
was
day,
he
called
his
disciples,
and
from
them
he
chose
twelve,
whom
he
also
named
apostles:
Simon,
whom
he
also
named
Peter;
Andrew,
his
brother;
James;
John;
Philip;
Bartholomew;
Matthew;
Thomas;
James
the son
of Alphaeus;
Simon
who
was
called
the
Zealot;
Judas
the son
of
James;
and
Judas
Iscariot,
who
also
became
a
traitor.
He
came
down
with
them
and
stood
on
a
level
place,
with
a
crowd
of
his
disciples
and
a
great
number
of
the
people
from
all
Judea
and
Jerusalem
and
the sea
coast
of
Tyre
and
Sidon,
who
came
to
hear
him
and
to
be
healed
of
their
diseases,
as
well
as
those
who
were
troubled
by
unclean
spirits;
and
they
were being
healed.
All
the
multitude
sought
to
touch
him,
for
power
came
out
of
him
and
healed
them
all.
He
lifted
up
his
eyes
to
his
disciples,
and
said:
“Blessed
are
you
who
are
poor,
for
God’s
Kingdom
is
yours.
Blessed
are
you
who
hunger
now,
for
you
will
be
filled.
Blessed
are
you
who
weep
now,
for
you
will
laugh.
Blessed
are
you
when
men
hate
you,
and
when
they exclude
and mock
you,
and
throw
out
your
name
as
evil,
for
the
Son
of
Man’s
sake.
Rejoice
in
that
day
and
leap
for
joy,
for
behold,
your
reward
is
great
in
heaven,
for
their
fathers
did
the
same
thing
to
the
prophets.
“But
woe
to
you
who
are
rich!
For
you
have
received
your
consolation.
Woe
to
you,
you
who
are full
now,
for
you
will
be
hungry.
Woe
to
you
who
laugh
now,
for
you
will
mourn
and
weep.
Woe,
6:26
TR adds “to you”
when
6:26
TR adds “all”
men
speak
well
of
you,
for
their
fathers
did
the
same
thing
to
the
false
prophets.
“But
I
tell
you
who
hear:
love
your
enemies,
do
good
to
those
who
hate
you,
bless
those
who
curse
you,
and
pray
for
those
who
mistreat
you.
To
him
who strikes
you
on
the
cheek,
offer
also
the
other;
and
from
him
who
takes
away
your
cloak,
don’t
withhold
your
coat
also.
Give
to
everyone
who
asks
you,
and
don’t
ask
him
who
takes
away
your goods
to
give
them
back
again.
“As
you
would
like
people
to
do
to
you,
do exactly
so
to
them.
“If
you
love
those
who
love
you,
what
credit
is
that
to
you?
For
even
sinners
love
those
who
love
them.
If
you
do
good
to
those
who
do
good
to
you,
what
credit
is
that
to
you?
For
even
sinners
do
the
same.
If
you
lend
to
those
from
whom
you
hope
to
receive,
what
credit
is
that
to
you?
Even
sinners
lend
to
sinners,
to
receive
back
as much.
But
love
your
enemies,
and
do
good,
and
lend,
expecting
nothing
back;
and
your
reward
will
be
great,
and
you
will
be children
of
the
Most
High;
for
he
is
kind
toward
the unthankful
and
evil.
“Therefore
be
merciful,
even
as
your
Father
is
also
merciful.
Don’t
judge,
and
you
won’t
be
judged.
Don’t
condemn,
and
you
won’t
be
condemned.
Set
free,
and
you
will
be
set
free.
“Give,
and
it
will
be
given
to
you:
good
measure,
pressed
down,
shaken
together,
and
running
over,
will
be
given
to
you.
6:38
literally, into your bosom.
For
with
the
same
measure
you
measure
it
will
be
measured
back
to
you.”
He
spoke
a
parable
to
them.
“Can
the
blind
guide
the
blind?
Won’t
they
both
fall
into
a
pit?
A
disciple
is
not
above
his
teacher,
but
everyone
when
he
is
fully
trained
will
be
like
his
teacher.
Why
do
you
see
the
speck
of chaff
that
is
in
your
brother’s
eye,
but
don’t
consider
the beam
that
is
in
your
own
eye?
Or
how
can
you
tell
your
brother, ‘Brother,
let
me
remove
the
speck
of chaff
that
is
in
your
eye,’
when
you
yourself
don’t
see
the beam
that
is
in
your
own
eye?
You
hypocrite!
First
remove
the beam
from
your
own
eye,
and
then
you
can
see
clearly
to
remove
the
speck
of chaff
that
is
in
your
brother’s
eye.
“For
there
is
no
good
tree
that
produces rotten
fruit,
nor
again
a rotten
tree
that
produces
good
fruit.
For
each
tree
is
known
by
its
own
fruit.
For
people
don’t
gather
figs
from
thorns,
nor
do
they
gather
grapes
from
a bramble
bush.
The
good
man
out
of
the
good
treasure
of
his
heart
brings
out
that
which
is
good,
and
the
evil
man
out
of
the
evil
treasure
of
his
heart
brings
out
that
which
is
evil,
for
out
of
the
abundance
of
the
heart,
his
mouth
speaks.
“Why
do
you
call
me, ‘Lord,
Lord,’
and
don’t
do
the
things
which
I
say?
Everyone
who
comes
to
me,
and
hears
my
words
and
does
them,
I
will
show
you
who
he
is
like.
He
is
like
a
man
building
a
house,
who
dug
and
went
deep
and
laid
a
foundation
on
the
rock.
When
a
flood
arose,
the stream broke
against
that
house,
and
could
not
shake
it,
because
it
was founded
on
the
rock.
But
he
who
hears
and
doesn’t
do,
is
like
a
man
who
built
a
house
on
the
earth
without
a
foundation,
against
which
the stream broke,
and
immediately
it
fell;
and
the
ruin
of
that
house
was
great.”
After
he
had
finished speaking
in
the
hearing
of
the
people,
he
entered
into
Capernaum.
A
certain
centurion’s
servant,
who
was dear
to
him,
was
sick
and
at
the
point
of death.
When
he
heard
about
Jesus,
he
sent
to
him
elders
of
the
Jews,
asking
him
to
come
and
save
his
servant.
When
they
came
to
Jesus,
they
begged
him
earnestly,
saying, “He
is
worthy
for
you
to
do
this
for
him,
for
he
loves
our
nation,
and
he
built
our
synagogue
for us.”
Jesus
went
with
them.
When
he
was
now
not
far
from
the
house,
the
centurion
sent
friends
to
him,
saying
to
him, “Lord,
don’t
trouble
yourself,
for
I
am
not
worthy
for
you
to
come
under
my
roof.
Therefore
I didn’t
even think
myself
worthy
to
come
to
you;
but
say
the
word,
and
my
servant
will
be
healed.
For
I
also
am
a
man
placed
under
authority,
having
under
myself
soldiers.
I
tell
this
one, ‘Go!’
and
he
goes;
and
to
another, ‘Come!’
and
he
comes;
and
to
my
servant, ‘Do
this,’
and
he
does
it.”
When
Jesus
heard
these
things,
he
marveled
at
him,
and
turned
and
said
to
the
multitude
who
followed
him,
“I
tell
you,
I
have
not
found
such
great
faith,
no,
not
in
Israel.”
Those
who
were
sent,
returning
to
the
house,
found that
the
servant
who
had
been sick
was
well.
Soon afterwards,
he
went
to
a
city
called
Nain.
Many
of
his
disciples,
along
with
a
great
multitude,
went
with
him.
Now
when
he
came
near
to
the
gate
of
the
city,
behold,
one
who
was
dead
was
carried
out,
the
only born
7:12
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
son
of
his
mother,
and
she
was
a
widow.
Many
people
of
the
city
were
with
her.
When
the
Lord
saw
her,
he
had
compassion
on
her
and
said
to
her,
“Don’t cry.”
He
came
near
and
touched
the
coffin,
and
the
bearers
stood
still.
He
said,
“Young
man,
I
tell
you,
arise!”
He
who
was
dead
sat
up
and
began
to
speak.
Then
he
gave
him
to
his
mother.
Fear
took hold
of
all,
and
they
glorified
God,
saying, “A
great
prophet
has
arisen
among
us!”
and, “God
has visited
his
people!”
This
report
went
out
concerning
him
in
the
whole
of
Judea
and
in
all
the
surrounding
region.
The
disciples
of
John
told
him
about
all
these
things.
John,
calling
to
himself
two
of
his
disciples,
sent
them
to
Jesus,
saying, “Are
you
the
one
who
is
coming,
or
should
we
look
for
another?”
When
the
men
had
come
to
him,
they
said, “John
the Baptizer
has
sent
us
to
you,
saying, ‘Are
you
he
who
comes,
or should
we
look
for
another?’”
In
that
hour
he
cured
many
of
diseases
and plagues
and
evil
spirits;
and
to
many
who
were
blind
he
gave
sight.
Jesus
answered
them,
“Go
and
tell
John
the
things
which
you
have
seen
and
heard:
that
the
blind
receive
their
sight,
the
lame
walk,
the
lepers
are
cleansed,
the
deaf
hear,
the
dead
are
raised
up,
and
the
poor
have
good
news
preached
to
them.
Blessed
is
he
who finds
no occasion
for
stumbling
in
me.”
When
John’s
messengers
had
departed,
he
began
to
tell
the
multitudes
about
John,
“What
did
you
go
out
into
the
wilderness
to
see?
A
reed
shaken
by
the
wind?
But
what
did
you
go
out
to
see?
A
man
clothed
in
soft
clothing?
Behold,
those
who
are gorgeously
dressed
and
live delicately
are
in kings’ courts.
But
what
did
you
go
out
to
see?
A
prophet?
Yes,
I
tell
you,
and much more
than
a
prophet.
This
is
he
of
whom
it
is
written,
‘Behold,
I
send
my
messenger
before
your
face,
who
will
prepare
your
way
before
you.’
7:27
Malachi 3:1
“For
I
tell
you,
among
those
who
are
born
of
women
there
is
not
a
greater
prophet
than
John
the Baptizer;
yet
he
who
is
least
in
God’s
Kingdom
is
greater
than
he.”
When
all
the
people
and
the
tax
collectors
heard
this,
they declared
God
to
be
just, having
been
baptized
with
John’s
baptism.
But
the
Pharisees
and
the
lawyers
rejected
the
counsel
of
God,
not being
baptized
by
him
themselves.
7:31
TR adds “But the Lord said,”
“To
what
then
should
I
compare
the
people
of
this
generation?
What
are
they
like?
They
are
like
children
who
sit
in
the marketplace
and
call
to
one
another,
saying, ‘We piped
to
you,
and
you
didn’t
dance.
We mourned,
and
you
didn’t
weep.’
For
John
the Baptizer
came
neither
eating
bread
nor
drinking
wine,
and
you
say, ‘He
has
a
demon.’
The
Son
of
Man
has
come
eating
and
drinking,
and
you
say, ‘Behold,
a glutton
and
a
drunkard,
a
friend
of
tax
collectors
and
sinners!’
Wisdom
is
justified
by
all
her
children.”
One
of
the
Pharisees
invited
him
to
eat
with
him.
He
entered
into
the
Pharisee’s
house
and sat
at
the table.
Behold,
a
woman
in
the
city
who
was
a
sinner,
when
she
knew
that
he
was
reclining
in
the
Pharisee’s
house,
brought
an
alabaster jar
of
ointment.
Standing
behind
at
his
feet
weeping,
she
began
to
wet
his
feet
with
her
tears,
and
she
wiped
them
with
the
hair
of
her
head,
kissed
his
feet,
and
anointed
them
with
the
ointment.
Now
when
the
Pharisee
who
had
invited
him
saw
it,
he
said
to
himself, “This
man,
if
he
were
a
prophet,
would
have
perceived
who
and
what
kind
of
woman
this
is
who touches
him,
that
she
is
a
sinner.”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Simon,
I
have
something
to
tell
you.”
He
said, “Teacher,
say
on.”
“A
certain lender
had
two
debtors.
The
one
owed
five
hundred
denarii,
and
the
other
fifty.
When
they couldn’t
pay,
he
forgave
them
both.
Which
of
them
therefore
will
love
him
most?”
Simon
answered, “He,
I
suppose,
to
whom
he
forgave
the
most.”
He
said
to
him,
“You
have
judged
correctly.”
Turning
to
the
woman,
he
said
to
Simon,
“Do
you
see
this
woman?
I
entered
into
your
house,
and
you
gave
me
no
water
for
my
feet,
but
she
has
wet
my
feet
with
her
tears,
and
wiped
them
with
the
hair
of
her head.
You
gave
me
no
kiss,
but
she,
since
the time
I
came
in,
has
not
ceased
to
kiss
my
feet.
You
didn’t
anoint my
head
with
oil,
but
she
has
anointed my
feet
with
ointment.
Therefore
I
tell
you,
her
sins,
which
are
many,
are
forgiven,
for
she
loved
much.
But
one
to
whom
little
is
forgiven,
loves
little.”
He
said
to
her,
“Your
sins
are
forgiven.”
Those
who sat
at
the
table
with
him
began
to
say
to
themselves, “Who
is
this
who
even
forgives
sins?”
He
said
to
the
woman,
“Your
faith
has
saved
you.
Go
in
peace.”
Soon afterwards,
he
went
about
through
cities
and
villages,
preaching
and bringing
the
good
news
of
God’s
Kingdom.
With
him
were
the
twelve,
and
certain
women
who
had
been
healed
of
evil
spirits
and
infirmities:
Mary
who
was
called
Magdalene,
from
whom
seven
demons
had
gone
out;
and
Joanna,
the
wife
of Chuzas,
Herod’s
steward;
Susanna;
and
many
others
who
served
them
8:3
TR reads “him” instead of “them”
from
their
possessions.
When
a
great
multitude
came
together
and
people
from
every
city
were
coming
to
him,
he
spoke
by
a
parable:
“The farmer
went
out
to
sow
his
seed.
As
he
sowed,
some
fell
along
the
road,
and
it
was
trampled
under
foot,
and
the
birds
of
the
sky
devoured
it.
Other seed
fell
on
the
rock,
and
as soon
as
it
grew,
it
withered
away,
because
it
had
no
moisture.
Other
fell
amid
the
thorns,
and
the
thorns
grew
with
it
and
choked
it.
Other
fell
into
the
good
ground
and
grew
and
produced
one
hundred
times
as
much
fruit.”
As
he
said
these
things,
he
called
out,
“He
who
has
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear!”
Then
his
disciples
asked
him, “What
does
this
parable
mean?”
He
said,
“To
you
it
is
given
to
know
the
mysteries
of
God’s
Kingdom,
but
to
the
rest
it
is
given
in
parables,
that ‘seeing
they
may
not
see,
and
hearing
they
may
not
understand.’
8:10
Isaiah 6:9
“Now
the
parable
is
this:
The
seed
is
the
word
of
God.
Those
along
the
road
are
those
who
hear;
then
the
devil
comes
and
takes
away
the
word
from
their
heart,
that
they
may
not
believe
and
be
saved.
Those
on
the
rock
are
they
who,
when
they
hear,
receive
the
word
with
joy;
but
these
have
no
root.
They
believe
for
a
while,
then
fall
away
in
time
of
temptation.
What
fell
among
the
thorns,
these
are
those
who
have
heard,
and
as
they
go
on
their
way
they
are
choked
with
cares,
riches,
and
pleasures
of
life;
and
they
bring
no
fruit
to
maturity.
Those
in
the
good
ground,
these
are
those
who
with
an
honest
and
good
heart, having
heard
the
word,
hold
it tightly,
and produce
fruit
with
perseverance.
“No
one,
when
he
has lit
a
lamp,
covers
it
with
a
container
or
puts
it
under
a
bed;
but
puts
it
on
a stand,
that
those
who
enter
in
may
see
the
light.
For
nothing
is
hidden
that
will
not
be
revealed,
nor anything
secret
that
will
not
be
known
and
come
to
light.
Be
careful
therefore
how
you
hear.
For
whoever
has,
to
him
will
be
given;
and
whoever
doesn’t
have,
from
him
will
be
taken
away
even
that
which
he
thinks
he
has.”
His
mother
and
brothers
came
to
him,
and
they
could
not
come
near
him
for
the
crowd.
Some
people
told
him, “Your
mother
and
your
brothers
stand
outside,
desiring
to
see
you.”
But
he
answered
them,
“My
mother
and
my
brothers
are
these
who
hear
the
word
of
God
and
do
it.”
Now
on
one
of
those
days,
he
entered
into
a
boat,
himself
and
his
disciples,
and
he
said
to
them,
“Let’s
go
over
to
the
other
side
of
the
lake.”
So
they
launched
out.
But
as
they
sailed,
he
fell asleep.
A
wind
storm
came
down
on
the
lake,
and
they
were taking
on dangerous amounts
of water.
They
came
to
him
and awoke
him,
saying, “Master,
Master,
we
are
dying!”
He awoke
and
rebuked
the
wind
and
the raging
of
the
water;
then
they
ceased,
and
it
was
calm.
8:24
See Psalm 107:29
He
said
to
them,
“Where
is
your
faith?”
Being
afraid,
they
marveled,
saying
to
one
another, “Who
is
this
then,
that
he
commands
even
the
winds
and
the
water,
and
they
obey
him?”
Then
they arrived
at
the
country
of
the Gadarenes,
which
is
opposite
Galilee.
When
Jesus stepped
ashore,
a
certain
man
out
of
the
city
who
had
demons
for
a
long
time
met
him.
He
wore
no
clothes,
and
didn’t
live
in
a
house,
but
in
the
tombs.
When
he
saw
Jesus,
he
cried
out
and
fell
down
before
him,
and
with
a
loud
voice
said, “What
do
I
have
to
do
with
you,
Jesus,
you
Son
of
the
Most
High
God?
I beg
you,
don’t
torment
me!”
For
Jesus
was
commanding
the
unclean
spirit
to
come
out
of
the
man.
For
the
unclean
spirit
had
often
seized
the
man.
He
was
kept
under
guard
and
bound
with
chains
and fetters. Breaking
the
bonds apart,
he
was
driven
by
the
demon
into
the
desert.
Jesus
asked
him,
“What
is
your
name?”
He
said, “Legion,”
for
many
demons
had
entered
into
him.
They
begged
him
that
he
would
not
command
them
to
go
into
the
abyss.
Now
there
was
there
a
herd
of
many
pigs
feeding
on
the
mountain,
and
they
begged
him
that
he
would
allow
them
to
enter
into
those.
Then
he
allowed
them.
The
demons
came
out
of
the
man
and
entered
into
the
pigs,
and
the
herd
rushed
down
the
steep
bank
into
the
lake
and
were
drowned.
When
those
who fed
them
saw
what
had
happened,
they
fled
and
told
it
in
the
city
and
in
the
country.
People
went
out
to
see
what
had
happened.
They
came
to
Jesus
and
found
the
man
from
whom
the
demons
had
gone
out,
sitting
at
Jesus’
feet,
clothed
and
in
his
right
mind;
and
they
were
afraid.
Those
who
saw
it
told
them
how
he
who
had been possessed
by demons
was healed.
All
the
people
of
the
surrounding
country
of
the Gadarenes
asked
him
to
depart
from
them,
for
they
were
very
much afraid.
Then
he
entered
into
the
boat
and
returned.
But
the
man
from
whom
the
demons
had
gone
out
begged
him
that
he might
go
with
him,
but
Jesus
sent
him
away,
saying,
“Return
to
your
house,
and
declare
what
great
things
God
has
done
for
you.”
He
went
his
way,
proclaiming
throughout
the
whole
city
what
great
things
Jesus
had
done
for
him.
When
Jesus
returned,
the
multitude
welcomed
him,
for
they
were
all
waiting
for
him.
Behold,
a
man
named
Jairus
came.
He
was
a
ruler
of
the
synagogue.
He
fell
down
at
Jesus’
feet
and
begged
him
to
come
into
his
house,
for
he
had
an
only born
8:42
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
daughter,
about
twelve
years
of
age,
and
she
was
dying.
But
as
he
went,
the
multitudes
pressed
against
him.
A
woman
who
had
a flow
of
blood
for
twelve
years,
who
had spent
all
her living
on
physicians
and
could
not
be
healed
by
any,
came
behind
him
and
touched
the
fringe
8:44
or, tassel
of
his
cloak.
Immediately
the flow
of
her
blood
stopped.
Jesus
said,
“Who
touched
me?”
When
all
denied
it,
Peter
and
those
with
him
said, “Master,
the
multitudes press
and jostle
you,
and
you
say,
‘Who
touched
me?’”
But
Jesus
said,
“Someone
did
touch
me,
for
I
perceived
that
power
has
gone
out
of
me.”
When
the
woman
saw
that
she
was
not hidden,
she
came
trembling;
and falling
down
before
him
declared
to
him
in
the
presence
of
all
the
people
the
reason
why
she
had
touched
him,
and
how
she
was
healed
immediately.
He
said
to
her,
“Daughter, cheer
up.
Your
faith
has
made
you
well.
Go
in
peace.”
While
he
still
spoke,
one
from
the ruler
of
the synagogue’s
house
came,
saying
to
him, “Your
daughter
is
dead.
Don’t
trouble
the
Teacher.”
But
Jesus
hearing
it,
answered
him,
“Don’t
be
afraid.
Only
believe,
and
she
will
be healed.”
When
he
came
to
the
house,
he
didn’t
allow
anyone
to
enter
in,
except
Peter,
John,
James,
the
father
of
the
child,
and
her
mother.
All
were
weeping
and
mourning
her,
but
he
said,
“Don’t
weep.
She
isn’t
dead,
but
sleeping.”
They
were ridiculing
him,
knowing
that
she
was
dead.
But
he put
them
all outside,
and
taking
her
by
the
hand,
he
called,
saying,
“Child,
arise!”
Her
spirit
returned,
and
she
rose
up
immediately.
He
commanded
that something
be
given
to
her
to
eat.
Her
parents
were
amazed,
but
he
commanded
them
to
tell
no
one
what
had
been
done.
He
called
the
twelve
9:1
TR reads “his twelve disciples” instead of “the twelve”
together
and
gave
them
power
and
authority
over
all
demons,
and
to
cure
diseases.
He
sent
them
out
to
preach
God’s
Kingdom
and
to
heal
the
sick.
He
said
to
them,
“Take
nothing
for
your
journey—no staffs,
nor wallet,
nor
bread,
nor
money.
Don’t
have
two
tunics
each.
Into
whatever
house
you
enter,
stay
there,
and
depart
from
there.
As
many
as
don’t
receive
you,
when
you
depart
from
that
city,
shake
off
even
the
dust
from
your
feet
for
a
testimony
against
them.”
They
departed
and
went
throughout
the
villages,
preaching
the
Good
News
and
healing
everywhere.
Now
Herod
the tetrarch
heard
of
all
that
was
done
by
him;
and
he
was
very
perplexed,
because
it
was
said
by
some
that
John
had
risen
from
the
dead,
and
by
some
that
Elijah
had
appeared,
and
by
others
that
one
of
the
old
prophets
had
risen
again.
Herod
said, “I
beheaded
John,
but
who
is
this
about
whom
I
hear
such
things?”
He
sought
to
see
him.
The
apostles,
when
they
had
returned, told
him
what
things
they
had
done.
He
took
them
and
withdrew apart
to
a desert region
of
9:10
NU omits “a desert region of”.
a
city
called
Bethsaida.
But
the
multitudes,
perceiving
it,
followed
him.
He
welcomed
them,
spoke
to
them
of
God’s
Kingdom,
and
he
cured
those
who
needed
healing.
The
day
began
to wear
away;
and
the
twelve
came
and
said
to
him, “Send
the
multitude
away,
that
they
may
go
into
the
surrounding
villages
and
farms
and lodge
and
get food,
for
we
are
here
in
a
deserted
place.”
But
he
said
to
them,
“You
give
them
something
to
eat.”
They
said, “We
have
no
more
than
five
loaves
and
two
fish,
unless
we
should
go
and
buy
food
for
all
these
people.”
For
they
were
about
five
thousand
men.
He
said
to
his
disciples,
“Make
them
sit
down
in
groups
of
about
fifty
each.”
They
did
so,
and
made
them
all
sit
down.
He
took
the
five
loaves
and
the
two
fish,
and
looking
up
to
the
sky,
he
blessed
them,
broke
them,
and
gave
them
to
the
disciples
to
set
before
the
multitude.
They
ate
and
were
all
filled.
They gathered
up
twelve
baskets
of
broken
pieces
that
were
left
over.
As
he
was
praying
alone,
the
disciples
were
near
him,
and
he
asked
them,
“Who
do
the
multitudes
say
that
I
am?”
They
answered, “‘John
the Baptizer,’
but
others
say, ‘Elijah,’
and
others,
that
one
of
the
old
prophets
has
risen
again.”
He
said
to
them,
“But
who
do
you
say
that
I
am?”
Peter
answered, “The
Christ
of
God.”
But
he
warned
them
and
commanded
them
to
tell
this
to
no
one,
saying,
“The
Son
of
Man
must
suffer
many
things,
and
be
rejected
by
the
elders,
chief
priests,
and
scribes,
and
be
killed,
and
the
third
day
be
raised
up.”
He
said
to
all,
“If
anyone
desires
to
come
after
me,
let
him
deny
himself,
take
up
his
cross,
9:23
TR, NU add “daily”
and
follow
me.
For
whoever
desires
to
save
his
life
will
lose
it,
but
whoever
will
lose
his
life
for
my
sake
will
save
it.
For
what
does
it
profit
a
man if
he
gains
the
whole
world,
and
loses
or
forfeits
his
own
self?
For
whoever
will
be
ashamed
of
me
and
of
my
words,
of
him
will
the
Son
of
Man
be
ashamed
when
he
comes
in
his
glory,
and
the
glory
of
the
Father,
and
of
the
holy
angels.
But
I
tell
you
the truth:
There
are
some
of
those
who
stand
here
who
will
in
no
way
taste
of
death
until
they
see
God’s
Kingdom.”
About
eight
days
after
these
sayings,
he
took
with
him
Peter,
John,
and
James,
and
went
up
onto
the
mountain
to
pray.
As
he
was
praying,
the
appearance
of
his
face
was altered,
and
his
clothing
became
white
and dazzling.
Behold,
two
men
were
talking
with
him,
who
were
Moses
and
Elijah,
who
appeared
in
glory
and
spoke
of
his
departure,
9:31
literally, “exodus”
which
he
was
about
to
accomplish
at
Jerusalem.
Now
Peter
and
those
who
were
with
him
were
heavy
with
sleep,
but
when
they
were
fully
awake,
they
saw
his
glory,
and
the
two
men
who stood
with
him.
As
they
were parting
from
him,
Peter
said
to
Jesus, “Master,
it
is
good
for
us
to
be
here. Let’s
make
three
tents:
one
for
you,
one
for
Moses,
and
one
for
Elijah,”
not
knowing
what
he
said.
While
he
said
these
things,
a
cloud
came
and
overshadowed
them,
and
they
were
afraid
as
they
entered
into
the
cloud.
A
voice
came
out
of
the
cloud,
saying, “This
is
my beloved
Son.
Listen
to
him!”
When
the
voice
came,
Jesus
was
found
alone.
They
were
silent,
and
told
no
one
in
those
days
any
of
the
things
which
they
had
seen.
On
the
next
day,
when
they
had
come
down
from
the
mountain,
a
great
multitude
met
him.
Behold,
a
man
from
the
crowd
called
out,
saying, “Teacher,
I beg
you
to
look
at
my
son,
for
he
is
my
only born
9:38
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”. child.
Behold,
a
spirit
takes
him,
he
suddenly
cries
out,
and
it convulses
him
so
that
he foams;
and
it hardly departs
from
him, bruising
him
severely.
I
begged
your
disciples
to
cast
it
out,
and
they
couldn’t.”
Jesus
answered,
“Faithless
and
perverse
generation,
how
long
shall
I
be
with
you
and
bear
with
you?
Bring
your
son
here.”
While
he
was
still
coming,
the
demon
threw
him
down
and convulsed
him violently.
But
Jesus
rebuked
the
unclean
spirit,
healed
the
boy,
and
gave
him
back
to
his
father.
They
were
all
astonished
at
the
majesty
of
God.
But
while
all
were
marveling
at
all
the
things
which
Jesus
did,
he
said
to
his
disciples,
“Let
these
words
sink
into
your
ears,
for
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
delivered
up
into
the
hands
of
men.”
But
they
didn’t
understand
this
saying.
It
was
concealed
from
them,
that
they
should
not
perceive
it,
and
they
were
afraid
to
ask
him
about
this
saying.
An
argument arose
among
them
about
which
of
them
was
the
greatest.
Jesus, perceiving
the reasoning
of
their
hearts,
took
a little
child,
and
set
him
by
his
side,
and
said
to
them,
“Whoever
receives
this
little
child
in
my
name
receives
me.
Whoever
receives
me
receives
him
who
sent
me.
For
whoever
is
least
among
you
all,
this
one
will
be
great.”
John
answered, “Master,
we
saw
someone casting
out
demons
in
your
name,
and
we forbade
him,
because
he
doesn’t
follow
with
us.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Don’t
forbid
him,
for
he
who
is
not
against
us
is
for
us.”
It
came
to
pass,
when
the
days
were
near
that
he
should
be
taken
up,
he intently
set
his
face
to
go
to
Jerusalem
and
sent
messengers
before
his
face.
They
went
and
entered
into
a
village
of
the
Samaritans,
so
as
to
prepare
for
him.
They
didn’t
receive
him,
because
he
was
traveling
with
his
face set
toward
Jerusalem.
When
his
disciples,
James
and
John,
saw
this,
they
said, “Lord,
do
you
want
us
to
command
fire
to
come
down
from
the
sky
and destroy
them,
just
as Elijah
did?”
But
he
turned
and
rebuked
them,
“You don’t know
of
what kind
of spirit
you
are.
For
the Son
of
Man didn’t come
to destroy men’s lives,
but
to save them.”
They
went
to
another
village.
As
they
went
on
the
way,
a
certain
man
said
to
him, “I want
to
follow
you
wherever
you
go, Lord.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“The
foxes
have
holes
and
the
birds
of
the
sky
have
nests,
but
the
Son
of
Man
has
no
place
to
lay
his
head.”
He
said
to
another,
“Follow
me!”
But
he
said, “Lord,
allow
me
first
to
go
and
bury
my
father.”
But
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Leave
the
dead
to
bury
their
own
dead,
but
you
go
and announce
God’s
Kingdom.”
Another
also
said, “I want
to
follow
you,
Lord,
but
first
allow
me
to
say
good-bye
to
those
who
are
at
my
house.”
But
Jesus
said
to
him,
“No
one, having
put
his
hand
to
the
plow
and
looking
back,
is
fit
for
God’s
Kingdom.”
Now
after
these
things,
the
Lord
also
appointed
seventy
others,
and
sent
them
two
by
two
ahead
of
him
10:1
literally, “before his face”
into
every
city
and
place
where
he
was
about
to
come.
Then
he
said
to
them,
“The
harvest
is
indeed
plentiful,
but
the
laborers
are
few.
Pray
therefore
to
the
Lord
of
the
harvest,
that
he
may
send
out
laborers
into
his
harvest.
Go
your ways.
Behold,
I
send
you
out
as
lambs
among
wolves.
Carry
no purse,
nor wallet,
nor
sandals.
Greet
no
one
on
the
way.
Into
whatever
house
you
enter,
first
say, ‘Peace
be
to
this
house.’
If
a
son
of
peace
is
there,
your
peace
will
rest
on
him;
but
if
not,
it
will
return
to
you.
Remain
in
that
same
house,
eating
and
drinking
the
things
they
give,
for
the
laborer
is
worthy
of
his
wages.
Don’t go
from
house
to
house.
Into
whatever
city
you
enter
and
they
receive
you,
eat
the
things
that
are
set
before
you.
Heal
the
sick
who
are
there
and
tell
them, ‘God’s
Kingdom
has
come
near
to
you.’
But
into
whatever
city
you
enter
and
they
don’t
receive
you,
go
out
into
its
streets
and
say,
‘Even
the
dust
from
your
city
that
clings
to
us,
we
wipe
off
against
you.
Nevertheless
know
this,
that
God’s
Kingdom
has
come
near
to
you.’
I
tell
you,
it
will
be
more
tolerable
in
that
day
for
Sodom
than
for
that
city.
“Woe
to
you,
Chorazin!
Woe
to
you,
Bethsaida!
For
if
the
mighty works
had
been
done
in
Tyre
and
Sidon
which
were
done
in
you,
they
would
have
repented
long
ago,
sitting
in
sackcloth
and
ashes.
But
it
will
be
more
tolerable
for
Tyre
and
Sidon
in
the
judgment
than
for
you.
You,
Capernaum,
who
are
exalted
to
heaven,
will
be
brought
down
to
Hades.
10:15
Hades is the lower realm of the dead, or Hell.
Whoever
listens
to
you
listens
to
me,
and
whoever
rejects
you
rejects
me.
Whoever
rejects
me
rejects
him
who
sent
me.”
The
seventy
returned
with
joy,
saying, “Lord,
even
the
demons
are
subject
to
us
in
your
name!”
He
said
to
them,
“I
saw
Satan having
fallen
like
lightning
from
heaven.
Behold,
I
give
you
authority
to
tread
on
serpents
and
scorpions,
and
over
all
the
power
of
the
enemy.
Nothing
will
in
any
way
hurt
you.
Nevertheless,
don’t
rejoice
in
this,
that
the
spirits
are
subject
to
you,
but
rejoice
that
your
names
are
written
in
heaven.”
In
that
same
hour,
Jesus
rejoiced
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
and
said,
“I thank
you, O
Father,
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
that
you
have
hidden
these
things
from
the
wise
and understanding,
and
revealed
them
to little
children.
Yes,
Father,
for
so
it
was
well-pleasing
in
your
sight.”
Turning
to
the
disciples,
he
said,
“All
things
have
been
delivered
to
me
by
my
Father.
No
one
knows
who
the
Son
is,
except
the
Father,
and
who
the
Father
is,
except
the
Son,
and
he
to
whomever
the
Son
desires
to
reveal
him.”
Turning
to
the
disciples,
he
said
privately,
“Blessed
are
the
eyes
which
see
the
things
that
you
see,
for
I
tell
you
that
many
prophets
and
kings
desired
to
see
the
things
which
you
see,
and
didn’t
see
them,
and
to
hear
the
things
which
you
hear,
and
didn’t
hear
them.”
Behold,
a
certain
lawyer
stood
up
and tested
him,
saying, “Teacher,
what
shall
I
do
to
inherit
eternal
life?”
He
said
to
him,
“What
is
written
in
the
law?
How
do
you
read
it?”
He
answered, “You
shall
love
the
Lord
your
God
with
all
your
heart,
with
all
your
soul,
with
all
your
strength,
and
with
all
your
mind;
10:27
Deuteronomy 6:5
and
your
neighbor
as
yourself.”
10:27
Leviticus 19:18
He
said
to
him,
“You
have
answered
correctly.
Do
this,
and
you
will
live.”
But
he,
desiring
to
justify
himself,
asked
Jesus, “Who
is
my
neighbor?”
Jesus
answered,
“A
certain
man
was
going
down
from
Jerusalem
to
Jericho,
and
he
fell
among
robbers,
who
both
stripped
him
and
beat
him,
and
departed,
leaving
him
half
dead.
By
chance
a
certain
priest
was
going
down
that
way.
When
he
saw
him,
he
passed
by
on
the
other
side.
In
the
same
way
a
Levite
also,
when
he
came
to
the
place
and
saw
him,
passed
by
on
the
other
side.
But
a
certain
Samaritan,
as
he traveled,
came
where
he
was.
When
he
saw
him,
he
was
moved
with
compassion,
came
to
him,
and bound
up
his
wounds,
pouring
on
oil
and
wine.
He set
him
on
his
own
animal,
brought
him
to
an
inn,
and
took
care
of
him.
On
the
next
day,
when
he departed,
he
took
out
two
denarii,
gave
them
to
the host,
and
said
to
him, ‘Take
care
of
him.
Whatever
you
spend
beyond
that,
I
will
repay
you
when
I
return.’
Now
which
of
these
three
do
you
think
seemed
to
be
a
neighbor
to
him
who
fell
among
the
robbers?”
He
said, “He
who
showed
mercy
on
him.”
Then
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Go
and
do
likewise.”
As
they
went
on
their
way,
he
entered
into
a
certain
village,
and
a
certain
woman
named
Martha
received
him
into
her
house.
She
had
a
sister
called
Mary,
who
also
sat
at
Jesus’
feet
and
heard
his
word.
But
Martha
was
distracted
with
much
serving,
and
she
came
up
to
him,
and
said, “Lord,
don’t
you
care
that
my
sister
left
me
to
serve
alone?
Ask
her
therefore
to
help
me.”
Jesus
answered
her,
“Martha,
Martha,
you
are
anxious
and troubled
about
many
things,
but
one
thing
is
needed.
Mary
has
chosen
the
good
part,
which
will
not
be
taken
away
from
her.”
When
he
finished
praying
in
a
certain
place,
one
of
his
disciples
said
to
him, “Lord,
teach
us
to
pray,
just
as
John
also
taught
his
disciples.”
He
said
to
them,
“When
you
pray,
say,
‘Our
Father
in heaven,
may
your
name be kept
holy.
May
your
Kingdom
come.
May
your
will be done
on earth,
as
it
is
in heaven.
Give
us
day
by
day
our
daily
bread.
Forgive
us
our
sins,
for
we
ourselves
also
forgive
everyone
who
is
indebted
to
us.
Bring
us
not
into
temptation,
but deliver
us
from
the evil
one.’”
He
said
to
them,
“Which
of
you,
if
you
go
to
a
friend
at
midnight
and
tell
him, ‘Friend,
lend
me
three
loaves
of
bread,
for
a
friend
of
mine
has
come
to
me
from
a
journey,
and
I
have
nothing
to
set
before
him,’
and
he
from
within
will
answer
and
say, ‘Don’t
bother
me.
The
door
is
now
shut,
and
my
children
are
with
me
in
bed.
I
can’t
get
up
and
give
it
to you’?
I
tell
you,
although
he
will
not
rise
and
give
it
to
him
because
he
is
his
friend,
yet
because
of
his
persistence,
he
will
get
up
and
give
him
as
many
as
he
needs.
“I
tell
you, keep
asking,
and
it
will
be
given
you. Keep
seeking,
and
you
will
find. Keep
knocking,
and
it
will
be
opened
to
you.
For
everyone
who
asks
receives.
He
who
seeks
finds.
To
him
who
knocks
it
will
be
opened.
“Which
of
you
fathers,
if
your
son
asks
for
bread,
will
give
him
a
stone?
Or
if
he
asks
for
a
fish,
he
won’t
give
him
a
snake
instead
of
a
fish,
will
he?
Or
if
he
asks
for
an
egg,
he
won’t
give
him
a
scorpion,
will
he?
If
you
then,
being
evil,
know
how
to
give
good
gifts
to
your
children,
how
much
more
will
your
heavenly
Father
give
the
Holy
Spirit
to
those
who
ask
him?”
He
was casting
out
a
demon,
and
it
was
mute.
When
the
demon
had
gone
out,
the
mute
man
spoke;
and
the
multitudes
marveled.
But
some
of
them
said, “He casts
out
demons
by
Beelzebul,
the
prince
of
the
demons.”
Others,
testing
him,
sought
from
him
a
sign
from
heaven.
But
he,
knowing
their
thoughts,
said
to
them,
“Every
kingdom
divided
against
itself
is brought
to desolation.
A
house
divided
against
itself
falls.
If
Satan
also
is
divided
against
himself,
how
will
his
kingdom
stand?
For
you
say
that
I
cast
out
demons
by
Beelzebul.
But
if
I
cast
out
demons
by
Beelzebul,
by
whom
do
your children
cast
them
out?
Therefore
they
will
be
your
judges.
But
if
I
by
God’s
finger
cast
out
demons,
then
God’s
Kingdom
has
come
to
you.
“When
the
strong
man,
fully
armed,
guards
his
own dwelling,
his goods
are
safe.
But
when
someone
stronger
attacks
him
and
overcomes
him,
he
takes
from
him
his whole
armor
in
which
he
trusted,
and divides
his
plunder.
“He
who
is
not
with
me
is
against
me.
He
who
doesn’t
gather
with
me
scatters.
The
unclean
spirit,
when
he
has
gone
out
of
the
man,
passes
through dry
places,
seeking
rest;
and
finding
none,
he
says, ‘I
will
turn
back
to
my
house
from
which
I
came
out.’
When
he returns,
he
finds
it
swept
and
put
in
order.
Then
he
goes
and
takes
seven
other
spirits
more
evil
than
himself,
and
they
enter
in
and
dwell
there.
The
last state
of
that
man
becomes
worse
than
the
first.”
It
came
to
pass,
as
he
said
these
things,
a
certain
woman
out
of
the
multitude
lifted
up
her
voice
and
said
to
him, “Blessed
is
the
womb
that
bore
you,
and
the
breasts
which
nursed
you!”
But
he
said,
“On
the
contrary,
blessed
are
those
who
hear
the
word
of
God,
and
keep
it.”
When
the
multitudes
were
gathering
together
to
him,
he
began
to
say,
“This
is
an
evil
generation.
It
seeks
after
a
sign.
No
sign
will
be
given
to
it
but
the
sign
of
Jonah
the prophet.
For
even
as
Jonah
became
a
sign
to
the
Ninevites,
so
the
Son
of
Man
will
also
be
to
this
generation.
The
Queen
of
the
South
will
rise
up
in
the
judgment
with
the
men
of
this
generation
and
will
condemn
them,
for
she
came
from
the
ends
of
the
earth
to
hear
the
wisdom
of
Solomon;
and
behold,
one
greater
than
Solomon
is
here.
The
men
of
Nineveh
will
stand
up
in
the
judgment
with
this
generation,
and
will
condemn
it,
for
they
repented
at
the
preaching
of
Jonah;
and
behold,
one
greater
than
Jonah
is
here.
“No
one,
when
he
has lit
a
lamp,
puts
it
in
a
cellar
or
under
a
basket,
but
on
a stand,
that
those
who
come
in
may
see
the
light.
The
lamp
of
the
body
is
the
eye.
Therefore
when
your
eye
is
good,
your
whole
body
is
also
full
of
light;
but
when
it
is
evil,
your
body
also
is
full
of
darkness.
Therefore
see whether
the
light
that
is
in
you isn’t
darkness.
If
therefore
your
whole
body
is
full
of
light,
having
no
part
dark,
it
will
be
wholly
full
of
light,
as
when
the
lamp
with
its
bright shining gives
you
light.”
Now
as
he
spoke,
a certain
Pharisee
asked
him
to dine
with
him.
He
went
in
and
sat
at
the table.
When
the
Pharisee
saw
it,
he
marveled
that
he
had
not
first
washed himself
before
dinner.
The
Lord
said
to
him,
“Now
you
Pharisees
cleanse
the
outside
of
the
cup
and
of
the
platter,
but
your inward
part
is
full
of extortion
and
wickedness.
You
foolish
ones,
didn’t
he
who
made
the
outside
make
the
inside
also?
But
give
for
gifts
to
the needy
those
things
which
are
within,
and
behold,
all
things
will
be
clean
to
you.
But
woe
to
you
Pharisees!
For
you tithe
mint
and
rue
and
every
herb,
but
you bypass
justice
and
God’s
love.
You
ought
to
have
done
these,
and
not
to
have left
the
other undone.
Woe
to
you
Pharisees!
For
you
love
the best
seats
in
the
synagogues
and
the
greetings
in
the marketplaces.
Woe
to
you, scribes
and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For
you
are
like hidden
graves,
and
the
men
who
walk
over
them
don’t
know
it.”
One
of
the
lawyers
answered
him, “Teacher,
in
saying
this
you
insult
us
also.”
He
said,
“Woe
to
you
lawyers
also!
For
you
load
men
with
burdens
that
are difficult
to carry,
and
you
yourselves
won’t
even lift
one
finger
to help carry
those
burdens.
Woe
to
you!
For
you
build
the
tombs
of
the
prophets,
and
your
fathers
killed
them.
So
you
testify
and consent
to
the
works
of
your
fathers.
For
they
killed
them,
and
you
build
their tombs.
Therefore
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
to
the
blood
of Zachariah,
who
perished
between
the
altar
and
the sanctuary.’
Yes,
I
tell
you,
it
will
be required
of
this
generation.
Woe
to
you
lawyers!
For
you
took
away
the
key
of
knowledge.
You
didn’t
enter
in
yourselves,
and
those
who
were
entering
in,
you
hindered.”
As
he
said
these
things
to
them,
the
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
began
to
be terribly angry,
and
to draw
many
things
out
of
him,
lying
in
wait
for
him,
and seeking
to
catch
him
in
something
he
might say,
that
they
might accuse
him.
Meanwhile,
when
a
multitude
of
many
thousands
had
gathered
together,
so much
so
that
they
trampled
on
each
other,
he
began
to
tell
his
disciples
first
of
all,
“Beware
of
the
yeast
of
the
Pharisees,
which
is
hypocrisy.
But
there
is
nothing
covered up
that
will
not
be
revealed,
nor
hidden
that
will
not
be
known.
Therefore
whatever
you
have
said
in
the
darkness
will
be
heard
in
the
light.
What
you
have
spoken
in
the
ear
in
the
inner
rooms
will
be
proclaimed
on
the
housetops.
“I
tell
you,
my
friends,
don’t
be
afraid
of
those
who
kill
the
body,
and
after
that
have
no more
that
they
can
do.
But
I
will
warn
you
whom
you
should
fear.
Fear
him
who
after
he
has
killed,
has
power
to
cast
into Gehenna.
12:5
or, Hell
Yes,
I
tell
you,
fear
him.
“Aren’t
five
sparrows
sold
for
two assaria coins
12:6
An assarion was a small copper coin worth about an hour’s wages for an agricultural laborer.?
Not
one
of
them
is
forgotten
by
God.
But
the
very
hairs
of
your
head
are
all counted. Therefore
don’t
be
afraid.
You
are
of
more value
than
many
sparrows.
“I
tell
you,
everyone
who
confesses
me
before
men,
the
Son
of
Man
will
also
confess
before
the
angels
of
God;
but
he
who
denies
me
in
the
presence
of
men
will
be
denied
in
the
presence
of
God’s
angels.
Everyone
who
speaks
a
word
against
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
forgiven,
but
those
who
blaspheme
against
the
Holy
Spirit
will
not
be
forgiven.
When
they
bring
you
before
the
synagogues,
the
rulers,
and
the
authorities,
don’t
be
anxious
how
or
what
you
will answer
or
what
you
will
say;
for
the
Holy
Spirit
will
teach
you
in
that
same
hour
what
you
must
say.”
One
of
the
multitude
said
to
him, “Teacher,
tell
my
brother
to
divide
the
inheritance
with
me.”
But
he
said
to
him,
“Man,
who
made
me
a
judge
or
an
arbitrator
over
you?”
He
said
to
them,
“Beware!
Keep
yourselves
from
covetousness,
for
a
man’s
life
doesn’t
consist
of
the
abundance
of
the
things
which
he possesses.”
He
spoke
a
parable
to
them,
saying,
“The ground
of
a
certain
rich
man produced abundantly.
He
reasoned
within
himself,
saying, ‘What
will
I
do,
because
I
don’t
have room
to
store
my
crops?’
He
said, ‘This
is
what
I
will
do.
I
will pull
down
my
barns,
build bigger
ones,
and
there
I
will
store
all
my grain
and
my
goods.
I
will
tell
my
soul, “Soul,
you
have
many
goods
laid
up
for
many
years.
Take
your
ease,
eat,
drink,
and
be
merry.”’
“But
God
said
to
him, ‘You
foolish
one,
tonight
your
soul
is
required
of
you.
The
things
which
you
have
prepared—whose
will
they
be?’
So
is
he
who lays
up
treasure
for
himself,
and
is
not
rich
toward
God.”
He
said
to
his
disciples,
“Therefore
I
tell
you,
don’t
be
anxious
for
your
life,
what
you
will
eat,
nor
yet
for
your
body,
what
you
will wear.
Life
is
more
than
food,
and
the
body
is
more
than
clothing.
Consider
the
ravens:
they
don’t
sow,
they
don’t
reap,
they
have
no warehouse
or
barn,
and
God
feeds
them.
How
much
more
valuable
are
you
than
birds!
Which
of
you
by
being
anxious
can
add
a cubit
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A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
to
his height?
If
then
you aren’t
able
to
do
even
the
least
things,
why
are
you
anxious
about
the
rest?
Consider
the
lilies,
how
they
grow.
They
don’t
toil,
neither
do
they
spin;
yet
I
tell
you,
even
Solomon
in
all
his
glory
was
not arrayed
like
one
of
these.
But
if
this
is
how
God
clothes
the
grass
in
the
field,
which
today exists
and
tomorrow
is
cast
into
the oven,
how
much
more
will
he clothe
you, O
you
of little faith?
“Don’t
seek
what
you
will
eat
or
what
you
will
drink;
neither
be anxious.
For
the
nations
of
the
world
seek
after
all
of
these
things,
but
your
Father
knows
that
you
need
these
things.
But
seek
God’s
Kingdom,
and
all
these
things
will
be
added
to
you.
“Don’t
be
afraid,
little
flock,
for
it
is
your
Father’s
good
pleasure
to
give
you
the
Kingdom.
Sell
what
you
have
and
give
gifts
to
the needy.
Make
for
yourselves purses
which
don’t grow
old,
a
treasure
in
the
heavens
that
doesn’t
fail,
where
no
thief approaches
and
no
moth
destroys.
For
where
your
treasure
is,
there
will
your
heart
be
also.
“Let
your
waist
be
dressed
and
your
lamps
burning.
Be
like
men watching
for
their
lord
when
he
returns
from
the
wedding
feast,
that
when
he
comes
and
knocks,
they
may
immediately
open
to
him.
Blessed
are
those
servants
whom
the
lord
will
find
watching
when
he
comes. Most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
he
will dress
himself,
make
them
recline,
and
will
come
and
serve
them.
They
will
be
blessed
if
he
comes
in
the
second
or
third
watch
and
finds
them
so.
But
know
this,
that
if
the master
of
the
house
had
known
in
what
hour
the
thief
was
coming,
he
would
have watched
and
not
allowed
his
house
to
be
broken
into.
Therefore
be
ready
also,
for
the
Son
of
Man
is
coming
in
an
hour
that
you
don’t
expect
him.”
Peter
said
to
him, “Lord,
are
you
telling
this
parable
to
us,
or
to everybody?”
The
Lord
said,
“Who
then
is
the
faithful
and
wise
steward,
whom
his
lord
will
set
over
his household,
to
give
them
their portion
of food
at
the
right
times?
Blessed
is
that
servant
whom
his
lord
will
find
doing
so
when
he
comes.
Truly
I
tell
you
that
he
will
set
him
over
all
that
he
has.
But
if
that
servant
says
in
his
heart, ‘My
lord delays
his
coming,’
and begins
to
beat
the menservants
and
the maidservants,
and
to
eat
and
drink
and
to
be drunken,
then
the
lord
of
that
servant
will
come
in
a
day
when
he
isn’t
expecting
him
and
in
an
hour
that
he
doesn’t
know,
and
will
cut
him
in two,
and
place
his
portion
with
the unfaithful.
That
servant
who
knew
his
lord’s
will,
and
didn’t
prepare
nor
do
what
he wanted,
will
be
beaten
with
many stripes,
but
he
who
didn’t
know,
and
did
things
worthy
of stripes,
will
be
beaten
with
few stripes.
To
whomever
much
is
given,
of
him
will
much
be required;
and
to
whom
much
was
entrusted,
of
him
more
will
be
asked.
“I
came
to
throw
fire
on
the
earth.
I
wish
it
were
already
kindled.
But
I
have
a
baptism
to
be
baptized
with,
and
how
distressed
I
am
until
it
is
accomplished!
Do
you
think
that
I
have
come
to
give
peace
in
the
earth?
I
tell
you,
no,
but
rather
division.
For
from
now
on,
there
will
be
five
in
one
house
divided,
three
against
two,
and
two
against
three.
They
will
be
divided,
father
against
son,
and
son
against
father;
mother
against
daughter,
and
daughter
against
her
mother;
mother-in-law
against
her
daughter-in-law,
and
daughter-in-law
against
her
mother-in-law.”
12:53
Micah 7:6
He
said
to
the
multitudes
also,
“When
you
see
a
cloud
rising
from
the
west,
immediately
you
say, ‘A shower
is
coming,’
and
so
it
happens.
When
a
south
wind
blows,
you
say, ‘There
will
be
a
scorching
heat,’
and
it
happens.
You
hypocrites!
You
know
how
to interpret
the
appearance
of
the
earth
and
the
sky,
but
how
is
it
that
you
don’t interpret
this
time?
“Why
don’t
you
judge
for
yourselves
what
is
right?
For
when
you
are
going
with
your
adversary
before
the
magistrate, try diligently
on
the
way
to
be released
from
him, lest
perhaps
he
drag
you
to
the
judge,
and
the
judge
deliver
you
to
the
officer,
and
the
officer
throw
you
into
prison.
I
tell
you,
you
will
by
no
means
get
out
of
there
until
you
have
paid
the
very
last penny.
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literally, lepton. A lepton is a very small brass Jewish coin worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.”
Now
there
were
some
present
at
the
same
time
who
told
him
about
the
Galileans
whose
blood
Pilate
had
mixed
with
their
sacrifices.
Jesus
answered
them,
“Do
you
think
that
these
Galileans
were worse
sinners
than
all
the
other
Galileans,
because
they
suffered
such
things?
I
tell
you,
no,
but
unless
you
repent,
you
will
all
perish
in
the
same
way.
Or
those eighteen
on
whom
the
tower
in
Siloam
fell
and
killed
them—do
you
think
that
they
were worse offenders
than
all
the
men
who
dwell
in
Jerusalem?
I
tell
you,
no,
but,
unless
you
repent,
you
will
all
perish
in
the
same
way.”
He
spoke
this
parable.
“A
certain
man
had
a
fig
tree
planted
in
his
vineyard,
and
he
came
seeking
fruit
on
it
and
found
none.
He
said
to
the vine dresser, ‘Behold,
these
three
years
I
have
come
looking
for
fruit
on
this
fig
tree,
and
found
none.
Cut
it
down!
Why
does
it waste
the
soil?’
He
answered, ‘Lord,
leave
it
alone
this
year
also,
until
I
dig
around
it
and fertilize
it.
If
it
bears
fruit, fine;
but
if
not,
after
that,
you
can
cut
it
down.’”
He
was
teaching
in
one
of
the
synagogues
on
the
Sabbath
day.
Behold,
there
was
a
woman
who
had
a
spirit
of
infirmity eighteen
years.
She
was
bent
over
and
could
in
no way
straighten herself
up.
When
Jesus
saw
her,
he
called
her
and
said
to
her,
“Woman,
you
are
freed
from
your
infirmity.”
He
laid
his
hands
on
her,
and
immediately
she stood up straight
and
glorified
God.
The ruler
of
the
synagogue,
being
indignant
because
Jesus
had
healed
on
the
Sabbath,
said
to
the
multitude, “There
are
six
days
in
which
men
ought
to
work.
Therefore
come
on
those
days
and
be
healed,
and
not
on
the
Sabbath
day!”
Therefore
the
Lord
answered
him,
“You
hypocrites!
Doesn’t
each
one
of
you
free
his
ox
or
his
donkey
from
the
stall
on
the
Sabbath
and
lead
him
away
to
water?
Ought
not
this
woman,
being
a
daughter
of
Abraham
whom
Satan
had
bound eighteen
long
years,
be freed
from
this bondage
on
the
Sabbath
day?”
As
he
said
these
things,
all
his
adversaries
were disappointed;
and
all
the
multitude
rejoiced
for
all
the
glorious
things
that
were
done
by
him.
He
said,
“What
is
God’s
Kingdom
like?
To
what
shall
I
compare
it?
It
is
like
a
grain
of
mustard
seed
which
a
man
took
and
put
in
his
own
garden.
It
grew
and
became
a large
tree,
and
the
birds
of
the
sky
live
in
its
branches.”
Again
he
said,
“To
what
shall
I
compare
God’s
Kingdom?
It
is
like
yeast,
which
a
woman
took
and
hid
in
three
measures
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literally, three sata. 3 sata is about 39 liters or a bit more than a bushel.
of
flour,
until
it
was
all
leavened.”
He went
on
his
way
through
cities
and
villages,
teaching,
and traveling
on
to
Jerusalem.
One
said
to
him, “Lord,
are
they
few
who
are
saved?”
He
said
to
them,
“Strive
to
enter
in
by
the
narrow
door,
for
many,
I
tell
you,
will
seek
to
enter
in
and
will
not
be
able.
When
once
the
master
of
the
house
has
risen
up
and
has shut
the
door,
and
you
begin
to
stand
outside
and
to
knock
at
the
door,
saying, ‘Lord,
Lord,
open
to
us!’
then
he
will
answer
and
tell
you, ‘I
don’t
know
you
or
where
you
come
from.’
Then
you
will
begin
to
say, ‘We
ate
and
drank
in
your
presence,
and
you
taught
in
our
streets.’
He
will
say, ‘I
tell
you,
I
don’t
know
where
you
come
from.
Depart
from
me,
all
you
workers
of
iniquity.’
There
will
be
weeping
and
gnashing
of
teeth
when
you
see
Abraham,
Isaac,
Jacob,
and
all
the
prophets
in
God’s
Kingdom,
and
yourselves
being thrown
outside.
They
will
come
from
the
east,
west,
north,
and
south,
and
will
sit
down
in
God’s
Kingdom.
Behold,
there
are
some
who
are
last
who
will
be
first,
and
there
are
some
who
are
first
who
will
be
last.”
On
that
same day,
some
Pharisees
came,
saying
to
him, “Get
out
of
here
and
go
away,
for
Herod
wants
to
kill
you.”
He
said
to
them,
“Go
and
tell
that
fox, ‘Behold,
I
cast
out
demons
and
perform
cures
today
and
tomorrow,
and
the
third
day
I
complete
my mission.
Nevertheless
I
must
go
on
my
way
today
and
tomorrow
and
the
next
day,
for
it
can’t
be
that
a
prophet
would
perish
outside
of
Jerusalem.’
“Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
you
who
kills
the
prophets
and
stones
those
who
are
sent
to
her!
How
often
I
wanted
to
gather
your
children
together,
like
a
hen
gathers
her
own
brood
under
her
wings,
and
you
refused!
Behold,
your
house
is
left
to
you
desolate.
I
tell
you,
you
will
not
see
me
until
you
say, ‘Blessed
is
he
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord!’”
13:35
Psalm 118:26
When
he
went
into
the
house
of
one
of
the
rulers
of
the
Pharisees
on
a
Sabbath
to
eat
bread,
they
were
watching
him.
Behold,
a
certain
man
who
had
dropsy
was
in
front
of
him.
Jesus,
answering,
spoke
to
the
lawyers
and
Pharisees,
saying,
“Is
it
lawful
to
heal
on
the
Sabbath?”
But
they
were
silent.
He
took
him,
and
healed
him,
and
let
him
go.
He
answered
them,
“Which
of
you,
if
your
son
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TR reads “donkey” instead of “son”
or
an
ox
fell
into
a
well, wouldn’t
immediately
pull
him
out
on
a
Sabbath
day?”
They
couldn’t answer
him regarding
these
things.
He
spoke
a
parable
to
those
who
were
invited,
when
he
noticed
how
they
chose
the best seats,
and
said
to
them,
“When
you
are
invited
by
anyone
to
a
wedding
feast,
don’t
sit
in
the best seat,
since
perhaps
someone
more honorable
than
you
might
be
invited
by
him,
and
he
who
invited
both
of
you
would
come
and
tell
you, ‘Make
room
for
this
person.’
Then
you
would
begin,
with
shame,
to take
the lowest
place.
But
when
you
are
invited,
go
and
sit
in
the lowest
place,
so
that
when
he
who
invited
you
comes,
he
may
tell
you, ‘Friend,
move
up
higher.’
Then
you
will
be
honored
in
the
presence
of
all
who
sit
at
the
table
with
you.
For
everyone
who
exalts
himself
will
be
humbled,
and
whoever
humbles
himself
will
be
exalted.”
He
also
said
to
the
one
who
had
invited
him,
“When
you
make
a
dinner
or
a
supper,
don’t
call
your
friends,
nor
your
brothers,
nor
your kinsmen,
nor
rich
neighbors,
or
perhaps
they
might
also
return
the favor,
and pay
you back.
But
when
you
make
a feast, ask
the
poor,
the maimed,
the
lame, or
the
blind;
and
you
will
be
blessed,
because
they
don’t
have
the resources
to
repay
you.
For
you
will
be
repaid
in
the
resurrection
of
the
righteous.”
When
one
of
those
who sat
at
the
table
with
him
heard
these
things,
he
said
to
him, “Blessed
is
he
who
will feast
in
God’s
Kingdom!”
But
he
said
to
him,
“A
certain
man
made
a
great
supper,
and
he
invited
many
people.
He
sent
out
his
servant
at
supper
time
to
tell
those
who
were
invited, ‘Come,
for everything
is
ready
now.’
They
all
as
one
began
to
make
excuses.
“The
first
said
to
him, ‘I
have
bought
a
field,
and
I
must
go
and
see
it.
Please
have
me
excused.’
“Another
said, ‘I
have
bought
five
yoke
of
oxen,
and
I
must
go try
them out.
Please
have
me
excused.’
“Another
said, ‘I
have
married
a
wife,
and
therefore
I
can’t
come.’
“That
servant
came,
and
told
his
lord
these
things.
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
the
poor, maimed,
blind,
and
lame.’
“The
servant
said, ‘Lord,
it
is
done
as
you
commanded,
and
there
is
still
room.’
“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.
For
I
tell
you
that
none
of
those
men
who
were
invited
will
taste
of
my
supper.’”
Now
great
multitudes
were
going
with
him.
He
turned
and
said
to
them,
“If
anyone
comes
to
me,
and
doesn’t disregard
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or, hate
his
own
father,
mother,
wife,
children,
brothers,
and
sisters,
yes,
and
his
own
life
also,
he
can’t
be
my
disciple.
Whoever
doesn’t
bear
his
own
cross
and
come
after
me,
can’t
be
my
disciple.
For
which
of
you,
desiring
to
build
a
tower,
doesn’t
first
sit
down
and count
the cost,
to see
if
he
has enough
to
complete
it?
Or
perhaps,
when
he
has
laid
a
foundation
and isn’t
able
to
finish,
everyone
who
sees
begins
to
mock
him,
saying, ‘This
man
began
to
build
and
wasn’t
able
to
finish.’
Or
what
king,
as
he
goes
to
encounter
another
king
in
war,
will
not
sit
down
first
and
consider
whether
he
is
able
with
ten
thousand
to
meet
him
who
comes
against
him
with
twenty
thousand?
Or else,
while
the
other
is
yet
a great
way off,
he
sends
an envoy
and
asks
for conditions
of
peace.
So
therefore,
whoever
of
you
who
doesn’t
renounce
all
that
he
has,
he
can’t
be
my
disciple.
“Salt
is
good,
but
if
the
salt becomes flat
and
tasteless,
with
what
do
you season
it?
It
is
fit
neither
for
the
soil
nor
for
the manure pile.
It
is
thrown
out.
He
who
has
ears
to
hear,
let
him
hear.”
Now
all
the
tax
collectors
and
sinners
were
coming
close
to
him
to
hear
him.
The
Pharisees
and
the
scribes murmured,
saying, “This
man
welcomes
sinners,
and
eats
with
them.”
He
told
them
this
parable:
“Which
of
you
men,
if
you
had
one
hundred
sheep
and
lost
one
of
them, wouldn’t
leave
the
ninety-nine
in
the
wilderness
and
go
after
the
one
that
was
lost,
until
he
found
it?
When
he
has
found
it,
he carries
it
on
his
shoulders,
rejoicing.
When
he
comes
home,
he
calls
together
his
friends
and
his
neighbors,
saying
to
them, ‘Rejoice
with
me,
for
I
have
found
my
sheep
which
was
lost!’
I
tell
you
that even
so
there
will
be
more
joy
in
heaven
over
one
sinner
who
repents,
than
over
ninety-nine
righteous
people
who
need
no
repentance.
“Or
what
woman,
if
she
had
ten drachma
15:8
A drachma coin was worth about 2 days wages for an agricultural laborer.
coins,
if
she
lost
one drachma
coin, wouldn’t
light
a
lamp,
sweep
the
house,
and
seek diligently
until
she
found
it?
When
she
has
found
it,
she
calls
together
her
friends
and
neighbors,
saying, ‘Rejoice
with
me,
for
I
have
found
the drachma
which
I
had
lost!’
Even
so,
I
tell
you,
there
is
joy
in
the
presence
of
the
angels
of
God
over
one
sinner repenting.”
He
said,
“A
certain
man
had
two
sons.
The
younger
of
them
said
to
his
father, ‘Father,
give
me
my
share
of
your property.’
So
he
divided
his livelihood
between
them.
Not
many
days
after,
the
younger
son
gathered
all
of
this
together
and traveled
into
a
far
country.
There
he wasted
his property
with riotous
living.
When
he
had
spent
all
of
it,
there
arose
a
severe
famine
in
that
country,
and
he
began
to
be
in
need.
He
went
and
joined
himself
to
one
of
the
citizens
of
that
country,
and
he
sent
him
into
his
fields
to
feed
pigs.
He wanted
to
fill
his
belly
with
the
pods
that
the
pigs
ate,
but
no
one
gave
him
any.
But
when
he
came
to
himself,
he
said, ‘How
many
hired servants
of my
father’s
have
bread
enough
to spare,
and I’m
dying
with
hunger!
I
will
get
up
and
go
to
my
father,
and
will
tell
him, “Father,
I
have
sinned
against
heaven
and
in
your
sight.
I
am
no
more
worthy
to
be
called
your
son.
Make
me
as
one
of
your
hired servants.”’
“He
arose
and
came
to
his
father.
But
while
he
was
still
far
off,
his
father
saw
him
and
was
moved
with
compassion,
and
ran,
fell
on
his
neck,
and
kissed
him.
The
son
said
to
him, ‘Father,
I
have
sinned
against
heaven
and
in
your
sight.
I
am
no
longer
worthy
to
be
called
your
son.’
“But
the
father
said
to
his
servants, ‘Bring
out
the
best
robe
and
put
it
on
him.
Put
a
ring
on
his
hand
and
sandals
on
his
feet.
Bring
the fattened
calf,
kill
it,
and let’s
eat
and
celebrate;
for
this,
my
son,
was
dead
and
is
alive
again.
He
was
lost
and
is
found.’
Then
they
began
to
celebrate.
“Now
his
elder
son
was
in
the
field.
As
he
came
near
to
the
house,
he
heard
music
and
dancing.
He
called
one
of
the
servants
to
him
and
asked
what
was going
on.
He
said
to
him, ‘Your
brother
has
come,
and
your
father
has
killed
the fattened
calf,
because
he
has
received
him
back
safe
and healthy.’
But
he
was
angry
and
would
not
go
in.
Therefore
his
father
came
out
and
begged
him.
But
he
answered
his
father, ‘Behold,
these
many
years
I
have
served
you,
and
I
never
disobeyed
a
commandment
of
yours,
but
you
never
gave
me
a
goat,
that
I
might
celebrate
with
my
friends.
But
when
this
your
son
came,
who
has
devoured
your living
with
prostitutes,
you
killed
the fattened
calf
for
him.’
“He
said
to
him, ‘Son,
you
are
always
with
me,
and
all
that
is
mine
is
yours.
But
it
was appropriate
to
celebrate
and
be
glad,
for
this,
your
brother,
was
dead,
and
is
alive
again.
He
was
lost,
and
is
found.’”
He
also
said
to
his
disciples,
“There
was
a
certain
rich
man
who
had
a
manager.
An accusation
was
made
to
him
that
this
man
was wasting
his
possessions.
He
called
him,
and
said
to
him, ‘What
is
this
that
I
hear
about
you?
Give
an
accounting
of
your
management,
for
you
can
no
longer
be
manager.’
“The
manager
said
within
himself, ‘What
will
I
do, seeing
that
my
lord
is
taking
away
the
management position
from
me?
I
don’t
have strength
to
dig.
I
am
ashamed
to
beg.
I
know
what
I
will
do,
so
that
when
I
am
removed
from
management,
they
may
receive
me
into
their houses.’
Calling
each
one
of
his
lord’s
debtors
to
him,
he
said
to
the
first, ‘How
much
do
you
owe
to
my
lord?’
He
said, ‘A
hundred batos
16:6
100 batos is about 395 liters or 104 U. S. gallons.
of
oil.’
He
said
to
him, ‘Take
your
bill,
and
sit
down
quickly
and
write
fifty.’
Then
he
said
to
another, ‘How
much
do
you
owe?’
He
said, ‘A
hundred cors
16:7
100 cors = about 2,110 liters or 600 bushels.
of
wheat.’
He
said
to
him, ‘Take
your
bill,
and
write
eighty.’
“His
lord
commended
the dishonest
manager
because
he
had
done wisely,
for
the children
of
this
world
are,
in
their
own
generation, wiser
than
the children
of
the
light.
I
tell
you,
make
for
yourselves
friends
by
means
of
unrighteous mammon,
so
that
when
you
fail,
they
may
receive
you
into
the
eternal
tents.
He
who
is
faithful
in
a
very
little
is
faithful
also
in
much.
He
who
is
dishonest
in
a
very
little
is
also
dishonest
in
much.
If
therefore
you
have
not
been
faithful
in
the
unrighteous mammon,
who
will commit
to
your trust
the
true riches?
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
else
he
will hold
to
one
and
despise
the
other.
You
aren’t
able
to
serve
God
and Mammon.”
16:13
“Mammon” refers to riches or a false god of wealth.
The
Pharisees,
who
were
lovers
of
money,
also
heard
all
these
things,
and
they scoffed
at
him.
He
said
to
them,
“You
are
those
who
justify
yourselves
in
the
sight
of
men,
but
God
knows
your
hearts.
For
that
which
is
exalted
among
men
is
an
abomination
in
the
sight
of
God.
“The
law
and
the
prophets
were
until
John.
From
that
time
the
Good
News
of
God’s
Kingdom
is
preached,
and
everyone
is
forcing
his
way
into
it.
But
it
is
easier
for
heaven
and
earth
to
pass
away
than
for
one tiny
stroke
of
a pen
in
the
law
to
fall.
“Everyone
who
divorces
his
wife
and
marries
another
commits
adultery.
He
who
marries
one
who
is
divorced
from
a
husband
commits
adultery.
“Now
there
was
a
certain
rich
man,
and
he
was clothed
in
purple
and
fine
linen,
living
in luxury
every
day.
A
certain beggar,
named
Lazarus,
was taken
to
his
gate, full
of
sores,
and desiring
to
be
fed
with
the crumbs
that
fell
from
the
rich
man’s
table.
Yes,
even
the
dogs
came
and licked
his
sores.
The beggar
died,
and
he
was
carried
away
by
the
angels
to
Abraham’s
bosom.
The
rich
man
also
died
and
was
buried.
In
Hades,
16:23
or, Hell
he
lifted
up
his
eyes,
being
in
torment,
and
saw
Abraham
far
off,
and
Lazarus
at
his
bosom.
He
cried
and
said, ‘Father
Abraham,
have
mercy
on
me,
and
send
Lazarus,
that
he
may
dip
the
tip
of
his
finger
in
water
and
cool
my
tongue!
For
I
am
in anguish
in
this
flame.’
“But
Abraham
said, ‘Son,
remember
that
you,
in
your
lifetime,
received
your
good
things,
and
Lazarus,
in
the
same
way,
bad
things.
But
here
he
is
now
comforted
and
you
are
in anguish.
Besides
all
this,
between
us
and
you
there
is
a
great gulf
fixed,
that
those
who
want
to pass
from
here
to
you
are
not
able,
and
that
no
one
may
cross
over
from
there
to
us.’
“He
said, ‘I
ask
you
therefore,
father,
that
you
would
send
him
to
my
father’s
house—
for
I
have
five
brothers—that
he
may
testify
to
them,
so
they
won’t
also
come
into
this
place
of
torment.’
“But
Abraham
said
to
him, ‘They
have
Moses
and
the
prophets.
Let
them
listen
to
them.’
“He
said, ‘No,
father
Abraham,
but
if
one
goes
to
them
from
the
dead,
they
will
repent.’
“He
said
to
him, ‘If
they
don’t
listen
to
Moses
and
the
prophets,
neither
will
they
be
persuaded
if
one
rises
from
the
dead.’”
He
said
to
the
disciples,
“It
is impossible
that
no occasions
of
stumbling should
come,
but
woe
to
him
through
whom
they
come!
It
would
be
better
for
him
if
a millstone
were
hung
around
his
neck,
and
he
were
thrown
into
the
sea,
rather
than
that
he
should
cause
one
of
these
little
ones
to
stumble.
Be
careful.
If
your
brother
sins
against
you,
rebuke
him.
If
he
repents,
forgive
him.
If
he
sins
against
you
seven
times
in
the
day,
and
seven
times
returns,
saying, ‘I
repent,’
you
shall
forgive
him.”
The
apostles
said
to
the
Lord, “Increase
our
faith.”
The
Lord
said,
“If
you
had
faith
like
a
grain
of
mustard
seed,
you
would
tell
this sycamore
tree, ‘Be
uprooted
and
be
planted
in
the
sea,’
and
it
would
obey
you.
But
who
is
there
among
you,
having
a
servant
plowing
or
keeping
sheep,
that
will
say
when
he
comes
in
from
the
field, ‘Come
immediately
and
sit
down
at
the table’?
Wouldn’t
he
rather
tell
him, ‘Prepare
my
supper,
clothe
yourself properly,
and
serve
me
while
I
eat
and
drink.
Afterward
you
shall
eat
and drink’?
Does
he
thank
that
servant
because
he
did
the
things
that
were
commanded?
I think
not.
Even
so
you
also,
when
you
have
done
all
the
things
that
are
commanded
you,
say, ‘We
are
unworthy
servants.
We
have
done
our duty.’”
As
he
was
on
his
way
to
Jerusalem,
he
was
passing
along
the borders
of
Samaria
and
Galilee.
As
he
entered
into
a
certain
village,
ten
men
who
were
lepers
met
him,
who
stood
at
a
distance.
They
lifted
up
their
voices,
saying, “Jesus,
Master,
have
mercy
on
us!”
When
he
saw
them,
he
said
to
them,
“Go
and
show
yourselves
to
the
priests.”
As
they
went,
they
were
cleansed.
One
of
them,
when
he
saw
that
he
was
healed,
turned
back,
glorifying
God
with
a
loud
voice.
He
fell
on
his
face
at Jesus’
feet,
giving
him
thanks;
and
he
was
a
Samaritan.
Jesus
answered,
“Weren’t
the
ten
cleansed?
But
where
are
the
nine?
Were there
none
found
who
returned
to
give
glory
to
God,
except
this
foreigner?”
Then
he
said
to
him,
“Get
up,
and
go
your
way.
Your
faith
has healed
you.”
Being
asked
by
the
Pharisees
when
God’s
Kingdom
would
come,
he
answered
them,
“God’s
Kingdom
doesn’t
come
with observation;
neither
will
they
say, ‘Look,
here!’
or, ‘Look,
there!’
for
behold,
God’s
Kingdom
is within
you.”
He
said
to
the
disciples,
“The
days
will
come
when
you
will
desire
to
see
one
of
the
days
of
the
Son
of
Man,
and
you
will
not
see
it.
They
will
tell
you, ‘Look,
here!’
or ‘Look,
there!’
Don’t
go
away
or follow
after
them,
for
as
the
lightning,
when
it
flashes
out
of
one
part
under
the
sky,
shines
to
another
part
under
the
sky,
so
will
the
Son
of
Man
be
in
his
day.
But
first,
he
must
suffer
many
things
and
be
rejected
by
this
generation.
As
it
was
in
the
days
of
Noah,
even
so
it
will
also
be
in
the
days
of
the
Son
of
Man.
They
ate,
they
drank,
they
married,
and
they
were given
in
marriage
until
the
day
that
Noah
entered
into
the ship,
and
the
flood
came
and
destroyed
them
all.
Likewise,
even
as
it
was
in
the
days
of
Lot:
they
ate,
they
drank,
they
bought,
they
sold,
they
planted,
they
built;
but
in
the
day
that
Lot
went
out
from
Sodom,
it
rained
fire
and
sulfur
from
the
sky
and
destroyed
them
all.
It
will
be
the
same
way
in
the
day
that
the
Son
of
Man
is
revealed.
In
that
day,
he
who
will
be
on
the
housetop
and
his
goods
in
the
house,
let
him
not
go
down
to
take
them
away.
Let
him
who
is
in
the
field
likewise
not
turn
back.
Remember
Lot’s
wife!
Whoever
seeks
to save
his
life
loses
it,
but
whoever
loses
his
life preserves
it.
I
tell
you,
in
that
night
there
will
be
two
people
in
one
bed.
One
will
be
taken
and
the
other
will
be
left.
There
will
be
two
grinding grain
together.
One
will
be
taken
and
the
other
will
be
left.”
17:36
Some Greek manuscripts add: “Two will be in the field: the one taken, and the other left.”
They,
answering,
asked
him, “Where,
Lord?”
He
said
to
them,
“Where
the
body
is,
there
the
vultures
will
also
be
gathered
together.”
He
also
spoke
a
parable
to
them
that
they
must
always
pray
and
not
give
up,
saying,
“There
was
a
judge
in
a
certain
city
who
didn’t
fear
God
and
didn’t
respect
man.
A
widow
was
in
that
city,
and
she often
came
to
him,
saying, ‘Defend
me
from
my
adversary!’
He wouldn’t
for
a
while;
but
afterward
he
said
to
himself, ‘Though
I
neither
fear
God
nor
respect
man,
yet
because
this
widow bothers
me,
I
will defend
her,
or else
she
will
wear
me
out
by
her continual
coming.’”
The
Lord
said,
“Listen
to
what
the
unrighteous
judge
says.
Won’t
God avenge
his
chosen ones
who
are
crying
out
to
him
day
and
night,
and
yet
he
exercises
patience
with
them?
I
tell
you
that
he
will avenge
them
quickly.
Nevertheless,
when
the
Son
of
Man
comes,
will
he
find
faith
on
the
earth?”
He
also
spoke
this
parable
to
certain
people
who
were
convinced
of
their
own righteousness,
and
who
despised
all
others:
“Two
men
went
up
into
the
temple
to
pray;
one
was
a
Pharisee,
and
the
other
was
a
tax
collector.
The
Pharisee
stood
and
prayed
by
himself
like
this: ‘God,
I
thank
you
that
I
am
not
like
the
rest
of
men: extortionists,
unrighteous,
adulterers,
or
even
like
this
tax
collector.
I
fast
twice
a
week.
I give tithes
of
all
that
I
get.’
But
the
tax
collector,
standing
far
away, wouldn’t
even
lift
up
his
eyes
to
heaven,
but
beat
his
breast,
saying, ‘God,
be
merciful
to
me,
a
sinner!’
I
tell
you,
this
man
went
down
to
his
house
justified
rather
than
the
other;
for
everyone
who
exalts
himself
will
be
humbled,
but
he
who
humbles
himself
will
be
exalted.”
They
were
also
bringing
their
babies
to
him,
that
he
might
touch
them.
But
when
the
disciples
saw
it,
they
rebuked
them.
Jesus
summoned
them,
saying,
“Allow
the little
children
to
come
to
me,
and
don’t
hinder
them,
for
God’s
Kingdom
belongs
to
such
as
these.
Most certainly,
I
tell
you,
whoever
doesn’t
receive
God’s
Kingdom
like
a little
child,
he
will
in
no
way
enter
into
it.”
A
certain
ruler
asked
him,
saying, “Good
Teacher,
what
shall
I
do
to
inherit
eternal
life?”
Jesus
asked
him,
“Why
do
you
call
me
good?
No
one
is
good,
except
one:
God.
You
know
the
commandments: ‘Don’t
commit
adultery,’ ‘Don’t
murder,’ ‘Don’t
steal,’ ‘Don’t
give
false
testimony,’ ‘Honor
your
father
and
your
mother.’”
18:20
Exodus 20:12-16; Deuteronomy 5:16-20
He
said, “I
have observed
all
these
things
from
my
youth up.”
When
Jesus
heard
these
things,
he
said
to
him,
“You
still
lack
one
thing.
Sell
all
that
you
have
and
distribute
it
to
the
poor.
Then
you
will
have
treasure
in
heaven;
then
come,
follow
me.”
But
when
he
heard
these
things,
he
became
very
sad,
for
he
was
very
rich.
Jesus,
seeing
that
he became
very sad,
said,
“How
hard
it
is
for
those
who
have riches
to
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom!
For
it
is
easier
for
a
camel
to
enter
in
through
a needle’s eye
than
for
a
rich
man
to
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom.”
Those
who
heard
it
said, “Then
who
can
be
saved?”
But
he
said,
“The
things
which
are
impossible
with
men
are
possible
with
God.”
Peter
said, “Look,
we
have
left everything
and
followed
you.”
He
said
to
them,
“Most certainly
I
tell
you,
there
is
no
one
who
has
left
house,
or
wife,
or
brothers,
or
parents,
or
children,
for
God’s Kingdom’s
sake,
who
will
not
receive
many
times more
in
this
time,
and
in
the
world
to
come,
eternal
life.”
He
took
the
twelve
aside
and
said
to
them,
“Behold,
we
are
going
up
to
Jerusalem,
and
all
the
things
that
are
written
through
the
prophets concerning
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
completed.
For
he
will
be
delivered
up
to
the
Gentiles,
will
be
mocked, treated shamefully,
and
spit
on.
They
will
scourge
and
kill
him.
On
the
third
day,
he
will
rise
again.”
They
understood
none
of
these
things.
This
saying
was
hidden
from
them,
and
they
didn’t
understand
the
things
that
were
said.
As
he
came
near
Jericho,
a
certain
blind
man
sat
by
the
road,
begging.
Hearing
a
multitude
going
by,
he
asked
what
this
meant.
They
told
him
that
Jesus
of
Nazareth
was
passing
by.
He
cried out, “Jesus,
you
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me!”
Those
who
led
the
way
rebuked
him,
that
he
should
be
quiet;
but
he
cried
out
all
the
more, “You
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me!”
Standing
still,
Jesus
commanded
him
to be
brought
to
him.
When
he
had
come
near,
he
asked
him,
“What
do
you
want
me
to
do?”
He
said, “Lord,
that
I
may
see again.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Receive
your
sight.
Your
faith
has healed
you.”
Immediately
he
received
his
sight
and
followed
him,
glorifying
God.
All
the
people,
when
they
saw
it,
praised
God.
He
entered
and
was
passing
through
Jericho.
There
was
a
man
named
Zacchaeus.
He
was
a
chief
tax
collector,
and
he
was
rich.
He
was
trying
to
see
who
Jesus
was,
and
couldn’t
because
of
the
crowd,
because
he
was
short.
He
ran
on
ahead
and
climbed
up
into
a
sycamore
tree
to
see
him,
for
he
was
going
to
pass
that
way.
When
Jesus
came
to
the
place,
he
looked
up
and saw
him,
and
said
to
him,
“Zacchaeus,
hurry
and
come
down,
for
today
I
must
stay
at
your
house.”
He
hurried,
came
down,
and
received
him
joyfully.
When
they
saw
it,
they
all murmured,
saying, “He
has
gone
in
to lodge
with
a
man
who
is
a
sinner.”
Zacchaeus
stood
and
said
to
the
Lord, “Behold,
Lord,
half
of
my goods
I
give
to
the
poor.
If
I
have wrongfully exacted
anything
of
anyone,
I restore
four
times
as
much.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Today,
salvation
has
come
to
this
house,
because
he
also
is
a
son
of
Abraham.
For
the
Son
of
Man
came
to
seek
and
to
save
that
which
was
lost.”
As
they
heard
these
things,
he
went
on
and
told
a
parable,
because
he
was
near
Jerusalem,
and
they
supposed
that
God’s
Kingdom
would
be revealed
immediately.
He
said
therefore,
“A
certain nobleman
went
into
a far
country
to
receive
for
himself
a
kingdom
and
to
return.
He
called
ten
servants
of
his
and
gave
them
ten
mina coins,
19:13
10 minas was more than 3 years’ wages for an agricultural laborer.
and
told
them, ‘Conduct
business
until
I
come.’
But
his
citizens
hated
him,
and
sent
an envoy
after
him,
saying, ‘We
don’t
want
this
man
to
reign
over
us.’
“When
he
had
come
back
again, having
received
the
kingdom,
he commanded
these
servants,
to
whom
he
had
given
the
money,
to
be
called
to
him,
that
he
might
know
what
they
had gained
by conducting
business.
The
first
came
before him,
saying, ‘Lord,
your
mina
has
made
ten
more
minas.’
“He
said
to
him, ‘Well
done,
you
good
servant!
Because
you
were
found
faithful
with
very
little,
you
shall
have
authority
over
ten
cities.’
“The
second
came,
saying, ‘Your
mina,
Lord,
has
made
five
minas.’
“So
he
said
to
him, ‘And
you
are
to
be
over
five
cities.’
Another
came,
saying, ‘Lord,
behold,
your
mina,
which
I
kept
laid
away
in
a
handkerchief,
for
I
feared
you,
because
you
are
an
exacting
man.
You
take
up
that
which
you
didn’t
lay
down,
and
reap
that
which
you
didn’t
sow.’
“He
said
to
him, ‘Out
of
your
own
mouth
I
will
judge
you,
you
wicked
servant!
You
knew
that
I
am
an
exacting
man,
taking
up
that
which
I
didn’t
lay
down
and
reaping
that
which
I
didn’t
sow.
Then
why
didn’t
you deposit
my
money
in
the
bank,
and
at
my
coming,
I
might
have earned
interest
on
it?’
He
said
to
those
who
stood
by, ‘Take
the
mina
away
from
him
and
give
it
to
him
who
has
the
ten
minas.’
“They
said
to
him, ‘Lord,
he
has
ten
minas!’
‘For
I
tell
you
that
to
everyone
who
has,
will
more
be
given;
but
from
him
who
doesn’t
have,
even
that
which
he
has
will
be
taken
away
from
him.
But
bring
those
enemies
of
mine
who
didn’t
want
me
to
reign
over
them
here,
and kill
them
before
me.’”
Having
said
these
things,
he
went
on
ahead,
going
up
to
Jerusalem.
When
he
came
near
to Bethsphage
19:29
TR, NU read “Bethpage” instead of “Bethsphage”
and
Bethany,
at
the
mountain
that
is
called Olivet,
he
sent
two
of
his
disciples,
saying,
“Go
your
way
into
the
village
on
the
other side,
in
which,
as
you
enter,
you
will
find
a
colt
tied,
which
no
man
has
ever
sat
upon.
Untie
it
and
bring
it.
If
anyone
asks
you, ‘Why
are
you
untying
it?’
say
to
him: ‘The
Lord
needs
it.’”
Those
who
were
sent
went
away
and
found
things
just
as
he
had
told
them.
As
they
were
untying
the
colt,
its
owners
said
to
them, “Why
are
you
untying
the
colt?”
They
said, “The
Lord
needs
it.”
Then
they
brought
it
to
Jesus.
They
threw
their
cloaks
on
the
colt
and sat
Jesus
on
them.
As
he
went,
they
spread
their
cloaks
on
the
road.
As
he
was
now getting
near,
at
the
descent
of
the
Mount
of
Olives,
the
whole
multitude
of
the
disciples
began
to
rejoice
and
praise
God
with
a
loud
voice
for
all
the
mighty works
which
they
had
seen,
saying, “Blessed
is
the
King
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord!
19:38
Psalm 118:26
Peace
in
heaven,
and
glory
in
the
highest!”
Some
of
the
Pharisees
from
the
multitude
said
to
him, “Teacher,
rebuke
your
disciples!”
He
answered
them,
“I
tell
you
that
if
these
were
silent,
the
stones
would
cry
out.”
When
he
came
near,
he
saw
the
city
and
wept
over
it,
saying,
“If
you,
even
you,
had
known
today
the
things
which belong
to
your
peace!
But
now,
they
are
hidden
from
your
eyes.
For
the
days
will
come
on
you
when
your
enemies
will throw up
a
barricade
against
you,
surround
you,
hem
you
in
on
every
side,
and
will dash
you
and
your
children
within
you
to
the
ground.
They
will
not
leave
in
you
one
stone
on
another,
because
you
didn’t
know
the
time
of
your
visitation.”
He
entered
into
the
temple
and
began
to drive
out
those
who bought
and
sold
in
it,
saying
to
them,
“It
is
written, ‘My
house
is
a
house
of
prayer,’
19:46
Isaiah 56:7
but
you
have
made
it
a ‘den
of
robbers’!”
19:46
Jeremiah 7:11
He
was
teaching
daily
in
the
temple,
but
the
chief
priests,
the
scribes,
and
the
leading
men
among
the
people
sought
to
destroy
him.
They
couldn’t
find
what
they
might
do,
for
all
the
people hung
on
to
every word
that
he
said.
On
one
of
those
days,
as
he
was
teaching
the
people
in
the
temple
and
preaching
the
Good
News,
the
20:1
TR adds “chief”
priests
and
scribes
came
to
him
with
the
elders.
They
asked
him, “Tell
us:
by
what
authority
do
you
do
these
things?
Or
who
is
giving
you
this
authority?”
He
answered
them,
“I
also
will
ask
you
one
question.
Tell
me:
the
baptism
of
John,
was
it
from
heaven,
or
from
men?”
They
reasoned
with
themselves,
saying, “If
we
say, ‘From
heaven,’
he
will
say, ‘Why
didn’t
you
believe
him?’
But
if
we
say, ‘From
men,’
all
the
people
will
stone
us,
for
they
are
persuaded
that
John
was
a
prophet.”
They
answered
that
they
didn’t
know
where
it
was
from.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Neither
will
I
tell
you
by
what
authority
I
do
these
things.”
He
began
to
tell
the
people
this
parable:
“A
20:9
NU (in brackets) and TR add “certain”
man
planted
a
vineyard
and
rented
it out
to
some farmers,
and
went
into another country
for
a
long
time.
At
the
proper
season,
he
sent
a
servant
to
the farmers
to collect
his share
of
the
fruit
of
the
vineyard.
But
the farmers
beat
him
and
sent
him
away
empty.
He
sent
yet
another
servant,
and
they
also
beat
him
and
treated
him
shamefully,
and
sent
him
away
empty.
He
sent
yet
a
third,
and
they
also
wounded
him
and
threw
him
out.
The
lord
of
the
vineyard
said, ‘What
shall
I
do?
I
will
send
my
beloved
son.
It
may
be
that seeing
him,
they
will
respect
him.’
“But
when
the farmers
saw
him,
they
reasoned
among
themselves,
saying, ‘This
is
the
heir.
Come, let’s
kill
him,
that
the
inheritance
may
be
ours.’
Then
they
threw
him
out
of
the
vineyard
and
killed
him.
What
therefore
will
the
lord
of
the
vineyard
do
to
them?
He
will
come
and
destroy
these farmers,
and
will
give
the
vineyard
to
others.”
When
they
heard
that,
they
said, “May
that
never
be!”
But
he
looked
at
them
and
said,
“Then
what
is
this
that
is
written,
‘The
stone
which
the
builders
rejected
was
made
the
chief
cornerstone?’
20:17
Psalm 118:22
Everyone
who
falls
on
that
stone
will
be
broken
to
pieces,
but
it
will crush
whomever
it
falls
on
to
dust.”
The
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
sought
to
lay
hands
on
him
that
very
hour,
but
they
feared
the
people—for
they
knew
he
had
spoken
this
parable
against
them.
They
watched
him
and
sent
out
spies,
who
pretended
to
be
righteous,
that
they
might trap
him
in
something
he
said,
so
as
to
deliver
him
up
to
the
power
and
authority
of
the
governor.
They
asked
him, “Teacher,
we
know
that
you
say
and
teach
what
is right,
and
aren’t partial
to
anyone,
but truly
teach
the
way
of
God.
Is it
lawful
for
us
to
pay
taxes
to
Caesar,
or
not?”
But
he
perceived
their
craftiness,
and
said
to
them,
“Why
do
you test
me?
Show
me
a
denarius.
Whose
image
and
inscription
are
on
it?”
They
answered, “Caesar’s.”
He
said
to
them,
“Then
give
to
Caesar
the
things
that
are
Caesar’s,
and
to
God
the
things
that
are
God’s.”
They weren’t
able
to trap
him
in
his
words
before
the
people.
They
marveled
at
his
answer
and
were
silent.
Some
of
the
Sadducees
came
to
him,
those
who deny
that
there
is
a
resurrection.
They
asked
him, “Teacher,
Moses
wrote
to
us
that
if
a
man’s
brother
dies
having
a
wife,
and
he
is
childless,
his
brother
should
take
the
wife
and
raise
up
children
for
his
brother.
There
were
therefore
seven
brothers.
The
first
took
a
wife,
and
died
childless.
The
second took her
as wife,
and
he died childless.
The
third
took
her,
and
likewise
the
seven
all
left
no
children,
and
died.
Afterward
the
woman
also
died.
Therefore
in
the
resurrection
whose
wife
of
them
will
she
be?
For
the
seven
had
her
as
a
wife.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“The children
of
this
age
marry
and
are given
in
marriage.
But
those
who
are
considered
worthy
to
attain
to
that
age
and
the
resurrection
from
the
dead
neither
marry
nor
are given
in
marriage.
For
they can’t
die
any
more,
for
they
are
like
the
angels
and
are children
of
God,
being children
of
the
resurrection.
But
that
the
dead
are
raised,
even
Moses
showed
at
the
bush,
when
he
called
the
Lord ‘The
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob.’
20:37
Exodus 3:6
Now
he
is
not
the
God
of
the
dead,
but
of
the
living,
for
all
are
alive
to
him.”
Some
of
the
scribes
answered, “Teacher,
you
speak
well.”
They didn’t
dare
to
ask
him
any
more
questions.
He
said
to
them,
“Why
do
they
say
that
the
Christ
is
David’s
son?
David
himself
says
in
the
book
of
Psalms,
‘The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord,
“Sit
at
my
right
hand,
until
I
make
your
enemies
the
footstool
of
your
feet.”’
20:43
Psalm 110:1
“David
therefore
calls
him
Lord,
so
how
is
he
his
son?”
In
the
hearing
of
all
the
people,
he
said
to
his
disciples,
“Beware
of
those
scribes
who
like
to
walk
in
long
robes,
and
love
greetings
in
the marketplaces,
the best
seats
in
the
synagogues,
and
the best
places
at feasts;
who
devour
widows’
houses,
and
for
a
pretense
make
long
prayers.
These
will
receive greater
condemnation.”
He
looked
up
and
saw
the
rich
people
who
were
putting
their
gifts
into
the
treasury.
He
saw
a
certain
poor
widow
casting
in
two
small brass
coins.
21:2
literally, “two lepta.” 2 lepta was about 1% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
He
said,
“Truly
I
tell
you,
this
poor
widow
put
in
more
than
all
of
them,
for
all
these
put
in
gifts
for
God
from
their
abundance,
but
she,
out
of
her
poverty,
put
in
all
that
she
had
to
live
on.”
As
some
were
talking
about
the
temple
and
how
it
was decorated
with
beautiful
stones
and gifts,
he
said,
“As
for
these
things
which
you
see,
the
days
will
come
in
which
there
will
not
be
left
here
one
stone
on
another
that
will
not
be thrown
down.”
They
asked
him, “Teacher,
so
when
will
these
things
be?
What
is
the
sign
that
these
things
are
about
to
happen?”
He
said,
“Watch
out
that
you
don’t get
led
astray,
for
many
will
come
in
my
name,
saying, ‘I
am
he
21:8
or, I AM,’
and, ‘The
time
is
at
hand.’
Therefore
don’t
follow
them.
When
you
hear
of
wars
and
disturbances,
don’t
be
terrified,
for
these
things
must
happen
first,
but
the
end
won’t
come
immediately.”
Then
he
said
to
them,
“Nation
will
rise
against
nation,
and
kingdom
against
kingdom.
There
will
be
great
earthquakes,
famines,
and
plagues
in
various
places.
There
will
be
terrors
and
great
signs
from
heaven.
But
before
all
these
things,
they
will
lay
their
hands
on
you
and
will
persecute
you,
delivering
you
up
to
synagogues
and
prisons,
bringing
you
before
kings
and
governors
for
my
name’s
sake.
It
will
turn out
as a
testimony
for
you.
Settle
it
therefore
in
your
hearts
not
to meditate
beforehand how
to answer,
for
I
will
give
you
a
mouth
and
wisdom
which
all
your
adversaries
will
not
be
able
to withstand
or
to
contradict.
You
will
be
handed
over
even
by
parents,
brothers,
relatives,
and
friends.
They
will
cause
some
of
you
to
be
put
to
death.
You
will
be
hated
by
all
men
for
my
name’s
sake.
And
not
a
hair
of
your
head
will
perish.
“By
your
endurance
you
will win
your
lives.
“But
when
you
see
Jerusalem
surrounded
by
armies,
then
know
that
its
desolation
is
at
hand.
Then let
those
who
are
in
Judea
flee
to
the
mountains. Let
those
who
are
in
the
middle
of
her depart. Let
those
who
are
in
the
country
not
enter therein.
For
these
are
days
of
vengeance,
that
all
things
which
are
written
may
be fulfilled.
Woe
to
those
who
are
pregnant
and
to
those
who nurse infants
in
those
days!
For
there
will
be
great
distress
in
the
land
and
wrath
to
this
people.
They
will
fall
by
the
edge
of
the
sword,
and
will
be
led
captive
into
all
the
nations.
Jerusalem
will
be
trampled
down
by
the
Gentiles
until
the
times
of
the
Gentiles
are
fulfilled.
“There
will
be
signs
in
the
sun,
moon,
and
stars;
and
on
the
earth anxiety
of
nations,
in
perplexity
for
the
roaring
of
the
sea
and
the
waves;
men
fainting
for
fear
and
for
expectation
of
the
things
which
are
coming
on
the
world,
for
the
powers
of
the
heavens
will
be
shaken.
Then
they
will
see
the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
a
cloud
with
power
and
great
glory.
But
when
these
things
begin
to
happen,
look
up
and
lift
up
your
heads,
because
your
redemption
is
near.”
He
told
them
a
parable.
“See
the
fig
tree
and
all
the
trees.
When
they
are
already budding,
you
see
it
and
know
by
your
own selves
that
the
summer
is
already
near.
Even
so
you
also,
when
you
see
these
things
happening,
know
that
God’s
Kingdom
is
near.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
this
generation
will
not
pass
away
until
all
things
are
accomplished.
Heaven
and
earth
will
pass
away,
but
my
words
will
by
no means
pass
away.
“So
be
careful,
or
your
hearts
will
be loaded
down
with carousing,
drunkenness,
and
cares
of
this
life,
and
that
day
will
come
on
you
suddenly.
For
it
will
come
like
a
snare
on
all
those
who
dwell
on
the surface
of
all
the
earth.
Therefore
be watchful
all
the
time,
praying
that
you
may
be counted worthy
to
escape
all
these
things
that
will
happen,
and
to
stand
before
the
Son
of
Man.”
Every
day
Jesus
was
teaching
in
the
temple,
and every
night
he
would
go
out
and
spend
the
night
on
the
mountain
that
is
called Olivet.
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
Passover,
was
approaching.
The
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
sought
how
they
might
put
him
to
death,
for
they
feared
the
people.
Satan
entered
into
Judas,
who
was
also
called
Iscariot,
who
was counted
with
the
twelve.
He
went
away
and talked
with
the
chief
priests
and captains
about
how
he
might
deliver
him
to
them.
They
were
glad,
and
agreed
to
give
him
money.
He
consented
and
sought
an
opportunity
to
deliver
him
to
them
in
the absence
of
the
multitude.
The
day
of
unleavened bread
came,
on
which
the
Passover
must
be
sacrificed.
Jesus
sent
Peter
and
John,
saying,
“Go
and
prepare
the
Passover
for
us,
that
we
may
eat.”
They
said
to
him, “Where
do
you
want
us
to
prepare?”
He
said
to
them,
“Behold,
when
you
have
entered
into
the
city,
a
man
carrying
a
pitcher
of
water
will
meet
you.
Follow
him
into
the
house
which
he
enters.
Tell
the master
of
the
house, ‘The
Teacher
says
to
you, “Where
is
the
guest
room,
where
I
may
eat
the
Passover
with
my
disciples?”’
He
will
show
you
a
large,
furnished upper room.
Make preparations
there.”
They
went,
found
things
as
Jesus
had
told
them,
and
they
prepared
the
Passover.
When
the
hour
had
come,
he
sat
down
with
the twelve
apostles.
He
said
to
them,
“I
have
earnestly
desired
to
eat
this
Passover
with
you
before
I
suffer,
for
I
tell
you,
I
will
no
longer
by
any
means
eat
of
it
until
it
is
fulfilled
in
God’s
Kingdom.”
He
received
a
cup,
and
when
he
had
given
thanks,
he
said,
“Take
this
and
share
it
among
yourselves,
for
I
tell
you,
I
will
not
drink
at
all
again
from
the
fruit
of
the
vine,
until
God’s
Kingdom
comes.”
He
took
bread,
and
when
he
had
given
thanks,
he
broke
and
gave
it
to
them,
saying,
“This
is
my
body
which
is
given
for
you.
Do
this
in memory
of
me.”
Likewise,
he took
the
cup
after
supper,
saying,
“This
cup
is
the
new
covenant
in
my
blood,
which
is poured out
for
you.
But
behold,
the
hand
of
him
who
betrays
me
is
with
me
on
the
table.
The
Son
of
Man
indeed
goes
as
it
has been
determined,
but
woe
to
that
man
through
whom
he
is
betrayed!”
They
began
to question
among
themselves
which
of
them
it
was
who
would
do
this
thing.
A
dispute
also
arose
among
them,
which
of
them
was considered
to
be
greatest.
He
said
to
them,
“The
kings
of
the
nations
lord
it
over
them,
and
those
who
have
authority
over
them
are
called ‘benefactors.’
But
not
so
with
you.
Rather,
the
one
who
is
greater
among
you,
let
him
become
as
the
younger,
and
one
who
is governing,
as
one
who
serves.
For
who
is
greater,
one
who sits
at
the table,
or
one
who
serves?
Isn’t
it
he
who sits
at
the table?
But
I
am
among
you
as
one
who
serves.
“But
you
are
those
who
have continued
with
me
in
my
trials.
I confer on
you a
kingdom, even
as my
Father conferred on
me,
that
you
may
eat
and
drink
at
my
table
in
my
Kingdom.
You
will
sit
on
thrones,
judging
the
twelve
tribes
of
Israel.”
The Lord said,
“Simon,
Simon,
behold,
Satan asked
to
have
all
of
you,
that
he might sift
you
as
wheat,
but
I
prayed
for
you,
that
your
faith wouldn’t
fail.
You,
when
once
you
have
turned
again,
establish
your
brothers.”
22:32
The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
He
said
to
him, “Lord,
I
am
ready
to
go
with
you
both
to
prison
and
to
death!”
He
said,
“I
tell
you,
Peter,
the
rooster
will
by
no
means
crow
today
until
you
deny
that
you
know
me
three
times.”
He
said
to
them,
“When
I
sent
you
out
without purse,
bag,
and
sandals,
did
you
lack
anything?”
They
said, “Nothing.”
Then
he
said
to
them,
“But
now,
whoever
has
a purse,
let
him
take
it,
and
likewise
a
bag.
Whoever
has
none,
let
him
sell
his
cloak,
and
buy
a
sword.
For
I
tell
you
that
this
which
is
written
must still
be
fulfilled
in
me: ‘He
was
counted
with
transgressors.’
22:37
Isaiah 53:12
For
that
which concerns
me
is
being
fulfilled.”
They
said, “Lord,
behold,
here
are
two
swords.”
He
said
to
them,
“That
is
enough.”
He
came
out
and
went,
as
his
custom
was,
to
the
Mount
of
Olives.
His
disciples
also
followed
him.
When
he
was
at
the
place,
he
said
to
them,
“Pray
that
you
don’t
enter
into
temptation.”
He
was withdrawn
from
them
about
a
stone’s
throw,
and
he knelt
down
and
prayed,
saying,
“Father,
if
you
are
willing,
remove
this
cup
from
me.
Nevertheless,
not
my
will,
but
yours,
be
done.”
An
angel
from
heaven
appeared
to
him,
strengthening
him.
Being
in
agony,
he
prayed more earnestly.
His
sweat
became
like great
drops
of
blood
falling
down
on
the
ground.
When
he
rose
up
from
his
prayer,
he
came
to
the
disciples
and
found
them
sleeping
because
of
grief,
and
said
to
them,
“Why
do
you
sleep?
Rise
and
pray
that
you
may
not
enter
into
temptation.”
While
he
was
still
speaking,
a
crowd
appeared.
He
who
was
called
Judas,
one
of
the
twelve,
was leading
them.
He
came
near
to
Jesus
to
kiss
him.
But
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Judas,
do
you
betray
the
Son
of
Man
with
a
kiss?”
When
those
who
were
around
him
saw
what
was
about
to
happen,
they
said
to
him, “Lord,
shall
we
strike
with
the
sword?”
A
certain
one
of
them
struck
the
servant
of
the
high
priest,
and
cut
off
his
right
ear.
But
Jesus
answered,
“Let
me
at least
do
this”—and
he
touched
his
ear
and
healed
him.
Jesus
said
to
the
chief
priests, captains
of
the
temple,
and
elders,
who
had
come
against
him,
“Have
you
come
out
as
against
a
robber,
with
swords
and
clubs?
When
I
was
with
you
in
the
temple
daily,
you
didn’t
stretch
out
your
hands
against
me.
But
this
is
your
hour,
and
the
power
of
darkness.”
They
seized
him
and
led
him
away,
and
brought
him
into
the
high
priest’s
house.
But
Peter
followed
from
a
distance.
When
they
had
kindled
a
fire
in
the
middle
of
the
courtyard
and
had
sat
down
together,
Peter
sat
among
them.
A
certain servant girl
saw
him
as
he
sat
in
the
light,
and
looking
intently
at
him,
said, “This
man
also
was
with
him.”
He
denied
Jesus,
saying, “Woman,
I
don’t
know
him.”
After
a
little
while
someone
else
saw
him
and
said, “You
also
are
one
of
them!”
But
Peter
answered, “Man,
I
am
not!”
After
about
one
hour
passed,
another
confidently affirmed,
saying, “Truly
this
man
also
was
with
him,
for
he
is
a
Galilean!”
But
Peter
said, “Man,
I
don’t
know
what
you
are
talking
about!”
Immediately,
while
he
was
still
speaking,
a
rooster
crowed.
The
Lord
turned
and
looked
at
Peter.
Then
Peter
remembered
the
Lord’s
word,
how
he
said
to
him,
“Before
the
rooster
crows
you
will
deny
me
three
times.”
He
went
out,
and
wept
bitterly.
The
men
who held
Jesus
mocked
him
and
beat
him.
Having
blindfolded
him,
they
struck
him
on
the face
and
asked
him, “Prophesy!
Who
is
the
one
who
struck
you?”
They
spoke
many
other
things
against
him, insulting
him.
As
soon
as
it
was
day,
the assembly
of
the
elders
of
the
people
were
gathered
together,
both
chief
priests
and
scribes,
and
they
led
him
away
into
their
council,
saying,
“If
you
are
the
Christ,
tell
us.”
But
he
said
to
them,
“If
I
tell
you,
you
won’t
believe,
and
if
I
ask,
you
will
in
no way
answer
me
or let
me go.
From
now
on,
the
Son
of
Man
will
be
seated
at
the
right
hand
of
the
power
of
God.”
They
all
said, “Are
you
then
the
Son
of
God?”
He
said
to
them,
“You
say
it,
because
I
am.”
They
said, “Why
do
we
need
any
more
witness?
For
we
ourselves
have
heard
from
his
own
mouth!”
The
whole company
of
them
rose
up
and
brought
him
before
Pilate.
They
began
to
accuse
him,
saying, “We
found
this
man perverting
the
nation,
forbidding paying
taxes
to
Caesar,
and
saying
that
he
himself
is
Christ,
a
king.”
Pilate
asked
him, “Are
you
the
King
of
the
Jews?”
He
answered
him,
“So
you
say.”
Pilate
said
to
the
chief
priests
and
the
multitudes, “I
find
no basis
for
a charge
against
this
man.”
But
they insisted,
saying, “He
stirs up
the
people,
teaching
throughout
all
Judea,
beginning
from
Galilee
even
to
this
place.”
But
when
Pilate
heard
Galilee mentioned,
he
asked
if
the
man
was
a
Galilean.
When
he
found
out
that
he
was
in
Herod’s
jurisdiction,
he
sent
him
to
Herod,
who
was
also
in
Jerusalem
during
those
days.
Now
when
Herod
saw
Jesus,
he
was
exceedingly
glad,
for
he
had
wanted
to
see
him
for
a
long
time,
because
he
had
heard
many
things
about
him.
He
hoped
to
see
some
miracle
done
by
him.
He
questioned
him
with
many
words,
but
he gave
no
answers.
The
chief
priests
and
the
scribes
stood,
vehemently
accusing
him.
Herod
with
his
soldiers humiliated
him
and
mocked
him.
Dressing
him
in luxurious
clothing,
they
sent
him
back
to
Pilate.
Herod
and
Pilate
became
friends
with
each
other
that
very
day,
for
before
that
they
were
enemies
with
each
other.
Pilate
called
together
the
chief
priests,
the
rulers,
and
the
people,
and
said
to
them, “You
brought
this
man
to
me
as
one
that perverts
the
people,
and
behold, having
examined
him
before
you,
I
found
no
basis
for
a
charge
against
this
man concerning
those
things
of
which
you
accuse
him.
Neither
has
Herod,
for
I
sent
you
to
him,
and
see,
nothing
worthy
of
death
has
been
done
by
him.
I
will
therefore chastise
him
and
release
him.”
Now he had to release one prisoner to them at the feast.
23:17
NU omits verse 17.
But
they
all
cried
out
together,
saying, “Away
with
this
man!
Release
to
us
Barabbas!”—
one
who
was
thrown
into
prison
for
a
certain revolt
in
the
city,
and
for
murder.
Then
Pilate
spoke
to
them
again,
wanting
to
release
Jesus,
but
they
shouted,
saying, “Crucify!
Crucify
him!”
He
said
to
them
the
third
time, “Why?
What
evil
has
this
man
done?
I
have
found
no capital
crime
in
him.
I
will
therefore chastise
him
and
release
him.”
But
they
were urgent
with
loud
voices,
asking
that
he
might
be
crucified.
Their
voices
and
the
voices
of
the chief priests
prevailed.
Pilate decreed
that
what
they asked
for
should
be
done.
He
released
him
who
had
been
thrown
into
prison
for
insurrection
and
murder,
for
whom
they
asked,
but
he
delivered
Jesus
up
to
their
will.
When
they
led
him
away,
they grabbed
one
Simon
of
Cyrene,
coming
from
the
country,
and
laid
the
cross
on
him
to
carry
it
after
Jesus.
A
great
multitude
of
the
people
followed
him,
including
women
who
also mourned
and lamented
him.
But
Jesus,
turning
to
them,
said,
“Daughters
of
Jerusalem,
don’t
weep
for
me,
but
weep
for
yourselves
and
for
your
children.
For
behold,
the
days
are
coming
in
which
they
will
say, ‘Blessed
are
the
barren,
the
wombs
that
never
bore,
and
the
breasts
that
never
nursed.’
Then
they
will
begin
to
tell
the
mountains, ‘Fall
on
us!’
and
tell
the
hills, ‘Cover
us.’
23:30
Hosea 10:8
For
if
they
do
these
things
in
the
green
tree,
what
will
be
done
in
the
dry?”
There
were
also
others,
two
criminals,
led
with
him
to
be
put
to
death.
When
they
came
to
the
place
that
is
called “The
Skull”,
they
crucified
him
there
with
the
criminals,
one
on
the
right
and
the
other
on
the
left.
Jesus
said,
“Father,
forgive
them,
for
they
don’t
know
what
they
are
doing.”
Dividing
his
garments
among
them,
they
cast
lots.
The
people
stood
watching.
The
rulers
with
them
also scoffed
at
him,
saying, “He
saved
others.
Let
him
save
himself,
if
this
is
the
Christ
of
God,
his
chosen
one!”
The
soldiers
also
mocked
him,
coming
to
him
and
offering
him vinegar,
and
saying, “If
you
are
the
King
of
the
Jews,
save
yourself!”
An
inscription
was
also written
over
him
in letters
of Greek, Latin,
and Hebrew: “THIS
IS
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.”
One
of
the
criminals
who
was
hanged insulted
him,
saying, “If
you
are
the
Christ,
save
yourself
and
us!”
But
the
other
answered,
and
rebuking
him
said, “Don’t
you
even
fear
God, seeing
you
are
under
the
same
condemnation?
And
we
indeed
justly,
for
we
receive
the due reward
for
our deeds,
but
this
man
has
done
nothing
wrong.”
He
said
to
Jesus, “Lord,
remember
me
when
you
come
into
your
Kingdom.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Assuredly
I
tell
you,
today
you
will
be
with
me
in
Paradise.”
It
was
now
about
the
sixth
hour,
23:44
Time was counted from sunrise, so the sixth hour was about noon.
and
darkness
came
over
the
whole
land
until
the ninth
hour.
23:44
3:00 p.m.
The
sun
was darkened,
and
the
veil
of
the
temple
was
torn
in
two.
Jesus,
crying
with
a
loud
voice,
said,
“Father,
into
your
hands
I
commit
my
spirit!”
Having
said
this,
he
breathed
his
last.
When
the
centurion
saw
what
was
done,
he
glorified
God,
saying, “Certainly
this
was
a
righteous
man.”
All
the
multitudes
that
came
together
to
see
this,
when
they
saw
the
things
that
were
done,
returned home
beating
their
breasts.
All
his
acquaintances
and
the
women
who followed
with
him
from
Galilee
stood
at
a
distance, watching
these
things.
Behold,
there
was
a
man
named
Joseph,
who
was
a
member
of
the
council,
a
good
and
righteous
man
(he
had
not
consented
to
their
counsel
and deed),
from Arimathaea,
a
city
of
the
Jews,
who
was
also
waiting
for
God’s
Kingdom.
This
man
went
to
Pilate,
and
asked
for
Jesus’
body.
He
took
it
down
and
wrapped
it
in
a
linen
cloth,
and
laid
him
in
a
tomb
that
was
cut
in stone,
where
no
one
had
ever
been
laid.
It
was
the
day
of
the
Preparation,
and
the
Sabbath
was drawing near.
The
women
who
had
come
with
him
out
of
Galilee
followed
after,
and
saw
the
tomb
and
how
his
body
was
laid.
They
returned
and
prepared
spices
and ointments.
On
the
Sabbath
they
rested
according
to
the
commandment.
But
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
at
early
dawn,
they
and
some
others
came
to
the
tomb,
bringing
the
spices
which
they
had
prepared.
They
found
the
stone
rolled
away
from
the
tomb.
They
entered
in,
and
didn’t
find
the
Lord
Jesus’
body.
While
they
were greatly
perplexed
about
this,
behold,
two
men
stood
by
them
in
dazzling
clothing.
Becoming
terrified,
they
bowed
their
faces down
to
the
earth.
The
men
said
to
them, “Why
do
you
seek
the
living
among
the
dead?
He
isn’t
here,
but
is
risen.
Remember
what
he
told
you
when
he
was
still
in
Galilee,
saying
that
the
Son
of
Man
must
be
delivered
up
into
the
hands
of
sinful
men
and
be
crucified,
and
the
third
day
rise
again?”
They
remembered
his
words,
returned
from
the
tomb,
and
told
all
these
things
to
the
eleven
and
to
all
the
rest.
Now
they
were
Mary
Magdalene,
Joanna,
and
Mary
the mother
of
James.
The
other
women
with
them
told
these
things
to
the
apostles.
These
words
seemed
to
them
to
be
nonsense,
and
they didn’t
believe
them.
But
Peter
got
up
and
ran
to
the
tomb.
Stooping
and
looking
in,
he
saw
the strips
of
linen lying
by
themselves,
and
he
departed
to
his home,
wondering
what
had
happened.
Behold,
two
of
them
were
going
that
very
day
to
a
village
named
Emmaus,
which
was
sixty stadia
24:13
60 stadia = about 11 kilometers or about 7 miles.
from
Jerusalem.
They
talked
with
each
other
about
all
of
these
things
which
had
happened.
While
they
talked
and questioned
together,
Jesus
himself
came
near,
and
went
with
them.
But
their
eyes
were
kept
from
recognizing
him.
He
said
to
them,
“What
are
you
talking
about
as
you
walk,
and
are
sad?”
One
of
them,
named
Cleopas,
answered
him, “Are
you
the
only stranger
in
Jerusalem
who
doesn’t
know
the
things
which
have
happened
there
in
these
days?”
He
said
to
them,
“What
things?”
They
said
to
him, “The
things
concerning
Jesus
the
Nazarene,
who
was
a
prophet
mighty
in
deed
and
word
before
God
and
all
the
people;
and
how
the
chief
priests
and
our
rulers
delivered
him
up
to
be
condemned
to
death,
and
crucified
him.
But
we
were
hoping
that
it
was
he
who
would
redeem
Israel.
Yes,
and
besides
all
this,
it
is
now
the
third
day
since
these
things
happened.
Also,
certain
women
of
our company
amazed
us, having
arrived
early
at
the
tomb;
and
when
they
didn’t
find
his
body,
they
came
saying
that
they
had
also
seen
a
vision
of
angels,
who
said
that
he
was
alive.
Some
of
us
went
to
the
tomb
and
found
it
just
like
the
women
had
said,
but
they
didn’t
see
him.”
He
said
to
them,
“Foolish
people,
and
slow
of
heart
to
believe
in
all
that
the
prophets
have
spoken!
Didn’t
the
Christ
have
to
suffer
these
things
and
to
enter
into
his
glory?”
Beginning
from
Moses
and
from
all
the
prophets,
he
explained
to
them
in
all
the
Scriptures
the
things
concerning
himself.
They
came
near
to
the
village
where
they
were
going,
and
he
acted
like
he
would
go further.
They
urged
him,
saying, “Stay
with
us,
for
it
is almost
evening,
and
the
day
is almost
over.”
He
went
in
to
stay
with
them.
When
he
had sat
down
at
the table
with
them,
he
took
the
bread
and
gave thanks.
Breaking
it,
he
gave
it
to
them.
Their
eyes
were
opened
and
they
recognized
him;
then
he
vanished
out
of
their
sight.
They
said
to
one
another, “Weren’t
our
hearts
burning
within
us
while
he
spoke
to
us
along
the
way,
and
while
he
opened
the
Scriptures
to
us?”
They
rose
up
that
very
hour,
returned
to
Jerusalem,
and
found
the
eleven
gathered
together,
and
those
who
were
with
them,
saying, “The
Lord
is
risen
indeed,
and
has
appeared
to
Simon!”
They
related
the
things
that
happened
along
the
way,
and
how
he
was
recognized
by
them
in
the
breaking
of
the
bread.
As
they
said
these
things,
Jesus
himself
stood
among
them,
and
said
to
them,
“Peace
be
to
you.”
But
they
were
terrified
and filled
with fear,
and
supposed
that
they
had
seen
a
spirit.
He
said
to
them,
“Why
are
you
troubled?
Why
do
doubts
arise
in
your
hearts?
See
my
hands
and
my
feet,
that
it
is truly
me.
Touch
me
and
see,
for
a
spirit
doesn’t
have
flesh
and
bones,
as
you
see
that
I
have.”
When
he
had
said
this,
he showed
them
his
hands
and
his
feet.
While
they
still didn’t
believe
for
joy,
and
wondered,
he
said
to
them,
“Do
you
have
anything
here
to
eat?”
They
gave
him
a
piece
of
a
broiled
fish
and
some honeycomb.
He
took
them,
and
ate
in
front
of
them.
He
said
to
them,
“This
is
what
I
told
you
while
I
was
still
with
you,
that
all
things
which
are
written
in
the
law
of
Moses,
the
prophets,
and
the
psalms
concerning
me
must
be
fulfilled.”
Then
he
opened
their
minds,
that
they might
understand
the
Scriptures.
He
said
to
them,
“Thus
it
is
written,
and
thus
it
was necessary
for
the
Christ
to
suffer
and
to
rise
from
the
dead
the
third
day,
and
that
repentance
and remission
of
sins
should
be
preached
in
his
name
to
all
the
nations,
beginning
at
Jerusalem.
You
are
witnesses
of
these
things.
Behold,
I
send
out
the
promise
of
my
Father
on
you.
But wait
in
the
city
of Jerusalem
until
you
are clothed
with
power
from
on
high.”
He
led
them
out
as
far
as
Bethany,
and
he
lifted
up
his
hands
and
blessed
them.
While
he
blessed
them,
he withdrew
from
them
and
was
carried
up
into
heaven.
They
worshiped
him
and
returned
to
Jerusalem
with
great
joy,
and
were
continually
in
the
temple,
praising
and
blessing
God. Amen.
43-JHN-web.sfm World English Bible (WEB)
John
The Good News According to John
John
John
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
through
him.
Without
him,
nothing
was
made
that
has
been
made.
In
him
was
life,
and
the
life
was
the
light
of
men.
The
light
shines
in
the
darkness,
and
the
darkness
hasn’t overcome
1:5
The word translated “overcome” (κατέλαβεν) can also be translated “comprehended.” It refers to getting a grip on an enemy to defeat him.
it.
There
came
a
man
sent
from
God,
whose
name
was
John.
The
same
came
as
a
witness,
that
he
might
testify
about
the
light,
that
all
might
believe
through
him.
He
was
not
the
light,
but
was sent
that
he might
testify
about
the
light.
The
true
light
that
enlightens
everyone
was
coming
into
the
world.
He
was
in
the
world,
and
the
world
was
made
through
him,
and
the
world
didn’t
recognize
him.
He
came
to
his
own,
and
those
who
were
his
own
didn’t
receive
him.
But
as
many
as
received
him,
to
them
he
gave
the
right
to
become
God’s
children,
to
those
who
believe
in
his
name:
who
were
born,
not
of
blood,
nor
of
the
will
of
the
flesh,
nor
of
the
will
of
man,
but
of
God.
The
Word
became
flesh
and lived
among
us.
We
saw
his
glory, such
glory
as
of
the
only
born
1:14
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενους”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”. Son
of
the
Father,
full
of
grace
and
truth.
John
testified
about
him.
He
cried
out,
saying, “This
was
he
of
whom
I
said, ‘He
who
comes
after
me
has surpassed
me,
for
he
was
before
me.’”
From
his
fullness
we
all
received
grace
upon
grace.
For
the
law
was
given
through
Moses.
Grace
and
truth
were
realized
through
Jesus
Christ.
1:17
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
No
one
has
seen
God
at
any
time.
The
only born
1:18
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
Son,
1:18
NU reads “God”
who
is
in
the
bosom
of
the
Father,
has declared
him.
This
is
John’s
testimony,
when
the
Jews
sent
priests
and
Levites
from
Jerusalem
to
ask
him, “Who
are
you?”
He declared,
and
didn’t
deny,
but
he declared, “I
am
not
the
Christ.”
They
asked
him, “What
then?
Are
you
Elijah?”
He
said, “I
am
not.”
“Are
you
the
prophet?”
He
answered, “No.”
They
said
therefore
to
him, “Who
are
you?
Give
us
an
answer
to take
back
to
those
who
sent
us.
What
do
you
say
about
yourself?”
He
said, “I
am
the
voice
of
one
crying
in
the
wilderness, ‘Make
straight
the
way
of
the
Lord,’
1:23
Isaiah 40:3
as
Isaiah
the
prophet
said.”
The ones
who
had
been
sent
were
from
the
Pharisees.
They
asked
him, “Why
then
do
you
baptize
if
you
are
not
the
Christ,
nor
Elijah,
nor
the
prophet?”
John
answered
them, “I
baptize
in
water,
but
among
you
stands
one
whom
you
don’t
know.
He
is
the
one
who
comes
after
me,
who
is preferred
before
me,
whose
sandal strap I’m
not
worthy
to loosen.”
These
things
were
done
in
Bethany
beyond
the
Jordan,
where
John
was
baptizing.
The
next
day,
he
saw
Jesus
coming
to
him,
and
said, “Behold,
1:29
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
the
Lamb
of
God,
who
takes
away
the
sin
of
the
world!
This
is
he
of
whom
I
said, ‘After
me
comes
a
man
who
is preferred
before
me,
for
he
was
before
me.’
I
didn’t
know
him,
but
for
this
reason
I
came
baptizing
in
water,
that
he
would
be
revealed
to
Israel.”
John
testified,
saying, “I
have
seen
the
Spirit
descending
like
a
dove
out
of
heaven,
and
it
remained
on
him.
I
didn’t
recognize
him,
but
he
who
sent
me
to
baptize
in
water
said
to
me, ‘On
whomever
you
will
see
the
Spirit
descending
and
remaining
on
him
is
he
who
baptizes
in
the
Holy
Spirit.’
I
have
seen
and
have
testified
that
this
is
the
Son
of
God.”
Again,
the
next
day,
John
was
standing
with
two
of
his
disciples,
and
he
looked
at
Jesus
as
he
walked,
and
said, “Behold,
the
Lamb
of
God!”
The
two
disciples
heard
him
speak,
and
they
followed
Jesus.
Jesus
turned
and
saw
them
following,
and
said
to
them,
“What
are
you
looking
for?”
They
said
to
him, “Rabbi” (which
is
to
say, being interpreted,
Teacher), “where
are
you
staying?”
He
said
to
them,
“Come
and
see.”
They
came
and
saw
where
he
was
staying,
and
they
stayed
with
him
that
day.
It
was
about
the
tenth
hour.
1:39
4:00 p.m.
One
of
the
two
who
heard
John
and
followed
him
was
Andrew,
Simon
Peter’s
brother.
He
first
found
his
own
brother,
Simon,
and
said
to
him, “We
have
found
the
Messiah!” (which
is,
being interpreted,
Christ
1:41
“Messiah” (Hebrew) and “Christ” (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”.).
He
brought
him
to
Jesus.
Jesus
looked
at
him
and
said,
“You
are
Simon
the
son
of Jonah.
You
shall
be
called
Cephas” (which
is
by interpretation,
Peter).
1:42
“Cephas” (Aramaic) and “Peter” (Greek) both mean “Rock”.
On
the
next
day,
he
was determined
to
go
out
into
Galilee,
and
he
found
Philip.
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Follow
me.”
Now
Philip
was
from
Bethsaida,
the
city
of
Andrew
and
Peter.
Philip
found
Nathanael,
and
said
to
him, “We
have
found
him
of
whom
Moses
in
the
law
and
also
the
prophets,
wrote:
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
the
son
of
Joseph.”
Nathanael
said
to
him, “Can
any
good
thing
come
out
of
Nazareth?”
Philip
said
to
him, “Come
and
see.”
Jesus
saw
Nathanael
coming
to
him,
and
said
about
him,
“Behold,
an
Israelite
indeed,
in
whom
is no
deceit!”
Nathanael
said
to
him, “How
do
you
know
me?”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Before
Philip
called
you,
when
you
were
under
the
fig
tree,
I
saw
you.”
Nathanael
answered
him, “Rabbi,
you
are
the
Son
of
God!
You
are
King
of
Israel!”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Because
I
told
you, ‘I
saw
you
underneath
the
fig
tree,’
do
you
believe?
You
will
see
greater
things
than
these!”
He
said
to
him,
“Most
certainly,
I
tell
you
all, hereafter
you
will
see
heaven
opened,
and
the
angels
of
God
ascending
and
descending
on
the
Son
of
Man.”
The
third
day,
there
was
a
wedding
in
Cana
of
Galilee.
Jesus’
mother
was
there.
Jesus
also
was
invited,
with
his
disciples,
to
the
wedding.
When
the
wine
ran
out,
Jesus’
mother
said
to
him, “They
have
no
wine.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Woman,
what
does
that
have
to
do
with
you
and
me?
My
hour
has
not
yet
come.”
His
mother
said
to
the
servants, “Whatever
he
says
to
you,
do
it.”
Now
there
were
six water pots
of
stone
set
there
after
the Jews’
way
of purifying,
containing
two
or
three metretes
2:6
2 to 3 metretes is about 20 to 30 U. S. Gallons, or 75 to 115 liters.
apiece.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Fill
the
water pots
with
water.”
So
they
filled
them
up
to
the
brim.
He
said
to
them,
“Now
draw
some out,
and
take
it
to
the ruler
of
the feast.”
So
they
took
it.
When
the ruler
of
the feast
tasted
the
water
now
become
wine,
and
didn’t
know
where
it
came
from (but
the
servants
who
had
drawn
the
water
knew),
the ruler
of
the feast
called
the
bridegroom
and
said
to
him, “Everyone
serves
the
good
wine
first,
and
when
the guests
have
drunk
freely,
then
that
which
is worse.
You
have
kept
the
good
wine
until
now!”
This
beginning
of
his
signs
Jesus
did
in
Cana
of
Galilee,
and
revealed
his
glory;
and
his
disciples
believed
in
him.
After
this,
he
went
down
to
Capernaum,
he,
and
his
mother,
his
brothers,
and
his
disciples;
and
they
stayed
there
a few
days.
The
Passover
of
the
Jews
was
at hand,
and
Jesus
went
up
to
Jerusalem.
He
found
in
the
temple
those
who
sold
oxen,
sheep,
and
doves,
and
the
changers
of
money
sitting.
He
made
a whip
of
cords
and
drove
all
out
of
the
temple,
both
the
sheep
and
the
oxen;
and
he poured
out
the changers’ money
and overthrew
their
tables.
To
those
who
sold
the
doves,
he
said,
“Take
these
things
out
of
here!
Don’t
make
my
Father’s
house
a marketplace!”
His
disciples
remembered
that
it
was
written, “Zeal
for
your
house
will
eat
me up.”
2:17
Psalm 69:9
The
Jews
therefore
answered
him, “What
sign
do
you
show
us, seeing
that
you
do
these
things?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Destroy
this
temple,
and
in
three
days
I
will
raise
it
up.”
The
Jews
therefore
said, “It took forty-six
years
to
build
this
temple!
Will
you
raise
it
up
in
three
days?”
But
he
spoke
of
the
temple
of
his
body.
When
therefore
he
was
raised
from
the
dead,
his
disciples
remembered
that
he
said
this,
and
they
believed
the
Scripture
and
the
word
which
Jesus
had
said.
Now
when
he
was
in
Jerusalem
at
the
Passover,
during
the
feast,
many
believed
in
his
name,
observing
his
signs
which
he
did.
But
Jesus
didn’t
entrust
himself
to
them,
because
he
knew
everyone,
and
because
he
didn’t
need
for
anyone
to
testify
concerning
man;
for
he
himself
knew
what
was
in
man.
Now
there
was
a
man
of
the
Pharisees
named
Nicodemus,
a
ruler
of
the
Jews.
He
came
to
Jesus
by
night
and
said
to
him, “Rabbi,
we
know
that
you
are
a
teacher
come
from
God,
for
no
one
can
do
these
signs
that
you
do,
unless
God
is
with
him.”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
unless
one
is
born anew,
3:3
The word translated “anew” here and in John 3:7 (ἄνωθεν) also means “again” and “from above”.
he
can’t
see
God’s
Kingdom.”
Nicodemus
said
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?”
Jesus
answered,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
unless
one
is
born
of
water
and
Spirit,
he
can’t
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom.
That
which
is
born
of
the
flesh
is
flesh.
That
which
is
born
of
the
Spirit
is
spirit.
Don’t
marvel
that
I
said
to
you, ‘You
must
be
born anew.’
The
wind
3:8
The same Greek word (πνεῦμα) means wind, breath, and spirit.
blows
where
it
wants
to,
and
you
hear
its
sound,
but
don’t
know
where
it
comes
from
and
where
it
is
going.
So
is
everyone
who
is
born
of
the
Spirit.”
Nicodemus
answered
him, “How
can
these
things
be?”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Are
you
the
teacher
of
Israel,
and
don’t
understand
these
things?
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
we
speak
that
which
we
know
and
testify
of
that
which
we
have
seen,
and
you
don’t
receive
our
witness.
If
I
told
you
earthly
things
and
you
don’t
believe,
how
will
you
believe
if
I
tell
you
heavenly
things?
No
one
has
ascended
into
heaven
but
he
who
descended
out
of
heaven,
the
Son
of
Man,
who
is
in
heaven.
As
Moses
lifted
up
the
serpent
in
the
wilderness,
even
so
must
the
Son
of
Man
be
lifted
up,
that
whoever
believes
in
him
should not perish, but
have
eternal
life.
For
God
so
loved
the
world,
that
he
gave
his
only born
3:16
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
Son,
that
whoever
believes
in
him
should
not
perish,
but
have
eternal
life.
For
God
didn’t
send
his
Son
into
the
world
to
judge
the
world,
but
that
the
world
should
be
saved
through
him.
He
who
believes
in
him
is
not
judged.
He
who
doesn’t
believe
has
been
judged
already,
because
he
has
not
believed
in
the
name
of
the
only born
Son
of
God.
This
is
the
judgment,
that
the
light
has
come
into
the
world,
and
men
loved
the
darkness
rather
than
the
light,
for
their
works
were
evil.
For
everyone
who
does
evil
hates
the
light
and
doesn’t
come
to
the
light,
lest
his
works
would
be
exposed.
But
he
who
does
the
truth
comes
to
the
light,
that
his
works
may
be
revealed,
that
they
have
been
done
in
God.”
After
these
things,
Jesus
came
with
his
disciples
into
the
land
of
Judea.
He
stayed
there
with
them
and
baptized.
John
also
was
baptizing
in Enon
near
Salim,
because
there
was
much
water
there.
They
came
and
were
baptized;
for
John
was
not
yet
thrown
into
prison.
Therefore
a dispute
arose
on
the part
of
John’s
disciples
with
some
Jews
about
purification.
They
came
to
John
and
said
to
him, “Rabbi,
he
who
was
with
you
beyond
the
Jordan,
to
whom
you
have
testified,
behold,
he
baptizes,
and
everyone
is
coming
to
him.”
John
answered, “A
man
can
receive
nothing
unless
it
has
been
given
him
from
heaven.
You
yourselves
testify
that
I
said, ‘I
am
not
the
Christ,’
but, ‘I
have
been
sent
before
him.’
He
who
has
the
bride
is
the
bridegroom;
but
the
friend
of
the
bridegroom,
who
stands
and
hears
him,
rejoices
greatly
because
of
the
bridegroom’s
voice.
Therefore
my
joy
is
made
full.
He
must
increase,
but
I
must
decrease.
“He
who
comes
from
above
is
above
all.
He
who
is
from
the
earth
belongs
to
the
earth
and
speaks
of
the
earth.
He
who
comes
from
heaven
is
above
all.
What
he
has
seen
and
heard,
of
that
he
testifies;
and
no
one
receives
his
witness.
He
who
has
received
his
witness
has
set
his
seal
to
this,
that
God
is
true.
For
he
whom
God
has
sent
speaks
the
words
of
God;
for
God
gives
the
Spirit
without
measure.
The
Father
loves
the
Son,
and
has
given
all
things
into
his
hand.
One
who
believes
in
the
Son
has
eternal
life,
but
one
who disobeys
3:36
The same word can be translated “disobeys” or “disbelieves” in this context.
the
Son
won’t
see
life,
but
the
wrath
of
God
remains
on
him.”
Therefore
when
the Lord
knew
that
the
Pharisees
had
heard
that
Jesus
was
making
and
baptizing
more
disciples
than
John
(although
Jesus
himself
didn’t
baptize,
but
his
disciples),
he
left
Judea
and
departed
into
Galilee.
He
needed
to
pass
through
Samaria.
So
he
came
to
a
city
of
Samaria
called
Sychar,
near
the
parcel
of
ground
that
Jacob
gave
to
his
son
Joseph.
Jacob’s
well
was
there.
Jesus
therefore,
being tired
from
his
journey,
sat
down
by
the
well.
It
was
about
the
sixth
hour.
4:6
noon
A
woman
of
Samaria
came
to
draw
water.
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Give
me
a
drink.”
For
his
disciples
had
gone
away
into
the
city
to
buy
food.
The
Samaritan
woman
therefore
said
to
him, “How
is
it
that
you,
being
a
Jew,
ask
for
a
drink
from
me,
a
Samaritan
woman?” (For
Jews
have no
dealings
with Samaritans.)
Jesus
answered
her,
“If
you
knew
the
gift
of
God,
and
who
it
is
who
says
to
you, ‘Give
me
a
drink,’
you
would
have
asked
him,
and
he
would
have
given
you
living
water.”
The
woman
said
to
him, “Sir,
you
have
nothing
to
draw
with,
and
the
well
is
deep.
So
where
do
you
get
that
living
water?
Are
you
greater
than
our
father
Jacob,
who
gave
us
the
well
and
drank
from
it
himself,
as
did
his children
and
his
livestock?”
Jesus
answered
her,
“Everyone
who
drinks
of
this
water
will
thirst
again,
but
whoever
drinks
of
the
water
that
I
will
give
him
will
never
thirst
again;
but
the
water
that
I
will
give
him
will
become
in
him
a
well
of
water
springing
up
to
eternal
life.”
The
woman
said
to
him, “Sir,
give
me
this
water,
so
that
I
don’t get
thirsty,
neither
come
all
the
way
here
to
draw.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Go,
call
your
husband,
and
come
here.”
The
woman
answered, “I
have
no
husband.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“You
said
well, ‘I
have
no
husband,’
for
you
have
had
five
husbands;
and
he
whom
you
now
have
is
not
your
husband.
This
you
have
said
truly.”
The
woman
said
to
him, “Sir,
I
perceive
that
you
are
a
prophet.
Our
fathers
worshiped
in
this
mountain,
and
you Jews
say
that
in
Jerusalem
is
the
place
where
people
ought
to
worship.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Woman,
believe
me,
the
hour
is
coming
when
neither
in
this
mountain
nor
in
Jerusalem
will
you
worship
the
Father.
You
worship
that
which
you
don’t
know.
We
worship
that
which
we
know;
for
salvation
is
from
the
Jews.
But
the
hour
comes,
and
now
is,
when
the
true
worshipers
will
worship
the
Father
in
spirit
and
truth,
for
the
Father
seeks
such
to
be
his
worshipers.
God
is
spirit,
and
those
who
worship
him
must
worship
in
spirit
and
truth.”
The
woman
said
to
him, “I
know
that
Messiah
is
coming,
he
who
is
called
Christ.
4:25
“Messiah” (Hebrew) and “Christ” (Greek) both mean “Anointed One”.
When
he
has
come,
he
will
declare
to
us
all
things.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“I
am
he,
the
one
who
speaks
to
you.”
Just
then,
his
disciples
came.
They
marveled
that
he
was
speaking
with
a
woman;
yet
no
one
said, “What
are
you
looking
for?”
or, “Why
do
you
speak
with
her?”
So
the
woman
left
her water pot,
went
away
into
the
city,
and
said
to
the
people,
“Come,
see
a
man
who
told
me
everything
that
I
have
done.
Can
this
be
the
Christ?”
They
went
out
of
the
city,
and
were
coming
to
him.
In
the
meanwhile,
the
disciples urged
him,
saying, “Rabbi,
eat.”
But
he
said
to
them,
“I
have
food
to
eat
that
you
don’t
know
about.”
The
disciples
therefore
said
to
one
another, “Has
anyone
brought
him
something
to
eat?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“My
food
is
to
do
the
will
of
him
who
sent
me
and
to
accomplish
his
work.
Don’t
you
say, ‘There
are
yet
four
months
until
the
harvest?’
Behold,
I
tell
you,
lift
up
your
eyes
and
look
at
the
fields,
that
they
are
white
for
harvest
already.
He
who
reaps
receives
wages
and
gathers
fruit
to
eternal
life,
that
both
he
who
sows
and
he
who
reaps
may
rejoice
together.
For
in
this
the
saying
is
true, ‘One
sows,
and
another
reaps.’
I
sent
you
to
reap
that
for
which
you haven’t
labored.
Others
have
labored,
and
you
have
entered
into
their
labor.”
From
that
city
many
of
the
Samaritans
believed
in
him
because
of
the
word
of
the
woman,
who
testified, “He
told
me
everything
that
I
have
done.”
So
when
the
Samaritans
came
to
him,
they
begged
him
to
stay
with
them.
He
stayed
there
two
days.
Many
more
believed
because
of
his
word.
They
said
to
the
woman, “Now
we
believe,
not
because
of
your
speaking;
for
we
have
heard
for
ourselves,
and
know
that
this
is
indeed
the
Christ,
the
Savior
of
the
world.”
After
the
two
days
he
went
out
from
there
and
went
into
Galilee.
For
Jesus
himself
testified
that
a
prophet
has
no
honor
in
his
own
country.
So
when
he
came
into
Galilee,
the
Galileans
received
him,
having
seen
all
the
things
that
he
did
in
Jerusalem
at
the
feast,
for
they
also
went
to
the
feast.
Jesus
came
therefore
again
to
Cana
of
Galilee,
where
he
made
the
water
into
wine.
There
was
a certain nobleman
whose
son
was
sick
at
Capernaum.
When
he
heard
that
Jesus
had
come
out
of
Judea
into
Galilee,
he
went
to
him
and
begged
him
that
he
would
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
will
in
no
way
believe.”
The nobleman
said
to
him, “Sir,
come
down
before
my
child
dies.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Go
your
way.
Your
son
lives.”
The
man
believed
the
word
that
Jesus
spoke
to
him,
and
he
went
his
way.
As
he
was
going
down,
his
servants
met
him
and
reported,
saying “Your
child
lives!”
So
he
inquired
of
them
the
hour
when
he began
to
get
better.
They
said
therefore
to
him, “Yesterday
at
the
seventh
hour,
4:52
1:00 p.m.
the
fever
left
him.”
So
the
father
knew
that
it
was
at
that
hour
in
which
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Your
son
lives.”
He
believed,
as
did
his
whole
house.
This
is
again
the
second
sign
that
Jesus
did,
having
come
out
of
Judea
into
Galilee.
After
these
things,
there
was
a
feast
of
the
Jews,
and
Jesus
went
up
to
Jerusalem.
Now
in
Jerusalem
by
the
sheep gate,
there
is
a
pool,
which
is
called
in
Hebrew, “Bethesda”,
having
five porches.
In
these
lay
a
great
multitude
of
those
who
were
sick,
blind,
lame,
or paralyzed, waiting
for
the moving
of
the water;
for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.
5:4
NU omits from “waiting” in verse 3 to the end of verse 4.
A
certain
man
was
there
who
had
been
sick
for thirty-eight
years.
When
Jesus
saw
him
lying
there,
and
knew
that
he
had
been
sick
for
a
long
time,
he
asked
him,
“Do
you
want
to
be
made
well?”
The
sick
man
answered
him, “Sir,
I
have
no
one
to
put
me
into
the
pool
when
the
water
is
stirred
up,
but
while I’m
coming,
another
steps
down
before
me.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Arise,
take
up
your
mat,
and
walk.”
Immediately,
the
man
was
made
well,
and
took
up
his
mat
and
walked.
Now
that
day
was
a
Sabbath.
So
the
Jews
said
to
him
who
was
cured, “It
is
the
Sabbath.
It
is
not
lawful
for
you
to
carry
the
mat.”
He
answered
them, “He
who
made
me
well
said
to
me,
‘Take
up
your
mat
and
walk.’”
Then
they
asked
him, “Who
is
the
man
who
said
to
you,
‘Take
up
your mat
and walk’?”
But
he
who
was
healed
didn’t
know
who
it
was,
for
Jesus
had withdrawn,
a
crowd
being
in
the
place.
Afterward
Jesus
found
him
in
the
temple
and
said
to
him,
“Behold,
you
are
made
well.
Sin
no
more,
so
that
nothing
worse
happens
to
you.”
The
man
went
away,
and
told
the
Jews
that
it
was
Jesus
who
had
made
him
well.
For
this
cause
the
Jews
persecuted
Jesus
and sought
to kill
him,
because
he
did
these
things
on
the
Sabbath.
But
Jesus
answered
them,
“My
Father
is
still working,
so
I
am working, too.”
For
this
cause
therefore
the
Jews
sought
all
the
more
to
kill
him,
because
he
not
only
broke
the
Sabbath,
but
also
called
God
his
own
Father,
making
himself
equal
with
God.
Jesus
therefore
answered
them,
“Most
certainly,
I
tell
you,
the
Son
can
do
nothing
of
himself,
but
what
he
sees
the
Father
doing.
For
whatever
things
he
does,
these
the
Son
also
does
likewise.
For
the
Father
has affection
for
the
Son,
and
shows
him
all
things
that
he
himself
does.
He
will
show
him
greater
works
than
these,
that
you
may
marvel.
For
as
the
Father
raises
the
dead
and
gives
them
life,
even
so
the
Son
also
gives
life
to
whom
he
desires.
For
the
Father
judges
no
one,
but
he
has
given
all
judgment
to
the
Son,
that
all
may
honor
the
Son,
even
as
they
honor
the
Father.
He
who
doesn’t
honor
the
Son
doesn’t
honor
the
Father
who
sent
him.
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
he
who
hears
my
word
and
believes
him
who
sent
me
has
eternal
life,
and
doesn’t
come
into
judgment,
but
has
passed
out
of
death
into
life.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
the
hour
comes,
and
now
is,
when
the
dead
will
hear
the
Son
of
God’s
voice;
and
those
who
hear
will
live.
For
as
the
Father
has
life
in
himself,
even
so
he
gave
to
the
Son
also
to
have
life
in
himself.
He
also
gave
him
authority
to
execute
judgment,
because
he
is
a
son
of
man.
Don’t
marvel
at
this,
for
the
hour
comes
in
which
all
who
are
in
the
tombs
will
hear
his
voice
and
will
come
out;
those
who
have
done
good,
to
the
resurrection
of
life;
and
those
who
have
done
evil,
to
the
resurrection
of
judgment.
I
can
of
myself
do
nothing.
As
I
hear,
I
judge;
and
my
judgment
is
righteous,
because
I
don’t
seek
my
own
will,
but
the
will
of
my Father
who
sent
me.
“If
I
testify
about
myself,
my
witness
is
not valid.
It
is
another
who
testifies
about
me.
I
know
that
the
testimony
which
he
testifies
about
me
is
true.
You
have
sent
to
John,
and
he
has
testified
to
the
truth.
But
the
testimony
which
I
receive
is
not
from
man.
However,
I
say
these
things
that
you
may
be
saved.
He
was
the
burning
and
shining
lamp,
and
you
were
willing
to
rejoice
for
a
while
in
his
light.
But
the
testimony
which
I
have
is
greater
than
that
of
John;
for
the
works
which
the
Father
gave
me
to
accomplish,
the
very
works
that
I
do,
testify
about
me,
that
the
Father
has
sent
me.
The
Father
himself,
who
sent
me,
has
testified
about
me.
You
have
neither
heard
his
voice
at
any
time,
nor
seen
his
form.
You
don’t
have
his
word
living
in
you,
because
you
don’t
believe
him
whom
he
sent.
“You
search
the
Scriptures,
because
you
think
that
in
them
you
have
eternal
life;
and
these
are
they
which
testify
about
me.
Yet
you
will
not
come
to
me,
that
you
may
have
life.
I
don’t
receive
glory
from
men.
But
I
know
you,
that
you
don’t
have
God’s
love
in
yourselves.
I
have
come
in
my
Father’s
name,
and
you
don’t
receive
me.
If
another
comes
in
his
own
name,
you
will
receive
him.
How
can
you
believe,
who
receive
glory
from
one
another,
and
you
don’t
seek
the
glory
that
comes
from
the
only
God?
“Don’t
think
that
I
will
accuse
you
to
the
Father.
There
is
one
who
accuses
you,
even
Moses,
on
whom
you
have
set
your
hope.
For
if
you
believed
Moses,
you
would
believe
me;
for
he
wrote
about
me.
But
if
you
don’t
believe
his
writings,
how
will
you
believe
my
words?”
After
these
things,
Jesus
went
away
to
the
other
side
of
the
sea
of
Galilee,
which
is also called
the
Sea
of
Tiberias.
A
great
multitude
followed
him,
because
they
saw
his
signs
which
he
did
on
those
who
were
sick.
Jesus
went
up
into
the
mountain,
and
he
sat
there
with
his
disciples.
Now
the
Passover,
the
feast
of
the
Jews,
was
at
hand.
Jesus
therefore,
lifting
up
his
eyes
and
seeing
that
a
great
multitude
was
coming
to
him,
said
to
Philip,
“Where
are
we
to
buy
bread,
that
these
may
eat?”
He
said
this
to
test
him,
for
he
himself
knew
what
he
would
do.
Philip
answered
him, “Two
hundred
denarii
6:7
A denarius was a silver coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer, so 200 denarii would be between 6 and 7 month’s pay.
worth
of
bread
is
not
sufficient
for
them,
that
every
one
of
them
may
receive
a
little.”
One
of
his
disciples,
Andrew,
Simon
Peter’s
brother,
said
to
him,
“There
is
a boy
here
who
has
five
barley
loaves
and
two
fish,
but
what
are
these
among
so
many?”
Jesus
said,
“Have
the
people
sit
down.”
Now
there
was
much
grass
in
that
place.
So
the
men
sat
down,
in
number
about
five
thousand.
Jesus
took
the
loaves,
and
having
given
thanks,
he
distributed
to
the disciples,
and
the disciples
to
those
who
were sitting down,
likewise
also
of
the
fish
as
much
as
they
desired.
When
they
were filled,
he
said
to
his
disciples,
“Gather up
the
broken
pieces
which
are
left
over,
that
nothing
be
lost.”
So
they
gathered
them
up,
and
filled
twelve
baskets
with
broken
pieces
from
the
five
barley
loaves,
which
were
left
over
by
those
who
had
eaten.
When
therefore
the
people
saw
the
sign
which
Jesus
did,
they
said, “This
is
truly
the
prophet
who
comes
into
the
world.”
Jesus
therefore,
perceiving
that
they
were
about
to
come
and
take
him
by
force
to
make
him
king,
withdrew
again
to
the
mountain
by
himself.
When
evening
came,
his
disciples
went
down
to
the
sea.
They
entered
into
the
boat,
and
were
going
over
the
sea
to
Capernaum.
It
was
now
dark,
and
Jesus
had
not
come
to
them.
The
sea
was tossed
by a
great
wind
blowing.
When
therefore
they
had
rowed
about twenty-five
or
thirty stadia,
6:19
25 to 30 stadia is about 5 to 6 kilometers or about 3 to 4 miles
they
saw
Jesus
walking
on
the
sea
6:19
See Job 9:8
and
drawing
near
to
the
boat;
and
they
were
afraid.
But
he
said
to
them,
“It
is
I.
6:20
or, I AM
Don’t
be
afraid.”
They
were
willing
therefore
to
receive
him
into
the
boat.
Immediately
the
boat
was
at
the
land
where
they
were
going.
On
the
next
day,
the
multitude
that
stood
on
the
other
side
of
the
sea
saw
that
there
was
no
other
boat
there,
except
the
one
in
which
his
disciples
had embarked,
and
that
Jesus hadn’t
entered
with
his
disciples
into
the
boat,
but
his
disciples
had
gone
away
alone.
However,
boats
from
Tiberias
came
near
to
the
place
where
they
ate
the
bread
after
the
Lord
had
given
thanks.
When
the
multitude
therefore
saw
that
Jesus
wasn’t
there,
nor
his
disciples,
they
themselves
got
into
the
boats
and
came
to
Capernaum,
seeking
Jesus.
When
they
found
him
on
the
other
side
of
the
sea,
they
asked
him, “Rabbi,
when
did
you
come
here?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
you
seek
me,
not
because
you
saw
signs,
but
because
you
ate
of
the
loaves
and
were
filled.
Don’t
work
for
the
food
which
perishes,
but
for
the
food
which
remains
to
eternal
life,
which
the
Son
of
Man
will
give
to
you.
For
God
the
Father
has
sealed
him.”
They
said
therefore
to
him, “What
must
we
do,
that
we
may
work
the
works
of
God?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“This
is
the
work
of
God,
that
you
believe
in
him
whom
he
has
sent.”
They
said
therefore
to
him, “What
then
do
you
do
for
a
sign,
that
we
may
see
and
believe
you?
What
work
do
you
do?
Our
fathers
ate
the
manna
in
the
wilderness.
As
it
is
written, ‘He
gave
them
bread
out
of
heaven
6:31
Greek and Hebrew use the same word for “heaven”, “the heavens”, “the sky”, and “the air”.
to
eat.’”
6:31
Exodus 16:4; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 78:24-25
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them,
“Most
certainly,
I
tell
you,
it
wasn’t
Moses
who
gave
you
the
bread
out
of
heaven,
but
my
Father
gives
you
the
true
bread
out
of
heaven.
For
the
bread
of
God
is
that
which
comes
down
out
of
heaven
and
gives
life
to
the
world.”
They
said
therefore
to
him, “Lord,
always
give
us
this
bread.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“I
am
the
bread
of
life.
Whoever
comes
to
me
will
not
be
hungry,
and
whoever
believes
in
me
will
never
be
thirsty.
But
I
told
you
that
you
have
seen
me,
and
yet
you
don’t
believe.
All
those
whom
the
Father
gives
me
will
come
to
me.
He
who
comes
to
me
I
will
in
no
way
throw
out.
For
I
have
come
down
from
heaven,
not
to
do
my
own
will,
but
the
will
of
him
who
sent
me.
This
is
the
will
of
my
Father
who
sent
me,
that
of
all
he
has
given
to
me
I
should
lose
nothing,
but
should
raise
him
up
at
the
last
day.
This
is
the
will
of
the
one
who sent
me,
that
everyone
who
sees
the
Son
and
believes
in
him
should
have
eternal
life;
and
I
will
raise
him
up
at
the
last
day.”
The
Jews
therefore murmured
concerning
him,
because
he
said,
“I
am
the
bread
which
came
down
out
of
heaven.”
They
said, “Isn’t
this
Jesus,
the
son
of
Joseph,
whose
father
and
mother
we
know?
How
then
does
he
say,
‘I
have
come
down
out
of
heaven?’”
Therefore
Jesus
answered
them,
“Don’t murmur
among
yourselves.
No
one
can
come
to
me
unless
the
Father
who
sent
me
draws
him;
and
I
will
raise
him
up
in
the
last
day.
It
is
written
in
the
prophets, ‘They
will
all
be
taught
by
God.’
6:45
Isaiah 54:13
Therefore
everyone
who
hears
from
the
Father
and
has
learned,
comes
to
me.
Not
that
anyone
has
seen
the
Father,
except
he
who
is
from
God.
He
has
seen
the
Father.
Most
certainly,
I
tell
you,
he
who
believes
in
me
has
eternal
life.
I
am
the
bread
of
life.
Your
fathers
ate
the
manna
in
the
wilderness
and
they
died.
This
is
the
bread
which
comes
down
out
of
heaven,
that
anyone
may
eat
of
it
and
not
die.
I
am
the
living
bread
which
came
down
out
of
heaven.
If
anyone
eats
of
this
bread,
he
will
live
forever.
Yes,
the
bread
which
I
will
give
for
the
life
of
the
world
is
my
flesh.”
The
Jews
therefore contended
with
one
another,
saying, “How
can
this
man
give
us
his
flesh
to
eat?”
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
unless
you
eat
the
flesh
of
the
Son
of
Man
and
drink
his
blood,
you
don’t
have
life
in
yourselves.
He
who
eats
my
flesh
and
drinks
my
blood
has
eternal
life,
and
I
will
raise
him
up
at
the
last
day.
For
my
flesh
is
food
indeed,
and
my
blood
is
drink
indeed.
He
who
eats
my
flesh
and
drinks
my
blood
lives
in
me,
and
I
in
him.
As
the
living
Father
sent
me,
and
I
live
because
of
the
Father,
so
he
who feeds
on
me
will
also
live
because
of
me.
This
is
the
bread
which
came
down
out
of
heaven—not
as
our
fathers
ate
the manna
and
died.
He
who
eats
this
bread
will
live
forever.”
He
said
these
things
in
the
synagogue,
as
he
taught
in
Capernaum.
Therefore
many
of
his
disciples,
when
they
heard
this,
said, “This
is
a
hard
saying!
Who
can
listen
to
it?”
But
Jesus
knowing
in
himself
that
his
disciples murmured
at
this,
said
to
them,
“Does
this
cause
you
to
stumble?
Then
what
if
you would
see
the
Son
of
Man
ascending
to
where
he
was
before?
It
is
the
spirit
who
gives
life.
The
flesh
profits
nothing.
The
words
that
I
speak
to
you
are
spirit,
and
are
life.
But
there
are
some
of
you
who
don’t
believe.”
For
Jesus
knew
from
the
beginning
who
they
were
who
didn’t
believe,
and
who
it
was
who
would
betray
him.
He
said,
“For
this
cause
I
have
said
to
you
that
no
one
can
come
to
me,
unless
it
is
given
to
him
by
my
Father.”
At
this,
many
of
his
disciples
went
back
and
walked
no
more
with
him.
Jesus
said
therefore
to
the
twelve,
“You
don’t
also
want
to
go
away,
do
you?”
Simon
Peter
answered
him, “Lord,
to
whom
would
we
go?
You
have
the
words
of
eternal
life.
We
have
come
to
believe
and
know
that
you
are
the Christ,
the Son
of
the living
God.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Didn’t
I
choose
you,
the
twelve,
and
one
of
you
is
a
devil?”
Now
he
spoke
of
Judas,
the son
of
Simon
Iscariot,
for
it
was
he
who
would
betray
him,
being
one
of
the
twelve.
After
these
things,
Jesus
was
walking
in
Galilee,
for
he wouldn’t
walk
in
Judea,
because
the
Jews
sought
to
kill
him.
Now
the
feast
of
the
Jews,
the
Feast
of
Booths,
was
at
hand.
His
brothers
therefore
said
to
him, “Depart
from
here
and
go
into
Judea,
that
your
disciples
also
may
see
your
works
which
you
do.
For
no
one
does
anything
in
secret
while
he
seeks
to
be
known
openly.
If
you
do
these
things,
reveal
yourself
to
the
world.”
For
even
his
brothers didn’t
believe
in
him.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them,
“My
time
has
not
yet
come,
but
your
time
is
always
ready.
The
world
can’t
hate
you,
but
it
hates
me,
because
I
testify
about
it,
that
its
works
are
evil.
You
go
up
to
the
feast.
I
am
not
yet
going
up
to
this
feast,
because
my
time
is
not
yet
fulfilled.”
Having
said
these
things
to
them,
he
stayed
in
Galilee.
But
when
his
brothers
had
gone
up
to
the
feast,
then
he
also
went
up,
not
publicly,
but
as
it
were
in
secret.
The
Jews
therefore
sought
him
at
the
feast,
and
said, “Where
is
he?”
There
was
much murmuring
among
the
multitudes
concerning
him.
Some
said, “He
is
a
good
man.”
Others
said, “Not
so,
but
he
leads
the
multitude
astray.”
Yet
no
one
spoke
openly
of
him
for
fear
of
the
Jews.
But
when
it
was
now
the middle
of
the
feast,
Jesus
went
up
into
the
temple
and
taught.
The
Jews
therefore
marveled,
saying, “How
does
this
man
know
letters,
having
never
been
educated?”
Jesus
therefore
answered
them,
“My
teaching
is
not
mine,
but
his
who
sent
me.
If
anyone
desires
to
do
his
will,
he
will
know
about
the
teaching,
whether
it
is
from
God
or
if
I
am
speaking
from
myself.
He
who
speaks
from
himself
seeks
his
own
glory,
but
he
who
seeks
the
glory
of
him
who
sent
him
is
true,
and
no
unrighteousness
is
in
him.
Didn’t
Moses
give
you
the
law,
and
yet
none
of
you
keeps
the
law?
Why
do
you
seek
to
kill
me?”
The
multitude
answered, “You
have
a
demon!
Who
seeks
to
kill
you?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“I
did
one
work
and
you
all
marvel
because
of
it.
Moses
has
given
you
circumcision (not
that
it
is
of
Moses,
but
of
the
fathers),
and
on
the
Sabbath
you
circumcise
a boy.
If
a boy
receives
circumcision
on
the
Sabbath,
that
the
law
of
Moses
may
not
be
broken,
are
you
angry
with
me
because
I
made
a
man
completely
healthy
on
the
Sabbath?
Don’t
judge
according
to
appearance,
but
judge
righteous
judgment.”
Therefore
some
of
them
of
Jerusalem
said, “Isn’t
this
he
whom
they
seek
to
kill?
Behold,
he
speaks
openly,
and
they
say
nothing
to
him.
Can
it
be
that
the
rulers
indeed
know
that
this
is
truly
the
Christ?
However,
we
know
where
this
man
comes
from,
but
when
the
Christ
comes,
no
one
will
know
where
he
comes
from.”
Jesus
therefore
cried
out
in
the
temple,
teaching
and
saying,
“You
both
know
me,
and
know
where
I
am
from.
I
have
not
come
of
myself,
but
he
who
sent
me
is
true,
whom
you
don’t
know.
I
know
him,
because
I
am
from
him,
and
he
sent
me.”
They
sought
therefore
to take
him;
but
no
one
laid
a
hand
on
him,
because
his
hour
had
not
yet
come.
But
of
the
multitude,
many
believed
in
him.
They
said, “When
the
Christ
comes,
he
won’t
do
more
signs
than
those
which
this
man
has
done,
will
he?”
The
Pharisees
heard
the
multitude
murmuring
these
things
concerning
him,
and
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees
sent
officers
to
arrest
him.
Then
Jesus
said,
“I
will
be
with
you
a little
while
longer,
then
I
go
to
him
who
sent
me.
You
will
seek
me
and
won’t
find
me.
You
can’t
come
where
I
am.”
The
Jews
therefore
said
among
themselves, “Where
will
this
man
go
that
we
won’t
find
him?
Will
he
go
to
the
Dispersion
among
the
Greeks
and
teach
the
Greeks?
What
is
this
word
that
he
said,
‘You
will
seek
me,
and
won’t
find
me;’
and
‘Where
I
am,
you
can’t come’?”
Now
on
the
last
and
greatest
day
of
the
feast,
Jesus
stood
and
cried
out,
“If
anyone
is
thirsty,
let
him
come
to
me
and
drink!
He
who
believes
in
me,
as
the
Scripture
has
said,
from
within
him
will
flow
rivers
of
living
water.”
But
he
said
this
about
the
Spirit,
which
those
believing
in
him
were
to
receive.
For
the Holy
Spirit
was
not
yet given,
because
Jesus wasn’t
yet
glorified.
Many
of
the
multitude
therefore,
when
they
heard
these
words,
said, “This
is
truly
the
prophet.”
Others
said, “This
is
the
Christ.”
But
some
said, “What,
does
the
Christ
come
out
of
Galilee?
Hasn’t
the
Scripture
said
that
the
Christ
comes
of
the offspring
7:42
or, seed
of
David,
7:42
2 Samuel 7:12
and
from
Bethlehem,
7:42
Micah 5:2
the
village
where
David
was?”
So
a
division
arose
in
the
multitude
because
of
him.
Some
of
them
would
have arrested
him,
but
no
one
laid
hands
on
him.
The
officers
therefore
came
to
the
chief
priests
and
Pharisees;
and
they
said
to
them, “Why
didn’t
you
bring
him?”
The
officers
answered, “No
man
ever
spoke
like
this
man!”
The
Pharisees
therefore
answered
them, “You
aren’t
also
led
astray,
are
you?
Have
any
of
the
rulers
or
any
of
the
Pharisees
believed
in
him?
But
this
multitude
that
doesn’t
know
the
law
is
cursed.”
Nicodemus (he
who
came
to
him
by night,
being
one
of
them)
said
to
them,
“Does
our
law
judge
a
man
unless
it
first
hears
from
him
personally
and
knows
what
he
does?”
They
answered
him, “Are
you
also
from
Galilee?
Search
and
see
that
no
prophet
has
arisen
out
of
Galilee.”
7:52
See Isaiah 9:1; Matthew 4:13-16
Everyone
went
to
his
own
house,
but
Jesus
went
to
the
Mount
of
Olives.
Now
very
early
in
the
morning,
he
came
again
into
the
temple,
and
all
the
people
came
to
him.
He
sat
down
and
taught
them.
The
scribes
and
the
Pharisees
brought
a
woman taken
in
adultery. Having
set
her
in
the
middle,
they
told
him, “Teacher,
we
found
this
woman
in
adultery,
in
the
very act.
Now
in
our
law,
Moses
commanded
us
to
stone
such
women.
8:5
Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22
What
then
do
you
say
about her?”
They
said
this
testing
him,
that
they might
have something
to
accuse
him
of.
But
Jesus
stooped
down
and
wrote
on
the
ground
with
his
finger.
But
when
they
continued
asking
him,
he looked up
and
said
to
them,
“He
who
is
without
sin
among
you,
let
him
throw
the
first
stone
at
her.”
Again
he
stooped
down
and
wrote
on
the
ground
with
his finger.
They,
when
they
heard
it,
being
convicted
by
their
conscience,
went
out
one
by
one,
beginning
from
the oldest,
even
to
the
last.
Jesus
was
left
alone
with
the
woman
where
she
was,
in
the
middle.
Jesus, standing up,
saw
her
and
said,
“Woman,
where
are
your
accusers?
Did
no
one
condemn
you?”
She
said, “No
one,
Lord.”
Jesus
said,
“Neither
do
I
condemn
you.
Go
your
way.
From
now
on,
sin
no
more.”
8:11
NU includes John 7:53–John 8:11, but puts brackets around it to indicate that the textual critics had less confidence that this was original.
Again,
therefore,
Jesus
spoke
to
them,
saying,
“I
am
the
light
of
the
world.
8:12
Isaiah 60:1
He
who
follows
me
will
not
walk
in
the
darkness,
but
will
have
the
light
of
life.”
The
Pharisees
therefore
said
to
him, “You
testify
about
yourself.
Your
testimony
is
not valid.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Even
if
I
testify
about
myself,
my
testimony
is
true,
for
I
know
where
I
came
from,
and
where
I
am
going;
but
you
don’t
know
where
I
came
from,
or
where
I
am
going.
You
judge
according
to
the
flesh.
I
judge
no
one.
Even
if
I
do
judge,
my
judgment
is
true,
for
I
am
not
alone,
but
I
am
with
the
Father
who
sent
me.
It’s
also
written
in
your
law
that
the
testimony
of
two
people
is valid.
8:17
Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15
I
am
one
who
testifies
about
myself,
and
the
Father
who
sent
me
testifies
about
me.”
They
said
therefore
to
him, “Where
is
your
Father?”
Jesus
answered,
“You
know
neither
me
nor
my
Father.
If
you
knew
me,
you
would
know
my
Father
also.”
Jesus
spoke
these
words
in
the
treasury,
as
he
taught
in
the
temple.
Yet
no
one arrested
him,
because
his
hour
had
not
yet
come.
Jesus
said
therefore
again
to
them,
“I
am
going
away,
and
you
will
seek
me,
and
you
will
die
in
your
sins.
Where
I
go,
you
can’t
come.”
The
Jews
therefore
said, “Will
he
kill
himself,
because
he
says,
‘Where
I
am
going,
you
can’t come’?”
He
said
to
them,
“You
are
from beneath.
I
am
from
above.
You
are
of
this
world.
I
am
not
of
this
world.
I
said
therefore
to
you
that
you
will
die
in
your
sins;
for
unless
you
believe
that
I
am
8:24
or, I AM
he,
you
will
die
in
your
sins.”
They
said
therefore
to
him, “Who
are
you?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Just
what
I
have
been
saying
to
you
from
the
beginning.
I
have
many
things
to
speak
and
to
judge
concerning
you.
However,
he
who
sent
me
is
true;
and
the
things
which
I
heard
from
him,
these
I
say
to
the
world.”
They
didn’t
understand
that
he
spoke
to
them
about
the
Father.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them,
“When
you
have
lifted up
the
Son
of
Man,
then
you
will
know
that
I
am
he,
and
I
do
nothing
of
myself,
but
as
my
Father
taught
me,
I
say
these
things.
He
who
sent
me
is
with
me.
The Father
hasn’t
left
me
alone,
for
I
always
do
the
things
that
are
pleasing
to
him.”
As
he
spoke
these
things,
many
believed
in
him.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
those
Jews
who
had
believed
him,
“If
you
remain
in
my
word,
then
you
are
truly
my
disciples.
You
will
know
the
truth,
and
the
truth
will
make
you
free.”
8:32
Psalm 119:45
They
answered
him, “We
are
Abraham’s offspring,
and
have
never
been
in
bondage
to
anyone.
How
do
you
say,
‘You
will
be
made free’?”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Most certainly
I
tell
you,
everyone
who
commits
sin
is
the bondservant
of
sin.
A bondservant
doesn’t live
in
the
house
forever.
A
son
remains
forever.
If
therefore
the
Son
makes
you
free,
you
will
be
free
indeed.
I
know
that
you
are
Abraham’s offspring,
yet
you
seek
to
kill
me,
because
my
word finds
no
place
in
you.
I
say
the
things
which
I
have
seen
with
my
Father;
and
you
also
do
the
things
which
you
have
seen
with
your
father.”
They
answered
him, “Our
father
is
Abraham.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“If
you
were
Abraham’s
children,
you
would
do
the
works
of
Abraham.
But
now
you
seek
to
kill
me,
a
man
who
has
told
you
the
truth
which
I
heard
from
God.
Abraham
didn’t
do
this.
You
do
the
works
of
your
father.”
They
said
to
him, “We
were
not
born
of
sexual
immorality.
We
have
one
Father,
God.”
Therefore
Jesus
said
to
them,
“If
God
were
your
father,
you
would
love
me,
for
I
came
out
and
have
come
from
God.
For
I
haven’t
come
of
myself,
but
he
sent
me.
Why
don’t
you
understand
my
speech?
Because
you
can’t
hear
my
word.
You
are
of
your
father
the
devil,
and
you
want
to
do
the
desires
of
your
father.
He
was
a
murderer
from
the
beginning,
and
doesn’t
stand
in
the
truth,
because
there
is
no
truth
in
him.
When
he
speaks
a
lie,
he
speaks
on
his
own;
for
he
is
a
liar,
and
the
father
of
lies.
But
because
I
tell
the
truth,
you
don’t
believe
me.
Which
of
you
convicts
me
of
sin?
If
I
tell
the
truth,
why
do
you
not
believe
me?
He
who
is
of
God
hears
the
words
of
God.
For
this cause
you
don’t
hear,
because
you
are
not
of
God.”
Then
the
Jews
answered
him, “Don’t
we
say
well
that
you
are
a
Samaritan,
and
have
a
demon?”
Jesus
answered,
“I
don’t
have
a
demon,
but
I
honor
my
Father
and
you
dishonor
me.
But
I
don’t
seek
my own
glory.
There
is
one
who
seeks
and
judges.
Most certainly,
I
tell
you,
if
a
person
keeps
my
word,
he
will
never
see
death.”
Then
the
Jews
said
to
him, “Now
we
know
that
you
have
a
demon.
Abraham
died,
as
did
the
prophets;
and
you
say,
‘If
a
man
keeps
my
word,
he
will
never
taste
of
death.’
Are
you
greater
than
our
father
Abraham,
who
died?
The
prophets
died.
Who
do
you
make
yourself
out
to
be?”
Jesus
answered,
“If
I
glorify
myself,
my
glory
is
nothing.
It
is
my
Father
who
glorifies
me,
of
whom
you
say
that
he
is
our
God.
You
have
not
known
him,
but
I
know
him.
If
I
said, ‘I
don’t
know
him,’
I
would
be
like
you,
a
liar.
But
I
know
him
and
keep
his
word.
Your
father
Abraham
rejoiced
to
see
my
day.
He
saw
it
and
was
glad.”
The
Jews
therefore
said
to
him, “You
are
not
yet
fifty
years old!
Have
you
seen
Abraham?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Most certainly,
I
tell
you,
before
Abraham
came
into existence,
I
AM.
8:58
Exodus 3:14”
Therefore
they
took
up
stones
to
throw
at
him,
but
Jesus
hid
himself
and
went
out
of
the
temple,
having
gone
through
the middle
of
them,
and
so passed
by.
As
he
passed
by,
he
saw
a
man
blind
from
birth.
His
disciples
asked
him, “Rabbi,
who
sinned,
this
man
or
his
parents,
that
he
was
born
blind?”
Jesus
answered,
“This
man didn’t
sin,
nor
did
his
parents,
but
that
the
works
of
God
might
be
revealed
in
him.
I
must
work
the
works
of
him
who
sent
me
while
it
is
day.
The
night
is
coming,
when
no
one
can
work.
While
I
am
in
the
world,
I
am
the
light
of
the
world.”
When
he
had
said
this,
he
spat
on
the
ground,
made
mud
with
the saliva,
anointed
the blind
man’s
eyes
with
the
mud,
and
said
to
him,
“Go,
wash
in
the
pool
of
Siloam” (which
means “Sent”).
So
he
went
away,
washed,
and
came
back
seeing.
Therefore
the
neighbors
and
those
who
saw
that
he
was blind
before
said, “Isn’t
this
he
who
sat
and begged?”
Others
were
saying, “It
is
he.” Still
others
were
saying, “He looks
like
him.”
He
said, “I
am
he.”
They
therefore
were
asking
him, “How
were
your
eyes
opened?”
He
answered, “A
man
called
Jesus
made
mud,
anointed
my
eyes,
and
said
to
me,
‘Go
to
the pool
of
Siloam
and
wash.’
So
I
went
away
and
washed,
and
I
received
sight.”
Then
they
asked
him, “Where
is
he?”
He
said, “I
don’t
know.”
They
brought
him
who
had been
blind
to
the
Pharisees.
It
was
a
Sabbath
when
Jesus
made
the
mud
and
opened
his
eyes.
Again
therefore
the
Pharisees
also
asked
him
how
he
received
his
sight.
He
said
to
them, “He
put
mud
on
my
eyes,
I
washed,
and
I
see.”
Some
therefore
of
the
Pharisees
said, “This
man
is
not
from
God,
because
he
doesn’t
keep
the
Sabbath.”
Others
said, “How
can
a
man
who
is
a
sinner
do
such
signs?”
So
there
was
division
among
them.
Therefore
they
asked
the
blind
man
again, “What
do
you
say
about
him,
because
he
opened
your
eyes?”
He
said, “He
is
a
prophet.”
The
Jews
therefore
didn’t
believe
concerning
him,
that
he
had
been
blind
and
had
received
his
sight,
until
they
called
the
parents
of
him
who
had
received
his
sight,
and
asked
them, “Is
this
your
son,
whom
you
say
was
born
blind?
How
then
does
he
now
see?”
His
parents
answered
them, “We
know
that
this
is
our
son,
and
that
he
was
born
blind;
but
how
he
now
sees,
we
don’t
know;
or
who
opened
his
eyes,
we
don’t
know.
He
is
of
age.
Ask
him.
He
will
speak
for
himself.”
His
parents
said
these
things
because
they
feared
the
Jews;
for
the
Jews
had
already
agreed
that
if
any
man
would
confess
him
as
Christ,
he
would
be
put
out
of
the
synagogue.
Therefore
his
parents
said, “He
is
of
age.
Ask
him.”
So
they
called
the
man
who
was
blind
a
second
time,
and
said
to
him, “Give
glory
to
God.
We
know
that
this
man
is
a
sinner.”
He
therefore
answered, “I
don’t
know
if
he
is
a
sinner.
One
thing
I
do
know:
that
though
I
was
blind,
now
I
see.”
They
said
to
him again, “What
did
he
do
to
you?
How
did
he
open
your
eyes?”
He
answered
them, “I
told
you
already,
and
you
didn’t
listen.
Why
do
you
want
to
hear
it
again?
You
don’t
also
want
to
become
his
disciples,
do
you?”
They insulted
him
and
said, “You
are
his
disciple,
but
we
are
disciples
of
Moses.
We
know
that
God
has
spoken
to
Moses.
But
as
for
this
man,
we
don’t
know
where
he
comes
from.”
The
man
answered
them, “How
amazing!
You
don’t
know
where
he
comes
from,
yet
he
opened
my
eyes.
We
know
that
God
doesn’t
listen
to
sinners,
but
if
anyone
is
a worshiper
of
God
and
does
his
will,
he
listens
to
him.
9:31
Psalm 66:18; Proverbs 15:29; 28:9
Since
the
world began
it
has
never
been
heard
of
that
anyone
opened
the
eyes
of
someone
born
blind.
If
this
man
were
not
from
God,
he
could
do
nothing.”
They
answered
him, “You
were altogether
born
in
sins,
and
do
you
teach
us?”
Then
they
threw
him
out.
Jesus
heard
that
they
had thrown
him
out,
and
finding
him,
he
said,
“Do
you
believe
in
the
Son
of
God?”
He
answered, “Who
is
he,
Lord,
that
I
may
believe
in
him?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“You
have
both
seen
him,
and
it
is
he
who
speaks
with
you.”
He
said, “Lord,
I
believe!”
and
he
worshiped
him.
Jesus
said,
“I
came
into
this
world
for
judgment,
that
those
who
don’t
see
may
see;
and
that
those
who
see
may
become
blind.”
Those
of
the
Pharisees
who
were
with
him
heard
these
things,
and
said
to
him, “Are
we
also
blind?”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“If
you
were
blind,
you
would
have
no
sin;
but
now
you
say, ‘We
see.’
Therefore
your
sin
remains.
“Most
certainly,
I
tell
you,
one
who
doesn’t
enter
by
the
door
into
the
sheep
fold,
but
climbs
up
some
other
way,
is
a
thief
and
a
robber.
But
one
who
enters
in
by
the
door
is
the
shepherd
of
the
sheep.
The gatekeeper
opens
the gate
for
him,
and
the
sheep
listen
to
his
voice.
He
calls
his
own
sheep
by
name
and
leads
them
out.
Whenever
he
brings
out
his
own
sheep,
he
goes
before
them;
and
the
sheep
follow
him,
for
they
know
his
voice.
They
will
by
no means
follow
a
stranger,
but
will
flee
from
him;
for
they
don’t
know
the
voice
of
strangers.”
Jesus
spoke
this
parable
to
them,
but
they
didn’t
understand
what
he
was
telling
them.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them
again,
“Most certainly,
I
tell
you,
I
am
the
sheep’s
door.
All
who
came
before
me
are
thieves
and
robbers,
but
the
sheep
didn’t
listen
to
them.
I
am
the
door.
If
anyone
enters
in
by
me,
he
will
be
saved,
and
will
go
in
and
go
out
and
will
find
pasture.
The
thief
only
comes
to
steal,
kill,
and
destroy.
I
came
that
they
may
have
life,
and
may
have
it
abundantly.
“I
am
the
good
shepherd.
10:11
Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22
The
good
shepherd
lays
down
his
life
for
the
sheep.
He
who
is
a
hired
hand,
and
not
a
shepherd,
who
doesn’t
own
the
sheep,
sees
the
wolf
coming,
leaves
the
sheep,
and
flees.
The
wolf
snatches
the
sheep
and
scatters
them.
The
hired
hand flees
because
he
is
a
hired
hand
and
doesn’t
care
for
the
sheep.
I
am
the
good
shepherd.
I
know
my
own,
and I’m
known
by
my
own;
even
as
the
Father
knows
me,
and
I
know
the
Father.
I
lay
down
my
life
for
the
sheep.
I
have
other
sheep
which
are
not
of
this
fold.
10:16
Isaiah 56:8
I
must
bring
them
also,
and
they
will
hear
my
voice.
They
will
become
one
flock
with
one
shepherd.
Therefore
the
Father
loves
me,
because
I
lay
down
my
life,
10:17
Isaiah 53:7-8
that
I
may
take
it
again.
No
one
takes
it
away
from
me,
but
I
lay
it
down
by
myself.
I
have
power
to
lay
it
down,
and
I
have
power
to
take
it
again.
I
received
this
commandment
from
my
Father.”
Therefore
a
division
arose
again
among
the
Jews
because
of
these
words.
Many
of
them
said, “He
has
a
demon
and
is
insane!
Why
do
you
listen
to
him?”
Others
said, “These
are
not
the
sayings
of
one possessed
by
a
demon.
It
isn’t possible
for
a
demon
to
open
the
eyes
of
the
blind,
is
it?”
10:21
Exodus 4:11
It
was
the
Feast
of
the
Dedication
10:22
The “Feast of the Dedication” is the Greek name for “Hanukkah”, a celebration of the rededication of the Temple.
at
Jerusalem.
It
was winter,
and
Jesus
was
walking
in
the
temple,
in
Solomon’s porch.
The
Jews
therefore
came
around
him
and
said
to
him, “How
long
will
you hold
us
in suspense?
If
you
are
the
Christ,
tell
us
plainly.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“I
told
you,
and
you
don’t
believe.
The
works
that
I
do
in
my
Father’s
name,
these
testify
about
me.
But
you
don’t
believe,
because
you
are
not
of
my
sheep,
as
I told
you.
My
sheep
hear
my
voice,
and
I
know
them,
and
they
follow
me.
I
give
eternal
life
to
them.
They
will
never
perish,
and
no
one
will
snatch
them
out
of
my
hand.
My
Father
who
has
given
them
to
me
is
greater
than
all.
No
one
is
able
to
snatch
them
out
of
my
Father’s
hand.
I
and
the
Father
are
one.”
Therefore
the
Jews took
up
stones
again
to
stone
him.
Jesus
answered
them,
“I
have
shown
you
many
good
works
from
my
Father.
For
which
of
those
works
do
you
stone
me?”
The
Jews
answered
him, “We
don’t
stone
you
for
a
good
work,
but
for
blasphemy,
because
you,
being
a
man,
make
yourself
God.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Isn’t
it
written
in
your
law, ‘I
said,
you
are
gods?’
10:34
Psalm 82:6
If
he
called
them
gods,
to
whom
the
word
of
God
came (and
the
Scripture
can’t
be
broken),
do
you
say
of
him
whom
the
Father
sanctified
and
sent
into
the
world, ‘You
blaspheme,’
because
I
said, ‘I
am
the
Son
of
God?’
If
I
don’t
do
the
works
of
my
Father,
don’t
believe
me.
But
if
I
do
them,
though
you
don’t
believe
me,
believe
the
works,
that
you
may
know
and
believe
that
the
Father
is
in
me,
and
I
in
the
Father.”
They
sought
again
to
seize
him,
and
he
went
out
of
their
hand.
He
went
away
again
beyond
the
Jordan
into
the
place
where
John
was
baptizing
at
first,
and
he
stayed
there.
Many
came
to
him.
They
said, “John
indeed
did
no
sign,
but
everything
that
John
said
about
this
man
is
true.”
Many
believed
in
him
there.
Now
a
certain
man
was
sick,
Lazarus
from
Bethany,
of
the
village
of
Mary
and
her
sister,
Martha.
It
was
that
Mary
who
had
anointed
the
Lord
with
ointment
and
wiped
his
feet
with
her
hair,
whose
brother
Lazarus
was
sick.
The
sisters
therefore
sent
to
him,
saying, “Lord,
behold,
he
for
whom
you
have great affection
is
sick.”
But
when
Jesus
heard
it,
he
said,
“This
sickness
is
not
to
death,
but
for
the
glory
of
God,
that
God’s
Son
may
be
glorified
by
it.”
Now
Jesus
loved
Martha,
and
her
sister,
and
Lazarus.
When
therefore
he
heard
that
he
was
sick,
he
stayed
two
days
in
the
place
where
he
was.
Then
after
this
he
said
to
the
disciples,
“Let’s
go
into
Judea
again.”
The
disciples
asked
him, “Rabbi,
the
Jews
were
just
trying
to
stone
you.
Are
you
going
there
again?”
Jesus
answered,
“Aren’t
there
twelve
hours
of
daylight?
If
a
man
walks
in
the
day,
he
doesn’t
stumble,
because
he
sees
the
light
of
this
world.
But
if
a
man
walks
in
the
night,
he
stumbles,
because
the
light
isn’t
in
him.”
He
said
these
things,
and
after
that,
he
said
to
them,
“Our
friend
Lazarus
has
fallen
asleep,
but
I
am
going
so
that
I
may awake
him out
of
sleep.”
The
disciples
therefore
said, “Lord,
if
he
has
fallen
asleep,
he
will
recover.”
Now
Jesus
had
spoken
of
his
death,
but
they
thought
that
he
spoke
of taking rest
in
sleep.
So
Jesus
said
to
them
plainly
then,
“Lazarus
is
dead.
I
am
glad
for
your
sakes
that
I
was
not
there,
so
that
you
may
believe.
Nevertheless, let’s
go
to
him.”
Thomas
therefore,
who
is
called
Didymus,
11:16
“Didymus” means “Twin”.
said
to
his
fellow
disciples, “Let’s
also
go,
that
we
may
die
with
him.”
So
when
Jesus
came,
he
found
that
he
had
been
in
the
tomb
four
days
already.
Now
Bethany
was
near
Jerusalem,
about
fifteen stadia
11:18
15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles
away.
Many
of
the
Jews
had joined
the
women
around
Martha
and
Mary,
to
console
them
concerning
their
brother.
Then
when
Martha
heard
that
Jesus
was
coming,
she
went
and
met
him,
but
Mary
stayed
in
the
house.
Therefore
Martha
said
to
Jesus, “Lord,
if
you
would
have
been
here,
my
brother wouldn’t
have
died.
Even
now
I
know
that
whatever
you
ask
of
God,
God
will
give
you.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Your
brother
will
rise
again.”
Martha
said
to
him, “I
know
that
he
will
rise
again
in
the
resurrection
at
the
last
day.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“I
am
the
resurrection
and
the
life.
He
who
believes
in
me
will still
live,
even
if
he
dies.
Whoever
lives
and
believes
in
me
will
never
die.
Do
you
believe
this?”
She
said
to
him, “Yes,
Lord.
I
have
come
to
believe
that
you
are
the
Christ,
God’s
Son,
he
who
comes
into
the
world.”
When
she
had
said
this,
she
went
away
and
called
Mary,
her
sister,
secretly,
saying, “The
Teacher
is
here
and
is
calling
you.”
When
she
heard
this,
she arose
quickly
and
went
to
him.
Now
Jesus
had
not
yet
come
into
the
village,
but
was
in
the
place
where
Martha
met
him.
Then
the
Jews
who
were
with
her
in
the
house
and
were
consoling
her,
when
they
saw
Mary,
that
she
rose
up
quickly
and
went
out,
followed
her,
saying, “She
is
going
to
the
tomb
to
weep
there.”
Therefore
when
Mary
came
to
where
Jesus
was
and
saw
him,
she
fell
down
at
his
feet,
saying
to
him, “Lord,
if
you
would
have
been
here,
my
brother wouldn’t
have
died.”
When
Jesus
therefore
saw
her
weeping,
and
the
Jews
weeping
who
came
with
her,
he groaned
in
the
spirit
and
was
troubled,
and
said,
“Where
have
you
laid
him?”
They
told
him, “Lord,
come
and
see.”
Jesus
wept.
The
Jews
therefore
said, “See
how much affection
he
had
for
him!”
Some
of
them
said, “Couldn’t
this
man,
who
opened
the
eyes
of
him
who
was
blind,
have
also
kept
this
man
from
dying?”
Jesus
therefore,
again groaning
in
himself,
came
to
the
tomb.
Now
it
was
a
cave,
and
a
stone lay
against
it.
Jesus
said,
“Take
away
the
stone.”
Martha,
the
sister
of
him
who
was dead,
said
to
him, “Lord,
by
this
time
there
is
a
stench,
for
he
has
been dead four days.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Didn’t
I
tell
you
that
if
you
believed,
you
would
see
God’s
glory?”
So
they
took
away
the
stone
from
the
place where
the dead man
was lying.
11:41
NU omits “from the place where the dead man was lying.”
Jesus
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
said,
“Father,
I
thank
you
that
you
listened
to
me.
I
know
that
you
always
listen
to
me,
but
because
of
the
multitude
standing
around
I
said
this,
that
they
may
believe
that
you
sent
me.”
When
he
had
said
this,
he
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
“Lazarus,
come
out!”
He
who
was
dead
came
out,
bound
hand
and
foot
with
wrappings,
and
his
face
was
wrapped
around
with
a
cloth.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Free
him,
and
let
him
go.”
Therefore
many
of
the
Jews
who
came
to
Mary
and
saw
what
Jesus
did
believed
in
him.
But
some
of
them
went
away
to
the
Pharisees
and
told
them
the
things
which
Jesus
had
done.
The
chief
priests
therefore
and
the
Pharisees
gathered
a
council,
and
said, “What
are
we
doing?
For
this
man
does
many
signs.
If
we
leave
him
alone
like
this,
everyone
will
believe
in
him,
and
the
Romans
will
come
and
take
away
both
our
place
and
our
nation.”
But
a
certain
one
of
them,
Caiaphas,
being
high
priest
that
year,
said
to
them, “You
know
nothing
at
all,
nor
do
you
consider
that
it
is advantageous
for us
that
one
man
should
die
for
the
people,
and
that
the
whole
nation
not
perish.”
Now
he
didn’t
say
this
of
himself,
but
being
high
priest
that
year,
he
prophesied
that
Jesus
would
die
for
the
nation,
and
not
for
the
nation
only,
but
that
he
might
also
gather
together
into
one
the
children
of
God
who
are
scattered
abroad.
So
from
that
day forward
they took counsel
that
they might
put
him
to
death.
Jesus
therefore
walked
no
more
openly
among
the
Jews,
but
departed
from
there
into
the
country
near
the
wilderness,
to
a
city
called
Ephraim.
He
stayed
there
with
his
disciples.
Now
the
Passover
of
the
Jews
was
at
hand.
Many
went
up
from
the
country
to
Jerusalem
before
the
Passover,
to
purify
themselves.
Then
they
sought
for
Jesus
and
spoke
with
one
another
as
they
stood
in
the
temple, “What
do
you
think—that
he
isn’t
coming
to
the
feast
at
all?”
Now
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees
had
commanded
that
if
anyone
knew
where
he
was,
he
should
report
it,
that
they
might
seize
him.
Then,
six
days
before
the
Passover,
Jesus
came
to
Bethany,
where
Lazarus
was,
who
had
been
dead,
whom
he
raised
from
the
dead.
So
they
made
him
a
supper
there.
Martha
served,
but
Lazarus
was
one
of
those
who sat
at
the table
with
him.
Therefore
Mary
took
a
pound
12:3
a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams
of
ointment
of
pure
nard,
very
precious,
and
anointed Jesus’s
feet
and
wiped
his
feet
with
her
hair.
The
house
was
filled
with
the
fragrance
of
the
ointment.
Then
Judas
Iscariot, Simon’s son,
one
of
his
disciples,
who
would
betray
him,
said,
“Why
wasn’t
this
ointment
sold
for
three
hundred
denarii
12:5
300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
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
money
box, used
to steal
what
was
put
into
it.
But
Jesus
said,
“Leave
her
alone.
She
has
kept
this
for
the
day
of
my
burial.
For
you
always
have
the
poor
with
you,
but
you
don’t
always
have
me.”
A
large
crowd
therefore
of
the
Jews
learned
that
he
was
there;
and
they
came,
not
for
Jesus’
sake
only,
but
that
they
might
see
Lazarus
also,
whom
he
had
raised
from
the
dead.
But
the
chief
priests conspired
to
put
Lazarus
to
death
also,
because
on
account
of
him
many
of
the
Jews
went
away
and
believed
in
Jesus.
On
the
next
day
a
great
multitude
had
come
to
the
feast.
When
they
heard
that
Jesus
was
coming
to
Jerusalem,
they
took
the
branches
of
the
palm
trees
and
went
out
to
meet
him,
and
cried
out, “Hosanna!
12:13
“Hosanna” means “save us” or “help us, we pray”.
Blessed
is
he
who
comes
in
the
name
of
the
Lord,
12:13
Psalm 118:25-26
the
King
of
Israel!”
Jesus, having
found
a
young
donkey,
sat
on
it.
As
it
is
written,
“Don’t
be
afraid,
daughter
of
Zion.
Behold,
your
King
comes,
sitting
on
a
donkey’s
colt.”
12:15
Zechariah 9:9
His
disciples
didn’t
understand
these
things
at
first,
but
when
Jesus
was
glorified,
then
they
remembered
that
these
things
were
written
about
him,
and
that
they
had
done
these
things
to
him.
The
multitude
therefore
that
was
with
him
when
he
called
Lazarus
out
of
the
tomb
and
raised
him
from
the
dead
was
testifying
about
it.
For
this
cause
also
the
multitude
went
and
met
him,
because
they
heard
that
he
had
done
this
sign.
The
Pharisees
therefore
said
among
themselves, “See
how
you accomplish
nothing.
Behold,
the
world
has
gone
after
him.”
Now
there
were
certain
Greeks
among
those
who
went
up
to
worship
at
the
feast.
Therefore,
these
came
to
Philip,
who
was
from
Bethsaida
of
Galilee,
and
asked
him,
saying, “Sir,
we
want
to
see
Jesus.”
Philip
came
and
told
Andrew,
and
in turn,
Andrew
came
with
Philip,
and
they
told
Jesus.
Jesus
answered
them,
“The
time
has
come
for
the
Son
of
Man
to
be
glorified.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
unless
a
grain
of
wheat
falls
into
the
earth
and
dies,
it
remains
by
itself
alone.
But
if
it
dies,
it
bears
much
fruit.
He
who
loves
his
life
will
lose
it.
He
who
hates
his
life
in
this
world
will
keep
it
to
eternal
life.
If
anyone
serves
me,
let
him
follow
me.
Where
I
am,
there
my
servant
will
also
be.
If
anyone
serves
me,
the
Father
will
honor
him.
“Now
my
soul
is
troubled.
What
shall
I
say? ‘Father,
save
me
from
this
time?’
But
I
came
to
this
time
for
this cause.
Father,
glorify
your
name!”
Then
a
voice
came
out
of
the
sky, saying, “I
have
both
glorified
it
and
will
glorify
it
again.”
Therefore
the
multitude
who
stood
by
and
heard
it
said
that
it
had
thundered.
Others
said, “An
angel
has
spoken
to
him.”
Jesus
answered,
“This
voice
hasn’t
come
for
my
sake,
but
for
your
sakes.
Now
is
the
judgment
of
this
world.
Now
the
prince
of
this
world
will
be
cast
out.
And
I,
if
I am
lifted up
from
the
earth,
will
draw
all
people
to
myself.”
But
he
said
this,
signifying
by
what
kind
of
death
he
should
die.
The
multitude
answered
him, “We
have
heard
out
of
the
law
that
the
Christ
remains
forever.
12:34
Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44; See Isaiah 53:8
How
do
you
say,
‘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
with
you.
Walk
while
you
have
the
light,
that
darkness
doesn’t
overtake
you.
He
who
walks
in
the
darkness
doesn’t
know
where
he
is
going.
While
you
have
the
light,
believe
in
the
light,
that
you
may
become children
of
light.”
Jesus
said
these
things,
and
he
departed
and
hid
himself
from
them.
But
though
he
had
done
so
many
signs
before
them,
yet
they
didn’t
believe
in
him,
that
the
word
of
Isaiah
the
prophet
might
be
fulfilled,
which
he
spoke:
“Lord,
who
has
believed
our
report?
To
whom
has
the
arm
of
the
Lord
been
revealed?”
12:38
Isaiah 53:1
For
this cause
they
couldn’t
believe,
for
Isaiah
said
again:
“He
has
blinded
their
eyes
and
he
hardened
their
heart,
lest
they
should
see
with
their
eyes,
and
perceive
with
their
heart,
and
would
turn,
and
I
would
heal
them.”
12:40
Isaiah 6:10
Isaiah
said
these
things
when
he
saw
his
glory,
and
spoke
of
him.
12:41
Isaiah 6:1
Nevertheless,
even
many
of
the
rulers
believed
in
him,
but
because
of
the
Pharisees
they
didn’t
confess
it,
so
that
they wouldn’t
be
put
out
of
the
synagogue,
for they
loved
men’s
praise
more
than
God’s
praise.
Jesus
cried
out
and
said,
“Whoever
believes
in
me,
believes
not
in
me,
but
in
him
who
sent
me.
He
who
sees
me
sees
him
who
sent
me.
I
have
come
as
a
light
into
the
world,
that
whoever
believes
in
me
may
not
remain
in
the
darkness.
If
anyone
listens
to
my
sayings
and
doesn’t believe,
I
don’t
judge
him.
For
I
came
not
to
judge
the
world,
but
to
save
the
world.
He
who
rejects
me,
and
doesn’t
receive
my
sayings,
has
one
who
judges
him.
The
word
that
I
spoke
will
judge
him
in
the
last
day.
For
I
spoke
not
from
myself,
but
the
Father
who
sent
me
gave
me
a
commandment,
what
I
should
say
and
what
I
should
speak.
I
know
that
his
commandment
is
eternal
life.
The
things
therefore
which
I
speak,
even
as
the
Father
has
said
to
me,
so
I
speak.”
Now
before
the
feast
of
the
Passover,
Jesus,
knowing
that
his
time
had
come
that
he
would
depart
from
this
world
to
the
Father, having
loved
his
own
who
were
in
the
world,
he
loved
them
to
the
end.
During
supper,
the
devil
having
already
put
into
the
heart
of
Judas
Iscariot,
Simon’s son,
to
betray
him,
Jesus,
knowing
that
the
Father
had
given
all
things
into
his
hands,
and
that
he
came
from
God
and
was
going
to
God,
arose
from
supper,
and
laid
aside
his
outer
garments.
He
took
a
towel
and wrapped
a
towel around
his waist.
Then
he
poured
water
into
the
basin,
and
began
to
wash
the
disciples’
feet
and
to
wipe
them
with
the
towel
that
was wrapped around
him.
Then
he
came
to
Simon
Peter.
He
said
to
him, “Lord,
do
you
wash
my
feet?”
Jesus
answered
him,
“You
don’t
know
what
I
am
doing
now,
but
you
will
understand
later.”
Peter
said
to
him, “You
will
never
wash
my
feet!”
Jesus
answered
him,
“If
I
don’t
wash
you,
you
have
no
part
with
me.”
Simon
Peter
said
to
him, “Lord,
not
my
feet
only,
but
also
my
hands
and
my
head!”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Someone
who
has
bathed
only
needs
to
have
his
feet
washed,
but
is
completely
clean.
You
are
clean,
but
not
all
of
you.”
For
he
knew
him
who
would
betray
him;
therefore
he
said,
“You
are
not
all
clean.”
So
when
he
had
washed
their
feet,
put
his
outer
garment
back
on,
and
sat
down
again,
he
said
to
them,
“Do
you
know
what
I
have
done
to
you?
You
call
me, ‘Teacher’
and ‘Lord.’
You
say
so
correctly,
for
so
I
am.
If
I
then,
the
Lord
and
the
Teacher,
have
washed
your
feet,
you
also
ought
to
wash
one
another’s
feet.
For
I
have
given
you
an
example,
that
you
should
also
do
as
I
have
done
to
you.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
a
servant
is
not
greater
than
his
lord,
neither
is
one
who
is
sent
greater
than
he
who
sent
him.
If
you
know
these
things,
blessed
are
you
if
you
do
them.
I
don’t
speak
concerning
all
of
you.
I
know
whom
I
have
chosen;
but
that
the
Scripture
may
be
fulfilled, ‘He
who
eats
bread
with
me
has
lifted
up
his
heel
against
me.’
13:18
Psalm 41:9
From
now
on,
I
tell
you
before
it
happens,
that
when
it
happens,
you
may
believe
that
I
am
he.
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
he
who
receives whomever
I
send,
receives
me;
and
he
who
receives
me,
receives
him
who
sent
me.”
When
Jesus
had
said
this,
he
was
troubled
in
spirit,
and
testified,
“Most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
one
of
you
will
betray
me.”
The
disciples looked
at
one
another,
perplexed
about
whom
he
spoke.
One
of
his
disciples,
whom
Jesus
loved,
was
at
the table, leaning
against
Jesus’ breast.
Simon
Peter
therefore beckoned
to
him,
and
said
to
him, “Tell
us
who
it
is
of
whom
he
speaks.”
He,
leaning
back,
as
he
was,
on
Jesus’
breast,
asked
him, “Lord,
who
is
it?”
Jesus
therefore
answered,
“It
is
he
to
whom
I
will
give
this piece
of bread
when
I
have
dipped
it.”
So
when
he
had
dipped
the piece
of bread,
he
gave
it
to
Judas,
the son
of
Simon
Iscariot.
After
the piece
of bread,
then
Satan
entered
into
him.
Then
Jesus
said
to
him,
“What
you
do,
do
quickly.”
Now
nobody
at
the table
knew
why
he
said
this
to
him.
For
some
thought,
because
Judas
had
the
money
box,
that
Jesus
said
to
him, “Buy
what
things
we
need
for
the
feast,”
or
that
he
should
give
something
to
the
poor.
Therefore
having
received
that
morsel,
he
went
out
immediately.
It
was
night.
When
he
had
gone
out,
Jesus
said,
“Now
the
Son
of
Man
has
been
glorified,
and
God
has
been
glorified
in
him.
If
God
has
been
glorified
in
him,
God
will
also
glorify
him
in
himself,
and
he
will
glorify
him
immediately.
Little
children,
I
will
be
with
you
a
little
while
longer.
You
will
seek
me,
and
as
I
said
to
the
Jews, ‘Where
I
am
going,
you
can’t
come,’
so
now
I
tell
you.
A
new
commandment
I
give
to
you,
that
you
love
one
another.
Just
as
I
have
loved
you,
you
also
love
one
another.
By
this
everyone
will
know
that
you
are
my
disciples,
if
you
have
love
for
one
another.”
Simon
Peter
said
to
him, “Lord,
where
are
you
going?”
Jesus
answered,
“Where
I
am
going,
you
can’t
follow
now,
but
you
will
follow
afterwards.”
Peter
said
to
him, “Lord,
why
can’t
I
follow
you
now?
I
will
lay
down
my
life
for
you.”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Will
you
lay
down
your
life
for
me?
Most certainly
I
tell
you,
the
rooster
won’t
crow
until
you
have
denied
me
three
times.
“Don’t
let
your
heart
be
troubled.
Believe
in
God.
Believe
also
in
me.
In
my
Father’s
house
are
many homes.
If
it weren’t
so,
I
would
have
told
you.
I
am
going
to
prepare
a
place
for
you.
If
I
go
and
prepare
a
place
for
you,
I
will
come
again
and
will
receive
you
to
myself;
that
where
I
am,
you
may
be
there
also.
You
know
where
I
go,
and
you
know
the
way.”
Thomas
said
to
him, “Lord,
we
don’t
know
where
you
are
going.
How
can
we
know
the
way?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“I
am
the
way,
the
truth,
and
the
life.
No
one
comes
to
the
Father,
except
through
me.
If
you
had
known
me,
you
would
have
known
my
Father
also.
From
now
on,
you
know
him
and
have
seen
him.”
Philip
said
to
him, “Lord,
show
us
the
Father,
and
that
will
be
enough
for
us.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Have
I
been
with
you
such
a
long
time,
and
do
you
not
know
me,
Philip?
He
who
has
seen
me
has
seen
the
Father.
How
do
you
say, ‘Show
us
the
Father?’
Don’t
you
believe
that
I
am
in
the
Father,
and
the
Father
in
me?
The
words
that
I
tell
you,
I
speak
not
from
myself;
but
the
Father
who
lives
in
me
does
his
works.
Believe
me
that
I
am
in
the
Father,
and
the
Father
in
me;
or
else
believe
me
for
the
very works’
sake.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
he
who
believes
in
me,
the
works
that
I
do,
he
will
do
also;
and
he
will
do
greater
works
than
these,
because
I
am
going
to
my
Father.
Whatever
you
will
ask
in
my
name,
I
will
do
it,
that
the
Father
may
be
glorified
in
the
Son.
If
you
will
ask
anything
in
my
name,
I
will
do
it.
If
you
love
me,
keep
my
commandments.
I
will
pray
to
the
Father,
and
he
will
give
you
another Counselor,
14:16
Greek παρακλητον: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comforter.
that
he
may
be
with
you
forever:
the
Spirit
of
truth,
whom
the
world
can’t
receive,
for
it
doesn’t
see
him
and
doesn’t
know
him.
You
know
him,
for
he
lives
with
you
and
will
be
in
you.
I
will
not
leave
you
orphans.
I
will
come
to
you.
Yet
a
little
while,
and
the
world
will
see
me
no
more;
but
you
will
see
me.
Because
I
live,
you
will
live
also.
In
that
day
you
will
know
that
I
am
in
my
Father,
and
you
in
me,
and
I
in
you.
One
who
has
my
commandments
and
keeps
them,
that
person
is
one
who
loves
me.
One
who
loves
me
will
be
loved
by
my
Father,
and
I
will
love
him,
and
will reveal
myself
to
him.”
Judas (not
Iscariot)
said
to
him, “Lord,
what
has
happened
that
you
are
about
to reveal
yourself
to
us,
and
not
to
the
world?”
Jesus
answered
him,
“If
a
man
loves
me,
he
will
keep
my
word.
My
Father
will
love
him,
and
we
will
come
to
him
and
make
our home
with
him.
He
who
doesn’t
love
me
doesn’t
keep
my
words.
The
word
which
you
hear
isn’t
mine,
but
the
Father’s
who
sent
me.
“I
have
said
these
things
to
you
while still
living
with
you.
But
the Counselor,
the
Holy
Spirit,
whom
the
Father
will
send
in
my
name,
will
teach
you
all
things,
and
will
remind
you
of
all
that
I
said
to
you.
Peace
I
leave
with
you.
My
peace
I
give
to
you;
not
as
the
world
gives,
I
give
to
you.
Don’t
let
your
heart
be
troubled,
neither
let
it
be
fearful.
You
heard
how
I
told
you, ‘I
am
going
away,
and
I
will
come
back
to
you.’
If
you
loved
me,
you
would
have
rejoiced
because
I
said ‘I
am
going
to
my
Father;’
for
the
Father
is
greater
than
I.
Now
I
have
told
you
before
it
happens
so
that
when
it
happens,
you
may
believe.
I
will
no
more
speak
much
with
you,
for
the
prince
of
the
world
comes,
and
he
has
nothing
in
me.
But
that
the
world
may
know
that
I
love
the
Father,
and
as
the
Father
commanded
me,
even
so
I
do.
Arise, let’s
go
from
here.
“I
am
the
true
vine,
and
my
Father
is
the
farmer.
Every
branch
in
me
that
doesn’t
bear
fruit,
he
takes
away.
Every
branch
that
bears
fruit,
he
prunes,
that
it
may
bear
more
fruit.
You
are
already pruned
clean
because
of
the
word
which
I
have
spoken
to
you.
Remain
in
me,
and
I
in
you.
As
the
branch
can’t
bear
fruit
by
itself
unless
it
remains
in
the
vine,
so
neither
can
you,
unless
you
remain
in
me.
I
am
the
vine.
You
are
the
branches.
He
who
remains
in
me
and
I
in
him
bears
much
fruit,
for
apart
from
me
you
can
do
nothing.
If
a
man
doesn’t
remain
in
me,
he
is
thrown
out
as
a
branch
and
is
withered;
and
they
gather
them,
throw
them
into
the
fire,
and
they
are
burned.
If
you
remain
in
me,
and
my
words
remain
in
you,
you
will
ask
whatever
you
desire,
and
it
will
be
done
for
you.
“In
this
my
Father
is
glorified,
that
you
bear
much
fruit;
and
so
you
will
be
my
disciples.
Even
as
the
Father
has
loved
me,
I
also
have
loved
you.
Remain
in
my
love.
If
you
keep
my
commandments,
you
will
remain
in
my
love,
even
as
I
have
kept
my
Father’s
commandments
and
remain
in
his
love.
I
have
spoken
these
things
to
you,
that
my
joy
may
remain
in
you,
and
that
your
joy
may
be
made
full.
“This
is
my
commandment,
that
you
love
one
another, even
as
I
have
loved
you.
Greater
love
has
no
one
than
this,
that someone
lay
down
his
life
for
his
friends.
You
are
my
friends
if
you
do
whatever
I
command
you.
No
longer
do
I
call
you
servants,
for
the
servant
doesn’t
know
what
his
lord
does.
But
I
have
called
you
friends,
for
everything
that
I
heard
from
my
Father,
I
have
made
known
to
you.
You
didn’t
choose
me,
but
I
chose
you
and
appointed
you,
that
you
should
go
and
bear
fruit,
and
that
your
fruit
should
remain;
that
whatever
you
will
ask
of
the
Father
in
my
name,
he
may
give
it
to
you.
“I
command
these
things
to
you,
that
you
may
love
one
another.
If
the
world
hates
you,
you
know
that it
has
hated
me
before it
hated
you.
If
you
were
of
the
world,
the
world
would
love
its
own.
But
because
you
are
not
of
the
world,
since
I
chose
you
out
of
the
world,
therefore
the
world
hates
you.
Remember
the
word
that
I
said
to
you: ‘A
servant
is
not
greater
than
his
lord.’
15:20
John 13:16
If
they
persecuted
me,
they
will
also
persecute
you.
If
they
kept
my
word,
they
will
also
keep
yours.
But
they
will
do
all
these
things
to
you
for
my
name’s
sake,
because
they
don’t
know
him
who
sent
me.
If
I
had
not
come
and
spoken
to
them,
they
would
not
have
had
sin;
but
now
they
have
no
excuse
for
their
sin.
He
who
hates
me,
hates
my
Father
also.
If
I hadn’t
done
among
them
the
works
which
no
one
else
did,
they wouldn’t
have
had
sin.
But
now
they
have
seen
and
also
hated
both
me
and
my
Father.
But
this
happened
so
that
the
word
may
be
fulfilled
which
was
written
in
their
law, ‘They
hated
me without
a cause.’
15:25
Psalm 35:19; 69:4
“When
the Counselor
15:26
Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comforter.
has
come,
whom
I
will
send
to
you
from
the
Father,
the
Spirit
of
truth,
who
proceeds
from
the
Father,
he
will
testify
about
me.
You
will
also
testify,
because
you
have
been
with
me
from
the
beginning.
“I
have
said
these
things
to
you
so
that
you wouldn’t
be caused
to
stumble.
They
will
put
you
out
of
the synagogues.
Yes,
the
time
is
coming
that
whoever
kills
you
will
think
that
he
offers
service
to
God.
They
will
do
these
things
16:3
TR adds “to you”
because
they
have
not
known
the
Father
nor
me.
But
I
have
told
you
these
things
so
that
when
the
time
comes,
you
may
remember
that
I
told
you
about
them.
I
didn’t
tell
you
these
things
from
the
beginning,
because
I
was
with
you.
But
now
I
am
going
to
him
who
sent
me,
and
none
of
you
asks
me, ‘Where
are
you
going?’
But
because
I
have
told
you
these
things,
sorrow
has
filled
your
heart.
Nevertheless
I
tell
you
the
truth:
It
is
to
your
advantage
that
I
go
away;
for
if
I
don’t
go
away,
the Counselor
won’t
come
to
you.
But
if
I
go,
I
will
send
him
to
you.
When
he
has
come,
he
will
convict
the
world
about
sin,
about
righteousness,
and
about
judgment;
about
sin,
because
they
don’t
believe
in
me;
about
righteousness,
because
I
am
going
to
my
Father,
and
you won’t
see
me
any
more;
about
judgment,
because
the
prince
of
this
world
has been
judged.
“I
still
have
many
things
to
tell
you,
but
you
can’t
bear
them
now.
However,
when
he,
the
Spirit
of
truth,
has
come,
he
will
guide
you
into
all
truth,
for
he
will
not
speak
from
himself;
but
whatever
he
hears,
he
will
speak.
He
will
declare
to
you
things
that
are
coming.
He
will
glorify
me,
for
he
will
take
from
what
is
mine
and
will
declare
it
to
you.
All
things
that
the
Father
has
are
mine;
therefore
I
said
that
he
takes
16:15
TR reads “will take” instead of “takes”
of
mine
and
will
declare
it
to
you.
“A
little
while,
and
you
will
not
see
me.
Again
a
little
while,
and
you
will
see
me.”
Some
of
his
disciples
therefore
said
to
one
another, “What
is
this
that
he
says
to
us,
‘A
little
while,
and
you
won’t
see
me,
and
again
a
little
while,
and
you
will
see
me;’
and,
‘Because
I
go
to
the Father’?”
They
said
therefore, “What
is
this
that
he
says,
‘A
little while’?
We
don’t
know
what
he
is
saying.”
Therefore
Jesus
perceived
that
they
wanted
to
ask
him,
and
he
said
to
them,
“Do
you
inquire
among
yourselves
concerning
this,
that
I
said, ‘A
little
while,
and
you
won’t
see
me,
and
again
a
little
while,
and
you
will
see
me?’
Most
certainly
I
tell
you
that
you
will
weep
and
lament,
but
the
world
will
rejoice.
You
will
be
sorrowful,
but
your
sorrow
will
be
turned
into
joy.
A
woman,
when
she
gives
birth,
has
sorrow
because
her
time
has
come.
But
when
she
has delivered
the
child,
she doesn’t
remember
the
anguish
any
more,
for
the
joy
that
a
human
being
is
born
into
the
world.
Therefore
you
now
have
sorrow,
but
I
will
see
you
again,
and
your
heart
will
rejoice,
and
no
one
will
take
your
joy
away
from
you.
“In
that
day
you
will
ask
me
no questions. Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
whatever
you
may
ask
of
the
Father
in
my
name,
he
will
give
it
to
you.
Until
now,
you
have
asked
nothing
in
my
name.
Ask,
and
you
will
receive,
that
your
joy
may
be
made
full.
“I
have
spoken
these
things
to
you
in figures
of
speech.
But
the
time
is
coming
when
I
will
no
more
speak
to
you
in figures
of
speech,
but
will
tell
you
plainly
about
the
Father.
In
that
day
you
will
ask
in
my
name;
and
I
don’t
say
to
you
that
I
will pray
to
the
Father
for
you,
for
the
Father
himself
loves
you,
because
you
have
loved
me,
and
have
believed
that
I
came
from
God.
I
came
from
the
Father
and
have
come
into
the
world.
Again,
I
leave
the
world
and
go
to
the
Father.”
His
disciples
said
to
him, “Behold,
now
you
are
speaking
plainly,
and
using
no figures
of
speech.
Now
we
know
that
you
know
all
things,
and
don’t
need
for
anyone
to
question
you.
By
this
we
believe
that
you
came
from
God.”
Jesus
answered
them,
“Do
you
now
believe?
Behold,
the
time
is
coming, yes,
and
has
now
come,
that
you
will
be
scattered,
everyone
to
his
own
place,
and
you
will
leave
me
alone.
Yet
I
am
not
alone,
because
the
Father
is
with
me.
I
have
told
you
these
things,
that
in
me
you
may
have
peace.
In
the
world
you
have
trouble;
but cheer up!
I
have
overcome
the
world.”
Jesus
said
these
things,
then
lifting
up
his
eyes
to
heaven,
he
said,
“Father,
the
time
has
come.
Glorify
your
Son,
that
your
Son
may
also
glorify
you;
even
as
you
gave
him
authority
over
all
flesh,
so
he
will
give
eternal
life
to
all
whom
you
have
given
him.
This
is
eternal
life,
that
they
should
know
you,
the
only
true
God,
and
him
whom
you
sent,
Jesus
Christ.
I
glorified
you
on
the
earth.
I
have
accomplished
the
work
which
you
have
given
me
to
do.
Now,
Father,
glorify
me
with
your
own
self
with
the
glory
which
I
had
with
you
before
the
world
existed.
“I
revealed
your
name
to
the
people
whom
you
have
given
me
out
of
the
world.
They
were
yours,
and
you
have
given
them
to
me.
They
have
kept
your
word.
Now
they
have
known
that
all
things
whatever
you
have
given
me
are
from
you,
for
the
words
which
you
have
given
me
I
have
given
to
them;
and
they
received
them,
and
knew
for
sure
that
I
came
from
you.
They
have
believed
that
you
sent
me.
I pray
for
them.
I
don’t pray
for
the
world,
but
for
those
whom
you
have
given
me,
for
they
are
yours.
All
things
that
are
mine
are
yours,
and
yours
are
mine,
and
I
am
glorified
in
them.
I
am
no
more
in
the
world,
but
these
are
in
the
world,
and
I
am
coming
to
you.
Holy
Father,
keep
them
through
your
name
which
you
have
given
me,
that
they
may
be
one,
even
as
we
are.
While
I
was
with
them
in
the world,
I
kept
them
in
your
name.
I
have
kept
those
whom
you
have
given
me.
None
of
them
is
lost
except
the
son
of
destruction,
that
the
Scripture
might
be
fulfilled.
But
now
I
come
to
you,
and
I
say
these
things
in
the
world,
that
they
may
have
my
joy
made
full
in
themselves.
I
have
given
them
your
word.
The
world
hated
them
because
they
are
not
of
the
world,
even
as
I
am
not
of
the
world.
I
pray
not
that
you
would
take
them
from
the
world,
but
that
you
would
keep
them
from
the
evil
one.
They
are
not
of
the
world, even
as
I
am
not
of
the
world.
Sanctify
them
in
your
truth.
Your
word
is
truth.
17:17
Psalm 119:142
As
you
sent
me
into
the
world,
even
so
I
have
sent
them
into
the
world.
For
their
sakes
I
sanctify
myself,
that
they
themselves
also
may
be
sanctified
in
truth.
“Not
for
these
only
do
I pray,
but
for
those
also
who
will
believe
in
me
through
their
word,
that
they
may
all
be
one;
even
as
you,
Father,
are
in
me,
and
I
in
you,
that
they
also
may
be
one
in
us;
that
the
world
may
believe
that
you
sent
me.
The
glory
which
you
have
given
me,
I
have
given
to
them,
that
they
may
be
one,
even
as
we
are
one,
I
in
them,
and
you
in
me,
that
they
may
be
perfected
into
one,
that
the
world
may
know
that
you
sent
me
and
loved
them,
even
as
you
loved
me.
Father,
I
desire
that
they
also
whom
you
have
given
me
be
with
me
where
I
am,
that
they
may
see
my
glory
which
you
have
given
me,
for
you
loved
me
before
the
foundation
of
the
world.
Righteous
Father,
the
world
hasn’t
known
you,
but
I
knew
you;
and
these
knew
that
you
sent
me.
I
made
known
to
them
your
name,
and
will
make
it
known;
that
the
love
with
which
you
loved
me
may
be
in
them,
and
I
in
them.”
When
Jesus
had
spoken
these
words,
he
went
out
with
his
disciples
over
the brook
Kidron,
where
there
was
a
garden,
into
which
he
and
his
disciples
entered.
Now
Judas,
who
betrayed
him,
also
knew
the
place,
for
Jesus
often
met
there
with
his
disciples.
Judas
then,
having
taken
a detachment
of soldiers
and
officers
from
the
chief
priests
and
the
Pharisees,
came
there
with
lanterns,
torches,
and
weapons.
Jesus
therefore,
knowing
all
the
things
that
were happening
to
him,
went
out
and
said
to
them,
“Who
are
you
looking
for?”
They
answered
him, “Jesus
of
Nazareth.”
Jesus
said
to
them,
“I
am
he.”
Judas
also,
who
betrayed
him,
was
standing
with
them.
When
therefore
he
said
to
them,
“I
am
he,”
they
went backward
and
fell
to
the
ground.
Again
therefore
he
asked
them,
“Who
are
you
looking
for?”
They
said, “Jesus
of
Nazareth.”
Jesus
answered,
“I
told
you
that
I
am
he.
If
therefore
you
seek
me,
let
these
go
their
way,”
that
the
word
might
be
fulfilled
which
he
spoke,
“Of
those
whom
you
have
given
me,
I
have
lost
none.”
18:9
John 6:39
Simon
Peter
therefore,
having
a
sword,
drew
it,
struck
the
high
priest’s
servant,
and
cut
off
his
right
ear.
The servant’s
name
was
Malchus.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
Peter,
“Put
the
sword
into
its
sheath.
The
cup
which
the
Father
has
given
me,
shall
I
not
surely
drink
it?”
So
the detachment,
the commanding
officer,
and
the
officers
of
the
Jews
seized
Jesus
and
bound
him,
and
led
him
to
Annas
first,
for
he
was
father-in-law
to
Caiaphas,
who
was
high
priest
that
year.
Now
it
was
Caiaphas
who
advised
the
Jews
that
it
was expedient
that
one
man should perish
for
the
people.
Simon
Peter
followed
Jesus,
as
did
another
disciple.
Now
that
disciple
was
known
to
the
high
priest,
and
entered
in
with
Jesus
into
the
court
of
the
high
priest;
but
Peter
was
standing
at
the
door
outside.
So
the
other
disciple,
who
was
known
to
the
high
priest,
went
out
and
spoke
to
her
who
kept
the
door,
and
brought
in
Peter.
Then
the maid
who
kept
the
door
said
to
Peter, “Are
you
also
one
of
this
man’s
disciples?”
He
said, “I
am
not.”
Now
the
servants
and
the
officers
were
standing
there,
having
made
a
fire
of coals,
for
it
was
cold.
They
were
warming
themselves.
Peter
was
with
them,
standing
and
warming
himself.
The
high
priest
therefore
asked
Jesus
about
his
disciples
and
about
his
teaching.
Jesus
answered
him,
“I
spoke
openly
to
the
world.
I
always
taught
in
synagogues
and
in
the
temple,
where
the
Jews
always
meet.
I
said
nothing
in
secret.
Why
do
you
ask
me?
Ask
those
who
have
heard
me
what
I
said
to
them.
Behold,
they
know
the
things
which
I
said.”
When
he
had
said
this,
one
of
the
officers
standing
by slapped
Jesus
with
his
hand,
saying, “Do
you
answer
the
high
priest
like
that?”
Jesus
answered
him,
“If
I
have
spoken
evil,
testify
of
the
evil;
but
if
well,
why
do
you
beat
me?”
Annas
sent
him
bound
to
Caiaphas,
the
high
priest.
Now
Simon
Peter
was
standing
and
warming
himself.
They
said
therefore
to
him, “You
aren’t
also
one
of
his
disciples,
are
you?”
He
denied
it
and
said, “I
am
not.”
One
of
the
servants
of
the
high
priest,
being
a
relative
of
him
whose
ear
Peter
had
cut
off,
said, “Didn’t
I
see
you
in
the
garden
with
him?”
Peter
therefore
denied
it
again,
and
immediately
the
rooster
crowed.
They
led
Jesus
therefore
from
Caiaphas
into
the
Praetorium.
It
was
early,
and
they
themselves
didn’t
enter
into
the
Praetorium,
that
they
might
not
be
defiled,
but
might
eat
the
Passover.
Pilate
therefore
went
out
to
them
and
said, “What
accusation
do
you
bring
against
this
man?”
They
answered
him, “If
this
man weren’t
an
evildoer,
we wouldn’t
have
delivered
him
up
to
you.”
Pilate
therefore
said
to
them, “Take
him
yourselves,
and
judge
him
according
to
your
law.”
Therefore
the
Jews
said
to
him, “It
is illegal
for
us
to
put
anyone
to
death,”
that
the
word
of
Jesus might
be
fulfilled,
which
he
spoke,
signifying
by
what
kind
of
death
he
should
die.
Pilate
therefore
entered
again
into
the
Praetorium,
called
Jesus,
and
said
to
him, “Are
you
the
King
of
the
Jews?”
Jesus
answered
him,
“Do
you
say
this
by
yourself,
or
did
others
tell
you
about
me?”
Pilate
answered, “I’m
not
a
Jew,
am
I?
Your own
nation
and
the
chief
priests
delivered
you
to
me.
What
have
you
done?”
Jesus
answered,
“My
Kingdom
is
not
of
this
world.
If
my
Kingdom
were
of
this
world,
then
my
servants
would
fight,
that
I wouldn’t
be
delivered
to
the
Jews.
But
now
my
Kingdom
is
not
from
here.”
Pilate
therefore
said
to
him, “Are
you
a
king
then?”
Jesus
answered,
“You
say
that
I
am
a
king.
For
this
reason
I
have
been
born,
and
for
this
reason
I
have
come
into
the
world,
that
I
should
testify
to
the
truth.
Everyone
who
is
of
the
truth
listens
to
my
voice.”
Pilate
said
to
him, “What
is
truth?”
When
he
had
said
this,
he
went
out
again
to
the
Jews,
and
said
to
them, “I
find
no
basis
for
a
charge
against
him.
But
you
have
a
custom
that
I
should
release
someone
to
you
at
the
Passover.
Therefore,
do
you
want
me
to
release
to
you
the
King
of
the
Jews?”
Then
they
all shouted
again,
saying, “Not
this
man,
but
Barabbas!”
Now
Barabbas
was
a
robber.
So
Pilate
then
took
Jesus
and flogged
him.
The
soldiers
twisted
thorns into
a
crown
and
put
it
on
his
head,
and
dressed
him
in
a
purple
garment.
They kept
saying, “Hail,
King
of
the
Jews!”
and
they kept slapping
him.
Then
Pilate
went
out
again,
and
said
to
them, “Behold,
I
bring
him
out
to
you,
that
you
may
know
that
I
find
no
basis
for
a
charge
against
him.”
Jesus
therefore
came
out,
wearing
the
crown
of
thorns
and
the
purple
garment.
Pilate
said
to
them, “Behold,
the
man!”
When
therefore
the
chief
priests
and
the
officers
saw
him,
they shouted,
saying, “Crucify!
Crucify!”
Pilate
said
to
them, “Take
him
yourselves
and
crucify
him,
for
I
find
no
basis
for
a
charge
against
him.”
The
Jews
answered
him, “We
have
a
law,
and
by
our
law
he
ought
to
die,
because
he
made
himself
the
Son
of
God.”
When
therefore
Pilate
heard
this
saying,
he
was
more
afraid.
He
entered
into
the
Praetorium
again,
and
said
to
Jesus, “Where
are
you
from?”
But
Jesus
gave
him
no
answer.
Pilate
therefore
said
to
him, “Aren’t
you
speaking
to
me?
Don’t
you
know
that
I
have
power
to
release
you
and
have
power
to
crucify
you?”
Jesus
answered,
“You
would
have
no
power
at
all
against
me,
unless
it
were
given
to
you
from
above.
Therefore
he
who
delivered
me
to
you
has
greater
sin.”
At
this,
Pilate
was
seeking
to
release
him,
but
the
Jews
cried
out,
saying, “If
you
release
this
man,
you
aren’t
Caesar’s
friend!
Everyone
who
makes
himself
a
king
speaks
against
Caesar!”
When
Pilate
therefore
heard
these
words,
he
brought
Jesus
out
and
sat
down
on
the
judgment
seat
at
a
place
called “The
Pavement”,
but
in
Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”
Now
it
was
the
Preparation
Day
of
the
Passover,
at
about
the
sixth
hour.
19:14
“the sixth hour” would have been 6:00 a.m. according to the Roman timekeeping system, or noon for the Jewish timekeeping system in use, then.
He
said
to
the
Jews, “Behold,
your
King!”
They
cried
out, “Away
with
him!
Away
with
him!
Crucify
him!”
Pilate
said
to
them, “Shall
I
crucify
your
King?”
The
chief
priests
answered, “We
have
no
king
but
Caesar!”
So
then
he
delivered
him
to
them
to
be
crucified.
So
they
took
Jesus
and led
him away.
He
went
out,
bearing
his
cross,
to
the
place
called “The
Place
of
a
Skull”,
which
is
called
in
Hebrew, “Golgotha”,
where
they
crucified
him,
and
with
him
two
others,
on
either
side
one,
and
Jesus
in
the
middle.
Pilate
wrote
a title
also,
and
put
it
on
the
cross.
There
was
written, “JESUS
OF
NAZARETH,
THE
KING
OF
THE
JEWS.”
Therefore
many
of
the
Jews
read
this title,
for
the
place
where
Jesus
was
crucified
was
near
the
city;
and
it
was
written
in
Hebrew,
in
Latin,
and
in
Greek.
The
chief
priests
of
the
Jews
therefore
said
to
Pilate, “Don’t
write, ‘The
King
of
the
Jews,’
but, ‘he
said, “I
am
King
of
the
Jews.”’”
Pilate
answered, “What
I
have
written,
I
have
written.”
Then
the
soldiers,
when
they
had
crucified
Jesus,
took
his
garments
and
made
four
parts,
to
every
soldier
a
part;
and
also
the
tunic.
Now
the
tunic
was
without seam,
woven
from
the
top
throughout.
Then
they
said
to
one
another, “Let’s
not
tear
it,
but
cast
lots
for
it
to decide
whose
it
will
be,”
that
the
Scripture
might
be
fulfilled,
which
says,
“They parted
my
garments
among
them.
They
cast
lots
for
my
clothing.”
19:24
Psalm 22:18
Therefore
the
soldiers
did
these
things.
But
standing
by
Jesus’
cross
were
his
mother,
his
mother’s
sister,
Mary
the wife
of
Clopas,
and
Mary
Magdalene.
Therefore
when
Jesus
saw
his
mother,
and
the
disciple
whom
he
loved
standing
there,
he
said
to
his
mother,
“Woman,
behold,
your
son!”
Then
he
said
to
the
disciple,
“Behold,
your
mother!”
From
that
hour,
the
disciple
took
her
to
his
own
home.
After
this,
Jesus,
seeing
19:28
NU, TR read “knowing” instead of “seeing”
that
all
things
were
now
finished,
that
the
Scripture
might
be
fulfilled,
said,
“I
am
thirsty!”
Now
a
vessel
full
of vinegar
was
set there;
so
they
put
a
sponge
full
of
the vinegar
on
hyssop,
and held
it
at
his
mouth.
When
Jesus
therefore
had
received
the vinegar,
he
said,
“It
is
finished!”
Then
he
bowed
his
head
and
gave
up
his
spirit.
Therefore
the
Jews,
because
it
was
the
Preparation
Day,
so
that
the
bodies wouldn’t
remain
on
the
cross
on
the
Sabbath (for
that
Sabbath
was
a special
one),
asked
of
Pilate
that
their
legs
might
be
broken
and
that
they
might
be
taken
away.
Therefore
the
soldiers
came
and
broke
the
legs
of
the
first
and
of
the
other
who
was
crucified
with
him;
but
when
they
came
to
Jesus
and
saw
that
he
was
already
dead,
they
didn’t
break
his
legs.
However,
one
of
the
soldiers
pierced
his
side
with
a
spear,
and
immediately
blood
and
water
came
out.
He
who
has
seen
has
testified,
and
his
testimony
is
true.
He
knows
that
he tells
the
truth,
that
you
may
believe.
For
these
things
happened
that
the
Scripture might
be
fulfilled, “A
bone
of
him
will
not
be
broken.”
19:36
Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20
Again
another
Scripture
says, “They
will
look
on
him
whom
they
pierced.”
19:37
Zechariah 12:10
After
these
things,
Joseph
of Arimathaea,
being
a
disciple
of
Jesus,
but
secretly
for
fear
of
the
Jews,
asked
of
Pilate
that
he
might
take
away
Jesus’
body.
Pilate
gave
him
permission.
He
came
therefore
and
took
away
his
body.
Nicodemus,
who
at
first
came
to
Jesus
by
night,
also
came
bringing
a
mixture
of
myrrh
and
aloes,
about
a
hundred Roman
pounds.
19:39
100 Roman pounds of 12 ounces each, or about 72 pounds, or 33 Kilograms.
So
they
took
Jesus’
body,
and
bound
it
in
linen cloths
with
the
spices,
as
the
custom
of
the
Jews
is
to bury.
Now
in
the
place
where
he
was
crucified
there
was
a
garden.
In
the
garden
was
a
new
tomb
in
which
no
man
had ever
yet
been
laid.
Then,
because
of
the Jews’
Preparation
Day (for
the
tomb
was
near
at hand),
they
laid
Jesus
there.
Now
on
the
first
day
of
the
week,
Mary
Magdalene
went
early,
while
it
was
still
dark,
to
the
tomb,
and
saw
that
the
stone
had
been
taken
away
from
the
tomb.
Therefore
she
ran
and
came
to
Simon
Peter
and
to
the
other
disciple
whom
Jesus
loved,
and
said
to
them, “They
have
taken
away
the
Lord
out
of
the
tomb,
and
we
don’t
know
where
they
have
laid
him!”
Therefore
Peter
and
the
other
disciple
went
out,
and
they
went
toward
the
tomb.
They
both
ran
together.
The
other
disciple outran
Peter
and
came
to
the
tomb
first.
Stooping
and
looking
in,
he
saw
the
linen cloths
lying there;
yet
he
didn’t
enter
in.
Then
Simon
Peter
came,
following
him,
and
entered
into
the
tomb.
He
saw
the
linen cloths
lying,
and
the
cloth
that
had
been
on
his
head,
not
lying
with
the
linen cloths,
but
rolled
up
in
a
place
by
itself.
So
then
the
other
disciple
who
came
first
to
the
tomb
also
entered
in,
and
he
saw
and
believed.
For
as
yet
they didn’t
know
the
Scripture,
that
he
must
rise
from
the
dead.
So
the
disciples
went
away
again
to
their
own homes.
But
Mary
was
standing
outside
at
the
tomb
weeping.
So
as
she
wept,
she
stooped
and
looked
into
the
tomb,
and she
saw
two
angels
in
white
sitting,
one
at
the
head
and
one
at
the
feet,
where
the
body
of
Jesus
had
lain.
They
asked
her, “Woman,
why
are
you
weeping?”
She
said
to
them, “Because
they
have
taken
away
my
Lord,
and
I
don’t
know
where
they
have
laid
him.”
When
she
had
said
this,
she
turned
around
and
saw
Jesus
standing,
and
didn’t
know
that
it
was
Jesus.
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Woman,
why
are
you
weeping?
Who
are
you
looking
for?”
She,
supposing
him
to
be
the
gardener,
said
to
him, “Sir,
if
you
have
carried
him
away,
tell
me
where
you
have
laid
him,
and
I
will
take
him
away.”
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Mary.”
She
turned
and
said
to
him, “Rabboni!”
20:16
Rabboni is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.”
which
is
to
say, “Teacher!”
20:16
or, Master
Jesus
said
to
her,
“Don’t hold
me,
for
I
haven’t
yet
ascended
to
my
Father;
but
go
to
my
brothers
and
tell
them, ‘I
am
ascending
to
my
Father
and
your
Father,
to
my
God
and
your
God.’”
Mary
Magdalene
came
and
told
the
disciples
that
she
had
seen
the
Lord,
and
that
he
had
said
these
things
to
her.
When
therefore
it
was
evening
on
that
day,
the
first
day
of
the
week,
and
when
the
doors
were
locked
where
the
disciples
were assembled,
for
fear
of
the
Jews,
Jesus
came
and
stood
in
the
middle
and
said
to
them,
“Peace
be
to
you.”
When
he
had
said
this,
he
showed
them
his
hands
and
his
side.
The
disciples
therefore
were
glad
when
they
saw
the
Lord.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them
again,
“Peace
be
to
you.
As
the
Father
has
sent
me,
even
so
I
send
you.”
When
he
had
said
this,
he
breathed
on
them,
and
said
to
them,
“Receive
the
Holy
Spirit!
If
you
forgive
anyone’s
sins,
they
have
been
forgiven
them.
If
you
retain
anyone’s
sins,
they
have
been
retained.”
But
Thomas,
one
of
the
twelve,
called
Didymus,
20:24
or, Twin
wasn’t
with
them
when
Jesus
came.
The
other
disciples
therefore
said
to
him, “We
have
seen
the
Lord!”
But
he
said
to
them, “Unless
I
see
in
his
hands
the print
of
the
nails,
put
my
finger
into
the print
of
the
nails,
and
put
my
hand
into
his
side,
I
will
not
believe.”
After
eight
days,
again
his
disciples
were
inside
and
Thomas
was
with
them.
Jesus
came,
the
doors
being
locked,
and
stood
in
the
middle,
and
said,
“Peace
be
to
you.”
Then
he
said
to
Thomas,
“Reach
here
your
finger,
and
see
my
hands.
Reach
here
your
hand,
and
put
it
into
my
side.
Don’t
be
unbelieving,
but
believing.”
Thomas
answered
him, “My
Lord
and
my
God!”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Because
you
have
seen
me,
20:29
TR adds “Thomas,”
you
have
believed.
Blessed
are
those
who
have
not
seen
and
have
believed.”
Therefore
Jesus
did
many
other
signs
in
the
presence
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
these
things,
Jesus
revealed
himself
again
to
the
disciples
at
the
sea
of
Tiberias.
He
revealed
himself
this
way.
Simon
Peter,
Thomas
called
Didymus,
21:2
or, Twin
Nathanael
of
Cana
in
Galilee,
and
the sons
of
Zebedee,
and
two
others
of
his
disciples
were
together.
Simon
Peter
said
to
them, “I’m
going
fishing.”
They
told
him, “We
are
also
coming
with
you.”
They immediately
went
out
and
entered
into
the
boat.
That
night,
they
caught
nothing.
But
when day
had
already
come,
Jesus
stood
on
the
beach;
yet
the
disciples
didn’t
know
that
it
was
Jesus.
Jesus
therefore
said
to
them,
“Children,
have
you
anything
to eat?”
They
answered
him, “No.”
He
said
to
them,
“Cast
the
net
on
the
right
side
of
the
boat,
and
you
will
find
some.”
They
cast
it
therefore,
and
now
they weren’t
able
to
draw
it
in
for
the
multitude
of
fish.
That
disciple
therefore
whom
Jesus
loved
said
to
Peter, “It’s
the
Lord!”
So
when
Simon
Peter
heard
that
it
was
the
Lord,
he wrapped
his coat around
himself (for
he
was
naked),
and
threw
himself
into
the
sea.
But
the
other
disciples
came
in
the
little
boat (for
they
were
not
far
from
the
land,
but
about
two
hundred
cubits
21:8
200 cubits is about 100 yards or about 91 meters
away),
dragging
the
net full
of
fish.
So
when
they
got out
on
the
land,
they
saw
a
fire
of coals there,
with
fish
and
bread
laid
on
it.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Bring
some
of
the
fish
which
you
have
just
caught.”
Simon
Peter
went
up,
and
drew
the
net
to
land,
full
of
one
hundred
fifty-three
great
fish.
Even
though
there
were
so
many,
the
net
wasn’t
torn.
Jesus
said
to
them,
“Come
and eat
breakfast!”
None
of
the
disciples
dared
inquire
of
him, “Who
are
you?”
knowing
that
it
was
the
Lord.
Then
Jesus
came
and
took
the
bread,
gave
it
to
them,
and
the
fish
likewise.
This
is
now
the
third
time
that
Jesus
was
revealed
to
his
disciples
after
he
had
risen
from
the
dead.
So
when
they
had eaten
their
breakfast,
Jesus
said
to
Simon
Peter,
“Simon, son
of Jonah,
do
you
love
me
more
than
these?”
He
said
to
him, “Yes,
Lord;
you
know
that
I
have affection
for
you.”
He
said
to
him,
“Feed
my
lambs.”
He
said
to
him
again
a
second
time,
“Simon, son
of Jonah,
do
you
love
me?”
He
said
to
him, “Yes,
Lord;
you
know
that
I
have affection
for
you.”
He
said
to
him,
“Tend
my
sheep.”
He
said
to
him
the
third
time,
“Simon, son
of Jonah,
do
you
have affection
for
me?”
Peter
was
grieved
because
he
asked
him
the
third
time,
“Do
you
have affection
for
me?”
He
said
to
him, “Lord,
you
know
everything.
You
know
that
I
have affection
for
you.”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“Feed
my
sheep.
Most
certainly
I
tell
you,
when
you
were
young,
you dressed
yourself
and
walked
where
you
wanted
to.
But
when
you
are
old,
you
will
stretch
out
your
hands,
and
another
will dress
you
and
carry
you
where
you
don’t
want
to go.”
Now
he
said
this,
signifying
by
what
kind
of
death
he
would
glorify
God.
When
he
had
said
this,
he
said
to
him,
“Follow
me.”
Then
Peter,
turning
around,
saw
a
disciple
following.
This
was
the
disciple
whom
Jesus
loved,
the
one
who
had
also
leaned
on
Jesus’
breast
at
the
supper
and
asked, “Lord,
who
is going
to
betray
you?”
Peter,
seeing
him,
said
to
Jesus, “Lord,
what
about
this
man?”
Jesus
said
to
him,
“If
I
desire
that
he
stay
until
I
come,
what
is
that
to
you?
You
follow
me.”
This
saying
therefore
went
out
among
the
brothers
21:23
The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
that
this
disciple wouldn’t
die.
Yet
Jesus
didn’t
say
to
him
that
he wouldn’t
die,
but,
“If
I
desire
that
he
stay
until
I
come,
what
is
that
to
you?”
This
is
the
disciple
who
testifies
about
these
things,
and
wrote
these
things.
We
know
that
his
witness
is
true.
There
are
also
many
other
things
which
Jesus
did,
which
if
they
would
all
be
written,
I
suppose
that
even
the
world
itself wouldn’t
have
room
for
the
books
that
would
be
written.
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Acts
The Acts of the Apostles
Acts
Acts
The Acts of the Apostles
The
first book
I wrote,
Theophilus, concerned
all
that
Jesus
began
both
to
do
and
to
teach,
until
the
day
in
which
he
was
received
up,
after
he
had
given commandment
through
the
Holy
Spirit
to
the
apostles
whom
he
had
chosen.
To
these
he
also showed
himself
alive
after
he
suffered,
by
many
proofs,
appearing
to
them
over
a
period
of
forty
days
and
speaking
about
God’s
Kingdom.
Being assembled
together
with
them,
he
commanded
them,
“Don’t depart
from
Jerusalem,
but
wait
for
the
promise
of
the
Father,
which
you
heard
from
me.
For
John
indeed
baptized
in
water,
but
you
will
be
baptized
in
the
Holy
Spirit
not
many
days
from
now.”
Therefore,
when
they
had
come
together,
they
asked
him, “Lord,
are
you
now
restoring
the
kingdom
to
Israel?”
He
said
to
them,
“It
isn’t
for
you
to
know
times
or
seasons
which
the
Father
has
set
within
his
own
authority.
But
you
will
receive
power
when
the
Holy
Spirit
has
come
upon
you.
You
will
be
witnesses
to
me
in
Jerusalem,
in
all
Judea
and
Samaria,
and
to
the uttermost parts
of
the
earth.”
When
he
had
said
these
things,
as
they
were
looking,
he
was taken
up,
and
a
cloud
received
him
out
of
their
sight.
While
they
were
looking steadfastly
into
the
sky
as
he
went,
behold,
1:10
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
two
men
stood
by
them
in
white
clothing,
who
also
said, “You
men
of
Galilee,
why
do
you
stand
looking
into
the
sky?
This
Jesus,
who
was
received
up
from
you
into
the
sky,
will
come
back
in
the
same
way
as
you
saw
him
going
into
the
sky.”
Then
they
returned
to
Jerusalem
from
the
mountain
called
Olivet,
which
is
near
Jerusalem,
a
Sabbath
day’s
journey
away.
When
they
had
come
in,
they
went
up
into
the
upper
room
where
they
were
staying,
that
is
Peter,
John,
James,
Andrew,
Philip,
Thomas,
Bartholomew,
Matthew,
James
the son
of Alphaeus,
Simon
the Zealot,
and
Judas
the son
of
James.
All
these
with
one
accord
continued steadfastly
in
prayer
and supplication,
along
with
the
women
and
Mary
the
mother
of
Jesus,
and
with
his
brothers.
In
these
days,
Peter
stood
up
in
the
middle
of
the
disciples (and
the
number
of
names
was
about
one
hundred
twenty),
and
said,
“Brothers,
it
was
necessary
that
this
Scripture
should
be
fulfilled,
which
the
Holy
Spirit spoke
before
by
the
mouth
of
David
concerning
Judas,
who
was
guide
to
those
who
took
Jesus.
For
he
was
counted
with
us,
and
received
his
portion
in
this
ministry.
Now
this
man obtained
a
field
with
the
reward
for
his
wickedness;
and
falling
headlong,
his body
burst
open
and
all
his
intestines gushed
out.
It
became
known
to
everyone
who
lived
in
Jerusalem
that
in
their
language
that
field
was
called ‘Akeldama,’
that
is, ‘The
field
of
blood.’
For
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
Psalms,
‘Let
his habitation
be
made
desolate.
Let
no
one
dwell
in
it;’
1:20
Psalm 69:25
and,
‘Let
another
take
his
office.’
1:20
Psalm 109:8
“Of
the
men
therefore
who
have
accompanied
us
all
the
time
that
the
Lord
Jesus
went
in
and
out
among
us,
beginning
from
the
baptism
of
John
to
the
day
that
he
was
received
up
from us,
of
these
one
must
become
a
witness
with us
of
his
resurrection.”
They
put
forward
two:
Joseph
called
Barsabbas,
who
was
also
called
Justus,
and
Matthias.
They
prayed
and
said, “You,
Lord,
who
know
the
hearts
of
all
men,
show
which
one
of
these
two
you
have
chosen
to
take part
in
this
ministry
and
apostleship
from
which
Judas fell
away,
that
he
might
go
to
his
own
place.”
They
drew
lots
for
them,
and
the
lot
fell
on
Matthias;
and
he
was counted
with
the
eleven
apostles.
Now
when
the
day
of
Pentecost
had
come,
they
were
all
with
one accord
in
one
place.
Suddenly
there
came
from
the
sky
a sound
like
the
rushing
of
a mighty
wind,
and
it
filled
all
the
house
where
they
were
sitting.
Tongues
like
fire
appeared
and
were distributed
to
them,
and
one
sat
on
each
of
them.
They
were
all
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit
and
began
to
speak
with
other
languages,
as
the
Spirit
gave
them
the ability
to
speak.
Now
there
were
dwelling
in
Jerusalem
Jews,
devout
men,
from
every
nation
under
the
sky.
When
this
sound
was
heard,
the
multitude
came
together
and
were
bewildered,
because
everyone
heard
them
speaking
in
his
own
language.
They
were
all
amazed
and
marveled,
saying
to
one another, “Behold,
aren’t
all
these
who
speak
Galileans?
How
do
we
hear,
everyone
in
our
own
native
language?
Parthians,
Medes,
Elamites,
and
people
from
Mesopotamia,
Judea,
Cappadocia,
Pontus,
Asia,
Phrygia,
Pamphylia,
Egypt,
the
parts
of
Libya
around
Cyrene,
visitors
from
Rome,
both
Jews
and
proselytes,
Cretans
and Arabians—we
hear
them
speaking
in
our
languages
the
mighty works
of
God!”
They
were
all
amazed
and
were
perplexed,
saying
to
one
another, “What
does
this
mean?”
Others, mocking,
said, “They
are filled
with new
wine.”
But
Peter,
standing
up
with
the
eleven,
lifted
up
his
voice
and spoke
out
to
them, “You
men
of
Judea
and
all
you
who
dwell
at
Jerusalem,
let
this
be
known
to
you,
and listen
to
my
words.
For
these
aren’t drunken,
as
you
suppose,
seeing
it
is
only
the
third
hour
of
the
day.
2:15
about 9:00 a.m.
But
this
is
what
has
been
spoken
through
the
prophet
Joel:
‘It
will
be
in
the
last
days,
says
God,
that
I
will pour
out
my
Spirit
on
all
flesh.
Your
sons
and
your
daughters
will
prophesy.
Your
young
men
will
see
visions.
Your
old
men
will
dream
dreams.
Yes,
and
on
my
servants
and
on
my handmaidens
in
those
days,
I
will pour
out
my
Spirit,
and
they
will
prophesy.
I
will
show
wonders
in
the
sky
above,
and
signs
on
the
earth beneath:
blood,
and
fire,
and billows
of
smoke.
The
sun
will
be
turned
into
darkness,
and
the
moon
into
blood,
before
the
great
and
glorious
day
of
the
Lord
comes.
It
will
be
that
whoever
will
call
on
the
name
of
the
Lord
will
be
saved.’
2:21
Joel 2:28-32
“Men
of
Israel,
hear
these
words!
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
a
man approved
by
God
to
you
by
mighty works
and
wonders
and
signs
which
God
did
by
him
among
you,
even
as
you
yourselves
know,
him, being
delivered up
by
the
determined
counsel
and
foreknowledge
of
God,
you
have taken
by
the
hand
of
lawless
men, crucified
and
killed;
whom
God
raised
up, having freed
him
from
the
agony
of
death,
because
it
was
not
possible
that
he
should
be
held
by
it.
For
David
says concerning
him,
‘I
saw
the
Lord
always
before
my face,
for
he
is
on
my
right
hand,
that
I
should
not
be moved.
Therefore
my
heart
was
glad,
and
my
tongue
rejoiced.
Moreover
my
flesh
also
will dwell
in
hope,
because
you
will
not
leave
my
soul
in
Hades,
2:27
or, Hell
neither
will
you
allow
your
Holy
One
to
see
decay.
You
made
known
to
me
the
ways
of
life.
You
will
make
me
full
of
gladness
with
your
presence.’
2:28
Psalm 16:8-11
“Brothers,
I
may
tell
you freely
of
the
patriarch
David,
that
he
both
died
and
was
buried,
and
his
tomb
is
with
us
to
this
day.
Therefore,
being
a
prophet,
and
knowing
that
God
had
sworn
with
an
oath
to
him
that
of
the
fruit
of
his body, according
to
the flesh,
he
would raise up
the
Christ
2:30
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
to
sit
on
his
throne,
he foreseeing
this,
spoke
about
the
resurrection
of
the
Christ,
that
his soul wasn’t
left
in
Hades,
2:31
or, Hell
and
his
flesh didn’t
see
decay.
This
Jesus
God
raised
up,
to
which
we
all
are
witnesses.
Being
therefore
exalted
by
the
right
hand
of
God,
and
having
received
from
the
Father
the
promise
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
he
has poured out
this
which
you
now
see
and
hear.
For
David
didn’t
ascend
into
the
heavens,
but
he
says
himself,
‘The
Lord
said
to
my
Lord, “Sit
by
my
right
hand
until
I
make
your
enemies
a
footstool for
your
feet.”’
2:35
Psalm 110:1
“Let
all
the
house
of
Israel
therefore
know
certainly
that
God
has
made
him
both
Lord
and
Christ,
this
Jesus
whom
you
crucified.”
Now
when
they
heard
this,
they
were cut
to
the
heart,
and
said
to
Peter
and
the
rest
of
the
apostles, “Brothers,
what
shall
we
do?”
Peter
said
to
them, “Repent
and
be
baptized,
every
one
of
you,
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
for
the
forgiveness
of
sins,
and
you
will
receive
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
For
the
promise
is
to
you
and
to
your
children,
and
to
all
who
are
far off,
even
as
many
as
the
Lord
our
God
will
call
to
himself.”
With
many
other
words
he
testified
and
exhorted
them,
saying, “Save
yourselves
from
this
crooked
generation!”
Then
those
who gladly
received
his
word
were
baptized.
There
were
added
that
day
about
three
thousand
souls.
They
continued steadfastly
in
the
apostles’
teaching
and
fellowship,
in
the
breaking
of
bread,
and
prayer.
Fear
came
on
every
soul,
and
many
wonders
and
signs
were
done
through
the
apostles.
All
who
believed
were
together,
and
had
all
things
in
common.
They
sold
their
possessions
and goods,
and distributed
them
to
all, according
as
anyone
had
need.
Day
by
day,
continuing steadfastly
with
one
accord
in
the
temple,
and
breaking
bread
at
home,
they took
their
food
with
gladness
and singleness
of
heart,
praising
God
and
having
favor
with
all
the
people.
The
Lord
added
to
the assembly
day
by
day
those
who
were
being
saved.
Peter
and
John
were
going
up
into
the
temple
at
the
hour
of
prayer,
the ninth
hour.
3:1
3:00 p.m.
A
certain
man
who
was
lame
from
his
mother’s
womb
was
being
carried,
whom
they
laid
daily
at
the
door
of
the
temple
which
is
called
Beautiful,
to
ask
gifts
for
the needy
of
those
who
entered
into
the
temple.
Seeing
Peter
and
John
about
to
go
into
the
temple,
he
asked
to
receive
gifts
for
the needy.
Peter, fastening
his eyes
on
him,
with
John,
said, “Look
at
us.”
He listened
to
them,
expecting
to
receive
something
from
them.
But
Peter
said, “I
have
no
silver
or
gold,
but
what
I
have,
that
I
give
you.
In
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Nazareth,
get
up
and
walk!”
He took
him
by
the
right
hand
and
raised
him
up.
Immediately
his
feet
and
his ankle bones received strength.
Leaping
up,
he
stood
and began
to
walk.
He
entered
with
them
into
the
temple,
walking,
leaping,
and
praising
God.
All
the
people
saw
him
walking
and
praising
God.
They
recognized
him,
that
it
was
he
who used
to
sit begging
for
gifts
for
the needy
at
the
Beautiful
Gate
of
the
temple.
They
were
filled
with
wonder
and
amazement
at
what
had
happened
to
him.
As
the lame man
who
was healed
held
on
to
Peter
and
John,
all
the
people
ran
together
to
them
in
the porch
that
is
called
Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
When
Peter
saw
it,
he
responded
to
the
people, “You
men
of
Israel,
why
do
you
marvel
at
this
man?
Why
do
you fasten
your eyes
on
us,
as
though
by
our
own
power
or
godliness
we
had
made
him
walk?
The
God
of
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob,
the
God
of
our
fathers,
has
glorified
his
Servant
Jesus,
whom
you
delivered
up
and
denied
in
the
presence
of
Pilate,
when
he
had
determined
to
release
him.
But
you
denied
the
Holy
and
Righteous
One
and
asked
for
a
murderer
to
be
granted
to
you,
and
killed
the
Prince
of
life,
whom
God
raised
from
the
dead,
to
which
we
are
witnesses.
By
faith
in
his
name,
his
name
has made
this
man strong,
whom
you
see
and
know. Yes,
the
faith
which
is
through
him
has
given
him
this
perfect soundness
in
the
presence
of
you
all.
“Now,
brothers,
3:17
The word for “brothers” here may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
I
know
that
you
did
this
in
ignorance,
as
did
also
your
rulers.
But
the
things
which
God
announced
by
the
mouth
of
all
his
prophets,
that
Christ
should
suffer,
he
thus
fulfilled.
“Repent
therefore,
and
turn
again,
that
your
sins
may
be blotted
out,
so
that
there
may
come
times
of
refreshing
from
the
presence
of
the
Lord,
and
that
he
may
send
Christ
Jesus,
who
was ordained
for
you
before,
whom
heaven
must
receive
until
the
times
of
restoration
of
all
things,
which
God
spoke
long
ago
by
the
mouth
of
his
holy
prophets.
For
Moses
indeed
said
to
the fathers, ‘The
Lord
God
will
raise
up
a
prophet
for
you
from
among
your
brothers,
like
me.
You
shall
listen
to
him
in
all
things
whatever
he
says
to
you.
It
will
be
that
every
soul
that
will
not
listen
to
that
prophet
will
be
utterly
destroyed
from
among
the
people.’
3:23
Deuteronomy 18:15,18-19
Yes,
and
all
the
prophets
from
Samuel
and
those
who followed
after,
as
many
as
have
spoken,
also
told
of
these
days.
You
are
the
children
of
the
prophets,
and
of
the
covenant
which
God
made
with
our
fathers,
saying
to
Abraham, ‘All
the
families
of
the
earth
will
be
blessed
through
your offspring.’
3:25
or, seed
3:25
Genesis 22:18; 26:4
God, having
raised
up
his
servant
Jesus,
sent
him
to
you
first
to
bless
you,
in
turning
away
every
one
of
you
from
your
wickedness.”
As
they
spoke
to
the
people,
the
priests
and
the
captain
of
the
temple
and
the
Sadducees
came
to
them,
being upset
because
they
taught
the
people
and
proclaimed
in
Jesus
the
resurrection
from
the
dead.
They
laid
hands
on
them,
and
put
them
in custody
until
the
next
day,
for
it
was
now
evening.
But
many
of
those
who
heard
the
word
believed,
and
the
number
of
the
men
came
to
be
about
five
thousand.
In
the morning,
their
rulers,
elders,
and
scribes
were
gathered
together
in
Jerusalem.
Annas
the
high
priest
was
there,
with
Caiaphas,
John,
Alexander,
and
as
many
as
were relatives
of
the
high
priest.
When
they
had
stood
Peter
and
John
in
the
middle
of
them,
they
inquired, “By
what
power,
or
in
what
name,
have
you
done
this?”
Then
Peter,
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
said
to
them, “You
rulers
of
the
people
and
elders
of
Israel,
if
we
are
examined
today
concerning
a good deed
done
to
a crippled
man,
by
what
means
this
man
has been healed,
may
it
be
known
to
you
all,
and
to
all
the
people
of
Israel,
that
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Nazareth,
whom
you
crucified,
whom
God
raised
from
the
dead,
this
man
stands
here
before
you
whole
in
him.
He
is ‘the
stone
which
was regarded
as worthless
by
you,
the
builders,
which
has
become
the
head
of
the
corner.’
4:11
Psalm 118:22
There
is
salvation
in
no
one
else,
for
there
is
no
other
name
under
heaven
that
is
given
among
men,
by
which
we
must
be
saved!”
Now
when
they
saw
the
boldness
of
Peter
and
John,
and
had
perceived
that
they
were unlearned
and ignorant
men,
they
marveled.
They
recognized
that
they
had
been
with
Jesus.
Seeing
the
man
who
was
healed
standing
with
them,
they
could
say
nothing
against
it.
But
when
they
had
commanded
them
to
go aside
out
of
the
council,
they conferred
among
themselves,
saying, “What
shall
we
do
to
these
men?
Because
indeed
a notable
miracle
has
been
done
through
them,
as
can
be plainly seen
by
all
who
dwell
in
Jerusalem,
and
we
can’t
deny
it.
But
so
that
this spreads
no
further
among
the
people, let’s threaten
them,
that
from
now
on
they
don’t
speak
to
anyone
in
this
name.”
They
called
them,
and
commanded
them
not
to
speak
at
all
nor
teach
in
the
name
of
Jesus.
But
Peter
and
John
answered
them, “Whether
it
is
right
in
the
sight
of
God
to
listen
to
you
rather
than
to
God,
judge
for
yourselves,
for
we
can’t help
telling
the
things
which
we
saw
and
heard.”
When
they
had
further
threatened
them,
they
let
them
go,
finding
no
way
to
punish
them,
because
of
the
people;
for
everyone
glorified
God
for
that
which
was
done.
For
the
man
on
whom
this
miracle
of
healing
was
performed
was
more
than
forty
years old.
Being
let
go,
they
came
to
their
own company
and
reported
all
that
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
had
said
to
them.
When
they
heard
it,
they
lifted
up
their
voice
to
God
with
one
accord
and
said, “O
Lord,
you
are
God,
who
made
the
heaven,
the
earth,
the
sea,
and
all
that
is
in
them;
who
by
the
mouth
of
your
servant
David,
said,
‘Why
do
the
nations
rage,
and
the
peoples
plot
a
vain
thing?
The
kings
of
the
earth take
a
stand,
and
the
rulers plot
together,
against
the
Lord,
and
against
his
Christ.’
4:26
Christ (Greek) and Messiah (Hebrew) both mean Anointed One.
4:26
Psalm 2:1-2
“For
truly,
4:27
nu adds “in this city,”
both
Herod
and
Pontius
Pilate,
with
the
Gentiles
and
the
people
of
Israel,
were
gathered
together
against
your
holy
servant
Jesus,
whom
you
anointed,
to
do
whatever
your
hand
and
your
counsel foreordained
to
happen.
Now,
Lord, look
at
their
threats,
and
grant
to
your
servants
to
speak
your
word
with
all
boldness,
while
you
stretch
out
your
hand
to
heal;
and
that
signs
and
wonders
may
be
done
through
the
name
of
your
holy
Servant
Jesus.”
When
they
had
prayed,
the
place
was
shaken
where
they
were
gathered
together.
They
were
all
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit,
and
they
spoke
the
word
of
God
with
boldness.
The
multitude
of
those
who
believed
were
of
one
heart
and
soul.
Not
one
of
them
claimed
that
anything
of
the
things
which
he possessed
was
his
own,
but
they
had
all
things
in
common.
With
great
power,
the
apostles
gave
their
testimony
of
the
resurrection
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
Great
grace
was
on
them
all.
For
neither
was
there
among
them
any
who lacked,
for
as
many
as
were
owners
of
lands
or
houses
sold
them,
and
brought
the
proceeds
of
the
things
that
were
sold,
and
laid
them
at
the
apostles’
feet;
and distribution
was
made
to
each, according
as
anyone
had
need.
Joses,
who
by
the
apostles
was
also
called
Barnabas (which
is,
being interpreted,
Son
of
Encouragement),
a
Levite,
a
man
of
Cyprus
by
race,
having
a
field,
sold
it
and
brought
the
money
and
laid
it
at
the
apostles’
feet.
But
a
certain
man
named
Ananias,
with
Sapphira
his
wife,
sold
a possession,
and
kept
back
part
of
the
price,
his
wife
also
being
aware
of
it,
then
brought
a
certain
part
and
laid
it
at
the
apostles’
feet.
But
Peter
said, “Ananias,
why
has
Satan
filled
your
heart
to
lie
to
the
Holy
Spirit
and
to
keep
back part
of
the
price
of
the
land?
While
you
kept
it,
didn’t
it
remain
your own?
After
it
was
sold,
wasn’t
it
in
your
power?
How
is
it
that
you
have
conceived
this
thing
in
your
heart?
You haven’t
lied
to
men,
but
to
God.”
Ananias,
hearing
these
words,
fell
down
and
died.
Great
fear
came
on
all
who
heard
these
things.
The
young
men
arose
and
wrapped
him
up,
and
they
carried
him
out
and
buried
him.
About
three
hours later,
his
wife,
not
knowing
what
had
happened,
came
in.
Peter
answered
her, “Tell
me
whether
you
sold
the
land
for
so
much.”
She
said, “Yes,
for
so
much.”
But
Peter
asked
her, “How
is
it
that
you
have
agreed
together
to
tempt
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord?
Behold,
the
feet
of
those
who
have
buried
your
husband
are
at
the
door,
and
they
will
carry
you
out.”
She
fell
down
immediately
at
his
feet
and
died.
The
young
men
came
in
and
found
her
dead,
and
they
carried
her
out
and
buried
her
by
her
husband.
Great
fear
came
on
the
whole
assembly,
and
on
all
who
heard
these
things.
By
the
hands
of
the
apostles
many
signs
and
wonders
were
done
among
the
people.
They
were
all
with
one
accord
in
Solomon’s porch.
None
of
the
rest
dared
to
join
them;
however,
the
people honored
them.
More
believers
were
added
to
the
Lord,
multitudes
of
both
men
and
women.
They
even
carried
out
the
sick
into
the
streets
and
laid
them
on cots
and mattresses,
so
that
as
Peter
came
by,
at
least
his
shadow
might
overshadow
some
of
them.
The
multitude
also
came
together
from
the
cities
around
Jerusalem,
bringing
sick
people
and
those
who
were tormented
by
unclean
spirits;
and
they
were
all
healed.
But
the
high
priest
rose
up,
and
all
those
who
were
with
him (which
is
the
sect
of
the
Sadducees),
and
they
were
filled
with
jealousy
and
laid
hands
on
the
apostles,
then
put
them
in
public custody.
But
an
angel
of
the
Lord
opened
the
prison
doors
by
night,
and
brought
them
out
and
said,
“Go
stand
and
speak
in
the
temple
to
the
people
all
the
words
of
this
life.”
When
they
heard
this,
they
entered
into
the
temple
about
daybreak
and
taught.
But
the
high
priest
and
those
who
were
with
him
came
and
called
the
council
together,
with
all
the
senate
of
the children
of
Israel,
and
sent
to
the
prison
to
have
them
brought.
But
the
officers
who
came
didn’t
find
them
in
the
prison.
They
returned
and
reported,
“We
found
the
prison
shut
and
locked,
and
the
guards
standing
before
the
doors,
but
when
we
opened
them,
we
found
no
one
inside!”
Now
when
the
high
priest,
the
captain
of
the
temple,
and
the
chief
priests
heard
these
words,
they
were
very
perplexed
about
them
and
what
might
become
of
this.
One
came
and
told
them, “Behold,
the
men
whom
you
put
in
prison
are
in
the
temple,
standing
and
teaching
the
people.”
Then
the
captain
went
with
the
officers,
and
brought
them
without
violence,
for
they
were
afraid
that
the
people might
stone
them.
When
they
had
brought
them,
they
set
them
before
the
council.
The
high
priest
questioned
them,
saying, “Didn’t
we strictly
command
you
not
to
teach
in
this
name?
Behold,
you
have
filled
Jerusalem
with
your
teaching,
and
intend
to
bring
this
man’s
blood
on
us.”
But
Peter
and
the
apostles
answered, “We
must
obey
God
rather
than
men.
The
God
of
our
fathers
raised
up
Jesus,
whom
you killed,
hanging
him
on
a
tree.
God
exalted
him
with
his
right
hand
to
be
a
Prince
and
a
Savior,
to
give
repentance
to
Israel,
and remission
of
sins.
We
are
his
witnesses
of
these
things;
and
so
also
is
the
Holy
Spirit,
whom
God
has
given
to
those
who
obey
him.”
But
they,
when
they
heard
this,
were
cut
to
the heart,
and
were determined
to
kill
them.
But
one
stood
up
in
the
council,
a
Pharisee
named
Gamaliel,
a
teacher
of
the
law, honored
by
all
the
people,
and
commanded
to
put
the apostles
out
for
a
little
while.
He
said
to
them, “You
men
of
Israel,
be
careful
concerning
these
men,
what
you
are
about
to
do.
For
before
these
days
Theudas
rose
up, making
himself
out
to
be
somebody;
to
whom
a
number
of
men,
about
four
hundred,
joined
themselves.
He
was
slain;
and
all,
as
many
as obeyed
him,
were
dispersed
and
came
to
nothing.
After
this
man,
Judas
of
Galilee
rose
up
in
the
days
of
the enrollment,
and
drew
away
some
people
after
him.
He
also
perished,
and
all,
as
many
as obeyed
him,
were
scattered
abroad.
Now
I
tell
you, withdraw
from
these
men
and
leave
them
alone.
For
if
this
counsel
or
this
work
is
of
men,
it
will
be
overthrown.
But
if
it
is
of
God,
you
will
not
be
able
to
overthrow
it,
and
you
would
be
found
even
to
be
fighting
against
God!”
They agreed
with
him.
Summoning
the
apostles,
they
beat
them
and
commanded
them
not
to
speak
in
the
name
of
Jesus,
and
let
them
go.
They
therefore
departed
from
the
presence
of
the
council,
rejoicing
that
they
were counted
worthy
to suffer
dishonor
for Jesus’
name.
Every
day,
in
the
temple
and
at
home,
they
never
stopped
teaching
and
preaching
Jesus,
the
Christ.
Now
in
those
days,
when
the
number
of
the
disciples
was
multiplying,
a
complaint
arose
from
the Hellenists
6:1
The Hellenists used Greek language and culture, even though they were also of Hebrew descent.
against
the
Hebrews,
because
their
widows
were neglected
in
the
daily
service.
The
twelve
summoned
the
multitude
of
the
disciples
and
said, “It
is
not appropriate
for
us
to forsake
the
word
of
God
and
serve
tables.
Therefore, select
from
among
you,
brothers,
seven
men
of
good report,
full
of
the Holy
Spirit
and
of
wisdom,
whom
we
may
appoint
over
this business.
But
we
will
continue steadfastly
in
prayer
and
in
the
ministry
of
the
word.”
These
words
pleased
the
whole
multitude.
They
chose
Stephen,
a
man
full
of
faith
and
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
Philip,
Prochorus,
Nicanor,
Timon,
Parmenas,
and Nicolaus,
a
proselyte
of
Antioch,
whom
they
set
before
the
apostles.
When
they
had
prayed,
they
laid
their
hands
on
them.
The
word
of
God
increased
and
the
number
of
the
disciples
greatly
multiplied
in
Jerusalem.
A
great company
of
the
priests
were
obedient
to
the
faith.
Stephen,
full
of faith
and
power,
performed
great
wonders
and
signs
among
the
people.
But
some
of
those
who
were
of
the
synagogue
called “The Libertines”,
and
of
the
Cyrenians,
of
the
Alexandrians,
and
of
those
of
Cilicia
and
Asia
arose, disputing
with
Stephen.
They weren’t
able
to withstand
the
wisdom
and
the
Spirit
by
which
he
spoke.
Then
they
secretly
induced
men
to
say, “We
have
heard
him
speak
blasphemous
words
against
Moses
and
God.”
They
stirred
up
the
people,
the
elders,
and
the
scribes,
and
came
against
him
and
seized
him,
then
brought
him
in
to
the
council,
and
set up
false
witnesses
who
said, “This
man
never stops
speaking blasphemous
words
against
this
holy
place
and
the
law.
For
we
have
heard
him
say
that
this
Jesus
of
Nazareth
will
destroy
this
place,
and
will
change
the
customs
which
Moses
delivered
to
us.”
All
who
sat
in
the
council, fastening
their eyes
on
him,
saw
his
face
like
it
was
the
face
of
an
angel.
The
high
priest
said, “Are
these
things
so?”
He
said, “Brothers
and
fathers,
listen.
The
God
of
glory
appeared
to
our
father
Abraham
when
he
was
in
Mesopotamia,
before
he
lived
in
Haran,
and
said
to
him, ‘Get
out
of
your
land
and
away
from
your
relatives,
and
come
into
a
land
which
I
will
show
you.’
7:3
Genesis 12:1
Then
he
came
out
of
the
land
of
the Chaldaeans
and
lived
in
Haran.
From
there,
when
his
father
was
dead,
God moved
him
into
this
land
where
you
are
now
living.
He
gave
him
no
inheritance
in
it,
no,
not
so much
as
to set
his
foot
on.
He
promised
that
he
would
give
it
to
him
for
a
possession,
and
to
his offspring
after
him,
when
he still
had
no
child.
God
spoke
in
this
way:
that
his offspring
would live
as
aliens
in
a strange
land,
and
that
they
would
be
enslaved
and
mistreated
for
four
hundred
years.
‘I
will
judge
the
nation
to
which
they
will
be
in
bondage,’
said
God, ‘and
after
that
they
will
come
out
and
serve
me
in
this
place.’
7:7
Genesis 15:13-14
He
gave
him
the
covenant
of
circumcision.
So
Abraham
became
the
father
of
Isaac,
and
circumcised
him
the
eighth
day.
Isaac
became
the
father
of
Jacob,
and
Jacob
became
the
father
of
the
twelve
patriarchs.
“The
patriarchs, moved
with jealousy
against
Joseph,
sold
him
into
Egypt.
God
was
with
him
and delivered
him
out
of
all
his
afflictions,
and
gave
him
favor
and
wisdom
before
Pharaoh,
king
of
Egypt.
He
made
him
governor
over
Egypt
and
all
his
house.
Now
a
famine
came
over
all
the land
of
Egypt
and
Canaan,
and
great
affliction.
Our
fathers
found
no
food.
But
when
Jacob
heard
that
there
was
grain
in
Egypt,
he
sent
out
our
fathers
the
first
time.
On
the
second
time
Joseph
was
made
known
to
his
brothers,
and
Joseph’s
family
was
revealed
to
Pharaoh.
Joseph
sent
and summoned
Jacob
his
father
and
all
his
relatives, seventy-five
souls.
Jacob
went
down
into
Egypt
and
he
died,
himself
and
our
fathers;
and
they
were
brought
back
to
Shechem
and
laid
in
the
tomb
that
Abraham bought
for
a
price
in
silver
from
the children
of
Hamor
of
Shechem.
“But
as
the
time
of
the
promise
came
close
which
God
had sworn
to
Abraham,
the
people
grew
and
multiplied
in
Egypt,
until
there
arose
a
different
king
who
didn’t
know
Joseph.
The
same
took
advantage
of
our
race
and
mistreated
our
fathers,
and forced
them
to abandon
their
babies,
so
that
they wouldn’t stay alive.
At
that
time
Moses
was
born,
and
was exceedingly handsome
to
God.
He
was nourished
three
months
in
his
father’s
house.
When
he
was abandoned,
Pharaoh’s
daughter
took
him
up
and reared
him
as
her
own
son.
Moses
was instructed
in
all
the
wisdom
of
the
Egyptians.
He
was
mighty
in
his
words
and
works.
But
when
he
was
forty years old,
it
came
into
his
heart
to
visit
his
brothers,
7:23
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
the children
of
Israel.
Seeing
one
of
them
suffer
wrong,
he defended
him
and
avenged
him
who
was
oppressed,
striking
the
Egyptian.
He
supposed
that
his
brothers
understood
that
God,
by
his
hand,
was
giving
them
deliverance;
but
they
didn’t
understand.
“The
day following,
he
appeared
to
them
as
they fought,
and urged
them
to
be
at
peace
again,
saying, ‘Sirs,
you
are
brothers.
Why
do
you
wrong
one
another?’
But
he
who
did
his
neighbor
wrong
pushed
him
away,
saying, ‘Who
made
you
a
ruler
and
a
judge
over
us?
Do
you
want
to
kill
me
as
you
killed
the
Egyptian
yesterday?’
7:28
Exodus 2:14
Moses
fled
at
this
saying,
and
became
a stranger
in
the
land
of
Midian,
where
he
became
the
father
of
two
sons.
“When
forty
years
were
fulfilled,
an
angel
of
the Lord
appeared
to
him
in
the
wilderness
of
Mount
Sinai,
in
a
flame
of
fire
in
a
bush.
When
Moses
saw
it,
he
wondered
at
the
sight.
As
he
came close
to
see,
the
voice
of
the
Lord
came
to
him,
‘I
am
the
God
of
your
fathers:
the
God
of
Abraham,
the
God
of
Isaac,
and
the
God
of
Jacob.’
7:32
Exodus 3:6
Moses trembled
and
dared
not
look.
The
Lord
said
to
him, ‘Take
off
your
sandals,
for
the
place
where
you
stand
is
holy
ground.
I
have surely
seen
the affliction
of
my
people
who
are
in
Egypt,
and
have
heard
their
groaning.
I
have
come
down
to deliver
them.
Now
come,
I
will
send
you
into
Egypt.’
7:34
Exodus 3:5,7-8,10
“This
Moses
whom
they
refused,
saying, ‘Who
made
you
a
ruler
and
a
judge?’—God
has
sent
him
as
both
a
ruler
and
a
deliverer
by
the
hand
of
the
angel
who
appeared
to
him
in
the
bush.
This
man
led
them
out,
having
worked
wonders
and
signs
in
Egypt,
in
the
Red
Sea,
and
in
the
wilderness
for
forty
years.
This
is
that
Moses
who
said
to
the children
of
Israel, ‘The
Lord
our
God
will
raise
up
a
prophet
for
you
from
among
your
brothers,
like
me.’
7:37
TR adds “You shall listen to him.”
7:37
Deuteronomy 18:15
This
is
he
who
was
in
the
assembly
in
the
wilderness
with
the
angel
that
spoke
to
him
on
Mount
Sinai,
and
with
our
fathers,
who
received
living revelations
to
give
to
us,
to
whom
our
fathers wouldn’t
be
obedient,
but
rejected
him
and
turned
back
in
their
hearts
to
Egypt,
saying
to
Aaron, ‘Make
us
gods
that
will
go
before
us,
for
as
for
this
Moses
who
led
us
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt,
we
don’t
know
what
has
become
of
him.’
7:40
Exodus 32:1
They
made
a
calf
in
those
days,
and
brought
a
sacrifice
to
the
idol,
and rejoiced
in
the
works
of
their
hands.
But
God
turned
away
and
gave
them
up
to
serve
the
army
of
the
sky,
7:42
This idiom could also be translated “host of heaven”, or “angelic beings”, or “heavenly bodies.”
as
it
is
written
in
the
book
of
the
prophets,
‘Did
you
offer
to
me slain animals
and
sacrifices
forty
years
in
the
wilderness, O
house
of
Israel?
You
took
up
the
tabernacle
of
Moloch,
the
star
of
your
god
Rephan,
the figures
which
you
made
to
worship,
so
I
will
carry
you away
7:43
Amos 5:25-27
beyond
Babylon.’
“Our
fathers
had
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony
in
the
wilderness,
even
as
he
who
spoke
to
Moses
commanded
him
to
make
it
according
to
the
pattern
that
he
had
seen;
which
also
our
fathers,
in
their
turn,
brought
in
with
Joshua
when
they entered
into
the
possession
of
the
nations
whom
God
drove
out
before
the
face
of
our
fathers
to
the
days
of
David,
who
found
favor
in
the
sight
of
God,
and
asked
to
find
a habitation
for
the
God
of
Jacob.
But
Solomon
built
him
a
house.
However,
the
Most
High
doesn’t
dwell
in temples
made
with
hands,
as
the
prophet
says,
‘heaven
is
my
throne,
and
the
earth
a
footstool
for
my
feet.
What
kind
of
house
will
you
build
me?’
says
the
Lord.
‘Or
what
is
the
place
of
my
rest?
Didn’t
my
hand
make
all
these
things?’
7:50
Isaiah 66:1-2
“You
stiff-necked
and
uncircumcised
in
heart
and
ears,
you
always resist
the
Holy
Spirit!
As
your
fathers did,
so
you
do.
Which
of
the
prophets
didn’t
your
fathers
persecute?
They
killed
those
who
foretold
the
coming
of
the
Righteous
One,
of
whom
you
have
now
become
betrayers
and
murderers.
You
received
the
law
as
it
was
ordained
by
angels,
and
didn’t
keep
it!”
Now
when
they
heard
these
things,
they
were
cut
to
the
heart,
and
they gnashed
at
him
with
their
teeth.
But
he,
being
full
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
looked
up steadfastly
into
heaven
and
saw
the
glory
of
God,
and
Jesus
standing
on
the
right
hand
of
God,
and
said, “Behold,
I
see
the
heavens
opened
and
the
Son
of
Man
standing
at
the
right
hand
of
God!”
But
they
cried
out
with
a
loud
voice
and stopped
their
ears,
then
rushed
at
him
with
one
accord.
They
threw
him
out
of
the
city
and
stoned
him.
The
witnesses placed
their
garments
at
the
feet
of
a
young
man
named
Saul.
They
stoned
Stephen
as
he
called out,
saying, “Lord
Jesus,
receive
my
spirit!”
He kneeled
down
and
cried
with
a
loud
voice, “Lord,
don’t
hold
this
sin
against
them!”
When
he
had
said
this,
he
fell
asleep.
Saul
was consenting
to
his
death.
A
great
persecution
arose
against
the
assembly
which
was
in
Jerusalem
in
that
day.
They
were
all
scattered abroad
throughout
the
regions
of
Judea
and
Samaria,
except
for
the
apostles.
Devout
men
buried
Stephen
and lamented
greatly
over
him.
But
Saul ravaged
the
assembly,
entering
into
every
house
and
dragged
both
men
and
women
off
to
prison.
Therefore
those
who
were
scattered abroad
went around
preaching
the
word.
Philip
went
down
to
the
city
of
Samaria
and
proclaimed
to
them
the
Christ.
The
multitudes
listened
with
one
accord
to
the
things
that
were
spoken
by
Philip
when
they
heard
and
saw
the
signs
which
he
did.
For
unclean
spirits
came
out
of
many
of
those
who
had
them.
They
came
out,
crying
with
a
loud
voice.
Many
who
had
been
paralyzed
and
lame
were
healed.
There
was
great
joy
in
that
city.
But
there
was
a
certain
man,
Simon
by
name,
who used
to practice sorcery
in
the
city
and
amazed
the
people
of
Samaria, making
himself
out
to
be
some
great
one,
to
whom
they
all listened,
from
the
least
to
the
greatest,
saying, “This
man
is
that
great
power
of
God.”
They listened
to
him
because
for
a
long
time
he
had
amazed
them
with
his sorceries.
But
when
they
believed
Philip
preaching
good
news
concerning
God’s
Kingdom
and
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ,
they
were
baptized,
both
men
and
women.
Simon
himself
also
believed.
Being
baptized,
he
continued
with
Philip.
Seeing
signs
and
great
miracles occurring,
he
was
amazed.
Now
when
the
apostles
who
were
at
Jerusalem
heard
that
Samaria
had
received
the
word
of
God,
they
sent
Peter
and
John
to
them,
who,
when
they
had
come
down,
prayed
for
them,
that
they might
receive
the
Holy
Spirit;
for
as
yet
he
had
fallen
on
none
of
them.
They
had
only
been
baptized
in
the
name
of
Christ
Jesus.
Then
they
laid
their
hands
on
them,
and
they
received
the
Holy
Spirit.
Now
when
Simon
saw
that
the Holy
Spirit
was
given
through
the
laying
on
of
the
apostles’
hands,
he
offered
them
money,
saying, “Give
me
also
this
power,
that
whomever
I
lay
my
hands
on
may
receive
the
Holy
Spirit.”
But
Peter
said
to
him, “May
your
silver
perish
with
you,
because
you
thought
you could
obtain
the
gift
of
God
with
money!
You
have
neither
part
nor
lot
in
this
matter,
for
your
heart
isn’t
right
before
God.
Repent
therefore
of
this,
your
wickedness,
and
ask God
if
perhaps
the thought
of
your
heart
may
be
forgiven
you.
For
I
see
that
you
are
in
the poison
of
bitterness
and
in
the
bondage
of
iniquity.”
Simon
answered, “Pray
for
me
to
the
Lord,
that none
of
the
things
which
you
have
spoken
happen
to
me.”
They
therefore,
when
they
had
testified
and
spoken
the
word
of
the
Lord,
returned
to
Jerusalem,
and
preached
the
Good
News
to
many
villages
of
the
Samaritans.
Then
an
angel
of
the
Lord
spoke
to
Philip,
saying, “Arise,
and
go
toward
the
south
to
the
way
that
goes
down
from
Jerusalem
to
Gaza.
This
is
a
desert.”
He
arose
and
went;
and
behold,
there
was
a
man
of Ethiopia,
a
eunuch
of
great authority
under
Candace,
queen
of
the
Ethiopians,
who
was
over
all
her
treasure,
who
had
come
to
Jerusalem
to
worship.
He
was
returning
and
sitting
in
his
chariot,
and
was
reading
the
prophet
Isaiah.
The
Spirit
said
to
Philip, “Go
near,
and
join yourself
to
this
chariot.”
Philip
ran
to
him,
and
heard
him
reading
Isaiah
the
prophet,
and
said, “Do
you
understand
what
you
are
reading?”
He
said, “How
can
I,
unless
someone explains
it
to
me?”
He
begged
Philip
to
come
up
and
sit
with
him.
Now
the
passage
of
the
Scripture
which
he
was
reading
was
this,
“He
was
led
as
a
sheep
to
the
slaughter.
As
a
lamb
before
his
shearer
is
silent,
so
he
doesn’t
open
his
mouth.
In
his
humiliation,
his
judgment
was
taken
away.
Who
will
declare
His
generation?
For
his
life
is
taken
from
the
earth.”
8:33
Isaiah 53:7,8
The
eunuch
answered
Philip, “Who
is
the
prophet
talking
about?
About
himself,
or
about
someone
else?”
Philip
opened
his
mouth,
and
beginning
from
this
Scripture,
preached
to
him
about
Jesus.
As
they
went
on
the
way,
they
came
to
some
water;
and
the
eunuch
said, “Behold,
here
is
water.
What
is keeping
me
from being
baptized?”
8:37
TR adds
Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” He answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
He
commanded
the
chariot
to
stand
still,
and
they
both
went
down
into
the
water,
both
Philip
and
the
eunuch,
and
he
baptized
him.
When
they
came
up
out
of
the
water,
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
caught
Philip
away,
and
the
eunuch
didn’t
see
him
any
more,
for
he
went
on
his
way
rejoicing.
But
Philip
was
found
at
Azotus.
Passing
through,
he
preached
the
Good
News
to
all
the
cities
until
he
came
to
Caesarea.
But
Saul,
still
breathing
threats
and slaughter
against
the
disciples
of
the
Lord,
went
to
the
high
priest
and
asked
for
letters
from
him
to
the
synagogues
of
Damascus,
that
if
he
found
any
who
were
of
the
Way,
whether
men
or
women,
he
might
bring
them
bound
to
Jerusalem.
As
he traveled,
he
got
close
to
Damascus,
and
suddenly
a
light
from
the
sky shone
around
him.
He
fell
on
the
earth,
and
heard
a
voice
saying
to
him,
“Saul,
Saul,
why
do
you
persecute
me?”
He
said, “Who
are
you,
Lord?”
The
Lord
said,
“I
am
Jesus,
whom
you
are
persecuting.
9:5
TR adds “It’s hard for you to kick against the cattle prods.”
But
9:6
TR omits “But”
rise
up
and
enter
into
the
city,
then
you
will
be
told
what
you
must
do.”
The
men
who
traveled
with
him
stood speechless,
hearing
the
sound,
but
seeing
no
one.
Saul arose
from
the
ground,
and
when
his
eyes
were
opened,
he
saw
no
one.
They
led
him
by
the
hand
and
brought
him
into
Damascus.
He
was
without
sight
for
three
days,
and
neither
ate
nor
drank.
Now
there
was
a
certain
disciple
at
Damascus
named
Ananias.
The
Lord
said
to
him
in
a
vision,
“Ananias!”
He
said, “Behold, it’s
me,
Lord.”
The
Lord
said
to
him,
“Arise
and
go
to
the
street
which
is
called
Straight,
and
inquire
in
the
house
of
Judah
9:11
or, Judas
for
one
named
Saul,
a man
of
Tarsus.
For
behold,
he
is
praying,
and
in
a
vision
he
has
seen
a
man
named
Ananias
coming
in
and
laying
his
hands
on
him,
that
he
might
receive
his
sight.”
But
Ananias
answered, “Lord,
I
have
heard
from
many
about
this
man,
how
much
evil
he
did
to
your
saints
at
Jerusalem.
Here
he
has
authority
from
the
chief
priests
to
bind
all
who
call
on
your
name.”
But
the
Lord
said
to
him,
“Go
your
way,
for
he
is
my
chosen
vessel
to
bear
my
name
before
the
nations
and
kings,
and
the children
of
Israel.
For
I
will
show
him
how
many
things
he
must
suffer
for my
name’s
sake.”
Ananias
departed
and
entered
into
the
house.
Laying
his
hands
on
him,
he
said, “Brother
Saul,
the
Lord,
who
appeared
to
you
on
the
road
by
which
you
came,
has
sent
me
that
you
may
receive
your
sight
and
be
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit.”
Immediately
something
like
scales
fell
from
his
eyes,
and
he
received
his
sight.
He
arose
and
was
baptized.
He
took
food
and
was
strengthened.
Saul stayed
several
days
with
the
disciples
who
were
at
Damascus.
Immediately
in
the
synagogues
he
proclaimed
the Christ,
that
he
is
the
Son
of
God.
All
who
heard
him
were
amazed,
and
said, “Isn’t
this
he
who
in
Jerusalem
made havoc
of
those
who
called
on
this
name?
And
he
had
come
here intending
to
bring
them
bound
before
the
chief
priests!”
But
Saul increased
more
in
strength,
and confounded
the
Jews
who
lived
at
Damascus,
proving
that
this
is
the
Christ.
When
many
days
were
fulfilled,
the
Jews conspired
together
to
kill
him,
but
their
plot
became
known
to
Saul.
They
watched
the
gates
both
day
and
night
that
they
might
kill
him,
but
his
disciples
took
him
by
night
and
let
him
down
through
the
wall, lowering
him
in
a
basket.
When
Saul
had
come
to
Jerusalem,
he
tried
to
join
himself
to
the
disciples;
but
they
were
all
afraid
of
him,
not
believing
that
he
was
a
disciple.
But
Barnabas
took
him
and
brought
him
to
the
apostles,
and
declared
to
them
how
he
had
seen
the
Lord
on
the
way,
and
that
he
had
spoken
to
him,
and
how
at
Damascus
he
had preached
boldly
in
the
name
of
Jesus.
He
was
with
them
entering
into
9:28
TR and NU add “and going out”
Jerusalem,
preaching boldly
in
the name
of
the Lord
Jesus.
9:29
TR and NU omit “Jesus” and reverse the order of verses 28 & 29.
He
spoke
and disputed
against
the Hellenists,
9:29
The Hellenists were Hebrews who used Greek language and culture.
but
they
were seeking
to
kill
him.
When
the
brothers
9:30
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
knew
it,
they
brought
him
down
to
Caesarea
and
sent
him
off
to
Tarsus.
So
the
assemblies
throughout
all
Judea,
Galilee,
and
Samaria
had
peace
and
were
built
up.
They
were
multiplied,
walking
in
the
fear
of
the
Lord
and
in
the
comfort
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
As
Peter
went
throughout
all
those parts,
he
came
down
also
to
the
saints
who
lived
at
Lydda.
There
he
found
a
certain
man
named
Aeneas,
who
had
been bedridden
for
eight
years
because
he
was
paralyzed.
Peter
said
to
him, “Aeneas,
Jesus
Christ
heals
you.
Get
up
and
make
your
bed!”
Immediately
he
arose.
All
who
lived
at
Lydda
and
in
Sharon
saw
him,
and
they
turned
to
the
Lord.
Now
there
was
at
Joppa
a
certain
disciple
named
Tabitha,
which
when
translated
means
Dorcas.
9:36
“Dorcas” is Greek for “Gazelle.”
This
woman
was
full
of
good
works
and
acts
of mercy
which
she
did.
In
those
days,
she
became
sick
and
died.
When
they
had
washed
her,
they
laid
her
in
an
upper
room.
As
Lydda
was
near
Joppa,
the
disciples,
hearing
that
Peter
was
there,
sent
two
men
9:38
Reading from NU, TR; MT omits “two men”
to
him,
imploring
him
not
to
delay
in
coming
to
them.
Peter
got
up
and
went
with
them.
When
he
had
come,
they
brought
him
into
the
upper
room.
All
the
widows
stood
by
him
weeping,
and
showing
the
tunics
and
other
garments
which
Dorcas
had
made
while
she
was
with
them.
Peter
sent
them
all
out,
and knelt
down
and
prayed.
Turning
to
the
body,
he
said, “Tabitha,
get
up!”
She
opened
her
eyes,
and
when
she
saw
Peter,
she
sat
up.
He
gave
her
his
hand
and
raised
her
up.
Calling
the
saints
and
widows,
he
presented
her
alive.
This
became
known
throughout
all
Joppa,
and
many
believed
in
the
Lord.
He
stayed
many
days
in
Joppa
with
a
tanner
named
Simon.
Now
there
was
a
certain
man
in
Caesarea,
Cornelius
by
name,
a
centurion
of
what
was
called
the
Italian Regiment,
a
devout
man,
and
one
who
feared
God
with
all
his
house,
who
gave
gifts
for
the needy generously
to
the
people,
and
always
prayed
to
God.
At
about
the ninth
hour
of
the
day,
10:3
3:00 p.m.
he
clearly
saw
in
a
vision
an
angel
of
God
coming
to
him
and
saying
to
him, “Cornelius!”
He, fastening
his eyes
on
him
and
being
frightened,
said, “What
is
it,
Lord?”
He
said
to
him, “Your
prayers
and
your
gifts
to
the needy
have
gone
up
for
a
memorial
before
God.
Now
send
men
to
Joppa,
and get
Simon,
who
is
also
called
Peter.
He
is
staying
with
a
tanner
named
Simon,
whose
house
is
by
the seaside.
10:6
TR adds “This one will tell you what it is necessary for you to do.”
When
the
angel
who
spoke
to
him
had
departed,
Cornelius
called
two
of
his
household servants
and
a
devout
soldier
of
those
who waited
on
him
continually.
Having
explained
everything
to
them,
he
sent
them
to
Joppa.
Now
on
the
next
day
as
they
were
on
their journey
and
got
close
to
the
city,
Peter
went
up
on
the
housetop
to
pray
at
about
noon.
He
became
hungry
and
desired
to
eat,
but
while
they
were preparing,
he
fell
into
a
trance.
He
saw
heaven
opened
and
a
certain
container
descending
to
him,
like
a
great
sheet
let
down
by
four
corners
on
the
earth,
in
which
were
all
kinds
of
four-footed
animals
of
the
earth, wild
animals,
reptiles,
and
birds
of
the
sky.
A
voice
came
to
him,
“Rise,
Peter,
kill
and
eat!”
But
Peter
said, “Not
so,
Lord;
for
I
have
never
eaten
anything
that
is
common
or
unclean.”
A
voice came
to
him
again
the
second
time,
“What
God
has
cleansed,
you
must
not call unclean.”
This
was
done
three
times,
and
immediately
the
thing
was
received
up
into
heaven.
Now
while
Peter
was very
perplexed
in
himself
what
the
vision
which
he
had
seen might
mean,
behold,
the
men
who
were
sent
by
Cornelius, having made inquiry
for
Simon’s
house,
stood
before
the
gate,
and
called
and
asked
whether
Simon,
who
was
also
called
Peter,
was
lodging
there.
While
Peter
was pondering
the
vision,
the
Spirit
said
to
him, “Behold, three
10:19
Reading from TR and NU. MT omits “three”
men
seek
you.
But
arise,
get
down,
and
go
with
them,
doubting
nothing;
for
I
have
sent
them.”
Peter
went
down
to
the
men,
and
said, “Behold,
I
am
he
whom
you
seek.
Why
have
you
come?”
They
said, “Cornelius,
a
centurion,
a
righteous
man
and
one
who
fears
God,
and
well
spoken
of
by
all
the
nation
of
the
Jews,
was
directed
by
a
holy
angel
to invite
you
to
his
house,
and
to
listen
to
what
you
say.”
So
he called
them
in
and provided
a place
to stay.
On
the
next
day
Peter
arose
and
went
out
with
them,
and
some
of
the
brothers
from
Joppa
accompanied
him.
On
the
next
day
they
entered
into
Caesarea.
Cornelius
was
waiting
for
them, having
called
together
his
relatives
and
his
near
friends.
When
Peter
entered,
Cornelius
met
him,
fell
down
at
his
feet,
and
worshiped
him.
But
Peter
raised
him
up,
saying, “Stand
up!
I
myself
am
also
a
man.”
As
he
talked
with
him,
he
went
in
and
found
many
gathered
together.
He
said
to
them, “You
yourselves
know
how
it
is
an
unlawful
thing
for
a
man
who
is
a
Jew
to
join
himself
or
come
to
one
of
another nation,
but
God
has
shown
me
that
I shouldn’t
call
any
man
unholy
or
unclean.
Therefore
I
also
came
without
complaint
when
I
was
sent
for.
I
ask
therefore,
why
did
you
send
for
me?”
Cornelius
said, “Four
days
ago,
I
was fasting
until
this
hour;
and
at
the ninth
hour,
10:30
3:00 p.m.
I
prayed
in
my
house,
and
behold,
a
man
stood
before
me
in
bright
clothing
and
said, ‘Cornelius,
your
prayer
is
heard,
and
your
gifts
to
the needy
are
remembered
in
the
sight
of
God.
Send
therefore
to
Joppa
and
summon
Simon,
who
is
also
called
Peter.
He
is
staying
in
the
house
of
a
tanner
named
Simon,
by
the seaside.
When
he
comes,
he
will speak
to
you.’
Therefore
I
sent
to
you
at
once,
and
it
was
good
of
you
to
come.
Now
therefore
we
are
all
here
present
in
the
sight
of
God
to
hear
all
things
that
have
been
commanded
you
by
God.”
Peter
opened
his
mouth
and
said, “Truly
I perceive
that
God
doesn’t
show favoritism;
but
in
every
nation
he
who
fears
him
and works
righteousness
is
acceptable
to
him.
The
word
which
he
sent
to
the children
of
Israel,
preaching
good
news
of
peace
by
Jesus
Christ—he
is
Lord
of
all—
you
yourselves
know
what
happened,
which
was
proclaimed
throughout
all
Judea,
beginning
from
Galilee,
after
the
baptism
which
John
preached;
how
God
anointed
Jesus
of
Nazareth
with
the
Holy
Spirit
and
with
power,
who
went
about
doing
good
and
healing
all
who
were oppressed
by
the
devil,
for
God
was
with
him.
We
are
witnesses
of
everything
he
did
both
in
the
country
of
the
Jews
and
in
Jerusalem;
whom
they
also
10:39
TR omits “also”
killed,
hanging
him
on
a
tree.
God
raised
him
up
the
third
day
and
gave
him
to
be revealed,
not
to
all
the
people,
but
to
witnesses
who
were
chosen
before
by
God,
to
us,
who
ate
and
drank
with
him
after
he
rose
from
the
dead.
He
commanded us
to
preach
to
the
people
and
to
testify
that
this
is
he
who
is
appointed
by
God
as
the
Judge
of
the
living
and
the
dead.
All
the
prophets
testify
about
him,
that
through
his
name
everyone
who
believes
in
him
will
receive remission
of
sins.”
While
Peter
was
still
speaking
these
words,
the
Holy
Spirit
fell
on
all
those
who
heard
the
word.
They
of
the
circumcision
who believed
were
amazed,
as
many
as
came
with
Peter,
because
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Spirit
was
also poured
out
on
the
Gentiles.
For
they
heard
them
speaking
in
other
languages
and magnifying
God.
Then
Peter
answered,
“Can
anyone
forbid
these
people
from being
baptized
with
water?
They
have
received
the
Holy
Spirit
just
like us.”
He
commanded
them
to
be
baptized
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ.
Then
they
asked
him
to
stay
some
days.
Now
the
apostles
and
the
brothers
11:1
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
who
were
in
Judea
heard
that
the
Gentiles
had
also
received
the
word
of
God.
When
Peter
had
come
up
to
Jerusalem,
those
who
were
of
the
circumcision contended
with
him,
saying, “You
went
in
to
uncircumcised
men
and
ate
with
them!”
But
Peter
began,
and
explained
to
them
in
order,
saying,
“I
was
in
the
city
of
Joppa
praying,
and
in
a
trance
I
saw
a
vision:
a
certain
container
descending,
like
it
was
a
great
sheet
let
down
from
heaven
by
four
corners.
It
came
as
far
as
me.
When
I
had
looked
intently
at
it,
I considered,
and
saw
the
four-footed
animals
of
the
earth,
wild
animals, creeping
things,
and
birds
of
the
sky.
I
also
heard
a
voice
saying
to
me,
‘Rise,
Peter,
kill
and
eat!’
But
I
said, ‘Not
so,
Lord,
for
nothing
unholy
or
unclean
has
ever
entered
into
my
mouth.’
But
a
voice
answered
me
the
second
time
out
of
heaven,
‘What
God
has
cleansed,
don’t
you call unclean.’
This
was
done
three
times,
and
all
were
drawn
up
again
into
heaven.
Behold,
immediately
three
men
stood
before
the
house
where
I
was, having
been
sent
from
Caesarea
to
me.
The
Spirit
told
me
to
go
with
them
without discriminating.
These
six
brothers
also
accompanied
me,
and
we
entered
into
the
man’s
house.
He
told
us
how
he
had
seen
the
angel
standing
in
his
house
and
saying
to
him, ‘Send
to
Joppa
and get
Simon,
who
is
called
Peter,
who
will
speak
to
you
words
by
which
you
will
be
saved,
you
and
all
your
house.’
As
I
began
to
speak,
the
Holy
Spirit
fell
on
them,
even
as
on
us
at
the
beginning.
I
remembered
the
word
of
the
Lord,
how
he
said,
‘John
indeed
baptized
in
water,
but
you
will
be
baptized
in
the
Holy
Spirit.’
If
then
God
gave
to
them
the
same
gift
as
us
when
we
believed
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
was
I,
that
I
could withstand
God?”
When
they
heard
these
things,
they held
their peace
and
glorified
God,
saying, “Then
God
has
also
granted
to
the
Gentiles
repentance
to
life!”
They
therefore
who
were
scattered abroad
by
the oppression
that
arose
about
Stephen traveled
as
far
as
Phoenicia,
Cyprus,
and
Antioch,
speaking
the
word
to
no
one
except
to
Jews
only.
But
there
were
some
of
them,
men
of
Cyprus
and
Cyrene,
who,
when
they
had
come
to
Antioch,
spoke
to
the Hellenists,
11:20
A Hellenist is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture.
preaching
the
Lord
Jesus.
The
hand
of
the
Lord
was
with
them,
and
a
great
number
believed
and
turned
to
the
Lord.
The
report
concerning
them
came
to
the
ears
of
the
assembly
which
was
in
Jerusalem.
They
sent
out
Barnabas
to go
as
far
as
Antioch,
who,
when
he
had
come,
and
had
seen
the
grace
of
God,
was
glad.
He
exhorted
them
all,
that
with
purpose
of
heart
they
should
remain near
to
the
Lord.
For
he
was
a
good
man,
and
full
of
the
Holy
Spirit
and
of
faith,
and
many
people
were
added
to
the
Lord.
Barnabas
went
out
to
Tarsus
to
look
for
Saul.
When
he
had
found
him,
he
brought
him
to
Antioch.
For
a
whole
year
they
were
gathered
together
with
the
assembly,
and
taught
many
people.
The
disciples
were
first
called
Christians
in
Antioch.
Now
in
these
days,
prophets
came
down
from
Jerusalem
to
Antioch.
One
of
them
named
Agabus
stood
up
and indicated
by
the
Spirit
that
there should
be
a
great
famine
all
over
the
world,
which
also
happened
in
the days
of
Claudius.
As
any
of
the
disciples
had plenty,
each
determined
to
send
relief
to
the
brothers
who
lived
in
Judea;
which
they
also
did,
sending
it
to
the
elders
by
the
hands
of
Barnabas
and
Saul.
Now
about
that
time,
King
Herod stretched
out
his
hands
to oppress
some
of
the
assembly.
He
killed
James,
the
brother
of
John,
with
the
sword.
When
he
saw
that
it
pleased
the
Jews,
he
proceeded
to seize
Peter
also.
This
was during
the
days
of
unleavened bread.
When
he
had arrested
him,
he
put
him
in
prison
and
delivered
him
to
four
squads
of
four
soldiers
each
to
guard
him,
intending
to
bring
him
out
to
the
people
after
the
Passover.
Peter
therefore
was
kept
in
the
prison,
but constant
prayer
was
made
by
the
assembly
to
God
for
him.
The
same
night
when
Herod
was
about
to
bring
him
out,
Peter
was
sleeping
between
two
soldiers,
bound
with
two
chains.
Guards
in
front
of
the
door
kept
the
prison.
And
behold,
an
angel
of
the
Lord
stood
by
him,
and
a
light
shone
in
the
cell.
He
struck
Peter
on
the
side
and
woke
him
up,
saying, “Stand
up
quickly!”
His
chains fell off
his
hands.
The
angel
said
to
him, “Get
dressed
and
put
on
your
sandals.”
He
did
so.
He
said
to
him, “Put
on
your
cloak
and
follow
me.”
And
he
went
out
and
followed
him.
He
didn’t
know
that
what
was
being
done
by
the
angel
was
real,
but
thought
he
saw
a
vision.
When
they
were past
the
first
and
the
second
guard,
they
came
to
the
iron
gate
that
leads
into
the
city,
which
opened
to
them
by
itself.
They
went
out
and
went down
one
street,
and
immediately
the
angel
departed
from
him.
When
Peter
had
come
to
himself,
he
said, “Now
I
truly
know
that
the
Lord
has
sent
out
his
angel
and delivered
me
out
of
the
hand
of
Herod,
and
from
everything
the
Jewish
people
were
expecting.”
Thinking
about
that,
he
came
to
the
house
of
Mary,
the
mother
of
John
who
was
called
Mark,
where
many
were
gathered
together
and
were
praying.
When
Peter
knocked
at
the
door
of
the
gate,
a servant girl
named
Rhoda
came
to
answer.
When she
recognized
Peter’s
voice, she
didn’t
open
the
gate
for
joy,
but
ran
in
and
reported
that
Peter
was
standing
in
front
of
the
gate.
They
said
to
her, “You
are crazy!”
But
she insisted
that
it
was
so.
They
said, “It
is
his
angel.”
But
Peter
continued
knocking.
When
they
had
opened,
they
saw
him
and
were
amazed.
But
he, beckoning
to
them
with
his
hand
to
be
silent,
declared
to
them
how
the
Lord
had
brought
him
out
of
the
prison.
He
said, “Tell
these
things
to
James
and
to
the
brothers.”
Then
he
departed
and
went
to
another
place.
Now
as
soon
as
it
was
day,
there
was
no
small stir
among
the
soldiers
about
what
had
become
of
Peter.
When
Herod
had
sought
for
him
and
didn’t
find
him,
he
examined
the
guards,
then
commanded
that
they
should
be put
to death.
He
went
down
from
Judea
to
Caesarea,
and
stayed
there.
Now
Herod
was
very
angry
with
the
people
of
Tyre
and
Sidon.
They
came
with
one
accord
to
him
and,
having made
Blastus,
the
king’s personal aide,
their friend,
they
asked
for
peace,
because
their
country depended
on
the
king’s
country
for food.
On
an
appointed
day,
Herod dressed
himself
in
royal
clothing,
sat
on
the throne,
and gave
a speech
to
them.
The
people
shouted, “The
voice
of
a
god,
and
not
of
a
man!”
Immediately
an
angel
of
the
Lord
struck
him,
because
he
didn’t
give
God
the
glory.
Then
he
was
eaten
by
worms
and
died.
But
the
word
of
God
grew
and
multiplied.
Barnabas
and
Saul
returned
to
12:25
TR reads “from” instead of “to”
Jerusalem
when
they
had
fulfilled
their
service,
also
taking
with them
John
who
was
called
Mark.
Now
in
the
assembly
that
was
at
Antioch
there
were
some
prophets
and
teachers:
Barnabas,
Simeon
who
was
called
Niger,
Lucius
of
Cyrene,
Manaen
the foster brother
of
Herod
the tetrarch,
and
Saul.
As
they served
the
Lord
and
fasted,
the
Holy
Spirit
said, “Separate
Barnabas
and
Saul
for
me,
for
the
work
to
which
I
have
called
them.”
Then,
when
they
had
fasted
and
prayed
and
laid
their
hands
on
them,
they
sent
them
away.
So, being
sent out
by
the
Holy
Spirit,
they
went
down
to
Seleucia.
From
there
they
sailed
to
Cyprus.
When
they
were
at
Salamis,
they
proclaimed
God’s
word
in
the
Jewish
synagogues.
They
also
had
John
as
their
attendant.
When
they
had
gone
through
the
island
to
Paphos,
they
found
a
certain sorcerer,
a
false
prophet,
a
Jew
whose
name
was Bar Jesus,
who
was
with
the
proconsul,
Sergius
Paulus,
a
man
of understanding.
This
man
summoned
Barnabas
and
Saul,
and
sought
to
hear
the
word
of
God.
But
Elymas
the sorcerer (for
so
is
his
name
by interpretation) withstood
them,
seeking
to
turn
the
proconsul
away
from
the
faith.
But
Saul,
who
is
also called
Paul,
filled
with
the
Holy
Spirit, fastened
his eyes
on
him
and
said, “You
son
of
the
devil,
full
of
all
deceit
and
all cunning,
you
enemy
of
all
righteousness,
will
you
not
cease
to pervert
the
right
ways
of
the
Lord?
Now,
behold,
the
hand
of
the
Lord
is
on
you,
and
you
will
be
blind,
not
seeing
the
sun
for
a
season!”
Immediately
a
mist
and
darkness
fell
on
him.
He
went
around
seeking someone
to
lead
him
by
the
hand.
Then
the
proconsul,
when
he
saw
what
was
done,
believed,
being
astonished
at
the
teaching
of
the
Lord.
Now
Paul
and
his company
set
sail
from
Paphos
and
came
to
Perga
in
Pamphylia.
John departed
from
them
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.
But
they,
passing
on
from
Perga,
came
to
Antioch
of
Pisidia.
They
went
into
the
synagogue
on
the
Sabbath
day
and
sat
down.
After
the
reading
of
the
law
and
the
prophets,
the rulers
of
the
synagogue
sent
to
them,
saying, “Brothers,
if
you
have
any
word
of
exhortation
for
the
people,
speak.”
Paul
stood
up,
and
gesturing
with
his
hand
said, “Men
of Israel,
and
you
who
fear
God,
listen.
The
God
of
this
people
13:17
TR, NU add “Israel”
chose
our
fathers,
and
exalted
the
people
when
they stayed
as aliens
in
the
land
of
Egypt,
and
with
an
uplifted
arm,
he
led
them
out
of
it.
For
a
period
of
about
forty years
he
put up
with
them
in
the
wilderness.
When
he
had
destroyed
seven
nations
in
the
land
of
Canaan,
he gave
them
their
land
for
an
inheritance
for
about four hundred fifty years.
After
these
things,
he
gave
them
judges
until
Samuel
the
prophet.
Afterward
they
asked
for
a
king,
and
God
gave
to
them
Saul
the
son
of
Kish,
a
man
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
for
forty
years.
When
he
had
removed
him,
he
raised
up
David
to
be
their
king,
to
whom
he
also
testified, ‘I
have
found
David
the son
of
Jesse,
a
man
after
my
heart,
who
will
do
all
my
will.’
From
this
man’s offspring,
God
has
brought salvation
13:23
TR, NU read “a Savior, Jesus” instead of “salvation”
to
Israel
according
to
his
promise,
before
his
coming,
when
John
had first preached
the
baptism
of
repentance
to
Israel.
13:24
TR, NU read “to all the people of Israel” instead of “to Israel”
As
John
was fulfilling
his
course,
he
said, ‘What
do
you
suppose
that
I
am?
I
am
not
he.
But
behold,
one
comes
after
me,
the
sandals
of
whose
feet
I
am
not
worthy
to
untie.’
“Brothers,
children
of
the stock
of
Abraham,
and
those
among
you
who
fear
God,
the
word
of
this
salvation
is
sent out
to
you.
For
those
who
dwell
in
Jerusalem,
and
their
rulers,
because
they didn’t
know
him,
nor
the
voices
of
the
prophets
which
are
read
every
Sabbath,
fulfilled
them
by
condemning
him.
Though
they
found
no
cause
for
death,
they still
asked
Pilate
to
have
him
killed.
When
they
had
fulfilled
all
things
that
were
written
about
him,
they
took
him
down
from
the
tree
and
laid
him
in
a
tomb.
But
God
raised
him
from
the
dead,
and
he
was
seen
for
many
days
by
those
who
came
up
with
him
from
Galilee
to
Jerusalem,
who
are
his
witnesses
to
the
people.
We
bring
you
good
news
of
the
promise
made
to
the
fathers,
that
God
has
fulfilled
this
to
us,
their
children,
in
that
he
raised
up
Jesus.
As
it
is
also
written
in
the
second
psalm,
‘You
are
my
Son.
Today
I
have become
your
father.’
13:33
Psalm 2:7
“Concerning
that
he
raised
him
up
from
the
dead,
now
no
more
to
return
to corruption,
he
has
spoken
thus: ‘I
will
give
you
the
holy
and
sure blessings
of
David.’
13:34
Isaiah 55:3
Therefore
he
says
also
in
another psalm, ‘You
will
not
allow
your
Holy
One
to
see
decay.’
13:35
Psalm 16:10
For
David,
after
he
had
in
his
own
generation
served
the
counsel
of
God,
fell
asleep,
was
laid
with
his
fathers,
and
saw
decay.
But
he
whom
God
raised
up
saw
no
decay.
Be
it
known
to
you
therefore,
brothers,
13:38
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
that
through
this
man
is
proclaimed
to
you remission
of
sins;
and
by
him
everyone
who
believes
is
justified
from
all
things,
from
which
you
could
not
be
justified
by
the
law
of
Moses.
Beware
therefore,
lest
that
come
on
you
which
is
spoken
in
the
prophets:
‘Behold,
you
scoffers!
Wonder
and
perish,
for
I
work
a
work
in
your
days,
a
work
which
you
will
in
no
way
believe,
if
one declares
it
to
you.’”
13:41
Habakkuk 1:5
So
when
the Jews went out
of
the synagogue,
the Gentiles
begged
that
these
words might
be preached
to
them
the
next
Sabbath.
Now
when
the
synagogue
broke up,
many
of
the
Jews
and
of
the
devout
proselytes
followed
Paul
and
Barnabas;
who,
speaking
to
them, urged
them
to
continue
in
the
grace
of
God.
The
next
Sabbath,
almost
the
whole
city
was
gathered
together
to
hear
the
word
of
God.
But
when
the
Jews
saw
the
multitudes,
they
were
filled
with
jealousy,
and contradicted
the
things
which
were
spoken
by
Paul,
and
blasphemed.
Paul
and
Barnabas
spoke
out
boldly,
and
said, “It
was
necessary
that
God’s
word
should
be
spoken
to
you
first.
Since
indeed
you thrust
it
from
yourselves,
and
judge
yourselves
unworthy
of
eternal
life,
behold,
we
turn
to
the
Gentiles.
For
so
has
the
Lord
commanded
us, saying,
‘I
have
set
you
as
a
light
for
the
Gentiles,
that
you should
bring
salvation
to
the uttermost parts
of
the
earth.’”
13:47
Isaiah 49:6
As
the
Gentiles
heard
this,
they
were
glad
and
glorified
the
word
of
God.
As
many
as
were
appointed
to
eternal
life
believed.
The
Lord’s
word
was
spread abroad
throughout
all
the
region.
But
the
Jews
stirred up
the
devout
and
prominent
women
and
the chief
men
of
the
city,
and
stirred up
a
persecution
against
Paul
and
Barnabas,
and
threw
them
out
of
their borders.
But
they
shook
off
the
dust
of
their
feet
against
them,
and
came
to
Iconium.
The
disciples
were
filled
with
joy
and
with
the
Holy
Spirit.
In
Iconium,
they
entered
together
into
the
synagogue
of
the
Jews,
and
so
spoke
that
a
great
multitude
both
of
Jews
and
of
Greeks
believed.
But
the disbelieving
14:2
or, disobedient
Jews
stirred up
and
embittered
the
souls
of
the
Gentiles
against
the
brothers.
Therefore
they
stayed
there
a
long
time,
speaking
boldly
in
the
Lord,
who
testified
to
the
word
of
his
grace,
granting
signs
and
wonders
to
be
done
by
their
hands.
But
the
multitude
of
the
city
was
divided. Part
sided
with
the
Jews
and part
with
the
apostles.
When
some
of
both
the
Gentiles
and
the
Jews,
with
their
rulers,
made
a violent
attempt
to
mistreat
and
stone
them,
they became
aware
of
it
and
fled
to
the
cities
of
Lycaonia,
Lystra,
Derbe,
and
the
surrounding
region.
There
they
preached
the
Good
News.
At
Lystra
a
certain
man
sat, impotent
in
his
feet,
a cripple
from
his
mother’s
womb,
who
never
had
walked.
He
was
listening
to
Paul
speaking,
who, fastening eyes
on
him
and
seeing
that
he
had
faith
to
be
made whole,
said
with
a
loud
voice, “Stand
upright
on
your
feet!”
He
leaped
up
and
walked.
When
the
multitude
saw
what
Paul
had
done,
they
lifted
up
their
voice,
saying
in
the
language
of Lycaonia, “The
gods
have
come
down
to
us
in
the likeness
of
men!”
They
called
Barnabas “Jupiter”,
and
Paul “Mercury”,
because
he
was
the
chief
speaker.
The
priest
of Jupiter, whose temple
was
in
front
of
their
city,
brought
oxen
and
garlands
to
the
gates,
and
would
have
made
a
sacrifice
along
with
the
multitudes.
But
when
the
apostles,
Barnabas
and
Paul,
heard
of
it,
they
tore
their
clothes
and sprang
into
the
multitude,
crying
out,
“Men,
why
are
you
doing
these
things?
We
also
are
men
of
the
same
nature
as
you,
and
bring
you
good
news,
that
you
should
turn
from
these
vain
things
to
the
living
God,
who
made
the
sky,
the
earth,
the
sea,
and
all
that
is
in
them;
who
in
the
generations
gone
by
allowed
all
the
nations
to walk
in
their
own
ways.
Yet
he
didn’t
leave
himself
without
witness,
in
that
he
did
good
and
gave
you
14:17
TR reads “us” instead of “you”
rains
from
the sky
and
fruitful
seasons, filling
our
hearts
with
food
and
gladness.”
Even
saying
these
things,
they
hardly stopped
the
multitudes
from making
a
sacrifice
to
them.
But
some
Jews
from
Antioch
and
Iconium
came
there,
and
having
persuaded
the
multitudes,
they
stoned
Paul
and
dragged
him
out
of
the
city,
supposing
that
he
was
dead.
But
as
the
disciples
stood
around
him,
he
rose
up,
and
entered
into
the
city.
On
the
next
day
he
went
out
with
Barnabas
to
Derbe.
When
they
had
preached
the
Good
News
to
that
city
and
had
made
many
disciples,
they
returned
to
Lystra,
Iconium,
and
Antioch,
strengthening
the
souls
of
the
disciples,
exhorting
them
to
continue
in
the
faith,
and
that
through
many
afflictions
we
must
enter
into
God’s
Kingdom.
When
they
had
appointed
elders
for
them
in
every
assembly,
and
had
prayed
with
fasting,
they
commended
them
to
the
Lord
on
whom
they
had
believed.
They
passed
through
Pisidia
and
came
to
Pamphylia.
When
they
had
spoken
the
word
in
Perga,
they
went
down
to
Attalia.
From
there
they
sailed
to
Antioch,
from
where
they
had
been
committed
to
the
grace
of
God
for
the
work
which
they
had
fulfilled.
When
they
had
arrived
and
had
gathered
the
assembly
together,
they
reported
all
the
things
that
God
had
done
with
them,
and
that
he
had
opened
a
door
of
faith
to
the
nations.
They
stayed
there
with
the
disciples
for
a
long
time.
Some
men
came
down
from
Judea
and
taught
the
brothers,
15:1
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” “Unless
you
are
circumcised
after
the
custom
of
Moses,
you
can’t
be
saved.”
Therefore
when
Paul
and
Barnabas
had
no
small discord
and
discussion
with
them,
they
appointed
Paul,
Barnabas,
and
some
others
of
them
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem
to
the
apostles
and
elders
about
this question.
They, being
sent
on
their
way
by
the
assembly,
passed
through
both
Phoenicia
and
Samaria, declaring
the
conversion
of
the
Gentiles.
They
caused
great
joy
to
all
the
brothers.
When
they
had
come
to
Jerusalem,
they
were
received
by
the
assembly
and
the
apostles
and
the
elders,
and
they
reported
everything
that
God
had
done
with
them.
But
some
of
the
sect
of
the
Pharisees
who
believed rose
up,
saying, “It
is
necessary
to
circumcise
them,
and
to
command
them
to
keep
the
law
of
Moses.”
The
apostles
and
the
elders
were
gathered
together
to
see
about
this
matter.
When
there
had
been
much
discussion,
Peter
rose
up
and
said
to
them, “Brothers,
you
know
that
a
good
while
ago
God
made
a
choice
among
you
that
by
my
mouth
the
nations
should
hear
the
word
of
the
Good
News
and
believe.
God,
who
knows
the
heart,
testified
about
them,
giving
them
the
Holy
Spirit,
just
like
he
did
to
us.
He
made
no
distinction
between us
and
them,
cleansing
their
hearts
by
faith.
Now
therefore
why
do
you
tempt
God,
that
you
should
put
a
yoke
on
the
neck
of
the
disciples
which
neither
our
fathers
nor
we
were
able
to
bear?
But
we
believe
that
we
are
saved
through
the
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
15:11
TR adds “Christ”
just
as
they
are.”
All
the
multitude
kept silence,
and
they
listened
to
Barnabas
and
Paul reporting
what
signs
and
wonders
God
had
done
among
the
nations
through
them.
After
they
were
silent,
James
answered, “Brothers,
listen
to
me.
Simeon
has reported
how
God
first visited
the
nations
to
take
out
of
them
a
people
for
his
name.
This agrees
with
the
words
of
the
prophets.
As
it
is
written,
‘After
these
things
I
will
return.
I
will
again build
the
tabernacle
of
David,
which
has
fallen.
I
will
again build
its
ruins.
I
will set
it up
that
the
rest
of
men
may seek
after
the
Lord:
all
the
Gentiles
who
are
called
by
my
name,
says
the
Lord,
who
does
all
these
things.’
15:17
Amos 9:11-12
“All
of God’s works
are
known
to
him
from
eternity.
Therefore
my
judgment
is
that
we
don’t
trouble
those
from
among
the
Gentiles
who
turn
to
God,
but
that
we
write
to
them
that
they
abstain
from
the pollution
of
idols,
from
sexual
immorality,
from
what
is
strangled,
and
from
blood.
For
Moses
from
generations
of
old
has
in
every
city
those
who
preach
him,
being
read
in
the
synagogues
every
Sabbath.”
Then
it
seemed
good
to
the
apostles
and
the
elders,
with
the
whole
assembly,
to
choose
men
out
of
their company,
and
send
them
to
Antioch
with
Paul
and
Barnabas:
Judas
called
Barsabbas,
and
Silas,
chief
men
among
the
brothers.
15:22
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
They
wrote
these
things
by
their
hand:
“The
apostles,
the
elders,
and
the
brothers,
to
the
brothers
who
are
of
the
Gentiles
in
Antioch,
Syria,
and
Cilicia:
greetings.
Because
we
have
heard
that
some
who
went
out
from
us
have
troubled
you
with
words,
unsettling
your
souls,
saying, ‘You
must
be circumcised
and keep
the law,’
to
whom
we
gave
no
commandment;
it
seemed
good
to us, having
come
to
one
accord,
to
choose
out
men
and
send them
to
you
with
our
beloved
Barnabas
and
Paul,
men
who
have
risked
their
lives
for
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
have
sent
therefore
Judas
and
Silas,
who
themselves
will
also
tell
you
the
same
things
by
word
of mouth.
For
it
seemed
good
to
the
Holy
Spirit,
and
to us,
to
lay
no
greater
burden
on
you
than
these necessary
things:
that
you
abstain
from
things
sacrificed
to
idols,
from
blood,
from
things
strangled,
and
from
sexual
immorality,
from
which
if
you
keep
yourselves,
it
will
be
well
with
you.
Farewell.”
So,
when
they
were
sent off,
they
came
to
Antioch.
Having
gathered
the
multitude
together,
they
delivered
the
letter.
When
they
had
read
it,
they
rejoiced
over
the
encouragement.
Judas
and
Silas,
also
being
prophets
themselves,
encouraged
the
brothers
with
many
words
and
strengthened
them.
After
they
had
spent
some
time
there,
they
were
dismissed
in
peace
from
the
brothers
to
the apostles.
15:34
Some manuscripts add:
But it seemed good to Silas to stay there.
But
Paul
and
Barnabas
stayed
in
Antioch,
teaching
and
preaching
the
word
of
the
Lord,
with
many
others
also.
After
some
days
Paul
said
to
Barnabas, “Let’s
return
now
and
visit
our
brothers
in
every
city
in
which
we
proclaimed
the
word
of
the
Lord,
to see
how
they
are doing.”
Barnabas
planned
to
take
John,
who
was
called
Mark,
with
them
also.
But
Paul
didn’t think
that
it
was
a good idea
to
take
with
them someone
who
had withdrawn
from
them
in
Pamphylia,
and
didn’t
go
with
them
to
do
the
work.
Then
the contention grew
so
sharp
that
they
separated
from
each
other.
Barnabas
took
Mark
with
him
and
sailed
away
to
Cyprus,
but
Paul
chose
Silas
and
went
out, being
commended
by
the
brothers
to
the
grace
of God.
He
went
through
Syria
and
Cilicia,
strengthening
the
assemblies.
He
came
to
Derbe
and
Lystra;
and
behold,
a
certain
disciple
was
there,
named
Timothy,
the
son
of
a
Jewess
who believed,
but
his
father
was
a
Greek.
The
brothers
who
were
at
Lystra
and
Iconium gave
a
good
testimony
about
him.
Paul
wanted
to
have
him
go
out
with
him,
and
he
took
and
circumcised
him
because
of
the
Jews
who
were
in
those
parts,
for
they
all
knew
that
his
father
was
a
Greek.
As
they went
on
their
way
through
the
cities,
they
delivered
the
decrees
to
them
to
keep
which
had
been ordained
by
the
apostles
and
elders
who
were
at
Jerusalem.
So
the
assemblies
were
strengthened
in
the
faith,
and increased
in
number
daily.
When
they
had
gone
through
the
region
of
Phrygia
and
Galatia,
they
were
forbidden
by
the
Holy
Spirit
to
speak
the
word
in
Asia.
When
they
had
come opposite
Mysia,
they
tried
to
go
into
Bithynia,
but
the
Spirit
didn’t
allow
them.
Passing
by
Mysia,
they
came
down
to
Troas.
A
vision
appeared
to
Paul
in
the
night.
There
was
a
man
of
Macedonia
standing,
begging
him
and
saying, “Come
over
into
Macedonia
and
help
us.”
When
he
had
seen
the
vision,
immediately
we
sought
to
go
out
to
Macedonia,
concluding
that
the
Lord
had
called
us
to
preach
the
Good
News
to
them.
Setting
sail
therefore
from
Troas,
we made
a
straight
course
to
Samothrace,
and
the day following
to
Neapolis;
and
from
there
to
Philippi,
which
is
a
city
of
Macedonia,
the
foremost
of
the
district,
a Roman
colony.
We
were
staying
some
days
in
this
city.
On
the
Sabbath
day
we
went
outside
of
the city
by
a riverside,
where
we
supposed
there
was
a
place
of
prayer,
and
we
sat
down
and
spoke
to
the
women
who
had
come
together.
A
certain
woman
named
Lydia,
a
seller
of
purple,
of
the
city
of
Thyatira,
one
who worshiped
God,
heard
us.
The
Lord
opened
her
heart
to
listen
to
the
things
which
were
spoken
by
Paul.
When
she
and
her
household
were
baptized,
she
begged
us,
saying, “If
you
have
judged
me
to
be
faithful
to
the
Lord,
come
into
my
house
and
stay.”
So
she persuaded
us.
As
we
were
going
to
prayer,
a
certain girl
having
a
spirit
of
divination
met
us,
who
brought
her
masters
much gain
by fortune telling.
Following
Paul
and
us,
she
cried
out, “These
men
are
servants
of
the
Most
High
God,
who
proclaim
to
us
a
way
of
salvation!”
She
was
doing
this
for
many
days.
But
Paul, becoming
greatly
annoyed,
turned
and
said
to
the
spirit, “I
command
you
in
the
name
of
Jesus
Christ
to
come
out
of
her!”
It
came
out
that
very
hour.
But
when
her
masters
saw
that
the
hope
of
their gain
was
gone,
they
seized
Paul
and
Silas
and
dragged
them
into
the marketplace
before
the
rulers.
When
they
had
brought
them
to
the
magistrates,
they
said, “These
men,
being
Jews,
are agitating
our
city
and advocate
customs
which
it
is
not
lawful
for
us
to
accept
or
to
observe,
being
Romans.”
The
multitude
rose
up
together
against
them
and
the
magistrates
tore
their
clothes
from
them,
then
commanded
them
to
be
beaten
with
rods.
When
they
had
laid
many stripes
on
them,
they
threw
them
into
prison, charging
the
jailer
to
keep
them safely.
Having
received
such
a
command,
he
threw
them
into
the
inner
prison
and secured
their
feet
in
the
stocks.
But
about
midnight
Paul
and
Silas
were
praying
and
singing
hymns
to
God,
and
the
prisoners
were
listening
to
them.
Suddenly
there
was
a
great
earthquake,
so
that
the
foundations
of
the
prison
were
shaken;
and
immediately
all
the
doors
were
opened,
and
everyone’s
bonds
were loosened.
The
jailer,
being roused
out
of sleep
and
seeing
the
prison
doors
open,
drew
his
sword
and
was
about
to
kill
himself,
supposing
that
the
prisoners
had
escaped.
But
Paul
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying, “Don’t
harm
yourself,
for
we
are
all
here!”
He
called
for
lights, sprang
in,
fell
down
trembling
before
Paul
and
Silas,
brought
them
out,
and
said, “Sirs,
what
must
I
do
to
be
saved?”
They
said, “Believe
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
you
will
be
saved,
you
and
your
household.”
They
spoke
the
word
of
the
Lord
to
him,
and
to
all
who
were
in
his
house.
He
took
them
the
same
hour
of
the
night
and
washed
their stripes,
and
was
immediately
baptized,
he
and
all
his household.
He
brought
them
up
into
his
house
and
set
food
before
them,
and
rejoiced
greatly
with
all
his
household, having
believed
in
God.
But
when
it
was
day,
the
magistrates
sent
the sergeants,
saying, “Let
those
men
go.”
The
jailer
reported
these
words
to
Paul,
saying, “The
magistrates
have
sent
to
let
you
go;
now
therefore
come
out
and
go
in
peace.”
But
Paul
said
to
them, “They
have
beaten
us
publicly
without
a
trial,
men
who
are
Romans,
and
have
cast
us
into
prison!
Do
they
now release
us
secretly?
No, most
certainly,
but let
them
come
themselves
and
bring
us
out!”
The sergeants
reported
these
words
to
the
magistrates,
and
they
were
afraid
when
they
heard
that
they
were
Romans,
and
they
came
and
begged
them.
When
they
had
brought
them
out,
they
asked
them
to
depart
from
the
city.
They
went
out
of
the
prison
and
entered
into
Lydia’s house.
When
they
had
seen
the
brothers,
they
encouraged
them,
then
departed.
Now
when
they
had passed
through
Amphipolis
and
Apollonia,
they
came
to
Thessalonica,
where
there
was
a
Jewish
synagogue.
Paul,
as
was
his
custom,
went
in
to
them;
and
for
three
Sabbath days
reasoned
with
them
from
the
Scriptures,
explaining
and
demonstrating
that
the
Christ
had
to
suffer
and
rise
again
from
the
dead,
and
saying, “This
Jesus,
whom
I
proclaim
to
you,
is
the
Christ.”
Some
of
them
were
persuaded
and
joined
Paul
and
Silas:
of
the
devout
Greeks
a
great
multitude,
and
not
a
few
of
the chief
women.
But
the unpersuaded
Jews
took
along
17:5
TR reads “And the Jews who were unpersuaded, becoming envious and taking along” instead of “But the unpersuaded Jews took along”
some
wicked
men
from
the marketplace
and gathering
a crowd,
set
the
city
in
an uproar. Assaulting
the
house
of
Jason,
they
sought
to
bring
them
out
to
the
people.
When
they
didn’t
find
them,
they
dragged
Jason
and
certain
brothers
17:6
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
before
the rulers
of
the
city,
crying, “These
who
have turned
the
world upside down
have come
here
also,
whom
Jason
has
received.
These
all
act
contrary
to
the
decrees
of
Caesar,
saying
that
there
is
another
king,
Jesus!”
The
multitude
and
the rulers
of
the
city
were
troubled
when
they
heard
these
things.
When
they
had
taken security
from
Jason
and
the
rest,
they
let
them
go.
The
brothers
immediately
sent
Paul
and
Silas
away
by
night
to Beroea.
When
they
arrived,
they
went
into
the
Jewish
synagogue.
Now
these
were
more noble
than
those
in
Thessalonica,
in
that
they
received
the
word
with
all
readiness
of mind,
examining
the
Scriptures
daily
to see
whether
these
things
were
so.
Many
of
them
therefore
believed;
also
of
the
prominent
Greek
women,
and
not
a
few
men.
But
when
the
Jews
of
Thessalonica
had knowledge
that
the
word
of
God
was
proclaimed
by
Paul
at Beroea
also,
they
came
there
likewise,
agitating
the
multitudes.
Then
the
brothers
immediately
sent out
Paul
to
go
as
far
as
to
the
sea,
and
Silas
and
Timothy
still
stayed
there.
But
those
who
escorted
Paul
brought
him
as
far
as
Athens.
Receiving
a
commandment
to
Silas
and
Timothy
that
they
should
come
to
him
very
quickly,
they departed.
Now
while
Paul waited
for
them
at
Athens,
his
spirit
was
provoked
within
him
as
he
saw
the
city
full
of
idols.
So
he
reasoned
in
the
synagogue
with
the
Jews
and
the
devout persons,
and
in
the marketplace
every
day
with
those
who met
him.
Some
of
the Epicurean
and
Stoic
philosophers
also
17:18
TR omits “also”
were
conversing
with
him.
Some
said, “What
does
this
babbler
want
to
say?”
Others
said, “He
seems
to
be advocating foreign
deities,”
because
he
preached
Jesus
and
the
resurrection.
They
took
hold
of
him
and
brought
him
to
the
Areopagus,
saying, “May
we
know
what
this
new
teaching
is,
which
you
are
speaking
about?
For
you
bring
certain
strange
things
to our
ears.
We
want
to
know
therefore
what
these
things
mean.”
Now
all
the
Athenians
and
the
strangers living
there spent
their
time
in
nothing
else,
but
either
to
tell
or
to
hear
some
new
thing.
Paul
stood
in
the
middle
of
the
Areopagus
and
said, “You
men
of
Athens,
I
perceive
that
you
are very religious
in
all
things.
For
as
I
passed
along
and observed
the
objects
of
your
worship,
I
also
found
an
altar
with
this
inscription: ‘TO
AN
UNKNOWN
GOD.’
What
therefore
you
worship
in
ignorance,
I announce
to
you.
The
God
who
made
the
world
and
all
things
in
it,
he,
being
Lord
of
heaven
and
earth,
doesn’t
dwell
in
temples
made
with
hands.
He isn’t
served
by men’s
hands,
as
though
he
needed
anything, seeing
he
himself
gives
to
all
life
and
breath
and
all
things.
He
made
from
one blood
every
nation
of
men
to
dwell
on
all
the surface
of
the
earth,
having
determined
appointed
seasons
and
the
boundaries
of
their dwellings,
that
they
should
seek
the
Lord,
if
perhaps
they
might reach
out
for
him
and
find
him,
though
he
is
not
far
from
each
one
of us.
‘For
in
him
we
live,
move,
and
have
our
being.’
As
some
of
your
own
poets
have
said, ‘For
we
are
also
his
offspring.’
Being
then
the
offspring
of
God,
we
ought
not
to
think
that
the
Divine
Nature
is
like
gold,
or
silver,
or
stone, engraved
by
art
and design
of
man.
The
times
of
ignorance
therefore
God
overlooked.
But
now
he
commands
that
all
people
everywhere
should
repent,
because
he
has
appointed
a
day
in
which
he
will
judge
the
world
in
righteousness
by
the
man
whom
he
has ordained;
of
which
he
has given assurance
to
all
men,
in
that
he
has
raised
him
from
the
dead.”
Now
when
they
heard
of
the
resurrection
of
the
dead,
some mocked;
but
others
said, “We want
to
hear
you
again
concerning
this.”
Thus
Paul
went
out
from
among
them.
But
certain
men
joined
with
him
and
believed,
including
Dionysius
the
Areopagite,
and
a
woman
named
Damaris,
and
others
with
them.
After
these
things
Paul
departed
from
Athens
and
came
to
Corinth.
He
found
a
certain
Jew
named
Aquila,
a
man
of
Pontus
by
race,
who
had
recently
come
from
Italy
with
his
wife
Priscilla,
because
Claudius
had
commanded
all
the
Jews
to depart
from
Rome.
He
came
to
them,
and
because
he practiced
the
same
trade,
he
lived
with
them
and
worked,
for
by
trade
they
were tent makers.
He
reasoned
in
the
synagogue
every
Sabbath
and
persuaded
Jews
and
Greeks.
When
Silas
and
Timothy
came
down
from
Macedonia,
Paul
was compelled
by
the Spirit,
testifying
to
the
Jews
that
Jesus
was
the
Christ.
When
they
opposed
him
and
blasphemed,
he
shook
out
his
clothing
and
said
to
them, “Your
blood
be
on
your
own
heads!
I
am
clean.
From
now
on,
I
will
go
to
the
Gentiles!”
He
departed
there
and
went
into
the
house
of
a
certain
man
named
Justus,
one
who worshiped
God,
whose
house
was
next door
to
the
synagogue.
Crispus,
the ruler
of
the
synagogue,
believed
in
the
Lord
with
all
his
house.
Many
of
the
Corinthians,
when
they
heard,
believed
and
were
baptized.
The
Lord
said
to
Paul
in
the
night
by
a
vision,
“Don’t
be
afraid,
but
speak
and
don’t
be
silent;
for
I
am
with
you,
and
no
one
will
attack
you
to
harm
you,
for
I
have
many
people
in
this
city.”
He lived
there
a
year
and
six
months,
teaching
the
word
of
God
among
them.
But
when
Gallio
was
proconsul
of
Achaia,
the
Jews
with
one
accord rose up
against
Paul
and
brought
him
before
the
judgment
seat,
saying, “This
man persuades
men
to
worship
God
contrary
to
the
law.”
But
when
Paul
was
about
to
open
his
mouth,
Gallio
said
to
the
Jews, “If
indeed
it
were
a
matter
of
wrong
or
of
wicked
crime,
you
Jews,
it
would
be
reasonable
that
I
should
bear
with
you;
but
if
they
are
questions
about
words
and
names
and
your
own
law,
look
to
it
yourselves.
For
I
don’t
want
to
be
a
judge
of
these
matters.”
So
he
drove
them
from
the
judgment
seat.
Then
all
the Greeks
seized
Sosthenes,
the ruler
of
the
synagogue,
and
beat
him
before
the
judgment
seat.
Gallio didn’t
care
about
any
of
these
things.
Paul,
having stayed
after
this
many
more
days,
took
his
leave
of
the
brothers,
18:18
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
and
sailed
from
there
for
Syria,
together
with
Priscilla
and
Aquila.
He shaved
his
head
in Cenchreae,
for
he
had
a
vow.
He
came
to
Ephesus,
and
he
left
them
there;
but
he
himself
entered
into
the
synagogue
and
reasoned
with
the
Jews.
When
they
asked
him
to
stay
with
them
a
longer
time,
he declined;
but
taking
his
leave
of
them,
he
said, “I
must
by
all
means keep
this coming feast
in Jerusalem,
but
I
will
return
again
to
you
if
God
wills.”
Then
he
set
sail
from
Ephesus.
When
he
had
landed
at
Caesarea,
he
went
up
and
greeted
the
assembly,
and
went
down
to
Antioch.
Having
spent
some
time
there,
he
departed
and
went
through
the
region
of
Galatia
and
Phrygia,
in
order,
establishing
all
the
disciples.
Now
a
certain
Jew
named
Apollos,
an
Alexandrian
by
race,
an
eloquent
man,
came
to
Ephesus.
He
was
mighty
in
the
Scriptures.
This
man
had
been
instructed
in
the
way
of
the
Lord;
and
being
fervent
in
spirit,
he
spoke
and
taught
accurately
the
things
concerning
Jesus,
although
he knew
only
the
baptism
of
John.
He
began
to
speak
boldly
in
the
synagogue.
But
when
Priscilla
and
Aquila
heard
him,
they
took
him
aside,
and
explained
to
him
the
way
of
God more accurately.
When
he
had determined
to
pass
over
into
Achaia,
the
brothers
encouraged
him;
and
wrote
to
the
disciples
to receive
him.
When
he
had
come,
he
greatly
helped
those
who
had
believed
through
grace;
for
he
powerfully
refuted
the
Jews,
publicly
showing
by
the
Scriptures
that
Jesus
was
the
Christ.
While
Apollos
was
at
Corinth,
Paul, having
passed
through
the
upper
country,
came
to
Ephesus
and
found
certain
disciples.
He
said
to
them, “Did
you
receive
the
Holy
Spirit
when
you
believed?”
They
said
to
him, “No,
we
haven’t
even
heard
that
there
is
a
Holy
Spirit.”
He
said, “Into
what
then
were
you
baptized?”
They
said, “Into
John’s
baptism.”
Paul
said, “John
indeed
baptized
with
the
baptism
of
repentance,
saying
to
the
people
that
they
should
believe
in
the
one
who
would
come
after
him,
that
is,
in
Christ
Jesus.”
19:4
NU omits Christ.
When
they
heard
this,
they
were
baptized
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
When
Paul
had
laid
his
hands
on
them,
the
Holy
Spirit
came
on
them
and
they
spoke
with
other
languages
and
prophesied.
They
were
about
twelve
men
in
all.
He
entered
into
the
synagogue
and
spoke
boldly
for
a
period
of
three
months,
reasoning
and
persuading
about
the
things
concerning
God’s
Kingdom.
But
when
some
were
hardened
and
disobedient,
speaking
evil
of
the
Way
before
the
multitude,
he
departed
from
them
and
separated
the
disciples,
reasoning
daily
in
the
school
of
Tyrannus.
This continued
for
two
years,
so
that
all
those
who
lived
in
Asia
heard
the
word
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
both
Jews
and
Greeks.
God
worked special
miracles
by
the
hands
of
Paul,
so
that
even
handkerchiefs
or
aprons
were
carried
away
from
his
body
to
the
sick,
and
the
diseases departed
from
them,
and
the
evil
spirits
went
out.
But
some
of
the
itinerant
Jews,
exorcists, took
on themselves
to invoke
over
those
who
had
the
evil
spirits
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
saying, “We
adjure
you
by
Jesus
whom
Paul
preaches.”
There
were
seven
sons
of
one
Sceva,
a
Jewish
chief
priest,
who
did
this.
The
evil
spirit
answered, “Jesus
I
know,
and
Paul
I
know,
but
who
are
you?”
The
man
in
whom
the
evil
spirit
was
leaped
on
them,
overpowered
them,
and prevailed
against
them,
so
that
they
fled
out
of
that
house
naked
and
wounded.
This
became
known
to
all,
both
Jews
and
Greeks,
who
lived
at
Ephesus.
Fear
fell
on
them
all,
and
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus
was
magnified.
Many
also
of
those
who
had
believed
came,
confessing
and
declaring
their
deeds.
Many
of
those
who
practiced magical arts brought
their
books
together
and
burned
them
in
the
sight
of
all.
They
counted
their
price,
and
found
it
to
be fifty
thousand
pieces
of
silver.
19:19
The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned books was equivalent to about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers
So
the
word
of
the
Lord
was
growing
and becoming
mighty.
Now
after
these
things
had ended,
Paul determined
in
the
Spirit,
when
he
had
passed
through
Macedonia
and
Achaia,
to
go
to
Jerusalem,
saying, “After
I
have
been
there,
I
must
also
see
Rome.”
Having
sent
into
Macedonia
two
of
those
who
served
him,
Timothy
and
Erastus,
he
himself
stayed
in
Asia
for
a
while.
About
that
time
there
arose
no
small
disturbance
concerning
the
Way.
For
a
certain
man
named
Demetrius,
a
silversmith
who
made
silver
shrines
of
Artemis,
brought
no
little
business
to
the
craftsmen,
whom
he
gathered
together
with
the
workmen
of
like occupation,
and
said, “Sirs,
you
know
that
by
this
business
we
have
our wealth.
You
see
and
hear
that
not
at
Ephesus
alone,
but
almost throughout
all
Asia,
this
Paul
has
persuaded
and
turned
away
many
people,
saying
that
they
are
no
gods
that
are
made
with
hands.
Not
only
is
there
danger
that
this
our
trade
come
into
disrepute,
but
also
that
the
temple
of
the
great
goddess
Artemis
will
be
counted
as
nothing
and
her
majesty
destroyed,
whom
all
Asia
and
the
world worships.”
When
they
heard
this
they
were
filled
with
anger,
and
cried
out,
saying, “Great
is
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians!”
The whole
city
was
filled
with
confusion,
and
they
rushed
with
one
accord
into
the
theater, having
seized
Gaius
and
Aristarchus, men
of
Macedonia,
Paul’s
companions
in
travel.
When
Paul
wanted
to
enter
in
to
the
people,
the
disciples
didn’t
allow
him.
Certain
also
of
the
Asiarchs,
being
his
friends,
sent
to
him
and
begged
him
not
to venture
into
the
theater.
Some
therefore
cried
one thing,
and
some
another,
for
the
assembly
was
in
confusion.
Most
of
them
didn’t
know
why
they
had
come
together.
They brought
Alexander
out
of
the
multitude,
the
Jews putting
him
forward.
Alexander beckoned
with
his
hand,
and
would
have made
a
defense
to
the
people.
But
when
they
perceived
that
he
was
a
Jew,
all
with
one
voice
for
a
time
of
about
two
hours
cried
out, “Great
is
Artemis
of
the
Ephesians!”
When
the
town
clerk
had
quieted
the
multitude,
he
said, “You
men
of Ephesus,
what
man
is
there
who
doesn’t
know
that
the
city
of
the
Ephesians
is
temple keeper
of
the
great goddess
Artemis,
and
of
the image
which
fell
down
from Zeus?
Seeing
then
that
these
things can’t
be denied,
you
ought
to
be quiet
and
to
do
nothing
rash.
For
you
have
brought
these
men here,
who
are
neither
robbers
of
temples
nor
blasphemers
of
your
goddess.
If
therefore
Demetrius
and
the
craftsmen
who
are
with
him
have
a
matter
against
anyone,
the
courts
are open
and
there
are
proconsuls.
Let
them press
charges
against
one
another.
But
if
you
seek
anything
about
other matters,
it
will
be
settled
in
the regular
assembly.
For
indeed
we
are
in
danger
of
being
accused
concerning
today’s riot,
there
being
no
cause.
Concerning
it,
we wouldn’t
be
able
to
give
an
account
of
this commotion.”
When
he
had
thus
spoken,
he
dismissed
the
assembly.
After
the
uproar
had
ceased,
Paul
sent
for
the
disciples, took
leave
of
them,
and
departed
to
go
into
Macedonia.
When
he
had
gone
through
those
parts
and
had
encouraged
them
with
many
words,
he
came
into
Greece.
When
he
had
spent
three
months
there,
and
a
plot
was
made
against
him
by
Jews
as
he
was
about
to
set
sail
for
Syria,
he determined
to
return
through
Macedonia.
These
accompanied
him
as far
as
Asia:
Sopater
of Beroea,
Aristarchus
and
Secundus
of
the
Thessalonians,
Gaius
of Derbe,
Timothy,
and
Tychicus
and
Trophimus
of
Asia.
But
these
had
gone
ahead,
and
were
waiting
for
us
at
Troas.
We
sailed
away
from
Philippi
after
the
days
of
Unleavened Bread,
and
came
to
them
at
Troas
in
five
days,
where
we
stayed
seven
days.
On
the
first
day
of
the
week,
when
the disciples
were
gathered
together
to
break
bread,
Paul talked
with
them,
intending
to depart
on
the
next
day;
and continued
his
speech
until
midnight.
There
were
many lights
in
the
upper
room
where
we
20:8
TR reads “they” instead of “we”
were
gathered
together.
A
certain
young
man
named
Eutychus
sat
in
the
window,
weighed
down
with
deep
sleep.
As
Paul spoke still
longer, being
weighed
down
by
his
sleep,
he
fell
down
from
the
third
floor
and
was
taken
up
dead.
Paul
went
down
and
fell
upon
him,
and
embracing
him
said, “Don’t
be troubled,
for
his
life
is
in
him.”
When
he
had
gone
up,
had
broken
bread
and
eaten,
and
had
talked
with
them
a
long
while,
even
until
break
of day,
he
departed.
They
brought
the
boy
in
alive,
and
were
greatly
comforted.
But
we,
going
ahead
to
the
ship,
set
sail
for
Assos,
intending
to
take
Paul
aboard
there;
for
he
had
so
arranged,
intending
himself
to
go
by
land.
When
he
met
us
at
Assos,
we
took
him
aboard
and
came
to
Mitylene.
Sailing
from
there,
we
came
the
following day
opposite
Chios.
The
next day
we touched
at
Samos
and stayed
at Trogyllium,
and
the day
after
we
came
to
Miletus.
For
Paul
had
determined
to
sail
past
Ephesus,
that
he might
not
have
to
spend
time
in
Asia;
for
he
was
hastening,
if
it
were
possible
for
him,
to
be
in
Jerusalem
on
the
day
of
Pentecost.
From
Miletus
he
sent
to
Ephesus
and
called
to
himself
the
elders
of
the
assembly.
When
they
had
come
to
him,
he
said
to
them, “You
yourselves
know,
from
the
first
day
that
I
set
foot
in
Asia,
how
I
was
with
you
all
the
time,
serving
the
Lord
with
all
humility,
with many
tears,
and
with
trials
which
happened
to
me
by
the
plots
of
the
Jews;
how
I
didn’t
shrink
from
declaring
to
you
anything
that
was
profitable,
teaching
you
publicly
and
from
house
to
house,
testifying
both
to
Jews
and
to
Greeks
repentance
toward
God
and
faith
toward
our
Lord
Jesus.
20:21
TR adds “Christ”
Now,
behold,
I
go
bound
by
the
Spirit
to
Jerusalem,
not
knowing
what
will
happen
to
me
there;
except
that
the
Holy
Spirit
testifies
in
every
city,
saying
that
bonds
and
afflictions wait
for
me.
But
these
things don’t count;
nor
do
I hold
my
life
dear
to
myself,
so
that
I
may
finish
my race
with
joy,
and
the
ministry
which
I
received
from
the
Lord
Jesus,
to fully
testify
to
the
Good
News
of
the
grace
of
God.
“Now,
behold,
I
know
that
you
all,
among
whom
I
went
about
preaching God’s
Kingdom,
will
see
my
face
no
more.
Therefore
I
testify
to
you
today
that
I
am
clean
from
the
blood
of
all
men,
for
I
didn’t
shrink
from
declaring
to
you
the
whole
counsel
of
God.
Take heed,
therefore,
to
yourselves
and
to
all
the
flock,
in
which
the
Holy
Spirit
has
made
you
overseers,
to
shepherd
the
assembly
of
the
Lord
and
20:28
TR, NU omit “the Lord and”
God
which
he
purchased
with
his
own
blood.
For
I
know
that
after
my
departure, vicious
wolves
will
enter
in
among
you,
not
sparing
the
flock.
Men
will
arise
from
among
your
own
selves,
speaking
perverse
things,
to
draw
away
the
disciples
after
them.
Therefore
watch,
remembering
that
for
a
period
of
three
years
I
didn’t
cease
to
admonish
everyone
night
and
day
with
tears.
Now, brothers,
20:32
The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
I
entrust
you
to
God
and
to
the
word
of
his
grace,
which
is
able
to
build
up
and
to
give
you
the
inheritance
among
all
those
who
are
sanctified.
I
coveted
no
one’s
silver,
gold,
or
clothing.
You
yourselves
know
that
these
hands
served
my necessities,
and
those
who
were
with
me.
In
all
things
I
gave
you
an example,
that
so laboring
you
ought
to
help
the
weak,
and
to
remember
the
words
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
that
he
himself
said,
‘It
is
more
blessed
to
give
than
to
receive.’”
When
he
had
spoken
these
things,
he knelt
down
and
prayed
with
them
all.
They
all wept freely,
and
fell
on
Paul’s
neck
and
kissed
him,
sorrowing most
of
all
because
of
the
word
which
he
had
spoken,
that
they should
see
his
face
no
more.
Then
they accompanied
him
to
the
ship.
When
we
had departed
from
them
and
had
set
sail,
we
came
with
a
straight
course
to
Cos,
and
the
next
day
to
Rhodes,
and
from
there
to
Patara.
Having
found
a
ship
crossing
over
to
Phoenicia,
we
went
aboard
and
set
sail.
When
we
had
come
in
sight
of
Cyprus,
leaving
it
on
the
left
hand,
we
sailed
to
Syria
and
landed
at
Tyre,
for
the
ship
was
there
to
unload
her
cargo.
Having
found
disciples,
we
stayed
there
seven
days.
These
said
to
Paul
through
the
Spirit
that
he should
not go
up
to
Jerusalem.
When
those
days
were
over,
we
departed
and
went
on
our
journey.
They
all,
with
wives
and
children,
brought
us
on
our
way
until
we
were
out
of
the
city. Kneeling
down
on
the
beach,
we
prayed.
After saying goodbye
to
each
other,
we
went
on
board
the
ship,
and
they
returned
home
again.
When
we
had
finished
the
voyage
from
Tyre,
we
arrived
at
Ptolemais.
We
greeted
the
brothers
and
stayed
with
them
one
day.
On
the
next
day,
we
who
were
Paul’s companions
departed
and
came
to
Caesarea.
We
entered
into
the
house
of
Philip
the
evangelist,
who
was
one
of
the
seven,
and
stayed
with
him.
Now
this
man
had
four
virgin
daughters
who
prophesied.
As
we
stayed
there
some
days,
a
certain
prophet
named
Agabus
came
down
from
Judea.
Coming
to
us
and
taking
Paul’s
belt,
he
bound
his
own
feet
and
hands,
and
said, “The
Holy
Spirit
says: ‘So
the
Jews
at
Jerusalem
will
bind
the
man
who
owns
this
belt,
and
will
deliver
him
into
the
hands
of
the
Gentiles.’”
When
we
heard
these
things,
both
we
and
the
people
of
that
place
begged
him
not
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem.
Then
Paul
answered, “What
are
you
doing,
weeping
and
breaking
my
heart?
For
I
am
ready
not
only
to
be
bound,
but
also
to
die
at
Jerusalem
for
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus.”
When
he
would
not
be
persuaded,
we ceased,
saying, “The
Lord’s
will
be
done.”
After
these
days
we took
up
our baggage
and
went
up
to
Jerusalem.
Some
of
the
disciples
from
Caesarea
also
went
with
us,
bringing
one
Mnason
of
Cyprus,
an
early
disciple,
with
whom
we
would stay.
When
we
had
come
to
Jerusalem,
the
brothers
received
us
gladly.
The day following,
Paul
went
in
with us
to
James;
and
all
the
elders
were
present.
When
he
had
greeted
them,
he reported
one
by
one
the
things
which
God
had
worked
among
the
Gentiles
through
his
ministry.
They,
when
they
heard
it,
glorified
God.
They
said
to
him, “You
see,
brother,
how
many
thousands
there
are
among
the
Jews
of
those
who
have
believed,
and
they
are
all
zealous
for
the
law.
They
have
been
informed
about
you,
that
you
teach
all
the
Jews
who
are
among
the
Gentiles
to
forsake
Moses,
telling
them
not
to
circumcise
their
children
and
not
to
walk
after
the
customs.
What
then?
The
assembly
must
certainly
meet,
for
they
will
hear
that
you
have
come.
Therefore
do
what
we
tell
you.
We
have
four
men
who
have taken
a
vow.
Take
them
and
purify
yourself
with
them,
and
pay
their
expenses
for
them,
that
they
may shave
their
heads.
Then
all
will
know
that
there
is
no truth
in
the
things
that
they
have
been informed
about
you,
but
that
you
yourself
also
walk
keeping
the
law.
But
concerning
the
Gentiles
who
believe,
we
have
written
our decision
that
they
should
observe no such
thing, except
that
they
should
keep
themselves
from food offered
to
idols,
from
blood,
from
strangled
things,
and
from
sexual
immorality.”
Then
Paul
took
the
men,
and
the
next
day
purified
himself
and
went
with
them
into
the
temple, declaring
the fulfillment
of
the
days
of
purification,
until
the
offering
was
offered
for
every
one
of
them.
When
the
seven
days
were
almost completed,
the
Jews
from
Asia,
when
they
saw
him
in
the
temple, stirred
up
all
the
multitude
and
laid
hands
on
him,
crying
out, “Men
of Israel,
help!
This
is
the
man
who
teaches
all
men
everywhere
against
the
people,
and
the
law,
and
this
place. Moreover,
he
also
brought
Greeks
into
the
temple
and
has
defiled
this
holy
place!”
For
they
had
seen
Trophimus
the
Ephesian,
with
him
in
the
city,
and
they
supposed
that
Paul
had
brought
him
into
the
temple.
All
the
city
was
moved
and
the
people ran
together.
They
seized
Paul
and
dragged
him
out
of
the
temple.
Immediately
the
doors
were
shut.
As
they
were
trying
to
kill
him, news
came
up
to
the commanding officer
of
the regiment
that
all
Jerusalem
was
in an uproar.
Immediately
he
took
soldiers
and
centurions
and
ran
down
to
them.
They,
when
they
saw
the chief captain
and
the
soldiers,
stopped
beating
Paul.
Then
the commanding officer
came
near, arrested
him,
commanded
him
to
be
bound
with
two
chains,
and
inquired
who
he
was
and
what
he
had
done.
Some
shouted
one
thing
and
some
another,
among
the
crowd.
When
he couldn’t
find out
the truth
because
of
the noise,
he
commanded
him
to
be
brought
into
the barracks.
When
he
came
to
the
stairs,
he
was
carried
by
the
soldiers
because
of
the
violence
of
the
crowd;
for
the
multitude
of
the
people
followed
after,
crying
out, “Away
with
him!”
As
Paul
was
about
to
be
brought
into
the barracks,
he
asked
the commanding officer, “May
I
speak
to
you?”
He
said, “Do
you
know
Greek?
Aren’t
you
then
the
Egyptian
who
before
these
days
stirred
up
to sedition
and
led
out
into
the
wilderness
the
four
thousand
men
of
the
Assassins?”
But
Paul
said, “I
am
a
Jew
from
Tarsus
in
Cilicia,
a
citizen
of
no
insignificant
city.
I beg
you,
allow
me
to
speak
to
the
people.”
When
he
had
given
him
permission,
Paul,
standing
on
the
stairs, beckoned
with
his
hand
to
the
people.
When
there
was
a
great
silence,
he
spoke
to
them
in
the
Hebrew
language,
saying,
“Brothers
and
fathers,
listen
to
the
defense
which
I
now make
to
you.”
When
they
heard
that
he
spoke
to
them
in
the
Hebrew
language,
they
were
even
more
quiet.
He
said,
“I
am
indeed
a
Jew,
born
in
Tarsus
of
Cilicia,
but
brought
up
in
this
city
at
the
feet
of
Gamaliel, instructed
according
to
the strict tradition
of
the
law
of
our
fathers,
being
zealous
for
God,
even
as
you
all
are
today.
I
persecuted
this
Way
to
the
death,
binding
and
delivering
into
prisons
both
men
and
women,
as
also
the
high
priest
and
all
the
council
of
the
elders
testify,
from
whom
also
I
received
letters
to
the
brothers,
and traveled
to
Damascus
to
bring
them
also
who
were
there
to
Jerusalem
in bonds
to
be
punished.
“As
I
made
my
journey
and
came
close
to
Damascus,
about
noon
suddenly
a great
light shone
around
me
from
the
sky.
I
fell
to
the
ground
and
heard
a
voice
saying
to
me,
‘Saul,
Saul,
why
are
you
persecuting
me?’
I
answered, ‘Who
are
you,
Lord?’
He
said
to
me,
‘I
am
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
whom
you
persecute.’
“Those
who
were
with
me
indeed
saw
the
light
and
were afraid,
but
they
didn’t
understand
the
voice
of
him
who
spoke
to
me.
I
said, ‘What
shall
I
do,
Lord?’
The
Lord
said
to
me,
‘Arise,
and
go
into
Damascus.
There
you
will
be
told
about
all
things
which
are
appointed
for
you
to
do.’
When
I
couldn’t
see
for
the
glory
of
that
light, being
led
by
the
hand
of
those
who
were
with
me,
I
came
into
Damascus.
“One
Ananias,
a
devout
man
according
to
the
law,
well reported
of
by
all
the
Jews
who
lived
in Damascus,
came
to
me,
and
standing
by
me
said
to
me, ‘Brother
Saul,
receive
your
sight!’
In
that
very
hour
I
looked
up
at
him.
He
said, ‘The
God
of
our
fathers
has
appointed
you
to
know
his
will,
and
to
see
the
Righteous
One,
and
to
hear
a
voice
from
his
mouth.
For
you
will
be
a
witness
for
him
to
all
men
of
what
you
have
seen
and
heard.
Now
why
do
you wait?
Arise,
be
baptized,
and
wash
away
your
sins,
calling
on
the
name
of
the Lord.’
“When
I
had
returned
to
Jerusalem
and
while
I
prayed
in
the
temple,
I
fell
into
a
trance
and
saw
him
saying
to
me,
‘Hurry
and
get
out
of
Jerusalem
quickly,
because
they
will
not
receive
testimony
concerning
me
from
you.’
I
said, ‘Lord,
they
themselves
know
that
I
imprisoned
and
beat
in
every
synagogue
those
who
believed
in
you.
When
the
blood
of
Stephen,
your
witness,
was
shed,
I
also
was
standing
by, consenting
to
his
death,
and
guarding
the
cloaks
of
those
who
killed
him.’
“He
said
to
me,
‘Depart,
for
I
will
send
you out
far
from
here
to
the
Gentiles.’”
They
listened
to
him
until
he
said
that;
then
they
lifted
up
their
voice
and
said, “Rid
the
earth
of
this
fellow,
for
he
isn’t fit
to
live!”
As
they
cried
out,
threw
off
their
cloaks,
and
threw
dust
into
the
air,
the commanding officer
commanded
him
to
be
brought
into
the barracks,
ordering
him
to
be
examined
by
scourging,
that
he might
know
for
what crime
they
shouted
against
him
like
that.
When
they
had tied
him up
with
thongs,
Paul
asked
the
centurion
who
stood
by, “Is
it
lawful
for
you
to
scourge
a
man
who
is
a
Roman,
and
not found guilty?”
When
the
centurion
heard
it,
he
went
to
the commanding officer
and
told
him, “Watch
what
you
are
about
to
do,
for
this
man
is
a
Roman!”
The commanding officer
came
and
asked
him, “Tell
me,
are
you
a
Roman?”
He
said, “Yes.”
The commanding officer
answered, “I bought
my
citizenship
for
a
great
price.”
Paul
said, “But
I
was
born
a Roman.”
Immediately
those
who
were
about
to
examine
him
departed
from
him,
and
the commanding officer
also
was
afraid
when
he
realized
that
he
was
a
Roman,
because
he
had
bound
him.
But
on
the
next
day,
desiring
to
know
the truth
about
why
he
was
accused
by
the
Jews,
he freed
him
from
the bonds
and
commanded
the
chief
priests
and
all
the
council
to
come
together,
and
brought
Paul
down
and
set
him
before
them.
Paul,
looking steadfastly
at
the
council,
said, “Brothers,
I
have
lived
before
God
in
all
good
conscience
until
today.”
The
high
priest,
Ananias,
commanded
those
who
stood
by
him
to
strike
him
on
the
mouth.
Then
Paul
said
to
him, “God
will
strike
you,
you
whitewashed
wall!
Do
you
sit
to
judge
me
according
to
the
law,
and
command
me
to
be
struck
contrary
to
the
law?”
Those
who
stood
by
said, “Do
you malign
God’s
high
priest?”
Paul
said, “I
didn’t
know,
brothers,
that
he
was
high
priest.
For
it
is
written, ‘You shall
not
speak
evil
of
a
ruler
of
your
people.’”
23:5
Exodus 22:28
But
when
Paul
perceived
that
the
one
part
were
Sadducees
and
the
other
Pharisees,
he
cried
out
in
the
council, “Men
and
brothers,
I
am
a
Pharisee,
a
son
of
Pharisees.
Concerning
the
hope
and
resurrection
of
the
dead
I
am
being
judged!”
When
he
had
said
this,
an argument
arose
between
the
Pharisees
and
Sadducees,
and
the
crowd
was
divided.
For
the
Sadducees
say
that
there
is
no
resurrection,
nor
angel,
nor
spirit;
but
the
Pharisees
confess
all
of
these.
A
great
clamor
arose,
and
some
of
the
scribes
of
the Pharisees’
part
stood
up,
and contended,
saying, “We
find
no
evil
in
this
man.
But
if
a
spirit
or
angel
has
spoken
to
him, let’s
not fight
against
God!”
When
a
great argument
arose,
the commanding officer,
fearing
that
Paul
would
be
torn
in
pieces
by
them,
commanded
the
soldiers
to
go
down
and
take
him
by
force
from
among
them
and
bring
him
into
the barracks.
The following
night,
the
Lord
stood
by
him
and
said,
“Cheer
up,
Paul,
for
as
you
have
testified
about
me
at
Jerusalem,
so
you
must
testify
also
at
Rome.”
When
it
was
day,
some
of
the
Jews banded together
and
bound
themselves
under
a
curse,
saying
that
they
would
neither
eat
nor
drink
until
they
had
killed
Paul.
There
were
more
than
forty
people
who
had
made
this
conspiracy.
They
came
to
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders,
and
said, “We
have
bound
ourselves
under
a great
curse
to
taste
nothing
until
we
have
killed
Paul.
Now
therefore,
you
with
the
council inform
the commanding officer
that
he should
bring
him
down
to
you tomorrow,
as
though
you
were
going
to judge
his
case more exactly.
We
are
ready
to
kill
him
before
he
comes
near.”
But
Paul’s sister’s
son
heard
they
were lying
in wait,
and
he
came
and
entered
into
the barracks
and
told
Paul.
Paul
summoned
one
of
the
centurions
and
said, “Bring
this
young
man
to
the commanding officer,
for
he
has
something
to
tell
him.”
So
he
took
him
and
brought
him
to
the commanding officer
and
said, “Paul,
the
prisoner,
summoned
me
and
asked
me
to
bring
this
young
man
to
you.
He
has
something
to
tell
you.”
The commanding officer
took
him
by
the
hand,
and going
aside,
asked
him
privately, “What
is
it
that
you
have
to
tell
me?”
He
said, “The
Jews
have
agreed
to
ask
you
to
bring
Paul
down
to
the
council
tomorrow,
as
though
intending
to
inquire
somewhat more accurately
concerning
him.
Therefore
don’t yield
to
them,
for
more
than
forty
men lie
in
wait
for
him,
who
have
bound
themselves
under
a
curse
to
neither
eat
nor
drink
until
they
have
killed
him.
Now
they
are
ready,
looking
for
the
promise
from
you.”
So
the
commanding officer
let
the
young
man
go, charging
him, “Tell
no
one
that
you
have revealed
these
things
to
me.”
He
called
to himself
two
of
the
centurions,
and
said, “Prepare
two
hundred
soldiers
to
go
as
far
as
Caesarea,
with
seventy
horsemen
and
two
hundred
men armed
with spears,
at
the
third
hour
of
the
night.”
23:23
about 9:00 p.m.
He asked
them
to
provide
mounts,
that
they might set
Paul
on
one,
and
bring
him
safely
to
Felix
the
governor.
He
wrote
a
letter
like
this:
“Claudius
Lysias
to
the
most
excellent
governor
Felix:
Greetings.
“This
man
was
seized
by
the
Jews,
and
was
about
to
be
killed
by
them
when
I
came
with
the
soldiers
and
rescued
him, having
learned
that
he
was
a
Roman.
Desiring
to
know
the
cause
why
they
accused
him,
I
brought
him
down
to
their
council.
I
found
him
to
be
accused
about
questions
of
their
law,
but
not
to
be charged
with
anything
worthy
of
death
or
of
imprisonment.
When
I
was
told
that
the Jews lay
in wait
for
the
man,
I
sent
him
to
you
immediately, charging
his
accusers
also
to
bring
their accusations
against
him
before
you. Farewell.”
So
the
soldiers, carrying out
their
orders,
took
Paul
and
brought
him
by
night
to
Antipatris.
But
on
the
next
day
they
left
the
horsemen
to
go
with
him,
and
returned
to
the barracks.
When
they
came
to
Caesarea
and
delivered
the
letter
to
the
governor,
they
also
presented
Paul
to
him.
When
the governor
had
read
it,
he
asked
what
province
he
was
from.
When
he understood
that
he
was
from
Cilicia,
he
said,
“I
will hear
you fully
when
your
accusers
also
arrive.”
He
commanded
that
he
be
kept
in
Herod’s
palace.
After
five
days,
the
high
priest,
Ananias,
came
down
with
certain
elders
and
an orator,
one
Tertullus.
They informed
the
governor
against
Paul.
When
he
was
called,
Tertullus
began
to
accuse
him,
saying, “Seeing
that
by
you
we enjoy
much
peace,
and
that prosperity
is
coming
to
this
nation
by
your
foresight,
we accept
it
in
all ways
and
in
all places,
most
excellent
Felix,
with
all
thankfulness.
But
that
I
don’t
delay
you,
I
entreat
you
to bear
with
us
and
hear
a few
words.
For
we
have
found
this
man
to
be
a plague,
an instigator
of insurrections
among
all
the
Jews
throughout
the
world,
and
a
ringleader
of
the
sect
of
the
Nazarenes.
He
even
tried
to profane
the
temple,
and
we
arrested
him.
24:6
TR adds “We wanted to judge him according to our law,”
24:7
TR adds “but the commanding officer, Lysias, came by and with great violence took him out of our hands,”
24:8
TR adds “commanding his accusers to come to you.”By
examining
him
yourself
you
may
ascertain
all
these
things
of
which
we
accuse
him.”
The
Jews
also
joined
in
the attack, affirming
that
these
things
were
so.
When
the
governor
had beckoned
to
him
to
speak,
Paul
answered, “Because
I
know
that
you
have
been
a
judge
of
this
nation
for
many
years,
I cheerfully
make
my
defense,
seeing
that
you
can
verify
that
it
is
not
more
than
twelve
days
since
I
went
up
to
worship
at
Jerusalem.
In
the
temple
they didn’t
find
me disputing
with
anyone
or stirring up
a
crowd,
either
in
the
synagogues
or
in
the
city.
Nor
can
they
prove
to
you
the
things
of
which
they
now
accuse
me.
But
this
I
confess
to
you,
that
according
to
the
Way,
which
they
call
a
sect,
so
I
serve
the
God
of
our
fathers,
believing
all
things
which
are
according
to
the
law,
and
which
are
written
in
the
prophets;
having
hope
toward
God,
which
these
also
themselves look
for,
that
there
will
be
a
resurrection
of
the dead,
both
of
the
just
and
unjust.
In
this
I
also practice
always
having
a
conscience void
of
offense
toward
God
and
men.
Now
after
some
years,
I
came
to
bring
gifts
for
the needy
to
my
nation,
and
offerings;
amid
which
certain
Jews
from
Asia
found
me
purified
in
the
temple,
not
with
a
mob,
nor
with turmoil.
They
ought
to
have
been
here
before
you
and
to
make
accusation
if
they
had
anything
against
me.
Or
else
let
these
men
themselves
say
what injustice
they
found
in
me
when
I
stood
before
the
council,
unless
it
is
for
this
one
thing
that
I
cried
standing
among
them, ‘Concerning
the
resurrection
of
the
dead
I
am
being
judged
before
you
today!’”
But
Felix, having
more exact knowledge
concerning
the
Way, deferred
them,
saying, “When
Lysias,
the commanding officer,
comes
down,
I
will
decide
your case.”
He
ordered
the
centurion
that
Paul
should
be
kept
in
custody
and
should
have
some privileges,
and
not
to
forbid
any
of
his
friends
to
serve
him
or
to visit
him.
After
some
days,
Felix
came
with
Drusilla
his
wife,
who
was
a
Jewess,
and
sent
for
Paul
and
heard
him
concerning
the
faith
in
Christ
Jesus.
As
he
reasoned
about
righteousness,
self-control,
and
the
judgment
to
come,
Felix
was
terrified,
and
answered, “Go
your
way
for
this
time,
and
when
it
is convenient
for
me,
I
will
summon
you.”
Meanwhile,
he
also
hoped
that
money
would
be
given
to
him
by
Paul,
that
he
might release
him.
Therefore
also
he
sent
for
him more
often
and
talked
with
him.
But
when
two
years
were
fulfilled,
Felix
was
succeeded
by
Porcius
Festus,
and
desiring
to gain
favor
with
the
Jews,
Felix
left
Paul
in bonds.
Festus
therefore,
having
come
into
the
province,
after
three
days
went
up
to
Jerusalem
from
Caesarea.
Then
the
high
priest
and
the principal
men
of
the
Jews informed
him
against
Paul,
and
they
begged
him,
asking
a
favor
against
him,
that
he
would
summon
him
to
Jerusalem, plotting
to
kill
him
on
the
way.
However
Festus
answered
that
Paul should
be
kept
in
custody
at
Caesarea,
and
that
he
himself
was
about
to depart
shortly.
“Let
them
therefore”,
he
said, “that
are
in
power
among
you
go down
with me,
and
if
there
is
anything
wrong
in
the
man,
let
them
accuse
him.”
When
he
had
stayed
among
them
more
than
ten
days,
he
went
down
to
Caesarea,
and
on
the
next
day
he
sat
on
the
judgment
seat,
and
commanded
Paul
to
be
brought.
When
he
had
come,
the
Jews
who
had
come
down
from
Jerusalem
stood
around
him,
bringing
against
him
many
and grievous charges
which
they
could
not
prove,
while
he
said
in
his
defense, “Neither
against
the
law
of
the
Jews,
nor
against
the
temple,
nor
against
Caesar,
have
I
sinned
at
all.”
But
Festus,
desiring
to gain
favor
with
the
Jews,
answered
Paul
and
said, “Are
you
willing
to
go
up
to
Jerusalem
and
be
judged
by
me
there
concerning
these
things?”
But
Paul
said, “I
am
standing
before
Caesar’s
judgment
seat,
where
I
ought
to
be
tried.
I
have
done
no
wrong
to
the
Jews,
as
you
also
know
very
well.
For
if
I
have
done
wrong
and
have
committed
anything
worthy
of
death,
I
don’t
refuse
to
die;
but
if
none
of
those
things
is true
that
they
accuse
me
of,
no
one
can
give
me up
to
them.
I
appeal
to
Caesar!”
Then
Festus,
when
he
had
conferred
with
the
council,
answered, “You
have
appealed
to
Caesar.
To
Caesar
you shall
go.”
Now
when
some
days
had
passed,
King
Agrippa
and
Bernice
arrived
at
Caesarea
and
greeted
Festus.
As
he
stayed
there
many
days,
Festus
laid
Paul’s
case
before
the
king,
saying, “There
is
a
certain
man
left
a
prisoner
by
Felix;
about
whom,
when
I
was
at
Jerusalem,
the
chief
priests
and
the
elders
of
the
Jews informed
me,
asking
for
a sentence
against
him.
I
answered
them
that
it
is
not
the
custom
of
the
Romans
to
give up
any
man
to destruction
before
the
accused
has met
the
accusers
face
to
face
and
has
had
opportunity
to
make
his
defense
concerning
the
matter laid
against
him.
When
therefore
they
had
come
together
here,
I didn’t delay, but
on
the
next
day
sat
on
the
judgment
seat
and
commanded
the
man
to
be
brought.
When
the
accusers
stood up,
they
brought
no
charges
against
him
of
such
things
as
I supposed;
but
had
certain
questions
against
him
about
their
own
religion
and
about
one
Jesus,
who
was
dead,
whom
Paul affirmed
to
be
alive.
Being
perplexed
how
to inquire
concerning
these
things,
I
asked
whether
he
was
willing
to
go
to
Jerusalem
and
there
be
judged
concerning
these matters.
But
when
Paul
had
appealed
to be
kept
for
the
decision
of
the
emperor,
I
commanded
him
to be
kept
until
I could
send
him
to
Caesar.”
Agrippa
said
to
Festus, “I
also
would
like
to
hear
the
man
myself.”
“Tomorrow,”
he
said, “you
shall
hear
him.”
So
on
the
next
day,
when
Agrippa
and
Bernice
had
come
with
great
pomp,
and
they
had
entered
into
the place
of hearing
with
the commanding officers
and
the principal
men
of
the
city,
at
the
command
of
Festus,
Paul
was
brought
in.
Festus
said, “King
Agrippa,
and
all
men
who
are
here
present
with
us,
you
see
this
man
about
whom
all
the
multitude
of
the
Jews petitioned
me,
both
at
Jerusalem
and
here,
crying
that
he
ought
not
to
live
any
longer.
But
when
I
found
that
he
had
committed
nothing
worthy
of
death,
and
as
he
himself
appealed
to
the
emperor,
I
determined
to
send
him,
of
whom
I
have
no
certain
thing
to
write
to
my
lord.
Therefore
I
have
brought
him
out
before
you,
and
especially
before
you,
King
Agrippa,
that,
after examination
I
may
have
something
to
write.
For
it
seems
to
me unreasonable,
in
sending
a
prisoner,
not
to
also specify
the
charges
against
him.”
Agrippa
said
to
Paul, “You
may
speak
for
yourself.”
Then
Paul
stretched
out
his
hand,
and
made
his
defense.
“I think
myself
happy,
King
Agrippa,
that
I
am
to
make
my
defense
before
you
today
concerning
all
the
things
that
I
am
accused
by
the
Jews,
especially
because
you
are
expert
in
all
customs
and
questions
which
are
among
the
Jews.
Therefore
I beg
you
to
hear
me
patiently.
“Indeed,
all
the
Jews
know
my
way
of
life
from
my
youth up,
which
was
from
the
beginning
among
my own
nation
and
at
Jerusalem;
having
known
me
from
the first,
if
they
are
willing
to
testify,
that
after
the strictest
sect
of
our
religion
I
lived
a
Pharisee.
Now
I
stand
here
to
be
judged
for
the
hope
of
the
promise
made
by
God
to
our
fathers,
which
our
twelve
tribes, earnestly
serving
night
and
day,
hope
to
attain.
Concerning
this
hope
I
am
accused
by
the
Jews,
King Agrippa!
Why
is it
judged
incredible
with
you
if
God
does
raise
the
dead?
“I
myself
most
certainly
thought
that
I
ought
to
do
many
things
contrary
to
the
name
of
Jesus
of
Nazareth.
I
also
did
this
in
Jerusalem.
I
both shut
up
many
of
the
saints
in
prisons,
having
received
authority
from
the
chief
priests;
and
when
they
were
put
to
death
I
gave
my
vote
against
them.
Punishing
them
often
in
all
the
synagogues,
I tried
to make
them
blaspheme. Being exceedingly
enraged
against
them,
I
persecuted
them
even
to
foreign
cities.
“Whereupon
as
I traveled
to
Damascus
with
the
authority
and
commission
from
the
chief
priests,
at noon, O
king,
I
saw
on
the
way
a
light
from
the sky,
brighter
than
the
sun,
shining
around
me
and
those
who traveled
with
me.
When
we
had
all
fallen
to
the
earth,
I
heard
a
voice
saying
to
me
in
the
Hebrew
language,
‘Saul,
Saul,
why
are
you
persecuting
me?
It
is
hard
for
you
to kick
against
the
goads.’
“I
said, ‘Who
are
you,
Lord?’
“He
said,
‘I
am
Jesus,
whom
you
are
persecuting.
But
arise,
and
stand
on
your
feet,
for
I
have
appeared
to
you
for
this
purpose:
to
appoint
you
a servant
and
a
witness
both
of
the
things
which
you
have
seen
and
of
the
things
which
I
will reveal
to
you;
delivering
you
from
the
people
and
from
the
Gentiles,
to
whom
I
send
you,
to
open
their
eyes,
that
they
may
turn
from
darkness
to
light
and
from
the
power
of
Satan
to
God,
that
they
may
receive remission
of
sins
and
an
inheritance
among
those
who
are
sanctified
by
faith
in
me.’
“Therefore,
King
Agrippa,
I
was
not
disobedient
to
the
heavenly
vision,
but
declared
first
to
them
of
Damascus,
at
Jerusalem,
and
throughout
all
the
country
of
Judea,
and
also
to
the
Gentiles,
that
they
should
repent
and
turn
to
God,
doing
works
worthy
of
repentance.
For
this
reason
the
Jews
seized
me
in
the
temple
and
tried
to kill
me.
Having
therefore
obtained
the
help
that
is
from
God,
I
stand
to
this
day
testifying
both
to
small
and
great,
saying
nothing
but
what
the
prophets
and
Moses
said
would
happen,
how
the
Christ
must
suffer,
and how,
by
the
resurrection
of
the
dead,
he
would
be
first
to
proclaim
light
both
to
these
people
and
to
the
Gentiles.”
As
he
thus made
his
defense,
Festus
said
with
a
loud
voice, “Paul,
you
are crazy!
Your
great
learning
is
driving
you
insane!”
But
he
said, “I
am
not crazy,
most
excellent
Festus,
but boldly declare
words
of
truth
and reasonableness.
For
the
king
knows
of
these
things,
to
whom
also
I
speak
freely.
For
I
am
persuaded
that
none
of
these
things
is hidden
from
him,
for
this
has
not
been
done
in
a
corner.
King
Agrippa,
do
you
believe
the
prophets?
I
know
that
you
believe.”
Agrippa said
to
Paul, “With
a
little persuasion
are
you trying
to
make
me
a
Christian?”
Paul
said, “I
pray
to
God,
that
whether
with
little
or
with
much,
not
only
you,
but
also
all
that
hear
me
today,
might
become
such
as
I
am,
except
for
these
bonds.”
The
king
rose
up
with
the
governor
and
Bernice,
and
those
who sat
with
them.
When
they
had withdrawn,
they
spoke
to
one
another,
saying, “This
man
does
nothing
worthy
of
death
or
of
bonds.”
Agrippa
said
to
Festus, “This
man
might
have
been
set
free
if
he
had
not
appealed
to
Caesar.”
When
it
was
determined
that
we
should
sail
for
Italy,
they
delivered
Paul
and
certain
other
prisoners
to
a
centurion
named
Julius,
of
the
Augustan band.
Embarking
in
a
ship
of Adramyttium,
which
was
about
to
sail
to
places
on
the
coast
of
Asia,
we
put
to
sea,
Aristarchus,
a
Macedonian
of
Thessalonica
being
with
us.
The
next day,
we touched
at
Sidon.
Julius
treated
Paul
kindly
and
gave
him
permission
to
go
to
his
friends
and refresh
himself.
Putting
to
sea
from
there,
we
sailed
under
the lee
of
Cyprus,
because
the
winds
were
contrary.
When
we
had
sailed across
the
sea
which
is
off
Cilicia
and
Pamphylia,
we
came
to
Myra,
a city
of
Lycia.
There
the
centurion
found
a
ship
of Alexandria
sailing
for
Italy,
and
he
put
us
on board.
When
we
had
sailed
slowly
many
days,
and
had
come
with
difficulty opposite
Cnidus,
the
wind
not allowing
us further,
we
sailed
under
the lee
of
Crete, opposite
Salmone.
With
difficulty
sailing
along
it
we
came
to
a
certain
place
called
Fair Havens,
near
the
city
of
Lasea.
When much
time
had
passed
and
the
voyage
was
now
dangerous
because
the
Fast
had
now
already gone
by,
Paul admonished
them
and
said
to
them, “Sirs,
I
perceive
that
the
voyage
will
be
with injury
and
much
loss,
not
only
of
the
cargo
and
the
ship,
but
also
of
our
lives.”
But
the
centurion gave
more heed
to
the master
and
to
the owner
of
the
ship
than
to
those
things
which
were
spoken
by
Paul.
Because
the haven
was
not
suitable
to
winter
in,
the
majority advised going
to
sea
from
there,
if
by any
means
they
could
reach
Phoenix
and
winter
there,
which
is
a port
of
Crete,
looking
southwest
and
northwest.
When
the
south
wind blew softly,
supposing
that
they
had obtained
their
purpose,
they
weighed
anchor
and sailed
along
Crete,
close
to shore.
But
before
long,
a stormy
wind beat
down
from shore,
which
is
called Euroclydon.
27:14
Or, “a northeaster”.
When
the
ship
was
caught
and couldn’t
face
the
wind,
we
gave
way
to
it
and
were
driven
along.
Running
under
the lee
of
a
small
island
called
Clauda,
we
were
able,
with
difficulty,
to secure
the
boat.
After
they
had
hoisted
it
up,
they
used
cables
to
help reinforce
the
ship.
Fearing
that
they would run aground
on
the
Syrtis sand bars,
they lowered
the
sea
anchor,
and
so
were
driven
along.
As
we labored exceedingly
with
the storm,
the
next
day
they began
to throw
things overboard.
On
the
third day,
they
threw out
the
ship’s
tackle
with
their own hands.
When
neither
sun
nor
stars shone
on
us
for
many
days,
and
no
small
storm pressed
on
us,
all
hope
that
we
would
be
saved
was
now
taken
away.
When
they
had
been
long
without
food,
Paul
stood
up
in
the
middle
of
them
and
said, “Sirs,
you
should
have listened
to
me,
and
not
have
set
sail
from
Crete
and
have gotten
this injury
and
loss.
Now
I exhort
you
to cheer up,
for
there
will
be
no
loss
of
life
among
you,
but
only
of
the
ship.
For
there
stood
by
me
this
night
an
angel,
belonging
to
the
God
whose
I
am
and
whom
I
serve,
saying, ‘Don’t
be
afraid,
Paul.
You
must
stand
before
Caesar.
Behold,
God
has
granted
you
all
those
who
sail
with
you.’
Therefore, sirs, cheer up!
For
I
believe
God,
that
it
will
be
just
as
it
has
been
spoken
to
me.
But
we
must run aground
on
a
certain
island.”
But
when
the fourteenth
night
had
come,
as
we
were
driven back
and forth
in
the
Adriatic Sea,
about
midnight
the
sailors surmised
that
they
were
drawing
near
to
some
land.
They
took
soundings
and
found
twenty
fathoms.
27:28
20 fathoms = 120 feet = 36.6 meters
After
a
little
while,
they
took
soundings
again,
and
found
fifteen
fathoms.
27:28
15 fathoms = 90 feet = 27.4 meters
Fearing
that
we
would run aground
on rocky ground,
they
let go
four
anchors
from
the
stern,
and
wished
for
daylight.
As
the
sailors
were
trying
to
flee
out
of
the
ship
and
had lowered
the
boat
into
the
sea,
pretending
that
they
would
lay
out
anchors
from
the
bow,
Paul
said
to
the
centurion
and
to
the
soldiers, “Unless
these
stay
in
the
ship,
you
can’t
be
saved.”
Then
the
soldiers
cut
away
the
ropes
of
the
boat
and
let
it fall
off.
While
the
day
was
coming
on,
Paul
begged
them
all
to
take
some
food,
saying, “Today
is
the fourteenth
day
that
you wait
and
continue fasting, having
taken
nothing.
Therefore
I
beg
you
to
take
some
food,
for
this
is
for
your safety;
for
not
a
hair
will
perish
from
any
of
your
heads.”
When
he
had
said
this
and
had
taken
bread,
he
gave
thanks
to
God
in
the
presence
of
all;
then
he
broke
it
and
began
to
eat.
Then
they
all cheered up,
and
they
also
took
food.
In
all,
we
were
two
hundred seventy-six
souls
on
the
ship.
When
they
had
eaten enough,
they lightened
the
ship, throwing
out
the
wheat
into
the
sea.
When
it
was
day,
they
didn’t
recognize
the
land,
but
they noticed
a
certain
bay
with
a
beach,
and
they
decided
to try
to
drive
the
ship
onto
it.
Casting
off
the
anchors,
they
left them
in
the
sea,
at
the
same
time untying
the
rudder
ropes.
Hoisting
up
the
foresail
to
the
wind,
they made
for
the
beach.
But coming
to
a
place
where
two
seas
met,
they
ran
the
vessel
aground.
The
bow struck
and
remained
immovable,
but
the
stern began
to
break
up
by
the
violence
of
the waves.
The
soldiers’
counsel
was
to
kill
the
prisoners,
so
that
none
of
them
would
swim
out
and
escape.
But
the
centurion,
desiring
to
save
Paul, stopped
them
from
their
purpose,
and
commanded
that
those
who
could
swim
should throw
themselves
overboard
first
to go
toward
the
land;
and
the
rest
should follow,
some
on
planks
and
some
on
other
things
from
the
ship.
So
they
all escaped
safely
to
the
land.
When
we
had escaped,
then
they
28:1
NU reads “we”
learned
that
the
island
was
called
Malta.
The
natives
showed
us uncommon
kindness;
for
they
kindled
a
fire
and
received
us
all,
because
of
the present
rain
and
because
of
the
cold.
But
when
Paul
had
gathered
a
bundle
of
sticks
and
laid
them
on
the
fire,
a
viper
came
out
because
of
the
heat
and
fastened
on
his
hand.
When
the
natives
saw
the
creature
hanging
from
his
hand,
they
said
to
one
another, “No
doubt
this
man
is
a
murderer,
whom,
though
he
has escaped
from
the
sea,
yet
Justice
has
not
allowed
to
live.”
However
he
shook
off
the
creature
into
the
fire,
and wasn’t harmed.
But
they expected
that
he
would
have swollen
or
fallen
down
dead
suddenly,
but
when
they
watched
for
a
long
time
and
saw
nothing bad
happen
to
him,
they
changed
their
minds
and
said
that
he
was
a
god.
Now
in
the
neighborhood
of
that
place
were
lands
belonging
to
the chief
man
of
the
island,
named
Publius,
who
received
us
and
courteously
entertained
us
for
three
days.
The
father
of
Publius
lay
sick
of
fever
and
dysentery.
Paul
entered
in
to
him,
prayed,
and
laying
his
hands
on
him,
healed
him.
Then
when
this
was
done,
the
rest
also
who
had
diseases
in
the
island
came
and
were
cured.
They
also
honored us
with
many
honors;
and
when
we sailed,
they
put
on board
the
things
that
we
needed.
After
three
months,
we
set
sail
in
a
ship
of Alexandria
which
had
wintered
in
the
island, whose
figurehead
was “The
Twin
Brothers.”
Touching
at
Syracuse,
we
stayed there
three
days.
From
there
we circled
around
and
arrived
at
Rhegium.
After
one
day,
a
south
wind
sprang
up,
and
on
the
second
day
we
came
to
Puteoli,
where
we
found
brothers,
28:14
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
and
were entreated
to
stay
with
them
for
seven
days.
So
we
came
to
Rome.
From
there
the
brothers,
when
they
heard
of
us,
came
to
meet
us
as
far
as
The
Market
of
Appius
and
The
Three
Taverns.
When
Paul
saw
them,
he
thanked
God
and
took
courage.
When
we
entered
into
Rome,
the centurion delivered
the prisoners
to
the captain
of
the
guard,
but
Paul
was
allowed
to
stay
by
himself
with
the
soldier
who
guarded
him.
After
three
days
Paul
called
together
those
who
were
the
leaders
of
the
Jews.
When
they
had
come
together,
he
said
to
them, “I,
brothers,
though
I
had
done
nothing
against
the
people
or
the
customs
of
our
fathers, still
was
delivered
prisoner
from
Jerusalem
into
the
hands
of
the
Romans,
who,
when
they
had
examined
me, desired
to
set
me
free,
because
there
was
no
cause
of
death
in
me.
But
when
the
Jews spoke
against
it,
I
was constrained
to
appeal
to
Caesar,
not
that
I
had
anything
about
which
to
accuse
my
nation.
For
this
cause
therefore
I
asked
to
see
you
and
to
speak
with
you.
For
because
of
the
hope
of
Israel
I
am bound
with
this
chain.”
They
said
to
him, “We
neither
received
letters
from
Judea
concerning
you,
nor
did
any
of
the
brothers
come
here
and
report
or
speak
any
evil
of
you.
But
we
desire
to
hear
from
you
what
you
think.
For,
as
concerning
this
sect,
it
is
known
to
us
that
everywhere
it
is
spoken
against.”
When
they
had
appointed
him
a
day,
many
people
came
to
him
at
his
lodging.
He
explained
to
them,
testifying
about
God’s
Kingdom,
and
persuading
them
concerning
Jesus,
both
from
the
law
of
Moses
and
from
the
prophets,
from
morning
until
evening.
Some believed
the
things
which
were
spoken,
and
some
disbelieved.
When
they didn’t
agree
among
themselves,
they departed
after
Paul
had
spoken
one
message: “The
Holy
Spirit
spoke
rightly
through
Isaiah
the
prophet
to
our
fathers,
saying,
‘Go
to
this
people
and
say,
in
hearing,
you
will
hear,
but
will
in
no
way
understand.
In
seeing,
you
will
see,
but
will
in
no
way
perceive.
For
this
people’s
heart
has grown callous.
Their
ears
are
dull
of
hearing.
Their
eyes
they
have
closed.
Lest
they
should
see
with
their
eyes,
hear
with
their
ears,
understand
with
their
heart,
and
would
turn
again,
then
I
would
heal
them.’
28:27
Isaiah 6:9-10
“Be
it
known
therefore
to
you
that
the
salvation
of
God
is
sent
to
the
nations,
and
they
will
listen.”
When he had said these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.
28:29
NU omits verse 29.
Paul
stayed
two
whole
years
in
his
own
rented house
and
received
all
who
were coming
to
him,
preaching
God’s
Kingdom
and
teaching
the
things
concerning
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
with
all
boldness,
without hindrance.
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Paul,
a
servant
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
called
to
be
an
apostle,
set
apart
for
the
Good
News
of
God,
which
he
promised
before
through
his
prophets
in
the
holy
Scriptures,
concerning
his
Son,
who
was
born
of
the offspring
1:3
or, seed
of
David
according
to
the
flesh,
who
was
declared
to
be
the
Son
of
God
with
power
according
to
the
Spirit
of
holiness,
by
the
resurrection
from
the
dead,
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord,
through
whom
we
received
grace
and
apostleship
for
obedience
of
faith
among
all
the
nations
for
his
name’s
sake;
among
whom
you
are
also
called
to
belong
to
Jesus
Christ;
to
all
who
are
in
Rome,
beloved
of
God,
called
to
be
saints:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
First,
I
thank
my
God
through
Jesus
Christ
for
all
of
you,
that
your
faith
is
proclaimed
throughout
the
whole
world.
For
God
is
my
witness,
whom
I
serve
in
my
spirit
in
the
Good
News
of
his
Son,
how
unceasingly
I
make
mention
of
you always
in
my prayers,
requesting,
if
by
any
means
now
at
last
I
may
be prospered
by
the
will
of
God
to
come
to
you.
For
I
long
to
see
you,
that
I
may
impart
to
you
some
spiritual
gift,
to
the
end
that
you
may
be
established;
that
is,
that
I
with
you
may
be
encouraged
in
you,
each
of
us
by
the
other’s
faith,
both
yours
and
mine.
Now
I
don’t
desire
to
have
you
unaware,
brothers,
that
I
often
planned
to
come
to
you (and
was
hindered
so
far),
that
I
might
have
some
fruit
among
you
also,
even
as
among
the
rest
of
the
Gentiles.
I
am debtor
both
to
Greeks
and
to foreigners,
both
to
the
wise
and
to
the
foolish.
So
as much
as
is
in
me,
I
am
eager
to
preach
the
Good
News
to
you
also
who
are
in
Rome.
For
I
am
not
ashamed
of
the
Good
News
of Christ,
because
it
is
the
power
of
God
for
salvation
for
everyone
who
believes,
for
the
Jew
first,
and
also
for
the
Greek.
For
in
it
is
revealed
God’s
righteousness
from
faith
to
faith.
As
it
is
written, “But
the
righteous
shall
live
by
faith.”
1:17
Habakkuk 2:4
For
the
wrath
of
God
is
revealed
from
heaven
against
all
ungodliness
and
unrighteousness
of
men
who
suppress
the
truth
in
unrighteousness,
because
that
which
is
known
of
God
is
revealed
in
them,
for
God
revealed
it
to
them.
For
the
invisible
things
of
him
since
the
creation
of
the
world
are
clearly
seen,
being perceived
through
the
things
that
are
made,
even
his everlasting
power
and divinity,
that
they
may
be
without
excuse.
Because
knowing
God,
they
didn’t
glorify
him
as
God,
and
didn’t
give
thanks,
but
became vain
in
their reasoning,
and
their
senseless
heart
was
darkened.
Professing
themselves
to
be
wise,
they
became
fools,
and traded
the
glory
of
the incorruptible
God
for
the
likeness
of
an
image
of
corruptible
man,
and
of
birds,
four-footed
animals,
and creeping
things.
Therefore
God
also
gave
them
up
in
the
lusts
of
their
hearts
to
uncleanness,
that
their
bodies
should
be
dishonored
among
themselves;
who
exchanged
the
truth
of
God
for
a
lie,
and
worshiped
and
served
the
creature
rather
than
the
Creator,
who
is
blessed
forever.
Amen.
For
this
reason,
God
gave
them
up
to vile
passions.
For
their
women changed
the
natural
function
into
that
which
is
against
nature.
Likewise
also
the
men,
leaving
the
natural
function
of
the
woman,
burned
in
their lust
toward
one
another,
men
doing
what
is inappropriate
with
men,
and
receiving
in
themselves
the
due
penalty
of
their
error.
Even
as
they
refused
to
have
God
in
their
knowledge,
God
gave
them
up
to
a reprobate
mind,
to
do
those
things
which
are
not fitting;
being
filled
with
all
unrighteousness, sexual immorality,
wickedness,
covetousness,
malice;
full
of
envy,
murder,
strife,
deceit,
evil habits, secret slanderers,
backbiters, hateful
to
God,
insolent,
arrogant,
boastful,
inventors
of
evil
things,
disobedient
to
parents,
without
understanding, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful;
who, knowing
the
ordinance
of
God,
that
those
who
practice
such
things
are
worthy
of
death,
not
only
do
the
same,
but
also
approve
of
those
who
practice
them.
Therefore
you
are
without
excuse,
O
man,
whoever
you
are
who
judge.
For
in
that
which
you
judge
another,
you
condemn
yourself.
For
you
who
judge
practice
the
same
things.
We
know
that
the
judgment
of
God
is
according
to
truth
against
those
who
practice
such
things.
Do
you
think
this,
O
man
who
judges
those
who
practice
such
things,
and
do
the
same,
that
you
will
escape
the
judgment
of
God?
Or
do
you
despise
the
riches
of
his goodness,
forbearance,
and
patience,
not
knowing
that
the goodness
of
God
leads
you
to
repentance?
But
according
to
your hardness
and
unrepentant
heart
you
are treasuring
up
for
yourself
wrath
in
the
day
of
wrath,
revelation,
and
of
the
righteous
judgment
of
God,
who “will
pay
back
to
everyone
according
to
their
works:”
2:6
Psalm 62:12; Proverbs 24:12
to
those
who
by
perseverance
in well-doing
seek
for
glory,
honor,
and incorruptibility,
eternal
life;
but
to
those
who
are self-seeking
and don’t
obey
the
truth,
but
obey
unrighteousness,
will
be
wrath,
indignation,
oppression,
and
anguish
on
every
soul
of
man
who
does
evil,
to
the
Jew
first,
and
also
to
the
Greek.
But
glory,
honor,
and
peace go
to
every
man
who
does
good,
to
the
Jew
first,
and
also
to
the
Greek.
For
there
is
no
partiality
with
God.
For
as
many
as
have
sinned
without
the
law
will
also
perish
without
the
law.
As
many
as
have
sinned
under
the
law
will
be
judged
by
the
law.
For
it
isn’t
the
hearers
of
the
law
who
are
righteous
before
God,
but
the
doers
of
the
law
will
be
justified
(for
when
Gentiles
who
don’t
have
the
law
do
by
nature
the
things
of
the
law,
these,
not
having
the
law,
are
a
law
to
themselves,
in
that
they
show
the
work
of
the
law
written
in
their
hearts,
their
conscience testifying
with
them,
and
their
thoughts
among
themselves
accusing
or
else excusing
them)
in
the
day
when
God
will
judge
the
secrets
of
men,
according
to
my
Good
News,
by
Jesus
Christ.
Indeed
you
bear
the
name
of
a
Jew,
rest
on
the
law,
glory
in
God,
know
his
will,
and
approve
the
things
that
are
excellent, being
instructed
out
of
the
law,
and
are
confident
that
you
yourself
are
a
guide
of
the
blind,
a
light
to
those
who
are
in
darkness,
a
corrector
of
the
foolish,
a
teacher
of babies,
having
in
the
law
the
form
of
knowledge
and
of
the
truth.
You
therefore
who
teach
another,
don’t
you
teach
yourself?
You
who
preach
that
a
man shouldn’t
steal,
do
you
steal?
You
who
say
a
man shouldn’t
commit
adultery,
do
you
commit
adultery?
You
who
abhor
idols,
do
you
rob
temples?
You
who
glory
in
the
law,
do
you
dishonor
God
by disobeying
the
law?
For “the
name
of
God
is
blasphemed
among
the
Gentiles
because
of
you,”
2:24
Isaiah 52:5; Ezekiel 36:22
just
as
it
is
written.
For
circumcision
indeed
profits,
if
you
are
a doer
of
the
law,
but
if
you
are
a
transgressor
of
the
law,
your
circumcision
has
become
uncircumcision.
If
therefore
the
uncircumcised
keep
the
ordinances
of
the
law,
won’t
his
uncircumcision
be accounted
as
circumcision?
Won’t
those
who
are
physically
uncircumcised,
but fulfill
the
law,
judge
you,
who
with
the
letter
and
circumcision
are
a
transgressor
of
the
law?
For
he
is
not
a
Jew
who
is
one outwardly,
neither
is
that
circumcision
which
is
outward
in
the
flesh;
but
he
is
a
Jew
who
is
one
inwardly,
and
circumcision
is
that
of
the
heart,
in
the
spirit,
not
in
the
letter;
whose
praise
is
not
from
men,
but
from
God.
Then
what
advantage
does
the
Jew
have?
Or
what
is
the profit
of
circumcision?
Much
in
every
way!
Because
first
of
all,
they
were
entrusted
with
the revelations
of
God.
For
what
if
some
were
without
faith?
Will
their lack
of
faith
nullify
the
faithfulness
of
God?
May
it
never
be!
Yes,
let
God
be
found
true,
but
every
man
a
liar.
As
it
is
written,
“that
you
might
be
justified
in
your
words,
and
might
prevail
when
you
come
into
judgment.”
3:4
Psalm 51:4
But
if
our
unrighteousness
commends
the
righteousness
of
God,
what
will
we
say?
Is
God
unrighteous
who
inflicts
wrath?
I
speak
like
men
do.
May
it
never
be!
For then
how
will
God
judge
the
world?
For
if
the
truth
of
God
through
my
lie
abounded
to
his
glory,
why
am
I
also
still
judged
as
a
sinner?
Why
not (as
we
are
slanderously
reported,
and
as
some affirm
that
we
say), “Let’s
do
evil,
that
good
may
come?”
Those
who
say
so
are justly
condemned.
What
then?
Are
we
better
than
they?
No,
in
no
way.
For
we previously warned
both
Jews
and
Greeks
that
they
are
all
under
sin.
As
it
is
written,
“There
is
no
one
righteous;
no,
not
one.
There
is
no
one
who
understands.
There
is
no
one
who seeks after
God.
They
have
all
turned
away.
They
have
together
become unprofitable.
There
is
no
one
who
does
good,
no,
not so much
as
one.”
3:12
Psalm 14:1-3; 53:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20
“Their
throat
is an
open tomb.
With
their
tongues
they
have used deceit.”
3:13
Psalm 5:9
“The
poison
of vipers
is
under
their
lips.”
3:13
Psalm 140:3
“Their
mouth
is
full
of
cursing
and
bitterness.”
3:14
Psalm 10:7
“Their
feet
are
swift
to
shed
blood.
Destruction
and
misery
are
in
their
ways.
The
way
of
peace,
they haven’t
known.”
3:17
Isaiah 59:7-8
“There
is
no
fear
of
God
before
their
eyes.”
3:18
Psalm 36:1
Now
we
know
that
whatever
things
the
law
says,
it
speaks
to
those
who
are
under
the
law,
that
every
mouth
may
be
closed,
and
all
the
world
may
be
brought
under
the judgment
of
God.
Because
by
the
works
of
the
law,
no
flesh
will
be
justified
in
his
sight;
for
through
the
law
comes
the
knowledge
of
sin.
But
now
apart
from
the
law,
a
righteousness
of
God
has
been
revealed, being
testified
by
the
law
and
the
prophets;
even
the
righteousness
of
God
through
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
to
all
and
on
all
those
who
believe.
For
there
is
no
distinction,
for
all
have
sinned,
and
fall
short
of
the
glory
of
God;
being
justified
freely
by
his
grace
through
the
redemption
that
is
in
Christ
Jesus,
whom
God sent
to
be
an atoning sacrifice
3:25
or, a propitiation
through
faith
in
his
blood,
for
a
demonstration
of
his
righteousness
through
the passing
over
of prior
sins,
in
God’s forbearance;
to
demonstrate
his
righteousness
at
this
present
time,
that
he
might
himself
be
just
and
the
justifier
of
him
who
has
faith
in
Jesus.
Where
then
is
the
boasting?
It
is
excluded.
By
what
kind
of
law?
Of
works?
No,
but
by
a
law
of
faith.
We
maintain therefore
that
a
man
is
justified
by
faith
apart
from
the
works
of
the
law.
Or
is
God
the
God
of
Jews
only?
Isn’t
he
the
God
of
Gentiles
also?
Yes,
of
Gentiles
also,
since
indeed
there
is
one
God
who
will
justify
the
circumcised
by
faith
and
the
uncircumcised
through
faith.
Do
we
then
nullify
the
law
through
faith?
May
it
never
be!
No,
we
establish
the
law.
What
then
will
we
say
that
Abraham,
our
forefather,
has
found
according
to
the
flesh?
For
if
Abraham
was
justified
by
works,
he
has
something
to
boast
about,
but
not
toward
God.
For
what
does
the
Scripture
say? “Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was accounted
to
him
for
righteousness.”
4:3
Genesis 15:6
Now
to him
who works,
the
reward
is
not
counted
as
grace,
but
as something owed.
But
to
him
who
doesn’t
work,
but
believes
in
him
who
justifies
the
ungodly,
his
faith
is accounted
for
righteousness.
Even
as
David
also pronounces
blessing
on
the
man
to
whom
God counts
righteousness
apart
from
works:
“Blessed
are
they
whose iniquities
are
forgiven,
whose
sins
are
covered.
Blessed
is
the
man
whom
the
Lord
will
by
no means charge
with
sin.”
4:8
Psalm 32:1-2
Is
this
blessing
then pronounced
only
on
the
circumcised,
or
on
the
uncircumcised
also?
For
we
say
that
faith
was accounted
to
Abraham
for
righteousness.
How
then
was
it
counted?
When
he
was
in
circumcision,
or
in
uncircumcision?
Not
in
circumcision,
but
in
uncircumcision.
He
received
the
sign
of
circumcision,
a
seal
of
the
righteousness
of
the
faith
which
he
had
while
he
was
in
uncircumcision,
that
he
might
be
the
father
of
all
those
who
believe,
though
they
might
be
in
uncircumcision,
that
righteousness
might
also
be accounted
to
them.
He
is
the
father
of
circumcision
to
those
who
not
only
are
of
the
circumcision,
but
who
also
walk
in
the
steps
of
that
faith
of
our
father
Abraham,
which
he
had
in
uncircumcision.
For
the
promise
to
Abraham
and
to
his offspring
that
he
would
be
heir
of
the
world
wasn’t
through
the
law,
but
through
the
righteousness
of
faith.
For
if
those
who
are
of
the
law
are
heirs,
faith
is
made
void,
and
the
promise
is
made
of
no effect.
For
the
law
produces
wrath;
for
where
there
is
no
law,
neither
is
there disobedience.
For
this cause
it
is
of
faith,
that
it
may
be
according
to
grace,
to
the
end
that
the
promise
may
be
sure
to
all
the offspring,
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
you
a
father
of
many
nations.”
4:17
Genesis 17:5
This
is
in
the
presence
of
him
whom
he
believed:
God,
who
gives
life
to
the
dead,
and
calls
the
things
that
are
not,
as
though
they
were.
Against
hope,
Abraham
in
hope
believed,
to
the
end
that
he
might
become
a
father
of
many
nations,
according
to
that
which
had
been
spoken, “So
will
your offspring
be.”
4:18
Genesis 15:5
Without
being weakened
in
faith,
he
didn’t
consider
his
own
body, already having
been worn
out, (he
being
about
a
hundred
years
old),
and
the
deadness
of
Sarah’s
womb.
Yet, looking
to
the
promise
of
God,
he
didn’t
waver through
unbelief,
but
grew
strong through
faith,
giving
glory
to
God,
and
being
fully
assured
that
what
he
had
promised,
he
was
also
able
to
perform.
Therefore
it
also
was “credited
to
him
for
righteousness.”
4:22
Genesis 15:6
Now
it
was
not
written
that
it
was accounted
to
him
for
his
sake
alone,
but
for
our
sake
also,
to
whom
it
will
be accounted,
who
believe
in
him
who
raised
Jesus
our
Lord
from
the
dead,
who
was
delivered
up
for
our
trespasses,
and
was
raised
for
our
justification.
Being
therefore
justified
by
faith,
we
have
peace
with
God
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ;
through
whom
we
also
have
our
access
by
faith
into
this
grace
in
which
we
stand.
We
rejoice
in
hope
of
the
glory
of
God.
Not
only
this,
but
we
also
rejoice
in
our
sufferings,
knowing
that
suffering
produces
perseverance;
and
perseverance,
proven
character;
and
proven
character,
hope;
and
hope
doesn’t
disappoint
us,
because
God’s
love
has
been
poured
into
our
hearts
through
the
Holy
Spirit
who
was
given
to
us.
For
while
we
were
yet
weak,
at
the
right
time
Christ
died
for
the
ungodly.
For
one
will
hardly
die
for
a
righteous
man.
Yet
perhaps
for
a
good
person
someone
would
even
dare
to
die.
But
God
commends
his
own
love
toward
us,
in
that
while
we
were
yet
sinners,
Christ
died
for
us.
Much
more
then, being
now
justified
by
his
blood,
we
will
be
saved
from
God’s
wrath
through
him.
For
if
while
we
were
enemies,
we
were
reconciled
to
God
through
the
death
of
his
Son,
much
more,
being
reconciled,
we
will
be
saved
by
his
life.
Not
only
so,
but
we
also
rejoice
in
God
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
through
whom
we
have
now
received
the
reconciliation.
Therefore,
as
sin
entered
into
the
world
through
one
man,
and
death
through
sin,
so
death
passed
to
all
men
because
all
sinned.
For
until
the
law,
sin
was
in
the
world;
but
sin
is
not charged
when
there
is
no
law.
Nevertheless
death
reigned
from
Adam
until
Moses,
even
over
those
whose
sins weren’t
like Adam’s disobedience,
who
is
a foreshadowing
of
him
who
was
to
come.
But
the
free
gift
isn’t
like
the
trespass.
For
if
by
the
trespass
of
the
one
the
many
died,
much
more did
the
grace
of
God
and
the
gift
by
the
grace
of
the
one
man,
Jesus
Christ,
abound
to
the
many.
The
gift
is
not
as
through
one
who
sinned;
for
the
judgment
came
by
one
to
condemnation,
but
the
free
gift followed
many
trespasses
to
justification.
For
if
by
the
trespass
of
the
one,
death
reigned
through
the
one;
so
much
more
will
those
who
receive
the
abundance
of
grace
and
of
the
gift
of
righteousness
reign
in
life
through
the
one,
Jesus
Christ.
So
then
as
through
one
trespass,
all
men
were condemned;
even
so
through
one
act
of
righteousness,
all
men
were justified
to
life.
For
as
through
the
one
man’s
disobedience
many
were
made
sinners,
even
so
through
the
obedience
of
the
one,
many
will
be
made
righteous.
The
law
came
in
that
the
trespass might abound;
but
where
sin
abounded,
grace
abounded
more exceedingly,
that
as
sin
reigned
in
death,
even
so
grace
might
reign
through
righteousness
to
eternal
life
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
What shall
we
say
then? Shall
we
continue
in
sin,
that
grace
may abound?
May
it
never
be!
We
who
died
to
sin,
how
could
we
live
in
it
any
longer?
Or don’t
you
know
that
all
of
us
who
were
baptized
into
Christ
Jesus
were
baptized
into
his
death?
We
were
buried
therefore
with
him
through
baptism
into
death,
that
just
as
Christ
was
raised
from
the
dead
through
the
glory
of
the
Father,
so
we
also
might
walk
in
newness
of
life.
For
if
we
have
become
united
with
him
in
the
likeness
of
his
death,
we
will
also
be
part
of
his
resurrection;
knowing
this,
that our
old
man
was
crucified
with
him,
that
the
body
of
sin
might
be
done
away
with,
so
that
we
would
no
longer
be
in
bondage
to
sin.
For
he
who has
died has been
freed
from
sin.
But
if
we
died
with
Christ,
we
believe
that
we
will
also
live
with
him,
knowing
that
Christ, being
raised
from
the
dead,
dies
no
more.
Death
no
longer
has dominion
over
him!
For
the
death
that
he
died,
he
died
to
sin
one
time;
but
the
life
that
he
lives,
he
lives
to
God.
Thus
consider
yourselves
also
to
be
dead
to
sin,
but
alive
to
God
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
Therefore
don’t
let
sin
reign
in
your
mortal
body,
that
you should
obey
it
in
its
lusts.
Also,
do
not
present
your
members
to
sin
as
instruments
of
unrighteousness,
but
present
yourselves
to
God
as
alive
from
the
dead,
and
your
members
as
instruments
of
righteousness
to
God.
For
sin
will
not
have dominion
over
you,
for
you
are
not
under
law,
but
under
grace.
What
then? Shall
we
sin
because
we
are
not
under
law
but
under
grace?
May
it
never
be!
Don’t
you
know
that
when
you
present
yourselves
as
servants
and
obey
someone,
you
are
the
servants
of
whomever
you
obey,
whether
of
sin
to
death,
or
of
obedience
to
righteousness?
But
thanks
be
to
God
that,
whereas
you
were bondservants
of
sin,
you
became
obedient
from
the
heart
to
that form
of
teaching
to
which
you
were
delivered.
Being
made
free
from
sin,
you
became bondservants
of
righteousness.
I
speak
in
human
terms
because
of
the
weakness
of
your
flesh;
for
as
you
presented
your
members
as
servants
to
uncleanness
and
to wickedness upon wickedness,
even
so
now
present
your
members
as
servants
to
righteousness
for
sanctification.
For
when
you
were
servants
of
sin,
you
were
free
from
righteousness.
What
fruit
then
did
you
have
at
that
time
in
the
things
of
which
you
are
now
ashamed?
For
the
end
of
those
things
is
death.
But
now,
being
made
free
from
sin
and
having
become servants
of
God,
you
have
your
fruit
of
sanctification
and
the
result
of
eternal
life.
For
the
wages
of
sin
is
death,
but
the
free
gift
of
God
is
eternal
life
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
Or don’t
you
know,
brothers
7:1
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” (for
I
speak
to
men
who
know
the
law),
that
the
law
has dominion
over
a
man
for
as
long
as
he
lives?
For
the
woman
that
has
a
husband
is
bound
by
law
to
the
husband
while
he
lives,
but
if
the
husband
dies,
she
is discharged
from
the
law
of
the
husband.
So
then
if,
while
the
husband
lives,
she
is
joined
to
another
man,
she
would
be
called
an
adulteress.
But
if
the
husband
dies,
she
is
free
from
the
law,
so
that
she
is
no
adulteress,
though
she
is
joined
to
another
man.
Therefore,
my
brothers,
you
also
were
made
dead
to
the
law
through
the
body
of
Christ,
that
you
would
be
joined
to
another,
to
him
who
was
raised
from
the
dead,
that
we
might produce
fruit
to
God.
For
when
we
were
in
the
flesh,
the
sinful
passions
which
were
through
the
law
worked
in
our
members
to
bring
out
fruit
to
death.
But
now
we
have
been discharged
from
the
law,
having
died
to
that
in
which
we
were held;
so
that
we
serve
in
newness
of
the
spirit,
and
not
in
oldness
of
the
letter.
What shall
we
say
then?
Is
the
law
sin?
May
it
never
be!
However,
I wouldn’t
have
known
sin
except
through
the
law.
For
I wouldn’t
have
known
coveting
unless
the
law
had
said, “You shall
not
covet.”
7:7
Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21
But
sin, finding
occasion
through
the
commandment,
produced
in
me
all
kinds
of
coveting.
For
apart
from
the
law,
sin
is
dead.
I
was
alive
apart
from
the
law
once,
but
when
the
commandment
came,
sin revived
and
I died.
The
commandment
which
was
for
life,
this
I
found
to
be
for
death;
for
sin, finding
occasion
through
the
commandment,
deceived
me,
and
through
it
killed
me.
Therefore
the
law
indeed
is
holy,
and
the
commandment
holy,
righteous,
and
good.
Did
then
that
which
is
good
become
death
to
me?
May
it
never
be!
But
sin,
that
it
might
be
shown
to
be
sin,
was
producing
death
in
me
through
that
which
is
good;
that
through
the
commandment
sin
might
become exceedingly
sinful.
For
we
know
that
the
law
is
spiritual,
but
I
am fleshly,
sold
under
sin.
For
I
don’t
understand
what
I
am
doing.
For
I
don’t
practice
what
I
desire
to
do;
but
what
I
hate,
that
I
do.
But
if
what
I
don’t
desire,
that
I
do,
I consent
to
the
law
that
it
is
good.
So
now
it
is
no
more
I
that do
it,
but
sin
which
dwells
in
me.
For
I
know
that
in
me,
that
is,
in
my
flesh,
dwells
no
good
thing.
For
desire
is
present
with
me,
but
I
don’t find
it
doing
that
which
is
good.
For
the
good
which
I
desire,
I
don’t
do;
but
the
evil
which
I
don’t
desire,
that
I
practice.
But
if
what
I
don’t
desire,
that
I
do,
it
is
no
more
I
that
do
it,
but
sin
which
dwells
in
me.
I
find
then
the
law
that,
while
I
desire
to
do
good,
evil
is
present.
For
I delight
in
God’s
law
after
the inward
person,
but
I
see
a
different
law
in
my
members, warring
against
the
law
of
my
mind,
and bringing
me
into captivity
under
the
law
of
sin
which
is
in
my
members.
What
a
wretched
man
I
am!
Who
will
deliver
me
out
of
the
body
of
this
death?
I
thank
God
through
Jesus
Christ,
our
Lord!
So
then
with
the
mind,
I
myself
serve
God’s
law,
but
with
the
flesh,
sin’s
law.
There
is
therefore
now
no
condemnation
to
those
who
are
in
Christ
Jesus,
who don’t walk according
to
the flesh,
but according
to
the Spirit.
8:1
NU omits “who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit”
For
the
law
of
the
Spirit
of
life
in
Christ
Jesus made me
free
from
the
law
of
sin
and
of
death.
For
what
the
law couldn’t
do,
in
that
it
was
weak
through
the
flesh,
God did,
sending
his
own
Son
in
the
likeness
of
sinful
flesh
and
for
sin,
he
condemned
sin
in
the
flesh,
that
the
ordinance
of
the
law
might
be
fulfilled
in
us
who
don’t
walk
according
to
the
flesh,
but
according
to
the
Spirit.
For
those
who
live
according
to
the
flesh
set
their
minds
on
the
things
of
the
flesh,
but
those
who
live
according
to
the
Spirit,
the
things
of
the
Spirit.
For
the
mind
of
the
flesh
is
death,
but
the
mind
of
the
Spirit
is
life
and
peace;
because
the
mind
of
the
flesh
is hostile
toward
God,
for
it
is
not
subject
to
God’s
law,
neither
indeed
can
it
be.
Those
who
are
in
the
flesh
can’t
please
God.
But
you
are
not
in
the
flesh
but
in
the
Spirit,
if
it
is
so
that
the
Spirit
of
God
dwells
in
you.
But
if
any
man
doesn’t
have
the
Spirit
of
Christ,
he
is
not
his.
If
Christ
is
in
you,
the
body
is
dead
because
of
sin,
but
the
spirit
is
alive
because
of
righteousness.
But
if
the
Spirit
of
him
who
raised
up
Jesus
from
the
dead
dwells
in
you,
he
who
raised
up
Christ
Jesus
from
the
dead
will
also
give
life
to
your
mortal
bodies
through
his
Spirit
who
dwells
in
you.
So
then,
brothers,
we
are
debtors,
not
to
the
flesh,
to
live
after
the
flesh.
For
if
you
live
after
the
flesh,
you
must
die;
but
if
by
the
Spirit
you
put
to
death
the
deeds
of
the
body,
you
will
live.
For
as
many
as
are
led
by
the
Spirit
of
God,
these
are children
of
God.
For
you
didn’t
receive
the
spirit
of bondage
again
to
fear,
but
you
received
the
Spirit
of
adoption,
by
whom
we
cry, “Abba!
8:15
Abba is an Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy”, which can be used affectionately and respectfully in prayer to our Father in heaven.
Father!”
The
Spirit
himself
testifies
with
our
spirit
that
we
are
children
of
God;
and
if
children,
then
heirs—heirs
of
God
and joint
heirs
with
Christ,
if
indeed
we
suffer
with
him,
that
we
may
also
be
glorified
with
him.
For
I
consider
that
the
sufferings
of
this
present
time
are
not
worthy
to
be compared
with
the
glory
which
will
be
revealed
toward
us.
For
the
creation
waits
with eager
expectation
for
the children
of
God
to
be
revealed.
For
the
creation
was
subjected
to
vanity,
not
of
its own will,
but
because
of
him
who
subjected
it,
in
hope
that
the
creation
itself
also
will
be delivered
from
the bondage
of decay
into
the
liberty
of
the
glory
of
the
children
of
God.
For
we
know
that
the
whole
creation
groans
and travails
in pain
together
until
now.
Not
only
so,
but
ourselves
also,
who
have
the
first
fruits
of
the
Spirit,
even
we
ourselves
groan
within
ourselves,
waiting
for
adoption,
the
redemption
of
our
body.
For
we
were
saved
in
hope,
but
hope
that
is
seen
is
not
hope.
For
who
hopes
for
that
which
he
sees?
But
if
we
hope
for
that
which
we
don’t
see,
we
wait
for
it
with
patience.
In
the
same
way,
the
Spirit
also
helps
our
weaknesses,
for
we
don’t
know
how
to
pray
as
we
ought.
But
the
Spirit
himself makes intercession
for us
with
groanings
which
can’t
be uttered.
He
who
searches
the
hearts
knows
what
is
on
the Spirit’s
mind,
because
he makes
intercession
for
the
saints
according
to
God.
We
know
that
all
things
work
together
for
good
for
those
who
love
God,
for
those
who
are
called
according
to
his
purpose.
For
whom
he
foreknew,
he
also
predestined
to
be conformed
to
the
image
of
his
Son,
that
he
might
be
the
firstborn
among
many
brothers.
8:29
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
Whom
he
predestined,
those
he
also
called.
Whom
he
called,
those
he
also
justified.
Whom
he
justified,
those
he
also
glorified.
What
then
shall
we
say
about
these
things?
If
God
is
for
us,
who
can
be
against
us?
He
who
didn’t
spare
his
own
Son,
but
delivered
him
up
for
us
all,
how
would
he
not
also
with
him
freely
give
us
all
things?
Who could
bring
a
charge
against
God’s
chosen ones? It
is
God
who
justifies.
Who
is
he
who
condemns?
It
is
Christ
who
died,
yes
rather,
who
was
raised
from
the
dead,
who
is
at
the
right
hand
of
God,
who
also makes
intercession
for
us.
Who
shall
separate us
from
the
love
of
Christ? Could oppression,
or
anguish,
or
persecution,
or
famine,
or
nakedness,
or
peril,
or
sword?
Even
as it
is
written,
“For
your
sake
we
are killed
all
day
long.
We
were accounted
as
sheep
for
the
slaughter.”
8:36
Psalm 44:22
No,
in
all
these
things
we
are
more than conquerors
through
him
who
loved
us.
For
I
am
persuaded
that
neither
death,
nor
life,
nor
angels,
nor
principalities,
nor
things
present,
nor
things
to
come,
nor
powers,
nor
height,
nor
depth,
nor
any
other
created
thing
will
be
able
to
separate
us
from
God’s
love
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
I
tell
the
truth
in
Christ.
I
am
not
lying,
my
conscience testifying
with
me
in
the
Holy
Spirit
that
I
have
great
sorrow
and
unceasing
pain
in
my
heart.
For
I could
wish
that
I
myself
were
accursed
from
Christ
for
my brothers’
sake,
my
relatives
according
to
the
flesh
who
are
Israelites;
whose
is
the
adoption,
the
glory,
the
covenants,
the
giving
of
the
law,
the
service,
and
the
promises;
of
whom
are
the
fathers,
and
from
whom
is
Christ
as
concerning
the
flesh,
who
is
over
all,
God,
blessed
forever.
Amen.
But
it
is
not
as
though
the
word
of
God
has
come
to
nothing.
For
they
are
not
all
Israel
that
are
of
Israel.
Neither,
because
they
are
Abraham’s offspring,
are
they
all
children.
But, “your offspring
will
be accounted
as
from
Isaac.”
9:7
Genesis 21:12
That
is,
it
is
not
the
children
of
the
flesh
who
are
children
of
God,
but
the
children
of
the
promise
are
counted
as heirs.
For
this
is
a
word
of
promise: “At
the appointed
time
I
will
come,
and
Sarah
will
have
a
son.”
9:9
Genesis 18:10,14
Not
only
so,
but
Rebekah
also
conceived
by
one,
by
our
father
Isaac.
For being
not
yet
born,
neither
having
done
anything
good
or
bad,
that
the
purpose
of
God
according
to
election
might
stand,
not
of
works,
but
of
him
who
calls,
9:11
NU puts the phrase “not of works, but of him who calls” at the beginning of verse 12 instead of the end of verse 11.
it
was
said
to
her, “The elder
will
serve
the
younger.”
9:12
Genesis 25:23
Even
as
it
is
written, “Jacob
I
loved,
but
Esau
I
hated.”
9:13
Malachi 1:2-3
What
shall
we
say
then?
Is
there
unrighteousness
with
God?
May
it
never
be!
For
he
said
to
Moses, “I
will
have
mercy
on
whom
I
have
mercy,
and
I
will
have
compassion
on
whom
I
have
compassion.”
9:15
Exodus 33:19
So
then
it
is
not
of
him
who
wills,
nor
of
him
who
runs,
but
of
God
who
has
mercy.
For
the
Scripture
says
to
Pharaoh, “For
this
very
purpose
I caused
you
to
be
raised
up,
that
I
might
show
in
you
my
power,
and
that
my
name
might
be
proclaimed
in
all
the
earth.”
9:17
Exodus 9:16
So
then,
he
has
mercy
on
whom
he
desires,
and
he
hardens
whom
he
desires.
You
will
say
then
to
me, “Why
does
he
still
find
fault?
For
who withstands
his
will?”
But
indeed,
O
man,
who
are
you
to
reply
against
God?
Will
the
thing
formed
ask
him
who
formed
it, “Why
did
you
make
me
like
this?”
9:20
Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Or
hasn’t
the
potter
a
right
over
the
clay,
from
the
same
lump
to
make
one
part
a
vessel
for
honor,
and another
for
dishonor?
What
if
God,
willing
to
show
his
wrath
and
to
make
his
power
known,
endured
with
much
patience
vessels
of
wrath
prepared
for
destruction,
and
that
he
might
make
known
the
riches
of
his
glory
on
vessels
of
mercy,
which
he
prepared
beforehand
for
glory—
us,
whom
he
also
called,
not
from
the
Jews
only,
but
also
from
the
Gentiles?
As
he
says
also
in
Hosea,
“I
will
call
them ‘my
people,’
which
were
not
my
people;
and her ‘beloved,’
who
was
not
beloved.”
9:25
Hosea 2:23
“It
will
be
that
in
the
place
where
it
was
said
to
them, ‘You
are
not
my
people,’
there
they
will
be
called ‘children
of
the
living
God.’”
9:26
Hosea 1:10
Isaiah
cries
concerning
Israel,
“If
the
number
of
the children
of
Israel
are
as
the
sand
of
the
sea,
it
is
the
remnant
who
will
be
saved;
for
he
will finish
the work
and cut
it short
in righteousness,
because
the
Lord
will
make
a short work
upon
the
earth.”
9:28
Isaiah 10:22-23
As
Isaiah
has
said before,
“Unless
the
Lord
of Armies
9:29
Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot)
had
left us
a
seed,
we
would
have
become
like
Sodom,
and
would
have
been
made
like
Gomorrah.”
9:29
Isaiah 1:9
What shall
we
say
then?
That
the
Gentiles,
who
didn’t follow
after
righteousness,
attained
to
righteousness,
even
the
righteousness
which
is
of
faith;
but
Israel, following
after
a
law
of
righteousness,
didn’t
arrive
at
the
law
of
righteousness.
Why?
Because
they
didn’t seek
it
by
faith,
but
as
it
were
by
works
of
the law.
They
stumbled
over
the
stumbling
stone,
even
as
it
is
written,
“Behold,
9:33
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
lay
in
Zion
a
stumbling
stone
and
a
rock
of
offense;
and
no
one
who
believes
in
him
will
be disappointed.”
9:33
Isaiah 8:14; 28:16
Brothers,
my
heart’s
desire
and
my
prayer
to
God
is
for
Israel,
that
they
may
be saved.
For
I
testify
about
them
that
they
have
a
zeal
for
God,
but
not
according
to
knowledge.
For being
ignorant
of
God’s
righteousness,
and
seeking
to
establish
their
own
righteousness,
they
didn’t
subject
themselves
to
the
righteousness
of
God.
For
Christ
is
the
fulfillment
10:4
or, completion, or end
of
the
law
for
righteousness
to
everyone
who
believes.
For
Moses
writes
about
the
righteousness
of
the
law, “The
one
who
does
them
will
live
by
them.”
10:5
Leviticus 18:5
But
the
righteousness
which
is
of
faith
says
this, “Don’t
say
in
your
heart, ‘Who
will
ascend
into
heaven?’
10:6
Deuteronomy 30:12 (that
is,
to
bring
Christ
down);
or, ‘Who
will
descend
into
the
abyss?’
10:7
Deuteronomy 30:13 (that
is,
to
bring
Christ
up
from
the
dead.)”
But
what
does
it
say? “The
word
is
near
you,
in
your
mouth
and
in
your
heart;”
10:8
Deuteronomy 30:14
that
is,
the
word
of
faith
which
we
preach:
that
if
you
will
confess
with
your
mouth
that
Jesus
is
Lord
and
believe
in
your
heart
that
God
raised
him
from
the
dead,
you
will
be
saved.
For
with
the
heart one
believes
resulting
in
righteousness;
and
with
the
mouth confession
is
made
resulting
in
salvation.
For
the
Scripture
says, “Whoever
believes
in
him
will
not
be disappointed.”
10:11
Isaiah 28:16
For
there
is
no
distinction
between
Jew
and
Greek;
for
the
same
Lord
is
Lord
of
all,
and
is
rich
to
all
who
call
on
him.
For, “Whoever
will
call
on
the
name
of
the
Lord
will
be
saved.”
10:13
Joel 2:32
How
then
will
they
call
on
him
in
whom
they
have
not
believed?
How
will
they
believe
in
him
whom
they
have
not
heard?
How
will
they
hear
without
a
preacher?
And
how
will
they
preach
unless
they
are
sent?
As
it
is
written:
“How
beautiful
are
the
feet
of
those
who
preach
the
Good
News
of peace,
who
bring glad tidings
of
good
things!”
10:15
Isaiah 52:7
But
they
didn’t
all listen
to
the glad
news.
For
Isaiah
says, “Lord,
who
has
believed
our
report?”
10:16
Isaiah 53:1
So
faith comes
by
hearing,
and
hearing
by
the
word
of God.
But
I
say,
didn’t
they
hear?
Yes, most
certainly,
“Their sound
went
out
into
all
the
earth,
their
words
to
the
ends
of
the
world.”
10:18
Psalm 19:4
But
I
ask,
didn’t
Israel
know?
First
Moses
says,
“I
will
provoke
you
to
jealousy
with
that which
is
no
nation.
I
will
make
you angry
with
a
nation void
of
understanding.”
10:19
Deuteronomy 32:21
Isaiah
is
very
bold
and
says,
“I
was
found
by
those
who
didn’t
seek
me.
I
was revealed
to
those
who
didn’t
ask
for
me.”
10:20
Isaiah 65:1
But
about
Israel
he
says, “All
day
long
I stretched out
my
hands
to
a
disobedient
and contrary
people.”
10:21
Isaiah 65:2
I
ask
then,
did
God reject
his
people?
May
it
never
be!
For
I
also
am
an
Israelite,
a
descendant
of
Abraham,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
God
didn’t reject
his
people,
whom
he
foreknew.
Or
don’t
you
know
what
the
Scripture
says
about
Elijah?
How
he
pleads
with
God
against
Israel:
“Lord,
they
have
killed
your
prophets.
They
have broken
down
your
altars.
I
am left
alone,
and
they
seek
my
life.”
11:3
1 Kings 19:10,14
But
how
does
God answer
him? “I
have reserved
for
myself
seven
thousand
men
who
have
not
bowed
the
knee
to
Baal.”
11:4
1 Kings 19:18
Even
so
too
at
this
present
time
also
there
is
a
remnant
according
to
the
election
of
grace.
And
if
by
grace,
then
it
is
no
longer
of
works;
otherwise
grace
is
no
longer
grace.
But
if
it
is
of
works,
it
is
no
longer
grace;
otherwise
work
is
no
longer
work.
What
then?
That
which
Israel
seeks
for,
that
he
didn’t
obtain,
but
the
chosen ones
obtained
it,
and
the
rest
were
hardened.
According
as
it
is
written, “God
gave
them
a
spirit
of
stupor,
eyes
that
they
should
not
see,
and
ears
that
they
should
not
hear,
to
this
very
day.”
11:8
Deuteronomy 29:4; Isaiah 29:10
David
says,
“Let
their
table
be
made
a
snare,
a
trap,
a
stumbling
block,
and
a
retribution
to
them.
Let
their
eyes
be
darkened,
that
they
may
not
see.
Always
keep
their
backs bent.”
11:10
Psalm 69:22,23
I
ask
then,
did
they
stumble
that
they
might
fall?
May
it
never
be!
But
by
their
fall
salvation
has
come
to
the
Gentiles,
to
provoke
them
to
jealousy.
Now
if
their fall
is
the
riches
of
the
world,
and
their loss
the
riches
of
the
Gentiles,
how
much
more
their
fullness!
For
I
speak
to
you
who
are
Gentiles.
Since
then
as
I
am
an
apostle
to
Gentiles,
I
glorify
my
ministry,
if
by
any
means
I
may
provoke
to
jealousy
those
who
are
my
flesh,
and
may
save
some
of
them.
For
if
the
rejection
of
them
is
the reconciling
of
the
world,
what
would
their
acceptance
be,
but
life
from
the
dead?
If
the
first fruit
is
holy,
so
is
the
lump.
If
the
root
is
holy,
so
are
the
branches.
But
if
some
of
the
branches
were
broken
off,
and
you,
being
a
wild
olive,
were
grafted
in
among
them
and
became
partaker
with
them
of
the
root
and
of
the richness
of
the
olive
tree,
don’t
boast
over
the
branches.
But
if
you
boast, remember
that
it
is
not
you
who
support
the
root,
but
the
root
supports
you.
You
will
say
then, “Branches
were
broken
off,
that
I
might
be
grafted
in.”
True;
by
their
unbelief
they
were
broken
off,
and
you
stand
by
your
faith.
Don’t
be conceited,
but
fear;
for
if
God
didn’t
spare
the
natural
branches,
neither
will
he
spare
you.
See
then
the goodness
and
severity
of
God.
Toward
those
who
fell,
severity;
but
toward
you, goodness,
if
you
continue
in
his goodness;
otherwise
you
also
will
be
cut
off.
They
also,
if
they
don’t
continue
in
their
unbelief,
will
be
grafted
in,
for
God
is
able
to graft
them
in
again.
For
if
you
were
cut
out
of
that
which
is
by
nature
a
wild
olive
tree,
and
were
grafted
contrary
to
nature
into
a good
olive
tree,
how
much
more
will
these,
which
are
the
natural branches,
be
grafted
into
their
own
olive
tree?
For
I
don’t
desire
you
to
be
ignorant,
brothers,
11:25
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
of
this
mystery,
so
that
you
won’t
be
wise
in
your
own conceits,
that
a
partial
hardening
has
happened
to
Israel,
until
the
fullness
of
the
Gentiles
has
come
in,
and
so
all
Israel
will
be
saved.
Even
as
it
is
written,
“There
will
come
out
of
Zion
the
Deliverer,
and
he
will
turn
away
ungodliness
from
Jacob.
This
is
my
covenant
with
them,
when
I
will
take
away
their
sins.”
11:27
Isaiah 59:20-21; 27:9; Jeremiah 31:33-34
Concerning
the
Good
News,
they
are
enemies
for
your
sake.
But concerning
the
election,
they
are
beloved
for
the fathers’
sake.
For
the
gifts
and
the
calling
of
God
are
irrevocable.
For
as
you
in
time past
were
disobedient
to
God,
but
now
have obtained
mercy
by their
disobedience,
even
so
these
also
have
now
been
disobedient,
that
by
the
mercy
shown
to
you
they
may
also obtain
mercy.
For
God
has bound
all
to
disobedience,
that
he
might
have
mercy
on
all.
Oh
the
depth
of
the
riches
both
of
the
wisdom
and
the
knowledge
of
God!
How
unsearchable
are
his
judgments,
and
his
ways past tracing out!
“For
who
has
known
the
mind
of
the
Lord?
Or
who
has
been
his
counselor?”
11:34
Isaiah 40:13
“Or
who
has
first
given
to
him,
and
it
will
be
repaid
to
him
again?”
11:35
Job 41:11
For
of
him
and
through
him
and
to
him
are
all
things.
To
him
be
the
glory
for
ever!
Amen.
Therefore
I
urge
you,
brothers,
by
the
mercies
of
God,
to
present
your
bodies
a
living
sacrifice,
holy,
acceptable
to
God,
which
is
your
spiritual
service.
Don’t
be
conformed
to
this
world,
but
be
transformed
by
the
renewing
of
your
mind,
so
that
you
may prove
what
is
the
good,
well-pleasing,
and
perfect
will
of
God.
For
I
say
through
the
grace
that
was
given
me,
to
everyone
who
is
among
you,
not
to
think
of
yourself
more
highly
than
you
ought
to
think;
but
to
think reasonably,
as
God
has
apportioned
to
each
person
a
measure
of
faith.
For
even
as
we
have
many
members
in
one
body,
and
all
the
members
don’t
have
the
same
function,
so
we,
who
are
many,
are
one
body
in
Christ,
and individually
members
of
one
another,
having
gifts differing
according
to
the
grace
that
was
given
to
us:
if
prophecy, let’s prophesy
according
to
the
proportion
of
our
faith;
or
service, let’s give ourselves
to
service;
or
he
who
teaches,
to
his
teaching;
or
he
who
exhorts,
to
his
exhorting;
he
who
gives, let
him do it
with
generosity;
he
who rules,
with
diligence;
he
who
shows
mercy,
with
cheerfulness.
Let
love
be
without
hypocrisy.
Abhor that
which
is
evil.
Cling
to that
which
is
good.
In
love
of
the brothers be tenderly affectionate
to
one
another;
in
honor prefer
one
another,
not
lagging
in
diligence,
fervent
in
spirit,
serving
the
Lord,
rejoicing
in
hope, enduring
in
troubles,
continuing steadfastly
in
prayer,
contributing
to
the
needs
of
the
saints,
and given
to
hospitality.
Bless
those
who
persecute
you;
bless,
and
don’t
curse.
Rejoice
with those who
rejoice.
Weep
with those who
weep.
Be
of
the
same
mind
one
toward
another.
Don’t
set
your
mind
on
high
things,
but
associate
with
the
humble.
Don’t
be
wise
in
your
own conceits.
Repay
no
one
evil
for
evil.
Respect
what
is
honorable
in
the
sight
of
all
men.
If
it
is
possible,
as much
as
it
is up
to
you,
be
at
peace
with
all
men.
Don’t seek
revenge
yourselves,
beloved,
but
give
place
to God’s
wrath.
For
it
is
written, “Vengeance belongs
to
me;
I
will
repay,
says
the
Lord.”
12:19
Deuteronomy 32:35
Therefore
“If
your
enemy
is
hungry,
feed
him.
If
he
is
thirsty,
give
him
a
drink;
for
in
doing
so,
you
will
heap
coals
of
fire
on
his
head.”
12:20
Proverbs 25:21-22
Don’t
be
overcome
by
evil,
but
overcome
evil
with
good.
Let
every
soul
be
in
subjection
to
the higher
authorities,
for
there
is
no
authority
except
from
God,
and
those
who
exist
are ordained
by
God.
Therefore
he
who
resists
the
authority withstands
the
ordinance
of
God;
and
those
who withstand
will
receive
to
themselves
judgment.
For
rulers
are
not
a terror
to
the
good
work,
but
to
the
evil.
Do
you
desire
to
have
no
fear
of
the
authority?
Do
that
which
is
good,
and
you
will
have
praise
from
the
authority,
for
he
is
a
servant
of
God
to
you
for
good.
But
if
you
do
that
which
is
evil,
be
afraid,
for
he
doesn’t
bear
the
sword
in
vain;
for
he
is
a
servant
of
God,
an
avenger
for
wrath
to
him
who
does
evil.
Therefore
you
need
to
be
in
subjection,
not
only
because
of
the
wrath,
but
also
for
conscience’
sake.
For
this
reason
you
also
pay
taxes,
for
they
are
servants
of
God’s service,
continually doing
this
very
thing.
Therefore
give
everyone
what
you owe: if
you owe
taxes,
pay
taxes; if
customs,
then
customs; if
respect,
then
respect; if
honor,
then
honor.
Owe
no
one
anything,
except
to
love
one
another;
for
he
who
loves
his
neighbor
has
fulfilled
the
law.
For
the
commandments, “You
shall
not
commit
adultery,” “You
shall
not
murder,” “You
shall
not
steal,”
13:9
TR adds “You shall not give false testimony,” “You
shall
not
covet,”
13:9
Exodus 20:13-15,17; Deuteronomy 5:17-19,21
and
whatever
other
commandments
there
are,
are
all
summed up
in
this
saying,
namely, “You
shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.”
13:9
Leviticus 19:18
Love
doesn’t
harm
a
neighbor.
Love
therefore
is
the
fulfillment
of
the
law.
Do
this,
knowing
the
time,
that
it
is
already
time
for
you
to
awaken
out
of
sleep,
for
salvation
is
now
nearer
to
us
than
when
we first
believed.
The
night
is
far
gone,
and
the
day
is
near. Let’s
therefore
throw off
the
deeds
of
darkness,
and let’s
put
on
the
armor
of
light.
Let’s
walk
properly,
as
in
the
day;
not
in reveling
and
drunkenness,
not
in
sexual
promiscuity
and lustful acts,
and
not
in
strife
and
jealousy.
But
put
on
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
make
no
provision
for
the
flesh,
for its
lusts.
Now
accept
one
who
is
weak
in
faith,
but
not
for disputes
over
opinions.
One
man
has
faith
to
eat
all
things,
but
he
who
is
weak
eats only
vegetables.
Don’t
let
him
who
eats
despise
him
who
doesn’t
eat.
Don’t
let
him
who
doesn’t
eat
judge
him
who
eats,
for
God
has
accepted
him.
Who
are
you
who
judge
another’s
servant?
To
his
own
lord
he
stands
or
falls.
Yes,
he
will
be made
to
stand,
for
God
has power
to
make
him
stand.
One
man esteems
one
day
as
more important.
Another esteems
every
day alike.
Let
each
man
be
fully
assured
in
his
own
mind.
He
who
observes
the
day,
observes
it
to
the
Lord;
and
he
who
does
not observe
the
day,
to
the
Lord
he
does
not observe
it.
He
who
eats,
eats
to
the
Lord,
for
he
gives
God
thanks.
He
who
doesn’t
eat,
to
the
Lord
he
doesn’t
eat,
and
gives
God
thanks.
For
none
of us
lives
to
himself,
and
none
dies
to
himself.
For
if
we
live,
we
live
to
the
Lord.
Or
if
we
die,
we
die
to
the
Lord.
If
therefore
we
live
or
die,
we
are
the
Lord’s.
For
to
this
end
Christ
died, rose,
and
lived
again,
that
he
might
be
Lord
of
both
the
dead
and
the
living.
But
you,
why
do
you
judge
your
brother?
Or
you
again,
why
do
you
despise
your
brother?
For
we
will
all
stand
before
the
judgment
seat
of Christ.
For
it
is
written,
“‘As
I
live,’
says
the
Lord, ‘to
me
every
knee
will
bow.
Every
tongue
will
confess
to
God.’”
14:11
Isaiah 45:23
So
then
each
one
of
us
will
give
account
of
himself
to
God.
Therefore let’s
not
judge
one
another
any
more,
but
judge
this
rather,
that
no
man
put
a
stumbling
block
in
his
brother’s
way,
or
an occasion
for
falling.
I
know
and
am
persuaded
in
the
Lord
Jesus
that
nothing
is
unclean
of
itself;
except
that
to
him
who considers
anything
to
be
unclean,
to
him
it
is
unclean.
Yet
if
because
of
food
your
brother
is
grieved,
you
walk
no
longer
in
love.
Don’t
destroy
with
your
food
him
for
whom
Christ
died.
Then
don’t
let
your
good
be
slandered,
for
God’s
Kingdom
is
not
eating
and
drinking,
but
righteousness,
peace,
and
joy
in
the
Holy
Spirit.
For
he
who
serves
Christ
in
these
things
is
acceptable
to
God
and
approved
by
men.
So
then, let’s follow
after
things
which make
for
peace,
and
things
by
which
we
may
build
one
another
up.
Don’t
overthrow
God’s
work
for food’s
sake.
All
things
indeed
are
clean,
however
it
is
evil
for
that
man
who creates
a
stumbling
block
by
eating.
It
is
good
to
not
eat
meat,
drink
wine,
nor
do
anything
by
which
your
brother
stumbles,
is
offended,
or
is made
weak.
Do
you
have
faith?
Have
it
to
yourself
before
God.
Happy
is
he
who
doesn’t
judge
himself
in
that
which
he approves.
But
he
who
doubts
is
condemned
if
he
eats,
because
it
isn’t
of
faith;
and
whatever
is
not
of
faith
is
sin.
Now to him who is able to establish you according to my Good News and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret through long ages,
but now is revealed, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, is made known for obedience of faith to all the nations;
to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever! Amen.
14:26
TR places verses 24-26 after Romans 16:24 as verses 25-27.
Now
we
who
are
strong
ought
to
bear
the
weaknesses
of
the weak,
and
not
to
please
ourselves.
Let
each
one
of
us
please
his
neighbor
for that
which
is
good,
to
be
building
him
up.
For
even
Christ
didn’t
please
himself.
But,
as
it
is
written, “The
reproaches
of
those
who
reproached
you
fell
on
me.”
15:3
Psalm 69:9
For
whatever
things
were
written
before
were
written
for
our learning,
that
through
perseverance
and
through
encouragement
of
the
Scriptures
we
might
have
hope.
Now
the
God
of
perseverance
and
of
encouragement
grant
you
to
be
of
the
same
mind
with
one
another
according
to
Christ
Jesus,
that
with
one
accord
you
may
with
one
mouth
glorify
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Therefore
accept
one
another,
even
as
Christ
also
accepted
you,
15:7
TR reads “us” instead of “you”
to
the
glory
of
God.
Now
I
say
that
Christ
has
been
made
a
servant
of
the
circumcision
for
the
truth
of
God,
that
he
might
confirm
the
promises given
to
the
fathers,
and
that
the
Gentiles
might
glorify
God
for
his
mercy.
As
it
is
written,
“Therefore
I
will
give
praise
to
you
among
the
Gentiles
and
sing
to
your
name.”
15:9
2 Samuel 22:50; Psalm 18:49
Again
he
says,
“Rejoice,
you
Gentiles,
with
his
people.”
15:10
Deuteronomy 32:43
Again,
“Praise
the
Lord,
all
you
Gentiles!
Let
all
the
peoples
praise
him.”
15:11
Psalm 117:1
Again,
Isaiah
says,
“There
will
be
the
root
of
Jesse,
he
who
arises
to
rule
over
the
Gentiles;
in
him
the
Gentiles
will
hope.”
15:12
Isaiah 11:10
Now
may
the
God
of
hope
fill
you
with
all
joy
and
peace
in
believing,
that
you
may
abound
in
hope
in
the
power
of
the
Holy
Spirit.
I
myself
am
also
persuaded
about
you,
my
brothers,
15:14
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
that
you
yourselves
are
full
of
goodness,
filled
with
all
knowledge,
able
also
to
admonish
others.
But
I
write
the more
boldly
to
you
in
part
as reminding
you,
because
of
the
grace
that
was
given
to
me
by
God,
that
I
should
be
a servant
of
Christ
Jesus
to
the
Gentiles, serving
as
a
priest
of
the
Good
News
of
God,
that
the
offering
up
of
the
Gentiles
might
be
made
acceptable,
sanctified
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
I
have
therefore
my
boasting
in
Christ
Jesus
in
things
pertaining
to
God.
For
I
will
not
dare
to
speak
of
any
things
except
those
which
Christ worked
through
me
for
the
obedience
of
the
Gentiles,
by
word
and
deed,
in
the
power
of
signs
and
wonders,
in
the
power
of
God’s
Spirit;
so
that
from
Jerusalem
and
around
as
far
as
to
Illyricum,
I
have
fully
preached
the
Good
News
of
Christ;
yes, making
it
my aim
to
preach
the
Good
News,
not
where
Christ
was already
named,
that
I
might
not
build
on
another’s
foundation.
But,
as
it
is
written,
“They
will
see,
to
whom
no
news
of
him
came.
They
who haven’t
heard
will
understand.”
15:21
Isaiah 52:15
Therefore
also
I
was
hindered
these
many times
from
coming
to
you,
but
now,
no
longer
having
any
place
in
these
regions,
and
having
these
many
years
a
longing
to
come
to
you,
whenever
I travel
to
Spain,
I
will come
to
you.
For
I
hope
to
see
you
on
my
journey,
and
to
be
helped
on
my
way
there
by
you,
if
first
I
may enjoy
your company
for
a
while.
But
now,
I say,
I
am
going
to
Jerusalem,
serving
the
saints.
For
it
has
been
the
good
pleasure
of
Macedonia
and
Achaia
to
make
a
certain
contribution
for
the
poor
among
the
saints
who
are
at
Jerusalem.
Yes,
it
has
been
their
good
pleasure,
and
they
are
their
debtors.
For
if
the
Gentiles
have
been made partakers
of
their
spiritual
things,
they
owe
it
to
them
also
to serve
them
in
material
things.
When
therefore
I
have
accomplished
this,
and
have
sealed
to
them
this
fruit,
I
will
go
on
by
way
of
you
to
Spain.
I
know
that
when
I
come
to
you,
I
will
come
in
the
fullness
of
the
blessing
of
the Good News
of
Christ.
Now
I
beg
you,
brothers,
by
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
by
the
love
of
the
Spirit,
that
you
strive
together
with
me
in
your
prayers
to
God
for
me,
that
I
may
be
delivered
from
those
who
are
disobedient
in
Judea,
and
that
my
service
which
I
have
for
Jerusalem
may
be
acceptable
to
the
saints,
that
I
may
come
to
you
in
joy
through
the
will
of
God,
and
together
with
you,
find
rest.
Now
the
God
of
peace
be
with
you
all.
Amen.
I
commend
to
you
Phoebe,
our
sister,
who
is
a
servant
16:1
or, deacon
of
the
assembly
that
is
at Cenchreae,
that
you
receive
her
in
the
Lord
in
a
way
worthy
of
the
saints,
and
that
you assist
her
in
whatever
matter
she
may
need
from
you,
for
she
herself
also
has
been
a
helper
of
many,
and
of
my
own self.
Greet
Prisca
and
Aquila,
my
fellow
workers
in
Christ
Jesus,
who
risked
their
own
necks
for
my
life,
to
whom
not
only
I
give
thanks,
but
also
all
the
assemblies
of
the
Gentiles.
Greet
the
assembly
that
is
in
their
house.
Greet
Epaenetus,
my
beloved,
who
is
the
first
fruits
of Achaia
to
Christ.
Greet
Mary,
who
labored
much
for
us.
Greet
Andronicus
and
Junia,
my
relatives
and
my
fellow
prisoners,
who
are notable
among
the
apostles,
who
were
also
in
Christ
before
me.
Greet Amplias,
my
beloved
in
the
Lord.
Greet
Urbanus,
our
fellow
worker
in
Christ,
and
Stachys,
my
beloved.
Greet
Apelles,
the
approved
in
Christ.
Greet
those
who
are
of
the household
of
Aristobulus.
Greet
Herodion,
my kinsman.
Greet
them
of
the household
of
Narcissus,
who
are
in
the
Lord.
Greet
Tryphaena
and
Tryphosa,
who
labor
in
the
Lord.
Greet
Persis,
the
beloved,
who
labored
much
in
the
Lord.
Greet
Rufus,
the
chosen
in
the
Lord,
and
his
mother
and
mine.
Greet
Asyncritus,
Phlegon,
Hermes,
Patrobas,
Hermas,
and
the
brothers
16:14
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
who
are
with
them.
Greet
Philologus
and
Julia,
Nereus
and
his
sister,
and
Olympas,
and
all
the
saints
who
are
with
them.
Greet
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
The
assemblies
of
Christ
greet
you.
Now
I
beg
you,
brothers,
look
out
for
those
who
are
causing
the divisions
and occasions
of
stumbling,
contrary
to
the doctrine
which
you
learned,
and
turn
away
from
them.
For
those
who
are
such
don’t
serve
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
but
their
own
belly;
and
by
their
smooth
and
flattering
speech
they
deceive
the
hearts
of
the
innocent.
For
your
obedience
has become known
to
all.
I
rejoice
therefore
over
you.
But
I
desire
to
have
you
wise
in
that
which
is
good,
but
innocent
in
that
which
is
evil.
And
the
God
of
peace
will
quickly
crush
Satan
under
your
feet.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
Timothy,
my
fellow
worker,
greets
you,
as
do
Lucius,
Jason,
and
Sosipater,
my
relatives.
I,
Tertius,
who
write
the
letter,
greet
you
in
the
Lord.
Gaius,
my
host
and
host
of
the
whole
assembly,
greets
you.
Erastus,
the
treasurer
of
the
city,
greets
you,
as does
Quartus,
the
brother.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all!
Amen.
16:25
TR places Romans 14:24-26 at the end of Romans instead of at the end of chapter 14, and numbers these verses 16:25-27.
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1 Corinthians
Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians
Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians
Paul,
called
to
be
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
through
the
will
of
God,
and
our
brother
Sosthenes,
to
the
assembly
of
God
which
is
at
Corinth—those
who
are
sanctified
in
Christ
Jesus,
called
saints,
with
all
who
call
on
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
in
every
place,
both
theirs
and
ours:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
I
always
thank
my
God
concerning
you
for
the
grace
of
God
which
was
given
you
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
in
everything
you
were
enriched
in
him,
in
all
speech
and
all
knowledge—
even
as
the
testimony
of
Christ
was
confirmed
in
you—
so
that
you
come behind
in
no
gift,
waiting
for
the
revelation
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
will
also
confirm
you
until
the
end,
blameless
in
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
God
is
faithful,
through
whom
you
were
called
into
the
fellowship
of
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord.
Now
I
beg
you,
brothers,
1:10
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
through
the
name
of
our
Lord,
Jesus
Christ,
that
you
all
speak
the
same
thing,
and
that
there
be
no
divisions
among
you,
but
that
you
be perfected
together
in
the
same
mind
and
in
the
same
judgment.
For
it
has
been reported
to
me
concerning
you,
my
brothers,
by
those
who
are
from
Chloe’s household,
that
there
are contentions
among
you.
Now
I
mean
this,
that
each
one
of
you
says, “I follow
Paul,” “I follow
Apollos,” “I follow
Cephas,”
and, “I follow
Christ.”
Is
Christ
divided?
Was
Paul
crucified
for
you?
Or
were
you
baptized
into
the
name
of
Paul?
I
thank God
that
I
baptized
none
of
you
except
Crispus
and
Gaius,
so
that
no
one
should
say
that
I
had
baptized
you
into
my
own
name.
(I
also
baptized
the
household
of
Stephanas; besides them,
I
don’t
know
whether
I
baptized
any
other.)
For
Christ
sent
me
not
to
baptize,
but
to
preach
the
Good
News—not
in
wisdom
of
words,
so
that
the
cross
of
Christ wouldn’t
be
made
void.
For
the
word
of
the
cross
is
foolishness
to
those
who
are
dying,
but
to us
who
are
being
saved
it
is
the
power
of
God.
For
it
is
written,
“I
will
destroy
the
wisdom
of
the
wise.
I
will
bring
the discernment
of
the discerning
to nothing.”
1:19
Isaiah 29:14
Where
is
the
wise?
Where
is
the
scribe?
Where
is
the
debater
of
this
age? Hasn’t
God
made
foolish
the
wisdom
of
this
world?
For seeing
that
in
the
wisdom
of
God,
the
world
through
its
wisdom
didn’t
know
God,
it
was
God’s
good
pleasure
through
the
foolishness
of
the
preaching
to
save
those
who
believe.
For
Jews
ask
for
signs,
Greeks
seek
after
wisdom,
but
we
preach
Christ
crucified,
a
stumbling
block
to
Jews
and
foolishness
to Greeks,
but
to
those
who
are
called,
both
Jews
and
Greeks,
Christ
is
the
power
of
God
and
the
wisdom
of
God;
because
the
foolishness
of
God
is
wiser
than
men,
and
the
weakness
of
God
is
stronger
than
men.
For
you
see
your
calling,
brothers,
that
not
many
are
wise
according
to
the
flesh,
not
many
mighty,
and
not
many noble;
but
God
chose
the
foolish
things
of
the
world
that
he
might put
to
shame
those
who
are
wise.
God
chose
the
weak
things
of
the
world
that
he
might put
to
shame
the
things
that
are
strong.
God
chose
the lowly
things
of
the
world,
and
the
things
that
are
despised,
and
the
things
that
don’t
exist,
that
he
might
bring
to
nothing
the
things
that
exist,
that
no
flesh
should
boast
before
God.
Because
of
him,
you
are
in
Christ
Jesus,
who
was
made
to
us
wisdom
from
God,
and
righteousness
and
sanctification,
and
redemption,
that,
as it
is
written, “He
who
boasts,
let
him
boast
in
the
Lord.”
1:31
Jeremiah 9:24
When
I
came
to
you,
brothers,
I
didn’t
come
with excellence
of
speech
or
of
wisdom,
proclaiming
to
you
the
testimony
of
God.
For
I
determined
not
to
know
anything
among
you
except
Jesus
Christ
and
him
crucified.
I
was
with
you
in
weakness,
in
fear,
and
in
much
trembling.
My
speech
and
my
preaching
were
not
in
persuasive
words
of human
wisdom,
but
in
demonstration
of
the
Spirit
and
of
power,
that
your
faith wouldn’t stand
in
the
wisdom
of
men,
but
in
the
power
of
God.
We
speak
wisdom,
however,
among
those
who
are full grown,
yet
a
wisdom
not
of
this
world
nor
of
the
rulers
of
this
world
who
are coming
to
nothing.
But
we
speak
God’s
wisdom
in
a
mystery,
the
wisdom
that
has been
hidden,
which
God foreordained
before
the
worlds
for
our
glory,
which
none
of
the
rulers
of
this
world
has
known.
For
had
they
known
it,
they wouldn’t
have
crucified
the
Lord
of
glory.
But
as
it
is
written,
“Things
which
an
eye
didn’t
see,
and
an
ear
didn’t
hear,
which
didn’t enter
into
the
heart
of
man,
these
God
has
prepared
for
those
who
love
him.”
2:9
Isaiah 64:4
But
to us,
God
revealed
them
through
the
Spirit.
For
the
Spirit
searches
all
things,
yes,
the
deep
things
of
God.
For
who
among
men
knows
the
things
of
a
man
except
the
spirit
of
the
man
which
is
in
him?
Even
so,
no
one
knows
the
things
of
God
except
God’s
Spirit.
But
we
received
not
the
spirit
of
the
world,
but
the
Spirit
which
is
from
God,
that
we
might
know
the
things
that
were
freely
given
to
us
by
God.
We
also
speak
these
things,
not
in
words
which man’s
wisdom teaches
but
which
the Holy
Spirit teaches, comparing
spiritual
things
with
spiritual
things.
Now
the
natural
man
doesn’t
receive
the
things
of
God’s
Spirit,
for
they
are
foolishness
to
him;
and
he
can’t
know
them,
because
they
are
spiritually
discerned.
But
he
who
is
spiritual
discerns
all
things,
and
he
himself
is
to
be judged
by
no
one.
“For
who
has
known
the
mind
of
the
Lord
that
he should
instruct
him?”
2:16
Isaiah 40:13
But
we
have
Christ’s
mind.
Brothers,
I
couldn’t
speak
to
you
as
to
spiritual,
but
as
to fleshly,
as
to babies
in
Christ.
I fed
you
with
milk,
not
with solid
food,
for
you weren’t
yet
ready.
Indeed,
you
aren’t
ready
even
now,
for
you
are
still
fleshly.
For insofar
as
there
is
jealousy,
strife,
and factions
among
you,
aren’t
you
fleshly,
and don’t
you
walk
in
the ways
of
men?
For
when
one
says, “I follow
Paul,”
and
another, “I follow
Apollos,”
aren’t
you fleshly?
Who
then
is
Apollos,
and
who
is
Paul,
but
servants
through
whom
you
believed,
and
each
as
the
Lord
gave
to
him?
I
planted.
Apollos
watered.
But
God
gave
the
increase.
So
then
neither
he
who
plants
is
anything,
nor
he
who
waters,
but
God
who
gives
the
increase.
Now
he
who
plants
and
he
who
waters
are
the
same,
but
each
will
receive
his
own
reward
according
to
his
own
labor.
For
we
are
God’s
fellow
workers.
You
are
God’s farming,
God’s
building.
According
to
the
grace
of
God
which
was
given
to
me,
as
a
wise
master
builder
I
laid
a
foundation,
and
another
builds
on
it.
But let
each
man
be
careful
how
he
builds
on
it.
For
no
one
can
lay
any
other
foundation
than
that
which
has
been
laid,
which
is
Jesus
Christ.
But
if
anyone
builds
on
the
foundation
with
gold,
silver,
costly
stones,
wood,
hay,
or
straw,
each
man’s
work
will
be
revealed.
For
the
Day
will declare
it,
because
it
is
revealed
in
fire;
and
the
fire
itself
will
test
what sort
of
work
each
man’s
work
is.
If
any
man’s
work
remains
which
he
built
on
it,
he
will
receive
a
reward.
If
any
man’s
work
is
burned,
he
will
suffer
loss,
but
he
himself
will
be
saved,
but
as
through
fire.
Don’t
you
know
that
you
are
God’s
temple
and
that
God’s
Spirit
lives
in
you?
If
anyone
destroys
God’s
temple,
God
will
destroy him;
for
God’s
temple
is
holy,
which
you
are.
Let
no
one
deceive
himself.
If
anyone
thinks
that
he
is
wise
among
you
in
this
world,
let
him
become
a
fool
that
he
may
become
wise.
For
the
wisdom
of
this
world
is
foolishness
with
God.
For
it
is
written, “He
has taken
the
wise
in
their
craftiness.”
3:19
Job 5:13
And
again, “The
Lord
knows
the reasoning
of
the
wise,
that
it
is
worthless.”
3:20
Psalm 94:11
Therefore
let
no
one
boast
in
men.
For
all
things
are
yours,
whether
Paul,
or
Apollos,
or
Cephas,
or
the
world,
or
life,
or
death,
or
things
present,
or
things
to
come.
All
are
yours,
and
you
are
Christ’s,
and
Christ
is
God’s.
So
let
a
man
think
of us
as
Christ’s
servants
and
stewards
of
God’s
mysteries.
Here, moreover,
it
is required
of
stewards
that
they
be
found
faithful.
But
with
me
it
is
a
very
small
thing
that
I
should
be judged
by
you,
or
by
a
human
court.
Yes,
I
don’t
even
judge
my
own self.
For
I know
nothing
against
myself.
Yet
I
am
not
justified
by
this,
but
he
who judges
me
is
the
Lord.
Therefore
judge
nothing
before
the
time,
until
the
Lord
comes,
who
will
both
bring
to
light
the
hidden
things
of
darkness
and
reveal
the counsels
of
the
hearts.
Then
each
man
will
get
his
praise
from
God.
Now
these
things,
brothers,
I
have
in
a figure transferred
to
myself
and
Apollos
for
your
sakes,
that
in
us
you
might
learn
not
to think
beyond
the
things
which
are
written,
that
none
of
you
be puffed
up
against
one
another.
For
who makes
you different?
And
what
do
you
have
that
you
didn’t
receive?
But
if
you
did
receive
it,
why
do
you
boast
as
if
you
had
not
received
it?
You
are
already
filled.
You
have
already
become
rich.
You
have
come
to
reign
without us. Yes,
and
I
wish
that
you
did
reign,
that
we
also
might
reign
with
you!
For
I
think
that
God
has displayed
us,
the
apostles,
last
of
all,
like
men sentenced
to
death.
For
we
are
made
a
spectacle
to
the
world,
both
to
angels
and
men.
We
are
fools
for
Christ’s
sake,
but
you
are
wise
in
Christ.
We
are
weak,
but
you
are
strong.
You
have
honor,
but
we
have dishonor.
Even
to
this
present
hour
we
hunger,
thirst,
are naked,
are beaten,
and
have no certain dwelling place.
We
toil,
working
with
our
own
hands.
When
people curse us,
we
bless. Being
persecuted,
we
endure.
Being defamed,
we
entreat.
We
are
made
as
the filth
of
the
world,
the
dirt wiped off
by
all,
even
until
now.
I
don’t
write
these
things
to
shame
you,
but
to
admonish
you
as
my
beloved
children.
For
though
you
have
ten
thousand
tutors
in
Christ,
you
don’t
have
many
fathers.
For
in
Christ
Jesus,
I
became
your
father
through
the
Good
News.
I
beg
you
therefore,
be
imitators
of
me.
Because
of
this
I
have
sent
Timothy
to
you,
who
is
my
beloved
and
faithful
child
in
the
Lord,
who
will
remind
you
of
my
ways
which
are
in
Christ,
even
as
I
teach
everywhere
in
every
assembly.
Now
some
are puffed
up,
as
though
I
were
not
coming
to
you.
But
I
will
come
to
you
shortly,
if
the
Lord
is
willing.
And
I
will
know,
not
the
word
of
those
who
are puffed
up,
but
the
power.
For
God’s
Kingdom
is
not
in
word,
but
in
power.
What
do
you
want? Shall
I
come
to
you
with
a
rod,
or
in
love
and
a
spirit
of
gentleness?
It
is
actually
reported
that
there
is
sexual
immorality
among
you,
and
such
sexual
immorality
as
is
not
even named
among
the
Gentiles,
that
one
has
his
father’s
wife.
You
are
arrogant,
and
didn’t
mourn
instead,
that
he
who
had
done
this
deed
might
be
removed
from
among
you.
For
I most
certainly,
as
being
absent
in
body
but
present
in
spirit,
have
already,
as
though
I
were
present,
judged
him
who
has
done
this
thing.
In
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
when
you
are
gathered
together
with
my
spirit
with
the
power
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
you
are
to
deliver
such
a
one
to
Satan
for
the
destruction
of
the
flesh,
that
the
spirit
may
be
saved
in
the
day
of
the
Lord
Jesus.
Your
boasting
is
not
good.
Don’t
you
know
that
a
little
yeast
leavens
the
whole
lump?
Purge
out
the
old
yeast,
that
you
may
be
a
new
lump,
even
as
you
are
unleavened.
For
indeed
Christ,
our
Passover,
has
been
sacrificed
in
our
place.
Therefore let’s
keep
the feast,
not
with
old
yeast,
neither
with
the
yeast
of
malice
and
wickedness,
but
with
the
unleavened bread
of
sincerity
and
truth.
I
wrote
to
you
in
my
letter
to
have
no company
with sexual sinners;
yet
not
at
all meaning
with
the sexual sinners
of
this
world,
or
with
the
covetous
and extortionists,
or
with
idolaters,
for
then
you
would
have
to
leave
the
world.
But
as
it
is,
I
wrote
to
you
not
to
associate
with
anyone
who
is called
a
brother
who
is
a sexual sinner,
or
covetous,
or
an
idolater,
or
a slanderer,
or
a
drunkard,
or
an extortionist.
Don’t
even
eat
with
such
a
person.
For
what
do
I
have
to
do
with
also
judging
those
who
are
outside? Don’t
you
judge
those
who
are
within?
But
those
who
are
outside,
God
judges. “Put
away
the
wicked
man
from
among
yourselves.”
5:13
Deuteronomy 17:7; 19:19; 21:21; 22:21; 24:7
Dare
any
of
you,
having
a
matter
against
his
neighbor,
go
to
law
before
the
unrighteous,
and
not
before
the
saints?
Don’t
you
know
that
the
saints
will
judge
the
world?
And
if
the
world
is
judged
by
you,
are
you
unworthy
to
judge
the
smallest matters?
Don’t
you
know
that
we
will
judge
angels?
How
much
more,
things
that pertain
to
this
life?
If
then
you
have
to judge
things pertaining
to
this
life,
do
you set
them
to judge
who
are
of
no
account
in
the
assembly?
I
say
this
to move
you
to
shame.
Isn’t
there
even
one
wise
man
among
you
who
would
be
able
to
decide
between
his
brothers?
But
brother
goes
to
law
with
brother,
and
that
before
unbelievers!
Therefore
it
is
already altogether
a defect
in
you
that
you
have
lawsuits
one
with
another.
Why
not
rather
be
wronged?
Why
not
rather
be
defrauded?
No,
but
you
yourselves
do
wrong
and
defraud,
and
that against
your
brothers.
Or
don’t
you
know
that
the
unrighteous
will
not
inherit
God’s
Kingdom?
Don’t
be
deceived.
Neither
the sexually
immoral,
nor
idolaters,
nor
adulterers,
nor male prostitutes,
nor homosexuals,
nor
thieves,
nor
covetous,
nor
drunkards,
nor slanderers,
nor extortionists,
will
inherit
God’s
Kingdom.
Some
of
you
were
such,
but
you
were
washed.
You
were
sanctified.
You
were
justified
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
and
in
the
Spirit
of
our
God.
“All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
not
all
things
are expedient. “All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
I
will
not
be brought
under
the
power
of
anything.
“Foods
for
the
belly,
and
the
belly
for
foods,”
but
God
will
bring
to
nothing
both
it
and
them.
But
the
body
is
not
for
sexual
immorality,
but
for
the
Lord,
and
the
Lord
for
the
body.
Now
God
raised
up
the
Lord,
and
will
also
raise
us
up
by
his
power.
Don’t
you
know
that
your
bodies
are
members
of
Christ? Shall
I
then
take
the
members
of
Christ
and
make
them
members
of
a
prostitute?
May
it
never
be!
Or
don’t
you
know
that
he
who
is
joined
to
a
prostitute
is
one
body?
For, “The
two”,
he
says, “will become
one
flesh.”
6:16
Genesis 2:24
But
he
who
is
joined
to
the
Lord
is
one
spirit.
Flee
sexual
immorality! “Every
sin
that
a
man
does
is
outside
the
body,”
but
he
who
commits
sexual
immorality
sins
against
his
own
body.
Or
don’t
you
know
that
your
body
is
a
temple
of
the
Holy
Spirit
who
is
in
you,
whom
you
have
from
God?
You
are
not
your
own,
for
you
were
bought
with
a
price.
Therefore
glorify
God
in
your
body
and
in
your spirit,
which
are
God’s.
Now
concerning
the
things
about
which
you
wrote
to me:
it
is
good
for
a
man
not
to
touch
a
woman.
But,
because
of
sexual
immoralities, let
each
man
have
his
own
wife,
and let
each
woman
have
her
own
husband.
Let
the
husband
give
his
wife
the affection owed
her,
7:3
NU and TR have “what is owed her” instead of “the affection owed her”.
and
likewise
also
the
wife
her
husband.
The
wife
doesn’t
have
authority
over
her
own
body,
but
the
husband does.
Likewise
also
the
husband
doesn’t
have
authority
over
his
own
body,
but
the
wife does.
Don’t
deprive
one
another,
unless
it
is
by consent
for
a
season,
that
you
may give
yourselves
to fasting
and
prayer,
and
may
be
together
again,
that
Satan
doesn’t
tempt
you
because
of
your
lack
of
self-control.
But
this
I
say
by
way
of
concession,
not
of
commandment.
Yet
I
wish
that
all
men
were
like
me.
However,
each
man
has
his
own
gift
from
God,
one
of
this
kind,
and another
of
that
kind.
But
I
say
to
the
unmarried
and
to
widows,
it
is
good
for
them
if
they
remain
even
as
I
am.
But
if
they
don’t
have
self-control,
let
them
marry.
For it’s
better
to
marry
than
to
burn
with passion.
But
to
the
married
I
command—not
I,
but
the
Lord—that
the
wife
not
leave
her
husband
(but
if
she departs,
let
her
remain
unmarried,
or
else
be
reconciled
to
her
husband),
and
that
the
husband
not
leave
his
wife.
But
to
the
rest
I—not
the
Lord—say,
if
any
brother
has
an
unbelieving
wife,
and
she
is content
to
live
with
him,
let
him
not
leave
her.
The
woman
who
has
an
unbelieving
husband,
and
he
is content
to
live
with
her,
let
her
not
leave
her
husband.
For
the
unbelieving
husband
is
sanctified
in
the
wife,
and
the
unbelieving
wife
is
sanctified
in
the
husband.
Otherwise
your
children
would
be
unclean,
but
now
they
are
holy.
Yet
if
the
unbeliever departs,
let
there
be separation.
The
brother
or
the
sister
is
not
under
bondage
in
such cases,
but
God
has
called
us
in
peace.
For
how
do
you
know,
wife,
whether
you
will
save
your
husband?
Or
how
do
you
know,
husband,
whether
you
will
save
your
wife?
Only,
as
the
Lord
has distributed
to
each
man,
as
God
has
called
each,
so let
him
walk.
So
I command
in
all
the
assemblies.
Was
anyone
called having
been
circumcised? Let
him
not become
uncircumcised.
Has
anyone
been
called
in
uncircumcision? Let
him
not
be
circumcised.
Circumcision
is
nothing,
and
uncircumcision
is
nothing,
but
what matters
is
keeping
God’s
commandments.
Let
each
man
stay
in
that
calling
in
which
he
was
called.
Were
you
called
being
a bondservant?
Don’t
let
that bother
you,
but
if
you
get
an opportunity
to
become
free,
use
it.
For
he
who
was
called
in
the
Lord
being
a bondservant
is
the
Lord’s
free
man.
Likewise
he
who
was
called
being
free
is
Christ’s bondservant.
You
were
bought
with
a
price.
Don’t
become bondservants
of
men.
Brothers,
let
each
man,
in
whatever condition
he
was
called,
stay
in
that condition
with
God.
Now
concerning
virgins,
I
have
no
commandment
from
the
Lord,
but
I
give
my
judgment
as
one
who
has
obtained
mercy
from
the
Lord
to
be
trustworthy.
Therefore
I
think
that
because
of
the
distress
that
is
on us, it’s
good
for
a
man
to
remain
as
he
is.
Are
you
bound
to
a
wife?
Don’t
seek
to
be freed.
Are
you
free
from
a
wife?
Don’t
seek
a
wife.
But
if
you
marry,
you
have
not
sinned.
If
a
virgin
marries,
she
has
not
sinned.
Yet
such
will
have oppression
in
the
flesh,
and
I want
to
spare
you.
But
I
say
this,
brothers:
the
time
is
short.
From
now
on,
both
those
who
have
wives
may
be
as
though
they
had
none;
and
those
who
weep,
as
though
they
didn’t
weep;
and
those
who
rejoice,
as
though
they
didn’t
rejoice;
and
those
who
buy,
as
though
they
didn’t
possess;
and
those
who
use
the
world,
as
not
using
it
to
the fullest.
For
the mode
of
this
world passes
away.
But
I
desire
to
have
you
to
be
free
from cares.
He
who
is
unmarried
is
concerned
for
the
things
of
the
Lord,
how
he
may
please
the
Lord;
but
he
who
is
married
is
concerned
about
the
things
of
the
world,
how
he
may
please
his
wife.
There
is
also
a difference
between
a
wife
and
a
virgin.
The
unmarried
woman cares
about
the
things
of
the
Lord,
that
she
may
be
holy
both
in
body
and
in
spirit.
But
she
who
is
married cares
about
the
things
of
the
world—how
she
may
please
her
husband.
This
I
say
for
your
own
benefit,
not
that
I
may ensnare
you,
but
for
that
which
is
appropriate,
and
that
you
may attend
to
the
Lord
without distraction.
But
if
any
man
thinks
that
he
is behaving inappropriately
toward
his
virgin,
if
she
is
past
the flower
of
her age,
and
if need
so requires,
let
him
do
what
he
desires.
He
doesn’t
sin.
Let
them
marry.
But
he
who
stands
steadfast
in
his
heart,
having
no urgency,
but
has
power
over
his
own
will,
and
has
determined
in
his
own
heart
to
keep
his
own
virgin,
does
well.
So
then
both
he
who
gives
his
own
virgin
in marriage
does
well,
and
he
who
doesn’t
give
her
in marriage
does
better.
A
wife
is
bound
by law
for
as
long
as
her
husband
lives;
but
if
the
husband
is
dead,
she
is
free
to
be
married
to
whomever
she
desires,
only
in
the
Lord.
But
she
is
happier
if
she stays
as
she
is,
in
my
judgment,
and
I
think
that
I
also
have
God’s
Spirit.
Now
concerning
things
sacrificed
to
idols:
We
know
that
we
all
have
knowledge.
Knowledge puffs
up,
but
love
builds
up.
But
if
anyone
thinks
that
he
knows
anything,
he doesn’t
yet
know
as
he
ought
to
know.
But
anyone
who
loves
God
is
known
by
him.
Therefore
concerning
the
eating
of
things
sacrificed
to
idols,
we
know
that
no
idol
is
anything
in
the
world,
and
that
there
is
no other
God
but
one.
For
though
there
are
things
that
are
called “gods”,
whether
in
the
heavens
or
on
earth—as
there
are
many “gods”
and
many “lords”—
yet
to
us
there
is
one
God,
the
Father,
of
whom
are
all
things,
and
we
for
him;
and
one
Lord,
Jesus
Christ,
through
whom
are
all
things,
and
we live
through
him.
However,
that
knowledge
isn’t
in
all
men.
But
some,
with
consciousness
of
an
idol
until
now,
eat
as
of
a
thing
sacrificed
to
an
idol,
and
their
conscience,
being
weak,
is
defiled.
But
food
will
not
commend us
to
God.
For
neither,
if
we
don’t
eat
are
we
the
worse,
nor
if
we
eat
are
we
the
better.
But
be
careful
that
by
no means
does
this
liberty
of
yours
become
a
stumbling
block
to
the
weak.
For
if
a
man
sees
you
who
have
knowledge
sitting
in
an
idol’s
temple,
won’t
his
conscience,
if
he
is
weak,
be emboldened
to
eat
things
sacrificed
to
idols?
And
through
your
knowledge,
he
who
is
weak
perishes,
the
brother
for
whose
sake
Christ
died.
Thus,
sinning
against
the
brothers,
and
wounding
their
conscience
when
it
is
weak,
you
sin
against
Christ.
Therefore,
if
food
causes
my
brother
to
stumble,
I
will
eat
no
meat
forever
more,
that
I
don’t
cause
my
brother
to
stumble.
Am
I
not
free?
Am
I
not
an
apostle? Haven’t
I
seen
Jesus
Christ,
our
Lord?
Aren’t
you
my
work
in
the
Lord?
If
to
others
I
am
not
an
apostle,
yet
at least
I
am
to
you;
for
you
are
the
seal
of
my
apostleship
in
the
Lord.
My
defense
to
those
who
examine
me
is
this:
Have
we
no
right
to
eat
and
to
drink?
Have
we
no
right
to
take
along
a
wife
who
is
a believer,
even
as
the
rest
of
the
apostles,
and
the
brothers
of
the
Lord,
and
Cephas?
Or
have
only
Barnabas
and
I
no
right
to
not
work?
What
soldier
ever
serves
at
his
own
expense?
Who
plants
a
vineyard,
and
doesn’t
eat
of
its
fruit?
Or
who feeds
a
flock,
and
doesn’t drink
from
the flock’s
milk?
Do
I
speak
these
things
according
to
the ways
of
men?
Or
doesn’t
the
law
also
say
the
same
thing?
For
it
is
written
in
the
law
of
Moses, “You
shall
not
muzzle
an
ox
while
it treads out
the grain.”
9:9
Deuteronomy 25:4
Is
it
for
the
oxen
that
God
cares,
or
does
he
say
it assuredly
for
our
sake?
Yes,
it
was
written
for
our
sake,
because
he
who plows
ought
to
plow
in
hope,
and
he
who threshes
in
hope
should
partake
of
his
hope.
If
we
sowed
to
you
spiritual
things,
is it
a
great thing
if
we
reap
your
fleshly
things?
If
others
partake
of
this
right
over
you,
don’t
we
yet
more?
Nevertheless
we
didn’t
use
this
right,
but
we bear
all
things,
that
we
may
cause
no
hindrance
to
the
Good
News
of
Christ.
Don’t
you
know
that
those
who serve around
sacred
things
eat
from
the
things
of
the
temple,
and
those
who wait
on
the
altar
have
their portion
with
the
altar?
Even
so
the
Lord
ordained
that
those
who
proclaim
the
Good
News
should
live
from
the
Good
News.
But
I
have
used
none
of
these
things,
and
I
don’t
write
these
things
that
it
may
be
done
so
in
my
case;
for
I
would
rather
die,
than
that
anyone
should
make
my
boasting
void.
For
if
I
preach
the
Good
News,
I
have
nothing
to
boast
about,
for
necessity
is laid
on
me;
but
woe
is
to
me
if
I
don’t
preach
the
Good
News.
For
if
I
do
this
of
my own
will,
I
have
a
reward.
But
if
not
of
my own
will,
I
have
a
stewardship
entrusted
to
me.
What
then
is
my
reward?
That
when
I
preach
the
Good
News,
I
may
present
the
Good
News
of Christ
without
charge,
so
as
not
to abuse
my
authority
in
the
Good
News.
For
though
I
was
free
from
all,
I brought
myself
under
bondage
to
all,
that
I
might
gain
the
more.
To
the
Jews
I
became
as
a
Jew,
that
I
might
gain
Jews;
to
those
who
are
under
the
law,
as
under
the
law,
9:20
NU adds: though I myself am not under the law
that
I
might
gain
those
who
are
under
the
law;
to
those
who
are
without
law,
as
without
law (not
being
without
law toward
God,
but
under
law toward
Christ),
that
I
might
win
those
who
are
without
law.
To
the
weak
I
became
as
weak,
that
I
might
gain
the
weak.
I
have
become
all
things
to
all
men,
that
I
may
by
all
means
save
some.
Now
I
do
this
for
the
sake
of
the
Good
News,
that
I
may
be
a joint
partaker
of
it.
Don’t
you
know
that
those
who
run
in
a
race
all
run,
but
one
receives
the
prize?
Run
like
that,
so
that
you
may
win.
Every
man
who strives
in
the
games
exercises
self-control
in
all
things.
Now
they
do
it
to
receive
a
corruptible
crown,
but
we
an incorruptible.
I
therefore
run
like
that,
not aimlessly.
I fight
like
that,
not
beating
the
air,
but
I beat
my
body
and bring
it
into submission,
lest
by any means,
after
I
have
preached
to
others,
I
myself
should
be
disqualified.
Now
I
would
not
have
you
ignorant,
brothers,
that
our
fathers
were
all
under
the
cloud,
and
all
passed
through
the
sea;
and
were
all
baptized
into
Moses
in
the
cloud
and
in
the
sea;
and
all
ate
the
same
spiritual
food;
and
all
drank
the
same
spiritual
drink.
For
they
drank
of
a
spiritual
rock
that
followed
them,
and
the
rock
was
Christ.
However
with
most
of
them,
God
was
not
well
pleased,
for
they
were overthrown
in
the
wilderness.
Now
these
things
were
our
examples,
to
the intent
we
should
not
lust
after
evil
things
as
they
also lusted.
Don’t
be
idolaters,
as
some
of
them
were.
As
it
is
written, “The
people
sat
down
to
eat
and
drink,
and
rose
up
to
play.”
10:7
Exodus 32:6
Let’s
not
commit sexual
immorality,
as
some
of
them
committed,
and
in
one
day
twenty-three
thousand
fell.
Let’s
not
test
Christ,
10:9
NU reads “the Lord” instead of “Christ”.
as
some
of
them
tested,
and
perished
by
the
serpents.
Don’t
grumble,
as
some
of
them
also
grumbled,
and
perished
by
the
destroyer.
Now
all
these
things
happened
to
them
by
way
of example,
and
they
were
written
for
our admonition,
on
whom
the
ends
of
the
ages
have
come.
Therefore let
him
who
thinks
he
stands
be
careful
that
he
doesn’t
fall.
No
temptation
has
taken
you
except
what
is
common
to
man.
God
is
faithful,
who
will
not
allow
you
to
be
tempted
above
what
you
are
able,
but
will
with
the
temptation
also
make
the
way
of
escape,
that
you
may
be
able
to
endure
it.
Therefore,
my
beloved,
flee
from
idolatry.
I
speak
as
to
wise
men.
Judge
what
I
say.
The
cup
of
blessing
which
we
bless,
isn’t
it
a
sharing
of
the
blood
of
Christ?
The
bread
which
we
break,
isn’t
it
a
sharing
of
the
body
of
Christ?
Because
there
is
one
loaf
of
bread,
we,
who
are
many,
are
one
body;
for
we
all
partake
of
the
one
loaf
of
bread.
Consider
Israel
according
to
the
flesh.
Don’t
those
who
eat
the
sacrifices participate
in
the
altar?
What
am
I
saying
then?
That
a
thing
sacrificed
to
idols
is
anything,
or
that
an
idol
is
anything?
But
I say
that
the
things
which
the Gentiles
sacrifice,
they
sacrifice
to
demons
and
not
to
God,
and
I
don’t
desire
that
you
would
have fellowship
with
demons.
You
can’t
both
drink
the
cup
of
the
Lord
and
the
cup
of
demons.
You
can’t
both
partake
of
the
table
of
the
Lord
and
of
the
table
of
demons.
Or
do
we
provoke
the
Lord
to
jealousy?
Are
we
stronger
than
he?
“All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
not
all
things
are
profitable. “All
things
are
lawful
for
me,”
but
not
all
things
build
up.
Let
no
one
seek
his
own,
but
each
one
his neighbor’s good.
Whatever
is
sold
in
the butcher shop,
eat,
asking
no question
for
the
sake
of
conscience,
for “the
earth
is
the
Lord’s,
and
its
fullness.”
10:26
Psalm 24:1
But
if
one
of
those
who
don’t believe
invites
you
to
a meal,
and
you
are inclined
to
go,
eat
whatever
is
set
before
you,
asking
no
questions
for
the
sake
of
conscience.
But
if
anyone
says
to
you, “This
was offered
to
idols,”
don’t
eat
it
for
the
sake
of
the
one
who
told
you,
and
for
the
sake
of
conscience.
For “the earth
is
the Lord’s,
with
all
its fullness.”
Conscience,
I
say,
not
your
own,
but
the other’s
conscience.
For
why
is
my
liberty
judged
by
another
conscience?
If
I
partake
with
thankfulness,
why
am
I denounced
for
something
I
give
thanks
for?
Whether
therefore
you
eat
or
drink,
or
whatever
you
do,
do
all
to
the
glory
of
God.
Give
no occasion
for stumbling,
whether
to
Jews,
to
Greeks,
or
to
the
assembly
of
God;
even
as
I
also
please
all
men
in
all
things,
not
seeking
my
own profit,
but
the profit
of
the
many,
that
they
may
be
saved.
Be
imitators
of
me, even
as
I
also
am
of
Christ.
Now
I
praise
you, brothers,
that
you
remember
me
in
all
things,
and
hold firm
the
traditions,
even
as
I
delivered
them
to
you.
But
I
would
have
you
know
that
the
head
11:3
or, origin
of
every
man
is
Christ,
and
the
head
11:3
or, origin
of
the
woman
is
man,
and
the
head
11:3
or, origin
of
Christ
is
God.
Every
man
praying
or
prophesying,
having
his
head
covered, dishonors
his
head.
But
every
woman
praying
or
prophesying
with
her
head
uncovered dishonors
her
head.
For
it
is
one
and
the
same
thing
as
if
she
were
shaved.
For
if
a
woman
is
not
covered,
let
her
hair
also
be
cut
off.
But
if
it
is
shameful
for
a
woman
to
have
her
hair
cut
off
or
be
shaved,
let
her
be
covered.
For
a
man
indeed
ought
not
to
have
his
head
covered,
because
he
is
the
image
and
glory
of
God,
but
the
woman
is
the
glory
of
the
man.
For
man
is
not
from
woman,
but
woman
from
man;
for
man
wasn’t
created
for
the
woman,
but
woman
for
the
man.
For
this cause
the
woman
ought
to
have
authority
over
her own
head,
because
of
the
angels.
Nevertheless,
neither
is
the
woman
independent
of
the
man,
nor
the
man
independent
of
the
woman,
in
the
Lord.
For
as
woman
came
from
man,
so
a
man
also
comes
through
a
woman;
but
all
things
are
from
God.
Judge
for
yourselves.
Is
it appropriate
that
a
woman
pray
to
God unveiled?
Doesn’t
even
nature
itself
teach
you
that
if
a
man
has
long
hair,
it
is
a
dishonor
to
him?
But
if
a
woman
has
long
hair,
it
is
a
glory
to
her,
for
her
hair
is
given
to
her
for
a
covering.
But
if
any
man
seems
to
be
contentious,
we
have
no
such
custom,
neither
do
God’s
assemblies.
But
in
giving
you
this
command
I
don’t
praise
you,
because
you
come
together
not
for
the
better
but
for
the worse.
For
first
of
all,
when
you
come
together
in
the
assembly,
I
hear
that
divisions
exist
among
you,
and
I partly
believe
it.
For
there
also
must
be
factions
among
you,
that
those
who
are
approved
may
be
revealed
among
you.
When
therefore
you
assemble
yourselves
together,
it
is
not
the
Lord’s
supper
that
you
eat.
For
in
your
eating
each
one
takes
his
own
supper
first.
One
is
hungry,
and another
is drunken.
What,
don’t
you
have
houses
to
eat
and
to
drink
in?
Or
do
you
despise
God’s
assembly
and put
them
to
shame
who
don’t
have enough?
What
shall
I
tell
you?
Shall
I
praise
you?
In
this
I
don’t
praise
you.
For
I
received
from
the
Lord
that
which
also
I
delivered
to
you,
that
the
Lord
Jesus
on
the
night
in
which
he
was
betrayed
took
bread.
When
he
had
given
thanks,
he
broke
it
and
said,
“Take, eat.
This
is
my
body,
which
is
broken
for
you.
Do
this
in memory
of
me.”
In
the
same
way
he
also
took
the
cup
after
supper,
saying,
“This
cup
is
the
new
covenant
in
my
blood.
Do
this,
as
often
as
you
drink,
in memory
of
me.”
For
as
often
as
you
eat
this
bread
and
drink
this
cup,
you
proclaim
the
Lord’s
death
until
he
comes.
Therefore
whoever
eats
this
bread
or
drinks
the
Lord’s
cup
in
a
way
unworthy
of
the
Lord
will
be
guilty
of
the
body
and
the
blood
of
the
Lord.
But
let
a
man
examine
himself,
and
so
let
him
eat
of
the
bread
and
drink
of
the
cup.
For
he
who
eats
and
drinks
in
an unworthy
way
eats
and
drinks
judgment
to
himself
if
he
doesn’t
discern
the Lord’s
body.
For
this cause
many
among
you
are
weak
and sickly,
and
not
a few
sleep.
For
if
we discerned
ourselves,
we wouldn’t
be
judged.
But
when
we
are
judged,
we
are
disciplined
by
the
Lord,
that
we
may
not
be
condemned
with
the
world.
Therefore, my
brothers,
when
you
come
together
to
eat,
wait
for
one
another.
But
if
anyone
is
hungry,
let
him
eat
at
home,
lest
your
coming
together
be
for
judgment.
The
rest
I
will set
in
order
whenever
I
come.
Now
concerning
spiritual
things,
brothers,
I
don’t
want
you
to
be
ignorant.
You
know
that
when
you
were heathen,
12:2
or Gentiles
you
were
led
away
to
those
mute
idols,
however
you
might
be
led.
Therefore
I
make
known
to
you
that
no
man
speaking
by
God’s
Spirit
says, “Jesus
is
accursed.”
No
one
can
say, “Jesus
is
Lord,”
but
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
Now
there
are various kinds
of
gifts,
but
the
same
Spirit.
There
are various kinds
of
service,
and
the
same
Lord.
There
are various
kinds
of workings,
but
the
same
God
who
works
all
things
in
all.
But
to
each
one
is
given
the
manifestation
of
the
Spirit
for
the profit
of
all.
For
to
one
is
given
through
the
Spirit
the
word
of
wisdom,
and
to
another
the
word
of
knowledge
according
to
the
same
Spirit,
to
another
faith
by
the
same
Spirit,
and
to
another
gifts
of
healings
by
the
same
Spirit,
and
to
another workings
of
miracles,
and
to
another
prophecy,
and
to
another discerning
of
spirits,
to
another
different
kinds
of
languages,
and
to
another
the
interpretation
of
languages.
But
the
one
and
the
same
Spirit produces
all
of
these,
distributing
to
each
one separately
as
he
desires.
For
as
the
body
is
one
and
has
many
members,
and
all
the
members
of
the
body,
being
many,
are
one
body;
so
also
is
Christ.
For
in
one
Spirit
we
were
all
baptized
into
one
body,
whether
Jews
or
Greeks,
whether bond
or
free;
and
were
all given
to
drink
into
one
Spirit.
For
the
body
is
not
one
member,
but
many.
If
the
foot would
say, “Because I’m
not
the
hand, I’m
not part
of
the
body,”
it
is
not therefore
not part
of
the
body.
If
the
ear
would
say, “Because I’m
not
the
eye, I’m
not part
of
the
body,” it’s
not therefore
not part
of
the
body.
If
the
whole
body
were an
eye,
where would
the
hearing
be?
If
the
whole
were
hearing,
where would
the smelling
be?
But
now
God
has
set
the
members,
each
one
of
them,
in
the
body,
just
as
he
desired.
If
they
were
all
one
member,
where would
the
body
be?
But
now
they
are
many
members,
but
one
body.
The
eye
can’t
tell
the
hand, “I
have
no
need
for
you,”
or
again
the
head
to
the
feet, “I
have
no
need
for
you.”
No,
much
rather,
those
members
of
the
body
which
seem
to
be
weaker
are
necessary.
Those parts
of
the
body
which
we
think
to
be
less
honorable,
on
those
we
bestow
more
abundant
honor;
and
our
unpresentable parts
have
more
abundant modesty,
while
our
presentable parts
have
no such
need.
But
God
composed
the
body together,
giving
more
abundant
honor
to
the
inferior
part,
that
there
should
be
no
division
in
the
body,
but
that
the
members
should
have
the
same
care
for
one
another.
When
one
member
suffers,
all
the
members
suffer
with
it.
When
one
member
is
honored,
all
the
members
rejoice
with
it.
Now
you
are
the
body
of
Christ,
and
members
individually.
God
has
set
some
in
the
assembly:
first
apostles,
second
prophets,
third
teachers,
then
miracle workers,
then
gifts
of
healings,
helps, governments,
and various
kinds
of
languages.
Are
all
apostles?
Are
all
prophets?
Are
all
teachers?
Are
all
miracle workers?
Do
all
have
gifts
of
healings?
Do
all
speak
with various
languages?
Do
all
interpret?
But
earnestly
desire
the best
gifts.
Moreover,
I
show
a most
excellent
way
to
you.
If
I
speak
with
the
languages
of
men
and
of
angels,
but
don’t
have
love,
I
have
become sounding brass
or
a
clanging
cymbal.
If
I
have
the gift
of
prophecy,
and
know
all
mysteries
and
all
knowledge,
and
if
I
have
all
faith,
so
as
to
remove
mountains,
but
don’t
have
love,
I
am
nothing.
If
I
give away
all
my goods
to
feed
the poor,
and
if
I
give
my
body
to
be
burned,
but
don’t
have
love,
it
profits
me
nothing.
Love
is
patient
and
is
kind.
Love
doesn’t
envy.
Love
doesn’t
brag,
is
not
proud,
doesn’t behave
itself inappropriately,
doesn’t
seek
its
own way,
is
not
provoked, takes
no
account
of
evil;
doesn’t
rejoice
in
unrighteousness,
but
rejoices
with
the
truth;
bears
all
things,
believes
all
things,
hopes
all
things,
and
endures
all
things.
Love
never
fails.
But where
there
are
prophecies,
they
will be
done
away
with. Where
there
are various
languages,
they
will
cease. Where
there
is
knowledge,
it
will be
done
away
with.
For
we
know
in
part
and
we
prophesy
in
part;
but
when
that
which
is
complete
has
come,
then
that
which
is
partial
will be
done
away
with.
When
I
was
a
child,
I
spoke
as
a
child,
I
felt
as
a
child,
I thought
as
a
child.
Now
that
I
have
become
a
man,
I
have
put
away
childish
things.
For
now
we
see
in
a
mirror,
dimly,
but
then
face
to
face.
Now
I
know
in
part,
but
then
I
will
know
fully,
even
as
I
was
also
fully
known.
But
now
faith,
hope,
and
love
remain—these
three.
The
greatest
of
these
is
love.
Follow
after
love
and
earnestly
desire
spiritual gifts,
but
especially
that you
may
prophesy.
For
he
who
speaks
in another
language
speaks
not
to
men,
but
to
God,
for
no
one
understands,
but
in
the
Spirit
he
speaks
mysteries.
But
he
who
prophesies
speaks
to
men
for
their
edification,
exhortation,
and
consolation.
He
who
speaks
in
another
language
edifies
himself,
but
he
who
prophesies
edifies
the
assembly.
Now
I
desire
to
have
you
all
speak
with
other
languages,
but
even
more
that
you
would
prophesy.
For
he
is
greater
who
prophesies
than
he
who
speaks
with
other
languages,
unless
he
interprets,
that
the
assembly
may
be built
up.
But
now,
brothers,
14:6
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
if
I
come
to
you
speaking
with
other
languages,
what
would
I
profit
you
unless
I
speak
to
you
either
by
way
of
revelation,
or
of
knowledge,
or
of
prophesying,
or
of
teaching?
Even
lifeless
things
that
make
a
sound,
whether pipe
or
harp,
if
they
didn’t
give
a
distinction
in
the
sounds,
how would
it
be
known
what
is piped
or harped?
For
if
the
trumpet
gave
an uncertain
sound,
who
would
prepare
himself
for
war?
So
also
you,
unless
you
uttered
by
the
tongue
words easy
to
understand,
how
would
it
be
known
what
is
spoken?
For
you
would
be
speaking
into
the
air.
There
are,
it
may
be,
so
many
kinds
of
languages
in
the
world,
and
none
of
them
is
without
meaning.
If
then
I
don’t
know
the
meaning
of
the
language,
I
would
be
to
him
who
speaks
a foreigner,
and
he
who
speaks
would
be
a foreigner
to
me.
So
also
you,
since
you
are
zealous
for
spiritual gifts,
seek
that
you
may
abound
to
the
building
up
of
the
assembly.
Therefore
let
him
who
speaks
in another
language
pray
that
he
may
interpret.
For
if
I
pray
in another
language, my
spirit
prays,
but my
understanding
is
unfruitful.
What
should
I
do?
I
will
pray
with
the
spirit,
and
I
will
pray
with
the
understanding
also.
I
will
sing
with
the
spirit,
and
I
will
sing
with
the
understanding
also.
Otherwise,
if
you
bless
with
the
spirit,
how
will
he
who
fills
the
place
of
the unlearned
say
the “Amen”
at
your
giving
of
thanks,
seeing
he
doesn’t
know
what
you
say?
For
you most
certainly
give
thanks
well,
but
the
other
person
is
not
built
up.
I
thank
my
God,
I
speak
with other
languages
more than
you
all.
However,
in
the
assembly
I
would
rather
speak
five
words
with
my
understanding,
that
I
might
instruct
others
also,
than
ten
thousand
words
in
another
language.
Brothers,
don’t
be
children
in thoughts,
yet
in
malice
be babies,
but
in thoughts
be
mature.
In
the
law
it
is
written, “By
men
of
strange languages
and
by
the
lips
of
strangers
I
will
speak
to
this
people.
They won’t
even
listen
to
me
that
way,
says
the
Lord.”
14:21
Isaiah 28:11-12
Therefore
other
languages
are
for
a
sign,
not
to
those
who
believe,
but
to
the
unbelieving;
but
prophesying
is
for
a
sign,
not
to
the
unbelieving,
but
to
those
who
believe.
If
therefore
the
whole
assembly
is
assembled
together
and
all
speak
with
other
languages,
and unlearned
or
unbelieving
people
come
in,
won’t
they
say
that
you
are crazy?
But
if
all
prophesy,
and
someone
unbelieving
or unlearned
comes
in,
he
is
reproved
by
all,
and
he
is judged
by
all.
And
thus
the
secrets
of
his
heart
are
revealed.
So
he
will
fall
down
on
his
face
and
worship
God,
declaring
that
God
is
among
you
indeed.
What
is
it
then,
brothers?
When
you
come
together,
each
one
of
you
has
a
psalm,
has
a
teaching,
has
a
revelation,
has another
language, or
has
an
interpretation.
Let
all
things
be
done
to
build
each other
up.
If
any
man
speaks
in
another
language,
let
there
be
two,
or
at
the
most
three,
and
in
turn;
and
let
one
interpret.
But
if
there
is
no
interpreter,
let
him
keep
silent
in
the
assembly,
and
let
him
speak
to
himself
and
to
God.
Let
two
or
three
of
the
prophets
speak,
and
let
the
others
discern.
But
if
a
revelation
is
made
to
another
sitting
by, let
the
first
keep
silent.
For
you
all
can
prophesy
one
by
one,
that
all
may
learn
and
all
may
be
exhorted.
The
spirits
of
the
prophets
are
subject
to
the
prophets,
for
God
is
not
a
God
of
confusion
but
of
peace,
as
in
all
the
assemblies
of
the
saints.
Let
the
wives
be
quiet
in
the
assemblies,
for
it
has
not
been
permitted
for
them
to
be
talking
except
in submission,
as
the
law
also
says,
14:34
Deuteronomy 27:9
if
they
desire
to
learn
anything. “Let
them
ask
their
own
husbands
at
home,
for
it
is
shameful
for
a
wife
to
be
talking
in
the
assembly.”
What!?
Was
it
from
you
that
the
word
of
God
went
out?
Or
did
it
come
to
you
alone?
If
any
man
thinks himself
to
be
a
prophet
or
spiritual,
let
him
recognize
the
things
which
I
write
to
you,
that
they
are
the commandment
of
the
Lord.
But
if
anyone
is
ignorant, let him
be
ignorant.
Therefore,
brothers,
desire
earnestly
to
prophesy,
and
don’t
forbid
speaking
with other
languages.
Let
all
things
be
done
decently
and
in
order.
Now
I declare
to
you,
brothers,
the
Good
News
which
I
preached
to
you,
which
also
you
received,
in
which
you
also
stand,
by
which
also
you
are
saved,
if
you
hold
firmly
the
word
which
I
preached
to
you—unless
you
believed
in
vain.
For
I
delivered
to
you
first
of
all
that
which
I
also
received:
that
Christ
died
for
our
sins
according
to
the
Scriptures,
that
he
was
buried,
that
he
was
raised
on
the
third
day
according
to
the
Scriptures,
and
that
he
appeared
to
Cephas,
then
to
the
twelve.
Then
he
appeared
to
over
five
hundred
brothers
at
once,
most
of
whom
remain
until
now,
but
some
have
also
fallen
asleep.
Then
he
appeared
to
James,
then
to
all
the
apostles,
and
last
of
all,
as
to
the child
born
at
the wrong time,
he
appeared
to
me
also.
For
I
am
the
least
of
the
apostles,
who
is
not
worthy
to
be
called
an
apostle,
because
I
persecuted
the
assembly
of
God.
But
by
the
grace
of
God
I
am
what
I
am.
His
grace
which
was given
to
me
was
not
futile,
but
I
worked
more
than
all
of
them;
yet
not
I,
but
the
grace
of
God
which
was
with
me.
Whether
then
it
is
I
or
they,
so
we
preach,
and
so
you
believed.
Now
if
Christ
is
preached,
that
he
has
been
raised
from
the
dead,
how
do
some
among
you
say
that
there
is
no
resurrection
of
the
dead?
But
if
there
is
no
resurrection
of
the
dead,
neither
has
Christ
been
raised.
If
Christ
has
not
been
raised,
then
our
preaching
is
in
vain
and
your
faith
also
is
in
vain.
Yes,
we
are
also
found false
witnesses
of
God,
because
we
testified
about
God
that
he
raised
up
Christ,
whom
he
didn’t
raise
up
if
it
is true
that
the
dead
are
not
raised.
For
if
the
dead
aren’t
raised,
neither
has
Christ
been
raised.
If
Christ
has
not
been
raised,
your
faith
is
vain;
you
are
still
in
your
sins.
Then
they
also
who
are
fallen
asleep
in
Christ
have
perished.
If
we
have
only
hoped
in
Christ
in
this
life,
we
are
of
all
men
most pitiable.
But
now
Christ
has
been
raised
from
the
dead.
He became
the
first fruit
of
those
who
are
asleep.
For
since
death
came
by
man,
the
resurrection
of
the
dead
also
came
by
man.
For
as
in
Adam
all
die,
so
also
in
Christ
all
will
be
made
alive.
But
each
in
his
own
order:
Christ
the
first
fruits,
then
those
who
are
Christ’s
at
his
coming.
Then
the
end
comes,
when
he
will
deliver
up
the
Kingdom
to
God
the
Father,
when
he
will
have
abolished
all
rule
and
all
authority
and
power.
For
he
must
reign
until
he
has
put
all
his
enemies
under
his
feet.
The
last
enemy that
will
be
abolished
is
death.
For, “He
put
all
things
in
subjection
under
his
feet.”
15:27
Psalm 8:6
But
when
he
says, “All
things
are
put
in
subjection”,
it
is
evident
that
he
is
excepted
who
subjected
all
things
to
him.
When
all
things
have
been
subjected
to
him,
then
the
Son
will
also
himself
be
subjected
to
him
who
subjected
all
things
to
him,
that
God
may
be
all
in
all.
Or
else
what
will
they
do
who
are
baptized
for
the
dead?
If
the
dead
aren’t
raised
at
all,
why
then
are
they
baptized
for
the
dead?
Why
do
we
also stand
in jeopardy
every
hour?
I
affirm,
by
the
boasting
in
you
which
I
have
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord,
I
die
daily.
If
I
fought
with animals
at
Ephesus
for
human purposes,
what
does
it
profit
me?
If
the
dead
are
not
raised,
then “let’s
eat
and
drink,
for
tomorrow
we
die.”
15:32
Isaiah 22:13
Don’t
be
deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt
good
morals.”
Wake up
righteously
and
don’t
sin,
for
some
have
no
knowledge
of
God.
I
say
this
to
your
shame.
But
someone
will
say, “How
are
the
dead
raised?”
and, “With
what
kind
of
body
do
they
come?”
You
foolish
one,
that
which
you
yourself
sow
is
not
made
alive
unless
it
dies.
That
which
you
sow,
you
don’t
sow
the
body
that
will
be,
but
a
bare
grain, maybe
of
wheat,
or
of
some
other
kind.
But
God
gives
it
a
body
even
as
it pleased
him,
and
to
each
seed
a
body
of
its
own.
All
flesh
is
not
the
same
flesh,
but
there
is
one
flesh
of
men,
another
flesh
of animals,
another
of
fish,
and
another
of
birds.
There
are
also celestial
bodies
and terrestrial
bodies;
but
the
glory
of
the celestial differs
from
that
of
the terrestrial.
There
is
one
glory
of
the
sun,
another
glory
of
the
moon,
and
another
glory
of
the
stars;
for
one
star
differs
from
another
star
in
glory.
So
also
is
the
resurrection
of
the
dead.
The body
is
sown
perishable;
it
is
raised
imperishable.
It
is
sown
in
dishonor; it
is
raised
in
glory. It
is
sown
in
weakness; it
is
raised
in
power.
It
is
sown
a
natural
body;
it
is
raised
a
spiritual
body.
There
is
a
natural
body
and
there
is
also
a
spiritual
body.
So
also
it
is
written, “The
first
man
Adam
became
a
living
soul.”
15:45
Genesis 2:7
The
last
Adam
became
a
life-giving
spirit.
However,
that
which
is
spiritual
isn’t
first,
but
that
which
is
natural,
then
that
which
is
spiritual.
The
first
man
is
of
the
earth, made
of dust.
The
second
man
is
the Lord
from
heaven.
As
is
the
one made
of dust,
such
are
those
who
are
also made
of dust;
and
as
is
the
heavenly,
such
are
they
also that
are
heavenly.
As
we
have
borne
the
image
of
those made
of dust, let’s
15:49
NU, TR read “we will” instead of “let’s”
also
bear
the
image
of
the
heavenly.
Now
I
say
this,
brothers,
15:50
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
that
flesh
and
blood
can’t
inherit
God’s
Kingdom;
neither
does
the
perishable
inherit
imperishable.
Behold,
15:51
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
tell
you
a
mystery.
We
will
not
all
sleep,
but
we
will
all
be
changed,
in
a
moment,
in
the
twinkling
of
an
eye,
at
the
last
trumpet.
For
the
trumpet
will
sound
and
the
dead
will
be
raised incorruptible,
and
we
will
be
changed.
For
this
perishable body
must become
imperishable,
and
this
mortal
must
put
on
immortality.
But
when
this
perishable
body
will
have
become
imperishable,
and
this
mortal
will
have
put
on
immortality,
then
what
is
written
will
happen: “Death
is
swallowed
up
in
victory.”
15:54
Isaiah 25:8
“Death,
where
is
your
sting?
Hades,
15:55
or, Hell
where
is
your
victory?”
15:55
See Hosea 13:14
The
sting
of
death
is
sin,
and
the
power
of
sin
is
the
law.
But
thanks
be
to
God,
who
gives
us
the
victory
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Therefore,
my
beloved
brothers,
be
steadfast,
immovable,
always
abounding
in
the
Lord’s
work,
because
you
know
that
your
labor
is
not
in
vain
in
the
Lord.
Now
concerning
the
collection
for
the
saints:
as
I
commanded
the
assemblies
of
Galatia,
you
do
likewise.
On
the
first
day
of
every
week,
let
each
one
of
you
save
as
he
may
prosper,
that
no
collections
are
made
when
I
come.
When
I
arrive,
I
will
send
whoever
you
approve
with
letters
to
carry
your
gracious
gift
to
Jerusalem.
If
it
is
appropriate
for
me
to
go
also,
they
will
go
with
me.
I
will
come
to
you
when
I have
passed
through
Macedonia,
for
I am
passing
through
Macedonia.
But
with
you
it
may
be
that
I
will stay
with
you,
or
even
winter
with
you,
that
you
may
send
me
on
my
journey
wherever
I
go.
For
I
do
not
wish
to
see
you
now
in
passing,
but
I
hope
to
stay
a
while
with
you,
if
the
Lord
permits.
But
I will
stay
at
Ephesus
until
Pentecost,
for
a
great
and
effective
door
has
opened
to
me,
and
there
are
many
adversaries.
Now
if
Timothy
comes,
see
that
he
is
with
you
without
fear,
for
he
does
the
work
of
the
Lord,
as
I
also
do.
Therefore
let
no
one
despise
him.
But set
him forward
on
his
journey
in
peace,
that
he
may
come
to
me;
for
I
expect
him
with
the
brothers.
Now
concerning
Apollos
the
brother,
I
strongly
urged
him
to
come
to
you
with
the
brothers,
but
it
was
not
at
all
his
desire
to
come
now;
but
he
will
come
when
he
has
an
opportunity.
Watch!
Stand
firm
in
the
faith!
Be courageous!
Be
strong!
Let
all
that
you
do
be
done
in
love.
Now
I
beg
you,
brothers—you
know
the
house
of
Stephanas,
that
it
is
the
first
fruits
of
Achaia,
and
that
they
have
set
themselves
to
serve
the
saints—
that
you
also
be
in
subjection
to
such,
and
to
everyone
who
helps
in
the
work
and
labors.
I
rejoice
at
the
coming
of
Stephanas,
Fortunatus,
and
Achaicus;
for
that
which
was
lacking
on
your part,
they
supplied.
For
they
refreshed
my
spirit
and
yours.
Therefore
acknowledge
those
who
are
like
that.
The
assemblies
of
Asia
greet
you.
Aquila
and
Priscilla
greet
you
warmly
in
the
Lord,
together
with
the
assembly
that
is
in
their
house.
All
the
brothers
greet
you.
Greet
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
This
greeting
is by me,
Paul,
with
my
own
hand.
If
any
man
doesn’t
love
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
let him
be cursed.
16:22
Greek: anathema.
Come,
Lord!
16:22
Aramaic: Maranatha!
The
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you.
My
love
to
all
of
you
in
Christ
Jesus. Amen.
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2 Corinthians
Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians
2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Christ
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
Jesus
through
the
will
of
God,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
to
the
assembly
of
God
which
is
at
Corinth,
with
all
the
saints
who
are
in
the
whole
of
Achaia:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Father
of
mercies
and
God
of
all
comfort,
who
comforts
us
in
all
our
affliction,
that
we
may
be
able
to
comfort
those
who
are
in
any
affliction,
through
the
comfort
with
which
we
ourselves
are
comforted
by
God.
For
as
the
sufferings
of
Christ
abound
to
us,
even
so
our
comfort
also abounds
through
Christ.
But
if
we
are
afflicted,
it
is
for
your
comfort
and
salvation.
If
we
are
comforted,
it
is
for
your
comfort,
which produces
in
you
the
patient
enduring
of
the
same
sufferings
which
we
also
suffer.
Our
hope
for
you
is
steadfast,
knowing
that,
since
you
are
partakers
of
the
sufferings,
so
you
are
also
of
the
comfort.
For
we
don’t
desire
to
have
you
uninformed,
brothers,
1:8
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
concerning
our
affliction
which
happened
to
us
in
Asia:
that
we
were weighed
down exceedingly,
beyond
our
power,
so much
that
we
despaired
even
of
life.
Yes,
we
ourselves
have
had
the
sentence
of
death
within
ourselves,
that
we
should
not
trust
in
ourselves,
but
in
God
who
raises
the
dead,
who
delivered
us
out
of
so
great
a
death,
and does
deliver,
on
whom
we
have
set
our
hope
that
he
will
also
still
deliver
us,
you
also
helping
together
on
our
behalf
by
your
supplication;
that,
for
the
gift
given
to
us
by
means
of
many,
thanks
may
be
given
by
many
persons
on
your
behalf.
For
our
boasting
is
this:
the
testimony
of
our
conscience
that
in
holiness
and
sincerity
of
God,
not
in
fleshly
wisdom
but
in
the
grace
of
God,
we behaved
ourselves
in
the
world,
and
more abundantly
toward
you.
For
we
write
no
other
things
to
you
than
what
you
read
or
even
acknowledge,
and
I
hope
you
will
acknowledge
to
the
end—
as
also
you acknowledged
us
in
part—that
we
are
your
boasting,
even
as
you
also
are
ours,
in
the
day
of
our
Lord
Jesus.
In
this
confidence,
I
was determined
to
come
first
to
you,
that
you
might
have
a
second benefit,
and
by
you
to
pass
into
Macedonia,
and
again
from
Macedonia
to
come
to
you,
and
to
be
sent forward
by
you
on
my
journey
to
Judea.
When
I
therefore
planned
this,
did
I show fickleness?
Or
the
things
that
I plan,
do
I plan
according
to
the
flesh,
that
with
me
there
should
be
the “Yes,
yes”
and
the “No,
no?”
But
as
God
is
faithful,
our
word
toward
you
was
not “Yes
and
no.”
For
the
Son
of
God,
Jesus
Christ,
who
was
preached
among
you
by
us—by
me,
Silvanus,
and
Timothy—was
not “Yes
and
no,”
but
in
him
is “Yes.”
For however
many
are
the
promises
of
God,
in
him
is
the “Yes.”
Therefore
also
through
him
is
the “Amen”,
to
the
glory
of
God
through
us.
Now
he
who
establishes
us
with
you
in
Christ
and
anointed
us
is
God,
who
also
sealed
us
and
gave
us
the down payment
of
the
Spirit
in
our
hearts.
But
I
call
God
for
a
witness
to
my
soul,
that
to
spare
you,
I didn’t
come
to
Corinth.
We
don’t control
your
faith,
but
are
fellow
workers
with
you
for
your
joy.
For
you
stand
firm
in
faith.
But
I
determined
this
for
myself,
that
I
would
not
come
to
you
again
in
sorrow.
For
if
I
make
you
grieve,
then
who
will
make
me
glad
but
he
who
is
made
to
grieve
by
me?
And
I
wrote
this
very
thing
to
you,
so
that
when
I
came,
I wouldn’t
have
sorrow
from
them
of
whom
I
ought
to
rejoice;
having
confidence
in
you
all
that
my
joy
would
be shared
by
all
of
you.
For
out
of
much
affliction
and
anguish
of
heart
I
wrote
to
you
with
many
tears,
not
that
you
should
be
made
to
grieve,
but
that
you
might
know
the
love
that
I
have
so abundantly
for
you.
But
if
any
has
caused
sorrow,
he
has
caused
sorrow
not
to
me,
but
in
part (that
I
not press
too heavily)
to
you
all.
This
punishment
which
was inflicted
by
the
many
is
sufficient
for
such
a
one;
so
that,
on
the
contrary,
you
should
rather
forgive
him
and
comfort
him,
lest
by any means
such
a
one
should
be
swallowed
up
with
his
excessive
sorrow.
Therefore
I
beg
you
to confirm
your
love
toward
him.
For
to
this
end
I
also
wrote,
that
I
might
know
the
proof
of
you,
whether
you
are
obedient
in
all
things.
Now
I
also
forgive
whomever
you
forgive
anything.
For
if
indeed
I
have
forgiven
anything,
I
have
forgiven
that
one
for
your
sakes
in
the
presence
of
Christ,
that
no
advantage
may
be gained
over us
by
Satan,
for
we
are
not
ignorant
of
his
schemes.
Now
when
I
came
to
Troas
for
the
Good
News
of
Christ,
and
when
a
door
was
opened
to
me
in
the
Lord,
I
had
no
relief
for
my
spirit,
because
I
didn’t
find
Titus
my
brother,
but
taking
my
leave
of
them,
I
went
out
into
Macedonia.
Now
thanks
be
to
God
who
always
leads
us
in
triumph
in
Christ,
and reveals
through
us
the
sweet
aroma
of
his
knowledge
in
every
place.
For
we
are
a sweet aroma
of
Christ
to
God
in
those
who
are
saved
and
in
those
who
perish:
to
the
one
a stench
from
death
to
death,
to
the
other
a
sweet
aroma
from
life
to
life.
Who
is
sufficient
for
these
things?
For
we
are
not
as
so
many,
peddling
the
word
of
God.
But
as
of
sincerity,
but
as
of
God,
in
the
sight
of
God,
we
speak
in
Christ.
Are
we
beginning
again
to
commend
ourselves?
Or
do
we
need,
as
do
some,
letters
of
commendation
to
you
or
from
you?
You
are
our
letter,
written
in
our
hearts,
known
and
read
by
all
men,
being
revealed
that
you
are
a
letter
of
Christ,
served
by
us,
written
not
with
ink,
but
with
the
Spirit
of
the
living
God;
not
in
tablets
of
stone,
but
in
tablets
that
are
hearts
of
flesh.
Such
confidence
we
have
through
Christ
toward
God,
not
that
we
are
sufficient
of
ourselves
to
account
anything
as
from
ourselves;
but
our sufficiency
is
from
God,
who
also
made
us sufficient
as
servants
of
a
new
covenant,
not
of
the
letter
but
of
the
Spirit.
For
the
letter
kills,
but
the
Spirit
gives
life.
But
if
the
service
of
death, written
engraved
on
stones,
came
with
glory,
so
that
the children
of
Israel
could
not
look steadfastly
on
the
face
of
Moses
for
the
glory
of
his
face,
which
was
passing
away,
won’t
service
of
the
Spirit
be
with
much
more
glory?
For
if
the
service
of
condemnation
has
glory,
the
service
of
righteousness exceeds
much
more
in
glory.
For most
certainly
that
which
has
been made
glorious
has
not
been made
glorious
in
this
respect,
by
reason
of
the
glory
that
surpasses.
For
if
that
which passes
away
was
with
glory,
much
more
that
which
remains
is
in
glory.
Having
therefore
such
a
hope,
we
use
great
boldness
of
speech,
and
not
as
Moses,
who
put
a
veil
on
his
face
so
that
the children
of
Israel wouldn’t
look steadfastly
on
the
end
of
that
which
was
passing
away.
But
their
minds
were
hardened,
for
until
this
very
day
at
the
reading
of
the
old
covenant
the
same
veil
remains,
because
in
Christ
it passes
away.
But
to
this
day,
when
Moses
is
read,
a
veil
lies
on
their
heart.
But
whenever someone
turns
to
the
Lord,
the
veil
is
taken
away.
Now
the
Lord
is
the
Spirit;
and
where
the
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is,
there
is
liberty.
But
we
all,
with
unveiled
face seeing
the
glory
of
the
Lord
as
in
a
mirror,
are
transformed
into
the
same
image
from
glory
to
glory,
even
as
from
the
Lord,
the
Spirit.
Therefore, seeing
we
have
this
ministry, even
as
we
obtained
mercy,
we
don’t faint.
But
we
have
renounced
the
hidden
things
of
shame,
not
walking
in
craftiness
nor handling
the
word
of
God deceitfully,
but
by
the
manifestation
of
the
truth
commending
ourselves
to
every
man’s
conscience
in
the
sight
of
God.
Even
if
our
Good
News
is
veiled,
it
is
veiled
in
those
who
are
dying,
in
whom
the
god
of
this
world
has
blinded
the
minds
of
the
unbelieving,
that
the
light
of
the
Good
News
of
the
glory
of
Christ,
who
is
the
image
of
God,
should
not dawn
on
them.
For
we
don’t
preach
ourselves,
but
Christ
Jesus
as
Lord,
and
ourselves
as
your
servants
for
Jesus’
sake,
seeing
it
is
God
who
said, “Light
will
shine
out
of
darkness,”
4:6
Genesis 1:3
who
has
shone
in
our
hearts
to
give
the
light
of
the
knowledge
of
the
glory
of
God
in
the
face
of
Jesus
Christ.
But
we
have
this
treasure
in
clay
vessels,
that
the exceeding
greatness
of
the
power
may
be
of
God
and
not
from
ourselves.
We
are pressed
on
every side,
yet
not
crushed;
perplexed,
yet
not
to despair;
pursued,
yet
not
forsaken;
struck
down,
yet
not
destroyed;
always
carrying
in
the
body
the putting
to death
of
the Lord
Jesus,
that
the
life
of
Jesus
may
also
be
revealed
in
our
body.
For
we
who
live
are
always
delivered
to
death
for
Jesus’
sake,
that
the
life
also
of
Jesus
may
be
revealed
in
our
mortal
flesh.
So
then
death
works
in
us,
but
life
in
you.
But
having
the
same
spirit
of
faith,
according
to
that
which
is
written, “I
believed,
and
therefore
I
spoke.”
4:13
Psalm 116:10
We
also
believe,
and
therefore
we
also
speak,
knowing
that
he
who
raised
the
Lord
Jesus
will
raise
us
also
with
Jesus,
and
will
present
us
with
you.
For
all
things
are
for
your
sakes,
that
the
grace,
being multiplied
through
the
many,
may
cause
the
thanksgiving
to
abound
to
the
glory
of
God.
Therefore
we
don’t faint,
but
though
our outward
person
is
decaying,
yet
our inward
person
is
renewed
day
by
day.
For
our
light
affliction,
which
is
for
the moment, works
for
us
more
and
more exceedingly
an
eternal
weight
of
glory,
while
we
don’t
look
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
that
if
the
earthly
house
of
our
tent
is dissolved,
we
have
a
building
from
God,
a
house
not
made
with
hands,
eternal,
in
the
heavens.
For most
certainly
in
this
we
groan,
longing
to
be
clothed
with
our habitation
which
is
from
heaven,
if
indeed being clothed,
we
will
not
be
found
naked.
For
indeed
we
who
are
in
this
tent
do
groan,
being
burdened,
not
that
we
desire
to
be
unclothed,
but
that
we
desire
to
be
clothed,
that
what
is
mortal
may
be
swallowed
up
by
life.
Now
he
who made
us
for
this
very
thing
is
God,
who
also
gave
to
us
the down payment
of
the
Spirit.
Therefore
we
are
always
confident
and
know
that
while
we
are
at
home
in
the
body,
we
are
absent
from
the
Lord;
for
we
walk
by
faith,
not
by
sight.
We
are courageous,
I say,
and
are willing
rather
to
be
absent
from
the
body
and
to
be
at
home
with
the
Lord.
Therefore
also
we
make
it
our aim,
whether at
home
or
absent,
to
be
well
pleasing
to
him.
For
we
must
all
be
revealed
before
the
judgment
seat
of
Christ
that
each
one
may
receive
the
things
in
the
body
according
to
what
he
has
done,
whether
good
or
bad.
Knowing
therefore
the
fear
of
the
Lord,
we
persuade
men,
but
we
are
revealed
to
God,
and
I
hope
that
we
are
revealed
also
in
your
consciences.
For
we
are
not
commending
ourselves
to
you
again,
but speak
as
giving
you
occasion
of
boasting
on
our
behalf,
that
you
may
have
something
to answer
those
who
boast
in
appearance
and
not
in
heart.
For
if we are
beside
ourselves, it
is
for
God.
Or
if we are
of sober
mind, it
is
for
you.
For
the
love
of
Christ compels us;
because
we
judge thus:
that
one died
for
all,
therefore
all died.
He
died
for
all,
that
those
who
live
should
no
longer
live
to
themselves,
but
to
him
who
for
their
sakes
died
and
rose
again.
Therefore
we
know
no
one
according
to
the
flesh
from
now
on.
Even
though
we
have
known
Christ
according
to
the
flesh,
yet
now
we
know
him
so
no
more.
Therefore
if
anyone
is
in
Christ,
he
is
a
new
creation.
The
old
things
have
passed
away.
Behold,
5:17
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
all
things
have
become
new.
But
all
things
are
of
God,
who
reconciled
us
to
himself
through
Jesus
Christ,
and
gave
to
us
the
ministry
of
reconciliation;
namely,
that
God
was
in
Christ
reconciling
the
world
to
himself,
not reckoning
to
them
their
trespasses,
and having
committed
to
us
the
word
of
reconciliation.
We
are
therefore
ambassadors
on
behalf
of
Christ,
as
though
God
were entreating
by us:
we
beg
you
on
behalf
of
Christ,
be
reconciled
to
God.
For
him
who
knew
no
sin
he
made
to
be
sin
on
our
behalf,
so
that
in
him
we
might
become
the
righteousness
of
God.
Working
together,
we
entreat
also
that
you
do
not
receive
the
grace
of
God
in
vain.
For
he
says,
“At
an
acceptable
time
I
listened
to
you.
In
a
day
of
salvation
I
helped
you.”
6:2
Isaiah 49:8
Behold,
now
is
the
acceptable
time.
Behold,
now
is
the
day
of
salvation.
We
give
no occasion
of stumbling
in
anything,
that
our
service
may
not
be blamed,
but
in
everything
commending
ourselves
as
servants
of
God:
in
great
endurance,
in
afflictions,
in
hardships,
in
distresses,
in
beatings,
in
imprisonments,
in
riots,
in
labors,
in watchings,
in
fastings,
in pureness,
in
knowledge,
in
perseverance,
in
kindness,
in
the
Holy
Spirit,
in
sincere
love,
in
the
word
of
truth,
in
the
power
of
God,
by
the
armor
of
righteousness
on
the
right
hand
and
on
the
left,
by
glory
and
dishonor,
by evil
report
and
good
report,
as
deceivers
and
yet
true,
as
unknown
and
yet
well
known,
as
dying
and
behold—we
live,
as
punished
and
not killed,
as
sorrowful
yet
always
rejoicing,
as
poor
yet
making
many
rich,
as
having
nothing
and
yet
possessing
all
things.
Our
mouth
is
open
to
you,
Corinthians. Our
heart
is enlarged.
You
are
not
restricted
by
us,
but
you
are
restricted
by
your own
affections.
Now
in return—I
speak
as
to
my
children—you
also
open
your hearts.
Don’t
be unequally yoked
with
unbelievers,
for
what
fellowship
do
righteousness
and iniquity
have?
Or
what
fellowship
does
light
have
with
darkness?
What
agreement
does
Christ
have
with
Belial?
Or
what portion
does
a
believer
have
with
an
unbeliever?
What
agreement
does
a
temple
of
God
have
with
idols?
For
you
are
a
temple
of
the
living
God.
Even
as
God
said, “I
will
dwell
in
them
and
walk
in
them.
I
will
be
their
God
and
they
will
be
my
people.”
6:16
Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 32:38; Ezekiel 37:27
Therefore
“‘Come
out
from
among
them,
and
be
separate,’
says
the
Lord.
‘Touch
no
unclean
thing.
I
will receive
you.
6:17
Isaiah 52:11; Ezekiel 20:34,41
I
will
be
to
you
a
Father.
You
will
be
to
me
sons
and
daughters,’
says
the
Lord
Almighty.”
6:18
2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8
Having
therefore
these
promises,
beloved, let’s
cleanse
ourselves
from
all
defilement
of
flesh
and
spirit,
perfecting
holiness
in
the
fear
of
God.
Open your hearts
to us.
We
wronged
no
one.
We
corrupted
no
one.
We
took
advantage
of
no
one.
I
say
this
not
to
condemn
you,
for
I
have
said
before
that
you
are
in
our
hearts
to
die
together
and
live
together.
Great
is
my
boldness
of
speech
toward
you.
Great
is
my
boasting
on
your
behalf.
I
am
filled
with
comfort.
I overflow
with
joy
in
all
our
affliction.
For
even
when
we
had
come
into
Macedonia,
our
flesh
had
no
relief,
but
we
were
afflicted
on
every side. Fightings
were
outside.
Fear
was
inside.
Nevertheless,
he
who
comforts
the
lowly,
God,
comforted
us
by
the
coming
of
Titus,
and
not
by
his
coming
only,
but
also
by
the
comfort
with
which
he
was
comforted
in
you
while
he
told
us
of
your
longing,
your
mourning,
and
your
zeal
for
me,
so
that
I
rejoiced
still
more.
For
though
I
grieved
you
with
my
letter,
I
do
not
regret
it,
though
I did
regret
it.
For
I
see
that
my
letter
made
you
grieve,
though
just
for
a
while.
I
now
rejoice,
not
that
you
were
grieved,
but
that
you
were
grieved
to
repentance.
For
you
were
grieved
in
a
godly
way,
that
you
might
suffer
loss
by
us
in
nothing.
For
godly
sorrow
produces
repentance
leading
to
salvation,
which
brings no
regret.
But
the
sorrow
of
the
world
produces
death.
For
behold,
this
same
thing,
that
you
were
grieved
in
a
godly
way,
what earnest care
it worked
in
you.
Yes,
what
defense,
indignation,
fear,
longing,
zeal,
and
vindication!
In
everything
you
demonstrated
yourselves
to
be
pure
in
the
matter.
So
although
I
wrote
to
you,
I
wrote
not
for
his cause
that
did
the
wrong,
nor
for
his cause
that suffered
the
wrong,
but
that
your earnest care
for us
might
be
revealed
in
you
in
the
sight
of
God.
Therefore
we
have been
comforted.
In
our
comfort
we
rejoiced
the
more exceedingly
for
the
joy
of
Titus,
because
his
spirit
has been
refreshed
by
you
all.
For
if
in
anything
I
have
boasted
to
him
on
your
behalf,
I
was
not disappointed.
But
as
we
spoke
all
things
to
you
in
truth,
so
our glorying
also
which
I
made
before
Titus
was
found
to
be
truth.
His
affection
is
more abundantly
toward
you,
while
he
remembers
all
of
your
obedience,
how
with
fear
and
trembling
you
received
him.
I
rejoice
that
in
everything
I
am
confident concerning
you.
Moreover,
brothers,
we
make
known
to
you
the
grace
of
God
which
has been
given
in
the
assemblies
of
Macedonia,
how
in
a severe
ordeal
of
affliction,
the
abundance
of
their
joy
and
their
deep
poverty
abounded
to
the
riches
of
their
generosity.
For
according
to
their
power,
I
testify, yes
and
beyond
their
power,
they gave
of
their
own
accord,
begging
us
with
much entreaty
to receive
this
grace
and
the
fellowship
in
the
service
to
the
saints.
This
was
not
as
we
had
expected,
but
first
they
gave
their
own selves
to
the
Lord,
and
to
us
through
the
will
of
God.
So
we
urged
Titus,
that
as
he
had
made
a
beginning
before,
so
he
would
also
complete
in
you
this
grace.
But
as
you
abound
in
everything—in
faith,
utterance,
knowledge,
all
earnestness,
and
in
your
love
to
us—see
that
you
also
abound
in
this
grace.
I
speak
not
by
way
of
commandment,
but
as proving
through
the
earnestness
of
others
the
sincerity
also
of
your
love.
For
you
know
the
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
though
he
was
rich,
yet
for
your
sakes
he
became poor,
that
you
through
his
poverty
might
become
rich.
I
give advice
in
this:
it
is expedient
for
you
who
were
the
first
to start
a
year
ago,
not
only
to
do,
but
also
to
be
willing.
But
now
complete
the
doing
also,
that
as
there
was
the
readiness
to
be
willing,
so
there
may
be
the
completion
also
out
of
your
ability.
For
if
the
readiness
is there,
it
is
acceptable
according
to
what
you
have,
not
according
to
what
you
don’t
have.
For
this
is
not
that
others
may
be eased
and
you distressed,
but
for
equality.
Your
abundance
at
this
present
time supplies
their lack,
that
their
abundance
also
may
become
a supply
for
your lack,
that
there
may
be
equality.
As
it
is
written, “He
who gathered
much
had
nothing left over,
and
he
who gathered
little
had
no
lack.”
8:15
Exodus 16:18
But
thanks
be
to
God,
who
puts
the
same earnest care
for
you
into
the
heart
of
Titus.
For
he
indeed
accepted
our
exhortation,
but
being
himself
very
earnest,
he
went
out
to
you
of
his
own
accord.
We
have
sent
together
with
him
the
brother
whose
praise
in
the
Good
News
is known
throughout
all
the
assemblies.
Not
only
so,
but
he
was
also
appointed
by
the
assemblies
to
travel
with us
in
this
grace,
which
is
served
by us
to
the
glory
of
the
Lord
himself,
and
to show
our
readiness.
We
are avoiding
this,
that
any
man
should blame
us concerning
this abundance
which
is
administered
by
us.
Having
regard
for
honorable things,
not
only
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
but
also
in
the
sight
of
men.
We
have
sent
with
them
our
brother
whom
we
have
many
times proved
earnest
in
many
things,
but
now
much
more
earnest,
by
reason
of
the
great
confidence
which
he
has
in
you.
As
for
Titus,
he
is
my
partner
and
fellow
worker
for
you.
As
for
our
brothers,
they
are
the
apostles
of
the
assemblies,
the
glory
of
Christ.
Therefore
show
the
proof
of
your
love
to
them
before
the
assemblies,
and
of
our
boasting
on
your
behalf.
It
is
indeed unnecessary
for
me
to
write
to
you
concerning
the
service
to
the
saints,
for
I
know
your
readiness,
of
which
I
boast
on
your
behalf
to
those
of
Macedonia,
that
Achaia
has
been
prepared
for
the past
year.
Your
zeal
has
stirred
up
very
many
of
them.
But
I
have
sent
the
brothers
so
that
our
boasting
on
your
behalf
may
not
be
in vain
in
this
respect,
that,
just
as
I
said,
you
may
be
prepared,
lest
by
any
means,
if
anyone
from
Macedonia
comes
there
with
me
and
finds
you
unprepared,
we (to
say
nothing
of
you)
would
be disappointed
in
this
confident boasting.
I
thought
it
necessary
therefore
to
entreat
the
brothers
that
they
would
go
before
to
you
and
arrange
ahead
of time
the generous
gift
that
you
promised
before,
that
the
same
might
be
ready
as
a matter
of generosity,
and
not
of
greediness.
Remember
this:
he
who
sows
sparingly
will
also
reap
sparingly.
He
who
sows
bountifully
will
also
reap
bountifully.
Let
each
man give according
as
he
has determined
in
his
heart,
not grudgingly
or
under
compulsion,
for
God
loves
a
cheerful
giver.
And
God
is
able
to
make
all
grace
abound
to
you,
that
you,
always
having
all
sufficiency
in
everything,
may
abound
to
every
good
work.
As
it
is
written,
“He
has
scattered abroad.
He
has
given
to
the
poor.
His
righteousness
remains
forever.”
9:9
Psalm 112:9
Now
may
he
who
supplies
seed
to
the
sower
and
bread
for
food,
supply
and
multiply
your
seed
for
sowing,
and
increase
the fruits
of
your
righteousness,
you being
enriched
in
everything
for
all
generosity,
which
produces
thanksgiving
to
God
through
us.
For
this
service
of
giving
that
you perform
not
only makes up
for
lack among
the
saints,
but abounds
also
through
much
giving
of
thanks
to
God,
seeing
that
through
the
proof given
by
this
service,
they
glorify
God
for
the
obedience
of
your
confession
to
the
Good
News
of
Christ
and
for
the
generosity
of
your
contribution
to
them
and
to
all,
while
they
themselves
also,
with
supplication
on
your
behalf,
yearn
for
you
by
reason
of
the exceeding
grace
of
God
in
you.
Now
thanks
be
to
God
for
his unspeakable
gift!
Now
I
Paul,
myself,
entreat
you
by
the
humility
and
gentleness
of
Christ,
I
who
in
your
presence
am
lowly
among
you,
but
being
absent
am
bold
toward
you.
Yes,
I beg
you
that
I
may
not,
when
present, show
courage
with
the
confidence
with
which
I intend
to
be
bold
against
some,
who
consider
us
to
be
walking
according
to
the
flesh.
For
though we
walk
in
the
flesh, we
don’t
wage
war
according
to
the
flesh;
for
the
weapons
of
our
warfare
are
not
of
the
flesh,
but
mighty
before
God
to
the throwing
down
of
strongholds,
throwing
down imaginations
and
every high
thing
that
is exalted
against
the
knowledge
of
God
and bringing
every
thought
into captivity
to
the
obedience
of
Christ,
and
being
in readiness
to
avenge
all
disobedience
when
your
obedience
is
made
full.
Do
you
look
at
things
only
as
they appear
in front
of
your
face?
If
anyone
trusts
in
himself
that
he
is
Christ’s,
let
him
consider
this
again
with
himself,
that
even
as
he
is
Christ’s,
so
we
also
are
Christ’s.
For
even
if
I
boast
somewhat abundantly
concerning
our
authority,
which
the
Lord
gave
for
building
you
up
and
not
for casting
you
down,
I
will
not
be
ashamed,
that
I
may
not
seem
as
if
I desire
to
terrify
you
by
my
letters.
For, “His
letters”,
they
say, “are
weighty
and
strong,
but
his bodily
presence
is
weak,
and
his
speech
is
despised.”
Let
such
a
person
consider
this,
that
what
we
are
in
word
by
letters
when
we
are
absent,
such
are
we
also
in
deed
when
we
are
present.
For
we
are
not
bold
to
number
or
compare
ourselves
with
some
of
those
who
commend
themselves.
But
they
themselves, measuring
themselves
by
themselves,
and comparing
themselves
with
themselves,
are
without
understanding.
But
we
will
not
boast
beyond
proper limits,
but
within
the boundaries
with
which
God appointed
to
us,
which
reach
even
to
you.
For
we
don’t stretch
ourselves
too much,
as
though
we
didn’t
reach
to
you.
For
we came
even
as
far
as
to
you
with
the
Good
News
of
Christ,
not
boasting
beyond proper limits
in
other
men’s
labors,
but
having
hope
that
as
your
faith
grows,
we
will
be abundantly
enlarged
by
you
in
our
sphere
of influence,
so
as
to
preach
the
Good
News
even
to
the parts
beyond
you,
not
to
boast
in
what someone else has already done.
But “he
who
boasts, let
him
boast
in
the
Lord.”
10:17
Jeremiah 9:24
For
it
isn’t
he
who
commends
himself
who
is
approved,
but
whom
the
Lord
commends.
I
wish
that
you
would
bear
with
me
in
a
little
foolishness,
but
indeed
you
do
bear
with
me.
For
I
am
jealous over
you
with
a
godly
jealousy.
For
I promised
you
in marriage
to
one
husband,
that
I
might
present
you
as
a
pure
virgin
to
Christ.
But
I
am
afraid
that somehow,
as
the
serpent
deceived
Eve
in
his
craftiness,
so
your
minds
might
be
corrupted
from
the
simplicity
that
is
in
Christ.
For
if
he
who
comes
preaches
another
Jesus
whom
we
didn’t
preach,
or
if
you
receive
a
different
spirit
which
you
didn’t
receive,
or
a
different “good
news”
which
you
didn’t
accept,
you
put
up
with
that
well
enough.
For
I reckon
that
I
am
not
at
all behind
the
very best
apostles.
But
though
I
am
unskilled
in
speech,
yet
I
am
not
unskilled
in
knowledge.
No,
in
every
way
we
have
been
revealed
to
you
in
all
things.
Or
did
I
commit
a
sin
in
humbling
myself
that
you
might
be
exalted,
because
I
preached
to
you
God’s
Good
News free
of charge?
I
robbed
other
assemblies,
taking
wages
from
them
that
I
might
serve
you.
When
I
was
present
with
you
and
was
in
need,
I wasn’t
a
burden
on
anyone,
for
the
brothers,
when
they
came
from
Macedonia,
supplied
the measure
of
my
need.
In
everything
I
kept
myself
from
being burdensome
to
you,
and
I
will
continue
to
do
so.
As
the
truth
of
Christ
is
in
me,
no
one
will stop
me
from
this
boasting
in
the
regions
of
Achaia.
Why?
Because
I
don’t
love
you?
God
knows.
But
what
I
do,
that
I
will
continue
to
do,
that
I
may
cut
off
opportunity
from
those
who
desire
an
opportunity,
that
in
which
they
boast,
they
may
be recognized
just
like
us.
For
such
men
are
false
apostles,
deceitful
workers, masquerading
as
Christ’s
apostles.
And
no
wonder,
for
even
Satan masquerades
as
an
angel
of
light.
It
is
no
great
thing
therefore
if
his
servants
also masquerade
as
servants
of
righteousness,
whose
end
will
be
according
to
their
works.
I
say
again,
let
no
one
think
me
foolish.
But
if
so,
yet
receive
me
as
foolish,
that
I
also
may
boast
a
little.
That
which
I
speak,
I
don’t
speak
according
to
the
Lord,
but
as
in
foolishness,
in
this
confidence
of
boasting.
Seeing
that
many
boast
after
the
flesh,
I
will
also
boast.
For
you
bear
with
the
foolish
gladly,
being
wise.
For
you
bear
with
a
man
if
he
brings
you
into
bondage,
if
he
devours
you,
if
he
takes
you captive,
if
he
exalts
himself, or
if
he
strikes
you
on
the
face.
To
my
shame,
I
speak
as
though
we
had
been
weak.
Yet
in
whatever
way
anyone
is
bold (I
speak
in
foolishness),
I
am
bold
also.
Are
they
Hebrews?
So
am
I.
Are
they
Israelites?
So
am
I.
Are
they
the offspring
11:22
or, seed
of
Abraham?
So
am
I.
Are
they
servants
of
Christ? (I
speak
as one beside himself.)
I
am
more
so:
in
labors
more abundantly,
in
prisons
more abundantly,
in stripes
above measure,
and
in deaths
often.
Five
times
I
received
forty stripes minus
one
from
the
Jews.
Three
times
I
was
beaten
with
rods.
Once
I
was
stoned.
Three
times
I
suffered
shipwreck.
I
have
been
a
night
and
a
day
in
the
deep.
I
have
been
in travels
often, perils
of
rivers, perils
of
robbers, perils
from
my
countrymen, perils
from
the
Gentiles, perils
in
the
city, perils
in
the
wilderness, perils
in
the
sea, perils
among
false brothers;
in
labor
and travail,
in watchings
often,
in
hunger
and
thirst,
in
fastings
often,
and
in
cold
and
nakedness.
Besides
those
things
that
are outside,
there
is
that
which presses
on
me
daily:
anxiety
for
all
the
assemblies.
Who
is
weak,
and
I
am
not
weak?
Who
is caused
to
stumble,
and
I
don’t
burn
with indignation?
If
I
must
boast,
I
will
boast
of
the
things
that concern
my
weakness.
The
God
and
Father
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
he
who
is
blessed
forever
more,
knows
that
I
don’t
lie.
In
Damascus
the governor
under
King
Aretas guarded
the Damascenes’
city, desiring
to
arrest
me.
I
was
let
down
in
a
basket
through
a
window
by
the
wall,
and
escaped
his
hands.
It
is doubtless
not
profitable
for
me
to
boast,
but
I
will
come
to
visions
and
revelations
of
the
Lord.
I
know
a
man
in
Christ
who
was
caught
up
into
the
third
heaven
fourteen
years
ago—whether
in
the
body,
I
don’t
know,
or
whether
out
of
the
body,
I
don’t
know;
God
knows.
I
know
such
a
man (whether
in
the
body,
or outside
of
the
body,
I
don’t
know;
God
knows),
how
he
was
caught
up
into
Paradise
and
heard unspeakable
words,
which
it
is
not
lawful
for
a
man
to utter.
On
behalf
of
such
a
one
I
will
boast,
but
on
my
own
behalf
I
will
not
boast,
except
in
my
weaknesses.
For
if
I
would
desire
to
boast,
I
will
not
be
foolish;
for
I
will
speak
the
truth.
But
I
refrain,
so
that
no
man
may
think
more
of
me
than
that
which
he
sees
in
me
or
hears
from
me.
By
reason
of
the exceeding
greatness
of
the
revelations,
that
I
should
not
be exalted
excessively,
a
thorn
in
the
flesh
was
given
to
me:
a
messenger
of
Satan
to
torment
me,
that
I
should
not
be exalted
excessively.
Concerning
this
thing,
I
begged
the
Lord
three
times
that
it
might
depart
from
me.
He
has
said
to
me,
“My
grace
is
sufficient
for
you,
for
my
power
is
made perfect
in
weakness.”
Most
gladly
therefore
I
will
rather
glory
in
my
weaknesses,
that
the
power
of
Christ
may rest
on
me.
Therefore
I
take
pleasure
in
weaknesses,
in injuries,
in necessities,
in
persecutions,
and
in
distresses,
for
Christ’s
sake.
For
when
I
am
weak,
then
am
I
strong.
I
have
become
foolish
in boasting.
You
compelled
me,
for
I
ought
to
have
been
commended
by
you,
for
I
am
in
no way
inferior
to
the
very best
apostles,
though
I
am
nothing.
Truly
the
signs
of
an
apostle
were worked
among
you
in
all
perseverance,
in
signs
and
wonders
and
mighty works.
For
what
is
there
in
which
you
were made
inferior
to
the
rest
of
the
assemblies,
unless
it
is
that
I
myself
was
not
a
burden
to
you?
Forgive
me
this
wrong!
Behold,
this
is
the
third
time
I
am
ready
to
come
to
you,
and
I
will
not
be
a
burden
to
you;
for
I
seek
not
your possessions,
but
you.
For
the
children
ought
not
to
save
up
for
the
parents,
but
the
parents
for
the
children.
I
will
most
gladly
spend
and
be
spent
for
your
souls.
If
I
love
you
more abundantly,
am
I
loved
the
less?
Even
so,
I
myself
didn’t burden
you.
But
you
might
say
that
being
crafty,
I
caught
you
with deception.
Did
I
take
advantage
of
you
by
anyone
of
those
whom
I
have
sent
to
you?
I
exhorted
Titus,
and
I
sent
the
brother
with
him.
Did
Titus
take
any
advantage
of
you?
Didn’t
we
walk
in
the
same
spirit?
Didn’t
we
walk
in
the
same
steps?
Again,
do
you
think
that
we
are excusing ourselves
to
you?
In
the
sight
of
God
we
speak
in
Christ.
But
all
things,
beloved,
are
for
your
edifying.
For
I
am
afraid
that perhaps
when
I
come,
I might
find
you
not
the way
I
want
to,
and
that
I might
be
found
by
you
as
you
don’t
desire,
that perhaps there
would
be
strife,
jealousy,
outbursts
of
anger, factions,
slander, whisperings, proud thoughts,
or
riots,
that
again
when
I
come
my
God
would
humble
me
before
you,
and
I
would
mourn
for
many
of
those
who
have
sinned
before
now,
and
not
repented
of
the
uncleanness,
sexual
immorality,
and lustfulness
which
they
committed.
This
is
the
third
time
I
am
coming
to
you. “At
the
mouth
of
two
or
three
witnesses
shall
every
word
be established.”
13:1
Deuteronomy 19:15
I
have warned previously,
and
I warn
again,
as
when
I
was
present
the
second
time,
so
now,
being
absent,
I write
to
those
who
have
sinned
before
now
and
to
all
the
rest
that
if
I
come
again,
I
will
not
spare,
seeing
that
you
seek
a
proof
of
Christ
who
speaks
in
me
who
is
not
weak,
but
is powerful
in
you.
For
he
was
crucified
through
weakness,
yet
he
lives
through
the
power
of
God.
For
we
also
are
weak
in
him,
but
we
will
live
with
him
through
the
power
of
God
toward
you.
Examine
your
own selves,
whether
you
are
in
the
faith.
Test
your
own selves.
Or
don’t
you
know
about
your
own selves,
that
Jesus
Christ
is
in
you?—unless
indeed
you
are
disqualified.
But
I
hope
that
you
will
know
that
we
aren’t
disqualified.
Now
I
pray
to
God
that
you
do
no
evil;
not
that
we
may
appear
approved,
but
that
you
may
do
that
which
is
honorable,
though
we
may
seem
to
have
failed.
For
we
can
do
nothing
against
the
truth,
but
for
the
truth.
For
we
rejoice
when
we
are
weak
and
you
are
strong.
We
also
pray
for
this:
your
becoming perfect.
For
this
cause
I
write
these
things
while
absent,
that
I
may
not deal
sharply
when
present,
according
to
the
authority
which
the
Lord
gave
me
for
building
up
and
not
for
tearing
down.
Finally,
brothers,
rejoice!
Be perfected.
Be
comforted.
Be
of
the
same
mind.
Live
in
peace,
and
the
God
of
love
and
peace
will
be
with
you.
Greet
one
another
with
a
holy
kiss.
All
the
saints greet
you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
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Paul,
an
apostle—not
from
men,
nor
through
man,
but
through
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
and
God
the
Father,
who
raised
him
from
the
dead—
and
all
the
brothers
1:2
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
who
are
with
me,
to
the
assemblies
of
Galatia:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
the
Father
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
gave
himself
for
our
sins,
that
he
might deliver
us
out
of
this
present
evil
age,
according
to
the
will
of
our
God
and
Father—
to
whom be
the
glory
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
I
marvel
that
you
are
so
quickly
deserting
him
who
called
you
in
the
grace
of
Christ
to
a
different “good
news”,
but
there
isn’t
another “good
news.”
Only
there
are
some
who trouble
you
and
want
to pervert
the
Good
News
of
Christ.
But
even
though
we,
or
an
angel
from
heaven,
should
preach
to
you
any “good
news”
other
than
that
which
we
preached
to
you,
let
him
be cursed.
As
we
have
said
before,
so
I
now
say
again:
if
any
man preaches
to
you
any “good
news”
other
than
that
which
you
received,
let
him
be cursed.
For
am
I
now
seeking
the
favor
of
men,
or
of
God?
Or
am
I
striving
to
please
men?
For
if
I
were
still
pleasing
men,
I wouldn’t
be
a
servant
of
Christ.
But
I
make
known
to
you,
brothers, concerning
the
Good
News
which
was
preached
by
me,
that
it
is
not
according
to
man.
For
I didn’t
receive
it
from
man,
nor
was
I
taught
it,
but
it
came
to
me
through
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ.
For
you
have
heard
of
my
way
of living
in
time past
in
the Jews’ religion,
how
that beyond
measure
I
persecuted
the
assembly
of
God
and ravaged
it.
I advanced
in
the Jews’ religion
beyond
many
of
my own age
among
my
countrymen,
being
more exceedingly
zealous
for
the
traditions
of
my fathers.
But
when
it
was
the
good
pleasure
of
God,
who
separated
me
from
my
mother’s
womb
and
called
me
through
his
grace,
to
reveal
his
Son
in
me,
that
I
might
preach
him
among
the
Gentiles,
I
didn’t
immediately confer
with
flesh
and
blood,
nor
did
I
go
up
to
Jerusalem
to
those
who
were
apostles
before
me,
but
I
went
away
into
Arabia.
Then
I
returned
to
Damascus.
Then
after
three
years
I
went
up
to
Jerusalem
to visit
Peter,
and
stayed
with
him
fifteen
days.
But
of
the
other
apostles
I
saw
no
one
except
James,
the
Lord’s
brother.
Now
about
the
things
which
I
write
to
you,
behold,
1:20
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
before
God, I’m
not
lying.
Then
I
came
to
the
regions
of
Syria
and
Cilicia.
I
was still
unknown
by
face
to
the
assemblies
of
Judea
which
were
in
Christ,
but
they
only
heard, “He
who
once
persecuted
us
now preaches
the
faith
that
he
once tried
to
destroy.”
So
they
glorified
God
in
me.
Then
after
a
period
of
fourteen
years
I
went
up
again
to
Jerusalem
with
Barnabas,
taking
Titus
also
with
me.
I
went
up
by
revelation,
and
I
laid
before
them
the
Good
News
which
I
preach
among
the
Gentiles,
but
privately
before
those
who
were respected,
for
fear
that
I
might
be
running,
or
had
run,
in
vain.
But
not
even
Titus,
who
was
with
me,
being
a
Greek,
was
compelled
to
be
circumcised.
This
was
because
of
the
false brothers
secretly
brought
in,
who stole
in
to
spy out
our
liberty
which
we
have
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
they
might
bring
us
into
bondage,
to
whom
we gave
no place
in
the
way
of
subjection,
not
for
an
hour,
that
the
truth
of
the
Good
News
might
continue
with
you.
But
from
those
who
were
reputed
to
be important—whatever
they
were,
it
makes
no
difference
to
me;
God
doesn’t
show
partiality
to
man—they,
I
say,
who
were respected imparted
nothing
to
me,
but
to
the
contrary,
when
they
saw
that
I
had been
entrusted
with
the
Good
News
for
the
uncircumcised, even
as
Peter
with
the
Good
News
for
the
circumcised—
for
he
who
worked through
Peter
in
the
apostleship
with
the
circumcised
also
worked through
me
with
the
Gentiles—
and
when
they
perceived
the
grace
that
was
given
to
me,
James
and
Cephas
and
John,
those
who
were
reputed
to
be
pillars,
gave
to
Barnabas
and
me
the
right
hand
of
fellowship,
that
we
should go
to
the
Gentiles,
and
they
to
the
circumcision.
They
only asked
us
to
remember
the
poor—which
very
thing
I
was
also zealous
to
do.
But
when
Peter
came
to
Antioch,
I resisted
him
to
his
face,
because
he stood
condemned.
For
before
some
people
came
from
James,
he
ate
with
the
Gentiles.
But
when
they
came,
he drew
back
and
separated
himself,
fearing
those
who
were
of
the
circumcision.
And
the
rest
of
the
Jews
joined
him
in
his
hypocrisy,
so
that
even
Barnabas
was
carried
away
with
their
hypocrisy.
But
when
I
saw
that
they
didn’t walk uprightly
according
to
the
truth
of
the
Good
News,
I
said
to Peter
before
them
all, “If
you,
being
a
Jew,
live
as
the
Gentiles
do,
and
not
as
the
Jews
do,
why
do
you
compel
the
Gentiles
to
live
as
the
Jews
do?
“We, being
Jews
by
nature
and
not
Gentile
sinners,
yet
knowing
that
a
man
is
not
justified
by
the
works
of
the
law
but
through
faith
in
Jesus
Christ,
even
we
believed
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
we
might
be
justified
by
faith
in
Christ
and
not
by
the
works
of
the
law,
because
no
flesh
will
be
justified
by
the
works
of
the
law.
But
if
while
we
sought
to
be
justified
in
Christ,
we
ourselves
also
were
found
sinners,
is
Christ
a
servant
of
sin?
Certainly
not!
For
if
I
build
up
again
those
things
which
I
destroyed,
I
prove
myself
a law-breaker.
For
I
through
the
law
died
to
the
law,
that
I
might
live
to
God.
I
have
been
crucified
with
Christ,
and
it
is
no
longer
I
who
live,
but
Christ
lives
in
me.
That
life
which
I
now
live
in
the
flesh,
I
live
by
faith
in
the
Son
of
God,
who
loved
me
and
gave
himself
up
for
me.
I
don’t
reject
the
grace
of
God.
For
if
righteousness
is
through
the
law,
then
Christ
died
for
nothing!”
Foolish
Galatians,
who
has
bewitched
you
not
to obey
the truth,
before
whose
eyes
Jesus
Christ
was openly
portrayed
among
you
as
crucified?
I
just
want
to
learn
this
from
you:
Did
you
receive
the
Spirit
by
the
works
of
the
law,
or
by
hearing
of
faith?
Are
you
so
foolish?
Having
begun
in
the
Spirit,
are
you
now completed
in
the
flesh?
Did
you
suffer
so
many
things
in
vain,
if
it
is
indeed
in
vain?
He
therefore
who
supplies
the
Spirit
to
you
and
does
miracles
among
you,
does
he
do
it
by
the
works
of
the
law,
or
by
hearing
of
faith?
Even
so,
Abraham “believed
God,
and
it
was
counted
to
him
for
righteousness.”
3:6
Genesis 15:6
Know
therefore
that
those
who
are
of
faith
are children
of
Abraham.
The
Scripture, foreseeing
that
God
would
justify
the
Gentiles
by
faith,
preached
the Good News
beforehand
to
Abraham,
saying, “In
you
all
the
nations
will
be
blessed.”
3:8
Genesis 12:3; 18:18; 22:18
So
then,
those
who
are
of
faith
are
blessed
with
the
faithful
Abraham.
For
as
many
as
are
of
the
works
of
the
law
are
under
a
curse.
For
it
is
written, “Cursed
is
everyone
who
doesn’t
continue
in
all
things
that
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
law,
to
do
them.”
3:10
Deuteronomy 27:26
Now
that
no
man
is
justified
by
the
law
before
God
is
evident,
for, “The
righteous
will
live
by
faith.”
3:11
Habakkuk 2:4
The
law
is
not
of
faith,
but, “The
man
who
does
them
will
live
by
them.”
3:12
Leviticus 18:5
Christ
redeemed
us
from
the
curse
of
the
law, having
become
a
curse
for
us.
For
it
is
written, “Cursed
is
everyone
who
hangs
on
a
tree,”
3:13
Deuteronomy 21:23
that
the
blessing
of
Abraham
might
come
on
the
Gentiles
through
Christ
Jesus,
that
we
might
receive
the
promise
of
the
Spirit
through
faith.
Brothers,
speaking
of
human
terms,
though
it
is only
a
man’s
covenant,
yet
when
it
has been confirmed,
no
one makes
it void
or
adds
to
it.
Now
the
promises
were
spoken
to
Abraham
and
to
his offspring.
3:16
or, seed
He
doesn’t
say, “To
descendants
3:16
or, seeds”,
as
of
many,
but
as
of
one, “To
your offspring”,
3:16
Genesis 12:7; 13:15; 24:7
which
is
Christ.
Now
I
say
this:
A
covenant confirmed beforehand
by
God
in Christ,
the
law,
which
came
four
hundred
thirty
years
after,
does
not annul,
so
as
to
make
the
promise
of
no effect.
For
if
the
inheritance
is
of
the
law,
it
is
no
more
of
promise;
but
God
has
granted
it
to
Abraham
by
promise.
Then
why
is
there
the
law?
It
was
added
because
of
transgressions,
until
the offspring should
come
to
whom
the
promise
has been
made.
It
was
ordained
through
angels
by
the
hand
of
a
mediator.
Now
a
mediator
is
not between
one,
but
God
is
one.
Is
the
law
then
against
the
promises
of
God?
Certainly
not!
For
if
there
had
been
a
law
given
which
could
make
alive, most
certainly
righteousness
would
have
been
of
the
law.
But
the
Scripture
imprisoned
all
things
under
sin,
that
the
promise
by
faith
in
Jesus
Christ
might
be
given
to
those
who
believe.
But
before
faith
came,
we
were
kept
in
custody
under
the
law, confined
for
the
faith
which should afterwards
be
revealed.
So
that
the
law
has
become
our
tutor
to
bring
us
to
Christ,
that
we
might
be
justified
by
faith.
But
now
that
faith
has
come,
we
are
no
longer
under
a
tutor.
For
you
are
all children
of
God,
through
faith
in
Christ
Jesus.
For
as
many
of
you
as
were
baptized
into
Christ
have
put
on
Christ.
There
is
neither
Jew
nor
Greek,
there
is
neither
slave
nor
free
man,
there
is
neither
male
nor
female;
for
you
are
all
one
in
Christ
Jesus.
If
you
are
Christ’s,
then
you
are
Abraham’s offspring
and
heirs
according
to
promise.
But
I
say
that
so
long
as
the
heir
is
a
child,
he
is
no
different
from
a bondservant,
though
he
is
lord
of
all,
but
is
under
guardians
and
stewards
until
the day appointed
by
the
father.
So
we
also,
when
we
were
children,
were
held
in
bondage
under
the
elemental
principles
of
the
world.
But
when
the
fullness
of
the
time
came,
God
sent
out
his
Son,
born
to
a
woman,
born
under
the
law,
that
he might
redeem
those
who
were
under
the
law,
that
we might
receive
the
adoption
as children.
And
because
you
are children,
God
sent
out
the
Spirit
of
his
Son
into
your
hearts,
crying, “Abba,
4:6
Abba is a Greek spelling for the Aramaic word for “Father” or “Daddy” used in a familiar, respectful, and loving way.
Father!”
So
you
are
no
longer
a bondservant,
but
a
son;
and
if
a
son,
then
an
heir
of
God
through Christ.
However
at
that
time,
not
knowing
God,
you
were
in
bondage
to
those
who
by
nature
are
not
gods.
But
now
that
you
have
come
to
know
God,
or
rather
to
be
known
by
God,
why
do
you
turn
back
again
to
the
weak
and miserable
elemental
principles,
to
which
you
desire
to
be
in
bondage
all
over
again?
You
observe
days,
months,
seasons,
and
years.
I
am
afraid
for
you,
that
I might
have wasted my
labor
for
you.
I beg
you,
brothers,
become
as
I
am,
for
I
also
have
become
as
you
are.
You
did
me
no
wrong,
but
you
know
that
because
of
weakness
in
the
flesh
I
preached
the
Good
News
to
you
the
first
time.
That
which
was
a
temptation
to
you
in
my
flesh,
you
didn’t
despise
nor
reject;
but
you
received
me
as
an
angel
of
God,
even
as
Christ
Jesus.
What
was
the
blessing
you enjoyed?
For
I
testify
to
you
that,
if
possible,
you would
have
plucked
out
your
eyes
and
given
them
to
me.
So
then,
have
I
become
your
enemy
by
telling
you
the
truth?
They zealously
seek
you
in
no
good
way.
No,
they
desire
to alienate
you,
that
you
may
seek
them.
But
it
is
always
good
to
be zealous
in
a
good cause,
and
not
only
when
I
am
present
with
you.
My little
children,
of
whom
I
am
again
in travail
until
Christ
is
formed
in
you—
but
I could
wish
to
be
present
with
you
now,
and
to
change
my
tone,
for
I
am
perplexed
about
you.
Tell
me,
you
that
desire
to
be
under
the
law,
don’t
you
listen
to
the
law?
For
it
is
written
that
Abraham
had
two
sons,
one
by
the servant,
and
one
by
the
free
woman.
However,
the son
by
the servant
was
born
according
to
the
flesh,
but
the son
by
the
free
woman
was
born
through
promise.
These
things contain
an allegory,
for
these
are
two
covenants.
One
is
from
Mount
Sinai,
bearing
children
to bondage,
which
is
Hagar.
For
this Hagar
is
Mount
Sinai
in
Arabia,
and answers
to
the
Jerusalem
that exists
now,
for
she
is
in
bondage
with
her
children.
But
the
Jerusalem
that
is
above
is
free,
which
is
the
mother
of us
all.
For
it
is
written,
“Rejoice,
you
barren
who
don’t
bear.
Break out
and
shout,
you
who
don’t travail.
For
the
desolate women
have
more
children
than
her
who
has
a
husband.”
4:27
Isaiah 54:1
Now
we,
brothers,
as
Isaac
was,
are
children
of
promise.
But
as
then,
he
who
was
born
according
to
the
flesh
persecuted
him
who
was
born
according
to
the
Spirit,
so
also
it
is
now.
However,
what
does
the
Scripture
say? “Throw
out
the servant
and
her
son,
for
the
son
of
the servant
will
not
inherit
with
the
son
of
the
free
woman.”
4:30
Genesis 21:10
So
then,
brothers,
we
are
not
children
of
a servant,
but
of
the
free
woman.
Stand
firm
therefore
in
the
liberty
by
which
Christ
has made
us
free,
and
don’t
be entangled
again
with
a
yoke
of bondage.
Behold,
I,
Paul,
tell
you
that
if
you
receive
circumcision,
Christ
will
profit
you
nothing.
Yes,
I
testify
again
to
every
man
who
receives
circumcision
that
he
is
a debtor
to
do
the
whole
law.
You
are alienated
from
Christ,
you
who desire
to
be
justified
by
the
law.
You
have fallen
away
from
grace.
For
we
through
the
Spirit,
by
faith
wait
for
the
hope
of
righteousness.
For
in
Christ
Jesus
neither
circumcision
nor
uncircumcision amounts
to
anything,
but
faith
working
through
love.
You
were
running
well!
Who interfered
with
you
that
you should
not
obey
the
truth?
This
persuasion
is
not
from
him
who
calls
you.
A
little
yeast grows through
the
whole
lump.
I
have
confidence
toward
you
in
the
Lord
that
you
will
think
no
other
way.
But
he
who troubles
you
will
bear
his
judgment,
whoever
he
is.
But
I,
brothers,
if
I
still
preach
circumcision,
why
am
I
still
persecuted?
Then
the
stumbling
block
of
the
cross
has been
removed.
I
wish
that
those
who disturb
you
would
cut themselves
off.
For
you,
brothers,
were
called
for
freedom.
Only
don’t use
your
freedom
as
an
opportunity
for
the
flesh,
but
through
love
be servants
to
one
another.
For
the
whole
law
is
fulfilled
in
one
word,
in
this: “You shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself.”
5:14
Leviticus 19:18
But
if
you
bite
and
devour
one
another,
be
careful
that
you
don’t
consume
one
another.
But
I
say,
walk
by
the
Spirit,
and
you
won’t fulfill
the
lust
of
the
flesh.
For
the
flesh lusts
against
the
Spirit,
and
the
Spirit
against
the
flesh;
and
these
are
contrary
to
one
another,
that
you
may
not
do
the
things
that
you
desire.
But
if
you
are
led
by
the
Spirit,
you
are
not
under
the
law.
Now
the
deeds
of
the
flesh
are
obvious,
which
are: adultery,
sexual
immorality,
uncleanness, lustfulness,
idolatry,
sorcery, hatred,
strife, jealousies,
outbursts
of
anger, rivalries,
divisions,
heresies,
envy, murders,
drunkenness, orgies,
and
things
like
these;
of
which
I
forewarn
you,
even
as
I
also forewarned
you,
that
those
who
practice
such
things
will
not
inherit
God’s
Kingdom.
But
the
fruit
of
the
Spirit
is
love,
joy,
peace,
patience,
kindness,
goodness,
faith,
5:22
or, faithfulness
gentleness,
and
self-control.
Against
such
things
there
is
no
law.
Those
who belong
to
Christ
have
crucified
the
flesh
with its
passions
and
lusts.
If
we
live
by
the
Spirit, let’s
also
walk
by
the
Spirit.
Let’s
not
become
conceited,
provoking
one
another,
and
envying
one
another.
Brothers,
even
if
a
man
is
caught
in
some fault,
you
who
are
spiritual
must
restore
such
a
one
in
a
spirit
of
gentleness,
looking
to
yourself
so
that
you
also
aren’t
tempted.
Bear
one
another’s
burdens,
and
so
fulfill
the
law
of
Christ.
For
if
a
man
thinks
himself
to
be
something
when
he
is
nothing,
he
deceives
himself.
But
let
each
man
examine
his
own
work,
and
then
he
will
have
reason
to
boast
in
himself,
and
not
in
someone
else.
For
each
man
will
bear
his
own
burden.
But let
him
who
is
taught
in
the
word
share
all
good
things
with
him
who
teaches.
Don’t
be
deceived.
God
is
not
mocked,
for
whatever
a
man
sows,
that
he
will
also
reap.
For
he
who
sows
to
his
own
flesh
will
from
the
flesh
reap
corruption.
But
he
who
sows
to
the
Spirit
will
from
the
Spirit
reap
eternal
life.
Let’s
not
be
weary
in
doing
good,
for
we
will
reap
in
due
season if
we
don’t
give up.
So
then,
as
we
have
opportunity, let’s
do
what
is
good
toward
all
men,
and
especially
toward
those
who
are
of
the
household
of
the
faith.
See
with
what
large
letters
I
write
to
you
with
my
own
hand.
As
many
as
desire
to
make
a good impression
in
the
flesh
compel
you
to
be
circumcised,
just
so
they
may
not
be
persecuted
for
the
cross
of
Christ.
For
even
they
who
receive
circumcision
don’t
keep
the
law
themselves,
but
they
desire
to
have
you
circumcised,
so
that
they
may
boast
in
your
flesh.
But
far
be
it
from
me
to
boast
except
in
the
cross
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
through
which
the
world
has
been
crucified
to
me,
and
I
to
the
world.
For
in Christ
Jesus
neither
is
circumcision
anything,
nor
uncircumcision,
but
a
new
creation.
As
many
as
walk
by
this
rule,
peace
and
mercy
be
on
them,
and
on
God’s
Israel.
From
now
on,
let
no
one
cause
me
any
trouble,
for
I
bear
the marks
of
the Lord
Jesus branded
on
my
body.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit,
brothers.
Amen.
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Ephesians
Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
Ephesians
Ephesians
Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Christ
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
Jesus
through
the
will
of
God,
to
the
saints
who
are
at
Ephesus,
and
the
faithful
in
Christ
Jesus:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
has
blessed
us
with
every
spiritual
blessing
in
the
heavenly places
in
Christ,
even
as
he
chose
us
in
him
before
the
foundation
of
the
world,
that
we
would
be
holy
and
without defect
before
him
in
love,
having
predestined
us
for
adoption
as children
through
Jesus
Christ
to
himself,
according
to
the
good
pleasure
of
his
desire,
to
the
praise
of
the
glory
of
his
grace,
by
which
he
freely gave
us
favor
in
the
Beloved.
In
him
we
have
our
redemption
through
his
blood,
the
forgiveness
of
our
trespasses,
according
to
the
riches
of
his
grace
which
he made
to
abound
toward
us
in
all
wisdom
and prudence,
making
known
to
us
the
mystery
of
his
will,
according
to
his
good
pleasure
which
he
purposed
in
him
to
an
administration
of
the
fullness
of
the
times,
to sum
up
all
things
in
Christ,
the
things
in
the
heavens
and
the
things
on
the
earth,
in
him.
We
were
also assigned
an
inheritance
in
him, having
been foreordained
according
to
the
purpose
of
him
who does
all
things
after
the
counsel
of
his
will,
to
the
end
that
we should
be
to
the
praise
of
his
glory,
we
who
had
before hoped
in
Christ.
In
him
you
also,
having
heard
the
word
of
the
truth,
the
Good
News
of
your
salvation—in
whom,
having
also
believed,
you
were
sealed
with
the
promised
Holy
Spirit,
who
is
a
pledge
of
our
inheritance,
to
the
redemption
of
God’s
own
possession,
to
the
praise
of
his
glory.
For
this cause
I
also, having
heard
of
the
faith
in
the
Lord
Jesus
which
is
among
you
and
the
love
which
you
have
toward
all
the
saints,
don’t
cease
to
give
thanks
for
you,
making
mention
of
you
in
my
prayers,
that
the
God
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
the
Father
of
glory,
may
give
to
you
a
spirit
of
wisdom
and
revelation
in
the
knowledge
of
him,
having
the
eyes
of
your
hearts
1:18
TR reads “understanding” instead of “hearts”
enlightened,
that
you may
know
what
is
the
hope
of
his
calling,
and
what
are
the
riches
of
the
glory
of
his
inheritance
in
the
saints,
and
what
is
the exceeding
greatness
of
his
power
toward
us
who
believe,
according
to
that
working
of
the
strength
of
his
might
which
he
worked
in
Christ
when
he
raised
him
from
the
dead
and made
him
to
sit
at
his
right
hand
in
the
heavenly places,
far
above
all
rule,
authority,
power,
dominion,
and
every
name
that
is
named,
not
only
in
this
age,
but
also
in
that
which
is
to
come.
He
put
all
things
in
subjection
under
his
feet,
and
gave
him
to
be
head
over
all
things
for
the
assembly,
which
is
his
body,
the
fullness
of
him
who
fills
all
in
all.
You
were made alive
when
you
were
dead
in
transgressions
and
sins,
in
which
you
once
walked
according
to
the
course
of
this
world,
according
to
the
prince
of
the
power
of
the
air,
the
spirit
who
now
works
in
the children
of
disobedience.
We
also
all
once
lived
among
them
in
the
lusts
of
our
flesh,
doing
the
desires
of
the
flesh
and
of
the
mind,
and
were
by
nature
children
of
wrath,
even
as
the
rest.
But
God,
being
rich
in
mercy,
for
his
great
love
with
which
he
loved
us,
even
when
we
were
dead through
our
trespasses,
made
us
alive
together
with
Christ—by
grace
you
have
been
saved—
and
raised
us up
with
him,
and made
us
to sit
with
him
in
the
heavenly places
in
Christ
Jesus,
that
in
the
ages
to
come
he
might
show
the exceeding
riches
of
his
grace
in
kindness
toward
us
in
Christ
Jesus;
for
by
grace
you
have
been
saved
through
faith,
and
that
not
of
yourselves;
it
is
the
gift
of
God,
not
of
works,
that
no
one
would
boast.
For
we
are
his
workmanship,
created
in
Christ
Jesus
for
good
works,
which
God
prepared
before
that
we
would
walk
in
them.
Therefore
remember
that
once
you,
the
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
separate
from
Christ,
alienated
from
the
commonwealth
of
Israel,
and
strangers
from
the
covenants
of
the
promise,
having
no
hope
and
without
God
in
the
world.
But
now
in
Christ
Jesus
you
who
once
were
far
off
are
made
near
in
the
blood
of
Christ.
For
he
is
our
peace,
who
made
both
one,
and
broke
down
the middle
wall
of separation,
having
abolished
in
his
flesh
the
hostility,
the
law
of
commandments contained
in
ordinances,
that
he might
create
in
himself
one
new
man
of
the
two,
making
peace,
and
might
reconcile
them
both
in
one
body
to
God
through
the
cross, having
killed
the
hostility
through
it.
He
came
and
preached
peace
to
you
who
were
far
off
and
to
those
who
were
near.
For
through
him
we
both
have
our
access
in
one
Spirit
to
the
Father.
So
then
you
are
no
longer
strangers
and
foreigners,
but
you
are
fellow
citizens
with
the
saints
and
of
the
household
of
God,
being
built
on
the
foundation
of
the
apostles
and
prophets,
Christ
Jesus
himself
being
the chief
cornerstone;
in
whom
the
whole
building,
fitted
together,
grows
into
a
holy
temple
in
the
Lord;
in
whom
you
also
are
built
together
for
a habitation
of
God
in
the
Spirit.
For
this cause
I,
Paul,
am
the
prisoner
of
Christ
Jesus
on
behalf
of
you
Gentiles,
if
it
is
so
that
you
have
heard
of
the
administration
of
that
grace
of
God
which
was
given
me
toward
you,
how
that
by
revelation
the
mystery
was
made
known
to
me,
as
I
wrote
before
in
few words,
by
which,
when
you
read,
you
can
perceive
my
understanding
in
the
mystery
of
Christ,
which
in
other
generations
was
not
made
known
to
the children
of
men,
as
it
has
now
been
revealed
to
his
holy
apostles
and
prophets
in
the
Spirit,
that
the
Gentiles
are
fellow
heirs
and
fellow
members
of
the
body,
and
fellow
partakers
of
his
promise
in
Christ
Jesus
through
the
Good
News,
of
which
I
was
made
a
servant
according
to
the
gift
of
that
grace
of
God
which
was
given
me
according
to
the
working
of
his
power.
To
me,
the
very
least
of
all
saints,
was
this
grace
given,
to
preach
to
the
Gentiles
the unsearchable
riches
of
Christ,
and
to
make
all
men see
what
is
the
administration
3:9
TR reads “fellowship” instead of “administration”
of
the
mystery
which
for
ages
has
been
hidden
in
God,
who
created
all
things
through
Jesus Christ,
to
the intent
that
now
through
the
assembly
the
manifold
wisdom
of
God
might
be
made
known
to
the
principalities
and
the
powers
in
the
heavenly places,
according
to
the
eternal
purpose
which
he
accomplished
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
In
him
we
have
boldness
and
access
in
confidence
through
our
faith
in
him.
Therefore
I
ask
that
you
may
not lose heart
at
my
troubles
for
you,
which
are
your
glory.
For
this cause,
I
bow
my
knees
to
the
Father
of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
from
whom
every
family
in
heaven
and
on
earth
is
named,
that
he
would
grant
you,
according
to
the
riches
of
his
glory,
that
you
may
be
strengthened
with
power
through
his
Spirit
in
the
inner
person,
that
Christ
may
dwell
in
your
hearts
through
faith,
to
the end
that
you,
being rooted
and
grounded
in
love,
may
be strengthened
to
comprehend
with
all
the
saints
what
is
the
width
and
length
and
height
and
depth,
and
to
know
Christ’s
love
which
surpasses
knowledge,
that
you
may
be
filled
with
all
the
fullness
of
God.
Now
to
him
who
is
able
to
do exceedingly
abundantly
above
all
that
we
ask
or
think,
according
to
the
power
that
works
in
us,
to
him
be
the
glory
in
the
assembly
and
in
Christ
Jesus
to
all
generations,
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
I
therefore,
the
prisoner
in
the
Lord,
beg
you
to
walk
worthily
of
the
calling
with
which
you
were
called,
with
all lowliness
and
humility,
with
patience,
bearing
with
one
another
in
love,
being
eager
to
keep
the
unity
of
the
Spirit
in
the
bond
of
peace.
There
is
one
body
and
one
Spirit,
even
as
you
also
were
called
in
one
hope
of
your
calling,
one
Lord,
one
faith,
one
baptism,
one
God
and
Father
of
all,
who
is
over
all
and
through
all
and
in
us
all.
But
to
each
one
of
us,
the
grace
was
given
according
to
the
measure
of
the
gift
of
Christ.
Therefore
he
says,
“When
he
ascended
on
high,
he
led
captivity
captive,
and
gave
gifts
to
people.”
4:8
Psalm 68:18
Now
this, “He
ascended”,
what
is
it
but
that
he
also first
descended
into
the lower
parts
of
the
earth?
He
who
descended
is
the
one
who
also
ascended
far
above
all
the
heavens,
that
he
might
fill
all
things.
He
gave
some
to
be
apostles;
and
some,
prophets;
and
some,
evangelists;
and
some,
shepherds
4:11
or, pastors
and
teachers;
for
the perfecting
of
the
saints,
to
the
work
of
serving,
to
the
building
up
of
the
body
of
Christ,
until
we
all
attain
to
the unity
of
the
faith
and
of
the
knowledge
of
the
Son
of
God,
to
a
full grown
man,
to
the
measure
of
the
stature
of
the
fullness
of
Christ,
that
we
may
no
longer
be
children,
tossed
back
and forth
and
carried
about
with
every
wind
of
doctrine,
by
the
trickery
of
men,
in
craftiness,
after
the wiles
of
error;
but
speaking
truth
in
love,
we
may
grow
up
in
all
things
into
him
who
is
the
head,
Christ,
from
whom
all
the
body, being
fitted
and
knit
together
through
that
which
every
joint
supplies,
according
to
the
working
in
measure
of
each
individual
part,
makes
the
body increase
to
the
building
up
of
itself
in
love.
This
I
say
therefore,
and
testify
in
the
Lord,
that
you
no
longer
walk
as
the rest
of
the
Gentiles
also
walk,
in
the
futility
of
their
mind,
being
darkened
in
their
understanding,
alienated
from
the
life
of
God
because
of
the
ignorance
that
is
in
them,
because
of
the
hardening
of
their
hearts.
They, having
become
callous,
gave
themselves
up
to lust,
to work
all
uncleanness
with
greediness.
But
you
didn’t
learn
Christ
that
way,
if
indeed
you
heard
him
and
were
taught
in
him,
even
as
truth
is
in
Jesus:
that
you
put away,
as concerning
your
former
way
of
life,
the
old
man
that grows corrupt
after
the
lusts
of
deceit,
and
that
you be
renewed
in
the
spirit
of
your
mind,
and
put
on
the
new
man,
who
in
the likeness
of
God
has
been
created
in
righteousness
and
holiness
of
truth.
Therefore,
putting
away
falsehood,
speak
truth
each
one
with
his
neighbor,
for
we
are
members
of
one
another.
“Be
angry,
and
don’t
sin.”
4:26
Psalm 4:4
Don’t
let
the
sun
go
down
on
your wrath,
and don’t
give
place
4:27
or, opportunity
to
the
devil.
Let
him
who
stole
steal
no
more;
but
rather
let
him
labor, producing
with
his
hands something
that
is
good,
that
he
may
have something
to give
to
him
who
has
need.
Let
no corrupt
speech
proceed
out
of
your
mouth,
but
only
what
is
good
for
building
others
up
as
the
need
may
be,
that
it
may
give
grace
to
those
who
hear.
Don’t
grieve
the
Holy
Spirit
of
God,
in
whom
you
were
sealed
for
the
day
of
redemption.
Let
all
bitterness,
wrath,
anger, outcry,
and
slander
be
put
away
from
you,
with
all
malice.
And
be
kind
to
one
another, tender hearted,
forgiving
each
other,
just
as
God
also
in
Christ
forgave
you.
Be
therefore
imitators
of
God,
as
beloved
children.
Walk
in
love,
even
as
Christ
also
loved
us
and
gave
himself
up
for
us,
an
offering
and
a
sacrifice
to
God
for
a sweet-smelling
fragrance.
But
sexual
immorality,
and
all
uncleanness
or
covetousness,
let
it
not
even
be mentioned
among
you,
as becomes
saints;
nor
filthiness,
nor foolish talking,
nor
jesting,
which
are
not appropriate,
but
rather
giving
of
thanks.
Know
this
for
sure,
that
no sexually
immoral
person,
nor
unclean
person,
nor
covetous
man (who
is
an
idolater),
has
any
inheritance
in
the
Kingdom
of
Christ
and
God.
Let
no
one
deceive
you
with
empty
words,
for
because
of
these
things
the
wrath
of
God
comes
on
the children
of
disobedience.
Therefore
don’t
be
partakers
with
them.
For
you
were
once
darkness,
but
are
now
light
in
the
Lord.
Walk
as
children
of
light,
for
the
fruit
of
the Spirit
is
in
all
goodness
and
righteousness
and
truth,
proving
what
is well
pleasing
to
the
Lord.
Have
no fellowship
with
the
unfruitful
deeds
of
darkness,
but
rather
even
reprove
them.
For
it
is
a shame
even
to
speak
of
the
things
which
are
done
by
them
in secret.
But
all
things,
when
they
are
reproved,
are
revealed
by
the
light,
for
everything
that reveals
is
light.
Therefore
he
says, “Awake,
you
who
sleep,
and
arise
from
the
dead,
and
Christ
will
shine
on
you.”
Therefore
watch
carefully
how
you
walk,
not
as
unwise,
but
as
wise,
redeeming
the
time,
because
the
days
are
evil.
Therefore,
don’t
be
foolish,
but
understand
what
the
will
of
the
Lord
is.
Don’t
be drunken
with
wine,
in
which
is
dissipation,
but
be
filled
with
the
Spirit,
speaking
to
one
another
in
psalms,
hymns,
and
spiritual
songs;
singing
and
making
melody
in
your
heart
to
the
Lord;
giving
thanks
always
concerning
all
things
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
to
God,
even
the
Father;
subjecting
yourselves
to
one
another
in
the
fear
of
Christ.
Wives,
be subject
to
your
own
husbands,
as
to
the
Lord.
For
the
husband
is
the
head
of
the
wife,
as
Christ
also
is
the
head
of
the
assembly,
being
himself
the
savior
of
the
body.
But
as
the
assembly
is
subject
to
Christ,
so let
the
wives
also
be
to
their own
husbands
in
everything.
Husbands,
love
your
wives,
even
as
Christ
also
loved
the
assembly
and
gave
himself
up
for
her,
that
he might
sanctify
her, having
cleansed
her
by
the
washing
of
water
with
the
word,
that
he
might
present
the
assembly
to
himself gloriously,
not
having
spot
or
wrinkle
or
any
such
thing,
but
that
she
should
be
holy
and
without defect.
Even
so
husbands
also
ought
to
love
their
own
wives
as
their
own
bodies.
He
who
loves
his
own
wife
loves
himself.
For
no
man
ever
hated
his
own
flesh,
but
nourishes
and
cherishes
it,
even
as
the Lord
also
does
the
assembly,
because
we
are
members
of
his
body,
of
his flesh
and bones.
“For
this cause
a
man
will
leave
his
father
and
mother
and
will
be
joined
to
his
wife.
Then
the
two
will become
one
flesh.”
5:31
Genesis 2:24
This
mystery
is
great,
but
I
speak concerning
Christ
and
the
assembly.
Nevertheless
each
of
you
must
also
love
his
own
wife
even
as
himself;
and
let
the
wife see
that
she
respects
her
husband.
Children,
obey
your
parents
in
the
Lord,
for
this
is
right.
“Honor
your
father
and
mother,”
which
is
the
first
commandment
with
a
promise:
“that
it
may
be
well
with
you,
and
you
may
live
long
on
the
earth.”
6:3
Deuteronomy 5:16
You
fathers,
don’t
provoke
your
children
to wrath,
but nurture
them
in
the
discipline
and
instruction
of
the
Lord.
Servants,
be
obedient
to
those
who
according
to
the
flesh
are
your
masters,
with
fear
and
trembling,
in singleness
of
your
heart,
as
to
Christ,
not
in
the
way
of
service
only
when eyes
are
on
you,
as
men pleasers,
but
as
servants
of
Christ,
doing
the
will
of
God
from
the
heart,
with
good
will doing
service
as
to
the
Lord
and
not
to
men,
knowing
that
whatever
good
thing
each
one
does,
he
will
receive
the
same
good again
from
the
Lord,
whether
he
is bound
or
free.
You
masters,
do
the
same
things
to
them,
and
give
up
threatening,
knowing
that
he
who
is
both
their
Master
and
yours
is
in
heaven,
and
there
is
no
partiality
with
him.
Finally,
be
strong
in
the
Lord
and
in
the
strength
of
his
might.
Put
on
the whole
armor
of
God,
that
you
may
be
able
to
stand
against
the wiles
of
the
devil.
For
our wrestling
is
not
against
flesh
and
blood,
but
against
the
principalities,
against
the
powers,
against
the world’s
rulers
of
the
darkness
of
this age,
and
against
the
spiritual
forces
of
wickedness
in
the
heavenly places.
Therefore
put
on
the
whole
armor
of
God,
that
you
may
be
able
to withstand
in
the
evil
day,
and having
done
all,
to
stand.
Stand
therefore,
having
the utility
belt
of
truth buckled around
your
waist,
and
having
put
on
the
breastplate
of
righteousness,
and having fitted
your
feet
with
the
preparation
of
the
Good
News
of
peace,
above
all,
taking
up
the
shield
of
faith,
with
which
you
will
be
able
to
quench
all
the fiery darts
of
the
evil
one.
And
take
the
helmet
of
salvation,
and
the
sword
of
the
Spirit,
which
is
the
word
6:17
from the Greek “ῥῆμα” (rhema), which means “spoken word”
of
God;
with
all
prayer
and
requests,
praying
at
all
times
in
the
Spirit,
and being watchful
to
this
end
in
all
perseverance
and
requests
for
all
the
saints.
Pray
for
me,
that
utterance
may
be
given
to
me
in
opening
my
mouth,
to
make
known
with
boldness
the
mystery
of
the
Good
News,
for
which
I
am
an
ambassador
in
chains;
that
in
it
I
may
speak
boldly,
as
I
ought
to
speak.
But
that
you
also
may
know
my affairs,
how
I
am
doing,
Tychicus,
the
beloved
brother
and
faithful
servant
in
the
Lord,
will
make
known
to
you
all
things.
I
have
sent
him
to
you
for
this
very
purpose,
that
you
may
know
our state
and
that
he
may
comfort
your
hearts.
Peace
be
to
the
brothers,
and
love
with
faith,
from
God
the
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Grace
be
with
all
those
who
love
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
with
incorruptible
love. Amen.
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Philippians
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
Philippians
Philippians
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians
Paul
and
Timothy,
servants
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
to
all
the
saints
in
Christ
Jesus
who
are
at
Philippi,
with
the
overseers
1:1
or, superintendents, or bishops
and
servants:
1:1
Or, deacons
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
I
thank
my
God whenever
I remember
you,
always
in
every request
of
mine
on
behalf
of
you
all,
making
my
requests
with
joy,
for
your partnership
1:5
The word translated “partnership” (κοινωνίᾳ) also means “fellowship” and “sharing”.
in furtherance
of
the
Good
News
from
the
first
day
until
now;
being
confident
of
this
very
thing,
that
he
who
began
a
good
work
in
you
will
complete
it
until
the
day
of
Jesus
Christ.
It
is
even
right
for
me
to
think
this
way
on
behalf
of
all
of
you,
because
I
have
you
in
my
heart,
because
both
in
my
bonds
and
in
the
defense
and
confirmation
of
the
Good
News,
you
all
are
partakers
with
me
of
grace.
For
God
is
my
witness,
how
I
long
after
all
of
you
in
the
tender mercies
of
Christ
Jesus.
This
I
pray,
that
your
love
may
abound
yet
more
and
more
in
knowledge
and
all
discernment,
so
that
you
may
approve
the
things
that
are
excellent,
that
you
may
be
sincere
and
without
offense
to
the
day
of
Christ,
being
filled
with
the
fruits
of
righteousness
which
are
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
the
glory
and
praise
of
God.
Now
I
desire
to
have
you
know,
brothers,
1:12
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
that
the
things
which
happened
to
me
have
turned out
rather
to
the
progress
of
the
Good
News,
so
that
it
became
evident
to
the
whole
palace
1:13
or, praetorian
guard,
and
to
all
the
rest,
that
my
bonds
are
in
Christ,
and
that
most
of
the
brothers
in
the
Lord, being
confident
through
my
bonds,
are
more abundantly
bold
to
speak
the
word
of
God
without
fear.
Some
indeed
preach
Christ
even out
of
envy
and
strife,
and
some
also out
of
good
will.
The former insincerely preach Christ
from selfish ambition, thinking
that
they
add affliction
to
my chains;
but
the latter
out
of love, knowing
that
I
am appointed
for
the defense
of
the Good News.
What
does
it matter?
Only
that
in
every
way,
whether
in
pretense
or
in
truth,
Christ
is
proclaimed.
I
rejoice
in
this,
yes,
and
will
rejoice.
For
I
know
that
this
will
turn out
to
my
salvation
through
your
prayers
and
the supply
of
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
Christ,
according
to
my
earnest
expectation
and
hope,
that
I
will
in
no
way
be disappointed,
but
with
all
boldness,
as
always,
now
also
Christ
will
be
magnified
in
my
body,
whether
by
life
or
by
death.
For
to
me
to
live
is
Christ,
and
to
die
is
gain.
But
if
I
live
on
in
the
flesh,
this
will
bring
fruit
from
my
work;
yet
I
don’t
know
what
I
will
choose.
But
I
am
hard pressed
between
the
two,
having
the
desire
to
depart
and
be
with
Christ,
which
is
far
better.
Yet
to
remain
in
the
flesh
is
more needful
for
your
sake.
Having
this
confidence,
I
know
that
I
will
remain, yes,
and
remain
with
you
all
for
your
progress
and
joy
in
the
faith,
that
your
boasting
1:26
or, rejoicing
may
abound
in
Christ
Jesus
in
me
through
my
presence
with
you
again.
Only
let
your
way
of
life
be
worthy
of
the
Good
News
of
Christ,
that
whether
I
come
and
see
you
or
am
absent,
I
may
hear
of
your state,
that
you
stand
firm
in
one
spirit,
with
one
soul
striving
for
the
faith
of
the
Good
News;
and
in
nothing frightened
by
the
adversaries,
which
is
for
them
a
proof
of
destruction,
but
to
you
of
salvation,
and
that
from
God.
Because
it
has
been
granted
to
you
on
behalf
of
Christ,
not
only
to
believe
in
him,
but
also
to
suffer
on
his
behalf,
having
the
same
conflict
which
you
saw
in
me
and
now
hear
is
in
me.
If
therefore
there
is
any
exhortation
in
Christ,
if
any
consolation
of
love,
if
any
fellowship
of
the
Spirit,
if
any
tender
mercies
and
compassion,
make
my
joy
full
by
being
like-minded,
having
the
same
love,
being
of
one accord,
of
one
mind;
doing
nothing
through rivalry
or
through
conceit,
but
in
humility,
each counting
others better
than
himself;
each
of
you
not
just
looking
to
his
own
things,
but
each
of
you
also
to
the
things
of
others.
Have
this
in
your
mind,
which
was
also
in
Christ
Jesus,
who, existing
in
the
form
of
God,
didn’t
consider
equality
with
God
a
thing
to
be
grasped,
but
emptied
himself,
taking
the
form
of
a
servant,
being
made
in
the
likeness
of
men.
And
being
found
in human form,
he
humbled
himself,
becoming
obedient
to
the
point
of
death,
yes,
the
death
of
the
cross.
Therefore
God
also
highly
exalted
him,
and
gave
to
him
the
name
which
is
above
every
name,
that
at
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
should
bow,
of
those
in
heaven,
those
on
earth,
and
those
under
the
earth,
and
that
every
tongue
should
confess
that
Jesus
Christ
is
Lord,
to
the
glory
of
God
the
Father.
So
then,
my
beloved,
even
as
you
have
always
obeyed,
not
only
in
my
presence,
but
now
much
more
in
my
absence,
work
out
your
own
salvation
with
fear
and
trembling.
For
it
is
God
who
works
in
you
both
to
will
and
to
work
for
his
good
pleasure.
Do
all
things
without
complaining
and
arguing,
that
you
may
become
blameless
and harmless,
children
of
God
without defect
in
the
middle
of
a
crooked
and
perverse
generation,
among
whom
you
are
seen
as
lights
in
the
world,
holding
up
the
word
of
life,
that
I
may
have
something
to
boast
in
the
day
of
Christ
that
I
didn’t
run
in
vain
nor
labor
in
vain.
Yes,
and
if
I
am
poured out
on
the
sacrifice
and
service
of
your
faith,
I
am
glad
and
rejoice
with
you
all.
In
the
same
way,
you
also
should
be
glad
and
rejoice
with
me.
But
I
hope
in
the
Lord
Jesus
to
send
Timothy
to
you
soon,
that
I
also
may
be cheered up
when
I
know
how
you
are doing.
For
I
have
no
one else like-minded,
who
will truly
care
about
you.
For
they
all
seek
their
own,
not
the
things
of
Jesus
Christ.
But
you
know
that
he
has proved
himself.
As
a
child
serves
a
father,
so
he
served
with
me
in furtherance
of
the
Good
News.
Therefore
I
hope
to
send
him
at
once,
as soon
as
I
see
how
it
will go
with
me.
But
I
trust
in
the
Lord
that
I
myself
also
will
come
shortly.
But
I
thought
it
necessary
to
send
to
you
Epaphroditus,
my
brother,
fellow
worker,
fellow
soldier,
and
your
apostle
and servant
of
my
need,
since
he longed
for
you
all,
and
was
very
troubled
because
you
had
heard
that
he
was
sick.
For
indeed
he
was
sick nearly
to
death,
but
God
had
mercy
on
him,
and
not
on
him
only,
but
on
me
also,
that
I
might
not
have
sorrow
on
sorrow.
I
have
sent
him
therefore
the
more
diligently,
that
when
you
see
him
again,
you
may
rejoice,
and
that
I
may
be
the
less sorrowful.
Receive
him
therefore
in
the
Lord
with
all
joy,
and
hold
such
people
in
honor,
because
for
the
work
of
Christ
he
came
near
to
death, risking
his
life
to supply
that
which
was
lacking
in
your
service
toward
me.
Finally,
my
brothers,
rejoice
in
the
Lord!
To
write
the
same
things
to
you,
to
me
indeed
is
not tiresome,
but
for
you
it
is
safe.
Beware
of
the
dogs;
beware
of
the
evil
workers;
beware
of
the
false
circumcision.
For
we
are
the
circumcision,
who
worship
God
in
the
Spirit,
and
rejoice
in
Christ
Jesus,
and
have
no
confidence
in
the
flesh;
though
I
myself
might
have
confidence
even
in
the
flesh.
If
any
other
man
thinks
that
he
has
confidence
in
the
flesh,
I
yet
more:
circumcised
the
eighth
day,
of
the stock
of
Israel,
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin, a
Hebrew
of
Hebrews; concerning
the
law, a
Pharisee;
concerning
zeal,
persecuting
the
assembly; concerning
the
righteousness
which
is
in
the
law,
found
blameless.
However,
I
consider
those
things
that
were
gain
to
me
as
a
loss
for
Christ.
Yes most
certainly,
and
I
count
all
things
to
be
a
loss
for
the excellency
of
the
knowledge
of
Christ
Jesus,
my
Lord,
for
whom
I
suffered
the
loss
of
all
things,
and
count
them
nothing
but refuse,
that
I
may
gain
Christ
and
be
found
in
him,
not
having
a
righteousness
of
my
own,
that
which
is
of
the
law,
but
that
which
is
through
faith
in
Christ,
the
righteousness
which
is
from
God
by
faith,
that
I
may
know
him
and
the
power
of
his
resurrection,
and
the
fellowship
of
his
sufferings, becoming conformed
to
his
death,
if
by any
means
I
may
attain
to
the
resurrection
from
the
dead.
Not
that
I
have
already
obtained,
or
am
already
made
perfect;
but
I
press
on,
that
I
may
take
hold
of
that
for
which
also
I
was
taken
hold
of
by
Christ
Jesus.
Brothers,
I don’t
regard
myself
as
yet having taken
hold,
but
one
thing
I
do:
forgetting
the things which
are
behind
and stretching
forward
to
the things which
are
before,
I
press
on
toward
the
goal
for
the
prize
of
the high
calling
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus.
Let us
therefore,
as
many
as
are
perfect,
think
this
way.
If
in
anything
you
think
otherwise,
God
will
also
reveal
that
to
you.
Nevertheless,
to
the extent
that
we
have already
attained, let’s
walk
by
the
same rule. Let’s be
of
the
same mind.
Brothers,
be
imitators
together
of
me,
and note
those
who
walk
this
way,
even
as
you
have us
for
an
example.
For
many
walk,
of
whom
I
told
you
often,
and
now
tell
you
even
weeping,
as
the
enemies
of
the
cross
of
Christ,
whose
end
is
destruction,
whose
god
is
the
belly,
and
whose
glory
is
in
their
shame,
who
think
about
earthly
things.
For
our
citizenship
is
in
heaven,
from
where
we
also
wait
for
a
Savior,
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
will change
the
body
of
our
humiliation
to
be conformed
to
the
body
of
his
glory,
according
to
the
working
by
which
he
is
able
even
to
subject
all
things
to
himself.
Therefore,
my
brothers,
beloved
and longed
for,
my
joy
and
crown,
stand
firm
in
the
Lord
in
this
way,
my
beloved.
I
exhort
Euodia,
and
I
exhort
Syntyche,
to
think
the
same
way
in
the
Lord.
Yes,
I
beg
you
also,
true partner,
help
these
women,
for
they labored
with
me
in
the
Good
News
with
Clement
also,
and
the
rest
of
my
fellow
workers,
whose
names
are
in
the
book
of
life.
Rejoice
in
the
Lord
always!
Again
I
will
say, “Rejoice!”
Let
your
gentleness
be
known
to
all
men.
The
Lord
is
at hand.
In
nothing
be
anxious,
but
in
everything,
by
prayer
and
petition
with
thanksgiving, let
your
requests
be
made
known
to
God.
And
the
peace
of
God,
which
surpasses
all
understanding,
will
guard
your
hearts
and
your thoughts
in
Christ
Jesus.
Finally,
brothers,
whatever
things
are
true,
whatever
things
are
honorable,
whatever
things
are
just,
whatever
things
are
pure,
whatever
things
are
lovely,
whatever
things
are
of
good report:
if
there
is
any virtue
and
if
there
is
anything
worthy
of
praise,
think
about
these
things.
Do
the
things
which
you
learned,
received,
heard,
and
saw
in
me,
and
the
God
of
peace
will
be
with
you.
But
I
rejoice
in
the
Lord
greatly
that
now
at length
you
have
revived
your thought
for
me;
in
which
you did
indeed take thought,
but
you
lacked
opportunity.
Not
that
I
speak
because
of
lack,
for
I
have
learned
in
whatever state
I
am,
to
be
content
in
it.
I
know how
to
be
humbled,
and
I
also
know how
to
abound.
In
any
and
all
circumstances
I
have
learned
the
secret
both
to
be
filled
and
to
be
hungry,
both
to
abound
and
to
be
in
need.
I
can
do
all
things
through Christ
who
strengthens
me.
However
you
did
well
that
you shared
in
my
affliction.
You
yourselves
also
know,
you
Philippians,
that
in
the
beginning
of
the
Good
News,
when
I
departed
from
Macedonia,
no
assembly
shared
with
me
in
the
matter
of
giving
and
receiving
but
you
only.
For
even
in
Thessalonica
you
sent
once
and
again
to
my
need.
Not
that
I
seek
for
the
gift,
but
I
seek
for
the
fruit
that
increases
to
your
account.
But
I
have
all
things
and
abound.
I
am
filled,
having
received
from
Epaphroditus
the
things
that came
from
you,
a sweet-smelling
fragrance,
an
acceptable
and
well-pleasing
sacrifice
to
God.
My
God
will
supply
every
need
of
yours
according
to
his
riches
in
glory
in
Christ
Jesus.
Now
to
our
God
and
Father
be
the
glory
forever
and
ever!
Amen.
Greet
every
saint
in
Christ
Jesus.
The
brothers
who
are
with
me
greet
you.
All
the
saints
greet
you,
especially
those
who
are
of
Caesar’s
household.
The
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all. Amen.
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Colossians
Paul’s Letter to the Colossians
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Christ
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
Jesus
through
the
will
of
God,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
to
the
saints
and
faithful
brothers
1:2
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
in
Christ
at
Colossae:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
give
thanks
to
God
the
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
praying
always
for
you,
having
heard
of
your
faith
in
Christ
Jesus
and
of
the
love
which
you
have
toward
all
the
saints,
because
of
the
hope
which
is
laid up
for
you
in
the
heavens,
of
which
you
heard
before
in
the
word
of
the
truth
of
the
Good
News
which
has
come
to
you,
even
as
it
is
in
all
the
world
and
is
bearing
fruit
and
growing,
as
it
does
in
you
also,
since
the
day
you
heard
and
knew
the
grace
of
God
in
truth,
even
as
you
learned
from
Epaphras
our
beloved
fellow
servant,
who
is
a
faithful
servant
of
Christ
on
your
1:7
NU reads
our
behalf,
who
also declared
to
us
your
love
in
the
Spirit.
For
this cause,
we
also,
since
the
day
we
heard
this,
don’t
cease
praying
and
making requests
for
you,
that
you
may
be
filled
with
the
knowledge
of
his
will
in
all
spiritual
wisdom
and
understanding,
that
you
may
walk
worthily
of
the
Lord,
to
please
him
in
all
respects,
bearing
fruit
in
every
good
work
and
increasing
in
the
knowledge
of
God,
strengthened
with
all
power,
according
to
the
might
of
his
glory,
for
all
endurance
and
perseverance
with
joy,
giving
thanks
to
the
Father,
who
made
us fit
to
be partakers
of
the
inheritance
of
the
saints
in
light,
who
delivered
us
out
of
the
power
of
darkness,
and translated
us
into
the
Kingdom
of
the
Son
of
his
love,
in
whom
we
have
our
redemption,
1:14
TR adds “through his blood,”
the
forgiveness
of
our
sins.
He
is
the
image
of
the
invisible
God,
the
firstborn
of
all
creation.
For
by
him
all
things
were
created
in
the
heavens
and
on
the
earth,
visible
things
and
invisible
things,
whether
thrones
or
dominions
or
principalities
or
powers.
All
things
have
been
created
through
him
and
for
him.
He
is
before
all
things,
and
in
him
all
things
are held
together.
He
is
the
head
of
the
body,
the
assembly,
who
is
the
beginning,
the
firstborn
from
the
dead,
that
in
all
things
he
might
have
the preeminence.
For
all
the
fullness
was
pleased
to
dwell
in
him,
and
through
him
to
reconcile
all
things
to
himself
by
him,
whether
things
on
the
earth
or
things
in
the
heavens, having
made
peace
through
the
blood
of
his
cross.
You,
being
in past
times
alienated
and
enemies
in
your
mind
in
your
evil
deeds,
yet
now
he
has
reconciled
in
the
body
of
his
flesh
through
death,
to
present
you
holy
and
without defect
and
blameless
before
him,
if
it
is
so
that
you
continue
in
the
faith,
grounded
and
steadfast,
and
not
moved
away
from
the
hope
of
the
Good
News
which
you
heard,
which
is
being
proclaimed
in
all
creation
under
heaven,
of
which
I,
Paul,
was
made
a
servant.
Now
I
rejoice
in
my
sufferings
for
your
sake,
and fill
up
on
my
part
that
which
is
lacking
of
the
afflictions
of
Christ
in
my
flesh
for
his body’s
sake,
which
is
the
assembly,
of
which
I
was
made
a
servant
according
to
the
stewardship
of
God
which
was
given
me
toward
you
to
fulfill
the
word
of
God,
the
mystery
which
has
been
hidden
for
ages
and
generations.
But
now
it
has
been
revealed
to
his
saints,
to
whom
God
was pleased
to
make
known
what
are
the
riches
of
the
glory
of
this
mystery
among
the
Gentiles,
which
is
Christ
in
you,
the
hope
of
glory.
We
proclaim
him,
admonishing
every
man
and
teaching
every
man
in
all
wisdom,
that
we
may
present
every
man
perfect
in
Christ
Jesus;
for
which
I
also
labor,
striving
according
to
his
working,
which
works
in
me
mightily.
For
I
desire
to
have
you
know
how
greatly
I
struggle
for
you
and
for
those
at
Laodicea,
and
for
as
many
as
have
not
seen
my
face
in
the
flesh;
that
their
hearts
may
be
comforted,
they being
knit
together
in
love,
and gaining
all
riches
of
the
full
assurance
of
understanding,
that
they
may know
the
mystery
of
God,
both
of
the Father
and
of
Christ,
in
whom
all
the
treasures
of
wisdom
and
knowledge
are
hidden.
Now
I
say
this
that
no
one
may
delude
you
with persuasiveness
of speech.
For
though
I
am
absent
in
the
flesh,
yet
I
am
with
you
in
the
spirit,
rejoicing
and
seeing
your
order,
and
the steadfastness
of
your
faith
in
Christ.
As
therefore
you
received
Christ
Jesus
the
Lord,
walk
in
him,
rooted
and
built
up
in
him
and
established
in
the
faith,
even
as
you
were
taught,
abounding
in
it
in
thanksgiving.
Be
careful
that
you
don’t
let
anyone rob
you
through
his
philosophy
and
vain
deceit,
after
the
tradition
of
men,
after
the
elemental
spirits
of
the
world,
and
not
after
Christ.
For
in
him
all
the
fullness
of
the
Deity
dwells
bodily,
and
in
him
you
are
made
full,
who
is
the
head
of
all principality
and
power.
In
him
you
were
also
circumcised
with
a
circumcision
not
made
with
hands,
in
the putting off
of
the
body
of
the sins
of
the
flesh,
in
the
circumcision
of
Christ,
having
been
buried
with
him
in
baptism,
in
which
you
were
also
raised
with
him
through
faith
in
the
working
of
God,
who
raised
him
from
the
dead.
You
were
dead
through
your
trespasses
and
the
uncircumcision
of
your
flesh.
He
made
you
alive
together
with
him, having
forgiven
us
all
our
trespasses,
wiping
out
the handwriting
in
ordinances
which
was
against
us.
He
has
taken
it
out
of
the
way, nailing
it
to
the
cross.
Having stripped
the
principalities
and
the
powers,
he
made
a show
of
them
openly, triumphing
over
them
in
it.
Let
no
one
therefore
judge
you
in
eating
or
drinking,
or
with
respect
to
a
feast
day
or
a new moon
or
a
Sabbath
day,
which
are
a
shadow
of
the
things
to
come;
but
the
body
is
Christ’s.
Let
no
one rob
you
of
your
prize
by self-abasement
and worshiping
of
the
angels, dwelling
in
the
things
which
he
has
not
seen, vainly puffed up
by
his
fleshly
mind,
and
not
holding firmly
to
the
Head,
from
whom
all
the
body, being
supplied
and
knit
together
through
the
joints
and
ligaments,
grows
with
God’s
growth.
If
you
died
with
Christ
from
the
elemental
spirits
of
the
world,
why,
as
though
living
in
the
world,
do
you subject
yourselves
to ordinances,
“Don’t
handle,
nor
taste,
nor
touch”
(all
of
which
perish
with
use),
according
to
the
precepts
and
doctrines
of
men?
These
things
indeed appear
like
wisdom
in self-imposed worship,
humility,
and severity
to
the
body,
but
aren’t
of
any
value
against
the
indulgence
of
the
flesh.
If
then
you
were
raised
together
with
Christ,
seek
the
things
that
are
above,
where
Christ
is,
seated
on
the
right
hand
of
God.
Set
your
mind
on
the
things
that
are
above,
not
on
the
things
that
are
on
the
earth.
For
you
died,
and
your
life
is
hidden
with
Christ
in
God.
When
Christ,
our
life,
is
revealed,
then
you
will
also
be
revealed
with
him
in
glory.
Put
to death
therefore
your
members
which
are
on
the
earth:
sexual
immorality,
uncleanness, depraved
passion,
evil
desire,
and
covetousness,
which
is
idolatry.
For
these things’
sake
the
wrath
of
God
comes
on
the children
of
disobedience.
You
also
once
walked
in
those,
when
you
lived
in
them,
but
now
you
must
put
them
all away:
anger,
wrath,
malice,
slander,
and shameful speaking
out
of
your
mouth.
Don’t
lie
to
one
another, seeing
that
you
have put off
the
old
man
with
his doings,
and
have
put
on
the
new man,
who
is being
renewed
in
knowledge
after
the
image
of
his
Creator,
where
there
can’t
be
Greek
and
Jew,
circumcision
and
uncircumcision,
barbarian,
Scythian, bondservant,
or
free person;
but
Christ
is
all,
and
in
all.
Put
on
therefore,
as
God’s
chosen
ones,
holy
and
beloved,
a
heart
of
compassion,
kindness, lowliness,
humility,
and
perseverance;
bearing
with
one
another,
and
forgiving
each
other,
if
any
man
has
a
complaint
against
any;
even
as
Christ
forgave
you,
so
you
also
do.
Above
all
these
things, walk
in
love,
which
is
the
bond
of perfection.
And
let
the
peace
of God
rule
in
your
hearts,
to
which
also
you
were
called
in
one
body,
and
be
thankful.
Let
the
word
of
Christ
dwell
in
you
richly;
in
all
wisdom
teaching
and
admonishing
one
another
with
psalms,
hymns,
and
spiritual
songs,
singing
with
grace
in
your
heart
to
the
Lord.
Whatever
you
do,
in
word
or
in
deed,
do
all
in
the
name
of
the
Lord
Jesus,
giving
thanks
to
God
the
Father
through
him.
Wives,
be
in
subjection
to
your
husbands,
as
is
fitting
in
the
Lord.
Husbands,
love
your
wives,
and
don’t
be
bitter
against
them.
Children,
obey
your
parents
in
all
things,
for
this pleases
the
Lord.
Fathers,
don’t
provoke
your
children,
so
that
they
won’t
be discouraged.
Servants,
obey
in
all
things
those
who
are
your
masters
according
to
the
flesh,
not
just
when
they
are looking,
as
men pleasers,
but
in singleness
of
heart,
fearing God.
And
whatever
you
do,
work
heartily,
as
for
the
Lord
and
not
for
men,
knowing
that
from
the
Lord
you
will
receive
the
reward
of
the
inheritance;
for
you
serve
the
Lord
Christ.
But
he
who
does
wrong
will
receive
again
for
the
wrong
that
he
has
done,
and
there
is
no
partiality.
Masters,
give
to
your
servants
that
which
is
just
and equal,
knowing
that
you
also
have
a
Master
in
heaven.
Continue steadfastly
in
prayer,
watching
in
it
with
thanksgiving,
praying
together
for
us
also,
that
God
may
open
to
us
a
door
for
the
word,
to
speak
the
mystery
of
Christ,
for
which
I
am
also
in bonds,
that
I
may
reveal
it
as
I
ought
to
speak.
Walk
in
wisdom
toward
those
who
are
outside, redeeming
the
time.
Let
your
speech
always
be
with
grace,
seasoned
with
salt,
that
you
may
know
how
you
ought
to
answer
each
one.
All
my affairs
will
be
made
known
to
you
by
Tychicus,
the
beloved
brother,
faithful
servant,
and
fellow bondservant
in
the
Lord.
I
am
sending
him
to
you
for
this
very
purpose,
that
he
may
know
your circumstances
and
comfort
your
hearts,
together
with
Onesimus,
the
faithful
and
beloved
brother,
who
is
one
of
you.
They
will
make
known
to
you
everything
that
is going
on
here.
Aristarchus,
my
fellow
prisoner,
greets
you,
and
Mark
the
cousin
of
Barnabas (concerning
whom
you
received
instructions, “if
he
comes
to
you,
receive
him”),
and
Jesus
who
is
called
Justus.
These
are
my
only
fellow
workers
for
God’s
Kingdom
who
are
of
the
circumcision,
men
who
have
been
a comfort
to
me.
Epaphras,
who
is
one
of
you,
a
servant
of
Christ, salutes
you,
always
striving
for
you
in
his
prayers,
that
you
may
stand
perfect
and
complete
in
all
the
will
of
God.
For
I
testify
about
him
that
he
has
great zeal
for
you,
and
for
those
in
Laodicea,
and
for
those
in
Hierapolis.
Luke
the
beloved
physician
and
Demas
greet
you.
Greet
the
brothers
who
are
in
Laodicea,
with Nymphas
and
the
assembly
that
is
in
his
house.
When
this
letter
has
been
read
among
you,
cause
it
to
be
read
also
in
the
assembly
of
the
Laodiceans,
and
that
you
also
read
the
letter
from
Laodicea.
Tell
Archippus, “Take
heed
to
the
ministry
which
you
have
received
in
the
Lord,
that
you
fulfill
it.”
I,
Paul, write
this
greeting
with
my
own
hand.
Remember
my
chains.
Grace
be
with
you. Amen.
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1 Thessalonians
Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians
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1 Thessalonians
Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians
Paul,
Silvanus,
and
Timothy,
to
the
assembly
of
the
Thessalonians
in
God
the
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ:
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
always
give
thanks
to
God
for
all
of
you, mentioning
you
in
our
prayers,
remembering
without
ceasing
your
work
of
faith
and
labor
of
love
and
perseverance
of
hope
in
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
before
our
God
and
Father.
We
know,
brothers
1:4
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
loved
by
God,
that
you
are
chosen,
and
that
our
Good
News
came
to
you
not
in
word
only,
but
also
in
power,
and
in
the
Holy
Spirit
and
with
much
assurance.
You
know
what
kind
of
men
we showed
ourselves
to
be
among
you
for
your
sake.
You
became
imitators
of
us
and
of
the
Lord,
having
received
the
word
in
much
affliction,
with
joy
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
so
that
you
became
an example
to
all
who
believe
in
Macedonia
and
in
Achaia.
For
from
you
the
word
of
the
Lord
has
been
declared,
not
only
in
Macedonia
and
Achaia,
but
also
in
every
place
your
faith
toward
God
has
gone
out,
so
that
we
need
not
to
say
anything.
For
they
themselves
report
concerning
us
what
kind
of
a
reception
we
had
from
you,
and
how
you
turned
to
God
from
idols
to
serve
a
living
and
true
God,
and
to
wait
for
his
Son
from
heaven,
whom
he
raised
from
the
dead:
Jesus,
who delivers
us
from
the
wrath
to
come.
For
you
yourselves
know,
brothers,
our visit
to
you
wasn’t
in
vain,
but having suffered
before
and
been shamefully treated,
as
you
know,
at
Philippi,
we grew bold
in
our
God
to
tell
you
the
Good
News
of
God
in
much
conflict.
For
our
exhortation
is
not
of
error,
nor
of
uncleanness,
nor
in
deception.
But even
as
we
have
been approved
by
God
to
be
entrusted
with
the
Good
News,
so
we
speak—not
as
pleasing
men,
but
God,
who tests
our
hearts.
For
neither
were
we
at
any
time
found using
words
of flattery,
as
you
know,
nor
a cloak
of
covetousness (God
is
witness),
nor
seeking
glory
from
men (neither
from
you
nor
from
others),
when
we
might
have claimed
authority
as
apostles
of
Christ.
But
we
were
gentle
among
you,
like
a
nursing mother
cherishes
her
own
children.
Even
so, affectionately longing
for
you,
we
were
well
pleased
to
impart
to
you
not
the
Good
News
of
God
only,
but
also
our
own
souls,
because
you
had
become
very
dear
to us.
For
you
remember,
brothers,
our
labor
and travail;
for working
night
and
day,
that
we
might
not
burden
any
of
you,
we
preached
to
you
the
Good
News
of
God.
You
are
witnesses
with
God
how holy,
righteously,
and
blamelessly
we
behaved ourselves toward
you
who
believe.
As
you
know,
we
exhorted,
comforted,
and
implored
every
one
of
you,
as
a
father
does
his
own
children,
to
the
end
that
you
should
walk
worthily
of
God,
who
calls
you
into
his
own
Kingdom
and
glory.
For
this cause
we
also
thank
God
without
ceasing
that
when
you
received
from
us
the
word
of
the
message
of
God,
you
accepted
it
not
as
the
word
of
men,
but
as
it
is
in truth,
God’s
word,
which
also
works
in
you
who
believe.
For
you,
brothers,
became
imitators
of
the
assemblies
of
God
which
are
in
Judea
in
Christ
Jesus;
for
you
also
suffered
the
same
things
from
your
own
countrymen,
even
as
they
did
from
the
Jews
who
killed
both
the
Lord
Jesus
and
their own
prophets,
and
drove us out,
and
don’t
please
God,
and
are
contrary
to
all
men,
forbidding
us
to
speak
to
the
Gentiles
that
they
may
be
saved,
to
fill
up
their
sins
always.
But
wrath
has
come
on
them
to
the uttermost.
But
we,
brothers,
being bereaved
of
you
for
a short
season
in
presence,
not
in
heart, tried
even harder
to
see
your
face
with
great
desire,
because
we
wanted
to
come
to
you—indeed,
I,
Paul,
once
and
again—but
Satan
hindered us.
For
what
is
our
hope,
or
joy,
or
crown
of
rejoicing?
Isn’t
it
even
you,
before
our
Lord
Jesus
2:19
TR adds “Christ”
at
his
coming?
For
you
are
our
glory
and
our
joy.
Therefore
when
we couldn’t stand
it
any
longer,
we
thought
it
good
to
be
left
behind
at
Athens
alone,
and
sent
Timothy,
our
brother
and
God’s
servant
in
the
Good
News
of
Christ,
to
establish
you
and
to
comfort
you
concerning
your
faith,
that
no
one
would
be moved
by
these
afflictions.
For
you
know
that
we
are
appointed
to
this task.
For most
certainly,
when
we
were
with
you,
we
told
you beforehand
that
we
are
to
suffer
affliction,
even
as
it
happened,
and
you
know.
For
this cause
I
also,
when
I couldn’t stand
it
any
longer,
sent
that
I
might
know
your
faith,
for
fear
that
by
any
means
the
tempter
had
tempted
you,
and
our
labor
would
have
been
in
vain.
But
Timothy
has
just
now
come
to
us
from
you,
and
brought
us glad
news
of
your
faith
and
love,
and
that
you
have
good memories
of
us
always,
longing
to
see
us,
even
as
we
also
long
to
see
you.
For
this cause,
brothers,
we
were
comforted
over
you
in
all
our
distress
and
affliction
through
your
faith.
For
now
we
live,
if
you
stand fast
in
the
Lord.
For
what
thanksgiving
can
we
render again
to
God
for
you,
for
all
the
joy
with
which
we
rejoice
for
your
sakes
before
our
God,
night
and
day
praying exceedingly
that
we
may
see
your
face
and
may
perfect
that
which
is
lacking
in
your
faith?
Now
may
our
God
and
Father
himself,
and
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
direct
our
way
to
you.
May
the
Lord
make
you
to
increase
and
abound
in
love
toward
one
another
and
toward
all
men,
even
as
we
also
do
toward
you,
to
the
end
he
may
establish
your
hearts
blameless
in
holiness
before
our
God
and
Father
at
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
with
all
his
saints.
Finally
then,
brothers,
we
beg
and
exhort
you
in
the
Lord
Jesus,
that
as
you
received
from
us
how
you
ought
to
walk
and
to
please
God,
that
you
abound
more
and
more.
For
you
know
what instructions
we
gave
you
through
the
Lord
Jesus.
For
this
is
the
will
of
God:
your
sanctification,
that
you
abstain
from
sexual
immorality,
that
each
one
of
you
know how
to control
his
own
body
4:4
literally, possess his own vessel
in
sanctification
and
honor,
not
in
the
passion
of
lust,
even
as
the
Gentiles
who
don’t
know
God,
that
no
one
should
take
advantage
of
and wrong
a
brother
or sister
in
this
matter;
because
the
Lord
is
an
avenger
in
all
these
things,
as
also
we forewarned
you
and
testified.
For
God
called
us
not
for
uncleanness,
but
in
sanctification.
Therefore
he
who
rejects
this
doesn’t
reject
man,
but
God,
who
has
also
given
his
Holy
Spirit
to
you.
But
concerning
brotherly
love,
you
have
no
need
that
one
write
to
you.
For
you
yourselves
are
taught
by
God
to
love
one
another,
for
indeed
you
do
it
toward
all
the
brothers
who
are
in
all
Macedonia.
But
we
exhort
you,
brothers,
that
you
abound
more
and
more;
and that
you
make
it
your
ambition
to
lead
a
quiet
life,
and
to
do
your
own business,
and
to
work
with
your
own
hands,
even
as
we
instructed
you,
that
you
may
walk
properly
toward
those
who
are
outside,
and
may
have
need
of
nothing.
But
we
don’t
want
you
to
be
ignorant,
brothers,
concerning
those
who
have
fallen
asleep,
so
that
you
don’t
grieve
like
the
rest,
who
have
no
hope.
For
if
we
believe
that
Jesus
died
and
rose
again,
even
so
God
will
bring
with
him
those
who
have
fallen
asleep
in
Jesus.
For
this
we
tell
you
by
the
word
of
the
Lord,
that
we
who
are
alive,
who
are left
until
the
coming
of
the
Lord,
will
in
no
way
precede
those
who
have
fallen
asleep.
For
the
Lord
himself
will
descend
from
heaven
with
a
shout,
with
the
voice
of
the
archangel
and
with
God’s
trumpet.
The
dead
in
Christ
will
rise
first,
then
we
who
are
alive,
who
are left,
will
be
caught
up
together
with
them
in
the
clouds
to
meet
the
Lord
in
the
air.
So
we
will
be
with
the
Lord
forever.
Therefore
comfort
one
another
with
these
words.
But
concerning
the
times
and
the
seasons,
brothers,
you
have
no
need
that anything
be
written
to
you.
For
you
yourselves
know
well
that
the
day
of
the
Lord
comes
like
a
thief
in
the
night.
For
when
they
are
saying, “Peace
and
safety,”
then
sudden
destruction
will
come
on
them,
like
birth
pains
on
a
pregnant woman.
Then
they
will
in
no
way
escape.
But
you,
brothers,
aren’t
in
darkness,
that
the
day
should
overtake
you
like
a
thief.
You
are
all children
of
light
and children
of
the
day.
We
don’t
belong
to
the
night,
nor
to
darkness,
so
then let’s
not
sleep,
as
the
rest
do,
but let’s
watch
and
be
sober.
For
those
who
sleep,
sleep
in
the
night;
and
those
who
are
drunk
are
drunk
in
the
night.
But
since
we
belong
to
the
day, let’s
be
sober, putting
on
the
breastplate
of
faith
and
love,
and
for
a
helmet,
the
hope
of
salvation.
For
God
didn’t appoint
us
to
wrath,
but
to
the
obtaining
of
salvation
through
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
died
for
us,
that,
whether
we
wake
or
sleep,
we
should
live
together
with
him.
Therefore
exhort
one
another,
and
build
each
other
up,
even
as
you
also
do.
But
we
beg
you,
brothers,
to
know
those
who
labor
among
you,
and
are
over
you
in
the
Lord
and
admonish
you,
and
to respect
and honor
them
in
love
for
their work’s
sake.
Be
at
peace
among
yourselves.
We
exhort
you,
brothers:
Admonish
the disorderly;
encourage
the faint-hearted; support
the
weak;
be
patient
toward
all.
See
that
no
one returns
evil
for
evil
to
anyone,
but
always follow
after
that
which
is
good
for
one
another
and
for
all.
Always
rejoice.
Pray
without
ceasing.
In
everything
give
thanks,
for
this
is
the
will
of
God
in
Christ
Jesus
toward
you.
Don’t
quench
the
Spirit.
Don’t
despise
prophecies.
Test
all
things,
and
hold
firmly
that
which
is
good.
Abstain
from
every
form
of
evil.
May
the
God
of
peace
himself
sanctify
you
completely.
May
your
whole
spirit,
soul,
and
body
be
preserved
blameless
at
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
He
who
calls
you
is
faithful,
who
will
also
do
it.
Brothers,
pray
for
us.
Greet
all
the
brothers
with
a
holy
kiss.
I solemnly command
you
by
the
Lord
that
this
letter
be
read
to
all
the holy
brothers.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you. Amen.
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2 Thessalonians
Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
Paul’s Second Letter to the Thessalonians
Paul,
Silvanus,
and
Timothy,
to
the
assembly
of
the
Thessalonians
in
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
We
are bound
to
always
give
thanks
to
God
for
you,
brothers,
1:3
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
even
as
it
is
appropriate,
because
your
faith
grows exceedingly,
and
the
love
of
each
and
every
one
of
you
toward
one
another abounds,
so
that
we
ourselves
boast
about
you
in
the
assemblies
of
God
for
your
perseverance
and
faith
in
all
your
persecutions
and
in
the
afflictions
which
you
endure.
This
is
an obvious sign
of
the
righteous
judgment
of
God,
to
the
end
that
you
may
be counted
worthy
of
God’s
Kingdom,
for
which
you
also
suffer.
For it
is
a
righteous thing
with
God
to
repay
affliction
to
those
who
afflict
you,
and
to give
relief
to
you
who
are
afflicted
with
us
when
the
Lord
Jesus
is
revealed
from
heaven
with
his
mighty
angels
in flaming fire,
punishing
those
who
don’t
know
God,
and
to
those
who
don’t
obey
the
Good
News
of
our
Lord
Jesus,
who
will
pay
the
penalty:
eternal
destruction
from
the
face
of
the
Lord
and
from
the
glory
of
his
might,
when
he
comes
in
that
day
to
be
glorified
in
his
saints
and
to
be
admired
among
all
those
who
have
believed,
because
our
testimony
to
you
was
believed.
To
this
end
we
also
pray
always
for
you
that
our
God
may
count
you
worthy
of
your
calling,
and
fulfill
every
desire
of
goodness
and
work
of
faith
with
power,
that
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
1:12
TR adds “Christ”
may
be
glorified
in
you,
and
you
in
him,
according
to
the
grace
of
our
God
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
Now,
brothers,
concerning
the
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
our
gathering
together
to
him,
we
ask
you
not
to
be
quickly
shaken
in
your
mind
or troubled,
either
by
spirit
or
by
word
or
by
letter
as
if
from
us,
saying
that
the
day
of
Christ
has already
come.
Let
no
one
deceive
you
in
any
way.
For
it
will
not
be
unless
the rebellion
2:3
or,
falling away, or,
defection
comes
first,
and
the
man
of sin
is
revealed,
the
son
of
destruction.
He
opposes
and
exalts
himself
against
all
that
is
called
God
or
that
is worshiped,
so
that
he
sits
as
God
in
the
temple
of
God, setting
himself
up
as
God.
Don’t
you
remember
that
when
I
was
still
with
you,
I
told
you
these
things?
Now
you
know
what
is restraining
him,
to
the
end
that
he
may
be
revealed
in
his
own
season.
For
the
mystery
of
lawlessness
already
works.
Only
there
is
one
who
restrains
now,
until
he
is
taken
out
of
the
way.
Then
the
lawless
one
will
be
revealed,
whom
the
Lord
will
kill
with
the
breath
of
his
mouth
and destroy
by
the manifestation
of
his
coming;
even
he
whose
coming
is
according
to
the
working
of
Satan
with
all
power
and
signs
and
lying
wonders,
and
with
all
deception
of
wickedness
for
those
who
are being
lost,
because
they
didn’t
receive
the
love
of
the
truth,
that
they
might
be
saved.
Because
of
this,
God
sends
them
a powerful delusion,
that
they
should
believe
a
lie,
that
they
all
might
be
judged
who
didn’t
believe
the
truth,
but
had
pleasure
in
unrighteousness.
But
we
are bound
to
always
give
thanks
to
God
for
you,
brothers
loved
by
the
Lord,
because
God
chose
you
from
the
beginning
for
salvation
through
sanctification
of
the
Spirit
and belief
in
the
truth,
to
which
he
called
you
through
our
Good
News,
for
the
obtaining
of
the
glory
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
So
then,
brothers,
stand
firm
and
hold
the
traditions
which
you
were
taught
by us,
whether
by
word
or
by
letter.
Now
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
himself,
and
God
our
Father,
who
loved
us
and
gave
us
eternal
comfort
and
good
hope
through
grace,
comfort
your
hearts
and
establish
you
in
every
good
work
and
word.
Finally,
brothers,
pray
for
us,
that
the
word
of
the
Lord
may
spread
rapidly
and
be
glorified,
even
as
also
with
you,
and
that
we
may
be
delivered
from unreasonable
and
evil
men;
for
not
all
have
faith.
But
the
Lord
is
faithful,
who
will
establish
you
and
guard
you
from
the
evil
one.
We
have
confidence
in
the
Lord
concerning
you,
that
you
both
do
and
will
do
the
things
we
command.
May
the
Lord
direct
your
hearts
into
God’s
love
and
into
the
perseverance
of
Christ.
Now
we
command
you,
brothers,
in
the
name
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
you withdraw
yourselves
from
every
brother
who
walks
in rebellion
and
not
after
the
tradition
which
they
received
from
us.
For
you
know
how
you
ought
to
imitate
us.
For
we
didn’t behave
ourselves rebelliously
among
you,
neither
did
we
eat
bread
from
anyone’s hand
without paying
for
it,
but
in
labor
and travail
worked
night
and
day,
that
we
might
not
burden
any
of
you.
This
was
not
because
we
don’t
have
the
right,
but
to
make
ourselves
an
example
to
you,
that
you
should
imitate
us.
For
even
when
we
were
with
you,
we
commanded
you
this: “If
anyone
is
not
willing
to
work,
don’t
let
him
eat.”
For
we
hear
of
some
who
walk
among
you
in rebellion,
who
don’t
work
at
all,
but are
busybodies.
Now
those
who
are
that
way,
we
command
and
exhort
in
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
that
they
work
with quietness
and
eat
their
own
bread.
But
you,
brothers,
don’t
be weary
in
doing
what
is right.
If
any
man
doesn’t
obey
our
word
in
this
letter,
note
that
man
and
have
no company
with
him,
to
the
end
that
he
may
be ashamed.
Don’t
count
him
as
an
enemy,
but
admonish
him
as
a
brother.
Now
may
the
Lord
of
peace
himself
give
you
peace
at
all times
in
all ways.
The
Lord
be
with
you
all.
I,
Paul,
write
this
greeting
with
my
own
hand,
which
is
the
sign
in
every
letter.
This
is
how
I
write.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
you
all. Amen.
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1 Timothy
Paul’s First Letter to Timothy
1 Timothy
1 Timothy
Paul’s First Letter to Timothy
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
according
to
the
commandment
of
God
our
Savior
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
1:1
NU reads
Christ Jesus
and omits
the Lord.
our
hope,
to
Timothy,
my
true
child
in
faith:
Grace,
mercy,
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
As
I
urged
you
when
I
was
going
into
Macedonia, stay
at
Ephesus
that
you
might
command
certain
men
not
to
teach
a
different
doctrine,
and
not
to
pay
attention
to
myths
and
endless
genealogies,
which
cause disputes
rather
than
God’s
stewardship,
which
is
in
faith.
But
the
goal
of
this
command
is
love
from
a
pure
heart,
a
good
conscience,
and
sincere
faith,
from
which
things
some, having missed
the mark,
have
turned away
to vain talking,
desiring
to
be
teachers
of
the
law, though
they
understand
neither
what
they
say
nor
about
what
they strongly affirm.
But
we
know
that
the
law
is
good
if
a
person
uses
it
lawfully,
as
knowing
this,
that
law
is
not
made
for
a
righteous
person,
but
for
the
lawless
and insubordinate,
for
the
ungodly
and
sinners,
for
the
unholy
and
profane,
for
murderers
of fathers
and
murderers
of
mothers,
for manslayers,
for
the sexually
immoral,
for homosexuals,
for slave-traders,
for
liars,
for
perjurers,
and
for
any
other thing
contrary
to
the
sound
doctrine,
according
to
the
Good
News
of
the
glory
of
the
blessed
God,
which
was committed
to
my trust.
I
thank
him
who enabled
me,
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord,
because
he
counted
me
faithful, appointing
me
to
service,
although
I used
to
be
a
blasphemer,
a
persecutor,
and
insolent.
However,
I obtained
mercy
because
I
did
it
ignorantly
in
unbelief.
The
grace
of
our
Lord abounded exceedingly
with
faith
and
love
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
The
saying
is
faithful
and
worthy
of
all
acceptance,
that
Christ
Jesus
came
into
the
world
to
save
sinners,
of
whom
I
am chief.
However,
for
this cause
I obtained
mercy,
that
in
me
first,
Jesus
Christ
might display
all
his
patience
for an
example
of
those
who
were
going
to
believe
in
him
for
eternal
life.
Now
to
the
King
eternal,
immortal,
invisible,
to
God
who
alone
is wise,
be
honor
and
glory
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
I
commit
this
instruction
to
you,
my
child
Timothy,
according
to
the
prophecies
which
were given
to
you
before,
that
by
them
you
may
wage
the
good
warfare,
holding
faith
and
a
good
conscience,
which
some
having thrust
away made
a
shipwreck
concerning
the
faith,
of
whom
are
Hymenaeus
and
Alexander,
whom
I
delivered
to
Satan
that
they
might
be
taught
not
to
blaspheme.
I
exhort
therefore,
first
of
all,
that
petitions,
prayers,
intercessions,
and givings
of
thanks
be
made
for
all
men,
for
kings
and
all
who
are
in high places,
that
we
may
lead
a
tranquil
and
quiet
life
in
all
godliness
and reverence.
For
this
is
good
and
acceptable
in
the
sight
of
God
our
Savior,
who
desires
all
people
to
be
saved
and
come
to
full
knowledge
of
the
truth.
For
there
is
one
God
and
one
mediator
between
God
and
men,
the
man
Christ
Jesus,
who
gave
himself
as
a
ransom
for
all,
the
testimony
at
the
proper
time,
to
which
I
was
appointed
a
preacher
and
an
apostle—I
am
telling
the
truth
in Christ,
not
lying—a
teacher
of
the
Gentiles
in
faith
and
truth.
I
desire
therefore
that
the
men
in
every
place
pray,
lifting
up
holy
hands
without
anger
and doubting.
In
the
same
way,
that
women
also
adorn
themselves
in decent
clothing,
with
modesty
and propriety,
not
2:9
The word for “not” is the negative particle “μη” which denies an expected idea, as opposed to the usual word for “not” (ου) which denies a fact. Thus “μη” in this context is denying an expected idea (that women can be properly dressed without good works).
with
braided
hair,
gold,
pearls,
or
expensive
clothing,
but
with
good
works,
which
is appropriate
for
women professing
godliness.
Let
a
woman
learn
in quietness
with
full submission.
But
I
don’t
permit
a
woman
to
teach,
nor
to
exercise
authority
over
a
man,
but
to
be
in quietness.
For
Adam was formed
first,
then
Eve.
Adam
wasn’t
deceived,
but
the
woman,
being
deceived,
has fallen
into disobedience;
but
she
will
be
saved
through
her
childbearing,
if
they
continue
in
faith,
love,
and
holiness
with sobriety.
This
is
a
faithful
saying:
someone
who seeks
to
be an
overseer
3:1
or, superintendent, or bishop
desires
a
good
work.
The
overseer
therefore
must
be without
reproach,
the
husband
of
one
wife,
temperate,
sensible, modest,
hospitable,
good
at teaching;
not
a drinker,
not
violent,
not greedy
for
money,
but
gentle,
not quarrelsome,
not covetous;
one
who rules
his
own
house
well,
having
children
in
subjection
with
all reverence;
(for
how could
someone
who
doesn’t
know
how
to rule
his
own
house
take
care
of
God’s
assembly?)
not
a
new
convert,
lest being puffed
up he
fall
into
the same
condemnation
as
the
devil.
Moreover
he
must
have
good
testimony
from
those
who
are
outside,
to avoid falling
into
reproach
and
the
snare
of
the
devil.
Servants,
3:8
or, Deacons.
in
the
same
way, must
be reverent,
not
double-tongued,
not
addicted
to
much
wine,
not greedy
for money,
holding
the
mystery
of
the
faith
in
a
pure
conscience.
Let
them
also
first
be
tested;
then
let
them
serve
3:10
or, serve as deacons
if
they
are
blameless.
Their
wives
in
the
same
way
must
be reverent,
not
slanderers,
temperate,
and
faithful
in
all
things.
Let
servants
3:12
or, deacons
be
husbands
of
one
wife, ruling
their
children
and
their
own houses
well.
For
those
who
have
served
well
3:13
or, served well as deacons
gain
for
themselves
a
good
standing
and
great
boldness
in
the
faith
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
These
things
I
write
to
you,
hoping
to
come
to
you
shortly,
but
if
I wait long,
that
you
may
know
how men
ought
to behave
themselves
in
God’s
house,
which
is
the
assembly
of
the
living
God,
the
pillar
and ground
of
the
truth.
Without controversy,
the
mystery
of
godliness
is
great:
God
3:16
NU replaces “God” with “who”
was
revealed
in
the
flesh,
justified
in
the
spirit,
seen
by
angels,
preached
among
the
nations,
believed
on
in
the
world,
and
received
up
in
glory.
But
the
Spirit
says expressly
that
in
later
times
some
will
fall
away
from
the
faith,
paying
attention
to seducing
spirits
and
doctrines
of
demons,
through
the
hypocrisy
of men
who speak lies, branded
in
their
own
conscience
as
with
a hot iron,
forbidding
marriage
and commanding
to
abstain
from
foods
which
God
created
to
be
received
with
thanksgiving
by
those
who
believe
and
know
the
truth.
For
every
creature
of
God
is
good,
and
nothing
is
to
be
rejected
if
it
is
received
with
thanksgiving.
For
it
is
sanctified
through
the
word
of
God
and
prayer.
If
you instruct
the
brothers
of
these
things,
you
will
be
a
good
servant
of
Christ
Jesus,
nourished
in
the
words
of
the
faith
and
of
the
good
doctrine
which
you
have
followed.
But
refuse
profane
and
old wives’
fables. Exercise
yourself
toward
godliness.
For
bodily
exercise
has
some
value,
but
godliness
has
value
in
all
things,
having
the
promise
of
the
life
which
is
now
and
of
that
which
is
to
come.
This
saying
is
faithful
and
worthy
of
all
acceptance.
For
to
this
end
we
both
labor
and suffer
reproach,
because
we
have
set
our
trust
in
the
living
God,
who
is
the
Savior
of
all
men,
especially
of
those
who
believe.
Command
and
teach
these
things.
Let
no
man
despise
your
youth;
but
be
an example
to
those
who
believe,
in
word,
in
your
way
of
life,
in
love,
in spirit,
in
faith,
and
in
purity.
Until
I
come,
pay
attention
to
reading,
to
exhortation,
and
to
teaching.
Don’t
neglect
the
gift
that
is
in
you,
which
was
given
to
you
by
prophecy
with
the
laying
on
of
the
hands
of
the
elders.
Be diligent
in
these
things. Give
yourself wholly
to
them,
that
your
progress
may
be
revealed
to
all.
Pay
attention
to
yourself
and
to
your
teaching.
Continue
in
these
things,
for
in
doing
this
you
will
save
both
yourself
and
those
who
hear
you.
Don’t
rebuke
an
older
man,
but
exhort
him
as
a
father;
the
younger
men
as
brothers;
the
elder
women
as
mothers;
the
younger
as
sisters,
in
all
purity.
Honor
widows
who
are
widows
indeed.
But
if
any
widow
has
children
or
grandchildren,
let
them
learn
first
to
show
piety toward
their
own
family
and
to
repay
their
parents,
for
this
is
5:4
TR adds “good and”
acceptable
in
the
sight
of
God.
Now she
who
is
a
widow
indeed
and desolate,
has
her
hope
set
on
God
and
continues
in petitions
and
prayers
night
and
day.
But she
who
gives
herself
to
pleasure
is
dead
while she
lives.
Also
command
these
things,
that
they
may
be
without
reproach.
But
if
anyone
doesn’t
provide
for
his
own,
and
especially
his
own
household,
he
has
denied
the
faith
and
is
worse
than
an
unbeliever.
Let
no
one
be enrolled
as
a
widow under
sixty
years old, having
been
the
wife
of
one
man,
being approved
by
good
works,
if
she
has
brought
up
children,
if
she
has been hospitable
to
strangers,
if
she
has
washed
the
saints’
feet,
if
she
has relieved
the
afflicted,
and
if
she
has diligently
followed
every
good
work.
But
refuse
younger
widows,
for
when
they
have grown wanton against
Christ,
they
desire
to
marry,
having
condemnation,
because
they
have
rejected
their
first
pledge.
Besides,
they
also
learn
to
be
idle, going
about
from
house
to
house.
Not
only
idle,
but
also
gossips
and
busybodies,
saying
things
which
they
ought
not.
I
desire
therefore
that
the
younger widows
marry,
bear
children, rule
the household,
and
give
no
occasion
to
the adversary
for insulting.
For
already
some
have
turned away
after
Satan.
If
any
man
or
woman
who believes
has
widows,
let
them relieve
them,
and
don’t
let
the
assembly
be
burdened,
that
it
might relieve
those
who
are
widows
indeed.
Let
the
elders
who rule
well
be
counted
worthy
of
double
honor,
especially
those
who
labor
in
the
word
and
in
teaching.
For
the
Scripture
says, “You
shall
not
muzzle
the
ox
when
it treads out
the grain.”
5:18
Deuteronomy 25:4
And,
“The
laborer
is
worthy
of
his
wages.”
5:18
Luke 10:7; Leviticus 19:13
Don’t
receive
an
accusation
against
an
elder
except
at
the word
of
two
or
three
witnesses.
Those
who
sin,
reprove
in
the
sight
of
all,
that
the
rest
also
may
be
in
fear.
I command
you
in
the
sight
of
God,
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
the
chosen
angels,
that
you
observe
these
things
without
prejudice,
doing
nothing
by partiality.
Lay
hands
hastily
on
no
one.
Don’t
be
a participant
in
other people’s
sins.
Keep
yourself
pure.
Be
no
longer
a drinker
of
water
only,
but
use
a
little
wine
for
your stomach’s
sake
and
your
frequent
infirmities.
Some
men’s
sins
are
evident, preceding
them
to
judgment,
and
some
also
follow later.
In
the
same
way
also there
are
good
works
that
are
obvious,
and
those
that
are
otherwise
can’t
be
hidden.
Let
as
many
as
are bondservants
under
the
yoke
count
their
own
masters
worthy
of
all
honor,
that
the
name
of
God
and
the
doctrine
not
be
blasphemed.
Those
who
have
believing
masters,
let
them
not
despise
them
because
they
are
brothers,
but
rather
let
them
serve
them,
because
those
who
partake
of
the
benefit
are
believing
and
beloved.
Teach
and
exhort
these
things.
If
anyone teaches
a
different
doctrine
and
doesn’t consent
to
sound
words,
the
words
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
and
to
the
doctrine
which
is
according
to
godliness,
he
is
conceited,
knowing
nothing,
but obsessed
with arguments,
disputes,
and word battles,
from
which
come
envy,
strife, insulting,
evil
suspicions,
constant friction
of
people
of corrupt
minds
and destitute
of
the
truth,
who
suppose
that
godliness
is
a
means
of
gain. Withdraw yourself
from such.
6:5
NU omits “Withdraw yourself from such.”
But
godliness
with
contentment
is
great
gain.
For
we
brought
nothing
into
the
world,
and
we
certainly can’t
carry
anything
out.
But
having
food
and clothing,
we
will
be
content
with
that.
But
those
who
are determined
to
be
rich
fall
into
a
temptation,
a
snare,
and
many
foolish
and
harmful
lusts, such
as drown
men
in
ruin
and
destruction.
For
the
love
of
money
is
a
root
of
all
kinds
of
evil.
Some
have
been led
astray
from
the
faith
in
their greed,
and
have
pierced
themselves
through
with
many sorrows.
But
you,
man
of
God,
flee
these
things,
and follow
after
righteousness,
godliness,
faith,
love,
perseverance,
and
gentleness.
Fight
the
good
fight
of
faith.
Take
hold
of
the
eternal
life
to
which
you
were
called,
and
you
confessed
the
good
confession
in
the
sight
of
many
witnesses.
I
command
you
before
God
who
gives
life
to
all
things,
and
before
Christ
Jesus
who
before
Pontius
Pilate
testified
the
good
confession,
that
you
keep
the
commandment without spot, blameless
until
the
appearing
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
which
at
the
right
time
he
will
show,
who
is
the
blessed
and
only Ruler,
the
King
of
kings
and
Lord
of
lords.
He
alone
has
immortality, dwelling
in
unapproachable
light,
whom
no
man
has
seen
nor
can
see,
to
whom
be
honor
and
eternal
power.
Amen.
Charge
those
who
are
rich
in
this
present
age
that
they
not
be arrogant,
nor
have
their
hope
set
on
the
uncertainty
of
riches,
but
on
the living
God,
who
richly
provides
us
with
everything
to
enjoy;
that
they
do
good,
that
they
be
rich
in
good
works,
that
they
be
ready
to distribute, willing
to
share;
laying
up
in store
for
themselves
a
good
foundation
against
the time
to
come,
that they
may lay
hold
of eternal
life.
Timothy,
guard that
which
is committed
to
you, turning away
from
the
empty
chatter
and oppositions
of
what
is
falsely
called
knowledge,
which
some profess,
and thus
have wandered
from
the
faith.
Grace
be
with
you. Amen.
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2 Timothy
2 Timothy
Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy
Paul,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
through
the
will
of
God,
according
to
the
promise
of
the
life
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus,
to
Timothy,
my
beloved
child:
Grace,
mercy,
and
peace,
from
God
the
Father
and
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord.
I
thank
God,
whom
I
serve
as
my
forefathers
did,
with
a
pure
conscience.
How
unceasing
is
my memory
of
you
in
my petitions,
night
and
day
longing
to
see
you, remembering
your
tears,
that
I
may be
filled
with
joy;
having
been reminded
of
the
sincere
faith
that
is
in
you,
which lived
first
in
your
grandmother
Lois
and
your
mother
Eunice
and,
I
am
persuaded,
in
you
also.
For
this
cause,
I
remind
you
that
you
should stir up
the
gift
of
God
which
is
in
you
through
the
laying
on
of
my
hands.
For
God
didn’t
give
us
a
spirit
of fear,
but
of
power,
love,
and
self-control.
Therefore
don’t
be
ashamed
of
the
testimony
of
our
Lord,
nor
of
me
his
prisoner;
but endure
hardship
for
the
Good
News
according
to
the
power
of
God,
who
saved
us
and
called
us
with
a
holy
calling,
not
according
to
our
works,
but
according
to
his
own
purpose
and
grace,
which
was
given
to
us
in
Christ
Jesus
before
times
eternal,
but
has
now
been
revealed
by
the
appearing
of
our
Savior,
Christ
Jesus,
who
abolished
death,
and
brought
life
and
immortality
to
light
through
the
Good
News.
For
this
I
was
appointed
as
a
preacher,
an
apostle,
and
a
teacher
of
the Gentiles.
For
this
cause
I
also
suffer
these
things.
Yet
I
am
not
ashamed,
for
I
know
him
whom
I
have
believed,
and
I
am
persuaded
that
he
is
able
to
guard
that
which
I
have committed
to
him
against
that
day.
Hold
the pattern
of
sound
words
which
you
have
heard
from
me,
in
faith
and
love
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
That
good
thing
which
was committed
to
you,
guard
through
the
Holy
Spirit
who
dwells
in
us.
This
you
know,
that
all
who
are
in
Asia
turned
away
from
me,
of
whom
are
Phygelus
and
Hermogenes.
May
the
Lord
grant
mercy
to
the
house
of
Onesiphorus,
for
he
often
refreshed
me,
and
was
not
ashamed
of
my
chain,
but
when
he
was
in
Rome,
he
sought
me
diligently
and
found
me
(the
Lord
grant
to
him
to
find
the
Lord’s
mercy
in
that
day);
and
in
how
many
things
he
served
at
Ephesus,
you
know
very
well.
You
therefore,
my
child,
be
strengthened
in
the
grace
that
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
The
things
which
you
have
heard
from
me
among
many
witnesses,
commit
the
same
things
to
faithful
men
who
will
be
able
to
teach
others
also.
You therefore must endure
hardship
as
a
good
soldier
of
Christ
Jesus.
No
soldier on duty
entangles himself
in
the
affairs
of
life,
that he
may
please
him
who enrolled
him
as a
soldier.
Also,
if
anyone
competes
in athletics,
he
isn’t
crowned
unless
he
has competed
by
the
rules.
The
farmer
who
labors
must
be
the
first
to get
a
share
of
the
crops.
Consider
what
I
say,
and
may
the
Lord
give
you
understanding
in
all
things.
Remember
Jesus
Christ,
risen
from
the
dead,
of
the offspring
2:8
or, seed
of
David,
according
to
my
Good
News,
in
which
I
suffer
hardship
to
the
point
of
chains
as
a
criminal.
But
God’s
word
isn’t chained.
Therefore
I
endure
all
things
for
the
chosen ones’
sake,
that
they
also
may
obtain
the
salvation
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
with
eternal
glory.
This
saying
is
trustworthy:
“For
if
we
died
with
him,
we
will
also
live
with
him.
If
we
endure,
we
will
also
reign
with
him.
If
we
deny
him,
he
also
will
deny us.
If
we
are
faithless,
he
remains
faithful;
for
he
can’t
deny
himself.”
Remind
them
of
these
things, charging
them
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
that
they
don’t argue
about
words
to
no profit,
to
the subverting
of
those
who
hear.
Give diligence
to
present
yourself
approved
by
God,
a
workman
who doesn’t
need
to
be
ashamed, properly
handling
the
Word
of
Truth.
But shun
empty
chatter,
for
it
will
go
further
in
ungodliness,
and
those
words
will consume
like
gangrene,
of
whom
is
Hymenaeus
and
Philetus:
men
who
have erred
concerning
the
truth,
saying
that
the
resurrection
is
already past,
and overthrowing
the
faith
of
some.
However,
God’s
firm
foundation
stands,
having
this
seal: “The
Lord
knows
those
who
are
his,”
2:19
Numbers 16:5
and, “Let
every
one
who
names
the
name
of
the
Lord
2:19
TR reads “Christ” instead of “the Lord”
depart
from
unrighteousness.”
Now
in
a
large
house
there
are
not
only
vessels
of
gold
and
of
silver,
but
also
of
wood
and
of
clay.
Some
are
for
honor
and
some
for
dishonor.
If
anyone
therefore purges
himself
from
these,
he
will
be
a
vessel
for
honor,
sanctified,
and
suitable
for
the master’s
use,
prepared
for
every
good
work.
Flee
from
youthful
lusts;
but
pursue
righteousness,
faith,
love,
and
peace
with
those
who
call
on
the
Lord
out
of
a
pure
heart.
But
refuse
foolish
and
ignorant questionings,
knowing
that
they generate strife.
The
Lord’s
servant
must
not quarrel,
but
be
gentle
toward
all,
able
to
teach,
patient,
in
gentleness
correcting
those
who oppose
him.
Perhaps
God
may
give
them
repentance
leading
to
a full
knowledge
of
the
truth,
and
they
may recover
themselves
out
of
the devil’s
snare,
having
been taken
captive
by
him
to
do
his
will.
But
know
this:
that
in
the
last
days, grievous
times
will
come.
For
men
will
be
lovers
of
self,
lovers
of
money,
boastful,
arrogant,
blasphemers,
disobedient
to
parents, unthankful,
unholy,
without natural affection, unforgiving,
slanderers,
without
self-control, fierce, not lovers
of
good,
traitors, headstrong,
conceited,
lovers
of
pleasure
rather
than
lovers
of
God,
holding
a
form
of
godliness
but
having
denied
its
power. Turn away
from
these,
also.
For
some
of
these
are
people
who creep
into
houses
and take
captive gullible
women loaded
down
with
sins,
led
away
by
various
lusts,
always
learning
and
never
able
to
come
to
the
knowledge
of
the
truth.
Even
as
Jannes
and
Jambres
opposed
Moses,
so
these
also
oppose
the
truth,
men corrupted
in
mind,
who
concerning
the
faith
are rejected.
But
they
will
proceed
no
further.
For
their
folly
will
be evident
to
all
men,
as
theirs
also
came
to
be.
But
you
followed
my
teaching,
conduct,
purpose,
faith,
patience,
love,
steadfastness,
persecutions,
and
sufferings—those
things
that
happened
to
me
at
Antioch,
Iconium,
and
Lystra.
I
endured
those
persecutions.
The
Lord
delivered
me
out
of
them
all.
Yes,
and
all
who
desire
to
live
godly
in
Christ
Jesus
will suffer persecution.
But
evil
men
and
impostors
will grow
worse
and
worse,
deceiving
and
being
deceived.
But
you
remain
in
the
things
which
you
have
learned
and
have
been assured
of,
knowing
from
whom
you
have
learned
them.
From
infancy,
you
have known
the holy Scriptures
which
are
able
to make
you wise
for
salvation
through
faith
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus.
Every
Scripture
is God-breathed
and
3:16
or, Every writing inspired by God is
profitable
for
teaching,
for
reproof,
for
correction,
and
for
instruction
in
righteousness,
that each
person
who
belongs
to
God
may
be
complete, thoroughly
equipped
for
every
good
work.
I command
you therefore
before
God
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
will
judge
the
living
and
the
dead
at
his
appearing
and
his
Kingdom:
preach
the
word;
be urgent
in
season
and out
of
season;
reprove,
rebuke,
and
exhort
with
all
patience
and
teaching.
For
the
time
will
come
when
they
will
not listen
to
the
sound
doctrine,
but having itching
ears,
will heap up
for
themselves
teachers
after
their
own
lusts,
and
will
turn
away
their
ears
from
the
truth,
and
turn
away
to
fables.
But
you
be
sober
in
all
things,
suffer
hardship,
do
the
work
of
an
evangelist,
and
fulfill
your
ministry.
For
I
am
already
being offered,
and
the
time
of
my
departure
has
come.
I
have
fought
the
good
fight.
I
have
finished
the
course.
I
have
kept
the
faith.
From
now
on,
the
crown
of
righteousness
is stored up
for
me,
which
the
Lord,
the
righteous
judge,
will
give
to
me
on
that
day;
and
not
to
me
only,
but
also
to
all
those
who
have
loved
his
appearing.
Be
diligent
to
come
to
me
soon,
for
Demas
left
me, having
loved
this
present
world,
and
went
to
Thessalonica;
Crescens
to
Galatia;
and
Titus
to
Dalmatia.
Only
Luke
is
with
me.
Take
Mark
and
bring
him
with
you,
for
he
is
useful
to
me
for
service.
But
I
sent
Tychicus
to
Ephesus.
Bring
the cloak
that
I
left
at
Troas
with
Carpus
when
you
come—and
the
books,
especially
the
parchments.
Alexander
the
coppersmith
did
much
evil
to
me.
The
Lord
will
repay
him
according
to
his
deeds.
Beware
of
him,
for
he
greatly
opposed
our
words.
At
my
first
defense,
no
one
came
to help
me,
but
all
left
me.
May
it
not
be held
against
them.
But
the
Lord
stood
by
me
and
strengthened
me,
that
through
me
the
message
might
be
fully proclaimed,
and
that
all
the
Gentiles
might
hear.
So
I
was
delivered
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
lion.
And
the
Lord
will
deliver
me
from
every
evil
work
and
will preserve
me
for
his
heavenly
Kingdom.
To
him
be
the
glory
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
Greet
Prisca
and
Aquila,
and
the
house
of
Onesiphorus.
Erastus
remained
at
Corinth,
but
I
left
Trophimus
at
Miletus
sick.
Be
diligent
to
come
before
winter.
Eubulus salutes
you,
as
do
Pudens,
Linus,
Claudia,
and
all
the
brothers.
The
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit.
Grace
be
with
you. Amen.
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Paul’s Letter to Titus
Titus
Titus
Paul’s Letter to Titus
Paul,
a
servant
of
God
and
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
according
to
the
faith
of
God’s
chosen ones
and
the
knowledge
of
the
truth
which
is
according
to
godliness,
in
hope
of
eternal
life,
which
God,
who can’t
lie,
promised
before
time
began;
but
in
his
own
time
revealed
his
word
in
the
message
with
which
I
was
entrusted
according
to
the
commandment
of
God
our
Savior,
to
Titus,
my
true
child
according
to
a
common
faith:
Grace, mercy,
and
peace
from
God
the
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
our
Savior.
I
left
you
in
Crete
for
this
reason,
that
you
would
set
in
order
the
things
that
were
lacking
and
appoint
elders
in
every
city,
as
I
directed
you—
if
anyone
is
blameless,
the
husband
of
one
wife,
having
children
who
believe,
who
are
not
accused
of loose
or unruly behavior.
For
the
overseer
must
be
blameless,
as
God’s
steward,
not self-pleasing,
not easily angered,
not given
to
wine,
not
violent,
not greedy
for dishonest
gain;
but given
to hospitality, a lover
of
good, sober minded, fair,
holy,
self-controlled,
holding
to
the
faithful
word
which
is
according
to
the
teaching,
that
he
may
be
able
to
exhort
in
the
sound
doctrine,
and
to
convict
those
who
contradict
him.
For
there
are
also
many unruly
men, vain
talkers
and
deceivers,
especially
those
of
the
circumcision,
whose mouths
must
be stopped: men
who overthrow
whole houses,
teaching
things
which
they
ought
not,
for dishonest gain’s
sake.
One
of
them,
a
prophet
of
their
own,
said, “Cretans
are
always
liars,
evil
beasts,
and
idle
gluttons.”
This
testimony
is
true.
For
this
cause,
reprove
them
sharply,
that
they
may
be
sound
in
the
faith,
not
paying
attention
to
Jewish
fables
and
commandments
of
men
who
turn
away
from
the
truth.
To
the
pure,
all
things
are
pure,
but
to
those
who
are
defiled
and
unbelieving,
nothing
is
pure;
but
both
their
mind
and
their
conscience
are
defiled.
They
profess
that
they
know
God,
but
by
their
deeds
they
deny
him,
being abominable,
disobedient,
and
unfit
for
any
good
work.
But
say
the
things
which fit
sound
doctrine,
that
older
men should
be
temperate,
sensible, sober minded,
sound
in
faith,
in
love,
and
in
perseverance,
and
that
older
women
likewise
be
reverent
in
behavior,
not
slanderers
nor
enslaved
to
much
wine, teachers
of
that which
is
good,
that
they
may train
the
young wives
to
love
their
husbands,
to
love
their
children,
to
be sober minded,
chaste,
workers
at
home,
kind, being
in
subjection
to
their
own
husbands,
that
God’s
word
may
not
be
blasphemed.
Likewise,
exhort
the
younger men
to be sober minded.
In
all
things
show
yourself an example
of
good
works.
In
your
teaching,
show integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,
and soundness
of
speech
that can’t
be condemned,
that
he
who opposes
you
may
be ashamed,
having
no
evil
thing
to
say
about
us.
Exhort
servants
to
be
in
subjection
to
their
own
masters
and
to
be
well-pleasing
in
all
things,
not
contradicting,
not stealing,
but
showing
all
good fidelity,
that
they
may
adorn
the
doctrine
of
God,
our
Savior,
in
all
things.
For
the
grace
of
God
has
appeared,
bringing
salvation
to
all
men,
instructing
us
to
the intent
that,
denying
ungodliness
and
worldly
lusts,
we
would
live soberly,
righteously,
and
godly
in
this
present
age;
looking
for
the
blessed
hope
and
appearing
of
the
glory
of
our
great
God
and
Savior,
Jesus
Christ,
who
gave
himself
for
us,
that
he
might
redeem
us
from
all iniquity
and
purify
for
himself
a
people
for
his
own
possession,
zealous
for
good
works.
Say
these
things
and
exhort
and
reprove
with
all
authority.
Let
no
one despise
you.
Remind
them
to
be
in
subjection
to
rulers
and
to
authorities,
to
be
obedient,
to
be
ready
for
every
good
work,
to speak
evil
of
no
one,
not
to
be contentious,
to
be
gentle,
showing
all
humility
toward
all
men.
For
we
were
also
once
foolish,
disobedient,
deceived,
serving
various
lusts
and
pleasures, living
in
malice
and
envy,
hateful,
and
hating
one
another.
But
when
the
kindness
of
God
our
Savior
and
his
love toward
mankind
appeared,
not
by
works
of
righteousness
which
we
did
ourselves,
but
according
to
his
mercy,
he
saved
us
through
the
washing
of
regeneration
and
renewing
by
the
Holy
Spirit,
whom
he poured out
on
us
richly
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Savior;
that
being
justified
by
his
grace,
we might
be
made
heirs
according
to
the
hope
of
eternal
life.
This
saying
is
faithful,
and
concerning
these
things
I
desire
that
you insist
confidently,
so
that
those
who
have
believed
God
may
be
careful
to maintain
good
works.
These
things
are
good
and
profitable
to
men;
but shun
foolish questionings,
genealogies,
strife,
and
disputes
about
the
law;
for
they
are
unprofitable
and
vain.
Avoid
a
factious
man
after
a
first
and
second
warning,
knowing
that
such
a
one
is
perverted
and sinful,
being
self-condemned.
When
I
send
Artemas
to
you,
or
Tychicus,
be
diligent
to
come
to
me
to
Nicopolis,
for
I
have
determined
to
winter
there.
Send
Zenas
the
lawyer
and
Apollos
on
their
journey speedily,
that
nothing
may
be
lacking
for
them.
Let
our
people
also
learn
to maintain
good
works
to meet
necessary
needs,
that
they
may
not
be
unfruitful.
All
who
are
with
me
greet
you.
Greet
those
who
love
us
in
faith.
Grace
be
with
you
all. Amen.
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Paul’s Letter to Philemon
Philemon
Philemon
Paul’s Letter to Philemon
Paul,
a
prisoner
of
Christ
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
Jesus,
and
Timothy
our
brother,
to
Philemon,
our
beloved
fellow
worker,
to
the beloved
Apphia,
to
Archippus
our
fellow
soldier,
and
to
the
assembly
in
your
house:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God
our
Father
and
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
I
thank
my
God
always,
making
mention
of
you
in
my
prayers,
hearing
of
your
love
and
of
the
faith
which
you
have
toward
the
Lord
Jesus
and
toward
all
the
saints,
that
the
fellowship
of
your
faith
may
become
effective
in
the
knowledge
of
every
good
thing
which
is
in
us
in
Christ
Jesus.
For
we
have
much
joy
and
comfort
in
your
love,
because
the
hearts
of
the
saints
have
been
refreshed
through
you,
brother.
Therefore
though
I
have
all
boldness
in
Christ
to
command
you
that
which
is appropriate,
yet
for
love’s
sake
I
rather
appeal
to
you,
being
such
a
one
as
Paul,
the
aged,
but
also
a
prisoner
of
Jesus
Christ.
I
appeal
to
you
for
my
child
Onesimus,
whom
I
have become
the
father
of
in
my
chains,
1:10
Onesimus means “useful”.
who
once
was
useless
to
you,
but
now
is
useful
to
you
and
to
me.
I
am sending
him
back. Therefore receive
him,
that
is,
my
own
heart,
whom
I desired
to
keep
with
me,
that
on
your
behalf
he
might
serve
me
in
my
chains
for
the
Good
News.
But
I
was
willing
to
do
nothing
without
your
consent,
that
your
goodness
would
not
be
as
of
necessity,
but
of
free
will.
For
perhaps
he
was
therefore
separated
from
you
for
a
while
that
you
would
have
him
forever,
no
longer
as
a
slave,
but
more
than
a
slave,
a
beloved
brother—especially
to
me,
but
how
much
rather
to
you,
both
in
the
flesh
and
in
the
Lord.
If
then
you count
me
a
partner,
receive
him
as
you
would
receive
me.
But
if
he
has
wronged
you
at all
or
owes
you
anything, put
that
to
my
account.
I,
Paul,
write
this
with
my
own
hand:
I
will
repay
it (not
to
mention
to
you
that
you
owe
to
me
even
your
own
self besides).
Yes,
brother,
let
me
have joy
from
you
in
the
Lord.
Refresh
my
heart
in
the
Lord.
Having
confidence
in
your
obedience,
I
write
to
you,
knowing
that
you
will
do
even
beyond
what
I
say.
Also,
prepare
a guest room
for
me,
for
I
hope
that
through
your
prayers
I
will
be restored
to
you.
Epaphras,
my
fellow
prisoner
in
Christ
Jesus,
greets
you,
as do
Mark,
Aristarchus,
Demas,
and
Luke, my
fellow
workers.
The
grace
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
your
spirit. Amen.
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The Letter to the Hebrews
Hebrews
Hebrews
The Letter to the Hebrews
God, having
in
the
past
spoken
to
the
fathers
through
the
prophets
at
many times
and
in various
ways,
has
at
the
end
of
these
days
spoken
to
us
by
his
Son,
whom
he
appointed
heir
of
all
things,
through
whom
also
he
made
the
worlds.
His Son
is
the
radiance
of
his
glory,
the
very image
of
his substance,
and upholding
all
things
by
the
word
of
his
power,
who,
when
he
had
by
himself purified
us
of
our
sins,
sat
down
on
the
right
hand
of
the
Majesty
on
high,
having
become
as
much
better
than
the
angels
as
the
more
excellent
name
he
has
inherited
is
better
than
theirs.
For
to
which
of
the
angels
did
he
say
at
any
time,
“You
are
my
Son.
Today
I
have become
your
father?”
1:5
Psalm 2:7
and
again,
“I
will
be
to
him
a
Father,
and
he
will
be
to
me
a
Son?”
1:5
2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 17:13
When
he
again
brings
in
the
firstborn
into
the
world
he
says, “Let
all
the
angels
of
God
worship
him.”
1:6
Deuteronomy 32:43 LXX
Of
the
angels
he
says,
“He
makes
his
angels
winds,
and
his
servants
a
flame
of
fire.”
1:7
Psalm 104:4
But
of
the
Son
he says,
“Your
throne, O
God,
is
forever
and
ever.
The
scepter
of uprightness
is
the
scepter
of
your
Kingdom.
You
have
loved
righteousness
and
hated
iniquity;
therefore
God,
your
God,
has
anointed
you
with
the
oil
of
gladness
above
your fellows.”
1:9
Psalm 45:6-7
And,
“You,
Lord,
in
the
beginning,
laid
the
foundation
of
the
earth.
The
heavens
are
the
works
of
your
hands.
They
will
perish,
but
you
continue.
They
all
will grow
old
like
a
garment does.
You
will
roll
them
up
like
a
mantle,
and
they
will
be
changed;
but
you
are
the
same.
Your
years
won’t
fail.”
1:12
Psalm 102:25-27
But
which
of
the
angels
has
he
told
at
any
time,
“Sit
at
my
right
hand,
until
I
make
your
enemies
the
footstool
of
your
feet?”
1:13
Psalm 110:1
Aren’t
they
all
serving
spirits,
sent
out
to
do
service
for
the
sake
of
those
who
will
inherit
salvation?
Therefore
we
ought
to
pay greater
attention
to
the
things
that
were
heard, lest
perhaps
we
drift
away.
For
if
the
word
spoken
through
angels
proved
steadfast,
and
every
transgression
and
disobedience
received
a
just
penalty,
how
will
we
escape
if
we
neglect
so
great
a
salvation—which
at
the
first having
been
spoken
through
the
Lord,
was
confirmed
to
us
by
those
who
heard,
God
also testifying
with
them,
both
by
signs
and
wonders,
by
various works
of
power,
and
by
gifts
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
according
to
his
own
will?
For
he
didn’t
subject
the
world
to
come,
of
which
we
speak,
to
angels.
But
one
has
somewhere
testified,
saying,
“What
is
man,
that
you think
of
him?
Or
the
son
of
man,
that
you care
for
him?
You
made
him
a
little
lower
than
the
angels.
You
crowned
him
with
glory
and
honor.
2:7
TR adds “and set him over the works of your hands”
You
have
put
all
things
in
subjection
under
his
feet.”
2:8
Psalm 8:4-6
For
in
that
he
subjected
all
things
to
him,
he
left
nothing
that
is
not
subject
to
him.
But
now
we don’t
yet
see
all
things
subjected
to
him.
But
we
see
him
who
has
been
made
a
little
lower
than
the
angels,
Jesus,
because
of
the
suffering
of
death
crowned
with
glory
and
honor,
that
by
the
grace
of
God
he
should
taste
of
death
for
everyone.
For
it became
him,
for
whom
are
all
things
and
through
whom
are
all
things,
in
bringing
many children
to
glory,
to
make
the
author
of
their
salvation
perfect
through
sufferings.
For
both
he
who
sanctifies
and
those
who
are
sanctified
are
all
from
one,
for
which
cause
he
is
not
ashamed
to
call
them
brothers,
2:11
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
saying,
“I
will declare
your
name
to
my
brothers.
Among
the
congregation
I
will
sing
your
praise.”
2:12
Psalm 22:22
Again, “I
will
put
my
trust
in
him.”
Again, “Behold,
here
I
am
with
the
children
whom
God
has
given
me.”
2:13
Isaiah 8:18
Since
then
the
children
have
shared
in
flesh
and
blood,
he
also
himself
in
the
same
way
partook
of
the
same,
that
through
death
he
might
bring
to nothing
him
who
had
the
power
of
death,
that
is,
the
devil,
and
might deliver
all
of
them
who
through
fear
of
death
were
all
their lifetime
subject
to bondage.
For most
certainly,
he
doesn’t
give
help
to
angels,
but
he
gives
help
to
the offspring
2:16
or, seed
of
Abraham.
Therefore
he
was
obligated
in
all
things
to
be
made
like
his
brothers,
that
he
might
become
a
merciful
and
faithful
high
priest
in
things
pertaining
to
God,
to
make atonement
for
the
sins
of
the
people.
For
in
that
he
himself
has
suffered being
tempted,
he
is
able
to
help
those
who
are
tempted.
Therefore,
holy
brothers,
partakers
of
a
heavenly
calling,
consider
the
Apostle
and
High
Priest
of
our
confession:
Jesus,
who
was
faithful
to
him
who
appointed
him,
as
also
Moses
was
in
all
his
house.
For
he
has
been
counted
worthy
of
more
glory
than
Moses,
because
he
who
built
the
house
has
more
honor
than
the
house.
For
every
house
is
built
by
someone;
but
he
who
built
all
things
is
God.
Moses
indeed
was
faithful
in
all
his
house
as
a
servant,
for
a
testimony
of
those
things
which
were afterward
to
be
spoken,
but
Christ
3:6
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
is faithful
as
a
Son
over
his
house.
We
are
his
house,
if
we
hold
fast
our
confidence
and
the glorying
of
our
hope
firm
to
the
end.
Therefore,
even
as
the
Holy
Spirit
says,
“Today
if
you
will
hear
his
voice,
don’t
harden
your
hearts
as
in
the rebellion,
in
the
day
of
the
trial
in
the
wilderness,
where
your
fathers
tested
me
and
tried
me,
and
saw
my
deeds
for
forty
years.
Therefore
I
was displeased
with
that
generation,
and
said, ‘They
always err
in
their
heart,
but
they
didn’t
know
my
ways.’
As
I
swore
in
my
wrath,
‘They
will
not
enter
into
my
rest.’”
3:11
Psalm 95:7-11
Beware,
brothers, lest
perhaps
there
might
be
in
any
one
of
you
an
evil
heart
of
unbelief,
in falling
away
from
the
living
God;
but
exhort
one
another
day
by
day,
so
long
as
it
is
called “today”,
lest
any
one
of
you
be
hardened
by
the
deceitfulness
of
sin.
For
we
have
become
partakers
of
Christ,
if
we
hold
the
beginning
of
our
confidence
firm
to
the
end,
while
it
is
said,
“Today
if
you
will
hear
his
voice,
don’t
harden
your
hearts,
as
in
the rebellion.”
3:15
Psalm 95:7-8
For
who,
when
they
heard,
rebelled?
Wasn’t
it
all
those
who
came
out
of
Egypt led
by
Moses?
With
whom
was
he displeased
forty
years?
Wasn’t
it
with
those
who
sinned,
whose
bodies
fell
in
the
wilderness?
To
whom
did
he
swear
that
they wouldn’t
enter
into
his
rest,
but
to
those
who
were
disobedient?
We
see
that
they weren’t
able
to
enter
in
because
of
unbelief.
Let’s
fear
therefore, lest
perhaps
anyone
of
you
should
seem
to
have
come
short
of
a
promise
of
entering
into
his
rest.
For
indeed
we
have
had
good
news
preached
to
us,
even
as
they
also
did,
but
the
word
they
heard
didn’t
profit
them,
because
it
wasn’t mixed
with
faith
by
those
who
heard.
For
we
who
have
believed
do
enter
into
that
rest,
even
as
he
has
said, “As
I
swore
in
my
wrath,
they
will
not
enter
into
my
rest;”
4:3
Psalm 95:11
although
the
works
were
finished
from
the
foundation
of
the
world.
For
he
has
said
this
somewhere
about
the
seventh
day, “God
rested
on
the
seventh
day
from
all
his
works;”
4:4
Genesis 2:2
and
in
this
place
again, “They
will
not
enter
into
my
rest.”
4:5
Psalm 95:11
Seeing
therefore
it
remains
that
some
should
enter
into
it,
and
they
to
whom
the
good
news
was
preached
before
failed
to
enter
in
because
of
disobedience,
he
again defines
a
certain
day, “today”,
saying
through
David
so
long
a
time
afterward (just
as
has
been
said),
“Today
if
you
will
hear
his
voice,
don’t
harden
your
hearts.”
4:7
Psalm 95:7-8
For
if
Joshua
had
given
them
rest,
he
would
not
have
spoken
afterward
of
another
day.
There
remains
therefore
a
Sabbath
rest
for
the
people
of
God.
For
he
who
has
entered
into
his
rest
has
himself
also
rested
from
his
works,
as
God
did
from
his.
Let’s
therefore give diligence
to
enter
into
that
rest,
lest
anyone
fall
after
the
same
example
of
disobedience.
For
the
word
of
God
is
living
and
active,
and
sharper
than
any
two-edged
sword,
piercing
even
to
the dividing
of
soul
and
spirit,
of
both
joints
and
marrow,
and
is
able
to discern
the
thoughts
and
intentions
of
the
heart.
There
is
no
creature
that
is
hidden
from
his
sight,
but
all
things
are
naked
and
laid
open
before
the
eyes
of
him
to
whom
we
must give
an
account.
Having
then
a
great
high
priest
who
has
passed
through
the
heavens,
Jesus,
the
Son
of
God, let’s
hold tightly
to
our
confession.
For
we
don’t
have
a
high
priest
who
can’t
be touched
with
the feeling
of
our
infirmities,
but
one
who
has
been
in
all points
tempted
like
we
are,
yet
without
sin.
Let’s
therefore
draw
near
with
boldness
to
the
throne
of
grace,
that
we
may
receive
mercy
and
may
find
grace
for
help
in
time
of
need.
For
every
high
priest,
being
taken
from
among
men,
is
appointed
for
men
in
things
pertaining
to
God,
that
he
may
offer
both
gifts
and
sacrifices
for
sins.
The high priest
can
deal
gently
with
those
who
are
ignorant
and going
astray,
because
he
himself
is
also surrounded
with
weakness.
Because
of
this,
he
must
offer sacrifices
for
sins
for
the
people,
as
well
as
for
himself.
Nobody
takes
this
honor
on
himself,
but
he
is
called
by
God,
just
like
Aaron
was.
So
also
Christ
didn’t
glorify
himself
to
be
made
a
high
priest,
but
it
was
he
who
said
to
him,
“You
are
my
Son.
Today
I
have
become
your
father.”
5:5
Psalm 2:7
As
he
says
also
in
another
place,
“You
are
a
priest
forever,
after
the
order
of
Melchizedek.”
5:6
Psalm 110:4
He,
in
the
days
of
his
flesh, having
offered
up
prayers
and petitions
with
strong
crying
and
tears
to
him
who
was
able
to
save
him
from
death,
and having
been
heard
for
his godly fear,
though
he
was
a
Son,
yet
learned
obedience
by
the
things
which
he
suffered.
Having
been
made
perfect,
he
became
to
all
of
those
who
obey
him
the author
of
eternal
salvation,
named
by
God
a
high
priest
after
the
order
of
Melchizedek.
About
him
we
have
many
words
to
say,
and
hard
to interpret, seeing
you
have
become
dull
of
hearing.
For
although
by
this
time
you
should
be
teachers,
you
again
need
to
have
someone
teach
you
the rudiments
of
the
first
principles
of
the revelations
of
God.
You
have
come
to
need
milk,
and
not
solid
food.
For
everyone
who lives
on
milk
is
not experienced
in
the
word
of
righteousness,
for
he
is
a baby.
But
solid
food
is
for
those
who
are
full grown,
who
by
reason
of
use
have
their
senses exercised
to
discern
good
and
evil.
Therefore
leaving
the
teaching
of
the
first principles
of
Christ, let’s
press
on
to perfection—not
laying
again
a
foundation
of
repentance
from
dead
works,
of
faith
toward
God,
of
the
teaching
of baptisms,
of
laying
on
of
hands,
of
resurrection
of
the
dead,
and
of
eternal
judgment.
This
will
we
do,
if
God
permits.
For concerning
those
who
were
once
enlightened
and
tasted
of
the
heavenly
gift,
and
were
made
partakers
of
the
Holy
Spirit,
and
tasted
the
good
word
of
God
and
the
powers
of
the
age
to
come,
and
then fell
away,
it
is impossible
to
renew
them
again
to
repentance; seeing
they
crucify
the
Son
of
God
for
themselves
again,
and
put
him
to
open
shame.
For
the
land
which
has
drunk
the
rain
that
comes
often
on
it
and produces
a crop
suitable
for
them
for
whose
sake
it
is
also
tilled,
receives
blessing
from
God;
but
if
it bears
thorns
and
thistles,
it
is rejected
and
near being
cursed,
whose
end
is
to
be
burned.
But,
beloved,
we
are
persuaded
of
better
things
for
you,
and
things
that
accompany
salvation,
even
though
we
speak
like
this.
For
God
is
not
unrighteous,
so
as
to
forget
your
work
and
the
labor
of
love
which
you showed
toward
his
name,
in
that
you
served
the
saints,
and still
do
serve
them.
We
desire
that
each
one
of
you
may
show
the
same
diligence
to
the fullness
of
hope
even
to
the
end,
that
you
won’t
be
sluggish,
but
imitators
of
those
who
through
faith
and
perseverance
inherited
the
promises.
For
when
God
made
a
promise
to
Abraham,
since
he
could
swear
by
no
one
greater,
he
swore
by
himself,
saying, “Surely
blessing
I
will
bless
you,
and
multiplying
I
will
multiply
you.”
6:14
Genesis 22:17
Thus, having
patiently endured,
he
obtained
the
promise.
For
men
indeed
swear
by
a
greater
one,
and
in
every
dispute
of
theirs
the
oath
is final
for
confirmation.
In
this
way
God, being determined
to
show more abundantly
to
the
heirs
of
the
promise
the immutability
of
his
counsel,
interposed
with
an
oath,
that
by
two immutable
things,
in
which
it
is
impossible
for
God
to
lie,
we
may
have
a
strong
encouragement,
who
have
fled
for
refuge
to
take
hold
of
the
hope
set
before
us.
This hope
we
have
as
an
anchor
of
the
soul,
a hope
both
sure
and
steadfast
and
entering
into
that
which
is
within
the
veil,
where
as
a
forerunner
Jesus
entered
for
us, having
become
a
high
priest
forever
after
the
order
of
Melchizedek.
For
this
Melchizedek,
king
of
Salem,
priest
of
God
Most
High,
who
met
Abraham
returning
from
the
slaughter
of
the
kings
and
blessed
him,
to
whom
also
Abraham
divided
a
tenth
part
of
all (being
first,
by interpretation, “king
of
righteousness”,
and
then
also “king
of
Salem”,
which
means “king
of
peace”,
without
father,
without
mother,
without
genealogy,
having
neither
beginning
of
days
nor
end
of
life,
but
made
like
the
Son
of
God),
remains
a
priest
continually.
Now consider
how
great
this
man
was,
to
whom
even
Abraham
the
patriarch
gave
a
tenth
out
of
the best plunder.
They
indeed
of
the
sons
of
Levi
who
receive
the
priest’s
office
have
a
commandment
to
take tithes
from
the
people
according
to
the
law,
that
is,
of
their
brothers,
though
these
have
come
out
of
the body
of
Abraham,
but
he
whose
genealogy
is
not counted
from
them
has accepted
tithes
from
Abraham,
and
has
blessed
him
who
has
the
promises.
But
without
any
dispute
the
lesser
is
blessed
by
the
greater.
Here
people
who
die
receive
tithes,
but
there
one
receives
tithes
of whom
it
is
testified
that
he
lives.
We
can
say
that
through
Abraham
even
Levi,
who
receives
tithes,
has
paid
tithes,
for
he
was
yet
in
the body
of
his
father
when
Melchizedek
met
him.
Now
if
perfection
was
through
the
Levitical
priesthood (for
under
it
the
people
have
received
the
law),
what
further
need
was
there
for
another
priest
to
arise
after
the
order
of
Melchizedek,
and
not
be
called
after
the
order
of
Aaron?
For
the
priesthood
being changed,
there
is
of
necessity
a
change
made
also
in
the
law.
For
he
of
whom
these
things
are
said
belongs
to
another
tribe,
from
which
no
one
has
officiated
at
the
altar.
For
it
is
evident
that
our
Lord
has sprung
out
of
Judah,
about
which
tribe
Moses
spoke
nothing
concerning priesthood.
This
is
yet
more abundantly evident,
if
after
the
likeness
of
Melchizedek
there
arises
another
priest,
who
has
been
made,
not
after
the
law
of
a fleshly
commandment,
but
after
the
power
of
an endless
life;
for
it
is
testified,
“You
are
a
priest
forever,
according
to
the
order
of
Melchizedek.”
7:17
Psalm 110:4
For
there
is
an annulling
of
a foregoing
commandment
because
of
its
weakness
and
uselessness
(for
the
law
made
nothing
perfect),
and
a bringing
in
of
a
better
hope,
through
which
we
draw
near
to
God.
Inasmuch
as
he
was
not
made
priest
without
the
taking
of
an
oath
(for
they
indeed
have
been
made
priests
without
an
oath),
but
he
with
an
oath
by
him
that
says
of
him,
“The
Lord
swore
and
will
not
change
his
mind,
‘You
are
a
priest
forever,
according
to
the
order
of Melchizedek.’”
7:21
Psalm 110:4
By
so
much,
Jesus
has
become
the
guarantee
of
a
better
covenant.
Many,
indeed,
have
been
made
priests,
because
they
are
hindered
from
continuing
by
death.
But
he,
because
he
lives
forever,
has
his
priesthood unchangeable.
Therefore
he
is
also
able
to
save
to
the uttermost
those
who
draw
near
to
God
through
him, seeing
that
he
lives
forever
to
make
intercession
for
them.
For
such
a
high
priest
was
fitting
for us:
holy, guiltless,
undefiled,
separated
from
sinners,
and
made higher
than
the
heavens;
who
doesn’t
need,
like
those
high
priests,
to
offer
up
sacrifices
daily,
first
for
his
own
sins,
and
then
for
the
sins
of
the
people.
For
he
did
this
once
for
all,
when
he
offered
up
himself.
For
the
law
appoints
men
as
high
priests
who
have
weakness,
but
the
word
of
the
oath,
which came
after
the
law,
appoints
a
Son
forever
who
has
been
perfected.
Now
in
the
things
which
we
are
saying,
the
main
point
is
this:
we
have
such
a
high
priest,
who
sat
down
on
the
right
hand
of
the
throne
of
the
Majesty
in
the
heavens,
a servant
of
the
sanctuary
and
of
the
true
tabernacle
which
the
Lord
pitched,
not
man.
For
every
high
priest
is
appointed
to
offer
both
gifts
and
sacrifices.
Therefore
it
is
necessary
that
this
high
priest
also
have
something
to
offer.
For
if
he
were
on
earth,
he
would
not
be
a
priest
at
all, seeing
there
are
priests
who
offer
the
gifts
according
to
the
law,
who
serve
a
copy
and
shadow
of
the
heavenly
things,
even
as
Moses
was
warned
by
God
when
he
was
about
to
make
the
tabernacle,
for
he
said, “See,
you
shall
make
everything
according
to
the
pattern
that
was
shown
to
you
on
the
mountain.”
8:5
Exodus 25:40
But
now
he
has
obtained
a
more
excellent
ministry,
by
as
much
as
he
is
also
the
mediator
of
a
better
covenant,
which
on
better
promises
has
been given
as
law.
For
if
that
first covenant
had
been
faultless,
then
no
place
would
have
been
sought
for
a
second.
For
finding
fault
with
them,
he
said,
“Behold,
8:8
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
the
days
are
coming”,
says
the
Lord,
“that
I
will make
a
new
covenant
with
the
house
of
Israel
and
with
the
house
of
Judah;
not
according
to
the
covenant
that
I
made
with
their
fathers
in
the
day
that
I
took
them
by
the
hand
to
lead
them
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt;
for
they
didn’t
continue
in
my
covenant,
and
I disregarded
them,”
says
the
Lord.
“For
this
is
the
covenant
that
I
will
make
with
the
house
of
Israel
after
those
days,”
says
the
Lord:
“I
will
put
my
laws
into
their
mind;
I
will
also
write
them
on
their
heart.
I
will
be
their
God,
and
they
will
be
my
people.
They
will
not
teach
every
man
his
fellow
citizen
8:11
TR reads “neighbor” instead of “fellow citizen”
and
every
man
his
brother,
saying, ‘Know
the
Lord,’
for
all
will
know
me,
from
their
least
to
their
greatest.
For
I
will
be
merciful
to
their
unrighteousness.
I
will
remember
their
sins
and lawless deeds
no
more.”
8:12
Jeremiah 31:31-34
In
that
he
says, “A
new covenant”,
he
has
made
the
first
obsolete.
But
that
which
is
becoming
obsolete
and grows aged
is
near
to vanishing away.
Now
indeed
even
the
first
9:1
TR adds “tabernacle” covenant
had
ordinances
of
divine
service
and
an
earthly
sanctuary.
For
a
tabernacle
was
prepared.
In
the
first part
were
the lamp stand,
the
table,
and
the show
bread,
which
is
called
the
Holy
Place.
After
the
second
veil
was
the
tabernacle
which
is
called
the
Holy
of
Holies,
having
a
golden
altar
of
incense
and
the
ark
of
the
covenant overlaid
on
all
sides
with
gold,
in
which
was
a
golden pot
holding
the
manna,
Aaron’s
rod
that
budded,
and
the
tablets
of
the
covenant;
and
above
it
cherubim
of
glory
overshadowing
the
mercy
seat,
of
which
things
we
can’t
speak
now
in
detail.
Now
these
things having been
thus
prepared,
the
priests
go
in
continually
into
the
first
tabernacle, accomplishing
the services,
but
into
the
second
the
high
priest
alone,
once
in
the
year,
not
without
blood,
which
he
offers
for
himself
and
for
the errors
of
the
people.
The
Holy
Spirit
is
indicating
this,
that
the
way into
the
Holy
Place wasn’t
yet
revealed
while
the
first
tabernacle
was
still
standing.
This
is
a symbol
of
the
present
age,
where
gifts
and
sacrifices
are
offered
that
are
incapable, concerning
the
conscience,
of making
the
worshiper
perfect,
being
only (with
foods
and drinks
and
various
washings)
fleshly
ordinances,
imposed
until
a
time
of reformation.
But
Christ having
come
as
a
high
priest
of
the
coming
good
things,
through
the
greater
and
more
perfect
tabernacle,
not
made
with
hands,
that
is
to
say,
not
of
this
creation,
nor
yet
through
the
blood
of
goats
and
calves,
but
through
his
own
blood,
entered
in
once
for
all
into
the
Holy
Place, having
obtained
eternal
redemption.
For
if
the
blood
of
goats
and
bulls,
and
the
ashes
of
a
heifer
sprinkling
those
who
have
been
defiled,
sanctify
to
the cleanness
of
the
flesh,
how
much
more
will
the
blood
of
Christ,
who
through
the
eternal
Spirit
offered
himself without defect
to
God,
cleanse
your
conscience
from
dead
works
to
serve
the
living
God?
For
this
reason
he
is
the
mediator
of
a
new
covenant,
since
a
death
has
occurred
for
the
redemption
of
the
transgressions
that
were
under
the
first
covenant,
that
those
who
have
been
called
may
receive
the
promise
of
the
eternal
inheritance.
For
where
a last will
and testament
is,
there
must
of
necessity be
the
death
of
him
who
made
it.
For
a
will
is
in
force where there
has
been
death,
for
it
is
never
in
force
while
he
who
made
it
lives.
Therefore
even
the
first covenant
has
not been dedicated
without
blood.
For
when
every
commandment
had
been
spoken
by
Moses
to
all
the
people
according
to
the
law,
he
took
the
blood
of
the
calves
and
the
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
covenant
which
God
has
commanded
you.”
9:20
Exodus 24:8
He
sprinkled
the
tabernacle
and
all
the
vessels
of
the
ministry
in
the
same
way
with
the
blood.
According
to
the
law,
nearly
everything
is
cleansed
with
blood,
and
apart
from
shedding
of
blood
there
is
no remission.
It
was
necessary
therefore
that
the
copies
of
the
things
in
the
heavens
should
be
cleansed
with
these,
but
the
heavenly
things
themselves
with
better
sacrifices
than
these.
For
Christ
hasn’t
entered
into
holy places
made
with
hands,
which
are representations
of
the
true,
but
into
heaven
itself,
now
to
appear
in
the
presence
of
God
for
us;
nor yet
that
he
should
offer
himself
often,
as
the
high
priest
enters
into
the
holy
place
year
by
year
with
blood
not
his
own,
or else
he
must
have
suffered
often
since
the
foundation
of
the
world.
But
now
once
at
the
end
of
the
ages,
he
has
been
revealed
to
put
away
sin
by
the
sacrifice
of
himself.
Inasmuch
as
it
is
appointed
for
men
to
die
once,
and
after
this,
judgment,
so
Christ
also, having
been
offered
once
to
bear
the
sins
of
many,
will
appear
a
second
time,
not
to deal
with
sin,
but
to save
those
who
are
eagerly
waiting
for
him.
For
the
law,
having
a
shadow
of
the
good
to
come,
not
the
very
image
of
the
things,
can
never
with
the
same
sacrifices
year
by
year,
which
they
offer
continually,
make
perfect
those
who
draw
near.
Or else wouldn’t
they
have
ceased
to
be
offered,
because
the
worshipers,
having
been
once
cleansed,
would
have
had
no
more
consciousness
of
sins?
But
in
those sacrifices
there
is
a yearly
reminder
of
sins.
For
it
is
impossible that
the
blood
of
bulls
and
goats
should
take
away
sins.
Therefore
when
he
comes
into
the
world,
he
says,
“You
didn’t
desire
sacrifice
and
offering,
but
you
prepared
a
body
for
me.
You
had
no
pleasure
in
whole
burnt
offerings
and sacrifices
for
sin.
Then
I
said, ‘Behold,
I
have
come (in
the
scroll
of
the
book
it
is
written
of
me)
to
do
your
will, O
God.’”
10:7
Psalm 40:6-8
Previously
saying, “Sacrifices
and
offerings
and
whole
burnt
offerings
and
sacrifices
for
sin
you
didn’t
desire,
neither
had
pleasure
in
them” (those
which
are
offered
according
to
the
law),
then
he
has
said, “Behold,
I
have
come
to
do
your
will.”
He
takes
away
the
first,
that
he
may
establish
the
second,
by
which
will
we
have
been
sanctified
through
the
offering
of
the
body
of
Jesus
Christ
once
for
all.
Every
priest
indeed
stands
day
by
day
serving
and
offering
often
the
same
sacrifices,
which
can
never
take
away
sins,
but
he,
when
he
had
offered
one
sacrifice
for
sins
forever,
sat
down
on
the
right
hand
of
God,
from
that time
waiting
until
his
enemies
are
made
the
footstool
of
his
feet.
For
by
one
offering he
has
perfected
forever
those
who
are being
sanctified.
The
Holy
Spirit
also
testifies
to
us,
for
after
saying,
“This
is
the
covenant
that
I
will
make
with
them
after
those
days,”
says
the
Lord,
“I
will
put
my
laws
on
their
heart,
I
will
also
write
them
on
their
mind;”
10:16
Jeremiah 31:33
then
he
says,
“I
will
remember
their
sins
and
their iniquities
no
more.”
10:17
Jeremiah 31:34
Now
where remission
of
these
is,
there
is
no
more
offering
for
sin.
Having
therefore,
brothers,
boldness
to
enter
into
the
holy
place
by
the
blood
of
Jesus,
by
the
way
which
he dedicated
for us,
a
new
and
living
way,
through
the
veil,
that
is
to
say,
his
flesh,
and having
a
great
priest
over
God’s
house,
let’s
draw
near
with
a
true
heart
in fullness
of
faith, having
our
hearts
sprinkled
from
an
evil
conscience
and having
our
body
washed
with
pure water,
let’s
hold
fast
the
confession
of
our
hope
without
wavering;
for
he
who
promised
is
faithful.
Let’s
consider
how
to provoke
one
another
to
love
and
good
works,
not
forsaking
our
own
assembling
together,
as
the
custom
of
some
is,
but
exhorting
one
another,
and
so
much
the
more
as
you
see
the
Day
approaching.
For if
we
sin
willfully
after
we
have
received
the
knowledge
of
the
truth, there
remains
no
more
a
sacrifice
for
sins,
but
a
certain
fearful
expectation
of
judgment,
and
a fierceness
of
fire
which
will devour
the
adversaries.
A
man
who disregards Moses’
law
dies
without
compassion
on
the word
of
two
or
three
witnesses.
How
much
worse
punishment
do
you
think
he
will
be judged
worthy
of
who
has trodden
under
foot
the
Son
of
God,
and
has
counted
the
blood
of
the
covenant
with
which
he
was
sanctified
an
unholy
thing,
and
has
insulted
the
Spirit
of
grace?
For
we
know
him
who
said, “Vengeance belongs
to
me.
I
will
repay,”
says
the
Lord.
10:30
Deuteronomy 32:35
Again, “The
Lord
will
judge
his
people.”
10:30
Deuteronomy 32:36; Psalm 135:14
It
is
a
fearful
thing
to
fall
into
the
hands
of
the
living
God.
But
remember
the
former
days,
in
which,
after
you
were
enlightened,
you
endured
a
great struggle
with
sufferings:
partly,
being exposed
to
both
reproaches
and oppressions,
and
partly,
becoming
partakers
with
those
who
were
treated
so.
For
you
both
had compassion
on
me
in
my chains
and
joyfully
accepted
the plundering
of
your
possessions,
knowing
that
you
have
for
yourselves
a
better
possession
and
an
enduring
one
in
the heavens.
Therefore
don’t
throw
away
your
boldness,
which
has
a
great
reward.
For
you
need
endurance
so
that,
having
done
the
will
of
God,
you
may
receive
the
promise.
“In
a
very
little
while,
he
who
comes
will
come
and
will
not wait.
But
the
righteous
one
will
live
by
faith.
If
he
shrinks
back,
my
soul
has
no
pleasure
in
him.”
10:38
Habakkuk 2:3-4
But
we
are
not
of
those
who
shrink
back
to
destruction,
but
of
those
who
have
faith
to
the saving
of
the
soul.
Now
faith
is
assurance
of
things
hoped
for,
proof
of
things
not
seen.
For
by
this,
the
elders
obtained
approval.
By
faith
we
understand
that
the universe
has
been framed
by
the
word
of
God,
so
that
what
is
seen
has
not
been
made
out
of
things
which
are
visible.
By
faith
Abel
offered
to
God
a
more excellent
sacrifice
than
Cain,
through
which
he
had
testimony
given
to
him
that
he
was
righteous,
God
testifying
with respect
to
his
gifts;
and
through
it
he,
being
dead,
still
speaks.
By
faith
Enoch
was
taken away,
so
that
he wouldn’t
see
death,
and
he
was
not
found,
because
God translated
him.
For
he
has
had
testimony
given
to
him
that
before
his translation
he
had
been
well
pleasing
to
God.
Without
faith
it
is
impossible
to
be
well
pleasing
to
him,
for
he
who
comes
to
God
must
believe
that
he exists,
and
that
he
is
a
rewarder
of
those
who seek
him.
By
faith
Noah,
being
warned
about
things
not
yet
seen, moved
with godly fear,
11:7
or, reverence
prepared
a ship
for
the saving
of
his
house,
through
which
he
condemned
the
world
and
became
heir
of
the
righteousness
which
is
according
to
faith.
By
faith
Abraham,
when
he
was
called,
obeyed
to
go
out
to
the
place
which
he
was
to
receive
for
an
inheritance.
He
went
out,
not
knowing
where
he
went.
By
faith
he
lived
as
an
alien
in
the
land
of
promise,
as
in
a
land
not
his
own,
dwelling
in
tents
with
Isaac
and
Jacob,
the
heirs
with
him
of
the
same
promise.
For
he
was
looking
for
the
city
which
has
foundations,
whose
builder
and maker
is
God.
By
faith
even
Sarah
herself
received
power
to conceive,
and
she bore
a child
when
she
was past
age,
since
she
counted
him
faithful
who
had
promised.
Therefore
as many
as
the
stars
of
the
sky
in
multitude,
and
as
innumerable
as
the
sand
which
is
by
the
sea shore,
were
fathered
by
one
man,
and
him
as good
as
dead.
These
all
died
in
faith,
not having
received
the
promises,
but having
seen
11:13
TR adds “and being convinced of”
them
and embraced
them
from afar,
and having
confessed
that
they
were
strangers
and pilgrims
on
the
earth.
For
those
who
say
such
things
make
it
clear
that
they
are
seeking
a
country
of
their
own.
If
indeed
they
had
been
thinking
of
that country
from
which
they went
out,
they
would
have
had enough
time
to
return.
But
now
they
desire
a
better country,
that
is,
a
heavenly
one.
Therefore
God
is
not
ashamed
of
them,
to
be
called
their
God,
for
he
has
prepared
a
city
for
them.
By
faith,
Abraham, being
tested,
offered
up
Isaac. Yes,
he
who
had gladly
received
the
promises
was
offering
up
his
only born
11:17
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”. son,
to
whom
it
was
said, “Your offspring
will
be accounted
as
from
Isaac,”
11:18
Genesis 21:12
concluding
that
God
is
able
to
raise
up
even
from
the
dead. Figuratively speaking,
he
also did
receive
him
back
from
the
dead.
By
faith
Isaac
blessed
Jacob
and
Esau,
even
concerning
things
to
come.
By
faith
Jacob,
when
he
was
dying,
blessed
each
of
the
sons
of
Joseph,
and
worshiped, leaning
on
the
top
of
his
staff.
By
faith
Joseph,
when
his end
was near,
made
mention
of
the
departure
of
the children
of
Israel,
and
gave instructions
concerning
his
bones.
By
faith
Moses,
when
he
was
born,
was
hidden
for
three
months
by
his
parents,
because
they
saw
that
he
was
a
beautiful
child;
and
they
were
not
afraid
of
the
king’s commandment.
By
faith
Moses,
when
he
had grown up,
refused
to
be
called
the
son
of
Pharaoh’s
daughter,
choosing
rather
to share ill treatment
with
God’s
people
than
to
enjoy
the
pleasures
of
sin
for
a time,
considering
the
reproach
of
Christ
greater
riches
than
the
treasures
of
Egypt;
for he looked
to
the
reward.
By
faith
he
left
Egypt,
not
fearing
the
wrath
of
the
king;
for
he
endured,
as
seeing
him
who
is
invisible.
By
faith
he
kept
the
Passover
and
the
sprinkling
of
the
blood,
that
the destroyer
of
the
firstborn
should
not
touch
them.
By
faith
they
passed
through
the
Red
Sea
as on
dry
land.
When
the
Egyptians
tried
to
do
so,
they
were
swallowed
up.
By
faith
the
walls
of
Jericho
fell
down
after
they
had been
encircled
for
seven
days.
By
faith
Rahab
the
prostitute
didn’t
perish
with
those
who
were
disobedient, having
received
the
spies
in
peace.
What
more
shall
I
say?
For
the
time
would fail
me
if
I
told
of
Gideon,
Barak,
Samson,
Jephthah,
David,
Samuel,
and
the
prophets—
who
through
faith subdued
kingdoms,
worked out
righteousness,
obtained
promises,
stopped
the
mouths
of
lions,
11:33
Daniel 6:22-23
quenched
the
power
of
fire,
11:34
Daniel 3:1-30
escaped
the
edge
of
the
sword,
11:34
1 Kings 19:1-3; 2 Kings 6:31–7:20
from
weakness
were
made
strong, grew
mighty
in
war,
and caused
foreign
armies
to
flee.
Women
received
their
dead
by
resurrection.
11:35
1 Kings 17:17-23; 2 Kings 4:32-37
Others
were
tortured,
not
accepting
their deliverance,
that
they might
obtain
a
better
resurrection.
Others
were
tried
by
mocking
and
scourging,
yes,
moreover
by
bonds
and
imprisonment.
They were
stoned.
11:37
2 Chronicles 24:20-21
They were
sawn apart.
They were
tempted.
They were slain
with
the
sword.
11:37
Jeremiah 26:20-23; 1 Kings 19:10
They
went
around
in sheep skins
and
in goat skins; being
destitute,
afflicted,
ill-treated—
of
whom
the
world
was
not
worthy—wandering
in
deserts,
mountains,
caves,
and
the
holes
of
the
earth.
These
all,
having
been
commended
for
their
faith,
didn’t
receive
the
promise,
God having
provided
some
better thing
concerning
us,
so
that
apart
from
us
they
should
not
be
made
perfect.
Therefore let’s
also, seeing
we
are surrounded
by
so
great
a
cloud
of
witnesses,
lay
aside
every
weight
and
the
sin
which
so
easily
entangles us,
and let’s
run
with
perseverance
the
race
that
is
set
before us,
looking
to
Jesus,
the
author
and
perfecter
of
faith,
who
for
the
joy
that
was
set
before
him
endured
the
cross,
despising
its
shame,
and
has
sat
down
at
the
right
hand
of
the
throne
of
God.
For
consider
him
who has
endured
such contradiction
of
sinners
against
himself,
that
you
don’t
grow
weary, fainting
in
your
souls.
You
have
not
yet
resisted
to
blood,
striving
against
sin.
You
have
forgotten
the
exhortation
which reasons
with
you
as
with children,
“My
son,
don’t take lightly
the chastening
of
the
Lord,
nor
faint
when
you
are
reproved
by
him;
for
whom
the
Lord
loves,
he
disciplines,
and
chastises
every
son
whom
he
receives.”
12:6
Proverbs 3:11-12
It
is
for
discipline
that
you
endure.
God
deals
with
you
as
with children,
for
what
son
is
there
whom
his
father
doesn’t
discipline?
But
if
you
are
without
discipline,
of
which
all
have
been
made
partakers,
then
you
are
illegitimate,
and
not
children.
Furthermore,
we
had
the
fathers
of
our
flesh
to chasten us,
and
we paid them
respect.
Shall
we
not
much
rather
be
in
subjection
to
the
Father
of
spirits
and
live?
For
they
indeed
for
a
few
days
disciplined
us
as
seemed
good
to
them,
but
he
for
our profit,
that
we
may be partakers
of
his
holiness.
All chastening
seems
for
the
present
to
be
not joyous
but grievous;
yet
afterward
it
yields
the
peaceful
fruit
of
righteousness
to
those
who
have
been
trained
by
it.
Therefore lift up
the
hands
that hang down
and
the
feeble
knees,
12:12
Isaiah 35:3
and
make
straight
paths
for
your
feet,
12:13
Proverbs 4:26
so
what
is
lame
may
not
be dislocated,
but
rather
be
healed.
Follow
after
peace
with
all
men,
and
the
sanctification
without
which
no
man
will
see
the
Lord,
looking carefully
lest
there
be
any
man
who falls
short
of
the
grace
of
God,
lest
any
root
of
bitterness
springing
up
trouble
you
and
many
be
defiled
by
it,
lest
there
be
any sexually
immoral
person
or
profane
person,
like
Esau,
who
sold
his
birthright
for
one
meal.
For
you
know
that
even
when
he
afterward
desired
to
inherit
the
blessing,
he
was
rejected,
for
he
found
no
place
for
a change
of
mind
though
he sought
it diligently
with
tears.
For
you
have
not
come
to
a mountain that
might
be
touched
and that
burned
with
fire,
and
to blackness,
darkness, storm,
the
sound
of
a
trumpet,
and
the
voice
of
words;
which
those
who
heard
it
begged
that
not
one
more
word
should
be
spoken
to
them,
for
they could
not stand
that
which
was commanded, “If
even an animal
touches
the
mountain,
it shall
be
stoned”.
12:20
TR adds “or shot with an arrow”
12:20
Exodus 19:12-13
So
fearful
was
the appearance
that
Moses
said, “I
am
terrified
and
trembling.”
12:21
Deuteronomy 9:19
But
you
have
come
to
Mount
Zion
and
to
the
city
of
the
living
God,
the
heavenly
Jerusalem,
and
to innumerable multitudes
of
angels,
to
the festal gathering
and
assembly
of
the
firstborn
who
are
enrolled
in
heaven,
to
God
the
Judge
of
all,
to
the
spirits
of
just
men
made
perfect,
to
Jesus,
the
mediator
of
a
new
covenant,
12:24
Jeremiah 31:31
and
to
the
blood
of sprinkling
that
speaks
better
than
that
of
Abel.
See
that
you
don’t
refuse
him
who
speaks.
For
if
they
didn’t
escape
when
they
refused
him
who
warned
on
the
earth, how
much
more
will
we
not
escape
who
turn
away
from
him
who warns
from
heaven,
whose
voice
shook
the
earth
then,
but
now
he
has
promised,
saying, “Yet
once
more
I
will
shake
not
only
the
earth,
but
also
the
heavens.”
12:26
Haggai 2:6
This phrase, “Yet
once
more” signifies
the
removing
of
those
things
that
are
shaken,
as
of
things
that
have
been
made,
that
those
things
which
are
not
shaken
may
remain.
Therefore, receiving
a
Kingdom
that can’t
be
shaken, let’s
have
grace,
through
which
we
serve
God acceptably,
with
reverence
and awe,
for
our
God
is
a
consuming
fire.
12:29
Deuteronomy 4:24
Let
brotherly
love
continue.
Don’t
forget
to show
hospitality
to
strangers,
for
in doing
so,
some
have
entertained
angels
without
knowing
it.
Remember
those
who
are
in bonds,
as bound
with
them,
and
those
who
are
ill-treated,
since
you
are
also
in
the
body.
Let
marriage
be held
in
honor
among
all,
and
let
the
bed
be
undefiled;
but
God
will
judge
the sexually
immoral
and
adulterers.
Be
free
from
the
love
of
money,
content
with such
things
as
you
have,
for
he
has
said, “I
will
in
no
way
leave
you,
neither
will
I
in
any
way
forsake
you.”
13:5
Deuteronomy 31:6
So
that
with
good
courage
we
say,
“The
Lord
is
my
helper.
I
will
not
fear.
What
can
man
do
to
me?”
13:6
Psalm 118:6-7
Remember
your
leaders, men
who
spoke
to
you
the
word
of
God,
and
considering
the results
of
their
conduct,
imitate
their
faith.
Jesus
Christ
is
the
same
yesterday,
today,
and
forever.
Don’t
be
carried
away
by
various
and
strange
teachings,
for
it
is
good
that
the
heart
be
established
by
grace,
not
by
foods,
through
which
those
who
were
so
occupied
were
not
benefited.
We
have
an
altar
from
which
those
who
serve
the holy
tabernacle
have
no
right
to
eat.
For
the
bodies
of
those
animals,
whose
blood
is
brought
into
the
holy
place
by
the
high
priest
as
an offering
for
sin,
are
burned
outside
of
the camp.
13:11
Leviticus 16:27
Therefore
Jesus
also,
that
he
might
sanctify
the
people
through
his
own
blood,
suffered
outside
of
the
gate.
Let’s
therefore
go
out
to
him
outside
of
the camp,
bearing
his
reproach.
For
we
don’t
have
here
an
enduring
city,
but
we
seek
that
which
is
to
come.
Through
him,
then, let’s
offer
up
a
sacrifice
of
praise
to
God
13:15
Psalm 50:23
continually,
that
is,
the
fruit
of
lips
which proclaim allegiance
to
his
name.
But
don’t
forget
to
be
doing
good
and
sharing,
for
with
such
sacrifices
God
is
well
pleased.
Obey
your
leaders
and
submit
to
them,
for
they
watch
on
behalf
of
your
souls,
as
those
who
will
give
account,
that
they
may
do
this
with
joy
and
not
with groaning,
for
that
would
be
unprofitable
for
you.
Pray
for
us,
for
we
are
persuaded
that
we
have
a
good
conscience,
desiring
to
live
honorably
in
all
things.
I strongly
urge
you
to
do
this,
that
I
may
be
restored
to
you sooner.
Now
may
the
God
of
peace,
who
brought again
from
the
dead
the
great
shepherd
of
the
sheep
with
the
blood
of
an
eternal
covenant,
our
Lord
Jesus,
make
you
complete
in
every
good work
to
do
his
will,
working
in
you
that
which
is
well
pleasing
in
his
sight,
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
whom
be
the
glory
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
But
I
exhort
you,
brothers,
endure
the
word
of
exhortation,
for
I
have
written
to
you
in few
words.
Know
that
our
brother
Timothy
has been
freed,
with
whom,
if
he
comes shortly,
I
will
see
you.
Greet
all
of
your
leaders
and
all
the
saints.
The Italians
greet
you.
Grace
be
with
you
all. Amen.
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James
The Letter from James
James
James
The Letter from James
James,
a
servant
of
God
and
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
to
the
twelve
tribes
which
are
in
the
Dispersion:
Greetings.
Count
it
all
joy,
my
brothers,
1:2
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
when
you fall into
various temptations,
knowing
that
the
testing
of
your
faith
produces
endurance.
Let
endurance
have its
perfect
work,
that
you
may
be
perfect
and
complete,
lacking
in
nothing.
But
if
any
of
you
lacks
wisdom, let
him
ask
of
God,
who
gives
to
all liberally
and
without
reproach,
and
it
will
be
given
to
him.
But let
him
ask
in
faith,
without
any
doubting,
for
he
who
doubts
is like
a wave
of
the
sea,
driven
by
the
wind
and
tossed.
For
that
man shouldn’t think
that
he
will
receive
anything
from
the
Lord.
He
is
a
double-minded
man,
unstable
in
all
his
ways.
Let
the
brother
in
humble
circumstances
glory
in
his
high
position;
and
the
rich,
in
that
he
is made
humble,
because
like
the
flower
in
the
grass,
he
will
pass
away.
For
the
sun
arises
with
the
scorching
wind
and
withers
the
grass;
and
the
flower
in
it falls,
and
the
beauty
of
its
appearance
perishes.
So
the
rich
man
will
also
fade
away
in
his
pursuits.
Blessed
is
a
person
who
endures
temptation,
for
when
he
has
been
approved,
he
will
receive
the
crown
of
life
which
the Lord
promised
to
those
who
love
him.
Let
no
man
say
when
he
is
tempted, “I
am
tempted
by
God,”
for
God can’t
be
tempted
by
evil,
and
he
himself
tempts
no
one.
But
each
one
is
tempted
when
he
is drawn
away
by
his
own
lust
and
enticed.
Then
the
lust,
when
it
has
conceived, bears
sin.
The
sin,
when
it
is full grown, produces
death.
Don’t
be
deceived,
my
beloved
brothers.
Every
good
gift
and
every
perfect
gift
is
from
above,
coming
down
from
the
Father
of
lights,
with
whom can
be
no
variation
nor turning
shadow.
Of
his
own
will
he gave
birth
to
us
by
the
word
of
truth,
that
we
should
be
a
kind
of
first
fruits
of
his
creatures.
So,
then,
my
beloved
brothers,
let
every
man
be swift
to
hear,
slow
to
speak,
and
slow
to
anger;
for
the
anger
of
man
doesn’t produce
the
righteousness
of
God.
Therefore,
putting away
all filthiness
and overflowing
of
wickedness,
receive
with
humility
the
implanted
word,
which
is
able
to
save
your
souls.
1:21
or, preserve your life.
But
be
doers
of
the
word,
and
not
only
hearers, deluding
your
own selves.
For
if
anyone
is
a
hearer
of
the
word
and
not
a
doer,
he
is
like
a
man looking
at
his
natural
face
in
a
mirror;
for
he sees
himself,
and goes
away,
and
immediately
forgets
what
kind
of man
he
was.
But
he
who
looks
into
the
perfect
law
of
freedom
and continues,
not
being
a
hearer
who forgets
but
a
doer
of
the
work,
this
man
will
be
blessed
in
what
he
does.
If
anyone among
you
thinks
himself
to
be
religious
while
he
doesn’t
bridle
his
tongue,
but
deceives
his
heart,
this
man’s
religion
is
worthless.
Pure
religion
and
undefiled
before
our
God
and
Father
is
this:
to
visit
the fatherless
and
widows
in
their
affliction,
and
to
keep
oneself
unstained
by
the
world.
My
brothers,
don’t
hold
the
faith
of
our
glorious
Lord
Jesus
Christ
with
partiality.
For
if
a
man
with
a
gold
ring,
in
fine
clothing,
comes
into
your
synagogue,
2:2
or, meeting
and
a
poor
man
in
filthy
clothing
also
comes
in,
and
you
pay
special
attention
to
him
who wears
the
fine
clothing
and
say, “Sit
here
in
a
good
place;”
and
you
tell
the
poor
man, “Stand
there,”
or “Sit
by
my
footstool”
haven’t
you shown partiality
among
yourselves,
and
become
judges
with
evil
thoughts?
Listen,
my
beloved
brothers.
Didn’t
God
choose
those
who
are
poor
in
this
world
to
be
rich
in
faith
and
heirs
of
the
Kingdom
which
he
promised
to
those
who
love
him?
But
you
have
dishonored
the
poor
man.
Don’t
the
rich oppress
you
and
personally
drag
you
before
the
courts?
Don’t
they
blaspheme
the
honorable
name
by
which
you
are
called?
However,
if
you fulfill
the
royal
law
according
to
the
Scripture, “You shall
love
your
neighbor
as
yourself,”
2:8
Leviticus 19:18
you
do
well.
But
if
you
show
partiality,
you commit
sin, being
convicted
by
the
law
as
transgressors.
For
whoever
keeps
the
whole
law,
and
yet
stumbles
in
one point,
he
has
become
guilty
of
all.
For
he
who
said, “Do
not
commit
adultery,”
2:11
Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18
also
said, “Do
not
commit
murder.”
2:11
Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17
Now
if
you
do
not
commit
adultery
but
do
murder,
you
have
become
a
transgressor
of
the
law.
So
speak
and
so
do
as men
who
are
to
be
judged
by
the
law
of
freedom.
For
judgment
is
without
mercy
to
him
who
has
shown
no
mercy.
Mercy
triumphs
over
judgment.
What
good
is
it,
my
brothers,
if
a
man
says
he
has
faith,
but
has
no
works?
Can
faith
save
him?
And
if
a
brother
or
sister
is
naked
and
in
lack
of
daily
food,
and
one
of
you tells
them, “Go
in
peace.
Be
warmed
and
filled;”
yet
you
didn’t
give
them
the
things
the
body
needs,
what
good
is
it?
Even
so
faith,
if
it
has
no
works,
is
dead
in
itself.
Yes,
a
man
will
say, “You
have
faith,
and
I
have
works.”
Show
me
your
faith
without
works,
and
I
will
show
you
my
faith
by
my
works.
You
believe
that
God
is
one.
You
do
well.
The
demons
also
believe—and
shudder.
But
do
you
want
to
know,
vain
man,
that
faith
apart
from
works
is dead?
Wasn’t
Abraham
our
father
justified
by
works,
in
that
he
offered
up
Isaac
his
son
on
the
altar?
You
see
that
faith
worked
with
his
works,
and
by
works
faith
was
perfected.
So
the
Scripture
was
fulfilled
which
says, “Abraham
believed
God,
and
it
was accounted
to
him
as
righteousness,”
2:23
Genesis 15:6
and
he
was
called
the
friend
of
God.
You
see
then
that
by
works
a
man
is
justified,
and
not
only
by
faith.
In
the
same
way,
wasn’t
Rahab
the
prostitute
also
justified
by
works
when she
received
the
messengers
and
sent
them
out
another
way?
For
as
the
body
apart
from
the
spirit
is
dead,
even
so
faith
apart
from
works
is
dead.
Let
not
many
of
you
be
teachers,
my
brothers,
knowing
that
we
will
receive heavier
judgment.
For
we
all
stumble
in
many
things.
Anyone
who
doesn’t
stumble
in
word
is
a
perfect
person,
able
to
bridle
the
whole
body
also.
Indeed,
we
put
bits
into
the
horses’
mouths
so
that
they
may
obey
us,
and
we guide
their
whole
body.
Behold,
3:4
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
the
ships
also,
though
they
are
so big
and
are
driven
by fierce
winds,
are
yet guided
by
a
very
small
rudder,
wherever
the
pilot
desires.
So
the
tongue
is
also
a
little
member,
and boasts
great
things.
See
how
a
small
fire can spread
to
a
large
forest!
And
the
tongue
is
a
fire.
The
world
of
iniquity
among
our
members
is
the
tongue,
which
defiles
the
whole
body,
and
sets
on
fire
the
course
of nature,
and
is
set
on
fire
by Gehenna.
3:6
or, Hell
For
every
kind
of animal,
bird, creeping thing,
and
sea
creature
is
tamed,
and
has
been
tamed
by mankind;
but
nobody
can
tame
the
tongue.
It
is
a
restless
evil,
full
of
deadly
poison.
With
it
we
bless
our
God
and
Father,
and
with
it
we
curse
men
who
are
made
in
the
image
of
God.
Out
of
the
same
mouth
comes
blessing
and
cursing.
My
brothers,
these
things
ought
not
to
be
so.
Does
a
spring
send
out
from
the
same
opening
fresh
and
bitter water?
Can
a
fig
tree,
my
brothers, yield
olives,
or
a
vine
figs? Thus
no spring yields both
salt
water
and
fresh
water.
Who
is
wise
and
understanding
among
you? Let
him
show
by
his
good
conduct
that
his
deeds
are
done
in
gentleness
of
wisdom.
But
if
you
have
bitter
jealousy
and
selfish
ambition
in
your
heart,
don’t
boast
and
don’t
lie
against
the
truth.
This
wisdom
is
not
that
which
comes
down
from
above,
but
is
earthly, sensual,
and
demonic.
For
where
jealousy
and
selfish
ambition
are,
there
is
confusion
and
every
evil
deed.
But
the
wisdom
that
is
from
above
is
first
pure,
then
peaceful,
gentle, reasonable,
full
of
mercy
and
good
fruits,
without partiality,
and
without
hypocrisy.
Now
the
fruit
of
righteousness
is
sown
in
peace
by
those
who
make
peace.
Where
do
wars
and fightings
among
you
come
from?
Don’t
they
come
from
your
pleasures
that
war
in
your
members?
You
lust,
and
don’t
have.
You
murder
and
covet,
and
can’t
obtain.
You
fight
and
make
war.
You
don’t
have,
because
you
don’t
ask.
You
ask,
and
don’t
receive,
because
you
ask
with
wrong
motives,
so
that
you
may
spend
it
on
your
pleasures.
You
adulterers
and
adulteresses,
don’t
you
know
that
friendship
with
the
world
is
hostility toward
God?
Whoever
therefore wants
to
be
a
friend
of
the
world
makes himself
an
enemy
of
God.
Or
do
you
think
that
the
Scripture
says
in vain, “The
Spirit
who
lives
in
us yearns
jealously”?
But
he
gives
more
grace.
Therefore
it
says, “God resists
the
proud,
but
gives
grace
to
the
humble.”
4:6
Proverbs 3:34
Be
subject
therefore
to
God.
Resist
the
devil,
and
he
will
flee
from
you.
Draw
near
to
God,
and
he
will
draw
near
to
you.
Cleanse
your
hands,
you
sinners.
Purify
your
hearts,
you
double-minded.
Lament,
mourn,
and
weep. Let
your
laughter
be
turned
to
mourning
and
your
joy
to
gloom.
Humble
yourselves
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord,
and
he
will
exalt
you.
Don’t
speak
against
one
another,
brothers.
He
who
speaks
against
a
brother
and
judges
his
brother,
speaks
against
the
law
and
judges
the
law.
But
if
you
judge
the
law,
you
are
not
a
doer
of
the
law
but
a
judge.
Only
one
is
the
lawgiver,
who
is
able
to
save
and
to
destroy.
But
who
are
you
to
judge
another?
Come
now,
you
who
say, “Today
or
tomorrow let’s
go
into
this
city
and
spend
a
year
there, trade,
and
make
a
profit.”
Yet
you
don’t
know
what
your
life
will
be
like
tomorrow.
For
what
is
your
life?
For
you
are
a
vapor
that
appears
for
a
little
time
and
then
vanishes
away.
For
you
ought
to
say, “If
the
Lord
wills,
we
will
both
live,
and
do
this
or
that.”
But
now
you
glory
in
your
boasting.
All
such
boasting
is
evil.
To
him
therefore
who
knows
to
do
good
and
doesn’t
do
it,
to
him
it
is
sin.
Come
now,
you
rich,
weep
and
howl
for
your
miseries
that
are
coming
on
you.
Your
riches
are corrupted
and
your
garments
are
moth-eaten.
Your
gold
and
your
silver
are corroded,
and
their corrosion
will
be
for
a
testimony
against
you
and
will
eat
your
flesh
like
fire.
You
have laid
up
your
treasure
in
the
last
days.
Behold,
the
wages
of
the
laborers
who
mowed
your
fields,
which
you
have kept
back
by fraud,
cry
out;
and
the
cries
of
those
who
reaped
have
entered
into
the
ears
of
the
Lord
of Armies.
5:4
Greek: Sabaoth (for Hebrew: Tze’va’ot)
You
have
lived
in luxury
on
the
earth,
and taken
your
pleasure.
You
have
nourished
your
hearts
as
in
a
day
of
slaughter.
You
have condemned
and
you
have
murdered
the
righteous
one. He
doesn’t
resist
you.
Be
patient
therefore,
brothers,
until
the
coming
of
the
Lord.
Behold,
the
farmer
waits
for
the
precious
fruit
of
the
earth, being
patient
over
it,
until
it
receives
the early
and
late rain.
You
also
be
patient.
Establish
your
hearts,
for
the
coming
of
the
Lord
is
at
hand.
Don’t
grumble,
brothers,
against
one
another,
so
that
you
won’t
be
judged.
Behold,
the
judge
stands
at
the
door.
Take,
brothers,
for
an
example
of
suffering
and
of
perseverance,
the
prophets
who
spoke
in
the
name
of
the
Lord.
Behold,
we call
them
blessed
who
endured.
You
have
heard
of
the
perseverance
of Job
and
have
seen
the
Lord
in
the
outcome,
and
how
the
Lord
is
full
of
compassion
and
mercy.
But
above
all
things,
my
brothers,
don’t
swear—
not
by
heaven,
or
by
the
earth,
or
by
any
other
oath;
but
let
your “yes”
be “yes”,
and
your “no”, “no”,
so
that
you
don’t
fall
into hypocrisy.
5:12
TR reads “under judgment” instead of “into hypocrisy”
Is
any
among
you
suffering? Let
him
pray.
Is
any
cheerful? Let
him
sing
praises.
Is
any
among
you
sick? Let
him
call
for
the
elders
of
the
assembly,
and let
them
pray
over
him, anointing
him
with
oil
in
the
name
of
the
Lord;
and
the
prayer
of
faith
will heal
him
who
is
sick,
and
the
Lord
will
raise
him
up.
If
he
has
committed
sins,
he
will
be
forgiven.
Confess
your
sins
to
one
another
and
pray
for
one
another,
that
you
may
be
healed.
The insistent
prayer
of
a
righteous
person
is powerfully
effective.
Elijah
was
a
man
with
a
nature
like
ours,
and
he
prayed
earnestly
that
it
might
not
rain,
and
it
didn’t
rain
on
the
earth
for
three
years
and
six
months.
He
prayed
again,
and
the
sky
gave
rain,
and
the
earth
produced
its
fruit.
Brothers,
if
any
among
you
wanders
from
the
truth
and
someone
turns
him
back,
let
him
know
that
he
who
turns
a
sinner
from
the
error
of
his
way
will
save
a
soul
from
death
and
will
cover
a
multitude
of
sins.
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1 Peter
Peter’s First Letter
1 Peter
1 Peter
Peter’s First Letter
Peter,
an
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
to
the
chosen ones
who
are living
as
foreigners
in
the
Dispersion
in
Pontus,
Galatia,
Cappadocia,
Asia,
and
Bithynia,
according
to
the
foreknowledge
of
God
the
Father,
in
sanctification
of
the
Spirit,
that
you
may
obey
Jesus
Christ
and
be
sprinkled
with
his
blood:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
be
multiplied.
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
who
according
to
his
great
mercy caused
us
to
be
born
again
to
a
living
hope
through
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ
from
the
dead,
to
an incorruptible
and
undefiled
inheritance
that doesn’t
fade
away,
reserved
in
Heaven
for
you,
who
by
the
power
of
God
are guarded
through
faith
for
a
salvation
ready
to
be
revealed
in
the
last
time.
In
this
you
greatly
rejoice,
though
now
for
a
little
while,
if need
be,
you
have been
grieved
in
various
trials,
that
the
proof
of
your
faith,
which
is
more
precious
than
gold
that
perishes,
even
though
it
is
tested
by
fire,
may
be
found
to
result
in
praise,
glory,
and
honor
at
the
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ—
whom,
not having known,
you
love.
In
him,
though
now
you
don’t
see
him,
yet
believing,
you
rejoice
greatly
with
joy
that
is unspeakable
and
full
of
glory,
receiving
the result
of
your
faith,
the
salvation
of
your
souls.
Concerning
this
salvation,
the
prophets sought
and
searched diligently.
They
prophesied
of
the
grace
that
would come
to
you,
searching
for
who
or
what
kind
of
time
the
Spirit
of
Christ
which
was
in
them pointed
to
when
he
predicted
the
sufferings
of
Christ
and
the
glories
that
would follow
them.
To
them
it
was
revealed
that
they
served
not
themselves,
but
you,
in
these
things,
which
now
have
been
announced
to
you
through
those
who
preached
the
Good
News
to
you
by
the
Holy
Spirit
sent
out
from
heaven;
which
things
angels
desire
to
look
into.
Therefore
prepare
your
minds
for action.
1:13
literally, “gird up the waist of your mind” or “put on the belt of the waist of your mind”
Be
sober,
and
set
your
hope fully
on
the
grace
that
will
be
brought
to
you
at
the
revelation
of
Jesus
Christ—
as
children
of
obedience,
not conforming
yourselves
according
to
your
former
lusts
as
in
your
ignorance,
but
just
as
he
who
called
you
is
holy,
you
yourselves
also
be
holy
in
all
of
your
behavior,
because
it
is
written, “You shall
be
holy,
for
I
am
holy.”
1:16
Leviticus 11:44-45
If
you
call
on
him
as
Father,
who
without
respect
of persons
judges
according
to
each
man’s
work,
pass
the
time
of
your living
as foreigners
here
in reverent
fear,
knowing
that
you
were
redeemed,
not
with
corruptible
things
like
silver
or
gold,
from
the
useless
way
of
life handed down
from
your fathers,
but
with
precious
blood,
as
of
a
lamb
without
blemish
or spot,
the
blood
of
Christ,
who
was
foreknown
indeed
before
the
foundation
of
the
world,
but
was
revealed
in
this
last
age
for
your
sake,
who
through
him
are
believers
in
God,
who
raised
him
from
the
dead
and
gave
him
glory,
so
that
your
faith
and
hope
might
be
in
God.
Seeing
you
have
purified
your
souls
in
your
obedience
to
the
truth
through
the
Spirit
in
sincere
brotherly affection,
love
one
another
from
the
heart
fervently,
having
been
born
again,
not
of
corruptible
seed,
but
of incorruptible,
through
the
word
of
God,
which
lives
and
remains forever.
For,
“All
flesh
is
like
grass,
and
all
of man’s
glory
like
the
flower
in
the
grass.
The
grass
withers,
and
its
flower falls;
but
the
Lord’s
word
endures
forever.”
1:25
Isaiah 40:6-8
This
is
the
word
of
Good
News
which
was
preached
to
you.
Putting away
therefore
all
wickedness,
all
deceit, hypocrisies, envies,
and
all
evil speaking,
as
newborn
babies,
long
for
the
pure
spiritual
milk,
that
with
it
you
may
grow,
if indeed
you
have
tasted
that
the
Lord
is gracious.
Come
to
him,
a
living
stone,
rejected
indeed
by
men,
but
chosen
by
God,
precious.
You
also
as
living
stones
are
built
up
as
a
spiritual
house,
to
be
a
holy
priesthood,
to
offer
up
spiritual
sacrifices,
acceptable
to
God
through
Jesus
Christ.
Because
it
is
contained
in
Scripture,
“Behold,
2:6
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה” or “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
I
lay
in
Zion
a chief
cornerstone,
chosen
and
precious.
He
who
believes
in
him
will
not
be disappointed.”
2:6
Isaiah 28:16
For
you
who
believe
therefore
is
the
honor,
but
for
those
who
are disobedient,
“The
stone
which
the
builders
rejected
has
become
the
chief
cornerstone,”
2:7
Psalm 118:22
and,
“a
stumbling
stone
and
a
rock
of
offense.”
2:8
Isaiah 8:14
For
they
stumble
at
the
word, being
disobedient,
to
which
also
they
were
appointed.
But
you
are
a
chosen
race,
a
royal
priesthood,
a
holy
nation,
a
people
for
God’s
own
possession,
that
you
may
proclaim
the
excellence
of
him
who
called
you
out
of
darkness
into
his
marvelous
light.
In
the past,
you
were
not
a
people,
but
now
are
God’s
people,
who
had
not obtained
mercy,
but
now
have obtained
mercy.
Beloved,
I
beg
you
as
foreigners
and pilgrims
to
abstain
from
fleshly
lusts
which
war
against
the
soul,
having
good
behavior
among
the
nations,
so
in
that
of
which
they
speak
against
you
as
evildoers,
they
may see
your
good
works
and
glorify
God
in
the
day
of
visitation.
Therefore
subject yourselves
to
every ordinance
of
man
for
the
Lord’s
sake:
whether
to
the
king,
as
supreme,
or
to
governors,
as
sent
by
him
for
vengeance
on
evildoers
and
for
praise
to
those
who do
well.
For
this
is
the
will
of
God,
that
by well-doing
you
should put
to
silence
the
ignorance
of
foolish
men.
Live
as
free
people,
yet
not using
your
freedom
for
a cloak
of
wickedness,
but
as bondservants
of
God.
Honor
all
men.
Love
the
brotherhood.
Fear
God.
Honor
the
king.
Servants,
be
in
subjection
to
your
masters
with
all
respect,
not
only
to
the
good
and
gentle,
but
also
to
the wicked.
For
it
is commendable
if
someone
endures
pain,
suffering
unjustly,
because
of
conscience
toward
God.
For
what glory
is
it
if,
when
you
sin,
you
patiently
endure beating?
But
if
when
you
do
well,
you
patiently
endure
suffering,
this
is commendable
with
God.
For
you
were
called
to
this,
because
Christ
also
suffered
for
us,
leaving
you
2:21
TR reads “us” instead of “you”
an
example,
that
you
should
follow
his
steps,
who
didn’t
sin, “neither
was
deceit
found
in
his
mouth.”
2:22
Isaiah 53:9
When
he
was cursed,
he
didn’t curse back.
When
he
suffered,
he
didn’t threaten,
but
committed himself
to
him
who
judges
righteously.
He
himself
bore
our
sins
in
his
body
on
the
tree,
that
we, having died
to
sins,
might
live
to
righteousness.
You
were
healed
by
his
wounds.
2:24
or, stripes
For
you
were going
astray
like
sheep;
but
now
you
have
returned
to
the
Shepherd
and
Overseer
2:25
“Overseer” is from the Greek ἐπίσκοπον, which can mean overseer, curator, guardian, or superintendent.
of
your
souls.
In
the
same
way,
wives,
be
in
subjection
to
your
own
husbands,
so
that,
even
if
any don’t
obey
the
Word,
they
may
be
won
by
the
behavior
of
their
wives
without
a
word,
seeing
your
pure
behavior
in
fear.
Let
your
beauty
come
not
from
the outward adorning
of
braiding
your
hair,
and
of
wearing
gold ornaments
or
of
putting
on fine
clothing,
but
from
the
hidden
person
of
the
heart,
in
the incorruptible adornment
of
a
gentle
and
quiet
spirit,
which
is
very
precious
in
God’s
sight.
For
this
is
how
in
the past
the
holy
women
who
hoped
in
God
also
adorned
themselves,
being
in
subjection
to
their
own
husbands.
So
Sarah
obeyed
Abraham,
calling
him
lord,
whose
children
you
now
are
if
you
do
well
and
are
not
put
in
fear
by
any terror.
You
husbands,
in
the
same
way, live
with
your wives
according
to
knowledge, giving
honor
to
the
woman
as
to
the
weaker
vessel,
as
also
being joint
heirs
of
the
grace
of
life,
that
your
prayers
may
not
be
hindered.
Finally,
all
of
you
be like-minded,
compassionate, loving
as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
not rendering
evil
for
evil
or
insult
for
insult;
but
instead
blessing, knowing
that
you
were
called
to
this,
that
you
may
inherit
a
blessing.
For,
“He
who
would
love
life
and
see
good
days,
let
him
keep
his
tongue
from
evil
and
his
lips
from
speaking
deceit.
Let
him
turn
away
from
evil
and
do
good.
Let
him
seek
peace
and
pursue
it.
For
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
are
on
the
righteous,
and
his
ears open
to
their
prayer;
but
the
face
of
the
Lord
is
against
those
who
do
evil.”
3:12
Psalm 34:12-16
Now
who
will
harm
you
if
you
become imitators
of
that
which
is
good?
But
even
if
you
should
suffer
for righteousness’
sake,
you
are
blessed. “Don’t
fear
what
they
fear,
neither
be
troubled.”
3:14
Isaiah 8:12
But
sanctify
the
Lord
God
in
your
hearts.
Always
be
ready
to give
an
answer
to
everyone
who
asks
you
a
reason
concerning
the
hope
that
is
in
you,
with
humility
and
fear,
having
a
good
conscience.
Thus,
while
you
are spoken
against
as evildoers,
they
may
be disappointed
who curse
your
good
way
of
life
in
Christ.
For it
is
better,
if it
is
God’s
will,
that
you
suffer
for
doing
what
is
right
than
for
doing
evil.
Because
Christ
also
suffered
for
sins
once,
the
righteous
for
the
unrighteous,
that
he
might
bring
you
to
God,
being
put
to
death
in
the
flesh,
but
made
alive
in
the
Spirit,
in
whom
he
also
went
and
preached
to
the
spirits
in
prison,
who
before
were
disobedient
when
God
waited
patiently
in
the
days
of
Noah
while
the ship
was
being
built.
In
it,
few,
that
is,
eight
souls,
were
saved
through
water.
This
is
a symbol
of
baptism,
which
now
saves
you—not
the putting away
of
the filth
of
the
flesh,
but
the answer
of
a
good
conscience
toward
God—through
the
resurrection
of
Jesus
Christ,
who
is
at
the
right
hand
of
God, having
gone
into
heaven,
angels
and
authorities
and
powers
being made
subject
to
him.
Therefore,
since
Christ
suffered
for us
in
the
flesh,
arm
yourselves
also
with
the
same
mind;
for
he
who
has
suffered
in
the
flesh
has
ceased
from
sin,
that
you
no
longer
should
live
the
rest
of
your
time
in
the
flesh
for
the
lusts
of
men,
but
for
the
will
of
God.
For
we
have spent
enough
of
our
past
time
doing
the
desire
of
the
Gentiles,
and having walked
in lewdness,
lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings,
and
abominable
idolatries.
They think
it
is
strange
that
you
don’t
run
with
them
into
the
same excess
of riot, speaking
evil
of
you.
They
will
give
account
to
him
who
is
ready
to
judge
the
living
and
the
dead.
For
to
this
end
the
Good
News
was
preached
even
to
the
dead,
that
they
might
be
judged
indeed
as
men
in
the
flesh,
but
live
as
to
God
in
the
spirit.
But
the
end
of
all
things
is
near.
Therefore
be
of
sound
mind, self-controlled,
and
sober
in
prayer.
And
above
all
things
be earnest
in
your
love
among
yourselves,
for
love
covers
a
multitude
of
sins.
Be
hospitable
to
one
another
without
grumbling.
As
each
has
received
a
gift,
employ
it
in
serving
one
another,
as
good
managers
of
the
grace
of
God
in
its
various forms.
If
anyone
speaks,
let
it
be
as
it
were
the
very
words
of
God.
If
anyone
serves,
let
it
be
as
of
the
strength
which
God
supplies,
that
in
all
things
God
may
be
glorified
through
Jesus
Christ,
to
whom
belong
the
glory
and
the
dominion
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
Beloved,
don’t
be astonished
at
the
fiery
trial
which
has
come
upon
you
to test
you,
as
though
a
strange
thing
happened
to
you.
But
because
you
are partakers
of
Christ’s
sufferings,
rejoice,
that
at
the
revelation
of
his
glory
you
also
may
rejoice
with exceeding
joy.
If
you
are insulted
for
the
name
of
Christ,
you
are
blessed,
because
the
Spirit
of
glory
and
of
God
rests
on
you.
On
their part
he
is blasphemed,
but
on
your part
he
is glorified.
But
let
none
of
you
suffer
as
a
murderer,
or
a
thief,
or
an evil doer,
or
a
meddler
in
other men’s matters.
But
if
one
of
you suffers
for being
a
Christian, let
him
not
be
ashamed;
but let
him
glorify
God
in
this matter.
For
the
time
has come
for
judgment
to
begin
with
the
household
of
God.
If
it
begins
first
with us,
what
will happen
to
those
who don’t
obey
the
Good
News
of
God?
“If
it
is hard
for
the
righteous
to
be
saved,
what
will happen
to
the
ungodly
and
the
sinner?”
4:18
Proverbs 11:31
Therefore let
them
also
who
suffer
according
to
the
will
of
God
in
doing good
entrust
their
souls
to
him,
as
to
a
faithful
Creator.
Therefore
I
exhort
the
elders
among
you,
as
a
fellow
elder
and
a
witness
of
the
sufferings
of
Christ,
and
who
will
also
share
in
the
glory
that
will
be
revealed:
shepherd
the
flock
of
God
which
is
among
you, exercising
the
oversight,
not
under
compulsion,
but
voluntarily;
not
for dishonest
gain,
but
willingly;
not
as lording it over
those entrusted
to
you,
but making
yourselves
examples
to
the
flock.
When
the
chief
Shepherd
is
revealed,
you
will
receive
the
crown
of
glory
that doesn’t fade away.
Likewise,
you
younger
ones,
be
subject
to
the
elder.
Yes,
all
of
you
clothe
yourselves
with
humility
and
subject
yourselves
to
one
another;
for “God resists
the proud,
but
gives
grace
to
the
humble.”
5:5
Proverbs 3:34
Humble
yourselves
therefore
under
the
mighty
hand
of
God,
that
he
may
exalt
you
in due
time,
casting
all
your
worries
on
him,
because
he
cares
for
you.
Be
sober
and self-controlled. Be watchful.
Your
adversary,
the
devil,
walks
around
like
a
roaring
lion,
seeking
whom
he may
devour.
Withstand
him steadfast
in
your
faith,
knowing
that
your brothers
who
are
in
the
world
are undergoing
the
same
sufferings.
But
may
the
God
of
all
grace,
who
called
you
to
his
eternal
glory
by
Christ
Jesus,
after
you
have
suffered
a
little
while,
perfect,
establish,
strengthen,
and settle
you.
To
him be
the glory
and
the
power
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
Through
Silvanus,
our
faithful
brother,
as
I
consider
him,
I
have
written
to
you
briefly,
exhorting
and
testifying
that
this
is
the
true
grace
of
God
in
which
you
stand.
She
who
is
in
Babylon,
chosen
together
with
you,
greets
you.
So
does
Mark,
my
son.
Greet
one
another
with
a
kiss
of
love.
Peace
be
to
all
of
you
who
are
in
Christ Jesus. Amen.
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2 Peter
Peter’s Second Letter
2 Peter
2 Peter
Peter’s Second Letter
Simon
Peter,
a
servant
and
apostle
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
to
those
who
have obtained
a like precious
faith
with
us
in
the
righteousness
of
our
God
and
Savior,
Jesus
Christ:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
be
multiplied
in
the
knowledge
of
God
and
of
Jesus
our
Lord,
seeing
that
his
divine
power
has
granted
to
us
all
things
that pertain
to
life
and
godliness,
through
the
knowledge
of
him
who
called
us
by
his
own
glory
and virtue,
by
which
he
has
granted
to
us
his
precious
and exceedingly
great
promises;
that
through
these
you
may
become
partakers
of
the
divine
nature, having
escaped
from
the
corruption
that
is
in
the
world
by
lust.
Yes,
and
for
this
very cause adding
on
your
part
all
diligence,
in
your
faith
supply
moral
excellence;
and
in
moral
excellence,
knowledge;
and
in
knowledge,
self-control;
and
in
self-control,
perseverance;
and
in
perseverance,
godliness;
and
in
godliness,
brotherly affection;
and
in
brotherly affection,
love.
For
if
these
things
are
yours
and abound,
they
make
you
to
not
be
idle
or
unfruitful
in
the
knowledge
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
For
he
who lacks
these
things
is
blind, seeing only
what
is near, having forgotten
the
cleansing
from
his old
sins.
Therefore,
brothers,
1:10
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
be
more
diligent
to
make
your
calling
and
election
sure.
For
if
you
do
these
things,
you
will
never
stumble.
For
thus
you
will
be
richly
supplied
with
the
entrance
into
the
eternal
Kingdom
of
our
Lord
and
Savior,
Jesus
Christ.
Therefore
I
will
not
be negligent
to
remind
you
of
these
things,
though
you
know
them
and
are
established
in
the
present
truth.
I think
it
right,
as
long
as
I
am
in
this tent,
to
stir
you up
by reminding
you,
knowing
that
the putting off
of
my tent
comes swiftly,
even
as
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
made
clear
to
me.
Yes,
I
will
make
every
effort
that
you
may always
be
able
to
remember
these
things
even
after
my
departure.
For
we
didn’t
follow cunningly
devised
fables
when
we
made
known
to
you
the
power
and
coming
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
but
we
were
eyewitnesses
of
his
majesty.
For
he
received
from
God
the
Father
honor
and
glory
when
the
voice
came
to
him
from
the
Majestic
Glory, “This
is
my
beloved
Son,
in
whom
I
am
well
pleased.”
1:17
Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35
We
heard
this
voice
come
out
of
heaven
when
we
were
with
him
on
the
holy
mountain.
We
have
the
more
sure
word
of prophecy;
and
you
do
well
that
you heed
it
as
to
a
lamp
shining
in
a dark
place,
until
the
day
dawns
and
the
morning
star
arises
in
your
hearts,
knowing
this
first,
that
no
prophecy
of
Scripture
is
of private
interpretation.
For
no
prophecy
ever came
by
the
will
of
man,
but
holy
men
of
God
spoke,
being
moved
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
But
false
prophets
also
arose
among
the
people,
as
false
teachers
will
also
be
among
you,
who
will
secretly
bring
in
destructive
heresies,
denying
even
the
Master
who
bought
them,
bringing
on
themselves
swift
destruction.
Many
will
follow
their immoral
2:2
TR reads “destructive” instead of “immoral”
ways,
and
as
a result,
the
way
of
the
truth
will
be
maligned.
In
covetousness
they
will
exploit
you
with deceptive
words:
whose
sentence
now
from
of old
doesn’t linger,
and
their
destruction
will
not slumber.
For
if
God
didn’t
spare
angels
when
they
sinned,
but
cast
them
down
to Tartarus,
2:4
Tartarus is another name for Hell
and
committed
them
to pits
of
darkness
to
be
reserved
for
judgment;
and
didn’t
spare
the
ancient
world,
but
preserved
Noah
with
seven
others,
a
preacher
of
righteousness,
when
he
brought
a
flood
on
the
world
of
the
ungodly,
and turning
the
cities
of
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
into
ashes,
condemned them
to
destruction, having
made them
an
example
to
those
who
would
live
in
an
ungodly
way,
and
delivered
righteous
Lot,
who
was
very distressed
by
the lustful
life
of
the wicked
(for
that
righteous
man dwelling
among
them
was
tormented
in
his
righteous
soul
from
day
to
day
with seeing
and
hearing
lawless
deeds),
then
the
Lord
knows how
to
deliver
the
godly
out
of
temptation
and
to
keep
the
unrighteous
under
punishment
for
the
day
of
judgment,
but chiefly
those
who walk
after
the
flesh
in
the
lust
of defilement
and
despise
authority.
Daring,
self-willed,
they
are
not
afraid
to speak
evil
of dignitaries,
whereas
angels,
though
greater
in
might
and
power,
don’t
bring
a slanderous
judgment
against
them
before
the
Lord.
But
these,
as
unreasoning
creatures,
born
natural
animals
to
be taken
and
destroyed, speaking
evil
in matters
about
which
they
are
ignorant,
will
in
their destroying surely
be
destroyed,
receiving
the
wages
of
unrighteousness;
people
who
count
it
pleasure
to
revel
in
the
daytime, spots
and defects,
reveling
in
their
deceit
while
they
feast
with
you;
having
eyes
full
of
adultery,
and
who can’t
cease
from
sin,
enticing unsettled
souls,
having
a
heart
trained
in
greed,
accursed
children!
Forsaking
the
right
way,
they went
astray, having
followed
the
way
of
Balaam
the son
of Beor,
who
loved
the
wages
of wrongdoing;
but
he
was
rebuked
for
his
own disobedience.
A speechless
donkey spoke
with
a
man’s
voice
and stopped
the
madness
of
the
prophet.
These
are wells
without
water, clouds
driven
by
a
storm,
for
whom
the blackness
of
darkness
has
been
reserved forever.
For, uttering great swelling words
of emptiness,
they
entice
in
the
lusts
of
the
flesh,
by
licentiousness,
those
who
are
indeed escaping
from
those
who
live
in
error;
promising
them
liberty,
while
they
themselves
are bondservants
of
corruption;
for
a
man
is brought
into
bondage
by
whoever overcomes
him.
For
if,
after
they
have
escaped
the defilement
of
the
world
through
the
knowledge
of
the
Lord
and
Savior
Jesus
Christ,
they
are
again
entangled
in
it
and
overcome,
the
last state
has
become
worse
for
them
than
the
first.
For
it
would
be
better
for
them
not
to
have
known
the
way
of
righteousness,
than
after knowing
it,
to
turn
back
from
the
holy
commandment
delivered
to
them.
But
it
has
happened
to
them according
to
the
true
proverb, “The
dog
turns
to
his
own
vomit
again,”
2:22
Proverbs 26:11
and “the
sow
that
has
washed
to
wallowing
in
the
mire.”
This
is
now,
beloved,
the
second
letter
that
I
have
written
to
you;
and
in both
of
them
I
stir up
your
sincere
mind
by reminding
you
that
you
should
remember
the
words
which
were spoken
before
by
the
holy
prophets
and
the
commandment
of us,
the
apostles
of
the
Lord
and
Savior,
knowing
this
first,
that
in
the
last
days
mockers
will
come,
walking
after
their
own
lusts
and
saying, “Where
is
the
promise
of
his
coming?
For,
from
the day
that
the
fathers
fell
asleep,
all
things
continue
as
they
were
from
the
beginning
of
the
creation.”
For
they willfully forget
that
there
were
heavens
from
of old,
and
an
earth
formed
out
of
water
and amid
water
by
the
word
of
God,
by
which
means
the
world
that existed
then, being overflowed
with
water,
perished.
But
the
heavens
that
exist
now
and
the
earth,
by
the
same
word
have
been
stored
up
for
fire,
being
reserved
against
the
day
of
judgment
and
destruction
of
ungodly
men.
But
don’t forget
this
one
thing,
beloved,
that
one
day
is
with
the
Lord
as
a
thousand
years,
and
a
thousand
years
as
one
day.
The
Lord
is
not
slow concerning
his
promise,
as
some
count
slowness;
but
he
is
patient
with
us,
not
wishing
that
anyone
should
perish,
but
that
all
should
come
to
repentance.
But
the
day
of
the
Lord
will
come
as
a
thief
in
the night,
in
which
the
heavens
will
pass
away
with
a great noise,
and
the
elements
will
be dissolved
with fervent heat;
and
the
earth
and
the
works
that
are
in
it
will
be
burned
up.
Therefore, since
all
these
things
will
be
destroyed like
this,
what
kind
of
people
ought
you
to
be
in
holy living
and
godliness,
looking
for
and earnestly desiring
the
coming
of
the
day
of
God,
which
will cause
the
burning
heavens
to
be dissolved,
and
the
elements
will
melt
with fervent heat?
But,
according
to
his
promise,
we
look
for
new
heavens
and
a
new
earth,
in
which
righteousness
dwells.
Therefore,
beloved, seeing
that
you
look
for
these
things,
be
diligent
to
be
found
in
peace,
without defect
and
blameless
in
his
sight.
Regard
the
patience
of
our
Lord
as
salvation;
even
as
our
beloved
brother
Paul
also,
according
to
the
wisdom
given
to
him,
wrote
to
you,
as
also
in
all
of
his
letters,
speaking
in
them
of
these
things.
In
those,
there
are
some
things
that
are
hard
to
understand,
which
the ignorant
and unsettled
twist,
as
they
also
do
to
the
other
Scriptures,
to
their
own
destruction.
You
therefore,
beloved,
knowing
these
things
beforehand, beware,
lest
being
carried
away
with
the
error
of
the wicked,
you fall
from
your
own
steadfastness.
But
grow
in
the
grace
and
knowledge
of
our
Lord
and
Savior
Jesus
Christ.
To
him
be
the
glory
both
now
and
forever.
Amen.
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1 John
John’s First Letter
1 John
1 John
John’s First Letter
That
which
was
from
the
beginning,
that
which
we
have
heard,
that
which
we
have
seen
with
our
eyes,
that
which
we
saw,
and
our
hands
touched,
concerning
the
Word
of
life
(and
the
life
was
revealed,
and
we
have
seen,
and
testify,
and declare
to
you
the
life,
the
eternal
life,
which
was
with
the
Father,
and
was
revealed
to
us);
that
which
we
have
seen
and
heard
we declare
to
you,
that
you
also
may
have
fellowship
with
us.
Yes,
and
our
fellowship
is
with
the
Father
and
with
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ.
1:3
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
And
we
write
these
things
to
you,
that
our
joy
may
be
fulfilled.
This
is
the
message
which
we
have
heard
from
him
and
announce
to
you,
that
God
is
light,
and
in
him
is
no
darkness
at
all.
If
we
say
that
we
have
fellowship
with
him
and
walk
in
the
darkness,
we
lie
and
don’t
tell
the
truth.
But
if
we
walk
in
the
light
as
he
is
in
the
light,
we
have
fellowship
with
one
another,
and
the
blood
of
Jesus
Christ
his
Son,
cleanses
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
righteous
to
forgive
us
the
sins
and
to
cleanse
us
from
all
unrighteousness.
If
we
say
that
we haven’t
sinned,
we
make
him
a
liar,
and
his
word
is
not
in
us.
My
little
children,
I
write
these
things
to
you
so
that
you
may
not
sin.
If
anyone
sins,
we
have
a Counselor
2:1
Greek παρακλητον: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comforter.
with
the
Father,
Jesus
Christ,
the
righteous.
And
he
is
the atoning sacrifice
2:2
“atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “ιλασμος”, an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin.
for
our
sins,
and
not
for
ours
only,
but
also
for
the
whole
world.
This
is
how
we
know
that
we
know
him:
if
we
keep
his
commandments.
One
who
says, “I
know
him,”
and
doesn’t
keep
his
commandments,
is
a
liar,
and
the
truth
isn’t
in
him.
But
God’s
love
has most
certainly
been
perfected
in
whoever
keeps
his
word.
This
is
how
we
know
that
we
are
in
him:
he
who
says
he
remains
in
him
ought
himself
also
to
walk
just
like
he
walked.
Brothers,
I
write
no
new
commandment
to
you,
but
an
old
commandment
which
you
had
from
the
beginning.
The
old
commandment
is
the
word
which
you
heard
from
the
beginning.
Again,
I
write
a
new
commandment
to
you,
which
is
true
in
him
and
in
you,
because
the
darkness
is
passing
away
and
the
true
light
already
shines.
He
who
says
he
is
in
the
light
and
hates
his
brother
is
in
the
darkness
even
until
now.
He
who
loves
his
brother
remains
in
the
light,
and
there
is
no occasion
for
stumbling
in
him.
But
he
who
hates
his
brother
is
in
the
darkness,
and
walks
in
the
darkness,
and
doesn’t
know
where
he
is
going,
because
the
darkness
has
blinded
his
eyes.
I
write
to
you,
little
children,
because
your
sins
are
forgiven
you
for
his
name’s
sake.
I
write
to
you,
fathers,
because
you
know
him
who
is
from
the
beginning.
I
write
to
you,
young
men,
because
you
have
overcome
the
evil
one.
I
write
to
you, little
children,
because
you
know
the
Father.
I
have
written
to
you,
fathers,
because
you
know
him
who
is
from
the
beginning.
I
have
written
to
you,
young
men,
because
you
are
strong,
and
the
word
of
God
remains
in
you,
and
you
have
overcome
the
evil
one.
Don’t
love
the
world
or
the
things
that
are
in
the
world.
If
anyone
loves
the
world,
the
Father’s
love
isn’t
in
him.
For
all
that
is
in
the
world—the
lust
of
the
flesh,
the
lust
of
the
eyes,
and
the
pride
of
life—isn’t
the
Father’s,
but
is
the
world’s.
The
world
is
passing
away
with
its
lusts,
but
he
who
does
God’s
will
remains
forever.
Little
children,
these
are
the
end times,
and
as
you
heard
that
the
Antichrist
is
coming,
even
now
many
antichrists
have arisen.
By
this
we
know
that
it
is
the
final
hour.
They
went
out
from
us,
but
they
didn’t
belong
to
us;
for
if
they
had
belonged
to
us,
they
would
have continued
with
us.
But
they
left,
that
they
might
be
revealed
that
none
of
them
belong
to
us.
You
have
an
anointing
from
the
Holy
One,
and
you
all
have knowledge.
2:20
Or, “know what is true”, or, “know all things”
I
have
not
written
to
you
because
you
don’t
know
the
truth,
but
because
you
know
it,
and
because
no
lie
is
of
the
truth.
Who
is
the
liar
but
he
who
denies
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ?
This
is
the
Antichrist,
he
who
denies
the
Father
and
the
Son.
Whoever
denies
the
Son doesn’t
have
the
Father.
He
who
confesses
the
Son
has
the
Father
also.
Therefore,
as
for
you,
let
that
remain
in
you
which
you
heard
from
the
beginning.
If
that
which
you
heard
from
the
beginning
remains
in
you,
you
also
will
remain
in
the
Son,
and
in
the
Father.
This
is
the
promise
which
he
promised us,
the
eternal
life.
These
things
I
have
written
to
you
concerning
those
who would lead
you
astray.
As
for
you,
the
anointing
which
you
received
from
him
remains
in
you,
and
you
don’t
need
for
anyone
to
teach
you.
But
as
his
anointing
teaches
you
concerning
all
things,
and
is
true,
and
is
no
lie,
and
even
as
it
taught
you,
you
will
remain
in
him.
Now,
little
children,
remain
in
him,
that
when
he
appears,
we
may
have
boldness
and
not
be
ashamed
before
him
at
his
coming.
If
you
know
that
he
is
righteous,
you
know
that
everyone
who
practices
righteousness
has
been
born
of
him.
See
how
great
a
love
the
Father
has
given
to
us,
that
we
should
be
called
children
of
God!
For
this
cause
the
world
doesn’t
know
us,
because
it
didn’t
know
him.
Beloved,
now
we
are
children
of
God.
It
is
not
yet
revealed
what
we
will
be;
but
we
know
that
when
he
is
revealed,
we
will
be
like
him,
for
we
will
see
him
just
as
he
is.
Everyone
who
has
this
hope set
on
him
purifies
himself,
even
as
he
is
pure.
Everyone
who
sins
also
commits
lawlessness.
Sin
is
lawlessness.
You
know
that
he
was
revealed
to
take
away
our
sins,
and
no
sin
is
in
him.
Whoever
remains
in
him
doesn’t
sin.
Whoever
sins
hasn’t
seen
him
and
doesn’t
know
him.
Little
children,
let
no
one
lead
you
astray.
He
who
does
righteousness
is
righteous, even
as
he
is
righteous.
He
who
sins
is
of
the
devil,
for
the
devil
has
been
sinning
from
the
beginning.
To
this
end
the
Son
of
God
was
revealed:
that
he
might
destroy
the
works
of
the
devil.
Whoever
is
born
of
God
doesn’t
commit
sin,
because
his
seed
remains
in
him,
and
he
can’t
sin,
because
he
is
born
of
God.
In
this
the
children
of
God
are
revealed,
and
the
children
of
the
devil.
Whoever
doesn’t
do
righteousness
is
not
of
God,
neither
is
he
who
doesn’t
love
his
brother.
For
this
is
the
message
which
you
heard
from
the
beginning,
that
we
should
love
one
another—
unlike
Cain,
who
was
of
the
evil
one
and killed
his
brother.
Why
did
he kill
him?
Because
his
deeds
were
evil,
and
his
brother’s
righteous.
Don’t
be
surprised,
my
brothers,
if
the
world
hates
you.
We
know
that
we
have
passed
out
of
death
into
life,
because
we
love
the
brothers.
He
who
doesn’t
love
his
brother
remains
in
death.
Whoever
hates
his
brother
is
a
murderer,
and
you
know
that
no
murderer
has
eternal
life
remaining
in
him.
By
this
we
know
love,
because
he
laid
down
his
life
for
us.
And
we
ought
to
lay
down
our
lives
for
the
brothers.
But
whoever
has
the
world’s
goods
and
sees
his
brother
in
need,
then
closes
his
heart
of
compassion
against
him,
how
does
God’s
love
remain
in
him?
My
little
children, let’s
not
love
in
word
only,
or
with
the
tongue
only,
but
in
deed
and
truth.
And
by
this
we
know
that
we
are
of
the
truth
and
persuade
our
hearts
before
him,
because
if
our
heart
condemns us,
God
is
greater
than
our
heart,
and
knows
all
things.
Beloved,
if
our
hearts
don’t
condemn us,
we
have
boldness
toward
God;
so
whatever
we
ask,
we
receive
from
him,
because
we
keep
his
commandments
and
do
the
things
that
are
pleasing
in
his
sight.
This
is
his
commandment,
that
we
should
believe
in
the
name
of
his
Son,
Jesus
Christ,
and
love
one
another,
even
as
he
commanded.
He
who
keeps
his
commandments
remains
in
him,
and
he
in
him.
By
this
we
know
that
he
remains
in
us,
by
the
Spirit
which
he
gave
us.
Beloved,
don’t
believe
every
spirit,
but
test
the
spirits,
whether
they
are
of
God,
because
many
false
prophets
have
gone
out
into
the
world.
By
this
you
know
the
Spirit
of
God:
every
spirit
who
confesses
that
Jesus
Christ
has
come
in
the
flesh
is
of
God,
and
every
spirit
who
doesn’t
confess
that
Jesus Christ
has
come
in
the flesh
is
not
of
God;
and
this
is
the
spirit
of
the
Antichrist,
of
whom
you
have
heard
that
it
comes.
Now
it
is
in
the
world
already.
You
are
of
God,
little
children,
and
have
overcome
them,
because
greater
is
he
who
is
in
you
than
he
who
is
in
the
world.
They
are
of
the
world.
Therefore
they
speak
of
the
world,
and
the
world
hears
them.
We
are
of
God.
He
who
knows
God
listens
to
us.
He
who
is
not
of
God
doesn’t
listen
to
us.
By
this
we
know
the
spirit
of
truth,
and
the
spirit
of
error.
Beloved, let’s
love
one
another,
for
love
is
of
God;
and
everyone
who
loves
has
been
born
of
God
and
knows
God.
He
who
doesn’t
love
doesn’t
know
God,
for
God
is
love.
By
this
God’s
love
was
revealed
in
us,
that
God
has
sent
his
only born
4:9
The phrase “only born” is from the Greek word “μονογενη”, which is sometimes translated “only begotten” or “one and only”.
Son
into
the
world
that
we
might
live
through
him.
In
this
is
love,
not
that
we
loved
God,
but
that
he
loved
us,
and
sent
his
Son
as
the atoning sacrifice
4:10
“atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “ιλασμος”, an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin.
for
our
sins.
Beloved,
if
God
loved us
in
this
way,
we
also
ought
to
love
one
another.
No
one
has
seen
God
at
any
time.
If
we
love
one
another,
God
remains
in
us,
and
his
love
has
been
perfected
in
us.
By
this
we
know
that
we
remain
in
him
and
he
in
us,
because
he
has
given
us
of
his
Spirit.
We
have
seen
and
testify
that
the
Father
has
sent
the
Son
as
the
Savior
of
the
world.
Whoever
confesses
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God,
God
remains
in
him,
and
he
in
God.
We
know
and
have
believed
the
love
which
God
has
for
us.
God
is
love,
and
he
who
remains
in
love
remains
in
God,
and
God
remains
in
him.
In
this,
love
has
been
made
perfect
among
us,
that
we
may
have
boldness
in
the
day
of
judgment,
because
as
he
is,
even
so
we
are
in
this
world.
There
is
no
fear
in
love;
but
perfect
love
casts
out
fear,
because
fear
has
punishment.
He
who
fears
is
not
made
perfect
in
love.
We
love
him,
4:19
NU omits “him”.
because
he
first
loved us.
If
a
man
says, “I
love
God,”
and
hates
his
brother,
he
is
a
liar;
for
he
who
doesn’t
love
his
brother
whom
he
has
seen,
how
can
he
love
God
whom
he
has
not
seen?
This
commandment
we
have
from
him,
that
he
who
loves
God
should
also
love
his
brother.
Whoever
believes
that
Jesus
is
the
Christ
has
been
born
of
God.
Whoever
loves
the
Father
also
loves
the
child
who
is
born
of
him.
By
this
we
know
that
we
love
the
children
of
God,
when
we
love
God
and
keep
his
commandments.
For
this
is loving
God,
that
we
keep
his
commandments.
His
commandments
are
not grievous.
For
whatever
is
born
of
God
overcomes
the
world.
This
is
the
victory
that
has
overcome
the
world:
your
faith.
Who
is
he
who
overcomes
the
world,
but
he
who
believes
that
Jesus
is
the
Son
of
God?
This
is
he
who
came
by
water
and
blood,
Jesus
Christ;
not
with
the
water
only,
but
with
the
water
and
the
blood.
It
is
the
Spirit
who
testifies,
because
the
Spirit
is
the
truth.
For
there
are
three
who
testify:
5:7
Only a few recent manuscripts add “in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth:”
the
Spirit,
the
water,
and
the
blood;
and
the
three
agree
as
one.
If
we
receive
the
witness
of
men,
the
witness
of
God
is
greater;
for
this
is
God’s
testimony
which
he
has
testified
concerning
his
Son.
He
who
believes
in
the
Son
of
God
has
the
testimony
in
himself.
He
who
doesn’t
believe
God
has
made
him
a
liar,
because
he
has
not
believed
in
the
testimony
that
God
has
given
concerning
his
Son.
The
testimony
is
this:
that
God
gave
to
us
eternal
life,
and
this
life
is
in
his
Son.
He
who
has
the
Son
has
the
life.
He
who
doesn’t
have
God’s
Son
doesn’t
have
the
life.
These
things
I
have
written
to
you
who
believe
in
the
name
of
the
Son
of
God,
that
you
may
know
that
you
have
eternal
life,
and
that
you
may continue
to
believe
in
the
name
of
the
Son
of
God.
This
is
the
boldness
which
we
have
toward
him,
that
if
we
ask
anything
according
to
his
will,
he
listens
to
us.
And
if
we
know
that
he
listens
to
us,
whatever
we
ask,
we
know
that
we
have
the petitions
which
we
have
asked
of
him.
If
anyone
sees
his
brother
sinning
a
sin
not leading
to
death,
he
shall
ask,
and
God
will
give
him
life
for
those
who
sin
not leading
to
death.
There
is
sin leading
to
death.
I
don’t
say
that
he
should
make
a
request
concerning
this.
All
unrighteousness
is
sin,
and
there
is
sin
not leading
to
death.
We
know
that
whoever
is
born
of
God
doesn’t
sin,
but
he
who
was
born
of
God
keeps
himself,
and
the
evil
one
doesn’t
touch
him.
We
know
that
we
are
of
God,
and
the
whole
world
lies
in
the power
of
the
evil
one.
We
know
that
the
Son
of
God
has
come
and
has
given
us
an
understanding,
that
we
know
him
who
is
true;
and
we
are
in
him
who
is
true,
in
his
Son
Jesus
Christ.
This
is
the
true
God
and
eternal
life.
Little
children,
keep
yourselves
from
idols.
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John’s Second Letter
2 John
2 John
John’s Second Letter
The
elder,
to
the
chosen
lady
and
her
children,
whom
I
love
in
truth,
and
not
I
only,
but
also
all
those
who
know
the
truth,
for
the truth’s
sake,
which
remains
in
us,
and
it
will
be
with
us
forever:
Grace,
mercy,
and
peace
will
be
with
us,
from
God
the
Father
and
from
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ,
1:3
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
the
Son
of
the
Father,
in
truth
and
love.
I
rejoice
greatly
that
I
have
found
some
of
your
children
walking
in
truth,
even
as
we
have been
commanded
by
the
Father.
Now
I
beg
you, dear
lady,
not
as
though
I
wrote
to
you
a
new
commandment,
but
that
which
we
had
from
the
beginning,
that
we
love
one
another.
This
is
love,
that
we
should
walk
according
to
his
commandments.
This
is
the
commandment,
even
as
you
heard
from
the
beginning,
that
you
should
walk
in
it.
For
many
deceivers
have
gone
out
into
the
world,
those
who
don’t
confess
that
Jesus
Christ
came
in
the
flesh.
This
is
the
deceiver
and
the
Antichrist.
Watch
yourselves,
that
we
don’t
lose
the
things
which
we
have accomplished,
but
that
we
receive
a
full
reward.
Whoever transgresses
and
doesn’t
remain
in
the
teaching
of
Christ
doesn’t
have
God.
He
who
remains
in
the
teaching
has
both
the
Father
and
the
Son.
If
anyone
comes
to
you
and
doesn’t
bring
this
teaching,
don’t
receive
him
into
your
house,
and
don’t welcome
him,
for
he
who welcomes
him
participates
in
his
evil
deeds.
Having
many
things
to
write
to
you,
I
don’t
want
to
do
so
with
paper
and
ink,
but
I
hope
to
come
to
you
and
to
speak
face
to
face,
that
our
joy
may
be
made
full.
The
children
of
your
chosen
sister
greet
you. Amen.
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John’s Third Letter
3 John
3 John
John’s Third Letter
The
elder
to
Gaius
the
beloved,
whom
I
love
in
truth.
Beloved,
I
pray
that
you
may
prosper
in
all
things
and
be healthy,
even
as
your
soul
prospers.
For
I
rejoiced
greatly
when
brothers
came
and
testified
about
your
truth,
even
as
you
walk
in
truth.
I
have
no
greater
joy
than
this:
to
hear
about
my
children
walking
in
truth.
Beloved,
you
do
a
faithful
work
in
whatever
you
accomplish
for
those
who
are
brothers
and
strangers.
They
have
testified
about
your
love
before
the
assembly.
You
will
do
well
to
send
them forward
on
their
journey
in
a
way
worthy
of
God,
because
for
the
sake
of
the
Name
they
went
out,
taking
nothing
from
the
Gentiles.
We
therefore
ought
to receive
such,
that
we
may
be
fellow
workers
for
the
truth.
I
wrote
to
the
assembly,
but
Diotrephes,
who
loves
to
be
first among
them,
doesn’t
accept
what
we
say.
Therefore,
if
I
come,
I
will
call
attention
to
his
deeds
which
he
does,
unjustly
accusing
us
with
wicked
words.
Not
content
with
this,
he
doesn’t
receive
the
brothers
himself,
and
those
who
would,
he
forbids
and
throws
out
of
the
assembly.
Beloved,
don’t
imitate
that
which
is
evil,
but
that
which
is
good.
He
who
does
good
is
of
God.
He
who
does
evil
hasn’t
seen
God.
Demetrius
has
the
testimony
of
all,
and
of
the
truth
itself;
yes,
we
also
testify,
and
you
know
that
our
testimony
is
true.
I
had
many
things
to
write
to
you,
but
I
am unwilling
to
write
to
you
with
ink
and
pen;
but
I
hope
to
see
you soon.
Then
we
will
speak
face
to
face.
Peace
be
to
you.
The friends greet
you. Greet
the friends
by name.
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The Letter from Jude
Jude
Jude
The Letter from Jude
Jude,
1:1
or, Judah
a
servant
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
and
brother
of
James,
to
those
who
are
called, sanctified
by
God
the
Father,
and
kept
for
Jesus
Christ:
May
mercy,
peace,
and
love
be
multiplied
to
you.
Beloved,
while
I
was
very
eager
to
write
to
you
about
our
common
salvation,
I
was constrained
to
write
to
you
exhorting
you
to
contend
earnestly
for
the
faith
which
was
once
for
all
delivered
to
the
saints.
For
there
are
certain
men
who
crept
in secretly,
even
those
who
were
long
ago
written
about
for
this
condemnation:
ungodly
men, turning
the
grace
of
our
God
into indecency,
and
denying
our
only
Master,
God,
and
Lord,
Jesus
Christ.
Now
I
desire
to
remind
you,
though
you already
know
this,
that
the
Lord, having
saved
a
people
out
of
the
land
of
Egypt, afterward
destroyed
those
who
didn’t
believe.
Angels
who
didn’t
keep
their
first
domain,
but deserted
their
own
dwelling place,
he
has
kept
in everlasting
bonds
under
darkness
for
the
judgment
of
the
great
day.
Even
as
Sodom
and
Gomorrah
and
the
cities
around
them, having
in
the
same
way
as
these given
themselves
over
to sexual
immorality
and
gone
after
strange
flesh,
are shown
as
an
example, suffering
the
punishment
of
eternal
fire.
Yet
in
the
same
way,
these
also
in
their
dreaming
defile
the
flesh, despise
authority,
and
slander celestial beings.
But
Michael,
the
archangel,
when contending
with
the
devil
and
arguing
about
the
body
of
Moses,
dared
not
bring
against
him
an
abusive condemnation,
but
said, “May
the
Lord
rebuke
you!”
But
these speak
evil
of
whatever
things
they
don’t
know.
They
are
destroyed
in
these
things
that
they
understand naturally,
like
the
creatures
without reason.
Woe
to
them!
For
they
went
in
the
way
of
Cain,
and ran riotously
in
the
error
of
Balaam
for hire,
and
perished
in Korah’s
rebellion.
These
are
hidden rocky
reefs
in
your
love
feasts
when
they
feast
with
you, shepherds
who
without
fear feed
themselves;
clouds
without
water,
carried
along
by
winds;
autumn
trees
without
fruit,
twice
dead, plucked up
by
the roots;
wild
waves
of
the
sea, foaming
out
their
own
shame;
wandering
stars,
for
whom
the blackness
of
darkness
has been
reserved
forever.
About
these
also
Enoch,
the
seventh
from
Adam,
prophesied,
saying, “Behold,
1:14
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
the
Lord
came
with ten
thousands
of
his
holy
ones,
to
execute
judgment
on
all,
and
to
convict
all
the
ungodly
of
all
their
works
of
ungodliness
which
they
have
done
in
an
ungodly
way,
and
of
all
the
hard
things
which
ungodly
sinners
have
spoken
against
him.”
These
are murmurers
and complainers,
walking
after
their
lusts—and
their
mouth
speaks proud
things—showing respect
of
persons
to gain
advantage.
But
you,
beloved,
remember
the
words
which
have
been spoken
before
by
the
apostles
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
They
said
to
you, “In
the
last
time
there
will
be
mockers,
walking
after
their
own
ungodly
lusts.”
These
are
those
who
cause
divisions
and
are sensual,
not
having
the
Spirit.
But
you,
beloved, keep
building
up
yourselves
on
your
most
holy
faith,
praying
in
the
Holy
Spirit.
Keep
yourselves
in
God’s
love,
looking
for
the
mercy
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
to
eternal
life.
On
some
have compassion, making
a
distinction,
and
some
save,
snatching
them
out
of
the
fire
with
fear,
hating
even
the clothing
stained
by
the
flesh.
Now
to
him
who
is
able
to
keep
them
1:24
TR and NU read “you”
from
stumbling,
and
to present
you faultless
before
the
presence
of
his
glory
in
great
joy,
to
God
our
Savior,
who
alone
is wise,
be
glory
and
majesty,
dominion
and
power,
both
now
and
forever.
Amen.
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The Revelation to John
Revelation
Revelation
The Revelation to John
This
is
the
Revelation
of
Jesus
Christ,
1:1
“Christ” means “Anointed One”.
which
God
gave
him
to
show
to
his
servants
the
things
which
must
happen
soon,
which
he
sent
and
made known
by
his
angel
1:1
or, messenger (here and wherever angel is mentioned)
to
his
servant,
John,
who
testified
to
God’s
word
and
of
the
testimony
of
Jesus
Christ,
about
everything
that
he
saw.
Blessed
is
he
who
reads
and
those
who
hear
the
words
of
the
prophecy,
and
keep
the
things
that
are
written
in
it,
for
the
time
is
near.
John,
to
the
seven
assemblies
that
are
in
Asia:
Grace
to
you
and
peace
from
God,
who
is
and
who
was
and
who
is
to
come;
and
from
the
seven
Spirits
who
are
before
his
throne;
and
from
Jesus
Christ,
the
faithful
witness,
the
firstborn
of
the
dead,
and
the
ruler
of
the
kings
of
the
earth.
To
him
who
loves
us,
and washed
us
from
our
sins
by
his
blood—
and
he
made
us
to
be
a
Kingdom,
priests
1:6
Exodus 19:6; Isaiah 61:6
to
his
God
and
Father—to
him
be
the
glory
and
the
dominion
forever
and
ever.
Amen.
Behold,
1:7
“Behold”, from “ἰδοὺ”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
he
is
coming
with
the
clouds,
and
every
eye
will
see
him,
including
those
who
pierced
him.
All
the
tribes
of
the
earth
will
mourn
over
him.
Even
so,
Amen.
“I
am
the Alpha
and
the
Omega,
1:8
TR adds “the Beginning and the End””
says
the
Lord
God,
1:8
TR omits “God”
“who
is
and
who
was
and
who
is
to
come,
the
Almighty.”
I
John,
your
brother
and partner
with
you
in
the oppression,
Kingdom,
and
perseverance
in Christ
Jesus,
was
on
the isle
that
is
called
Patmos
because
of
God’s
Word
and
the
testimony
of
Jesus Christ.
I
was
in
the
Spirit
on
the
Lord’s
day,
and
I
heard
behind
me
a
loud
voice,
like
a
trumpet
saying,
1:11
TR adds “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last.”
“What
you
see,
write
in
a
book
and
send
to
the
seven
assemblies:
1:11
TR adds “which are in Asia”
to
Ephesus,
Smyrna,
Pergamum,
Thyatira,
Sardis,
Philadelphia,
and
to
Laodicea.”
I
turned
to
see
the
voice
that
spoke
with
me. Having
turned,
I
saw
seven
golden lamp stands.
And
among
the lamp stands
was
one
like
a
son
of
man,
1:13
Daniel 7:13
clothed
with
a
robe
reaching down
to
his
feet,
and
with
a
golden
sash
around
his
chest.
His
head
and
his
hair
were
white
as
white
wool,
like
snow.
His
eyes
were
like
a
flame
of
fire.
His
feet
were
like
burnished brass,
as
if
it
had
been
refined
in
a
furnace.
His
voice
was
like
the
voice
of
many
waters.
He
had
seven
stars
in
his
right
hand.
Out
of
his
mouth
proceeded
a
sharp
two-edged
sword.
His
face
was
like
the
sun
shining
at
its brightest.
When
I
saw
him,
I
fell
at
his
feet
like
a
dead
man.
He
laid
his
right
hand
on
me,
saying,
“Don’t
be
afraid.
I
am
the
first
and
the
last,
and
the
Living
one.
I
was
dead,
and
behold,
I
am
alive
forever
and
ever. Amen.
I
have
the
keys
of
Death
and
of
Hades.
1:18
or, Hell
Write
therefore
the
things
which
you
have
seen,
and
the
things
which
are,
and
the
things
which
will
happen hereafter.
The
mystery
of
the
seven
stars
which
you
saw
in
my
right
hand,
and
the
seven
golden lamp stands
is
this:
The
seven
stars
are
the
angels
1:20
or, messengers (here and wherever angels are mentioned)
of
the
seven
assemblies.
The
seven lamp stands
are
seven
assemblies.
“To
the
angel
of
the
assembly
in
Ephesus
write:
“He
who
holds
the
seven
stars
in
his
right
hand,
he
who
walks
among
the
seven
golden lamp stands
says
these
things:
“I
know
your
works,
and
your
toil
and
perseverance,
and
that
you
can’t
tolerate
evil
men,
and
have
tested
those
who
call
themselves
apostles,
and
they
are
not,
and
found
them
false.
You
have
perseverance
and
have
endured
for
my
name’s
sake,
and
have
2:3
TR adds “have labored and”
not
grown
weary.
But
I
have
this
against
you,
that
you
left
your
first
love.
Remember
therefore
from
where
you
have
fallen,
and
repent
and
do
the
first
works;
or
else
I
am
coming
to
you swiftly,
and
will
move
your lamp stand
out
of
its
place,
unless
you
repent.
But
this
you
have,
that
you
hate
the
works
of
the
Nicolaitans,
which
I
also
hate.
He
who
has
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to
the
assemblies.
To
him
who
overcomes
I
will
give
to
eat
from
the
tree
of
life,
which
is
in
the
Paradise
of
my
God.
“To
the
angel
of
the
assembly
in
Smyrna
write:
“The
first
and
the
last,
who
was
dead,
and
has
come
to
life
says
these
things:
“I
know
your works, oppression,
and
your
poverty (but
you
are
rich),
and
the
blasphemy
of
those
who
say
they
are
Jews,
and
they
are
not,
but
are
a
synagogue
of
Satan.
Don’t
be
afraid
of
the
things
which
you
are
about
to
suffer.
Behold,
the
devil
is
about
to
throw
some
of
you
into
prison,
that
you
may
be
tested;
and
you
will
have oppression
for
ten
days.
Be
faithful
to
death,
and
I
will
give
you
the
crown
of
life.
He
who
has
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to
the
assemblies.
He
who
overcomes
won’t
be harmed
by
the
second
death.
“To
the
angel
of
the
assembly
in
Pergamum
write:
“He
who
has
the
sharp
two-edged
sword
says
these
things:
“I
know
your works
and
where
you
dwell,
where
Satan’s
throne
is.
You
hold firmly
to
my
name,
and
didn’t
deny
my
faith
in
the
days
of
Antipas
my
witness,
my
faithful
one,
who
was
killed
among
you,
where
Satan
dwells.
But
I
have
a
few
things
against
you,
because
you
have
there
some
who
hold
the
teaching
of
Balaam,
who
taught
Balak
to
throw
a
stumbling
block
before
the children
of
Israel,
to
eat
things
sacrificed
to
idols,
and
to
commit sexual
immorality.
So
also
you
likewise
have
some
who
hold
to
the
teaching
of
the
Nicolaitans.
2:15
TR reads “which I hate” instead of “likewise”
Repent
therefore,
or
else
I
am
coming
to
you
quickly
and
I
will
make
war
against
them
with
the
sword
of
my
mouth.
He
who
has
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to
the
assemblies.
To
him
who
overcomes,
to
him
I
will
give
of
the
hidden
manna,
2:17
Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for “What is it?”. See Exodus 11:7-9.
and
I
will
give
him
a
white
stone,
and
on
the
stone
a
new
name
written
which
no
one
knows
but
he
who
receives
it.
“To
the
angel
of
the
assembly
in
Thyatira
write:
“The
Son
of
God,
who
has
his
eyes
like
a
flame
of
fire,
and
his
feet
are
like
burnished brass,
says
these
things:
“I
know
your
works,
your
love,
faith,
service,
patient
endurance,
and
that
your
last
works
are
more
than
the
first.
But
I
have
this
against
you,
that
you
tolerate
your
2:20
TR, NU read “that” instead of “your”
woman
Jezebel,
who
calls
herself
a
prophetess.
She
teaches
and seduces
my
servants
to
commit sexual
immorality
and
to
eat
things
sacrificed
to
idols.
I
gave
her
time
to
repent,
but
she refuses
to
repent
of
her
sexual
immorality.
Behold,
I
will
throw
her
and
those
who
commit
adultery
with
her
into
a
bed
of
great oppression,
unless
they
repent
of
her
works.
I
will
kill
her
children
with
Death,
and
all
the
assemblies
will
know
that
I
am
he
who
searches
the
minds
and
hearts.
I
will
give
to
each
one
of
you
according
to
your
deeds.
But
to
you
I
say,
to
the
rest
who
are
in
Thyatira—as
many
as
don’t
have
this
teaching,
who
don’t
know
what
some
call ‘the
deep
things
of Satan’—to
you
I
say,
I
am
not
putting
any
other
burden
on
you.
Nevertheless,
hold
that
which
you
have firmly
until
I
come.
He
who
overcomes,
and
he
who
keeps
my
works
to
the
end,
to
him
I
will
give
authority
over
the
nations.
He
will
rule
them
with
a
rod
of
iron, shattering
them
like
clay pots,
2:27
Psalm 2:9
as
I
also
have
received
of
my
Father;
and
I
will
give
him
the
morning
star.
He
who
has
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to
the
assemblies.
“And
to
the
angel
of
the
assembly
in
Sardis
write:
“He
who
has
the
seven
Spirits
of
God
and
the
seven
stars
says
these
things:
“I
know
your
works,
that
you
have
a reputation
of
being
alive,
but
you
are
dead.
Wake up
and
strengthen
the
things
that
remain,
which
you
were
about
to throw away,
3:2
NU & TR read “which were about to die” instead of “which you were about to throw away”.
for
I
have
found
no
works
of
yours perfected
before
my
God.
Remember
therefore
how
you
have
received
and
heard.
Keep
it
and
repent.
If
therefore
you
won’t
watch,
I
will
come
as
a
thief,
and
you
won’t
know
what
hour
I
will
come
upon
you.
Nevertheless
you
have
a
few
names
in
Sardis
that
didn’t defile
their
garments.
They
will
walk
with
me
in
white,
for
they
are
worthy.
He
who
overcomes
will
be arrayed
in
white
garments,
and
I
will
in
no
way blot
his
name
out
of
the
book
of
life,
and
I
will
confess
his
name
before
my
Father,
and
before
his
angels.
He
who
has
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to
the
assemblies.
“To
the
angel
of
the
assembly
in
Philadelphia
write:
“He
who
is
holy,
he
who
is
true,
he
who
has
the
key
of
David,
he
who
opens
and
no
one
can
shut,
and
who
shuts
and
no
one
opens,
says
these
things:
“I
know
your
works (behold,
I
have set
before
you
an
open
door,
which
no
one
can
shut),
that
you
have
a
little
power,
and
kept
my
word,
and
didn’t
deny
my
name.
Behold,
I
make
some
of
the
synagogue
of
Satan,
of
those
who
say
they
are
Jews,
and
they
are
not,
but
lie—behold,
I
will
make
them
to
come
and
worship
before
your
feet,
and
to
know
that
I
have
loved
you.
Because
you
kept
my command
to endure,
I
also
will
keep
you
from
the
hour
of
testing
which
is
to
come
on
the
whole
world,
to
test
those
who
dwell
on
the
earth.
I
am
coming
quickly!
Hold firmly
that
which
you
have,
so
that
no
one
takes
your
crown.
He
who
overcomes,
I
will
make
him
a
pillar
in
the
temple
of
my
God,
and
he
will
go
out
from
there
no
more.
I
will
write
on
him
the
name
of
my
God
and
the
name
of
the
city
of
my
God,
the
new
Jerusalem,
which
comes
down
out
of
heaven
from
my
God,
and
my
own
new
name.
He
who
has
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to
the
assemblies.
“To
the
angel
of
the
assembly
in
Laodicea
write:
“The
Amen,
the
Faithful
and
True
Witness,
the
Beginning
3:14
or, Source, or Head
of
God’s
creation,
says
these
things:
“I
know
your
works,
that
you
are
neither
cold
nor
hot.
I
wish
you
were
cold
or
hot.
So,
because
you
are
lukewarm,
and
neither
hot
nor
cold,
I
will
vomit
you
out
of
my
mouth.
Because
you
say, ‘I
am
rich,
and
have gotten
riches,
and
have
need
of
nothing,’
and
don’t
know
that
you
are
the
wretched
one,
miserable,
poor,
blind,
and
naked;
I counsel
you
to
buy
from
me
gold
refined
by
fire,
that
you
may
become
rich;
and
white
garments,
that
you
may
clothe
yourself,
and
that
the
shame
of
your
nakedness
may
not
be
revealed;
and
eye
salve
to
anoint
your
eyes,
that
you
may
see.
As
many
as
I
love,
I
reprove
and chasten.
Be zealous
therefore,
and
repent.
Behold,
I
stand
at
the
door
and
knock.
If
anyone
hears
my
voice
and
opens
the
door,
then
I
will
come
in
to
him
and
will
dine
with
him,
and
he
with
me.
He
who
overcomes,
I
will
give
to
him
to
sit
down
with
me
on
my
throne,
as
I
also
overcame
and
sat
down
with
my
Father
on
his
throne.
He
who
has
an
ear,
let
him
hear
what
the
Spirit
says
to
the
assemblies.”
After
these
things
I
looked
and
saw
a
door
opened
in
heaven;
and
the
first
voice
that
I
heard,
like
a
trumpet
speaking
with
me,
was
one
saying, “Come
up
here,
and
I
will
show
you
the
things
which
must
happen
after
this.”
Immediately
I
was
in
the
Spirit.
Behold,
there
was
a
throne
set
in
heaven,
and
one
sitting
on
the
throne
that looked
like
a
jasper
stone
and
a
sardius. There
was
a
rainbow around
the
throne,
like
an
emerald
to look
at.
Around
the
throne
were twenty-four
thrones.
On
the
thrones
were twenty-four
elders
sitting,
dressed
in
white
garments,
with
crowns
of
gold
on
their
heads.
Out
of
the
throne
proceed lightnings,
sounds,
and
thunders.
There
were
seven
lamps
of
fire
burning
before
his
throne,
which
are
the
seven
Spirits
of
God.
Before
the
throne
was
something
like
a
sea
of
glass,
similar
to
crystal.
In
the
middle
of
the
throne,
and
around
the
throne
were
four
living
creatures
full
of
eyes
before
and
behind.
The
first
creature
was
like
a
lion,
the
second
creature
like
a
calf,
the
third
creature
had
a
face
like
a
man,
and
the fourth
was
like
a
flying
eagle.
The
four
living
creatures,
each
one
of
them
having
six
wings,
are
full
of
eyes
around
and
within.
They
have
no
rest
day
and
night,
saying, “Holy,
holy,
holy
4:8
Hodges/Farstad MT reads “holy” 9 times instead of 3.
is
the
Lord
God,
the
Almighty,
who
was
and
who
is
and
who
is
to
come!”
When
the
living
creatures
give
glory,
honor,
and
thanks
to
him
who
sits
on
the
throne,
to
him
who
lives
forever
and
ever,
the twenty-four
elders
fall
down
before
him
who
sits
on
the
throne
and
worship
him
who
lives
forever
and
ever,
and
throw
their
crowns
before
the
throne,
saying,
“Worthy
are
you,
our
Lord
and
God,
the Holy
One,
4:11
TR omits “and God, the Holy One,”
to
receive
the
glory,
the
honor,
and
the
power,
for
you
created
all
things,
and
because
of
your
desire
they
existed
and
were
created!”
I
saw,
in
the
right
hand
of
him
who
sat
on
the
throne,
a
book
written
inside
and outside,
sealed shut
with
seven
seals.
I
saw
a
mighty
angel
proclaiming
with
a
loud
voice, “Who
is
worthy
to
open
the
book,
and
to
break
its
seals?”
No
one
in
heaven
above,
or
on
the
earth,
or
under
the
earth,
was
able
to
open
the
book
or
to
look
in
it.
Then
I
wept
much,
because
no
one
was
found
worthy
to
open
the
book
or
to
look
in
it.
One
of
the
elders
said
to
me, “Don’t
weep.
Behold,
the
Lion
who
is
of
the
tribe
of
Judah,
the
Root
of
David,
has
overcome:
he
who
opens
the
book
and
its
seven
seals.”
I
saw
in
the
middle
of
the
throne
and
of
the
four
living
creatures,
and
in
the
middle
of
the
elders,
a
Lamb
standing,
as
though
it
had
been
slain,
having
seven
horns
and
seven
eyes,
which
are
the
seven
Spirits
of
God,
sent
out
into
all
the
earth.
Then
he
came,
and
he
took
it
out
of
the
right
hand
of
him
who
sat
on
the
throne.
Now
when
he
had
taken
the
book,
the
four
living
creatures
and
the twenty-four
elders
fell
down
before
the
Lamb,
each
one
having
a
harp,
and
golden
bowls
full
of
incense,
which
are
the
prayers
of
the
saints.
They
sang
a
new
song,
saying,
“You
are
worthy
to
take
the
book
and
to
open
its
seals,
for
you
were killed,
and
bought
us
for
God
with
your
blood
out
of
every
tribe,
language,
people,
and
nation,
and
made
us
kings
and
priests
to
our
God;
and
we
will
reign
on
the
earth.”
I
looked,
and
I
heard
something
like
a
voice
of
many
angels
around
the
throne,
the
living
creatures,
and
the
elders.
The
number
of
them
was ten
thousands
of ten
thousands,
and
thousands
of
thousands,
saying
with
a
loud
voice, “Worthy
is
the
Lamb
who
has
been killed
to
receive
the
power,
wealth,
wisdom,
strength,
honor,
glory,
and
blessing!”
I
heard
every
created
thing
which
is
in
heaven,
on
the
earth,
under
the
earth,
on
the
sea,
and
everything
in
them,
saying, “To
him
who
sits
on
the
throne
and
to
the
Lamb
be
the
blessing,
the
honor,
the
glory,
and
the
dominion,
forever
and
ever! Amen!”
5:13
TR omits “Amen!”
The
four
living
creatures
said, “Amen!”
Then
the
5:14
TR adds “twenty-four”
elders
fell
down
and
worshiped.
5:14
TR adds “the one living forever and ever”
I
saw
that
the
Lamb
opened
one
of
the
seven
seals,
and
I
heard
one
of
the
four
living
creatures
saying,
as
with
a
voice
of
thunder, “Come
and
see!”
Then
a
white
horse
appeared,
and
he
who
sat
on
it
had
a
bow.
A
crown
was
given
to
him,
and
he
came
out
conquering,
and
to
conquer.
When
he
opened
the
second
seal,
I
heard
the
second
living
creature
saying, “Come!”
Another
came
out,
a
red
horse.
To
him
who
sat
on
it
was
given power
to
take
peace
from
the
earth,
and
that
they
should kill
one
another. There
was
given
to
him
a
great
sword.
When
he
opened
the
third
seal,
I
heard
the
third
living
creature
saying, “Come
and
see!”
And
behold,
a
black
horse,
and
he
who
sat
on
it
had
a balance
in
his
hand.
I
heard
a
voice
in
the
middle
of
the
four
living
creatures
saying, “A choenix
6:6
A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a liter (a little more than a quart).
of
wheat
for
a
denarius,
and
three choenix
of
barley
for
a
denarius!
Don’t
damage
the
oil
and
the
wine!”
When
he
opened
the fourth
seal,
I
heard
the fourth
living
creature
saying, “Come
and see!”
And
behold,
a pale
horse,
and
the
name
of
he
who
sat
on
it
was
Death.
Hades
6:8
or, Hell
followed
with
him.
Authority
over
one fourth
of
the
earth,
to
kill
with
the
sword,
with
famine,
with
death,
and
by
the
wild animals
of
the
earth
was
given
to
him.
When
he
opened
the
fifth
seal,
I
saw
underneath
the
altar
the
souls
of
those
who
had
been killed
for
the
Word
of
God,
and
for
the
testimony
of
the Lamb
which
they
had.
They
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying, “How
long,
Master,
the
holy
and
true,
until
you
judge
and
avenge
our
blood
on
those
who
dwell
on
the
earth?”
A
long
white
robe
was
given
to
each
of
them.
They
were told
that
they
should
rest
yet
for
a
while,
until
their
fellow
servants
and
their
brothers,
6:11
The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
who
would
also
be
killed
even
as
they
were,
should
complete
their course.
I
saw
when
he
opened
the
sixth
seal,
and
there
was
a
great
earthquake.
The
sun
became
black
as
sackcloth
made
of
hair,
and
the
whole
moon
became
as
blood.
The
stars
of
the
sky
fell
to
the
earth,
like
a
fig
tree
dropping
its
unripe
figs
when
it
is
shaken
by
a
great
wind.
The
sky
was removed
like
a
scroll
when
it
is
rolled
up.
Every
mountain
and
island
was
moved
out
of
its
place.
The
kings
of
the
earth,
the princes,
the commanding officers,
the
rich,
the
strong,
and
every
slave
and
free person,
hid
themselves
in
the
caves
and
in
the
rocks
of
the
mountains.
They
told
the
mountains
and
the
rocks, “Fall
on
us,
and
hide
us
from
the
face
of
him
who
sits
on
the
throne,
and
from
the
wrath
of
the
Lamb,
for
the
great
day
of
his
wrath
has
come,
and
who
is
able
to
stand?”
After
this,
I
saw
four
angels
standing
at
the
four
corners
of
the
earth,
holding
the
four
winds
of
the
earth,
so
that
no
wind
would
blow
on
the
earth,
or
on
the
sea,
or
on
any
tree.
I
saw
another
angel
ascend
from
the
sunrise,
having
the
seal
of
the
living
God.
He
cried
with
a
loud
voice
to
the
four
angels
to
whom
it
was
given
to
harm
the
earth
and
the
sea,
saying, “Don’t
harm
the
earth,
the
sea,
or
the
trees,
until
we
have
sealed
the bondservants
of
our
God
on
their
foreheads!”
I
heard
the
number
of
those
who
were
sealed,
one
hundred
forty-four
thousand,
sealed
out
of
every
tribe
of
the children
of
Israel:
of
the
tribe
of
Judah
twelve
thousand were
sealed,
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Gad
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Asher
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Simeon
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Levi
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of Issachar
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun
twelve
thousand,
of
the
tribe
of
Joseph
twelve
thousand,
and
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
twelve
thousand were
sealed.
After
these
things
I
looked,
and
behold,
a
great
multitude
which
no
man
could
count,
out
of
every
nation
and
of
all
tribes,
peoples,
and
languages,
standing
before
the
throne
and
before
the
Lamb,
dressed
in
white
robes,
with
palm
branches
in
their
hands.
They
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying, “Salvation
be
to
our
God,
who
sits
on
the
throne,
and
to
the
Lamb!”
All
the
angels
were
standing
around
the
throne,
the
elders,
and
the
four
living
creatures;
and
they
fell
on
their
faces
before
his
throne,
and
worshiped
God,
saying, “Amen!
Blessing,
glory,
wisdom,
thanksgiving,
honor,
power,
and
might,
be
to
our
God
forever
and
ever!
Amen.”
One
of
the
elders
answered,
saying
to
me, “These
who
are arrayed
in
the
white
robes,
who
are
they,
and
where
did
they
come
from?”
I
told
him, “My
lord,
you
know.”
He
said
to
me, “These
are
those
who
came
out
of
the
great
suffering.
7:14
or, oppression
They
washed
their
robes
and
made
them
white
in
the Lamb’s
blood.
Therefore
they
are
before
the
throne
of
God,
and
they
serve
him
day
and
night
in
his
temple.
He
who
sits
on
the
throne
will
spread
his
tabernacle
over
them.
They
will
never
be
hungry
or
thirsty
any
more.
The
sun
won’t
beat
on
them,
nor
any
heat;
for
the
Lamb
who
is
in
the
middle
of
the
throne shepherds
them
and
leads
them
to
springs
of life-giving
waters.
And
God
will
wipe
away
every
tear
from
their
eyes.”
When
he
opened
the
seventh
seal,
there
was
silence
in
heaven
for
about
half
an
hour.
I
saw
the
seven
angels
who
stand
before
God,
and
seven
trumpets
were
given
to
them.
Another
angel
came
and
stood
over
the
altar,
having
a
golden
censer.
Much
incense
was
given
to
him,
that
he
should
add
it
to
the
prayers
of
all
the
saints
on
the
golden
altar
which
was
before
the
throne.
The
smoke
of
the
incense,
with
the
prayers
of
the
saints,
went
up
before
God
out
of
the angel’s
hand.
The
angel
took
the
censer,
and
he
filled
it
with
the
fire
of
the
altar,
then
threw
it
on
the
earth.
Thunders,
sounds, lightnings,
and
an
earthquake
followed.
The
seven
angels
who
had
the
seven
trumpets
prepared
themselves
to
sound.
The
first
sounded,
and
there
followed
hail
and
fire,
mixed
with
blood,
and
they
were
thrown
to
the
earth.
One
third
of
the
earth
was
burned
up,
8:7
TR omits “One third of the earth was burned up”
and
one
third
of
the
trees
were
burned
up,
and
all
green
grass
was
burned
up.
The
second
angel
sounded,
and something
like
a
great
burning
mountain
was
thrown
into
the
sea.
One
third
of
the
sea
became
blood,
and
one
third
of
the
living
creatures
which
were
in
the
sea
died.
One
third
of
the
ships
were
destroyed.
The
third
angel
sounded,
and
a
great
star
fell
from
the
sky,
burning
like
a
torch,
and
it
fell
on
one
third
of
the
rivers,
and
on
the
springs
of
water.
The
name
of
the
star
is “Wormwood.”
One
third
of
the
waters
became
wormwood.
Many
people
died
from
the
waters,
because
they
were
made
bitter.
The fourth
angel
sounded,
and
one
third
of
the
sun
was
struck,
and
one
third
of
the
moon,
and
one
third
of
the
stars,
so
that
one
third
of
them
would
be
darkened;
and
the
day wouldn’t
shine
for
one
third
of
it,
and
the
night
in
the
same
way.
I
saw,
and
I
heard
an
eagle,
8:13
TR reads “angel” instead of “eagle”
flying
in mid heaven,
saying
with
a
loud
voice, “Woe!
Woe!
Woe
to
those
who
dwell
on
the
earth,
because
of
the
other
blasts
of
the
trumpets
of
the
three
angels,
who
are
yet
to
sound!”
The
fifth
angel
sounded,
and
I
saw
a
star
from
the
sky
which
had
fallen
to
the
earth.
The
key
to
the
pit
of
the
abyss
was
given
to
him.
He
opened
the
pit
of
the
abyss,
and
smoke
went
up
out
of
the
pit,
like
the
smoke
from
a
9:2
TR adds “great” burning
furnace.
The
sun
and
the
air
were
darkened
because
of
the
smoke
from
the
pit.
Then
out
of
the
smoke
came
locusts
on
the
earth,
and
power
was
given
to
them,
as
the
scorpions
of
the
earth
have
power.
They
were told
that
they
should
not
hurt
the
grass
of
the
earth,
neither
any
green
thing,
neither
any
tree,
but
only
those
people
who
don’t
have
God’s
seal
on
their
foreheads.
They
were
given power,
not
to
kill
them,
but
to
torment
them
for
five
months.
Their
torment
was
like
the
torment
of
a
scorpion
when
it strikes
a
person.
In
those
days
people
will
seek
death,
and
will
in
no
way
find
it.
They
will
desire
to
die,
and
death
will
flee
from
them.
The shapes
of
the
locusts
were
like
horses
prepared
for
war.
On
their
heads
were something
like golden
crowns,
and
their
faces
were
like
people’s
faces.
They
had
hair
like
women’s
hair,
and
their
teeth
were
like
those
of
lions.
They
had
breastplates
like
breastplates
of
iron.
The
sound
of
their
wings
was
like
the
sound
of
many
chariots
and
horses
rushing
to
war.
They
have
tails
like
those
of
scorpions,
with
stingers.
In
their
tails
they
have
power
to
harm
men
for
five
months.
They
have
over
them
as
king
the
angel
of
the
abyss.
His
name
in
Hebrew
is “Abaddon”,
9:11
“Abaddon” is a Hebrew word that means “ruin”, “destruction”, or “the place of destruction”
but
in
Greek,
he
has
the
name “Apollyon”.
9:11
“Apollyon” means “Destroyer”.
The
first
woe
is
past.
Behold,
there
are
still
two
woes
coming
after
this.
The
sixth
angel
sounded.
I
heard
a
voice
from
the
horns
of
the
golden
altar
which
is
before
God,
saying
to
the
sixth
angel
who
had
the
trumpet, “Free
the
four
angels
who
are
bound
at
the
great
river
Euphrates!”
The
four
angels
were freed
who
had
been
prepared
for
that
hour
and
day
and
month
and
year,
so
that
they
might
kill
one
third
of
mankind.
The
number
of
the
armies
of
the
horsemen
was two hundred
million.
9:16
literally, “ten thousands of ten thousands”
I
heard
the
number
of
them.
Thus
I
saw
the
horses
in
the
vision
and
those
who
sat
on
them,
having
breastplates
of
fiery red,
hyacinth blue,
and
sulfur
yellow;
and
the
horses’
heads resembled lions’
heads.
Out
of
their
mouths
proceed
fire,
smoke,
and
sulfur.
By
these
three
plagues,
one
third
of
mankind
was
killed:
by
the
fire,
the
smoke,
and
the
sulfur,
which
proceeded
out
of
their
mouths.
For
the
power
of
the
horses
is
in
their
mouths
and
in
their
tails.
For
their
tails
are
like
serpents,
and
have
heads;
and
with
them
they
harm.
The
rest
of
mankind,
who
were
not
killed
with
these
plagues,
didn’t
repent
of
the
works
of
their
hands,
that
they wouldn’t
worship
demons,
and
the
idols
of
gold,
and
of
silver,
and
of
brass,
and
of
stone,
and
of
wood,
which
can’t
see,
hear,
or
walk.
They
didn’t
repent
of
their
murders,
their
sorceries,
9:21
The word for “sorceries” (pharmakeia) also implies the use of potions, poisons, and drugs
their
sexual
immorality,
or
their
thefts.
I
saw
a
mighty
angel
coming
down
out
of
the
sky,
clothed
with
a
cloud.
A
rainbow
was
on
his
head.
His
face
was
like
the
sun,
and
his
feet
like
pillars
of
fire.
He
had
in
his
hand
a
little
open
book.
He
set
his
right
foot
on
the
sea,
and
his
left
on
the
land.
He
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
as
a
lion
roars.
When
he
cried,
the
seven
thunders
uttered
their
voices.
When
the
seven
thunders
sounded,
I
was
about
to
write;
but
I
heard
a
voice
from
the
sky
saying, “Seal
up
the
things
which
the
seven
thunders
said,
and
don’t
write
them.”
The
angel
whom
I
saw
standing
on
the
sea
and
on
the
land
lifted
up
his
right
hand
to
the
sky
and
swore
by
him
who
lives
forever
and
ever,
who
created
heaven
and
the
things
that
are
in
it,
the
earth
and
the
things
that
are
in
it,
and
the
sea
and
the
things
that
are
in
it,
that
there
will
no
longer
be
delay,
but
in
the
days
of
the
voice
of
the
seventh
angel,
when
he
is
about
to
sound,
then
the
mystery
of
God
is
finished,
as
he declared
to
his
servants
the
prophets.
The
voice
which
I
heard
from
heaven,
again
speaking
with
me,
said, “Go,
take
the
book
which
is
open
in
the
hand
of
the
angel
who
stands
on
the
sea
and
on
the
land.”
I
went
to
the
angel,
telling
him
to
give
me
the
little
book.
He
said
to
me, “Take
it
and
eat
it.
It
will
make
your
stomach
bitter,
but
in
your
mouth
it
will
be
as
sweet
as
honey.”
I
took
the
little
book
out
of
the angel’s
hand,
and
ate
it.
It
was
as
sweet
as
honey
in
my
mouth.
When
I
had
eaten
it,
my
stomach
was
made
bitter.
They
10:11
TR reads “He” instead of “They”
told
me, “You
must
prophesy
again
over
many
peoples,
nations,
languages,
and
kings.”
A
reed
like
a
rod
was
given
to
me. Someone
said, “Rise
and
measure
God’s
temple,
and
the
altar,
and
those
who
worship
in
it.
Leave
out
the
court
which
is
outside
of
the
temple,
and
don’t
measure
it,
for
it
has
been
given
to
the
nations.
They
will
tread
the
holy
city
under
foot
for forty-two
months.
I
will
give power
to
my
two
witnesses,
and
they
will
prophesy
one
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
days,
clothed
in
sackcloth.”
These
are
the
two
olive
trees
and
the
two lamp
stands,
standing
before
the
Lord
of
the
earth.
If
anyone
desires
to
harm
them,
fire
proceeds
out
of
their
mouth
and
devours
their
enemies.
If
anyone
desires
to
harm
them,
he
must
be
killed
in
this
way.
These
have
the
power
to
shut
up
the
sky,
that
it
may
not
rain
during
the
days
of
their
prophecy.
They
have
power
over
the
waters,
to
turn
them
into
blood,
and
to
strike
the
earth
with
every
plague,
as
often
as
they
desire.
When
they
have
finished
their
testimony,
the
beast
that
comes
up
out
of
the
abyss
will
make
war
with
them,
and
overcome
them,
and
kill
them.
Their
dead
bodies
will
be
in
the
street
of
the
great
city,
which
spiritually
is
called
Sodom
and
Egypt,
where
also
their
Lord
was
crucified.
From
among
the
peoples,
tribes,
languages,
and
nations,
people
will
look
at
their
dead
bodies
for
three
and
a
half
days,
and
will
not
allow
their
dead
bodies
to
be
laid
in
a
tomb.
Those
who
dwell
on
the
earth
will
rejoice
over
them,
and
they
will
be
glad.
They
will give
gifts
to
one
another,
because
these
two
prophets
tormented
those
who
dwell
on
the
earth.
After
the
three
and
a
half
days,
the
breath
of
life
from
God
entered
into
them,
and
they
stood
on
their
feet.
Great
fear
fell
on
those
who
saw
them.
I
heard
a
loud
voice
from
heaven
saying
to
them, “Come
up
here!”
They
went
up
into
heaven
in
a
cloud,
and
their
enemies
saw
them.
In
that day
there
was
a
great
earthquake,
and
a
tenth
of
the
city
fell.
Seven
thousand
people
were
killed
in
the
earthquake,
and
the
rest
were
terrified
and
gave
glory
to
the
God
of
heaven.
The
second
woe
is
past.
Behold,
the
third
woe
comes
quickly.
The
seventh
angel
sounded,
and
great
voices
in
heaven
followed,
saying, “The
kingdom
of
the
world
has
become
the
Kingdom
of
our
Lord
and
of
his
Christ.
He
will
reign
forever
and
ever!”
The twenty-four
elders,
who
sit
on
their
thrones
before
God’s
throne,
fell
on
their
faces
and
worshiped
God,
saying: “We
give
you
thanks,
Lord
God,
the
Almighty,
the
one
who
is
and
who
was,
11:17
TR adds “and who is coming”
because
you
have
taken
your
great
power
and
reigned.
The
nations
were
angry,
and
your
wrath
came,
as
did
the
time
for
the
dead
to
be
judged,
and
to
give
your bondservants
the
prophets,
their
reward,
as
well
as
to
the
saints
and
those
who
fear
your
name,
to
the
small
and
the
great,
and
to
destroy
those
who
destroy
the
earth.”
God’s
temple
that
is
in
heaven
was
opened,
and
the
ark
of
the Lord’s
covenant
was
seen
in
his
temple. Lightnings,
sounds,
thunders,
an
earthquake,
and
great
hail
followed.
A
great
sign
was
seen
in
heaven:
a
woman
clothed
with
the
sun,
and
the
moon
under
her
feet,
and
on
her
head
a
crown
of
twelve
stars.
She
was
with
child.
She
cried
out
in
pain, laboring
to
give
birth.
Another
sign
was
seen
in
heaven.
Behold,
a
great
red
dragon,
having
seven
heads
and
ten
horns,
and
on
his
heads
seven crowns.
His
tail drew
one
third
of
the
stars
of
the
sky,
and
threw
them
to
the
earth.
The
dragon
stood
before
the
woman
who
was
about
to
give
birth,
so
that
when
she
gave
birth
he
might
devour
her
child.
She
gave
birth
to
a
son,
a
male
child,
who
is
to
rule
all
the
nations
with
a
rod
of
iron.
Her
child
was
caught
up
to
God
and
to
his
throne.
The
woman
fled
into
the
wilderness,
where
she
has
a
place
prepared
by
God,
that
there
they
may nourish
her
one
thousand
two
hundred
sixty
days.
There
was
war
in
the
sky.
Michael
and
his
angels
made
war
on
the
dragon.
The
dragon
and
his
angels
made
war.
They
didn’t prevail.
No
place
was
found
for
them
any
more
in
heaven.
The
great
dragon
was
thrown down,
the
old
serpent,
he
who
is
called
the
devil
and
Satan,
the deceiver
of
the
whole
world.
He
was
thrown down
to
the
earth,
and
his
angels
were
thrown down
with
him.
I
heard
a
loud
voice
in
heaven,
saying, “Now
the
salvation,
the
power,
and
the
Kingdom
of
our
God,
and
the
authority
of
his
Christ
has
come;
for
the accuser
of
our
brothers
has
been
thrown down,
who
accuses
them
before
our
God
day
and
night.
They
overcame
him
because
of
the Lamb’s
blood,
and
because
of
the
word
of
their
testimony.
They
didn’t
love
their
life,
even
to
death.
Therefore
rejoice,
heavens,
and
you
who
dwell
in
them.
Woe
to
the
earth
and
to
the
sea,
because
the
devil
has gone
down
to
you,
having
great
wrath,
knowing
that
he
has
but
a
short
time.”
When
the
dragon
saw
that
he
was
thrown down
to
the
earth,
he
persecuted
the
woman
who
gave
birth
to
the
male
child.
Two
wings
of
the
great
eagle
were
given
to
the
woman,
that
she
might
fly
into
the
wilderness
to
her
place,
so
that
she
might
be
nourished
for
a
time,
times,
and
half
a
time,
from
the
face
of
the
serpent.
The
serpent spewed
water
out
of
his
mouth
after
the
woman
like
a
river,
that
he
might
cause
her
to
be
carried
away
by
the stream.
The
earth
helped
the
woman,
and
the
earth
opened
its
mouth
and
swallowed
up
the
river
which
the
dragon spewed
out
of
his
mouth.
The
dragon grew
angry
with
the
woman,
and
went
away
to
make
war
with
the
rest
of
her offspring,
12:17
or, seed
who
keep
God’s
commandments
and
hold
Jesus’
testimony.
Then
I stood
on
the sand
of
the
sea.
I
saw
a
beast
coming
up
out
of
the
sea,
having
ten
horns
and
seven
heads.
On
his
horns
were
ten crowns,
and
on
his
heads,
blasphemous
names.
The
beast
which
I
saw
was
like
a
leopard,
and
his
feet
were
like
those
of
a
bear,
and
his
mouth
like
the
mouth
of
a
lion.
The
dragon
gave
him
his
power,
his
throne,
and
great
authority.
One
of
his
heads looked
like
it
had
been wounded fatally.
His
fatal
wound
was
healed,
and
the
whole
earth
marveled
at
the
beast.
They
worshiped
the
dragon
because
he
gave
his
authority
to
the
beast;
and
they
worshiped
the
beast,
saying, “Who
is
like
the
beast?
Who
is
able
to
make
war
with
him?”
A
mouth
speaking
great
things
and
blasphemy
was
given
to
him.
Authority
to
make war
for forty-two
months
was
given
to
him.
He
opened
his
mouth
for
blasphemy
against
God,
to
blaspheme
his
name,
his dwelling,
and
those
who
dwell
in
heaven.
It
was
given
to
him
to
make
war
with
the
saints
and
to
overcome
them.
Authority
over
every
tribe,
people,
language,
and
nation
was
given
to
him.
All
who
dwell
on
the
earth
will
worship
him,
everyone
whose
name
has
not
been
written
from
the
foundation
of
the
world
in
the
book
of
life
of
the
Lamb
who
has
been killed.
If
anyone
has
an
ear, let
him
hear.
If
anyone
is
to
go
into
captivity,
he
will
go
into
captivity.
If
anyone
is
to
be
killed
with
the
sword,
he
must
be
killed.
13:10
TR reads “If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed with a sword.” instead of “If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed.”
Here
is
the
endurance
and
the
faith
of
the
saints.
I
saw
another
beast
coming
up
out
of
the
earth.
He
had
two
horns
like
a
lamb
and
it
spoke
like
a
dragon.
He
exercises
all
the
authority
of
the
first
beast
in
his
presence.
He
makes
the
earth
and
those
who
dwell
in
it
to
worship
the
first
beast,
whose
fatal
wound
was
healed.
He
performs
great
signs,
even
making
fire
come
down
out
of
the
sky
to
the
earth
in
the
sight
of
people.
He
deceives
my
own
13:14
NU omits “my own”
people
who
dwell
on
the
earth
because
of
the
signs
he
was
granted
to
do
in
front
of
the
beast,
saying
to
those
who
dwell
on
the
earth
that
they
should
make
an
image
to
the
beast
who
had
the
sword
wound
and
lived.
It
was
given
to
him
to
give
breath
to
the
image
of
the
beast,
that
the
image
of
the
beast
should
both
speak,
and
cause
as
many
as wouldn’t
worship
the
image
of
the
beast
to
be
killed.
He
causes
all,
the
small
and
the
great,
the
rich
and
the
poor,
and
the
free
and
the
slave,
to
be
given marks
on
their
right
hands
or
on
their
foreheads;
and
that
no
one
would
be
able
to
buy
or
to
sell
unless
he
has
that
mark,
which
is
the
name
of
the
beast
or
the
number
of
his
name.
Here
is
wisdom.
He
who
has
understanding,
let
him
calculate
the
number
of
the
beast,
for
it
is
the
number
of
a
man.
His
number
is
six
hundred sixty-six.
I
saw,
and
behold,
the
Lamb
standing
on
Mount
Zion,
and
with
him
a
number,
one
hundred
forty-four
thousand,
having
his
name
and
the
name
of
his
Father
written
on
their
foreheads.
I
heard
a
sound
from
heaven
like
the
sound
of
many
waters
and
like
the
sound
of
a
great
thunder.
The
sound
which
I
heard
was
like
that
of
harpists
playing
on
their
harps.
They sing
a
new
song
before
the
throne
and
before
the
four
living
creatures
and
the
elders.
No
one
could
learn
the
song
except
the
one
hundred
forty-four
thousand,
those
who
had
been redeemed
out
of
the
earth.
These
are
those
who
were
not
defiled
with
women,
for
they
are
virgins.
These
are
those
who
follow
the
Lamb
wherever
he
goes.
These
were redeemed
by
Jesus
from
among
men,
the
first
fruits
to
God
and
to
the
Lamb.
In
their
mouth
was
found
no
lie,
for
they
are
blameless.
14:5
TR adds “before the throne of God”
I
saw
an
angel
flying
in mid heaven,
having
an
eternal
Good
News
to
proclaim
to
those
who
dwell
on
the
earth—to
every
nation,
tribe,
language,
and
people.
He
said
with
a
loud
voice, “Fear
the
Lord,
and
give
him
glory,
for
the
hour
of
his
judgment
has
come.
Worship
him
who
made
the
heaven,
the
earth,
the
sea,
and
the
springs
of
waters!”
Another,
a
second
angel,
followed,
saying, “Babylon
the
great
has
fallen,
which
has
made
all
the
nations
to
drink
of
the
wine
of
the
wrath
of
her
sexual
immorality.”
Another
angel,
a
third,
followed
them,
saying
with
a
great
voice, “If
anyone
worships
the
beast
and
his
image,
and
receives
a
mark
on
his
forehead
or
on
his
hand,
he
also
will
drink
of
the
wine
of
the
wrath
of
God,
which
is prepared unmixed
in
the
cup
of
his
anger.
He
will
be
tormented
with
fire
and
sulfur
in
the
presence
of
the
holy
angels
and
in
the
presence
of
the
Lamb.
The
smoke
of
their
torment
goes
up
forever
and
ever.
They
have
no
rest
day
and
night,
those
who
worship
the
beast
and
his
image,
and
whoever
receives
the
mark
of
his
name.
Here
is
the
perseverance
of
the
saints,
those
who
keep
the
commandments
of
God
and
the
faith
of
Jesus.”
I
heard
a
voice
from
heaven
saying, “Write, ‘Blessed
are
the
dead
who
die
in
the
Lord
from
now
on.’”
“Yes,”
says
the
Spirit, “that
they
may
rest
from
their
labors,
for
their
works
follow
with
them.”
I
looked,
and
saw
a
white
cloud,
and
on
the
cloud
one
sitting
like
a
son
of
man,
14:14
Daniel 7:13
having
on
his
head
a
golden
crown,
and
in
his
hand
a
sharp
sickle.
Another
angel
came
out
of
the
temple,
crying
with
a
loud
voice
to
him
who
sat
on
the
cloud, “Send
your
sickle
and
reap,
for
the
hour
to
reap
has
come;
for
the
harvest
of
the
earth
is
ripe!”
He
who
sat
on
the
cloud thrust
his
sickle
on
the
earth,
and
the
earth
was
reaped.
Another
angel
came
out
of
the
temple
which
is
in
heaven.
He
also
had
a
sharp
sickle.
Another
angel
came
out
from
the
altar,
he
who
has
power
over
fire,
and
he
called
with
a
great
voice
to
him
who
had
the
sharp
sickle,
saying, “Send
your
sharp
sickle
and
gather
the
clusters
of
the
vine
of
the
earth,
for
the earth’s
grapes
are fully
ripe!”
The
angel thrust
his
sickle
into
the
earth,
and
gathered
the vintage
of
the
earth
and
threw
it
into
the
great wine press
of
the
wrath
of
God.
The wine press
was
trodden
outside
of
the
city,
and
blood
came
out
of
the wine press, up
to
the
bridles
of
the
horses,
as
far
as
one
thousand
six
hundred stadia.
14:20
1600 stadia = 296 kilometers or 184 miles
I
saw
another
great
and
marvelous
sign
in
the
sky:
seven
angels
having
the
seven
last
plagues,
for
in
them
God’s
wrath
is
finished.
I
saw
something
like
a
sea
of
glass
mixed
with
fire,
and
those
who
overcame
the
beast,
his
image,
15:2
TR adds “his mark,”
and
the
number
of
his
name,
standing
on
the
sea
of
glass,
having
harps
of
God.
They
sang
the
song
of
Moses,
the
servant
of
God,
and
the
song
of
the
Lamb,
saying,
“Great
and
marvelous
are
your
works,
Lord
God,
the
Almighty!
Righteous
and
true
are
your
ways,
you
King
of
the
nations.
Who wouldn’t
fear
you,
Lord,
and
glorify
your
name?
For
you
only
are
holy.
For
all
the
nations
will
come
and
worship
before
you.
For
your
righteous
acts
have
been
revealed.”
After
these
things
I
looked,
and
the
temple
of
the
tabernacle
of
the
testimony
in
heaven
was
opened.
The
seven
angels
who
had
the
seven
plagues
came
out, clothed
with
pure,
bright
linen,
and
wearing
golden
sashes
around
their
chests.
One
of
the
four
living
creatures
gave
to
the
seven
angels
seven
golden
bowls
full
of
the
wrath
of
God,
who
lives
forever
and
ever.
The
temple
was
filled
with
smoke
from
the
glory
of
God
and
from
his
power.
No
one
was
able
to
enter
into
the
temple
until
the
seven
plagues
of
the
seven
angels
would
be
finished.
I
heard
a
loud
voice
out
of
the
temple,
saying
to
the
seven
angels, “Go
and pour
out
the
seven
bowls
of
the
wrath
of
God
on
the
earth!”
The
first
went,
and poured
out
his
bowl
into
the
earth,
and
it
became
a harmful
and
painful
sore
on
the
people
who
had
the
mark
of
the
beast,
and
who
worshiped
his
image.
The
second
angel poured
out
his
bowl
into
the
sea,
and
it
became
blood
as
of
a
dead
man.
Every
living
thing
in
the
sea
died.
The
third poured
out
his
bowl
into
the
rivers
and
springs
of
water,
and
they
became
blood.
I
heard
the
angel
of
the
waters
saying, “You
are
righteous,
who
are
and
who
were, O
Holy
One,
because
you
have
judged
these
things.
For
they
poured
out
the
blood
of
saints
and
prophets,
and
you
have
given
them
blood
to
drink.
They
deserve
this.”
I
heard
the
altar
saying, “Yes,
Lord
God,
the
Almighty,
true
and
righteous
are
your
judgments.”
The fourth
poured
out
his
bowl
on
the
sun,
and
it
was
given
to
him
to
scorch
men
with
fire.
People
were
scorched
with
great
heat,
and
people
blasphemed
the
name
of
God
who
has
the
power
over
these
plagues.
They
didn’t
repent
and
give
him
glory.
The
fifth poured
out
his
bowl
on
the
throne
of
the
beast,
and
his
kingdom
was
darkened.
They
gnawed
their
tongues
because
of
the
pain,
and
they
blasphemed
the
God
of
heaven
because
of
their
pains
and
their
sores.
They still
didn’t
repent
of
their
works.
The
sixth poured
out
his
bowl
on
the
great
river,
the
Euphrates.
Its
water
was
dried up,
that
the
way
might
be
prepared
for
the
kings
that come
from
the
sunrise.
16:12
or, east
I
saw coming
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
dragon,
and
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
beast,
and
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
false
prophet,
three
unclean
spirits,
something
like
frogs;
for
they
are
spirits
of
demons,
performing
signs,
which
go
out
to
the
kings
of
the
whole
inhabited
earth,
to
gather
them
together
for
the
war
of
that
great
day
of
God
the
Almighty.
“Behold,
I
come
like
a
thief.
Blessed
is
he
who watches,
and
keeps
his
clothes,
so
that
he
doesn’t
walk
naked,
and
they
see
his
shame.”
He
gathered
them
together
into
the
place
which
is
called
in
Hebrew, “Harmagedon”.
The
seventh poured
out
his
bowl
into
the
air.
A
loud
voice
came
out
of
the
temple
of heaven,
from
the
throne,
saying, “It
is
done!”
There
were lightnings,
sounds,
and
thunders;
and
there
was
a
great
earthquake
such
as
has
not
happened
since
there
were
men
on
the
earth—so
great
an
earthquake
and
so
mighty.
The
great
city
was divided
into
three
parts,
and
the
cities
of
the
nations
fell.
Babylon
the
great
was
remembered
in
the
sight
of
God,
to
give
to
her
the
cup
of
the
wine
of
the fierceness
of
his
wrath.
Every
island
fled
away,
and
the
mountains
were
not
found.
Great
hailstones,
about
the weight
of
a talent,
16:21
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
came
down
out
of
the
sky
on
people.
People
blasphemed
God
because
of
the
plague
of
the
hail,
for
this
plague
was
exceedingly
severe.
One
of
the
seven
angels
who
had
the
seven
bowls
came
and
spoke
with
me,
saying, “Come
here.
I
will
show
you
the
judgment
of
the
great
prostitute
who
sits
on
many
waters,
with
whom
the
kings
of
the
earth
committed
sexual
immorality.
Those
who
dwell
in
the
earth
were
made drunken
with
the
wine
of
her
sexual
immorality.”
He
carried
me
away
in
the
Spirit
into
a
wilderness.
I
saw
a
woman
sitting
on
a scarlet-colored
beast,
full
of
blasphemous
names,
having
seven
heads
and
ten
horns.
The
woman
was
dressed
in
purple
and
scarlet,
and decked
with
gold
and
precious
stones
and
pearls,
having
in
her
hand
a
golden
cup
full
of
abominations
and
the impurities
of
the
sexual
immorality
of
the earth.
And
on
her
forehead
a
name
was
written, “MYSTERY,
BABYLON
THE
GREAT,
THE
MOTHER
OF
THE
PROSTITUTES
AND
OF
THE
ABOMINATIONS
OF
THE
EARTH.”
I
saw
the
woman drunken
with
the
blood
of
the
saints
and
with
the
blood
of
the martyrs
of
Jesus.
When
I
saw
her,
I
wondered
with
great
amazement.
The
angel
said
to
me, “Why
do
you
wonder?
I
will
tell
you
the
mystery
of
the
woman
and
of
the
beast
that
carries
her,
which
has
the
seven
heads
and
the
ten
horns.
The
beast
that
you
saw
was,
and
is
not;
and
is
about
to
come
up
out
of
the
abyss
and
to
go
into
destruction.
Those
who
dwell
on
the
earth
and
whose
names
have
not
been
written
in
the
book
of
life
from
the
foundation
of
the
world
will
marvel
when
they
see
that
the
beast
was,
and
is
not,
and
shall
be
present.
17:8
TR reads “yet is” instead of “shall be present”
Here
is
the
mind
that
has
wisdom.
The
seven
heads
are
seven
mountains
on
which
the
woman
sits.
They
are
seven
kings.
Five
have
fallen,
the
one
is,
and
the
other
has
not
yet
come.
When
he
comes,
he
must
continue
a
little
while.
The
beast
that
was,
and
is
not,
is
himself
also
an
eighth,
and
is
of
the
seven;
and
he
goes
to
destruction.
The
ten
horns
that
you
saw
are
ten
kings
who
have
received
no
kingdom
as
yet,
but
they
receive
authority
as
kings
with
the
beast
for
one
hour.
These
have
one
mind,
and
they
give
their
power
and
authority
to
the
beast.
These
will
war
against
the
Lamb,
and
the
Lamb
will
overcome
them,
for
he
is
Lord
of
lords
and
King
of
kings;
and
those
who
are
with
him
are
called,
chosen,
and
faithful.”
He
said
to
me, “The
waters
which
you
saw,
where
the
prostitute
sits,
are
peoples,
multitudes,
nations,
and
languages.
The
ten
horns
which
you
saw,
they
and
the
beast
will
hate
the
prostitute,
will
make
her
desolate,
will strip
her
naked,
will
eat
her
flesh,
and
will
burn
her utterly
with
fire.
For
God
has
put
in
their
hearts
to
do
what
he
has
in
mind,
to
be
of
one
mind,
and
to
give
their
kingdom
to
the
beast,
until
the
words
of
God
should
be
accomplished.
The
woman
whom
you
saw
is
the
great
city
which reigns
over
the
kings
of
the
earth.”
After
these
things,
I
saw
another
angel
coming
down
out
of
the
sky,
having
great
authority.
The
earth
was illuminated
with
his
glory.
He
cried
with
a
mighty
voice,
saying, “Fallen,
fallen
is
Babylon
the
great,
and
she
has
become
a habitation
of
demons,
a
prison
of
every
unclean
spirit,
and
a
prison
of
every
unclean
and
hated
bird!
For
all
the
nations
have
drunk
of
the
wine
of
the
wrath
of
her
sexual
immorality,
the
kings
of
the
earth
committed
sexual
immorality
with
her,
and
the
merchants
of
the
earth grew
rich
from
the abundance
of
her luxury.”
I
heard
another
voice
from
heaven,
saying, “Come
out
of
her,
my
people,
that
you
have
no participation
in
her
sins,
and
that
you
don’t
receive
of
her
plagues,
for
her
sins
have reached
to
the
sky,
and
God
has
remembered
her
iniquities.
Return
to
her
just
as
she returned,
and
repay
her
double
as
she did,
and
according
to
her
works.
In
the
cup
which
she
mixed,
mix
to
her
double.
However
much
she
glorified
herself
and grew wanton,
so
much
give
her
of
torment
and
mourning.
For
she
says
in
her
heart, ‘I
sit
a
queen,
and
am
no
widow,
and
will
in
no
way
see
mourning.’
Therefore
in
one
day
her
plagues
will
come:
death,
mourning,
and
famine;
and
she
will
be utterly
burned
with
fire,
for
the
Lord
God
who
has
judged
her
is
strong.
The
kings
of
the
earth
who
committed sexual
immorality
and
lived wantonly
with
her
will
weep
and
wail
over
her,
when
they
look
at
the
smoke
of
her
burning,
standing
far
away
for
the
fear
of
her
torment,
saying, ‘Woe,
woe,
the
great
city,
Babylon,
the
strong
city!
For
your
judgment
has
come
in
one
hour.’
The
merchants
of
the
earth
weep
and
mourn
over
her,
for
no
one
buys
their merchandise
any
more:
merchandise
of
gold,
silver,
precious
stones,
pearls,
fine
linen,
purple,
silk,
scarlet,
all
expensive
wood,
every
vessel
of
ivory,
every
vessel made
of most
precious
wood,
and
of brass,
and
iron,
and
marble;
and
cinnamon,
incense,
perfume,
frankincense,
wine,
olive
oil,
fine
flour,
wheat,
sheep,
horses,
chariots,
and people’s
bodies
and
souls.
The fruits
which
your
soul lusted
after
have
been
lost
to
you.
All
things
that
were dainty
and sumptuous
have
perished
from
you,
and
you
will
find
them
no
more
at
all.
The
merchants
of
these
things,
who
were made
rich
by
her,
will
stand
far
away
for
the
fear
of
her
torment,
weeping
and
mourning,
saying, ‘Woe,
woe,
the
great
city,
she
who
was
dressed
in
fine
linen,
purple,
and
scarlet,
and decked
with
gold
and
precious
stones
and
pearls!
For
in
an
hour
such
great
riches
are made desolate.’
Every ship master,
and
everyone
who sails anywhere,
and mariners,
and
as
many
as gain
their living
by
sea,
stood
far
away,
and
cried
out
as
they looked
at
the
smoke
of
her
burning,
saying, ‘What
is
like
the
great
city?’
They
cast
dust
on
their
heads,
and
cried,
weeping
and
mourning,
saying, ‘Woe,
woe,
the
great
city,
in
which
all
who
had
their
ships
in
the
sea
were
made
rich
by
reason
of
her
great
wealth!’
For
she
is
made
desolate
in
one
hour.
“Rejoice
over
her, O
heaven,
you
saints,
apostles,
and
prophets,
for
God
has
judged
your
judgment
on
her.”
A
mighty
angel
took
up
a
stone
like
a
great
millstone
and
cast
it
into
the
sea,
saying, “Thus
with
violence
will
Babylon,
the
great
city,
be
thrown down,
and
will
be
found
no
more
at
all.
The
voice
of
harpists, minstrels, flute players,
and
trumpeters
will
be
heard
no
more
at
all
in
you.
No
craftsman
of
whatever
craft
will
be
found
any
more
at
all
in
you.
The
sound
of
a
mill
will
be
heard
no
more
at
all
in
you.
The
light
of
a
lamp
will
shine
no
more
at
all
in
you.
The
voice
of
the
bridegroom
and
of
the
bride
will
be
heard
no
more
at
all
in
you,
for
your
merchants
were
the princes
of
the
earth;
for
with
your
sorcery
all
the
nations
were
deceived.
In
her
was
found
the
blood
of
prophets
and
of
saints,
and
of
all
who
have
been
slain
on
the
earth.”
After
these
things
I
heard
something
like
a
loud
voice
of
a
great
multitude
in
heaven,
saying, “Hallelujah!
Salvation,
power,
and
glory belong
to
our
God;
for
his
judgments
are
true
and
righteous.
For
he
has
judged
the
great
prostitute
who
corrupted
the
earth
with
her
sexual
immorality,
and
he
has
avenged
the
blood
of
his
servants
at
her
hand.”
A
second
said, “Hallelujah!
Her
smoke
goes
up
forever
and
ever.”
The twenty-four
elders
and
the
four
living
creatures
fell
down
and
worshiped
God
who
sits
on
the
throne,
saying, “Amen!
Hallelujah!”
A
voice
came
from
the
throne,
saying, “Give
praise
to
our
God,
all
you
his
servants,
you
who
fear
him,
the
small
and
the
great!”
I
heard
something
like
the
voice
of
a
great
multitude,
and
like
the
voice
of
many
waters,
and
like
the
voice
of
mighty
thunders,
saying, “Hallelujah!
For
the
Lord
our
God,
the
Almighty,
reigns!
Let’s
rejoice
and
be exceedingly
glad,
and let’s
give
the
glory
to
him.
For
the
wedding
of
the
Lamb
has
come,
and
his
wife
has
made
herself
ready.”
It
was
given
to
her
that
she
would array
herself
in
bright,
pure,
fine
linen,
for
the
fine
linen
is
the
righteous
acts
of
the
saints.
He
said
to
me, “Write, ‘Blessed
are
those
who
are
invited
to
the
wedding
supper
of
the
Lamb.’”
He
said
to
me, “These
are
true
words
of
God.”
I
fell
down
before
his
feet
to
worship
him.
He
said
to
me, “Look!
Don’t
do
it!
I
am
a
fellow bondservant
with
you
and
with
your
brothers
who
hold
the
testimony
of
Jesus.
Worship
God,
for
the
testimony
of
Jesus
is
the
Spirit
of
Prophecy.”
I
saw
the
heaven
opened,
and
behold,
a
white
horse,
and
he
who
sat
on
it
is
called
Faithful
and
True.
In
righteousness
he
judges
and makes
war.
His
eyes
are
a
flame
of
fire,
and
on
his
head
are
many crowns.
He
has
names
written
and
a
name
written
which
no
one
knows
but
he
himself.
He
is
clothed
in
a
garment
sprinkled
with
blood.
His
name
is
called “The
Word
of
God.”
The
armies
which
are
in
heaven, clothed
in
white,
pure,
fine
linen,
followed
him
on
white
horses.
Out
of
his
mouth
proceeds
a
sharp, double-edged
sword
that
with
it
he
should
strike
the
nations.
He
will
rule
them
with
an
iron
rod.
19:15
Psalm 2:9
He
treads
the
wine press
of
the fierceness
of
the
wrath
of
God,
the
Almighty.
He
has
on
his
garment
and
on
his
thigh
a
name
written, “KING
OF
KINGS
AND
LORD
OF
LORDS.”
I
saw
an
angel
standing
in
the
sun.
He
cried
with
a
loud
voice,
saying
to
all
the
birds
that
fly
in
the sky, “Come!
Be
gathered
together
to
the
great
supper
of
God,
19:17
TR reads “supper of the great God” instead of “great supper of God”
that
you
may
eat
the
flesh
of
kings,
the
flesh
of captains,
the
flesh
of
mighty
men,
and
the
flesh
of
horses
and
of
those
who
sit
on
them,
and
the
flesh
of
all
men,
both
free
and
slave,
small
and
great.”
I
saw
the
beast,
the
kings
of
the
earth,
and
their
armies,
gathered
together
to
make
war
against
him
who
sat
on
the
horse
and
against
his
army.
The
beast
was
taken,
and
with
him
the
false
prophet
who
worked
the
signs
in
his
sight,
with
which
he
deceived
those
who
had
received
the
mark
of
the
beast
and
those
who
worshiped
his
image.
These
two
were
thrown
alive
into
the
lake
of
fire
that
burns
with
sulfur.
The
rest
were
killed
with
the
sword
of
him
who
sat
on
the
horse,
the
sword
which
came
out
of
his
mouth.
So
all
the
birds
were
filled
with
their
flesh.
I
saw
an
angel
coming
down
out
of
heaven,
having
the
key
of
the
abyss
and
a
great
chain
in
his
hand.
He
seized
the
dragon,
the
old
serpent,
who
is
the
devil
and
Satan,
who deceives
the whole inhabited earth,
20:2
TR and NU omit “who deceives the whole inhabited earth”.
and
bound
him
for
a
thousand
years,
and
cast
him
into
the
abyss,
and
shut
it
and
sealed
it
over
him,
that
he
should
deceive
the
nations
no
more
until
the
thousand
years
were
finished.
After
this,
he
must
be freed
for
a short
time.
I
saw
thrones,
and
they
sat
on
them,
and
judgment
was
given
to
them.
I
saw
the
souls
of
those
who
had
been
beheaded
for
the
testimony
of
Jesus
and
for
the
word
of
God,
and such
as
didn’t
worship
the
beast
nor
his
image,
and
didn’t
receive
the
mark
on
their
forehead
and
on
their
hand.
They
lived
and
reigned
with
Christ
for
a
thousand
years.
The
rest
of
the
dead
didn’t
live
until
the
thousand
years
were
finished.
This
is
the
first
resurrection.
Blessed
and
holy
is
he
who
has
part
in
the
first
resurrection.
Over
these,
the
second
death
has
no
power,
but
they
will
be
priests
of
God
and
of
Christ,
and
will
reign
with
him
one
thousand
years.
And
after
the
thousand
years,
Satan
will
be
released
from
his
prison
and
he
will
come
out
to
deceive
the
nations
which
are
in
the
four
corners
of
the
earth,
Gog
and
Magog,
to
gather
them
together
to
the
war,
whose
number
is
as
the
sand
of
the
sea.
They
went
up
over
the
width
of
the
earth
and
surrounded
the camp
of
the
saints
and
the
beloved
city.
Fire
came
down
out
of
heaven
from
God
and
devoured
them.
The
devil
who
deceived
them
was
thrown
into
the
lake
of
fire
and
sulfur,
where
the
beast
and
the
false
prophet
are
also.
They
will
be
tormented
day
and
night
forever
and
ever.
I
saw
a
great
white
throne
and
him
who
sat
on
it,
from
whose
face
the
earth
and
the
heaven
fled
away.
There
was
found
no
place
for
them.
I
saw
the
dead,
the
great
and
the
small,
standing
before
the
throne,
and
they
opened
books.
Another
book
was
opened,
which
is
the
book
of
life.
The
dead
were
judged
out
of
the
things
which
were
written
in
the
books,
according
to
their
works.
The
sea
gave
up
the
dead
who
were
in
it.
Death
and
Hades
20:13
or, Hell
gave
up
the
dead
who
were
in
them.
They
were
judged,
each
one
according
to
his
works.
Death
and
Hades
20:14
or, Hell
were
thrown
into
the
lake
of
fire.
This
is
the
second
death,
the
lake
of
fire.
If
anyone
was
not
found
written
in
the
book
of
life,
he
was
cast
into
the
lake
of
fire.
I
saw
a
new
heaven
and
a
new
earth,
for
the
first
heaven
and
the
first
earth
have
passed
away,
and
the
sea
is
no
more.
I
saw
the
holy
city,
New
Jerusalem,
coming
down
out
of
heaven
from
God,
prepared
like
a
bride
adorned
for
her
husband.
I
heard
a
loud
voice
out
of heaven
saying, “Behold,
God’s dwelling
is
with
people;
and
he
will
dwell
with
them,
and
they
will
be
his
people,
and
God
himself
will
be
with
them
as
their
God.
He
will
wipe
away
every
tear
from
their
eyes.
Death
will
be
no
more;
neither
will
there
be
mourning,
nor
crying,
nor
pain
any
more.
The
first
things
have
passed
away.”
He
who
sits
on
the
throne
said,
“Behold,
I
am
making
all
things
new.”
He
said,
“Write,
for
these
words
of
God
are
faithful
and
true.”
He
said
to
me,
“I
am
the Alpha
and
the
Omega,
the
Beginning
and
the
End.
I
will
give
freely
to
him
who
is
thirsty
from
the
spring
of
the
water
of
life.
He
who
overcomes,
I
will give
him
these
things.
I
will
be
his
God,
and
he
will
be
my
son.
But
for
the
cowardly,
unbelieving, sinners,
21:8
TR and NU omit “sinners”
abominable,
murderers, sexually
immoral,
sorcerers,
21:8
The word for “sorcerers” here also includes users of potions and drugs.
idolaters,
and
all
liars,
their
part
is
in
the
lake
that
burns
with
fire
and
sulfur,
which
is
the
second
death.”
One
of
the
seven
angels
who
had
the
seven
bowls
which
were loaded
with
the
seven
last
plagues
came,
and
he
spoke
with
me,
saying, “Come
here.
I
will
show
you
the
bride,
the Lamb’s
wife.”
He
carried
me
away
in
the
Spirit
to
a
great
and
high
mountain,
and
showed
me
the
holy
city,
Jerusalem,
coming
down
out
of
heaven
from
God,
having
the
glory
of
God.
Her light
was
like
a most
precious
stone,
like
a
jasper
stone, clear
as crystal;
having
a
great
and
high
wall
with
twelve
gates,
and
at
the
gates
twelve
angels,
and
names
written
on
them,
which
are
the
names
of
the
twelve
tribes
of
the children
of
Israel.
On
the
east
were
three
gates,
and
on
the
north
three
gates,
and
on
the
south
three
gates,
and
on
the
west
three
gates.
The
wall
of
the
city
had
twelve
foundations,
and
on
them
twelve
names
of
the
twelve
Apostles
of
the
Lamb.
He
who
spoke
with
me
had
for
a
measure
a
golden
reed
to
measure
the
city,
its
gates,
and
its
walls.
The
city
is square.
Its
length
is
as
great
as
its
width.
He
measured
the
city
with
the
reed:
twelve
thousand
twelve stadia.
21:16
12,012 stadia = 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles. TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of 12,012 stadia.
Its
length,
width,
and
height
are
equal.
Its
wall
is
one
hundred
forty-four
cubits,
21:17
144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet
by
the
measure
of
a
man,
that
is,
of
an
angel.
The construction
of
its
wall
was
jasper.
The
city
was
pure
gold,
like
pure
glass.
The
foundations
of
the city’s
wall
were
adorned
with
all
kinds
of
precious
stones.
The
first
foundation
was
jasper,
the
second
sapphire;
21:19
or, lapis lazuli
the
third
chalcedony,
the fourth
emerald,
the
fifth
sardonyx,
the
sixth
sardius,
the
seventh
chrysolite,
the
eighth
beryl,
the ninth
topaz,
the
tenth
chrysoprase,
the
eleventh
jacinth, and
the
twelfth
amethyst.
The
twelve
gates
were
twelve
pearls.
Each
one
of
the
gates
was made
of
one
pearl.
The
street
of
the
city
was
pure
gold,
like
transparent
glass.
I
saw
no
temple
in
it,
for
the
Lord
God
the
Almighty
and
the
Lamb
are
its
temple.
The
city
has
no
need
for
the
sun
or
moon
to
shine,
for
the
very
glory
of
God illuminated
it
and
its
lamp
is
the
Lamb.
The
nations
will
walk
in
its
light.
The
kings
of
the
earth
bring
the
glory
and
honor
of
the
nations
into
it.
Its
gates
will
in
no
way
be
shut
by
day (for
there
will
be
no
night
there),
and
they
shall
bring
the
glory
and
the
honor
of
the
nations
into
it
so
that
they
may enter.
There
will
in
no
way
enter
into
it
anything profane,
or
one
who
causes
an
abomination
or
a
lie,
but
only
those
who
are
written
in
the Lamb’s
book
of
life.
He
showed
me
a
22:1
TR adds “pure”
river
of
water
of
life,
clear
as
crystal, proceeding
out
of
the
throne
of
God
and
of
the
Lamb,
in
the
middle
of
its
street.
On
this
side
of
the
river
and
on
that
was
the
tree
of
life,
bearing
twelve
kinds
of
fruits,
yielding
its
fruit
every
month.
The
leaves
of
the
tree
were
for
the
healing
of
the
nations.
There
will
be
no
curse
any
more.
The
throne
of
God
and
of
the
Lamb
will
be
in
it,
and
his
servants
will
serve
him.
They
will
see
his
face,
and
his
name
will
be
on
their
foreheads.
There
will
be
no
night,
and
they
need
no
lamp
light
or
sun
light;
for
the
Lord
God
will illuminate
them.
They
will
reign
forever
and
ever.
He
said
to
me, “These
words
are
faithful
and
true.
The
Lord
God
of
the
spirits
of
the
prophets
sent
his
angel
to
show
to
his bondservants
the
things
which
must
happen
soon.”
“Behold,
I
am
coming
soon!
Blessed
is
he
who
keeps
the
words
of
the
prophecy
of
this
book.”
Now
I,
John,
am
the
one
who
heard
and
saw
these
things.
When
I
heard
and
saw,
I
fell
down
to
worship
before
the
feet
of
the
angel
who
had
shown
me
these
things.
He
said
to
me, “You
must
not
do
that!
I
am
a
fellow bondservant
with
you
and
with
your
brothers,
the
prophets,
and
with
those
who
keep
the
words
of
this
book.
Worship
God.”
He
said
to
me, “Don’t
seal
up
the
words
of
the
prophecy
of
this
book,
for
the
time
is
at hand.
He
who
acts
unjustly, let
him
act
unjustly
still.
He
who
is
filthy, let
him
be
filthy
still.
He
who
is
righteous, let
him
do
righteousness
still.
He
who
is
holy, let
him
be
holy
still.”
“Behold,
I
am
coming
soon!
My
reward
is
with
me,
to
repay
to
each
man
according
to
his
work.
I
am
the Alpha
and
the
Omega,
the
First
and
the
Last,
the
Beginning
and
the
End.
Blessed
are
those
who
do
his commandments,
22:14
NU reads “wash their robes” instead of “do his commandments”.
that
they
may
have
the
right
to
the
tree
of
life,
and
may
enter
in
by
the
gates
into
the
city.
Outside
are
the
dogs,
the
sorcerers,
the sexually
immoral,
the
murderers,
the
idolaters,
and
everyone
who
loves
and
practices
falsehood.
I,
Jesus,
have
sent
my
angel
to
testify
these
things
to
you
for
the
assemblies.
I
am
the
root
and
the
offspring
of
David,
the
Bright
and
Morning
Star.”
The
Spirit
and
the
bride
say, “Come!”
He
who
hears,
let
him
say, “Come!”
He
who
is
thirsty,
let
him
come.
He
who
desires,
let
him
take
the
water
of
life
freely.
I
testify
to
everyone
who
hears
the
words
of
the
prophecy
of
this
book:
if
anyone
adds
to
them,
God
will
add
to
him
the
plagues
which
are
written
in
this
book.
If
anyone
takes
away
from
the
words
of
the
book
of
this
prophecy,
God
will
take
away
his
part
from
the
tree
22:19
TR reads “Book” instead of “tree”
of
life,
and
out
of
the
holy
city,
which
are
written
in
this
book.
He
who
testifies
these
things
says,
“Yes,
I am
coming
soon.”
Amen!
Yes,
come,
Lord
Jesus!
The
grace
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
be
with
all
the saints. Amen.